The Arrow of Pi Beta Phi - July-1904

Fraternitp Directory

FOUNDERS OF FRATERNITY

Maggi e Campbell ...... . .... ,.' ......................... Monmo uth, 111. Libb ie Brook s·Gaddis Avon, Ill.

Ada Bruen -G ri er •...•• .••.. Belleview, Pa.

Clara Brow nlee-H u t chin son • M onmo uth, Ill.

Emma Brownlee-Kilgore , .....• • Mo nmouth, Ill.

Fannie Whit enack L ibby '" Red Wing, Mon

R osa M oo re ..... . ......... . .. .... . _... 207 W . 55th St., New YorlC City.

J ennie Nicol (decea!Oed) .

lna Smith Soule ....... ' .. ' ........ . ........ . ........ ' " Monmo uth, Ill.

J en ni e H o rne - Turnbull ..........••..... 2546 N. 32 St., Philadelphia, Pa.

Fannie Thomp son (decease d ).

Nancy Black-Wallace Salem, Ore.

GRAND COUNCIL

PRE SlDENT-Eli zabeth Gamble, 49 Alexandrine Ave., We st, D etroit, Mich.

VICE PRES IDENT-May La Rue, Ohio.

SECRETARy-Mary B a rto l- Thei ss (M r s. Lewi s E. Th ei ss), 64 W. I09th St, New York City.

TREASuRER-Marth a N. K imba ll, Box V, Leadville, Colo.

EDITOR-Florence P orte r R ob in son, 543 M a r s hafl St ., M ilwaukee, Wis

HISTORIAN

S u san Vi Lewi s, 5605 M adiso n Ave., Chicago, Ill

CATALOGUER

Mary Ba rt o l -T h eiss, 64 W. I<>9th St., New York City

CORRESPONDING SECRETARIES

ALPUA PR OV I.NCE

PRESIDENT-Anna Morri s Jack son, 50 Beekman St.. New York C ity

VERMONT ALPHA-Middlebu r y College, Bertha C. Duncan, Middlebury, Vt.

VERMONT BETA-Univ e r s ity of Vermont, Elizabeth Durf ee, 128 Co lche s ter Ave , Burlington, Vt.

COLVMIlIA ALP HA-Columbian University, Adele Taylor, 2jO':; P. St., vV ashillgto n , D. C

PENN SYLVAN IA ALPHA-Swart hm o re Co l lege, El izabe th E. J ohnson, Swarthmore, Pa.

PENN SYLVANIA BETA-Bucknell Co l lege, F e rn e F. Braddock, Le wi sb urg, Pa.

P ENNSYLVAN I A GAMMA-Dickinson C olle g e, Gert rud e H e ll e r, C arli s le, Pa .

OU10 ALPHA-Ohio Uni ve r s ity . Mary Tr cud ley, Athe n s, Ohio . OUIO BETA-Ohio State Uni \'c r s ily, Clare \ V Po s tle, 118 W l oth Ave , Columbus , Ohio

NEW YORK ALPHA-Syracuse Unive r sity, Grace McCoo n, 11 2 Waverly Ave., Sy rac u se, N. Y.

NEW YORK BnA-Barnard College, Florence Hubbard

MA SSACHUSETTS ALPHA-Boston University, 1\1. Lilli a n Horn e, 12 Some rset St., Boston, M ass.

MARYLAND ALPHA-Woman's College of Baltimore, Ire ne T. F enton 2223 N. Charles St. , Baltim ore, Md. I '" R Ol ' IN CE

PRESIDENT- Elda Smith , 710 S 6t h St., Springfield, III.

h.LINOIS BnA-Lombard Co ll ege, Deli a, Conge r , 573 N. P r a irie St., Galesburg. 111.

I LLiNOIS DELTA- Knox Co ll ege, C la r a Lindl ey , Whiting H a ll , Gale sb urg, III.

ILLINOI S EI'SILox-Northwestern U nive r sity. Margar e t H ammond , 225 K ed z ie Ave. , Evan ston, 111.

IL LINO IS ZETA-U niv e r s ity o f Ill ino is, Kat e Mann, 209 E. G r een St., Champaign, 111

I NDIANA ALP HA - Franklin College. G race Brya n, Franklin , Ind . INDl ANA BETA-University o f In diana, Florence M J o hn son, Bl oo mingto n , In d.

INDI ANA GAM:\IA -U nivcr sity of Ind iana p ol is, Lulu B. Kellar, College Re si dence, I r vington. In d. l\I!CHIGAN ALI'HA-Hill sda le College. Evelyn Gates. Hill sdale, MICHlG!!.!\' BETA-University of Michigan, May Edwards, 406 Packard St., Ann Arbor, Mi c h. )"U OV1 NCE

PRESIDE:ST-Sue Stone, Colu mbi a, Mo.

IOWA ALPHA- I owa W esleya n University. Gem Ru sse ll, 1\11. Pleasant, Ia I OWA BETA-Simp son College-Ruth Baker. I ndianola, I a.

I OWA ZETA-Jowa State U ni n r si ty, Sadie H o lid a y, I owa City, la . \,y ISCONSIN ALP HA -University of \ ¥iscon s in. Rose \ Vellman, 233 Langdon St., Madi son , \-Vis.

MI SSOURI ALI'HA-Uni"er sity of Mis .;:ou ri, Olive Boland, Columbia, Mo. DELTA

P RESIDENT-A nne Stuart, 1906 D. St., L in co ln Neb.

LoUI SIANA ALP HA-Newcomb Co ll ege, Gcncvie,'e L. J ackso n , 2928 Pryt ania St., New Orleans, La

KAN SAS ALPHA-Ka mas Lesley Hill Lawrence,

NEBRASKA BETA-Univer si t y of Nebraska, Kate H eacock, 307 N. 24th St. , Lin coln, Neb.

TE XAS ALNtA-Uni"er s ity o f Texas, Edith C lagett, 2300 San A nt o qi o St., Austin, T exas.

COLORADO ALPIIA-Oni"e r si ty of Colorado, Clara M o rse. Boulder, Colo.

COLORADO BETA-Denver Cni\'e rsity, Lena H a rper, 1512 Fillm o r e St., Denve r , C olo.

CALIFORNIA BETA-Univer si t y of California, Cla ra L. Coope r , 2428 College Ave., Be rkeley, Cal.

Alumna e A s sociation Director}!

C OUNCIL

PRESIDENT-May Copeland-Reynold s, L a Rue. Ohio

VTCP' PRI!!HDENT-M. Eloise Schuyler. 418 W. Jame s St Lancaster. Pa

SECRETARy-Anna S. Haz elton, 1215 9th St N. W., Washington, D C

TREAS URER-M rs Bertha Myers Kempton, North Adams, Mich.

ALUl-tNAE EDITOR-Iva A. \V e l sh , 416 N Livingston St. , Madi son, Wis.

CI RCLE S ECRETARIES

FOUNDER s-M r s. May C. Reynolds, Washington St. , Hartford City. Ind.

ALPHA CIRCLE-(New York and New England) Leora Sherwood, 1514 S. State St , Syracu se, N. Y

BETA CIRcLE-(Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware) Grace S. Woodard. Hamburg. N. Y.

GA)'IMA CIRCL E-(District of Columbia. Maryland and the Southeast) Edna Stone, 1618 Rh ode I sland Ave , ' ''ashi ngt on, D. C

DELTA CIR CLE-COhio) Mr s. R. S. Belknap , 120 Bank St., Painesville, O.

EpSILON CIRcL£-(Michigan, \Visconsin, Minne sota) Margaret Cousin, 54 Rosedale Place, Detroit, Mich.

ZETA CtRCL£-(1ndiana) Katherine Stevenson, 2319 College Ave., Indianapolis, Ind

THETA CIRCL£-(IIlinoi s) Elda Smith, 710 S 6th St., Springfield, III.

IOTA CIRCLE-(Iowa, Mi sso uri, Loui siana ) Sue Stone, 1003 Conley Ave., Columbia, Mo.

KApPA CIRCLE-(Oklahoma, Nebraska, Kansas) Anne Stuart, 1906 D. St., Lincoln, Neb.

LAMBDA CIRCL£-(Rocky Mountain States) Mary C. Traylor, 1384 S . Pearl St Denver, Colo.

Mu CIR cL£-(Pacifi e Coa s t States) Elizabeth Kenn edy, Fresno, Cal.

ALUM N AE CLUB SECRETARIES

BOSTON, MA ss.- Fannie L Ray, 23 Lyl e St., Malden, Mass. NEW YORK CITy-Mr s. L'lUretta S . Dutt o n, 110 Gardiner Place, Montclair, N. J.

\VASHINGTON , D. C.-Lola M. Evans, 2227 13th St. N. \V BALTIMORE, MD.- Mrs. Helen Grant. Mt. Wa s hington, Baltimore . z PHILADELPHIA, PA -B ess Wells, Moore stown, N. J CoLulfBuS.O.-Mrs F. D Connolley, 1507 Michigan Ave ATUENS, O -Ma zie Earhart. FRANJt:LIN , I ND.-Anna Morri s. INDIANAPOLI S, ]N TI.-Mr s. j e!;sie C Brown , Ir vington, Ind. DETROIT, MI CH.-C lara Foster, 124 Charlotte Ave CRESTON, IA -Grace Har sh.

INDIANOLA, IA.-Inez Henderson. DES MOINES, IA .-E lia ]. Cummn is, 424 28th St. MT PLEA SANT, lA .-M. Blanche Swan. KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Agnes Bu shnell, 2111 E. 13th St LIN COLN, NEB.-Be ss ie Turner, 1527 L St. LAWRENCE . KAs .-Harriette Miles, Larnard Ave.

BOULDER, Cow.-Mrs Edith M cClu re, 2227 8th S t.

VERMONT ALPHA.

Jessie P rCDUs. Eme Smithso n . J oslo Ji"nlth P owers. Anni e Melenlt. Florell ce DUIl CIi Il. Be ss ie !J ump. Fl ore ll ce Glddlllgs. Gwcndollne llugh cs. Myrtle Moaler, F'lorence Perl ey, Bertha FJammond. Katherin e Collins, Ina Gove, Allee Duncan.

VERMONT RETA.

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EWlila Bean. Lillian Bean . EII1.nbetb Durfee. Suzanne Edson. Grace StI·ong. J ess ie BateS'. Lucln Warren. AlIce Durfee. Amy Metca lf. Gertrude Strons. Lillian Carpenter. Ca r o lyn Preston. Ge l·trud., J ObpirtOD.

Claire n ey

:!. H elen Allen.

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Bayard l'lI o m , Twlle nliih o p, ),19), !o:eo tt.

),111 )(' 1 ll o r l t'ic. ).ll r ), Trf'udl py Iwr nh,i: t ',mitral) , F k ra C o nn pr )'lll.ry Wood. Fl orP li ce C l ayto n

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NEW YORK BETA.

i\[ASSACHUSETTS ALPHA .

Card a A lin to n

J\ li ce K

1\1. Lillian H orne.

Edlin Cui lis. .'lIl<l n . ,<l A Wrigh t. 1>; 11111 (' 011.1('8. P.llzuhcth (;11>11. E st he r J o hn SO Il nora Smith. Ali ce .1 0 Il SSU Il Gnlbrnlth. r A) ul sc H lchnnl sO Il. Ll eta Shnw . ('Ill Ire l'IlI' n l.luli. Georglll Al exll ud cl'. )):lI'l o n BeRn . )1)' l' ll c )In !{lIin' . Belh Bralnu rd. !lnd e lte O'Oonuld. J e nule B. Allyn, Amy \r nllon. Eth cl l' lper . G . I'OIlH'I'OY. L om W . I'r :llt.

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MARYLAND ALPHA.

Grace Spettlque.

Mary E. Moore. :Mollie Wood

Zaldee Metzge r. Mary C. Ames. Frances Dunning. Iren e Fenton. Willa K Wilson. Lillian Beck. f:uphemla Miller. Laura Presby.

Belen Crane. Mabel Scott.

ILLINOIS DELTA.

"\ 1111(' l\ ld\ l\y l l y l't' lln Johu s lol1 II Nt h l\ \\ ' oudil. In ez '\'c h llie r. vl'llce 1"uiuH.'stock •\lIldl'(' 11 T (.te l', L ouise :\fcIllto sh. :'I ln rie B rndley

Nelli e Dl t! hl. Della lI u rft'. Katharin e I hlj;by. Xelll'ownse nd :\I ury CmwtOl' d )llulll c W ey hr ic h Lulu I Hn c hlUre. B lun clie I'OUlI. Xelli e W e ll es. Anni e Gn tldl !; . Louise Sen co l'd . lluurln e T illey, Bertha Stevenso n . &11th Ln s s. Mnry l i arS'. 1;' lorellc(' Warner. Clnra Lind le y.

I:-.JDIANA GA:\I:IJA.

J '('llrl lkEl ruy. J o sephine lI eMa"". " Hie Heap o

Edna Cooper.

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Laura Park e r

FrAn ef'8 Ooftn

Frfln C't'8 Fuller

Lulu Ellie. ElhE'1 ll8r ln JA'O DArd

Elh f'1 Woody

Lulu K e llar

MICH I GAN BETA .

H e len Briggs. Dora l'a yne Cla ra Starr. Do nna Marsball. Mary Edwards. Madge Sibley. Kellogg. Lenore Smith. H elen Lee. H arr iet Griffin. lI elen Spier.

Ora Follett. glen Twltscblerer. Lottn Broadbrldge. Hh ea Tyler. Gertha WIlliams. Maud Brown. Mnrle Win sor. Jessie Elelsell. Alice Coleman. SarlLh Edwards . Genevieve Wblte .

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Olh' e Gundry Smith

Herlha (" ra,, f ord. ll abel Goodard

CA LIFO RXIA BETA.

J eM ie Parks :\I ary Day Blan cbe Ca meron. t:.<llth Wb lte.

M ary :\lart eo8teln. li ar)' e. W1l 8On. Marie Slrtn'e. Zi egenfuss

ll aude Sc haeffer Florence Ora Lu cl!I8. Cla r a Coope r.

THE cARROW

VOL. xx JULY, 1904

Some o/Iqe 'Pro ceedings o/Ihe Convention

THE business sessions of the Eighteenth Biennial Conve ntion of Pi Beta Phi we r e held at The Forest Pa rk Unive rsity Hotel, in St. Louis, and occupied three days, from June twentyninth to July first incl1:lsive . There were two sessions eac h day: in the morning beginning at ten, and in the afternoon at two, with a recess at noon for lun cheon and friendly c hat s among th e members . Having the Conve nt ion at S t. Louis during the Exposition naturally brought together an unusually large number of Pi Phis, and made the Con vention a very s uccessful one in size as well as in point of enth u s iasm. Not only were the delegates and g r and office rs present at all sessions, but also a g reat many visitors who .found the frat e rni ty's bu s in ess fa r more interesting than th e World's Fair.

The members of t he Gra nd Council and the de lega tes present were:

E li zabet h Gamble-Gra nd President.

Mary Bartol- Theiss-Grand Secreta r y.

Martha N. Kimball-Grand Treasurer.

F lo rence Porte r Robinson-ARRow Editor.

Et h el R. Curryer-President of Beta Province.

Maud Miller-President of Gamma Province.

Susan "V. Lewis-Historian .

E loise Schuyler-Delega t e for Alum nae.

Alice L . Duncan-Vermont Alpha.

Emma Bea n - Ve rm oo t I...-

Adele R. Taylor-Columbia Alpha.

Helen M. Ca rr e-Pen n sy lvania A lpha .

Blanche Stoner-Penn sy lva nia Beta.

Kathleen M. Gooding-Pennsylvania Gamma.

Jane Bayard Ullom-Ohio Alpha.

THE ARROW

C la r e W . Postle-Ohi o Beta.

E. Barnhart-C\ell' York Alpha.

Yirg ini a Ralph -Xcw Y o rk Beta.

Sa r a h C. Alp ha.

Lilli an Beck-Maryland Alpha.

Et hel Ch a mb e rlain - Ill in o is Be ta .

Mary ]lIar s-Illin o is Delta .

Fl o r ence C. Baldwin-Illin o is Ep s ilon.

H elen Atkin son-Illi n o is Zeta.

Mar), M agaw- Indiana A lpha .

Alice S. Albe rt son- In diana Beta.

E th el T. \ Vood)"- In diana Camma.

L e ila R. ichi ga n Alpha.

J essie Beta.

Julia S ha nkland-I owa Alpha.

Bernice Hall ey- Iowa Deta.

Crace Cabriel-Iowa Zeta.

Millie Askew-Wisco n si n A lph a. Mar)" M. Smith-Mi ssouri A lpha.

Harri ett e Wat e rs- Lou is iana A lpha.

E ll a M. Nye-K an sas A lph a.

Edn a S. H o llan d-); ebraska Beta.

Ada H. Ca rri son- T exas Alpha.

A. Pughe-Colo rado A lpha.

Bess Wilson-Co lorad o Beta.

Est ell e Schaeffe r-California Beta.

Besides the de lega tes . abollt a hundr ed and fifty VI Sito r s pr ese nt. mak in g this th e largest Co nv e n tio n in o ur h isto ry_

As thr ee yea rs ha d e la psed si nce th e la s t Convention at Syrac u se, a g rea t deal of busine ss wa s before this Conven ti on , but th e work was gott en oye r easi ly an d sys tematically through the fo reth ou ght and met h od of the C ra n d P r es ide nt, wh o presided most g racefu ll y. It was a pleasure fo r a ll Pi Phis to see th e advance o f the frat e rnity al ong broad lin es o f development and growth. Especially important was the review of th e oppo rtuniti es fo r extension offe red th e fr ate rn ity d ur ing th e past three years, and

the con side rati o n of th e advisab ility of suc h enlargement o f the chapt er rol l.

Th e second day was given lip a lm os t en tir e ly to the interests of th e a lumna e. Gree tin gs weTC heard fr o m a ll the alumnae clubs, and much attention was given to the vita l Cjuc:,tiun o f the Alunmae Association to the active membe rs hip. '1'he pol icy of the fraternity emphasized as never before, was see n to be the uinon of the t wo branches-active and alumna e-with benefit to both, and recogni ti on of th e Alumnae Association as a potent factor in th e o rga nizati on. P lan s werc made fo r strengthening th e Association; among other things provisions for compulsory member s hip fo r each graduate. and for a system of life membe rship ill th e Associat ion.

Perhaps th e l110st pica:,ant feature of thi s Convention was the presence of four of th e founders o f the frat e rnity at :Monmouth College in 1&57. They were '[rs. Emma Brownlee Kilgore, Mrs. Libbic B. Gaddis, ,Ir s. Fannie \Y. Libbey, and "'r s. Jennie Horne TurnbulL \Vith an ent hu siasm as fresh and spontan eous as th ey had' f o r the fraternit y in its early days as I. C. Soros is, th ey told for the delight of th e younger memb e rs stories of their college days , a nd of the beginni n gs o f Pi Beta Phi. Beyond the joy of knowing personally some of o u r f o und e rs, eac h Pi Phi felt a redoubl e d interest and p rid e in her fraternity in learning something of its early history through the reminiscences of these ladies of chapte r.

The Grand Counci l was kept almost unchanged. To Mrs. May Copeland Reyn o lds. however, was given tile place of Crand VicePresident, and the Provi nce P re sislents elected were A nna Jackson for Alpha, E ld a Smith for Beta, Sue Stone fo r Gamma, and Anne Stuart for Delta Province . Improveme nt and g reate r dcvelopl11.ent being th e watchword of Convention, who cou ld say that it s sess ion s were llnsllcces s fu l , and the o utlook anything but auspicious?

Th e Soc ia l Side of Com:e nlion

T HE soc ial s ide of Convention perhaps did not pla y so promin ent a part as usual. Thi s was du e, o f course, to the fact that the Co nv ention was no t ent e rt ai n ed by a c hapt e r Tuesday evening, after a s h o rt bu s in ess sessio n , an infornlal r eceptio n was held in the Convention hall in Fo rest Pa rk U niv e r si ty. The air was filled with s u c h qu es ti o n s as "M iss A--, did you say?"

"W he r e are you fr o m ?" "A r e you fr om Neb ra ska Beta, too?" "D idn ' t I meet you just a few minutes ago?" r any of the girls had met early in the morning and had become well acquainted, but to those who had arriv ed just before the business sess io n , the confusion and th e many st r ange faces were very bewildering. It seems almost sacrilegious to say that everybody looked alike, and I kn ow that such a sta t e men t wi ll arouse a sto rm o f indignat io n/ but it was so . Often a voice would be h ea rd say ing, "O h, I'v e met Miss tw o o r three times thi s eve ning ,OJ Then Miss would launch forth thi s tactless r e j o ind e r , lO I s that so?

Wh y , I ca n 't r ememb e r YOll at all!"

After th e gi rl s had r eturned to the hote l, many informal meetin gs were h el d in their r ooms, at w hi c h girls from fiv e o r six diffe r e nt c h ap t e rs were r ep r esented. Here th e different c u stoms of eac h college were discussed. as well as relative me ri ts of th e ot h er fraternities. It was at t h ese little "gabfests," as one girl t er med them, that the closest frienships were formed. The gi rl s had an opportuni ty to know ant! another well, in goi n g to th e Exposition togethe r. The Pi Phi whistle was heard eve r ywhe r e and o n e was cont inually meeting girls wearing a knot of wine and blue.

Thursday eve nin g. at seven o'clock, }.Tittie V. Robnette, a pledge of l\[issouri Alpha, was initiated, and late r a banquet of a hundred and fifty co ve rs was served. Florence R o bin so n acted as toastm ist re ss and those who r espo nd ed we r e Gratia vVoodside, Missouri Alpha; May Reynolds. Michigan Alpha: Emma Kilgore, II1inois A lpha ; Flora Ba rt ho lomew, Texas Alpha; E th e l

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Hardesty , P e nnsylvania Gamma; Vi rginia Ralph, !'\ew York Beta; and l\ ! ary Ill i no is Delta . Fou r of o ur fou n ders were presen t and rs. Kilgore divulged many g irli s h sec rets of the fOllnders, much to the amusement and mer ri me nt of the girls .

l\cxl day, after th e last busi ness session , many o f the girls went directly to th e Expositio n and that e\'ening the g ro unds seemed to be ove rfl owing with Pi Beta Phis.

1\lany o f us stayed for a few cla):s after Convention and st rengthened t he friendships w hi ch had been fOflllcd during it , and these a rc fri endships which we k now will last (, fo re ver and a day." A ASKEW.

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T i? e Installation of New Yo rk B eta

THE after noon of Saturday, :\Iay the twenty-eighth, the loca l soc iet y, Gamma Be ta o f Bamard Co ll ege. Columbia U niv ersity, became New Y o rk Beta c h apter of Pi Beta Phi with th e followin g c harte r members:

Minni e Randolph Boulger, Margaret Loretta C harl es Clafiy, Julia Hulet Freed, Florence Eddy Hubbard , Bess ie Lo ui se Lewis, Liz e tt e !\ l e tca lf e, \Va s h burn Do ra Rus se ll Nevins, E. :lli ll icent Perki n s, V ir gi nia Ralph, E lla Jan e R ea ney, Mar), Catherine Ruth Re a r don, Martha Ellen Th om as. Th e installati on, which took place in th e morning room of th e Bretton Hall hotel, corner of 86t h st reet and B roadway, was condu ct ed by Miss E li zabe th Gam bl e, G ran d President, ass is t ed b)' Mrs. L ewis E. Theiss , G rand Secretary, Mrs. F. H. Sisso n , ex-G rand P reside nt, and l\frs . Charles H . Farn swo rth , ex-G rand G uid e. The twenty Pi P hi s assisting at th e in sta llati on rep reseilt ed thirteen c hapt e rs frol11 th e f o ur pro vin ces.

Th ose present were: Vermont A lpha: Weld. Col umbia A lp ha: Etheldreda ","o rris. Pennsylvania Alpha: Debo r ah Ferrier, Jos e phine M cDowe ll - I-Ianan, Anna :11. J ackson, M. E li zabeth L am b, Mar), Hutchinson-S avage , Mary E. Seama n Pennsylva nia Beta: Mary Bartol-Theiss. New York A lpha:

THE ARROW

Ella E. Rogerson Illinois Beta: Julia L omba rd Illin ois De lta: Grace Lass-Sisson. Wi scon si n Alp ha: Adeline

Drown-Bassett, A nn e \Vr ight. Kansas Alpha: Gertru de HillSp rin ger. :\ebraska Beta: :O.!cGahey. Texas A lpha: Ja m ie A rmstron g. Colorado Alpha: C h a rl otte Joy - Farnsworth, E li zabe th Ga m ble. California Alpha : Nadine Hartshorn-Williamson,

After th e installation th e guests we re delightfully entert ai ne d at a banquet given by )Jew York Beta in a pri vate dining r OO111 of the hotel.

The girls comp rising this chapte r a r wid e-awake, earnest, enthu s ia s tic students. Thr ee seo la rships were won by th em, tw o Brook lyn H o norary scholarships and one Trustee's Compe titive schola rs h ip. T wo of the membe rs have maintained so hi gh a grade o f scholarship that they are elig ibl e to Phi Beta Kappa 'rhcy have also been well represen ted in th e various co ll ege inte rests, having members o n the basket ball teams, in the c la ss plays, th e Debating C lub. the Damarcl Bea r, th e Barnard Cho ru s, the College Sett lement Association, the Y. \Y. C. A., and the Self Government committee of the Unde rg raduate Associat io n. Its me1l1uers have been elected to cla ss offices and one o f th em was chairmall o f th e und ergraduate play comm i ttee of 1904·

The new chapte r is fortunate in having as patronesses, Mr s. William :\. Dunnell. wife of the rector of All Saints"; Chester S . Lord. wife of the ma naging edito r of th e 5"11, a sta te regent : Julian Ralph . widow of th e well known wa r correspo nd ent: :--Irs. Hel en :--1. Leitch, mothe r of Jean Leitch of Pennsylvania Alpha: :--Irs. L. Ten Eyck Elmendo r f; :--Irs Thomas R. Fren ch : Mrs. Helen Hastin gs: "I r s. Rand o l ph C. ,,[artine; :--1rs. Edwin Olltwa ter; L. Ricke rson. and Fremont w. Spice r . E . G.

EaT/irst Days in I. C.

I.' \:\ 1 r emi nd ed . as l sta nd before YOll this afte rn oon , that thirt y-se ven years ago o n th e day you ce leb r ate as Founder's Day, five girls . thr ee of whom are present today, met at the home of Fanny \\'hi tenack in ).[ Ollm o llth , lilin o is, and o rgani ze d 1. C. o f Coll ege. \\" c desired t o perpetuate ou r attachments and t o fo nn , deve lo p and s tr e n g th en ot h e r frie nd s hip s: fo r whil e th ere arc deep e r a nd holi er r e la t ions th a n t hat o f 1. C. o r Pi B eta P hi. sti ll n ot hing mu ch purer o r lovel ie r g r aces th e name of fri end sh ip

In that day wome n' s cl uh::: we r e in an emb r yOl ic s tate, and wOl11en's co ll ege fr aternities wer e 11 0 t kn OW ll . Th e thought of women's cl ub s may ha ve be en in the a ir ; if it was, we were among th e fi r s t to br ea th e i t. B eli c \'i ng that young womcn of o th e r colleges wo uld favor the idea we were e ncouraged fo present it tC' th em. The id ea was mo rc pop ular than we h ad h ope d [o r, and we build ed bette r than we knew. O ur fir s t th o ught was that 1. C. wo uld bec o me nati o nal. fo r whil e we had mu ch mi sg iving fo r the futur e . we fr equclltly r ema r ke d that wome n' s frat e rn it ies wo ul d soon h e found in l113. n y of ou r be st colleges.

Thu s y o u see o ur fin e a ir -cast les have becom e cast les. o ur prop hecies fulfilled, o ur dreams reali zed . An y u n de rtaking-. in o rd er to shine, must be g ilded with ann thi s gildi n g was n o t lacking in th e development o f Pi Bet a Ph i.

In t he aut umn o f 1&57 my eyes failed a nd T left sc h oo l for a year. Duri n g th e SUlllm e r of 1868 1 pe rs uad ed m y pa r ents to all ow me to go t o another colleg-e. eeliey in g that I coul d acco mpli s h m o rc in a schoo l where I was no t acquai nt e d a n d where th e r e would be no soc ial d ema n ds upo n my t ime, a nd w it h th e me nt a l r eser \'ati o n that it might mean th e extension o f r. C., I accordi n g ly e nt e red in th e fall of 1868. I owa We s ley an U niver s it y. 1 liv ed as qui e tly as pos s ibl e and fo r a whil e d id n o t even wear l11y pin \Vh en I did put it o n , th e gi rl s all admired it , and learning that it wa s a fr at ernit y badge , they as ke d me t o o r ga ni ze a c hapt e r th e r e and also asked t o become m embers

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of the orga nizati o n! X 0 gi rl would ask s uch a qu es ti o n today.w hi c h goes to sh ow h ow inn oce n t th ey were o f th e fraternit ,v id ea, a lth o ugh there was a good s t ron g chap t e r o f Beta Theta Pi th e r e sc h ola rl y, m a nl y fellows. re s p ec ted by all. Tw e lv e g irl s became 1. C .' s , and on :-.Jew Y ea r' s day, 186;>. we wore OU T pin s for th e first tim e as I o wa A lpha. These girls were very pro mi s ing and eac h exce ll ed in some way, so m e in music, s ome in a r t, while se vera l were on th e college ho n o r r oll. A nd t o da y th ose of them who ar e l iving are among th e Illost r espected of th e daug hters o f I owa We s leya n. All h OI) o r t o I o wa A lpha!

My s is t e r, :-Iary Brook, carried I. C. to Lombard, and though n ot familiar with the hi sto r y of the chap t e r , I hav e had the pleasure of meeting so metimes wi th th e r es id ent Pi Ph is of Avo n. a ci rcl e of loyal friends o f wh o 111 P i P hi may well be proud. Thu s com me n ced the exte n s ion of Pi Beta Phi, and today, lookin g into you r friendly fa ces, I se e to what good ly proportions it ha s g r ow n.

r hav e hung in m emory's pi ct ure-gall e ry , over against each othe r, two scc nes : one, the g irl s on the po r ch at Fanny Whiten ack ' s in l\10nmouth thirty- se ven yea r s a go ; th e o ther, this bea utiful Conve nti on. 11 y early r ela ti ons with I. C. were mos t plea sant, and I ca n trul y say , of all th e times t hat Time has in hi s g r ip, th er e are n one that I ca n s mil e at half so much, or thin k of h alf so t e nd e rl y. I am so so rr y that Mrs. Walla ce and l\frs. Turnbull a r c not yet h e r e to enjoy wi th u s eve r y phase of thi s Con\' enti o n bot h g rav e and gay , To u s that a r e h e re it ha s give n g r ea t p lea su r e and we ha\'e agreed that th e thought that ar r an ged a r e uni o n of the founde r s during t hi s Con v ent ion descn'es o ur wa rmes t thank s. \ Ve a r e pro ud of yo u a nd yo ur g ood na me.

As J osep h' s dream, In hi s youthful h ome

Wa s a type of hi s future fame, So the proof of ou r dream

From the I ype "as ( o me

To give us a n hon ored name.

'Tis swee t to be remembe r ed, and agai n we thank you, h eaven ' s choicest benedictions r es t upon yo u , LIB"BIE BROOK-GADDI S

What a Fratemit}! Girl Thinks

' Ve all know that when the girls I,ave ju st been graduated from th ei r university they are most enthusiasti c in their interest

For Ih t H is /orian and love for their fraternity and especially so for their ow n c hapt e r. They a lways plan to come back fo r jjrush ing," and in most cases th ey do it . But in a year their int e rests are m o re diversified and farther away from their chapte r. This is but natural , of cou r se, but 1 want to make a plc3. f o r th e hi sto rian s. vVll y can't the alumnae n oti fy their chapters of th e ir marriage, or change of address? Thi s would aid n o t o nl y the c hapt e r in keeping up the reco rd of members, but also th e ca tal ogue r in correcting th e catalogue, an d Pi Phis all ove r the countr y in finding th ei r fri ends.

Kansas Alpha.

Th e la st ten11l the m e mber s of the two frat e rnities at Simpson College have been greatly inter este d about the fo nnation of a Pan - l-I e l1 en ic Association Th ere seems t o be Pan- H ellenic /t3 soc iaJion s g r eat opposi tion to it in both c hapte r s, and we ask th e question: Is it adv isable, when th e rushing conditions have been practically ideal, to hav e such an a ss ociation in a sma ll coll ege? It seems that with a pledge day, this organization , under existing condition s, will only arouse enmit.v be tw ee n organizations which have always been on friendly terms. If any of our sister cJlapters are ha ving th e same trouble, we would lik e to h ave their opinions.

Iowa Bela.

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It is the lot of every girl when she is about to leave her alma mater in those last few weeks when college seems so dear, college friends so ideal, that she, as a se ni or is looked O n Ihe Alum n ae. upon with somew hat o f r eve r e nc e by h e r fraternity siste r s. Everybody is trying for a last talk or walk, or a last somethi ng or ot her ; sh e is in love with th e world in general and th e wor ld in ge neral is in love with her. Th e n comes the time for Kew Year's r eso luti o n s concenling her fraternity. She r ea lize s what fraternit y life ha s m ea nt t o her, how from being a homesick freshman with n o one to care fo r h e r s h e s udd enly h ad fri ends galore. It all rushes in up on h e r, and she is filled with an ove rwh elming se n se of g ratitud e to h e r frat ern it y. S he vows n eve r t o miss a banqu et o r any occasion where h er presence is really needed. She is willing t o make numerous sacrifices in o rd er to he lp her chapter.

Let us cha n ge the scen e. say to two years lat e r. O ur enthusiastic se n io r ha s been drifting out in th e world, doing h o n o r t o th e a rr ow she wears. 'loVe see h e r reading a postal , ju st an invitation to a ru shing party. The posta l is li g htl y thrown down with a s ig h and an audible"Dea r kids! ret 10\'e to go, but T really al11 too busy"-and a swee t little n ote of r eg ret is se nt. The co rr esponding secretary receives it with a groan, for it makes the tenth lette r of this so rt in o n e mail.

1£ the al umna e could only r ea li ze hiw much h elp th ey could be to th eir chap t er! Th eir adv ice is generally that of women out in th e world. knowing the true value of tbings-not taking them on appeara n ce, but for their s terling worth. The chapte r , as every ot h e r organization , will hav e its times of discouragement, and here most of all we need wome n of wiser judgment than ou r ow n to h elp stee r over the rough places. \V e still want t o see ou r alumnae take interest in liS and feel that fraternity life means somet hing to a gir l after she leaves college, that it is an interest which endures. If the alUITUla e only knew what an encou ragemen t it is to th e active chapter when th ey show some r e al interest. I am su re they would come more frequently and h elp us

This year exe r c ises by A Signific an t Sero;cl!

Keep s tro ng the chain of friend<:hip true \ Vhen d rif ting with the t ide, Renew our vows to wine and blue, And be friends true and tried.

Pe1lns:yh 'GlIia Alpha.

the seniors made an innovati on in th e C lass Da y introd u ci n g- a loyi ng cup service th e eve nin g after th e planting of th e ivy a nd the Glee C lub con , cert. As T, from an up pe r gallery, watched th ose seventy-nine girls seated in a ci rcle, drink· ing frolll the same cup and si n ging as each o n e drank , HH e r e's t o you. ou r loya l friend. here's to you with a ll our hea r ts ", - T could 11 0 t h elp but think o f its meaning in a frat e r nity way. Th e re were th e senio r s of sc\'cn fraterniti es pledging friendship t o eac h other and to th e no n-fraternity g irl s . It meant that a ll ri\'al ry, all enmity was forg-otull and that they we r e all f ri e nd s , members o f the same class st ri\'ing fo r practically the same ideal, a higher womanhood. It seen:s too bad tha t t hi s !O\'ing cup se n 'icc C3nnot take pla ce in the freshman yea r and a ll the rivalr y o f f ou r years be do n e a\\"3y with, but that wou ld be impossible. To a freshman it would little . but to a senior, far wiser from her f o ur yea r s ' t':xpe ri ence o f failure and s uccess it ha s a deep meaning- . fo r it binds the membe r s of her class fi r mly tog-et h er, before th ey par t fo r the last time.

Alarylalld Alpha.

:-\ large convention like the o ne he ld at St. Louis is an inspi1 ation and help t o the whole fraternity, and it is to be r eg r etted th at we ca nn o t follow some of th e me n" s fr ate rT Jze Prov ince C o nuenlioll. nities and make ou r conve n tions annua l affairs. Si nce this does n ot seem possib le yet, why n ot revive the province convention. which sccms to h ave b ecome something of a dead lette r ?

)'lany chapters can lla\'c o nly o ne repr esen tative at Co n vention. At most, th ey ca n have but a few of the active members, a nd it seems too bad th a t t he vast majority o f Pi Phis s ho uld never

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know the delights of meeting their sisters. The province convention, if held in a ce ntral location. ca n do much towards improving matters. l':ow that the enthusiasm of St. Louis still runs high, let us plan for province conventions which sha ll bring the right hand of fellowship to an even wider ci rcl e of s iste rs. \[assacilllscfts Alpha.

The older girls in chapte r shou ld impress on th e you nge r ones th e ur ge n cy of keeping up their calls while in college. In a Up Wi/It Calls. small college town this cannot be too carefully obse rv ed. \\'e owe to our patronesses and our town mothers and friends more than we are apt to realize, and when we neg lect these trifling observances we injure ourselves and our fraternity sometimes beyond atonement. Let the presidents of the chapte rs put this down as a memorandum of something to be carefully atte nd ed to n ext year. Colorado Alpha.

When the time comes in June to say good-bye to college and friends , and the stately se n ior tnrns her back on her Alma Pi Phi Graduatioll.

l1€Ter to return as a stude nt, should she st raightway pack away all remembrances of coll ege and f ratemity Ii fe? r\ P i Phi fr om S"wa rthmore College lately visited ou r chapter, and although she ha s lh. ... n out of college seven years. and as nati ona l sec r eta r y of the Y. vV. C A her life has been very full, yet she was so well informed o n a\l matters of i'nterest to our fraternity. and so enthusiastic a Pi Phi, that she inspired ou r chapter with a new zea l not soon to be forgotten. Texas Alpha.

Who of you has heard the remark, "T h e onl y purpose of a fr aternity is to have a good time." without burning with ri ghteous TI,e Reol indignation? This is an assault upon our most che ri shed aims and id eas. But ponder a moment, ye maidens of the sign of the golden arrow, and see if there be n o t some ground for this assertion. Think of th e amount o f money we spe nd on dancing, sp reads, and fun,

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and then of the amount we are willing to give to those more unfortunate than ourselves . Think how Inan)" girls can spend hours in decorating halls for parties, but cannot spa re a single one for going to church for that worship which can not be exc1ue/ed from a girl's life if she lives up to the ideals of Pi Beta Phi?

How many of us will stand unflin chingly for what we think right eve n though OUf fraternity may seem to be injured thereby? Let us think soberly upon thi s subject. We are banded t oget h er for high purposes, and we must not so cover these purposes with the glamour of frivolity and gaiety that pe o ple will be deceived into believ ing these O Uf real aims. Let us indulge in our fun and ou r frolics, but thro ugh all these let th e light o f our rea l purposes shine, glorifying the round of our every day doings. lIli"ois Beta

Probably there is no more trying situation than the onc that must be faced by the girl who ent e r s college with an o ld friend, nca r and dear to her,-and who is taken into T h e f I·f h If I ·1 If· d f I Friend. ratemlty I e erse, W 11 e t le nen 0 ler earlier school years is left behind. Only with mingled feelings does she enjoy her new-found friends and pleasures. and for a while, unhappiness predominat es . S he lives in the fear that the new sisters may be disappointed in her for not be longi ng to them ent irely, and at the same time is hara ssed by th e thought that the first love may feel herself slipping into the background She stops to reRect sad ly that now she understands what Stevenso n meant when he spoke of th e value of being able lito re nounce, when that sha ll be necessary, and not be embittered." But soon everything begins to ri ght itself: the fraternity girls are so generous, the dear old fri end is so sensible and loyal, and a long talk with her clears away all the bitter pangs, so that wit h some littl e of re lations , things go o n more smoothly than ever before, and the girl in the f r.temity finds that she has a heart big enough for all. Colwnbia Alpha. Anow!

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I would lik e t o sa y a wo r d con cr m in g th e len gt h o f th e contract in " ru shing " sea son. S in ce th e o rg anizati on o f inter-

The Ruslling Con t rac t

sor orit y co n fe ren ces, I think mos t o f o ur chapt e r s will dec id e t o def e r th e ir pl ed g in g day for , at lea st. a fe w w ee ks a ft e r co ll eg e op en s .

It ha s bee n o ur ex pe ri en ce that e ither a s ho rt n o t mo r e th a n thr ee w eek s , o r a long one ,-o f at lea st ten or twelve wee k s, is bes t. \ \,hen we hav e th e s h o rt agree me nt, we s pend a ll o f o ur tim e sho win g th e d es ir ab le g irl s wh a t we ca n do sociall y; and with th e lon ge r on e, we g iv e tw o o r thre e large parti es, and th e n s imply do our bes t t o ge t acquaint e d and fo rm lasting fri e nds hip s with the girl s

vV e ar e n e ver a g ain will in g t o sto p on a middl e ground , fo r s ix o r se ve n we eks o f strenu ou s soc ial life is t oo hard o n th e n e w g irl s and compl e t e ly wea r s u s o ut. and ye t in thi s short tim e, o n e can n o t g et w ell e n oug h a cqua in te d if m a ny soc ial functi on s are not given.

111d imta Camma .

Th e r e are certainl y som e thin gs to be said in favor of a Untfo nn pl edg ing cer emon y. It some tim es h a p pen s that a girl wh o

T h e Pledging

Cere m o n !l.

has in ch a r ge th e p le d g ing o f a fr es hman is at a loss t o kn o w h olV t o sa y th e ri g ht thing in the be s t way. A un ifo rm pl e dgi ng ce remon y would d o away w ith thi s d iffi c ult y, fo r e a ch girl in th e fr a t e rnit y would mak e h e rse lf familiar with it .

Th e n , it wo uld see m . too, th a t th e ce r emony wo ul d ad d dignity to th e p le dging and h elp to impr ess t he pl ed g lin g with the tru e se n se o f th e sta n d ing not o nl y o f th e c h a pt e r to w hi c h s h e is be in g pl edge d , but o f th e nati onal o rga ni za tion into w h ic h sh e is t o com e so me da y

A nd la stl y , th e pl edgi n g c e re mon y w ould be a di stin c t part in eac h g irl' s aft e r fr a t e rn it y li fe a nd. in it s wa y, w o uld be as impr es sive and sa c r ed t o h e r a s th e init iati on cer em on y.

Ve ,,,,ollt A l pha.

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Th e Question of how much importan ce it is to hav e a rival frat ernit y in the sam e in stituti o n. has fr eq ue ntl y occurred. It is A Rival Fraterni/ f · ge n e rally con ceded th a t competition and rivalr y st imul ate th e life of all conce rn ed . Attention, activity and aggression are th e imme diat e res ult s and all see m good rath e r th a n detrimental.

A le tt e r from a western c hapte r to ld u s o f th e ent e rtainment and aid th ey had g i ve n in th e h ope that a charter wo uld be granted to a local which was applying t o a nati onal frat e rnit y. Thi s showed a broa d, th oughtfu l, and real frat ernity spi rit , the s pirit whi c h welcomes hon es t competi tion and friendly ri valry.

Pemzsylvania Ga mma.

Alumnae Department

New York Alumnae

O n Ap ril t we n ty·eighth the York Alumnae o f Pi Beta Phi ce lebrated Found e r's Day in a very pl easant mann e r by h oldin g a cookie-s hin e at th e ho nie o f th e President, A nna M. Ja ckson o f Penn sy lv ania A lpha.

About t wo weeks be fore th e day, invit ation s rep rese nting littl e brow n cook ies, we re se nt ou t, each one bea rin g th e verse "Come to th e cookie s hine, Bring some thi ng to eat, F or th e Pi Beta Phis 'With Mi ss J ackson wi ll meet At half after six . April t wen ty-eight. W e hope you can come, Founder's Day is the date . "

U nfo rtunat e ly the da y proved to be a ve ry rain y on e, but at th e appoi nt ed ho ur o ur hos tess welcomed about tw e nt y loya l Pi Phi s. eac h car r y in g a mys t e ri ous looking packag e carefull y shield ed und e r a dripping umbrella .

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M os t o f the furniture had been rem ove d from th e parlor s, and th e fe ast wa s sp r ead upon the fl oor in true college fashion And what a feast it was! A sig ht to g ladd en th e h ea rt of an Epicurean . At eithe r s id e of the r oom a little c hafing dish burned merrily, while two o f the girls evolved a mos t d e lec tabl e cheese souffie.

It was a typical Pi Phi cook ie-shi ne, and as we sat 0 11 the floor singing "Ring, Ching, Ching," and H'I'he P i Phi Goat," it was hard fo r mos t of us to rea liz e th at we were the "old gi rl s" w ith our co ll ege days in the past. The gat h e ring was a most representative on e, where on e could' see a Pi P hi fr Oin California exchanging notes with one fr om Yermont, while a \ ·Yisconsin girl li sten ed to tales o f how the girls at Kansas Hru sh."

At about nin e-t hirty th e meeting came t o an e nd , on th e appea ran ce of numerous brot he rs and hu sba nd s who came to call f or th e different members. Evt::ry o n e voted the ce lebration a pe rfec t success and w e a re now looki ng fo rward to o ur ne.xt meeting on I\1ay fo urt eenth at th e h ome of :;\lrs . l\Iun roe , at Y o nke rs, New Yo rk.

IV[ARIc HI NKLf.Y 1\[ABBETT.

Tlt e Bo slo n Alumnae

The Bos to n Alumnae Club ha s at present about forty memb e r s, tw enty-five o f whom are active. The regu la r meetings are he ld o n th e second Saturday o f each month and are u s ually w ell attend ed . Our objects are to become unit ed ou rse lves and to aid th e active finan cia ll y o r in any way we may .

In ou r business mee tin gs duting th e past yea r we have arrange d to hir e a piano fo r th e Chapt e r Hall. in c r ease the chapter treas ury, s hare expense of initiati on banquet, send flowers to th e s ick a nd wedding pr ese nt s to our brid es, Susie Penn e llC hipm a n a nd Cassie Souther-Gilson

In o ur social mee tings w e han enj oyed cooki e- shin es and vari o us ot h er anrusements. \ Ye are now planning fo r a banquet some time in the Easter vacation especially f or ou r sc h oo l·teach-

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ing sisters. Each June we entertain the chapter in honor of the sen ior s that are to belong to us alumnae that year.

J £NNI£ L. RAY, Secretary .

Ga lesb urg R eunion

It is the custom of Illin ois Delta to hold an alumnae reunion on Wednesday afternoon of Commencement week. While we are always together on Founder's Day, s till we haven't the number of alumnae in town then , who are are here the last few days of college . Many of the "old girls" cornie back for the exercises of Commencement week, and OllT reunion is one of th e happiest Pi Phi gat h er ings of the whole yea r , and to the departing Pi Phis gives an added realizati on of th e value of our fraternity associations.

ILLI NOIS DELTA.

I n Memo ria m

ADELAIDE CHASE

Ade laid e M. Chase, Illinois Zeta, eldest daughter of Mr. and lIlrs. Rodney C. Chase, passed from this life May twenty-third, at the family residence, 105 Brooks st r eet, \V est Mass Typhoid fever and spina l meningitis were the causes of intense suffering to her, during her illness of three weeks.

The beginning. as well as the end of a beautiful life, was in the Brooks st reet h ome. Miss Chase attended the West Medford schools, and after completing the grammar sc hool course, she went to Ch icago and attended th e Englewood high sc hool. At th e Am10llr in stitute she took a special library course, and compl eted he r st udent days at th e Universit y of Illinois . Having acquired an expert knowledge of library methods , she became librarian at the State library at Concord, N. H.

Tn her life was the radiance of true wOlnanhood; she was always cheerful in disposition, and in he r home life was a devoted dallgh-

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ter and s ister, whose absence now brings g ri ef to th e loved ones. fa t h e r , mot h er and siste r , who are le ft Hardly less will she be mis sed fr o m th e large ci rcl e of friends which were h e r s .

GRACE COX-CARROL L.

Grace Cox - C arr oll , Wiscon sin Alpha, died at h e r h ome in Milwaukee, Jun e tenth, after an illn ess o f two 1110l1ths of typhoid pn e um o nia. Grace Cox was initiated D ece mbe r seve nth , 1898. and although but a yea r in act iv e fraternity lif e, grew in to a forem ost place in th e chapter's lif e and interests . H e r loya lt y was unbo und ed, he r tim e and s tre n gt h always a t the service of th e girls, a nd her cheery en thu siasm an inspiration to e ve r yo n e a bo ut ht! r. A bo ut a yea r after leav ing co ll ege s h e was married t o Mr. George Carro ll , who with two littl e c hildr e n s urviv es her. H e r death. occu rring afte r r ecove ry seemed assured , comes as a p ec uliar s h oc k , and her place as wife an d mo th e r , as daughter an d s ister. and as fri end. ca n n e ver be fill ed.

P erson als

\' E RMONT AL PH A,

Bertha Ran s low , '94 , ha s r es igned h e r poslt10n as pr ece ptre ss of Middle bury hi g h sc h ool, and will spend th e year at her hom e in Waterbury, V I.

Nellie B ut to n , '0 1 will r ecei ve her degree of Ma ste r of A rt s at Commencement thi s yea r He r work has bee n done in E ngli s h .

COLUMH I A ALPHA

Lill ian Pace h as r esigned her position as assista n t prin c ipal o f W as h ington Seminary, a n d is preparing for a JX)St g raduat e course in ma th emat ics at the Un ive r s it y of Pen n sy lv a nia .

Lola May Evans sai led in Jline for a tour o f th e cat h ed ral towns and t he lake reg ion o f England.

ALUMNAE DEPARTMENT

Helen Beale is filling a position at the Congressional Library. J osephine Power Sha ll enberger graduated this year from Miss Lippincott's School of Kindergarten Training.

Cora Thomas is s lowly recove ring from severe injuries sustained in an elevator accident.

Eleanor Hance has just completed a tw o years' course at Wood's Commercial College in \Va sh ington.

Lillian Sherman ha s returned from Amherst to take a pos ition in the Congressional Library.

Married-April twentieth, Lucina Frances McGroarty, '02, to John Fra nklin Bethune, Kappa Eps i lo n.

Nellie B urt is planning a visit to vVashingtoll the latt er part of Jun e.

Nora Stabler, Pennsylvania Alpha, ,03, took h e r Master's degree at Columb ian this year.

J'L.;!'l!'\SYl.VANIA ALPHA

O n the fifteenth of June, No ra L. Stabler, '03, will be married to George Worth, Phi Kappa Psi.

Pennsy l vania Alpha was glad to welcome Ruth Hamm et t of Pennsylvania Beta, n ow studying at Bryn Mawr, who visited Swarthmore for a day or so.

PENNSYLVANIA BETA

Born, to Mr. a nd Mrs. J. R. Wood, of Plliladelphia, a daughter

Gertrude Stephens, '99, is at her home in Lewisburg, after <. year's successful teaching.

Eloise Schuyler, '99, visited Miss Stephens on her way to her h ome at Centre Hall, Pa., and during h er stay, the active chapter were delightfully ente rtained at the Stephens home.

Lila Long, '03, paid seve ral flying visits to us during the sp ring term.

PENNSYLVANIA GAMMA

Helen Schaeffer, '03, who h as been taking graduate wo r k at Bryn Mawr, was awarded a fellowship in physics.

Ruth Barrett, who ha s been in New York during th e sp ring

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months, has returned for Comme nceme nt and wi 1l spend the summe r at her home in V\' elle s villt.

OHIO ALPHA

Lucile Evans- Carpenter, of Denver, Col. , is spendin g seve ral weeks at th e home of her parents, P rof. and Mrs. D. ]. Evans.

Lu c ile Lovell ha s bee n the gue st o f Athens re lativ es recent ly.

Maud Herrold- M erwin ha s been visiting in We s t Virginia. Minnie Dean spe nt several days in :Marietta, the guest of .Mary Ullom-Thomas

Ne lle 'Nilson will spend the summe r in Washington state, th e guest of he r sister Mabel.

Among Comme ncement vi s itor s, we expect N an Nease, Kathe rin e Edmunds and Grace Scott.

OHIO BETA

Alie na Mitzenberg, who ha s been teaching at Nit. Pl easant , Iowa , is at her home in Col umbu s for the Summer.

A ugu sta Con no ll ey i s spending her vacation at h er home in Columbus, having pa ssed the w int er teaching at Sac City, Iowa. Hannah Leonard will be married in Columbus this fall to Lieutenant Cha rl es F. Leonard of the Seventh, U. S. A.

rvy Davis was married r ece ntl y to Mr. Phi ll ip Hutton. They ar e livin g in Columbus.

To Laura \oVi seman-Burkett has been born a son , to Grace Rhea- Johnson a SOIl, and to Be rtha Hoover-Johnson a daughte r. Blanche lVIickey is at her hom e in Columbus fo r the summe r.

MASSACHUSETTS ALPHA

Edith Lettis Floyd , '98 , was married on May seve nteen th t o R ev . Louis Rayt11 o l1c! Sevan. Their home is th e l\Iethodist parsonage at KingtieJd , Me.

The engageme nt is a nn ounced of C lara Elizabeth Noyes, '99, t o Rev. Claude H. Priddy of Portland, Me. Mr. P ridd y is a gradua t e of Ohio \ Ves leyan Unive rsi ty , and a member of Phi Gamma Delta.

ALUM.VAE DEPARTME.\'T

MARYLAND ALPHA

May Lansfield K e llar , '98, r ece iv ed th e deg r ee of Doct o r o f Philosophy from H e idelburg U niver si ty in March, '904 ·

ILLINOIS BETA

Ne ll e Need ham , '03 1 and Edna U hl er, one of our last yea r's girls , were at Lombard during th e Commen cement season , as we re many who be lon ged to 1. C. and Pi Phi in former years

Fanni e Gingrich-Perrine, with he r baby daughter, is visiting at L o mbard

ILLINOIS DELTA

Grace \ ViIliams vi sited at her home in Galesb urg du ring Commencement.

Julia Car r- Ja ckson is spe nding severa l months in Gales burg

Elizabeth Reinmund ha s left Gale sburg after a long visit.

J osephin e Coolid ge and Fannie Hurf! ha ve retu rn ed to Galesburg for th e s unmlcr.

Laura Knowles of Rus h ville spe nt seve ral da ys with coll ege friends the last of May

Mrs . Whitaker, one o f the founder s o f Illin o is Delta, is visitin g in Galesbu rg.

ILLI NOIS EPSILOS

G ra ce Van S ickle , '98, was married on Oc to ber twent y-e ighth , '903, to James A.

Frances Stebbings, ex -' oo, and Thomas Len ehan were married at Park Ridge, Ma y twent y-fourth , '904

Fl o rence l-f elen Hatfield of th e clas s of '03, was married t o Samue l N Stanley, at Eng lewood, Chicago, Jun e fourt ee nth , ' 904·

Elfrieda Joanna Hochbaum, on e of ou r most distingui shed alumnae, wa s married at he r home in Rogers Park o n Saturday, Jun e e ight ee 11 t h , t o Mr. Paul Russell P ope of Itha ca, New York.

ILLI NO IS ZETA

Died, May th ird, 1904, at Ci nc innati, O hi o, Sarah B e ll Wall e r, initiat e d in 1900.

Ma y tw enty-third, 1904, occ urr ed th e (Ica th of Adelaide Maria Cha se , at Boston, Mass.

Mary H e nderso n , 1903 , spent th e m on t h of Ma y at the chapte r house.

J ea n e tt e L e m o n, '03, and Kemp, ex-'o s. v is it ed Indiana Alpha in April.

Gladys l\riller, '02, is spending th e Slimmer at her home in Pranklin after a rear's work in Columbi a U ni ve rsity.

Cordelia ex- '06, and Dr. J o hn Glackman were marrid Jun e the eighth. Their ho me is in H a tfi eld , Indiana.

Bertha :\Iiller, '00 , who ha s bee n att e nding Columbia U niv e rsity, has bee n h Oll o red by a schola r ship in th e tea c he r's department of do mes tic sc ie nce.

.l\ lI C HI GAN AL PHA

C lara Hughes , '97, i s s p endin g th e s umm e r vacation in Hillsdal e with h e r parents.

On nfay se v e nt ee nth occurred th e marriage of Lucy E. Baker, ex-'06 , t o H e rbert H. Whetz e l, assista nt plant-pathologist at Corn e ll Cnive rs it y, Ithaca, N . Y.

Bess Wood. pledged alumna, was married on June se venth, to Mr . Perdeau, o f Hill sda le, Mich.

Lutie X . '00, was marri ed June tw e nty-fir st to Mr. De Yoe, of Gobleville.

IOWA ALPHA

Emily Young-Ramsey is in Mt. Pleasant f o r an extended summer vi s it with her parent s.

Ethel Cowa n , '02, o f Oskaloosa , spe nt Com m enceme nt week wilh h e r fri ends at W es leyan.

ALPHA

:-Iartha Robinson-Parrett is \Oisiting her parents at Northfield, I o wa.

T h e alumnae of 1\ 1t. Pleasan t Pi Beta Phi en t e rtained their college s is t e r s a t a lawn pa rt y a t th e home o f Mrs. ylvia Palmer\ Vairc, on !vfonday of Comme n ceme nt week. A very enj oyab le time was had by eve r yo n e present.

Nell ie \Vallbank is home frolll Co lo ra do s h e ha s been visiting r e la tiv es fo r some time past.

[OWA GA:\IMA

r s. Car ri e C hapma n Catt sa il ed ;" [a y twenti eth o n th e Friedri c h der G r osse as delegate to the Quinquenn ial Con g r ess of the Inte rn ationa l Co un ci l of \ Vome n at Berli n. :\[ rs Catt ca rr ied to th e Int e rn atio n al Counci l a hand some s ilv er and ivo r y gave l from th e wotnen of \ Vyoming, w h ere women have had th e suffrage longe r than any othe r sec ti o n o f th e world.-Frolll N cw York S WI.

Ca ll was e lec t ed sec r etary of th e Cong r ess on Jun e t hird .

W I SCONSIN ALPHA

E li zabe th Smith, 'g6 , and Ge n evieve Smit h , ex-'S)8, sa iled from New York th e eigh teenth o f Jun e for Europe where the y w ill spend t h e s umme r.

I va W elsh, '<)6, and Laverna G illi es. e,,- 098, o f Eva n svi ll e, are now traveling in Swi t zer land a nd Ree d a nd daught e r '98. ha\'e rent e d th e chapter h o use for the summe r. In September they will r et urn to \Vashington, D. C ., where R eed is privat e sec r eta r y to Senat o r Spooner.

Ada \ Velsh. '04. will t eac h next ye ar in Wi s.

M r so Mos e r and da u g ht e r Daisy, '060 saile d for Europe Jun e t wenty-fir s t. where the y will travel until September.

) 1 r SSOU RI A LPH A

Ethe l Enya rt , of S tanbur y, and Edna J e ffrie s, o f Edwardsvi ll e, Ill. , visited th ei r P i P hi s is t e r s and fr iend s in Columbia during Commencement week.

TH E ARROIV

Cla rabel De nt on ha s secured a pos iti on t o t each in Mound City sc hools n ext fall.

Ethel Huds on and \ ' irginia Dyas a r c expected h om e fr om Europe in th e fall.

Lillian J ohn son -Sykes is vis iting her m o th e r , Mrs. Annie Johnson, in Columbia.

LOU ISIANA I\LP IIA

Ro sa l ie Nixon- Mill e r, wh o ha s bee n spe nding some time in New O rl ea n s with he r mo th e r, Osca r N ixon, has re turn ed to he r home in At lan ta.

1\ lr s. one o f ou r alumnae, ha s g o n e to E urope fo r th e sunun e r.

E ri c \\" a tc rs, '02, and Lucy Elliott . w ho for the past winter ha s been s tud yi ng mu s ic in X cw York un de r L amb e rt , ha ve ooth gone t o E uro pe for th e s umm e r Th ey sai le d from New Orleans on the "Colonia n" direct to Lond on.

.\L I'IIA

Ne ll e lvlo rri son o f K earn ey . Nebraska, sail s f o r E urop e Jun e eighth. She expec t s to r e turn th e las t of Augu st.

El s ie Evans , '03. ha s gone to Chi cago to tak e a position with th e :- Ia d l ill a n Publishing Co .

\ Vinslow Hutc hinso n , '00 , sa ils fo r Europe in Jun e and int end s ta spe nd the summer in Paris st ud yi ng Fr ench.

A gn es and Fl o re nce Hill of Hi awat h a, Kan s a s, are visiting K ansas Al pha du rin g Comme ncemen t week.

Ceci l Le land, '0 3 , and Frede ri ca Bulle n c, '00 , a re v is iting during Commenceme nt week.

Ed ith Riffle-Ba rr ow o f Kan sas City was in L awrence for a few da)s and attended o ur ba n que t o n F o und e r' s Da y.

R ca \\,il son '04 ,,-i ll marr y" r. A lph a BnllTI ma ge, A lph a Tau Omega . Septembe r tw enty-eigh th. 1904·

Mr and Mr s. Dunham of Kan sas Ci t y, M o., h ave ann o unced the en gagemen t o f th ei r daughte r rda t o R obe rt H Brooks , P hi Delta Theta , o f Minn.

Ne tt ie '0 1 , is in Law re nce d ur ing Comme nceme nt

w ee k and will a tte nd th e Sll mme r sc hoo l sessio n .

Su e Mil es- Kinzi e o f Cin cinn a ti , wa s v is itin g fr ie nd s in

La w rence during A pril.

l\ l a rgare t Pa rr o tt o f Clay Centre, Kansas, is \ ' isi t ing he r siste r in Lawr ence.

Kitti e P lu m b o f E m po r ia and l\e1 le Tayl o r h ave ma de Ka n sas

Alpha se ve ral sho rt vi si t s thi s s prin g.

O live Gun d ry, fo rme rl y o f Kan sas A lph a, was ma rri e d a t the

Pi Be ta P hi c ha pt e r ho use o f Ca li fo rn ia Be ta t o r. Cl a re n ce

P o in dex t e r o f T ope ka , Ka n sa s.

L ou ise '99, of Ka n sas C ity, v isi t ed Ma rl' Copley o f K an sas A l ph a th e la tt e r part o f 1l ay.

NEBR ,\ SKA BETA

Th e w e dding o f K a thr)11 and O liv e r Ev e re tt, Be t a Th e t a Pi, t oo k pl ace 1 1a y th irty -fi r st a t Ne bras ka. Th eir ho me will be in Lin co ln .

S ue A s hman of S t . Jose ph, )'f o ., is v is itin g w ith fri e nd s in Lin coln.

Grace A ndre w s o f F a ir bury . X ebras ka . who has been in Ca lif o mi a f o r a yea r ha s return ed and v is it ed Lin co ln P i P h is f o r a w eek.

Bess Turn e r and :\1 r. Pa rse t we re ma rr ied Jun e t w en ty-second in L inco ln .

TEXAS ALP If A

O n April th e t we n tie th A lin e H a rri s w as marri ed to Mr. Th e weddi ng w as a s impl e one wi th onl y a fe w f riend s a nd r e la ti ves p rese nt a n d Me A shan will mak e th e ir ho me in H o us to n, T ex a s .

O n th e e vening o f th e same day Vi vian B re n ize r w as marri ed t o Mr. Willi a m C a s well. Th ey le ft th e same e ve nin g for the no rth , to make an ex te nde d to ur , and will re turn to A u s tin nex t f a ll wh e re th ey expec t to make thei r home.

R ose E dm o nd is vi s itin g in A us tin , a nd T ex a s A lph a ho pes to k eep he r u ntil a ft e r Comme nceme nt .

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Fa y Hudgin s of T exa rka na, T exas, is expec tin g to v isit Ada Garrison du ri ng Comme nceme nt.

Margaret Ky le of Penn sy l va n ia A lpha h as been visit in g m Austin in th e inte r es t s o f the Y. W . C A. T exas A lp ha g ladl y welcomed a s ister fr om so distant a sta te, and gave an informa l rece pti o n in h er hon o r th e thirt eenth.

COLORADO ALP HA

Mrs. Chas . F. Teller (I/ee Kathrvn Bur r ) spent Commencement a t th e Pi P hi hOll se vis iti ng siste r Pi Phis . Mrs . Guy Humphrey is qu ite ill , and is at pre sent in Ca lifo rnia.

As hle y of Our3\' vis it ed i\lrs . Edward L. Coates during Comme nceme nt .

Emily Bush was married Ma y nin e tee nth to NI T. Charles D e rl eth, JT., o f Phi Camma Delta , profes so r of mechanical eng in ee rin g in the U n ive rs ity o f Califo rni a. Th ey will reside in B er keley

A nna Ramsey, J essie T h ompso n a n d Lou i se :\Te lson visited Bou l de r Pi P hi s durin g Com m en cement.

Estelle Holmes will teach in L eadville n ex t yea r.

Editorials

THE

eighteenth biennial conventi Tl of the Pi Uela Phi has come and gone . Delegates and visitor s have go n e their se veral wa ys, fill ed it is h o pe d with fresh enthusiasm f o r th e frat e rnit y and new plan s for its development. T o tho se who hav e att end ed sc \ 'c ral , th e S t. L o uis Co t1\"cnt io n will be memo r ab le. aside .fr om th e unu s ual numbe r pre sent, for two rea son s. Fir s t was th e amou nt of business that in three days wa s smoothly and m e th odically dispat c he d. The ses s io n s were nOt lo ng, but the delega tes kn ew n earl y all that was to come up, and had been definit ely in s truct ed by their chapters. Discll ss io n , therefo re, while th o r ough, was definit ely to the point and a c ti on wa s prompt and decided

Th e second memorable fact was the perso nalit y o f th e de legates them selves. Seld o m has ther e bee n a conv e nti on where every girl was so clearly a positive fo r ce . There w e re n o tr em o rs , n o tation s. no blund erings, but eac h de lega t e was r eady to b ea r h e r part with busin ess- like e ffi c iency. Wh e re the standard of the d e legates is so high . s ure ly the cond itio n of the fraternity must be \\ hole som e thro ugh o ut

p ERHAPS th e most s ig nificant s t ep t ake n by COll\'C nti o n wa s that wh ereby all who leave th e chap t e r b ecome as a m atter o f r e(luir eme nt. members o f the Alumna e fo r fo ur years at leas t. T h is s hows a re cognition of the g r owi ng portance of an o r ganized body of alumnae, especia ll y of t hose who have been late ly con nected with t h e active work of the frat ernity. It should be noticed that in r equiring alumnae s upport, the frate rnity by no means permits th e s lightest alumnae control , somet hing which has proved a stumbling block in the way of progress in t oo

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man y frat e rniti es e \'c r to be ad opted by Pi Beta Phi. It s imply mea ns that as a girl o n e nt eri ng th e c hapt e r pkdgcs h er s upp o rt for fOUf yea rs to th e acth'c work o f t h e fraternity, so upon l eavin g it she g iv es he r s up po rt fo r th e same tim e to its alulllnae int e res ts .

SOLATELY did New Yo rk Beta come int o being as a chapte r o f Pi Beta Phi that it s recogni ti on in th e ARROW must be fo r the present confined to a si mpl e word of greeting. \ Ve are more than glad to w elcome th e Ba rnard c hapt e r. Their cou rage and ene rgy, and their firm determination to attain Pi Be ta P hi hav e won for them the goal of the ir desi re and the respec t and good wishes of th e whole fr ate rnit y. The "baby chapte r" star ts Qut in lif e with a ha ppy present and a bright future . ftlay s he liv e long and prosper!

IN THE ARROW for November, 1897 , appeared an article by 'i\Irs. Emma Brownlee Kil gore, t e lling th e c irc um stanc es of th e foundin g o f I. C. Sorosis at College, 1867. In the prese nt i ss ue we print an a ccount o f the earl y growth of the fratemity a nd th e wa y that it wa s ex te nd e d. The author, Libbie B rook Gaddis, wa s n ot o nl y one of ou r found e rs, but our pi o n ee r in extension. and h e r article will be rea d with greatest int e res t .

UNFO RT U :\ A T E LY the Co nventi o n group when redu ce d to th e un sympa th e tic me dium of a half - t one plate turned ou t so badly that it seems oes t for th e credit and r ep utati on of that body to omit it alt og eth e r. It might be di sappointing to chapters t o f eel th a t th ey had en tru st ed th e shap in g o f fraternity affairs f o r the next two yea r s to a g rou p of blurr ed and featur e less individuals appa re ntl y devoid ·of menta l and physical attributes .

S in ce m os t o f th e deleg at es and man y o f th e vi si to rs are in th e chapt e r group s, th e stay -at - homes can f o rm some id e a o f the mak e- up o f th e Co nv e nti o n, e ve n with o ut th e hel p of the c usto mary gro up.

U N TIL S eptembe r fir st th e Grand Presid e nt will be at All e rton, Ma ssa c hu se tt s, a nd will be mos t gla d to m ee t Pi Phi s s umme rin g in that neighbo rhood.

THE Editor's address until S e ptember fifteenth will be Nashotah , Wi s A ft e r tha t as on first pa g e o f th e A RROW

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Chapter Letters

ALPHA PROVINCE

VERMONT ALI'HA-ldlDDLEBURY COL LEGE

Senio r s:

Florence E. Perley

Jessie M. Prentis

Josie M. Prentis, Juni o rs:

Bessie M. Bump

Katherin e Collins

Be r tha C. Duncan

Flo r ence Giddi ng s

Number In co ll ege , Nu mber In faculty , Number In chapte r

Sophomores:

Alice Duncan

Ina Gove

Annie Metcalf

Myrtle Mosier

Effie Smit h son

Florence Duncan.

Freshmen:

Grace B. Hammo nd

Gwendoline Hughes

Faith A. Power s

Mabel E. Stevenson. 113 12 17

F' RATEII:"i"ITIE S: Delta Up8110n, Delta Kuppa Epsilon, Chi 1' 81, Apbl Chi (local). 22.

lI osolls: \ 'uled lctorlan, Jes81e !t P ren08 : Salutatorian, J os le M Premls: I'bl Beta Kappa- Jes sie Prentls, J osle Prentls.

So soon again has com e the time for the chapter letter, and this reminds us that anothe r year is nearly over. We sha ll miss our three seniors who are so soon to be out in the "cold, co ld world," as onc of our Middlebury songs puts the solem n fact. June twenty-ninth is ou r Commencement day,

It seems a long time ago that we celebrated Founder's Day, but the memory is fre sh with us It was a day of day s for us when nine Vermont Beta girls came down and spent th e afternoo n and early evening with us. It rained, but our Pi Phi spirit was not dampened and we gathered around th e "fest iye board" for a cookie-shine, Besides our Burlington guests and our pledge s, we had with tiS Bertna Ranslow, '94Lena Ro sema n Denio, '96, Nellie Button and Marianne Landon, '01, and M aude Smith, 'oJ. It meant a great deal to u s to meet so many of ou r si ste r s from a neighboring chapter and to feci that all we r e working for the same ends.

CHAPTER LETTERS 261

On the evening of May thirty·first, Verm ont Alpha initii'ted Mabel Ethelyn Stevenson, '07. into the my s teries of Pi Beta Ph:. We were greatly plea sed to have with u s then Lena R oseman Denio. '96, Bertha Ranslow, '94. Dorothy Grave s, Marianne Landon , and Nellie Button, ' OJ, and Maude Smith, '03

Two informal dances h ave been given in the Ph '. Tetra thi s term.

We are highly delight ed with the new song boctks in every way. Surely they are something of which we may justlY 'oc proud. OUT convention i,$- ro hi so great a g3th erinii this. year that it surely will strengthen the chapters a g':-t2t.t Uea}, We wish 50 much that we weTe nearer, SP that others th an our delegate might attend.

Vermont Alpha bids her sister cliapters good bye for the summer vacation, with best wishes for the opening of a prosperous year next fall.

BESSIE M. BUMP.

VERMONT BETA-UNIVERSITY Of VERMONT

Seniors:

Lillian A. Bean

Carolyn L. Pre s ton. Juniors:

Emma P. Bean

Alice M. Durfee

M Elizabeth Durfee

Amy Metcalf.

Sophomores:

Gertrude John s ton

Grace Strong. Freshmen:

Lillian Carpenter

Suzanne Edson

Gertrude Strong

Lucia Warren.

Number 10 chapter , 12

OTur.n Lambda. l ola (local). Sigma Phi, Delta Psi (local), Pbl Delta Th eta. Alpha Tau Omega. Kappa. Sigma. Sigma Xu. Deihl Sigma (local), Delta Mu (Me<!. local) Phi Chi (Med.). Alpha Kappa Kappa (Med ), Kappa Alpha Theta, ]0, Delta Delta Della, 10.

Again the t ime has come when one take s farewell trip s to favorite haunt s, and think s o f say ing good-bye to dear friends. These past weeks have been th e plea <; ante st of the year; cold paper can't begin to convey all that will make the memories o f our Centennial year so la s ting and happy Found e r' s Day was celebrated by visiting the Vermont Alpha girls, and having a cookie-shine with them. This is the first time tht" two ever met together, and it was so delightful that we hope it will be a permanent custom in our chapter calendars. We lose two seniors , whom we would gladly keep. but our prospects are bright for having them often with us during next year. We have two new pledges t o introduce to you, Claire R eynolds and Jes sie Bate s, freshmen who

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are going to be a great h elp n ext fall. W e h avc really three p ledges . as o n e other is waiting to be initiated n ex t year, thou gh s he was o ne of the first to pledge last fall. We a r c all so relieved to have ru s hing done away wit h. by a Pan-Hellenic code of laws. With u s, a sking day is not till the night hefore the girl s sepa rat e at Ch ri s tmas time , pledging day i s the day after recess closes.

In eve ry letter somet h ihg ha s to be sai d abou t Com mencem ent, so I am s ur e you are all aware th a t this is our Centenn ial yea r. Th e lat est de· veiopm ent is a college pla y, ooys and girls in the cast. goi ng to give the ;'Tempest," and the r ole of !Ii irao.da COfhes t o a P i Phi The C lass D ay essay is a Pi Phi h ono r thi s year. Pi Phis ha ve al so been: artist fo r th e Ari el, th e juni o r class book; a ssoc iate editor of the co ll eg e pub l ication, th e "Cynic " ; vice president of th e J unior Class; six s trong on th e Girl s' Glee Club; one girl on Jul ia Spear Prize Reading, and o ne a member of th e Seni o r Prom committee.

The three soro rities united in th ei r annual r eception t o th e sen ior s. faculty and fri end s. For th e fir s t t ime in seve ral years the wea th er wa s all t hat cou ld be desired, so a larg e company was pr ese nt. It was held in the hi s t o r ic r oo ms where Lafayette rece i ved when in thi s city, fo r that n o t ewo rthy and int er es t ing h ouse is n ow ';G r ass M o unt." the girls' d or mitory.

An inte r es ting tenni s t ou rnament with Bowdoi n r esu lted in a ti e on the sco r e. Th e long looked fo r conventi on will be a memory by the time the ARROW r eaches u s. We co ngratul a te a ll th e d elegate s and girl s who ca n attend , and ourse h 'es that we are r e pr esented by and are part of such a wo rth y gath ering as s hall stand fo r Pi Phi at 5t. Loui s.

The r e ar e fi ve hundred fifty·six student s in the un ive r sity , eleven per <:ent of whom a re g irl s. Th ere are seven t y-nine members o f the faculty

W ish ing you a delightful summ er and a " h appy new year," Verm o nt Beta says g ood-bye to you-.and t o one o f the happi est and most memorable yea r s of her life.

ELIZABETH DURFEE.

Seniors :

CHAPTER LETTERS

COLUMBIA ALPHA---COL UM BtAN UNIVERS ITY

Catharine Virginia :McJlhenny.

Juni o r s:

Maud E sther McPhe r son.

S o ph o mores:

C lara Velma Barber

Frances Elma Gille s pie

M arion Eli sabe th McCoy

Clella Lucille Stevens

Adele Ria Taylor

Rhoda Watkin s Ruth Be ll You ng .

Number In co ll ege

Fre s hmen:

France s Gunby Bethune

Mildr ed Winan s Cochran

Ethel Hanna McCleary.

Special:

Anna Ernaline J ohnson

Ethel Vernon Rollin s.

1 , 40 8

Number In d e partm e nt or ans and sciences ,.. 466 :-l"um be r In fa c ulty

1 8 4

In c hapt e r 14 F'RAT}; KSITIF.S

Sigma Chi , Phi Delta I'hl , 1'1 Ueta Pili, Kappa Sigma. KIlJ)l)fl Alpha. Th e ta UCltn Chi, I'hl Kllppa, Chi Omega (0), Delta Tau Delta. Omega AII )ha (locu l ), 111, P111 Chi, Beta Lambda Beta ( loca l ). 1I 0S0118: Cutle r prize in 1::ngIl8h. Catharine \ 'I rglnla .\I c llh e nny.

Th e las t few mo nth s have bee n \"ery happy, a s well as very bu sy ones for Columbia Alpha, and the time ha s s lipped away so quickly that it is hard to r ea li ze that the college year is O\'er and ano th e r c hapter lett er due.

Sin ce th e la st ARROW we have had two formal entertainme nt s, our dance, an d th e celebration o f Founder ' s Day. The d a nce wa s given on the t wenty-second of April at th e H o t el Cochran, a nd was a d el ightful affa ir. Th er e were p r ese nt o nl), the chapte r girls and a fe w of our alumnae, eig htc en cou pl es in all, with o nc of ou r patroness es, Mr s. Taylo r, and Mr s. l\LcI lhenn)' an d Mr s M cCoy, tw o o f our girl s ' mothers, as chaperone s.

F o und er' s Day wa s, a s is the cus to m with u s, celebrated by a banquet gi\'c n by t he alumnae, at which the acti\" e girls were the guests. Thi s year it was held a t the T ea Cup ]nn, a quaintly pretty place , o n th e eve n ing o f Saturday. the thirtieth o f April. Thirty-fiv e Pi Phis were gathered around the table s, and all had a truly good tim e. The cvening closed wi th th e pa ss ing o f a loving cup twined with the wine and blue,-a pretty ceremon y whi ch see med, if possible, to s trengthen the bo nd s o f Pi Beta Phi am ong u s all.

Th e Co mmen cemen t week just pa st ha s bee,:! a gay one, more so than

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ever before. One impo rtant event in our eyes was the Dramatic Club ptay given at the National Theatre. Four of ou r girls had the leading parts, and th e r es t of us looked on from the boxes and were very proud of their success. The most brilliant affai r of the week was the Graduate rec ep tiol) and dance gi"en by the president and the board of trustees of the university. The undergraduate girls had this year for the first time the hono r of being invited-an honor which was duly appreciated, you may be sure. There were many smalle r affairs during the week, one o f the most pl easa nt being a laun ch party down the river, at which Theta Delta Chi entertained our c hapter.

Commencement night came all too soon, and now we have to face the fact that our one se nior, Catharine McIlhenny, is active no longer. Her loya lty, enthusiasm a nd ever ready sympat hy have made h e r a constant in spira ti o n to us all, and we sha ll miss h e r sadly next year. Still, we ho pe to sec a great deal of her, for her home is in Washington.

We have all been greatly interested lately in the appearance of the "c '04," the university annual. Its publication by the university as a whole, is a new departure, and is only one of the many si gns .o f Columbian' s progress in all direction s.

Beginning September first Columbian is to be called George Wa s hington University-a change which we cannot help regretting a little, although it will prevent the confusion cau5ed by th e similarity of our name to Columbia in New York. And perhap s this confusion would have been worse now that we ha\'e a c hapter in Columbia.

By the time the next ARROW comes. we may have interesting h ouse-, or rather r oom- hunting experiences to tell you, for we are going to move, and are looki ng forward with a joy not unmixed to ou r searc h for that which is so hard to find.-a suitable fraternity r oom.

When the ARROW appears many of us will have met at C:onventionand that the meeting may prove a sou rce of mutual helpfulne ss as well as pleasure to all, is the since re wish of Columbia Alpha.

ADELE RIA T AYLQR.

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PENNSYLVANIA ALPHA-SWARTHMORE COL LEGE

Senior s:

Mary A. Gutelius

E I\'a L. A s h J tm iors :

H ele n M Car r e

Ethe l B. Close .

Number In c bapter ....••

Sophomores:

Cla ra L. Boy le

Arvilla M . Lang

Elizabeth K Carte r. F r es hm en : Flora M Doy le

E li zabet h J o hn son

Hazel L. Davis

OTIIl'R F'}t ATER l'o' ITIES JU:l'fU:SEN TI.;o : Kappa Alpha Theta, I fl; Kappa Kappa Gamma , 1 3; Ph i Kappa I"'s'I, l-:a l)1>8 Sig ma and Delta Upsil o n Num be r In college 229 Number in fa c ulty , , " 33

H ON ORS: Eligible for I' hl B etll Ks pps-:\lary Gutellus; elig ibl e f or Lu c r etia lI o tt scholsrsblp--Msry Gute llu s.

It see ms impo ss ible to r ea lize that when this ARROW r ea ch es us othe r college year will have clo sed .a nd we shall once again be sca ftered t o the four wind s We ex p ect to lo se three o r four ve ry dear girls thi s y ear, and so it is w ith mingled f eeli ng s o f joy and sa dness that we are watching th e Jun e r oses bud an d blossom.

Th is has been an exceedingly h appy spring t ime to the girl s of Pennsy lv a ni a Alp ha becau se our day at last over we have been free to r es t and enjoy th e soc iety of ou r "babies" w ith ou t constraint. We had planned t o celeb r ate Founder's Day by a picnic in the woods, but th e fates we r e agai n s t liS, fo r when we awoke that morning we were greeted by a threa t ening sky and before night the rai n wa s p ouring d ow n in torrent s. Not in the lea st daunted , we s imply turn ed ou r pi c nic into a cookie-s hine in the r oom of one o f th e girl s, a n d h a d th e jolliest tim e imaginable.

On th e thirti et h of April. we h e ld ou r annual banquet at the B ellevue Hotel , Philad elphia. W e ha d a numbe r of o ur alum nae with us at the time, a nd Maud Rice , ' 03. ma d e a cha rm ing toas tmi s tre ss. Wh e n college close s we expect to ha ve a house par ty at Langh o rne. P enn s ylvania , in a n ideal o ld h om e with any amou nt of ground around it We shall s pend a week th e r e and ha ve invite d a number o f the college boys to come up over Sunday.

Ju s t a t pre sent Swarthmore is a ve ry happ y place, f o r o ur la crosse t eam h as won the intercollegiate champion ship of the United States

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The deci s ive game was with J o hn s Hopkin s U n i\'c r sity, and when o ur vic t or ious team r e turn ed from Baltimore th ey we r e greeted with suc h a ce leb r atio n as seldom ta kes place arou nd thi s s t ai d old Quak e r college. We have one more gam e with Toronto , and if ou r t ea m can only beat the cham pi o n s of Canada our delight will know no bou nd s.

With th e be s t wi s he s fo r a bright and ha ppy vacation t o each and every Pi Phi,

ELIZABETH K. CARTER.

PENNSYLVAN IA BETA-BUCKNELL UN IVER SITY

Senio r s:

Blanche Allyn Bane

Rachel Eddleman.

Juniors :

Ferne F. Braddock

Mary I. Bowe r

Nell ie E. J o hn son

Ed;th H K elly

Blanche Stoner.

Sophomores:

Flore nce Bacon

Daisy Par son s

Edna Inn es i\fary Seaman

B tss ic H arpc l

Fl o r ence Cob b

Edi th L a ne

Sarah Furm a n

iSumber In (' hnp te r 15 OTl,,:1l l"IlATEIIXITIES l'hl Kn l)pn 1'81 , I'hl Gamma Delta, Sigma Alp h a Epsilon, Kappa Sigma, Sigma Cbl, i>eltl.l 'J'h e la Upsilon (l ocal), Delta Delta D cl la , 9.

Pennsyh'ania Beta is so ve ry busy! In t wo week s Comme n cemen t w ill b e here, and with it our an n ual initiat io n Then we ex pect to show seve n freshmen the glorie s of Pi Phi. \ Ve will also enjoy ou r annual sympos ium and ho pe to ha\'e many alumnae back to make it th e more e nj oyab le.

Thi s spring term has been unusually inte r esti n g to u s, that is, along f r aternity l ines. Our ri"al , a loca l, by name Pi Alpha Zeta, h as obt ai n ed a charte r f r om Delta D e lta Delta, and t en girl s we r e duly initi ated o n May twentieth. You ca n imagine with what cu ri osi ty Penn sy lvania Bet a awai ted th e establishment of h e r first r eal ri,·al. A nd t o tell th e truth, newness is not entirely worn o ff yet.

Founder's Day was celebrated by us in a manner e ntire ly different fr om pr ece ding years. Each acti"e girl wore wine carna ti o n s all day, and in the even ing the acti,'e chapter gave a r ecep ti on to the faculty and th ei r ",h·es. our pat r o ne sses and th eir hu sbands, and the town alumnae . For amuse ment , we h ad the baby pi c tures o f all pre se nt hung on a n e t on th e wall. Mu c h gaiety ' ·as caused in guessing them and comp a ring them with the grown-up individuals.

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But the greate s t lime of all came on M ay tw enty fir st . when th e active chapte r and lown alum n ae held th eir annual picnic a t Blue Hill The day was perfect a nd n o one but Pi Beta Phis can imagine o r r eally appreciate the g ood time twenty-three whole-hearted fraternity girls had t oge th e r

With all o ur friv o lit y and happine ss, tw o thin gs h a\'e happe ned to mar CU T sp ring ter m Lucretia Snyder, a sophomore, l eft college be cause o f th e illne ss o f her mo th er , and o ne o f O UT patro ne sses, Mr s. Rockwood, died.

I ca nn o t close with ou t telling yo u th a t th e chapte r hPig" was kill ed las t night and eve r y per so n greatly plea se d with the num be r o f ni cke ls, dimes, Quarter s and h a lf-dolla r s it con tain ed. If you ha\' c n eve r tried the "pig st un t , " do so, a nd see what a really love ly th in g it i s \\'ith be st wishes to all Pi Beta Ph is, but most especially t o our baby Pi Phis at Columbia,

FER!'<E F. BRADDOCK

J'£NNS\' LVA!'J IA GA MMA-DI CKINSO N COL LEGE

Juni o r s:

Anna J . Spea r s

1\[ ahe l B. Kirk

Kathleen M Gooding

Gertrude H e ll e r. :

Delora E. Arm s trong

M a r y Stahr

Number 10 c bapt e r

Fre shmen :

1\l argare t Barrett

Ada Fill e r

Mary E. Hoo ve r

Dorothy H oove r £"a Ca!'s

Elsie H offe r

Co r inn e Gaul Id a Shimmel!.

OTfn:R Phi K appa Phi Kal Jpll Psi, Slgmll Ch i. B eta Th eta PI. Phi Delta Th eta, Slgrnll Alpba Epsilon Kllppa. Sigma, Omegll P il i (local), 1 8. 7'\"um 1M> r In C ollege of Li be ral Arts , 246 Xum be r In fl1cullY " 18 1I 0S0118: Hi lltory prize, Kirk ; 1'Iltt Oll prize. Eva Calli.

Th e Comm en cement w eek of the year at Dickinson College wa s o n e w hi ch will be lo ng rem em be red by th e girl s o f P en n sylvan ia Gamma for then we h e ld ou r fir s t a nnu al Comme n cemen t banquet ;]s Pi B e ta Phi Since th e fou nd ing of the loca l frat ernity in 1898 , it h a d been o ur cu s tom t o ho ld a banQliet. Six a lumnae were back, a ll of wh o m e n joy the unique plca c: ure of being pre sen t at both th e fir s t Phi Alpha Pi and Pi Beta Phi ban q u e t at D ickin son. ' Ve w e r e especia lly glad to ha ve with ll S fr o m the Penn sy lvania Beta chap t e r , Sara Black, who r(sponded t o the

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t oast, "Pennsylva nia Beta," and Mary J Oh05011 of Pennsylvania Alpha. The ir presence made us appreciate more fully than before the great benefit in being nat io nal rather than local.

Two of OU f alumnae were initiated th e afternoo n before the banquet , Bessie M cGo wan Craighead, ' 01, and Ethelyn M. Harde s ty

We are look in g forward to the r e turn o f our delegate with the tiding s of that great assembly of Pi Phi s. It ca nnot do othe rwi se than s ti mu late the life of the chapter s to come into close to uch with one a nother.

To all the Pi Phis we se nd QU f bes t wishes fo r a delightful vacation. GERTRUDE HELLER.

OHIO ALPHA--QHIO UN I VERS ITY

Seniors:

Belle Bi shop

Fl o ra Conner.

J unio r s:

Fl o re n ce Clayton

Bayard U ll o m

Mary Wood.

Numbe r In ch nptf'r

Sophomore : Mary Treudley

Fr es hmen:

Sy l via M oo r e Be rni ce Coult rap

May Scott.

Specials:

Elizabeth Mu sgrave Mabel Ro r ick.

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OTHER ' ''UAn;nS ITU:s REP nESE:STlm: Delta Tau Delta, Beta Th eta PI, Phi [)elta. Th et a, Alpllfl Alpha Alpha ( loc al) , 10 . College e nrollme nt

380 Num be r In raculty 39 n elle U1 l1 h op. Scie ntific Club , f : ngllsh Club, class orator: "'l o ra Co nn e r, class orator; Bayard L;llom, Engli s h Club, Lit e rary Edit o r or lllr ror; lIary Treudl e y. I-:ng lisb C lub

It is with a feeling of sad n ess that Ohio A lpha pens this , the last lette r of the year, fo r two of us co mp lete our cou r se. But especially hard it i:; fo r us t o l eave ou r fr a te rnity , with all its as soc iations and frie ndships. But we must n ot be se lfi sh , fo r what is ou r loss is another's gain, and new girls will t a k e ou r place s and pe rhap s fill them bett e r th an we ha ve d one The gratifying fea tur e is, th a t we may st ill be P i Phi s. Mill loyal wearers o f the wine and blu e.

Ohio Alpha looks back upon the pa st y ea r with a great deal o f pleasure a nd sa ti s faction. and is no w vigorously preparing fo r examination s a n d Com me nceme nt. ' ''Ie expect to have Quite a r e union , a s many of ou r alltmnae are looking fo rward to attending th e Ce nt e nn ia l celeb r ation of the c ollege .

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\Ve have taken a great deal of pleasure in refurnishing our halt. and feel Quite proud of its altered appearance. On May twenty-eighth we opened it with a reception to the alumnae, in connection with which Wt; pledged Mary Chappelear.

On April twenty-fifth two of our alum nae ente rt ained active and alumnae chap ters and patronesses, and for Founder's Day, OlJ r president entertained the chapter informally at her home.

D elta Tau Delta has recently gone into a fine chapte r house and on May thirteenth gave a pillow showe r for their girl friend s. Many ot th e guests were Pi Phis. Phi Delta Theta held its annual banquet the la st of May, and seve ral Pi Phis were present. Beta Theta Pi banquets at Hotel Berry June tenth. Pi Phi is always well represented at suc h functions.

Ohio U n iversity has been especially favored and has recei\'ed another large appropriation, besides a sum sufficient to erect a handsome library building, which will doubt less be completed by fall.

We are sending to the Convention ou r president, Bayard Ullom, a girl of whom we are ve ry proud. Ohio Alpha extends best wishes for a pleasant and profitable summer.

FLORA TERHUNE CONNER.

OHIO DETA-{)HIO STATE UN IV ERSITY

Seniors:

Maud McAlpin e Gertrude Ja ckson

Fanny Mitzenberg.

Juniors:

Katharine Potter

Marion Nichols

Helen Robinson

Clare Postle.

Sophomores:

Laura Deatrick

Martha J ones

Katherine Bancroft

Mary Leonard. Freshmen:

Mary Jennings

Eva Barnhill. Graduate: Ernestine Ball.

Number In chapter " 14

()THY-R TtF.f'RESF.:STF.D: Kappa Alpha Thf'la. 1 :'\: l\:apl)8 Kappa Gamma. ]0: Delta Delta Delta, ]2 : Phi Gamma IX!lu. I' hl Kappa Pal, Sigma Chi, Pbl DElila Thetn. Chi Phi. Beta 'I'heta PI. Sig-ma :\'"u, Alpha ' I'ftu Omega. Sigma A Ipba Epsilon. I'hl Delta Phi. Delta Tnu Delta. Kallpa Sigma.

To say that we ha\'e had grand good times and plea s ant fellowship togethcr this year is expressing in mild terms ou r real feeling s, and until we h ave all been se ni ors we cannot understand t he sadness of those who must leavc the dear old college halls and retreats. In a way we are always glad when a college year is ended-glad that we shall hav e a little rest

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H om college work,-yet we r eg r e t to lea ve ou r friends c, e n for so s ho rt a tim c But to a rri ve at the time wh e n we sha ll go fo r good mu st n ece ssa r ily make us f eel badly. Three of ou r gIrls graduat e thi s year, alth o ugh one will probably be with u s again next year

Already we have bee n ru s hing a littl e, and are m aki ng plan s for ne x t jear. \V e sh a ll n o doubt ge t a great many ne w ide a s at the Convention which will h e lp u s quite a lill ie in Oll r fall cam paign. How delightful it will be to me e t so many Pi Phi s! We who g o t o Conven t io n will ha ve a better concepti on of what it r eally mean s t o be a fraternity girl. and we wi !:l h that we might all be th e re, but as it is, we are f o rtun ate in h a\· ing seve n o r eight to go from Ohio Beta.

On e more day will end o ur wo rk fo r t he year. H a"in g gone thro ugh the same hard work , you ca n well imagine how glad we are. Then comes the "good old s umm e r tim e· ' with a ll it s picnics, sp r eads, and house p a rt ie s, th e last being t he joll ies t parties eve r con ceived of. As yet we d o nOI know whethe r or not we 5hll have one. You who live in chapte r houses han them all the time , and for thi s , at lea s t, we en vy you.

We are looking fo r ward now to a week o f festiv ity-g r aduJ.t io n week. Th e Prom of course is an att r ac ti ve feature and o n e in which Pi Phi n e\·er fails t o playa pa rt.

Ohio Beta wi s hes all a ve r y delightful vacation. C LAR E P OSTLE.

NEW YORK -\I...PIlA-SYR CUSE US t VERS I TY

Seniors:

Taitt

jl,lo\1ie Barke r

Lin a J enning s

Cora V. Sco tt

Grace Hunt

Lunette G. Havens

Mabel E. Murr ay,

Junio r s:

I sabe lla M acG rego r

Eva G. Roe

Frances :M ae Bull

Anna Green

Laura Sin gl e.

Sophomores :

Dorothy M Dicke r son

E'-lelle Ga N un

M arion Barnhart

M ary E. H a rt

Grace MCCOOll.

fre shmen : Florence Gray

Je ss ie Onderdonk

E s ther Sherwood

Rna Caspe r

Sabra Hayden.

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Kumber In ChAplH ()TilER F'UTERSITIF.S R".I' Rr.SE!'1TED: A lphR Phi, Gamma PhI Reta, Kappa K appa (;amma. Kappa A lpha Tbeta. [)ella Della {)ella. PhI. Delta Gamma.

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Phi llu Epallon, Alpha XI Di!'lta. Delta Kappa t"! ptJll o ll. n e llA I ' p li on. Pal Gpsl lon, I"'bl Kappa PsI. P hi Delta TIlela, Beta Theta PI, S igma Xu , Phi Delta P bl, Delta ChI. Alpha KSllpa Kappa, Pbl Gamma Delta 'bl A11 )ha Sigma, Sigma Hbo Alpba.

I1 0S0R8: Cora V Scoll. Sc hola r ship In vocal mUBl e.

An o ther ye a r has g o ne by a nd we are glad to say that fo ur of o u r senio r s were graduated with honor.

Since our la s t letter our chapte r ha s entertained three chapter s of fraternities. Besides on the afternoon of May seventeenth we gave a recepti o n to the girls ' fraternities and to the faculty and their wives in th e e\' ening On Founder s Day the girl s a ssembl ed and bad a j o lly good lime,

\Ve are pl ea s ed t o introduce to all of our si s ter s thos e who m we h3\' <pledged fo r next year. They are Helen P o tter , Loi s Hawk s, Leila Mernam , Myrta Harrington, Oli\' e Barke r and Ada Myers , The last week was a bu sy o ne , Monday aftern oo n wa s cla ss day, and Tuesday afternoon the Alumnae Club meet. On each c\' cning a soiree was gi\' en by the mu s ical s tudent s and faculty. \ Ve dnesday morning was devoted to the Commencement e x erci se.. and in the e"ening the Chancellor gave a reception.

New York Alpha wi !' hc s that each of her sisters may have a pleasant vacation.

MARY E HART.

Seniors:

Minnie R. Boulger

Margaret Claffy

Florence Hubbard

Id a L ew is L izette Met ca lf

Dora Nevins

M Ellen Th omas.

Sophomores:

Julia H Freed

Bessie L. Lewis

Mary \V Murtha

Virginia Ralph

Ella J Reaney.

Freshmen:

Milicent Perkins

Mary C. R. Reardon.

We, of New York Beta, wi s h to thank ou r new siste r s fo r their h earty welcome W e feel as if we had very little o f interest to t e ll you all, fo r, of, course, our frat e rnity life has just begun. At present ou r m embe r s hip is fourt ee n Seven of th e fourteen are already "alumnae." When college re opens in the fall, howeve r. we expec t to e nlarge ou r active ch apte r at once, and make New York Beta a flouri shing chapte r of Pi Beta Phi.

NEW YORK BETA-BARNARD COLLEGE

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MAS SAC H USETTS ALPHA-BOSTON UNIVERS ITY

Seniors:

Georgia Alexander

Jennie B. Allyn

S. Beth Braina r d

El na C. Coates

Mary C. Galbrait h

E. Louise Richardson

Do r a E. Smith.

Juni o r s:

Marion L. Bean

Myrtic M. McGui r e.

Number In chapter

Sophomores:

Car rie A. Bacon

M Lillian Horne

Alice V. S. Jonsso n

Alice Pe r kins

Ethel M. Pip e r

Sarah G. Pomeroy

Adalieta Shaw

Freshmen :

Edna C. Cullis

Elizabeth Gibb

Harriette E. O'Donald

Lora Pratt

Esther C. J o hn son

Claire B. Trumbull

Amy L Wall o n 1lildrcd Wright.

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COLu:m: IloNOIl S: Jennie B. Allyn, Phi Ht'tR !\IlPP II; Dora E. Smith, Phi Beta Knl)l)ll.

Number III college , " ,' 51 1 Numbe r I n fa culty , '" 38

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Beta Th e ta PI. Th eta V elta Cbl. Kappa Kappa Gamma, 17: Alpha Phi , 31: Gamma l'hl UelA, 19 ; V elta Delta Delta, 22; J '1 Uetu 1'111,24 : Sigma Kappa, 27.

Comm encement i s O\'er, s ix loyal Pi Phi s han tak en theit degree s and now we are a ll fo r the s ummer month s \ Ve were very proud of our seniors this Co mmencement week, for two of them were elected to Phi Beta Kappa , w h ile J ennie Allyn gav e a t oas t at the s enior banquet and Loui se Richard so n had a leading part in th e seni o r dramatics. \Ve r eg r e tted the fact that Mary Galbraith did n o t graduate a s s he was obl iged to leave college o n account of illn ess. During Commencemen t, Profe sso r Warren of our own department wa s elected Dean of the College of Lib e ral Art s. The choice of the tru s te es i s very plea sing to th e student body, for Profe sso r \-Varr en is the son o f our fo rmer Pre s ident and i s vc ry popular with the stu dent s.

Sin ce Ea s ter , college has been very gay. Ea rl y in April th e sophomore d e le gatio n held a week-end h Oll se party at the ho me o f one of the member s. Tw o weeks la te r, the wh o le college turned ou t in fo r ce to the juni o r week fe s ti, itie s. The s e were success ful in every particular.

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Founder's Day was celebrated by an initiation held at the home of Adalieta Shaw. "Ve are Hf)' proud of our initiate, Esthe r J oh n son, and wish to introduce her at th is time. After Esther had r idde n "the prancing Hilly-goat" we entertained our alumnae at a children's party. The girls all dres se d as little tots, and there were some ve ry funny sights. It is hard to tell whether the senior who appea r ed as a (" o-year-old hugging a doll n early as large as herself or the alunma who dres se d as Little Lord Fauntleroy called forth most amusement.

Ju st at the end of th e season , Elizabeth Gibb caJlped th e climax o f good times by gi,-ing a party at which she ente rtain ed ou r own girl s and the men of Gamma Eta Gamma, her brother's Law School fraternity.

Examinations broughts a cessation of gaieties and at the same ou r hearts were saddened by the sudden death of Adelaide Chase. Adelaide was an alumna of Illinois Zeta , but s he had been an enthusiastic member of our own alumnae association and th e active girls knew her very well. We can never fo rg et her loving com rad eship o r the c harming ho spitality she so readily s howe d us.

Life in a fraternity chapter is like a continued sto r y and it possesses all th e charm of novelty. The foundation of a Pan-Hellenic Association in our college means that next fall will be the beginning of new con diti ons and experiences. but we are not disturbed at the prospect. Rather, as we clo se the college year, we fini s h anothe r chapter in this en tr ancing Pi Phi serial with sadness only a s we think th a t so much o f th e sto ry is past and with anticipation as we await the next installment. For although plot thicken s" t he climax is yet to come and the c har acte r s of the past will still continue in h elpful position" while we look forward to the new characters who will help to shape ollr destiny.

SARAH G. POMEROY.

MARYLA;\,O

COLLF.GE OF BALTIMORE

At last Maryland Alpha is able to introduce her new initiates to the Pi Phi world. They are one so phomore, Grace Spettiglle, and !1\'e freshmen, Helen Crane, \Vood. L'1ura Pre sby, Mabel Scott, and Euphemia Miller. Since our Easter pledge day we have been very happy in having the se girls of our choice enter with u s into our fraternity life and ideal s. and they h ave all been quick to learn and fo llow.

On June the fou rth we had our annual r("union and banquet at the H o t el Rennert. It is alway s a time of joy, especially to the active to welcome among us once mo re our former compan ion s and helpmates. We we r e greatly pl ease d to have with us for the first time since any of u s have been in the chapter. of our founders, May K ella r , who has just received her degree of D octo r of Philosophy fr om Heidelberg Uni\·ersity.

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\V c a r e j u s t now in t he mids t of Commen cemcn t, whic h is a week lat e r th a n u s ua l thi s yea r. A ll exa min a ti o ns be in g ovc r , we fee l a s if we ca n ent e r int o th e en te rtain me nt s wi t h h eart and co n sc ie n ce fr ee , and wi t h th e se n io r s look fo rward t o a tim e o f r est, if o nly fo r a fe w mo n t hs .

O u r seni o r s ar e al way s t he g uests of ho n o r dur in g Com m en ce me nt w eek. Th e y are toa s t e u anu ui lleJ Ly nearl y cv e r y club a nd cla ss in co ll e ge

The 111 0s t enj oya b le affa ir , th e o n e loo ked fo rw a rd to with ea gern ess from th e fr c" hm a n yea r , is the j u n io r ban que t t o t h e scni o r s. Th e tabl es are arrang ed in the central pavili o n o f Gou cher Hall, beautifully d eco rated with cl a ss flowers. An impo rtant feature o f th e ba n q uet is th e ma ny bright and witty t oa s t s that a r e gi ve n , mingl ed with th e class a nd co lleg e son gs.

Th e S o uth e rn C lu b "pro m ," and th e Penn s yl vania C lub boa ting party are ol h e r im po rt a nt fea tures o f th e w eek.

Be fo r e th e n ex t ARROW is ou t we hope th a t m a n y o f li S will h a ve m e t at Con ve nti o n an d beco me acq ua int ed in pe r so n

M a r y lan d Al p ha wi sh es a ll P i P his a pleasa nt a n d e n joyab le s um mer. I KE !oI'E T U LA FEN TO N

BETA PROVINCE

I LLI NO I S Bf.T A- LOMR.\RO CO ll. ECE

S e nio r s :

Ethe lwyn Gri e r

B ess Philbr ook.

J un io r s:

E mm a Gru bb

Fr a n ces Ross.

Soph o m o r es:

D e lia Co ng e r

E thel C h a mbe rlain

El s ie Ga rl ick

M a ry R a nd o lph

M abe l J o n es.

Fres hmen :

Lo u ise R oss

E th el F e nn essy

E lea n o r C layco mb

Elea n o r P a rk e.

l"um be r In c ha pte r Num be r In college Numbe r In fa culty

()THEil }o"'RATi:RSITIr.S: Alpha XI 1:1; Si g ma Ntl. Phi Delta Th e ta

H O:-;O Rfi : }o- lrAt prize, T o nse nd Decla mati on Co n tes t El s ie Garli ck : Second priz e. T O" ' D!lc nd Decl a ma t ion Co ntest. Della Co nge r .

\Vi t h a ple as ant and pro fit a b le yea r behind he r , a nd the anti ci pation

o f co m ing in close r touc h wi t h the othe r c h ap t e r s a t conven ti on j ust be ·

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fore, Illinois Beta sends her la s t ARROW letter in a happy frame of mind. The parling was hard, for we may not welcome some of OUf number back in the fall, but we are confident that we shall see them again soon, for few old Lombard students can refrain from happy bits of vi s its now and then after they have gone out into the bustle of the world .

Our Founder's Day celebration consi s ted of a dancing party given in the gymnasium, the scene of mo s t of our fe s tivities of that nature The deeo. rations were in white and green with a wine and blue cozy corner, and were very effective. Of course each party we give seems a little nicer than the one before, but we really think that this was the pleasante s l one of the year. Half of the program consisted of favor dances, which were very pretty. and caused much merriment among the gue s ts.

On May twentieth, we were entertained at a charming reception gi\·en in our honor by our rival, Alpha Xi Delta. Our relations with these girls have been very happy ones this year, and we hope to keep the sa me attItude to ward one another in lhe years to come.

Another plea sa nt reception wa s the o ne tendered u s during Commencement week by Mr s. Grubb, wife of one of the profe ssors , and also one of our patronesse s. Here we met in an informal way many visiting alumnae who had r etu rned for the Commencement season. Some o f them, white in school, wo r e the large arrow of r. C., but they are just a s loyal to the tiny one with Greek letters on it s wings as are we ourselves.

Our two seniors, Bess Philb rook and Ethclwyn Grie r , took important part s in the se nior class play and played their role s so well as to make us ve ry proud of them, indeed.

But as we had to say good-bye to the girls of our chapter, so we must bid our s is ter chapters farewell for a season. \ Vith something of regret the corresponding sec retary leaves the ta sk which ha s been a very pleasant one to her throughout the year, hoping that her successor may take as much pleasure in it as she has done.

Mayall the girls of Pi Beta Phi have a happy and a profitable summer.

ETHEL CHAMBERLAIN.

Seniors:

Della Hurf!

Minnie Weyhrich

Lulu Hinchliff

Mary Crawford

Blanche Pond

Nelle Townsend

Katharine Bagby.

Junior:

Edith La ss.

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JLLINOIS DELTA-KNOX COLLEGE

Sophomores:

Bertha Stephenson

Florence \Varner

Nelle Welles

Clara Lindley

Loui se McIntosh

Nelle Diehl

Myrella J ohnston

Loui se Seacord

Mary Mar s.

Fr es hmen : Maurine Tilley

Anne McKay

Myra Wilson

Bertha \V oods

Marie Bradley tne ? Webster.

Number In college

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OTU}:II FItATF.IOIITIES Rl:I'RES}:NTED: Delta Deltn Deltn. HI: lWta Theta PI. 14.: Phi Gumma Delta, ]3: Phi De lta Theta, 20 II O!'lon ItOLL: Della lIurl!', Bertha Stephenson. Ulanche P ond. l'nOOltA!>lA; Della nurtf, essay.

\"h en this letter will appear in the ARROW, our Convention will be ove r. and doubtless all the news will seem more than s tale. Since ou r last letter , the Pi Phis of Gale s burg have undertaken the furni s hing and the maintenance of a r oom in the new addition of the city hospital, and hereafter will oversee all its care. The alumnae have taken charge of it, as sis ted by the actin member s of Illin ois Beta and Illinois Delta.

On the twenty·eighth of May the underclas s men of the chapter gave a dance at the Soangetaha Club·house at Lake Rice, in honor of the seniors. It was a most enjoyable occasion, and mllch appreciated by the senio r members of the chapte r Of th e twenty-one girls active at the end of school probably no more than twelve will return in September, but although the chapter will be left much depleted in number s, we leave it ill the hands of st r ong, active workers, and we predict for l11inoi s Delta gre:it sllccess in the coming year.

With greetings from Illin ois Delta , to all siste r chapters, and a hearty wdcome to our baby chap ter at Columbia University.

KATHARINE M BAGBY.

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I LLINOIS EPSlLON-XORTII W E STER N UXIVERSITY

Se ni ors :

Lu cy Adele D e r ick so n

Ca rr ie Edith Ma son

Florence Ger tru de Baldwin, S ophom o r es:

Emma D o la nd

Margare t H a mm o nd

Marie Hammond

Bl a n c he Beal.

Fre s hmen:

Lena L inn

Nadine Robe rt son 'Mabe l Ellis

N ina William s.

School o f Orat o r y :

Eleano r Ju st

M a ri e Garrison

Cori nne Cohn.

Num ber o f student s In o f Libe r al Ar ts , ,......... 7 06

Num be r o f 8tudents In entire Un i versity ......•...••... •. , 2 , 813

Number In f aculty, Liberal Arts 60 Number In faculty, entire Univers i ty •, 276 Number of active members o f III1n ol8 F':psl) o n H

OT III':R "'IIATt:I C'1 ITn:s Alpha Phi, 19: Delta G amma, 13 ; Ka p ila Alpha T hetn , 13: Delta D e lta Delta.. 21 : Gamma Phi Be ta , 14 : Kappa Kappa Gamma, 17 : Chi Omega, 1 0; Alpha Chi Om ega, 1 G: PhI gta (local), 12 ; PhI K appa P s I. 1'11 1 n elta Th et a I'hl K appa Sigma. Sigma Al pha Ep8 l1 o n, Sigma Ch I, Sigma Nu . Della p s ll o n, Delta Tau ])elta, Beta Th eta 1'1.

The year is drawing 10 a clo se, a n d examination s are ove r Illin o is Ep si lo n lo ses three se ni o r s thi s yea r , a nd th ey ha ve h ad to ta ke th ei r exa m· inati o n s ju st as th e fre s hm e n have. A petiti o n t o the fa c ulty fo r a r elease fr o m exa m s wa s un s uccessf ul, so we did a s w e h ave do ne fo r the la st f our year s.

Since th e las t iss ue of th e ARROW we ha ve had Oll r an n ual party , whic h we a lways give in celeb r ation of Founder s' Day, and we have been t o ld by severa l p e r son s th a t it wa s th e pretties t party gi\'e n at No rth we s tern thi s year. Our a lumnae he lp ed us r oyally by gi\' ing u s abou t a Quarter o f the ('ntire cos t o f the dance

J u ne eleventh is t he dat e se t fo r our an n ua l farewell s pr ead o r picnic when we expect to have a la r ge number of alumnae with u s. Vie hav e it at Lu cy D er ickson ' s in Kenilw o rth ; fo r s he ha s a fine , big law n fo r u s if th e weather is fair . a nd a nice la rge dining r oom fl oo r t o sit on if the element s are "agin" u s.

\Ve h ave had ou r e lec ti o n o f office r s, a nd M a r gar e t Ha mmond will write th e ARROW le tt e r s ne xt yea r , so thi s is my last act as a n act ive membe r of Pi Beta Phi , except to r epr ese nt my c h ap te r a t Conv e nti on So it is with gr eat r egret th a t T lay dow n my pen, a ft e r ex t e nding th e bes t of wis h es o f Illin ois Ep s il on to all he r s is te r s for a joyous summer and a pros perou s f a ll.

M ay th e ri che st ble ss ing s r es t upo n Pi Beta Ph i and all h e r members everywhere, is th e si n ce re wi s h o f one o f h e r 1904 s is t ers, FLOREN CE GERTRUD£: B A LDWIN

ILLINOIS

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Seniors:

Clare Sommer

Edna Sheldon

Erma Moore .'

Juniors:

Angeline Stedman

Vera Turell

Hilda \Vhite.

Sophomores:

Hel en Marie Atkinson

Helen A. Bagley

Ruth \Vealthy Clark

Kate Mann

Virginia Chester.

Number 10 chapte r

ZETA-UNlVERITY OF ILLINOIS

Fres hmen:

Leona Harkrader

Ethel Le ndrum

Edi th Spray

Anne White

Nelle Miller

Nelle McMillan

Lois Swigart

Jess ie Armstrong.

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()TUER l·'RATERNITIES HEl'lUlSESTED: KaplHl Alpha Theta, 25: Kappa Kappa Gamma. 24 : Alpha Chi Omega, 23; Ch i Omega, 12; Beta Theta PI, Sigma Chi, Phi Delta Theta. Delta Tau Delta, Phi Gamma Delta. Kappa Sigma, Phi Kappa Sigma, l:ilgma :\u, Sigma AII )bn EpSilon, Alpha Tau Omega.

The close o f a very bu sy year ha s come for Illinois Zeta. It would be impossible to point out any definite results accomplished, but we feel very well satisfied, on the whole. \Ve have gained a great deal of pleasure and profit from ou r close association in the chapter h ouse.

This year we lose three sen iors, and although the number does not reach that of last year, we feel ju st as badly at the thought o f lo si ng them, for we realize how mllch we shall miss them. Edna Sheldon lins in U rbana , and we are consoling ourseh'es with the thought that the other two may come back often to visit.

Since last you heard from us, we have pledged Virginia Busey, an Urbana girl. She once matriculated, so under the terms of our contrac t we could pledge her. and as she is to be in college next year, we hope to in itiate her early in the fall.

Senral of us are planning to be at Com'e ntion, and we hope to see many of you there, so in addition to the happy wishes for the summer that we send you through the ARROW , we sha ll be able to talk to the girls th emselves. and say the many nice things that it is impossible to put on paper.

HELEN MARIE ATKINSON.

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lNDI."'NA ALPIIA-FRANKLL" COLLEGE

Seniors:

Ruth A. Sloan

E. G r ace Stubbs

Juni o r s:

Grace S. Carney

lda Fay M a r s hall

Co ra B. Voyles.

Number In chApter _

Number In college

Number In faculty

Sophomores:

Grace Bryan. Mary Magaw 'Freshman : Mary Wysong.

210

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OrHEK FIl.\TERSITIJ:S: l'b l Delta Theta, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Alpba Gamma Alpha (IO(al), 11.

COLLEGE H OSOHS: E. Grace Stubbs. address from students at tbe open ing of the new college buildings; Cora B Voyles, tutor In history.

Indi ana Alpha sends greetings again and for the last time to all her sis t er chapters . We now have only a little more of college, and we see the end approach with mingled feelings of pleasure and regret. We have on ly two seniors thi s year, and although we feel th e loss of the se girls very much, nevertheless the chapter will be st r ong next yea r. We s h all begin with six acti\·e girls and nine pledges.

On April t enty-second we gave our annual dinner. OUf decorations consisted of r ed ca rnati ons, and the place cards which were decorated in water co lor designs. We were glad to have Jeanette L emon, '03. and Nelle Kemp, ex-'o5, with us on that occasion. Our alumnae ce lebrated Founder's Day by giving a recital, to which four hundred guests were invited. The artists for the recital were Mr. Leroy Tebs, barytone, and Mrs. Hugh McGibeny, monologuist.

Cordelia Middleton, who was with us last year, was married t o Dr. J ohn Glackman on the eighth of June. Their home is in Hatfield, Io diana.

Hoping the summer vacation of every Pi Phi sisler will prove a most delightful one, we say "good-bye" until next fall.

GRACE STAFFORD CARNEY.

Post Graduate:

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INDIANA BETA-INDIANA UNIVERSITY

IHindwell Crampton

Seniors:

Olive Traylor

Ethel Boyd

Maude J o hnson

Pearl Huff.

Juniors :

Flora Traylor

Alice Albertson

Pearl Franklin

Hetti e Neat

Ada Richer

Grace Graybill.

Sophomores:

Opal Havens

Juli a Scott

Ca r rie Read

Alma McCrum

Bess

J anc Blakeley

Leila Thiebaud

Blanche Disher

Mary Miller

Stella O'Byro

Edwina Day.

Freshmen:

N cttic Plea san t s

Mable Keeney

Blanche Conk

Mabelle Batman

Rose Lau er

Georgia Richhart

Grace Baird

Marion Loc kridge

Bright Camp

Ha zel Squires

Annette \Vayman

Num be r In chapter 33 OTUER SORORIT IES AT I.sDlA:'fA : Kappa Kappa Gamma, 25; Kappn Alpha. Tb eta. 30: Della Gamma, 20: Sigma ChI. Phi Kappa P 81, Delta Tau Delta, Beta 'l'b eta PI, Phi Delta Theta. Sigma Xu, Pbl Gamma Delta., Kappa Sigma...

Indiana Beta pauses at th e end of a very success ful year to send loving grecting s to her siste r chapters. \-Ve C3n hardly realize that we mu st soon leave Bloomingt on. and that we ha\'c three se niors who will not be back th e next year. Ethel Boyd graduat es in German, Olive Traylor in English, and Maude J ohnson in Greek. There have been severa l small dances in the hou se this tenn, but no very formal affairs. On ' May sixt h we gave ou r te rm dance and open meeting in Emanon dancing hall and there wcre about eighty coup les pr esent. Saturday . Jun e th e eleventh, the juniors, sopho more s and freshmen gave a picnic fo r the seniors. It was one of the most enjoyable and appreciated events of the term. Among the gue sts wa s Je ssie Traylor Grimes o f Des Moine s, I owa.

M a ry Miller, ex-'os. who was in colleg e la s t fall , was married Jun e fift een th to Mr. Clark \ Vestfall of Montmo ren ci. On Jun e fourteenth we w e r e vi s ited by seve r al o f the girl s from Ind iana Alpha, who we r e in Bl oomi ngto n to attend the Tri-Kappa conve nti on . Tri-Kappa is a n o ncollege f r a t e rnity , whic h ha s about fifteen cha pt ers in different tow n s in Indi a na. At the co n ve nt io n o n e o f ou r girl s, Katha ri ne B lak e ly, wa 9 elec t ed Grand Pre s ident, and Dell Mill e r of M ontm o r en ci Gra nd Treasure r

OUf Co mmen ce ment is Jun e tw enty -seco nd, and cou nting up the d a ys we find that it i s less tha n a week before the Co n ve ntio n at S t. Loui s begin s. \Ve a re so rry we can n o t all be th e re, but w e all j o in in th e h o pe that it will be one of the grande s t meetings th a t the frat ernity has ever had and that we may all ha\' e a broader and deeper understanding o f what Pi Beta P hi really is.

FLORENCE

UDE J OHNSON.

Jun io r :

M ar ia Leonard

Sophomo r es:

Edna Coope r

Ethe l W oody

Lulu Kellar

P ea rl M cElroy.

Fre s hmen:

Ethe l Duncan

Edith Lockhart

Fran ces Full e r

France s Doan

Loula Ellis.

S pecial s:

Kate Reagan

Fannie M iner

Laura P a rker

Number In c hapte r , •• , , , ,

Juni ors

, 1 Sophomores '. , ,.... " F res hm e n " , ....• 5

Specials... .......•.... 3

13

OTIIJ:R F IlATERN I TI£S H E I'R.lCSE:o."TEO: Delta Tau Delta. Phi T e lta Th eta. Sigma. Cbl, and K a PI)a Kappa Gamma, 15

Since o ur la s t le tt e r, In d iana Ga mm a has initiated one new fre s hman, Edith Lockha rt o f In dia n apolis.

It sca r cely se ems pos s ibl e that th e year is almo s t ended, and that we s hall n ot sec eac h othe r fo r three long mo nth s. Th e thought is even hard e r when we r ea li ze th a t pr ob ab ly so me of u s will not be ab le to return to wo rk fo r Pi Phi next autumn.

At th e begi nnin g of thi s t e rm, Ind ia na Gamma wa s ve ry glad to be able to enter tain ou r Grand Pre s id e nt, Mi ss Gamble Although her visit was

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short and only a few of us became personally acquainted with her, she gave us new enthusiasm, new courage and a new sense of ou r national importance.

Since yesterday, our college has proudly claimed th e champion tennis player of Indi ana, Mr. Wheaton. He won the honor in singles while playing with representatives from all the colleges in the s tate Thi s is one of ou r first great victories in at hl etics, a nd we fe el very proud.

Commencement evening, June twenly·third, we give a large party at the Columbia Club in honor of Fay Shover, who takes her Master's degree this spring. It is for all th e Pi Phi s in the s tate , and some prospective students at Butler next fall. We do this at a sac rifice of some other good times, as \\ e s hall give nothing else all term, but think it will mean a great deal fo r Pi Phi next year.

We are expecting seve ral of ou r alumnae back to spend Commencement week with u s, and to have a r egular Pi Phi reunion. Some of our girls intend going to SI. Louis, and hope to meet many of you there.

Indiana Gamma closes with greeting s to all the sisters, and sends best wishe s fo r a long, happy vacation.

MI CHIGAN ALPHA-HILLSDALE COLLEGE

Seniors:

Mayte Collins

J ennie Updyke.

Jun io r s:

Gladys Barker

Bertha Baker

Leila Soule

Mabel 'Valrath

Sophomores:

Esther Branch

Evelyn Gates

Winnifred Whaley

Elizabeth Dudley

Harriet Wood.

Fre s hman: Florence Myers.

OTHER Jo"RATERSITIES REP!lESESTED: Delta Tau Delta, Alpha Tau Omega, Kappa Kappa Gamma. 7

1l 0S0 RS nECE l\' £D: Two c1asa-day speake-Ml, Germanla Oratorical Prize.

A s usual, the chapte r letter s for thi s month will probably be filled with lamentations for th e year that has gone and for the seniors who are going. Michigan Alpha adds her song of so rrow to the othe r s. We look back on a happy, pro c: perous year, for the chapter as weJl as fo r the college. Many improvements have been made in the college buildings; East Hall parlors h ave been remodeled and r efurnished. and a general feeling of satisfaction and of hopefulness pervades the college atmosphere.

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OUT Pi Beta Phi girls were well represented in th e exercises of Commencement week, both of our seniors appearing on the Class Day program, and three o f ou r girls o n the Society anniver sary pr og ram.

OUT tennis player, L ei la Soule, won over everyone in ladie s' singl es . in the state inter -co llegiate athletic association, and with th e h el p o f our pledge, Mi ss Shepard, carried off the prize in ladies ' doub les.

Since OU T last letter, we have initiated onc pledge-Es ther Branch, '06, of whom yOll '.': :11 he r ' f.lore a non.

Michigan Alpha enjoyed a ve ry shor t visit from t wo of the Ann Arbor sisters. Altho' they s tayed o nly one day. we feel better acquainted and nearer to the Michigan Beta chapter because of the visit.

Wishing all Pi Phis a merry vacation, and an opportunity to attend the St. Louis Co nventi on, we bid you au re vo ir.

BERTHA A. BAKER

MICHIGAN BETA-UNIVERSITY Of MICHI GAN

Senio r s :

Lenore Smith

Ora Follett

Nell Spier

M aude Brown

Sarah Edwa rd s

Madge Sibl ey

Genevieve White, Junior s :

Je ssie Helsel!

Rhea Tyler

Elsa Twitschlerer

Nellie Kellogg

Sophomores:

Marie Winsor

Alice Coleman

Dora Payne

Lotta Broadbridge.

Fre shmen:

Helen Brigg s

Harri e tt Griffin

Donna :M a r shall

:Mary Edwards

Clara Starr

Gertha ' Villiams.

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OTHER PRATl'i:RNITIE8 nEI' RF.Sf:Snm: (,hi P sI. Alpbn Oella PhI. Delta Kappa Ep81lon. Slgmll Pbl, Zi!;ta Psi. Psi Upsilon. Beta Theta PI. Phi Kappa Psi, Delta Upsilon, Delta Tao De lta.. Phi Delta Th£ta. Sigma Alpha I;:'psllo n. Theta Delta Chi. Sigma Ch i. Kappa Sigma. Sigma I'll. Phi Gamma tleltll: nllmma Phi Betll, 19: D elta Gamma, 24: Collegiate Sorosls, 23: PI net8 Phi, 22; KaJ)na KIlPPa. GammA., 21: Alpha Phi. 22: Kappa Alpha Tb et a, 11. COI.I.F.GFJ HO NORS: O r a Follett , Senior Closs Poetess.

I pre su me we al l feel a tinge of sadness as the yea r draws to a clo se, hut mo st of all does thi s feeling attack th e brave heart o f th e senior, who kn ows that n ext year thi s same dear crowd of girls will come together \\ ithout h e r. The last few m o nth s have been s uch happy and such bu sy f o r us all that J can sca rcely think where they have flown. 'Ve have

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entertained suc h a great number of guests; so many of th e girls ' mothers or s isters or brothers have made us littl e visits, a nd I think suc h visits make us all feci even better acquainted with one another. Then, too, a numbe r o f high sc hool girls from o th e r towns have been he r e and within the last two weeks sc\'en girls have left here w ea ring the wine and blue pledge ribb o n s. SOllie o f tbe "c girls wiil cllter co llege IIC.'I. t year and some n ot until the year fOllowi n g.

By th e time this ARROW reaches our home s , th CC'I'VfJP li ('lJ1 wiH be a thing of the past, w h ile just now we aTC looki ng for ward to it so eagerly. I am s ure we s hall all return from it with our hearts fulle r tha n ever befo re of Pi Ph i love and ent h u s ia s m.

GAMMA PROVINCE

IOWA Al.PHA-IOWA WESLEYAN UN IVERS I TY

Se n iors:

Gertrude Beard

J ulia Shankland

Lillian J ay

Edith Young

Zelia Longwell

Grace Handle r-Beck.

J un io rs:

J enn ie Agnes Severs

T ota l number In college ?-o"umber In faculty Number In cha pter

OTtum FHATP.:R:'OITIES U): PI!E SE:'iTED: XI Delta , 13.

S op homores: i\fJ.bcl\e Payne

Gem Russell Margaret Adams.

Freshmen:

Ruth \ Vork

Stacie Turn ey

Nellie Hein s

Grace Walla r.

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Beta Th eta PI, Phi Delta Th eta. Alpha

Anothe r fleeting -year of university and frat e rnity life is over and we stop for a while to look back OH r th e past and to think o f what it has br ought liS. VVe have prospered in many ways this year , and we feel tha t the bond which unites u s a s sisters in Pi B eta Phi is st r o nger than eve r OUf chapte r now numbers fifteen active members, o f which we are quite pr o ud.

JESSIE M HELS i LL.

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The la s t so cial event of the year was one of great enjoyment and O lle long to be rcmembt:red by every participant. ln s tead o f th e a nnual sp ring banquet whi c h is u s ually given, we put our head s toge ther to think of so m e thing a little out of th e ordinary. The r es ult wa s that o n !'olay thirtieth we Pi Phi s and the pledge s, with young men friend s a nd a chapero n, ooard ed the aft e rn oo n train, a nd in a o f our own deco rat ed with the wine and th e blue. went to Burii"lgton. There th e s teamboat "Ottumwa B elle" wa s awaiting us and ' e h ad a very enj o yable trip down the Mi ssiss ippi r ive r to Ft ?' di son. \V e had ju st time fo r s upper, which had heen previou s ly orde r ed at 1I0t e i Anthes , and then th e trip back home. For four hours in th e glorious moonlight our boat s teamed up s tream, and the mild evening air re sounded with th e mel o dy of our so ng s. It was a lo ng- to-be-rem c mbe red occasion.

Pre sident Hancher returned the fir s t of June from a trip to California , and on the Saturday befo re college closed a rece ption was given him in the parlor s of Hers h e y Hall.

The Pi Phi alumnae of Mt. Plea sa nt very plea sa ntly entertained u s at a lawn party during commencement week. \Ve were ve ry glad for this reuni on, as it gave u s a cha nc e to meet and become better acquainted with ou r olde r Pi Phi s is ters, and it was deeply gratifying to know how interested they are in us

So the year ha s go ne , and we hope we are all the better fo r having li ved it. We ha ve worked hard and yet we have enjoyed it all-the wo rk and the play, and our a ss ociations together will always bring pleasant memOrie s. We hav e bee n impresse d an e w by the value of friendship ' s t ies.

Iowa Alpha sends be s t wi s h es to every s ister chapter for a mos t delightful su mmer va cation GEM RUSSELl..

Seni o r :

Elena j eff r('y .

Juni o r s :

Alice Story

Ge rtrude Hancox

Lula Hohan s helt

Edna Li sl e

Madg e P eas ley

Number In co llege

Number In faculty

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I OWA BETA- S IMPSO N CO LLEGE

Sophomo r es:

Ruth E . Baker

Elvi a Wagner

Mab e l Brown

Blanche Spurgeon, F r es hf"'en:

Mabt.' Vale

Le one Peasley

Pearle And e r so n. :

Bernice H a ll ey

Marguer ite Robinson

Celes te Robinson

717

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Num be r in cbapte r 16

OTUJ.:R PKATER!'1ITl£S

Ka ppa 'l'heta 1'8 1, AIDha l ola Phi , Delta Delta Delta, 13.

All 100 s wiftly have the days of the spring t e rm s lipp ed away, and n o w we h ave bidden o ur si st er of the cla ss o f 1904 farewell , and with sadne s s. in o ur heart s we think of th e day that will come all t oo soon wh en we, t oo, sha ll be say ing g ood-bye t o our A lma Mater a nd to ou r s is t ers o f Pi

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So many delightful thing s hav e come to gladden the h ea rt s of the girls of I owa Beta. One o f o ur greatest was th e visit of Mi ss Cor t s, a former I o wa \Vesleyan girl It is so plea sant t o me e t s ister s from othe r co lleg es and w e all thor o ughly enjoyed h e r vi s it.

On the tw e nty-fifth of Ma y, Alpha I o t a Phi ga,'e its second annual May p arty fo r Pi Be ta Phi and D e lt a Delta Delta. E"en if it did r ain and spoil the oll t- o f-d oo r ar rangeme nt s the young m en entertain ed u s in a m ost de lightful manne r Th e las t day o f college, Friday , J une the third , we entertained in honor of ou r senio r , Elena J e ffr ey. a t th e ho me o f ou r patron ess , T. T. Ander so n, and if r epo rt s are to be believed it wa s one of the m os t success ful parti es we h iwe eve r given. Ye t with all ou r joy. there was a fee lin g of sa dn ess when we remembered that it was the la st Pi Phi pa rt y of a f e w o f ou r girl s and seve ral gu es t s.

On the fo llowing a ftern oon at the home of In ez H enderson we gave a mu s icale fo r our patr onesses, m o ther <; and th e wo m e n me mber s o f the ulty With thi s ent e rtainm ent our efforts in a soc ial way closed Seve r al of ou r Pi P hi attended Commencemen t among them Fayne R e mlck and Edith Kemp \Ve were so glad to h ave them with u s again, e"en if it w as fo r a sh o rt time

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] OW3 Bela sends bes t wishes and God·speed to all the girls who have left their college halls and dear Pi Beta Phi . And t o the girls who will return in the fall we send greetings and best wishes for a very happy vacation. CELESTE ROBINSON.

I OWA ZETA-UNIVERSITY OF IOWA

Senior:

Bertha Alexander Juniors:

Grace E. Gabriel

Stella L. Wiley

Edna Boerner.

Number 10 college.................

Sophomore: Sadie] acobs. Freshmen:

Mignon Maynard

Sadie H ol iday

Hazel H igley

Carrie \V atters.

1 .393

Number In fA culty........ 121

Number In chapter " , ,.. 9

OTuen FRATERNITIE S REI 'nES}::OOTEO: Kappa Kappa Gamma. 12; I:)eltll Gomma.

Beta Theta PI I'hl Kappa P s i, Sfgma :\u, Sigma Chi, Kappa Sigma, Phi Delta Theta, Delta Tau Delta, Phi Delra Pbl , I'bl Hilo Sigma, XI Psi £>hi. Bertha Al exa nd er , Pili Beln Kalll>8.

If it is admissible to begin my letter with a vcry trite remark, I ( t me say that I cannot r ealize that I am fulfilling my la st duty as co rr (spo nding sec retary

The year, so long in pr0 5p(ct, ha s passed like a flash and the h o rrible ordeal of final examinations is upon us. Only the promised joys of Commencement week sustain us and enable me to write thi s letter in anything but a worried and weary vein.

Since last writing an ARROW letter, much has happened o f importance to oursclvc<;. though not a great deal which would make interesting reading. First of all, however. le t me introduce to you a ll, ou r newe s t Pi Phi, Carric \Vatt ers, who, after being a devoted pledgling for somc twO months, has put on the arrow and become one of us. \Ve think her a very fine specimen of the real Pi Phi, the so rt of a gi rl whom we may all be proud t o call a s is ter Of next importance, perhaps. is the fact that we celebrated the twenty-eighth of April with a very pleasant little informal d anre. The hall in which the party was held was decorated in college alld iraternity pennants. where, not unnaturally, the wine and silver blue :-.ppcared largely predominant. That the party was a success we hope and b('liev(', an d th a t we had a good time is of course a foregone conclusion. For Tue sday of Commencement week we are planning a jolly coaching party. in hon o r o f the one dear sen ior who goes out from us.

Of course, as the year draws to a clo se, we look forward in anticipation to the opening o f the next college year. It may sou nd hackneyed. but it is nevertheless true that I owa Zeta's prospects have never been brighter

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than th ey appear for the coming yc=ar In place of our one senior we are to ha ve back with us four or more of ou r old girls who have not been in the university this year. In addilion to thi s, there is eve ry indication that there will be an abundance of good material coming into college next fall.

1 suppose we are all looking forward with the greatest eagerness to the coming convention. We expect t o sen d two or more members be' side our delegate to bear to every Pi Phi Iowa Zeta's warmest wi sh es for a happy s ummer and successful rushing seaso n

Seniors:

Millie Askew

Ada Welsh. Juni o r s:

Vera Christensen

Lillian Haertel

Emily Hohnes

Elizabeth Kennedy

Cora Norsman

Eugenic Shea

Genevieve Eaton

Selma Vognild

NlImbt>r In ehnj)ter

Sophomores:

Madge Burnham

Edna Ingalls

Helen Ro sen s teng el

Flavia Seville.

Freshmen:

Katharine Harmon

Cora Hinckley

Dai sy M ose r

Helen Marsh

Marian O'Neill

Flore n ce Rud o lph

Clara Sawyer

Rose \Vellman

\Vi sco n 'iin Alpha would ha\' e been sup remely happy if she could have entertained c\"ery Pi Beta Phi siste r during " Jubil ee Week"; for it was then that we celebrated in honor of the fiftieth anni\' ersary of our fir st Commencement. Every student of the ni\'e rsity of \Vi sconsin will long remember the torch-light process ion , the water-fete, the addresses, reur.i ons. and concer t s that made the Jubile e onc of the most notable celebrations in American colleges. It arollsed enthusiasm in the h t'a rts of the alumni as well as stude nt s; it fo stered a fe eling of love. pride, and dev o tion for our alma mater ; and it as s ured us o f the brilliant futur e fo r OUI univer s ity.

The torch-light procession, in which marched three thousand students. cal.h carrying an immen se torch. a brilliant s ight. It seemed like (j n e enormous sheet of fire, half a mile in length. and on eithe r side th r ongs and throngs of people wh ose chee r s and applause were drowned by the music o f band after band.

SADIE JA COBS

WISCO NSIN ALPHA-USIVERSIT\' OF WlSCO:SSIN

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Th e w a te r fet e wa s the mos t bea utiful and ela bo rat e illu minat ion o f it s k md eve r see n in Th e who le sho re of th e Ja ke wa s lighted with Japanese lanterns a nd incande scent light s. The light s, s tre t c hing from t o tree, and b r oke n in plac es by arch es and ci rcle s, g a ve an a ppropriat e se ll ing fo r the boat s that pa ssed. Th e process io n includ ed s team e r s, la un ches, ca n oes a nd r o w- boa t s, and the s e WCfC all illuminated from s t e rn t o bo w with lan t e rn s and t o rche s. Fire-work s lighted up th e lo ng line o f boa t s, a nd occasionally a sea r ch - light pla ce d them in clear reli e f. A feature which impre ss ed ev e ryone wa s a fountain whi c h r os e up o ut o f the lak e. It wa s in th e center of a s mall Roaling isla nd. and, a s the w a ter r ose and fell , th e effect produced by the red, green and whit e light s was vcry beauti ful.

Th e n th e r e were th e ad dresses by di stingui s h ed vis it o r s, cl ass a nd soci e ty r e un io n s, dinn e r s, co n cert s, a nd banqu e t s ; and fin a lly, the <:i lumni r ec e p t io n a nd ba ll , whi c h end ed the week o f fe s ti vitie s.

W e g ave ou r a nnu a l ba nq ue t during Jubilee wee k, and ma ny o f the alumn;!.e we r e back, l ivi ng ove r ag a in t hei r h a ppy co ll ege d a y s.

Co RA N ORS M A!i

MI SSOL'R I AL PH A- UN I VE RS ITY OF MI SSO URI

S eni o r :

Edith L. Dungan , Junior:

G uss ie M T e rr ell.

S oph o mo r es :

M a ry M S mith

Ma ud e Qua yle

Eul a M cC un e

E lh el Ro bn e lt e

Anna La s h

Virgi ni a Lip sco mb

E unice Link

E dith Snyd e r .

Frc!:> hmen:

El s ie \V ade ll R osam ond Ru sse ll

Lily P Hostetter

Erm a B onc h ell e

O li ve Bo land.

Gr ad u a te:

B essi e Bond

Numt)('r III co ll e ge 1 600

Number 10 chapter ' ' " 16

Num be r In fa culty 120

OTHF.R l" nAT ERN' I T IE S H I': I 'II E S E N' TEO : Sigma C hi , Phi Delta Th e ta Phi Gamma Deltl!., Sigma Nu , K a p p a Sigma, B e ta Th e ta 1'1 , S ig ma Alpha Kappa A l phA , Kappa Kappa Gamma 22

After nin e mo nlh s of h a ppy life together our g irl s ha ve n o w se pa rated t o th e ir vari o u s ly scatt e r ed h o mes. We have had a ve ry s ucce ss ful year and a r e looki ng fo rw a rd t o n ex t f a ll' s ru s h in g season with great e x pectation s.

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Edith Lucile Dungan of Oregon is ou r senior. She has been an active member of Pi Beta Phi fo r four years and h e r efforts for its bettermen t have been untiring. 'W e shall miss her vcry much

The Commencement exercises th is year we r e very g ood. The seniors gave a play. " \ Vhat Happen ed t o J o ne s ," which brought much laughter to the large audience. On \ Vcdnesday. J une twelfth, a large number of graduates r eceived diploma s.

Mi sso uri A lph a sc nd s be s t wi s he s. MARY

DELTA PROVINCE

LO U I S IAr.A ALPHA-NEWCOMB COLLEGE-T U LANE UNIVERSITY

Senior:

Blanche Hopkin s.

Juni o r s :

Genevieve Jack son

Flora Murphy

Harriette \ Vaters.

Sophomores:

Helen McAlpin e Rainey

Viola Murphy

Edith Aiken

Adair T ay lo r.

Fres hmen: Carrie Hopkin s

Helene Maury

Vi r ginia Han dley.

Normal Art:

Bemis Sharp.

Specials:

Alba Beauregard

Celia Rainey

Celeste Jam icr

Stella Hayward

Bessie DiIJard

Dai sy Charles.

Sum ber in ::\ewcomb College •.. 3 10

Sumber In faculty 36

Sumber In chapte r , ' , • • 18

OTnER FRATER:S'ITIES REPnr:s£:S'T):n: Ka ppa Alpba. Sigma Chi, Alpha Tau Omega. Delta Tau Delta. Kaplm Sigma. Phi Delta Theta. Sigma Alpha Epsilon , Delta Kappa 1-..»IlIon. Phi Kappa S igma. Sigma Xu, PI Kappa Alpha: Alpha Omleron PI , 16 ; Chi Omega.. {); Kappa Kappa Uamma, 7.

Exami n ations a r e at last ove r ; Commencement took place on the twentyfift! : of May, and we bade farewell t o our senio r. She is the only girl

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we \\ ho does not live in the city. Several others will not be back next \\ inler as active members, but we hope t o ha ve them as a ctive 3illlnnae!

We also have five pledges so ou r pro;:,pccts fo r 1904·05 look vcry bright. Since the last chapler Ieller, Loui:.iana Alpha has had two initiations, and Hel e ne Maury and Virginia Handley now wear our golden arrow, and have already added a ,'cry great deal to our chapt e r.

May wa s an extremely eventful month for fraternity life at Newcomb. 1'0 begin with, on the eleventh, a chapter of Kappa K..1ppa Gamma was in stalled at college, and the excitement over that event was unbounded. On the twelfth of May . we, the Phi Beta Phi s, as the oldest frat e rnity at Newcomb, gave a I:uge r eception to Mrs. \Ve stermann. the Grand President cf Kappa Kappa Gamma who had come down to in stall the chapter, and to the Kappa girls. The active members of the two other fraternitie s at Newcomb, Alpha Omicron Pi and Chi Omega, were all invited; also the members of the faculty and many ladie s of New Orleans, whom we thought Mr:,. would enjoy meeting. The reception was given up at college, in our fraternity room, which was very prettily decorated with Kappa Kappa Gamma colors, and also with beautiful white lilies and our carnations

There were seve ral little addresses of welcome f r om member s of OUt alumnae and active chapter, and an answering address from one of the Kappa s. Then we both sa ng so me fr atern ity songs, and afte r a while, we all went into the grounds t o ha ve refr eshment s. By thi s time, many of the visitors had left. and we ended up by dancing, out on the grass, a real Virginia r ee l, to the music of an old fiddler I

When we were all s ufficient ly exhausted, we went back into the fraternity room to recuperate, and then it was that we had the most enjoyable time of the afernoon-an informal talk with Mrs. \Vest er mann, who completely captured our h ea rt s! All fou r of th e fraterniti es at Newcomb were present, and we grouped ourselves on the Roor, (the chairs gave out) about Mr s. We s t e rmann, who talked to us about forming a Pan - Hellenic Association at Newcomb, of which s he is much in favor. We did have a delightful time, and hated the clock for t e lling us the hour of Mrs. \Ve s termann' s train, for we all had enjoyed meeting her so much, and we realized the good it did us to meet a Greek from up North, who had traveled too, and had see n so many colleges and knew about so many fraternities. Ou r greatest wi sh now is that Our Grand President will so on come and pay u s a v isit "way down South."

Another good thing the reception did was to bring us into clo se r touch with our alumnae, who helped us far more than I can say. It is to their efforts, and their wo rkin g, that we "eally owe the success of the u.ol'l' - 5

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recep t io n . As many o f OU f alumnae as w as possib le were present, and we had with us one of our charter mem be r s , Mr s. L ab rot, Eli zabe th H e nderson wh o wa s; and al so Mr s. Mill er , wh o wa s Rosalie Nixon. Mr s. Mill e r does n ot no w li ve in New Orlean s, but s he w as h e re at t ha t time, and he r enthusia s m s howed u s that lo ve f o r Pi Beta Phi rem ai ns after college day s are ove r , while he r g oo d advice has h e lped u s a ve ry grea t deal.

The other important event of las t mo nth was th e fo rmat io n of an I nter-Fraternity League. Each f r ate rnity at Newcomb e lected three del egates, onc alumna and tw o active m embe r s , who met to di scu ss j oi ning the Pan - H e llenic A ss ociation. One o f the frat e rnitie s, howeve r , could not jo in , as their nat io llOl fraternity had n eve r j oined, so we formed an A ssocia ti on , and is, in almo st all poi nt s, exac tly s imilar t o it. After several meet ing '), th e Constitution wa s fini shed, and wa s adop t ed on the thirt y- fir s t of M ay, and went into effec t from th a t day

We a re all very enthusia s ti c abo ut nex t win t er. a nd fr o m the bott o m of o ur hea rt s, we w elcome th e K appa Kappa G ammas t o Newcomb. It i s by th e in s tallati o n of n ew fraterni t ies . alone, that o ur Greek world can be broadened, and Newcomb is large enough t o ha ve even more frat e rnit ies r epr esen ted there than n o w arc.

Our one th ought at pre sent is the Convention , and we can h a rdly wait f o r the time to come. W e expect t o get a ve ry great deal out of thi s Conv enti on , and are n ow building "cas tl es in th e a ir" about the miraculo u s way so me of u s are going to 51. Loui s fo r the twenty- e ighth!

Loui s iana Alpha sends love and be st wishes for a very happy s ummer to each and every m e mber of each and e\"e r y chapter o f Pi Beta Phi . H ARRIETTE WATER S.

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KASSAS ALPHA-KANSAS STATE USIVERS IT\

Seniors:

Mabel Mclaughlin

Inez Plumb

Rea \Vilson

Maud Rush

Mary Virginia Kellogg.

Juniors :

Sarah \Vild e r

Ella Nye

1t.bry Copley

Eva Olin

H ele n J o hn so n

Le s ley Hill

Margaret Hammond.

Number In chapter

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S ophomores:

Aileen \-Veaver

Clara Carr

Anna Belle Lanter

Edna Dinsmoo r.

Freshmen : Frances Newby

Alice Duncan

Mabel Mar s h

Edna Dart

Claudia Pendleton

June Uhric h : Be ss ie Bate s

Jes sie Hill. F os t Graduate:

Kate Din s moor.

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'l'het81 I", I'hl Delta Thetll, I'bl Gamma Delta. Sigma Ch i , I'hI KaPl)1l Psi, Sigma Alpha Bpsllon, Sigma Alpha Tau Omega i Kappa Alpha Th eta, 20; KlIllPR Ka.PPR Gamma., 20; Ch i Omega, 17.

Since our letter to the Apnl AIUtOW, we have been intere sted in social event s , 'and now that the year is drawing to a clos e we are again ve ry happy in thinking of our good alumnae who have so beautifully cntertained us, and are priding ourselves again on our gracious patronesses. \V e ga\' c ou r annual " s pring pany" on the c,' c il ing of April twentysecond. We decorated the hall enti r ely with flags, and while the idea certainly not new it wa s quite effective, and the party a success. On Founder's Day the active chapter was entertained by the alumnae with a dinner which wa s in cvcry detail more beautiful than that of last year. Hannah Oli\·er was our toa s tmi stre ss and presided most graciously. \Ve were , ery glad to s ee at th is time Edith Riffle Barrow , one of our 4'old girls."

The last week in March the University Dramatic Club presented uRosemary," and in this Inel Plumb. one of ou r seniors, played a p rominent part. In the German play, Eva Olin, o n e of the ju n io r s, made a most fetching little ma id, while Bessie Bates repr esen t ed 11S in the French play. Being so beautifully endowed with hi stri onic talent, we attempted to give the operetta of Jessie Gaynor of I owa Zeta, entit led, uThe that Jack Built," to am lise our alumnae. They seemed much pleased,

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and asked us to repeat i t for the bendlt of lhe L ucinda Smit h - Bu cha n scholarship fund. So we g ave it again wi t h addit ions and new cos tum es. On Friday, May tw en ti eth, Mrs . Pe r kins, one of our alumnae, entertained us with a ·'Fr olic" on her beamiful lawn.

\Ve were f o rtunate enough to have the Chicago Symph o ny Orchestr:t h e re to as s is t at seve ral co n ce rt s gh'e n during our " May Ft:: s ti val." At the fir s t o f th ese con ce rt s, Maud Ru sh, o ne o f Ollr seni o r s, played a piano so lo, and the n ex t week s he gave her graduating recital.

Ju s t now we a r e bu sy alumnae who have co me t o Commencement, pl anning for '·kitch en s howe r s" fO I o ur engaged girl, and thinking se rious ly abollt ou r la s t fr at ernity meeting of th e year. Thi s is a time o i r elief, that ex aminat io n s a r e ove r, and o f sa dne ss that we must s ay "Good-bye." S till we have Convention t o look fo rw a rd to this year, when we may see Pi Phi s fr o m far and nea r H ere' s to you, Pi Phi s, all fond and true

MARY VIRGINIA KELLOGG

NEBRASKA BETA-UNIVER S ITY OF NEBRASKA

Senior:

Winifred H o well.

Juni ors:

Edna Holland

Eva Coo per

Blanc h e Meeker

Bess H eacock

Alleyne Archibald.

Sophomo r es:

IRi s Ever.... !:

J enn ie ' Vhitmore

H elen D o l son

Kate H eacoc k

Car r ie Slocum

M a r cia Kill ian

Margar et McLucas.

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Fres hm en :

Anita Ha zelwood

Mildred Haz elw ood

H ele n Waugh

Alice Swede burg

Lou Young

M ag n olia Ewalt

Clara Eames

Eleanor Andrews

Pauline Bu s h

Ena Cooper.

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Kappa A lpba Th etll. 1 8: Kapoa Kappa Gamma. 10: Delta Gamma 21: Delta J)(>\ta Delta. 20: Ch i Omega. 17: Alpha OmIdo n PI 21 : Pbl Delta ThetA. Ret Th pta PI. SII'IllA Ch I. Sh:m a Alpha Epsilon. Phi Gomma Delta. DeltA Tau Delta. Ka.pps. Sigma. Alpha Ta u Omega Alpba ThetA Cht. Phi Kappa PsI.

It seems hard e r than e ver thi s sprin g f o r the girls o f Nebraska Beta to sepa r ate, for although the work has been long and h a r d, ou r fraternity life h as been mo st successfu l and pleasant. W e a r e proud to introduce to you ou r n ew initiate, Mr s. Cla ra Eames, who is most e nthu sia stic and has gi,·en us a ve ry delightful afte rn oon pa rty at her h ome in Lin-

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co in during the la s t tw o weeks of schoo l. Several o f the t o wn g irls have al so giv en informal, parties. We had a canoeing party at Helen Waugh 's and a fi ve o'clock tea at the home o f Mrs. Funk. These littl e a ftern oo n affai r s se rv e t o bring th e girls t ogethe r and make us fe el n ea TU to each other ju s t before the tim e to say good·bye.

\\,inifr ed H owell is OU T only senio r a nd w e regre t losi ng h e r a s we do several o ther girl s who are n o t coming ba ck next year.

Sin ce OUT la s t letter to the AKROW we have celebrated Founder's Day by th e larges t and fine s t banquet that Nebraska ha s had fo r some years . There werc fifty Pi Phis seate d around two immense table s where we drank t oasts to our future success and th e nexl merry me e t ing. A g r ea t many ou t- of- t o wn girls came to Lin coln f o r th e banquet, and with them we enjoyed a day at th e c hap t e r h o u se given up e ntir e ly to th eir pleasur e. \Ve served a picnic lun ch where eve r y girl h elped her self and ate where it plea s ed he r. That sa me wee k occ urred two oth e r Pi Phi e\' ents n ot soon to be forgotten.

Winifred Howell gave h e r graduating recital and as ll s ual we proud P i Phi s occupied a r ow and with the rest d ecla r ed it a grea t s ucce ss. The fo ll ow ing night was ou r annual dance at \Val sh Hall, which was th e most nonl and one of th e prettiest o f the year.

Our chap t e r ha s pr ospered and made man y advances in the pa s t year and it is greatly due t o o ur f r at ho u se, which ha s accommodated twelv e people g en e rall y, ;!. nd during week of our celeb r ation eighteen girls in a ll. 'W e owe very much indeed to ou r mu c h love d chaperone, Mr s. Hill , whom we will welcome again next fall. Our " table" perhaps i o; Oll r greatest boast of the house, fo r it b rin gs the girls together in o ur own h o me.

Ju s t now all Oll r girls a r e planning to meet at th e 51. Loui s Convention, and we ho pe there will be a large delegation of N e bra s ka Pi Phis, for thi s is a gr ea t oppo rtunit y to meet sist e r s o f our far away cha p.. t e r s. H o ping to see you at Con ve ntion. that we may l earn to know many mo re Pi Phi s, we wish o ur chapters much s ucce ss fo r fall ru s hing.

KATE HEA COC K.

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TEXAS ALPHA- UNIVERS ITY OF TEXA S

Senior s :

Flora Bartholomew

Edith Clagett.

Juniors:

Ada Garriso n

Anne Townes

Grace Hi ll

Nora Hummel.

Sophomores:

Lei \ Vaggener

May \ Vynne

Margaret Burroughs

Emily Maverick.

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Fres hmen:

Helen Garrison

H elen H ood

Kale SockwcU

Fay Kincaid

Su s ie She lton

Lottie Har r is

Bes s ie Dreier

Julia Estill

Mary Smithe r

OTlu:n J."llATt;nSITIF.S U F.PRESESTED: Beta Theta PI, Phi Gamma Delta, Sigma Chi, Phi Delta Theta. Chi Phi, Phi Kapl)8 Psi. Delta Tau Delta, Sigma Nu. Kappa Sigma, Alpha Tau Omega.. Sigma Alpha l :1 l)lIlIoD, Kappa A lpha, K appa K ppa Gamma.

Since OUf la s t ARROW letter, Texas Alpha has led a very busy life, and now in the midst of our examinations, and as the lime draws n ea r fo r separation, we feel the meaning of fraternity life more deeply than ever before. It is with sad heart s that we bid farewell to our chapter and sc hool, for some of us have se rv ed o ur la s t te r m a s active membe r s of Pi Beta Phi.

Thi s spring has been a very e ve ntful one fo r u s, the mo st importan t feature being the weddings of two of our charter m embers, the fir st in our young chapter, and both on the sa me day. On Wednesday morning, April the twentieth, at haH past eleven, Aline Harris became M r s. Maurice McA shan. The wedding was a quiet one, only the families of the bride and groom and the Pi Phi girls being present. Immediatel y after the simp le ceremony, the bridal party had lunch eon with the bride's mother, after which Mr . and Mr s. M cAs han took the train for Housto n , Tex , where they will make their home.

On the e\·ening of Ihe same day Vivian Breniser was married to Mr William Caswell. The church was elaborately decorated in green and white, and the s even bridesmaids were dressed in the same colo r s. A ho st of friends crowded the church to witness the ceremony, after which a large reception was held at the bride's home. At eleven o'clock the bride and groom slipped away to the sta tion, where they took the train fo r the north. They expect to make an extended tour, returning to Austin in the f all, when they will be at h o me to their friends.

' Vhile we lost two of our girls this spring. we also have two new ones

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to introduce t o the r eaders of the ARROW. J ul ia E still was initia ted into T exas Alpha March th e thirt iet h, and Mary Smither o n April the ninet ee nth , and we a r e proud to o wn them both.

Th e day a ft e r Ju lia's initiati on we gave an informa l rece pti on to o ur fri ends a t the ho me o f An n e Townes, onc o f OU T charter m e mbers, and in M ay we gave anothe r at OUT chapter room in h o nor o f Mi ss Margar et Kyle . Mi ss Kyle is a Pi Phi from Swarthmore Co ll ege and is here in the int eres t s o f the Y. W C. A. We have enjoyed h avi ng her with u s, fo r she is a n enthusia s ti c fr a ternity woman, and s how ed u s how much a n a lumna co uld do for h er frat e rnity .

A s Commencement draws near, ou r alumnae com e back to pay us long expected vis it s , and we n o w ha\'c w ith us Rose Edmond from Waco, Te xas , and we are expecting Fay Hudg in s fr om T exa rkana today.

Texas Alpha sends g r eetings t o all Pi Phi s, and wis h es to all the happie s t of va cations

EDITH

J CLAGETT

COLORAOO A(.PHA-U N IVER SITY OF COLORADO

S e n io r s:

Este ll e 1\1 ay Holmes

Maud H e len a Hunn

M a ry Louise Wangelin.

Jun iors:

Sara Lampham He rr on

C laire Alvera Hu s ted

Floye Jo se phine Lewis

M abe l Alice Pughe

Cora Alice Terwilliger .

S o phom o res:

Fl o r en ce Est h e r Blunt

Mary Allison Fo wler

L eone M a rgar et Enos

M argaret Mari o n Help s

Helen Mary H o me

Number In the U niv er sity o f Colo rado

S o ph o l1l()res

Laura Killgore

Maude Mary M c Kenzie

Cla ra Mors e Ir e ne Ste rnberg

Gertrude Alle n Teague

El s ie Baya rd \Vh itmore.

F re s hmen:

Mary D o wner

H o n or L ou ise Plumme r .

Graduate:

El iza be th Hawley Fonda.

Specia l s:

Maud e Lu ci nda Knapp

Ethel P o ley

582

Number In fa c ulty • 8 1 Number In c hapt e r 23

OTU I:R F'ltA.TF. I!N IT I EI'I: Deltl\. Tau Delta, Sigma Alpha Epsil o n, Bet a Theta PI , Alpha Tall Omegft, S igma Nu, Phi [)elta Th eta; Delta Gamma., 19 : Kappa Kappa Gamma, 14; I'hl ( l ocal), 10

Th e girls o f Colorado A lpha are now se pa rated f o r th e s umme r , and it seem s a lm os t imposs ibl e to think that we s hall n ot be t oget her again fo r three months and th en without o ur thr ee senio r s.

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We had a very successful year and s3\·cd one hundred and fifty dollars from our house expen ses! This money we intend to put into furniture. Our chaperone, Mi :: s Susanne Lovelace, and one of our girls, Maude Knapp, arc going t o take charge of th e house thi s summer for liS, and we app r ecia te their kindne s s th oroughly, as it means a great deal o f work to 1>oth of them. We arc to have the same chapter house next year, but we could use o n e twice as large very easily, as all but four o r five of the girl s expect to be back. Then, Luella Corbin, who been attending Denver University the past year is going to join us again, and also Helen Stidger of Colorado Beta. Several siste r s of Pi Phis expect to enter the Uni\Oersity of Colorado next year, so we shall have an unu sually large chapter, but the more the merrier.

\Ve always enjoy meeting Pi Phis frolll other chapters, and a few months ago we had such a pleasant vi s it from Rachel Nicholson of Nebra ska Beta; we only wi s hed she could s ta y longer.

Oming the latter part of the year our thoughts were taken up principally with the ce lebration of Founder' s Day. Colorado Beta and Colora do Alpha ente rt ain alternate years, and this year it was our turn . We were delighted with the number that came-about sixty Pi Phis being sea t ed at the banquet. In th e afternoon Beta Th eta Pi and Alpha Tau Omega gave recep ti ons at their lodge s and in the evening we gave a dance in honor of Colorado Beta. At the cnd of th e day we all felt prouder than evcr to belong to Pi Beta Phi. It is such a splendid plan fo r two chapters to ente rt ain this way, for the girls get so much better acquainted than would be possible otherwise. We con s ider ourselves extremely Illc ky in being such close n eighbo r s to Co lorado Beta.

High School Day came the middle of April this year and we entertain ed ollr high school with a luncheon; an lin usually large number took adyantage of the day, and we had nearly eig hty gue s ts at ou r hou se.

It is our custom t o give a farewell party for the seniors, and thi s year we had a real picnic in the mountain s Emma Sternberg and hene Sternberg entertained all the Pi Phis at their home on May twenty-fourth, and a week later Frances Andrews g3\·e a cookie-shine for us.

La s t slimme r we tri ed the plan of having a " r ound-robin" letter, and we en j oyed it so much that we decided to h a\·e one again. It will be especially interesting to us poo r unfortunates who cannot attend Convent ion. but ca n learn of it in thi s way. Seven o r eight of our girls are going to Convention this year, so we ought t o get a good r epo rt of it in the f a l l.

Colorado Alpha sends a hea r ty wish that eve ry Pi Phi may have a mo s t e n joyable vaca tion a n d that a sllcce ssfu l yea r may f ollo w fo r eve r y chapte r GERTRUDE ALLEN TEAGUE.

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COLORADO BETA-DENVER U NIVERS I TY,

Senior s :

Annette Badgley

Mami e \Vallih an

Ma rc ia Murray.

Juni o r s :

B e ss Vv ilson

H en ri etta \ Valker.

Sophomores:

Luella Co rbin

] es s ie Thomp son

Su s ie \ Vinto n H elen St idger

Marie \\' alke r

E th el ],,1 ille r

Lorencie Ander son.

Freshmen:

Lena Harper

Fl o rence Spencer

Grace De isher

Florence Vaughn

Le na Bus ho ng

Helen Crane

Be ss ie Blis s.

Colorado Beta has just passed t hrough Commencement week. We ha ve ha d a m ost de l ightfu l time th i s s pring. There h ave been many p a rti es, but we ha ve n't allowed entertaining and "sp ring fever" t o interfere with o ur s tudyin g. \¥ c entertained Beta Th e ta Pi onc evening, Sigma Alph a Ep s il on anot h e r . and Kappa Sigma entertained fo r u s. Th e n at the annual Bela Th e t a Pi pi cnic, there wa s a large co ntingent of Pi Phi s.

On Monday. J une sixth, ou r unde r graduate Pi Phis en t e rtaine d at th e Brow n Palace H o te l a t luncheon for the three seni or girls. It was a pleasant s ight t o see s i x t ee n girl s around one table. a ll h a\' ing a jolly time Thur sday. J une ninth, we had a fa r ewe ll cookie- shine at Marcia Murray 's \ Ve all hate to part for th e s ummer, with the though t of the r e uni on f eel Jeayi n g th e ch apter fo r always.

We hope all Ollr sister chapter s will ha\'e a plea san t yacation and that we may meet many o f th e gi rl s at Convention.

M.ARCIA M UKRA Y.

THE ARROW

CALIFORNIA BETA- U NIVERSI TY OF CAL IFORNIA

St'lliors:

Olive Gundry

J ess ie Marvin Parks

Mary Philbrook Marten s tein

Fl o rence R. Fi sk.

J unio r s:

Maud E s tell e Schaeffer

H e len May Boggs

Geo rgiana Fenner

Mary Day

M a rgare t Smith.

Numbe r In chapter

QTlUR FkATER!'ITU:S

Sophomores:

Bertha Crawfo rd

Blanche Camero n

Mary E s tell e 'vVil son

Marie Struve

Fres hmen:

Orean Lu cas

Mabel Goddard

Florence Zeig enfu ss

Edith White

C lara Coo per .

Kappa AII )ha Theta, 21: Kappa Kappa GtlDma, 20 : Gamma Phi Beta, ]9 ; Delta Delta Delta, 20; AII)ha Pbl, 14; Chi OlDega, 15; Alpha Beta Sigma ( loeB-I). 20

MF. !'i's FUA TE II !' ITIES : Z eta P81. Chi Phi Delta RapPIl Ep8l1on. Beta Th et a PI, Pbl Gamma Delta. Pbl Delta Th e ta. Sigma Ch i, Sigma lSu, Sigma Alpha EpIlion, Ch i I'll, Kappa Alpha, Delta U p silo n, Delta '1'8\1 Delta. Phi Kappa Pal, Alpha 'I'au Omega. Theta Delta Chi, Phi Sigma Delta ( local) , KaPI)8. Sigrua. Pal Upillon Pbl Kappa Sigma.

California Beta h eld it s la st meeting of the year on the nin eteenth of May. The n ext day all had scattered to their homes , leaving only on(or two in Berkeley to pa ss the s ummer, with lhe th oug ht of the reunion in the fall t o brighen and help them.

The se la s t two month s have bee n ve ry bu sy o nes On Charter Da, we gave a s mall informal t ea. One week later came ou r "big t ea," :tS we ca ll it . The t ea was the large s t and m os t forma l entertainment of th e year. The faculty was we ll and largely repre se nted, as was also the stu d en t bod y. Our patrone sses , mothers, and fri ends ou t s ide of college, mad e up a goodly number of the guests.

Commencement w ee k wa s celebrated in th e u s ual way. On Cla ss Day, in the mo rning the seni o rs made th ei r farewell pilgrimag e to the loved parts of th e campus. Th e ext ra vaganza, written by two of th e seniors and c1e\'e rl y given by the cla ss, occupied th e afternoon. S eve ral o f the men' s fraternitie s gave rec ep ti o n s either befo r e o r after the play, and entertained with dancing in the evening

The Commencement Day exercises were h el d in the fam o us Greek theate r on o ur campus. We were all very proud of ou r three seniors, wh o r eceived their diploma s that day fr om "p rexy's" hand s.

Commencement Day was a n especia lly interesting and busy one fo r u s, because in the evening one of our graduate s, Olive Gundry, wa s married to Mr Clarence H P oi nd ex t e r, a Princeton graduate This wed-

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ding was the first to occur in the chapte r house, and you may be sure it seemed a great c\' cnt to all of' us.

The whole active chapter were bridesmaids, and at eight o'clock, t o the s train s of the L ohengrin \ \'e dding march. led the way down the stairs, throug h the hall and parlors, forming a lane with white ribbon s, down wh ic h the bride passed t o the a rch of flowering hawthom where the mintbe groo m and the Ioes t man waited.

Aft e r th e weddmg suppe r , we all esco rted Mr. and :Mrs. Poindexter, muc h against th eir will , to th e train to see them sa fely s tart ed on the way to their new home in Portland, Oregon.

The farewell cookie-s hine of the year wa s held ju st a week before Commencement. All came in fancy dress co stume and brought cups and saucers for the showe r with which we deluged Olive. whose costume fortunately wa s a bathing s uit!

Besides our delegate, two of o ur girl s will be in St Louis for the Convention . We all who mu st s tay at home are looking forwa rd with all eagerness to the report s they will bring to us of thi s meeting of Pi Phi s.

\Ve look forward to a bright new year to be made better and s tronger by the months o f rest and the new resolves and plans.

California Beta wishes you all the happiest o f vacations.

FLOREN CE R. FISK

Exchang.es

Since th e isslle of the April ARROW t..\e exchanges have been rece ived and are he reby acknow ledged:

For Februa r y-The Sigma Ch i Quarlerly, The Delta o f Sigma N u , The Alpha Xi Della

Fo r March-The Rail/boH' of Delta Tau Delta, the Pallll of A lpha Tau O mega, the Shield of Theta Delta Ch i.

For Apri l-Th e Scroll of Phi Delta Th eta, The Cadllcells o f Kappa Sigma, The Key of l';:appa Kappa Camma, Th e Bela Thela Pi, Th e Shield of Ph i Kappa Psi, Th e A IIchora of Delta Camma.

F o r :\1a)"-The Eleusis of Chi Omega, The Fraler o f Psi Omega , Th e Sigma Ch i Qllarlerly, Th e Record of Sigma Alpha Epsilo n , The Delta of Sigma )i u , The Alpha Ph i Quarlerly, The Kappa A lpha J oumal, Th e Phi Co mma Della.

For Jun e-T he Scroll of P hi Delta Theta, Th e Shield of Phi Kappa Psi, The Bela Theta Pi, Th e Pal", of Alpha Tau Omcga, The Delta ups ilon Quarterly, th e Trid ellt of Delta Della Delta, The Crescel/t o f Camma P hi Beta.

For Jul y-The Key of Kappa Kappa Cam ma.

Delta Ca mma' s " C r edo" is h igh-minded and broad -minded enoug h to be th e c re ed of th e whole Creek wo rld

I believe in the iraternity and that it th e greater part of th e good for which it stands.

1 beJiC\' C we should aiways remember that we owe OUf existence to a college-and ever in our fraternity life, to be loyal to our Alma Mat er.

] believe in Delta Gamma, yet may I always sec th e str ong points in he r rivals.

I believe in my chap te r, but realize it is wo rth to its f rate rnity and college, just what of it self it gives away .

I believe we should talk less and ac t morc.

I be li eve th e tru e Pan - H e lleni c s pirit is to be ab le to acknowledge ou r weak spo ts, to choose the cleanest, broadest and most jus t course, and keep to it-even if-as individuals-we suffe r for it now and then.

fn stead of the usual trit e ge n erali ti es a'1x:lut i'keeping in touch with the alumni," recomme ndati ons t ha t we all hear but most of us pay no attention to, a w r iter in the Bela Theta Pi gives some very specific suggestions as to how it should actually be done.

1:..\' cry chapter ;:,houid ;:,\.IIU t o it:. "IUllllli, each year, at iea::.l tw o letters, and tIley :.hvuld be tYUlIlfI,l. 1 hal Illay apPl!ar a jh:cUJ i.tr VOllll tu empnaSIze, but it liCC Ill S often ::o trangely to be forgo n en. The fir::.t letter, in the iall , should tell uf the coilcgc 3::0 well as oi the chapter, sho uld be earnes t, ent hu s ia s tic and , above all , !>i n ccre. It d ocs not I)ay to try decei t on the alumni. An es:.ential part of this le tter s hould r efe r, n Ot to the chaple r , but to th e a lumni them selves. There s hould be in the letter an alumni ro ll, with the chapter numbe r of each alumnus, hi s class year , hilo present address and occupation, together with n otices of any deaths which may have occurred since the la s t leHer, with th e date a nd cir cumsta n ces. It may n Ot conduce to our egotism, but in truth the alulllni a re morc interc;,ted in each o th er than in u s, yet through the inte res t we may s timulate by thi s mean s, the chapte r will not lose-. The n ames and addresses of th e act ive members of th e chapte r may also pr ofitably be included, toge ther with a s t ateme nt of the r elationships between th em, alumni of t he chapte r and ot h er B etas.

The second letter, in ordi n ary cases, s hou ld go ou t about a m onth before commencement. Thi s s hould r e,·ie,\' the wo rk o f th e year, compare the re s ult s attained with the h o pe s expre sse d in the for m e r lett e r , give agai n th e alumni roll, newly co rrec t ed, a nd extend a h ea rt y in v itat ion to th e alumni to be the guest s of the c hapte r at commencemen t tim e. Every printed and written letter, of course, s h o uld urge upon the alunmi the fact that they a r e at all times m ost welcome ,·isi10rs.

But th e alumni sec r e t a r y's duties do n ot end with these tw o lette r s. \Vh ereve r poss ib le, h e should get in t ouch, personally, with each individual alumnus. and w rit e him at lea s t one personal letter a yea r . The ci r cu la r letters will bring some r epli es, which sh ou ld be promptly a n swe r ed,-not merely acknow le dged . Th e alumni sec r e tary s h ou ld have a knowledge o f what men were in th e chapter at a ny given tim e, and when any a lumnus does anything n o t ewo rthy notices o f thi s sh oul d be sent to all the men o f the same period. D ea th s should be chronicled in the sa m e wa y Above all, th e financial si de mll s t be kept su b se rvient. Mayhap s thi s rul e i s not elega ntly phra s ed, but it expresses a truth : Th e less mo n ey you seek from th e alumni. the m o r e you will get.

THE ARROW

]11 the same connection we cannot do better than r ead a little of what th e Record of Sigma Alpha Epsilon has to say about "The Curse of Not \Y riting Letters "

With a man 's correspondence, he ha s, no doubt, the right to be as indifferent a s he will. 1£ his friend s are willing to put up with his apathy, so much the bettcr for him and the worse for his friends. But in the handling of business corre!.pondcncc, n o Illan has the privilege o f exercising hi s whims . In the business machine it is only the pro per interplay of parts that makes for :> ucce ss, and no cog is too small, and none t OO important, to say in its lethargy: ';1 will not wo rk."

There is o nly one safe rule in bu:,iness correspondence, and that is to answer every letter at th e earliest moment after its receipt. In seeking a middle ground, we are too apt to fall into the slough of de spond, A frat ernity mad e lip of men who under s tood the vital importan ce of promptly and effectively attending to busine ss, wo uld be li kely to s how a very clean pair of heels, indeed, to one composed of vcry good fellow s who always " meant to d o it," but somehow "never had ti me,"

Delta Gamma evident l), sti ll holds to th e old plan o f making the hostess chapter bear the expenses of entertaining guests and delegates at Conventi on. It oujeclions are set forth by more than one writer in the A Ilchora.

The qu es ti o n o f Convention see ms uppermos t in all our minds now and with this goes among ot her s "Shall the chapte r ho lding conventio n ent e rt ai n on ly the Delegates and Grand Councilor the visiting girls also?" Cannot some one s ugge st a way in which we may relieve the entertaining chapter and yet not keep the girl s away from Convention? \V e all know th at a great many girls would feel that they could not go unle ss they were t o be entertained while there. For unluckily th e chapters a r e so sca ttered and girls paying ra il r oad fare feel that that is all they can do,-without paying their hotel bills al so.

And yet when we think what an undertaking and expense it is for a chapter to hold Convention, we realize that something s hould be done t o help them. \Ve do not any of u s want t o do anything which will cause a great many girls to stay away. It ha s been the custom for so long for the chapter h ol ding Convention to enteratin all tho se attending that it will 1x: hard to give thi s up, and yet we see eac h year that Convention grow larger as does also the expense.

We may say then that the chapters grow large r also and there a re more each year to bear the expense. Tt might be advi sable to have a fund in each chapter to be lIsed at the time that chapte r holds Con,'ention.

FRATERSITY NOTES

Fwlernil1! No les and C lippings.

De lt a Upsilon holds its conv ent ion in Ch icago Oct obe r t we nt ysixt h to twenty·eighth.

The annua l convelllion o f Beta Theta Pi is t o be h e ld at Meramee, St. Loui s, in July.

Phi Gamma Delta and Sigma )l u publish specia l ath le t ic edit ions of th eir magazines .

The conve nti on o f Delta Delta Delta was h e ld in Ga lesb urg, III. , beginni ng June twenty- second.

The s umm e r iss ue o f the Kappa Alp ha The/a . is a catalogu e nu mbe r, and is issued o nl y to members.

The Pat", of Alpha Tau Omega is now iss u ed at Wa shin gto n. Mr. Hendree P. Simpson is the ed ito r .

Sigma l\"u annou nces new chapters at the U niver s iti es of \ Vest Virginia a n d C hi cago, and at I owa State Coll ege . Th e c hapt e r at th e U n iversi ty of Penn sy l vania ha s been rev iv ed,

Th e Kappa Kappa Gam ma frat ernit y announces th e in s tallati on of the Beta Omicron chapte r at !\ewcomb Co ll ege o f Tulane U niv e rs it y, \ Vcdne sd ay, e l event h , nin e tee n hundred and fouT.

The A rc h ch apte r o f th e Delta Tau Delta fraternity ann oun ces th e installati o n o f th e Gamma lota chapte r at Unive rs ity of T exas . Aus tin , Texas, on )oronday , April the f ourth , n in eteen hun dred and four.

Th e G r a n d Comm itt ee o f Alpha Xi Delta announces the in sta l· lat ion o f Zeta o f A lpha Xi Delta, Witt enber g U nive r sity, Sp rin gfi e ld, Ohio, 1\1 ay th e e leventh , and Eta o f Alpha Xi Delta, Syra· cuse U ni versity, Sy ra c ll se, New York, May th e twent y-e igh,th , nin eteen hun dred and f ou r,

Frat ern ity P ins and 8>{{f'f) e(fles

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