The Arrow of Pi Beta Phi - July-1905

Fraternit'}! Director'}!

FOUNDERS OF FRATERNITY

Maggie Campbell ...•... •.. Monmouth, IlL

Libbie Brooks-Gaddis ...........•............. Avo n , nt

Ada Bruen-Grier ................•.. Belleview, Pa.

Clara Brownlee-Hutchinson

Emma

Monmouth. . I1L

. Monmouth, III

Fannie Whitenack LIbby •. Red Wing, Mon.

Rosa Moore .

J ennie Nicol (dec<asecf)

Ina Smith Soule

....207 W. 55th St., New YorK City.

: ... Monmouth, Ill.

Jennie Horne-Turnbull 2546 N. 32 St , Phi ladelphia, Pa.. Fannie Thompson (deceased).

Nancy Black-Wallace Glenosborne, Pa.

GRAND COUNCIL

Pus mENT-Elizabeth Gamble. 49 Alexandrine Ave., West, Detroit, Mich.

VICE PnSlD!NT-Mrs. Mav C. Fostoria, O.

S ECIETA1I.y-Mary (M r s. Lewis E. Theiss), 64 W. Iogth St, New York City.

1'u.AsuHR.-Martha N. Kimball, Box V , L eadv ille, Co lo.

R-Florence Porter Robinson, 543 Marshan St, Milwaukee, Wi •

HISTORIAN

S usan W Lewis, 5605 Madison Ave., Chicago, Ill.

CATALOGUER

M ary Bartol-The iss, 64 W. l09th St., New York City.

CORRESPONDING SECRETARIES

A. LPHA PROVIN CE

V.ERMONT ALPHA-Middlebury College, Faith A. P owe r s, Middl e bury, Vt. VERMONT BETA-Univers ity of Verm o nt, Grace L. Strong, 230 Loomis St , Burlingt o n , VL

COLUliBIA ALPHA-George \Va s hingto n University. Mildred W Cochran, 2464 Wi sco n si n Ave., \Va s hingto n, D C

PENNSYLVANIA ALPHA-Swarthm ore College, B ea tric e Vi c t o r y, mo re, Pa.

PE.NNSYLVANLA BETA- Buckne ll U n iversity, Me ll ie A. We s cot t, L ew isb ur g, Pa .

PENNSYLVANIA GAMMA-Dickin son College, Corinne Gau l, Ca rl is le, Pa.

OHIO ALPHA-Ohi o University, Mary Simon, Athens, O . OHIO BETA-Ohio State University, Kath a rin e Bancr o ft , 64 S. 18th S t. , Columbus, Ohio

NEW YORK ALPHA-Syr acuse University, Elizabeth M o uld , 112 Wave rl y Ave., Syracu se, N. Y.

NEw YORK BETA-Barnard College, Sophie P . \Voodman , 478 \V. I59th S t., New York City.

MA SSACHUSETTS ALPH .o\-Boston University, Mildr ed \Vright, 12 Somerset Sf., Bos ton Ma ss.

:MAR YLAND ALPHA-\Voman's College of Baltimore, Laura Pre sby, \Voman' s College, B alti mo re, Md BE T A PR O VIN C E

I LLINOIS BETA-Lombard College, Ray Dillow, Lomba r d Hall, Galesbu rg, III.

ILLINOI S DELTA-Knox College, Louise Mclntos h , 'Whiting Hall, Galesburg, III.

ILLIN OIS EpSILON-Northwe s tern Un i ve r s ity, Roge r s, \Villa r d Hall, Evanston, lll.

ILLIN OIS ZETA- U ni versity of Illin ois, Anne \Vhit e, 801 S Third S t ., Champaign, lli.

I NDIANA ALPHA-Franklin Co ll ege, May McDowe ll, Franklin, I nd. INDIANA BETA-Indiana University, Mar y Sample , Bloomington, In d

INDIANA GAMMA-Uni\·er s it y of Indianapoli s, Bertha L . Empey, 1809 N . Capitol Ave Indianapoli s, I nd.

MICHIGAN ALPHA-Hill sdale College, Charlotte Shepard, Hill sdale, Mich.

MI CHIGAN BETA-University of Michigan, D o ra Payne, 620 E. Unive r sit y Ave., Ann Arbor, Mich.

GAMMA PROVIN O B

IOWA ALPHA- Iowa Wesley:an University, Mary B r OOks, :M.t. P leasant, I owa.

I OWA BETA-Simpson College, J essie Sebee, Indianola la IOWA ZETA-Iowa $tate Univers i ty.

\V! SCONS IN ALPHA- Uninrsity of Wi sconsin, Cora Hin ck ley, 233 Langdon St., M adiso n, "Vi s.

M1 SSOURl ALpHA-Univers ity of Mi ssou ri , Jean McCune, Columbia, Mo. D ELT A P It Ol" I SCE

Lo UISIANA ALPH .o\- Newcomb College, Stella Hayward , 1231 St. Andrew St ., New Orleans, La .

KAN SAS ALPHA-Kan sas Uni\·er s ity. Nina B. Fell. J200 Tennessee St., Lawrence, Kansa s

NEBRASKA BETA-Univcrsity of Nebraska, P ea rl Fitzgerald , 518 N. 16t h St ., Lin coln, Neb.

TE XAS ALPHA-Univer s it y of T exas, Lottie Harris , 2007 Universi t y Ave., Austin, T exas.

CoLORAOO ALPHA-Vni\ ersity of Colorado, Lu ella Co rbin, Boulder, Colo.

COLORAOO BETA-Denvcr Unin:-rsity, Grace Dei s h e r, 1319 J osephine S t , Denve r , Colo.

CAUFORXlA ALPHA-Leland Stanford Uni\·ersity, L ouise P earce., Pi Beta Phi Lodge, Stanford University, Ca lif

CAUFORNlA BETA-Univers ity of California, Mabel A. Goddard, 2428 College Ave., Berkley, Calif

Alumnae Association Directory

PRESIDENT-Mrs. May C. Reynolds, Fostoria, Ohio. ALUMNAE EDI'I'OR-ha A. \Vetch, 416 N. Livingston St., Madison, Wis.

ALPHA PROVIN CE

SECRETARV-M. Ida Hodge, 70 Bell Rock St., Malden, Mass NEW YORK-Leora Sherwood, 1514 S. State St., Syracuse, N. Y. PENN SYLVANIA, NEW JER SEY, DELAWAIE-Grace S. Wooda rd, Hambul'l'. N. Y.

DISTRICT OF CoLUMBrA, MARYLAND AND SoUTHEAsT-Edna L Stone, 1618 R. 1. Ave.. Washington, D. C.

OHIo-Mrs . R. S. Belknap. 120 Bank St., Painesville, O. VERMONT-Mary E. Colburn, Union Village, Vt. MASSACHUSETTs-Elizabeth A. Coates, 857 Bridge St., Lowell, Ma ss.

BETA

SECRETARy-Katha rin e Stevenson, 2319 College Ave., Indianapolis, Ind.

I NDlANA-Fannie Miner, 519 E. Walnut St., Indianapolis, Ind. ILLIN OIs-Fannie Hurff. 257 S. Academy St., Galesburg, Ill. MICHIGAN-Mrs. Bertha Myers Kempton, North Adams, Mich.

GA1UlA PROVIN CE

S ECRETARv-Maude Miller, 217 N . 13th St., St. J oseph, Mo . MIs sou RI-Mrs. V. K. Tuggle, 3028 Harrison St., Kansas City, Mo. IOWA-Mrs Olive \V. Curtis, Ames, Iowa.

DEL'rA PllOVINCE

SECRETARv-Mrs. Ida Smith-Griffith, Lawrence, Kan. KANSAs-El sie Evans, 704 South Fourth St., Leavenworth, Kan. NEBRASKA-Mrs. Henry Eames, 1837 E. St, Lincoln, Neb. TEXA s-Flora Bartholomew, Pale stine. T exas. CoLORADO-Mary C lark Traylor, 1384 So Pearl St., D enver Colo. CALIFORNIA-Elizabeth Kennedy, Fresno, Cal. ARIZONA-Mr s. T K. Mar shall, Tucson, Arizona.

ALUMNAE CLUB SECRETARIES

BOSTON, MA Ss. -\Vinifred Hill, 19 Highgate St., Allston, Mass. BURLINGTON , VT.-Mary Gregory.

NEW YORK CITy-Martha Th omas . 157 Glenwood Ave., Yonkers. SYRACUSE, N y'-Mr s. Olive R. \Vaite , 1302 Madison St. WASHIN GTON , D . C.-Lola 1\1 E,' ans, 2227 13th St., N. W . PHILADELPHIA, PA.-Bess Wells, M oo restown, N. J. COLU:MBUS. O.-Mrs. F . D. Connelley, 1507 l\lkhigan Ave. ATHENS, O.-Lucy W. Bry son FRANKLIN, IND.-Gladys Miller. INDIA NAPOL IS, IND.-Fanni e Miner , 519 E \Valnut St. CHICAGO, ILL.-Katharine B. Miller, 155 \Varren Ave. GALESBURG. ILL.-Martha Arnold. DETROIT, MI CH.-El ea no r T ow ar, 26 Pitcher St H rLLSDALE. MI CH.-Mrs. Elizabeth Stewart. CRESTON, IA .-Grace Harsh. DES MOINES, IA. -Ella J. Cummins, 424 28th St. MT. PLEASANT, lA -M. Blanche Swan. INDIAN OLA, IA.-Flora Sigler. AllES, lA -Lola A. Placeway, KAN SAS CITY, Mo.- Nell Taylor, 303 1 \Yab ash Ave. ST. LoUIS, Mo -A. Fred. Becker, 3II2 Cass Ave. ST JO SEPH. Mo -Mrs. J essie L Gaynor, The Gaynor Studio LIN COLN, NEa-M rs. Oliver E\'erett, 322 S. 14th St. LAWRENCE, KAN.-Lena Marsh. BoULDER, CoLO -Mr s. Edith McClure, 2227 8th St BALTIM ORE, MD.-Elizabeth K . Cuh'er, Mt. \Ya shington, Md . NEW ORLEAN s -May O. Logan, 1539 Philip St.

VOL. XXI

THE rARROW

JULY , 1905

NO.4

Why are your eyes so wide alld sad' Bitter the tears they ""lSt hwe howlI. Wiry do yo" t"", fro", the ham.ts of lIu",f Why do yo" follow ),our pat" alonef

Gray is the drift of the flyi"g cloud, Gray the stretch of the raill--swept sea. Who call tell1lle the way to go' Which is the way illto Arcady?

I dwelt there O/lce in the long agoMy eyes were blind to its beallties th"", A1Id I turned "'y back all the shinillg fields, To f allow after the ways of III

LOllg have I traveled the dreary r oaO. (Cruel the willd wilh ils cuttillg cold) Seeking the joy Ihat I lIIay 1Iot k,IOW, Longing for that which I ",ay 1IOt hold.

Now 1IIille eyes Ihey are tired alld sadThey ache for Ihe vision Ihey ",ay 1Iot see; I iJave lost the way to Illy heart's desire I Ihave lost my way into Arcadyl

Gray is the drift of the flying clolld, Gray the stretch of the rain-swept sea, Who can tell ",e the way to go' Which is the way into Arcady?

BLANCHE

ALLYN BANE, PC/wsylvallia Beta. (In Chicago Record-Herald Magazille .)

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Over Enth usiasm

To a sorority girl, the over-enthusiasm of some gi rl s f o r their sorority seems loyalty. T o an o ut side r it see m s idi ocy o r a mi ld form of insanity. Often a girl un con sc io u sly flaunt s h e r soro ri ty in th e faces of n on-sororit y people . Thi s rouses th ei r di slik e and causes them to make disparaging rema rk s about sorority lif e in general. Possibly many of the articles written against frat e rniti es and th e ob j ec tio ns o f parents to th em, have been caused by the thoughtl ess n ess of some sorority girls .

Thi s ove r-enthusiasm is voiced and s how n in several wa y s . First th e re is the girl who, in addition t o he r badge, wears s ti ckpins . be lt-pin s, hat-pin s, seal- ring s and every o th er con ce ivable pi ece of jewe lry, decorated with her mo nog ram o r e mbl e m. If nose- rings were in vogue, s he would probably weaf o ne o rnam e nted with a larg e key, arrow o r ancho r device. This , we know, is hannle ss, but o utsid e r s do n ot like it. Second, there is th e gir l who mark s 11er books, no te-books, and eve rything s he can put he r hand s on, with the Greek lette r s o f her sor o rity I can r e me mber a girl in college, who, each day in a certain class, carefully wrote out th e full names of all he" so r o rit y sisters, arranged both in classes and alphabetically . A n o n- so rority girl t old me that it made he r "plain tired."

Th e girls of a sorority are apt to get t oge th e r in the halls o f c o llege buildings and talk of their own private affair s. In one corner is a crowd of IA lp ha Phis, tal king busily about Alpha Phi.

In an o ther co rn e r are so me Tri Delts, vo ici ng Tri D e lts' opinions . In another is a crowd o f Gamma Phis, excidedly discussi ng Gamma Phi p l'll1s It would be more thoughtful a nd ce rt ainly less conspicuo u s, if the girls would defer th ese discussions an d meetings until they are in their chapter houses.

With a littl e more thou g htfuln ess.-a nd may we say cou rt esy,o n th e part o f so r o rity girls, many o f th e objec ti on s to sorority life would be done away with. We want loya lty , but not the no isy, obt ru sive sort. This ove r- enthu s ia sm of ten wo rk s more harm than good. A sorori ty is kept t ogethe r by loya lty , but let u s make it quiet, and above a ll cOl/siderate loya lty.

Au Alumna .

THE GOAT

The Goal

Brother of the SIIOWY beard, Gmtle goat, we wish thee well; By each Pi Phi loved or feared, Tho" cOHldsl many a s t ory tell

How the fresllie, brave aJld gay, Smiling said, aYollr goat's a 1II 'ylll." But site thought all-ot h er 'U'O')I W hm she felt thy sC()rchillg breath.

After woJer, fire, alld hail, Imps thaJ tortllred, darts that stllng, Weak and trcmblillg, 'W(IJIe aud palc, Tight abol/t thy neck she ellI1Ig.

Thm she thol/ght she'd fOl/lld a frielld, Bu,I a/as, a dire 1nisiakc For she felt the skies descelld, A11d the firm. ea 'rllt ya ,wn alld quake.

H or"s like S"d.'ord-thYlfsts pierced her thr oug"', FOllr hoofs beat upan her head, RI>I",d her played the lightl/illg's bllte, And she wished thai she were dead.

Fiered'y 'hrough the fire Gild mis t Alaidens danced in fiendish glee, Bombs exploded, serpal/ts hissed, Still she madly ellI1Ig to thee.

Hark! A bllrst of awflll sOlllld SCI/seless all Ih. grolll/d she lay, Then with Pi Phis crowding rowld 011 Ihy back was borne away.

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Now she loves thee most of all, Feeds thee carpet tacks eocll day; Dynamite and ca,,,,on balls These thy food instead of hay.

S o we love th ee, everyone, And fr om every Pi Phi throat Comes the cry, by h er begu", " L ollg, long live the Pi Pili goa tl" ETHEr. CH AMBERLAIN. Illinois Beta.

What a Frat ernit ]! Girl Thinks

It seems that in considering a fr eshman as a candidate for fraternity membership, her sc hola r s hip sho ul d be carefully investigated . It would scar ce ly be jus t to the fres hilW,sligalion of S,IIa/ors hip man to judge h er by th e marks on her report cards d uring th e rushing .eason.

The facult y are always glad to cxroperate w ith the committee on schol ar ship, a nd while it may not always be advisable t o ask direct questio n s regarding the capacity of a fr eshman, the girl's instructor will generally say whether her work gives promise. It is always possible to find out her scholastic standing in he r preparatory work. Thi s is of impo rtance. Many of the east ern colleges send out exhaustive questionnai r es to the re ferences given by the gi rl applying fo r admissio n. One should no t be satis fied with the merely casual recommendation: "She's a fin e gi rl, " nor yet with the r ecita l of pu rely social gifts; scholar ship is essent ial. Texas Alpha.

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It is only once a year that we are supposed to hear from all our sister chapters so it is rather to be regretted that we do not hear

Tlte Annual JAiler from them all even then. This year we have heard from only about twenty of the thirty-four chapters. It is an easy thing, we realize that, to let the annual letters go unwritten, and yet is it hardly fair for some chapters to do their duty and others no t I

We need the annual letter to keep us closer to each other. We are widely separated geographically and without this bond we fear that there would not be the common interest which should keep us united.

Let us all try next year when the first of May comes round, to send each of ou r chapte rs a word of encouragement and greeting.

M assachllset/s Alpha.

Girls are so delighted to receive an invitation to unite with a fraternit y that th ey sometimes forget their own responsibility in joining the same. No girl gets the benefit and On.lmporlant pleasure out of her fraternity unless she puts a Factor certain amount of her se lf into it. She should not consider herself and her own pleasure where the interests of her fraternity are involved but should put her best into it. Life is said to be made up of sacrifices and these sacrifices should certainly not be forgotten in connection with frat ernity life.

Pennsylvania Gamma.

One of the most serious questions we have to face just now is this, shall we take into Pi Beta Phi the girl who has been in a fraternity in high school Or preparatory? Girls are in these little frat ernities as long as if not longer than in Pi Phi and naturally they form a great attachment to them. As a result, when they enter Greekdom much of th e sweetness and mystery is lost to them and their deepest affection still clings to the fraternity of their first choice. Then gradually, though often unint enti onall y, th ey suggest to the

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preparatory fraternity th e ideas gained fr om th e national. In this wa y the national can n o t help being weakened to some extent. ,Y e wou ld n o t by an y means shut out the se girls entirely, for they often become most loyal Greeks, but surely we should take the greatest care to choose only the most sincere and the oncs to wh o l11 we kn o w Pi Phi will mean more than any little preparatory societv. PClmsy14:a.nia Beta.

Co lo rad o Beta has been thinking fo r some time on a subject which s he believes will interest her sister chapters. Vve have been

Floating Pledges wondering if, ior the good of the fraternity there o ught not to be some provision about pledges who leave college before the y are initiated. We believe that the fact that these girls, not truly understGnding the id ea ls and w o rkings of Pi Phi, are scattered over the country bearing our colors and initial s, might result in se rious harm to the frat e rnity. Vve do not mean to imply that we arc not ordinaril y v e r y proud of our pledges or greatly grieved that some find it impossible tl) go on with their college life and win the ARROW which we love so well, but when it becomes necessary for a pl edge t o leave college we wonder if it would no t be better to withdraw the pin and thus do away entirely with " Aoating pledges' in the futur e . What do our sisters think about it? Colorado Beta.

Now that ou r alumnae clubs are so well o rganized and consolidated, might it not be well to give them Greek lett e r designati ons , rather than that of the city where they !lappen t o be located? W ould no t this plan be more consistent with th e manner in which active chapters are designated and likewi se more dignified and official? And might we n ot admit these chapters as such to vote in our conventions? Would no t this be a fitting tribute to o ur alumnae who have kept th eir intere st in fraternity matters? ''Vhat do other chapters think of such an arrangement? Ollio Beta.

WHAT A FRATERNITY GIRL THINKS 233

It was with some surprise that we read the notice of our Grand Council regarding Pan Hellenic rul es. We had voted against BuIlt Wasn't fire Grand Council setting aside a pledging day and were serenely confident that OUT wishes in this matter were to be respected as far as OU T college was concerned. In fact, we thought very little 1110re about it, for we f elt that a pledging day would be unnecessary and impractical in so lar ge a university. Ten women's frat e rniti es have chapters here and it is therefore difficult to confine OUT rushing to a sho rt time. On the other hand we cannot well have a late pledge day, as the amount of ru shing necessary is too g rea t to be extended over a long pe ri od of time with justice to ourse lves and OU T studies. Last but by no means least, we need OU T freshmen as soo n as we can get them. We feel that ill-feeling among the fraternities is bound to ensue, both because th e re will be prolonged antagonistic ru s hin g and because bids are ofte n made very public in this way, a circ um sta nce anything but pleasant f or the fraternity which loses. The general sentiment in the university is against IIlis innovation. Altho we realize that our Grand Council is acting as it thinks best in this matter, we fee l that ou r wi shes might wen be taken int o consideration, for surely we can kn ow and appreciate the conditions better than anyone else.

WiSCOIlSill Alpha.

Is the "pledge day" too hackneyed to be considered in the July ARROW? We note from the Pan Hellenic report the varied opinions of the different sororities . I believe we see 'Plwg. Dar with Miss Gamble that the lat er the pledging day th e better for th e national sorority and the chapters. Most of the wiser minds advise it. But the situation seems to be difficult. Perhaps we rush t oo stre nuous ly. Perhaps we, belonging to whatever sorority we may, are afraid that Ollr sorority might not "win out" \Vh y? Cannot sorori ty girls even in th e heat of antagonism be pe rfectly h o no rable ? If we go much slower the results are more satisfactory to us and to the girls we

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..,a y want t o win. We should like very much to hear from othe r Pi Phis their expe r ience . Th e Pa n HeIl en ic is good, we alI feel th at . Why sho uld the pledge day injure u s or o ur rival fraternity sisters. P erhaps yo u hav, fo un d it good. Iowa Zeta.

Again we r e fe r to Pan H eIl eni c: this tim e in ref er ence to the very short ru shing seaso n all owed us Let m e ask all Pi Phis: does not three weeks seem a very short time in Too Short which to 1earn to know, I mean to reall y know a gi rl befo re asking her to pledge h er self? COl. a chapte r kn o w a p rospecti ve pl edge in that time? It is a serious thing to say " be o ne of u s" both for those who as k and for those who must decide. On th e othe r hand, is the time aIlowed sufficiently long fo r the fres hmen themselves? Something is due th em as weIl as us. We all see one another under, let me say, strenuous condit ion s, fo r in a great university where there are many fraterniti es the ru shing season is stre nuous both for those ru shed and for the fraternities. In th e excitement of entering the coIlege wo rld a fres hman is hardl y herself, often she is shown to better advantage on account of this strain, but frequently the r eve r se is t ru e and, for the frat ernity, both are equally bad for it makes good j udgment in se lecti ng pledges very difficult. We do not offer suggestions t o Pan-Hellenic but we ask ou r Pi Phi sisters what th ey se ri ou sly think in this r egard?

Califomia Bela.

The girls who are in coll ege fo r four years without a break, scarcely appreciate the feeling s of the girl whose work is broken

"Old" Pi Plti Reentering into by long absences. She had grown to kn o w and love the girls who pledged a nd initiat ed her ; then she had been f o rced to leave co Ilege for possib ly a year. O nl y she realiz es how swiftly it all changes in one sh ort yea r . She reenters or merely VISitS. She is an "old girl" no w, just brimming over with enthusiasm fo r he r fraternity and longing to be to it all she had

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have a warped conception of what fraternity really means, and what might have been excellent fratern it y mate rial is spo iled thereby.

We , as college people, have a duty to perfo r m, n ot on ly of se lf-protec ti o n, but o f assistance in rightin g wrong co nd iti o ns. Therefore it is for us to do all that l ies in our power towa rd the discouraging of the system of high school fraternities lIIillois Beta.

Alumnae Department

Lo uis ian a oAlp h a oAlumn ae

S h o rtl y after Chri stmas, about sixtee n Louisiana Alpha alumnae, moved by a commo n im pul se, met in our dea r li tt le chapter room and o rgan ized themselves into the L ou i siana A lpha Alumnae Club . We have thirty members now, and during th e past year such a wealth of fratern ity spi r it has found it s express ion through this club that we tremble to think of the effect o f the rest raint its non-existence must have caused in the past, and o ur hea rt s thrill in anticipation o f the influence in th e futur e o f this eve r-g row in g mean o f expression for a ll that is dea rest and best in fraternity life.

Newcomb Coll ege has during the past yea r become th e " riches t woman's college on the plane t. " A brilliant futur e is befo re he r, and we Pi Phis, active and alumnae, a re determined that the influ e nce and meaning o f OUT fraternity s hall be an ever-increasing h e lp t o her in all that she is striving to accomplis h . We Louisiana Alpha alumnae r ealize tha t we have no t bee n all that we might have been in th e past, we may n ot be all that we might be in the future--but we say now what we have not been con fi dent enough to say be fo re-giv e us time.

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The Washington oAlumnae Club

It is a pleasant task to sketch the work o f a yea r which has been the most successf ul in the history of th e Washington Alumnae Association.

\Ve have learned by experience the value of a centralized government, and the management of affairs has been more and more left to the executive committee, which consists of the five regular officers and two alumnae chosen by the active chapter to represent their interests. Indeed the maintaining of a close relationship between the alumnae and the active chapter is one of the cardinal principles of our organization. The Alumnae Association has recently decided to assis t the active member s of Columbia Alpha at the opening of each college year by giving a social functi on closely akin to a "ru shing-party ." OU T first venture last fall was so successfu l as to make the expe rim ent appear a high ly desirable precedent. By voluntary subscrip tions we also share in th e expe ns e of the fraternity-room.

Two othe r committees have contribut ed largely towards the development of ou r fraternity-life this past winter. The Outlook Committee has endeavored to bring visiting Pi Phis into touch with the Washington members o f our frat ernity. Th ere have been twenty-four out-of-town Pi Phis in the city between the m onths of November and May, and the members of the Outlook Committee have paid over eighty fraternity calls.

The Inter-club Correspondence Committee has sought to pr<>mot e a closer acqua intan ce between the various alumnae o rganiza. tion s of our fraternity.

The Washington Alumnae Association has, at present, fortytwo members; ye t at our March meeting, like the immortal "We are Seven." we numbered seventy -five . This mysterious problem in expansion is due, not to faulty arithmetic , but to the presence among us of the active chapter, patronesses, visiting Pi Phis, and the mothers of the fraternity girls. The first Tuesday of every month has been dedicated to Pi Beta Phi. At our opening meet-

ing of the season we enj oyed a n infonnal little talk from one of our members, Miss Bayley.

In December Ruth McGowa n, just r eturn ed from her winter's art study in Paris, gave a del ightful desc ri p ti on o f life in the s tud ents' quarter .

On another of ou r Pi Phi evenings Mr. Allen Albert, dramatic editor o f the Washington Times, gave an int e r es ting talk on "Tendencies in the Modern Stage ."

The Ma rch meeting transferred ou r attention fr o m th e artificial glare of the foot-lights t o the sombre r eal ities of Arctic Explorati o n . Mr. ' Valte r " 'ellman, know n to Pi Beta Phi as the father o f Ruth a nd R ose Wellman , but pe rha ps to the o ut side world more easi ly identi fi ed as th e r e n owned Arctic exp lo r er , gave the club a g raph ic description o f the "das h f o r the pole."

On ti,e tw enty -e ig hth of Apri l fifty-four enthusiastic Pi Phis assembled in th e attractive r oo m s of th e Tea-Cup Inn to ce lebrate F o un de r s' Day. O n th is Thanksgiving day o f o ur frat er nity the girls of the activ e chapter are always th e guests o f the Alumnae Association at th e annua l banque t ; and o n this occasion we were also f ortunat e enough! t o ha ve with u s nine visiting Pi Phis, among whom \fe were proud to num be r o ur province president, Anna Morris Ja ckson . We felt our sel ves quite a cosmopol itan assemblage, with t en colleges r ep r esented amo n gs t u s . The ba nqu et was followed by t oasts, interspersed with fraternity songs, and, a ll too soon, the final cere mony o f "passing the lov ing cup" marked th e end o f a de lightful eveni n g .

In May we held o ur meeting fo r the e lect ion of officer s f or the e nsuing year, so that there will be no delay in res uming w ork in th e fall. ' Ve extend a h earty g r eeting t o o ur new o ffi ce rs, and glad ly take advantage o f thi s oppo rtunit y t o ex press o ur gratitude to those who have served us so splend id ly thi s past yea r, under th e leadership of ou r hono r ed president, Emma Harper Turner. M .K.

Personals

VERMONT ALPHA

Born , a son, Bernard Bates, Nichols-Bosworth on April nineteenth.

A son was born to Nellie Hadley-Simmons , '01, June fourth.

VERMONT B£TA

Ada Hurlburt, '99, returned hom e from Rowland Hall, Salt Lake City, June twenty-fou r th

Mary Grout-McKibbon, '0 1 , of Shoreham, Vt., visited friends at college recently.

May Cooro, ' 02 , is teaching in Vt.

In ez Grout '01, of Vergennes, underwent a successful operation at the Mary Fletcher Hospital recently.

Kathryn Gebhardt, '01 o f Shelburne, is out again after her illness , much to the joy of her many friends.

COLUMBIA ALPHA

Catharine McIlhenny , '04, has return ed from a long vi sit in Mississippi and Georgia.

Edith May ' Giles, ex-'06, was married on June seventh, at Rochester, N. Y., to Mr Raymond K. Bettys, Delta Kappa Epsilon. Th ey will make their home in Rochester.

Nellie Burt will sail for Europe the first of July, and will spend the summe r in Paris wjth Marion McCoy of the active chapter.

Clarissa Tufts has returned to Washington after a long absence.

Lola May Evans will spend the summer months at Bay Ridge, Long Island

Ruth Wellman will leave in a few days fo r a long stay in Nebraska.

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Nora Stabler-Worth, Pennsylvania Alpha" '02, has been visiting her parents in Washington. -0;

:ipray Maybie, New Yo rk Alpha, was in Washington for the Founder's Day banquet.

Mary Coope r Johnson , Pennsylvania Alpha, was in Washington for a few days in the sp ring.

Frances Heilprin will spend the surrune r in Paris with her sister, who is studying there.

PENNSYLVANIA B£TA

Mary Bartol-Theiss is spending a few weeks with her parents, Professor and Mrs Bart o l of this place.

Dr. Mary lIf. Wolfe of Norristown State H o spital vis it ed her r elatives and friends of Lewisburg this spring.

Lucretia Snyder-Black, ex-'06, of Upper Sandusky, Ohio, and Bessie Harpel , ex-'06, spent Founder's Day with their chapter.

PENNSYLVAN1A GAMMA

Bess Craighead, '01, spent Memorial Day wit h the chapte r .

Helen Schaeffer, '03 , sa il s fo r Gennany June fourteenth. She expects to travel during the s u mmer and will study duri ng the win ter at the University of Goettingen.

Lou S hee tz, 'O T, was present at ou r banquet.

Edith SUl?e r , '02 , is making 3i visit at her home m after having spe n t the winler studying in the Pottsville Hospital.

May Hull, '03, spent Corrunencement week with t he chapter.

OHIO ALPHA

Born to Mar y Ull om- Thomas, a son-J o hn Bayard-April fifth, ' 90S.

Mabel Rorick has moved this spring rrom Athens to Columbus

An nette Higgins, who has been teaching in Smithville, Ohio, thi s w in ter, wiII be in th e Unjve rsity duri ng th e summer term.

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OHIO B£TA

Lieutenant and Mrs. Charles F Leonard announce th e birth of a daughter, May twenty-sixth, at Manila Bay, the Philippines.

Fl o ra Connor of Ohio Alpha is taking a course in nursing at the Grant Hospital, Columbus.

The wedding of Marion Nichols, Ohio Beta , '05, and James Harry Birni, took place May thirteenth. They will make their home in Chillicothe, Ohio.

Flora Hedges of Ohio Alpha, who has been living in Columbus for several years, leaves soon fo r Shanghai , China, as secretary for the newly appointed consul, J. Linn Rodgers.

Maud McAlpine has returned from a vi s it with Isabel Hamilto;' at Los Angeles , California.

Gertrude Jackson expects to spend the summer with relatives in New York city. '

NEW YORK BETA..

Ida Ethel Lewis, Barnard '04, has :um ounced her engagement to Mr. Frederick William Schaefer. Mr . Schaefer is a graduate of New York University, class of 1901 , and i s a practicing attor. ney in the city. The autumn is th e time set fo r the wedding.

Nen Thomas, secretary of the New York 'Alumnae, is teaching in Yonkers.

Ida Lewis is traveling in the west and sends us gl owing accounts of the Colorado chapters.

Liz ette Metcalfe, Dora Nevins and Margaret Claffy are teaching in Brooklyn.

MA SSACHUSETTS ALPHA

The Boston Alumnae club are looking forward just now to the reuni o n days of July and August when the wanderers gather once again in and about the Hub.

This year three new alumnae j oin us: Marion L. Bean, Mary C. Galbraith , and Myrtie M. Maguire, while J osephin e A. Pickering,

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'00, and Jenni e B. Allyn, '04, each take the degree of master of arts.

The engagement of Ida Hodge t o Mr. Philip Chauncey Benjamin of Malden is announced.

II,LlNOIS BETA

Grace Harsh and Vada Wiswell visited friends at Lombard Commencement week.

Ethelwyn Gr ier, Eleanor Claycomb, Fanny Churchill, Ethel Fenne;sey, and Ellice Crissey attended our Founder's Day banquet and dance.

Edna Uhler was in Galesburg a couple ofl weeks the last of April.

Mrs. Carrie Grubb-Hanson visited her sister, Mrs. Jennie Fowler, Commencement week.

Ethel Van Cise will spend the summer in California.

A daughter was born to Edna Dow-Moir March twenty-third Illinoi s Beta extends her deepest sympathy to Ethel TompkinsClayberg for the deatru of her little son

ILLINOIS DELTA

Mary Barclay Crawford was married the twenty-eighth of June to Thomas Munroe of Rushville, III.

A son was born to Grace Ballard-Griswold April nineteenth.

The engagement of Blanche Pond to Mr. Crawford of Warsaw, Ill ., has been announced.

June seventh Ruth Montgomery was married to Edward Chellril of New York city.

Born to Je ssie Van Clute-Johnson, April eleventh, a son.

Minnie Weyhrich was married in May to Mr. Black of Pekin, Ill.

Elda Smith, president of Beta Province, visited us a few days in April and attended o ur Founder's Day Banquet.

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ILLl NOIS EPSILON

Gertrud e Baldwin has just return ed from an exte nsive trip in the east.

Lucy Derickson, '04, is to be married th e latter part of June to Mr. Roy Hughes MOnier, Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Both were graduat ed from Northwestern last June. They will make their future home in Bosworth, Missouri.

Grace Doland is t o be married Jun e thirteenth to Mr. William Paul, Sigma Nu.

Born to Margaret Hubbard-Countryman, a daughter.

Born to Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Stanley" a daughter.

Elberta Smith, '04 , attended the Co mmen ceme nt exe rcises at Northwestern.

ILLI NOIS Z£'I'A

Mrs Edward Piltcher is vi s iting in Champaign.

Nellie Welles has accepted a teacher's position in EI Paso.

Lotta Johnson will teach in Newton next year.

Margarite Blackstone visited at the Pi Phi house.

Erma Moore spent several weeks at the Pi Phi house this spring.

Clare Sommer of Chicago and Nellie McMillan of Danville spent several days in Champaign.

INDIANA ALPHA

Ethel and Bertha Miller have r etu rn ed from Columbia University.

Sarah Covert, one o f ou r founders, is home from Homestead, Penn.

May Carney has return ed after a month's stay in New York.

Grace Stubbs, who has been teaching in the Dunkirk high school, is home f or the summer vacation.

Nell Kemp of Chicago University will spend a few days of Commencement week with Pi Phi sisters.

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INDIANA B£TA

Olive Traylor, '04, will teach English in Ru s h vi ll e high school next year.

Bright Camp will spe n d the s ummer at Asbu r y Park, New Jersey .

Blan ch e Disher will be with h e r sist e r at Niagara Falls this summer.

P earl Huff an d Carolyn Read will spend this su mmer at Winona Lake.

Ca rd s are out announcing the wedding o f Stella O'Byrne, 'aS, to Juliu s B. Meyer, June el eve nth.

Harri et HIaas: '01, w ill spe nd th e summer in Fre mont , Nebraska.

Bright Camp, '07, Rose Lauer, ' 07, Blanc he D i she r , '06, Lelia Thiebaud , ' 06, Ethel Boyd, '04 , Mabel Milligan , '06 , and Maude Johnson , '04, spent last w eek with us and were h e re for our dancing party.

Tracy Guild-Pond visited u s for a f e w days thi s term.

Jeann ette Zeppenfeld, head of the German department in Franklin College, vi s it ed u s a t the time of our Schiller Memo rial exercises.

Mindwell Crampton i s mak ing a tour of th e west with the National Editorial Association. She will stop in Oklahoma, Indian Territory, T exas, Ca lifornia , O regon, Utali, Colo rado, and Nebraska.

INDIANA CAMMA

Ethel Curryer h as r etu rn ed fr om Fl orida .

Lena Randall-Cunningham will be ba ck witt. u s at h er new home in Highland Place.

Etta Tho mpso n , one o f OUf charter members, is vi s iting here.

MICH IGAN ALPHA

The following out-of-town alumnae were in Hillsdale during commen cement time : 'Anna Burgoyne-Stebbins, Kate King-

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Bostwick, Grace Higbee-Mark, Kathryn Smith, Carrie Charles Barker, Kathryn Slosson-Greene, Lila Lane-Smith, May Copeland-Reynolds, Alvord-Crowfoot, Florence Alvord-Barr ett, Bertha Myers-Kempton, Julia Soule, Mayte Collins, Jennie Updyke, Blanche Bradley, Estelle Nash, Maud Corbett, Grace Bailey, May Lewis, Mary Wells, Esther Branch, Elizabeth Spencer-Davenport.

IOWA ALPHA

Clara Munz, '08, sailed for Europe April tenth, and will spend the summer months in France and Germany.

Alta Newby, '99, who sails soon for China, as a missionary of th e Methodist church, visited us in May.

Margaret Adams was here for some time working on Junior :Annual illustrations.

Louise McIntosh, Illinois Delta, visited our chapter April f o urth.

Margaret Kyle of Pennsylvania Alpha, national student secretary of the Y. W. C. A., visited o ur coll ege May twenty-eighth.

Stella Stinson-Harris of Fairfield, Gem Russell of Newton, Maude Dutton, Anna Belle Needham, and Edith Zaiser were here for our banquet .June fifth.

Emily Young-Ramsey and' son Paul, Adaline Ward, Katherine Lundgren, Ethel Cowan, and Kate Beatty were with us at Commencement time.

Alice J . Haw will sail Jun e twenty-seventh for a year in Europe. Lulu Baxter-Shearer has been re- elected teach er of music in the Mason City schools.

IOWA BETA

Madge Peaseley, ex-'os, visited in Indianola Commencement w<'Ck.

Flora Sigler is spending the summe r with her sister, Mrs. McCune of Des Moines.

Elvia Wagner leaves in two weeks for an extensive western trip.

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Nina Hohanshel!, '03, and Alma 'vVagner, '03, spent tw o days in Indianola, leaving June fifth, to sail for Europe where they will spend the summer.

May Paul-Newcomb, '94, visited friends in Indian ola the middle of :l1ay.

Born, March 26, ' 905, to Mr. and Mrs. Warren Barker (Edith Corkhill), a son.

WISCONSIN ALPHA

Born t o l\Irs . Daniel H. Murphy (Jessica Davis, '00,), a daught e r.

Eunice vVe1ch, '00, and Bess F erguson, ex-'ol , spent thei r spring vacation in Madison.

Elizabet h Shepard, '02, and Ada Welsh, '04, were with us durin g Interscholastic.

Marie '02, is t o be toastmistress at o ur annu a l banquet.

Millie Askew, '04, has bee n made principal o f one of the grammar schools of Ironwood, Mich.

LOUISIANA ALPHA

The engagement of Kate Dillard to Mr. Chauncey Williams Butler has been announced. The wedding will take place early in the fall.

H elen Rain ey, Blanche H opki ns, and Mary Butler will spend the s ummer abroad.

Annie Brunswig-Wellborn is receiving congratulations upon the arrival o f a beautifu l little daughter.

Harri ette Waters, '05, will spend next winter with her sister, Mrs. Herbert Smithers, in New York City.

Lily Logan, '97 , is t o be married early in July t o Mr . Frank Morrell of Cincinnati.

Adele and Mary Mathews, Cora Stanton and Bemis Sharp will visit Erie and Harri ette Waters at their beautiful summer home in Orillia, Canada.

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Beulah Butler, '03, will r ep resen t the Extension Co nunittee of the Newcomb Y. W. C. A. at th e Ashev ill e Con ference.

Alice Monroe, '02, was the alumnae orator at the comme ncement exercises of Newcomb Coll ege.

KANSAS ALPHA

J essie Hill was married to William Sayre, P hi Delta Theta, on May second at her home in Hiawatha. She will l ive in Lawren ce.

Nell Mo rri son was married o n April tw en ty- third to J ose ph Plumb, Sigma Alp ha Epsi lon, at Kearney, Neb raska. They are living in Council Bluffs, Iowa.

Nadine Now lin , '03, who ha s been teaching in the Hiawatha high school for the past two yea r s, has received a f ell o wship at Bryn Mawr where she will attend coll ege n ex t yea r

Edith Snow, '97 . has returned from a two years' visit with her si s ter, Martha Snow-Brown, '96. in South Afri,."

May Gardne r, '97 , ha s ret urn ed from New York city where she spent the winter studying at Columbia . Ne ll Tay lo r was married Jun e fourteenth t o Marshall Cloyes, Phi Delta Theta. They are living in Kan sas City .

Laura Morse-Price, 'or , of Hutchinson, Kansas, and Loren Le sli e-Heryer, '02, of Kansas City, were back f o r rnent.

Mabel Scott, who has been teaching in th e Hiawatha high school th e past year , spent two weeks with Un ive r sity fri ends

Th e following girls visited at the chapter house th e last o f the year: Ceci l Leland, ' 03; Anna Lante r, '06; Mabe l McLaughli n, '04; Elsie Evans , '03; Mary Dudley , '03; Nell Taylor.

NEBRASKA BETA

Nebraska Beta has enjoyed a long visit from Su e Ashman of SI. J oseph , Mo., and Winifred Howell o f Ce nterville, Ia

Anne Stuart, our p r ovi nce p r esident, will sai l for Europe Friday, June sixteenth, where she will travel fo r several months with friends from Lincoln.

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ALUMNAE DEP A RTMENT

Jean ette Thorpe-D rain o f Kirkwood, Illinois, has bee n in Lincoln for a month.

The wedding of Elizabeth Marshall ana Frederick Ja ckson of New Haven, Conn., took place on May tenth .

Crace Andrews of Fairbury, Ne bra.ka, spe nt a week at the dapter house.

Marga ret Kyle is spendi ng a few days in the city at th e horne of Melinda Stuart.

Charlotte Spalding has r et urn ed from Colorado Co ll ege where she has attended college for t he past two years. S he will graduat e from the Unive r sity of Neb r aska n ext yea r .

TEXAS ALPHA

Jamie Arms trong , '0 1, of Austin, T exas, wa s united in marriage to Mr J ohn Bennett o f San A n tonio, T exas, on th e evening of April twe nty-sixt h, at SI. David ' s Episcopal church, Austin, T exas.

R osa li s Battl e o f Martin, T exas , i s visiting the chapter hou se. Sh e will remain throu g h Commencement .

Mildred Durst of San Anton io will be a guest of th e chap ter h ouse until aft e r C "' :nme ncemen t.

May 'Wynne and Mary Sm ith e r o f Hun tsv ill e, Texas, are guests of Mrs. Williams, in Austin . Margaret Burroughs has r eturned to Austi n after an absence of a yea r. when s he attended the Sophie Newcomb Art School in New O rleans.

CO LORADO ALPHA

l\1aud Hunn was married Ap ril tw ent y- fifth to Ora B. Hal ey, Alpha Tau Omega . They a re liv ing in Laramie, W yom ing.

M ina Kilgore is t o be married Jun e fourt eenth to Orv ill e Whitake r . Th ey will make their nome for th e present in Ojuela, Duran go, Mexico.

Claire Husted has returned from Cali fo rnia much improved in hea lth.

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Mabei 'Ashley and Sara Herron will spend Commencement week in Boulder.

May Henry-Bluhm will make her home in Boulder this summer.

Estelle Holmes will spend the in California.

Marie Bradley from l1lin o is Delta is visiting in Boulder.

COLORADO BETA

Marcia '04, has returned from Bryn :MawT, where she has done post graduate work this year.

Lena Harper passed through Denver, en route to Cleveland, where she w ill spend the summer.

Grace Deisher returned to college the last semester, after a winter's sojou rn in California..

Mary Wallihan will spend the summer on the Pacific coast. .

Gertrude Beggs, '93, will occ upy the chair of Greek in the University next year.

Nanaruth Taggart, '00, has been elected dean of women in th e Un iv er s ity for th e ensu ing year.

The following engagements have been announced: Marcia Murray and Will Eikenberry, Delta Tau D elta, University of Minne sota; Lena Harper and Alfred B. Trott; Norrine May Wil son and Mark Pomeroy, Port Alleghany, Penn.; Bess Merton Wil soll and J. Claire Evans, Delta Tau Delta , Ohio University' ; Louise Neil and Clarence Tasher.

Florence Vaughn will attend the University of Wisconsin n ext year.

CALIFORNIA ALPHA

Margret Kyle of Pennsylvania Alpha, secretary of the Y. W. C. A ., dined with us, while visiting Stanford . She was such a busy and popular lady that we had ver y little of her. When she visits here again , she is to stay with us .

California Beta invited the girls of the Stanford chapte r to their Founder's Day banquet. We were all SO sor ry that another engagement interfered with ou r accepting.

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Ruth Waterhouse, '06, is out of college on a leave of absence, owing to the death of her mother.

Alice Hayes, Laura Adkinson, and Elizabeth Office r , who have gone to their respective homes in Denver, Chicago, and Salt Lake write of meeting Pi Beta Phis.

Helen Sutliff, who, although of Kansas Alpha, is claimed by our girls, was called suddenly home, but we are in hopes of having her with us again next year.

When Eugenia Miller returns to Fresno, there will be ten Pi Phis and one pledge living in that town.

CALIFORNIA BETA

Mrs. Abiel Leonard Boggs has issued invitations for the marriage of her daughter Helen Boggs t o Rev. Thomas George Picton on the afternoon of Wednesday, the fourtenth of June, at the Christian church, Woodland, California . Mr. Picton is the presiding minister o f the Christian cliurch.

Daisy French and Jessie Nason of Omalia have been visiting in California during the past two months. They will probably remain in the west during th e greater part of the summer NOTICE.

New York Beta would be glad to hear of Pi Phis who would like to room in their chapter house next yea r . For any who expect to spend the winter in New York and especially for those who are to attend Barnard or the Teacher's College, this seems a delightful opportunity to find a home and friends at the beginning of their stay . Please communicate with the cor r esponding secretary of New York Beta or th e president of Alpha Province.

Editon'als

THE graduates of 1905 are <l5afe now in the wide world," and the chapters are wondering what they will do without their seniors and the senior s what they will do without their chapte r s. After all the good advice that baccalaureate preachers and commencement orators have given, it seems presuming as well as superfluous for the editor to add a word. And yeti among all that has been said to the graduates as college women, probably nothing has been said to them as fraternity women.

Graduates of 1905, your college, it is to be hoped, has trained you for citizenship, citizenship of the highest, most enlightened, most womanly type. Your fraternity has done something further-it has fitted you for leadership. It has given you poise, savair faire, adaptability, the power of working with othe rs and for othe rs . The activities of the home, the church and the school will be the sufficient careers of most of you, but in those activities you should as fraternity women take foremost rank. To. those of you whose every talent lies otherwhere, the training of the fraternity should give you courage and initiative to enter the untrod den paths and win your way through them to success . Remember, you r fraternity expects you all to become "distinguished alumnae,"

There are two phrases of current slang that are too valuable to stay out of good usage very long. They are "it is up to you," and "to make good." Graduates, it is up to you. Will you make good?

IT WAS with some surprise that the editor read one of the paragraphs contributed to the department "What a Fraternity Girl Thinks,"-a paragraph which advocated the revival of the alumnae chapter with the p?wers of the active chapter , including the right to send delegates to convention. The general, and we had supposed , the universal sentiment has been that the

EDITORIALS

alumnae chapter was a thing of the past, an institution which we had outgrown.

As the older fraternities have grown in strength and length of chapter roll, the tendency in all of them has been to d r aw lines more cl05ely and to confine membership strictly to actual college students. They have forbidden the initiation of preparatory students, of alumnae, of honorary members, and fo llowing the same policy they have taken from alunmae chapters all official functions and made them in effect if not in name clubs and not chapters.

Granted that alumnae chapte r s furnish a necessar y support to young o r weak frat e rnitie s, there comes a time ·when ·the objections to alumnae control far outweigh t he benefits of alumnae support. The membership in the alumnae chapter is necessarily fluctuating, both in numbers and per sonnel. The college girl is presumably with her chapter four years, and perforce active all the time. The membership of the alunma i s purel y v o luntary and often of short duration. The active member must attend all meetings and participate in all chapte r business, no SUcll compul sion is upon the alwnna. To the girl in coUege the welfare of her fraternity is paramount, but after graduation other interests crowd upon her dairrung more and more of her time and strength. Her fraternity may still be tne dearest thing in the wo rld to her but it certainly is no longer the most important.

Not the least of the obligations upon the active member is to keep up with fraternity conditions not only in her own but in other colleges. We cannot ask this of the alumna, and the alumnae chapter would often find itself unable to vote comprehendingly on, many of the questions that come up. Its delegate to convention would be in the same difficulty. The financial question would further complicate matters. If alumnae clubs have the privileges of chapte r s, they would have its burdens. How many of them wouldl be willing to pay the dues of active chapters and what effect would the higher dues have on alunmae membership?

Our aJumnae organization, we pride ourselves, is the equal of that of any woman's fraternity. Our theory has been that the strength of the fraternity depends on the number of interested

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alumnae. W e have th e r e for e made th e burd en s of membe r ship as s li g ht as possib le, and allowed th e greatest fr eedom and elasticit y in th e organization of alumnae clubs, whil e keepi ng tra ck o f th e m throu g h th e circle sec r eta ri es and th e ARROW . Th e roll of ou r alumnae a ssociation is longe r than that of the active membe rs and is growing more rapi d ly, chi efly by the formation o f new cl ub s. T o change th ese clubs to chapters, with all th eir duties and ob ligation s would be t o reduce th eir membership at leas t a half a nd thus to lose a n inte r es t and a sympathy which the fr a t e rnit y cann o t afford t o do without.

IT I S n ow some seven yea r s since the fifth edition of Baird 's It American Coll ege Fraternities" was published, and th e anno unc eme nt of a new edition th is sprin g was welcomed with inte r est by the wh ole Greek world. Th e ne w Manual i s an attractive volume an d whil e it f ollOWS in genera l the plan o f the ea rli e r editions, is about o ne -fourth large r in the num be r o f pages , and cor r espondi n gly more complete in it s hi sto ri ca l and statistical deta ils

As always, Mr . Baird is t o be congratulated on the b r oa d spirit with whi c h h e co nsci e nti o u sly does ju st ice t o eac h fraternity So far as poss ibl e all mat e ri a l has been gained from th e frat ernities th emse lves and eve ry article conce rning them ha s bee n enti r ely written s inc e th e last edition.

In l ooking throug h the book n othin g st rikes one mOre f orcibly th a n th e grow th of th e fr ate rnit y idea, a. growth whi ch is indicated both by the r apid extens ion o f ex isti ng frat e rnit ies and by th e f orma tion o f new on es. Th e n e w o rd e rs are t o be found chiefly among the women's and the professional fraterniti es, bo th of which hav e mo re t han doubled in th e past seven years. Ju stice ha s also been done t o th e local fraternities so far as is possib le to bod ies rel a tiv ely unstabl e The volume close s with a pret ty complet e frat e rnity bibliography.

Ever si nce its fir st ed iti on in 1879, Bai r d's Manual h as been r ecognized as th e authority on all fraternity ma tte r s. and nO chapte r .can poss ibl y afford t o be without its copy.

CHAPTER LETTERS

Chapter Letters

ALPHA PROVINCE

\'ERM OS T ALPHA-lIIDDLEBURY COLLEGE

S e ni o r s:

Bessie l\f Bump

Kath e rine Collin s

Be rtha E. Duncan

Fl oren ce E. Giddings.

Juni ors:

Alice L. Dun can

Florence E Du ncan

I na H. Go\·e

Anni e E. Met calf.

Number In co ll e"e

Number In chapter

Sophomores:

B. Hammo nd

Gw endol ine Hugh es Mos ier

F ai th A. P owe r s Stevenson.

Fre sh me n:

Mab el :M. Boardman

Loui se Chaffee

Theodora Crane

Theresa Grave s

Mary Kendall

Jun e Roys.

Fa.A.TJ:BNlTIES: Delta Upsilon, Delta Kappa Epsilon, Chi Pal, Alpha Chi (loca l ), 24.

: Be rtba C. DUD can, Phi Beta Kappa.

It seems a ve ry common way t o begin the chapter lett e r by telling how sorry we are tho.t the year is so nearly fini shed and that we shall soo n be separated. To tho se of u s wh o are se nior s and so soon to be out in the "cold, cold world," th e th ou ght bring s a goo d deal of sadne ss, for we are just beginning to reali ze what our college and fraternity life ha s mea n t to us.

Founder's Day seem s a long time ago, but we have not forgotten how we cel e brated. Nearly all the girl s were able to accept the invitati o n of Vermont Beta to spend th e day with th em, and a very fine time we had, ending up with a grand Pi Phi cookie-shine.

We have all been pretty bu sy with ou r work, but the r e seems to have been t ime for a good d ea l of fun One o f the m os t enjoyable affairs was Aaaow -3

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the entertainment giHIl by OU T fi ve so phomore s to the entire class of J907 · Luncheon s seem to be a fa\'o rite form of entertainment thi s yea r , and thi s t e rm th e r e ha ve b een two at th e Pharetra, o n e ea rl y in the term by th e girl s of '07. and lat e r one by the four junior girls. T"o,'o informa l mn ces ha ve al so been given.

O n M ay tw ent y- fifth the e nt i r e ch apter was e nt e rta ined at the home of one of OUT fre shm en, M ay Kendall, a nd Mr s. White , an alumna of V e rm ont Be t a, g an u s a ve ry pl easa nt evening at her home the second of June

We feel th a t th e pr os pe c t s of Vermont Alpha fo r next year are very bright. \ Ve al ready have one pledge t o introduce to you, M a rgu er ite Harwood, '07 and we know o f se veral fi n e girl s w ho expec t t o e nt e r colleg e in th e fall.

''''Ie h ave jus t enjoye d a short \'isit from Lilian M. Neff, ' 05. n ow a student in Syracu se Univer s ity.

] have two engagements to annou n ce to you: Florence Dun can, '06, to Garfield 'Ve ld , '04 an d Grace H ammond, '07, t o Eric Collin s, ex·'06. BERTHA C. DU:"l"CAN.

BETA-UN I VERSITY OF

(C h a rt ered 1898)

Seniors:

Emma P . Bean

Alice M . Durfee

Amy M e tcalf.

Ju nio r s:

Gertrude J oh n s ton

Grace Stro ng.

S ophomo r es:

Helen Allen

Je s; ie Bates

Lillian Ca r pente r

Suzanne Edson

Gertrude Strong

Lucia \V arren.

Freshmen:

Estelle

Maude Fletcher

Claire Reyno lds

In chapter

OrnER t"RATER S ITIE S: Lambd a Iota (local) , Shrma Pbl. Delta Psi (local), Phi Delta Th eta. Alpha Tau Omega, Kappa Sigma, Sigma Nu. Delta Sigma (10-cal), Delta llUj (Medical local ), Phi Cbl C\l ed.). Alpba Kappa Kappa (lied.), Kappa Alpha Theta, 12 , Delta Delta Delta, 18.

Thi s seems lik e the sad part of colltge life when Comme ncement draws near and the senio r s ha\'e to leave their fraternity chapter. \Ve were most unfortuna t e in losing o n e of ou r fre shmen girls through sickn ess th is

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yea r. Estelle Metcalf. F ou nde r's Day we o bserved by having our siste rs fr o m Vermont Alpha wi th u s.

We have been grea tly honored by a visit fr o m ou r pro vin ce presi dent, Mi ss Anna Mo rri s Jack son We received much good fr o m her s tay with u s, which was altogether too short.

The Pan-Sorority rece pti on wa s given to th e coJlege s tudent s and uhy at ou r beau tiful college dormitory. Grassmount, June eighth We had our us ual good time.

Mrs P owe ll ga\'c h er a nnual r ece pti on to the sen io r class June s ixth The seni or s alway s look forward to thi s as one o f the mos t brilliant affair s during the year.

Th e Alumnae C lub of the college has gi ve n many afternoon t e a s to the girl s an d fi ve speakers ha ve addressed the meetings. There are rumors that a dome st ic science cou r se will be put in the college n ex t year. This will be a great a ttr ac ti on , as it is a po pular cour se.

Vermont B eta se nds good byes to yo u all.

Seniors :

EMMA BEAN

COLU!-IBI A ALPHA--GEORGE WASHINGTON UN IVER S ITY

(Charte red J88g)

Maud E s ther M cP her so n ,

Juni o r s:

Mari o n Elizabeth Mc Coy

elel1a Lu cille S teve n s

Clara Ve lma Barber

Rh oda \V atkins

Adele Ria T ay lo r

Ruth Bell Young.

Number In Unlverllty

Number In Columbian College

Number In facult

Number In c bapter

Sophomo r es:

Ethel H a nna McCl ea ry

Mildr ed \ Vinans Cochran

I\{ary Simpson Birch

Fr ances Gunby Bethune Fr es hmen:

Anne Marga ret Me rrill

Emilie Margaret White

Hel en Marie E\ ans.

Special:

Anne Adelaide Albert

H elen Ma r Macleo d

Elino r Mo rt e n HI yt.

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FUTEJlNITIP!S RzPRr:8I'JSTl:D: Sigma Cbl, Phi Delta Pbl (La.w ), Kappa Slem Kappa Alpha. Theta Delta Chi. Phi Kappa SigmA, Pal OmegA (Dental), Delta Tau Delt., Pbl Chi (Medical). Sigma Alpba EpSilon, Alpba Beta Pbl (local), Sigma Cbl Eta (local Medi cal) , AJpba. Sigma PI (local Dental ), Alpba Kappa Kappa (Medical), Chi Omega, 10, Omega Alpha (local), 10.

H O NORS: Elto n prize In Greek. Maud EIth e r McPherson ; E K Cutler priu in EDglllb, Ma ud EIthe r M c Pherson

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Commencement is just pa s t, but this yea r it i s not as usual the signal f or a sepa rati o n for the vacation for Columbia A lph a. A majority of the girls will be in \ Vashington th e g r eater part of the su mm e r , and we are plann in g to continue our meetings every week at fir st , but p erhaps later only semi-monthly. as the number of girls left h t: fe dimini s he s. The u s ual c h ain lett e r, t oo, ha s just bee n s tart ed, and it i s a great help in keepi n g us close to one another.

T o us all the mo st important event of the las t thre e months was Miss J ackson's visit. Many o f our sis te r chapte r s of Al ph a province have h ad the plea s ure of en t er taining h e r also thi s year, so they will understand Oll f feeling when I say that sh e left with li S an inspiration that will las t fo r many a d ay, From her we heard more of the Pi Phis in the eastern states th a n is possible to know under ordinary c ir cumsta nce s, and felt more clo sely in touch wit h them the more we heard of their lif e and work.

One of the evenings of her vi sit we entertained Phi Alpha of Chi Omega at a r eception, when we introduced to ou r province pre side nt not o nly the Chi Omegas, but the faculty and stu dent body of the college, and last, but not leas t , ou r own alum nae.

T he next n ight came the annual Founder' s Day banqu e t of the \ Vashingt on Alumnae Club, with the ac tive chapter pre sent, and Mi ss J ackson as the gue s t of ho nor. It was given at the Tea Cup Inn , and th e attracti ve r ooms were beautiful with so ftly sha ded lights and ca rnation s everywh e r e, with a great bunch o f wine-colored ones ti ed with s ilver-blu e, the gift of Chi Deuteron Charge of Theta Delta Chi, in front of the t oas t mistr es s, Miss Emma Harper Turner. Fraternity enthusia s m wa s at the high es t pitch, especia lly at the clo se of the evening when the fifty-five Pi Phi s, some of them fr om such far distant chapters as California and \ Visconsin , stood in their places around the long table and sa ng with their hearts in their voices , as the lov ing cup, twined with th e wine a nd blue, was pa ssed. The ceremony is one of such beauty and significan ce, and is so completely in h armony with the t r ue s pirit of our Founder's Day that it seems a pity that it is not common to all the chapters.

S ome of the active girls celebrated F ounder 's Day doubly, for the day following the banquet seven of u s went ove r to Baltimore at the invitation of Alpha " "e were met at the train by mo s t of t he :\faryland Alpha girls. and taken at once t o the college, where we made a m os t inte resting tour o f the building s. s eeing among all th e ot h e r thing s their fin e gymnasium, and be st of all, th e pr etty Pi Phi corner in the dormitory. F o r luncheon we all went to the home of M olly 'Vood, a little way ou t of th e city. There th irty girls were gathered around the table-and the way we talked fr aternity in general and Pi Beta Phi in pa rticular! After lun ch we s t ood in a big circle around the piano and sang P i Phi son gs-

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and. by the way, isn't that one of th e happiest things about visiting an· other chapter, and the onc that makes us r ealize how truly we are bound together-to find a group of girls s inging the sa me songs with the sa me spi rit and loyalty that we do? The day ended with a cJc \' cr play given by the Baltimore girls at the home of one of the alumnae in the city. after which we left for home, escorted by the" girls as far as the station, a nd carrying with us the memory of one of the happie s t days of the year. The Baltimo re girls are charming hostesses, and 1 wish you might all ha ve th e opportunity of meeting them 25 we did. \Ve mean to have many suc h reunions in the future.

Our Commencement exercises this year gained an added interest from the fact that they were held in the new Continenta l Hall , the national h ome of the Daughters of the Am e rican Revolution. It is built on land immedi:ttely adjoining the s it e of our new buildings, so that we could almost imagine ourselves really in ou r ow n hall, which as yet exi sts only on paper. The fine s t event of the week was the graduate balt ginn by th e pre s ident and board of tru stee s in honor of the seniors, the most notable university eve nt of the year Class night and the senior play were very s ucces sfu l, too, and now we of the class of J906 are thinking sadly of the hard work we shall han to do next year to even equal the brilliancy of thi s class.

The day afte r the Commencement ended we gave our senior picnic, one of ou r chapter customs. Each year we all s pend a day in the country with our girls who have ju s t been g raduated as our guests. The day all to oursel\'es in the woods is something we anticipate the year through, and enjoy to the utmos t when it comes.

We shall have fifteen girls returning to co llege in the fall , and with a beginning like that, we should do well. \Ve had but one senior thi s year, Maud McPher son, and sh e will come back for post-gr aduate work, so we do not feel that we are losing her at all. Pan-Hellenic has fix ed the pledge day as \Vedn esday, October eighteenth, three weeks from the opening of college. Our ru shing has hitherto been entirely un.r estricted, and th e new rule will inevitably seem strange at first. But even n o w we know of some fine girls who will enter next year, so that our prospects look bright.

With the hope that each one of the sis t e r chapte r s may have an even brighter outlook, and with all good wishes for a happy summer from Columbia Alpha, faithfully in the bond of Pi Beta Phi, ADELE RIA T YLOR.

Sen iors:

H elen Ca rr e.

Jun io r s:

Elizabe t h K. Carter

Edith S. Lewis

Elizabeth E. Johnson .

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ALPHA-SWARTHMORE COLLEGE

(Charte r ed Ii!92)

Sophomores:

Haz el L. Davi s

Flo r a M. B oyle. F reshmen:

Ada C. Graham

Beatrice M Vict ory

Mary L. Sprout

Katherine Gries t.

FBATERN I TI ES; Kappa K appa Ga m ma., Hi , Ka ppa A lpha Theta. 12, Delta Upsilon. Pbl K appa Psi, K app a Sigma.

BosOlts: Eligible for Lucretia Mott Fellow.hlp Bele n

Swarthmore has once more put on her green r obe o f summer, which we all rejoice to see, fo r now we can s pend the warm afternoons under the t rees, t alking or s tudymg together . One of these tree s, which is a special hau n t fo r P i Phis, is ca ll ed the Pi Phi tr ee

But t his coming of s pring also b r ing s a feeling of sadness as well as joy, fo r we realize that in a few sho rt week s college wilJ be ove r and th en we shall sca tter t o the fou r wind s of hea\' en, nner again to be united in t he same old way. Al r eady we are making plans fo r the summer. As soon as college closes we are going to have a hou se party for a week in the country. \ Ve all look fo rward to thi s time eagerly, because it is purely a week of pleasure with no studies to interfere Then during the summe r we keep in touch with one another by a circular letter

Thi s year has been a victo riou s one for Swarthmore in more ways than one. N o t only did ou r college win first place in debating, but also in lacro sse and Swarthmore again holds the intercollegiate championship of the United States in that sport. Be sides thi s, Swarthmore won fi r st place in the relay races held at the Uni\'ersity of Penn syh- ania and defeated Lehigh easily in a dual meet.

EUZAB£T B JOHNSON .

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PENNSYLVANIA BETA-B UC KNELL UNI\"ERSITY

(C h art ered 1895)

Senior s:

Ferne F Braddock

Ma ry E . Bowu

C lair e M . Conway

Ne ll ie E. J ohnso n

Edilh H Kell ey

E. Blanche Sto n er.

Number In college •..•.....•.•.

Number In fa c ulty

Juni o r s:

Florence L B aco n F lo rence ) . Cobb

Sa rah C Furman

Edi th E. Lane

Sophomores:

U r sula Parmley

F . Rebecca Shore

Mary G Stanton

Mellie A. \ Vescott .

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Ga mma De lt a, Pbl Kappa Psi , Sigma A l pba Epsilo n , Sigma Chi , Kappa S igma. Delta 'l'h eta U p 9'll o n (local). Alpha Tau Delta. (local), De lta Delta. Delta, 9. PI Beta Phi , 14 Hosoas: Commencement apeaker, Ferne Bradd ock: Juni o r exblbltlon In orat ory. Edith Lane , Florence Sacon.

\ Vi th Commencement but tw o week s di s tant P enn sylvania B eta finds h e r se lf very b llSY. It is during sen io r week that we in iti a t e o ur freshmen , and thi s year we h ope to tak e into ;'Pi Phi do m" seven lo ya l girl s. A s us ual the se la st weeks are t inged with sad ne ss for the com ing loss of our senio rs. Ou r annual sympos ium also occurs at thi s t ime, nnd this year we expect an unu sually large number of om alum n ae back to celebrate with u s our tenth chapter anni\·ersary.

One of ou r spe<: ial pleasu r es this term was the vis it of o ur province presiden t , M iss J ackson. Not o nly wa s h e r s tay with u s a pleasure, but a help and in spi rati o n in ou r fr ate rnit y l ife.

"Founder 's Day" we celebrated by informa ll y ente rt ai n ing ottr patronesses and alumnae One of ou r chapte r cus to ms on that day 1s th e wearing o f wine carnations by each ac ti" e member.

Ano th e r day heartily enjoyed was ou r annual picnic down th e Su squehann a some n in e m iles. Vve a lw ays fi nd thi s d ay spe nt together ou t of door s one of the happiest in the w h ole year.

The pro s pect fo r a large fr eshman class is good, and w it h eagerne ss we are looking forward to next yea r . For the first tim e we expect to under Pan-Helleni c rul es, which alth ou gh untried , we welcome as th e beginning o f better re lation s among all Greek s.

\Vith best wi she s fo r a pl easan t vacatio n t o e \'e ry Pi Beta Phi, FLORENCE L . BA CON

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PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE

(Chartered t903)

Seni o r s:

Kathleen Gooding

Gertrude Heller

Mabel Kirk

An,na Spear s.

Juniors :

D elora E. Armstrong

Georgia Cran st on Mary Stahr.

In college ot liberal arts

In chapter

Sophomores:

Eva Cass

Ada F ill er

Corinne Gaul

Elsie H offe r

Mary Hoover

Florence Ralston

Ida Shimmel !.

Freshmen:

Helen Ki sner.

OTHER !i'R..I.TERSITIES : Pbl Kappa Pel, Phi Kappa Sigma, Sigma ChI, Beta Th e ta. Pi, Phi Pelta Theta, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Kappa. Slima, Alpha Chi Rho, Omega Psi (local).

HO NORS: Ma bel Kirk, Senior Patton prize; Pbl Beta Kappa, Mabel Kirk and Anna Spear..

Once agai n, at the close of a college year, we send our lett e r to the ARR.ow. \Ve hope th a t thi s year has been as e nj oyab le a nd prosperous to all our chapters as to us.

We celebrated Founder's Day by having a picnic for just our girls, It did rain but still we all enjoyed it and didn't mind a little thing like rain,

Miss Jack son, our province president, spent a f ew days with u s. We h ope that s he was as much pleased with u s as we were with he r . She t old us about ou r s ister chapters in the province and made u s feel more truly Pi Phi s. Tw o of our patrone sses h ave ente rtained u s , one just before :Mi ss J ackso n came and another in her honor. Also another o f our patrones s es entertained Miss J ac k son and ou r se nior Pi Phi s at a luncheon and one of the girls at a dinner.

Last but n ot least was ou r banquet. 1t was held on th e evening of June second after the Sigma Chi r eception \Ve had pre sent be s id es our chapt er; J essie Houck, who was a member of the local and was taken into Pi Beta Phi that afte rn oon, Lou Sheetz, ' 01; Helen Schaeffer, '03, and Sara Black o f Pennsykania Beta. Of course lik e aJl Pi B e t a Phi banquets this was a perfect s ucce ss

We lose four of our girls thi s year. \Ve s hall all miss them very much, and especially in our chapter life, fo r they have always taken a very active part in o ur frat e rnity But we hop e to profit by their true and loyal examples and do ou r best for our chapter next year.

With best wishes from Penn sy lvania Gamma to all Pi Beta Phi s for a pleasant vacation. CoRINNE GAUL

J unior s:

Florence Clay t on Mary Treudley

Bayard Ullom.

S op ho mor es:

Bernice Coult r ap

Number In co Ueee

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Number In chapte r

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OBIO ALPHA-()BIO UNIVERSI TY

(Charte r ed 188g)

Freshmen :

C lare H umphrey

M a r y Sim on.

Special :

Mazie Ear h art

Sylvia

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F1U.TEIlNITJE8: Beta Theta PJ; Phi Delta Th e ta ; Delta Tau Delta; A lp ha A lpba Alpba ( Ioeal), 11.

Com men cement week h as come around agai n a n d if we can only pa s s through exami n ations in safe t y, we can afford t o be happy. The senior class is rather s mall thi s year and we are glad to say there a r e n o Pi Phis in it; so that thi s cannot t ake away fr om o ur joy a t h aving comple ted another year's wo rk.

Vve have just had a \'e r y delightful v is it fr om o ur pro vi n ce pr es id cnt, Mi ss J ackso n \V e were glad indeed to hav e her with u s and to become acquainted with h e r Whil e s h e wa s h ere o ne afternoon we gav e a ho party, follow ed by a 4 ' cookie-s hin e" in o ur o wn h all. Another evening we gave a dinner at the h ote l in her h o nor. M.iss Jack son mad e us feel that eve n if we could not k n o w personally our sis t er chapters in Alph a province, at least we were so mewhat acqua int ed with th em and knew something o f th ei r work.

Ju s t afte r the Easter "acation, during the fir st week of the sp ring term, we ga\'e ou r forma l party-a dance. \Ve h ad with us se\'e ral of ou r alumnae, including on e or two girls fr om o ut of town. Everyone see med to enjoy the affai r th o roughly an d we felt that it had been very s uccess ful. F ounde r' s D ay, three of ou r out-of-town girls entert ai ned us with a dinner in ou r ow n hall. The n ovel ty o f h av ing it th e r e instead of at the heme o f o n e of the girl s, added much t o o ur enjoyment o f the occas ion.

'We h ave tw o graduates fr o m th e College o f Mu s ic thi s s pring. They hath h dd to giv e public r eci t als, whi ch gave us g ood reason t o feel proud that they were Pi Phis. Be s t o f all, eve n th o ugh th ey do graduate, th ey will both be ba ck ne x t year.

W e have already begun t o make a rr angements fo r o ur ru shing next fall an d h ave been lay ing ou r plans fo r the coming year. We are very enth usias ti c ove r our prospec t s a nd we already have three pl ed ges . As

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all ou r girls. so far as we now kn ow , intend t o be back n ext year, we shall ha\'c none of those ,'acancies which, a t Commenceme nt tim e, see m imposs ibl e to be filled.

Ohio A lpha sends best wi she s fo r a happy summe r t o all Pi Phi s. MARY TREUDLEY

OHI O BETA---QUto STA TE UNIVERSITY

(Chlrtered 1894)

Se niors:

Ka t harine P o tt e r Nichols

Clare Postle

Fanny Mitzenburg

Helen Robin son.

Jun iors :

Laura Deatrick

Martha J ones

K a therine Bancroft.

Sop h omores:

Eva Barnhill

Mary J e nning s

Vera McAlpine.

Fres hm en:

Margaret Wil son

Elizabeth Bancroft

Margaret 'Wilcox

Grace Bradford

Florence Hut c hinson

Special:

M ay S co tt

Post Graduate: Gertrude J ackson.

FRATEIt :<\ ITU:S: Pbl Gamma Delta, Phi Kappa Psi, Sigma Chi , Phi Delta Theta. Chi Phi , Beta Theta Pi, Kappa Kappa Gamma. S igma Nu, Kappa Alpha Theta, Alpha Tau Omega, Sigma Alpha Epsil o n. Theta Nu Epillon. Phi Delta Pbl. Pi Beta Phi, Mu Alpba Phi. Deltlt,i Tau Delta. Kappe Sigma. Delta [)elta Dtlta. Alpba Zeta, Sigma XI, Delta Chi, Delta Up81l0n, Pbl Beta Kappa.

B OSOMS: Fello""shlp In English , Ge rtrud e Ja CklJO D, I<i:luharlne Potter

1t i s difficult to realize that another happy yea r ha s fl o wn a n d that , ' aea· t ion days and the annual thinning of the rank s are hard upon u s. Ohio Beta ha " been so fortunate o f late.-Iosing but twO p r three girls each year and ke ep ,, .g many of th ose here in t ow n with u s,-that it is very hard fo r us to th ink of giving up senn or eigh t of ou r number this spring. We had an unusually large chapter, eighteen o f ti S during the winter term , and as sixteen ha s been our average number in the pas t, we grew jealous of our size. So we are trying to put off the th o ught of the evil day by planning a grand. big hou se party at Ruggl es Bea ch on Lake Erie the la st of July. \Ve look forward to th e jolliest tim e po ss ible and h ope that we may become more Joya l fraternity sis ters than ever before.

Thi s spring term has been an eventful one for us in many way s. In

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the first place th e re is our newest freshman, Florence H utc h inson, inltiated into Pi Phi on Founder' s Day. Then came th e fir s t banquet on Ma y th irt eenth at the H o tel L incoln, a mos t charming and successful affair. I there were one hundred and fifteen p r esent, including r C'prcsentati,' cs of the four fraternities o f our uni,'e r s ity. a nd tw o Gamma Phi B e ta s, and girl r from other chap t e r s and cities. A s we look back over th e d e lj ghtful \ and cordia l spiri t of th e occas ion we cannot bu t f ee l th at our Pan-Hellenic Associatio n ha s s tarted under happy auspices W e have adopted an inter-so r ority ru shing compact whereby we h ope the u s ual wcaT and t(ar o f continuous summer rushing will be greatly si mplifi ed and

Another ' loteworthy innovation of (lie pa s t year has been the installation of a c haJ)ter of Phi Bela Kappa at Ohio State University, and we proud ly claim ' he honor of pos se ss ing the only flatemily girl to recei,' e an electi on, Katha r ine Potter.

Our campus al so has sec n some marked changes : The only unlovely drive-way upon it ha s been relaid , r olled a nd llIrfed. and pre se nt s a mo st attrac ti ve aspect in it s new trimmings. Lik ewise we have thr ee h andsome new building s. swelling th e number to fifteen . One of these r eplaces our Chem istry Hall, which burned last winter. \ Ve are glad to see the fre sh bri ck and sto ne ri s in g oYer the unsightly h ole th a t ha s bc:en disfiguring th e land scap e. 'We tak e great interes t in o ur ca mpu s a nd love to tell of it s beautie s a n d excellencies in co mpar iso n with others we ha ve visite d; ye t r suppose we all fee l that " th e re is n o p lace l ike h o me."

Wi s hing all a plea sa nt vacation an d a happy new year.

KATHERINE \V BANCROFT

NEW YORK ALPHA-SYRACUSE UNIVERS ITY

(Cha r t<red 1896)

Vie a r e a ll gl ad and sor ry, too, th a t a n othe r year of work for Pi Phi is fin ished.

In a few days we sha ll all be home, leaving the chapter house with ou r chaperon and her daughter, who stay here a few weeks longer.

Four of ou r freshmen fro m the dormi t ory are planning to be in th e h o u se n ex t yea r Vie dread t o lose o ur fiv e senio r s, but two o f th em are city girls and one lives near , so we d on' t feel th at they will be really separated from us .

We have had several large tra ck meets her e and Syracu se ha s "done u s proud." Y o u can imagine with what int e re st we are look ing forward t o th e ra ces thi s year, after our great victory at P oughk eeps ie la st yea r. Cornell is bou nd to win , but we a r e working hard , a nd if a n other co ll ege does win, in the words of the chancello r , fIsh: will be rowing all right."

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We a r e r ight ac r oss the st re et fr om th e men's training table, so you w ill n ot wonder a t ou r interest in athletics .

New York Alpha e n joye d th e pr ovi nce president's v i sit so much We were especially glad to have Mi ss J ackso n h ere for M ov ing-Up Da y , the t en th of Jvlay. !\{ov ing-Up Day is a great event in Syracu se. On t h is day the clas ses a re all ad va n ce d from f res hman to so phomo r e, sophomo r e to j uni o r, etc. Th en th e fre shman cla ss giv es a large and splen did p a rade, wh ic h is as funny as the co mbined genius of th e fre shmen can make it. Aft e r th e pa rad e the fre s hman gr een ca p s are buried with app r op ri ate fun e r a l se n ' ices on th e campus .

New York Alpha sends gree t iogs an d farewell s fo r th e s umme r to all siste r cha pt e r s,

NEW YORK BETA-BARS ARD COLLEGE

(C harter ed 1904)

Gr adua te:

Minni e Boulger

Margar et Claffy

Li ze tte :M etca lf

Nelly Th omas

D o r a Ne vins

Id a Lewi s.

Jun io r s :

Virginia Ralph

Ella J , R eaney

Mary M urtha

Fl o rence Staple

J ulia Freed

Bessie L ewis

S ophom o r es:

M a ry Reard on Irene Adams

S ophie W ood man

Am alie Althau s, Fres hm e n:

Maud Kl ein

Bes s ie Beers.

Seniors:

Abby Leland

OTH£R l-'RATER SITIES REPU8E sTEo--Kapp a Kappa. Gamma, Alpba Omic r o n P2, Ka ppa A lpha Theta, Gamm a. Phi Beta, Alpba Pbl, Delta Delta DeItL

Now that our final examinations are safely ove r we have t ime to look back and realize w hat a very d elightful se me s t e r this la s t one has been The Undergraduate Play, which thi s year was " Th e Butterflies," by H : A. Carleton, was the most important event, and quit e a success. Fiel d Day we celebrated with a thl eti c con t es t s, s u ch as b aseba ll, running and jumping, between th e fou r classes Among th e s ma ll e r intercla ss functions non e was more exci ting than the Greek games between the sophomor es and fre sh men. when both cla sses apJ>(ared in Greek costu me, and wJth t r Ue H ellenic spi r it ente red into contests of poetry, w r es tl in g , o r archery, and

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when each proud \'ictor was crowned with a laurel wreath. The class which gained the mo st points celebrated its victory next day by a grand triumphal proce ss ion . The juniors closed the yea r with a luncheon, the sophomores with a 'ITriumph.'· and the freshman with a luncheon. The seniors gave their customary ball, and entertained their friend s at a very successful "class day." By J une fourteenth, commencement day, they will have end ed their life at their Alma Mater. Fortunately for us, our o ne senior will be back next fall t o continue her study, so th at ou r chap ter r oll r emains unbroken.

It is cust omary at Barnard for each class to elect the office r s f or the year at the close of th e preceding year. Our chapter wa s very much gratified by the re s ults of thi s year's elections. Mary Murtha i s chairman of the Executive Committee of the Unde rgraduate Association, a pos ition which is considered by the faculty the most important next to that of pre sident of the Association She is also corresponding sec retary of her own class, 1906 Sophie \Voodman ho ld s the sa me office in her own class, 1907. and is Assistant Bu<.;ine<.;<.; Manage:- o f the Bulle/ill, the weekly paper of college new s. Mary Reardon will be Ass is tant Editor of the Bulle/in. The pre sidency of the Church Stud ent s' M issiona ry A ssocia tion i s al so held by Mary Murtha.

A good deal of int e re st in Sil\"Cr Bay wa s sh ow n at college this yea r Sophie Woodman is chairnp.n of the Silver Bay Committee. and expects t o g o with tw o ot h er s of our number. In coming years we hope to send out much larger delegation s, but at pre se nt we mu st be content with three.

We have enjoyed v isits from Mi ss McMillan of Illin ois Zet a, and Miss J o hn so n of Vermont . Mi ss Gutelill s of Swarthm o re ha s been with us Quite often. She h a d Mi ss Boyle of Swarthmore visiting her one day, and brought her up t o chapel and lunch at college. \ Ve are always so glad t o se e girls from differen t colleges. Living in suc h a central plac e as New York, it seems as if we might see more. and wish that all who are vi s iting here or studying at the University would take the tr o uble to look us up.

Since so large a numbe r of girls return t o their ho mes every day, there is not much inter-frat e rnity life at Barnard \Vh atever there is takes the form of r eceptions. \Ve ha\'e finished entertaining the other chapter s, and for this year ou r soc ial dutie s are done .

The New York alumna e have held their monthly meetings in our r ooms since the fir s t of the year. Nell Thoma s, '04. is sec retary. They gave us a very enjoyable cookie-shine on St. Patrick's day.

We girl s, being a young and enthusiastic chapte r , did not thin k th at the arrows showed en ough; so Newman ha s made us a ve ry pretty one with black lette r s. Many ha ve doubtl ess felt h ow annoying it is for some we11meaning per so n to say: "Oh, what a cunning arrow I Did you get it for

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Chri stmas?" \Vith the G r eek letters made t o show, people will see it as a fraternity pin.

On the whole the year has been quiet for us as a cha pt e r ; but we h a ve been gathering ent hu siasm and in s pirat io n, and look fo rward to a bette r an d more success ful year ne x t fall.

MASSACHUSETTS ALPHA-BOSTON UN IVER S I TY

(Cha rter ed 1896)

Graduate Students:

J osephine A. Pickering

Jennie B. Allyn.

Seniors:

Myrtie )1.

Marion L. Bean.

J unio r s:

Carrie A. Bacon

Rebecca G. Berry

:M. L illia n Horne

Alice E. Perkins

Ethel P ipe r

Sarah G. Pomeroy

A lice V. S. J onsson

Num ber In co llege

Sophomores:

Edna C. eullis

Esthe r C. J ohnson

Harriette E. O 'Donald

Lora \V. Pratt

Claire B. Trumbull

Mildred A. \Vright

Amy L. \V allen.

Freshmen:

Ruth P. Denni s Blanche L. 2\1. Cha rlt o n

Caro lyn F Cook

Helen E. Ganiard

H arrie t F. Green

Annie L. J ones }. I a rian C. Lcgg.

501 N umber In fa c ulty

Number In c hapter

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()TilER FRATER:SITIES REPRESIJSTED: Kappa Kappa Gamma, 19 ; Alpba PbJ, 2 6 : Gamma Phi Beta. 20: Delta Delta Delta, 26 : Sigma Kappa, 26 ; Beta Theta PI , 3u: Theta Delta Chi , 31.

n OSORS : Bean , Phi Bela Kappa.

Ano th e r college year has come and gone and we a r e s tanding at the parting of the ways. Commencement week, wi th all its gaieties and sorr ows , i s in OUf midst. \Ve shall miss ou r two smiors more th an words can tell and ret we bid them "G luck auC." \V e are \'ery proud o f our s enio r" 011"0, for o n e of them won Phi Beta Kappa and the othe r gave a t oast at the sen ior banquet.

\V e have been \"f r y bu sy this spring tim e. Juni o r week was very enjoyable, P i Phi being well r e pr ese nt ed upon the diffe r en t committees A new feature was intr oduced a t Boston U n iversity this yea r in th e form of a college s how. It was such a success that a committee has been appointed to make thi s show an institution of the college.

AMALIE ALTHAUS.

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\Ve celebrated Founder 's Day by a "cookie-shine" at which our alumnae wece guests. Shortly after that we entertained our patronesses at the rooms, hoping thu s to become better acquainted with them and to awaken in them a vital interest in the chapter.

Since our last Akl«)W o ur province president, Miss Ja ckson, has been with li S. We all enjoyed meeting her and hope that she may visit us in the future when nOt on a strictly " business trip."

On Friday, the seco nd of Jun e, we g ve a farewell IUll cheon to Qll r seniors, presenting them each wi th a gift as a small sign of OU f appre· ciation for what they have dOlle for Massachusetts' Alpha.

The last time that we girls will be together before the fall will be at the annual luncheon given u s by our alumnae immediately after Commencement. Here we meet alumnae and undergraduates to st r e ngth en the bond between us once mo re before we part for the vacation.

\Ve are looking fo rward to a successful year at our new rooms at 20 Pinckney s treet.

As we leave one allot he r for the s ummer we send a hearty "Pleasant vaca ti on" to ail our s i!l ler s in the wine and blue.

11. LllllAN HORNE.

J,fAKYl.A;<\D ALI'IiA-\\' OJ,IAN'S COLLEGE OF BALTD.IOkE

(Chartered 18glJ

Seniors:

Mary C. Ame s

Lillian L. Beck

France s M. Dunning

\Villa E. Wil son . Juniors:

1rene T. Fenton

Grace 1. Spettigue.

Sophomores:

Euphemia L. Miller

Laura Pre sby

Mabel Scott Wood.

Freshmen :

Lillian J. Baldwin

Kellie I. }'kNutt

l\1. Anne Porter

Louise N. Van Sant. Number 10 college

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l lEl'''''SESTEI): Delta Gamma, 12; Alpha PbI, 16; Tau Kappa Pi, 10 (local); Gamma Pbl Bela, 17; Kappa Alpha Tbeta, 18; Delta Delta Delta 11.

BONoas: Pbl Beta Kappa, Willa Edna WIlson.

At last examinations are over, and now that we are in the midst of Commencement fe stivitie s we realize that this is th e "gladde st saddest " time of all the year, for it is but one long farewell to our senio r s. All the classes and cluhs ha ve combined in making th e last few weeks o f the

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senior as gay as possible. Beg inning with th e sophomore May fete, May sixt h, t o the la s t week with the juniors' banquet to the senio r s, the freshman lantern chain, the Pennsylvania Club boating party and the Southern Club promenade concert, the seni o r' s socia l calendar ha s been well filled.

HAlto Dale Day, " the pre si dent's annual lawn party. which has not been given for two years o n account o f Mrs. Goucher's death, was celebrated again this year. Special car s took about four hundred resident s tudents and alumnae to Alto Dale, Dr. Goucher's su mm er h o me, where a mo s t delightful day wa s spent , which increased in everyone the loye for our Alma Mater.

This year a chapter of Phi Beta Kappa was estab li s hed at The Woman's College and at the a ddre ss o f Hamilt on Wright M ab ie, under the au spices of that socie ty, the names of th ose elected to membership from the alumnae and sen ior class were announced. AlpJia was very proud to claim amon g those hon o red two alu mna e, May Kellar and Waunda Han shorn -Petrunkei vitsch, and one sen io r , Willa \\fil son.

Maryland Alpha celebrated Founder's Day by giving a lunch and a play to Columbia Alpha and th e alulllnae. \V e were greatly plea sed to have Columbia Alpha with u s and ho pe next year to become s till better acQuainted.

Every year on Monday of senio r week, ou r alumnae ente rtain us with a supper a t th e home of Alice and i\{olly vVood, and every year we look forward to this event with increasing pleasure. This year seve ral out-oftown, as well as city alumnae were with ti S and Maryland Alpha will long remember the happy time spent with th em.

At o ur r eu nion banquet held on Jun e third at the Maryland Country Club, thirty-one loy al Maryland Alpha girls were present. The handpainted place cards made in the s hape o f a four leaf clover typifying our four senio rs were sent us by Mary Moore, ex-'05, whose absence from college this year has been a so rr ow t o all the chapte r Alice J. Dunning, '03, pr es ided as toastmistress and Louise Van Sant, Molly \Vood, Edna Stone, Ir e n e Fenton, Sylvia 'Ware-Ireland, and Willa Wilson responded to toas t s Out-o f-t own alumnae present were Edna Stone, \V ashing to n , D. C.; Zaidee M etzge r and Marion Boyer, of \Villi amsport. Pa.; Helen Buoy, Milton , Pa.; Mab el Allison, Spring Mills, Pa.; Sara and l\'Iiriam Rupp, York, Pa .; M llY Kellar, Vv' clls College; A li ce Dunning, Bedford, la ., and Beall and E ste lle Martin, of Georgia

Now that Ollr vacation is so near, we feel that we can not sepa rate so soon, so we ha ve planned a hOllse p arty for the week following Commencement. We are going to Oxford, Md ., a little t own on the eastern shore, where we h ope to have a regular Pi Phi good time.

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Before we bid you all a happy vacation, we want to introduce ou r new patrone ss, Mrs. \Vilb lJr Van Sant of Roland Park, whom we already love as one of our chapter mothers.

To all Pi Phis a happy, joyous vacation!

BETA PROVINCE

ILLINOIS COLLEGE

(Cha rtered 1872)

LAUItA L. PRESBY.

Seniors:

Emma Grubb

Frances Ro ss. Juniors :

Ethel Chamberlain

Delia Conger.

Sophomore: Louise Ross.

Freshmen:

Florence Dillow

Ray Dillow

Ed;th H obbs

Fanny Porter

Lucile Richards

Marion \ Vebster.

NumDer in chapter 11

Number 10 college

Number In (acuIty

OTHlla FRATERNITIES: Alpha XI Delta, 12, S lama Nu, Phi Delta Theta.

HONORS: Elmmo. Grubb and F'rn n ces Ross, commencemen t program.

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Commencement ha s come and gone and now it is tim e for th e corresponding secretary to write her la st ARROW letter. The various doings of Commencement week are fre s h in our minds, especially th ose in which Pi Phis had a leading part. Loui s e Ro ss represented us in the Town send conte st in declamation, Emma Grubb had the leading part in the senior class play, and France s Ro ss and Emma Grubb were on the Commencement Day program. \Ve hated to sa y goodbye t o our senio r s but they will be nea r enough to come back and see us often. But the very best thing of the whole week wa s the announcment that Lombard has a new president. \V e have been without one s in ce la st Jun e and when the trustees announced that Dr. Lewi s B. Fisher of 51. Lawrence University had been elected we were all very glad.

Founder's Day we celebrated by a banquet with Ill inois Delta and all the Pi Phis and patronesses in the city. Our province president was with us and we were so glad to meet h er and wi shed she could have s tayed longer.

Aa.ow-4

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Thi s was th e fir st time for sc\-e r a l yea r s t hat bot h c h apters have celebrated t oge th e r but we h ope it will n o t be the last. Th e next night we had a dance in th e gymnasium. Ed na U hl e r , E lea n o r Claycom b E th e lw }' n Gri e r, and Ethel F e nn essey came back to be with u s on t hese t wo occasion s and it did see m g ood t o see some of th e girls o f th e last two years with u s again.

A couple of week s befo r e th e banquet, Lulu Hinchliff and Eth e l Chamberlain, ou r chapter pres idents, entertained th e tw o cha pt e r s a t a ' ;mi sfit" party. Some of the mi sfit s w ere ve ry funny and we had great fun laughing at o ne another. The last week of coll ege Oll r c h ap te r preside nt gave a dinn e r party fo r u s and a cou ple of n ig ht s later we had O UT la s t cookies hin e. Com mencement week we, with th e town a lumn ae, had a reception fo r th e visiting alumnae at 1[r s. F ow ler' S, o n e of ou r fa culty s is ter s Mr s. Appl e man, th e w ife of o ne of our pr ofessors, is ou r n ew pat r o ne ss and we all think a great deal o f h e r

Only on e thing h as happened to spoi l th e la s t of the ye ar for u s and th a t is th e fa c t th a t tw o o f ou r gi rl s, Fl o renc e Dill o w and Fanny P o rt e r, had to leave co ll ege because o f s ic kne ss. But we expec t th e m b ac k next fall, and as w e already know o f some fine fre s hm e n who are entering n ex t year we a r c looking forward t o a happ y and pros per o u s year

lllinoi s Beta send s be st wi shes fo r a happy s ummer t o all Pi Phi s ETHEL CHAMBERLAIN'.

H onor Roll:

Bertha Stephenson.

Seni o rs:

Nellie Town se nd

Bertha Stephenson

Edith La ss.

Juni ors:

Florence Warn er

Loui se 11cInto s h

Mary Mars

Clara Lindley.

Sophomore s:

Maurin e Till ey

Anne McKay

Marie Bradley

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ILLIN OIS DELTA-KNOX COLLEGE

Freshmen:

:Mabe l Anderson

1l abe l Hill

Mo nica Smith

:\Iartha T aliafe rr o

Edith Greene

\Vi nifred Ing e r so ll

Alice J ohn::oon

Oct a Hi ckok

Lul u H cnch HJ

Freshmen:

Gr ace F a hn eslock. Tokr

Number In college "0,' Number In faculty 33 Number In c hapter .......•........ ...•.. 20

OTHER FRATl:U:\,ITU,S HEI'IIESt;xn:D: Delta Delta Delta, 19; Phi Delta Theta, Pbl Gamma Delta, Beta Theta PI.

Illin ois Delta ha s had a very prosperous year, prosperous in every way We have entertained at different times and from various c hapter s have had many vi siting Pi Phi s. Our regular meetings have been held each week and were well attended. Our soc ial meeting s, of wh ic h we have had several, were intere s ting and enjoyable. Our parties have been pleasant and our rec ep tion s a s uc cess. 'Ve have initiated ten girls a nd have one pledge. Since ou r la s t lett e r we have pl edge d Irene But c h e r and pledged and initiated Winifred Ingersoll, and we are very proud of them both.

The twelfth of ).£ay we entertained our men friends at the Soangetaha Club h o u se It was a bright moonlight night, the lake wa s near, the music good. the people congenial-need we tell you we had a good time?

A week lat e r our new patr oness, 1\1rs. Percy , ente rt ained us at her new home and we had a very enjoyable time

\Ve celebrated F o under' s Day with a banqu et with Illinois Beta, Elda Smith, Illinoi s Epsilon, o ur province president, and a number of visitin g Pi Phis and alumnae, were present. The toa s t s, banquet, and songs were equally enjoyable.

We have just given a show e r to :Mary 'Crawford who is to be married thi s month. An o ther of our girls who graduated last year has also announ ced her engagement. \V e have a bride to mention thi s time, for Mjnni e Weyhr ich has been known as 'Mr s. Bl ack since la st }'by,

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We closed our school year June the seventh with a r eception to ou r alumnae, which was held at the home of Grace Fahnestock. Some of ou r girls had gone h ome but th ose wh o were prese nt enj oyed th em selves very much

So with s hower s and wedding s, hard work and entertainments, banquet and cookie-shines we have completed a very happ y year. CLARA LrNDLEY.

ILLINOIS EPSILON-NORTHWESTERN UNIVER S ITY

(Charte r ed 1894)

Juniors :

Margaret H a mmo nd

Marie Hammond.

Sophomores:

Lena Linn

Nadin e Rob e rt so n .

Fres hmen:

Myrtelle Roger s

Amy Onken

Clara Luc ie Glo ss

Lili Hochbaum

Geo rgie Sterling

Anna Thomps on.

Schoo l of Oratory:

Elea n o r Ju s t

Nina \ Villiams

Ethel Deckard

School o f Music: Gertrude Ah e rn .

Number of etudents In College of Libe ral Art,

Number of .tudents in entire Univ enltr

Number 10 faculty. Co llege of Liberal A rt

Number In faculty, entire unlTeultr

Number of active memben In 1111001 , Epal100

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OTHEa FIU.TERYITlES REPRE!JIlSTI:P: Alpba Pbl. 17 ; Delta Gamma, 17 : Kapp& Kappa Gamma. 13: Kappa Alpba Tbeta. 11 : Gamma. Phi Beta, 18; Delta Delta Delta. 17; Chi Omega. 12; Zeta Pbl Eta. (local), 13; Alpha. Chi Omega, 12 ; St,ma. Alpha. I ota, 12; Phi K appa Psi, Phi Delta Theta, Phi Kappa Sigma. Sigma. Alpha Ep.llon, Sigma Chi, Sigma No, Delta UPIllon, Delta Tau Delta, Beta Theta Pl.

Fratern ity meeting s pro per are n ow on r fo r the y ea r and o nly informal picnics and partie s are left , where we can meet an d talk. But then there are the different showers fo r our June brides, t oo.

Our annual far ewe ll spread is t o tak e pla ce June thirteenth One of the active girls, Lili Hochbaum. i s goi ng to open her h o u se to us a s we have decided t o make o ur picnic a sp read thi s year. It would be sure to ra in if we wen t off into the wood s along th e lake s hore

After we cl osed our last business meet ing for th e yea r on May twentysecond we initiated two girls , Georgie Sterling and Gertrude Ah e m, one

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a freshman in Liberal Arts and the other a Mu sic School studenL Both are fine girls and will make loyal Pi Phis. 'Ve are glad of the oppor· tunity of introducing them to the Te st o f Pi Phidom.

During the Delta Gamma convention at Evanston, the Pan-Hellenic Association gave a large reception in the Guild Rooms in Lunt Libr ary for the resident and visiting Delta Gammas. The weather was very pleasant and the attendance was large, although there were se veral other social affairs that evening.

We have enjoyed one of th e best years oi our existence at Northwestern and hope that we shall be able to say the same thing at this time next year. Twelve of our girls intend to r et urn in the fall and we hear that we are to have a tran s fer from Iowa Zeta. Altogether our prospects look very promi sing now and we hope our lucky s tar will fa\'or us.

Illinoi s Epsilon sends her best wishes to all the other chapters.

MARIE HAMMOND.

ILLINOIS ZETA-UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

(Chartered 1895)

Seniors :

Angie Stedman

Hilda White.

J uniors :

Helen Bagley

Kate Mann

L ei la White

Helen Atkinson

Nelle \\' elle s.

Sophomo res:

Edith Spray

Ethel Lendrum

Lois Swigart

Anne White

Nelle Miller

Jessie Armstrong

Lotta Johnson

Virginia Busey

Mila Parks .

:

\Vinnifred Bannon

Florence Brundage

Frances Storer

Ada Barter

Agatha A Ipiner

Ida Lange

Della Gillette.

Post Graduate:

Lois Franklin.

Number tn faculty 826 Number In Untverllty

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OTUEIR F'KATER:;'ITII:8: Delta Tau Delta, Sigma. Cbl, Kappa. Sigma, Ph i Delta 'l'beta, Alpba Tau Omega, Pbl Gamma Delta, SIgma Alpba. EpIUon, Beta Tbeta Pbl, Sigma. Nu, Pbl Kappa SlJU1a. Pbl Kappa PII, Delta Kappa EPillon, Kapp a Alpba Theta. 26, Kappa Kappa Gamma, 20 , Alpba Chi Omep, 29, Chi Omega, 1 9

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Since th e last chapter letter the s pring months ha\'e come and gone and have brought many good thing s to 1I1inoi s Zeta Our own new house is now getting to be a su b s tantial fact, and you can imagine with what interest we are watching it grow. It is to be ready for u s by the fir s t of September and we expect to have it all furni s hed by the time the girls come back. After th e la st chapter meeting fo r thi s year l we pledged Emma Wurnham and initiated Ida Lange and then held a s mall jollification jn their h ono r.

Examination week with all it s h orr o r s is pa st and the girl s are in the mid s t of Commencement fes tivitie s. The th ought of separa tion is more painful than e\"Cr thi s year, and nearly all the girls are stayi n g over a few day s f or the sake of so me la st good times t ogether.

Last week we enjoyed a littl e vi sit from Miss Garten l Grand Pr eside nt of Delta Gamma, and were Quite carried away by h e r charming personality

Our university has been saddened by the death of Mrs. Fechet, wife of Col on el Fechet of the Military depntment. Fechct was lo\·ed by all who knew her and her death was a blow to e,·erybody.

I llinois Zeta sends Ion and best wi she s for a happy \·acation to all Pi Phis.

KATE BO:-;XELL MAKN.

Seniors:

Cora V oyles

Gra ce Carney.

Juni o r s:

M a ry Magaw

Grace Bryan

Fay j\'far shall

May McDowell.

Sophomores:

Marie Hollingswor th

Mary M ontgomery

Mary \Vy song

Julia \Vil son .

(Chartered 1888)

Freshmen:

Leta Hall

Grace Loomis

Grace Magaw

Carolyn McCaslin

I sabel Porter

Tillie \\'cyl.

Special: J ennie Coble.

OrnER FaATER:!Io'lTrES: SIIma Alpha Epsilon, Phi Delta Theta, Alpha Gamma Alpha (IocaJ) , 22. nOSOBS: Cora n. Vorles, history tut o r: May M cDowell, Latin tutor.

IXOI":-;A ALPHA-FRANKLIN COLLEGE

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\Ve are just now in the midst of preparati ons fo r Commencemen t week and th e \'arious doings that attend the cl osi ng of the college year. Some of our alumnae come back for Commencement each year so we have established th e custom of having a Pi Phi reuni on and s pread on Thursday afternoon. \ Ve 3rc ah.a planning for a ::.pecial meeti ng just before th e girls go home in which we may talk ove r definite plans fo r our ea rl y fall ru sh ing.

One of our t o,, 'o alumnae. Eleanor La Grange, is to be married Thursday night . J une the eighth, and 3nother, Ma r y Hall , on J une the fifteenth. \\'c gave a shower for th e!'e two girls la st Saturday afternoon. \ Ve r ealize that some thing::. we should ha\'c accomplished thi s year have been neglected bllt it has been a year of profit and growth in many ways.

One of the greatest problems we are facing now is the question of a ch a pt er hou<:e for next year. The hOllse we ha\'e had for O\'er two yea r s i s t o be occupied next year by our new collelZe president and we are com· pelled to look for a new home. Some of yOll know how hard It I S to fi n d a suitable place for a chapter house.

\ Vith greetings to sister Pi Phi" and especially to th ose girls w ho will n ot be with llS next year. GRACE B RYAN.

I NDIANA BETA-IXDIANA UI'IVERSITY

(Chartered ,893)

Po s t graduate:

1\ 1indwell Crampton.

Seni ors:

Pearl Huff

Alice

Pearl Franklin

Grace Grarbill.

Jun iors:

Opal Haven s

J a n e Blakely

Carolyn Read

Fl o ra Trayl o r

M abe l Gra\'es

H eit ie Neat.

Sophomores:

Grace Bai r d

Anllctte \\"ayman

Blanche Conk

),Iarcella J acob i

L.eona Comb

M abe l K eeney

2\lary McDonald

Harriet Ru ssel.

Freshmen:

May O'Byrne

Jul ia Turley

Mary Sample

Fl ore n ce Ben so n

A nn a Gray

D o ro th y Plea sants

M a bel Schaeffer

P ea rl Case

Mabel Hind s.

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OTHER Kappa Alpba Theta, 25; Kappa Kappa Gamma, 23; Delta. Gamma, 23; Pbl l Kappa Psi , Sigma Nu, Delta Tau Delta, Beta Theta. PI, Phi Gamma Delta. Sigma Chi, Kappa Sigma, Phi Delta ThetL

This term is one that non e of us can pos si bly forg et soon. Many things ha ve happened to liS but nothing quite so exciting a s being quarantined with sca rlet fever. The he alth officers were vc ry kind to u s, howcv e r , and Jet us move out of the chapter h ouse as soon as we could find rooms We were scatte r ed from o n e end of Bloomington to a n other and I am s ure none of us ever appreciated a chapter hOllse quite so much as we did when we finally were allowcd to come back to our home. Our social duties w e re few th en but we are making up for lo st time now. \Ve gave ou r largest dancing party June third. Se\'en of our "old girl s" came back for it and we h ad a grand visit together.

Our sta te reunion was to ha\'c bt!en held here April twenty-eighth, and our plans were all made for it when scarlet fever interfered, so we mu s t wait another year.

Last week we had our campus fete and were very successful. Each girls' organizati on had charge of a booth and each booth had different things to sell, all f)f icc ::r .. ices, candies, and san dwiches we r e sold. The booths were beautifully decorated with flowers, our colo r s, and electric light s. The money is to be use d in sending r ep resentative s to Lakeside.

College is out next week and we lose fi ve of our girls. Fou r of us expect to r eceive ou r bachelor' s degr ee : Pearl Huff, in Hi s t o ry; Pearl Franklin , in Latin; Alice Albertson and Grace Graybill, in English. Mindwell Crampton will r eceive her master's degree in English.

The girls are going to gi, e us our senior picnic Saturday. Of course we senio r s don ' t know just what it is to be , but we guess a sort of cookieshi n e in the wood s. It will be our la st "good time" together, but let us h ope th ere will be othe r s to write about nex t year

A pleasant vacation to you aU.

GRACE GRAYBrt.r..

l NDIANA ALP li

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2 Tillie Weyl , 4 Je nnie Cable. 6 H e len Weaver , 8 Susie Ott. Mary Mont2omery . J Anna Bry a n , 5 Fay l\.larshall. 7 I sabe l Port er, 10 G race Bryan , 9 Cora Voyles.

2 Leta Hall. 4 Grac e Loomis. 6 Grace Carney. 8 G rac e Mag-aw , 10 Mary hIaEaw, 9 Mau' \VY SOIl &" . Marie )[ olli llR'5 Wo nh . J Julia Wil so n , 5 May M cDowell, 7 Carolyn M cCasliu.

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Lulu Pra n ces DOR n , Catheri n e McCoy. Frances Fuller. Allll a Bur t. Ber th a Emile)', Nina Ely, Jane 111izabel h Rawls, Mary Clark, l\-I aria I.eo n ard. Rlllel DUllca n , Edlla Cooper, I.u ci le Oidlake, }osephin Beasaw, Be rni ce Ru sse ll. (Pledged) (Pledged )

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J uniors:

Maria Leonard

B e r tha Empy

Edna Coope r

L u l u Kellar.

Sophomo res:

Frances Fulle r

Frances Dca n Edith Lockhart

Ethe l Duncan.

Number In college

Number In f ac ulty

Number In c hapt e r

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(C ha n e red , 897)

Fre shmen:

Bernice Russe ll

Lucil e D idlake

Jan e B ig elo w

Elizabeth R aw l s

Catherine M cCoy

Nina El y Anna Burt.

OTHER FaATEHNITJES: Phi Delta Th e ta , Sigma C bl , Delta Tau Delta., Kapp a Kappa Ga.mmL

In diana Gamma r ealizc5 that the colleg e year is pa ss ing rapid ly and a few mOTe wee k s will br i ng Commencem e nt and then separation for the summer But with th e th o ught o f pa rting come s th e r e membrance of the pa s t wint e r' s g ood time s-the ru s hing season , th e gay cooki e-s hine a fter th e injt ia ti on o f our nine fr es h littl e f r eshmen, th e partie s we' v e given, a nd the prospect of th e "an n ual" dance only a week o lT

An d blend i ng with th ese bright colo r s, the more m o re delicate tint s reveal th emselves as th e hours so happily s pent t ogethe r in advan ci ng i n m u tual interests and th ose of Pi Phi

We clo se the yea r fee lin g m o re deeply h o w much we o we to a fr a t e rnit y that h olds u s up t o slIch hi gh s tandard s and makes possible such rri endships as we

O u r )O\' e goes ou t to the m any oth e r sis ters w h o m we kn o w, as yet, o nly by l t tt e r and pict(Jre and we wi s h th em 2 11 th e happi es t summer and th e fin est fr es hmen fo r th e fa ll season . We h ope so me will vi sit h e re during th e sum m e r an d become bette r acquainted with u s And so we send our b es t wishes for a plea sa nt vacation t o all ou r girl s.

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MICHIGAN ALPHA-HILLSDALE COI. L EGE

(Chartered 1887.)

Sen io r s:

Leila R. S oule

Be rtha A. Baker

Glady s A. Bar ke r

V ivia n E. Lyon, Jun io r s :

Winnifred D. \\'h aley

Elizabeth !"-1. Dudley

Mabel \ Valrath

ro."u mbe r In chapt<> r ...............

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Sophomor es:

Lulu i\lerrilield

Helen Vernor.

Fre s hmen:

Florence Z. Mye rs

Ethel Bishop

Ella K erman

Clara Seller

Charlotte Shepard. :

Effie Christie Pat ch Yinni e \\'a ir ath-Cha!'c

Be ssie \ Yood-Prideaux.

18 In college 316 Num be r In ( acu it y

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OTUER Fru.TER$ITICS: K appa Kappa Gnmmn, 11 ; Delta '.rnu De l ta, Alpha Tau Omega.

COLLEGe II OXORS: Knte Kin g Fr ench prize and Juni or L ite rary prize, Wlnl· Ired ""ba ley: two art scholarships, Charl otte Shepard; Ma thema tics p r iz e, Be rtha Bnk e r .

Hill sdale i s celeb r ating her birthday, h er fifti e th onc, and s he is celebrating with a "im. More alumnae and alumni are back to this r c;um o n th an hav e been to any fo r a long tim e. Consequently there is con si derable ru s hing in addition t o the usua l Commencemcnt c,'cnts. and mo re interes t tak en in the latter , One of t he unique featurcs of all the public exe rci ses has been th e ;".v r omptu s peeche s of ou r distinguic:hed "i si t o r s, I do not need t o go into detail as to the mU'iic and elocution recital s, lite r ary society anni,-e r sa ri es and r eunions, as well as th e dis t inctly Commence men t exercises, to prO\'e t o you wha t a bu sy t ime it all is, do I? For, of coursc, you know all about it. Ac: to th e pa rt Pi Phi has taken, look at the h ono r li st. a n d in the alumnae n otes for the number of Pi Ph i al umn ae at th e r eunion. Our lu nc h eon ginn in tWe gymnas iu m on Tuesd ay o f Comm ence ment week was a decided success as far as we ac ti ve girls can say. There we r e fo rty - fiv e, old a nd n ew, in th e crew, We enj oyed so mu ch meeting the fomler != tudents and li s t e nin g t o th eir word s of mco ur· ageme nt and help, W e h o pe that we may continue to live up t o o ur idea ls and that th e arrow will increase in it s meaning to u s as it seems to have: increased for tne se dear alumnae we nave m et.

Michigan Alpha sends h c r greeting s and h opes t o meet so me o f y ou during the suonme r EVELYN D GATES

Seni ors:

Je ssie I-Iel o::cll

Edith Hu r s t

Rhea T y ler

Bell Cass

Nellie Kell ogg

Helen Lee

Elsa Trit sc hcll er. J uniors:

Marie

Lotta Br o:ldb ri dgr

Dora Payne

Katharine Griffith Edwards.

Number In co llege •.

Kumber In t'a.culty

Number In c hapter

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I}ET."-l"XIHRSlTY OF MICUIGAX

(Charte red 1888)

Soph omores:

Harriett Griffin

Clara Starr

Gertha \Villi al11s

Hel en Briggs. Freshmen:

!l. l arjorie L oo.;,c E"3 Hathhorn

Charlotte Ang .. tman

Elizabeth

Martha Downey

Annie Y(cnaga.

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Ch i 1'81. Alpha Deltn P Il i , Oeltn KII11111l Epsilon

350

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Pb l, Psi UptJlloD, Beta Theta PI, Ph i Kappa Ps i, Delta Upsilon, Delta Tau Delta. Phi De lta Il'heta, • Igrua Alpha. Epsilon. Theta Delta Chi, Kappa. Sigma, Sigma. Nu. Phi Gamma Delta; Alpha Chi Om ega, 1 6: Gamma Phi Beta , 15; Delta. Gamma, 10 : Kallpa K appa Ga mm a, 24 ; A lpha Phi , 22 : K appa Alllhn Th eta, 15; Collegiate In

Thi s is th e bu ie st week o f the whole college year-the week of final examinations, which bring a cessation of gaietie<;. Fo r the la st t wo months Ann Arbor ha s had a successio n of func tions.

The May F es tival and County Fair mu s t b e mentioned, as they are prominent feature s of university life . The County Fa ir given in May was a so rt of Midway !'how-the participants being the fraternitie s, sorori t ies, a nd othe r o r ganizations. The Pi Phi s were repre sented by an ice cream booth and ou r " Aop s" and "Sundays" causea the funds o f th e Michiga n Union to swel l.

\ Ve have been in th e midst of politics for the la st two weeks and ca me out ahead, as only Pi Phis can do. Lotta Broadbridge wa<; el ected first pre sident of the \V oman's Athletic Association. It is n eedless to say that her s is ters "ce leb rat ed" after th e r etur n s we r e in.

Since the las t ARROW lette r . we ha\'e pled ged tw o o f th e nic est girls in college, AnnabeJl Camey and Dai .:;y Olney. Th ey will be initiated in th e (all and become lo yal Pi Phis.

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Commencement will soon be here and then Ann Arbor will be quiet fo r three months. Next fall will find us in another chapter house, and t h e girls take great pleasure in planning for it.

We all wish Ollf Pi Phi sis ter s a \'ery happy summe r, and hope that the year of 1906 will be a success ful one for all.

RHEA TyL£R.

GAMMA PROVINCE

IOWA ALPHA-IOWA WESLEYAN UNIVERS ITY

(Chartered 1868)

Pos t Graduates:

Grace Hancher-Beck

Bertha Snider.

Seniors:

Ethel Lym e r

Agnes Severs ,

Junior s:

Elsie Benjamin

Grace Elliol

Stella Guthrie.

Sophomores:

)'Iary Brooks

Elizabeth McMullen

May Stoddard

Stacey Turn ey.

Fres hmen:

:Mad elon M edes

C lara Munz

REPB.£SENTED: Beta Theta Phi, Phi Delta Theta. and Alpha XI 11.

The se a r e busy days for I owa Alpha. At this Commencement Iowa We sleyan will celebrate her Sextennial, and plans ha\'e been made (or a celebration which will excel any e\'ent of it s kind ever held in I owa. Ou r college. with the except io n of tw o in Mi sso uri , is the oldest west of the Mi ssissipp i, and we are justly proud of the fact. \Ve now have six well· equipped buildings o n Oll r campus and ou r assembly room is the la r gest student hall in the s tate

Two of o ur member s, Ethel Lymer and Agne s Severs, graduate th is year, in what will be the fiftieth consecuti\'e class to be given diplomas b y our uni\·ersity. while Stella Guthrie and l\fary Brooks will graduate (r o m the German college whose campus join s ours.

We are looking forward with a great deal o f plea su re to meeting one o f our f ounders. Mr s. tibbie Brook-Gaddis, and ou r province president, Miss

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Sue Stone, who are to be here Commencement " :ee k. \Ve are also expetting a large number of our alumnae to be with u s at that time.

OUT own alumnae chapter ha s fitted up a large home, which is to be the chapler house and Pi Phi h eadqua rters during the ten day! of festivities. The visiting Pi Phis are to be entertained there, and we are aIJ going to revet in the glory of a chapter h o use for a week. The college rules make it obligatory upon all girls t o lin:: in Elizabeth Her she y Holl. which is a large, beautiful, well arranged building, and as homelike a s it IS possible for a boarding house to be But we often build our air-castle chapter house and th e plea s ure we derive from these dream s is second o nly t o what our joy would be, cou ld they be realized

The week is so full that we could find no time for a candle-ligh ted cookie-shine. But we could not give it up altogether. So one afte rnoon from fou r to six all Pi Phi s are t o meet and make merry 'nea th the wine and blue.

Monday e\'ening, Jun e fifth , we gave ou r sp r ing re ception at the home of two or our alumnae, after which a banquet was held at Luberger's cafe, As thi s is the seaso n for festivity we girls tried to make our part a double success. The home of Mrs. Penn was beautifully dec o r at ed with palms and cut flowers, and a shor t mu s ical program was given, after which we left for the cafe where an eig ht- course banquet was served . The tables were arranged in the shape of th e letter HPi " and were decorated with s milax and carnations of stic h a deep vein as t o be almost black.

In the se last day s of a year which ha s -been full of joy, disappo1ntments, work, and plea s ur e. the arrow and all it symbo lizes mean s much to us, the tie s of friendship are drawn closer about each heart and our year's association seems doubly dear. Eight of our number are expecti ng to be back, so that Iowa Alpha will begin with a larger n umber th an this year,. when we numbered but five.

May the summer bring re s t , happine ss, and an increa sed love for our Pi Beta Phi, to e\'ery wearer of the golden arrow.

STttLA GUTHRIE.

S enio rs:

Ali ce Story

Edna L isle

Lulu H o han sb e lt

Ge rtrud e Han cox.

J unior s :

Blanche Spmge o n

Eh'ia Wagner

M abel Br o wn

Mary Kil burn,

S ophomores:

Ruth Baker

M abel Val e

Vera I ng r am.

Number tn college _

Number tn fa cul ty

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IOWA BET COLLEG E

(Cha rtered 1874 )

Freshmen:

Pearl Ru sse l

Ada Proudfoot

Nann ic \Vhit c J es ie Schee

Katharine Rehkopf.

Special s :

Bernice Hall ey Celeste Robin son

).[ argue rit c Robinson H oa r.

Number In chapter .•..•.•..

OrnER Fa,\T ER!\'ITJ£S

20

Alpha Tau Omega, Stgma Alpha EpsIlOD. Delta Delta. Delta, 18, Phi Delta Kappa (local). e. B o!\'ons : Allee Story. class speak e r tor farewell chapel servIce.

Th e s pring te rm , with it s lIlan y pleasure s, h as come a nd gone s o that Ollr brea th ha s almo st bee n taken away, but th e Commencement day ha s made us r ea lize, that our fo ur se ni o r s ca nn o t really com e back to us again in the sa me old way.

M ay twenty ·ninth, we r ece i\'ed in th eir h o no r, ou r men frIend s, at the h ome of one o f ou r alumnae and it wa s mo s t delightful in eve ry way , exce pt in t he ia ct that we knew it w o uld be the se niors ' last actlve party. Celcs t e and R obinson came fo r it, and spent two day s with u s , a \' i si t which wa s especially delightfu l.

J une sixt h the Pi Phis spe nt th e day in th e woods in h o nor o f those same: seniors and ou r ne w pledge. P ea rl Hathaway . As s he is o n e o f th e finest girls that eve r lived, we are extremely happy to introduce h er t o all Pi Phi s as th e wearer o f the wine a nd blue ri bbons.

\\"e conside r ou r seh-es ve r y fo rtun ate in th e fact tha t two o f our local men's fraternities have r ccei\-ed nati onal charters-A lph a Phi beco mes A lpha T au Omega and K appa P si is n ow Sigma Alpha Ep s ilon.

All th e Pi Phi s are re joic ing that we hav e r ent ed a hou se f o r n ex t yea r . and as thi s is our first attemp t at a. chapte r h o u se we are like children in o ur anticipations. A widowed Pi B et a Phi is to be o ur chapte r mothe r .

I owa Beta sends the \"e ry best wi shes for a most pleasant a nd r estful summe r t o all the \\-ta rers o f th e arrow_ RUTH BAKER.

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IOWA lET."-UXI\'ERSITY OF IOWA

(Cha rtered 1882 )

Seni o r s:

May Belle Albtrand

Stella \ Viley

Edna B oerner

Grace Gabriel.

1uni o r s :

Sadie Jaco bs

Alice Edward s.

Sophomo r es:

)'l ignon

Agnes Remley

Beatrice Reyn olds

Carrie \Vatt e r :;

Ha ze l Higl ey

Sadie G H o lid ay

Number In college

Number In taculty

Number 10 chapter

OTHER SORORITIES

Freshmen:

:\iargaret Han so n Edith Ball

Maude D elwege

Stella Smith

Jo sephine \ Vorster

Ve r ne Stockdale.

Special:

Ka om i Stockdale.

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Kappa Kappa Gamm a, 14 ; Delta Gamma, 13; iDelta Delta Delta, 12; Beta. Theta PI, Phi Kappa Pal, Sigma. Nu, Sigma Chi, Kappa Sigma, Phi Delta '! 'beta, Delta Tau Delta, Pbl Delta Phi, Phi Hbo Sigma, XI 1'8 ' Phi, Sigma Alpha Epsilon.

\Vh e n this letter reach es I owa Ze ta' s 0\\'11 girls and i s read among all the mid- summe r le tters we s hall ha" e forgotten the ru s h and worry of examination week and th e "tired fee ling" as we hurried t o the last clas ses and socie ty meetings. In July we s hall be dreaming ove r th ese la st days when ou r senior s arc e speciaiiy d ea r t o us.

Jun e thirteenth we en t ertained our four sen io r s an d guests at breakfast in the littl e t o wn of \Vest Bran c h, after a ve ry early morning drive Besides thi s, Shambaugh gave a breakfas t for th e girls June seventh , a nd tw o days lat e r Mrs. Ball, another of o ur alumnae, entertained the gi rl s a t dinner.

\V e s hall mi s s ou r four workers in our fir s t chapter hou se next year fo r they ha"c helped u s plan fo r it . Two o f th e senior girls are to tea ch next yea r. May Be ll e Allstrand, who is leading lady in th e senior class play and w h o t akes th e specia l German certificate, expects to teach in the \Vaterl oo high sc h oo l. Grace Gabriel, one of our mos t e nthu s ia stic girls, is to t eac h in th e high sc h oo l at Man son. Stella \Viley who takes the special Fr enc h ce rtifi ca t e, ex p ects n ex t year to st udy in the library school at

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Uni\' er si ty o f Illin o is. Fortunately Edna B oerner, our president, lives in ) OW3 City and ve ry near ou r c hapter hou s e.

One o f our girl s ha s been literary editor o f th e Annua l thi s year and another h as th e same honor next yea r All th e good things a nrt the difucult things that have com e to us thr oug h th e year will, ere Sept e mber, ha ve melted into ou r happ y r eco ll ec ti on of plea s ure. ' Ve are gl a d fo r th is splendid year.

Ma ya ll th e Pi Phi girls have a r es tful sli nun er at h om e, or pe rhap s a vi s it or trip to so me delightfully cool pla ce.

WI SCONS IN ALPHA-UNI\' ERSITY OF WISCONSIN

(Charte«d (894 )

Seni ors:

Cora Norsman

Lillian Haert el Genevieve Eat on Eugenic Sh ea

V e ra Ch ri s t en son

S el ma Vognild

Elizabeth Kennedy

Jun iors:

M a rguerite Burnham

Margu e rite McLean

Edna In galls

Fl o r ence Rud o lph

Hel en R osen s tengel.

N umber In the University ot Wl seo n, ln

In taculty

In cbapter

Sophomore s : Cora Hinkl ey

Hildred Moser

H elen M ars h

:Mari an \ Vhidden

Freshmen:

Mario n In galls

Edna H o lm es

Fl ore nce Tit us

Ruth J ennings

Anna Bla ck burn

Be ssie Coleman

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OTRER FRATE.sIrIEs : Delta Tau Delta, Kappft Sigma, PbI Delta Theta, Chi Psi. Slema Alpba Epsilon , Pbl Gamma Delta , Sigma ChI. Beta Th e ta PI , PIli Kappa Sigma Phi Kappa PlI • Alpba Delta, Pbl. Sigma Nu, Psi Upsilon, Delta Uptllon. Phi Delta Chi: Gamma PIli Beta , 26: Alpba Pbl. 28 : Delta Gamma. 29 : Kappa Alplut TbetL Kappa Kapppa Gamma. 28 : Delta Delta Delta, 22 : Cbl Omera, 19 : Alpha :'$"1 Delta , 14 ; Alpba Chi Omeaa, 7.

Dur ing the pa st yea r but few \'i sible improvements ha ve been made in Ollr University, A large chemistry building is just be ing co mpleted Th e exter io r is of B edfo r d stone and brick. but when a l1 the addi t ions a re made in th e futur e, a s th ey are n ow planned. it will be entirely of the stone. Th e department of H ome Economics which was establis hed last year h as been extended and now shows a l ar ge en r o llmen t. Coo king

SADIE GREGG HO LIDAY.

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clas ses are held in the we ll-equipped kitchen-laboratory The other improvement s are less tangible, indeed some o f them are s till only movements, good intentions on the part s o f Pre s id ent Van Hi se and the Regents

Th e Yo ung Men 's Ch ri sti a n Association i s erecting a magnificent building o n the lake s h ore, n ex t t o th e University Armory. It contain s o ffi ces, r oom s fo r soc ie ty meetings and a large auditorium while th e upper floors are u sed as a d o rmit o r y. It will be completed at the opening of the college year.

The Self Government Associa t ion of the University has been actively at wo rk thi s year, doing away with mid-week part ies. It ha s bee n very s ll ccess ful in all lin es of work; the fair held in Mu s ic Hall in the w inter wa s a great success. A co n siderable sum of money wa s laid aside for th e \VlO m a n 's Building. which we hope some d ay t o catalogue among ou r univ e r s ity improvem e nt s.

Toward the ell d of the Sta te Int e r sc holastic F :cld M eet was held h e r e. As p eo ple come from all ove r the s ta t e this is a great ru shing season. E specially was thi s true thi s year, because. accordi n g t o PanH ellenic rul es, we were unable to pledge girls excep t at thi s tim e. \ Ve were v e ry fortunate in pledging n ine girl s. They are Stella Kay se r , Loui se Shea , Gertrude Po st, Emi ly Dougla s, Meta Dean, Lucile Durley, Lucile Wate rmann , O cc ie Show and M a d e line Rerick On the evening of Frid ay, when th e girls a rr ive d , we had a fancy dress party. Saturday mo rning we enter t ained at a formal breakfa s t and in the af t erno on so me of the girls went t o th e meet. The majority , 'e nt on a lau n ch r ide on one of our thr o the lock. down the river and th en upon another of th e lakes. \ Ve landed in one of the suburbs of Madi son and had suppe r On Sunday we received infol mally at the chapter house.

\ V isconsin Alpha took a fine vaca ti o n in the middle of M a y \Vt. wen t camping, "bag and baggage, sc r ip and sc ripb ag." Our cottage stand s o n a hill , ove rl ooking lake Monona. Everything imaginable ca n be h ad there -a fine ba thin g beach, boa t s, a dancing pavilion, a gasoli ne s t ove for ex· pl osio n s a nd fudg e, and a large. ai ry dining r oom, ow n ed by a superb cook. \Ve went into exile Friday afternoon a n d returnCtl fl ome Sunday evening, and we al1 r esemb led our abo ri ginal brethren f o r a week afterward

Our formal banque t is to foll ow closely upon the semes te r e xamination s. Vie a r e h oping t o h a\'e a la rg e numbe r o f ou r alumnae with us at thi s tim e.

Aaaow -l}

HE LEN ROSENSTENCEL.

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MISSOURI

OF MISSO U RI

(Chartered 1898)

(Report n o t sent)

Col1ege is just about over. We ha\'e been VCTy bu sy for the la s t few weeks getting ready for examination s and to go ho me \ Ve all feel mu c h re i ie\' ed now that all of OUT examinations are o\' er, and we a r e all abou t r eady to lea \'e for home The commencement exercises bega n on Monday. and have been unusually interesting this year . The students have begun to come in (or the s ummer session. Edith Snyder, one of our gi r ls who has been teaching in Hannibal , Mi ssou ri, came in to attend summe r school. She will also be with liS next winter.

Mr s. Syk es, who was Lily J ohn son, has been visiting her mother, and will le3\'c in a few day s for Europe. Edith Dungan, who was graduated last y ea r will go to Europe with Mr s. J oh n son.

Eula McCune, who had to leave li S about two months ago on acco unt of sickness, is now much impro\·cd We entertained for the town g i r ls who are thinking of entering th e university next fall. There we r e abou t thirty girls at the hou se The time wa s in da n cing, and ices we r c se n 'e d during the evening.

On Founder's Day we ente r tained our pledges, alumnae, and p at ro nesses. D i nner wa s sen·ed at six o'clock, then the remainder of the evening waf> s pent in s inging Pi Phi songs and in dancing

r..!a I Y and Florence Gray han been entertaining very elaborately at dinners and dances for their guest, M iss Pratt of St. Louis.

Edna T homas, one of our girls, who had to leave college on acco unt of being sick , is now much improved.

BE.rrY WILUAMS.

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DELTA PROVINCE

LOUIS I ANA ALPHA-NEWCOMB COLLEGE

(Cha rt e r ed ISgI.)

Senior s :

Harriette Water s

Flora Murphy

Genevieve J ackson. J l1Oiors:

Viola Murphy

Edi th Aiken.

Sophomore s:

H elene Maury

Carrie H opk in s

Virginia Handley

Dai sy Ch a rl es.

Number In Tulane Unive r s ity

Number In Tulan e fa c ul ty

Number In Newcomb College

Number In Newcomb faculty

Number In active ch apter

Freshmen:

Nina La r o u ssi ni

Mary A. T. Sta nt on

J essie Tebo

L ea Calloway

M arion Bean

Special :

Stella Hayward

Helen R ainey

Celeste J anvier

A l ba B eau regard

OTnER FRA.T1JaStTlE8 REPRE SENTED: Ka.ppa. Alpha, Sigma Chi, Alpha. Tao Omega, Delta Tau De l ta, Kappa S igma, Pbl Delta. '.rb e ta, Sigma Alpha HlptlIIOD, Delta Kappa Epsilon, l )hl Kappa Sigma.. Sigma. Nu, Pi Kappa Alpha ; Alpha Omicron PI , 12 : Chi Omega, 11; Kappa Kappa Gamma, H BONoas: Sympoalum bon o r, H arriette Wat ers.

Another c h apte r in Louisiana A lph a's book of fraternit y life has been conclud ed, and we who do n ot ex pect to return n ext yea r fee l d eep regret th at ou r acti ,'e p a rt ha s been already p layed and is no longe r in the presen t or futur e. The last s ix weeks o f this college yea r were more than filled with fun and frivolitie s, as well as essays and exams, but as long as the la tt e r are neutralizocd by the former l'a11 is r ight wit h th e wo rld ." OUf banqu et on the twenty-eighth was the most successfu l , e nj oya ble, and inspiring affair we have eve r experienced. How could it be oth e rwise when forty girl s we r e t o a s ting ou r d ear Pi Beta Phi, and more still when r emembering that probably thirty-three o th e r groups o f girl s we re feelin g the same thr ill s, and th at en thu siasm for ou r fraternity and all it gi ves us was glowing from Ve r mon t to California, and from M ic higan to iana. ! ' ! ' :

On the fir st o f Ma y th e K appas entertained in their r oom s at co lleg e an d w e we r e invited to receive with them The affai r was very enjoyable, especially the May-pole dance. Girl s from eac h fr ate rnit y were in the dan ce, and th e r ibbons were o f th e co lo r s of the four fraternities. After we had danced aw h ile we noticed that in t he course of the dance the r erent ribbons had been interwoven arou nd the pole, and th er e were crlm·

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son and white, ca rdin al and straw, dark and light blue and wine, and silver blue, aU symbolizing the ideal Pan Hellenic spirit which we hope will always reign at Newcomb.

We girls of Louisiana Alpha hardly realized how many " neice s and nephews " we Possessed until we invited them all to a "Baby party" on the college campus. We did not feel that we wefC breaking Pan-Hellenic rules when we gave an affair in honor of our juveni le friends and relatives, for they were mo stly bet ween the ages of ten month s and six years, and their interests were much more centered in the ice cream and cake, and the st reet piano than in ou r conversation with their mothers, whose visit back to "F rat -la n d" we were thoroughly enjoying. We have become very fond of our littl e rel at ive s and on ly regret that fate has so arranged it that many of them are ba r red from ever joining a "so rority."

When compared to the time of Commencement in the n or thern universities, o ur Commencement seem s rath er ea rly, but when o ne remembers h ow much near e r the equator we are, the twenty-fourth of May, with all undergraduate exams. to come later, is the "normal" time. The seni ors h ad aU disapptared by May twenty-fifth after a week of freedom in w:lich to have the class play, baccalaureate sermon, the public debat e, C lover Day, and finall y graduation. The cla ss play was Shakespeare's "Love' s Labors Lost" in which a part was taken by a Pi Beta Phi. The play wa s given out on the campus. where the stage was built around a live oak, a nd the grounds were lighted with s trings o f electric lights. It wa s voted a great success.

Clover Day wa s also a very att ra ctive part of o ur Commencement. All of the seniors came acros s the campus from behind the chapel bearing a clover chain and s inging th e cla ss song The class pro phecy, hi s tory, and potm were r ead, and th e pre s ident of the senior class handed the cap and gown down to th e juniors, and formally dubbed th em senio r s.

On Commencemen t Day we were received into the alumnae by Alice Monr oe. '02, who made the be s t addre ss o f the day, and e\'e ry Pi Phi was proud th at she was one of u s. Though the s eni o r s were s uppo s ed not to wear or carry flowers. we three Pi B eta Phis cou ld no t re sis t the t emptation to wear a few red carnations which we fo und left for u s down in the frat ernity r oom.

'Ve ha ve an addition to OU T chapter . one whom we think could hardly be better! A " Patron Saint"! Mr Charle s J am'ie r ha s been s uch a s incere fr iend 10 everyone of us that a t the banquet we unanimo u sly elected him our "Pat r on Saint.'·

We hope every other chapter o f Pi Beta Phi has spe nt as success ful and happy a year as we ha\"e and Louisiana Alpha send s hearti es t wi shes f O T a very plea s ant s umm er to all othe r Pi Phi s. GENEVIEVE JA CKSO N

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KANSAS ALPHA-UNIVERSlTY OF KANSAS

(Cha r te r ed ( 873)

Seniors:

Clara. Carr

Copley

H(' Je n J ohnson

Hill

Ella Nye

S2-rah \ Vilde r

Margaret Hammond

Eva Olin.

] un iorl: :

Aileen \V eave r

Edna Dinsmoor.

Number In co ll ege

Number In faculty

Number In chapter

Soph

omores:

Mabel Mar s h

Mary Hayd e n

Mar jo rie Mar s hall

Claudia Pendleton

Alma Poehler

Edna Dart.

F r eshm.:n :

Winifred Blackma r

Mary Buckles

Nina Fell

Im ogene Dean

Lucr et ia Hart.

Not aent

Not lent

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OTHER FRA.TERNITIES REPRESESTED: Sigma Nu, SIgma Alpha Epellon, Sigma Cbl, Pbl oGam ma Delta, Alpha Tau" Phi Delta. (I'beta, Pbi Kappa Psi, Beta Theta PI, Kappa Kappa Gamma , Chi Omep, Kappa Alpha Theta.

Vacation is h e r e agai n , dreaded in the se parations and breaking of o ld t ies and welcome as a r est to wea r y brains a nd bodies. Eight of our girls graduated in June and a r e planning wonderful a nd various th ing s for next year. Our Commenceme nt time this yea r was quite the pl eas ant. est that we eve r had. From the fir st of May ou r good friends and alumnae seemed to vie wit h each o th e r in entertaining us a nd we fini sh e d the yea r just as happy as sen iors could be.

Ou r final fa r ewell together w as a cookie-shine a n d stay - a ll-night party at the h ouse. Many o f th e girls who were sophomores and junior s whe n t he ' 05 cla ss ca m e in , we r e back and furni shed th e en t e rt a inment fo r the evening. The n ext morning we h ad our las t "Sunday S c h oo l," which is one of the most precious things i n our chapte r Jive s.

The senior play thi s yea r was one of the best eve r given and filled the opera hou se for three night s. \ Ve had two girls in it and on e on the committ ee. The Senior Annuals were delayed and did not com e before co ll ege was ou t. Two Pi Phis were on the board and w e h ea r that the Annuals will come up to the standard set by the play.

Our unive r sity closes th e most pro sperous year in its hi s to ry and i s r eady to enter upon one that promises even more.

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A handsome new building is j U5t completed fo r th e Law Sch ool and plans are on foot fo r a new Auditorium and Gymnasium. The Medical S chool promises great th ing s next yea r by th e annexation o f the Kan sas City m edica l sc h oo l s W e h ave purchased seve r al hundred acres of new land t o add to the campus and h ave th e largest e nro llm en t and appropria tion in ou r hi s tory S o you see Kan sas is fa st fo rging t o th e front. 'N ith best wi shes f o r a happ y and pr')fit a ble summe r

LEY HILL.

NEBRASKA BETA-UNI\' ERSITY OF NEBRASK A

(C hartered 1895)

Seni o r s :

Edna H olland

Bess H eacock

Eva Cooper.

Juniors

Pearl A r chibald

Ini s Evere tt

Margar e t M cLucas

J ennie Whitmore

Kat e H eacock

H elen Dol son .

Number In U olve r81ty ot Neb ruka.

Number In lacult1

Sophomores:

Anita H azelwood

h l ildred Ha zel wood

Eleanor Andrews

Lou Young

Alice Swed ebu rg

Helen \V augh.

Fre sh men:

Georgie Ir w in

Ne ll Schwab

.Evdy n Franklyn

Pearl Fitlgerald

Alice A rn o ld

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()rUII:a FRATERNITIES: Kappa Alpba Theta, Delta Oamm8l, Kappa Kappa Gamma, C hi Omega, Alpba. Omega PI, Delta Delta. Delta, Phi Delta Tbeta, S IIma Cbl, Sigma A lp ha Epsilon, Kappa SIgma., Delt. Tau Delta, Phi Gamma Delta, Pbl Kappa Psi, Delta Upellon, Alpha Tau Ome&a, Phi Delta Phi, Phi no Sigma, IHta Theta Pi.

It i:: hard t o realize that another year has gone around and that we must bid good · bye fo r the summe r \ Ve ha ve three sen iors th is year but feel th at we are not losing them entirely since they live so near and will "isi t us often. The paning is hard and soon only fi ve girls will be l eft of t he elenn in the house , to attend commencement exe rci ses. \ Ve expect mos t o f the girls hack with us in the fall , and altogether we anticipate a prosperous year. \ Ve are delighted at the prospec t of our new h ouse which we will mo \' e into before J uly and so e"erything will be r eady for us when we return The hou se is a one, three sto r ies h igh, with hard wood fl oo rs through o ut and a pleasant yard. Be s t of all, it is just fou r blocks f r om the campus.

LES

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Even ou r rushing parties and committees are settled, so nothing confronts us now except the tw o months' separation. But a long rest may do us good , for after all , this spring has been a lively one. We ha ve entertained often informally and la st Saturday we gave a swimming party, with a lun cheon aft e rward at the house of Dr. Everett .

OUT chapter, O f rather our aluTlUlae association , feels the los5 o f one of its members in the marriage of Beth Marshall on May tenth. The active girl s mis s her grcatly t oo for s he was very near and dear to us all. The wedding was almo s t enti r ely a Pi Phi one for five of the bridesmaids were Pi Phis and the active girls se rved and attended at the large reception after the church wedding. It was all very beautiful and impressive but we only r eg ret that we cou ld not keep our new bride and that her home will be in far away New Ha\' en. The wedding was preceded by a series of delightful lunch eo n s, dinners' and showers for the bride, which will n ot be forgotten SOOI1. \Ve were glad to a tt en d the se during the busy spri ng days in o rd e r t o be with Beth as much as possible.

Our hearts go out in sympathy to one of our fresltmen girls, Sarah Hutchins, who ha s recently lost her mo ther, and we feel mat it is at time s like th ese th at· a Pi Phi needs mo st th e sympathy of the s is ters who love h e r

Founder's Day wa s celebrated thi s year in the accustomed manner. A seven cour s e dinner was sen·ed to fifty Pi Phi s by Beth Marshall, and we dedicated our beautiful new loving cup. Among the out of town girls present were :M is s Pyle and Mis s Pontius of Cou ncil Bluffs , Iowa The following night o ur annual dancing party was given very informally so th at thi s wa s the la s t soci al e\·ent of the year.

Th e Pan·Hellenic Association pa sse d some \·ery good rul es at th e be· ginning of th e semester and we ha\·e found th em satisfactory and sensib le No so rority girls are to accept invitations to unive r sity, class, or fraternity parties o n week night s and this rul e is to be continued next year. And in spirit we have d o ne away with many of the little things which are harmful to ideal fraternity life.

One of our patr on esses Mrs. Kimball, entertained the active girls at a five o'clock tea in honor of \ Vinifred Howell and Sue Ashman, and later Mrs. Lahr entertained the Thetas and Pi Phi s at a euchre party. So you see our soc ial dutie s ha\·e not been light this spring.

Wi s hing you all a very happy vacation and successful ru s hing season, good -bye until ollr n ext letter.

KATE HEACOCK.

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TEXAS

ALPUA- UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS

(C hartered 19(2 )

Seniors:

L enor e Humm el

Ada Garrison

An ne Townes.

h :ni o r s :

Emi ly

l eI \V 3ggem ' r

Grace Hill. :

l o ttie Harri s

SU:lIie Sh elton

Julia Estill

H e len Garrison

Hel en HOvd

Fay K incaid.

Number . n U nh'eral ty of TeX8I!I

Number In fa cu lty .•.....••

Number In cbapter

Fre s hmen : Be ssie Coc hran e . Fl o ren ce Cowa n

Elizabeth Eva n s

Ser ena Gould

Nellie Harris

Addie M it chell

Kate Mar t in

L ucile Mar ch

Sadie Mill s paugh

Marg are t Robertson

:Mar y H ill ia rd

Sallit Belle Weller.

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OTUZR Beta Tbeta PI, Ph i Delta 'I'bela, Kappa Al pba. K app& Sllma, Phi Gamma Delta, Sigma Nu, Sipa Chi , Phi Kappa. PI I, Chi PhI, S igm Alpba EPliloD, De lta Tau Delta, A l pba Tau Omega, Kappa Kappa Gamma Kappa Alpba The ta, Chi Omei'a.

COLLEOE H ONORS : Mem ber. o t A_hOOI I.J terary Society , Em ily Mave rick. Lel Wagge ne r, Hele n Gar rlSOD, Sallie Be lle Weller, Sad i e MllIspaui'b, G r ace B ill; ('actul board, Helen GarrlsoD ; f.f'e :{an a taff , Gra ce Hili ; Magazin e boa rd, Lel Waggener.

On the even ing o f Jun e fir s t T exas Alpha gave her farewell banquet t o her three sen io r s : Ann e T o wn es, Ada Garri son and Leo no re Hummel . The long dining hall o f the Dr iski ll H ote l wa s decora t ed in Pi Phi and uni ,!e rsi ty colo r s, and the sam e colo r sc heme was carried out in the carnations and daisie s that ad o rned th e table The place cards were designed in long slender carna ti o ns a nd ti ed with the Pi Phi co lo rs. The menu ca r ds were engrave d with th e P i Phi monogram and the figur e! '05. There were t wenty·eight Pi Ph is pre se nt. Bes id es th e town alumnae, Rosalis Battle of Ma rl in, T exas, a n d M ary Smither and Ma y Wynn e o f Hunt svi ll e, Tex as, were with us. Mr s. Thom pson o f Au s tin, one o f ou r patrone sses, chap er on ed u s. The toas t s were as fo llow s :

T o as t mistre ss , ,., , M ary Dunham Us (be ing it) , Ada Garri son Them ( tak e 'em away) ....• , ..•. .....• Emily Ma verick

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Inspiration Attie McClendon

The faculty-of avoiding work Anne Townes On working·men (with a digression on fraternity pins) ...... . . '" ......... .. .......... Helen Garrison

A milk toa st

Serena Gould (Freshman) The bridge of sighs . .......................... Leonore Hummel

It would seem unu sual if Texas Alpha had no weddings or engagements to report. But, though we are never devoid of the traditional spirit of so rr ow that a lways accompanies a wedding, we try to feel that we have not lost a sister, but gained a brother. On the evening of April twentysixth Jamie Armstrong of '01 was united in marriage to Mr. J o hn Ben· nett of San Antonio, Texa s, at St. David ' s Episcopal church, Austin. The wedding was a very Quiet one, with only the relatives and friends of the bride and groom pre se nt. Mr. and Mrs. Bennett left the sa me evening for Europe, via New York; they will remain abroad, traveling for several month s, and when they return will make their home in San Antonio, Texas.

Our la st few weeks of college have been spent in selec ting and arranging ou r chapter hou se for next year. Our former house, while desirable in eve r y way, is not as near the campus as we would wish. We hope to make the one for the comi ng year ideal in every respect. With the exception of th e three senio r s and Fay Kincaid, all of the o ld girls expect to return.

In one week more we shall be in the midst of our Comme n ceme nt festivities. But the pleasure that we would otherwise anticipate is ove r· shadowed by the loss of our se niors. It is hard to imagine college an d our chapte r without them, since they formed a part o f them before OUT advent; then, too, Ada Garrison and Anne Townes are charter members of Texas Alpha.

Like every other chapter, we have great expectations for the coming year We have already mapped out a plan of procedure, and we hope to lJave great success to r eport next term.

FAY KINCAID.

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COLORADO ALPHA-UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO

(Chartered 1884.)

Seni o r s:

Cora Terwilliger

Fl o ye L e wis.

J unior s : Florence Blunt

Helen H ome

Lue lla Corbin

Hel e n e Stidger

La u ra Killgore

Gertrud e Teague

Clara M o r se

Maud e M c Kenzie

Margaret Helps

Elsie Whitm o re

Soph o mo r es: Mary Down e r H o nor Plummer

Ruth Work

Fres hm e n :

J essie Mos her

Katherine McKinl ey

Aimee Herr on I sabe l McKenzie

Noma h \V angelin

Marie \Valtem eye r Eu nice Thomp so n

Fre shman-Law:

Bes s Brown.

OTH):H FRATEBSITIES REPRE SESTE D : Delta Tau Delta, 20 : Sigma Alpha Ep-.UOD 20 : Be ta Theta PI , 25; Alpha Tau Omega, 23 : Phi Delta Theta, 23; Sigma Nu. 22 ; Sigma Pbl EplJlloD, 22 ; Della Gamma. 16 ; Kappa Kappa Gamma. 20.

COLLEOIll 1I0NOBB: Cora Terwilliger, Pbl Beta. Kappa

The girl s o f Colorado Alph a are ju st at pr esen t expe riencing the s trug. gle which comes to u s a ll each year between the joy of having the last exam ove r and the r eluctance to leave th e uni" e r s ity and the house and th e girl s. It i sn ' t so ba d thi s spring howeve r fo r with the exception of t wo girl s we shall ha" e th e same girl s and the sa me hou s e again next September

\Ve have done very littl e e nte r tai ning except in the most info rmal way thi s semester. Our F ound e r 's D ay we spent in D enve r as the guest s of Colorado Beta, a nd m ost r oya lly were we entertained. Th ey had a lunch and r eception fo r us in the afternoon at their bungal o w a nd in the even· ing a banquet and dan ce at the Sa voy Hotel. On High School Day we had a box lun ch fo r about tw enty eligible girl s and we found it a very satisfactory plan. In th at way all the girl s could give their undivid ed attenti on to th e guests as the boxes were all prepa r ed beforehand and th e r e was n o se rving t o be d o n e.

N o t lo ng ago we enjoyed our an nual coun try and thi s yea r we took with us seve r a l p r eparatory girls and th en ke pt th em and our town girls at t he Lodge all night. It was a good s i ze d h ouse party and we knew our cook would not stand suc h a crowd so we gave her a

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vacation and gal the breakfast ou r sch'es. \V e th ought it g ave th e ru shees a better gl impse of t he in side life among the girl s th a n any thing we had ever done

Th er e ha s recently been o rg anize d h e r e an Athletic Associatlon for girl s and we hav e succeeded in per s u a ding th e r eg en t s t o give u s a n e w h oc k ey fi eld All th e girl s are taking gr ea t intere st in it and we expect it to be in a thriving co nd it io n ne x t fall .

The int er stat e ba seba ll and track t ea m trip s have pa rti cula rly interes ted us thi s yea r becau se we have learned so much of o ur ne igh bo ring chapters fr o m th e m. W e enj oyed hearing fr o m ou r visitors what spl endid girI s we h ave in th ei r ho me colleges. but best of all is to have ou r own men co me back and say th ey always d id think Pi Phi was pretty nice but they were s ure o f it n ow for th ey sure did s h o w them the t ime of their lives when th ey were in s u ch and s uch a place. Especia ll y when so me of the men a r e int e res t ed in girls who a r e coming here to college next year does thi s make u s fee l g ood.

\Vi s hing that eve ry Pi Phi may ha ve the happi es t o f s umme r vacations

Colorado Alpha says au n voir un til n ex t f a ll.

COLORADO BETA-DENVER Ur> I VERS ITY

(Chartered ( 884)

Sen iors:

B ess M ert o n \ Vilson

Sarah Lorencie Ander so n . S ophom ores:

Fl o r ence Spen ce r

Nita Clegg

Ora Shrad er

Flo ren ce Vaughn

L ena H a r per

H elen Crane

Grace Dei s her

Number 10 Unlv era ltr or Denver

Number In ta c ult1

Number In chapter

Juni o r s:

Je ss ie Thompson

Su e Winton

E s ther W o rk. Fres hm en :

L aura Beyer

Loui se Nei l

In ez Beyer s

J osep hin t' Vo ght

L e il a Coll om

Grace S h r ade r

41i7

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OTHER Ii"Ju.T'!!RNlTtms REPRESENTED : Beta Theta PI, Sigma. Alpha Epillon, Kappa Sigma; Gamma Phi Be ta, 19; Alpha Tau (local), 13,

It is with m ingl ed fee ling s o f joy a nd so rr ow that we watch Father Tim e tum th e page of ar.other colle ge year; joy, because we ha ve gained an o th er r o und in the ladder t o s ucces s, and sorrow, because Commence-

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ment necessitates the losing of two of ou r dearest girls. Not only is Commencement r obbi ng us, but another intruder has invaded our citadelDan Cupid-and many a wound ha s his subt le dart inflicted upon a few victims. At this time we are most forcefully reminded o f the value of friendship, and the privilege which is ours of wi shing our girls <I God speed" as th ey depart from us.

It is with intense eagerness that we are looking fo rward to next fall, when with Pi Phi spirit healed to th e supe rlative degree, we will rush in and work for the cause OUf pledge day having been set, we have an infinitely better opportuity of finding the real worth of a girl, before the "heated" time comes.

Colorado Beta has been "doing society" quite extensively thI s spring. On Founder's Day we had the ho nor of being bostes! to the girls of Colo rad o Alpha . The day was one of gayety. Our alumnae gave us a most enjoyab le basket luncheo n at our " Bungalow," where girls and matrons alike, seated them selves on the floor a nd talked about a memorable day in April, 1867. After a reception to ou r men friend s in the afternoon we adjourned to lQ.e Savoy Hotel, where we had our business meeting and a sumptu ous banquet. It was inspiring to see eighty-six wearers of the ar r ow seated at the banquet table, midst a veritable blaze of lights and flower s. 'Mr s. Bolles, with her hair of silver and a large I C. pin made a charming toas t-mi s tr ess, and after some clever r esponses the building fai rly rang with Pi Phi songs and cheers.

Pi Phi was well r ep re sented at the annua l Beta picnic. A picn1c in the Rocky Mountains! Can you imagine it? After a luncheon befitting our appetites, we climbed the mountains, seeing on all sides, across canyons and creek s, members of our party. The grand old Rocl...,es resounded with such fraternity calls and songs as they have never li stened to before nor since.

Marcia Murray gave us her annual Hfa rewell cookie s hine," at the close o f sc hool, whi ch was mo s t heartily enjoyed. Parting is indeed "such sweet sorr ow."

Here's three rattling cheers for a plea sant summer to each and every . Pi Phi from the girls o f Colorado Beta . GRACE DEISHER.

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CALIFORNIA ALPHA-LELAND STANFORD UNIVER.SITY

(Cha rtered (905)

Seniors:

Edna :Mary Reeve s.

Juniors:

Myrtle Leonore Timm ons

Ruth Angeline Wat e rhou se

Alice Sidonie Haye s

Eugenia Romaine M ille r

Sophomores:

Ella May Lambert

Louise Pearce

Ste lla Vi ola H enking

Laura Ruth Adkinson

Elizabeth Logan Officer Fre shm en :

Alice Hermin e Gable.

Number in Stanford Uolverslty , , , 1 ,300 Number in facnlty ,.,', ". , , , .•. 109 Number In ch apter ., , , , ,".,.... 11

O'I'llI:a FaA.TERSI'.l'1I:S REPRESENTED: Pbl Kappa PII, Phi Gamma. Delta., zeta. Pst, Kappa Alpha. Theta Delta Chi, Sigma. Nu, Chi Psi, Delta Upsilon, SI&m& Alpha. Eplllon, Slema Chi, Delta. ':"au Delta, Kappa Sigma, Beta. Theta Pl, !Delta Kappa Eplllon, Phi Delta Theta.; Kappa KAppa Gamma, 12; Alpba Phi, 11; Kappa Alpha Theta , 19: Delta Gamma, 20 ; Ga.mma PbI Beta, 11.

College is over and after Conunencement f es tivitie s the girls have scattered to homes . It seemed "ery hard to break up , for we have had suc h a jolly year,

All th e girls ha\'e taken the interests of Pi Phi with tbem. and are going t o work fo r her all summer.

We ha\'e secured a very nice house for next year, plenty large enougb and well a rr anged, so we shall be able to do more enter taining next semester.

"Ve have enjoyed the chapter letters so much and we already feel a personal interest in all of our Eastern and Southern sisters.

We sta rt out the year with tweh'e girls and we hope alter ru shing seaso n t o be able t o present three or four pledges that wilt <10 credit to the wine and blue.

EUGENlA

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CALlFQR::-I IA BETA-UNIVERS IT Y OF CALIFORNIA

(Chartered 1900)

Seniors:

Mary Day

Margar e t Smith.

Juni o r s:

Bertha C r awfo rd

Blanche 'Came r on

Mary Estelle \Vi lson

Marie Struve.

S o phomores :

O r eon L ucas

Mabel Goddard

Fl o ren ce Zeigen fus s

Edith \Vhit e

Laura B ran sfo rd

Clara Coope r

Freshmen:

Ida May McCoy Frieda \ Vatters.

Num ber In co llege (exc l udi ng profe8sloDai Icbools)

Number In fa cu lty

10 chapter

OTHER FRATD'RNITI E8 RxPSIl8E NTE D : Kappa .Alpha. Theta, 15; Kappa Kap pa Gamma. 2 8; Gamma Pbl Be ta, 22; Delta Delta Delta, 17 : Alpha Phi, 1 6; Ch i Omep., 1 3; Alpha Beta, Sigma (local). 16 ; Ze ta. Pal, Chi Pb l , Delta Kappa aUoD, Beta Th eta PI, Phi Gamma. Delta., Pbl Delta Theta, SIgma. Chi, Sigma Nu, Sigma A lpha Epsll ::m, Chi P si , Kappa Alpha , Delta UpS il on , De lta. Tau Delta: Phi Kappa Pal : Alpba Tau Om ega; Theta Delta Ch i ; Phi 81CmB. Delta, (local) Kappa Sigma, Psi U psil o n, Phi Kappa SIgma..

Th e joyo us vaca ti o n time h as come, honors ha\'e been won or los t , o ur se n iors a r e n ow well lau n ch ed o n th e sea of l i fe, and the rest o f us a r e living on up r ospect s" f or th e coming year-or year s Commencement week wa s o n e long t o be r emembere d in the annals of California. More pe rf ect weather than we had for ou r fe stivities can not be imagined-and th at a l ways means so much Seni o r week in all un ive rsities is mu c h the same but we wish t o tell you in this letter about ou r extravaganza. It was given at night in the Greek Th eatre. Eight th ousand people were sea ted beneath a se r ene summe r sky against which and playing at hide and see k with the moonbeams were ou tlined t all eucalyptus tr ees

The openi ng cho ru s in "The Royal R oad ' was greeted with enthusiasm Only th e stage wa s lighted a r tificia ll y and that was a fai r yla nd of greens and flowers. The choruses were many an d the gaily d r essed youths and maidens, the fla sh of sword s and so und of tambou r in es r ecalle d the fairy tales of our childhood in which figured gay young princes and enchanted for ests. Our t wo graduati ng seni ors both t ook part in the ext ra\'aganza . But before thi s week of joy a n d so rr ow, cam e th e fin a l exa mination s. That all worked h a rd hardly needs to be menti o ned . On the evening of the las t day of the "exes" we gave a farewell dan ce in honor of our visiting Omaha siste r s, J essie Nason and Da isy French , whom we have been

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most happy to have with u s for the pas t two months. JU5t previous to this. May Boggs, OUf "May day," announced her engagement to Rev. Th omas Picton of Woodland. It was an entire su rprise to us for we had fully hope d to have her with u s again next year.

Toward the end o f the te rm the " Ma sk and Daggar Society" and " In The Meantime Club" gave " Sweet Lavender," with E stelle Wil son in the title r ole. A more dainty " Lavend e r" ha s n eve r played the part and we were all mo st l)Toud to be Pi Phi s on thi s occasion.

Elma Korbel, one o f o ur alumnae, entertained most beautifully at her home in San Fran cisco th e entire c hapter and the alumnae who were able t o be pre sent in ho n o r of Founder's Day . The long dining room wi th its gorgeo u sly d eco rated table rang with cheers and song s of Pi Beta Phi and no one o f our abse nt sis ter s was forgotten.

It ha s been ou r aim thr oughout the year to entertain at dinner every second Thurs da y a few o f the faculty member s and we have been very s ucce ssf ul in ca rrying out this little plan.

Next year we ho pe to open the college term with two of our new building s, California Hall and the Mining Building, completed M eanwhile California Beta wishes her si ster Pi Phis one and all the happi est of vacati ons.

CLARA LoUISE

COOPER.

TH E ARRUW

Exchanges

Sin ce th e publicati on o f th e April ARROW th e following magazines have bee n r eceived and are her e b y ac knowledged:

For March-The Ka.ppa Alpha Theta, the Shield o f Theta Delta Chi.

For April-The P hi Chi QI/a r terly, th e Scroll of the Phi Delta Th eta, the Cadl/cel/s o f K appa Sigma. the Beta Theta Pi, the Kappa Alpha J Ol/rllal, the Shield of Phi Kappa Psi, the Phi Camilla Delta, tile Key o f Kappa Gamma.

F o r Ma y-Th e Alpha Xi Delta, the R ecord of S igma A lpha Ep!. il on. the £iel/sis of Chi Omega, the Kappa Alpha Theta, the Phi Call1ma Delta, the Delta o f Sigma Nu. the S igma Chi Quarterly, the A lpha P hi Quarteri" .

For Jun e-The Cadl/cel/s of Kappa S igma, th e Beta Theta. Pi, t h e Kappa A lpha J Ol/ rllal , the Cr esce llt of Gamma Phi Be ta, the Pal", of Alp ha Tau Omega, th e Delta Ups ilon Qu art erly.

A number o f th e frat e rnity magazines havo been pleading fo r m ore th or ough earnest schola r ship. Pe rlla ps the most forcible stakment o f the case is fo und in th e Beta Theta Pi.

The cur se of professi o nal life today is inc o mpetence. The number o f l awyers who are not fit fo r their work is legion The number of doctors is as great if no t greate r, and 3 5 for the mini s te rs, if they are judged by t angible re s ult s, they have los t the es sence o f s ucce ss in thei r caliing. The t echnological profession s do better, principally . we belie\Oe, because of t he need of so me elementary tr aining in mathematics in their work.

But to one who ha s constantly to me et th e incompetent man to see the m ischief he causes, the losses to innocent peo ple made by hi s pretence of l earning and worth, it is 9itiable to o bse n 'c how the golden oppor tunities of youth in college hall s are frittered away in pur s uit o f so- called honors whi ch frequently call merely for physical s trength o r training in manners. W e do not want the Beta s to be digs-any o f them-but we do want them t o pay less deference to gladiatorial functi o n s and more to the cultivation of learni ng .

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The number o f boy s wh o leav e college before gr ad uati o n is increasing. The fraternity can r eal ize it by n o ting the s mall numbers who return eac h year to carryon the chapter"s wo r k. A boy who spend s but tw o yurs in college has mi sse d th e bes t part of h is course \Ve wi s h some fo rce, be it public opi n io n o r whal. not, could compel O llr youth t o s tudy and s tudy hard while th ey have the chance At so me r e nowned uninrsities the d e gree o f A. B. may b e sec ured after an elective co ur se made up of ea sy and entertaining leC lUre s in natural his to ry , soc ial science, the tory of French lit e ra tu r e and a si milar lo t of intellectual pap, that affo rd s n o t so mu c h training fo r th e mind as th e rule of three. And with thi s wea k ening o f the co ll ege co ur se it se lf comes th e ri s e o f athleticism and the wo r s hip o f socia l sta nding to h in d e r the d e \'elopm en t o f the mind , to dis· tra c t it fr om th e r eal college work and put forward false s tandard s for competition. If Betas in co ll ege would secu r e mo re sch olas t ic and fewer athetic h onors we are s ure th a t th e alumn i, wh o kn ow th e s tern r ea lities of life, would r ejoict! at the change.-Beta Theta Pi,

The pr es id e nt of D el ta Tall D elta. after nin e tee n years of fraternit y lif e and activity. speal,s feelingl y yet impartially of frate!'niti es an d what th ey may do for a man ,-what his o wn has d o nt' f or him and ot h ers.

A great m etropolita n n ewspape r has r ecently devoted much space t o the di s cussion o f the advantages and di sa dvant ages o f co llege frat e rnitie s . Exce pt t o bring the matter before the pu bl ic, I think it was energy wasted. Th e int e nt o f all fratcr.litie s is good. The ev il is th e r es uft a t poo r pr e tati on . Th e judgmen t o f a n o n-fraternit y man o n fraternity subjects will always be of quc s ti on able worth, a nd n eve r convincing, fo r ob\'io u s r eason s.

Th e r e will ne,'e r be any good thing that will n ot be bad fo r some one per son. This is tru e cven of relig ion, th a t makes some weak people insane. Th e be s t fra te rnity. with the highe s t ideals. w ill always be limited in its scope by the men wh o interpret it. For this reason I s h ou ld ne ve r speak of th e disadvantages of college fraternities; I sh ould sp eak in stea d of th ei r limitationo;. After many years o f Quite ac ti ve frat e rni ty life, I feel r eason ably con\'erS3nt with its problems. 1 know that wh en on e pro bl em ha s been soh' ed a n other will be there to take its place, and for th is J have no regr et.

As I look am ong colleges that h ave no fraternities, I ca n n ot see that they are b e tt e r for it. o r t hat their graduates are more loya l. J can n ot see that there is a better spirit among the stude nt s, o r that they a r e mo r e d r aw n togethe r I can 11 0 t think th at their Alumni re\'c rt in mind

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so happily t o college days, or return in after years with such pleasure as those with fraternity affi liati ons.

I feel deeply on the subject of college fraternities, because my own has done so much for me; and if my duties as President of Delta Tau Delta requir e much o f me, in time and thought, I give it wiJiingiy, becau se my Fraternity ha s been t o me my greatest factor for good and inspiration. Delta Tau Delta is the best fraternity in the world for m e, because I know it best, and yet 1 know that there are others ju s t as good. That i s why I feel a community of sp irit with every wearer of a badge. I know that in some way or other, he and I have so methinl!' in common, and if the world is not better because of us, we are fal se to th e teachings of ou r fraternitie s.

The idea of the fraternity examination origi nated , we believe, Since th e n many o f the men have way of difficulty and comprehen\\ ith the women's fraternities . adopted the system and in th e hav e gone us several better. \Vho of us, f or example, could answer all of the following group of questions from the Sigma Chi examination f o r this year?

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a) \¥h en was the fir st fraternity estab li s hed? The fir s t western fraternity? The fir st so uthern fraternity?

b) H ow many fraterniti es were es t ablished before Sigma Chi? Name ten of them.

e) From what three frat e rniti es has the present syst e m developed?

d) \Vhat wa5 the first profe ssiona l fraternity? The first sorority?

e) M ention two typical eastern, and two t ypical sout h e rn fraternities

f) Give the date and place of founding and approximate membership of each of the rival fraternities in your institution.

Probably every frat e rnity edilOr ha s groaned over the dreary, empty sameness of the chapter letter. The editor the the Key gives h ere a few s ugges ti ons as t o how it may be improved.

A few concerning the general cha ra cter of chapter letters seem pertinent here One cannot re ad a group of chapte r letters without feeling how inadequately they r eflect the real life o f th e chapters. So id,.nt1.cal are th e accounts of events and the suggestions of th e spirit of the different chapte r s. as indicated by the<:.e letters. th a t one would almost believe there were so me pattern lett er which all were supposed to f ollow as closely as

possible. Sift the letters; what impressions remain ?-new girls, "pin k t eas," a J unior Prom .• so meone's engagement, offices won o r to be won, banalities, platitudes. Is this a ll th ere is to say of th r ee months of life and work at college? \Vh a l a r e th e girls of your cha pter r eally like? What are they planning and thinking and doi ng? Su r ely all of th em a re n ot con tinually, and merely going to dan ces, giving spreads, and dreading examinations! Tell us about your college or university, ' V ital are its pe culiar int e r es t s a nd co nditi o n s, it s cus tom s an d trad iti ons? 'Wh a t is happening there? H ow is it growing? \Vltal is it doing?

Th ese are some quest ions we should like to have answe r ed. \ Ve wish to kn ow, so far as we may, th e characte r an d life o f eac h co ll ege, the d l a r .1f't("r ::Ir1d life of each ch apte r, how it is individua l, and wh at p a rt eacb K appa is playing in its development. I s th ere a danger that we are letting t he deep and permanen t interests and activities pa ss by, ove r ou r heads, while we play or d rift , or dawdle or whi rl thr ough the th ing s that are supe rfi cial and transitory at be s t? The more g ood tim es we ca n h ave, the better; and th ese good times are an important facto r of college life. We a r e glad to hea r of each other's fun; we s hould be just as glad t o kn o w. some th ing of each othe r 's wo rk

At first it is difficult to acco unt for the character of c hapter le tt ers in gen e r al. It is n ot that there is o nly the soc ial side ; it is n ot th at fraternity affairs are in th e fo r eg round and college int er es t s far back; it is not that the chapters are vying with eac h o ther as to which s hall r eco rd tlie great. es t numbe r of gaieti es and triumph s-th ough at fir s t glance any of these might seem to be the re aso n fo r th e remarkabl e uniformity as welJ a s for the gen eral character of chapter lette r s. I s it no t rath er beca u se the lett er s are ha s t ily written at th e last possi bl e moment ? Ha ve they not come t o be in some degree a t roub leso me task, more o r le ss a dr eaded duty? And do we n o t "das h o ff " some thing feeling that "anything will do!" and send the result t o the editor with neHr a th o ught con. tent s, ton e and s pirit o f that letter are th e ba s is upon which opinions are formed with r ega rd t o the chapter? We see m t o ha ve dro pped into a rut in thi s matt er o f ch apter le tt e r s, and we ought t o get a lit of it. Let us send letters n ext tim e that shall be, so far as we can make them so, a true r eflection o f all s id es o f the co ll ege life, and of a ll sides o f the chapt er interesLi.

By substituti n g shirt-wai sts and pompad ours for neckties, Presi. dent \Vh eele r's advice h o ld s good fo r women's no less than men ' s fr ater niti es . Hi s opini o n r egarding junior and sen io r initiati o ns is one which o ught to be ac ted o n far more frequ e ntly than it is. It is not a very safe thing to choose your fr eshmen acco rding t o their

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neckties. They will come in with so m e bf:autiful spec imens. Father and mother wanted them when they went to co llege to g e t the be s t there was, and th ey went t o th e c ountry store and bought the brightest offe r ed. But after they have been in college a little while, th ey will come ou t with the normal ritual of necktie. Don' t choose your fr eshmen acco rding t o their n eck ti es.

It is one of the weaknes s es o f the frat e rnity sys tem , a s I have seen it in operation in different colleg es , that it doe sn't recogni ze and take enough men after juni o r year. Some of the s trongest men develop in th e last two years in college, and living in your rut s as you do in your fraternity hou s es and getting inured to each othe r and getting to think you are so fine prevents you from being able t o get that unanimo u s vote you need for th=!t man in the junior year who ha s shown himself a s trong man Somebody ha s n o ticed idiosyncrasies o f hi s that he can ' t quite s tomach and he votes again s t him . You want t o take in some m e n as the co llege course goes on. If yo u haven't been doing it, do it. You will get your s tronge st men that way I don't know but that yo u will almost e\'ery time. An oppo rtunity is afforded by the experience of tw o years in college. YOll will all too often choose your fre s hmen according t o co n s id e ration of previous knowledge, social standing, and outward appearance , and you are bound to make some mi stakes. But you will no t make mi s takes with the men you take in at the cnd of the so ph o more yedr.-Belljamill Ide IVlleeier, Alplla Delta Pili, presidl'llf of till' UlIi1'('r sit), of California, ill a speech bef o re tile cOllvention of Th eta Delta Clli.

The usefulness of the fratemity as a means of contro l is being more and more fully recognized by college facuities, and numer· OtiS instituti o n s are welcoming and utilizing the fraternities which lately e xcluded or re lu ctantly tolerated their existence. On this subject, the CadI/cellS of Kappa Sigma has some pertinent paragraphs.

Tw o problems, at lea st. confront c\'cry conscientious college faculty: how t o keep each individual stude nt out of mischief and at work. and how to keep any part o r th e whole of the s tud e nt body. when acting in a n organ · ized way, from yielding to sel fi sh o r unworthy pr om pting s. ra s hly o r foolis hly . In working ou t either o f these problems, the chapters o f general college fraternitie s, as well as the b ette r clar;;s of th e local soc ie tie s which imitate them, furni sh far m o r e than a mere means of including within a pa renth es is a numbe r o f the student units. to be dealt with as o n e quantity. Th ey may be more justly likened to th ose m agic formulLe of integration

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which in the highe r mathematics b r in g o r de r at once out o f confusion and complica ti on.

As to the powe r o f the fraternity chapter t o br ing about ref o rm in the case of th e idle o r profl igate indi\'idual , some pre s ident s, deans and prof essors a r e ske ptical Th ese h ave only themseh-es to blame fo r never having made u se of a power for good wh i ch Jay r eady to th eir h a nd s. Tho se faculti es whic h wi th ou t h esita ti o n throw upon f r a te rnity o rganizations the responsibili t y for the good condu ct o f their members, find a r ea dy respon se j for th e r e is n o r eputable college fr a t erni ty w hose general o rg a nizati on h as not done its part in cultivat ing the idea th a t each individual c hapt er 's duty is to coope r atr- with the f acul ty which is se t ove r it, in attempting to bring out of eve r y member of the fr a t ern ity th e bes t that i s in him. If th e co ll ege faculties o f the country can be brought t o demand even mo r e o f fra t e rnity chapters in thi s d ir ect ion, the returns will be proporti o n ately greater.

\Vh en it is th e second problem which must be so lved; w hen the studen t body needs t o be h eld back from actin g fooli shly o r sh o rt sightedly, th e fr aternity chapters affo rd th e best conceivable mea n s of dealing with the situation. By the connectio n o f me mbers o f the faculty with one o r an o th er fraternity, o r by ,·irtu e of s uch cordial relations with them all as the right kind of man cultivate s, th e matter can be dealt with from the in side, and d ir ec ti on s ub s tituted fo r dr iv ing, timely counse l f o r th e exe rcise o f th e vet o l)o wcr. Th e co ming college pr esi d e nt is th e man who kn ows ho w to bend th e e n erg ies of eye ry o rgan ization among hi s s tudents in th e ri g ht direction.

H oweve r, as modern satir is t s and joke r s d elight to poi nt o ut, college lif e among 11'i include s ma n y things not t o be cla ssed with s tu dies. It i s la r gely t o the work of the fraternitie s, in b ringing forward th e bright and capable. in sea rching out t a lent of eve ry kind and indu ci ng it t o rem Ove the obscuring bu sh el from its li ght, that the amazing va r iety and interest. as well as the frequent financial s uc cess, of "student activ ities" is due. \Vh ether all the se thin gs might as we ll be di spen se d with is <l Question which it is n ot worth while to discuss, fo r the co lJ ege world being what it is. they will continue t o exist; and in th eir ope ration, the fraternities will continue to have a l arge s hare. Only when a faculty with its head in the clouds leans the s tudent body without th e wi s e and po s itive cou nsel which th e young have a right to expect from the old, w ill frat e rn ity chapter s o r fraternity men be in danger o f plotting o r com bining t o r estrict to th e m se l ves suc h h o n o r s a s accompany st ud ent r espo n s ibilitie s.

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Th e Elells;s o f Chi Omega ha s parodied Channing's "Symphony" for the use o f fraternity girls, to whose th o ughtful consideration we commend it.

To live constantly abo\'e snobbery o f word or deed; to place scholarshi p before social obligations, and character before appearances; to be, in the best sense, democratic, rather than "exclusive," and lovable rathe r than <i popu lar ;" to work earnestly. to speak kindly, to act since rely. to choose thoughtfully that course which occa s ion and conscience demand; to be womanly always; to be discouraged ne ver; in a word to be loyal under any and all ci rcumstances to my Fraternity and her highest teachings, an,d to have her welfare ever at heart, that s he may be a symphony of high purpose and helpfulness in which is no discordant note.

Sigma Chi in s tall ed its Beta Gamma chapter at Colorado College sixth.

Kappa Kappa Gamma announces the in sta llati o n o f a chapter at Washington State University F eb ruary fourth. Th e new chapter will be known as Beta Pi.

Alpha Xi Delta Sorority entered th e University of West Virginia ,ray eighth.

Phi Beta Kappa ha s r ecently been established at Colorado College, the University of Colorado , the Woman's College of Baltimore, and Ohio State University ,

RANDALL

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