The Arrow of Pi Beta Phi - July-1906

Maggie Campbell

Fratemil}! Directory

FOUNDERS OF FRATERNITY

libbie Brooks-Gaddis

Ada Bruen-Grie r

.......... Monmouth, ilL

...... AvOD , III

Bellev iew, Pa.

Clara Brownlee -Hutchinson M onmouth, lit

Emma Brownlee-Kilgore •.. .• Monmouth, III Fannie Whiten ack Libby Red Minn. Rosa Moore Care General Delivery, York City

Jenn ie Nicol (deceased)

In a Smith Soule

62 1 S. K St., Tacoma, Wash. Jenni e Horne-Turnbull 2546 N 32 St., Philadelphia. PL Fann ie Thompson (deceased), Nancy Black-Walla ce Glenosborne, Pa.

GRAND COUNCIL

PRESIDEN T- Elizabeth Gamble , 565 Cass Ave ., Detroit, Mich. Wuy Co peland Reynold s, Fostoria, Ohio.

S ECRETARv-Elda L. Smith, 710 S. 6th St , Springfield, Ill.

TREAsuRER-Martha N. K imball , Unive rsi ty Park, Denver, Colo.

EDITOR-Florence Port er Robi n son, 543 Marsh a ll St., M ilwaukee, Wis .

HISTORIAN

Jeannette Zeppen£eld, Franklin , Ind.

CATALOGUER

Mary Bartol Thi ess, 64 W. I09th St., New York City.

CORRESPONDING SECRETARIES

ALPHA PROVINCE

PRESID EN T-Anna M o rri s J ackson, 215 E. 15th St., New York City .

VERMONT ALPHA-Middlebury College, Mabel Stevenson, s hire, Vt.

VERMONT BETA-U ni ve r sity of Vermont, H e le n L. Allen, 3 Fletche r Place, Burlin gton, Vt.

COL UM,BIA A LP HA-Ge orge Washington U ni ve r sity, Helen M Evan s, 2227 13t h St., Wa sh ington, D. C.

PE NNSYLVAN IA ALPHA-Swarthmore Co ll ege, Anna E. Stubb s, L on don Grove , Che ster Co., Pa

PF.NNSYLVANIA BETA-Buck nell Un i ve r si ty, Mellie A. We stcott, 818 N 4th St., Camden, N. J.

PENN SYLVAN I A GAMMA-D i c kin son Coll ege. H elen Ki sne r, Carlis le, Pa.

NEW YORK ALPHA-Syracuse U ni ve r s ity, E lizabeth Mould, 112 Waverly Ave., Syracu se , N. Y.

NEW YORK BETA-Barna r d Co ll ege, M aude 1. Kl ei n, Floral P ark, Long I s land, N. Y.

MAS SACHUSE'M'S ALPHA-Bo st o n U ni versity, Blan che Charlton, 9 Prospect Ave., Roslindale, Mas s.

MARYLAND ALPHA-Woma n 's Co ll el{e o f Baltimo r e, Loui se Van Sant, 411 H aw th o rn e Roa d, Ro la nd P a r k, Md.

BETA PROVINCE

PRE SIDENT-Edith Cla rk-Bu rr, 147 Palmer Ave. West. Detro it, Mi ch

OHIO ALPHA-Ohio Unive r sity, Edith Eato n , Huntingto n, W. Va.

OHIO B ETA-O hi o State Universi ty, H elen M C larke, 1293 Nei l Ave , Columbus, Ohio.

I LLINOIS BETA-Lombard College, Lillian Cou rtn ey, Delharte, Te xas.

I LLINOIS DELTA-Knox Co ll ege, Loui se Mcinto s h, F airfie ld, I owa.

ILLIN OIS EpSILON-Northwe stern U ni versi t y, Amy B Onken, Chapin, Ill.

ILLI NOIS ZETA-Univer si ty of Illin ois, Florenc e B r undage, Mu s kegon, Mi ch

I NDIANA A LPH A-Franklin College , Juli a L. Wilson , Franklin, Ind

I ND IAN A BETA-Ind iana Un iv ersity, Ba rbara V oyles, Bl oomington. Ind.

I NDIA NA GAMMA-Butl er College, Lucil e Didlake , Montice l lo, Ind .

M ICHIGAN ALPHA-Hillsda le Co lle ge, Lulu M..errifie ld, Bloomingdale, Mi ch.

MI CHIGAN BETA-Uni ve r s ity o f Mi ch igan, An n abel Carey, Uppe r Sandu sky, O h io.

WI SCONS IN ALPHA-Uni\' e r sity o f Wi scon s in , M a rie Burnham, W. Gilman St., Madi son, \oV'i s.

GAMMA PROVINCID

PRESIDENT-Anne Stu art, 1906 D St , Lincol n, Neb.

I OWA ALPHA- I o wa We sl eyan University, J ess ie J une, Mt Pl easant, la

I OWA BETA-S imp son College, Vera In g ram , Indi a n ola, I a.

I OWA GAMMA-Iowa State Co1!ege, Florence Pettinger. Cumberland, la

I OWA ZETA-Univ e r si ty of I owa, Edit h Ba ll, I owa City, l a .

KAN SAS ALPHA-Kansas Un iversity, Nina Ii. F e ll, Concordia, Kas . NEBRASKA BETA- Univer s ity o f Nebra ska, Pearl Fit zgerald, 1314 S 30th A ve., Omaha, N eh.

LoUI SIANA ALPHA- Newco mb College, Stella H ay wa rd , 1237 St And r ew St., New Orl ea n s, L a

TEXA S ALP HA-Univer s ity of T exas, S eren a Gould, 2606 Univer sity Ave ., Au stin, T ex.

MI SSOUR I ALPHA-Univer s ity of Mi ssou ri , Lilli an Ca rn es, 3530 Garfie1d Ave , Kansas City, M o.

DELTA PROVIKCID

PRESIDEN T-R obe rta Frye , 1306 Madi son St , Seattle , Wa sh.

COLORADO ALPHA-Univer s ity of Co lo rad o, I sabel McKen zie, B o uld er, Colo.

COLORAOO BETA-Denver Univ-e r sity, Edna L Stickn ey, 225 E. M aple St., llinver, Colo .

CALIFORNIA ALPHA-Leland Stan fo r d Jr Unive r s ity, Alice H. Gabel, Pi

Beta Phi H o u se, Stanfo rd University, Calif.

CALIFORNIA BETA-Univer sity of Cali fornia, Ida McCoy, R ed Bluff, Calif

Alumnae Association Directorp

PRESIDENT-Mrs. May C. Reynold s, Fos toria, Ohio. AL UMNAE EDlTOR-Eth t l R. Cu rry e r , 720 E. 15th St., Indianapolis, Ind. PROVUiCE

SECRETARY-Edna L. Stone , 1618 R. 1. Ave., Washington, D C. NEW YORK-Mrs. Leora Sh e rwood Gray. 1514 S State St., Syracuse, N Y. PESN SYLVANlA, NEW JERSEY, DEL.o\W ARE-Grace S Woodard, Bradford, Pa

DJsntlcr OF CoLUMBIA, MARYLAND A ND SoUTHEAST-Ed na L Stonc, 1611 R I. Ave., Washington , D. C. OHIo-Mrs R S. Belknap, JJ4 Park Place. Painesville, O VERMONT-Mary E. Colburn, Union Village, Vt. MA SSAC H USETTs-E li zabe th A. Coates, Ph oe nix, ' Ari z. D E'f'A J'nO V IN CE S ECRETAIv-Katharine Stevenson , 2319 College Ave , Indianapolis, Indo INDLANA-Fannie Miner, 519 E. Walnut St. , Indianapolis, Ind. I LLINO Is-Mr s. F a nnie Hurft" Glidden, Kewanee , III . MI CHIGAN-Mrs. Bertha Myers Kempton , North Adams, Mich.

GAlI!llUA

SECRETARy-Maude Miller, 217 N. 13th St., St. Joseph, Mo. MISsouRI-Mr s. V. K. Tuggle, 3028 Harrison St., Kansaa City, MOo IOWA-Mrs. Oliv e \V Curtiss, Ames, Iowa. KENT UCKy-Martha Taliafe rro. R ose vill e III. ARKAN SAs-Mr s. Nathan Merriman. Fort Smith, Ark. LoUISIANA-Alice Mo nroe, 847 Carondele t St., New Orleans, La.

DELTA P1l0 ' IN CE

SECRETARy-Mr s. 1da Smith G riffith, Lawrence Kan. KA NSAs-E ls ie . 'Evans, 704 South Fourth St., Leavenworth, Kan.

NEBRASKA-Mrs. Henry Eamt"s, 1536 S. 20th St .. L incoln , Neb. TEXAs-Kate B. S ock well, 276 Swi ss Ave., Dallas, Tex. CoLOv.Aoo-Mary Clark Traylor, 2439 Gilpin St., Denver, Colo. CALIFORNIA-Elizabeth Kennedy, Fresno, Cal. AJuzoN A-Mrs. T. K M a r s hall , Tucson, Arizona.

AL U]I(N AE CLUlI BECB.ETAlI.IEB

BOSTON, MAss -Mari o n L Bean, 12 Hanove r St Con co rd , N H BURLINGTON, VT -Mary Grego ry Waddell. 56 E lmwood Ave. NEW YORK CITy-Dora R. N evins , .124 3rd St., Brooklyn SYRA CUS E, N. Y.-H . Loui se Andrew s. W,ASHIN GTON, D C -Frances H eilprin , 2620 University Place. PHILADELPHIA, PA -Ethe l Grie s t, 2231 Wallace St. COLUMBUS . O.-Mr s. Arlhur J o hn son , 157 Latta Ave. ATHENS , a.-Lucy W. Bryson. F'aANKUN, IND .-G ladys Miller. INDIA NAPOUS, I ND.-Fan nie Miner, 519 E. Walnut St CHICAGO, ILL-Ann a M . McMahan , 3946 Drexel Blvd. GALESBURG. lLI--Martha Arnold. DETROIT, MICH.-Eleanor Towar, 26 Pitcher Sl HILLSID E, MI CH.-Annie Vernor B URLINGTON, I A.-Ed na Uh ler- Gilman. DES MOINES, IA -Mr s. Anna Ross Clarke, 1510 Ni nth St M-r. PLEASANT, lA -Mattie Stearns Gloeckler ( Mrs. C harl es) ] NDIANOLA , IA .-Anna Wright Dewell. AwES, IA.-Lola A Placeway. IOWA CITY, IA -Mrs George W. Ball. KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Marga r et Hamm o nd. 914 E. Ninth St. ST. Lo UIS, Mo.-A. Fred. Becker, 5870 Cabanne St. ST. J OSUH, Mo.-Mrs . Jes sie L. Gaynor, The Gaynor Studio. UNCOLN , NEB.-Mrs. Frank Brown, 1638 D St. COUNCIL BLUFFS AND OMAHA-Mrs. J . C. Plumb, Council Bluffs, la . i.AWUNCE, KAN -Lma Marsh BoULDD, CoLO -Mr •. Edith McClure, 8th Sl BALTIlIORE, MD.-Mrs . William Hazard r Salamanca, N . Y. NEW ORLEANS-May O . Logan, 1539 Philip St.

CO LUMBIA ALPHA

'1'0 1) r ow, lett t o ]"g h t. - l , El mn G llI c Rlll e; 2. F ru n ccs B N hUlH' ; 3. C hurl oll !' F arrllll:J! OIl ; <4 • c i(, 11 ":nIlJ S: 5, 1':(llIa :\ l c K llew: 6, Murio ll McCoy; 7, It b Q(l u 8. All e lrlhl c All>e rt: 9, M ube l SCOIt: 10. 1I (l l e u l l d ,cod: lI , J·:t h e l

Lower r o w, left to r IK ill. - I . Huth YOIIIl,L: : 2. Mur J,:'u r e t Wh llf': 3. Mllr y Birc h : ", ('1 l! lIa 5. t: laru U:frlJcr; G , At h ·lc Tay l o r; 7. lllldrcd Coc hntJ1 : 8, lltlr,gllrc t :\J er I'lJl ; 9 , Hlltb (.;oe h rllll; 10 , M c Ph erson: 11 , Alina l'c ll r cc

NEW YORK ALPHA

Vlr l'lt r ow lett to rll;lllt. - l. Burker : 2. :'o l urlol1 BU I'nil

Secourt r ow, lert to rlgllL - I. Cnl'r l" Strowl: 2, MIII'Y 11111' 1: 3, Ilcliri e itn Gnmhlc: 4. Gl'n c(> :'o!c-C oon: 5. Snbrn IInylle nj 6, Uoro thr Dlck e l'son: 7. Olin! ,\lfl CDollllltl: S, Hc"t1 enSileI': 9, Atilt 10, J essie Onderd onk; 11, Ll1tlnn ,]'hlrd row, lett to 1'IJ.:ht.- I. ),'11 1111 Ie Luthi : 2. MIII'Y M nkepen ce; 3, Darn Mill er; 4, E s t elle Un Nun ; 5, Floren ce Robbins: 6, Mildred Dllnbnm; 7, Cn rl ene Burrett; 8, .l..:lIztl\)eth Mould ; 9, Anna Mngee. Annn M agee. Fourth row, left to rlgbt,-l, LoI, Hawks ; 2, Hel e n Hawks; 3, Carrie Sherwooa .

MASSACHUSETTS ALPHA:

First row, It'ft 10 rlg hl .-I, AUf01'11 .Ioh1l 801I: 2, (.'rUII ('l'jJ :\l orrI8; 3, AlIl'l' J OIlIj;lQII: 4. Flurn l'Imlth :-; \'t.' "nll row. 11' 11 to rl gh1.-O, Iidell Unulnnl: 6, Ellznhc th Hl eil unl so ll ; 7, HlIIh I-:nIOIl: 8, lI ellu Olh'c r ; 9, LCllli Smltll; 10, C uro lyo Coo k ; II. l\.iu rlo u ' 1 1111'(1 row . left to rl g hl. - 12, l\.II h l r c ti Co llyer ; 13, Bl u Jl c h c Cl.uu'lto ll j 14 , CllI II'c Tl"luutJUll ; 15, Lura l'rlllt; 16, Luuru W rig h t; 17 , ..... my W a ll o ll ; 18, BlitHe IIlrst; 19. M ild red W.' I ,!t ll t. t:'o ur l b r ow, le rl to rl,l.:' I11. - 20, /\ lIl1le J Uli e.; 21, It cbcccu B e r ry; 22, Surllb I' oulen»,; 23, Ali ce P crl.:l u tl; 24, LlIlhlU H o rn e; 25, E tb e l Plp(lr; 26, Ca rri e BU co u; 'no t;duu Cu lll •.

I:>IDIANA BETA

TOil row. lett t o rlght.-l , l..collll Coomhs: 2. lIettle Xl'nt ; 3, Aldn l.rnnc; 4, Frnn cee IH chhnrt; 6, Uorburu " oyles; 6. Mary HOS8 ; 7. II nl11l'1 S<llIlres.

'Mldlll(' row, left to rlght.-I, Ornce Dl\ crd: 2. Cnrol)'n H('nd: 3, Annn Grny; 4. Violet Mill er; 6. Blanche Conk; 6, Mabel Gra\' ce . Low e r r o w, lett to rl,ltbt .-l. Edith Spen ce r; 2, Knth eryn B1okel,..; 3, Marjori e OInKrlcb; 4, lora 'J'rayler : 5, b""oreoce Rosenthal ; 6, Opal IIlll' cn8; i, Mary Sample.

I ND I ANA GAMMA

,

UIlpcr row , le f t to rlJ,:ht.- I , Mnry C lark ; 2, ll e rlhn EIII I)ey; 3, 1111 111 )': 1,.11111 : 01, I.u c lil e Dllllnke: 5, J UJoI(>lIhllic ll C8Il W; 6, M llr y D u\'ls; 7, A II I't.' GOoOod : 8 , Snrn Pnll e rHOlI , t't' lIler.- Mlldr('d Moo rh end.

Lower, row, le ft to rlghl. - I. CU lh nr lu c M cCoy; 2, LllI lil u ll eq;o ld; 3, .11l1lC llI .,;cluw; 01 , Bthcl W oody; 6, M urin L colllln.l; 6, Edith Sctlddcr ; 7, AIlUIl lJurl ; H, FrulI c lJiJ Oonll ,

If lrst row, lett to rlght .-! , rh eo Oollldny; 2. l-:t b c l C lI:llllb c rlulll ; 3, Etllel F CIIII C88CY; 4, Hil l' Dillow; 5, l\l n rl o u W ebste r ; 6, Louise NCWLlUlllj 7. Penrle BurnSid e: 8. Louise Cl lIy co mb: 9, 1,'lIl1l1Y P o r ter.

SceQud row. lett to rlght.-I, Carol b"lshcr; 2, LlllInn Courtney; 3, D e lln Co nge r ; <I, li'!orcnce Dillow; 6, Louise Ross ; G, !-.'cU Vandenburg; 7. CnrollllC Burd; 8, Ethelyn Co ng e r.

MICHIGAN ALPHA

Upper row, tett to rlght. - l. Belen Ve rnor: 2. Fl ore n ce Hogmlre : 3, Cella RIDe: 4, H arriett Blahopp : 5, J.::"elyn Gnte8: 6, Mn lJell e Wnlrntb: 7, Lulu M err ifield ; S. Bran c h . -

Lower row, lett to rlgbt. -l, Charlotte Shepard ; 2, Il""oren ce My ers; a, Vlralnla Holland; 4, Wbaler. 6, Ellznbetb Dullley; 6. Vh' l"n LJ'ODj 7, Blan cbe :MerrU1eld; 8, &tbel mlbopp.

MICHIGAN BETA

"' ]rtll r ow, It'ft to rl,l:IIt.-l, Gltu l;n J nIllCK: 2, Murl (,( .IIIUII' 8; 3, Hh odn

Slllrr: ... An!!] (- K"IIlIJ,:II. St'('oud row, lI ' ft to rlJ:ht. - l, Me li n: 2, E\' II H lI (hhorll ; 3, C hurlouc ./\11 /0:"811111111: 4. Cnr,ullle Jo:,lwllnl: 5, Ohu' Y. rhlrll r o w , left to rl",lIt.- I, M llry Edwunls : 2, Brec k: 3, AuunlJ e l ClIre)': 4, !.oUn HI oudhrhlge ; 5, Mllri c Wlll l;Or. row, left to rl,g-lH.-l. t-;lhlltbc U.l hillier ; 2, MarUm Downey; 3, Dorn l'u yuc; 4, Nellie Nagel.

WISCO NS I N ALPHA

Top row. lert to rig-ln.-I, lJ e l c ll F lt c b ; 3. He):"u B od de n; 3, Edull lI o lm cs; 4, Fl o rt ' II('e \'1111 "; 1111 : 5. :\lnr lOIl " h idde n : G, AlliIn K oo' li e n . Middle row , le tt to rlgIH .- Katherlnc Mc Hugh; 2. Ph oe be 3, Lu c il e Wlll e rlllllD ; i, t lOtc li CC Hml olpb; 5, tHeliu K n,rllcr; 6, II l lth'cd M o ser; I. Corn Hinkl e)' ; 8, Mnrj.('oret M c Lean; 9 Hulb J eunlngs, Third row, lett to rlgbt.-1. Hosel Shelp ; 2, BC8sle Coleman; 3, Edna Inanll e: 4, Modae Burnham ; 6, H e le n Hosc n 8tc ng e l ; 6, Mari e BurnhAm; 7, MIDnl e Lee Dodd; 8, I.e,lIe Purdy .

May Stoddart

Jd.del on M edell. JttaJe Jun e. Turney

IOWA ALPHA

DUena I ng"enoll. Berth" Suh1er. Gene va o rd er

Ve roa Scott. Esthe r Wort Manus Etbel Lym e r

I eWA ZETA

Tlp

SUlli

k.lull': 7, lI eutrh't'

IIUers; 6, Virginia

Lowe r row , trom left to rlght .-

Stockdale ; 2. EUanbetb George; 3, Surn Stella Smith : 5, Sadie U oUdul': 6, Maude Delmrge ; 7, J 08c pbl.ue W ortte r .

Edith Snyder, J ell u !\I et ull e. W l lliell

S lldh), 'i'llyl o r , C lnrn An ry , 'x c ,'o rll Fl1111'1·. ElIzlluet h C:ny . AuullIdn 1'1llnter. .\llllHl QUllyl c \ 111 1"3' !:4111Ifh. Eul3

Lily Sue 1I 0H l elf i'r . lI orlC Il f'le Chur l cuc lSli{,)tlrd. nl1l1j.!"llll. :\""01'1111l R o th, Delis nnln , Mittie V , I-: th e l H o bn c tt Ethel Tho1ll1l8 Mnb el Turplu

Orgnn, EIUIllU

Llilinu J o ilnnllCH . Ho lm e !! I.lIl1 n u (;nrllC8. Mnry Smldntb . H o Ue l' t 8. A1II1I1 LIlSh ,

KA NS AS ALPHA

F'lI'st r o w, leU to righi - I. BOnn Dart : 2. Huth WIII1 14to,,; 3, Marjori e Marshall: 4. Amare tt e W eln ttf ; 5, Mary 6, Gra ce L eslie. Sc('oll(l row , left 10 r ight- I , 1:crthn Lucken; l"!"ftuCCS Shryoc k ; 3, BllzaiJeth Stepbeus; 4, AUlln Ltlnter; 5, Ail ee n Weaver ; 6, Ali ce Hart ; 7. M ury 11l1 c kl elJ.

1' lIlrd row , le rt 10 rlglht- l. Lu c r etiu H art; 2, Mab e l MQrsb i S, C luudln P e ndletoll ; 4, Ednu DluSllloor; 5, J e unl e Bntcr; 6, C lara Carr ; 7, Nina I,'c ll .

NEBRASKA BETA

Top row, l eft to rlgbt .-l . Marian U oleomb; 2, DenDy; 3, R nchel Ni c holson; 4. Gertrude Klu CII,ldc; 5, Alice Arnold; 6, P ca rl Arc bl · bald; 7, Kal e Heacock ; 8. Paulin e Dush ; 9, M u.lte l L)"Cord; 10, ll c lcll W augh : 11. Inl 8

Lower row, leet to rlgbt-l. P ear l J;' llzg c r a ld Georglft Irwin; 3, Uratt: 4. Mary W ads w orth; 5, Grace H amilton; 6, Nelle Schwab: 7, h'\lDIl Scott; 8, Helen 0011100; 9, l!:leanor Andre ws; 10, Marie .falbot; ll, Alf Ie Swedehurg.

TEXAS ALPHA

COLORADO ALPHA

f.'lrlIl row, lett to rl g bt. - l. Mor)" Dow n e r: 2, lIoli or Plumm e r; 3, EllzlllJetb Brown : 4. LUf'l1ll Corbin: 5. IAlurn Dy e r .

Second row, lett to rlght .-l , Isabel Mc K enzie; 2, Dler: 3. Mn ud e Mc K e nzie ; 4, El a le Whitm ore; 5, Nomnb Waug-cllll; 6, Gertrude TCIlKUC; 7, M Arie 'Vnltcmcyer: 8, D en l lce COllltrflJ): 9. L·oulsc 1.'ourtellottc.

Third r ow, l e tt to rlgbt. - I. Mnrgllrc t UeIJl8; 2, l"l o r c u cc llIuut : 3, Kllthm' \n c M c l (cl1zlc : l 'rU li ccf:! Wultcwcyer; 6, Kn thnrlnc M c Klntc)': G, Mlhl rl..'d M cNutt; 'I. t:;.lIxubclh D owller; 8. II c lc ll Stldgc r : 9, IInlll c C hnpman.

l<'uurth row, lett to rlght.- l. E l sie Su lll "ll u ; 2. Mn ry Dultoll : 3, H otli ua Vau"bu; -I, II clclI Jl oJllc; 5, CIlH'U M orse; 6, Luum KI1I ,;oro; 7, Jc tl8 1c Mos h e r ; 8, UC8 1J le U1I1:I8; 9, LoulJre Scott; 10. Euulce Tl.l o WIJ ijUU.

C OLORADO BETA

Loul8e

Paulloe

Edith

Inez Byerl Laura Beyer. Ed na BUcko,. Alta Stewart.

li'lorence Spencer. Sarah White.

Sue Winton. Grace Deisher. Muriel Welker

Nell

BuWn e. Laura Beye r .

Ora Shrader. J essie Grlmo . Marjorie William&. Marie Walker

Dreasor. AnDa Charles.

lI ayes. gthe) DUlicun . M\lrl e Bell o wII .

CALIFORNIA ALPHA

?lf n!, Frnnklin. !luth L ewis. Louise Pearce.

Ali ce GnbcJ. J<;lI zuh et h O flt cC' r . Mildred Hadley ,

Rlnmn e LnmhNt . Mny HI'U liton. Eugenia Mill er.

B o nnie Cnrter. r.au ra. Adkh1 80n. Edna. R ee ve • •

Stelln " enk l ng. Myrtl e ThullIOll8. Fran ces H en kin, .

CALIFORNIA BETA (1905)

C lnl'll Coo per Ru st.

F"loreu ce ZI €:'GlC llru l:Ii:I".

Mllbcl Goddul'd.

Mltry Dny. Oreoll Lu clls. Luuru. Ut'lllultonl. Edltll Wblt e .

i\lul'I,;:uret Smltb. Ber tha Cra wford. Marie Bl nnclle Camero n . Ida McCoy, J;'r1cdll B. Wutt cnJ . Estelle WIl BO U.

VOL. XXII

THE cARROW

JULY, .906

Tlze Convention at Work

NO••

The Nineteenth Biennial Convention of Pi Beta Phi was held at the Claypool Hotel in Indianapolis. The business session covered a period of four days, that is from June twentysixth to June thirti e th. Every morning there was a meeting at nine and afte r th'e short reeess for luncheon came the afternoon session at two. Although the great amount of business before the convention occupied every minute of the allotted time the delegates managed to see much of each othe r in the short intermissions at meals and at little "gab fests" late at night. All the delegates and national officers were present at convention with the exception of Mrs. Mary Barthol-Thiess who was absent on account of illness due to overwor k on the fraternity catalogue.

Perhaps few of us have ever realized until this convention the careful, painstaking work which must be accomplished in order to keep the machinery of our fraternity in perfect order. To be sure every fully developed organ ization is constantly striving to increase the strength it has already obtained and to strengthen any weaker link. The work at convention illustrated this fact. The reports which were presented, the by-laws which were passed, showed not only the thorough excellence of the work done but proved that all were looking forward and were anxious to act wisely for the future progress of Pi Beta Phi,

Although the exact relation between the two different branches-the active and the alumnae-has not yet been fixed for all time, the influence and efforts of the latter were

THE ARROW

heartily endorsed by convention and ought to be stro ng powers for progress as the years pass . The r eports o f the alumnae clubs , the chats with members of the Alumnae Association, made m o re than one of us feel that fraternity was a splendid possession not merely_ for four years but a lifetime . To further the aims of the Alumnae Association it wa s decided that more space be reserved in the 'ARROW for that body and plans were made which would enab l e the two branches to keep in close touch one with the other .

Possibly the most important point or fraternity policy discussed at this convention was the extension of the chapter roll. This was so prominent because of the many oppo rtunities offered for expansion. The final re su lt s were very satisfactory and the plans adopted will do much for the harmonious growth of our organization. Clos ely related to this was the r edistribution of the province territory. Ohio Alpha, Ohio Beta and Wisconsin Alpha are n ow in Beta Province, while Louisiana Alpha , Texas Alpha and the chapters in Kansas and Nebraska are in Gamma Province.

An important step was taken in regard to the Inter-Sorority Conference-that the Pi Beta Phi delegate was empowered to authorize for her fraternity the conference as a permanent body for the consideration of all intersociety matters. Concerning such matters various suggestions were made which will be laid before the conference. A detailed study of the intersociety relati o n in the individual college brought out some wise suggestions . The que tion "How can fraternity be a strong factor for the growth of our college" aroused many ideas for the development of both.

At th e last business session o n Friday afternoon was held the in s tallation of o fficers . The Grand Cou ncil now consists of President, Elizabeth Gamble; Vice-President, Mrs. May Copeland Reynolds; Secretary, Elda Smith; Treasurer, Martha N. Kimball; Editor, Florence Porter R o binson; Historian , Jeanette Zeppenfeld. The Prc:)Vince Presidents are: Alpha , Anna M. Jackson; Beta, Mrs. Edith Clark Burr; Gamma, Anne Stuart; Delta, Roberta G. Frye . It was an-

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nounced al so on Friday aft ernoo n that the invitation of Louisiana Alpha had bee n accepted and the n ex t convention of Pi Beta Phi would be held in New Orleans during the C hri stm a s holida ys of 1907.

It was rema rk ed at convention that despite the inten se hea t in which all o f the bu s ine ss was necessarily tran sac ted every one wa s full o f earnest enthusiasm and s incere purpose. Each felt the in sp irati o n a nd loy alty of h e r sisters from east and we s t , from north and so uth and went home with thi s th o ught. " I shall be a Phi Phi in every se n se of the word ." And that means th e best in all things.

New York Beta.

The

Youngest

Dauglzter's

Impression of the Convention

Th e re were so many thin gs that the "youngest daughter" had to learn that it i s difficult for h e r to recite in o ne s ho rt article all s he ha s absorbed in s uc h a s llccessful convent io n as the one ju st he ld at Indianapoli s.

Afte r all the excite ment o f in st allati o n is ove r and lati o ns have been duly acknowledged, t her e is a te nd e ncy on the part o f th e baby chapter to yawn and ta ke a littl e nap; s he i s lik ely to forget for a littl e whik ju s t what he r duty is to the g r eat fam ily which ha s rec eived her. She has not yet been brought to rea li ze ju st how great her responsib ility is o r what is h e r r e lati o n t o all the ot he r chapters. The r e is o ne thing the conv e nti o n does, n o t only fo r the new chapte r s but for all ; it brin gs all chapters cl ose t oge ther and make s each one fee l th at in some measure s h e is respo nsi ble fo r th e nati o nal standing of Pi Bet a Phi. and that in her chapter lies the power and duty to help make he r fraternity the "first in the land. "

The conv e nti on brings th e fraternity t oge th e r through its delegates in a way tha t no amount of Hcorresponding sec retary letters" cou ld do . Each chapte r find s out what the others are doing, and a s pirit o f helpful rivalry may be arou se d between chapter s that will give the whole fraternity a strong impetu s .

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The delegate learn s the responsibility that rests upon her to stir up her own chapter and give the girls such an enthusiasm for work as wi1l keep Pi Beta Phi abreast and ahead of an others. There was no observing delegate who could help being impre ssed with the fine personality of many whom she met at convention. Dun indeed must s h e be who did not receive the lessons in tact, dignify, quiet s implicity and grace which made even the most timid feel at ease. Very careless was she who did not profit by the quiet earnestness and unobfrusiveness that were marked characteri st ic s of the whole convention. Negl ige nt is she who does not ca rry back to her chapter these lessons to the best of her ability, and by suc h exampl es as she has seen, prove to thoughtless gir l s that fir st of an a true Pi Phi must be a l ady .

Another point by which many might profit was that of obeying the sp irit no le ss than the let ter of the law. There are many little problems that arise in chapter life that might easily be solved if the girls would be w i1lin g to obey what is plainly evident to be the spi rit of t he constit uti o n. This ra int was emphasized in the convention so s trongly that each delegate ought to se e to it that her chapter grasps the less o n.

It is to be hoped that each delegate ha s learned all this and more, and that s he al so r ealizes that upon her re s ists the duty t o give it to all in her chapter as well as she possibly can.

I owa Gam·ma.

Register of Convention

The following members of the fraternity were in attendance at the Ni neteenth Biennial Convention of Pi Beta Phi:

DELEGATES Grand Council

President-Elizabeth Gamble. Treasurer-Martha N. Kimball,

Vice·President-Mrs. May C. Reynolds, Editor-Florence Porter Robinson.

REGISTER OF CONVENTION

Provinu Presidents

Alpha, Anna M orris Jackson, Gamma, Sue Stone Smith,

Beta, Elda Louise Smith, Delta, Anne Stuart.

Alumnae Delegate

Iva A W e lsh

COltvetttio" Guide

Ethel R ous Currye r.

Alpha Province

Vermont AJpha, Faith A. Powe r s, Columbia ·Iildred Cochran, Penn sylvania B eta, M ary G. Stanton, Ohi o Alpha, C lare Humphrey, New York Alpha, Reva G. Caspe r, Ma ssach u sett s Alpha, Mildred A. Wright ,

Ve r mont B eta, J essie E. Bates, P enn!lyivania Alpha, Beatrice M. Victory, Penn sy lvan ia Gamma, Eva E Cas !, Ohio Beta, Grace E. Bradford, New York B e t a, Mary C. R Reardon, Marylan d Alph a, Ir en e Tula Fenton.

Beta Province

Illin o is Beta, Delia Co nge r, IJIin o is Epsilon, Myrlelle H R o g e r s, Indian a Alpha, Jul ia L. Wilson, Ind ia na Gamma , M ary Clark, Mi chigan B eta, Eva Hathhorn

Illin ois Delta , Ir ene But ch e r, Illin ois Zeta, Edith L. Spra y, In diana Beta, Grace J. Baerd, Michi gan A lph a, Elizabet h Du d fey.

Gamma Pr ovi nce

[owa Alpha, Stacey T urney, Iowa Gamma, Emma Leonard, Wi scons in Alpha , Hil d r ed :Moser,

I owa Beta, Ruth Etherton Baker, I owa Zeta, M ign o n Maynard, Mi ssour i Alpha, Mitt ie Robn e tt

Delta Pr ovince

Louisiana Alpha, Vi ol a M. :Murphy, Kansa s Alpha, Marj o ri e Mar s hall, Nebra ska Beta, Elean o r Andrew s, Colorado Alpha, I sabe l McKenzie, California Alpha, Elamae Lambert,

Texas Alpha, Emily Maveri ck, Col o rado Beta, Fl o rence B. Spen ce r, California Beta , Louise O Luca s.

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VISITORS

Columbia Alpha; Emma H. Turner, Cla ra V. Barber. PennsylvD1lia Alpha; Deborah Ferrier, Ma.ry L . Sproul, Edith Bunting. Ohio Beta; Bertha Ra nkin, Margaret Wilcox, Florence Hut chin so n, F aye M. Jack son , Eva A. Barnhill . Maryland Alpha: Roberta G. Frye, Mrs. Chas. H. Beckett. Ill inois De lta :A lice Stewart \ Volfe, J osephine C. Mo reland . /Jin ois Epsilon: G. Luci e Glos s, Amy B. Onken. Ill iliois Zeta: Virginia Chester, Be ss W. Stip es, Ma ry H . Fldcher , Alic e C. Mann, Winnifred Bannon, Nell G Miller, Leila White, Edith Clark Burr, Ida Lange, Louise P e llen s. Ethel Lendrum.

I ndiana Alpha: Frances M. Dean, Su sie E. Ott , Cora B Voyles, Tillie W ey l, Clara J. Suck ow, Ruth Low, Eva C. Bowser, Grace Dryb read, Orpha M . Dugger, Carolyn McCaslin, Mary H . McDowell, Luna Taylor Burton, Ethelwyn Mille r, Mabel Ke rlin, Alva Gorby, Leta T. Hall , Mary E. Lacy, Bertha E. La Gr ange, Nellie B. Graves, Ma r y Emerson Carney, Sarah E. Covert, Adda M \ Vyrick, Ruth Sloan, Grace Magaw, Mrs. Claude Y. Andrew s, Mary Wy song, Zelia Lee, Nell Hall, J eanette Zeppe n feld, J enn ie A. Coble, Gra ce McDowell, Fay Marshall, Gr ace Carney, Jean Wilson, Pansy T. Matthews, Marie Hollingsworth, Elb Dunn Dcan, Bertha Miller, In ez R yke r Eve rin gham, Elsie Neal, Eleanor L. Vo ri s, Marie J ohnson-La Grange, Grace Loomis, Ethelyn La Grange, Nannie Drybread, Olive Moore Allen, Lillian Weyl, Mary Magaw, M. Bertha Fletcher, Viola Lukens.

Indialla Beta: Mabel B. Roark, Edi th M. Spencer, Mrs. R. D. Thornton, Harriette Haas, Olive M. Jolln50n, Pearl S. Huff , Nan A. Neat, Alice A . Freese, Leila Thiebaud, Dorothy Plea sants, Della Miller, J ennie Blatchley, Pearl Franklin , Bertha C. Lingle, Leona McCoo11lbs. Viola P. Miller, Julia Turley, Florence M. Provence. Mary Sample, Vara Morgan, Alice S Albertson, Florence Rosentha l , Laura E. Fatout, Hettie C. Neat, Mrs. C. E. H a rri s, Grace H. Griffith, Nettie Pleasants, Grace Graybill, Opal Haven s, Ethel C. Boyd, J ane Blakely , Hazel Squires, Anna L Gray, Blanche Couk, Florence Bri s tol, Kate D. Stewart. India na Gamma: Bertha L. Empey, Lulu K eller, Anna H Burt, Fann ie Miller, Mildred Moorehead. Louise A. Van Dyke, Fihe1 R. Loop. Ethel Amos, :Maria Leo nard, Laura J. Parker, Je ssa mine Armstrong, Mabel Hauk, Ethe l Wood y, Sara Patterson, Mary P. Davis, Esther F. Shove r, E. Lucile Didlake, Elizabeth Rawl s, Emily Helming, Ethel Duncan, Bessie M. Banning, Pearl Leedy, Ruth A. Ei stun , Anne M. McCollum , Katherine J McCoy, Katherine T. Stevenson, Alice Good, Ethel W. Scudder .

TO A PI BETA PHI

ltfichigan Alpha: Ethel M. Bi s hopp. Harriette Bishopp, Clara L. Hughes. Michigan Beta: Lc.lia K. Galpin.

Iowa Alp"": Vllen. P. Ingersoll.

Iowa Gamma: Ella H. Bartholomew.

Missouri Alpha: Maud L. Quayle.

Louisiana Alpha: Rosalie Nixon-Miller, Celeste Janvier . Nebra.rko Beta: Marie Talbot, Gertrude Kincaid.

Colorado Alpha: Elizabeth Johnston.

CQlifornia Alpha: Laura R. Adkinson. May Franklin, Anna F. Weaver.

To a Pi Bela Pili

Ito Life." [ cried, lIm.y soul is 11Jeary of the day Of loil aud sorrow. of remnrSf and tears. Where may I look for help; ah, tell me, pray!"

And Life replied, "0 Soul, be 1Iot casl dowlt, But lift Iiline eyes; Read "ope and peace and firm consoling faith lit God's blue skies."

"0 Love, N I cr',:ed, u my heavy heart 2'S sorc, Bruised wilh strife; where may I comfort find, Where sweet sllrcease of pain? Speak, I imp/ore."

LO ve spoke, 11 0 sorrowiug heart, a balm I bring POr wounds like Ihille.

Drink from Iile silver ClIP, by friendship U'f'ought, Lo ve's decp red 'lvi'Je. "

Sweet maidcn , hea vc u's celestial bluc , Emblem of hope , )'ou 'wear 1ipmr, yOHr breast; Yallr chosen flower with soft mId spicy breath In the rich h"e of Love' s red wine is dressed.

Go forth as herald angels go And give to W011latJki1ld your 'tnessage sweet. Laok liP, Hope shines '"pon you from the skies; Look down, Love bloom.s in fragrance at your feet. " H. H. AIKEN, (Patroness Louisiana Alpha.)

What Pi Bela Phi Can 'Vo for ' College and Count£)!

In the January ARROW I r ead with profound inte r est Miss Empey 's It awakened in me a train of though t which has lo ng been donna nt, and which I always f eare d rese mbled murd e r in that it will ou t . 1 atn now going to lay the whole blame upon Miss Empey for calling forth this preachment, for whi ch I hope we may both be fo rgiven by every loya l Pi Phi.

Miss Empey s um s up her "Afterthoughts" in the pertinent question: Have th e best people in college a right to separate them se lves eve n if the y work for mutual advancement?" To this question I should like to give an answer, if I may be allowed to do so.

lt seems to me right for a small group to separate themselves from the mass, provided that the group is not the only gainer thereby It is a fact that nothing is a ccompli shed by a large body, but rather by a small , selec ted group or by individuals who 'either express the ideas o f the large body or give them direction. From the point of view of accomplishing results a separation is necessa r y. on another side there is gained the ·wealth of love which springs from dear ties that can exist only in s mall groups, such as th e family, th e ci rcle of friends, the fraternity , the college cla ss, Or th e soc ial set. But, in the light of th e wa t chw o rd of modern times, which is "service," I believe that such separat ion becom es a n ev il wh en its ends a r e mer ely se lfi sh. Wh en the famil y lives only for its own aggrandizement, as in the despotic period of the Italian Renaissance, or when, in modem times, wealth is handed down fr om generation to generation without benefitting the community at large, or when family influence is used t o secure important positio ns for th'e unfit, the famil y is a harmful group. When a ci rcle of friends o r a society se t live exclusively and onl y fo r their ow n pl easure, the y become snobs. When a class in college aims onl y to outdo or humiliate another class , class life and class spi rit are hurtful to t he coll ege. When a rich and power ful class in soci ety seeks to oppress a poor or

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weak class, Or when a mob class by force ovenvhelms a thinking class, the stability of the nation is threatened. When a fraternity 's only aim is to glorify itself and its members, and to secure as much enjoyment for and by itself as possible, it is harmful to college life and ought to be rooted ou t.

But sepa rati on is right in the family when family love and r esponsibility teach the indivi:lual member hi s relation and responsibility toward the world; in a circle of friends when from contact with congen ial minds and hearts spring stre ngth, inspiration and enthusiasm to share in the world's work; in a college class when it helps along the purpose of the college; in a class in society when it does its share towards strengthe ning the whole fabric of human society; in a frat ernity, when from its compani onships and are drawn enthusiasm, ability and strength to help along the college work, which, after all, is the world's work.

What is it then that the sororitY-Cln ao to be a help to the college rath e r than a hindrance, and at the same time to broaden and deepen its own life, to make both fraternity life and college life more valuable and of greater import, by being an actual aid to the conduct of the college and the improvement of conege conditions, incidentall y, also, making sorority life a matter of perpetual interest instead of transitory?

In answering this question let me first ask another: Why do the maj or ity of alumnae lose their interest in fraternity matters after they plunge into real life? I think it is because so rority interests appear to them narrow and sometimes ridiculous when compared with the problems that they face day after day. Chapter life seems not akin to real life, but rath'er shadowy and shallow, and its ephemeral interests nOw fail to rouse enthusiasm . If this is the case , then there is lacking in sororities the fundamental element of interest in the large and permanent things of life. I would not be understood as failing to appreciate the value of the friendships that spring up in fraternities, and the formative influence of associating closely with intimate friends of Our ow n age, even when such friend s hips arise in an artificial

g ro u p But I si n ce r ely be li eve th at w e may have those: adva n tages to a n even greater extent, an d a far deeper and fuller life, bes ides being an influence for good in the coll ege community, if w e si mpl y think about and a ppl y our pro fes sed ideal s. I think that the chapter life o f P i Beta Phi is o ft en far below its standard as a frat e rnity. In most frat erniti es " th e s upreme vice is shall ow ness." The tendency towards trivialiti es in stead o f deepe r things is es peciall y ev ident. Have we n ot all see n the striving to merely imitate o th e r so ro riti es o r frat e rnitie s, or, if pos_ sible to o utd o th em in th eir o wn fi eld o f pres ti ge in th e social life of the coll ege? So we ru sh into entertainin g o f eve ry kind, e..xert ou rse lves to receive as man y invitations as possib le, and are espec iall y proud o f our s uccess if we recei ve much atten tion and man y invitations fr om fratern ity m e n. It is very natural to hav e these ex te rnal standards o f success, but un wort hy , I insist, of Pi Phi.

First of all, then , let us try t o eliminat e too g rea t concentrat ion o n ex te rnal and ephemera l interests. I do not mean that we should, not ca re to ent e rtain , and to be ent e rtain ed, and to dance. That is far from my intention. Let u s enj oy the se things thoroughly, as we enjoy th e other good things of life , but let us remembe r that this is not all we care for, but rath e r we d es ir e whatsoever things are hon est, ju st, pure and love ly. And if we do think o f the se things , and apply Our thinking practically to the occas io ns that arise, our chapter-life will leave no thing to be des ir ed, the college fa cul ty will welcome u s with open arm s, and the alumn ae will retain a pe nnan en t sy mpathetic interes t in our d o ings.

In th e second place , if, when we saw in college a tendency among fraternities toward extravagance ane! snobbishness, tawards lack of courtesy and inju sti ce, w e r ea lized that, in accordance with OUr ideals, we must be different and do Our share tawards counte ractin g such tendencies, we should be a veritable boon, not onl y to our college, but to our country. It is in this fi eld th at Our sorority can do an important work. I suppose it is difficult for s tud ents in college to observe the tendencies ta-

wards ex travagance and mate riali sm in American college and natiooal life. But they do ex ist, and th e pre ju dice which some college aut ho riti es and some se ns ible parents have agai ns t frat e rnities for fostering these tendencies is well founded. The te ndenci es lead, ultimat ely to condi tions which alr eady ex ist in some easte rn unive rs iti es, wh e re fraternIty members are lavi sh in their expe nditures fo r class banquets, class dances, fraternity dances, "s hows," carriages , athletics, clothes, while nothing ca n in duce them to attend a really good concert, which costs half a s much as a football game. These st udents extravagantly for unimportan t t hin gs money which th ey have in no wise ea rn ed, which is sometimes the r esult of self sac rifi ce o n the part o f t heir paren t s But the worst feature is that it is these stude nt s who have social prestige, a nd they set a sta nda r d for coll ege li vi n g for the stud e nt body, who can affo rd it even less than th ey. Or do we have exactly an intellectual atmosphere where suc h i dea ls r eign. Snobbishness is also p romoted, and th e democ rati c spi rit \vh ic h sho uld characterize an American tmiv e rs ity is lost. Of course, these things app ly largely to men s tudents, but the sa me tendencies toward s extravagance and snobbis hn ess exists among sororities, sometim es merely in imitation of frat e rniti es. Therefore I fee l strongl y that by ea rn es tl y doing our best to set up ano th e r ideal, one whi ch is not ba sed 00 me re wealth and show, we can mak e ourse lves felt as a force fo r good . L et Pi Beta Phis fe e l t hat as a chapter and ·as individual s it bears th e responsibility o f e leva tin g th e t one o f the co ll ege. Let them observe carefully and think about the thin gs that occur in the daily life o f the college, and then strive t o counteract any bad tend e ncies that have become evid e nt.

I kn ow how r ese rv ed we are when it com es to speak ing of our ideal s, and !10 W much easier it is for us to joke about them and then turn a sid e t o li ght talk and amusement. H ea ven f o rbid that Pi Beta Phi become a synonym fo r ho ll ow-eyed But I must in s ist that frat e rnities and sor o ';ties which prompt the fir st place in th e life of a college should hav e an o ther fo undation fOr such prestige than one based merely on th e accidental and

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material one of dress and money. If a sorority, then, has a definite purpose to promote what is good, it has the right to separate itself fr om the community. Then it will really become an honor to be invited to join a high-minded group, and a sorority instead of arousing ill-feeling among the "barbs," will set up a of excellence. Snobbishness on one side, and envy on another will be superseded by courtesy and respect.

This seems the most important work for Pi Beta Phi to do. To one w ho ha s obse rv ed rather than taken part in college life since '8<)9, there appear, to be sure, many other fields in which so rorit ies and fraternities might take the initiative towards improvement. Yet I know full well that I should be greeted with shouts of derision if I proposed that fraternities should cultivate and develop a feeling for good literature and good music to supplant the lack of interest in really great literature, and the current taste for inane music . I shall simply heave a sigh when I consider how far from intellectual many student bodies are, b r eathe an "0 tempora, 0 mores" and pass on. Yet I can not refrain from giving a few examples from an eastern college where I have observed the culmination of some of the tendencies that I have mentioned . There a current proverb is "Never let your studies interfere with your college life." That this attitude toward the most important activity of a college is tremendously pot en t was shown in an 'editorial in the college daily which criticized with the greatest indignation the a warding o f the Phi Beta . Kappa honors to students who had distinguished themselves me r ely as scholars, when social, musical, athletic and journalistic ability should also have been taken into account.

When I see these actual examples of the low social and jntellectuaJ standards that exist in some colleges and towards which other colleges a r e tending, I am moved to call upon my Pi Phi sisters to stop and think, and then to assert themselves as the exponents of better things.

ELFRIEDA HOCHBA U M-POPE, lIIillo;s EpsilofI .

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Glass Poem, 1906

Each one who slri v es 10 be jl/st like the rest And so kerps close withi" him.se/{ the best His d,,11 tholl g hts know, Coes weakly searching in Ihe Irodden dllst

To mind the footprints of Ihe one before, And loses all the shi,mner of Ihe stars, The winds that blow, The gralld simplicily of things sincere That his 11IQU-1Ia/1tre mars to tawdry show.

Sirong and 0/1 glowillK 'wilh Ihe Ilwl/Khls of youlh,For spn'nglime fancies are the truest ITutfr,Let eaclt. Dlle seek t o live his ou"" life sure, When he has fO'I/IId w lwt is Ihe Inllh for hill', I11st as a tree 'Z,ti thi" some nWlttlfai,r- pass, In lonely heig ht

Crows deep , alld kllo""s that all of il that CO,,"ts Will stalld Dud not dri ft ou t i1lto tire nig ht.

ETHEL HA NNA M CC LEARY , Coillmbia Alpha,

What a Fraternil}! Girl

Thinks

Petition s have been sent to us from severa l clubs of girls in small colleges ask ing for a charter of Pi Beta Phi. Being in an institution o f less than three hundred, we fully '-0 Pulll "Plainly understand the hindrances to ma intaining a good chapter in such places, and we do hope that these petitions will never be se riously considered, In a small college there are generally not more than a dozen desirable girls who enter each fall , and if the chapter ever fails to .l..uM)w-!

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secu r e t h e most of these, it must choose from the re st of the g irl s . T he gir l who enters a sma ll college and does not receive any attention is usually far below fraternity standards. The chapter, feeling that it must keep up a good membership, sometimes, in discouragement, takes some of these l ess desirable girls. They may develop into sp lend id members, but more often they cause a disagreeable r e puta tion for their fraternity by thei r commonplaceness. Me re scholarsh ip cannot compensate for the lack of personal and socia l g ra ces.

Once and a w hile we see some one wearing a f rat ernity pin and we ask "How did that gi rl ever get it I" The r ep ly is that she comes from the li ttle co lle ge of where t h ey just take in anybody. L et us avoid such mistakes in the future.

bzdiana Gam-ma.

The sma ll college fills a distinct need in the life of the American people. Educators are coming more and more t o realize this and are working for it s developVice Vers a men t.

We as a people need it because it diversifies the ce n ters of ed ucatio n , thus broadening and deepening the culture of the w ho le people.

For the st udent ;-h e comes in close personal contact with the instructor and know s his fellow st udent s intimately. Ruskin says, "Yo u might read all the books in the British Museum , if you could li ve long enough and rem ain an utterly illiterate, uneducated person, but if yo u read ten pages of a good book with accuracy, you are forevermore in some measure an educated person." So o ne may go through a large University and w h ile he may be a good student, yet h e may receive none or at least very little of the culture and inspiration that comes from the close life with professor and fellow student.

A number of sma ll co ll eges are denominational and have the extra advantage of a fine moral and religious atmosphere. Th e students who come to these colleges come from the best families in the country; from homes in which the parents want

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to send their children where they know they will be surrounded by all that is best and who want to support their deriominatiqna l college. So a number of o ur sma ll colleges are famous for the fine class of students both as to social standing and high intellectual ctl ltur e. Who is there who has not heard of Dartmouth?

Now the girl who attends this kind of college is primarily a fraternity girl, possessing high, soc ial , moral and intellectual qualities. Of course there are those who are not, but to these the fraternity girl becomes an ideal, an inspiration and a personal help. She gives the life of the college an entirely different character, so the small college n eeds the fraternity gi rl and the fraternity girl needs that kind of a small college and we hope and since rel y believe they will a lways work together.

CORA B. VOYLES, Illdialla Alpha, 'oS.

A question in all our minds at present is, HS hould we establish new chapters?" One hea rs va ri ous op ini ons advanced. Some say o ur chapter roll is growing too long, Ezponaion that it is desirable to be morc exclusive, but is this t11e case so long as we carefully investigate conditions before grant in g a charter? It is always a pleasure to meet Pi Phi and only those who have gone to live in a strange place and found themselves among Pi Phi siste rs know how sweet t11i s fellowship is. While we give a great when we bestow a c harter, st ill if we are judiciou s in that bestowal, Our gain may perhaps be as great as our gift.

Colorado Beta.

Never in the history of sorOrIties in the University of Texas, has the Pan-Hellenic Associa t ion had stich a stru ggle as it

Pan·Hd/enic Again underwent this year. The question o f pledge day for next year was taken up in the la st part' of November. There are fOllr woman's fraternities here and they stood equally divided: Pi Beta Phi and Kappa Kappa Gamma

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wanting pledge day to be about the middle of May, and Kappa Alpha Theta and Chi Omega wanting open season.

There were almosi weekly meetings until the first part of March and no compromise could be effected. Finally in shee r desperation Kappa Kappa Gamma gave in and the vote stood three to one. Pi Beta Phi, however, stood firm for he r conviction and so there was nothing to be done but to submit the question for arbitration . Accordingly a paper was drawn up in which each chapter stated formally their views o n the subject and it was presented to the faculty with the request that they decide the question.

After a short delay, they returned the verdict, open season.

The Pan-Hellenic Association here would certainly bave died a violent death if it had been left to its own inclination. As it was, Pi Phi and Kappa wanted to agree to the open season and form an agreement just between themselves not to pledge freshmen before May, but the faculty did noi approve of the .arrangement.

The Pan-Hellenic Association has a great many good qualities, but what is to be done with its evils? Texas Alpha.

Aboui five years ago a nice little girl went to college with many fears and tremblings. She knew nothing of fraternity and rushing. She was delighted with the kind A fler R u.hing reception and other little attentions. There came drives and picnics which she couldn't understand at all.

Finally she was invited to Pi Beta Phi and accepted. After initiati o n, when the old girls were busy with other freshmen, she felt very lo nely, and wished some of the little picnics had been saved until she was not so busy.

I wonder if we do n ot so=times fo rget that it takes some time to adjust one's self to new surroundings, even though the surroundings be those of a fraternity. I think we must try next fall to be more thoughtful in this matier.

Penusylvauia Gamma.

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In August of thi s s ummer there will be a conference held at Waterloo, Iowa.

Conf.nnu Last year several Nebraska Beta girls attended and had the privilege of meeting not lion A ssociation on ly Pi Phi s is ters but al so other fraternity girls. And , of course, there is the great ben e fit derived from the intimate a ssoci ation with these girls and the time s pent in considering the deep spiritual things of life.

Realizing what these meetings have meant to us in the past we wi s h to sp read notic e of the conference in this way and we ho pe t o me et s everal Pi Phi s isters there.

Nebraska Beta.

How far should fraternit y govern ou r conduct? How much should we wOJlingly sacrifice for our fraternity ? These are Our Life and hard questions to an swe r. There is , of 'course, a limit to the influence of fraternity. But Our Fralernitr s hould it not, during our college cou rse, make us regard every action in its relation to our fraternity? Upon our sc ho lar ship will depend the attitude of the faculty. Upon our socia l attainments will depend the position of ou r fraternity in the little college social world. Our lives outside the chapter will affect the opinion of others regarding ourse lves, and thus our fraternity.

The second question we must answ er fo r o urselves and the answer will depend larg ely upon ou r selfishness. Shall we put our own pleasures or our fraternity first? The questio n must be answered every day and in this way. It should be ou r pleasure to put fraternity first. That is the course which will make us st r onger.

Vermont Alph a.

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Maryland Alpha has felt that si nc e h er members live so cl ose together during the college year it is a s hame that during the summer months they should hear from "Round Robin" each other so se ld om, and really n o t kn o w definitely abo u t the w h e reabo u ts of their winter companions . Of course the summer is a bu sy as well a la zy time for most of us and it is imp oss ibl e for eve ry member to keep in co mmunicati o n with every ot h er o ne so we have decided on a plan, which we think is a good one. We are going to start a circulating letter t o which eac h g irl is to add when it comes to her until it has gone the rounds of the chapter so that each girl will know what th e ot h ers are doing. We have never tried this plan before so do not know what its s uccess will be, but if the pleasure derived from the n ews received o ut weigh s the amount of postage n ecessa ry , we think we shall not have to waste so much time getting caug ht up in the fall but can begin nearly where we left off M arylalld Alt"a.

This i s a wo rn out su bj ect but nevertheless it is s till discussed and sometimes very vigorous ly. It happen s that some

ThcMoclt /nitiatiO,.

girls want a mock, and o th ers, especially seniors, a r e very much opposed t o it. What is t o be done when there is this difference of opinion? Do away with it enti r ely? Could not the fraternity as a whole acknowledge the mock initiation or abolish all togetherPemlsyh!a1tia Brla.

Kow that we are enj oy ing our vacation with comparatively little to do, this is the best time to get our plans into shape

A Summu Sugg es t io n for next year. If we are ,st ud e nt s who expect to be back next fall let u s co rre spo nd during the summer with prospective freshmen. In that way we can help our college and at the same time form a very good idea o f the girl so that we may know whether or not we want to d o strenuous ru sh ing It will help the pros-

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pective student and will help us. If we are alumnae let us decide now to keep in touch with our chapter . Nothing can please a chapter more than a friendly letter from an "old girl" and it helps the girl too. If we cannot write to the entire chapter, why not write to at least one of the pledges and congratulate her She will appreciate it and it will do more than anything else to make her realize the breadth and value of Pi Beta Phi.

lliillois Beta.

It has dawned upon Colorado Alpha recently that she is a terrible "knocker" and with this sudden realization there has

Are T here O t hers?

benn a searching int o its causes and its cures. VVe think that perhaps the too critical spirit g rowing fr o m a careful selection of girls i s responsible, together with the natural tendency among girls living familiarly together, to express themselves frankly A free-expre ssio n, or size-up of a rushee in rushing season is all very well but when that same spirit is carried into an examination of every guest's table-manners, clothes, speech and even pompadour and smile it ceases to be very well, and become s "knocking." This mild knocking grows into mOre positive f o rm and is so usual a thing that even before strangers the kn oc kers do not hesitate to express the most surprising and violent opinions about other people , thereby establishing a reputation for . the chapter of prejUdice and narrowness. "Knocking" is a habit easily acquired and hard to be rid of and we protest earnestly against falling into its clutches. Colorado Alpha.

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Alumnae Department

The Club of Council Bluffs and

On March twenty-fourth ten Pi Beta Phis from Omaha, Nebraska, and Council Bluffs, Iowa, met for a "cookie shine" at the home of Jessie Nason in Oma ha.

After a jolly o ld time spread a business meeting was called to talk over the advisability of forming an alumnae club, and before the meeting adjourned we had organized our club and elected the follow ing o ffi cers:

President-Mrs . Bryce C rawford, Oma ha.

First Vice Preside nt-Mr s. H. M. McClanahan, Omaha.

Second Vice President-Mrs. C. H. Parks, Council Bluffs.

Recording Secretary and Treasurer-Mrs. J. C. Plumb, Council Bluffs

Corresponding Secretary-Mrs. Henry J. Saunders, Counci l Bluffs.

Since that date two more hav e joined us, making our number twelve. Eight others have said they would like to be with us and we hope to see them at our next meeting.

We have a " cookie shine" the third Saturday of every month at twelve o ' clock. These are held at the girls' homes, the hostesses coming in alphabetical orde r.

After o ur feast is over we h o ld a short business meeting and then sing Pi Phi songs and spend a happy hour or so together. But our object is not merely our own enjoyment though that is a good deal to us. We hope to assist our nearby chapters in every way possible and make them feel that though we've left o ur college days behind we are no le ss loyal to the wine and blue.

VIRGINIA HAYNER S.WNDERS, Wiscoflsin Alpha.

ALUMNAE DEPARTMENT

The ReJalWn of the Alumnae to the Active Chapter

T o what degree should alumnae be r espons ib le fo r th e active chapter, and what does th e active chapte r owe the alumnae are universal fraternity qu es tions.

The alumnae are r esponsible to the active member s fo r the chapter's past-her reco rd and reputat io n. In return, th e cha pter is re spo n s ible t o th e alumnae fo r the pre se nt state of progress o r decline. The fo rm e r have set and maintained the s tandard during their time. The latter arc bo und to maintain it now and work fo r its be s t interest s . To let it decline , whether through neglect or se lfi s h indifference, i s a violation of their promises to t he fraternity.

Whatever a)uml1::l e suggest, fr om business mallagement to candidates for member s hip , should be g iv en s eri o us consider· at ion. The alumnae, feeling responsible for the present as an outcome of the past, are u s ually glad to give their interest, aavice and services. The active chapter should feel a responsibility for the future as an o utc ome of the present and shou ld sol i c it counsel in imp o rtant matters .

In only o ne re spect should the two bodies be altogether independent of each other-that is , financially. During collegedays the alumna bo re her share of fraternity and chapter expenses and now should be exempt from demands of that kind. To call upon her to help support the chapter would n ot on ly be to entail upon her an unwarrantable tax , but would encourage th e chapter to li ve beyond its means.

There i s a cry frequently heard, that after a g irl leave s coll ege h er interest in the chapte r rapidly wanes and sometimes dies . Why? Becau se s he no longer knows what is going on. Whose fau lt is this? The fraternity magazine should supply info rmation o f this kind and she ho uld take that magazine.

For the chapter to maintain an individual bureau of information for distant alumnae is clearly too great a demand. But chapter letters to the fraternity quarterly co uld be made to tell enough o f the real life p r ogress of that individual group to give a good idea o f its life.

THE A RROW

Just to what end the course of the chapter is directed may not always be apparent to u s, and we may sometimes g r ave ly ask, "What do they mean by such meas u re? " B u t un der their given conditions they may be acting wisely, o r at leas t doing their best and must not be fairly condemned without a hearin g .

So, for the welfare of the chapter and support of t h e a lumnae. the latter s hould stand as advisers and helpers of the gi r ls in college . They, in retu rn , s ho uld always re s pect he r judg4 ment and realize their ob li g ati o n to fulfil the aim s with which the was fo unded, thu s secu ring alumnae interest and support.

L ucy E. M U RRAY, Marylalld Alpha

In M em oriam

KATH£RIN£ MCKINLEY, 'oS, COLOR ADO ALPHA

F o r the fir st time in seve n y ea rs death ha s visited the active chapter of Co lorado Alpha, tak i n g from her , o n lIarch twentyfift h , one of her best loved girls, Kathe r ine McKin ley. Her death , occurring after rec o \"c ry seemed assured, came as a peculiar s hoc k. She ha d bee n ill but a few week s with typhoid fever.

Katherine's life was a m os t beautifu l one, always happy and c o ntented, with a s mile for everyone . Her influence for good, her stead fa s t loyalty to friend s hip and her de e p interest in the life about her intensify b y their memory the grief which we feel.

THERESA

MARIAN GRAVES, '08, VERMONT AtPHA.

O n April twenty-se ven th Theresa Marian Graves was called from h e r earthly home to re ce i ve that peace which passeth all under s tanding. Such peace must indeed be infinite if it can justify the taking away of o ne so well bel oved and one who is now 50 sadly mis sed.

ALUMNAE DEPARTMENT

There sa was born in Gloversville, N . Y. May thirtieth, 1886. Sh e ent e red college in 1904, being at the time o f her death a member of the sophomore class o f Middlebury College; her initiati o n into Vermont Alpha t oo k place Octobe r twentyseventh, 1904.

She was take n sic k wit h pneumonia tw o weeks before her death and until the crisis th e re wa s no fear that s h e w o uld not rec ove r. It did n ot seem possible that o n e so unu sua lly fitted fo r seeing and en j oy in g the best that is in life would be the one to be taken away . Theresa's disposition wa s lov ing, happ y and unselfish and h e r sweet a n d lovable nature endeared her to everyone . He r p rin c iples were st rong and upright. suc h as accompany a truly Christian character. In everythi n g she was s ince re and true and in h e r judgment of ot h ('r she was especially c harit ab le. Few people ha ve the power of winning so large a nu mbe r of fri e nd s as s he ha d, both in h e r home t own and in Middlebury .

She was always a faithful worker for the fraternity, its interests were hers and in it s he took an un se lfi s h pride The chapter's loss is sad and severe.

It is n o t for us to say that one o f s uch youth and promise should not ha ve been c all e d away,-we can 11 0t understand. It may b e as By ro n says that, "Heaven g ives its favoritesearly death."

Personals

The chapter enjoyed a week's vi si t in May fr o m Fl o rence E. Giddings, '05, o f Bakersfield, Vt. During h er stay the members of the chapter g athered at Hammond Hall for an informal evening and during the evening surp ri s ed her with a lin en showe r.

ALPHA

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PENNSYLVANJA BETA

Ferne Frick Braddock, '05, is pending a rew months travelin g in Eu rope .

Claire Conway, '05, visited us a rew days the first part of June.

Blanche Stoner, '05, and Ne llie Johnson, '05, have made short trips to us from time to time .

Daisy Parsons, ex-JOG, of Canton, Fa., will be married June the twentieth.

PENNSYLVANIA CAMMA

Helen Schaeffer , '03, was a passenger o n the last car to Mt. Vesuvius before the eruption.

Kathleen Gooding, '05, is spending her vacation at home after a winter studying in University Hospital, Philadelph ia.

Gertrude Heller, '05, was present at O UT banquet.

OHIO BETA

Laura Deatrick has returned from a six months' visit with her aunt in Tampa, F lorida.

The engagement is announced of Emily Haskell of Ne· braska Beta, instructor in French at our college, and Mr. Vernon H. Davis, Kappa Sigma, assistant .professor o f horticulture.

Laura ""eisman·Burkett will be in Columbus during the summer. Her husband, .Prof. Burkett, is connected with the College of A'griculture

Leona Humphries is to be married this month t o D r Ray. nor of Rose Hall, Ontario.

Elizabeth Campbe ll· Kyle has returned from a visit to Iowa.

NEW YORK ALPHA

Ella Rogerson, '03, was married to Cha rl es Cobb on May nineteenth.

The engagement or Mollie Barker to Mr. Harry Williams, Phi Kappa Psi, has been announced.

J essie Wakefield, '00, expects to spe nd the summer traveling abroad.

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NEW YORK BETA

Annabel Lee , '06, ha s announced her engagement t o Mr. Robert Gault of Baltimore. Annabel completed her cour se in February la s t and ha s s ince been teaching in the high sc hool at Beaver Falls, Pa.

A so n ; F rederich Wilhelm, Jr. , was born to Mr. and Mrs. F . W. Schaefe r on May twentieth.

MAR Y LAND ALPHA

The chapter enjoyed visits fr om the fo ll ow in g out-of-town Alumnae during commencement week. Bea ll Martin , Estelle Mart in, Alice Be lt -So per , Nellie B iehn, Mary Ames, Willa Edna Wilson, F rance s Dunning, Mabel Scott .

Sarah Rupp , who ha s been d o ing post graduate work at Bryn Mawr Co ll ege, will make a to ur of F ran ce, Ge rmany , Switzerland , England and Scotland during the s umm er.

May Kellar ha s ac ce pted the pos iti on o f associate professor of Engli s h at the W o man 's Co ll ege of Baltim o re

ILLINOIS BETA

Frances Ross, '05, was married at her home in Avo n, lUi · no is, June se cond t o Dr. Ernest S . Davis .

Grace Marsh of C re s t o n. ra ., vi s ited Lo mbard during commencement week.

Pearl Burnside will be married the twenty eig h t h o f Jun e to Mr. Frank Swanson of Knoxville, 111.

Fanny Churchill of Avon, Illin o is , was married June seventh to Mr. William A lfr ed Lo ckwood.

ILLINOIS DELTA

Born t o Mr. and Mrs . Wallace D . Glidden, a so n .

May fifth oc curred the death of F ran ces Fahne s t oc k-William s.

Katharine Bagby spe nt a po rti o n o f commencement week in Galesburg.

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The engagement of Della Hurff , '04, and Mr. Chester Zinzer 01 Chillicothe, III. , has recently bee2' announced.

Ne ll e Die hl , ex-'06, spent seve ral days of commencement week as the guest 01 the Pi Phi girls .

Octa Hickok visited Alice Johns o n lor some time d uring May.

ILL1NQ1S Z£1A

Alice '03, who is now organize r for the Iowa State Library Association , ha s recently s pent a month with us.

Laura Busey-Fulton of Sycamore, Illinois , has been visi ting her mother in U rb ana.

Miss Mary Heaton, who was an 1. C. at Lombard, ha s spent a lew days here.

Char lot te Ne lson of Bloom in gton, was here for Founde rs' Day celebration.

Helen Bagley, now in J oh n Crerar Library , Ch ic ago, has been visiting here.

Nell ie Wells, principal 01 th e hi gh schoo l at E I Paso, III. , has spent a few days wi t h us.

INDIANA ALPHA

Harriott Palmer. Ethel Miller and Bertha Fletcher, who ha ve been attending Co lumbia Unive rsity, have retur ned to their homes in Franklin.

Lillie "Veyl, who has been attending Pratt Institute during the past w in te r, ha s ret urned to Franklin.

Jeanette Lemon-Bestor was the guest 01 Pi Beta Phi sisters during June .

Minnie Wey l , who has been teaching in the Gree n sbu rg schoo ls, is expected h ome soon.

Elsie Grace Stubbs has return ed Irom Dunkirk, where she had cha r ge o f t he Latin and English in the hi g h schoo l.

Grace Carney h as re turned Irom Red Key, whe r e she has been teaching, to spend the s ummer with her parents in Franklin.

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Cora Voyles , feacher of history in the Bluffton schools, is spending a few weeks with Pi Phi siste r s in Franklin.

I sabe l Porter of Petoskey, Mich., was the guest of Pi Beta Phi siste rs during the commencement season.

Mabel Ellen Matthews was married June twenty-sixth to Boone Leonard .

Alice Payne was married June twenty-first to Carl Henry Weyl, Phi Delta Theta

INDIANA BETA

Pearl Franklin , '05 , has been visiting the chapte r for the past week.

Schaeffe r is visiting he re now.

Mindwell Crampton visited here la st week.

Clara Bell of Knightstown was married to Ross Thornton, Sigma N u , in May

The engagement o f Katherine Blakely to Noble Praigg, Delta Tau Delta, has been announced.

May O'Byrne of Brookville spent a few days here thi s term.

Norma K oe rner 01 Huntin gbe r g will be in co llege for the summer term.

Miss Mabel Bonsall, teacher of mathematics in the New A lbany hi g h schoo l, who is author of the primary arithmetic r ece ntl y published for use in th e Philippines, has bee n notified that her book been accepted by the educa tional department of th e isla nd s , and that 50 ,000 volumes had been o rdered printed for immediate use. Miss Bonsall was for seve ral years employed as a teacher in the Manila norma l sc hool, an institution fo r the in structi o n o f teachers fo r work in the Philippines, but was forced t o re sig n o n account' of ill health. Miss Bonsall i s a g raduat e of the Indiana State No rmal at Terr e Haute, and the Indiana State University and ha s taught in the hi g h sc h oo l s at Anderson, Thornton and thi s city.

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MICHICAN AL PHA

Bertha A. Baker, who ha s b een teaching this year at And ove r , Oh io, has a positiqn at Bellaire, Michigan, next year. Mayte Collins also teaches there.

Among the comme ncem ent visitors were Gladys BarkerWe s t of Hoopeston, Illinoi s, Bertha Baker, Leila Soule and Esther Branch.

The g irl s who attended M. I. A. A . field and track meet at Lan si n g were glad to meet Mary Well s, who is a successful tea che r in the Lansing High School.

Mary Corbett of No rth Adams visited the college recently , and throug h her effo rt s some o f the gi rl s gave a s ucc ess ful entertainment at North A:dams.

Ru t h Ford is s pending the yea r with her aunt, Mrs. Katherin e Searle Suhr, at Provo City , Utah.

Lutie Myers-DeYoe ha s return ed from the west, and is at Go bl ev ille , Michigan.

Esther B ran c h ha s a po s iti o n as business manager with a firm in C hicago .

MICHICAN BETA

W in so r, '06 , ha s announced her engagement to Lee Jelmey, Beta Theta Pi.

Elisabeth Miller has announced her enga gem ent t o Mr. Floyd F re ema n.

Mrs. Seth Ely has moved to Rutherford , N. J.

He l e n Briggs has a nn ounced her engage ment to M r Ralph Pickar d.

Maude B r ow n, Jessie Helse ll , Rhea Ty le r, Anna Ma r shall, Sarah Edwa r ds, Mildred and Lenore Smith and Mrs . Chas . Morden expect t o be in Ann Arbor fo r commencement week .

Gladys James has announced her engagement to Mr. Walker of Mile s City, Mont.

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IOWA ALPHA

Nellie Hines is here vi s iting friends during commencement.

Norma R ot h fr o m Mi sso uri Alpha spent a day in the city en route to Boston.

Mabel Payne fr om Illin o is Ep s il o n and Ruth Work from Illinoi s Zeta will be here for commencement.

Mary Brenholts o f I ow a Alpha was e lected to a position in the public sc h oo ls o f Seattle, Wash .

Mary Brooks ha s been with the chapter girls fo r a visit of seve ral days.

Adeline Ward. '99, v i sited fri e nd s in the ci t y .

IOWA CAMMA

A sto ry "Elizabet h" by Charlotte L. Ba rr ows, appeared in Collier 's Weekly for March twenty-fourth.

Ethel Cessna is spe nding the s ummer at the University of vV isco nsin .

Gertrude C urti ss -Paxton of Maywood, Ill ., spent commencement week at th e college.

Beth McMullen o f Iowa Alpha ha s been an 1. S. C. student durin g the past year.

Mae] ackso n is attendin g s ummer s ch oo l at Cedar Falls . She will teach in Sioux Rapids next year

Married-Wini fred T h o mpson, '0 5, to Lieu!. Forrest Overhol ser, on May s ixteenth, at Cambridge, Iowa. They will make their h ome at P la ttsburg, N Y.

Na nnie Waugh spent severa l days the la s t o f the term with Mr s. Beac h .

Pr o fesso r and Mrs. E. W. Stanton are traveling in Europe.

WISCONSIN ALPHA

Marguerite E. Burnham, '0 6, will teach in the Black River Falls High School thi s coming year in the Latin department.

Elizabeth MacGrego r , Margaret Stanto n and Helen A now

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Ro s en s tengel will all re-enter the university in the fall to do post g ra duate work.

Anna L. Mashek and Mign o n W ri g ht, '05, have been trav elin g in Europe thi s su mm e r.

Amelia A . As kew, '05, w ill teach in Madison next yea r.

Among t he alumnae back for o ur banquet were: Lucretia Hinkley-McMillan, R ebecca Fraser, Ne ll MacGregor, Emily H o lm es , Eugen ia Sh ea, Bess Ken n edy, May Telford, Flavia Seville, Vi rg inia Hayner Saunders, Marion Ingalls, Vera Christensen-Coe, Daphne Putnam, J ose phine We ll s , Ada ,Velsh , Genevieve Eaton and Anna L ytle of Nebras ka Beta.

A l ma Moser Re insc h , '00, is in So uth America where her hu sba nd , P rofesso r Pau l S. Re in sc h , i s one of the U ni ted States representat ives at t h e Fan-Ame rican Confe rence.

The engagement is ann o unced of F lo rence Rudolph, '0 7, to \ Vi lliam Raymond Ba rr ett, Phi Gamma De lta, '06 .

O n May twenty-thi r d V e ra Mari e Christensen, '05, was married t o Mr. Robert Kirkland Coe, Beta Theta Pi, '02 . Mr. and Mrs. Coe will li ve in Whitewater, Wisconsin.

Helen Marsh, e x-'0 7, vis ited at the chapter h o u se in April, and Bess Shepherd, '02 , in May.

I va A. Wel s h , '96, ha s been made head li brarian o f the Agricultural Co ll ege o f the Unive r sity of Wisconsin.

MISSOURI ALPHA

Edna T ho mas and Gussie Terrill, who were with us last yea r , visited in the chapter house d uring the high sc hool meet May fifth, Mrs. Gay n o r of I owa Zeta, n o w living in St. J osep h with he r da ug hter , was also here.

On Ap r il the ninete en th , Mary Rollins Gray, o ne o f our pledges , wa s married t o Sydney Stephen s, Phi Delta Theta.

Maud Quayle, who graduates thi s yea r , has a position to teach French and English in Chri stia n Co lle ge next year.

Edith Dungan o f the class of 1903 visited in the chapter house during commencement .

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LOUiSIAXA ALPHA

The engagement of Mary Bayne Vaught to Mr. Wilmer Hayward is announced .

Celeste Janvier , Erie Wat e rs and Stella Hayward will spend the s ummer in Canada.

Georgie Winship is living in N atchez. Mrs. Hardie is summering on the Gulf Coast.

KAN S AS ALPHA

The alumnae who were back fo r commencement were: Inez Plumb, '03, of Denver; Mary Dud ley, '04, of Leavenworth; Mabel McLaughlin, '03, of Hiawatha, Kansas; Cecil Leland, '02, 0; Eld o rado ; Margaret Hammond, '05, of Kansas City, Mo.; Katherine P lumb of Emporia; Ella lye , '05, of Hiawatha, and Helen Johnson, '05, of Oskaloosa .

Mrs. Zillah Smith Wilcox visited her mother in Lawrence the latter part of May.

Evelyn Franklin of Nebraska Beta visited in Lawrence on May thirty-first .

Oda Oosson, Nebraska Beta, spent Founders' Day with Kansas Alpha.

Satie Taylor St. John spe nt Founders' Day in I.awrence.

Nadine Now lin , who has been granted th e first European scholarship ever given by Bryn Mawr t o a st udent whose home is we s t o f the Missou ri river , is a member of Kansas Alpha, Pi Beta Phi.

TEXAS ALPHA

Adele Steiner of L ouisia na Alpha returned to her home in Austin some time before college closed.

Emily Maverick left college in March on account of illness.

Susan Shelion does not expect to return next year.

Rosalis Battle was the guest of Grace Hill for commencement.

Lenore Hummel taught in San Antonio this year. She was at the chapter h ouse fo r commencement.

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Edith c;Iagett, who tau g ht this year in Port Arthur, visited Le i Waggener j ust before examination.

Lei Wagge ner expects to go to Silver Bay to the Y. W. C. A. co n ference.

Bessie Dreier o f Dallas vi s,ited in Austin in June .

Julia Armstrong o f Louisiana Alpha visited friends in Austin during commencement.

Fay Kincaid, who has attended Smtih College this year expects t" return to Texas next fall

COLORADO A[.PHA

On Founders' Day Mar Whitmore became Mrs. Henry A. Calkins.

H e len Stidger is to be hos te ss at her s ummer home in Estes Park this July to the ten Pi Phis who graduated with her this year .

Je ss ie Mosher will spend the summer in California.

Eunice Thompson is one of the delegates to Y. W. C. A. convention at Waterl oo, Io wa.

Elizabeth Gamble, Grand President, will visit Bou lder after conventi o n.

Maud Hunn-Haley will be in Denver during the summer.

Julia McKinley-Denio has been very ill in a Denver hospital but is slowly convalescing.

Claire Williams-Humphrey is no w in California for her health .

Estelle Holmes will visit in Boulder this June

Mary and Elizabeth D ow ner will return from Europe in September . They experienced the Vesuvian eruption last April.

Bernice Couitrap, Ohio Alpha , has l e ft Colorada Alpha and does not expect to return to college next year.

Gertrude Teague wa s elected to Phi Beta Kappa.

Ethel P o le y has entered St. Luke 's hospita l, Denver, as nur se . Inez Plumb and Marguerite Bullene . Kansas Alpha, are also nurses there.

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Kennicott Culver, Colorado Alpha and Maryland Alpha, was married June twelfth at her home in Mount Washington, Md., to Mr . William H. Hazard of Salamanca, New Y o rk.

COLORADO BETA

Bess Merton Wilson was married Apri l eighteenth to Mr. J Claire Evans, Delta Tau Delta. They will make their home in Denver.

Henrietta Walker and Mr Ralph Waldo Christy, Sigma Chi, of Phoenix, Ariz., were married March eighteenth.

Nanaruth Taggart was married on April fifteenth to Mr. Charles Haines of Denver.

Born, March twenty-ninth, to Ethel Miller-Swan, a son

Nita Clegg, who has been teaching in Victor, Colorado, the past year has returned and will attend s ummer school.

NEBRASKA BETA

Mrs. Henry Eames of Linc o ln , will spend her summer abroad.

Grace Montgomery spe nt several days this spring visiting at the chapter house and with friends in Lincoln.

Mrs. Ray DePutron has been visiting at her home in Falls City for several weeks.

Mrs. and Mr. Earnest Barber (Ma rgaret Kyle) have returned from abroad and will make their home in Lincoln.

Mrs. O. W. Everett will spend her summer with her mother at Minden, eb.

Mrs. Jam es Pearse ll has been visiting in Linc o ln , Nebraska.

Darleen Woodward-Burkett spent seve ral weeks in Lincoln this sp ring.

Mr. and Mrs. Kirkpatrick ( Vera Wattles) are building a beautiful new home in Lincoln.

CALIFORNIA BETA

Edith \ ,{hite has returned from a three months' visit in the east.

Estelle Wilson left for a summer vacation in Alaska

Katherine Johnson was recently married to Fred Hall, Phi Kappa Psi.

Dai sy French-Howard visited the chapter during commencement week.

On June the sixth Georgia Cummings was married to Mr. Creighton Hamilton at her home in Fresno.

In May Dora Bramlet was married to Mr. J o hn Ross .

Editorials

As A RESULT of convention but one change take s place in the personnel of the Grand Council. The Secretary, Mary Bartol Theiss, was unable to consider re-election and Elda Smith of Illinois Epsilon was chosen to that office. Miss Smith ha s se rved the fraternity exceed ingly well as president :of Beta Province and in the absence of Mrs. Theiss acted as secretary of the convention.

With a counc il experienced in fraternity work and in the art of "pulling together," the machinery o f the fraternity should run smoothly until we meet in New Orleans a year and a half hence.

THE baccalaurate speakers have given us their good a.dvice, the festivities have come to an unwilling close, the diplomas have been distributed, in short commencement season is ove r. Nearly two hundred o f our members are numbered among this year's graduates , perhaps half as many more are leaving college not to return. Their school life, thei r

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Ia.. J _ I" • -: -{ •• '" :,. ' a ctive fraternity life is ended. TOW , ho, fo r the wide, wide w o rld!

In the new li fe of bigger things , o f harder ta sks and greater r eward s, what good is our frat e rnity t o do u s? From one point of view none at all. In college the fraternity girls were t o a certain extent a privileged class, man y o f th e good and pleasant things came to th e m una sked. If any o f the graduates think thi s is to continue , th ey may as well be rid of the noti on at once. Do you expect to t eac h ? No school board is going to ask whether you arc a Pi Phi o r a Kappa, a "no n-frat" Or an "anti-frat." What th ey will ask is thi s : "Does sh e know her subject and can she interest and control her pupils? Can she leac"'"

Are you planning to study fo r a pro fe ssion? TI,e jeweled pin you wear will be of little use in tiding you through the "'starvati o n period" a n d putting you o n the s rn oo th road to s ucce ss . Hard work, good health , temperamental fitne ss,-all these things count for much and YOUT fraternity connection for very Ii ttle

You are lookin g fo rward to that common but sa ti s fyin g career, the f o unding a nd keeping o f a home; what o f YOUT fraternity there? It i s n ot li ke ly th a t the o ne who is to be yo ur partner in th e venture will care either mo TC O r less f o r yo u beca u se y o u belo ng t o a .fraternity, unl ess pe rh aps he is a co ll ege mate and fratern it y man and ha s a certain fellow feeli ng .

And yet it is quite possibl e th at yo ur fraternit y life will be of substantial benefit to yo u, will give yo u help n o t the less practical because intang ib le . For the teacher there arc 11 0 morc usef ul possessions than poise and tact and se lf-com mand , particularl y in th es e days when personality is as highl y valued as info rmati on, what yo u are as important as what you know . Ex ecut ive ability, judgment o f human natur e, th e ability to make fri end s , the se are valuabl e assets t o th e bu sin ess o r profess ional woman . As for the home-mak e r , all th ese qualities wiII se rv e her well , th ough the best that she brings fr om he r fraternity is he r expe rien ce o f living in clo se daily association with other peo ple , o ve rlooking small faults and loya l t o a bo nd of he r o wn choosing.

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Not every girl gets all these fine things fr om her fraternity, and plenty of girls hav e th em who perhaps never heard a Greek lett e r, but the sure tendency o f fraternity life is to develop some o r all these qualities and powers.

And after all these are th e secondary, the practical considerati ons. The fraternity's best g ift to a girl is frate rnity itself, the friendship, the uplift, even the good time s it bring s he r What we have once had the years cannot wh oll y take away from us, and though the graduate may find hers elf se parat ed at once and utterly fr o m all frat e rnity association, she is all he r life a little better off for being a fraternit y girl.

IT IS significant to notice, in three of the lead ing women's fraternty journals article s dealing most favorably with the matter of extension. It is more s ignificant that in each case the article came not fr o m some chapter c o rrespondent fulfilling an assignment by writing on the most available subject that presented itself but fr o m an office r or former o fficer, well experienced in the work of her fraternity and deeply interested in its national standing. In this same connection we learn that more than one of the fraternities which have hitherto shown considerable reluctance to grant charters , now ha ve officers in the field loo king ove r colleges where they are unrepresented with a view t o influency and organizing g roups o f possible applicants. A ll which goes to show that the fraternitie s are looking about them , reaching o ut, and anticipating college and fraternity conditions.

In the face of these fa c ts, Pi Beta Phi may seem t o some to lag behind, since she is planning little change of policy and that littl e rather in re s tricting than in widening th e avenues of expansion. H e r attitude has always been reasonabl y liberal, and good oppo rtunities fo r placing chapters have always received serious consideration; thus there seems no good reason to act either for o r against extension.

EDITORIALS

Why should th e mountain go to Mahomet when Mahomet continues to come in sucK ' large numbers to the mountain? \¥ithin the la s t two years mOre than a dozen petitions have been received, carefully investigated and acted upon eacD on its own merits. No new charters have been granted, but two old ones have been n'-granted, those to California ·Alpha and Iowa Gamma. Of the several petitions laid before convention, but one was granted, the rechartering of Minnesota A lpha . It is a curious coincidence that all three are re-issues of old charters, but in no case was it done to revive a fo rmer chapter. It was felt in each instance that that particular group of girls in that p;lfticular college would add to the total st ren gt h of the fraternity. This seems an entirely rational attitude expansion and since it ha s long been the attitude of P i Beta Phi, there is no need for further discussion or further action. The work of con vtntion on this subject, while important , merely makes more definite and impersonal ou r present policy, thus lightening somewhat the task of th ose who do the investigating.

THE new edition of th e catalogue is an exceedingly complete and comprehensive volume of three hundred and sixtyfour pages. It contains the ·"full e nrollm e nt of each chapter, active and inactive , a detailed alphabetical enrollment o f our entire membership, a geographical index . showing the present home o f eve ry member and a li st by chapters of those no longer living. Every member is enrolled at least three times. A most interesting feature is the table of relati onships which does not claim to be complete, but shows at least that Pi Beta Phi tends to run in families. As a proof that acquired characteristics may be transmitt ed we notice that twelve Pi Beta Phi mothers have daughters in the fraternity.

The li st of those whose addresses are not known is far too long, even though it covers less than one page and is made up largely from chapters now inactive. Every person who ca n supply any o f these addresses is ea rnestly urged to do so in order that next year's supplement ma y contain the cor recti on s .

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Such a catalogue as this contains an enormous amount of skilled and painstaking w o rk and the thanks of the fraternity are due Mrs. Theiss for the time and labor she has put upon it.

ONE of the impo rtant acts of convention was the creation of three sch ola r ship s ope n to members of Pi Beta Phi, one for graduates and two primarily for undergraduates. Any member o f the fraternity wishing further paticula r s sho uld write the G rand President for information.

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Chapter Leiters

ALPHA PROVINCE

(Chartered 1893)

Seniors:

Alice Duncan

Florence Duncan

Ina Gove

Annie Metcalf.

Juniors:

Grace Hammond

Gwendolen Hughes

Myrtle Mosier

Faith Power s M'3bet Stevenson.

Number In college

Number In faculty

Soph omores: Mabel Boardman

Theodora Crane

Marie Chaffee

Mary Kendall

June ROYlil _

Fre s hmen:

Sophia Anderson

Je ssie Carpenter

Fanny Gates

Olive Getman

Margaret Harwood

Haz el McLeod

Katherine Mills

Bertha Mun sey Alice Sears.

12 Numbel." In cbapte

OTun

FBATE'R!'OITIES: Alpba Cbl (local).

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The approach of examinations remind s u s that the summe r vacation is near at hand and that it is tim e to make plans fo r next fall. It also helps us to realize that we are soon to part with our four seniors, so Commencement wilt not be hailed wholly with delight, but with some regret on our parts

This issue of the ARROW witt , no doubt, te ll of the many different ob· servances of Founder s' Day by the various chapters. Founders' Day for Vermont' Alpha was ,marked with sad ness and mourning, for on that day we stood beside the silent form of one who had recently been among u s, a much-loved member of our chapter. Theresa Marian Graves died of pneumonia on the morning of April twenty- seve nth , and the next day services were held in Middlebury for the college. Afte r these services she was taken to her home in Gloversville, N. Y. The chapter so rrow-

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full y accomp ani ed her body t o the sta tion and h ere, where we h a d so many t ime s welcomed h e r ba ck to Middl ebury, we said our la st farewell. To us it seemed particularly sad that the day should be o n e to which she had looke d forward with s uch happy pl ans, Th e re a r e not many changes taking place in th e college at present, but thi s sunune r, it is r epo rt ed, extensive r epai r s and improvements will be made up on o ur chape l. A Gi rl s' G lee Club ha s bee n o r gan ized in the college a nd seve ral trip s t o th e n ei ghboring t o wn s h a \' e been made, In thi s Pi Bet a Phi is well repr ese nted, th e tw o r eade r s, th e pi anis t, busine ss manage r, scve ral si ng e r s and the fou r member s of the string quartette bei ng member s o f Vermont Alpha , The se ni o r girl s r ece ntly presented th e ch apter with t wo d ozen gla sses as a parting gift. This custom of the Jeavi n g of a present by the senio r delegation upon gradu at io n h as h e lped much t owa rd the furnishing of th e fraternity r oo m s,

A pleasant vaca ti on t o eve r y Pi Phi is th e wish of Vermont Alpha, F A ITH ACLAND POWE.RS,

VERMONT BETA-UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT

(C haner ed 1898)

Seniors :

E lizabet h Durfee

Gert r ude J ohn ston

Grace S tr o ng,

Juni ors : H elen Allen

J ess ie Bates

Lillian Car pe nt er

Gertrude Strong,

S ophom o r es : Maud e F e lt ch er

Es t e ll e Metcalf, Fr esh m en:

Roberta Ca mp be ll

Alice McInt y r e Jennie R owe ll , :: ':':':':':':':':':':':':':':':':':':':':':':':':':':':': ': ':':':': :: :::::: :: ::::: ::

OTHER W OlolES'S F RAT ER S ITIE 8 : K8;'PIl Alpha Th eta, Delta Delta Delta , As we d raw nea r th e close of th e yea r eac h girl feels th e n ee d of th e comi ng \' acation, but th ere i s the in evi t able loss of our seniors w hi ch comes with Commenceme nt , H oweve r, we kn ow th at a Pi Phi i s a Pi Phi eve n afte r she is g radu a t ed, Ju st n ow th e re are nt:merous soc ial affai r s in co ll ege, On Jun e the fir s t the wome n o f the faculty en t e rt ained th e student body in th e parlors of Grassmount, th e girls' dormitory, The Wedne s day e\'ening p r e ' ceding the fin a ls, th e three women's fra ternities e nt er t a in th e faculty and senio r s,

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In our own Pi Phi circles we are by no means inactive. On Founders' Day we were entertained by Katharine Gebhardt. 'OJ, at her home a few miles outside the city The lunch table was decorated with wine and blue, while in the center was a large bouquet of our wine red carnations. The places were marked by two cards tied with the fraternity colors. These cards bore the names of Katharine Gebhardt Mr. Arthur P. Welch, Venn on t, 'at. Conclusions were easily drawn.

With much joy and pride we annonuce to ou r Pi Phi sisters that J ennie Row ell, one of our fr es hmen , won second prize in the Julia Speer r ea ding on l.f.ay first.

Vermont Beta extends best wishes for a happy vacation to all h er sisters.

GRACE TURNER STRONG.

COLUMB IA ALi>HA---(;EORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY

(Cha rt ered 1889)

Graduate:

Maud McPherson.

Seniors:

Clara Barber

Elma Gillespie

Ethd McCleary

Marion McCoy

Clella Stevens

Adele Taylor

Rhoda Watkins

Ruth Young.

Juni ors :

France s Bethun e

Mary Birch

Mildred Cochran '

Mabel Scott

Margaret White.

Number In college

Number In fa c ulty

Number In cbapte r

Soph omo res:

Helen Evans

Margaret Merrill.

Freshmen:

Ruth Cochran

Charlotte Farrington

Anna Pearce.

Special:

Adelaide Albert

Edna

Hel en MacLeod :

Orne. WOJ.u:s 's F&.4TEaSITuul: Chi Omega, Sigma Kappa

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It is almost with regret t fiat we perform thi s la st duty of the sc hoo l year. With examinations and graduation over we begin to realize what it means to lose a laq(e number of girls who have been so much to us. The end of the year is always filled with the hardest work and jolliest fun, so that is only now that we think sorrowfully that next yea r will be

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different. ,\Ve are very proud of th e honors and prizes our girls have won for Pi Phi. and we are not in the lea st ashamed of taking the lion's sha re.

Looking back si nce April. the Founders' Day banquet and our annual dance stand out as the best times. Thi s latter we always count as our most enjoyable affair. This year it wa s given at the Wa s hingt on Club which we s hall always remember as the scene of a delightful evening. The banqu et was given as u sual, with the alulTUlae at th e Tea Cup Inn. Th ere were forty o f us together thi s time and we felt again as we do at initiation s, what a s trong bond th er e is between u s.

A new fraternity has been in s talled at the univer si ty. When Omega Alpha, a woman's local, became Sigma Kappa, th e Pan·Helkllic gave them a r eceptio n and then included th em in its \Ve hav e si nce decided to le ave cu r agreements of last ye ar unaltered and hope to see th em prove as sa ti sfac t o ry again.

C hi Omega ga\'e a party dance in hon or o f Columbia Alpha and Sigma Kappa rec eived all the flaternities last month.

\ Ve were all interested in the National Convention of Phi Kappa P s i held here in Wa shington , especially as we were asked t o the ball, an1 through th e delegates h ea rd from many of our girls in other chapters .

\ Vhen this is read many of liS will have met at our own conventionmay it be a very h elpfu l and inspiring one.

:MILDRED WINAN S COCHRAN,

PENNSYLVAi\IA ALPHA-SWARTHMORE COLLECE

(Chartered 1892)

Seni ors:

Elizabeth Carter

Elizabeth Johnson

Edith Lewis.

Junior s :

Hazel Davis

Ada Graham

Mary Sprou l

Beatrice Victo r y.

Fre shmen:

Edith Bunting

Anna Pettit

Annabel Potter

Lucretia Shoemak e r

Anna Stubbs.

Number In college , •... ,....

290

Number In tl.cult1 , ,. 29

Number In c hapter ., , ".. 12

OTHER v.:.OWES'S FUTERSITJU: Kappa Alpba Tbeta, Kappa Kappa Gamma.

The college year has drawn to its dose and now we can look back with pleasure at the memories linked with the past. Pennsylvania Alpha has grown not only in numbers but also in fraternity ideal s, we hope.

CH APT ER LETTERS

We have worked well together, have tried to lea rn the hard lesson o f putting pe r so nal aspirations second. Our frat e rnity mu s t stand for a ll that st rengthen s, and thi s ha s been our s tandard. We ha ve had di sappointments and s truggle s but each failure has he ighten ede th e clo se success that followed. We hav e broadened our friend s hips and tried to make Pi Beta Phi influence leave it s impress everywhere

Five girl s have been the r es ult of the year's ru shing and we are all very proud of th ese sis ter s, who arc so enthu s ias tic for Pi Beta Phi and already have done much for it by their aid and sympa thy. Our latest si ster is Annabel POlt er.

Every chapter shou ld make its new members feel not only the interest of her new siste r s but th (. re s ponsibility that ha s fallen updn her with th e hon o r of fraternity sis terhood. She must n ow realize that her work gins immediately Of cours e, the older girl s mu st guide h er but h e r own individuality mu st be an active factor in her chapter. She mu s t learn at once to bear critici s m with patience and know that it is givt:n with terly interest. She must realize that Pi Beta Phi s hou ld be a s tronger, more firm in s tituti o n becau se s he wears it s badge, and mu st lend h ea rt and hand to make it the fraternity of all-the one whi ch embodies a1l the hopes for truth, affection and the strongest bonds of sisterh ood

Several of u s hope to meet many of you :1t Convention and t o go away filled with even more zeal for the coming year. With greetings until the autumn gives us chapt er letters once more.

BEATRICE M. VICTORY

PENNSYLVANIA BETA- BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY

(Chartered 1895)

Seniors:

Florence Bacon

Florence Cobb

Sarah Furman

Hazel Knapp

Edith Lane.

Juniors:

Ursula Parmley

Rebecca Shore

Mary Stanton

Malvina Westcott.

Sophomore s:

Dana Bower

Jean Hopewood

Margaret Kalp

Edna Seaman.

Number In cbapter 13

OTHEJI WOlCll:ol'S FUTER::-.'lTIE8: Del ta Delta Delta,

Commencement is almost here , and in another wee k there will be seven new Pi Phis, who eVt!n now are as proud of the arrow as they can be. Saturday, June the ninth, we entertain them as freshmen for the last

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time. " Stunt" week with all its trial s and tribulations is at hand, but the b es t of all is June the sixteenth, when we initiate

The s pring term has Ix:en a very happy onc although there has been an undercurrent of sadness. 'I'{ e hate to leave the girl s who mean so much to u s, and especially the seniors who will not return in th e fall. \Ve lose five thi s year, and for next year we expect to have a chapter roll of seve nteen.

T a u chapter of Delta Delta Delta ente rt ained u s in honor of Miss Fit ch o n May th e eighth.

OUf annua l sy mpo s ium and our dance cos;ne at commenceme nt time with perhaps a ho u se·party after Commencement

\ Ve are all so anx ious f or the convention, and eve ry o ne wants to go, but it seems that that is impossib le We have two Indiana girls, Dana Bower and Hazel Knapp, who will s top at Indianapoli s on their way h ome.

Bucknell ha s been success ful in ba seba ll thi s year, and especially when we won from Cornell and Lafayette. Th e night of the Lafayette game th e boys had a jollificatic.n on the campus, a brass band, a parade, a big bonfire, and s peeche s by some of the profes so r s and s tudent s. It was very exciting and college s pirit ran high.

La st night we broke our "pig" and were delighted with all the nickels and dimes we found. We think the "pig s tunt" a splffidid idea for it lighten s considerably our expen se at Commencement.

With best wishes for c happ y su mm er t o all Pi Phi s. MELLIE A. WESTCOTT.

PENNSYLVANIA GAMMA-DICKINSON COLLEGE

(C hart e r ed 19(3)

Seni o rs:

Delora Armstrong ?o.bry Stahr

Georgia Cranston.

Jun io r s: Eva Cass

El sie H o ffer

Florence Ral s ton

Ada Filler

Mary Hoover

Corinne Gaul.

S opho mo r es:

Annie O ' Bri e n

Helen Ki s ner

Freshmen:

Vi\'a J o hn son

Edith Kai se r Elizabeth Blair.

()THER WOlLEN'S FlllTIlaNITIU : Omega Ps i. (local).

H ONORS: Georgia Craoston, Pbl Beta KapPIl

CHA PTER LETTERS

Th is Commencement day ha s been a happy one for Penn sy lvania Gamma All our girls advanced with good standi ng, One of our freshme n g irl s took one hundred and fifteen d ollars in prizes and another t ook a prize o f fifteen doll3 r s. One of o ur se ni or s was t he o nl y gir l in the college t o be a member o f Phi Beta Kappa.

W e ce lebr a ted Founde r s' Day by ha vi ng a picnic and boati ng party after an initiati on

Our banqu et was an en t ire s ucce ss. and we had a jolly time.

Six of ou r alumnae were with us HELEN KISNER.

NEW YOU ALPHA-SYRA CUS E UNlVEitS lTY

(C hartered 1896)

Sen iors:

Marion Barnhart

Dorothy Dickerson

Estelle Ga Nun

Mary Hart

Sabra Hayden

Gra ce McCoon

Helen Potter.

Juniors :

Olive Barker

Reva Ca sper

Flo rence Gray

Makepeace

Dora Millen

May Neff

Je ssie Onderdonk.

Sophomores:

Carlene Barrett

Edna Gamble

Myrta Harrington

Lois Hawks

E lizabeth Mould

Florence Robbins

Carrie Sherwood.

Fre shmen:

Mildred Dunham

Fl o ren ce F o rd

Helen Hawks

Fannie Ladd

Olive McDo nald

Anna Magee

Ada Meye r

Car rie Stroud

Florence Warn e r.

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OTHER Wo xml'l '" FR.4Tr.ll'IITIE8: Alpba Phi , Gamma l )bi B eta, Kappa Kappa aamm a. Kappa Alpba Th eta.., Delta Delta Delta, Delta Oa mma , A lpba XI Delta Sigma Kappa.

When we read the differ en t chapter lett er s in the su mmer ARROW how widel y separated the college s tudents and Pi Beta Phi s will be I But I think we shall appreciate hearing abou t O UT siste r chapters all th e more and perhaps the su mm er ARROW will be more ca refully r ead th an any o f the others.

All of us have t o experience the same so rr o w in Oidding fare welt to th ose who hav e been foremost in chapter life and who leave us for the Uoo".....

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la st time. We have six seniors this yea r, whose assistance and advice we shall miss very much when we take up chapter house life and duties again. We appreciate now mo re than ever before'how much they ha ve done fo r us.

For the last few years we ha ve presented each graduate with a Pi Beta Phi spoon at a farewell cookie·shine held und er th e trees.

The junior girls of th e university gave a farewell r eception and dance to the senio r s and pre sented each with a large Phi Beta Kappa key as a souvenir.

W e h a ve recently had another initiati on and are ve ry glad to introduce to you ou r new Pi Phi, Florence Warner.

W e feel so plea sed with th e new furni shin gs that we have lately got (or our house th at I must tell you about th em. \ Ve bought a red drop light for ou r mi ssion t<lble in the .mu sic r oom to match th e r ed colo r sc heme of that room and ecru lace curtains (or our parlor. \Ve appreciate th em so much when we see th e great improvement they make in the house.

New York Alpha wi shes to all Pi Phis a delightful vacatio.1.

N ELIZABETH MO UL D

Graduate:

Abby Porta Leland.

Seni o rs:

Julia Freed

Mary Murtha

Ella Reaney

Be ssie Lewis

Annabel Lee

Virginia Ralph

Fl or ence Stapf.

(Chartered 1904 )

Juniors :

Irene Adams

Amalie Althaus

Mary Reardon

S ophie W oodman

Sophomores:

Be ssie Beers

Maud e Klein

Fre shmen:

Anna Holm

Edna Tompkins.

Number In cbapte r 16 F'UTI!RS ITIE8 REPKESI::!'.-rm: Kappt Kappa Gamma. Alpba Omicron PI, Kappa Alpha Th eta. Gamma Pbl Beta, Alpba Phi, Delta Deihl. Delta.

It su rel y dOts not see m possible that sum mer ha s r eall y come and college is all over. Every year goes f aste r than the one before.

I suppose that at the time of this writing loyal Pi Phis are looking t oward Indianapoli s as their Mecca. It is a real so rr ow for us that we

NEW YORK BETA-BARNARD COLLEGE

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can send onl y our one delegate. A numbe r o f ou r alumna e h ad hoped to g o, but as th ey are t each ing, a nd the city schools do not close t ill the las t day of Jun e, o f cou r se th ey cann ot. Th e expense k ee ps so m e of us at h o me, t oo, a nd so ou r one r epresentati ve, Mary Reardon, ' 07. must bring u s b ack a ve r y great deal. W e hope members o f ot h er chap t e r s will find her as lovable as we do.

New York Beta al so h opes that a ll th e ch ap t e r groups will appea r in thi s ARROW It i s ou r best mean s of becoming acq uainted with ou r sist er s of dista nt chapte r s and affo rd s the delegate an opportuni t y o f s howing to th e unfortunate s tay -at -h o mes the " grand" girl s met a t Co n ve nti on.

Since ou r last l ett er t o th e ARROW many th ings ha ve h appe n ed at Barn ard. About th e m ost important wa s Pledge Day, which wa s Apri l fir st, and as a result of six months' ru shing we are most happy t o in tr oduce to you, Anna Holm of Pe rth Amboy and Edna T ompki n s of U pper Montcl ai r, New J e r sey Ed n a was one o f th e fi ve BarnaTCt girls who went to the Na s hville con ven ti on, and wa s co rr es ponding sec r etary of th e fre s hman class .

\Ve have found a s ix months' ru shing t edio us and un sa t isfactory, but th er e is no h ope o f a ch a nge as the P a n-H e lleni c ha s pra c t icall y nothing t o say about it, the S tu dent Cou n cil se tting Pl edge Day a n d making all important r egul atio n s. This Student Coun cil i s composed of the five officers of the Undergraduate Associa ti o n a nd th e four cla ss pr esi dent s. It is an s we rabl e to, and larg ely advised by, a facuity committee o n s tud ent organizations.

At the annual e lectio n of the Y. \1.1 . C . A. one o f o ur junior s, Sophie Woodman , was eJec t ed pre s ide nt. She and Amalie Althaus, who is chairman of the chapel committee f o r n ex t yea r, expect t o go t o Silver Bay where they h ope t o mee t many Pi Ph is, and so g et a taste of Con ven t io n

Sin ce las t we wrote great good fortune ha s come to Barnard in the s h ape o f a dormitory. Trustee s, alumnae and stud ent s h ave been working t oward thi s end f o r se vual yea r s. At present, the on ly d ormi t ory accommodation s for Barnard studen t s are in \Vhitti er Hall, which is primarily fo r T eacher s' College, but w h ere any woman student, teach er o r th e like, can r eside. To have a more purely Barnard dormitory the Associat e Alumnae have pro \' ided, for n ext year, suites in an apartmcnt house near the co ll ege , and the different fraternities a re planning t o give up their apa rtment s and se nd a ll und er g radu a t es t o t h e dormit or y so as t o make it a s ucce ss. Tn the autumn o f 1907 we expect to ha ve a beau tiful dormitory, th e "bes t th at m o ney can buy ," o n o ur o wn Jand by Riv e r s id e Drive, to cost $z60,ooo, and t o accommoda t e abou t s ixty students. Thi s, we feel confiden t , will attract the fin est girls a ll ove r the coun try , as we h ave a co ll eg e more than equal in standing to

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Bryn Mawr o r Vassar. besides all the advantages of New York Ci ty with its mu seums, operas and sho ps

Since examinations closed we have all been busy having a good time . Monday the seniors gave a farewell tea to th e college, and the fresh· men had their class luncheo n Tues day the juniors had their picnic over on the Pali sa de s and the so phomor es had their " triumph"--elsewhere. Firday was Cla ss Day, which was most success ful, and Saturday the chapter had a very enjoyable picnic down the harbor and up the Shrewsbury river Wednesday, June thirteenth, is Commencement.

We had nominally six seniors this year, but one left college last fall because of illne ss and two were only specials. These three may come back next year. If they do not we shall begin with a very small chapter of sev en undergraduates. Does not some one want to come and swell our numbers? Abby Leland, '05, takes her master's degree this Commencement and she. also, may not be with us another year. We have two bits of news to announce. One of our seniors, Annabel Lee. is engaged to Mr. Robert Gault of Baltimore, and Ida Lewi s·Schafer. '04, is th e mother of our first chapter baby.

And SO good·bye for the summer. We hope to see you all in New York next winter.

SOPHIE PARSONS WOODMAN'.

MASSACHUSETTS ALPHA-BOSTON UNrVERSITV

(Chartered 1896)

Seniors :

Carrie Bacon

Rebecca Berry

LiUian Horne

Alice Jonsson

Alice Perkins

Ethel Piper

Sarah Pomeroy.

Juniors :

Edna Culli.

Lora Pratt

Claire Trumbull

Amy Wallon

Mildred Wrigh t

Sophomores:

Blanche Charlton

Carolyn Cook

Helen Ganiard

Annie Jones

Marion Legg

Freshmen: Mildred Collyer

Ruth Eaton

Aurora Johnson

Frances Morris

Rena Oliver

Elizabe-th Richardson

Flora Smith

Lena Smith

Laura Wright.

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Another college year ha s pa ssed and six loyal Pi Phis have received their degrees, and g one bravely fo rth from alma mater. Pride and sorrow are strangely mingl ed at th e commencement season; pride in our sisters' s uccess, and sorrow that are g o ing from us. We b id them God- speed and wi s h for th em the su n shine and cheer that th ey have always scattered among u s.

The socia l life of Ba si on Univer s ity has be en so gay during the pa st three month s that we can on ly tell of the mo s t important eve nt s. Junior week pa ssed off in a delightful fa s hion. The musical e, th e p lay, and the prom. we re all s ucces s ful but Juni or day was th e crowning event of the fe s tivities.

On Founder s' Day Ma ssac hu se tts Alpha celebrated her te nth anniver· sary by giving a large recept io n to the faculty, s tudenl body, alumnae. patrones ses and friend s, in the spac iou s rooms of the Twentieth Cen tury Club. Lat er in th e eve ning the chapter alumnae held their a nnual banquet at the club h o u se. with the active chapter as gue s t s.

Near the close of th e year the Pan-Hellenic association held a meeting at the Kappa rooms to di sc uss plans for next year's season. There we re the usual discussion and di sa greement as regards th e date of Pledge Day. During th is discu ssion an alumna made a very ea rn est appeal for a lat e pledge day with no ru shing. She s ugge s ted s econd se me s ter pledging and her argument s were very st rong. We agreed with her that su ch an arrangement wou ld pr eve nt the fre s hman from feeling handicapped in her studies at the very outset, by the s tress of social affair s; it would make the rushing more dignified, and the standard of fr aternities in general wou1d be rai s ed. "Don't we too often," sh e said, "show the fre shmen how anxiou s we a r e to get them, rather than cause th em t o regard frat ernit y and frat ernity friend ship as something very sacred and worth striving after? Pi Phi friend s hips are life-long friend ships. Under other circum s tan ces would we ch oose a life-long friend on three week s' acquaintance?" Her words se t us all to th inki ng seriously about such an arrangement and we wondered if it worked well in oth er colteges. But th e more we considered th e matter with r elation to the peculiar conditions existing at Boston University th e more evident it became th a t such :t plan could not be s ucce ss ful here It seemed fea s ible in theo r y but coul d it accompli sh it s end in practice-would not the fir st semester of quiet jntimacy with the fre s hm en SUbsequently develop into a long ru shing s eason with increased nervous strai n upon the fraternity girl? After the bu siness meeting we all s pent a socia l hour together The friendly feeling between the fraternities here is very delightful. At the la st meeting of th e chapter we prepared a surprise fo r our se nior girls. After the business had b een tran sacted, one of the juniors proposed that we playa n ew game. We who were in th e se cret r es ponded eagerly,

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and she left the room, returning directly with a large paste-board box From all sides name ca.ds were dangling from baby ribbon s treamer!. Each one found the card bearing her own name, and a t a sig nal fr om the l eade r we all pulled a tiny package from th e box. In the packages of the undcr-classmen were foun d enormous sa fety pins, but the sen io rs drew out a tiny oval pin in scribed Pi Beta Phi , '06.

Commencement week passed with it s gaieties and now Massachusetts Alpha is cosily se ttled ill a cottage by the beautiful lake at Sterling, Mass achu se tt s.

Such a jolly time :as we girls arc ha\'i ng h ere by ourselves, playing t ennis, canoe ing. and boa ting When the tw o weeks 3rc o\'cr we must separa t e for the s umm er but th e "Round Robin" always has a fat budget to carry and h e will bring eac h one of us messages lUltil the bright September days ca ll us to Beacon Hill, in the "Heart of old Boston."

With best wishes to all the chapters for a happy summer.

M:u..DRED ASHTON \V RIGHT.

MARYLAND ALPHA-THE WOMAN'S COLLEGE Of BALTIMORE

(Charte red 18<)7)

Senior s: Grace Spettigue

Irene Fenton.

Juniors:

Euphemia Miller

Laura Presby

Molly Wood.

Sophomores:

Nell McNutt

Mary Anne Porter

Louise Van Sant.

Freshmen : I sa be l Drury

Annabel Miller

Louise Neal

Sara Porter

Alice Ru ssell.

OTuEIl W O )U:::-; '8 FaATEK'sITIE 8: Alpha Phi. Delta Gamma.. Gamma Pbl B eta. KaPI)R Alpba Theta, Delta Delta Delta, Tau Kappa PI (local).

Now that another year is over with all its hard work and play, we look back and see that it has been a very happy and successful one both for ou r college and for our chapter. The last few weeks of college were made very gay for us all b y our efforts t o ente rtain the senio r s for the la s t time . All the classes and clubs combined in doing thi s, and e\'ery mome nt. from the trip ciown the ba)' given by th e soph o mo re s. to the senior reception on the night of Commencement was full to ove r flowing of all sorts of good times

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There have been several changes in the college during the year which has been . onc of growth in aU directions. Before Commencement it was rumored around that there was to be an important announcement made on that eventful day so we were all vefy much delighted when OUf presi· dent, Dr. Goucher, announced that the debt of nine hundred thousand dollars had been rai se d and the endowment of the college increased by subscriptions made during the year.

There have been seve ral changes in the faculty, perhaps the most important of which for us Pi Phi s is that Kellar, who for several years past has been head of th e German department at 'Veil s College, N. Y., is coming t o us next year as associate professor of English. This change, tog ether with the addition of another instructor, will st rengthen our English department very much. But perhaps one of the most vital changes which has lak::n place th is year so far as the student life is con· cerned is th e advance made by the s tud ents' organization which now makes and enforces the rule s governing the dormitory life.

We are all looking forward to having the Student Government Conference at our coliege next fall and hoping to see so me Pi Phis among the delegates.

We Pi Phis have been particularly busy the la s t few weeks having a good time among ou rselve s to prepare for th e final breaking up which always comes too soon. Last Saturday our alumnae club entertained the active chapter, the patronesses, and th e j'old girls" who had come back for Commencement, at the home of Alice Wood, where we have had so many good time s thi s year. Three of our four "seniors of 1905 " came back fo r Commencement and It did seem so good to see them again. Mabel Scott who was in the chapter las t year but who ha s been with Columbia Alpha all of thi s year wa s also back so that we had all except two of last year's chapter here Next year we hope to do even better for we are going to celebrate two birthdays, the fortieth of the fraternity and the tenth of the chapter, by having a grand reunion in the sp ring at which we want to have all of our alumnae pre se nt.

W!e have sent tots of m essages of good fellow ship and love to you all by our convention delegate, Irene Fenton, but let us reinforce them here by wishing you all the happiest kind of a summer and most pro sperous year.

LoUISE N VAN SANT.

Senio r s :

F lorence Clayton

Mary Treudley

Bayard Ul lom

Sop homores:

F r ieda Coult rap

C lare Humphrey

M ary Simon.

Number In college

Number In f aculty

Numbe r In cbapter

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UNIVERSITY

(C h artered 1889)

Freshmen : Virginia Bishop

Grace Conno r :Ma r y C ha ppe lea r

Mazie Earhart

Mary Geise r

Mary Mi se r

Sylvi a Moore

Edith Palm er

Helen R oac h

Charlotte U ll om.

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How we hate t o see t his year come t o a close 1 It ha s bee n such a h appy one for all of us, and we a re mou rn ing over the fact tha t so many of th e gi rl s who a re wit h u s now, w ill not be next year . Vi e h ave three seniors and we are wondering how we shall ever get along without them. So much has happened since ou r la st letter was w ritten th at it is di fficult to kn ow where to begin. O n th e thirteenth of April, we gave o ur fin a l dan ce of the year, in hono r of Phi D elt a Theta. In Apri l Mr s. J. Claire Evan s, formerly Bess Wilson of Colorado Beta, was h ere on her wedding trip . P ro fesso r Eva ns, f a th er of th e groom, gave a reception in th ei r ho nor t o the facult y, Pi Beta Phi, and Delta Tau Delta. On the t wenty-six th day of Ap r il we, toget her with Delta Tau Delta, ente rtain ed with a card party, in honor of Mrs. Evans. W e celebrated Founders' Day with a jollification in the cha pte r ha ll. On the twenty-fifth of May, Virginia Bi shop a nd Mary Chap pe l ea r, at th e h ome of th e latte r, ve ry delightfully entertained our active chapte r . We we re each to imita t e so me member o f the fac ult y and it was such fun. La s t Tuesday, McV ey, ou r new patroness, gave a n afternoon card pa rty a nd lun cheon for U!. Our othe r patronesse s and two of th e alumnae were also present. After luncheon we spent our time singing Pi Phi and college songs, and we certai nl y had a fine time.. MTS Super, ou r o ldes t patron ess, enterta ined for us Friday evening, June eighth, and next Tuesday afternoon Mrs. Biddle, another patr oness, is to give a ga rd en party in our ho nor.

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'Ve arc vcry proud of our tw o new pledges-Winifred Higgins and Adeline Swi sher. \Ve pledged them after a mock initiation la st Friday evening.

Examinations will soon be upon us and how glad we shall be when they are over! The tim e for the convention is almo st here and this will be an opportunity f o r m:lny to become acquainted with their s i sters from the various states.

A pleasant vacation and a succe ssfu l beginning wi sh of Ohio Alpha t o her siste r chapters . for next year is the MARY SafON.

OHIO BETA-oHIO S TATE UNIV£R,SITY

Senior s:

Katharin e Bancro ft

Hel e n Ro bin son .

Juni ors :

Eva Barnhill

Florence Hutchinso n S ophomo re s :

Elizabeth Bancroft

Grace Bradford

Margaret Wilcox

Margaret 'Wilson

Number ID col lege

Number In faculty

(Chartered 18g6) :

Hel en Clarke

Hilda Corwin

Coma Greiner

Bertha Rankin

Helen Smith

Ruth Wil son.

Specia l:

Edna Hatton

Mabel Rorick.

OTHER Wo"."s·S FRATERSITI&'8: Kappa. Kappa Gamma, Kappa. Alpha Theta, Delta Delta Delta.

ROSORS : Katbwne Bancroft, Phi Beta Kappa. Helen Robinson, Phi Beta. Kappa.

Another siege of final s, another "senior prom," a nother Commencem ent, and one more college ye:ar has passed. We hat e to have th em go and they pass so Quickly, too, but there is always the happy th ough of their bearing u s swiftly to goal of our ambitions.

We lose four girls this year-Martha Jone s, Florence Hutchin son, Helen Robinson and Kath e rin e Bancroft, the last not entirely, for she is coming back next year to take her master's degree We feel very proud of our two Phi Beta Kappas-Katherine Bancroft and Helen R ob inson-one reason because of the honor and th e other because they were the only fraternity girts- who made it this year.

The Pan-Hellenic Associat io n held .its annua l banquet th e eighteent h of May. It was a very pretty banquet but not as well attended as last yea r

Our carniva l was a grand success for we made about a thousand dol-

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lars. We had a candy booth and tintype gallery and cleared twenty·five dollars. The Kappas had a fortun e telling booth and sold confetti; the Thetas gave Mrs. laTl ey's \ Vax·\Vorks, and the Tri Delt s had a "Hokey Pokey booth." It will now, because of it s great succes s, become a regular annual event.

The "Big Six" meet took place h ere the thirty-first of May, when athletes fr o m the six large st college s in this state competed with each other. Ohio State sim ply <lwalked away" with everythi ng, winning seventy-five points. After the meet th e college band gave a concert on the campus and then we celebrated ou r great victory by a glori ous big bonfire. It wa s ce rtainl y a pretty sight, and ju st the way t o celebrate a great victory.

With the hope of meeting many of you at convention, ELIZABETH BANCROFT,

Senior s :

Grace Bryan

May McDowell

Mary 1o.'Iagaw

Fay Marshall,

Juni ors:

Marie H o llingswo rth

I sabel Porter

Julia Wil son

Mary Wysong

Sophomores:

Leta Hall

Nellie Hall

Anna Bryan

Grace Loomis

Caro lyn McCa slin

Gra ce 'M.agaw

Tillie Wey!.

Number In college

Number In faculty

Number in cb apter

OTBIlR WOllEN'S

(Chartered 1888)

Fre shmen:

Orpha Dugger

Et helyn La Grange

Zelia Lee

Ruth Low

Grace McDowell

Pansy Matth ews

:Mary Murphy

Susie Ott

Jean \ Vilson.

Special:

J en nie Coble

Clara Suckow. 11. 13 :16

As we l ook back over the past college year we rejoice in the prosperity which we as a college and as a frat ern ity have enjoyed. This year has been t he first that we have had a whole house as our chapter hou se and

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it bas proved very successful so we are planning to have it again next year.

This term we pledged one girl, Jane Ditmars. who will be initiated next fall.

Since our last lett er we entert ained our patro nesses and alumnae and some high school girl s with a minstrel show in which ten of our girls did all the "stunts." Everyone pronounced it great fun and we s uggest th a t kind of entertainment as very easy to get up and SO amusing.

One of ou r resident alumnae, Alice Payne. i s to be married this month and we a re going to gi ve a kitchen·sh ower for her on the t enth.

As the commencem en t tim e draws near we have Ihe usual mingled feel ings of joy and sadness. \Ve are glad t o be free from our work and are looking forward with pleasure to the summer vacation. but yet we hate to think that some of us will leave our alma mater never to return as students.

The commencement season brings h:l.ck m:l.nj' of the o ld stud ent s, ineluding many of our alumnae whom we are always delighted to see. On the very last day it is ou r custom to have a farewell cookie·shine where we see all of the girls before se parating for the summer.

With best wishes fo r a plea sant and happy vacation to all our siste rs in Pi Beta Phi,

MAY

H . McDOWELL.

BETA-INDIANA UNIVERSITY

(Charte red 18<)3 )

Seniors:

Mabel Graves

Opal Haven s

Hettie Neat

Carol yn Read

Flora Traylor

Juni ors:

Grace Baerd

Blanche Couk

Leona Coombs

Edith Spencer.

Sophomores:

Pearl Case

Anna Gray

May O'Byrne

Mary Sample

Mabel Schaeffer

J ulia Turley .

Fre shmen:

AIda C rain

Marjorie Gingerick

Mary Lingle

Violette Miller

Nancy Neat

Frances Richhart

Florence Rosenthal

Mary R oss

Barbara Voyles

INDIANA

Number In college

Number In fa c ulty

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Number In chapter ..•.....

1,538

103

2. OTulER W OlolES ' 8 FIitATEa!'iITJEH : Kappa Alpba Tb e tA, Kappa Kappa Gamma. Delta Gamma.

Thi s term has been an unu sually happ y o ne fo r lndi ana Beta. but spring t erm at Indiana University is always ju s t a little bit bet1er than the o thers Everylxxly seems to realiz e then what a s h o rt time we all h ave to be together, and trie s to crowd as mu cn enjoyment a s possible into a very short time And o ur time this term cer t ainly has b ee n pretty well tak en up with planning for convention and di sc ussi ng plans fo r n ext year, and having vi s it s from the Hold girl s." When the old girls come back to visit, and we see h ow much Pi Phi mean s t o them, even whe n they a re away from co llege, and we know how much it mean s to u s, it ce rt ai nly does m ake u s ha\'e mo r e fr ate rnity spirit th a n before. S o during th e la s t day s, we h ave f elt eve n mo re close ly bound together than eve r an d a little bit sad, too, when we think of th e se ni ors we must lo se, for we have fi ve this year, and we do hat e to see them go . There has been the usual r o und o f social affair s this term We entertained ou r a lumnae with an initiation and a cookie-sh ine on Founders' Day, and we have had seve ral littl e informal "good time s" in our own chapter. One of the mo st recent of th ese was a Hshower" for one of our brides -to-be. We did not entertain fo rmall y thi s term , the little affairs seem to suit spring weather so much better. Then we h ave been so full of plans for co nvenlion. It is to be so n ea r that we ca n all go, and we are delighteo to get a cquainted with so many of our sister s from the other chapters I wi sh every Pi Phi might be there. Woulen ' t it be a c r owd! But of course, that is n o t po ss ible, although we hope a great many can be there, and we know that it will make each girl mo r e enthus iastic to work and win next year. W e have ce rt ainly enjoyed thi s pa st year, and h o pe t o enjoy next year e\'en more, and lndian a B eta wi s hes the be st of vacations to you all.

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INDIANA GAMMA-BUTLER COLLECE

(C hartered 1897)

Seniors:

Josep hine Besaw

Bertha Empey

Maria Leonard. }W1iors:

Lillian Bergold

Mary Oark

Frances Doan

Ethel Duncan

Sara Patterson

Ethel Woody.

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Number In ta.cult7

Number to. chapter

Sophomores:

Jane Bigelow

Anna Burt

Lucil e Didlake

Catherine McCoy.

Freshmen:

Ruby Amos

Mary Davis

Ruth Elstun

Mildred Moorhead

Edith Scudder

Hazel Woody

Special:

Mary Aiken

Alice Good.

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OTUIl8 WOKEN'S B'aATEBNITIJ:8: Kappa Kappa Gamma, 18; Sigma Delta Tbeta (loca l ), 17.

Best wishes to all Pi Phi s for a happy vacation.

I ndiana Gamma has been very busy thi s last term making arrangements for the convention, and especially for the big dance we are to give with the fwo o ther s tate chapters. We expect an attendance that night of four hundred people, a nd we count ourselves very fortunate to be able to meet so many Pi Phi s, and know that our chapter will be stronger next year through the idluence convention will exert upon us

We have gained a new member this term, Mary Pearle Aiken. who has in Mrs May Wright Sewell's Classical School but is doing special work in Butler.

Three of our girts graduate this year but most of the chapter expect to return next fait.

BnTHA L EMPEY

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ILLINOIS BETA-LOMBARD COLLEGE

(Cha rt e r ed ,872)

S enio rs :

Ethel C hamberlain

D elia Co nger.

Juni o rs :

Thea Golliday

L oui se R 03S.

S oph omores:

Fl o rence D ill ow

R ay Dill ow

Ethe l Fennessey

Fanny P o rt e r

Fre shm en:

P ea rl Burnside

Loui se Claycomb

Ethelyn Co nge r

Li llia n Co urtn ey

Caro line Fi sh e r

Ca rri e Hurd

L o ui se Newman

Ma r ion \Vebst cr.

N u mber In chtlpter ..•... ...••...... 16

OTUER WOlt»:-o' ij b'RATER!'HT¥ : Alpba XI Delta.

It is just co mmence ment time and the poo r corresponding sec retary is at her wit s e nd with chapler le tt e r s , convention and catalogue. This sp ring season ha s been one o f parties and e ntertainment s F o unders' Day was celebrated as u s ual with i..I ba nquet uy lht! unit ed Knux and Lombard chapt e r s, together with their patr o nesses and alumnae This banquet is one o f the great event s of the yea r and we alway s ha ve a fine t ime.

\Ve girl s gave our annual dance th e fourt ee nth of M ay. We decorated almost entirely with college pennants and o ur o wn Pi Phi pennants Th i s time we ju st had o ur active girl s and hav e never enjoyed a party so much. After the dance one o f ou r girl s, Pearl e Burn side, an no unced her engagemen t She will be married the tw enty-e ighth of J une, so just now we are havi ng seve r al parties in her h o no r and a re try in g t o be as merry as poss ible over th e event

Next week is Com mence ment we ek. It will be complet e ly fill ed up with th e diff er ent recep ti on s, ba nquet s and th e Commencement exerc ises th em seh ·es. Then, too, th ere is t o be a field meet between the different c1as ses. The annual contest in declamatio n fo r girls t akes place o n Monday eve ning and we Pi Phi s hope to get bot l]. places on it thi s yea r.

We girl s thi s year have t a ken a broa d er intere s t in Pi Phi than ever before. This ha s pr obab ly been due to Mi ss Robin so n' s vi s it, tqe fo rming o f our Galesburg Pi Phi association, a nd the general enthu sias m a r o used m·e r com 'eotion. Th e number o f fr es hmen in our cha pt er has been unu sually large but the y ha ve all bee n very enthu s iastic wo rker s. Th e tw o se ni o r s, Ethel C hambe rl ai n and Delia Co nger, we s haH mi ss

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nex t yea r e\'en more t ha n we re a lize n ow. Th ey h ave bee n ou r m ai nstays a n d co un se llo r s a lways . We do no t h esita t e t o say t ha t our seni o r

g irls a r e among th e most capable Lombar d has ever turned out. Delia Co n ge r goes as ou r conven t ion dele g ate th is yea r and Ethel Chambe rl ai n was delega t e t wo yea r s ago a t the St. Lo uis con ve nt io n.

A few l ittle th in g s a lways co me up at th e end of t he year. J us t n o w w e a r e h av in g a Pan - H ell e ni c agi t ati on that we a r e all h o p ing wi ll soo n

b e se ttl ed. I am s ur e WE:' a ll fee l ju st th e sa me abo ut th e s pring parting an d Com mence ment a nd so wi ll n o t dw e ll o n th e s u bj ect. Ill ino i s

B et a se n ds bes t wis hes fo r a h appy su m m er t o a ll Pi P hi s.

R AY D ILLOW.

ILLINOIS

(C h a rt er ed 1884 )

COl.L.ECE

S en io r s:

Anni e Ga d dis

Cla r a L in d ley

Lou ise Ma c1ntos h

Mary M a r s.

J unio rs:

Ann e McKay.

S oph o mo r es:

M abel Ande r son

Iren e Butch e r

Lulu Hin chliff

Alice J o hn son

N u m be r In coll ege

N u m ber In f ac u lt y

N u m ber In ch a pter OTHER W OllES'S

Fres h men:

M ir iam H u nte r

H a rr ie t H ill

W in if r ed In ge r so ll . Specia l:

G r ace Ave r y

H a rr ie tt e A ver y Edi t h La ss

J ea n M cK ee

Ma rth a T ali a ferr o

M ildr ed T o le r

In e z W e bst er.

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Agai n the closi ng d ays o f th e co ll ege yea r a r e with us a n d every Pi B et a Phi find s countl ess d uti es w h ic h mu st be perfo rm ed befor e Com me n cement.

A s Illin o is D e lt a look s back u pon thi s y ea r w e ma y say it h as b een f o r u s pros pero u s in eve r y way. With th e excepti on o f E dn a H ea t on. M onica Smith a n d L o ui se S eaeord o ur ch apt er h as lost n o m embe r s thr o ugh ou t th e year , and within th e pa s t s ix w ee k s we ha ve in it ia te d Gra ce A ve ry, H a rri et Av ery, Jean McKee and H a rriet H ill . all str ong and helpful g irl s. Th e ch a pt e r loses but fo ur se ni o r s and th e places of th es e will be ably t a ken by the new girl s Th e alumnae a ssociati on h as pro v en e speci all y helpf u l t o both act iv e and alumn ae girl s th is yea r Thr ou gh the wo rk o f th is asso ci ati on the

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Pi Phis of Gale sburg have been able t o keep in better touch 'w ith each other and to work more syst emati cally.

OUT annual a lumnae r ecepti on will be held thi s y ear a t the home of one of OUT town girls, Mildred T o ler, and many o f th e Pi Phi s from out of t ow n will be present, so we are h oping th e a ffair will prove unu s ually success ful.

Pi Phi ha s been well repre sented thi s year, bo th socia ll y and in the coll ege honors. It was our g ood fo rtun e to have a Pi Phi , Clara Lind· ley, win the prize for debate in the W o man 's Literary S oc iety h e re.

Early in April we were also fo rtunate enough to be visited by Miss Robin so n, our Anow editor, and all of us regretted that her visit might not have been a more extended one.

Illin ois Delta wi s he s fo r her s ister chapte r s a plea sant va cati on and good fo rtune in the com in g year.

LoUI S E McINTOSH.

ILLINOI S EPSILON-NORTHW ES TERN UN IVER SITY

(C hartered Ii!94 )

Grad uate : Eleanor Just.

S e nio r s:

Ethel Deckard

Margaret Hammond

Mari e Hammond

Nina Williams.

Jun iors :

Lena L inn

Mab el P ayne.

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NDmber In c hapter

S ophomore s : Lucie Glo ss

Lili Hochbaum

Sibyl H orning

Amy Onken

Myrtell e Rog e r s

Georgia Sterling.

Freshmen:

H ele n Hibberd

Edith H am mond

Mabel Lundahl.

Spec ial: Ahe m

OTun W O¥IIN'S FRATERNITIES : AJph& Phi. Delta Oa.m.ma.. Kappa Kappa Ga.mma. Kappa Alpha Theta. Gamma Phi Beta. Delta Delta Delta , A.lpha. Chi Omega. Ch i -Omega..

Another yea r is almost over and as the week of examinations approaches I imagine that we are all feeling the sa me dread of the ordeal. are sorry t o see the yea r close for it mean s for us th e loss of five girl s, two of whom fortun-ate1 y live in town, although we shall mi ss them sadly in o ur active chapter wo rk.

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we are glad to say that one of our own giris is president. It held its first annual reception las t week, and the affair proved t o be a success i n every way . We afe hoping that it will become more and more an important factor in O UT university life and certainly it fills a long-felt want.

We have made little progress in ou r Pan-Hellenic rushing agreement, as there aTC some who refu se to go into any con tract. The eventua l outcome will probably be two weeks of limited rushing, which seems t o be the only feasible plan. It is OUT aim to lesscn as much as possible the agony of rushing, a problem which we arc earnestly tr ying to solve, th ough the period of experimenting is sure to be morc o r less unsatisfactory.

Vie gave our annllal party on the evening of the twenty-ninth. The dance was chaperoned by a Pi Phi from Illinois Alpha and her husband, Mr. and Mrs. McClanahan, who li\'c in the city, and who to our great delight, were good enough to come that night. We had hoped to have the pleasure oi entenamlng some of the girls from Illinois Zeta and f rom Wisconsin Alpha, but were doomed to disappointment, for none of t hem came. But we are expecting bette r luck n ext year.

Se\'eral of our girls art:: expecting to go to the convention and we are all anticipating some ;lleasant vi sits with our si ster s from other placcs.

M\,RTEI..LE H. ROCERS.

ILLINOIS ZETA-UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

(C hartered 11!gS)

Seniors:

Helen Atkinson

Kate Mann

Vera Turell

Edna \Vhite.

J uniors :

Jessie Armstrong

Winifred Bannon

Virginia Busey

Ethel Lendrum

Nellie Mill er

Edith Spray

Anne White.

Sophomores:

Ada Barter

Florence Brundage

Della Gillette

Frances Storer.

Freshmen :

Angie Casey

Hazel Craig

Mild red Harriman

Louise Pellens

Bess Stipes

Ethe l Swayne.

Spec ial :

Leila White.

Number In co ll ege (In U r bana) .....•••. , , . , , .•.... 2,012

Number In fa c ulty ... " ..•••.... ,', .. ,',........ ...... . .••. .•..... 179 Number In chapte r ...•.......•.. ........•. • • 22

OTUBR W OIolJl!:"/'S : KapPll Alpba Tbeta, Kappa Kappa Gamma, Alpb a Ch i Omegtl, Ch i Omega. Delta Gamma. boO "'"

THE ARROW

Examinations m full blast a nd th e year n ea rl y ove r I S ome o f the girls have fini sh ed the ir wo rk a n d a r e already planning t o leave for h o me , and the feel ing ha s come Up OIl us that in a few days the "bun ch" is g oi ng t o be sepa r ate d The regret o f leaving is all the greater for us because this year ha s been so su ccessful in eve ry way. There has been a wonderful amount of congeniality among the girl s, so that we ha ve worked well together and have be en ab le t o make o ursel ves felt 'lNe have become so intere sted in eac h o ther 's plans and ideas, and ha ve spen t many hOUTS in talks and "s tunt s" together. OUT ho u se presid en t , we are afraid, has h ad h er h a nd s full at times in try ing t o convince u s tha t sleep would be a greale r ben efit t o us th an midnight conversations. Mrs. Dicken, o ur chape r on e. ha s been a delightful helper and co mpa ni on. We n eve r had h ope d t o h ave a chaperone who could be so int erested in girls she had neve r known befo re. She never fail s to be a sympath et ic help er and doe s n o t overlook even the littl e things. It is a lway s "ou r girls" with h er .

Our h o use i s in a n ew pa rt o f t ow n that was laid out only last year and so ld fo r building purposes. A great many lots hav e bee n purchased by fraternities, but we h ave the distinction of having lived h er e fir st. Next yea r we s hall h ave in th e nex t block Alpha C hi Omega, Chi Omega and Delta Kappa Epsilon, so the " Pi Phi farm" will be less lonesome You can imagine the comfort we have taken in a big ba ck ya rd full of tIees, a hammock, and a s wing (w hich somebody kindly left on our front porch Hall o we 'e n night ). W e have combined all the advantages o f college life and a summe r r esort po pular for its cool breezes.

T o morrow night the "weepy" part wi ll begin, wh en we h a"e ou r se nior dinner. Besides ou r tw o senio r house girls, three of our girls do not: intend to come back

We have planned o ur ru shi ng for n ext fa ll a nd h ave done some this spring. We h ope that n ext year will be as good a one fo r us as this has been.

Eight of the girls are planning to g o t o con ven ti on. We that are n o t go ing envy them, needless to say.

Illinois Zela h opes th at Pi Phi s everywhe re will have a happ y and r estful v aca ti on, and that many of them will r eturn t o college in the fa ll prepar ed t o work h a rder than eve r fo r dear old Pi Ph i.

FLORENCE

LoUISE BR UNDAGE

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liJCHIGAN ALPBA-HILLSDALE COLLEGE

(Chartered ,887)

Seniors:

Elizabeth Dudley

Evelyn Gates

Mabel Walrath

Winifred Whaley.

Juniors :

Esther Branch

Helen Vernor.

Sophomores:

Ethel Bishopp

Lulu Merrifidd

Florence Myers

Charlotte Shepard

Freshmen:

Harriet Bishopp

Florence Hogmire

Virginia Holland

Vivian Lyon

Rlanche- Me-rrifield

Celia Rine. Number In college

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W'c are right in the midst of ou r busy Commencement seaso n, and with all the joy of it, we can't help feeling sad when we think of the partings that will come next week. So many fin e girls graduate this year, among them our four senio r s, Mabelle Walrath, Evelyn Gates, Elizabeth Dudley and Winifred Whaley.

This year ha s see n a great many improvements in the college, among them the new chapel, the repairs on the gytrulasium, and the new domesti c science department. The ar t and domestic science departments have been very successfu l.

At the Michigan Intercollegiat e Field Meet at Lansing, Hill sda le won nin e gold and nine silver medals and the tennis pennant. Two of our girls, Charlotte Shepard and Florence My e r s, won both si ngle s and doubles for ladies in tennis.

Some of us expect to atte nd the Winona Confe r ence and perhaps the one at Silver Bay, a nd will be very glad to meet any other Pi Phis who are th e re .

CSAllLOTTE E. SHEPARD.

THE ARROW

MICHIGAN BETA-UNIVERSITV OF MICHIGA N'

(C harter ed 1888)

Seniors:

Lotta Broadbridge

Mary Edwards

Katharine Griffith

Dora Payne

Mari e Win so r.

Juni ors:

Eva Hathh om

Dai sy Olney.

Sophomores: Charlotte Allgstman

Martha Down ey

An n ie Kenaga

Elizabeth Miller.

Fre shmen:

Margaret Breck

Annabel Carey

Caroline Edwards

Gladys Jam es

Muriel Jam es

Ethel Melin

Rhoda Starr.

3,832

OTHeR W Ol.l.l:loS·S K appA Alpha Theta. Gamma Phi Beta. Borosls (local) Delta Gamma, Kappa Kappa Gamma, Alpha Phi, Alpha Omega

\Vhil e we have all bee n very mu ch intere s ted in o ur examinations, in Commence m ent, and perhap s s addened by th e th oughts o f leaving the girls whom we would 30 love to be with li S four year s more, ye t there has been another interest wl; :ch has giv en us much happine ss.

A1l Mi chigan stu dent s are well known for their tru e s port sman ship, and Jiving up t o this reputati o n our attention has bee n attracted to o n e of the greatest s portsmen on the campus, one who would certainly win fir st place with his bow and arrow. This champ ion is Dan Cupid, and we are happy to say th at h e has not in any way s lighted the Pi Phi girls, Within the la s t tw o months we hav e had four engagement s preads, presided o\'e r res pectively by a sen ior, t wo sophomores and one fre s hman. The juniors regret very much that th ese ann'ouncements were n o t made earlier so that they t oo might h ave secu red a r eprese nt ati\·e.

This year a new honorary society has been or ganized called the Mortar Board. It is composed of thirty se nior s, both independents and soro rity girl s who are elected according to perso nal merit and scholarship and who are r ep re se ntative girls of th e cla ss. We have four girls belonging to this society, which is, I belie\'e, the largest representation from any sorority. The purpose of the o rg anization is to establish a warm fri end s hip among the se nior girls , and it promise s to be very successfu l and beneficial to all it s member s.

M ichiga n Beta extends t o all Pi Phis her very be st wi s h es fo r pleasant vacation, DORA PAYNE.

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WI SCONSlS ALPHA- U NIVER S ITY OF WISCONSIN

(Cha rt ered 1894 )

Seniors:

H elen Rosen s t enge l

Edna Ingall s

Marguerite Burnh a m

M in n ie Lee D odd.

Juni o r s :

Hildred M ose r

Anita K oen en

Flo r ence Rud olp h

Margu erite M cLea n

Cora Case H inkl ey

Le slie Purdy.

Number In colleg e

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!'\u mber In c hapter

So ph omo res:

Ruth J ennings

Be ssi e Coleman

Kath a rin e McHugh

Edna H olme s

Marian Whidd en

Florence Vaughn .

Freshmen:

Hele n Fitch

R ega B odden

Lucile Waterman

D o roth y Burnham

St ella K ayse r

Phoebe Becket

Hazel Schelp.

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OTHER W01U:!'i '8 FfUTEIt!'iITIES : Delta Delta Delta. 21 : Alpha Chi Omega, 15: Kappa Alpha'l1t eta., 23 : Delta Gamma, 24; Gamma Pbl Beta., 22; Alpha. Phi, 21: Kappa Kappa Gamma. 28; Cbl Omega, 21; PI Beta Pb l , 28 ; A l pba XI Delta., 23 ; A l pba Gamma Delta, 2 1

Since our la s t letter t o the ARROW, Wi sconsin Alpha ha s had her springru shing at interscholastic time. As a result of our rath e r strin ge nt Hellenic rule s, h oweve r, we were able to pledge but one girl, Irma Bodd en, of Milwaukee. Ju st before inte r scho la stic our chief intere st lay in th e inter-sorority bowling contest. After abo ut three month s of tryo uts a nd se mi-final s, Pi Beta Phi s ucce eded in winning the trophy, a sil ve r loving c up . Last year th e h o no r went to Chi Omega . La st mo nth the univ ersi ty girl s added a little mo re to their Woman's Building f und by giving an all university M ay mo rning breakfa st at the gymnasium. A month o r tw o before we ga\'e a bazaar o f all nati ons, in which Pi Beta Phi represe nted Germany. Bo th o f the se e nte rtainm ents were given under the aosp ices of the SeH Government A ssoc iation. June second Mi ss Robi nson visited our chapter, and while we greatly appreciated he r , we saw very tittle ::> f he r a s m ost of her time had to be given up to th e Inte r -So rority Conference, wh ic h was then being held in Madi son

Ou r- banqu e t, whi ch gave ju st before Co mmen ce ment , was one of the lar ges t we ha" e eve r had , as so man y of o ur o ld girl s were back this year. Lu creti a Hinkl ey McM-i tlan wa s toa st mistress.

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Of our four seniors, H elen Rose nt engel, will be with us fo r an· othe r year, as she won th e Ge r ma n scho lar s hip an d will be in the uni,' e r· sity wo rking for her ma s ter's d egree th e coming year . Wiscon sin Alpha wi s hes a mos t h appy "3cation fo r a ll Pi Beta Phis, /lold girls" and new CORA CASE HI NK LEY.

GAMMA PROVINCE

IOWA ALPHA-IOWA WESLEYAN UN IVE RSITY

Graduate :

Lillian J ay S enio rs: Stacey Tumey Esther Work.

Juniors : Mary Brook s Ma y Stoddard . ( Chart er ed 1868)

Sophomores:

Elsie Benjamin

Ethel L yme r Madelon Medes

Clara Munz

Verna Scott.

Geneva Corder

UUena Ingersoll

Jes sie June

Lydia Manus

OTHEa WQl.I:Il::'( ·S EUTJ;aNtT'l: Alpha Xl Delta.

Another year has come and gone f or u s all, an d with varied feeli ngs does eac h corresponding sec r etary begin the la st Anow lett er f o r the year. For some it wilt mark th e cl ose of ac ti ve chapter life Onl y two of o ur I owa Alpha girls leave us as se ni ors th is ye a r, Esther Work anci Stacey Turney. All th e r es t h ope to be back at I owa W es l eyan next f a lt .

We held our last initiation (or th e yea r on May tw ent y-t hird , when J ess ie June a nd Geneva Corder were made "active members." The initiation was held a t the home of M ade l on Medes, and th at n o r ite o f Pi Phi · d o m be sli ghted or ove rl ooked, a "cook ie sh ine" cl ose d th e enning's pl easu re and w o rk.

Thi s year it was ou r tum t o g iv e th e annual P a n· H elleni c r ecep ti on , and to t est the general fraternit y kn ow ledge o ( the a sse mbled Greeks, we had cut from light ca rdboard , th e pins of the vari ous na t io nal fra· ternities The pin was complete with th e exce ptio n of the Greek letter s, which each guest was to fil1 in , and tell also, if possible, the fl o wer and colors of the fraternity whose pin th ey had been given Th e little girfs who a ssis ted us in receiving were dressed in the Gre ek costume and , as

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far as poss ible, every arrangement had been planned with a view t o carrying out th e spir it o f the evening

Owing t o sickness and death in the families of two of our members, our plan s for Founders ' Day were changed, so that the girls spent a Quiet evening togeth e r, and light refres hments only took th e place of the celebration planned .

The visit of our ADDw editor, the fact that four of our chapter were present at the in s tallation of ]owa Gamma, a transfer fr o m Colorado Beta and o ne given to Win ois Ep silon ha ve given us a wider view of our fratern it y a s a wheJe , and a keener realization of our respon sibili· ties t o it. The pas t year ha s also brought u s the organized support of our town alumnae. And let us say r ight he re, that we doubt if a college chapter ever fully realize s and appreciates what it means to have an or· ganization of this kind back of th em. If we do, we have strange way! of showing it so metimes ;-thi s by way of suggestion fo r a summer medi· tatien So it is with thankful heart s, th ough not thoroughly self·satisfled ones, that we close ttlis year's work and look forward with hope t o another one.

'Vlith best wishes for a happy, helpful summe r t o every Pi Phi, alumna or college girl.

MADELON C. MEDES

IOWA BETA-SJ)olPSON COLLECE

(C harter ed 1874)

Senior s:

Mabel Brown

Pearl Hathaway

Mary Kilburn

Cora Quayle

Blanche Spurgeon . Junio rs :

Ruth Baker

Elizabeth Brown

Vera Ingram

Mabel Vale.

Sophomo res; Ada Proudfoot

Pearl Ru sse ll

Jes sie Schee

Loi s Silcott

Nannie White. Freshmen: Ruth Dudley

Lena Dunning

Helen Walburn. Special: Berniee Halley.

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OTBn WOK'.N'S Ii'a.&T"'!'fITIII:I!I: Delta Delta Delt&. Alpba Gamma. (lOCal).

It seems hard to realize that our year is almost over and that we must part again This year we lose five se ni o rs and perhaps a few others who cannot come back, so when fall comes our ranks will be small

TH E ARROW

We have one n ew pl ed ge t o intr od uce t o you, Dai sy Youtz, of whom we are very proud .

One Jun e se cond we ga ve o ur annual spri ng party The college o r ch estra play e d during the evcning, and some of o ur guests ga ve an impr o mptu play. F o r fa vo r s we made sma ll blue pennants with th e Pi Phi m o nogram embroidered in wine.

On th e morning of Jun e fourth Mr s. Ingram and M r s. Schee, the m o ther s of two of our girl s, ente rt ai ne d us at a six o'cl ock breakfas t , at which we enjoyed o ur se lv es ve r y much !

On Friday evening, j11 st after ou r la s t meeting, we gave a tin s howe r for Mar y Kilburn , who ha s j li st announced he r engagement.

\Ve are so glad t o have as Comme nceme nt visitors some of ou r girls who have been away irom u s for a time. \Ve welcome Elena J effr eys, '04; Nina H oha n shel t , '03; Lul a H ohan s helt, '05; trude H ancox, '05 , and Mary H oa r I owa Beta plea sant vacation.

Graduate s:

Keo Ander son

Ethel Cessna

Alice Sto r y, '05 ; Gerwishes for a ll a very JE SSIE S CREE.

lOWA GAMMA-IOWA STA TE COLLEGE

(Chartered 1877 )

Soph omo re s :

J ennie Bechtle

Vera Dixon

Car olyn Gabrilsen.

Seni ors:

May Jackson

Mary 'Wi lso n.

Juni o rs :

Emma Leo na r d

Florence Pettinger.

S o phie Hargi s

Lu ella Kilbourne

Lilli a n Storms.

Fr eshmen:

Loi s Boardman

Ruth Dye r

Geor gi a Walker

Erm a \Viley.

An o th er college year ha s co me a nd go ne and I owa Gamma lo ses two member s, Ma e J ackson and Mary \Vil son , both o f whom graduat ed thi s spring and we r e pr ominent o n the class d ay program, th e fo rmer as cla ss poet and the Jatte r as hi st o rian All o f ou r ot her girls expect to be back in the fall

The pa st te r m has been a busy o ne for us, th e mo re so as o ur duties as Pi Phi s were enti r ely new t o us. H oweve r , we no w fee l that the results of ou r e ffort s have been entirely sa ti sfa ct o ry and we can start in the ne w ye ar with the brighte st prospect s.

F ounders' Day wa s celebrated by ou r "formal" dance, which was attended by a number o f o ur alumnae Th e hall was decorated in the

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wine and blue and the menu and favors carried out the same color scheme

\Ve have no Pan·Hellenic rules in regard t o pledging, so we may in· vite a girl to membership at any t ime. There is a ru le here, though, that no o ne shall be ini ti ated into a fraternity until sh e has pa ssed her freshman work with an average of c. igbty·five or above. This rule keeps a girl a pledge for a long t ime, but it also gives the members plenty o f time to become thoroughly acquainted with her.

On J une fifth we pinned the arrow on four girls, Erma \Vil ey of Spokane , Wa sh " Georgia Walker of Des Moines, I owa, and Ruth Dyer and Loi s Boardman of Nevada, ]OW3. Mock initiation was h eld the Tue s day evening before and throughout the re st o f the week.

The junior and so phom o re cla ss plays were both given this sp ring term Pi Phi wa s represented in both ,

One of the things which we la ck and very much desire is a chapte r· r oom. So far our meetings have been h eld at the r oom of two of nn r gids who live outside the hall. A chapter-house is a d r eam which we cannot hope to realize for some time. but we do h o pe soo n t o have a r oo m th at we may call Ho ur very ow n."

Iowa Gamma se nd s best wishes fo r a plea s ant vacatio n to all her s i o;· te r chap ter s, FLORENCE J. PETTINGER.

IOWA ZETA-JOWA STATE UNIVERSITY

(Cha rt e red 1882)

Senio r s:

Virginia Haldeman

S adie J acobs

Sara McBrid e

Junior s:

Sadie Holiday

Alice Edwards

Mignon Maynard

Agnes Remley

Beatrice Reynolds

Carrie Watters.

Sophomores:

Edith Ball

Maude Delmege

M a rgaret Han sen "Marguerite Moore

Stella Smith

Verne Stockdale

J osephine W o r s ter

Freshmen:

Myrtle Gab riel

Eli zabeth George.

Special:

Maud Young-Ball. Number In college

1I00 Number In faculty

r In chapter

18

OTHER WOllE S'S FRA TERNITIES: Kappa Kappa Gamma, Delta Gamma, Delta. Delta. Delta.

HONORS: Sadie Jaco ba, Phi Reta Kappa .

Once m o re we are packing up to leave, and another June has slip ped around almost before we know it.

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I owa Zeta fe els that it has n o t a year was t ed, fo r the chapt e r has made many ad va n ces. The fir s t and mos t important is th e h ouse qu es · tio n. Vole are at la s t t o hav e a real chap ter h o u se. It has been a dream of so many years, and n o w that it ha s come, we ca n hardly reali ze that it is to be a reality Our m at r o n i s to be Mr s. Hunt, who i s one of our chapter alumnae. Ano ther th ing that make s u s ver y happy is the fact that our t o wn alumnae hav e organized into an alum na e club.

We have lately pledge d a fre s hman , Carrie Bradley, which makes seven new a nd dear Pi Phis added t o our r o ll.

At pre sent, we are all very bu sy h elping the sen io r s t o graduate Three of the girl s go this yt.a:-, Sadie J acobs, Virginia Haldeman and Sara Me· Bride.

Man y o f the alumnae of this chapter ha\'e returned for Commencement and al so a number from other chapters , so that we exp ect t o have about forty in attendance at the annual breakfast, which is t o be gi\' en in h o nor of the seniors at th e home o f Mrs. George Ball . As usual Pi Phi is intere s ted in the different event s of commencement week. One of our girls, Sadie Jacobs. t akes a leading part in th e senior class play. She also,) h as the h onor of wearing a Phi Beta Kappa ke y.

We a r e all looking fo rward to convention with great intere s t, and sev· eral of u s hope to attend.

Iowa Zeta wishes all the Pi Phis the h appiest of summers.

MIGN ON J. MAYNARD

Graduate :

Minni e L. Organ

Seni o r s :

Anna Lash

Maud Quayle

Mary Smith

El sie Wadell

B etty Williams

Juni ors:

Clara Avery

Lil y Sue Hostetter

Eula M'.cCune

Mittie V . R obnett

Edith Snyder

(Chartered 1899 )

S o ph om o re s: Natalie Bird seye

Hortense Dungan

Ne'\'o ra Fuller

J ean McCune

Ethel R obnett

Norma Roth

Ethel Thoma s

Mabel Turpin

Freshmen: Elizabeth Clay

Charlotte J ohannes

Charlene Shepard

Mamie Suddath .

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Since our last letter Missouri Alpha has been very busy. We celebrated Founders' Day with a luncheon at our hous e, and had all of th e town girl s with us.

On the evening of April the nineteenth Mary Rollins Gra y, one of our pl edges, was married 10 Sydney St eph ens, Phi Delta Theta. The wedding took pl ace in the Episcopal church. Her maids were all Pi Phis and our chapter girls all went together to the wedding.

We are expecting Sue Stone-Smith, our Province President, to visit us during Commencement.

The annual " Juni or Prom." was th e nineteenth of May and it was a great success. Our chapter wa s well repre sen ted.

During commencement week Adele O,'e ralt, one of o ur pledges , gave a picnic for the active girls.

We are making great plans for ru s h ing next year. We shall have a great many of our girls back and they can all be in the chapter ho u se.

We are going to move in September. Our new house faces th e campus and it will accommodate sixteen girls. We sha ll still have Miss Organ, a Pi Phi, as chapuone.

We are to lose four seni ors this year, but about twenty of the girl s wilt return

Mi ssouri Alpha wishes all Pi Phi s a pleasant vacation.

LOUISIANA ALPHA-NEWCOMB COLLEGE

(Chartered 1891)

Senior:

Viola Murphy.

Junior:

Carrie H opki ns .

Sophomores:

J essie Tebo

Nina Laroussini.

Fre shmen:

Louise Westfeldt

Julia Armstrong

Adele Steiner

Agnes George

Mary DilJard

Elsa Von Mey senbu g.

Art:

Marion Bean

Bell Lawrason.

Specials:

Dai sy Charles

Stella Hayward

Hilda Von Meysenbug

Helene Maury

Lea Calloway

Mary Stanton

JEAN MCC UNE

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Another page is to be turn ed in th e hi story o f Louisiana Alpha, anothe r co ll ege yea r closed. Examination week with it s h o rr o r s is ove r. and Commencemen t come a nd g o ne We had one se nior thi s yea r of whom we we rc all so pr oud. We 3rc losing her and a g ood many other active girl s whom we s hall miss so much next year The th ought of se parat io n is vcry hard for all o f u s and p e r so n a lly I think the close of college i s the saddest part of the yea r, when th e good-byes are sa id and the girl s whom you know so well leave you. The tie s o f fri e nd ship a re doubly dear this year io r we have all wo rked so hard and had such a success ful yea r The se la st fou r we ek s have been fill ed with much plea sure. \ Ve had our annual ba nquet on th e t we nt y-e ighth and it was suc h a wonderful success. WJIat el se could it be, with fo rty girls whose heart s wtre all filled with e nthu siasm fo r dear o ld Pi Phi It was th e crystal anniversary of Louisiana Alpha.

Th e last meeting o f th e Pan · Hellenic was most successfu l a nd all the fraternities see med well pleased with th e r es ult s.

We hope to meet a great many Pi Phis at conventi on, and with best wis h es fo r a mo st happ y and plea san t \'3cation fr o m Louisiana Alpha.

STELLA HAYWAlUJ.

KANSAS ALPHA-KANSAS UNIVERSITY

(C hart ered 1873 )

P o st G r aduate:

Clara Carr

Ruth Willi sto n.

Senio r s:

Edna Din smoo r

Aileen \¥ eaver.

Jun iors :

Mabel Marsh

Mar jo rie Mar shall

Claudia Pendleton

Anna L anter

Mary Ha yden

Edna Dart.

Sopho mores:

M a r y Buckle s

Nina F e ll

Fres hmen:

Jennie Bax ter

Alice Hart

Am a r ette Weaver

Bertha Lucken

Eliz abe th Stephens

Fran ces Shryock

Grace Le slie

Louise McCracken.

Number- In coll ege .• ................•................... , ". 1 , 706 Xum i>e r In fa cult y " ". " ,.,

,.,. , .....•.. ,. , ', " ". '" 124 Number In c hapt e r , , " , , ' 20 OTHER W o v r.:-;'8 FRATER:-;tTIES : Kappa Kappa Gamma, Kappa Alpha Theta, Ch i n O:-;oRR: W ea '\'er, PhI Beta 'Kappa: :Marj o rl e Ma rshall, Mabel lI arsh, A.marette Weav er, Quill Club.

The dreaded Quiz week is ove r, and most of the girls are s ta yi ng for Commencement to vi si t with the alumnae who have come back fo r the

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fe s ti vi ti es We are v \! ry proud of the fact that more of ou r al u mnae girl s come back fo r Co mme n cemen t tha n of any o th er fraternity,

On the Saturday afte r college wa s ou t we had ou r annua l farewell cookie- shine and fraternity mee ting a t Ed na Din s moor 's home, which is ju s t en ough in the country to give us an oppo rtunit y fo r the best t ime p ossib le

We do not r eally lose any girls thi s year becau s e OU T t wo se n io r s are t ow n girl s. an d so will be with u s still . After th e cookie-s hin e we sa ng Pi Phi songs until the moon came up when we st ro ll ed in tw os and thr ees back to t ow n.

The thing upp erm ost in th e minds o f Kansas A lpha is th e building o f a n ew chapter h ouse which we a r e t o own. We ha\'c bought a seve nt yfi ve foot lot o n the edge of th e campus, and expect to ha"c our house fini s hed by the middle of n ex t year at the latest. Vie have felt for some t ime tha t we we r e paying out a great deal of money for rent w h ich might be applied on a home of ou r own , and thi s building project is th e result of th at feeling, We have organized a building a ssocia tion, to which any Pi Phi may belo ng a nd hope in th is way t o accomplis h much in the way of a reg ula r yea rl y income , We gi,'e ou r alum n ae th e credit for th e manageme nt and pro mo ti on of the project, for it is th ey who h ave assumed th e greate r p a rt of the r espo n s ibility, and who are d oi n g all in th eir powe r t o m ake it a success , A n a lumnae club which is loyal a nd alwa ys stand s r ea dy wo rk for th e intere s t s o f th e active gi rl s i s surely the greate s t help and s upport a ch apte r can ha ve,

We are looking fo rward with th e brightest o f pro spec t s t o a most succe ss ful year, W e have well laid plans mapped out for th e f ur th eran ce of Pi Ph i interests, and are su r e th at success will be th e r esult, Kan sas Alpha se nds b( s t wi s hes t o every Pi Phi fo r a h appy vacatio n , NINA B, F ELL.

NEBRASKA BETA-UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA

(Charte r ed 1895)

Seniors :

Pearl A rchibald

ln is Eve r ett

Ka t e Heacock

Margaret M c Lu cas

Charlotte Spalding.

Juniors : Eleanor Andrew s

Helen \ Vaugh.

Sophomo r es :

Alice Arnold

Pea r l Fitzgeral d

Georgia lrwin

Ra chel Nicholson

Nellie Schwab.

Number ID co ll ege .,

ID f' uulty

Fre shmen:

Grace Hamilton

Ge rt rude Kincaid

Mabel L yfo rd

Edna Scott

Marie Talbot

Mary Wadsworth.

Collegiate Music;

Nellie Bratt

Pauline Bu s h

F lo r ence Denny

Helen Dolson

Alyse Sw ed eburg

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Delta Uam lll8, Delta Del t a Delta, Chi Omega. Alpha Omicron PI. U OSO lt8: Margaret McLucu, Phi B eta Kappa

Th e work an d worry ove r " fin a l s" is now past and we s hould all be happy if it did not mean se paration. Severa l of our girl s are leaving for good t his sp ri ng and six of our number ha\'e been graduated, t wo fr om the department of domestic science, one from the conservatory o f music, and three from the co ll ege prope r We a r e especially proud o f one of this number, Ma rgaret McLucas, wh o recei ved a Phi Beta Kappa. \ Ve h ave had no spring ru sh ing thi s year as t his has been done away with by Pan-Heltenic rules, Our ru shing parties for next fall, however, are all plan ned. and we are even now l ooking forward to them wi th a gr ea t deal of anticipation and pleas ure. Ou r city alumnae asked to give a ll th e entertainments a nd a ll ow th e active g irls t o be enti r ely free fr om any r esponsib il ity, except t o "see t o the fre s hmen ." This makes ru shing week one constant round of pleasure fo r us as well as for th e new girl s, and we feel ext remely gratefu l t o ou r a lu mnae.

Nebraska Bet a has pa ssed a very happ y a n d s ucce ss ful yea r and is anticipating th e pleasure of welcoming both old an d new next fall . Mayall ou r siste r s have a pleasant summer.

Pun F ITZGEIlALD.

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TtXAS ALPHA- UN IVDl: SITY OF TEXAS

(C hartered 1902)

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Jun'iors:

Helen Garri son

Lottie Harris

Emily Maverick

Su san Shelton

Ellen Waggener

S opho mores :

Bessie Cochran Cowan

Eli za beth E va ns

Ser ena Gould

Nellie Harris

Mary Hilliard

He le n Hood

Kate Martin

L uci le March

Margaret Robertson

Sallie Bell Weller.

Fre shmen :

Will ette Brown

Be ss ie Garrison

Pea r l Hall

L ucile Pendleton

Florence Randolph

Ada Belle Williford

Ellen Wooldridge.

;pedal: Grace HilI

I wo nde r if tim e seem s to pass as rap idly eve rywhere as it does in Texas. Th e final s ate upon us agai n, then the gaieties of Commence· m ent and af t e r th at the long, glo ri ous vacatio n . This mean s that anot h er yea r, as successfu l amI as happ y as each one precedi ng, has closed f o r Texas Alpha. It h as been s ucce ss ful, for we find that we h ave pr og r esse d an d expanded in many ways, and are happ y becau se we have succeeded.

Our ch aple r is only fo u r yea r s old. To ou r charter member s, f r aternity life was entirely a nove lt y as th ey had never see n it tried among gi rls and they had been unab le to p r ove th eir influ ence even as a local, as the exi st en ce o f T h e Club wa s k ept secret until afte r the Pi Phi charter was granred. The se ten cha rt er me mbe r s, eigh t of wh om wer e to\ n gi rl s, were th erefore n o t s ure of th ei r r ecept ion. But th ey proved th at they w er e wo rthy of the wine a nd blue Now the act ive chapter numbers tw enty- four. fo urtee n (\ £ wh om are t o wn g irls, and we h ave about thirty· five alumn ae. We rent a very desirable chapt er hou se and have bought OU f own furniture . In ru shing season we have been very success ful, but

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I had better not t ell o f that as pride goes before a fal1. Vie now have four rivals, Kappa Kappa Gamma, Kappa Alpha Theta , Chi Omega, and Zeta Tau Alpha. This makes the Pan-Hellenic association a necessity, even if it were not required o f us.

We ce lebr ate d Founders' Day with a picnic at McKinney fall s. a beauti ful spot about eleven miles from t ow n . We went out in a large wagonette with onc of OUf p at rone sses , Mrs. Homer Hill, to chaperone us. We had th e very best picnic lun ch that waS ever sp read and r eturned home by moonlight.

The only th ing we have done in the way of ente rt aini ng thi s ter m has be e n the re cept ion given th e Zeta Tau Alphas the d a y after their installati on. To this we invited th e entire body of s tud ents, both men and women.

The banquet which we give annua ll y to ou r se ni o r s was dispensed with this year as. we a r e h appy to say, we have n ot one graduate. Emily Maverick, th e only girl in th e chapter who expected to fini sh , was compelled to leave college 011 account of illness, so we arc t o have her back with us ne xt year.

Adele Steiner, who 1'('ally belongs to us. but whom Loui s iana Alpha had the plea sure of initiating, has been in Austin during the sp ring term. She has brought us more closely in touch with our neighboring sisters and f or that reason we are glad we lo s t her t o them.

Intere st a nd enthusiasm in Y. W. C. A. is rapidly increasing in Texas . The membership i s gro\ving steadi ly and the amount of work accomplished thi s year far exceeds th at o f any previolls yea r We are now loo king fo rward to meeting many of you at Silver Bay and 'Vateri oo as well a s at o tlr own dear old conventi on.

Texas A lpha wishes e\'ery one of you the j olliest of vacatio n s.

LornE HARRIS

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COLO RA DO A LPH A- UNJVE.lSlTY OF COLORA DO

(C ha rt ere d (884)

Seniors:

Florence Blunt

Luella Corbin

Margaret Helps

Helen Home

Laura Kilgore

Maud McKenzie

Clara Morse

Helen Stidger

Gertrude Teague

Je ss ie Thompson

Elsie Whitmore.

Juniors :

Be ss ie Brown (Law)

Eli zabeth Downe r

Mary Downer

Honor Plummer.

So ph o mo res:

Be ssie Bliss

Bernice Coultrap

Isabel McKenzie

Jess ie Mo sher

Ella Packard

EUnice Thompson

Marie Waltemeyer

Nomah Wangelin

Fre shme n :

Hallie Chapman

Katherine DieT

Mary Dutton

Laura Dyer

Eli zabeth Johnston

Katherine McKenzie

M'ild red MeN utt

Loui se Scott

El sie Sul1ivan

Loui se Tourte lotte

Ro sin a V a ug han F a nn y W a lt e m eyer.

OTlI t;R FIlATERNITI1I8 : Delta Gamma, Ka p pa Kappa G amma

H OS OB8 : Ge rtrud e T eague, Pbl Beta Kap pa.

Col o rado Alpha has ju s t closed it s house doo r s f o r the summ er and its history f or the year, it s thirty girl s being n o w sc attered fo r the vacation. Eleven of th em are gradu a te s and unhapp y alumn ae Th e chapter has lived s trenu ously s in ce o ur la st letter and at th e cl os e o f e xam ination w eek wer e a very tir ed and wo rn o ut se t o f gi rl s. Th e re ha ye been a great many fraternity house d ances, track mee ts, ba se bal1 game s, picnics, drive s, and card part ies , be side s gen era l col1 ege affair s that demand Pi Phi a tt enti o n and att endance so th at it is no wonde r that th e girl s wel.come a much needed r est The spring ha s been beautiful and Boulder is very n ear th e mo untains and th ese two f ac t s are re spon sible f o r the gt"eat number o f pi cni cs and drive s. One of the se pi cnics will be long r e membered a s it was on e of th e mos t enthu sias tic affair s that the chap-

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tH h as eve r had It wa s th e fa r ewell picnic by the und ergr aduates to the eleven seniors. held in th e foo thill s on a beautiful night and with a spi rit that <made th e o ld R ocki es ring wi th Pi Phi. An o th er pl easure was an e labo r a t e dance given us by o ne o f our patrones ses, Mr s. Buckingham. on th e eve of hi g h sc h ool a dance which we joyfully utili zed as a "ru s hing stunt" fo r next year's eligibl es. High sc h oo l day it self was as c r o wd ed and bu sy a s u s ual. Pi Phi held a r ece pt io n in th e morning t o all high sc h oo l guests an d g ave a lun ch eo n to s peci all y selected girls

Founders' Day s h o rtl y be fore h ad bee n a great success. Co lo r ado B eta a nd a ll the alumnae wer(' ou r gue s ts at a noo n banquet and an afte rn oon tall y- h o dri ve about beautiful Bou lde r It was decided t o hold th ese r eunions in Denver h ereafte r, the facilities there being much more desi r able a nd t h e city more accessible to many alumnae.

A n oth e r even t o f some importance was the visit o f Mr s. Mallory, the Grand Pre siden t o f Kappa Kappa Gamma, during whose s t ay a knotty l ocal Pan - H ell en ic trouble was sa ti sfac torily straigh t ened out. Our la st f ew meetings were devoted to discussio n of house plan s but we know n ot hing m o re definite than that we have a lo t paid fo r, and are g oi ng t o h ave a h o use s tart ed ill the fait . Ou r h ouse fund is the thing n ow abou t which th e chapter r evo lves.

Com men cement week wa s a very imp r essive o n e, beginning with Phi Beta K a pp a exe rci ses, running thr ough bacca la urea te Sunday, class play, with two Pi Phi s in the cast, cla ss day, with a Pi Phi as cla ss poet, and th e graduating exe rci ses with Gen e r al Mil es a s o rat o r , e nding up with the p r eside nt's re cep ti o n and a farewell Pi Phi meeting in th e ch ap ter r oom.

Co lo r ado A lpha h o pe s to have tw o o r three girls a t Convention be s ide th e delegate and tru sts th a t the r e she may meet a nd become friends p e rso nall y with many another Pi Phi and ch ap te r , so th at next year th e r etu rning chapter may h ea r o f and know the Pi Phi girls throughout the land .

LUELLA C ORB IN.

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COLORADO BETA-DENVER UNIVERSITY

(Chartered 1885)

Senior: Sue Winton.

Jun iors :

Inez Byers

Grace Deisher

Ora Shrader

Florence Spencer.

Sophomores:

Laura Beyer

Louise Neil

Edna Stickney.

Fre shmen:

Edith Dresser

Jessie Griffin

Pauline Huffine

Alta Stewart

:Muriel Welker

Sarah \Vhite

Marjorie \ Villiams.

W OlolES'8 FRATERSITIES: Gamma Phi Beta. Alpha Tau (local).

We are beginning to rea li ze Ihat the end is near f o r t oday was our very la st day of examination. Of course no one is f oolis h enough to feel badly about that , for verily they weJ'"e many and lo ng and of a strange natur e, but the sepa rat io n s so near at hand bring feelings of sad ne ss.

Tomorrow afternoon is our la s t meeting at the bungal ow, follow ed by a cookie-shine, th en begin the partings. M os t of us will be back next year, h oweve r, as we hav e but one seni o r, Sue W;nton. our J'"etiring president. She ha s a prominent part in th e class play, 'T he Love 013se," and we are duly proud of her.

Since the last issue '"If the ARROW we ha\fe r ounded out ou r ci rcle t o the unlucky number, thirteen. In this case, howev er , we consider it ve ry lucky and it is with pleasure that we present Anna Ray Charles.

During the last month we have ente rtained the tw o men's fraterinti es, Sigma Alpha Epsilon at the home of Florence Spencer, and Beta Theta Pi at Grace Dei s her's. At the latter party a pleasant feature was a Maypole dance, and around th e gaily festooned pole we all, with more or less grace, capered enthusiastically.

We have sa ti sfactori ly a rrang ed ou r Pan-H ellenic affa irs this spring, agreeing upon the number of functions for next fall' s ru shing, pledge day a nd such m atte r s. The import ant subjec t o f sum mer ru s hing was left untouched, leaving eac h chapter free to decide that for her se lf We hav e already given a couple of luncheons to a few high school se ni o rs as a beginning.

The University is Tejoicing ove r a gift from Andrew Carnegie for 3library building, which is sorely needed here : Aside from its utility it

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wilt add to the appearance of th e campus which has never been a thing of great beauty. This spring, we are glad to say, it has bee n very much improved until it is becoming really beautiful. One thing we do ha\' e, and that is a wonderful view o f th e mountains.

With sincere wishes from Colorado Beta for a plea sant vacation. EDN A STICKNEY.

CALIFORNIA AL PHA-LELAND STANFORD J UNIOR UNIVERSITY

(Cha rt ered 1893)

Seniors:

Laura Adkinson

Alice Ha yes

Eugenia Miller

Edna Reeves

Myrtle Timmons.

Jun iors:

Ethel Duncan

May Franklin

Stella Henking

EJamae Lambert

Elizabeth Officer

Louise Pea rce.

Sophomores:

Marie Bellows

Alice Gabel.

Freshmen:

May Brunton

Bonnie Ca rt er

Mildred Hadley

Frances Henking

Ruth Lewis.

OTolCR WOllIllS'S FKATEJlSITIJ:S: Kapp a Alpha Theta, Kappa Kappa Gamma, Delta Gamma, Alpha Pbl, Gamm a Pbl Beta.

Since the last issue of the An.ow, California Alpha has pas sed through a very arduous period of worry and trouble As a chapte r , we are very heavy losers by the recent earthqu ake. One double chimn ey crashed t o the ground, carrying with it part of the side of the hou se and an other chimn ey demoli shed the small house of the Chinese cook Hardly a squa r e yard of pla s ter remains on the walls of the first floor, and much is gone from the bedroom walls. We also lost a great deal of our china and some furniture, so that next fall we shalt be a t a great ex.pense, we fear. in order t o r eplace simp ly what is most needful. We are fortunate, however, in bei ng able t o get workmen t o repair our house. and now things are beginning to look a littl e more natural.

Several of the girls suffe r ed personally The home of one of our in San Francisco was burned and the families o f some of the other girls suffered to a greater or It ss ex. t ent. As a university, ou r lo sses amount to some millions, but workmen are rapidly e\'olving order

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out of a seemi ngly impossible chao s, and co llege will open, as u sua1, next August tw ent y-eighth.

Th e girls sca ttered very r apidly, but five of us r emaining here fo r the month of May. so that necessari ly our fr aternity and college affai r s we re summarily closed. W e hope, h oweve r, that we may see any visiting Pi Phi this s ummer. Some of u s will probab ly be o n th e campu s a ll tb, t ime.

Califo rni a AJpha wis he s to thank mos t co rdi a l ly a ll th e chapter s and individ u al Pi Phi s w ho so kindly wrote s uch sy mpatheti c note s the se last f e w week s; it wa s a great pleasu r e t o r eceive them.

W e h ope that a ll th e chapte r s w ill h ave a happy and enjoyable summe r and that everyone will r etu rn in t h e fall, r eady for college work and ru shing. LoUISE PEARCE.

CALIFORNIA BETA- U NIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA

(C hartered 1900)

Graduates:

Mary Day

Margaret Smith.

Seniors:

Bla n che Came r on Bertha C ra wfo rd

Mari e Struve

Este ll e Wil son.

Juni o r s :

Laura Br a n sfo rd

Mabel Goddard

Ora Lu cas

Edit h Whit e Florence Zei gen fu ss.

Sophomo r es : Ida McCoy Fr ieda Watter s. Fr eshmen:

Della Darden

Tr easu r e Ellis

Sue Hi esta nd

Amy H ill

Ethel Morton

Elizabet h Stetson

Charl o tte Watter s.

Number In college (I n Berkeley ) 2 ,5 71 ::

OTH };R W OMEN ' " FRATERSITII'!8: Kappft Kappft Gamma.. Kftppa Alpbft Thett.. Gammft Phi Beta, Delta Delt a Delta , Alpha Phi, Cb l Omega

Little d id we kn ow ",hen we wrote the last chapter lette r that the California chapt ers were to experience on e of the g r ea t est disasters of hi st ory. But fir st. Ca lifo rnia Beta wishes t o th a nk a ll th e chapters fo r their kind expre ss ion s of sym path y and hopes f or o ur safety. We are glad to assure yo u th a t no one was in j ur ed although we were all badly frightened

As with a ll important things oth er less significant events are r ecalled as eit h er before or afte r such and such a thing happ en ed, so with us,

the only important eve nt of interes t t o the fraternity before the earthQuak e and si nc e th e April ARROW was ou r r eception Tuesday evening, April seve nte e nth. The h ou se was beautifully de co r ated in a profu sio n of spring ro ses, lili es and green s, and nearly fi ve hundr ed guests, including ma ny of the profe sso r s and their wives, accepted our h os pitality. We were much plea sed t o have seve ral other Pi Phi s assi s t us in receiving: Mrs. King of Mi sso uri Alpha, Mrs. D erle th o f Co lo rad o Alpha and Winifred Blackmar of Kan sa s Alpha.

Late after midnight WI! retir ed , tired but h ap py over the success, wh e n about fifteen minutes after fi ve we were s Ud denl y awakened by a dull, r oari ng sou nd, th e n a jerky s h ak in g of the who le hou se. B ooks and pictures fell to the floor with a c r ash, and c ri es ech oed throughout the h o u se as eac h o f us r an to th e halls not knowing wh a t t o do or where t o go. Those wh o had experienced slig hter sh ocks t ried to calm the more agitated o nes, but 'when we got down stair s s uch a s ight! The pi c tur es were ei th er down o r hang in g one-sided, the pla st er was broken in long zig-zag c r acks, the floor of t h e library and the calla-lilies lI se d in banking the fireplace and mantel were cove r ed with a dirty sh eet o f soot. a nd th e o th e r flowers a nd decorati ons we r e s h aken frOIll their places 1t was impo ssi ble to realize that it wa s all so beautiful a few hou r s befOfe. The kitchen chimney was c r acked so we could have no fire, but h ad to s ub stitut e th e chafing di sh f o r getting breakfa st Yet it was not unt il la t e r that we kll '.!w o f the terrib le damage th e sh ock h ad done elsewh e r e.

Of course there wa s n o co ll ege th a t mo rn ing, but bei n g th e day for th e in spec ti on o f th e cadet s by th e Pr esidio office r s many of us we nt over t o the campus t o watch the drill. Abollt n oon they were summon ed t o th e city t o act as guards. Report s began t o come in of the seve rity o f the shock in Oakland, of the utter ruin of Sa n Franci sco. Flames from th e city could be see n , and people who had tried t o cross the bay we r e r eturning after being forbidden to l and in the ci t y. Then we r ea li zed how horrible the eat hqu ake h ad been. A ll the rest of the day we remained at th e house waiting for telegraphic r eports and afraid to mov e from each other for the sh ocks continued inte r mittently all day long. On account of the r eception man y of the a lumnae being in the city had r emained all night and it was th ey who suffered most keenly while the oth e r s were in a n xiety for the safe t y of th ei r people throughout the sta t e and even up th e wes tern coast, fo r th e report s were t err ibly exagge r ated. Th a t night for h o ur s we watched the flames ri s ing hundr eds o f feet , deva stating and de,' ouring mil e afte r mil e.

Th e nex t day the uni"er sity appointed committees to g et clothing, t o pr e pare food and t o ca re fo r th ose who b ega n to come acr oss th e bay, escaping wi th what baggage th ey cou ld car r y. H a ll s we r e turn ed into hospita ls and h omes and fraternity h ouses were thr own open fo r th e

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refugees. Tents were put up in the campus and the football field, ranges were propped up to cook on, board tables were made to eat from. Delivery wagons, carriages and automobiles were used to carry the sick or the wounded. By thi s time hundreds were pouring in to safety. The university men were guarding Berkeley or helping in th e city, the girls cook ed, sewed and nursed , each glad and willing to contribute h er share of strength although almost worn out and eagerly waiting for news from her own people.

Some relief came t o some of u s when telegrams arrived telling o f the safety o f our homes, but those whose hom es were in the city were still in nervous suspe n se . At la s t all th e girl s had heard indirectly (rom th eir people . Some of the h e m es were burned while others f o rtunately escaped both the s hock <and the fire . Berkeley was almost unharmed. No lins were lo st, few building! were destroyed although nearly Hery hou se lo st its chimney. None o f the college buildings in Berkeley were rlamaged hilt Ih,. nniverc;ity uff ered se\'e re lo sses in th e burning of the beautiful art schoo l and in the damage done to the law and dental colleges in San Francisco.

A few of us were sen t to the city sewing o n relief committees and to urge the refugee s to come to Berkeley or Oakland where th ey would be gi,"e n food, shelter, clothing and medical care. The terribl e confusion, the chaos, the burning debri s, the crash of falling timbers and stone, the awful gale of wind bringing a s he s and heat, the utter helple ss ness of the hundreds of people huddled together at the f e rry building is impo ssi ble to de sc ribe. One cannot half imagine the horror of that ruin

Becaus e of the realization of the uselessness of trying to finish the college year, and th e great fear of an epidemic, all students except seniors were permitted to lea ve. The seniors were graduated the fourteenth of :May. President Wheeler ga\'e his u s ual reception, the pilgrimage was made by the class but the ot her commencement festivities were given up. Vie lost two seniors this yea r , Bertha Crawford and Marie Struve, receiving the degree () f Bachelor of Letters.

Even in the mid s t of all the danger and confusion we had a final fraternity meeting and afterwards initiated a pledge, Della Darden. Although she was so informally initiated -we are ju s t as prouc1 of her and as happy to have h er a Pi Phi as if the ceremony had been mo st brilliant College und o ubtedly will open as u s ual in August and the chapter house will be re-opened. 'We cannot tell to what extent the disaster will affect us but each of us will try to return to resume the college and fraternity work with n ew strength, enthusiasm and courage.

California Beta sends her greetings to a11 chapters and wishes each Pi Phi the happiest and merrie st of summer vacations.

GoDDAtD

Exchanges

Since the issue of the April ARROW the following exchanges have been received and are here acknowledged:

For January-The Raillbaw of Delta Tau Delta.

For February-The 'Alpha Phi Quarterly, th·e Delta of Sigma Nu, the Sigma Chi Quarterly.

For March-The Record of Sigma Alpha Epsilon, the Shield of Phi Kappa Psi, the Phi Gamma Delta., the Raillbow of Delta Tau Delta.

For April-The Key of Kappa Kappa Gamma, the Beta Theta Pi, the Caduceus of Kappa Sigma, the Scroll of Phi Delta Theta, the Phi Gamllla Delta, the Kappa Alpha J01lT1wl, the Allcl,ora of Delta Gamma, the Phi Chi Quarterly.

F or May-The Kappa Alpha Theta, the Eleusis of Chi Omega, the Record of Sigma Alpha Epsi lo n, the Sigma Chi Quarterly, the Delta of Sigma Nu, the Alpha Xi Delta.

For June--The Crescwt of Gamma Phi Beta, the Kappa Alpha J aUTllal, the Delta Upsilon Quarterly, the Beta Theta Pi, the Shield of Phi Kappa Psi, the Rainbow of Delta Tau Delta.

The following editorial from the Beta Theta Pi is so timely, so reasonable and so right that we quote liberally. While in the matter of ex ten sion the small, struggli ng college may well be viewed with much caution, where it ha s chapters established in such institutions, the fraternity's duty is clear. No, not its duty but its privilege.

There has been more or les s talk of late about the withdrawal of the charters of some of our chapters. We hope that the next convention will take action which will Jjut an end to it. But we wish to emphasize the fact that the attitude of mind of those who aTC fermenting the agitation is not in harmony with the e ssential principles of th e fraternity. Within the past few years, s ay ten o r more. there has crept into the

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fraternity the athletic spI rit and the aristocratic spirit. They have simultaneotlsly developed. Whether one has helped the other we cannot say. But what we do know i s that simu ltaneously with these there bas developed a pagan spirit of intolerance, quite the re verse of the idea of mutual helpfulness inculcated by our predecessors. and y et remaining in the bulk of the fraternity.

This intolerance ha s manifested itself in two ways. First, in a desire on the part of many chapt e r s to repudiate the fraternal tie when it entails the least bit of trouble, or even of manl ine ss t o acknowledge it, and, secondly, in a scheme to cut off all the chapters not in the big colleges. The first phase of it is manifest when there comes to a college where we have a chapter compo se d of men who have pretensions to social rank, a Beta brother from some college where social opportunities have not been so numerous. Hi s clothe s are not of the fa shi onable cut, he wears them differently. he does not know the latest fad in dancing, or perhaps does not danc e at all; he lacks an accu rate kn o wledge o r wide experience with foreign wines and cheese, and he is not wearied of foreign travel. The chapter does not cordially welcome suc h a brother . It s members give him a perfunctory hand shake and a back seat, and, having sized up his clothes and hi s possible lack of spending money, ignore his presence and perhaps intimate to him that it would be unwise o r inexpedient for him to transfer hi s to the chapt er. This isn ' t any fairy tale. It is a true story of what has happened, not years ago. but this la st fall in the year 1905 .

Now, then, suppose is a se ries of suc h Beta brothers alI coming to the same institution from the same in stitution It is ascertained that the college where the chapter which is turning out such men is located has stood still financially while the re st of the educational world l$ls been moving forward. Its endowment is small, its teaching force sma ll, and its attractions few, so that it s s tud ents are drawn mainly fr om the s urrounding country. The chapte r which is located at the larger institution is annoyed at the fact that it belongs to a fr a ternity having a chapter at such a small institution, and it hegins an agitation fo r the withdrawal of its charter.

This is a manife station of the pagan sp irit, kill the weak and the sick. Preserve only the strong He lp only those who he lp them se lves. Snccr at the unfo rtunate. D eprive all but the fa vo red few of opportunity for culture and the intellectual and social life.

But the members of the university chapter say, half ashamed of their conduct, "What can we do? Th e man is not congenial. We can't introduce him to our girls He can't take part in our life." The answer we make always is "Why not? Try him." Do you suppose he was made a Beta without any ground for it? Treat him cordially. Make a brother

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of him. Introduce him to the girls. Invite him to your home. If, after you ha,,"e fairly tried this and failed, then you may safely conclude that his paths and yours are parallel and not convergent. But the trial is seldom made-usually the college Beta is made to feel that he is not wanted . He resents it, loses hi s interest in th e fraternity. and becomes un sy m. pathetic and sou r toward it.

\Ve plead for a better fraternal spi rit in thi s matter, and, lest there s h ould be some real ba!':is for s uch action among th e sma ller chapters, the weaker chapters if you will, there should be an anxious sea rching o f hearts. Is you r chapter bringing into the fraternity the ri g ht kind of men? I s there a fair I.r ospect of the continuance of yOUT college? Can you keep up a proper standard o f men and member s? Don ' t tak e you r ow n judgment. Take that of th e fraternity's officia l, fair-minded, broadcultured men,

Among the larger and s tr onger chapters there shou ld also be a sea r ching self-examina ti on. A re the y acting from mere sel fi shness? Are their heads turn ed by a little money and th e possession of a few good clothes, and what they think is socia l prestige? Do th ey appreciate the kind of training the "other fellow" 'h as had ? Brolhers, each may help the other t oward a common standing ground. where the principles of se lection shall be cha ra ct er , in tegrity and brains, and not clot h es and fine manners.

Evidently there is SOme disposition in Delta Gamma to do away with honorary membership, as ha s already bee n done in most of th e oth e r well-established fraternitie s.

Many lime s in the life of eve ry fraternity chapter the Question of honorary membership arises. 1t has always seemed t o me that by our present method of ini tiating h ono r ary members into th e fr aternity a grave injustice has been done to a large number of ou r frend s, who have done just as much for the fr aternity and who are just as charmi ng and lovable as any woman upon whom honorary membership has been conferred.

Each chapter has its list of noble women who ha\' e unselfishly loved and helped it in its career, without e\C r a thought of profit. In ou r own fraternity, first and fo remos t come th e devoted Delta Gamma Mothers, with their sympa thetic care, lov ing heart s an d helping h and s, From their first glimpse of their daught ers' fraternity life they are deeply interested, and aft erward s, through every vicissitude, they are always eager to help and encou rage her chapter_ Sisters of Delta Gammas come next in their nearness to the fraternity, and often vie with the mothers in th ei r loyalty and work of se rvice for ou r fraternity.

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others and who are willing to show open ly for it th ei r mark of especial regard Many time s th ese latt er arc womm of prominence in th e community in which they live and are ab le in many ways t o h elp young girls while at college to form delightful friendships and to gain an entrance ir.to home s of beauty and culture Many of the fraternities call such friend s "pat r onesses." Our Syracuse chapter ha s adopted thi s custom, which prevail s among Iht.' fraternities at its un iversity, and reports great pleasur e derived from s l:ch a relationship.

After alI, the bestowing of an honorary membership is simp ly a public acknowledgm ent of th e fraternit y's gratitude and love for the recipient We always hav e to u se a different S-:- Tvice, and, in ninety nin e cases o ut of a hundred, the h onorary does not attend any of ou r business meetings. I s she really any more of a help t o the chapter than sh e wa! before?

Any woman deserving of h onorary member ship in a fraternity has alr eady given it her best 10\'e and loyalty and will continue t o gin it her best. Public recogniti on is due all such dear friend s, but can we not devise a plan, before next connntion, whereby th e power o f \'oting, wearing of the pin and keeping of the sec r ets be entrusted only to girls initi ated during their ccllege course? Then let our li st of honoraries or patrone sses be enlarged to hold the name of enry woman who has been a faithfu l friend to anyone of our chapter s.

Delta Upsilon is quite right. A fraternity is n ot a charitable organization, n Or is a chapter h o use a public in stituti on. \¥ith all Our problems of chapter house financ e, may we never reach the point of asking exemption from the o rdinar y burdens of citizen ship. Let us pay Ollr t axes and keep Our self respect.

A bill wa s introduced into the recent l egislatu r e of the sta t e of New York "To exempt r eal and per sonal property of letter fraternit ies connected with a college or other in stituti on of learning, from taxation, and I'Iepeal ing all laws in conflict herewith."

Alth ough Delta l.: ps ilon has eight chapter s in New York state, seven owning houses and one about to purchase, we did not and could not s upport th e measure as class legislation for the benefit of th e few at th e expense of the majority is eminently unfair. A chapte r h ouse is no more entitled to exemption frem taxation th an a boarding house in a college town or a s tud ent' s own hom e, which might be n ex t doo r to a chapter hou se, and certainly not as much as the hou se of a college professor who is aiding in the cause of learning. We believe heartily in chapt e r houses and in paying our ow n \\ay.

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To th e foll o wing ex tr ac t fr om the KCj!, we c r y "amen." F a r better fr om a fraternity as well as any oth e r poi nt of vi e w is she who can say "This o n e th ing I do/' th a n s h e who boasts "T hes e tw e nt y things I dabble in ."

L ess th an a y ea r ago there appea r ed in a fr a tern ity magazine a forceful little dis se rtati on on th e desirabili ty of Kappas beco ming "a ll ' r ou od ." It was speci fied th at ou r college \""omen s h ould see t o it th at they a r e getting th e proper a mo unt and so rt of ph ysica l tr aining and that the y be able t o ho ld th e ir ow n . which is no s mall thing. in th e soci a l wo rld In short. it was a spi rit ed challe n ge for brea t h of educatio n an d expe ri ence. I h ave not a word to say agai n s t th e intent of thi s a r ticle, but a t wi nge o f f ea r s h ot through me lest it be interpreted t oo li te rally and ou r girls might t end toward bteadth at the expense of dep th A str ong body is th e first essentia l and. s ince the end of all endeavo r along the se lin es is that we may become healthful and pleasing compani o ns t o our fe ll ow-beings. I would n o t cry down the importance o f lea rn ing h ow t o conduct our socia l relati o ns with poise and command. But s in ce time and streng th f o r acquiring knowledge a r e. in any case, limited. the se desired e nd s wo uld b e gai n ed and held i n a bett e r way , it seems t o me. if we spe nt mo r e time in deepening anyon e branch of study and less o n a sk imming of the so-ca ll ed "cu ltural " courses.

F o r i n st a nce, I regrd that th e popularity of th e stud y o f Greek a nd L a t in h as waned. It is th e fo undation o f a ll serious work in hi st o ry, litera ture a nd art. Without it on e lacks per spective for a proper vie w of mediaeval o r modern life. There a r e tr ans latio n s bette r ones than we can make, but o ne can feel in anothe r la nguage. a n d a n Englis h wor d is a th ousand years too you ng , a t least , to s hed li ght on a Roman can· cept. There is a certain s tability about th e mentality of a woman w ho has done something more than dabble in Greek and Latin, for \\'hich no amount o f hard-won secon d- h a n d authority can pa ss for a su bstitute.

As a fraternity man and a ve r y liv e college pres ide nt , what Dr. E . B. And rews says a bou t fraterniti es must comma n d attention. In his add ress to one of th e province conv e nti ons of Sigma Alpha Epsi lon , Dr. Andrews makes seve ral o ld truth s n ew ly graphic, especia ll y perhaps in what h e says about rushing .

Coming t o the second subs tantive nil th at I have s een III the case of a number of fraternities--or a group of evils, a r e th ose th a t clus t e r abo ut t oo ea rl y an importunity in th e se l ec tion of membHs; in brief-rushing. I think it i s in the interest o f all the fraternities that more time sh o uld

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be taken for the aU-important work of selecting members. Two great mistakes are made in particular. In the first place it is a thing that seU more parents against fraternities than any other one thing I know of, unless perhaps the expenses, which are sometimes inordinate and ought to be kept within bounds, if they can be. One thing that causes parents to take ground against fraternities is that when their sons go to the university the first time, th ey are not permitted to think any thoughts of their own, or on their own behalf; but if they dress well and stand well in school and make a good appearance and seem like agreeable and desirable boys, they are urged and importuned and almost impelled into some fraternity before they h:::.ve time to look about them. Emerson says our own deeds are the rarest occurrences in the world. Almost everything we do somebody else dues for us; suggests or puts us on to it. This is pre·eminently true of yeung men when they go to college. I think tha t is just the time they ought to be left alone for their own good. Let the m look about and decide for themselves.

But we are not talking about the outsider, or the man who is going to come into the fraternity this year or next, but of the fraternities themselves . I think they s uffer at precisely that point, in getting in members. How? You get occasionally a man into your ranks who ii not your style. He doe sn't follow and heartily like you, and you don't follow and heartily like him. What an unfortunate s ituation that is! [ can scarcely think oi 3 more unplea sant thing than that a boy through this haste should find him se lf in the midst of a lot of young men of a different type or style. different order of thinking, different way of liv· ing, from that which he repre sent s. He may try to fi\'e this down . No doubt there is a latent possibility in everyone of us, more or le ss, t o live down a thing of that kind, and the nece ssa ry proce ss is gone through fo r rubbing off the idio sy ncrasies of thi s boy. In one case it may work very well, but in many ca ses it is a much deeper thing He may be a good fellow, he might do fir s t rate in another fraternity, he might do all right out of a fraternity, but he is not a fit to you or you to him. And almost nothing but evil comes from membership in a fraternity for a lad like that.

\Ve should take a longer time , s hould stand off and look at the new students, get acquainted with them and they with us, and these misfits would be much less frequent than they now are . They would almost never occur under those circumstances . And I think that when these misfits are found to b e in the midst of us , there ought to be less of reluctance , on their part and on ours, to sever the relationship. If you find a brother among you who would be better out of a fraternity. or in some other fraternity, say to him, "Here is an honorable dismi ssa l; go to the other fraternity , and we will help you all we can, and will h o ld

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no grudge against YOll." 1 do not think that i s very common; but I think it ought to be considerably morc common. I am so rry th ese misfits do occur. \Vhat I am ple ad ing for is a po li cy that will ma ke them as infrequent as possible ami another policy o f getting rid of them when they do occu r, with as littl e suffering and wrong t o the m an and the fraternity as possible. I think that is an important consideration, and that this policy indicated, with th e log ica l following up that each of you will think ou t fo r him se lf, is practical and possible.

One of the most impo rtant questi ons t o be taken up at the approaching convention of Kappa Kappa Gamma is, we understa nd, the reorganization of alumnae government and the readjustment of the relation s between alumnae and active members. Its nature and its desirability are here well put.

That there s hould be some so rt of alumnae o rganizati on is a belief that is rapidly spreading, at lea st among the alunmae. Some of the active girls are fond ;)f reiterating th at ours is an undergraduate frat e rnity, and that the gTaduates s hou ld keep th ei r finger s out of the pie. 'We are not su re that ,\'I;! want our fingers enti r e ly in. At th e same time , when we joined thi s beloved fraternit y o f ours, the fact was impres se d upon us that we were n ot joining f or college da ys only, but for life. How ar e we going to fe e l that we are s till member s of an important and hon o rabl e o rgani za tion if we do not take some part in it s affair! and work in, so me way for it s interests?

As alumnae we have gained a broader o utlook , and view fraternity matters differently from th e way we viewed them when in college. What was then of deepest mom e nt often fad es into insignificance; and what was neglected or ove rlooked we now r ega rd as of vital importance. Would not thi s ve.ry fact be an advantage rather than ot h e rwi se? The alumnae ha ve the out s id e point of view, a nd necessarily wider experie nce, with the in side knowledge, sym pathy and interest in fraternit y affairs.

That the editor of the Phi Comma Della is a bit weak in history is proven by two e rr o r s o f fact in the f allowi ng short clipping. The Greek women did not buckle on a man's armor and Kappa Alpha Theta is not the fir st women's college fraternity.

]t thu s a ppear s that Phi Gamma D elta and Beta Theta Pi assisted in bringing t o birth this first woman's college fraternity. Kappa Alpha Theta now h as twenty-fixe active chapters, the members of which, as we have met them, repr ese nt th e highe s t type o f yo ung womanhood. Per-

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haps. and likely, there is no association of women in America with higher ideals and better insight into tlie things that cou nt than th ese women of Kappa Alpha Theta.

It is no t mere sentiment, but fact, that, like the Gre ek women of old , these are th e kind that buckle on a man's armor and send him forth to life's battle with confidence in hi s power to endure and with prayer s for the greatest victories.

It is delightful to have people agree with you . So wh e n the president of Delta Tau Delta writes a letter of advice to the editor of the Key and we find these sen t ences, we are as pleased as if he had written them to us

You will observe that I s hall not u se the word "so ro rity ." It is a weak and entirely unnece ssa ry w o rd. In the sense in which we , of college o rganizations usc "fraternity," it may describe an as socia ti on of girls as we il as of boys.

At least one state historical society, thanks to a Pi Beta Phi o n its library staff, ha s already for some years carried o n a work like that projected by Delta Upsilon . It i s a good plan and New York City is a good place fo r s uch a library.

Delta Upsilon has been maturing a plan for the formation and pres e rvation of a "Pan-Hellenic Fraternity Library," to be located in the New York Public Library ucder the ca re of Dr. Billing s, the librarian , who has granted ample space and will bind and preserve the matter placed in his charge without expen se to the fraternitie s. The plan has been presented to several fraternities who have agreed to co-operate with us. In the early fall a communication will be sen t out over th e s ignatures o f those who have joined the propos ition, asking that all fraternities unite to make the library comp lete. All fraternities wi s hing to join in this work are reque sted to write for further info rmati o n to our Librarian, Wm . Oakl ey Ra ymo nd. 451 \ Vest End Avenue, New York City.

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