The Arrow of Pi Beta Phi - July-1907

Frat ernit '}! Directory

FO UN DERS OF T HE FRATER NI TY

Maggie Campbell ..........•. ..•.. •.... Mo nmouth, 111

Libbie Brook s·Gaddi s Avon, ItL

Ada Bruen-Grier _ Belleview, Pa.

Clara Brownlee-Hutchinson Monmouth, Ill.

Emma Brownlee - Kilgore Monmouth , I ll Fanni e Whitena ck L ibby Red \Ving Minn.

Rosa Moo re Ca re General Delive ry. New Yor k City.

Jenni e Nicol (decease d )

loa Smith S oule 621 S K St , Tacoma , \:Va sh J enni e H o rne-T urnbu ll 2546 N 32 St , Philadelphia, Pa

Fannie Thompson (deceas ed ), N a ncy Black-\Va ll ace Gtenos oo rne, Pa.

GRAND C OUNCIL

PusmENT-Et izabeth Gambl e. 565 Cass Av e., Detroi t, M ich. VIcz- PREsmENT-Mrs . May Co peland R eyn o ld s, F ost o r ia, Ohio . SECRETARy-Elda L. Smith , 710 S. 6t h St. , Springfi eld, I1J. TREA sU RER-Marth a N Ki mball , Uni"er s ity Park, Oem'er, Co lo.

EDITOR-Fl o ren ce P o rt '! r Ro binson, 543 Mar shall St , M ilwaukee, Wis.

HISTORIAN

J eannette Fr anklin, Ind

CATALOGUER

Mary Bartol Theiss, (Mrs . Lewi s E .) 64 W. 1000h St., New Yo rk C ity.

SECRETARY OF INTER SORORITY CONFERENCE

J obelle Holcombe CbI Omega, FayettevUle, Ark.

CORRESPONDING SECRETARIES

ALPnA PROVINCE

M o rr is Jn cks on. 215 E 15tb St., N ew York City. ALplu-Editb N. GrAnt. Middl eb ury. Vt

VERY O!'OT MmA-Uolverslty or Ve rm ont. n t leo L, All e n , 3 Fletcher Place. Burl · Ington. Vt

COLUlIB IA At, PHA-Hel e n Mar )fac Leod, 1347 Girard St. . N . W . , Washington, D. C.

PE NNB YI.VANI A ALPJ-u - Anne Pennon, Swarth'llOre. Pa

PI!:S!"SYLVA!'OIA BE'rA - Eunlce nail f.-e wJs bu r g, Pa. PESS81'LVASU. GAloI)(A.-Ellubeth B ' alr. Rout e 6, Ca rli sle, P a.

NEw Yo n:: ALPuA-Syracu8e olv ers lty LoI, Hawk s 112 Waverly Ave., Sy racule. N Y.

N EW Y OR K BETA- Anoll H o lm , W el!l tmln ste r. Perth Amboy. N. J

M' A.SSACn U8 F.TT S ALPHA- Mildred ColI),e r , 26 Cherry St" Wsltbam, Man Bot;ton Mus.

M." BYLANO ALPHA-..o\nnabeile Mill e r , The W o man'a College. Baltimore, Md .

BETA rnOVIN'CE

PRESlDflN'l'-Edlth Clark Burr, 147 Palm e r Ave. W e!>t, Detroit, Mich.

OHIO ALPIlA - M&ry Cbappelenr, Athens, Ohio

0810 BETA- Margaret Wll eox. 1584 N e ll Av e., Columbu8. Ohio.

ILLIN OIS BETA-Lombard College, Marlon 'V-biter. 663 N Prairie St. , OalM-bu r g. III.

ILLIN OIS DELTA-Allee J o bnlo n, 858 S " O:lfl.. St.. Gttleaburg, I ll.

ILLINOIS Ep SILON-Northwestern Unlverllty, Amy B. Onken, Willard Hall, EvAn ,to n, HI.

ILLINOI S ZETJ.- Unlvenlty ot Illin o is, Loll Swigart. 807 S. Third St. , palgn, 11110 01•.

I N'DUXA AL P u....-Eth e IYD LsGrange. Franklin Ind. l!'(ou.:u BPJTA-Unlven lty ot IndianA, Barbftrfl Voyles Bloomington. Ind INDU N" G.unu.- C :arn Holliday, 2GUi Br oadway, Indianapolis, ]od Mt CHlOA!'f ALPIIA- Allc e Sot te rthwalte HIIl8dal e , Ml ch, MI CUI GAN BETA-Annabel Kellog g, 836 Tappan Road , Ann Arbor, Mi ch. WJ SCO SSI!'f ALPHA-U niversity ot Wisconlln, Dorothy BU " "1ham , 216 West Gu· man St., Wls

GAHlIIIA PROVIN CE

PRE S IDENT-Ann e Stu a rt. 1906 0 St • Lincoln, Neb. I o wA ALPHA-Ethel Lymer, Mt. Pleasa nt, Ja. I OWA B ETA-Edith B ea l. Indla n o'a, la o

I OWA. Gunu-Lols Boardman, PI Beta Phi Bouse, Ames, Ja I OWA ZETA - Ellztlbe th Mi chelson. pt Be ta Ph i House, Iowa City, la MINNESOTA. ALPlu-Unlverslty ot Mlnn elO ta , Florence Amble, 1' O. Box 574, Vnlv e nlty Minneapolis. Mi nn KAN SAS ALPHA- BerthA Lu c kAn. Ll!.wrenC@, Kal MI SSOURI ALPIu.-Su lle Sh epard , Columbia. Mo. MI SSOUR I BETA- Louise B. Birch , 4606 Morgan St St Louis, Mo. NE8RA SKA BETA-S arah M.rtln, 10 20 J St Lincoln, N eb 1..o (l18IANA ALPHA - T..ol s J a nvi e r , H4!'i Webfl ter St , New Orleans, La TExAs AL PHA-Drew Staggs, 2506 Whitis Ave ., Austin, Tu as.

DBLTA. PROvnrCE

P:lIlSlnIlN'I'--Robert& F rye, 1306 Madi so n St , Seattle, Wash.

COLORADO ALPHA - Eun ice Thom pso n, Boulder, Colo. COLORADO Bm -Aoo A Howe, 1420 Josephine St Denver, Colo.

C"LlJ'ORSI.l ALPIU-R oberta R oberb, PI Be ta Phi Houte. Blanlord Unhenlt7. Callt. CUlf'OJlSI.l BET -Amy Hili , 2428 Col1ege Ave .• Berk e ley, CaUf W"SHDfOTO l'I' ALI'fu-8elen M Gibbons, 4749 75th Ave , N E., Seattle, Waab.

A lumna e D epartm ent Direc tory

Vf('1l • May C. Reyoolds. Fostoria, Ohio. ALUMs i.E EOITOa-Etbel Rou. Currret." 72Q E. 1 5tb SL, IndlanapoUI, Jed 4.LI" H A PROVINCE

SECllET.f.U-Edna L Sto ne, 16 18 R. J. Ave., Washington, D. C. VUlIOST--Mary E . Co lburn, Union Village, Vt. M.un•• sD .UOD SoUTHEAST-Y Alice Wood , l i t aod Cbeat nut Aves., Baltimore, Md

PJ:S!'I'8TLv.uu.a.-Qraee Woodard. Bradford, Pa. NEw Yo Bit-Laura E. Single. 407 Proepeet Ave., syracuse, N Y lli 88 AcB(JaETT8-E llubeth Coates, Phoenls:, Ar";. BETA J) R OV NCE

S flCR.7URy- Katbarln e Stevenson, 2319 College .I'Ve., Ind lanapolla. Iot1 OHI O-Mrs n. S. B elk o llp. Palne.'Vllle, Oh io, ILLlsols-),{n. Fannie Murff Glidde n, Kewan ee. Ill. Isou.s.f..-Faoole Min er, 519 E Walnut St., Jndlana poll .. Ind. MI CBIO,l.s-Mr8. Bertba My er s Kempton, Hillsdale, Mlch, WJ SCOSSI:oI'- JvS A Wellb, 416 N. LiVingston St., MldllOn , WI GA !LM 4. PROVINCE

SECRETuT-Maude Mill er, 217 N. 1 9tb St., at. Josepb , Mo. J ow.6.-May Belle AII.trand. W aterloo Ia IUN8As-Elale £loran .. 704 S. 4tb St., Leavenwortb Kan. NE BllA81U-M ra. Fr.neetl Brown , Jr .• 1638 D. St., Lincoln. Neb. LoUJ8U.S.i-Allce M onroe 8 47 Caro nd ele t St. New Orleaor. La T llxu-Ka te B. Sockwe ll, 276 8wLs. Ave., Dallaa, TeL YIS SOUR J- • B. Marlow, r "'ourtb St , S. E , Ml nneapolJ., MloD ABu :sus-Mrs Battle Spee r lJ-e ttim.o , Fort Smith, Ark. KES TUCK'f-Martbll Taliaferro, Ro.evllle , III.

DELTA P R OV1 NCE

8ECRIlT.6. RT- Mr5 Loul.e F. Marlh all Tuscon, Ariz. COLOllADO--Mftty W.lllhan. 206 W 5th Ave., Denver, Colo. C.lLlrotNu-Ueleo M SuUl!!'. Lelaod Sta niord Unlverllty, California.

AL U MNAE CLUB BECB.ETAB.IEB

B UR LIS GTON, Gregory Wllddell, 56 Elmwood Ave W .UIIU 1W'I'ON, D. V. Barber, 703 E Ca pi to l St. PHIUDELPlfu-Deborah Ferrier, Moo r e.to wo, N. J PITTSBORO, p -Anoll. Spears, Latrobe. Pa. Nllw YORK: C ITy-Dora R Ne.lnl, 324 3rd St., Brook lyn SYRACUSE, N. Y.-E va Roe, 1J5 Ostrander Ave. BoSTos, llis lJ.-Rotb p. De nnl a 19 K en w ood St., Brookline. Bu.TJ),'ORIl, MD.-Blanche G. He liln ge r. 235 E. Lafayette Ave. COLOllBC8, O.-MrR. Arthur J obneo n, 157 Latta. Ave. ATH ENS , CouJtrap CBIC.6.GO, I LL.-Ann a M Mc Maban , 304 8 Drex e l BIT". G.6.LI!SBCRO, ILL.-lflld red Brown . C.6.JlTKj,OE, ILL. - )ir lJ. Klltharlne Grlmth HilI. I:ot"DU :ot"U'OLIB, ISD -Allce Good. FR.&SKLIS, I ND --GladYI Mill er DETaolT, MI CH.-FrAnce. A. 1i000ter, 124 Charlotte Ave. HILLSDA LE, MI CH.- Mrs B Meyer. MI SSUPOLI R. MIN N.-Alice E Th o mpfIOn. 7 0 1 15tb Ave., S. E DES MOI:o;'Z&, "" .-Mra. Anna. ROII5 Clarke, UilO !\tn t b St BORLINGTON'. 1.6..-Mn Edna Uble r Gilman MT IA - M rs Mntt le Stearnil Gloeckler. ISDI.6.S0U, - A nnA. Wrlgbt Dowell. AXES, b •.....: J...oI. A. Placeway. 10w.6. CITY, b.-MtR. George W Ball KJ,NU8 C ITY Mo.-Clarabe l Den t on. 2726 Waba sh Ave ST. LoUIS, Mo.-A Fred. Becke r 58 70 Cabaone st. ST. J08UlI, MO.- Mrl. J e le L Gayno r Tbe Ga yn o r Stu"lo. LINCOL N, N ER.-Ada Wau gh , 1642 G St. COUNCIL BL O""& .6.:SD OltAHA-Je le Nason, 2554 Mander lO ll St Omaha L4W RJ:NC&, lUN .-Len a M.anb NEW Oatul"'lJ. LA.- Mft y O. Logan. 1589 Pblllp 8t. DIlNvma, COLO - Mary E. Wailiban, 206 W. Flitb ATe \lOOLDER, CoLo - Yr• Edith McClure, 222 7 8th St. Los AS OEL1'!8. C.iLI" -Flo r e n ce M Burnbam. 135 9 Alnra"o St. SUTTLZ, W.6. "n -Loey Hammond, 1803 14 th Ave.

'THE cARROW

VOL. XXIII

JULY, 1907

The In stallation of Missouri B eta

NO. 4,

More than a year had we hoped and waited fo r the glad news that we were really to becom e Pi Phi s, and as the time drew nearer and nearer to th e tw e nt y - seco nd o f March wh en our chapter wa s tv be in s tall ed, only o ther "charter member s" can realize how excited and happy we were.

Miss Fre d Becker, the dear Pi Phi alumna who has helped us so much to ward the real1zati on o f our hopes, offered her beautiful home fo r the ceremonies of initiati on and in s tallation, and by half pas t seven in the e ve ning, we had all arrived and been gre eted by th e hostess and Mi ss Elda Smith, wh os e fo rmer visit we remembered with so much pleasure. Quite a number of the alumnae w e re able to be pre sent , so me of whom were even memlnrs of 1. C. Sorosis ; this we all felt added to the pleasure of the occas ion, for it wa s one of the true st plea sure s we have ever experienced.

When the time came fo r us to follow, one by one, into the Initiation chamber, we were feeling the se ri o usne ss of it all; and when the s w ee t impre ss ive ce remo ny was oo ncluded , thro ugh which we had bee n led with so mu c h s implicity and dignity by Mi ss Smith, o ur happine ss had mo r e of quietness than the excitement of a few hours before . You sec, n ow that we we re actually wearing our littl e arrows, we were already beginning to feel our re sponsibility as Pi Beta Phis

It wa s nuw about ten o'clock , and th e alumnae gave us a little supper, ove r which ou r hos t ess g racefully pre s ided as t oas t-mistress. She ca ll ed lIpon th e ladies o f the a lumn ae who told us

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. I some of the Pi Phi ideal s and s tandard s. Some of th e members of the new chapter told a little of their strivin gs and hv pes for Pi Beta Phi, and of their pre s ent happine ss. Miss Becker read over th e lat es t congratulation s that had come t o us and then ju st at the most appropriate tim e came Mi ss Gamble 's telegram to Missouri Beta.

And now finally, a s one o f our girl s said that ni ght, we want to thank alI our si ster s for their sweet welcome,-thank them in th e name of the baby chapter, Mi ss ouri Beta, o f Pi Beta Phi.

Louise Buckin g ham Birch .

Washington Universil)!

On June tw entieth, 1907, at the Co mmencement exe rci se s, the 1iftieth anniversary of Washingt on University will be ce lebrated. Washington has grown much since her small beginning as Elivt 'Seminary, in 1853, and as vVa shington Univer sity , in 1857, but du rin g the la st few years has begun a new growth . In 1905 the Departm ent o f Arts and Sciences wa s removed to the new si te northwest of Fore s t Park. On the campus of 115 acres there are now eleven buildings of red granite in the style of the Tudor'Goth ic pe ri od The latest of these is the women ' s dormitory, McMillan Hall, which is now nearing completion. It is a large three-story building with a tower, on three s ide s o f a court. The -dining room in the east wing command s a beautiful view of the uncultivated part of the campu s and of the w""ds to the west.

In the west wing is th e gymna sium. There is a very p r etty recepti on r oom and fudge pantries are located in all the corrido rs

As you enter the university ground s from the front, you go up a Iv ng slopi ng walk with lawn s and drive s on both sides to the terrace and the main archway of Unive r sity Hall . On the left of the avenue is the Briti sh building with its beautiful garden s , and state ly hall, which is in the spring and early fall the center of university social life. Through the arch you enter the main <luadrangle whose chief chann is the conventionality of its green

WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY

lawn, cut by many intersecting walks. The pillared portie') of our library on the west side of the quadrangle, is our greatest pride. The gymnasium and stadium are at the ext r eme west o f the campus, at the edge of the woods.

The departments of law, medicine, dentistry and art are 1<>cated down town, and th e school \) f botany is connected with the Shaw Gardens.

The socia l life of the univers ity is principally in connection with th e frat er nities and clas s societies. In the las t two yea rs, how eve r, all o rganizations hav e tak en a fresh sta rt. The G lee and Mand\)lin Clubs this yea r made their first trip to Cape Girardeau, Missouri, and gave sc \'e ral very s uccessful conce rt s in Saint Louis.

Thyrs us, the dramatic club, give s a play every month in our little theate r in Cupp le s Hall, and makes a more ambitious attempt once a year in March o r April. This year it was Goldsmith's "Goodnatured Man." After the performance in the Odeon in Saint Lv ui s, the play was tak e n on a week's tour through Mi ssouri.

Thi s year th e W . A. G. society reorganiz ed. This is a socie ty among the girls o f the college for the promotion o f good feeling, and the disCl)uragement of clique s, and is compose d of four girls from each fraternity and fou r non-fraternity girls.

The first fr aternity establ ished at Wa shington was Beta Theta Pi, in 1869, withdrawn later Other general fraternities followed in the order named: Phi Delta Theta, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Beta Theta Pi ( re-established), Kappa Sigma, Sigma Chi, Sigma Nu, Kappa Alpha. . Of the professional fraternities were establi shed: engineering, Theta Xi; law, Phi Delta Phi, Delta Chi; medical, Nu Sigma Nu, Phi Beta Pi. Phi Delta; dental, Xi Psi Phi, Delta Sigma Delta. The women's fraternities are Kappa Alpha Theta (November 30, 1906). Pi Beta Phi (March 22, 1907 ) and Theta Sigma (local, 1898) . Amy Elder Starbuck.

'Tile

B irth of tile Fraternit1!

One plea sant afternoon at Monmouth, lllino is, a company of college girls were si ttin g on my fathe r 's po r ch . These g irl s were good a s th e bes t, clev e r a s the av e rage, and tru e friend s .

While we thu s sat and chatted toget her there wa s kindled in our hea rt s a uni o n o f purpose, and from thi s came the founding of the 1. C. Soc iet y. A n aro rn is small a nd see m s of little value, but from it comes the mighty oa k , the ki ng o f trees. As th e acorn, I. C. Sor osis in its beginning see med small and unimpo rtant , but it contained a hidden powe r . With the se g irl s as the mainspring it was destined to fill a p la ce o f ho nu r in the colleges of our land. W e " dared t o dream large thin gs." Lik e the handful of clay we had hi g h thoughts of our o wn value a nd wonderful dreams o f the g reat place we were to fill when the t ime came fo r o ur virtues tv be d iscove red. The work that we commenced ha s been loya lly ca rri ed o n by ot he r s until today we see o ur society large, commanding and strong-the Greek Pi Be ta Phi .

Prior to th e fou ndin g o f our soc iety th e re were in the ",)lIege a num be r o f girls wearin g a pin. They see m ed to hav e a great many sec r et s and ju st bu s hels o f fun. Thi s made u s think that we might hav e a good tim e, too, if we would wear a pin a nd kn ow a thing Or tw o that we wou ld not t e ll t o eve rybody; so we decided at o nce the nam e by which we would know ou rse lv es, a nd then af ter num e ro us s ugges ti o ns a nd all talking at o nce several time s , we agreed th at Ollr pin shou ld be the arrow, al1 of pure gold . W e th e n int e rested ou r se lv es in the making of o ur pi ns. The se secured , ten gi rl s each wearing a n arrow i" her hair were seen one day in the coll ege chapel. At lea s t we th o ug ht that we were seen . Never before had we fe lt of so much im portance .

Three of ou r sec ret s were these: The fir st was our birthplace. It was quite generally believed that we were a chapter from an eastern college. Thi s sec ret we ""'pt fo r abou t fifteen years. Then it wa s ou r greatest sec ret. Now that we were the Alpha chapter is uu r greatest pride . Our seco nd sec ret was

A F o und e r or PI B el li. Phi

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FROM A PI PHI MISSIONARY

where and fr om whom we secured our pins. Had it not bee n known that our pins were from Chicago, it w\)uld SOOn have been known that we like Topsy never had no fath e r, no mother, no nothing, just growed .

OUT third sec ret was the meaning we attached to the ma gi c 1. c. .

To give u s pre stige we wrote tu Elizabeth Cady Stanton, telling her of our aspirations. We begged her t o permit us to make her an honorary member. This she did, writing us a very encouraging letter, almost causing us to feel that we were conferrin g the honor up on her. We al so obtained a charter from Congress, and when thi s was done we had a cook ie- s hine. When we attended the convention of ou r Pi Beta Phi in St. Lvuis we were forc e fully reminded of OUT fir st convention held in Oquawka, Illinoi s. We could see that th e I. C. spirit was upon it s me mbers, and was influ e ncing them in their deliberations. Almost as much and as important business was transacted there as at the first convention!

T on ight and wherever we see the arrow we recognize the genuine 1. C.-ourselves repeated. We are proud of you a n d of the stabi lity of our fraternity

F

ANN IE VVH1T ENACK LIBBEY , Illinois Alpha.

From a Pi Phi Missionar1!

Dear Pi Phis: Did you h ear all about my eve ntful trip ? That I missed my boat in Seattle, that I had a gay tim e in picturesque J apan, that I st ayed in Shanghai only long enDugh to he offere d a cup of p os tum coffee and that I got on th e Yang T se boat only t o awake in the morning to the fact that I was the only passenger! Can you re ally sense that? Just trace it with your finger \,) n the map a nd then ima gi ne being the sole passenger! And for four days and four nights! No, no, I didn't die,-it wouldn't pay to kilt a heroine in the beginning of the 5tor>,:,-5O

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I arrived at Kinkiang after num erous accid ent s and saw the face of one whom I had g r0wn t o love by her pictures . She is a hand some maid e n lady who ha s been here thirty-five years ,-is now sixty,-and the Chinese call he r IIQueen of the Yang T se . JJ Do you blame th em? Well, you would not could you but see her. S he ha s time f o r the \Official, to discuss with him the fine points of Christianity and Buddhism, and s he ha s time for the coolie and the work woman,-any one who see ks the truth . I own a se dan chair. Tal k about the gra ndeur of Marie Ant o in e tte! The only trouble with my hand some chair is , that when I am in it the coolies say it is so very heavy and I invariably have .to pay four coolies in s tead of three . I'm s ure it' s only their imagination , even though people say the Chinese haven ' t any. You would laugh to see me, an expunent of MacFadden's physical culture, get into my chair with a foot warm e r, mind you, and a steamer rug over my lap, like o ne afflict ed with gout, and then sit up, putting my smile in my pocket, for I must lo ok like a picture in a frame ann he entirely oblivious of anything tha t goes on in the s treets. And, land kn o ws, there by hang tales enough! But when I se e boys and men run past my chair so that th ey can s tand and get a full view of m e, "coming," my smile breaks and I u sua lly have a coughing fit. I s n't that the way w e used to do in schoo l? If the coolies kee p in s tep when on level ground, it is very comfortable,-bllt when they are out of step, or when we go down hill I feel like a swinging pendulum and what occurs sometimes is what we call sea-s ickn ess .

Can you imagine seeing no member of the Caucasian race f o r days at a time? For a month I have been living in our home and school, one establishment, with seventy-five Chinese, and I've been the only foreigner. There are two Americans in tvwn whom I see about once a wee k, two more once in two week s and four more once a mo nth at a prayer meeting. I am really not what you would call a society belle ,--of course the only rea so n being that there isn't any society,-so I take my Bible and Thackeray, Browning, Dante and Poe and I have many a good talk and laugh with them

This is a daily program. I rise at seven-thirty,-breakfast at .,ight,-school prayer at eight-thirty ,-at nine I dress a child's diseased ear and if any of th e girls are ill or need their necks painted with iodine, or have fever s or small-pox .o r hydrophobia or any little thing lik e th at, I attend t o them,-then my teacher comes and I study Chine se for three hours. He is a typical Chinese literary ari stoc rat. I s uppose he can repeat the Chinese hi st ory for five thou sand years by heart. He crovn s the se tales the way I imagine the I srae lite s crooned David' s psalms. He keeps on hi s little black satin cap, with the r ed knob on top, all the time a nd hi s queue comes to the bottom of his gvwn. He never lifts hi s finger s to do manual wark,-he can't for hi s finger nail s project at lea st half an inch from the en cis of hi s fingers . Well, here we s it for five hOllrs of the day. We have desperately hard times trying tv be mutually understood. I in sist that it is snow o n the mountains and he says "No;" so when Tang come s in she s traighten s us Qut and I find, to my amazement, that he ha s been about the su nshine on the roof and I about the s now on the tn'0untains. I teach two English classes, one clas s in s ightl s ingin g, give two music le ssons, do much of the discipline , keep all school accounts, entertain numerou s Chinese gue st s (ladies of rank who bring th eir pipe s and smoke), write letters galore and run the hou se Well , suc h is the life vf a mIssionary. She needs to be a many-sided perso ns,-we have to get many sided when we get here , if we are not before.

There is a beautiful river and a low range of mountains where the we s tern sun gives us a fea s t of vision every day. Thes e Oriental Sllnset s are worth bottling up and se nding hvme.

My dears, I am ten days fr om the sight of a postal card. Shanghai is the emporium of China and when r can go there I shall send some. Until then, be content.

We have a mighty intere sting school,-over fifty girls. We have them thirty days of the month and twenty-fvu r hours in the day. And of the eighteen new girls that have just come in, not one ha s ever heard the Name that is above all others and which we repre sen t.

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You can't imagine t he univer s al lack of comfort among the Chinese. The se gi rl s have nol h illg. Save any pr e tt y pictu r es or cale ndar s th at yv u have and send them on,-Yo u see I have learned to beg. Knitting needle s and any thin g that they can use woul d be a g r eat b lessing. And be thankful yo u were bo rn in a Ch ri s tian land Here th ey know no Sunday, they know n o love.

With much lo ve to you all, and may I have another s u ch letter from 311, Na ncha n g. China.

You rs i n Pi Be ta Phi,

WEALTHY B. HONSINGER, New York Alpha

Th e Protec tion o f Fra/emit }! Insignia

(Fro m The B eta Th e ta Pi)

S I NCE th e college frat ernities h ave become so widespread and so inAuential , it is inevitab le that evil-disposed pe rsons sh ould see k to take advantage of th e well -kn"w n loya lty of their membe rs a nd th e comity which ex is ts be tw ee n members o f the diffe re nt fraternities and attempt to assume membership in o ne or th e oth e r of th e fraternitie s with o ut warrant.

A coup le "f yea r s ago on a voyage to Europe we meet a yo ung man wearing a a K E badge, who sa id in response to inquiries that he was a member of th e Harva r d chapte r , which cease d to e xist lo ng bef" r e he cou ld have gone to college. Yet he had used the badge to curry f3\-vr wi th a membe r o f <l K E o n the ship and who had unhesitatingly introduced him to hi s family. I\. little ea rlie r, a man delive ring coal at the write r' s house wo re a <I> B K badge which was so out of keeping wit h hi s obvious lack o f educativn that inquiry was ma<;l e and it was 1earned that he had picked it up on the stre et. At a :\Iaine summer r eso rt a short time since a young man ecured social recognition on the st re ngt h of Z 'II badge he had bought somewhe re.

La s t year the badge o f B (;) II and it s coat of arms were roth appro priated by a cigar manufacturer to adorn hi s labels. The >I< T ow l and fa sces ha s been empl'.:>yed by a brewer to distinguish a brand of not over exce llent beer, and the A <l. 4> blazon was use d f or some years as an adverti seme nt by a dealer in tombstones in Philadelphia.

These and s imilar in stances naturall y g ive ri se to th e query whether any protection can be afforded again st th e improper and unauthorized use of fraternity badge s and similar in s ignia.

We have seen in the account of the pr.:>ceedings of more than one fraternity s uffe rin g fr o m an indignity of thi s kind mention of th e appointment of a committee to patent o r copyright its badge or emblems or to register it Or them as a tr ademark.

As th e nature o f the protection afforded by the e divers methods does not seem clearly to be understood we will fir s t co ns ider them.

A fraternity badge is not the s ubject of a mechanical patent which is granted vnly for 3n art or proces s, a machine o r appal-' attl s , a product o r a composition of matt er. It would be the subject of a design patent if it were new and o rn amenta l at the t ime the application f o r protection wa s made, and if such appiic:'1.t ion wa s made by the inventor. But nvthing can be validl y patented which has been in public u se or on sale for more than two years prior to th e application, and therefo re all the frat e rnity bad ges are ruled out. Th e designers or inventors o f mvst of them a re, moreo ver, unkn ow n. Jn addition, a design to he patentable must constitute an invention and few of the fraternity badge s could pass that ordeal. Most of them are bald imitation. or variations of pre-existing emblems, and the monograms woulJ at o n ce be excluded under this provision of the statute, as it certainly requires no invention ttl s uperimpose one Greek letter ove r another l over <I), or X o ver "' , o r X ove r <1>, or Z ove r "', o r to arran ge them in juxtaposition as A :£ X did.

The longest t erm of a design patent is 14 years, a nd at the exp iration of that term th e public would be free to use it s s ubject matter . It is of course conceivable for one of the fraterniti l!S

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fonnally to abandon its present badge and to adopt another whic., would be patentable, but as stat ed the pr0tection would la st for fourteen years onl y.

The copyright statut es are equa ll y inapplicable t o the protection of such emb lems. A t h in g to be the subject matter o f a copyri g ht mu s t be new, and thi s We have see n wou ld e:xc1ude all of the existing badge s. It must also be a work of tlie fine arts and thi s would rule ou t most o f th em also. The pro tection i s, moreove r, limited to yea rs with the privilege of a further exten s ion of f'Uurteen to the auth or o r hi s heir s .

At la s t we come to the trademark law. This cannot be invoked because emblems t o be capable of becoming tradema rk s must be used to identify and di s tinguish articles of merchandi s e and certainly those who display the emblems do not fall under that cate go ry.

The present federal trademark law f o rbids the use as trad emarks of the coats o f arms o f state s, countries and municipalitie s and the courts have also, on g rou nd s of public policy, denied the protection of the law to trademark s consisting of national /la gs and simi lar public sy mbol s.

The Rule s of th e Patent office re lating to trad e marks refuse regi s trati o n as trade marks of any fraternal society emblems unle ss their u se by the applicant ant eda te s their u se by the soc iety.

We do not believe a court would enrvin a merchant from adopting th e badge of on e of the fraterniti es as his trademark for betr o r cigarettes for in stance, a nd yet, o n the g round s of public policy, it mi ght do so. It would be intere st ing to make up a test ca se and see But usually, enli ghte ned se lf-inte re st will prevent a merchant fr om courting s wift unpopularity in thi s way.

The danger to be protected against is, however, no t so much the mi sappropr iation of fraternity emblems by merchant s as the misuse of suc h emblems and th ei r display by those not entitled to wear them. It is quite conceivable f o r a plausible scound rel with a fai r knowledge of coll ege manners t o travel for ye ars among the chapter-houses of the diffe rent fraternitie s , shifting his alleged basis o f membership as tim e went by and enjoying a

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rat her enviable and care-free existence, courted and feted as an unusually interest ed alulllnus .

As ther e is no protection to the fraternitie s under the f ede ral law we rnu st turn to th e enactme nt of the state to see what r emedies they afford.

Some f e w years ago th e G rand Army o f th e Republic, a se cret fraternal o rder having a s it s ba s is o f membership s ervice in the Northern army during the Civil War , f o und it s badge misused a nd proc ured th e enactment o f a s tatute in New Y o rk protecting it. Thi s was amended and enlarged fr o m time to time until in it s pre se nt form it reads a s follows:

674-a \JNAUTIJORll£.D WEARIKG ow USE OF BADGES, NAME, TITLE Ol OfFICERS, IN S IGNIA, RIT UAL OR CERE ).I ONl£S OF CERTA IN ORDERS AND SOCIETIES.

Any person who wilfully w ear s th e badge or th e button of th e Grand Arm y o f the Republ ic, th e in s ignia, badge or ro sett e of th e Military Ord er o f th e Loyal Legion of the United State s, o r o f the Military Order of Foreign \Var s o f the United Stat es, or the badge o r button of the Spanish war vet e ran s, o f the Orde r of Patrons o f Hu sbandry, o r th e Ben e vol ent and P rotective o rder of Elks of th e United States of America, o r o f any soc iety, orde r of o rganizatio n, of ten y ea rs' standi ng in th e State of New York, or uses th e sa me to obta in aid o r ass is tance within this s tat e, o r wilfully u ses the n ame o f sueh soc iet y, o rd e r or oranizati on , th e title s o f its o ffic ers , o r it s in s ignia, ri tua l 01" c eremonieJ, unl ess ent itled to u se or w ea r the same und er the constitution and bylaw s, rul es and regutations o f s uch o rd er or of such society, orde r o r o rgani zat ion , is guilty of a mi s demeanor.

Hon. Thomas E . Crutcher, Centre, '61, of G la sgo w, Montana, info rms u s that the law I) f hi s state is s ub st antially the same a' that o f New York.

Thi s would se em t o afford fair protecti on to a soc ie ty of ten years' sta ndin g in the state, but leaves younger o rganizations out in the cold, presumably with th e idea that th e bad g e I)f a younger soc iety would not be well enough known t o f orm a basis for su ccessful deceit.

Purs uing the sub ject further, we have made inquiry in the different s tate s among well-known Betas, with the following resuIt: Herbert Wing, Kansa s , '98, of Boise, Idaho; Jam es W McOJrmick , DePauw , '72, of Phoenix, Ariz . ; Edward K. Wood·

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worth , Dartm o uth, '97, of Conco rd , N. H.; Willis VanDevanter, DePauw , 'Sl, o f Cheyenne, Wyoming; George R. E. Gilchrist, Virginia, 'Sl, o f Wheeling , W. Va.; Geo r ge W. Owens, Washington and Lee, '72, of Savan nah , Ga ; J osiah O W olcott, Wesleyan , '0 1 , of Wilmingt on, Del.; James L. Rawlins, Indiana, '74, of Salt Lake City, Utah ; J oh n S. Adams No rth Ca rolina, '05 , of A s heville, N. c.; Charle s H . Ca rey, Denison , 'S l, of Portland, Oregon; George P. Raney, Virginia, '63; of Tallaha ssee , Florida; Willia m B Cady, Michigan, '82, of Detroit Mich .; Frank Gledhill, Princeton, 'Sl, I)f Pate r so n, . J. ; Th omas D. Crawfo rd, Virginia, '84, of Little Rock, Ark.; Geo r ge B. Ward, Cumbe rland, '87 , of Birmingham, A l a., and Pre sley K. Ewing, Missi ss ippi , '81, of HOll s to n , Tex" each inf o rm ti S th at th e re i s n o s tatute gove rnin g the ma tt er in th eir respec tiv e sta tes.

Dick Haney, I owa We leyan, '74, of P ierre, So uth Dakota, re purts that his stat e protect s th e badge of the Gran1 Army cf th e Republic only, but that th e law i s unco nst itutional becauo;; c fin es collected under it are direc ted t o be disposed of in an unlawful manner.

Howard vVi sco ns in, '77, of i\IIilw3:ukee, Wi s ., repor ts that Wi scon sin protect s the badge of th e L v)'a l Legion and Grand Arm y of the Republic on ly . Clarence L. New ton, We sleya n , '02, of Boston, Mas s., stat es that hi s sta t e protects only th e G ran d Army, Sons o f Y eterans and Spanis h War associations Jame. L. Gavin , DePauw, '96, vf In dia napo li s, In d., r epo rt s that the Indiana st atllt e refers t o th e Grand Army of the Republic, Union Vet eran s U ni on, Sons of Veterall s o r th e Military O rd e r of the Loyal Legion only, but ha s another provi s io n protecting I) r ga nization s incorpo rat ed un de r the law s of the State o f Indiana or doing business in that s t ate reading as folto ws:

BADGES OF SECRET SociETIES :-WEARlNG OF-I. It shall be unlawful f o r any person not a membe r o f a secret society or othe r organization in corporated under the law s of the State of Indiana or doing business in thi s State, to wear the badge, unifo rm o r emb lem of any sec ret soc iety or other organization such as has adopted by th e regulations of su ch society or o rganizations. Section 2319. Burn s Revised Statutes, 1901 . Whether a college fraternity would be held to be "doi ng bU5i-

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ne s.," in the s tate o r not is a question. Its answer does not seem to be altogether free from doubt.

Emlin McClain, Iowa, '71, of Iowa City, la., r eports that Iowa protects only the badge of the Grand Army of the Republic and th e Loyal Legion. The same is true of Kansas as reported by Scott Hopkins, Kan sa s, '81, of Horton, Kan s as, and of the State of Washington , as reported by Winfield R. Smith, Wi ,cansin, ' 89.

Albert S. Gordon, W esleyan, '0 1, of Hartford, Co nnecticut, reports that his state prutect s G. A . R. badges o nly. William T. J-Iaines, '76, of \Vaterville, Maine, says that does that and extends the protection to the Sons of Veterans also, while A rthur P. Sumner, Bro\\' n, '85, of P rovidence, R. I., writes that his s tate protects cer t ain soc ietie s named in the sta tute an 1 n o o ther s, the only frat erna l orde r mentioned being the Elks.

Some o f the s tat es have attempted to frame comprehensive statutes on the subject. Colo rado, for instance, has the following statute, reported by Harrie M. Humphreys, Wittenberg, '89, of Denver:

Any person who sha ll wilfully wear the" badge, r osette or insignia of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, the Grand Army of the Republic, or any other secret s<x: iet y, or who shall use or the same to obtain aid or assi s tance thereby, within this State, he sha ll be entitled to use and wear the same under the rules and regulation s of th e Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, the Grand Army of the Republic, or any othe r secret shall iJe guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, sha ll be punished by imprisonmen t in th e county jail for a term not exceeding sixty (60) days, o r by a fine not exceeding twenty (20) dollars, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

It sha ll be unlawful for any person, firm or co rp orat ion t o make use of the consecuti ve letters "G. A. R." or such other sec r et society, the symbols o f which are sought to be used for the purpose of advertising a business o r place of business, unless such place of business shall be recogniz ed by the rul es and regulation s of the Grand Army of the R'!public or such othe r secret society. Any per son o r persons violating -: he provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and. upon conviction, shall be puni shed by a fine of not less than one hund r C"l

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dollars, o r by confinement in the county jail for a period o f not Jess th3n six months, o r by both such fine and imprisonment.

It will be noted that the above statute forbids wearing a badge or using it to obtain assistance or to use it in advertising.

The statute of Ohio, reported by George H. B illman , Wooster, '87, of Cleveland, forbid s any person frum wilfully wearing the badge or button of '4any know n or organized sec ret socie ty or order."

The statute of Mi sso uri r epo rted by Sears Lehman, Washingron, '03, of St. Loui s forbids the fraltdllleltt use of s uch emblems

Tennessee ha s the following law reported by Ewing M. Thomas, Cumberland, '67 , of Nashville:

Any pe rson who shall wilfully wear the button, badge, pin or otht: r emblem o f the Free and Accepted Masons, Independent Orde r of Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias, United Confederate Veterans, Grand AmlY of the Republic, or any othe r sec ret society working under a charter recognized by a grand or supr e me lodge, or shall wear o r u se the sarn o to obtain aid o r assistance thereby within the State of T ennessee, unless he shall be ent itl ed to usc or wear the same und e r the by-laws, rul es or regulations of the socie ty whose button, badge, pin or emblem he wear" shall be guilty of a mi sdemean o r, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined in any s um not exceeding twenty-five ($25.00) dollars, o r imprisonl'<i for a term not exceeding thirty (30) days, or both, at the di sc retion of the court .

Hon . Willis O. Harris, Virginia, '68, of Loui sv ille, Ky., reports that the Kentucky law is substantially th e same a s that of Tennessee.

Minne sota ha s a comprehensive enactment as f o ll ows (reJX>rted by Robert 11. Thompson, '95, of Minneapoli s) :

Every person wh o s hall wilfully w ea r the insigna or rosette of the Militar y Order o f th e Loyal Legion of the United Stat es, or th e badge o r button of the Grand Army o f the Republic ,or any similitude of either; o r who shall wilfully wear any badge, emblem o r insignia pertaining to the Orde; of Ma so ns, Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythia s, or any other secret o rd e r o r society, o r any similitude thereof; o r who sha ll use any such badge, button or insignia to obtain aid o r asistance, unless he shall be entitled to so use the same under the constitution, by-laws, rules and regulati ons of such order or society. shall be guilty of a misdemeanor,

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and punished by imprisonment in the coun ty jail f o r not more than thirty days, or by a fine of not more than twenty-five dollars, or by both.

Ok lahoma extends its prohibition only to " male persons over eighteen years of age, " and re lates on ly t o certain named societie s and others of "five years' standing" in the s tate. It is reported to u s by Frank B. Burfvrd, Virginia, '06, of Tulsa, and read s as follows:

';Any mal e person over eighteen years of age, found w earing the badge of the Grand Army of the R epublic, or the insignia, badge, emblem,. rosett e or othe r distinguished device of the Ancient Free and Accepted. Masons, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Knights of Phythias, Ben evolen t and Prot ec tive Order o f Elks, or any of the subor dinate. co-ordinate or auxil iary branches o f sa id order or orders, o r of any lodge, order, or o rgani zat ion of five yea r s' standi ng in the Territory 0 ' Oklahoma, or who wear s o r uses the sa me in any manner to obtain aid or assistance within the Territory, unl ess entitled to wea r the same under th e constitution, by-laws, rules or r egulations of s uch order , is guilty of a mi sdemeano r and, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than twentyfiv e dol1ars nor less than t en dollars for each offens e.

The law of Pennsylvania o f which we have been furnished a copy by H. Walton Mitchell, Pennsylvania State, '90, of Pitt.burg, n ot only forbids the unauthorized wearing of the inSignia of any secret fraternal a ssociation but forbids advertising to selt charter s o r the ri gh t to es tabli sh lodges o r communicate sec ret$ or confer degrees by unauthorized persons.

The Illinois statu te tak es note o f the fact that under certain circum stance s th e ladi es ma y be entitled to wear the badges of th eir hu sba nd s or near relatives. J t is reported to us by William A. Hamilton, Northwe stern , '79, of Chicago, and read s as follow s :

It shall be unlawful for any p e r so n to wear the insignia or badge of auy lodge o r fraternal society in this State, o r to usc the same to obtain aid o r assistance, personal or soc ial recognition the r eby, from any person, unl ess he shalt be ent itl ed to u Sc or wear the same under the constitution, by-1aw s, rules and regulation s of s uch lodge, lodges, society o r societ ies; provid ed that Section 2 of this act, sha ll not prohibit the wearing of the bad ge or insignia of any lodge or by the mother, sister, wife or daught e r of any m embe r of such lodge or society entit led under this let to wea r such badge or insignia,

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The Nebraska act as reported to us by Ernest C. Ames, Nebraska, '96, of Lincoln, Neb., has a sim ilar gallant exception and reads as follows:

79740. Sec. 245xSa (Badge, insignia, wearing, u se.) It s hall be unlawful fo r any person within this state to wilfully wear or use the badge, in signia, jewel, or badge of recognition o f any soc iety, Jodge, guild or association, fraternal or otherwise, who is not a member in good standing or entitled to wear or use the same, under th e laws, rul es and regul ations of such society, lo dge, guild, or associatio n, fraternal or otherwise.

7974C. Sec. 245x8c (Use, etc., by r epresentative . ) Nothing contained in thi s act sha ll be const ru ed to prohibit the mother, wife, sister, daught er, or affianced wife of a member in good standing fr om wea ring a badge, insignia, jewel, o r badge of recognition of the lodge, societ".f, guild or association, frat ernal or otherw ise, of which the husband, son, brother, father, or affia nced husband is a member in good standing.

South Carolina ha s a sweep ing law reported by Perlonneau F. Henderson, Davidson, '9 7, of Aiken, reading as follow s : It s hall be a misdemeanor for any male person to wear as a badge or ornament, o r expose, o r have about the person, any emb lem, badge, jewel, or in signia of what eve r kind , of any sec r et, fraternal, ben evo lent or soci.:ll organizations, unless such persons shan be entitled to the same by the rules, regulation s and law s of such secret, frat erna l, benevolent, or social organizations.

Section 2. That any violati on of the provisions of this Act shall be deemed a misdemeanor , and s hall be punished by a fien of not more than one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than thirty days.

Tlii s would seem to allow women to wear any badge they pleased, but to prevent boys, eve n children, from duing so. The Jaw would seem to include the sor o rities.

The California Law, for a copy of which we are indebted to Charles S. Wheeler, California, '84, of San Francisco, is as fvllows:

sJ8b. Any person who wilfully wears the badge, lap el button, rosette. or other recognized and estab li shed insignia of any secret society, order or organization, or uses the same to obtain aid or assistance within this state, unless entitled to wear o r use the same, under the constitution, bylaws, or rules and regulations , or other laws or enactments of such order or society, is guilty of a misdem eano r.

We had no answers to our inquiries from Virginia, Louisian'l, Maryland , Mississippi and Nevada. One brother has kindly sent

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us the stat ute of his state , but it was not accompanied by a letter and the postmark wa s indecipherable and we could not tell where it came from.

Bills are pending in Oregon, New Hampshire and Idaho to afford protection to the socie tie s.

It would not apparently be a difficult task for the college fraternities to secure the enactment of a s tatute where none now existed or of one modifying the existi ng law As a simp le form we suggest the following:

It shall be unlawful for any person not a member of any secret social or fraternal orga nization, existing in th is state, to wear its badge or other in s ignia unless the same be permitted by the rules and regul::!.· tiODS of said organization.

It sha ll be unlawful for any person to display the badge or other in· signia of any secret. social, or fraternal organization existing in this state as a trade mark to identify goods exposed for sale or in advertisements, offeri ng goods for sa le.

Any person violating the provisions of this section sha ll be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon convict ion thereof, shall be fin ed In a sum not exceeding twenty-five dollars or imprisoned f OT a term not exce«ling thirty days or both at the discretion of the court.

Such a statute might properly include a section relating to the improper use of the name s of colleges, churches and simil ar organizatil)ns and of their seals and emblems. Bu t this is ou tside of the scope of ou r s ubject.

What a Fraternitp Girl 'Thinks

Vennont Alpha has an idea , an idea which she hopes to put into successful practice . Perhaps some of otl r s is ter chapters would like to hear of it. It nas to do with An fcUo lor Rushing ru s hing , a s ubject which is very much in our mind s at pre se nt We have found that many freshmen are wholly ignorant about fraternity, and that it is almost impos sibl e during the rushing season to give the rushee all th e information which in ju s tice to 'vurselves and to her, ough t to be given. So we propose to prepare in concise from all the information about the fraternity and o ur chapte r, past and present, which can legitimately be u sed in ru shing. Thi; data is to be printed on card s and g iven to each ru shee We hope that thi s plan will make ru shing eas ier bo th for ourselves and the fre s hmen. If any of the chapters have s imilar sc h emes \YC should like t o hear of them as their experience "'vuld be m",t helpful.

Do we a lways stop to con s ider how we may help the chapter alo ng by feeling a keen per sonal re spon s ibility in the little things we are as ked to do? How often we are reThose Ulillle l!rings." quested to do an errand, care fur the chapter rooms fo r a day, or make a call; and how very often we either forget it altogether, o r ask someone who is just as bu sy a s we arc, to d'V it for u s . If we could -each do what we are asked to do immediat ely, o r keep it fo remost in our minds until we have done it , wouldn't affair s run -:nuch more smoothly? We all dete s t nagging, and the only way to prevent it is to do our littl e dutie s with promptness, and without grumbling . Our chapter officers would find their p os itiOl's a pleasure, rather than an affliction, and chapter affairs would run a smoother course. Let' s try!

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scnool closes at the end of the year, the nonresident girls leave for their re spective homes, but how do the girls who remain in town spe nd their sumA S umm n Plan mer.

lIlinois Delta has a plan to suggest which would be both a pleas ure and an aid when rushing time arrives. Little thimble partie s every tm, or three weeks through th e summer at different Pi Phis' ho me s would se rve t o bring the girls togeth er and if some of the younger town girl s, wh o expect to enter college are invited , it is an easy way to become well acquainted and a pleasant one for both s ide s.

lIlinoi s Delta tried thi s plan la st summer and it proved ve ry successful. l//inois Delta.

The question of ru s hing rule s ha s again come up and I ow a Zeta after having tried fo r three years nearly e very conceivable fo rm of ru ' hin g has at la st decided that first Ra 3hing ways are be s t and the le ss restriction in regard to ru shing, the better. And so this year we have only one re s tricti o n and that is that gi rl s may not be asked befo re the opening day o f college, but as ide fr om that all ru shing is open .

The diffe rent sororities seem to interpret rules very differently but we thinK that our pre sent plan will do away with that difficulty and that in the end there will be less hard feeling between the soror itie s . Iowa Zeta.

As a rule, are not fraternity girl s inclined to 10s e s ight of the f act that the fraternity is a part of the college, not a thing apart and vas tly morc important? Do we not J •• J a Ie. Ewt:y D ay some time s forget that our college need s ou r s upp ort and enC:vuragement at a ball game or a Hmeet," and leave the rootin g fo r the loya l " barbs ," who have no such all·involving int erests a s fraternitie s ? Are we al·

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ways as w illin g and a nx io u s to attend class meetings as we are to attend fraternity meetings? I s it n ot u sua ll y true that the more w::. id enti fy ou rse l ves wit h the interest s \)f our college, the s tronger we a re making our frat e rnity ? These are some of the questions that occu r t o a freshman. Colorado Bela .

One of the hard problems o f a fraternity girl is that o f being perfec tl y n eut ra l when s he is w i th nv n-fraternity girls o r tho se o f rival soc ieties. She sho u ld fo rge t th at s h e

When 10 Ik Silenl is a so rority gir ls and di sc uss nothing whateve r pertaining to her lif e or int e rests in co nnection with he r so ro ri ty . It is pa rt icu larl y hard f OT an "independent" when s he is w i th a party o f buys and gir ls, mos t of th em Greek s, if th ey be g in t o talk frat e rnity matters, even in a general way. In a pa rt y it is so natural for the girls of the same chapte r to stay t ogethe r, more o r less, tha t they are apt to fo r ge t that all g irl s are n ot ·as fo rtunat e as th ey The spi rit that we all want to cultivate is democ ra cy and we will find that it crcates a much bette r fee ling a111'0 n g all th e girl s.

Colorado Alpha.

The year 1907 marks the fortieth annive r sa ry of the founding of Pi Beta Phi and the t enth of lIlaryland A lpha, so la st year th e g irl s decided that it would be a fine thin g t o An Annivusatl' Re-union have as big a reunion as possible at OU f annual banquet in June. In \l r der t o tell o ur alumn ae o f our plan, and t o give them ample ti me t o make their arrangements t o come t o Ba lti mo re in June , three o f the girls wrote to th e alumnae in the s ummer, explaini ng OU f intenti o ns, and also inviting them to go with us \I n ou r ho u se party which we usually have th e week foll owing the closing of college. A s a result of our efforts we have the plea sure of having a large number o f o ur "old girls" with us at o ur banquet and f or all the oth er functions of commencement week. In this

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w ay ou r fraternity enthusiasm and our love f o r the wine and blue was g rea tly increased Aside fr om augmenting our fraternity spirit, the reuni o n gave opportunit y for a per sonal acquaintance between the a lu mnae and th e new gi r1 s o f th e chapte r. It is much eas ie r t v become acq u a int ed by actually meeting people than by lett e r writing, and the freshmen have met some of ou r fine g irl s whom th ey o nl y knew by h ea r say befo re.

A nd thi s is the advice Alpha has t o give. If yo u have an annual ban quet and hou s e party, w rite to y o ur a lu mnae and t ell them that yo u n eed th em, and th e plea sur e a nd happine ss which comes fr o m a big reu ni'Vn spent in le t te r writing. wi ll amply r epay the little time Maryland Alpha

Since the chapte r letter s have begu n t o come in we find that many chapters are unsatisfied with their Pan-Hellenic regulations, and we wish that the rul es might all give the The Pan · Hellenic sa tisfaction that o urs do here. Where the ru s hing season is so very s hDrt as it is in some pla ces there is a lwa ys th e dan ge r o f ta king in und es irable gi rl s , and where th e ru shin g la s ts fo r so me mo nth s a s it does in other pla ces, th e re is a lo ng, constant strai n upon th e girls that is so d etrim enta l t o g vod co ll ege wo rk. But he re at Hill sdale we hav e stru ck a happy medium th a t h as stood the t es t o f several years. Ou r college is small and we have but on e rival, Kappa Kappa Gamma. Acco r di n g to ou r rul es each fraternity is allowed t o g ive but one ru shin g party be fo re bidding day, which romes the fir s t o r seco nd week in Novembe r, and w e a re no t a l· lowed to s peak to n e w gi rl s about fraternity affairs before thi s ti me We just get acquainted with th em in a natural way. After bidding day we may ru sh f o r ten days, but it is se ld o m necessary t o do so. This all ows thin gs t o come about naturally and quietly and we wlJ uld r ecommend the plan to all chapte r s located in small colleges. Whether it would w o rk in univer s ities, we cannot say, but fo r the sm aller ins tituti on s we are confident that it is the only way. Michigan Alpha

"What att itu de should a fr aternity girl maintain toward the barbs?" is a questio n th at mu st come to us very ofte n. Ma ny times we a re compelled to be unjustly maTho "Oorb" Quo.l;on li g n ed and charged with man y evi ls which have no origin within the fraternity, and wh en we s uffe r s uch acc usa t io n s in s ilence, bel ieving it is better taste than to s tir up active troub le, ou r enemies in sist th at we have no arguments a gains t them.

It rea lly see ms as if we are entitled t o a hearing and yet it is diffi cult to go to a barb and d efend an in sti tution of which she know s not hin g except of the external wo rkin gs, and in wh ich she has no part. It is ha r d to have the wh ole fraternity, and all the frat erni ti es, judged by th e idiosync ra s ie s of one chap ter member. W e know t hat every fr ate rn ity man and girl is watched and criticised for every little word or acti on.

The girl s try to treat ou t side girl s, in public, ju st a s they treat their o wn s is ter s, and are o ften unm e rc ifull y snubbed in their advan ces . Again, we are accused of undue exclusive n ess . These are a few of the phases o f th e barb que sti on th at we, a s fraternity people , have to meet.

It is o ft en exa s perating in th e ex tr eme and yet it seem s be s t in alm ost every case to maintain a di g nified s ilence, and C'Vnform ou rse lves, a s nearly as po ss ible, to the ideals we have tak en as our ow n. Io w a Beta.

The que s tion o f the affiliati o n o f alumnae is certainly a most seriou s o ne. Is it a real benefit to,) the active chap ter o r not?

When a girl graduates from co llege and enTh. AcJive Alumna t ers upon outside intere s ts, it is hard fo r her to give the time and att e ntion to frate rn ity an d college affairs which she formerly gave. And yet s he feels hurt when s he does not know all that is "dving." Not only do h er ou t side int e rests keep her fr om actively taking part in college affai r s but very o ft en her time is n o t all at her own disposal, and the n comes the puzzling question o f when to have fraternity meet-

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ings. Of course they must be held regularly and at a tim e when every rmmber can be present, and it is extrem ely hard to find suc h a time for girl s of varied inte rests.

Some may say that an active chapter needs the olde r gi rl s to guide it. But are not the seni or s capable of runnin g the chapter with the aid of the more humble underdass gi rl s ? And i f the do take th e responsibility, it weaken s t he younger girls when they have to a ss um e the burden.

On the ot her hand it may be argued that the per so nality of the affiliate s win s much f o r the chapte r and also the cl ose r association with them in chapter life is v ery delightf ul. The affiliate s urely may b e a great sou rce of stren g th t o th e chapter both soci ally and finan cia lly, yet th ey could give th eir co- o perati o n in the same way as alumnae. Af te r all, it is the character which C0unts, and s urely as an alumna, a girl may be m-" st closely identifi ed with the chapter and work f or the chapter's good. Ind eed, if the fraternity h a s m ea nt tru e friend s hips and real sympathy to a gi rl , she will not have to be a m ember of the active chapter to show thi s . Coillmb ia Alpha .

I wonder if all our s is ter chapters have tri ed making definite plan s in the sp rin g for ru shing se ason. \V e have done this for tw o or three years now, and each year we P la n Ring Ahead for make it a littl e more definite and well o r- Ra sh i ng Seaso n ganized. In the spri ng we app o in t a ru s hing chairman who keeps a dat e book. attend s to all summer ru sh ing corre spo nd ence and ap{X>ints th e committee for the ru s hing parties in the fa l l. We plan definitely just what our " fun ct ions" shall be, fo r we are only allowed five, and each girl take s a list of the s e dates , so that s he can invite any de s irable girl in the summer. She is required to notify the ru shing chairman a s soon as s he mak es any date s with prospective fre s hm e n . In that w ay the whole sc heme o f ru s hing is as sys tematic a s possible. There are a good many obv io us advantages in thi s plan. \Ve find th at th e g reat est good it d oes LIS is making it possible fo r us

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to fo res tall o ur rival s in dating girls up in th e s pring. When there a re se ve n o f th ose afo res aid rival s, and when the ru shing seaso n is tw o weeks a nd a half long so that th e re are not enough dates to go ar o und to all of them, this mean s a great deal. Of COllrse the necess ity o f definite plan s d epe nd s largely upon the kind of ru shing contract to which a chapter is tied, but we think that even witli few res tricti o n s would be worth whole a sys tematic ru shing s cheme Illi"ois Z ela.

We have all read pretty s ummer pla n s in the girls' columns of the magazine s until our brain is a whirl of dainty lingerie, practical traveling ba gs and delightful sumSummer Suggest;on$ mer re sorts. And yet tired a s we may be of this ever pre se nt advice, it s truck me that a few s ummer s ugge stion s might not be .Ollt of order in the se pages where we P i Phis talk things ove r.

In a large chapter where it is quite im possible fvr the girls to write lette rs to eve ry s is ter, a round rob in lette r might be an excellent s ub s titute f o r th e individual missive. In thi s way the gi rl s would keep in totl:..ch with each o th e r as a whol e, di sc u ss plans and new id eas as they come to us and with thi s to keep us together, we would sc arcely feel the separati on I) f the mile s and th e month s . Perhaps seve ral de s irabl e girls vi si ted at the college during commenc ement-we can see t\) it that pos tal s and now and then le tter s reach them . Those of us who live in the college town can be o n th e lookout fo r "prospectiv es" from the high sch oo l, and entertain, or at least call on th em . W e can a sk ou r alumnae to tell u s in ca se they kn o w of a desirable girl wh o intend s t o enter ou r "" lie ge in the fall; thi s may be the means of winning for u s some sple ndid Pi Phi s, and will also keep up the active intere st of the alumnae.

Then there is that other girl whom we kn o w of perhap s, and who, while she may not possess that indefinite something which stamps tbe future Pi Phi, is a woman nevertheless who is striving toward the same ideals which we in the fraternity world may

have more definitel y ou tlined, but which we do not cherish more than she; we can le t he r kn ow that the college want s her.

And finally every v ne of u s can be on the alert fo r new things, ideas for ru s hing, f o r stre n gthen in g ou r fraternity in any way. We can be active, eager, hopeful and above all loya l Pi Phis during the whole summer. Illin ois Beta

Alumnae Department

Washington Alumnae Club

From OUf ru s hin g recepti o n in the early fall to the fe st ivities of Commencement week , Washington Pi Phis do not have many idle moments. Thi s year, in additi o n to ou r usual celebration s, we indul ged in tt a real Pi Phi wedding." \Vith rumors of seve ral engagements, the prospect s are that we may have so me more of th e same kind o f exc itement.

Besides th e me e tin gs reC'0I11mended by convention, we had a "cookie- s hine " and an e vening in Ireland when we vi s ited the land of St. Patrick in imaginati on made vivid by the de sc riptions o f one of our girls.

In March we invited our patrone sses, the faculty and friends to a stereopticon le cture in University Hall on "The Sun and Solar Eclipses ," by Mr. Peters of the Naval Ob servat0ry Founders' Day wa s celebrated by a banquet at Tea Cup Inn.

The alumnae j oined fo rce s with the active gi rl s in April and worked hard se llin g ticket s for the Ben Greet performance o f Much Ado About Nothi ng, which we gave for the benefit of the new university building fund.

With the May meeting which wa s devoted to bu siness and a soc ial time among ourselves the pre sent year f o r th e alumnae in Washington came to a close.

FLORENCE ELIZABETH FRI S BY .

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New York Alumnae Club

The New York Alumnae Club and New York Beta Chapte r celebrated Founders' Day t oget h er this year with a lun cheon at the Hotel St. Denis April thirteenth. This WBS the first of 'what promis es to become an annual affair 6.i nce it was suc h a success and so thoroughly enjoyed by all.

The event of the day was the intrvduction of the two n ew Pi Phis ju st initiated by the Ba rnard Chapter, the Mi sses Bonfils and McCann, and two more promising initiates would be difficult to find than the young girls presented.

The New York Club is very cosmopolit an in it s compositi"v n and fifteen chapters we re repre sen ted. Lunch eon was served in the Blue Room of the St. Denis to fifty loyal Pi Phis The menu was supplemented by seve ral Pi Phi so ngs, which we sang between the courses to the sp irited piano accompaniment of Mary Wadsworth, o ur Pi Phi scho lar sh ip girl.

1\1rs. Springer of Kansas Alpha wa s toa s tmi s tre ss . She sa id that being toa stmistre ss reminded her of the sma ll boy who, in describing hi s first g la ss of sod a water said, "I t goes up my nose but I likes it."

Mrs. Harmon of Alpha in responding to the t oas t "Looking Backward" proved herse lf both scholar and poet as she turned ou r thoughts t o days gone by and fraternity life. "Loo king Forward," th e maiden Pi Phi speech of Miss Bon fils, was filled with promise both for her se lf and the chapter, a s all are agreed that you get from your fraternity in the proportion you give to it.

Mrs. Farnswo rth, Cvlo rado Alpha, head of Whittier Hall, spoke on "Fra ternity Enthusiasm" and told of the s truggle of a brilliant woman t o make up f o r the loss of ju st those things the fraternity gives to a girl. Miss Wadsworth, Nebraska Alpha, and New York Beta, then told u s of the joy s and sorrows of "Fraternity Life at Barnard" a s compared to her hom e chapte r ana other colleges.

Mi ss of Xew York Beta in "What the Alumna e Can Do

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fo r the Chapter" made a plea for the str engthen ing of fraternity tie s into a r ea l fri e nd ship between th e g irl s of the club and the active chapter. Mrs . Sisson, Illin ois Delta, Ex-Grand Preside nt , replied fu r the alumnae in a most witty t oas t wliich carried as an under current some exce ll e nt a dvi ce to both alumnae and active gi rl s. Mrs. C hapman Ca ll , Iowa Gamma, President of the Intern a ti ona l W oma n' s Suffrage A llian ce, s howe d u s w hat was ex· pect ed o f a college woman, wh o had learned to think and rea son. That th e value o f a college ed ucat ion w a s d emo n s trat ed wh en a woman could reall y u se he r j ud gment in everyday Jiving , instead o f accepting th e st ereo typed things laid down by convention.

We all felt after li ste nin g t o the se toast s that th e futur e held much in s tore for us both a s individual s and as a club.

ALDA W1LSON

Columbus Alumnae Club

Although the Co lumbu s Alumnae Club of Pi Be ta Phi has been in existence for the pa st eight yea rs, it wa s re -o rganized in the ea rly winter in accorda nce with the amendments to the constituti o n rega rding clubs, made at the la s t convention.

There are n ow about thirty memb e r s r e pre se ntin g Ohio Alpha, I ow a Zeta, Indiana A lpha and Minne so ta A lpha be s id es Ohio Beta.

Mrs. Grace Gros ve no r-Shepard, former g rand vice-president; Mrs. Edith Cla rk -Burr, province president; Mrs . Ruth Belknap, pro vinc e secre t ary, and M iss Haskell, one Il f the me mber s o f the faculty o f Ohio State are !T\embers of o ur club.

We meet at th e homes o f ou r differe nt members eve ry tw.o weeks o n e ve nin g to tr ansact bu s ine ss a nd spend a soc ial hou r. During th e summer nl v nth s we have found it very enjoyable to take our supper to o n e of the parks or to "ave the sp read o n a lawn . At eac h mee tin g we hav e at leas t o ne active member , and th e n at th e active chapter mee tings one alumnae is in atte nda nce; so in this way we keep in to uch with eac h o ther's work. Abo ut every third meeting both alumnae and active membe r s are t oge th e r.

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We beg that the active chapters will send to our secretary the name s of any of their alumnae living in or near Columbus so that we can know them and give them a hearty welcome to our club.

B LANCHE MICKEY.

The Milwaukee Club

The m embers of Pi Beta Phi who live in o r nea r Milwaukee met in December of t\Vv succ ess ive year s, 1905 and 1906 at the Deut scher Club where they enj oyed some very delig htful luncheon s and got acquainted with each other, but no alumnae club was formed until January 12, 1907. Mr s . Church invited us to come to lunch eon at her house and talk things over then.

Everyone was in favor of forming an alumnae club and it was decided to meet on the second Saturday of each month, and to hold the meeting in the middle of the day, which seemed the best arrangement for member s who live a little way out of the city.

Those enrolled are: Mrs . Augu st J v lm. Mis s Alice Friend, Miss Frase r , Mrs. Mabbett, Wisconsin Alpha; Mrs. Jame s S Church, Michigan Beta; Mrs. McCl elland Case, Illinoi s Beta; Mi ss Anna Lytle, Nebra ska Beta; Mrs. Edward Wheeler and Mrs. Ermine Case, Kansas Alpha .

At the February meeting we had the plea sure of seeing three active members, Miss F lorence Rudolph, l\liss Cora Hinkley, Miss Rega Bodden, one Mis s Irma Bodden, and one former member, Miss Nan Mashek, all vf Wi scon s in Alpha. It helped to bring th ose from other chapter s into closer touch with the chapter nearest to Milwaukee.

At the March meeting Mrs . Brigham of Illinois Beta wa s enrolled as a member of the club and later Mi ss Marian O'Neil of Wisconsin Alpha.

Tw\) new babies kept their mother s, Mrs. J ohn and Mrs Kearney from celebrating Founders' Day with us, but we had a very enjoyable and enthusiastic anniversary. After an elaborate luncheon we had chapter letters read from the home chapters of

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the member s and letters fr om the chapters which have been establi shed within the la st few years and which we were anxious to know more aoout.

Our regular meeti ng s are over fvr the season but we are to have a picnic on the eighth of June and perhaps one later. Any Pi Phis who happen to be in town would confer a favor upon the chapter if they wo uld write or tel ephone the pres ident, Mrs. Jame s S . Church , 683 Stowell Ave.

MARY SNOW CASE.

Kansas Cil)! Alumnae Club

We celebrated F\)unders' Day with a most delightful and entertainin g cookie-shine at the home o f Mrs. Char les Faeth. There were a large number of Pi Phis pre se nt, including two visiting girls fr om the Kan sas chapter. Every member make s a great effort to meet with ll S at this tim e each year, as home duties prevent some of them from attending the regular meetings.

After gvod thin gs to eat, as many of us as were physically able repaired to the drawing room where the remaining hours were whiled away in sing in g college and Pi Phi songs . Regretting that time will slip by entirely too soon, but rem embering that all good thin gs mu s t come to an end, we bad e uur hostess and her siste r adi e u, th anking them heartily for their kind hospitality.

Hoping that other alumnae clubs enjoy meeting toge th e r as much as does that o f Kansas City, we se nd greeting and best wishe s to all Pi Phi s.

FRANCES ALICE NEWBY

Tlze Omaha Alumnae

The Omaha and Counci l Bluffs Alumnae Club was organized a year ago. O ur members are from various chapters, but we started with at lea st o ne interest in common,-the future of Our fraternity .

Meetings are held once a month, at the home s of the different Aaaow-3

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girls. Part of the time is devoted to busin ess, the s tudy and discussion of fraternity affairs, and the rest of the afternoon as the hostess plans.

The officers a re: Pre s ident, Mr s. Bryce C ra wfurd, Kansas Alpha; vice-pres id e nt, Mrs. H. M. McClanahan, Monmouth, III.; second v ice-president, :Mrs. C. H. Parks, Iowa Beta; treasurer, Mrs. ]. C. P lu m, Kansas Alpha; co rr espondin g sec retary, J ess ie Nason, California Beta.

We should be very glad to meet Pi Phis pass ing through or vi siting here and assure you all of a m\)s t cordial welcome.

J ESSIE NASON.

In Mem oriam

HELEN BRIGGS

Helen C. Briggs was born in Eaton Rapid s, July tenth, 1886 . She attended Central High Schuol in Detroit from which she graduated in June, 1903 . In th e fall of 1903 s he entered the Unive rs ity of Michigan, and wa s initiated into IVIichigan Bet a February eighteenth, 1904 . At the close of her so ph omo re yea r she left college and went to Dundee, Michigan, where s he was a teache r of mathematic s, German and Histo r y in the High School. Last November s he was taken ill with appendicitis and was reJTIl)ved to her home in Toledo, Ohio . Her illness la sted for twenty-one weeks, during most of this time s he was hovering between lif e and death. At the end of the seventeenth week she was removed to Robinwood hospital where she died April seventh. The funeral was held in Toledo, April eighth, and she was then brought to Ann Arbvr for burial. The active chapter attended the se rvice in a body.

That such a life should be taken is a mystery which we cannot fathom. Helen Briggs gave help to everyone with whom she came in contact, by her cheerful Ch ri stian spirit and her sympathetic nature. Her life was full of great promise. Less than a year before her death, by the usual spread, she announced he r en-

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gagement to be married and was making preparations for her wedding at the time she was tak e n sick.

Although she was in th e chapter but a short time she was one of Michigan Beta's str onge s t and most helpful members. By her visits after she left college s he kept in touch with fraternity life and was known by even the youngest m e mber s. Only about a week before she was taken ill Helen vi s ited us at our annual initiation . She was loved by everyvne, and her long s ickness and death cast a gloom over the entire chapter. With those who were mo s t intimately associated with her, Beta mourns the loss of a most influential life.

MARY PORTER MIS S ELDINE.

Mary Baxter Porter wa s born in Cviul11bus, Ohio, September, 1873. She graduated from the Columbus High School with honor in 1893, and from the Ohio State 1,;niversity in th e class of 1897. She was initiated into Pi Beta Phi April fifth, 1894 as a charter member of Ohio Beta.

Soon after her graduation, upon the death of her father, s he and her mother went to Tryon, No rth Carolina, to make their home, and there, October thirtieth, 1901, she was married to Ernest E. Misseldine. After a short illn es; of pneumonia she died March eighth, 1907, leaving h e r mother, hu sba nd and little four year old daughter to grieve over what seems a most untimely death .

Their great lo ss is indee d a per sonal so rrow to many, fur few pos sess to s uch a great degree the wonderful faculty of making and keeping true warm friend s hip. Everywhere her sunny Christian character and marked un selfis hness won her the love and admiration of all who came within her influence. During her college career her deep interest in fraternity life did nut prevent her from taking an active part in the religi o u s and literary work of the college, and in all the se s pheres alike her work was characterized by earnestness and enthusiasm.

In the so uthern village where s he has since made her home, her l ife has been one of use fulne ss and there her loss will be greatly

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felt by the many who h ave lea rn ed to love her during her shv rt re s id en ce ther e .

Such a life, fill e d with chee r a nd goodness, can undoubtedly accompli sh more in it s f ew years th a n do many of t wice its le ngth. Hers wa s a no ble life, quietly spent in devotion to her h o me and t\) th e good of her frienus, but it s s weet influ ence wa s felt much more widely and w ill continue to sp r ea d although th e lif e it se lf ha s ended. R. H B.

Personals

COLUMBIA ALP H A

Anna Elizabeth St iv e rs wa s married t o A rthur D Stiv e r s, Ph i Kappa Ps i, March twelfth.

Ruth W e llman ha s left f o r an exte nd ed s tay in Pari s , where her yo un ge r s is ter expect s to pur sue the s tudy o f art.

Edna McKnew ha s re turn ed from h e r trip abroad.

Ruth Dennam is at Sm ith for Co mmencement.

PE NNSYLVAN I A BETA

Married, Ferne Frick Braddock to E d ga r Taft Steven svn, Phi Kappa Psi, Jun e twenty- seve nth.

All of the 1906 g irl s return ed for Commencement.

R ebecca Shove is ill at her h ome in 'vVellsboro.

Mary Bowe r a nd Edith Kelly have r et urn ed to th e ir homes aft e r th ei r year o f teachi n g.

Eliza Martin ente r ed th e chapter on the evening vf th e thirteenth .

U rs ula Parmley , o ne of OUT senio rs, attended a h Ol1 se party of Sigma A lpha Ep s il" n at Pennsy lv a nia State College.

PENNSYLVA K I A GAMMA

Mrs. Coles, Mrs . Watson , Mrs . Curtis, Lou Sheets, Anna Spears , Margret Bar rett, Bess Craighead, Catherine Kiefer , Miss B lac k and Je ss ie Houck we r e pre sent at the chapte r banqu et.

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Ruth Barrett sai led for Eu r vpe early this spring and is no w trave ling abroad.

Viva J o hn so n has accepted a good posi t ion to teach in her home high school and will not be back next yea r.

NEW YORK BETA

Annabel Le e is to be married tv Mr Robert Gau lt thi s summe r and will be at home in Poland, N. Y., in July

Virginia Ralph is to be married to Walter Davis o f Worcester, Mas s ., thi s fall.

Millicent Pe rk ins, a cha rt er member, is studying a t Mt. Holy o ke and ha s o ne mo re year.

Irene Adams is to t each in a high school about forty miles from New Yor k.

Amalie Althau s expec t s t o come back to Barna rd nex t ye ar fo r her master's deg ree.

Mary Reardon is to t eac h thi s fa ll.

Sophie P. Woodman expec t s to trave l next year.

MARYLAND ALPHA

Alice Dunnin g, '03, was married \,) 11 June fifth to :Mr . B ruce Flick, o f Bed fo rd , I owa .

Among the alumnae who came back to Commencement and our reunio n banqu e t were: E li za beth R oge rs, '00; Sara Rupp, '02; Edna Stone, '00; Willa Wil so n, ' 05; [rene Rappal ee- Keyworth, '0 1 ; Lillian Beck, '05; Mary Ames-Has kin, '05 ; Emily Ho skins-Gawthrop, '02; Fan Oster st oc k, '02; Beall Martin, '92; Mabel Alli so n, G race Spettigue, '06; Helen Crane, ex-'07.

Born in April t o Waunda Hart sho rn-Pe trunkievitch, a daughte r, Waunda .

OHIO ALP HA

Bayard Ullom, of Germantown, Pa., is visiting friend s at Ohio University .

Mary Treudley is spe nding her vacation in Athen s W 'e are expecting a number of ou r alumnae back for Commencement .

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OHIO BETA

Laura Weisman-Burkett and her husband, who is professor of Agriculture at Kansas State University, sailed in May for Europe, where they will spend three months.

Florence Hutchinson, '05, spent June second in Columbus.

Mary Quete Haskell of Nebraska Beta, who for the past two years has been instructor in French at Ohio State, is spe nding the .summe r in Europe.

Laura Deatrick has returned from Tampa, F l orida, where she spent the winter.

INDIANA

ALPHA

Cora Voyles, '05, was th e guest of Pi Phi sis ters during Commencement week.

Fay Marshall, wh o ha s been teaching in Columbia City, Ind ., will spend the summer in Bloomfield, Ind.

Bertha Fletcher completed a course in domestic scie nce in Columbia, in June) and will spend the summe r vacation at her home in Franklin, Ind.

Ethel Webb , return ed f rom Columbia in June.

Eleanor La Grange-Voris, who spent th e winter in New York, has returned to Franklin.

INDIA NA BETA

Lela Gray, Lillian Campbell , Grace Baerd and Opal Havens have visited ou r chapter this semeste r.

Hettie Neat , who graduated last yea r in German , will go to Germa ny this summer to continue her study.

INDIANA GA:\IMA

June first occurred the marriage of Alice Guod to Everett J. Holloway, Delta Tau Delta. Mr. and Mrs. Holloway will make their home in Irvington.

Mrs. Jes s ie Scott-Cline vi s ited Indiana Gamma in May . Jane Bigelow will spend this summer and next winter abroad. Josephine Besaw, '06, who has been teaching in Christian Cullege, Columbia, Mo., vi sited the chapter recently.

Fraternitp Directory

FOUNDERS OF THE FRATERNITY

Campbell .." ............. ...........

Ubble Brooks-Gaddis .•...•....

Ada Bruen-Grier •......

. Monmouth, Ill.

AyOD, DL

Belleview, Pa.

ctara Brownlee-Hutchinson .• _ Monmouth, lit

Emma Brownlee-Kilgore ......................... . ...... Monmouth. III

Fannie Whitenack Libby Red Wing. Minn.

Rosa Moore Ca re General Delivery, New York City

{ mnie Nicol (deceased)

na Smith Soule 621 S K St. , T acoma, Wash

1ennie Home-Turnbull ...........

Fannie Thompson (deceased).

Nancy Black-Wall ace .

.. . . 5-46 N. 3' St., Pbiladelpbia, PL

.. Glenosoorne, PL

GRAND COUNCIL

PusIDENT-Elizabeth Gamble 565 Cass Ave , Detroit, Mi ch May Copeland Reyn o ld s, Fostoria, Oh io SI!CUTARY-Elda L. Smith, 71 0 S. 6th St., Springfield, III. TUAst1R£R-M'arth a N Kimball , Unive rsity Park, Denver, Coto.

EDITOR-Fl o rence P orte r Robinson, 543 Marshall St ., Milwaukee , Wis.

HISTORIAN

Jeannett e Zeppen fe ld , Frankl in, Ind.

CATALOGUER

M a r y Barto l Thei s!, (Mrs. Lewi s E .) 64 W. 109t.h St., New York City.

SECRETARY

OF INTER SORORITY CONFERENCE

Jobe lle Holcomb e, Chi Om ega, F ayettev lll e. Ark.

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CORRESPONDING SECRETARIES

ALPHA

PRESIDENT-Anna Jack so n, 215 E 15th St.. New York City.

VERM ONT ALPHA-Middlebury College, Mabel E. Stevenson Middlebury Vt. ' ,

VUMONT o f V e rmo nt, Helen L Allen, 3 Fl e tcher Place, Burhngton, Vt .

CoLU MBIA ALPHA-George \Va s hin gto n Un iv e r s ity H e len M . Evans J348 Euclid St., W as hingto n, D . C. ' •

PENN SYLVANIA ALPHA- S warthmo r e College, Anna E Stubbs, Swa rthmorf; College, Swarthmore, Pa.

PENNSYLVANIA BETA-Bucknell Unive r sity, Edna A. Seaman, L e wi s burg, Pa

PEN NSYLVANIA GAMMA-Dickinson College, H elen Ki sne r. Carli sle, Pa.

NEW YORK ALPHA-Syracu se Un iversity, Lois Hawks, 11 2 Wave rly Ave" Syracuse, N Y.

NEW YORK BETA-Barnard College, Maude 1. Kl e in Fl o ral Park, Lo ng Island, N. Y.

ALPHA-Boston U ni ve r s ity, Bl a n c h e Charhon, 12 Somerset St., Boston , M ass.

MAR YLAN D ALPHA-\Voman's Coll eg e of Baltimore Louise Van Sant The Woman 's College, Baltimore, M d.' , BETA PUOVIN CE

PRESIDENT-Edith Cla rk - Burr, 147 Palmer Ave. " Vest, D e troit, Mich

OHI O ALPHA-Ohio Unin r sity, Edith Eaton, Athen s, O hio .

OHIO BET.....-Oh io State U ni\'e r sity, Helen Clarke, 1293 Nc!il Ave., Columbus, Ohio.

ILLINOIS BETA-Lombard College, Mar io n W ebster, 663 N. Prairie S t" Gal es burg, III .

ILLINOIS DELTA-KnOX College, Lu l u Hin ch liff, 715 N. Broad St., Galesburg, Ill.

ILLINOIS EpSILON-Northwestern Univer sity, Amy B. Onken, Willard Hall, Evanston, Ill.

ILLINOIS ZETA-University of Illin ois, Lois Swigart, 807 S Third St., Champaign, Illin ois.

I NDIANA ALPHA- Fr ankli n College, Jul ia Lyle \\Til so n , Franklin Ind

INDIANA B ETA-U niv ersity of Indian a, Barbara Voyles, B loo mington, Ind, INDIAN A GAldMA-Butl e r Co ll ege, L ucile Didl ake , Butler C o ll ege Resi· denc e, Indianapo li s, Ind .

MICHIGAN ALPHA-Hillsdale College, Celia B. R. ine, H i ll sda le, Mi c h

MICHIGAN BETA-U ni,'e r sit y o f Mi c hi gan, Annab e l Carey, 836 Tappan St., Ann Arbor, Mich .

\VI SCONSIN ALPIIA-Uni"'ers ity o f D o roth y Burnham, 216 \Vest Gilman St ., Madis o n, \ Vis.

GAltlMA ,'n OV I NeE

PRESIDENT-Anne Stuart, 1906 D St., Lincoln, Neb,

I OWA ALPHA-Iowa \ Vesleyan U n iversity, J essie Jun e , 1ft. Ple asant, Ia.

I OW A BETA-Simpso n College, Lois Silcott, In dianola , la.

I OWA GAMMA-Iowa State College, Flo r ence Pettinge r , Station A, Ames, la. •

I OWA ZETA-Iowa Stat e n iversity , Edit h V. Ball. Iowa City , Ia

MINN ESOTA AU'HA-University of Florence Amble, P . O. Box 574, UniverEity, Minn eapolis. Minn.

KAN SAS ALPH -Kansas Unive r sity Amarette \Vean r , Lawrence, Ka n.

M ISSOURI ALPHA-University of Missouri, L illian Carnes, Pi Beta Phi Hou.:;e Columbia, Mo.

NEBR SKA BETA-Uni\'crs ity of Nebraska, P earl Fitzgerald, 1724 F. St , Lincol n , Neb.

LoUISIANA ALPHA-Newcomb College, Je ss ie Tebo, lJ29 Seventh St., New O r leans, La

T £."<AS ALPHA-University of Texas. Seren a Gould, 2607 Universi t y Ave" Austin, T ex.

DELTA PIlOVINOE

F rye. 1306 Madi son S t., Seattle, \Vash.

CoLORADO A LPHA-University oi Colo r ado, I sabel McK e nZ ie, Colo.

CoLORADO BETA-Denver Uni\'ersity, Edit h A. Dre sso r . 1435 Lafayette St., Denver, Colo. G I P' CALIFORNIA ALPHA- L e land Un iver sity, Alice H. abe, I B eta Phi H ouse, Stanfo rd University, Calif, CA LlFORNIA BETA-Universi ty of Califo rn ia, Ida M McCoy, 2428 College AYe , B e rk eley. Calif

ALUMNAE DEPARTMENT

I LLI NOIS BETA

The wedding of Emma Grubb t o Mr. Rex Thorpe took place On Tuesday, June eighteenth.

Ethel Chamber lain ha s received a graduate scho larship in psychology at Ch icagv Un iv ersity.

Louise Claycomb was ob li ged to leave college du r ing the latter part of the s pring te rm , owing to the illn ess of her siste r, Eleano r. Ray Dillow, of Creston , la.; Nelle Vandenbu r g, of Kansas City, Mo.; Ca rri e Hurd, of Maquon, III.; Charlotte Alspaugh, of Wa shingt on, Kan ; Mabel G r iffith vf Hoope ston , III.; L ou ise Newman, of E lgin, III., and Pearle Bu rn side-S wan so n , of Chicago, ha ve made exte nd ed vi s it s to th e chapte r, remaining fo r the comm encement exe rci ses. Othe r commenceme nt visi to rs were Mary Warner, of Table Grove, III.; Edith Crissey, vf Avo n, III.; Mrs. Anna Y. Crissey, Avon, IlL; Alice Durston, New Windsor, Ill. ; Mrs. Elizabeth Durston-Simmons, Woodhull, III.; Mrs. Jean White-McGill, Peoria, III.; Ethelwyn Grier, Racine, Wis.; Ellice C ri ssey, Avon, III.; Mrs . Nellie Tompkins-C1aybe r g, AVv n, III.; Emma Grubb, Hamilton, III. ; Mrs. Ca roli ne Grubb -Ha nso n , Keoku k, Iowa; 1\1r5. Frances Ross-Davis, Avo n, III.

ILLINOIS DELTA

Bo rn t o Fannie Hurff-Glidde n, a so n.

Th e engageme nt of ellie Townsend to Everett Hinchliff, Phi Delta Theta, has been announced.

Edi th Green e is now living near Thayer, Ka nsa s.

The engagement of Loui se Seacord to Mr. W. H. Terwilliger has been announced

The following out of town alumnae were pre se nt at the IIIinvis Delta reunion during commencement week: 1\1 rs. Amy Wiley Lacy, Chicago, III .; Mrs. Helen Sisson Robso n, Wataga , III.; Katherine Hanna Monmvuth ; Clara Lindley, who has been teaching at Loga n C"lIege, Russellville, Kentucky; Mrs. Myrella John ston -Thomas, Roseville, III. , and Harriette Hill, who has been attending the Col umbia School of Orato r y in Chicago.

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ILLINOIS ZETA

At the time \)f o ur Founders' Day r eun ion Edith Yeomans and Blanche Lindsay-Woods, charter membe r s, Alta S tansbu r y '03, Charlotte Ne lson '03, A li ce Mann '03, Opa l Stipes-Pilch e r ex-'03, Edna Sheldon-Trego '09, Edna Whi te '04, Leona HarkraderPetsinger ex-'07, vVinifred Bannon ex-'07, Agat ha Alpiner ex - 'OB, Emma Wernham ex-'OS, and Mildred Harriman ex-'09, visited at the hou se and in town.

Ne lli e Diehl "f Illinois Delta attended ou r Founde r s ' Day banque t and ou r formal party.

Charlo tte 1\ e lson, who ha s been teaching in the high school a t Bloom.ington, and Winifred Fvrbes, of the university music sc h ool, sa iled June eigh th for Europe.

The engagement of Edna Daniel s to Dr. Geo rge Murray of Scotland has been announced . M iss Danie ls ha s been living abNad the la s t yea r .

Kate Mann , who has been teaching in Bu s hnell, has been spending the last three weeks of co llege at the hou se.

The engagement of Kate B. Mann, 'OG, to Louis D. H Weld, Theta Delta Ch i, ha s been announced.

Della Gi llett e, ex-'OS, of Traver se City, Mich., is visiting at the house .

The engagement o f Erma l\loore, '04, to Frank Chester o f . Champaign has been announced.

Ada Barter, '07, has left to take a library positi o n in Richmond, Kentucky

The engagement of Ethel L endrum, '07, to Evert B. McCormick, '06 , Delta Tau Delta, has been announced.

Hilda Kirke White, '07, ha s secu red a library position in William J ewe ll College of Mi ssouri.

Angie Casey will be married Jun e nineteenth to Chester Richards, Sigma Chi, of Urbana.

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MI CHIGAN ALPHA

Winifred Whaley, '06, visited u s for a few day s. Annie was in to wn fo r a while.

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May Cope land -Reyn o ld s rece ntl y vi sit ed h e r mother he re. She sai led fo r Europe Jun e fifteenth to spe nd the s ummer.

E lizabe th Dudley, 'OG, ha s vi sited u s frequently du rin g t h e yea r .

Mabelle Walrath -Wa t e r man, '06, wi ll r etu rn in A u gus t fr om Be rl in, Germany, where sh e and h e r hu s band have been studying in the U nivers ity o f Berlin.

Mary Welle s, '02 , was married t o Rev. E. O. Mather on Ap ril seve nt een th.

G race Bai ley, '00, has vi s i ted us seve ra l ti mes rece n t ly.

Leila Lane-Smith, '90, was in town fo r a few days.

MICHIGAN BETA

Lois R ix, '10, has announced he r engagement to Mr. Vernon Sharkey.

M ildr ed Smith, e x -'04 , was married March tw e nty-third to Mr. Horace E . Ca rt e r. Th e ir address is 81 W est minster Ave., Detroit, Mich .

Lotta B roadbridge, '06, sai led Jun e twenty-first for Europe .

WI SCONSIN AL PH A

Rose C harlt on Wellman , ex - '08, was marri e d t o Mr. L e roy Chamberlain, April sixt h , 1907. Thei r ho me is in Ch icago.

A son, Robert, wa s bo rn to Mr. a nd Mrs. R obe rt K. Coe of Whitewat e r, May sixth , 1907. Mrs. Coe wa s Vera C hri sten se n, '05.

Marie Hinkley-Mabbett, '01, att ended o ur fo rmal party May tenth .

Among the alumnae who were present at the banquet were Hazel Sch e lp , Edna Ingall s, Ne ll Ru sse ll, Ada Wel sh, H e len Rosen stengel, Madge Burnham, and Cora Norsman

Virginia Hayn e r- Saund e rs, '0 1, vi s ite d her pare nts he re in March , accompa nied by her husband and little d aug ht e r Barbara.

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Marguerite McLean and Florence Rudolph, who graduated at the end of the fir st semeste r, will return in June to receive their diploma s.

MINNE SOTA ALPHA

Mrs . Lovell ha s returned from a prolonged visit at her old home in Iowa City.

Mrs. Harri so n is enjoying an automobile trip through Europe and will not return until fall

Maud V. John so n. ex-'06, is home again after having s pent the winter in the South. Her health is greatly improved.

Emma Rosger, '01, is teaching in Seattle, \ Vash.

Bess Tucker, '06, who has been teaching in Mabel, Minn., during the past year, will spe nd the summer at her home in thi s city.

Esther Chapman will spe nd her vacation at Winona Lake, Ind.

Florence and Maud John so n, Louise Leavenworth and Horten se Layborne will spe nd the summer at Lake :Mi nnetonka, where their families have s ummer home s.

Monica Keating has returned from her winter trip through the East. Her improved health will permit her re suming her work at the univer sity next fall.

Edna Brown and Edna Lampert , two of our ' 10 girls, with Cora Marlowe, '00, and Abbey Langmaid, '98, have planned a delightful vacation trip. They expect t o enjoy two months of out-door life in Colorado, devoting most of their time to trips across country on horseback

IOWA ZETA

Mae Belle Allstrand, '05, spent Commencement week in Iow a City

Grace Gabriel, '05, is visiting at the Pi Phi house.

Sara Macbride, '06, is a guest at the Pi Phi house

Born to Virginia Haldeman-Jones a daughter, Frances Ellen, May twenty -s ixth .

Mrs. Cae 1. Crawford of South Dakota and Mrs . Leroy Weld were guests at the Pi Phi breakfast.

ALUMNAE DEPARTMENT

The marriage of Alta Smith to Clarence Hetzel, Sigma N u, will take place in Harlan, I ow a, some time in July.

Hazel Higley, ex-'07, of Chicago, is back for a seve ral weeks' vi s it .

Sadie Holiday, "" x- '07, i; here for Commencement.

Dorothy Schultz of Burlington is back for Commencement.

Mrs. Eva Glass Lovell of Minneapoli s is spe nding Commencement here .

Bertha Remley of Anamosa visited her tw o s ist e r s at the Pi Phi hou se la st week.

MI SSOURI ALPHA

Betty Gracia Woodside, Ethel Thomas, Edna Thomas and Jean McCune were among the out of t o wn guests who were present at the banquet on Founders ' Day .

On May first. Emma Lou Roberts of Ottumwa, Iowa, was married to Mr. Clarence Albert Webber of Minneapolis. Minne sota.

Mr s . John Overall ha s announced the engagement of her daughter, Adele, to Mr. Arthur Geiger Black of Kansa s City, Mo Miss Overall is one of our town pledges.

Edna Jeffrey s, of SI. Loui s, is a guest at the chapter hou se . Announcement has been made of the engagement of Rosam und Russell of Kan sas City to Mr. Eugene Lytle . The marriage will take place in June.

Maud Quayle left on May the twenty- seco nd for a year's stay in Paris.

KANSAS ALPHA

Margaret Hammond. Ella Nye, Katherine Plumb, Alice Dunean, Franci s J\ewby, Florence Hill, Agnes Hill, Mary Buckles, Mary Kellogg, and Helen John so n came back to Lawrence for Commencement and to attend Leslq Hill's wedding, June fifth.

Mr. Clendenning, who . was mar r ied last fal! to Lena Beard, formerly of thi s chapter, died this spring of inflammatory rheumatism.

Laura Poehler-Means entertained June third with a luncheon

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for Lesley Hill and her sister, Gertrude Hill-Springer, of New York.

Agne s Calderhead ha s been vi siting her sis t er, Iri s Calderhead, one of our fre s hmen.

The sudden and tragic death o f L. H. Perkin s, the hu sband of one of OUT charter members, Clara Morris-Perkin s , has thrown a gloom not only over Ollr chapter but the whole tQwn, in which he wa s much hon ored and res pected . It was but a month ago that the alumnae banquet was giv en to our chapter in th e ir beautiful home .

NEBR .'\ S KA BETA

Anne Stuart, pres ident of Gamma province , ha s been confined to her hom e fo r s ome time with a s prained ankl e . We are glad to say that s he will s oon be out again.

Elizabeth Mar shall-Jack son of We st New Haven, Connecticut, is vi s iting her parents in Linc o ln.

Married-On the evening of Jun e twelfth, at her home in Lincoln, Mildred Hazelwood to ,,yilliam King, K appa Sigma. They will make their home in Lincoln.

Jean e tte Thorpe-Drain vi s iled in Lincoln early in June.

Anita Hazelwood i s now in Lin co ln again afte r two years s pent in the Ea s t.

Evangeline Haze lwood-Fisher and her two children will be in Lincoln during the s ummer and early fall.

Mary Killian spent a week at the chapter hou se at the close of the year.

Darleen vVoodward-Burkett i s vi s iting relative s in Lincoln . A daughter wa s born to Charl otte Spaldin g -Wyer on June fourth.

In a lett e r recently received fr om Eva Cooper, who ha s been in the Philippines for the pa st year, s he announced her engagement to Emory D. Stanley, Phi Gamma Delta.

Ena Coo per-Seaberry of Cnicago has been vi s iting at her home in Humboldt, Nebra ska.

Kate Heacock of Fall s City spent a week at the chapter hou se this pa st s pring.

ALUMNAE DEPARTMENT

UN IVERS ITY OF TEXAS

Fay Kincaid will leave soo n f o r h e r h ome in Kate Barthold wa married last Decembe r to r. F. C. Eaton at Weath e rf ord.

Pearle Hall is vi sitin g Serena Gould.

Fl o re nce Cowan is with Julia E s till for Comme nce ment.

Juli a Arm strong, Loui siana Alpha, is staying with Sallie B e ll Well e r .

Ada Be ll e Williford, ",.lIi. Harri s and Wynne arc also vi s itin g in Aust in .

COLOR.\DO ALPI!.\

Ire ne Sternberg was marri ed last month to r. Charles Campbell.

Clara l\1"or se -\ Vi nn er is in Colo rad o thi s s ummer and expects to make he r home he re , perhap s in Bou lde r.

Helen Stidger re turned las t month fr om he r vi s it in the East.

Gertrude Teague and Fannie :r..ro rt on s pent commencement week at the Pi Phi lodge.

Co ra T e rwil1igcr, '05, o f Belvidere, Illin o is, vi s ited friends in Bould e r and D e nv e r thi s s ummer.

Willa Roe sc h has r e turn ed from her trip t o Florida .

Sara Herron, who has bee n ou t o f college some tim e, exp ects to return n ex t fall.

COLORADO CETA

Anna Cha rl es ha s ann o un ced her engagement to Cha rl es O. Tibed eau, Sigma Alpha Epsilon.

Ora S hr ade r has bee n e nj oy in g a v is it fr OI11 her s is ter Grace, a form e r member of o ur cha pt er who has been teaching in Wyoming.

Pauline Huffine ha s re turn ed frol11 Garo, where she ha s bee n t eaching for thr ee month s.

Frances C lin e ha s returned t o he r ho me in 'Man s field , O. Helen Grant h as announced her engagement t o Mr. Mathi es,

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a r ecent g ra duate o f the Co lo rad o School of Min es, a nd a member of th e Cru cible Club.

L aura Beye r and Nita C legg wi ll spe nd a fe w weeks in the mountain s after co ll ege closes, with OU f dean, Dr. H. A. Howe, and hi s family.

CAL IFORNIA BETA

Flor e nce Fisk-White is vi siting he r mo th e r in Berkeley. She will re turn to her home in Hawaii in June .

Ev a Bramlett-Mannon and c hil dren, of kiah, made us a sho rt visit i n May .

Pea rl Ru sse ll of I owa Alp ha, who is atte ndin g college in so uthern Cal ifo rnia , t oo k dinner with uS at th e c hap te r hOll se.

Clara Coo pe r -Ru st and so n spent several da ys with u s .

Edith White and Florence Ziegenfuss have return ed frum Wa shingt on where th ey s pent th e wint e r.

Marie S truve, "rary Marten stein and Blanche Camero n spe nt Comme n ceme nt week with us.

Jes s ie Parks-R ichard made u s a s h o rt vi s it in May .

Dora W oo dburn, of Ca li fornia Alpha, made u s a fl y in g vi si t recently

EDITORIALS

Editorials

It is not often tnat the ARROW, out3ide th 'e exchange department, reprint s from the magazin e of another fraternity. It happens, however, that a piece of work undertaken by the InterSorority Conference ha s been in part accomplished ind epe ndently by the editor of th e Beta Theta Pi With many thanks to that journal, therefv re, we reprinte enti re the article on liT he Protection of Fraternity Insignia."

In looking through the article o ne thing strike s the reader ., very strange, and that is that in sp ite of the age and enormous membership of the Ma so nic and o th e r fraternal orders they have such inadequate legal protection of their in s ignia and there is so little uniformity in the s tat e Jaw s regarding the matter.

Three chapters at lea st are to be congratulated upon the way in which they have carried out the action \Jf the la s t convention regarding the annual le tter to be se nt by each chapter to it s alumnae. We hav e received from Illinois Delta, Iowa Zeta and Colorado Beta most attractive print ed booklets, containing a review of the year in rollege and chapter, a ro ll o f the prese nt chapter, with-in two cases-a mention o f the work each ha s done, the chapter group in half t one, cuts o f college buildings and of chapter house or r ooms , and finall y the C\lmplete li st of the chapter alumnae .

It is greatly to be hoped that other chapters will ad op t the sam e excellent plan for performing a requir ed duty.

We are so rry to hav e to call attention to a slight laxne ss in the performance of chapter duties to the ARROW whicn seems to have grown up lately. For example, tw o let ter s are missing

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from thi s issue and se veral Dtlle rs were very late, although postal.:; were se nt to every sec retary in ample season to have material reach th e editor by Jun e te nth. Thi s in addition to the fact that the official paper gives full in stru ctio n abvut the dat e . Moreover several chapters se nt no rClx>rts althDugh every sec retary \Va'i properly n otified. Nearly a third of th e chapters h ave failed to send th e s ummer addr esse s of member s and will consequently not receive th eir Jlily Arrows until fall. No t all of the se are punishabl e offences but they hurt t he ARROW either in its matter or in its di st ribution and ex plain why all chapters receive their copies very late and so me not at all.

Besides the se omissions, which re fer particularly to thi s iss ue, there are a few \)ther detail s that are being overlooked by some secretaries . l\1aterial ha s se veral time s come in on othe r than the official paper with th e explanation that the chapters supply of th e required so rt wa s exhaused. In that case the sec retary s hould at once have se nt for more . Only a limit ed s upply is se nt out at a tim e , but the editor keeps it on hand and can nearly always furnish it imm ediately.

Several tim es thi s year complaints have come that fre s hm en have not received their ARROWS. In every caSe but 'Vne inv es tigati on has s hown that it was becau se the sec rdary had failed to send the addresses. Th e mention in the chapter letter of a pledging or initiation i s not s ufficient notification . It must be remembered that the edito r does not her se lf direct the envelopes but turns all addresses 'vver to anothe r per so n as soo n a s they are received. Even if she did not, it is hardly to be expected tnat ; he go over each chapter Jetter in sea rch of new initiates. th ough ti me wa s when it wa s d o ne, Now printed blank s fo r mailing li s ts are provided and should be used without fail.

Another point if a sma ll olle. The offic ial paper clirect s that all proper names be printed , no t written. Thi s is meant lit e rally. Th e re be persons whose is as plain a s print but they are the excepti o n and in the case o f anything to be printed it i s not be .; t to give one's writing the ben efi t of the doubt. If proper names

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sometimes appear in the ARROW spelled in curious ways th e chapter usually ha s its sec reta ry t o thank for it.

We believe thi s ends the scolding, if scolding it be. It must be remembered that no chapter ha s committed all the se offences and many chapters have oommitted no ne of them. But our reco rd thi s year is not quite up to that of the two Or three years just preceding and we are working toward the state of abs olute promptn ess and accuracy , an ideal which is, after all, no means imposs ible of achievement.

There ha s recently been sent us a co py of th e "Sorority Hand Book" by Ida Shaw Martin. Thi s is an exceedingly useful little volume of about two hundred pa ges and should be in the library of every chapter if n ot in th e po ss ess ion of eve ry fraternity woman. It includes a hi s to ric al s ke tch of every woman's fraternity, whether C'vllegiate or profe ss ional , with li s ts of office rs and chapters, and desc ripti o n and illu s tration of badges and ins ignia. It furthermore gives a full hi st o ry o f all ho norary <0cieties which admit wom en.

' '''hite much of this matt e r is. nece ssa ril y of te mporary value and will need fr equent revi s ion. th e re is a great deal that is of permanent intere s t. The chapter on "The Higher Educa ti o n" is a mos t valuable account of th e g ro wth o f collegiate opportu nitie o; for women, and th e chapter s On "The Ev o lu t ion of the Sorority" and "The Mission of the S o ro rity" are of intere s t to all fraternity wl)men. There is also much data regarding the leading colleges of the Uni ted State s, and of especial fraternity significa nce is the acC'Vunt of the loca l organizations in th ose women' s colleges which are nominally closed to fraternity life.

Considering the value I) f the book and the larg e amount of labor involved in its preparation, the price, seventy-five cents, is exceedingly moderate. We cordially urge all ou r .hapters to purchase at lea s t one copy. The se may be obtained by sending the money in regi stered letter to Mrs. W. H. Martin, Iveagh Park , Bay State Rl)ad, Canton, Mass.

A.BOW-.f

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As a matter of information, the edi to r would like to know fr om what page and volume of the ARROW thi s citatio n in the Kappa Alpha Journal was taken . She has no reco ll ect io n of such a mis-statement to creep into the ARROW and a necessarily s uperfi cia l sea rch through the mo st recent numbers fails to r eveal it.

We have no chapte rs "down in Dixie." And we ought to have. There is no field more invi ting. There are no girls who can embody OU f ideals with mo r c g r ace and sweetness than call the daughte rs of the Huguenots, o f Cava li ers. Rich in their appreciatio n of that ideal named second in O Uf c reed, becau se of their inh e ritance from the age of chival ry. th ey clothe the ideals that rema in with somew hat mo re of tenderness than did th e Puritan who thought to have es tabli shed over them J. particular pro-tectoratc .-Pi Bela Phi Arrow.

Thi s paragraph, whethe r it actually appeared in th e ARROW o r was merely credited to it by a mi stake, does inju s tice to hvv o f ou r very s trong and enthusias ti c chapters; Loui s iana Alpha with whom we hold our n ext convention, and Texa s Alpha, which though much younge r in years has from th e fir s t maintained a high standard of college and fraternity act ivit y. We quite agree with the sta tem en t that there are nQ girls who can embody our ideals more gracefully than the daugh t ers of the ,ou th , and we know it by experience, n ot by hearsay.

CHAPTE R LETTERS

Chapter Letters

ALPHA PROVINCE

VERMONT ALPHA-MIDDLEBURY COLLEC E

(Chartered ,8c}3)

Seniors:

Marguerite Harwood

Gwendoline H ugh cs

Myrtle M osie r

Faith Powers

Mabel Stevens o n. J uniors:

Loui se Chaffee

Mary Kendall.

Sophomores:

Je ss ie Carpenter

Fanny Gates

Belle Anderson

Alice Sears

Hazel McLeod

Bertha .Munsey

Elizabeth Getman

Susie Holmes. Freshmen : Edith Grout

Winifred Ha ll

Angeline Ho lden

Goldia M on r oe

Madge Richardson.

Num!H:!T or (acuity " •. .•• 12 N UllS". 0,. RIVAl, OROANIUTIO!'i8: Alpha Cbl. Number In Alpha Cbl ...•..... •.• 21

Only a f e w more weeks a nd co ll ege will be over. I th ink the most o f u s are rather looking forward t o vacation. However, sha ll that are leaving a good r eco rd , as two of our gir ls hon ors awarded th em, each r eceivi ng Phi Beta Kappa.

Severa l nights ago, we had a cookie -s hine, given espec ia lly in honor of th e seniors We had as u s ual a most enjoyable time, though of course w e cou ld not but think with r eg r et of those whom we are about to Jose. We h ave n't ente rt ained ve r y much this term, as w e have only g iv e n two sma ll dancing parti es. Our annual reception will occ ur as u s ual at the end of this term. A ll of the faculty and many to wn s people are in vi ted to th is r eception. With best wi shes t o all Phi Phi s.

EDITH N. GROUT.

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VERM ON T BET - UN l VERS I Ty O F VERM O NT

(Cha r te r ed 1898 )

S eniors:

H elen L. All en

J es si e E. Bat es

Lilian W Carpent er Gertrud e E. Strong

Juniors : Maude M. Fletcher .

be r of st u dent•

o r fa c ulty

So phomo res:

Sylvia W a rr en Hel en Bart o n

] enni e R o we ll . Fr es hm en: Gen e Chapin

RnA.L QWA NU•..&.TI ON8 : Kappa. Alpba Tbeta. 20; Delta Delta Delta., 9 H ONOR S: C IU8 DRy P oem, J ess ie Bat eil ; Shak espea.ce P lay, Jes81 e Batea: Comm en cement Speak er, Helen AJl en

Th e girl s o f V e rm o nt B eta a r c at t h e thr es h o ld o f fin a l ex amination s for thi s ye ar , whi ch is also th e la s t yea r fo! fo ur o f u s, Co mm en ce m e.nt is the twenty-sixth o f Jun e. Hel en All en is one o f th e Comm en cem ent spcaken .and an o th e r o f o ur g irl s, J ess ie B ates, wri t es the cla ss poe m f o r Class Day exe rci ses. Sh e al so ha s a p a rt in th e Shak es pea r e pla y- As You Lik e It-t o b e g ive n so metim e durin g Co mm en cem e nt week.

Th er e hav e be en m ay soc ial event s in co ll ege s in ce o ur la st lett er Juni o r week with all it s f es tiviti es was c ele br at ed early in May. May first i s F o und er s ' D ay at U. V . M . and th en regular exerci s es are suspend ed an d spec ia l o n es held in chap el. It is there that s enior; appea r in ca p and go wn (o r t he fir s t tim e.

Aft ern oo n t eas hav e bee n giv en to a ll th e col1 ege g irl s by some o f the ( 2. cult"y la di es. Th e bas eb all s ea son h as ju s t clos ed with a victo ry over William s co ll eg e. La st week th e co llege band g a ve a v er y s uccess ful evenin g boat ri de and con ce rt on L ak e Cha mpl a in O ur co ll ege ba nd w ;:!. s s t a rted t hi s yea r a nd we feel ve r y p r oud o f it s s u ccess.

In on e o f the co ll ege buildings :l new r oom h as ju st bee n fini sh ed o rr f o r th e u se of th e Y. \.y. C. A. Its furni s hin g is n o w a pleas ant probl em t o so lve.

Two of o ur a lumn ae, Charl o tt e Hal e and Ethel Stev en s, whom we do n ot v er y o ft en see h ave r ece ntl y ca ll ed o n u s. \V e h op e t o see a good m a ny mo r e at th e Jun e spr ead On e evenin g. a i h o rt tim e ago, th e Chaptc.r was ent e rt a in ed at th e h o me o f H elen A ll en.

Verm o nt Beta sends h ea rti est g r eet ings t o a ll t he siste r ch a pt er s . HELEN LAVINIA A.l.L.EN .

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COLUMBIA ALPHA--GEORCE WASHINGTON UNIVERS ITY

(C hartered ISSg)

3 1 5

Graduat es:

Maud e McPhuso n

Adele Taylor

Ethel McC lea ry

Seni o rs :

Fran ces B eth un e

Mary Birch

Mildred Coc hr a n

Mabel SC OIt

Margar et Wllit e

Juniors:

Helen Eva n s.

Sophomo r es :

Ruth Coc hran

Cha rl o tt e Farringt o n

Anna P ea rce

Specia ls:

Ade laide Albert

Ruth Denham

Helen M c Leod.

Num ber In col)f'Jte ........•...•.••.................

Num be r In taculty ............ .

Nu mbe r In ebapter OTJlER W Ollf.:S'M F HATEHS I TU:H: Chi OmegH, Sigma Kappa.

1 ,298 20S ..

The la st le tt e r o f th e co ll ege yea r seems a lm os t unconsciously to adopt a qui et e r t o n e th a n us u a l. It may be beca use o f th e th o ug ht o f th e breaking ofT o f the cJd chap t er li fe o f th e past wint er o r it may be because r em ini scences, even the happi est, a r e by nature inclined to be sad. A nd yet April, M ay an d June have been filled with brightness and s u ccess in ou r frat e rnit y world. The Easte r dance, the most pretent iou s as we ll as the last of the seaso n, and the annual banquet held o n Founder s' Day for all th e Pi Phis in the city, ju s t as at the tim e th ey we r e th e t wo things most looked fo rward to, so n ow sta nd out most di s tin ctl y in the backgr ound of soc ia l even t s.

F o ll ow in g cl ose upon the dance came th e Da\' is Pri ze Speaking, a public con t es t in o rator y and Engli sh compos iti on in whi ch o n e of o ur girls, Mabel S cott, fo r me rl y o f M a r y land Alpha won th e fir st prize During th e last week in May r epo rt s as to th e seniors who were to graduate with distinction were ci r cu lated, and we lea rned that ou t o f the thr ee of the entir e graduating class thu s honored, one, Margaret Whit e, to the rank s o f Co lu mbia Alpha. A week late r on Commencement day the Greek Prize was awarded to a noth er o f our se nior s, Mary Birch. In sc holarship ou r senior gi rls h ave r aised the stan d ard high and h ave given plenty o f incentive fo r those who are attempt ing to foll o w in their foo t steps. But on Class Night we learned th at a nother o f our girls had opened up a fi eld f or competition in the s ucceedin g yea rs a lo ng dramatic lin es, Frances B et hun e t ook the part o f lead ing lady in the mu s ical comedy pr esent ed by th e cla ss o f J907 To look the part, act the part and sing the part is an enviable accomplishment. That she d id all thr ee and s tarnd to p erfect ion was the unanimous sent im en t o f an enthusiastic college audience.

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The recounting of mere iso lat ed events, how ever, can give n o concep tion of the great und e rcurrent of a mighty o rgani zed movement whi c h has been growing s t ead ily throughout the co ll ege year and is preparing for the change which is to come so soon in th e university life at large. We are to leave OU f o ld home in the heart of th e city where the growth of the university is making OU f present quarters crampl!d and in suffic ient and move to larger grounds on th e outskirts of the city, where at last we s hall kn o w th e delights of a campus , d o rmit o ri es and genuine co ll ege s pirit Every n e rv e of the great univ er s it y body is st r a in ed toward the accomp li shment of this momentous und e rtakin g and eve r y indiv idua l and every organ ization is called upon f o r financial aid. In lin e with the movement, we gi rl s as a fr a t ern ity engaged the Ben G r eet Players on the night of April the thirti et h, f o r a single benefit performance of " Mu ch Ado About Not hing." It was a ha zar d o us undertaking and one that called f o r hard work as well as n e rv e. But it went through even bette r than we dared expect. Expenses w ere dear ed and th e nud eu s of the fund s ta rt ed, whi c h w e int e nd t o tu r n ove r in tim e to the building fund As you may welt imagine w e liv e in a state of constant ex citem en t, and it is in expectat io n o f great things in the fall that w e sep arate f o r th e summer.

With very best wi shes f o r our othe r c h apte r s, fr om every member of Co lumbi a Alpha,

HELEN MARrE EVANS.

PENNSYLVANIA ALPHA-SWARTHMORE COLLEGE

(Chartered 11!g2)

S enio r s:

Ada Graham

Anna Pettit

Mary Sprou l

Beatrice Vict o r y.

Juni o rs:

Katharine Griest.

Sophomo r es :

Edith Bunting

Annabel Potter

Lu c r e ti a Shoemaker

Anna Stubbs.

Freshme n:

Elizabeth Burton

Esther Darnes

Mary Hallo we ll

Anne Pear s on

Anna Campbe ll

Helen McCain

Hel e n Smedley

Frances Vauclain

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Number of atudeoUl 10 eo : lege .....•..... ...•.•... 310

Number of faculty roll •...•.......... ............•

.•.......... 26

RIVU Kappa Kappa aamma, 18 ; Kappa Alpha Theta, 1• •

Another college yea r gone and another good year of work for our frat ernity. Very often it happens that the full measure of a year's work cannot be truly est imated until we s tand at th e end and look back over the wh o le expanse. Then we of Pennsylvania A lpha sec much to be grate-ful for The little troubles and difficulties along the way are forgotten and w e rem embe r only th e pleasant thing s and arc so rry that the year is so nearly over and that our chapter will nev er be just the same agai n.

We feel however that w e have learned much in the last year. We have grown much in number but even more we trust in the ideals of our fraternity We reali ze that added number means also added r esponsibility and nec ess itat es more than eve r the spirit which is willing to give up for the good o f th e whol e.

This year we have four girls who will graduate but we ha\'e the good f ortune t o lo se but thr ee, as o n e will return for furth er work next year. Our fr eshmen seem to hav e caugh t th e tru e fr ate rnity s pirit, so altogether we feel that we hav e a strong chapter with which t o begin the coming year. Ju st now we are all trying to make th e very best of the little time left us and are planning all so rts of good times together. Thi s is at tim:s a littl e hard to work in with exam in atio ns but we have the annual house party after Commencement to look forward to when we leave each other for a week b e fore separating for the summer.

With best wishes for a happy ending of the college year for our sist'"!f chapters,

ANNA E. ST U BBS

Senio rs:

Ursula D Parml ey

Mary A. Stanton

Melvina A . We s tcott.

Juni o rs :

Dana Bower

J tan Hopwood

May Jones

Margaret Kalp

Beatrice Ri cha rd s

Edna S eaman.

(Charte red 1895)

Sophomores:

Frances Chaffee

Ella Garvin

Eunict Hall

Mary Meyer

Mabel Ru sse ll

Freshmen :

M Cathers

Alvina Engl isee

Pri sci lla Hard es ty

Mabe l John so n

Ruby Pierson

Sara Ray

Ethel Watkins

PENNSYLVANIA BETA-IWCKNELL UNIVERSITY

Numbe r In ch apt er

OTl1J:R W O .l.I.I;N'15

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I:\' CO LL W E : V e lta. Delta De ! t a.

June! and Comme nc em en t on ly a week o ff Though we look f o rw a rd to our three mo nth s of vacation, th e r e is some sadness in ou r hearts, for we lose thr ee gi rl s--our sen io r s. But be fo r e they go, n eve r t o return as active Pi Phi s, we are go ing to hav e o ne morc good t ime togeth e r-a house pa r ty a t Sylvan D ell It is the seco nd one for us and we l ook for· wa rd with great a nti cip at ion to thi s wh o le w eek of merrymaking.

Next Saturd ay is initiation, when seven fr es hmen will be introduced to "hi s maje s ty, Sir William ." " Stunt wee k" ha s ju s t begu n and th ey seem to be g e tting a lo t o f pleas ur e o ut o f it

On Ma y twenty-fifth, we gave ou r annua l pi cni c t o Blue Hill, we went on a hayrack instead of in a ca rryall and th o ught it was the bes t of fun, until about fo ur o 'cl ock , wh en it b egan to r a in and we had to rid e all th e way hom e in the pourin g rain 'V er e we soaked ? Well yes, but not too muc h so t o pr event o ur s in g ing frat ernit y so ng s and giv ing o ur ye ll s.

The se ni o r class play is one o f th e event s a t Commenceme nt time Two of o ur sen io r s, Urs ula P a rml ey and Mary Stanton t ake leading parts

East Coll ege, ou r building, is almo st co mplete and it will b e r ea dy fo r occupation n ex t fall Th e se ni or cl ass gave the univer s ity as 3 memorial a large clock to be placed in a t o we r on W es t College.

W ith best wi she s fo r a happy vacation.

EDNA A SEAMAN

PENN S YLVANIA C.-\MMA-DI C KIN SON COL LEGE

(Cha rt ered 1903)

S eni o r s:

Corinne Gau l

Ada Fill er

E va Cass

Fl o r ence Ral s t on

Els ie Hoffer

Mary H oo ve r .

Juni ors:

Ann ie O ' Brien

Hel en Kisner.

Sophomores :

E li za b eth Blair

Edith Kai se r

Viva J o hn so n

Julia W oodward

M a r y L eamy.

Freshmen:

Lydia Goodi ng

Marj or ie McIntir e

Margar et \Vhit ema n

Grace Filler

Anna Bacon

R osa nn ah Blair

R ebekah H arri s

H cU ie C r aighead

N

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u m be r In co ll ege o f li bera l sru

270 Number In fa c ult, ]6 N u m be r in ch apte r ...• ..•......•.... 21

OTun F l'bl Delta Tb e ta Phi K APpl P i t, Sigm a C hi S igma Alpha EPI UOII, B e ta Th e ta ' " Phi Kllppa S igma, Kapl>tl Sigma.. A l pha l' bl IllI o. Chi Omega, DellA Delta C hi ( Law Sch oo L) : Edith Kalter, Cannan P r l&e; Sophomore Patton BlAir. Gilbert Prlt:e: Sophomore McDaniel Prlr.e; Eva Ca.., Phi Be ta Kappa; Floren ce U.a.lfrtOD I'hl B ela KIl IJpa.

Once again at the o f a college yea r we s end our Arrow l etter. !'hi s ha s b een a v e ry happy and pros pe r ou s year and we are loth t o 5!C it clo se.

On F ounders' Day we initiat ed a fine s ophomor e girl and celebrated with our u sual cooki e-s hin e and picnic at Pi Phi Ridge.

Our banqu et wa s a n unu s u a ll y s u ccess ful o ne thi s y ea r W e h ad el even visitors with us, nine alumna e giri s and two patron ess es besides twenty one active girl s. Thi s is a fin e la rg e ba nq u et fo r o ur ch a pte r a nd every one enj oyed it th o r o ughl y.

We lose s ix o f o ur girl s thi s yea r. O n e o f o ur so ph omo r es will no t be back n ex t year , but we kn o w s h e will r eturn in th e n ea r futur e. H ow we shall mi ss our se ni o rs n ex t fall! \V e h o pe to profit by the ir examples and d o o ur v er y bes t .

With be st wi s hes from Penn sylv ania Gamma to a ll h er si s t ers f o r a plea sa nt vacati o n,

HELEN KI S NER.

NEW YORK ALPHA-S YRA C USE U NIVER S IT Y

( Chart er ed 1896)

And s o the end o f an o th e r yea r ha s come It ha s been an es pecially happ y and prospe r o us on e wi t h us. \V e ha ve h ad g ood wo rk to g eth e:-, happy Pi Phi tim es toge th er, a nd "good hunting" t ogeth e r, a nd n o w we are looking fo rward co nfid ently to n e xt yea r , which w e expec t to be an even b ett e r on e. Th e local Pan - H ell enic A ssociation, whi ch has succeed ed in giving us trul y h e r o ic ni ghtm a r es thi s yea r , n ow seem s lik e ly t o va ni sh entir ely, becau se o f th e f a ilur e o f th e ch a pt e rs t o co me t o an y d ecis ion concerning th e dat e o f pl ed ge -d ay. Thi s tim ely di s ruptio n will sav e us fr om mu ch th a t h as a nn oyed us thi s year Alth o u g h th e f ee ling betw een th e ch a pt ers is ex tr emely fri e ndl y, mos t o f th em a r e r eli eved

P a n-He ll en ic will no t continu e h er e.

Th e Hill ju st no w is co ver ed with a lumnae who hav e co m e ba ck fo r Co mmen cement and (o r th eir cl ass r euni o n s. I d a r esay th ey hardl y recogni ze th e campu s , so m a n y thing s hav e b een don e to ch a nge it The new library and the natura l hi s to r y bui lding and the men's dormitory are all r eady fo r u se n ex t (all j a n ew gymnasium i s begun and wo rk o n the s tadium is prog r ess in g rapidl y. By the wa y, th e s t a dium is the larg est

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and finest in the country and it will cost twenty thousand dollars. I n 'fact, we arc feeling Quite ri ch and haughty.

The graduating clas s ha s three hundred and seventy-five members this year. A larger numb e r of OUT chapter then we like to think about is in this cla ss; we are say ing good-bye to nin e girls. Last week we had a cookie-shine for them. Naturally, it was not qu ite as me r ry a o n e a s usual. We aTC glad to announce that Mary Makepeace won a Phi Beta Kappa Key and that R eva Caspar graduated with honor.

A good summer t o all Pi Phis . LoIS HAWKS.

NEW YORK BET.\-Jl:\RNARD COLLEGE (Chartered 1904 )

Graduate :

Ai leen Weave r Eunice Welsh.

Seniors:

Julia Heu lat Freed

Mary C. R. Reardon

Ama l ie Althau s

Sophie Parso n s \<Voodman

Irene Adams

Mary Murtha, (special).

Number In co'lege

Juniors : Maude C. Smith Be ss ie A. Beers Maude I. Klein

Sophomo r es: Anna Ho lm

Mary \Vad s worth.

Fre s hmen:

Gladys Bonfils Mabel McC ann.

OTUCR F'RATEn:OOlTIEl:I H r:t'RESE!'1TED: K appa Kappa Gamma, Alph3 Omicron PI, Ka ppa A l pha Thela. Gamma I' bl Beta, Alpha Phi, Delta Delt.'l Delta, Chi Omega.

The examinations arc finally over and once again Class Day and Commenc ement have come around. But although we are glad fo r the lone: summer vacation we sec with regret the departure of our five sen iors. There have been many functi ons in Barnard since la st letter.

First we had Field Day in the events of which three of ou r girls took part, one o f whom, Mabel McCann, won a medal f or the high jump.

Another event at Barnard w as th e und erg radu a te pl ay at which Mabel McCann wa s one of the u shers.

The class of 1907 have just held their Class Day exercises and a n· nouncement s were made of those elected to Phi Beta Kappa , Amalie Al thaus, one of our seniors, wa s elected.

Last Wednesday Barnard held its fir st Tree Day exercises and Sophi'! Woodman , a sen io r, was chairman of th e committee and the orator.

This year has been a very pro spe rous one for New York Beta. Besides these honors mentioned. our girls have held several other important offices. Mabel McCann not only won th e medal fo r the high jump on Field Day but she was also chairman of the 1910 Field Day committee

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and has b een elec ted th e 191 0 co rr espondin g sec r e tar y and th e treas u re r o f th e Barnard Athletic A ssoc iati o n f o r n e xt yea r Anna H o lm, one of our so ph o mo r es, wa s u s h e r a t th e O ass Da y held in the Columbia gymn as iu m a nd was on t he comm itt ee o f t h e p a rt y g ive n by 1901) to 1907 Mary W a d s wo rth , o n e o f t he g ir ls w ho tra n s fe rred t h is yu r w,u, on th e co mmitt ee fo r th e S o ph omore T ri um ph . A ma li e Alth a u s , wh o was el ect ed t o Phi Be t a Kapp a, wa s o n e o f th e (o ur Co mm en cement m a r s hal s fr o m Ba rn ard

Am o n g th e c h a p te r' s most impo rt a nt soc ial eve nt s w e r e th e initiati o n and b a nq u e t a nd th e pi c ni c t o \Vest Po int. The initi a ti o n wa s ce rt a inly v ery b eautiful a nd t o e v e ry bod y, espec ially th e fr es hm en , very impr essive. W e s h o ul d lik e t o int rod uce t o yO ll o ur t wo n ew fr es hm e n one o f who m we hav e m e nti o n ed befo r e, 1o. Iabei McCann and G ladys B o nfi ls. W e co nsid e r th at w e h ave th e v e r y fin est g irl s in the f r esh m en cl ass. Our ba;"lq ue t w as a g r eat s uccess a n d a n e,' em wh ich we a r c a ll a n x io u s t o rep ea t eac h yea r . T h e toas t s, one o f wh ich we a r e p r o ud t o say w as b y o n e o f o ur fr esh me n , Gl a d ys Bo nfil s, we r e ve r y helpful to all of us

Pi Phi s. W e w e r e ve r y g la d t o hav e with u s on that occa s ion Mr s. Carri e Chapman Ca u , Mr s. Si sson , a nd m a n y o ther pro min e nt wom e n

Bes id es th e ban qu e t w e h a d an o th e r fr a t e rnit y a ffair whi c h, ho we ver , wa s al so a ru shing p a rt y. W e a ll w e nt fo r a sail up th e Hud so n t o W es t P o int and we ce rtainl y e nj oye d (ltlr s cl ves imm en se ly.

A s y o u see, w e ar e not l ea vin g all O llT ru s hing until n ex t year, for there is ever y r ea so n to beli eve that th e n we s hall h a v e ce rtain ru s hin g r egulation s impos ed upon u s by th e fa c uIt y. Th e P a n -H ell e ni c ha s it self d ec id ('f l that th e r e s h a ll be no ru s hin g in co ll ege until th e fift ee n t h o f O c t obe r , so for that r easo n w e h ave been d o in g a ll w e ca n thi s s pring t o g e t acqu a int ed with girl s wh o int e nd to co m e t o Ba rn a rd n e xt fall and w e ex pec t to continu e th e ru shin g fluring th e s umm e r a s far as w e are abl e.

W e cann o t s ay e no ugh about the help we have received in rushing and in our fr a t e rnit y life fr o m our three transfe rs , Aileen Weaver, Mary W a d s wo rth , and Euni ce W els lt W e ce r ta inly a ppreciat e alt that th e girls have d o n e and we ar e a ll so rr y th a t t h ey ca nn o t a ll b e wi t h u s f o r anoth e r y ea r .

N e w Yo rk B eta se nd s bes t wi s h es f o r a v e r y h a ppy v aca ti on t o all the: Pi Phi s.

MA U DE 1. KLEIN.

MA SS ACH US ETTS ALPHA- BOSTON UNlVERSJn

(C h a rt e r ed ' 8¢)

Seni o r s:

E d n a C. Culli s

L o r a W. Pratt

Clair e B. Trumbull

Amy L. \Valloll

Mildred A. Wright.

Juni o r s:

Bl a nch e L M Charlt on

Ca r o lyn F . Cook

Es t he r J o hn so n

Anni e L. J o n es

Ma ri an C. L egg

Helen E. Ganiard

Sophomo r es:

Mil d r ed E. Co ll ye r

Ru th Ea t on

R ena Oli ver

E li zab eth D. Ri ch a rd so n

F lo ra M Smith

L eon a A. Smith .

Fr es hm e n :

Hel en Br own

Mildr ed E Da ni els

E ugen ia Goodwin

M a ri o n Mo rt o n

M il d r ed Sk e rr y,

B ess ie Wh eel er

B os ton U ni ve r s it y ha s bee n .. v ery bu sy place s ince o ur las t chapter letter Juni o r w eek, with it s mu s ica le, pl ay, pi cnic a nd prom, pro ved a co mpl e te s u ccess, whil e th e juni o r pu b li ca ti o n , " Th e Hub ," wa s g ener a ll y con ceded t o be th e b es t annu a l in th e hi sto r y o f th e in stitution . A s tw o Pi P hi s wer e o n th e edit orial sta ff, w e felt p a rti cularly proud o f thi s fa ct.

Earl y in May . Mildr ed Wri g ht, ' 07 , ann o un c ed h e r enga em ent to Roy Br a df o rd o f \ Vhi tman, Mass.

Two of ou r se ni ors we r e elected t o th e Phi B eta K appa soc iety, C1aire Trumbull and Mildre d \Vright.

Comm en cem ent d ay ou r a lu m na e en t e rtain ed us with a lu n ch eon a t the frat erni ty r oo m s.

At th e las t m ee tin g o f th e fr a t e rni ty, th e chapt er prese nt ed th eir s eniors with gold pin s bea rin g the inscript ion Pi B eta Phi , '07 W e were glad to ent e rta in Lucia W a rr en o f V ermo nt Beta , a t thi s tim e.

And now a fte r a ll t h e exc ite m en t o f seni o r p tay, in whi ch Edna '07, mad e a d ecided h it , seni o r prom, cl ass da y, and co mm encem ent a l1 o ver, eig h tee n o f us a r e ga t he r ed a t O akd a le Co tta ge, Ste rling, f o r o ur a n nu a l ho use pa rt y. P ages mi gh t be writt en abo ut th ..: good tim es on th e lak e, the p a in f ul m ista k es o f the a ma t eu r cook s, and t he patien ce of o ur lon g ·suff eri ng ch a pe r o ne. bu t sp ace will n ot a llo w, so I will ju st say t h at we a r e h a vin g th e jo lli est, h a ppi es t tim e th a t tru e a nd tried fr ie nd s co uld h a v e und er s u ch idea l co ndi t io ns.

M assac h use tt s A lp h a w ish es a ll her s iste r ch apt er s a h a ppy r es tful V3· ca t ion, and s u ccess in th e openin g d ays o f th e co min g yea r

BLAN C H E CHARLTON

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MARYLAND ALPHA-WO MAN'S COLLEGE OF BALTIMORE

(Chartered ISw)

Seniors:

M o lly Weston Wood

Laura Pre sby

Euphemes L Miter.

Juni ors:

1\ eJlie I. McNutt

Anne Porte r

Louise Van Sant.

Spohomores:

Isabel r. Dewey

Annabelle Miller

Sara P orte r

May Rider

Alice Russell. Fr eshmen:

Kate Ernst

Marga r etha Fenderi ch

Phylli s H oskin s

Blan che Lamberson

Margaret I Smith

Carrie Osborn Upham.

Number I n ehaptt>f ••••••....•...•••.•••••....••.••.••.••.....••••••. 16 Num be r In college ..........•............... 3u I

OT n r:R IN COJ..LEOC: Alpha Phi , Delta Gamma, Gamma Pbl Belli.. Knppa Alpha TlJpln. Delta Delt" Delta, Tau Knppo PI. B OSOR8: Mol :, Wood, t reasu rer of Senior clan ; Phruts BOIkw. treUUfet' of cia .: Sara Porter, member of student o r p ub,a t lOD esecutlve board to r years '06- ' 0 7 al80 '0 7,' 08: habelle Dewey and Nellie McN ut t. on K a Je ud ll b()ard tor yeftrll '07-'OS: L ouise " an Sonl, memher of Senior dramatic oommlltee j EupheDletl Mille r, part of Fr ia r 'l'uck tn Senior dramatlc.--Robln Hood.

The g laddest, saddes t tim e of a ll th e year ha s come and go n e, and now the girl s of Maryland A lph a are scatte r ed a ll over the United States, : njoying a well ea rned r est, fo r th e last weeks of coll ege lif e are st renu ous on es, Bes id es lun cheons, picnics , reunions and banquets, there are the fin a l examinations t o be crammed fo r and taken during a t ime that seems already too full.

For a long time we had been planning to have a la rge reunion a nd h ouse party at J amestown at Commencement tim e to celebrate th e f o rtieth birthda y of the f r aternity and the tenth of our own chapter. The r eunion wa s a great success. Th irt een loya l out-of-town a lu mnae came back to help us realiz e the more ho w s t rong wer e th e band s o f Pi Bell Phi. Our annual banq u et, th e la r ges t , I beli eve , evc r held , was a s uccess fr o m the very minute we sat dow n until we sa ng th e la st song together , Edna Stone, one of th e cha rter members, was a very charming toa stm istre.", and her clever toa s t scheme was well caried out.

As for the hou se party at J amestow n , we found that it would be too expensive and that it wa s very difficu lt to a rrange for a house party there so we abando n ed the id ea, but abou t tcn o f th e girls are now at Oxfor.:! , on the eastern sho r e of Mary land, having a final good time tog ethe r b('for e they must separat e f o r th e summer m o nth s.

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On Monday, May twenty-seventh, the city alumnae ente rtain ed the girls of Maryland Alpha at the home of Alice Wood, and such a good time :lS we had together! Vie were very happy to have with us at that time Miss Miriam Prindle, an alumna of Jllinoi s Epsi lo n.

There have be en Quite a numbe r of changes in college thi s year in the faculty, and we wefe very glad to welcome May K ellar, one of ou r charter members, a s associate profe sso r of English. Next year we arc to have another Pi Phi on the faculty, Miss Grace Sara Williams, fr om Lombard Co ll ege.

This year ha s been olle of marked d eve lopment for the s tudents' organizat ion. It has prov ed its ability so well in enforcing the rul es of the college which were given it to enforce, and ha s s ucceeded in taking such complete charge of student conduct a nd lif e, that a s a res ult the dean of the college has allowed the organization its e lf not on ly to enforce, but t o make its rul es. Vv e feel that thi s is a great step toward student government, which we have been trying for so lo ng to obta in.

Next year in ru sh ing we are to try absolutely new expe riment. PanHellenic has d ecreed that there be no rushing. For yea rs the fraternities have b een st riving together to eliminate rushing with all it s evi ls, and we hope at last to have f o und a plan which wi ll work successfu ll y. The frat e rnity girls a r e to become acqua in ted with th e fre sh m e n by ca lling upon them at certain hour s each day, and the fr eshmen can become acquainted with the fraternities as a whole, by the two functions which each fraternity is allowed to give. Pan-Hallenic has also adopted t:he plan of inflicting penalti es up on the fraternities which br eak the rushing rules

As u s ual, y, \V , C . A. has been a st r ong fact or in co ll ege life, and one of our girls is being sent by the Y. W. C. A. as a special delegate to the Student Conference at Silver Bay. There will be five of our girls there this year, a nd they are hoping to meet Pi Phi s from other colleges. Maryland Alpha se nds its heartie st greetings and best wishes to all Pi Phis for a very happy vacation.

ANNABELLE MJu..ER..

OHIO ALPHA

CHAPTER LETTERS

BETA

PROVINCE

OHIO ALPHA-()HIO UNIVERSITY

(Cha rt er ed 18!i9)

SeRi o r:

Winifred Higgens

Jun iors:

Cla r e Humphrey

Mary Simon

Bernice Coult r ap.

Soph o mor es:

Mary Chap pe lea r

Edith Palmer

G r ace Conno r

E lizabeth King

Edyth M Eaton.

Freshmen :

M aude Mullay

Eva Mit chell

lone Perkins

Inez Collins

Mary Con nett

Helen Morgan

Kather in e Thompson.

Specials:

Sy l via M oo r e Mazie Earhea rt .

Number In co ! lege .....• •... ...........•.•...• •. G3 J

Number In fl'lcul(1, ...• 4a Number In cbllpte r 18 OTHilia W OMeN'S FJUTP;IlNIT1!J8: Alpha Alpha Alpha (Joea.I).

Thi s term has been so f ull of bot h work and pleasure that we find it h a rd t o r ea li ze that vacation is so near at hand, and in going over pa3t events it see ms a lm os t imposs ibl e t o r emembe r an d t ell of each one.

Mr s. McVey, on e of our patro n esses , o pened thi s term' s soc ial seaso n by jointly entertaining Beta Theta Pi a nd Pi Beta Phi at ca rd s. Mrs . President E ll is fo ll o wed s uit by en t e rt aini n g Phi D elta Theta and Pi Beta Phi. This term Phi Delta Thet a has been g iv ing a se ri es of in· formal "s tunt s" e very Friday night B eta T h eta Pi ha s a lso given a numbe r of dances and pa rti es. D elta Tau D elta gave in h o no r o f thei r new men a progr ess ive card p a rty. A t a ll of these va ri ous functions Pi Phi was la r gely r ep r ese nt ed

During the fir s t part o f the term a Th eta in spector was h ere visiting the Tri Alpha s, a local so r o rity wh ich h as been p etiti oning K a ppa Alph:l Theta f o r some time. Tri Alpha gave a recepti o n to a U th e frat e rnitiC'S in sch 09 I, and Mi ss B arnby seemed t o be quit e fav o rabl y impr ess ed with th e giri s, so we n o w h a ve g ood pro sp ec t s o f a national rival a t Ohio University .

Several weeks ago we we r e mo st delightfully surprised when our' alumna e came to chapter meeting with t heir arms lad en with good

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things to eat. \Ve certainly enjoyed ourselves, and you can imagine what a jolly time we had with forty girls all ta lking and laughing at the same time.

We active girls expect to entertain our alumnae soon with a garden party; and we hope in this way to know them all better

Bayard U llom and !\Iary Treudley, two of our last year's graduates, are back, and it seems lik e o ld times to have them with u s again.

We have on ly one sen ior this year, and 3rc very proud of her. Winifr ed Higgens won first prize in the annual Grosvenor debating contest and is also one of the class orato r s, so we are much delighted.

This has been a prosperous and successfu l year, both fo r OUf chapter and for the university. Many improvements arc being made all the time, and Ohio university has been growing rapidl y. Our baseball team thi s year has not as yet met with defeat and we feel that next year w e shall rank among the first in athletics.

One of the new ornaments of the campus i s six cannon and 3 pile of balls, which were given to the university through the inAuence of Gen· era I Grosvenor, the father of one of our charter members, Grace venor-Shepard, of Columbus.

We Pi Phis have been very busy the last few weeks preparing for Commencement. We all expect to go camp in g for a week after college is out and are busily planning for the good tim es we s h a ll have.

With best wishes for a happy vacation and a successf ul year from fr om Ohio A lpha,

EDYTH M, EATON,

Juni ors:

Eva Barnhill

Grace Bradford

Margaret \\Tilson

Margaret Wilcox.

Sophomores :

Hilda Corwin

Helen Clarke

Coma Greiner

Bertha RanfCin

Helen Smith

Ruth Wilson.

(Chartered 1894)

Freshmen:

N ell Aylsworth

Ruth Clarke

Anna Connolle

Marguerite L isle

Jeannette Logan

Louise Sheperd

Madge Somervitte

Post Graduate:

Katherine Bancroft.

OHIO BETA-OHlO STATE UNIVERSITY

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Number In '

Number 10 iacult, .............•..•.

)lu.mber 10 cbapte r 17

OTuea WOliE!( 'S FUTEIl!(ITIE& :-Kappa Kappa Gamma Kappa Alpba Tbeta, Delu l>tlta Delta

U O!(ORS: Katherine Bancrott-MuteMl Deiree 10 Art..

1 wonder if time passes as rapidly in o th e r places as at the Ohio Stat e. Here it is ) une again! week is just beginning. "Finals" are safely over and Commencement How happy we should all be if the thought cf separation were not as sociated with vacation!

Ohio Beta ha s no seniors this year, and so will not lose many girls. Katherine Bancroft, who has been working for her Master's Degree in Arts, will not be back next f all. \Ve also lose Bertha Rankin, but can rej oice at her good fortune in ente ring \V ellesl ey next year as a Junior. The sp ring t erm has been rath er a gay one. The fir s t event of interest to all college pepopl c was the Girls' Glee Club concert, given early in April in Un iv er s ity Hall. Everyone pronounced it a great s uccess On April nineteenth the activ e chapter of Pi Phi entertained with a college euchre party, and on th e twenty-s ev enth the alumnae and active chapter celebrated Founder's Day with a big 's pread." The alumnae gave us a fine new rug and a mission archive-box for o ur r oom a'5 a Founders' Day gift. It was very kind of them t o remember us in that way and we heartily appreciate it This is the t.erm for pi cnic s and informal dances and many of the men's frat erniti es as well as th e junior class have ente;-tained in this way , always with a larg e number o f Pi Phis present Our las t party before th e Pan - Hell en ic rules for ru shing went into effect was an informal dance given at the Columbus Country Club. It is an ideal place for a dance, and all thos e present enjoyed th emsel ves On May twenty-fo urth a French play, "La P o udre Aux Yeux," was presented in the chapel. One o f ou r Pi Phis took part in it.

The Pi Phi house party is t o be held from the tenth to the twenti eth of July at Ruggl es Beach. on Lake Erie. We can sca rcely wait f or the time to come when we shall all be together again!

Ohio State cannot boast of a very o ld age or o f many college traditions, but. we are justly proud of h er nevertheless. In 1862 Congress passed a law, whi ch was afterwards approvt<i by Lincoln, pr oviding that there shall be granted to each state thirty th ousa nd acres of land for each senator and representative to which it was entitled The proceeds of this act were to constitute a trust fund, and the income from the fund was to be used in maintaining a conege. In 1864 an act of th e Ohio legi s lature, accepting this grant, b«ame a law; and in 1870 an act entitled "An act to establish and maintain an Agricultural and M«hanica l College in Ohio, " was pa5'St<i. On Sept ember 17. 1873. the co lleg e was opent<i and in r878 th e name was changed to the Ohio State University Thii now comprises A.ao'fl'--e:

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s ix co ll eges: Agri cu lture and Domestic Science, Arts, E ngin ee ring, Law, Phar macy and V eterina r y M edic in e. \ Ve have fift ee n fin e buildings , :md contracts ha ve bee n le t f o r n ew e ngineering and ag ri c ultural bui ldings and (or a wo m a n 's d o rm ito r y. I a m su r e that if yo u cou ld see o ur campus now you wou ld say th at it is beaut iful.

A g r ea t dea l of co ll ege sp irit ha s b een shown a t Ohio Stat e, 110t only in footba ll , ba seba ll , basketba ll a nd track team work , but in th e "cane ru sh" h eld th e fir s t week o f th e co ll ege yea r and th e tug-of- war h eld last week o f t h e spring t e rm-both cont ests between fr es hm en and so ph omo r es-and th e establishmen t o f an ho n o r a r y senior society, caIled the "S phinx " and a junior society modeled after it, called th e "Bucket.'., and Dipp e r ." B o th o f th e soc ieti es aim to p erp etu ate th e tradition s of th ei r r es pectiv e class es.

Mu ch of th e socia l life o f th e co ll ege ce nt e rs in th e fraternities ev er , eac h of th e four cla sses o f th e uni ve r s it y giv es o n e inform a l dance yearly, a nd th e juniors and se ni o rs each give a prom. in the gym nasiumth e Ju nio r Prom. co ming in th e winter term a nd th e senio r s g iving theirs in Commencement week.

Oh io B eta sends t o her s is t ers in Pi Phi bes t wi sh es fo r a h ap py summer HELEN M CLA.IUCL

INDIANA ALPHA-FRAN KUN COLLEG E (Cha rt ered 1888)

Seni o r s:

Mary Wyson g

habel P orter

Juli a Lyl e Wils o n

M arie Hollingsw o rth .

Juni o rs :

Tillie W eyl

Let a Hall

Grace Magaw

G ra ce Loomis

Ne ll e Hall

S ophomores:

Zelia Lee

Anna Bryan

J ea n \ Vil so n

Mary Murphy

Grace McDow ell

Marguerite Allen

Susie Ott

Ethelyn La G r ange.

Fr eshm en :

Fern Dugger

Leonett Le Bo

Minnie Engler

Esth er Peek

Mar jo ry 'Vey l

L eno r e Stanfi eld

J osie Porter

Katha rin e Webb

Julia Barnhizer

Mabel Nichols.

CHAPTER LETTERS

Number In college

OTuEa FUT£a:011TIE9: A l pba Gamma Alpha, (local ).

308 13 28

Another June ha s r o lled around a nd Indiana Alpha will soon have completed the college yea r .

W e celebrated Founders' Day with OU T alumnae. Tw o plays were pr esen t ed by the activ e and alumnae, r es pect ively. T h e Pi Phi mothers were the gues t s of th e evening, and o n the whole the affair was quite a success.

On May thirti eth, the annual P i Phi pi cnic was given, and a merry time was enjoyed.

We feel that Franklin Coll ege has made rapid advancement under the admini s tration of Dr E. B. Bryan

A new girl s' dormito ry is to be e rected thi s su mmer, r eady for the fall t erm Also a gymna s ium is being planned. Th e Pi Phis will occupy one wing of th e d o rmitor y and hav e parlo r s and a chapter room

Many of our alumna e will be back f o r Commencement week, and, as is our custom, a f a r ewe ll cookies-shin e will be held, where we shall see all the girls befo r e se parating for the sum mer.

With best wishes for a happy summer to all Pi Phis,

JULIA LYLE WnsoN.

Seniors:

Leona Coombs

Edith Spen ce r

Blanche Couk

Marjori e Ginge rick

Pearl Neild

Juni o r s:

Anna Gray

Mary Sample

Ha zel $quires.

Sophomores:

Aida Crain'

Mary Singl e

Vi o lette Miller

Francis R ichhart

Florence Ros en thal

Barbara Voyles.

Fres hm en:

Georgia Bellows

Fay Clay ton

Lillian RampelJ

Lela Gray

Flor ence Avery

Ruth Duncan

Arthena Meyers

Mary \Vright

Josephine Boyd

Rose Hassmer

Marie Davi s

Irene Ferris

Juana Young

Ruth Roark

Nellie GraybiIJ. Numbe r In colleg@

105 N umber In e bapter 29 OTBn W OM'!lK" li"JU,TmR1'flTll:lJ : Kappa Alpha Tbeta, Rappe Gamma Delta Gam ma

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It is seni o r week here ilnd it makes us all envious t o see 50 many s tud en ts walking on th e campus with caps a nd gowns o n. O Uf chapte r loses fo ur gi rl s thi s year and we sha ll mis s them g r ea tl y, fo r the y are f o ur o f the mos t loya l Pi Phis living.

OUf gi rls a r e sti ll li ving in the dormitory and wi ll be th e r e ne xt fall . W e are going to hav e a new h ouse bui lt f o r us this s umm e r b u t it will not be poss i ble to ha ve it comp let e d before fall But we sh all enter the d o rmitory n ex t year with lighte r hearts, fo r w e may look forward t o a n ew h ome, which will be nic e r than any w e have ever had before. Indiana U n iver s ity is growing e very year. This yea r t her e hav e b een almos t five hundr ed morc stud e nt s tha n la s t year. W e have nin e fine buildings on t he ca mpus and a new li brar y be ing e rec ted. Th e ol d li bra r y is much t oo sma ll t o accomodate eve r yone, and when th e n ew one is com pl e ted, the law s tudents wi ll h ave en tir e use o f th e o ld one.

Th e r e are ove r tw o hundr ed g r aduates thi s ya r and a cons idr ab le per cent of thes e are r eceiving th eir degree in law o r medicine.

The g irl s of Indi ana Beta wi s h Pi Phis eve r y wh e r e a happ y va catio ll

Senior s :

Ethel W oody

Mary Clark

Frances Doan

Sara Patt e r so n

Jan e Bigelow .

Juni ors :

Anna Burt

Cath e ri ne McCoy

Lu c il e Did lak e.

(C hartered ,897)

Freshmen:

Ma r ian Russe ll

Nelle Tolin

Clara H o lladay

Lillian Thornton

Yacht Kenn edy

Ruth d e Has s.

Active A lumn ae:

Mary Davis

Ruth Elstun

Edith Scudder

Rn.L Kap pa Ka.ppa. Gamma ; Kap pa Alpba. Tb f>t l'l F'UTEB!'fITIES ; oelta Tau Delta. Phi Df>lta Theta. Sigro:\ ChI.

At th e close of the co ll ege ye ar Indiana Gamma se nd s greetings to all si s ter Pi Phis and wi shes them a pr osperous r ush ing season n ext falt.

Ju s t n o w we a re in the mi dst of preparat ions fo r class day and Comm e ncement \ Ve are to ce lebrate class day wi'th an o ld fashioned Englis h M ay D ay per forma n ce a nd Pi Phi s a r e we ll r ep r ese nted in the dan ce s. and drills t o be given.

Jun e sev ent h ou r fr es hmen entertained u s with a dance at th e h ome of Ruth de Hass, and the affai r was such a su ccess that we f eel confi·

BARBARA VOYLES.

INDIANA GAMMA- BUTLER COLLEGE

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d en t th ey will accomplish a great deal in next year's rush We are to h ave a three weeks' contrac t n e xt year a nd already have our plan s made.

Friends o f Butler Coll ege sure that the future before it is bright. W e a r e glad t o a nn ounce the completion o f ou r tw o hundred fifty thousand do lla r e nd owment. Already departmenu have been added and plans made f o r a mat e riall y inc rea sed attendance at the Inte r co Jtqjate athletics is t o be r es um ed a lso.

W e are so rr y that we ca nn o t a nno un ce th e name o f o ur new pr es id ent but the boa rd has not made their c ho ice pUblic We f ee l sure that whomever they c h oose will push things and make the coll ege onc to be still pr oude r o f than n o w , through th e coming years

ILLINOIS

BOA-LOMBARD

(Char t e r ed ,872)

COLLEGE

Seniors:

Theo Go lliday

Louise R oss.

Juni o rs:

Florence Dill o w

Ethel Fennessy

Fanny Porter

Ethelin Conger.

Sophomo r es: LUCILE DrDLAKE

Louise C laycomb

Ca r oline Fisher

Mari on W ebste r

Freshmen:

Helen Honeywell

Ethel Miley

L eno r e Bland

Anna R oss

Eu la Tompkins

Harie! Stee le.

Nu mbe r In eol :ege ...........................•. ]]6 Num be r In faculty ................•.............. 18 N u m ber In chapter ...............................................• 115

OTHER W OYES'S Alpha XI Della

Our las t Arrow lett e r i s written in th e midst o f Commen cement activi· ties . It is the gladdest and yet the saddest week o f th e year. Two o f our members graduate, Louise Ros s, who r epresented the seni o r daIS at th e Alumni Banquet a nd Theo Golliday, who won class honor5, W:lS chos en one of th e comm e ncement d ay speak e r s, and given a leading part in the S e nior Play We a r e proud o f th eir s u ccesses and g lad, were it Do t fo r the separation.

Even in th e excitement and hurry o f Commencement cannot forget th e m a ny h appy events of th e spring term. We init ia ted Harie! Steele. April eleventh and h e r ardent e nthu siasm imbu ed eve r y o ld girl with n e w life Another so urce of inspiration wa s ou r Founders' Day banquet with the Knox g irl s a n d a cookie-shine at Ethe li n Conger's T h e r e w e r e s eventy Pi Phi s at the banquet and fifty at the biggest cookie-shine we ever enjoyed. There 15 no doubt that numbers lend a certain in spiratioa.

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I am s ur e th at n o chapt er ca n bo ast o f mo r e inter es t ed alumnae and patronesses than Ill ino is Beta Th ey h ave not o nly s up po rt ed us in all our und ertakin gs, la rg e and s mall , but hav e e ntertained u s at luncheons, "five hundred parti es ," cooki e-s hines and good tim es at th e country club

Our lette r to th e alumnae brought back many o ut o f t o wn girls t o ou r Pi Phi reunion thi s wee k. H o w eage rl y we wat ched fo r ev ery arrow, and with what prid e each wore a b it o f win e a nd blue!

Monday even ing in Commencemen t week o n e o f o ur fr eshm en, Anna Ross. r eceived th e second pri ze in th e d ecl a m at io n co nl es t and I might dwell longer on the Commencement program and glories of our sen iors.

W edn es d ay wa s Pi Phi day f o r us. A ft er a last cooki e- s hin e. we san " and li s ten ed to t a les o f Pi Phi fr om J. C. time until n ow

Comm en cem ent cl os ed wi t h the a lumni b a nquet , Thursday n oon. Many loyal alumni and friend s o f Lombard w er e pr ese nt. It wa s a jubilee over the additiona l end o wm ent fund and a gift was prese nted to ou r Pres id ent in r ecogniti o n of his se r vices. With a Pi Phi as t oast-mistress, Nell Tompkins-Claybu r g, we h ea rd a r evi ew o f th e pas t , g ood r epo rts of the pr esent a nd greater hopes f o r th e fu ture Su ch united enthusiasm mean s new buildings a nd more s tud ents f o r Lombard.

Illin o is Bet a wi sh es fo r yo u all a pl eas ant and r es tful vacation.

MARION WEBS TER..

[ LLI NOIS DELTA-KNOX COLLEGE

(Charte r ed 188.t )

Jun io r s:

Lulu Hin chliff

J r ene Butcher

Harri ette Avery

J ea n McK ee

Alice J ohnson

Soph o mor es:

Miriam Hunter

Martha Taliaf erro

Freshmen:

Evelyn H o llid ay

Glad ys Van P a tt en

Grac e Hin c hliff

l!.stelle A very

Delia Spinn e r

E li zabet h Card.

Specials:

Eunice J acohso n

Gra ce Av er y

Annette Morse

J ess ie A r ch er

\Vinifr ed Inger so ll

Lillian Gr een

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] une has come again and another happy year of college lif e is ended, and as far as a good chapter and representation in college affairs are concerned, it has been one of the best years that we have ever experienced.

The past week wa s o n e of the sem i-annual of misery, for examinations have been completely filling ou r time and thoughts. However, as we have finished th em. we can o nce more smi te and breathe freely and we arc now looking forward to the gay times which Commencement week brings; as we have no seniors thi s year, we are free from the customary sadness and can look forward to the reuni on of our chapter next fall with no older members missing.

Tomorrow w e hold o ur regular r euni on with our town and vi s iting alumnae In s t ead of our cu stomary afternoon reception , we are going to tr y something different this year. A large cookie-shine has been plann ed w h ich is t o be at the home of Grace and Harriette Avery. Several out d town Pi Phis are expected to be present and those, with our alumnae who live in t own, will help u s br in g a s uccess ful year to a close.

Our annual Founders' Day banquet was held on Friday, April twenty-sixth in th e Presbyterian church. As has been the custom for the pait two years, thi s banquet wa s held by the Pi Phi Association, including Illinois B eta and Delta chapters together with their al u mnae and patronesse s. After a delicious dinner had been served, the e \' ening was spent li sten ing to clever toasts and pretty music.

On the eighth of March ou r annua l f o rmal party was held and it was a very s uccess ful affair. I t was a "garden party " and the h a ll was prettil y decorated with pergo la s, ru stic furniture, foliage and potted plants .

Since the spr ing va cat ion, ou r fraternity meetings have been held Mon<lay eve nin gs at th e hom e of o n e of th e town gi rl s. Nearly every time we have had an info rmal cookie-shine so th at we cou ld have a little longe r tim e in whi ch to talk o ' ·er plans fo r the coming year.

The lo ng wi shed f o r Knox gymnasium is in process o f const ru ction and we hope that next fait will witness it s dedication.

Knox college has had a very prosperous year. \ Vhiting Hall has bee n full to overAowing with girls and from alt indi cations there wiII be no decrea se in numb e r s next year.

Illi nois De lta sends wi shes for a very pl easant summer to all Pi Ph is.

ALICE A. JOHNSON'.

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ILLINOIS zETA-UNIVERSITY OF lLUNOIS

(Chartered 1895)

Post Graduate:

Bertha Empey

Seniors:

Hilda Kirk e White

Nellie Welles

Edith Spray

Ethel Lendrum

Constance Haugen

Ada Barter

Ruth Work.

Juni ors :

Ida Lange

Florence Brundage

N elite Miller

Lois Swigart.

Sophcmores : Ethel Swayne

Louise Pellens

Hazel Craig

Bess Stipes.

Freshmen : Stella \Vork

Inez Turell

Ethel Burkhart

Ethel Douglas

Marion Ross

Marion Goodman

Grace Fitzgerrell

}:atharine Fairbrothe r

Sarah White

Adeline B rainard

Number In co ' lege '" '" , -4,316

Number In fn c ulty " 408

Number In chaptet' , 26 OTHER W O llJoJ!'1'S Knppa Alphn ThetB. Kappa Kappa Gamma.., Alpba Chi Omega, Chi Omega., Delta Gamma, Sigma Kappa. and Alpha XI Delta.

The Twelfth year of Illinois Zeta is nearly over and it would be hard to find in the whole twelve years as successful a year as this has been. f or tht: chapte r and for the university. We have had a very large chapter, averaging about twenty·six active girls, and we have taxed our eighteen r ()('l m house to its utmost capacity, housing eighteen to twenty girls.

Conditions at Illinois are pretty h o peful this year. Of course a large state univer sity changes littl e from ye ar to year, but as this is the year of the meeting o f the legis lature we can report an apropriation 1)£ more than two million dollars fo r some necessary buildings. Our audit o rium, which has bee n in cou rse o£ construction for a year or more approaches completion and we are looking forward to convocations and lectures in some thing other than ou r immense armory which ha s n ot the best acoustics in the world.

W e lose eight seniors this year as well as severa l other girls, so it will probably seem very loneso me ne x t fall when we recall o ur dear old d:lYs with twenty-six in th e chapte r \V e have eve ry chance how eve r for a successful yea r next year, for two sisters a re coming-that alwayr. hrlps you kn ow-and as the girls will be scatte r ed from West Virginia to Iowa we should be able to do so me good summer work for Pi Phil. After a prolonged deadlock in Pan-Hellenic this sp ring we succeeded in

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reducing the length o f rushing seas o n from four weeks to two and a half, 5 0 th e ago ny, alth ough just a s s ev e re perhaps, win n o t la st so long.

T h e ob nox io us wo rd " fun ction" still pr eva d es th e rushing contract rest ri cli o n s-m ea ning a n y ru s hing "s tunt " wh e r e m o r c th a n three rushees a r c pr esent-but w e h ave m a n aged to mak e the num be r o f ru s hees permi tt ed to be pr esent fiv e in s t e a d o f thr ee, so aga in we a r e m o r e ho peful

OUf g r ea t es t acco mplishm en t thi s year as a cha pt e r w as g e tting a large num be r o f " old girl s" back f o r a Fo und e r s' Day r euni o n . We had our

an nu a l f o rm a l d ance April t w e nt y-s ix th , but ou r greates t effo rt was made t o ge t e vcry a lu mn a poss i ble bac k f o r th e ban qu e t \-he fo llowing nig h t. W e f e lt th a t ou r effo rt s we r e c r owned w ith s uccess wh en we look ed dow n th e tabl e a t s ixt y Pi Phi s a ll but tw o ac tiv e o r alumna e of 111in ois Zet a , and alth o ugh th e r e w e r e fo ur tr a ns f er!! in the number a r e a ll o f Illin o is Ze ta no w Mr s. Am el ia A lp ine r -S t e rn , .,I fo rm e r Grand Sec r eta r y o ffi ci a t ed as t o as t -mi st r ess a n d a numbe r o f " o ld g irl s" respo nded to t oasts. \V e a r e so proud o f t h e r es ult s o f o ur e ff o rts that w e a r e plannin g n o w ( 0 m ak e thi s a n a nnu a l eve nt, and 1 ce rtain1y hope that th e " bes t laid plan s" in thi s ca se d o no t go wro ng. It wa s a great h e lp to u s in more w a y s than one, f o r it was an inspir a ti o n t o ten freshm en to h a ve th e fin e "o ld girl s" o f th e c h a pte r bac k with u s.

O n th e e ve ning o f Wednesda y, Ma y tw ent y- ninth , w e gave o ur s enior di nne r t o whi c h a lt th e ac tive to wn g irl s we r e invit ed. A t o a st was gi ve n t o eac h s eni o r and th en w e marc h ed up a ft e rward a nd s ang Pi P h i son g s

A g r eat piec e o f g ood luck into which we have recently fallen is the s ec uring Mi ss K e rr o f Michiga n Alpha f o r c h a pe r o n nex t y ear Sh e has been co nn ec t e d with th e agriculture d e pa rtm ent h e r e thi s year, a nd int en ds t o be h e r e n e xt ye ar, and w e f ee l that it is lu ck b eyo nd our des e rt s t o be abl e t o ha ve all Pi Phi s in the holt se n e xt y ear .

Wi s hing e ve ry Pi Phi a happ y v aca ti o n

MI CHIGAN ALPH IA- H ILLSD A L£ COLLEG E

LoiS SWI GART

S e ni o rs :

P o lly E . Bran c h

Celia B. Rine.

Juni o rs :

Fl o r e nce H o gmire

V irg in ia H o lland .

S op ho m o r es :

H a rd t! Bi s h o pp

(C hart e r ed 1887)

Charlott e Sh ephard

E s th e r L . Branch

Ruth F ord .

F r eshm e n :

A lice Sa tt e rthwaite

P e... r1 Kepple

B e!' s Kempf

:\1arj o ry Whitney

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Michigan Alpha wi s h es to intr o du ce Ruth Ford as our latest initiate. During th e s prin g t erm we ha ve had but few parti es. On April twentieth th e Pi Phi s and Delta Tau D eltas, entertained Kappa Kappa Gamma and Alpha Tau Omega, in the gymnasium. The gymnasium was maae to r epresent the Forest of Daphn e, and various persons were dressed to represe nt th e different god s and godde ss es.

F o under s' Day we ce lebrated by the initiation of Ruth Ford.

On Jun e twenty-first Flor ence Myers i s to be married to Frank Baker, Alpha Tau Omega '06, and the active chapter are to act as bridesmaids. W e all wi s h Florence happin ess in her new life

W e arc looking forward to Commen cement week with great f or a great many of our "old" girl s will be h ere, and w e are always v ery glad t o see them.

Not man y improvem ent s hav e been mad e in ou r college during the year , but a great many will b e mad e during th e s umm er vacation . During the winter term we won the Stat e Oratorical Contest, and our representative at the Int er-State Contest cove r ed himself with glory. Pr es id ent R oose \'e lt r ece ntl y vi s it ed our Pres id ent and sa id he was su rpri sed [0 find that so many men of note had graduated fr om our college. Hill sdal e College is s mall but quite widely kn o wn , and we think quite important

Michigan Alpha wi s hes yo u a ll a pl easa nt v acat io n and success for next year.

Gradu at e:

M. Berenice Gallup

Seni o rs:

lJ aisy C. Oln ey

Eva L. Hathhorn

Annabe l Carey.

Juni ors:

Anni e M Kenaga

Elisabeth Miller

Ethel Melin

Cha rl otte Angstman

Martha Downey

Harriet Grifti.n.

(Chartered 1888 )

Sophomores:

Rhoda S tarr

Caroline Edwards

Helen Bradley

M urie! J am es.

Freshmen:

Loi s Rix

Jean Griffin

Jeann ette Benson

Dorothea Lea

Annabel Kellogg

Vivi an Ly on .

CELIA B. RrNE

MI C HI GAN BETA-UNIVERSITY OF MI CHIGAN

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umbe r In ".746

Num ber In tbe fa- eult1 .....•......

82:5

Num be r I n th e chapter ..•. 20

RONoa : Martha Downer. M ortar Board.

OTOEa WOME!('S FUTr:B!UTIES : K.ppa Alpha Theta. Kappa Kappa Gamma. De 'ta Gamma, Alpb a Phi, Gamma I 'bl Beta, Alpha Cbl Omega. Cbl 'Sorosl, (loca l ).

Her e we are in the midst of examinations, and in a few more day s, many of th e g irl s will have left for home. W e sha ll lose s ix girls from our number thi s yea r \V e are g lad to intr od uce two n ew Pi Phi pl edgc 3, h owe ver, who will come to co ll ege next year. T hey arc Beulah Whitn ey and Mabel J oh nston, both of Detro it.

On March thirtieth we in it iated H e len Bradl ey, who wa s pledged about f our week s befo r e. After the ce r emony we had a li ttle spread.

The lirst week in May Gamble ca me to Ann Arbor for the French pl ay, and brought wit h her fiv e gi rl s from the Liggett School. Afte r th e play we had a s u ppe r. The n ex t morning we all went on a tally-ltv ri de. It was great f un f or U6 and we hated to have Miss Gamble and h er girl s leave.

T h e Un iv e rsity of Michigan is going t o have an honorary society at las t , and we h ope t hat some time soon !\lichigan B eta will add to the Pi Phi s who a r e a lso Phi Beta Kappa s. There h ave been se veral attempts to get Phi B eta Kappa at Mic hi ga n, but before thi s tim e there has wa ys been op position. This winter the :Mo rt a r Boa rd, the gi rl s senio r s ieiet)', circulated a pet it ion t o ob tain a charter of Phi B et a Knappa. Th e petiti o n wa s t a k en up by Quadrangle, th e ho no r ary society among th e men , and fr om th ere it passed the f acu lty An Alpha Honor Society has been o rgani zed , to whi ch m em ber s h ave been elected. Next year th ey will obt a in a chart er fr o m Phi Bet a Kappa, and the members of Alpha H ono r Society will be initi ated int o it.

On the twent y-s ix th o f May th e women o f the univer sity had a large banqu et. Many Michigan a lumn ae came back to attend ii, and some of them r espond ed t o toasts. President Angell was there and talked t o us about th e college woma n 's field of us e fuln ess. \Ve hope the Michigan wom a n 's annual ba nqu et will be a means o f drawing the gi rl s together, and thus o f bettering conditions here at Michigan .'

Beta se nds best wi shes to all Pi Phis for a h appy va cat ion , and a most successfu l ru s hing seaSon next fall

A:-<NABP.L CAREY

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WISCONSIN ALPHA- UNIVERS ITY OF WISCONSIK

(C

hartered 1894)

Seniors :

Cora Case Hinkley

Leslie Purdy

Anita Koenan

Molly Kelly.

Jnniors :

B ess ie Coleman

Edna Holmes

Esther Stavrum

Ruth Jennings.

Sophomores:

Hel en Fitch

Lucile 'Vat erman

Stella Kayser

Rega Bodden

Dorothy Burnham

Freshmen:

Edith Fisher

Grace Purdie

Genevieve Clarke

Emily Thomas.

Post Graduate: A lice M. Volkman .

Number In co ll ege _ ...........•.....

3,664)

Number III faculty 330. Number In chapter 18 OTHEII WOllEN 'S }<'UTEaSITIE8:, Kappa Kappa Gamma. 30: Delta Gamma, 27; Gamma Phi Beta, 30: Alpha Phi. 26: Kappa Alpha Theta 27: Delta. Delta De lta, :W; Chi Omega, H; Alpba Chi Omega , ]j: Alpha XI Delta, 23: Alpha Gamma Delt., 22.

HONORS: Cora Hinkley , author o f C lan I' oe m: Helen Fitch, 8eC r eta ry ot Self Government Auoc latlon: Rega Bodden, vice president of Sopbomore Clau, Dorotby Burnham. a880clate editor CJt Wlacon rln Literary

Since our last lette r, we hav e enjoyed a visit from Mrs. Edith CarkBurr. who was with us for a few days the last of March. We were especially int er es ted in her account o f the other cha!1f'tts which she has visited in Beta Province.

May t enth we gave our a nnual fonnal party, f o r which several " old girls" were back.

On May eigh teenth some of our girls took part in a May fete, given by the Y. M C. A.

Interschola st ic was very rainy. as usual, but in spite of this we pledged seven girls The Haresfoo t Dramatic Club and the Mandolin Club gave a joint p erf o rmance the Friday night of Inter-Scho la st ic week. Saturday we went laun ch- ri ding a nd driving, and a t night gave a vaudeville stunt at th e house

May thirty-first we had our first western regatta, when Syracuse came out to race with o ur crew. Our victory was as unexpected as it was delightful. A great many people came from out of town to see the r3 Cr', and several of the men's fraternities did their sp ring rushing at that time. Our banquet is to take place June fifteenth . We expect a large number of alumnae to be back f or it The following week is Commencmlent. We shall lose four seniors, all o f whom are planning to teach next yea r .

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The local chapter of Phi Delta Theb will hold a jubilee Commence"'lllent week in honor of its fifti e th anni\'ersary

Wisconsin Alpha extends to all Pi Beta Phi s her best wishes for a happy summer . DoROTHY MARIE BUltNHAM

GAMMA PROVINCE

MINNESOTA ALPHA- UNIVER.SITY OF MINNE SOTA

(Recharte r ed I906 )

P ost Graduates;

Florence J o hn son

Mrs . Ralph Gillette

Amy Robbins

'Seniors:

Carrie Smith

Josephine Schain

Juni ors :

Ruth Robbins

Hortense Layborne

ltma Smith

Luella Woodke

Esther Chapman

Loui se Leavenworth

Georgia Sterling

Juanita Day

Florence Amotc .

S ophomores:

Eth elyne Conway

Constance Day

Hel en Di cker so n

Lois Van Slykc

Emil y Holm es

Freshmen:

Esther Robbin s

Florence Bernhardt

Edna Lamp e rt

Mary Anne Lyon

Be.i s Skartum

Edna Brown

Gladys Clendening

Pledges:

Olive Shellenberger

Gertrude Hull

Number In eolle.aoe 4 , 126 Numbe r In faculty , , 185 Number In c hapter ,............. 26

OrRIlIt WOlfJ:!,,'S FtATmR:O;ITII!IS : Kapll6 Kappa Oll mmll Be ' ta Gamma Kappa Alpha Theta , Alpha r 'hl, Delta Delta Delta. Uamma Pbl Betll Alpba XI DellI!..

It 5eems hard to realize that this year is already over, and aU its work .and all its playa thing of the pas t. Our seniors graduate June thirteenth, -and we are happy to say that ou r chapter l oses only two giris, Carrie Smith from the academic department and Josephine Schain from the College of Law. \V e hate t o see them go, but find comfort in the fact that they will both be in the city next year

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Commenceme nt week is a very busy o n e her e, beginning June ninth, with the bacca laurea t e address, the first o n e to be given by an alumus of th e university. Ju ne tent h is Cla ss Day and will be given up entir ely to the farewell rites o f the se ni o rs. T he entire se ni o r cla ss asse mbl es on the campus at nine in the morning attired in cap and gown, and ma rches. from o ne building to anot h e r bidding far ewe ll t o eac h building in s h ort speech by a member o f the cla ss A prof essor respond s to eac h At n oon lun cheO n i s se rved t o all the sen iors at Alice Shevlin Hall. Th en th e r e is the planting of the oak, and the pr og ram of events called the aba ll oon ascens io n o f the class tro ubles. " The day' s celeb r ation ends with a twilight dance in the Armory.

June eleventh is Sigma Xi da y. Phi Beta Kappa and Sigma Xi alterate in h aving a day, and this yea r fell to Sigma Xi. In the evening the S en ior Prom. comes o ff, which o f course is that last socia l eve nt of theyea r

June t we lfth is Alumn i Day In the m o rnin g th ere will be an alumni picnic o n th e camp us, and gradu a t es from all parts o f th e country nre planning to attend.

] une thirtecnlh is Commen ceme nt Day and ends the week of commencem ent celeb rati ons. The address will be delivered by Secretary o f War William H. Taft, when five hundr ed and se venty-three st ud ents wilt rec eive their d egrees.

Eve r y yea r the se nior class gives a class play and this year they gave a very cl ev e r co m edy ca ll ed "The Br ain o Man."

The Dramatic Clu b h as b ee n e x ceed ingly active of late, as there is a fund being r aised for a College Th eate r t o be built on the campus and dev o ted entire ly to univer s ity dramatic productions Probably the best thing eve r given by university actors was lh e r ecent E li zabethan presentation of " Tw elfth Kight," pla yed upon a wood en platform under the trees on the campus. They hope to make this styl e of play an annual event

The las t o f M ar, Juanita and Cons tance Day ent ert a ined th e active gi rls at a most enjoyable w eele -e nd house party. They hav e a very pr etty n l! w hom e in M e rriam Park and we girls held sale possession for two days. Vv e had a mock weddin g, a vaudeville p e rf o rmance, and last but not least, a very exciting burglary. Make us a v is it and we will gl'(e you the harrowing details.

W e ce lebr a ted F o und er s' Day by a banqu et . The great ev ent of ou r sho rt lives came at that time when we had the hono r o f having with us Mr s. Fanni e W . Libb ey, o n e o f the o f the fraternity . She told us all about that wo nderful day ICon the porch of her fatber 's house,'" and we could almost f ancy o urse lv t5 there with those twelve most fortunate of girls.

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\V e held initiation recently and have two new members t o introduce t o Pi Phi sisters. Th ey are Bess Skartum o f Lake Benton, Minn ., and Lois Van SJyke of Minneapolis.

Mrs. Bass. one of our new patronesses, and wife o f Prof. Bass, ent ertained the act ive chapte r at a ch urnin g aft ernoon affair the third of June

On the evelllng of J.. l emoria l Day we gave an info rmal party at Shevlin Hall. OUf freshmen had it in charge and prov ed themselves th o roughly capable. The r ooms were decorated with the fraternity and college colors, while we used a profusion of spring flowers in stead of the carnation. The party wa s a success, though very simple; and inexpensive.

When we return in the fall , "Fo lwell Hall" will be completed. It is the newest building on the campus, and is the largest and most complete building o f its kind anywhere. \Ve are simply brimming over with pride in its possession. To quote th e Gopher, "it is so lon g that it will take a man who has second hour cla ss in the we st e nd, the ent ire third hO ll r to r each a fo urth hour class in the east end."

I almost forgot to tell you about "Gop her Day ." The "Gopher" js the annual college book, gotten up by a board of editors from the junior class This year it came out May twenty-ninth, and during the enti re morning the campus was fairly covered with people, all with faces buried between the red and bla ck covers of the mighty "Gopher." Of course. as is the custom, nobody went to cla ss. Gopher Day has al most come to be a lega l co ll ege holiday.

The Pan-Hellenic association is having a very difficult time drafting a set of rules which will sa ti s f y all th e sororities. As it stands no w, pl edge day next yea r will come the first of April, and th e :ntervening time must needs be "fearfully and wonderfully made "

The out-of-town girls are a ll pr epari ng f o r a speedy departure and our number in town thi s summer will be rather sma ll . We have planned however, to have two meetings each month, when we who are here may get togeth e r f o r a jo ll y afternoon.

Minnesota Alpha extends t o all Pi Beta Phi s, her best wi shes foe- a pleasant vacation

FLORENCE LELIA AMBLL

IOWA BETA-SIMPSON COu.r.GE

(C hartered 1874)

Our spring term has been a very busy three months for us. The first Tuesday after the opening of th e term was pledge day, and on the evening of that day we pledged six freshmen-Margaret Pemble, Edith Beall, Irma Walker, Flay Reed, Ruth Woods and Helen Harp Thty are all

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cbarming girls , and already teeming with Pi Phi interest and ent hu siasm. Our province president, Mi ss Stuart, came the !ast of th e same week She spent (our days with u s, and a ver y in spiring tim e it was fo r Pi Phi s. It was 50 helpful t o hear fr o m the o ther chapte rs . Friday night we had initiation and th e alumnae were with us . Vie had a cookie-shine afterward and just a s w e were saying " adieu " we heard the strains of an Alpha Tau Omega so ng. The m e n knew that w e were initiating and wi s h es t o a id in the f es tiviti es. They gave a yell for each n e w g irl.

Founder s' Day w e ce lebrated with a cookie-shine fo r ac tiv e girls and alum nae. It was al so '-' freshman stunt day" and the enter tainment was enentirely in th eir hands Th ey gav e se ver a l iicenes that th ey called " Landmarks in the Road to Pi Phidom"-a cookie -s hin e, ba sk e t ball game, h ou .;;e part y and r epresentati o ns; o f all th e ru shing s tunt s to which w e had invit ed them. It wa, very cl eve r and we had se veral pi c tur es tak e n f or our alum nae letter s.

Since pledge day w e hav e put the wine and blue on an o ther girl, Lil · lie George, a s o ph o mo r e

Last week wa s the big forma l party of the year It is our custom to entertain in the s prin g in hono r o f our senior gi rl s. Besides the active girls several of th e a lumna e o f '05 and '06 we r e back and alt ogether it wa.s the lar ges t party w e had had for se veral yea rs and also o ne of the mo s t su ccess ful.

W e hav e r ented a very good hou se fo r next year. It is just eas t of th e campus, and will accommodate about eight girl s, be s id e the chaperon. W e hav e missed our ho us e so much this yea r , and kn o w that w e sha! l appr ec iat e a lodge more than eve r n e xt year.

W e are at pr esen t ju5t in the midst of Commencement. Saturday tht! new li bra ry, made possib le by a gift o f Carnegie, wa s d ed icated Monday is class day. F o r seve ral years it has been the custom h e re t o have a Ma ypo le dance each year in conn«tion with th e regular cla ss parad es This year there are t o be fiv e Maypol es , one f o r each und e r g raduat e class and one fo r alumni.

Th e senior stunt is a r e ndition o f "As Y o u Like It." It ts to he played on th e ca mpu s, in as n ea rl y th e o ld English manner as possib le. Ruth Baker, o n e o f our S eni o r girls is to pla y th e r o le o f R. osa lind Thursday is the la st day of commencem ent, on that day th e diplo mas and degrees ar e conferred

Pres. Shelt o n r eturned h ere in Marc h fr om hi s trip a b r o ad and since his r eturn great plan s hav e been made fo r raising th e $IOO.ooo endowmen t fund Prospec ts ar e very bright f o r the rapid gro wth of th e co llege

I o wa Bet a wish es f o r each Pi Phi a very plea sant s umm e r. and we lrope to meet many of o ur P i Phi sis t e r s in o ur s umm e r rambl es

Sincerely f o r Pi Beta Phi, EDITH B!ALL. •

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IOWA GAI.UI"-IOWA STATE COLUCE

(Chartered !877)

(Rechartered !906)

Seni on :

Emma Leonard

Florence Pettinger . Juni o rs :

J enn ie Bechtle

Vera Dixon

Ruth Egloff

Sophi e Hargis

Luella Kilbourne

Lillian Storms.

Number In co11ege

Number 10 ra

Sophomores:

Loi s Boardman

Ruth Dyer

Franklin French

Ella Hopkins

Frances Hopkins

Freshmen :

Edna Andre

Alice Armstrong

Bertha Busby

May Chase

Maude Mirick

Laura Storms .

1 , 4 00

Number III chapte r ..•... 11}

OTHER W OlIf!:-;',s }o'lI. S S. Omega Delta ( lOCAl)

Commencement is over at Iowa State College and we Pi Phis had two girls among th e Florence Pettinger and Emma Leonard. We r eally only lose one of them this year because Emma Leonard ' is com· ing back to us as assistant in the college li brary. She w ill also take sam: post graduate work.

The last few w eek s o f the year have been busy ones, with examinatiom, stunts, and initiati on to take up our time. On May thirtieth we held our initiation at th e h ome o f i\1 TS. Tilden, one o f our alumnae members. Thirt een of o ur alumnae were with u s o n that day and w e initiated six freshm en \Ve want t o introduce the following new Pi Phi s to the other chapters; Edna Andre, Alice Armstrong, Be rtha Busby, May Chase, Maude :Mirick and Laura Storms. \V e wi s h you could all know wh:lt fine girls the y are.

A few weeks ago Mrs. Knapp, one o f our alumnae on the campus, en· tertained forty Pi Phi s and pledge,... at a three course breakfast In the junior class play which was given during commencement week Ruth Egloff t ook part.

Iowa Gamma is to have a ho u se n ex t fall. This year we have had ;I. small house where we have boarded together and six of the girl s have had r ooms. A house near th e campus is being remodeled for us this summer and next fall eighteen o f u s will be able to live together. We have enjoyed having our littl e home thi s yea r and we know the large one will be just so much the nicer

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We gave up ou r regular spring party thi s term and :saved the monel for furnishing ou r house next f all. We had a small informal dance LAc night before Founders' Day.

With best wishes f o r a pleasant vacati on to all our Pi Phi s ist ers, LoiS K . BOARDMAN

IOWA ZETA-STATE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA

(Cha rtered 1882)

Seni ors:

Mignor Mayn ard

Agnes Remley

Ali ce Edwards

Grace Griffith

Beatrice Reynolds

Jessie Thomas

Carrie Watters

Juniors:

Maud Delmege

Marguerite Moore

E li zabeth Michelson

Edith Ball.

Sophomores : Elizabeth George

Carolyn Bradley

Helen Walburn .

Freshmen:

Delta Macdonell

Clara Stoltenberg

Elsi e Reml ey

Belle H etzel

Agnes Phen ey .

Special: M adge Langstaff.

Number In college ,. , -

2'11.00 0 Num be r In fa culty

Number 10 c hapte r 2f) OTHma Fu.nIl.NlTln: Kappa Kap pa Gamma, 16 ; Delta 20; Th:!lta Delta Delta. 17.

HONORS: Alice FAwarde, Phi Beta Kappa.

We are right in the midst of a busy Commencement time and will Sooft have t o say good bye to senior girls Iowa Z eta has never before lost so many girls at once and we are dreading it greatly.

At our annual senior breakfast we had thirty-eight Pi Phis with ta, and we certainly had a good reunion

This the university is celeb rating it s s ixtieth anniversary and consequently there are hundred s of a lumni back, and Commencement week is much gayer than usual.

In th e senio r class play, Mign on Maynard and Carrie Watters r ep resented Pi Phi, and Sadie Jacobs had entire charge of training the cast.

There will be about s ix Pi Phis in Iowa City thi s s ummer and we expect to have many Pi Phi picnics t oge th e r A round r obin letter wilt help keep us in t o uch with the others.

With best wishes f o r a happy summer to all Pi Phi s, EDITH BALL

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M J5SOUIU ALPHA-UNlVDSITY

(Chartered 1899)

OF MISSOURI

One of the most important events of the year to us was Day We celebrated it by a banquet at the Gordon hotel. To tbis banQuet we invited all our alumnae and were so fortunate as to have a number of them attend. There were forty at the banquet and we had a gay time talking, singing Pi Phi songs, and finally giving toasts as the loving cup was passed around

In the ear ly part of May, the high school interscholastic t r ack meet was held in Columbia. At this time a great many high sc hoo l gids wefe gucsts at the chapter house

\Ve want to say someth ing of our college, so will leave the narrowe r int e r es ts of the frat ernity and tak e up th e broader ones of th e university. Th e enrollment of th e university is stead ily growing larger , this last ye.1 r having surpassed all o ther s in thi s res pect. At present the new Y. M . C. A. building is in process of construction. The cornerstone was laid in April and since then work on the building has progressed rapi dl y By {all it will be completed and ready for occupancy. The building is t o be of white Carthage s to ne and is situated across the street from th e campus.

Department spi ri t is a thing s triven fo r h er e at Mi sso uri and it i i nc r eased in t he f o ll ow ing way; each depa r tme nt has a specia l d ay fo r a holiday and o n this day a celebration is held in honor of the patron sai n t of the department. St. Patrick is th e patron of the engineers, who cel ebrate on the seventeenth of Marc h. The law ye rs hav e a mock tria l as their annua l "stunt;" the "farmers" usua ll y give a county fai r on t he state farm, and the "Academs" have their "Hegira." This year ea-:h department showed great improvement in the character of its stunt.

T h e senio r girls have an independent organizat ion which is caned Alpha Phi Sigma. Each girl in the univ e r s ity is initiated into this at the end of her junior year. This organization takes th e lead in all things in which girls o f the university participate. It is probable that next year each class of girls will f o rm a d efi nite and sepa rate o rganir.ation on the plan of Alpha Phi Sigma.

There are a number of student paper s, among them "The Independent, " "The Oven," and the "Aste ri sk." At the end of the year a year-book called "The Santar," is publi shed The girls edit one number of "The Independent" and o ne of "The Oven" during the year. As a rule, there are no girls on the staff.

The new secret organizations have been established here this year. One is an honorary chemica l fraternity and th e other is "The Mystical

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Seven ." The only thing known of th e latter is that it is a senior society, all el se is enveloped in the d eepest secrecy.

Thi s year OUf chapter loses but four seniors. It is a great loss to a chapter t o have members leave who have been with it four years. But since it is inevitable, the fewer we lose, the better

We suppose all chapters are anxiously planning for n e xt fait an ,i hoping for a successful ru shing season Mi ssouri Alpha wishes the grea;:· est success in every way to all Pi Phi s, and h opes that the ru s hing season of next fall will be morc success ful than ever before.

Lru.rAN' CARNES

1.1ISSO U RI BETA-WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY

(Chart e red (907 )

While Mi ssouri Beta is s till young s he is coming right along the li:t: in new ideas of Pi Phidom. We have enjoyed the visit.! of Mis, Elda Smith ou r Grand Secretary, and Miss Stuart as well as those of Pi Phi s from ot her college towns near us and the news which th ey brought us of our s is ter s whom w e do not kn o w was mos t gratifying and helpful. Mi ss Becker who is an alumna of the Mis so uri State University, ha s been our guardian angel and it is to her that w e owe the so luti on of some of our hard es t problems.

In order to meet the stude nt s o f the univ e r sity informally we are at h ome in the Pi Phi r oom o n the third Frid ay of each month. Next year our new room s in the dormitory will be a great convenience in this direction , for our present r oom in the univ e r s ity building is rather too sma ll to accommodate many people and in May w e w ere obliged t o post a n ot ic e, " Quak e r Tea," on the open door to keep ou r en e rgetic guests from disturbing the calmness of our Latin Professor across the hall

Since the installation of our charter members on March twenty-second. w e have initiated two of our pledges, Ida Fauntleroy and Edith Baker, both of wh om are energetic as well as enthusiastic for Pi Phi and who h ave proven invaluable to the chapter.

Arrangements f o r Pan-Hellenic are being made now at Washington and w e hope they will be satisfacto ril y concluded in the course of a s hort time. Besides ou r chapter there are the K appa Alpha Thetas and the loca l o r ga ni zation o f Theta Sigma.

\Ve have had a good time socially at Washington this year but now that Commencement week is approaching we haven't time f or anything but examinations and the winding up of our college affai rs . Festivities during that w eek will be a preparatory r elaxation f or our long rest during the summer.

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Mi ssou ri Beta a hearty invitation to all Pi Phis to visit her at their earliest opo rtunity and wishes th em a year of s uccess in fraternity work during the coming year.

Aua L. WooowIJIJ.

KANS A S ALPHA-KANSAS UNIVERSITY

(Chartered 1873)

Senion:

Mabel Marsh

Marjorie Marshall

Mary H ayden

Edna Dart

J uniors:

C laudia Pendleton

Lucretia Hart.

Soph o mores :

Winifred Blackmar

Elizabeth Stephens

Alice Hart

Grace Leslie

Bertha Luckan

Amarette Weaver.

Number 10 fa culty

Number In chapte

Fr esh men:

Edna Leedy

Mabel Stone

Winifred Hill

Marian Mervine

Iri s Calderhead

Josephin e McCIeverty

Agnes Evans

Esther Evans

Elizabeth Parkman

Lucile Dillard

Queena Beauchamp

Grace Irwin

Lillian Abraham

Ne lle Mitche ll .

OTREll FBA.TEa!'l'JTIE8: Kappa Alpha Theta, Kappa Kappa Gamma. Cb l Omega. '1

FLOREN CE LELIA AMBLE

We are now in the mid st of Commencement and closing a very happy year. We held our fareweU cookie-shine as usual the Saturday ruSht after work clo sed, and with the old g irl s that were back, and the "eats" which see med even bett er than usual , we had a glorious good time. When we got up from the floor, we all filed d o wn to the home of Lesley Hill, whose wedding was to take place in a f ew days and gave her "Ring Ching, Ching" and some Pi Phi so ngs for good luck. She was married Jun e fifth and the wedding was one o f the pr ettiest ever held here. The bridesmaids and ushers were mostly Pi Phis a nd the bride herself wu one to be very proud of. She wilt spend the first part of the summe r traveling in the east, and will then settle down in Bos ton, her futu re home.

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The n e w Pi Phi house is co ming t o th e exciting stage of look ing like a house no w, and th ere i s little doubt that we can move in there next. fall

Pan - H ell e n ic has taken some decided steps about rushing. W e 3fC to have o ur pledge day two we ek s fr om matri c ul atio n week, and can have only thr ee e ngageme n ts wi th a " ru shee" the fir s t w eek. All invita tion, mu s t go thr o ugh th e hand s of Pan-Hellenic. h ereafte r Some of th e minor points hav e no t ye t been decided.

Then se ni or play was g iven th e la st part o f May and was greatly e njoyed by th e s tudent s a nd espec iall y Pi Phis, as one of ou r se ni o r s was the lead ing lady. Th e play w as" The Professor's Love Story " The " 1907 Jay H a wk e r ," the annual publication at K. U .• came out that evening too, as usual.

The n e w gy mn as ium is now finished and we a re very proud of it. Th e alumni ba nquet wa s held th e r e thi s year and th e building wa s beautifully d eco rated fo r it.

Th e a tt endance of member s at Commencement thi s yea r is unu s ually la rge-more a lum n i com in g back th an e v e r before. The next buildin g to be e rect ed on th e cam pu s wilt be an e ngin ee ring bui ld in g, for whi c h a g ene r ous endowmen t w as made last spri n g by legis lature.

Edna Leedy. one o f ollr freshmen, an d Edna Dart . one of. ou r senion, both sai led in May fo r Europe Edna L eedy will be back in th e fall for uru s hini' but o ur other Edna may spend a part of th e win te r abroad.

On th e wh o le th er e hav e n ot been as m any la r ge en te rt a inm ents thi s year as u sual. Several o f th e fr a t e rnitie s did n ot give their a nnu al d ances becau se they wer e cont emp la tin g th e building o f a chapte r h o u se.

The Chi Omegas gave a very pl easan t reception for th ei r G rand Pres ident. Sh e wa s th e on ly r ep r ese ntative fr om riv a l so r o r ities whom we have had th e oppo rtunit y to meet thi s year In clos in g th is school year, Kansas Alpha ha s a pl easant prospect in view for next year and hopes that her sisters in the o t he r states have th e same happy out look. The hearties t gr eetings to all of th em.

C LAUDIA PENDLETON

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.HURASKA BETA-UNlVEJlSITY OF NEBRASKA

(Chartered 1895)

Another year has closed f o r co llege folk and undo ubtedly vacati o n days are mos t welcom e. \Ve of Nebraska Beta have had both a pleasant and a successful year but yet ar e ready now to enjoy a month o r two free from books. The one so rr ow of the begining of vacation is the departure of those who d o n o t int end to return. After a year or perhaps several years of close fri end s hip we dread to sec "our seniors" leaving the chapt er This year we los t on ly o n e who had been with u s through the f our year s and o n e o th e r wh o came to us fr o m Co lorado

The Question of ru sh ing fo r n ex t fall is finally settled after long h o urs of discu ss ion \V e hav e b een urged t o accept a s ix week s or se me s t e r I'wait" b e fore pledging, but th e plan adopted is thi s: Ru sh and pl edge matricu· lati on week,then absolutely no ru sh in g o r pledging until th e mid-s emester reports ar e o ut. In any case the student mu st be r egi s t e red for at t east twelve r egular hours of u n i\ crsity wo rk and no one is initiated until she h as mad e h er sem es t er' s credit for twelve hour s. We anticipat e some benefit fr o m thi s a nd h o pe it will pr ove s uccess ful. This makes no initiation until th e seco nd semes ter .

We have enjoyed our h o use thi s yea r and will be in th e same one again next year Our building fund i s s lowly increa s ing and w e hope before very long to occupy a h o use of our own.

Mrs. Hill , who ha s been with us the past four yea r s will be back again next fall In fact she ha s become undi spensabt e to our c hapte r life and we wish all chapters might be so fortunate

And our alumna e! Were ever such alumnae, Our party and banquet this year were a s usua l very enjoyab le And again we are ind ebted to our alumnae. They took complete charge of the banquet and wer e ve ry willing in lending h elping hand s t owa rd the party . Throughout th e year they have b«n r eady with th eir aid and next fall again they will give all of our rushing parties.

The year has been a happ y one f o r us. May the rest be equally so lor aU our sisten as weW as for ourselves.

M PE.ARL FlTZCDALD

LOUISIAN"A ALPHA-N"EWCOMB COLLEGE, TULANE UN"f'f'""ERSrrv

(Chartered 1891)

Newcomb col1ege is n o w in the midst of her final examinations . Each rirt is deq>ly occupied with h er o wn affairs, which mean s cramming for an "excellent " or perchance merely trying to get through , and is as un-

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3tpfoachable as an add er In conseq u ence Newcomb's social life at pressen t is h opclc.:s!' iy ou t of Joint. If one n o ti ces th e long lin e o f trunks. wago n s and wash e rw o me n going t o and fr om the dormitories o n e can eas il y say that th e exci t ement in th ose wall s i s not ca u s ed by that Qu esti on, "Did I pa ss?" or "Did I fail?" but by th e m e re fa ct that th e habItants arc going h ome.

Eve r yo ne is g lad wh e n vaca ti o n comes , but this yea r n o n e are happi e r than we Loui s iana Pi Phi s. Fo r th e coming o f summ e r mean s that s pring h as go n e and th a t ou r conv enti on is n ea r at hand . Our dates ot) long er r ead B. C. an d A. D but before co nv enti o n and afte r co nv ention.

A numbe r o f act iv e a lumn ae ex p ect t o s pend th e summer in New Orleans, so w e a r e f o rmin g a club t o be called , "Th e Conventio n Club." Its pu r pose is t o a rr ange fo r conv en tion, t o "fix up" ou r r oo m, and best of a ll, t o talk W e want to hav e so m e place wh e r e w e can give tongue t o o ur thought s , which a ll bend d o uble with excitement ove r o ur convention Ou r ope ning meeting wi ll tak e plac e o n t he fir s t Tu es day afte r co llege closes.

Up to thi s yea r o ur ru s hing season began with the o p ening o f colleg e a nd lasted f o r thr ee w eeks. Thi s was f o und, howeve r , t o interfe r e se r io u s ly with th e wo rk of th e fr es hm e n So thi s yea r P a n - H e llenic pass ed il rul e that no ru s hing could begin until after th e mld -yea r ex aminations. Thi s d oes away with that wild sc r amble at t h e b eginning o f co ll ege, ami mo r e than o n e frat e rnity girl hai led it with de li g ht

W e saw in th e la s t Arrow that Gen e vi eve Ja ckson had vi s it e d the Illinois Eps il o n Chapter and we wer e deli g ht e d . W e o n ly wi s h that mo r e of ou r g irl s co uld vis it diffe r e nt c hapte rs a nd thus bring u s in close r touen with o ur Pi Phi sis t e r s.

W e celeb rat e d Founders' Day by an inf o rm a l gathe rin g in the c hapter r oom. Man y toas t s we r e drunk from ove rA ow ing glasse s , a nd a lto gether w e h a d a r oya l good time. Jenni e Ra iney, one o f ou r m os t helpful alumn ae, t ook th e cak es, candies a nd o r anges, which were left over, to an a sy l um o f little orpha n g irl s. w ho alth oug h th ey did not know that the tr eat came fr om a c hapt e r of th e d ea r es t fr ate rni ty in exis t ence, e nj oyed themselves with a ll th ei r hea rt s

Louisiana A l pha w is he s a very p leasant summe r t o al l Pi Ph is and hopes t o See just lots and lots of them at h e r conv e nti on . LoIS JANVIER

S eni o rs :

Lo uis e Andre ws

Fay Ki ncaid

Emily Maver ick

Ellen W a ggo n er

Junio r s :

Bess ie Coc hran

Loui se Evans

Helen Garrison

S er en a Go uld

Lotti e Harri s

Lu cil e March

Su san Shelton

Sallie Bell W eller

S opho mo res:

Will ette Brown

Willie Pegram

Flo r ence Rand o lph

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(Chart e red 1902 )

Fr es hm e n :

G r ace By rn e

Ceci le E vans

M a r y Gooc h

Naom i P eacock

Et h el M att he w s

M y r a P eacock

Loui se P erkin s

] ea nn e Rob in son

Lu cil e Ru sse ll

H all ett e S earcy

Dr ew Staggs

Francis S t ein e r .

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F ra t e rni lies Re prese n ted : Beta T h e t a PI , S lg mn Ch i , P h i Delta T h e ta , K a ppa

Alpb ll, SUrma Nu, Ph i G am m a De lta , Ka p pa SllnD s , Sigma Si g ma Alpba Eps il o n, Chi Phi , De lta Tau D e lta , Pbl K a ppa P a l , Th e ta :\'u Ep silon, A lpha

Ta u Om ega

So r o riti es : PI B e ta Phi, Kappa Kappa G n mma, Kappa Alpha Th e ta , Ze ta T an AII )11 8, Chi O meg a , Alpb a D e l t a Pbl. P b l B e t a K a ppa: E m il y Ma l'e r lc k Ell e n W a ggo n e r

T h e gi rl s o f Texas Alpha ha v e a lr eady begu n t o di sp e rse t o th eir v a ri o us h o mes and th e chapt e r ho u se is beginn ing to ass um e t hat d esola te a ppea r a n ce pec uli a r to h o uses d osed for th e s um me r . W e we re a ll reunited v ery happily fo r the las t tim e thi s ye ar a t th e banquet given our se nio r s. It was h e ld a t th e D ri skill , th ir tie t h, an d in co mp a r iso D wit h tha t w hi ch we ga ve d urin g conv ent ion, we co ns id er ed this affair ex tr em ely info rm a l. "\Ve a ll enjoyed it tho ro u g hl y A d a Ga rri so n was t o astmi str ess , and th e fo llowin g toa s t s wer e gi ve n :

Helen Garri so n Th e Seniors Loui se Andr ews Th e Activ e Salli e B ell W e ll e r T h e Acti ve Cha pter S erena Gould ............................... . .. Out o f T o wn Girls Ellcn W a ggen e r Pi Beta Phi

Our la st pledge N omie Ma son h as b een n o w initi a ted into Pi B eta Pbi f o r so m e tim e. On F ound er s' D ay the fr es hm en int ended to entertain a l with a tro ll ey rid e, but it rained th at night, so we simply took our lunches an d h a d a cooki e s hin c a t t he ho u se an d agr eed 10 bu y parl o r curtain , in-

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stead The room looks so improved that w e do not regr et OUf d ecisio n These cu r tains come in good time for th e fir st "o pen h o use" this y ear The coll ege auth o riti es advi sed us t o aboli sh the Sunday aftern oo n ca lling so Pan -He llenic ag r eed t o hold "open house" th e first Saturday of each month . This i s a very sati s fa ct o ry plan .

Thr ee Pi Phi s, Emily White, Ada Garrison and Emi ly Mave ri ck: are in a part y l ea ving soon for Europe. The good wishes of th e who le chap · t er fo llo w them, and will b e reiterat ed in ou r s t eame r l etters.

Two Pi Phis, Ellen Wagg ener and Emily Maverick won Phi Beta Kappa thi s year; they were the on ly sorority gi rl s on the li st.

T exas A lph a wishes all Pi Phi s a most e nj oyab le s umme r an d ho pes for r en ewed en er gy and the b es t s u ccess in the fall .

DELTA PROVINCE

COLORAOO ALPHA - UNIVERSITY OF COLO RADO

(Ch artered 1884 )

Seni o r s :

E ll a Packard

E li zabeth Brown

H o nor Plummer.

Juni o r s:

J ess ie Mosher

Eunice Th ompso n

M a ri e \Valt em eyer

Mildr ed McNutt

Nomah Wangelin

C leo phil e B ell

I sa bel M cKe n zie.

Sophomores:

Hallie Chapman

R os in a Vaughn

Loui se T o u rte lotte

Mary Dutt on

Katherine Dier

Louise Dye r

K atha ri ne Mc Kenzie

El s ie Sullivan

Fann y Walt emeyer

M abe l Hill

Freshm en :

Edith More

H elen Scott

Floy Sheldahl

H e len \Valt emeye r

El eano r Bro wn

Grace Fairweather

The la s t m o nth o f the coll ege year o f 1907 wa s a v ery stren uous one for Colorado Alpha, as it always is for us all H igh School day this year wa s one of the most successful on es w e hav e ev er had We gave our usual reception in the morning with open house and serTeda buffet lunch-

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con t o th e girl s we we re p a rticularl y int er es t ed in Eve ryone se emed to hav e a good tim e and we thi nk we s u cceed ed in d o ing so m e good ru s hing . Th e Colo r ado Beta girl s wh o we r e up h elped u s co ns id erably, and w e appr eciated it vc ry much

F o un ders ' Da y t oo was a h a ppy t ime fo r u s, wh en o nce more the Colorado Beta girl s ent ertained us so b eautifull y with a t ea and banqud W e h ad f o ur coo kie-s hin es duri ng th e las t tw O week s o f co ll ege. Mildred M c Nutt and Ell a P ac kard, one o f o ur seni o r s s t a rt ed th e ball rolling and it wa s a very enthu s ia s t ic c r o wd o f Pi Phi s th a t sa t d o wn t o th e cooki e- s hin e' th a t ev e nin g , e v en t ho ugh we d id h ave t o hurr y ho m e a fte rw a rd s to s tud y for fin a ls. Maud e Mc Ken zie al so ga ve o n c fo r Do nn y A rm stro ng wh o w as m a rri e d a co u ple o f wee k s l ate r t o l\fr. Stu bbs o f L a Junt a.

The fo ll o win g eveni ng J en n ie S ea l h e ld t he " las t d ay o f sc hoo l" ex· erc ises at he r h o m e wh e r e m os t o f t he g irl s w e r e dr essed in cos tum e' suita bl e to th e occas io n . Ex a min a ti o n s in arithm e ti c, geog r a ph y, a nd spe lli ng w e r e g ive-11 and pri zes a wa r ded to th e "sma rt es t sch o la r s. " \V e a lw a y s giv e our sen iors a fa r e w e ll pa rt y a t th e cl ose o f each y ear whi c h is u s uall y in th e fo rm o f a pi c ni c in th e m o untains, but du e to th e rain y wea th e r w e h e ld i t in t he h o u se thi s yea r in th e f o rm of a cooki eshin e.

Th e Pan-Hellenic a ssoc iati o n ha s d ecided t o h a ve the ru s hing season next fall s hort e ned t o o n e week a nd w e all a g r ee that that is much better than th e two w e ha d la s t y ea r. \V e h a \"e o ur w eek a ll p la nn ed a nd :\5 we s hall be occupying o ur n e w ho u se in the f a ll , we ar e s ure we can do som e e ffective ru s hin g.

\Vhen we return i n t he f a ll w e expect t o see a n e w b uilding o n our eampu s, which will prob a bly b e u sed a s a law building. bes ide!! n e w engin ee ring sh o p s. Th e legisla tur e appr o pri a t ed $100,000 t o u s thi s year Dr. G eo r ge th e h ead o f th e g eologi ca l d ep a rt me nt, has b een appo int ed statt geol ogi s t and surveys a r e t o be m ad e o f all part s o f th e sta te whi c h hay!! hith e rt o bee n un s urvey ed .

W e h ad thre e s en io rs wh o were gra d uated thi s yea r , on e of th e m Elizabeth Br o wn. obtaining a d egree of bac hel o r of law s. Like all other chapters, we feel that we can't exist without our seniors and we do so hate to h a v e th em leave a c tive Phid o m and become alumnae

Colorado Alph p '"i s h es all Pi Phi s a ha ppy a nd helpful vacation

EUNICE THOMPSO N'

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COLORADO BETA-DENVER UNIVERSITY

(Chartered 1885)

Seniors:

Laura Beyer

Anna Charles

Nita Clegg

Ora Shrad e r

Florence Spencer

Juni o rs:

Inez Byers

Bertha Gull ett e

Edna Stickney

Number In college ( Llbernl Arts)

Sophomores:

Edith Dressor

J essie Griffin

Pauline Huffine

Alta Stewart

Muriel Welker

Marjorie Williams

Sara White

); reshmen :

Frances Cline

Helen Grant

Elaine Gullette

Anna Howe

Marcelle Kirs hbaum

Gladys Shack ford

Beatrice Teague

Helen William s

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OTHER WOllEN 'S FRAT!:RNITIElS: Gamma Pbl Beta.

Colorado Beta has been exceedingly busy si nce the la st ARROW was publi s hed and the closing day s of college find us a ll rather tired, though very enthusiastic over eve r yt hing we have planned and accomp li shed in connection with Pi Phi and our university . Denver University ha s inaugurated a great campaign for the purpose of rai sing fund s for new buildings. We all believe this to be a most im· portant event in the history o f the univ e r s ity a nd it s success depends largely upon the h elp o f o ur stud en t "boosters." Pi Phi was the first to pledge a thousand dollar s an d several o f th e other fraternities have since followed suit. Th e sum is to be paid by two years in four payments and w e have already secured over half the amount with the help of our alumnae, and personal s ubscripti ons from th e girls.

Our friends are still congratulating u s on the new piano in our bungalow. We bought it th e first of April and are all very proud and happy over this new attraction to our preciou s little bungalow .

\Ve active girls a r e a ll ve r y grateful to I sado re Van Gilder for the assistance she gave us in arranging for next year's rushing. The ruteJ are very different from those of last yea r and we believe that the longel' season agreed on will give us a chance to get th o r oughly acquainted with

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th e n e w girls, and still k eep the ru shi ng fr om int e rfe rin g t oo much with our co llege w ork

There have been an unusual numbe r of parti es and dances this spring, tw o o f the most enjoyable to Phi girl s, being th e Kappa Sigma party and ou r own big dan ce. Kappa Sigma en t ertained Pi Plii with a very pretty d inner and theatr e p arty afterward, a t Elitch's Gardens, May tw en t y -ninth We held ou r danc e on May twenty - thir d at the \Voma n 's Cl ub , and bes ides the active girls and young alumnae, w e invited a number o f high schoo l girls.

Co lorado A lph a celeb rat ed F o und e r 's Day with u s i.n De n ve r A t the banqu et in th e eve nin g Mr s. Leonora Bo s wo rth gave u s a bea utiful tal:C on trials and pl eas ures o f the early lif e of th e M onm o uth Chapter.

On Thur sday Apri l f ou rth , Sa r a \ Vhite was maried t o J. U. Smith. Beta Theta Pi . It wa s a very sweet littl e hom e wed ding, ana we girls w e re th e o nly ones pr esent besides th e f a mily

Though we are a ll so f ond of Sara and we r e so rry to lose h er, we f elt so meh o w, a s th e happy coup le pa ssed throug h our " white altey" on the ir w ay to th e a ltar, that in lea vi ng u s she was ente ri ng a lif e o f h ap pin ess th at we co uld n o t un dersta nd.

Co lo r ado Beta se nd s love an d best wi s he s for a plea s ant s umm er to a ll Pi Phi s, old and young ANNA R. H OW E

CA LI FORNIA ALPHA-5TANFORD UNIVERSITY

(Cha r tered 1893 )

Two week s have hardly elapsed s inc e the wh irl and exc it e ment of w eek ended. Y e t in such a s hort tim e Ca liforn ia Alpha ha s b een di s pe r sed ove r all the count r y.

On e of the most b ea utiful affairs o f seni o r w eek i s th e Pro m ." By th e " Pr om" at Stanf o rd o n e th ink s o f th e I nne r Quadrangle a ll b rilliantl y lighted with dancing J apanese lan t e rn s , bea utiful fr ate rni ty booth s th ei r happ y ho s t esses w elcom ing one and a ll , dreamy mu s ic and hundreds of men a nd w omen pro m enadi ng a r o und , lau ghing and having a j o Uy tim e. The Pi Ph i booth wa s o n e of th e mos t b eautiful and altogether sue· s u ccess ful thi s yea r Our a im to make the b ooth bot h c h ee r y a nd h omelike wa s well carried o ut. H ea \'y f es too n s of e v e r green s gave a lo w cei lin g effect, bright Navajo rugs covered the walls and Boor s, davenports piled wi th pillo w s loo ked in v it in g, a nd large Chinese jo ss lant e rn s shed a w a rm g lo w A t the ext r eme e nd o f the booth a beautiful Stanford banner, so m e fift een f eet long, a dd ed th e fini shing t o uch F rom a daintily decorat ed table, the g irl s se rved sa lad and coffee. Ove r tw o hun d red and fifty friends enjoyed our hospitality during the evening

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Commencement day saw five strong Pi Phi s receive diplomas. Although w e f e lt pro ud and happy f o r t h e m , it was truly sa d t o think o f next year without them. We hope, however, that Elamae Lambert. '07 will r e turn fo r ano th e r yea r L a ura Adkinson '0'] has taken a three months' trip to Honolulu and will be with us on her return home for o ur n ex t year's ru shing season F ranklin , '07 a nd Elizabet h Officer, '0 7 will be in Ca liforni a, we hope not far fr o m us, a nd Louise Pear ce, '07 may e nt e r an eas t ern co ll ege to do some research work.

During the la s t week we were g lad to have with us Eugenia Miller, '0,5, and Edith Hale-Hunt er, '04-

During Ea s t e r va cat io n Bonni e Cart er went to Denver to be the maid of honor at th e wedding of Alice Hayes, '06. Three weeks later as Mn. David Chamber s, Alice made U3 a visit with her hu sband , whi c h was a h ap py su rpr ise. They a re now li v in g in St Louis.

W e can now retros pect a littl e. On th e seven th of March the so phom o r es e nt e rtain e d the c hapt e r wit h a la rg e St. P at ri ck's da y dinn e r and afterwards pr esented a very clever farce.

Apri l th e nint ee nth Ca lifo rnia Alpha did herself proud in a very delightful reception given to the fa cult y. It wa s decl ared by o n e a nd all a most cha rmin g affair.

April the twe nty- seventh the fre shm en ente rtained for Founders' Day. The ente rt a inm ent took the form of a su pper se r ved in th e hill s. Around a blazing fir e the girl s broiled steak, baked potat oes, and made coffe e besides h avi ng a f east on many baskets o f good things all cove red with fl owe r s. Everyone agreed that it had bee n a glorious way to s pe nd Found· er s ' Day, b ecause in Ca li fornia at least, tru e fr atern ity love and spirit, seems to run warmest ou t wit h Mother Nat ur e. Th e fr es hmen prese nted the hou se with Alma Tad e ma' s picture " Homer l:lnd His MusicH in memory of the occas ion.

In the latter part o f o f May, Del ta Gamma, Gamma Phi B et a and Alpha Phi ente rtain ed the Pan-He ll en ic association at a progressive dinner. The ru shing cont r act d r a wn up for next year is a very good one and we have hope s of eve r y success.

Stanford, since the ea rthqu a k e, ha s made w onderful st rides t oward becoming her o ld se lf aga in The quadrangle proper is n ow perfectly rebu ilt w ith t h e exception o f the Mining building and the Memorial chu rch. Cal ifo rni a Alpha extends wishes to a ll Phi chapt e r s.

ROBERT A A. ROBERTS.

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CALIFORNIA BETA-UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNlA

(Ch artered 1900)

OU T colleg e year is ended and the girl i arc all glad of a rest, for the past t erm has been an exceedingly busy onc and has left U5 just a little tired. Af ter o ur vacation at the sea s hore or mountain s, however, we sh all all re turn with renewed vigor and shall enter heartily into tbe rushing whic h will be st renuous on aCQunt of ve r y str ict Pan-Hellenic rulcs

Th e athletic contests with Stanford this yea r wer e very closely matched and this made them extremely exciting although the final results were not what the s tud ents of th e Unive r s ity oC Ca liforn ia h ad hoped for . The track m eet, held at Berk eley. was espec ia ll y interesting as there were many surprises and seve r al r eco r ds broken. The tennis, boating and baseball ma t ch es we r e well attended and much enthu s ia sm and co ll ege spirit s h o wn on both sides .

In dramatic s the st ud ent s produced th e San s krit play " The Little Clay Cart," and also a Gr eek play arid a German play. The woman's players club, und er the direction of th e M ask and Dagger dra matic society gave the play "T he Chape r on." Mariam Reeves , one of ou r fre sh men, took a l eadi ng part in thi s.

The University o f Ca lifo rnia ha s another wo man's fraternity Th e Pie'del Monte club h as r ece iv ed th e n a ti o nal charter o f De1ta Gamm:s.. We now have flin e rationa l women's fraterniti es.

The girls have given o nly a f e w ru shing parties during the lat er part of this te rm . One aftt'rnoo n we gave a five hun d red party and in the evening had a v ery informa l dance. Another party wa s a Japan ese dance which wa s a very pretty affair, f o r the house was decorated with 1ittl e fans and lanterns and with bamboo, while the dance programs were of oriental design. The idea was Ethel M o r ton's and she ca rried out her scheme WIth g r ea t s u ccess.

One of the most enjoyable afte rn oons, which th e Pi Phi s spen t was at the h ome o f Louetta W ei r. She gave a lin en s hower in honor of Mabel Goddard, who had an n ou n ced her engage m ent t o Mr Sydm:y Shonts. The affa ir was a comp lete s urpri se t o ou r brid e-to- b e and as s he came into the room whe r e the gi rl s were cong r egated , s h e was literally s how er ed with r ose leaves an d packages which we r e s uspended in a bell above h er head, and cam e tumbling down wh en she stood under it. After playi ng ca rd s and s ing ing we w er e se rv ed with delicious r e fr es hm ent s and thus ended a very merry afternoon .

Frieda Watters was lately initiated into the Prytan ean society. This

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is a woman's honor society, the members of which are women prominent in college acti viti es.

OUT alumnae have been sending in gifts to the girls. Some have given us mone y and othe rs table linen o r silverwa re. We are very grateful t o them and we appreciate the interest they show.

California Beta had three graduates this year-Laura Bransford, Mabel Goddard, and Ora Luca s. After the examinations were over th e girls gave a luncheon in their h onor. Besides all the active chapter, there were eight of our girls present who happened to be tiring or visiting around the bay. so we had a very jolly reunion.

Commencement week consisted of the usual activities; th e senior baU, class pilgrimage, fraternity r eceptions, sen ior ext ravaganza , President Wh eele r's recepti o n to the seniors, and last but not least the Com 4 mencement exercises,

California Beta wishes a ll Pi Phis a ve r y happy summe r vacation , IDA MAY McCoy.

WASHINGTON' ALPHA-WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY (Charte red (906 )

Seniors :

Anne Krumdick

Im ogen Cunningham

Harriet Rutherford Johnstone

Agnes Willis

Bess \Vilbur

Ethel Ames

L ela Hawkins

Juniors:

Frances Yantis

Helen Mar Gibbons

Sophomores:

Elizabeth Dearborn

Genevieve Clark

Ruth Sturley

Marion H olcom b

Olive Nea l

Grace Egbert

E lizabeth Girton

Alta Dunlap

Freshmen :

Ethel \Vatts

Mary Phelps

Ida Parton

Beulah Y erkes

Mary Bacon

Ruth Anderson.

OTulla W O:IIUi!'O'S Kappa Kappa Gamma, Delta Qarom Kap ptl Alpba Theta. A l pb. Pbl , Delta Delta Delta. Gamma. Pbl Beta. Alpbs XI Delta.

\Vashington Alpha announced in the last A rr o w, wi shes now to make hC!r first infant bo w She is quite confident that she can do it without falling over , inasmuch as s he no w has a new little sis ter depending upon

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her. She has IG:lrned to talk, t oo, in th ese few months and 35 a result announces four new Pi Phi s, initiated April the twenty-seventh, Helm Gibbons, Mary Baeon, Bonnie Phelps, and Alta Dunlap On the after· noon of that day we had our fir s t initiati o n at the chapter house, which was a bower of dugwood bloosoms. In the evening the cha pter and alumnae ce leb r ated FoundHs' Day with a banquet. Our former Grand President , Mrs Small, wa s th er e lendi ng u s h er ent hu s ia stic interest. Sh e told us what she cou ld of the early days of I. C., as Mrs . Soule was not ther e. We were vel)' so rry on thi s one occas io n, the day of all days f or the founders, n o t to hav e her with us.

However, we saw ncr at our J anua ry banquet and then again just r ecently when we were entertained by our Tacoma alum na e at the home o f Mrs Davis We l eached Taco ma just in time for luncheon after whi ch we were taken Jut to Point Defiance Park, o ne o f the seven wonders of Taco ma . \V e are forced to admit that it i s ver y beautifu l, even if we do liv e in Seattl e.

Just now th e int er est of th e Seattle public is Quite ce nt e red in the university a nd in th e Ala ska- Yukon-Pacific Expos ition which will be held aD the campus in 1909 The formal grou nd breaking ce r em o ni es we re held Jun e the fir s t. Som e of o ur eas tern chapters hav e asked if Seattle is such a gloriou s place as it is d escr ibed. Ar e the trees larger out th er e? Is th e sce n e ry so beautiful. We wi s h that they might come and see f or th emselves. Vie cannot t ell th e truth about it without see ming to be untruthful, and as we a r e especia ll y in structed , or have been in o ur youth, to avoid even the appearance of evi l, we had best k ee p sti ll . Words without deed s means littl e, but som e thing s out here are pretty big Th e Stanford crew was big, but somehow \Va s hingt on won. At least that was a rathe r big thing to d o. And no w Wa s hington is c hampi o n o f the Pacific coast. That certainly makes us fed big.

But Stanford and Washingto n are this year united in a common grid whi ch we Pi Phis do not want to forget Three students, ::.. Wa shington girl and two Stanfo rd boys vi s iting h ere, were dr o wned while canoeing. Washington has for five years past made her yearly s acrifice We are doubly gri e ved to think that with us Stanfo rd too should suffer.

As an indication of the r ccf ot grnvfn a t t'I C univ e r s ity 'H n'cn · tion the establishment thi s year of a chapter of the honorary sc ientific society, Sigma Xi The law frat ernity Phi Delta Phi has granted a charter h e r e this y ear . Alpha Xi Delta has also gran ted a charter to a new local sorority.

Washington Alph,a sends best wi shes f o r the coming yea r to all her sister chapters.

IMOGEN CUNNINGHAM.

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Since the is sue of the April ARROIV the following exchanges have been rec e ived and are he re acknowledged:

For January-The Allchora of Delta Gamma, the Phi Chi QlIarterly.

For February-The Scroll of Phi Delta Th eta , the Alpha Phi QlIarterly, the CadllcellS of Kappa Sigma, the Beta Theta Pi, the Alpha Xi Delta, the Sigma Chi QlIarterly

For March-The Kappa Alpha TIl eta, the Beta Theta Pi, the Phi cam",a Delta , the Delta Upsi lon Quarterl", the Shield of Phi Kappa Psi , the Crescent o f Gamma Phi Beta, the bow.,f Delta Tau Delta.

For April-Th e Scroll of Phi Delta Theta , th e Phi Chi QlIarterly, the Cadllceus o f Kappa Sigma, th e Shield of Phi Kappa Psi, the Anchora u f Delta Gamma. the Kappa Alpha J ourllal.

For May-The Alpha Phi Qllarterl", the Rec ord o f Sigma Alpha Epsilon, th e Phi Gamma Delta th e Elellsis o f Chi Omega, the Kappa Alpha Theta. the Key uf Kappa Kappa Gamma, the Delta Upsilon Qllarterly, the Alpha Xi Delta , the Sigma Chi Quarterly, the Delta o f Sigma Nu.

For June-The L,'re of Alpha Chi Omega, the Shield of Phi Kappa Psi, the Raillbow of Delta Tau Delta, th e Kappa Alpha Jourllal. the Crescellt of Gamma Phi Beta.

It may be safely assumed that no fraternity woman gives time and s trength t o the v.,rork of th e Council unles s s h e has ' abundance of fraternity, loyalty and enthu s iasm. It is equally true that no council member is indifferent to th e honor her fraternity has done he r in choosing her, and that she does nu t s erve unless sbe wi shes .to. None the le ss, there is a good deal o f work and some dis-

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courageme nts fo r the counci l membe r as th e pr esident of Kappa Alpha Theta points o ut.

[ w o nd t r if the chapte rs know the difficulti e s unde r which th e Counci l does its work. S ome of us a re compan io ns of o ld-t im e; some of us n eve r laid eyes o n each othe r; yet we must consult togethe r wi th t he u tmo s t fr eedom and fr ankness; op ini ons must be expressed o n jl8 by JO"and fr ankness is a Quality that "S by 10" n eve r lacks. Committees mU 'i t be appointed at lo ng range. with as mu ch generos ity of distribution 35 pos!l ibl e, for is no t committ ee work th e foundat ion training o f ou r o fficers?

Budgets and repo rt s are he ld barely f orty-eight hou rs , often tess, then forwarded to comp lete th e Pacific-Atlantic-and-Pacific again ci rcuit. P e titi o ns fr om apply in g groups de sce nd upon us lik e rose·petals in a J une storm -and they are so tarnest. so ho peful , so vital , so pressing; o th e r fr aternities ri se to poi nts of information ; the In ter·Soror it y waves its yea rl y conf.cr ence bef o re ou r eyes; queries of chap te rs greet u s in eve ry mail. H ere it may be added th at the chapter may be a great h e lp or a g reat hindrance to th e Counc il. th e rcspo nce o f some o f our act iv e chapters is ou r pri de a.nd our joy; bus iness lik e, reliable as s tand ard cl ock s, pun ctua l, S::lne in judgment_ \ Vouldn't you Gke to know th eir n ames? Yet some othe rs caus(' a li tt le w o rried compression o f lip s, a line appoint ed to her office. not app reciat ing her value in the machine w e try betwe e n th e eyes, th ough it may be merely the fault of o ne careless girl, to ke ep w e ll oiled, and perf ect ly ba la nc ed,

We wi sh t o enroll ourse lv es with th e Key , th e Alpha Phi Quarterly and the Trid en t as emphati ca ll y in favo r of th e word fr aternity in st ead o f so r o rit y. Pi Beta Phi is lega lly a frat e rnity by its inco rpo rati o n and th e Arrow ha s alwa ys st oo d for the use of the mv r e dignified word. The ed it or ha s muc h the sa me fee lin g o f dista ste at th oue;ht o f belo ngi ng t o a "sorority" that s he w\Juld have upon hearing he rself called an "editress_"

Th e Alpha Phi Quarterl y and the Trid ent are bot h emphas izing th e fact that th ey repr esent women' s fr aternities. n ot "so ro riti es," The KEy j o ins hand s with th em on this issue. and would like to go o n record herewith as repr esenti ng th e Kappa Kappa Gamma Fraternity,

In tho A",hora appears a re sume of the work of th e InterSorority Conference du rin g th e five years of it s existence. While the co nfe ren ce has not accompli shed all that its p romo ters expect-

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ed for it, enough ha s been done effectually t o silen ce the o bjections of the doubters and abundantly to ju stify the existence anil continuance of the conference.

The first Inter-Sorority co nferen ce was he1d in May, 1902. Seveft National fraternities, Kappa A lpha Theta, Kappa Kappa Gamma, Gamma Phi B e t a, Pi B e ta Phi, Delta Delta Delta , Alphi Phi,and Delt a Gamma w e re rt'presented at this, the first general and nati onal movement for cradicati!tg the evils o f ru s hing. The prin ciple upon which they w er e r elying that if all frat e rniti es would agree to abondon ce rtain effect ive but questionable ru sh in g t ac ti cs 110 one would s uffe r and all would come o ut of the struggle with greater se lf respec t The propo s ition is much like the o n e o f disarmament for European powers a nd meets the same gen e ral sort o f 'JbstacI e that th e friends of p eace find in Europe-mutual s u spi cion and distrust. Many enthusiasts felt that the efforts of the Inter-Sorority Conferen ce w ou ld m eet with immediate an d unqualified success and now when they look back a nd see how littl e we have p r ogressed, are inclined to give up in despair. Co n se r v ativ e p eop le did n ot expect to r e volutioni7.e the co ll ege w o rld in a f ew yea r s and they 3re inclin ed to think that :he conference has done more than they expected and should be given grea t e r encouragement. The friends o f r efo rm have had much to cont end against. In the fir s t pla ce loca l co nditions vary so g r ea tly that uniformity of CIT customs is impossible and yet, for a nati ona l movement ther e must be some uniformity In the ne xt place if sat is fa ct o r y rul es cou ld be formulated-e ith e r loca l o r national-they would be mos t difficult of enforcement. The con tro l exe r cised by national office r s has been found to he Quite in adequate and were the cont r o l sufficien t th ese o ffi ce r s would hardly be non·partisan. Local courts o f appea l have been estab li shed in some plac es with a m easu r e of success. Neb r aska has a n Inter·Sorori ty committee composed of alumnae and faculty members, while Cornell leaves alI questions o f this so rt to the alumnae members o f th e Association . Still cha Tges can be perferred only when se ri o u s breaches of the rul es h ave: heen committed and rul es can be violated in spirit with impunity ThYs has led to the conclus ion that li ttle can be accomp lished unless th e active chapte r s are in symp athy with the spi ri t of the rules and re a dy to live up t o them, even at a personal sac rific e, if n ecessary. Th e rules suggested indicate the growth o f the movement. In 1902 th e Confer e nce declared f or a December pledge day, that invitat ions should be mailed with the ftQuest that they be answered in ten days. These r esolution s did not meet with fav o r when s ubmitt ed to the va ri ous fraterniti es. and in 1903 although the Conference still believed in a late p ledge day they left it to th e local associations to decide when it shou ld be. A positive prohibition o f rushing before matriculation was adopted and the formation of local

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Pan-H ell enic Associations was made compulsory. So far as rul es go thts i s practically where we sta nd now. The accompanying table shows the diversity of rules adopted by the Associations, and that the long rushing season whi ch ha s been Quite generally tried is not a pana cea for all ill!; 1t is complained of because it is exhausting for both th e chapters and ru s he es to undergo so long a s train The attempts at limiting entertainment have been found successful-not on ly because it lessens expenses but, more im po rt ant. resu its in personal ru sh in g which is found to more effective. The attempts to define "parties" "functions," and "dates" ar e somewhat hum o rous, f o r example. in one p lace more than four make a party and in another mo r e than three a fun cti o n .

Besides the r egu lation of ru shing. Int e r-Sorority has ,jone something t o b rin g abou! much needed soc ial refo rm. The Con f erence und ertook an o f socia l conditions which made the chapters realize th'! n ecessity for action. In a number of uni\'ersities regulation o f the time o f h o ldin g parties, chape r onage, e tc.. has been undertaken. The Conf e r ence recommends active participation by the Association in a ll co ll ege affairs. but this has not been enthusiastically foll () wed in many pl aces.

After a tri a l th en of thi s method of dea lin g with Int e r -F r ate rni ty probl ems. we man conclude that whi le it has not m et the e."pcctations o f some , it has worked a great change in frat e rnity sta ndard s and fraternity methorls. The adoption o f the rule rushing before matriculation h as practi ca ll y done a wa y with ru s hing in High Schools, which j c; in itself very im po rtant, while the standa rd the Confe r ence sets may not always be maintained , the ge n eral ten l of action is h ighe r than it was .

Th e Alpha Phi Q ua rterly !'UI11!' up the ever of the rel a ti o n o f active and alumnae 111 a n inter esti n g and StH;gestive set of "dos" and H don'ts"

For 111 (' A1IHn " ae.

Don't forgd that t he active chapt e r is in 'a growing co ll ege where condition s change from year to year.

Don't think, then, that affai r s can a lways be run in just exact ly the same groove in which they were run in your day

Don 't ima gine that the act i ve gi rl s are not int eres ted in you becau se do not pay as much atte nti o n to you as they give to siste r s their o wn age.

Do make a point of calling upon the n e w girls, if possible, soon after initiation Th ey' ll probably be too busy e ver to r eturn your call, but you may be sure that thi s li ttle attention will win a warm place fo r you in their hearts

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If you cannot ca ll, d o, in so me way, get a cq uaint ed each year with the initiat es. It d oesn't give o utsiders a good impress io n o f a s ist e rh ood if memb e r s pa ss e a ch ot h e r on th e s tr eet without r ecogn ition.

Do t ell th e girls co ll ec tivel y and indivi dually when you arc pl ease d w it h so me honor whi c h ha s come to them, o r with some ac ti o n which they h a"c taken

D o h elp th em in th eir ru shing by op e nin g yOU f h o me s and making yourse lves agreeable t o th e gi rl s being ru s hed. It i s not enough to atte nd the p arties in yOUT best attire D o so mething t o h e lp th e s tran ge r gi rl s to have a good time.

Do se nd a d e legat e fr om th e alumnae chapte r to th e mee ting s of the acti ve c hapter a nd have a re gu lar report upo n such me eti ng s. U nl ess you ar e info rm ed upo n th e details of the chapte r lif e you ca nn o t give intelligent help .

D o go t o the ac tiv e me e ting s you r se lv es once in a while. The g irls will be g lad to have you comc and you' ll gct th e sa m e p e r sona l touch which yOll get from vi s iting a fri end in her o wn h ome.

Do in spir e th e co llege gi rl s by yo ur o wn pe r sona l exa mple in matters int ell e.:tua l, moral and s piritual. Take an ea rn es t interest in th e large r affairs of lif e as w ell as in the m or e pe r so nal matt e r s of your own o hme, a nd make Alpha Phi count o ut s ide as w ell as in s ide of co ll ege. D o keep abrea st o f th e times for the sake of yourself , you r frat e rni ty and the college that gave yo u your d eg ree.

For the A ctive Girls

Don ' t think that the a lumnae are not int e r ested if they fail to come to the meet ing s and t o the r eceptions. You n ever will k n o w until you yo urselv es are alumnae how much occupied th ey are with m a tt e r s mo r e pre')sing than fraternit y affairs, and h o w littl e time most of them can really call th eir o wn

Don ' t fo rge t that th e alumnae feel somewhat lik e back numbers when with a c r o wd o f active g irl s and app r ecia t e so much be ing taken in charge by on e o f you An a lumna o f \Vell s College r etu rned f o r com men cem ent after yea rs o f absence. She seemed alone and a s tranger in th e c rowd o f younger w omen. But on e o f the co ll ege g irl s spied h e r out, went up t o her, f ound she was a a lo n e, and begged the privilege of showing li e r around a nd taking her out to the dinner . ]n telling about h e r "! xperience sometime afterward, this matro n sa id : "That was my only m eeting with the g irl wh o became Mr s. Gro ver C leve land, but I kno w she is jus t as gracious as she i s r eputed t o be, because of her kindly, unself inte r est in me. Sh e mad e my vi sit to co ll ege su ch a happy one."

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Do l ive as cl ose ly to t he fr ate rni ty id ea ls as poss ibl e. Th e alumnae exp ee t yo u to beco m e be tt er ex ampl es o f Alph a Phi wo manhood than they ar e, s ince yo u be lo ng to a la t e gen eration .

D o n ' t think th at wo r ds o f c ri t ici s m a r e give n in a carpin g spirit or that th e alumna e are tr y ing t o se t th em se lv es up as mod el s. It is more tha n lik ely th a t t he c riti c ism co mes beca u se th e alumna wh o giv es it w a nt s t o help yo u a vo id th e b lu nde r s w hi ch s h e h e r se lf mad e whil e in coll ege.

Tw o g r o ups o f petiti o n e r s t o D elta U ps il o n ha ve within th e la st f e w month s withdrawn th eir applicati o n s and j o ined oth e r frat e rniti es . The cau se h as o bvi o u s ly b een impati e n ce--a d es ir e to g et in to som e frat ern ity mor c qui c kly th a n th e con s ti t uti o na l o r ot h e r requir e m e nt s o f D elta s ilon p e rmit. We shall n ot qu a rr el with th ese petition e r s ov e r th eir acti on. W e ca ll e ven h o pc th a t th ey will fin d ab und a nt sa ti s f ac ti on in the fraterniti es th ey h ave c hosen.

Th e thou g h t occ ur s to u s, h o w eve r that the s e tw o incid e nt s, so fa r fr o m b eing argum ent s ag ain s t th e requir e me nt of two year s' e xi stence f o r a petiti o nin g body, ar e r eall y arg um ent s in fav o r o f thi s poli cy. II) a way. th e frat e rni ty ha s pr o vid ed this p eri od as a so rt (I f co urting s eason. It is a noti ce to the s uitor that D elta Upsilon , which here represent s th e maid en fair, is n ot to b e w o n in a tri ce; th a t th e r e is need o E se rvi ce and co ntinu ou s a mbitiou s e ff o rt. It n eed n ot be as lo ng a se rvice as ] acob's for Ruth, but it mu s t be long enough, b e it two yea r s o r mo r!!,. to a ss ur e th e fr a t er nity th a t th e suit o r i s wo rth y.

In a word-and thi s i s the nub of th e wh o le ma tt e r-D elta Up s iloll' will n o t " let d o wn th e bar s" for any p etiti o ning body . It will have its requirem ent s m e t o r n o chart e r will be grant ed. Thi s i s not to disco urage any gro up o f p e titi on e r s, pr esent o r futur e; it is to state the axiomatic fa ct, that if memb e r s hip in the frat e rnit y is w o rth a sking for, it is worth working tor.

There is no b a rgain - da y fo r charters in all the round of the fraternity's year. Yet we are pers uaded that to the right kind of men in the right kind o.f an in stituti o n, who will ask sincerely and p e r siste ntly, there will come no final disappointment.

We thoroughl y approve o f the above sentiment s . A p etitioning body gain s rather than los es in strength by waiting and wo rking for its chart e r, and a fraternity that is wo rth the winning is worth the struggle . But, es teemed fe llow editor,-wa s it Rut" for whlJ m Jacob se rve d ?

THE ARROW

Kappa Alpha boldly proclaim s it self a s ectional, not a national fraternity, in an un s igned article di scus sing sv rne of th e ne eds o f the order. The italic s are not ours One cannot h e lp w o ndering fir st, why Kappa Alpha mu st n o t go north, and , serond, ju s t where the south ends and the no rth be g in s

I be li eve th at the Ord e r has just about r each e d its high es t point :>f growth in numbe r of chapter s. In fa ct , I be lieve th at w e hav e t oo many now W e h ave practi ca lly cove red th e South. W e must 11 0 1 go Nor th. But we mu s t grow, so let u s now turn O llT attention to int e rnal improv ement, for th a t is th e greatest afte r all.

In that connection we call att en tiv n to th e words o f Pre s ident Wheel e r o f th e U niv e r s it y o f California, in a n address to a recent c onventio n of Phi D e lta Theta:

"Students in the American univ e r sities arc th e sa me whether the instituti on s are in the north, eas t, so uth o r w es t; th ey h ave th e same id e al s, th e same great purposes, a nd they a re clo se r t oget he r th an they reali ze that th ey a r e."

Th e Trident without was te o f wo rd s stat es opi ni o n s which W t! most heartily agree with.

In th e last A lph a Ph i Quarterly, th e vi s itin g del ega te of the pa s t yea r urg es in he r r ep o rt the comp lete ann ihil a ti on of th e sec ti ona l idea 111 Fraternity. W e agree with he r most h ea rtil y. " \ Ve do thu s and so in the East." Suppose you do. I s the plan o f yo ur W es t e rn s isters a bett er o ne? If so, c h ange your way s to their s. There shou ld be no east and wes t , north and south, it shou ld be Delta Delta Delta. Eac h chapter should s tudy me th ods a nd cond iti ons, not from h er o wn s tandpoint, but from th at of the Fraternity as a who le. \V e bel ieve h ea rtil y in good natured riva lry. \Vhi ch prO\·ince has th e best k ept chapter book s? D o y ou lead as a p r ov in ce in p ro mpt a nd r e liab le co rr es pondence? \Vhich <ln e ha s th e best finan c ial r eco rd But wh e n it co mes t o co n s titutional J)Oint s, grant!ng of cha rte r s, it should be n o t what do we of the East or 'V es t w a nt , but what is th e best thing for the Fr atern ity?

·We ll , but w e have always done it that way ." To be sure, but did 1ft never occur t o yo u that th e r e might be a better wa y?

Alpha Xi D e lta ann o un ces th e in stallati o n o f Lambda chapter at Tuft' s College an d th e com ing in s tallati on o f chapt e rs at the University of Minnesota and the U nivers ity of Wa s hingt o n.

EXCHANGES 361

Phi Beta Kappa has just come into the University of Michigan. Alpha Phi has recently entered Toronto by absorbing a local, Psi Delta.

Phi Delta Theta has granted a charter to the Tridentia society of the University of South Dakota.

Alpha Chi Omega announces the establishment of Mu Chapter at Simpson Coll ege, May thirteenth .

The Kappa Alpha Theta ha s an inte re st ing enumeration of "Theta's Brothers-in-Law ," by which is meant those men of sufficien! distinction t o be catalogued in "Who's Who in America," :who have had the further distiuctiou of marrying Thetas.

D elta Upsilon has also been studyi ng the same volume with the result that two hundred and elev en of that frate rnity are discovered to be "Who." , .

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