The Arrow of Pi Beta Phi - June-1906

Fraternit}! Directory

FOUNDERS OF FRATERNITY

Maggie Campbell M o nm o uth. II I.

Libbie Brooks-Gaddis Av o n , Ill.

Ada B ruen -Grie r ,

Clara Brownlee-Hutchinson

Emma Bro wnlee - Kilg o re

Belleview, Pa.

nmouth , 111

M onmouth, III . .rannit' Whit en ack Libby

Red Wing, Mon. Moore .

J ennie Nic o l ( d e.:e- 3sed)

2O'J W. 55t h St., New YorK

Ina Smith Soule " Mo nm ou th, Ill H or llc-Turn bllll

Fannie Th ompso n (deceased).

Nan cy Black-Wallace

2546 N . 32 St., Philadelphia, Pa.

nosbo rn c, Pa

GRAND COUNCIL

PR ESIDENT-Elizabeth Gamble, 49 A lexa ndrin e Ave. W est. D e tr o it, Mi ch .

VI C E PUSIDENT-Mf l<. Mav C. Reynolds, Fo st o ria, O

SEaETARy-Mary Barto l-Theiss (Mrs . Lewis E. Theiss), 64 W. l09th St., New York Cit:: .

TRuSURER-Martha N . Kimball, Box V, Leadville, Colo .

EDITOR-Florence P orte r Robin!Wfl, 543 Marshall St., Milwaukee, Wi.

HISTORIAN

Su san W Lewi s, 5605 Madi son Ave., Chicaro, III

CATALOGUER

Mary Ba rtol-The iss, 64 \V tOC)th .'it , New York City

CORRESPON DING SE CRETARIE S

PRESWlXT-.-\nna ),I o rri s

215 E. 15th St., N ew Yo rk City.

VERM ONT ALPHA-Middlebury College, F aith A, P o we r s, Middlebury, Vl

VER:\f OXT of Verm ont, Grace L. Stro n g, 2JO L oomis St., Burlington Vt.

COLUMBIA ALPHA-George \ ¥a s hingt o n Unive r s ity, \ V. Cochran, 2464 Wi s con sin Ave , Wa s hington, D. C.

P£:-'-X SY LV ,\:-IIA ALPHA- Sw arthmore C o lleg e, Beatrice Victory, more , Pa.

PENN SYLV ANIA BETA-Bucknell U nive rsity, M ellie A. We scott, L ew isburg. Pa.

P ENNSYLVANIA GAM:'o l A-Dickin son ('ollege , Corinne Gaul , Carlisle, P a.

OfliO AL PHA-Ohio U ninT s ity , Mary Si mo n , Ath en s, O.

OHI O BETA-Ohi o S t ate Un ive r si ty E li za beth Banc r o ft, 385 King Ave , Co lumbu s, Oh io.

NEW YORK ALrH .... -Syracl1 se U n iver s ity, Eliza b et h M o uld, 11 2 Wave rly A vc ., Syracu sc, N. Y.

NEW YORK BETA-Barn:lrd Co ll cge, Sophie P vVoo dman, 478 \V. 159th St., New Yo rk C it y.

MA SS ACHUS ETTS ALPHA-Bo st o n U n iversity, Mildr ed \Vright, 12 S ome :'set St.. Bos ton II.l ass.

M ARYLA:-:O ALPHA- \VOIll:ln's College o f Ba lti more, L..·Hlra Pr esby , \VO · man's College, Baltim o re. 1>.fd. UE 'TA

PRESIDE:-:T- Eld:l Smith. J IO S. 6th Sl.. Spr ingfi eld. I ll.

ILLINOIS BETA-Lomba rd Co ll ege, Ray D ill o w, Lombard Hall, Galesburg, 11 1.

DE LTA- Kn ox College. L o ui se \Vh it ing H all, Galesburg, 111.

ILLI NOIS EpS ILOi\O-Northwc st crn Un ivcrs ity. Myrt ell e Roge r s, \V illa rd H all . Evan ston, Ill.

I LLI:-:O IS ZE TA-L" nin' r s ity o f JIlinois. B r un d ag e . Eo ; S . "HI S t.. Cham p a ign. ] 11.

I NDIANA ALP HA-F r a nkl in College , l\<fay McD owe ll , Franklin, In d.

I NDIAXA BETA- Indi ana Uni\'crsity , Mary Sampl e, Bloomington, Ind.

I NDIA!\'A of Indi anapolis , B e rth a L. Empey, l Sog N. Cap it o l Ave ., In dia n apoli s, Ind.

M IC HI GA N ALPHA-H i ll sd:d e Co ll egc, Charlotte S h epard, Hill sdale, Mi ch. MI CHI GAN B ETA-U nive rsity of Mi chig an . D o ra P ay ne , 620 E. Universi ty Ave., Ann Arbo r, Mi ch. l"nOVI NCE

PKESID E;\"T-SlIC Stone-Smilh. Colu mb ia.

IOWA A LPHA-Iowa W es leyan Unive r s ity, Mary Brooks, Mt. Pleasant, Iowa

I OWA BETA-Simp so n College, Te ssie Sehe c, Ind ia nola, Ia

I OWA ZETA- IowJ. S t a te Unive r s ity, M ignon M ayna rd , J28 N. Dubuque St., I o wa City, Ia

\ VI SCO NSIN ALPHA-Univers ity of W isco n s in, Cora Hinkley , 2JJ Langdon St Madi son, Wi s.

M IS SOU RI ALPH A-Unive r s ity of Missou ri. J ea n McCu n e, Columb ia, Mo DEJ TA

PRE s IIlE:"O 'r-Anne Stuan. 1906 D St.. Lincoln. >: eb.

Lo T..:ISIA:"OA A lPHA - I\ew comb College, Stella H aywa rd 1231 S t. Andre w St.. Orl ean s , La

K ANSAS ALP HA - K a n sas l.; ni \"e r sity, N ina B. Fell, 1200 Tenn essee St , Lawrence, K ansas.

NEDR SK A BETA-Uni\' crsity o f Nebraska, P ea rl Fi t zge r ald, S IS N 16th St., Lin coln, •eb.

T EXAS ALPu .... -Uni\"ers ity of Texas, Lottie H arris, 2007 U ni versi ty Ave., A ust in, T exas.

COLORAOO ALPHA-U n ive r s ity o f Colorado, Luella Co r bin, B ould er, Colo

COLORA OO BETA-Den ver U niycrs ity, Gra ce Dei s he r, IJI 9 J ose phine St.. D en ver, Co lo.

CA UFORN IA ALPHA -Lela nd St anfor d Unive r s ity, L ouise P earce, Pi B eta Phi Lodge, St anford Univer si ty, Calif.

CALIFOR NIA BETA-U n ivtrsity o f California , Mabel A. Goddard, 2428 Col· lege Ave., Berkeley, Cali f

Alumnae Association DirecioTf

P RESIDENT- Mrs . May C. Reynolds, F ostoria, Ohio. ALUMNAE EDITOR-Iva A. Welsh, 416 N. L ivingston St , Madison, Wis.

ALI>IIA ."R O VIN C E

SECRETARv- Edna L Stone 1618 R. I. A ve , Wa shington D C NEW YORK-Mrs. Leora Sherwood Gray, 1514 S. State St., Syracu se, N . Y. PE NNSVLVANIA , NEW J ERSEY, DELAWAJlE-Grace S Woodard, Hamburc. N. Y

DI STRICT OF CoLUMBIA, MARYLAND AND SoUTHEAST-Ed na L Stone, 1618 R. 1. Ave., Washington. D. C. OHIo-Mrs R. S. Belkn ap. II4 Park Place, P ai n esville, O. VERM ONT-Mary E. Colburn, Union Village, Vt. M ASSACHUSETTs-Elizabeth A. Coates, 857 Br idge St. , Lowell, Mass.

D E 'I ' A PIlOVIN CE

S ECRETARy-Katha ri ne Stevenson, 2319 College Ave., I ndianapolis, IneL IN DIANA-Fannie Min er , S19 E. Walnut St , Indi anapolis, Ind. I LLINois-Mr s. Fannie Hurff Glidden, Kewaun ee , III. MICHIGAN-Mr s. Bertha Myers K empt on , North Adam s, Mich. PROVII\' CE

S ECRETARv-Maude MiIJe r, 217 N. 13th St., St. J oseph , Mo . MIS Sou RI-Mr s. V . K. Tuggle, 3028 Harrison St., Kansa s City, Mo. IOWA-Mrs. Oli ve \ V. C ur t iss, Am es, I owa.

KE NTI' ("KY-M a rth a T aliafer r o. Ro:.c \ ili e, Ii i. ARK ANS As-Mr s. N a th an Me rriman. F o rt Smith, A r k. Lo UISIAN A-Alic e Mon roe, 847 Caro nd e let St , N ew Orlean s, La DELTA

I da Smi th Gr iffi th u l.\vrc n ce , Ka n KA NSAs-E ls ie Evan s, 704 South Fou rt h St., Lea ve nworth , Kan . NE BRASKA-Mr s. H en r y Eam es, 1536 S. 20th St. , Lincoln, Neb. T EXA s- Fl o ra Barth olome w, Pa les tin e T exas. CoLORADO-Mary Clark Traylor , 2439 Gilpin St., Denve r, Colo. CALI FORNIA-Elizabeth K enn edy, Fre sno, Cal. ARIZ ONA-Mrs. T. K. Mar shall, Tucson, Ar izo na.

ALUMNAE CLUB SECRETARIES

BOSTON, MA ss. -Mari o n L Bea n, 12 Hanover St., Conco rd , N H BURLINGTON, VT -Ma r y Grego ry NEW YORK C ITy-Martha Th o ma s. 157 Glenwood Ave., Yonker, S YRACUSE, N Y.-Mr s. Oli\' e R. Waite, 1302 Madison St. WA SHIN GTON , D . C. - L o la M . E van s, 2227 13th St., N. W . PHILADELPHIA, PA .-B es s Wells, Moo re stown, N. ]. CoLUMBUS, a -Mr s. F. D Conn ell ey, 1507 Michigan A ve ATHENS , a .-Lucy \V . Bry son . FRA NKLIN, IND.-Gladys Mill e r. IN DIANAPOLIS, IND -Fannie Mine r, 519 E Walnut St. CHICAGO, I LL.-Katharine li. Mille r , 155 Warren Av e GALESBURG. TLL.- Ma rth a A rn o ld . DETROIT, MICH -Elean o r T o wa r, :z6 Pitcher St. HILL SDALE, MI CH -Mr s. Elizabeth Stewart. CRESTON, lA .-G r ace H a rs h. DE S M OINES, IA.-E ll a J . Cu mm in s, 424 28th St. MT PLEA SANT, I A.- M B lanche Swan I ND IAN OLA , IA.-F lo r a Sigl er AMES, lA .-Lola A. Placeway. KA NSAS CITY, Mo -Nell Ta ylo r , 303 1 Waba s h Ave ST. Lout s, Mo.-A . Fred . Becker, 3112 Cas s Ave. S T J OSEPH, Mo -Mr s. Jes s ie L Gaynor, Th e Gaynor Studio. LIN COLN, NEB.-Mrs. Oliver Everett, 322 S 14th St LAWRENCE, KAN .-Lm a Ma r s h. BOULDER, CoLO -Mrs Edith McClure , 2221 8tb St BALTIMORE, MD.-Eli za beth K. Cul ver. Mt. W a shington, Md. NEW ORLEANs-May O Logan , 1539 Ph ili p St.

VOL. XXII

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JANUARY, 1906

cA/ferll?ougizls

NO.2

At times a doubt will come to the sorority girl, however devoted she may be to her own chapter, as to whether G reek letter societies are just and whether they accomplish enough good to outweigh their defects.

We have to admit that in the excitement of rushing season fine girls :lre often overlooked who have slight chance of ever being taken after the chapter's circle is completed. We are sorry to say that sometimes our judgment is faulty, that we accept for membership those who later prove unworthy and reject others who would become splendid additions to out ranks.

Yet on the other hand we do honestly try to choose for ou r members girl s who are superior in breeding, character or intelligence. We try to obtai n those pre-eminent in some way, the best ones in college and it is indisputable that the "elite" of a college are found in its fraternities. We cannot deny that as good and often better individual girl s are outside G r eek circles, yet we confidently assert that if a comparison of the two classes is made, the sorority girls will be found superior in most lines.

TI, e re is an impression prevalent among college people and their friends that those who do not be long to a Greek letter society are in some way inferior or they would be members.

The first question asked of a college girl from a college where fraternities exist is,-"Do you belong to a sorority? " If the girl does not, sh e invariably makes some apologetic explanation. Many "barb" girls feel that there is a stigma attached to them. One who knows the non-fraternity girls well, understands how bitter many of them are against the "Greeks." The member of a society, abso rbed in her chapter's interests, the friendships with

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her sorority s ist ers and rivalr y with other like o rganization s, almost f o rge ts that the re are non-fraternity girls. Th ey are SO apart from her world tha t she rarely thinks of th em. Yet th ey on their s ide are making keen , c ritica l obse rv ance of the sorority girls and a compari son. They wonder why they were n ot taken as th ose girl s were. To the non-fraternity girls, Greek letter societies repr esent an " I am better than thou" attitude which they naturally r esent.

In sma ll colleges especia lly, there is little soc ial life for the "barbs" and the majori ty o f these girls secretl y hope to be asked t o j o in a sorority. A fa cult y r eception, a Y. W. C. A. socia l or a half dead literary club is the only form o f social pl easure open to th em. While th er e are numbers of these girls who do not care at all for society, yet cases are by no means unknown where girls hav e left coll ege s impl y because th e ir life was a r outine of work without any recreation. This class includes not only girls who are used to good times at ho me but others who hav e always lived quiet monotonous lives.

Every girl who puts hersel f and her best effort into her chapt er life r ea liz es a g r eat ben efit and gains more than she gives. Fraternity does much for its members. It has accomplished wonders in "bringing Qut" girls and making them more capable mem be rs o f societ y. It dr ill s th em in loyal ty an d un se lfi shn ess. It urge s on the timid and r est ra ins the t oo impU lsive. It rebuke s s nobbis hn ess and teac hes siste rhood.

In th e end the qu estion na r rows down to th is :-have the best -people in college a right to separate themselves even if they work fur mutual advancement? In all grades of society a re found cliqu es, in th e neighborhood, the club, th e church, every where are "se ts" to which fine clothes , money or ancesto rs are o ften the only "Open Sesame. " These have always existed a nd always will , and however dubious we are at times aoout frat e rnities, we will always maintain that th ey represent the {'c lique " in its :highest and purest development.

B£RTRA L. EMPEY.

Fr o/em it-I! Co r r es pondence

As a whilom co rr espo ndin g of o ne o f Pi Beta Phi's chapt e rs seve ral yea rs ago, the writer was unpl easan tl y s truck with the appa rent lack of social training show n in th e fo rm of much too large a pa rt o f t he fraternity cor respo nd e nce. L etters sent froIll ot he r chapters came in poor envelopes, at tim es in government stamped enve lopes, which to a woman who c ons id e rs th ese things, a re appropriate o nl y fo r th e mos t bu s ine sslik e purposes. But what shall be said of the insides o f some o f th ese letters? O n e in parti cu lar comes to mind, th ough the id e ntit y of th e writer is long since forgotten, an annual chapte r letter mim eograph ed from a t ypewritten copy, on cheap bl oc k paper. Of cour se this was an extreme cas c, but th e re w ere man y less striking which were fa r fr om being credits to the chapters th ey rep resented.

Th e n, too, there is th e temptat ion to economize by th e use of post ca rd s , but th e thoro ughly well-bred woman sh o uld av o id th e u se o f t hese as s he would any o ther mea ns of making he r private affair s public,-and if he r ow n are to be guarded, why not th ose of he r fr ate rnit y? No t because there is need fo r sec recy is s he careful of thi s, but because mail matter mllst go through many hand s, and th e privacy of a letter is m uch m o re in keeping with the modes t y and d ig nit y o f a trll e lady than the careless pllblicity o f th e pos t card.

Then , g irl s, let one of the older Pi Phis plead fo r mo re care in thi s matter. L e t us use paper o f a good quality, let us be co nse rvativ e as to it s s hape , and espec ially it s co lo r. A double shee t whi ch folds on ce int o a square o r sli g htl y lo ng er e nv elop e is alw ays in good ta.te. As to color, by all means, fo r you will be judged by you r choice, u se w hit e, cream , pearl gray, o r th e lightest shade of dull b lu e. Stronger colo r s may be th e fad fo r the tim e being, but to th e co nse rvative woman are always in questi o nabl e taste A nd ca n we not fo r the good of th e fraternity, abolish the lise o f th e post ca r d? Thi s might d oubl e th e station-

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e r y bill fo r some of us , but would it n ot add e n ough to the dignit y of our chapte rs to in su re each girl's contributing th e ext ra quarte r, and that cheerfully?

Do these seem ver y sma ll matters t o the busy college girl? Lid he r try to realize the s tandpoin t of the w o man o f the world, o r if sh e ca nn ot, let h e r con form to th e best usage, tru sting that there is some thing back of it, as there is ba c k o f so much etiqu ette wh ich is !'eeming ly with o ut reaso n.

'The College Womall ill Iii" Gov ernm elll S ervice

In writing o f the college woman in government service, I feel tempted t o take all the a rt icles eve r published entitled, "Wome n in the Professions," and '4Women in the Bus in ess \¥ orld" and illuminating them with a hu ge index finger, inscribe, "Follow these directions closely. " The same qualities that make a successful professional wOlnan or a successful busin ess woman, make a woman a s uccess in an y o ther ca llin g it is g iv en h e r to fo llow. For in the modenl woman's career, brains and brawn are the essentials: brains. that she may use tact and di sc retion and keep under cove r all aggress iveness to surpa ss her co lleagues: brawn, that she may pass through every crisis with a calm dignity that would never suggest such a thing as nerves. It is only, th en. in ce rtain details that a woman' s lif e in the governmen t se rvice differs from that in any ot her \' oca tion . Th e government service, and by that I mean the Departments in \Vashington, include s all thing s. Th is is by no means too broad a statement. One might almost say that thi s governmen t o f the people, by the people and for the people embraces in additi on the birds of the air, the fi s h o f the sea, the st ars in the h eavens, the plants of the earth and man y other things such as patents, revenues, and so o n ad infinitum. This is a busy country and to keep things going, ove r twenty-five th ousand men and women are employed in \Va sh ing ton al o ne. So when you ha\'e decided that you wis h to enter Department life you must

COLLEGE WOMEN IN GOVERN.I1ENT

ask yourse lf some questions. First, "For what 3111 I fitted?" and if that question is easilY , answered, then, HIs there a demand for that class o f work?" For it seems as if, in years past, th e government had reached out its arms and received for its use just about what it wanted . It seldom has to look lo ng for a worker, no matter how special may be the requirements , SO that today in almost every branch of the service, the supply far exceeds the demand

With the knowledge of your capacity to do one kind of work well, comes the question, "Can 1 meet the requirements of the Civ il Service Examination ?" F o r whether you wish to become a seamstre ss in th e Indian Service or a computer for the Nautica l Almanac, it is n ecessa ry t o pass an examination covering the ref}l1i'f'nlcn ts of elch po s ition. Perhav:s you have made a specialt y of kindergarten work and would like to impart your knowledge to th e little Indian s, you will find that the examination will cover a h"owledge of nature study, the psychology of childhood and the songs and games used in this work. O r perhaps you have mad e a specialty of mathematics so that you f eel competent to become a computer in the )Javal Observatory. A quick and correct use of logarithms, a knowledge o f pure mathematics through calculus, also a knowledge of astronomy, both mathematical and ge n eral. are some of th e r eq uiremen t s.

The Agricultural Department emb races a wide field of kn ow ledge. If in you r college days you have ridd e n a hobby, here is your opportunity and T am safe in say ing that th e re is a real demand fo r the specia l knowledge that is included in the broad and ever growing subjec t of agriculture. If you hav e delved in chemistry or botany o r have a mania fo r animal bacteriology, entomology o r or nith o logy , an examination in anyone of these subjects will be give n yo u. To an enthusiast in s uch work the government offe rs every oppo rtunit y for experiment in and th er devel o pment o f the s ubject.

But perhaps you have never spec ialized to any ex tent, but with a br oad general education, you are thrown on yo ur own re source s, with an eage rn ess and willingness to fill a clerical

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position. This caBs fo r an examination of a general character . For a co ll ege student it wo uld be nec e ssary to go back to first principles, to forget for th e moment all algebraic formulae and, reca llin g the o ld arithmetic, to be able to add lo ng columns of figur es Quickl y and accuratel y, to spell from dictation suc h words as use parat c," Hrapping," "s uspiciou s "; 'and to write a short es say on , for in s tance, "The advantages n ow derived by mankind fr om th e art of printing" o r "The advantages and disadvantage s of e mpl oyme nt in the d epartmental service in Washington." I qu ote fr om the manual prepared by the Civil Service Commi ssion fo r '90S.

In all th ese examinations, wh ether they be of a special o r gen e ral character, too much importance ca nn ot be attached to the hand - writing. Tho ugh yo u have th e wisdom of Solomon and understand all m ys t en es auu ;"'u v n : .:!t;.:. :...-::: n t wntp a plain , neat hand, you ar e no thing. Y e college girls, who:St:: writin g is perf e ctly illegible, refo rm at o nce if yo u ever hope to pa ss a C ivil Service examination . One thing mo rc I would speak of in te rm s o f warning. Be war e o f you r punctuati o n marks! Vie have been prone t o take o ur commas and peri o ds as a matt er of cour se, quite beneath o ur notice, whil e many of u s have entir ely ignored th e colons and se mi -colo ns. Take h ee d t o these littl e things lest you fall.

I would n o t have yo u think that e very one who passes an e xam in ation receives an appointment. Th e statistics compiled by the Civ il Service Commiss ion t ell a far di ffe rent sto r y. It is the story o f t e ns o f thousands who fai l, of thousands who pass a nd of a mere handful who r ece ive the coveted appointments. Wh e n they come, it is th e stor y of begi nnin g at th e bottom with littl e things , eve n so sma ll , for examp le , as addressing en velope s, wh e n you know you a re compe tent to make a repo rt on a syst em of irri gat ion. There is a lways plenty o f r outine wo rk to do until you fee l that yo u are rapi dly devel oping into a machine, but painstaking accurate rout ine work count s in th e lon g run . If you are so fortunate as to obtain a position in one of the scient ifi c bur ea u s. the finest eq uipment is at your service, f or the government is eage r to dissemina t e lea rnin g througho ut the

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land , but it requires in return , that its employees shall be eager to add to their efficiency. A young woman of my acquaintance who was stenographer to a scientist was told when she received her appointment, "We do not confine ourselves to words in the di ctionary, ---, this is the place where we make words."

By far the greater number of pos itions are of a clerical nature simpl y . Under this h ead would come the vast army of typewriters and sten og rapher s, fo r whom ther e is a great demand. The last report of th e Civil Service Commission devotes a paragraph to the difficulty o f obtaining, not mediocre workers of this elass, but those who are able to do a superior kind of work.

For a woman with a keen business instinct who is willing at times to ignore the es th et ic side of life, a position in the government service ha s its attractions. The philosophi\..al woman will reason with herself, that th e re are harder tasks in the world than those performed at her desk or on her typewriter from nin e in the morning until half-past four in the afternoon . She will also look f o rward to the thirty days leave of absence which comes to her every year as the Peri looks into Paradise. She will imagine, if she has any imagination left after a period of years has passed, that h e r cross-grained desk-mate who may be grumbling as usual over the amount of work he has to do Or the draft on his head , i s speaking with the voice of an angel. It may happen, and the chances are about even, that her desk-mate has a charming personality, that he quotes Shakespeare at odd moments, and has ideas upon the socialism of Tolstoi.

How a woman is treated by her compan ion s in office depends entirely upon herself. She must remember, first of all, that she is not in the drawing room and drawing-room etiquette will not be enfo rced. She will find that a shirt-sleeve diplomacy, mingled with a sp irit of comradeship and kindly good natur e is the best weapon of defense. She must be prepared for anything. Five minutes befo re the closing-hour, an offic ial may send for information which she alone ca n furnish. Though it take her an hour to put it into shape and though her best friend be waiting on th e next corner, with a smi le she must bow to the in evitab le.

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But there is a feeling which is grow ing day b y day, until it ha s long ceased to be an undercurrent. I speak of the prejudice against appoi nting women to any bra nc h of the service. Time was when she was received gladly and taken for what she was worth. That he r work was and is good. n o one, not even those 111 0s t bitterly opposed to women in the service, questions for a m o me nt. But notice the sma ll number of women appointed each year in proportion to the number of men. TIlcre are at present, eighteen thou sa nd eight hundred men, while there are only six th ousa nd eight hundred wome n. One official will be heard to say, "I do n ot consider a woman capable of doing the work of th e office ." Another will say, uT h e service is overrun with w o me n. Give us men hereaft er," And yet another will say, "No woman, no matter what she dpes, is worthy of receiving a salary of more than a thou sand dollars a year." How unreasonable it sounds, and yet arguments are wasko. To be su re there are some officials who take th e broadminded view, that when th ere is a piece of work to do it is a question of mental capacity, no t of sex, that a woman o f brains is as capable of performing a given I task as a man of brains and they are able to point to well kn o wn instances o f great executive ability exemplified among the women in th e service.

The trouble li es partly in the women th emse lves. Many have exhibi ted an aggressiveness which ha s put men upon the defen!:Jive. But more than that. so many have taken advantage of th eir sex not only to th e extent of making themselves disagreeable associates, but of enforcing restraints upon the men, that what would be overlooked at first, is now pronounced a full sized objection. The horro r that a man has of a woman's tears is by no means a joke. That many women, under a great nervous strain, dissolve in tears is likewi se true. It is no exaggeration to say that one woman's tears hav e damaged the chances of hund reds o f othe r women.

That this prejudice ,,,ill g row to th e ex tent of excludi ng w ome n from the government offices is scarcely possible, but that it will effect their futur e ca ree rs is certain.

A SHORT TIME CONTRACT

One word about the compensation. It is tru e, that, outside of th e professions, th e re is no employment f or women which pays so well. The sa lary upon entra nce to the classifi ed se rvi ce is nine hundred dollars a year. Generally speaki n g, after servi n g two years you are e ligibl e to a prom()tion which you may receive, if you have worked faithfully and well, if there are not t oo many others who have se rv ed longer than you and if yOUT o fficial superior reco mmend s such action. The majority of women receive tw e lve hundred a year , th e re are many who receive f o urteen hun dred and a few , sixteen h undred. It may be said that those who receive that salary feel that they have reached the pinnacle. Th ere are but seventeen women who receive eighteen hundred a year, so you see the goal for which you are to struggle. Th e future of women in th e gove rnm ent service is an ope n question. Will th e prevailing prejudice grow until the appointment of a woman is the exception, 'Or will th e pendu lum swing th e other way so that the question will r es t , n ot upon sex but u pon the efficiency of th e applicant? Fro m the woman's sta ndpoint arises the ques t ion, is the sacrifice of in dividua lit y, th e exorabl e routine worth the price. Conside r the problem well from all s id es before you make th e decisi o n, and then , if you enter the serv ice, let your woman l y dign it y guide you through eve r y ac tion .

FLORENCE LoRRAI NE BI NGHAM, Columbia Alp ha, '97

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cA Sho rt Time Co ntra ci

Cali fo rni a Alpha ha s bee n more than interested in what th e other chapters h ave had to say concerning making rules and pl edge-day. This year, accordi n g to the decisio n r ende red, o r rather reached, by the Executive Committee o f the loca l Pan-H e llenic Association. pledge -day was set as th e fourth

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Friela y after college ope ned. This made practically a six week's rushing season, as almost eve ry chapte r began rush· ing several days before the actual regist ration day. A, a result of this extended strenuous life, almost e very girl in the chapter was utterly worn out, unfit fo r college work for th e next few weeks, and very far behind in her semeste r's work. O n talking the situation over with o th e r fraternity girls, it seemed that at the time of issuing the bids, almost every one agreed with our chapter that six weeks was en tirel y too long. Bu ,t now, as the time approaches to make a new contract for next year, there seems to be a gen eral opinion that a six weeks' contract was ve ry successful. "Ve certainly feel that Ollr out-

th e result to the older girls was anything but desirable, when we trul y believe that we could hav e gotten the same girls in three weeks ( one-half the actual time) aml with wliat a difference in the ge n era l strain and worry!

'Ve have been very int erested in the course pursued by Illinois Zeta, and their sa tisfact o ry results have more firmly co nvin ced us that a ru s hing season of not more than three weeks is long enoug h, when some sort of a contract is insisted upon. Ou r contract this year was anything but sa tisfactory in every detail, but the rest ri cti ons , as sllch. were in the ri g ht direction, we believe. Formerly, the contract was confined merely to a pledge day some few weeks aft e r matriculation . This was _ ficiel1t w hen there were only a few chapters and the ru shing was purely nominal, but \\;th the increased number of women students and sor or ity chapte r s and the consequent rivalry between them, there was an evident need of some so rt of restricti o n rules in rushing. This was met with in the shape of our past rushing rul es and a bidding day five weeks after matriculation and this, \\'e hope, will be modified to a much shorter time next yea r.

As a chapter, we would lik e to try an experiment some yea r o f ha"ing no formal bidding day at all. Simply each fraternity could ask any g irl whenever it chose, provided it was after the girl's matriculation. But such a sta te of affairs will probably

STRENUOUS LIFE INDEED

never occur here! considering the existing peculia r conditions at Stanford At best we can only hope for a short rushing season, with mo r e reasonable and less absurd regulation s.

Califomia Alpha sincerely hopes that each individual chapter's troub les and questions in these matters mi)' soon be satisfac torily and effectually settled.

Cajifomia Alp ha.

'The Strenuous Life Indeed

is the first yea r that the rushing at Indiana "Cni\'crs ity has been limited by contract, and I feel safe in saying that it is the de· si re o f almost every so ro rit y girl, as well as the faculty of this stitution. that it be the la st. W e had al\\"3\·s felt that a con tract at Indiana L'nivcrsity would 11 0t be satisfac tory and we certa inly knew the ex isti ng st ate of affairs would not pennit a limited ru sh. However, we accepted the decision o f the national Pan· Hellenic A.ssociation with as good grace as possible and the determinati o n to make the very best of it. OUf contract was made t o cover a period o f eight days and instead of l imiting Or doi ng away with s trenuou s ru s hing during that time, i t merely prolonged and intensified it. Every sorority came' back prepared fo r battle, ready to "do or die" to win alL The rush started off with a grand flouris h , just as in the days of no cont ract. This beginning se t the pace for the foll ow ing eight days, for alth ough ou r fun ct ions were limited in number, there were many vacant hours when the girl could be taken for a walk or driveand if we did not improve these smaller opporhmities, othe r sororities would, so of course the engagements were made, valuable time was wasted and the expe nse of the rush accumulated until it became more than many of the girls could conveniently meet.

The suspense during that time was terrible! I ' ¥e soon knew what girls we wanted and, how we did long to pin the colors on anel end all doubt and unc er tainty! But yet we mu s t wait, wait,

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wai t . and never an h our in which t o re s t fr om the rushing . Girls had come ba ck to " win out" and what time they were not working for that end they were laid up in bed utterly exhausted and n ervou s wreck s . Lessons w ere an unheard-of thing, both f or th e act ive gi rl s and the fr es hm en. In fact se veral freshmen did 1l ot eN" sig ll up in college w o rk thi s fall, until the eight days wcre over, so that they might give all th eir time to being rushed, I suppose. Is thi s fair to them? I s it fair to u s? Is it fair to th e uni ve rsit y?

"But thi s is a mistak e n idea ," you will say . I agree, but the idea exists, it alway s has existed and a l ways will in these large r in s tituti o n s. and we mu s t recognize the fact and no t have the flmistaken idea" carried ou t to s u ch extremes. As long as so roritie s ex i st here, each chapter working for the good of its own so ro rity, as every lo y al chapter does a nd s hould do, just so long will the fight be bitt e r an d hard , and would it not he better if we could also add sltorl? Why prolong the agony, as one girlfittin gly puts it? Why double or treble th e expense? Why mak e nervous wrecks of your se l ves? Why be unjust to the universi t y in failing to do yo ur duty as a stud e nt ? Why give freshmen such a mistaken idea of college life? It only makes it hard er for them when w'ork tim e comes. In fact, since it makes it so much harder fo r all of t1s,-why have a contract at all?

MARY SAMPLE.

A FRATERNITY GIRL THINKS

What a Fraternitp Girl Tl?inks

There is probably no qu es ti on o f so great importance with us of Nebraska Beta as the one nOw at issue, that of deferring the T he De/erring 0/ Pledge-day pledge dar until after a rear's attendance at college. That suc h an undertaking would be disastrOt1S is evident on the face of it, and it is with infinite regret that we view the stand taken by the faculty and particularly th e chancello r in regard to thi s matter. Himself a fraternity man, there is n one mo re aggressive than he in dematHis for reform.

Th e evils of the present system of rushing are too numerous, and too evident to call for any discussion in the present article, but the deferring of a pledge dar for a whole yea r is too serious a matter t o pass over lightly Not only will a person in that time f o rm ties she will not wish to break for any sorority, but the rushing itself, formerly strenuous for a week will extend ove r a protracted period with accompanying nervous strain and exhau stion. And the h ouse: what is t o become o f the sorority hous e with no fre shmen ? As a financial venture the result is for edoomed to be failure.

Endeavoring as I am to present the matter in a fair and unbiased manner I will give the one judi cio us argument I have h eard thu s far in favor of th e question. In deferring pledge day a year it wil! do away with the ind isc riminate pledging and consequent dissatisfaction a superio r gir l must experience from having joined an inferior sorority . But that, when considered in th e light of the possible e xtinction of sororities. th e probable abolition of the houses, and the certain protracted nervous strain, th e argument seems trivial indeed and fr eighted with but little importance, w hen contra !:l t ed with th e weightier phas es of matters now at hane!. Nebraska Beta.

Aaaow - :?

TH E ARROIV

Ho w many chapte r s have t o face t h e question o f a cha ngin g m ember ship? I mean by th a t , how many chapte r s have girls comi ng and go in g, entering to sta y a tenn or Con t i nuanc e in lit e Chapter two and th en dro pp ing Qut, pe rha ps comi ng back a term now a nd th en until g ra dua ti o n, but more fr eq u e ntl y n o t . O f cour se on e can easily see the d isad vantage o f thi s; durin g th e absence frat e rn ity sp irit is so o ft e n lost, and then again a la r ge c hapt er o ft e n becom es actua ll y in n eed o f girls b y a sudde n dropping out of seve ral o f th e ir m e mber s , so on th e whole it is a h a rd problem for a c h apte r to so lve . O ught not a loya l P i P hi t o tak e thi s int o consideration and make a n effort, at lea s t , to be r egularly ac ti ve in th e chapter?

Ind iana Bela.

T h is is a s ubject prominent in the mi n ds of eve ry woman 's frat e rnity , for w hereve r men and wome n 's fr ate rniti es co-ex ist th e re is ge ne rally a com plimentary exch ange of ru s hing. T his chapt e r f ee ls that th o ugh at times a word fr o m the m e n in th e ear of a ru s hee is a great boon, yet us uall y it is an immen se e vil. It is unju st and unfa ir a nd upse ts the balanc e of c ha nces between th e so ro rit y rushin g to th row th e we ig h t o f an o ut s ide and p re judice d opinion on the sid e of o ne o f t he n1 s h e r s. We un de r s tand that at Stanfo rd thi s harnl is recogn ized by a provision in P an-Hellen ic fo r bidding men at ru shing parties. Thi s of cou r se onl y partly mi t igates th e evi l as ru s h ing fr onl th e m en cannot be p r eve nt ed ou t-o f-d oor s . wish it co uld be made an understood rul e o f frat e rnity etiquette tha t int e rfe r e nce f rom th e men is n ot acceptable. Colo rad o Alpha.

Kex t t o the association with th e girls of our ow n chapters, probably th e most de li ghtfu l thin g i s th e poss ib ility that most

Inter · SororUr Spirit o f us h ave of minglin g with th e gir ls of th e other fratern it ies. A ft er all, in spite of ou r Ow n se Jfconceit. there must be in the o th e r c rowds, gi rl s o f lik e int e rests and of like oPJX>rtu n i ti es wit h o ur own; we ar e apt to be t oo se lfi sh, often, an d lose man y chances f or sincer e

WHAT A FRATERNITY GIRL THINKS B9

friendship because the line of different Greek letters separates us. Of course during "rushing season," the time of the greatest rivalry, there is less chance and fewer opportunities to extend ou r interests in that way, but after that short period has passed it ought to be the duty of every individual chapter to put forth its best efforts toward effecting a lasting spirit of interest and friendship among her sister sororities.

Illinois Zeta.

In looking ove r an old ARROIV we came across this stanza,"Of all the topics, good or bad That we are now discussing, There's none can make us first half sad Anu then half glad lik e rushing."

I am sure we all recognize the truth in this sentiment, but now that pledge day has passed for the most of us and since we have all discus sed it pro and con, let us consider it a forbidden subject for the next ARROW Do not think that this is a criticism on the past letters and artieles, but this topic has had its share for this year and there are SO many things we want to know about the "inside life" of the different chapters. A great deal of this infonnation must come to us, if at all, through the chapter letters and through the yearly ones.

We want to know all about the life in the chapter houses. We who do not have it , are intensely interested in it, and those who have it can be benefited by an exchange of ways and means used by others. We want to know of the successes and defeats that have lead to greater improvements,-the helps and the hindrances of other ellapters. W e know how often we lay down a letter with a se nse of disappointment o r of perfect indifference. We also know what we expect in the letters and what We neither receive ourselves or give to others. This is a general criticism and applies to us as well as to the r es t but Iowa Alp ha promises New York Beta and all of the other chapters to try to improve her yearly letters.

Iowa Alpha.

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The question of ru shing and of a pledge day is indeed an important one and also one which cannot be settied without a great deal of experimenting and thought. At Ver'I'lwge Dar mont this year th e Asking Day was set at December fourth and until that day the word " join u s" was not spoken to any freshman. I do not think that the plan has been entirely satisfactory to us.

In the first place, the rushing seaSOn is prolonged for several weeks after we have decided on Our freshmen . This means that we cannot keep up the enthusiasm with which we commenced the season, and that weary, with a half-hearted interest in our studies, we have to endeavor to keep our social life up to a certain pitch until Asking Day.

Secondly, we do not feel that the freshman has an enti rely just chance Until Asking Day no word is said to her personally about joining a fraternity . She may attend the social functions given by the different frat ernities , and she ma y hear fraternity life spoken of in a general way, but in our association with her there must be constantly that barri er between us; then suddenly she receives a written invitati on to join a certain fraternity . Here at Vermont where the entering class of girls seldom exceeds thirty, we feet that suc h a long time to become acquainted is not only unnecess ar y but burdensome and we wish that the pledge day problem m ight be solved more satisfactorily.

Vermont Beta.

The question of propriety is ever be fore us. In this case the propri ety o f our arrow used promiscuously in adorn hat pins, WJrat 0/ lite. Arrow rin gs, lockets, fobs, pillows and many other things. Does it not seem like cheapeni ng o ur pin t o thru s t it forward, o n all occasions? Would it n ot be more respected if confined t o the use of badge only? Inferio r duplicates which are made to adorn something of mo re value, would then be an impossibility. A monogram or crest is an effective adornment for th e rings, lockets, etc. O ur "badge'" wo uld in truth then be the symbol of all that is beautiful to u,. Calorado Beta

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I t seems only natural that we Loui siana Alpha girls, should be very happ y ove r o ur success and good fo rtune this year, con-

Th e Hardest

Te s t s s ide ring that we have seven new "goats" in stor e fo r us; the larges t number that we have eve r taken in.

Nothing sounds easier than "taking se ven ne w goats." But noth ing r eq uires more work , care and anxiety than tackling seven new separate individuals, with seven different points of view, than getting at th ese gir ls, showi ng and t eac hing them th e ways o f Pi Phi in seve n diffe r ent ways.

I believe, in eve r y Pi Phi's heart th e re is mix ed with its happiness an atom of uneasiness, a littl e speck o f unc e rtainty. "How to begin?" "H ow to approach th ese girls?"

Then on pl edge day com es a still hard er t es t o f trup frateruity spirit. When th e who le coll ege kn ows that we have won the lon g fought battle , how ca r efu l we have to be in r ega rd to the other fraterniti es. H o w th e leas t smil e or act of joy, might be misinte rpret ed . In other words, if I may use slang: How hard it will be to keep from "crowing over them," when we are so ent irely happy.

It mea ns that we hav e two o f the hardest t es t s befor e us that ever come to a frat e rnit y girl, to tak e se ven girls, bringing them t ogether to be of ourselves, and on pled ge day to show all that is co urteous, kind and th o ughtful , when in our excitement and happin ess it wo uld be so easy t o do othenvise.

Louisiana Alp ha.

So man y jew e le r s ha ve visited and noti fied New York Alpha, for th e purpose o f advertising Pi Beta Phi jewelry, that the question has arisen, whe t her or not they are all Fra /unit y been autho ri zed authorized jewelers.

If all the firms that deal in our badges have by the conventio n, then I think there has been great carelessness sh ow n on the part of some o f those firms.

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Last year two freshmen girls sent in an order for pins, not knowin g the sign and the order was filled with no further questioning. If these girls cou ld get their badges so easily, what is there to hinder a n ybody from getting and wearing one?

New York Alpha.

The question as to whether or not mjniature arrows be used in decorating novelties, is one which we think Pi Beta Phi ough t to

Tqe Use 01 the Badge consider, although it would probably be impossible to pre vent the jewelers from offe ring suc h articles for sale, we could do what many other frat ernities have already done-recommend that o ur girls do not buy them.

The arrow is so dear to us that we lik e to use it as much as possible. But does it not seem too much like placing it 011 a level with a cheap lodge pin, when we use it on hat pins, card cases and "w hat not?"

Penns'yivallia Beta.

I am now so full of happy anticipation, that I am sometimes afraid my ideal of Phi Phi can never be realiz ed.

Thougqls 0/ Q

You might perhaps lik e to know what standards I think the genuine Pi Phi girl lives up to First. she lives for the best which life 's op portuniti es may afford. She grasps life with a purpose but the frat ernity strengthens her purpose to an iron tenacity. Pi Phi h elps the college girl t o build characte r. Isn ' t this wha t we are all working for? Since the fraternity stands for purpose and for character, I look into the far off r ealms of mysterious Pi P hi , with great expectation.

I am very happy looking into my future as a Pi Phi girl, and when onCe I am an active girl, I know I shall always try to live up to my ideas of the fraternity.

How I hope that all my dreams of Pi Phi will be r ea l.

An ["d ialla Alpha Pledge

• WHAT A FRATER.YITl" GIRL THINKSi 93

\r hile Pennsy l va n ia Gamma agrees wit h New York Beta in rega rd to the "Yearly Chapter Letter" it see ms as if there were some phases of lhe queslion s till to be con side red T'z e Yeari'l' Granted that the letters do no t contain much Choplu L dlu mo re ne ws than can be ob ta ined from the letter to the ARROW, yet it means much more to ge t a pers onal letter of greeting from each chapter. But if our lette r s contained less social n ews and more of th e private life o f the c hapte r, su re ly they would be more helpful.

PC}lllsyh'GlIja Gamma .

It seems that mo re stress migh t be laid upon o ur socia l meetin gs than now exists . They arc the very bes t means of establishing a cOllllllunit) uf in kn:sl alllung the girls, S ocial Meeti ng s si nce th ey are o ft en , with th e exception of the bus in ess meeti ng, the onl y time s the girls all gather together . Too of te n we do n o t cou nt ou r attendance at th em as much of an obl igati on , and trivi a l exc u ses keep us away .

At least o nce in two weeks, we o ught to so arrange our work th at we could give a whole eve ning up t o the girls, to getting cl ose r t o on e a not he r and s in gi ng the pra ises of Pi Beta Phi. In some c hapte rs, especially in our larger o nes, cliques see m almost in ev itabl e, and the social mee tin g is the bes t mea ns o f ove rcoming thi s unpl easant condition.

What forms have th e soc ial meetings taken at o th er colleges t o make th em es pec iall y attra ct ive?

WiSCOIIS'1I Alp lla.

We like New Yo rk Beta's c r itici sm and s ugges tion about the chapter le tt e r. It seems we have become accustomed to a ste reotyped form and never vary it . We tell how prosChaplcr Leiters pcrous our c hapte r is, en um e rat e our Hde lightful" parties. say that ou r I'charm ing fresh me n are e nthu siastic and loya l Pi Phis" and that we are all busy in college wo r k. The sameness of the letters is monotonous . While

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the write rs explain that they are puzzled about what to say, why don't they tell their solution of certai n problems that arise in all chapters? What attitude do they tak e toward Y. W. C. A. a nd literary societies? Do they feel th ey must always keep up with all th e other sororities in giving parties, joining school orga ni za ti o ns , and supporting all the various e nterpri ses of the college? What do they do with the girl t o tally absorbed in one lin e of work-books, church, o r soc iety? How do they deal with a girl who disregards well de se rved c rit icism? We know that our ARROW lett e rs, being public, must be more o r less formal, but we wish our yearly chapte r letters might be made mo re confidential and useful.

Indiana Gam:ma.

Alumnae D epartm ent

L o uis ia n a c/1lp h a cAlumn ae C lu b

No happier gat herin g of alumnae could hav e been formed i n the land than that which took place in the Louisiana Alpha Chapt er Room at Newcomb College on the twelfth o f Novembe r. It is always good to get back to that "one little r oom" with the Pi Phis and talk over su mm e r days and plan for winter oncs; but year the enthusiasm was intense, and for two reasons. Yellow fever had kept us separated one whole month longer than usual, and every girl came back with the fe eling that there were going to be new opportunities for her to make use of her fraternity spirit and this feeling always sets a "Pi Phi' ) aglow. Our active chapter, though not unusually large, has unusually large ambitions. They wanted s ix of th e fr eshme n-s ix of the fre s hmen we alumnae determined they s hould have-six of the fr eshmen have they gotte n.

O n the tw e nty-second of November we entertained the active chapter and the "rushees" at a '·symposium." Ou r program

ALUMNAE DEPARTMENT

consisted o f se ven " stu nt s:' all of whi c h w e re beautifully carri ed ou t, but perhaps th e most e nt e rta ining wa s the debate: " R eso lv ed th at prospective Coats shall be f ed o n red pepper r athe r than chocolate c reams/' and th e r es ult o f a period o f five minutes before which e ve r y person was given pencil and paper and t o ld t o write a rhym e befitting th e occasion O f CO urse thoug-ht every rhyme cJeve r ,--one written by th e mother of a "Texas ru s h ee" came as a g r ee ting fr o m T exas a nd gave ri se to three rousing chee rs for Texas Alpha The blue rib bon s which w e r e given to the poe t laureates of th e occasion w e r e ca rried away by o nc of our patr one sscs- :\lrs . Aikern, and one o f ou r debutantes, H e le ne :\ Iaury. ]t was great fun and made all d r eam big dr eams . In o ne of mine we w e re all in o ur little. room s ingin g a nd talking- and planning, so me what as we we re doing a t th e tim e, but somehow th e walls began t o recede a nd th e r oom seemed to g r ow eve r so much larger and bri g ht e r,but o nl y fo r a second because almost at the same time we h ea rd HOur ca ll " com ing fr om eve r yw h e re , thu s hRing Ching Chi ng ," th e doors flew ope n and Pi Phis from th e n o rth and sout h, the east and west began to pour in, all so happy! Someon e tri ed to explain th e cauSe o f our g rea t happin ess, but that was hard ly nece ssa ry-it seemed so very clear that we we re all wond e rfully happ y because ever s ince we had worn the little arrow we had been tr y ing hard t o think o nl y of thing s tru e and lo vely, a n d t hat while d o ing th is we had g ro wn to lo ve each other mo re a nd more, and had become more and more happ y as the day s in P i Beta Phi rolled by .

,Wh e n I came back to rea li t ies t h ere were no t as ma ny gi rl s th e r e as expec t ed, bu t th ey were th e same so rt working to wa r d the sa me end, so e ven the awakening was sweet.

W e have bee n looking forward for a long tim e to a v isit fro m on e of the Grand Counc il and n o w that we h ea T our visit or is soon t o come we are ove r joyed.

H o ping that th e coming year ma y be fulI of good things fo r our Pi Beta Phi s ist e r s , in d ividu a lly and collective ly.

Lm,;sialla Alp ha AIl/lIllla.

Ga les burg Alumnae Club

The eve ning of December sevent h at the home of 1\1 rs . Mary Barbers Pa rr y the reside nt a lumna e unit ed with th e act iv e membe r s of Illin o is Beta and Illin ois Delta to form the Pi Beta Phi Assoc iation of Galesburg. The sent im e nt prevailed that it would be of mutua l ben e fit to join the active a nd a lumn ae interests in one organ i zat io n, and it was decided to ho ld a meeting th e fir s t Saturday in eve ry 111 0nt h . At each meeting the re is to be a r eport of t h e wor k of t h e active c h ap t e r s so th a t the alumnae may, at all ti mes. be in touc h with the girls in colleg e. Th e n ext meeting will be h eld Januar y fifth and I!Iin ois Beta will act as hos tess .

1\1U.DRED BROW N.

Personals

A daught e r was born in ="ovembe r to Luella Whitney-Dun n.

1II r s. Geo r ge Ryder (Edi th H eaxt) vi sit ed th e chapte r rece ntly f or a sho rt tim e.

F lo ren ce Perley is teaching in Enosburg Falls

Ma ry Poll a rd is teac hin g in th e Evan st on hi g h sc hool in Evan ston, I!I.

Elizabeth Deuel is study ing in the U ni ve r sity o f Misso uri.

Flo ren ce Walk cr is t cac h ing in Suncook, N. H

PeN NSYLVANI A GAMMA

Lou Sheetz, 1902, was taken ill in Harrisburg, where s h e is teaching. a nd brought to her home in Carlis le, but is now improving.

Ge rtr ude H eller is tea c hing in the high school at H aze lton, Pa

VJ';RMON T ALPHA

ALUMNAE DEPARTMENT

OH IO BETA

Vera McAlpine is attending a kind e rgarten school in Columbu s .

Flora Hedges is in S h an g hai , C hina , acting a s private secretar y t o the U nit ed States co nsul.

Laura Deatrick i s visiting h e r au nt in Tampa, Florida, a n d expect s to remain at least a year.

Fannie 2\litz e nburg is tea chi ng in the high school in L o nd o n , Ohi o.

Maud McAlpine is teaching in Greenville, O hi o.

A daughter wa s lately born t o Lieutenant and M r s. Frederick Leonard ( n ee Hannah Leonard).

A ,on was born to M r. and :''Ir s Clar ence :'1cLallghlin (ne e Edna :.,[ urra)').

C lar e Postle is teaching in a private school in \ ¥ort hin gton, Ohio.

I\a re na Brooks o f Indian a Ga m ma i s tak in g s pecial w o rk in Ohio State Un ive r sity.

NEW YORK ALPHA

Among the visitors at th e chapte r hOll se lat ely wer e Frances M . Bull , '05, Lunette Hav ens, '04, l'1011 ie Barker, '04 , Jessie Campbell, :May Van Do ren, '02, Ruth Hawk s, '02, Bertha Acke rm a n, Mi ss B rainard of Massachusetts A lpha and Keller o f Marylan d A lph a.

Ol iv e Reeve-Waite ha s a little gi rl, bo rn Decemebr fifth.

May M o uld of Montgom e ry, N . Y. , spe nt Thanksgiving vacati o n at the chapter h ouse wit h he r siste r , Elizabeth.

MASSACHUSETTS AL PHA

Et hel K. Ceders tr om is t each in g th is year 111 th e hi g h school ,in \ N'are, Mass.

Car ri e J" vh o re turn e d thi s s umme r fr o m a yea r's trip abroad. gave a very int eresting to ast at th e an nu al

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banqu e t. S he t old o f her expe ri enc e in R o me with Edith T. Swift, Ma ss achu se tts Alpha, '02, who is teaching at Crandon Hall.

Fl o rence Burnham will take a Ca lifo rnia trip thi s winter.

Vivian Taber is t eac hin g in the high sc hoo l in Ston e ham, Mass.

Louise Hunt is teaching in Mansfield, Mass.

The Boston Al umna e Club h eld a n enjoyable meeting Decembe r ninth with J e nnie Allyn , at her ho me in Cambridge

ILLINOIS DEl/ fA

J ess ie Va n Clute·J o hn so n has moved t o New York City. :\farri ed-Tn Xovember, Frances Savage and fr o William 1I ose ly o f Spokane, Washington.

Fanny Hurff- Glidd e n has go n e to her new home in Kewaunee, Illin o is.

Della Hurff, '04, of Chi lli cothe, III., visited th e cha pt er a rew days in November.

Married-E dna H ood and Charles Lanty, in November at SI. Mar y's churc h Knoxvill e, III.

Januar y tenth occurs the wedding o f Charlotte Ayres, ex·'02, and William H. Tobe y, Beta Th e ta Pi. Mildred Brown will be one o f th e bridesmaid s. Mr. and Mr s. Tobey will Jive at 95 15 Guerrero Ave ., Ca narica , Sonora, ?f ex ico ,

I LL I NOIS EPS IL ON

Gertrude Ba ldwin , ' 04, spent Thanksgiving at her home in Chicago.

Carrie '04 , vi site d se veral da ys in Evanston during the past month.

Corinne Coh n is now on a reading tour to different parts of th e state.

Lucy Derickson-Monier, '04, visited a few days in this vicinity.

Xadine ex -' 07, spent se ve ral week s in Chicago and was p resen t a t the Thank sgi ving lunch eon held at th e Great X o rthern H ot el.

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ILLIN OI S ZETA

A li ce J ohn son , o f Illin o is Delta, spe nt th e Thank sgiving ho lida ys with us.

Edi th B r am hall , Indiana Beta, n ow t eac hing at Rockfo r d College, spe nt a few days o f th e r ecess with Illino is Ze ta.

Hel en Bagley visited u s in November.

Clare Somme r was here fo r two weeks ill Oc tobe r.

Nelle W elles is teaching in El Paso, Illinois.

A dau g ht er was born to O pal S tip es-P ilch e r November twenti eth.

E lda Smith, O Uf Province President, visited us at the time of th e inauguration of P re sid ent James.

Kate Ijams-L ewis ha s a daughter, born No vem ber tw e ntyf our th .

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Fl o rence Po rt e r R ob in son spent a few days in Bloomington, v isi t in g th e chapter h e r e .

Mindwell J. Crampton visit ed here las t week.

Marcella Jacobi was married Nove mbe r t wenty-e ighth to H e r bert Leich o f Evansville. They are now spe nding th e wmt e r in F lo rida.

D ell e Miller is v is itin g in B loomi n g t on now.

Grace Bai rd, '071 is goi ng to enter D e pauw for th e winter t e rm .

C lara Bell of Knig ht st ow n v is ited the chapter la st month . Hazel Sq uires will be in co ll ege again n ext term.

Opal Havens, '05, is spe ndin g a few days at th e U ni ve r sity o f Illin ois, visiting Jan e Blake ly, form erly of this c hapte r.

MICHICAN AL P HA

Katherine Searle Suh r an d baby daug hte r visi t ed Hill sdal e relatives a few weeks in Novembe r.

Be r tha A. Bake r spent th e Thank sgivi n g holidays with he r siste r, Lucy Baker ' iY hetz e l, in Itha ca , Ne w York.

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Bertha orth Adams, Michigan, attended Michigan Alpha's rushing party.

May Copeland-Reynolds spe nt the Thanksgiving vacation in Hill sdale

Evelyn Gates went to her home in Scranton, Pe nn sylvania , before Thanksgiving and did not return until after Christmas.

H e len Verno r has removed with he r parents to Dexter, Mich., and will attend the University of Michigan.

MICHIGAN BETA

Mar ri ed, Justin T . Cook and Fanny K. Read, Tuesday, Oct<>ber the third, nineteen hundred and five. At home after Novembe r first, Home r , Michigan.

IOWA ALPHA

Dora Laughlin-Hukill, '97, of Golde n, Colorado, has been visiting her parents here for several weeks.

Ne ll Heins spe nt Thanksgiving week visiting school friends.

Bertha Snider, '01, assistant instructor in the conservatory, is spending the winter in Minn.

Eliza Walbank-Palmer has come from he r home in Colorado to spend the winte r with her mother.

Ida Van Hon, '90, is visiting in McLainsboro, III.

Olivia Ambler-Simmons, former president of Gamma province has moved to Butte, Montana, where she will make her home.

Alice ]. Hau and Kate CorkhilJ are now s tudying in Edinbu rg, Scotland. The summer months were spent on the conti nent.

Agnes Severs, '05. visited with co llege friends in Novembe r.

IOWA

ZETA

Jessie Pontius has moved to Omaha from Council Bluffs and is teaching th ere.

Lulu Graff-Weld of Cedar Rapids visited the chapter during Octobe r.

Ella Ham, a charter member of I owa Zeta, is spe nding the winter in Iowa City.

WISCONSIN ALPHA

O n November a daughter, Claire Pauline, was born t o and Mrs. Paul S. Reinsch.

Selma Vognild, 'OS. and Genevieve Eaton, '05, were with us f o r the Chicago-Wisconsin foot ball game.

Gertrude Sober-Church and Church-John were guests at the P i Beta Phi lodge in Novembe r.

LO U ISIANA .o\lPHA

Eliza Tebo was married during the sUlllmer at Wythville, Va., to John Miller of New Orleans.

Kate Dillard was married December twelfth to Chauncey William s Butler o f Kew Orleans. Mr. and Mrs. Butler have bought a home in Memphis, where they expect to live in the future.

Harriette Waters is spending the winter with her s i ster, Herbert Smithers in New York City.

Celeste Es hl eman is ; till with her sis ter, :-Irs. John Wesley Castles in New York City

Lucy Elliot has returned home after two years' stay abroad .

Mrs. Henry Hardie has a baby boy .

Genevieve Jackson and Virginia Hanley a r e teaching in Bi r · mingham, Ala.

NEBRASKA BETA

Edna S Holland was married on November the eighth to Ra y L. De Putron They are making their home in Lincoln, Neb. Our chapter greatly enjoyed the few days which M r s. F. H. Bur r spent with us this f all.

Eva and Ena Cooper have made short visits at the chapte r house thi s year.

Margaret Custer-Norton of Colorado Springs visited lately with friends in Lincoln.

Sarah Hutchins of Falls City, spent a week with us much to o ur enjoyment.

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Mrs. Orville Whittaker, nee Mina Killgo re, is expected ho me in Januar y She is living in Old Mexico

Myrtle Zieme r -Hawkins is th e mot h e r of a gi rl , h er second ch ild.

Claire Williams - Humph rev has ju s t undergone a serious ope r· ation but is s lowly recove ring.

Estelle Holmes is planning t o visit Boulder during the holiday s.

1\f <t ri o n \Vithrow-Ewing and sma ll daughter Eunice visited t h e chapter r ecen tly.

Fanny Plummer-Morton is going to spend the winter in Fl o ri da.

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Sarah \Vhit e is yisiting he r sister in Kansas City.

Jc ssie Griffin has bec t, absent from college for several weeks on account of illnes s .

Marcia Murray-Eikenberry ha s been suffering from an acute attack of tonsilitis, at her h ome in Chariton, Iowa .

Mr. and D. Shelton Swan are now living at University Park. )lr. Swan has a position in one of the high schools .

E"a B. H utllason is spending the winter at h e r home in Springfi eld , )[a ssachusetts.

Ethel Van Cise has r eturned home after spending the summer and fall on the Pacific coast.

Florence Vaughn has recovered from her illness and expects to enter vVisconsin L'niversity n ext semeste r.

Editorials

ATTHE last co n ve ntio n the edito r wa s vc r y pr oud t o be able t o r epo rt that during th e prcceding tw o year s but one chapt e r h ad fail ed to send a letter for every issue o f the ARROW, and that c hapte r had been but once delinquent. Since that time no t one c hapte r has been unrepresented until-the present number. And 10, fo r this issue three let ter, a r e lacking. It does not as if th e re could be an exc use . Postals were se nt in ample season to every chapter, and even should these have miscarried, th e date wht:n ielkr s are du e is piainly print e d at the head of th e o ffi c ial paper.

Pi Beta Phi differ; from some of the o ther frat e rnit ies in this: with them it is a matt e r of great pride wh en all th e le tters are in ; with us it is a source of deep mortification when they are not.

POSSIB LY t oo mu ch space is being give n n ot merel y in the ARR "'-)W, but in the other woman's jo urnals, to the matter o f Pan-Hell enic agreements and rul es. Ju st now these are th e great questions to be solv ed, th e probl ems that th e girl ;tudent s in eve ry coll ege are tr yi ng to work out in their separate ways. W e have yet t o hear o f an agr ee ment that is perfectly sa ti sfacto r y, that s uit s exact ly and equall y a U the chapters in a coll ege. It is onl y by suggest in g and comp romi sing and experim e nting, then by improvi n g and aga in expe rim e nting that a good working sys tem can be evo lv ed Meanwhile a free interchange of id eas may do a good deal to help things along, and the pages of th e ARROW are always ope n for sugges ti o n s on th e ;ubject. We would, however, caution the chapters not to cond emn the syst e m beca use it ha s fail ed t o work Ollt well in their o wn particula r

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colleges, nor as one fraternity has about dedded on beha lf of its chapters, to withdraw from the agreement altogether. Pan-Hellenic regulations have been in force on ly two years, not long e nough s ur ely to prove th em ei th er or failure, a nd s ince th e reforms aimed at are so desirable, so necessary eve n, the chap ter; oug ht to keep on working at their rules until tliey have evolved a sat is factory sys t em, o r proved beyond a doubt that such a th ing is impo>sible.

S[NeE th e edito r became a "wa lking delegate" probably no question is asked her oftener th an this: "Do you find the girls alike in all the chapte r s,-is th e re a P i P hi type ?" To thi s she must answer, "Yes and no." It depends o n the way you look at it. For in appearance and the girls do vary and vary a good deal. We could hardl y expect it to be otherwise, s in ce th e coll eges differ so widely in size, locat ion, denominational bias o r its absence, and s tanding in the commu nity. Each co ll ege ha s its ow n di.tinctive atmosphere, and the stude nts are naturally tru e ch il d ren of their alma mater . So as to external s a t leas t it is fa r easie r to spea k of a Stan fo rd t ype or a Baltimore typ e, a Kansas type o r a Hillsdale t ype, than it is to recognize a Pi Phi type.

Yet eve n in th e delegate's brief sta y it is po"ible to get below the surfa ce differences and find the r ea l characteristics that make a girl a Pi Phi whether s he lives in Lincoln or L o ui sia na, whether he r college be large o r small, woman"s, lI co- cd" or ua nnex." Certainly in all th e e.. en tial s th e re is a Pi Phi t ype, a nd the wanderin g delegate recognizes it and is at home with each new chapte r she vis it s, just as the lonesome "trans fe r" has kn own it and felt at home Uni fo rmit y th er e is not n o r probably ever can be while "east is eas t and west is west," to say no thing o f north and south. But unity th e re is, and that after all, is the necessary th ing in producing and maintaining a Pi Phi t ype.

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of the alumnae clubs plan to celebra t e Founder's Day in some way or other . If there are any that have not done so hith e rto, it is especiaJly requested that they make an effort to do it this year . As usual matters are likely to come up at convention affecting th e alumnae, and yet anything like an adequate ex pres sion of alumnae opinion is very hard to get. If every club succeeds in having a well-attended and enthusias t ic Founder 's Day meeting, a fuJl e r expression of alumnae feeling may be gained than could be o btained in any other practicable way, and at a time long enough before convention to put any proposed legi;lation in shap e. That is th e time then t o discuss any proposition s mad e by the national officers for the alumnae or to suggest plans fo r alumnae work to be discussed at the conv e ntion.

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A LPHA PRO V INCE

VERMONT ALPHA -MID DLEBURY COLLEGE

(Chartered 1893)

Thi s is a very bu sy time of year for us since we are preparing for examinations which come the la st week of thi s term. Initiation has been over for some time as it took place on the evening of October twentyseventh, when we took in OU f nine pledges.

The banqu e t was held the following evening and there were pre snt in addition to the memb e rs of th e active chapter the following alumnae : Mr s. Ralph Deni o, Marianne Landon, Mr s. Scott G004iing and Bertha Duncan; also Mrs. Walt e r '''hite, Estelle MetcaH and M'aude Fletche r of Verm o nt Beta.

On the eve ning of November twenty·fifth the member s of the fraternity gav e a card party o f fourteen tables in the chapter rooms. The tally cards, which were drawn by one of our girls, were appropriate to the sea -

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son, being made in the fo rm of tur keys. Thi s very success ful affai r with ()O e o r two dance s and a sma ll dinne r a re about all th e socia l functions tha t we have h eld in o ur c h ap t e r r ooms this t e rm

OUT fratern ity fared exceptionally well in the senior class electio n this year. Of ou r four senior s one ba s the vice-p residency, anothe r the class poem, a third th e prophecy, a nd the fou rth is a mem be r o f th e class-day committee.

A reception is to be given by two of th e pro fe ssors' wive s to the men -and wome n o f the college on the afternoon of D ecember eighth, a t which our senior gi rl s are to assist in the dining- r oo m This will probably be th e la s t soc ial affair of t h e t er m

By the tim e thi s i s publi s h ed an oth e r year will h ave begun and Vermont Alph a wi sh es that rg06 may bring o nly prosperity to all Pi Beta Phis FAITH ACLAN D POWERS.

VERMONT BETA-VERMONT UNIVERSITY

(Charte r ed 1898)

After se veral bu sy and exciting week s the r ushing is ended , for which everyone is thankful. A s a result we have captured and pledged three fine girl s who will make m os t loyal Pi Phis; they a re R obe rta Campbell , J en nie Rowell, and Helen Barto n.

Our ru s hing cons i st ed o f a tally-ho party which wa s a great s uccess, nu merous sp r eads, o r afternoon tea s, and ou r formal r ecep ti on which wa s given at th e h o me of Mr s. Brown.

We a r e ve r y fortunate in ou r patronesses who have don e all in th eir pow er to h elp us. Mrs. Allen is ill now but Mi ss \Valker i s as en thu s iastic as any Pi Phi.

W e have had ou r anxieties, pl eas ure s, di sa ppointment s and triumphs, but no w a ll is ended and ' we can se ttle down to the en joyment of the com ing w int er whic h we hope a nd know will be a pleasa nt o n e.

Ru shing was carried on here in Vermont with m o r e than u s ual vim and ?ea l and much good-natured rivalry ha s ex isted among th e sor oriti es.

We are n ot Quite sa ti sfied with ou r prese nt r ooms but have nearly de·dd ed upon two room s in a larg e h ou se near by, whi ch may be prettily arran ged and be. more conven ient tha n those which we a r e now in Las t Saturday night we ha d a "booste r" party at which t wo o f our girls wh o have r ecently become aun t s pre s id ed. Th e h ea lth of t h e babies was -drunk with sweet cide r , an d the r est of the girl s are nearly as enthusi-astic ove r the small nephew s as a r e the aunts them selves.

Th e so r o rity ha s lately been somew hat b r oken up by the departu re of

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girls going away for the holidays, and by the illness of two of our members. GertTude Johnston has undergone an operation for appendicitis which she passed through safely and is getting along nicely,

We shall soon be t ogether again with high hopes and great plans for our coming ioitiiltioo and winter term.

Vermont Beta sends best wishes to all Pi Phis.

GItACE T. STRONG.

COLUMBIA ALPBA-(;EORCE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY

(Chartered 1889)

We have wooed and won four freshmen-Ruth Cochran, Charlotte Farrington, Edna Me Knew and Anna Pearce. Two of them were awarded university schola r ships out of the seven offered to the Washing· ton high sc h ools. The chapter n ow has a roll of twenty-two and is larger than it has ever been.

We found the Pan-Hellenic restrictions upon ru shing quite satisfactory. They did not interfere with our getting the girls we wanted and they did add greatly to the interest of the contest, while pledge-day was a most exciting experience. We have also abolished mock initiation and substituted a rigorous examination for the pledges with good results. The majority of the chapter are of the opi ni o n that riding the goat does not add to th e dignity of the fraternity n or produce always the desired effect on th e freshmen .

Initiation came one month after pledge-day, on November twentieth-. A large number of alumnae were present and the initiates see med to bequite as deeply impressed and evcn mote appreciative of the aims and ideals of Pi Phi than if they had just been "put through." To celebratewith the ncw girls and t o show them the last great mystery, we had a cookie- s hinc in our room during the Thanksgiving holidays with a meet· ing afterwards. \Ve hope to have thcm realize, however, that our uraison d 'a trc" is not purely social.

We were delightfully surprised on the night of initiation by a large bouquet of carnations from Theta Delta Chi, with a note congratulating both us and ou r new girls. This letter must show how proud we are of the latter. We also havc two new patroncsses, Mrs. Merrill, mother of one of the girls and wife of the professor of geology, and Mrs. Vance, the young wifc of the dean of the law school, who went to school at Hollins In stitute. They would both make charming Pi Phis and are almost as enthusiastic as th e best of us.

It is a cus tom of thi s university for each dass of the college to entertain the others, usually with a dance. The fre shmen commenced thi,.

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year wit h a beautiful affair in the fir s t week of Novembe r and the senio r s gave one quite as pretty and successful at Thanksgiv ing time. Th e othe r tw o are t o be given thi s month. \Vith these and th e fraternity functions our college peop le do not suffer from "all work and n o play."

Ju s t at pr esent we are p lanning a delig htful day with th e B a ltimo re chapter. W e expec t to tak e thirt y-fouT Pi Phi s about t ow n in a b ig automobil e and s ho w our vi sito r s the mo s t inte r esting s ight s of Washington , w ith lun cheon at th e T ea Cup Inn Wi s hing we could see each one of you and get be tter acquainted, Columbia Alpha wi s h es you all prosperity MILD RED WINAN S COCHRAN.

PENNS YLVANIA ALPHA-SWART HM ORE COLLEG E

(Chartered 1892)

W e are ve ry glad t o announce in ou r ch a pte r letter th e n a me of Anna F. Pettit as ou r new member. We are also very p r oud of a new Pi Phi baby, the son of Mrs. George \ Vor th , who has given him the firm Quaker nam e of William Penn \Vorth.

Th e ru shing season is n ow at its height and our plans a r e coming thick and fast for fu ture entertainment s. We gave a ve ry success ful cookie-shi ne las t Saturday w h ich the freshme n seemed to enjoy immen se ly. We of course a r e most a n x iol1s ly awaiting th e re s ult s in the spring w h en ou r init iations and pledge day will come, but our h opes a re high, and we want and fee l sure 01 so me very fine gi rl s.

Christmas seaso n is n ow upon u s and we a r e g o ing to have a smal l tr ee in honor of the occasion. Freshm en will gather r ou nd with th e ir songs of g lee and s h a r e the gifts o f Saint Nichola s. With the heartiest wishes for a Merry Ch ri stmas and Happ y New Year t o all ou r s ist e rs BEATRICE M VICTORY.

PENNSYLVANIA BETA-DUCKNELL UNIVERSITY

(Char tered 1895)

Pennsylvania Beta has had a very pleasant and event ful t erm, bo th in college and in Pi Phi. \ Ve have seven very dea r fre shmen whom we are sure will make most loyal Pi Phi s. June seems a long way off for us t o wait to initiate t hem, but I am sure we shall know them all the better and th ey wilt know that it was good to wait enn through so many months . On December t wentie th we gained one mo re loyal Pi Phi , M ay J oncs, whom we welcome most heartily.

W e have had various socia l good times during the term but enjoyed our infonnal ones the most. Our seniors have entertained us delight-

full y. and served a s umptuous repast. Another time we had a vcry succe ss ful "cookie-shine," at which sen raJ of the alumnae were present, and the sophomores celebrated fo r the first time.

The ma jo rity of the girls of Penn sy lvania Beta stayed at Bucknell during the Thanksgiving holiday, and the short recess passed vcry quickly and happily. \Vith so many boxes and home delicacies we had "cookieshjnes" to OUT hearts' content, and all agreed that the chapter had had a del ightful Thank sgiving,

\Vith be s t wi she s and a \'cry happy new yea r to all Pi Phis.

MELLIE A. WESTCOTT.

PENNSYLVANIA GAMMA-DICKINSON COLLEGE (C hartered 1903)

It seems almost incredible that we are now looking forward t o the holidays and that soon the year nineteen hundred five will have passed. We want to t:lke thi s opportunity fnr expressing ou r best wishes for a bright New Year to all chapters of Pi Beta Phi.

Since the opening of college we have taken in three fre shmen and pledged one so phomore, whom we hope to make a member ea rly n ext term. Our number is now thirteen, Quite enough to make things liv ely and jolly.

In Octobe r Helen Kisner gave a picnic at Holly. which was mo st enjoyabl e. and Elsie H offer, another of ou r town girls, gave a Hallowe'en party, at which th e u sua l witchery held s way and everyt hing was thoroughly enjoyed. On the eighteenth of November we gave a t ea in our r ooms to Ottr patrones ses, ladies of the faculty and friends, and on the tw enty-second we gave a t ea to all the girls of the college. Our r ooms l ooked ,"cry attractive and everything passed off well. Everybody seemed plea se d to come and we certainly enjoyed having them.

Hoping that all our chapters have been as fortunate as we in r egard to new members and with best wishes for successf ul work f o r th e first cotlege term.

CoRINNE GAUL.

0810 ALP8A--Q8IO UNIVERSITY

(Chartered 188g)

We are hardly able to r ealize that our fall term is almost Over and that we shall soon have to face our term examinations. Since we las t wrote you we have ushered into the my ste ries of Pi Beta Phi eight girl s,-Helen Roach, Charlotte Ullom, Mary Chappelear, Edith P almer, Grace Connor, Virginia Bi s hop, Mary Geiser and Mary Miser

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We tried a new plan in our mock initiation thi s year, and it proved nry successful. We began operations at half-past four on Saturday morning, October twenty -seven th We took our n ew girls up to OUI fr ate rnity hall, where they went throug h the many "stunts," which arC! so well known to all of you. For breakfast we went to Ellis Hall, and after breakfa st the girls pervaded the s treet s for so me time. In tht afternoon we gave a tallyho ride to see a football game betw e en Otterbein and O. V., and this ended ou r day's festivities. The next week, on Saturday evening, we conducted our real initiation.

Delta Tau Delta entertained Pi Beta Phi shor tly after our initiation. The {;l\'o r s, which we re red carnation s, were especially appropriate fo r th e occa s ion \Ve all had a very delightful time

Mazie Earhart and Florence Clayton, two of our active girls, entertained our chapter with a card party. The girls were certainly royal en ' tertainer s, and we all greatly enjoyed ou r selves .

O. U football team has stopped playing for thi s season. It won grea t victorie s in th e two last games played,-one against Marietta College, an other against Muskingum College.

\Ve are going to give a dance for Delta Tau Delta next Saturday evening. After Chri stmas we entertain the othe r two fraternities, Beta Theta Pi and Phi Delta Theta, with a dance.

Those of us who remained her e to spend Thank sgivi ng vacation devoted part of our time t o cleaning o ur fraternity hall. Then tho se whco went h ome ha\'c been bu sy thi s week putting on th e fini s hing toucheS' \Ve have boug ht a new rug and our hall looks very nice and homelike now

'Vith be s t wi s hes to our s ister chapter s.

OHIO BETA-oHIO STATE UNIVERS ITY

(Chartered 1894)

MARY SDfON.

The time has flown so rapidly that it almost impossible that on l term of college has pa sse d, but the final " exams" make it a stern r ea lit Y' to all of us.

L as t week we introduced our six fr es hmen to the college world with a large recepti o n, gi\'en at the h ome of one o f ou r members. It was OJ very pretty reception and eve ry one seemed to have a good time. Next t erm we intend to give our "fo rmal." The se are ou r only two large parties during the year.

A couple of months ago we were fortunate enough t o have one of ou r

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prominent alumnae, Mrs. Je ssie L. Gaynor, gi ve a concert here. We would ha\'c liked so much to entertain for her, but owing to the brief sta y she made in the city it was impossible. She was r eceived very enthu s iastically and those of our gir h. who had the plea s ure of meeting her thought s he was perfec tly charming and still an interested Pi Phi.

The state convention of the Y. \V C. A. of Ohio was held here this fall. There was only one Pi Phi pre sent. \V e wi s hed th e re wcrc morc, but as we have only onc othe r chapter in Ohi o we couldn't expect YeTy many. The meetings wcre very good and the excellent speakers w e had gave many helpful thoughts to the girls.

Ocr Pan - H elle nic association ha s made no plan s fo r our annual gathering. Our rul es ha\'e worked out beautifully, a nd I am su re we arc much better off \\ ith them. The intense rivalry has in no way been lessened,-in a college like ours that would be impossible,-but our fee ling s towa rd eac h o th er have changed. Vie mingle with each ot her muc h mo re and arc beco ming so much bett e r acquainted.

\Vt: dlt: ,,\1 rejoicing in th e po ssess ion of a new "frat" room at the home of o ne of o ur freshmen. It is ideally located, being but a sho rt distance from college. \Vhen we are all gathered together in thi s little r oom we r ea lly do envy our sisters who have chapte r house s. Life in a chapter house certainly d oes pr ese nt the mo s t fascinating pictures to u s, and you girl s that enjoy thi s life can ' t imagine how much we who have not love to read about everything that pertain s to you r hou ses, Alnws t all of our girl s are Columbus girl s and a hou se seems just a vain wi s h fo r u s, at present at lea ct.

Ohio B e ta sen d s her best wishes fo r a happy vacation to all her sisters and a bright s ucce ss ful New Year.

H, BA NCROFT.

NEW YORK ALPHA-SYRACU S E UNIVERSITY

(Chartered 1896)

It is proba ble th at mo st of our s ister chapte r s already ha\'e their fre s hmen girl s initiat ed and enjoy them by this time as active Pi Phis We are n ow in the mid st of initiation week with its u sua l pleasure a nd excitement. \Vc are vcry glad to introduce to you our pledgees, all but o ne o f whom we hop e to make lo yal member s before another week. They are : Florence Ford. H e len H:twk s. Mildred Dunham, Olive McDonald, Ada Meyer, Carrie Sterns, Fannie Ladd. Anna Magee, Olin Briggs , Thank sgiving Day wa s a day of so rrow for th e students and faculty o f Syracli se University, fo r Dean En s ign McCh es n ey died s udd enly o f heart di sease on th at day. A \'Cry impressin funeral was held at Fine Arts College on th e following Monday.

ELIZABETH

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The campus this fall is in a state of great confusion. Th ere are three new buildings going up be s ide s the stadium, which when completed, will be onc of the finest in the co llege world. Th e new buildings are a Carnegie lib rary, a Hall of Applied Science and a Hall of Natural History

The girl s of New York Alpha send greetings to th ei r Pi Phi sisters and wish them all a Merry Ch ri stmas.

ELIZABETH M OU LD

NEW YORK BETA-BARNARD COLLEGE

(Chartered 19(4)

I s uppose that most of ou r chapters 3Te settled down f o r th e winter after a s uccessful ru s hing season But December finds us s till hard at work with pledge day fOUT months off. W'e have one new member to introduce, however, a seni or, Annabel Lee, and we wi sh you all might know her. She s pent her freshman at Leland Stanford, so some of tht! Ca lifornia Alpha girl s may rem ember her

The late pledge day make s ru shing more tir esome but less s trenu o u s. We a r e o nly allowed to entertain the sa me girl once a month In October we gave a cook ie-shine s upper in the apartment. Mi ss J ackson, our p rov ince president, and May Gutelius, from Swarthmore, h elped us and the affair wa s a great s uc cess, We kept two of the girls over night. Th e ' Vednesday before Thank sgiving we gave a very pretty dance in th e Barnard theatre, and now we are planning for another cookie-shine to come off before Christmas. \Ve also entertained ou r friend s outs id e of coll ege at a r ecepti o n here in th e apa rtmen t \Ve wi s h you might all see our apar tment and meet Mrs . Graham, our chaperon, Our r ooms are pretty a nd she make s them a r eal ho me. F our of the girl s are lh·ing here.

Vi e have enjoyed thi s autumn meeting several girls from other chapt ers. 'Vill a Wilson of Baltimore visited one of our girls and spen t a day at college ju s t in tim e for the " se nior s how!' Anne Wright o f Wiscon s in Alpha live s ju s t acro ss the s treet and we see quite a littl e of her, W e al so enjoy hearing about Colorado Beta from Mi ss Barnes, who is a gymna sium teac her at Barnard . She showed us a picture of the "Lodge" the ot h e r day, and we wi s h we had one ! It seem s as if there were more "doing" at college thi s fall than ever Th e freshmen h a\'e been, as us ual, the cen ter of attraction. The j unior s gave them a ho rs e race by way of entertainment, which was very funny Each freshman wa s provided with paper money, book

makers were sta t io ned about the theater , and th e betting was vcry reckJess! The horses, eac h with a jockey in costume, were exhibited in the locker r ooms. The exciting part was the tape race which was won by "Artless." One of OU T girls was a jockey, another a judge, and a third a mcrnbt:r of the committee.

Ne."(t came the "senio r s how" to the fre shme n Thi s consisted of a comic opera., the words being written by 1wo senio r s and se t to popular music It was called "Barnardesia," and was full of local hits. The king, th e keeper of files, Prince Senicus, Prince ss Fres hnelda, Prince Sophro and the Fairy Godmother who, of course, repre sented 1907 were the principal c hara cte r s. The costumes were very pretty ami the faculty chorus, in "full dress, was quite effective.

The sop ho mores have also given their annual play, which was welJ done. Ju st at present two of our juniors are practicing for the "junio r s how " The alumnae play , ''The Belle's Strategcm," h as been given this week. Thc fir s t Barnard tea o f the season, when th e whole i"-ollege rect:i\·e th eir fflends, is next week, and so you see we all have enough to do,-besides le sson s . .

\Ve go in for someth ing besides fun, however. One of our girls, Sophie \V oodman , is chairman of the committee to work up th e Student Volunteer Conference at Barnard She h opes to go to Nashville and is looking forward to meeting other Pi Phi s there . Abby Leland and Florence Stapf went to Cambridge to attend the Church Students' Mi ssiona ry Conference , and Abby Leland visited the Bos t on chapter.

With the deepest regret we have to write that Mary Murtha, '06, has had to leave college and has been very ill fo r so me weeks. Although she is now improving slow ly, s he can not hope to return t o colJcgc this year. It is very hard fo r her, for the college and for our chapter. She was chairman of the Executive committee of "Undergrad," chairman of the Bible Study committee, class corresponding secre tary and pre <: ident of the C. S. M. A. Fl o rence M . Stapf was elected to fill the last office. \Vith best wi shes for the New Year.

SoPHIE PARSONS \VOODMAN.

MASSACHUSETTS ALPHA-BOSTON UNIVERSITY

(Chartered 1896)

The pleasant autunm days ha\te come and gone, bringing their s hare of work and pleasure, and we are already beginning to count the days to Christmas and mid-year examinations. The anxious days of rushing seem far in the past, and it is hard to realize that our initiates of only six weeks ago have not always been Pi Phis.

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On pledge-day we gathered in ten girls whom we h ad learned to love,. and we are vcry happy to introduce to their sisters in other chapters of Pi Beta Phi Mildred Collyer, Elizabeth Richardson, Ruth Eaton, Rena Oliver, Leona Smith, Flora Smith, Laura Wright, Sadie Hurst, Frances Morri s and Aurora J ohn son, all of the freshman class.

OUT annua l initiation was held at the home of Ruth Dennis, 'oS, in Brookline, and at half past seven in the evening we gathered with our n ew sisters at the Hotel Nottingham for the banquet, at which fifty happy and enthusias tic PI Phi s were scated. OUT pleasure was greatly increased by the presence of Mrs. Eli H elmick, Michigan Alpha, of Springfield, who was in s trumental in estabishing OUT own chapter, and as we heard h er wo rd s of encouragement and appro. al, each one of us r eal ized more fully the meaning of sisterhood, and felt an inspiration to hold man firmly to th e ideals of our Pi Beta Phi.

Since the ru sh ing season and banquet we hav e Jived a very quiet in our chapter, spending many plea san t h ou r s toge ther a nd learn ing to know each other better. But social life at Boston University has been as animated as eve r, although Klatsch and junior week and commence· ment make our spring semester gayer.

Pre s ident and Mrs. Huntington have given two \Vedn esday afternoon reception s to the student body and they have proved to be very pleasan t affairs.

The Y. \V. C. A. entertained us in the chapel with a flcharacter party," which was a grand succe ss. The students came dressed t o represe nt a character of some book, and Cleopat ra and Lady Macbeth walked with farmer and jew, while clown s, Puritan maidens, May queens and flowergirl s promenaded up and down.

On the eighth of December we had the pleasure of receiving a visit from Abby P. Leland of New York Beta. It is a lw ays very pleasant to see our si sters of other chapters and to hear of their doings there.

And now at this tim e when all hearts are anticipating the Christmastid e with gladness Massachusetts Alpha wishes to se nd a loving Christmas greeting to every Pi Phi si ster , with best wishes for a glad New Year. MILDRED ASHTON WRIGHT.

:MARYLAND ALPHA-THE WOllAS'S COLLEGE OF BALTIMORE (Chartered 1897)

For many happenings in the past two months Maryland Alpha has had great cause t o praise "the kindly ways of Providence." So many things s (emed at first to go at right angles from the way we meant them \0, but

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in the end we saw that they only Jed us the most direct and su r e path to the best success.

When the invitations to our house party (the one big ru shing "stunt" allowed us) had been out but a few hours the dean announced a college recepti on for the same date and reque st e d the attendance of everyone. Thi s left us only one day for OUf house party-one day-ana eve ryone know s that at a ru s hing hou se party especially, it's often the nights and not the days th at CQunt fo r mos t. We had det:ided to go to Ashland, so keeping to our original plan, sta rted befo r e breakfast and used every minut e of the day. Yo u who are all u s ed to the "stress and st r ain" of <college can imagine what that day in the country, with four of the "nicest little freshmen," meant to u s. \Ve managed to pa ss the time so successfull y th at our decided, as they afterward told us, that they would like t o be Pi Phi s, too.

Not until the f o llowing ·Saturday, howeve r, did we have the liberty of pl edging, and then we u sed for the fir s t time the !lo ld block-letter pledge pin s. Only we old girl s who wore th e unreadable s ilver monogram pins could be s t real ize what an improvement t hese clear block letters really made . A week later we had initiation, and Annabelle Miller, Sara Porter, Alice Ru sse ll and Isabel Drury became Pi Phis \V e have one more pledg e. Loui se Neal, a sophomore, whom we hope to initiate soon.

To Maryland Alpha, December the n in th will lo ng be a r ed letter day in h er calendar, for that day we spen t with Columbia Alpha Washington , and to you who ha ve had that pleasure nothing more need be said , and t o th ose who h a'·e not been so favored little can be written to descri be the delightful manner in which Columbia Alpha ente rtained li S. At fir s t it was hard to believe that all the girls who met li S were Pi Phis, fo r th ey numbered two to our one, but after a morning s pent in going thr ough the \Vhit e House and see ing the capitol from a big "Seeing Wa shington" auto, when we all assembled in the cosie st of frat rooms and sang our Pi Phi songs, th e n we see med one in heart and purpose. Th en we began to real ize how grand Pi Phi really is and we blessed the good fate that made us of such a gathering After lunch (that lunch! we hope th ey will forget how we ate and ate and-ate some more) we spent the little time left before train time with Pauline De Iesi , a Maryland Alpha alumna, at h e r apartments at the Cumberland.

A happier day Maryland Alpha l1a s never spent and we sing with a h ea rt full of lo\'e-

"Here's

to yOll, Columbia A lph a!"

LAURA L PRESBY

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BETA PR OV INC E

ILLINOIS DELTA-KNOX COLLEGE (C hart ered 1884)

Again it is tim e to send th e greetings o f Illinois D elta to her sis t e r c h apte r s. Thi s fall has pa sse d r apidly, a nd pleasantly fo r u s a nd one of the pleasante s t featu r es of all ' ·a s the ini ti ation of two girls who ca me t o Knox: in September, Miriam Hunter a nd Ed na H ea t on . We a lso in itia t ed Ir e ne Butch e r, w ho m we pl edg ed la s t spring, at the home of Grace Terry, one o f ou r town alumnae.

A no th er matter of much int e r est t o all ac ti ve girls in Illinois D elta ha s bee n the formation of the Galesburg Pi Beta Phi Association. This a ssoc iation incl udes all th e Pi Phis in Ga le s burg and m ee t ing s are to be held th e fir st Satur d ay in eve ry mo nth , with the exception o f th e April meeting, when celeb r at ion of F ounder's Day will take its place. It is h oped th at through thi s orga n ization act ive work and lively int e re s t in all p e rtaining t o Pi Phi wi ll be s timulat ed a nd bo th active and alumnae k ee p in closer touch wi th each ot h e r Our fir s t meeting was h eld Decem be r th e sev enth with Mrs. Parry, a town Pi Phi , and the occas ion proved a pl easa nt o ne.

The pas t weeks ha ve h ad in them the u s ual r o und o f pleasures and duties, and as the Chri s tma s seaso n app r oaches each o f us finds h e r se lf bu s ier than e\'er, a nd all very eager for vaca ti on

We are planning t o gi\'e OUl" forma l pa rty on February the ninth , so on ou r r eturn from the h o lid ay vacation we s hall be k ep t well occ upied with th oughts of th e success of this affai r

Soon a lso fraternity examina t io n s will be up o n u s. Even n o w the girls a r e com mencing the s tru ggle with chapte r rolls and s uch diffi cu lti es.

Illin o i s Delta wi s h es for h e r sis t er ch apters a ve ry plea sa nt vacation. Lo U I SE McINTOSH.

II.LINOI S EPSILON-NORTH WES TERN UNIVERSITY

(C h arte r ed IB94)

Although Chri tma s l ime is almos t he r e we g irl s fe el as if co llege had just begun, for it is only abou t t wo wee k s s ince w e initiat ed our new girl s, fo ur of them, who we feel a r e goi ng t o make " mighty fin e" fraternity gi r ls. Thei r name s a re: Sibyl H o ming, Edith Hammond , Mabe l Lundahl and H elen Hibberd. One poo r pledge was taken ill just before initiation day, so we are go ing to wait now until after Christmas to take

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her in It is h e r requ es t, and as o ur o r a to ry girl s are away on their vacation, we thought it be st to wait until they could be with us again.

\V e consider o ur se lve s fo rtunate in ha vi ng with u s in Evan s to n this winter an alumna of Verm ont Alpha who is t eaching here in th e high s ch oo l. Sh e came out to ou r mock initiation, and th o ugh she ha s been ou t of college for sev eral years, yet she knew bett e r than of th e r es t of us how to make the fre s hmen " rid e the goat."

After our initiation ceremo ny we had a jolly banquet at one of the hvtels a nd then danced for awhile.

Our chapter room s have at la s t been se ttled and it se em s good to get back t o a place where we can fre ely di sc u ss fr a t e rn ity affai r s and can h ave "frat s uppers," and we have had some nice ones, too.

\V e have ju s t had a vi s it from Mi ss R obi n son, who came fre sh from her \'i sits to the other chapter s and it see med good to hear news first hand fr o m all of th e m.

\Vi shing all of our s is t ers the merrie st of Ch ri stm:l <; pc: the ve ry happie st and mo st s ucc ess ful of New Years.

M YRTELLE H. ROGERS.

II Lt:-iOJS ZETA-UNIVER S ITY OF ILLINOIS

(C hartered 1895)

\Ve have ofte n heard that h ere are no ties dearer than tho se of the home, and yet one might have th ought the r eve r se true could he have seen our chapter hou se during the Thank sgiving holiday s. But four of our girl s went h o me during the rece ss and the remaind er h e lped keep the Pi Phi home in it s u s ual s tate of cheerful hilarity. Could th e othe r four have fore see n th e happiness of th ose four or fi ve days, I hardl)' think they could have been persuaded to lea\'e us. Not o nly did we learn to know one an o ther better during that s hort time. but we turned our attention to the hou se and to plans for the remainder of the year . and we feel as if we had not only had a good refreshing time, but had accompli s hed so mething, too. How ev er, even though the Chri s tma s holidays offer an opportunity fo r a repetition of the experience, we are all planning to go h o me and gladly, t oo.

A:, we loo k back over lhi s first divi sio n of the college year J am sure that all o f th e older on es o f u s can say that we nc\' e r have known a more happy or il more prosperous year. Promising freshmen, a new house, with enthusiasm the keynote of our pre sent. there is no reason why we cannot keep on as be fore, at the h ead.

ANNE B. WHITE.

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I:-iD I. \XA ALPHA-FRANKLIN COLLEGE

(Cha rt e r ed 1888)

We ca n scarcely r ealize th :l t it ha s been almost thre e 111 0 nth s s ince colJege bega n and th a t th e ho liday sea so n is so n ea r. It ha s been a ve ry pl ea sant thr ee mo nth s and we ha ve so mu ch enjoyed ha v ing our eleven new girl s with u s.

After th e ru s hing seaso n we gav e an op en - h o u se f o r Mr s. E. B. Bryan, t he wife o f o ur n ew pres ident: Mr s. A ll iso n , the wife of OUI" n ew his t ory pro fe ssor , a nd ),{r s. P L Powell, o ne o f o ur alumnae, also int r oduci ng our n e w pl edges. S in ce th en we ha ve entertain ed only with s mall informal pa rt ies.

We had a sh o rt but delight ful "i s it fr o m o ur pr o vi n ce pre s ident , Mi ss Smi th, and are looking fo rw a rd with ple as ure to a "isi t from Mi ss R obin son thi s term \Ve appreciate th ese \' is it s a nd feel that they are a great h elp to u s.

W e like th e new plan for t he examina ti ons, that o f s tud y ing a li st of qu estions and an s wer s. We ha\'e be en busy s tudying the se a nd ar e d eri ving a great deal of ben efit from th is s tudy

Be st wi sh es fo r a Me rry Ch ri s tma s and a Happy New Ycar t o all Pi Phi sis t er s.

MAY McDoWELL.

nETA - I N DI ,\ N A Ui'\' I VERSITY

(C har tered 1893)

Again th e t ime for the chapter lette r ha s corne and w e ca n sca rcely r ealiz e th at so long a time has pa sscd a nd that th e term is nearly ove r S o mu ch and yet so little ha s happened, o r bett er still, so much that is littl e, for but few th ings o f impo rtan ce have occu rr ed si nce ou r la s t le tt er. On e of t hese was th e visit of ou r ARROW editor, Florence P o rt e r Robi nson , She spent thre e days with th e cha pt er h e r e, and during t hat t ime we all lea rn ed t o kn o w her and we wis h ed we could have had h er with u s lon ge r

But the many little thing s that hav e happ en ed h a"e made the tim e pa ss so qui ckly , as the visi t s fr om th e old girls and good "P i Phi ce lebrati o n s," One night not long ago th e junio r s and sen io r s iss ucd invitati o n s fo r a "s ho w." Of course curiosi t y wa s great and th e under-c1a ss men wa ited eage rl y f o r th e perf o rm a n ce, which turned o ut t o be an "impromptu vaudeville ." And suc h laughi n g a n d fun! The many "roasts " and '·stunt s" furni shed am uscmen t for days. a nd n ow the undercla ss men (with the co nceit u sual w ith peop le of th e ir rank ), a r e g oi ng to try 1.0

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outdo thi s performance th e la s t night of the term. So we are all looking fo rw ard t o a grand and glorious good time with which to end th e t erm and give the girls who are not coming back something t o r emember. We are going to lose fo ur girls thi s term , though only temporarily. But one of our old girls is coming back next term and, t oo, we have a new pledge, Floren ce Rosenthal of Tipton. So we are all expecting a very pro spe rous term, when we s hall all come back re sted from our good time Chri s tma s "acati o n. Indiana Beta certainly wishes a good term ( or every chapter and a Merry Chr istma s to "all Pi Phi s everywhere!'

MARY

SAM PLE.

INDIANA

GAMMA-UNIVERSITY

OF INDIANAPOLI S

(Charte r ed 1il97)

Ind iana Gamma girl s ha"e spent a happy and successful leon of fratern ity and college life. Our Olf'mber s 30re active ill ail lines of work,athletic, soc ial and r eligious. We have the manager of the girls' basket ball te am, the president of Y. \V C. A., and an editor of the Senior Annual, while the rest of the chapter lend their cheerful support to all school enterprises . Our grade committee report excellent marks for th e majority of the girls in their lessons. Since the close of ru shing season we have given ou r term dance. "Ve are now l ook ing forward to a visit from Mi ss Robin son.

With greeting s to the o ther chapters.

BERTHA LoFTIN EMPEY.

MICHIGAN" ALPHA-HI.LLSDALE COLLEGE

(Chartered 1887 )

Thi s month Michigan Alpha greets you all with one new initiate, Celia Rin e, and three new pledges, Ruth Ford, Blanche Merrifield , and Harriette Bishop. We were so very so rry to lose Helen Vernor, who has moved away from Hillsdale and will attend th e University of Michigan.

Just now we are all very much interested in the improvements which are taking place around th e college. The cha pel is the center o f interest, for it is being remodelled at considerable ex pense, and the gymnasium also is to be repaired and provided with a new furnace

Our art schoo l is growing all th e tim e and it ha s good reason to grow, for we have one of the best in the country, with one of our leading American artists a t the head of it. Mi ss Qualley received the distinction of A••ow-4

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having h e r pictures hung in a place of honor at the Exhibition of Ameri can Artists at the Chicago Art In s titute . The monthly art r eception s are be comi ng quite a feature of the social life of the co llege.

C HARLO'ITE SHEPARD.

MICHIGAN BETA-UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN (Char t ered 1888)

Two month s ha ve pas sed s ince th e last lett er was written by Mi chigan Bela t o the ARROW Init iation ha s come and gone, and we can claim as ou r own eight fre sh m en, and very promising Pi Phis they are in every r espect. We learned t o know th e m better and to see their humorous s id e during t he week of mock initiation, when they showed us that we could not frighten th em.

The girls have n ow sett led down t o work and see m to be making up for t he time los t at th e beginning of the yea r . However, we ha\' e had o n e or two spreads and a Hallowe'en party.

The "Freshman Spread," an annual function given by the sophomore girts of the unive r sity to the freshm en, is to be on December fifteenth , At thi s time we expect to h a\'e thr ee out-of-tow n girls as guests at our h ouse, one of the ways of ru o:. hing that we have during the yea r

The Pi Phis are e..x hibiting an unusual amount of athletic spi r it this year, due partly to the fact that one of OUT girls, Lo tta Broadbridge, is th e preside n t of the associatio n One of our fre shm en, Margaret Breck, i s captai n o f the fre s hm a n tenni s team.

Michig an Beta ex tend s he r greeting s t o all the Pi Phis a nd hopes that they will have a merry Christma s and a happy n ew year.

DORA PAYNE.

GAMMA PROV INCE

IOWA ALPHA-IOWA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY (Chartered 1868)

Another pledge day has come and gone fo r I owa Alpha. Only four invitations were issued by us thi s year, and on the evening of No\'embe r twent y-fifth we pinned an r. c. pin o n fou r happy girls. After the ceremony refreshments were served and an evening wa s spen t that will long be r emembe red by each one pre se nt Two of our pledges are daugh ters of former members of I owa Alpha and one is a s i st e r .

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Thi s is n ot the first year that ou r chapter has worked under Pan-Helleni c fules An Inter-Sorority compact had been entered into seve ral year s ago, but the re su lt s were not satisfactory to eithe r side, so it was given up as not being practical. 1t wa s with a great deal of hesitation that the rule s were drawn thi s time. The r elations between the two chapters had been so pleas ant and our rivalry had been so friendly with the Alpha Xi Delta girl s that we disapproved of anything that might have a t endency to alter existing conditions. But OUf fears were not realized, and while there are several rule s that both of us feel should be changed or modified to suit local conditions, we are not sorry th at our compact was made.

In a small college the line s between the fraternity and the non-fraternity elements are s harply drawn and the rivalry is apt to become so keen as to be hos tile in the extreme, and the fraternities thus, in a large mea s ure at lea st, thwart their ow n purpose s. With the knowledge that we have a committee to promptly and definitely setfl e all differences, :l."ld that the;: Inter-Sorority rules bind both of us, the tw o chapters have grown clo se r together without th e los s of a bit of the friendly rivalry.

Our alumnae chapte r here is very strong and active, and holds two m eetings a month. One is purely social and th e o th er is of a literary character Their line of work for this winter i s similar to that done by "Travel Clubs." Just to be pre s ent at one of these meetings would convince anyone sce ptical in reg ard to fraternity spi rit and lif e, that there is really something in it worth while, and that the benefits and pleasures derived from it are not all over when school days arc past. have mi sse d greatly thre e of our a lumna e who were with whl"n ::: :::!kg, u1JclII:u-Edith roung, Grace Hancher-Beck and Bertha Snider. We have had no initiati o ns as yet, but before the next letter i s written there will be several freshm en la ssies wearing the ar r ow bright

May the best and tru es t in our Pi Bet a Phi come to every wearer of the wine and blue, be s h e freshman or post-graduate, in this new year.

MARY BROOKS.

IOWA BETA-SIMPSON COLLEGE

(Char t ered 1874)

Pledge day came at la st after five weeks of anxious waiting and Iowa Beta i s very proud to introdu ce to yOtl all fOUf new Pi Phis: Lena Dunning, Helen Walburn, Beatrice Re Qua, Elizabeth Brown, and one who is yet a pledge, Ruth Dudley.

Since our la st letter we have given one party. a big cookie-shine on Hallow e'en, and ha ve spen t Thank sgiving vacation at a ho use party at

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the home of two of ou r sisters where we enjoyed ourselves as only Pi Phis can.

We now have with us Mrs. Mabel Wickham-Place of Ohio Alpha who is the wife of one of the professors of science .

In the latter part of October we enjoyed a visit from Edna Lisle, OIle <of our last year's seniors.

On October eleventh Sigma Alpha Epsilon entertained Pi Beta Phi and Tri Delta and on November twenty-second Alpha Tau Omega entertained.

A new local sorority has just come out in college, which i s called Alpha Alpha Gamma.

On the fifth of this month the juniors of the college gave a play, "The Professo r' s Love Story," in which two of our girls distinguished themselves: Ruth Baker as the heroine, and Vera Ingram as sister of the hero.

Iowa Beta sends best wishes and greetings to all wearers of the wine and blue.

]ESS(£ ScREE.

IOWA ZETA-IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY

(Chartered ,882)

Nearly a third of the year is gone and we can scarcely realize it. We feel very well satisfied with our s uccess this fall , for we have two new freshmen , Marguerite Moore and Maude Young-Ball, besides the four pledg es of the early fall.

We have held a number of little house parties this fall, the r:!.ost enjoyable of which was the Hallowe'en party, when we decorated the whole house in leaves and lighted it with pumpkins.

Mrs Shambaugh, one of our alunmae here in town, entertain ed for us in November by a most enjoyable progressive dinner. During the Y. W. C. A. convention we had the pl easu re of meeting a number of the othe r Iowa Pi Phis from Mt Pleasant and Simps o n.

Like the rest of you we are all looking fo rward to Christma s and borne. Iowa Zeta wishes all the Pi Phis a merry Christmas and a most happy new year.

MIGNON MAYNARD.

WISCONSIN ALPHA-UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN

(Chartered '894 )

Wisconsin Alpha has been rather quiet since our last letter. In the middle of October we had our initiation, and a week later we gave a Hallowe'en dance to introduce our fre shmen to un ive rsity society. We

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were fortunate in having Anna Nichol s of P ennsylvan ia Alpha and Edith Bramhall of Indiana Beta with us for ou r initiation service.

Gamma Phi Beta and Alpha Phi have both given receptions in their new ho me s and in J anuary Pi Beta Phi will entertain with a musical gi ve n by Genevieve Church Smith.

Wi sconsin girl s have also had many oppo rtun iti es f o r meet ing each other in the ser ies of t eas gi ven by va ri o us members of the Universit y W o man' s League and by our sel f -govern m en t as sociation.

A new building, Chemis try Hall , has been added to ou r campus, and A ssoc iation H all, the n ew abode of the Wi scon si n Y. 1t{, C. A ., is near by . What we all want n ext is ou r lo ng dreamed of W oman' s Building.

At Thank sgiving there were six of u s Pi Phis a t th e luncheon given by Chicago alumnae associat ion, whe re we were glad to meet represen tatives from many of our sis ter chapte rs. To each and all of them Wisconsin Alpha sends wishes for a happy and a prosperous new yea r . COR.\ C.\SE H IN KLE¥.

MI SSOURI ALPHA-UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI

(C hart er ed 1899)

The Pi Phi s at th e Unive r sity of Mi ssou ri have so far passe d a ve ry h appy year. With our eight re cent initi a te s, we arc sta rting into chapter. work with a large en o ugh membership a nd a s uffici ent amount of ent h usia s m t o a ss tlfe us, we th ink , of continued pros perity.

W e are very proud of E lsie Wadell, one of our sen iors, who w as elected Ph: B!:t::.

S:n:: Wd..::t amu ng the fir s t fi ve to be se lected. out o f the clas s.

Su e Stone was married o n the twenty·fifth o f October to Mr. Gene Smith . It was a chu rch wedding. Th e re were s pecial seats re se rv ed fo r all Pi Phi s. On Wednesday n ight, before th e wed d in g , we gave a banquet at th e Gordon hotel for Sue. Th ere we re appropriate toasts given by the differ ent girl s, and the t ab le was beautifully decorated in wine an d blue. Su spended fr om th e chandalie r was a large red heart pierced wit h a gold en arrow.

Virginia Lip scomb, one of our town girl s, gave a Hallowe'en party, which was very pleasant.

We hav e a ne w pl edg e, Adele Overall, of S1. Louis, who wi ll probab ly be initiated the second semes t er

There have been seve ra l fr a te rnity dances, at all of which our chap t er ha s been well rep re sented.

Last week Mi ss J o rd an entertained fo r the Pi Phi s and the unma rr ied professo r s of the university

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The banquet at Kansas City was enjoyed by many of the Missouri girls, for all went who could. Good natured rivalry was shown by the girls of Kansas and Mi ssouri in giving their yeUs and songs.

We wefe very sorry to Jose one of our freshmen, Anna Hudson, who will not be back this year and she expects to travel after Christmas.

Eula McCune, who was with us seve ral years, has been visiting in the chapter house for two weeks. She will probably re-cnter college the second semes t er .

The university girls gave a reception to our football team last Monday night. We 3rc loyal to our team, even though they have not been 35 victorious as we had hoped.

Mi ss ouri Alpha sends wishes for the \'c ry happie s t of new years to all her sister chapters.

JEAN MCCUNE.

DELTA PROVINCE

LOUIS IAN A ALPHA-NEWCOMB COLLEGE (Chartered 189t)

Since the la st ARROW Louisiana Alpha has had two initiations and we are now proud to introduce to you Louise We s tfield and Hilda Von M eysenburg Our chapter life has been as busy as ever o r I ihould say bu sier than e\'er, because owing to the yellow fe\' er and the fa c t that coll ege opened so late we have had double work and double duty to do, and in the fall of the year we all know what college and fraternity spirit is,enthu sias m, patrioti sm and loyalty at its height. The seriou s problem of ru shing is ove r and I think we all breathe a sigh of r elief. These past f ew weeks have been most strenuous and eventful ones in the life of Louisiana Alpha. But we are delighted to sa y that pl edge day was a gala one for u s , and we pledged se\' en girl s, all of whom we are proud to kno w will soon d on the "wine and s ilver blue ." The chapter room has been th e sc ene of many socia l events, and Of)e of the most charming afternoon s we had was a Greek symposium given u s by our alumnae. One of th e most amusing and denr feature s of the evening was the debate as to whether red pepper or chocolate creams was the best nouri s hment for g oats. I wond er which our si ster chapters will consider best? Our chapter is unusually large this year in sp ite of the fact that we have lost a great many of our old girl s, and as each year comes and goes I believe '!

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we grow mO TC enthusiastic and mOTe earnest in pu sh ing the cause of Pi B et a Phi onward and still onward.

We often wish we were jus t a little n ea r er to some of ou r sis ters, but we h ope if any o f them enr jo urn ey sou thward they will s top by and pay Louisiana Alpha a visit.

\Vith best wishes fo r a very happy n ew yea r to all Pi Beta Phi s. STELLA H AYWARD.

KANSAS ALP HA -K A NSAS UNIVERSITY

(Cha rt ered 1873)

It hardly see m s possible that almost three month s ha ve gon e by since chapter letter s were las t due, and mo st wonderful of all is the fact that ano th e r Christmas holiday is so n car at hand This fa ll has been a part icularly bu sy one a n d not many moments have been idl e to make time (lrag.

Early in Nove mber we h ad th e pleasure of ent ertain ing f or a few days Mi ss Fl o ren ce Porter Robin son \ Ve had never met Mi ss Robinson, but she was very soon "o ne of u s" and we enjoyed every minute o f her s tay, and only regretted that her ti me with us was limited. An informal rece pti on fo r all fr a t ern it y girl s was given a t our ch ap t er h ouse. W e were v e ry glad of thi s op po rtunity to pre sent o ne o f o ur Grand Council to the other fr a t ernities. W e received many helpful suggestions fr om Mi ss Robin son, some o f th em ideas which she h a d g o tt en from o th er chapters in th e province she had vis it ed, but mostly just good practical advice which i s so n ecessa ry t o every chapter.

On November te nth we ga\'e an informal hop t o introduce ou r fr eshm en The chancellor h a d as ked th at a ref o rm move ment be s tarted in th e direction o f clo s ing the partie s ea rl y and ours was o n e of th e first th at followed hi s sugges ti o n

Thank sgiving closed a very s uccess ful football seaso n for Kan sas university. W e l ost o nly to Colorado thi s year, and ha ve th e pro mi se of a splendid t eam for n ext, as th e m cn who are making our fre s hman team suc h a s tr ong one will be able t o fill in th e weak place s o n the varsity n ext fall.

The seco nd annual "County Fair," given by th e Y. W . C. A. was held in Snow Hall on D ece mbe r ninth . It was muc h more success ful than la s t year, both in ente rt a inm ent and in a financial way. W e gave "Mrs. l adey's \V ax W o rk s, " which turned o ut among the best financially .

The " Mask Club" o f th e univers ity is to give on December twentieth "An American Citizen." The annua l play given by thi s club is one of the

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not,!lble affairs of the yea r Out o f three part s t aken by fraternity girls. two were gi\'e n to Pi Phi s.

The sixth annua l banquet given I)y the Kan sas City Alumnae club for the active ch a pter s of Kansas and Mi ssou ri was given in Kan sas City at th e Baltimore hotel on November twenty-ninth Th er e was an unu sually large number of girl s fr o m each chapter, and as is aiway s tru e on this occasion , we all had a fine time. This banquet is always held the night before the annual Thank s giving game between Kan sas and Mi ss ouri, and the rivalry between th e tw o s chools is s tro nger at this time than at any other in th e year. The different college yells and songs wer e given by the re spective repre sen tative s with a great deal of s pirit on each side. When the feeling of rivalry was in danger of being carried too far, however, a " Ring C hin g" made u s remember that even th ough we were from rival colleges we were al1 sisters in Pi Beta Phi, and the be s t feeling possible was thu s maintained over it all.

Our 3cti,'e chapte r is to gi ve on December fourteenth a burlesque on " Juliu s Cae sa r" in the form ?f a comic ope ra An admis s ion i s to be charged, and the proceed s are t o g o to help maintain our scholars hip It is a very clever operetta and we want very much to make a success of it.

Kan sas Alpha wi s he s for all Pi Phi s a most happy and prosperous new yea r.

NINA

FELL.

NEBRASKA BETA-UNIVERSITY

OF NEBRASKA (Chartered 1895)

Since ou r la st letter our chapter ha s been a bu sy one. As a fir st duty we initiated our seven pledges into the mysterie s of Pi Phidom. A ft er the ceremony, which was held at the chapter house. we enjoyed a good cookie- s hine which had been spread by ou r alumnae. Late r, a second initiation took place and now we have ano th e r Pi Phi to introduce to our 5is ters , Nell Bratt of North Platt e, Nebra s ka. Our fre shmen show keen tnthusia s m and are ea rne s t workers in the fraternity life as well as in th e university.

With the daily routine of duties and a few informal social functions the weeks were consumed, bringing us to Wedne sday, November fifteenth, when we were favored with a business calt from Florence Porte r son. Unlike most of its kind h owever, it afforded us great pleasure as well as being beneficial. Miss Robinson was with us until Saturday, dur· ing which time s he met ou r girls and vi s it ed our uni\'Crsity.

In university affairs we find ourselves recove ring from the County Fair which is given annually by the Young Woman's Christian Associa·

tion. Most of the fraternitie s take some part in the amusements and !his year we presented a typical German garden. It required a great deal of work but our efforts were compensated by the largest receipts and by general applause.

Our campus gate s were closed for a coup le of days thi s fall ow ing to the death of one of our profe sso r s, Doctor Brace, head of the Physics department.

The foo tball seaso n is again over and we shall greatly miss th e games and with th em the exciteme nt and en thu s iasm which th ey always arouse. The inter-class gam es are being played now, however, and we are anxiously waiting to see whethe r jlmiors o r so phomores will win the cla ss championship.

\V e have been \"ery fortunate thi s year in having a great many of our girls visil u s. Carrie Sl ocu m ha s just left after a week's visit and we now have Gertrude Branch and Bess Heacock with us. Thanksgiving day we had a memorable dinner at the hou se a t which were ou t of to wn guest s, two being alumnae girl s, G ra ce Andrew s and Grace Montgomery

At thi s time Mi ss Atkinson of Illinoi s Zeta made u s a short yi sit which we greatly enjoyed. Vie wi sh we might see more of our s ist ers fr om ot h er chapters.

Though we might say Ollr studi es confront us now after our s h o rt vacation yet they are really seco ndary in importance, since Christmas is only two week s hen ce and th en a real vacation.

Nebraska Beta wishes that all her sis t ers have a very merry Christmas and the happie st of new yea r s.

M . PEARL FITZGERALD

COLORADO ALPHA-USIVERSlTY Of COLORADO

(Chartered J8&t)

Colorado Alpha has accompli s hed many things s ince th e departure of her la st chapter letter , chief and greatest of which is t he initiation of her \ dozen n eop h y t es. Th eir initiation and the banquet following was one of the biggest affairs the .chapter e \'e r undertook. It was held in the beautiful n ew ho me of o ne of th e o lder girl s and covers at the banquet we re laid for sev enty Pi Phis, one of whom was M.iss Florence Robinson T he table was beautiful to look upon and so were the Pi Phis and we wc r e ve ry proud each of each and of ou r twelve, to whom the arrows werc most becoming Allow me to introduce to you Elizabeth Johnston, Fanny Walt emeye r, Kath erine McKen zie, Laura Dyer, E lizabeth Downer, R osina Vaughan, Hallie Chapman, Elsie Sullivan, Katherine Dier, Mary Dutt on, Loui se T ou rt elott e and Louise Sco tt.

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The da y following our initiation we gave a large reception in honor of Mi ss Robinson, to which all the fraternity mcn and women in college w ere invited, but owing to th e fact that t wo hundred men had gone t o r oot at the Nebra ska game, they were little in evidence. That eve ning ""e took 1\-li ss Robinson to the ' VlOman's League dance in the gym, where !he had further chance to mce t th e o th er girls. We most ce rtainly enj oyed l\fis s Robin son's \' isit and hatcd to see her go. 'Ve liked especially wh at she had to say about th e Berkeley and Stanford girls whom s he had ju st vi s ited. ' Ve would seat her in a chair and then group ourselves around and listen with open mouths and eage r ears, and yet we didn't lIear enough and wan t her to comc again.

Ju st at present we are planning for a Christmas tree for th e house. to whi ch a lu mnae and patrones ses are to come. They are cast for the r ole of Santa Claus! Besides the gifts for the house we put foolish little jok es on the t rcc for each active girl and it i s a joyful occas ion. Th at is a br ight pros pect for the future, but with it is a dark one in th e approaching "exams." Groans and lamentations may be heard at the ir mention, although we try to forget them in the mid s t of the Christmas spirit and preparation now rif e.

We send all kinds of m erriest Ch ri stmas greetings and heartiest New Yea r 's wi shes to you all.

LUEl.l.A CORBIN.

COLOR \DO BETA-UNIVERSITY OF DENVER

(Chartered 1885)

Th e glad Ch ri stmas sea so n is here once more, so de s pite mid-year exam inations a feeling of good cheer dominates the chapter.

Although we h a\·c not done much enter t a inin g we feel we are leading th e strenuous life As a re sul t o f this "strenuosity" we introduce a new p ledge, Pauline Huffine

Football in Denver Tl ni\·ersity has been the all-absorbing t opic for the la st tw o months. This yea r we ha\·e an athletic field of our own, so ,",' C feel justified in boasting :J. wee bit. The girl s of the college presented the field with a large "Denver" flag, whi ch was raised at the dedication ceremony amid mu c h cheering.

Our initiation was pre-eminently a reunion, Pi Phis from thr oughout th e state being present. After the ceremony Mrs. I ckis and Ethel Van Cise WCTe ho ste sses at a recepti on given to ou r n ew friends.

We Denver girls ha\·e been bending ou r thoughts to charity this fall, and find we deri\·e as much benefit as we try to gi\·e. Our work li es chiefly

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in giving monthly entertainments at the Orphans' H omes and th e N eig hborhood Hou se. 1t at lea st keeps o ur girl s of talent in practice.

We enjoyed Mis s Robin son's brief stay wi th us very much. Her suggesti ons have been mo st helpful. Vic might t ell o f s itch pro sy things as examinations, but yotl d oub tles s are having a large do se also. so with best wishes for success during that trying tim e and a Merry Christmas to one and all.

CALIFORNIA ALPHA-STANFORD UNIVERSITY

(Chartered 1905)

Since the la st issue of the ARROW , we o f California Alpha have had our initiation, the visit of Mi ss Robinson, and the entertainmen t of the local Pan-Hell enic Association. B; s ides the se pleasure s belonging to th e chapter, our annual foo tball game with Berkeley rtsulted in a 12 5 \ ictory for the cardinal, thu s christening OUT s plendid new athletic field

Our initiation took place on October th e thirt eenth, when ou r five pledge s had the plea s ure of meeting the Pi Phi goat. From aH appearances at the cookie-shine, which followed the ceremony, they enjoyed their en cou nter with the fe sti\'"c bea st. \V e we r e all more than sor ry not to have any of the Berkeley girl s with us all that occasion. Mrs. Fran ces Rand-Smith, California Alpha , M TS. Hermine Gabel , ] owa Gamma , Miss Helen Sutliff, Kan sas Alpha, and Miss Harriette Miles, Kansa3 Alpha, were all at the initiation.

Mi ss Robin son, our vis iting delegate, came to lIS the week after initiation , and although her stay wa s unfortunately very short, th e chapter feels that it is in touch as nevcr before, with the tla/j oM l feature of Pi Phi. Robin son was m o re than good in talking to us at any time about our frat ernity, and wh enever two o r three of the girls had a fr ee half hour, they wou ld at once go to Mi ss Robin son and say, "W'on't you tell us something else about Pi Phi?" On one afternoon we asked a few of our friends among the faculty ladie s and repre sen tative girls from th e other sorority chapter s here to meet Mi ss Robin son. A great deal o f intere sting fraternity conve r sation passed baCK and forth ove r the tea cups, and :Mis s Robin so n's r em..1.Tks on Pan-Hellenic Que stions were especially welcomed in view of the pre sent un sett led conditions here. Mi ss Robinson a l so gave us a more intimate talk at a chapter m ee ting and we hope that she did n o t find the flbaby" chapter la cking in the performance of any of its duties.

On December the fourteenth, the chapte r entertained with a tea in hon o r of the Pan-Hellenic Association. This is in comp li ance with thc

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Association's constitution, which s tat es tha t o n ce a year each chapter s hall entertain the whole Associati on. Th is semes t er K a ppa A lph a Theta, Kappa Kappa Gamma and Pi Beta Phi have all ha d t eas, and next semester Delta Gamma, Gamma Phi Beta and Alpha Phi enterta in We find th ese informal gath er ing s mos t d e lightful, for the y fill a long-felt want, since th e la rge growth of the univ e r si ty, in bring ing the various fraternity girls, and especially th e freshmen, together.

W e a r c h opi ng to hav e 3. spec ia l initiation thi s se me s t er f o r Edith H a le- Hunt er , o ne of th e o rig inal m embe r s, whose graduation in 1904 preve nt ed h er being initi a t ed at th e chapte r 's installation.

U nfo r tuna t ely we Jose thr ee girls at C hr is tmas t ime,-Edna Reeves. who graduates, Eugenia Miller a nd St ella H enk ing Mi ss Miller expects to cont inue h e r study of vocal mu sic, an d some of th e prominent musicians on the coast have predicted a f uture fo r h e r in th e mu si cal wo rld M iss Henking expect s to be at her home in S a n D iego for th e rest of the winter.

Califo rnia Alpha s end s be st wi s h es t o all Pi Phis for a happy and pleasant New Yea r .

LoUISE PEARCl.

Exchanges

Since the last is sue of the ARROW the following exchanges have bee n received and are h er eby acknowledged:

For Jul y-The Anchor<> of Delta Gamma.

For September-The Record of Sigma Alpha Epsilon, the Sigma Chi Quarterly , the Shield o f Theta Delta Chi.

For October-The Phi Chi Quarterly, the Kappa Alpha J ounuU, the Caduceus of Kappa Sigma, th e Delta of Sigma Nu, the Beta Theta Pi, the Delta Upsilon Quarterly, the Key of Kavpa KaVl-'a Galllllla, t1lt:. Scroll uf Phi Ddta Theta.

For November-The Beta Theta Pi, the Alpha Phi Quarterly, the Kappa Alpha Theta, the Phi Gamma Delta, the Crescent of Gamma Phi Beta, the Alpha Xi Delta, the AlIchora of Delta Gamma, the Elellsis of Chi Omt::ga, the Rai1wow of Delta Tau Delta, the Sigma Chi Quarterly.

For December-The Caduceus of Kappa Sigma, the Record of S igma Alpha Epsilon, the Phi Gamma Delta, the Shield of Phi Kappa Psi.

In the July Key request was made for lists o f subjects suitab le for articles in the department known as the Parthenon. This department, like our "Wha t a Fraternity Girl Thinks ," is a so rt of clearing house for fraternity ideas, and below are some of the subjects suggested:

The attitude of the college girl toward poli tic s.

The advantages of an undergraduate course in a small college. My ideal Kappa .

The fraternity as a factor in solving the problems of co-education. The relation between chapter and school regulations. Why the manuscript topics become hackneyed . Does the fraternity cause division among the students?

Th e danger of a sentimenta l attitude toward Kapp a.

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Can a poor girl join a national fraternity?

Relations of alumnae to the general fraternity.

Relations of alumnae to their own chapters.

Reclaiming unenthusiastic alumnae.

Union of college and fraternity spirit.

Right attitude towards n on-f raternity girls.

Fostering of intercou r se between chapters.

Rushing by fraternity m en

Is the influence of th e chapter hou se narrowing?

The hOllse chape ron .

Hou se management.

The fraternity member's college r espon sibi lity

Fraternity-a part o f a la rg e r whole.

Fraternity-an obligat ion.

Fraternity-an oppo rtuni ty fo r what?

"Division of labo r" in fr aterni ty life

The existence of the fraternity justified by its utilit y,

\ Vhat con s titutes true fr aternity loya lty?

P r actical ideals.

Kappa a nd co-e ducation.

In its last fraternity exa min a ti o n Chi Omega ca ll ed fo r an op inion o f mock initiati on s, and the follow in g is taken from a g roup of the answers print ed in th e Elells;s. It sum s u p th e case very well :

"The objections I ha ve t o mock initiations a r e derived from looking at the Question from three s tandpoint s : Fir s t, that o f the chapter girls th emselns; secon d, that of the candidate; and third, that o f the r eal initiation itself. For a crowd of intell igen t, cultured co ll ege wo men to scheme and devise ways and means of making a gir l, whom they have th o ught worthy of their love and h onor, ap pea r in the most emba rrassing positi ons possible, see m s t o me to be a course altoget h er unfi ttin g their dignity and much more unfitting for th ose who pretend t o li ve up to the high ideals o f Chi Omega. The practice, of cou r se, ha s o r igi nated from th e fact that it has been the custom from time immemori al with men's fraternitie s. But I thi nk that higher educa t io n ha s taugh t u s tha t it is not nece ssa ry for woma n to copy a ll the ways o f h e r brothe r , and lose her own fem inine way s in order to be a co ll ege woman; and I think that in copying this custom of the fraternities we do lowe r ou r ow n dignity and standa r ds . In the second place the candida t e r eceives a very wron g imp r ession o f the fraternity and of her future sis ter s. It is claimed by

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some that thi s is 3 very g ood meth o d t o co rr ect little faults in the candidate, but it is much be tt e r to correc t them by lovi ng advice, whi ch i s su rely mo re in keeping with the s pirit o f Chi Omega than wilfully t o terroriu and unst ring the nerves o f th e new sis ter. And, fin a ll y, it see ms to me th at ou r ce remo ny is so so lemn, so beautiful in itself, that it is n othin g sh or t o f crimi n al to mar its beaut y by any mock initiatio n th at unfits the candidate fo r it s full appreciation ."

A n ea rl y memb e r o f the parent chapter o f Delta Gamma gives in th e Aile/lOra a int e res ting account o f its origin and ea rly days, fr om which th e following ex tract is taken:

In th e famou s old state o f Mis s iss ippi, si tuated amo ng its n o rthern hill s , is th e little city of Oxford, th e Athens of th e state . Although the home o f num e r ous sc h ools fo r girl s a nd th e seat of th e s tate univer s ity, it wa s the ha ppy fat e of a qui et selec t sc h ool fo r yo ung women to be the proud mother of Delt::!. Gamma.. This sch oo l was fvum.it:o way back in ante-bell um day s and wa s fi rst known as th e L ouis school. It s pupils were com pose d almo st entir ely o f r es id en t s of the t ow n , fo r th e school building was so s mall it could acco mmodate o nly a fe w pupil s from a d istance . In th e y ea r 1873, whe n it was under the management o f Mrs. Ha ys, Mary Comfo rt , Eva 'W e bb and Anna Boyd came from K osc inko., Mi ss. , to Oxford to atte nd L ou is s ch ool. Th ese young girls co nce ived the idea of for ming a littl e sec r et club, or rath er soc iety as it was then ca ll ed, and o n January 2, 1874, o rga n ized what was known as D elt a Gamma Societ y The letter H was worn as th e badge, w ith the Greek letters d. r. o n th e cro ss piece A ft e r getting into working o rd e r a fe w mem bers were taken in during th a t sess ion. H ow littl e th ese early members d r eamed of th e glo ri o us future of D elta Gamma. F o r sev eral years its growth was s low, but its members we re a l ways composed o f the mo st int el li gent pupils o f th e s ch oo l.

So Pan-Helle ni c regu1ations are comi ng into vogue among the men , if P ro fessor Shepardson's article in the B eta Theta Pi sh o ws which wa y the wind sets. Thus far it is o nly in the small e r coll eges, and yet it i s significant that th e r egulat io ns propo.ed b y the Inte r- Soro rit y Confe re nc e, from which a yea r or tw o ago our bre thren g ot. so much inn ocent amu se ment , th ey now "fi r st endure, then pity, the n em bra ce."

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Another mo s t intere s ting mo,'ement is tli at refl ected in several c hapter lett ers. the attempt, by agreement among fr ate rniti es and somet imes after conference with college au th o rit ies, t o regulate the annual campaign for new members. This is one of the great problems of fraternity life Its pha ses a re many. Note so me comme nt s in the October chapter lette r s. D enver reports "On account of a Pan-Hellenic agreement, we s hall not be able t o 'spike' be for e October I. This agreement giv es u s a b etter opport unity of becoming acquainted with the men th a n in previous years."

Rutgers exp r esses h ea rt y s ympathy wit h a movement t o form a PanH ell e n ic council to adopt rul es and r egu lati o n s r ega rding the rushing and pl edging of fr eshmen. Dickinson r epo rt s action, t ake n a t th e initiative of the college president, affec t ing pledging of me n . Now th ey have decid ed th at no preparatory student shall be pledged, and propose that no new students s hall be pledged until after Thank sgiv ing. By thi s plan th ey h ope to "raise the standard of t he various fraternities by gi v ing t h em ample oppo rt unity t o make wise se lections."

The se illustrations tell of a movement that i s Quite general in the coll ege s t o attack a 'reat evil attendan t upo n fierce fraternity com petiti o n. One often mar vels at the discrimination sh ow n by fr a t e rnit y chapters in th e se lection of n ew members, and yet the majority of college men are agreed as to th e evil ele m en t s of th e rush ing campaign. Th e frat ernities mu st be brave enough and bold enough t o face th e problem and solv e it, and B eta Theta Pi mu st not be a l aggard in th e advance movement.

It a ll depends o n the po int of view. O n ano th er page o f the A RROW wi ll be found a Pi Be ta Ph i opi ni on o f the S tanfo rd co ntra ct which the Kappa A lpha Theta finds so successful. Evidentl y the satis faction is not quite universal, bu t perhaps the strain came at the end of the rushing, always the most critical tim e,

I n view of the many experiments be'jng made in Pan-Hellenic agreem ents, and the difficulty of framing practical ones that accomplish anyth ing, the s uc cess ful working-out of the Stanford cont r act may be of interest. While eve ry P a n -Helleni c Associat io n h as its ow n pr oblem s to f ace, the sources of th e rushing evil are abou t the same at all colleges, and it may help to know how one Pan-Hellenic ha s succe ss fully met several difficu lties. That splen did faith has bee n kept by everyone of the six fraternities is the bes t proof that th e contrac t is practical. While it ha s a week yet to run at thi s wr iting, September 30th, such uni ve r sal sat-

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isfaction has been expressed, and such definite things have been acCX)mplished. it seems evident that the contract will prove in the long run a decided advance.

The following from the Phi Gamma Delta certainly does suggest a real estate advertisement, o r is it a ci rc us poster? We hope it does not imply that the national officers are an exhibition of freaks!

ARE You GOING TO INDIANAPOLIS?

FEBRUARY 2, 1<)06. THE BOARD OF ARCHONS MEETS THAT DAY

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One of the alumnae chapters of Gamma Phi Beta states succinctly some practical rules for th e r elati on of alumnae to active chapters. With the fir;t and third we heartily agree; to the second, our assent must be a good deal qualified.

First: The active chapter s hould be made to feel that it is self-supporting. Its entertainments and expenditures should be strictly within its means and only under extraordinary circum stances should the alumnae be called upon for anything other than dues.

Second: As (ar as possible the active chapter should accept th e recom. mendations of the alumnae in the pledging of new girls.

Third: The alumnae should not be too hasty in judging th e actions of the active chapter or in expecting two much in th e way of correspond. ence an d attention. We should all remember how busy we were when in college.

Two of th e woman's fraternity magazines change editors this fall. The Allchora of Delta Gamma passe. from the hands of Mrs. J. A. R. Pancoast, who for seven years ha s been its capable Aaaow -6

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editor, int o those of Miss Grace Abbott, a n alumna o f the Univer sityof Neb r aska. The Key of Kappa Kappa Gamma will h encefo rth be ed it ed by Mi ss Elizabeth Vo r es of the chapter in Buchtel College. To these novi ce s in the ranks. the edi tor of the ARROW wishes th e best of succ ess and off er s the r ight hand of fellowship.

Th e following woman 's frat e rnity chapt ers have recentl y been establi shed : Chi Omega at the Unive r sity of West Virginia, Delta Delta D elta at Randolph-Macon, and Kappa Alpha Theta (re-established) at T o ronto.

Sigma Chi announces the es t a bli shm ent of a chapter at the Unive ..ity of Arkansas. Fraternities a re agai nst the law at Arkansas, but that see ms to be of no particular importance

Delta Upsilon has recentl y entered th e University of Illinois.

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