The Arrow of Pi Beta Phi - November-1900

of PI BETA PHI

THE ARROW.

Official Publication of the Pi B eta Phi Fraternity.

Edit ed and Publ i.hed by th e l Vi.con8in Alpha Cl,apter, University 0/ l Vi8consin, Madison.

[E n tered at the Ma dison, Wis" postroffice &1 IOCOD d-ciaes matter.]

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TABLE OF CONTENTS.

R ECOMPENSE, A SSO tlAN, • • • TRw: U SE OF THE BLAOK·BALL, Wx GIRLS AND THE OTBER GIRLS, BETA, • O CR EMBLEMS, • WHAT A FRATERNITY GIRL THINKSFRATERNITY R ESERVE , D K AMIC ITI A, • A LUMNAE DXPARTMKNTAN ALUMNA'S D IJTY , A LUlfNAE REUNIONS, PERSONALS, I N MSMORIAMl i'RANCES LI SLE, N I't'n'llt ERICKSON, HELEN GEREN, • EDITO RIALS, • CHAPT ER LETrE RSALPHA PRO\' JNCE, BlITA PROVINCE, GAMMA PHOVINOE, nM'LTA PROVINCE, EX CHANGES, NOTICES,

EDITORIAl- BOARD.

Edito r -in-Chief-FLORENCE PORTER RoBINSON, 228 Langdon Street, Madison , Wis.

Bu siness Managor-GF.RTRUDE CLARK SOBER (Mrs H. A. Sober), 4.15 N orth H enry Street, Madison, Wis.

D.KOCIU.'I' PRINTrNO co., .. .un8QJIf, wu.

GRAND COUNCIL

PRBBIDENT-Elis6 Bradford, 1522 P . St., Washington, D. C.

V ICB-PXESIDE..'(T - Elizabeth Gamble, 702 N. Ave , West Alleg beny, Pa.

SE CRETARY - Mary Bartol, Rockford College, Rock fo rd, Ill.

TRE ASURER- Id a Greely Smith, 1145 Louisiana St., Lawrence, Kas.

ARROW EDITOR- Florence Porter Robinson, 2"28 La ngdon St. , Madison, Wis.

HISTORIAN

cSU8A.l'f W LEWIS, 5605 Madison Ave , Chicago, Ill.

Blumn re Bssocl atlon

COUNCIL.

PRESIDENT-Fanny K. Read, Richland, Mich.

Leila Lane Smith,96 Spangler Ave., Cleveland, O.

SECRETARY- Anna S. Hazelton, 1215-9th St., N. W., Washington, D. C.

TRltASURBR - IVA A. WELSH, 406 N. H en ry St., Madison, Wis.

MARSBAL - Mrs. Kate King Bostwi ck, Chardon, Ohio

CIRCLE SECRETt'lR IES.

FOUNDERS-Edna H. Ricbards, Salem, O.

ALPHA CIRCLE - (New York and New England) Lillian J. McDowell, 116 W.13th St., New York City.

BIn'A CJRCLE- (Pennsylvania, New Jersey, D elaware) M. Eloise Schuyler, Box 249, Lansd owne , Pa.

GA1Ur4A CIR CLE - (District of Columbia, Maryland, and the Southeast) Blanche Reisinger, 235 E Lafayette Ave., Baltimo re, Md.

DELTA CIRCLE- (Ohio) Ruth U. Housman, 119 South St., Painesville, Ohio.

EpSILON CIRCLE -(Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota) Bertha Myers, North Adams, Mich .

.zETA CIRCLE-{Indiana).

ETA CIRCLE - (Chicago) Miriam Prindle, 1622 Wosl ey Ave., Evanston, Ill.

THETA CIRCLE - (Illinois ) Lora A. Townsend. 844 N. Academy St , Galesburg, 111.

IOTA C IRCLE-(Iowa, Missout: and Louisiana) Mrs. May Copeland Rey_ nolds, 1225 E. 8th St., Kansas City, Mo

KAPPA CIRCLE - (Oklahoma, Kansus, Nebraska) Maud Miller, St. Joseph, Missouri.

LAMBDA CIRCLB-(Rocky Mountain States and Pacific Coast).

CORRESPONDING SECRETARIES.

ALPHA PROVINCE

PRESIDErrr-Frnn C6s Darlington, Gl e n Mills, Pa.

V XRKONT ALPHA - Middlebury College, Maude W. Smith, M iddlebur y. Vermont.

V ERMONT B ETA - Univ ersity of Vermont, Grace Goodhue, 312 'Maple St., Burlin gton, Vt.

C OLUMBIA ALPHA - Columbian Unive r sity, Florence Frisby , 1607 31st St., \ Vas hin gtou, D. C.

PltNN 8YLVAN I A ALPHA - Swarthmore College, Mabel Latimer, Swarthmore, Penn sy lvania.

PENNSYL VANIA BETA -B u ckn e ll University, L mra All e n, Lewisburg, Pa.

OUIO ALPHA - Ohio Uni versity, Minnie Brown Athens, Ohio.

OHIO BETA - Ohio State University, Aliena J.fitzeoberg, 93 King St., Columbus, Ohio .

NEW YORK ALPHA -Sy ra cuse Unive rs ity , Edna Maybee, S. Salina St. and Hall Ave., Syracuse, N Y.

MA88ACHV8ETT8ALPHA-Boston Univorsity , Eleano r Gocx1, 12 S ome rset St., B oston, Mass.

MARYLAND ALPHA - W omn n's College of Baltim o r e , Kathleen Mallory, Th e Woman 's C o ll ege , Baltim o r e, Md. U ETA PROYINCE.

PR ESIDENT-Ethel Currye r . 1320 C ollege Ave ., I ndianapolis. Ind.

ILLI NOIS BETA-Lombard University, Lillian Harris, Galesb urg, I ll.

ILLINOI S DELTA-Knox College, Ali ce Candee Gale, Galesburg. Illinois.

ILLlNOIS EPSILON-No rthw este rn Unive r s ity, May L Doland, 852 Touhy Ave. , Rogers Park, Chicago

ILL1N OIS ZETA - University of I ll i no is , Minnie C. Bridgeman, 404 Johns St., Champaign, Illino is.

INDIANA ALPHA-Franklin College, Ali ce Van Nuys, Franklin, Ind.

I NDU.NA BKTA - Univ ers ity o f I ndiana , Anna G. Cravens, 502 E . Third St., Bloomin gton , Ind.

II{DIANA GAMMA- University o f Indianapoli s, Eth e l B. Roberts.

MICHiGAN ALPHA - Hillsdale College , Mary A . W e lls, Hillsdal e, Mi c h .

M ICHI GA N BKTA-University o f Michigan, Dorothy Sass, 406 Packard St., Ann Arbor, Mich.

QillU 1Uil PROVINCE

PREBIDENT - Olivia Ambler, M ount P leasan t, I ow a

I OWA ALPHA - I owa W es leyan University, Lottie E. Burn o p, Hersbey Hall, Mt. Pleasant,la.

IOWA BETA - Simp son College, Marian Cooke, Indianola, Ia

I OWA Z ETA - I o wa State University.

WISCON SIN ALPHA - University of W isconsin , Vir g inia Hayn e r , State St., Madison , Wis.

MI BSOVRI ALPHA - University of Missouri, Gertrud e Bayliss, 1316 Bass Ave" Columbus, Mo.

DELTA P I OH .NCE.

PRESIDENT - Martha N. Kimball, Leadville. Col.

Lotl'ISIANA ALPHA - Tula ne University, Pauline Cu rran , 1432 Eighth St. New Orl eans. La .

KANSAS A LPHA - Kan sas University, Eleanor T'Miller, 1235 T e nnessee St., Lawren ce, Kan sas

NEBRASKA BlrrA - University of Nebraska, Grace Andrews, 1636 F. St., Lin col n , Neb

COLORADO ALPHA - University o f Colorado, Maud e L. Knapp, 1333 Pine St., B ou lder, Colorado.

CoLORADO BETA - D enver University, Mar y Traylo r , 653 South Grant Ave., Denv e r. Col.

CA LI1l'ORl'f iA BETA - Univ e rsity o f California, Claire M Haas, College Ave . and Sylvan Way, B e rk e ley, California.

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VOL. XVII.

NOVEMBER,1 900.

RECOMPENSE.

Oft-t im es at eventid e I s i t

And muse u pan th e day ago ne _

Its burd en s so r e and f ell

Ha,- e cast th eir bal eful s pell,

Low o'er my hea d dark shadows flit

My hea r t' s , Ii seonso late and l one_

Th e e ve ning w i nd s ig hs i ts comp laint,

Th e sra 's lament, subdu ed and sof t ,

R e pli es to my sa d hea rt

S elf-ex il ed and apart,

A. s mountain s sta nd i n cold co n st ra in t

And lif t t he ir icy pea ks a l oft_

Wh y is i t thus that hearts mu st mourn 1

WIly is i t t hu s th at th ey l ament 1

For earth is bright and fair

And d ec ked with bea u ty rar e,

\V hy is it thus that oft f orl om

\ Ve e'en disdain the good that's lent 1

And why? th e s pi "i t cr aves f or more

Than ea rthl y joy s, tho' l' eal they be

I t is a s har ps that s tand

:Mute till a ma ste r hand

Wak es t ones with skilful tO ll ch, t hat soa r

And blend in echo i ng harmony ,

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But answer now! 'Vhat master hand Shall loose the soul's deep melody!

None, none alas I While here

Bound in by earth's close sp here, Each soul alone, apart, must stand: Its music find no li berty.

Tho' knowledge, power (ambit ion's pr i de)

Honor and beauty, these he g iven: Tho' life be l ong and deep

We here alone must weep; Sweet sympathy mllst be denied Else eart h for u s were too like heaven.

Yet 'twill suffice

If when night lengthens, long the skiesJ launch my boat out toward that shore Wh ere golden li ghts arise, where more And more thei r rad iance beckons me, If as I draw me near, I see One face sm il e sweet, one voice I hear Breathe l ow, "O h friend, I wa i t thee, dear," And if, han d clasped in hand, and h ea rt

T o heart, love bound, we turn apart At dawn of never·ending day

To roam by eve r brightening way

The fair glad fields of Paradi se Yes, 'twill suffice.

-Nettie M Erickson, I owa Beta.

ASSOUAN.

mARCH, 1900, found our small party of fourteen, who had heen traveling through the Orient for several months, at length in Egypt. After spending some time in Cairo, Lmwr, and several small er but more interesting places, in the latter part of the month we arrived at the little village of Assonan in Upper Egypt. It is situated one hundred and ten miles south of Luxor, near tbe northern boundary line of Nubia, and at one of the widest parts of the Kile river.

Th ough only a sma ll place, contain ing about four thousand inhabitants, it i s interesting because of its importance in the pa st and the ruins of this past civilization which r ema in today in the neighborhood . Formc,.]y Syene stood there, ancient Syene, which in the days of Egypt's glory and power was one of its most important towns. Occupying a position between Nubia and Egypt, it was the center of trade between the countries further south in Africa and the large towns in the north. Its importan ce commercially was great, also, because of the large quarries situated n ear the city fr om which was obtained a great de al of the building material for the massive temples of the Egyptians. We know of its political importance from the fact that a powerf ul dynasty of kings, the fifth, was drawn from the i slan d of Elaphantine, lying opposite the city on the wide expanse of the Nile And a few miles from Syene, near the first cataract of the ri" er, was anoth er island, Philae, covered with temples erected to the god Os iri s, and the most sacred spot in all Egypt.

At the present time, of all the glory and greatness of the past, only the ruins r ema in. Assou an is a small place consisting of mud huts, the homes of the natives, scattere d irregularly over the sandy plain But the increasing inter est in the di scove ries made by excavators, added to the invigorating climate in the winter months, ha s drawn to this spot in the last few years thousands of travelers. Several large hotel s hav e been built besides

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numerous small bazaars and shops, which offer for sale such articles as swords, kniv es, shields made of crocodile skin, rhinoceros whips, bead ornaments, Abyssinian war instruments and Sudanese embroidery.

We arriv ed in this little village one evening after a long and sandy rid e from Luxor. The night was dark, and as we descended from th e cars we were immediately surrounded by' a crowd of shadowy forms and greeted with crys of, "He re, lady, take this donk ey, Dew ey' s a good donkey," "Hobson's all righ t," or "Here's Mr. New York. Ride Mr. New York." We reco gnized at once our old fri e nd s, the donkey boys, and decided to tru st ourselves to th em s in ce w e we re informe d th e re were no carriages in the place . How the boys knew we we r e Americans, I do not know, but we had l ea rn ed before of their custom of changing th eir donk eys ' nam es to suit the nationality of their rider. At fir s t we were greatl y amu se d by it and wondered what they called them when othcrs than Americans rode them_ Finall y, a membe r of our party asked one of th e boys what the donk eys' Engli s h nam es werc, and without a mom ent's h es itation h e an s wer ed , "vVh i sk ey and Soda, My Lady." Truly the E gyptian d onkey boy i s second to none but the Iri sh lad in his qui ckness and r eadin ess of speech. 'Ve had b ecom e good fri ends wi t h him long before thi s and so safel y tru ste d our selv es to his gnidan ce in thi s str ange and lo n ely place, aud within a quarter of an h our were comfortably l od ged in a large, pl ea sa nt hotel on th e bank of th e ri ve r.

S everal inter es ting days we spen t th er e. E,er y morning we started out on our donk eys to sec so m e object of inter es t before th e heat of noon-d ay cam e upon u s. We mu st ha..-e pr ese nted a stran ge sig ht a s w e wound Oll l' w ay across th e san d s of the desert, each o ne wearing a wide st ra w hat with streamers h anging fr om the b ack to protect our neck s from the s un , and carryi ng white parasols and fl y sw itc h er s. Our d onkey boys would gat h er in groups behind u s, and every li t tl e while agreed amon g themselves to f orce our donkeys into a ra ce . Some of tbe party would be fri g hten ed, and c all to the ir boys for help,

THE ARROW. 5 and others greatly enjoyed the fun. The hoys would pay no attention to us until they had enough of the joke and then they would run ahead and stop the donk eys When one stopped , all stopped; they, like the hoys, seemed to enjoy being in c rowds

One mo rning we started ea rly t o visit the qnarri es . In ancient days the peculiar marbl e kn ow n as sye nite, which was used extensively in the t e mple buildings, was gotten from here, and also the granite, out of which statues, obelisks, and monuments we re erected. At a littl e di sta nce, the quarries appear only as rough mounds of s and scatte r ed over with irr egula r formations of s tone and rock. On coming closer, we could distinguish depr essions where excavators had been at work, and here and there an inunen se p iece of st one lying half buried by the shifting sand. In some places, pieces of marble have been found partly covered with in sc riptions and grooves just as they were left by the Egypt i ans cent uri es ago. We ca me upon one solid block from se " enty t? a hundred f eet long and ten feet wide which had evidently been intend ed for an obe li sk. It lay there, nn unfini shed monum e nt, and one might eas il y imagine that only yesterday the wo rkm e n had bee n interrupted in thei r work and would certainly soon r et urn to finish it. And there th ese monuments have l ain, thousands of years buried beneath the sand, preserving the work of peoples long since dead and buried. H ow th ese gigantic pieres were ca rri ed hundreds of miles to help in th e construction of tom pIes at Luxor and Memphis, is a wonder to the engineers of the prese nt day . There is no evidence of any m ac hinery being used and everyth in g points to the concl usi on that it must ha"e been done by hand lahor. And, when we consider thnt num e ro us templ es were built within a sho rt period of time, and during the same time, wars were waged and large numbers of men were requir ed for carrying on the trad e and comme r ce of a pro sperous nat i on, th e mystery deepens. But s uch wa s the fact, and there in the quarri es today li es the unfini sh ed obelisk to tcs tify to the gigantic und ertakings ·of ancient Egypt.

From the quarries we r ode a s hort distance ar o und the village

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to an encamp m ent of wandering Bedouins . These p eople, h alf w ild tribes of a mi xed race, l ive in tents and move from place to pl ace in th e dese rts. Immediately ou ts id e Assouan was a large encampment of them and eve ry day \\'e saw a numher of gi rl s from t he cam p h aunt ing tbe r esorts of to uri sts in town a nd selling l ong st ri ngs of dHfe r ent colored shells r esembling beads . The boys and gi rls both wea r t he ir h ail' in b ushy tufts 011 the crown or plaited in innum erab le braids wi th a narrow edge shaven close to the h ead, and, s in ce the dress of both co ns ists on l y of a few rags thrown across thei r should er s, i t sometimes i s a difficult matter to distingui s h b etween th em . O n th i s occasion we were fortun ate e nou gh to w i tness a strange dance parti cipate d in by th e boys Th ey carried club s and rud e shield s, ane! the dance cons i ste d mainly of wile! jumps in the ni r acco mpani ed by st range ye ll s and cr ies . The women gathered around u s, ca rr y i ng the ir babies 011 t heir backs o r sh onl ders and begg ing u s f or ba cksh ees h. The children' s eyes were cove red w it b fli es and th e ir wh ol e appea ran ce was so mi serabl e an d wretch ed that w e wer e glad to return to the hotel soo r.. after th e compl et ion of the dance. W e s pent t he r em aind er of t he da y within doors as the h ea t outsid e had hecome in tense , the season he in g far advanced.

Another day we d ecid ed to spend at Philae and th e Firs t Cataract of the N il e which are only a few mil es from ABsonan . Abov e th e First C at a ra ct the riv er broad en s out in to a bea utiful green lake in the midst of which li es t h e Im'el y i sland of Philae. S om e one ha s spoken of it as "th e most un ea rthl y, wild, strange, and l m'c ly s pot he ever heheld ," and nfr . Curzon says the onl y spot in Egypt to which the ep ith et bea u t iful ca n be correctly appli ed i s t he i sl and of Phil ae. I hav e seen othe r heaut iful p l aces in E gy pt bu t n one as lovely as this. On eith er bank of th e ri ve r the bl ack and r ed rocks ri se perpendi cularly fr om the water's edge and are sc a tte r ed in wild confus ion over th e shore, some piled up in ma sses so irregula rl y that it see ms as if the whole pile mi g h t topp l e over, and ma n y so st r ange l y forme d that it would r eq uir e on l y a few tou ches h ere and t h e r e to conve rt th em into g igant ic statues of some old gods or kin gs . In hetween

THE ARROW. 7 these masses of dark rocks li es the ri,er, calm and serene, and bearing on its bosom this little isle, so little and yet so full of in· terest and solemn memori es that one is almost awed hy the sight. Philae, in ancient tim es, was a sac red spot, of all holy plac es the m ost holy, for he re la y the great god, O s iri s, the one god of the Egyptians who took preced en ce of all the res t. Philae was consecrated to three deities, Osiris, I sis, his wife and sister, and their offspring, florus. In such reverence was th e place h cld in the purest da ys of th e ir r eligion that no one Wa S allowed to come there except the priests tem})]es were erected, and though now they are in ruins, are grand in the ir decay. To reach Philae from Assouan we went a few miles on the train and then, taking a large Nile boat, were rowed across to the i slan d. Drawing our boat up to shore, we climbed the hills to view the ma ss ive walls, pillars, pylons, halls and st.atues, once part of these old temple s. W e roamed through the innumerable chambers and pa ss ageways and tried to di scover some sign or cartouch on t h e wall which we could recognize as belonging to some familiar king. Some of the walls were still highly color ed in shades of red, blue and yellow and the hierogl yphics were plain and deep cut. S eve ral of us climbed to the top of one of the pylons and viewed the mass from above. W e took in the whole at one glance, the long avenne of lin ed with statues, the pylon s and large courts leadin{l 0 smaller chambe r s and finally the smallest r oom of al1, the inner sanctuary. Some of us g rop ed our way down a narrow, dark sta irway to see an old Nilometer, the device which i s employed in Egypt to meaSUl'e the ri se of the river While there, we saw coming towards u s something which resembled a crocodile and we began to wonder if we had been misled in believing there were none of that species ex i sting there at present But, on coming closer, we discovered it was only a little naked black Nubian boy, swimm ing on a log . We were n ot disappointed, however, and snapped his picture without begrndging tbe few p enn ies he demanded as backsheesh. Wh en we were tired out, we all gathered together in one t emple, popularly called

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Pharaoh's B ed, and there ate the lunch which had been prepared for us by our guide, Cuckoo.

Later we started for th e First Cata ract in one of the large Nile boats. It i s a fcw miles below Philae an d the entire distance between is filled up with pil es of this same black r ock and red granite. Thc Cataract is on ly a rapid s caused by the compress ion of the waters into a narrow st rcanl between large rock pil es . After sa iling s lowl y a few miles down the riv e r, we drew our boat up to the shore, aligbted and walked ful1y three quart e r s of a mil e in the broiling s un before we r eacbed the Cataract. Sudd e nly a number of s hiny, bla ck Nubians appeared before us, alm ost naked, and bargained with us for a few pennies as recompense for shoot in g the rapids_ It was exciting to see them lllun ge in the whirling waters, to be borne sw iftl y along in the mad torrcnt, their heads bobbing lIjl, first h c re, then there, until finally callie out safel y, and ran back, demanding t h e ir ba cksheesh as wel1 as compliments on t he way they had accompli shed the feat. We did not r emain l ong, for the heat was intense, and ref resh ing ou rse lv es with a few drops of water carried along by onr guide, we bnrri ed ba ck to the boat and were glad to sta rt on our homeward journey. U et llrning was morc diffic ult than coming for the enrrent was against 11 5 and it was int er est ing to see tbe way the boatmen managed the boat in the dange rous places. Several of them got out of the boat, ahuost st rip ped themselves, then taking hold of one end of a l ong rope, 1'an along the rocks, jumping from one to another, thus helping the oarsmen remaining in the boat. Wh en an unu sually hard pull was required, it wns a fine s ight to see them. They all bent over their oars at once and, s in g in g a monotonous chant, "A llah akbar, ma,hallah" (God is great. i\ray he keep evil from us), they pulled together over the dangerous place. Some were brown Egyptian s, Illany N ubians with sh iny, black sk in s and rings in their ears, but all wer e i\Iohammedans, and in a place of danger called on the same God to help them. Greatly r este d by our ride buck we finally arrived at a sma ll placc opposite Philo e where we took the train back to Assouan.

One other inte res ting experience that we had during our stay wa s when we took a boat ride a r ound the island of E l ap h antine . of the island is ve r y d esolate and d ese rted looking - only a few palm tr ees clu ste red bere and tb ere, and along tbe water's ed ge se,eral so litary shadoufs, th e arrangement by which wate r i s dro\\'u up from th e river for irrigat ion . On e i ther shore ar c dark, gloomy rocks pil ed h igh one upon tbe other and of the sa me st ran ge form s ns n ca r the isl and of Philn e. On onc s ide are th e re nu lins of OTt an c ient COll YCnt; tha t and a f ew ruins on Elaphantinc ar e the only s igns o f th e past hi sto ry . The lon eli· n ess and we irdn ess of the scene wa s inten s i fied by the quee r singing and dance of ou r boatmen. One held an old e arthen jar, covered with goatskin, as a so rt of mu s ica l in st rument, fl'OlTI which he dr e\\' f o r t h qnee r st rain s by clappin g hi s hand s on it whi le the ot hers ke pt t i me wi th a mono tono us chant, which se ldom , ·ari ed And C uckoo , onr dark, fine looki ng g uide, wbo had been ma rri ed but a sho rt time before an d wns e ve n then wenring hi s l ong, white weddillg garments and white turban, in oue end of the boat, g i"in g us n true Egyptian contortioni st dan ce as 'we movf'd alon g . It wa s one of th e characteri;::tic expe ri e nces of Xile voyagers at t he present time and 110 l ess inte r est i ng than vi ewing the ol d t emple s tbem sel ves . For after a ll , if th e stud." of these anc ient ruins, which continually r emind one of a dead world, were not \'3ricd occasiona lly by the fun of the present inhabit a nt s, our trav el s in Egypt might us with the g loomy and dep ress in g f eel ing we ofte n e xpeJ'i e nce fr om vi s itiJlg old tombs and g rave- y ard s .

Tb e next day we l eft Asso uan with mingled feelings of r egre t and pl eas llre; of regret bcemse of the treasures l eft unex. plored, and of pleas ure because the heat was becoming too i nt ense for nor t he rners lik e ourselv es . But it wa s with a hope tbat at so me futur e day w e mi g ht return to renew o ur acq u a intance with it s in terest in g t e mpl es and r1lin s as weH as boatmen and <loukey boys and pe rhaps j ourne y even f a rth er so uth into Airica.

-Mari etta R. Bu sey, Il lin o is Zeta . ,

THE USE OF THE BLACK-BALL.

WHENmen are called to position s of trust and responsibility, when they are made rul er s in civil society with authority and power, we cxpect thcm to lay aside perso nal pr ejudi ces and to conduct themselves in their high offices un selfis hly and for the puhl ic good . Powe r and r espo n s ibility in th e hands of even the rash and thoughtless, hav e a tendency to sober them and to make them act f or the good of those whom they r epr esent or govern.

Members of Greek L ette r societies as a rul e have a constitutional right to cast the bistoric black-hall, and t hus exclude from the chapter whom they will But it i s to be obse r ved that in exercising thi s privilege they empl oy the power of an absolute monarch. Each member of the chapter i s omnipo te nt in determining th e fate of a nomin ee for m em bership. As concerns this one thing eac h ,' ote r i s as absolutely ma ste r of the r es ult as is the cza r of all the R.u ss ia s in anything pertaining to hi s r ealm. Moreo ver, this privilege of casting the black-ball is one that has to do wi t h the very life of the chapter, no greater qu esti on can come befo re it than the one, - "who shall constitute its member ship I" The fat e of the chapter i s wrapped up in this privil ege of casting a black-ball.

In view of all this l e t us ask, how comes it that the fraternity ha s clothed each member with such unlimited auth ority and power 1 The whole attitude i s ce r tainly un-Ame rican; for instead of the majority ruling, in this case the minority not onl y can hold its own again st the majority, but a s in gle member can .bsolutely def eat th e will of the whole chapter, and can do this en the most vital ques tion that ca n come before it.

I take it that th e fraternity has placed t his powe r of the black-bail in the hands of each member not that she may use it against a nominee for whom she holds some p ersonal dislike without just ca use, or cherishes so me f eeling of jealonsy because of her own apparent inferiority, - that indee d would be sui-

c idal, a black-ball cast fr om such feelings strikes against the life of the chapter. Rather I take it that this absolute rul ership is given to each member that she may feel and know h e r strcngth as a controlling factor in the chapter, and thus come to realize throu gh this ,"cry authority and re sponsibility that s he may deal with n om in ees without fear 0 1' favor; bnt o n h er honor she must d ea l with them, without ovcrmastering prejndice, dislike or j ea lou sy. Like any other que en she mu st lay a s ide pcrsonal f eel ing and piqu e ond rule from unsclfi sh motives, purely for the good of thc society alone. She must mca s ure the nominec for membership by the scale of in tr in s ic worth The questiou before her should be,-would the cand id ate be an acquisition as well as au add iti on, would th e chaptc r be bette r off with h er or without hel' 1

These are the main question s, and no member is ju stified in casting a ballot determined by less important ones. It seems to me tha t the individual who makes u sc of the privil ege of black-balliug places herself in a position essentially different from that occupied by all the rest of the chapte r who oppose h e r. The lat ter cast their votes according to the American dictum that "the majority ought to rul c," but the f ormer, by her opposing vote, singl e- hand ed, overr id es the principle. I s she not then in duty bound to hav e and to give just and sufficient r easODS for her demand that the whole chapter bend to h er impe rial wi sh 1

Th e rule of the black-ball i s an old one; and if experience has taught u s, as i t probably ha s, tbat on the whole it is the best rule we may devise for its purpose, theu it certa inly follows that, in the long run, the members of fraternities have u sed their royal privilege thoughtfully, carefully and loyall y . But I have been told of chapters where th e abuse of the black-ball eventually demoraliz ed the membership comp letely, and I think that it is within the experience of m ost of u s that harm and trouble foll ow close npon the advent of a black-ball selfishly cast .

We all know that it i s DOt the m ember who has been the most efficient in de"eloping h er chapter, and in binding together its integ ral merits with the frat erna l chords of love and fellowship, 1

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who has mo s t frequent recou r se to the bl ack·ball. But r at h er it is tbe bellige r ent who ma sks h er prejudices and jea l ousies, h er sel fish l ittleness when ,"oting against a tru e and promising gi rl by saying that s he "co uld not consc ient i ously vote for he r. " Let no one d ece ive he r se lf hy hiding beh i nd such a s ubte r fuge. He r mate s see through the thinnes, of her r efuge and unde r stand t he ho ll owness of her pretense. The loyal and true member, wh en the r eal occasion for casting a black·ball occurs , comes f o r wa r d honorably, and in open and unm istakable terms, makes k-nown to h e r f ellow members ju st why s he belie'·es he r self justified i n setting aside the lInanimous judgment of the chapter by he r · singl e vote.

-:Ma r y Ba r to l.

WE GIRLS AND THE OTHER GIRLS.

oWAD some power the giftie g ie us , To sec ourseh"cs as ith e rs see li S, It wad frae many a blunder frae u s, And foo l is h notion."

While all of us will indignantl y defend from criticism that most eher is hcd factor of ou r college life, the frate rnity, even the most loyal Greek is compelled to ad."nowledge the justice of the assertion, that i n the fraternity as elsewhere, theory and practice are not always boon companions . Still we in ist that many of the evil so often decried s ho uld be attributed not to the frater· nity system, nor to any particular national fraternity, but to im · perfect chapte r admil ..istratioll and indi v idual carelessness and i ndi fferencc.

On no occasions arc true womanly culture of t.he i ndividual and id ea l ehapter·tone mor e ev id en t than in in te rcours e with non frat e rni ty girls . I t is difficult to impress non·fraternity sympathizers with the real natur e of r equ ir ements for admissio n to a fraternity To some, non·membership in a fraternity is a stigma which no amount of exp lanation can re move. Now, the f raternity girl i s not n ecessa ril y bright er, better or more agree-

able than he r less fortunate college mates, but her qualifications have appealed more favorably to the little band of girls who compose the chapter. To confess the truth, some of the strongest, noblest and most scholarly characters are without the pal e of fraternity approbation, possibly because in their first weeks in collcgp they did not make a pyrotechnical display of their qualifications and recomm endat ions, or perhaps because they did not possess that vcneer of good manners known to polite society as "po li s h."

W e all agree that fraternity life i s a great educator, but to h ow many of us ha s it occlII' red tbat non-fraternity life Illay be even a more beneficial, if not so pleasant, teacher of t he qualities beautiful. It tak es a great amount of cou ra ge to face for four l ong years tbe s nub s and cuts of fl'aternity gir l s, to be slighted and ignored while l ess capable but more self-assert in g fraternity members occ up y the positions and boast the honors which are not th ei r;."by right of capabilit.". How can a gir l refrain from being di sgusted, when m'cl'Y year she beho lds the ra ther amusing spectaclo of dignified, superio r representati,res of g reat national fra .. t erni t ies, wbo ha" e disdained to descend from their classic pedestals to g r eet the 1'001' o,-erlooked "barb," literall y pu shing one anoth e r about in a wild sC l'nmbl e to snatch frolll their rival s some littl e untried, undi scipl i neu, rath er conceited fr es hman, who hR s yet to l earn that after she has been initiated she will be only one of the many desirables who ha,-e gone befo r e 1 I s it any wond er that bitterness toward fraternities in gene ral i s engen· d e r ed in the hea r t of m any a "barb" by the deprivations and handi caps which are hers through the thou g htl ess ness and selfi shne ss of o\'crzealous - mayhap h yperc riti ca l fmtel'llity girls

In the small er unh-ersities coll ege sp irit i s almost l ost s ight of in the preponderance of fraternity politics which, thanks to the fraternity man and his ally, the fraternity woman, pervades coll ege life in all its pbases

W e sh ould r emember that unlike yo u and me, the non-frate rnity girl cannot choose h e r friends freely; if those sbe admires ar e Greeks, s he da!' es not intrud e her fri ends hip upon tb e m, lest sbe be accused of ru sh in g. On the other hand, if she is too r cARROW t .

served, she i s a "bitter opponent" of fra te rnities; again she hesi tates to acce pt the attention of fraternity girls as smacking of patronage.

The frat e rnity girl- evidently unmindful that her own faults, ceasing to be noti ceable to herself, are id entifi ed with her frate rnity-seems to consider it her special privilege to criticise unsparingly th e appearance and behavi or of th e " barb." Have you eve r t honght that poss ibly the "ba rb" i s qu est ioning yon r condn ct, in s urprise that such imperf ection sho uld exist in a fraternity? And which coll ege with the more evenlyround e d character-the "frat" or the ''barb'' 1 "Per angusta ad augu sta," p erhaps after all it i s the "ba rb," who having no fraternity upon which to l ea n, l ea rns the lessons of independence, self·control and ahility to rise above p etty st rif es and j ealou s ies .

Those of u s who were so fortnna te as to be pledged immedia te l y upon our entrance to college cannot realize the doubts, anxi et i es and s hattered hopes of the non-fratern i ty girl; but if you can , put yonrself in her place. Be thoughtful of the ''b arb,'' but spare h er yo ur patronage, s he n e ither needs nor des ires it. That she does need and desire your hone st apprec iation of the gifts that are hers, yo ur r es pectfnl, sympath etic friendship, can be jud ged from a message sent from a graduate abroad, a girl who has bnilt her hopes on someth in g higher than ''barb'' jealousies, - "G i ve my love to th e Pi Phi s, for they did much to make happier th e college life of one 'barb.' "

-M. C. T. , Colorado Beta.

CALIFORNIA BETA- UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA.

JlUGUST twenty-seventh, 1900, will always have a prominent pla ce in the annals of California Beta of Pi Beta Phi, for on that day was held the initia t ion f o r its charter members.

To Mi ss :\Iashek of Wisconsin Alpha is due chief credit for thi s chapter because through h er friendship for one of the charter members or igin ated the id ea of applying for a charte r of Pi Beta Phi. :Formal application was made late in the sp ring, only' a short time before commencemcnt of the University of Calif orn ia.

Much of the planning for the poss ible chapter had therefo re to be done by correspondence during the vacation months. In a way, thi s was trying, because the girls were scattered, but on the whole it proved an ad,-antagc in that none of their fellow collegians suspected the plan s that were be ing made. At times th ese would-be Pi Phis were much disheartened but in sp i te of occas ional blues th ey went house-hunting f or a chapter hou se and gathered together nearly all of their h ou se furnishings .

Jul y came without bringing them a final an swe r. College was to open on tbe s ixteenth of August. The time was sbort, but th e r e was the greater joy when a telegram came say in g that pre parations for initiation were being made.

The l ease was made out for a quaint littl e wbite house on the corner of Co ll ege Avenue and Sylvan Wa y , Berkeley, which soon became a h ome to the girls and Mrs. Branelet, their chaperon . It h oused al so the incomparable Chi n - a celestial with a large smile and small attainments, - whose dnties were purely hou sehold, but whom we must not ign ore completely. Mter two days a very artistic Pi Beta Phi s ign was nailed over the front door, and the girls felt they were r ea lly in a chapter hou se Within the next two weeks two freshmen were pledged, and helped receive at a r ecept ion given by the chapter to the other fraternity chapters, and college and p erso nal friends. Before another week had pa sse d the pledges were initiated, and California Beta had an active membership of eleven.

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Berkeley is fortunate ly located as regards visitors Eve r y one going to California must see San Francisco, and all college people going to San Franc isco will go across the bay to Berkeley, and every frate rnity perso n will surely vi s it tb e local chapter there C alifornia Beta ha s alr ea dy m et repr ese ntativ es of five Pi B eta Phi chapters. :Mi ss of Wi sco ns in Alpha, Mi ss Ziem e r of Colorado Alpba, :Mi ss Woodburn of Oalifornia Alpha, Mrs. Van Kirk of Indiana Gamma and :Mi ss Smitb of Kan s as Alpha. Th e r e is always a co rdi al we lco me to a weare r of the arrow who und e r the s ig n of Pi Heta I)hi in to the quaint white hou se on the corn e r of Co ll ege A'I"enue and Sylvan Way.

-Olaire M. Haas .

OUR EMBLEMS.

Th e re ca me to me in the evening glow All r obed in wine and blu e, With a f ace so sweet nnd a voice so low, A goddess dear and true.

Lov e's own carnations she wore on he r br east, And a j ewel gleamed in h e r hair; In h er st rong wbite hand wa s so ftl y pr essed A quive r with arrows fair.

An arrow I to ok from h er willing hand ; Th e flower s I k isse d as she pa ssed, Th e wine and the blne were the doubl e band That bound m e and held me fa s t.

F or I how that the colors ha ve pledged me to truth, That the arrow points e'·e r abo'·e; That the fl owe r s whisper the hopes of our youth; And the goddess, - her nam e i s l ove -Alice Candee Gal e, Illinoi s D elta.

Th ere i s a homely maxim which forbids u s to allow certain th i ngs to "get outside the fam i ly ." Hom ely phra ses usna ll y Fr.ternlt y contain mu ch truth, so let this oue be the text of Rue rve. n s ho rt se nn on .

Th e tbought of sistcr bood s uggests domestic l ife, and prompts a f ew reflections on famil y privacy. W e urg e tbis not because we fear the ra tt le of a skeleton behind tbe d oo r, and th e r e by di sagreeable r eve lations, but bec au se much of the c harm of a frat e rnity's e xi stence i s in a certain r ese n ·e, and the loyalty of s i lence Every fraternity ha s nati onal and loca l inte r ests which sho uld be he l d sacred, and cnt l'll sted to no ontsider, no matte r how dear a fri end. Our joys and victories mak e th emse lves kn own, and no harm is done, but Qu r disappointments und failur es must be buried deep with i n the home c ircle Especially should a s i ste r' s shor t-comings be kept from a cu ri oll s world, and all our energi es be dir ected toward the corr ect ion of the fault. I.a s t, and most important of all, let us r ef use to publi s h any fri ctio n that may clog the chap ter's machinery j if di sag reem ents ari se, there a ri ses at t he same time t he o pp ort unity for a generous spiri t and siste rl y l ove and un se l fis hn ess . In cha pte r affairs there mu st often be a differenc e of opin ion, but there is 110 r easo n this need dc\'elop in to bitter recr iminati o n. Unkind wo r ds are hard to forgive, and hurd e r to forgct. Take ca r e l est some girl's fraternit.y carec r be sa ddened by thoughtless and u sel e. r ep r oach es Should a chapte r be so unfortunate as to have di scord in t he rank s, why not talk it o' ·er frankly and without se lfi s h moti'·es, then hid e it form·er, before any outsider su s pects there i s la ck of harm ony! F orbearance i s a vir t ue, and is d emanded by more than olle phA se of life; with forgiveness add ed, it f o rm s a valuable adj un ct to a fratern ity's code of

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ethics. And n ow thc conclu s ion of the se r mon - cherish fraternity privacy, k ee p from an inqui s itiv e w orld frate rni ty sec re ts, and in tim e of threatened di saste r do not divid e force s, hut present a solid front to the enemy .

-E. R. C ., Indiana Gamma .

Wh e n we become membe r s of Pi B eta Ph i, we are told that eve ry m ember of that o rganization i s to be a t ru e friend t o u s. ,Wh en we argu e w i th a girl whom we wish to join De Am'clt.. u s bu t who is a little un dec id ed what to do, one of ou r str ongest points s bould be " W e are true to ever yone of our me mbers and are alw ays r endy to do anything f or tb em."

Girl s, do we k ee p thi s promi se! Are we thc true fri ends we cla i m to be 1

If we only won l d be, how mu ch it would acid to the stan ding of Pi B eta Phi, for man y t imes th ere i s one in tbe fra te rni ty, wh om we do n ot r ca ll y ca re fo r ; how man y t imes ar e we tempted to show th is by the 51ightes t act ion and th e n how we are cri ti cised by outsiders. Wh eu we d o this w e lose the ve r y thing f or whi cb we la bo r and wh i cb ought t o be our st r ongc st virtue.

S ome m ay s ay "but I nev er li ked h er." Cou ld we but l earn how mu ch th e li ttle wo rd s "Yes" and "No" mean when we vote up on a g irl, how l ong it is to l ast, how mnch our frat ernity i s judged by our act ions, I am sur c eac b onc of u s wou l d wait until we werc sure before we would l et anyone into ou r happy band . Th er ef or c, l et u s ha vc ever before u s that we should employ sneh ca r efulness in forming our fri e ndship s tbat we should not at any time begin to lo ve one whom we could hate.

" re have, everyone of us, fri ends, f or whom we ca re very much, many whom we s impl y lik e, bnt the fr ate rni ty girl wa n ts a cl oser bond. A s C ice r o ha s sa id: ''But man natura ll y seeks for a close r uni on, a more permanent conjunct ion of interests, a more intense reciprocation of f eelings . H e finds the want of one or more with whom h e can tru st the sec r ets of hi s h eart, and r eli eve him self by impartin g t h e inm ost j oys a nd so rr ows with

which every human brea s t is fraught. He seeks in short, another self, a kindred spirit, whose inte rest in his welfare bearS some portion of hi s own with whom he may lessen his cares by sympathy and multiply hi s pl eas ur es by participation . " -Ill inois Beta.

AN ALunNA'S DUT Y .

B e t o he r virtu es yery kind; Be ti) h er fault s a littl e blind

WHATd o th e alumnae of Pi B eta Phi owe to the active chapter and what d oes th e active chapter owe to the alumna e!

These are questions that have bee n asked and answered a great many times . And yet beca u se new members are all the time coming into the active chapter and new alumnae going out of it, it seems p ertin e nt to kee p on asking th em .

Wh a t the id eal r elation s hip that should exist bet ween the two i s, tbere can be li ttle qu estion.

In that happy state th e alumnae would be a stron g body of l oving elder sisters who watc h O,'er the interests of tbe yo unger girl s, - introd uce them to n ew girls who will mak e desirable fraternity m embers And if tbey be r es ident alumnae, they open their homes to them - chaperon th em - and help them in the many wa ys that only older women can help yo un ge r on es While tbe active girls in tb e ir turn would ask and take tbe advice of th e ir older s ister s - welcome tbem to th e chapte r home and b elp to keep them in touch with the fraternity and univers ity life.

As a matte r of fact this id eal state i s n ot very nearly approacbed by Pi Beta Phi or ind ee d by any other fraternity; th ough there i s alwa ys a sma ll body of devo t e d members in every frat ernity cbapter that make it perfectly ev i dent that the id ea l state i s not im possible of r ealizati on .

The r 9spous ibility for this farnes s from the id ea l rests more with the alumnae than with the active chapter. For, in the nature of things the llew generations can not lIlOW, except by nam e, t he old er on es unless the o ld er ones give them the chance . Ther e is some exc use for the non -res id e nt alumna who loses a l arge part of her fratern i ty enthu sia sm , but there i s li ttle or no excuse for the rcsid cnt aluInna who neglects h er opportunity to do good and more particularly thc opport unity to have good done to hcr. And until an alumna has given herself this opportunity s he can littl e guess what a beautiful thing s he is m i ssing.

It i s true, of conrse , that most of th e older women have many and varying interests which fill t he ir lives to overflow ing. But th ey oug h t fo r their own sakes and for the sake of their coll ege chapt er ke e p at l east a tiny place in the ir h ea r ts for the frate rnity . It is al so tru e that the active chapter is a lw ays far from perfect. The girls are young. Th ey do "rush" too much. Th ey do stay too late at their parties. They do so many of the other r ep r ehensib l e things that alulllnae accuse them of (most of which the alumnae in their younge r days have done themselv es and have forgotten about) . But critici s m of these faults i s not go in g to accomplis h any refo rm, unl €'Ss it comes from those who have shown love and sympat hy and commendat i on , when d ese rv ed, to t hose critici sed. And there is no one who can g i ve kindly cr i t icism to the young fratern i ty g irls as well as t h e l oya l alumna For she uud e rst ands better than a mother, better than the most intimate fr iend, what a fraternity girl's temptations are, what her trials are, and also what her virtues are.

ILLINOIS BETA ALUMNAE.

ON FRIDA 1'", Augu st seventeenth, at her hom e in Avon, Ill., Nelle C. Tompkin s entertained the reside nt alumnae of Illin ois Beta in hon or of her guest, Grace IIars h, of Creston, I owa. Th e occasioll was of special inte r est becau se of the pr et ty initiation ceremony which reunited }II's . Libbie Brooks Gaddis,

<lne of our found er s, with the fraternity . It was Mrs. Gaddis' first attendance s i nce he r co llege days, and was therefore of great interes t and pleas ur e to her as well as to the othe r guests. Th e draping of the parlors and necessary decorations were most artistica ll y arranged by :Mi ss Tompkins, and the ce r cmony l os t non e of its beauty as it was pe rf orm ed by the Illin ois Beta alumnae.

Th e eookie·shine wh ich followed was ve ry joll y, and to it three pl edged g irls were invited. One of the pl edges wa s the daughter of :Illrs. Gaddis, who i s a Kn ox st ud ent. Afte r the cookie·sh in e th e Pi Phi song book came in for it s s har e of enterta inm ent, and la te r 8n impromptu program was given.

Th e da y was fill ed with joyo u s r enewa l of the ties whieh b i nd u s so strougly tog et her, and with glad forming of new ties wh i ch sha ll grow stronge r as th e go on.

Th o e present were ){ r s . )1. E. Brook s Gaddis, :Mrs. Ethel Tompkin s Ola ybe rg, ,rrs. Annie Y eo mans Crissey, Ell ice Orissey, Edith Ori ssey, Lizzie Bliss, and Nelle C T ompk ins, a ll of Avon , and Grace IIarsh of Cresto n , I owa The pledges were Anni e Gadd is, Fr a nces R oss, and Fann ie C hur chill, also of Avon. All were of Illin ois B eta except ing }frs Gaddis and h e r daughter.

KANSAS CITY ALUMNAE.

PI BETA PITr Alumna e Club of Kausa s Oi ty wa s es\.. tabl i hed in 1>[ay, 1 UOO, w it h the fo ll ow in g office rs and m ember s : 1>[ r 8. George L . Wall s, Kan sas Alpha, pres id ent; 1>I iss U . Alice }fatth ews, Oa lifo rnia Alpha, vice-pres i dent ; Mrs. II. W. Baum, Illinois Zeta, secreta ry; :Illiss Louise Moore, Kansa s Alpha; 1lf rs. O. R eyno ld s, 1> [ichi gan Alpha, a nd 1>frs. Richard Scofield.

Th e re is power in numbe rs, as was prove n by the organization of onr club. Two members of P i B ta Ph i, i ntroduced by the Arrow, with chapter homes in Cal ifornia and Michigan, see m ed h e r on ly r e pr esentntives in the c i ty; but after th r ee

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years of waiting a banquet revealed the identity of one . Cupid Bent another into our midst, these knew of two others, and 10, the result! W e h ope to locate all I C.'s and Pi Phis in the city and make the club st rong in numbers as well a s Active chapters can aid in this mlltter greatly by informing the members of any alumnac living ill the city or who may come later.

Kappa and Iota Circles of tbe Alumnae As soc iation are planning for a r eunion and banquet here Thank sg iving. We hope to welcome many Pi Phis at that time and to make the movem e nt so successf ul that it may bccome an annual event.

-:May Copeland Reynolds .

MICHIGAN R EUNION.

ClIE

YEAR 1900 was the year for the Quinquennial Reunion at lIillsdal e It was homl that at this time many Hills dale Pi Beta Phi s would be th ere and so it was thonght that thi s would be a cOllvenient t im e f or a :Miehigan Pi Beta Phi reunion. Tb e date sct was J nn e nin eteenth, and word was sent to all Pi Pbi s in :Michi ga n a s far as th ey were known. V ery many ],Iichigan Alpha alumnae were present but few from other chapters . Th e active cbapter e ntertain ed tbe guests at a dainty lunch eon, w ell served by the pledged girls, and tben with Mrs F. Stc wart a s toastmistress, the following toasts were proposed and r esponded to:

Our Alunmae-Fl'nn ces French.

Wit hin and Witb out-Bertba 1fyers.

Cap ricornus-Kathe rin e ook

Tbe Girls in Win e and Blue-Fanny K. R ead, :Michigan Beta . Our Alma )[ater-Ca r oline Dudley. Many of those prese nt were called lIpon for speeches and Pi Phi cbeer was enjoyed for some time.

The occas ion was espec i a lly enjoyed because of the presence of our alumnae president, :Mi ss R ea d , and )Ii ss '\da Closson, of Nebraska B e ta.

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A busiuess meeting followed the luncheon at which time Pi Beta Phi interests were discussed, especially the Alumnae De· partment.

All departed feeling that"Though we may parted be Our hearts shall turn to thee. Though und e r far off ski es When danger rOlmd us li es, Our songs to thee sha ll rise, Pi Beta Phi."

-Bertha Myers.

BETA CIRCLE.

t1 mTE 9th a most enjoyable reunion was held under the ausJ pices of Beta Circle at the home of Mrs. Harry S. Hopper, Narberth, Pennsylvania. Invitations were sent to all Pi Phis in the district, including the active c hapters, but for var ious r easons only a few were able to be present. Pennsylvania Alpha sent a good delegation, however, aud all who were present had a thorough l y good time Beta i s particularly fortunate in havin g on her roll one who, although a patroness, not a wearer of the arrow, is overflowing with the true Pi Beta Phi spir it. Mrs . Hopper placed her beautiful home entirely at our disposal, and the long table with its hand some appointments took us back to many a happy banquet . Since the acti"e girls had cngagements at the college, the merry party was obliged to disband without any toasts, but we had enjoyed too many good things to grieve very deeply over the lack of speeches . With a rous ing "Ring I Ch in g! Ch ing!" for our hostess, we departed, hoping that next year may see more of us together.

CHAUTAUQUA.

m y DEAR PI PHIS :

At a gathering of Pi Reta Phis in Chautauqua la st July, i t was decided that a letter should be written to the Arrow, tell-

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ing of oilr good tim es tog eth e r, and the r esp ons ibility of the writing was l eft with me.

Ear ly in July Mrs. Ca rrie Chapman Catt gave a l ec tur e at Chautauqua, and when it wa s fini shed s he found h er se lf surround ed by Pi Phi s, ea ch one s11l'pri se d at see ing the others. Th ere was ou l' Grand Secretary, Anna Ha zl e ton, Elfrieda Hoehbaum from Northwestern University, Mrs . B eac h, who wore an I. C. pin , and my si ste r and I, both from Swarthmore .

That wa s th e beg inning of our m ee tin gs, and the f ollowing evening, we, with Jenni e Hainey added to our numbc r, gathered about Mrs. C att and s pc n t a jubil an t hour t ogether exchanging chapter life ta l es and di sc uss ing Pi Phi inte r ests

Pi Phi s kcpt coming and going all through the summ e r and we had many a goo d tim e togeth e r, the happie st of all , perhaps, wa s when eight of u s had a picnic. Mary Barrett of Syracuse Univer s ity and h er s iste r , pl edged to th e s. me chapter, and Pan sy J .ckso n were of th e party in place of Mr s. Catt and Mrs. B each, and we pa ssed an afte rn oon long to be r em emb er e d It would have bee n wonderful outside of Pi B eta Phi f o r so many ne wl y -acquainted girls to be so ent ir ely co nge nial and un co nve nti onal with one ano t her as we were. W e fe l t and a cte d like old fri e nd s, therefore, we re making m e rry on the boat on OUf r eturn home, when anothe r arrow bea r er g ree ted u s , say in g , " I think I belong h ere ," and we welcomed :l>1rs. L elia Lan e Smith among u s. H eyn old s of Nebraska U niv ers ity and Mi ss Wa tso n of Indi ana came to C hau ta uqua and attended one of our fr equent ga th e rin gs , while la te in Au g u st ten Swarthmore Pi Ph i s spent a week t.here which left u s many happ y m emori es . And not onl y did we ha ve good times. I am sur e that every girl w ho was there went away with a truer appreciation of the value of our fraterni ty Jlnd a greater willingness to do her shar e of work for it And I can on l y wish that every oth er Pi Phi may h aye some such opport u nit i es as \\'e had to meet th eir s isters and to find th em congen i al f ri ends \\'ho are an stridng after the "noble womanhood of Pi Beta Phi ."

With greetings to YO ll all.

- Lilli an J. M cD owell.

P E R SO NAL S .

COLU:llBIA A.LPHA.

Elsie Parkin son, 1000, is teaching at the Ohenowet h School in Wa sh ington .

R osa li e Hobin ette, 1000 , i s st ud y ing at the Normal School in Wa s hington.

Hobgood ha s a position at the Census Offi ce in Wash· ingto n.

ALPII ,\,

Sarah Boncroft was married to )fr. R oge r Clark of St r eet, Somerset, England, .T unc 1 8t h, at her home in Wilmington, Delaware Th ey sailed for England in July.

On Jun e tW£1lty·fi r st, nineteen hundred, Elizabeth Pownall of Penn sy lvania Alpha was married to Edwin Clayton Wal ton of Philad e lphia , Pennsylvania.

On the evening of April ] 8, 1900, at the home of the hrid e's mother, R. J., Marion D. P erkin s of P e nn syl,-an ia Alpha was marri ed by Friends ceremony to Mr. Cooper Je ss up, Jr., of W oodb ur y , :Yo J

PEX iX:S YLVANIA BETA.

Emelie P ooley i s at h er home, Tenafly, N. J.

Mabel E. Wheel er i s teaching in the :Marion Female Coll ege, :Marion, Va .

Lile B ell and J,illian Fou st expect to spend some time visit i ng in Kan sas and othe r western states .

G enevi eve Whit e is stu dy ing m edicine with her father at her home, Bradford, Pa.

Gra ce W oodard i s at h e r hom e, Bradford, Pa.

rz. and Sara Black arc taking graduate wo rk in BucKDell University

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MARYLAND ALPHA.

Beall Martin, '98, will teach this winter in Washington Seminary for yo un g ladies at Atlanta, Georgia.

May Lansfield Kellar, '98, ha s saile d for Germany where sh e will spend the winter study ing at the University of Berlin.

OHIO ALPHA .

Mary Ullom, '96, and :lI1r. David II. Thomas, Beta Th eta Pi, were united in marriage at the M. E. church in this c i ty on Thursday even in g, September twenty-seventh Mr. Thomas is practicing law in Marietta and they will r es id e there.

A pretty hom e wedding occurr ed on Thursday morning, Sept ember twentieth, at 9 o'clock, when Maud Herold and Invin Merwin, Phi D elta Th eta, we r e married. They will r esid e in Charleston, W. Va.

Lucy Murdoch, class of '99, who taught in a private school in Owensboro, Kentucky, l ast year is teach ing in the public schools at her home in Chillicothe .

Mabel Wilson, 1 900, is teaching at Amesville, Ohio.

A number of Pi Phis have recently r emoved from Athens. lIIrs. F anny Brown Hickle and Mrs. Mab el Towsley Graham are now in Lancaster, Ohio. :Mrs. Ca roline Schwefel Brow n r esides in New York. Mrs. Kat e Crawford L eona rd i s at South Webster, Ohio . Mrs. Dora Hoffman Chapin li ves in Brooklyn.

OHIO BETA.

Ora Blake Fr eeman, ex-'OO, l eft in J nne for the Philippin es , where sh e ha s joined h er hu sband Lieutenant George Fre eman ofU. S. A .

Lanra A. Wei sman, class poet of 1900, i s at h er home in Columbn s preparing for a nuptial event which it i s rumored will take place soon.

Nan Costigan and Cora Conkl in , ex-'OO, are t eaching in the publi c schools of Columbu s.

Ohi o Beta i s the proud possessor of two infant pledglings, Margaret Sut herland Flynn and littl e Miss P owell , both born in Augn st.

ILLINOIS ZETA

Ida Spaulding of Wisconsin Alpha is attending th e University this year, and ha s regi st er ed in the Library school.

Edith Chester, one of our cha rte r members, is studying at the Un iversity this faU.

Edith Clark, who was graduated from th€' University two years ago , has come back and ente r ed the Library school.

Marietta Busey r et urned thi s s ummer from a tou r in Egyp t.

IN OIA NAG :UDrA.

Katharine Arm strong has gone to :New York city to complete her college course at Barnard

Esther Shover, 1900, is spending the fall quarter at the Univers i ty of Chicago.

Mabel ITa11k, 1900, is t eaching in tbc Indianapolis schools.

JJouisa VanSlyke ha s secured a position as teachcr of Algebra in the Indianap olis Hi gh School.

Augusta Smallst ig was married to Hiram '-an Kirk on June twenty-eighth, at Chicago, Illinois .

MICHIGAN ALPI!A.

Elsie Space, '00, and Lora '99, are teaching in K euka College, N. Y. Mi ss Space has charge of the Latin and Marsh ha s work in the Spanish and English.

Grace Bailey, '00, has charge of the Scienc€' in the Belding, Michigan, high school.

Mabel Moore, '00, is at her home in Merriam, Ind.

Lutie Myers, '00, is tea ching in the pnblic schools at her home, GobleviIl€', Michigan.

Ka t.e Skinner is teach ing in Ortonville and Katharine Cook in Sekonsha.

E. A. Helmick ha s returned from Cuba and has been at h er motber's borne in Jamestown, Rbod e I sland.

Lulu Calion was married in August to Mr . A. A. Bray of Mt. Morris. Tb ey are at home in tbat place.

Effie Browne, '99, is teacbing Latin in tbe Marion (Ohio) higb school.

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Veva Higbee, '96, was married in June. to Mr. Chas. W. Whitney. Their home i s in ButTalo, N. Y.

Grace Higbee, '96 , is r est ing this year at her father' s home in Cattaraugu s, N. Y.

Clara Hughes, '97, is principal of the Constantine, :l.1ichigan, high school.

Elizabeth Robin so n, '96, r es ign ed her po s ition as Lady Principal at Parker College, }finnesota, and is now teaching Latin in the Athens, P ennsy h ania, high school.

Katharin e Searle i s engaged in Kindergarten work in Provo C ity, Utah.

Loui sa Randolph, '94, was marri ed Augu st twenty-first to J. R. R osema n of Frost, Minn.

Nettie Bates gives her address as Grand L odge,

Mr •. \nna Closson-G r een now lives ill Hill s dal e, where Dr. Green is a practicin g physician

L otta Coombs lla s been vi siting in IIill sdale II er home is in Yp silanti, Michigan

Mrs. I{ ittic Closso n-G recne has cha nged her r es id ence from Ellosburg Falls, \t , to Topeka, Kan s as.

Fran ci s Randolph, '92, r ct urn ed to Bismark, North Dakota, this year and Bertha Myers, '98, has r et urned to North Adams, Michi ga n.

Mrs . Retta K empton-Locklin lives in Shawano, Wi s.

Juva Higbee, 'OG, is taking advanced work in voice culture in New York City and liv es with Blan che Spencer Davenport at Garfi eld, :ycw J e r sey .

Zoe E. 'L eonard was married :liay second, to Dr. W. J. Keyes. Th e ir home i s in Springfi eld, Ohio.

Maymc Full er is spend ing tbe winter in Indianapoli s, Ind. Catharine Smitb, '92, spe nt August and September at her home in lIichigan, but has returned to bel' work in Topeka, Kan sas.

J osephine Graham was married to :Mr. Amos H olli nger, and lives at Columbia, Penn sy lvania.

)IineJ'\-a aylor can be found at h e r st udi o, Clarence Block, 122 Euclid A"enu e, Clm'eland, Obio.

lUClTlGAN BETA.

Xancy:ll. Bentley, '00, i s teach in g in the :llarshall , Michigan, hi g h school.

Florenco Ie We tmore, '00, is teaching Latin and German in the Plym outh, Michigan, high school.

Anna E . Cnrpcntcr, '00, is teaching Latin and French in the hi gh sc hool at Three Riv ers, :Michigan.

Elizaheth Wy li e, '00, is at her home in Saginaw this year . Ruth L Smith, '99, is teaching )[athematics in the hi gh school at Iowa Fall., Iowa.

IIelen W etmo r e, who has heen studying art in New York city for two yea r s, will be a t her h ome in Ann Arbor during this year.

Pearl Benn ett, '00, i s at her home in Ecoise for a time.

Evelyn Bryant, '00, i s doing subst itnte work in the Detroit high school s.

Grace Robertson, '00, i s teach ing in the Lake Forest high school, Chicago

WISCONSIN ALPHA.

Lavinia L. Oakes was married to Mr. J ohn Dixon, Sigma Chi, on July eleventh, at h er home in Rockford, Ill. They live at 49 Arlington street, Cleveland, Ohio.

On Augu st fir st occurred the wedding of Alma M. Moser and Dr. Paul Reinsch, tlY , at the Pi Beta Phi House, 415 N. H e nry street, Madi so n, Wis.

Th e wedding of Margar et M. Hutton to Rev. John C. Ahels took place on Octoher nineteenth at her home in Whitewater, Wi s Th eir home is to be at Brewster, Minn

Grace Cox was married to Mr. G eo rge Carroll, Octoher twenty-fourth, at Hartland, Wis . They will r eside in Milwaukee, Wis.

Wisconsin Alpha ha s been saddened by the death of Professor H. A. Sober, who died S e ptembe r tenth. The funeral was held 1n the chapter h ouse, at Madison. Mrs. Soher has consented to live at the House this year, .cting as chaperone. Auow.-3.

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Livia E. S eil er, '00, is teaching Ge rman in the Monroe, Wis , public sc hools.

Lucr etia IIin ckl ey r eturned to her sch ool at Ashland, Wis

Laura Cosgrave spent the past summ cr trav elin g in Europe. B ess Steen berg will spend the winter studying in B erlin, Germauy.

G enev i eve Smith ha s r es um ed her musical studi es in Minneap oli s

J ess ie Davis is teaching ph ys ics at S t urgeon Bay, Wi s. Miriam fued will the win te r in Wa s hingt on, D. C . On JWlO twelfth, Eloi se MacNe ill was married to Mr . William Warr en Bird at the hom e of her brother in Washington. They are at h ome at 13 Bigelow St., C ambridge, Mass.

COLOR".\.DO BETA.

Agnes H olmes Gla'gow , '00, i s teac hing in Leadville, Col. N anarn th Tagga rt, '0 0, is in structor in Gr eek and El oc ution in th e Montclair, Colorado, hi g h school.

Carolyn Kram e r, '02, is a student at Well es ley th is vea l'.

Ellen And erson is s ee king the benefits of a lower altitude in Boston

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LISLE.

I owa Alpha chapter of Pi R et. Phi was much g ri e ved to learn of the de ath of on e of her mo s t beloved members . At Olarinda, I owa, on the el eventh of Jul y, God claim ed as his own one of the tru est, nobl es t and most beloved of wom en, Frances Lavinia Li s le.

She was horn on July twenty·ninth, eighteen hundred and fifty, n ea r Zanesv ill e, Ohi o; and a few years l ater r emoved with her parent s, Elijah and Jane Spry , to Mt . Pl ea sant, Iowa, where she r ece iv ed he r edu cat i on . Iowa Alpha of Pi Beta Phi was organiz ed in 1868, and sh e was one of its charter members.

TilE ARROW.

She was gradnated from Iowa W esleyan in 1870, and two years later, on January second, 1872, married Charles A. Lisle. Their uni on ,,·as one of the happiest. Id ol il ed by husband and children, her life wa nlwtlYs the nnrr()W Cfil'ed that must necessarily como to each one.

In her childhood she was always bright and happy, with a smile and kindly word ever tremllling upon h er lips for every one with whom she came in eontaet. With so bea utiful a beginning, i s it any wonder that all the qualities of true and noble womanhood - sweetness of sp irit, a n oble demtion to others, love which was made sweet and hol y by it s hnmili ty - sho uld cleepen. Truly her life knew no high er joy than se rvice for others.

Iowa Alpha sorrows in the loss of a s,yeet influ ence that has always in some wa y J.(:rvaded the years of hel' absence fr om us; but we are comforted in that "Filled wa s b e r heart with love and the dawn of an opening h eaven

Lighten ed h e r soul in sleep with the glory of regions celes-tia1."

-L. E. B., I owa Alpha.

NEITIE ERICKSON

A dear sister has been taken from Iowa Beta and her ahsenee makes a deep sorrow in all the hearts of loving Pi Phis at Simp son .

Nettie Erickson was the s i ster who died August fifth, 1900, at h er home in Indianola. Wbile Nettie had been out of the active chapter for a few yea r s, she was by no means gone from us. She bad been an assistant in structor in this college since the time of h er graduation, ia 1897, and while sbe was not strong enough physically to keep up her college work and also attend the frat ernity meetings very often, yet she always helped us in every way she could and she was one we depended on a great deal.

THE ARROW.

Sh e was a s iste r we were ind ee d proud of; - very sweet in her life and di sposition, and fa r above the average girl in mental powers.

Sh e won n ea rl y eve ry prize to whi ch sh e was el igible, that was offered in our co ll ege for oratory and schol a r ship. Naturally we were proud of her for hor in te lligence and abil i ty as well as for her pure and noble life . She ob tain e d b er master's degree the spring before sh e d ied. Nettie wa s initiated in to Pi Beta Phi during h er Soph omore yen r in college and was always a l oyal, true-hearted sister. She represented I owa Beta in the convention at hladison, ill .18:J7. She was a gi rl who apprec iated any ki ndness sho wn her and who in t urn was kind and good to ot hers.

W ords cannot tell what this l oss means to her family, her many frienos and to he r s isters of Iowa Beta. Truly, th ough she i s go n e from u s for a li ttlo while, hers was a life of purity and usefulness , the influ ence of which shall live forever .

H.

HELEN GEREN.

On the twenty-third of Jun e , Ohio B eta lost H el en Geren by death.

H elen' s girlhood was spent in Ool umbu s and in 1 895 she entered the fr es bman class of tbe Obio State U ni ve r s i ty . She was an active member of Obio Beta for a year and a balf. H elen bad no t been strong f or seve r al yea r s and sbe -'vas una ble to be in scbool tbe l atter part of ber seco nd year . Sb e ente r ed sc bool again in 1897, st ruggling all the time against ill-h ealth. Tbe next yea r being worse sbe was un abl e to en te r school. To ad d to ber weakn ess sbe susta in e d a seri ous fall whicb day by day caused h er to grow worse.

At times wb en sbe seem ed better we were bappy in tbe thougbt tbat sbe migbt yet be spared to us, bnt last Jun e she died suddenly of beart failure.

Her life was so beantifu I and good that it seemed in our first grief that we could not give her up. We are consoled in our loss when we th ink how much and h ow long she suffered and that now she is where there is no pain Dor suffer ing.

-H.:M

Ellitoriais.

ITIS with. great deal of pleasure that the editor takes up again her trusty sc issors and blue pencil, unlocks her sauctum, as r epresented by one particular drawer in her writing desk, and r esumes the "d uti es of her office." She has a realizing sense that it i s she, and not the Arrow, that ha s suffered by her year of absence. N ohody who has not tried to pick up the dropped stitches of fraternity duties and r esponsibilities can realize what even one year can do to put one out of touch with chapter and fraternity.

If, as we fear, this issue shows the effect of the editor's inte rrupt ed incumbency, she asks pardou, confessing with humility thrut she has fallen a cit behind on fraternity affairs, but owing to an increascd sympat hy for the much-discussed alumna who, fr om lack of information rather than from lack of interest, has grown away from her chapter.

To Iva Welsh and to her assistant, :Miriam Reed, the editor wishes thus publicly to acknowledge her debt, for the efficient and friendly help which made h er absence possible. To them th e thanks of the fraternity are due for the able way in which th ey took the helm and guided onr good littl e bark, "The Arrow ," through another successful year's voyage

ANOTHER sta r has bee n horn into the constellation of P i Beta Phi; another "baby chapter" has come to claim its welcome into our big family of chapters To California Beta we all, across the miles, offer the right hand of fellowship . With hcr i s welded, or rather re-welded, that last link that binds

Atlantic and Pacific with Ollr Arrow chain. May this little group of Berkeley girls realize our highest hopes for them and for their chapter; may th ey find in their fraternity all that a fraternity can mean to them; may they be in the truest sense Pi B eta Phis ! We can ask for th em and offer th em no more than this.

SOME day when Pi Beta Phi erects a monument in honor of the much enduring chapter correspondent, there is going to be deep graven on three sides of the marble shaft: "Be prompt, be prompt, be prompt;" but on the fourth, "Be not too prompt."

The date of publication of the fall Arrow was changed from October to November for the reason that on September tenth, the former date set for the receipt of Arrow matter, so many coll eges have not opened. By October tenth, however, all the cha pters should be r eunited and in working order for the year, and, except in those colleges where a time contract exists, with rushing practically over. By this time, then, some fair report of the chapter may be expected and can be furnished, unless the newly chosen chapter correspondent, with the proverbial energy of the new broom, sits down before she unpacks her trnnk, to get that chapter l etter off her mind before the press of rushing or of coll ege work crowds upon her .

It is only fair to state that the majority do not thus "take time by the fetlock," and that more chapter letters come in after the twentieth than before the tenth of the month. Still there is a comfortable minority, especially iu the fall, who send in their l etters barren of everything but regrets for the "dcar old seni ors" and "bright hop cs for the fnture." Heartfelt as these are, they cannot well be stretched to cover more than a page or two of note paper; hence the exceeding leanness of our fall issne in the pages dcvoted to chapt er letters. iliay we suggest to zealous secretaries that if letters r each us by the tenth of the month, they are in ample season and will be all the fresher and newsier for waiting nntil the last possible moment before that time.

ARROW.

LOOKIKG back over the year's hi sto ry of the fraternity, one of our greatest causes for self-congratulation is the g'rowth of the .Alumnae Association. The catalogue publi shed in the July issue shows a membership of one hundred and four, which is probably as good a showing as can be made by any other woman's fraternity. This means that over a hundred women are kept in active tOllch with Pi Beta Phi thrOll!!h the circle secr etaries, arc regular subscribers to, and presumably r egu lar readers of the Arrow, and arc thus so much working force added to the st r eng t h of the fraternity

It is a rath er s ignifi cant fact that more than half the membership in thc Alumnae Association i s from cities and towns where no chapter exists, which goes a l o ng way toward disprov i ng the oft-made assertion that alumnae soo n lose interest unless in close contact with the active chapter.

With our st rong force of alulUuae officers, the well-organized circle syste m, and the specia l alumnae department of the Arrow, we ought at least to double 0111' numbers during the coming yen r, and let the next com'ention scc u s with two hUlldred loyal and strong, because in te r ested alumnae, working with the chapters for the added strength of Pi Bcta Phi

ALPHA PROVINCE.

VERMONT ALPIIA -lIlODLEnURY COLLEGE.

Now that our rushing seaSOn i s over we girls of Vermont Alpha begin to realize that anoth er year of hard work is before us, but mingled with the difficul t i es ar€' the pleasant associa.tions with our chapter which seems dearer to us than ever after tbe weeks of separation. Still we are saddened sometimes by the thought of the five to whom we bade good bye last June.

We especially enjoyed th e first week of October, when ou r Grand Prcl:Sident was with us . What an int e resti ng talk we bad with her after QUI' regular meeting on Monday evening, pourmg into her ear all our troubles and listening to her wOl'ds o f sympathy and advice . Th e n on W erlnesday evening Miss Bradford was present at our initiation ceremony when si x Iresh-

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men - Elna Ceates, Katherine Collins, Florence Perley, Jessie and Josie Prentiss and Helen Heed donned the golden arrow.

We have had several informal teas and rushing parties at the Pharetra or a t private h ouses . One very pleasant evening we spe nt with Mrs. Hammond , and at another time Mrs. Crane, one of our patron esses , gave us a "marshmallow toast. "

It is with br i ght prospect. tbat Middlebury College enters upon the second century of h e r existence, for Starr library is completed and our new Science Hall is growing rapidly.

May this be the most successful year our dear Pi Beta Pbi has ever seen.

MAUD SMITH.

VE R MONT BETA - UNIVERSITY Q}' VERlIQNT.

It i s with renewed spirit and energy that the corresponding secretaI"Y of Vermont Beta. writes her first chapte r letter of the year to the Arrow, and thi s is due in a large mea s ure to the visit we have ju st enjoyed from our Grand President . She left us this morning for Syracuse and it was with sincere regret that we bade her good-bye Her visi t was a means of grea.t inspiration to one and all of our eleve n members and has spurred us on to renewed efforts in behalf of our beloved fraternity Miss Bra.dford came to us in the very mid s t of our" rushing season," for our did not open until the twenty-sixth of September.

The freshman girls are rather few in number this year, there being only fifte en in all, and several of them are specials We not any pl edges to present to you in this letter, but we hope to have several new sisters in time for the next.

We a.re the happy and proud possessors of a nice large room this year, a studio which we rented of an artist who is away for the winter. W e have a private cntrance and hall, so we consider ourselves quite nicely provided for. We r ece ived the Dew girls in our room last Thur sday evening.

The November Arrow will find a cordial welcome here, for it -will bring us news of our sister chapters' success in "rushing . II Vermont Beta sends glad and bear ty greetings to all who are and who are to be he r sisters in Pi Phi.

GRAOE ANNA GOODHUE.

COLUMBIA ALPHA - COLUMBIAN UNIVERSiTY

After our long and enjoyable summer vacation we come to· gether once mOl" e, a jolly baod of Pi Phi s . We have kept in tou c h with each other during the summer by a. " round robin .. letter. We feel that our outlook for the coming winter is par· licularly promising. We have a splendid chapter with which

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to start the year, and are especially glad in baving with us once m o r e, in th e active chapter , H ele n L ee and Cecil Franzoni. Th en, too, we are so bappy to welco me back El s ie Parkins on, 1900, who bas r et urn ed for a ma s t e r ' s degree. W e hop e , al so , to h a ve R osalie Robinette back (or another d eg r ee. It is with th e sincerest r eg ret that we find we have to part with two of our dearest girls, Mary Hobgood and Katharine Buck, who will no t return to college. Already we ar e beginning to think and plan for our first initiation, which will occu r very soon -that of Josephine Shallenberger, who was pl edged at th e end or the la st term. And now, dear Pi Phis, we bid you adieu until the Dex t issue of th e Arrow, when we hope to have some real Dews to tell you of the great things which we have been doing FLO RES C E ELIZABETU FRISBY.

PENNSYLVANIA BETA -BUCKNELL U NI VERSITY.

Pennsylvania Beta begins the year with thirte e n a'!tive members and ODe pledge who will b e in itiated beCore this At'row is printed.. Thre e oC the dear old sen i o rs of las t yea.r have stayed with us as active memb e rs, and we have two n ew girls to introduce to you, Lila Long and Jane Fowler . They were initiated la s t June with R ac hel Edd el rnan, who will not return until next fall. We are salTY to be without ber this year, but she is m ee ting our Indiana siste r s and so will keep in touch with fraternity life

On our return to college this fall we found many improvem en ts. Th e dormitory fot· men , West College , was r eady for occupancy, and a central heating and lighting plant is building.

A dramatic club for wom en bas been organized, and most of our girls are developing latent histrionic abilit i es in a surprising way

On O ctobe r third w e enterta i ned the new coll ege girls in a very informal way. at the home of Eliza Martin . One of our town alumnae, Kate McLaughlin, was quietly married in Octobe r to Mr. H. S . Bours e, Phi Kappa Psi. Seve ral or our girls attended the wedding.

We are looking forward with eager expectancy to a. visit from our Grand President this lall.

LAURA ALLEN.

onIO ALPHA - ORIO UNIVER8ITY.

Ohio Alpha e arne togeth e r this fall with only five active members and t\VO pledges, the smallest chapter (or several years j but fortune has already smiled on us, nnd we are a very bappy band indeed.

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On the evening of the eighth o f October, the active and alumnae members convened in our ball for the purpose of initiating four gil'ls, Mary Townsend, Bell Bisbop, Lucile Evans and Flora Conn e r, onc of our pledged girls. The c e remony was very beautiful and impressive, and the active and alumnae members entered into the spirit of the occasion. After c arving her [elille maj e sty, we, a bappy band of .Pi Phis, "r e paired to the festive boal-d. "

Ohio Alpha, like perhaps every other chapter, looks forward to such occasions with pleasure, for we have so many alumnae in and about Athens who always delight in coming to the ini tiations and whom we enjoy having come, so that e ach ceremony hi ods us closer together and makes the sen timen t of our ceremony a living presence.

Eros has been unusually successful in aiming his darts amid our circle, claiming two of our alumnae Maud Herold and Erwin Merwin, Phi Delta Theta, were married the twentieth of September, starting immediately for their new home, Charleston, W Va. Just one week latcr , the twenty-seventh, Mary Ullom and Davi d Thomas, Beta Theta Pi, were marriedj they, too, leaving at once for their borne at Marietta, Ohio.

Ohio Alpha sends greetings to all h er sisters in the bond, and wishes t h em as much success as we have had in obtaining girls who will be earnest and cnthusiastic workers for Pi Beta Phi.

MINNIE

OHIO BETA - OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY.

Ohio Beta sends greetings to every Pi Phi and wishes especially to welcome into ou r belo ved fraternity the girls of California State University, who have so lately taken up the cause of Pi Beta Phi. We hope that they will be as happy in the fra· ternity al1d enjoy working for it as much as we older chapters have.

The summe r ha s passed rapidly and pleasantly for our girls and we are uow read v to undertake the dut i es of another school year. Th is summer ·we again had a house party, and eve r y Pi Phi can imagine how crowded with pleasure was every moment of the week. It was a treat for us who do not experience the delights of a chaptel' house. We had also several picnics and parties duL"ing tbe summer besides a reception given for the delegates and visitors to the Kappa Kappa Gamma convention. We now have a tiny Pi Phi baby, the first of our chapter. She is the daughter or Margaret Sutherland Flynn, and we hope that she may some day become as fai thful and loyal a Pi Phi as her mother bas beeu. We had one loss which greatly saddened us this summer. This was the death of Helen Geren. We miss

her greatly and our only consolation is that she is r elieved of h er 8uffe rin gs.

On July ninth Ora Blake Freeman left to join her husband in the Philippines.

We have been rushing ,-ery bard since schoo l opened. This was necessary as we started with only seven active members. We have had a ca r d pal'ty and a dinnet' in honor of the fr eshmen. As a result of our work we hose t\\' O pledges and we will probably have some others later.

Ohio Beta sends be s t wishes to every Pi Pbi for a prosperous and happy year.

AI.L ESA 'J1rTzENnuRo.

NEW YQUK ALPHA - SYRACUSE UNIVElt.SITY.

Although we all enjoyed the vacation with it s many good times, New York Alpha girls are glad to be together again in th e class room and in the university social life. The ente l'jng class this year is one of the largest in the hi story of "Syra.cuse "- numbering nearly six hundred in the differ en t colleges. The" salt ru sh" was WOll by the lo'reshics, but tb e annual lootball contest betw ee n th e S op hs. and Preshmen was a tie. As yet non e of the "Freshies" have appeared with canes. Du r ing the rushing season we enjoyed visits from Mary Barrett, '00, and Bertha Vedder, ex·'Ol. The J'usbing this y ear was car r ied on more quickly and successfully than ever before . Fewer girls than usual were back, but each girl was intensely interested and e nthusiastic. As a result we have pledged ten of tb e brightest, most winsome girls in the class of 1904, whom we are glad to introduce to ou r sister Pi Phi s: E\' a Roe, Jessie Barrett, Madge Bates, Florence Bri ttOIl, Lillian Buttin, Mollie Barker, Fannie Denio, Fran.;es Huntington, Mae Van Darn and Lina Jennings. We regret that Loui se Audrews, whom we pledged last year, is unable to be initiated this year, but she will join our ranks next year. Our deal' Grand President, Elise Bradford, is visiting at thecbapter hou se. ' Ve have anticipated her visit with pleasure, and will ba\'e our initiation and banqu e t du r ing her visit with us.

Wei thy Housing er, '00, and Lura Wightman, ex-'02, arc com · ing tomorrow fOJ' initiation . 'Ye do so enjoy meeting our sis· ters from other coll eges and OUl" own" old g irl s."

Several of tbe girls met Pi Phis (l'om other colleges during the vacat ion, and exchanged college and fratel'nity experiences. One o f the girls attended a little picnic of eight in which five colleges were r epresented. The girls had a j olly time too.

T he sophomores haye entertain ed tbe freshmen, and tbe Y . W. and Y. M. C. A. reception ha s been given to the students in the gymnasium. 'rhe college girls are now looking forward to

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tbe National Convention DC Della Upsilon , to be beld bere about. tbe middle of Ib e monlh.

Invitations are out (or the reception on the eighteent h.

Phi Kappa Psi bas also issued invitations for an informal parly to tbe Cresbmen girls.

On September thirtielh one of our pledged girls , Mae Van D o rn, lost be r moth er, who died af te r a. s h ort illness of heart. di se a se. Our deepest sympathy goes out to ber in b er great bereave men t .

New York Alpha sends greetings and best wi shes for a succ essCul yea r to all Pi Pbis.

EDNA MAYBEE.

MASSACHUSETT8 ALPIIA - BOSTON UNIVERSITY.

Massachusetts Alpha bas opened the year ver y auspiciously . W e are fifteen so uls with but a single thought. which just now i s "rushing. "

Th e seaso n opened with a lun c heon at the c hapter roo m. This has been re peated twi ce but with variations. At th e second we could introduce the girls to Ellen Anderson of Colorado B e ta, who has already pro\·ed that she is our s i ste r. A t the next we could present them to our Grand President. Our latest festivity was a deligbtful parly al tbe home of Daisy Wbitcomb, in Wat ertow n .

It ha s been a ve ry

pleasure l and also a vel'y great help, to hav e Miss Bradford with us at these busy times. Her ad. vice bas been use ful and ber pr esence adC!ed no small dignity to th e occasions, in th e eyes of th e fre s hmen . ]!.'rom our hearts as w e ll a s our lungs we ga v e three rou s ing cheers for Pi Phi and ber Presiden t.

ELEANOR GOOD

In th e soc ial as in the scientific world, the law of the equilibrium of force s hold s true. Last Jun e, as we memb e r s of Maryland Alpha parled f rom eac h oth e ,·, we could not belp bul tbink tbal the Cates were "ery unkind to bave given us homes in different towns . But last week th e joy of seei ng eac h ot.he r once more fully balanced the so rrow of parting. Howev e r, th e re i s still no balance for the sorrow o f with our graduates and thr ee of our und e rclassme n who can not r etu rn to us this year . Howbeit, we know that they are wi tb. u s in and have very deeply al bear I the intere s l of all their sisters in the Pi Beta Phi .

As you know our chapter is still young in this s ist er hood, but it is old enough to have a bride among it s alumnae , fo r

MARYLAND AI.PHA _ TUE W OMAN ' S COLL E G E OF BALTUIORI.

Irene Louise Rapalee, ex- 190l , on September the nineteenth, added a new member to Maryland Alpha, namely Mr. Edward Thomas Keyworth, of York, Pennsylvania. We feel assured that. you join wi tb us in cong ratu l ations to Mr. Keyworth, and in wishes for a blessed aDd happy life for both.

Iowa Alpha has also been kind to us this year, for she has entrusted to us one of her former members, Elizabeth Da,-is. W e are indeed glad to have Elizabeth with u s, and by h e r com · in g we r ealize mOTe fully how closely our chapters may be bound together.

Though she has just come to us, she is already helping us " ru sh" for the wine and blue We shall mi ss in ou r rush · iog, as in all our pleasures, May L. Kellar, '98, who sailed o n the twentieth of Septemb e r Cor Germany, where s h e will st udy in th e University of Berlin.

Our college has been open but a week and there is an UDusually large number of new students, but from our present point of view we think we s hall have seve ra l new Pi Phis to introduce to you when we next" m ee t in letter-form."

Wishin g for each c hapter a successful fall ru sh and a happy wi nter r est, Maryland bids you all good-bye, which, being interpreted, is Auf wiederseh e n.

KATULEEN J. MALLORY.

BETA PROVINCE.

ILLIN OIS BETA -LO MBA RD OOLLEG E.

Once again we have r etu r ned to this deal' old college after a long and re s tful vacation.

Illinois B e ta commenced work this Iall with five a cti ve members and three pledged girls. Two new g irls have put on the win e and b lue ribbons and before the week is over w e will int r oduce them to all the myste r ies of Pi B eta Ph i.

The prospec t for the corning year is unusually bright . There see m s to be more than the usual numbe r of new girls who would mak e good Pi Phis.

On t h e afternoon o f September fifte enth we gave our first party o f the year. At the home of Fannie Ginrich, '99, we entertained 0.11 the new gi rl s of t h e college, our patronesses and some o f ou r fr iends.

W e regret that so many o r ou r last year ' s membe r s w e r e unable to return . One of whom we are espec i ally proud is Nellie Turn er, who recei ved the first prize in declamation o n the TowDsend Co ntest beld during Commencement week.

We have secured a. chapter room at the home of one of QUI' professors and expect to have pleasant, cozy quarters. May the coming year be one of proUt and enjoyment to eac h chapter of Pi Beta Phi

LILLIAN

ILLINOIS DEr TA - OOLLEOl'!

HARRIS.

Illinois Delta. is commencing what we fecI confident will be a. most successful year' , The six active gil'Is with whom we started are increased in number by our six initiates, Ruth Lipe, Emma Jensen, Margaret 1\1orse, Elizabeth Root, Katharine Haona, and Annie Gaddis, da.ughter of our (ounder, whose face we have seen in the Arrow, 1\1rs. Libbie Brooks Gaddis. And we are glad to bave with us Josephine Coolidge, of Illinois Beta Pi Beta Phi has had t he honor or baving three of her girls, Fanny Hurl!, Margaret Morse and Alice Gale, elected to the "GaIA" board (our college annual), and four of the girls are on the Glee club.

A picnic at La.ke George, given to ou r new girls and anum· b er of the Preps, with one initia.tion, are the only social times we ha.ve yet had The two sororities have made a tre3ty Dot to give any invita.tion s for membership until the girl ente r s col · lege, an action which is commend.ed t.hl ·oughout the college and town.

Our meetings are to take a m ore lit e rary turn than ever before, and we mean to combine a g r eat deal of profit with our pleasure, and so merge the two that ou r fort nightly meetings may always be happily anticipated.

Loui se Montgomery, our president this semester, and Y. W. C. A. delegate to the Geneva convention this summer, had the pleasllrc of meeting there ten representatives of different Pi Phi chapters, and tells us of what good times they had together. Athletic work for girls is finding a more prominent place at nno", and the girls are hugely elljoying their present work of swimming and tennis.

Knox College is to be congratulat.ed upon her new president, Dr McLelland. There bave been some other cbanges in the faculty in which Knox bas lost Mrs . Grace Lass Sisson, instructor ill oratory. Sbe is r eplaced by Mr. Humphreys, who has so often successfully carried through the class ·day plays. Dr Cushing also has left to ta.ke a position in the East, and Illin o is Delta. has lost a patroness in his wife Hoping for a successful year to aU Pi Phis.

AL I CE CANDEE GALE

ILLINOIS EPSILON - NQRTI1WESTERN UNIVERSITY.

NorthwE'stern opened its doors to old and Dew students on September tW E'nty.seventh, and found us with nine active members.

We welcome our DeW transfers, Flore nce Hatfielu, from Simpson, and Lilian Payne, !r'om E't"anldin, and cannot but feel that, with their additional belp, our chapter will be greatly strengthened.

As ou r ru shing season is not ove l', we will be unable to introduc e ou r DeW tnp.mbcl's before the next Arrow number. Northwestern fe e ls especially fortunate in sccu rin g, as its DCW dean, Mrs. Martha Foote Crow, the noted writer and educator, who ha s already won the hearts oC the girls by h er plea san t faca and charming manner.

As so many of our girls reside in Chicago, frequ ent gatherings were beld during the summer months, at the different home s. The rem embrance o f the thr ee days, spent at the bouse party at White Fish Bay, Wis consin , wi t h the O'Brien girls, OUI' Chicago University sisters, lingers p leasantl y in our minds.

Two of our old girls are not content to rest up o n their laurels, Wall in this country, but are now pursuing a course- of study in Gel'many -Elfri eda Hochbaum in Leips ic, and Alice Doland in Berlin W e are espec ially proud of Elfrieda, as she won distincti o n f or Illinois Epsilon a year ago, in not only tak. ing ber bachelor and ma s ter 's degrees at the same time, but in carrying off the highest bonors of class

Hedwig Mueller returned from Europe the first week in October and has again resumed h e r college studies

That all Phi Phi chapters may have a prosperous year and succeed in obtaining ju s t the right kind of girls - girls who will be true to all fraternity vows, is the earnest wish of lllinois Epsilon.

MAE L. DOLAND.

ILLINOIS ZETA - ILLIN OIS STATE UNIVERSITY

This fall all the memb e rs of Illinois Zeta send you most co r · dial greetings fr om our new chapter hou se. We are situated on Green street in the vicinity of other frat ern i ty houses. Delta Tau Delta is next d oo r, Pbi D elta Theta. a Llock away, and Kappa Alpha Th eta oDly two doors from us

Of course our house has been the center of rushing this eeason, and we have been vcrysucc ess rul j so far having secu r ed six spikes. Our first initiat.ion took plnce September twenty·sixth, and we have never bad a more attractive one. Our new initiates were Delia Stern, Opal Stipes and Katherine Walls, all Cham·

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paign girls , who have come to the university lor the first time this fall.

We were so glad to see in the last Arrow the pictures of our Colorado and Missouri sisters, and hope that some of the other cbapters will favor us in 8 similar way. W e can become so much better acquainted if we have the faces to go with the letters

We you our best wishes f01" the coming montbs, and should any of you visit Cbampaign this year, you would be most beartily welcomed at Illinois Zeta 's chapter bouse.

MINNIE C. BRIDOE.lIAN.

INDIANA ALPHA - FRANKLIN COLLEGE.

Once more Indiana Alpha has entered the field of conquest and for the first chapter letter she can j o you sly announ ce herself a s winn e r of six splendid girls. How proud we arc of our victory! And befor e the wee k is spent four of this number will be already initiated.

These with nine active girls will make a strong cbapte r Cor this year's work in our college.

Gladly we tell one other bit of Dews; we have at last a chapter bouse . With the consent of the faculty we rented a bouse which is in charge of a Pi Phi and her mother. Now we bave everything in running order, and the hou se was opened the first Monday alter school began, with an aCternoon reception to the new girls of th e college - and in the e v ening for the new men and the two fraterni ties.

Our alumnae and pat r onesses also assisted. The house looked very pretty in its new furnishing s, and palms, ferns, and asters mad e it most attractive

We hope to make the chapter bouse such a success that we shall be able always to have a house for ou r girls

Now we are planning an atti c party, whi c h will be given Hallowe'eu, and with stalks of co ro , pumpkins, peppers and othe r decorations, with old-fashioned things served, we hope Cor a uniqu e and enjoyable party . Indiana Alpha sends greetings to ber sister chapters aDd hopes they will all be as fortunate as she.

ALICE VAN NuYS.

I ND IAN A BETA- UNIVERSITY OF INDIANA.

The gi r ls of Indiana Beta send greetings to all sister cba p. t ers, at th e beginning of the new year.

In spi te of the loss of our chapter house, which was burned during the s um mer, the Indiana Betas have every prospect of a s uccess fu l year ahead. We have sec ur ed a. fine new chapte r

home, which is being remodeled and enlarged fo r our use. When we are settled in it, we will have ODe oC the most convenient hous es in town

In Dumbe!"s we are not so strong as last year, but our ranks have been strengthened by our new girls. It is with a great deal of pride that we introduce Flora Ti ck n o r , of Muncie; Ethel Boyd, of Paoli; Stella. Byrne, of Brook villei Georgia Jon es , of Alexandria; Dell Mill e r, of Montmorenci, and Mab e l Bonsall, of Alexandria. All of these rode the goat into Pi Phidom on Saturday evening, October tw entiet h.

During the spiking season we gave a number of informal frolics for the new girls. Lizzie Kar sall , (lne of our town girls, entertained with a real Pi Pbi cook ie·s hine , and we have had taffy pulls, fudge parties and moonlight huck-board rides galore. On the evening of Novemuer seco nd we hope to entertain, on a. lar ge r scalc , with a rcception and dance.

Maud Martin, one oC om' town alumnae , e nt ertained the Pi Phis informally on SaturdaYl October thirteenth. On that 00· easion we had as our guest one of Our old girlsl Jos e phine Cox of Indianapolis.

The university is much improved this year. New walks have been laid out on the campus, and the new stone observatory is rapid ly nearing completion. Wylie Hall, whi c h was burned la st winter, is again nearly ready for use.

Our chapter hopes for a closer acq u aintance with others who wear the chained arrow, and we live in anticipation of meeting the Pi Phis from other COlleges

ANNA GARDNER CRAVENS.

INDIANA OAn--'IA - UNIVERSITY OF INDIANAPOLIS.

Once more October has rolled around and we are a.ll glad t o be back at old Butler, greeting form er clas$mates and fri e nds, and learning to know the new unfa.miliar faces. Indiana Gamma b egins the year with only five active members, but the girls are all Joyal and ent hUSia stic, and determiued t o make Pi Beta Phi stand for all that is noblest and best in co ll ege life. A" unusual number of new girls have been enrolled, aud we feel certain that at the end of our six weeks' cont r ac t, we shall find many new treasures for Pi Phi.

During the summer vacation a number of cbanges have come to Butler and to Indiana Gamma.. Two n ew mpmbers have b een added to the faculty to till v acancies left by former t eac hers . Dr. E. S. Ames, professor of Philosophy and Pedagogy, has been called t o Chicago, where he has work in the Philo· sophical department of the University. Dr. Am es was one ot Butler's most popular men, and we are sorry indeed to Jose him. His chai r will he filled by Dr. Rogers of New York. Mis. Allaow"

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Clara McIntyre, 01 Radcliffe, bas come to fill the place of instructor in English and bistory, left vacant by Miss Evelyn Butler. Another change in Butler's life bas been the remodeling of the old "Dormitory" into the girls' hall. Pro[pssor and Mrs. r est will Ii va there, and Mrs. Forrest will be at the head of the r esidence.

Among our pleasant memories of the summer vacation perhaps the ones dearest to Pi Phis al'e the "Round-robin" and house parti es we have enjoyed. Most of us were fo rt unate in being ncar enough to see one another often, but those who were fartber away enjoyed the letters almost as much What lun a Pi Phi house party is! It makes us realize more than ever that a. cbapter home adds infinitely to the charm of fraternity life, and we hope the time is not far distant when we shall bave a borne of our own.

\Ve were particularly glad to know of the establishment of a. chapter in Berkeley, Cal., since one of our girls, Mrs. Hiram Van Kirk, has gone to make that her home. Mr. Van Kirk is dean of the Bible College in the University of California, and we feel certain his wiCe will be able to belp the girls a great deal.

I cannot close this letter without t elling you b ow proud we are tbat Elhel Curryer has been chosen president of Beta Province. She is one of ou r c harter members and we bope Beta Province will learn to love h er as we do.

Witb heartiest g r eetings to all Pi Phis.

ETIIEL B ROBERTS.

lIlCHIOAN ALPUA - HILLSDALE COLLEGE.

Michigan Alpha again sends greetings to all the Pi Phi world.

W e r egret very much some of t h e changes that bave come to us and yet we've been cong ratulat.ing ourselves that we have "such So congenial chapter" this year. Four senio r s left us last Jun e, three of whom are t each ing, and three others of our band ar e to teach this year. That leaves just eig ht of the active girls in school and you may imagine ou r joy, when the secon d \veek of scbool, we were ab le to initiate one of our pledgelings, Inez Coon She says it is delightful to be active. Then we were made bappy again by th e of two of tbe dearest, brightest new girls, Lena French and Bess Chapman. We hope when we write again that they will have gone deeper into the mysteries of Pi Phidom.

1 We have a new professor of Latin, Prof. Meyer, and he brought with him to Hillsdale a new wife, seeing whom we straightway fell in love with her and s he in turn was pierced by our arrow .0 tha.t she very graciously consented to become our patroness.

I think this Arrow is to contain a report or the good times we had with the alumnae at Commencement time. They were DOt at all for get ful of us and our rooms are the richer by several mucb·appreciated gifts.

During the summer some of the resident girls and alumnae gave a cookie-s hine in our rooms in honor of Edith Riffle, or Kansas Alpha

We have a wedding, too, to announce. Lulu Callow and Ar c hibald Dray were marri ed at 11.'10uot Pleasant, Michigan, Augu st 21, 1900 .

We feci that we arc much favored by baving one of our most enthusiastic o ld girls, Anna Closson Green, with us to stay. Her hu sband , Dr. Green, has just begun pra cticing medicine t o re

Mrs. Green and 'Mrs. Cbase, another of our girls, entertained tbe chaptcl' and Mrs. Meyer Qne eveni ng a short time ago.

Of COUi'se we had our usual ru shing party a.nd good times at the opening of the year, tho' we must be very circumspect DOW on account of the new college r egu lation s. Various elections in literary societies, athletic associations and political clubs have resulted in the usual honors being awarded to our girls.

Several or the gil'ls have enjoyed meeting members of other chapters Lhe past summe l', especially favored was our Geneva delegate.

We hope tha.t all other chapters may have just such a happy year as we feel to be be(OI'e us.

MARY A. WELLS

lllcmOAN DETA - UNIVERSITY OF MICUIOAN.

Though vacations are very pleasant and we Pi Phis had many little re-unions during the summer, we are glad to be back at work in school and fnLter'nity.

Hmv we miss the girls who are not with us this year and there are eight of them. .And our house -m otber, too - for Mrs. Carpenter, who has taken such an interest in us for the last two years, was not able to come back. But we girls think we are very fortunate in persuading Beath that it was best for her and us that we should cast in our lot together this year.

Evelyn Bryant, '00, came out from Detroit and spent a part of the first week with us. Letters from the other girls show that they have not lost their interest in Pi Beta Phi.

Edith Clarke who bas been doing Social Settlement work at the Chicago Commons, ba s r eturned to college and is agail1 one of our ncti ve m embers

Micbigan Beta feels that sbe is to ue congratulated in having as an acth'e member Rebecca Downing, fl'o m Colorado Beta.

Her interest and enthusiasm in Pi Beta Phi make bel' seem like an old friend

The Woman's League held a re ce ption for n e w girls in the Woman 's Building, SaLurday, October s ixth. In spite of the rain, tb e parlors, whi c h have been newly furnished during the summer, were crowded with girls. Th e upp e r classmen acted as h ostesses to the freshmen girls. The Women 's L eag ue does Its best to make Dew girls f eel at b orne in the University, and to find th e m conge nial friends.

Michigan Beta is eagerly awaiting new s from ber Pi Beta Phi sisters

DOROTHY SASS.

GAMMA

IOWA ALPHA-IOWA WESLEYAN UNIVERSIT Y,

At th e beginning of this new school year Iowa Alpha sends greetings to all other d ear Pi Phis .

Sbe has been wondering whether any of her sister cbapters are so Cew in numbersj-only five of us, still we think it would be hard to find girls more firmly bound together than are we. With one heart our a im is to make ror Iowa Alpha one of its best-if not its best-r ecord in years.

There are some very 10\'ely new girls at Iowa Wesleyan this year, but we have not asked any of t,hem to become of our number, due partly to an agreement recently decided up on concerning undue baste about p ledging j and also because we wish them to feel it a privilege to belong to so noble a fraternity. We feel confident, however, from the shy glances and innocent little questionings, that their feelings in cline toward USj tbat they only wait for tbe invitation to wear our beautiful emblem

We are planning for a. glorious good time Hallowe 'e n. We intend to bave a masquerade party and close ou r evening's entertainment witb one of the old time "cookie·sbines," dear to every Pi Pbi ' s beart To make the night ec bo witb our songs, to fill the hearts of ou r pledg l ings with a yearning desire, that will nearly consume them, to become members of our fraternity, "is a consummation devoutly to be wished "

Our happy beginning is to be but the forerunner of the good year that is to be ours. May it be such an one to all others in Pi Beta Pbi is the wish of your sisters in Iowa Alpha.

LOTTIE E. BURNOP.

IOWA DETA - aUJ PSON CO LLEGE

Once more Iowa Beta greets h e r sister cbapte r s, and wish e s for tbem all tb e m ost happy aDd prosperous y ea r tb ey have ever Im o wo

After the l ong summer vac ation, our cha pt e r met t oget h e r , somewhat s mall e r than it u s u ally is, b ut never ba s it be e n m o re loyal and devoted to t.he int erests of the frat e rnity. We now numb e r nin e noLi ve girls anJ five pl edges, ul1 anxi o u s to carry fo rward our c hapt e r, and improve it in eve ry way p oss ible.

Our college is impro v ing in many ways this year. There ar e se vera l additions to the faculty a n e w building is being e r ec ted, wh ic h will be r ead y for occupation some time this year, th e old buildings ha ve all been i mpr o \'e d somewhat, and t.he att e ndan ce is larg er t han in any pr evious fall term. All th e stu· d e nt s ar e filled with enthusia s m for our college. wh ic h we- hop e t o sec soo n the very best in the state.

Th e r e bav e bee n severa l changes among Simpson Pi Phis . W e are all delight ed at h aving b ack with us Kate Corkhill, O Ul' professo r o f En glish, wh o spent last year at the U niv e l'sity of Chicago. She i s an inspil'atioD to us in ocr fraternity and coll ege work

Blanche Van Scoy, wh o was in the class o r 1 90 1, is at the State U niv el's ity of Montana tlJis year.

Florence Hatfield, of lU02, h as entered Northwestern U ni· v e r s ity and through her we hope to be co me acquainted with the Pi Phi gids tb e r e . W e ha ve al r eady h ea rd somethiog of th e m and th ei r kindn ess to het' when she was" a s tranger in a strange laud. "

We le el v e ry sad this lall at missing the bright face 0 1 oDe of our siste rs - Nettie Erickson, w h o died last August. Yet, though we mi ss b e r so, th e g ir ls wh o kn e w bel' in the cbapter will n e v e r lose the influence of h er pure life. We fe e l k ee nly th e loss of our two Senior girls, and hard l y knew how to get a long at tbe first of the te r m without them to r el y on.

Our only restiviti es so far we r e on th e eve nin g oC S e ptember twenty -s ixth, when we initiate d four girls, wh o m we are more tbao proud to iotroduce t o all t be Pi Phi s . Th ey are Edith K e mp o f class 1903 , and Geneva Cessna, Elena Jeffr e y, and 'May Larim e r, of class 1904 Th ey ar e most e nthu si astic Pi Phi S, and we only wi s h tha t you mi ght all know th e m p e r so n· ally. On the same ni g h t we p ledg ed Pearl and F l ore n ce And erson, whose s i s ter s have b ee n Pi Phis Cor several y e a r s.

Aft e r the initiation and pl edge ce r emo ni es , w e int r oduced our new sistet's to n P i Phi cookie·shine, and spent. an evening of Cun that we will not soon fo rg et .

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We are planning DOW for a party on Hallowe'en, when we will celebrate our twcnty·sixth birthday.

And on c e again we will wi s h for you all a most happy year, and one whi c h will make the wine and blue, with all the joys and aspirations they repr e s e nt, dearer to the h e arts of the Pi Phi girls than ev e r before.

MA RIAN COOKE.

IOWA ZETA - s'rATE UNIVERSITY Q}' IOWA.

Iowa Zeta must first introduce to the other chapters her three pledges, Frances Gardner of Avoca, Alta Smitb of Harlan, aud Bertha Hulzelns of Bur l ington. They are all girls of whom we are proud, and they belp very much to console us for the loss of the eight girls who did not return this fall.

We arc delighted to have for the Dew registrar of the University. Miss Quaintance, from the Lincoln chapter of Pi Phi. We enjoy having her with us and expect that she will h elp us with a great many new ideas on fraternity work.

Aside from the rushing parties, the social life so far this term has been very quiet. Profes s or and Mrs. Shambaugh, the latter one of our Pi Phi alumnae, entertained one evening and the following afternoon for the students, faculties and residents of the city.

At present, the attention of, one may say, the whole university is centered on the footb311 team and tbe game which i s to be played with Chicago on November third.

We are anxiously waiting fOl' the Arrow to h ea r how the other chapters are progressing this fall. With best wishes for all Pi PhiS, Iowa Ze ta. closes he r letter.

WISCONSIN ALPHA -

DOROTllY

DAKIN.

0]" WISCONSIN.

On the twenty ·eighth of last September our happy vacation days were ended and we again found ourselves in the midst of busy excitement. In spite of the fact that in June we parted with eight of our dear senior girls, we returned a loyal and enthusiastic seven . We feel that we can well be proud to introdu ce to you as our new sister Pi Phis, May Telford, Mignon Wright, Ada Welsh, Milli e Askew, Elizabeth Shepard, Ethel Rider, Irene Durley and Constance Haugen How we wish that all of you might meet them and love them too!

We also claim Ethelyn Andrews, Cora Norsrnan and Georgia Hurlbut as pledgliogs.

One of our last year ' s initiates, Laura Cosgrave, has just returned from abroad and intends to take up her work in the uniYersity in a few days. Mrs. Paul Reinsch, nee Alma Moser, '00,

is now among our town alumnae . Sbe lives only a. few blocks from o ur chapt<r lodge and is suoh a help to the girls.

Rebie Fraser and Eunice W els h, both of 1900, are also taking work at the univ ers ity . Mrs . Sober and Florence Robin son , who hav e been spending the pas t year in Rome, are again wi tb us.

We are glad to welcome into our chapt.er Grace Goddard, who ha s come to us this year fr om Knox College.

R ecen tly we have had visit s (rom Pauline Houghton, '99, Nellie McGregor, '95, and Li via Seiler, ' 00.

On the nin et.ee nth of this month Margaret HuttOD, ' 0 1, was marri ed to Mr . John Abels . and on the twenty-fourth Grace Cox , ' 02, will become Mrs. George Carroll.

Wisconsin Alpha sends h er greeting of love to all th e Pi Phi world.

VIRGINIA HAYNER.

lJISSOURI ALPHA -MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY.

Missouri Alpha sends greetings to a.ll h e r sisters in Pi Beta Phi a.t this, the beg inning of another school year.

M. S. U opened with brighter p r ospects than ever before. Already there are nearly 900 students enrolled. Among other bles s ings, we have three new chairs this year - in Household Economics, in Sociology and in Physiology.

The prosp ec t s for Pi Beta Phi are very good. We have eleven active members and three pledges, whom we h o pe to introduce to you as "true si ste r s" in our next letter . 'Ve are to ha v e our fir st initiation Friday night .

We have had some good, enth usi astic meetings this year and are enjoying our frat er nity life t(\ the fulle st extent. W e have d ecided to have a social m eeting once every two weeks, the first of which was a grand succe ss

We find our patronesses" joys forever." Two of them, Mrs . Smith and Mrs. Martin, have e nterta i ned us and ou r friends very delightfully since sc hool opened.

To the " Bahy Chapter .. we extend the " right hand of f ello w . ship." We who have just worn that title can ask nothing bette r for th e m than that they may be as happy and successrul as we were during our babyhood.

Here is health, wealth and prosperity" to each and every Pi Phi

GERT R UDE BAYLESS.

T.llE .ARRO IV.

DELTA PROVINCE.

LOUISIANA ALPHA - NEWCOMB COLLEGE - TULASE UNIVER SI T Y.

Alth o ugh the loss of seven of our last year's chapter is rather depressing, the seven who r ema in are doing th e ir be s t to keep up Pi Phi's old standard.

The ru s hing season is on and ent hu siastic frat e rnity girls and sca r ed.looking pledgelings are swarming over the grounds and tbrough the arcad es of Newcomb.

We have bardly yet had time to mak e many definite plans for the coming winter, as i t is ratber difficult to settle down in one w eek fr om a long summe r full of pl e asure. Those of our girls who traveled in tbe north durin g vacation we r e fortun ate in m eet ing many Pi Phis (rom other chapters, and in fonning in some in stances , lasting fri endships with them. Thes e chance meetings are one of the pleasantest fe atures of fraternity life, and make us reali ze wbat a grea.t and glorious thing our siste r · h ood is.

W e want to introduce to· you Blanche Hopkins, who was pl edged to us for a year. and whose initiati on was the first of th e season. In the n ext A rrow we hop e t.o be able t o t ell you of at l east three o r four otbers, wbo will become loyal wearers of the wine and blue.

We cannot close wiLh out saying how much we e nj o yed the Jul y Arrow, which was attractive inside and out, and whi c h bad s u c b a cooling effect, coming as it did, in its dainty summery garb

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KANSAS ALPUA - UNIVERSITY 0 .' KANSAS.

It is with the sense of baving borne off tbe bonors of war that Kansas Alpha looks back over a hard· fought fall campaign. Th e prisoners tak e n in this inter.Craternity struggle we r e J t> aunette Ware and Olivc Gundry of T opeka, Ruth Williston and Eva Olin of Lawrence, Mabel McLaughlin of Hiawatha, Inez Plumb and Mary Kellogg of Emporia, and R ea Wilson of Abilene. The campaign w as ope n cd wi th a reception gh'c n at the bome of one of our patron esses, Mrs Brooks, and was carried on by 0. morning chocolate, 0. tally.ho party and a card party, witb a few small skirmishes in th e way of fud ge parties.

On September the twenty-eighth Mrs. Gr een, one o f our patrone sses , entertained for Bess and Lu c y Ayres, who hav e gone to Canon City, Colorado, to make their futur e borne. We hope that Colorado Alpba and Colorado Beta may come to know

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them and to love them in the future as well as we have in the past

Six of our pledgelings were initiated into the myster ies of Pi Beta Phi on September the tw enty ninth. Afte ' · the mock and the real initiati o n s, a vaudeville was given, displaying the variou s "specialties" of th e fraTernity to great advantage. Th e even in g was ended by the usual cookie -shine , in which abou t fifty active and alumnae members join ed.

Kansas Alph a bade farewell to seve l'al of her members during th e Summ e r month s as well as at Commencement Zillah Sm ith was marri ed to Mr. Alonzo Wilc ox on the twentieth of June, aod is noW' living in Muscotah, Kansas. She was with us, how eve r, for the rushing season. K ate Nicholson and Pr o!. Blackmar , who bolds th e chai r of Sociology in the University of I{ansas , were married on th e twenty-eighth of July. Laura Poehler and Mr. Jam es Means were a lso ma rri ed on the fifth of Septembe r and departed.in a showel' of rice fo r Emporia, their future h ome.

Kansas Alpha sends to her sister chapters best wishes for a p leasant and prosperous year.

ELEANOR T'MILLER.

NEBRASKA BETA - UNIVERSITY oJ.' NEBRASKA.

It i s with real pleasure that Nebraska Beta g r eets he l' sisters .at the beginning of a De w year ' s wo rk.

Thi s year promi ses to be an unusually pros perous one fo r us, as we are at last es tabli shed in our tong desir ed c hap ter bouse. Our bou se is very comfortable and bome·like, and W t3 find that it adds greatly to I.be good we get from tbe fraternity, to say nothing of the pleasure of being t o gether in a r ea l fraternity home If you all could know h ow delightful it is, I'm sure you would b egin now to plan one for next year. Three of the five soror ities her e now h a ve hou ses

We hav e had a very successful rushing season, and as a r esult of our labors are proud to introduce to you our p ledges. Elizab et h Burruss, Minni e Morrill, Elizabeth H eacock, Minni e Jussen and Jean ctte Th ol'pe. By the time you hav e r ead this four of them will have become true Pi Phis. :Minnie :Morrill is the daught e r of one of our patro nesses

Rushing has bee n so much eaSIer and so much more ble with the chapter hous e, and we have entertained info rmally several times .

We also gave a dancing party at tbe h ome o f Darleen Wood· war d , wh o is again in school doing po s t g r adua t e work; a swimming party at the Sanitarium , and a k e n sington at Anne Stuart 's , besid es se veral small luncheons. We nre fortunate in having both our last year ' s graduates, Darleen Woodward and

Gladys Henry, with us again this year- both doing post Vera Wattles, '02, visited us on her way to school in Boston. Our alumnae have been very generous in helping us with our house, in fact they have worked so hard that it is bard to distinguish between them and the active girls.

We consider Ollr university very fortunate in its new Chancellor, E. Benjamin Andrews, who was formally inaugurated September twenty-second.

rt is very hard to settle down to work after the rushing seaSOD, isn't it? But we have five seniors this year, and it is. their painful duty to set a good example to freshmen, so if auy of you drop into our study room, you will find us all there, and busy.

Nebraska Beta wishes you all a happy and prosperous year.

GRACE ANDREWS

COLORADO ALPI-IA-COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY.

Scbool h as again opened and Colorado Alpha rejoices because s he has five new girls to introduce to her s i sters: Lulu Wangelin and Sarah Herron, two o f la st year's pledges, and Marion Withrow, Louise Nelson and Estella Holmes. Five of last year's Pi Phis did not return, but two, Lulu Pin gar and Ethel Wright, who have been out a year, are with us again. However, with our five new loyal Pi Phis and more in anticipation, we are stronger n ow than we have been for seve ral years, and look for. ward to a most profitable and pleasant year.

We held our initiation at the home of Mrs. Edith McClure, ODe of our alumnae, last Saturd ay night, and were the first fraternity to initiate this year.

Last summer we held soc ial meeti ngs every two weeks and found them beneficial as well as enjoyable, as they kept the girls in tou ch and fostered the fraternity spi rit .

We also had three weddings t h is summer. Mabel Martin to Milton Whittaker, Delta Tau Delta; Ju lia McKinley to Ralph Denio, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, and :May Henry to Conrad Bluhm, Sigma Alpha Epsilon.

'Ve are going to give a chafing dish party to-night for some of the new girls, and next Friday afternoon a cookie·shine. There have not been many social functions this year) but an informal reception in the gymnasium was enjoyed by all. The Sigs give their first bop tomorrow night.

The Greeks are glad to welcome among them a new fraternity, Beta Th eta Pi.

We are looking forward with pleasure to a visit from our Grand Treasurer, Ida ::;mitb, who is in California and will stop' h ere on bel' way h ome.

Colorado Alpha sends g r eetings and best wishes to you all.

MAUDE L. KNAPP

COLORADO BETA - UNIVERSITY OF DES'ER.

With several additional professors and more ma.triculates than ever before, the University o f Denver has entered upon what promi ses to be a most successful year . Colorado Beta is not alone in her regrets for tbe girls wbom Commencement Day took fTom us, the girls whose influen ce is all the morc evident now that they are gone from us. But we must cease sighing for the old girls that we may greet th e Dew fri ends wbom the opening of the uniVCl sity has bl'ought us, friends whom Time will develop into fraternity girls as stl"Ong ano loyal as our lost graduates.

Nine Pi Phi undergraduates bu,"c retUl"D cd to D. U., encouraged by the successes of the past y e ar, wiser and stronger from meeting and mas tering the difficulties attendant upon a cti ve fraternity life, ready to do their best (or Alma Mater and Pi Beta. Phi. A pleasant ru s hing season has been ours, albeit full of the usual worries and anxieties. An afternoon gathering at the" dove·cote" o( one oC our spring brides, Mrs. Albert E. Hamilton, a. jolly evening "sing" and several other parties have offer'ed sufficient diversion Crom too rigid application to studyif such could exist at this most exc iting season of the year.and as a result of our labors we shall soon initiate into the mysteries of Pi Phidom several most desirable girls

We bave enjoyed a visit fr o m another o f our brides, Mrs. T. Bruce King, who loyally returned to help us in our rushing.

The h ea rts of Colorado Beta go out in sympathy to our sister, Margaret Davis Ickes, for tbe loss of bel' husband only twelve weeks aCter th e ir marriage.

To those of us who were in the city this summer was granted ·,be plea su re oC C'ntertaining Ida Smith , the Grand Treasurer, ', hen on her way to initiate California Beta. at Berkeley . We are eagerly awaiting bel' return in tbe capacity o f visiting delegate.

Colorado Beta has many daughters scattered [rom the At· lantic to the Pacifi c, and a.s from North and South, from Ea st and come th e ir loving greetings and renewed pledges of loyalty. we can ollly say with them "All bail to our dear Pi Beta Phi, the blessed tie that binds . "

MARY CLARK TRAYLOR

CALIFORNIA BETA - UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA.

The baby chapte r [eels just a little bit timid about sen ding in b el' first l etter to the Arro\v. Pi Pbidom is still so new to h e r that she is afraid her awkwardness will be rath e r too apparent. Sbe ventures, however, to send bel' bearty greetings

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to all ber sisters of Pi Beta Phi, and will endeavor to tell some· thing about her self.

Ida Smith, our initiato]". spent the fi r st few weeks of OUf frat ernit y life with us in our chaptelo hou se. 'V e had looked forward to ber visit with a great deal of pleasure, but we didn ' t half realiz e berore hand wbat it was going to me an to us. Our initial reception was given while s he was yet with us, and it proved a success far beyond our fondest hopes . La st Thur Sday we ente rtain ed wit.h an informal dan ce, given in bonor of our' (our new freshmen. On Tuesday evening the Sigma Nu {rate l'oi ty entc l' tained us with a dinner-dance .

We have been very fortu nate in havin g met several visiting Pi Phis-among them Myrtl e Ziemer, oC Col o rado Alpha. and Mrs . Hiram Van Kirk, of Indiana Gamma, who is taking a post graduate course at Berkeley.

CLAIRE MADELEINE HAAS.

Excbangu .

Tbe following fraternities bave beld or are to bold conventions tbis summe r and fall:

Delta Delta Delta, at Cinc inn ati, June 26-29; Kappa Kappa Gamma, at Co lumbu s, Ohio, in August; Beta Theta Pi, at Put in Bay, Oh io, August 27; Phi Gamma Delta, at Niagara Falls, Jul y 27-31; Sigma Nu, at C hi cago, October 17; Delta Upsilon, at Syracll se, October 17- 19; Phi Delta Theta, at L o ui svi lle, Thanksgiving week, and Kappa S igma in Pbiladel phia at the same time.

Delta Delta Delta ha s lately estab li shed a chapte r at the University of Ca lifornia.

Announcement ha s been rece i\'ed of tbe in sta lling of Gamma D elta chapter of Delta Tau Delta at the University of West Virginia . The date of installation was May the twenty-fourth.

Pbi Delta Tbeta has comp il ed some statist ics from the last Palladium indicati"e of the year's growth, and now points with honest pride to the figures of the summa ry. A special cause of rejoicing is the number of chapter houses rented or owned, in fact not on ly tbe Phi Delts, but eve ry otber men's fraternity

seems more and more to gauge the prosperity of a chapter by ownership or occupancy of a habitation of its OWl],

On }I'ehruary I , 1900, the t otal membership of th e fraterity was 10,4 87. In the year ending on that day 475 Oleo bad been initiated, 28 more than in 1895, when we bad five more cbapters than at present. The number or active members and of Pbi students not formally affiliated was 1,148 on F ebr uary 1. The average number of members io each chapter was 16.5; of initiates, 7.4. Each of these figur08 breaks the r ecord Nine chapters were living in houses they owoed (ton firc today), and twenty ODe r ented homes. Since February, \V & J., Purdue and (just recently) Texas have brou ght the number o f rented houses up to twenty·four and made th e total thirty-four. It is DOW twn years s in ce a college cha rt er has boon granted or withdrawn. The number o f alumni clubs is now 39j of college chapters, 64. Practically the only unfavorable item in the statis ti cal sum· mary on the last page t he May Palladium is that which records the Dumb e r o f degrees taken. Chapter historians are not wholly reliable in their reports on tbis point, but a f ter due is made for er ro r, the fact is plain that the proportion of those who drop out o f college before completing their course is much la r ge r than it was ten years ago. TbLq is Dot true a t Pbi Delta Theta alone, but is r egre ttabl e noDO the less. One ot th e important questions to be asked about a new man is always-will he complete his course as a regular studont?

Phi Kappa Psi has tak en a novel way of advancing the standard of sc holars hip in the fraternity, as the follow i ng clipping from the Shield will show:

D L. Auld. official jeweller to Pi Kappa Psi, will presen t to th e und e r · graduate member of the frat e rnity achieving the highest scholastic honor during th e current college year, a hand some i eweled badge. Within the scope o f this contest will he comprehended the winning of scholarship and oratorical or othe r local inte r collegiate contests i n which literary ability and studentship are put to the test. "The Shield" assumes that the honor of this award will be estee m !K1 a bove the intrin sic value of the handsome pin to be given by Mr. Au d. Won ID such a contest, in which each par· ti cipant is honoring the frat e rnity and honoring himself, the prize will in· deed be a badge o f honor. B. G. IS will be expected to communicate to "The Shield," not only through th e ir chapter letters but by private ndvices, an account o f such honors, won by membors o f their chapters, 88 ma y soom to come within t he scope of such bonors.

With the differing standards of schol arship in the various colleges, with the many kinds of honors awarded or not awarded,

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the question of deciding on anything lik e a fair basis who wins will be difficult, indeed, and we do not envy the committee its task. are also offered by N eIVman and Simons r espectively, to the chapter securing the largest nnmbcr of alnmnae subscr iptions and to the undergraduate submitting the most meritorious contr ibuti on to the Shield.

A brief but uncompromising li ttle contribution on the "Withdrawal of Oharters" appears in the October Key. It is p e rhaps bred of certain difficulties which have beset Kappa Kappa Gamma during the past two years, which are more or l ess well known despite the commendable and dignified r ese rv e of that fraternity. With the sp irit of this article we do not quite agree. There are times, of course, when the amputation of a chapter, as of a limb, i s necessary to the general health of the whole body fraternal, but such means should only be tried after eve ry effort to promote healthy growth has failed. In our opinion a charter should not be withdrawn "whenever we l earn-that a chapter has fallen below the standard we hope to maintain," but only after every effort to raise that standa rd has failed. Rowever, everybody to hi s taste,-and h ere is the article:

At first thought the withdrawal of a charter seems an act to be avoided if possible, a duty painful to the fraternity, cruel to the unfortunate chapter on trial. Yet we ought to realize the matter is one in which all feelings of pity and le niency should be sternly crushed. and the good of the fraternity as a whole aloce cons idered. 'Vo must rem embe r that (rom the fraternity a chapter draws little or no st reng th , but that on the strength of the individual chapters all th e poWf'r of the fraternity depends. The :nere possession ot a charter from Kappa Kappa Gamma can not raise to h onorabl e prominence, t o a high standard of character, a chapter whose membership has deteriorated; but the existence of such a chapter is a weakening and dangerous burden for the rep utati on and standing of our frat e rnity . It is doubly harmful, for the sight of a chapter of low ing would strike a fatal blow at our raDk in the minds of the outer world; and, on the other halJd, the knowledge that there may be, in the bonds with us, women with whom we should be entirely un conge nial. and whom we should hardly care to recognize as friends, would ha"e a most baneful effect upon the loyal affection which should bind us to all ou r wide sisterhood. The fraternity exists only in its chapters ; and if we allow the chapter standard to fall low, th ere is abso lutely nothing inherent in Kappa

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Kappa Gamma which can keep us in our present honorable rankin g. Let us realize, t hen, th e vital necessity of a s tern per(o rman.-:e o f our duty in this matte r. \Vhen6ver we learn, by indubitable proof, or from u n dis· puted autho rity , th at a chapte r has fallcn below the standard we hope to maintain -8 standa rd set not by social position or wealth or even scbolarship, but rather by the innate fineness of cha.racte r in a girl makes us willin g to clasp her by th e hand aDd call her fri end - when we lear n that this standard is not attained, then let us allow DO scruples to preve nt the immediate revocat ion of the u ndese rved charter . Better a half dozen chapters of congenial membe rs and honored rankin g , t han crowu.Dd provinces struggling in insignifi cance and inf eri or membership!

It would see m from a peru sa l of sundry of o ur excbanges t bat our brotbers bave some financial difficulties tbat we poor, wea k wom en wot not of. One of the most vexatious li ttle troub l es i s cvidently the fa ilu re of chapters to pay up the ir subscr ipt ions to the fratern ity journal. Several e dito rs h ave been driven to publi shing a black-l ist of delinquent chapters or , what i s hardly better, a list of tbose who have fu l filled the ir obligation in this matter. In running over s uch a li st in tbe Palm of Alpha Tau Omega, we chanced upon the f oll ow ing uni que instau ce of tardy frat ern i ty ju st ice We w isb to assu r e our brothers at C bapel Hill t ha t w ben we make our fortune we sb a n invest it all witb tbem .

In this connect ion, we desiro to call particular atten tion t o the case o fN. C. Alpha Th e fo rtUnes o f thi s chapte r had been seriously affected by ce rtain fa c u lty legislation in rega rd to frat ernit ies, whi ch made it im· possible to keep up h e r membersh ip. As a result she fell somewhat iE. arrears finan c ia lly, but th e spirit o f th o ste rlin g old chapte r wa s s till as loyal as e ver. Recently a rem ittance was sent io. full o f the d ues for Vol. XX, with 8ix per cen t. added becau8e 0/ d e lay lJaymen(. We must confess it was a novel experien ce with us in nearly e igh t years o f frat ernity editors hip, and we aSSllre these bro th ers that i t is very re fre s hing ind eed to be co nvin ced in th is manner that somet im es true fr a ternity spirit is ex· hibited towards the editor 8 S we ll as ex pected fr om him, and we shall hereafter have no doubt as to the loyalty o f this parti c ular chapte r.

Two numbers of th e Latch String, publis bed by B eta Beta chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma, bave r eacbed ns. Tbe Latch String i s a dainty littl e booklet and fairly alive witb tbe determination of tbe St. Lawrence girls to vindicate tbemselves 01

tbe cha rg es brougbt against them by tbe general fraternity. If s beer pluck were tbe test of a chapter's st rengtb, B eta B e ta would eas ily rank among tbe first of Kappa's cbapters. As to b e r oth er qualifications, and the merits of the case in general, we own ou rselves quite in competent to pronounce.

notlcts.

Chapte r correspondents will please remember to write on but ODO side ot the paper, to h ead cbap ter letters with name ot cbapter and college as in this issue , and to bavA the letters countersigned by tho c hapter president, as evidence thatth e chapter authoriz es th e contents of th e le tter. Failure to comply with these conditioDs will hereafter be tr eated as an offense punishable by fines , as in cases of ta rdiness or omission of chapter letter.

Contributions to the Janunry Ar r ow are expected fr o m Vermont Alpha, Pennsylvania Beta, Massachusetts Alpha, Illinois Epsilon, Ind ianR Bet a, Iowa Z9ta, Alpha and Col o rado Alpha. Th ese contributions are to be in the hands of the editor by the tenth of th e month preceding date of publication.

Any cha.nge of address should be sont immediately to th e Business Manager.

Correspond en ts will please notice that th e address of the editor is now 228 Laogdon St., Madison, Wis., and that ot the business manager is 415 North Henry St.. Madison . All communications should hence forth be sent to these addresses.

Fraternity Badges, Fraternity Jewelry,

Fraternity Novelties and Souvenirs

WIll be Sent on ApplicAtion <ither enflr< Of' In put. Do not omit to mention Ch.pt., uuJ CUs•• J.

F. Newman, Official FratemiiyJewelet-.

J9 JOHN ST., NEW YORK.

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We also iUuantu the quality of aU precious stones mounted in our Pi Beta Phi pins,

INVITED.

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SIMONS BRG. &: CO.,

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PI BETA PHI PINS.

Halling been authorized to manufacture the pins of the !Pi rJ3eta IPhi Fraternity I 1 am prepared to furnish a line of pins superior in workmanship and design •

D. L. AULD,

76 East Gay Street. COLUMBUS. OHIO.