The Arrow of Pi Beta Phi - November-1903

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Official Publication "Of the Pi Beta Phi Fraternity. E,ji'.,f and Pvbll.".d the lV"co"sI" .Alph« Chap'n'_ l,.'ni1:crlity Q/ Wiwconlln. NadilOn.

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TABLE! OF OONT£NTB.

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A Qu.<;"bouvt SUqlt-lt;r •

A New Kind r.I ROUDd J/ohin,

A Hrl,.('k ('!lIb • OUl' Patrotlcs.u. •

Uow M.DY Sh,>ll Wp Ask Tue 'Sew Girl",

Hl'l<Jtltl!l;' of'titate (hapten • Tlw "';"'ulOr'ii PJare io tiJl-' (;bapter . 1·b9 of "Pa.m1IS" iu Pnstf'T"'1,ty l'nlJrrtuing the FtatcrDlty ESAminn.ltr.lI

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Uanuna Pn''''"lt".C Dt'ita

&ljtor in· Chief-FWBlt"O& P"l,ftll Rom!"iOlf, MarBball fit .. 14i1...."k... WI ..

Fratemit]! Directory

GRAND COUNCIL

PRE SIDENT-Elizabe th Gamble, 49 A lexandrine Ave., \-V est. Detroit, Mich.

V ICE PRE SIDENT- Fanny K. Read, Richland, Mich.

SOCRETARY-Mary Bartol MTheis s (M r s Lewis E. Thei ss ), 64 W l09th St , New Yo r k C it y

TREA SU RER- Martha N . Kimball , Box V, Leadville , Colo.

EDIToR-Florence P o rter Ro bin son , 543 Marshall St. , Milwaukee. Wi s.

HISTORIAN

Su s an \V. Lewi s, 5605 Madi so n Ave., Chicago, III.

CAT A LOGUER

:Mary B a rt o l- Th e iss, 64 \V . I09th St. , New York City.

Alumnae Association Director]!

COUNCIL

PRE SIDENT-Fa nny K. Read. Richland. Mich.

V ICE PRESIDENT-M. Eloi se Schuyler, Centre H a ll , Pa.

SECRETAR Y-Anna S Hazelton, 121 5 9th St. N. W ., Washington, D. C.

TREA SuRER-Mr s B ertha M ye r s Kempton, Nor th Adams, Mi c h

AL UMNA E EDITOR-Iva A. Wel s h , 406 N. H e nry St., M...1.di so n, \ Vis.

C IR C L E SECR ETARIES

FOUNDER s-Mr s May C R e ynold s, Was hington St , Hartfo rd City, Ind.

ALPHA CIRCLE-(New York and New Englan d) L eora Sherwood, 151 S. State St., Syracu se, N. Y.

BITA ClRCLE-(Penn sylvania. New J ersey a nd Delaware ) Grace S W ooda rd . 41 Boyl s ton S t., Bradford, Pa.

GAM)'!A CIRc u:-(Di strict of Columbia, Maryland a nd the Sou th eas t) Blan c he Rei s in$"e r, 235 E. Lafayetle Ave., B a ltimo r e, Md.

DELTA CIR CLE-(Ohio) Mr s. R. S. Belkn ap, 414 S. State S t., Painesville, O.

EpSILON C IRcLF.-(Michigan , Wi s con s in, Minne so ta ) Margaret Cousin, 54 R oseda le Pl ace, Detroit, Mich.

ZETA CIRCLE- ( Indi ana) Katherine S tevenso n , 2319 College Ave., I ndianapolis, Ind

TH ETA CIRcL£-(l lIin o is) Elda Smith, 710 S. 6th St. , Springfi e ld, Ill.

I OTA C IRCLE-(lowa, Mi sso uri , Ge r trud e Bay le ss , Co l umbi a , Mo .

KApPA CIRCLE-(Ok lahollla, Neb ra ska, Kan s a s) Ida Dun h a m, 3510 Morre ll A ve ., K a n sas City, M o.

LAM BDA CJRCLE-(Rocky Mountain Sta tes).

Mu CiRcLE-(Pacific Coas t States) Eva B r aml e t , 1015 PSt., Fre s n o, Cat.

CORRESPONDI N G SE CRE

TARIES

ALP H A

Pit£SIDE':<iT-Sadie B. \ Villiams, C layton, N. Y

VERMONT ALPHA-Middl ebury College-Bessie M . Bump, Middlebury, Vt.

Vr.UIONT BETA-Uni,-ersity of Vermont-M. Elizabe th Durfee, J28 Colches t er A vc., Burlington, VL

CoLUMBIA ALPHA-Columbian University-Maud E. M c Ph e rson , 1250 D-" Princeton St. , N. \V ., Wa shington. D C

• PE NNSYL\ ' ANIA ALPHA-Swarthmore Co ll ege-Es th e r Ro gers-SwarthCj "..,.- eJ,U't'- more, Pa. 4

• PENN SYr.V AN'IA BET.,,- Bucknell Uni versi ty-Fe rn e F. Braddock, Lewi s.. f, Uni ve r s ity-F lo r a Co nn e r, Athe n s, Ohi o. OHIO BETA-Ohio State Univer s ity. Clare Po s tl e, 11 8 W . loth Ave., Columbu s Ohi o.

NEW You:: ALPHA-Syracuse Univ e r sity-Mary E. H a rt, 11 2 Wa ve rly Ave., Sy racuse, N. Y.

MASSA CHUSETT S ALPHA-Bo s to n U niv ersity-Sarah G. Pom er oy , 12 Somer set St., Bos t on, Ma ss.

MAR YLAND ALPHA-Woman's College o f Baltimore-Mary C. Ames, The W o m an 's College, Baltimore, Md . !l ETA PROVl x e ::

PREStDENT-Ethel Curryer, 13 20 College Ave., In dianapo li s, Ind

I LLINOIS BETA-Lomba rd College-Ethel C ham be rla in, 915 N Broad St , Galesburg, Il l.

ILLINOI S DELT4-Knox College-Katharine Bagby, 355 W . T o mpkins St. , Gal es burg, Ill.

ILLlNrn s EpSILON-N o rthw estern U ni ve rsi t y-Flo r ence Bal dwi n, g8 Pine Grov e Ave Chi cago, 111.

lLLINOf S ZETA-Illinoi s U n iversi t y-H elen M . Atki n son, 209 E . Green St., Champaign, III.

INDIA NA ALPHA Franklin College-Ma r y G . Hatl, Franklin , Ind .

INDIAN A BETA-Univer s ity o f Indian a-Ada Ri cher , Bloomington, Ind . I ND IANA GAMMA-Uni vers it y o f Ind ianapo li s-Edna Cooper, College Reside n ce, Irvington. Ind . MICHI GA N ALPHA-Hill s dal e College. H ar ri ett e W oo d , Hill sda le. M ich

MI CHI GAN BETA -U ni ve r s it y of Mi ch iga n- J essie Hel sell, 406 Pa ckard St., Ann A rbor, Mi c h

(;A MM A pn oYlSf"E

PRESIDENT-Maud Mill er, 409 S 12t h S t., St. J o seph. Mo.

I OWA AI. PHA- IO'-Va We sley a n U niver sity-Juli a Sha nkland , Mt. Pleasant, I owa.

I OWA BETA-Simpson College-Celeste Robi n son. Indian o la , la.

I OWA ZETA- I owa State Unive r sit y-Sadie Jacobs. I o wa City, la

WI SCONSIN ALPHA-Unive r sity o f \ Visconsin-Cora Nor s man, 515 N . H enr y St. , Madison, Wi s

MI SSOURI ALPHA- Un ive r s ity o f M issouri-Mary M Smith, Col u mbia, Mi ssouri .

D E LT A P ROV IN CE

P RESIDENT-Ida Smith Griffith. Lawrence . K as.

LoUISIANA ALPHA-Tulane U ni ve r s ity-Harri ette Water s, 1420 P o lymn ia St New Orlean s. La

KA NSAS ALP H."'I.- Kan sas U n ive r si ty-Mary V. K ellog g, 1145 Loui s iana St .. Lawrence . Ka s.

NEBRASKA BETA-Univer si ty o f Neb ra ska-K ate H eacock, 307 W 24th St , L incol n, Ne b

TEXA S ALPHA-Texa s Univer s ity-Edith J Clagge tt, 2709 Rio Grande St., Au s tin, Tex

COLOR ADO ALPHA-Univer s ity of C o lorad o--Gertrud e Teague, Bou lde r, Colo . CoLORADO BETA-Denver University-Marcia Murra y, 794 High S t . , Den· v cr , Colo.

CALlFORNIA BETA-Unive r s ity of California-Florence Fisk, 242B Col1ege Ave ., Be r keley, Cal.

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NOVEMBER, 1903

A Chapler Song

Of all lite frals ,,·here'", )'an goHeigho! girls, Ito! Heigho! girls hot

There's limit like Pi Bela Phi, I tro'W-Yeo hoI yeo hoI )!eo hof

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As Olle 'we s/01,d throughout our {mid so broad and freeAnd th o' some mD)! secm far Dway irom lIS to beYet (!'"Ilen so eac h heart dot h kllo'w the o ther's keyHeigha! girls, ho! HclgllO! girls, ha!

ChQrus-

With arrow gold we aiteays hold Ih e key, Itflhere'er 'We go o'er land or sea; The wille and silver blue Ollr guide shall be, The 'whEe alld blue our g uid e shall be!

Let other sis t erhoods Iheir emblems sho'w , Our arrot 'S fly alhu'ort the sk)'-

Those arroU's oh(·Q,)I$ 011 olld IIp'lt'ord go, Veo Ita! girls of Pi Bela Phi!

For aim so true with s haft (If blue we always try, Our g riefs we bear mId joys we share, 'Wit h h opes so high, Or lellder care or lovitlg pra)!er or common sighVeo ho! girls of Pi Bela Phi!

Chonts-

Wit " arrow gol d , ctc.

FRANCES HEILPRIN Columbia Alph a.

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Wisconsin A lpha's C/iapler House

L AST spring the girl s o f Wi sco n s in Alpha were pra ctically without a home . The landlord of our o ld hou se raised the rent from a very high to an exo rbitant rate and there were no o th e r de s irable ho u ses to be found . It wa s a se rio us dilemma in a college town where a hou se is essentia l to th e v e ry existen ce of a fraternity. But there is a mas ter finan c ier among Wisconsin Alpha 's alumnae and she se t he r f e rtil e brain to devising ways and mean s . All the rest of the alumnae and active chapte r joi n ed he r with eage r if less we ll directed e ff o rt s, and this is how the alumna e of Wi scon s in A lpha plann ed t o give their chapter a de li g htful and pe rmanent h o me.

A corporation was formed consist in g of friend s of Pi Be ta Phi, a s well as of members. Thi s corporation is sue s bonds to the amount of $10,000, and five pe r cent. int erest on th ese is t o be paid to all bo ndh o lde rs fr om th e re nt which the active chapt e r pays the corporation ju st as th ey would any landlord. The rent which th e girl s hav e bee n acc us tom e d to pay is s ufficient f o r thi s, as al so to pay a ll tax es and in s uran ce, and to leave a comfortable margin besides fo r unfo rsee n contin gen c ies . If th ese contingencies do not ari se: th e surplu s m oney is to be inv ested in non - inte rest bea ring bonds f o r th e chapter, so that ul t im a te ly th e bonded debt will be raised b y the c ha pte r a nd the h Ollse will belong t o it. It was at first plann ed t o bu y a lot for $2,000 or $2. 500 and the n to invest th e re maind e r of the $IO,CX>O in a hou se, but no suitabl e lot could be found an y wh e re in a desirable part of town . It was rath e r discouraging, but the guardi n g deities o f Pi Beta Phi were propi ti o u s and arranged a bette r way. A roomy and well-built but old-fas hi o ned house on a fine large lot in th e very bes t location was sold f o r about tw o- th irds its valu e at a forced sa le just about th e time of our disco ura ge ment. Its poss ibilitie s were a ppreciated by Mr. Jenn in gs. th e U nivers ity arch itec t, who is the father of one of our pledglings, and he kindly offe r ed to c hange it into a suitable

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fra ternity house. Th e property was sec ured fo r the corpo rati o n, and :-- Ir. Jennings more than fulfilled our expec tati o ns. The metamorphosis ha s bee n most wo nd e rful. vV e have repeatedly been asked what fairy god mothe r had waved h e r magical wand.

In the' place of the "'pi nk house wit h a tower" a beautiful fraternit y h o me h as arisen Th e line s o f th e h o u se have been so changed that the addition of a spaciou s porch with massive pillars imparts to it quite a colon ial aspect. We arc proud o f th e exterio r oi the new house but even mo r c pleased with the int e r io r . The hall and reception room are most attractive, but th e long living rOO111 is Ollr spec ial delight. Thi s r oom is thirtyeig ht feet long and w it h its French wi ndows, lar ge brick firepla ce, comfonable chairs and couches and many pillows makes an ideal chapte r room. Besides these rooms there are a r oom fo r Oll r chape rone, a large di nin g room, a kitchen, and a maid's r oo m on the fir s t Aoor. O n the second floor are seven bed· room s each o f w h ic h will comfo rtabl y accommodate two girls, and a s mall e r r OOI11 whic h we h ope always to keep for a gues t ch amber. Thi s ha s bee n called "Livia's r oom" in m emo ry of a dea r s iste r whose loss we s till mOll rn , and is t o be furnished by h er m ot h e r a nd brother. The ho u se is large, but n ot too large to dispose of readily if at any time it s h o uld be deemed advis· abl e, and there are e n oug h bed r ooms to make it possible to pay the rent which the c h apte r has pledged

Kow tha t the g irl s are so co mfortably sett led, they can afford to f o r get the st ru ggle to r aise the n ecessary funds, th e con s tant urgin g of carpent e r s, masons and plumbers during the whole long s umm e r, th e worry lest th e h ouse s h o uld n ot be done in time , and that final trying week at th e beginnin g of the coll ege year w h e n th e ho u se was a c haos and con fusion of trunk s, lumber, pain t pots workmen and anxious gi rl s B ut th e re will be n o mo r e m ov in g n ow , and the girls ca n fee l the sat is facti o n that every h ousehoide r must kn ow.

Ou r h o u se grew in quite a different manner than we had at firs t planned , but ou r inves tm e nt o f $ro ,ooo r emain s the same; and that fo r a lot, whic h as n e ighborin g property is rated , is

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full y wo rth $7 ,000, and for a h o u se that could n ot b e dupli cated f o r less than e ight or nin e th o u sand dollar s .

Cre a t thanks are due Mr. J e nning s, wh o gave all hi s valuable servi ces as a gift to th e chapt e r, and to par ent s , brother s and sist e rs wh o bought stoc k and gav e furnitur e , curtain s and other needful thin gs to complet e th e beautiful home for Wiscon sin Alpha.

The Successful Woman Physician

IT IS with a certain fee lin g o f diffide n ce that thi s article is prese nt e d t o yo u. What th e r e is t o sa y o n thi s subj ec t has been said so many tim e'S be fo re, and so we ll said , that it se ems alm os t a n impe rtin en ce t o tr y t o add an y thin g . Y et I h o p e that what I have to sa y may be profitabl e to so meon e.

Many attribut es int o th e compos iti on of th e successfu l medi cal w oman. The se qualiti es var y t o some ext ent with the localit y in whi ch she ma y be pla ce d, but th e re are ce rt ain qualifi cati on s that all mu st hav e .

A fa i r end ow ment o f int e ll ec t is a sillc qu a nolt in the practice of me di cin e and thi s mu s t be s u pp lem ent e d by a good, tho rough course o f training. A st upi d pe rson o r o ne lac king in re· source has no pla ce in th e me di c al pro f ess ion. The mo re intelli gen ce on e has th e b.ett e r, p rov id e d it is o f a pra ct ical sort and n ot confin ed wholly t o th e cont ents o f boo k s Med ical t e xt-books giv e on e ve ry pre tt y pict ures o f th e va riou s d isea ses to which the fl es h is h ei r , and th e y a re o f g reat va lu e; but th e di sea se in prac t ice se ld om co rreopo nd s exac tl y to th e tex t- book t ype , and prac ti ca l ab ilit y t o s ift th e ev ide n ce and c h oose th e important sy mpt oms mu s t be prese nt o r one can no t be sll ccess ful.

It wo uld hardl y be fair t o sa y th at an yo n e la c king th e advant ages o f a coll ege educa ti on should n ot stud y m edi c ine. S ome o f our fin es t ph ys ic ians and surgeons ar e no t co llege men

ALMA

SUCCESSFUL WOMAN PHYSICIAN

and women. A nd ye l , at the present tim e, th e r e is as muc h if n ot morc n eed in med icine o f th e breadt" of culture and men· tal discipline that comes with coll ege training than in any pro-f ess ion ;--cicar, logica l, scien tifi c thinking is a n ecessi t y in medical work today P r epa rati o n fo r t h e pra c ti ce of medicine should not be ha st y. The foundations sh o uld be broad and dee p and th e superstru c tur e strong a n d well mad e T oo nw eh depends u pon havin g the proper knowl edge at th e prope r time fo r any part o f tf, e work to be slighted. The pr epa r at ion will tak e more time, but su ccess wi ll come morc quickly a nd is morc sure. B ut what o f th e person o f limi ted means who feels that sh e cannot afford th e tim e and mon ey n ecessa r y for thi s long cour se of trainin g? S u c h I wou ld urge to have confi de n ce in th e future. If there is tim(, and mon ey for but o n c cour se of training , tak e your bachelor's degree . Four years make a great difference in on e ' s lif e at tim es and, if on e is rea lly in ea rn est as t o what sh e wants and tak es advantage of her oppor tuniti es, it is surpri sin g h ow cha n ces open up for h er. It is be tt e r to have a college ed u ca ti on a nd g iv e u p the idea of practicing medicine than t o stud y ntedic in t v.: ith out pro per preparati on . If one is in earne st , 1 be li e v e th e re a re but few p eopl e who cannot attain bo th

While the su b ject of trai n in g is being di sc u ssed, it might not be out of the way to say a few wo rd s about the mos t promin ent rnedica l schools that a r e o p en to women. Of th ese, there are four th at come t o m y mind. The on ly medical college fo r women alo n e at th e p resent tim e is ti Th e W oma n 's Medical Col· lege of Philade lphia " The r est ha ve been a band on e d o r me rged with ot h e r schools int o co-ed ucational institutions. This one is a g'ood sc hool a n d has give n to the medical pro f ess ion anum· b e r of its fin est women physicians; but , having been trained at a co-e du ca tional school and perceiving the many gains and the f ew losses in su c h a n institution. a co llege fo r women a lone would n ot appeal to me . Th e o n e grea t advantage that a woma n ga ins by rece iving h er ed ucati o n with men is h e r chance to obtain a mo r e ju st sta n da rd of compa ri son o f her ability and medical

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w o rk. S he does no t ha ve t o say, kn ow ledge a nd judgment in thi s ca se is as good as that o f a ny woman," but can make th e f a r b roade r s ta te rn e nt , trainin g an d k n ow ledge o f ph ysic ian s lead me t o th in k that m y jud g m ent in thi s ca se is as good as th a t o f an y o th e r ph ys ic ian."

Of co-e du cati o nal sc hool s o pe n to wom en , J o hn s H o pkin s , Corn e ll a nd th e U niv e r s ity o f Mi c hi ga n tak e th e lead. All have th e ir g ood poi nt s, w hi ch are abo ut eq ual ; alth o ug h th e U niver s it y o f Mi chi ga n ho ld s th e reco rd fo r c heap , ye t good li v in g and jO\\' coll ege fees. It h as the a dv a n tage a lso o f ha v in g a c hapte r o f Pi Bet a P hi

R etu m ing to the s ubject of the ess e nti al qual ifi ca ti o n s fo r a s uccessful woma n ph ys ic ian . capac ity fo r work ho lds the place o f nex t im po rtan ce . is an exac t ing mi s tress a nd the pe rson w ho w in s la ur els in he r se rv ice w ill have to wo rk hard f o r th e m . Fro m th e tim e o ne begi ns th e s tu dy o f m ed icine until s he ce ases prac ti c in g, he r tim e is not her o wn. P hysic ian s a re liabl e to call at a ny ti me an d, if th ey a re s uccess ful , th e will be ma n y and at all t im es . Th is unr emittin g se rvi ce, fo rtunat el y, is mo re th a n compe n sate d fo r by th e pl ea s ur e that com es a s th e re war d o f a good a nd hu ma nI z in g w o rk w e ll done. Nex t to me nt a l ca pa cit y th o ro ug hl y train ed and hard work, a womanl y bea rin g , br eadth o f mti nd a nd sy mpath y ar c req ui s it e f o r s uccess. T od ay the pub l ic ha s littl e u sc fo r a woma n ph ys ic ian w li o has n ot a w o manl y bea rin g. A n e a sy, ta ct f ul mann e r, unt a in te d by mascu linit y ye t givi ng t he idea o f s tre ngt h, s h o ul d be c ultiv a ted . A ph ysic ia n 's w h o le a tt itu de sh ould ins pi re con fide n ce. T ac tfuln ess sh o u ld n ot be a ll o\\'ed t o dege n e rat e in to deceit no r fe m in in it y int o affectat io n . H o n est y is esse n tia l in a phys ic ian. but o ne s ho uld k no w wh e n to s a y no tlim g.

B rea dth o f min d a nd sympath y a rc a lso n ecess ar y P h ys ician s a re thr own with all cla sses o f peopl e, the wors t mo rally a s w ell as th e be st. Th ey Illu st learn t o be charit a bl e, n ot belittlin g o r exc usi ng o ff e nses aga in s t th e mo ral law, but kee ping in mind th e w ea knesses a n d f rai lties o f ma nk in d. Thi s

wom e n phy s ic ian s especially must bear in 'mind. as lack o f knowledge o f tCllliJta t ions and trials sometimes makes women a little hard. Gen uin e sympat h y is a trait that s hould be cultivated. Many a p h ysic ia n h as los t good paiients by n ot sympath izin g prop e rly with them. Jf one ha s but a sl ight ailme nt and it is ann oyi ng he r, she is ofte n eve n more a n xious to be rid o f it th an s he would be were s he se ri ously s ick; for in se ri ous illness es nature kindly benumbs o ur faculties , wh ile in s li g ht illnesses they seem abnormally active.

And what of the chan ces of s u ccess for a woma n afte r s he has received he r medical ed ucati o n? Th e re are plenty of cha nces f o r a well -t rained, broad-minded. sen sib le woman. :\ I edic in e is ju st like any other business o r profess ion: judgmen t must be u se d in locatmg and also in choosing the spec ial line of wo rk that is to be pur sued. At th e present t ime, many v e ry plea sa nt in stitutional positi on s a re ope n to wome n phy sicia ns and the numbe r of such position s increas in g every yea r. Pat ho logy also i s a pleasa nt and lu c rati v e branch of medicine to wh ic h women arc now devoting their time. A number o f other branches might be mentioned in w hi c h women are ma kin g nam es fo r th emselve s . but there is sti ll room f o r ot he rs, if th ey are willing to d evote their t ime to the work. l\1edicine offe rs to women one of the best c hances for reputation , success and a fai r reco mp en se that the world h old s today.

MARY

M . \VOLF E, Pellllsyit'allia Bela, Resident P h ysicia n , Pennsylvania State Hos pital.

Min utes of the Second Inter-Sororit]! Conference

THE Second In te r -Soro rit y Conf e re n ce met Se ptembe r ' 9, '903, at the Co lumbu s Sa fe D e pos it Va ult s, Chicago. Th e purpose of thi s meeting was to rece ive repo rt s fr om the Nat iona l oro riti es o n the five by-laws s ubmitt ed to them by the fir s t Conf e rence, and to take what add itional action seemed ad-

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visable. Nine sororities were repre se nted, as follows:

Kappa Alpha Theta, Ur s Laura B Norton.

Delta Camma, M iss Blanche Carten

Kappa Kappa Camma, 1[iss Virginia Sinclair.

C hi Omega, 11i ss May Miller.

Alpha Chi Omega, Mi ss Mabel Siller.

Alpha P hi , Mi ss Ruth Ferry.

Delta Delta Delta, Mi ss A lma Fick.

Pi Beta Phi, Mis s E li zabeth Camb le

Camma Phi Beta, Miss Lillian Thompson.

The meeting was caJled to order by Mis s Thompson. Mrs. Laura B. No rto n wa s el ected c ha innan, and Mfss 'Thompson secr e tary.

Since the la s t Conference me t, all the sororities represented but P i Beta Phi and C hi Omega, have had conv entions. In these convcnti ns th e five by-law s fo nll ed by th e last Conference were di sc ussed, and by th e m th ei r delegates were in st ru c ted. The d e legat es from Pi Beta Phi and Chi O me g a were in structed by their Grand Council s. Th e del egates wetc unanimou s in their approva l of annual Int er -So r o rit y Conferences. They all depl or ed existi ng conditions in rushing and bidding, and hoped tha f the Conf e re n ce could find som e r emedy for them. They all disappr oved o f violent ru shing discountenanced "lifting" tir ely. All the sororiti es r ep resented, except Camma P hi Beta, w e re willing to s ign an Int e r-Soro rit y Com pa ct, as soon as o ne cou ld be framed which wou ld be sati s fact o ry to all. But the reports on the five by - la ws fram ,ed by the fir s t Confe ren ce were n o t unanimous. Th e cont ents of these re port s may be tabulated as fol1ows:

I. A lpha Phi, Delta Delta Delta, and Kappa Alpha Theta v o ted In Conv enti on to accep t th e five by- laws, prov id ed they we re accepted by all th e so ro riti es represented in the Conference .

2. Delta Gam ma and P i Beta Phi too k no de finite action on th e by-laws. but approved some 1nt e r-Sor orit y Compac t, if on e be formed flexible enoug h to suit local co nditi on s in th e diffe rent instituti on s.

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3. Gamma Phi Beta disapproved an Int e r-S oro rit y Com pact under existing circumstances, while adntitting that such a compact is ideal. H ence she took no definite action on the by-laws, but condemned " lifting."

4. The re mainin g sororities, Kappa Kappa Ganuna, Chi Omega and Alpha C hi Omega , all disapproved o f by-law [ ( deferring bidding to the seco nd Frida y in December); hy- Iaw 2 (t hat all invitations he officia l and mailed) was declared to be already the policy of Kappa happa Gamma and Cr,i Omega; Alpha Chi Omega did n ot approve it; by-law 3 (that ten days be allowed the candidate in which to make he r decision) was approved by C hi Omega, d,sapproved by A lpha Ch i O mega, and not acted on by Kappa Kappa Gamma, though sh e sugges ted that th e time i too lo ng; by-law 4 ( n o part of initiations sha ll be public) and by-law 6 (t ran sgr essions sliall be reported througH national office rs to national officers) were approved by all three so ror itie s .

No Tnter-Sorority Compact, therefore, was formed. Each delegate presented to the confe rence a report, and while these are too long to give in full , some of them contai n su ggestions and formulate objections which the Conference desires to lay bef o re the so roriti es . Th e sec retary, therefore, selected the following fro m th ese reports:

Delta Delta Delta states that an Inter-Sorority Compact will be !TIuch harder for soro riti es who have t o ru sh, for the most part, agai n st l ocals. She would prefer a later pledge day than that suggested in by-law l.

Delta Gamma urges that the alumnae be enlisted in this attempt to bring about a better understanding between so ro riti es. She suggests th e formation of Pan-Hellenic associations in the different colleges (suc h as that n ow existing in the University of Neb raska) in order to in c rease acquaintanceship , and regulate relati ons between sororities.

Pi Beta Phi feels that the five by- law s do not meet local conditions in many coll eges. By-law I would be hard for chapie rs living in hou ses .

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Alpha C hi O mega fee ls that th e average te rm in college o f he r membe rs is so s ho rt ( the y arc mu sic pupi ls and their course averages tw o year s) tha I a lat e pledge day would be hard fo r th e m. She rath e r do ubt s the advi sab ilit y o f making an InterS o ro rit y Co mpa c t, but if th e oth e r so ro riti es ag ree to o ne, she will sign t oo.

C hi Omega also think s c hapt ers in coll eges where there are chiefly loca ls w il find a compact hard; she menti o n s the hards hip s o f a la te pledge fo r chapl ers livin g in houses, but she is willin g to h elp make so me Int er-Soror it y Compac t that sh all be a g r eed t o by all.

Kappa A lpha Theta su gges t s an adv iso r y board at each college where an Int e r-So ro rit y Compa ct 511a11 be in for ce; thi s body to be composed of delegates e lected by the soro riti es, and to deal with vi ola ti ons of Compact.

A ft e r hav ing heard and discussed these report s, the Confe rence proceeded ( I ) to o rd e r th e formation of Pan -H e ll e ni c associations, and (2) to embody some o f the s uggest io n s co ntain ed in the report s . and brought o ut by th e discussion. in motions to be vot e d on by th e chapter s o f the various sororit ies .

I.I. that Pan-Hellenic associations be formed In 111 st itm ion in which t\\·o o r more nati o nal so ro ritie s ex is t . ried unanimously.)

2. th a t these Pa n-He ll enic associations consis t every (C arof one alumnae and on e acti ve membe r from eac h soro rity repres ented in th e Conf e r e nce (Car ried unanim o u sly.)

3 · Moved that it be the purpose of th ese associations to discu ss an d ac t o n all matt e rs o f int er-so ro rit y interest in the leg es and univ e rsit ies in which they exis t , espec iall y s uc h matters as th e Int e r- So ror it y Conf e rence . (Ca rri ed unanim o usly . )

4· that the secreta ry of th e Int e r- Soro rit y Conference be empo we red to a sk the Grand Secretaries o f th e Na tional Sororiti es to n o tify th e ir chapte r s that th e chapter first e tabli shed

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m eac h institution is to o rgan iz e the Pan-He ll enic assoc iation th e re. The chairmanship is t o be h eld in ro tati on by eac h chapt e r in th e order of its es tab l is hm en t . (Car ri ed unanimously.)

The Confe rence urges that these Pa n-He ll eni c associations be f o rm e d as soon afte r T hank sgiv in g as poss ibl e.

5. Moved that any c h a l)te r violating the Pan-Hellenic agreements be repor t ed t o it s G rand Pres id ent by the Pan-Hellen ic association to which it belongs . l Carried unanim olls l y.)

II. MO'rlONS TO m: \'OT£D ON BY THE CHA PTJ-:RS .

The following by-laws are t o be laid before th e chapt e r s of th e nine so ro riti es by th ei r Grand Cou n ci l s, and voted o n as soon as possible. T h e voto is to be forwarded before 1st by th e G r and Secretary of each soro rity to the Sec reta r y o f the Inter-Sorority Confe rence, j'l'li ss Lilli an W . Thompson, 326 West Sixty-first Place, Chicago, and th e re sult o f the vote ann ounced by her to the so r o riti es .

I. Moved that a pledge clay be adop t ed by th e N ati ona l So ro rit ies in eac h co ll ege where tw o o r mo rc o f them exist.

2. l\'foved th at the pledge day in eac h college be fixed by the Pa n- H ell eni c association ex is ting there.

3. Moved that n o st u dent be asked to j oin a soro rit y before ha s matricu lated .

1I1;oved that matricu lation be defined as t h e day of enrollme nt as a st ud ent in the university or coll ege.

Th e Con fe rence des ir es to exp ress its sentimen ts o n two poin ts: First, we still rec o mme-nd a late pledge day. Second, we urge all sorority wome n to co-operate actively in college orga nizat ion s :ntemfed for the good of all college students, such as C hri s · ti an assoc ia tio n s , l it e ra ry socie ti es and wom en' s leagues. 'vVe are often cens ured, and so, for withholding o ur active s uppo rt from these wider move ment s of st ud ent lif e.

Th e next Co nf e re n ce will be ca lled b y Delta Gamma at Chicago in Septe mbe r, 1904.

In closing thi s report, the Sec reta ry wishes to extend to all

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the chapters of all th e sororities interested in this forward movement a most cordial greeting from the Conference. \Ve hope that the same friendly. helpful sp irit, whiell has made these two Conferences so delightful and inspiring to the delegates, will animate you all, and prove an abundant reward for you r efforts to assist us in this work.

LLI,I.IAN '1'1-101\1 PSON, Gamma Phi Beta,

Sec'y

of the Second Inter-Sorority Con fe r ence.

Whal Ihe Fralernil), Sqauld Mean 10 ils Members

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reading thi s ARROW the question comes as an echo of the initiation ceremony which to some has been d. first experience of its beautiful impressiveness, while to ot h ers older in the way, it has been another g lad privilege of joining in the serv ice and thrilling again und e r its inspiration.

\Vhat is it this fraternity mean s to lt S , this organization thaf touche s and impresses us so deeply?

First of all, it should mean an organization of yery definite high ideals and purpo ses, to which it demands ab solute loyalty. Through a long and worthy hi sto ry of years it has stood consistently for thi s high standard of th o ught and life, has enrolled a most honorable membership, and won a record for iairne ss and broad-nundcdncss of which it may well be proud The se are things that should be burned into the very consciousness of eve r y member, initiated and prospective , and they should signify to every Pi Beta Phi fl this membership is a p ri vilege and a high complimen t. "

But fast on privilege foll ow duty and r esponsibility, and this fraternity s hould also mean to us. Ou r establi shed standa r ds are to be maintained, our record kept invi olate, and for this respon s ibilit y P i Beta Phi sou nd s a new call to all that is best within us for all that is best in li fe. Success for the fraternity waits upon the faithfuln ess with which you and I as individ-

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uals hea r a nd answer that ca ll , recognize the responsibility, live out th e creed and arc loyal.

'N ell might t hi s w eight o f responsibility frighten a stout heart we re there no offsetting but in truth th e compensations far outweigh all burd e ns a nd frolll this brighte r point o f vi ew fraternity becomes to u s o n e bou n dless, beau ti fu l opportunity.

It is an opportunity for personal developmen t . Th e lif e of every chapter should be a very practical training sc hool in the rar e art of co-operati on. and the members be graduated "summa cum lau de" as trained to work with others. \ Vhat of the deve lopment in self cont ro l, self restra int , loya l, intelii gen t consideration for ot he rs, keenness in jud gme nt , th e practical handling o f busin ess matt e rs? Th ese ar e v e ritabl e me ans of g race for which th e appreciative soul will retum thanks forever more . H you will pardon a d ig r ess io n, let me add ; if club life for women is ever to be freed from the petty jealousies and in effi· cie n cy th at now retard it and ofte n make it ludicrous, the relief must conle through women who have enjoyed training similar to thaI of a coll ege fr a t e rnit y.

Chapter life sh ould l1Iean also th e opp or tunit y fo r large r rela· ti o n s in o ur respective coll eges. Th e c hapte r, recognizing its obligation to the coll ege world from w hich it draw'S its very life, s ho uld p rove in truth a ce nt e r o f initiative for good in coll ege life. Not hin g less ca n cance l the obl igat io n. The r elati o n of the c hapt e r to it s coll ege, the bettenl1ent of social con· ditions, large r soc ial o ppo rtuniti es fo r all s tud ent s, the moral s id e o f qu es ti o n s a ri si ng daily in th e de moc rati c life of o ur large univer sit ies, t hese are questions d emanding thoughtful cons id e r· ation and unh es itating a cti o n.

There is demanded also a ve ry positive position o n the evi l so often la id at th e door of fraternities , that of assumed exclus iven ess. There may he such a thing as true exclusiveness, but if so it can hardly submit t o parad e but rath e r will sugges t it s prese n ce tlirough attributes o f mind and h ea rt that seek and attra c t naturall y whatever may be conge nial. Thi s baneful id ea

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o f so-call e d e x clu sive n ess pa rad ed by individu a ls and soc ie ti es is one o f th e chi e f hindran ce s to soc ia l bette rm e nt and is n othin g less th a n a mo re e uph oni ous name f o r sn obbe r y . i\1ay I

qu ot e a f a vo rit e e x press ion o f thi s th ou g ht ?

liTh e la rge r th e ma n and th e wo man , th e mor e inclu s iv e th e y a re in th e ir love a nd th e ir fri end ship s. Th e s mall e r th e man and th e wo man , th e m o re d warfed a nd d w indlin g th e ir natures, th e mo r e th ey prid e th em se l ves upo n th e ir (e x c lu s iv e n ess. ' An yon e-a fool or an idi ot-c a n be ex clu siv e. It co m es ea sy. It t ak es a nd it sig nifi es a lar ge na t ur e to be incl us ive O nl y th e ma n o r th e wo man o f a small, pe rson a l, se lf -ce ntr ed , se lf- see king nature is excl u s iv e . Th e man or th e woma n o f a large, r oy al, un se lf -ce ntr ed na ture n e ve r is . T he sma ll nature s triv es continuall y fo r effec t. Th e la rge r n a tur e n e ve r does."

W e in P i Beta P hi s houl d lea rn full w ell that th e re i s goo d even in t h e co ll ege wo rl d ou t s ide o ur f rate rni ty , el se w e have missed it s t ea chin g alt oget h e r . It is t o be bu t on e, th o u g h a beaut i ful mean s o f h e lpin g yo u on to seek th e beau t iful a nd good , beg innin g ju st wh e r e yo u a r e

\Vhat , th e n. sh o uld fr a te rni ty me an t o u s ? A hi g h privilege, g reat res p on s ibilit y, unlimit ed o ppor t uniti es, and wh o sh a ll measu re th e swee tn ess an d s tre n g th o f Ii fe it brin gs t o e a ch o f us in th e broa d e nin g a n d dee p enin g influ en ce o f intimat e a ssoc iat ion w it h s ll c h a hos t o f fri end s w it h w ho m we shall al wa ys hav e someth in g p r ec ious in co mm on .

AI Lake Geneva

AT THE a nnu a l co nf e r en ce of th e W Y. C. A. at Lak e Ge n eva th is su m me r th e r e we re h eld thr ee confe ren ces f o r fr a t e rnity. Th ey we re pr eside d ove r by Si n clai r, G r a nd Treas ur e r of Kap p a K a ppa Gamm a , and a ss ist in g h e r was l\Ii ss P a xo n , al so o f K appa K ap pa Ga mma . Eac h fr a t e rnit y re prese nt ed wa s

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a sked to r eport these confere n ces to the fraternit y magazi ne, th e reby increasing th e audiences attending th ese conferences .

In this effort to rally t h e interest o f fraternity girls in Christion work, it was pointed out by Miss Sinclai r that the greater per cent. o f f raternity girls permit thei r fraternity duties t o c row d out all Chri stian work. The t end e nc y o f frat e rnity is to fill a girl's life to comp let io n. S he fails to know th ose outside of h e r ci rcl e and th e refo re fail s to be interested in them. This is o ften due to thoughtlessness, o r ca reless ness, rath e r than downright selfis hn ess, but the r esu lt i s the sa me : the fraternity girl fai ls to feel any r esponsibility for th e welfare of girls o utside of her own dea r ci rcl e. Said Si ncl ai r : "Huma n friends hi ps a re very dear b ut they shou ld not come betwee n u s and God, nor would ou r fraternity idea l s hav e it that way." Aga in , "We a re prone to emp ha size the social side too much ," and "O Uf fraternity women take suc h a peculiar attitude to ward th e Y. W. C. A. and ot he r Ch ri st ian organ izations . They see m t o think it dignified t o hold a loof, or th ey a r e afraid o f becomi ng 'good ygoody,' o r th ey are indiffe re nt , failing . to realize th a t anyone of th ese attitudes will res ult in a o ne-s id ed developme nt. "

It is urge d t h e re fo r e that the frat e rnity girls take a more activ e part in the Y. W . C. A. work a nd that fraternity and association wo rk toget he r for a g reat e r att endan ce of frate rnity gir ls at next summer's con ference. A fraternity chapte r was t alked of fo r next yea r but nothin g definite was accomp lished . Let us do what we can to interest Pi Phis in this work and send as many representatives as possible to Geneva next summe r. We want to be be hind in no good work.

11ldialla Alpha.

A ft e r se vera l f ail ur es, the P i Phis at th e Y W C. A con fere nce at Lake Ge ne va s u cceeded in meet ing at the place assigne d. We trudged up the hill to the Yerkes Obse r vatory, and went throu g h it together.

Of course o ur first impulse was to have a sp read. So fo ur Aaaow 2

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courageou s maiden s foll owed the winding path al ong th e lake to Williams' Bay and ret urn ed laden with Heats ."

It was a less pretentious cook ie-shi n e than we u suall y attended, but good fellowship and Pi P hi sp irit were there in abundance. We introduced our selves and t o ld about our c hapters. I doubt not that th e bird s in the trees above us were convin ced that Pi Beta P hi was the onl y fraternity in existe n ce and that all the coll ege life revolved around it .

There were nin e of us, the larges t numbe r from any on c frat e rnit y at the confe r ence. We had a sn ap-s hot taken and bade far ewe ll , hopi n g to meet again n ext year at St. Lou is. We regist e r ed for th e ARROW:

Jenllie Updyke, Hillsdale College, Hillsdale, M ich.

Blanche Spurgeon, Simpson College .

Mary Trendley, Ohio U niv e r sity.

J essie Schee, Simpson College.

Elena Jeffrey, Simpson College.

Cora Voyles, Franklin College.

Julia S h a nkland , Iowa Wesleyan.

Maria Leonard alld Geo r gia P. McElroy, U n ivers ity of Indianapolis

GEORC IA P. MCELROY, Indiana Gamma.

Wf?at a Fratemilp Girl Thinks

"Seeing the good in others" is almost a worn out phrase, but at this time when the relations between rival fraternities are a

Interfra/erni!y Relations l ittle strained, it would be a good motto to adopt For are we not all of us most apt to magnify the faults and minimize the virtues of the fratenlitics who are rushing against us? The fraternity defeats its own end if in working for it we become petty or unjustly critical. It should not be a matter of surprise to h ea r a girl speak admiringly of another who belongs to a rival organization. Let us be generous in everything except giving up ou r rights and the girls we want.

Pennsylvania Alp ha.

In answer to Illinois Zeta's query about an "a nnual picture galle r y," we would like to say, mrhem's our sentiments tew." I am sure we would all enjoy having the chapter An Annual . . I Ad· I Gallery pIctures lt1 t le nRO'" once a year an It wou d be a so urce of great benefit to us. I think we are apt to become somewhat selfish in our fraternity life, I mean in the way of not thinking of the other chapters as much as we might. Of course the ARROW and our fraternity letters do a good deal to lessen that feeling, but how much nearer we should feel to the other girls if we could see their pictures as well as th eir hand -writing. You know we always want something tangible to make things real to us.

I suppose t hat most of the chapters hav e their pictures taken every yea r anyway. It would n ot be much t r ouble for us to send one of our pictures to the ARROW each sp rin g, and in that way be exchanging pictures with every other Pi Phi chapte r

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Let's do it. You don't think the ARROW Editor would object to that little extra work, do you?

Michiga/l Alpha.

Too often it is th e case that the fratenlities in a college c an boast o f supremacy o nl y in their favorite line of work. One fraternity tenus to soc ial prominence; another holds first place in the literary or debating so- Broader cieties; another l eads in athletics.

It is our pride that we try to stand for "all round" development, but we often fall behind in some lin e because of la ck of interest. Perhaps an uncongenial set of girls gets the leade rship in athletics, and Pi P11is stay away and let them keep it Or the debating club seems dull, and we give our rival fraternities a chance to say that they lead in intellectual lines . Even if pe rsonal inter est is lan guid, fraternity pride, at least, should prompt us to st rike for OUf share of th e hon o rs in eve ry department of college life . And Pi Phi's s hare of the honors should o f course be the large st. Coillmbia Alpha.

Several girls from various fraternities were discussing recently a question on which we should like to have opinions from ARROW readers. \Vh en the fratenlity comes together in the fall to find itself cripp led by the loss of a large number of its gir ls is it justified then

A Que31ion 0/ Number in taking in new members whom it might n ot se lect under other circumstances? It is, of cou rs-e, ,understood that th ese are con· genia l and worthy of the honor bestowed on them, but are, per· haps, not people to whom ou r attention would turn in more prosperous years. This also applies to a time when but little available fraternity material ent ers the coll ege. Should we at such . time select the best material available, o r remain as we are until another year, when our ntshing would be sad ly handicapped by lack of workers? i OUla Zeta.

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During the summer months, ou r chapte r keeps two Round Robin letters in constant ci rculation, one starting at each end of the alphabet and taking the girls in tum. A N ew Kind of Last summer, the senior letters all lamented the Round Robins fact that Robin would fly no more in their direction, and this feeling has caused us to try a new sche me this year . The seven girls who graduated last year are having a Robin of their own and every time it reaches the seventh girl, she mails it to the active chapter and there a letter is added telling all the local college news. In this way, the active chapter is kept in very close touch with the girls who have recently gone out and they in their turn still keep their interest in the college. This seems especially helpful when a girl goes a long distance from home and so cannot become identified with the alumnae chapter f o r vcry active work. The plan is on ly experimental this year, but we are confident that it will be a success. Perhaps it may prove suggestive to other chapters.

M assachllselt s Alpha.

"Can I spe nd a contented summe r at home?" is the question the fratemity girl asks herself at the close of the college year.

A Summer Cud Club

If she is fortunate enough to afford a summer trip, well and good. But so many college girls in order to afford fraternity life must spend as little as possible during vacations . And so it does become a question which each must an s we r for herself, how to stay at home contentedly, and make an ordinarily dull suouner a happy one

Probably her home friends have grown away from her, during her absence, or <as so often happens) they are afraid of a Umystic Greek." If so, the girl's home-coming is something that she we ll may dread .

Such had been the case, for seve ral successive summe rs, with th e fraternity girls who live in Kokomo, Indiana. Their interests seemed all centered in the next college yea r, and th ei r friends seemed on ly the o nes they had left for the summer. But one

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more thoughtful than the rest (a Pi P hi 1)" st ru ck the spa rk that lit the flame of sympath y between all the fr aternity girls of the town , and a Greek club was organized thi s summe r, which has proven more than sat isfactory. Three Pi Phis, three Alpha Phis, one Kappa, two Theta s, and one A lpha Chi Omega made up the jolly crowd. And when two Tri-Deltas, who had been e njoying lake breezes for a month, came home, a mock initiation was made read y, and the y, too, ente red hear til y into the spirit of the club

Of course eac h girl had been taught to honor h e r ow n fraternity above all others; so it was agreed from the first that only suc h fraternity questions as would be of common interest should be discussed in the meetings. And so girls of different fraternities, even from the same college, met together, learned to love one another, and have gon e back wit h broader minds, and will be more loya l than eVf' r .. - .: ... ir own org-anizations . For while the com rad eship enjoyed during the summe r filled eac h with a re spect not heretofo re known, for the ot he r fraternities represente d , it also had the other good result of binding each girl more closely to he r own dear s iste rh ood.

We hope othe r girls will try this next Sllmme r, and will find it as sllccessf ul, as interesting and as helpful as the Kokomo girls have.

hzdialla Gamma .

I have been thinking of what we owe t6 those blessed women, who have helped us so often when we hav e needed help, who have ente rtain ed us and tried to make liS have Ou r 'Polrones Sf!S a good time socially, who hav e chaperoned ou r partiC5, who have, in fact, done everything that good patronesses are supposed to do. They are always doing something for us, while we do so little for them, not even so much as r ecogn iti on of their se rvi ces. Th ey would f ee l better repaid for their good deeds and more as if we appreciated them, if there was some closer bond between us. and some recogni -

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ti on of this bond. There ought to be something, a pin o r some emblem, which would ide ntif y them with ou r frat e rnity ,-and thi s emblem should be made national. Th e n th e re should be some initiation ce remony to mark their advent to th e ranks of Pi P hi patronesse s. We are all too ready to remembe r their duty to us, while we a re too ap t to forget o ur duty to them. O hio Alplta.

As th e end of th e ru shing season draws near, comes the ques· ti on of how man y new girls to admit to tl1 e c hapt e r. It see ms to be the o pini on of n ea rly all that the num· ber can not rasi ly be limited. If there a re many SlzolI we A s k desirable gi rl s, we must be ca ref ul to pi ck out o nl y th ose that we co nside r the best ; if th e re are comparat ively few , we must judge th em all, not by the standard of th e one whom we think th e bes t, but according to our ow n id ea of what a gi rl mu st be in o rd e r to wear the arrow . It ma y be that a chapter is lar ge and fee l s no necessity fo r taking in new gi rl s, but that is no reason for withholding an invitation, if we think the girl will be a n addition and an h onor to t h e fraternity. On th e ot he r han d, there ma y be only a few active g irl s, wh o fee1 it a burden to bear the expenses o f th e chapt e r alone . In this case, we must particularly gua rd against asking new girls s imply t o "fi ll u p." It would be far better t o give up the chapt e r house than to keep it in that way, fo r one uncongenial gi rl may change th e sp irit of th e whole c hapt e r. \V e must all work to maintain the u sual hi g h sta ndar d o f Pi Phi.

llIi"ois Zeta.

F o r some of us at Irast, th e "rushing season" is almost end ed, and we arc congratulating ou rselves with good cause, ove r the

Tlze New Girls girls whom we hav e won fo r the Wine and Blue. We feel so perfectly satis fi ed with our wo rk that w e sometimes forg e t that th e re is more to be d one than simpl y placing th e pledge r ibbon s on th e chosen one. Th ese pl e dg lin gs of today are to be the ac tive Pi P hi s of

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next year, a nd of several years to come, and it rests with the active chapte r to make them the Pi Phis they should be . Our new girls may be in st ruct ed in man y matters o f fraternity hi sto ry, and th ey s ho uld be given some part in the socia l work. This will serve to interest them, and to prepare them f o r the active work which they will take up later.

Above all, we must impr ess on the pledges the ideals o f our fraternit y as regards unit y and loya lt y between member and ber. No girl s hould ever rec eive the impr ession that the tie which bind Pi Phis together is a loose one or one to be li g htl y rega rd ed. IIlillo;s Bela.

In OllT state there arc three chapters of Pi Beta Phi, yet we are no t any better acquainted with each othe r than if we were off in New York or Ca lifornia . Of course we l earn of 1 1 1 A d 1 1 1 h Siole Chapters tHon g 1 t le RROW an t lf OUg lour annua c apter lette rs what each chapter is doing, but in quite " general way . \'Vhat we would like is to find some way whereby the gir l s of the different state chapters cou ld be brought in closer tou ch with eac h ot her , either by cor responde nce o r by visits at diff erent times. It seems as if this would g r eat ly strengthen the fri e nd s hi p between us and tend to rai se the standards o f individual c ha pte r lif e.

Iowa Beta.

In one respect it is a very pleasant thing to be a senior; to be looked up to by the awestruck freshman. In another r espect it is a rather difficult role that the se n io r is called in the Cl,apter upon to play. Ju st what for instance is her duty to the chapter, especially in the selection of new girls? Is it right for her to keep out a gi rl that all the r est want, even though she feels that she is uncongenial and will n ot make the best kind of a Pi Phi? In answer to this question it seems to me, tfiat she shou ld be thoroughly convin ced of the justice of

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h e r opi n ions, must be unprej udi ced, and th en hav e th e firmn ess t o stand by her conviction s Kal/sas Alp ha.

With th e opening of co ll ege and' th e advent of a whole class n ew gi rl s, the o n c aim of the fraternity gir l is the se lect ion of Tite Que stio n of "Family" in Fra/ernify

gir ls she th inks desirable fo r h e r fraternity. This is indetd an "o ld, old sto ry," but lik e the se rv ant girl problem is still und e r discussion, and also like it , n o n ea r e r solu ti on

Of course, th e r e comes in, fir st , th e qu es ti o n o f congeniality. Some gi rl s ar e attra ctive upon first app ea ran ce, whil e other require long acquai.ntan ce to re nd e r them so. Surely, all fraternity g irl s are familiar with th e phrases, "l ea rn t o know," " p e r sonal pre judi ce" a nd co untl ess oth e r s.

Let u s suppose, h oweve r , the s ubj ect of congenial it y se ttl e d. Reall y , almost as soon as a gi rl is co nsid e red at a ll, ther e comes up th e question,-"family." A most important question it is, but, ala s, h o w often mj scon stru ed ! 'Ve all admit, that we would n ot want in ou r fraternity any gi rl whose family is n ot in eve r y way h onorable and respectahle. B u t , to some girls, how often "good famil y" r ea ll y s ignifi es '"soc ial se t. " Th e r e are g irl s, who will n ot con sent to r eceive into th ei r fraternity a gi rl from their o wn home, simp ly because sh e does not mingle in th e probably excl usive se t that th ey d o. Th e g irl ma y be c harming and attractive in appearance and manner , capa bl e as a stud ent , of influ en ce in he r class and college affairs, a gi rl who would be a c redit and an hon or to any fraternity. But the door of fr a t e rnit y life is barred against h e r , because s h e is not fo rtun a t e enough to move in the sa m e socia l c ircl e as h e r n e ig h bo r.

I would n ot advocate takin g into a fra te rnit y a girl , whose famil y is not what it sh ouid be, me r e ly becau se sh e would r ep r esent he r frat e rnit y we ll in college lif e. But , too mu ch stress is laid upon that word, " famil y ." In too many cases, it is made to mea n fl age" and "money." Th e r e are many families, who do not

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trace their pedigree back into the remote past, o r who h a ve not amassed g reat wealth. but who are s tri ctly honorable in th e ir relati on s to o th e rs and of th e greatest refi n ement in their inner Jiv es. To be s ur e, thty are n ot among the fo remos t in soc iet y, but their rep utati o n and ho no r are sec ure . O f co ur se, it would be hard f or a g irl to go home, and hav e for h e r fraternity sis ter, a girl who does n ot associate with the people she kn ows. However, we all agree that joi ning a frat e rnity inv olves sac ri fice. Should n ot a girl sac rifice h er pride, to gain for h e r fraternity o nc who would represe n t it wo rthil y in every way? She shou ld think that circ u mstance , not merit, had put that girl in to a soc ial class different from her ow n. So, by a littl e sac rifice of pride, by a d isp lay of her true fraternity sp irit, she could, in he r ow n home, ow n as her equal a g irl in eve ry way worthy to be ca ll ed h e r fraternity s ister

Marylalld Alpha .

I believe that in o ur cha pt e r , the g irl s are a s good students as girls can be, but there is a ge ne ral op ini o n that o ur yea rly exami-

Concerning the F r a/ernj/!!

Examina/ion

nat ion is too much of a st rai n . Of cour se , every Pi P hi should be infonned as t o the general hist o r y of the fr ate rnit y a n d in a lesse r wa y, s hould kn ow somet h ing o f all the Gr eeks. Bu t this id ea o f spend ing weeks (i n no o th e r way ca n the examinat ion be adequately prepared for) in lea rnin g details which are re lativel y trivial , does not appeal very fo rcibly to a lot of gi rl s who have already all they ca n car ry with their coll ege work.

Th en, too, the fraternity exam ination comes at a tim e of yea r when nearly eve ryone is busy preparing for mid year o r sp ring term exami na tions , and thus imposes a doub le duty o n the girls. Now, I do not mean that th e exami n at ion sh ould be abolis hed entirely. Far fr om it I B ut may it n o t be modified so a s to includ e only essentials, a nd thu s not be s u ch a tax on our st rength? We shou ld lik e to h ea r f ro m ot h e r chapte r s o n th e subj ec t. Co l orado Beta.

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Of course we none of us live up to our ideals, or they would change their name , bat it is well enough at least to keep them

A Poss ible Id eal within reaching distance. There are so many things we Pi Beta Phis want to be, but surely one of the attainable virtues, and the one that Pi Beta Phis ought to have above all else, is that graciousness of manne r that is as cordial to the sou ls of those o ne meets. It isn 't sistent at all wit h ve ry excellent principles to be cha rming and if any girl ca n afford to be always tactful , always careful to make those around her comfortable, to bring out the best that is in the people she comes in contact with, it is th e girl who has been of the chose n. There might be some excuse for a lack of graciou sness in a gir l who has been left Ollt , but for the girl who has th e of frat ernity life there can be non e . It is so easy and so tempting to emulate that famous family of "four and no more," for of course we care more for just ourselves than for anybody else, but then any fraternity can do that way. Pi Beta Phis f)ug ht to do more.

Pemlsylvollia B eta.

There was a time when comparatively littl e attention was given to rushing and practically none at all during the summe r months. Things have changed greatly within the last yea r I s Ru sl] ing

Becoming a Burden? or so, in some of the col1eges at least. It seems as if eve ry fraternity is making ru shing its chief occupation duri ng the summer. There arc not just occasional parti e;; and spread s but somet hing almost every week. This is carrying things too far, it means a great deal of expense and the use of time which cou ld be spe nt more profitably in other ways. Not only this, but the gi rls are tired out before college opens and h ave no t the same ent husia sm they would otherwise have. Of course so long as one fraternity does it all m.ust. But couldn't somethin g be done to a ll ev iate matters?

Ohio Bela.

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To the gi r l left o ut let our sy mpathies r each, And a bann e r of chee r let us no w unfurl , In sc ribe d wit h this te x t it wer e good to preach,"Here's a hand t o th e non - fralernity g irl. " Co lo rado Alp ha.

Alumnae Department

O ur A lumnae Associatio n

How m a n y o f th e loyal Pi Phis- fo r thus we are pleased to t erm ou r se lves-have given on e th o ught to the f act that our Alum n ae Association ha s ju st passed t h e t enth mil estone in its ex istence ; that ten ye ars ago last July, at the Chi cago convention, a few en e r get ic memb e rs banded together a n d bro ught th e Association in to ex is. tcn ce . It s g r ow tli during th e yea r s h as been s low but we h op e it is su r e.

TW I) ma in objects h ave bee n k ept in view during the ten yea rs, and, a lth o u g h we ca nn ot s how any g r eat acc o mpl ishm ent, hap s the work ha s been lighter in some in stan ces because we we re re ady to <ll end a h a nd. " O ur tw o objects are to re vive and maintain enthu s ia sm for , and in-on the part o f th e alumnaeth e nati onal f r aternity a nd it s growth: a l so, t o aid in support in g th e ARROW

During th e fi r st few years th e increase in membe r ship was slow, for t o man y the ARROW at a dollar a yea r wa s mo r e o f a lu x ury than a n ecessi ty. But;t ql1artC'ring o f th e price has m o r e than quadrupled the membership. Even that docs n o t sat isfy Vie n ot 0:11y f eci but know that ev e ry ri Phi sh o uld be a sub sc rib e r , havin g tIle ARROW among h e r r eadi ng matter f ou r times eve r y year not just o n e yea r in f ouL

I wi sh it we re possible to say that out of ou r three thou sand

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and more alumnae tw o-th irds are now member s of the Associati on , but slich a result we have neve r been able to obtai n. The w o rk so f a r ha s been ca rri ed on by a few, but we hope e re another ten yea r s s h a ll have rolled a round that the majority of al unm ae in stead of th e mi no ri ty will be its suppo rters .

From tlie first the Associa ti on ha s bee n se lf -. up port ing . If tha t is possible with less than a thousand members, what would be th e condition of the treasury if two or thr ee thousand sent in yearly dues . Pe rh ap:; we might have money to loan , invest, o r possibly t o donat e. Think of an alumnae associati on in such a fl o uri shing condition as that! Would it not be a fine thing?

To those who left behind college and chapter l ife in June. a mos t co rdial in vitation is extended to be onc of us in deed as well as in name. It shou ld be the natural st ep fo r eve ry Pi P hi to tak e upo n leavi n g college . There is a great oppo rtunity in the Association for work and eno ugh ca n eas ily be fo und to convince onc that active fraternity li fe is not all c rowded int o the fou r short college yea rs . Keep up Y011r interest from year to ycarn eve r lett in g it Rag fo r a mo ment. Look a r ound yo u and find som e thing fo r you to do, or write some o ne for work to be gi ven you to do.

May we n ot all-th e o ld and th e yo un g -w o r k together du ring the next ten yea r s. From the yo ung. w e of the earli e r days w o ul d get ou r enthu s iasm, givi ng in retu rn of the wi sdom w h icn expe r ience has taught. Thus pu llin g together might we n ot mak e f or Pi Phi a r eputation n ot on ly o f being the oldest but the st ro n gest fraternity-the fraternity o f the future?

F. K. R.

Tqe Chapfer Alumnae Secrefary

There seems to be consid e rabl e ign o ran ce o r indiffe rence in r egard to th e Chapte r A lumna e Sec r etary This offi ce was creat ed at o ur last Convention, but in the tw o years that have elapsed it has n ot accomplished all that lVas h oped fo r As this

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failure m ay bt· d ue s impl y t o a la ck o f comprehension of the duti es which th e office car ri es with it, it ma y be well to de fine them clearl y

T he main purpose in creating suc h an office was to establish a link between each chapt e r and th e N ati o nal Alumnae Association, but thi s wa s not all, f o r it was hoped that s uch a secretary wou ld be o f great assistance to th e vari ou s o ffi ce rs o f the association. If each sec r etary wo ul,l do h e r work w e ll , mu c h of the drudg e ry performed un complainin g l y eac h yea r by the A lunmae P resident and th e circle sec retari es would be do ne away with.

May we as k first h o w man y c hapters have filled this office regularly si nce it was c rea ted? The sec ret ar ies may be at work, but thu s far we have failed t o hear fr olll them. Th e fir st duty of the Alumnae Secretary is to send h e r add ress to all alumnae office rs) including th e c ircl e s{'cretaries . Th ey will then ha ve a definite person in eac h chap ter, to whom to ad dre ss queries.

1\ext the sec re ta ry s ho uld se nd to each iss ue o f th e ARROW, as many personals conce rning th e alumnae o f he r chapter as can be g ath ered. Th is is on e o f th e s ur est ways o f keeping th e hold gi rl s" interested in the ARROW, fo r we ali lik e to see o ur se lv e s and o ur fri ends in print. It is al so her dut y to keep a permanent record of eac h girl who ha s gone Ollt fr om th e c hapt e r. It would al so be within he r province to se nd add resses and cor rec tions to the frat e rnit y cataloguer.

Last, but n ot lea st , at the close of ea ch co ll ege year, the Alumnae Sec reta ry should, 'wit h oltt fail, send the Alumnae Pre sident , a complete li st o f all girls who do not expec t t o return 'in the fall, w h ethe r seniors o r not. !\I o reove r, if possible, eac h name s hould be accompanied by a qua rte r, th e modest membe rs hip fee o f the A lu mnae Association. Xo r does her respon sibi lit y end here, for in the fall a co rre cted li st s hould be sent, si nce c hanges are almost s ur e t('l occ ur . In fact, whenever a gi rl leaves college s he should be urged to j o in th e Assoc iati on , and he r nam e, with or w ith o ut th e fee, sent t o th e Preside nt.

Th e loya i, con sc ie nti o u s Secretary will be quick to see other way s o f "magnifyin g he r office ." F o r in s tan ce, the alumnae of

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her chapte r would su rely appreciate a Round R obi n letter now and th e n, telling of the progrtss o f th e chapter and any special eve nts . Please. dea r siste rs , if yo u ha ve n ot fill ed thi s ve ry important office, do so at once; o r if it be a "si nec ure" in your chapt e r, set you r sec retary to work alld kee p her at i t.

l'vIARY ELOISE SC H UYLER,

Philadelplzia Alumnae Club

Th e Philadelphia ,\ lumnae Club \\'as delig htfull y e n te rtained at the summer r eside n ce of lIl a r )' Cooper J oh n son at Langhorne, Pen n sy lva ni a, where covers were laid for twenty loya l Pi Phis, who rep resented six chapte rs . Kated among those present was lIlrs, J ea n M, Horne Tumbull, on e of the founders of 1. C" who was ca ll ed upon by our witty SYl11posia r ch, Dr, Mary Woif e, to respond to the toast, "The Founding o f I. C." \V e were als o fortunate in havin g with u s OUT editor , Fl ore n ce Porter Robin son , who made us bette r acq uain ted with o ur s iste r chapte rs by her toa st on "Th e Na ti o na l Frat e rnit y ."

A ft e r P i P hi son gs and chee rs we re tired to the library whe re we he ld our annua l hu s iness meet in g, elec ting th e fo ll owi ng o ffice rs: Edith Ove rh o lt McCain, president; Deborah F e rri e r, vice president and treasure r, and Bess Helen \ Ve ll s, secreta ry. A committee was appointed to reconstruct ou r constit ut ion.

A ft er inspecting our Pi P hi tree, which holds a promin ent place on the lawn, we parted with renewed enthu siasm.

\ Ve are looking forward to the comin g winter, when we hope to ca rr y o ut ou r many plans for the advancement of ou r club.

An y P i Ph i coming to Philadelphia o r vicinity, is asked to advise th e treasurer o r secreta ry th at we may welcome h e r and add he r Il ame to ou r membership ro ll.

Th e Ph il adelp hia A lumnae Club se nds b es t wi sh es for a success ful w int e r to he r sis te r clubs and chapters.

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Tllank sgifJing Luncheon

All Pi Phis who are in Chicago Thanksgiving week are urged to attend the third annual lun c heon, Friday, November twentysevent h , at twelve o'clock. shall meet at the southeast cor· ner of Field's Tea Room promptly at twelve. For any othe r information, address Elda L. Smith, 710 S. 6th St., Springfield, l11.

Personals

VERMONT ALPHA

Anila Keese Deuel, '02, and ;\lr . \"' alter \Vinch were married September second at the h ome of the bride in 1\. Y. Their home is in Concord, N. H.

Sara Vincent Mann , '00, wa s married August twenty-second to M r. Roy Phi llip s Hatch.

Cora Brock, '94. and :Mr. :Martin Edson Daniels were married August nineteenth.

A SOIl , \Villiam Bosweth, 'was recently born to Anna Nic ho ls Bosweth.

Augusta Kelley, '99. is teaching in a mi ss ion school in Grand View. Tenn.

Edith Barrett, '02, has a position as preceptress in ·orth Scituate, R . I.

Lena 1\1. Bixby, '03, is teaching French and science in Burr awl Burton Seminary, 1ranrhcster, Vt.

Bertlia Kelsey, '03, teaches in Dunell, Amelia Hausman, '03 . is teaching French and German in Hudson, N. Y.

M1lnsey , '03. has a position in Bethlehem, N . H. W. Smith, '03, is doing kindergarten work in Middle· bury , Vt.

A L UMNAE DE P A RTM EN T

VER MON T BETA

K at e Ru sse ll , '99, is t eac hin g in R owe ll H all , Salt L ak e C it y, Ut ah.

M a ry G rego ry, '99, an d Ad a Hurlbu t, ' 99, are t eaching in Burlin g t on .

Grace Good hu e, '02, is teachin g in th e Clark Sc hool f o r th e D ea f, No rtham pton, 1I'la ss .

Dai sy Ru sse ll , '03, is teac hin g at Essex Jun c tion , Ve rmo nt.

:Mary Colbu rn , '03. is teac hin g in h e r home tow n , U ni o n V illage, Ve rmont.

E th e l S teve n s, '02 , is teach ing in \ Vi ll is tol1 , V e rm o nt .

Geneva Car pe n te r, '02, is st udying osteopat hy in Bos to n .

COLUMBI A A LP HA

Ruth '9 7. is s tu dy in g ar t a t P a ris, whe re she e x pec ts to rema in till nex t f a ll.

W ellm an is with u s aga in aft e r h er long a bse nce abroad.

Lol a M ay E van s, '02, who t ook her Ma st er' s d eg ree at Columbia las t yea r, has re tu rned w ith g ree tin gs from represe ntat ives o f m a n y o f o ur sis t er chap t er s, not abl y fr om E t helreda No rri s , a fo r me r membe r of Co lumbi a A lpha .

R osa lie Rob inett e, '00, is teac hing at th e Busi n ess Hi g li School.

Lu c in a F ran ces McGroa rt y, ex-'o3, is employed in th e W as hin g t on P ublic Li b ra r y

J osephin e Power S ha ll enbe rge r, '02, is spe ndin g he r second ami la s t yea r in pre pa ra t ion. fo r kind e rg art en w o rk.

T he engage me n t o f Edi th G il es, '05, t o Mr Ray Bettys, De lta Kapp a E psil on , o f R oc hes t er , N. Y , is ann oun ce d

Ne ll e Burt , '02, is att e nd ing th e Ne w En g land Con se rvato ry 01 Mu s ic in B os to n thi s ye ar .

Lulu Sto val , '0 2 , is ass is tant prin c ipal o f th e Hi g h Sc hool in J3m es po rt , Mi ssouri . Aft ao w - 3

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ALr H A

Nora Stable r, '03, is teaching at \\ ' a shin gton, D. C.

Born to Mr. and Mrs. Addison Hannan ( Lillian },1"cDowe)l, '99 ), of New York Ci t y, a son, Le ona rd 1\1.

Born to and 1,,[r5. Herman Conrow (Emma Hut chin son, '95 ) o f H emps t ed , L. 1. , a son.

Ida Wright , '02 . has r et urn ed from Ox fo rd, Eng.

J\'l aud e Rice , '03, is teaching at GW)11 nedd, Pa.

Al ice Tabor, '02, will continu e her studies at Berlin.

Mr s Savage ( 1\lar)" Hu tch in son , '99), of Porto Ri co, vi si t e d the c ha pte r Octobe r sixth .

Lu cy Ba nc ro ft, '00, spe nt the s ummer in England .

A nn a Nichols, '02, of vVilmi ngton, De l. , is at ho me this yea r.

Ed na Pownall , '98, was marri ed on June tenth , ")03, to Albert Buffingt on.

L ydia Rake st raw, '98 , was marri ed on S e ptember t enth, 1903, t o Marvin E. Bushong.

PEN NSY T.V ANIA nE 'I' A

Mary E. W'ils on , e"-'96, was ma rri ed June twenty·fifth at Lewi s burg, Pa., to 1\1 r. Frank l\ l orton Simp son , in s tru c tor in Mechanical Drawing at Bucknell College. Th ey wi ll li ve a t Lewisburg, Pa.

Be r tha C. Watkins , was married August nin etee nth at the hom e of h e r parents in Sc rant on , Pennsylvania , to 1\[r. Will F. B ridge, Sigma Chi , co unt y surv eyor o f Hamm o nd , Indiana. Th ey will live at Hamm ond.

Mary Bartol was married June thirtieth at the home o f her parent s in Le wisburg , Pa., to 1\£r. Le wis E . Theiss, P hi Gamma Delta, o f the New York S un .

Lila Long, '03, and G ra ce Robert s, '03, ar e spe nding the winter at their nomes in vVilliam spo rt , Pennsylvania.

H e len Se lin ge r, '03, is t eac hin g in th e Edinboro State Normal S ch ool.

ALUMNAE DEPARTMENT

Edith Phillips, 'OJ, is a teacher in the Western Pennsylvania Classical and Scientific Institute.

Mary Fowler, ex-'o4, has rece ived a transfer to unite with Colorado A lpha

Helen Buoy, 'O J , and Ca rri e Halfpenny, '0 1 , are teaching in Milton , Pa.

Bertha Watkins a nd Mr. Will F. Bridge, Sigma Chi, were married August the nineteenth at the home of the bride's parents in Scranton, Pa.

Mrs. Simpson, n ee Mary \ Vilson, is now living in Lewis · burg, Pa.

OHIO ALPHA

Mrs. Arthur Johnston, nee Grace Reah, Maryland Alpha, '99, of Columbus, Ohio, recently visited her parents in Athens.

Pansy Herrold, ex - 'o4. and Thurman Morgan, Beta Theta Pi , '03, were married at the home of the bride September seve nth.

l\1ay Conne r, '02. who has been dangerously ill, is recove ring.

Mabel Wilson, '01, of Washington, spent h e r vacation in Athens.

Bertha l-Ioover-Johnson, ex-'98, of Columbus, Ohio, was the re cent guest of her parents, Dr. and :Mrs. Wm Hoover

Ne ll 'vVil ,on , '03, is tea ching in th e Athens high sc h ool. f\'an Nease, '03. is spending the yea r at h er hon1e in West Virginia.

Roach, '9n. who has been in the Philippines for two years, is at home again .

Dean, '02, holds a position in Ohio Unive r sity .

Mabel Wickham, '01, is spending severa l months in l\1innesota.

Grace G rosve no r-S h epa rd, '93. of Columbus, recently visited her parents, Gen. and Mrs. C. H. G r osveno r.

OHIO BETA

May Smit h , '97, is teaching in the Columbus Centra l High School.

Sarah Barrows, Iowa Gamma, '91 I spent the summer study ing and trav e ling in Germany and Switzerland.

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Augusta Conn olley, 'a i, is teac hing in Sac City , Iowa. Aliena Metzenberg, '01 , is teaching in Mt . Pleasant, Iowa.

Isabelle Hamilton, t:x-'04, is in Los Ange les, California, where she will be permanently locat ed aft er November fir s t.

NEW YORK ALPHA

Lelia Olcott, '03, is acting as supervisor of drawing in the publi c school s at Johnstown, N . Y. Mae- Van Dore n, '02, will spend the winter in Chicago.

Mabel Ke n yon , ex-'o3, has moved to Bradford, Penn., where h e r f athe r will be pastor o f the Fir st M . E. church.

Clara Wyker, '98, has r ece ived her degree of Ph M.

Beatrice Randall, '02, is as s istant librarian in the U niversity at Syracllse .

ElIa R ogerson, ex- '03, is s tud y ing mu sic in New York.

Ma l! Van D o ren, '02, and Ruth Hawk s, ' 02 , hav e been spending a fe w days at the chapter hou se.

Stella Foote- Harve y , '00, has spent two day s at the chapte r house . G ra ce Hunt and Eva Roe hav e return e d fr o m th eir trip abroad

MASSA

CH (JSETTS A '[.PllA.

T h e engage ment is ann oun ce d o f Edith L. Fl oyd, '98 , to Mr. Louis L. Swan.

Su san Pe nn e ll, ex-'o3, was marri ed at Gray, l\fe. , on June th ir t ieth to Mr. Gu y Wilb e r C hipm an.

Th t! e ngagement is announced of Anna A. R obin son, '00, to Mr . David Datrbl N ic kerson.

Bo rn - In to Nettie Dodge- Chapman, ex-'02, a SOD; Dwight.

Born -July seve nth , to D e ll Brooks- Sn o w , a son.

ILLI NO IS BETA

W e were all great ly sadde n ed by th e r ece nt death of Lillian Wi swe ll- McConn ell, '90, o ne of lllin ois Beta's lovelie s t alumnae.

ALUMNAE DEPARTMENT

Charlotte Alspaugh, '02, is vi siting Lombard friends for several week s.

Mary Stockton-Gingrich, '02, and her hu sband have returned from Kansas where they have lived fo r the past year, to make their home in Galesburg.

Lu cy Conger- May, '96, left for Europe a few weeks ago.

Laura Willis , '03, is spe nding a few days with college friends .

ILLINOIS DELTA

Fannie Fahnestock, '00, was married to Mr. Alfred Williams of Denver, Colorado, September thirtieth, 1903·

Louise Seacord and her mother will retu'111 from a trip abroad, in October.

Frances Savage of Ash land , III., visited in Galesburg the last of September.

Laura knowles, '02, is teaching at Rushville, Illinois.

Joseph in e Coolidge, ' 02. is principal of the high school at Galva, Illinois.

Fannie f-Iurff, '02, is a teacher in the high school at Rosevi11e, Illinois.

Marie B radl ey, ex-'03, is in Boulder, Colorado, attending the University o f Colorano.

Glenna Carm, ex-'oG, is attending Christian College, Columbia, Mis sou ri.

Je ssie Van Clute is teaching in the Galesburg public school.

Alice Gale has return ed after a year abroad and ha s lately ma rried Mr. Lewis Wallace, of Monmouth, Ill.

Julia Carr will be married to Capt. William Payne Jackson o r Fort Thomas, Kentucky, th e twentieth of October.

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Alice M'atthews, '03, is spending the winter in Washington, where slle has a position in th e Library of Congress.

Delia Stem, ex-'04, will be married Octobe r fifteenth to Mr Royal A. Stipes, Delta Tau Delta .

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?\1abel Fox and Lotta Johnson, . cx-'06, are teaching this winter. Th ey both expect to retur n to th e U niv ersity n ex t yea r.

Alta Sta n sb ury, '03. is in the Port lIliron, Mich., Library.

Willia Ga rv e r, '03, left fo r Pekin, III. Octobe r fir st t o organize a library tliere.

Winifred Forbes, '02, is now in st ru c to r of th e violin in the Unive r sit y of South Dakota.

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?\fargaret Foster. ex-'03 . wi ll spend the comi n g winter with fri ends in Boston.

Be rtha La Gran ge, '02, is teaching in the Salem, Inai ana, higfi school.

Zoe Hall, ex-03, was married to 'lr. John Hall, ex-'97 , of Morgantown, Se pt embe r the seve ntee nth . Th ey are living o n a fann n ea r Franklin.

Gertrude and Elizabeth Geor ge will spe n d the winter in Calif o rni a for the benefit of Gertrude's hea lth.

Katherine Graves, ex-'98, is t eac hin g in Edinb urg thi s yea r.

?\1innie W ey t, '99, is teac hin g in Greensburg .

Bertha a nd Gladys Miller are atte ndin g Columbia U niv e r sity, New York.

Ethel McCollough, '01 , is again in sc h oo l at A lban y, N Y. ?\1.ary HancUey, ex-'oo, is in the kindergarten training sc hool at In dianapolis.

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Gertrude Harbison, '02, was married , three days afte r the close of school last sp rin g to Edwin Ben son, Delta Tau Delta. They are at present at Huntington at Ben son's home.

Eti7.abet h Karsell. ex-'02, of Bloom in gton, was marri e d this summer to Dr. Van Hook, who is a professor in Co rn e ll Unive rsity.

Ethel Trippett, '03. is t eachi n g in Anaconda, Mo ntana Alma 1\fcCrum , '06. is teaching in Hun tington , Ind ia na .

H ele n S hamb a ug h , '06, was mar ri ed thi s s unun e r to Homer A ik man, Rappa Eps il on.

B lan ch e Dis he r, '06, is teaching at P lymouth , Ind .

Mabe l Craves is tea c hing in O rl ea n s, Ind.

Josephine M. Cox is principa l of th e English department of Shortridge hi gh sc h ool at Indian apoli s.

M r s. Helen Traylor- Toasley, '00, o f Chicago, ha s moved to Park Mano r

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C lara Hu g hes, '9 7, wh o began t eac hin g in H a rtf ord City, Ind , ha s resigned to accept a better posit ion in Sagi naw, 'Mich.

Annie Ve rn o r, '02, is teaching in a boa rding sc hool f o r you ng ladies at Fairmoun t, "Vest V ir ginia.

France s Fre n ch has cha rge of the music in the publ ic sc hools in Hill sda le,

Estella Kas h , '02, has accepted a position in the public sch ool s of Raton , New Mexi co.

Grace 'Bai ley, '0 1, i s in Howell , Mi ch.

M. Es t ella G r ee ne was marr ied September twenty·third t o Mr. V icto r L. ';tone, at her home in Jam estow n, N. Y . Her fut ure h ome will be in A labama

A ll of the gi rl s who g r aduated ill JUll e are teachin g-May L ewis in Ashtabu la, Oh io, Blanche B radl ey in Kalkaskia, Mich., Madge Vandeburg ill Homer, Mich. , Floss ie Whitney in Hudson , Mich ., and Illis Coon in Ta was Cit y, "Mich.

MI CHIGAN n(TA

Edi th Clark, '03, was married to Mr. Harr y Montgomery, Sep t embe r secon d

Rebecca Downey, '03, and 'Mr. A lfred W hit e, an in s tru ctor in ihe U ni ve rsity of were married July twenty·eighth at th e h ome o f th e bride in Pueblo, Colo.

Bom, to Mr . and Mrs. Frank Parker o f Ann Arbo r , Mi ch ., a daughter , Consta n ce. Mrs. Parke r was Faith Gi lbert, '97 ·

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IOWA B£T A

A daughter was born to Effie Eusse l- Henderson on the twentythird o f July at Marengo, Iowa.

Fl o ra and Huldah Sigler le ft the twenty-third o f September for a weste rn trip. Th ey will spe nd the winter in S o uthenl California.

Eo nni e Bake r ha s gone t o Chi cago t o enter th e Presbyterian Training School f o r ur ses.

l\llyrtie Reid, '03, is tea c hin g nea r P hoenix, Arizona.

A lma Wagner is instructor in Latin and literature at Tillamook , Oregon.

Grace Cr anda ll is teaching near Indi a n ola and r-Iay Crandall has a pos ition in the hi g h sc hool at Humboldt, Iowa.

Ni n a Hohanshelt is teac h ing in th e hi g h sc h ool at Penora, I owa .

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I SCONS I N Al.P HA

J ose phin e W ells, '03 . is t ea chin g in Ashland, Wis.

Mae 'l'e lford , '03, ha s accepted a position in th e high sc hool at Cherokee, I ow a.

Mari e Hinkl ey, '02, wa s marri ed t o vValt e r Mabbett, D elta U psi lon , at he r ho me in Milwaukee, September th ent y- third . Elinor Russell, '0,3, is teac hing hi sto ry and Latin in the Supe· ri o r high sch ool.

Daphne P utnam, ' 03 , ha s accepted a pos iti on in th e high school at Mondovi, Wi s .

Bess F e rgu son, '02, is a teac he r in Monticello, ';Vi s .

A,tnie Wright, ex -'o s , is tak in g a course in domestic sc ience at Pratt In stitute, Brooklyn. N. Y.

CAl. lfOR N IA BETA

Eva Bramlet, '02, was married on Wednesday, July th e twentyninth , to Mr. Charles McF e r son Mannon. It was a pre tt y home wedding, and all the Pi Phis wh o were in Berkeley, or near

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enough to come, were present . Eva is the first of the California Betas to marry, so it was quite an event in ou r calendar.

Elizabeth ' Adams, '03, has accepted a position in the Fresno, Cal., high school. She has classes in Latin, English and mathe-

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Tillie LohT, ex-'oI, a cha rte r member of Missouri Alpha, is now librarian of the juvenile department of the public library at St. Joseph, Mo.

Virginia "Dyar, '02, and Ethel Hudson, ex-'o2, sa il ed in July fo r fifteen months of travel and study in Eurppe .

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Edna Schriever is to be married o n the fourteenth of October to 1\1r. Reuben Gresham Bush of New Orleans.

Lucy l!lIiott is spending the winter in New York to study at th e New York Conservatory of Music.

Mary Vaught has left New Orleans. She is at Eden Hall COil vent, Torresdale. Pennsy lvania , for the winter.

Pauline Curran, Cora Sta nton , Car ri e Charles, Georgie vVinship, and IVfary l\latthews are to be among the debuta nts of winter.

Helen Collin s of C harl eston, \V est Virginia, is to visit Georgie '>\' inship this winter .

KANSAS ALPHA

Nadine Now lin , '03. is teaching in the Hiawatha hi gh scl}ool.

Mary J. Spencer, '02, spent the summer in Colorado.

Mabel Scott, '95, is doing grad uate work in Latin in the University.

Mary Dudley, '03, is spe ndin g the winter in Chicago. She expects to take up new spape r work.

The engagement of Ida Dunham, ex - '04, to Mr. Robert Harmon Brooks, is announced .

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The Misses Sutliff spent the summe r most delightfully at Siasconsett, Nantucket.

Kate DinsI11oor, '03, is doing graduate work in the university this year.

E leanor Humphrey. 103 , is now teaching E n glish in the Butte, !\fon tana, high sc h oo!.

Hannah Oliver, one of o ur c hart e r members, spent the summer in n.omc, Italy, studyi n g and in ves ti gati n g. :Marshall, one of O UT last yea r's fr es hm e n , is now in Par is, France, where s he will remain a year . She then intends to spe nd a yea r in Germany.

We have welcomed back Martha l\la nl ey-Hood as a "facu lty lady." S h e was married in August, and comes to us with added dignit)".

Th e engagement of Edi th Riffle to Mr. Barrows is announced.

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Mary McGahey, '98, is attending Co lum b ia U niver s it y at New Y o rk City.

Grace Con erd, ex-'o4, is t eaching at At lanta, Iowa , in the kindergarten.

F lo r ence Fiske, ex -' 06, is going to New York City to st udy musIc .

Charlotte Spalding , ex-'06, is attendi n g Colorado College at Colorado S ·prings.

Amy Robinson , '99. is in Boston for the winter.

Anna W. L y tle, '98, is in s tructor in English in the State No rmal School in Wis.

TEXAS ALP If A

Jamie Armstron g, formerly o f Austin, lIa s r e moved to West T exas to live.

Attie is to teach thi s yea r in vVhit e's Academy, Austin.

Elsie Garrett spe nt the s umm e r at h er h o me in Bren ha m, where

entertained three o f T exas Alpha's Pi Phi s, Anne Townes, Ada Ga rri son, and A l ine Harris.

Mrs. W . H. Young, fo rm e rly Loretta Hood of Knox College, will mak e her home in Austin for th e future , and Texas Alpha is ready with a warm w elco me for her .

Mr s. Bate s A ll en, fo rmerl y Lucy Colli n son of Knox College , is vi s iting in Austin a n d attended ou r la st chapter meeting .

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.Mabel Ashley, '02, is teac hing sc hool in Ow ra y.

Ro setta Bell, '02, IS ac ting as companion to a you ng lad y of Ca lifo rnia . She is now trav e ling in the United States, but is goi ng abroad ne xt year.

1\Iarie l\1axwell -B urger , ex-'92, is now living in Golden, Colorado , where her hu s band has accepted th e c hair of mathematics at th e School o f Mines.

Julia 1\IcKinley-Denio, ex-'o l , was visiting in Boulder in September.

Laeta Elden, '00, is t eaching in the Sterling hi g h school.

Lizzie Holbrook- Moore, '01, of Nash vi ll e, Illin ois, spe nt the summ e r in Bou ld er.

Louise Ne lson , ex-'o3. vi s ited Boulder for a few days .

Lulu Pinger, '02, is teac hing in Leadville.

Mari on Withrow , '03, was at the Pi Phi lodge fo r a f ew days.

Born, t o G race Whitm o re-Rowe, '97, a daug1,ter, July twelfth. 1\1 rs. Row e expects to go to Califo rnia soon, as he r band ha s accepted' a position at Leland Sta nfo rd Un iversity.

Be rth a Cope-Stogsda le, '97, visited in Boulder du r ing the summer .

Fanni e Plummer·-:M:o rt o ll , 'aI, was in Boulder for a week.

Ethel Wright, '00 , was marri ed Jun e thirtieth to Mr. Frederick Tabor Rubidge, Delta Tau Delta.

Sue S hotwell-Walsh, '97. spent the summer in Boulder with relativ es.

Claire vVilliams- Humphrey, '01, has retunl c d from l\1exico and is residing in Denver.

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Cla rk Traylor, '02, is teaching science at the Manual Trainin g High school this year .

Grace Cockle, '02, and 'Marguerite Dyer, '03, are teaching in th e Del Norte high sc h ool at Del Norte, Colo

Maude Walker, '0], was marri ed to Richard Wensley, July fir st at St. Mark's c hur ch, Denver. Ann ette Badgley was maid of honor and Norine Wilson and Marcia 'Murray were bridesmai<l s. It was decidedly a Pi Phi wedding.

Helen Dorr Stidger, Iowa Beta , '78, and daughter Helen, Col· orado Beta, '06, entertained the Co lorado Alpha and Beta chapters one afternoon in honor of of Missouri Alpha, who was the guest of Ruth Bishop.

Gertrude Beggs is working for her doctor's degree at Yale .

Martha Loescher-Crook, '03 , is teaching in l'vIiss ''1olcott's school in Dtnve r.

Ellen Anderso n, ex- '02, was married on June twentieth, 1903, in the chapel of St. Mark's Ep iscopa l church, Denver, to Mr. Franklin Crocker Lewis of Hanover, New Hampshire . Mr. Lewis is in .tructor in pedagogy in Dartmouth College.

Li da Burkhard, '00, was married on June twenty-fourth, 1903, at he r hl)me in Trinidad, Colo rad o, to 'Mr. James Lawrence Lardner, professor of English and eloc uti on in Mitchell College, Mitchell, S outh Dakota .

Editorials

Tr eport of the second Inter-Fraternit y Conference is reco mmc:nd ed to th e careful attenti on of the fraternity, or at least 01 all active members. If th ere is any possible solution o f such vexing questions as l ifti ng, ru shing, o r sub-freshman pl edgi ng. it ca n probably be worked out a long the lin es laid down by the r epo rt . The question of lifting is a s impl e one and one that can be answered in the same way for all co ll eges. Th e othe r s are so far subject t o loca l conditi on s tha t a system of loca l opti on seems th e only- onc possible.

The fr ate rnit y colleges may be ro u g hl y defined as of three sort s, the s mall denominational co ll ege, th e lar ge r private fo undat ion and the state uni ve rsi ty. Some of the youn ge r and sma ller frat e rniti es may be rep resen ted in but o nc o r two of these kinds o f college. Th e old est o n es, Pi Beta Phi, Kappa Kappa Gamma and Kappa A lph a Th eta , hav e chapter s in all, and all are entitled to eq t1al co n sid e r atio n. Conditi on s differ g r eatl y in the different kinds of coll ege anel n o set of int e r-frat e rnit y r egu la tions cou ld sllcceed w hi ch did n ot take this int o account.

It is a grave mistake to s uppose that ihe stren gt h of a frat e rnit y li es in the compe llin g power of it s ce ntral o rgani zat ion. Th e busi ness of the Nat iona l Counci l is executive and admi ni strativl! me rely. The rea l st rengt h of a fratenlity is in the st r engt h of its individual c hapt e r s, in th ei r adaptation each to it s own environm ent. The ce ntral authority is stronges t when it leaves to eac h chapte r the g r eatest libert y to grow.

We are most of us apt t o think that unifor mit y is the same thin g as unit y o r that the lat t er implies th e former . \ Ve forge t that while uniformity is sometimes a u se ful mean s to an end, unity is an end in it se lf . In the old many -c hapte red frat e mit y. to enfo rce unifo rmIt y between chapter and chapte r would fr equen tl y be sad ly to weaken W e a r e exceedingly glad

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th at the second In ter-F r aternity Con fe r en ce is w illin g 'to leave to th e c hapters th e privil ege of framin g pan-He ll eni c rule s in a ccordance wit h loca1 cond itions, r ese r vi n g t o it se lf that which seem s it s o nl y prope r fun c t ion-th e s up e r vision of their enfo r ceme nt .

IN GLANC I NG ove r th e exc han ges fr 0 111 tim e to time we n ote wit h in terest that o n c ed ito r con g ratulates hi s r eade rs b eca u se n ea rl y thr ee- quarter s of th e chap ters h ave lett e rs in tllat iss u e, that anot h e r deprec at es th e fact that onl y about one-ha lf ar e r ep r esented , while sti ll ot h e r s publish li sts of from s ix to t e n d elinq uent c hapter s

I n the s ix years o f th e p r ese nt edito r s hip , there have b ee n but fo uf issues that have n ot contain ed eve r y l ette r , and in n o case ha s t he r e been more tha n one miss in g. I s that a matte r To r con gra tulati on o r editoria l con ce it? By n o mean s vV e r ece iv e th e lette r s because as a matter of frat e rnit y regulat io n we must r eceive them. The ed it o r kn ows thi s, th e c hapter s kn ow it, and so the lett e r s and r.o ntribut ions come.

Illi gh t we s uggest to perp lexed cont empo rarie s that a s mall but su ffi cient fine, relentle ss ly imposed, is an exceed ingly persuas iv e a r g um en t in fa vo r of promptness and r egu larity It rarel y fail s to convince.

s 0 FE \ '" of o ur exchanges h ave co m e in durin g the summe r months t hat the departm e nt has been n ecessa ril y om itt ed fr o m th is issue. We s h all try to do justice to t hi . valuable featur e in the January ARROW.

CHAPTE R L ETTERS

Chapter Letters

ALPHA PI<OVINCE

VERMONT ALPHA-MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE

Vermo nt Alpha ha s again begun her year's work after th e lo ngest \ ' 3cation in her h isto ry . You may be su r e we were glad to be to gethe r again, th ough we did not come as an "u n broken band." Two o f o ur gi rl s , Elna Coates, '04 . and Elizabe th Deuel, '05. did not return t o u s this year. Elna is a se ni o r at Dos ton Unive r s ity , so it is ours to co ngrat u late M assac hu se tt s Alpha, n ot wi th ou t hea rt pang s, howeve r.

Of COUfse, we ha ve h a d ru s hing partie s a nd all that goes with them OUf r ecepti o n for all th e fre s hmen wo m en was very s uccessful. As trophie s o f O Uf labor s, w e have two pledges t o introduce to yOll, Grace Brooks Hamm ond and Faith Acland Power s. I can a ss ure you th a t we are pro u d of two s uch loya l girls as they are.

As usual we are fo rtunat e in ha .... ing the pr ospec t of fr equent vi s its from our alumnae Maud Smith, '03 , and Bertha Ran s low, '94, are in t own and are a gr eat help to us. Ne llie Butto n, '0 1, will be with u s part of the year , :\!I> s h e is working for her ma ste r 's d egree in Engli s h . Vermont Alpha is rejoicing ove r her fir st baby, William Nichol s Bos· w eth. We s hall ad o rn him with wine and blue even if he can n e ver wear the gold e n arrow.

Profes so r Eaton , who ha s our chair of Greek, is abroad this year Professo r Burrag e o f H a r vard is performing hi s duties.

With sincere wishes fo r a s uccess ful yea r for all ou r sis ter chapters, BESSIE M B UM P

VERMONT BETA-U NIVERSITY OF VERM ON T

At this time of congratu lati ons and g ood c heer, V e rmont Beta sen ds greetings t o enry chapte r Our year has opened very 11appily All ou r girl s are back, and though few in number, our ranks will soon be enlarged by the sp lendid fre shmen girl s. We want to be m odest, but if each chapter thinks her fre shmen are just a little wee bit better than any others, we do not blame you-becau se that i s what we think ourse lves! The usual r ound of college fe s tivities gave u s a good oppor tunity of meeting the new comers. About two weeks ago one of our patronesses gave a recep.

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tion for u s, when all the new girls might meet our delightful patronesse s and so me of the alumnae. It was a proof of Mis s Walker's intere st in us, wh e n she entertained so charmingly. OUf initiates are six in all; Gertrude John ston, ' 06, and H elen Allen, Lillian Carpenter, Lulu Warren, Gert r ude Strong and Suzanne Eason o f the fre s hman girls. We expect to have a perfectly delightful time thi s year with all OUT new girls and our new rooms. We have moved to other Quarters and think they are the be s t we have had. W e are morc than fortunate in having so many of the alumnae in town. We keep in touch with so many more "old girls" by having some of the graduates with us.

We are looking fo rward to initiation with great pleasure. We are more fortunat e than mo s t of the eastern chapters, in that we are near enough to another chapter to hav e some o f the Vermont Alpha girls wit h us at that au spicious time.

Vermont Beta wishe s each chapter it s full measure of success and happiness fo r the :rear.

ELIZABETH DURFEE.

UNIVERSITY

After a lo ng and enjoyable vacation, the members of Columbia Alpha are togeth e r again and all j oi n in s ending mo s t hearty greetings to their sister chapters and be s t wishes for a happy and s ucc ess ful year.

Our college opens thi s :year with brighter pro spects than ever before, and thi s is due in large mea sure to the enthusiasm and activity of ou r new pre s id ent , Dr. Needham, wh ose s te rling worth bo th as an educater and a man , a re winning t he heart s of all Columbian s tudents. Largely thr oug h hi s effo rt s, a s it e, in one of the most desirable part s of Washington , h as been purcha s ed fo r new bu ildings, including dormitories, and exten s i ve e nough to promi se u s a campus-tha t delight of every college s tudent' s heart.

And the pro spect s of Pi Beta Phi with us are equally bright. Eight of our twelve girls of last year are with us again , and during this firs t week of college we have had several enjoyable ru shing partie s. In the main the y ha ve been info rm al affairs; la s t Saturday, however, with the help of our eve r active alumnae, we had Quite an e laborat e entertainment fo r the unsu s pecting fre shmen at the country home of one of our girls, Ruth Young. As a r esult of this, we have three new pledges to introduce to you,-Frances Bethune , Ethel Rollin s and Mildred Corcoran, dear gir ls, all of them , whom you will love as dearly as we, when you know them as well.

Columbia Alpha feels her se lf particularly fortunate in having with her thi s year Nora Stabler of Pennsylvania Alpha. Though Miss Stabler is not intimately connected with the college, we are glad to have her with

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us and her very heartily among us, as we shall M uge r t o do the Pi Phi s, one and all. who may come to \ Vashinglon this year . In the bond of Pi Beta Phi, for Columbia Alpha.

:MAUD ESTliER MACPHERSON'.

j'ENNSYLVAXIA ALPJIA-SWARTHMQR£ COLLEGE

September the eighteenth found but eight girls of o ur old chapter of twelv e back at Swarthmore, and though we miss the old girls very much as, of course, every chapter does, the year has opened very happily for us. We have been busy during the three weeks we have been back be· coming acquainted wilh the new girls In our cont r act with Kappa Kappa Camma and Kappa Alpha Theta, ru shing is limited to one fraternity function to be gi\"e n in college before Christmas and to iO\"i talions to the coaches for th e an n ua l Haverford- Swarthmore football game, which comes November twenty ·fir st. So with our limited opportunity for knowing the new girls, it is well that our pledge day does not come until the first of Marc h . The fre shman cla ss thi s year is quite large and decidedly promising, so we hope by spring to have our old number again.

Our alumnae ha\'e been mo st faithful in coming to see us this fall, and in order to bring the active chapter and the old girls still more closely t og ether we expect t o de,·ote one meeting in e,re ry tw o month s to the alumn ae member s.

Among our visitors this fall was Miss Nellie Vale, a member of the I owa Beta chapter, who told liS many intere sting thing s about ou r western siste r s. We only wi s h we might know more of them personally. Penn sy lvania Alpha for e\'ery cl1apter the greate s t success and h appiness throughout the year.

E S THER L. ROGl:Rs.

PENNSYLVANIA BETA-B UC KNELL COLLEGE

How we d o miss our se ni o r s! But we try to con so le ourselves with th eir le tter s and occasional "isits! Th e n. too, we have seve n of the dearest sophomores one ever knew. They made the acquaintance of the Pi Phi goat during Commencement week. So let me introduce to you Lucretia Snyder, Mary Seaman. Be ssie Harpel, Florence Bacon, Edith Lane, Fl o ren ce Cobb and Sara Furman. Eight were initiated, but Ruth Hammitt ha s ente r ed Bryn Mawr this fall. Still we, as a chapte r , number fotlrteen. It is a IO\'e1y number and all of liS certainly love ou r chapter dearl y.

Ju st a few day s after sc hool opened a new local fraternity, by name Pi Alpha Zeta, made its appearance. Mo s t probably it will eventually ,\RROW- I

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become a national. At any rale rushing is much mOfC lively than when we we re monarchs of all w e su r veyed.

So fa r we have given fudg e parties and a big reception. Fr iday evening, the nintl}, we gave our annua l reception to the freshmen, semina ry s enio r s and patronesses. Th e weather man could n ot have gi ve n u s m uc h worse wcather t-it s imply poured. However, that did n o t make so very much differen ce in si de. Vve wer e as gay as could be in o ur o eY' gown s and, even if we do confess it, we think that the eveni ng was ;, s pl e ndid success. But for us th e best part was to come. That wa s the meeting afte r all had gone., wh en we discussed t he n ew girls, the evening in general and ended by doing "s t unts" and telling ghost s t or ies.

Our meeting s ha ve been very nice. No t an evening h as passe d bu t s ome of our alumnae caml! to visit with us. Indeed , we feel closer to th e town alumnae thi s fall than ever.

Four of ou r girls ha ve birthdaYii in October, so on the evening of the f ou rt eenth we are g oing to have a good old fashioned ··cookie-shine " It i s the first one for ou r new girls and we do intend to have a fine time . As t o ou r prospects, you know we ca nn ot say much. But let me whi spe r t o you,-by Chris t mas we expect t o have two new girls. The fre s hmen are very promising, and nothing preventing, P en n sylvania Beta hopes to have sev eral fo r her very own.

FERNE FRICK BRADDOCK.

OHIO ALP B A--Q HI O UNIVERSITY

This college year has opened exceedingly favorably for Ohio Alpha and we o nly hope th at its endi n g wi ll be the sa me for u s, as well as fo r all of our sister chapters. \Ve have an enthusiastic chapter o f eigh t loya l Pi Phis and will increase OUT number in the near future. \Ve are firm believers in Quality, not quantity \V e are therefore proud of the few whom' we ha\'e chosen to d o n the wine and blue. ,\;Ve lost two of our la st yea r 's girls by g r aduation and three othe rs wh o expec t to be with u s during the yea r.

We have been kept close in the bond by the socia l events which have occurred during the pa s t few weeks. Late in August, the active chapt er, accompanied by se\'e n alumnae, enjoyed a picnic in the State H ospit al grounds. This was an enjoyable affair, especially so , s ince we had as our guest Katherine P o tter, of Ohio Beta. Thi s occasion se r ved to rev ive ou r en thu sias m and in s till in u s a new feeling of interest f o r ou r pro spec tive year.

A theate r party was the next in o rder, to hear S o usa. and his fam ous band T o our loca l girls were added several of our la st yea r 's girls who .are n ot in t ow n , as yet, for th is year.

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On fifteenth Mrs Frederick Stalder entertained the Pi Phis, a ctive and alumnae, at Hotel Berry, in honor of her daughter-in-law, Mrs. H arry Stalder, one of our alumnae.

On Friday, October second, the Delta Tau Deltas, accompanied by their girl friend s, were entertained at a hotel of one of our neighborin g t owns for s upper . . Pi Beta Phi was well repre sen ted.

W e f eel like congratulating ourselves on ou r alumnae association. A lt h ough not so intimately connected with the inner workings of the frat ernity they have los t nOlle of their interest. With their hearty co-ope r ation we feel that this will be one of the mos t profitable years in our history

FLORA TERHUNE CONNER.

O HIO DETA--QHIO STATE UNIVERSITY

After a long, delightful vacation we are glad to greet you all once more, if it is on ly in an indirect way How fine it would be if we could t alk to each other face to face! \Ve Ohio Beta girls have so much that we could t ell you, for this summe r has been full not on Iy of good times, but of work also. Before this we really have never ru s hed during vacation months to speak of, but this year we kept it up all s ummer.

We had many different ways of entertaining, such as picnics, spreads, thimble partie s, tennis, theater parties and s lumber partie s, bu t the best of all was the hou se-pa rty. For a whole week twelve of us lived in an old-fashioned s ixteen-room hou se half a mile from the end of one o f th e ci ty s treet ca r lines. I s hould like to tell you everything we did and of the fun we had, but it would take volumes to do that. However, yOli all know what hou se parties are and so you can imagine for yourselves that happy household. A party of that so rt means more to us than the mere fact of having fun , for we learn to know each other better than we could in any other way. Here we see each oUter as we really are and we go away with a deeper and stro nger attachment for each other than we have ever felt before.

We mu s t tell you about o ne particular day at this hou se party . On thi s occasion we had some o f the prospective girls ou t to six o'clock dinner, and that evening we entertained with a little play, " The Inconstancy of Constance." Later in the evening we danced, made fudge., and to make the s tory sh o rt , did everything unusual that we could think of.

Since cottege has opened we have been hard at work, and as we have no t felt t h e need of many new girls we have allowed thing s to t ake their own cou r se. We have twelve gir ls to begin with.

Of the three that left us last yea r one is back taking post-graduate work , and another, Anne Nichols, was married October the thirteenth,

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and has left for her new hom e in Fayettevile, Arkan sas. Nine of our girl s attended the wedding, whi ch took place at the bride's home in Chi llicothe.

So far we ha\'e two pl edg es, onc from la s t year, Vera and a new o ne, M a ry J e nnings , in wh o m we shall find a very d e ar and helpful sis ter.

We have ad o pted the plan o f having our frat meeting s late in the afternoon so that we can ha ve opportunity to att end the fo otball games.

Oh io Bet a se nd s t o all her be st wi s he s.

NEW YORK ALrHA- S YRACUS E UNIVER S ITY

Th e girl s o f New York Alpha are again united and wi sh to s end their gree t ing s t o all th ei r s is t e r s. W e ha\'c had a happy va ca ti o n and are now ready to begin work.

\V hen w e r eturn ed we did no t find thing s a s we had left them , for the campus i s all t orn up. A new building is being erected fo r a heating and lighting p lant, and be s id es, an addition ha s been put o n th e library . The f ound ati on s are laid fo r Ha ven Hall , a d o rmito ry for girl s , which is s ituated at the foot of th e ca mpu s. Alth o ugh everything loo k s so bad n o w, we fe e l ass ur ed th a t th ese ch a nges will be a gr eat impro vement.

\ Ve s tart ed in thi s year with o ur chapt e r h o u s e full of giri s, but what we prize mos t i s that we h3\'c in the hou se two girl s not yet initiated We al s o ha\'e a new chaperon , :Mr s M. C. '''irth.

Ru s hing ha s s urely been a plea s ur e. We havc ginn cvenfng parties, dri n::s, dinn e r s, lun cheo n s and aft e rn oon tea s , and ha ve met so me very nice fres hm en

S ince 'we la st wrote we h ,we two marriage s to ann o unce,-Mabel Smith, ex-'04 , to Vim . E . Tayl o r, pro fe ssor of mathematic s in the Unive r sity, and Mrs. Amy Elwell C ran t", s pec ia l. to Dr Frank E Farl ey, profes sor of Engli sh in Bos to n.

Mi ss Nina Raym ond fr o m Co lumbia Alpha and Mi ss Helen R eed from V erm ont Alpha have been mos t welco me gue st s at the chapte r house. W e are alway s glad to mee t o ur s is ters from o the r chapte r s

Th e footba ll se a son is ag ai n ope n Wc h o pe to m eet Co rtl a nd , Clarks on. Ren s ellae r , Co lgate, \Vill iam s. Ni aga ra , Yale and Brown .

The "S a lt Ru s h " t ook pl ace o n S e pt em ber twenty-fo ur, nin e t een hundred a nd three. S in ce thi s is pec uli a rly Syrac usa n it may be well to state bri efly it s chief c ha r ac t e ri s ti cs. Th e m a le m ember s o f th e sophomore cla ss m et o n one hill a nd armed them s eh'es with s mall bags of sa lt. It was their duty to pre\'Cnt th e fre s hmen fr o m gaining the hill. In the m eantime, the freshmen, having fo rmed in tw o so lid s ection s, about one

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hundred feet apart , marched against the sophomore st r onghold. The salt began to Hy, but the fre s hmen gained the hi ll.

MARY HART.

MASSA C HUSETTS ALPHA-BO STON UNIVERS ITY

By n o means the least eager of the happy studen t body on r egistra t io n clay were our tw elve active Pi Phis, for Septembe r found us ready and anx ious for the fall campaign.

The s ummer brought us varied expe r iences. Ma ry Galbraith was abroad, Jennie Allyn, Marion Bean and Myetic: Maguire attended the Y VI C A. conference at Silver Bay, Lake George, and th e r est o f us were either bu sy at ho me or at shore and mountain r eso rt s.

The r ushing s ea son comes early at Boston Un iver s ity, and while it lasts we arc all victim s of the s trenuou s life, for there are five sororities in our college and all available material is in demand. ' Ve a r e much elated over our succe ss for we have already pledged seven girl s ,-Edna Cull is, Elizabeth Gibb, Harriette O'Donald , Lora Pratt, Dora Smith, Claire Trumbull and Amy Wallon. Initiation will come in Novembe r and we are planning to make it a red lette r day indeed.

Our ru s hing partie s thi s year were a bit out of the ordina r y, fo r in additi on to the u s ual lunche s a nd teas at the chapte r r oom, we gave two private excur s ion s . One was an all-day trip to the picturesque o ld t own o f Marblehead on the north shore, and the o th er an afternoo n's tramp up Blue Hill. We enjoyeu these greatly and the perfe ct weather added t o o ur plea sure.

We are very pro ud of our new quarters this year, for once again we hav e changed our chapter hall and now ha\"e very desirable rooms.

Be s ide s our pl e dged girl s, we have an addition to ou r c h apte r this yea r.

Elna Coates of Vermont Alpha has come to take her s enio r year at B. U . Ma ssachu s ett s Alpha is so far separated from her s is ter c h apte r s that we are prevented from holding any clo s e intercourse, and Elna's advent has, I think , bro adened our vi s ion in r egard to th e extent of our s is t e rhood. We hope that all Pi Phi s who may be in Boston will surely vi sit u s.

It seems so very strange to be without ou r dear last year's girls, but whil e we mi s s them sadly, ou r hearts are very lov ing toward ou r pledges, and we feel th at the changes ha ve only forged a new link in the golden chain s which bind s our hearts together.

Tru stin g that th e happine ss we feel is on ly the reflec tion of the joy o f our s is ter chapter, Ma ssachusetts Alpha au revoir.

SARAH GERTRUDE POMEROY

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MAR YLAND ALPHA-WOMAN'S COLLEGE OF BALTIM 02E

M ary land Alpha has o rg an ize d f or anot h e r h appy and bu sy year, w e hope, and we wan t to stop in th e mid st o f o ur work t o se nd gre eting s to our s i st ers in Pi Beta Phi

W e all f ee l as if college had opened under n ew co ndit ion s thi s yea r OUT fraternity life and s pirit, which is ack n owle dged to be one o f the s t rongest factor s in ou r co ll ege wo rld , ha s been cha n ged t o a. certain deg r ee by th e re s trictions which th e rul es of Pan-Hellenic association laid upon u s for our rushing s ea so n. The wish for personal friendship rather than the outs hining of a rival fraternity is at th e ba sis of th ese rule s.

So we girl s of .Ma ryl and A lpha ha ve little to t ell yo u of ru s hing funct ion s and gayetie s of th a t so n ; but ca n offe r a s a subs titute only little suppers in ou r r ooms o r long wa lk s into the country t o the homes of some of ou r alumnae who are fortunate enough to Jive the re at thi s beautifu l season of t he year. Living n ear Chesapeake bay is quite convenie nt fo r us and affords u s opportunity fo r many little outings. So while the weath e r is s t ill wa rm we expect to take a party o n one o f the many excursions running fr om Baltimore Thu s you see ou r sys t em of rule s has the , irtue of giving u s a chance to know some of th e fr eshm en in a way that makes us sure they a r e worthy of all that Pi Beta Phi has t o offer t hem.

or cour se co ll ege fe s ti vities go on a s usual. La st Friday night was th e r eception given by the Y. W C. A. to the f r eshmen. Thi s is one of our mos t pl easurab le affai r s, for we meet so many o f th e in-coming students. On Saturday following the senio r s gave th ei r tea to t h e fre s hm en. Th e sophomo r es always tak e a hand in this event, and this year they obliged the fre shme n to attend a "mock t ea," given in thei r hon or, before they were allowed to be welcomed by the seniors .

In cl osi ng we wi sh our s is ter . chapters all possible success in thei r "ru shing" and fraternity life.

BETA PRO V INCE

ILLINOIS BETA-LOMBARD COLLUjE

When the tree s o n Lombard campu s beg in to t ake on th e college colors of olive and gold , we are reminded that the tim e ha s come fo r u s to tell o ur sis ter s how we have pro s pered so far in the year.

Our "home·coming" thi s time wa s happier than u sual, f o r three of our

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girls of two years ago returned, and we expect another at the beginning of the winter term. You all know what a double pleasure it is to welcome back into active chapte r life those who have dropped out of it for a time It is such fun to t alk over the old days, and lay plans for those which arc to come.

Ill inois Beta has begun th e year auspiciously by pledging four girls t o the wine and blue. We hope that you will learn to know Marian 'Vebster, Louise Ro ss, Ethel Fennes sy and Mary Randolph better, for we are su re they will make good Pi Phis . At least they a rt model pledges, for they. together with our two pledges of last year, showed excellent tas te in the preparation of a cookie-shine, which we all voted the bes t we have had for many a day.

According to ou r custom, we gave early in the term a recep tion to th e new girls, th e women members of th e faculty, ou r patronesses and alumnae. Delia Conge r kindly threw open her home to us, and our littl e reception was quite a success. Th e dining room, where we se rved light refreshment s, was decorated in wine and blue and lighted with wine and blue candles.

We are now laying deep plans for a hallowe'en party of the ghostly va ri ety and ou r invitati o ns are a lready out.

Mo st of our entertaining, however, has been in the form o f sp reads, for there see m s to be nothing so truly Pi Phi as these jolly inlorOlal mee tings \Ve ha\·e spent several merry evenings in thi s fashion, always ending up with the singing of ou r favorite Pi Phi songs We si ng "Will you walk into our dungeon" in a ferociou s manner that eve ry separate hair of our pledglings stands on end in fear of the ordea l t o come.

We have won a few laurels this year, fo r one of ou r girls has been elected pre s ident of her cla ss and also of th e ladies' literary society, and we hold a few other offices among us.

Just now we a r e greatly enjoying the visits of Charlotte Alspaugh, '02, and Laura Willis, ' 03. Truly the ti e that binds us all is very close, and we feel it more than ever when our former siste r s come back to us,

May each and all of our chapte r s have a happy and pro fitable year is the wish of Illinois Beta.

ETHEL CH A MBI!.RLAIN.

Almost a month ago Knox co ll ege opened and we are glad to have back twent y of our old girls, among them three who were not in college last year. Already, h oweve r , o n e o f ou r pledge s h as been forced to leave us on account of ill health. ]n a sho rt time we sha ll have back with us on e of our girls who has not yet returned fr om a summer abroad.

ILLINOIS DELTA-KNOX COLl.Ee I!.

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Last week we had the good fortune to attend, as a chapter, the wedding of one of our alumnae, Fanny Fahnes tock One o f the most promin en t part s of the church wa s r es erved for u s, a n d we felt almo st as impor tan t as the bride her s elf a s we we re u s h e red to Oll( places.

We h ave done vcry little in a social way, except ju s t among ou r selves. True, we ha\'c had a recepti on , a ban qu et fo r ou r bride, a luncheon at the Svange tali a club hou se , a nd s everal cookie- s h in es, but a ll o f them have been l im ited to our own girl s and the girl s we ha\'c been rushing.

We h ave been promi sed that some member of Grand Council will sure ly vi sit us thi s year, and we are li ving in ho pe s that we are not to be di sappointed again , a s we h3\' C been so o ften befo re We have felt Quite enviou s a s we hav e r ead in the ARROW o f so me o f o ur grand officers visiting s o many of the chapter s.

In the el ec t ion of cla ss o ffic e r s thi s fa ll. Pi Phi ha s been well represented , a lso o ut o f fo ur girl s o n th e s taff o f edit o r s of our co llege paper, two are Pi Phi s.

Wi s hing all a m os t happy and s uc ce .;,s flll year,

KATHARINE M. BAGBY.

ILLIN OI S EP SI LO;':-N ORTIIW ES TERN I,;NIYER S ITY

The ye a r a t K o rthwe s tern ha s opened wi t h a and we are still har dly ready to settle d o wn to the hum - drum of s tudent life.

The ru s hing se ason ha s been long and ac tive, but , while the r e ha ve been m any n e w s tudent s to selec t fr o m, we ha\'e fo und few e r girl s than u sua l who wo uld m a k e r eally de s irable frat e rnity girl s.

I n add iti o n t o the three girl s we pl edged la s t s pring we have pledged th ree n ew girl s so far , so that by th e t ime th e n ex t ARROW is publi s hed we hope t o intr od u ce se nral new s is t e r s t o yo u

[n fa c t, we can a lready intro du ce Nin a \ Villiam s, a dea r girl from Spok a ne, who m we init ia t ed very Qui etly a few day s ag o She was t ak e n ill and wa s o b lig ed t o lea ve co ll eg e fo r at lea st a fe w week s , s o tha t sh e wo uld mi ss the regular initiati on ; so, as we all lo ved her s o much , " c d ecid e d to make her our s is t e r a t o nce.

We w e r e unfo rtun a t e en ou gh to lose eight girl s la s t y ear, three of wh o m wer e fre sh me n; but the o th e r fr es hm e n, n o w proud sophom ores, ar c all fin e, ac ti " e girl s , wh ose fir s t car e is the welfare of the chapter and th e fraternity at large. The se , w ith th ree se ni o r s and a po s t -graduate, make a v igo r o u s, if small , chapter.

On the other hand, we h ave been IllO St fo rtunat e in ha\' ing Mary Dudl ey of Kan sa s Alpha with u s during the ru s hing se a so n . She is a darli ng, and w e are r ejo ici ng at th e pros pec t o f h 3\' ing h e r with us ve ry often during the winter.

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\Ve tru s t that all the chapters of Pi Phi are happy and prosperous and that the coming year has much that is lovely in store for you all.

FLORENCE GERTRUDE BALDWIN.

ILLIXOIS ZETA-UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

Illin ois Zeta ha s entered upon a year which promi ses to be a very pro s perous one. Ju st n ow we are in the mid s t of rushing, and we hope by the end of the month , the length of time provided fo r by contract, to have a number of new pledge s to introduce to you. \Ve have twelve girls in ou r chapter thi s year, just e n ough to make a vcry happy family, but we a r e looking forward to having \"ith u s sc \' cral of thi s year's fre shmen, who will make a welcome addition to ou r hou se hold .

As is u s ual during th e fir s t few weeks of t he year, we have been busy in making the new girl s fecI at home. Be side s them with us often at th e ho u se to get acquainted. we entertained them at a dancing party Oct o ber second. \V e w e r e chaperoned by Mr s. G. B. Storer of Champa ign, o ne of our new patrone sses, a lo vely littl e woman who take s a great deal of intere s t in the girl s. October third we gave a one o'clock l uncheon at the chapter hou se, and October tenth a dinner at the Beardsley. Be s ide s thi s we have had a picnic spread, fudge parties and good time s galore.

We were fortunate in havillg with us during a greatcr part of the rushing season fO\lr of the members of la st year's chapter. Stella Rogers, Charl o tte Nel so n. Alice ?vfann and Edna Daniel s. It ha s been a pl easure to ha\' c them with tIS in th e h ouse , and they h ave helped u s a great deal in ru s hing.

Vvill ia Garver was al so with u s fo r a s hort time. \Ve han: near us thi s year a Pi Phi from Michigan, 1'1r s. Sober, who is an in s tructor in th e department of H ouseho ld Science of the University. We have been to call upon her, and we hope to s ee a great dea l of her thi s winter. It is alway s a great plea s ure to meet member s of our s is ter chapters.

On the fifteenth of O c tobe r Delia Stern , of Champaign, will be married to Mr. Royal A. Stipe s, Delta Tau Delta. \Ve fe e l a double interest in the wedding, s ince the groom-la-be is a brother of one of our most loyal Pi Phi s.

We wi sh for all of you a plea s ant and profitable winte r. W e are planning for a very happy one.

HELEN ATK I NSON.

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INDIAN A ALPHA-FRAN KUN COl.LEGE

Greetings from In d iana Alpha to alt Pi Phis,-even th o ugh we are almost t oo busy fo r greeting s of any kind, a s we are in the mid s t of the ru s hing season , college having opened later than u s ual thi s autumn,th e fir st of Octobe r.

But before reporting our fall victories, a word about the s ummer vacation i s in order. J ust after college closed we gave a "s hower" to our June bride, In ez Ryker, '02, who, o n the thirtieth of that month, was married to A. C. Everingham, '02, Sigma Alpha Epsilon. A number of ti S witnessed the nry pretty ho me wedding at ]n dia nap olis. They live at Terre Haute, wher e Mr. Everingham is practicing law. Another showe r in July celebrated the going-la-housekeeping of Mary Van NuysFi s her In September, at the home of May Carney, '99, we s howered ou r la tes t bride, Zoe Hall, ex·'o3, whose wedding occ urr ed o n September the sc\'e ntecnth Zoe will not be so far away but that her pretty country h ome will be a\'ailable for ru s hing parties, \Vhil e we were scatte r ed for th e summe r th e old college buildings were being completely metamo rpho se d. On our return we cou ld sca rcely be· lieve ourselves at old Fra nk lin. The int e rior of the building s ha s been completely r e modeled and made up - lo·date. We now h ave commodious. newly furni s h ed recitation r oo ms and attached to them seve ral little study room s for profe sso rs and student s. Hardwood floors replace the old h ard s , and all the woodwork is new, wh il e the ceili ng s and walls havebe en fre scoed. Vie ha ve our OI.\' n electric light plant and telephone serv · ice, and th e building s are heated by s tea m . Th e new library building is rapidly nearing completion, and we are assured by th e pres ident of college board that another year will probably see the e r ection of two more buildings, a science hall and a "gy m ." In consequence of all this "prosperi ty " the ope ning sen-ices o n October first were unu5ually clabo-r ate. Among the speake r s of the occasion wa s Elsie Grace Stubbs, ou r chapter pre sident , who repre se nted the students.

This fir st week ha s been a very busy one. W e number only seven active girls t o begin with but we expec t to initiate thr ee girls soo n \V e have endeavored to be more than u s ually dignified in o ur ru s hing thi s fall and feel that we han been w ell repaid We hav e entertained o nly twiceo ne a ft ernoon at Grace Carney's, and a . few evenings later at Florence Pro\"Cnce' s, we gan a r egu lar Pi Phi sp r ea d with so ng s and toa sts and thing s to cat. As a r esult we hav e s ix ne w pledge s whom we will introduce to you a s soon a s they a r e initiated-and the end is not yet.

At pre se nt we are with o ut a frat e r nity h o m e, but it i s in proce ss of building. Mr and Mr s. Claude Hendr icks a r e the o wners, and as Mrs.

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H endricks is a Pi Phi, she knows just what kind of a house we want and just what kind of tim es w e lik e; so unde r her sympa th eti c ch ape r onage we anticipate a delightful year

In ou r r eno\"ated college, th e end of a successful ru shing season almost r eached, and with th e promise o f a beautiful chaptu house in th e n ea r f utu r e, we feci very o ptimi stic indeed and wi sh fo r OU T sis te r chapters as contented and h appy a yea r as ours pro mi ses to be

:M ARY GRIS WOLD HALL

INDIANA BETA-INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY

The fall term has opened very auspiciously for liS of Ind iana Beta. We came back to co ll ege with t wenty o ld girl s, a new chapter h o u se, and in very good spi rits.

Our chapt e r hou se is a large, ele ve n-r oo me d h ouse, tw o squa res fr o m th e campus, in th e mos t d esirab le loca ti o n possible. Our tow n alum nae were very gen e r ous to u s an d we did n o t ha ye th e difficulty we had an ti c ipated in furni shi ng. Fifteen girls r oom in t he house and we have fine time s together.

The ru s hing seaso n thi s year wa s n ot as s tr e nuou s as it has been f o r severa l years. The s tudent s came back ea rl ier , a nd a t the end of the fir s t week a ll the spiki ng was practically O\'er, and ihe wine a nd si lve r blue wa s wo rn by seven fin e gi rl s. We initiated s ix o f the se girl s la s t Saturday night. Th ey are Nettie E. Pl easa nt s, of Vevay, Indiana; Grac e Baird, o f New Albany , Ind iana; Mari o n Lockridge, of Roa m , Ind iana ; H azel Squire s , o f Waba sh , I ndiana; M abel Ba tman, of Ladoga, Indiana; and Bl anche Conk, of R oac hd a le, Indiana Th e seven t h pledge, Annette W ayma n , o f New Albany, In diana, will be init ia t ed l ate r \Ve a r e proud and happy to nam e these girls as wea r e r s o f the ar r ow, and hope o ur s is ter chapt e r s w ill be as happy as we are in our n e w home

ADA RI C HER.

INDIANA GAMMA-UNIVERSITY OF IN DIANAt'OLlS

Our chap t e r ha s spen t o n e o f th e happi est summe r s possib le, Two of ou r girls, Maria Leonard and P ear l M cElroy, att ended th e Geneva conferen ce as delegates fr om ou r Y \ "1. C. A. ; an o th e r mad e an extended ea s tern tr ip, and an ot h e r spent two weeks in Yellow s tone National P;vk. College opene d the fir s t of October when we initiat ed K a t e Reagan who wa s pl edged la st sp ring Now we are anxiou sly awaiting the expiration o f ou r seve n week s' co ntract t o know the re sul ts of o ur effo r ts f o r Pi Ph;

Already, we h ave given an in fo rm al "sp read" at the h o me o f one of our alumna e member s, Emily Helming Very soon we s hall have a cha6ng-

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di s h party at o ur province presi dent' s home, H oweve r in the meantime. we are trying t o reli eve the home s ickne ss of the new girls by info rmal lun cheo n s, or evening s at fl in ch.

We hope t hat Pi Phi everywhere may gain its merited honors by win· ning th e bes t n ew girl s.

EDNA

COOPER.

MI CHIGAN ALP H A- H ILLSDALE COLLEG E

Agai n M ic h iga n Alpha extends greetings t o all Pi Phi s n ea r and far. hoping th at all h an e nj oyed a plea sant and r es tful vaca ti on and return to school with a large mea sure o f s trength and enthu s ias m for the work before them.

College o pen s w ith about the u s ual atte n da n ce, but with o ur mo s t efficient pre si d e nt at th e head we a r e expecting a plea sa nt a nd p r ospe rOliS y ea r

Quit e a large number o f new face s are found among th e old fam iliar on es, and al r eady we are select ing tho se whom we think might fittingly wear "t he arro w s hining bright and a bow of wine and blue," but we cann o t knO\V o ur fate fo r a while yet as ou r rule s forbid extending invitati ons until late in the term.

The u s ual r ecept iu n s g i vt: 11 th e nt:w st mJent s by th e Y. M. ami Y W C A .'s were h eld the fir s t of th e term , which o ffer ed am pl e oppo rtunity to f o rm n e w acquaintance s and to r enew o ld one s .

\Ve mi ss, ve r y much, the fin girls who were with li S la s t yea r and who m gr ad u ation rem o \'e d , but we are gradually becoming accu s to med to the th ought that we must do wit h out th em and are r ejoici ng with them in the succe ss with which th ey are meeting in their n e w work.

At ou r fir s t meeting we had the great plea s ure of a visit from sev e ral of the old girls who had n o t atte nd ed a dfra.t" m eeting for some time. but they seemed n o t t o ha\'e los t any o f their interest or love for Pi Phi, and they h elped u s to spend a plea s ant evening. •

\ Ve han with u s occas io nally, Fran ces French , who is in Hill sdale again and who se , isit s a re always refr es hing .

\ Ve numbered s e,'en at fir s t but we have s ince added anothe r to o ur roll-Eli zabeth Dudley. o n e of la s t year's pl edglings who enters into o ur chapte r work with all th e intere s t of a n o lcler member, and we are h oping t o initi ate anothe r pledgling soo n.

On the evening o f Octobe r ninth we received a ll the new girls in co llege at the hom e of Be ss Chapma n . Abo ut fifty re s po nded to th e invitati on , including patro ne sses, alumnae and pledges. \V e e nt ertained them with a H ea rt Hunt, and it wa s indeed surpri s ing h ow adep t th ey were in capturing hearts so lne o f wh ic h they found bro ken and bleeding, hile

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others were pierced , jth the arrow before found, but each heart brought its own reward in giving to the captor a certain number of points The one receiving the highe s t number was rewarded with an appropria te gift. Following the hunt we had Heart to H eart talks which were pleasant indeed, and after refreshments and singing of a few fraternity songs we departed feeling that we wefC well repaid fo r our effo rt s .

\Ve mu s t not (orget to mention our reunion la st s ummer The sem icentennial celeb r a ti on of the founding of our college was held July fourth an d drew a very large crowd of old student s, among whom were a large numbe r of Pi Phi s. The chapter rooms were open all day. and in re sponse to invitations about twenty girls assembled for an informal reception which had been planned by some of the re s ident girl s It is needles s to say that a jolly half hour was spent.

\Ve hope to introduce to you in o ur next letter a number of new girls of whom we shall be proud, and we wi s h that the Success that we hope for ourselve s may be your s al so , together with a large mea s ure of enjoyment.

HARRtETTE \VOOD.

MICHIGAN BETA-UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

You Pi Phi girls all over the land know what a very bu s y time the first few weeks of college lif e can be, and in ou r chapter this year h as been n o exception. There were fourteen of u s who returned to s hare the joys and re sponsibi liti es of another year, and while that seems to us an unusually small number yet we have had mo s t splendid success in OUf ru shing.

Several of the girl s were here a whole week before co llege opened, g etting the hou se settled and things in r unning order, so that by the time th e freshmen fir s t began to appear we were quite as much at h ome in OUf fraternity house as though we had nenr enjoyed our long s ummer vacati on.

The fir s t week was a perfec t round of gaiety-parties, drives, canoein g, dinner s and even a little play. Then Rebecca \Vhite, who last year was Rebecca Downey and one of our active girls, ga\'e us a delightful party in her little new home where enrything is so pretty and new. Rebecca is so happy in her new life, and we feel that we are mos t fortunate that she i s to live right here in Ann Arbor, for sh e is every bit as loyal a Pi Phi as before she was married.

\Ve ha ve five very lovely pledges to intro.duce to our sisters in Pi Be t a Phi , and if you could on ly know th em you would be as proud and fond of th em as we are. First th e re is Clara Starr of Detroit, who has been pledged to us for s(\'era l years and who h a s matriculated both in

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university and the school of mu sic . Then comes Donna Mar s hall, whose siste r Anna graduated la st year, and Mary Edwards, whose s is t e r Sara h is one of our seniors. The ot he r two gi rl s who arc wearing the wine and blue are Harriet Griffin of Niles and Gertha \Vifliarn s of Detro it, both of wh o m arc just the ve ry girls for Pi Beta Phi.

\Ve are most fortunate in having for a chaperon, Mr s. Marston, o f Detroit, who, although she ha s bee n with u s now but a few days, ha s en deared her se lf t o us a ll and made us feel th at s he has almost a mot h e rly care for u s.

Our Detroit alumnae ha\"e s ent u s as a gift a vcry pretty s et of n ew di s hes, which was a most delightfu l surprise and which we a re g oi ng to ke ep for ou r very Sunday best.

\Ve can hardly wait f or the AltROW which will bring u s n e ws of ou r sisters. and ou r hope is that you are all enjoying the prosperi ty and success that we are.

JES SIE HELSEJ.L.

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I OWA ALPHA-IOWA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY

This year ha s begun for I owa Alpha as a season o f g r eat rejoicing Our beloved unive r sity, dear old Iowa Wesleyan, the o ld est college in the state, ha s lifted her head above the shadow of a sixty- five tho usand dollar debt and is looking forward t o a future of bright promise. Neve r , until this crisis in the hi sto ry of our co llege, did we realize a s a fraternity how nearly akin arc lo\"e for alma mater and love for fraternity. So deeply did we feel the kinship at that timc, th at in the name of Pi Beta Phi we pledged one hundred and fifty dollar s from the very fullness of ou r heart s.

Th e final settlement of th e debt was October first, and o n October second Pi Ph is and pledges, tog eth e r with new girls as invited gue s ts, gave vent to their joyousness by having a sp read and general good time The table was sp read fo r thirty and was mad e beautifu l with dark r ed dahlias, w ine and blue candles and yards and yards o f beautiful wine and blue ri bbons Pi Phi so ng s and those of our own college mingled together a s ne \'er before and ou r farewells found exp r ession in that so ng so dea rly loved by I owa A lpha, "The r e is a tie that binds us. "

Now that the excitement concerning the welfare of ou r college i s ove r , we have begun to miss the faces of th ose who were with us l ast year. Our librarian, Sarah Amb ler, '82, was appointed during the summe r t o a

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posItion In the government printing office in \Vashington. It delights us much, however, thai another Pi Phi, Blanche Swan, '96. fills the place leff vacant by Mi ss Ambler's departure.

Two of our old girls, Margaret Huffman and Stella Guthrie, could n ot return to us this year. 1t is a great disappointment to us t o lo se them and th e problem confronts u s as to the filling of their places, but there are many new girls who doubtless will make worthy siste r s.

OUf formal invitations will not be sent o ut until November, but twO giri s, who were known among us last year, Nona Spahr and Stacie Turney, are now wearing the pledge pin.

10W3 Alpha wishes c\"ery sister chapter great success f or this opening year

JULIA SHANKLAND.

IOWA BETA-SIMPSON COLLECE

It does not seent possible that summe r has past and that college with all it s work and plea sure has begun once more.

We greatly miss our five senior girls who left us la st Jun e, but we hear of them once in a while and know they are all right. Then there are three o th er members who cannot be with u s this year and it is needless to say that we miss them also.

The first thing we are going to do is to introduce to "P i Phidom" two new member s, Ruth Baker and Pearl Anderson, who since the nineteenth of September have worn the arrow. This was our fir s t initiati o n and it was followed by a "cookie·shine." We were very glad to ha ve with liS on thi s occasion Florence and Lena Hatfield.

\V e also have a new pledge, Katharine Rehkopf of Des Moines. \Ve are very proud of her and know that s he will be an honor to our frater· nity

This year w£ have Bernice HaJIey and Gertrude Hancox with us again The s e girls are a great addition to our chapter and we gladly welcome th em back.

One of th e most enjoyable times which Iowa Beta has had for a long time was given to us by Sarah Eikenberry-Sigler, an alumna of our chapter, when s he gave a "su rpri se party" for Flora and Huldah Sigler, who left the following morning for a western trip. It was a decided surpri se, and when we announced ourselves with a rou sing Pi Phi yell great con s ternation was show n by the two girls.

We are very busy preparing for our annual Hallowe'en p a rty, which will be the first big event of the seaso n.

I owa Beta se nd s best wishes t o all her s i ster chapters and sincerely wi s hes a most successful year for one and all.

CELESTE ROBINSON'.

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IOWA Z£V.-IQWA STATE UNIVERSI TY

] owa Zeta s ends gre eting s to all wearers of the arrow and hopes that the coming year may pron an unu s ually bright and pro spero u s one.

A ftef a lo ng, happy \' acation our girl s hav e come back to joyful reunion t ho ugh sa dl y missing those of the " o ld girls" who did not r eturn.

Since th e beginning of sc hool we ha ve been deep in the fe s tivities of the ru s hing seas on and feel that we met with unu s ual good fortune, as at the end of the first week of sc h oo l we had pledged three of the mo s t attractive f re shmen , l\lignon o f Council Bluff s, Sadie Holiday of Burling· to n. and Ha ze l Higby of I ow a City.

There ha s b een a con s iderable am ount o f gaiety among the various iratcrnitic s. Almo s t all o f the G re eks have entertained with informal dances or parties at th e c hapter hou ses.

Ou r football team, with th e new coach, Chal mer s, opens it s sea son und e r m ost fa vo rable allspices and all thing s seem to predict fo r us a happy and s ucce ss ful year. Our earnest h o pe is that thi s ma y be sha red by eve ry member of Pi Beta Phi.

SADIE JACOBS.

WI SCONS I N ALPHA-UNIVERSITY OF WI SCONSIN

First and foremost, let u s introdu ce to you-to sp eak in th e same archaic way-our elcven pledges , who will soon wear the wine and silver blue of active membership in \Vi sc on sin Alph a Th ey ar e Hildred Moser, of M a di so n ; Cora Hinkl ey, o f Milw aukee; Madge Burnham , Evansville; Clara Sawye r , Genevieve Eaton, Supe ri o r; Hel e n Mar s h, Neillsville; Katheri n e Harmon, l\lcn om in ee. Fl o ren ce Rudo lph, Canton. S. D .; Marian O'Neill, Neill s\'i llc; Ro se Wellman , Wa s hington, D. C. , and Selma V ognild , Chicago,

The se arc our new girls whom we sha ll so proudly initi a te into the myste r ies of Pi Phidom. Then , too. we have three hi gh schoo l girl s, Anna Blackbu rn Ruth Jenn ings , and Bu rnham , who ha ve fallen victims mo s t gracioll s ly to o ur sllccess ive m. s hing . bidding o r "sp iking, " as so me of OUT sist er s sa y, and, of cou r se. pledging.

Our new home, girls. we a r e really conceited abou t it. fo r it i s id ea l. And to think that we h ave r ealiz ed our s had o wy h opes and expectat ions o f s li c h a little while a go and are li\' in g in a beautiful h o me which we can wit h true pride ceill our \"Cry ow n Thi s has s urely added to o ur feeling o f I OH. loyalty, a nd e nthu s ias m fo r Pi Beta Phi .

Mr s. Burnh am, our n ew c hap erone , has already won the hearts of us all. and o ur n ew girls are imbibing th e rea l frat e rnity spi rit. So, with the joys of our ow n h ome, a lovin g and helpful mother, a nd el eve n splendid

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fre shmen, how can we resi st saying, "The r e never wa s nothin' better n ohow'"

And now, with the si ncere h ope that every girl will be true to herself and to her fraternity, \V isconsin Alpha bids you "Auf Wiedersehen." CORA NORSlrtAN.

MISSOURI ALPHA-MISSOURI S TATE UNIVElI:SlTY

The ru shing season is over and what a relief it is ! Mis so uri Alpha introduces to you si x new Pi P hi s, two of whom were pledged la s t year and fo ur thi s year. They are Ethel Robnett, Erma Bonchell, Eunice Link, Rosa mo nd Ru sse ll , Elsie \V adell and Florence Dorey. They are splendid girls and a credit to any fraternity.

Our girls have been very busy in a soc ial way thi s fall. The season was opened by a morning chocolate t o which the faculty and town ladies were in\'it ed to meet the n ew girls. Thi s was followed a few nights later by a large reception to all the fraternitie s. The studio for this occasion wa s decorated in golden rod, the parlor was brightened with flowers and th e dining room was in wine and silver blue and carnations. The r eceiving ' line wa s composed of our very excellent chaperon, Mrs. Walter S. William s, and seve ral of our patronesses. Then we have given several special partie s, while one of the mo s t delightful function s of the season wa s the reception we gave to the v isi ting delegates of the Daughters of the Confederacy.

Missouri A lph a wi she s to extend best wishes for th e year. We are comfortably s ituated in a chapte r hou se and we hope all other c hapt ers of Pi Beta Phi are a s happy as we.

MARY MADALENE SMITH.

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LOUISIANA ALPH.O\-NEWCOMB COL LEGE, TULANE UNIVERSITY

It is indeed hard to reali ze that vacation is over and that the time has co m e for se ttling down to hard work o n ce more. However, "suffic ient unto the day is the evil th ereof," and as we are at pre se nt all excitement o ver being back and seeing all the girls, le t us not count the hours of study before us!

Newcomb i s flourishing. Neve r befpre have there been nearly so many students as now, or half th e enthusiasm and college spi rit Owing to the fact th at quite a few of the active members of last year hav e left college. Ollr chapter will not be large this winter, but as "quality n ot Quantity" coun t s, I think we s hall manage to get along nicely. baow- j

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Beside s, we have thr ee very enthu s ia stic pl edges whom we e xpect to initiate soon \Ve did have five pl edge s, but two were unable to come to college, altho ugh we ho pe to hav e o ne of them with u s in January.

The Young \Vomen 's Chri s ti an A ssociation gave a reception to the freshm an cla ss s oon after co lleg e o p ened and it was a great success.

Louisia.na Alpha send s good wi s hes to all the chapters f o r a s uccessful and hap py year.

HAIUUETTE WATERS.

KAN S A S ALPHA-KAN S AS l,;NIVER S ITY

Kan sas Alpha a s k s all loyal Pi Phi s to cong r atulate her on her four new freshmen wh o wer e ju s t initiat ed Saturday night, Octobe r third The fortunat e girls are :Mabel Mar sh , Alice Duncan, France s Ne wb y, an d Edna Dart \ Ve ga\' e them a roya l initiation. wi th a fine cookie -shine, an d a dog sho w by way of amu semen t. The ru s h ing thi s year ha s b een quite active and a little more prolonged than is usual. There hav e been al so a larger numbe r of informal hop s than eve r befo r e I mu s t t ell yo u o f the Pi Phi h o u se party at Hiaw a tha in August T he r e were se vent een loyal Pi Phi s there, and there were seventeen parti es in th e se ven day s that they we r e togethe r Everyone voted it a gr eat thin g fo r s tirri n g up. and keeping alive, fra t e rn ity s pi rit during the long Slimme r vaca ti on .

On the Thur s day after ou r arrival in Law r ence Mr s M ar tha ManleyH ood invited us to a cookie- s hine in hono r o f her siste r, Nettie Manley, who wa s help ing her settle d o wn in her new home It wa s an enth u s iastic, tho r o ughly enj o yabl e " s hin e," whi ch s tarted us off we ll o n the n ew year

When we " co unted n oses" at our fir s t busines s meeting o f the year we were a little s urpri se d to find so many, fo r we had been under the s ion th a t we had lo s t a great many girl s. To impre ss Ollr ru shee s we had an aftern oon t ea a t th e beautiful h ome of Kate Nichol son-Blackmar, o ne of our a lumn ae . The nex t morning we had a chocola t e, and the n ex t day a receptio n at ou r chapte r h o us e It wa s decorated with yellow flowers, nasturti ums, and ou r gl o ri o us golden rod \Ve were fortunate in having so many of ou r alumnae with us.

Th e un iv ersity has opened mo st propitio usly thi s year, with a large fr eshman clas s. In th e two football game s that we have played, we have scored fir s t 32, then 34. t o o ur opponent s' nothing. So ou r a thl etic prospect s are the very brighte s t \ " H ere's to the girls t h at are kind and s weet, H ere's to the giris th a t a rt true, H e r e' s to th e girls that r ule my heart, In other words, h er e's to you"- all Pi Ph is

MARY Vl..&ClJilA Ku.Loc.c.

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NEBilASKA BETA-UNIVERSITY OF NEBIlASKA

The girls of Nebraska Beta have again gathered together from their homes in the state to live in an ideal chapter house. We are very proud of our hou se for it is the fir s t one we have had for thr ee years. \Ve have already had some good times here. The dining r oom is very la rg e, with hardwood floor s, and on Friday evenings we h old informal dances there

Our chaperone is the aunt of one of our girls and we have already learned to love her.

Of course everyone in Lincoln-as in every other college town, I suppose-was very bu sy during ru s hing week.

On Wedne sday evening we gave a chafing-dish party, on Thursday morning a card party, and on Thursday evening a very informal dance at the chapter hOllse. Our parties were ended with a twilight musicale on Friday evening. We were very successfu l and now have eleven new girls to introduce to a ll Pi Phi s. They are Eva and Ena Cooper, Magnolia Ewalt, Alice Swedeburg, Lulu Young, Eleanor Andrews, Jean M cGeachin, Anita and Mildred Hazelwood, and two who were pledged before, Helen Waugh and Helen Dol son.

We have already held our initiati on and all but two of our pledges were initiated. On account of the serious illness of their sis ter, Anita and Mil dred Hazelwood were n ot initiated.

Our football team is already beginning to do some good work and we C3n no more than hope it will be as good as last year's team

All our girls are very enthusiastic thi s year and the old girls are so, of course , and the fre shmen are receiving the spirit fr om them.

We all feel that we owe much to two of our a lumn ae, Anne Stuart and Florence Fi s ke. They made all the a rrang ements fo r our chapte r house an d had it all ready for us when we came back.

Great success to all Pi Phis for this coming year.

TEXAS ALPHA-UNIVERSITY OP TEXAS

KAnHucocK.

Texas Alpha opens the year of 1903-4 with thirt een active members, besides a strong force of alumnae in town on whom we know we may rely at all time s. A mos t delightful s ummer was reported by aU th e girls, but in spite of the good times that vacation always brings, the girls all seemed glad to be back for another year's work and enj oy ment together.

The fir st thing that was done this year was the renting of a large chapter room at the home of Mr s. Doom ju s t across the street from the campus Mr s. D oom ha s consented t o let us use her piano and each girl is taking a real joy in cont ributing dainty articles t oward the furni shings

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We han planned to hav e an informal house -warming to all our friends the third Saturday of each month during the year We will begin the series in October and of course we wish t o make the fir s t occasion particularly attracti ve; so all are bu sy with plan s and preparation s for it now.

The girl s of the University aTC especially delighted with the convenience and beauty of the new Woman' s Building, erec ted during the past year for a girl s ' dormitory. There is a large, well equipped gymnasium which ha s lo ng been the greate s t need of the Univer s ity girls, and the parlors and halls are large enough for the socia l functi o n s of the Unive r sity, th e floor s being prepared for dancing.

The year was opened with a formal r ece pti on given to the new stu dcnts at the Woman's Buildin g. All who attended reported a m ost delightful afternoon, and the new-com ers were made to feci at home in our mid st by th e kind hos pitality of the matron.

During the s ummer the hearts of Pi Phi girls were made glad by two hou s e-pa rti es in their h o nor. One was given by Rosa li s Battle at the hom e of her sis t e r, and the other by Mildred Dur s t at h e r own home. Bot h wer e most delightful, and Pi Phi girls enjoyed being together, not as busy stu dent s. but as happy pleasure-seekers.

Texa s Alpha has both lo st and gained among the Austin alumnae this year. Jami e Armstrong, one of o ur charter members and leader of the final ball la s t year, .ha s removed h e r home fr om Austin to "Ve st Texas. Jami e was a membe r of the original club that finally became Texas Alpha of Pi Bcta Phi, and was one of the m os t earnest workers and influential m em ber s in the difficult matt e r of secu ring a charter. We all r egret her d e parture, and our hearts go out with her to h er new h o me.

On the other hand we have gained a st rong suppo rter. Attie McClendon , whose home for th e past year ha s been in Guadalajara , Mexico, has accept ed a position as teach e r in the Whit e's Academy of Au stin. Attie was the life of the chapter while an active member, and it is with the greate s t delight that we welcome h er back again.

Texa s Alpha begins the year with a firm determination to get the very mo st out of the coming season, and we are going to try to make ou r lat est year ou r be st. May it be a mo st pleasant a nd profitable year to all our s iste r s in Pi Phi.

EOITEI ]. CLAGGEIT.

COLORADO ALPHA-USIVERSITY OF COLORADO

Colorado Alpha greet s her Pi Phi siste r s with great plea<;ure and trusts that all ha\'e had as pleas ant a vacation a s the eighteen girls who have gathered together at the University of Colorado, with bright hopes for the coming year. Our ru shing season is practically on r and it has been a most successful one . The fir st week sen ral of ou r alumnae were with us: Fan-

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nie Plummer-Morton, Oaire Williams-Humphrey, and Julia McKinleyDenio. On Tuesday of that week we gave a large reception, and o n \Vedn esday a chafing-dish party. As a resul t of ou r rushing we wish to introduce to all other Pi Phis our pledge s, Honor Plummer from Idaho Spr ings, Mary Downer from Longmont, and Leone Enos and Elizabeth Fonda, both Boulder girls. We also gladly introduce a new patroness, Mr s. \V. M. Buckingham. We have a beautiful chapter hou se this year; we have received some pretty presents from friends and alumnae, and we feel that no ot her house can compare with ours. Fifteen happy Pi Phis have their home in it, and we also have our own table, a fact of which we are very proud, as this is the first year we hav e attempted it.

We have done but little entertaining so f ar, but the men's fraternities have called informally, so we have passed some delightful evenings.

\Ve are so rry t o say that be s ides our senio r of last year we have had t o part with se veral other girls: Elizabeth Brown is at her home in Belvidere, III. ; Ella Packard is spe nding the winter in California, and Luella Corbin and Jessie Thomp son are attending Denver University. We are happy to say, however, th at we ha\'e with us Mary Fowler o f Pennsylvania Bela and Marie Bradley of Illinois Delta and we h ope that they will have as pleasant a year as they would have with their own chapters. Maud e Knapp i s taking spec ial work in the University this year and Sara Herron, who wa s t eaching la st year, ha s re-entered co llege.

Colorado Alpha sends best wi shes to all Pi Phis and h opes that they will all hav e a sllccess ful year.

GERTRUDE ALLEN TEAGUE.

COLORADO 8ETA

Our chapt er has had great success thi s year in rushing. We had meetings every other week during the summe r vacation and we planned our "rushing" before college opened . We s tarted in with eleven active girls, three pledges to be initiated and three preparatory school pledges. We have now four new girls to introduce to our sister Pi Phis: Florence Spencer, Helen Crane, Be ss ie Bliss and Grace Deisher. The se girls will soon be wearing the arrow and will be strong workers for the glory of Pi Beta Phi.

On the opening day we gave a lunch eo n for new girls at the home of Ethel Miller in University Park. Then we gave a five o'clock tea and a party, to which all the new girls and fraternity men were invited. This was all we did but it seemed to be enough.

The men of Beta Theta Pi gave a party at their hou se September twenty- sixt h at which Pi Phi was well repre sen t ed.

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twe en our college and the University of Nebraska, on Saturday , October t e nth A number of our girls will attend.

We are glad t o have Ethel Van eise of L omba rd in our c hapter again this year.

\Ve now have a chapter r oom of which w e are very proud . We have be s id es tw o fine lo t s of ou r ow n and some tim e we expect to build us a h ouse but now we are happy to have a roo m

Maude Walker, one of Oll r graduate s o f last June, wa s married July fir st t o Richard Wen s ley a nd s he is now hou sekeep ing in Denver in a dear little flat where we Pi Phis are alway s welcome.

\Ve extend best wi shes t o all the girl s ana h ope th ey will have a prosperous year.

MARCIA MURRAY.

CA LIFORNIA BETA-UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNI.A

The year ha s opened very brightly for u s, the fir s t two weeks bringing us many delightful surprises. Th e fir s t was th e return of Olive Gundry. We had fear ed that we were n ot t o ha\'e her with us thi s year, so that, when sbe came and brought her mo th e r with her to be o ur sweet motherly chape r one we we re more than delighted.

The house wa s made r eady for th e returning girl s by a little forethought and planning during the summer, so that when we assembled, everything wa s soon in smooth running order.

We were more than fortunate in having Elizabeth Adam s with us for the fir s t month and Dora Bramlet for the first two weeks, and we all regretted keenly the days on which Beth left to take up her position in the Fre sno high sc hool, and Dora t o retu rn t o her home Dai s y Ryone vi sited u s for a few day s, lon g enough to make us realize how much we lose in parttlg with her. Isado re Van Gilder paid u s a short vi s it on her way to Stanford University.

California Beta sta rt ed the year with thirteen active members. The number has prO\' ed anything but unlucky fo r we are very soon to add five to it. We are very glad to introduce to you our fi ve pledges, Ora Lucas, Florence Zeigenfuss, Mabel Adele Goddard. Myra Geo rgia Cook, and Edith White

The unlucky number ha s been further offset by the beautiful little "ma scot," a thoroughbred s pani e l that was recently le ft in our care. "Bu ster," a name a s inappropriate as a name can be, ha s become a very important member of the h ouse hold .

Chief among the pleasures of the fall ha v e been the visits of some ern Pi Phi s. Su sa n Stone o f :Mi ssouri Alpha came one day, and has made her name immortal among us by the Mi sso uri pennant which she

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bu since sent u s. Helen Rogers of Swarthmore College also vis ited us \rVe do enjoy meeting these sis ters (rom the different chapters.

Roberta Ake r s, ex-'04. on her way to Chicago to continue her work at the Art In stitute; will be with us for initiation, and we hope to have several other "old" members to help us drive the goal

We have had some very rare treats in the dramatic line, in the colleg e w this fall. The presentation of the o ld English Morality Play, "Everyman," by Ben Greet's noted London company, opened the season

The dedication of the new Greek theater, which bas been built in the beautiful natural amphitheater of our campu s, by Mr. William Hearst. and presented by him to the Unive r sity, took the form of a cycle of plays which were presented in the vast open air auditorium.

The fir s t was appropriately a Greek play. After the dedica t o ry ad· dr esses by Mr. H ea r st, Mr Weed, the discoverer of the s ite, J o hn Galen H oward, th e and President Wheeler, th e play, scenes from "Th e Birds" o f A ri stophanes , was presented by the students of the classi· cal departments.

The second i the cycle was Shakespeare's "Twelf th Night," presented by t he English Company under the management of the famous Ben G reet.

The last play was Racine' s Phed r e, given by the st ud ents of the French d epartment.

Thi s bare announ cement can n ot convey any idea o f h ow ex ceedi ngly int eresting were th ese widely differing presentations, given ther e in the gold en s unshine of th ese fall days, under California's blue, blue sky: in th e classic atmosphere of a Greek theate r.

Thi s th eate r promises to become one of th e greatest features o f the University, for in it we shall hold, whenever th e weather permits, aU Uni ve rsi ty meetings, rallies and all gatherings th at can be held in the open ai r

A yea r so pleasantly begun can n ot but be a p r ospe rou s and happy one California Beta wi s hes for all her siste r chapters a year p leasant, pros· perous and happy.

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