The Arrow of Pi Beta Phi - November-1904

Fraternity Directory

FOUNDERS OF FRATERNITY

Maggie Campbell " " Monmouth, III.

Libbie Brooks-Gaddi s .. .. ... ....•• . . ..•...................... Avon, III

Ada Bruen-Grier

Clara Brownlee-Hutchinson

Emma Brownlee-Kilgore

Fannie Whitenack Libby

Rosa Moore ........•..•••••.•

Jennie Nicol ( d eceased ) .

Ina Smith Soule

Belleview, PL

Monmouth, 111.

Ill.

.Red Wing, Mnn.

• 207 W. 55th St., New Yor1C: City.

MonmDuth, IU.

Jennie Horne-Turnbull · .2546 N 32 St., Philadelphia, PL

Fannie Thompso n (decea sed ).

Nancy Black-Walla ce - Glenos borne, Pa

GRAND COUNCIL

PuslDENT-Elizabeth Gamble, 49 Alexandrine Ave ., West, Detroit, Mich.

VICE PUSIDENT-M rs. Mav C Reyn o ld s, Fo storia, O

SECU:TARy-Mary Bartol-Theiss (Mrs. Lewis E. Theiss), 64 W. IQ9th St , New York City

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

EDITOR-Florence Porter Robinson, 543 Marshan St., Milwaulc:ee, Wi.

HISTORIAN

Susan W. Lewis, S60S Madison Ave., Chicago, 111.

CATALOGUER

Mary Bartol-Thei ss, 6.4 W Jogth St , New York City.

CORRESPONDING SECRETARIES

A.LPHA.. PROVINCE

PRESIDENT-An n a Morris Jackson, So Beekman St.. New York City.

VERMONT ALPHA-Middlebury College, Bertha C. Duncan, Middlebury, Vt.

VERMONT BETA-Univer s ity of Verm ont, Emma Bean, 41I Main St., Burlington, Vt.

CoLUMBIA ALpHA-George Washington University. Adele R Taylor, 2705 P. St., Washington, D . C.

PENN SYLVANIA ALPHA-Swarthmore College, Elizabeth E. J ohnson, Swarthmore, Pa.

PENNSYLVANIA BETA-Bucknell Univer s ity. Floren ce L Bacon, Lcwisbu'rg, Pa .

PEN NSYLVANIA GAMMA-Dickinson College, Gert rud e Heller, Carlisle, Pa.

OHI O ALPHA-Ohio U ni ve r s ity. Mary Treudley, Athens, Ohio.

OHIO BETA-Ohi o State U niver s ity, Katherine Bancroft, sSl Franklin Ave., Columbus, Ohio.

NEW YORK ALPHA-Syracu se University. Grace D MeCoo", 1I2 Wave rly Ave , Syracu se, N. Y.

NEW YORK BETA-Barnard College, Mary W Murtha , 93d Sl. a nd Broadway, New York City.

MA SS ACHUS ETT S ALPHA - Bo s t on University, M Lillian Horne, 12 Somerset St, Boston, Mass.

MAR YLAND ALPHA-Woman's College of Baltimore, Irene T. Fenton, 2223 N. Charles St., Baltimore, Md.

BETA PROV IN CE

P aESlDENT-Elda Smith, 710 S. 6th St, Springfield, III.

ILLI NOI S BETA-Lombard College, Delia Conger, 381 N Prairie St., Galesburg, III.

ILLINOIS DELTA-Knox College, Clara Lindley, \Vhiting Hall, Galesbu rg, III.

ILLI NO'S EpSIWN-Northwestern University, Marie Hammond, 225 Kedzie Ave., Evanston, Ill.

I LLINOIS ZETA- University of Illinois, Kate Mann, 209 E. Green St., C hampaign, Ill

I NDIANA ALPHA-Franklin College, Grace Bryan, Franklin, Ind.

INDIANA BETA-University of Indiana, Grace Graybill. Bloomington, Ind.

IN DIANA GAMMA-University of Indianapolis, Lulu B. Kellar, Butler College Residence, Indianapolis; Ind

MICHIGAN ALPHA-Hillsdale College, Evelyn Gates. Hillsdale, Mich.

MICHIGAN BETA-University of Michigan, Mary Edwards, 406 P acka rd St., Ann Arbor, Mich.

GA.IDIA PROVIN CE

PRESIDE NT-Sue Stone, Columbia, Mo.

IOWA ALPHA-Iowa 'We s leyan University, Stella Guth ri e, Mt Pleasant, Iowa

IOW A BETA-Simpson CollelJe-Ruth Baker, Indianola, Ia .

IOWA ZETA-Iowa State Umve r sity, Sadie Holiday, Iowa City, la.

WI SCONSIN ALpHA-University of Wisconsin, Rose Wellman, 233 Langdon St., Madison, Wis.

MI SSOURI ALPHA-University of Mis souri, Betty Williams, Columbia, Mo DELTA

PR.EsIDENT-Anne Stuart, 1906 D. St., Lincoln, Neb

loUISIANA ALPHA-Newcomb College, Genevieve L Jackson, 11,38 Washington Ave , New O rl ean s, La.

KANSAS ALPHA-Kansas University, Lesley Hill, Lawrence, Kansas .

NEBRASKA BETA-University of Nebraska, Kat e Heacock, J07 N. 24th St., Lincoln , Neb.

TU'AS ALPHA-Univers ity of Texas, Fay Kin caid, Pi Beta Phi Lodge, Guadaloupe St.. Austin, Texas.

CoLORADO ALPHA-University of Colorado, Clara Morse, Boulder, Colo.

CoLORADO BETA-Denve r University. Lena Harper, 1512 Fillmore St., Denver, C....to.

CALrFORNIA BETA-University of Ca lifornia, Clara Cooper. 242B CoU ege Ave., B e rkeley, Cal.

Alumnae A ssociation Directory

COUNCIL

PRESIDENT-Mrs. May C. Reynold s, Fostoria, Ohio. . Via PUSIDENT-M . Eloise Schuyler, 418 W. James St, Lancaster, P a.

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

TREAs uRElt-M rs . Bertha Myers Kempton, North Adams. Mich . ALUMNAE EDITOR.-Iva A. Welsh, 416 Livingston St.. Madison, Wis.

CIR C L E S ECRETARIES

ALPHA PR.OVINCE-Secretary. M I da Hodge, 70 B,n Rock St , Malden, Mass.

ALPHA ClRCLE-(New York and New England) Leora Sherwood,I51 4 S. State St ., Syracu se , N. Y.

BETA ClRcLE-(Pennsylvania, New Jersey a.nd Delaware) Grace S . Woodard, Hamburg, N. Y.

GAMMA ClRCLE-(Di strict of Co lumbia, Maryland and the Southeast) Edna Stone, J618 Rhode I sland Ave., Washington, D C.

DELTA C[RCLE-(Oh io ) Mrs. R S. Belknao. 120 Bank St., Painesville, O

BETA PROVINCE- Secretary. Katharin e Stevenson. 2319 College Ave., Indianapolis. Ind

EpSlLON CIRCLF.-(Michigan, \V isconsi n , Minne so ta ) Margaret Cousin, 54 Ro sedale Place, Detroit, Mich.

ZETA CIRCLE-(l ndiana) Kath e rin e Ste ve nson, 2319 College Ave., Indianapo lis . Ind .

THETA CIRcu- (Iltinoi s) Elda Smith. 710 S 6th St. , Springfield, Ill.

GAMMA PROV INCE-Sec retary. Maud Miller. 217 N. 13th St, S ai nt J oseph, Mo.

I OTA CIRcLE-(Iowa, Mi ssou ri , Louisiana) Sue Stone. 1003 Conley Ave., Columbia, Mo.

KApPA CIRCLE-(Oklahoma, Nebraska; Kan sas) Anne Stuart, 19OO D. S t., Lincoln, Neb.

DELTA PROVINcE-5ecretary Mr s. Id a Smith Griffith, Lawrence, Kan sas LA MBDA ClRCLE-(Rocky Mountain States) Mary C. Traylor. 1384 S. Pearl St.• Denver. Colo . Mu CIRCLE-(Pacific Coast States) Elizabeth K enn edy. Fre sno, Cal.

ALUMNAE CLUB SECRETARIES

BoSTON , MAss.-Fannie L. Ray, 23 Lyle St., Malden, Mass NEW YORK CITy-Mrs. Lauretta S. Dutton, 110 Gardiner Place, Montclair, N. J .

\\fASBIN'CTON, D. C.-Lo la M Evans, 2227 13th Sl N. ,W . BALTIMORE, MD.-Mrs. Helen Grant, Mt. Wa s hington, Baltimore PHlI..ADELPHIA, PA.-Bess Well s. Moorestown, N. J CoLUMBUS, D.-Mrs. F . D . Connolley, 1507 Michigan Ave. . ATHENS. D.-Mazie Earhart. FllANICLIN, IND.-Anna Morris . I NDIANAPOLIS, INo.-Mrs. Jessie C. B r own, Irvi ngtou, lo ci. DETROIT, MlcH -Clara Foster, 124 C ha rl otte Ave CttsTON. IA -Grace Harsh INDlANOLA, IA -Flora Sigler -y D J!.S MOINES, l A -Ena J. Cummnis, 424 28th S t MT. PLEASANT, IA.-.M. Bla n che S wan. KANSAS CITY, MO.-Nelle Taylor, 3031 Wabas h Ave

L INroLN, Nm-Bessi e Tu rne r, 1527 L S t. LA wuNa, KA s .-Har ri ette Miles, La r nard Ave

BoULDD, CoLO - MrS Edith McClure, 2227 8th St. ., ;

PROVIN CE PRES ID ENTS

ALPHA - ANSA M. ]ACJ.:SOS Alpha

GAMMA - SuI' M STOSE Missouri Alpha

BETA- EI I)A SMITH Illinois Epsilon

DELTA - ANNE STUART Beta

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Is T ltere a for Fraternit)! .,After Col/ege Life

T HAT depends. . . The life of a present day alumna is already dangerously full and few indeed are the women not caught in the grasp o f the activities which reach out in every direction and touch the very sinews of ou r social organism. Civics, educatio n, philanthropy, the church and the home,-all demand the coope ration of the college alumna if not her positive leade rship.

And this is as it should be. We have claimed and been granted recognition of the mind feminine. We have urged the necessity and beneficial results of education for women, and now we must prove ou r claims by the outcome.

That the college woman is proving her right to thes e greater opportunities and her worthiness to enter upon the large r life opened by education, let the honor rolls of our Amer ican · universities, the membership of the ancient and honorable Phi Beta Kappa, the reco rd of woman's work in the uni ve rsities abroad for the last two decades, and the high plane of home life today in a myriad American homes, bear witness.

And now to this busy life you bring the question-HIs there a place in it for fraternity?" and again we reply-"That depends."

There is a place and a large place that a college fraternity a college fraternity alone might fill, but which to my mind no fraternity does fill at present, although that the co nsciousn ess of some is fast awakening to the situati on is witnessed by the growing alumnae organ izati o ns with t heir ,various privileges ranging from that of cold advice to active cooperation and a vote in conventions.

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The fraternity might fill the place of link between college life and this -after-college activity which is often full of disheartening practicalities that tend to narrow the horizon, to bind one into ruts or by s hee r force of physical inequality for the struggle , t o drag one into the "slo ugh of despond." The fraternity might prove the link between this after-college activity in which th e alumnae must and ought to live, and th e college life in which were develdped and crystallized the ideals th at have made her what she is: the link that would. hold her close to all she meant to be and to do. Let each alumna answer for herself how often in her own life , such an inspiration has been needed.

The college itself does not furnish this tie, but rather , becomes inevitably, though still the Alma Mate r, yet the preoccupied, indiffer ent mother at whose altar we may worship ever in memory, yet without that personal r esponse essential to any heart service such as would make of it a living college relation.

You will remember an ARROW article of a year ago by Harriot Palmer of Indiana Alpha on "The Woman and the Fraternity," an article copied far and wide by the fraternity Exchanges.-

"The college woman is always a college woman. That something, which gives the keen pleasure to the young girl during the college days, follows her into more mature life. Her college fun, in which she may n ot ca re to indulge at this time, is looked back upon with a reli s h very near to the fir st enjoym ent. She is full of college sp irit, and she recognizes it in those whom she meets. If she is thro wn into a community where it is not, she mi sses it. and something is gone out of her life. It is this which causes the more dignified alumna, or the worthy patroness to so keenly enjoy the initiation or the ·cookie·shine.' But stronger than college spirit is the college fraternity spirit. That means the living up to those possibilites of what intelligent broad minded women may be to each other eithe r as fell ow students pursuing the same line of inve s tigation and gracing the same society, or as graduatc:!s, whether giving themselves to the so-called purely intellectual life, or to the hom e and social wo rld of the average woman .

Again there is or should be a place in alumnae life for fraternit y by virtue simply of the rare opportunity it offers for influence,-infiuence, first over the fraternity membership, and through it over the studen t body at large. Surely this is an

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opportunity as ye t neglected and unappreciated by frat e rnity alumna e.

Have they at h ea rt the socia l relati ons of ou r yo ung people, their standard s o f schola rship , physical development, growth in graciou s personality or good in a n y direction, by no means whatsoever cou ld th e favored wo rk be ·so e ffectually promoted, or a wider influ ence be exerted on th e ver y fi e ld desired, than through the college frat e rnity , which at present, at leas t , most a ssuredly sets standards and makes pr ecedents in every represen tative institution of th e land .

Is it asked "W ill th e chapters welcome a lumn ae o ve rtures or cooperation?U Alum nae ex perience has prove n ove r and o ver again that by the ver y bonds in fraternity the tactful, sy mpath etic alumna wil1 be met more th an half way in any work proposed and will secu r e a r espectfu l, sympathet ic h ea rin g on any occasion she chooses to asse rt he rse lf.

Granted th en there is a place the fraternity m ig ht fill , let me add that whether it be fill e d or not ; wh eth e r thi s place be preempted or n ot , depends who lly upon th e frat e rnit y and what it offe r s that will make the r e lati on worth while

A ll praise to O UT present alumnae workers for th e s ucces s they have won thr ough ou r alumnae movement, and to o ur faithful alumnae o ffi cers who have accomplished wonders with th e means and oppo rtuniti es at th ei r command.

To be interes t ed th e a lumna must be info rm ed a nd k ept inform ed. Ign o rance of a subj ec t n eve r ye t deve loped inte rest.

Nor is th e ARROW s ufficient. It visits are far too rare and its. r ange of t op ics t oo limited t o foster a very lively working est. Th e ARRO W i s a public magazine and much o f our fraternity work must be too private for public discussion in its pages.

Th e re must be other sou rces o f information and in the writers opinion th e re s ho uld be a continuous s tream of printed matter to bo th chapters and alumnae givi ng info rmati o n and stirring t o action.

More than that: alumnae shou ld be invited to cooperation in the g e ne ral frat e rnit y wo rk ; be given respo ns ibili ty in its welfa r e.

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I take it Alumnae have entirely too many worthy affairs of their own t o go about asking recogn ition and consideration at the hands of any organization.

Great has been our success. We are proud of Pi Beta Phi and we lay our tribute at th e feet of her noble alumnae who have made her reputation the rich "heritage we now e njoy, but because of all she is and has done, we covet her abi lity for all she may do, when both undergraduate and alumna sha ll join hands in sharing responsibility and privilege.

-E. H. T.

Siloex Bay Centerene;.,

AT THE eastern s umm e r conference of the Young Women's Christian Association h eld at Silver Bay on Lake George. N. Y. fr om Jun e twenty-fourth to July fifth, Pi Beta Ph i had the largest representation of any Greek-letter fraternity. Eleve n wearer s o f the golden arrow might be seen amo ng the crowd of college and preparatory sch ool- gi r ls, numbering abo ut seven hundred who h ad gathered at that ideal spo t for a confe r ence meeting. Not all o f us were able to get together at one time because some were so late in arriving, but eigh t of the numbe r were enterta ined by Marga r et Kyle, Pennsylvania Alpha, a nationa l stude nt sec r etar y. The entertainment consisted of a tfcookie-shine" and a good Pi Beta Phi c h at. The getting acquainted was not at all difficult, you may be s ure, for from the alumnae among the number down to the baby from New York Beta, a Pi Phi of but a few weeks the bond of sisterhood brought us into sympathy and friendship at once. Enough canno t be said in praise of the " spread." Miss K yle proved that she had n ot forgotten college days a nd is as e nthu siast ic for ou r be loved fraternity as we who are in active chapters. The following are the names o f the Pi Beta Phis who were at th e conference:

Alice Durfee , Vermont Beta; Bertha Duncan , Vermont Alpha; Floren ce Duncan, Vermont Alpha; Bessie Bump, Vermont Alpha;

Jenni e B. Allyn, Massachusetts Alpha; M. Lillian Horn e, Massachusetts Alpha; Mary W. Mu rtha , le w York Beta; Marga ret Kyle, Pennsylvania Alpha; Mabel Kirk, Pennsylvania Gamma; Willa Wilson , :\1aryland A lpha; Evelyn Gates , Michigan Alpha; Jean ette Wa ye, Kansas Alpha .

A Pi Phi Heroine

Many Pi Beta Phi s read in th e Wo man 's H o me Companion of lut Marc h th e arti cle o n "H eroism in Every Day L ife ," but few pe rhaps r ea lized that one of the heroines w as a Pi Phi. Minnie Freeman, now Mr s. Penn ey, attended the Methodi s t Ep iscopal College o f Nebraska an d wa s initiated int o Nebraska Alpha in I88S . - Editor.

T o Miss :Minnie Freeman, sti ll a nothe r h e ro ic e ig ht ee n- year-old di stri c t -sch oo l tea che r , w h ose field o f wo rk la y at Miracreek, Valley county, Nebra ska, wa s g ive n not uth e fate o f th ose wh o fail" in th e un se lli sh discharge of duty, but th e happier yet no less h eroic fate of th ose who, lay in g down life gladly, save it fo r themselves and their fellow s, and th e ge neral sweetening and betterment of th e wh o le world. And th e li fe o f eve ry o ne o f the thirteen pupils f o r wh om she so bravely ri sked h e r ow n was saved.

The thick , shadow ing darkness that presaged the immediate onslaught o f th e sto rm was he r fir st warning. A momentary glanc e fr om th e window satisfied the Neb r aska- rea r ed obse rver that awful weather was to foll ow Sh e lost n o time in directing th e children to make ready fo r their immedi a t e home -goi ng; but alm os t as sh e so di rec ted them, th e fi erc e bla st blew in the doors and windows , and c hill ed th e ln through.

F o rtunat ely, som e st rong twine was at hand , and Mi ss Freeman , divining that the e ntir e schoo l-ho use mi g ht bl ow away at any moment, speed il y bo und all th e ch il dren t ogeth e r , th e small est at th e head of th e litttl e processi o n, th e o th e rs close behind them , three abreast; the free end of the twin e she tied about he r own wai st. Nor was the ta s k comp le ted a mo ment too soon for their safety. With no further warni ng than a se vere hurri ca ne s ignal, the frail building was s udde n ly wrench ed and w hirl ed f rom above

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and about them, and they stood out in the terrible tempest and uproa r, unprotected and alone.

With brave words and smiles, with cheery , encouraging predictions and gestures, the girlish teacher calmed and inspired her frightened companions. Then, taking in her arms the younges t -scarce more than an infant in size and yea rs, but a heavy weight for a slender girl to carry, especially under such conditions -and bidding the other little ones keep firm hold of her body and garments , she set forth. And so, brave-hearted girl that she was, she led the little band of children to safety with an unerring intuition and judgment that seemed mOTe than human.

The children, tortured almost beyond endurance, exhausted, hopeless, cried, hung back and lingered, prayed and begged to be left alone in the bitter tempest to die. The poor teacher, dauntles s but sore troubled, strained every nerve to lead and drag them onward. Every now and again they all stumbled and sank in some huge and mighty snow-drift, and each time it was harder to induce the tired children to rise. But always she pressed onward, this brave and noble if quite unconscious girl he ro ine; alwa ys she pushed back the alluring temptation to r est just for a moment , the unformulated, unrecognized but insidious thought that she could sooner reach safety alone And at last, just when hope seemed hopeless, just when she felt she could go no fu rther, she dim ly discerned before her the vague outlines of a building.

"Children! Children!" she cried Qut, joyously, new life in her veins and spirit, "look! There is a house just ahead, dears I Courage! Struggle just a little longer, keep on stmggling, and we shall be safe!U •

They had no breath nor strength to answe r , poor babies, save by the tears that froze as they shed them; but they made all te>g.ether one last, renewed , desperate effort, attained the door of the little farm-house. stumbled across its hospitable threshold, were seized upon and all but overwhelmed by the tender ministrations of loving, sympathetic hands. The agonies consequent upon long exposu r e to bitter cold were hard of endurance, inevitably, and left many of the little g r oup long helpless and suf-

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fering; but though all knew and expe r ienced these excruciating pangs to the fullest, all ultimately recovered.

And the brave little teacher, falling into death-like unconsciousness, completely overworn and exhausted, in that ha rd-won farmhouse kitchen, for the second time wen t down to the gates of the Grim Destroye r in consequence of her heroic battle. Bu t she rose agai n in due time and season, battle-scarred and weak fr om the unequal conflict, but a second time glo r iously triumphant a nd victorious.

R eport of t ile Tizird inter·Sororit't! Co nferen ce

THE Third rnter-Sorority Conference was called by Delta Gamma at Chicago, Sept. 16 and 17, 1904 The opening session was held at the Columbus Safety Deposit Vault< on the afternoon of Sept 16, followed by an all-day session in t he parlors of the Victoria Hotel. Nine Sororities were represented as follows:

Kappa Alpha Theta

Mrs. Laura H. Nor to n Delta Gamma

Kappa Kappa Gamma

Gamma Phi Beta

Chi Omega

Alpha Phi

Pi Beta Phi

Alpha Xi Delta

Delta Delta Delta

Miss Grace Telling

s. E. Jean Nelson -Penfield

Miss Lillian W. Thompson

Miss Bessie Krape

Miss Minnie Ruth Te r ry

Miss Elizabeth

Mrs. T C Kimb l e

Miss Amy H. Olge n

The question of r otation in the call ing of conferences and th e holding of office was first discussed By consent, it was ag r eed that the conference, as a body, decide upon the following order of rotation:

I. Pi Beta Phi.

2 . Kappa Alpha Theta

3. Kappa Kappa Gamma.

4. Delta Gamma.

5 Alpha Phi.

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6. Gamma Phi Beta.

7. A lpha Chi Omega.

8. Delta Delta Delta.

9 . A lpha Xi Delta . 10 Chi Omega.

It was further agreed that dating fr o l11 th e present conference th e del ega te from that Sor o rit y ca lling the Co nfe r en ce should act as chai rman, and th e del egate from th e Sorority next in order s hould act as sec re tary with a view towa rd h e r occupying th e c hair at the next Confer e n ce. Th e re fore, Miss Telling of D elta Camma, was made chairman . Inasmuch as the first and sec ond Con ferences we r e called by A lpha Phi a nd Gamma Phi Beta respectively, a nd a s Alpha Chi Umega was not represen ted at th is Confe ren ce, Miss Olgen of Delta Delta Delta was made .ecretary. Ac ting upon a le tter fr om Sigma Kappa, it was moved that Sigma Kappa be admitted to the Conference whenever she a s a So ro rit y a cc epts all the rul es al reaay passed by the Conference. This motion was ca rri e d unanim o usly.

Th e Inter-Sorority Compac t was first dis c ussed . Of the four motion s submitt ed to th e Sororities by the Confere nce of [903, moti ons [ and 2 fail ed to pass, one by a sma ll n egative, the other by a t ie vote . It wa s, the refo re, unanimou s ly voted to submit these mot io ns again t o th e c h apters o f th e So ro riti es through their Grand Co uncils . Th ese m otion s are as follows :

l. Moved that a pledge day be adopted by the National Sorar · ities in each college where two o r mo re o f them exist.

2. M oved that the pledge day in eac h college be fix ed by th e Pan -He lleni c Assoc iati o n exis tin g ther e.

The second sess ion of the Confe re n ce was give n ove r to th e con siderat io n of th e conflicts and difficu lti es arising over th e Int e r -So r ority Compact. It was found that th e Pan-He ll e nic Asso · eiations "al ready form ed were, fo r the most part, making marked progress beyon d the r egu lati ons dema n ded by the Inter-Sorority Compact, in the maki n g and enforc in g o f r ules r egu lating ru shing, p ledgi ng, etc , etc Object ions t o Rul es [ and 2, n ow in fo rc e, were entertained fr om chapte r s at three in st itutions. Of the se,

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only one w;ls conside r ed o f serious importance. After thorough discussion, three cour ses of acti on seemed open to the Conference, to enforce the rules strictl y , to grant an ex ception , or to abandon the compact. A motion was finally made tha t inasmuch as the las t Conference h ad accom pli shed by inter-sorority action what n o one So ro ri ty was willing o r able to attempt alone, and inasmuch as int e r- so ro rit y regu lation s affect us aU alike, th e Third Conference refus e to make any except ion s, whatever local condit ions may exis t in any particular coll ege, to its previous ruling r ega r di n g th e pledging of preparatory stud e nt s. This mo · tion was los t ,s t o 4. I t was t he n moved that th e University of Wisconsin c h apters of all the Soro riti es r ep resent ed in th e Confe r en ce be perm itt ed fo r two yea r s to pledge se n ior st u den ts in hi gh schools a t th eir int er·sc ho la s ti c mee t , Jun e 4. This m oti on wa s carried, 6 to 3 . Th e Confe re nce wishes to state, ho wever , that thi s exception is g r anted to Wisconsin because o f the peculiar conditions ex istin g there, that thi s excep ion is onl y temporary, and that it expect s th e Pan-Hellenic Assoc iat ion there to every possible effo rt in o rd er th at the exception may , aft e r two years , no lon ger be nec essa ry .

A consideration o f the r eport s of th e different Pan-Hellenic Associations r evealed the fact that the purpose of such associations wa s not everywhere understood. I't was, therefore, moved that inas much as there had some misunderstanding as to the real purpose of the loca l Pan-Helle ni c Associations, each Sorority be as ked to instru ct its ch a pt e r s that the purpose of these Association s is n o t merely to prom ote good feeling and social intercourse but espec ially to discuss and act upon all matters of inter-soro rity interest with a vi e w to raising fraternity standards and ameli o rating existing evils. This motion was carried unanimously.

It was moved that the Int e r - Sorority Conference, through its secretary, r equest eac h loca l Pan-Hellenic Association to discuss thoroughly and to attempt the adoption of rules:

I. Providing for a pledge day not less than two weeks after

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th e opening of college whether such a compact is entered into by th e National Soro ri ty or not.

2. Tending to r egu lat e and limit rushing, especially in the matter of extravagant expenditure and excess of social functions.

Thi s motion was carried unanim ous l y.

Th e la st session o f the Conference was devoted to a discussion of the soc ial service work proposed by Kappa Kappa Gamma ann was introduced by the following preamble and r esolution: Whereas, We recogn ize that th e re are conditions ex isting in the social life of o ur co-educational colleges diat demand serious consideration, and,

Whereas, We feel that the Coll ege Greek Letter Fraternities, with th eir organized s trengt h, shou ld be a recognized factor in the proper ad ju stmen t of sucli condition:

Resolved, That we , in the Seventeenth National Convention of Kappa Kappa Gamma assembled, recommend that concerted action be taken by the Women's Nationa l Greek Letter Fraternities, the objec t of which shall be to reach this adjustment.

Upon r eq uest, Mrs. Penfield, chairman of the Social Service Committee, r ead the rep o rt upon which the above r eco mmendati o n was based.

After a most interesting discussion the Confe r ence voted to adopt the three following motions:

1. That the Inter-Sorority Conference recommend th e establishment of Women's Leagues in our co-educational colleges wh er e the Women's National Greek Letter Sororities are located, -membership in which sha ll include all women students and the object o f which shall be to cooperate with the faculties in improving the present soc ial conditions and also to provide for such cooperation along other lin es of socia l se rvice recognized to be within the province of suc h o rganization s, the extent and specific direction of which shall be determined in every case by local conditions.

2. Moved that these Leagues be es tablished under the direction of th e Grand Presidents o f the various sororities, it being left to these officers to decide where such organizations shall be estah-

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lished and the form of each , the President of such sorority being responsible for the colleges in which he r sorority was the first .. · tablished.

3. Moved that a committee of three be now e lected whose duty it shall be,

1St. To sec ure, if possible , the coope ration of th e college men in this work.

2nd. To form a Bureau of Comparative Legislation, which shall include the legislation now in force in colleges where Women's Leagues, Women's Dormitories and Sorority Houses exist and to sec ur e r eports on the effectiveness of such legis lation .

3rd. To investigate the advisability of asking that Deans of Women be appointed in all co-educational colleges.

Thi s committee was elected as follows: Mrs. W. W. Penfield of Kappa Kappa Gamma, St. Owen Place, Wakefield, New York City; Mi ss Lillian W. Thompson of Gamma Phi Beta, 326 West 60th Place, Chicago, Ill.; Miss Grace E. Telling of Delta Gamma, 840 N. Park Ave., Chicago, Ill.

The committee was instru c ted to report on duties I and 2 to the Grand Presidents of the Sororities and on duty 3 to the next Inter-So r o rit y Con ference.

It was thought by the Conference d iat such sub j ects as the specific work of Deans of Women, as well as the matter of assistance of th e proper kind for these ove r-tax ed execu tiv es, the nece'\sity for domitories, the management of fraternity houses, the provision for adequate chaperonage , the r egu lation of th e privat e boarding and furnished room house standa rd s, etc., must, with an infinite number of other matters , be left to ou r leaders to decide when local conditions are investigated and th e coope ration of local faculty and student-body en listed. The Conference was unanimou s in its endorseme nt of the work and urges the hea rty cooperation of every fraternity woman and asks for the co rdial support of all interested. L etters were read from se veral D ea ns of Women who were unable to be at the Conference btlt who are deeply int erested in the work.

Th e Conference was th en declared adjourned.

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In conclusion, the Conference wishes to emphasize all the agreements now included in the Inter-Sorori ty Compact which is binding upon all chapters o f all the Sororities represented in the Compact.

l. There shall be a Pan-Hellenic Association in every institution where two or more national so rorities exist; each association shall be represented by the chapter first established there; and shall consist of one alumna and o ne active member of each sorority_ It shall be pr esided over in rotation by each chapter in the order of its establis hment_ Any chapter violating the PanHell enic Agreements shaH be r eported to its Grand President by the Pan-HeHenic Association t o wnich it belongs.

2. No stude nt shaH be asked to join a sorority before she has matriculated, matriculation being defined as the day of enroHment as a student in the univ e rsit y or college.

Th e next Confe r ence will be ca Hed by Delta Delta Delta at t;:hicago in Septembe r , 19"5. The great desire of this Conference is that the local Pan-Hellenic Associations may do much during the coming yea r to advance th e work of the lnter-Sorority Conference.

AMY H. OLGEN, Delta Delta Delta, Secre tary of the Third h.tl!1'-Sorority Conference_

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What a Fraternitp Girl Thinks

A problem appear s nearly eve r y yea r leaving us in g reater diffi culti es at eac h recep ti o n The question is thi s: What s hall

A Co mm on P rohkm be do ne with a non-fraternity gir l, who comes to us from anothe r co ll ege w he re frat erni ti es are firmly establis h ed and where possibly we h ave a chapter? For instance, conside r a gi rl who, in hi gh school, wa s a brilliant studen t, a fa vorite with teachers and pupils but qui e t and r eserved. She is p retty and dainty, an agreeable and inte resting talker. She went to a large college whe re num e rous frat e rniti es made life rather s trenu ous. As the college is an old instituti on, children of the large body of alumni are sent there and be come members of the frat e rniti es to which th e ir pa r ents belonged . Then too, many friends are sent with recommendati ons to the vari o us c hapte rs, so th at at th e v ery outset it is unn ecessa ry t o see k recomme nda tio ns for o th e r fr es hm e n. Thus man y worthy and desirab le g ir ls are excl ud ed from frate rnity life. Of course mo r e chapters could be es tab li shed bu t th e process is slow and diffi cu lt and consequently many g irls left out in this way enter other colleges for va r ious r eason s. S uch bei n g th e case o f the example mentioned, what shall be done with her?

Suppose she en t ers ou r college and we lik e h er we ll enough to tak e h e r , were she entering college fo r th e first time. We write to he r former college and receive an answer like this: "We know ver y little of Miss-- except that she is a good s tud ent a nd is onl y one o f many nne gir ls not in a fraternity."

Some say, "Take her into yo ur chapte r," but there are difficultie s . She is a littl e o lde r than most of th e fr es hm e n , perhaps a littl e embittered by h e r year ' s expe ri e nce at the f orm e r college and di strustful of our fri end ly feel in g for her. T hen , sh e is a "left over" as some say, and we love our soro rit y too muc h to allo w

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anyone to think we fill our ranks with girls that othe r sor orities reject.

What shall be done with this girl who has been overlooked accidentally? Shall we ask he r to be one of us and trust to make her a loyal and admirable Pi Phi, or shall we pass her by and allow unkind things to be said of her because she has had no opportunity to enj oy fraternity life? \ '{ill the othe r chapters help with advice and the ir own expe ri ence?

To the fr eshman those days when she is being rushed are days of bewilderment and p leasu re, for attentions are bestowed on her from aU sides. BlIt when she is pledged and the Th. LAI-Down rushing subsides, the freshman awakes with a start to the real conditions to find that she is only a freshman, after al1. Every onc settles down to work, or at least tri es to. and th e fraternity girls turn thei r ene r gies to their own work a nd old friends, so that often the freshman doubts the since ri ty of the frat e rni ty girl's first attentions.

Of course it is impossible t o rush all the yea r with the same . persistence as during the first two o r three weeks. But just because a girl is usafe" and has g iven her word to us, le t us not stop th ere. Absorbed in OU T own duties and pleasures, it is very easy to make this mistake. We are the old girls and at home in the college life, but the new girl, as the novelty wears off, feels herself more than ever a strange r and an outsider . Let us look to it that the new girl sha ll have no unpleasant after taste when rushing is ove r.

Pennsylvania Beta.

In ou r happiness in being all united and our excitemen t in getting new pledges during these fall days, we fraternity girls live Fro/ern;l, Dignify in an inner atmosphere of enthusiasm often oblivious to the outside college world. We are all glad to see one another , proud of o ne another, and, of cou rse extremely fond of one anGther and, consequently, ..apt to demonstrate the se facts in caresses and endearing intima-

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cies Now within the privacy of fraternity homes these most natural demonstrations are quite permissible. But the kissing and embracing habit like all others, grows with exercise, so that often quite thoughtlessly we indulge in these intimacies in places very different from our own parlors, our college cloak rooms or upon th e campus At these times we are blind to the numerous bystanders who are usually non-fraternity girls. But unfortunately they are by no means so blind toward s us and I fear that at the worst, they are moved to ridicule and disgust at exhibitions which th ey may think given with the view of impressing them , o r, at the best, to wonder t o our disregard fo r true fraternity dignity. Let us learn to look at these matt ers from the sta ndpoin t of an outsider and reserve OUT demonstrations for the family circles.

Ohio Beta.

Our expe r ience this year with a pledge day seven weeks after the ope ning of college ha s proved the wisdom of the suggest ion made in the last ARROW that the rushing contract should be for either a short o r a very lo ng time.

The Length of Ihe Rushing &o$On

After the thre e weeeks of strenuous rushing that we have had, we feel acquainted with several of the new girls, and are sure that we want them; and most of thes e girls have shown a decided preference for us. Yet we must wait four weeks before we pledge them. On the o ther hand there are one or two whom we are not so su re of. But we would rather ask th em no w, even at the risk of los ing th em, than to stand the nerv o us st ra in, and the rather conside rabl e expense, for four weeks more.

From the standpoint of the freshman, the long rushing season is unpleasant. If she has decided upon the fraternity that she wants to join it is annoying to her to be conti nually receiving invitati ons from the others. If she has not decided, she becomes confused, and tired, and perhaps spo iled by being rushed by so many , and n ot being obliged, after a reaso nable time, to make h er choice.

So it seems to u s that a rushing season of not more than three or four weeks is quite long enough.

Massachusetts Alpha.

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. It is usually said that the non-rushing pledge does away with the strain caused by competition between fraternities . This is true onl y in part. According to th e pledge the The Non·Rushing f I h Id . I . *Pledge rate rmty glT 5 S ou treat new glT S Just as n at urall y as they would th e o ld non-frat ernity girls but this is seldom carried out. For example yo u meet a group of freshm e n in the hall. Upstai rs are forty pages of history to b e learned. Now if these girls were n o n-eligibles you would pa ss them with a nod and a word, hut as it is, you stop to talk and maybe one of th e m will suggest a walk. Straightway the hi sto r y is allowed to go un studi ed, while you r ejo ice in the fact th a t yo u are doing some p e rfec tly leg itimate rU Shing. This is only o n e o f the many incid ents which happ en every day in college s whi ch have the non-ru shing pledge.

Wh e re the frat e rniti es hav e a long rushing sea son it is a question whether this st rain is n o t gre,ater than wo uld be that of rushing for a f e w w eeks. Y o ur mind is f o rev e r wandering fr om the books in your lap to some plan by which you can make an impressi o n o n the freshman.

Th e n, too, th e pl edge br eeds ill feeling between th e girls of different frat e rnities . W e are always s ll sp iciou s and look at every action as through a magnifying glass, see king to find th e slightest deviati o n fr om the agreement. Vve go to a freshman's roo m on som e important busin ess and find a girl of another frat e rnity comfo rtably curled up on the couch. We wonder h ow she came there.

Would it not be an id ea l state o f affairs if we could find so me wa y by which to abolish such thoughts a nd actions unworthy of a fraternity girl.

Pe1l1lsylvaI.ia Alpha.

In the la stARRolV Iowa Beta asked h e r sis t e r chapters for opinions o n f orming Pan-Hellenic associations in srnan colleges. H ere t he re a re o nl y two nat iona l fraternities, A Plulge Dar wit h a local, f ormi n g thr ee distinct sets, and unfo rtun ate ly w e have n othing in co mmon . The oth e r nati o nal could n ot well afford a pl edge day, whil e th e local

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is so very hasty that we are obliged to guard ou r girls carefully and pledge them as soon as we are ready for them. We feel that we are better able to keep this high standard of Pi Phis without a pledge day than with one under these conditions

We would say to Iowa Beta that such an organization does not seem advisable in Our particular college Columbia Alpha.

Should a girl be made a Pi Phi because she is an especial friend of one of our members? Often a gir l proposes the name of some

A Serious (lpu/ion very dear friend of hers for whom we have ,no decided objections, but who does not appeal to us as a Pi Phi.

We may feel that we owe a great deal to this sister and that we would like to do for her what she perhaps has ofte n done for us. But after all should we take in a girl who does not appeal to cs in o rd er not to have hard feelings on the part of an active girl; What do some of the other chapte r s think?

Nebraska Beta

There is always a temptation to speak of the failings of a rival frate rnit y when rushing a girl for your own . There is an inclination to emphasize your own good qualities by pointing out your rival's bad ones. Honor in Ru s hing

Don't be narrow-minded! The girl will probably have plenty of opportunities to compare fraternities and she will see the good in yours. Showing an ungenerous spiri t wilJ make a poor impression and have a decidedly bad effect. It is only fair that you should help the girl to see the advantages of your fraternity, but to do so, it is not necessary to speak slightiugly of another. It is a successful and self- respecting chap ter whi ch feels, after rushing, that it has been "in action faithful and · in honor clear."

THE ARROW

W e were much interested in O hio Beta ' s sugges ti o n that an issue o f th e ARROW be devoted to distinguished alumnae o f Pi Phi. We aU want to kn ow w ho the y are and 0/ what the y are doing as it is so much easie r to remember th e ir nam es of w e kn o w something about them. And how proud w e are when some o ne is mentioned with great respect by an outsider, if we can sa y, "S he is a Pi Phi."

With Vermont Alpha we think it wo uld be a good thin g if the different chapter s would exc han ge pe nn ant s. At o n e of the men's frate rn ity danc<s la st year, th e hall was deco rat ed with the pennant s o f th e differe nt colleges where they had chapters. Then. tot. th ey are fin e t o have in the c hapter r oom.

Th e question ha s r ecent ly been ponde red he re, "W h o shall be consulted about the new girls who are tak en in? Shall the

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patronesses o f a chapte r ha ve an oppo rtunit y to give th e ir opini on o f a "ru shee," especially i f she be a town girl? Will Ou r s ister Pi Phis thin k this over and t ell us th ei r co nclu s ions.

Col orado

Th e Province Convention is a step in the right Jtrection. But a conv e nt :on of a province as large as Alpha provin ce -which includ es seven s tat es--wo uld amo unt to about the SIDle Conference

0 •. the tp/'Ot};nce same thing as the National Convention, as far as attendance is concerned. Even though it were held in a central location , there could n o t be mo re than one or two repre sentatives from each chapter. Why would not an annual conference of the active chapters of each state be better? It would then give each girl in the chapt e r a chance to know some of her Pi Phi sisters and in this way would benefit aU of the Pi Phis instead of a few. What do you think of it?

Ohio Alpha.

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When we are trying to decide just which girls we should take into our chapter each year, the question which we first consider is, " Will they be congenial to us?" and usually it is Another SUI. the only thing which we think necessary to consider. But this is too one-sided. We should also ask ourselves this question , "Will we be congenial to them?" Then we will look into our own characters to see if we have those traits which we consider so necessary for membership in Pi Beta Phi, for truly has the German poet said: "Wouldst thou understand thy fellows, Of thine own heart take regard."

M aryla"d Alpha.

Some national fraternities offe r scholar ships to their girls. These are obtained upon competitive examinations and are offered

A Pi Sc/tolanqip to the girls of their respective fraternities only The y may be for a particular college or may be left to the choice of the girl who obtains one of th em. Why can not Pi Phi, with a little of the surp lus money which she has in her treasury, make a similar offer to her girl. who wish to go on with their education after leaving college? It would surely give to her girls higher aims and loftier ambitions in this line.

P C1tns)'lvania GammG.

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Alumnae Department

Notice

The usual Thanksgiving lun cheon will be held in Chicago, in Marshall Field & Co's tea room, on Friday, November twentyfifth , at half past tw elv e. All ,Pi Phis who are in Chicago on that day are urged to be present. Meet in the waiting-room of the south tea room at twelve o'clock.

Th e Lombard Alumnae Club

The Pi Beta Phi alumnae of Lombard College r ece ntly e ffected an organization. Mrs. F H. Fowler was elected president, Martha Arnold, secretary, and Hottense Cowa n , treasurer. The obj ect of the club is to assist the active chapter and carryon any philanthropic work they wish . At present in conjunction with the active chapter and Knox Pi Phis they are furnishing a room at the Galesburg hospital.

The Was!?ington Alumnae Association

From the delights of summe r days in Europe, o r from the charm of interco urse with nature in o ur own co untry, th e Pi Phi alumnae of Washington have returned to enter upon fraternity work with re newed enthus iasm. One of our members, however, i s still ac ross the "ocea ns of say/' to use an Irish expression. Ruth McGowan has been traveling in Europe this summer after her year's study of art in Paris, but expects to sail for home on the fifth of November. Nan Kelton and Lola Evans also spent their vacation abroad.

On the fifth of October our Alumnae Association, assisted by the active chapter, gave a recept ion at the University building in

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hono r o f th e ne w gi rl s ente r ing coll ege . Th is thoroughl y s ucces s ful e v enin g p ro ved a mos t e n joyable way o f ope nin g the season.

Th e annu a l e lect io n of officers gave u s, fo r preside nt, o ur fo rmer Grand Pr es id e nt, E mma Ha rp er Turn e r, and fo r vice-p res id e nt, our M arylan d Alpha sist e r , Ed na S t one. H ele n Beale was elected trea sur e r and Cath e rin e M cIlh e nn y

O ur registr a r is Dr. No rri s, I [og '4th s tree t.

W e plan to hold o ur meet in gs o nc eve nin g a mo nth , and we shall tr y to ma k e th ese ga th e ri ngs soc ial, with out bei n g f ri volous; res tful , but no t sopo ri fic; stimulating, but no t f at igu ing; and intell ectual , yet n ot peda nt! c. "P rog ress i s th e la w of li fe," and th e W as h ingto n Alu m n ae associa t io n hopes thi s year t o d e ve lop in a full e r a n d dee pe r wa y th a n h er eto for e.

Indianola Alumnae Club

On th e e ve nin g of th e fo urtee nth o f Septembe r , in In d ia nola , Iowa, Mi ss Hul d ah I r e ne S ig le r was m a rri ed to Mr. Ralph Barke r M cC un e. M r . a n d M r s. M cC un e will mak e th eir home at 1944 Arlin gton Ave ., Des Moin es , Iowa . O n Sep te mb e r six th , M rs. Ma rtha Da shi ell Bur be rr y e nt e rtain e d th e A lumna e Cl u b a n d act iv e ch a pt e r at a kitch e n sh o wer fo r M iss Hul da h S igle r . M rs. Flo r e nce McFarla nd p r ese nted th e g ift s o f th e aft e rn oo n in a ve r y pl eas in g mann e r. N a t urally she mu s t g iv e so me w ho lesome adv ice but h e r rece ip t for coo king a hu sba nd w ill su re ly p r ove t he most v al u a bl e t o th e bri de-el ec t. Whil e th e gues t s we r e s till exa min ing th e kitc h en wa re, a co lo red bridal pa rt y ent e r ed th e parl o r . Th e un ex pec t ed a rriv a l o f this party cau se d fa r mo r e m e rrim e nt th a n mos t bridal parti es. The gorgeou s costum es and s tat ely ma nn er s o f th ese hi g h- born darkees for a tim e d ece iv ed the girl s , but e r e long the nam es o f some of the young and o ld g irl s we r e whi spered around as th e bride, the groom, th e parso n- unt il all we re recognized. A daint y luncheon was s erv ed and , o f co urse, du e ho no r wa s g ive n to the co lo red friend s

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Mrs. Jessie Graham Osborne, of New York, while visiting in. the city, met with the Alumnae Club. We heartily enjoyed having her with us and a very pleasant afternoon was spent discussingsubjects so dear to the Pi Phi heart.

Personals

VERMONT ALPHA

Bertha Ran"low, ' 94, was marri ed on September twent y-fir st to' Mr. Roy J oceslyn. They are living in St. Albans, vt. Born, a son to Cora Brock-Daniels, '5)6.

Mary Pollard , '5)6, is t eaching in Yorkville, III.

Nellie Butt o n is teaching in Beechwood Seminary, Norfolk, Va. Nt;lIie Hadley, '01, was married on September seventh, to Fay Simmons, '02. They will live in East Jaffrey , N. H. Born, Jul y twenty·sixth, Beatrice, daughter o f Anna Deuel Winch , '02.

Bertha Collins, '02, i s teaching in Waterbury, Vt.

Florence Perley, '04, is t eaching in Fairfax, Vt.

J osie P rentis, '04 , is t each ing in Sp ringfi eld, Vt.

Je ss ie Prentis, '04, is teaching in \Varrensburg, N. Y.

vtRMONT BETA

Kate Russell, '99, was married to Dr. Walter White of Middlebury, September twenty·first.

Ada Hurlburt, '99, is teaching in Rowland Hall, Salt Lake City.

Cora Talbot , '03, is teaching English and History in St. Albans High School.

Carrie Preston, '04 , visited her college friends in Burlington recently.

Lillian Bean, '04, is t eac hing Latin and Greek in Brandon High School.

AL U MNAE DEPARTMENT

Elizabeth Du rf ee, ex-'oS, has left col lege for this year and is assista nt cataloguer in th e new Fletcher Library.

Claire Reynolds, ex- ' 07, has ent er ed Simmons College in Boston .

COLUMBIA ALPHA

Ann a Mor r is of Indiana Alpha is s tu dying at Rust Hall , the Deaconess' T r aining School, in \ Vas hingt on.

Elsie Turner , '02, is teaching English and mathematics in the Central High School he re .

Cath arine V. McIlhenny, ' 04, is continuing her st udy o f French and German in W ash ington.

Ruth McGowan has r eturned afte r a year devoted to the study of art in Paris studios.

Lola !\lay Eva ns has retu rn ed' from a Slimme r spent in Engl and.

Hel en Beale is filling a posi tio n at th e Library of Co ngress and is planning to take a course in German at the U niversity.

Florence F ri sby, '01. is enth us ia stica ll y ca rr ying on settlement work in a boys' club in Georgetow n.

Anna Ke lton has returned fr om a summer spe nt in traveling abroad .

Lillian Pace is working for he r maste r's degree in mathematics at the University o f Pennsy lvania.

No ra Stabler-Worth, Pennsylvania Alpha , '03, has r etu rned to h er hom e in Coatesville, Pennsylvania, aft er a visit to h er parents in Washington

Josephin e Shallenberg er , '02, is teaching mathematics in the Eastman Sch ool in Washington.

P ENNSYLVANIA BETA

Lucretia G. Snyder, ex-'06, was married July '4 , at her home in Durimore , Pa. , to Mr Sa muel J. Black, Phi Kappa Psi. They are now Jiving in Upper Sandusky, Ohio.

Blanche Allyn Bane, '04, is studying at her home in Norristown, Pa ., for her master 's degree.

Mary E. Seaman, ex- '06, visited her chapter the first two weeks of the fall term.

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Lila Long, '03, is teaching again in the Williamsport High Sch ool.

Iza Martin, '00, is spending the year in Germany.

Edna Ann Innes and Daisy Parsons , ex-'06. visited their fraternity siste r s in October.

Jan e Fowler, ex-'03, a nd Edith Phillips, 'or, a re teaching in Mt. Pleasant Institute, Mt. Pleasant, Pa.

Dr. Alice Lillibridge ha s been vi siti ng Lew isburg friends this fall.

Belle Clark, ex-'o s , is atte nding a ki nd e rgarten training school at Pittsburg, Pa.

Rachel Eddleman, '04, is teaching English and German at Red Oak , Ia.

Mary B. Harris , '94, directed th e production of a Latin play "The Flight of Aeneas," given by the graduati n g girls of Dearborn Semina r y in Mandel Ha ll , the University of Chicago' s theatre. The play was the only Latin one give n by a Chicago school, and fo r that r easo n was especia ll y mentioned by the Chicago pap ers.

H ele n Buoy, '02, who ha s been teaching in the Ce ntre street school at Milton, has been seriousl y ill with diphtheria at her h ome in Milton , Pa.

Eliza J. Martin. '00, sai led for Rotterdam in August. She expects to spe nd the coming year st ud yi ng at th e Un iv e rsity of Jena.

Born to Laura Allen-Konkle, '01, a son .

A daughter was bo rn to Eliza Bell-Wood, '94, in Jun e.

Pennsylvania Beta loses one of her staunchest friends in the departure of Eloise Mayham-Hulley for the so uth. Dr . Hulley h as accepted the presidency of the John B. Stetso n U niversity at Delan d, Florida, and enters upo n hi s new duties thi s fall.

Born to Profe sso r and M r s. Heim at Lewisburg, Pa ., September seventeenth, a daughter . Mrs. Heim was Elizabeth Eddleman o f Indiana Alpha.

PENNSYLVANIA GAMMA

Ruth D. Barrett has accepted a position on the Hazleton High School as teacher of German and English.

ALUMNAE DEPARTMENT

Bessie Craighead and Lou Sheetz will teach in the Harrisburg High School.

Helen E. Schaeffer has returned to Bryn Mawr College to resume , her studies.

OHIO ALPHA

Miss Wetmore of Michigan Beta was in Athens for a day t hi s summe r.

Born to Pansy Herrold- Morgan a daughter, Elizabeth, July twenty-fourth.

Married on September eighth , Nellie Fuller of Athens to M r Harry Bahrman of Pittsburg, Pa .

Married on September twenty-eighth, Mary Wood of Athens to Mr.F1oyd Chase Crider of Huntington, W . Va.

Nell Wilson is teaching this year in Whatcome, Washington.

Belle Bishop has accepted the position of librarian at the Ohio University for this year.

OHIO BETA

Augusta Connolly and Aliena Mitzenberg have left for Sac City and Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, respectively, where they intend to teach this winter .

Elizabeth Reinmund , an alumna of Illinois Detta, was married to George Macgregor Morris at the Church of The Good Shepherd, Columbus, on October sixth, ninteen hundred four. They will make their futu're home in Cincinnati.

A son was born to Anne Nichols-Dresback of the class of '02 on September tenth, ninteen hundred four.

Lieutenant and Mrs. Charles F. Leonard set sail from San Francisco for Manila on September twenty-ninth.

Isabelle Hamilton, ex-'o4, who has been visiting Columbus friends this summer, has returned to her home in Los Angeles.

Helen Crane of Maryland Alpha visited Martha Jones for a few weeks this summer.

NEW YORK ALPHA

Mildred L. Taitt, '04, ha s secure d a position in the Sidney Hi g h Sc hoo l.

Lina C. J enni ngs is t eac hing in the Freeport Hi g h School.

G race Hunt has gone t o Boston where s he will be enga ge d as a priv at e tuto r.

Mollie Bark er spent a few days at the chapte r house during th e ru shin g season . S he teaches in the Fra nkfor t High School.

Lun ette G. Havens is teaching at Andes, N Y.

Cora V . Scott is in st ructo r o f vocal music at Cazenov ia Seminar y.

NEW YORK BETA

E. Milli ce nt P erkin s, ex-'07, has entered Mt. Holyoke this fall. Dora R. Nev in s, '04, was elected to Phi Beta Kappa in Jun e.

MA SSAC H USETTS ALPHA

A t th e Octobe r meeting o f the Bos t on Alumnae Club of PI Beta Phi the pre s id ent, Anna A. Robi nson, and vice-p re sident, Ethel Pearl Bancroft, were reelected, and M. Ida Hodge and Win if r ed G. Hill , 19 Highgate St., A llston, Mass , were chosen secretary-treasurer and corre sponding sec re tar y, respe ctively. Th e meet in gs of th e club a ; e h eld on the seco nd Saturday of each month at three P. M at 15 Pin ck ney St., Boston. All Pi Phis are welcome.

Married: Edith Taylor to Mr. Charl es A. Th errien, Septembe r fourteenth, nint ee n hundred four.

Ma rr ied: Mi nerv a B. Ford to Mr . Preston Shirley, Septembe r seve nt ee nth .

Married: Ca rri e E. Provan to M r Asa Clinton Crowell, August ninth.

Married: Cla r a E. Noyes to Mr. Claude H. Priddy, September first.

Th e engageme nt of Winifred G Hill to Mr. Burto n L. Maxfi e ld , Franklin, N. H. , is announced .

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On September seventeenth Edith T. Swift sailed for Rome to Tesume her teaching in Crandon Institute

Clara B. Cooke is teaching French and English in Millbury High School, Millbury, Mass.

Evelyn A Howe is teaching in th e English High School, Worcester ,

ILLINOIS BETA

A so n was born to Mr. and Mrs . Charles Holmes, July twentyninth . Mrs. Holmes was Alvia Myers.

Bess Philbrook and Ethelwyn Grier, who graduated last June, are teaching in Racine, Vvis.

Mabel Jones, Mollie Randolph , and Ethel Fennessey are t eachin g in th eir home towns this year.

Married, May fifth. 1904. Mary Hart, ex-'03 , to Mr. Mitchell Evans.

Mecca Varney _ '02 , has been winning great praise for herself fr om lec tur es she has given in Indiana .

Ethel Van Cise, ex-'o3, is expecting to visit coll ege friends during October

Elsie Garlick is teaching" in Joliet, III.

Mila Parke, ex-'02, is in Champa ign , III. , attending the University of Illin ois .

ILL(:,\OIS EPSILON

Lucy Derickson, '04, is at Seattle for the winter.

Carrie Mason, '04, is teaching at Muskegon, Mich.

Elberta Smith, '03, visited Illinois Epsilon during rushing season .

Ella McNulty, ex-'04, was married in August to Mr. Fred Johnson. The wedding was a church affair. Mr. and Mrs. John so n make th ei r new home in Oak Pahk, III.

Mabel Ellis, ex-'06, is attending the Chicago Kindergarten College

Josie Collyer, ex-'06, is studying art in Evanston.

Corinne Cohn fini shed a very succ essfu l season this summe r as a read er at the vari ous Chautauquas held in Ludington, Mich., and in Sycamore, Oak Park , and Stirling, III.

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ILLINO I S ZETA

Kate 1. J ames was ma rr ied Octobe r fourth to Mr . William L ewis o f Danvill e, Ill

Erma Moore, '04, is librari a n at Pekin, III.

C lar e Sommer, '04, is attending th e U niv e r sity C hicago.

L ei la White \l as re turn e d t o th e U niv e r s it y o f Illin o is.

I NDIANA BETA

E th e l Boy d o f Paoli, Pearl Huff o f W a rr en, a nd Maude Johnso n of In d iana po li s visited u s during ru shin g season.

Mindwell C rampto n has been un a nim ou sly elected t o members hip in IIS trut and Fret ," th e dramatic club o f th e University.

Haz e l Squi res, ex-'o7, is wit h Wisco nsi n A lpha siste rs this yea r.

Ma r y Mi ll e r , '06, was married Jun e fifteenth to Mr Cla rke Westfall. They are now liv ing in Wollcott , Ind

Mabel Ba tm a n, '07 , ha s bee n se ri ou sly ill at h e r h ome in Ladoga and will not be in college unt il the sp ring t e rm

M r s . Ca rt w ri g ht of Colo rad o vi si t ed in Bloomington this fall. She wa s an I owa Zeta girl a nd th e first A RROW ed itor.

Hetti e Nea t h as bee n e lected t o Goet h e Gese ll schaft , th e h onorar y Ge r ma n society of the U niv e r sity.

Mabel B r yce, '00, was married Sep t embe r twenty-fourth at her h ome in Indianapolis to Dr. Roac h, P hi Kappa Psi.

IOWA ALPHA .

Grace Me hl er, '02, and Edith Y oun g, '04 , are no w membe rs of one o f the leading co ncert companies in Iowa.

P hilo Gem Russell , '05, is ass is tant principal in th e E ldo n High School this yea r.

Nita Clegg and Ora S r ade r have r eceived t ransfers to unite with Co lo rado Be ta.

Ju lia Shan kl a nd , '04 , has accep t ed a pos it io n in the N ewton High Sc h oo l.

Ruth Work and Edna S ti ckney a r e in coll ege at the U niversity of Colo r ado.

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Bo rn t o Mrs. and Mr. Rudolph Doenges, Evanston, Ill., a son. Mrs. Doenges was Lula Soland, '02.

Lottie B. A 111 e n was mar ri ed Septembe r twelfth a t th e home o f h er parents at Mo rnin g Sun t o Miles Babb, Beta Theta Pi. They wi ll make th eir future home in Auro r a, Ill

Be th McMu ll en, '0 7, spent the summer in Denv er, Colo.

W I SCONS IN A LPHA

Ge nev ieve Smi th , ex-'98, is in Germany whe re she expects to remain through th e winter.

Millie Askew, '04, is t eac hin g in Ironw ood, Michigan.

C lara Sawyer, '07, i s in Spokane, Wash.

Ada Welch, '03, is teaching in th e hi gh school at Monroe, Wis.

Alma Mose r- R einsch and Daisy Mose r have returned from th ei r travels in Europe.

M iriam Reed, '00, i s teaching in Tw o River s, Wis .

Iva Welch has taken up her work in th e State Historical Library s in ce her retu rn fr om E urope.

Virginia Hayner-Saunders, '0 1 , is in New Mexico.

Maud Hunt ley-J enks , '98, ha s been at the Philippines Expositi on in St. Louis, of whi ch her hu sband was in charge.

Constance Ha ugen has returned from M inn esota.

Marian O'Ne ill , ex'07, expects t o go to Milwaukee to study music.

Laverna Gillies, ex-'99, has r ecently r eturned from Europe.

lOWA BETA

Mrs. Florence Hatfi eld S t a nl ey after spe nding the summer under the parental roof , went to h e r new home in Arkansas.

Katherine Mi ll er o f Lewis Institute, Ch icago, spent th e summer in Indianola.

Lena Hatfield has r eturned t o Chicago to r es ume her study in med icine.

Mrs. Agnes B ux t o n Little, '94, of Berwyn, Ill., visited in, In dia no la this summe r.

Miss Ethe l Ba rth olomew of Charito n, I owa, a Pi Phi at Ames,

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visited in the city and met with both the Alumnae Club and active chapter.

Mrs. Marion Cooke Houser, '01, of Tyrondo, Ark., visited relatives and friend in Indianola.

Alma Wagner, '02, is teaching in Forsythe, Mont.

Elena Jeffery, '04, is teaching in College Springs, Iowa.

LOUISIANA ALPHA

Adair Monroe-Taylor has moved to Cincinnati to live.

Celia Rainey has been very ill, but is now improving.

Erie Waters has r eturned from Europe where she spent the summer.

Edna Shriever-Bush ha s a baby boy.

Pauline Curren is visiting in Missi.ssippi.

KANSAS ALPHA

Rea Wilson, '04, was married October twelfth to Mr. Alpha Brummage, Alpha Tau Omega.

Charlotte Cutte r of SI. Luke's Ho spita l, Dencer, is visiting Gertrude Boughton of Kansas Alpha.

Ida Dunham, '0 1, was married September sixth to Mr. Robert Harmon Brooks, Phi Delta Theta, of Minneapolis, Minn.

Mabel McLaughlin, '04, Elsie Evans, '03, Inez Plumb, Mary Kellogg, Mary Dudley, Frances Newby and Anna Lanter have all been guests of Kansas Alpha s ince the fall term opened.

In ez Plumb, '04, has ent ered the training school for nurses at SI. Luke's Hospital, Denver.

Helen Sutliff ha s accepted a position in the library at Leland Stanfo rd University.

Nell Morrison has returned from her summer abroad.

Kate Dinsmoor, '03, has entered the Library School at Albany, N . Y. .

Mabel McLaughlin, Mabe l Scott and Nadine Nowlin are teaching in the Hiawatha High School.

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NEBRASKA BETA

ada Closson, after seve ral yea rs o f study in the East, is again w it h us, as in structo r o f voice in th e Univers ity School of Music.

Mary McGahey is spe n ding another winter at Columbia, N. Y.

Mrs. Charles Pearsall, nee Bessie Turner, is now traveli ng throu g h Germany and Switzerland and will spend th e winter in R ome.

Amy O. Robinson was married in June to M r. Harry McKillup, Beta Theta Pi, a t Trenton , Neb. They are now at home in Seward , Ne b.

Bertha Q uaintance has given up her positio n as registrar in the Iowa Sta t e Un iv ersity and is attending J ohns H opk in s Training School for Nurses.

Q uete Haskell, afte r four years of stud y ab road ,is no w instructor in languages at the Un iv ersity of Pennsylvania.

Blanche Mee ker was married t o M r. A. B. Welton June e lev e nt h, 1904 , and is livin g at Greenwood, Neb.

The marriage of Kate Whitmore t o M r. Charl es Webb took place October twelfth, at Valley . Their home will be at Havelock, Neb .

Winifred Howell is a t her home in Ce ntervill e, Iowa.

Gladys Henry has r eturn ed t o J ohn s Hopkins to continue her course in medicine and s urgery.

Rachel Nic ho lson will spe nd th e winter in Chicago, studyin.

Mamie Killian and Pauline Bus h will r ema in at home this year.

Afte r spe ndi ng severa l yea rs in Cal ifo rnia , Grace Andrews has r eturn ed home and is n o w in stru ct o r in the Fairbury High School.

Mabe l Olive Miles was ma rri ed June twenty-second t o Mr. Marion R. Gray o f St. Louis. Th ey will spe nd the winter in California .

Charlotte Spalding ha s r eturn ed to Col o rado Springs where she is attending Colorado College.

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TEXAS ALPHA

Frances Waggener is expected home from Mare Island, Cal., Christmas.

Mildred Durst is studying music in San Antonio.

May Wynne, Flora Bartholomew and Kate Sockwell will visit the chapter house soon.

Miss Mary Dunham of Indiana Beta is assistant librarian in the University this year. We are delighted to have her with us.

Margaret Burroughs is at Sophie Newcomb College, New Orleans, studying a rt.

Vivian Brenizer-Caswell is in Austin again afte r a delightful summer spent on the Hudson.

COLORADO ALPHA

Sara Herron is teaching at Las Animas, Colo.

Rosetta Bell is on h er way from Europe and is expected in Boulder sho rtly.

Ethel Thornburgh is teaching at Brush, and Este lle Holmes at Leadville, Colo .

Mary Fowler will visit at the Lodge for a few days on her way to the Pacific coast .

Lulu Wangelin has accepted a position as assistant editor of the Boulde r Herald.

Maud Hunn has been visiting in Wyon1ing.

Fannie Andrews and Ethel Poley are taking an extended tour through the Eastern states.

Fanny Plummer-Morton visited her sister Pi Phis at Boulder early in October .

Florence Blunt is attending Denver University.

Marcia Murray, '04, is a graduate student at Bryn Maw r this yea r

Mary ' ¥allihan, '04, is teaching mathematics in the U niv ersity. sity.

On August thirty-first, Ethel Miller, ex-'06, was married to Mr. D. Shelton Swan, at her home in Unversity Park. They are

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now living in Longmont Colo., where Mr. Swan is teaching in the high school.

Annette Badgley, '04, is t eaching in the high school at Golden, Colo.

In Memoriam

LEURA WILLIS

Leura Willis died at her ho me in Zable Grove, III ., Aug ust twenty-sixth. Th e cause of her death was nervous prostration , due to over work.

L eura Willi s, was initiated into Illin ois Beta in 1900, and graduated in 19"3. During the years she was in college she gave much of her time to the study of music, for which she possessed much talent. Hers was a bea utilful charact er and she was loved by all who knew h er. She was always ready t o give her time and strength to th e work of the chapter to which she was so loyal. Illinoi s Beta fee ls that sh e has lost o ne of he r truest g irl s. She will be greatly mi sse d by a ll her fri ends and especia ll y in h er home where she was a devoted siste r and daughter.

GERTRUDE WRIGHT-BARBER.

Again Nebraska Beta mOurns the very sad and sudden death of a noble young woman, call ed away in the very bloom and joyousness of her youth.

Gertrude Wright-Ba rb er was born in Schuyler, Neb., November seventh, 1876--where h er ea rl y childhood days were spent. She was a graduate of the Schuyler High Schoo l, and afterwards made a special study o f music, both vocal and instrumental, in the Nebraska University School of Music. She was one of the charte r members of Nebraska Beta, but was compelled to give up her work two yea rs later on account of poor health. She then went to Boston in hopes a change of climate might be beneficial

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to health, and returned home the fOllowing year much improved. About a year ago she was married to Mr. Charles Barber, Phi Gamma Delta, of Oxford, Neb., and to them was born a daughter, Gertrude, now a month old. Her death, due to valvular disease of the heart, occurred August seventh , 1904, after an illness of scarcely half a day, and was a great surprise and shock to her many friends.

Gertrude's life was a most beautiful one-always happy and contented, with a smile for everyone. As a friend she was one of those gentle, lovable, sympathetic girls, full of life and energy and always thinking of others first , herself last.

What this loss means to her husband, parents, friends and sisters of Nebraska Beta, only those who knew her can appreciate.

A. E. S.

MAUDE DEISHER.

On July twenty-ninth, 1904, occurred the death of a dear sister, Maude Deisher of Colorado Beta.

She had been confined to her bed for nearly a year by tubercular trouble.

Throughout her sickness, she was most cheerful, brave and kind, always interested in Pi Phi affairs and never missing an OP4 portunity to extend a courtesy to some sister.

One of the happiest memories we have is, of a meeting held at her home just one week before her death.

JESSIE THOMPSON.

ELLEN BLAKELY-KETNER.

Kansas Alpha chapter of Pi Beta Phi has several times been called upon to mourn the death of one of its members, but never except in the case of Lucinda Smith-Buchan, has Death seemed so dark a messenger or SO wanton in his choice as when Ellen Blakely-Ketner was taken from us on June twenty-seventh. From IBgS to IB99 she was an active member of Kansas Alpha,

and it is safe to say that our chapter never had a more winsome, lovable, loyal and helpful member. The name uN ell Blakely" came to be a synonym for all things lovely and of good report.

In January of '90' she was married to Mr. Edwin Ryland Ketner, whose sweetheart she had been since she was twelve years old. Their marriage was a peculiarly happy one, having devotion and congeniality as its foundations. On June twentyfourth of this year a little daughter was born to them, but the event which had been so eagerly looked forward to was darkened by the seriousness of the yo ung mother's conoition. In three . days she died, leaving the ' little daughter as a precious legacy.

The burial took place Jul y second at Junction City, Kan., and was attended by many out-of-town relatives and friends. Dozens of touching incidents showing the great love she ' had inspired in the hearts of all her friends during her short life, might be related. The reverent eagerness with which old and young labored to beautify the church for her funeral se rvice and line her grave with flowers , was in itself so beautiful and touching a tribute that it conveyed a lesson seldom taught even by those lives that are rounded out to three score and ten.

Among her papers was found the following extract, written on the eve of her twenty-first birthday. It is beautiful, especially because it was conscientiously lived up to in each hour of her life.

II p. m., Apr. 5, 1895.

"In a little while the years of my girlhood will have been told, and as I pause a few minutes on the threshold of womanhood, thoughts of my past life and what I now am come to me. Yes; what am I? What would I be? I would question deep into my inmost self tonight. Ah, I would be a woman of purity and strength, dignity and unselfishness with power to love truly and live nobly.

"What am I? But a girl with unsatisfied longings and ambitions, and overwhelming faults. Surrounded with many loving friends and dear family relations, I receive much and give nothing. If only I could be more unselfish, more thoughtful, more persevering, more womanly, more dutiful, moT.t loving!

"I wish to be more to my Mother, more to my sisters, more to

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my brothers, more to my relatives, more to my friends, mOTe to myself.

flWhen tomorrow's sun rises on the new day, maya new and better era in my life commence. God help me to be more reverent and humble, and never to forget Thee , but more and more to r ely on Thy divine truths for light to guide my feet in the right path.

HMay the com ing year make me a woman in deed and truth,"

Editorials

AS IS natural at this season of the year, the thoughts of the fraternity girl turn, though far from lightly, to the subject of rushing. What kind of girl to ask, how to secure her, and what to do with her after she is secured, are all questions of annually r ecur rin g interest. For the last year o r two these older aspects of the rushing problem have had to share the field with such newer questions as Pan-Hellenic treaties, fixed pledge days and written invitations. When we read the varied opinio ns on these subjects our first thought is that the efforts to simplify rushing have only succeeded in complicating it the more hopelessly.

Yet we must bear in mind the fact that Pan-Hellenism like a rbitration and peace confe rences is still in its experimental stage. Only by trying and amending and compa r ing notes and trying again, will each college work out the system best suited to its own peculiar conditions.

Much has already been accomplished. For one thing we are all agreed that the evils of the "hit or miss" rushing system are great enough to need serious consideration. Then, too, a ll the women's fraternities are united as national bodies in conscientiously seeking for th e remedy. If it is to be found, it must be by the fraternities themselves. Women's deans from Wellesley

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or Bryn Mawr cannot do it, for they necessarily approach the situation from the outside, and from an alien point of view. Working as best we may, it is likely to be some time before the true solution of th e rushing problem is found and even then it will probably be not one solution but several. Meanwhile we-meaning all the women's fraternities,-propose to keep on trying.

S EVERAL years ago the ARROW published a spirited protest against the word "sorority" as used to designate the woma n's fraternity. The arguments were first that we preferred or ought to prefer to be known by a term which had arrived at the dignity of a place in the dictionary, and second that the word fraternity was a mere abstraction, naming a quality common to both sexes . The writer further objected to a distinction in name for organizations which were the same in nature . If t hi s article had any effect it was like that of the pruning knife, which only promotes a more luxuriant growth. So, after an unequal contest, the ARROW gives up. We shall have to recognize that fraternities,-we beg pardon, so ro riti es-have evolv ed a jargon of their own, and that the word "sorority" is perhaps not the worst one in it. At least it is better han "frat." In fact it does credit to the widely diffused knowledge of Latin among the Greeks. We are wont to speak of ou r inherited wealth as our patrimony, but should one of these purists chance to inherit from her mother we shall expect to hear her refer to it, forsooth, as her matrimony I

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Chapter Letters

ALPHA PROVINCE

VERMONT ALPHA-MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE (CHAllTEJW) 11!gJ)

The beginning of each new year is much like that of preceding ones, but th is time it certain ly seems as if the fate s look with e specia l favor upon Vermont Alpha .

Mos t of th e girls came back to college a day or two early t o m ee t tbe hard work of ru s hing, and a s a reward for ou r effo rt s, we have th e pleasure of seei ng seven fre s hm en wearing ou r pl edge pins. Introductions a r e now in order, so we present to Pi Beta Phi ou r seven pledges, Edit h Haext, Jun e Rays, Mabel Boardman. ThHesa Graves, Louise Chaffee. Theodora Crane, and Mary Kendall

The last two you h ave met before, fo r they were pledged last year.

We had our u s ual num ber of ru s hing parties during the first part o f the term. The se included s pread s at Hammond Hall , a cha fing dish party at the Pharetra, and a mar s hmall ow t oas t at the hom e of one of our patron· esses. On the evening of September twen ty-seventh we ente rt ained all the women o f the fre s hman class, at the Pharetra.

Besides ou r three seniors of Jast year we miss two o f th e class o f 19Q6, Myrtl e M osie r and Alice Duncan ha vi ng bee n unable t o return on acco unt of ill health . We expec t them bo th back. however, later in the yea r .

One of our alumnae, Maude Smith, '03, is to be marri ed at her home in Middl ebury, October twelfth. Maude was one o f ou r s tr ongest girls whil e in college. and s in ce he r g rad uati on has done a great dea l fo r our chapter. We shall miss he r when s he goes to her new ho me in Rut· land VI.

We have. this year, another st rong link connecting us with V ermont Beta Ka te Rus se ll-White, who now lives in Middlebury, already begins t o seem like ou r ow n alumna, and we are very glad t o have her with us. With the consciousness of achieved success, and the bright outlook for a happy and prospe rous year, we ex t end ou r hea rtie s t gree tings to our sister chapt ers.

BERTHA CUA NDLDl DUNCAN.

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VERMONT BETA-UNIVEJlSITY OF VERllONT

(CHARTERED 1898)

Eight o f us Pi Phi girls of Vermont met thi s fall in our Dew fraternity r oo m s. Two of ou r number graduated in JrnIe, and two others left college. Claire Reyn o lds has entered Simmons College in Boston. and Elizabe th Durfee is assisting as cataloguer in the new library in Burlington We had two pledge s from last year, Helen Allen and J ess ie Bates, whom we initiated into th e joy of fraternity life, October t welf th. Thus we are t en in num ber at present, and will be eleven when Lucia Warren returns to college.

By th e Pan-Hellenic confe ren ce of this college no ru shing can be done until a f ter three weeks, so it has been comparatively Quiet so far this year . Our a sking day is not until the las t night before Christmas r ecess, so we s hall not have pledges t o introduce t o you for some time. \ Ve hope and expect to have ou r s hare of girl s from the freshman class.

The annual cane ru s h be t wee n sophvmores and fr eshmen occu rred la s t week, and the freshmen were victoriou s The usua l number o f fe· ceptions ha ve been gi ven t o the freshmen, and have been particularly enjoyable thi s year. The faculty of th e University giv e a Hall owe'en party thi s yea r, and ha ve asked eac h d epartment o f the co ll ege t o decorate a booth. Consequently the agricultural s tudents are grieving ove r the absen ce of th e feminine element in that department.

Vermont Beta is beginning the year with bright prospects and wishes each cha pt er succes s in thi s new college year.

(CHARTERED 1889 )

It is good to be back in college again eveD after the happy vacations all our girl s ha ve had. a nd better still when everything is in so flouri s hing a condition a s we have found it thi s year Our s tudent body is large r than ever before and in it there is much fin e fraternity material. But, strange to say, pledging is slower thi s year than fo r some tim e, as our rivals are less active than u s ual , SO we have no new si sters to introduce to you. A few days will change all that, h o wever, and of course th ey will be the loveliest girl s in old Columbian.

We begin the new year with nine act ive girl s. W e had hoped to have more, but Ruth Young wa s taken ill with t yphoid fever and is unable to r eturn , and at the las t moment tw o more of the girls found it woul d be impo ss ible to come bac k .

We have had a bu sy time sinc e college opene d Our informal ru shing

EMMA BEAN

COLUMBIA

WASHI NGTON UN IVERSITY

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parties have been num erous, th e, largest, our annual picnic for the fresh· man giris. It was given at th e home of Ethel Rollin s at Falls Church, Va" and if the new girls enjoyed th e day as much as we did, it was certainly a success. W ednesday evening, October the fifth, came our one forma l aff'air-a reception given by our alum n ae to all the Pi Phis in Wa shi ngton a nd their mothers, the new girls and their mothers, the fac· utty, an d last but by no means leas t, our patronesses. Everyone seemed to enjoy the evening to its fullest, and it has been a great help to us ill many ways

Ju s t now we are very much interested in our n e w fraternity room It is more convenient ly arranged than th e old one, is larger, and has the additional advantage o f being in the same building, which has come to seem like h o me to u s in the two years we ha ve had our headquarters there. It will be a dear cozy place when we have it all arranged, and all the girls join in the hope that some day we may have the pleasure of entertaining there any of you who may be in W ashi ngton .

We are especially en thu si astic this year ove r ou r university paper, for M aud McPherson is on its staff as "co-ed" editor, and has the distinction of being the only girl conn ec ted with it. F o llowing the unive r s ity's change of n ame to George W as hington , h as come a corresponding change in the paper. It is now called th e "University Hatchet," and th e first number, which has just appeared, compares well with o th er college papers and is very bright and attractive.

It seems like a dream Convention lies so far behind us as it does. But I am su re you who were th ere must feel as I do that the good it broug ht to each one of us is so mething which wif! be with us always, and that the memories o f it will be among the dearest of ou r lives.

Hoping that to each of the sister chapters the coming year may be as h appy as it promises t o be for us, in th e bond of Pi Beta Phi.

ADELE RIA T AYLOa.

PENNSYLVANIA ALPRA-SWARTHMQU COLLEGE (CHARTERED I8g2)

Once mo r e Pennsylvania Alpha finds itself united in college life We mis s seve ral of th e old faces, h oweve r, for two of our girls graduated anti several others l"ere un fortunate enoug h n o t t o be able to return. During the fir st week o f college we had seven of ou r alumnae back to see us and give us an encouraging sta rt on this yea r 's work. The fr es hman class i, very large this year and presents much good material. Of course. as we have the non - ru shing pledge, it is difficult t o get well acquainted with the new students as soon as we should like. but I think we may say that the pro spe<: t f o r ' Pi Beta Phi is very bright. We are to have one rushing

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¥mtC!rtainment between Thank sgi vi ng and Christmas and of co urse we shall endeavor to make it surpass tho se given by th e other fraterniti es as we did last year!

\Vi shing all sis t e r chapter s a prosperous year, I am, ELIZABETH E . JOH NSON.

PENNSYLVANIA BETA-BU CKN ELL UNIVERSITY

(C HARTERED 1895)

B ot h college and fraternity ou tl ook s eem bright for u s at Bucknel1 this £all Fourteen lo yal Pi Phi s aTe busy at work, and already th e results begin t o appear We greatly mi ss our seniors and seve ral others who did not return thi s year, but o ur Jun e initiates are r eady and and willing, and have already proved th eir right to a plac e in Greekdom.

The local frat ernit y of la s t year ha s become a nati o nal-Delta Delta Delta-and so for th e first time Penn syl va ni a Beta ha s a national rival.

Oct ob er sevent h was o ur annual recepti on t o th e fre shmen and o ur pa tr o n esses. Many of o ur chap t e r a lumnae were with us , besides two we s tern siste r s, Mi s s Nichols o f California Beta and Mi ss Ha skell of Nebraska Beta The eve ning passe d plea santly , but as always th e best came last. and after o ur gu es t s had gone we Pi Phis drew close together while w e talked o f the pa s t and the pro spect s for th e future We also gave an informal afternoon tea to so me of the new girls, and thi s with a chestnut party have been Ollr soc ial events thu s far this term.

We look forward wit h great eagerness and pl eas ure t o the Christmas vacation , for then we h ope to add to o ur chapter another dear girl , whom we are su re will be a m os t lo yal Pi Beta Phi . With best wi shes from Penn sylvania Beta for a happy and prosperous winter.

FLORENCE LoUI S E BACON.

PENN SY LVANIA GAMMA- DICK I NSON COLLEGE

(CUART£JU:D 1903 )

Doubtless, all the chapters of Pi Beta Phi have already assemb led, afte r a delightful v aca tion, with ren e w ed spirit and courage, with the enthusiasm o f the convention sti ll burning in them, and with n ew idea s and ambiti o ns f o r the work o f th e coming year. To yo u a ll we send our gre etings.

On o ur r e turn to Ca rli s le thi s fall we fo und th at our town girls had rem ode led Ollr r oom s to an alm ost unimaginable degree of beauty. They are r epape r ed in o ur co lo r s, th e chapter r oom in wine , with carnations climbing from the moulding to the ceiling. Our alumnae and friends

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apparently take real plea su re in contributing something. for we are continually receiving the very things we seem to need most.

Our college Administrati on Building we found t o be progress ing with wonderful rapidity. and it is hope d that it will be ready for u se soon after th e new year

The fre s hm a n clas s of thi s year is as large as usual , although the class of girl s is a littl e s mall e r than la s t year. The Law school , howeve r, on acco unt o f th e sp lendid rec o rd o f the cla ss of I904--one hundred per cent pa ssing the s uprem e court exa minations-has enrolled more than double th e class of la s t year.

We we re so rry n ot to have Dorothy H oove r, '07, with us thi s year Her hea lth would no t permit he r return and we mi ss her very mu ch Margaret Barre tt , al so of the cla ss of 1907, is attend ing Pratt In s titute thi s year.

P en n sylvania Gamma ha s done he r fir s t ru s hing a nd he r fir s t pledging as Pi Phi s. Thursday night, Octo ber six th, we initi a ted Mabel Blair, '07, and Hel en Ki sne r, 'oS, into the mysteries o f Pi Beta Phi . The intiation was held a t th e ho rne o f one of o ur a lumnae in a n eig hboring town It wa s, pe rh a ps, the mos t beau t ifu l a nd most successf ul initiati o n we have held Afte r th e initiati o n we en joye d a delici o u s banquet, followed by fraternit y a nd co ll eg e so ng s. Our ride back to Carlis le on a midnight trai n was by no mea ns th e lea st o f ou r fun.

Our ho pe is that you may pledge a ll the de sirable girls and hav e a most succe ss ful year in eve ry re spect.

GERTRUDE HELLER.

OHI O ALPHA-oBIO UN IVER S ITY

(CHARTERED 188g)

H o w good it does see m to be back in cotleg e o nce mo re, attending fraternity meetings, ru s hing, and sharing kindred j oys. We feel especially glad o n s tarting in this yea r , fo r, while we have lo s t four of our last yea r 's girl s, o ur tw o se niors will be in town , for thi s year at least, and we know th ey will make very active alumnae. Then besides , one of our girls who ha s been out fo r a year, h as come back again into th e chapter. May Scott, who was here la s t year, e ntered Ohio State Uni ve r sity a nd h as been trans· f erred t o Ohio Beta.

T o begi n at th e beginning wit h !a s t Commencement,-it was the hun· dredth anniversary o f o ur coll ege and a great many old students came back to hel p cel ebrate. Of course we were especially interested in the Pi Pbi s who were h ere at that time One afternoon we had a baby show in our hall, and we were really s urpri se d to di scover how many babies oflr fraternity could boast of.

We enjoyed 50 much meeting Miss Wetmore of Mi chigan Beta this sum-

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mer. She was here only for a day. but our acquaintanceship. though brief. was very pleasant.

Our social events so far thi s year have centered around the wedding of one of our last year's chapter-Mary Wood . One enjoyable evening was spent in he mming tea towel s for the bride and ended with a parcel shower.

We have n o t had our initiation ye t but by the time the ARRow appears, we expect to have some new wearers of the wine an d blue We are planning now fOT an informal chafing-dish party fo r a fe w of the new g irls.

Ohio Alpha wi shes you all the bes t of s ucce ss in ru s hing and that this year may be as pl easa nt for you as it bid s fai r t o be for u s.

MARY TREUDLEY.

aRlO BETA-()HIO S TATE UNIVERSITY (CHARTERED IB94)

After our r es tful summe r vacation we are most happy to return once more to the bustle and gaiety o f college life. A nd we are very glad to introduce -to you our pledges: Margaret W ilson, Elizabeth Bancroft, Margaret Wilcox, and Grace Bradfo rd ,-a lr ea dy lo yal and enthusiastic for Pi Phi These pledges raise our chapter ro ll t o seventee n We are very fortunate in that we los t but thre e senio rs la s t yea r, and a s one of these, Ger trude Jack son , ha s received a fe ll owship in English, we ex pect to have h er with us two years longer.

We pas sed a mo st delightful s umm er. S ince almost all of us are towo girl s, we have been t oge ther during these months after a fashion sible fo r so me of our less fortunate chapters. Not only have w e held num er ous ru shing affairs, suc h as ca rd and theat e r and chafing-dish and thimbl e parties, but also. ou r a lumn ae have con tinu ed th e ir winter practice of bi·monthly spreads, to which th ey have most kindly invited us. Thus our alumnae and active chapters have been morc cl ose ly united during this s umm er th a n e\'er before, and f rat ernity spi rit ha s grown proportionately. Continu ed summe r ru shi ng becomes somew hat o f a st rain , but this is quickly forgott en wh en e ff orts are crowned with such splend id s uc cess a s ha s been o urs this fall .

W e hope to introduce ou r infants t o th e dread myst eries of 1. C. upon the eighth o f October, and intend t o follow the ceremony pro per with the fine s t banqu et in o ur hi s tory Ohio Beta ha s now quite a large alumnae circl e and we are expecting an a ttendan ce of fifty enthusiastic Pi Phis.

A s yet, the social life of our college is hardly started but we are looking forward to a mo s t pl easa nt wint er . Ma y thi s year be one of the brightest and best in our annals.

KATHERINE BANe RO".

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NEW YORK A LPHA-SYIlACUSE UNIVERSITY

(CHARTERED I8g6)

How we would like to have r epresentatives from all our chapters come and see us this fall! It seems as if everything was just exactly a s we would have it and thing s are running along very smoot hly. We have been f ort unate enough to secu re our former matron, Mrs. Havens, for this year. She takes such an intere st in all our work becau se her daughter is a Pi Phi. and you girls can't imagine how much we apprecia te having her with us. Every room in 'our house i s occupied, and we have in it two of the most obliging freshmen that this chapter ha s eve r seen.

One of our girls who pledged last s pring decided to go t o Oberlin at the very last minute. We are so rry to lo se Leila Merriam but we know that Oberlin has gained a tine woman.

Of course we are in the midst of ru shing just now, and we have seve ral very fine girls on ou r list whom we hope to introduce as sisters to you 'very soon. Rushing must necessarily g o very slowly in Syracuse because all fr eshmen want to look around a good deal before deciding and we think th at a very good plan because then a dec is ion means everything. Ou r older girls help us a great deal with our parties , and especially our city girl s We have had seve ral very succe ss ful teas and evening parties and have s ifted our ru shees pretty thoroughly. We think we have hit upon a very good sc hem e for one party. We have a regular "confide ntial chat" party around the grate fire and tell fortunes with melted lead and then have marshmallows and chestnuts. This seems to be ju s t the thing a poor homesick freshman longs for and we have found that they invariab ly have a better time at these parties. We have had a dance here at the chapter hou se and that was also very successful. Of course you have all heard about the college ru shes and r eceptions, and as long as they are very much alike throughout the country there is no use describing any of ours. Wf! send our very best wi s hes to all sister chapters.

GRACE DELILA McCOON.

NEW YORK BETA-BARNARD COLLEGt

(CHARTERED 1904)

New York Beta is very busy. College has just opened, and work has begun again for all of us. Seven of ou r active chapter g raduated last year, and one nineteen-seven girl has left us and gone to Mt. Holyoke, SO our chapter began its career with a very much r educed roll Howeve r we have two new sophomo r es al read y pledged, and three of our alumnae have applied for and been admitted to active membership.

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Although ou r pledge day does not come un til December, we are busy " ru shing"; for the fr eshman class at Barnard is unusually lar g e this year, and contains a great many desirable g irl s.

We a r e ve ry proud of our fr a ternity r ooms, in which one o f o ur girls lives. We ha ve a five-room apa rtm e nt in a building Quite cl ose to co llege, and o nly th e girls who a tt end a city institution with no dormitories atta ched ca n appreciate the comfo rt it gives u.s. W e hop e soon to find an occupa nt for th e remaining r oom in our apart ment, but so far, o ur sea rch for Pi Phi s h as been in vai n

MARY W MURTHA.

MASSACHUSETTS ALPHA-BOSTON U NIVER SITY

(C HAUUED 1896)

Th e year ha s open ed with very bright prospects f o r Massachusetts Alpha.. In the first place a ll but one o f ou r girls have ret urn ed and in addition we have tw o graduate s tudents with u s. Then we h ave been very fortunate in secu ring a flat at I S Pinckney street for our fraternity home. Three of the girl s live th er e and it seems to us quite lik e th e chapter hou ses that ou r western siste r s tell us so much aboul

This f all is th e fir s t time th at Pan-Hellenic rule ha s eve r held s way in Boston Unive r si ty. Pledg e d ay doe s not come until N ovember seventh and until th en Pi Phi gir ls wi ll probably le ad a very s tr enuou s life The fir s t Saturday we gave an a ll -day ru shi ng party to and the fo ll owi ng week a trolley pa rty t o Echo Bridge, in N e wt on We are planning t o give two more large partie s and th ose, with littl e "side issues" once in a while, will be a ll we s ha ll attempt in t h e way o f ru s hing.

Are tw o seniors are making up for their sma ll number by their su perior quality, f or one has been elected sec r etary of the sen io r cl ass and the other president of th e Phil o ma th ean Society.

October fifth, at Eas t Dedham, Elizabeth Gibb, ex-'o7, was married to Mr . R oswe ll Phelp s. Th e ce re mo ny was held in the Methodi st church at half after seve n in the evening and was tr u ly a Pi Phi wedding After th e ceremony a recep ti o n was he ld in the churc h parlors at which the active girl s us hered. Although we are so rry to lo se Beth from among us yet we wish h er a ll joy and happ iness in her marri ed life.

In th is first ARRow o f the year Ma ssachu setts Alpha sends greetings to all her siste r chap t e r s and wi sh es g ood fo r tune fo r them in the ru shing season

M LILLIAN HOIlNIt.

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MARYLAND ALPHA-WOMAN' S COLLEGE OF BALTIMORE

(CHART£RED 1896)

The sweetest joy of OUT fraternity life is the union of the many loyal and happy hearts after a long vacation. Although the girls have realized the high es t pleasure and happine s s in thes e few weeks spent at home with their families and friends, tht;re is always, down deep in each heart, a spot reserved for every college sister who is far away. Only an occasional lette r will tell you of her, for I know we think of each other oftene r than we write. So it is a keen joy to us all to meet again in our "winter home" and to renew our hopes and ambition s

The new rules under which we rushed last year were modified this year by Pan-Hellenic Association . The Easter pledge day was changed to Thank s giving, as the long scason proved too strenuous for both freshmen and fraternity girls. There was no rushing the first week of college. That week was advantageous in that everyone had the desired opportunity of lookinG' the field over and of taking a good long breath before the ract began. And now that we are fairly started, we arc straining every effort toward a victoriou s end.

La s t Friday evening we gave a progressive chafing-dish party, and are now planning for a tally-ho ride and a house party to be given in the n ear future.

College festivities have been more gay than usual thi s year. The most enjoyable affair was the Y W. C. A. reception to the fre s hmen given a week after the opening. It is our best opportunity of becoming acquainted with the incoming studen ts

Maryland Alpha send s true st wishe s for the success of all Pi Phis. IUNE TULA FENTON.

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ILUNOIS BETA-WWBARD COLLEGE (CHARTEUD 1872)

After a very bappy vacation, the girls of Illinois Beta have corne back read y for another year's work. We are wondering if any Pi Phis had happier vacations than ou r s Nearly all of us have been to the fair in St Louis and th ose who were there during Convention made the f est green with envy telling about the fine times they had. Two of us spent the summer in the east, another visited in Minneapolis, and another tried cowboy life on a Kansas ranch.

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We have been together a month now and have found many changes in the college and the chapter. Two girls. who had intended to be with us thi s year, were obliged to change their plans, much to their disappointment and to ours. But we are hoping that they will return next fall and we will them more than ever when they are here again. We mis, our seniors, too, but we are quickly making fmends with the new girls. In spite of changes everything points to a prospe rou s year.

Although there were not many of liS to rush thi s fall, we have been very successful. Following the example of the chapter for the la s t few years, soon after college opened we gave a reception to the new girls, our patronesses and alumnae. Ethel Chamberlain let us have her home and everyone voted the reception quite a succe ss . After the reception we pledged four girls, Ray Dillow, Florence Dillow, Fanny Porter, and Lucille Richards. They are anxiously waiting to meet the goat and are greatly alarmed at the quantity of nails and tin cans which tell them our goat consumes each day_ Before this reaches you they will probably have reoceived their formal introduction to him.

While we have not yet done much formal entertaining, we have had many good times among ourselves. One thing th at we es pecially enjoy is the meeting we have once in two weeks with our pledges. We tried this la st year when some of the girls could not be initiated until the middle of the year. As the meetings were such a success we have started them again. After the r egu lar fraternity meeting the pledges j oin us and a short literary program o n fraternity in general is given, after which we have a jolly time singing ou r Pi Phi song s, and sometimes a cookie-shine fini shes the fun . In this way the pledges are brought into closer touch with the chapter girls and all of us are helped by it.

Illin ois Beta sends best wishes for a happy and pro sperous year to..all Pi Phi s.

DELIA

CoNCER.

ILLINOIS DELTA-KNOX COLLEGE

(CHARTEIlED 1884)

The last few weeks have been very busy as well as happy ones for 11li · nois Delta and the time ha s gone so quickly that we hardly realize it i s time for the chapter letter At the beginning of the college year only eleven active members returned, but together with our pl edges we have been working hard for Pi Beta Phi

Our social and literary duties made the first week a very hard one for us. We opened ou r rushing season with two receptions, given on the first two days of the college year. On Thursday we gave a cookie-shine, showing our new girls what good times the Pi Phis have. On Friday we gave

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a reception and on the same day pledged fo ur new girl s. Saturday afternoon we enj oyed a tr olley ride and s upplemented it with a picnic supper at the home of our pre si dent , Mary Mar s. During the eve ning three more girl s were pledged as sis ter s, making seve n in all.

The next two weeks of sc hoo l were no t so bu sy soc ially but they contain ed a number of good time s. Not the least among them was an infor· mal evening for active member s a nd pledge s, the pledges furnishing a very int er esting literary prog ram . In a few week s we expect to initiate th ese s ame pledge s into all th e joys a n d my ste rie s of Pi Beta Phi.

Illin o is Delta is looki ng fo rward t o a ve ry h a ppy and pros perou s year and wi s he s for her s ist er chapters the sa me

CLARA LINDLEY

ILLINOI S EP S ILON-N ORTHWE ST ERN UNIVERSITY

(C HAR TERED IB94 )

Illinois Epsilon ha s ju s t passed through the s trenuous part o ( the rushing season. H er e at Northwes te rn we are h av ing ou r first experience with a pl ed ge day and we o lder on es who have been thr o ugh the mad scramble of pr ev io us years feel that a tw o weeks' pledge day i s infinitely better Of course we had t o be with our ru shees a lo nger tim e than u sual , but we have found that we have become very well acquainted with them and have learned to like them very mu ch.

As a r es ult of thi s splendid sys tem we have p ledged four very fine, en · thu s iasti c girl s. We have al so had the good fortune o f having two of o ur old pl edges, Anna Th o mpson and Lili Hochbal1ln, ente r college thi s (all; a fact which made u s feel enthu s iastic from the very begi nni ng. All the women's fraternitie s h ere at Northwestern se nt out written invitations, and it was very exciting on pledge day waiting fo r our an s wers to come in Ea ch so r o rity had a r oo m at \ VilIard Hall where it received the fre shmen when they brought ba ck their answers. Every time a new gi rl was pledged the jubilatio n was heard all over th e hall .

Our alumnae have been especially good to u s during the ru shing season and have helped u s roy a lly, opening th ei r h om es to u s wheneve r they could .

Nina Williams, ou r Spokane girl, who was forced t o leave college last year on account of illness, has return ed t o Evanston th is year and has ent er ed the School of Oratory Emma Doland who was to h ave been a junior this year, will n ot be able to be with u s on account of illness. bu t we all look forward to having h er back with u s very soon. Apropos of class affairs, one of our new pledges, Amy Onken, ha s been made class historian.

We hope that all the Pi Phis will be especially happy and successful this year MAllIE liAliMOND

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INDIANA ALPBA-FltANKUN COU.ECE

(CRAliTEItED 1888)

We are glad of an opportunity to tell you of six new girls and of how lndiana Alpha has won them for Pi Phi. Before coUege opened we decided to entertain but a few times during the ru s hing season but to make the s e few affairs as nice as pos s ibl e and to wa it a week before giving any invitations. You know it is very hard for u s to wait when OUf on ly rival is a local society, which sometimes gives its invitation, even, before the opening of college. But our plan ha s been very successful 35 you may know by the number of new names

OUf entertainments have consisted of an informal r eception for all the new girls on opening day, Thursday. September twenty-ninth, a brown luncheon on Saturday afternoon and a sp r ead on the n ex t Wednesday e\·ening

We sent out written invitations on Wednesday afternoon and in the evening Tillie Weyl, Susie Ott , Julia Wilson. Leta Hall, Grace Loomis and Helen Weaver wore our beautiful colors You may imagine what a de· lightful and exciting time we had at that s pread We hope to introduce one more cha rm ing girl in our next letter.

This afternoon we are to give an "at home" at our chapter house in honor of o ne of our alumnae, Mrs. C. M. Carter, and Mrs. Milton Shirk of Peru. Ind., who ha s been a very liberal contributor to our co ll ege.

We are hoping that by ne xt week all o f our ru shing will be over and that we can have m ore time for s tudy.

GRACE BRYAN.

INDIANA BETA-INDIANA UNIVERSITY

(CHARTERED 1893)

Indiana ha s prospects of a most successfu l college year. The town i ! overflowing with new s tud ent s, to say nothing of the old ones. Twelve of our girls came back, eve ry one of us full o f enthusiasm and ready to work. The " spike" was more strenuous than ever this fall. The new girls were overwhelmed with fudge parties, teas, and drives as well as more formal {uncti on s We gave only o n e formal p arty, for we all agreed that fresh· mcn really enjoy the little affairs more. 'Mrs. Adams entertained us deligh t. fully at an afternoon reception the first week of the seaso n in honor of Mrl. Th eodo re Cartwright of Colorado. Mrs. Cartwright was a Pi Phi in Iowa State University and wa s the first editor of th e ARROW. She is certainly . a charming woman a nd we were all glad to have h er with us and proud to introduce her to our freshmen We are also proud of our nine new girls, Julia Turley, Leona Combs, Anna Lois Gray, Florence Ben so n , Mary

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Sample, May O'Byrne, Mary McDonald, Pearl Case, and Mabel Schaefer. We have initiated six of the girls and will initiate the other three in a few weeks.

The excitement of the ru shing season is all over now. We have settled down to work trying t o se t a good example for the freshmen and keep up Pi Phi's reputation for scholarship.

Indiana Beta se nds greetings to all Pi Phis.

INDIANA GAMMA-BUTLER COLLEGE

(CHARTERED 1897)

GRACE GRAYBILL.

Seven acti,'e girls and one pledge of Indiana Gamma are again united and wi sh to send greetings to s isters far and near. Our vacation was a short but very happy one. Those of us who were able to attend the St. Louis Convention hope that the in spiration gained the r e may be o f value to our chapter. If we could only give the girls, both old and new, a glim pse of that banquet hall with its hundred and fifty loyal Pi Phis I This should be a banner year in Butler College. There are mo r e students than usual. interest in athletics has increased and every department of the college is flourishing under our new president, Doctor Garrison. We have great hopes for a happy and pro sperous year in both college and fraternity life.

The se are busy days. We arc in the midst of ru shing season which clo ses October twenty-second. One ru shing party is over. On the aftern oon o f October third , we took the girls on a tally- ho drive around the city and to one of th e park s. At six o'clock we drove to Ethel Duncan's h ome, where ollr alumnae had a five-course progressive dinner prepared fo r us. Music and dancing furnished entertainment fo r the latter part of th e evening. Our next affair will be a dance and the one following, a dinner

We are glad to have a contract with Kappa Kappa Gamma, yet we are very anxious for pledge day to come so that we may know which girls belong to us

We wish for each chapter the full measu r e of s ucce ss and happiness which we are anticipating.

LULU B. KEu..u.

ILLINOIS ZETA-UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

(CHARTERED 1895)

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Pi Phi home a great many o f the dea r old girls. Thi s y ea r we cnjoyet1 visits from Clare Sommer, Cha rl otte Nelson, Nell McMillan, Edna Daniels, and Stella Rogers. Several were back last week, when ou r patronesses entertained the new gi rl s a nd Pi Phi s at a vcry delig htful dancing party. Besides a slumber party, a luncheon and a formal dinner, we have entertained in many little ways and have managed to keep t he would-be Pi Phis pretty bu sy. \ Ve hope to reap a rich harve s t this year, and when ru shi ng season is over to introduce to you some very nice pl ed ges

\Ve are very happy in OUT house this year and congratulate o urselves up on hning at th e head of our t able, Leila White, one o f our charter members. \ Ve arc glad, too, that Nelle Wells of Illin ois Delta is in cotJege here this winter and we hope that s he will soon think a s much of Illin ois Zeta as s he does of her own chap t er.

Two of our town girls a r e going t o leave us thi s yea r , to m ake happy h omes in other places, but we know that, even if they are far away, they will never fo rg et us and the good tim es they have had here with u s. Opal Stipes is t o be marri ed November third to Edwa rd Pilcher of St. Louis, and in the same month, Edna Sheldon to Edwa rd Trego o f Hoopston, III.

Thi s year we welcome to ou r university President James of Northwestern, and although we have not yet fo rg o tten our so r row in th e loss of our old Pr exie, we are glad to have sllc h a man as P r esident James in his plac e.

Illin o is Zeta sends to all othe r chapte r s bes t wishes for a h a ppy and successful year.

KATE BONNELL MANN.

YICBIGA N ALPHA-BIU.SDALE COLLEGE

(CHARTERED 1887)

A " h appy new year" t o a ll th e Pi Phis! We hope th e new term finds you all as happy and busy a s it d oes Mi ch iga n Alpha .

The college ha s s tart ed with a boom, and mo r e n ew s tudent s than have b een enrolled fo r seve ral years pa st. The li fe cen ter s about East Hall, our new-old building with it s la rge dining- hall and pa rl o r s and two floors full of girl s. La s t year was th e fir st for a long time that there has bem a women' s dormitory , labor a tori es and the two frat ernity room s being the o nly u se made of the otherwise empty bu il ding . Therefore we are especially delighted with the present a rr a ng ement.

In the remodeling of the hall thi s s ummer, the tru stees were excepion a lly good t o th e fraternities, fo r th ey have given u s very plea sa nt rooms on the fourth fl oo r. W e are much better o ff th a n before beca u s e we have steam hea t , and gas, and a se parat e hall and s tairw ay It is such fun

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p lanning and settling, and our resident alumnae are so good. The y have now formed a definite alumnae a s sociation and stand ready to help u s in any way. Their first move is to furni sh the carpet for our floor. \ Ve a r e going to be so pretty when we get settled. You mu s t all come to visi t us, won't you?

We have had an initiation, and such a pretty one, at the home of one o f our girls. Our initiates are our fo ur pledges. Vivian Lyon , Cbar lotte Shepard, Helen Vernor and Effie Patch, all Hinsdale girls. We are so proud of them all, and e s pecially d e lighted to have Effie Patch active, b e· cause she has been a pledge so lo ng and not been able to be in college. She, as well as the other three, ha s entered into the chapter life wi th great enthusia s m and will be a gr eat help to u s.

How nice it is to talk with o ur Convention d elegate,-i sn ' t it? And with other s wh o h a n m e t Pi Phi s (rom si ster c hapt e r s during the sum· mer.

Now I mu st tell you how nicely our Pan-Hellenic A ss ociation is gett in g along. The A ss ociati o n wa s fo rm ed la st spring a ccording to the regula· tion s. Our r e lati on s with th e Ka pp as, Ihe onl y o th e r so r o rity here, are very plea sa nt. 'We ar e co ntinu ing o llr contract with th em much the same as it ha s been fo r the la s t t wo yea r s, whi c h, am ong o th er th ings, prohibits a s king ne w girl s until th e third Tu esday in N ov ember

With the be s t of good wis h es to all o ur si s ter s fo r a mo st successful year and that we may individually and a s a whole Ji ve up to our ideals as never befo re.

EVELYN D. GATES.

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IOWA ALPBA-10WA WESLEYAN U NIVERS lT Y

(CHARTERED 186g)

The sixtieth yeat of Iowa W es leyan Univers ity ha s o pened bright, with promise of enlarged o pportunit ies , and Iowa Alpha is n o t o nly proud of the fact that sh e is th e o lde s t cha pter in exist en ce, but al so of her thirtyseventh year at Iowa Wesleyan

We feel keenly the lo s s o f o ur eight senior girl s, but it wa s with joyful surpri s e that we welco med seve ral o f the old girl s whom we were not expecting to have with us thi s year. We also gave tw o to Colorado Beta and two are in college at Boulder

However, we ha\' e fo ur n ew pl edg es to introdu ce to yo u. Grace Elli o t,

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Elsie Benjamin, Ullena Ingersoll and Florence Brooks, (our strong fratemity girls, of whom we are very proud.

At the open ing of the sc hoo l year the Pi Phis gave a reception for some of the new girls at the home of one of our t own members. On October third Grace Hancher-Beck ente rta ined the Pi Phis in honor of Ethel Lymer, Mary Brooks and Elizabeth McMullen, who were initiated into the secrets of the wine and blue.

We hav e had three typical "cookie-shines," one of which was given u s by an alumna. We are very glad to have the suppo rt of our alumnae, who have lost none of their interest in Pi Beta Phi.

Although our chapter is small, it is strong and v igorous, and we look forward to this year as one of the brightest in the history of Iowa Alpha.

Great stlccess to all th e Pi Phis.

IOWA BETA-SIMPSON COLLEGE

(CHARTERED

1874)

GUTH RIE.

A month of ou r college yea r has passed already and as every day has been so full, it seems almost impossible. Our college open s earlier than most,-this year on the seventh of September,-and back to Iowa Beta came fifteen of our sisters fr om pleasant vacations.

The first week was very pleasant in a social way, made so by a number of affairs given for ou r siste r Huldah Sigler, who was married to Ralph McCune of Des Moines, the fourteenth of September. In another way it was sad for us, for we knew we were losing her from ou r chapter, while at the same time we knew the Des Moines Alumnae Club would rejoice t o han her with them and that she would not lack for Pi Phi love and sympathy.

The wedding t.ook place at eight in the evening, in the Methodist Epi scopal church at Indianola. and at that hour eight of the girls, Bernice Halley. Marguerite Robinson. Marilla Hunter, Gertrude Hancox, Leone Peasely, Edna Lisle, Alice Story and Katharine Rehkopf, entered s inging Lohengrin's wedding hymn. They were followed by th e ushers, Messrs. Will Eikenbury, Cliff Beatty . and Lee and Russell McCune, then the maids, Letha Bonner, Celeste Robin!Oon, Amanda Young and Ruth Baker; the maid of honor, Flora Sigler, s ister of the bride, and Helen Sigler as ring bearer. Th e bride, escor t ed by her brother, who gave her away, was met at the altar by the groom and best man, Mr. Don Berry. The m arriage lines were read by Dr. Shelton. president of Simpson College. Th e wedding was a most beautiful and solemn one. The girls of the bridal party were Pi Phis with only one exception.

We have one dear new siste r, Jessie Sehec, who has been our pledge

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for two years, and to all the other chapters we are glad to introduce her as one who wea rs the arrow.

Our pledge day is No ve mb er sevent eenth , a nd we have a firm belief that on that day several of the bes t n ew Sim pso n girl s will be wearers of th e wine and silver blu c.

Iowa Beta se nds to all her sis t er ch apters th e sin ce re s t wishes for a mos t pros pe r ous and happy year.

RUTH E BA KU.

IOWA ZETA-IOWA STATE UNIVERsnv

(C HARTERED 1882)

Feeling that we know our sister Pi Phi s be tter thr ough Convention, Iowa Zeta joins more hearti ly than u s ual in wi s hing s uccess to the "old girl s" and co ngratulation s to our prospettive sis ters.

Alth ough we thoroughly en joye d o ur sma ll chapt er o f nine las t year, we feel ve r y proud that there are tw el ve girls back. Beside s th ese, we have fo ur new pledges who we were particularly fortunate in winning. They are St ella Smith, Margaret H a n son, J osep hin e W o r s t e r, and Beat rice R eyn o ld s.

As u sua l th e first tw o weeks of school wc re busy day s. P e rhap s we enjoyed mos t o f a ll our "rushing" c\'enls, th e trip to Cedar Rapid s on the new Inter urban fr o m I o wa City, and afte rward s a "s prea d" at th e home of one o f our old girl s in Cedar Rapids.

Both in Oll r chapte r and in th e Unive rsity do we feel co nfident of a delightful a nd prosperous yea r There has been a la rge increase in the att end a nce at I o wa thi s year. Several new buildings are in the process of erection, and the new Medical Qua d rangl e i s completely fini shed, which add s gr eat ly t o the appearance of the Universi ty grounds.

SADIE GREGG HOLIDAY.

WISCONSIN ALPHA-UNIVERSI TY OF WI SCONS IN (CHARTERED 1894)

O u r college life ha s beg un again, with its joy of meeting old friends, of making new o nes and its so rr ow o f mi ss ing th e absent There is not one of us who does not feel los t without our seni o r s of la s t yea r, Millie A skew and Ada Welch, both of whom are away teaching. We h a d grow n to depe nd on th e m in so many ways that it is hard to rec oncile ourselv es t o their absence.

Thi s year we are very proud of our chapter, as seven sen io r s grace our roll call and s ix pledges are impatiently awaiting initiation Ou r pledg. lings are c harming, each and everyone o f them, and are sure to bring int o the chapte r, al o ng with their fre s h enthu siasm and vigor, the vario us

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of disposition which go toward making a st rong branch of our Pi Beta Phi.

Anna Blackburn, Ruth Jennings, Marian Ingall s, Be ss ie Coleman, Marian Whidden and Edna Holmes are the g irl s who are soon to be one with us.

Be s ides th ese, Wiscon sin Alpha is delighted to w elcome to its number a sister from Indiana Beta, Hazel Squires, who is already o ne of our family in the lodge.

ROSE CHARLTON WELLMAN.

)lISSOURI ALPHA-UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI

(CHARTERED 1898)

The rushing sea so n is over, and we think we have got the fl o wers of the flock. We have s even new pledges: J ea n McCune, Ethel Th omas, Norma Roth , H o rten se Dungan, Natalie Birdsie, Clara Ave r y, and Mabel Turpin They are all splendid girl s, and a great addition to our chapler. Mabel Turpin received the greatest rush of the season, but after long consideration s he decided to become a Pi Phi.

Vie have been very busy socially this fall. We gave seve ral t eas and morning functions, and al so one sma ll dance. Recently we gave two reception s for our pledges, and ' have received two evenings. The fir s t night we entertained Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Phi Gamma Delta, Phi Delta Theta and Sigma Nu; the second, Sigma Ch i, Kappa Sigma, Beta and Kapp a Alpha. The house was prettily decorated with smi la x, roses, and golden r od, and the receptions were sa id to have been the mo s t enjoya ble of the season.

This yea r we ha ve a new h ouse. We do not ow n the hou se, but we do the furniture, which we bought this summer at St Louis Th ere are eleven girls and ou r chaperon, Mi ss Organ, in th e house. Miss Orga n is a very delightful chapero n She has a po siti on in the State Historical Society, and is a Phi B eta Kappa.

Missouri Alpha wishes to extend best wishes for the year, and hopes that th e other ch apte r s are look ing forward to this coming winter with as much pleasure as we are

BETTY WILLIAMS

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KANSAS ALPHA-UNIVERSIT Y OF KANSA!!J

(C UARTEREO 1873)

Sch ool ope n ed here on th e seve nth of Septemb er and fo r a week we were b u sil y engaged in ru shing. I t is ove r n ow, h oweve r. and in itiation i s clo se upon u s. 'We fee l th e loss of nine st r o ng girl s greatly. but there are fifteen of us back again doing O UT best and as a r es ult o f OUf labors we ha ve five pledge s: Mary Buckle s, Lucretia H ar t , Mary Hayd en , Wini· fred Blackmar a nd Nina Fell.

We have with u s aga in two of o ur ';ni neteen-two " girl s, Marjorie Mars hall and Alma Po ehl er, who h ave been tra veling abroad th e pa st two yea r s,

OUT ru sh ing thi s year co n siste d of two informa l affai r s a t th e homes of two of OU T pat r onesses, a tallyho ride in to the co un try and a more for · mal r eception a t the chapter h ouse. We we r e favor e d wit h b eautifu l weather a nd eac h even t proved delightful.

One of ou r chaperones, Mi ss Helen Sutliff, has g o n e t o take a position in the library at 'Leland S tanf o rd University, and o n e of o ur old girl s, K ate Din s m oo r, h as entered th e Librarians' School at A lbany. N. Y. Th e U ni vers ity is very pro sperous thi s year, with the larges t enroll men t in it s hi s tory. There has been th e u sual sop h omore·freshman sc rap, b ut with an unusual r es ult , for th e fir s t tim e in twel ve years th e sophomores were \·ictoriou s and the fre s hman numerals d o not appear in the promin ent places as he ret o for e.

Th e hot wea th e r has been very hard on football, but we h ave good mat erial a nd expect a st r ong t eam.

W e a r e trying the experiment of g i ving s m a ll h o p s in ou r ch apter house d u ring the t e rm in s t ea d of the fall h op in a public h a ll , and we feel tha t th e y will be pi easa nte r and more sat is fa ctory for all co n ce rned.

We a r e looki ng fo rward to a good time at our Thank sgiving reunion in Kan sas City . and we hope to make it a greater success than eve r befo re. Kansas Alpha sends best wishes t o a ll the cha pte r s for a happy and prospe r ous year

LESLEY HILL

LO UISIAN A ALPHA-NEWCOMB COLLEGE

(CHARTERED 189 1 )

Back at co ll ege once more, and s uch ru shing ha s n eve r been see n here before! There are now four fraternities at Newcomb, s ince a ch ap te r of

Kappa Kappa Gamma was installed las t May, and we all say " the more, the merrier," with all our hearts.

Our Inter-fraternity League decided upon November fifteenth for pledge day, so we have now reached a very excitin g stage in the race, though we have no doubts as to what th e final outcome will be.

Thirteen of OUT old girl s are back again, with r ene wed enthusiasm and energy. OUT new siste r s can vouch for the latter , as we gave ample vent to it on the night that they first wore tbe golden arrow. \\'k! conside r our chapte r very much strengthened by the addition of Jes s ie Wing Tebo and Mary Ashley Townsend Stanton, and only wish it were possible to initiate the other three pledges. However, we hope to d o so very soo n.

And n ow for our class honors! W e have freshman president, junior pre sid ent, sophomo re secreta ry, sop h omo r e hi s torian, and se ni or vicepresident in our chapte r, and are conti nu ally st ri vin g t o keep Pi Phi at the h ead. In this way our frat life helps ou r class life, and ou r exce llency in class reflects honor upon our dear Pi Phi.

Texas Alpha has loaned us Margaret Burroughs for the winter, and we are ove r -joyed to have her with liS. She has already proven a great addition to the chapter.

We have greatly enjoyed hearing about Convention. It has been a great compensation to those of us who could not go, to li sten to the glowing accounts given by our delegate, and tho se from our chapter who were fortunat e enough to be able to be there. We all hav e determined not to miss the n ex t one if it is possible to get th ere.

"Vishing each and every chapter the greatest success for fall rushing, we lea ve you until the next ARROW.

GENEVIEVE JA CKSON

NEBRASKA BETA-UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA

(CHARTERED 18<)5)

Before proceeding to our fall rushing and new girls, let me say a word in regard to ou r Pan-Hellenic Congress.

In the spring at the very clo se o f college, the Pan-Hellenic to which all of the seven women's fraternities belong, framed a contract which went into effect this fall. It is con sidered a great success in several ways.

Rushing seaso n was defined as r egist rati on week and the two followi ng weeks of college. During thi s time no men were to be present at any parties given either by the fraternity as a whole or by active o r alum nae members. This enabled us to become better acquainted with new girls and give them our undivided attention.

Nevertheless these three weeks have been strenuous in spite o f the benefits derived from the contract, for ru s hing ha s been extreme and ex-'

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pensive, and we hope in the near future to do away with a greater part of it.

But Nebraska Beta feel s that she ha s been s uccess ful and wi s h e5 to introduce to you four new pledges They are Georgie Irwin, Sarah Hutchin s, Myrtle Lawt, and Ne ll Schwab, who already s ho w th eir loyalty t o the wine and blue.

We are anxiousl y looking forward t o initiation, that we may tran s form our pJedgl ings into real Pi Phis.

To return to o ur r ush ing partie s and good times. Ou r program began wi th a J apanese tea par ty at the chapter house or cou r se it was in· formal, and a dainty lun ch was se rved beneath an umbrella and lan te rn s.

Tl:!en a delightfu l sw imming par ty was given by In is Everett, followed by a " lap lunch" at Beth It is indeed wonde rful how the plunge affec ted ou r appetites.

Next in orde r Anne Stu ar t entertain ed ac tiv e and alumnae girls in her home, wher e a fiv e- co urse dinn er wa s se r ve d in a most novel and artistic way. We sang ou r so ngs, a nd /C last but no t lea st" came the "stunts of th e peerless Pi Phis." The fo llow ing morning Mr s. Clara Eames se r ved a cha rming breakfast of fiv e cou r ses t o u s Pi Phis and o ur patronesses. Forty people sat around sma ll t ables, in th e center o f which were g roups of s mall potted fe rn s, and the so u ve nirs we re painted place ca rds w ith carnation s. Each gi rl wa s presented with a l itt le fern.

One o f the most en joyab le affa ir s was o ur automobile ride. The party cons isted of twenty-five girl s, and we vi sited all th e places o f interest about Lincoln and finally wo und up at th e chapt er house. wh ei'C we kept th e girls that night fo r a ho u se party. This ended our ru s hing parties, but soo ner o r lat er we mu s t awake t o the reali ty of work before u s.

Only th e thoughts of app roac hing in itiat io n, cookie- shin es and foot ball games keep ou r minds on mo r e se ri o us thing s fo r the present.

S eve ral chang es hav e been made in our chapt er house s ince last year. Our library now wea r s th e wine and blue, and eac h girl's r oom has undergone wond erf ul r epair s. We are proud to have Mrs . Fell with us for another year an d nine g irl s in the house.

At Th anksg iving time w e are to h ave a big m ee ting and jollification of th e entire Pan - Helleni c As sociation , but we shall write of that later.

W e h ope that our siste r chapters have derived as great benefit from our Convention as Nebraska Beta has . Wi shing you much s ucces s and happiness.

KA tt HEACOCK:.

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TEXAS ALPHA-UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS

(CHARTERW 19(2)

In the midst o f the confu sion and Aurry of getting back t o work after a long vacation, Texas Alpha se n ds greetings to h e r sisters. Several differ e nt causes have combined t o make thi s ope ning week surpass all former on es in exciteme nt . In the first place, we have just fitted up a light!ul chapter h o u se . Our e lder siste r s in Pi Phi, who have h a d this plea s ure before, can testify to the fact that th e house al one w ould keep u s busy the fir st week.

Then , too, the freshmen ha\' c needed almost constan t attention. Since las t May there h ave been tw o new fraternities installed in our var si ty,Kappa Alpha Theta and Chi Omega. Of course this complicates ma tters somew hat, hu t o n th e whole we we r e glad to see the girls get their charter s.

Our pro s pect s this yea r are encouraging, alt h oug h w e were d isa ppointed in n o t ha vi ng three of our girls back who had intended t o come. Kate Sockwell, one of our strongest f r eshmen, was unable to r et urn o n account of h e r mothe r 's illnes s. Ro se Edmond ha s forsaken u s t o become a schoo l ma'am, and May Wynne is at h ome this winter. We h ave an ac tive cha pter of twel ve, and we are to b e congratulated up o n ha vi ng with u s Mi ss Mary Dunham o f Indiana Beta , '98, ou r Univer s ity libra rian . She is with u s in our house, and we feel that o ur mi s take s will be fewer with an older head to check our impul s iveness.

Beyo nd ente rt aining ou r prospective fr eshmen. we have no socia l affairs t o r epo rt . Our plan o f rushing this year is to entertain s mall groups on diff e rent eveni ngs , with the idea of making each particular freshman f ee l our great interes t in h e r. A s I said before, o ur expectations are great, and it is o ur d ea r est wi s h that our sisters may be a s s u cce ss ful as we hope to be.

FAY KINCAID

COLORA DO ALPHA- UN IVERSITY OF COLORADO

(CHARTERED 1884)

Co lo rad o Alpha is very proud of the w ork she has acco mplished tbus early in the year, and fir s t of all s he wishes t o introduce to you the res u lts of it in the shape of nine pledges, nam ely,-Isabel McKenzie, Nomah Wangelin, Cleo Bell, Kather ine McKinley, Aimee Herron , Marie Walteme ye r , J ess ie Mo s her, Louise Meye r s, and McNutt.

A s is always the case at the Univer sity of Colo rado. rushing was the mos t s trenuous the first week, before cla sses and work r eally began We had ou r big annual reception o n Tuesday of that week, and several info rm a l p a rties f ollowed.

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Fourteen of our girls returned to college this year, and five transfers came t o us, three from Denve r U ni versity and two from Iowa We s leyan. Wh en our pledges are initiated our chapte r , as you see, will be rather large, which brings up the mu c h di scussed Question, "Ca n we afford to let good material go t o othe r fraternitie s because of ou r already large numbed"

Twelve of our girls were at Convention thi s summer, and we bayen't yet grown tired of talking over and ove r the thing s that happened th e re and the Pi Phis we met , and again and again w e look at the chapter pic· t ures in the ARROW, and tell what we r emembe r of the girls who were there. H ow much dearer suc h a m eeting make s eve r y Pi Phi to every othe r one.

October thirty·first is the tw entieth anniversary of th e founding of o ur chapter, and we are planning a big ce lebrati on in h onor of it.

With the wish that one and all or you cou ld come and h elp us celebrate, Colorado Alpha sends best greetings to all h e r s iste r s.

CL.UA

MollSE.

COLORADO BETA-DENVER UNIVERSITY

(CHARTERED 1885)

The crisp autumn days find u s o n ce more in our o ld h aunts. The e n · r ollment of new s tudent s in the University this yea r is l a r ge r than ev er before, and in every way the prospect s are better than they h ave been for some time.

Out of thi s n ew material we ha ve secu red what we conside r the best girls, and have as pledges to introduce to you : In ez Byers, Leila Coll om, Jo sep hin e Voght, L aura Beyer and Louise Neil.

In addi ti on to the new girls we have Nita Clegg and Ora Sch rad e r from I owa Alpha.

W e miss Luella Corbin, Helen Stidger and Bes s ie Bli ss, who attend the State Unive r s ity this year.

G race D eis her is in Ca lifornia f o r th e w inter, but we expect h e r back for the sp r ing t e rm

Colorado Beta sends greetings and best wishes all other c hapt e r s.

Cor a s u ccess ful yea r to JES SI E L. TH OMPSON.'

CALIFORNIA

BETA-UNIVERSITY OF CAUJI'ORNlA

(CHARTERED IiJOO)

To our sis t e r s, one and all, assembled for this new year of wo rk and loyal friendship, g r eeting!

Let me fi r st tell you h ow much we enjoyed and apprecia t ed o ur delegate's r epor t of convention, for she brought us not only the report o f

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b usiness t r ansacted. but new ideas and new sta n da r ds of excellence as w ell.

Our house m other of la s t yea r , Mr s. Virginia Gundry, spe nt th e mo nth pre vious to the openin g of college at the frat ernity house, and thanks to h e r thought and artistic skill we thirtctt1 returning girls (in this case n ot an unlucky number ) found our chapter house newly decorated and partiall y r efu mi s hed ,-a ll in "apple-pic" o r def and ready fo r th e rus hing season. Of ou r alumnae, May Boggs, Elizabet h Adams, G eotgi a Cummings, Oli,'C: Gu n dry-Poindexte r and Dai sy Ryone r et urn ed t o Berkeley t o give their best ene r gies and enthusiasm to the general r equire m ents o f the rushi ng season.

May we here present with great plea sur e, to our sist e r Pi Phis our three initia tes- Id a May McCoy , Lau r a Bransford, and Frieda Watters.

Initiation occur r ed o n th e first day o f October, with t he active members of California Beta , he r alumnae, th e Misses Sutliff and M iles, who at present hold positions in the library at Stanfo rd Unive r si ty. and Mr s. D e rl e th , wife o f one o f Californ ia's inst r uc t o rs, asse m bled. Following th e initiation ceremoni es a banquet was held in our long drawing r oom.

On the morning of Oc t obe r the fifteenth, the Ajax of Sop h ocles was presented in th e Greek t heat r e, eight of ou r girls t ak ing part. Mi ss Ma bel Barrows, who came to California especially for the purpose o f giving the play, was t aken ill shorly befo r e it s production, but due to her previou s unt iri n g e ff ort s, it was a great s u ccess and a s ight rarely to be seen outside of Greece. Unde r a blue sky th e whi t e t hea tre sh one brightly amid s t its su rr ounding g r ove of tall euca lyp tu s trees that tower high abov e it , while two hundred and fifty youths and maids in Greek attire offered incense t o the god s and po rtrayed the herMs o f the Tro jan war. California Beta wi shes success to all h e r sis ter s in the C hri stmas examinati ons now so n ea r at hand

A.aaow- 5

CLAKA LoUISE CooPER.

Exchanges

Since the publkation of the July ARROW the following exchanges have been received and are hereby acknowledged:

For May-The Angelos of Kappa Delta, The Kappa Alpha Theta (catalogue number).

For June-The Shield of TIi eta Delta Chi , The Rai.. bow of Delta Tau Delta, The A lpha Xi Delta

For July-The AllcilOra of Delta Gamma , The Alpha Phi Qltarterly.

For August-The Elensis o f Chi Omega, The Shield of Phi Kappa Psi, The Delta of Sigma Nu.

For September-The Alpha Tau Omega Palm, Th e Sigma Chi Qltarterly, The Record o f Sigma Alpha Ep silon, The Trident of Delta Delta Delta.

For October-The Kappa Alpha !oltmal , The Delta Upsilon Qltarterly, The Scroll of Phi Delta Th eta, The Key of Kappa Kappa Gamma, The Beta Theta Pi

Into th e heat and excitement of the ru shing season, the Delta Upsilon Qltar terly drop s this bit of straightforward, manly common sense.

Generally speaking there are three things which are considered necessary to member s hip in a fraternity: Sociab ility, ability as a student or athlete, and good character. Different chapters will name the se in a different order, demanding o ne or another of th em in large propo rtion, depending upon their position and reputati o n in their seve ral institutions, but the ideal fraternity man must be developed along th ese general lines. The fir st two, to a limited extent, can be ignored, because a chapter can train men in the s e line s, but the la s t-good character-an not The man of bad habits, who isn't square , however brilliant in other lines-and we usually know his character beforehand-should be avoided. A chapter ceases to be harmonious, ceases to be a part o f "a fraternity " just as soon as it undertakes to run a refo rmatory as a side i ss ue. But the man, "'Plain farmer tho' h e be, who is dull, crude, unpolished, but underneath

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rings true-be is the man that tact and fraternity courtesy can make into what is fine st in our fraternjty life.

A good many things influence this matter of "rushing" in our differ· ent chapters. The existence of a long or short or no pledge day; the possession of a chapter house; the dormitory system; the number of members available [or rUShing purposes-all these, and more, make each chapter adopt its own rushing campaign. No cut·and-dried rules can be laid down, but in some things, at least, good advice can be given. It is well, we think, to consider carefully such men as OU f chapter alunmi recommend. To remember that the s b ortest way to pledging a good man is not necessarily a crowded rush meeting and a late supper, but to have at least one man in a chapter friends with him-ready to work or play with him as a friend should. Again, it is rather a poor thing to overdo this rushing matter; too much attention is apt to be suspicious, and a man quickly loses his respect for favors which do not ring true. Don't ask a man to join Delta Upsilon simply because anothe r fraternity is ru shing him; jf he's the right sort he will wait and find out for himself the best. In looking for men who possess those Qualities, in great degree, that your chapter stands for, don't miss the men who a r e quiet and unassuming, but who have those same qualities.

The marks of a fraternity man are often well hidden. A quiet devotion to study; the grit which will make a man willing to start his athletic career on th e second scrub team-and stick to it; the frank honor which says, If I did it, sir," and takes the consequences; these are the marks which we must l ook for. Delta Upsilon needs g ood men. ¥I.e want with us st r ong, loyal gentlemen, and we know they are there. We look to you, ou r chapters, to find them and get th em.

In the mind of the average ou tsider, anything bearing a Greek nam e is a fraternity, be it preparatory, college, professional or connected with no educat iona l institution, be it mere a good times club or a real fraternity Even in the case of colleges few not on the ground realize that there is any difference between the long established fraternity of high standards and careful methods and the newest mushroom growth in the Greek field . It is no wonder then that for the sake of their ow n reputation the older fraternities, according to the Scroll of Phi Delta Theta , are beginning to protest.

Certain in stitution s are overcrowded with fraternities, ha vi ng so many that almost all s tudent s wear some so rt of a Greek-letter badge In several of the eastem colleges the percentage of "oudens," o r non-fraternity men is "ery small. The deleterious effect of overcrowding is shown in

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Virginia, where easte rn fraternitie s and west ern fraternitie s have met on common ground, and wh e re there are half a dozen o r mOTe fraternities indigenous to the soil. At Purdue the established fraternities are fighting to keep any m o re fr o m o r ganizing. The eight fraternities which have chapters at Kansas held a Pan - Hell en ic meeti ng la st s pring an d adopted resolution s protesting against th e introducti o n of any o th e r fraternities during th e n ext few year s. This action was t ake n on the ground that the in s t itution was al r eady we ll sup plied wih frat e rnities. and that the installation of new chapters would tend inevitably ' to lowe r the " high s t a nd a rd and t ype of men who belong to fraternities."

The subject o f high school " frat erniti es" is one o n which many people are beginning to feel strongly and with good reason. Th ere seems little t o be said in their fav o r To the parents and t eachers th ey are a nui sance and to th e pupil s o f very questionable benefit. As for th e college fraternity. its attitude t ow ard the High School "f raternity " is well sta t ed by the Sigma Chi Quarterl y.

"Much is being said in educat ional cir cles at the present time concerning so-ca ll ed high-school fraternities. T h ese p se ud o- frat e rnal organization s have sp run g up ve r y r apidly duri ng las t five yea r s, especia lly in sch ools and academi es in large cities. In many in s ta n ces the o rgani zation s are o nly loca l soc ietie s; in o thers, an attempt is be in g made to widen the field and establis h chapter s in different cities. We are di sposed to th ink that enterpri ses of thi s sort can n ever be of ben efit to th e public schools o r to the legitima te co llege frat ernity. In the one in s tance they can only be an aggrava ti on to the admini s tr ation, with but little t o accomplish during the brief and restricted relation shi p o f the member with hi s chapter; and in the othe r , much of the uniquenes s of the r ela ti o n s hip o"f the freshman to his college society will be de st r oyed. In ou r opinion , from the viewpoint of the college fraternity man, th e system is opm to th e same objections which we have urged against class soc ieties, namely, that it opens the way for a division of the affectio n s of the young collegian and takes away fr o m him mu ch of the opportunit ies fo r participation and enjoyment in matters which should be sac red to any college alumnus. In o ne or tw o in stan ces it ha s come to our n otice that certain college fraternities have utilized c hapter s of high schoo l societies as pledging organization s. We are n ot di sposed t o countenance this movement, and we believe that it will be detrime ntal in the long run for any Sigm a Chi chapter to adopt thi s plan o f sec uring new members. The situation is o n e which is bound to receive a large amoun t of attention during the next year. and it would be well for all active and alumni mem-

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bers t o pos t them se hoes a s far as possible o n the vari ous pro bl e ms which the question presents."

Mrs E. ]. N Penfi e ld, chairman of the Social Service Committee o f Kappa Kappa Gamma, made the fo llowing report to the recent convention of that fraternity, which is embodied in th e r epo rt of the Third Int e r-S o rority Confe r ence and which we reprint h erewit h.

To the Grand Council and M e mbe r s of the Seventeenth Nati o nal Con · venti on.of Kappa Kappa Gamma:

In prese nting the r eport o f the committee on S oc ial Serv ice, it is but proper th a t some explanation of is or igi n be given La st winter, while talking with the Directors of th e Am e rican In s titute o f Social Service, I made the claim that the Co ll ege Greek Lette r Fra ternity stood side by side with the in s truction and influence of our great pr o fe sso r s in the cial s ervice rend e r e d to the college body and to the s tudent individually, stating that it wa s o ne o f the m os t effective ag ents fo r practical preparati on fo r af t er lif e. This st at e m e nt was ba sed upon th e work d one in our own chapters , whi c h not only mak es for the h ig he s t scholarship but f o r th e most broadening participation in all th e by-products of co llege life. such as C hri st ian A ssocia ti on work, class and college politics , athletic s, editorial work, etc. To make my position clearer and also securt; data f or a Social Service aftern oo n , s ho rtly to be given for our New York Alumni Association, I wrote to s ix r epresentative Coll ege Pre sidents, telling them what se rvi ce we, as a fraternity, soug ht to render; s aid that we were gratifi ed with th e int e rnal r es ult s and asked how fully we succeed ed from th e ir view po int. From o ne President no reply came. Five m ost courteous re spo n ses were r ece iv ed. The answer s w e re howe\' er, as a who le, di sappointing and convinced me o f two things:

t. That w e are n o t d oi ng all that we should

2. That many professor s believe our fraternities to be "good time" organizatio n s and are not aware of the high aims we s eek to f os ter. In some cases thi s may be the direct consequence of our own inefficiency as fr a terniti es, but I am persuaded from further inve s tigatio n, that this is n ot always so, but in many in s tances the fraternities meet with a prejudice which is unwilling t o allow them to r ender their legitimate social servi ce to the college. Our chief concern, however, is with the first dedu ction. that we, as fraternitie s, are not doing all that we s hould.

One Pre s ident asked that I m ee t the Dean o f \V omen and talk the suLject ove r As this Dean wa s soo n to be in the East, an appointment was effected in New York. A s the appointment of thi s Social Service Com. mittee was the direct res ult of th is conversation, it is of intere s t here.

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As a Bryn Mawr woman, she knew litt le of the internal workings of a fraternity and co-education had been new t o her when she assumed her duties as Dean of Women three yea r s before. These facts are mentioned simply to indicate the fair and unpr ejudiced con s ideration of cond itions as found . She criticised the re sults of both the fraternity and co- education Being asked where, in her judgment, th ese tw o in stitutions fail etl, she said that co-education, as she had seen it, did not offe r the oppo rtunity to the girl student for participation in the by-product s of college life, suc h as is found in the exclusively woman 's college . Agreeing with me that the se things are as important to the stude nt as work in the class r oom, she felt this to be a serious loss. She is also greatly disturbed over the social results coming from the present unregulated conditions in the state institution s (It is her opinion that the denominational colleges meet this pro blem more fully.) The majority of th e s tuden ts bring to th e col· lege village standards in all soc ial matters and continue their observance of village customs in a body that should recognize and be regulated by u sages mo r e advanced. Th e re being no r estr ictiv e rules in the state in· stitutions, she ha s found it impossible to bring socia l matters to anyth ing approaching a socia l standard. The fr ate rnity houses make the problem even more difficult of solutio n in some cases. The matrons are not women to command admiration and lea d socially, but, in most in s tances, women whom t he girls engage and dismiss at their own plea su r e. In many ca ses, the chaperone has l ittle more influence and the proper relationship of chaperone to charge is inadequately understood . With rare exceptions, the Denominational Colleges are the only ones where there is cooperati o n between faculty and st udent s in the management of these houses. Th er e is no faculty r egulation. They are independent. The non-fraternity woman finds accommodations which a re even less safeguarded. She said that the Deans of Women mu s t have aid and wanted to know to wh at atent they could look t o the fraternities for it.

The first criticism made by thii dean i s one which should be considered by every college woman (a nd perhaps by the fraternities individually) but has no place for consideration in this report The second, however, represent s a growing sentiment all ove r the co untry and touches a vital problem that demands solution. Rec ognizi ng this fact and also cognizant that these developments have changed the subject of h ighe r co-education fr om the p r ob lem which belongs mainly to the educator to that which st r ongly concerns the sociologist, ou r Grand President felt that we, as a frat ernity, s h o uld in vestigate the conditions, seek to know our respons· ibilily and interest other nati onal frat erni ties. Acting upon this tion , she asked me take charge of the work. Broadly s peaking, the result of my investigation as chairman of thi s committee, is found in the follow· ing circular letter sent t o all National Women 's Greek Letter Societies

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(The detailed report on the situation has been given to the Grand Council in person,and is too lengthy to embody in this report.)

Heretofore representatives from the Women's National Greek Letter Fraternities have met together in friendly conferences to discuss Questions of fraternity regulate, as far as it has been possible, the con· dition, of their legitimate, friendly rivalry. Much &ood has been the re.sult of these meetings

As a fraternity. we now feel that the time has come when we s hould unite along Jines of broader social service. That college Greek Letter Fraternities render valuable social service to Colleges and Universities in which they arc located, is we ll recognized. That this service could be made fuller and more complete both for the student body and tbe insti· tution, by a union of all fraternities t o thi s end, is apparent. The praent great need for s uch union is found in the social conditions existing in our co-educational college s. That these conditions, which are being critici sed by the opponent s and recognized by the friends of co-education, are not the result of the truest, be st development of this system of education, but of spuriou s growth, we most firmly believe, and we furtber believe that they can be adjusted to the satisfaction of every rational mind

We believe the finger of destiny is pointing to the College Greek Letter Frat e rnities, with their o rganized strengtb and natural leadership to do much toward thi s adjustment and prove conditions, which now seem fortunate, to be remediable. If anyone should share in th e vindication of the wi s do m and beauty of co-education as a system, should it not be the fraternity woman? To co-education, she owes the origi n and ishment of her beloved fraternity and all that her fr aternity life has meant to her and to her sisters.

Several lines of definite action, looking toward thi s ultimate end, ha ve been indicated by prominent educators , but, if the present broad policy of non-coercion now held by our best institutions is maintained, faculties . are helpless without the coo peration of the student body. We would not change this plan under which the most self-reliant, useful men and women are devoloped, but we would have the fraternities mould public opinion to higher standa rd s and assist faculties in their work for the ideal resultL To this call of honor and college pride we also desire to ask the men's fraternities to respond and we feel that we should do so with confidence. They. too, should share in this work, for we, like the facultie s, cannot be effective without their support.

Our proposition is that thi s matter be thoroughly discussed at the com-. ing Inter-So rority Conference in Chicago and we ask that when your delegate is sent to this conference, she may bring to us the best. most help... ful thought o f your fTaternity for such a united work. We abo ask that jnvitations to join us in th is discussion be extended to Dr Mary Breed.

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Dean of Women, Indiana University, who is much interested in the workand to all other Deans of Women to whom we may look for wise sugges 4 tions and substantial su pport

We do not forget that condition s vary in OUf different institutions. In some, moderately satisfactory cooperation betwee n faculty and students has been secured and in ot h ers, re strictive legi sla ti on is in force, but in many of the State Universities there are no soc ial regulat ions and the social sta ndard s are more tho se of the village than those approved by the best society in the res pective States.

We do not advocate the enforcement of the socia l customs of one secti on of OUf country upon another, n o r the enactment of any general Jaws, but we ask that there be established in each in s titution where a Women's Greek Letter Fraternity exists, a definite and well recognized cooperation betw een faculty and student-body, the object of which shall be to maintain the highe st po ss ible s tand ard s in all socia l matters; thi s cooperation ta be arranged in accordance with the individual conditions existlng in the vari o us institutions and communi tie s.

In re sponse to thi s ci rcul a r lett e r most appreciative letters have bten re ceived from all the fraterniti es save one. The present situation i s this: We, who have s tudi ed the conditions , recognize that there is Just ground for criticism of our high er co-educati on, especially along soc ial lines, but we do not believe the se conditi o n s, deplored by all mature men and wom en who have thought on the subject and grave as they are in so me in s tances, are essential to the system. \V e do not believe the young women educated in a co-educational institution should be Jess womanly th an th ose who come to the world prepared for their socia l position in a one- sex college. We do believe, h owever, that th e socia l standards now recognized mu s t inevitably produce this re s ult if allowed to continue. W e furth e r feel that the young men and women in these institutions do not real ize that th e ir standards are n o t suc h as would pass muster in our r ecognized social center s and, that these young men and women do not appreciate the fact that they are making the history of co-education and that they, who o we everything to thi s system and who are staunch advocates of it , are bringing di scredit upon it. It is therefore a problem of enlightenment rather than of atmosphere rather than of rules. Ibsen once said, "The capital fault of our education is our having laid stress on what we know rath er than on what we are. " To remedy such a condition is no t an easy task, but it is possible. It is al so difficult to determine the point where the re spon sibi lity of faculty begins and that of the student ends, a s both are more or le ss both governed and governing. It is safe:, however, to say that ideal results will never come where the entire r esponsibility is either assumed or disavowed by one party. We believe: that every student should share in this service and

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we arc unable to understand why governing powers should not be prac. ticatly sensi tive to broaden responsibility than merely their intellectual service to the student, without encountering the end threatened by the lover s of license of effeminization and financial ruin . Our greatest interes t is, however, in what the student and especially the fraternity stu. dent can do. By living up to the ideals es tablished by th ei r orders and by means o f their organized strength, the College Greek Letter Fraternity can, by proper cooperation with faculties a nd with the non-fraternity men and women, not on ly disa rm every criticism now so justly made again st higher co-education, but can render a service to women and to the world of education such 3S it would be impossible t o describe or even conceive. For th is reason, we ask that this Convention indo r se the resoluti o n to be presented to the coming Inter-Sorority Conference in Chicago.

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