The Arrow of Pi Beta Phi - November-1906

Fraternit'}! Director'}!

FOUNDERS OF FRATERNITY

Macgie Campbell Monmouth, III

Libb ie Brooks-Gaddis Avon , m

Ada Bruen-Grier

Belleview, Pa.

Clara Brownlee Hutchinson Monmouth, IlL

Emma Brownlee-Kilgore

Monmouth, III

Fanni e Whitenack Libby Red Wing, Minn

Rosa Moore ..

Jennie Nicol (deceased)

. Care Gene r al Delivery, New York City.

Ina Smith Soule 62 1 S K St ., Tacoma , Wa sh

Jemi e Horne-Turnbull

Fannie Thompson (deceased ).

. 2546 N. 32 St, Philadelphia, PL

Nancy Black - Wallace Glenosoorne, Pa.

GRAND COUNCIL

PusIDE NT-Eli labeth Gambl e. 565 Ca ss Ave., Detro it, Mi ch .

VlCE-PnsID£ NT-Mrs. Ma y Copeland Reynolds, Fostoria, Ohio

SECRETARv-Elda L . Smith , 710 S . 6t h St ., Springfield, lit .

TREA sullER-M'artha N. Kimball , University Park, De nv e r, Colo.

EDITOR-Floren ce Port er Rob in son , 543 Ma r s hall St., Milwauk ee, Wis.

HISTORIAN

Jeann ette Zeppmfe1d , Franklin , Ind

CATALOGUER

Mary Barto l Th eiss, 64 W logth St ., New York City

SECRETARY OF INTER·SORORITY CONFERENCE

Jobelle Holcombe, Chi Om ega, Fayettevll1e, Ark

CORRESPONDING SECRETARIES

ALPHA.. PROVIN CE

PREsIDENT-Anna M o rri s Jackson, 215 E. 15th St., New York City

VERMONT ALPHA-Middlebury College, Mabel E. Stevenson, Middl ebury, Vt.

VERMONT BETA-University of Vermont, Helen L. Allen, 3 Fletche r Place, Burlington, Vt.

eOLUNDIA ALPHA-George \Va shington Unive r sity, Helen M. Evans, 1348 Euclid St., Washingt o n, D. C.

PENNSYLVANIA ALPHA-Swarthmore College. Anna E. Stubbs, Swarthmo r e College, Swarthm o re , Pa.

PENNSYLVANIA BETA-Bucknell University. Edna A. Seaman, L ewi sbu rg, Pa.

PENNSYLVANIA GAMMA-Dickinson College, H elen Ki s ner, Carlisle, Pa

NEW YORK ALPHA-Syracuse University Lois Hawk s, 112 Waverly Ave., Syra c use, N. Y.

NEW YORK BETA-Barna rd College, Maud e 1. Klein, Floral Park, Lon g Island, N. Y.

MAS SAC HU SETTS ALPHA-Boston University. Blan c he Charlton, 12 Somerset St. , Boston, Ma ss.

MARYLAND ALPHA-Woman's ColJege of Baltimore, Louise Van Sant, The \Voman's College, Baltimore, Md.

B E TA PROVI NCB

PRESIDENT-Edith Clark-Burr, 147 Palmer Ave. West, Detroit, Mich .

OHIO ALPHA-Ohio University, Edith Eato n, Athens, Ohio.

OHIO BETA-Ohio State University, Helen Cla rk e, 1293 Neil Ave., Columbus, Ohi o.

ILLINOIS BETA-Lombard College, Mar io n Web s ter, 663 N. Prai r ie St., Galesburg, II I.

ILLINOIS DELTA-Knox College, Lu lu Hineh liff, 715 N. Broad St., Galesburg, Ill .

ILLINOI S EpSILON-Northwestern University, Amy B. Onken, Willard Hall, Evanston, Ill.

ILLIN OIS ZETA-University of 11Iil1 ois, Lois Swigart, 807 S. Thi rd St , Champaign, Illin ois.

INDIANA ALPHA-Franklin College, Julia Lyle Wilson, Franklin, Ind.

INDIANA BETA-Unive r sity of Indiana , Barbara Voyles, Bloomington, Ind.

INDIANA GAMMA-Butler College, Lucile Didlake, Butler College Resi· dence. Indianapo li s, Ind

MICHIGAN AU'HA-Hillsdale College, Celia B. Rine, Hillsdale, Mich .

MI CHIGAN BETA-Unive r sity of Michigan, Annabel Carey, 836 Tappan St., Ann Arbor, Mich

WI SCONS IN ALPHA-University of Wi scon s in, Dorothy Burnham, 216 West Gilman St., Madlso ri, Wi s.

G AJI IIA PROVIN CE

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

IOWA ALPHA-I owa We s leyan University, Je ss ie June, Mt Plea sant, I a.

IOWA BETA-Simpson College, Lois Silcott, Indianola , Ia

IOWA GAMMA-Iowa State College, Florence Pettinger, Station AI Ames, la.

IOWA ZETA-Iowa Stat e Universi ty , Edith V. Ball , [ owa City, Ia.

MINN ESOTA ALPHA-University of Minnesota, Florence Amble, P. O. Box 574, University, Minneapolis, Minn

KAN SAS ALPHA-Kan sas Unive r sity. Amarette Weave r , Lawrence, Ka n

MI SSOURI ALPHA-University of Missouri , Lillian Ca rn es, Pi Beta Phi

H ou se, Columbia, M o.

NEBRASKA BETA-University of Nebraska, P ea rl Fitzgerald, 1724 F. St., Lin col n , Neb.

LoUISIANA ALPHA-Newcomb College, Je ssie Tebo, 1329 Seventh St., New Orleans, La.

TEXA S ALPHA-University of Texa s, Serena Gould, 2607 University Ave , Au s tin, Tex.

DELTA PROVIN C E

PRESIDENT-R obe rta Frye, 1306 :Madi son St., Seattle, Wash.

CoLORADO ALPHA-Univer si ty of Colorado, Isabel McKenzie, Boulder, Colo.

COLOIlADO BETA-Denver University, Edna L Stickney, 225 E. Maple S t.. Den ve r , Colo.

CAUFORNIA ALPHA-Leland Stanford University, Alice H Gabel, Pi

Beta Phi Hou se, Stanfo rd University, Calif.

C.UIJ'ORNIA BETA-University of California. Ida M. McCoy, 2428 College Ave , Berkeley, Calif.

Alumnae Association Directory

VICE PRESIDENT-Mrs May C Reynolds, Fosto ria , Ohio

AL UMNAE EDI TOR- Ethel R ou s Cur-ryeT, 721 E. 15th St., Indianapolis, lnd. ALPHA. PROVl"NCE

SEOETAlty-Edna L . Stone, 1618 R. I. Ave., Washington, D . C. V:o.MONT-Mary E. Colburn, Union Village, Vt

MARYLAND AND SoUTHEA ST-M. Alice Wood. 1st and Chestnut Aves., Baltim o re, Md

PENNSYLVANJA-Gr3ce W ood ard , Bradford, Pa

NEW YORK-Laura E Singl e, 407 Prospect Ave , S y racuse, N. Y MA SSACB US ElTS-Elizabeth Coates, Phoen ix, Ari z. BETA I'ROVINCE

SECRETARy-Katharine Steven son, 2319 College Ave ., Indianapolis, Ind .

OHIO-Mrs R. S Belknap, Pain esvilie, Ohio. ILLINOIs-Mrs Fannie HUTH Glidden, Kewanee, Ill. INDIANA-Fannie Miner, 519 E Walnut St ., Indianapoli s, Ind MICHIGAN- Mr s. Bertha Myers Kempton , Hill sdale, Mich . WISCON SIN-Iva A. \Vel s h , 416 N . Livingst on St., Madi son, Wis.

GA.H.."1:IA PROVINCE

SECRETARY-M..aude Miller, 217 N IJth St. , St. Jose ph , Mo. ]OWAKANsA s- El sie Evan s, 704 S. 4th St ., Leav enw o rth, Kan . NEBRA SKA-Mr s. Fr a n ces Brow n, Jr ., 1638 D. St., Lin co ln , Neb . Lo UISIA NA- Al ice M o nroe , 847 Carond elet Sf , ew Orl ean s, La T£XAs-Kate B S ockwell, 276 Swi ss Ave ., Dalla s, Tex MIS SO URIMINNESOTA-Cora B Marlow, 909 Fourth St., Minneapolis, Minn AllKANsAs-Mrs Hattie Speer Merriman , F o rt Smith, Ark. KENTU CKy-Martha Taliaferro, Roseville, Ill DELTA PROVINCE

SECRETARy-Mr s. Louise F . Marshall, Tucson , Ariz . CALIFORNIA-Hel en M Sutliff, Leland Stanford University, California.

ALUJ(NAE CLUB SEClI.ETARIES

BURLINGTON, VT -Mary Grego ry \Vaddell, 56 E lmwood Ave WASHINGTON, D C -Floren ce Fri sby, 1607 JIst St. PHILADELPHIA, PA -Eth el Griest, 22JI Wallace 5t. NEW YORK CITy-Dora R. Nevins, 324 Jrd St. , Brooklyn SYRA CUS E. N . Y.-Eva Roe, 115 O s trand er Ave . BoSTON , M,A ss - Ruth P D enn is, 19 Kenw ood St ., Broo kline BALTIM ORE, MD.- Blan ch e G Re isinger, 235 E Lafayett e Ave. COLUMBU S O -Mrs. Arthur Johnson, 157 Latta Ave. ATHENS , Bryson CHICAGO, ILL.-Anna M . McMahan, J946 Drexel Blvd. GALESDURG, lLL .-Mildred Brown. INDIANA POLIS, IND -Fannie Miner, 519 E. Walnut St. FRANKLI N, IND -Gladys Miller DETROIT, MI CR -Fra nces A. Fos te r , 124 Ch a rl ott e A ve. HILLSDALE, MI CH.- Ann ie Vernor DES MOINES , IA -Mrs Anna Ro ss Clarke, 1510 Ninth SL BURLINGTON, IA -..Mr s. Edna Uhler Gilman

MT PLEASANT, IA -Mr s. Mattie Stearns Gloeckler

INDIANOLA , lA .-Anna Wright Dowell . AM ES, IA -Lola A. Placeway.

IOWA CITY, IA -Mrs George W. Ball.

KANSAS CITY, Mo -Clarabel Denton, 2726 Wabash Ave ST. LoUIS, Mo -A. Fr ed Becker, s870 Cabanne St. ST JOSEPH, Mo -Mrs Jessie L. Gaynor, The Gaynor Studio. LINC01.N, NUJ.- Ada Waugh , I6.t2 G St .

COUNCIL BLUFFS AND OMAHA-Mrs. J. C Plumb. Council Bluffs, Ia. LAWREN CE, KAN.-Lena Marsh.

NEW ORLEAN S, LA - May O Logan , 1539 Philip St. DENVER, CoLO.-Mary E WaJlihan 206 W Fifth Ave. BoULDD, CoLO.-Mrs. Edith McClure, 2227 8th 51.

,\IINN ESOTA ALP H A--C HART EIt

Connance Uay Irm a Smith J uanita Day J uhnson SchJin Jffi le i\h non Florence Amble

Nellie Heyd A lice ThomplOn M onica Keat ing Carrie Smith H orten se Ll ybollrn Hel en Dicku .on Florence Burgr ss Gene\·ie\e Wa f!On

LOlli'e Leavenworth Esther Chapman M innie Trimble Bessie Tucker Lu ella W oodke Ethelyn Conway Edith Garbett

THE cARROW

VOL. XXIII

NOVEMBER , l906

Til e In stallation at Minn esota Alph a

NO. l

The convention in June acco mpli shed severa l matters of g reat inte r ",t to th e fraternity, but to Minnesota Pi Phis the re sult of the most immedia te im po rtan ce was the re-es tablishment of Minn esot a Alpha. It was th e consllnU1",tion of ou r labo rs deeply des ired, but f or which we had permitted ou r selve6 sca rcely to hope. Th e weeks si nce have witnessed the fannal insta lla t ion of the n ew chapter, and to this extent have the in te rests and sym pa thi es o f all P i Phi ' s been broadened.

The s ixth, se v e nth a nd eighth days o f Septembe r were se t apart for the eve nt s o f installation. Among t he o ut of town guests we r e M iss E li zabeth Gamb le, Grand P r es ident; Misses Florence P ettin ge r and J ennie Bechtl e o f Ames , I owa; Mrs. Virginia Hal- <de man-J ones of I o wa Cit y; Miss M ildred Harriman o f Illin ois; Miss C harl otte Farrington o f Wa.shiIlgton, D . C. ; Miss Emily <Holmes o f Ba ldw in , Wis ; Miss Abbie Langn",id of G ranite Falls, Minn., anj Miss Geo rgie S tirlin g of Red W ,ing, Minn. Drives, lun c heon s and a visit to ·t he University cam pu s occupi ed the time between th e more ,formal affairs.

A r ecepti on f or th e visiting Pi Phis , the special gues t of hono r being M iss El izabeth Gamb le, was given on F ri day a ft e rn oon at the beau t ifu l h ome of Mrs. T h omas Wal ston, a patroness of th e n ew chapte r. Mrs. \ "'als ton was assisted in rece iving by a committee se lected fr om the Pi Phi 's -e lect and the local alumnae as. socla t lo n It was hoped that Mrs. Fannie White nack Libby of Red Wing , Minn o ne of the found e r s of the fraternit y, might be present , but she was unable to come.

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The installation of t h e chapter took place on Saturday afternOOn beginning at two o'clock. M rs . Thomas B. Walker offe r ed her home f o r this pur pose. The original plan had been to u se the main room s of t1!e ar t gallery for the ce r emon y, but it was deemed best not to close the doors to the public for 5 0 long a time , and instead the spac iou s dining room was ut il ized most effectively. The ceremony of initiation and insta ll atio n was conducted by Miss E lizabet h Gamble, in the p rese nce of about thirty resid ent alumna e and th e visiting Pi P hi s, and assisted by severa l of the Minneapolis members. It was universally remarked that the solem nity a nd beauty of the se rvi ce neve r before were so keenly realiz ed. If the occasion was of singu lar inte rest and impress iv eness to the initiates, it was alm05t equally so to us alumnae . It awakened in us memori'cs of long forgotten things; o nc woman said it had been more than twenty-five years since she had witnessed a Pi Phi service of any kind. To eve ryone it meant a deeper under sta nding of the meaning of Pi Beta Phiof the obligati ons as well as the privileges of membership. Twenty charter members were initiated, and in addition :Miss Amy R obbins, a pledge of the f onme r Minnesota Alpha, and now a graduate student. Her initiation at this time gave .special pleasure to both alumnae and the new chapter. The initiation was followed by the usual business meeting.

In the eveni ng a banquet at Donaldson's Tea Rooms concl ud ed tire week. The richly decorated Japanese room was used and more than fifty guests sat down to a table arranged in th e form o f the Greek letter Pi. To ou r regret the untimely season made carnations an impossibility for decorative purposes, but the table was made beautiful with mounds of glowing azalia and trailing ,ferns. Miss Nad in e C rump, in her always happy manner, acted as toast-mstress The program which fo llowed consisted of both formal and impromptu toasts. "The Passing of Beta Tau. " was wittily presented by Miss Luella Woodke, one of the ini tiates Miss Gamble told of the more important and interesting accomplishments of the recent convention, and r emi nd ed u s of some of Pi Beta Phi ' s unique claims as a fraternity. Greetings were

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brought from the various chapters rep resented at the table, and a few of th e many letters and telegrams of congratulations read, one of special interest being from Enuna Harper Turner, who was the Grand President o f the fraternity at the time of he first installatio n of Minnesota Alpha. The program closed with the singing of o ur college so ng , "Mi nnesota , Hail to Thee,"

Another name ha s been added to Pi Beta Phi's already long chapter roll, but who will say that it has not heen stre ngthened materially by the name of the Univers'ty of Minnesota? Minnesota is a r ecognized fraternity s tronghold among -the colleges of the country, all other important national fraternities were represented here, the number of women students approached one thousand, and every yea r of finer qualitY,-it seemed to us that Pi Phi could not ignore the opportu n ity. We at Minnesota are most jealous of the reputation of our fraternity, and truly conservative, I hope, for the best things We believe that ou r chaI>ter roll is not too long where it is a question of establishing a worthy chapter in a worthy institution. \V e think th e two conditions are here met.

To the many friends everywhere who h elped so generously to make this result, we extend o ur thanks, and look with confidence to th e future to endorse their work and ours in this behalf.

CORA E. MARWW.

Tlze UniversifJ! of Minnesota

"M;innesota." That word suggests broad stretches of prairie, r olling field s of golden grain, the ru s hing waters of the Mississippi, sparkling lakes fringed with noble pines, and an atmosphere of clear bracing air, together with a sturdy people, famous for their n e ver- tiring industry.

Minneapolis, the metropolis and the gateway nor,thwest, is noted for its commercial supremacy. tion to that, it is noted for its great University.

o f the great But in addi-

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A little over a quarter of a century ago an act of the legis lature was passed providing for the University of Minnasota. By this act the College of Science, Literature and Arts, College of Agriculture , inc1uding "M ilitary Tactics," College of Mechanic Arts, College of Law, and College of Medicine were provided for. So in the year 1867 the first building, known affectionately as the Old Main, was erecte'!. For seve ral years a small College of Science, Literature and Arts was ca rri ed on in that one building . By 1880 the number of students had grown to such an ex tent that the faculty was incr eased from fifteen t o thirty. It was in 1883 that Cy rus No rthrop of Yale was called to the presidency and for twenty-three years our beloved "Prexy" has wisely guided the fortunes of the Unive r sity of Minnesota, and has seen it -grow ,from its sma ll beginning of eighty-seven stude nts to one of the leading universities of the country. There are now 3,950 students, 35 [ faculty members, and 20 buildings upon a campus o f 45 acres. The buildings are valued at $800,000, the campus at $450,000 and the eq uipment at $300,000.

One of the chief advantages of the U niver sity of Minnesota is its situation. It lies between Minneapoli.s and St. Paul, the state capital. It is r eac h ed by three ca r lines, two of wh:ch are intenlrban ·systems. The can1pus extends along the Mississippi, whose wooded banks have ,furnished many a love r 's lane. Ju st above, the Falls of St. Anthony supply their tremendous water power for th e world famous flour mills. A few miles down the river is Fort Snelling with its memories of Indian massacres and pioneer bravery. Not far away is Minnehaha Falls, the home of Hiawatha and his bride Laughing Water.

The campus , itself, is well wooded with a fine growth of gnarled old oaks. It is from these that Oak Knoll takes its name. Facing the knoll is Pillsbury sta tu e with its popular stone seat. The eastern portion of the campus facing the armory i.s used as the drill ground. Here a statue has been erected to the soldier boys of the university who fought in the Spanish-Ame ri can war.

Besides the buildings on the campus prope r , is a special c1in-

BUILDING

WOMAN ' S

THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA

ical building, which is connected wth the medical department, and is located in the central part of the city. The state experimental farm of th e college of agriculture li es about two miles from the univers ity in th e direction of St. Pa ul, and consiosts of 250 acres. There are some ve ry fin e buildings here and several new ones are in the process o f construction . The total valuation of th e farm is $830,000.

One great source of pride is the number of new buildings which are being erected. The largest of these is the New Main, which ios to take the place of the Old Main, which was destroyed by fire in ' 904. When completed in ' 907 it will be the largest on the campus.

The medical co llege is f o rtunate in having a new building for the rlepartment of pathology It is expected that this building will be ready this .p ring.

The most welcome of them all is the new woman's building, to be known as Alice Shev lin Hall . For seve ral years the girls have been working for a building and last year their hopes were rea l ized' wh en Mr. Thomas Shev lin gave $60,000 for this bui lding This st nlcture is not 011 the dormitory plan but more of a club hou se . On the main floor is the large living room, two stories 'high, with a parlor at either side. On the back part of this floor is th e assembly roonl. On one sid e of thi s is the council r oom of the Woman's League and on th e ot her the office of the Y. W C. A. In the ·basement i. the dining r oom and kitchen . Here also are fi ve hundred locke rs and the toi let rooms . On the second fl oo r is a large reading r 00111, rest room and seve ral committee rooms. This building will indeed be a boon to the girls of th e university. They have had no h eadquarters of th e ir own in the past because the domtitory syste m is not in use at ?vlin nesota . The girls now will ha ve a place to lunch, a place t o r est, a place to study and a place to gathe r for that intimate companionship which is th e delight of th e college girl's h ea rt.

One pertinent question now arises. What so rt o f girls are those at Minnesota?

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The Minnesota girl is essentially an all round girl. She is a good slude nt , fond of athletics, delighting in a good time and loyal to he r Alma Mater. A large number come fr om the two cities, Minneapolis and SI. Paul. Although some of these go east to college, the per cent is, in reality , no larger than in any other state. Besides the city girl, to Minnesota come the best from th e smaller citi es and towns throughout the state. A comparativ e ly large number come from other s tates also, especially Dak o ta, Iowa and Wisconsin. Altogether there are between nin e and ten hundred girls, not counting those at the agricultural co ll ege, and o n the whole th e sta ndard is very high.

Though not pre-eminently a socia l college there are plenty of good l imes to be had at Minnesota. During the fall months, inte r est centers in the f oobta ll team, when all Minneapolis goes football crazy. There are many soc ial o rganizations, beside frat e rniti es and sororities, of which th e chief are the Woman's League and Y . W. C. A . The League is a unique organization. Its object is to bring all o f the girlS of the college together, to promote good fellowship. It was the League that originated the idea of tIre woman's building. It was seen that without some definite object in view the League co uld not thrive. So they set to work to earn the money them se lves. They gave carnivals, concerts, operettas and other entertainments to earn money and this brought about the desired r es ult in establishing a bond of sympathy between all the girls. Many parties are given during the year which are held on Saturday afternoons in the armory. The Y. W. C. A. is doing a splendid work aloog line s which need no explanation. It has succeeded in arousing a vital interest in things religious.

There are numerOUi o ther organizations on a smaller scale, foremost of which are four literary societies. These are of an unusually high standard and it is considered a great honor to be invited to join anyon e of them.

Such is the University of Minnesota. Its graduates have gone forth to every part of the state to dictate it s policy in education, to shape its in politics, to control its commercial indu s-

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trie s, to make its homes and to guid e its reli gious dest in y M inneapol is ha s been ca ll ed the ga tewa y to th e comme r cia l northwe s t The U niver sity of Mi nn esota may well be ca ll ed the gateway out of which pass a th rong o f educated me n and women to shape the social, int ellec tual and moral future o f th e g reat state o f Minnesota!

J OSP.PH [ Nt SCHA[N.

Pqi Bela Kappas

(rJj',; RTRUDE JJF.E JACKSO!\'"-KATHERINE D.!.NCROFT

Two of OUr O hio Beta girls, Katherine Bancroft and Gertru Je Jackson, were especia ll y honored las t year by being chosen to Phi Beta Kappa . This wa s, howe ver, only Gertrude's crowning triumph, since s he ha s made u s p ro ud l so many tim es before. She was awarded tw o f e llow s hips in o ur college, one in English and the other in Romance languages, and took a master's degree in I9Q6. She ha s done a great deal of n ew spape r work, in which connection she interviewed Sarah Bernhardt in French, and was complimented hig hly o n he r perfect possession of th e language and given an autograph picture o f th e actress. She ha s recently had some magazine articles accepted, and alwa ys did exceptional lit e rar y wo rk in college.

Gertrude Jack so n, howeve r , is not kn own as a student only. She was always promin e nt soc iall y, having a bri g ht, vivaciou s manner that won her many admi rer s and loyal fr ie nds in college circles.

Kath e rine Bancroft ha s always carried extremely h ea vy work in the College of Liberal Arts. Her special branche, have been Latin and English, but s he took a broad, general course and th. majority o f her studies have been "merited." This year Kather ine is working for a master's degree in Latin , Greek, and.

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English, and although not in th e active c h a pte r , doe s much · to aid u s . She is a girl of superlativ ely s trong character and won,. derful sympathy. Sh e has the unu sual qual ity, too, o f dividing her heart and her int e res t w1th the "ba rb " girls, a s well as with the chapter.

These girls are two of our stronge st me mbe r s and are good ty pes of th e all-round coll ege girl who is neither a dig nor a butte rfly , but gleans the best fr o m both study and society. Howeve r, th e girls are not alike-indeed, no two of us are alike-and without pointing Ollt any further individuality it may be said that they both j oined Pi B eta Phi as ' r es hme n and drew fr om the heart of thei r frate rnity a great deal of the steadfa st s pirit and ea rn est pe rseve rance that have won fo r th em ho nors and d istincti on.

AILEEN WEAVER

Aileen March Weav e r, a membe r o f Kansas Alpha o f Pi Beta Phi, was born at Lawre nce, Kansas, October fir st, 1884. She w as graduated from th e Lawr e n ce high sc h ool in May, 1901, and wa s o n e of th e hon o r stud ent s of the sch ool. At the close of her ,fOUT yea rs J course at th e U nv e rs ity o f Kansas she was el ected to Phi Beta Kappa.

ELSIE W ADELL

The onl y frat ernit y girl w ho won Phi Beta Kappa thi s last June was one of OUr girls. So we Pi Phis that we may justly be proud.

Elsie Wadell was graduated from the Man u a l T rain ing High Schoo l of Kansas City, Misso uri , in 1903 . S he was known as one of the brightest members of the class and was given a place on the commencemen t program. The following year sh e e ntered the state uni ve rsity a nd was awarded one o f the c urator's schola rships. Th ese sc hola rships a re give n eac h yea r to e ver y student f rom an acc redi ted hi gh school, who h as give n first rank in his c1ass.

Elsie finished the four year un iversity cou rse in three

M argartl l'Oc:bruka Beta

Ail een W ea\'c r Kan lU Alpha

Sa d ie l u w L.et

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E h it Wa ddl

M issouri A lp ha

Georgia Cran £I<,u l'e nns)lvania Gamma

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Colorado A lph a

Ali,c: D un can Vel mont Alpha

Katherine Ban c r u fT Ullio Beta

Gtrtru dc L. Uhio Beta

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years and made Phi Beta Kappa besides Her rank wa s seco nd in a class o f eighty.

From all this one might ju dge s h e was merely a student, but thi s was not true, as she was one of the most popu lar girls in th e chapter . In fact , th e re was no gi rl who went to more parties or had more soc ial atte ntion . Yet all through sh e received the high es t grades .

This yea r s he 15 teach in g 10 a semi nary in Dall as, Texas She intends returning to th e unive r sity for the Summer Session next yea r.

We g irl s o f Missouri Alpha feel proud of Elsie, who ce rta inl y did much for h e r frat e rnit y in every way. We a r e sure a ll Pi Phis will wish her as much success in her new fi e ld o f work as s he achiev ed as a studclll.

SADlE JACOBS

Sadie J acobs was born September twentieth. 1883 , in Burli n gton, Iowa, a nd attended th e Burlington public schoo ls, graduatin g fro m th e Hi g h School in 1900. After traveling a year s he ente r ed Iowa Stat e University.

From th e fir s t h e r remarkab le ability as a stude nt together with he r well poised womanliness att racted ma rked attention. Initiated int o Pi Beta P hi in 1903 s he has proved herself a reliabl e, enthusiastic member , always livin g up to and uph o ldin g true Pi Phi s tandard s. That h e r work was not merely of the text book so rt is e viden ced by the many activities in which s he was engaged. She was at various t im es pre s id e nt o f Erodelphia and Polygon lite ra ry soc ie tie s, and o f the D r amatic club of which s he was s tar during her fou r yea rs' course, and member of the Reader ' s Club and Writ e r 's Club , th e most se lect English circle in th e unive rs it y . As winn e r of th e Lowden Lati n prize, and lite rary editor o f the 1906 " Hawk eye," she only added to her se ri es o f successes .

It wa s with no surpri se that he r clas smates learn ed o f h e r election to Pi Beta Kappa. With t h e hi g h es t record held by any student for many yea r s, at the cl ose of th e year sh e was honored

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with the offe r o f two scholarships-English and Public Speaking, the latter o f which she accepted This year she is doing advanced work in the two departments toward her master's degree.

GERTRUDE TEAGUE

Last year we had one senior elected t o Pi Beta Kappa. Gertrude Teague came to th e univ e rs; ty from the East Denver high school. She had rec e ived a scholarship fr om there to Chicago university but did no t accept it, coming instead to our state university . Her work he re was always far above the average and everyone felt she certainly deserved the hon o r shown her . Not only in he r class work was she prominent, but in everything she unde rt ook. She managed the Pi Phi lodge last year very successfully and was always beloved by all the girls . The chapter misses her very much this yea r and wishes her a very successful and prospe rous year in her work at Fruita, Colorado.

A LICE DUNCAN

Alice L. Duncan wa s born in 1884 among the hills of southe rn New Hampshire, in the town of Han cock, where her home has always been. S he lived the usual life of a country attending school during the year, but living a free out of door life.

The schools in Hancock were not very good, and she was obliged to study by herself and finally to go away to complete her preparatory education . Two year5 spent at Cushing academy were pleasant as well as profitable, and in 1902 she graduated with salutatorian h on or s.

When college ope ned the n ext fall , she ente red the fre s hman class. She was initiated into Pi Beta Phi on Octobe r tw e nty-fou rth of that year, and has always been th o roughly interested in the work and lif e of the fraternity. In 1904 she was sent as delegate to th e St. Louis conve ntion. On her return to college in the fall she was made president of the chapter and most faithfully did she perform th e work of that office.

Miss Duncan was also during her college course, a quiet yet very active worker in the Y W. C. A. The summer before her

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sophomore year .he was sent as a delegate to Silve r Bay. She graduated from college in June, 1gOO, with the rank of Phi Beta Kappa, and is now teaching English, Latin and biology in the high school in Warrensburg, N . Y.

GEORGIA CRANSTON

Georgia Cranston entered the freshman class of Dickinson college in September, 19o!. After her sophomore yea r she accepted a position to teach.

She returned and entered as a junior in ]904 and was initiated into Pi Beta Phi November eleventh of the same yea r . She held may importqnt positions in her class, her literary society and her fraternity. She was sec r eta ry of the class, p resident of the literary society, and president of the chapter.

She graduated in the class of 1906 with the degree A. B. and became a member of Phi Beta Kappa.

MARGARET M'LUCAS

Margaret McLucas was born in Ce ntral Indiana but we claim her for a Nebraska girl as she has lived most of he r lif e in Fairbury, Nebraska.

Her sc hoo l days in Fairbury were the customary routine o f study and play but Margaret varied the u sua l sequence by adding social prestige to her unusually bright record in scholarship. In her high school days her diligent study was rewarded by winning the graduation honors.

Margaret's friends are proud to name her chief characteristics of loyalty, graciousness and thoughtfulness: trait s which made her a strong fa ctor in her fraternity anrl college.

During her college life she received many honors suc h as membership in the German Club and Presidency of the Latin club She also took an active inte res t in the Christian Association.

This year she has taken up her profession of teaching in which her success is assured, as her work heretofo re has proved beyond a doubt, culminating as it did in her election to membership in Phi Beta Kappa.

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Mal')! Wadsworll[ (Pi Beta Phi Scholar)

Mary Mathilda Wajsworth wa s born in Oregon, Illinois , February seven t een th, 1887. Her parents moved to Council Bluffs , Iowa , in her early child hood and there Mary her sc hool days. In the sp rin g of 1905, she was graduated from high sc hool with class hono r s, :J. favorite of both teachers and pupils.

In the fall of 1905 , s h e entered the University of Neb raska and was also registered in the U niv ersity School of Music. In the later work she was especially talented but htr love of music never led her to neglect her books .

She was initiated into Neb ra ska Beta on Octobe r fourteenth, 1905, and became a most enthusiastic fraternity girl. This fall she was continuing h er study or music when she received the scholarship to Barnard Coll ege, New York, where she is now affiliated with New York Beta.

A 'rOAST

Ollr hairy ancestors of old, jn their primeval day , (If we ca" credit all the things tiutt evol'<lirmists say)

Matched strollgth and skill alld c,,,,ning with tire strength of h"ngry beasts

And fo"ght and killed oJld the carcass for their feasts. I" tlrat rude age, tlleY say , lIIan lived ill eve ry land

Only by IUs fleet foat a1ld of arm a,rd Irand .

B"t by and by, with evoluted tlr'",gllt cam. defter skill, And "wn "wde c/"bs, alld kllives of srone to nxxmd a,ld kill; And evoluted up nwllions ""ore of yeaTS, The age of iron dOlZvn ed , and man made r",,'Ords aud spears.

Tlze Arrow of Pi Plzi

1\IAR\, W A. DswORTH

K e bril.!: k ll BCI;i

A TOAST

ThCII come the hurling slin g, Ihe darl and keen javel,n , Thou g l. I'm not sure of dates, where each of these ca.ne '''. It does o't mailer much; il is e""ug h 10 know ThaJ man beca"", a h er o w hen he had ,node Ihe bO"W. He made llie bow and arr ow, and Ihese '" fur" gave birlh To ",an's pro1t d lordshi!, over Ihe beasts Gild birds () f earth.

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Gre at is t hy mig hl , q"ick is Ih y flighl, An d keen Ih y piercing Sling; Wh", was young Ih y praise was sung ,Th o" sharp and slender Ih ing!

Though bails of lead by powder sped Sh ri ek IIlYo,,!!" the air and kill

They hav e ,10 t'/l- song o r art , B"t Ihere Ihy place is slill

L ong ' passed aUNly is IhaJ grim day Wh"" thy barb ed poillt was red Wil" surging flood of 1"""0" blood, WiJic" le fl Ihy vic l im d ead.

Y d sl ill Ihy flighl is in Ilry mig HI, And still th y pie rcin g fling; B,il now yo •• go from C••pid' s bO"W, Tho" cruel, splendid Ihing!

Ho w skilled Ih ou arl fa slrike Ihe hearl , And make 'I bleed -wilh j oy !

Thy victim blessed, wi lh pa nt ill g breasl, Adores winged boy!

Th ... drink a roasl fo il loved mosl Bacame I've l old yo•• why; A .. d give a cheer Ihe emblem dear, The Arrow of Pi Phi!

O&Ow- !

WALTER P . MILLER, " (A Pi Ph, Falher.)

Report of Fifth lnler-Scrori/f Conference

The Fifth Inter-Sorority Conference was called by Mrs. Robert Leib, Alpha Xi Delta, at the Victoria Hotel, Chicago, Friday afternoon, September 14, 1<)06. Miss JObelle Holcombe, Chi Omega, acted as secr eta ry of the Confe renc e. A comm ittee on credentials was appointed and the following delegates weTe enrolled:

KApPA ALPHA THETA.-Mrs. Laura H. Norton, 2541 N. Paulina St, Chicago.

PI BETA PHI.-Miss Elizabeth Gamble, 565 Cass Ave., Detroit.

KApPA KApPA GAMMA.-Miss George Challoner, 456 New York Ave., Oshkosh, Wis.

DELTA GAMMA.-Miss Margaret Sheppard, 225 G ree nwood B']'v'.:l, Evanston, III.

ALPHA Pnr.-Mlrs. J. H. McElroy, 153 E. 54 St., Chicago.

GAMMA PHI BETA.-Miss Lillian W. Thompson, 326 W. 61st Place, Chicago.

ALPHA CHI OMEGA -Mrs. R ichard Tennant, 824 S 5th St., Terre Haute , Ind.

CHI OMEG.,.-Miss Jobelle Holcombe, Carnall Hall, Fayetteville, Ark.

DELTA DELTA DELTA.-Mrs. Amy Olgen Parmlee, 918 Ave., Chicago.

SIGMA KAPPA.-Mrs. G. A. Marsh, 1219 Washington St.. Hoboken , N. J.

ALPHA OMI CRON Pl.-Mrs. Clifford Bigelow, 396 S. 41 Ave., Chicago.

ALPSI XI Robt. Leib, 1271 Washington St., Springlied, III.

The secretary read the report of the Fourth Inter-Sorority Con fer ence. Mr s. Leib then read a report of her work as sec-

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retary of the Fourth Inter-Sorority Co nference. This report was a re s u me o f the work accomplish<d during the year, and i s in part as follows:

After the close of th e Fourth Conference th e secretar y had printed 500 copies o f th e r ecor d o f Con fer e nc e proceedings and sent copies to the Grand Secretaries for distributioo to chapters and officers , to confe rence de legates, and to the fiv e so ro rities that had petitioned th e Confe rence for membership. Five hundr ed copies we re t oo fe w this year on account o f th e increased interest in the Con fere nce. Gamma Phi Beta dec id ed at he r November, 1905, conv e nt ion to co-operate with the Conference in all poin t s . TIl e Confere nce Secretary took a vote of Gra nd Presidents at th e close of th e Conference t o pe rmit th e Michigan sororities to pledgt: non-ma tr icula tes. The Grand Presidents voted to ratify the r ecomme ndations of t he Fourth Conference, and Mic higar. was granted the jispe nsat ion fo r one year. During the yea r , th e Secretary , at the suggestion of Miss Wheele r , Kappa Kappa Gamma, inv est iga t ed the bes t points o f the cons titutio n o f W omen's Social Service Leagu es then in operation, w ith th e resu lt that a model or sa mple cons titution was fo rmed. Thi s ha s been given wide c ir culation, hav in g bee n sent to the deans o f s t ate in s t itution s and to many int e r es t ed persons. In December, a confe rence of dea ns of women of s tate in stitutions was Tteld in Chicago and the sec reta r y of t he Conf e ren ce was asked to arra nge a sess ion with rep resen tatives of the Con fe rence. Consequently th e Chicago delega tes to the F ourth Inter-Soro rity Confe rence were presen t and a pleasant and helpful meeting was the result. Letters from deans o f fifteen institutions have since been received by th e Sec reta ry . The Wisconsin Pan-Helle ni c sent a peti ti on for investigaton of loca l conditio ns t o the Grand Presidents of so rorities and to the co nference de lega t es. It was d ecided to se nd an investiga tin g committee before th e close of th e sc hool year Most o f the so ro riti es h av ing Wi scon sin chapte r s sent a delegate. The commi ttee secured valuable information conce rnin g the s ituation. AU Grand P r es id<nts except two have unc o nditionally app r oved

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th e con stitution for the Inter-Sorority Conference which was proposed by th e Fourth Conference. T h e expense of the Conferen ce f o r eac h so rority this year is two dollars ($2.00). The Pan-Hellenics have done a good work through the yea r with but few difficulties arising to detract from the whole. The Secretary recommends that the Con ference fo rmulate a working constitution fo r Pan Hellenics for their assistance .

Reports were then read by the delegates from the several 30rorities with the excep ti on of Kappa Kappa Gamma, Alpha Phi, Alpha Chi Omega. These thre e repo rts we r e deferred until September IS. The reports included the so rorit y's progress in Pan-H e ll e ni c and Social Service work, convention action bearing upon the Inter-Soror ity Conference, conflicts and uifficulties arising from th e inter-sorority compact, attitUde of th e soro rity toward granting exceptions to inter-sorority law s, recommendations to th e Inter-Sorority Confe rence.

Informatio n was asked by Mrs. Tennant on Pan-Hellenic and Social Service work. Mrs. Tennant was appointed a committee of one to correspond with the vi si ting delegates, o r with such persons as perform th e duty o f visit in g de legates of the seve ral sororities, with a view to interesting them in the Social Service work, and to obtaining a report on the work done by eac h chapter along this line.

Th e question as to whether a unanimous or a majority vote should prevail in Pan-Hellenic transactions was brought up The question as to whether eligibilitY' to chai rman snip in PanHellen ics dates from establi shment o f a chapt e r as a local or as a national was also brought up.

After some discussion a motion was made and car ried that a commi ttee, with Mrs Leib as chairman, be appointed t o J raw up a model constitution to be submitt ed to Pan-Hellenics as a guide in fram ing a constitution . This committ ee was composed of Mrs. Leib, Mrs. Norton and Miss Gamble.

A motion was made and carried that th e ed itors of th e s everal sororities be requested to in se rt in the directory page o f the

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journal the name and address of the Secretary of the Inter-Sorority Conference.

A motion was made and carried that each sorority send $5.00 to the Secretary as soon as possible to defray the expenses fcYr the coming year. Each delegate was instructed to infonn lier Grand President of such action.

The Conferenc e adjourned unt il Saturday, September IS.

At the second session the reports deferred from the preceding session were r ead. The repcYrts of the standing committees were then taken up. Mrs. Parmelee gave the report of tlie representative committee sent to Madison, Wisconsin. This committee met tlie local Pan-Hellenic and !ieard tfie claims of the scYronlie s for spec;,l di spen sation. request from the PanHellenic was read. The sororities asked for ruspensation for two years and promised to pledge only seniors in high scIiools, and to abolish floating pledges if the pledge -does not enler the university one year from Seplember following the pledging. It was moved and carried that the Conference recommend to the Grand Presidents that the request be granted on the conditions mentioned above .

The petition from Michigan was then read. It was moved and carried that the Conference recommend to the Grand Presidents that -dispensat ion be granted to Michigan for one year, provided only seniors in the high schools be pledged and the pledge be withdrawn if the young 'lady does not enter the university one year from September follow ing the pledging.

A motion was made and carried that one sorority at Wisconsin and at Michigan Un iversity be interested in the conditions existing in those two universities and asked to study tliose conditions with a view to improvement. Mrs. McElroy was appointed a committee of one to interest Alpha Phi at Michigan, Miss Challoner to interest Kappa Kappa Gamma at Wisconsin.

The delegates took luncheon together, and the afternoon session convened fcYr the continuation of reports of standing committees. Miss Thompson, as chairman of the committee appointed to confer with the deans of women on matters of so=-

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ity int e re s t, gave her re po rt which is printed in s eparate covers for distribution. It was s ugges ted tha t th e Grand Pre s ide nt. be asked t o send t o the Secretary o f the Int e r-Sorority Conference the addresses o f possi ble r eprese ntativ es in th e Dean 's Conference since it wa s sug g es te d th a t each sor o r ity be r epresented in the D ean 's Conferen ce

It was movea and carrie d t hat th e Con fer ence pre se nt t o th e several so ro rities the foll o wing mot ion fo r th e ir consid e rat ion: Resolved, that so r o rit ies in hi g h sch ools and o th er secondary school s sho uld be di scou ntenan ce d, an d that aft er fo ur year s from date of not ificati on by Gran d P r es ide nt s, ea ch soro rit y in the Inte r-Soro rit y Con fer ence r efuse t o ad mit an y yo un g w Oman wh o has been a mem be r o f a soro rity in a h igh sc h<x>1 o r a secondary sch ool.

The committee o n th e mode l cons titution fo r P an - Helleni c s submitted a co ns tituti o n which , with 31i g ht variati o ns , wa s accepted. The constitut ion is printed se parat ely for di stribution . The con s titution o f the Inte r- So ro rit y Co nfer en ce wa s th e n taken up . Since a unanimo us vote co uld 11 0 t be o n the oon stitution a s prese nt ed by the Fo urth Inte r-S o ro rit y Conferenc e, some amendments were ma de in hopes th at a w ork ing oonstitut ion may be adop ted. Th e const itu t io n is a ga in p r csented t o the Gran d Pres ident s fo r th eir con side ra t ion . Th e const itutio n is as f o ll o ws:

CONST I TUTION .

A rti cle f .-Nam e.

The nam e o f thi s o rganizat ion sha ll be th e Int er- Sororit y Conferen ce .

A r/ icle Il. -Objec t.

Tlfe obj ec t o f th e Int e r-Sor o r ity Confe r ence s ha ll be t o improv e the meth ods o f ru sh ing and p ledgi ng and to con sider quetion s o f gen eral inte r es t t o th e S o r o rit y wo rl d.

A r/ ide [f f . - Org all/·oa t io".

Th e Confer enc e sha ll be compos ed o f o ne de lega t e from eac h national S oror ity r ep rese nted

Article IV.-Eligibility to M emberskip.

No Sorority shall be represented in the Conference which has less than five chapters or which has any chapter in an inst itution below collegiate rank.

Article V.-M.eetings.

The conference shall assemble annually, time an:! pl""e of the following mee ting to be arranged each year.

Article V [.-Calling of M.eetings.

Sectioo I. The meet ings of the Cooferenee shall be called by the Sororitie s in r otation.

Sec. 2. The official li st shall be:

I. Pi Beta Phi.

2. Kappa Alpha Theta.

3· Kappa Kappa Gamma .

4· Delta Gamma.

5. Alpha Phi.

6. Gamma Ph i Beta.

7· Alpha Chi Omega.

S. Delta Delta D elta.

9. Alpha Xi Delta.

10. Chi Omega.

II. Sigma Kappa

12. Alpha Omicron Pi.

Sec 3. Additioos to official li st shall be made in order of elect ioo t o member s h ip .

Sec 4 The delega te from th e Sorority calling the Con ference shall act a s chairman, and the delegate from the Sorority next in order shall act as secretary of the Conference, and shall continue in office until she call the next Conference .

Article VII.-Powers.

The powers of this organizat ion shall be two-fold : first to propose legislation to the Sororities; scecmd, to act as a standing court of appeal to settle difficulties reported to it by the Soror Ities or by Pan-Hellenic Associatioos.

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Article V II I.-Dut ies of Officers.

Section I Chairman: The chairman shall preside at the meetings.

Sec 2. Secretary: The duties of the secretary shall be as follows:

She shall keep the minutes.

She shall send reports of the Conference, within two weeks after adjournment, to the members of the Conference and to all Grand S ecretar ies of the Sororities r epese nted in the Conference for distribution to chapters and o ffi ce rs of their Sororities.

She shall issue questions proposed by th e Conference to the Grand Secretaries for presentation to their Sororities and shall, upon receipt of the result, se nd notice of same to all Grand Secretaries.

She shall report all measures of Inter-So rority interest passed by any Grand Councilor by any convention at once to the Conference .

She shall send to eac h Grand Secretary voting blanks for all motions subnUtted to th e Sororities by the Conference.

She shall prepare th e program of the next Conference meeting and the instruction s to del ega tes , and shall issue the call for the next meeting.

She shall have power on application from any Pan, Hellemc /\ssociation to appoint a member of the Conference whose rority interests are not involved in the question at issue, to investigate and arbitrate any difficulty arising in the Pan-Hellenic. Expenses of the one sen t are to be pai·d by the local Pan-Hellenic.

Article I X.-Legislation..

Legislation enacted by a Sorority at the suggestion of the Conference can be r epea led or modified only by formal action of the Sororities , who must follow the regular order of procedure . Legislation cannot be changed by anyone Sorority or by the Inter-Sorority Conference.

Articl. X.-Am.ndm,"ts.

This constitution ma y be amended by a unanimous vote of all the Sororities r epresented in the Inter-Sorority Conference.

It was suggested that the following motions, that have already been acted upon , be empha sized in the report of the Fifth Inter-S orority Conference.

I. A pledge day shall be adopted by the national sororities in each college wh ere tw o o r more of them ex ist.

2 The pledge day in each coll ege shall be fixed by the PanHellenic association existing there.

3. No student shall be asked t o j oin a sorority before she has matriculated.

4. Matriculation shall "" oefined as the day of enrollment as a student in the university or college.

The Conference wish es to emphasize also th e r endations of the F o urth Inter-S oro rity Conference :

I. That the Secretary o f th e Conference be sent copies of all the sorority journals.

2. That all sorority journal editors be requested to send exchanges to officers of all other sororities and to all chapters in coll eges where the respective sororitie s are represented.

3 . That each Grand Secretary send to the Inter-Sorority Conference Secretary rev ised lists of chapter rolls and officers t o facilitate her work.

The Secretary was asked to investigate the laws of the states concerning the making and wearing of badges by unauthorized person s. Some complaint was made that unauthorized j ewelers are putting on sale ch eap, unofficial pins that may be purchased by any person. The Conference was asked to do what it could in the matter.

The Conferen ce adjourned till September , 1907.

JOBELLE HOLCOMBE,

Secretary Fifth Inter-Sorority Confer ence. /

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Silver Bap Conference

The fourteenth eastern Student Conference of the Young Women's Christian Association was held at Silver Bay, Lake George, from June twenty-second to July second. The attendance was larger than ever this year, nearly eight hundred being present, representing over four hundred different colleges and preparatory schools.

Silver Bay is an ideal place for a gathering of this kind Situated right on Lake George, about twenty miles down the lake, and in the foothills of the Adirondacks, it offers unlimited opportunities fo r tramping, driving and launch trips to Paradise Bay or Fort Ticonderoga.

The Silver Bay Corporation has bought the grounds and each year one finds new buildings and genera l improvements. Beside the main hotel, which accommodates nearly four hundred, there are cottages which will hold about three hundred more, all most artistic, in among the trees, On the hillside overlooking t he lake. There are also a nllmber of tents for those who like camping.

A number of the girls had to stay this year at Uncas, a small hotel about a mile distant. A launch was at their service to bring them up to the meeting.

The afternoons at Silver Bay are free for recreation , and all take advantage of the swimming, boating and basketball. College Day was a great success, as usual. Each delegati on entertained the rest with a ISOng, and the costumes were more attractive than ever.

The mornings are full with mission and Bible study, student and alumnae coo ferences anj platform meetings. There is also another platform meeting in the evening with sometimes a vesper service , besides.

There was one short meeting, held in flTh e Tent , " which waD the occasion of this article. About fifty fraternity girls gathered with Miss Paxson to consider what they, because of their greater

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privil eg es, should and could do, fo r th ei r individual colleges and thei r own chapters. Mi ss Paxson said that probably th e ";m and creed o f each fraternity expressed much the same sen timent, and t hat if every girl who entered a chapter of these fraternitie s really lived th e vows she had taken the chapter life and the college life would be very different.

It was suggested that th e girls th ere prese nt should see that some mention of th e Confe re nce wa s present in the next iss ue o f t!h eir magazin e, and that they s ho uld do all in their power to bring before th e o ther members of th eir chapte r fraternities, the subject of Christian activity. T oo often th e fraternities in a college lead in .socia l affairs but leav e all Y. W. C A. work to Hbarbs" who "have mo re time ." This s tate of affairs wou ld not be vf' ry consistent :-in a .P i Beta Phi, anyway!

And so here is the article in the name of the eleven Pi Phis who attend ed th e Co nfe r ence: Grace Spettigue , Louise Van Sant and Isabel Drury, Ba ltim o re ; Lilian Ne ff and Ca rl e ne Barrett, Syracus e; Myrtle Mosier an d Marguerite Harwood , Middlebury; Mary Fl et che r , Vermont; LeI Wagge ne r, T ex a s; Amalie Althaus and Sophie Woodman , Barnard

SOPH I E PARSONS \ ¥OOOMAN, Ne v:' Y ork B eta.

What a Girl Thinks

Each di ffe rent chapter, I s uppose, has its own methods of ru shing. But it all amount s t o about the same thing : the monopolizing of a new girl's tim e· It is picnics, A New cookie-shines, recept ion s, spreads, fudg e parties, RU 8hing Slunl and the like until th e "vi ctim" ha s little o r no peace. I have ofte n wond e red if we do not ov e rd o it sometim es . I am t empted to think that aloofness in itse lf would be a good rushing stu nt. Be with her ofte n, be witll he r when you think she mi g ht need yo u an d when YOll sta rt to show her a good

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time make it the best time she ever had in her life, but give the girl a few hours once in a while that she may call her own.

I have one case in mind where a very excellent girl rushed the "other sorori ty" to get relief from girls who were at her elbow every minute, "making date s" for the next minute, so tf> speak. We h appened to be that other sorority and won the girl, and w e had wanted her very badly from the first, but could not get a chance in 'edge-wise e ven to get acquainted with her. I would sugge st that we be more exclusive even in our .rushing _ Jowa Alpha.

Had Hamlet been a Pi Phi in thi s day and age of fraternities, that famous saying of his would probably have read: " To exFrolu.n;ll' Expansion pand or not ex pand : that is the question." Tothose who are truly interested in the prosperity and advanceme nt o f any frat e rnity , expansion is a se rious question; but it seems of even more vital interest t<> us as members of Pi Beta Phi. We have already a long chapter roll, and the problems of government became more complex with the granting of each new charter, Ou r Grand Council seems even now to have more arduous duties than we feel just ified in imposing upon them, th ough th ey accept them all most cheerfully and discharge them most successfully. We all .feeI, I am su re, that Pi Phi, a s a fraternit y, ha s reached the place where we do not need mOTe chapters, me rely as chapters . But, can we afford to let the girls who would be strong Pi Phis, join the rank s of a rival fraternity? Every st ro ng girl, or group of girl s, lost to another frat e rn ity not only weakens us , but stengthens that other. Another point: in fraternity life , as well as any othe r , there is no possibility of standing still; we must eithe r advance or fall back. Many chapters, especially those in the east, can see no reasons for granting more charters. There are no reasons , in the main, for granting charters in th e eas t, for that field is now pretty well occupied. In the south and far west, however, conditions are exactly the re verse. Universities and colleges have sprung up almost in a night, yet they are

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6trong and flourishing , and are going to be importan t factors in the fraternity world. According to the ruling of the last convention, charters may be granted only in colleges of a certain high standard; but there are still many colleges, of this standa rd , in which the field is practically clear . Ought we not to establish -chapters, strong ones only, of course, in these institutions when this is possible? Precedence, priority of establishment , count for much in chapter life. We must enter these rapidly growing schools sometime Why not be the first?

Illinois Epsilon.

Fraternity ambition like other desirable qualities is excellent when possessed in moderati on but "tOo much of a good thing is

Frale.urily Ambilicn

good for nothing.'! By fraternity ambition, I do not mean that ambition for one's fraternity should be condemned, ,fo r it is striving' for s uecess, and pride in ou r attainment as a fraternity, which bind us to one another. I mean ambition in the fraternity. Perhaps that needs an explanation. Of course it is each girl's duty to fit Iierse lf as full y as possible for any eme rgency o r for any office she may be elected to ho ld, but there is danger of putting one's self too much in the foreground . Ve r y often there are girls in a chapter who are capable and willing but retiring. If more energy were spent in bringing these girls out and showing them how to work, our chapter and even o ur fraternity would be strengthened . Then too there are sometimes girls who are so accustomed to having all the work done for them that when they have to do it themselves they are incapable. It is natural for some girls to take the lead, those who have innate ability and personal magnetism , but they ought to help the . others instead of ign oring their suggest io ns It is very hard for those who hold prominent positions in tbe chapter not to show partiality or be influenced by personal prejudices, but it sho uld be their aim to be absolutely impartial. It must be remembered that eacH girl is equal with every other in all fraternit y matters and

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if she helps that one girl to direct the chapter, it is with the faith that she will not betray the confidence placed in her.

Columbia Alpm..

There is no eXlstmg condition of things that m eets with the approval of all people, and so naturally there are some who d o TM C h apl.. not think the chapter house a good institution. Hopu; II. 'Pr ac O n the othe r hand there are those who think lical Ben·fil. h l 'f ' h h h be h' f t at 1 e In a c apter ouse IS test t mg or a girl and the st rongest advocates of this opinion will be those who have tried it and are better infomled on the subjec t than anyone eLse.

What then are the practical benefits of life in a chapter house ? I take it that the g r eates t and most lasting is th e benefit to a girl's disposition.

Naturally, in a place where th e re are fifte en o r more girls of di ff e rent dispositions and training, a gi rl must call forth all her best qualities to enable things to run s moothly.

The se lfish girl will find littl e chance for selfis hne ss and will very soon become unpopular if s he persists in indulging her pet fault . Ve ry ea rl y she finds that she mtLSt break herseI.! of any little selfish habits she may have acquired as the " only child" of doting parents or the favorite o f a large family. The thoughtless girl is frequently brought to task and learns that in associating with ot h er gir ls she must take thought and minister to the pleasure and comforts of others.

Closely allied th oughtfulness is tact . No really thoughtful girl can ever lack tact, a quality which perhaps is the most essential in making life pleasant . The tactful girl avoids unpleasant subjects and is careful never t o be rud e. One is bound to acquire a certain amount of tact from one's association with other

The supersensitive girl will soon find that h er fee lin gs will have to be le ss tende r , or that she will be continua ll y unhappy. The moody girl will find no time for the "blues" where there

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is continual companionship with other girls. The girl who is possessed of too much independence will see that however pleasant it is to be sufficient to herself one has to be in a certain measure dependent on other people.

So every sort of girl is undoubtedly benefited fr om her life in a chapter hOUoSe. Of course, no girl will leave college the "pink o f perfection <'-s till she certainly will have acquired from her several years of contact with other girls a certain broadening of view and a forbearance with other people's faults. Undoubtedly , the presence of a common sympathy, interest, and purpose among girls will do much to promote the growth of their better qualities. Missoflri Alpha.

This fall the girls are planning to have frequent sewing bees in preparation for Christmas. It is always hard for girLs in col-

NDn SociQbilily lege to find time to make little gifts, so we have planned to get together about once in two weeks, or ofte ner if possible, at the home of one of our alumnae and after an afternoon of hard work, have a good Pi Phi cookie-shine.

In thi s way the girts can become more intimate , as they are scattered all ove r the city and as it is on ly come together for Pi Phi meeting•.

The chapter believes that this suggestion is a good one, and so wishes to pass it on to any who may care to try it.

Colorado Bela.

In our ardent loyalty to those three Greek letters which fill so large a part of Our college horizon , we are apt to think that

.A. Common FQull there can be no Raws in "our" fraternity. But perhaps we are more trul y loyal to the ideals of Pi Beta Phi when we acknowledge our faults and try to ove rcome them. Every tho ughtful fraternity woman must recognize a degree of truth in the objec-

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tion so often urged against frat e rnit y Ii fe,-that it induces a narrow mind ed attitude. It is at rushing tim e that this attitude is most evident. We must be critical to a certa in degree. The high standards of Pi Beta Phi demand great care in choosing pledges. But in our eagerness to secure the best girls, do we not o ften b ecome hyper-c ritical and eve n disdainful towards those les s fortunate than ourselves? We .forget how lonely a place college is for some of those neutral girls and how very much "left out in the cold" they feel. Out of our wealth of friendship and fellowship and inspiring ideal s we ought to have a great deal to give to those outside the circle. There is surely opportunity enough for us to overcome this fault. We ought nev er to allow the verdict, "nar row minded," to be trut,hfully pronounced upon Pi Beta Phi.

VERMONT ALPHA.

During rushing season we are all so absorbed in getting acquainted with the freshmen , and trying to make them have a

Among Ourulvu good time that it is easy to negl ect the little good tim<!s that we hav e been u sed to among ourselves. This we think should not be. It seems especially hard for the girl who has o nly known half a year of fraternity life. We are therefore convinced that we shall all be stronger and work together better if sometimes we can .forget outside interests and have a glorious good time just among ourselves. PeNNSYLVANIA ALPHA ·

ELIZABETH PATTERSO N SAWYER S

I o wa A lph

Alumnae Department

Elisabeth Palferson Sa'W]!eTS

The alumnae of In diana were especia ll y fortunate in being able to introduce to the visitors at Convention time Miss Elisabeth Patterson Sawye r s, o ne of o ur most gifted Pi Phis. By initiation Miss Sa wy e rs belongs to Iowa Alpha, but her education has been cosmoJX>litan, and no w, after seve n years in In dia na, the Hoosier Pi Phis cla im her .

M is s Sawyers was grad uated from the I owa Conserv ato ry o f Music , Wolfe Hall , a girls ' sc hool of Denve r , and from the New England Conse rvato ry o f Music A fter this th or ough musical ed ucation, she had spec ial wo rk with W illiam Mason and Albert Ross Parrons, o f N'ew York , and rece ived her degrees, Mus. B . and A. C. M . fr om the American College o f Musicians. She then studi ed two yea r s with Felix Dreyschock, of Be rlin, and her late st work abroad was with Fraulein Dagmar Wall e- Hansen and the great master, Theodore Leschetizky, o f Vienna.

Her teac he rs have been mos t enthu s ia sti c in praise o f he r mus ical e nd owm ent s, as well as he r fin ely c ulti vat ed t ec hnique and unu sua l originality o f comprehension . Hers is th e true artist's touch . As an accompanist, her playing i.s thorough ly sy mpath etic and intelligent. In solo a nd ensemble wo rk s he shows un u.s ual brill ia ncy an d versatlity, and has .mad e th e success he r in stru ct ors predicted fo r her

MiSoS Sawyers con tinu es in the fa cu lty o f DePauw U niversity, where she is professor of Pianoforte , Pipe O rgan and Th eory· Sh e i s ge ne ro us with her talent s, and is therefore popular in Her college t ow n , not onl y fo r h e r mus ical gifts but for her charming persona li ty. &uow __

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Th e visitors who had the pl easure o f hearing Mis s Sawyers' interpr eta tive reci tal during th e Indianapoli s conven tion w ill bear t es tim o ny to he r fin e qualiti es as a program maker , as well as t o h e r g race as a spea ker. T hose who m et her in a social way during the sess ions have an added de li g ht in th e tr easu r e house of memory. Indiana Gamma.

Denver Alumnae Club

A s our Grand Pres ide nt pa ssed th r ough D e nver, S e ptember third , o n he r way eas t , she sent a call to all Denver a lu mnae to gather at th e Brown Palace hotel f o r lun cheo n and meetm g Owing to it bei ng so ea rl y in th e season, many people were ou t of to wn, but there wer e thir ty- fi ve sa t down at tabl e .

After a j o lly ho ur spe nt in sat is fying the inn er woma n , a sho rt bu siness meeting was held . Miss Gamble gave , li S a most intere st in g ta lk on the work o f the frat e rnit y and it was th e n d ec id ed to enro ll o ur loca l a lumnae club in th e nati ona l association

F o r some yea rs Denver ha s maintained a fl ouri shin g alumnae club which ha s k ept in close t ouch with th e loca l chapter of Pi Beta Phi he re. Th e re have bee n but tw o o ffi ce r s of the club, pre side nt and sec reta ry- treasure r. T hese tw o we re re tained in office, and a corresponding sec re tary was e lected to relieve the latte r.

The officer s now are: P r esident, Mrs. George Stidger; treasurer, M rs. N. A. Bolles; secreta r y, Mary E . Wallihan . It was decided to hord quarte rl y luncheons at the Brown Palace H o t el followed by a business meeting. The :lat e of the next OIle is December fir st at twelve-thirty , and a ll Pi P hi s who are in Denver o n tha t date a re cor d iall y urged to be present.

MARY E WALLIHA N, Co l orado Bela.

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Personals

V£RMONT ALPHA

Florence £. Duncan, '06, ha s gone to Ozo na, Texas, thi.s fall a s a governess .

Alice L . D un can, '06, is teaching in vVarrensburg, N. Y ., this year.

Ina Go re, '06, is at home for the present.

Anne Me t calf is teaching in th e high school at Marblehead, Mass.

Theodo ra W. C rane, 'oS, has left this year to finish her college cou r se at We ll s college. Her arrow ha s already won many friend s for h e re there·

The e ngagemen t of Marguerite Harwood, '07, to Mr. Moody D. Holmes, Delta Ups il on, 'oS, has been announced.

F lorence Giddi ngs, 'OS. was mar ri ed to 1\1r. Don S. Ga tes, Augu st twenty-eighth. T hey will liv e in Bosto n, Mass.

Jun e A. Roys, '07, was married August twenty-second to Mr. Roy R. Gage of Lyndenville, la.

Grace B. Hanunond , 0'7, was married to L. Ea rl e Colli ns, Delta Upsil on, '06, o n the twenty-ninth o f August. They will make th eir home in Harrisburg , Vt.

A baby girl was bo rn to M r s. Geo. Ryd e r (Edit h Heaxt) , September twenty - ninth .

VERMONT BETA

Ada Hurlburt is teaching in the Burlington Hi g h School.

Grace T . Strong, '06, is t eaching at Swanton.

E li zabeth Durfee, '06, is teachin g at North B e nnin gton.

Ali ce McIntyre, 'ex-'oS, has e nt e r ed Mt. Holyoke . . On October third Kathe rine Gebhardt, 'o r , was married t o Arthur D. Welch, Phi Delta Theta.

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CO L UMBIA ALP HA

J osephine Shallenberger, '02 , a fonn e r presid ent of Columbia Alpha, was married October seventh to Paul Sperry, Theta Delta Chi. The four bride sma ids, Elise Turner, Lola Evans, Helen Beale and Catherine McIlhenny , were members of the same chapter as th e brid e, while the ushers belo nged t o th e charge o f which the groom was president. Mr. and Mrs . Sperry will live in Bath , Ma in e, where the g r oom is th e pastor o f th e Swedenborgian church-

P ENNSYLVANIA ALPHA

Katherin e Griest, ' oS, ha s ret urn ed to coll ege t h is yea r

Elizabeth K. Ca rt e r is t eac hing in Ludl o wville , N. Y.

Clayto n Walton , one o f OU T alumnae liv ing in Swartlemo re, has a littl e daughter, Mary .

Ethel Griest , '01, was marri ed on Jun e first , 1geX), to C linton H. Sn yde r.

Edith Ove rholt McCain ha s announced her engagement to Fred e rick Blair Yea kel.

PENNSYLVANIA BETA

Nellie J o hn son , ' 05 , spent th e fir st few days of th e t e rm with us. Fem e Braddock is ill with typhoid fev e r at he r home in Mt. Pleasant.

Ha ze l Knapp h as been appointed assista nt principal o f the High School at Bristol, Indiana,

Edi th Kelly is instru cto r in Fr enc h and Gem"n at Blairsville Academy , Pennsylvania .

Eliza J. Martin, '00, has been appointed in s tru ct o r in German at J ohn B. Stetson U ni versi t y, Deland , Fla.

Carrie J . Halfpenny, '02, ha s be en elect ed an in struct or in the Pennsylvania S tate Normal School a t Mansfield .

Mary M. W o lfe, i\I. D., '96, spen t h e r vacation this summer in th e Yell ows tone Park.

A. Ge nevi e ve White, M D ., '00, ha s opened an office in Rochester, . Y .

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Mary I. Bower, '05, is teac hing in the High School at Lodi, Ohio .

Alice C. Hartley is t eac hing in Walnut Lan e School , Gcrm antown , Pa.

Jeanette B. Shepard, ' 02, is t eaching in Darling Seminary, West Chester, Pa .

Mr . and Mrs. J oseph R. Wood ( Lidie Bell, ' 94 ), hav e moved to Holli sdaysburg , Pa:, whe r e Mr. W ood is pastor o f th e Baptis t Church.

Daisy Pa rsons, ex- 'oo, was married o n Jun e tw e nt ie th , at her hom e in Ca nton , Pa., to M r . Par.ons of Itha ca, N. Y .

Bess H . Wells , '0 1, was marr ie d on Jul y nin eteen th at her home in Moo r es t own , N· J ., to Mr. Linfo rd J. Larzelere of WiIIiarT\."\I)()rt , T hei r address is Maple Place, Williamsport, Pa.

M. Lila Long, '03, is t eaching in th e public sc hools in Williamsport, Pa.

Professor a nd Mr s. Ll ewe ll yn Phillips (Jenn ie Davis), ' 01, hav e been e ntertainin g Edith L. Phillips, 'or.

l'I:;N NSY LVAN IA GAM MA

Lucy Tre vc rt on was married August twent y-second to Harry Elliot Odge r s, Phi Kappa Sigma, of Di cki n so n Coll ege.

Ger trud e S uper was marri ed November s ix th to Mr. Curtis, Phi Kappa Psi, o f Sy racu se, New York.

Geo rgia C ranst on has a position ao t eac her in th e Normal School at Ca!i.f omia, Pa.

NEW YO RK ALP H A

Mollie Barker , '04, was married on th e fifth o f July t o Harry Willi ams.

Mabel Murray , '04 , is to b e married On the tw e nt y- fifth o f October t o Dr . Harry Brayton, '03.

Dorot hy Dickerson, '06, is to be married on th e seve nt ee nth o f October to Dr . R oss D. Helme r.

M a r y Hart, '06, is t eac hing in the high sc hoo l at Warn e r , N. Y. Marian Ba rnhart , '06, o f th e College o f Liber a l Arts , is e nt e ring the mu s ica l course o f th is Un ive rs ity..

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Charles Wellington Furlong, th e husband of Eva Earl Furlong, '95, has written a story, "Sa lam: Th e Story of a Hausa Slave, " .for the September number o f Appleton's Magazine. The story is al so illustrated by Mr Furlong.

MASSACHUSETTS ALPHA

Jennie B. Allyn , '04, is teaching at the Training School in Cambridge.

Marion L. Bean, 'OS, was married October sixth to Millar;! Lyman Robinson, '05, Theta Delta Chi . President William Edward Huntington o f Booton University, o fficiated at the ceremony, and representatives were present from the Lambda charge of The ta Delta Chi and Massachusetts Alpha Mr. and Mrs. Rob in son will live in Manchester, New Hampshire , where the groom is pastor of th e Methodist church.

Lucretia E. HeTTY, '06, is teachin g at Provincetown.

Beth Brainard, '04. is visiting relat ives in Pasadena, Ca1.

Mrs. Walter Chapman ( nee Janett e Dodge), is living in Providence, R. 1.

Myrtie M. Maguire, 'oS, and Dora Smith spent th e summer in Europe. Myrtie Maguire teache s at the High School at h'er home in Webster this year and Dora Smith r e turn s t o Dan ie lson, Conn.

Helen Meserve is teaching at th e University of New Orleans, La.

Harri ette O'Donald sai ls October tenth f or an eight months' trip in Europe.

Ethel M. Piper, ' 06, is teac hing in Kittery, Maine, at Trai",. Academy.

Ali ce E. Perkins, '06, is t eac hin g at Col brook Academy, Colbrook, N. B-

Ca rri e A. Bacon, '06, is teach ing at Chester, Con n. M. Lillian Horne, °06, is at her home. Somersworth, N. H., for the present.

Sarah G. Pomeroy, '06, is doing literary work this year.

During the summer we had a pleasant visit fr o m Sophie Woo.:1man, Barnard, '07, and s he was able to meet with us the opening day o f college.

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MARYLAND ALPHA

Born to Sylvia Ware Ireland, '01, a son, Kenneth Hutchison, September twenty-second

Invitations have been issued for the wedding of Mary Creighton Ames, '05, to Dr. Herbert Pliny Haskin on Tuesday, 0 ;tober sixteenth at high nOOI1.

Nellie Biehn, '0 1, i.s studying art at the Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia.

Lillian Beck, 'o S, is teaching in the High School at her home in Holton, Kansas.

Olive NIast, '031 ha s been visiting Alice Dunning. '03, at Bedford, Iowa.

Grace Spettigue, '06, will spend the winter at her home in Phillipsburg, New Jersey.

1ren e Fenton, '06, has just returned fr o m an extended trip through the West , where she visited several of Our chapter girls, beside.s representing Maryland Alpha at the Convention.

Sarah Rupp, '02, has returned from Europe, where she spent the summer months .

III the September iss ue of The Review o f Reviews appears an article on "Education and R evolution in Russia," by ProiessOT Alexander Petrunkevitch, the husband of Waunda Hartshorn Petrunkevitch, '98. Professor Petrunkevitch has left the University of Freiburg and he and Mrs. Petrunkevitch are now living in Short Hills, N. J.

OHIO ALPHA

On June twenty-fifth Nan Gabbert was married to Mr. C. H_ M\:JGnstry of Point Pleasant, W. Va.

Mary O'Bleness was married to Mr. Fred Hutchinson of Pittsburg, Pa., on September twelfth.

On October first 1\1ary Allen Town se nd, '02, was married to Mr. Harvey Porter.

Baya rd Ullom, '06. o f Germantown, Pa., has announced her engagement t o Mr. Robert Bishop, Delta Tau Delta, '03.

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Mary Treudley is teaching in the High School of Ulrichville, Ohio.

Florence Hedges has returned from a year·s stay in China. Bernice Coultrap is attending O hio University this year.

We are grieved to announce the death o f Mary Wood-Crider on October the ninth .

Virginia Bishop is teaching mu sic in the High Schoo l at Kingsville , Ohio .

Mary Miser is teaching at her honte in Conneaut, Ohio.

OHI O BETA

Gertrude Jackson is teaching Latin 111 the High School at Portsmouth, Ohio.

Florence Hutchinso n, '06, has accepted a fine position as teacher of English and Science in the High School at St. Mary's, Ohio.

Mabel R orick ha s ju st retured from an extended trip abroad.

Martha Jon es, '06, is teaching history in the High School at Defiance, Ohio

Mary Easterling, who left in June for her hom e in Brandon, Miss., has not returned to college this fall.

Elizabeth Bancroft is teaching near Clintonville, Ohio.

We were glad to have a visit from Laura Wiseman-Burkett thi s summer. Her hll5band h ad a position with th e faculty o f th e Agricultural College in the Sununer School here .

Helen Robinson, ·06, is teac hing in a private school at Worthington, Ohio.

Mary Leonard visited her s is ter, Mrs. Frederick Leonard ( n ee Hannah Leonard), in Montana this summer.

Lieutenant and Mrs. Frederick Leonard hav e moved from Montana to Detroit, Michigan

Florence Kenyon Hayden ha s been selec ted. with tw o women as.sociates. to draw the plans for the new woman's building on the <:ampus of Ohio State University.

INDIANA ALPHA

Fay Marshall and Mary Magaw hav e accepted teachers" positions in the public schools of Columbia City, Indiana .

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Grace Bryan ha s charge o f the history work m th e Muncie High Sch oo l

Bertha Fletcher, Ethel Miller and Ethel Webb are attending Teach er s' College of Columbia U niv e r si t y.

Bess ie Geo r ge wa s married to Sa mu el E. Lanam , Jul y t we nt yfifth.

Nell Kemp will spend the winte r in California.

Pan sy Matthews is a s tud ent in Wi lson Coll ege.

Ca ro ly n McCaslin is attending W es t e rn Coll ege, Ox ford , O hi o.

Clara Kemp is spendi n g th e wi nt er at h e r home in Salem, Ind.

INDIANA BETA

Mindwel1 C rampton a nd H e nry Wils on, Sigma N u, were marTied la st August at the b ride' , hume in Deiphi , In d.

E th e l Boyd of Paoli, and G ra ce Graybill o f Ladoga, Ind., visit ed us fo r a week and were here for th e ru shi ng-

Hetti e Nea t , Grace Baerd' and Mabel Graves , three of Our '06 graduat es, a r e teaching in the High School at New Albany, Ind.

Opal Haven s of Ladoga , Ind ., who received h e r bachelor's d egree in English la st year, visited us last week .

Grace Baerd o f Ne w A lba n y. spe nt Sunday with It.s during th e fir st week of co ll ege.

INDIANA GAM MA

Jan e is spe ndin g the winter abroad.

Josephine Besaw has tl", chair o f Greek in C hri stian Co ll ege, -COlumb ia, Mo

Lillian Bergold is teaching Ge rman in Macomb, Illin ois.

Bertha Empey ha s e ntered the U niversity o f Illinois.

Ethel Duncan will e nte r Leland Stanford after Chr istmas.

Demarchu s C. Brown , the husband of one of our charter members, Jessie Christian-Brown, ha s been elected State L ibrarian

Frances Doan is principal of the H igh School in Kirkland, Indiana.

I LL I KOIS ALPHA

Mrs. Harry Gray (Pe rsis Babcock), is Re ge nt of th e D A R. for the State of California.

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ILl.INQIS B(TA

The marriage of Nellie J. Needham, '03, to Frank G. Ayars. '04, Phi Delta Theta, took place at the bride 's home in Racine, Wisconsin, September eighteenth.

Mrs E. P May of Framingham, Massachusetts, is visiting her former home in Ga le sburg, and attended chapel exe rci ses.

Har ri et Grubl>-Hale of Stoughton, Wisconsin, was a chapel visitor.

During the fifth annual Universa list State Convention held in Galesburg September twenty - fourth to twenty-sixth, Lombard enj oyed the presence of several alumnae and former stud ents, among whom were the following Pi Phis: Nell Tompkins-Clayberg, Ethel Tompkins-Clayberg, Anna Y. Crissey, Edith Crissey and Frances Ross-Davis, all of Avon, Illin o is.

ILLINOIS DELTA

Born, On September ninth, to Grace Ballard-Griswold , a Mary Barbero-Pa rry is home fr om a vacation spent in Europe.

Maurine Tilley visited the girls of Illinois Delta on her way t o Mount H oly oke , where she is attending coll ege.

Mabel Anderson is teaching this yea r in the High Sc hool at Chillecothe.

Mrs. Cora Seacord and he r daughter, Louise, have returned to Galesburg, after spending sev!ral months abroad

Harriet Hill is in the Columbia School of Oratory this year.

l\Iary Mars spent the summer with her brother, Lieutenant Mars, at Fort Snelling, Mjnn .

Della Hurff was married during th e summer to Mr. Chester B. Zinser of Chillicothe, lll.

Katharine Savage-Moseley of Spokane, Washington, has a daugh t e r born September sixth.

Julia Ca rr-Jackson wiJl live at Fort Wright, where her husband , Captain Jackson , ha s been sta ti o ned

Anna Sisson has retu rn ed from a pleasurable trip in Europe.

Grace Terry , who for the past three yea rs ha s been a mem-

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ber of th e Knox Conservatory faculty, has accepted a position as teacher of piano in Bethany College, Topeka , Kansas.

Clara Lindley is t eachi ng Mathematics and Science at Logan College, Russellville, Ky.

Nell Townsend is studying vocal mu s ic in Chicago with Madam Hess-Burr.

Ann ie Gaddis has charge of th e Musical Department in the Academy at Dakota, Ill.

ILLINOIS EPSILON

?vIarie Hammond, '06, is an iss is tant in Orrington Lunt, the college library.

Nadine Robertson, ex-'07, was married to Mr. Howard Campbell, Phi Gamma Delta, of Virginia, Illinoi s, on September sixth. Anna Thompson of Illinois Epsilon, and Eleanor Claycomb of Illinois Beta, were members of the bridal party.

Edith Hammond, ex-'OC}, and l\1argaret Hammond, 'ex-'06, have entered the Art Institute, Chicago.

Elda Smith, '02, has been >risiting Anne Stuart during the Nebraska Beta rushing season,

Lida Burkhard-Lardner of Colorado Beta, is taking a postgraduate courSe in Literature at Northwestern.

Elfrieda H oc hbaum-Pope , '06, is traveling in Europe with her husband, an instructor at Cornell.

Selma Vognild of W isconsin Alpha, is taking a course in the Cumnock School of Oratory.

Angie Casey of Illinois Zeta, Marion Whiddon and Hazel Schelp of Wisconsin Alpha, and Hazel Higley of Iowa Zeta, have visited Illinois Epsilon during rushing season.

Eleanor Just, '05, is to hav e a studi o at La Grange, Illinois, this year.

Nina Williams, ' 06, ha s been acting as temporary sec retary for the Spokane Young Women's Christian Association.

Myrtelle Roger s, ex-'08, is attending Vassar this year; Georgia 'Sterling is at Minnesota, and Helen Hibberd is at Smith.

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ILLINOIS ZETA

Leila White has been back fo r a short vi sit

Mildred Harriman, ex-'OSI, has been spending a week at the chapter h ouse.

Wednesday, October 17th, Lotta Johnson, ex-'06, will be married to Benjamin Wier of Chattanooga, Tennessee·

Edna White, ·06, instructor in Household Science in the Danville High School, spent Sunday with us.

Kate B. Mann, '06, is assistant principal at th e Bushnell, 111. , High School.

Angie Casey, ex-'09, is expected to visit us for the last week of nlshing season.

Frances Storer has gone to Bryn Mawr this year

Emma Wernham· is teaching near her home in Marengo, Illinoi s.

MICHIGAN ALPHA

Evelyn Gates, '06, is at he r home in Scranton, Pa., and is active in Y. W. C. A. work.

Elizabeth Dudl ey, '06, is teaching in the High School at Burr Oak, Michigan.

Winnifred Whale y is tea ching in the High School at New Ca rlisle , Indiana.

Mabel Walrath, '06, was married Jul y twenty -seventh to Professor \V atenTI an o f the Theological Department of Hillsdale College. She and h e r hu sba nd are attending the University in Berlin, Gennany .

Lulu and Blanche Merrifield are teaching in th e High School in Bloomingdale, Michigan.

Ethel Bishopp was married dur ing the summer to Carl Wolcott , Delta Tau Delta.

Helen Vernor, Vivian Ly on and Maude and Mary Corbett are attending the University of Michigan.

Mayte Collins, '04, was married September nin e teenth to Maurice A. Tripp, Delta Tau Delta. They also will attend the U niversity of Michigan this year.

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MICHIGAN BETA

Mr. an d M r s. David L. Davoli (M ary Py le), wit h th ei r two 6On s, sailed September fifteenth for Guantan amo, Cuba, where Mr. Davoll has been e ngaged as chemist for a sugar compa n y.

Mrs. Paulin e Temple S he lton has o rga ni zed a t our o f seve nty days through the most int e res ting parts of Eu rope for the su mmer o f 1907. The enti r e cost o f the t our is $340, an d the members of the party wi ll be accompanied by Mr s· She lt on du rin g the tr ip

- Born, t o Mr and M r s Alfred Hays, Jr (G race Robert son), '00, a daughter , in Jun e .

WISCONSIN ALPHA

Constance Haugen, t O I , is att e nding the Library School at Champaign, Illinois.

Minnie Lee Dodd, '06, is teaching English in Lake Mills, Wisconsin .

The marriage o f E uge n ia S hea, '0 5, and Dr. Flatl ey of A ntigo, t ook place in Oc t obe r. Their ho me will be in Antigo, Wisconsin.

Eunice Welsh, '00, is attending th e Teach e r s' Coll ege of Columbia University.

Madge Bu rnham , '06, has a posi tion in th e High Sc hool at Black River Falls as teac h er of Latin.

Rose Wellman , ex-'oS, will be marri ed th is fall t o Leroy Chambe rlain of Virginia.

Hel"en R ose nstengel, '06, is taking post-graduate work in Ge rman.

Ed na Ingalls, '07, is at he r home in Menomonie thi s year .

IOWA ALPHA

Grace Hancher-B eck o f Tacom a , Wa sh ington, is he re visi ting her parents and friends

Verna Scott of Burlington, Iowa, was up la s t week vi si ting fr ie nds and to attend th e Phi De lt r ecepti on.

A baby was bo rn t o Mrs. S t ella Guthrie Good ri ch thi s summer·

J essie M cFa ll was mar ri ed lat e in th e summer.

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IOWA BETA

Helen Walburn has been transferred to Iowa Zeta.

Pearl Ru ssell and Mabel Vale are attending the University of Southern California at Los Angeles.

Bernice Halley has charge of the V ceal Department o f the Seminary at Hiawatha, Kansas.

IOWA CAMMA

Esther Cranford, Iowa Gamma , '87 , has r ecently published a book entitled "Cataloguing "

Elsie Benjamin o f I owa Alpha, spen t seve ral days at the college recently.

:May Jackson, '06, is assisting in the treasurer"s office this year.

Margaret Stanton, ' 02, is teaching in the History Department.

:Mary Wilson, f06, is teach ing near her home in Cincinnati, Iowa.

I sabel Everett of I lli no is Epsilon , Elizabeth George, Sarah McBride and May Belle Allstrand o f Iowa Zeta, visited the chapter recently.

Jennie Bechtle and Florence Pettinger attended the installation of Minnesota Alpha.

Louise Rowe, '04, Winnie Thompson-Overholser, 'as, Wil son , '06, and Georgia Walker ex- '09, have visited us this term.

Elmina Wilson, .92, and Aida Wilson, ·94, of New York City, spent a week in September with their sister, Mrs. C. F. Curtiss, and other Pi Phis on the campus.

Ruth Egloff attended the Y. W. C. A. Convention at Waterloo this summer.

MISSOURI ALPHA

Florence Dorsey and Austen Welch were married at Alton, Illinois, on August twenty- second. Mr. and Mrs. Welch are now at home in Columbia, Missouri.

Eula McCune of Bowling Creen, and Natalie Birdseye of Ne-

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vada, paid a short visit to the chapter house during rushing seaSOIl

Maude Quayle, '06, is teaching at Christian College , Columbia, Missouri.

Elsie Wadcll, '06, is teaching in Dallas , Texa sHortense Dungan was thrown from a ho rse and injur ed so seriously that up to this time she has been unable to return to college. However, we are looking forward to having he r with us soon.

Smith , '06, is t eaching at Ferguson, M.isso uri.

Anna Lash, '06, is teaching in the High School of Mo und City, Missouri.

Mr. L. H. Turpin, father of Mabe l Turpin , died on September sixteenth at his home in Nevada, Missouri. l\1abel will return to college in the course of a few weeks.

NEBRASKA BETA

Married-September fift eenth, Helen Dolson to Ja y Baid, Beta Theta Pi , at Lincoln, Neb ra ska . Mr. and Mrs. Baird are living in New Castle, Wyoming .

Win ifred Howell has been visiting at the home of Anne stuart for several weeks.

Florence Fiske spent her sunune r with her parents, but returned to New York the first of September. She will resume her study of vocal music.

On th e fourth of October, Elizabeth Heacock was married to Mr. V. Ray Gould, Sigma Chi Mr and Mrs. Gould will make their home in Omaha.

Pearl ArchibaB is in New York city , a s secretary of th e Y. W. C. A. at Huyler' s

Andrews is doing graduate work in th e University.

Pauline Bush wnl spe nd the winter in California. Born-October fir st a daughter to Edna Holland De Putron.

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KANSAS ALPHA

Mrs. Florence Finch Kelly, 'Sy I h38 an art ic1 e, "New Zealand: A New Civilizat ion," in the September issue o f The Craftsman. The Lawrence Alumnae Club hav e issued invitations to th e Kansas City and Topeka alumnae for a luncheon October twelfth.

Mabel McLaughlin, '04, was married August thirtieth t o Mr . W elliam Beck, Beta Theta Pi, of Holton, Kansas.

Ge rtrude Boughton was married AURUst thirtieth to Mr. Ireland of Emporia, Kansas .

Edna Din smo re, '05, 'yas operated o n for appencHcltis this summer .

The engagem e nt of Leslie Hill to Dr. Thomas Chandler of Boston, ha s been ann o un ced .

Clara Carr, ' 05, is teach ing in th High School at Maple Hill.

Born, a son, t o Mrs. Will Sayre, September seve nth

Aileen "Veave r , '06, r eceived the graduate Pi Phi scholarshii> rece ntl y estab l is hed at the Pi Phi convention, and is attending Barnard College.

Frederica Bullene is t o be married in Denv e r to Chester Woodward, Phi Kappa Psi, of Topeka, October tenth.

TEXAS ALP H A .

Emily Maverick, who could not complete he r senior year onaccount of ill-health, is back this year t o graduate.

Lil Waggoner has ju st returned from a: trip north.

Minnie R ose was married in Wa co last September to ArthurRect o r.

Fl o ra Bartholomew McLeod wa s with us at th e beginning of the year t o help u s with th e ru shin g.

Fay Kincaid is back after a year at Smith College. Emily White is coming to visit us at Thanksgiv ing .

Mary DunJiam spent a delightful summer in Co lorado.

Kate Martin intends to spend about a month in Austin thi ,. fall visiting her fraternnity sisters. Nellie Harris, Rose Edmond, Nora Hummel and Anna Townes are teaching th is year.

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COLORADO ALPHA

Clara '05, and . o rbert Winner, Beta Theta Pi, were married September twenty-sixth in Denver. They will be at home in Carmi, 11lin ois, after tw o weeks.

The engagement of seve ral Pi Phis ha s been announced, and before another ARROW is publi sh ed, F10y Lewis will be married to Jam es Giffin, Delta Tau Delta, and Estelle Holmes to Frank Walcott, Beta Theta Pi.

Helen Home, Florence Blunt, Gertrude Teague and Maude McKenzie are teaching thi s year. Margaret Helps is assistant in German at the Unive rsity and is takng work fOT a master 's degree.

Florence vVilder-Coates is attending the Universi ty thi s year.

Donnie Arll1!)lrung is teaching in the Boulder Schools.

Laura Killgore has returned to Denver, having spent the s ummer in Mexico with he r siste r.

1\1ary Dutton spent the s umm e r in Pennsylvania.

Mary and Elizabeth Downer, who have been abroad for about six months, will return to Boulder soon.

Bertha Cope·Stogdale ha s been visiting in Bo ulder fo r a number of weeks.

Jes sie Mosher spent seve ral months this summe r in California. She came home very e nthu siastic ove r Pi Phi in California.

Eunice Thompson had a delightful vi,sit in \Vaterloo, I owa, at the Y W. C. A. Convention, and met many Pi Phis th e re E.lizabeth Brown had a house full of Colorado g irl s for Jive weeks this summer in Belvidere, III. Elizabeth Fonda, E.lizabeth J ohns ton and lsabel :\1cKenzie were among her

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N :ta Oegg-, who taught in Vic tor last winter , is in school again th is year.

Grace Deisher is going to Ca lifornia soon for her h eal th Jessie Griffin, who was in Hot Springs la s t winter, is back and expects to enter co llege next term.

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Sarah White is back from Kansas City, where she spent the winter with a sister, and has entered college.

May Wilson has been the guest of her sister, Bess WilsonEvaru;, and has visited the chapter a number of times.

Martha Kimball is taking post-graduate work in the University this fall. We are very glad to have our Grand Treasurer with us.

Helen Crane was married on August twenty-secood to Mr. Rollo LuVerne Lyman, an insntctor in the University of Wisconsin. They will make their home in Madison.

i\1llrie ""alker has gone to Lincoln, Nebraska, to attend college . :

i\larjorie Williams is with the chapter again this fall.

Idelle Phelps has invented a cache lun ette, a case for eye glasses that has been widely advertised, and is made by the Cache Lunette Manufacturing Company of Denver.

CALIFORNIA BeTA

Daisy French-Howard and her husband paid us a visit recently.

Mary Martenstein, '04, spent a week w ith u s at the chapter house.

Born, to Clara Cooper-Rust, a son, September thirteenth, I<}06. Estelle Wilson, '06, is spending the fall months in A laska

Margaret Smith, ·05, is teaching in the high school at Ukiah Mary C. Day, ·05, is also teaching this year .

Elizabeth Kennedy, Tessie Huber and Je ssie Parks-Richard have visited us lately.

Mrs . Gundy , OUf former house mother. t ook dinner wtih us not long ago She was on her way to China, where she expects to spend the lVinter.

In Memoriam

MARY e. FRO ST

Mary Elizabeth Frost was born in Galesburg, Illinois , Jul y twent y-t hir d, 187 2, and d ied s udd e nly A ugust sixth, 1906, whil e o n a vacation trip in British Columbia.

As a c hild M is s Frost was de vo ted to books She prepared f o r college in the T o peka High Sc h oo l, and e ntering Knox in th e fall o f 188<} graduated with th e sa lutatory hon o r in th e class o f 18g2. S he was a member o f lIIin ois Delta and later of Kansas Alpha. F o r fouT yf'a rs he taught Lat in at hcr Alma 1a te T , and later s tudied at Corn ell , receiving a master 's degree at th e U n iversity o f Kansa s. Faithful in the perfonnan ce of every she was sc ho lar ly in a n unu s ual degree. Of rece nt yea rs shl.! ha s been assisting her father and has shown d e cided aptitude in bu s ine ss.

Th o ug h he r life was s ho rt, it was complete. Her g ra ces, u S well as gifts. en d ea re d her t o a large circle o f friend s and n ot only he r family and intimate fri en ds, but all who kn ew her will mi s., her. She had a II heart at le isu re from itse lf, " and thu s an unu sual capac it y f o r friendships. Her very hand-dasp sh o w ed h e r interest and sy mpath y. As st ud e nt , t eac h e r a n d f ri end , s he le ft the impres s o f a faithful, devoted se rv ice. and in th e home, th e church, and the community will be mourned as only th ey can be wh o have liv ed a lif e of lovi ng se rvi ce·

FLORENCE WOl.FENDEN

A most valu ed and us ef ul life came to it s end on the se venteenth of last March when Florence Evelyn Wolfenden died in Sheffi eld, England. Fl o r e nce Wolfenden wa s initiated into Mi ch :gan Beta in Januar y ISgo, and soon became one of the chapte r's s tro nges t members . Y o ung as she wa s, s h e e ntered almost at once into the nati onal work o f th e frat e rnity and a s

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business manage r o f th e Arrow s howed unu s ual judgment and t a lent for affairs.

Mliss Wolfenden was ob li ged to leave coJle ge in her jun io r ye ar to accompany he r parents to Australia , and there while assisting he r father in hi s work, g a ined a love for humanity whi ch she n eve r o utg rew , a nd the la st yea r s of her lif e we r e spent werking in a sa nitarium fo r unfortunate men and women . Her g r ea t gift o f sym path y end eared he r to everyone who came within her influ e nc e. Indeed h e r la st illne ss was ha s t e ned by ove rwo rk in tr y ing to make C hri stmas a happy day fo r all around h e r. Her le tter s always sho w ed the warm personal interest she t ook in each one and how deep ly she felt th e m ise r y of others.

Her love for h e r n a t ive land la sted all the yea rs she was away, and when she visited this cou ntry she resolved to return eve ry two yea rs.

To those who knew h er sh e wa s a lways c h eerfu l and hopeful, and onl y to h er most intimate fri e nd did sh e spea k of h e r d ise ase. Sh e sa id , " 1 h ave not long to l ive so I must make my life a s full as possible," and so she worked the hard e r.

Thou g h th e writer ha s not see n h er si n ce th ey parted in Ann Arbor thirteen yea r s ago, through her letter s s h e ha s fe lt her growth and ha s kn ow n that th e prophecy o f the gi rl s h as com e true. Fo r even in college days she made u s all feel th e str e ngth a nd beaufy of her c hara cte r. Her life i n Australia, in Germany, where she saw much of dip loma ti c l if e, and la stly in England, only gave the opportuni ty t o develop the nature which was always hers. Mic hi gan Beta has lost a s trong a n d swee t in flu en ce out of its chapte r life ' n the death of thi s far away a lumna.

Editorials

W ith th e in stalla t ion o f Minnesota Alpha on September eigh th, the c hapte r ro ll of th e fraternit y is in c reased to thirt y-s ix . The ne w c hapte r begin s it s existence under the mo s t fav orable auspices The membe rs are an excelle nt type of American college girl , clea r -headed, ca pabl e and e ne r getic. They have lea rn ed persev e ran ce in th ei r st ru ggle fo r the c harte r and the power of organizat ion and coope r ation in the task of getting th e ch ap t e r started. They are pec uli arly fo rtunate in having a large and w e ll o ragnized a lumna e cub in the tw in c ities which stand s ready to give he lp wllt:reve r n eeded, a club that includes not only a co nsiderable num ber o f the carl ie r Minnesota Alpha, but a lso alumnae from many oth e r colleges. A wide vari ety o f college and frat e rn ity expe r ie n ce is th us a t the disposal o f th e young c hapter , and with such hea rt y and un it ed su p po r t it see m s almost pred estin ed t o prospe rit y. T h e whole fraternity wish es to Min n esota Alpha mu ch happi ness in its chapt e r li f e and mu c h s ucce ss in it s work fo r P i Beta P hi

It may be assumed th at the average young woma n who goes t o coll ege ha s to a cer tain ex te nt he r c hoice o f ins titut io n s and selects he r a lma mater with ca f e and for good reasons . The strength of t h e fac ult y, t h e com pl et,ness of buildings and equi pment, th e reputation fo r se r:ous work and high ideals, these are cons ide rati o ns that appeal to the th o ughtful gi rl. The less se rious young woman is apt to j o urney int o co lle ge along the path of lea st re sis tance , it wa s her father's college or it i s her brother' s o r he r best friend' s . But whateve r t h e mot i ve, she ha s e nt e r e d the college of h er c h oice and must hen cefo r t h be rockoned a s a unit in th a t s hifting complex, the stude nt body . Most gir ls co me t o co ll ege full of unfo rmul a t ed college loyalty, but with a rather vagu e idea of what they are going to ge t out of the n ew life and no ne at all o f what th ey are t o put into it.

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So it see ms no t in a pt, a t t he beg in n ing o f th e yea r , to su gges t a f ew d efinit e w ays in whi c h t h e q>ll ege g irl , a nd mo r e p a rti c ularly t he frat e rni ty g irl ma y be h e lpful to h e r A lma M a te r . It is of cou r se h a rd ly n ec essa r y to ur ge th e u nde r g r aj ua t e t o deco rate her room wi th coll ege pe nnant s a n d coll ege p ill ows. Or to go to the football ga m es and c hee r f or "ou r boys;" o f su c h loy alt y and such enthu sias m th e r e is a lr ea d y eno u g h a nd t o sp a r e. It is of littl e a vail , too, f o r he r t o p r oc lai m he r coll ege th e fin est in th e wor ld un less she is doi n g h e r pa rt to mak e it th e bes t an d k ee p it th e bes t. Na tur al ly th e p a rt o f a ny s in g le in divi du al o r si ng le chapte r is small . but it is no t so sma ll as w e some ti mes think. F o r on e th in g a girl m ig ht tr y t o coope rat e a littl e mo r e hea rtily, in spi rit at leas t , w ith t he coll ege auth o rit ies. We do n ot alwa ys ag ree w ith th e m, it is tru e, but we may take f or g ranted th a t th ey hilV e the bes t inte r es t s of t h e co ll ege a t h ea r t , whil e the ir e xp e ri e n ce and kn ow le d ge o f th e s ituati o n ar e c o n s idera b l y g r ea t e r th a n o urs Their rul in gs frequent ly run co unt« to our des ir es, but if we c a n mana ge to s ub o rdinat e O UT per so nal inclin at io n s t o o ur co ll ege loy alt y We ma y find t o o ur a s t o nishme nt th a t w e quite a g r ee with th e fa c ult y o r tru s t e es . T o the r eal fri e nd s o f a coll e g e th e r e is no m o r e di sco ura g ing 3ight th a n a st ud e nt b o d y a t o ut s w ith th e co n t r o ll ing power. Two fo rc es wo rkin g in oppos ite di rect io n s n e utr al i z e each o ther, and th e re s ultant i n thi s ca Se c ertainl y d o es n o t mean progress f o r t he colle g e Tha t she brin g herself so far as poss ibl e into sym pa th y w ith h e r co ll ege gove rnm e nt is th e fir s t s u g ge st io n t o t h e loy al st u d ent.

Pe rh a ps the n e xt o b vious thin g t h a t a coll ege gi r l can do is to t a k e acco unt o f h e r st ock o f accomp l is h me nts a n d see what she h as t o con tribut e t o th e coll ege li fe. I s sh e mu sica l, arti s tic, dramati c, a thl etic? Th e n h er coll ege n eeds he r ta lent t o ad d to the sum t otal of it s s tud e nt ac t iv iti es ; fo r althou g li t h e exe rci se and d eve lopment of s u ch li be r a l a rts as bask e t ball or g lee club music is ce rtainl y n ot th e c h ie f busi n ess o f an in sti t uti on o f higher lear ni ng , t h ey may a t least be rega r ded as d e li gh tful by -products wh ic h h elp to ma ke th e coll ege a p lace w he r e it is good t o be.

It is supe rflou s to advise the college and particularly the fraternity girl to e nte r more largel y into the soci al life of her Alma Mater but it may be urged upon h e r to enter it more sanely. Society in a coeducational col lege is lik ely to be a bit unrestrained and romping, and- gossip and newspaper report do not picture it as less so than it is. It often happen s , therefore , that careful m others decid e that th e ir daug hters would be better safeguarded elsewhere, and many potentially fin e college girls end their scliool days in a you ng la dies semi nary . Perhaps nothing would be a greater help t o a coll ege o r a st ron ge r appeal for the right sort o f stude nt s th a n the reputation fo r moderation and conventionality in its socia l lif e. A si ngl e individual or chapter can exert con siderabl e influ ence in thi s matter and a g irl aids not on ly he r se lf but he r college when she curbs her social inclinations within th e bounds o f good sense and good taste.

A place wliere th e coll ege greatly needs th e girl is in its Christian work. It used to be sa id that the colleges were ho t beds of heresy; no w th e cTlarge brought again st o ur great univ e rsities is ev en graver, that they are nurse ri es o f re Hgiou s indifference . Here then is an opportunity t o he lp he r college which a Christian girl mu st not neglect. By no means all a re in sy mpatby with the work of th e Yo ung W ome n's Christian Association, but those who are o ught ce rtainl y t o identify themselves with it, alld wbether in or out of an associa ti o n, eve ry gi rl o ught to stand quietly but positivety fo r th e faith that is her s. If all would do that, even our publi c and und e nominational colleges wo uld be kn o wn for what' they are , instituti o n s full o f the best and broades t type of C hri s tianity.

Does it see m s trange t o s ugge s t that a girl shows her college s pirit by being a s inc e re and co nscienti ous stude nt? We are w ont to think that in s uch matters as cla ss roo m work it is o nly the s tudent that receive s, o nly the co llege that gives. Yet the proude st boast of a strong in st itution is it s high standard of work, and its intelli gon t, faithful and earnest student body. Tbe se stand fo r more than a bi g endowm e nt, a noted faculty or fine buildings.

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Perhaps yo u are surpri sed a t , being urged to d o fo r you r college th e same things yo u hav e been urged t o do f o r yo urs elf or your cliapter. Th ey are the sa me tn.ings, it is tru e, but done in a s lightly -different spirit. For sh e who wor k s f o r h e rself alone, does So in th e o f se lfi shn ess. and she who wo rk s f o r her chapter alone does so in th e spi rit of riv a lry, but s he wh o works for he r college , g ive s in a large r sense and in so g iv ing se rves all three, he r college, her chapter and he rsc f.

Members o f th e A lu m nae Associat io n are asked to notice that subscriptions b ot h of cl ub s and indiv idual s are to b e se nt fo th e ir s tate sec retary and n ot to the editor, the alumnae editor, th e Grand Tre as urer o r even their province sec retary. Some confu s io n has been occas ione d in the past by la ck of care in thi s respect, A rr ows have been late in reac hing subscribers, .and one club b ecause of the time it t oo k to st rai g hten matters out will hav e to rece iv e its Arrows this yea r in stead of la st. It is thought that all alumnae hav e been n o tifi e d of the proper per so n to receive their subscriptions, but in case any have not re ce ived this no ti ce is h e re g ive n .

Th e graduate sc holars hip of th e frat e rnit y h as bee n awarded t o Aileen March Weaver, ' 06 , o f Kansas Alpha, and one of the 'Undergraduate sc hol ar sh ips to Mary vVad swo rth '09 of B e ta . Th e second sc hola r sh ip fo r undergraduates will no t be awarded this yea r. M,ss Weaver was elected to Phi Beta Kappa last spring and her portrait appears in thi s issue with th e others who rece ived that honor. Miss Wadsworth is you ng in co ll e ge and frat e rnity but h er wo rk s hows unu sua l promise f o r the futUr e. Both winner s of sc ho lars hip s arc to w o rk in Barnard College thi s year and are n ow affiliated with New Y o rk Beta.

The editor ha s h ith e rto mad e an e ffo rt to r e turn all photographs se nt fo r publication in the Ar row, unl ess th ey were held for poss ibl e late r use. Henceforth it will be impossible t o do thi s

unless there is especial reason for it. Neither will the Arrow make good losses by mutilating the photograph or mount, something which is occasionally quite unavoidable. It is suggesfed that chapters s ending groups have special burnished silver prints made and send them unmounted but not rolled , thus insuring a better reproduction and saving the chapter the expense of a mount . Small photographs can be returned if it is absolutely necess ary. but this mu s t be specified at the time of se nding, in o rder that th e engraver may b, a s k <;..d to take particular care not to break o r so il the picture.

Chapt er Letters

ALPHA PROVIN C E

V£R)fOXT ALPHA-MIDDLEBURY COI.I.E(;E (€h .".red 18<}3)

Again Vermont Alpha sen d s greetings a nd wi sh es a happy year to her Pi Phi s iste r s. OUT ru s hin g season is almost over and a most stren uous onc it ha s been. The chief feature of th e s e••son was th e annual formal reception given to t h e fre shma n girls and the faculty.

In O UT pledglings we pr esent t o yo u Quality if not Quantity \V e will n ot elaborate upon their worth as yet, for th a t will be proven by t ime. GJ 'dly we introduce to you Edith M. G r ove, Goldia M onToe, \Vini fr cd Hall, Angeline H o ld e n, and Madge Ri char d son \V e miss OU T last yea r 's seniors ve r y much fo r we were so accus t omed t o look to them fo r help and advice, but th ese pl edg es will soon learn t o fill th e ir place s.

Our college ha s b ee n d ivided this fall and thi s year's senio r s will p r obably hav e to graduat e from th e W o m a n' s College o f Middlebury , This does not affect th e underclassmen very mu c h , b ut the upper class men leave with sadness th e old chapel which ha s fo r m a n y r e••so n s become so e ndeared to them and atten d th e morning wors h ip conducted by P rofesso r Wright in the se mi- cycle o f the S cie n ce Hall.

The facu lty hav e a lso is sued to the women o f th e co ll ege a ve r y st r ict code o f law s to be obse r ved. O f co ur se, th ese see m very s trenuous t o some of the girls, but the most o f uc; app r O\'e mos t h ea rtil y. \Ve on su re that there will be m a n)' Ph i Beta Kappas in our chapter nO\l"·,

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We are glad to welcome back t o our ranks Belle Anderson who was obliged to leave us during the s pring term la st year.

Jessie G. Carpenter, 'og, has been elected to the leader s hip of the young women' s glee club for the ensuing year.

La s t, but n o t lea st, we wi sh you all a pro s perous ru s hing se a son and a pleasurable new ye T MABEL E. STEVENSON

VERMO:ST BETA-UN IVER SITY OF VERMONT

(Chart<red 1898 )

College life with its work and pa stim es ha s begun once more c.t Vermont .

On the evening of October third the Y. M. and Y. W. C. A. ente rtained the e ntering class at the city Chris tian Association Hall. The first {ooth.aU hop of thi s year wa s held at the co llege gymnasium Friday. October fifth These informal dances were vcry plea sant events last year and bid fair to be equally so thi s coming year.

The active chapter and some o f the alumn::,e of Vermont Beta attended the wedding of Katherine Gebhardt at Shelburne.

We are all very proud of o ur n ew room s at the home of one of our professor s. They are very plea sant and s u ch :m impro ve ment over our last home!

As soon as Pan-Hellenic permit s we hope t o bring forward so me new girls to introduce to our s isters

Vermont Beta extends best wishes fo r a pr os perous year to all her sis ter chapt er, especially the new chapter at Minnesota.

H £LEN L ALLEN.

COLUMBIA ALPHA--{;EORGE W \ S HINGTON UN IVERSITY

(C harlered 1889)

With a winter o f promi se lying before one and ith everything to anticipate, it is little wonder that th e fall of the year is th e time of ke enes t excitemen t and exhilaration in the life of a hea lthy chapter. The ve ry act of looking fo rward is s timulating .

And so it is in this spirit of confidence and enthusiasm for the ..... ork to be d one , tbat Columbia Alpha ha s entered into the plans o f the coming:ye"T.

At the outset, we have been met more than half way, by improvementsin the college world of a decidedly d'cceptable nature The Quarters of the girls of the cellege ha\'e been extended by the addition o f a large comfortably furni shed r oo m, exclusively fo r us, a novelty which we are enjoying with se lfi s h delight. Heretofore also, due probably to ou r sma IJ

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n um bers, we ha\' c had no onc to r ep r esen t o r advise us. This year however Ellis, formerly a studen t a t the Woman's College of Baltimore, and a wom ..n of wide educationa l experie nce, has been appointed by the U ni versi ty t o a position designated as advisor of women in addition to that of instructor in E n g li sh. One can readily see the beneficial effect stic h a step will h ave upon th e 51 .mding of the co ll ege and we have welcomed th e new order of thing s, th e ack n owledgme nt of OUT growing numbers with a since r e app r ecia ti on.

Our alumnae of thi s city ha ve already met with us this yea r in the r egu la r 30om..1 r ecept io n w h ic h they give the week after the coll ege opt:ns, as a welcome t o the freshmen girls. It seemed good for SO many of us to be toge th er again at the first social affair of th e s eason, afte r a s um me r of sepdTation and va r ied inte r es t s.

We are looking fo rw ard now t o th e fir s t dance o f the year whe r e we s hall have a n other oppo r tunity of meeting the new gi rl s who interest us. In th e meantime we (iTe no oprortun it y t o make life imeres t in g fo r them .

Columbia Alpha sends g r eeti ngs to 11 the chapters with wi sh es for the brightest yea r possible HELEN M ARIE EVANS.

PENNSYLVANIA ALPHA-SWARTHMORE COLLEGE

(C h a rt e r ed J8g2)

The joys and the re st o f summe r vacation have le ft th e girls of P e nnsy lvania A lph a strong and r eady fo r ano th e r good ye:1T.

W e a r e all busy now with our coll ege and fraternity work, and with th e good tim es we h ave amo ng o ur selves SWoTthmore seeme d a beauti f ul place to us last sp r ing, but it seem s a lm os t as beautifu l when we return to it n ow And w ith this r e turn is revived more liitro ng ly than eve r the desire to do o ur very best for ou r coll ege and for Pi Beta Phi . Conditions here seem ve ry favorable to us thi s year. The en t e ring class i s the la rgest th e college has eve r known, .and th ere arc a number of girls well worth kn owing. W e miss ve ry much ou r girls who le ft us la st spring, and it makes us realize that we must redouble our efforts an d d o our very best to fill th e v<!id caused by their abse n ce.

In the college itself w e n o ti ce a number of changes thi s yea r Dean Bond who ha s been here fo r so man y yea r s ha s left u s. W e all feel her absence and mi ss her greatly. D ea n Mee t ee r has come to us in h e r place, and we girl s are rapidly lea rning to appreciate he r deep sympathy for u s, <J1d to reali ze that her heart is in h e r work. Professo r Cunningham, an instructor h e r e fo r man y years, has also gone and h er place been taken by Dr MilI e r. Our n ew Ca rn eg ie library is in process o f building, and we all h ope it may be r ead y by C hri s tm :s.

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We are well started now in college work and with the enthusiasm now shown in many ways by our girls we are hoping fo r great s uccess. May every chapter of Pi Phi know its most happy and prosperous year in every way is the wish of Pennsylvania Alpha.

ANNA E. STUBBS

PENNSYLVANIA U.:TA-BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY

(Chartered 1895 )

All you si sters in Pi Phi know what a very busy time the first few week s of the fall t erm are, but this seems to have been th e very busiest we ha ve ever experienced.

We greatly miss the s ix girls who went out with la s t yea r 's class, as well as the several freshman girls who did not return. OUf chapter consists of only eleven, a s mall nu mber when we think of the fifteen we had last year. Although la st commencement week seven dear little freshman m<>.'Cle the acquaintance of " Hi s Ma jesty, Sir William" only two-Ella Garvin and Eunice dalJ-were able to return this year. Undaunted by. our small number, a desire to hear all about the Convention brought us back & few days before the opening or college.

The se fir st two weeks have been one r ound of entertaining and we were certainly kept very busy; yet, when we have a few spare moments we gather together to talk of our house-pa rt y which was given t Blue Hill, last J une. It was our fir st one, and we twenty, boys and girls, decided it was a grand s ucce ss-thi s la st good time for three months.

On the s ixth o f October we gave our annu 1 picnic to our new pledges, at Whit e Deer. It is an ideal spot for an outing, and what fun we had r iding on a hand-car, taking pictures, and looking for chestnuts. On the twelfth of October we g ...ve our allnual r ece ption to. all the freshman girls . Toward th e end of the evening each one was ' given a wine-red candle in a blue crepe-paper holder and you can only imagine how wide their eyes opened wh en they were told that we were going to toa st marshmallows over them. After singing frat ernity son g s there ended what we thought had been a very pleasant evening.

Last sp r ing ground was broken for the building of a new boys' dormitory, East college. It is expected that it will be ready for use by next fall

Penn sy lvania Beta se nd s be s t wishes for most successful year to aU her sisters in Pi Phi.

EDNA A SUlI:AN

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P£:'WNSYLVANIA GAMliA-DICKINSO,," COLLEGE

(Cha rtered 1903)

This college year has opened very favorably and happily for u s.

We miss our seniors very much, but ha ve all ou r other girls back, and han eight fine buds pledged to blossom into Pi Phi. We feel that we are extremely (ortunate

Each Wedne sday afternoon we picnic in a pretty little grove n ear us. It is a ve ry secluded spot, not generally kn ow n , SO we have t4ken possession of it as our own. We build a fire in the evening, toa s t marshmaJlows, sing and chat. In this way we have come to know OUT new girls very well in SO s h ort a time. We have invited OUT Cilumnae to be wi th us at initiation and hope to have a pleasant and profitable time Pennsylvania Gamma sends best wi she s to all her s is ter chapters.

COR1NNE GAUL.

NEW YORK ALPHA-SYR. CUS E UN I\' ER S ITY

(C hartered 1896)

\Ve, at Syracu se, find our se lves this fall in such a different place. 1t is no longer a Quiet. well-ordered campus, bu t a badly upheaved o ne, bustling with the importa n ce of thing s done and s till to be done. Yo u see. OU T Ca m egie libr ary is almo st fini s hed; th e work on lh c new ova l is going forward rapidly; th e Natu r al Hi story Building and the men's dormitory are assumi n g large proportion s, and there a r e "ague rumors in t h e air of sti ll greater things to be done in the not too distant futu r e. And so, how could we fail to ent e r upon the new year with e nergy And hope that it will be as well with our chapter as it is with OUf alma mater.

Our freshman class i s larger than ever before-about fifteen hundred regi s tered It proved t o be: An easy prey to the doughty sop homores, who had it very much t h ei r own way in the annual Salt-Rush . H oweve r, we arc- not now SO interes t ed in the prowe ss of the men of th e class as in the winsomeness of certain s hy members of it who are irrenrently styled "co-cds,"

T h e exceedingly late pledge-day and the long, elabor:.te rules for ru s hing imposed by the local Pan-Helle ni c make rushing a matter of longcontinued effort. And so we are donning all the s trength and endurance at our comrn:.nd. We hope that the fales-in the form of the Pan - Hellenic-have been kinder to our s iste r chapter s; and we s end heartiest greetings and be st wi shes for a new year.

LOI S HAWKS

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NEW YORK BETA-BAR NARD COLLEGE

(Chartered 1904)

The opening of colleg e bring s with it thi s year a greater enthusiasm amo ng th e girls of New York Bet than ever before. We a r e ve r y fortunate in having Aileen Weav er, Kansa s, 19Q6, and Eunice Welsh, Wisconsin, 1900, with u s this year. Aileen Weav e r is h o ldin g a Pi Phi scholarship and we hear that MaTY Wad swo rth , from Nebraska Beta, is soon coming to enter our sophomore cla ss

We have heard all about Convention from our delegate, Mary Reardon, who was \'ery enthusiastic a'bout it and about the girl s whom s he met ther e

The cata logue shows us that there are over sixty Pi Phis living in or near New York. We cannot help thinking what a splendid alumnae club could be formed thi s winter if the girls would get to gether. Last year our ,,'Iumnae club was not very large but those who did join the club were enthusiastic workers and helped u s in many way s. We furni shed a great part of our apartment with the money which the alumnae gav e ti S and they ·lways held their meetings in our r ooms

This year we have taken a few rooms in all apartment hou se near college and seve ral of o ur members, Abby Leland , Aileen Weaver , and Eunice W els h , are going to li\'c there T h e re st of the chapte r will rent the parlor whe r e we shall ha\'e our cookie-shi n es and sImI! entertai n the fr es hmen \ Ve feel that we shall enjoy our .,:partm e nt this year more than ever because it will trul y be a h ome o f Pi Phi s.

We he ar that Pearl Archibald is doing Y. W. C. A. wo rk in Jer sey City and we hope to see much of her thi s winter.

Two of our girls, Sophie P. \Voodman and Amalie Althaus, went to Sih' er B ..y this summe r and had a most enjo yable time with the rest of the Pi Phi s there. S'ophie W oodma n was very pleasantly entertained by the Boston university chapter thi s s umm e r, both going to and returning from Halifax Miss Woodman is president of the Barnard Y. W C. A and at their reception held FridAY, September twenty-eighth, she received with the dean. The Y. W C. A. gives a reception every year during the fir st week of college and it affords u s an excellent opportunity to see and meet the freshmen.

This ye"T the girls in the fr eshman class seem to be you nge r than th e averc.:ge Barnard freshmen. There are a great many very fine girls among them , however , and we h()pe that we shall be very successful in getting girls for our chapter. In the junior and sen ior classes also th ere a re sev· eral very lovely girls whom we are now busily rushing

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ten, was held the first Friday of the college year, and we were \'cry happy in having with us at that time our new Y W. C. A. student secretary. Miss Eleanor H nis, Baltimore, I9Q6 a Delta Gamma, and a s ister of the president of Northwestern university. Then la st Friday the class of 1909 gave 1910 the "mysteries," the initiation of the freshmen into Barnard.

Next Friday the juniors will give an entertainment to the freshmen which will take the form of a "county fair " ::..nd from which much fun is ,expected .

The year promises to be a very happy and successful one for New York Beta and we hope that it wili be the same fo r a'U the: other chapters of Pi Phi

MAUDE hENE KI.EIN •

MASSA

C H USEITS A I.PHA-BOSTON UN IVEilSlT\'

M.assachusetts Alpha is again in the midst of that bu s ie st of all bu sy seasons, "rushing time. " Pan-Hellenic rule s have placed Pledge Day on October twenty- seco nd , and we are all looking forward to it with anticipation , not wholly unmixed with anxiety. Already a few girls have s hown a decided preference fo r u s, but othe r s are still doubtful. We have had the tlstmi lun cheon s, evening partie s and Saturday outings, hut have found th e quiet individual rushing to be quite as effective as the more -elaborate occasions .

From a fraternity point of view this has been one of the best summers th at Massachusetts Alpha has ever had Soon after commencement we had a splendid house - party. Twenty-five girls were a.ble to be with u s at least part of the time, and never did the number d windle down to less than fifteen. Through the cou rtesy of the "Ladie s' Aid Society" of Oakdale. we had the use of the church cottage at Stirling Campmeeting grounds It was SO early in the season that we had the entire grove to ourselves. And such a good time! Picnics, straw rides and -canoe trips, and best of all a grand good time at the hom e of Carrie Bacon , '05, in Oakdale. Surely there never were twenty happier Pi Phi s. There was a pathetic s ide to that day's experience too went to visit the Truant School during the afternoon. A few of u s After we had been through the buildings and had h eard about the work there, we returned to Carrie's home. About half an hour later some o n e cried out Here come the truant boys '" We ru s hed out on th e piazza, and trooping up the road came forty -nine boys, barefooted, and dressed in the..

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s chool uniform, but with their arms filled with branches of delicate pink mountain laurel. They marched up on the lawn, laid the flowe r s down bdore us, gave a cheer and then gracefully ma r ched away again. Their happiness at doing us the service was evident on eve r y face, and brought tears to the eyes of many of us. But wi th one accord we gave a h earty Pi Phi cheer for "The Truant boys."

BtH aside from the good times and the res t we had, the home party did U 5 all a la st ing good as a f r aternit y . The intim acy of our life there brought us together as no th ing else could and I am sure that Massachusetts Alpha is a bette r chapter, and th at the girls are better gi rl s for having had that ten days together.

We had a r e union of twelve of our girl s in August at the summe r cottage o f Anna Robinson·Nickerson at Rock Island, Massachusetts. Thi s was unique in two ways-it wa s unu s ual for so many of the girls to get toge th e r during the vacation , and we also had the pleasure of having with us a s is ter fr om New York Beta , Sophie Woodman. She visited us again on Regi stration Day and was pr esen t at OU f first lunc h eo n 'V e are all glad to have Esth er John son back this yea r Helen Ganiard, 'oS, and Laura Wright, ' og, were unable t o return this term, but we shall look fo r them next year.

On October s ixth, Marion Bean, 'as, was married t o M illard LymanRobin son , '05, at her home in Conco rd , N. H. The di stance was so g r eat that only one of the active girls co uld go. After a s hort wedding trip they will r e side in Manche ster, N. H ., where Mr. Robinson is pastor of the Church.

A l pha send s its greetings to all the chap ters and s incere wi s he s for su cc es s, not only in rushing, but during the en tir e college year. Bt..ANCHE L. M. CHARLTON.

MARYL.O\ X D ALPHA-W O MAN' S COLLEGE OF BA LTU(QRE (Chartered ,!lg7)

Onc e ma rc we ..Te trying to get down to work after our vacation, at th e op en ing of a year which promi ses to be very b r ight for us fo r seve ral re aso ns Fi r st of all, every o n e of o ur girl s is back except the two who graduated la st year, whil e up to th e la st minute we expect ed to have to g et al ong with some mis s ing m e mber s. Then our delegate to connntion h s bro ught us back lo ts o f e nthu s ia s m which we feel will help us to dob rtt e r wo rk thi s ye a r than eve r bef o re . She is t o give her fo rm al repo rt at O Uf sr c ond mee t ing to whi c h all o f th e a lumnae have been invited, for th e o f showing th e m O llf new r oo m s a s well a s to give them a n opp ortll ni t y to hear the con \ e nti o n repo r t.

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We shall hav e some time now to dev ote to fixing up these rooms s ince we do not hove to launch forth immediately on tbat mad ru s h which in former years ha s begun th e week after college opened and lasted for six weeks. We have a new contract this year which is different from any we have ever tried before. Pledge day is to be December the fift eenth and there is to be no ru s hing at lJ until after Thanksgiving vacation. Whether o r not thi s n e w plan will prove a good one remains to be seen, but at any rate it is a great r elief no t to have to cons id er immediately which girl s we want, Tu sh them , and le::,:v( the others without en tertaining them at all . The Y o ung W o man 's Christian A ssoc iation is taking lage of thi s opportunity t o get th e fr es hm e n acquainted with each other md betwee n this and the various othe r e ntertainment s giv e n in their hon o r th ey will not be in any great danger of hav ing t oo much time to devote to th ei r lesson s. Th e sophomor es gan them a n ov el entertainment the fir st week of college. They invited them to the gymnasium , and when they had made them don th ei r gymnasi um s uit s and the colors of one of the men' s univ ersi ties, h e ld an at hl e tic m eet-th e f rf'shmen doing all of the stunts and the sophs r ooting.

We find that th e addition to our faculty makes quite a change for the better as seve ral o f the departments ha' e been greatly strength e ned . We Pi Phi s are p rt icu larly fortunate in having o n e of our ow n Maryland Alpha girls as associate profe ssor of Englis h , Dr. May Lansfi eld Keller, who was at Wells college la st yea r

Mayall the Pi Phis ev erywher e have <.: mo s t h appy and pro sperous year.

LoUI SE NELSON VAN SANT.

BETA PROVINCE

OHIO

UNIVERSITY

( Chart ered 1889 )

The girl s of Ohio Alpha are again united and wish to stu d the ir g reeting s to all their sis ter chapters. We hav e h ad a happy vacatio n and are just getting in o ur work.

Although the loss of eight of our la st ye ar' s c h apte r is rather we have begun this year with nine a c tiv e girl s and three pledges-Kathe rine Thompson , Winifr ed Higgen s, nd Addie Swi s her

Bernice Coultrap who was at Colo rad o Alpha la st yea r is ba c k and we are all g lad to have her with u s again .uoo,,-<I

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Our ru s hing i s almos t ove r and w e expect to ha ve cO larger chapter th311 ever before . Bayard Ullum , one o f Qur last year's graduates, who lives in Germantown , Pa , wa s with u s for sc \'e ral weeks and s he with a few other al umnae helped u s in our ru shing .

The second week o f sc hool we entertained the d es ir a ble new girl s with a cookie-shine in ou r hall. Thi s pr m red a huge s uc cess a nd through it we were fortunate enoug h to obtai n seve r ..1 n ew pledge s. Then la s t week w e gave a c hafing-di s h party t o o llr new pledge s, which enabled ti S to become better acquainted. We are al so planning a tally-110 rid e to the next b U game

Phi Delta The ta a nd Beta Theta Pi hav e both entertained for th e ir new men, al which Pi Beta Phi was well repr ese nt ed. D e lt a T a u Delta gives a da.nce Friday c\'ening, h o noring Pi Bela Phi .

Frat e rnity life at Ohi o uni\'e r si ty is 1I 0 t on l y \'err acti \'e a m o ng the Pi Phi girls but also among h e r brother and s is ter fraternities.

Our hall is in one of th e o ld wing s on the campus and they intend to have thi s wing rem o del e d . Thi s will nece ss itat e o ur h oY ing a new hall o r chap t e r hou se. We have lo ng talk ed about a h ouse and are all anxious to hav e one, but are rather timid about s tart ing om. 'We are expecting o ur alumnae and patro nes ses to furni sh i t, but it will be hard to find ;,: de si rabl e h o u se nea r the univer s it y. Yet we hope that before anothe r ARROW h as appea re d we c an tell o ur sis ter c hapt e r s o f our new house . Ohio Alpha' se nd s her be st wishes for a ha ppy and s ll cc ess ful yea r.

EoYT H EATON.

OHIO 8ETA-oHIO STA TE UN IVEk SIT\'

(Char tered 1894 )

Vacation has come and gone. ru s hing is again ove r, and we are glad to be back a t college o n ce more, hard at work fo r ou r schoo l int e r ests and f o r Pi Phi We h ave seve n new pl edges th is ye ar: Marguerite Li sle, J eanette Logan, Ruth Clarke. Louise Sh epherd . M ad g e Summerville. Nellie Ayle s wo rth, and Anna C o nn o lle

We a r e ve ry pr ou d indeed to see them weoTing ou r new pledge pin s.

The most strenuous part of o ur ru shing seaso n thi s fall la sted abo ut two weeks. \Ve are r es tricted by Pan -H ellen ic rul es t o three large functi ons between May fir s t and pledge day . Our fir st party wa s .. platfo rm dance given in June The day before r egistration day we entertained with a luncheon at one of the ho tel s, a nd o n pledge day ou r ru s hing wo's concluded with a picnic given at the s uburban hom e of one of the girls. Th e rest of the ru s hing consisted o f individua l parti es gi ve n by crowds of six , We fee l that the re s ult o f o ur rushing ha s full y repaid u s for all the effort we put into it.

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Eight Pi Phi s from Ohi o Beta attended convention in June. The y all cam e home d e light ed with the plea sant tim e th ey h ad and enthusiastic in their prai se o f what a frat e rn it y convention means to a fraternity girl

Corm Greiner, '09. wa s s ent as a del ega te fr o m Ohio State univ e r s ity t o the convention o f the Yo ung Woman 's Ch ri s tian A sso ciation, held at Winona lake, Indiana , in September.

Five o f the six Pi Ph is who left Ohio Beta la st June are no w tea c hing at different places in Ohi o. We miss th e m gre .r..tly and arc glad t o hav e at lea s t o ne of o ur 1906 se ni o r s, Katherin e Bancroft, with u s thi s year takin g post-graduate work.

One of th e fir st social events of the college year Wn'S an informal d ancing party gi ve n at th e Co lum bu s Co untry club by Kenyon Hayde n, one of our alumnae, in h on o r of th e Pi Phi pledges. Th e Cou ntr y club io:; a charming pla ce in which to ent e rt ai n , an d a ll wh o went h ad r.: s plendid time.

\o\.'e had a pleasa nt. though \'Cry visit from Maud Miller, souri Alpha thi s s umm e r. O n h e r war home from a n e:.s t e rn trip sh e s topped for 3 sh ort ti me w ith H ele n Smith. We we re g lad to meet Mis s Miller and h 3\' c h e r wi th u s. en n i f it were o nl y for a few hour s.

Oh io Bet a sends good wio:;he s for 3 hap py an d pro sperou s year t o all Pi Phi s.

HEL EN M CLARKE.

INDIANA ALPHA-fRANKLIN CO I LEGE

1888)

Indi ana Alpha is pro ud t o introdu ce through th e Arrow her eight new Pi Phi s, Minni e Engl e r, E s th e r Pe ek, Mabel Nicho ls , Marj o rie Weyl , Marguerit e Allen, H ale l Abbott. Fer n Dugg e r , a nd L e n o r e St a nfield

Acco rd ing to our local cust o m ou r inv itat io ns were iss ued t o th e new girl s one wee k a ft e r co ll ege o pen e d The week filled with ru sh ing parties pa ssed v!:!ry r "ll idl y. A lun c h eo n was g iv!:! n a t the c hapt e r h ouse in which g o lden rod was th e moti\'e in place cards and d eco rat ion s and yellow and while predominated in th e menu . Our patronesse s and th e new girl s were o ur gu ests and after the luncheon impromptu toas t s were responded to by th e :ct i\' e and a lumnae Pi Phi s.

One of o ur res id ent alumnae. Flore nce Pro v ince , wa s married in Sep· tember and we gave a kitchen s h ower in h er h o nor.

We feel that con ve nti o n h elped o ur chapter especially, fo r the gi rl s a re more enthu si astic, if that is pos s ible than eve r before. Pi Beta Ph i i s doubly dear s ince meeting so many Pi Phi s.

Our new chapter h ome is si tuated ju s t acro ss the stre e t fr o m the co l-

lege. It accommodates eight girls. Twenty -snc n active girls are here this fall, and we are planning for s tr ong college work.

With best wishes to all Pi Phis for a s u ccessful year.

J ULrA L YLE WILSON.

INDIANA BETA-INDIANA UN I VF.RSlTY

(Chartered

I89J )

This year promises to b e mo st successf ul both in college and fraternity affair s. The enrollment in the university is greater than it ever has been before. Our new student building is completed and th ey are now building a beautiful new library. The old library will be turn ed into a law building.

You will all be interested in hearing how the ru s hing came out . Our girls got our full share of good freshmen. Our n ew girls are as follows: Orthena Fay Cldyton, Mary \Vright, Lela Gray, J osie Boyd, Irene Ferris, Rose Hasme:-, JUana Young, Lillian Pompei, Ruth Roark, Nellie Graybill, Marie Davis, and Georgia Bellows. \Ve worked h ard for them, too. We had c: one-day cont r act this yea r and we had to keep some thing goi ng on continually. We had drj"es bn M onday and Tue sday; Wednesday afternoon one of our town a lumn ae entertained us at cards; Wedne s day n ight we held a11 open mee ting to a ll the fraternities. By th at time we had the colors on all our n ew girls and it ce r tainly made us "feel good" to see the wine and s il ve r b lue on SO many fine g irl s.

We hav e s ix t ee n in the hou se thi s yea r , five of whom a r e fres hm en Thi s is my first year in the chapter hou se and I never realiz ed before how much Pi Phi m eant to me until I lived here a while and found out what home life i s in a chapter hou se Our matron is the mothe r of o ne of the girls and of course she feel s more sympat hy with us than an uninte r es t ed person would

\N e are planning to give a se rie s of entertainmen t s this fall. H e r etofo re we have a l ways had one dance, inviting all the fraterni ti es. Thi s year we are goi n g to h..ve an informal party every Thur sday night and invite one fraternit y at a time We think in this way the company will be more congenial and all will enjoy themselves more Otlr chapter wishes Pi Phis e"erywhere a success ful yea r BARBARA VOYLES.

INDIANA GAMMA-BUTLER COLLEGE (Chartered 1897 )

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dowment of $250,000 ha s not been met, but just last week the Commercial Club of the city of Indiana polis took the matter up so we hope to ba,-c a glorious celebr ti on o n Founders' Day in February in honor of the completed endowment. This un se ttled condition of affai r s and the fact that we have no intercollegiate athletics have kept a number of men students away but seents not to have hurt the attendance of girls. Kappa Alph;;: Theta ha s put in a Ilew chapter h e re this year so OliT ru s hing season was more stre nu ous than formerly. As ru shing stunts we gave an informal sp read , a theatre party, a dance, and later a dinner fo r ou r four new pledges, Yacht Kennedy, Marian Russell, Nelle Golin, and Clara Holliday. We had no co ntract th is year but hope next year to have a short one.

All the Indiana Gamma girls feel so happy over the conven ti on and the immense mount of g ood it ha s done us As a re sult of the ellthusiasm of the convention we are to have a chapter room this yeara new experiment with liS, but we hope it will ht> slu·('I" ful LUCILE DIDLAKE.

ILI INOIS BETA-LOMBARD COLLECE

(Charte r ed 1872 )

The first four weeks of college have come and gone and lIIinoi s Beta feels well launched on another yertT of hard work and good times Th e joys of vacation can n ot compare with th e happy rellnion of Ollr old girls and the anticipation of new friendship s. Ten of liS retumed, filled with enthu sias m for th e success of both col lege and fraternity.

Our delegate' s cOIn-ention report nd the first Galesburg Pi Phi Associat ion meeting were sources of new energy. We began our two weeks of ru shing with pleasant -expectations and as a r esult, five freshmen are now wearers of th e wine and blue. On the nineteenth of September, Illin ois Bela pledged Eu!:;.: Tompkins, Anna Ro ss, Lenore Bland, Ethel Miley, and Helen Honeywell. Instead of the usual cookie-shine, we gave a picnic breakfast in their honor.

The Pan-Hellenic rule s were un sa tisfactory thi s fall but the two fraternities have decided to strive fo r better re sults in the future. \Ve expect to hove seve r al Pan-Hellenic meetings during the year and enjoy info rmal di sc ussion s on college and fraternity affairs in general. M.r s. Leib, the former secreta r y of the National Pan-Hellenic Association, ha s been with us for a couple of weeks and h er experience w s very helpful.,

There have been few c han ges in th e college this year. W e all miss football at Lombard, but perhaps that surplus enthusia s m is used t() better advan""ge

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OUT comfortable "f rat r oom" is a continua l pleasure a nd we have made great plans for new improvement s thi s fall It may be neCeSSc.TY to give a series of "se wing bees" in o rd e r t o obtain the de s ired collection of sofa pillow s but the pl edges will be o f great a ss istance there We expect to begin our usual hi-weekly meetings with our pledges soon. La s t year we '1\ so enjoyed the literary program, fraternity di sc ussions and Pi Phi song s.

Ma y thi s be the mo st pro s pe r o us year in the annals of our fraternity.

MARION WEB STER

ILLINOI S 'COLLEGE

(Chartered 1884)

Illinois Delta's nine active girls came together thi s fall full of enthusiasm en d hope for the coming year and as a re su ll of the ru shi ng season a re proud to intr oduc e to all Pi Phis three n ew wearer s of the Arrow, Delia Spinner, Estelle A,' ery and Grace Hin c hliff, town girls and very s tro ng and helpful on es. We also ha ve s ix more girls wearing new pledge pin s. They are Annette Lindner, GI ••dys Van Patten. Elizabeth Gard, Evelyn Holl ida y, Lillian Green and J ess ie Archer.

The fir st week of schoo l a rece ption was given at the ho me of Hortense Cowan by the Pi Beta Phi A ssocia tion of Galesburg at a "rushing stunt" for both the Lombard and Knox chapter s. Thi s pr ove d very s uccessful and we consider ourselves fortunate in ha vi ng another chapter so near.

At the suggestion of one of ou r d elega te s at convention we tried the plan this year haying the alumnae arrange all the soc ial function s during the ru shing, thu s allowing the active girls a better chance for becoming acquainted with the new girls

At the last Association meeting reports were given by th e r eprese nt :tive s at Convention and the viv id de sc ription s o f th e meetings and good times made u s wish th e more that we might aIJ have been there.

Together with the st udent s and alumnae of Knox we are this fall mourning the sudden death o f ou r beloved teacher, Prof. Albert Hurd , ;' Kn ox's Gr::.nd Old Man ." Prof. Hurd's ca r ee r as an instructor has but few parallels, for he had taught fifty-five consecutiH years in the same college.

Knox ha s abolished football , for a time at least and under th e directi on of an Engli sh co::,:ch ha s tak e n lip A ssoc iati o n football.

\Vith be s t wi shes for all Pi Phi s , LULU HIN C I-ILIFF

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ILLINOIS EPSILON-NORTHWESTERN USIVElI:S ITY

(C hartered 1894 )

1n the mad whirl and bustle of rushing, it is almost impossible to calm onese lf and to try and write of anything but "rushee, bidding, pledge ," und so weiler. After our nerve - racking four weeks of ru s hing last year, a two week's se son comes as a most noticeable relief. The Pan-Hellenic rules for thi s year aTe rather rigid, but still they are a decided improvement over those of last year. Pledge -day is to be Thursday, October eleventh; the formal written bid s being sem out by a Pan - Hellenic committee, after ten o'c1ock on Wedne sday night. 'With only three d ys morc of rushing ahead of us, things are naturally becoming rather st renuous and exciting.

111inoi s Ep s ilon star t s the year with a ve ry small chapter, <.:s but seven of our o ld girls are back. Myrtelle Rogers , whom many of you may rf'mf'mber as ou r convention d elegate , at Vas sar; while Helen Hibberd is in Smith, and Georgie Sterling at Minne sota, It is hard enough to lose our girls when they graduate but it is even worse to have to give them up to other colleges. Don't you all think so? We girls have been unusual ly fortllnate thi s fall, though. in having a numbe r of girls from othe r chapters with u s for at least a p Tt of ru shing Marion Whidden and Hazel Schelp o f \Viscon s in Alpha, Angie Casey of Illinois Zeta, and Hazel Higley of Iowa Zeta, have been of ine stimahle h el p t o us, besides doing much t o make u s realize how grand a nd how universal th e true Pi Phi sp irit is,

Notwith s t anding th e fact that Northwestern h s aboli s h ed inter-collegiate football for five years, the registrati o n thi s fall ha s s hown a normal increase O\' er last year. Dr. Hani s, our new president, was installed during the s ummer vacation, and is now acti\'e ly engaged in. planning and working for the uni\·ersity Dr. Harri s is a very liber 'I,. broad -mi nded man, a nd co mes to u s with a reco rd of s uccesses; so that we are confidently expecti ng to 'i ee ou r Alma Mater take great st rides forwoTd within the next few years.

J suppose that you are all s till di scussi ng the convention; how s uccessful it was, how delightful it seemed to meet our girls from everywhe re,. and how perfectly splendid it will be to ha ve our next convention at Nl(w Orleans. It hardly seems pos sible that we could ever have a better convention th a n th e o n e at Indi napoli s, but I su spect that each last seems best.

Illinoi s Ep s ilon send s greetings t o Minne sota Alpha but wi s he s also th a t ea c h chapter of Pi Beta Phi may find thi s the mo st pro s per Oll S year in its hi st o ry , A)'n' BURN HAM ONKEN,

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{U.lNOl S ZETA-UNIVERSITY OF tLUNOIS

( Chartered 1895 )

Illin ois Zeta is in the mid st of : mo st st r en uo u s rushing son but she wants to send fall greetings t o h e r siste r c hapte r s. After our perfect year las t year we all pu zz le ove r the n ecessi ty of working so hard for the new girls but we find it "up to us" more than ever thi s year. We find a t JIlinoi s this year better materi,,'l than eve r before, perhaps becau se the s tandard of th e Illu sic sc hool h 'S been raised, so that a gr ea t man y mo r e mu s ic student s are here thi s year than usu ,,'!.

The contract allows the pledging of sist ers so we hav e pledged Inez Ture ll, s iste r of a se ni or of last yea r, and Stella W ork, s iste r of one of our ;.'Ctive girls.

\Ve a r e fo rtun a t e in having with us this year Con stance Haugen, con s in Alpha, who is here for the library sch ool, a nd Bertha Empey, Indi ana Gamm..., who is working fo r h4!r ma ster' s degree. We also ha ve ba ck with us Hilda White and Nellie Well es, two of o ur most enthusiastic worke r s of ye :. before 1,,'5t, whom we mi ssed sa dly last year.

W e have as ch"perone Mr s. Barter, the mot h e r of one o f o ur juniors. We enjoy ha vi ng h e r with u s so much, a hh ough in th e flurry of ru shing season she ha s had little tim e to get to know the girls.

Tue sday aftern oo n Octo ber seco nd we were g iv en a g r eat s urpri se by the marriag e of Je ss ie Armstrong, d: senior, to J ack C rill , a se nior Kappa Sigma. Th ey ha d a very qui et h ome we dding , but needless to say th e entire chapter s o f Kappa Sig and Pi Phi turned o ut t o give them a se nd-off.

The gi rl s of Illin o is Zet ... se nd best wishes to all of you for a happy, s uc cessfu l year, as we a r e hoping for it ou r selves.

LoIS SWIGART.

M IC HIGAN ALPHA-HILLSDALE COLLEG E

(Ch a rt er<d 1887 )

Michigan Alpha sends greeting s to all Pi Phi s. We begin ou r sch oo l year with fee lings of sadn ess and r egret whe n we think of the girls we have lost, and wh en we r ea li ze how much h elp th ey we r e to us 'Od h ow we sha H miss them.

W e are all anxiou sly awaiting our rushing sea son, which begins N ovember thirteenth. This year th e r e are so many desir ble girls, mo re perhap s than in the pa st few year s. K a ppa Kappa Gamma is very strong and it will be hard for both fraternitie s and rush ees.

W e a re allowed by Pan - Hell 4! ni c rules to gi ve one party with in the first fi ve weeks o f the college year, and next Friday night we shall give a party at Effie Pat ch's for all the freshman g irl s. Thi s will give

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'Ou r Al umn ae a chan ce t o see the prospective girls and gi,' c us their opinion . W e a re ve r y fortunate in ha\'i ng so many r esident alumnae. for they are suc h a h elp t o us

La st week we pl edge d Mrs . Alexander Slock as patrones s. Sh e is on e of the most influential women in Hill sd :le a nd we are very proud to have her

W e were so gla d to welcome ou r delegate from th e Convention. She broug ht u s so many h elpful s uggestions and made us fee l as never before how much we owe t o Pi Phi and how much h arde r we ought to w o rk in the future for our fraternity.

CEL I A B. RINE

MICHIGAN BETA-USI \ 'ERS ITY OF MICHIGAN

College opened about three weeks ago. A few of u s we TC back in Ann A r bor almost a week before. helpin g to mnv(, into the new h o u se, and getting ready for th e fall rushing. \V e have moved again this fall, an d th ink the ch"llge a g r eat improvem en t. Considering s ituation and all, we think ours is the be s t c h apte r hou se in tow n

With ou r five la st yea r 's seni o r s we lo st some very s trong girls, both in co llege affa ir s and in th e fraternity, but we are trying hard to make up fo r th e lo ss. Three o f o ur freshmen a lso left u s , M a rgar e t Breck is now in Va ssa r, a nd Gladys Jam es was marri ed on the fift ee nth of la st August t o Mr Sharple ss Walker of Miles City, Montana At the las t mom ent we r eceived word th 1 Nellie Nagle was ill , and could not be with us thi s fall, but we a r e hopi n g she wi ll be back l1 ext semeste r .

Conditions for eve r yone in regard to rushing have been bad thi s fall, because fewer girl s came to co ll ege than u sual. For that r eason we c n n ot boas t of many pledges, but those that we h ave a r e th e kind of whom you all may feel p r oud. We began our netertaining o n th e Fri.day of the week befo r e school began On that evening we h ad a little dinner party. Many of th e o ld girl s were back to h elp u s, and th ey did belp us ve ry much Saturday night we ho:d a nother dinner party, with a littl e dance fo ll ow ing. Monday nen ing we ga\'c a German t o which s ixte en fre shm e n were invi ted. Man y of the girls were being ru sh ed by other fraternitie s, and the only way we got thi s t ime with them wa s by writing to them during the su mmer v cati o n. Th e re were only two of th ese girls whom we asked t o wear th e wine ::and blue, but we h ad 1he satisfaction of ru s hing th e o th e r s, before th e o ther frat e rnitie s had seen th em

W e have five new pl e dge s in all. They are Annabel K ellogg, B ernice 'G....lIup , J ea n Griffin, J ean ette Benson and D o r o thea Lee . B e rni ce Gal -

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lup graduated from vVelle s )ey a year ago last Jun e, a nd s he is taking wor k for a mas t er"s degree thi s year. The ot h e r s a r e fre s hm e n

M.ichigan Alph has been ve r y kind t o us thi s year. Fi ve girls (rom that chap ter a r e in t own ; four of th em with liS in co ll ege.

Next Saturday afternoon from four to six we a r e going to give a rece pti on t o th e faculty ladies, to int r oduce our n ew c h apero n, Mrs. Breck, to th e co ll ege world. Mr s. Br eck is the mothe r o f Mar g:1.Tet Breck who was in th e c h ..:pt e r la s t ye ar. \Ve a r e ve r y lu cky t o h ave h e r with us, fo r s he ta ke s such an active inters t in all our affai r s Another thing w hi ch we cong r atu late ourselves upo n is th at we h ave both the Grand and Pro vi nce Pres ident s so near to us. Mrs Burr visi t ed u las t week. and promised to come again t o some of ou r meetings in th e near future. We hope to see Mi ss Gamble next week.

With love from Mi c higan Be t a to Pi Phis everywhere.

ANNABEL CAREY

WISCONSIN ALPHA-UNIVERS ITY OF WI SCONS I N

(Charte r ed 1894 )

Fifteen active girls returned thi s fall , and tw o .. Iumnae, E li zabe th McGregor and Hel e n R osen s te nge l a r e ta king post graduate work. A s the result of o ne week's ru sh ing we have five p ledges: Alice Volkman o f Louisv ill e, Ky ., Ge n evieve Clark of D e troi t , Mi c h ., Emily Thoma s, Menomonie, Wi s. , Edit h Fi s her, Omaha, Neb., and M olly Kelly, Albany, N. y, We are ve r y en thusiastic bout them a ll , and th in k they will make s tr ong Pi Beta Phi s

We began ru s h in g week with a "cooky ·shine " at the chapte r h ouse, A luncheon and a tea were gi\'en at the homes o f two of ou r town girls, and d r iving, launc h ride s, and informal affa ir s at th e hou se occupie d the re s t of the time Our house was an especially fine place fo r e ntertaining, as the town alum nae had bought new furniture fo r the reception room, had the Roors waxed and the w 'l1 s r e- decorat ed , During the s ummer we started a " r ug fund," and we r e able to buy seve ral o ri ent.d rugs

Our former c h aperone, Mrs. Burn h am, was ob lig ed to leave u s la'5 t spring, and we are fortunate in having with us Mrs. Bashford, who is a most capable and congeni .. 1 house·mother . \Ve h ave added to o ur to wn alumnae a ve ry c harming Pi Be t a Phi, formerly of Colo r ado Be t a, H elen C r;,.ne·L yma n . She is the wife of Prof. Rollo L Lyman of thi s city.

Alpha wishes a year to her sister chap t e r s.

DOROTHY MARI E BURNAAM.

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MINNESOTA ALPH A-UN IVER S ITY OF MI NNESOTA

( R e- chartert:u 1906)

M inn eso ta Alpha has p asse d thro u g h it s fir s t ru shing seaso n a nd has come out with flying colo r s. OUf s ister c hap ters can p e r ha p s imagine what it means when we say we were installed September eighth and rushing seaso n o p en ed September le nth H OWCH T, by st eady s upport from OU T alumnae, and by th e un ceasi n g effort s 011 th e part of o u r active c hapte r , we are ab le to sa y that we h ave pledged just th e girls we wanted By th e n ext issue o f th e ARROW we sha ll ask yo u t o g r eet as membe r s o f P i Beta Phi Adelaide R obb in s Gillette and Florence E. Jo hn so n, who are taking post-g r a du ate work; Ruth R obbi n s, who ha s s pent two yea r s at W ells and E<; th l' r Robb in s, bo th o f R o LLillM..Iale, Minn . ; Gladys Clendening of Fargo, N, D .; Florence Bernhardt of Littl e Fall s, Minn . ; E dna Lampert, E dn a Brown an d Mar y Lyons o f Minn eapo li s. Our initiation take s place October tw e my- sc \·enlh .

Sixteen of our o ld m e mber s arc back in co ll cge, Besides this numbe r we h ave a m ost valuable additio n in Georgia Sterling fr o m TIlin ois Epsi lon.

Th e opening o f th e co ll e g e yea r found two \'ac3 n cies in the Th e t a Epsilon Lit e r ary Society, and ou t o f a l l the name s p r opose d fo r the places, onc of our pledges, Ruth Robbin s, wa s chosen t o fill on e o f th e vaca n c ies. We co nsi dered thi s something o f a n hon o r. ]n soc ial affairs our girls have been ve ry well r e prese nted

The fir st problem we hav e had to meet as members of Pan - H e llenic was whether o r not Pi Phi fo r o ne de si red a pledge day. Afte r giving the subject ca reful con s id e r a ti o n, we decided that a s a c ho ice of ev i ls, th e pre se nt p la n o f h aving o ne week fo r ru shing. with o pen pl ed ge day, is preferable.

We ha\'e ma de ou t a calenda r of socia l events fo r the enti re yea r, ' ''Ie are goi ng to tr y thi s plan as an expe r iment. but have yet t o find wheth e r it will work ou t or not. T h e fir s t e('en t is t o be a " S oph o m o re Party," gi n n by the soph om o re s in h o n o r o f the fr eshme n, on th e e ve ning before initiati on In conseque n ce o f th e antago ni sm existi ng between the two, we are looking fo r so me funny "s tunt s, " a lth o ugh there is gr eat sec re cy concerning the affai r

On O ctob e r thirty - fir s t we are planning to give a regu la r o ld - fa shi oned Halloween party

There h as been much discussion upon th e sub jec t of mock-in itia ti o n ,

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and ju st how far it should ex tend; but knowing the stand Pi Phi has tak en in this regard, we de cided to di spen se with it entirely. Even among the men's fraternitie s h ere at Minnesota t his form of initiation is coming into di s favor .

Now th at football season ha s o pened , we ho pe to have many visitors from our n eighboring chapters. We take thi s opportunity to extend to our Pi Phi sis ters, one and all, a cordial invitation t o visi t the baby chapte r.

IOWA ALPHA-IOWA WESLEYA N UN IV f.RSITY

(Charte r ed 1868 )

I owa Alpha sends her greeting s We a r e r igh t in th e midst of our r ushi n g season, ou r pled ge day being the M o nd ay before Thank sgiving, and the pros pects fo r Pi Phi a r e exc\llent. Exclusiveness, quality and not quantity, is what we wi s h and we are s ure we sh:dl get every thing we want thi s year.

'Things looked a little dark to us in the begenning. There we re so very few of us at first th 1 we we r e tempted so metimes t o wonder how thing s wou ld end. But Pi Phi alway s had come out on to p and so we redoubl ed our determinr.tion and enthusiasm a nd se t to work. Obstacle s, and they were many, fled in the opposite dir ectioll until now we ha ve, o ..... ing (0 th e s tro n g s upport oi ou r a l um n ae, our fir's t chapter room For various r easons we have n enr been a ble to ha ve one before and the girl s liv ing in chapter hou ses ,. r e hard ly in a pos iti o n to realize how much we appreciate thi s r OOI11. \V e sac rificed all our nice things , PICtures, pennants, cush ions and ch afing dishes, and s uch a lim e as we had fixing it up! In another week We a re to h ve a p ian o which compl e tes i t. For that so rt of thing the room is ideal, in a fin e large hom e on th e n or th wes t corner of th e campu s. The on ly regret a ny of u s have i s th at we h a"e not more time to spend in it.

W e are con stantly having little g;:'1hering s with no t mo r e th an "thr ee frat girls pre se nt" which se r ves to increase ou r already large stock of e:xcitement. We have h ad one elaborate a ffa ir ..nd will ha ve another before pl edge day, but o ur re gu lar fall r ecep ti o n will come after pl edge day we think.

Our college is in a s pl endid cond itio n a nd there a r e mo re s tudent s here than before . Th e dormitory i s fuJI for the fir st tim e in year s. We are going to hav e new cement s idew alks , and a l:.n d sca pe gardener is t o have charge of the campus. Th e re was a n ew local fr a t ernit y o rgani ze d at th e end of last year. Up silon Beta Kapp ..·• whi c h created a l itt le st ir among co llege folk.

FLOREN CE L. A !.l8LE.

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The outlook for Pi Phi is bright in the extreme. Our alumnae are dear loya l women and ..n almo st as in t e r ested in our r oom and in ou r girl s as we are. \ Ve have set o ur h ea rt s t o win ' c \'erything and win we will.

W is hing e\'ery chapter th e fullness of fraternity life, JES S IE JUS£.

IOWA DETA-SI M PSON COLL EGE

( C h a rt ered 1874 )

When a group of girls h<i:s been together fo r nearly nine months it seems hard to have a break, and one o ften feels that the absence of part of the group i s going to be a los s irreparabl e. But ther e is nothing so invigor ting a s a fre sh start. As we girls make o ur n ew beginning this fall we have much to encourage us. Our number is not large. but for that very rea son we get in clo ser touch with each o ther and a s a body ""ith one mind accomplish ih o se thing s \\ hich lYe l.:ulI si dt=r best for the development of the chapter.

The pros pects for the co ll ege are e specially goo d thi s year, the regis-aation is much larger than la st year and everyone see m s filled with a spirit of industry and good will tow ard S im pso n

On account of our new Pan - Hellenic rule. prohibiting the taking in of new members until the y h \'e been two t e rm s in co llege, a great deal of the strenuou s nes s of the se fir s t few week s of sc ho o l ha s been done away with We hav e h;td one \"C ry s uccess ful ru s hing part y and are very enthusiastic and hopeful over quite a number of cha rming new girls. We are, besides, glad to an n oun ce one pledge, Marjorie Wood s, whom we consider an invaluable ally .

We have initiated Daisy Yo ut z our ple dge o f la st s pring, and are very proud to see her wearing the ar row.

Iowa Beta se nd s be s t wi s he s for a good year.

IOWA GAM MA-IOWA STA TE COLLEG E

(CBART£IlED IgOO )

LOIS SILCOTT.

After a vacation which see med all too short, we are busy again in our college and chapter life. We girls haye alw ..ys maintained that we have to work harder than th e girls in any othe r college, and visitors bear us out in our assertion.. Beside s ca rrying on ou r regular college wor k, we have been very bu sy thi s term as Pi Phi s.

Most of our rushing was done during the fir s t two or three weeks.

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We do not work under a Pan-Hellenic association. <1.0 we pledged girls different times, although we had o nly one pledging se n ·ice. \Ve now ha ve five pledges-Laura Smrm s, Lucetta Cameron, Maude Mirick, Josephine Hungerford and Bertha Busby. They agree with u s in thinking that th e new pledge pin s are just the "best ever."

On September third we held an invitation at the ho me of one of our alumnae, and initiated Ruth Egloff, of Ceda r Falls, and Ella an d Frances Hopkin s, of Nevada, Iowa. The ceremony wos aUended by active and a l umnae membe r s, and was fonowed by a cookie-shine.

Two of our girls attended the inst;;:lIation o f Minne so ta Alpha, and we did so enjoy meeting Mi ss Gamble and the girls from othe r chapte r s. It was with a feeling o f pride and joy that we gave up ou r title of the "baby chapter" to so lovely a group of girls.

On the fourth of October th e local soro rit y S. S. and the Pi Phi s gave an "Inter-Fraternity Dance ." Representative s from K<.-ppa, Theta and Tri-Delt were also present. The strenuous part of our rushing seasoa is over, so the ve ry best of feeling was prevalent. It ha s been s uggested that we make this an "'l1nual e\·ent. as it will tend to k eep up a good spirit between the chapters.

With be s t wishes t o every Pi Phi.

FLORI::XCE PETIIN'GER.

IOWA ZETA-STATE UNIVERS ITY OF I OWA (Charte r ed 1882)

Iowa Zeta is very happy this year in a ncw chapter h Ollse where aU the girl s can be toge t her, and with r,' thoroughly charming chaperone, Mrs. Be ssie Parker Hunt , an alumna of our c hapter.

Then, too, we are very glad that our tow n alumnae hav e organized an alumnae club, for we feel we hav e their united suppo rt n ow.

The ru shing this year was stre nuou s 10 an unusua;1 degree-there was a t en·days' ru sh ing season, and each soro rity seemed to think it a duty to have an affair each d y. The wor s t o f it was that we co uld not mention fraternity matters of any kind to the new girls until after our invitations were se nt out. Consequently we were pretty well worn out with the strain by October first, which was the pledge day agreed upon; nevertheless we had some very attracti " e and original parties and many good times.

W e were unusually fortunate in our rushing. for we have eight fine pledge s, all of whom are wearing the new Pi Phi pledge pins Our pledges are: Ca r o lyn M. Bradley of Iowa City; J essie Thomas of Burlington; CIa.Ta Stoltenberg of Davenport; Delta McDonnell of Ottumwa; Frances Beem of Marengo; Agnes Pheney of Council Bluffs: Elsie Remley of Anamosa, and Grace Griffith of Iowa Fall s.

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Before this letter is publ ished they will all be wearing the arrow , for we initiate October twelfth.

Sadie Jacobs, onc of ou r last year's seniors, is with us this year, a.s s he has come back to do special work in the Department of Public Speaking.

Virginia Haldeman, another of last year' s chapter, was married this summer to Nyle W. J ones, Sigma Alpha Epsilon. The wedding was a very Quiet one, only a few intimate friends being pre se nt. We are 1/e ry glad that Mr. and Mrs. J ones are to live in Iowa City.

low:.: Zeta se nd s be s t wi s h es to all the other chapters, and especially to our newest chapt er , Minne so ta Alpha.

EDITH BALL

(CHARTERED 1899 )

It ha s been only;! <;hnrt time Ei nce college o pe n ed and jd a great rieal ha s been ..:ccomp lished, indeed much that one looks back and wonders how so many things could ha ve been crowded into such a short space of time

I n the first place, we are rejoicing in th e fact that we are occupying a new chapter hou se. Thi s was built for us during th e summe r ...lld is by far the be s t h ou se we have ever had It s locati o n is ideal, being just acro ss the stree t from the university campus, and thu s near the center of ;;,:11 univer sity life But th e thing which plea s es li S mos t is th e f act th at our house is so large that all the girls of the actin chapter can lin' in it. Of course, the fir st task which confronted us th is fall was to get the hou se s traightened up and ready for ru shing.

As we were un hle t o reach any agreement with the Kappas regarding a pl edge day, both so roriti es finally decided to do as in former years and pledge any time after matriculation. A s a re sult ru shing was over in a short tim e and within a week we had "sp iked" all th e g irl s we \vished and had eight pledges These are: Mar y Stephens, Zannie May Estes, Sara Ander so n, Helen Spencer, Juli •• Kirtley. Ella Moore, Susie Shepard , and Edith Miller.

The largest ffair given during ru s hing seaso n was a reception on Wednesday, September twelfth, when we formally ope ned our new house. All th e facuity , town people and fraternities were invited, and, judging from th e crowd, everyone must hav e come. Of cou r se there were a number of smaller parties-a littl e dancing party to our ru s hee s, and drive s and dinner s. A tea for our pledges ended th e ru shing season of this year and left us all relieved that the s tra in of r ushi ng was over and happy be-

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cause we had succeeded in adding eight new girls to the sisterhood of Pi Beta Phi.

OUT custom has always been to initiate in October, but this ye"'T we decided that it would be wi se to initiate ea rl y in the year. Two of our pl.dges could not be initiated until next year, but on September twentysecond. to the other six girls the mysteries of Pi Phi were revealed. Our tow n girls furnished the "cookie-s hine" which followed initiation, and it certainly did them credit We :11 did just i ce to the good things provided fo r us and then sang Pi Phi songs, danced and enjoyed ourse lves generally.

N ow that all the excitement of rmhing and initia tion is over we f«l we can settle down to hard work and study with good will.

'Ve are planning a number of social affai r s for the coming year, but as ye t our plan s are not matured and we will te11 yo u more about tnem in our later letter s However, we hope to se cure m o r e than social success and will work toward the end of becoming well-rounded co ll ege women. the coming yea r may be o ll e of greates t pleasure a nd success toan Pi Phis is the since r e wish of Mi ssouri Alp h a.

LILLIAN

CARNES.

KAN SAS ALrHA-KAl"SAS UNIVERS I TY

(CHARTERED 1873)

Kan sas Alpha feels well sa tisfied with this year·s pros pect s. We are temporarily si tu a t ed in a ho u se th at is alm ost n ew, md, though it is too small to accommodate all of thi s yea r 's chapter, we shall be centered there ti ll th e plan s fo r d· new h ouse of our ow n have m aterially developed. The tr-uth is our- c hapt e r thi s year is unu su ally large. Several of our la st yea r' s gi rl s dTe unable to come back un til next term, but we ha ve just taken in twelve fre shmen and we a r e so proud of them that the middl e of Oct ober, the time sett led upo n for initiation , seems a long way off. Our new pledges a r e: Winifr ed Hill, Edna L eedy Marian Murvin e, Mabel Stone. Qu een(i Beauchamp, E li zabe th Parkman, Lilian Abrahams, Agne s. Evans, Esther Evans, Nell Mitchell, Grace Irwin and Jo se phine McCleve rty .

Owing t o the ex traordi n a ry number of desirabl e girls that came to co llege this fall, we entertai ned about forty guest s at o:lmos t all th e " affairs." We '·rush ed" wit h a c h ocolate, a reception. an informal morning party, a picnic supper and a night lunch The next day was pledge day. K. U. is flourishing. The r egis trat ion increases an nuall y and thi s year it has passed th e t wo thousand mark , las t year it was on ly eighteen hundred Our chancellor ha s a group of plans ahead in r ega rd to the enlargement of the campus nd the addition o f new buildings.

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whi ch, when th ey a re fulfilled, will s urpri se the West. \Ve ha ve a new build in g a lmos t fin ish ed, a very fine gymna sium that will contain a hall whue the y' say most o f th e dAnces will be held The gymna si um will be equipped with a ll the desirable fitting s a nd will prove a valuable addition t o the college

We h av e n o t renounced football as ye t. It fact, th e t ea m h :s quite a long schedule fo r this fall , but if the abolishing o f th a t game proves to be th e right s t ep. K. U will probably take it.

With th e be s t o f w ish e to all Pi Phi s

AMARETTE B. WE AV ER

:SEllR A S KA BETA-U'Nl\rERSITY OF !\'EURASKA

(Chart er ed 1895)

Once mo r e th e college yea r has begu n a nd we Pi Phi s, fa r and n ea r, a r e e n joying c h apter and colle g e life.

Ou r rus h ing thi s yea r was q u it e st r enuous th e first week a nd th en all ceased-at for a t ime. \V c fcel grcatiy indebted to ou r al umnae who t oo k away many o f th e u s ual w o rri es by giving all of ou r parties Among th ese were a luncheon a t Mi ss Stuart s', a ca rd party a t Mr s Eame s', a mu sicale at Mr s. Funke' s, a dan cing party at Mi ss \Vaugh's, and th e we e k wa s e nd ed wit h another large mu s ica le.

Now , we are h a ppy in introducing to you seve n n e w Pi Phi s, Sarah Martin, J esse Killian , My rna Sedgwick , Mildred H olla nd , Fl o ren ce Chapman , Mabel Lind ell and Lillian \Vaters. Though still wee childre n in Pi Phid o m, th ese fr es hmen s ho w kee n int erest a nd a r e already assumin g duties which promise well for th eir mor e mature yea r s.

Thi s fall we hav e had the pleasure of meeting a nd kn ow in g ou r new Grand Secretary, Mi ss Elda Smith . She spe nt a couple o f w eeks in Lincoln and wa s prese nt at seve ral of ou r part ies and a t initiation .

Of our activ e c h a pter la st yea r th e r e w e re twel ve who d id not r e turn thi s fall Needle ss to sa y they a r e greatly mi sse d One o f th is number, Mary \ Vad s worth. r ece ived th e Pi Beta Phi sc h o lar s hip to Barna rd Co llege. \ Ve a r e glad to welcome a tran s fer from Colorado B e ta, M arian \V a lk e r

P o int s of intere st n ow a r e th e foo t ba ll games and the Qu es ti o n o f what will become o f th e Fr eshm e n The " frat s" are allowed no pledging until a ft e r mid- semes t e r exa minati on s a nd so a ll are a n xio u s.

There h ave been few co ll ege functi o n s thu s far . The Y . W . C . A. gave its annua l r ece pti on th e fir st Frida y afte r co ll ege o pe n ed. On Oct obe r tw e lfth the fir st " h o p" o f th e yea r , The Per shing RiA e, will be gi v en

N ebraska B eta a nti cip a t e<:. a pl easa nt )'ea r a nd wis h es s ucc ess t o a ll Pi Phi s. M PEAR L FIT 7.GERALD.

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LOUlStANA ALPHA-NEWCOMB COLI.ECE, TULANE UNIVERSITY

(CUARTUED 1891)

College ha s opened and suc h excitement prevails over the uni\'ersity ground s! The "barbs" are affectionately embracing one another, while the Greeks are having a regular tug of war, for ru shing ha s begun nd will last only three weeks.

After eac h girl ha s recover ed frorn th e thrill of seei ng her own sisters again s he is off working for her cha pter Among the most enthusiastic stmd the Pi Phis. OUT prospects this year are bright and we arc looking forward to the day when we hope to gire Pi Beta Phi some of the finest girls in Newcomb.

All of OU T old girls are back, or will be soon, with th e exception of t wo, who will make their debut and become "Pi Butterflies." Even our sen io r of last year has returned taking a post gradu::..1e cou r se, so that we are just as proud as ever of ou r gi rl s and e specially of the one we have jus t initiated, Eliz::..'beth Maginni s, who has been pledged to u s for two years. She i s a charming young woman and h as won th e hearts not only of her sisters, but of the whole coll egt. The Pi Phi enthusia sm which has been st ored up in her for this long period can now burs t forth and we introduce you to a typic l Pi Phi girl.

Louisiana Alpha has been rejoicing eve r si nce s he was chose n as ho stess for the n ext convention a nd s h e is n ow preparing to entertain h e r sister chapters with attra ction s chd.'racteristic of the South How we do wish every Pi Beta Phi could come! \Ve envied th e good time every girl had at th e past convention, but our en vy ceased when the good news was brought to us that all the Louisiana Alph::..'S conld r eally get to the ne xt coO\'eotion, for it would be at Newcomb College in 1907· 'rYe are expecting every Pi Beta Phi and they must come; in the meantime accept the best wi shes for a happy ::..nd prosperous year from Louisiana Alpha. J ESSIE TEBO.

TEXAS ALPHA-UNIVERSITY OF TEXA S

(Chartered 1902)

Texas Alpha begins the year with twelve active members, which we consider rather a small chapter after having twenty-three la s t year. PanHelleni c here agreed last spr ing t o the open rushing season, so at the present date, although tbis is onl y the second week of school, the sororities have pledged almost all that they will initiate this fall Pi Beta Phi is distinct ly opposed to the open rushing season and hopes that the whole year rule will prevail next year.

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Yet we have come out a lmost as vic t o ri o us as u sual and a re quit e s ure that no chapter eve r had quite s u ch an enthu siastic se t of pl edges or o ne of which we ca n be so proud in eve r y way They a re all ve r y anxious t o be initiated and t o partake of r ea l fraternity life, but fo r several r easons we s hall not initiate them just yet Our fr es hm en arc Cecil e EvanSt Mary Gooch, Drew Staggs, Fra nk ie Steiner, Gra ce Byrne, Naomi Peacock , Lucil e Ru sse ll, Loui se Evan s, Ethel Mathews and Myra P ea cock.

W e ha ve the s ame chapter h ouse we had la st yea r which is si tuated very pleasantly and is a ll that we could wis h We could not giv e any ru shing parties, according to the contract, but had f r eshm en to s pend the night and for different meals. Ou r alumnae were very good about h elp ing u s o ut as we r e also ou r tow n friend s. 'W e s h a ll a ll be g lad wh en thi s excitement is over and we can de vo te our i ime a nd th o ughts to stud y. We gave a l itt le p a rt y thi s week to ou r pledge s and taug ht them some songs and had dan cin g in the double parlor s. It wa s suc h a s impl e and en joyable enter tainm en t that we d e termined to ha ve many a nother The e \'cning dv::.t: u wi t h a spr ea d which th e f r es h men admired and appreci at ed to th e fullest extent.

T exas Alpha wishes all her siste r s a start equally as propitious a s her own in th e yea r t o come.

SERENA GoULD.

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COLORADO ALPHA-UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO

(C h ar te r ed 1884 )

After two weeks o f strenu o u s ly rushing the new giris, we are turning no w to ourse lves and rushing eac h ot h er. Our ru shing se ason seemed very lo ng th is yea r, for the soc io:1 functions were unlimited and we had some k ind of a party e\'e r y d ay. Our a lu mnae girl s were ve ry thoughtful o f u s and had three delightful parties for u s, two lun ch eo n s and a "vaudeville perfo r ma n ce" which WC''-S a g r eat success, On S ept embe r t wen ty - fo urth we p led ged four gi rl s-Helen Wallcme ye r , H elen S cott , Elinor Brown and Fl oy Sheldohl , a qUoTlette on wh om we are ve r y SlIre an y Pi Phi will be proud to se e the arrow

No w all Ollr e ffort s are turn ed tow a rd s "our n ew dre m hou se," which we h ope to ha ve for next year. W e feel very proud eve n to think that we are th e fir st 50 rority to buy lots on the hill

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Since OUT last letter we have a c hapt er of Ch i Omega estab li shed in the university.

On September twentY s ixth at se ven - thirty, one of our J,is t year graduates, OaTa M orse, was married t o Norbert Winner, Beta Theta PL The wedding was a n ideally pretty one,-3 regular co llege wedding. "C tacit " w ••s a beautiful littl e bride, as anyone who kn ew her could imagine s h e would be. Rosina Vaughn played th e wedding marc h and France s Waltemeyer sang. About tw elve Pi Phi s formed a ribbon aisle for the bride and groom, and ::;.iler th e ce r emon y there wefe Pi Phi song s and Beta s ongs. We s hall miss " Clacie" very much, but our Joss will be someone s gain and we hope she wiIJ meet a great many Pi Phi s ist e r s in he r n ew home. I SABEL MCKENZIE.

COl..ORAOO BETA-DE NVER Uz\ I VERSITY

(C ha rt e r ed ,885)

Once mo r e our w o rk ha s begun. Co ll e ge o pe n ed on the tw elfth of September and all the girl s came back about that tim e. \Ve hardly knew "Univer si ty Hall ," s o many changes a nd imp r o vem ent s h ad been made. There we r e only s i x o f the active girls in Denv e r this s ummer so we did no s umm e r ru s hing but werc r eady to go at it l11 0s t enthusiastically when th e ot her s r et urned fr om their vac tion trip s.

We h ad a Pan·Hellenic agree ment wi th Gamma Phi Beta, and our rushing season was limit ed to two week s, pledge day being September the tw e nty- six th

On the even ing of the thir t ee nth we e nt ertai n ed a number of the new stud ents a t an info rmal at the ho me of Mr s. Ball entin e one of ou r alumnae. It wa s a grea t s ucce ss and we picked out th e girls for special a.tt ention. We h ad seve ral informal s in the afternoon s of th e following two weeks, where the chafing di sh wa s much in e\·idence.

Our one formal affair wa s a dance given o n the Frida y preceding pledge da y, a t th e home of Mr s. Stidge r , the president of th e D en ve r A lumn ae Club.

On Mo nday afternoon we had ou r final informal and o n ly the girls who were to be invited t o be Pi Phi s were th e re

We pledged six girl s on Thursday n oo n and initiat ed th em t o the dcookie- shine." On the following Moncl< y o ne ot h e r gi rl was pledged and we <i r e ve ry proud o f our seven fr es hmen a nd s ur e th a t th ey are the fin es t gi rl s of their class.

\Ve would like to int r oduce as future Pi B e ta Phi s Franc es Cli ne, "-nn a H owe, H elen G ran t, Marcella Kir s hb a um , Gl<.:dys

Be a tri ce Teagu e and H ele n \Villiam s.

\Ve are read y n ow to down a nd to work hard for h onors for Pi

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Phi Co lorado Bet : hopes that all the chapters may have been as s uccessful and may be looking forward t o as p r osperous a year as are we.

EDITH Aloft£ DRESSOR.

CA LIFORSIA ALPHA-LELA!\"D STANFORD UN IV ERSITY

(C hartt'r e d 1891)

Ca lifornia A lph a is feeling vcry happy just n ow as we h owe fo ur pl edges of who m we are "ery proud :-Marjorie Litt le and D ella Th o mpson of Whitti er . Califo nli a ; Olga Adams of Los Angeles. and Ru th Stern e of 5;;'11 Diego

Ru s hing season lasted t hree weeks th is ycar "lid, a s the compe t i t io n w as ve ry great. we gave up almo s t c\'crything to it. Quite a number of Oll r a lumnae came bac k t o h elp li S during lhi s pe ri od and it see m e d so pl easa nt to have th e m h ere agai n

S o many rep ai r s h a d to be m a d e o n ou r h ouse th e s ummer , as a re s ult ot th e earthquake, th at whe n we ca me back t o college it wa s ju s t lik e m ovi ng int o a n ew hou se. All th e furniture had t o be boug ht and the r oo m s se tt led, and a s the fre shmen came \"Cry edTly we w e re very busy Pi Phi s. But fin a ll y we got t he h ouse in orde r and devo t ed all ou r energies to ru s h in g.

The three weeks were di vided into two sec t ions of abo ut t en days each and at th e beginning of eac h secti o n a li s t o f in v itoti o n s was give n to each fr es hman a nd s h e selec ted th e o n es she cou ld accept. During th e fir st period I thin k o ur Ill os t e nj oyable part y wa li a hay rid e nd s upper in the hi lls We cooked o ur su pper O\·e r a big ca mp fire and afterward s a ll sat around the fire and !'o<.ng un t il th e moon came up, wh e n we ' s tart e d fo r h ome.

Durin g th e second period we had a Califo rni a dinner with everythi ng typi cal of Cali fo rnia- th ere wo'S a b ig ce nt e r - p iece of g r apes and Calif o rnia po ppie s were sca tt ered o ver th e tabl e. Th en we had t ama les, enc h aJ lidos and orange ice se r ved in the o r ange s kin s.

In thi s pe riod also we h od a fo rmal s w eet pea dinner a nd also a littl e far ce which wa s ve ry amu s ing Our a lu mnae h e lped u s with this a gr eat deal and we cert ai nly were vcry g r atefu l to th em.

Th r ee of o ur member s attended in itiat i o n at Berkeley September twen ty- second and h ad a vcry delightful t ime. \ Ve were so glad to h elp wel come their fre shm en int o Pi Phi W e a r c to h ave ou r ow n initiation Saturday, October thirteenth and w e h ope t o ha ve many o f th e C:.lifo rn ia B e ta girls with u s th ell.

We had a very delightful th o ugh short vi sit from Je ss ie Mo sher o f Col o rad o Alpha, and also from Mr s. Van Kirk o f B e rk eley soon afte r college ope n ed.

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The college activitie s have already begun. The co mmencement of the class of 1906 took place in Sept e mber The e"Tthquake had preve nted having it in the spring, but a great man y members of the class returned and it mad e it see m much like la s t year t o see them h e re again. The class gave a very clever little farce caJled "The Or iginal Mi ss Tewksberry " in which one of Ollr chapter too k part Th e n th e re were the S en ior BaJl and Baccalaureate Sermon beside s th e comme ncemen t itself.

\Ve are looking forward to the fr eshman Rugb y game with th e University o f CCi:li fornia which will be played on our OW11 ca mpus October thirte en th It is the fir st year that w e have played Rugby and we are very interested in what th e r esults wi ll be. The varsity game will be played about th e middl e of No\'e mber. In November also the Sword and Sand ..oJs Society will give "Two Gentlemen of Vero na," and one of our girls is to be in the cast.

Repair s on th e univ e r si ty building s ha\'e been pu s h ed forward all su mmer and are s till being made , and although th e re is st ill mu c h to be done we h o p e b e fore so very long to have thing s as they we re before the eaT1hquake.

Cali fornia Alpha wishes you a ll a pros perous and happy sc hool yea r . MII OREn M. HADLEY.

CA LlFORNIA BETA- UN IVER SITY OF CAL IFORNIA

(Cha rter ed 1900)

Co ll ege and the ch :pter hOll se opened thi s year wit h even more enthu si a sm than ever, for after four mont h s of vacation following the confusion and strain under which we closed la s t spring, we were all very glad t o get back and meet o ur ol d friends again. All ' ou r girls who w e re here la st yea r return ed to college with th e exception of Marie Struve, Benha Crawfo rd and Estelle Wilson w ho graduated in Ma y.

The di saste r which befell San and which indirectly affected our who le s tate ha s not dampe ned California spirit n or reduced the number s of our uni ve r si ty for the e nt e ring cla ss is as la rge as usual and a good per cent of the o ld s tudent s Te back.

Our ru s hing season w as very plea sant a nd sll ccess ful this ye"'T. One of the mos t en joya ble function s was a musical conducted by Amy Hill, one of o ur sophomore s. She ha s a fine contralto voice and her singing, t ogether with other "DCc.'l and instrumental mu s ic, formed a most delightful e vening. Other fe ature s of our rushing were a card party, skating party, dinner s and dance s.

A w eek ago we initiated fi ve fr es hmen and now California Beta wishes to pre se nt to you ou r new Pi Phi sisters-Elsie Howell, Miriam Ree ves, Loui se Watter s, Helen Bennett, and Eleanor Beard . Besides

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these girls we have another fr es hman pledg ed, Madge Blivon, whom we hope to be able to initiate soon. California Alpha w as represented ;.t the initiation by Bonnie Carter, Beth Officer and Mildred Hadley.

A series o f symphony concerts for this year has been arranged by the university. These concerts given in the Greek thcfLter are similar to th e ones given last semester and they afford a splendid opportun ity for all lovers of music to h ea r excelle nt playing.

Our college is to have its annual football game with Stanford thi s year but insted.:d of the old form o f football, the teams arc practicing to play Rugby . Neither college ha s played the game before but we hope to see an interesting and exciting match.

We 3rc glad to tell yo u thal Mabel Goddard wa s initi ted into the Prytanea n Society. This is an honorary society for the women s tudents of the university wh o ha ve been prominent in college activities and have tcJ<en an actin int erest in th e work of the association of women student ".

Cahfo rnia Beta se nd s be st wishes fo r a prospe ro us and happy year for all Pi Phi s . IDA MAY Mc Coy.

Exchanges

Since the July iss ue of the A rrow th e following exchanges have been received and are here acknowledged: For March-The Shield of Theta Delta Chi.

For June-The Allgelos of Kappa Delta, the Scroll of I'hi Delta Theta, the Caaltce"s of Kappa Sigma.

For July-The A'''hora of Delta Gamma, the Ph i Chi Qltarterly. For August-The Della of Sigma Nu, the Shield of Phi Kappa Psi, the Elellsis of Chi Omega.

For September-Th e Sigma Chi Quarterly, th e Record of Sigma Alp ha Epsi lon.

For October-The Kappa Alpha JOllrnal , the Shield of Ph i Kappa Psi, the Delta Upsilon Quarterly.

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Of all that is being said about ru shi ng at th is season of the year, this extract from th e Sigma Chi Qllarterly strikes one as particularly se nsible.

As to the manne r of rushing me n , little can b e sa id that will apply t o -eve ry chap t er. Th is o n e thing , ho wever, sho uld be borne in mind : Ru shing s hould not be an undifinified sc r amble. Th e r e W;:I S n eve r a man th a t Sigma C hi had to have; Sigma C h i m ea n s immeasurably mor c t o any man th a n an y man mean s to Sigma Chi, no matt e r how mu c h of a sta r he may be. Thi s doe s 110t mean that we s h ou ld be st iff-neck ed, or that two or three m en should be inexorable in th ei r demand s. No o ne is perfec t, a n d we mu st be willin g t o tak e m en who are no t in every little particu la r j u s t what we m igh t wish th e m to be. We mu s t have suffic ient f a i th in ou r se lve s and in S ig ma C hi t o feel tha t we can improve s uch m e ll Often they jo in ou r f rat e rnit y that th ey may become what we want them t o b e. Thi s does not mean th a t we s hall be willing t o adm it a man who does n o t possess t he four g r ea t r eq uire m e nt :;: , but it does mea n th at we s hall not be capti ous in consider in g a candidate. To a ce rtain extent, m e mber s o f a chapler must b e willing bo th t o give and to take.

The purpo se of rushing is t o giv e a can didat e op po rtunit y to size u p th e member s hip of th e chapt c r, to find o ut w h c th c r th cy arc the so rt o f men he wa nt s to be intimate wit h, t o lea rn what Sigma C hi is and w hat jt stand s for; and it is t o give u s opportu nit y t o s ize up the c andidate. a nd to decide wh ether he is th e kind of man we want t o a sso ciate with and th e kind o f man Sigma Chi n eeds. We wo uld rather lose a good man than by any m ea n s win him if he is t o find o ut that he ha s j oined a chapter o r a fraternity in whi ch he will n o t be conte n ted.

Rushing s hould be fai rl y condu c ted-fairly to th e man , t o ou r r ivals. to our c hapt e r, and to our fra t ernity. Mi s representati o n and mud·slinging shoul d n e ve r be indulge d in That ou r ri vals m is r ep r ese nt us is no rea· son, and the poorest exc u se in th e world, for o ur doing the same. \ ·Ve owe it to o ur selves and t o th e m en who founded O Uf great fraternity to fight f airly If we lose by so doing, so much th e greater ou r credi t ; a nd to know in ou r own hearts that we fought fairly is th e knowledge we ::. h o uld co\' et, 1I 0 t t he imp r ession outside r s may get. Moreo \<e r, in the lo ng run 'we sh all not lose.

An artkl e "TIl e Cniv e rsit y and th e Fraternit ies ·' quoted from Michigan AJ11t1I11JUS b y th e Shield of Phi Kappa P s i puts very neatly the strong and weak points o f frat e rT)itie s and is interestin g as an e xampl e o f the great in te r est in and free discussion of

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the fraternity system latel y noti ced in college and other nOn fraternal publications.

An aU-round of und e rgradua t e life is impossible withou t takin g into consideration th e fraternity. Some would hav e us believe th a t th e fraternity is the incarnati o n o f th e undesirable. The fraternity man may, it i s tru e, wear trou se r s of ou tl a ndish material, twic e too large in spots and entirely in a d equate e lsew he re. and his overcoats might d o credit t o a minstrel s how. Of a ll th a t we ha ve demonstrable proof But it is ye t t o be s hown that hi s h ea d is s mall er or that hi s ca pacity is less than tha t of hi s more unfo rtun a te brother, who ha s n ot th e privil ege of pUlling so large a share of his father ' s wealth into ext ra cloth of o utlandi sh de si gn May n ot many of the evils which a r e laid to the fr: temil y system as such, be ascribed rath er t o the fact that a fraternity man is apt to have a littl e mor e mo ne y than some of h is fellows? It is a qu es t io n whether in a fraternity o r o ut his vagaries might not be just as st riking

But th e college man jc:; nnly when he sec k s congc lli dl companion· ship How ever mu ch one may love mankind in general, when it comes down t o concrete in stan ces, th er e are fe w ind ee d wh o ca n love everybod y -o r even mak e friends with e\'e r y on e There are always o n e o r two in· <iividual s who furni sh imm ediate proof of the impra ct ica bilit y o f s u ch a n .altruistic scheme of existence. We all know of so m e persons who have the uncanny ability to rub u s just th e wrong way. \ Vhat eve r they d o they never can s uit u s; we kn o w we arc unreasonable- yet we seek the <other man 's soc iety. He ha s at lea st th e comfortable qualification of being able to fit in with some o f o ur o wn peculiarities; he m ay not have the s ame abilit y to arouse in u s a fighting hum o r , but more agreeably h e can calm OllT ruffled fee ling s.

So in any college community w here th ere are so many op portuniti es for fri end s h ip a nd where so many in ter est lie along th e sa me path s, it is n o t s trange that th e socia l body tends to disentegrate. As ha s been sa id "' ;yo ll can't ma ke a fraternity o f th e wh ole st udent body." This process o f divi s ion and sub div isio l1 is o nly natural. and it ha s tak en place in all larg e colleges in va ri ous degrees. 1n so me of th e univer siti es th e social unit s have become clubs, more or less elastic in their o rg aniza ti o n , per· witting th e individual s till t o mainta in some r ea lly soc ial r elati o n s with the rest of his cla ss. In co llege s where this conception is upvermuSl, the fraternity, if it exis t s a t a ll , carries with it mo re or less th e predo minant -c lub id ea. But th e proble m at M ic higan ha s work ed itse lf o ut in another -di r ec ti o n, and parado x ical as it may se em in thi s mo st d emoc r a ti c sec tion oaf the country, it has fo Ho we d th e mo s t undemocratic extreme. The fra · (ernitie!' are as a rul e mo re o r less truly d emoc rati c in their choi ce of

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men Therefore, they think they aTC democra ti c. But once a man is s h elt ered behind the Greek letter pale he is sepa rat ed effec tuall y from the ma ss of h is fellows. That is, most of them are. There are always some wh o have enough fo rce and vigorous pe r sona lity t o break through these narrow e d limit to th e broader and tru e r college life. Su ch m en, are apt to be exce pti ona l. But it is a sign ifi can t fa ct that the more of the se m en a fraternity ha s, the str o nger it i s, bot h in it se lf and in the eyes o f the mo re o r le ss c r itical s tud ent body.

There are, of caurse, di stinct bene6ts which a frat e rnit y man receives, of close organization, of life·long intimacy, and of per sonal culture, whic h pe rh aps aTC want ing in the mOTe happy-go-lucky give and take of the larg er uni ve r s ity life. The se must ju s tify the fratc.rnity system a s it exists at present , but they a re after all sel fi sh consid e rati o n s, and it must be acknowledged th at the spi rit of th e university is th e loser. The fraternity man is apt to be fir s t a member of h is own Greek band, a nd it is o nl y whatever loyalty and time left ov e r, that h e devotes to his Alma 1.fater. Neverthe less th e tim es are changing and t he ideal of the broader undergraduate life is becoming more general. The ide al fraternity is the on e that combines th e charm a nd inspiration o f perso nal friendship with the greater breadth and high endea vo r of a true university life

A writ e r in the Sigma Ch i Qu art erly 3fter investigating t h e subject of high school fratern iti es has come to the following conc1usions :

1. These high -sc hool frat erniti es ha ve a cer tain pre s umption in their fav o r S ome o f them ha ve long lists of alumni, including men prominent in affairs ; some have r egu lar periodical s a nd magazines They a re a natural deve lo pme nt a long with the modern hi g h -school sys t em. They were created by fri ct ion , possibly; th ey may be o f a sort of paras itic grow th , if you will; but th ey are here, and what are we going t o d o abo u t it ? S ome will die of th eir own accord, as a few al r eady have I would venture the s tatement that a high-school fr a t e rnit y in a co ll ege o r univer s ity city is very different from that elsew her e. The members of the former a re watched closely by the college men as prospective p ledges. This proves beneficial to the high- school boys.

11. \Vhat can be said in favor of high -sch ool fraternities? Undoubtedly th ey can be made useful to the individual st ud ent

I. A bro th e r-Greek told me that h e had learned cons id e rable about college fraterniti es through hi s high-s chool expe rien ce.

2. They some times aid schoo l di scipline

3. They foster fri endship s.

4 Th ey increase scb ool spi r it and loyalty

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These four favorable points may not be suffic iently inclusive, but are gi"en as the results of the Chicago im'estigation of aix>ut two years ago.

III. What can be said against fraternities in secondary schoo ls;

I. 'I heir influence is detrimental to the school. Their tendency is to break up literary societies and divide the school into cliques, and to bring into the schoo l the worst kind of politics and morals.

2. They are detrimental to the student himself. Possibly the word "morals" will be sufficient elaboration here.

3. They are unnecessary. They fill no real need, as the college fraternities do.

4. They are undemocratic

5. The s tandard s they set up are oftentimes wholly wrong.

IV Does the hi gh-school fraternity member make as good a college fraternity man as does the high-school student who has not been a member of a sec ret organization? This Question an ex-national vice-presiden t of a leading high-school sec r et society answered in the l1egative. Mem bers 01 ot her fraternities tell me that th ei r chapters are s trongly opposed to th e system. On this ground I have heard no affirmati\'e repli es. Prob-ably a co ll ege town is the better place for high-school men, but such towns are in th e minority

Summing up: The high-school fraternity ha s come, and probably has come to stay. It has been given a legal status in a test case before a Chicago cou rt. Arguments in its favor are most frequently in the nature of exceptions. Morally it is detrimental-to the boy, to the s chool, and to the college fraternity. Often the high- sch ool boy does not realize what a college fraternity means; its ideals and rituali st ic statut es see m to him tame by the s ide of his high-school h o rse-pla y. The high-school frat ernity emphasizes the socia l side of school life too exclusively. I Quote from a s uperintend ent's letter: "A ny sys t em that makes paramount the decisions of immature minds on Questions of social and o th er schoo l distinctions is, in my opinion, radicall y vicious."

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