The Arrow of Pi Beta Phi - November-1907

Fraternity Directory

FOUNDERS OF THE FRA T ERNITY

Maggie Campbell Monmouth, III.

Llbbl e Broo k a -Gaddls

Ada Bru e n-Gri e r

Avon , Ill

• Be ll e vi e w , Pa

Clara Brownl ee-Hutchins o n Monmouth, Ill.

Emma Brownl ee-Kilgo r e Monmouth , Ill.

Fanni e White nack Libby R e d Win g , Minn

RoBa Moo r e

Jennte Nicol (d e c e ased)

Care G e n e ral De liv e ry Ne w York City

Ina Smith S o ul e 621 S K St., Taco ma, Wash J e nni e ... . . . ... . . . . 25 46 N . 3 2d St. , Philad e lphia, Pa

Fanni e Thomps o n (d ece as ed)

Nancy Black·Wallac e G1 e noaborne, Pa.

GRAND COUNCIL

P lU'.8 rDENT--Eltzab e tb Gambl e, 64 9 2n d Av e., Detroit, Mich

VI CE-PRES rDE.!'i1'-Mrs May Co p e land R e yn o lds , La Rue, Ohio

SECRETARy-Elda L _ Smith , 710 S _ 6th St. , Springfi e ld , Ill.

TREA SURER-Martha N . KJmbnl1 , Univ e r sity Park , De nv e r, Co lo .

EDITOR- Flore n ce Porte r R o bin so n , 16 00 Downing Av e. , Denv e r , Colo.

H I STORIAN

J ea n ette Zeppe nteld, F r a n kItn , Ind

CATALOGUER

Mary Bartol Th e l•• , (Mrs. Lewi s E ) 64 W 109th St., New York City

SECRETARY OF INTER SORORITY CONFERENCE

E ld L. S mith, PI Beta Phi, 710 S 6th St., Sprlngfteld, Ill

CORRESPONDING SECRETARIES

ALPKA PSOVI:B'OB

PRE8IDENT-Anna Morris J ackson, 215 E. 16th St., N ew York CIt)'.

VERMONT ALPHA-Middl ebury College, Edith N. Grout. Middl ebury, VL

VnwoNT Bru.-Unlveralty ot Vermont, H e l en Barton, 8 Green St., Burlington. VL

M.uUCHU8BTT8 ALPHA-Boston University. Mildred Collyer, 688 Boylston St., Boston, M9.S8

Nxw YORK ALPHA-Syracuse University, Georgia Haag, 811 Euclid Ave., Syracuse, N Y

Nllw YORK BnA-Barnard College, Anna Holm, Westminster, Perth Amboy. N. J

PENNSYLVANIA ALPHA-Swarthmore College. Ann e Pearson, Swarthmore. Pa.

PIlNNSTLVA NtA BETA-Bucknell University, Eunice H a ll, Le wisburg, Pa.

PSNNSYLVANIA GAMMA-Dickinson College, Elizabeth Blair, Carlisle, Fa.

MARYLAND ALPHA-Womnn's College or Baltimore, Annabe ll e Miller, Th e Wom a n's College, Baltimore, Md

COLUMBIA ALPHA-George Washington University, H e l en Mar MacLeod, 1341 Girard St., N. W ., W ashington, D. C.

BET.a. PJlOVDl'CZ

PRESIDENT-Edith Clark-Burr, 147 Palmer Av e. W est, Detroit, Mi c h.

Orno ALPHA-Ohio University, l\lary Chappelear, Athe ns. Ohio.

OHIO BETA-Ohlo State University, M argaret Wilcox, 158' Nell Av e., Columbus, Ohio.

INDIANA ALPHA-Franklin College, Ethelyn LaGm.nge. Franklin, Ind.

INDIANA BETA-UniverSity or Indi ana, I rene Ferrill, Alpha Hall, Bloomington, Ind

IN'DU NA GAWMA-Butler College, Clara Holladay, 2515 Broadway, I ndianapolis, Ind

I LLINO IS BETA-Lombard College, Marlon W ebster, 663 N Prairie St., Gal esburg, m .

ILLINOIS DBLTA-Kn OX College, Alice John son 358 S. West St., Galesburg. III

ILLINOIS EpSILON-Northwestern University, Lucie GI088, Willard Hall, Evanaton. Ill.

ILLINOIS ZETA-University or flIlnols, Ethel Douglas, 807 S. Srd St.. Champaign, III

MI CHIGAN ALPHA-HtIlsdale College. Alice Satterthwaite. Hillsdale, Mich .

MICHIOAN BItTA-Unlversity or Mi c higan, Charlotte Angatman, 836 Tappan Road, Ann Arbor, Mi ch.

WIBCONSIN ALPHA-University or Wi scons in, Ruth J e nnIn&'B. 314 Park St., Madl tlOn, Wis.

OA.JDIIA PltOVDfCE

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

I OW A ALPHA- Iowa W es l yan University. Ethel Lyme r Mt. Pl easan t , la

I OW A BItTA-Slmpson College, Edith Beal, Indianola. I a.

I OW A GAMMA- I owa State College, Lois Boardman, PI Beta Phi Hou se, Ames. I a.

I OWA ZETA-I owa State Unlvenlty, ElIlBbeth M ickelson. PI Beta Phi Hou se, Iowa. City, Ia.

MINNE80TA ALPHA-University or Minnesota, E!!ther R obbins. Robbinsdale, Minn

MJ8S0 URI ALPH A-University or Minourl, Susie Shepard, PI Beta Phi House, Columbia. Mo.

MISSOURI BttA-Washington University, Louise B. Birch, 4606 M organ St St. Loul!!, Mo.

lC..ANsA8 ALPHA-Kansaa University, Bertha Luckan, 52 1 Tenne88ee St., Lawrence. Kas.

NURA!!KA BETA-University or Nebraska, Sarah Martin , 10%0 St., Lincoln, Neb.

LoUISIANA ALPHA-Newcomb College , LoI!! J anvie r 1445 Webster St-, New Orleans, La.

TBXU ALPHA-University or Texall, Drew Staggs, 2506 WhIUa Ave., Austin, Tex.

DELT..A.

PRaJDENT-Roberta Frye, 1306 M adison St., Ek'attle, W ash.

COLOR.ADO ALPHA-University or Colorado, Eunice Thompaon, PI Beta Phi House, BO\llder. Col.

COLORADO BETA-Denver University, Anna H owe, University Park. Col.

CALIFORNIA ALPHA- Leland Stantord Jr Universi ty Ruberta Roberts, PI Beta Phi H ouse. Stantord Univerelty, Callr.

CALIl"ORNIA BETA-University or Calitomia, Louetta Weir, %163 Vine St., Berkeley. Callr.

WASHINOTON ALPHA-University or Washington, H e len Mar Gibbons, 4149 1 5th Ave., N E , Seattle, Wuh.

A lumnae Department Directory

VICE PRESIDENT-MrfJ. May C. Reynolds, Fostoria, Ohio. ALUMNAE EDITOR-Ethel Rous Curryer, 720 E. 15th St., Indianapolis, Ind. ALPB..&. PBOV%B'CE

SECR.BTART-Edna L. Stone, 1618 R. t. Ave., Washington. D. C. VERMONT-Mary E. Colburn, Union Village, Vt. MARYLAND AND SoUTHBAST-M. Alice Wood, lilt and Chestnut Aves., more, Md.

P&NNSTLV.&Nu.-Grace Woodard, Bradtord, Pa. Nltw YORK-Laura E. Single, 407 Prospect Av e., Syracuse. N. Y MA88ACBU8E'M'e-Ell&abeth Coates, Phoenix, Ariz. BET... PBOVDl'CE

SIl:CRETART-Katharlne Stevenson, 2319 College Ave., Indianapolis, Ind OHlo--Mrs. R. S. Belknap. Painesville, Ohio. II ,LINors-Katha rln e Bagby. Rushville, Ill. INDlA.NA-Fannl e Miner. 519 E. Walnut St., IndI anapolis, Ind MICH IOAN-Mrs. Benha Myers Kempton, Hillsdale, Mich. WISCONSIN-Iva A. Welch, 416 N. Livingston St., MadIson. Wi s.

G.&..IIIlII.A PBOvnrCE

SECRETARy-Maud Miller, 217 N. 13th St., St. Jos eph. Mo. IOWA-May Belle Allstrand, Waterloo. Ia. KANSAs-Elsie Evans, 704 S. 4th St., Leavenworth. Kas. NEElRABJU.-MrB. Frances Brown. Jr., 163 8 D St., Lincoln. Neb. LoOISIANA-AlIce M.onroe. 847 Carondelet St.. New Orleans, La. TEXAs-Kate B. Sockwell, 276 Swiss Ave., Dallas. Tex. MtSSOURtMtNNEsOTA--Cora B Marlow, 909 Fourth St., S. E MInneapolis , Minn.

ARKANSAs-Mrs. Hattie Speer Merriman, Fort Smith, Ark. KENTUCKY-Martha Taliaferro, Roseville, Ill.

DELTA PBOVmCE

SI!:CRETARY-Mrs. Louise F. Marshall, Tucson, Ariz. COLORADO-Mary Wnlllhan, 79 Lincoln Ave., Denver. Col. CALIl"ORNtA-Helen M. Sutliff, Leland Stanford Unive rsity, California.

ALUMNAE CLUB SECRETARIES

B URL INGTON , VT.-Mary Gregory W adde ll, 56 Elmwood Ave WASHINGTON, D. C.-Clara V. Barber, 703 E. Capitol St. PHILADELPHu.-Deborah Ferrier, M oorestown, N. J PITTSBURG, PA .-Anna. Spears, Latrobe. Fa. NEW YORK CITY-Aida Wilson, 524 W. 151st St. SYRACUSE. N. Y.-Eva Roe, 115 Ostrander Ave. BoSTON, MAss .-Ruth P. Dennis, 19 Kenwood St., Brookline. BALTIMORE, MO.-Edith S. Lewis, 401 Hawthorn Road, Roland Park. COLUMBUS, O.-Faye M. Jackson, 447 Linwood Ave. ATHENS, OHIG--Frleda Coultrap. CHICAGO, ILL.-Anna M. McM a h a n. 3946 Drexel Blvd. GALESBURG, ILL.-Mlldred Brown. CARTHAGB, ILL.-Mrs. Katharine Grlfflth Hill. INDIANAPOLIS. IND .-A li ce Good. FRA.NKLIN, IND .-G ladys Miller. DBTROIT. MICH .-Francis A. Foster, 124 Charlotte Ave. HILLBDALE. M.ICH.-Mrs. F. B. Meyer. MINNlIlAPOLI8, MINN.-Allee E. Thompson, 701 1 5th Ave., S E DES MOINE8. l.A.-Mrs. Anna R 08S C larke, 1510 Ninth St BURL1NQTON, IA..-Mn Edna Uhler Gilman. MT PLEASA.NT, IA.-Mrs. Mattie Stearns Gloeckler. INOIAN OLA, IA -Mrs. Anna Wright Dowell. AMES. IA.-Lola A. Placeway. I OW A CITY, lA...-Mrs George W Ball. KANSAS CITY. Mo.-Clarabel Denton. 2726 Wabash Ave. ST. Louts, Mo.-A. Fred. Becker, 5870 Cabanne St. ST. JOSEPH Mo.-Mrs. J essie 1... Gaynor, The Gaynor StudIo. LIN COL N. NEB.-Ada Waugh, 164 2 G 8t. CoUNCIL BLUJ1'F8 AND OVAHA-Jessle Nason, 2554 Manderson St" Omaha.. LA WRBNCE, KAN .-Lena Marsh NEW ORLBANS, LA.-May O. Logan, 1539 Philip St. DENVER, COL.-Mary E. Walllhan, 79 Lincoln Ave. BoULDER, COL.-Mrs. Edith McClure, 2227 8th St. Los ANGBLES, CA..LrJ'.-F1orence M. Burnham, 1359 Alvat1Ldo Sl SUTTLE, WAsH.-Anne Kru!lldl c k , 2513 6tb Ave.

EVA C ABS

MABEL STEVENSON

PHI BETA KAPPA S OF 1900

ELLEN WAGGENER

FLORENCE RALSTON

GERTRUDE STRONG

MARY MAKEPEA C E

A.LICE EDWARDS

MARGUERITE HARWOOD

crHE cARROW

VOL. XXIV NOVEMBER, $907 NO. $

CONV E NTION CALL.

Th e Tw e nti e th Bi e nni a l Conv e ntion of Pi B e t a Phi

Will be held in NEW O RL EA NS , L O UISIANA

D e cember 30th, 1907, to Ja nuary 3cd, 1908.

PR OG RAM F O R CON VE N TION WEEK (slibitct to ChillI':.)

MONDAY, DECEMBER 30TH.

2 P. M.-Bus iness Meeting.

S P. M.-Info r mal gathering

T UESDAY, DECEMBER 3 1 ST .

9 A. :r.L-Bus i ness Meeting

2 P. li-Business Meeting.

Eveni ng-Convent ion entertained hy Kappa Kappa Gamma .

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1ST.

Convention enterta.ined by Louisiana Alpha.

THURSDAY, JANUARY 2ND

9 A . M.-Business Meeting.

2 P :r.I.-Business Meeting. Evening-Banquet.

Officers and delegates will be entertained at the New Den ... chand Hotel. Vis i tors may have r ooms r eserved for tbem on tlle floo r with de l egates ($3.00 a day American plan) hy notify i ng Convent i on Guide at an early date of thei r desire to have rooms r eserved. The hotel is reached by car line from the

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railroad stations. Anyone wishing to be met, should n ot ify Con· vention Guide by which r oad and at what hour she will arrive in N ew Orleans.

Th e bus in ess meetings will be held at N ewcomb College, t en minutes' ride from th e hotel. Lunch will be served at the college.

It has been imposs ibl e to obtain spec ial conventi on rat es . Holida y rates are to be g iv en t o New Orl ean s. If yo u cann ot get those r ates from yo ur n orth ern city, buy yo ur t i cket to the n eares t so uth ern city, at whi ch point yo u will be abl e to pr<r cur e holiday rates to New Orl e an s and r eturn It i s hope d that a large number of aluron", and acti ve m em ber s will arrange to at te nd co n ve nti on and enj oy a so u thern out ing at the same tim e. (Signed) ELIZABET H GAM BLE, Grand Pr esident.

CELESTE JA N VI E R) Convention Guide .

.J1 Toasl 10 <Pi Bela <Phi

"A t o(Ut t o p j Ph i," 80 1 wa.s commanded, And I sa t d own. t o write on th e subject d e manded.

".4. toa s t to P i. Ph i," that s eeme d eas y enou gh, And I th oug ht 1 co uld wri t e some very goo d stuff; But w hen 1 thought of Pi Ph i , and all it inc luded, I f e lt that th i, Pi Phi had been qu ite d eltUled.

1 thought of ou r friend8hip8 so good, strong and true, And of all the love, gir18 , whick my h eart b ears for you-. Of t i.mes t oget h er, of joy and g ood will, And th e H ouse B ea uHful we Juwe built on th e hiU,. O f rushing , and pa rti es, and merry good times, And lau ghter, and singing, and gay cookie-s hine8 . And of th e dear gir l8, w h o each year come anew.

T o promise their fait k dear old Pi Ph i, to Of th e brig h t gloomi n g a"010 of 8himmeri ...g gold, B ea"; ...g its me&sage of friendship u ... told .

There were sad days and gkJd dQ,1/s. an.d some bitter tear,. AM memone, to lat t th roug h the on-coming years i

AM I th o u g ht of fair pkrG8es, hi g h sounding and (ine, But th e bes t toad tOa.8 jus t Pi Ph i. firs t , las t , all the time . Go lO1'ado Alpha.

THE H. SOPHIE NEW COMB COLLEGE F O R WOJoU, N O F TilE

TULANE UNIVERS ITY 0.' LOUIS IA NA

Newcomb College and It! Corn>ention

New Orl eans, the C r esce nt City, su rnam ed also f or oth er attribu tes and cha racte ri st ics the "C reol e C ity" and "C arnival Ci ty," i s the hom e of Comus, Prote u s and R ex, of th e famous fi eld of Chalmette, of th e Fren ch market, t h e Fren ch ope ra, and of tbe picturesque and r e nown ed Cabildo.

In one of the best quarters of this quaint old c i ty, su rr ound ed by giant oaks , st and s an Italian "illa , on ce the home of a mer' chan t prin ce, n ow the ce n te r of a group of buildin gs whicb co n· stitute the largest co ll ege f or wome n in tbe so u t h. H S opbi e Newcomb lII emo ri al Co ll ege is a monument of moth e r love to Harri e\ Sophie Newcomb, "th e doubl y dea d , in tbat sbe di ed so young," yet still survi vi ng, a li vi ng and benefic i al influen ce upon the yo ung girls of today .

A t this college in 1 89 1 was establi sbed a chap te r of Pi B eta Phi. It was the f irst fra te rni ty to be in sta ll ed at Newcomb, but s ince tbat t im e five othe r frater ni t ies hav e bee n char te r ed , n amel y, in or de r of in sta ll me nt, Al pha Omi cr on Pi , Ch i Om ega, Kappa Kappa Gamma, Phi Nu, and Alpha Delta Phi.

Tb e cbarter m embe r s of L oui si ana Alpba were nin e, but at presen t she clai ms one hundr ed and tbree ini tiates . Ju st after the in sta llm ent of tb i s cha pte r the membe r s we r e presen ted wi t h a room in the basemen t of the main co ll ege buildin g. It i s to th is r oom, alter ed and " .. altered, bu t st ill the same meeting r oo m of tbe charter members, t hat t he girls of the Loui s i ana Alpha glad ly in vite each and every Pi Phi. So far away ge0graphically from all oth er Pi Beta Phi chapters, though so near in love and loyalty to he r f r aternity, Louis i ana A l pba str etc hes out he r hand in welcome and heartil y says to each of ber Pi Pbi s i ste rs, HCome wheneve r you ca n, often 8S yo u caD ." as soon as you can, and as Louisiana Alpha.

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Anna Pellil, Pi Bela Phi Scholar

Anna Fr ances Th om pson P ettit wa s bo rn D ecembe r third, 1 88 7. H er early sc hool da ys were sp en t in tb e Fri end s' schools of Philad elphi a, and in 1 89 9 sh e ente r ed Fri end s' Cen t ral school. Sb e wa s gradu ated from thi s sc hool Jun e t en t h, 190 4, with high standing in schol ar ship.

In t he fall of 190 4 sh e en te r ed tb e so ph om or e cla ss of Swarth· mor e Coll ege H ere s he kep t up the r epu t ati on f or hi gh scholarship whi c h sh e h a d estahli shed f or he r self a t Fri ends' Ce ntral.

Sh e wa s ini t iated in to Pi Be ta Phi in Octobe r , 1905, and becam e a 'most en t hus ia st ic fr ate rni ty girl. At he r gra dua t ion, in Jun e, 1 907, P enn sy lvania Alpha los t on e of her abl est and mos t diligent work er s. Anna P ett it r ece i ved t he fra te rni ty scholarship to B arnard Coll ege, wh er e she i s n ow workin g f or a mast er' s degr ee in Engli s h.

Phi Bela Kappa3

FLORENCE RALSTON

E VA CABS

P enn sy lvania Gamma i s very pr oud t ha t, of th e m em be .. el ec ted to Phi Beta Kappa t bi s year , she can claim t wo f or Pi Pbi , Fl or ence Ral ston and E va Ca sso B otb gi rl s have hee n such a so ur ce of ben ef it a nd plea sure to t he c hap te r t ha t we f eel as tb ough t bi s bon or i s hu t t he f ini shing to uch.

Fl or ence R a l ston ha s li ved all h er li fe n ea r Ca rl isl e. Sh e wa s fi tted f or college in tb e Di ckin so n Prep a r ato ry Sc hool , and en te r ed coll ege a s a cl ass ical stud en t . Througho u t her f our y ears' co u rse s be ca rri ed t he h ea vies t work offe r ed, and always ra nke d among t h e hi gh est. In the different co ll ege or ga ni zati on s she fill ed several offi ces, amo n g otb ers secr eta ry of th e class, and pres ident of t he l i te r a ry society. H e r st r ong personali ty wo n her m an y fri en d s, an d in fr ate rni ty b er f ri end sb ips ha ve hee n t ru e an d d ee p. We know that Flo r ence w ill win a place f or her self in t he wo rld , and in t h e years to come will make u s just as proud of her a s we b ave hee n in the days t hat are pas t.

PHI BETA KAPPA S 9

E va Ca ss came fr om Elkland , P ennsyl vania , to en te r Di ckinso n Pr epar a t or y S chool, and r emain ed in C arli sle un t il ahe had fini sh ed h er coll ege co urse. H er easy, pl easa n t manne r a t on ce ga ve h er a pl ace in the coll ege life, wh ic h she h eld as l on g as sh e wa s w ith us . M oreove r, s be was an in te rested membe r of li te rary soc iety and dram a ti c club, holding vari ous offi ces from tim e to tim e. H er su ccess al ong th ese lin es did n ot prevent her ma in ta ining a hi gh schol ar shi p, f or du r in g her fr eshm an ye ar she r ecei ved t b e Pslto n p r ize f or ge n era l excell ence, and , as a seni or , gradu ated fr om a cl ass of s ix ty w i t h salu ta t or y honors. Eva r ep r ese nted t he cha pte r a t con ve n t ion , and it wa s t o fr a terni ty tha t s he g ave most fr eel y of b er help, her sym p at hy and her in te r est. Sh e i s a l oya l Pi Phi tbroug h and tbr o ugh.

Both girls are teac bing in hi g h school s in diff er ent pa r ts of th e s ta te, and we kn ow t h a t all Pi Phi s will j oin u s in wi shing th em gr ea t s uccess.

AL I CE MA VO R EDWARDS

Ali ce Ma vo r Edward s wa s bo rn in W ate rl oo, I owa , April six t h, 1 882 After a tte ndin g th e gramm a r an d hi g h school s in that place, sh e enter ed th e S ta te Normal S chool a t Cedar Fall s H e r wo rk th er e was uniformly excell en t, and af te r t wo y ears she wa s gr aduated with th e d egree B. Di .

Th e next t wo years we re d evoted to t he teac hin g of L atin in th e hi gh school of Gli dden , I o wa, at th e cl ose of whi ch t im e Mi ss Edward s r es igned her pos i t ion to en te r t he U niv er si ty of I owa . Class ify ing as a juni or th er e, she s howed, fr om t he fir st, exce pti onal abiliti es whi ch soon mad e h er a l ead er bo t h wi t hin ond wi t h out th e class r oo m. As a pr omin en t m embe r and offi ce r sb e was id en t ifi ed with I owa Zeta, and wi t h tb e Er od elphi an an d P olygon Li te r a r y societ i es, and was al so honor ed by el ecti on to t he Wri te r 's Club, on e of t be e xclus ive Engli sh cl ubs of t he uni ve rs i ty. Sh e was, lik ew i se , throughou t her co urse, an ea rnes t work er in tb e l ocal Y oun g Women 's Chri st ian A ssoci a t ion.

El ecti on to Phi Beta Kappa cam e, a a ma tte r of course , in th e s pring of her sen io r year , to a dd th e c r owning honor t o a n u n usua l an d n otewor t hy coll ege ca r eer .

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MARY MAKEPEACE

Mary Mak e peace, a membe r of New York Alpha of Pi Beta Phi, was born in Watertown, New York, in 1885. Soon afterwards her family moved to Syra cuse, wbere sbe attended school, graduating from the higb school witb salutatorian honors. Sbe ente red Syracuse University in 1903, and at the end of her four years' cou r se was elected to Pbi Beta Kappa. She i s now teacbing in Manliu s, New York.

STEVENSON

lfabel Ste ve nson entered Middlebury College in 1901, having graduated with honors from the Engl ish Higb School of Worceste r, Ma ss achusetts. She soon became a l oya l member of Vermont Alpha, and during tbe four years of ber college cou r se proved berself a wortby daugb te r of Pi Beta Pbi. Her talents as a stud en t won her tbe esteem of b er in st ructor s, and b er happy di spos i t ion gained ber many friends among he r fellowstudents . She was at different times Vice-Pres ident and Secretary of the Young Woman 's Christian A ssoc i ation, an organization in which sbe took a warm interest. Sbe wa s el ected to Pbi Beta Kappa, was class-hi storian, and was chosen to take part in the Commencement exe rcises

MARGUE UITE HA.RWOOD

Margu eri te Harwood entered Middlebury from Swanton High Scbool, havin" finished her course there in a remarkably creditabl e mann er . She became a member of Pi Beta Phi in the fall of 1905, and soon, by h e r grace and cbarm, won as prominent a place in the cbapter as ber scholarsb ip had already gained ber in the cla ss r oom She beld the chairmansh ip of the D ev(}tional and Bible Stud y Committees in tbe Young Woman's Cbristian Association, and displayed unu sual executi,' e ability in the fulfillment of h er duties. At Commencement lfiss Harwood was gi ven a part and r cce i ved higb est honors in history , in addition to membership in Phi Beta Kappa.

PHI BETA KAPPAS

EMILY MAVERICK

ELLEN WOOLDntDO E WA OOE!iE R

Tbe only fra te rnity girls who made Phi Beta Kappa this year were two Pi Phis, Emily Maverick and Ellen Waggener; so you may know that Texas Alpha feel s very proud of them. Sin ce th eir graduation, they bav e both r ece ived additional bonors ;n being offered f ellowship s, Miss :Mav eri ck one in Spanisb, Miss Waggener in Engli sh.

In their years of coll ege life, tbe two bave, between tbem, r eceived almost all the b onor s to be bestowed by tb e university. Both bave been active in lite rar y c ircl es, holding many offices in tbe Asbbel Literary Society, as well a s places on the staffs of uni,·er s ity publications. Th ey hav e . al so been prominent in tennis and basketball, and Mi ss Waggener has been vice-p r es ident of the Atbletic Association. Aside from these collective honors, so to speak , Miss Wagge ner ha s been an earnest worker in tbe Young Woman 's C bri st ian Association. She was president of the Cbristian Association in her sen i or yea r, and in the previous summer she was sent as delegate to the national convention. For the yea r 1906-7 s he was pres ident of the Woma n' s Council, which is the greate st honor given by the studentbody.

Miss Mav erick, during h er seni or year, was stud ent-ass ista nt in Spani sh. To her belongs the further di st in ct ion of having been quite a society girl, as well as student. In the fraternity, the two girls have been among ou r most entbusiastic members. We respect their op inions highl y, and n o one can r eali ze ju st how much we shall miss them. T exas Alpha i s very proud of her two Phi Beta Kappa s, and hopes that they may be aq successful in the future a s they have been in the pa s t.

HELEN LAV1NIA

Of the four girls winning Phi Beta Kappa at the University of V ermont, two were Pi Phis, Helen Allen and Ge rtrud e Strong. ,

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Hel en All en was born at Craftsbury, Vermont, June twentyfirst, 1885 . She graduated from Craftsbury Academy at the age of sixteen. While a pupil at this academy, she early evinced an aptitude for languages. After one year spent in teaching, sbe enter ed tbe University of Vermont, wh ere sbe still showed ber capability fo r modern l anguages. Upon ber graduation, she shared tbe second place in general high standing, witb Hel en Douglas, and also gained Phi Beta Kappa.

GERTRUDE STRONG

Gertrude Ethel Strong was born in Fayston, Vermont, Jul y fourtb, 1882. Her early life was spent on a farm, while she attended "distr i ct school." In 1898, she entered the high school in Wakefield, Massachusetts. From there she graduated, i n 1902, wit h salutatory honors. After teaching a year in Fayston, she entered the University of Vermont, in 1 903, an d was initiated into Pi Beta Ph i in November. She specialized somewhat in mathematics, and is now teaching mathematics, English and F r ench in the academy at Craftsbury, Vermont.

The Fralemil)} Girl 0/ Yesl erday and To -day

We so often hear the complaint that the f r aternity girl of to-day is unlike her sister of a generation ago; that the fraternity in 1907 is not only vastly different from what it was in, say '83 or '84, but that tbe change is for the worse; tbat it seems wortb wbile to attempt some contrast between tbe old order and tbe new, even thougb it be witb difficulty that a woman of tbe past generation appreciates tbe point of view of ber daugbte r of tbis one.

In tbe "good old days," tbe school year, from tbe fraternity standpoint, began, as now, with the search for n ew girls ":Aisterial" and "Pi Pbi type" being unknown terms, our search was for "tbe best girls." Having found them, initiation fol-

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l owed speedi ly , and the weekly meetings, occasi onal spr eads, or cookie-shines, and formal pa rti es made up the social life of the yea r. Among oursel ves the r e was a ge ner al attitude of cordiality and loyalty, with a tendency to choose compan ion s fr om our own number, and some cl oser friendships were formed e i t her before or after initi atio n , in a f ew ca ses to la st unal te r ed in str e ng t h as l ong as life .

Does, in the r ead ing, th i s seem very differ ent from the fraternity life of to-day! As I attem pt to differentiate between then and now, mak e a ll owances, I beg you, active Pi Phi s of to-day, for t he hand ica p of twe n ty-f ou r yea r s of experi ence with life that I ca rry , an d accept my cri t ic isms, if there be an y , a s com ing from one who sp eaks with motherly in te r est and affeetion.

And, first, the search for new girl s was so unlik e the "rushing" of to-day, with i ts strenuou s en te rtaining, i ts n erv e- ra cking un ce rtain ties, i ts wide deviation from the n ormal way of sel ectlife-long friends, that n o "old girl" can indorse the pres/ cu stom in an y degree. Our way was simply to ask su ch girl s as we thought would be valuable additions to our number. I confess that even in those good old da ys, as n ow, some girls would be desired, and perhaps asked, because of the soc ial or financial promi n ence of their parents, that a gi rl who had a staunch admirer in a l eading boys' fraternity, wa s occasi onally thought a more des irabl e member than a modest, r et iring stud ent, but, as a rul e, sc holarship was a sine qua non, and f ew girls wore t he arrow who could not ·be truste d to l ead in the clas sroom. You a ctive girls know bette r than I if this rul e still holds good.

We hear much of the all-around girl as the best "material" for holding up the fra te rni ty sta ndard , but my experi en ce of life has not served to weaken my original faith that the coll ege girl who pu ts study first and does h er work to the best of h er ability, though she may miss attendance at the Junior Prom., or fail to be found at many of the season's l esser fun cti on s, will make, later on, the all-around woman, of whom, whether

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in a profession or as a home-maker, the fraternity will never be ashamed_

Then, as to initiation, once so simple and informal, and not nearly so beautiful or impress ive as now. Here the new is far in advance of the old, and would be to a much greater degree were it not for the undignified and unsisterly mock-initiation which, I regret to say, is often the forerunner of the beautiful ceremony.

I can almost fancy myself a college girl again, when, on occasion, I participate as a spectator in the fraternity meeting of an active chapter, so little has the much-vaunted emancipation and advancement of woman changed the inherent girl-nature at nineteen or twenty. Our meetings, however, were held on Saturday afternoons, that being the only time we could conscientiously give to a meeting whose object was pleasure_

At the spreads, or cookie-shines, held not oftener than once in three weeks, the refreshments, except on the very rare occasion of an oyster supper, were limited to one contribution from each girl, brought as often as not in a brown paper bag. The various contributions were placed on a large sheet, which, spreac upon the floor , served as a table, around which we sat, devouring ravenously, and with much merriment, such sleep-destroyers as peanuts, cheese, gingersnaps, crackers, pickles, bananas and apples. These feasts were not nearly so orderly or pleasant as the dainty, well-served spreads of to-day, and their only redeeming feature, ease of preparation, was hardly redeeming, because college life should not l ead a girl to spare effort in her social undertakings any more than in her intell ect ual work.

Our formal parties, whether general, or given to a single fraternity, and of which, I think, three a year wa s a maximum number, were attractive, though the attendant expense was far less than that of the modern fraternit y party . The increased elaborateness of the modern party is often criticized, but, I believe, this increase is not out of proportion to that in college social life generally, to that of the presid ential reception or the faculty tea.

I cann ot, wi t h absolu te knowledge, contrast the love and l oyalty among frat erni ty m embe r s of a generation ago and n ow_ I ima g in e the difference, if any, i s sli g ht, hut I n ot ice one change in th e personal relations of members-an uniraternal assignment of di sta steful duties to t he new initia tes, together with the d ema nd that they yield precedence to the old e r members_ Wb en t he merit and hea rin g of an old e r gi rl naturall y commands r espect and deference, the yo un ge r gi rl , in yielding, i s only obse r vi ng an established l aw of soc i al life, hut authority i s very eas il y abused, and tbe olde r gi rl s shou ld set a high standard of cou r tesy, and unselfi sh thoughtfu ln ess for the ini t ia tcs to f oll ow .

W e of t he pas t subordinat ed our fra te rni ty to our coll egc, in all things. I shonld lik e to f ee l s ure t hat this i s st ill tru e, and that l ove f or Alma Mate r, to whom we owe so great a debt, will take las ting preced ence in our hea r ts over all min?r associations of these f ou r wonde rful years of oppo r t uni ty, disciplin e and growt h toward a broad womanhood.

HELEN BAY RAY}'{OND, Kansas Alpha, '83.

As Others See Us

F oll owi ng t he l ea d of Th e Outlook, Th e Ind epe nd ent and other more seri ou s magazi nes, Th e Ladies' Home J ournal has turn ed its attenti on to t h e sor ority problem in sch ool s and co ll eges Since thi s magazine ha s a large r c irculati on than mo t of the purely lite r ary publi cat ions and so r eaches a more vari ed class of r e ad er s, the appearance of two d iffe ren t art i cl es on the subject in two successive issues i s en ough to draw the thoughtful a ttent i on of every frate rnity woman.

The announcement t hat Dr. Seelye, the hon or ed president of Smith Coll ege, would contribute an article on " A Dange r ou s Ph ase of Girl Coll ege Life," in t r od u ced the first di scu ss ion on "The Influence of Sor ori ties." It naturally aroused mu ch in-

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terest, since Dr. Seelye has long been on record as a firm opponent of secret societies for womeD.

After the introductory remark that "the novelty of the barbarous wora sororities-indicates the recent origin of the Greek letter secret societies for women to which that name is affixed," Dr. Seelye discusses the raison d' eire for men's fraternities, reaching a semi-favorable conclusion in regard to them. He then proceeds to state that "The existence of sororities, although due to similar causes, cannot be justified on the same grounds, viz. : "strength of numbers, historic associations, vested interests and ability to secure good order and to promote good fellowship." This is interesting because most fraternity women would be inclined to justify their organization on the very grounds named above, although they would admit that the very youth, of which Dr. Seelye has spoken, is sufficient reason for any qualities which may be lacking.

Dr. Seelye declares, with truth, that sororities are the outgrowth of the peculiar need for social union among women, which existed in the early state universities before a changed academic spirit brought more satisfactory social and literary conditions. He adds further, that the sororities, in the opinion of the majority of teachers, belped rather than hindered the change. He also says that in tbe leading women's colleges of the day sororities do not exist and would not be permitted, because they are not needed and would seriously interfere witb the social ideal.

This last point is of especial interest, coming, as it does, from the president of the largest women's college. A good many years ago, wben the college dormitories provided ample accommodations for all Smith students, there did exist an ideal communal life. In recent years, however, tbe number of new buildings has failed to keep pace with the increased numbers of students, many of whom, under present conditions, are forced to find board and lodging in private families. It is interesting to note that under tbese conditions, similar in some respects at least, to those that Dr. Seelye says encouraged the formation of the

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first so r oriti es, some of the Smith students, despite faculty opposition, bave reso r ted to the so r or ity plan. On e of the o rga nization s, Delta Sigma, i s of seve ral years standing, possesses a goodly membership among the alumnre, and bas r ece ntly erected a hLxuriou s chapter house. Smith is n ot the only large woman's college wh ieh thus g i ves an ocular demon st ration of the irateI" nity tendency . In others, where it is i mpossibl e for all the students to be accommodated in the co ll ege hou ses, the same movement is on foot. Tb e president of one of these, in stead of frowning upon the growing sentiment, gi"es a gua rd ed answer to all requ ests for permission to seek a nati onal c harter in the word s : "The time is not yet ripe."

A young professional man,-a non-f raternity man, too-seemed to yoice the truth of this matter when he said, recently: "1\0 matter how sma ll the college, tbe tendency to cliques is bound to exist, and it would see m bette r to allow these groups to become part of a well-organized body, than to let tbem ex i st as mere local s, n ecessa rily narrow in their scope."

Dr. Seelye' s state ment that the r e is no place where intimate f "iendships can be formed more readily and naturally t han in a co ll ege community is essentia ll y true, but i t hard ly s llpp orts hi s argum e nt that a secret soc iety circumscribes a girl's fellowsbip. For it is also trlle that in mo st large colleges the average girl's intimate fri end ship s are inclin ed to be limited to the members of the st udent family wbo dwe ll in the same coll ege hOllse wbich is he r home for four years.

Th e argument that "the soro ritie s in c rea se with no valid equivalent, the expense of a co ll ege course" can bardly take into cons id e rati on that "this soc ial unit is founded on economic prin· ciple, wb e r e by twenty girls can obtain more for their money by spending it together, can obtain food more to tbeir taste, and can in time obtain pe rman e nt well-fitted lodgings in place of rented rooms and furniture to be cast aside."

While Dr Seelye exprcsses his disappro\'al, he does not unqualifi edly condcmn these organizations, for he adm its that their benefits must, " in evcry case depend largely upon the way

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tbey are conducted and the character of their leaders." In the concluding portion of his paper, and, indeed, in fully onethird of the entire article, Dr. Seelye deals with the prohlems of high school fraternities, and his conclusions in this respect will be heartily approved by the majority of fraternity women .ru;other article of nearly equal interest appeared in the same magazine under the ti tIe "The Evils of Girls' Secret Societies," by Miss Grace Latimer Jones.

The writer bases her main conclusion on the ground that the sorority is primarily and confessedly a social institution which aims first of all to encourage social life. Tbis in itself is laudable, if it represented the highest social aim, but she declares that the sororities stand for social exclusiveness and snobbery, which are no part of a college woman's creed. Sbe remarks tbat if it were possible for the sororities to formulate and propagate "The Twentieth Century College Woman's Creed," they might make their claim to superiority just.

She say!=!: "The pity is, in t.he college sorority, that the college really influences the life of its students so little that they are not actuated by higher impulses and feelings than those who are not college-bred." Illustrating, by some extreme cases, she condemns "the peculiar loyalty wbich is so dear to every society member," and declares that the intimate relations of sorority life are conducive to that sentimental relationship vulgarly known as the "crush."

Although careful to declare more than once that it is dan· gerous to generalize, and granting that the "delights of a natural intimate a ssociation and possibly a certain esprit de corps are good results which may come from the sorority system, :Uiss Jones closes her article with the sweeping statement that sororities are "undemocratic and un-Christian."

In justice to both Dr. Seelye and Miss Jones, it should be said that they have both attempted to discuss in the one article the sorority in secondary schools as well as colleges. For this reason, even the most careful reviewer is liable to misapprehen · sion, since it is quite generally acknowledged that this is a two-

fold subject. Altbough the college organizations may be, in the main, responsible f or the existen ce of secondary school fraternities, it is a well-<lStablished fact that the maj ority of fraternity women are opposed to the system.

Granting all this, it sti ll rem ains that every fraternity woman must r esent the implicati on that h er organization i s "un-Christian." It is fair to assert that t he cr eed of any of the worthy wom en 's fraterniti es might sa f ely be adopted as " Th e Tw enti eth Century College Woman' s Creed," and that, as such, it i s being propagated in the liv es of hundreds of earnest C hri stian women.

Th e fellow ship s and scholarships maintained by at l east two frat ernitie s should be ample r efutation of the implication that scholarships in many sororities becomes a " penalty to be paid for various social honors." Then, too, the dark allusions to "the requirements and demands which emanate from secret authority" are only amus ing when it is r emembe r ed that the socalled "secrets" of .11 worthy women' s fra ternities are r eally open secrets, and all privacy i s only in th e nature of a family matte r.

The dangers of intimate friendships, which may well be preached to the girl of high school age, are hardly applicable to the college girl. Many of our grandmothers ente r ed into matrimony at the age when the average fr es hman ente r s co ll ege. It is fair to a ssu,me that if they co uld sa f ely choose a life-mate at eighteen, their grand-daughters cannot go wildly astray in selecting a girl friend at the same age.

Finally, it may be questioned whether the modern college spirit is as "naturally democratic" as Miss Jon es believes, and if, in that case, the fraternity idea is out of k ee ping with its en vi ronmen t.

Although th ey express the views of foremost educators, most of the argum ents advan ce d in these articles are really unconvincing. Still, th ese discussions are of value to the fraternity woman , because it is true that they do portray some phases of fraternity life as they really exist, and by touching the weak

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point s in her armor giv e her an op po r tunity - to "see h erse1£ a s oth ers see he r."

Th at th er e are evil s in th e fraternity system as now exemp lifi ed n o t hou g htful Greek ca n deny. Alm ost every edito rial and contribu te d article in n earl y eve ry fraternit y publicat ion goes to prove the statem ent.

But the a ct ual r ealizati on of th is fa ct goes a long wa y t owa rd s r emed y in g the evils Th e l oyalty of thousands of m en and women, in the mid st of active life, to t he orga ni zatio ns and princ ipl es t hey pl edged themselves to ma in tain in tbeir stud ent da ys, goes to pr ove that thei r mature judgment ju st ifi es their membersh ip . It i s n ot pr obab le t hat their jud g ment ha s been so warp ed bv th e "ev il s" of frat e rni ty life t hat they are entirely unabl e to di st ingui sh the wheat fr om t he chaff.

Since o ur standard s are id eal , i t i s doubtful if we eve r r eac h perf ect ion , bu t we may approach n ea r er our goal. Wrot e Low ell-

"The thing we lo ng for, that we are Fo r on e transcendent moment, Befo re the Pr ese nt poo r and bare e llD make i ts s nee ring co mm e nt. "

and as fraternity women we mu st remember

'; Our li,'es mu st c"limb fr o m hope to hope And rea li ze o ur lo ng ing. "

"Ah! Let u s hope that to our prai se Good God no t on ly r ec kon s Th e mo me nts wh e n we t read Hi s way s, But wh en the sp irit beckons , Tha t so me s li g ht good is al so wro ugh t Beyond self -sat isfact ion, Wh en we are s imp ly good in thought, Howe'e r we (a il in action."

SA R..\lI GERTRUDE POMEROY, Mas sac husett s Alpha.

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Colorado Alpha'3 Chapler Hou3e

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1>ouse 1!lIIarmlng 10 to 12 p m.

How happy we s hould all be if ever y girl wbo wea r s tbe arrow could accept thi s in vitati on and be at t be opening of ou r n ew chapter hou se. But as this i s an impo ssih ili ty, we wisb to tell you about it, and make you each feel as if yo u owned a share in o ur home .

You r emember in tbe No ...embe r Arrow of 1906, i t was s pok en of as "o ur new dream house ." Well, it i s a dream, but a really true one now, and on e that ha s made such a difference in the life of Col orado Alpha. It ha s hrought us all even clo se r toget her than we we re befo r e, in that we hav e so mething d efinit e to s how f or our efforts. You can imagin e how we all f elt this fall to come ba ck to a beautiful n ew hou se, that eve ry girl had h elp ed to build, s lnall as her individual effort may have seemed.

The hOll se, a s you ca n see from th e pi ctur e, i s a la rge, square one, huilt of li ght t an bri ck , w i t h br own roof and light trimmings. It fa ces the ea st, looking direct ly ou t up on the campus. As you look at the pi ct ure, our chap te r ro om i s to the left, and our dining r oo m to the ri gh t.

Now, if yo u will follow me, I will take you in sid e. We shall first ente r a "est ihule fl oo r ed with green and white mosai cs . Opening a Dutch doo r , we find ourselves in th e hall, with the cnapter room on our l eft, the sta irs and tbe den in front, and the dining room on our ri ght. Th e ceilings of all the fir st fl oo r r oo ms are beamed and have the sta r ligbts and chand eli er s. The woodwork is sta in ed in t he Craftsman fum ed oak in th e chapte r r oo m, and th e ea rl y En gl i sh fini sh in the dining r oom.

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The chapter room measures seventeen by forty f eet Th e walls are finished in a l ight green, and the draperies are green shaiki silk. The picture shows the fireplace on the ri ght, and the pian o, which stands in the middle of the r oom, on the left. Through the archway to the hall we can see the Dutch door l eading to the vestihule. This r oom is furnished with Stickley fumed oak furniture. The dining r oom is twenty·seven f eet l ong, and in one en d we have a buffet and along the north side a bow·window broken int o fiv e hinged windows. Thi s r oom is finished in a bronze shade, with figured paper above the plate r ai l. Tbe fixtures are of t he mi ss ion style, with lantern s of art gla ss to match the color in tbe papering. Our den, which is small but very cozy, i s in mahogany, with golden shades in the

On the second Hoor are s ix bed r ooms and a tea r oom, which open s out upon the front veranda . On the third Hoor we have five more bed rooms, each very pretty and homelike. Th e house is heated by hot water, and we have a bath and to il et on each Hoor.

I think there i s no need of even try ing to exp r ess to ou r sisters what tbe effect has been on our chapter I am sure each girl knows how happy she would be if her chapter were building a new home I hope I have not bored you with the descrip· tion of ou r house, but ba ve encouraged each of our s is ter chap· ters to try our plan. Colorado Alpba wi sbes to tell all her sisters they will be wa r mly welcomed at any time if they will vi s it us in Boulder

Report of the Sixth Inter-Sorority Conference

The Sixth Inter·Sor ority Conference met Friday, September thirteenth, three p. m . , for its first sess ion, with Mi ss Hol combe, Chi Omega, in the chair Miss Elda L. Smith, Pi Beta Phi, acted as secretary

The following delegates , after presenting credentials, were enrolled :

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PI BETA PHI.-Mi ss Elda L. Smith, 710 South Sixth Street, Springfield, illinois.

KAPPA ALPHA TH ETA.-M r s Laura H. Norton, 2541 North Paulina Street, C hicago

KAPPA KApPA GU"'A.-}.{r s. W. W. Canby, Gali ce, Oregon.

D ELT A GAMMA. - :Miss }.{argarethe Sheppard, 225 Greenwood Boulevard, Evan s ton, Illinoi s.

ALPIIA PIII. -Mrs. Co ra All en M cElroy, 153 East FiftyFourth Street, Chicago.

GAMMA PUI BETA.-Miss Lillian Th om pson, 326 W est SixtyFirst Pla ce, Chicago.

ALPHA Cal OMEGA.-Nrs. Richard T ennant, 824 S ou t h Fift h Street, T e r re Haute, Indiana.

DELTA DELTA DELTA -}.{rs. Amy Olgen Parm el ee, 918 Chase Avenue, C hi cago.

ALPHA XI D ELTA.-:Mrs. J. R. L e ib, 1271 W est Wa shington Street, Sprinfield, Illin.oi s.

CHI OM EoA -}.[iss J obe ll e H ol combe, Fayettevi lle, Arkansas.

S,OMA KApI'A. - Mi ss Sara B. Math ews, 297 Ashland Boulevard, Chicago.

ALPHA OMI CRON Pl. - Mr s. C. G. Bigel ow, ]321 Monroe Street, Chicago.

The sec r eta ry r ea d a s umm ary of the work of t he five In te rSorori ty Confer ences prepared by Miss Gamble for the use of new delegates. Miss Holcombe read her r eport as secr etary of t he I. S. C. Her summary of the year's achievements f oll ows :

After the cl ose of the Fifth I. S. C , 1,000 copies of th e minutes were printed and c irculated, with 500 cop ies of the model co n st itu tio n for Pan-Hellenics. La te r , 800 copies of the r epo rt of the delegate to the Deans' Confer en ce were printed and circulated. Th e see r etar y took the liberty to divide into two motions the r esoln t ion against high school sor or i t ies. It was made to r ea d

M otio n I. Resolved, That so r oriti es in high sc hoo l s ond oth e r seeondary school s sho uld be di scou ntenan ced.

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Mo t ion 2. M oved that after four yea r s from date of notification by Grand Presidents, eac h Sorority in the In te r ·Sor ority Conference ref use to admit an y you ng woman who ha s been a member of a so r ori ty in a bi g h school or secondary sc hoo l. Vo t ing blan ks were sent to all Grand Secretaries and a vote call ed for Th e sec retary delayed calling for t he r es ult of the vote in order t ha t t he subject might be fully di sc u ssed in the j ourn a ls before final act ion was take n. Th e result of the vote occu rs el sewhe re in th i s report.

Th e dispensations to Wisconsin and to :M ichi gan, as r ecommended by tbe Fifth 1. S C., were ra tified by the g rand presidents.

The sec retary was asked to im-cst igate t he la w conce rning th e m3.!:in e ftp n wpnr in !: of jewclnr by unau tho ri zed peTRons. She did much co rr espond in g on the subject, and is ind ebted to Wri ght Kay & Company, Detroit, :Mich igan, for an extens ive article taken from the Beta Th eta Pi j o urnal. From it a conclusion i s r eached t ha t there i s no law that cove r s the question. Th e j ewelers t hink sucb a la w would be hard to enforce.

The secreta r y wishes to emphas ize tbe imp ortance of sendin g various sorori ty journals to the secretary of 1. S C Some journals reached ber promptly , but from some ed i tors n o copies we r e r eceived . Complain t was made to her that the grand officers al so do not reeei ve the exchanges.

The chairman appointed a comm i ttee 011 recommendatio n s, Mrs. Parmelee and Canby.

Reports were read from all twelve soro ri t i es composing the 1. S. C. Tbe r epo r ts consider ed : (a) Conflicts and difficulties arising in Pan-Hellenics; ( b ) Attitude of sor or it y on high school so r ori ties; (c) All convention action bea rin g upon the Conference or Inter·Sorority relations; (d) RecolDlDendations to t he Conference; (e) Suggestions for improvement in Pan-Hellenic o rganizations.

The remainder of the session was spent in a discussion of the exact meaning and wording of the I. S . C. constitution . To facilitate matters, the chai r appointed Mrs. Leib, Miss Mathews

and Mrs. Norton to act as a committee to examin e the present tentative constitut io n and r eceive al\ r ecommendations s u ggested. Adjourned.

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SECOND SEssrON.

Thi s session conven ed Saturday, September fourteenth, at 9 :30 a . 111 , and was g i ven up to the r epo rts of committees. Alpha Phi, who had been appointed to invest igate co ndi t ion s at Michigan U ni'·ersity, reported a dec i ded advance in Pan· H ell enic sp irit the r e . The c hairman of I. S . C. is authorized to send word to each chapter at ::IIicbigan University that the dispensation recommended by I. S C. and granted by the grand presidents expi r es September twenty·third . In addition, each delegate is to send 1V0rd to her grand president to so notify be r chapter at Michigan. The 1. S. C. extends a vote of thanks to Mrs. W oodwa r d for her efforts towards adjust in g the diffi· c ulti es at

Th e Kappa K appa Gamma delegate r epo r ted the r es ult o f h e r st ud y of condi t i o n s at Wi scon s in University. M e n t i on was made of t he m eet in g of women, who ad opted r esolu tions advocating moderat io n in soc ial affa ir s. Kappa Kappa Gamm a was continued a s a sta ndin g co mmit tee for the same st udy a year longer, and Mrs. Canby was asked to exp r ess to the Pan· Hellenic at the appro\"al by 1. S. C of the improvement there. Th e cha irm an of 1. S. C. was ordered to notify the Pan·Hellenic at Wisconsin that h e r dispensation exp ir es at the Seventh 1. S. C., 190 8.

The difficulties expe ri enced at Syracuse were discussed, and Mrs. and Miss Th ompson were appointed a comm it· tee to work th r oug h their Grand Cou n c il s towards an adju st· ment.

Tennant read h e r r epo r t on Soc i a l Serv ice and Pan · H ell eni cs. She r epo r ted that li sts of four qu estions had been sent to each so r or ity visiting d elegate, and to a few persons id entified with colleges in suc h a way as to make their state·

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. ments valuabl e. From th e repli es sh e obtain ed the following facts :

1. Wh ere Pan-H ell eni c compa cts have been agreed upon and t h e n di sh onor ed, in every case, with out exce pti on, th e trouble has centered in a small selfi shness tbat ba s ju stly brought criti cism on tbe entir e sorori t y body . Tbere ha s been no care for " th e greatest good to tbe greatest number," and apparently n o r ealization that principle sbould stand before individual pref eren ce . On th e oth er hand, wb e r e an e arnest attempt bas been mad e to f oll ow a Pan-H ell eni c agreem ent, sn obbisbn ess, to a large exten t, is dying ou t , as a consequ en ce of a more inte lli ge nt unde r standing of eacb otb er' s moti ves and st andards; certain evil s, su cb as tbe large expen se conn ecte d wi t b " ru sbing," are a ckn owled ged ; and a st r on g curren t i s sett ing in the direc tion of alma ma te r fir st, fra te rnity , if n ecess ary , second.

2 Th e so r ori ty girl find s ber soc ial n eed s ve r y adequately m et in ber own group , con seq u ently sh e d oes n ot r ead il y see tbe n eed of id entify ing b er self witb Wom en' s L eagu es and Y. W. C. A. UN oblesse oblige-nobl e bir t h impli es r es pon s ibili t y." W e beli eve th e sor orit y wa s born ri g h t ly , and to r ecognize ber own p owe r s i s tb e pr esent r es p onsibili ty .

3. Th er e i s a rapidly growing se n t im ent of kindlin ess toward th e n on-fra te rni ty s t ud en t.

4. Tb er e i s an earn es t express ion again s t th e evil s of rusbin g :--ove r -el abo r ate n ess of enter ta inm ent, n egl ect of r egul a r coll ege w ork, and unwarranted expendi t ures.

A comm i ttee consi st in g of Mi ss Th om pson and Mi ss M at b ews was a p po in te d, w itb t wo purposes : Ca) to r eprin t t he P a n-H ell enic M odel Con st i t", t ion, appendi ng t o i t t he va r i ous r ecomm enda t i on s f or t he se r io u s co n side ra t ion of Pan -H ell eni c associat ion s; and Cb ) to co ll ect, dur ing the yea r , a co py of th e P anH ell eni c rul es fr om eac b a ssoc i atio n , t hese rul es to be in co r por ated in a pamp bl et f or the in st ru cti on of P an-Helleni c assoc iat ion s, a n d f or prin t ing in each of t he so r ori ty j ourn a ls.

Mi ss S m i t b was ap poin ted to d ra w up a letter to be sent to alumn re clu bs, te lling the m of the pu r poses of T. S. C., and

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urging their assistance in solving local Pan-Hellenic difficulties. Mrs. Tennant was asked to make a summary of her report, to be included in this letter.

For the benefit of girls living in sorority houses, Mrs. Tennant will have a list of women who might be obtained as chaperones.

The Conference considered the application for membership in I. S. C. from Alpha Delta Phi Sorority, and instructed the chairman to inform them that they do not meet the requirements for membership.

Adjourned.

INTER-SORORITY CONFERENCE) THIRD SESSION.

After the annual luncheon of the I. S. C. delegates, the Conconvened in third session at 2 p . m.

Mrs. Leib gave the report of the committee appointed to modify the wording of the constitution, making it read as foll ows:

CONSTITUTION

ARTICLE I. NAME.

The name of this organization shall be the Inter-Sorority Conference.

ARTICLE II. ODJECT.

The object of the Inter-Sorority Conference shall be to improve the methods of rushing and pledging, and to consid er questioDs of general interes t to the Sorority world.

ARTICLE Ill.

ORGANIZATION.

The Conference shall be composed of one delegate from each national Sorority represented.

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AR1'IOLE IV.

ELIOIB I LITY TO MEMDERSH I P.

No Sorority s hall be r epresen ted in the Confe ren ce which ha s l ess than five chapte r s, o r which has any cha pter in an inst ituti on below collegiate rank.

AU'CICLE V

MEETINOS .

Th e Co nfere n ce sha ll a semble annually, t im e and pla ce of t he f ollowin g meet in g to be arran ge d eac h yent .

ARTICLE VI.

CALL I NG OF MEETINGS .

Section 1. Th e meetings of the Confe r en ce shall be ca ll ed hy the S oro riti es in r otat i on.

Sec. 2. Th e offic ial list s hall be:

1 . Pi Beta Phi.

2. Kappa .Alpha Th eta.

3. Kappa Kappa Gamma .

4. Delta Gamma.

5 Alpha Phi.

6 . Gamma Phi Bet •.

7. Alpha Ch i Om ega.

8. D elta Delta Delta.

9. .Alpha Xi D elt a .

10. Chi Omega.

11 . Sigma Kappa.

1 2. Alpha Omicron Pi

Sec. 3 Additions to official list sha ll be made in ord er of elect ion to membership.

Sec. 4 . Th e delegate from the Sorority call in g the Conference sball act as cha irm an, and the delegate from the Sorority next in order shall act as sec r etary of the Confer ence, and shall cont inu e in office until sh e ca lls the next Co nference

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.ARTICLE vn.

POW ERS

The powers of t hi s o rgan iz at ion shall be two-fold: Fi r st, to propose l egi sl ation to the Soror i t ies; second, to act upon request as a stand in g court of appeal to settle loca l difficulties reported to it by the Sororities, or by t he Pan-llellenic Assoc iat i on s.

ARTICLE vnf.

DUT I ES OF OFFICERS .

Section 1. Cbai rm an : Tb e cbai r man sba ll preside at the meet ings

Sec. 2. Secretary: Tb e duties of tbe sec r etary sba ll be as foll ows :

She sbal1 keep the minutes .

Sb e sba ll se nd reports of the Conference, witbin two weeks after adjournment, to t be members of tbe Confer ence and to al1 grand sec r etar ies of the Sororities r epr ese n ted in the Con f e ron ce, for distribution to c hapters and officers of tlleir Sororities.

Sb e sball iss ue qu est io ns propose d by the Conference to the grand sec r etar ie s f or presentation to their Sororities, and s ball, upon r ece ipt of r esult, sen d not ice of sam e to all g rand sec r etaries .

She shall r epo r t all measures of In ter-So r ori ty in te r est passed by any Grand Council, or by any co nv enti on, at on ce to the Conference.

She sha ll sen d to each Grand Secretary vot in g blank s for al1 m ot ions s ubmitted to t be Sororities by tbe Confe r en ce.

She sha l1 prepare the program of the n ext Confe r ence meeting and tbe in st ru ct ions to delegates, and sh al1 issue the ca B for tbe n ext meeti ng.

Sh e sba ll have power, on application fr om any Pan -H el1 eni e Assoc iati on, to app o int a m ember of the Conference who se S o rority interests arc not involv ed in the question at i ss ue, to ga te and arbitrate any diffi culty arising ill the Pan -H el1 eni e. Expen ses of the one sent are to be paid by the loca l Pan -Helleni c.

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ARTI CLE lX.

M E TH ODS OF PROCEDURE.

Section 1. Act ion s of Inter ·Sor ority in te r est pa ssed by any Grand Coun cilor at an y Grand Convention shan be r eported at on ce to the sec r etary of the Conference, and al so to th e grand secr etary of each Sor ority r e presen ted in the Confer ence.

Sec. 2. S uggestions offe r ed by the Conference shan be submitted as soon as p ossi hl e by the secr eta r y to all the grand secr e· tari es of the Sororities r ep r esented in th e Conference. Voting bl anks may be u sed fo r all moti ons submitted to the Sororities, and the r esul t of t he vote announced by each grand sec r etary to the sec r eta r y of the Conference within tw o months.

Sec. 3. The Conference sec retar y shall then announce t he r es ult to all Grand Counc ils and chapters. Th e motions that have r ece ived a unanimous vote of all the S or or i ties shan at on ce become binding up on a U chapters, the Grand Counci ls bei ng r es pons ihle f or the obse rvance.

ARTICLE X.

LEGISLATION .

Leg i sla t i on enac ted hy a Sorority at the suggest i on of the Conference ca n be r epeal ed or modified only by f ormal action of the Sororities, who must follow the r egular ord er of proced ure (Art i cl e IX ) . Legislation cannot be changed by any one Sor ori ty, or by the In te r -Sor ori ty Co nfer en ce.

ARTICLE XI.

AMENDMENTS.

Thi s co nst ituti on may be amended by a unanimou s vote of all the S or orities r ep r esented in the In te r-S or ori ty Confe r en ce.

On ball ot in g, each delegate voted in fa vo r of ad opting the con st itu t ion as presented, with the excepti on of Alpha Omi cr on Pi , who had n ot yet been inst ru cted by her S or ority.

In r epo rting the res ul t of the vote on the High School S or ority qu esti on, Mi ss Hol combe ann o un ced that M ot ion I (that sororities in high school s and othe r secondary schools be dis-

co un te n an ced) had ca rri ed every S or ori ty exce pt Alpha Omi cr on Pi , w ho had been una ble to g ive a defini te vot e, si n ce th e voting bl anks did n ot r each he r. H er d el egate, h owever, r epo r t ed tha t s he con curred in M ot i on 1. Th e vote on M ot ion II was n ot un an im o us wi t h eleven fra te rni t i es hea r d fr om.

A mot i on wa s carri ed t ha t a pr otest be f ormula ted and sent t o Mrs. Martin and Mr. B aird, asking th em to use th ei r influ en ce aga inst hi g h sch ool sor ori t ies, by in ser t ing a r t icl es against t he.e organi za t ion s in th e n ext edi t ion s of t heir boo ks. Th e edi to r s of the d iffe r ent so r ori ty magazines a r e ur ged i n each i ss u e t o in clu de a r t icles di scou ra gin g hi gh sch ool so r ori t ies, a nd to omi t all ar t i cles en cour ag in g the m.

Th e co mmit tee on r ecomm end a ti on s mad e i ts r epor t, wbi ch in clud ed all r ecomm end at ions s ubmi tted by t he vari ous del... ga tes in th e ir r epor ts .

Th e r eco mm enda t ion wa s ad opted t h a t in t he case of gr anting a di spen sa t ion, each gr an d pres i de nt sh all n ot ify t h e sec r eta r y of t he I S C., wh o shall se n d official n ot i ficat ion to th e PanH ell eni c a skin g th e di spen s a t i on

Th e I. S. C. r eco mm end s t hat th e r eport of t he Co mmi ss ion er of E d u cat ion be ma de th e ba s is f or th e d efini t ion of "a n ins titu t ion bel ow coll egiate rank" . ( S ee Con s titut io n , Ar t icl e IV .)

. Th e Co nfere nce r ecommen ds t ha t D ea n s of Wome n be en· co ur aged to pr esen t to t h e I. S. C. mat te r s of inter est t o coll ege w ome n.

Th e Co nfer ence auth ori zed th e sec r et ary to h a ve prin te d bl ank s whose use will lessen th e diffi culty in sec urin g united a cti on am on g t he diff er ent S or oriti es

Th e S i xth I nte r- So r ori ty Confer ence desi r es to emphas i ze i n th e r eport t he r eq u est th a t th o ed i to rs of S or ority maga zin e. exer cise mo r e ca r e in sending exchanges to th e grand offi cer s of oth e r Sor ori t i es, and in sending th em promptl y . Th e r ecomm endati on t hat frate rnity j ournals be sent t o all chap te r s in coll eges wh ere the r es p ective Sororiti es are r epresented, wa s r econs i de r ed , and th e edi to r s a re n ow r eq u es ted t o se nd

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but one copy to eacb coll ege where represented, th i s copy t<> be sent to tbe secr etary of th e Pan-Hell enic Assoc iati on.

Some mu s ic school s in universities where college Sororities have chapters have entrance r eq uirements l ower than the lite rary colleges . Th e del egates dis cusse d the right to initiate student s in these mu s ic sc hools, but found no sat isf acto ry solution for the problem.

The report of the co mmittee on Pan-Hell enic recommenda· tions was accepted (For (al see Part II.)

Alpha Phi announced tbat their Sorority had succeeded in copyri ghting their badge .

A mot i on carr ied that each Soro ri ty be a ssesse d five do ll ar" for Inter-Sorori ty Conference expen ses

Th e Conference adj ou rned to meet in September, 190 8.

ELDA L. SMITH , Phi Beta Phi , Secretary Sixth Int er-Sorority Conference:

PART II

REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON RE CO MMENDATIONS TO PAN-HELLENIC ASSOCIATIONS.

The committee ha s thought it best to in co rporate in the sec retary's r epo rt of the Sixth Annual Me et ing of the Int erSorority Conference, the Mod el C<>nstitution f or Pan -H ellenic As soc iation s, and t<> add to it the recommendations of the Conference.

CONSTITU TION FOR CONST IT UT ION ARTICLE r. NAME .

The name of tbis organizati on shall be th e Pan-H ell en ic As&Deiation of the . ............. .

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ARTICLE ll.

PURPOSE.

Thi s Pan -H ell eni c shall:

1. Fix the date of pl edge day.

2. R egu la te the rul es f or ru shi ng.

3. Regulate ot he r matte r s of In te r-S or ori ty in terest in tllis co ll ege presented to i t for cons id era tion .

4. CQ-Qpe ra te with thc college authorities and all college o rg ani zations in questi?ns of general co ll ege in te r est

ARTJCLE

ORGAX

III.

IZATI ON .

Thi s Pan-H ellen ic shall be composed of one active and on e alumna member from eac h chapte r of the National Sororities r ep r esen ted in t he inst i tut ion, and from such loca ls as they may see fit to a dm it.

ARTICLE IV.

OFFJCERS.

Section 1. Th e officer s of t hi s Pan-Hellenic shall be : Pres id ent, secr eta r y and treasurer.

Sec . 2. Th e office r s s hall se rv e f or on e year, dating fr om the fir st m eet in g of the P a n-H e ll en ic after the Ch ri stmas h ol idays.

Sec. 3. Th e office of p r es i de n t sha ll be held in r otat ion by the c hap ters, in the orde r of the ir establishment as nationals in the co ll ege; t he loca ls to hold office afte r the nati onal s in th e ord er of the ir o r gan i zatio n . A loca l becoming nati onal shall take its place among the na t ional s according to t he date of i t. in st allation a s a national.

S ec. 4. Th e sec r eta ry s hall be chosen fr om the chapter whi ch is to have the presidency t he f oll owing year.

S ec. 5. The dut i es of t he officers shall be those usually d evo l ving up on s uch offi cer .

ARTICLE V.

A unanimous vote shall be necessary to fix the date f or pledge day and to make rul es r egulating ru shing.

ARTICLE VI

AMENDMENTS .

This constitution can be amended by the unanimous vote of the Pan-Hellenic

nY-LA WS .

I. The date of pledge day sball be the ......... .

II. It shall be considered di shonorable for a fraternity member, active Or alumna, to speak di sparagingly of another frat e rnity or one of its me mbers to a ru shee.

III. The constitution and by·laws of this Pan-Hellenic shall be printed n ot later than Ma y first of each yea r and five (5) copies of tbe same sha ll be se nt by each chapte r to its grand president.

IV. These by·laws may be am ended by the unanimou s vote of the Pan·Hellenic.

The Conference would make the following recomm endations to Pan-Hell enics:

1. That special emphasis be placed upon Article III of the Model Constitution as printed above, urging that in eve ry organization of Pan·Hellenics there be one active and one alumna member from eac b chapter, in stea d of two a ct ive memo bers.

2. That there be regular meet ings of the Pan-Hellenic, as often a s once in two months, at least.

3. Tbat invitations to the meet in gs be extended to the Deans of Women and Faculty Wom en.

4. That Pan·Hellenics gi,·e particular attention to Article II , Section 4, in tbe Mod el Constitution, and in the meetings extend their di scussion to questions of gene r al college interest.

BY-LAWS

Th er e might be di scu ss ion of suc h topics as Th e Prom i scuous Wearing of Fra te rni ty Pin s, Chaperones of S or ority H ouses, In cessant Calling at Sorority H ou ses, Lift in g of Pl edges, and C ribbing.

5. That complaints and difficulti es in Pan-H ell eni cs be r eport ed dir ectly to the grand pr es id ent s, and set tl ed by th em when p oss ibl e.

6. That a late pl edge day be urged up on all chap te r s, pr eferably a sop hom ore pledge day.

LI LLIAN W. THO MPSON, Gamma Ph

SAnA B. MaTllEW

i B eta,

S, Sigma Kappa, Committee.

What a ' Fraternity Girl Thinks

Minnesota Alpba ha s a plan to s uggest by wbich a few odd penni es may be gathered and put to good u se. Wb en a cbap-

E. ery LillIe Bit H el".

ter member has a bir t hda y, eve ry other g irl in the chapter pays to her one penn y for each of her years. Th e Birthday Girl then takes this mon ey and buys whatever sh e thinks the chapter would lik e. Th e sum usuall y amounts to three or four do llars, according to the numb er in the chapter, and li ttle l uxuries are obtained in this mann e r wh ich we migh t otherwise ha ve t o di sp ense with. On the hirthday we all get together in tbe fraternity room s for a good old coo ki e-s b in e, dur ing wbi ch the gift i s presented, wi t h great pomp and ceremony. Minn esota Alpha.

In one of the promin en t monthly magazines there appeare d, not long ago, an arti cl e against college fraternities. It ba sed .lire Fra tem itie$ i ts arguments on the "practical" s id e, and on e of tbeln was: "They are un ·Chri stia n." Of all tbe ar gume nt s u sed again st u s, this seems to me the most unfair. From the beginning of fraternities, tbere ha s been criticism against tb em, but they have built themselves up, becoming con st antl y a bigger fact or in college life, and who is ready to sta nd up and say outright that coll ege life i s t he worse for i t 1 If, in some places, they are carried to extremes, and ru sh ing i s ext ra vagant, the e xtr eme measures sh ould be guarded against, hu t not on account of t hem should anyone say that fraternities in ge n eral are not Christian in their cha ra cter If a pe r son ba s kn own littl e of fraternity life and hea r s of some girl wbo is very unhappy because s he is n ot asked to j oin a ce r tai n fraternity, is it fair that they say immediat ely that fra te rni ties cause much unhappiness and

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are und emoc ra t ic! W er e there no fr ate rniti es that girl would ba " e bee n Imhappy had n ot a ce rtain f ew girls been her fri end s, and i t i s very lik ely they would n ot hav e been. Life ha s disappointm e n ts f or us all in one way or another. Ev e ry man who tries for a pos it ion in a bu s iness firm i s not c hose n: how can ever y girl e xpect to ga in the pos iti on she happ en s to des ire in a ce rtain g r ou p i S omeo ne will say: "But in hu sin ess a man i s given a bette r chan ce to win the position ." On e of the greatest falla cies in the popu lar beli ef about sec r et soc i et ies i s t bat peo pl e tbink a g irl i s cho se n me rely because of soc ial advanta ges . Wh en girls attain th e coll ege age, tbey naturall y choose f or their fri end s cultur ed people who do appea r well in society. But a frat ernity g irl ca nn ot be a mere soc i a l bu tterfly, f o r the aim s and id ea l s of t h e fra te rni ty make h e r li ve up to a ce r ta in sc hola stic sta ndard She makes he r own fri end s, wbether in he r own fra tern ity, in another, or n ot in an y a t all, but be r sis t ers are the ones to whom she can turn in t roubl e or n ee d. All tb ese things are though t of before a g irl is a sk ed to j oin ---eo ngeniali ty being the k eyoote of all, -a nd wh o ca n say that, because a number of girls f eel that they are co nge nial, can live together w ith mutual benefit, and are in nee d of a born e while in college, wbo can s ay that they are un ·ehri .t i an s impl y because they feel t hey ca nn ot thus live with the 6" e bundred o r so othe r girls, whom the in st it uti on may enroll ?

W isconsin Alpha.

On e of the probl ems wh ich puzzles the fra te rni ty chapte r is tbe prope r care for it s pl edge . I t behooves u s wh o ha" e h on·

The Pledge .7treeling or ed t hese g irl s with ou r invitati on s to mak e tbem in eve ry way a cr edit to tbe group of which they will later beco me a par t, to in st ill in t h em a r e verence f or their fraternity tbat will stay by th em always. It is n ot en oug h that we should be th e loving eld er si ste r s, r ea dy to advi se them, and , p erhaps, to ta lk about frater· nity and it s id eal s now and then-all thi s is n ecessa ry, but by

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no means suffic ient. T he pledge must l eave some active in te rest befo r e s he cau feel that she i s r eally a part of this strange yet beaut iful sometbing she bears us speak of a s a s i ste rhood. We have found a most excell ent plan is that of tbe pledge meeting, to wb icb tbe pl edges are invited after the frat e rni ty meeting prope r ha s adjourned . On these occasions we read to t b e pledges some good art icle from the Annow or ot h er fraternity magaz in e, talk to them somet imes of things we feel tbey sbould know about, and answer whateve r questions t h ey may want to ask. Often we hav e a little cook ie-s bine at the close of a meeting, or we gatber around tbe piano and teach our pl edges the Pi Phi songs. We all feel better after one of these meet in gs, the older girls from their conta ct with the younger ones, as well as t be influ e nce whicb we hop e and fe el i s i mpressed upon tbose not yet our ini t i ated sisters.

Illinois R eta

Th e question has arisen in our minds, as well as in many others, I suppose, as to wbetber a Pan ·Hellenic Conference is necessary or beneficial in a university where Where Pan-Hel- the ev il s whicb it i s designed to correct are lenic Is Usel".. practically unknown. I r efer to the sub j ects suggested to Pan·Hellenic attention hy the Inter-Sorority Con· ference, such as "Chaperones of Soror i ty Houses," "Incessant Ca lJing at Sorority Houses," "Lifting of Pledges," "Cribb ing," and so forth. I suppose it is because we are young in fraternity life at Washington Unive r sity, but in our particular sucb questions ne,er h,,·e to be considered Any vi olation of bonor and propriety in those matters would hring the doer unlimit ed amount of harm Wh en Kappa Alpha Tbeta called a Pan·Hellenic meeting last year, there really was notbing to do except to try to agree on a definite rusbing season and pledge day, whicb was of so little advantage, and showed sucb signs of disadvantage, tbat notbing was accomplished, and tbis year we bave had open season. Pan-Hellenic agreements would

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inevitably have caused unpleasant feelings and misunderstandings; wbile at tbe present time the friendliest r elations exist between the two organizations, and our chapter feels that she bas gained mucb at the opening of her first yea r in Pi Pbi. M isso"r; B ela.

One of the girls, a member of another fraternity, sa id to me to-nigbt: "Be su re to come out for tbe election of class officers tomorrow . You know, the barbs got their College Polilic people in for presidents of the juni or and sop hom ore cla sses, and we mustn't let them get ahead of u s sen io rs." Th is brought to my attention more for cibly tban ever, the utt erl y wrong cond i t ion of coll ege and class politics. It hardl y seems possible tbat young men and women, who are advanced far enough, not only to ha'\€ en te red college, but to have become senio r s in college, shou ld have no more sense of the ir duly as mcrnbers of a college comm unity than to allow themselves to be swept along with tbe crowd, .e i ther of "ba rbs" or of "f rat. people." May we not hope for tbe time when, in all coll ege elect ions, the question will be no t "Is be a fraternity lUan 1" but, "Is he the man best qualified for this position 1" Illinois Epsilon.

:Uany of u s are apt to make the mistake of thinking tl,at ru shing consists of giv in g big parties and r ecept ion s, when really it i s the smalle r, informal afternoons What I Ru.hing) and teas that appeal more to most girls Of co ur se, we want one or two formal functions in order tbat the rushee may see that s id e of ou r life, but if she i s going to become one of us, it i s tbe informal life that she will see most of, and why not show ber our "every day" seh'es at first 1 IIelp her to feel at home in the chapter bouse, cultivate her friendship, and beeome acquainted witb

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her p ersonall y. I am sure we should all find that this is the kind of ru shing that would win in t h e end.

Colorado Alpha.

We Pi Phi s of Indi ana Gamma fe el the n eed of more time for ourselves . During the bustl e of college da ys , we bar ely catch a g limp se of one another. Thi s is Xore Comradeship especially true during ru shing se a son. We are all so bu sy in making the fr es hmen ha ve a good time that we forget ahout th e good li ttle times we w e re accu sto med to ha ve among ou rsel ves.

We are convinced that w e should all be benefit ed and work together better if we now and then forgot coll ege worries and littl e every-day imno y an ces , and jn s t had a glor ion s good t im e am ong ou rsel ves.

I ndiana Gamma.

What has been called t h e " L et-t he- Fres hman-d <rt he-work" spirit in the chapt er life of so many fra te rni t ies i s a th in g tbat

,(;he Overbearing Spirit

we thi nk oug ht to be r oote d out. What right ha s a g irl, just because she ha s bee n in coll ege a yea r or two l onger than yo u hav e, to ask yo u to do the thing she b er self refu ses to do 1 Wb y should you black her shoes or mail h er letters or answer her telephone calls 1 Ye upp er cla ssmen , when yo u are ahout to d emand these thin gs of your f r es hmen, ju st put yo ursel ves in their place . Can ' t you re me mbe r the t im e 'w h e n yo u camO home tired and cross from the st rain of an en t irely n ew r ou t in e and had to --<J r th ought you had to-- run half a dozen errand s f or t he g irl s who we ren't half as tired as you were! Thi s i s ce r tai nl y a desp icable s piri t in coll ege men and women far and wide, and we hope tha t junior s and seni ors wi ll remember not on ly to spare t he f r es hman t bat extra t rip, but not t o l et t h at ove r bea ring up pe r classman sp irit to creep in to thei r hea rts.

N eb rM/ca B ela.

P erhaps we, as fraternity g irl , are distressed to r ead the r ecent magaz in e articles dir ected against t he o rga ni zat ion s which

OUT M agaz in e No toriety mea n so mu c h t o u s. L et u s look at it in another li ght. If the cr iti ci sm s placed up on u s are unjust, they cn n do us no harm , f or we can be li ving proofs of t he ir inju st ice. But i f t he re i s some ground f or ce n sure, let us decide exact ly wh at our fault is and set about to co rr ect it. Thu s this o ppo iti on t hrown in ou r way ca n be not a hindran ce, bu t a ga in, by helping us to a more pra ct ical r ealiza t ion of our id eal s. Michigan Alpha .

Th e s tr on g f ee lin g against Pan ·H ell eni c see ms to be growing str onge r at Ca lifornia eve ry day. In so many wa ys i t ha s prove n most un sat i sfa cto ry, in so many ways i t bas Of Pan H ellenic been a di sa ppo intm e nt. Who am ong u s does n ot believe that t he r e i s a time and pla ce ju st when and where to bid a fr es hman 1 In alm ost eve r y that psyc holog ical moment is pa st when t he hid s are finally i ss u ed i n a co ld f o rma l manner. And do yo u n ot t hink that it gil·es th e f r es hman too much power , t he r eby pl ac ing the fraternity in a most undignifi ed position. Wh at is worse than to f eel th at your dignity ha s been sacrifi ced to the whim s of a mer e fr es hman.

Pan-H ell eni c her e t hi s yea r agreed to se nd ou t a li st of eng ageme nt s f o r t he la st two weeks of ru shing and let th e fr es hmen take th e ir pi ck. If t hat i s no t humbling ourselves to t he fre shm en, what is i t 1

On r eg ist r at ion day when ou r freshman friends n eed help the most, we are not permitted to s pea k to them, and if t hey rome up to u s on t he ca mpu s betwee n e ig ht and three on coll ege da.rs, we have to exc u se o urselves . Wha t good is t o come out of su ch utter f ooli sh n ess I fail to see

Pan-H ell eni c's cold formal way of dealing wi t h the fr es h· mell allows no p er so nal n ote wha tsoeve r to enter into th e case. IToII' much nicer it would be when one decides the time is rip e f or bidding some winsome littl e freshie to whisk her o ff in an

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automobile or take b er rowing, to the tbeater or so me sucb place, and brin g her borne with a pl edge pin on. Th e wo rld in g en eral i s cold and matter-of-fact enoug h; wh y l ose all spo n t an e ity and per so nality in a comm on agree men t of this kind 1

Of co urse , Pan-H ell eni c ha s its good fea t ures , th e be st being th e limitation s put on entertaining. This would in time serve largely to eliminate our over-extravagant method of ru shing and si mplify matter s gr eatl y . Bu t t o pr ove sa t i sfa c t or y all ar ound, I f ec i s ure that radi cal chan ges will hav e to be mad e. As it st and s, e " ery so r ori ty on th e ca mpu s bas so me complaint to make about it. Califo rn i a B ela

Th e qu es ti on of gr ea test im po rtanc e to u s all ju s t n ow is t ha t of ru shin g, and we are all se ar ching o ur brain s f o r plans f o r

Pan-Hellenic in Ru hing

t he most e ff ect iv e and t he pl easantes t "rus hin g st un ts." We hav e f ound t hat it i s a wi se plan to have pl edge da y set by Pan-H ell enic agree ment wh en th er e is a r at he r small number of g irl s in th e f res hman cla ss . An oth er Pan-Hell e ni c agree men t-{) n e whi ch we t ri ed f or th e fir st t im e thi s y ear- ha s wo rk ed itself o u t "e ry success full y . Thi s wa s to a bsta in fr om a ll a cli" e ru s hin g fr om t he W edn es da y on whi ch coll ege ope ned to t he f oll ow in g day. In t hi s way , t h e fr es hman g irl s had a bette r chan ce to beco me acq u a in te d with eac h ot her and s in ce invita t ions co ul d th en be g i ve n t hem fo r futur e affair s , and sin ce t h ey we r e e nte r tain ed a t a co-ed. lun cheo n g iven by all th e upp e r cla ss g irl s, t b ey had no r easo n to f ee l th e mseh-es n eglec t ed. W e ha "e d ec i ded, in shor t, th a t a f ew, sen s i ble Pan -H ell eni c agreemen ts in r c!!ard to ru sh in g are of great benefit, not onl y t o t he fr ate r n i ty g irl s . but to t he g ir ls t hey ru s h us wel l. Columbia

Alumna e D epartm ent

The Chicago Club

Th e Chicago Alumnro Club, though so l ong unheard from in the ARltOw , i s no t dead. Ind eed, i t i s very much alive, and adding monthly to its vigor and enthusiasm We st ill have many problems to solve; but we feel that tbe cluh ha s really st arted on a healthy growth which not only will conserve tbe interest of i ts members in the college fraternity, but will al so, we bope, make the alumnro chapte r here an added source of strength to the fraternity at large .

One of our grea t problems was to find a suitahle place and fo r m for our meetings. Ch icago is so large that it is imp oss ibl e to meet at the homes of the members, as that w ill mean the c rossing of the c it y by those on the othe r s id e from t he place of meeting. It i s necessa ry therefore to meet in the downtown di st ri ct. Our first meetings were luncheons at the Great Nort hern ITotel or at the Victoria. Th ese gave us littl e cha nce for cultivat ing each other's acquaintance, and withont know in g each othe r well there could be no true fe ll owsh ip. At la st we found what p r omi ses to be a su itabl e and pleasant place for a soc ial meeting. The l ast tbree meet in gs have been held in the rooms of the Klio As sociation on Monroe st reet. There, for a moderate price, we can bave the use of the parlor and dining r oom for an 'afternoon. Instead, the r efore, of spending ou r two bours togetber eat in g a . formal luncheon and talking o nly with those who chance to sit n ext us at the table, we have an oppo r tun ity to visit informally with all there, and t hen we ha"e together a cup of tea with sandwiches and wafers . These i nformal meetings have done much to bring tbe members togethe r , and the r e is n ow a nucleus of perhap s twenty-five members who are to be depended lIpon to be p r esent and do any club work g i ven to them to do . There is in addition to this a floating attendance of perhaps a bundred and twenty others who have been at one o r more meetings , btlt who do

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n ot atte nd r eg ularl y, al t hough th ey ar e more or l ess inter es ted in th e cluh.

T o fur t her our acquain ta n ce, we la st s prin g held t hree sec· ti onal mee tin gs, one for th ose on th e n orth sid e of tb e c it y, on e f or th ose on t h e west , and o n e f or t hose on th e south. Tb ese proved ve ry enj oy abl e Our ou t-o f-d oo r s mee ting in 1906 wa s beld at th e hom e of Mrs . Fi eg enhaum , on tb e so u t h s id e, and in 1907 a t th e h ome of Mrs. M c Clan a han , on t he n orth.

In t he f all , Illin oi s Ep s il on kindl y invi ted u s t o a tte nd th e ir initiati on ex e rci ses , and seve ral acce pted th e invitati on. Som e of our m embe r s p r esent bad n o t attend ed an initia t ion be f or e f or t wenty- fiv e years.

To fa c ilita te our work , a large r ex ec uti ve commi ttee ha s been app oint ed, r epr esen t in g diff er en t sec ti on s of th e c i ty , and each me mbe r i s r es p on s i hI e f or sec ti onal mee tings and for th e collec ti on of du es in her di s tri ct. Thi s ligh te n s th e burdens on officer s, a n d ba s add ed ma te ri a ll y to th e in te r est of t hose wh o are t hu s set t o wo r k. W e are n ow di sc u ss in g t he ad vi sabili ty of boldin g m onthl y mee tings in stead of havin g th em onl y fi ve tim es a yea r as her etofo re.

Tb e n ew offi ce rs fo r t he prese n t ye ar ar e as f oll ows : Pres id en t, Anna McMah on, Indiau a Alph a ; Vi ce-Pres id en t, Mr s. A. A. M cC lan a ha n, Illi no i s Alph a; Treas urer , Lu cy B. Ham mo nd , Co l orad o B eta; R eco rdin g Sec ret ar y, Mary O. Poll a rd, Verm Ollt Alpha; Co rr es pondin g S ec r e tar y, Mr s. W alter Spry , Illin oi s D elta.

We sb a ll be ,-e ry glad if a ny Pi Phi s to C hi cago or i ts vic ini ty will let u s kn ow t hcir l oc a t ion. Our id ea l i s to have every Pi Phi wi thi n a r a diu s of fif ty m il es of Chi cago a n a ct iv e mem be r of ollr club. An y c hap te r will co nfe r a fa vo r up on u s by n otify in g u s of an y of i ts me mbe r s wh o move in to our n e ig hborhood . -

Th e a nnu a l Th a nksgi vin g meet ing of t he C hi cago Alu mn ae C lub w ill be b eld o n th e Fri day of Tban ksg i vin g week. Th e cl ub wi ll be g lad to welcome a ny vi s i t in g Pi P h is who chan ce to

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be in Chicago on that da y. D etail s in r egard to time and place can be obtained by telephoning to Mrs \Valter Spry, T ele phone Edge water 1665 , or by writing to th e Pres id e nt, Anna McMahon , 3946 Drexel Bou lemrd.

MAlty OR ENA P O LLARD, R ecording Secretary.

{Bo.lon .Jllumnae Club

The J nly mee ting of this club was held at the summ e r home of Anna Robin son -Nicker so n, at Rock I sland. Th e nam es were r ea d of th ose girls who cannot attend our meetings very ofte n, beeause th ey live se far fr o m Boston . Th en eac h girl presented the names of seve ral t o whom she would occas ionall y writ e concern ing the work of active chapte r alumnm club. It is hoped in thi s way t o sustain th e in te rest of th ese absent members

On the 10 t h of Augu st, fifteen Pi Phi s gat h er ed at t he home of Edith Swift in N ewto m ·ill e. Sh e ha s s pent f our ye ars in Rome, and during th e pa st year ha s bee n at th e head of the tea ching fo rce in C rand on In stitute, a large sc hool for girls there. Sh e has already r et urned to Italy to r es um e her work.

Among those prese nt at t h e Augu st mee tin g wa s Free Burnham, who has bee n spending several months in Los An gel es, and was one of tbe founders of th e Alurnnm C luh in that city. She is to return to Californ ia ve ry soo n and he r wedding will take pla ce in January.

Th e September mee ting of the cluh wa s devoted prin c ipally to planning for the work of the comi ng year. Printed card s are to be prepared giving date s and places of m eet ing, wi t h so far as poss ible th e programs f o r the special m ee tings In this way the girls who co me from a di s tance and only occasionally, ca n plan ahead for the meetings which they wi sh to attend.

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In Memoriam.

Mary Clark Tray/or. Colorado Bela 1902

Never ha s the arrow bee n worn hy a more loyal m ember than Mary Clark Tray l or, who, on an earl y May morning, afte r a sbort but beautiful life, fell into that slee p which God giveth His beloved. In h e r tall gracefuln ess and d eli cate colo rin g sb e had seeme d to belong es pecially to the time of pink and white May Bower s and awak enin g life, and th e beg inning of her n ew lifc at that time seemed one of the sweet harmoni es that help to make ou r sorrows l ess c rushing.

Mary was t he only daugbter of Mr. and Mr s J oho Tray lo r. Sh e was born December 7, 188 0, in Vincenn es , Indiana, but had li ve d in D e nve r sin ce 1 888 . H er sc h ool life , hoth in hi g h school and UDivers ity , was a series of bril1 iant achievem ents. Winner of t he All e n m edal and valedictorian of h e r hi g h scb ool class, sh e en te r ed D enve r University in the fall of 1 898, and was soon ini t ia ted in to Col orado Beta . Th ough she was unu suall y loya l to Pi Beta Phi and gave much of he r tim e and strength to work for h e r chap te r , sbe had tim e n ot onl y for a r egu lar h eavy course of coll ege work but extra work, s u ch as the translation of a Fren cb history of astronomy, whi ch she made and pr esented to Chamberlin Observatory , because sh e knew tbe dean o f t he d epartm en t , Dr. Howe, would be glad to have it. She publi shed in an Eastern ast ronomi cal p e riodi ca l a l ong solution of an inter est· ing problem which was favorably noti ce d in an En g li sh r evi ew T h i s paper is n ow u sed by t he astronomy cl asses of D e nve r Uni· versi ty. m e n the plan et Eros came n ea r the ea r t h a few years ago s he made a special stu dy of its o rbit in ord e r to find out t he most fav o rable times f or making obse r va t ion s. Wh e n the Am e ri · can A ssociat i on f or t h e Advancement of Science m et in D en ve r , she was asked to read this paper on Ero s In 1902 she receiv ed the degr ee of Mas te r of Ar ts, having pre pared a th es i s on the d ete rmina tion of th e orbit of a comet.

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Afte r fi ni shing he r coll ege wo rk she too k u p t he bu sy l ife of a t eacbe r in t he :1lfanual Tr a inin g Hi g h S c bool, a nd th e r e, a s be f or e, s be won success. B u t he r frail bo dy seemed un ab l e to bear the st r a in of th e kee n , te n se, life she live d , a nd af te r a su mmer of l essen in g st rengt h t he r e came l ast fa ll an a ttack of ty phoid f ever , and afte rward a g radual co nsumin g of he r vi ta l ity until s he fe U a sl ee p.

In her borne Mary wa s an id eal dau g b te r, and eve r y momcn t s pe n t with f a th er and mother w as one of t ha t ab id in g h a ppin ess whi cb cann ot be desc ri be d. E ve r y t houg h t of eac h f or ot her wa s on e of l ove and e very j oy grcw fr om be ing sha r ed together.

C lose to he r devot ion to ho me cam e her l ove f or he r fra te rni ty s i ste r s, wh o so n ea rl y too k t he pl ace of t h ose t h at nature had n ot gi,-e n. On e of h er l ast outs id e in te rests was t he F oun de r 's Day cel ebrati on , whi ch sbe co uld not a tte nd. H er f r ate rn ity id eal s and r el at i onship s wer e so fin e and tru e, so lof ty an d so sin ce r e t b a t sh e bec am e a wor t by exampl e of t he mean in g of P i B eta Pbi.

Wi t h so mu ch to Ii'-e f or a nd to do f or ot h er s, wi t h a mind of su ch ri chn ess and w ith such l of ty a spira t i on s, i t see med to us tha t Mary mu s t liv e But we are beg innin g t o r eali ze t ha t she had alread y accom pli sh ed so m u ch that her bl ue eyes l onged to see th e vi stas of Go d' s gre ater world beyo nd and t o see wi t h g r ea te r cl ea rn ess t he sta r s she l o'·ed, and we " do be li e ve t ha t ju st tb e same s weet fa ce, bu t gl orifi ed, i s wa i t in g in t ha t pl ace w he r e w e sba ll meet if onl y we are co unted wor t by in tba t by a nd by ."

N . T. H .

Alumnae Per.onal

VERMONT BETA.

Ali ce MacInty r e, ex-'OS, ha s accepted the pos i t ion of librarian of the Rando l ph Public Library, Rando l ph, Vt.

Katherine Gebhardt-Welch ha s return ed from an extended stay in Denver, Colo., and is with he r parents at Shelburne, VI_

Helen L. Allen, '07, i s teaching Latin and English in Lyn· don In st itu te, L y ndonvill e; VI.

Ge rtrude S t rong, '07, is teacher of mathematics at Craftsbury Academy, Craftsbury, VI.

.Tessie Bates, '07, i s a priva te tutor at Atlantic City, while Roberta Campbell se rve s in the same capacity in Cnba . Lillian Carpenter, '07, and Grace Strong, '06, are teaching in the Swanton High School.

Gregory Wadd ell has secu r ed the position of instructor of G erman in Edmunds High School , Burlington. Ada IIurlburt ha s filled the position of teacher of La t in for several years past.

Ge rtrud e John ston, '06, teaches at Rouse's Point, N. Y .

Hel en Barton, '09, ha s been elected dee-president of the Young Woman's Christian Association for the ensuing year .

MASSACHUSETTS ALPHA.

Winifr ed G Hill , '9 8, and Mr. Berton Lewi s Maxfi eld of Brooklyn, were married July 29tb, at the home of the brid e in Roxbury . Mr. and Mrs. Maxfi eld will reside at 1442 Pa cifi c st r eet, Brooklyn, N. Y .

Marion Bean-Robinson has moved to Philadelphia, where Mr. R obinson takes the directorship of r eligious work of the K en si ngto n Branch of the Y. C. A Amy Wallon, '07, and Olive Gil chri st, '98, are teaching in the high school at Putnam , Cona.

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Laura J. Wright, '06-'06, is studying at Miss Wh eelock's School for Kind ergarten Training in Boston.

Mildred A. Wright, '0 7, is teaching at South Hadley Falls, Mass.'

Alice Perkins, '06, is teaching in he r home high school, Ipswich, Mass.

Edna Cullis, '07 , i s teaching at Norwell, :Ma ss.

Elizabeth Coats, '02, of Phoenix, Arizona, ha s announced her engagement to lir . Howard W. Brown, of Kansas City, Mo .

Ethel Piper, '06, is teaching at Attleboro, Mass., in the hi gh ochoo!.

Harri et O'Donald, '03-'05, ha s r et urned from ahroad, wherc she bas been studying for the past year, and is teaching in a private school in New York.

Claire Trumbull, '07, is teaching at West Newbury, Mass.,

Elizabeth GiblrPhelps ha s a baby daugh ter .

Lora Pratt, '07, is teaching in a college preparatory school in her home town, Brookline.

linry Galbraith has been bereaved by the death of ber mother, wbo died in J unc .

A. liae Laurence, '98, ,ha s been spe nding tbe summer in Europe.

E li zabeth Ru st-Halli ga n, '02, and Mr. Fred Leslie Newton were married recently and will make their home in Terryville, Conn. , whe r e Mr. Newton is principal of the Prospect Hill School.

Lenna Smith, '09, entered Oberlin this fall as a junior.

Edith T . Swift, '02, after spe nding a few months at her home in Newtonville, has re tu rned to Rome, Italy, to continue her teaching.

Clara E. Noyes-Priddy, '99, ha s recently moved to Brooklyn , where her husband i s pastor of a Methodist church.

NEW YORK ALPHA.

Florence S. Robbins and Carrie E. Stroud are students in Teachers' College, Columbia University.

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Reva Caspar is teaching in Akron, N . Y.

Th e engagem ent of Estelle GaN un to Mr. Edward Chollar of Syracuse ha s been announced.

Mary Makepiece i s teaching in Manlius.

A daughter was born to Lura Wightman-Boyd September fourteenth.

Lillian Neff bas a position as teacher in Norwood High School.

Carrie Stroud and Fl orence R ohh in s are attending Barnard this year.

J ess i e Onderdonk i s teaching in Solvay_

The marriage of Clara MacDonald to Corwin Kinney took plac e Jun e twenty-sixth

Grace Huff has gone to Porto Rico, where she i s to tea ch this year.

NEW YORK BETA.

Virginia Ralph, '06, was married S eptemher twelfth at ber home in Atlantic Highlands, N. J , to J osep h Walter Da vi s, of Worcester, Mass. They are living at 502 W. 135th street, New York.

PENNSYLVANIA. ALPHA.

C lara Keene Fowler, ex-'06, was married Jun e eighteen t h to L ouis Ely Thomp son, Delta Ups il on, Swarthmore College, '03 Th ey are n ow living in New York.

Elva Lulu Ash, '04, was married S eptembe r nin etee nth to Arthur Ralsto n Yeard sl ey, of Haverford College.

Esther Rogers, ex-'05, was married September seventeenth to H oward ll. Carpenter, ex-'03, Swarthmore. Th ey are living at Eldora, Colorado

The engagement is announced of Clara Louise Boyle, ex-'06, to Carl H. McClure, Th eta Delta Chi, Lehigh University . Th e engagement i s announced of Lucy Bancroft, '00, to Dr. Gillette, of England_

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Elizabeth Kathryn Carter, '06, wa s marri ed October twelfth to Stanley Murdock, D elt a Kappa Epsil on, Hamilton College

Born , October third, to E t hel Gri est-Snyd er , '01, a son

This fall we hav e enjoyed visits from Mary A. Gutelius, '04; Flora lIL Boyle, ex-' 07; Hel en K. McCain , ex-' 10; Deborah L. Ferrier, '01; H el en 1. Rog er s, ex-'02 ; Elizabeth E. J ohnson, '06; Mary L. Sproul, '07; Anna F. T. Pettit, '07; Anna Nichol s, ex-'03; Eth el Close, ex-'05; Villa Lang, ex-'06, and Mrs Elizabeth Pownall -Walton.

Three of our girl s, Ada Graham, '07, B eatrice Vi cto ry, '07, and H elen lIIcCain, ex-' 10, gave a dan ce f or the Cbapter in Pbilad elphia, October fifth.

We ar e very much pl ea se d to have two of our '07 girls, Ada Graham and Beatrice Victory , hack at college this year, as day stud ent s, working for th e ma ster's degree in Freneb.

Mary Sproul, '07, i s st udying mus ic under lIfr. Ma son, of Philad elphia.

Anna F. T. Pet tit, '0 7, r ece ived tbe Pi Beta Phi scho lar· ship for Barnard College, wb er e she is studying for a ma s ter 's d egree in English.

Frances Darlington, '96, i s teaching in the Fri end s' Sebool in Brooklyn.

PENNSYLVANIA BETA.

Blan che A. Ban e, '04, ha s so me verses in the August number of McClure 's Magazin e

l Tr.u l a D. Parmley, '07, was in town for a f ew days.

Melli e A . Westcott returned to us this fall to pursue studies whi ch will l ead to her Master's degree.

Inez Fik e, ex-'04, wa s marri ed on lIfonday, September thirtieth, to 1I1r. John C. Johnson, Sigma Alpba Ep silon. They will reside in Steelton, Pa.

Mary Bower, '05, entertained the active chapte r on the evening of October fifth.

lIIary G. Stanton i s teaching Greek and Latin in Uni on Seminary, N ew Berlin, Pa.

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Ella F. Garvin, e x ·'09, will spe nd th e winte r a t h e r home in Marsball t own, Ia.

Alvina Englisb, '10, is teacbing at Gaines, Pa.

Pri sc illa Hard esty, '10 , i s te a ching mus ic in t he publi c schools at Derry. Pa.

Rach el E. Eddelman , '04, wa s marri e d Septe mber e ig hteen t h at h e r home in Greenshurg, Ind , to Mr. Dani el Fran c is M cG ee H e r addr ess i s 131 W es t 74th s tr ee t, N e w York.

Mary B. Harri s, '94, i s tea c bin g in th e Bryn Mawr prepar · ator y school , Baltimore, Md.

M a r y M. Wolfe, M . D., '9 6 , is a t t h e Hagu e, H olland, in attendan ce at an inte rnati on a l co nfe r en ce of ali e ni s t s Dr. Wolfe wa s one of t h e f o ur d e lega t es appo inte d by S ecr e tary Elihu R oo t t o repr esen t t h e United Sta tes . Dr. W olfe, wh o is in c b a r ge of tb e w om e n 's d e partm ent of th e sta te h os pi t al f or th e ins an e a t N orri s town , Pa. , ba s t be di st in ct i on of being th e only woman in t h e Uni te d S t ates wh o is s up e rintend e n t of a ho spi t al for in san e.

Edi t h H e dges K ell y , '05, i s teac hin g in Blairs vill e Coll ege , Blairsville, Pa.

Eli za J ohn ston Martin, ' 00 , ba s r e turn e d t o J ohn B. S te t· son Uni ve rs ity as instructor in Ge rman .

Edna E. Stifl e r·Meye r ha s moved t o Pi t t sburg, wh e r e h e r hu sband i s pa sto r of th e O a kdal e Bapt i st C burcb.

Eli za B ell·Wood ha s m oved to H ollidays burg, Pa . , wh e r e h e r hu shand i s pa sto r of th e Bap t ist C hur ch.

P EN NSYL VANll OAl.U[A .

On S ep tembe r fif t h , E t he l H a rd esty w as marri ed t o Mr. C lar en ce G. Cl e aver.

G e rtrud e H ell e r ha s ann o un ced he r e ngage me n t to Mr. Frank Barnhard t , of John sto wn , P a il baby hoy h as bee n ho rn to Mr . and Mr s. Harry Odge r s.

E va C ass i s tea c hin g in th e Elkl a nd Hi g h S ch ool, Elkland, Pa.

Flor en ce Ralston ha s a pos i ti on as te a c he r in Orwi gsb u r g, Pa .

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MARYLAND ALPHA.

Blanche Reisinger has returned from a visit to Emily Ho s· kins·Gawthrop at W est Chester, Pa.

Euphemia Miller, '07, i s teac hing in Madison, N. J. M olly Wood will spend the winter at h er home in Baltimore . May Lan sfield Kellar ha s r et urn ed from Europe, where she spent the summer month s.

COLU MBIA ALPHA.

Mabel Scott is teaching in the high school at Parker sburg, W. Va.

Ruth Young is teaching English and German in the high school at Pulaski, Va.

Clara Barber is teaching in Lanca ste r, Wi s. Mildred Cochran i s teaching mathematics in Limestone Col· lege, South Carolina.

Nellie Burt was married to G. Cleveland Wright at Cou· der spo rt, Pa . , on Wednesday, August twenty·eighth.

Rhoda Watkins and Margaret White ar e teaching at the Mi sses Eastman's School in this city.

OHIO ALPHA.

Th e teaching for ce of the public school s of Athens numbers .Aven Pi Beta Phi s : Barker, Mrs . Jan e D e Camp, Mae Conner, Bayard IDIom, Elizabeth 1{usgrave, Mary Simon and Virginia Bishop.

Nelle Full er·Bahrman i s visiting friends here.

Bertha MacVay, one of the cha rt er members of Ohio Alpha , spent the summer in Athens with h er parents.

Invitati ons are out for the wedding of Frieda Coultrap to Mr. W. E. Long, Thursday eve ning, Octobe r tenth .

OHIO BETA .

Nan Costigan has gone to Colorado Springs for the winter . Martha Jones is teaching in Marietta, Ohio.

THE ARROW

Mar y Qu ete Ha sk ell wa s marri e d in Jul y to Mr. V ern on Davi s, Kappa Sigma, in L ond on, Eng land.

Laura D ea t ri ck wa s marri e d August t went y-fir st to R obert C arn es , Phi D elta Th eta , of Tampa , Fl a.

M a r y Ea ste rling of Brand on , Mi ss ., sp ent tb e summer witb fri end s in Obi o

N ell Ay l es worth sp ent regi s trati on week witb tb e cbapter.

B e r t ha Rankin en t ered tb e juni or ye ar at W ell esl ey thi s fall.

INDIA N A ALPHA.

Ruth L ow, of Indian apoli s, wa s m a rri ed t o Mr. Harry E. J ordan, Sigma Alpha Ep s il on , on S e p te mber t welft h. Mr. and Mrs. J ordan will mak e t heir h orne in Indianap oli s .

B e r t ha Miller, wh o fi n i sh ed her co urse in Columbia U ni· vers i ty a ye ar ago, i s now Pr ofessor of D omes tic S c i ence in Fr an klin Coll ege

A son , Mark H a r vey, wa s born S e p te m be r tw en t iet h, t o Mr. and Mr s. R oss V ori s, of Franklin . Mr s . V o ri s wa s El eanor La · Gr ange .

I sabell e P or te r, '07, of P etoskey , :Mi ch. , wa s marri ed to Mr. R oscoe G. S tott , Phi D elt a Th eta, of Fr anklin , October second. Mr. a nd Mrs. Stott w ill li ve in Ohi cago.

Juli a Wil so n, '07 , i s tea ching in th e Franklin publi c sch ool s t hi s w in te r.

A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. B oo n e L eo n a rd , of B edford, Indi a n a , Se pte m be r twe n t ieth. Mrs L eo na r d was :Ma bel Ma t· t hews .

M a ry W yso ng, '07, of L eba n on, i s teac hing t hi s yea r in th e Indi a n a poli s school s.

Gra ce Dry brea d i s teac hin g t hi s win te r in S al t Lak e City .

B ET A

H a rr iett Ha as fr om Tip to n , In d., was d own fo r t h e ru sh ing se aso n.

M a rj ori e Gin geri ck, '0 7, i s tea cbin g mathe m atics and pb ysi cs in t he bi gh sc hool at B rown stown, I ndi a n a .

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Jan e Blakely was married to King Hunter, of Pittsburg, September fifth. Mr. and Mrs. Hun te r are now living in Birmingham, Alabama.

:l.lary Wright i s teaching at Berwyn, TIlin oi s

Mary Banks Lin gle i s teac hing the fourth grade in the Anderson, Indiana, public schoo ls.

Grace Baerd is attending co ll ege at Columbia Un iver s ity . manche Conk, '07, was her e for the ru sh ing scason.

Flora Trayl or i s teaching in the public school s at Ja sper, Indiana.

Mary Day, of Bedford, was married to Albert Denniston, August seventh .

Hettie Ca rl ton Neat, '06, i s working for her master's degree at the University of Berlin.

Ca rol yn Reed was married to William Karsell, of Bloomingt on , June twenty-seventh.

Elizabeth Karsell-Van H ook moved to Bloomington this summer Mr Van H ook i s n ow professor of botany in the university.

INDIANA OAUMA.

Mr s. Edith Clark-Burr visited the Chap te r W ed n esday, October second .

Etbel Woody i s teach in g at North Vernon this yea r, S a ra Patte r son at Greenfield, and Mary Clark at Plainfield.

Jan e Bigelow, wbo spent the summe r in France, will r etu rn hom e in November.

ILLINOIS BETA.

Louise Claycomb, ' 06 and '07, spe nt two weeks with us at the begi nning of the school year.

Louise Ross, '0 7, i s teacbing at Avon, Dlin ois.

Marion W ebster ha s gone to National Park Seminary, Wa shin gto n, D. C., where she will attend school for tbe year .

Delia Conger, '06, has r esumed her studi es in W ellesley Coll ege

THE ARROW

Etbel Cbamberlain, ' 06, and Tbeo. Golliday, '07, have gone to tbe Univers i ty of Cbicago, wbere they will be st udents tbis year.

Hariel Steele ha s been granted a transfer from Illinois Beta to Ohio B eta.

Julia Lombard, '01, s pent tb e past s ummer in Europe. She i s now teacbing in th e Kingsley Boys ' School, at E ssex Falls, New J ersey .

Helen Hon eyw ell entered this yea r a s a student at th e Un iversity of Illinois.

ILLINOIS DELTA.

Evelyn Holliday will spend the winter in California .

Edi t h Green e i s teaching in Chanute, Kansas.

Loui se Montgom ery will spend tbe winter t raveling in Europe

Bess Stipes, of Illinoi s Zeta, was in town at th e opening of school.

Born, to J ose phine Coolidge-Moreland, a daugh te r.

Maurine Till ey vi s i te d fri end s h e r e on h er way to Mount Holyoke, from which she graduates this year .

Iren e Butcher, ex-'OS, sp ent a week in Gal es burg with friends and r elativ es. Sh e graduates from Northwestern University this year.

ILLINOIS EPSILON.

Tb e engagement of Anna Thomp son, ex-' OS, to Mr. Henry, has been ann oun ced. Tb e wedding will take pla ce the thirtyfirst of O ctober .

Margaret and Editb Hammond are taking a co urse at tbe Art In st itute , Chicago, this year

Harriet Hill, of Kn ox, and Phoebe Becket-Donaldson, of Wi scons in, visited Illin oi s Ep si lo n during ru shing sea son.

Th e engagement of Lena Linn, '0 7, to Gl en Wi s hard , '07, of R en ssela er, Indiana, wa s announced in Jun e.

Mary Beggs, ex-'OS, is attending Smith Coll ege t his year.

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Emma Doland has returned from a summer abroad. Eleanor Just, '06, is spending tbe autumn in Montana and Washington.

Miriam E. Prindle, '96, went as delegate of the N orthwestern Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa to tbe Ninth Triennial Council of the society at William and Mary College, Williamsbury, Virginia, September eleventh and twelfth, 1907.

ILL[Nors ZETA

Alice Mann, '03, state organizer of the Iowa Library Comm i ssion, spent the three weeks of rusbing season at the house.

Wini fred Forbes and Cbarlotte Nelson have returned from their summer trip abroad.

Ethel Lendrum, '07, spent two weeks at the house. A daugbter has beeu born to Nelle McMillen-Bowles. , Kate Mann spent th" week end of October fourth at the house.

Willia Garver, '03, lately paid tbe girls a flying visit.

Clare Swnmers, '04, passed a few days with us.

Angie Casey, ex-'09, is married and living in town.

MICHlOAN ALPHA.

Madge Vandeburg, '03, is teacbing in Wardner, Idaho, this yea r .

Mary Corbett, '02, is secretary of the Y. W. C. A in the University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Flossie E. Whitney, '03, is instructor in piano and theory in Defiance College, Defiance, Ohio.

Elizabeth Dudley, '06, is teaching in the public scbools of Bryan, Ohio.

Ella M. Kerman is a student in the Michigan State Norma l School in Ypsilanti.

Edith :McDougal died last summer in California.

THE ARROW

E sth er Bran ch i s teaching in N or t h Adams, Michigan , and h er si st er, P oll y , n ear t heir home, in Kin gsto n, Illin ois _

Blan ch e Bradl ey ha s a pos i t ion in Flin t, and Eliza beth Dudl ey a t Bry an, Ohi o.

Mary W ell s-Ma t her now lives in E v ar t , Mi chi g an.

Ma be ll e Walra t h-Wa te rman and Prof esso r W ate rm a n r et urn ed in Aug u st fr om t be ir yea r ahr oad.

Fl or en ce M ye r s-B ak er i s living in Ha st ings , wh er e h er husband i s supe rin te nd ent of sc hools.

W e r ece ntl y en j oyed a vi s i t fr om Flor en ce C hase-Cass, wh om we ar e so pro ud to claim as an ahunna.

Prof esso r and Mr s M eyer are in C ambrid ge , wher e the f orm er i s stud y ing f or a yea r.

Effie Patch i s li ving in Gr eenvill e, Rb ode I sl and.

M a ud and Mar y Co r bet t are in Y. W. C . A. wo rk , t he f orm er a t V alparai so, and th e la tte r at Cin c innati , Ohio.

Mabel Na sh i s ass istan t instructor in math e mati cs at Hillsd ale Coll eg e

MI CHI GAN BETA.

B orn , a so n , J ohn K ell ogg, June t wenti eth , 1907 to Mr. and M rs. Lo ui s J. Van S ch a ick, of :Ma nila, Philippine I sl ands. Mr s. Van S chai ck wa s N elli e K ell ogg, '0 5 . Mr . Van S chaick i s a fir st li eu ten an t in t h e U ni te d S t ates arm y at Manila , and insp ector ge n eral f or t h e Philippin e con stabular y .

A d au gh te r , Mar y Juli an, wa s bo rn to Pr of esso r and Mrs Alfred H . Whi te, of Ann Arbor, Mi c hi g an. 1ofrs. Whi te was R eheec a D own ey, ex-' 0 3

El eano r To wa r , ' 03, w ho ha s been t r ave lin g in Europ e th e p ast yea r , h as ju st r et urn ed t o her home in D et r oi t.

S a di e A P a in e i s teac bing in t h e n ew n or mal sch ool in W eatherf ord , Okl ahom a.

G r ace Ro bertson-H ayes bas move d to Itha ca, N ew Y ork, where h er hu sband h as r ece ntl y been ap poin te d an ass i stant prof essor in t he Corn ell L aw Sch ool.

ALUMNAE DEPARTMENT

Flora A. Sigel, '98, is abroad for the year, studying in Germany.

Maude 'Brown, '04, was married to William Bell Plattner at her home in Denver, Colorado, September twenty-fifth. Mr. and Mrs Plattner spent a few hours in Ann Arbor on their way east.

Lotta Broadbridge, '06, who was t rav eling in Europe this summer, has returned, and is again teaching in Detroit.

WISCONSIN

ALPHA.

Josep hin e Wells was married to Wayn e Moseley, Phi D elta Phi, September twenty-fourth, at Portage, Wisconsin

The engagement of Ada Welsh to George Tyler Bigelow, Phi Gamma Delta, has been announced

Cora Hinkl ey is teach in g at Oconto, Wi sconsi n.

Eunice Welsh is in Seattle this winter, and Lillian Haertel in Spokane.

Rega Bodden is at bome tbis semester, but expects to return in February

Anita Koen en i s teac hin g in the East Division High School, in Milwaukee.

Genevieve Smith is spending the winte r in Califo rnia.

Grace Godard-Greverus has a baby daughter.

MINNESOTA ALPHA .

C lara Batchelder, of Graham Hall, spent tbe summer in Europe.

Agnes Woodward, of tbe Nortb High School, enjoyed a vacation in Colorado.

Florence Frisby, of George Wasbington Un iver s ity, has been visiting in Saint Paul for sever al months. We have enjoyed having her with us at several Pi Pbi affairs.

Florence and Maud Johnson, with their mother, l eave this month to spend the winter in the Southwest.

Joseph ine Schain, Law '07, is connected with a law firm in this city

THE ARROW

Nellie H ey d , '06, is teaching in the New Pragu e High School. Alice E. Th om p son, '06 , i s teaching in Hopkins.

C arri e Smith, '0 7 , i s teac hin g sc ience in the Ada High School.

Our li st of resident alumnlll ha s hee n in creased by two: M r s. Clarence Webber (Emma Roberts), Missouri Alpha, an d Alice Bratton, Ohio Beta, iu stru cto r in domest ic science in tbe ci ty sc hool s.

Nadine C rump wa s in the East during the summe r, spen ding some t im e in Virginia collect in g mate rial f or be r in st itu te work.

Susie Felch Campbe ll was in New York, go ing by way of th e Lak es .

Minnesota Alpha has three weddings to r eco rd since tbe l ast Arrow: Amy R obbins was married August fourteent b, to J. R oland Ware, Delta Ups i lon; Ruth Robbins, September f ou rtb, to Floyd Sterling L oomis, Sigma Alpha Eps il on; and Edith R obbin s, September twe n ty-fourth, to T. Lester Daniel, Sigma C hi. The active chapte r gsve a kitchen sho we r for Amy, Jul y twenty-ninth, at t he home of Grace P otter Lois Van Slyke en te rtained the active chap te r at a lin en shower for Ru t h, August th ir ty-fi r st. Esther Friedlander ente r ta in ed the active chapter and the alum n lll for Edith on September twe nti eth Mrs. Daniel and Mrs. Ware w ill make the ir h ome in Robbin sdal e, wbile Mrs. Loomis will live in Eureka, Montana. Esther C ha pman i s n ot in coll ege tbis year, on account of ill bealth, but i s in Springfield, Massachusetts, wi t b her uncle _ Genevieve Walston has taken up her wo r k in coll ege aga in . Monica Keating, who t ra veled for her health la st yea r, is b ack at coll ege.

Esther Work, '06, and Charles :Myers, '02, Phi D elta Th eta, were married S eptembe r te n th. Most of the chapter attended the wedding. T hey are spending tbe yea r in Scotland, where Mr Myers i s studyi ng.

IOWA ALPHA .

Elizabe th M cMull en is back in coll ege, af te r t wo years' absence.

Sus an Gardne r i s teachin g mus ic in he r h om e to WD.

Ora S h rad er , of ou r ch apte r, an d l ate r of Co lorado B eta, has th e chair of Ora to r y in the coll ege t hi s year

Mrs. Lulu Ambl e r-Office r , '8 6, di ed S eptember fif t h, in D enve r, Col orado, of t yp hoid f ever.

UIl ena Inger soll i s in Bal t im or e t hi s ye ar .

Edi t h Y oung, '04, is te a chin g vocal mu s ic in a co n se rva to ry in Kali spel, Mon tan a.

Gra ce Han ch er-B eck, ' 0 4, ha s bee n her e, vi si t in g he r par en ts, f or se veral week s

S a rah Ambl er, '8 2, vi si te d in t own a f e w da ys thi s fall.

N elli e H eins, ex-'0 8, and Fr ed Wahl, ' 0 6, wer e marri ed O ctober seco nd. Clara Mun z a t tend ed th e weddin g.

Ed it h Hal e is teac hin g a t home thi s yea r.

Ada Augs purger i s vi s i t ing h er e f or a f ew days.

I OW A DETA.

Blan ch e Spurgeo n i s v is i t in g in th e ci ty .

Ruth Bak er, ' 07, i s teac hin g in t he Indian ola c ity school s.

V e r a Ingram , ' 07, i s teac bin g La t in in tb e In d ian ola Hi g b S ch ool.

H elen Gilber t is vi s it in g in t he city wi t h fri end s.

Mr. and Mr s. Ca r ve r stop pe d in Indian ol a on t h eir wa y fr om Saint L oui s

Effie Bu ssell e-H end er son and h er t wo cbildren a r e vi siting in th e city.

D a i sy Han cox enter ta in ed s ix Pi Phi s, wh o we r e in coll ege with her, one afte rn oo n r ecentl y

Edna Li sl e-J effr ey and li tt l e dau ghte r , El ean or , spent a day wi t h u s n ot l ong ago

:!lfrs. Edith Ca.np -C amp bell and b er dau gh te r, Alice, a r e vi si t in g fri end s in th e c ity .

Dr. L ena Hatfi eld i s vis iting h er fath er. Sh e is to sail in Januar y a s a m ed ical mi ss i onary, und er t he Northw estern Bran ch , t o F oochow, Cbina.

THE ARROW

IOWA GAMMA.

Loui se Rowe, '05, i s ta king post-graduate 1V0rk in the Domesti c Science D epa rtm e nt.

Maria R obe rts and Lola Placeway sp e nt their summer vacation traveling in Europe.

Mae Jackson, ' 06, i s teaching in the high sch ool at R ed Lodge, M lm t ana.

Flor ence P ett inge r, '07, was back for the fir st two weeks of college, h elping th e girls ru sh.

Ca rolin e Gabrilsen, '05, who has been a ss i stant librarian for two years in the coll ege library, i s this year acting as librarian during Mi ss Clark's l eave of absence.

Emma L eona rd, '07, i s back this yea r , taking some po stgraduate work and, also, assisting in the college library.

Elmina and AIda Wil son will spend the winter in Spain.

IOWA ZETA.

Th e autumn number of Th e Connecticut Magaz ine con tains an inte r est ing article by Gra ce Raym on d Hebard, Ph.D., librarian of the Unive r sity of Wyoming, member of the Wyoming His to ri ca l Society, and member of the W yo ming bar. Th e article i s ba sed on original in vest igati on s conducted by Dr. H ebard to establish the identity of Sacajawea, the Indian girl, who led the L ewis and Clark exped iti on ove r tbe R ocky Mountuin s.

Mignon Maynard, '07, is teaching at Decorab, I owa .

Carrie Watters, ' 07, i s teaching at Harlan, I owa

Alta Smith, of Harlan, was married July twenty-seventh, to Dr. Cla r ence Hetz el, Sigma N u, of Davenport.

A son was born to J ess ie Reml ey- Lovell, S eptembe r twentyseventb

Sadie Jacobs, ' 06, is teaching in the I owa State College, Am es, I owa.

Agnes Remley, '07, i s t eachi ng in Graceland Coilege, Lamoni, Iowa.

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Mrs. Coo I. Crawford, wife of Governor Crawford, of South Dakota, is spending a few days in the city.

Mae Belle Allstrand and Sarah McBride were guests of Iowa Zeta, October eighteenth and nineteenth.

Grace Shrader, of Colo rad o Alpha; Mary Brooks, Stacey Turn ey, Grace Swan, and Alice Page, of Iowa Alpha, and Nina Hohanshelt, of Iowa Beta, are attending t h e University this year.

Mande Delmege, '08, is attending library school at Champaigu, TIlinois.

Verne Stockdale is attending the University of Nebraska this year.

Leda Pinkham, Iowa Zeta, was in tbe city for a few days, during which time she visited the chapter

MISSOURI ALPHA.

Mary Stevens, of Columbia, leaves tbe eightb of October for a year's trip around the world.

Mary Suddath, of Warrensburg, and Lily Sue Hostetter, of Bowling Green, were guests at the Chapter house during rushing season.

Mrs. Miller, of Queen Ci ty, spent severa l day s with h er daughter, Edith :Miller, during September.

Elizabeth Deuel, '07, of Middlebury, Vermont, is teaching in Farmjngton, Missouri.

Ethel Robnett, of Columbia, is attending George Wasbington University.

Gertrude Bayless-liills, one of our charte r members, was present at initiation.

Adele Overall-Black, of Kansas City, Missouri, has been in Columbia on a visit.

Jean McCnne, of Bowling Green, is ba ck in college, after a year's absence.

Mary Smitb, '06, of Glenwood, Missouri, is teaching in W ebste r Grove, Missouri.

THE ARROW

Shelhy Taylor spent the first week of October in Kan s as City, wh e re she went with the'Home Economics class, to take charge of a booth at the Kan sas Ci ty fair .

.Anna La sh, '06, of Kansas City, is teaching in M o und City, Missouri.

MISSO URI BETA.

Th e wedding of Alice Louise Woodward, Pi Beta Phi, to Walte r Kok e n, Kappa Sigma , is announced f or October fifteenth.

On the fifth of October, Julin Griswold had a "shower" for Alice Woodward. All the Missouri Beta girls were prese nt.

Hel e ne Johnston has l eft Washington University, and is now studying at Miami University, where her broth e r-in-law, Profe ssor De Witt, is one of the faculty.

F r ances Rosebrough, who was a special student at Washington , i s not to be with u s this year.

KANSAS ALPHA .

.Anna Bell. Lante r was married to Ora Allen Clark, September e ighteenth Th ey will be at hom e after November first, at 229 Parkwood Boulevard, Schnectady, New York.

Margaret Hammond , '05, was marri ed to Ray Campbell, Phi Gamma Delta, October second . They will be at home, after November first, in Wichita, Kan sas.

Th e marriage of H ele n Johnson, '05, and Clitus Blair Hosford , Alpha Tau Omega, will occur October nin eteenth .

Clara Carr is teaching in T opeka this year; Lucret ia Hart, in Rese rv e; Mary Hayd e n, in Holton; Grace Irwin, in Brown County, and Queena Beauchamp, in L eavenworth.

Edna Leedy has r eturned from a trip through Italy, Germany, Switze rland, and Fran ce.

Edna Dart, '06, will r etu rn h ome in November. While abroad abe was in Austria, Ital y, Switzerland, England, France, Scotland, and Ireland.

ALUMNAE DEPARTMENT

The engagement of Marjorie Marshall and Albert L. Beach, Beta Th e ta Pi, has heen announced.

Adelia A. Humphrey, '95, i s a graduate student at Columhia University. She is working for her Ph.D. in the department of English.

A son , Frank Olin , was horn to Eva Olin-Copley, in August.

Born, to Mabel Scott-Gardner, in Jul y, a son, Theodore.

Mary Snow-Case and her two sons have hee n visiting at the home of her father, ex-Chancello r Snow.

Edith Snow has return ed from a trip through California.

The engagement of Edna Dinsmoor, '06, and George Mar· shall, Sigma N u, ha s heen announced

Sarah Wild er, '05, w·ill n ot r eturn fr om Paris until Chri stmas.

Laura Poehler-:Means, with her hushand and daughter, Lucy, will spend the winter in southe rn California.

Katharine Nicholson-Blackma r and daughter, Dorothy Leoti. will visit Leoti Nicholson-Frost, iu Mexico City, this winter .

Bertha Poehler-Blauhl was here with h er siste r s, Clara Poehler-Sm ithm yer, Laura Poehler-llfeans, and Mrs. Pendleton, ca ll ed here hy the d eath of thei I' brother, Th eodo r e Poehler. Alma Poehler and her mother are still ahroad

Mabel Stone, Elizabeth Parkman, Ali ce Hart, Edna Leedy, Grace Irwin, lIfabel Mars h, Lillian Beek, Mary Hayderr, Clara Carr, and Mary Chase-C hamberlain , Illin ois Zeta, visited at the chapter house during the ru s hing seaso n.

Floren ce Finch-Kelly, '81, has a sbo r t article in the Octoool' num bel' of the Broadway Magazine .

NEBRASKA BETA.

Edith Fisher, of Om aba, wbo i s a member of Wisconsin Alpha, visited us f or a week tbis fall, before returning to he r stud i es at Madison.

Jenni e Barber-Plym and Margaret Kyl e-Ba rber have moved to Niles, :Michigan, wbere they will ]jve in tbe future.

THE ARROW

Bess Heacock-Gould and Pearl Fitzgerald, of Omaha, spent a week in Lincoln during rushing season.

The marriage of Grace Montgomery to Mr . Othniel Gayl ord Horne, Sigma Chi, occurred Jul y third, at Oak. Th ey are now at home at Syracuse, Nebraska .

Marri ed, Thursday, October third, at Fairhury, N ehraska, Grace Andrews to Ernest C. Ames, Beta Theta Pi. They will be at home at "Prospeet Place," Lincoln, after December first.

Eva M. Cooper is teaching in Cavite, Philippine Islands.

Willa C. Allen was married, August twenty-first, to William L. Dowling. Their address i s Clay Center, N ehra sb .

Ethel M. Ames ha s moved to Mineral, Washington.

Mari e Talbot ha s just returned from a delightful s ummer abroad .

Lois Burrus and Bess Burruss-Funke, who now li ve in Pasadena, California , mourn the l oss of the ir mother, who d i ed Septem ber first.

. Myrna Sedgwick will spend the year lD study at Obe rl in, Ohio.

Gertrude Kincaide has returned from a summer vacation, spent in Seattle, Washington, with friends and members of Washington Alpha.

Mary and Jessie Killian lately spent a week in the c i ty wi th friends

Boru to E,·a Cooper-Seahury, a daughter.

Born to May Dorrington-Martin, a son.

Born to Kathryn McPheely-Everett, a daughter.

Mary E. Haskell was marri ed Augu st eighth to Mr. Vernon H. Davis, Kappa Sigma, in London, England . They will be at home at 17 2 South Ohio Avenue, Columhus, Ohio.

Edna Scott will attend Saint Mary's School, at Knoxville, TIlinois, during the coming year.

AL UMNAE D E P A RTME N T

L OU I SIAN A ALPHA

Fl ora Mur p hy was m arri ed to Mr. Leeds Eu st is, on S epte m' ber s ixtee n t h.

J ess ie T eho will tea ch in the Newco mh N igh t School during th e com in g year.

C harl otte Payne was marri ed on S ep te mber t wen ty- fifth , to Mr. A . P olk. Th e weddi ng took place in No r t h Carolin a.

S te lla Ha ywa rd will be ma rr ied in Nove mber to Mr. Ja ck ·

Li t tl e. Th ey will li ve ha lf of eac h yea r in Europe an d half in Am e ri ca.

TEXAS ALPHA.

Bess ie G a rri son , w ho was out of t he uni ve r s i ty la st yea r , on a ccoun t of her health , i s aga in in school.

Lu c il e P endl eton was wi t h u s a f ew days f or rushing season.

Mrs. R. H. McLeod ( Fl or a B ar t hol eme w) paid u s a fl y in g vi s i t during th e fir st wee k of school.

K ate S ockwell ca me dow n t hi s yea r to h elp u s wi t h th e ru shin g.

Ann e T own es and Ka te Mar t in will spend th e win te r in Boston . Ann e T ownes will a ss ist her fa t her i n hi s r esea r ch work in Har vard U ni ve r s i ty

Ada Garri son, LeI Wagge n er , an d M ar ga r et B or oughs are t each ing in th e Whi t is Pr ep a r ato r y S chool t hi s ye ar.

Fay Kin caid , wh o expecte d to r et urn to h er home in Manila , will r emai n in Chi cago t h is w in te r

Grace Hill will l eave soon to visi t in D en ve r, Col orad o.

COLO RA DO A LP HA .

E li zabet h B r own , who has spen t t he summe r at h e r h ome in TIlin ois, has r eturn ed to Color a do, an d expects to be in D enver all win te r

H elen H om e i s d oing se t tl emen t work in Phil a delphi a thi s wi nte r.

J enni e Bea l is t akin g wor k in th e uni ve r si ty.

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B ess ie Bli ss has r es um ed he r work in t he univ er s i ty again. El s ie Sullivan and Gra ce Fairwe ath er s p en t t he summ er in T or on to.

C lara M or se- Winn er and Laura Kill go r e wer e gu est s of H el ene S t id ge r at he r summ er home in E stes Park.

N omah Wangelin sp ent se ve r al week s with J ess ie Mosher at her E stes Park co t t age

COLO RADO B ETA.

Nita Clegg i s ba ck in coll ege thi s year, ta king pos t-gr aduate w ork, and i s an ac ti ve membe r.

Anna C harl es is taking post-graduate work f or a ma ster's degree, and is a ctive iu t h e chap te r.

Su e Win to n-Fl etcher i s "i s itin g Flor en ce Sp en ce r f or a f ew da ys .

Marc ia Murra y -Ei cke n he rry vi s i ted h er mothe r f or a week, in S eptemhe r, a nd a tte nd ed one of o ur mee tin gs .

Marcell e Kirschbaum ha s en te r ed Barnard Coll ege.

C AL PHA.

Laura Ruth Adkinson, '07, af te r a t hree mon t hs' vi s i t in t h e Hawaiian I slan ds, sp ent th e la st wee k of ru shing at S t anford and bas n ow r eturn ed to be r b orn e in C hi cago.

L oui se P earce, ' 07, i s in B os t on thi s yea r.

Eli za bet h Office r, ' 07 , i s in L oveland, Col orad o.

Ma y Franklin, ' 07, i s sp endin g th e win te r in San Jose

CALIFO RNIA BETA.

Ma bel G od dard , wb o gr a dua ted last May, was marri ed to Sidn ey Shon tz, fr om Minn esota, on t b e nigh t of Jul y twentyf ourth. F or tb eir honeym oo n th ey mad e an extend ed tour of the Ea s t.

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During rushing season, several of our .Iumnro members visi ted us and helped us in our "rushing stunts/' Among the number were Jessie Huber, Elm. Korbel, Molly Day, Estelle Wilson, Jessie Parks-Richards, Edith White, Clara CooperR ust, Augusts Van Kirk, and Florence Ziegenfuss. At ou r initiation three 1. C/s were present: :Mrs. Sloane, who heeame a member thirty.,;ix years ago; Mrs. Strike and Mrs . Miller. Mrs. Emily Bush-Derleth was also present. Daisy French-Howard and Pauline Bush, of Nebraska Beta, took luncheon with us one day this term. Ell. Moore, from Missouri Alpha, is attending the University of Califo rnia

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Editorials

Readers of the ARROW will not i ce that three of the Grand Council have changed their addr esses . Th e Grand Pres ident is now living at 649 S econd aven ue, Detroit, the Vi ce-Pres id ent ha s r emoved to La Ru e, Ohio, and th e editor may he addressed at 1600 Downing av enue, D enver.

Th e n ew cover in which the ARROW appears this month is the work of Esther Fay Shover of Indiana Gamma. Besides its artistic excell en ce, the cover r epr esents much time and patience with technical details, and very much of inter est and en· thu sia sm for the fraternity. Surely Pi Beta Phi owe. hearty tbanks to Mi ss Shover for her beautiful d es ign.

I t look s as if women's fraternities are to he ranked witb patent medicines and uns ightly bill-hoard s in the li st of ev il s from which that much r ead periodical, the Ladi es' H orne J ournal, has swo rn to rid a sufferin g public. In the September number appeared an ar ticle criti cising adv er sely th e fraternity system fr om Pr es i dent S eelye of Smith College, a man well known f or bi s conservatism in tbis as on other matters. In October the subject was taken up with even more emphasis by a less known aut hor, a teache r in a girls' secondary schoo l , hcr· self ev id ently not a fra te rni ty woman and inferentially one trained in a n on-fr atern i ty coll ege. Both these writers make the mistake of confu sin g high sc hool with college, na t i onal with loca l fraternities; hoth seem unaware that tbe fraternity has any other r eason for being than soc ial diversion and t he possess ion of a luxuri ous chapte r house; both judge fraternities from an acquaintance clearly superficia l. B efore the discu ss ion can he cons id er ed at all complete the H ome J ournal shou ld puhlish the views of some educator who has seen the national coll ege

frat ernity at close ran ge, for exampl e, the pr es id ent of one of th e great state uni ve r s i t ies Hi s criti ci sms might n ot be l ess adv erse, bu t they would be more in tellige n t and the fraternities would therefore take them with bette r grace.

Th e re are two thin gs that n ei t h er writer apparently r eal!zes. In the first place, the women's frat e rni t ies ar e almost at on e with them in their objection to the hi gh school "sorority," and ha ve for some time heen u s ing their cons id erabl e influ en ce against them M or eove r , these same fraternities are quite aware of thei r own failin gs, which, by the bye, a r e not always those a sc ri bed to them by the a r t icles in question, and are working to ove r come t hem quite as ea rn es tl y a nd perhaps more un de rstandingly than are their critic s of the I, adi es' H ome Journal.

Th e "barbarous word 'sorority'" i s probably n ot more t han ten yea r s old, but the system is four t i mes as old. Cons id erin g that more than on e of the women's fr ate rni t ies ha s an active m embershi p nearl y equall ing the total enr ollment in Pres id en t Seelye's coll ege, and r emembering th e influ en ce that tbese fra· te rniti es bave had and st ill ha ve up on the lives of thousands of ol der women, th e crusade of the H orne Journal i s lik ely to prove about as e ff ect ive as the chivalrous enco unter of D on Quixote wi th the st urd y and bu oyant w indmill.

Before another ARnow appears the New Orleans convent ion will be ove r. Alr eady cha p te r s are con s ide rin g who shall r ep r esent t hem to their s ister chap ters and espec iall y to Loui s iana Alpl,a. Our ho stess chaptcr i s puttin g f or th every effort t o make this first C hri stmas·tid e gathering the most su ccess ful and in sp iring in our history, and i t remains f or the cbap te r s to send the member who will n ot merely get the most fr om co n · vention bu t wbo will g iv e most to i t. Fr atern i ty enthusiasm, fra ter nity knowledge and bu sin ess ahility co unt for mu ch in the d el egate; eve n mor e, p erbaps, do poi se, tact and tb e talent f or m eet in g st range r s ea s il y and wi t h dignity. Since this i s a mid·year conv enti on, t he delegate may be elected irr espect iv e of b er class and probable r eturn to college,

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and wholly for her exper i ence and personal qualifications. It iB Bafe, too, to prophecy that tbe girl who ha B put most into her fraternity chapter will be the one to put most into her fraternity convent ion .

Alumnre are asked to send their dues to the ass oc ia tion to their state secreta r y and not to the editor or the Grand Treasurer. As an advantage to themselves i t will be well if alumn", send these dues as ea rly in the yea r as possihle. All subscriptions to the ARROW begin and end with tbe volume, and wb il e the fraternity endeavors to print a sufficient number to meet all demands, it is not al ways possible to predict the growtb of eitber active or ahunn", membership, and the supply of the fall issue bas several yea r s fallen short

Will not alumn", remember to send n otice of any change of address and particularly of any change of name? After tbe i ssue of tbe July ARROW, several cards were received from postmasters r eport ing tbat persons were not at the addresses given . Tb e catalogu er bas sent notice of numerous otber cbanges U nder tbese c ircumstances the ed i tor declines to be held r esponsibl e for missing ARROWS, altbough these are willingly replaced wbere tbeir l oss i s not the fault of tbe subscriber.

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Chapter Leiters

ALPHA PROVINCE

VERMONT ALPIU.-)UDDLEOURY OOLLWr::

(C hartered 1893)

Thus far our college year has been very successful. Fourteen of our Jast year' s cbapter are back, all enthusiastic for work. Our enthusiasm bas stood us in good stood in our ru s hing. W e have already pledged nine fine girls whom we are proud to introdu ce to you: Elizabeth Adam s, Gertrude Brodie, Elizabeth Caswell, Margaret Fren ch, Eliza. liart, Jennie McLellan, Carmen Walker, Sarn Whitn ey and Sarah Stearns will sooo wear the arrow.

College affairs go on quietly enough. The Freshman-Sophomore hat scrap and the Freshman banquet are already over, so both classes now feel free to give their attention to their work. There have been rumors that seem to for es hadow the resignation of our president, but as yet notb · ing definite has been heard . We had, as usual, a large entering class. About sixt.y-five were registered at the beginning of t.he year and some have come since

In our next. l e Uer we shall probably be able to int. r oduce our p ledges as fully init.iated Pi ])his.

With best. wishes for 0. happy year.

EDITH N GROUT.

VERMONT BETA-UNrVERSlTY OF VERHONT

(Chartered 1898 )

The little chapte r of Vermont Beta sends the heartiest greetings to loyal Pi Phis throughout the world-greetings that mean enthusiasm and loyalty for our COlleges, our chapters, o ur classes and our friends

The future of Ve rmont 's university looks bright. and prosperou s Last tlpring we le ft a partinny constructed edifice upon the south end of the universit.y place; we come ba ck and find a majestic building, Morrill Hall , which will soon open its door s to the student. body This building is t.he gift. of t.he state, and will be used for the advancement of st.udies in t.he agri c ult.ural department., under s uch efficient men as Prof. Bills, St.uart and Jones, this building will be a great source of progrcss to the college.

Wh e n we speak of athletics, our cnthusiasm is unbounded. Perhaps we ha\'c been made doubly hopeful , by the «tie" at the Inte Dartmouth game In baseball many of the stars are back in college, and with

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CoBins " in the box" and Gardner, the record o f next. I!I pring will be eventful.

The Christian Associati oDs of the co ll ege ar e in 0. thriving condition . The Y. W. C A. has a n ew r oo m in the o ld coll ege building, among ita m e mbers are m a ny earnest work e r s a nd mu c h good is being done. Th e coll ege associations hav e cba rg e of the Adams Mi ss ion two months during the year, and Su nday se rvi ces are h eld at t he Orphans' Home Plans are o n foot to start work among the fa cto ry gir ls at Winov ski. The ru s hing season h8! ju s t begun and we hop e that many of the n ew girls will l ea rn to both r espect and l ove t.he words uPi Phi," and be pro ud to w ear its emblem . With friendship toward all.

HELEN R. BARTON

MASSACII

US ETT S ALPIIA-BOSTQN U NIVERSITY

(C harte r ed 1 8M)

Ma ssac hu se tts Al pha greets you o nce a ga in, nnd sc nd s a. wi s h to each and nil for a yea r of success and happincss.

Co ll ege work at Boston is well begun, and the ru s hin g se nson is upon U8 After ten days o f wai t. ing, days when we tru sted n o one, we have bee n a ll owed to co mm ence our fr ay, so st r ange in the eyes o f the fr es hm en.

Our work seem s more diffi cult thi s year th a n before, in co n seque nce o f our change of loca tion. The Coll ege of Li be ral Arts i s now occ upyi ng the forme r H a rv a rd Medi ca l Sehoul. As yet we feel un se tll ed and unn at ural. The a cqua intan ce of the in co ming clus is hard e r to mak e, f o r we have no genera.l assembly room o r st udy, at present But we nrc h op in g fo r the best a nd we feel sur e Pi Phi en n win i t.

We have co mm enced th e year with sixtee n a cti ve, energetic gir ls. Our meetings ha\' e bee n well a.ttended, and plans bave been made fo r co ntinued impr oveme nt •

With t hi s e n cou raging fi tart, we are look in g fo rward to a year abund· ant in good tbin gs .

MILDRED E . CoLLYEn .

NEW YORK ALPIlA-B YRA CUSE UNrv!;RSITY

(C harte red 1896)

Th e third week of co ll ege finds u s wit.h e le ve n pled ge lings: Laura Dur · Rod , Sarah French, Iva Richardson, Etbel B leekma n , Mari o n Nearpass, Emma Kent, Ac h sa h Hawver, Edna Bull, M a r ga r et Klandin g, Minni e Dei n · hart and Florence Dengler. There w ere ten fr ater niti es represented in P a n · H ell e ni c last year, and as no agreement was made about Pled ge Day , we girls all ca me back early tbi s year, prepared to sta rt ru s hin g on tbe first day o f coll ege. The TU s bing season was consequently very s h o rt, and was a great r e lief, afte r the long seaao n of last year, which la. sted until Febru ·

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ary. Our alumnae belped us greatly this year, both in planning PArties and in entertaining.

We are glad to tell you of the addition to our chapte r, and we are also proud to tell of the growth and pros perity of OUT college . At the open· ing of the f all term Syracuse had five new buildings ready for u se; the Bowne Hall of Chemi s try. the Ca rn eg ie Library, Sima Hall , the me n 's dormitory, the Lyman Hall o f Natural History and the Stadium. Our Sta dium seats twenty thousand peopl e, and is the larges t in the world. Two football games have already been played in it, both o f which Syracuse won. We also have a gymna s ium started, which i s to be th e larges t in the U nited States.

This rail Mrs. Ru ssell Sage gave the univ ers ity one hundred thousand dollars to be used (or the teachers' coll ege. The building in whi c h this college is l oca ted , is a castle over one hundred years old , built in Engli s h style, and situated in the mid s t of a park whi ch adjoins the ca mpus . Of course we are jusl1y proud of all our new acq uisitions. With best wish es to all Pi Phis fo r a happy and s u ccess ful y ea r

GroR OIA L HOAO.

NEW YORK BETA-BARNARD COLLEGE

(Ch.,t<>red 1904)

This year promi ses t o be a s u ccessful one. fr om both a co llege and f rat.ernit.y standpoint. Our n ew do rmitory was r eady fo r occu pa n cy at the opening of co llege, a s promised, and a fairly large number of girls bave tak e n up t.h e ir r es id e n ce t.h er e. Brooks Hall , a s it is cn ll ed, is an id ea l dormitory. Every provi s ion has been made for t.h e co mf ort. and co nv e ni ence o f the girls, all of wh om are most e nthu s ia s ti c in its prai se

W e g reatly miss the seniors, &8 well as th e junior and sophomore g irls, who did no t r eturn this fall. Yet we fee l t.hat thou g h fe we r in number, we a r e, if possible, more closel y banded together. than eve r before.

At t.he opening o f the co ll ege y ea r , we pledged a so phomore, Elizabeth Nit.chie, wh o promi ses to mak e a fine Pi Phi. Th e n , too, we ar e greatly pl eased at b a vin g with u s Anna Pettit, of Swart.hmore

So far th ere haa bee n n o ru s hin g Jt was deci ded th at t.here be none until af te r th e s ixtee nth of October , at. which time we hope also to lea rn definitely ju st when pledge day will be. As matter s stand n ow all plans which we can make mu s t be un sati sfactory. Tn spite of these difficultie s, however, we intend to win for Pi Phi th e best that is in th e f r('Shm 'l n cln ;;.s.

New York Beta wi s b es Pi Phi s e ve rywh ere a b a ppy and success ful yea r

A.NNA SoPIIIE HOLY

1'P;NN8YLVANTA ALPITA-BWARTIIMORE OO LLEOE

(Chart<>red 1892)

It. is good t o be tog et b e r again at college! I suppose every Pi Phi feels tha.t. In spite of our good times through th e summe r , we do miss the

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fra ternit.y meetings and the talks together. And after all there are no good times quite 80 good 8S those our Pi Phis bave at Swarthmore, and no gathering quite 80 full of the joy of compa nion sh ip as the o f our Pi Beta Phi chapter.

At the close of COllege, in June. we had a house party (or a week. at which were present the last year's chapter and six alumnae No one saw everyone else through the summer, though everyone heard of everybod ) else through the "Round Robinll letter. It seemed from that letter tha.t everyone o f us had been t ryin g house ·keeping at some tim e and und er some circumstances.

We 80 enjoy being together again that we should feel in no hurry to add any fre shmen to the chapter. but that. they aTe 80 exactly what we want that we love them already. We are aiming this year to make the ru shing as easy and nat.ural as possible: t.o become intimate with the freshmen indh' idu a lly, to bring them together so that they may know ERCh other, ond in contact with us, so that they may fee l t.he influen ce o f our desire for right Jiving, without any strained re1ation s hip.

For one of our rushing functions this year, Mrs. James Sp r oul, a pl.. troncss, will give a luncheon at the Roosevelt, Philadelphia, on Novembe r !cco nd, for the chapter and fr eshmen and the '07 and '06 alumnre . ANNE PEARSON

PENNSYLVANIA BETA-BUC KNELL UNlVE&SITY.

(Chartered 18fHi)

Autumn has come again and once more we take up the duties and pleasures o f co ll ege life with which vacation cannot compar e .

The first week o f va cation we Pi Phis gue a house party at Sylvan Dell. What a happy time we had together! The week would have been perfect but for robbers who one night di sturbed our peaceful slumbers. Besides obtaining a number of valuables they gave us a horrible scare. "Breaking camp" was the saddest part of all for we knew we should neve r again be together in quite the snme relat ion.

We miss our two seniors as well as the othe r g irls who did not return, but console ourselves with the fact that our third senior , Mellie Westcott, returned to work for her mo s ter's degree.

At last we have Pan-Hellenic regulations and feci that we have achieved & great deal toward bringing the two fraternities into fri endly relation with each other . Our pledge day has been fixed for October twelfth by the locol Pan -Bellenic As sociation 'Ve also have- rules regarding the number or functions to be gil'en during rushing sealWn.

On Friday evening October fourth we ga"e a formal reception to ou r alumnae, patronesses, Delta Delta Delta and the freshmen. The rooms were decorated with palms, wine carnations and wine and blue ribbon, 80 that, at every turn, Pi Beta. Phi was daintily suggested.

Pennsylvania. Beta sends best wishes for a success ful year to all her lister chapurs. EUNICE V HA.u..

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PENN8TLVAN'lA OA.lflU-DICKlN80N COLLEOE

(Chartered 1903)

Rushing season is r eally over, and we are busy breathing sigbs of r elie f and happiness at the t.hought of taking up college and fraternity work in earnest without being pursued by haunting doubts and fean over pledge day and its results. Pan-Hellenic with her str ict requirements and regulation s is something n ew at Dickinson. While we much prefer the o ld way of asking "how we pl ease and when we pl ease," th e result has been very sat isfactory and favorable to U8 Our first ente rtainm ent for the new girls was a porch party at the home of one of our patronesses, Mrs. Bedford , who ha s s h own 80 much interest and enthusiasm that she seems more like 8. Pi Phi than Iln outsider. One e\'c ning we had & delightful affair at. the h ome of Elsie Hoffer , a newly made a lumn a, and we ended the season just before pledge day with a regular Pi Phi picni c in one of the many parks near town. The new girts seemed to enjoy e\' erytbing veTy much, and it is needless to add that we f elt. amply repaid for all anxiety and tr o uble when we welcomed our fledgeling Pi Phis.

Condit ions at Dickinson are mu ch changed this year. The college has thrown open her doors to women more hospitably than ever before a nd there are now a hundred on the roll. The percentage of fraternity girls is, a.ccordingly, smalle r , and it i s more n ecessary than in years gone by for these favored ones to s how themselves loyal college all well as fraternity women, capable of sympathetic and disinterested friend s hip s with the girlS outside. For th e furth e ran ce of such an aim and to promote a f ellow f eeling be tw ee n the rival fraternity girls themselves, the Pan-Hellenic A ssociatio"l expects to give a "co-ed dance" next week to all th e girls of the college_ W e are trying in every way to make the enterta mm e nt a great success and only hope it will be the forerunner of many more.

The chapter is looking forward to a very prosperous and ha.ppy winter. While the fates hue not beamed propitiously upon our desire for new room s, they have enl.bl ed us to buy quite a great deal of new furniture, and we hope to have still more before the year closes. We miss our seniors very much, but they have not l et u s feel that their interest or help i. lacking, and we a.re trying to fulfill their upectations.

Pennsylvania Gamma 8f'nda all kinds o f good wishes t.o her slate r chapters for suceesl in ru ehi ng, and congratulations to those who have already cl a i med the "best and dear est freshmen in the college!'

ELIZABETII R. BLAIR_

COLUMBIA ALPIIA--oroRO!l WASH1NOTON UNIVERSITY

(Chartered 1880)

We're again started on the test of the college year , the fa B ru eh. The large demand on nenous energy and pur se strings is being met with r eady enthusiasm and although we are but six, the splendid support of our alumnae ks carrying U8 along, we hope. to a successful termination on pledge day.

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The two dormitories for women provided us this fa.B have caused quite a change for the co-eds. The buildings arc s ituated two blocks and a half from our old college home, but a.re in the sa me row with the departments of eng in eer ing. architecture and education. We now hue our own private chapel services j there a.re several cla sses s pec ially (or women in the n e lllbuildings and we have a. dance hall and reception r oomB-in fact, the g irls of George Washington n ow have a home of their own. Mi ss Ellis, Dean of Women, who lives in the dormitory. ga.ve an earnest, bright talk on the futur e college for women. She said, that if each gi rl would go to work with a will to make our dormitory life known far and wid e, that the future of the college would be assured. We have taken a d efi nite ste p on the right road and Columbia Alpha. sol icits the interest of eve ry Pi Phi, that each s ister may h elp in some small way to mak e good the prophecy of our dean, that of having an enro]Jm ent of five hundred women stud e nt&-the college of the futur e !

Two () f the fraternities a r e l ocated in th e dormitories---Chi Omega and Pi Beta Phi We have a lovely , sunny fron t room, with two large closets , and are d elighted with our new s ituati on. It such a great improvemen t on our quarters o f last year. C lara Barber, "06, gave the chapter a generous s um to help furnish the new r oom, and with num ero u s other pretty gifts whi ch the girls have offered, we hope to make o ur den as attractive to the fr e8hme n as it seems homelik e to u s

Word comes, that our Grand Secretary will visit Washington in November. We anticipate her coming with a good deal of pleasure and h ope that she can be with us for initiation. Col umbia Alpha sends best wi s hes for success to every chapter.

HELEN MAR MAcLEOD.

(Chartered 1897 )

College has again opened with all its usual interest and work, and th e girls of Maryland Alpha are back with g r eater enthusiasm than ever for their fra ternity.

We have at thi s time thirteen members and on pledge day we hope to prove conclu sively that thirteen is not always a.n unlucky number. Of course, we felt very bel pless at the beginning o f the year without our three sen i ors, but the new seniors are admirably filling thei r places. We especially miss two of the ' 09 girls, fo r we had expected them to be back at college. But we feel that in Ullena In ge r soll, a sister fr om Iowa Alpha, we have a frien d in some measure filling up the vacant places.

I suppose most o f the chapters will tell in their letters of their ru sh ing parties a.nd success on pledge day, but we will have to tell o f ours the next time, as pledge day doesn't come until November twenty·third, and PanHe11e.llic says there is to be no rushing. This rule seems to be beneficial, 50 far as work is concerned, to both the fr eshmen and upperclaasmen.

MARYLAND ALPUA-WOMAN 'S OOLLF..oE OF BALTIMORE

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We have been spending all our energy which might otherwise hue been spent in rushing, in remodelling our "cosey corner," A, the girls in Woman', College all Jive in dormitories, we can have DO fraternity house, but instead each frat ernity haa a room in the city and is given the four end rooms of a cor ri dor in the dormitory. and that i. what we call our "cosy corner," We have just. finished it and f eel amply repaid for &11 our work.

We, as no doubt the other .Alpha Province chapten, a re l ooking forward to a visit next month from Miss Elda Smith. It is always a plca.sure to meet. a Pi Phi, all 80 many o f the girls realized this summer, and it is a greater pleasure to baTe one visit you

With the best wishes o f Maryland Alpha for a bappy and successful year in every way,

BETA PROVINCE

omo ALPllA--omo UNIVERSITY (Chartered 1889)

It. scarcely seems possible that a month of ootlege is already gone on a new year-a. busy month full of new studies, new fri endships lind all that. goes to make time fly and provide pl easant memories f o r us to cherish "when the four short years of pleuure" have passed.

Our initiation W6.S held \'Cry early this year, but we feel that our selections have been of the best and that we have for Pi Beta. Phi eight fre shmen o f whom any ebapter might be proud. Owing to the state of bomeleesness in which we find ourselves at present--our room in the west wing being in the midst of repairs-Mrs. Ellis, one of our patronesses and wife of our president, very kindly put her house at our disposal. Here on last Friday evening the girls stepped from pledgedom into the inn er circle, and we have now to introduce E llis Cox, Mau de Bi shop, Virgene Henry, Ma.ry Musgrave, Mabel Ault, Lillian Cronac ber, Louise Milroy and Gertrude Mullane.

n was also through the gene ro s ity of Mrs. Ellis that we were able to entertain in ber beautiful home our alumnae, patroneues and a number of new g irl s in the early part o f the term.

Extensive improvements are being made about. the university grounds. As mentioned before, the east and west wings, two of the oldest buildings on the campus, are r eceiv in g some much-needed repairs. Ellis Hall has been enlarged, the new dormitory will probably be ready for occupat i on at the beginning o f the winter term, and a new h eating plant is now in process of construction Besides this, General Grosvenor, who has for many yean repr esented this district in Co ngr ess, sec ured for us severa l ca nnon whi ch add greatly to the appearance of the campus.

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We are plannin g t o entertain in honor of our initi ates on n ext Sat urd ay evening th e faculty of the univ ers ity together with the act iv e m embership o f th e three men's frat e rniti es, our a lumn ae and pat ron esses. We ex pec t to pursue the plan of e n terta inin g whi c h we fo und 80 s u ccess ful l as t year. We feel that the se simple and info rm a l eve nin gs serve t o draw and to keep the chapter very c lose together.

We are g l a d to have with u s aga in Virginia. Bishop, who i s teaching in town thi s yea r.

With best wishes for a s uccess ful a nd h a ppy year to a 11 s ist e r chapters fr o m Ohio Alpba.

MARY

L B. C HAPPELEAR.

ORIO DETA--QHIO STATE UNIVERS(TY (C hartered 1894)

Ohio Beta has sta rted on a n ew a.nd rath e r unu 8ual year. Wh e re formerly we pled ged o n the seco nd d ay after mat ri culati o n in the fall , no w a g irl must ha\'e been in co ll ege a. whole term before she ca n be asked to join a frat e rnity The ru shing rul es are very mu c h modified , and, I mi g ht add , much mo r e st ri ct. This is , in fac t , a year of experiment with th e PanH e ll e ni c A ssoc iation. Everyone i s hoping that su ccess will crOWD the e ff o r t. W e do not feel the absence o f fr es hmen so mu ch in our ch a pter thou g h , as we might at some other time, for we sta rt out with a chapter of four tee n W e a lso count o ur se lves most fo rtun ate in h av ing affi li ated with u s Had el Steel e o f Illinoi s Be ta Th e dormitory f o r g irl s i s at last under co n stru cti on a nd is, o f co urse, a. so ur ce of inte r es t to u s a ll. We Pi Phis are es p ec ia ll y in te r ested s in ce K enyo n H ayde n , o n e o f our Ohio Beta g irl s, is o n e o f the architects. It is th e ge n e r a l o pini on h ere that thi s d orm itory will hav e qui te a n effect on th e nwnber o f out of town g irl s com in g to Ohio State. A s yet the number is comparat i ve l y sma ll; most of th e girls livin g here in Columbus.

Co nv enti o n proba bly i s o f in te n se interest to every Pi Phi. It seem' almost too good to be tru e that the t im e is so near. Th e re are three or fo ur Ohio Beta g irls wh o are s ur ely go in g : and we h ope th at l ate r on even m o re will d ec id e to go. Cer tainty e very g irl who has been t o one co nv e nti o n r ea li zes that s he ca n not affo rd to miss another.

Ohio Bela wishes e\' ery othe r c h apte r a most s u ccess ful year, n ot onl,. in ru shing but in every other lin e o f work. And we also l oo k forward to see ing many of yo u in New Orleans.

MARGARET WrLCOX.

INDlA..NA COLLEGE

(Cha rtered 1888)

Another vacatio n hu pused and we are ready to tak e up our eollege work and plea s ures a gain.

We ha ve six new girls, a lready l oya l Pi Ph is , as the re,u1t of our labors.

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We nre expecting to get into ou r n ew dormitory in a few weeks. A lthough we feel th a t it will not be as homelike as a. chapte r hou se. we hope the girls will e n joy it. A gymnaa iu m is also progress ing r apidly, and we hope to be in i t before w in ter. Tt will co n tain a la r ge auditorium whe r e o ur c l ass plays arfd olher enterta inm ents may be held. With these two new buildings and the pro mi se of a scie n ce h all we are antic i pating great p r ogress for Fra nklin Co ll ege.

Indi ana. Alpha se nd s to a ll Pi Phis best wis he s for a success ful year.

ET HELYN LAGRA. NOE

INIHANA BETA - I :\DlANA USIVERS t TY

(C h artered 1893)

Naturally, th e " ru sh" and its outcome is topic uppermost in eve ry loyal P i Phi 's mind, 80 it i s o f the ru sh I s hall tell you first of al l.

?tIatriculation day wa s Tu esday, September twe n ty-fourth. Mos t of ou r girls ar riv ed the F rid ay be fore, and the " ru sh i ng" began on Saturday. O n Tuesday afternoon, o ne of our town alumnae gave a. cha.rming littl e ca r d party for t h e ru sh ees. It mu st have been qui te a. success, fo r that a f ternoon we asked a nd pledged two gir l s. The eveni n g o f th e same day w e h eld ou r big ope n meeting. That, too, was quit e a success, a nd all see me d to enj oy th emse lves imm e n sel y

Now we want to in troduce to thc Pi Phi worl d our !:I i x n ew m embers: Fl ore n ce Ma sto n, Alice Wi nsh ip, Edna Hatfie l d , Caro lyn Cec il , Minnie White and Rut h White ,"V e Ilre very pro ud o f th e m, and. to h ea r t h e m talk onc would think they had always Pi Phi s. We h eld o ur initia· ti o n l as t Wedne sday evening at the house of o n e o f our town g irl s Six or seve n o f the tow n al umn ae were prese nt.

W e are d eli g h te d with o ur transfer, My r a Wa tso n, from Illino i s Epsilon. The se se ven ncw gi rl s with o ur thirteen old g irl s g h'e u s 0. cha p te r o f twenty.

We are st ill living in th e dormitory, but hope to have ou r ow n h o u se by C hri stmas. A l thoug h we are " cry pleasantly s ituated out h e re, n oth ing ca n take the place of a. chapte r house where Pi Phis are toget h e r a nd alone

W e were very mu ch surprised by a "i sit from Mr s. Burr the first week o f college. She walked in on u s onc eve nin g while we were having a fra te rnity meeting. The girls co u ld do n oth in g but s it and l ook at her . It was qui te un expected, but very pl easa nt. Mrs. Burr stayed in tow n sever a l days. She i s very e n t hu s i ast ic ove r th e comi n g co n ve nti o n . nnd made u s a ll wi sh to go. Oh , the fort unat e d e l egates! W e wi sh a ll the g irl s cou ld go, but New Orleans i s too fa r away f o r our h opes to be r ea li zed . How ever, we fee] su r e th at ou r Sout h e rn s ister s will make this co nv e nti o n one of th e mos t s u ccess ful eve r kn own to Pi Phi.

Eve ryo n e has s.ettl ed down to work. Th e fr es hm en are d o in g beautif ully, a nd altoget h e r , this yea r bids fa ir t o be a. good on e for Indiana University. :May it be a. j oy ful on c fo r every c hap te r o f our d ea r fra ter·

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nity. and may all good things come our way! Indiana Beta sends love and greetings to the whole Pi Phi world.

IRENE M . FrRru8 . •

INDIANA QAMMA-BUTLER COLLEGE

(Chartered 1897 )

The opening of the college year f or Indiana Gamma hns been very favorable or course, we miss the constant aid and presence of our five girls thatgra.duated llUlt June. However, three of them aTe teaching within a. f ew miles of Indi anapo lis and often pay the chapter short visits.

This year we hue our chapte r r oom at the home of :Mary Davis, one of ou r alumnae girlS. The girls have all been very liberal in contributing to the furni s hing of the room , and we ce rtainly have enjoyable times to· gether th ere.

OUT two weeks' contract ha s just c losed and with it the exciting times of the ru shin g season. Among other things, we entertained October seco nd with a steak roast at Pleasant Run; Octobe r fourth with n. formal dance, atld on pledge day, October fifth, our rushing was concluded with a banquet at the Columbia Cl ub, in honor of our eight pledges: Edna. Fisher, Bonnie Ra.lston, Agnes McCoy, Sallie Tomlinson, Mable Boyd, Hortense Russel, Caroline Jennings and Olive Cl ine Our girls are e ight of the finest that ente r ed college this year, and we are certainly a happy chapter o ( Pi Phis.

We find that the addition to our (acuity at Butler makes quite a chan ge for the better, as severa l of the departments are greatly str e ngthened. Our prospects f or athletics are decidedly good and there ha s been a marked of enrollment this year.

Indiana Gamma sends its greetings to a ll ber s ister chapters, and sincere wisbes (or success, not only in ru sh ing , but during the entire college year.

[L.L[NOIS

DETA-LOlIBA.RD COLLEGE

(Chartered 1872)

Of course, it i s needless to say that we are starting out upon the best year our chapter ha.s ever had. I am sure you all f eel that way in regard to your own case; but we were particularly (ortunate in having 80 many of our old girls back at the first of the yea r , to b e lp with the ru sh in g, and g il'e a.dvice and encouragement in gel}era l. We had with us not only a number of our town girls who have recent.Jy alumnae, but seve ral of the girls fr om outside the city were here to yisit at that time.

A reception and a luncheon and outing at the club house made up our rushing functions this fall As we had no Pan-Hellenic rules, we naturally fe lt a little worried as to the outcome of the rushing season, but our an all came to a happy end, when the six girls we so wanted gave us their promise to be Pi Phis. We are Yery glad indeed to introduce them:

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Neit& Brawfard, Orpbs Burnside, Marjorie Claycomb, Alice Crowper J Mil· rlred MAybe and Fern Town8E:nd. We had a. glorious cookie·sbine to celebrate their pledging. Since then we have been trying th e plan of holding pledge meetings aCLer the regular fr atern i ty meeting, &8 the best way to keep in direct touch with these girls, and we have found the plan to be a very successful one, indeed.

Illin ois Beta wishes for all her sister chapters a very happy and successful year.

FLORENCE DrLLOW.

ILLlNOIA DELTA-KNOX COLLIDE

(Ch te red 1884)

College bas opened once more with the Jargest fr cshman class in the hi story of the school, and th e r e ar e a great many nice girls in it, in fact, th ey are all ni ce. We had sixteen girls back and one "pledgling" to begin on 80 with OUT eight new fre sh m e n, Illinois Delta bonsta of a cha.pte r o f twenty-five. Our new pledges are Sarah Rounseville, of Kewanee, TIL; Helen Adams, of Galesburg; Flora Bethard , Fairbury, Ill.; Georgia Parrish, Madge Blayney, Ruth Auracher, of Creston, Iowa ; Marie Keefer. o f Sterling. and Flora Houghton of Galva.

We entertained and were ent.ertained several times during t.he opening week of school. Together with Illinois Beta our chapter gave a r ece ption to the new girls at the home of Mr s. Parry. Another afternoon our chapter gave R. musi ca l at the home of Harri et te and Grace Avery, and still another afternoon, ' Mr s. Per cy, aile o f our patrones ses, enterta in cd our chapter and pledges.

Our l ong looked for gymnasi um is at l ast finished and we Rre very proud of it. The annua l Y. W. and Y . M. C. A. reception to n e w st.udents was held in the large hall, wh i ch ce lebrnted the opening o f the building The gymnasium WB.8 thronged with students and alumni and all had a " e ry plca l:la nt time.

A s hort time ago Mrs Brown , another Pi Phi patroness, gue R t.himble party at h er home, entertaining the chapter and pledges. Last Saturday we initiated Cordelia WiIliRrd and then had a cookie-shine with our pledges. Mrs. Amy Wiley-Lacy of Galva, a c ha.pter alumna, was present Flora. Houghton, one of our n ew pledges, is Mrs. Lacy's daughter.

Illinois Delta is l ooking forward to !\ pro spe rous year and wishes the same for her sister chapters.

.ALICE A JOHNSON.

JLLINOIS

UNrvERSITT

(Chartered 1894)

With pledging only two days aWRY, Illinois Epsilon finds it h ard to settle down to s uch a matter -of-fact affair a8 a. chapte r letter. The PanHell enic rules for this year a llow two week s aod a half of rushing, with

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s ix dales wit.h each ru shee, and only one even in g party. While in ge \Teral ways the abse nce of evening engageme nts is an advantage, sti ll it must be admitted that afternoon parties n ecess itate the "cutting" of many two and ,three o'clocks. We hav e started out thi s fall with fourteen fine gir ls, a nd arc l ooking forward to a successfu l year for our chapter. We are 80rry to lo se two of our la s t year's fre shm e n , Frances Hall to \Vi sconsin Alpha, and Myra. Watson to Indiana Beta, but we are very fortunate in having two trans fe rs, Helen Spencer from Missouri Alpha and Hazel Schelp from Wi sco ns in Alpha. Ju s t now Northwestern students ar c rejoicing in th e prospect of a new enginee rin g school , and new dormitories for the m en. The men's dormitori es will fill a lon g felt want, for while we have excellent hall s for the girl s, the m e n have alway s been for ced to depend upon fraterni ty and boarding hou ses

I suppose all th e chapte rs hav e been planning and thinking about our convention this Christmas. We have been SO bu sy with ru shing th a t our plans are rnther vague, as yet, but we hope to ha" e two or three gir ls at New Orl ean s JIm sure that, notwithstnnding al1 the ha.rd work Loui · siana. Al phil. mu s t be doing, we all rather envy her the opportunity of having the conventioll, for it brings so much enthusiasm and s o many good times with it

Best wishes to you all for a most successful year.

ll..LlNOIS ZETA-UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

(Chartered 1895)

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Ru shing season is over, and sm il es of contentment and pride have take n the place of the lin es of fatigue and worry whi c h have marked the face of Illinoi s Zeta. for thr ee long weeks. Howe ver, s he has ei g ht of "the fine s t in the land " as a reward. On e of the pledges is a sister, but se veral among th e otbers were ru s hed bard by other fraterniti es, making the victory doubly preciou s

Many of the old girls were ba ck to help u s, and we did 80 appre c iate th e ir intere st and assistance, althou g h we feel that their presen ce wa s an in spiration in itse lf.

We are espec ially fortunate thi s yea r in having as chaperone, Miss Kerr from Mi c higan Alpha. We fee l that her inter est in us is more vita l becau se of our relationship, Then , too, Maude D e lmege of Iowa Zeta has en te red the library school, and so ha s taken up h e r abode with us Illinois University bas a n ew de a n o f women-i\1iss Kollock of P e nnsylvania. Resides being o ne of th e most cbarming women one ca n meet, sbe is considered o ne of th e beet ch em ists in the United States. Th ose of Cour girls wbo bav e met her , sa y Mi ss Kollock is particularly fascinating, and we are all looking forward to knowin g her better.

Our socia l activities ba"e been confined 80 far to rushing "stunts!' Among thOle we had were an informal dance give n at the beginning of

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th e lIeaso n, a nd a cl eve r li t tl e va ud e vill e, whi ch pro ved & fittin g climax to all th e f estiviti es F o r th e n ea r futur e we a r e pla nnin g a. la r ge r ece pti o n f o r the U ni ve r s i ty com muni ty. inc lu d in g of co urse, th e fac ulty and a n info r ma l Uat h ome" (o r o ur pat r o nesses.

Illino is Zeta se nd s h e r mo s t s in C(' r e wi s h es t o you a ll fo r a h ap py and prospe r o us yea r

E THEL Do UO LA s.

JdJ C IJI GAN ALPllA - l1lLLSDALE COLLEGE

(C h a rt e r ed 188 7 )

\V as th e r e e ve r a j olli e r c ro wd t h a n at t he Pi Phi coo key -shin e in HilTsda l e t he fi r st Saturd ay ni gbt a f te r co ll ege opened T A bo u t tw e n ty g irl s, ac t h 'e a nd alumn a e, ga t he r ed r o un d th e fest ive tabl ec lo th in our " upper r oo m ." We h a d enj oyed th e vacnt io n , b ut i t wa s s weete r st ill to be toge th e r a gain We were es pec ia ll y g l a d t o h a ve wi t h u s Fl o r en ce C hase·

Ca ss, t h e fir s t catalogu e r, a nd Ma bel Walrath -Wate rm a n , who ha s ju s t r et urn ed fr o m a y ea r' s stay in B e rlin

We s tar ted th e y ea r wi t h nine, but hav e s in ce nllui e our number te n by t h e initi a ti o n o n Se p tembe r twe n tl' -nin t h o f D ee Bake r , a la st yea r ' s pledge. Sh e is th e t h ird s is t e r in th e fam il y to be R. Pi Ph i.

Th e K a pp a K a ppa Ga mm as ga ve li S t h e p leas ur e o f m eet in g t he ir G r a nd Pres id e nt info rm a lly o n t he e \-enin g o f Se p tembe r se \ e ntce. nth

On th e fol1 o win g Sa turda y th e K a ppas and Pi Phi s betoo k th em se h 'es to N o r t h Ad a m s, a n e ig hbo rin g t o wn , to s pend th e af te rn oo n and eve nin g. Thr ee llil1 sd a l e g irl s, th em E s t he r B r a nc h, a r e t eac hin g th e r e in th e hi g h sc hoo l , a nd the y gave u s 1\ j oll y good tim e. We co unt ourselve s fo r t un ate to be o n s u ch fri e nd ly t erms wi th o ur r i va l s

On acco un t o f our late p ledg in g day, wit h ru sh ing de ba rr ed. we a r e n o t a ble to i n t r od u ce to yo u t hi s ti me any Pi P hi s to be. It is exc ru c i a tin g to ha ve to w a it wi t h o ut do ing a bi t o f r u s hin g. until th e d a y co mes w he n w e may pin th e win e and blu e o n th e fo rtull a t e g ir !!!. Mea nwhile we wi sh th e o th e r cha p te r s t he bes t of s u ccess.

lIill sdal e Col1 ege i8 s ho win g d ec id ed a d va nce ea.c h yea r . Ma ny i m pr ovemen ts have bee n mad e durin g th e Il u mm e r. in cludin g wh a t i s important to u s, th e r edeco rati o n of th e Pi B e ta Phi r oo m W & a r e ho ping t o see a new pian o in it in th e n ea r fu t ur e ..

With th e firs t r ound o f r ecep ti o ns a n d pa r ties ove r , we a r e now ni cel y sta r ted o n ou r wo rk W e nre aimin g to ma k e Pi Phi th e fr ate rni ty in sc hola r sh ip a nd a ll stud e n t ac t i vi t ies .

A s uccess ful ye ar t o yo u a ll is tb e wi s h of Mi chi ga n Al ph a.

ALI C E L SA.TTERTUWAlTE

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J,ucmoA.."i BETA-UNIVERSITY OF HlCHIQAN (Ch"tercd 1888)

Rushing is on and we are on the eve of initiation Thirtee n girls returned. this fall, ready for good, hard work , and, as a result, we have s ix pledges who arc to be initiated October tw e lfth.

We arc in the same house as l ast year. The g irl s all like it so much, especially as it is large, plea sa nt and in a bea.utiful l ocation. We hope tha.t Dame Fortune will allow us to rema in here for a. long time to come. Even thoug h our door plate has been stolen twice in the la s t two years, we are again pre paring another which we e;xpec t this tim e to k ee p.

We are happy to have such a n e.''Ccellent chaperon. Although she is new to most of u s, she fits right into the sp irit of everything. Mrs W a lthams came to u s (rom the east, l eav ing her daughter at Vassar

We have started this year with n chapte r of nineteen, counting the freshmen. Seventeen board at the hou se and thirteen live th ere altogether. Four o f the g irl s Jive in a house acro ss the street, whi ch we have named the "Pi Phi AnneXo" Our chapter is really very close together in mo re ways than one, and that will make it pos s ibl e for us to have a more pro sperous year than ever. We a re always especially fortunate in having Miss Gamble and Mrs. Burr so near us, bes id es 80 many of the "o l d" girls who always assist us in innumerable ways

Gradually we are bu y ing n ew furnitur e for the hou se, that downstairs has been ours for some time, but up sta irs is being furnished by degrees. Each year we add as mu ch as possible.

Although college ha s be€1l open but thr ee weeks, a good many of the acti\' i t ies have already begun. The " ru sh" is oyer and so me of the opening r ecep ti o ns have been held. We have had two informal parties already. Both seem ed to be a s u ccess in eve ry way.

We expect many alumnae back to initiation. We all look forward to that event, for it is then that mo st of us ren ew old ties as in no other way. There are always a few, too, who begin fri e nd ships at this time, which arc to la st throughout their lives CHARWTTE ANOST!o!AN.

WISCONSIN ALPHA-UNIVER S ITY OF WISCONSIN

(Chartered 1894)

Wi sco n si n Alpha ha s ele\' e n new Pi B eta Phi s to introdu ce this year, Helen Heath , Esther Kayser, Ada MacAdam, Harriet Maxo n , Effie Pain e, Josephine Vil es, Mary Brown , Marie Gregory, Lisetta W oe rner , Marion Holmes and Jane Gapen. Margaret Stanton, ex -'07, and Emily Holmes, ex-'06, have returned to finish, and Francis Hall , of Illinois Epsilon, is with us this year, making a total o f twenty- s ix in our chapte r. We are most fo rtunat e this year in having Elizabeth Atkinson, of Illinoi s Z eta, in the faculty a s assistant in the gymnasium, thus makin g two Pi Beta Phis in the fa cu ity.

Our house has been remodeled upstairs this year, and re-deeorated throughout, 80 that we are starting the new year with every outlook o f

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IIUCcesS Our ru s hin g season was very st r c nu o u ., cons i st ing of a. buffet 8uppe r , cottage pi cnic, formal lun cheons, theatr e party and an amateur play. gh·en by the town girls, besides many drives aDd more informal things. The rushing conditions here arc very bad and we are looking forward to a reform within 8. yetlr or two With large cha pter hou1Ie8, a late pledge day seems i mpossible, and it is indeed a problem hard to solve.

College activ i tietl htivp scarce l y begun as yet, although se veral o f the fr atern iti es have give n dances, introdu c ing their fr eshmen, the Self Gove.rrun ent. Association gave a party a nd the c la88 rush betwee n the fr cshmen and sop homores ha s taken place, r es ulting in a victory for the fr eshmen. The fr es hmen clas8 this year i s said to be onc of the largest and best in the history of the institution.

Wisconsin Alrba sends greetin gs to al1 Pi Phis.

OAMMA PROVINCE

MINNESOTA ALPllA-UNfVERBITY OF l.HNNESOTA

(Chartered 180o-Re-chartered 1007)

Minneso ta Alpha i s trying to settle down to work, after & deligbtful vacation, at the beginn.i ng of a year whi ch promises to be exceedingly bright. 'First o f a ll, g r aduation d e prived u s of but two g ir h, leaving us a c hapter membership of twc nty to start with this year. Besides, we ha.ve t hree new s iste r s to introdu ce, Olivc Shell enbe r ger and Ge rtru de Hull , t wo of our last year's pledges, and Amy Fishe r , a g r ad u ate o f Vassar, who is working for her master's degr ee. They are bright, energetic workers a.nd we shall be aided greatly by their presence in the c ha.pter. These girls were initiated October fifth, at the home o f Edith Garbet.t, o n e of our alumnae. Afte r the initiation we gathered ' r ou nd the "festal board" to enjoy a. j o lly spread, after whi ch th e re were a number o f toasts. One o f the most pleasant features of t.his ini tiat i on was the fact that we h ad a l a r ge number o f the alumnae with us.

The ru s hing con tra ct o f this year is wholly different from that o f former yen r s The Pan ·Helleni c Association has endeavored to eliminate the word "rushing" from its vocabulary, with th e desire that sorority girls and freshmen may become acquainted in a. perfectly naturo.l way. The two most important poinu of the contract are that pledge day shall be April first, and that each sorority s hall give one party each semester, more than two girls with a fr es hman constituting a. party. We are making '" desperate effort to live up to the rules, but it is ve r y hard, as each so r o rity seems to hold a. diffe r ent. conception o f their mean ing

For the first time in the history of the coltege, Minnesota has a dean o f women She is Ada. Comstock, until last year professo r o f rhe toric

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Dean Comstock is onc woman in a. thousand and onc whom every college girl ador es

" Folwell Hall" is completed and is the large s t. building of its kind in the northwes t. It is ve ry impos ing, both in size and architecture, while the interior is fini s hed in marble. Thi s building, named for the first pres ident of the university. reli e ves the inten se congestion that ha s existed for 80 many years, and boUt professo rs and students already feel the joy o f h aving all the room they can use.

Th e fond es t of our hopes has not been r ealized- we bad planned on having a c bapter hou se thi s year. For seve ral rea so n s we had to give up the idem . but have two very pretty r ooms in s t e ad . The woodwork is in flemi s hed oak, while the wall s arc de co rated in a win e paper with window dr ape ri es of t.h e s ame color. With the additi o n of a piano, we ar e very comfortable and happy .

We belie\"e we are to be parti c ularl y fortunat e in sec uring convention rate s, and we shall consider it a great favor if any of th e g irls Ii\ ing near u s, who are go ing, will let us know at n n early date, fo r "the larger the party, th e lowe r th e rate ." Collecth' e1y a nd individunlly, we are brim· min g o\' e r with e nthusia sm.

:Minn esota Alpha. se nds best wi sh es to all th e ch a pte r s fo r a mos t pro spe rou s yea r.

ESTILER

IOWA A LPllA - JOWA WESLEYAN" UN I\' En S ITY (ChacteToo 186 8)

The summer pa ssed so qu ic kly, that it hardly seems possible that we )lave bee n in sc hool for a month. It ha s been s u c h a bu sy month , sta rting new co ll ege wo rk , and mee tin g new g irl s, with all the other duties which ar e co n sta ntly awaiting u s.

In July the g irls who liv e in town loa ded their belongi ngs inio a wago n aud went o ut io tn e riv er and pitched camp . S u ch a tim e ns we did h ave! One of the girls liv ed only half a mil e fr om ou r camp and we kept a horse and buggy 80 we cou ld go "home" any time we wished, a nd we n ever came back empty hand ed; th e r e was always somethi ng waiting fo r us. Two gi rl s cooked each day, while the others r ode, fished or r ead. W e th o r o ug hly enjoyed ou r camping experience, and hope to mak e it an annual one

Th e first week o f co ll ege seve n o f the gi rl s spe n t three days a t the Work b orne in Ottumwa, and we decided that we wo uld attend e very chapter wedding, if we co uld have as jolly 0. time as we had at Esther Work 's.

Wo took ten of the new girls with us and cooked our s upper in th e wood s 8. week ago. We have a regular "k itc h e n " in the grove, a.nd wc kept thr ee fires going merrily . W e a lso had th e plea s ur e of havin g three new professo rs with us-on e of whom is a Pi Phi, who wa s initiated in our chapter.

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Last Monday our alumnae delightfully entertained the chapter and a num ber of new girls. Our alumnae ar e BO good to us , and 80 much interested in us, t.hat we always enjoy being with them.

We are looking forward to a bappy and profitable year , and we wish for all the chapters the pleasantest and best year possible.

ETHEL LYJ.lER

IOWA BETA-SIMPSON COLLEGE

(Chartered 1874)

We are ju s t beginning to setlle down (rom the excitement that. is always aroused by th e opening of a new college year, and to enter upon real work, both in college and in fraternity.

Most of last year's gir ls returned this term and all know what good tim es nlwnys acco mpany the r eturn of Pi Phis to college

We had a dinner at the house the opening week , and the active girls and some alumnae. not entirely antiquated, werc. preaent.

Our pledge da.y is in November, so we hnve busied ourselves from the first in getting acquainted with the new girls. We have had one large company, entertaining the new girls at the home of Ruth Bak e r Rt 1\ cooky-shi n e. All had a very jolly Rnd certain ly an informal time. Our house has been of the greatest interest to u s and now we have its furni shings almost complete.

The alum nne have been very kind to ill helping with the many things th at a fraternity usually needs.

Esther John, one of low& Gamma.'s la st year's pledges , came to Simpson this fall, and we consider ourselves fortunate to win her for our own chapter, as well as for Pi PhidolD at large. Friday we are to initiate her and are expect in g some of the Ames girls for that event.

We are to entertain Pan ·Hellenic here at breakfast Saturday morning. We are always glad of these opportunit ies to become better acquainted with the other sororities of the school.

In many ways we are l OOking forwa rd to a happy and pros perous year. Especially are we glad to have the opportunity of knowing some of our nearby sisters.

lowa Beta toasts all chapters--fo r the best year in each and e\' ery chapter's history. EDITH BEALL.

I OWA OAM&LA-IOWA STATE

(Chartered 1877-He·chartercd IOOG)

This ha s been Il. very busy fall for Iowa Gamma, and after six weeks of college we are ju s t beginning to feel like settling down to our term's work.

During the year and 11 half, since we have been Pi Phis, we have been looking forward to the time when we could have a house and all live together. \V e have a very pleasant dormitory here, but Btill we have been

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anxious to have a. home of our own. Th e re are s ixtee n o f us livin g here in the hou se, all active or a.lumnae members. We think it a. good plan to have OUT pled ges stay in the hall a year, and 8 S we hav e (our alumnae members with u s we do not need the pled ges to fill the hou se.

Needless to say we are all in love with our n ew home in s pite of all the trials R. od tribulations Wf!\ went through durin g the settling process The house had been entirely remodeled during the summer, and some of our experie n ces without Hght or water, during the first week, are lau g hable DOW, although th ey see med lik e very stern realities at the time. OUT library. large r eceptio n room and dining room open together and make things very ni ce and convenient for e nte rtainin g.

Last Saturday we had open house. to a ll our coll cge fri ends. Two weeks befo r e, on Saturday, we enterta ined about eighty of the fa culty ladies in honor of our chaperone, Miss Helen Donovan. 'Ve girls consider ourselves very fortunate in o ur chaperone. Mi ss Donovan is an associate professor in th e Domestic Science Department.

But we have almost forgott e n our new plcd gcs. W e have no pledg ing day he r e. 80 our fall ru shin g and pledgin g is n ot limited but extends throughout the term. So far we have four new girls to be proud of, Helen Jones, Shi rl ey Storm, Lillian Ma ck and Marie Carr are wearing the pledge pin.

We g irl s a r e enjoy ing h a \·ing Sadie Jacobs, from Iowa Zeta, here with us this year , as an in structor in the English department.

Our term party this fall is to be a Halloween party, and we are looking forward to a jolly evening.

I owa Gamma is anticipating a very happy year in its new hom e, and hopes all th e other chapter s will have the same.

RUTH EGLOFF.

IOWA ZETA-IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY

(Chartered 1882)

And now that rushing is all over, we might stop to cons id e r that very many such days, excit in g as they arc, would not do as a steady di et . I owa Zeta. could tell you a few interesting points on the matter, I believe, and certainly she draws them fr om her own experiences.

With an active chapter of t.hirteen , at the beginning of the schoo l year, and such prospects as would e:tcit.e the most tried gold seeker, she fairly held her breath for several days of good rushing and most enthusiastic efforts, and then when all was over , carried ofT a prize worthy of the best in the land. With nine new pledges, such as anyone might well be proud of, Iowa Zeta feels that she has a family that our honorable President Roosevelt could look upon with approval. We are happy to introduce to you, Mary Remley, of Anamosa; Madge Eastman, of I owa City; Margaret Dussler, of Odebolt; Lillian Smith, of Ottumwa; Mrs. Cox , of Iowa City; Louise Adams, of Burlington; Edith Shugart, and Bertha Wheeler, of

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Council Bluffs; Katherine Summervill, of Ottumwa, and Helen Struble, who is still a. pledge.

Pi Beta Pbi's strength does not lie in numben, fortunately. but when you combine the strength of number with Pi Phi strength, you know that the re.uIt is certain to be a most successful year for Iowa. Zeta.

We feel perfect satisfaction in the result of OUT efforts and I am sure that OUf new pledges will find a happy home in our chapter house, which has felt a touch here and there in the way of improvements. Our matron, ?llrs. 'rhomas, by all means deserves a place in this lette r, for she is n very lovely woman in every way, and, what is best, a mother to U8 all. Iowa Zeta. sends to her sister chapters, greetings and best wishes for a most happy and successful year.

ELIZABE'TU MICKELSON.

mSSOURI ALI'UA-U!HVERSJTY OF MISSOURI

(Chartered 1899)

Missouri Alpha slarted out three weeks ago with fourleen active gi rl s back.

Of course each gir l was anxious to get lhe house in runnin g order right away, so that we should be ready for the rush. Our new furniture had arriveU during the summer, and it didn't take long to straighten things around. We have now one of lhe best looking chapter houses in Columbia.

As we were unable to come to any agreement with the Kappas, regarding pledge day, we could pledge any time aftcr matriculation. Within a week', time we had eleven pledges. They are Hazel Kirk, Fay Jarman, Mildred McBride, Lucile Anderson, Helen Bryant, Elvera Udstad, Kathryn Bond, Margnrctta Newell, Monita Bults, Cleme n t ill lL Dorsey and Phoebe Bishop.

Our annual house-warming look place Tuesday night, September tenth. It is a reception to which the faculty, town people and fraternities are invited. Besides this, as rushing "stunts," we gave a tea, pledge party, driving party, lun cheons and dinners.

Rushing season i s all over now, and work has been go in g on for weeks. Initiation took place Saturday night, September twenty·eighth. One of our pledges could not. be init.iated until the second semeste r , but the ot.her ten "rode the goat" t.o perfection. This gives us twenty-four girls in the act.ive chapter, with very bright prospects for the year Next time we will tell about some society "stunts" we are planning. Missouri Alpha extends all kinds of good wishes to every Pi Phi.

SUBlE

SUEPARD

1I1SSOURI 8ETA-WAsnrnOTON UNn'ERSITY

(Chartered 1907)

This i s our first year as Pi Beta Phis, and we hue been working hard nil 8umme r to make it a lIucces!ful one. All the g irl! are imbued with the spirit of enthusiasm, and ambition for Missouri Beta's part in Pi Beta Phi. During vacation nearly all of the girls remained at home, work-

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ing in one way or another toward the furni s hin g of our new room s at MacMillan Hall, the girls' d o rmitory, whi ch ha s just been finished . Th e rooms are really very hand so me ly furni s hed in th e Mi ss ion s tyle, and they sure ly ar e beautiful, at least we and our pledges think so

We have fi ve of the d ea rest pled ges, Im ogene Ad a ms, Margaret Fidler, Do rothea Fraze r , Hel e n Schultz and Laura May Walts Four are r egular frc shmen and on c special student W e are 80 proud of them , that w e f ee l 8S if we had opened up the year with a great flourish! Before college opened we bad d ec ided upon whom we wo uld ru s h, and we had to s ti ck to them lik e the well known s ticking pla s t f' T, from the minute th ey entered on up to pledgin g tim e , but now we have o ur r eward .

As th e fir s t o f our " ru s hing stun ts" we h e ld an informal "at home" f or all the fr es hm e n girls in t he r oo ms at the "Dorm," a nd th e n ext night Eli se Ver Steeg enterta in ed Pi B e ta Phi a.nd S igma Nu at her beautiful h o m e, wh e r e we danced a nd ha d a ge ne rall y d e li g htful time.

Pi B eta Phi hold s the junior vi ce pr es id e n cy thi s year, whil e la st year she h e ld it wh e n " 1909 " wa s the Sophomore c la ss .

W'e are a ll exc itement OVCI mor e than one thing now, nnd one of the many is that Alice Woodward is to be married in a few day s, W e ar e mighty so rry t o lose he r from o ur active li st, but s h e will , I kn ow, h e lp u s g r ea tly with th e alumna e.

A ahort tim e ago w e r ece ived su c h an enthu s i astic encouraging letter fr om Mi ss Elda S mi th, and we hope to live up to the expec tati o n s of Pi Phi for h er baby chapte r , Illld to m ake he r proud oC :Mi s80 Uri Bela.

With love to all Pi Phi.

LomsE B. Bmc n.

KA:N"SAS ALPIlA-Ul'\TVERSITY OF KA!'SAS (ChaTteTed 1873)

Kansas Alpha. feel s more than satis fi ed w ith h e r prospects for the com ing year. We a r c settl ed at l ast in a. n ew hou se o f our own, s i t u ated o nly a bl ock fr om the university. We have carried thr o ugh a ll o f our pl a n s fo r th e hou se in littl e ove r a year, a nd we fec i espec i a lly g rate ful to o ur almunae for th e inte r es t they have s ho wn in h el ping u.s to sec ur e s u ch a. desirable chapte r house. W e have fi ft ee n r ooms i n a ll , and the first fl oo r is SO ar· ran ged that it ca n be thrown together, making it id ea l fo r entertaining.

Ju s t at prese nt the thin g upperm ost in the minds of all, i s ru s hin g. We tri ed a n ew plan here this yea.r,-a two weeks pledge ; we h a ve eig h t new pl edges to introduce: Mildred P o i ndexter, Tessa Cr i tchfie ld , Alice J oh nso n , B e r e ni ce Tabor, Helen Ames, Lottie Fuller , Gert ru de Bla ckmar a nd Ha zel Leslie. Our ru s hin g was mu ch more strenuous thi s yea r than ever before. We were allowed three dates , a week with each ru shee, a nd so o f co ur se, we tried to make these fun ctions as ni ce as possible. W e ope ned. ou r ru sbing w ith a r ecept io n at th e ch a.pte r house the week before college ope ned. fo llowed a. chocolate, at th e home o f one o f o ur town girls. Th ese were o ur tw o l arges t pa rti es. Later we h ad a dinner d a nce. a ca rd party,

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and <lslay-a ll -night party." One of the featur es o f this year's rushing was a P a n-Hell e ni c r eceptio n g ive n by the soro rities to all fr es hme n gir ls . This pl a n had never bee n tri ed he r e be fo r e, but it pro \' ed t o be a very good one, and probably will become an a nnu a l eve nt.

Even though we w ere 80 fortunale in getting th e g irl s we wanted, we do n o t lik e th e r egu l at.ions mad e by Pan -H e lleni c fo r this year's ru s hing, and sball do our best not to h a ve th em aga in We think t.hat y o u ca n get just 8S well acquainted with IL g irl in onc week as you cn n in two , and th a t t h e extra time simply pro lo ngs the s us pe n se and wears the girls out completely.

Kappa Alpha Theta has bM:! n 80 fort un ate 88 t o have he r g rand pres ide nt her e this year h el ping her rush.

Kansas Unil'eTsity i s just as prosperous as Cl'e r A very fine gymnasium baa just bee n co mpl eted, wbile &eyera l o th e r buildings are to be .tarted soon.

Kansas Alpba anticipates a pleasant year a nd wi shes success to all Pi Pbi

B E UTHA L uc KA.:."'

NEDltASKA BETA- UN IVER S ITY OF NEBUASKA

(C harie r ed 1895)

Th e gir ls o f Nebraska Beta bave h ea l·ed a conte nted sigh afier th ei r s tr e nu o us ru s h week, and are happy to introduce seve n fr es hm e n pledges wh om we feel will be Q..8 mu c h of a pl eas ur e and c redi t to Pi Phi s far a nti wide, as th ey a r c to our own c h a pte r: Grace SaliBbury, Francis Gould, Alice Wil cox, Ruth Heacock, Zo ra. Fit zge r a ld , Alice Trox well and Ellie Shinn. Our ru shing parties wcrc big s u ccesses. They co ns is ted of a hou se warming at t h e ch apter house, a. mo rnin g card party, n twili g h t mus i ca le, a dinn er dan ce, 811d a play. Our patron esses gave the ea rd pa rty, but with thi s ex· ce pti on ou r s ll ccessf ul ru s hin g parti es we r e entirely due to the kindn ess of ou r alumna e c lub. To both o ur patr onesses and a lumna e we fee l deeply g ra teful, fo r we co uld n eve r have accomplished so much without their h('Jp.

According to Pan·Helle ni c rul es, a ll ru s bing stopped Ilt s ix o'clock on SI\ t · urda y eve ning o f ru s h week, and we cannot initi ate o ur fr eshme n until each bas handed in a sat is fa cto ry r epo rt o f all her wor k at the end o f the semeste r If she is d clinqu cnt she ca nn o t be initi n ted un t il the delinqu e ncy is made up. Another co nditi o n whi c h th e P a n ·Hell e ni c impo sed upon u s this year, is that eae h fr es hman mu s t be taking twelve h ours' work in th e univ e rsity. This exc lud es most o f the st ud e nts fr om th e School o f Mu s i c, wh ic h is a bran ch of ollr state univer s ity.

We were more than d e li g hted to welcome Ver ne S t ockda le, o f Iowa Z eta, into our chapte r thi s y ea r . We feel as if I owa h a.d made u s a valuable gift, whi ch we appreciate very much. M ost o f ou r las t y ea r 's girl s came bac k thi s yenr and we expect o ne more of th em for th e seco nd semester's work. Our girls seem unulually co ng enial , and we h o pe for great thin gs from them in the year that is before UB. OUT chapter as a wbole and ou r fr esltme n in parti cular, see m to be s tarting out with a great deal of college a s well as fr a ternity Bpirit, for we have amon g UI th e pres i dent of th e

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University Girls' Club, a membe r of the basket ball team, and two fr esh· men who are working hard for the Unh' ersity Dramatic Club. We f eel that this is a. very commendable spirit, for Pi Phis should surely do their sbare f or the betterment o f their COllege

Nebraska Beta send s h er sincerest greeting to all Pi Phis chapters f a r and wide, and wishes them all as successful a year as she hopes fo r her own cbapte r. SARAH M. !,URTrN.

LOUISIANA ALPIlA-NEWCOMD COLLEGE.

(Cha r tered 1891)

The girls o f Louisiana Alpha hailed the opening of COllege with no small amount of pleasure. The TU s h and exc itement of matriculation, the joy of meeting Uthe old girls." the delight of attending the first ciasses,-in fact, everything that tends to make the first few days such strenuous o n eswere to us even more important than e\'e r before, for we cannot but rem ember that this very year is to bring us face to f ace with 80 many of our Pi Phi sisters

It bas been announced that Newcomb Co ll ege i s entitled to a c h apte r of Phi Beta Kappa. No news cou ld ha"e been more eagerly accepted, or more heartily r ejoiced over than this was.

Newcomb has already six fraternities, Phi Nu, Chi Omega, Alpha Delta Phi, Alpha Omicron Pi, Kappa Kappa Gammp. and Pi Beta. Phi, and now this l ast, Pi Beta. Kappa , is warmly welcomed by each of the other s

Our Summer Convention Club has turned its work over to the active chapter, at lenst, that part of its work which can never be finished-the talking and pl anning for our convention, Surely someth ing that has been so much talked of and 80 much planned for, must have to be a succes s, and if a great many girls come down we will ask for nothing better

Our first meeting was held in our chapter room, on Thursday, the third of October; two alumnae were present and ten active g ir lS. We are much e."(citcd over the beautiful blue rug and l ove ly new curtains of which our patrone sses made us a. present. Our room has been wonderfully improv ed by the sc two charming gifts,

We wi sh good luck to a.1I Pi Phis during the next year, WIS J ANVIEB.

TEXAS ALPUA- U NI\"ERSITY OF TEXAS.

(Founded 1902)

At last the 'Varsity has opened , and much has prevailed. Every loyal Greek bas had a regular tug of war.

Pan -Hell e ni c a g reed last spring to have open ru s hing season, 80 at the present date, th e sororities have pledged almost all the girls they will ask this year. Every one did well, hut dear old Pi Pbi has surely come out victor. iou s We issued only nine invitations, all of which were accepted, and we are sure we have the finest , most enthus iastic set of g irl s to be found any·

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where. We wish to introduce to you, as futur e Pi Beta Phis, Julia SimpSOD, Georgia. Maverick, Laura Burleson, Frances Walker, Bel8 Monteith, Dora. Nei l, Beulah Ronand, Adele Epperson and Swette Matthews. There were no r ushing parties t.his year, as it was agairut Pan -Hellenic rules. Ho weve r , we had fr eshmen at. the house to 8pend t.he ni ght, and in that way the g irls were able to meet. and know them. L ut Thursday we gave our pledges a spread It proved 80 enjoyable t.hat. we bope to h ave many anoth er . .

There have been f ew cbanges in the university. Th e new law buildin g. which was begu n la st sp rin g , is a lm 08t completed, a nd the law students l ook quite proud and haughty. A great many people a r e looking fo rward to the time wben the Y. M. C. A. building shall be begu n

Girls, we do bope you will all come to convention next Christmas. The Texas AJpha girls are rejoicing that it iR to be 80 near, and we hope to m eet hundreds and hundreds of Pi Phis. Until then here's wishing that every cbapter o f Pi Beta. Pbi may be as successful as Texas Alpha.

D . DREW STAGGS.

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OOLO RADO ALPHA-UNn' ERSITY OF COLORADO (Ch. r tered I SB4)

It has bee n only fou r wceks s in ce COllege opened, a nd yet so many things have bee n crowded into that time, that it seems months. Our rushing sell' !IOn this yenr was a ve ry successf u l one, and was not so long and te<liou '! as last year's, Pan Hellenic h av in g decided on a pledge day one week after college opened. Perhaps our probrrnm for the week might be interesting. Sunday afternoon we gave a musica l a n d tea, Monday a large reception and Tuesday a dance, with just the gir ls, although half of them appeared as m e n! Each soror ity had an afternoon on which day none of the others could entertain between the hours of two and six. This prevented anyone sorority from monopolizing a girl's time and she in turn had an opportunity to meet all the g irl s. Wednesday was our day and we gave a buffet lun cheon. Our alum n ae entertained for us on Thursday night., Friday we had a progressive dinner and Saturday night a dance in the cbapter house.

On pledge day, September the sixteenth, we pledged seven girls: Gcnc\'a B ell. Mollie Brown, Bessie Carlberg. Caroline Dier, Elvie Dyer, Pauline M cKenzie and Margaret Taylor, and on Octobe r fifth, Grace Slutz, who e n · Ured coll ege late, was pledged to us.

Another thing that h as made the gi rl s of Colo rado Alpha happy this year, i s our new chapter house We all have suc h good times in it, in so mnny di fferent ways. Alrcady we h ave had severnl marsh ma ll ow r oasts around th e big fire place, and cooky·shi ncs in the c hapter r oom. The house is arr anged very well fo r dancing. too, as we have p rove n OD thr ee different

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occasions. On October the fourth, we entertained al1 the fraternity pledgea at a. danc e in honor of our pledges

Ther e has been a cbapte r of Alpha Chi Om ega establi s hed in th e universi ty s in ce la s t y e ar, whi c h mak es in all five sororities h e r e

That all chapters of P i Phi may ha,'c a prosperous year, i s th e wi s h o f Colo r ado Alpha. EUNICE TnOMPSO N.

COLORADO

BETA- DENVER UNIVEnSITY (C hartered 1885)

We Colorado Beta girls were very wide ly scattered this s umm e r, and tLe e l e, 'e n of u s who are ba ck in co ll ege this fa ll hav e taken up the dutie s and pl eas ur es o f th e c h a pter full of hope a nd enthusiasm, o ve r our long ru s hing season , which is to la s t until Thank sgiving The real s tr e nu o u s ru shing is to come only th e l ast e le ven days o f t ilt' season , 80 we al'e takin g the inte r\Tc nin g tim e to ge t acquainted with th e n e w g irl s. Ther e see m s to be a co ns id e rabl e a mo unt of good material in the fr eshma n class, and we are go· iu g in to Will, tho ugh o u r rival frftternity h as n chapt.er n e!lr ly twi ce as large Il S o ur s

We have take n up our wo rk again at the W est S id e Neighborhood H o u se, ke epin g t h e libr a ry ope n every a fte rn oo n exce pt Sunday, and t h e gi rl s are nil just as enthus iastic a bo ut it as we we r c Jas t year.

We wi s h all our own siste r c h apleTS s u ccess in their ru s hin g. ANNA R. HOWE.

ALPIIA - LELAND STANf' OllD UN IVERS ITY

(Chartered 1893-lte-chartered ] 1)05)

After e ve ry sto rm comes a. lull , 80 after ru s hin g se a so n come s a time of qui et and r ej oic ing Ru s hin g t bi s year at Sla nf o rd ended September twenty-fift.h, after four ha rd wee ks . Ty,'e nty -seven fr es hmen were divided up alllong the s ix sororities, a nd of th ese Pi Phi got five s plendid girls T o m o rr o w ni g ht, Oc t obe r th e seve nth, th e four freshm e n, Flore n ce Metzner. Ad e le Runt- sherger. In ez Jewett, habal N o bl e and Bess Lee We nd lin g will become Pi Phi s, makin g an a c tiv e ehapler of s ixteen. We expec t t o h a ve with us Mr s . GUl!rard, nee Wilhelmina. Ma ca rtn ey , of Col ora do Be ta. wh ose hu s band is a. professo r in the Fren ch department thi s year

On S e ptember thir tee nth the c hap te r introdu ced to th e college wo rld thei r Dew chapero n , Mi ss Had ley. at a sma ll inform ll l tea. W e are all so proud and f ond of h e r.

W e are l ooki ng forward tn October twelfth, when the Stanfo rd -Be rk e ley fr eshme n game comes off. California Beta has se nt U9 a cord ia l invitation to ,-is i t them fo r this great eve nt. On Novembe r ninth th e big y ea rly ga me bct.ween Stanford and her d eadly enemy Be rkel ey will take place o n the Stanfo rd ca mpu s. Th en we s hall have California Beta with u s and me nt will r e ign supreme_

H oping the Pi Phi chaplen were all successful in rushing, and se nding hearty greeting to all the new girl. R U Bf:RTA ROBERTS.

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CALD'ORNlA B£'TA-UNIVERSITY OF OALIFORN IA (Cha r te red 1900)

Ruahing season , whi ch haa been a most str e nu ous o n e, is ove r at laAt Uaoy ve ry e njoyable affairs we r e ghTcn; th eatr e parties, auto ri des, dance., progressive dinner parties, and a few ca ndy pulls h elped to g ive th e (retl hme n a. good time. Th e scaeo n was a. gay and fes tive one, tiring u s all be · for e it wa s over, but we feel weH r epa id fo r a ll ou r e ffor ts n o w, in asm u ch 8S we have three ch arm in g fr cs bm e n to introduce to you: E18ie Ahrens, Lena. Cau g hran a.nd Juli e t B enn ette. At the banq uet held af te r the initiation , on October Flcve nth , each fr es hm a n in turn r espo nd ed to our toasts in s u ch a mann e r 9.S to make us a11 proud e r tha n eve r to think that they were r eally our o wn .

R ega rdl ess of ru shing seaso n , college f est ivi ties at l a r ge h eld 8way. Univers ity of Ca lifo rnia. day, at Id ora. p a rk, was q uite a n ovel featu r e A t.wo -weeks' ca rnival was in session , interestin g e no ugh in i ue lf , but university day WaR ce r ta inl y th e culmin atio n o f a11 that was funn y and e nt e rtaining. College stud ents, dressed in all sorts of ridiculous costu m et!, h ad charge of the diff e r e nt booths and s ide sh ows. Girls and boys worked to· get h e r t.o mak e it as g r mt a success I\S possible , Dnd I think eve ryon e feels well r epa id for t h e ir e fforts s in ce. W e cleared over a thousand dollars fo r the benefit of our football team

Th e Greek th eater, too, h as had its s hare in coll ege festiviti es Our regular sym ph ony co n ce rts , which are h eld there eve ry other Wedn esday afternoon , prove a great treat and su ccess. La st Saturday ni ght, Octobe r fifth, th e Engli sh Club prese nted a se ri es o f t hr ee pl ays th e r e the developme nt of the En gli sh drama. Any colIege BtudeDt i s entitled to try ou t for t.hese plays although th e l ead in g r oles a r e u s ually g iven to m e m o bers of t.he Engli sh Club. Two of our g irl s took part in t.h o performan ce, a nd one assi s ted Mi ss Armstrong, an Alpha Phi , in trainin g torty -e ight of the fr eBhmen in the minuet fo r the third play of the se ri C!l

W e are a ll eage rl y l ooki ng forward to Thursday week when Gadcki is to sing in the Gree k th eat r e. Our theatre affords s u ch wond e rful opportunities for anything o f the so rt W e only hope it will prove &8 great a delight to h ea r as it h as to many oth er of our g r eat s in gers.

I mmt n ot forget to m ention that at th e banquet after our Monday ni ght, there was a strong movemen t towards the forming of an alumnae a ssoc iati on. Se veral of th e alumnae mcmbers spoke most strongly in fa vo r at it, and th e members of the active chapters are most e.nthusiastic over th e prOBpect. After the banqu et was ove r th ey held 8. m ee ting to talk ovc r some future pl an of act. ion . S u e Hi es tand was appo inted to take charge of the a ffair ; to notif y ot h e r alumnae members a nd WTite ea Bt. Tho se pr esc nt at t.h e mceting we re Mr s. D erl et h , Mr s. Sloane, M rs. Str ik e, Mrs Miller, Mrs. Au gu s ta Van Kirk, Fl or e nce Zi ege nfu ss, Edith White, Amy Eill, Sue Hi esta nd , Mollie Day, Blan che Cameron and Orcon Lu cas

Ca lifornia De ta ex tcndB a. h ea r ty welcome to every new Pi Phi an d Bends )' cry best. wi s h es t o all Pi PhiB for th e com in g year, LoUETI'A E),[[[.y WEm

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WASHINGTON ALPHA-UNIVERSITY OF WA8111NOTON (Chartered 1906)

Washington Alpha has n early comp leted h e r first ru shi ng season , and a strenuous o n e it. has been, too. After our large chapter l ast year, we were a little appalled at. the idea of a. rushing season, and an open o n e at that, wiOt only ten active members, but. we have lived to tell the ta le and are even a litt1e proud of ourselves.

In the s pring Pan-Hellenic agreed upon an open rusbing senson , with no summer rusbing, so our 8ummer was devoted to planning and for this we had regular monthly meetings. and seve ral times a ll who live near enough gat hered for a soc ial afternoon. One of the most delightful a.trairs of this nature was a cookie- shine, at. Point Defiance Park, Ta.coma., wh en we were the guests of the alumnae of that city.

School opened the s ixtee nth o f September and nearly all the girls were back the preceding Thursday On Friday we began our rushing with a Japan ese card party and h ave kept it up till now with l unches, hou se partie s, dances and a mu sica l. The local alumnae chapte r h el ped us financially so as to enable us to give a fonnal dan ce at Reuton Hill cl ub hou se. Mrs. Cobb, o ne of the nJumnae, enterta ined the ru shees with a. launch party one afternoon, and thi s wee k we were delightfully e ntertained at the home of our province president, Mi ss Frye, so our alumnae have been very good to u s you see .

As the r esu lt of our strenuous labors we have pled ged seven fine freshmen: Vivian Hulbert, Hatti e Palmer, Helen Graves, Hattie Roys, Anna Lamping, Valeria Browne and Nettie Hol co mb.

Hoping that the coming year may bring much of jO) and profit to every Pi Phi. HELEN MAR GmOONS .

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Since the July issue of TilE ARROW the following exchanges have heen received, and are here acknowledged:

For March-The Adelpltian of Alpha D elta Phi, the Shield of Theta Delta Chi.

For June--The Scroll of Phi Delta Theta, the Caduceus of Kappa Sigma.

For July-The Anchora of Delta Ga=a.

For August-The Shield of Phi Kappa P si, the Eleusis of Chi Omega, the Delta of Sigma N u.

For September-The Record of Sigma Alpha Epsilon, the Palladium of Phi Delta Theta.

We give our exchange department this month to reprinting in large part the address of Mr Walter James Sears, of Sigma Nu, on "The Common Faith and Duty of Pan-Hellenism." This address was delivered at the hanquet of the Pan-Hellenic Association, at Columbus, Ohio, nearly a year ago, but has only lately come to our notice. The plan of alumni tutorship in each fraternity house i s certainly a novel one, and, despite some practical difficulti es, decidedly worth thinking about.

Is there 8. common duty for all Greek letler fraternities r

I answer: There is an urgent demand for the willing sacrifice of a practical buman service.

Time will not. permit me to t.race the growt.h of the modern university or to point out the significant factors of its present life. Briefly, the first uni· versities were voluntary foundations. Bot.h the st.udents and the teachers were free; the range of indh'idual initiative of t.he one was large and unrestricted; th e personal influen ce of the other was great and commanding.

The univer s ities of the Middle Ages came under the control of the Church and the State and, in a. very large degree, they lost their former measure of freedom . The teacher became a part of the syetem; the student, a ward of the Church or State, standing in relation to them a9 a son to bis parent. There was developed then what is known as th e parental 8ystem, with its harsh di sc ipline and its empty formali s m.

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The modern university ha s outgrown the one and modifi es the other, ju s t as a ll men, along with the noble r progress of th e years, bave been disenthralled from the co ndition s that degraded tbem. Again th e teacher and the student are fr ee There is still the reign of law and the rule of system, but it is an enlightened law of se lf ·control and self-gover nm e nt and it is an in telligent system, quickened by the sp irit of self -sac rifi ce and d e votion. In short, t.he university life of today shows a splendid advance over the conditions that formerly prevailed ; it i s a life that is opulent in efficient training and high id ea ls for the thousands of men and wome n wh o each year seek and find its radiant vision s and its sure enrichments.

And yet its best friends are beginning to ask: " Ha s n ot th e teacher too little influence and has not the student too mu ch fr eedom!" They do not d eny that the great univ e r sities still have their great men, but it i s pointed out that their systems of education are so complex, their student bodi es so numerous and so unr est rained that the old rel at ion s hip between teacher and students-the relati on ship of sy mpathy and mutual counsel and help-is imposs ible of realizati o n. They d ecla re that in every la.rge college community there i s growing up a kind of disintegration that dissipates the moral and s piritunl fibre of the young life And, turning again to the tim e when t.he influen ce and leaders hip o f the t eac h e r was great and far rea c hin g, th ey ask: "Shall we not exa l t aga in the mi ss io n of the man: Sball we not set up again his personality as against t.he fo rms of system, hi s service as against the routine of method 1"

Some of our lead ing univ ersit ies h a l'e realized this co nditi on and are making earnest effort to restore the infiu eoce of the teacher. To place a certaiu number of students Wlder the direct oversight of some particular inst.ructor i s one plan already in fo r ce, and it i s to be noted that especially at Prin ceton thi s system has had th e most gratifying r esults. But is there o at some other plan not yet tried !

Th e university is , and has always been, a persistent and cont. inuous force among men-so strong is thi s for ce th at every college is called a. fostering mother . Men come to her to learn the lessons of life, to gather for a while at h e r feet , th e n to leave her on ly to love and rev e re her for eve r. From this fact there springs up what we call tbe duty of the alumnus to his Alma Mater, to his fostering moth e r, a nd so compelling is her voice in his ears, so uplifting the fine promptings of h e r mini s trati o n s, that no son of her dare ever neglect h e r, unl ess it be some poltroon unworthy of her love.

The frat e rnity man, whatever bis f aults may be, is a true and faithful son of his fo ster in g mother. Indeed, my experience is that none is truer or mor e faithful than he. The sense of duty, that e \'e ry a.l umnu s owes to hi s college, finds a quick and noble r espo nse in his h eart; i t takes him back to her with the eage r hope that sbe may grow and enlnrge the power of her service; it takes bim back to the old halls and the old camp us, ri ch with th e radiant memories of his young manhood, when yet the storms of sordid struggle had not hlinded him to t.he visions of noble achievem ent; it

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takes him bac k to his old friend s, whatever Greek pin they may have worn i but, best of a.ll, it takes him back to the fraternity brothers of his chapter and it takes him back to them year after year, despite the transmutations of time, detlpite the brok e n hopes of bis declining years And this is the one 8uperb tribute to the fraternity systeni of American colleges, as it is t.he ODC central fact that justifies that sy stem and makes it and proves it to be a Hving and moving power in the world

Therefore, I turn now to the fraternity alumnus, with thi s strong scnse of duty to hi. Alma 1tIater and to his old c bapter, burning in his heart, and I ask: Shall be not in so me seuse and in BOrne way take the place of the teache r in his old relations hip of persona l direction and personal guidance!

There are today in this country 31 college fr aternities, with 970 active chapters, with a. total membership of 180,000. Counting also the women and professional fra.terniti es, th e re are mo re than 1,700 chapte rs ; of thi! number 600 Jive in their own chapter ho u ses.

Shall not these cbapter hou ses become real auxiliaries of education and intell ectual f ellowship! ShaH not their alumni r Rise them up into centr a l forcH of determining influ ence upon the undergraduates who occupy them!

Shall they not, through an organized effort, become a controlling in· fluen ce over the chapter! Shall th ey not work to this end by enlarging the prestige of the upper elas8 men , making them the lead ers and over· seers of the younger men! Can this not be done also in a practical way hy baving an Alumni Board of Visitors for eac h chapte r and that through the Pan -H e lleni c Assoc iation like tho one you hue hcrc, thcsc boards to exc h a nge visits of in spectio n among all the chapte rs and to report to the central Pan-Hell enic Board the results of th ese visits! Shall they not go still further, taking the old Engli s h colleges f or an example, place over each chapter hou se some tutor or leade r, who shall come into close and helpful association with the under g raduates, directing t.heir studies, lead · ing them in their amusements , counselli ng them in their troubles and opening up to th e m new vision s of service in their outlook upon the world's work! I put. it up to the practi ca l philanthropists of all our fraternities: Shall not the alumni who have given great sums to build cos tly cha pter houses give the means to e ndow and fou nd tutorshipsj and s hall not th ese be so ri chly endowed, that men of the highest attainments will seek them, 80 that the chapter hOUBC tutor shall rank with the university professor in his powe r to tea ch , and will oulra.nk him in his power to mould and direct the student's life! Shall not this become the r eal and vital service o f every fraternity man! Shall this not be the common duty of P an· Helleni s m!

The thirty ·one tribes of modern Hellenes have fought long e nou gh under sepa r ate banners, 80metimes against one anoth e r , sometimes single handed and alone against t.heir common enemy. Unfortu n a.te ly they were established at the time o f the ant.i Masoni c agitation, wben there was a great hue and cry against secret soc iet ies. But this can no l onger be a

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serious fault in t.hem, because long since they ha.ve pro ven their faith by their good works. Indeed , their full rights to life ought not to be seriouely questioned any longer; th ey have already become a permanent and b elpful fa ctor in our system of higher education. They are not perfect; they are not without their ser ious faults.; hut they possess the savi ng grace of confession and are qui ck to acknowledge their limitati ons and anxious to r emo ve them They r e fu se, therefore, to be needless ly de s troyed.

I s ubmit that the rational thing for all educators to do is to greet all these fraternities with nn open and unprejudi ced mind. and gathering up th e ir sple ndid opportunities for th e serv ice and uplift of the undergraduate life. to co ncent rate them at the point where that life is being fitted for ita struggle in the world. I s ubmit that the rati onal thin g for all fraterni ty men to do is to forget the triflin g barriers that m ay separate them and to unite up on the common ground of a high human calling.

I put it to you who a r e he r e, you who r ep r ese nt all the tribes of the Hellenes, you will not n eed in. the end a to stir your faith nor a. Marathon to test your duty. The el' e rl asti ng bonds or your f ellowship , the compelling power o r your obligations, the shining ideals o f your fraternities, the ch e ri s hed memo ri es of your college days, th e love of the old men for the n e w and the new men for th e old-this will be e nough-t hi s will promp t you to strike hands and to utt e r the pled ge of a common faith , Dod to perform the service of a commo n duty.