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ditions have also been raised and soon we will have the fourteen
point requirement, just as the eastern colleges do. So we say,
" A l l hail to Tennessee!"

Here is wishing each of our sisters a happy summer and an
ever increasing interest in Alpha Omicron Pi.

KAPPA. RANDOLPH-MACON WOMAN'S C O L L E G E

No letter.

ZETA. UNIVERSITY O F NEBRASKA

Such a busy life as we have been living since our last letter!
The last part of the school year is usually the happiest, even i f it
is the busiest and brings with it those dreadful examinations.

On the evening of April 17 Zeta held her annual formal dance.
About sixty-five couples were present, many alumnae having re-
turned for the occasion. We wish to tell you about our programs,
which were especially pretty. They were little booklets with white
leather covers, upon which a gold facsimile of our pin was im-
pressed, with the usual red jewel in the apex of the A . For favors
red and blue balloons were used, each bearing the letters A O I I in
white. The effect was very pretty. A two-course supper was
served at small tables decorated in red.

The annual ivy day celebration occurred on May 5. This was
originally for seniors, but the last few years it has been enjoyed
by all the classes. I n the morning the usual class song, poem and
oration were given, after which a fountain, the g i f t of the class,
was presented to the university. This will always be dear to the
class of 1909, for it is built of stones which were brought back
by the members of the class on the long remembered senior day,—
a day formerly known as "skip" day, when the seniors leave town
for a day's outing. The May pole dance was the last thing given
on ivy day morning. This year it was given by sixteen girls
gowned in white and wearing senior caps and gowns. Mattie
Woodworth, '09, was chairman of this dance. The afternoon was
given over to athletic events, followed by a supper. I n the even-
ing, and it was a beautiful moonlight night, the Dramatic Q u b
gave a little play in an open-air theater.

Now for some of our own "doings." On May 29 we initiated
Amanda Clements, after which dinner was served at the fraternity
house to about twenty-five of the girls, and the evening was spent
in singing, dancing and having a general good time.

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good time as we had! F i f t y - t w o A O n's and pledges sat down
to a six-course banquet! The table was in the shape of I I and was
beautifully decorated with pink hydrangeas and ferns. A t each
plate was a pink or green candle in a crystal stick, and these, with
the candles on the plate-rail, gave the entire light of the room.
The book menu cards each contained a different type of girl, hand-
painted by Emily Trigg. We always look forward to the banquet
as being one of the grandest times of the year,—one when we can
see our old friends and make new ones. The banquet is our last
gathering f o r the year, as the majority of the girls return home
the following day.

And now that another year has closed, all that remains to be

said is "au revoir."

SIGMA. UNIVERSITY O F CALIFORNIA

Sigma chapter's house-party was such a success that another
is planned for the near future. W e entertained a large number of
girls, giving an elaborate dance in their honor. The dancing
ended at midnight, when the company gathered about a fire i n the
dining-room, where a dainty supper was served.

Pan-Hellenic has slightly changed its "open house" plan. Now
the three sororities entertain together at one house, instead of sep-
arately. One girl from each class of every sorority was asked to
help receive, the guests being all college girls. The last "open
house" was given by r * B, X Q and K A 0, at the latter's chapter
house. Alpha O. sent her four representatives, and found this
new plan an improvement on the old.

A l l of Sigma's sophomores took part in the Charter day sup-
per, given annually by the girls of the sophomore class, to the men
of their class, and followed by a dance.

We are very happy to announce the initiation, on March 15,

of Elaine Standish, '12.
We are eagerly looking forward to a visit from Mildred and

Minnette Stoddard, ex '11, better known as "Dot" and "Tot."
They are coming to spend "senior week" with us i n Berkeley.
We hope that they will be in college again next year, as we miss
them very much.

We are also glad to hear that Netha Hall, ex '11, will be in
college again next year.

Una Kuester, ex '06, was i n the city f o r a few days i n Febru-
ary. Though we caught but a fleeting glimpse of her, we were
happy f o r even that.

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THETA. DEPAUW UNIVERSITY

How fast the past school year has gone! Here it is almost the
middle of May, with commencement only three weeks distant.
Commencement, at De Pauw, is the gayest time of the college
year, and this year will be no exception. Theta regrets that she
is to lose four girls by graduation this June, three from the Col-
lege of Liberal Arts and one from the School of Music. From
our De Pauw daily, we understand that the present senior class
will give to the university, chimes to be placed in the new Carnegie
Library. The library was formally opened for the student body
at the beginning of the spring term.

Just before the close of the winter term, occurred the inaugur-
ation of De Pauw's new president, D r . Francis J. McConnell.
The services in connection with the inauguration were an intel-
lectual feast to both undergraduates and alumnae. There were
many distinguished visitors here at that time, the most prominent
guests being Dr. Samuel P. Bowne of Boston, Dr. Welch, presi-
dent of Ohio Wesleyan, and our own splendid Bishop Hughes.

On A p r i l 20th, Theta gave a party at the spacious home of
M r . Charles Kelley. The two parlors and hall were prettily dec-
orted in roses, lilies and ferns, the dining-room in American
Beauty roses, and ferns, and the library in apple blossoms. Punch
was served from a well in the library. The girls gave a comedy
in two acts, "The Visit of Obadiah." Between acts, ten of the
girls came out as chorus girls, and sang several songs. They were
dressed in white and pink.—white linen shirtwaist suits, pink
sashes and big pink picture hats. For the second encore, they
sang an Alpha O. song. For refreshments, the girls served ice
cream i n the shape of our rose, angel food cake and mints, and
gave roses for favors.

We are proud to introduce Margaret Pyke as a new Phi Beta
Kappa. Our five juniors have been pledged to Sigma Pi Eta, and
are waiting with fear and trembling for their initiation.

Ethel Tillett has been elected chairman of the missionary de-
partment of the Y . W . C. A . for next year.

Pearl Wenger's brother visited her for a few days in March.
Theta was very sorry to lose May Forkner this term, because
of illness in the home, but she was glad to greet Flora Frazier
again.

Eva Thompson gave her senior piano forte recital May 19th,
and all who heard her were high in praise of her.

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house this term have been Pearl Maze, Cleo Ferguson, Mabel
Allen, Hazel McCoy, and Mary Duncan.

Grace Norris spent a few days the second week in May, visit-
ing Northwestern friends, also Bess Medbourn, ex '10.

Theta is very happy concerning her prospects for next year.
We have rented a fine old brick house near the center of Green-
castle, and hope to make it very pleasant for our own girls, as well
as others, who may chance to visit us. Theta is especially fortu-
nate in her chaperone for the coming year, Mrs. E. B. Doll. I n
the first place Mrs. Doll is a very fine woman, and then, too, her
husband is a cousin of Mrs. C. G. Bigelow, Z, so we feel that she
is already one of us.

Theta extends a hearty invitation for any of the A O n sisters

to visit her.

DELTA. TUFTS COLLEGE

Have you ever seen the " h i l l " i n May? I f you have, you will
not wonder that A girls are happiest now of any time in the year.
The seniors are making the most of every minute, for all too well
they know that they "shall not pass this way again." Our six
sophomores had a spread for our six seniors the other night in
Bicky's room. I f I were not one of the hostesses, I would tell you
what a good time those seniors had.

Although we are young, our big sister, "Polly," deemed us
worthy of a birthday party, on the first anniversary of our initia-
tion into A O n . W e only wish that birthdays came oftener than
once a year!

Dr. Bolles gave an interesting lecture on "Three Cities of
Sicily" under the auspices of our chapter, on the 12th of May.
Shortly before that, Dr. Kingsley had told us of his impressions
of the island.

On the 1 st of A p r i l we held our first " b i g " dance as A O n's.
Delegates from the other fraternities were present, also Elise Mc-
Causland of Brown University.

Two of our girls entered the Goddard prize reading contest,
and Gladys Graves, '09, won first prize. We were all so glad to
initiate Pauline Lamprey, '12, at our last meeting. Now we are
twenty-four strong.

I t is now A ' s turn to hold the presidency of Pan-Hellenic. The
meetings promise to be very interesting, as well as helpful, in
creating a better spirit between the girls of different fraternities
during the rushing season. W e wish our sister chapters would
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have had Pan-Hellenics for only two years here, we are still learn-
ing our lessons from that difficult teacher, experience.

A wishes you all as beautiful class day as she hopes to have,
and, i f we may look so far ahead, a class of incoming freshmen
worthy to take the places of the seniors who are leaving—as i f
the latter were possible!

GAMMA. UNIVERSITY O F MAINE

On April 16th Mount Vernon House was the scene of a very
successful dancing party, given by the Gamma girls. Alpha's red
ribbon was everywhere, enwreathing chandeliers in graceful bows
and loops, and delineating the broad, low doorways in place of
portieres. The red letters A O IT were on the white curtains at
each window, and on the woodwork over the open fire-places.
For refreshments ice-cream, cake and punch of Alpha color were
served.

I t will be of interest to Pi chapter to know that in Maine the
grass has only just turned green this month, and the trees are
just leafing out. Nevertheless, we enjoy the late spring doubly,
and throw off hats and coats with a gladness that Pi girls have
never felt. There is no prettier place in the world than the cam-
pus at the University of Maine in spring, and we wish all the
Alpha girls could see and enjoy it too.

May-flowering trips have been "the" thing lately, and, in con-
sequence, soaking-wet feet. Mattie, the biologist, brought back
from her first trip to the woods, a jar of frogs' eggs, and another
of caddice-flies, just coming out of their chrysales (the worst-look-
ing things you ever saw!). Her room-mate, Floy, was filled with
righteous wrath, and when "the cat was away" the "little mouse"
took the precious ( ?) jars and dumped them with their contents
into the cold, deep waters of the Stillwater River.

We are all so glad to welcome Molly Balentine Reed's little
daughter, Edith Marion, as the first baby of Gamma chapter.
We troop in to see the darling every day.

On May 17th we initiated Celia May Coffin, and in her, we
feel, we have a strong, true and loyal sister added to our ranks.

Molly Weston Steward, alumna, was initiated into Alpha
Omicron Pi, March 1.

As soon as college closes Gamma girls are intending to have
a grand wind-up before returning home, by going on a great and
glorious camping trip at Deer Isle, an Elysium on the Maine
coast. I f Sigma listens hard during the last week of June, she
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know "what the racket is all about." We wonder how many of
the girls have tasted the joys of lobster fresh from the pot, clams
baked in sand, and the other delights offered by the sea-shore.

Cora Mae Shaw, '09, has "made" Phi Kappa Phi, the honor-
ary society here.

Helen Steward, ex-'09, is soon to go abroad to spend the
summer.

Mildred Prentiss, '11, the newly elected president of the Y .
W . C. A . , is one of the delegates to be sent to the Silver Bay con-
ference at New York this summer.

Commencement is almost here, and how we regret having our
senior girls leave us! But the rest and pleasure of the summer
vacation will entice us into forgetting unpleasant and serious
things, and just living the epicurean life.

EPSILON. C O R N E L L UNIVERSITY

This term we have devoted ourselves to the making of an all-
round well-developed composite g i r l ; the best of the eighteen of
us boiled down, strained, sweetened, seasoned, and set away i n a
cool place for future needs. First, we found what we needed,
Mrs. Schmidt, who was initiated March 1st. She and Mrs.
Duggar give this one-year-old Epsilon dignity and charm. Mar-
garet Graham and Anna Allen undertook to superintend her sci-
entific education, with the result that both are members of Sigma
X i . As there were only three girls among the members elected
to this august body this year, we feel properly elated over having
two of them. Then Catherine Allen decided what class honors
were needed, so permitted herself to be initiated into the mystic
Hexenkreis. This, we may mention in passing, is a most weird
and wonderful senior honorary society, whose members are se-
lected from the most public-spirited members of the junior class.
No one but a very bold spirit would dare become a member of
this charmed circle, of whose mystic initiation rites the rest of us
know nothing, except that black cats, black dominoes, broom-
sticks and strange signs figure.

But to return to our composite girl. Roberta Pritchard in-
structed her in all the mysteries of social economics, and Mary
Fitch tore up flowers and ferns, to show how they were made.
Josephine Britton tried to make a grind of her, but Ethel Davis,
ably assisted by Lottie Ketcham, illustrated by labratory methods
how to take life easy. Melita Skillan cultivated her voice; M i l -
dred Mosier and Marion Darville, her German accent; Mabel
de Forest and Elsa Gurdrum developed her muscle; Mattie Bo-

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dine and Katherine Donlon initiated her into the mysteries of pure
mathematics; and finally Anna Genung served as a model for her
appearance, the only untidy thing about her this whole year being
one small curl, that has stubbornly resisted all efforts to keep it
in place.

As the semester is almost over, Epsilon sends best wishes to
all her sisters that start out into the big, busy world this year;
best wishes and love and God-speed; and for the rest of us, a
happy vacation.

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ALUMNAE CHAPTER LETTERS

NEW YORK ALUMNAE

The third meeting of the year was held March 13th, at Mrs.
Mullan's house on University Heights, but owing to the distance
of the meeting-place from the center of the city and the exceed-
ingly inclement weather, the attendance was small. There was
little business to be brought up and the meeting was chiefly social.
University Heights seeming to many of the girls inaccessible, the
fourth meeting, May 1st, was held, not at Mrs. Lough's as had
been previously scheduled, but at Mrs. Frame's on Seventy-
second street. The annual elections were on the program for the
day. Mrs. Frame was re-elected president, and Mrs. Lough was
made vice-president. The election of a secretary-treasurer will
have to be held again, as Margaret Yates, who was given the
office, has been obliged to decline it. Pending the election of a
successor, Mrs. Lough will of course continue in the office she
held last year.

The next meeting will take place June 5th, at the home of
Emma Lay.

SAN FRANCISCO ALUMNAE

The San Francisco Alumnae chapter has had three meetings
since the appearance of its last letter in To DRAGMA. On Satur-
day, March 13, we met with Miss Verna Ray i n Berkeley. On
Saturday, A p r i l 24, the meeting was called at the home of Mrs.
Etcheverry in San Francisco. On Saturday, May 15, the gath-
ering was held with Miss Blanche D u Bois in San Leandro.

One of the San Francisco alumnae, Miss Helen Henry, has
left for the east for the summer, and we all hope that she will
meet many of her A O I T sisters, whom we, too, should like to
know.

PROVIDENCE ALUMNAE

No letter.

No letter. BOSTON ALUMNAE
NEW ORLEANS ALUMNAE

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ENGAGEMENTS

Miss Josephine Crippen, Pi, has announced her engagement to
Mr. Stanhope Hall King. The wedding will take place on the
23rd of June.

The engagement of Miss Andree Jeanne Provosty to M r .
Clifton Pierson Walker has been announced.

At the recent n chapter banquet Miss Laura O'Neil an-
nounced her approaching marriage to M r . Rene Himel, the wed-
ding to take place in the early summer.

Epsilon announces the engagement of Anna Allen, '09, to
Albert Hazen Wright, Ph. D.

WEDDINGS

ALPHA

On February 22nd, Edith Berrell Fettretch, Alpha, '05, was
married in her home to M r . Hiram Stanley Marsh. They are
now living in Arlington, Massachusetts.

Eugenia Converse Lee, Alpha, ex-'o9, w a s married to M r .
Waldo Putnam Druley on April 1 ith.

Martha Moore, Alpha, '02, was married this winter to M a j o r
S. V . S. Muzzy of Paterson, N . J.

Anna Boss, Alpha, '05, was married a short time ago to M r .
Clarence Campbell.

ZETA

On June 10th occurred the marriage of Lucy Edna Damon,
ex-'07, to Mr. Burr Curtis Keeler, at Mason City, Iowa.

Mabelle Alice Roper, '04, was married June 21st to M r .
Arther Glenn Bryant, of Andover, South Dakota.

Marion Anna Camp, Spec, was married Wednesday evening,
June 23rd, to M r . Herbert Clarence Shotwell, of Prescott, A r i -
zona.

THETA

The marriage of Cleo Ferguson, ex-'10, to M r . Frank Wood,
of Rockville, occurred the latter part of June.

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BIRTHS

ALPHA

Born, to M r . and Mrs. James Everett Frame (Jean Loomis,
A , '04), a daughter, Dorothy Loomis, March 15th, 1909.

Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Richard Wesley Lawrence (Ruth
Earle, '02), a son, Richard Wesley, Jr.

GAMMA

A daughter, Edith Marion, was born May 12th, to M r . and
Mrs. Lowell J. Reed (Marion Ballentine, Gamma, '07).

EXCHANGES

A O n will appreciate the placing of the following names on
the exchange list of other fraternity publications: Grand Presi-
dent, Miss Jessie Ashley, 5 Nassau Street, New York City;
Grand Recording Secretary, Miss Elizabeth I . Toms, 4 4 West
128th Street, New York City; Editor, Viola C. Gray, 1527 S.
23rd Street, Lincoln, Neb.; Inter-Sorority Delegate, Mrs. C. G.
Bigelow, 1607 S. 6th Ave., Maywood, 111.

We wish to announce the receipt of the following magazines:
March, K A 0 Quarterly; A p r i l , Lyre of A X O, Trident of A A A ,
Arrow of n B $, Phi Chi Quarterly, Anchora of A r , Mask of
K * ; May, K A © Quarterly, Alpha Phi Quarterly, Key of K K r ,
Eleusis of X Q, Themis of Z T A , Aegis of A 2 A , Alpha X i Delta
of A E A ; June, Crescent T * B , Trident of A A A ; July, Anchora
of A r .

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NEWS O F T H E ALUMNAE

ALPHA

Mrs. Francis Sumner (Margaret Clark, Barnard, '02) is living
in Woods Hole, Mass. Any Alpha O's passing through Woods
Hole will give Mrs. Sumner a great deal of pleasure by calling
upon her at the Fish Commission residence.

NU

The following was taken from a New York daily:
" A L B A N Y , N . Y., June 14.—Gov. Hughes today announced
his appointments upon the commission to inquire into the question
of employers' liability and the causes and effects of unemployment
in the State of New York, as follows:
"Henry R. Seager, President of the American Association for
Labor Legislation, and Professor of Political Economy in Colum-
bia University, New York; Otto M . Eidlitz, builder, New York;
John Mitchell, American Federation of Labor, New York;
George W . Smith, Lackawanna Steel and Iron Company; Gen-
eral Superintendent of the Seneca Transportation Company;
President of the Central Railway Company, Buffalo; Philip
Titus, passenger conductor, chairman of General Committee of
Adjustment, N . Y., O. & W . Railroad. Kingston; Miss Crystal
Eastman, author and investigator, New York.

"The other members of the commission, who were appointed
last month by Lieut. Gov. White and Speaker Wadsworth of the
Assembly, include Senators Wainwright, Piatt, and Bayne, and
Assemblymen Lowe, Voss, Thorn, C. W . Phillips, and Jackson.
The members are to serve without compensation, but their ex-
penses are to be paid from a $10,000 appropriation made by the
legislature. The commission has the usual powers of a legislative
commission, and w i l l be aided in its investigations by John
W i l l iams, State Commissioner of Labor. The commission will
report to the next legislature, or, if its labors are not completed
then, to the legislature of 1911."

Miss Eastman is a member of Nu, class of '07.

ZETA

Elsie Ford Piper, '04, will be principal of the Ashland H i g h
School.

Edna Harpham, Spec, will spend August in Denver.
Madge Alderman has moved to Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

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Jennie Piper has accepted a scholarship in American History

at the University of Nebraska.
Banquet visitors this year were "Jack" (Edith) Swain, Ger-

trude Swain, Minnie Bauman, Mable Roper, Grace Roper, Laura
Rhoades, Allene McEachron, Emma Schrieber Hunter, Ruby
Charlton, Ella Toomey, Lila Le Gore Richey and Edna Waite.

Luree Beemer Beaumont was in Lincoln this spring. She
was called here by the sudden death of her father. Zeta chap-
ter was fortunate in knowing Mr. Beemer, and sympathizes
with Mrs. Beaumont in her loss.

Marion Hart has moved to Kansas City.
Ethel Perkins will spend the summer at Stead's Hotel, Estes

Park, Colorado.
Annabell Good, '12, will attend Smith College this winter.
Leta Thompson's future home is to be York, Neb.
Amanda Clements, '11, and Katherine Lee, Spec, will attend

the annual convention of college and university Y . W . C. Asso-
ciations at Cascade, Colo. Amanda Clements has served as
assistant business manager of the conventions for three years.

THETA

The death of M r . Walter Allen, the father of Lucy E. Allen,
'08, occurred March 20th. following an operation. M r . Allen had
been closely allied with De Pauw University ever since a boy,
attending college and later building the university drug store just
across from the college grounds. M r . Allen was a member of
* T A fraternity, and also a staunch friend of A O I T .

Mrs. Frank Travis, nee Minnie Bowen, '08, has moved to
Rock Valley, Iowa, where M r . Travis is pastor of the Methodist
Episcopal church. Mrs. Travis is anxious that she may meet
some A O TI girls living in that section of the country.

Mary Blair is recovering from an operation performed in

March.

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NEWS O F COLLEGE AND T H E GREEK LETTER WORLD

Chi Omega and Phi Delta Theta both have burial services.
The men's fraternities at Nebraska are considering a sopho-
more pledge day.

There are four national fraternities at the University of Okla-
homa.—Themis, Z T A .

A l b e r t Ross H i l l has just been inaugurated as president of the
University of Missouri.

Delta Gamma chapter, at M t . Union, has withdrawn f r o m
Delta Gamma.—Aegis of A 2 A .

Missouri will hereafter allow no co-ed to wear the " M " pre-
sented by the athletic board to an athlete.

The Minnesota faculty has organized a new fraternity, Lamb-
da Alpha Psi, based on scholarship.—Tiie Record of Sigma Alpha
Epsilon.

Nebraska is rejoicing over the prospects of a new athletic field.
Segregation is said to be favored by the board of regents of
Minnesota University.

The men of Minnesota University are practically assured a
men's building. The girls have a beautiful building called Alice
Shevelin Hall.

Among recent conventions are those of K A © at Chicago in
June; 2 A E, at Atlantic City in June; A r , at A n n Arbor, Mich.,
in A p r i l ; and 2 X, at Chicago in June.

Dr. David F. Houston, who has been since 1905 the president
o f the University o f Texas, has recently been elected chancellor of
Washington University, at St. Louis, Mo.

The Grand Council of Kappa Alpha Theta announces the
resignation of Pi chapter at Albion College, Albion, Mich., on
the 18th of November, 1908.—Themis, Z T A

President Eliot, of Harvard,in his annual report urges a three-
year course for the degree o f Bachelor o f Arts. H e says that the
present standard of labor under the four-year program is deplor-
ably low.

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The Nebraska branch of the College Equal Suffrage League
was the first college club in the United States to limit its number
of active members. Others have followed suit.

A t the University of Washington only three social functions
a year can be given by a fraternity or a sorority at which mem-
bers of the opposite sex are entertained.—Themis.

Cornell University is seeking a new emblem suitable for print-
ing, jewelry, sculpture, stained glass, etc., and announces a com-
petition open to all students and graduates of the university. '

The University of California has come into possession of a
bequest of about $1,400,000 through the grant of a petition for a
partial distribution of the estate of the late Theodore Kearney.

Delta Kappa Epsilon expects to publish a new catalogue soon.
I t will contain a short history of each chapter and the latest data
that can be gathered in regard to every member of the fraternity.

The Chicago alumnae club of Delta Gamma has been appoint-
ed by the Grand Council chairman of a committee to compile a
bibliography of colleges, listing their standing and general qualifi-
cations for reference when groups petition Delta Gamma.

Pi Beta Phi recently held its twentieth convention in New
Orleans, with Sophia Newcomb. W i t h thirty-eight chapters, this
sorority may be called the most liberal expansionist in the college
world. Its journal, The Arrow, has a circulation of 2,200.

The trustees of Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn., at
a special meeting in February voted to abolish co-education at that
institution. According to the resolution adopted no woman is to
be admitted to Wesleyan in any class later than that entering in
1909.

In 1907-1908 Kappa Alpha Theta had twenty-five elections to
Phi Beta Kappa from her twenty-nine chapters. Chapters of
Phi Beta Kappa are maintained in twenty-one colleges where
Theta has chapters. Theta's contingent came from eight chap-
ters.—Arrow.

Beta Theta Pi now has seventy-two active chapters. Phi
Delta Theta has seventy-one. Sigma Alpha Epsilon is fourth,
with sixty-nine. Then come Sigma N u , sixty; Alpha Tau Ome-
ga and Phi Gamma Delta, fifty-nine each; Sigma Chi, fifty-six,
and Delta Tau Delta, fifty-one.—A <I> Quarterly.

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Phi Kappa Psi revived its chapter at the University of Mis-
souri. The chapter was originally established in 1869, became
defunct in 1876, during which time it initiated forty-nine men.
—The Rainbow.

Of the nine sororities and eleven fraternities at Nebraska, only
three own their houses, although all occupy houses. These are
A © X (local), A T A , and 2 X . <E> F A and several sororities hope
to own their houses in a few years.

By the will of the late Colonel Vilas, his entire fortune is be-
queathed to the University of Wisconsin. I t does not become
available, however, until it has accumulated to the sum of $30,-
000,000. I t amounts at present, i t is estimated, to about $3,000,-
— K A © Quarterly.

A n " N " society is being formed at Nebraska as a result of
promiscuous wearing of the coveted letter. This society hopes to
stop the co-eds from wearing the letter won by hard work on the
athletic field. There are only four co-eds now in this university
who have won an " N . "

At the annual meeting of the board of trustees the change in
curriculum necessary to make Wesleyan College of A rank was
made. This makes three A-rank woman's colleges in the south—
Newcomb, Randolph-Macon, and Wesleyan.—Aglaia of Phi M u ,
copied in Arrow of I I B «f>.

A school of "citizenship", consisting of courses in American
History, Political Science, and Political Economy, has just been
created at Nebraska. The women students, in the past two years,
have shown great interest in such work, and their averages are
as high i f not higher than those of the men.

The Chinese government purposes to send one hundred stu-
dents to America for a period of four years, and thereafter a min-
imum of fifty per year during the period of the indemnity pay-
ments which were to have been paid by the government o f China
to the United States from 1909 to 1940.—Lyre.

The whole number of students in residence at O x f o r d
under the Rhodes bequest during the academic year 1907-08 was
156; 66 were from the colonies, 11 from Germany, 79 from the
United States. A t the beginning of the October term, 1908,
the number totaled .189, the highest point hitherto attained.—
School Review.

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Sigma Phi has never had a president, and w i l l soon have its
first vice-president. During the last decade, however, it has had
a member high in the councils of the nation—Elihu Root, first as
secretary of war under President McKinley, and then as secretary
of state under President Roosevelt.—Caduceus.

The Russian minister of public instruction has forbidden
women to attend university lectures in the future, but permits
those to complete their studies at universities who have already
received permission, and whose transfer to higher educational
institutions for women is impossible.—Alpha Phi Quarterly.

Sigma Chi is gathering a fund to be used in erecting a hand-
some house at Miami as a memorial of the founding of the fra-
ternity. Beta Theta Pi and Phi Delta Theta were also founded
there. Beta has a lot and expects to erect a memorial house there
in the future, and Phi Delta Theta already possesses one valued
at $20,000.—Lyre.

The following announcement is made in the catalogue of
Brown University: " I n 1909 a first prize of $40 and a second
prize of $25 are to be awarded to the best argumentative essay
of from 3,000 to 5,000 words on the subject, 'Should the students
of Brown University take action to prevent the establishment of
new fraternities ?' "

The newspapers state that Cornell, Yale, and Harvard will be
invited to send crews to Seattle to compete in the exposition re-
gattas. I t is also stated that the business men of Seattle have
formed a fund to send the winner of the Stanford-California-
Washington races east to compete with eastern college crews at
Poughkeepsie.—Key.

The buildings of the University of New Mexico are designed
with an eye to perpetuating the architecture of ancient Pueblo.
This construction is good f o r a rapidly growing institution, be-
cause i t is possible to make additions without demolishing the
old buildings. Unique among fraternity houses is a Pueblo
Estufa, occupied by the Tri-Alpha fraternity at this institution.
—Record of Sigma Alpha Epsilon.

The senior societies, "Black Masque" and "Innocents", at
Nebraska University, are at the head of several movements. One
of these is to offer a large prize to any undergraduate or graduate
for writing an individual song for the college. Other plans are to
acquire a new dance hall on the campus f o r the use of all classes

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and fraternities and to make ivy day an affair for all classes to
participate in, instead of just the seniors, as heretofore.

The University of Oregon has two fraternities—2 N , estab-
lished in 1900, and K 2, 1904; one sorority—r * B , 1905; five
local societies for men—A <£, 1906; Kloshe Tillacum, 1906;
Alpha, 1908; Beaver, 1908; Khoda Khan, 1908; and three local
societies for women—B E , 1905; Z I 4>, 1907; T A T , 1908. A l l
but two or three occupy houses. The locals are applying to na-
tional fraternities for charters.—Themis, Zeta Tau Alpha.

The Chicago undergraduates' association of Delta Kappa Ep-
silon held its annual meeting December 24th, 1908. The object
of this association is "the promoting of congeniality among its
members and co-operation in rushing of men intending to go to
college." T o the "rushing committee" is handed the name of
every prospective high-school man who looks like possible Delta
Kappa Epsilon material. The committee will also endeavor to
see that wherever these men go they shall fall into good Deke
hands.

The Delta Psi fraternity, we find, has the name of being more
secret than most secret fraternities. I t was established in 1847,
but has fewer chapters now than it had before the Civil war, and
it rarely grants a charter. Delta Psi's only publication is a secret
one, and the names and addresses of her grand officers, as well as
the time and place of her conventions, are never published. Even
the certificates of membership are signed and dated in a sort of
code. This f r a t e r n i t y numbers among its alumni such men as
Thomas Nelson Page, F. W . Vanderbilt, and Stuyvesant Fish.—
A <J> Quarterly.

The students of Spokane College. Washington, unwilling to
wait till the college could afford to give them a gymnasium, are
building one for themselves, accoiding to newspaper reports, fur-
nishing the material and doing practically all the work. They are
tearing down some of the temporary structures o f the National
Apple Show, and receiving lumber in payment. Four students
volunteer each day to do a day's work, and when the building
materials have been collected, the student body will erect the
building. The students are also raising a fund to equip the gym-
nasium.—Key.

A B L O T I N T H E G R E E K W O R L D . — W e note i n one of our ex-

changes that the latest thing in Greekdom is a fraternity f o r
Hunkers. Such a society,—Kappa Beta Phi—has been organized

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at Washington University, and has placed a chapter at the U n i -
versity of Missouri. Another flunker's society has been organized
at Ohio Wesleyan. The chief requisites for membership are fail-
ure in some study or expulsion. We believe that all the Greek
fraternities should place a ban upon these organizations and re-
fuse them and their members recognition. A n organization which
places a premium upon delinquency and stupidity has no right
place in collegiate circles and such impudence should receive its
just deserts in the Greek fraternity circles.—Mask.

Last year was the most prosperous period in the history of the
fraternity journal. The dividend to the general fraternity was
more than four hundred dolars. During the nine years' incum-
bency of the present editor and publisher, who will celebrate his
tenth anniversary as editor of Tlxe Shield in June, more than two
thousand dollars has been turned over to the fraternity treasury
in profits from the fraternity journal. By the time the ten years
has been rounded out The Shield will have contributed more than
$2,500, or an average of $250 per year, to the general treasury.
All this is simply indicative of the very active interest members
of our f r a t e r n i t y feel in the organization, which finds its most
natural expression i n support of the fraternity's periodical pub-
lication.—Shield of <J> K * .

The election of W . H . T a f t has put into the White House for
the second time a member o f Psi Upsilon, although the previous
incumbent, Chester A . Arthur, was not elected but succeeded on
the death of Garfield. Beginning with Garfield, every occupant
of the president's chair has claimed affiliation with some Greek
letter fraternity, although some were merely honorary members.
Garfield was a member of Delta Upsilon, Cleveland was an hon-
orary Sigma Chi, Harrison was a Phi Delta Theta, McKinley an
honorary Sigma Alpha Epsilon, while Roosevelt is claimed by
both Alpha Delta Phi and Delta Kappa Epsilon. He was a mem-
ber of the Dickey Club at Harvard while it still was nominally a
chapter of Delta Kappa Epsilon, and was also a member of Alpha
Delta Phi at the same institution, this chapter also having had its
charter withdrawn subsequently.—Alpha Phi Quarterly.

F R A T E R N I T Y A D V E R T I S I N G . — T h e n the sorority magazine has

an added value as an advertising medium which no newspaper or
any of the ordinary periodicals has. Readers of The Century, for
instance, feel no obligation to patronize the dealers i n various
wares who advertise in its pages. Readers of The Anchora are
joint stockholders i n Anchora. They realize that the advertise-

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ments are addressed to them individually and that their patronage
of Anchora's advertisers is an essential element in the prosperity
of Anchora. The fraternity idea is loyalty to the national body.
I f advertisers could be made to realize that their sorority adver-
tisements are carefully read and conscientiously remembered by
the most loyal body of readers in this country this asset of sorority
advertising would not be overlooked.—Anchora of A r .

The following expansion has recently taken place: K K r at
the University of Montana, Missoula, Mont.; Z T A at Drury
College, Springfield, M o . ; * A 0 at the University of Idaho;
2 M at the University of Oklahoma; A A <f at Lawrence Univer-
sity, Appleton, W i s . ; A E A at the University of California,
Berkeley, Cal.; $ X at the University of Pennsylvania, and Col-
lege of Medicine at the University of Southern California; K *
at Atlanta College of Physicians and Surgeons, Atlanta, Ga., Bal-
timore College of Physicians and Surgeons, Baltimore, Md., U n i -
versity of Alabama Preclinic College, Tuscaloosa, Ala.; K 2 at
Iowa State College; X O at the University of Oregon, Eugene,
Ore., and at the University of Washington, Seattle, Wash.; 5 N
at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Neb.; A X O at the U n i -
versity of California, Berkeley, Cal.; A r at the University of
Missouri, Columbia, Mo.

One afternoon Miss Paxton, a student secretary and a member
of K K r , conducted a Pan-Hellenic meeting. Miss Paxton criti-
cised the sorority spirit, in its narrower sense, very severely and
didn't spare K K r , either. A few of the points brought out for
chapters were:

1. Do not measure your popularity by the number of your
girls at a college function.

2. Place Alma Mater first and Fraternity second.
3. Do not form "cliques" in college society.
4. Be especially kind to neutrals.
5. I n rushing, look for the strong girl rather than the strik-
ing one.
6. I n the Y. W . C. A . don't let one girl do the work for the
whole fraternity.
7. Let the Christian spirit of your ritual govern all fraternity
work i f you wish to be sure of its success.—The Trident.

Gradually it is becoming apparent that the small church col-
lege, with a small endowment and wanting in many up-to-date
facilities, is about to face a final crisis. Especially is this true in
the South, and the telling force of the fact seems to be appreciated

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to a greater extent in that section than anywhere else. Many
leading sectarian educators are now giving the matter every at-
tention possible. I t is realized that this type of institution can no
longer compete successfully with the state universities in the rapid
development the latter have enjoyed during recent years. The
query is, what to do with the small college? Some are advocating
consolidation in many cases and others believe in following on in
the same old path, but as "Junior colleges," maintaining a thor-
ough course to a certain point, giving the student who com-
pletes the same a diploma, but not a degree. This latter plan
does not seem feasible, and i t fails to present an i n v i t i n g ap-
pearance. Doubtless the solution the future w i l l see w i l l be
consolidation and disappearing of many old colleges.—A $
Quarterly.

But, after all, i t is not from the standpoint of duty that the
fraternity wishes to approach its alumni. That which we do only
because of a sense of duty may give us a certain stern Calvinistic
satisfaction; but all of us are not cast in such heroic mold. We
do best what we enjoy. And here can be found the secret of why
so many of the graybeards take such a lively interest in the fra-
ternity. There is a joy in keeping in touch with young men, in
watching characters develop, in imparting purpose and balance;
and receiving in return enthusiasm and fresh ideas. The great
are always friends of the young; and while most of us cannot
hope to be great, we can at least have this joy and inspiration in
common with our distinguished brothers.

The proof of theory lies in accomplished fact. Point to an
alumnus sincerely and enthusiastically interested in the fraternity,
and we will show you at the same time a man of force and success
in his business or profession. There is the inevitable coincidence,
whatever may be the theory of cause and effect. I f you wish to
prove the truth of this assertion, go over the list yourself and then
decide, purely from a selfish standpoint i f you please, what will
be your attitude as an alumnus.—Phi Gamma Delta.

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CHAPTER HOUSES OWNED OR RENTED
BY WOMEN'S FRATERNITIES

I n this table are included all women's fraternities that have
five or more chapters, and that maintain chapters i n no institutions
below collegiate rank. These fraternities comprise the Woman's
National Pan-Hellenic Association.

Founded Name Chapters Houses Date of Houses Total
0*ned purchase of Rented
first house

1893 A.2.A. 14 6 6
1897 A.o.n. II 3
1872 3 7
1885 A.#. 14 3 1 1886 4 9
1874 A.x.n. 14 I 2 8 7
1874 r.#.B. 12 4 3 1895 3 IS
1888 A.r. 19 2 9 I904 13 9
1870 A.A.A. I90I 9 15
1870 8 14
1869 K.A.e. 27< 12 16
1874 K.K.T. 11
1895 28 { 2 lodges 1900 3 3
n.B.*. 3 4
2.K. 33 1900
x.n.
K3 9 E 1903
12
( I lodge

8

22 18 1906

241 25 83 108

1 Houses are owned by chapters at Stanford, Syracuse and Wisconsin. The
House at Syracuse, the home of the mother chapter, was the first chapter house
owned by a woman's fraternity.

* House owned by Albion chapter is entirely free of debt. Four chapters have
started building funds.

'Houses are owned by chapters at Michigan, Stanford, Washington State and
Wisconsin.

*This includes the chapter to be installed at Stanford in January, 1909.

8Houses are owned by chapters at California, Illinois, Michigan, Stanford and
Wisconsin. Butler and Vanderbilt chapters own lodges in which no members live.

"This includes Ontario Alpha at Toronto, established Dec. I I , 1908.

'Houses are owned by chapters at Colorado, Kansas, Stanford and Wisconsin.
Denver chapter owns a lodge, "The Bungalow," in which no members live.

8 House owned by the Michigan chapter.

9Houses are Owned by chapters at Stanford and Wisconsin.
1 "Houses are owned by chapters at Stanford and Wisconsin.

— A R R O W O F n B #.

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THE CHAPTER MEETING

I was visiting in Omega chapter, and just before chapter
meeting, as we were all standing together, I overheard two fresh-
men talking. "Yes, I looked it up in the constitution," said one.
" I don't like it, though!" "Well, I didn't either at first, but I
asked some of the girls about it, and it really is better so." Then,
from another corner, I caught a lively discussion about a new
house rule. A l l over the room, the girls seemed to know just
what business was to come up in the chapter meeting, to know all
about each question, and to have a very definite opinion concern-
ing them. I partly understood this, when I saw a calendar hang-
ing on the door of the chapter room with a space where the pro-
gram for the meeting was noted.

So, when these questions came up i n the chapter meeting, I
was not all surprised to see one girl after the other rise, wait for
recognition from the president, then state her opinion briefly and
clearly. I t all happened so quickly, that before I realized it, five
or six girls had spoken and the question was being voted upon.
And here came my second surprise: the girls did not all vote in
the affirmative, and a little later, the negative won on another
question. But as soon as the decision was once reached, there
was no further discussion. The matter had been decided by the
chapter and each girl was i n honor bound to uphold that decision.

The literary program followed. First, was a short paper on
Grieg and his work. Several of his melodies were played on the
piano, showing the Norwegian character of his work. Then, f o r
perhaps ten minutes, there was a very free discussion of the sub-
ject in which personal points concerning the man, criticisms and
opinions concerning his work were given. I heard afterward that
books on Grieg had been on the library table for a couple of
weeks. Evidently most of the girls had taken time, at least to
look them over.

After this, there was a short, snappy spell-down on points of
the Alpha Chi constitution, and the meeting closed.

As I was thinking it over afterward, I marvelled at the num-
ber of things that had been done and done well in that short
evening. And I concluded that the reason it was possible, was
because not two or three girls but everyone in chapter was ready
and was prepared to give her part to the meeting, even i f that
part was only to understand what some one else was saying.

So, i n our own chapter, let us not forget that as loyal Alpha

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Chis, there is something due from each one of us to our chapter
meeting. Let us each do our part: give the best of our thought
and best of ourselves toward making our chapter meeting fulfill
the purpose for which we came together.—Lyre of A X fi.

To D R A G M A

VOL. I V . J U L Y , 1909. No. 4.

To D R A G M A is published at 165-167 Main Street, Menasha, Wis., by George
Banta, official printer to the fraternity. Entered at the Postoffice at Menasha,
Wis., as second-class matter, April 13, 1909, under the act of March 3 , 1879.

To D R A G M A is published on the twenty-fifth of November, February, May
and July.

Subscription price, One Dollar per year, payable in advance; Single copies
twenty-five cents.

V I O L A C . G R A Y , Editor-in-Chief. H E L E N M. P I P E R , Business Manager.

DIRECTORY OF ALPHA OMICRON PI FRATERNITY

I n order to keep our Directory correct all members of Alpha

Omicron Pi are requested to send changes in name or address to

Helen M . Piper, 1731 D Street, Lincoln, Nebr., as soon as such

changes occur.

A

Adomeit, Lucretia Loring (Mrs. Erich), Theta, '10.
P. 9920 Parkgate Ave., Cleveland, Ohio.

Ahlers, Blanche Evelyn, Sigma, '11.
P. 1985 Oak St., San Francisco, Cal.

T. 2519 Hillegass Ave., Berkeley, Cal.
Ahlers, Viola Emily, Sigma, '08.

P. 1985 Oak St., San Francisco, Cal.
T. 2519 Hillegass Ave., Berkeley, Cal.
_Aiken, Edith Nora, Gamma, '07.
P. Brewer, Me.
Albers, Emma Carhart, Omicron, '05.

See Hunt.
Alderman, Madge, Zeta spec.

P. Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Allan. Alice Ruth, Alpha, '09.

P. 206 Midland Ave., Montclair, N. J .
Allen, Anna, Epsilon, '09.

P. 812 Auburn Ave., Buffalo, N. Y .
Allen, Catharine Moore, Epsilon, '10.

P. 812 Auburn Ave., Buffalo, N. Y .
T . Sage College, Ithaca, N . Y .
Allen, Lucy Estile, Theta, '08.
P. 11 Spring Ave., Greencastle, Ind.
Allen, Mabel June, Theta, 'it,
P. 2151 No. New Jersey St., Indianapolis.