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history of Alpha Omicron Pi. With a foundation so secure, ideals NEWS OF OUR NEIGHBORS*
so high, and a purpose so steadfast, we cannot but prophesy that
our fraternity, in the future, will be far reaching in its influence, (Perhaps your chapter can solve its problem by learning of its neighbors.)
even more than it has been in the past.
At the 1916 Convention of A X fl, held June, 1916, at Syracuse,
We of the far Northwest are just beginning to feel the distance New York, the Council authorized the establishment of National
between Washington, Oregon, and "Old Virginia"; however, we will Scholarship and National Employment Committees whose duty it
be there four-square in thought i f not in person. will be to encourage a higher grade of scholarship in the local
chapters and to help graduates seeking employment.
May the good cause prosper!
Fraternally, K K T has a loan fund of $3000 controlled by a committee whose
CHARLOTTE M . H A L L , Chapter Editor. actions are ratified by the Grand Council. Any member of the
sorority who has shown herself of value to herself and chapter can
borrow from this fund. The fund started from the $100 g i f t of a
member and the only regular source of income to it is from a very
small tax upon the active chapters. The New York, Kansas City,
and Denver alumna; associations have given $500 toward the fund.
K I T is working to raise this fund to $10,000 by 1920.

A r A at Illinois Wesleyan have a novel idea for maintaining a
furniture fund. A t the opening of every meeting, they have what
they call a "penny march" and they all march past a little bank and
drop in pennies or nickels.

The fraternities and sororities at Washington are helping to sup-
port a home for children who have been deserted by their parents.
Each sorority has assumed guardianship over a child and frequently
invite their little charge to visit at the chapter house where everyone
tries to make the little waif have a pleasant time.

During the last semester A A n at Washington State College held
at the chapter house weekly meetings for the purpose of studying
the women of the Bible in a literary way, using modern interpretation
as much as possible. This study was conducted skilfully by one of
their patronesses and proved a great benefit.

The Kansas City alumna; chapter of K K T is helping deserving
girls who need financial aid to remain in high school. The K A ©
alumnae chapter there has been selling coffee in order to procure
money to furnish thirty dozen eggs a month to the charity hospital
for deformed children in that city.

Kappa Alpha Theta at Nebraska University invites outside
faculty guests, the Dean, and others, to address the open fraternity
meeting occasionally and to remain for dinner.—A T A Quarterly.

* (We are indebted to Bantu's Greek Exchange for most of these notes.—THE

EDITOB.)

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X O at Wisconsin is devoting the greater part of every Saturday EXCHANGES
to. instruction among the Italian children of Madison.
We gratefully acknowledge the receipt of the following
About twenty two young Italians from 4 to 12 years of age are Exchanges:
taken care of by the chapter every Saturday morning in classes that
are divided for drawing, sewing, and other manual art studies. The The Anchora of Delta Gamma, the Key of Kappa Kappa Gamma,
girls take the children and help them to make useful articles for the Triangle of Sigma Kappa, the Trident of Delta Delta Delta,
their homes, at the same time teaching them how to do things of Themis of Zeta Tau Alpha, the Shield and Diamond of Pi Kappa
this sort in the best and most approved style of the home economics Alpha, the Star and Lamp of Pi Kappa Phi, the Scroll of Phi Delta
department of the university. Theta, the Beta Sigma Omicron, the Alpha Xi Delta, the Adelphean
of Alpha Delta Pi, Eleusis of Chi Omega, the Lyre of Alpha Chi
An interfraternity society for senior girls at the University of Omega, the Rainbow of Delta Tau Delta, Beta Theta Pi, Kappa
Minnesota is called Skin and Bones. The qualifications for mem- Alpha Theta, the Arrow of Pi Beta Phi, the Record of Sigma Alpha
bership are not announced. Epsilon, the Aglaia of Phi Mu, the Caduceus of Kappa Sigma, the
Shield of Delta Sigma Epsilon, the Shield of Phi Kappa Psi, the
The new president of Stanford University is said to contemplate Lamp of Delta Zeta, and the Garnet and White of Alpha Chi Rho.
the dismissal of those chapters that do not bring their scholarship up
to the university average within the next two years. Would not real neighborliness solve this problem?

A X 11 at California entertains the parents of the town girls at What constitutes a weak chapter? It is wholly possible for a chapter to
dinner on Monday evenings. have a large membership, to have captains, managers, and prize winners on
its rolls, to have an expensive house and many distinguished graduates, and
A rule has been made at Syracuse that freshman girls cannot live yet to be a weak chapter. On the other hand, it is possible for a chapter to
in sorority houses. have a small membership, no undergraduate leaders, an inexpensive house, and
no famous alumni, and yet be a strong chapter. F o r the strength of a fraternity
T <I> B received the scholarship cup last year at the University of group lies most of all in the spirit of brotherhood that prevails among its
Denver. members. Where there is the fellowship of loyal hearts and kindred interests
there is the only kind of strength that makes fraternity life worth while. Where
Each chapter of T <t> B has a small publication of its own, issued there is dissension, snobbishness, uncharitableness, nagging, uncongenial tastes,
from one to three times a year. or the display of any unbrotherly qualities there is the weakness that makes
any chapter an injury to its college and a reproach to its fraternity.—Delta
A * at Wisconsin had a mothers' house party last June. Kappa Epsilon Quarterly.

A T is planning a new songbook. Have you ever thought that This is the time of year to think of the following:
A O I I needs a new one also ?
And furthermore, no chapter which closes the college year with a debt,
should pass that on to the next year. Every chapter debt should be divided
among the members of the chapter for that year, and paid by them. Even
notes should be given to make the transaction a business proposition. No other
basis is fair.—Alpha Gamma Delta Quarterly.

Some advice to- chapter delegates to Convention contained in an
editorial of The Record of 2 A E merits the serious consideration of
our own delegates to our approaching Convention.

He will attend every session of the convention, all convention functions,
and observe committee assignments. This, of course, is one phase of his duty,
but another, and equally important matter for him to remember is that he
should be prepared to make a good report of the convention to the chapter.
He should return filled with new ideas for raising the chapter to the level of
the most efficient. I f the chapter does not own its home, get ideas from those
who do. I f the chapter meetings lag or are not regularly attended, discover the

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secret of the successful chapter meeting. I f you have a financial problem be of
sure to go back with an idea for its solution. I f your membership has dwindled
below the safety point, absorb some of the "pep" from the successful chapter Alpha Omicron Pi Fraternity
delegates, and learn the art of efficient rushing. In short, take every depart-
ment of your chapter life, especially those points wherein you are deficient, and ©alii? nf (flotttrtttB
find the way to improve it.
A Letter from the Commissioner of Education. ..P.P. Claxton 294
Don't let this conclusion be made by your friends because of your September Ideas and Ideals: Stewart 296
thoughtlessness!
Planning for the Year's Work, Isabelle Henderson
We had just about concluded that the good oldfashioned afternoon call had
been put aside by the time-eliminating, energy-saving telephone, when our
companion—a fine Gamma Phi alumna of many years' standing, of unbounded
enthusiasm—remarked, with the air of introducing another modern problem,
"The acknowledgment of a note of courtesy is also a past art. The spirit of
the age—for, of course, everything is blamed upon the spirit of the age—
does not give us time for the personal touch." We waited for fuller explana-
tion, and she added—"For example. Before college closed, I wrote several little
notes to girls in whom I was interested—to whom pleasant things had happened.
One had gained Phi Beta Kappa—I congratulated her upon her laurel crown;
another had announced her engagement—I wished her happiness. Another had
worked faithfully and well in the sorority office which had been given her—
I sent her a word of appreciation. And how many acknowledged my good
wishes—how many responded, in appreciation of my friendly messages? Not
one."

Efficiency has been impressed with deadly persistency upon the college girl.

Courtesy is a running mate. For, after all, as the good alumna said, it's the
personal touch that counts. Even if it takes the time and effort of a busy
college girl, it is never a mistake to be grateful for kind thoughts and friendly
words that come her way.—Crescent of T * B.—Banta's Greek Exchange.

Keeping One's Head Barbara Dunn, r 297

Rushing Under Present Conditions, Merva Do/sen Hennings 299

Getting Into Things Helen C. Worster, T 300

"Humanness" Genevieve Grace, N K 302

Editorials 303

Announcements 305

Alpha Omicron Pi Calendar 308
The Directory • 313