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Published by Alpha Omicron Pi, 2015-09-17 12:39:47

1913 November - To Dragma

Vol. IX, No. 1

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method by which the non-fraternity men can come together frequently and
promote the social life among them.

The women o f the University of Washington have started a like organiza-
tion of which one o f the leaders says:

"Our purpose is not political nor is it anti-Greek. I t is easily observed that
sorority women get along better socially because they are organized. The
independent girls simply wish to benefit by the experience o f the sororities."
—Anchora of Delta Gamma.

The fraternities entered the movement f o r united action in 1909, when a
number of the leading men in some of the oldest and strongest societies called
a conference which met i n New York City. Here was organized the Inter-
Fraternity Conference, composed of two delegates f r o m each f r a t e r n i t y . This
Conference took up f o r consideration such questions as scholarship, Chapter
House control, academic qualifications f o r membership, Pan-Hellenic relations
among the local groups, and high school societies.

The Conference has met annually in New York City and given earnest con-
sideration to these and related subjects, but f r o m the beginning i t has failed
of its best service because i t was wholly a voluntary organization, without any
authority to enforce its w i l l upon the local chapters. A n effort is now being
made to grant i t certain limited powers of legislation. Phi Delta Theta, in
its recent convention, led the way in this important matter, authorizing its
delegates to grant the conference these powers, an action which should be f o l -
lowed by every member o f this organization.

Following the opposition to the Fraternity system which developed last
winter in several states a number of men called an I n t e r f r a t e r n i t y mass
meeting which was held at Chicago on May 30-31, 1913.

Regent K r i p p n e r very properly responded to the call and appointed as
delegates to represent Sigma N u , H . J. Bardwell, Beta Alpha, and Burton
P. Sears, N u . Their report to the Regent of this conference is as f o l l o w s :

"Pursuant to a call issued by Delta Upsilon Fraternity, nearly one hundred
delegates, representing some fifty-five national fraternities, sororities and pro-
fessional fraternities, met at the Blackstone Hotel in Chicago, on the morn-
i n g of Decoration Day, May 30, 1913, and continued in session until late in
the afternoon o f the f o l l o w i n g day. The purpose o f the meeting, as stated by its
promoters, was to advise some immediate means f o r the organization o f a Fra-
ternity Reference Bureau, f o r the collection and compilation of data f o r use
by the various Fraternities when necessary to meet attacks by hostile legisla-
tures or faculties.

An executive committee of ten members—five from fraternities, three from
sororities, and two f r o m the professional fraternities—was elected and given
f u l l and unlimited power and express instruction to forthwith create a
Fraternity Reference Bureau in Chicago, and to employ a secretary to take
charge of the work of collecting and compiling data and placing it at the dis-
posal of the fraternities of the country. Each fraternity, sorority and pro-
fessional fraternity i n the United States was asked to contribute $25.00 a
year towards the support of this Bureau.—Delta of Sigma N u .

The only good reason which can be given f o r a f r a t e r n i t y , or any like organ-
ization f o r that matter, is the welfare of its members. I f , as an organization,
you f a i l to increase the happiness, usefulness, and value of your members,
you have failed as a f r a t e r n i t y . I t is just as well to be plain about this,

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because i f you f a i l here you are gone. Not only is this true, but i t is relatively
true. That is to say, the f r a t e r n i t y that does most to enrich the lives of its
members best justifies its existence and w i l l be strongest and best.

Here are some things to remember:

1. Look after the studiousness o f your members. You are here to train

your minds.

2. Look after the physical training of your members. Y o u need strong

bodies.

3. Look after the morals of your members. Y o u wish to associate w i t h

gentlemen.—A T A Rainbow.
"A diplomatic and political struggle that had been i n progress d u r i n g the

past three months between Cornell undergraduate clubs and societies came to
a head here this week i n an action by the two senior societies which is expected
to result in the abolition or reformation of nine student social and drinking
clubs.

" T w o of the clubs which come under the action of the seniors, M a j u r a
and Beth l'Amed, were ordered to disband several years ago by an edict
of the Faculty of the university. They then existed under the names of Na-
landa and Mummy Club practically the only effect of the action taken at
that time was the change of the names of the organizations and the discarding
of club hats which were then worn.

"This time the two honorary senior societies took up the fight and backed
by strong undergraduate sentiment have passed resolutions, b i n d i n g themselves
to take i n no members o f the nine clubs which have been designated as
objectionable. As membership in the senior societies is considered by the
student body to be one o f the greatest honors to be attained i n a college career
at Cornell, i t is expected that the action w i l l be effective.

"The organizations which come under the ban of the resolution may be
divided into two classes—the objectionable and the useless. I n the first class
are the upperclass clubs named above, which are charged with f u r t h e r i n g
drinking, promoting snobbishness, and i n j u r i n g the scholastic standing of
their members. I n the latter class are organizations, which do practically
nothing except hold an initiation dinner and take in members. They do not

even hold meetings.
I n taking their action the senior societies have not sought to destroy, but

to r e f o r m . The clubs are urged to reorganize with definite and legitimate pur-
poses.— .V. Y. Times. Quoted by Rainbow o f A T A.

The Shield and Diamond of Pi Kappa Alpha, for February, publishes an
article on "The Rank of National Fraternities." Statistics are taken f r o m
Baird's Manual published in 1912. The fraternities are divided into "General,"
having chapters distributed in both the East and the West, and "Eastern,"
having chapters almost wholly i n the East. This is done to make a more
equitable comparison based on the institutions in which the various fra-
ternities come in contact with each other.

I n the "General" division, having eighteen fraternities, Delta Upsilon
ranks sixth in national wealth as shown by the value of chapter houses owned,
but is third in the average wealth of chapters. We are ninth i n the number
of houses owned, but fifth in the percentage of houses. I n the "average order
of establishment of chapters" we are tenth. The article does not give the

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exact basis of averaging all these items to arrive at a final average of rank,
but "the most stress has been laid on the number of chapter houses, national
wealth, and wealth per chapter, in the order named; and thus the most im-
portance was placed upon the points which are more a criterion of the national
standing o f the f r a t e r n i t y . " I n this final average Delta Upsilon is given fifth
place, being ranked by Beta Theta Pi, Phi Delta Theta, Phi Kappa Psi, and
Phi Gamma Delta, in the order named.

Of the "Eastern" fraternities Alpha Delta Phi, D . K . E., Psi Upsilon,
Delta Psi, and Chi Psi are at the top.

An interesting footnote says: " I n ranking the women's fraternities, of
course the most importance was placed on the age of the chapters.'' We fear
some of them may take offense at that.—Delta Upsilon Quarterly.

I t should be an honor to wear a Greek letter pin : but that can only be when
the standard is such as to make i t an honor. I t is, therefore, the duty of
every chapter to see that its standard is high, and that the individual members
of the chapter live up to the standard set. This is not difficult of attainment:
for, i f given a moment's thought, it must be apparent that it does not require
greater effort to do what is right than to act indifferently and ignorantly.
Pride, envy, fear, hatred, discouragement, are the greatest enemies of m a n k i n d ;
and the college man is not an exception. Character is developed by radiating
good; and this is accomplished by letting the still, small voice lead. It is
not something to be fought and struggled f o r ; but is natural and is man's
normal condition.—Record of 2 A E.

SOME THINGS CHAPTERS SHOULD ALWAYS DO.
Too much stress cannot be laid on the matter of chapters' answering letters
in regard to new men. Being an active man for four years and just ready
to become one of the great number of alumni that we have I have been able
to see that our chapter as well as numerous others do not answer their letters.
Then they wonder why i t is that the alumni do not come through when they
are asked for a contribution toward a new house. I have written three or
f o u r letters to one chapter since last f a l l in regard to two men, and I even
went to the expense of sending them a telegram the minute that I heard about
their being at school, as school was already in session, and as yet I have not
even had as much as a reply to my telegram. I recommended these men be-
cause they were, strong in their home cities and these places were where we
can stand strong men and i t would have given us a foothold and meant that
we would get men f r o m there in years to come; whereas, now we w i l l have
to h u r r y . I n my four years as an active man I have recommended as many as
one hundred to one hundred and fifty men to our numerous chapters, and I
can safely say that I have not received replies to more than ten or fifteen of
these letters.

Another thing that should be done is that the S. E . C. should f u r n i s h

rushing blanks to the chapters so that they can send them out to their alumni,

because with rushing as keen as it is at the large institutions it would help us

to locate new men and have advance dope on them. A better method would

be to i n f o r m the chapters and alumni that these would be found in each

edition o f The Caduceus and always have one in each edition so that they could

make use of it.—Caduceus of K 2 . ,

A n innovation in college policies was instituted last night, when Theta Delta
Chi, in its national convention, established a fund, the annual interest of which

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is to be paid to the chapter of that fraternity which maintains the highest aver-
age scholarship each year. Frank E . Compton, o f Chicago, president of the
f r a t e r n i t y , donated $l,ooo to this f u n d . I f a chapter loses any member as a
result of poor scholarship, that chapter is disqualified from participation in the
f u n d f o r that year.—Greek Exchange.

According to the first annual reoprt of the bureau of self-help at Princeton,
167 students, or practically 12 per cent o f the entire undergraduate body, either
wholly or partially supported themselves d u r i n g the last college year. O f this
number, six men went to college with no funds at a l l , while nearly fifty began
the term w i t h less than $200. Adamas o f I I t V.

I n the last Key appears an article quoted f r o m the Phi Kappa Psi Shield
regarding the national wealth of fraternities and average chapter wealth. Ac-
cording to this article K A 9 is the wealthiest fraternity, $95,250, and A 4» the
wealthiest per chapter, $4,235.—Trident of A A A.

Sigma Chi gives a $5 prize f o r the best chapter letter i n each issue o f the
Quarterly and $50 f o r the best series of four letters.—K A Journal.

Thirteen hundred freshmen at the University of California probably the
largest freshman class ever enrolled in any university in the United States.—
Sierra Educational News.

I n Arizona the Legislature of 1912 provided f o r an annual scholarship o f
$150 in the University of Arizona to be assigned to each county in the state.
Appointment is determined by competitive examination. The scholarships
apply to the first year only.—Sierra Educational Neivs.

A bulletin recently issued by the regents of the University o f Michigan
shows that Michigan receives a smaller income per student than the other
great state universities. Minnesota receives $372 per student f r o m the State,
Illinois $302, and Wisconsin $229, while Michigan receives but $128 per annum.
Illinois and Minnesota spend about $2,000,000 on their universities, Wisconsin
$1,500,000, and Michigan only $800,000.— Sigma Phi Epsilon Journal.

PAX-HELLENIC SPIRIT.

Phi chapter o f Chi Omega at Newcomb has offered a loving cup to the
sorority attaining the highest grade o f scholarship f o r the year. This is the
first time anything like this has been done i n the f r a t e r n i t y w o r l d o f Newcomb
and the Chi Omegas deserve quite a great deal of credit f o r fostering such
a spirit.—Adelphean of Alpha Delta Pi.

PRIZES FOR N E W S .

So much we want news that we shall have a news contest. Since the Ek-
lekta contest began, the Eklekta articles have grown constantly in interest
and value. The newly chosen alumme editors, who w i l l help l i n k together our
scattered alumna, are announced in this issue. They are going to work f o r
news o f all the alumna; of their chapter; f o r some alumnae editors i t is a
herculean task; as a little show of our interest in their efforts, The Lyre w i l l
award to the alumna; editor sending i n , on time, f o r the next issue, the most and
the best news, a Moore's Non-Leakable Fountain Pen.

Also to that chapter editor who sends in the best and newsiest November

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material, w i l l be given a Moore's Non-Leakable Fountain Pen—you see we
want more news, much, much more news.—Lyre of Alpha Chi Omega.

No less than 3,218 women have matriculated at the various German uni-
versities this winter, as against 2,958 last year and the 1,850 of three years
ago. The figures show that f o r the present the German university woman
is chiefly instigated by a desire to fit herself f o r high teaching positions or
for the medical profession.

I t is interesting to note that the largest increases of women students are
in Munich, Heidelberg, and Marburg, that is, chiefly in South Germany.
—Banta's Greek Exchange.

A T leads in the number of Rhodes scholars; i t has had 23.
A T , like * T A, has adopted a recognition p i n , a very small replica of
its badge.

The sophomore society 6 N E now has a quarterly magazine, published in
New York.—Scroll of Phi Delta Theta.

Forestry has been added to the curriculum at Syracuse.
The summer school w i l l be reorganized at Dartmouth.
Michigan is to have a new auditorium costing $260,000.
The new Yale stadium w i l l have a seating capacity of 70,000.
D u r i n g the past year Corntll spent a million dollars on new buildings.
Football w i l l be compulsory at the University of Wisconsin for all Fresh-
men.

Honorary degrees have never been given at the University o f Y i r g i n i a .
Brown and Miami w i l l inaugurate the semester system beginning with
September.
The Pulitzer School o f Journalism at Columbia w i l l not be open to women.
Boston Tech. received a g i f t of $2,500,000. The donor is known only to
the president o f that institution.
I n a recent effort to raise a half million dollars, DePauw University se-
cured the amount and f i f t y thousand in addition.
The University of Washington is considering the acquisition of an ad-
ditional hundred acres o f ground f o r new buildings and athletic facilities.
Chicago maintains a bureau of recommendation f o r teachers i n schools,
colleges and universities. The work is conducted by a paid secretary.
The University of California by the total enrollment figures* is now the
second largest institution of its kind in the United States, having 7,263 students.
This number is exceeded by but one University, Columbia.—The New York
Times.

Eastern States are well represented at the University of Wisconsin, New
York having thirty-eight students enrolled, Pennsylvania nineteen, and Ohio
fifty-three. Every state in the Union except Delaware, Mississippi, W y o m i n g ,
and Nevada has one or more students this year, a total of 1,085 students com-
ing f r o m states other than Wisconsin, out of a total o f 4,014.—Delta Kappa
Epsilon Quarterly.

Even the colored population now has a special Greek letter fraternity, as
witness the ensuing:

"Thirty-nine negro students are at present enrolled in the university, it

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thus ranking third in negro attendance, Kansas and Oberlin leading. Thirteen
of them are members of the local chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha, the national
n t g r o students' fraternity."—Michigan correspondence, New York Times—
Kappa Alpha Journal.

T H E USELESS FRATERNITY M A N

Once there was a f r a t man—we needn't specify,
He might have been an Alpha Delt, a Deke, or Zeta Psi,

A n S. A . E., a Sigma C h i , or maybe A . T . O.,
(Most any name would do as well and be as apropos) ;

But the moral of the tale
Is that this exclusive male
Never seemed to be the k i n d o f chap the fellows liked about;
For a stupid lot was his,
And the explanation is,
He put nothing i n , so he got nothing out.

Once in a while he'd pay his dues and come around a b i t
And let himself be bored ( w h i c h he most f r a n k l y would admit) :
He said he rather thought the thing was out o f date—antique,
A n d , after graduation, he forgot i t in a week;

And when he went away
You could hear the fellows say
They really thought the chapter worse off with him than without;

And to every neophyte
That they took i n , they'd recite:
" I f you put nothing i n , why, you'll get nothing out."

Once there was a f r a t man—will you swear i t , now, Quarterly.
Never was there such a man as this in Delta T a u ?
Positively certain were we t a l k i n g entre nous,
N o t h i n g i n this useless man at all resembles you?

Oh, there may be a few things worse
Than this hesitating verse,
But it serves a bully purpose i f i t clears away a doubt;
You may take this as the truth,
And swear by i t , pretty youth—
I f you put nothing i n , then you'll get nothing o u t !

—Rainbow of A T A—A *

Gladys Bailey o f the class of 1913 at M t . Holyoke College recently
gave the report o f the vacation house, which was conducted f o r the fourth
time this past summer under the auspices of the M t . Holyoke College Settle-
ments Association. The house was open f r o m July 15 to September 3 and
<luring that time entertained about forty girls. On account o f the limited
resources of the house only 18 or 19 girls could be provided f o r at one time.

Each g i r l paid $3 per week in addition to having a share i n the household
work. Miss Bardwell of Philadelphia, the manager, was assisted by Miss
Minnie Graham, M t . Holyoke, '00, and also by college girls who volunteered
their aid. The college girls also helped the vacation house by lending various
articles to help furnish the rooms.

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The advantages of the college campus were thrown open to the girls, i n -
cluding the use of the gymnasium, tennis courts, rowboats, art gallery and
college library.

The extension of a bid is a business transaction, and both parties should
be clearly and f u l l y informed—especially in regard to the financial obligations.
I f this precaution is taken much f u t u r e trouble w i l l be avoided.—Rainbow of
Delta Tau Delta.

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Qtabl* of (SlsmUntB

Alumna? Mmnt

Directory of Officers

A Toast V*™ Riebel 121
122
Convention 12,3
124
The Spirit of "After-Christmas" . .. .Katharine Gordon, Kappa 129
133
Woman's Story of a Week in Jail . . Kate Doty, Nu, N. Y. Sun
137
Alumna Intercollegiate Athletics Lillian Schordler, Alpha 139
141
The Kindergarten Isabelle Henderson, Sigma 144
145
Histories of our Alumna; Chapters 147

New York Alumna; Chapter 189
191
San Francisco Alumna; Chapter 197
198
Boston Alumnae Chapter 200
218
Lincoln Alumna; Chapter 220
221
Chicago Alumna; Chapter 222
223
Intimate Chat Concerning our Alumna; 223

Fellowship Announcements

Association of Collegiate Alumna;

Report of the Twelfth National Pan-Hellenic Congress

In Memoriam

Editorials

Active Chapter Letters

Alumna; Chapter Letters

News of the Alumnae

Births-Engagements

Weddings

News of the College and Greek World

Fraternity Expansion


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