1910 November - To Dragma

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BOSTON ALUMNAE

The work of the Boston Alumnae chapter was covered so f u l l y
in our last letter to T o D R A G M A , that there is very little new or o f
special interest to tell.

We have begun the year by holding our meetings the last Satur-
day of each month at the D e l f t Tea Room. T h i s was an experiment
last year, but has proved so satisfactory that we shall probably
adopt it as a permanent meeting place. There are of course some
objectionable features. Necessarily there is more formality, than
when we met at the homes o f members, but i t is so difficult to enter-
tain between thirty and forty of our girls in any other way, that it
seems the best solution o f the problem.

Last February. Delta entertained her alumnae at the home of
Fdna Woodbury in Somerville. The girls brought sewing; several,
both active and alumnae, spoke; and there was music, etc. I n May,
the alumnae returned the hospitality at the home o f Mrs. Keating
in W a l t h a m . About fifty were present at each meeting, and there
is no doubt that there w i l l be some similar arrangement this year.

T h i s gathering o f active and alumnae chapters is of great value
to both organizations. I t makes us better acquainted, gives us a real,
live interest i n each other, and shows our active chapter, as nothing
else could, the work the alumnae association is t r y i n g to do.

T h e w o r k this year w i l l cover about the same ground as last.
Each meeting gives us an added interest i n one another and the
fraternity, and the spirit of loyalty grows stronger all the time.

We extend to a l l our sisters, who may be i n or around Boston, a
most cordial invitation to meet w i t h us at the D e l f t Tea Room.

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ENGAGEMENTS

ALPHA

A l p h a takes great pleasure in announcing the engagement of
Eleanore New, Alpha '12, to Mr. James A. Morison of Brooklyn.
The wedding is to take place in the spring.

ZETA of their
The day
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Emery announce the engagement
daughter Lorene, to Dr. William Windle Davis of Omaha.
of the wedding has not yet been announced.

GAMMA

The engagement of Martha G. Knight, '10 and Merton Good-
rich, '10 has been announced.

WEDDINGS

ALPHA

Emma Lay '07 was married to M r . James A r t h u r Harris, A p r i l
20th, 1910. M r . and Mrs. Harris are now living at Cold Spring
Harl>or, Long Island.

The wedding of Hetty Anna Dean '10 and M r . Ferren F. Blais-
dell took place on August 3rd, 1910, at the home of the bride's par-
ents in Little Silver, N . J. Immediately after the ceremony, a
d e l i g h t f u l reception was held on the lawn. M r . and M r s . Blaisdell
are now l i v i n g i n Jellico Plains, Tennessee.

PI

Pi announces the wedding of Bess Lyons, '07, to W i l l i a m Cox o f
Columbus. Miss., which took place at Newcomb Chapel in the early
summer.

On Sept. 14, 1910, Clevie Dupre was united i n marriage to
Oswald McNeese of Lake Charles, La. The wedding took place in
North Carolina where the family were for the summer, and only
relatives and intimate friends were present. M r . and Mrs. McNeese
will make their home in Lake Charles.

The wedding of Marguerite Saunders to Eugene Davis of
Charleston, W . Va., was solemnized on Sept. 24, 1910 at St. John's
Episcopal Church in Mytheville, Virginia, where the f a m i l y had been
spending the season.

N e l l Bres was married on Sept. 29, 1910 to Earnest Eustis. The

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wedding took place at The Church o f the H o l y Name of Jesus.
A f t e r the ceremony, a reception followed. The couple left for an
extensive honeymoon i n the north and east, and after their return
will reside i n New Orleans.

ZETA

Gertrude Mohler, special, and Stanley Krajicek were married
June 15, i n Topeka, K a n . M r . and M r s . K r a j i c e k w i l l live at 1264
Ogden Ave., Denver, Colorado.

On Monday, the first of August, Beth Boynton, ' 1 1 , and Vernon
G. Phelps were married. Mr. and Mrs. Phelps are living in Lincoln,
at 510 South 28th street.

Ethel Marie Perkins, '10, and Earnest Hunter Warner, were
married September twenty-first, in Sacramento, California. M r . and
Mrs. Warner w i l l make their home at 815 T h i r d Ave., Longmont,
Colorado.

October twenty-fourth, Nettie Chapline, '11, and Burnham O.
Campbell were married. M r . and Mrs. Campbell are spending the
winter in California, before returning to their home in Creighton,
Neb.

On October nineteenth, there occurred the marriage of Leta
Thompson, special, and Rollins Erickson. Stromsbury, Nebraska,
w i l l be the new home of M r . and Mrs. Erickson.

SIGMA

Daisy Mansfield was married on June 8th, in Portland, Oregon,
to Norman Shaw, 0 A X .

Grace Batz was married to George Guyles, $ A 0 , May 19th in
Berkeley. She is now living in Tacoma, Washington.

Virginia Judy was married on July 12th, to Ward Esterly, * Y,
at the home of her parents in Healdsburg, California. Her new
home w i l l be i n Berkeley.

THETA

Jessie Read Leavell and Roy McCormick were married October
12th, at the home of the bride's parents. They w i l l make their home
in Albany, Ind.

GAMMA

Gamma chapter has received the announcements of the marriage
of Ola Perrin and Dr. Percy Reynolds of Amherst.

News has also been received of the marriage of A n n a Coffin
Bean, '08, and E l m e r B r o w n . T h e i r present home is in L i t t l e t o n ,
N. H.

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EPSILON

Anna Allen, '09 and Albert Hazen Wright, Ph D . were married
June 25, at the home of the bride in Hamburg, N . \ . D r . and Mrs.
W r i g h t are now making their home i n Ithaca.

BIRTHS

ALPHA

B o r n , September 26, 1910 to General and M r s . S. U . S. Muzzy
(Martha Moore, A , '03) at Patterson, N . J., a daughter.

GAMMA

M r . and Mrs. Lowell Jacob Reed have a second daughter,
Elizabeth Reed. Mrs. Reed was Marion Balentine, '07.

A daughter has also been born to M r . and Mrs. J. Randolph
Bradstreet. M r s . Bradstreet was Helen Steward, ex-'09.

RHO

There has been born to M r . and M r s . Lewis D o r r of Berwyn,
Ills., (Caroline Piper '09) a daughter, whom they have named
Margaret.

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NEWS OF THE ALUMNAE

ALPHA

Six loyal alumnae accompanied the actives to Boston in the
spring. Those of you who met them, will know why we mention
their names so p r o u d l y : Stella Perry '98, Jean Frame '04, E d i t h
Dietz '05, Josephine Pratt '07, Beatrice Anderson '05 and Beatrice
R i t c h *10.

Elizabeth Toms, '06, is now working in the office of the Horace
Mann School. A l p h a is very glad to have her back in the college
neighborhood, especially as she has consented to be our alumna
member of the Barnard Pan-Hellenic Conference.

Vora Jacques 10, is teaching Latin in the Elizabeth H i g h School.
V o r a has moved back to Elizabeth, and we miss her greatly.

Emma Burchenal '07, is traveling this winter.
Hazel Wayt '10, is teaching in Miss Bennett's School f o r girls.
Mrs. Blaisdell ( H e t t y Dean, '10) is now living in Jellico Plains,
Tenn.
Katharine Van H o m e '00, has taken an apartment on 118 Street.
A l p h a is glad to have her so near.
Mrs. Francis B. Sumner (Margaret Clark '02), returned from
Naples i n June, and is now l i v i n g in Salisbury. Conn.
Margaret Yates '08, returned from abroad in August, after leav-
ing us desolate f o r two months.

Mrs. James E. Frame (Jean Loomis '04) is now l i v i n g at 606
West 122 Street, very near college and A l p h a .

Mrs. J . A r t h u r H a r r i s ( E m m a Lay '07) w i l l be i n St. Louis
until February. H e r address is Missouri Botanical Oardens, St.
Louis, Missouri.

Mrs. Samuel Muzzy (Martha Moore '02) is now living at 226
Broadway, Patterson, N . J.

Cecilia Sillcox, '08, has begun her second year as chemistry
assistant at Barnard. She is an active member o f Alpha.

Louise Rusk ' 1 1 , is spending the winter in Colorado Springs.
We hope to have her back next winter, strong and healthy.

Mildred D . Schlesinger '09, after completing her work for
Master's degree at Columbia last year, is back w i t h us, as a Chemistry-
research assistant at Columbia. She, too, is an active member o f
Alpha.

Jeanette Wick '04, has just returned f r o m a vacation spent in
Europe.

M a r y M a x o n is graduate president of the class of '08, again

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this year. This brings her to college quite often, but not often
enough to satisfy Alpha.

PI

Dorothy Safford '10, has returned to N e w Orleans f o r the winter,
and this means that the active chapter w i l l have an invaluable
help-mate on hand.

Innes Morris '10, will probably return to college and matriculate
in the music department, where she w i l l be able to sing A l p h a songs.

Rochelle Cachet is teaching in M a d i l l , Oklahoma.
Virginia Withers has a position in a school i n Monterallo. A l a -

bama.
Catherine Reed has accepted a position i n the State N o r m a l

School of Alabama at Jacksonville.
Sue Gillean is t a k i n g post-graduate work at Radcliffe, and is

much missed by her little sisters to whom she was a source of con-
stant comfort.

Mrs. C l i f t o n Walker has gone to Chicago to live where we hope
she w i l l meet some of the A l p h a O girls f r o m Northwestern.

Eva H o w e has returned to her home in New Orleans after an
extended visit in the north.

KAPPA

Kappa girls and freshmen rushees greatly enjoyed a ten days
visit of M a r y Vaden K, at the opening o f College.

Margaret B u l l i t t K , one of our dearest and best loved sisters, is
visiting the chapter now to make the acquaintance of the '14 pledges.

Kappa takes great pleasure in announcing the presence of Miss
Margaret Graham E. Miss Graham is the head of the Biology
department and has already won a place in the hearts of our girls.

ZETA

N e l l Bridenbaugh '08, is teaching English and German in the
high school at Winlock, Washington.

W i n i f r e d Watters. '10, has a position in the high school at
Springfield, Neb., and is teaching Latin and English.

A m y Kautz is teaching i n the McCook public schools, and
Emma Perry '09, is an instructor i n German and English i n the
McCook high school.

Edna Spears, '05, is a member of the high school faculty at
Ashland, and teaches Mathematics.

Elsie Ford Piper '04, has been elected to the position of precep-
tress of the Wayne N o r m a l , and instructor of Latin.

Jennie Piper '04, has a fellowship in the American history depart-
ment at the University of Nebraska.

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Janet McAllister is teaching kindergarten work near Columbus.
Grace C. Roper, '06, has gone to W h i t e h a l l , Montana, and w i l l
teach Latin and English in the high school there.
Janet Ramey '12, is living in Seattle now, and attending the U .
of Washington.
Katharine Sterling '04, who has been teaching German i n the
high school at Seattle f o r the last four years, visited at Lincoln
during the summer. Her accounts of "how they do- it i n Seattle,"
have made every one wish to "go west."
A number of the almunae were i n L i n c o l n at the time o f the
banquet last June. A l l the presidents of the chapter were together
for the first time. They were Corris Damon Peake, Edna Spears,
Grace Roper, Florence Parmalee, Mattie Woodworth, Marion H a r t
and Winifred Waters. Other banquet visitors were, Cora and
Florence Durbin, "Bess" Mitchell, Elna Nissen, Eunice Bauman,
and Jessie Kreidler.
Viola Gray '02, Lula King Bigelow '04 and Meriam Carter '10,
all attended the convention at Boston in June.
Lila LaGore Ritchie of McCook and Alfreda Powell of Omaha
were i n Lincoln f o r the f a l l rushing.
"Jack" ( E d i t h ) Swain has spent the summer in C a l i f o r n i a and
Washington.
Katherine Lee '12, is in Chicago f o r the winter, and is taking
kindergarten work at the U . of C.
Florence Parmalee '07, is in Iola, Kansas f o r the winter, and
is general secretary of the Y . W . C. A . of that place. H e r address
is 201^4 Washington St., Iola, Kan.
Edna K i n g '07, is teaching i n the high school at Bryon, 111.
M a r t h a Bell '10, is physical director of the Y . W . C. A . at
Springfield, Mo.

SIGMA

At the University of California jubilee celebration i n May, a
few of the A O I I alumnae, who live away and are seldom seen around
Berkeley, returned to college. Martha Rice Furlong was one o f
these.

Flora M i l l e r is national college secretary of the Y . W . C. A .
w i t h headquarters i n New York. She has given up her position i n
the Los Angeles high school to go into this work.

Helen Henry spent her summer vacation i n the Hawaiian
Islands, visiting friends. She has now returned to M i l l s College, i n
Oakland, where she is the registrar.

Helen and Evelyn Bancroft, with their mother, have left Cali-
fornia, and are now i n Boston, where they are planning to spend

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some months. F r o m there they w i l l go to Europe, where they w i l l
make a visit of indefinite extent.

E d i t h W h e r r y has resigned f r o m the faculty of M i l l s College,
and is going to Paris to live. H e r book, " M a h Lee," dealing w i t h
life in China at the time of the Boxer Rebellion, has been accepted
by a publishing firm, and w i l l soon appear.

THETA

R u t h Stafford '10, is teaching in East Chicago, Indiana.

GAMMA

Lennie P. Copeland '04, is t a k i n g advanced work at Wellesley
this year.

Joanna Colcord '06, is studying at the School of Philanthrophy,
Columbia, New York City.

EPSILON

Josephine B r i t t o n '07, passed a very b r i l l i a n t P h . D . examination
last June. She now has a position in the State Normal, Wisconsin.

Catherine Moore Allen '10, is now delighting the hearts of her
little boys and girls in the grammar school at Hamburg, N . Y.

Lottie Ketcham '10, has been very i l l w i t h typhoid. She is now
staying at her home in Laurel, M d .

Mary Fitch is doing research work at Purdue University, La-
fayette, I n d . , and finds i t very pleasant.

Ethel Davis '09, last year was teaching in Colorado, but this
year has decided to stay in B r a d f o r d , Pa.

A n n a Genung is teaching i n the high school at Cambridge, N . Y .
Mrs. Roberta Pritchard, d u r i n g the past year has been studying
at the University of Wisconsin.
Anna Allen W r i g h t '10 ( M r s . Albert Hazen W r i g h t ) is now
residing near the university. She helps us considerably i n our rush-
ing.
Edvige Dragonetti '13, has given up her work at Cornell, to
enter a medical college in Philadelphia, Pa.
Isabelle Stone is teaching the classics in a girls' college i n
Alabama.
Mrs. Mortier Barras, Theta, is residing in Ithaca. Epsilon is
very happy to have her so near.
Mrs. Eustis, Pi, while on her honeymoon stayed two days at
Ithaca. I t was interesting to meet one of our southern sisters.

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RHO

Merva Dolsen, ex-1910, is teaching i n F r a n k l i n Grove, I l l s .
Merva visited with Rho during the week end, Oct. 22.

J u l i a N o r t o n , ex-1910, is teaching in Yorkville, 111.
Faye Smith, ex-1910, is teaching in K n o x v i l l e , 111.
Bess Medburn, who graduated f r o m Cumnock School of Oratory
last year, is at her home i n Culver, I n d .
The 1910 Rho seniors presented the chapter w i t h twenty-six
beautiful plates.
Our own alumnae together witli the other Chicago Alpha O's,
hope soon to f o r m an alumnae chapter. They have planned a series
of luncheons and meetings in Chicago for this year.

Louise Norton, ex-1906, is teaching in one of the Chicago high
schools.

La Verne Dolbeer, ex-1909, a f t e r a d e l i g h t f u l year abroad, has
returned to her high school work at Muskegon. Mich.

The Chicago Alumnae announce the following meetings for the
year:

November 12, 1910: W i t h Mrs. E. J. Peake. Barrington,
Illinois, all active and alumnae.

December 10, 1910: Open luncheon at Marshall Field's tea-
room, $1.00 per plate.

January 14, 1 9 1 1 : W i t h Mrs. L . B . D o r r , 3433 Oak Park
Ave., Berwyn, Illinois, alumnae only.

February 11, 1911: Open luncheon at Marshall Field's.
March 11, 1911 : W i t h Mrs. C. G. Bigelow, 1610 So. 7th Ave.,
Maywood, Illinois, alumnae only.
A p r i l 8, 1 9 1 1 : Open luncheon at Marshall Field's.
May 13, 1 9 1 1 : W i t h M r s . W . S. Thomson, 5802 Washington
Boulevard, Chicago, alumnae only.
June, 1911: Reunion banquet or luncheon with active chapter
at Northwestern, time and place to be announced later.
Any visiting or resident members who can attend any o f these
functions, n o t i f y Mrs. C. G. Bigelow, 1610 So. 7th Ave., Maywood,
111., at least three days before the date set.

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EXCHANGES

Exchanges please send magazines to Mrs. Walter Farmer, 7

Courtland St., Nashua, N . H .

M r s . C. G. Bigelow, 1610 So. 7 Ave., Maywood, 111.

Miss V i o l a Gray, 1527 So. 23 St., L i n c o l n , Neb.

We wish to acknowledge with thanks, receipt of the following

magazines: A p r i l . Mask K * ; A T A Quarterly; Arrow of I I B $ ;

Lyre of A X Q, the 2 K Triangle; May, A g l a i a of $ M ; Themis o f

Z T A j K A O ; Q u a r t e r l y ; Eleusis of X fi; A E A Q u a r t e r l y ; T r i a n -

gle of 2 2 2 ; A * Q u a r t e r l y ; Key of K K T; June, Amerisan Col-

lege, Adelphean of A A 4>; T r i d e n t of A A A ; Crescent of T * B J u l y ,

* X Q u a r t e r l y ; Mask of K * ; A T A Q u a r t e r l y ; A r r o w of IT B * ;

Lyre of A X O ; Anchora of A T, American College; August, Eleusis

of X O ; American College ; September, A T O Palm; A $ Quarterly;

October. B 0 I I Publication, K e y of K K T; November, Crescent o f

T $ B ; Lyre of A X O ; The Delta of 2 N ; Themis of Z T A ; Arrow

of n B Trident or A A A ; The 2 K T r i a n g l e ; The Mask o f

K * ; Anchora of A T; K A 0 Quarterly.

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NEWS OF T H E COLLEGE AND GREEK LETTER WORLD

Columbia has started a course in after dinner speaking.—Anchora of A T.

May 13-18, the University of California celebrated its fiftieth
anniversary.

Locals at South Dakota are petitioning B 0 I I , 2 A E and K A 0 .

A T A has established a r u l i n g that $25 shall be the sum required
f o r a l i f e subscription to the Rainbow.

Of Sigma Nu's 6 3 living active chapters at present, 35 were established
since 1894, and 6 old ones revived during that time.—Delia.

Women's fraternities at the University of Kansas, by agreement, limited
their rushing expenses to $ 5 0 each.—Eleusis of Chi Omega, cpjoted by Arrow.

The degree of A. M. is no longer offered at Goucher College of Baltimore
as women are now admitted to Johns Hopkins University.—A 4> Quarterly.

University of Wisconsin students presented a play in April called
" I n Germ Land." A l l the characters represented microbes.

Toronto has an income of $642,108 and 3 , 5 4 5 students, of whom 8 6 6 are
women, 3 3 0 of the latter being at college.—Scroll.

Delta Upsilon boasts more Rhodes scholars than any other fraternity—
nineteen in all.—Scroll of Phi Delta Theta quoted by Eleusis of X 1).

Kappa Sigma has set aside $ 5 , 0 0 0 of the funds of the general treasury as
a nucleus for a permanent endownment fund—The Mask of K ty.

The establishment of a post-office on Princeton's campus is being strongly
agitated. There is such an office at the University of Nebraska.

Out of about 2,000 men in attendance at the University of California,
only about 3 5 0 are fraternity members.—Shield.

Chapters of Sigma Alpha Epsilon which fail to send a chapter letter to
the Record are subject to a fine of $ 5 before the members are entitled to
receive the Record.—Arrow of I I B 4.

California has 9 5 8 graduate students and claims the largest graduate
school in the United States except Columbia.—Scroll.

Although only 2 5 years old, Texas now has 2 4 6 2 students, and hereafter
must be classed with the big universities.—Scroll.

This year at the University of Wisconsin, each upper classman
was given the names of two Freshmen to call upon, this being done
to broaden the social life of the students.

2 I I has entered the Ohio University at Athens. 2 II is the Fraternity
that met the opposition of Father Raird when claiming ancient birth and
the membership of William Jennings Bryan.—Delta of 2 N.

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The University of Idaho was established i n 1892 and already
boasts of eleven buildings and forty-five faculty members. Degrees
are granted in arts, science, and music.

Kappa Alpha Theta convention made a provision, which became operative
last fall, for subscription to the Journal for three years after each Theta
leaves college.—In Arrow IT B 3>.

Harvard has a millionaire student, D. W. Field, president of seven cor-
poratiens, who has entered college at the age of forty-five to make up the
education he lost in his youth.—Lyre of A X fi.

There is a custom at Champaign, 111., of setting aside one day each year
for trolley day, when the conductors are all girls, mostly university girls, and
the proceeds go to the Burnham Hospital.—Lyre.

A local honorary fraternity at Missouri—Nu Rho Beta—has united with
similar organizations of Columbia and the University of Indiana to form a
national educational fraternity, to be known as the Phi Delta Kappa.—2 X
quoted by Anchora of A T.

Columbia University has recently received $ 3 5 0 , 0 0 0 in an anonymous
letter. The writer requested that the money should be used for a new build-
ing for the School of Philosophy.—The Lyre of A X 1).

A new administration building has been provided for by the legislative
appropriations for the University of Kansas. The foundations are to be laid
out by the Senior engineers.—The Lyre of A X 0.

A T is considering amending its constitution so that charters may be
granted to petitioning societies by unanimous vote in the first two years of
application, and by a seven-eighth vote any succeeding year.—A T fi Palm.

There is to be an important extention of the work of Columbia University.
Beginning in September, there will be evening classes for wage workers. These
classes will be in languages, literature, history, economics and politics; scientific,
subjects, manual training, teaching, medicine, and law.—2 K Triangle.

Latin-American students at the University of Pennsylvania have launched
a new fraternity, A A M, which makes the sixth fraternity whose mother
chapter is at Old Penn. Expansion will doubtless be easy and rapid, as there
are strong Latin-American clubs at half a dozen large Eastern and Middle
Western Universities.—Delta Chi Quarterly quoted by A T fl Palm.

"Too often, we fear, it is the custom of the members of certain chapters to
assemble at certain stated periods, go through a certain form, learn the condi-
tion of the treasury, hear the report of the house steward, and then plan for
some entertainment. When this happens the chapter descends to the level of
a mere boarding club.—Delta Chi Quarterly.

Conservation—the policy of the day in every field—has its place as a
chapter policy. Two phases of chapter conservation we wish especially to
emphasize this new college year: persistence in study—that will insure the
scholarship of our members; permanence of membership—that will give four
years of college and a degree to each member.—K A 9 Quarterly.

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One of the hardest things a college girl must learn to do, is to say no.
Among the multiplicity of things that claim her attention on every side, she
should make some choice. But, with the ideal of an "all-round college girl"
in mind, she often shrinks from making a choice and accepts each new activity
that offers, until the limit of human endurance is reached.—K A 9 Quarterly.

"A will has been written leaving to a college for women, to be separately
chartered but to be operated by the trustees of T u f t s College, a sum probably
not less than $500,000.

"This money would not be available for a department of Tufts College.
This is the only definite promise of endowment for Jackson which has yet
been made."—A merican College.

Oxford students have honored L . C . H u l l , the American Rhodes scholar,
by electing him president of the Oxford University Athletic Club. This is the
first time an American ever has been elected to manage an Oxford athletic
team. It is a tribute not only to Hull's athletic prowess, but also to his
popularity as a man.—American College.

Given: An endowment fund of $ 3 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 ; a campus of forty acres slop-
ing down to the Columbia River, just outside of Portland, Ore.; a board of
four trustees, and a territory in which the art of higher education has yet to
be perfected.

Required : To build a college for men and women that shall embody all
the best principles of American academic life.

This is one way of stating the problem which confronts Prof. W. T . Foster
of Howdoin, who has been chosen president of Reed College that is to be.—
A rroiu.

Epsilon (Columbus) alumnae have furnished a room in the local Day
Nursery in memory of three of their number. The room is known as the
Kappa Alpha Theta Memorial.—Kappa Alpha Theta quoted by Arrow.

Candidates for A. B. at Harvard, beginning with the class of 1914, will
have to pass an oral examination in French or German, to test their reading
knowledge. This test will be passed before a candidate can enter the Junior
class.—Lyre of A X U.

An interesting event in the college world is the recent affiliation of Vander-
bilt university and the Peabody normal college at Nashville, Tenn. Both
are large institutions, well known throughout the south and much is hoped
from their joining forces.—K A 8 Quarterly.

A knowledge of other fraternities, and their work, gives us a breadth of
outlook, and a clearer understanding of our own needs, and possibilities. It
is impossible for us to merely exist when we realize the work done by other
fraternities, and the room which is always at the top.—Themis.

Oxford University after a thousand years' existence as an institution for
men alone, will admit women hereafter. The same conditions will be required
of women as of men, and they will be allowed to compete for the Rhodes
scholarships.

The ratio of young men and women seeking a higher education is greater
in California than in any other state in the Union. The University of Cali-
fornia has received more personal gifts than any other institution in the world
that is supported by public taxation.—Chicago Record Herald in A 4" Quarterly

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It is unofficially reported that the trustees of Wooster university have
tabled finally the offer of Mr. L . H . Severance, to give Wooster a half million
dollars on the condition that fraternities and sororities be banished from the
university.—K A 9 Quarterly.

At the close of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, the University of
Washington acquired twenty-eight buildings, an open-air theatre seating
15,000 persons, beautiful asphalt roads, a $ 4 0 , 0 0 0 sewer system, and extensive
gardens.—Mask of K

The much-discussed rule compelling fraternities and sororities to pledge
only sophomores has been abandoned for this year at the University of
Kansas. Records for the first semester showed that the fraternity and sorority
students made higher scholarship averages than those outside.—American
College.

The Beta Theta Pi notes the appearance of a new Southern fraternity,
Pi Kappa Phi. I t was organized in 1904 at Charleston College, Charleston,
S. C , and has since established a Beta chapter at the Presbyterian College
of South Carolina and a Gamma chapter at the University of California.—
Aglaia of 4> M.

Two million five hundred thousand dollars is to be raised by special tax
for the future development of the University of Oklahoma. It is planned to
build one new building each year for ten years. The University has an
endowment fund of over $9,000,000.—Eleusis of X 17.

The Michigan Inter Sorority Conference decided at the last meeting that
next year the different sororities will have a common initiation day as far as
possible. This will enable all the old girls to see each other and in many ways
will be more convenient than the old way.—Michigan Cor. in The Anchora.

We suggest that other colleges and universities take note:
By recent action of the trustees I.ehigh University will extend financial
aid to the fraternities which desire to build chapter houses on the campus.
No single loan will be in excess of forty per cent of the cost of building. The
buildings are to be designed so as to accommodate at least one student for
every $ 1 , 0 0 0 of cost, and the principal is to be paid in sums distributed over
a term of years.— The American College through The Adelphean.

The aim of a college course should be, first character; second, health; third,
an education. We want our daughters to graduate strong in body, clear of mind
and with ideals and purposes healthy and hopeful. Who is to start them on
the right track to bring this about? I f the faculty can not do it—and they
can not—does not the responsibility lie with the mother behind the girl?"—The
Key.

The authorities in Kansas University are endeavoring to restrict social
functions and all university activities to Friday night and Saturday, so that
the week may be more uninterrupted for study. The students have also been
asked to make no week-night "dates," and the appeal has been made especially
to sorority guls, foT they, as representative women, set the standard to a
great extent for the student girls as a whole.—Key of K K T.

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I t must be borne in mind that the fraternities to-day are not merely agen-
cies f o r the erection of unofficial dormitories. Their principal aim and purpose
is not home-seeking or home-building, but the development of a spirit o f
brotherhood, and the occupancy and erection of homes is an incident to this
stage of their existence. We know very well that i f the alumni of the different
chapters who are pouring out money f o r the erection o f chapter houses were
to believe that the development of the true fraternity spirit had ceased, their
contributions would dwindle rapidly and soon cease. I n other words, the
chapters o f to-day not only have material ends, but spiritual aims, and we
ought not to lose sight of the latter in our sense of admiration f o r the former.
—Beta Theta Pi, quoted by Arrow.

A X fl is celebrating the twenty-fifth anniversary of her founding.
At the recent conventions it was voted to extend to all their founders,
life-votes in the "Grand Chapter" and complimentary copies of the
Lyre.. The editor and business manager were granted salaries for
their services. It was decided to use only white stones, pearls or
diamonds in the fraternity badge. An attempt was made to dis-
courage social engagements on the night of chapter meetings, and to
banish mock initiation from the fraternity.

A number of conventions were held this summer: n B * at
Swarthmore, Pa., in June; X Q at Lexington, Ky. in June; A A A at
Evanston, 111., in June; A $ at Baltimore, Md., in March; * M at
Memphis, Tenn., in June; Z T A at Galveston, Texas; 2 K at
Champaign, 111., in April; A X at Detroit, Mich., in August;
K 5 at New York City in July; A Y at San Francisco; K * at
Birmingham, Ala.; K K T at Bloomington, Indiana; * A 0 in
August at Niagara Falls; Z * in August at California; <£ K * at
Toledo, O., in June; and B O I I at Saratoga Springs in July

The following suggestions are from chapters of II B $ :

For some years past i t has been the custom for the freshmen to give a
supper to the upper classmen. Recently we changed this plan and now the
freshmen buy each year, some article of f u r n i t u r e f o r the chapter house.

I t has been our custom the last few years to sing Pi Phi songs at the
table between courses. I t has undoubtedly been a help in learning our songs,
and what is there that so centralizes interest and inspires f r a t e r n i t y spirit as
singing together? We have had many visitors f r o m outside comment on the
number of songs that we know and the splendid way in which we sing them.

The girls of Vermont Alpha have discovered a means of keeping the
chapter roll in mind. I t is a chapter-roll match. We are divided into two sides
as for a spelling-match, and we are asked to locate chapters. The chapters are
not asked according to provinces, but in any order the censors see f i t . The
winner is presented with a prize. We find that to stand even f o r a short time
requires an exact knowledge of the chapter roll.

This year Iowa Zeta is setting apart Tuesday evening of each week for
hospitality to other sorority girls. We entertain at dinner two girls af a
time, t r y i n g to select them f r o m different sororities. Each g i r l feels free to

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entertain her friends in the chapter house at any time, but Tuesday evening
is set apart especially f o r sorority girls. We feel that in this way we can make
even stronger the wholesomeness of inter-sorority feeling.

The Arrow announced that a prize loving cup was to be awarded at the
Convention of Pi Beta Phi to the chapter with the largest delegation, including
these points: percentage of total enrollment of the chapter, age of same, the
greatest number f r o m the active chapter, and percentage of miles covered.
This cup was won by the Nebraska delegation of nine members.

I n a recent article on the life of a sorority girls, three aims were named
which should be made foremost i n her college career. They were. I . T o
maintain a scholarship which is a credit to herself and to her chapter (exclud-
i n g the narrow-minded " g r i n d " ) ; 2. T o be aggressive and ever ready to
support all college affairs by doing active work in the various college organiza-
tions ; 3 . T o develop true traits of character, such as unselfishness, generosity,
and a true spirit of forgiveness.—Anchora of A Y.

The following recent fraternity expansion has taken place:
K * at Baylor University, Dallas, Texas, and at Southwestern
University Dallas Texas; Z T A at the University of Alabama, and
University of Southern California; A A $ at Judson College,
Marion, Ala., and Brenau College, Gainesville, Ga.; A X O at
University of Washington, Seattle; $ M at Brenau College, Gaines-
ville, Ga., and Randolph-Macon Women's College, Lynchburg, V a . ;
2 K at the University of California, Berkeley, and at the University
of Washington, Seattle; A A A at the University of Oregon, Eugene;
IT B $ at University of Wyoming, Laramie, at University of Wooster,
Wooster, Ohio and at University of Oklahoma, Norman; A Y at
University of Washington, Seattle; K * at Western Reserve Univer-
sity, Cleveland, O., at University of California, San Francisco, Cal.;
and q> A ® at Washburn College, Topeka, Kan.

The Kappa chapter (Kansas) of Kappa Alpha Theta, to perpetuate the
memory of a deceased sister, presented to the university library a sum of
money to be known as the May Sexton Agnew memorial book f u n d , with the
provision that the income accruing there-from should be used f o r the purchase
of books in the department of English literature. A beautiful memorial
book-plate, to mark the volumes purchased f r o m this f u n d , has been designed
by M r . W . F . Hopson, the a r t i s t . — K a p p a Alpha Theta, quoted by Arrow.

I am a f r a i d that some of us think that we are good f r a t e r n i t y members i f
we go through the initiation, wear the pin, and are loyal to our own special
chapter. I t is possible f o r us to be ever so loyal, and yet lack the proper
knowledge of our own or of other fraternities.

A g i r l who has a knowledge of the f r a t e r n i t y system in general, some idea
of the history and work of other sororities, and a thorough knowledge o f the
history and work of her own fraternity, is a factor in her chapter.—Themis
Z T A.

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Two signs o f growth are evinced by Boston University. One is a bequest
received by the Medical School to establish a hospital. Ground f o r the build-
ing has been given by the University. The second is the four hundred
thousand dollar endowment f u n d raised d u r i n g the first eleven days o f June
by a vigorous campaign waged among the friends of the University in Boston
and New England. This fund will make possible many things for the Uni-
versity.—Boston University correspondence in Sigma Kappa Triangle, quoted
by Themis of Z T A.

A K E is considering a plan to increase the circulation o f the Quarterly
among the members and to secure an endowment f u n d . I t is proposed to tax
each A K E $ 1 0 , which w i l l make him a l i f e subscriber to the Quarterly.
This would make a f u n d o f about $ 1 0 , 0 0 0 with an annual increase of about
$ 2 , 5 0 0 . The interest on this f u n d could be used to support the Quarterly and
as the f u n d increased, the added money could be used f o r other f r a t e r n i t y
purposes.

Let then our slogan in the days to come be more real friendship, more
mutual help; less snobbishness and exclusiveness; seeking girls of true
worth rather than wealth ; seeking high qualities of heart and of mind rather
than external manners or position. Then come what may, whether our sorority
grows larger or smaller, we may hold our heads high, and proclaim her
worthy of all praise and honor.—Angelos of Kappa Delta, in Triangle o f 2 2 2 .

Our f r a e t r n i t y l i f e has too little regard f o r one thing. That is leisure.
The setting apart of some portion of our time f o r the cultivation o f friend-
ships, f o r the contemplation of nature, and, most vital of all, for a more perfect
ripening of our powers of thought and heart. There are thousands of things
that we may well afford to pass by and neglect, but the essential things we
must have. The building of character; the poise and dignity that come f r o m
self-knowledge; the refreshment of communion with nature; these we must
have i f we would have the best' f o r ourselves and give the most w o r t h i l y to
others.—Omicron alumnae K A 0 Quarterly.

A couple of days before initiation we tried an experiment upon the fresh-
men and i t worked so beautifully that some of the other chapters may desire
to adopt our plan. The active chapter assembled with much dignity and
solemnity i n one room and placed the freshmen in another with orders not to
talk or make any noise, and they were absolutely obedient. They were brought
before us, one by one, and questioned as to their attitude toward j o i n i n g
Kappa, i n such a way as to prompt a good deal o f serious thought. I t helped
the older girls, too, f o r we couldn't help wanting to be better and more
worthy of Kappa after we had listened to the ideas of those splendid fresh-
men.—Northwestern Chapter Letter—Key of K K 1\

I like the customs prevailing in some fraternities of encouraging members
to take an active part in student l i f e . Some of the men's societies have chapter
by-laws compelling each initiate to express a preference f o r some feature of
college l i f e , and, with the approval of an upper-class committee, to become
indentified there-with. Some compel their members to j o i n the organization
to which all students are eligible. One society I know of has had the custom
of asking each neophyte to fill out a card expressing a preference f o r certain
activities and a desire to enter certain fields. The society has then arranged
to give the freshmen whatever opportunities it could f o r work along those
lines.—A 4> Quarterly.

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Perhaps one of the most serious charges that opponents of fraternities
bring against them is that they have forgotten the old definition of fraternity
and are building up cliques and social combines, that the qualifications f o r
membership are too numerous or too artificial f o r mere manhood and individ-
uality to avail, that they attempt to mould men into a certain social pattern
instead of developing that personality that fits a man to fill his own particular
place i n the w o r l d as no one else could quite till i t . Essentially fraternity is
democratic, not aristocratic, and the reasons f o r j o i n i n g fraternal organizations
ought to be reasons holding good in a democracy. Personal worth should be
the reason f o r an invitation to join a fraternity and personal worth in the
chapter should be the reason f o r accepting such an invitation.—Record oj
Sigma Alpha Epsilon, quoted by A T 0 Palm.

According to the <f> K ^ Shield, twenty-five o f $ K 'fr's active chapters live
in houses "owned by the chapter or by an incorporated association of a l u m n i ;
fifteen chapters l i v i n g i n rented houses; and four chapters neither owning nor
renting. I n 1902 but two per cent, o f our chapters were housed in their own
property, and only seventy-seven per cent, were occupying houses."

Twenty-three of the thirty-eight chapters of A T either own or are building

O f the fifty-seven chapters of * T A, twenty-four own their houses and
twenty-four rent.—A T f i Palm.

The Delta is printed by the George Banta Publishing Co. o f Menasha,
who are the largest fraternity and college printers in the country. I n addition
to this magazine they publish the following fraternity periodicals:

Alpha Phi Quarterly; Angelos of K A ; Anchora of A T; Arrow of I I B <t>;
Adelphean of A A * ; Aglaia of * M ; Brief of * A # ; Bent of T B I I ;
Circle o f Z + ; Crescent o f P * B ; Kappa Alpha Theta; Key o f K K T ;
Sigma Phi Epsilon Quarterly; Shield and Diamond of I I K A ; Scroll of
* A 0 ; Themis of Z T A ; To Dragma of A O I I ; Triangle of 2 K ; Trident o f
AAA.

They also have i n press the Song Books of 2 N and X 0 .

I suppose that you have noticed f r o m the papers that University of Miss,
has decided to abolish the Fraternity chapter there. This was done last week.
To my mind, the abolishment of the chapters at Miss, ought to serve as a
lesson to every university i n the country. The fraternities at Miss, are themselves
responsible f o r their expulsion. They fought the non-fraternities and considered
themselves better. They seemed to have done everything in their power to
overlord the non-fraternity men, giving them absolutely no chance in the
university l i f e . From such a condition there could be but one result, that
which happened. We of Louisiana are going to bear in mind the faults
of our brothers at Mississippi, and do all in our power to avoid such situa-
tions.— Inspector Weber to Editor of Delta of 2 N .

I f anyone needs watchful care and advice, i t is the freshman. He is
just beginning to shape his career and character, and false ideas, fostered
by false friends, may ruin what promises to be a bright and useful life, while,
i f set on the right path, and sustained by the strong arm o f experience, he
w i l l develope into a man of strong character, to the best interest of himself,
his college, and the world.

"Is i f f o r the best interest of the institution and student f o r colleges and
universities to f o r b i d first year men to j o i n fraternities?" No—not i f he

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joins a good fraternity.—1 Sigma P h i Epsilon i n The Triangle o f Sigma
Sigma Sigma, quoted by Crescent of T 4> B.

Fraternity girls, discussing a prospective rushee, almost invariabiliy con-
consider first the question of whether or not the g i r l is fraternity type. A n d too
often the qualifications we name as being necessary, reflect on us,—it's very
easy to become superficial. The fraternity type of g i r l is determined by us,—
it is the standard we have made ourselves by our own conduct, and i t is
unreasonable to look f o r i t as an inherent qualify of girls who have never
been in a fraternity. The type, which of course can never be high enough, is
developed in the fraternity,—every worthy member makes the standard
higher, just as every unworthy one lowers i t . I f we could only remember that
each o f us is responsible f o r the reputation of the whole g r o u p ! We are seeking
a higher standard, and better girls, and we w i l l get i t not by requiring more
of the girls we are rushing, but by requiring more o f ourselves.—Alpha Chi
Omega Lyre.

"Beginning with Garfield," says the Phi Gamma Delta, "every occupant
of the President's chair has claimed affiliation with a Greek-letter fraternity,
although some were merely honorary members. Garfield was a member of
A T, Cleveland was an honorary 2 X , Harrison was a member of $ A G,
McKinley was an honorary 2 A E, while Roosevelt is claimed by both A K E
and A A <£. President T a f t is a member of * T. Vice-president A r t h u r , who
became President on Garfield's death, was a member o f ^ T. Vice-president
Colfax was an honorary member of B 9 I I . Vice-president Fairbanks is a
member of 4> T A. Vice-president Sherman is a member of 2 4>."—* A 0
Scroll, quoted by Eleusis X 0 .

Have you thought how much meaning, how much joy, how much real
l i v i n g , lie i n acts of sharing? But this beautiful instinct of sharing may be
dwarfed and choked out o f being altogether. Like a l l things else, i f i t does
not grow, i t must die. A n d , i f we are guilty of allowing that great g i f t to lie
unused until i t withers so that no one would know we ever had i t , what
results? Our lives are narrowed, warped, misshapen. A n d , too, we miss the
the knowledge of that wonderful relation called friendship, for sharing is its
essence.

And, i f sharing is so essential to friendship, should not we, who are mem-
bers o f a fraternity, be c a r e f u l to share the things that are best, not only w i t h
each other, but with other girls?—Agalia of Phi Mu, quoted by Eleusis of X fi.

According to the method followed at present which consists i n furnishing
to each group of petitioners instructions as to the steps which they must take
in order to accomplish the result they desire, the main burden is laid upon
them to prove themselves worthy.—The Delta of Sigma Nu considers that
"Careful inspection by active chapters, alumni chapters and officials of the
fraternity during the greater part o f a college year should settle the matter
beyond a doubt one way or the other." Delta Upsilon also believes in
"searching investigations as to college and society standing by the chapters,
especially those nearest the petitioning societies," urges alumni in a position to
do so to contribute their sum of accurate i n f o r m a t i o n ; suggests that these
reports should be sent by the Executive Council to all the chapters, and that
the statements therein, i f debatable, be challenged by the opposition, but wishes
the w i l l o f the majority o f the chapters to prevail, perhaps not on the first
vote, but that' finally the w i l l of the m a j o r i t y should control. Tri-Delta, I
believe, submits the applications o f each group to all the chapters, and each

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chapter reports to the province president the result of her vote, while the prov-
ince presidents transmit to the Grand President the majority vote of the chap-
ters in her province. Kappa Alpha Theta, who granted three charters at her
last convention, seems to favor action on charters at convention, finding "the
frank discussion of all phases of extension and the presentation in detail of
reports by those who had personal knowledge of petitions most satisfactory."
This is also the practice of Kappa Kappa Gamma.

We are indeed d o i n g worthless work i f each year we do not take into our
midst two or three girls who are capable, with the chaperon, of leading a table
conversation which amounts to something more than a discussion of neighbors,
dances and half developed college interests. H o w much better would college
interests, papers, magazines and the like develop, did the leading students have
a firm background o f general information.

How often, may I ask, has the Ballinger-Pinchot case been discussed within
the last few months in the sorority houses? Women want the ballot, many of
them, but do they know the history of the "Budget?" Or in Harper's, have
fraternity women generally read the Presidential and Conservation message?
But table discussion cannot be confined to politics alone f o r an entire month or
more. Has Mary Garden, her acting and a comparative criticism of her tech-
nique been talked of at the fraternity house table? Or did the death of Fred-
erick Remington b r i n g f o r t h a live discussion of his place as an American
artist and a portrayer of a type of American l i f e ? Has Rostand's play been
discussed f o r its dramatic and social value?

In the west we are permitted to hear or see very few of the country's
most talked of arts but with the wonderful system of monthly and weekly-
magazines i t seems to me that a f r a t e r n i t y house ought to be the very center
of discussion of the highest culture and highest appreciation of the country.
The commercialism of our men is certainly in no greater rut than the lack o f
knowledge of the arts into which our women are falling.—Anchora o f A T.

"The Call of the West," an article treating o f fraternity extension, is

well worth reading. We regret that lack of space confines us to a few extracts:

"The strong f r a t e r n i t y of the future w i l l be the one that is shrewd enough

to discern which are the coming great institutions, and then to grant charters

to 'first groups' applying to them. T o refuse a charter to the first in the field

results very often in subsequent handicaps; f o r while the group, nothing
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Deaths . 105
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Exchanges . 108

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Is it not strange that such a small percentage of men who enter college
finish? I f it is advantageous to go to college, is not a completed college
education of far greater advantage?

I t is right here that our f r a t e r n i t y is f a i l i n g to do her duty, and f a i l i n g
to b r i n g out the maximum efficiency of each man. Looking at this matter
f r o m the standpoint of the chapter, is i t not true that the first two years a
man spends in college he is still a stranger, looking around for his proper
place, and getting his ideas and habits f r o m others? The second two years
he has become more accustomed, and then he takes the initiative in the chapter
and is a leader. For the first two years he is dependent on the chapter, f o r
the last two the chapter is dependent on him. Upper classmen are not only
the brains of the rushing season, but they also dominate the l i f e of the chap-
ter and make the policy of all the acts of the chapter. The fact then follows
that a man's later years i n college are of more value than his first years, not only
for his own sake, but also f o r the sake of the chapter.

Realizing, then, that the man whose college education covers one or two
years is not doing himself justice, not aiding the chapter as he should, should
not the f r a t e r n i t y , as a f r a t e r n i t y , do more to keep its members i n college f o r
the f u l l term? Should it not almost be a condition precedent to a man's initia-
tion that his intention is to remain four years? I t is hardly possible that every
man can be expected to stay in college f o r four years, but why cannot all the
chapters attain the standard of Pennsylvania Beta, which has eighty per cent,
of its initiates graduate?

To formulate a theory f o r the attainment of this end is a difficult matter,
and indeed, it would be impossible to make any one rule which would uni-
versally apply, owing to different conditions in different institutions.

However, the habits and general trend of a student are formed in his
freshman year. Here the seeds of industry are sown, or the weeds of idle-
ness put in an appearance. Special care should be taken w i t h the freshmen
that they attend to their studies. How this should be done is a matter f o r
consideration of the individual chapters. But more emphasis should certainly
be put on scholarship and on the importance of a complete college education.

This paper is not an answer, but a question. Is i t not the case that the
chapters are letting slip by them the opportunity o f developing the maximum
efficiency, not only of the chapter itself, but also of the individual members?—
The Shield.

v.aci. onier, out witrr». ..JT'girrsii—.igalta i . « . quoted by Eleu»>s Ot n.

According to the method followed at present which consists in furnishing

to each group o f petitioners instructions as to the steps which they must take

in order to accomplish the result they desire, the main burden is laid upon

them to prove themselves worthy.—The Delta of Sigma Nu considers that

"Careful inspection by active chapters, alumni chapters and officials of the

fraternity during the greater part o f a college year should settle the matter

beyond a doubt one way or the other." Delta Upsilon also believes in

"searching investigations as to college and society standing by the chapters,

especially those nearest the petitioning societies," urges alumni in a position to

do so to contribute their sum of accurate i n f o r m a t i o n ; suggests that these

reports should be sent by the Executive Council to all the chapters, and that

the statements therein, i f debatable, be challenged by the opposition, but wishes

the w i l l of the majority of the chapters to prevail, perhaps not on the first

vote, but that finally the w i l l of the m a j o r i t y should control. Tri-Delta, I

believe, submits the applications of each group to all the chapters, and each

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Fancies ^ . . ..... 17

The Chapter House as a Moulder of Men . . . .19

The Literary Needs of America . . . . . 23

For Equal Suffrage 29

Editorials 30

Active Chapter Letters . . . . . . . 32

Alumnae Chapter Letters . . . . . . 48

Births , • 50

Engagements . . . . . . . . 50

Weddings . . . . . . • • . 5 1

In Memoriam . . . . . . . . 52

News of the Alumnae . . . . . . . 53

Exchanges . . . . • • • •, 56

News of the College and Greek Letter World . . . 5 7