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Kappa Alpha Theta L. Pearle Green, Editor Volume 30 November, 1915 Number 1 CONTENTS The Panhellenic creed . 2 Woman’s peace party . . 3 Retrospect, Annie L. Macllraith .... 6 Push, Marie Davis . 8 National Panhellenic impressions, Hope Davis IO Alpha Chi installation . ii Phi Lambda Psi, Philena Palmer .... 12 As your neighbors see you . 13 Convention through official eyes . 14 Going to convention, Emily Nash .... 18 Alpha Chi as LaFayette Thetas know her, Bird Goslee Crockett 19 Officers off duty, G. W. L . 20 An impression, Blanche Higginbotham 21 In California after convention, Isabel Jenkins 22 Officers’ corner . 23 Convention demonstrations, Mabel Millman Hincks 25 Northwestern and rushing, Mary Ross Potter 26 Convention’s power, De Etta Holmes 28 Next convention, Eta . 29 Who’s who in Theta . 29 A Theta reunion . 33 “All of it”, Eva Reed Hall . 33 Theta Daily Kite clippings . 34 The play of convention, Ruth Taylor 35 In memoriam . 36 Crabs sans forks, Jessamine DeHaven Lewis . 38 Purdue university, Kathleen Brady .... 39 Convention facts and fancies . 4i Christmas . % • 44 Something Big . * 45 Editorials . 47 Notices . 49 Subscribers attention . 50 Chapter letters and alumnae notes . 5i Directory . 93 All manuscripts should be addressed to the Editor, L. Pearle Green, 15 East Ave., Ithaca, N. Y. Material intended for publication must reach the Editor by the first day of the months of October, December, February, April. The Kappa Alpha Theta is published the first of November, January, March, May, at 450*454 Ahnaip Street, Menasha, Wisconsin, by George Banta, official printer and publisher to the fraternity. Price 25 cents per copy. $1.00 per year. Entered as second-class matter October 18, 1909, at the postoffice at Menasha. Wisconsin, under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879.

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THE PANHELLENIC CREED ^ W ^ E, the fraternity undergraduate members, stand for good f I J scholarship, for the guarding of good health, for whole- hearted cooperation with our college's ideals for student life, for the maintenance of fine social standards, and for the serving, to the best of our ability, of our college community. Good college citizenship as a preparation for good citizenship in the larger world of alumnae days, is the ideal that shall guide our chapter activities. We, the fraternity alumnae members, stand for an active, sym¬ pathetic interest in the life of our undergraduate sisters, for loyal support of the ideals of our Alma Mater, for the encouragement of high scholarship, for the maintenance of healthful physical condi¬ tion in chapter house and dormitory, and for using our influence to further the best standards for the education of the young women of America. Loyal service to chapter, college, and community is the ideal that shall guide our fraternity activities. We, the fraternity olficers, stand for loyal and earnest work for the realization of these fraternity standards. Cooperation for the maintenance of fraternity life in harmony with its best possibilities is the ideal that shall guide our fraternity activities. We, the fraternity women of America, stand for preparation for service through the character building inspired in the close contact and deep friendship of fraternity life. To us fraternity life is not the enjoyment of special privileges but an opportunity to prepare for wide and wise human service.

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Kappa Alpha Theta Volume 30 November, 1915 Number 1 WOMAN’S PEACE PARTY (Since Kappa Alpha Theta, in convention assembled, became a member of the Woman’s peace party, it seems fitting to place before our members some details of this noble movement, in which every woman can help if she will.) Preamble and Platform Adopted at Washington January 10, 1915 WE, WOMEN OF THE UNITED STATES, assembled in be¬ half of World Peace, grateful for the security of our own country, but sorrowing for the misery of all involved in the present struggle among warring nations, do hereby band ourselves together to demand that war be abolished. Equally with men pacifists, we understand that planned-for, legal¬ ized, wholesale, human slaughter is today the sum of all villainies. As women, we feel a peculiar moral passion of revolt against both the cruelty and the waste of war. As women, we are especially the custodians of the life of the ages. We will not longer consent to its reckless destruction. As women, we are particularly charged with the future of child¬ hood and with the care of the helpless and the unfortunate. We will not longer endure without protest that added burden of maimed and invalid men and poverty stricken widows and orphans which war places upon us. As women, we have builded by the patient drudgery of the past the basic foundation of the home and of peaceful industry. We will not longer accept without a protest that must be heard and heeded by men, that hoary evil which in an hour destroys the social structure that centuries of toil have reared. As women, we are called upon to start each generation onward toward a better humanity. We will not longer tolerate without de¬ termined opposition that denial of the sovereignty of reason and justice by which war and all that makes for war today render im¬ potent the idealism of the race. Therefore, as human beings and the mother half of humanity, we demand that our right to be consulted in the settlement of questions concerning not alone the life of individuals but of nations be recog¬ nized and respected.

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4 Kappa Alpha Theta We demand that women be given a share in deciding between war and peace in all the courts of high debate — within the home, the school, the church, the industrial order, and the state. So protesting, and so demanding, we hereby form ourselves into a national organization to be called the Woman’s Peace Party. We hereby adopt the following as our platform of principles, some of the items of which have been accepted by a majority vote, and more of which have been the unanimous choice of those attending the conference that initiated the formation of this organization. We have sunk all differences of opinion on minor matters and given free¬ dom of expression to a wide divergence of opinion in the details of our platform and in our statement of explanation and information, in a common desire to make our woman’s protest against war and all that makes for war, vocal, commanding and effective. We welcome to our membership all who are in substantial sympathy with that fundamental purpose of our organization, whether or not they can accept in full our detailed statement of principles. Platform THE PURPOSE of this organization is to enlist all American women in arousing the nations to respect the sacredness of human life and to abolish war. The following is adopted as our platform: 1. The immediate calling of a convention of neutral nations in the interest of early peace. 2. Limitation of armaments and the nationalization of their manufacture. 3. Organized opposition to militarism in our own country. 4. Education of youth in the ideals of peace. 5. Democratic control of foreign policies. 6. The further humanizing of governments by the extension of the franchise to women. 7. “Concert of Nations” to supersede “Balance of Power.” 8. Action toward the gradual organization of the world to sub¬ stitute Law for War. 9. The substitution of an international police for rival armies and navies. 10. Removal of the economic causes of war. 1 1 . The appointment by our Government of a commission of men and women with an adequate appropriation, to promote international peace. National Headquarters Room 500, 116 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago

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5 Woman’s peace party Rules Governing the Organization The name shall be Woman’s Peace Party. The officers shall be a Chairman, Secretary, Treasurer and four Vice-chairmen, who together shall form an Executive Council. A Cooperating Council shall be appointed by the Executive Coun¬ cil. Chairmen of States shall be appointed by the Executive Council, and these in turn shall appoint Chairmen of their respective Congres¬ sional Districts. The members shall be : 1. Local groups wherever they can be organized, each to pay $5 annually into the National Treasury. 2. Sustaining Members , who shall individually pay $1 annually into the National Treasury. Plan of Work and Chairmen of National Committees 1. National Legislation (a) The National Legislative Committee represents the Woman’s Peace Party at hearings before such Congressional Committees as that on Military Affairs. (b) This Committee enters into correspondence with the Legisla¬ tive Committees of the Woman’s Peace Party in various states, securing endorsements of bills recommended by the National Execu¬ tive Council. Such endorsements, when received from the states, are presented to Congress. (c) From the fact that questions of peace and war can be con¬ sidered only by the Federal Congress, the National Legislative Com¬ mittee is located in Washington, with two Vice-chairmen of the Woman’s Peace Party as members of the Committee. Correspon¬ dence should be conducted through Mrs. George Odell, Secretary, The Rochambeau, Washington, D. C. 2. International Relations (a) The results of the Washington conference were presented to all embassies and legations at Washington by Mrs. Kate Waller Bar¬ rett and her Committee. They were cordially received, and the plat¬ form has already been officially translated and transmitted to various foreign countries. (b) Madame Rosika Schwimmer, acting as International Secre¬ tary of the Woman’s Peace Party, is in direct communication with the women of seventeen European nations. 3. Propaganda (a) Holding nation-wide mass meetings. Chairman, Mrs. Lucia Ames Mead, 39 Newbury street, Boston, Mass.

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6 Kappa Alpha Theta The first of such meetings has been arranged for February 22, 1915, to protest against the immediate increase of armament in the United States, and to endorse the Crosser Bill and the Hobson Bill, both of which are at present before Congress. Petitions and sug¬ gestions for meetings may be secured from Mrs. Mead or the Chi¬ cago office. (b) Stimulation of a Peace Propaganda throughout existing or •- ganizations. Chairman, Miss Zona Gale, Portage, Wis. Secretary, Miss Ella J. Abeel, 116 S. Michigan avenue, Chicago. Literature: Lists of readings and publications to be obtained through existing peace societies, as well as names and terms of speakers and lecturers may b£ secured through the Chicago office. The services of Mrs. Glendower Evans, the National Organizer, may be arranged for at headquarters, or by writing directly to her. (c) The Promotion of a Peace Educational Program for our Schools a7id Colleges . Chairman, Mrs. Fanny Fern Andrews, Sec¬ retary of the American School Peace League, 405 Marlborough street, Boston. This League, already organized throughout the states, is ready to give prompt and efficient suggestions. (d) The Formation of Committees for Publicity and Press Work, Chairman, Miss Katherine Leckie, Professional Bldg., 17 E. Thirty- eighth street, New York. Suggetions for press work, posters, and material for advertising may be secured from the central office. State organizations are urged to protest through the local press against the tendency to militarize public sentiment in America. (e) The Encouragement of Artists, Musicians and Writers to productions promoting peace. Chairman, Miss Florence Holbrook; Secretary, Mrs. Martin Schutze, 116 S. Michigan avenue, Chicago. Arrangements are under way to present Euripides3 Trojan Women by The Chicago Little Theatre Company. This protest against war made by women three thousand years ago and never surpassed in beauty and poignancy, relates our protest to that of the women of all ages. Arrangements may be made through the central office to have this play presented throughout the country. Lists of dramatic readers and singers; of available plays, stories, poems, and songs; of decorated mottoes, cartoons, and illustrations, as well as suggestions for pageants and festivals, will be supplied from the central office. RETROSPECT When I looked out of the window this morning and saw the wide stretch of country to the distant knolls swept by wind driven sheets of rain, I thought of Emerson’s “tumultuous privacy of a storm.” On such a day when nature takes matters in her own hands without

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Retrospect ,7 so much as a by-your-leave, one settles down (especially if it be Sunday) to a day of meditation and reading with peculiar satisfac¬ tion. Today I have been thinking of my summer and of convention. The room is filled with a different spirit. The four walls are un¬ changed ; the books look down from the shelves, the table is piled high with papers and overflowing work basket; it is the same room, but changed with the atmosphere of Theta memories renewed and en¬ larged by the convention of 1915. After the long months of anticipation, I was glad to begin conven¬ tion with the arrival of the Special in Grand Forks. As we boarded the train, convention atmosphere surrounded us, the regret with which we left the train, proved ‘its worth to us. At first we were inclined to remain in chapter groups, happy in renewing old associations and enjoying the visits with those we know best and love most. It re¬ minded me of the college campus groups, broken only when some one says, “Now, I’m going to get acquainted with some of these other girls, don’t expect me always with the bunch going from classes.” And very soon she would return to tell us of some perfectly grand girls she had come to know, and might have missed. So on the train there were some who realized the opportunities to become acquainted ; and the spirit of fellowship spread until everyone heard, if she did not say, “Oh, I’ve just been talking with some of the finest girls.” So we all were friends by the time we arrived at the Kappa Alpha Theta convention. Nothing makes friends quicker than mutual enjoyment. For this, could we have had a better opportunity than the day in the Park, in the big silences of the mountains and fir trees, or in the cool breezes of the blue-green and mountain-watched Lake St. Marys? By the time we reached Spokane, I recall increased enthusiasm and the all- pervading spirit of convention enjoyment. Our days in Spokane, in Seattle, in Portland hold happy memories of long drives through beautiful streets, luncheons, delightful boat rides, and the meeting of more Thetas ; with it all the going to sleep with the remembrance of the way Nature grows flowers out West, and dreaming of arms full of roses. I like to linger on the memories of these good times, and the spreads, song fests, and talk fests that made the Theta Special such a big part of convention. The good times by no means closed with the arrival at Gearhart — who will forget the dormitory stunts in the hotel, the chapter luncheons, the banquet, the morning tramps through the woods, and the walks and talks by the bonfire? My first impression of the convention gathering proper, was, per¬ haps, its size; not formed entirely from numbers but rather from the wide variety of types of girls — hundreds under different conditions zealously and loyally upholding Theta’s standard. It means some-

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8 Kappa Alpha Theta thing, too, to recognize that our fraternity is not an institution that represents only past accomplishments; it is living and working to prove everywhere the big ideals that have made Theta. We catch the spirit of joy as we welcome a new chapter, and we recall the days and years when we worked to be worthy of a chapter in Theta’s book of tylack and gold. Those of us who were alumnae, on looking at the rows of delegates, perhaps yearningly wished we were back in col¬ lege days; yet, with that thought quickly came the thrill to realize that in those days we had learned to love too well ever to be separated from the guidance of the twin stars, ever to lose the touch of the friends long proved, who have given us the impulse of sisterhood. At convention, surely more than anywhere else one realizes that one never graduates from Theta. Much could be said of the impressions left by the work of Theta in the colleges and universities, but as much more could be told of the accomplishments of Theta through alumnae in the countless ac¬ tivities leading to social service. The big problems discussed at con¬ vention made some of the questions of chapter life seem small, and brought to view the responsibility of the chapter, to keep close to the central organization, and help more the larger life. The heart¬ gripping ceremony of the chapter linking made one feel the force of Theta dreams and faith and love. Many other impressions are left me, but the one that clings closest as I am compelled to be away from active work in a Theta group, is the memory of our Grand council members. What a privilege to know them, and to be allowed to work with, and for them. In them, we have the depth of soul, the breadth of mind, and the bigness of heart, bound in a womanly spirit. Surely Theta is safe, and we are wondrously favored, in the hands of such women. They make one proud to be a girl, eager to be a woman worthy of such sisters in Theta. Annie L. Macllraith PUSH A little boy walked up to the president of a big concern one day and asked for work. “We have no vacancy,” said the president. “But I must have work,” answered the boy. The child’s persistency interested the big man and he took him to his office. “Tell me, what is your aim in life, my boy? To what end are you working?” The boy’s countenance was blank; he did not un¬ derstand. “Why, what is your motto?” “Haven’t you a motto to guide you?” The man went on to explain.

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Push 9 “Oh,” replied the boy with eyes brightening, “Oh, yes my motto is the same as yours”. “Mine — why, what is my motto?” “Why, it is on the door outside — Push”. This little chap and his motto made me stop and consider whether or not we, as individual Thetas and active or alumnae chapters, had enough of this “Push”, when it came to upholding the national frater¬ nity in its work for our good. “How ‘Push'?” I hear some one ask. Well, I refer to the kind of push a football team gives its captain. The members elect a captain whose ability they trust, then when he says “push,” they all know he has a reason for giving that signal at that time and they give him all their support by obeying. His object is always the same — advancement. Now — are we a good football team? Women are entering all other corners of men’s sphere— why not football. At least a game on paper will be harmless. Our Theta Service board can next offer Theta coaches. When our captain — the national fraternity, through its officers — gives us orders in the form of requests, suggestions, sometimes commands, do we obey and obey promptly? They have used many precious moments in getting data, hearing arguments and with only the interest of us all at heart, they finally decide something is best to be done at a certain time. Have we the right to neglect, spurn or disregard these orders? It may be a play which will throw glory or aid to another chapter — another Theta, but in the end we share the cheers. Can’t we be a bit less self-centered — less local? How many of us ever stop to think of what we owe the national fraternity? We go on reaping the benefits in all lines, social, politi¬ cal, athletic — take all we can get and — then some of us forget to make any returns. Let’s more of us put on our football armour and stand by our captain. Let each get her place in the line-up — learn her duties and when the Pushing Order comes— Push. The ultimate aim will be advancement but the immediate reason for our coopera¬ tion is to show loyalty, support, trust. Marie Davis , President District V The Scholarship fund we still have with us. When the committee reported that ‘twelve girls had, through the assistance of this fund, re¬ ceived their degrees in June, there was great enthusiasm. Under new convention legislation, some $7,000 is available for these loans in 1915-16. The stunt-party and the The dansant were contributors to the fund ; while the Cook books of California dishes proved popu¬ lar souvenirs, too. These books are still to be had and indeed are eager to help you cook delightful dishes in return for a modest addi¬ tion to the Scholarship fund. Christmas is coming.

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10 Kappa Alpha Theta SOME IMPRESSIONS OF THE NATIONAL PANHELLENIC CONGRESS The National Panhellenic congress held its fourteenth session at the Claremont hotel in Berkeley, August 12 to 14. Each of the eighteen women’s fraternities were represented, L. Pearle Green being our official delegate. I was there also, in a happy irresponsible way, enjoying the sessions and the meeting with other fraternity women, but blissfully ignorant of the fact that Miss Green was go¬ ing to levy upon me later for a Journal article on my impressions. These impressions, however, were many and strong, and so, in all fear of our Editor, I am hereby attempting to record a few of them. My first impression of a Congress meeting was not very flattering. That eighteen women, sent as delegates by their respective frater¬ nities and undoubtedly among the most representative members of those fraternities, should be so handicapped in their powers and so unable to take any decisive action seemed, to use our much harped upon word of last summer, most inefficient. Of course one realizes the necessity of having an unanimous vote of all fraternities on im¬ portant questions but that requirement necessarily limits progress sadly. It seemed to me, at first that we were really getting nowhere, that these meetings were scarcely worth while. And, in fact, this Congress has not much to report in the way of action. A very fine codification of its former decisions had been prepared and was ac¬ cepted. Other reports were read and approved and new committees appointed, but the only other definite action that I recall was the decision to meet biennially hereafter instead of annually. On second thought, however, I realized that the purpose of the Congress was not necessarily to take decisive actions. Discussions were numerous and valuable. Each person present learned better how the other fraternity women felt on some of the very problems that were confronting her, and learned more of the various aspects of those problems. She gained much, too, from the experiences of others in coping with them and went back to her own tasks better fitted for them. The similarity of aim among these many fraternity women who had assembled from all sections of the country, was certainly pronounced. The inspiration for one’s own work was doubled, as one realized that each fraternity stood ready to help the others in the furthering of their common ideals. The biggest impression, however, that I brought away from the fourteenth meeting of the Congress was due to the personnel of its members ; among them were wives and mothers, social workers, teach¬ ers, doctors, deans of women, lawyers, all women that one was glad to know. That such women have the interest of their college frater-

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Alpha Chi installation 11 nities so thoroughly at heart that they will sacrifice the other de¬ mands of their busy lives to give their time and energy to the pro¬ motion of the Panhellenic spirit is sure proof that the love for our fraternities is well founded and abiding, and that the fraternities themselves will become ever greater and greater instruments for good. The Panhellenic Congresses are of value now and of real promise for future fraternity development and welfare. Hope Davis ALPHA CHI INSTALLATION The installation of Alpha Chi chapter at Purdue university oc¬ curred in May, 1915. On Thursday evening, May 20, the members of Phi Lambda Psi were pledged to Kappa Alpha Theta. On the afternoon and evening of May 21, thirty-four members were initiated into Kappa Alpha Theta, at the home of Mrs. Bird Goslee Crockett, Alpha. Then on the following day occurred the installation service, the luncheon, attended by more than a hundred Thetas, a reception to college and city friends of the new chapter, and the first chapter meeting. The Thetas in attendance were : Alpha Laura V. Marshall, Lenore A. Briggs, Elizabeth Hammond, Anna Shields, Lilian Hays, Margaret Briggs, Mary Mik, Elizabeth M. McGaughy, Blanche Swalklin Allen, Julia Preston Minch, Bird Goslee Crockett, Ethel Rottmans, Catherine Tillotson, Ellen Thomp¬ son, Irene Hammond, Elma Hawthorne, Cathryn Switzer, Ehrma Lee Green, Esther Bassett, Gladys E. Martin, Margaret L. Keiper, Ethel McKinstray Arnett, Mary Clippinger, Jessie Gobin, Helen Guild. Beta Grace Maxwell Plilputt, Florence Wandell, Clara Sluss Becknell, Martha Voglesong, Inez Lemmon, Mildred Hatch, Helen Brian, Mildred Showers, Dorothy Thornburgh, Helen A. Berry, Luella G. Smith, Lucile Gray, Edna June Carr, Rachel Williams, Mildred Rieman, Hilda Springer. Gamma Dorothy L. Renolds, Helen Tipton, Charlotte Bachman, Mary Louise Rumpler, Margaret J. Erisman, Mary Beach Pierce, Helene L. Shultz, Miriam Wilson, Charlotte Galpin, Emma L. Clinton, Beth Wilson, Mary E, Eichrodt, Lola Connor, Lucile Adams, Eliza¬ beth Stephenson, Helen M. Reed, Katherine Riley, Gail Barr, Fern Brendel Metzger.

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12 Kappa Alpha Theta Delta Wilma M. Hill, Cecilia Ward, Helen Johnson. Tau Verna Minch. Pi Alice Temple Day. Ruth Haynes Carpenter, Grand President, University of Minne¬ sota; Hope Davis, Grand Vice-president, Brown University; L. Pearle Green, Grand Secretary, Stanford University; Sarah E. Cotton, President District I, Indiana University; Arda Knox, President Indianapolis Alumnae Association, Indiana University. Alpha Chi chapter’s charter members are : Mildred Ohaver, Leila Bryan, Kathleen Brady, Laura Enders Romburger, Tressa M. Moore, M. Edith Gamble, Anne E. McVicker, Mary N. Howard, Eleanor Taylor, LaCegail Bone, Lena Sutton, Gaile Williams, Emma Smith, Grace T. White, Nellie Earhart, Josephine McCord, Alice Hupe, Mary Agnew, Agnes Phillips, Irma Connell, Esther Evans, Philena Palmer, Helen Eldridge, Bernice Duryea Nicol, Margaret Gamble, Idabelle Towsley, Lera Crane, Gladys Craine, Lyla V. Marshall, Beatrice Fisher, Lucille Riley, Aneta Beadle, Harriet Benjamin. PHI LAMBDA PSI In the fall of 1904 a few girls banded together under the name Phi Lambda Psi and in two years proved themselves worthy of recog¬ nition by the faculty. Each year the number was increased and the union was strengthened in many ways. The members endeavored to take part in all college activities, and promote good-fellowship, or, in other words, a Purdue Spirit, to be in the real push and work of the serious college life. In a purely social way, Phi Lambda Psi had a high standing and she upheld her right to this social prominence by her scholarship. An alumnae chapter was organized in 1913, its purpose to strive to maintain the bond of unity among the alumnae and to act as advisory council to the active chapter and to cooperate with them in the inter¬ est of the fraternity. In 1914-15 the total membership was 80 in¬ cluding 32 alumnae and 16 non-graduates. We had long been looking forward to membership in a national fraternity and had worked with this aim in view. Knowing that Kappa Alpha Theta stood high in the fraternity world, she was our goal. In January 1913 the active campaign for Theta began. Now that the goal has been reached, we realize more than ever what her standards mean.

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Alpha Chi's chapter house

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As your neighbors see you 13 As a local, we were known only to the little world about us but in emerging from local to national, our sphere is broadened a hun¬ dred fold and the aims and standards of the fraternity gives the greater responsibility which strengthens those who are working in it. There are even higher demands in the college life and attitude upon the campus in order to fulfill and maintain the Theta stan¬ dards and be known as such. As a part of the national fraternity the choosing of those to follow means the selection of girls who will maintain true Thetahood. Each member now fully realizes that this new sisterhood is not alone for the four years of college, but for ^e* Philena Palmer, Alpha Chi AS YOUR NEIGHBORS SEE YOU We, of Alpha, are so proud to think our “littlest” baby is so near her mother chapter and that our own district has been added to by this Theta baby. She is so young and yet she has already made her mother swell with pride. If all of you could have attended con¬ vention this summer you would know why I say “already proud.” Dear, little Philena Palmer, the Baby delegate, carried so much en¬ thusiasm to convention and there, with a friendliness and warmth, found a place for herself and her chapter in every girl’s heart. A tender baby, though it be strong, needs the kind wishes and loving support of its older sisters and each and every chapter of Theta opens its door to you of Alpha Chi. Your link in our chain means much to us as well as to you. We are also strengthened by its ad¬ dition. You, Alpha Chi, have begun your work for Theta with such courage and enthusiasm that when we look into the future we always see a flourishing chapter of Kappa Alpha Theta at Purdue university. We believe in you, we love you and you will not fail us. We of Alpha, extend to you a loving welcome in our sisterhood. Come ! join your link with ours. Hays,, Alpha I am a Beta chapter alumna, graduating a year ago, but in all my fraternity life I have never felt more keenly my fraternity’s spirit than at the installation of Alpha Chi chapter. The best thing about the whole week-end was the continuous en¬ thusiasm of all the Thetas there. There were active girls from all of the Indiana chapters, alumnae from even more, and then three members of the Grand council. Such an assemblage is certain to inspire our loyalty, but this gathering showed most vividly the staunch friendship of Theta for Theta. There was a cheerful greet¬ ing from every one, continual smiles, and faces that shone with sis¬ terly love.

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14 Kappa Alpha Theta The new Thetas, those that we were making into Alpha Chi chap¬ ter, were as enthusiastic as we older ones. The splendid spirit which they displayed predicted a well knit chapter life. The personnel of the chapter appealed to me as particularly strong. They impressed me as ‘‘all-round” women, the sort of which we can always feel proud. As I went through the very impressive initiation conducted by the Grand officers, I thought, “There is not a girl here whom I would not be glad to initiate into my own chapter.” That is the highest compliment I can pay. My impressions can be but songs of praise for the ceremonies seemed a splendid beginning. Dorothy Thornburgh Not to be telling tales out of school, but I recently received a letter salutated, “Dear Visitor at Alpha Chi Installation — is that event so far in the past that you have forgotten about it?” It is rather far in the past considering the rapidity with which events follow one another these busy days, but as for its being forgotten about — de¬ cidedly no. Although a frequent visitor in Lafayette, I know none of the now Alpha Chis so my curiosity-in-a-pleasant-sense — or my anxiety — or whatever it was, was at high tide on my arrival, and the pleasure my curiosity, or anxiety or whatever it was, received is the reason my answer no is so decided. From the very first, at the station where we were met, it didn’t seem that we were meeting very- soon-to-be Thetas but Thetas right then in that town of Purdue — and such a town it is — a town that is its university. And from what I heard from friends not Thetas, our baby chapter— though with no characteristics of such except age — is herself rather a prominent personage in that university, and in a place so overwhelmingly mas¬ culine such prominence is something of which we may be doubly proud. Our baby is quality instead of quantity in her college. In¬ deed I haven’t forgotten Alpha Chi — oh, but it was her installation I started out to talk about! Well it’s Alpha Chi herself that’s im¬ portant anyway. Not to be selfish at all, but we’re glad she’s in our district. Lorene Jeffries , Gamma CONVENTION THROUGH OFFICIAL EYES A few days ago I opened my mailbox and found a letter post¬ marked Ithaca, New York. Doubtless all members of Kappa Alpha Theta realize that Ithaca, New York, is just another name for L. Pearle Green. I tore open the letter eager for a word from our Grand secretary and editor, only to find a type-written page in which she made an appeal for a contribution for the convention number of the Journal.

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Convention 15 Imagine, if you can, the feelings of a mathematics teacher when a Grand officer writes ‘‘Send some message of inspiration to the members at large. Write of the thing that to you was most signifi¬ cant — the most worth while!” Horrors! My first duty as a District president to be one of a literary nature ! Little did I dream that I was to punctuate and to paragraph when I was elected to preside over District I of Kappa Alpha Theta! Everyone who has attended a National convention, or made a grand tour of the West, knows how very much worth while either experience is. But when both are combined into one glorious pleasure our feelings and impressions refuse for a time to be analyzed. Every thing that happened from the time that we boarded that wonderful Kappa Alpha Theta Special, till the last goodbyes were said after convention, was greatly worth while. I might discourse at length concerning the many interesting events along the way; of the perilous trip which a part of the Indiana delegation took in Glacier National Park; of how the rear wheels of the automobile in which we were riding never touched the ground but twice from the time we left Lake McDonald until we reached the Park entrance. I might tell of another auto trip which the same group took to Seaside the night after the convention closed ; of how they became acquainted with a fruit vender who asked if they were some of the “Sonority” girls from Gearhart. I might tell how happy he was when he found out they were Hoosiers for hadn’t he once lived on Twenty- third street, in Indianapolis. I might tell what pleasure it was to meet Charlotte Malott Kruegle at Spokane, Anna Jones Sutton at Seattle, Katherine Blynn and Blanche Blynn Ruby at Gearhart; I might tell that Mrs. Edna True- blood Hadley, formerly of Indianapolis, pinned on the Theta colors with her Kappa Kappa Gamma pin, and took the Indiana delega¬ tion for a ride over Seattle. These incidents may not “inspire” the members at large, but they impressed me greatly. They make me understand in a newer and bigger way the meaning of the word “Sisterhood.” To board a train where there were not a dozen familiar faces and to feel instantly an intimate acquaintance and a close kinship, gave me a splendid sensation ; to be met at every step by strangers to whom no introduc¬ tion was necessary, because the Theta pin was in evidence, made me realize that our sisterhood is a big broad bond; to be met and wel¬ comed by sisters on the Pacific Coast, with all the warmth of years of personal acquaintance made us feel glad that we were of those sought out as being worthy to wear the Kite.

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16 Kappa Alpha Theta Our convention only deepened this impression, and with our hearts and minds filled with the goodness and greatness of a common bond, we were prepared for the sensations that were ours when we after¬ wards visited the San Francisco Fair. There we entered the won¬ derful Central Court, and gazed long at the symbols of the East, then turned and faced the great arches where we beheld the symbols of the West. With emotions unspeakable we realized that the “Deliberate East and the adventurous West” were closely akin that they are striving, had always striven, and would always strive, for one common purpose. Arda Knox, President District I Asked to write upon some impressions made upon me at last con¬ vention, I should like first to take off my hat to the Oregon girls, who managed so wonderfully for our comfort and convenience at Gearhart. Unforeseen difficulties and emergencies daunted them not at all. Time schedules were arranged, baggage located, extra rooms supplied, all with the “efficiency” that was our convention watch¬ word of the year. What’s the use of an established hotel manage¬ ment anyhow, when you have your Theta sisters to look after you ! I should like, too, to mention the sea-bathing, the lovely walks, the sunny days, and the smell of pines; and to touch lightly and gracefully upon the crab. Not the human kind ! We don’t grow the species! But the dainty little fellow in pink coat-of-mail, who sat plumply before you when you found your place at the long table, and who long afterwards was torn from your greasy and reluctant grasp and borne away — nothing but a hollow shell. Strange, there were those among us benighted and unappreciative of luxury, who received our hard shelled friend with as little enthusiasm as they would vouch¬ safe his human name-sake: wherein they showed a surprising lack of reverence for the time-honored maxim, that the more hardly won, the more worth while the prize. But above the jumble of so much to see and hear at convention, of business dispatched, of policies discussed — past, present and future — of formal meetings, of informal discussions, of hikes, beach- parties, and — of crabs ; above all the maze of convention first-impres¬ sion the one that stands out most clearly always, is the evidence of our nation-wide adherence to a fine, clean-cut Theta type. I felt this at the convention of 1907 — my first — as I have felt it more and more strongly at each successive gathering. Now, in 1915, I come back with a glowing sense of comradeship in the fraternity. What a keen satisfaction it is to be able each time to confirm the impression of other years — that there can exist so sure a Theta type, south, east, north and west ! It is very significant of the depth and strength of

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Convention 17 the fraternity, that she can attract and hold to herself girls of the same high caliber, no matter from what part of her geographical chapter roll they come, from Canada to Texas. Convention brings home to us as nothing else can do, the underlying spirit of com¬ munity in the fraternity as a whole; which as each convention year succeeds another, gathers life and meaning — vitalizes our sisterhood. Elva Leonard , President District II What phase of convention stands out as most significant in my mind? My! what a question! Perhaps the one thing that im¬ pressed me most was the perfect harmony and good-fellowship among the girls. From the moment we left the Chicago station until we arrived at Gearhart, it seemed as though everyone was supremely happy. Truly our “Special” was a joy, for through it many splendid new friendships were formed that otherwise might not have occurred. We found the Grand council to be “human beings,” and if one felt like it, one could actually embrace them collectively or individu¬ ally. How delightful all of the stops en route were! I believe each chapter felt, as never before, perhaps, what a small part it is of one grand big whole. Even the trainmen said they had never taken such a party to the Coast. That was quite a compliment indeed because they have had charge of so many conventions. The feeling of friendliness showed up particularly in the meetings. It seemed to me the way in which the different chapter greetings were presented to the convention took away that feeling of fright that so many feel at a convention. There was such a variety in the different stunts, and so much fun was enjoyed. I believe that this informal way of presenting greetings the first morning paved the way for more freedom and ease, especially among the younger delegates. I should say let’s always have a “Special,” and always have the first meeting as informal as possible for it certainly helps the fol¬ lowing ones. Eugenie R. Overturf, President District III Each convention seems the best I suppose, but really those of you who missed the Gearhart gathering can well have regrets. Honestly I just can’t believe anything could have been more perfect from our Chicago alumnae “How-do-you-do-Goodbye” at the Special Train to the final glimpse of a convention button at Grand Canyon or Colo¬ rado Springs — wherever you met the last group of touring sisters. It seemed like a month of convention, for so many traveled in the same direction, we were constantly being hailed in some strange city by a Theta whistle or stopped short on the street or trolley car by the sight of a good old kite. Oh! it was so nice and homey in a far

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18 Kappa Alpha Theta off country! We were really never left to feel homesick and way off, which we jokingly said was a disappointment; after traveling so far we at least wanted to feel we had gone from home and our friends there. Such enthusiasm, too! Why everyone is coming to every con¬ vention from now on it would seem to hear them talk. We’ll have to employ three or even four towns in a few years at this rate. I think every person I said goodbye to promised to meet me at the next convention. What pleasure to look forward to seeing all those nice people again. I believe the most significant thing about the convention to me was the great uniformity evident in the type of women represented. So much is heard about the variance of chapters of a national fraternity in different sections of the country and in different colleges. This I do not believe is true at present of our fraternity. It has never before seemed quite so impressive, and I rejoice to see our girls all over the country apparently bearing the same marks of quiet dignity, refinement, and noble womanhood that bespeaks a close adherence to the principles and ideals of Kappa Alpha Theta. Amy Baker, President District VII GOING TO CONVENTION Words and music by Emily Nash , Alpha Pi We’re bound to Gearhart-by-the-Sea, To the Kappa Alpha Theta Convention. We’re a merry throng, As we journey along; Under good Jim Hill’s protection. We’ve never a care, For we’ve paid our fare; Though it cost us some expension ! But that’s neither here nor there, We’re on our way to Convention. Chorus : We’ll fly our colors to the sky, And not forget to mention. We’re bound for Gearhart-by-the-Sea, To the Kappa Alpha Theta Convention. We’ve come from many a different clime Though we’re all of one complexion, We’ve traveled many a hundred mile ; Too many, indeed, to mention. There are new faces in our throng, New voices claim attention ; But we’ll all be friends, When we arrive, At the Kappa Alpha Theta Convention. (The most popular song on the Special train.)

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Alpha Chi 19 ALPHA CHI AS LAFAYETTE THETAS KNOW HER In the last few years Purdue university has rapidly become more attractive as a coeducational school. This in spite of her general reputation as one of the greatest engineering schools in the country. Under her present president, Dr. W. E. Stone, the courses in Domes¬ tic science and Liberal Arts have been developed and strengthened so that over four hundred women are this year enrolled in the univer¬ sity. Purdue has never had the reputation as a lazy students’ paradise. The number of hours carried each week is nearly double that in some colleges, so that the girl who pursues her studies here must have a mental equipment in proportion. This means that women students at Purdue must be unusually earnest and efficient students. For the past ten years the local sorority, which last year became Alpha Chi chapter of Kappa Alpha Theta, has maintained a strong and active organization which, through high ideals and good scholar¬ ship, merited the approval of the faculty. Last year they headed the scholarship list of fourteen fraterni¬ ties. On account of this, and because of the interest they have al¬ ways shown in all college activities, they have won the good opinion of both faculty and student body. As a group the girls have been a factor for greater dignity in personal conduct and simplicity in dress, which has reacted favorably upon even those outside the fra¬ ternity. In fact all the traditions and training of this local sorority were calculated to prove a good foundation on which to build that structure of high ideals, scholarship and true womanliness which we love to call the Theta sisterhood. As individuals of this group, many are more than merely “good girls,” as we often say. One of the alumnae is widely known as an artist in oil. Another is an interior decorator of considerable note. Several of the alumnae are teachers, one being a member of Purdue faculty, and one being at the head of the Domestic science depart¬ ment of the city high school. Many others have elected, as their life work, the gentle art of home making, which is perhaps, the most popular vocation and which is without doubt, the end in view of a domestic science education. Prior to the installation of Alpha Chi chapter at Purdue, the Thetas of LaFayette had never known each other as Thetas. The interest aroused through the efforts of the local sorority for member¬ ship developed the fact that the city contained ten so-called “old Thetas.” These older Thetas, being in touch with the advantages of Purdue, were of course, very much in favor of the movement.

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20 Kappa Alpha Theta This common interest ripened through common effort into what is now known as the Alumnae club. The Alumnae club has perfected a regular organization which meets once each month at the homes of the members. It was the desire of the members to renew their interest as Thetas in the frater¬ nity at large, as well as to be of some service to the local chapter. As an advisory body they have been able to meet with the active chapter from time to time in an effort to impart to them a proper conception of Kappa Alpha Theta and how to recognize Theta material in new girls so that the chapter may continue a strong one. This transformation through which the local chapter has become one of Kappa Alpha Theta, has meant much to the LaFayette alumnae and has made them feel a certain degree of gratitude to the chapter, because of the renewed and deepening interest it has developed as well as the memories it has awakened of other days. It has made one live again the trials and anxieties, to renew the fading memories of past successes. Goslee Crockett , Alpha OFFICERS OFF DUTY “Probably I can pass the Credentials committee without any fatalities,” said a timid undergraduate delegate on the boat going north to Portland, “but when I think of meeting the Grand council and the other officers, I am simply paralyzed. Ever since I was elect¬ ed, the girls have been coaching me just what to say when I ad¬ dressed them. I am so afraid I shall forget and use some slang. Do you suppose they will be awfully old and dignified? What do you think they are interested in? Just books?” At 2 a. m. of the first day, this worried undergraduate stumbled into her room and gasped, “Say, the Grand president in a flowered kimono is sitting on a trunk in the hall eating candy, lots of it ! And she has got a baby !” “She has two,” murmured her sleepy room-mate whom she had seen for the first time a few hours before. “Come to bed if you can. I’m simply dead. Blanche Higginbotham, one of those District presi¬ dents, invited me to go swimming with her this afternoon, and I went. She says she can swim a mile easily. I believe it. I think we did ten.” Just then a weary but excited girl peeped through a crack in the door and began apologetically. “I thought I’d come and get ac¬ quainted. You see the D. Ps. are giving a ‘spread’ in the room next to mine, and they make so much noise we couldn’t sleep. They tell me nobody sleeps at Theta convention. I am beginning to change my mind about a lot of things. Do you know that Mrs. Fitch that has such funny stories and that can tell you of somebody that can tell you

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An impression 21 just what you want to be in life and just what salary? She invited me to go to Seaside with her. I thought it was around the corner, but its three miles of forest and wonderful ferns and up and down hill on the Coast. Well, more people joined us, and after a while an express wagon passed us. Mrs. Williams from New York begged the man for a ride so we all piled in the back, hung our feet over, ate peanuts and made those woods ring with Theta songs. I feel queer about it for they don’t do such things at our university. That is not all either. The D. P. from the sixth district says she does fancy dancing. The hall is getting clearer now, so, Goodnight.” In the wee hours of the fifth day, tired and disheveled girls gathered in the same room for a last council of war and compared notes. A senior began, “Just think at that wiener roast on the beach, a tall dark woman chased me around the sand dunes with a long stick with a sizzling sausage on the end of it. When we ran into the light of the camp fire, I saw she was Hope Davis. In my letters I have always addressed her as ‘Dear Madame!’ ” “That’s nothing,” yawned her neighbor. “One of the G. C. in¬ vited me to go for a walk in the woods. She didn’t tell me that some alumnae were going too. Well, they insisted on climbing hills, scrambling through tall ferns after wild flowers and finally went wading around the cove in the ocean. I could hardly stand the pace much less believe they were the same people who made long dignified reports on the platform. “Did you hear that commotion the other night right after the stunt-party,” inquired a sophomore. “Some alumnae had a touring car waiting in the road, and they kidnapped an unsuspecting officer and wrapped her in one of those gorgeous comforts sim1"^1^ from the hotel and bundled her into^tafcjnachine. They said they rode for two hours in the moonlight through the great forests and on the hard sand beach. I did not suppose older Thetas acted that way. In these five days I have changed my mind about several things beside extension. Come to think of it all,” she added slowly, “I really shouldn’t wonder if those officers had had just as much fun as we have had at this convention.” “Sure,” replied the chorus. G. W . L. AN IMPRESSION Would that some clever artist could depict for the Thetas who were not there, a composite picture of the many phases of convention life, with the inspirational point of each one. What a luminous pro¬ duction it would make! As it is, an attempt to tell of one alone, seems futile, for each looms massive and preeminent in retrospect. From a purely pleasurable point, I suppose that wonderful “Special” train, filled with Thetas, was the greatest joy. It was a

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22 Kappa Alpha Theta prolonged pleasure — that was the best of it — lasting for six whole days ; and each night we realized that all those old friends and new ones too, would greet us the next morning. Could that railroad official who said Mrs. Huffman was “optimis¬ tic” when she suggested that there would be at least 150 leaving from Minneapolis, just have looked upon the 198 who really did leave there, he would have been convinced that not only Mrs. Huffman, but every one else aboard, had good reason to be optimistic. Nor did the high tension of expectancy ever flag en route, for at every stop our group of hostesses rivalled the gracious entertainment of the previous day. And in Gearhart, I would choose as the setting for this composite, not the ocean, although the high surf and the blue Pacific beyond were alluring, but that awesome grove of majestic pines, with the wonderful depth of ferns beneath, through which we walked to the auditorium for our meetings. In this environment petty and flippant things vanished. But the real inspiration was the spirit of it all, for it brought most keenly to those of us who were “old grads,” the fact that our Theta ideal was no myth sustained by youthful enthusiasm — no misty and pleasant recollection of the old roseate days, but a thing which had remained vital and untarnished — which had grown to meet every new demand, and which we confidently know will continue to shed its influence undiminished upon Thetas in future years. Blanche Higginbotham IN CALIFORNIA AFTER CONVENTION Somehow when the “Theta Special” pulled out of Chicago, and everyone was talking “Theta this” and “Theta that,” and looking forward so eagerly to that wonderful convention, I almost forgot that cur stay at Gearhart was to be followed by four glorious weeks in California. Convention had been talked of all winter so that there seemed to be only one spot out West, Gearhart-by-the-sea ! After we had said “goodbye,” subsequent to the four inspiring days together by the sea, we separated into different groups and set out for our various destinations. But we weren’t to be separated for long for the California Thetas had arranged that we were to meet again and had planned two lunches and a tea for all who were going South. The first in the California building at the big Exposition — one of the most unique and finest buildings there — was a luncheon and after most of us had registered in the Kappa Alpha Theta book we gathered in an attractively decorated room on the second floor at little tables, and it did seem good to see so many of us together again.

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Officers’ corner 23 After lunch there followed five or six toasts, short, snappy, and in¬ teresting, just the kind Thetas can make. That same week the Thetas at Berkeley had arranged for us to come to tea. After a ferry-boat ride, and a most complicated trolley route, we were greeted at the other end by most hospitable hostesses, who in no time, made us feel as though we had always known them. The following day, which was a gloriously bright one, we set out for Palo Alto, eighty-one in number — Thetas and their friends. What consternation we must have caused among the Stanford Thetas. Who had expected eighteen of us!! (The Western Union did it.) They never showed their dismay, however, and proved what good housekeepers they were by serving us an attractive and amply sufficient luncheon on individual trays. Such a chattering as ensued as little groups got together to talk over what they had seen and were to see. From San Francisco, father and little brother (both of whom were by this time loyal Theta enthusiasts) and I went south through the Yosemite. Here we could have held a junior Theta Conven¬ tion for I counted seventeen in number at Camp Curry one after¬ noon. Each was enjoying the impressive grandeur of that beautiful valley, with the roaring Yosemite Falls in the distance. At San Diego, our next stop, as we stepped off the train the first thing that greeted us was the Theta whistle, and two conventionites hurried up to greet us. From here, motoring up along the coast then inland, we stopped at the Mission Inn at Riverside ; what a quaint and odd place it was ! A hotel, museum and church, all combined in the most artistic way to form one of the most interesting show places in California. While wandering through the chapel we came across two Alpha Betas and Lorene Jeffries of Gamma who, having gotten lost from her party seemed more than glad to be among friends and Thetas at that ! All you who weren’t at Gearhart in Oregon, who didn’t see the Exposition, and most of all who didn’t get to know the Thetas of the West— the most hospitable anywhere — to you, we, who have had this wonderful experience, extend our deepest sympathies. May this coming winter bring to Kappa Alpha Theta a new inspiration, through the efforts of those of us who have seen and met so many helpful friends. Isabel Jenkins OFFICERS' CORNER PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE To all Thetas in the active and alumnae chapters and to all Thetas everywhere I send my best wishes for the new year. It always seems to me that the year should begin in September instead of in January

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24 Kappa Alpha Theta because then it is that, after the relaxation of the summer, the majority of us take up afresh our studies and our work. In a frater¬ nity way we start anew after each of our biennial conventions, and so it is that I am wishing to all Thetas and to the fraternity itself a happy new year. At this last convention our effort was primarily to make such changes and inaugurate such plans as would help the fraternity’s greater efficiency. We increased our Scholarship fund and revised the laws governing its use so that more girls may benefit by it. We enlarged upon the work of the Service board and planned to give it greater opportunity for service. Probably the most radical change that we made at convention was in alumnae plans. We are hoping great things from our introduction of an alumnae secretary and from the closer state organization that convention provided for. That improvement ought to help us all, alumnae of the present or of the future, and so result indirectly for the good of Kappa Alpha Theta. In his essay on Self reliance Emerson says, “Life only avails, not the having lived. Power ceases in the instant of repose; it resides in the moment of transition from a past to a new state, in the darting to an aim.” So we cannot rest now because of what we began at convention but must rather strive in the next two years to develop what we have started, and thus to help Kappa Alpha Theta move onward toward its goal of greater efficiency for service. Hope Davis, Grand president DIPLOMACY The word diplomacy according to Webster means the conducting of negotiations between nations, or skill in securing advantages. Both definitions, though changed a trifle, will answer the purpose of the points I wish to make. For this article allow me to define diplomacy as the conducting of negotiations between chapters of Kappa Alpha Theta — the Dis¬ trict president and members of the Council acting as the diplomatic agents and the chapters playing the part of the nations. No one knows until she has filled a term of office how difficult and trying the role of diplomat is. The following are some of the questions asked a visiting officer : “Is it true that the Thetas at the U. of - are simply ‘down and out’?” “How does our chapter rank at - college? We have heard dreadful tales about their scholarship and some of their members.” How are you to answer such questions? Are we not all Thetas? Then why should ill feeling exist between chapters? If misfortune visits one chapter, it is a reflection on every 1 heta in every chapter and not on that one unfortunate chapter alone. The diplomat must make treaties and compacts between these warlike

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Convention demonstrations 25 nations. She must indeed have a nice perception of what is required by circumstances. The second definition of diplomacy is “skill in securing ad¬ vantages”, which seems to bear so directly on the office of Grand vice-president. Little did I know nor little do most Thetas know of the tactfulness required of the officer in charge of extension. In reading through the archives I find hundreds of letters from apply¬ ing groups and answers to them. Every answer must give encourage¬ ment but not too much — must have Theta dignity and reserve but not be too cold and formal — must keep a group in good spirits for three or four years (sometimes more) and then maybe after careful investigation and inspection have one of these chapter nations rebel. Indeed it is most discouraging ! Let us stand together in our efforts for the betterment of Kappa Alpha Theta. Hazel Allison Forde, Grand vice-president COOPERATION The greatest joy that convention brought me was the emphatic cooperation given the officers and convention managers. Too often there is a diversity of effort and understanding between the con¬ vention proper and the officers. The women you choose to adminis¬ ter your fraternity are subtly made to feel that they are exploiting it for their own purposes, that they are urging it to its own ruin ; that the fraternity accepts gladly of the work of their hands but looks askance at the work of their brains and hearts. You have no officers who believe themselves infallible but a certain amount of self- confidence is absolutely necessary to their highest efficiency. That self-confidence you gave them by your sympathetic understanding of their motives and your evident approval of their conception of Kappa Alpha Theta’s destiny, you made your Council one with you and the hugeness of the spirit generated at Gearhart will carry us high and far in the next two years. Martha CUng Hufjman CONVENTION DEMONSTRATIONS Someone has said that we remember only two-tenths of what we hear, but five-tenths of what we see. Well, we of Kappa Alpha Theta both heard and saw things at our Twenty-first Grand con¬ vention. We heard our Grand president’s and Grand Secretary’s and other reports as of yore, but we saw Mother Alpha with grey hair, cap and “specs,” with old sister Beta following close on her heels, sister Gamma returning to the fold, eleven year old sister Alpha Eta in her short frocks, and baby Alpha Chi toddling along behind. Shall we ever forget (even if the names were less significant) that Alpha and Beta are our oldest chapters, that Alpha Chi was our

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26 Kappa Alpha Theta baby as late as last July, that Gamma is one of the chapters re¬ installed, and, finally, that all these chapters comprise District I? We saw Every student assailed by Learning , Sport, Religious and Social Activities urging her to march under their various banners, until one’s head fairly swam as we realized how wisely Every student must choose to become an “all round,” and yet a specializing, indi¬ vidual. We saw representations of chapter rushing and district visiting, representations which impressed us either by their truth or by their gross exaggeration. Finally, we saw, with wide-open eyes, the monumental documents of our long-suffering J ournal Editor ; her unending, ever-changing list of names and addresses of subscribers, her manuscripts as received, varying in form from the neatly type¬ written to the scrawl on both sides of a sheet of notepaper, her copy ready for the printer and her long proof-sheets to be closely reviewed. Who of us can henceforth neglect to notify her of change of address, to utilize 8 x 10 paper and but one side of that, to be prompt with our contributions, to pity her as she puzzles over them and puts them into shape for the printer, and again as she re-reads them? Now, a whole program of this description would become tedious as does one consisting only of reports and debates, but the charm of the Gearhart sessions arose from the combination of the old and the new, the alternation of the serious and the amusing. Surely, all those who were present would unanimously declare that the various demon¬ strations were a most practical and effective innovation, which, not only interested and amused us at the time, but which have made a more lasting impression than mere statistics and reports could have done. Let us be grateful to the originators of the idea of the demon¬ strations and see that the precedent, with all due moderation and variation, becomes an established one. Mabel Millman Hincks, President District IV NORTHWESTERN AND RUSHING The struggle at Northwestern for sane rushing, or non-rushing, has taken various forms during the last four years, none of which has succeeded in solving the problem. M articulation day pledging has not done it because, under that method, the first ten days of the college year are monopolized by less than half the body of college women (and that the select portion), in order that they may devote all their splendid energy to about one-third of the freshmen, to the detriment physically and scholastically of that third, while the rest of the college waits; and these are the days when general college enterprises should be getting under way, both for the welfare of the enterprises and as centers of activity for the mass of struggling, homesick freshmen.

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N or thw ester n and rushing 27 Sophomore pledging (which was tried for two years) has not done it, because, as many believe, it has been the source of much suspicion and hard feeling, and seems to have given rise to certain dishonorable methods, though these have been, practically universally, failures of judgment rather than intention. In the eyes of many, at least, of the alumnae and of many undergraduates, that system did not receive a fair trial, since two years was not sufficient time in which to effect the complete change of viewpoint necessary to make it a success. Under this system a marked impetus was given to all general activities, and class spirit flourished with unusual vigor. The plan of the present year, with pledge day March 13, has seemed to combine all the draw backs of the other plans, with many additional ones of its own — too short a period for no rushing; too long for rushing. It has been unanimously voted bad. In the judgment of the writer this subject is important even to the point of being the crucial question of the present fraternity controversy. So long as “rushing” continues, just so long will broader college activities suffer because of fraternities, and fraternity members be reduced to proceedings undignified at the time and detrimental to their relations within their groups afterward. So long will non-fraternity women feel the discrimination over keenly. So long will fraternity members be so engrossed with the mere keeping of the machinery running that they will fail to find time and energy for worthier efforts, and — which is really the significant thing — their outlook will be so warped by their feverish rush to “get” certain girls that the keeping of the chapter before the limelight for the sake of making an impression will seem to be one of the main objects of existence. Is it extravagant to suggest that our college women are too fine for all this ? 1 hey should plunge whole-heartedly into the broad life of the college, not parading the fraternity group, but spurring on its members to individual achievement, and holding its circle sacred to the uplifting and cheering and stimulating intercourse of friend with friend. Is it Utopian to propose the possibility of reversing the whole procedure, so that the freshman would be the one to do the striving — not for popularity, but for individual accomplishment which should show her worthy of membership in a fraternity? This would take time for the freshman. What harm, as compared with the ad¬ vantages to be gained, if she does not “make” a fraternity short of one, or even two, years? The ideal method of replenishing the chapters is difficult to find ; but it would seem that the focal point around which details of the plan should center must be the necessity of getting acquainted normal¬ ly and not by artificial means. Mary Ross Potter

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28 Kappa Alpha Theta CONVENTION’S POWER Last spring when I was elected delegate to the Theta convention, I had no idea of what a wonderful, broadening experience conven¬ tion was going to be. My idea was that convention was a rather dull assembly in which all sorts of uninteresting legislation was brought up and discussed at great length — and as far as it’s being a very vital factor and help to this chapter, why we were so perfect now that there was little room for improvement. Of course I realized that somewhere there existed a Grand council and thirty-five other chap¬ ters, which were rather convenient accessories to refer to when we wanted to emphasize “our nationalism.” So with this very self-satisfied feeling I started off — but what a change when I reached Chicago. Here were hundreds (at first it seemed thousands) of girls wearing Theta badges and wonder of wonders, those girls were just as attractive as the ones at home. Sad, but true, I soon found that none of them seemed to think that the chapter 1 represented was any more wonderful than any of the other thirty-five, and that they all seemed to think that the Grand council was very important indeed. Needless to say, I soon felt like a very small drop of water in a mighty river that was rushing on to Gearhart-by-the-sea. Those seven glorious days on the way to Gearhart, with stops at all the different places which seemed to have been made only for the entertainment and enjoyment of Thetas! Finally Gearhart and convention itself — and what a vital and interesting thing I found convention to be. Then I realized, in a measure, what a big under¬ taking the management of Kappa Alpha Theta is. And when I saw so many busy women, who had graduated perhaps years before, still vitally interested in Theta, I began to think how much their fraternity must have meant to them while they were in college, and I knew that from that time on Theta was going to mean a great deal more to me. How quickly those four days passed, and yet how much was done, and how many friendships made in that short time. But every day there came to me the feeling of regret that more of the girls from my chapter were not there, for I knew I never could bring back one- half the enthusiasm and loyalty that was so evident everywhere. And even though I could make them feel the spirit of convention they could never meet the same lovely girls that I did and from them realize what Theta stands for everywhere. And right then I made the firm resolution that I would try my best to make every girl feel that she simply must get to the next convention if she had to walk every step of the way. De Etta Holmes , Chi

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Who’s who in Theta 29 NEXT CONVENTION Why is convention to be at Mackinac, you ask? Because District III sang us into enthusiasm with the following: INVITATION Air — Maryland, My Maryland Oh, where shall next Convention be. In Michigan in District Three; Oh, where shall next Convention be, At Mackinac in Michigan. Its hills and dale and waterways, Will fill with joy your night and days The next Convention then must be — At Mackinac in District Three. Air — I Want to go Back to Michigan Oh, it should be there, Oh, it should be where? At Mackinac in District Three. Where it’s cool, it’s simply fine, There you’ll have a good time, You can’t refuse it, You’ll have to choose it It’s the best you’ll ever see. That’s why you’ll wish again, To come to Michigan, In District Three. WHO'S WHO IN THETA Mary Hamilton Swindler, Beta A.B. Indiana 1905, A.M. 1906 , Ph.D. Bryn Mctwr 1912 A Theta who has gone far in her special line is Mary Hamilton Swindler, A.B. 1905, and A.M. 1906, Department of Greek, Indiana university, Ph.D. Bryn Mawr, 1912. Since her graduation in 1905, she has won numerous scholastic honors, including among other scholarships and fellowships, the Mary E. Garret European fellow¬ ship, which gave her a year of study in Europe; in Berlin and in the American school of classical studies, Athens. Since taking her doc¬ tor’s degree in 1912, she has been Reader and Demonstrator in archaeology, Bryn Mawr college. She has published a number of essays and articles, the most notable being a piece of original re¬ search printed in 1909 by the American Journal of archaeology — Another vase by the Master of the Penthesilea Cylix. Miss Swind¬ ler has also published some verse, To a maiden in the Parthenon frieze ; Cassandra , The return of Theseus , and others.

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30 Kappa Alpha Theta Alta Brunt Sembower (Mrs. C. J.), Beta A.B. Indiana 1901 The work of Alta Brunt Sembower in the field of short story writing, is of a character to make us feel proud that Mrs. Sembower is a Theta, and to make her one of our genuine “Who’s Whoers”. After her graduation in 1901, she continued to develop her talent along fiction writing lines, and has since from time to time published stories in Harper’s Magazines, Collier’s, The Delineator and others. The two Harper’s (Weekly and Monthly) contain the greater part of her work, including His pictures (1906), The power op a belief (1908), and The sheltering of Cecilia (1908). These, and all of Mrs. Sembower’s stories, have a quality that makes it very suitable that they should appear in periodicals having the definite and unvarying standard of excellence of Harper’s . She has a smooth technique, and a happy gift of expression, and she writes with sympathy and imagination. She is at once simple and subtle, and excels in character delineation. T here is a certain fineness about her work that raises it quite to the level of the unusual. Her ad¬ mirers are hoping that she will continue her writing so that it may attain in extent what it already has in quality. Urbana Spink, Beta A.B. Indiana 1896, M.D. Woman’s Medical College Pennsylvania 1899 Thetas are always interested in those of their number who have achieved careers in lines other than the literary or educational. Dr. Urbana Spink of Indianapolis is a notable example of this class. After graduating from the university, Doctor Spink at once began her medical studies at the Woman’s medical college of Pennsylvania, receiving the degree of M. D. from that institution in 1899. Follow¬ ing this, she served as interne in the Methodist hospital of Phila¬ delphia and in the West Philadelphia hospital for women, and spent one year as Secretary to the Dean of the Woman’s medical college of Pennsylvania. Since that time she has been connected with the Dr. W. B. Fletcher sanatorium in Indianapolis, a pri¬ vate hospital whose speciality is the treatment of mental and nervous diseases, although it also does general hospital work of a very fine character. Here, Doctor Spink has done her best work. Since her connection with the Fletcher sanatorium Doctor Spink has twice studied abroad, once in the hospitals of Berlin and Paris, and once in London, where she was honored with a membership in the Royal medical society of England. She is also a member of the Marion county medical society, and of the American medical asso¬ ciation.

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Who's who in Theta 31 Susan M. Kingsbury, Phi A.B. University of the Pacific , 1890 ; A.M. Stanford , 1899; Ph.D. Columbia, 1903 “During the past February, Miss Susan M. Kingsbury resigned her position as Professor of economics in Simmons college and Director of the Department of social economic research of the Women's edu¬ cational and industrial union of Boston, in response to a request from Bryn Mawr college to become the Professor of social economy in a new graduate department which is being formed. The new department of social research has been made possible by the will of Carola Woerishoffer of New York, a graduate of Bryn Mawr college who died in 1911, leaving three-quarters of a million dollars to her Alma Mater. The directors have now taken the first steps toward forming the graduate department which will be called by Miss Woerishoffer’s name. This department, which demands as a prerequisite that the student should be a college graduate and should have spent one year in the study of political economy, will offer, one-, two-, and three-year courses, and will award a diploma to those students who complete the course. One-third of the students' time will be spent in practical work in Philadelphia and New York City, or elsewhere. It is the purpose of the directors to work in unison with various organizations and institutions for social better¬ ment in Philadelphia, a large number of which have already ex¬ pressed their desire to cooperate. Candidates for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy must have ful¬ filled the usual requirements for the degree, but an associate minor will be in practical work. Professor Kingsbury, as director of this department, will be assisted by a statistical secretary of social research, and later by a reader in social economy. During the past ten years Miss Kingsbury has been head of the Department of economics in Simmons college, having had charge at first both of the Departments of history and of economics. The loss to Simmons caused by her resignation is immeasurable. Miss Kings¬ bury has taken an active part in promoting the growth of the college as a force in the academic world. Since she has not only instructed the students in the principles of economics, but has also inspired them with a desire for deeper knowledge, and has taught them how to study, Professor Kingsbury has attained the ideal of all instruction. Miss Kingsbury has helped to send students from college well equipped for the business of living." — From Persunmons, June, 1915.

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32 Kappa Alpha Theta Kate Milner Rabb (Mrs. Albert) Beta A.B. Indiana 1886 , A.M. 1888 Mrs. Rabb has long been known as a clever and interesting writer and contributor to various periodicals. Her publications are National epics ( McClurg’s 1896), The Boer boy (Penn Publishing Co. 1900), and short stories which have appeared in the Atlantic Monthly, St. Nicholas, Leslie's Weekly , Youth's Companion, Collier's Weekly , and the Delineator. Mrs. Rabb’s power of apt expression and her ready wit make her writings most enjoyable. Her latest work, Old love stories re-told appeared serially in the Indianapolis Star and syndicated papers. Susan McWhirter Ostrom (Mrs. Henry), Alpha A.B. Dc Pauw 1909 Among the large body of Theta’s who marry soon after leaving college, there are many who continue to feel, along with their home and social interests, a zest for the outside world of affairs. These women will be interested in the work of Susan McWhirter Ostrom. Although Mrs. Ostrom’s work in the two lines she has followed has not been taken up in a professional way, but accomplished along with the duties of a person who has a husband and two lovely children, it is worthy of record. She originated, and has for two years con¬ tributed a weekly column Women and their doings, to the Indianapolis News, as well as another weekly column in the same paper, The Indiana federation of clubs department. She is kept in touch with the latter work by her numerous club memberships, among which, by the way, is Indianapolis Alumnae chapter of Kappa Alpha Theta. She has also been a contributor to special suffrage editions of various newspapers, and is a feature writer for the Indianapolis News on special occasions. Her other work combines journalism and organization work. The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Felix McWhirter of Indianapolis, both distinguished for work in the cause of temperance, she has become the youngest member ever on the national executive board of the Woman’s Christian temperance union. She is national superintendent of the Sabbath Observance department whose duties are partly executive and partly editorial. She directs the work of the state, county, and local superintendents of that department (over 2,000 in number), and conducts the Sabbath Observance department of the Woman’s Christian temperance union publications. Her article this year calling the attention of the Union women to the observance of the annual week of prayer for the better remembrance of the Lord’s Day, ran to a second edition.

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33 All of it A THETA REUNION Tuesday, June 15 was Kappa Alpha Theta day in the old lodge at Albion college. Thirty loyal Thetas were gathered from. East, from West, from North, from South, considering no distance too great to renew for this one day of the year, old friendships, and a tie stronger than ever existed, even in college days. Resident Thetas had the Lodge ready, and at four-thirty the girls met and kept open house for two hours, receiving calls from many former friends. At six-thirty a sumptuous banquet was served. The evening was spent singing the dear old songs, and drawing closer together in bonds of sisterhood. Some news of those there follows : Mrs. Leroy Kimball (Gipsy Robinson) of New York, visited in Albion during Commencement week. Mary Woodson Higley visited friends in Albion during the sum¬ mer. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Farley (Lena Hunt), in Aug., a daughter. Bom to Dr. and Mrs. Chas. F. Kuhn (Ella Meinke), 46 Warren ave. East, Detroit, Sept. 15, a son. Mrs. Frank A. Bell (Frances J. Staley) is now living in Ne- gaunee, Mich. Mrs. Chas. Maywood (Rebekah Striker) has moved from Hast¬ ings to Albion, Mich. Mrs. A. Ames Maywood (Pearle Field) has moved from Jackson, Mich, to 719 Cass ave. Detroit. The address of Mrs. Leroy E. Perine (Maud Hallenbeck) has been changed to 458 Chicago Boulevard, Detroit, Mich. “ALL OF IT” Three hundred words to tell an impression or phase of convention ! What shall it be? As in thought, I wander back over those wonder¬ ful days,|Which was it that made the deepest impression — which is the most worth while recording? Now I have it. It was just all of it from start to finish — nothing can be left out from the meeting and start in Chicago, the time in Madison, the day in Minneapolis, the morning in Grand Forks, the day of riding and visiting before reaching Glacier, then the days in Glacier National Park, in Spokane, in Seattle, in Portland, to Gearhart itself, when we really had reached ‘‘the Kappa Alpha Theta convention.” ‘‘Under good Jim Hill’s protection” as the song ran, it is a kaleido¬ scopic picture which is perfect and no part can be removed or changed. There are two or three pictures that are a bit brighter than others — one the progressive Tau reunion — in Chicago the many who came

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34 Kappa Alpha Theta to greet us and say goodbye to those fortunate ones bound for Gear¬ hart ; at Madison were Helen Swasey, Josephine Fitch Whitson, Marion Jennings, Alice Blodgett Holmes, and Julia Evans; at Min¬ neapolis, Florence Pond; at Seattle, Ida Bellows Johnson and Mabel Currer Green ; at Portland and Gearhart, our capable hostess treas¬ urer, Agnes Hayden Woodby. Here is another bright picture — the unusually interesting sessions, showing a turn our efficiency has taken, for not a whit of the useful¬ ness was lost by the new presentation of old truths. And then if I may use an Irish bull, one of the pleasant things about the convention came more than a month afterward, when by chance, hearing of Chi’s delegate, De Etta Holmes, being in the vicinity, a meeting was planned where we lived again the convention days. The question of which is more enjoyable — anticipation or realization — may never be entirely settled, but after all is over, retrospection is always a joy, so we retrospected to our heart’s con¬ tent. And last of all and not the least, have been letters, which are the continuation of - Theta friendships formed which happily prophesy the binding of ties that shall continue down the years. Eva Reed Hall THETA DAILY KITE CLIPPINGS Trophies Awarded Yesterday This year a new precedent was instituted in the way of scholarship awards and a cup was presented to one chapter in each of the nine districts. The cup meant either that the chapter had maintained an already high scholarship record, or that it had raised its record materially. The cups were given to Alpha, Psi, Mu, Sigma, Kappa, Omega, Alpha Beta, Alpha Omicron and Alpha Nu. Two chapters had a clear record for two years, with neither conditions nor failures : Eta and Alpha Rho. Before the lovely big cup for the chapter with the best Efficiency Record was presented, Miss Green explained just what was meant by “Efficiency Record,” and the percentage system of standings by which a chapter is ranked in efficiency. She then read the list of chapters in the order of points, and Alpha Phi stood at the head, with a record of 102^4 points, so our next- to-newest chapter has the cup in its proud possession. The cups were handsome silver trophies, the large one being a real beauty, and fittingly a valued award of merit. A Token of Appreciation A beautifully bound and illuminated book, the work of Elizabeth Hofflin, Upsilon, its handsome pages bearing a sincerely worked expression of Kappa Alpha Theta’s love and appreciation for our Grand secretary and editor, L. Pearle Green, and her long and efficient service to the fraternity, was presented to her at yesterday morning’s session. It was signed by the mem¬ bers of the Grand council, the district presidents and every Theta present at Convention.

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35 The play of convention THE PLAY OF CONVENTION To one who thought convention stood for tedious hard work and long drawn out meetings, the 1915 convention must have been a pleasant surprise. Sessions were scarcely over when some party, for¬ mal or informal, impromptu or previously arranged was before us. In other words we never had to hunt for a good time. Our first session even opened with stunt-parties, for District I, as well as several others, introduced themelves with a little stunt. Then on the afternoon of the first day we could see the camp fires being built on the beach below the hotel, and by observing more closely we saw cards bearing the names of the different chapters. As it grew dark we gathered around our respective cards and such a good time we did have roasting “hot dog” on the ends of long sticks which our hostesses had provided. Theta songs never did sound so good as they did that night. It was such a happy family party. The stunt-party was most original with real first-class vaueville stunts performed by our members. The orchestra was quite unique. Each musician had a whistle of the same kind but had rigged up a tennis racket, broom or kitchen pan to represent a musical instru¬ ment. The ability of the leader was astonishing when he waved his baton “frantically” in the air. One act was an art gallery with real pictures arranged in a huge frame. Another was a moving picture with real actors. Then there was a darky camp-meeting, an exhibi¬ tion of dancing and other numbers equally as interesting. Indeed our party was just so good that the men present were afraid to com¬ pete with us as they had promised. On the afternoon of the last day we enjoyed a the dansant given on the side portico for the benefit of the scholarship fund. Even with all these parties midnight parties were innumerable, but let me tell you of one unusual one. A number of us were having a little party when in walked Amy Baker and Martha Speakman, dressed, they said, as freshmen. Of course it was our duty to rush them, so our happy little family party was immediately changed to a rushing party. Sufficient to say that Amy and Martha had a wonderful time. Will you believe it when I tell you that our once formal Theta Banquet was even turned into a stunt-party by our youngest mem¬ bers? The stunt given consisted of two acts, one representing a group petitioning Theta and the other a Grand Council meeting when said group was discussed. The first act was very amusing but the second caused so much laughter that we could scarcely proceed with the more serious part of our program. Ruth Taylor

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36 Kappa Alpha Theta IN MEMORIAM Nell Carraher Sowers In the month of June Kappa Alpha Theta lost one of her most loyal and beloved sisters. Our trust in her as well as our sincere love for her was shown in our choosing her from among us all to repre¬ sent us at the national convention of 1913. Her calm, sweet dignity; her serene high mindedness as well as her noble physical beauty, in¬ spired us each and all with a loving respect and admiration. Kappa Mary Hartshorn Hartwell Cronkhite With sorrow Alpha Epsilon announces the death of Mrs. Cronk¬ hite, 1910, who died July 1, 1915. Ida Overstreet One of the best beloved members of Alpha, and one of the most trusted workers for Kappa Alpha Theta, Ida Overstreet, died in Greencastle, September 28. For four years as President of District I, Miss Overstreet served well the wider Thetahood. Harriet Bell Merrill It was with a great shock that Psi and Madison alumnae learned of the death of Harriet Bell Merrill of Milwaukee, one of Psi’s charter members and always a loyal participant in the life of both active and alumnae chapters. She died of heart trouble in Columbia hospital, Milwaukee, Sunday, April 11, after an illness of about a month — having been stricken while doing postgraduate work and teaching at the University of Illinois. She was graduated from Wisconsin in 1890, with high honors in biology and spent several years in successful teaching and lecturing in her chosen science. It was while she was holding the position of lecturer at the Milwaukee Public Museum that she made her first trip to South America in the interest of her work. I will quote from an article which appeared in one of the Milwau¬ kee papers at the time of her death. “Trip up La Plata. In 1902 Miss Merrill made a trip to Argen¬ tina, Rio de Janeiro and Buenos Ayres, and into the interior of the country to Asuncion, the captial of Paraguay. She made the trip up the La Plata river to the Iguaza falls with a Miss Sullivan, whom she had met on her trip, and who was a student of Smith college. Later, B. K. Miller of this city, one of the few Americans to visit these falls, found Miss Merrill’s name cut into a rock near the falls. She returned in November, 1902, and continued at the public museum

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In memoriam 37 until 1907, when she left for a visit to the Amazon country. She sailed half way up the Amazon river to Manaos to where the river Madeira, its principal tributary from the south, emptied into it. The hardships she endured on her trip to the rubber country, practically a wilderness, undermined her health and was really responsible for her death. She returned to the mouth of the Amazon in the fall of 1908, much broken in health. The doctor of the ship she sailed on said she was not seriously ill, so, encouraged that she would soon recover, she went up the Orinoco river for several hundred miles. Her health was still poor, so she went to Bolivar, a city of about 10,000, and found a physician but he failed to diagnose her case and she went to Trinidad in search of hospital treatment. When well enough she left for New York by way of the isthmus of Panama, arriving in June, 1909. Then she returned to Madison and worked on biologic specimens she had brought from her travels. Going to the University of Illi¬ nois at Urbana, in the fall of 1914, she worked as instructor and did postgraduate work, winning the degree of master of science from the institution. She had been in Columbia hospital since March 4.” Helen J. Kellogg, Psi ’94 Isabelle McPherson McCrackin, ’17, Omega To the memory of one whose short life was a reflection of the unselfish joy and sunshine she gave to all who knew her. Pearl Jones Magaw, Beta The funeral of Mrs. Pearl Jones Magaw, wife of James Wilbur Magaw, whose death occurred Thursday, May 13, will be held this afternoon from her home, 139 Orchard place, Knoxville, Pa. She was born in Indiana and was graduated from the University of Indiana in 1907, with the degrees of A.B. and A.M. She was a well-known club woman, being identified with the Kappa Alpha Theta fraternity, the Tuesday collegiate association, the Tourists’ club, the College club, the Fortnightly club, the Tuesday musical club, the Drama league and the Business women’s club, and she was also corresponding secretary of the Women’s union missionary asso¬ ciation of Allegheny county. Her husband, one son (aged one week), and her mother, Mrs. Matilda Jones, survive. — From Pittsburgh Dispatch, May 15.

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38 Kappa Alpha Theta CRABS SANS FORKS The Kappa Alpha Theta convention was hungry. Two hundred and fifty of it, famished since Portland, filed as decorously as hunger would permit into the long, glass-enclosed dining-room of the Gear¬ hart. The Kappa Alpha Theta convention was seated, smiling, anticipa¬ tory. Courteous waitresses immaculate in white, stood ready to obey the slightest request. On the tables great platters of cracked crabs, at inviting intervals, dared the convention’s adventurous investiga¬ tion. “I wonder if we should,” said Iphigenia. “I wonder if we could ; I have one fork,” said Bertha. “I haven’t,” Iphigenia ventured. “Fingers were invented first, anyway,” came a tremulous little voice from down some where, and the Kappa Alpha Theta convention shuddered. The waitresses stood ready to obey the slightest request. In fact, Sara remarked later the main occupation of those waitresses was standing. The Kappa Alpha Theta convention fidgeted. Bertha asked a white-garbed statue “Shall we eat them now.” The statue showed its first sign of life; its head slowly shook “No.” “But the Grand council has started,” came a welcome voice. Such an example was of itself an imperative command. The crabs began to disappear, platters of them, pounds of them, oceans of them. And the waitresses stood, ready to obey the slightest request. Then it was that things began to happen. The Gearhart kitchen showed signs of volcanic activity. There issued forth tireless streams of statues-come-to-life, that smiled, served soup and salmon, and smiled again. The soup was hot. The Kappa Alpha Theta convention was stimu¬ lated. It took on a new-found ease and conversation sparkled with a renewed spontaneity. Outside the great ocean rolled and the convention was happy to listen to its roar. But the volcanic kitchen again trembled with activity and statues-come-to-life floated in with roast beef, with gravy, with potatoes, with peas, with beans, with salad, in almost plebian abundance. And so Bertha used her one fork and Iphigenia didn’t, and the Gearhart silver established new and wonderful records for versatility. The Kappa Alpha Theta convention was satiated. Perhaps the roast beef was good, perhaps the salad was delicious, perhaps the ice cream and cake were divine. The Kappa Alpha Theta conven¬ tion never knew. The crabs had received first place.

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Purdue university 39 But Mary said that as a crab dinner it was a huge success. “And I know now how Community silver got it’s name/’ remarked Iphigenia, quite blandly. Jessamine DeHaven Lewis PURDUE UNIVERSITY The seeds of the idea that Purdue is a technical school, pure and simple have been spread far and wide, that girls have no place in such a school and are generally looked upon with disfavor. Far be it from our college to hold such an unchivalrous attitude toward women. True, the men outnumber the women but with advancing years times are changing and also girls in increasing numbers are coming to Purdue. From the beginning there have been women in the university. The first woman graduated in 1878. In 1880 four of the seven gradu¬ ates were women, among them being Miss Margaret Erisman, our first Purdue Theta. During the early years there was a very gradual increase. In 1883 there were 23 women attending the university, in 1890 fifty-five and in 1899 fifty-eight. After the introduction of the Home Economics course in 1905 larger numbers of women came. In 1910 there were one hundred and thirty and during the past year two hundred and thirty-two women were enrolled. To quote from the annual catalogue “the purpose of the university is to afford the young men and ivomen of Indiana an opportunity to acquire a good college education in mathematics, science, literature and art and at the same time to secure instruction and practice in such lines of work as will fit them to engage in the practical indus¬ tries.” During all these years Purdue has been steadily cultivating the idea of teaching practical subjects and now at last seems to be coming into her own in this practical age. The majority of girls take their degrees in the school of science, a few elect pharmacy which consists of either a two or four year course and a very few are brave enough to take the engineering courses. The School of science provides courses of instruction in the sciences — biology, chemistry, physics — and in such subjects as draw¬ ing, economics, English, French, German, history, mathematics, hu¬ man physiology (which are essential to a well-balanced education) and in home economics and art. The home economics course attracts the greatest number of girls. Courses are offered in foods, nutrition, home furnishing and manage¬ ment, sanitation, bacteriology, sewing, textiles, designing and dress¬ making. With this course it is possible to elect four years of English or of foreign languages, history, and also a three year course in education provided for those desiring to teach. The Home Eco-

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40 Kappa Alpha Theta nomics equipment consists of five laboratories located in Ladies’ hall. Three of these are equipped for the study and preparation of food materials, another is devoted to sewing while the fifth is a chemical laboratory. Ladies’ hall is the only dormitory located on the campus. Besides this there are four large houses, known as Annexes which are used for housing the women students. These each have a chaperon from the faculty and are under university supervision. The women of Purdue have many and varied interests outside of their regular college work. A literary society, the Philalethean, has a large hall set aside for its use. Here the girls meet weekly and pre¬ sent programs of essays, short stories, debates, music and current events. In Dramatics the girls have taken a very active part. Dur¬ ing the past year four or five plays were given by the English depart¬ ment and in Gala Week the seniors presented a play. For those journalistically inclined there are places on The Exponent , the daily student paper, The Agriculturist , a monthly paper, and The Debris, our college annual. The Young Women’s Christian association was organized in 1910 and now has a membership of one hundred. The work is directed by a general secretary and regular religious meetings are maintained throughout the year. It welcomes new students and is a great force for good among all students. For those musically inclined there is a Girls’ glee club which gives concerts and takes part in the annual May festival of music. Athle¬ tics are not overlooked. One night a week the Memorial gymnasium is set aside for the use of girls, swimming is taught and physical ex¬ ercises practiced. Well kept tennis courts are also provided. When the number of girls at Purdue was small, then truly was their unity of aim and interest, but with the increase in numbers this was lost and a need was felt for a social bond which would draw the girls into a more complete sympathy and friendship. Mrs. McRae proposed and formed the Purdue girls’ club which at first had a membership of fifty but now numbers more than two hundred. Dur¬ ing the year the club holds several established social events, among them being a campus luncheon in the first part of the year to wel¬ come the beginning students. Later in the year there is a Purdue girls’ dance given in the gymnasium and lastly a luncheon in May for the senior girls. Every loyal Purdue girl feels it her privilege and her duty to attend these events. Every college has its own traditions and time honored customs and Purdue is no exception. At the first football game in the fall the seniors and juniors, led by the band, form a parade and march to the game, juniors proudly topped by their class hats and the high and mighty seniors attired in their “whistling” corduroys. The other,

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Ladies' Hall, Purdue university

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Convention facts and fancies 41 May Day, was substituted in 1913 to take the place of a worn-out custom. The day was made a university holiday. It includes a parade in the morning, a May Day celebration, in charge of the senior girls in the afternoon and a Purdue circus on Stuart Field in the evening. The girls take part in the parade by entering beauti¬ ful floral floats. The ceremonies in the afternoon are conducted on a raised platform on the north end of the oval and include a parade of the participants, carrying a huge chain of daisies, the crowning of the May Queen, a number of choruses, some fancy dancing, the whole ending with a beautiful and intricate, May pole dance. Kathleen Brady , B.S. Alpha Chi CONVENTION FACTS AND FANCIES “Impressions” of convention as contributed — upon request — by many Thetas deal so generally with the same “Impression” as to prove the unity of thought in Theta, perhaps without covering the convention to the satisfaction of those who stayed away. We trust that the reader who wants more, will remember the very able way in which The Theta Daily Kite handled convention news and that convention proceedings can be bought from the Grand secretary — price twenty-five cents a copy. Kappa Alpha Theta left Chicago for convention in a special train of eight Pullmans and one diner. When this same special train left Minneapolis the following night, there were nine sleepers, one com¬ partment observation car, one parlor car — conveniently placed in the center of the long train — two diners, and one baggage car, a total of thirteen, behind the powerful engine. Before this same train arrived at Gearhart it had added three more sleepers, as well as an extra engine or so. One hundred and ninety-nine Thetas stepped from this train at Gearhart, the party having grown to this number from the 103 who left Chicago. A resolution passed by convention. “Inasmuch as the word frater¬ nity is derived from fraternities , an abstract feminine Latin noun, meaning brotherhood, applying to both men and women, and inas¬ much as there is no corresponding Latin word from soror, be it re¬ solved that we avoid ‘sorority’, an incorrect word, and instruct freshmen to this effect.” The next Grand convention will be in session five, instead of the usual four days.

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42 Kappa Alpha Theta To Alpha Gamma Delta fraternity Kappa Alpha Theta extends her most grateful thanks for one of the most delightful entertain¬ ments of her convention trip. Alpha Gamma Delta was assembled in convention at Lake Minnetonka at the time our Special train stopped in Minneapolis. Fifty members of the convention party were guests of Alpha Gamma Delta, for her convention pageant, a delightful interpretation of womanhood and fraternity. This charming play, in its beautiful setting, and the thoughtfulness of our hostesses, beautifully exemplified the Panhellenic spirit at its finest. We thank you Alpha Gamma Delta for sharing your convention pageant with us. ^ The total attendance at convention was 306 and the 107 who did not arrive by the Special train felt agrieved and as if they had missed one-half of convention. The extent of entertainment extended to the convention party en route was almost overwhelming. Not only did the visited chap¬ ters prove charming hostesses, but their individual friends did much to aid them in giving us the best time ever. For all these courtesies we are grateful and we are also very proud of the many friends our chapters have the friendship of your community is a valued posses¬ sion. The Kewpies that represented the absent Alpha Phis made us all wish we could “play dolls” once more. If ever there was an illustration of true sportsmanship, it was displayed by the Theta whose suit cases were lost in Minneapolis and not recovered till convention was over; and by the girls who went trunkless through convention, with the missing baggage known to be somewhere in the hotel. Our hostesses were omnipresent and Theta must give much to them in appreciation of all they gave to the fraternity as it played and worked at convention. The most ideal hall for a convention did we have, deep in a red¬ wood forest, with the birds flitting by the high windows and all nature inviting us to commune in a spirit of repose. The banquet is the crowning event of convention week and this one was no exception in spite of the chef’s limitations, the silver’s scarcity, and the electric lights nodding at times. So here is the skeleton around which was built its happy memories.

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Convention facts and fancies 43 PROGRAMME Processional TOAST TO THE FOUNDERS Grand President THETA GRACE Stunt Alpha Sigma, Alpha Tau, Alpha Upsilon, Alpha Phi, Alpha Chi TOASTS LOVING CUP APOSTROPHE Grand president — elect RECESSIONAL TOASTS Theta couriers . . . May K. Flannery “I leave thy praises unexprest.” — Tennyson . Theta’s national chain . L. Pearle Green “Nothing resting in its own completeness Can have worth or beauty, but alone Because it leads and tends to furnish sweetness, Fuller, higher, deeper than its own.” — Tennyson. Theta de luxe . . Beatrice Olsen “All the way to Heaven is heavenly.” — Farrar. Theta’s coat of arms . . Alice Donnelly “Ah, but a man’s reach should exceed his grasp Or what’s a Heaven for?” — Browning. See Theta first . % . Hester Harper “Distinct in individualities But like each other, even as those who love.” — Tennyson. Theta’s Loving-cup . . Katharine Hart “The years have taught some sweet, some bitter lessons, none Wiser than this, to spend in all things else, But of old friends to be most miserly.” — Lowell. Toast-mistress . Maida Rossiter The Theta Daily Kite proved to be a most interesting newspaper and its staff was ever alert to get the latest news and the best story. More than 600 subscribers almost swamped the business manager and left few chances for the late comer to secure a copy. Mrs. Dodge, the editor, and her staff, are surely to be congratulated on their making of history for Kappa Alpha Theta.

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What Shall I Do For Christmas Buy beautiful Christmas gifts for your friends. Help the Scholarship Fund. . « Attractive California Cook Books Uncolored covers for 35 cents each. Hand colored covers for 50 cents. Receipts for Spanish dishes, California fruits and simple chafing dish cookery. Samples will be sent to all chapters. Send for books to: Mrs. Paul Eliel, Mountain street, Pasadena, California.

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45 Something hig SOMETHING BIG He was a bored and somewhat tactless reporter, assigned by a Portland newspaper to send in a daily story of this woman convention, whatever it was, in session at Gearhart. And notwithstanding his distaste for the subject, he was laboring diligently to secure informa¬ tion. I was most awfully busy, trying to prepare some “copy” of my own (for the Convention Daily Kite ) but I endeavored to help him; tried to dispense information with one hand and operate the typewriter with the other, so to speak, an undertaking which re¬ sulted in my following quite literally the scriptural injunction not to let my left hand know what my right was doing. He really didn’t know what questions to ask, not being familiar with the subject of fraternities, and he was wholly impatient with his newspaper for considering so frivolous a subject worthy a column of type a day. So I gave him a copy of the convention program, and tried to tell the important accomplishments of that particular day’s session. Finally he asked. “And what action will you take in regard to the wide-spread op¬ position which confronts fraternities?” “Why, none, I think.” “None?” in some surprise. “We don’t find the opposition so wide-spread.” “Well, if you’d been in Chicago five or six years ago, you’d know — ” “Yes, but that was four or five years ago. We find that since people are becoming more familiar with the real purpose of frater¬ nities, and the aims for which they are striving, they are not so anxious to destroy them.” “Their real purposes ! Didn’t know they had any but snobbish¬ ness and extravagance.” “No really right-minded fraternity is either snobbish or extrava¬ gant,” I stated, gently but firmly. I didn’t want to get into any argu¬ ments, but this reporter seemed to have a chip on his shoulder. I learned later he had been obliged to forego a fishing trip to report our convention. “What do you mean by their purposes?” he asked. This really was a poser. How put into words for one entirely unfamiliar with the fraternity outlook those abstract qualities and quantities which con¬ stitute the uplift, the vision of fraternity ideals? I made an attempt to get at the most concrete of them. “College authorities are coming to realize that the fraternity, hav¬ ing a strong hold on its members, can be a mighty influence for stimulating ambition, and cultivating a desire for good records in scholarship,” I began. “Yes, I can see it might be so,” he admitted.

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46 Kappa Alpha Theta “And in most fraternities the upperclassmen act as mentors and advisors to the underclassmen”, I went on. “You see that helps to regulate the conduct of fraternity members. So you might say we constitute a sort of police force to ^ssist the college authorities.” “Is that true?” he exclaimed. “It is indeed. And then, we open a wider outlook for the individ¬ ual. Through being a national organization we give our members knowledge of conditions in other colleges than their own, and they come to understand in some small way both people and customs outside their own local environment.” He digested this in silence, gazing at me thoughtfully. “And besides all that, most of our fraternities are doing some really constructive work as national organizations”, and then I told him about our Theta scholarship fund, and gave him the scholarship committee’s report concerning the girls assisted by the fund last year. “Now, that’s something like!” he said, looking pleased. “I didn’t know you were doing anything like that.” After which I told him about the Theta service board, and how it was compiling vocational statistics for help to girls who will earn their own way after college days are over ; also how it has com¬ mittees in many cities to assist girls who come to the cities as strangers. He looked more and more pleased as I proceeded, and he took copious notes. And when he got them all down I think he was quite converted to the fraternity idea. This then, is what was to me the really significant thing about Convention. Outside of what it gave others to think of us, it brought home to us, ourselves, once again, that we are something bigger and more worth while than mere local groups of self-admiring egoists. It taught us we are a wonderful, wide-scattered solidarity, an or¬ ganization loosely flung across the nation, but fast bound by ties of idealistic purpose ; and with a tremendous influence, whose por¬ tent we ourselves are only beginning to realize. The very spirit in which we met our convention problems was an indication that we are coming to know ourselves for what we are, and that Theta means something beautiful and big. We are learn¬ ing Theta does not fulfill its own inner teachings if it leave us sel¬ fish and self-centered. All this “sweetness and light” is ours to pass on. Estelle Riddle Dodge , President District IX.

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Editorials 47 EDITORIALS GREETINGS TO ALL OUR FRIENDS. Hearty thanks to all who have contributed to the success of this issue. All hail to our work for “Efficiency” — on the first day of October only five chapter letters were missing, a record never before equalled in the Editor’s experience. The corresponding secretaries will have to be up and doing if they want to equal the record of their contemporary editors. A LPHA GAMMA DELTA fraternity included in its convention program a pageant of fraternity. This was presented on a grassy slope by the side of Lake Minnetonka. Fifty members of Kappa Alpha Theta’s convention party were the guests of Alpha Gamma Delta for this function. It was a delightful afternoon, and in behalf of Kappa Alpha Theta we express our appreciation of Alpha Gamma Delta’s courteous hospitality. A NOTHER NATIONAL PANHELLENIC congress has come and gone. While no startling legislation or radical action is credited (?) to this congress, it did fulfill the real purpose of each congress— the bringing of the fraternity officers into touch with the work and ideals of every fraternity. We measure the value of per¬ sonal contact all too lightly in this age of endless resolutions and hurried legislation. If the National Panhellenic can keep us all in touch, and all alert to actual fraternity conditions in the American colleges it has fulfilled its function. "D ANTA’S GREEK EXCHANGE will henceforth be the official organ National Panhellenic. Another reason why this valuable, comprehensive fraternity periodical should be on the sub¬ scription list of every chapter. Is it on yours? IT APPA ALPHA THETA knows no more joyous occasion than XV. when she welcomes a new chapter to her privileges and respon¬ sibilities. The official introduction of Alpha Chi to the fraternity world, takes place in this issue. But she has already tasted the fruit of her welcome through attendance at convention. Two other new names appear in our Directory today: Tacoma alumnae, chartered at convention and there given her place as a welcome addition to our strength in the Northwest; and Alpha Psi at Lawrence college, chartered by convention and installed as a real chapter on October 2. We welcome you Alpha Psi. We call to the attention of Kappa Alpha Thetas everywhere, Alpha Psi’s appreciation of Theta in her first chapter letter. The twenty-five Thetas who were present at the installation are still thrilling with the joyous emotions of those days

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48 Kappa Alpha Theta in Appleton. Would that all chapters could have shared the fun and work of installation with Delta, Psi, and Upsilon. Alpha Psi will make her formal bow to you all in the January Journal. Wel¬ come ! welcome ! is the slogan until then. LIFE IS A MINGLING of the grave and gay, and while we rejoice over these new opportunities for wider influence in the college world, we sorrow for the loss of an opportunity to serve the students at Barnard college. Alpha Zeta chapter has become alumnae only, no longer will eager undergraduates bring new enthusiasm and new calls for aid to these loyal Thetas. We know that the loss to Barnard college is great, in spite of its present confidence that fra¬ ternities are inimical to its activities. Alpha Zeta, we greet with honor the long fight you have made. We are proud of the way in which you have maintained Theta standards. We trust that through the fellowship of New York alumnae chapter, and work for the national interests of the fraternity, you may find new fields for your loyalty to Kappa Alpha Theta. WITH DEEPEST. REGRET the Council has accepted the resignation of Mrs. Clara Lynn Fitch from the chairmanship of the Service board. Our love and sympathy go to Mrs. Fitch in these days of sorrow. The Service board was the work of Mrs. Fitch from start to — today. 'We appreciate what she has done for Theta! Miss Flora Cotton is the new chairman. Miss Margaret Lothrop the new vice-chairman, of the Board, and the new secretary is yet to be appointed. Miss Helen Reed, former secretary, has accepted the work of Alumnae secretary. We welcome Miss Reed to this new work and feel it will progress rapidly in her capable hands. LAST SPRING BETA CHAPTER, as a memorial for one of her loved members, sent each of us the words and music of two most delightful songs. These should become familiar in every chap¬ ter and be the nuclei for the additions to our music which we hope the newly authorized song-book may bring forth in full measure. ONE MESSAGE REPEATS itself over and over in our minds, as we read of this rushing season, of this list of pledges. It is of the utmost importance that chapters consider for membership only those girls who at least hope to continue their college courses to graduation. Answer that question as to qualification before voting on a proposed new member, and vote in no one who is not in college for a full course. If, because of hasty pledging forced as it is by Panhellenic or college conditions in many places, you have pledges who are not expecting to stay in college for a degree, let them remain

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Notices 49 pledges until they change their minds, or until the pledge expires by statutory limitations. There is no place for such girls within the ranks of Kappa Alpha Theta. NOTICES Lambda upon unpacking her convention exhibit found a fountain pen. It is a stub pen, Waterman’s Ideal fountain pen, and on the 12 end is marked in red P S F. It is the kind that “fills with a nickel.” Owner can get same by writing to Ruth B. Grandy, 54 Brookes ave. Burlington, Vt. Lost or stolen between Salt Lake City and Denver, a Kappa Alpha Theta badge, medium size, whole pearl setting, unengraved. If found notify Grand secretary. Wanted three copies of the 1913 Convention proceedings. Any one having a copy of these she does not care to keep please send the same to the Grand secretary, 15 East ave. Ithaca, N. Y. Has any chapter more copies of the Officers’ Handbook than it actually needs? The edition is exhausted and the newer chapters badly in need of copies, so if you can spare a copy or so, please send the same to the Grand secretary, 15 East ave. Ithaca, N. Y. Can anyone supply the correct address for any of the following members? The addresses given are the ones from which mail has been returned and as all these Thetas have paid up subscriptions for our magazine, the Editor wishes to get in touch with them. Ruth Harger, 1005 E. 10th st. Winfield, Kans. Mrs. Ralph Fenton, Alexander court, Portland, Ore. Mrs. Mary E. Fawcett, Bryn Mawr, Pa. Mrs. W. J. Woods, 525 Huntington Terrace, Pasadena, Cal.

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Subcribers Attention What is the date after your name on the wrapper in which this magazine came? It tells when your subscrip¬ tion expires. The practice of sending any notice that subscriptions have expired, except this date after your name and the renewal notice enclosed in the last issue of your paid-up subscription, has been discontinued. Therefore, you must heed this notice if you wish to receive further journals, for the Editor has been in¬ structed to cut from the mailing list all delinquents. All those whose subscriptions expired in May 1915, and those who have not renewed, are receiving this present issue as a “sample copy” accompanied by a second renewal notice, since the rule not to spend good money and labor in third and fourth notices to delinquents did not go into effect in time for them to be warned in the May issue. We need your support. You need the Journal. May we hear from you promptly in the cause of efficiency and fraternity advancement?

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Chapter letters 51 CHAPTER LETTERS AND ALUMNAE NOTES ALPHA — DE PAUW UNIVERSITY We Thetas of De Pauw are clapping ourselves on the back, which we have a right to do. The rush is just over and we have everything we went out for. Nine pledges we have, everyone a star unto herself. They are — Louise Robinson, Williams, Arizona; Louise Lockridge, Roachdale, Indiana; Laura Martin, St. Joseph, Michigan; Helen Brosius, Columbus, Ohio; Lois Shouse, Greencastle, Indiana; Helen Hanna, Plainfield, Indiana; Dorothy Moore, West Lafayette, In¬ diana; Elizabeth Horner, Indianapolis, Indiana; Anah Webb, Bed¬ ford, Indiana. All through the summer months we were kept in a terrible sus¬ pense as to the ways and means of the coming rush. College opened. Then after a democratic week of wearing no fraternity pins at all, a sealed envelope arrived. Inside we learned that we were to have a short, hot, rush. The first adjective was already there. It didn’t take the Thetas long to add the second. And so last week was a week of parties. Ten parties there were in all — and five days to give them in. Imagine the present state of the stunts committee! Nevertheless we are just as happy as we are tired, for like little Jack Horner “we stuck in our thumbs, and pulled out the plums !” Charlotte Wheeler ’15 is wearing a Phi Beta Kappa key. And the president of Young Women’s Christian association is Genevieve Briggs, one of our seniors. Then there is Marjorie Green, a junior, who was recently elected to Toynbee, the honorary society in soci¬ ology. And Dorothy Thomas — a senior — is a member of Tusitala, honorary society in the English department. Should we not be proud ? Miss Alvord, our new Dean of women, is inaugurating a system of self-government among the chapter houses. The outlook is promis¬ ing. She is also boosting a Girls’ athletic association for the future — that splendid future when our new $100,000 gymnasium shall be com¬ pleted. All considered, the year is starting tremendously well for Alpha. 27 September 1915 Mary Weik ’16 Dorothy Arnold was married to Joe Adams, 2 X, the latter part of August. They are now living at Stuttgart, Ark. ’16 Mary Vanarsdel was married Aug. 25 to Edwin Pitkin, 2 N, and lives in Greencastle. ’16 Helen Harvey is married to Paul Krider, A T A. Clarice Weer, ’15, Dorothy Reynolds, ’17, and Mary Wheeler, a pledge from Beta, were down for rushing. ’15 Dorothy Weik is taking postgraduate work at Wisconsin. ’15 Estelle Love is teaching in Danville, Ill.

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52 Kappa Alpha Theta ’15 Elsie Marshall is head of music and art in the schools of Rapid City, N. D. *15 Charlotte Wheeler is teaching at Owensville, Ind. Lena Tweedy is teaching in Wabash, Ind. high school. BETA — INDIANA UNIVERSITY Once again, a very successful rush is over. As usual, it was very strenuous, owing to the short time, in which we have to meet and know the girls, who are entering college. We had no parties of any kind until September 20, but had several new girls in the house for two days before. September 21, we had our annual Blue-bird lunch¬ eon, when we pinned the colors on fifteen fine freshmen: Mozell Stubbs, Louise Stubbins, Marian Gronendyke, Mary Cagwin, Cornelia Shirk, Ruth Innis, Virginia Eaglesfield, Helen McIntyre, Lucille Hebei, Elizabeth Jones, Francis Rothert, Ruth White, Opal Corr, Helen Bruce, and Ruth Nicholson. We have, also, three new girls in our chapter by affiliation : Eliza¬ beth Ray and Marion Bottsford, both from Gamma, and Lila Bryan, from Alpha Sigma. The latter is the niece of our President Bryan. Owing to our “coming-back” campaign of last year, nearly all of our girls are here again this year. We miss so much the six seniors who graduated last June: Hazel Bertsch, Ruth Herdrick, Georgia Cole, Grace Kidd, Elida Allen, and Mildred Showers. Just now we are working hard to have a new chapter house all our own, and we are ardently hoping to be living in it by next year. This year the Delta Gammas, here, bought a beautiful new home, from Doctor Johnson, formerly of the Latin department of the uni¬ versity. Already work has begun on our fine new gymnasium. The week-end of June 4, 5, 6, 1915, for the first time, Beta held a home-coming for all former Beta-Thetas. There were about twenty-five of our alumnae here. We all enjoyed it so much, and we feel that it was a great success. This year we intend to repeat it, and we hope to have a great many more back. We are especially glad to have Ardys Chenelworth with us this year as Young Women’s Christian association secretary for the uni¬ versity. 25 September 1915 Mildred Letitia Hatch ’15 Elida Allen was married to Cecil Ball, 2 K, in Aug. They will live in Anderson, Ind. *15 Ruth Herdrick is teaching in the high school at Waynetown, Ind. *15 Grace Kidd is teaching at Sheridan, Ind. *15 Georgia Cole is leaching in high school at English, Ind. *15 Mildred Showers is teaching at Cutler, Ind. *15 Hazel Bertsch is teaching in high school at Centerville, Ind. ’iS-ex Lena Luddington was married to Linvel Ferguson, 2 X, in Sept. Willa Palmer was married to Paul Carlyle in Aug.

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Chapter letters 53 ’ 1 7-ex Marjorie Lewis was married to Dr Eldo Clauser in Aug. *09 Born to Mr and Mrs Nathaniel Hill (Elizabeth Van Vanzah) a daugh¬ ter, Aug. 21, 1915. ’07 Deceased, Pearl Jones Mcgaw (Mrs. J. W.), Pittsburg, early in May. Among the girls who were here for rush were : Dorothy Thornburgh, Martha Vogelsong, Florence Wandall, Katharine Pickett, Ruth Herdrich, Agnes Fore¬ man, Louise Craige, Marguerite Wolcott, Rema Wilke, Betty Fullenlore, and Imo Brendell. Born, to Mr and Mrs Gotschall, a daughter, Maryanna. Address : 6203 Kimbark ave. Chicago. ’oi Born Feb. 11, a daughter, Margaret Elizabeth, to Mr and Mrs Burton D. Myers (Maud Showers). ’04 Margaret Snodgrass is teaching in the history department of the Lake View, Chicago, high school. ’io Born, a son, to Mr and Mrs Raymond Marks (Gertrude Stewart). ’13 Jean Crowder was married on April 3 to Donald Bose, A T A, at Indianapolis. ’14 Harriet Mitchell was married, Feb. 7, to Verne E. Wagstaff, 3> A 0, of Chicago. They will live in Chicago. GAMMA — BUTLER COLLEGE Because of matriculation day pledging, our rush began before com¬ mencement last year. Our first party was a mock theater party, at the home of Mrs. Hilton U. Brown, one of our alumnae. We did not rush any more before the close of college, because with commence¬ ment, and its accompanying festivities, we were all very busy. Under the auspices of the senior class, was given, by the dramatic club, in which Theta is well represented, the Serenade by Victor Herbert. In this, as Dolores, the leading lady, Mary Louise Rumpler brought much praise to both herself and Theta. On the night before commencement, were given, upon the campus stage, the alumni plays, in one of which, Lola Connor T7, had a part, and Helen Reed *12, was the leading lady. The commencement address was given by Dean Charles Reynolds Brown of the Yale school of religion. At this commencement, we lost seven girls, Marie Peacock, Beth Barr, Beth Wilson, Elizabeth Stephenson, Ruth Cunningham, Marjorie Hall, and Berniece Hall. That evening, after commencement, we had our final spread, at the home of Beth and Gail Barr. The excitement here was added to by the mysterious appearance of a five pound box of chocolates, which to Gamma can mean but one thing — and, as we half way suspected, the engagement of Betty Stephenson, to Dr. Leonard Kerchival, E 'F 3>, was announced, the wedding to take place October 2. Summer rush began with a morning card party at the home of Charlotte and Eda Bachman on June 19, and included an indoor garden party at the home of Eda Boos T3, August 4 ; and two parties on August 17. One of these was a progressive dinner, given by the Irvington Thetas, for the Irvington rushees, and the other was a

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54 Kappa Alpha Theta thimble party, given by the Indianapolis girls, for the city rushees, at the home of Frances Keith, Tau. On August 31, Mrs. Eichrohdt gave her home for a spread and slumber party. On September 4, the Indianapolis chapter enter¬ tained their families and our chapter and rushees with a mock track meet and spread, at the home of Louise Brown Atherton — and again, upon the tenth, they entertained us with a card party at the home of Clara Lancaster Krull. These were all certainly appreciated by the chapter. We cannot say too much in praise of our alumnae, who are so loyal to us, and we never fail to feel, at the close of a rush, that we owe a great deal of our success to them, not only our Gamma alumnae, but the entire Indianapolis chapter. We have grown so accustomed to the joy of having Miss Davis, in the three years she has been with us, that we feel that nothing can make up to us for the loss of her. But our love for her has been so deep that it is entirely unselfish, and we wish her all the happiness that we are sure she is going to know. Our final dance was given at the Canoe club, on September 9, and our rush closed with a beautiful banquet at the Claypool. At this, Miss Arda Knox, our District president, acted as toast-mistress, and gave a most interesting talk upon the high school fraternity question, upon which she is an authority. Toasts were responded to by Mrs. George H'itz of the alumnae chapter, upon What it means to he a Theta , and by Katherine Jameson, of the college chapter, upon, Why Tm glad that Tm a Theta . Between courses we sang Theta songs, and just before the toasts, Mary Louise Rumpler sang the Theta Prayer. Besides our rushees, we had as our guest Miss Katherine Graydon, Professor of English, who ia a loyal friend to every college girl. Matriculation days were September 15 and 16. On Wednesday, at noon, we had a spread at the home of Virginia Kingsbury, and on Thursday evening, our invitations went to the professor, through whom all fraternities send out their invitations to membership. Saturday was formal pledge day, and, at the home of Katherine Jameson, we closed a most successful rush, with the pledging of Edith Dailey, Jean Brown, Hazel Rodebaugh, Laura Pantzer, Florence Fuller, India Wilson, Mary Belle Pigman, Marian Cope¬ land, Helen Balz, Genevieve Downs and lone Wilson, all of Indian¬ apolis. Our faculty has added one new member, Miss Chandler, in the language department, and Miss Weaver now is the head of the Greek department. Last term Theta ranked second in scholarship, Tri Delta leading us by a small per cent. Upon the honor roll we have Mary Zoercher leading, Lola Connor fifth, and Virginia Kingsbury eighth.

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Chapter letters 55 The enrollment at Butler is the largest it has ever been, things are most favorable. And so, with all our improvements about the col¬ lege, which include everything from a drinking fountain to a fence around our historic coal-pile, we hope to make this our own best year. 29 September 1915 Laura Ann Reed Born, July 9, to Mr and Mrs Theodore Kingsbury (Cornelia Goe) a daugh¬ ter, Cornelia Louise. Born, May 9, to Mr and Mrs Walter Krull (Clara Lancaster) a daughter, Marjorie. * 1 7-ex Charlotte Galpin will go to Columbia university in February to complete her course. Mr and Mrs Maxwell Bailey (Ellen McMurray) are at home at Valley City, N. D. Mr and Mrs Joseph Mullane (Marie Pritchard) are at home on E. 23d st. Indianapolis. ’15 Marie Peacock is teaching in the Litchville, N. D. high school. ’15 Eda Boos is teaching German in the Indianapolis schools. ’15 Ruth Cunningham is teaching in the Fischers, Ind. high school. Katherine Jameson traveled through the East this summer. Elizabeth Ray spent the summer at Burt Lake, Mich, and has now gone to Indiana to complete her course. ’15 Beth Wilson is teaching in Manual Training high school, Indianapolis. Genevieve New is in college again after teaching for three years. Agnes Foreman, Beta, has J>een affiliated by Gamma. Dorothy Reynolds is assisting in the city library. Born, Aug. 15, to Mr and Mrs William Sebum (Florence Snodgrass), a daughter, Ann. ETA — UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN As Michigan does not open until October 5, there is not much chapter news. Two fine girls were pledged in June, Muriel Tyson, 1916, of Floradale, Pennsylvania, and Marguerite Risedorf, 1917, of Grand Rapids, Michigan. We are much excited and pleased by our plans for a new house, to be ready next year. We are buying and remodeling an old brick house, believing that it will prove more distinctive and homelike than anything we could build. Those of you who went through Ann Arbor at the time of the 1913 convention will remember being en¬ tertained at the home of Mrs. Wilgus on Washtenaw avenue. We shall be not far away on the same lovely street. Eta had a number of representatives at convention : Leona Belser, Ruby Severance, Corinne Aldrich, Bertha Ballard, Elizabeth Wil¬ liams, Mrs. Norton, and Clara Jones of the college chapter. Judging from Clara’s enthusiastic letter, we feel sure that convention is going to prove a real help and inspiration to us all. The most interesting thing about the campus this fall is its new buildings. Of the new residence halls for women, Newberry was open in time for summer school, and beautiful and stately Martha Cook is ready for occupancy this fall. Together they will accom-

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56 Kappa Alpha Theta modate about two hundred girls, largely freshmen. In time it is expected to house all freshmen in residence halls. We are much in¬ terested in the effect these halls will have upon fraternity life. The new natural science building is the finest of its kind in the country, its walls almost literally of glass. 29 September 1915 Esther Shaw ’82 Mrs Laura Hills Norton spent a month last summer with Mrs Jane Eyre Smoot in her beautiful home at Beaumont, Cal. KAPPA — UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS We have returned, twenty strong, to our chapter house to find it made doubly attractive by many new furnishings — among them a Steinway grand piano. Most of the things were purchased with money given to us by our mothers at the Mothers’ Day celebration on May 14. Our ten days’ rushing season ended most gloriously on September 22, when we pledged nine splendid Thetas-to-be. We are proud to introduce them — Coetta Youmans, Osowatomi, Kansas; Helen Robin¬ son, Salina, Kansas; Dorothy Riddle, Herrington, Kansas; Marjorie Crooks, Kansas City, Missouri; Evlyn Hall, Ottumwa, Iowa; Faye Dodderidge, Lawrence, Kansas; Helen Wagstaff, Lawrence, Kansas; Vivienne Brethertcn, Portland, Oregon, and Elsie Patterson, Abilene, Kansas. Evlyn and Vivienne have Theta sisters. We rushed hard against Pi Phi, winning in the end a Pi Phi sister, a daughter, and a niece — a rather unusual outcome of which we are modestly proud. Our pledges will not be initiated for six weeks — as we require each to be making at least a grade of “2” in each course. We find that this plan gives the freshmen a good boost toward a high scholarship standard. Rushing was carried on under somewhat new rulings. The number of days remained unchanged, but we rushed from 2 p. m. to 8 p. m. only, where heretofore morning rushing was permitted. On the whole, we found the new plan very desirable. The Penalty board of alumnae members, over half of whom must be of the faculty, or¬ ganized last spring with power to penalize any fraternity for break¬ ing rules, furnished a splendid incentive for fair dealing. Kappa extends wishes for a successful year to every Theta chapter. 28 September 1915 Helen Topping ’15 Marie Hedrick has a position in the mathematical and philological library at K. U. ’15 Nell Carraher Sowers (Mrs Clarence) died on June 3, 1915 after an operation for appendicitis. * 1 5-ex Mabel Thornton Wilson (Mrs Harold) has a daughter, born Sept. 26, 1915. ’17 Frances Sawyer, who left us last semester because of ill health, has. returned this autumn.

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Chapter letters 57 *17 Barbara Abel and Katherine Kizer will not return to college until second semester. They were here for rushing, however. ’18-ex Virginia Stone, although she will not be in college this year, will be in Lawrence working under a member of the Carnegie teachers’ investigation committee. ’15 Elsa Barteldes is taking postgraduate work in the university. ’15 Our two graduates last June were Elsa Barteldes and Marie Hedrick, who were both very prominent in college activities throughout their four years here. ’17 Charlotte Fox has come to us from Alpha Eta. ’ 1 2-ex Katherine Dolman visited us during rushing. She is to be married Oct. 19 to Frank Davis, 2 A E, of Kansas City, Mo. Marie Miller of Alpha Upsilon was here for a day during rushing. Gale Gossett Dietrick (Mrs Roy) visited us one day last week. Alice Wilhelmi Doubleday (Mrs F. E.) has a son, born May 18, 1915. Rachel Pugh of Independence visited us last Sunday. The faithful alumnre who returned to help us rush are — Elsa Barteldes ’15, Marie Hedrick ’15, Sara Morrison ’ 12-ex, Beatrice Neumiller Wheelock (Mrs Donald) ’13, Emily Foster Russell (Mrs Frank) ’16-ex, Lail Bailey ’17-ex, Irene Henshall ’17-ex, Marjorie Hires ’17-ex, and Virginia Stone ’18-ex. ’16-ex Katherine Stone was here for a few days during rushing before returning to Smith college for her senior year. Married, June 2, Lois Blanche Iiarger and Ross Isaac Parker. At home after July 15, at Schenectady, N. Y. LAMBDA - UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT Greetings to you all from Lambda! Vermont opened its one hundred and twenty-fifth year September 29, with next to the largest class in its history. It is impossible to write much about our plans for the year, as this letter has to be sent before college activities ac¬ tually begin. The loss of our seniors and several of our active members has de¬ creased our number. Grace Scofield T6, has transferred to Randolph- Macon college in Virginia, Norma Strong T7, will be married in October, Margaret Murphy T7, is teaching in Shenandoah, Iowa, and Hazel Warden T8, was married in September. But we are anticipating a splendid year together for our enthusiasm has been so aroused by the inspiration our girls received at Gearhart. On June 5 our alumnae gave us their annual party, this year in the form of a picnic supper at Queen City Park down on the lake shore. Oh those alumnae of ours, I wonder if we do half appreciate them ! Our annual June spread which is our Commencement reunion was held at the Hotel Vermont June 29. About sixty were present, a splendid number considering how many of our girls were at Gearhart. Mary Robinson Perkins (Mrs. Llewellyn) was toast-mistress, and among those who responded to toasts was Miss Preston, Chi ’14, whom we were especially pleased to have with us at that time. Our list of Phi Beta Kappa elections was not so large this year as last when five of our 1914 girls were elected, Lou Fullington

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58 Kappa Alpha Theta being the only one accorded this honor. In the sophomore and freshman honor list were the names of Helen Dewey ’17, who re¬ ceived no mark less than A, Pearl Grandy ’17, Mary Sparke ’18, Bessie Reynolds ’18, and Helen Hall ’18. The Mabel Nelson Jacobs scholarship cup which goes to the fraternity having the highest re¬ cord of scholarship for the year was awarded to Alpha Xi Delta, which was installed only last February. 30 September 1915 Gladys Fauley ’97 Mabel Kidder Procter attended the university summer school this summer. ’oi Professor and Mrs P. O. Ray (Florence Nelson) have gone to North¬ western where Professor Ray will be a member of the department of history. *02 Helen Hodge is at Greenwich, Conn., living with her sister, Harriett Hodge ’03, who will teach this year at Greenwich academy. ’ll Born, June 22, a son, David Donald, to Mr and Mrs David D. Stern- bergh (Ruth Votey) of Reading, Pa. ’13 Ruth E. Brownell of Spirit Lake, Iowa, is taking postgraduate work at Columbia. Her address is 430 W. 118th st. ’14 Nina Shepardson is teaching in People’s academy, Morrisville, Vt. ’14 Married, July 10, Bernice Deyette to Frederic Marshall of Albany, N. Y. ’14 Margaret Johnson is teaching in New Jersey. ’14 Katharine Dewey is teaching in Jericho, Vt. ’14 Jeannette Sparrow was at Columbia summer school this past summer. ’14 Beatrice Moore is studying music in New York. ’15 Ethel Jackson and Grace Nutting are teaching in the high school at Johnson, Vt. ’15 Irene Barrett is teaching in Winooski, Vt. ’15 Lou Fullington is teaching in Island Pond, Vt. ’15-ex Married, Aug. 3, Marjorie Read to Daniel Grandy, 2 , of Burling¬ ton, Vt. They will live at Racine, Wis. where Mr Grandy will be com¬ mandant at Racine college. ’15 Anna Ward is spending the winter with her parents in Burlington. ’15 Bernardine Kimball has announced her engagement to Ralph Simonds, 2 <£, of Detroit. ’15 Mabel Watts is doing postgraduate work at Columbia Teachers’ college. ’16 Grace Scofield has transferred to Randolph-Macon Woman’s college in Lynchburg, Va. ’16 Ruth Adams and Helen Hall ’18, attended the Y. W. C. A. conference at Silver Bay this year. ’16 Dorothy Votey has returned to college after a year’s absence. ’17 Margaret Murphy is teaching in the schools of Shenandoah, Iowa. ’17 Norma Strong has announced her engagement to Harold Crosby of Hyde Park, Vt. ’18 Married, Sept. 18, Hazel Warden to Leon W. Dean of Bristol, Vt. Among those who attended June spread this year were Anna Dyke Lear- nard ’89, Lawrence, Kan.; Grace A. Johnson ’95, Belmont, Mass.; Leirion Johnson Appleton ’96, Springfield, Mass.; Ivy Hopkins Noyes ’00-ex, Franklin.

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Chapter letters 59 MU - ALLEGHENY COLLEGE From June 19 to 24 Allegheny college celebrated her one- hundredth anniversary. At that time Meadville was filled to over¬ flowing with enthusiastic alumni, many of whom had not been back since their graduation. One of the notable alumnae was Ida M. Tar- bell, who was formerly a member of the Pleiades society which later became Mu chapter of Kappa Alpha Theta. The conference on the American college was one of the notable events of the week and in it participated representatives from most of the leading colleges of America. Another memorable event was the laying of the corner¬ stone of Carnegie hall of chemistry. The feature of the week, how¬ ever, was the presentation of the Historical pageant of Allegheny college, written and staged by Dr. George P. Baker of Harvard university. We Thetas had our share in the pageant and in the general rejoic¬ ing and were proud to welcome back about 90 of our alumnae. Our annual dinner, given at 'Saegertown Inn, was for us a never-to- be-forgotten affair. There, mingling with our alumnae, from the founders of our chapter down to those in last year’s graduating class, we, of the college chapter, were inspired with greater love and honor for our fraternity. On September 14 college opened with a record freshman class and Allegheny has entered upon its second century. We are proud of the fact that a member of our faculty, Dr. Guy E. Snavely, in recognition of his services in spreading the French language and literature, has been decorated by the French government with the honorary degree of Officier d’ Academic. As an experiment, November 13 has been set aside for Pledge-day, which is earlier than usual. This year the rushing rules are to be strictly followed in the spirit as well as in the letter and the penalties inflicted are to be more severe than they have been in the past. At present we have but seventeen members in our chapter. Seven cf our number, Dorothea Abrams, Margaret Simpson, Marie Howell, Faye Barnes, Agnes McMahon, Caryl Reynolds and Josephine Singley were members of last year’s graduating class. Of these seniors Marie Howell was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. We are also sorry to say that two of our undergraduates, Alice Hawkey ’16-ex, and Florence Peterson ’18-ex, have been unable to return. Mu has had little time as yet for social functions. Nevertheless we had an unusually merry gathering the evening college opened when our town members entertained us with a mock cafeteria dinner which was original to say the least. We take pleasure in announcing a new pledge from the upper classes, Elizabeth R. Sykes T7, of Franklin, Pennsylvania. 30 September 1915 Mary Katherine Careiv

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60 Kappa Alpha Theta *08 Florence Grauel Miller has been ill for several weeks with nervous prostration. ’io Grace Howard and Marguerite Shelmadine ’12 spent Sept. 24 in Mead- ville. *13 Helene Peck was married July 18 to E. P. Daniels, 2 A E. ’13 Dorothy Sansom is at present a guest of Rachel Smith ’14 of Meadville. *13 Annie Bishop is teaching in Endeavor, Pa. high school. ’14 Thelma Weissenborn is teaching in Warren, Pa. high school. ’14 Born to Rev and Mrs O. C. Jones (Mary Sansom) a daughter, Mary Virginia, Sept. 11, 1915. ’15 Faye Barnes is teaching in the Silver Creek, N. Y. high school. ’15 Caryl Reynolds is teaching in the Elizabeth, Pa. high school. ’ 14 Rachel Smith is teaching in the grade schools of Meadville. ’15 Agnes McMahon is teaching in the grade schools of Erie, Pa. ’15 Marie Howell was married to George S. Nichols on Sept. 11. Mr and Mrs Nichols will live in Westfield, N. Y. *15 Dorothea Abrams is teaching in Collins Centre, N. Y. ’15 Margaret Simpson is teaching in Beaver Falls. ’15 Josephine Singley is doing settlement work in New York City. Her address is 122 Pierrepont st. Brooklyn, N. Y. ’i6-ex Alice Hawkey is teaching in Warren, Pa. high school. ’17-ex Rachel Cleveland is teaching in the grade schools of Erie, Pa. ’ 18-ex Florence Peterson is in training at Presbyterian Hospital, New York City. The following alumnae and a few not recorded were here for the Centennial celebration last June: Claribelle Wilkins Pressel, Helen A. Anderson, Lottie Hammett, Muza Anchors, Bess Dutton Utley, Nula Neale, Grace H. Miller, Ruth Kelley, Rachel Smith, Jessamine De Haven Lewis, Letitia Trace Taylor, Gertrude Harper, Belle Watson Simonton, Elva Bascom, Mrs G. A. Gibson, Ella D. Goff, Jessie Dunham Stewart, Mae Goff Smith, Julia Bird McGrew, Florence Grauel Miller, Ellen Chesbro Bell, Gertrude Snyder Marquis, Kath¬ erine Illingworth, Maude Johnson Snodgrass, Anna Coder Collburn, Adelaide K. Robinson, Bess Metcalf, Marguerite Shelmadine, Flossie Griswold, Mrs Carl Kirschner, Marie Wilkinson Howell, Helene Peck, Augusta Gibbons, Coral Merchant Lowe, Effie Milleren, Grace A. Howard, Cora Davis Danforth, Ella Howells Davis, Chloe Bartholomew MacLaren, Vena Fenna Mole, Emma Lockart Murphy, Gertrude Hillman Lavely, Florence Phillips Crabbs, Harriette Phillips, Bessie Kelly Johnson, Annie Gray Bishop, Dorothy Sansom, Mary Sansom Jones, Lydia Wood Bodley, Mary V. Miller Lynch, Rachel Cleveland, Fay Neale, Beaula Grauel, Rebecca Cooper, Emma Edson Breed, May Straw Root, Marie Tuholski Young, Alice Crittendon Derby, Iva Berkey Stidger, Harriet Johnson, Charlotte Illingworth. Married, June 12, 1915, Jessamine Blanche De Haven (president of District III) and Charles Fletcher Lewis. Address: 12 1 Bissel ave. Oil City, Pa. RHO - UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA Pledge-day and no freshmen! The bomb burst for Rho on Sat¬ urday noon, Pledge-day, after three busy, happy days of rushing. We were penalized, very unexpectedly, because two girls, one, a Theta, and the other a rushee, rode from Fremont to Lincoln in an automobile and had dinner at a Lincoln hotel, the Sunday after the Saturday that “open rushing” closed. According to printed pam¬ phlets of rushing rules, sent to evry rushee by the local Panhellenic

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Chapter letters 61 board, “there shall be no rushing of any kind from Saturday night, 11 p. m. of the week before the opening of college, until Wednesday * noon of registration week.” Unconsciously, they broke this rule and, as a result, Rho was forbidden to pledge until the next Thursday, and the rushee who caused the excitement cannot pledge any frater¬ nity until second semester ! When the bad news came, the darkest gloom settled over the heart of every Theta, but after pleading, demanding, and coaxing had failed, the spirits of all rose, in this time of trouble, with leaps and bounds, and the most wonderful love and loyalty united all in a closer bond than ever before. Rho is very proud of her eleven fine freshmen who have proved by waiting, that they are worthy of a kite. There are four sisters, Helen Dill, Grand Island; Helen Houston, Tekamah; Clara Lindley, Omaha, and Dorothy Anderson, Boise, Idaho. Dorothy Jane Colburn is a Theta daughter. Mary Helen Allensworth, Bernice Shafer, Frances Ringler and Ruth Farnham are Lincoln girls. Mary Hustead lives in Aurora, and Mary Steele in Hastings. Among the fourteen women’s fraternities at Nebraska, Kappa Alpha Theta ranked second in scholarship, last semester — Kappa Kappa Gatnma beating us by the very small margin, one-tenth of one per cent! Dorothy Jane Colburn has just been notified that she has received first prize in the Seabury international peace contest, held last year for high school seniors. We expect to give a dance, formally introducing our freshmen, on October 16 at the Lincoln hotel. Rho is very happy to have Mrs. Sanborn with us this year again. Eva Miller ’ll Augusta Houston and Victor I. Jeep ’09 2 A E, were married Sept. 28 at Tekamah. ’ii Ruth Lindley received her Master’s degree in Greek, Latin and Sans¬ krit, last spring. ’15 Louise Bedwell was elected to Phi Beta Kappa last semester. Laura Hainer and Leonard E. Hurtz were married Sept. 1. Address: after Dec. 1, 1425 S. 22d st. Lincoln, Nebr. SIGMA - UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO We can imagine your letters telling of the excitement, and of the success, we hope, of rushing, while we have a single day at college to record! It was just registration day, like every other registration day — helpless freshmen being piloted about by proud upperclassmen, and reunions being held in every corridor. It seems a far cry back to the house-party of the first ten days in May, although its impression is still fresh in our minds. It was a

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62 Kappa Alpha Theta pleasant and successful party, although less hilarious than others. The news of the sinking of the Lusitania came out towards the close of the ten days, causing a good deal of anxiety, as most of us had friends or acquaintances on board. Even more than last year the strain of the war is making itself felt in the university. We miss many of our professors, and univer¬ sity men are serving in every rank and department of the army. Some have already been killed in action, and others are reported wounded or prisoners. We all feel that extravagance of any kind would be out of place, and Sigma is determined to pursue even further her policy of simple and inexpensive rushing. We are to follow again the plan of last year — sophomore rushing for the women in the residence, and freshman rushing for the others. W!ith other conditions practically the same, we ought to have a valu¬ able practical demonstration of the advantages and disadvantages of each system. I think we may safely say that we begin the year with a more cordial spirit of friendship than has before existed among the chap¬ ters of the several fraternities, and with almost no hostility on the part of the non- fraternity women, at least in University college. We hope that these traditions will be preserved and strengthened during the year 1915-16. We have been interested in hearing from our members who were at convention of the varying conditions in the universities, and of the ways in which our sister chapters are trying to meet their difficulties and express their ideals. Sigma wishes you each one every success in the programme which you have adopted for the year. 27 September, 1915 ' Marjorie Reid ’04 Born to Daisy Crampton Vanstons (Mrs Justus) in July, a daughter, Margaret Maude. ’o6 Lee Edward was in Toronto for a day or two. ’07 Edith Vander Smissen Henderson (Mrs V. E.) is in charge of a department of the Red Cross work for the University base hospital. ’07 Mabel Millman Hincks (Mrs C. M.) is president of the Toronto graded union for Sunday school teachers. ’09 Mono McLaughlin is again secretary of the western division of the Neighborhood workers association. *10 Dora Mavor is at present in Toronto. ’i2 Gertrude Graydon is home from New York. ’13 The engagement of Louis Von Gunten to George Scroggie, Canadian expeditionary force, has been announced. ’14 Jean Tom is lecturer in Spanish at Wells college, Aurora, N. Y. ’14 Mary Millman is to be in charge of the children’s work at the Central Neighborhood house during the coming winter. 5 1 5 Jean MacRae and Elspeth Middleton are to be assistant workers at the University settlement. ’15 Marjory Fraser has been granted a fellowship in biochemistry and Lois McPhedran a fellowship in physiology at the University of Toronto. ’15 Mildred MacPherson is at the Faculty of education.

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Chapter letters 63 Mrs Dorset, Alpha ’91, and Nina Shepardson, Lambda ’14, both paid Sigma a short visit. 6 .J. T.°ro“to representatives to convention were : Mabel Millman Hincks 07 (district president), Mary Kentner ’u, Alice Ball 'u, Louis Von Gunten ’13, Mary Millman ’14 (alumnae delegate), Marjory Ross ’16 (delegate) TAU — NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY This year we came back to college with twenty-five girls on our chapter roll, having lost eleven seniors, and bravely started in on our first experience with matriculation pledging. From Friday until Thursday of the first week we went through the usual routine of luncheons, afternoon teas, and dinners, each one of which was a bril¬ liant success. When all was over and we reviewed our pledges we certainly felt proud, for we had sixteen splendid girls. They are Annetta Donkle, Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin ; Grace Goodman, South Bend, Indiana; Ruth Baum, Galena, Illinois; Gladys Bell, Harvard, Illinois; Helen Crenshaw, San Diego, California; Florence Shaw,’ Lucille Butler, Helen Herrick, Gladys Young and Adelaide Dillon of Chicago; and Helen Forbes, Genevieve Forbes, Kathline Rowe, Isa¬ belle Harkness, Phoebe Harkness, and Grace Kellog of Evanston. Politics next absorbed our attention and when the smoke cleared away we found that Theta was represented in every class. Best of all Edna Johnson was elected junior president, the Jbiggest honor a girl can attain at Northwestern. I would love to tell you all about our new building, Harris hall, about the changes made in our library, about the U. S. Marine band concert at which over a thousand dollars was cleared for our beloved project, the Woman’s building, but space prevents. 5 October 1915 Rene Murray ’92 Lina Kennedy Preston (Mrs B. C.) has moved from Spokane to I Keeler st. Petaluma, Cal. where her husband is pastor of the Congregational church. 15 Sara Wheelock left for the East, Oct. 7, to be a bridesmaid at Ruth Ward’s wedding. Mary Katherine Voorhees won the Missouri Valley tennis championship this summer. UPSILON - UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA Upsilon has twenty-three active members this year, having lost five by graduation and four for other reasons. Graduates are Althea Heitsmith, Helen Knowlton, Margaret Cant, Helen Cant, and Mary Gale. By affiliation we have gained Mary Redmond of Alpha Rho. Miss Maud Needham is with us for another year as chaperon. During the last two weeks, she has been actively engaged in super¬ intending the refurnishing of the chapter house. The floors have all been revamished ; three bedrooms, the reception and upstairs halls redecorated, and — best of all — four indirect lighting fixtures have

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64 Kappa Alpha Theta been installed in our halls and reception room. One of the most beautiful of these fixtures is a gift from the junior class. The chapter has selected an exquisitely colored etching by Handard as a memorial to Katherine C. Bright. This picture — artistically framed — is hung in the living room of the house. Undoubtedly the most important feature of our summer was the opportunity of entertaining the convention delegates during their brief visit in .the city. Since registration day on September 7, Upsilon has been engaged in the strenuous three weeks’ rush adopted for this year by the local Panhellenic. There is an unusual abundance of good material among the new students, and especially noticeable is the large number of upperclassmen, who are coming to the university after one or two years at eastern colleges. Because of the restriction that $75.00 must cover all rushing expenses, we have had to accomplish great feats in economical management, but on the eve of “silence week’’ with Pledge-day October 4, we rejoice that there is no heavy rushing debt hanging over us. A dinner dance on September 25, — dinner at the Minneapolis club and a cotillion at the chapter house — was the climax of our campaign. 27 September 1915 Marion Gray ’o 7-ex Alma Pennock married M. W. Burke in Sept. Address: Eveleth, Minn. . ’og-ex Perry Jones of Wabash, Minn, visited the house this month. This winter she will attend library school in New York. ’ 1 2 Marion Smith married W. H. Bussey, jr. Address: 57 Melbourne ave. S. E. Minneapolis. T3 Mrs Justine Leavitt Wilson of White Plains, N. J. attended meeting twice in Sept, and also our dinner dance Sept. 25. ’13 Marjorie Child Evans (Mrs H. G.) visited her parents State Fair week. ,i3-ex Arlene Webster of Waucoma, la. assisted in rushing. T3 Luella Bussey has taken the position of secretary to Miss Margaret Sweeney, our Dean of women. ’13 Kate Martin has been appointed district visitor for the Associated Charities in Minneapolis. T3 Charlotte Stockwell has been appointed probation officer in the Juvenile court. T3 Muriel Harsha married Archibald Campbell during the summer. Ad¬ dress: Wayzata, Minn. Ti Dorothy Loyhead has been assisting in the editing of Ben Butler's Letters in Boston. T4 Florence Swanson is teaching at Kenyon, Minn. ’ 14-ex Married, Donna McKinstry to C. F. Grant of Winnipeg. T5-ex Audrienne Warner has recently returned from a trip in the East. While in New York she studied dancing under Maurice and the Castles. She will conduct classes at the Handicraft Guild this winter. T5 Althea Heitsmith has returned to her position as matron at the Sauk Center home school for girls. She had charge of an exhibit representing the school at the Minnesota State Fair. ’15 Helen Cant is teaching domestic science at Stephen, Minn.

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Chapter letters 65 15 Margaret Cant is teaching in the high school at Deerwood, Minn. ’15 Mary Gale is teaching at Wahkon, Minn. '15 Marjorie Mix recently returned from visiting Catherine Leland Webster (Mrs B. A.) at Waucoma, la. ’16 Gladys Fiscnleigh, Delta, spent the summer at Lake Minnetonka. She attended several of our rush parties. ’ 1 7-ex Katherine Pennock is attending Winona state normal this year. ’ 18-ex Mary Milnor has been awarded a civil service position in the Minne¬ apolis post office. Mary Fraser has been appointed teacher of domestic science in the Minne¬ apolis public schools. Eleanor Jones of Wabasha attended meeting in Sept, on her way home from Havre, Mont. ’03-ex Helen Nind French (Mrs D. K.) has a new address, 503 Hawthorne Lane, Winnetka, Ill. Clara Fanning has resigned her position as editor for the Wilson Publishing co. and accepted the post of Reference librarian in the Minneapolis public library. PHI - STANFORD UNIVERSITY The most important week of rushing season is keeping us in a state of breathless enthusiasm. Pledge day is October 2, and already the atmosphere is tense. With the welcome return of President Branner for one year more, college affairs pursue the even tenor of their way with one exception — there is no intercollegiate game with California. Despite the at¬ tempts of alumni committees it is impossible to come to any favor¬ able decision, and athletic contests between California and Stanford have been called off. Also, California is playing American football, and we still play Rugby, and play it well. The men’s new gymnasium and swimming pool are a splendid ad¬ dition to the campus. The Women’s Clubhouse has received a dona¬ tion of $1,000 from an alumna and is rapidly paying off its debt by a series of novel entertainments. Phi has had a most eventful summer for immediately after the dose of college the wedding of Nan Drury ’15, and L. D. Summer- field ’12, was held at the chapter house, and we have had a Theta wedding for each of the summer months. Gladys Briggs ’15, and A. T. Cluff 14 ; Elsa Hempl ’15, and F. E. Hill ’ll, and Bess Louise Gifford ’17-ex, and F. E. Shaw ’15. We present Mary Curry ’15, an initiate of last semester, Dorothy Kelley ’18, who came to us from Beta, and Evelyn Flowers ’19, Mary Flower’s sister, as welcome additions to the chapter. Mary Curry ’15, Helen Kreps ’15, and Geraldine La Fetra ’15, are our newest members of Cap and Gown— the women’s honor society. Our members of Women’s conference are Norah Parker ’15, who is also on Women’s council and Dorothy Albrecht ’16.

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66 Kappa Alpha Theta Mary Flowers ’17, is our representative in the first play of the year, Sword and sandals’ production of Stop Thief and is also a member of Y. W. C. A. cabinet. Dorothy Albrecht ’16, is the newly elected women’s crew captain. 26 September 1915 Geraldine Cluff ’15 Mrs A. T. Cluff (Gladys Briggs) is living in San Francisco. ’15 Mrs L. D. Summerfield (Nan Drury) is living in Reno, Nev. ’IS Mrs F. E. Hill (Elsa Hempl) is living at Stanford where Mr Hill is a professor of English. ’17 Mrs F. E. Shaw (Bess Louise Gifford) is living in Redwood Uty. ’13 Elsie Parker was married to L. R. Kennedy, K A, Stanford, 13. They are living in San Jacinto, Cal. ’97 Edith Jordan was married to Dr N. L. Gardner on May 8. they are living in Berkeley where Dr Gardner is a professor of botany. ’12 Ruth Locke has announced her engagement to B. F. Thompson, a California graduate. „ . , , , ’09 The engagement of Jean Mead to Mr Charles Smith has been announced. Grace Lavayea ’03, our past, and Ray Hanna ’11, our present District president visited the house this summer. _ Georgiana Lyman Edwards, Jessie Gilmore Matthews, Winnefred Milspaugh, Helen Millspaugh, Hazel White, Margaret Hanna and Helen Bullard have all visited us this semester. Carol Green Wilson ’14 and Dorothy Marx Sherwood ’11 are living in Palo Alto. Sue Kingsbury, one of the charter members of Phi, has accepted the pro¬ fessorship of social economy at Bryn Mawr. Margaret Lothrop is an instructor in the economics department at Stanford. ’15 Elizabeth Stone, Frances Graham, Norah Parker and Elizabeth Taff are back for a fifth year. ’14 Hope Kewen has returned to get her degree in law and Flora Mane Rausch has returned to take her Master’s degree. ’95 Winifred Caldwell Whittier (Mrs C. B.) is now living at Stanford where Professor Whittier has accepted a chair in the law department. ’01 Born to Mr and Mrs Arthur Poole (Maryline Barnard) twins; a daughter, Elizabeth, and a son, Barnard. Address: Kenilworth, Ill. ’07 The engagement of Georgiana Gilbert to Mr John Strider Hess of San Francisco has been announced. ’95-ex Sympathy of Phi goes to Seba Moulton, whose mother died recently. CHI - SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY Matriculation day, September 21, found us well established in our Theta home with nine girls pledged. All of our pledges have been highly recommended to us by alumnae and friends with particular emphasis on scholarship. On the preceding Friday, twenty-seven Thetas returned and after a day of concentrated work made the house fit for guests. Saturday afternoon we took our rushees out for automobile rides, returning to the chapter house later for tea served at small tables in the dining-room which we termed Huyler s. Monday was another busy day, some of us went ‘scouting for new girls during the day while others attended luncheons, one given by the Syracuse alumna at the Syracuse country club and another where

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Chapter letters 67 Lola Lowther was hostess. At night we had the big ‘Monday Eve- ning” party where we all made merry at a pseudo track-meet. Of course there followed the usual night of planning and worry lest we lose any of the “prizes.” However, we were very successful. During the summer the “city” girls gave little parties at their homes for the purpose of getting better acquainted with any city people expecting to enter college this fall. 1 here were fifty-nine active and alumnae members at the June ban¬ quet. Old friendships were renewed and the seniors were bade a fond farewell. Small silver bud vases were the substantial evidence of this farewell. Besides the menu provided by the cateress, we were well supplied with a final course in the shape of three five pound boxes of candy — B. H. H’s. Professor Harold Butler, formerly of the Fine Arts faculty is now Dean of Fine Arts in Kansas university. Professor Ormsbee is filling his position here. Mrs. Harold Butler has also resigned from her position as elocution teacher. Professor Humphrey has taken the place of Professor Reginald Billins, who is now in Atlanta. Just before college opened Mrs. Russell Sage celebrated her birth¬ day by giving generous sums of money to different Syracuse institu¬ tions. The university received $10,000 to be used as the trustees think best, besides a $16,000 gift to the College of agriculture, for an amphitheatre for the purpose of judging stock. The Rose society is going to give us a pergola which will be situ¬ ated southwest of Crouse college. It is to be constructed of stucco and will be surrounded by the rose garden which will be moved from the old oval where it was planted last spring. 26 September 191 5 Louise Balsley ^arkh,a? Adelaide Van Alstine Yark >97, Gladys Stranahan 97, Mabel Northrup 98, Ida Hopkins Chamberlain ’00, Leslie West ’00, Cora Soper 02, Edna Mitchel Shepard ’04, Lola Searls Revels ’04, Marion Ferguson 05, Clare Terwilliger ’09, Alice Simons >09, Lois Frazee ’09, Bricea Wright Faus >09, Helen Wright >09, Eloise Andrews Woolevey >09 were all here for the June banquet. Estelle Tooke Munger ’02-ex, Lois Frazee and Clare Terwilliger ’09 visited us during rushing season. May Wilcox ’ll, Elsie Kinney ’ll, Julia Lockwood ’12-ex, and Mabel Kurtz ’12-ex visited the chapter house in June. ’13 Married, July 23, Florence Seddon and Howard Kurtz, >P T, ’12. ’13 The marriage of Rilla Parsons and H. C. Allen, A T, Amherst, took place July 22 at the home of the bride in Earlville. ’14 Mildred Baird, who is now teaching in Phoenix, visited us during rush¬ ing season. ’15 At a luncheon given May 12, Eunice Congdon announced her engagement to Charles Bates, Z ■'P, ’16-ex. ’15-ex Jane Scott attended the June banquet. ’15 Mabel Chapin, who is now teaching in Oneida, visited the chapter house during fall rushing.

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68 Kappa Alpha Theta ’15 Ruth Newman 'is teaching in Herkimer; Katherine Rowley, in Fort Plain; and Ruth Audas, in Cato, N. Y. »I5 Mabel Brindley, who is teaching in Frankfort, visited us Sept. 18. *15 Marion Herring is teaching in New Roslyn, N. Y. Thyra Stiles, at Plainfield, N. J. and Maude Sharp in Waterford, O. ’i6-ex Anna Kemp was married last June to Russell Shiffer. y * 1 7-ex Edith Knapp attended the June banquet. > 1 7-ex Edna Long has announced her engagement to Louis Summerhays, A K E, Rochester university. ’ 1 7-ex At the June banquet Ruth Mixer announced her engagement to Samuel Burdge, ATP ’14. ’ 18-ex Helen Volckmann, who teaches in Rochester, visited us Sept. 24. Our pledges are : ’18 Grace Watkins, Middletown, N. Y. ; ’19 Dorothy Berry, Elizabeth Eylar, Alma Hodges, Eloise Roberts, Rachel Sumner, Syracuse; Helen Bramon, Philadelphia, Pa.; Hilda De Brine, Sodus ; Dorothy Demick, Buffalo; Irene Hyatt, Whitehall; Katherine Munger, Chicago, Ill.; Margaret Sentell, Sodus; Frances Terwilliger, Scranton, Pa.; Kathaleen Webster, Sche¬ nectady ; Marion Whelpley, Oneida ; Kathryn Willis, Chatham, Va. PSI - UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN Twenty-eight active girls and eight pledges of last year registered this fall. We made the chapter house as attractive as possible for rushing, which began September 20 and continued for a week. The result of a round of dinners, luncheons, teas, dances and stunt-parties was that we have pledged four upperclassmen and sixteen fresh¬ men. We are proud to introduce the following upperclassmen: Elizabeth Macgregor, Memphis, Tennessee; Helen Cummings, Mil¬ waukee; Katharine Browne, Waupaca; Alice Turner, Port Wash¬ ington. Our freshman pledges are the following splendid girls: Viola Pleuss, Ruth Stromme, Catharine Maurer, Florence Pardee, Madi¬ son; Sarah Ashby, Indianapolis, Indiana; Margaret Sperry, Muske¬ gon; Margaret Brown, St. Louis; Jessie Hill, Kenosha; Helen Browne, Waupaca; Katharine Erickson, Crystal Falls, Michigan; Imogene Burch, Minneapolis; Gertrude Cahalan, Miller, South Dakota; Gertrude Bradley, Milwaukee; Wilhelmina Smith, and Mary Parsons, Chicago; Adelaide Payne, Milwaukee; Mary Pontius, Columbia City, Indiana. We all feel very happy and satisfied over the result of this rush¬ ing season, and are planning to make each new girl feel one of us, by having certain Sunday nights set aside when there shall be no guests. Also we are planning many all Theta parties. This rushing season has been marked by a very wonderful feeling between frater¬ nities, especially between Kappa and Theta. While we are rejoicing over our new girls, we are mourning for the fourteen Thetas who graduated last June. Three of them,

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Chapter letters 69 Dorothy Dana, Margaret Curry, and Marie Cams were elected to Phi Beta Kappa in the spring. At the same time Marion Conover and Dorothy Lewis, both class of 1916, made Phi Beta Kappa. . Psi is honored with two of the biggest offices women can hold in the university— Anita Pleuss, president of the Young Women’s Christian association, and Charlotte Bodman, president of the Self- Government association. Mrs. Bodman, mother of one of the girls, is chaperoning us this year. 26 September 1915 Mary Ashby ’07 Helen Head Simmons (Mrs Edward) is visiting in Madison this fall. ’09 Ora Williams Green (Mrs Robert) will move from Ft. Wayne, Ind. to Detroit. ’10 Born Aug. 22, 1915, a son, James, to Mr and Mrs T. M. Kearney (Helen Hutchison). ' ’n Hester Harper is assisting in English in the university and taking work for her Master’s degree. ’11 Hester Jacobs of Oconomowoc is the head of the Latin department in the La Crosse high school. ’12 Hazel Josten is teaching in the La Crosse high school. ’12 Olive Simpson is living in Shullsburg this winter. ’13 Laura Gilman will be in the State hygenic laboratory in Madison this year. ’13 Helen Dodge is in the University extension department in Madison this year. ’14 Josephine Glidden is supervisor of the home economics department in Rockford, Ill. ’14 Gladys Miller is taking graduate work in the university this year. ’14 Mary Buell has the chemistry scholarship at the university of Illinois. 15 Winifred Retger, Roberta Mann and Dorothy Dana are teaching in Birmingham, Ala. ’15 Jean Hadden has the French teaching fellowship in the University of Wisconsin. ’15 Margaret Curry has the English teaching fellowship and is now teaching in La Crosse, Wis. ’15 Florence Patterson is teaching in Asheville, N. C. at the Normal and collegiate institute. ’15 Helen Pence is living in Chicago, Ill. ’15 Margaret Stevens is teaching in St. Louis, Mo. ’15 Hilda Mingle is teaching music in Kaukauna, Wis. ’15 Marie Cams and Helen Abrams are taking graduate work in the uni¬ versity this year. ’15 Riah Fagan is back in the university and has the Latin scholarship. Grace McAlexander is teaching history in Danville, Ky. at Kentucky college for women. 6 Julia Doe, who received her Ph.D. in the university last year, is teaching English in the Girls’ Latin school in Chicago. ’16-ex Katherine Ritchie is attending Wells college this year. ’17-ex Katherine Coville was unable to return to the university this year. ’17-ex Sue Comstock is taking a nurse’s training course in the Chicago hospital. 6 Dorothy Ketcham, Beta, is doing graduate work in the university this year. Beatrice Tabor, Alpha Nu, and Mary Heiskell, Alpha Eta, are attending the university this year.

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70 Kappa Alpha Theta OMEGA - UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA Many things have happend since last you heard of us. For one thing, on the campus the foundations are being laid for our new $80,000 building, named Wheeler Hall in honor of our president. Then with the Greek theater right here we have had the privilege of seeing Margaret Anglin in her presentation of three Greek dramas. Finally we are enjoying the less intellectual but altogether equal pleasure of our big new swimming tank, which seems to be one of the choice things that improve on acquaintance. Then for ourselves it has been for us to learn in this convention year what a big place our alumnae hold in the strength of our fraternity. When the Thetas from the convention arrived 200 strong, it was the alumnae chapter of the Bay region which too charge of the enormous luncheon given in their honor at our btate building at the Exposition. They also gave the tea at the lheta house in Berkeley the following day. We were fortunate in being able to secure plenty of machines for this occasion to take our guests to the various points of interest, taking special care to linger long before our newest and most imposing buildings. Then again came L. Pearle Green to make us only a fleeting visit but one that made us wish for a very much longer one. And here again our alumnae were delighted to give a tea in her honor at the chapter house. . , But only the most pleasant memory of all that remains now, ana we are back again for another year of hard work and pleasure, with twelve freshmen added to our lists: Ruth Vincent of Oakland Lnda Leuschner, Margaret Geary, Elizabeth Burham, and Vivian Gurney of Berkeley, Mary Harrison, Augusta Rathbone, and Dorothy Ward of San Francisco, Esther Stevens and Agnes Polzdoffer of Los Angeles, and Eleanor Allen of Pasadena. ^ The Exposition is still bringing us many visiting Thetas from all parts of the country and we hope before the year is out that you will all come out to California, the Exposition, and us. ’io Pearl Chase paid us her annual visit last Aug. >12 Helen Runyon Elliot was in Berkeley for the rushing season. >14. Helen Waterman was also here for the rushing season. >14 Hermina Henze was in Berkeley for three months of the summer before leaving for her home in Detroit. i . , ... ’15 Leslie Wilde has been appointed assistant in the university library. ’15 Catherine De Motte is visiting in the East. »i6 Olive Wheeler married Walter McLeod of Montana last July. ’i6 Elizabeth Wheeler Head has a daugther born last May. 9 12 Agnes Welch Harrison has a son born in June. ’16 Corinne Cronise who left college last term to study music is back in college. ’15 Belle Hechtman is an instructor at Miss Head’s school in Berkeley. 9 12 Martha Earl Graham has been in Oakland for the summer months.

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Chapter letters 71 ’i 7 Myra Treat has left college to attend art school. ’17 Anna Doyle has gone to New York to enter the Damorosch school of music. 7 17 Margaret Calder has gone to New York to live and will enter Barnard. Mrs Roy Service has been here to visit us for a short time. Marie Porter and Helen Crawford from Alpha Upsilon have transferred to Omega. Gladys Johnson has transferred from Alpha Lambda, and Augusta Berg has transferred from Alpha Nu. "06 Born to Mr and Mrs H. A. Finch (Helen Parker) a daughter, Mary Frances, June 16. Address: 3568 Eden ave. Avondale, Cincinnati, Ohio. ALPHA BETA - SWARTHMORE COLLEGE The close of our college year brought the usual round of func¬ tions and festivities. First of all, there was Somerville day when the alumni flocked back to celebrate the founding of the literary society. The active members presented J. M. Barrie’s Quality Street , in which Jessica Granville-Smith played the leading role. Then came a red letter day for Thetas when Elizabeth Worth en¬ tertained the college chapter and several of the alumnae at her home in Coatesville. Suffice it to say that we had a glorious week¬ end of May 1 together. Commencement was upon us in no time with its leave-takings and senior gayeties ! The graduating class gave a Midsummer nighfs dream , and Jessica Granville-Smith took the part of Titania with distinction. Our three graduates were Esther Jenkins, Anna Miller, and Jessica Granville-Smith. The week-end before the opening of college we entertained six pros¬ pective freshmen at New Hope, Pennsylvania; and returned eighteen strong on September 22 to face a short but strenuous rushing season. We pledged six freshmen and one sophomore on pledge day. They are: Louise Lewis, sophomore, Indianapolis, Indiana; Helen Biddle, Riverton, New Jersey; Gertrude McCabe, Selbyville, Maryland; Mary Crosley, Melrose, Pennsylvania; Irma Russell, Bedford, Penn¬ sylvania; Miriam Jones and Alice Adams both of Swarthmore. May Thetas everywhere have a happy and successful year ! 29 September 1915 Gladys C. Hall ’09 Helen Underhill’s engagement to Hollingsworth Wood of New York is announced. ’12 Amy Baker is on the faculty of Drexel institute. ’16 Isabel Jenkins’s engagement to Newlin Booth, A T, of Chester is an¬ nounced. ’08 L. Dorothy Lister and F. M. Simons, jr. K were married Sept. 16. They will live in Chicago. ’ll Married, July 31, Margaret Broomell and H. S. Gotchell. Address: Peach Bottom, Pa. ’11 Born to Mr and Mrs R. D. Barclay (Therese Spackman) a son, Walter Spackman, Sept. 29.

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72 Kappa Alpha Theta ’n-ex Married, June io, Anna Gilkyson and R. J. Baker, K Sk. Address: 2011 N. 2d st. Harrisburg, Pa. ’i6-ex The engagement of Virginia Hawkins and Fritz Bills, A T, Cornell *15, has been announced. ALPHA GAMMA - OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY If a successful beginning indicates a prosperous year, Alpha Gamma should be duly thankful. Rushing this year had to be a summer affair as pledging was permitted as soon as the student had been matriculated. So the responsibility fell upon the girls who remained in town during vacation. The Thetas and prospective Thetas spent a week at a quaint little cabin in the country. Here the fun and general good feeling proved not only a delightful pas¬ time but seemed to have made a lasting impression upon the rushees. Our real rushing parties consisted of a dinner at the Athletic club, a slumber party September 20, and breakfast the morning of Sep¬ tember 2 1 ; and on the same day we pledged these freshmen : Cath¬ arine Willard, Virginia Thomas, Mabel Walters, Phyllis Whitehill, Margaret Rife, Janet Cleveland, Margaret Kauffman, Adelaide Bee¬ son, all of Columbus, and Dorothy Breyfogle of Wellesley, Massa¬ chusetts. The opening battle of the year, the cane rush, in which the fresh¬ men proved superior in number and skill to their brother sophomores, was a clever piece of play last Friday. Enthusiasm was at its height among the spectators, when the freshmen discovered that there were two canes, the false one being the only one in evidence. Five hundred fresh young heads, alert to the occasion, secured the true cane and pushed the “sophs” far beyond their own goal line. Is it not an encouraging start for the class of 1919? Six new names were added to Alpha Gamma’s roll, when last year’s pledges were initiated on September 24. These girls are now proud¬ ly upholding the “Kite” : Louise Havens, Ann Pottes, Ruth Clark, Alice Scatterday, Corinne Putnam and Marjory Dean. The next greatest joy that might be wished them is that they all may attend Theta’s 1917 convention. Ohio State is a growing university so the Registrar’s count shows. But what makes it seem so to us are the many new faces we meet and the ever increasing activities of our wide awake campus. This whole letter might be brimful of after-convention enthusi¬ asm, but just a word. Happy to have met you all, I hope that I have brought back to my chapter just a little of that which I re¬ ceived from you in such abundance. 28 September 1915 Elizabeth F. Lyons

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Chapter letters 73 ’ii-ex A son, George Henry, was born to Mr and Mrs Herbert Booth (Marie Schwartz). ’ii-ex Mr and Mrs Fred Aves (Florence Huston) and son of Galveston, Tex. are visiting in Columbus. ’ii-ex Mrs. Wm. Little (Lucia Barger) and daughter of Chicago visited in Columbus in June. ’ 13-ex Florence Badger Fowler (Mrs Harley) was in Columbus this summer. ’14 The engagement of Margaret Howard to Paul Hoskins has been an¬ nounced recently. J 15-ex Born to Mr and Mrs Hugh Lee (Ruth Horton) a daughter. ’15 Rachel Nauman is assistant principal in the high school, Summit Station, Ohio. ’ 15-ex Born to Mr and Mrs Field Van Meter (Florence Minster) a son. ’15 Rive King Bowman is a graduate assistant in the Romance language department of Ohio State. ’15 The wedding of Hazel M. Shook and Charles Snyder, 4> K took place in Aug. Address: 4631 Lake Park ave. Chicago. Jean Rounsevall Overturf returned last week from Spokane, where she spent the summer after convention with Mr and Mrs W. D. Rounsevall (Elizabeth Chamberlain). ALPHA DELTA - GOUCHER COLLEGE A new and improved Goucher opened her doors to the students this fall. A great many improvements have been made in the build¬ ings and grounds, there is quite a large increase in the faculty, and several new courses are open to the students. Moreover, there is an increase of nearly 25% in the student body. So far, all college affairs have been given for the freshmen. The freshman reception, given every year by our Young Women’s Christian association and Students’ organization, was held the first Friday night after the opening of college. On October 2, the sophomores will give the freshmen an outdoor picnic to mark the end of hazing period. All the members of Alpha Delta returned this fall, with the ex¬ ceptions of Adele Furbee, Ruth Simpson, and Mary Colt, who has been ill since August with typhoid fever. The last two, however, expect to be back by the first of December. We were very glad to welcome Edythe Rogers, from Alpha Xi, who entered the senior class. The rushing rules, this year, are very unsatsifactory in that they are petty and seem to indicate a lack of good will and understand¬ ing among the fraternities which is most deplorable. The most im¬ portant rules are four weeks of absolute non-rushing, three weeks of rushing, with limited money expenditure, Pledge-day being on No¬ vember 13. Fraternity is an open question only during that period. 29 September 1915 Flora Winkelman , Ruth Haslup ’03, Helen Stevenson ’06, Katharine Lindsay ’07, Emma Gregg 09, took summer courses at Columbia university. ’ll Anna Skinner was married to Chas. Winstead in June. 12 The wedding of Alma Jagger and W. W. Bishop took place on June 25. 12 Elinor Hopkins is a field secretary for the Y. W. C. A. with head¬ quarters in Seattle.

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74 Kappa Alpha Theta ’12 Ernestine Dulaney was married to Dr E. H. Hutchins on June 15, 1915. ’13 Dorothy Davis is teaching at Santa Barbara, Cal. ’13 Mr and Mrs Rogers Swindell (Mary Wilson) and their son will return to Cuba in Oct. *13 Mary von Wyzecki was married on June 16 to John Gontrum. *13 Frances Clarke has been spending the latter part of the summer in her home in Atlanta, Ga. but will return to New York to pursue her dramatic work. ’13 Marjorie Day is teaching athletics and dramatic art at the Mary Baldwin seminary, Staunton, Va. ’ 14-ex Edna Jacobs of Fairmont, W. Va. will visit Laura Bennett LeCron ’ 13-ex during Oct. ’14 Blanche Ross is teaching biology, chemistry and physics in the high school at Roanoke City, Md. She has announced her engagement to Chas. Hammond. ’15 Mary Hoffman is assistant in the library at Goucher college. ’15 Virginia Snyder is studying domestic science at her home in Clarks¬ burg, W. Va. and is taking an active part in the civic club and Y. W. C. A. work. ’15 Grace Haymaker is studying domestic science in Clarksburg. *15 Alice Watson has entire charge of the history department in the high school at Tunkhannock, Pa. ’15 Helen Frische is taking a secretarial course at the McKee school. ’16-ex Born to Mr and Mrs Willis Smith (Mildred Cranston) a son, William Greist Smith. ’ 16-ex Mildred Draper is taking a secretarial course at the McKee school and will live in Roland Park for the winter. ALPHA ETA - VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY Although we tried hard in Panhellenic to get a long rushing sea¬ son, we were unsuccessful and this year have had another matricula¬ tion Pledge-day. On this account most of the girls were back by September 23 and ready for the rush. A tea, a luncheon, and an informal picnic were all we had time for ; but we had been rushing most of the girls for a year and felt that we knew them. We have pledged fourteen freshmen. They are Elizabeth Lyth, Elizabeth Hart, Mary Louise Crawford, Ella Mai Wilson, Mary Johnson, Dorothy and Marjory McMurry, Lucile Luck, Hazel Patterson, Sarah Hunt Smith, Frances Cheelv, Grace Wilson, Ednelia Wade and Dorothy Bethurum. Sixteen of last year’s chapter have returned, an unusually large number. However, we were very sorry to lose Louise Herron who is teaching in Dallas, Texas, and Mary Heiskel who is studying at Wisconsin. We are planning great things this year with the help of our pledges. Four Alpha Eta active girls were at Convention and are full of new ideas and wonderful plans. Vanderbilt is trying a number of new things this year. We are starting to work with quality and quantity credits, three terms in¬ stead of two, a new grading system and a number of new professors.

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1 Chapter letters 7 5 There are more girls than ever and the total enrollment is good. We wish all of you a very successful year ! 29 September 1915 Mary Jo Harwell ’i6-ex Henrietta Sperry was married to Oscar Nelson, A K E, in June. They sailed for China on Aug. 28. ’04 Maria Mason is teaching at Massey school, Pulaski, Tenn. *14 Rachel Witt is teaching in her home town, Lynnville, Tenn. ’13 Bess Figley was with Alpha Eta girls at convention. ’io Mattie May Morgan was also at convention. ’14 Sara Southall visited in Nashville after convention. *15 Ravenna Wakefield is teaching in Asheville, N. C. *15 Elizabeth Brooks is teaching sciences in Clarksville high school. ’ 14-ex Louise Adamson is teaching in Savannah, Tenn. ’15 Gertrude Porter is teaching in West Tennessee. ’ 15-ex Elise Chase is back in college. * 1 7-ex Elizabeth Cook is at her home in Franklin. She was here for rushing. ALPHA, THETA - UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS We Thetas in far-away Texas, wish that all of our sister Thetas could see our chapter this year, and rejoice with us in the opening of the best year for chapter and college. Our rushing season has been splendid and its success fully repays us for the work and strain. In the first place, we younger members have had the good counsel and enthusiasm of having six of our alumnae with us. We have eighteen pledges and could you be here, I know that you would agree with me when I say that each of them is worthy of Theta. There is a spirit of congeniality and love for each other that binds together the upperclassmen, and leads them to join in college activities with much zeal. The chapter house has been remodelled during the summer and with fresh paint and paper is lovely and fresh. We were delighted recently to have Louise Herron, Alpha Eta, visit us. She is teaching in Dallas, Texas, and we hope to have her with us again. 28 September 1915 Margaret My rick Sallie Wynne of Huntsville, Ethel Sykes of Galveston, Frances Morris and Ethel Randle of Dallas, Elaine Lewis and Ethel Allen of Denton, Lucy John¬ son of San Marco, and Lucille Jones of Marshall, were guests at the chapter house for rushing season. ALPHA IOTA — WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY The close of college last June found several of our girls prepar¬ ing to attend the convention at Gearhart-by-the-Sea, to which we sent as regular delegate Maria Bain, and as freshman delegate Rachel Metcalfe. But they were not our only representatives. Lu-

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76 Kappa Alpha Theta cille Bishop and Katharine Brookes also were there. They all came back full of enthusiasm and information, not the least interesting of which was the fact that one of our alumnae, Marie Davis, had been chosen District president. Just after these girls had left for their trip, the Thetas left at home, together with eight rushees, went to the country for a house party. It was a most successful affair, as it made us better acquainted with the new girls than any other form of rushing could have done. This was followed by weekly parties during the entire summer. Then just before college opened, we began to rush strenuously. We gave a dance at one of- the country clubs, a progressive dinner shortly afterwards, and several theater and swimming parties. The alumnae entertained the college chapter and rushees at a clever card party at Bellerive country club. We are now in the midst of a rushing season limited by Panhellenic to two weeks with no night engage¬ ments. All the girls have returned this year with the exception of the three graduates — Leona Beckmann, Jeanette Jennings and Fannie Cushing; so we are able to begin with a chapter of twenty-six in¬ cluding two members who have been away for a year — Margaret Winter who studied last year at Colorado state university, and Ruth Horton who was unable to return a year ago on account of illness. Yet while we have gained two girls, we have also lost one, for Leonora Woodward has gone to Missouri university. With such a large and active chapter we are looking forward to a very interesting and successful year. 29 September 1915 * Lucile Logan ’ll The marriage of Helen Fuller and E. T. Nipher, 2 A E, occurred Sept. 25. ’ll May Hoolan is registered for a Master’s degree. ’12 Born to Mr and Mrs C. E. Galt (Julia Pruitt Brookes) a son, Sept. 2. ’13 Carrie Scott visited here in June. ’13 Anny Barck is registered for a Master’s degree. ’14 The marriage of Marguerite Monteath and Robert Roessel, B © II, occurred July 26. ’16 The engagement of Mildred Searcy and Frank Bills, 2 X, has been announced. ’16-ex The engagement of Harriett Newman and Moulton Green, B © II, has been announced. ’16-ex The marriage of Florence Bossford and Wm. Morin, <£ T A, occurred Aug. 19. ’16 Dorothy Laing, Psi, visited in St. Louis during the summer. ’17 Lucille Bishop received sophomore honors in the college at the close of the year.

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Chapter letters 77 ALPHA KAPPA — ADELPHI COLLEGE The college year has commenced most propitiously for Adelphi, as we have an enrollment of 350, a decided increase over the 280 of last year. We also welcome a new president, Dr. Frank D. Blodgett, who comes from New York normal school and who very ably fills the place of our former acting president, the Reverend Dr. S. Parkes Cadman. An addition to Adelphi this year is a four-story brown- stone house, fully equipped with splendid classrooms and situated directly opposite college. This acquisition, together with our col¬ lege house opened last year, which is also adjoining the college, constitutes our campus, even though it be confined within the narrow limits of a city street. The loss of our senior members of last year, May Behman, Clarissa Pettit, Harriet Smith, and Ruth Shorter greatly depletes our num¬ bers, but we are happy to have all the other girls return with the exception of Minerva Lake, our southern member, who is remaining at her home in Upperville, Virginia, this year and whose sunny pres¬ ence we miss very much. As college has been open but three days we haven’t had much opportunity to become very well acquainted as yet with the fresh¬ men. The junior luncheon for them occurred, September 27, the opening day of college. Just before the trying ordeal of final examinations last year, in May we Thetas had a delightful house-party for a few days at Port Jefferson, Long Island. Several of the alumnae came with us to enjoy the pleasures of camp life and to share the invigorating breezes from the Sound. 29 September 1915 Adine Gombers Born to Mr and Mrs Owen Brown (Emma Crane) a son. ’og Madeline Frost was married to John Henessey on Aug. 7. *14 Ruth Knowles has announced her engagement to Emerson Hoyt. *14 Laura Haugaard is teaching in Bay Ridge high school. *15 May Behman visited college on Monday, Sept. 27. ALPHA LAMBDA - UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON The spirit of home-coming this yeai nas been doubly warm and enthusiastic because it has a dual significance. Each one of. our twenty- two active members has felt that she was not only returning to her Theta home and its genial associations, but that Alpha Lambda, herself, was coming into her own. A combination of circumstances, favorable to growth and advance¬ ment, emanates from Washington this year. Our new president, Doctor Henry Suzzallo, comes to us with a wonderful store of prac¬ tical plans to inspirit and strengthen our academic life and also an understanding and encouragement of fraternities.

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78 Kappa Alpha Theta Although the death of our late Dean of Women, Miss Isabella Austin, was a shock to the whole university, Miss Ethel Cold well, who is to fill her place, attracts us with her charming personality, and seems to be particularily fitted for helping the women with their problems. Matriculation pledge, though it placed the burden of the work upon the town girls, is an improvement over last year’s strenuous semester rush. It brought ten splendid pledges to Alpha Lambda. Three of them are from Tacoma, Laura Dickson, Helen York, and Elizabeth McLean; Helen Goode and Helen Sengfelder come to us from Spokane; we have a cousin, Leotta Morris, from Pittsfield, Illinois, and a sister Edna Bolster from Seattle; Helen Gordon and Helen Donley also live in the city. All of our new girls are fresh¬ men except Grace Uhl, a junior from Bellingham, and Katherine Kerr, a sophomore from Long Beach, California. We are very happy to welcome two affiliates from Washington state college Grace Pritchard T6 and Lois Gilbert T8. Since the number of house girls has increased from eight, last year, to eighteen this year we have been happily planning under superintendence of our ever helpful house-mother, Mrs. Lawrence, to make our home seem equal to the occasion. Convention, above all, has given us a new impulse to meet our re¬ sponsibility and a greater sense of the national sisterhood in Kappa Alpha Theta. 28 September 1915 Marjorie Kohlman Born to Mr and Mrs J. J. Morgan, a son, June. Married, Jessie Drummond and Harry Anderson, A K E, of The Dalis. Married, Katherine Wilson and Chas. Appleton. The engagement of Mary Wright and John Heines, A K E, of Seattle has been announced. The engagement of Elgine Warren and Ralph Casey, B 0 II, has been announced. Elgine Warren is teaching in Davenport. Martha Knapp is spending a holiday in Denair, Cal. Bess Smith has announced her engagement to Gerald White, «I> T A, of Seattle. Florence Burkheimer is teaching in Waitsburg. Hope Rochford has announced her engagement to Leonard Thompson, B 0 II, of Everett. The engagement of Hazel Raymaker to Homer Brown, A T 0, of Seattle has been announced. Gladys Johnson is attending the University of California and Florence Foltz the Ellensburg normal, this year. The engagement of Maryhelen London to Donald McKensie of Minnesota, has been announced. Mable Remsberg has opened a piano studio in Everett.

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Chapter letters 79 ALPHA MU — UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI First of all, of course, you will want to hear about our pledges. They are: Elizabeth Harris and Clara Grigsby, Kansas City; Evelyn Ward, Carrollton; Dorothy Blanks and Doroty Worrell, Mexico; Ruth Harris, Houstonia; Letitia Hairston, Fayette; Jessie Norton and Mary Park, Liberty; Harriet Bell, St. Joseph; Mary Stewart, Chillicothe, and Helen Parr, Hamilton. Our rushing started with a week-end house-party just before ma¬ triculation day. We invited the mothers of our rushees to come with them and every one became much' better acquainted during those three days than could have been possible otherwise. During the two weeks of rushing which followed we had a dining-car luncheon, a picnic, a formal dance, a progressive luncheon given by our pa¬ tronesses, a cabaret, a mothers’ luncheon, a swan party, a rest party, and a formal dinner. The morning of pledge day, Mrs. McBaine entertained us all at a chocolate and we thoroughly enjoyed our first “all-Theta” party. There are now thirty-seven of us, the largest number Alpha Mu has ever had. We are glad to include in our number Leonora Woodward from Alpha Iota. Our house has been repainted; there is fresh paper in the dining- % room and in several of the bedrooms ; a new light has replaced the chandelier in the wicker-room, and a new kitchen cabinet has been ordered. Also, we have bought a victrola and we now wonder how we ever got along without one. We cannot play it too much, how¬ ever, for lessons claim our time now. The new library has been opened and it is a wonderfully quiet place to study. The building is a very beautiful one and all tjie students are proud of it. An unusually large number of students have enrolled this year. The freshman class is larger than ever before and the freshman boys easily defeated the sophomores in the annual bag-rush. This is the last bag-rush to be held in the university for President Hill an¬ nounced that this year’s class is a good one on which to start a re¬ form. Now to turn back to last year. When elections were held for the officers of the Self-government association, Margaret Mumford was made vice-president and Erma Gruner was made treasurer. Kath¬ erine Haston was elected sophomore representative and Christine Spencer, senior. Christine is also on the advisory board of the Savitar for this year. In June, we initiated five girls: Margaret Bate, Frances Dobyns, Vivian Kirkpatrick, Lou Eva Longan and Mary Margaret McBride leaving no uninitiated girls among our number.

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80 Kappa Alpha Theta Delta Delta Delta and Alpha Delta Pi, were admitted to local Panhellenic last spring, so there are now nine women’s fraternities here. 27 September 1915 Helena Wilbur ’07 Frances Mason is teaching at William Woods college in Fulton, Mo. ’07 Faye Stewart had charge of the Theta house during summer school. ’10 Julia Spalding was elected to 2 E. ’ll Frances Baker was married to P. F. McClung, B 0 II, in Mar. 1915. ’ll Eloise Bramlitt and Richard Bowen were married Sept. 16. ’13 Rosalee Dulaney is teaching in Hibbing, Minn. ’14 Born to Mr and Mrs J. C. Holloway (Frances Bennett) a son, John C. jr. ’15 Margaret Carrington is teaching in Medford, Minn. ’15-ex Marguerite Redman was married to Rev Roy Moorman. ’16-ex Lavinia Peters is teaching in Brunswick, Mo. Efale Brown, Anna Ruby Dillard and Winifred Limerick returned for rushing. ALPHA NU - UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA The year 1915 at the University of Montana opened with strict Panhellenic rules. No rushing was done for the first two weeks of college and no fraternity pins were worn on the campus. This elimi¬ nated to a great extent the strained feeling that generally exists be¬ tween fraternity girls and freshmen, and it enabled the girls to become better acquainted with each other. The only doubtful feature of this year’s rushing is the length of the season, inasmuch as no freshmen will be pledged until February 1. Alpha Nu has been fortunate in securing the Catlin residence on University avenue for this year. It is well located, being within a block from the campus gate. The girls plan on doing the greater part of this year’s entertaining in their beautiful home. There are just ten girls back for the year, eight of whom will live in the house. Mrs. Lewis has been selected as house mother. Each of the three women’s fraternities at the University of Montana are limited to two parties during the entire college year according to the new Panhellenic rules. Alpha Nu girls are planning on giving one of these during the rushing season and the other in the spring, after initiation. The number of teas during rushing is not restricted, but not more than two freshmen can be invited to any one tea. The same freshman cannot be invited to a dinner, tea, fireside, theater or any like function, more than once in two weeks. Helen McCarthy ’18, was awarded the honor of being the most beautiful young lady attending the University of Montana. The decision was made by a vote of all the students of the university, the evening of the annual carnival last spring.

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Chapter letters 81 We all were very happy when our delegate, Donna McCall, re¬ turned with a Kappa Alpha Theta scholarship cup from convention at Gearhart, Oregon. This is the second time in succession that this honor has been bestowed upon Alpha Nu, and our tiny band feel well rewarded. 2 October 1915 M. Margaret Garvin 17 Helen F. Cothron has accepted a position as teacher in a grade school near Billings, Mont. ’15 Merle ICettlewell and her mother have gone to Plains, Mont where Merle will teach English in the Plains high school. ’17 Beatrice Tabor has enrolled as a junior in the University of Wisconsin. 15 Diana Uline is in Dell Rapids, S. D. her home, convalescing from an operation for appendicitis. 15 Mr and Mrs S. R. Rhodes have announced the engagement of their daughter, Bess Ann, to Ernest Hubert, 2 X, the wedding to take place the early part of Oct. Mr and Mrs Hubert will make their home in Missoula. Stella Duncan, who attended convention, is spending the winter visiting the coast cities. ’16 Gladys McCarthy is teaching near Helena, Mont. ’18 Bernice Perkins, accompanied by her parents, Mr and Mrs H E Perkins, and younger sister, Muriel, visited the Panama-Pacific exposition and the other large cities on the Pacific coast. ’14 Sadie Stabern visited the Panama-Pacific exposition and attended the Kappa Alpha Theta convention during the summer. ’14 Alice Hardenburgh, who attended the Kappa Alpha Theta convention and also the summer session of the University of Washington, is teaching at Arlee, Mont. s ’11 Annabel Robertson, who is teaching this year in Missoula, will live at the chapter house. ’17 Arva Willoughby will study music at her home in Butte, Mont this winter. ’17 Louise Webber has accepted a position in one of the leading business houses of Great Falls, Mont, for this year. Margery Maxwell is studying music in Chicago. Address : 3836 Rokeby st. ALPHA XI — UNIVERSITY OF OREGON When we all came back again to our college home, our chapter house, for another year of Work, surely we brought more good will and sisterly love toward each other and a broader, clearer meaning of Theta than ever before. So many from Alpha Xi attended our wonderful convention, that from the advantage of being together and of living over again many times the inspiring days there, there is now a strong, permanent impression left with us to help us be truer and stronger Thetas. First of all, sister chapters, we want you to meet and greet our fine freshman pledges, Ruth Trowbridge, Lillian Porter, Marian Coffey, from Portland, Oregon; Mamie Gillette, Ruth Montgomery, Laura Miller, from Eugene, Oregon; Ivy McMillan from Waco, Oregon; Ethel Waite from Sutherlin, Oregon; and Merle Hamilton from Roseburg, Oregon.

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82 Kappa Alpha Theta We are most fortunate to have as our new house mother, Mrs. E. H. Boyer of Portland, Oregon. She has won the hearts of all the girls and she has helped us more than we can say, in giving us courage during the week of rushing and in helping us over the many difficulties that attend the beginning of a new college year. We know that her sweet dignity and wisdom will continue to guide us and will make our chapter life more harmonious. The new Administration building was formally opened during the summer school session. Since Mu Phi Epsilon has been changed to an honorary sorority, the Oregon chapter has been granted a charter of Pi Beta Phi. Ye Tabard Inn, a literary organization, has been granted a chapter in Sigma Upsilon, the National honorary writers’ fraternity of America, making the advent of the fourth National honorary frater¬ nity on the campus. „ _ , 24 September 1915 Ruth Roche ’i3 Jessie Bibee and P. J. Cecil, K 2, were married in July* >14 Maud Mastick and Clarence Ash, A T ft, were married Aug. 9* ’i4 Ruth McClaren and Karl On thank, A T ft, were married June 4- » 1 7-ex Edith King and Raeman Fleming, 2 X, were married Sept. 18. ’i8-ex Alice Bingham and K. M. Powell were married June 6. ’17 The engagement of Ruth Fraley to W. E. Furnish, X *, Stanford, has >17 The engagement of Bernice Lusac to Starrett Dinwiddle, 2 <P, Mien, has been announced. ’14 Eleanor McClaine was with us during rush week. ’ 1 5-ex Elsie Bain visited us during rush week before leaving for her new home in Montana. . .. , ’14 Maurine McAdam visited us during the first college week. ’15-ex Mildred Healy Obertauffer, ’14, Helen Jane Hamilton, and Elizabeth Cowden visited us during rush week. „ Three of our members received their degrees last June, Helen Jane Hamil¬ ton, Gertrude Chris Taylor, Hazel Vern Rader. ALPHA OMICRON - UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA No letter received— October 12, 1915 ALPHA PI — UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA The writing of this letter finds us in the midst of our one week of rushing under the rules of sophomore Pledge-day. The university opened September 20. No rushing is allowed during the first week which is followed by one week in which each fraternity is allowed two exclusive dates, and as many informal ones as can be arranged without conflicting with the formal affairs of the others. After six o’clock Friday night there is silence until one on Saturday afternoon, when, the invitations having been received and answered, each group pins its ribbons on its new girls. On Saturday evening pledge ser¬ vices are held.

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Chapter letters 83 On Tuesday we gave a progressive luncheon, having each of the four homes decorated to represent a season of the year. We plan to have a camp-fire party Thursday evening. Besides these we are filling in the week with taffy pulls and theater parties. We are happy to announce the pledging of Madeline Turner T7, of Grand Forks. We are beginning the year with eight active mem¬ bers and two pledges, but we hope soon to have a band of sophomores to swell our ranks. On last Commencement day ten seniors joined the number of Alpha Pi alumnae: Clara Flemington, Jessie Grassick, Myrtie Hal¬ verson, Catherine Hixon, Mamie Jones, Alice Kolars, Hazel Ladd, Vaughan Miller, Ethel Ren wick, and Inez Serumgard. Clara Flem¬ ington was elected to membership in Phi Beta Kappa. In conclusion, I must tell how much it meant to us who could not go to convention to have that wonderful delegation of Thetas with us on our own campus. Although they could stay only an hour and a half, the inspiration of that visit remained with us until our own representatives returned with glowing accounts of convention itself. 29 September 1915 Winifred, Nelson ’08 Mary Belle Flemington was married to Albert C. Strand at Ellendale, N. D. July io. *12 Annie Macllraith is principal of the high school at Jamestown, N. D. ’i2 Donna Forkner is teaching at Glen Ullen. ’i2 Pearl Monroe McBride (Mrs E. D.) of Casselton, was here to help her sister Hortense register and remained with us for part of rush week. We found her a great help. ’i3 Jessie Budge is teaching at Minot. *i 3 Gertrude Cunningham is teaching at Hatton. ’14 Olga Serumgard is teaching at Perth. *14 Vera Kelsey is doing graduate work at the university this year and is teaching two classes in freshman English. ’15 Clara Flemington is deputy superintendent of schools in Dickey county. ’15 Mamie Jones is teaching at Anamoose. ’15 Ethel Ren wick is teaching in Cavalier. ’15 Hazel Ladd is teaching at St. Thomas. ’15 Inez Serumgard is teaching at McVille. ’15 Myrtie Halverson is teaching drawing and music in Hillsboro. ’15 Vaughan Miller is teaching at LaMoure. ’15 Jessie Grassick is at home with her father. She does some substituting in the Grand Forks high school. ’15 Catherine Hixon is teaching at Surrey. *15 Alice Kolars is teaching at Beach. ’ 16-ex Harriet Strehlow is teaching at Willow City. ’16 Adah Flemington has returned to the university for her junior work. ' ’ 16-ex Amy Gronna is a senior at George Washington university this year. * 16-ex Margaret Kolars is teaching at Kensal. ’ 16-ex Bernice Budge is teaching at Reeder. ’ 17-ex Grace Loughin is teaching at Johnstown. We present with pride nine sophomores whom we pledged Oct. 2 : Mary Barnes, Glen Ullen ; Maude Cummings, Carrington ; Agnes Hassell, Grand

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84 Kappa Alpha 'Theta Forks; Grace Kolars, East Grand Forks, Minn.; Margaret Meredith, Cassel- ton; Merle Rutherford, Gilby; Grace Swank, Wahpeton; Ruth Templeton, Grand Forks; Helen Tombs, Grafton. ALPHA RHO - UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA Alpha Rho begins the college year with sixteen members returned, eleven of whom live in the house. On April 27 we held initiation for Edna Fitzgerald, whom we had pledged in February. We were glad to welcome her into our Theta circle. Our commencement festivities included a dancing party and the annual alumnae banquet. Three of our members received degrees, Ella Gray, Katherine Cahalan, and Laura Lotze. During commencement week the resident alumnae with three visit¬ ing alumnae enjoyed a house-party at the chapter house. The first two weeks of August were occupied by house-parties at the homes of Verna Gold at Lake Big Stone, and Mary Redmond and Lucy Fargo at Redfield. A number of the girls were present and at the end of this time they parted with strong friendship. Panhellenic entertained all women students with a kids’ party on September 24. Our rushing week is over. We entertained our rushees with an at Home, a stunt-party, and a matinee dance. On September 27 we pledged Mildred Gold and Jennie Maule. Ethel Fleming is the society reporter for the Volante. Marjorie Beebe is on a committee for student activities. Ethel Fleming is vice-president of the junior class. 30 September 1915 Genevieve Kelley 1 13 Bonnie Beebe Williams returned for rushing. ’14 Ethel Moody was married to Dr T. M. Hanson, X «t> ''F, on Sept. 30. *15 Laura Lotze is teaching in Lake Preston, S. D. *15 Katherine Cahalan is teaching in Miller, S. D. *15 Ella Gray is teaching in Flandreau, S. D. ’i6-ex Married, Nellie Riedesel and Mr F. R. Pool, B 0 II, on June 7. * 16-ex Edna Fitzgerald was unable to return to college. ’17 Mary Redmond is attending the University of Minnesota. ALPHA SIGMA - WASHINGTON STATE COLLEGE This first letter finds Alpha Sigma well started on the year’s work. With the college year but one week old the regular routine of fra¬ ternity and college life has already begun for “Despatch” has be¬ come Alpha Sigma’s watchword. Our fraternity meetings — and we have had two — are very enthusiastic, for we are all sharing in the splendid enthusiasm and fraternity spirit which the girls who attended convention brought back with them. What a wonderful convention it was !

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Chapter letters 85 Rushing season at Washington state college is on a new basis and the plan is really an experimental one for our college. Rushing is regulated by an interfraternity compact, which every girl through her chapter pledges to uphold. Entertainment consists in spending money on a rushee, so each fraternity is allowed to have only four dates with a rushee before Pledge-day which is December 11. These dates may be chosen at the discretion of the chapters. The plan is practically an honor system, with very few limitations on either fraternity or new girls. One advantage which makes this plan superior to ones which we have tried previously is that it permits the girls to become acquainted in a natural, friendly and unrestrained manner. The wonderful increase in the college enrollment has brought with it a great deal of desirable fraternity material. When college closed last year our prospects for the fall of 1915 did not seem promising, for a number of our girls felt that they would not be able to return for work. This condition would make the house problem a serious one. What was our surprise and delight to find fifteen girls installed in the house at the end of the first week. We are now well able to tide over the long wait for new girls, which is occasioned by the long rushing season. The first initiation of the year will be held October 8 when Clara La Follette, alumna of Pi Delta Phi; Myrtle Boone, absent member of Pi Delta Phi, now enrolled in college, and Helen Marr, who was pledged last year, will become bona fide members of Kappa Alpha Theta. We are very glad to have with us Palm Cowden of Alpha Xi, who is enrolled in the home economics department. We also welcome Myrtle Boone who has returned to college after several years’ absence. 29 September 1915 Ella Alexander *i 3 Grace Coulter is instructor in home economics at Washington state college. ’15 Hazel Tannatt is teaching in Spokane, Wash. ’i5 Marion Gray is at home at Spokane, Wash. ’*5 Jean King is at home at Riddle, Ore. ’13 Marie Vestal is teaching home economics at Hillyard, Wash. ’14 Gladys Waller is head of the home economics department at Sunnyside, Wash. *15 Grace Baker is at home at Pullman, Wash. Alpha Sigma announces the weddings of three of its members which occurred during the past summer. Olive Turner ’16-ex was married to A. L. Strausz, 2 A E. Mr. Strausz is an instructor in the Horticultural department so they will live at Pullman. Olive will be gladly welcomed as a member of the alumnae chapter. Viola Vestal ’14 was married to Wm. Coulter, K 2. They will live at Hadley, Alaska. Bess L. Fishback was married Sept. 15 to Earl Butler of Waitsburg. They will live in Waitsburg, where Mr Butler is interested in a bank. ’o 7 Maud Putman has accepted a position with the Yessler branch library at Seattle.

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86 Kappa Alpha Theta ’i8 Lois Gilbert and Grace Pritchard ’17 are attending the University of Washington at Seattle. Eleanor Hopkins, Alpha Delta, took dinner with the girls Sept. 25. Miss Hopkins is the new field secretary for the Northwest district of the Y. W. C. A. We hope that she will visit us again soon for we are always glad to meet Thetas from other chapters. ALPHA TAU — UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI There are twenty-one eager, active Alpha Taus this year. Mary Cellarius, Iphigene Malony and Ruth Murdock graduated last spring. Helen Logan, at the same time, received an M.A. in English and education. We are very happy in again having Mary Cellarius active. Two other alumnae have been added to our happy throng — Marie Thiesing and Roberta Whallon. WeTe climbing, slowly climbing, the ladder of scholarship fame. Last February, Theta held third place in the interfraternity scholar¬ ship contest. June saw us second in the list, which stood — first Kappa Delta, then Kappa Alpha Theta, Delta Delta Delta, Chi Omega and Kappa Kappa Gamma. Eight inspired Alpha Taus returned to us from Gearhart — Mary and Anna Cellarius, Iphigene Malony, Nina Porter, Dorothy Stevens, Ruth Hatfield, Ida Lotspeich and Saradelle Emerson, together with our five alumnae — Hazel Cairns, Alice Donnelly, Lucy Pfleger, Sylvia Ewan, and Mabel Spellmire. The stay-at-homes had frequent meetings throughout the summer. Tennis and swimming, with the festivities for our Theta bride, Marjorie Flagler, helped them from becoming too despondent over the fact that they, too, were not conventionites. We have an unusually large registration in our university this year — 2,100 students. Our rushing, however, is limited to two parties given before Pledge-day, which does not come until Feb¬ ruary. There is growth in other directions also, for our chemistry and women’s buildings are fast on their way to completion. All loyal Cincinnatians are rejoicing over the beautiful new Stadium which now adorns Carson field, the scene of our football games. The convention has drawn us so much nearer to all our Theta sisters. Alpha Tau will long feel the influence of this, her first Theta convention, and she is starting the new year with greater love and hope in Theta and Theta ideals. 2 October 1915 Mary Corre *i7-ex Marjorie Flagler and Howard Adae were married Sept. 8. They are living in Buffalo. Lulu Shinkle was married this summer to Louis Brand, Head instructor of mathematics in the Engineering college of our university. They are living at 266 Dorchester ave. Mt. Auburn, Cincinnati. Bertha Ballard, Eta, visited Lucy Pfleger for a few days in Sept.

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Chapter letters 87 Anne Damron, Alpha Gamma, was the guest of Margaret Pfleger for a week last summer. ’17 June Bancroft attended the summer session at the University of Wis¬ consin. ’15 Iphigene Malony is taking graduate work at Chicago university. ’14 Katherine Dabney is teaching and taking graduate work at Columbia university. Helen Logan is teaching in the high school at Dayton, Ky. ’i7-ex Sophie Buckner and Hildegarde Perkins are taking the library course in the Cincinnati library. ALPHA UPSILON - WASHBURN COLLEGE This very day, our official delegate, Frances Perry, gave us a report of that great convention which left us with a new appreciation of Theta and added determination to work and play to the best of our ability for her sake. Our other two college members and one alumna who attended convention also bring us echoes of the true Theta enthusiasm and ideals which they gained in Gearhart-by-the-Sea. We are in the midst of rushing season. The first week of college was given up to the “Big Sister” movement which was started here for the first time this year. The Greek-letter girls did not even wear badges during that time. But now we are very busy and interested in a really unusual freshman class. Our first party was a very successful reception, during which the fraternities called to introduce their pledges. We are planning a vaudeville stunt for our next party. The Washburn endowment campaign, which took so much of our time and interest last spring, is still under way. Our new president, De Parley Paul Womer, is out working in the interest of the cause. We hope to have our $400,000 by January next. Two of our girls, Marguerite Tillitson and Marion Walp, made Tau Delta Pi last spring. This honorary fraternity is a local cor¬ responding to Phi Beta Kappa. Isabell Savage composed the music to a masque entitled The spirit of the prairie which was given on the campus twice during com¬ mencement week. It was later published in a charming little book. Sue Louise Bell has been elected vice-president of the Washburn dramatic club. Violet Crumbine is to go to California this winter on a concert tour, given under the auspices of the Santa Fe Railroad in its read¬ ing rooms from here to the Coast. Last year’s seniors have been with us so much these first weeks of college that we feel lonely and lost after their departure. But true Thetas must not fear responsibility and labor. 27 September 1915 Gracia P. Wood

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88 Kappa Alpha Theta ’08 Day Monroe is studying in Teachers’ college, N. Y. She will complete a course in domestic science this year. ’09-ex The wedding of Charlotte Lyle and Frederick Hesser, B 0 II, took place Aug. 11. Address: Lawrence, Kans. ’09 Marion Thompson spent the summer motoring in New England. ’10 Born to Mr and Mrs Walter Weidling (Mildred Guild), on July 22, a son, Frederick Guild. ’10 Born at Closeways, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, England, Sept. 14, a son to Mr and Mrs P. W. Whitcomb (Gertrude McClintock). ’12 Marguerite Parkinson has entered Miss Wheelock’s school, Boston, to take a kindergarten training course. ’13 Helen Tillitson is teaching in the Pittsburgh, Pa. high school. ’13 Ruth Bower is teaching English in the Great Bend high school. ’14 Mary Wickwire and Edward Ingham, 3> A 0, were married on June 24. They are now living in Brookline, Mass. ’14 Marjorie Rogers took a course in library work in the Chautauqua summer school. ’15 Helen Guild and Marguerite Selzer were back for the first weeks of college. ’15 Marguerite Tillitson is teaching mathematics in the Elsworth high school. ’15 Marion Walp is teaching domestic science in Maridon. ’15 Adelade Johnston is teaching English in the high school at Whiting. ’16-ex Beulah Searle was married on Sept. 2 to Warren Crumbine, 4> A 0. Their home will be in Shanghai, China. ’16-ex Helen Crawford and Marie Porter are attending the University of California. Edna Hopkins, Kappa, has entered the Washburn law school. Mrs Jessie Wright Whitcomb, Lambda, attended convention and visited the California fairs. The latter part of the summer she. spent in Colorado. ALPHA PHI - NEWCOMB COLLEGE Here we meet again, sister Thetas! Those of us who parted with you at Gearhart still feel that Theta-ry spirit of enthusiasm which pervaded the atmosphere at our memorable convention. We, who were so fortunate as to be able to meet our sisters thus en masse have come back to college bubbling over with the joy of it all and fully intending to infuse the same spirit into our sisters here at home. Especially today do we feel that our work should begin as this is Pledge-day and we have just pinned the gold and black ribbons on three splendid sophomores, Corinne Rocquet, Cora Neelis and Miriam Delchamps. We feel that we have made up in quality what we lacked in quantity in this case. So now that you can picture our happy little family beginning its year’s work, we will ask you to let us go back to the events of last term which piled up after our last message to you, so that we will feel that our account with you is brought up to date. Really, this part has to do so much with our last year seniors and their commencement that it feels like making a post mortem report, but as they are very active alumnae we are resigned to our task of speaking of them. On the first Saturday of May, the seniors were given a May-day festival by the juniors, the queen and her maids being chosen from the senior

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Chapter letters 89 class. Mabel Sivewright was in the court and, of course, we all felt like real royalty because of this honor. The month of May which opened thus gaily, continued joyful throughout, as the different classes had their house-parties during this month. The classes generally leave Friday evening and spend the week-end at a resort along the Gulf shore, returning to college on Monday morning. This recrea¬ tion seems to give us energy to tackle the final examinations so, of course, we all feel that it is our duty to avail ourselves of this splendid opportunity to make a brilliant record. We need hardly speak of the period of our lives in which examinations take the lead¬ ing roles. It is too old a story to interest pleasure-seeking under¬ graduates, so we will pass on to commencement. Our four seniors took part in all of the events of commencement week which included class play, class banquet and University night. They have, therefore, finished their college work but as they say “we cannot get rid of them.” And now that we have told you our past history we are not going to make any promises for the future but we are simply going to tell you that we have a nice, new, shiny, brass door-plate and that we are going to try to live up to the Kappa Alpha Theta on it. 27 September 1915 Adele Drouet ’ii La Reine Hill is giving lectures on dietetics at the Touro infirmary besides teaching domestic science in the public high school. ’14 Mildred Snyder is teaching Latin and mathematics at a private school. ’14 Gladys Gibbens is assistant in mathematics at Newcomb college. ’15 Louise Berry has a position at Barton academy in Mobile, Ala. to teach history and education. ’15 Hathaway Gibbens teaches French and sciences in Houma, La. ALPHA CHI - PURDUE UNIVERSITY Installation of Alpha Chi chapter took place May 22, 1915, so this is our first letter to the Journal. Our chapter numbers nineteen at present with one pledge, Mildred Severson, who is a junior this year. We have affiliated Margaret Briggs from Alpha and in her have an earnest and loyal Theta. We are indeed glad to welcome her. Two initiations have been held by Alpha Chi this September. At the first, September 8, we initiated two of our Phi Lambda Psi alumnae, Jennie Tilt, class of 1907, and Lenna Landis, class of 1910. At the second, September 25, we initiated three of our old Phi Lambda Psi girls who are returning to college this year, Marjory Beall, Miriam Beall and Helen Knox. Our house, which is a new experiment for us, is a great pleasure. It will accommodate twelve girls easily and is situated near the campus. The girls living in town, as well as those staying in it, find that it is a delightful place to be. The members of the alumnae chapter in Lafayette are wonderful to us and with their help and guidance we feel very fortunate. We

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Kappa Alpha Theta were all assembled one evening for what we supposed was a called meeting and they delightfully surprised us by a shower. It consisted of twenty-three glasses of jelly, sixteen quarts of fruit, besides a lovely Sheffield plate carving set, Kappa Alpha Theta banner and pillow, a hand-wrought lamp shade, crocheted centerpiece, and set of silver. Since then we have received from some of the girls’ mothers and from interested friends, a dozen sherbet glasses, two crocheted doilies, a centerpiece, large pottery vase, Sheffield plate, and a silver salt and pepper. The chapter feels unusually fortunate in having so many who are interested in us. Our rushing parties consisted of a Japanese tea, a lovely chafing- dish party, given by the alumnae, and a slumber party at the chapter house. There are no university rules in regard to rushing, but at the sug¬ gestion of the alumnae, Pledge-day does not take place until October 1. The Kappa Sigma and Acacia fraternities have both entertained for us in the form of a reception and dance in honor of our Theta- hood. Our graduates for last year were: Mildred Ohaver and Gail Wil¬ liams, both of Lafayette, Mary Howard of Marion, Indiana, and Margaret Gamble of Logansport, Indiana. 28 October 1915 Philena Palmer ’13 Edith Gamble who has been in the home economics department of Purdue is attending Columbia university this year. ’15 Margaret Gamble was married Sept. 4, 1915, to Claude Dennison Kins¬ man of the Purdue faculty. ’16 Ida Belle Tousley has been chosen head of May-day celebration for this year. ALPHA EPSILON NEWS NOTES ’98 The address of Edith A. Thompson Warburton (Mrs S. R.) is 147 State st. Ogdensburg, N. Y. ’98 Lucy A. Bates Guild (Mrs W. A. jr.) is spending the winter at the Hotel Netherland, New York City. ’99 Anne M. Larry Putnam (Mrs Freeman, jr.) is now living at 38 Tower ave. South Weymouth, Mass. ’oo The address of Helena R. Stewart is 29 14th ave. Columbus, Ohio. ’oi The address of Mabel J. Bone Bodurtha (Mrs I. K.) is 641 Going st. Portland, Ore. ’01 Saida Hallett is teaching history at the Agnes Irwin school, Philadelphia, and is assistant warden at Pembroke hall, Byrn Mawr college. She received an M.A. from Brown in 1915. ’02 The address of Amey Cooke is 81 Green st. Pawtucket, R. I. *02 The address of Ethel Rich Savage (Mrs C. F.) is Hillcrest ave. Dover, N. J. ’04 Harriet Stevens Murphy (Mrs A. E.) is now living at 1218 W. Superior st. Kokomo, Ind. ’06 The engagement is announced of Hope Davis and Dr John Mecklin, professor of philosophy in the University of Pittsburg.

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Chapter letters 91 ’09 Agnes Jonas took a trip to the Pacific coast this summer. ’io-ex Flora Rausch is an assistant in Greek at Stanford university, where she took her A.B. degree in 1914. *io Leila Tucker is tutoring and singing as contralto soloist at the First Baptist church in Pawtucket, R. I. ’13 The address of Hazel M. Fowler is Teachers’ hall, South Manchester, Conn. ’13 Elva Lake is living at 161 Jay st. Albany, N. Y. ’13 The engagement is announced of Ottilie Metzger and Norman Taber, A A 4>, Brown ’13. ’ll Elizabeth Morrison conducted a very successful tutoring camp at Jack- son, N. H. this summer. She expects to spend the winter doing graduate work at Brown along medical and sociological lines. IOTA — CORNELL UNIVERSITY Iota greets you with all the enthusiasm and exhilaration which these wonderful fall days in Ithaca give us, when we are reunited with our chapter family. We made up our minds in the spring that we would change our tactics somewhat this fall. We had been a little too satisfied with ourselves as we were each year, to do our best work in adding new members, and had thought more about the impressions the freshmen were making upon us than of how we impressed them. So conse¬ quently it happened that several who had the making of good Thetas in them thought us rather aloof and reserved, and, though we flatter ourselves that they admired us extremely, nevertheless they joined other groups offering them greater welcome. The most discerning of those we sought have always chosen Theta, however, and these, with the realization that our largest class is to leave the active chapter next June, and the splendid letters full of Convention enthusiasm which Mildred Watt and Helen Spalding contributed to the Round Robin in the summer, have stirred us to action. Nearly the whole chapter returned to college early and helped the freshmen register, and made such warm friends of many of them that our rushing dates and parties are proving much more popular than those of any other fraternity. Our first party was held at the beautiful home of Roger B. Williams, one of the trustees of the university and Winifred Romer’s uncle, and we entertained fif¬ teen freshmen with a mock wedding, followed by a wedding supper, stunts and dancing. Editha Smith has written and worked up a stunt for this week’s party — for we have a party every Saturday evening till pledge-day, early in November. Relations with Panhellenic are happier than they hare been for several years. The girls representing the various fraternities are warm friends in many cases, and dislike to report each other’s offenses. So the petty grievances which so often have caused much friction and ill feeling are largely being overlooked by us all, and we hope for much broader rules next year.

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92 Kappa Alpha Theta We have many causes for more pride than ever in our Alma Mater this fall, with the celebrations of her athletic victories, and the dedi¬ cation of the new Schoelkopf Memorial and stadium. The new armory, one of the largest in the country, is rapidly getting into shape, and the first unit of the group of men’s dormitories on the library slope is occupied this fall. Our two big dormitories cannot accom¬ modate much more than half of the girls in college, and some of our alumnae are working hard for a new dormitory for women, especially since the tremendous increase in the number of entering girls this fall. 12 October 1915 Jean D. Holmes ’09 A.B., ’ll M.A., ’13 Ph.D., Mildred Webster Spargo Shramnf (Mrs J. R.) Alpha Iota, has moved to Ithaca; where her husband has become a pro¬ fessor of botany. ’14-ex Vera Davidson, A.B. Stanford, was married in Sept, to Wm. Storie in Bovina Centre, N. Y. ’14-ex Born to Mr and Mrs C. W. Webb (Susan Bontecon) a daughter, Marjorie Bontecon Webb. ’14 Louise Cluett Bontecon was married to Mr James McKinney, 2 4> E, at Lake George, August 14, and is now living in Ithaca. ’14 Ruth Bayer attended summer school at Chicago university and has resumed her teaching in Syracuse. Address : 407 Greene st. ’15 Mildred Watt is at home in Ithaca. ’15 Anna Woodward is teaching biology, history and Latin in the high school at Bristol, Pa. ’16-ex Helen Carmalt is teaching German in the high school at Brookfield, Fa. ’16 Helen Spalding is a delegate to the student conference at the fiftieth anniversary celebration of Vassar college. ALPHA PSI - LAWRENCE COLLEGE This is the first opportunity of Alpha Psi chapter to contribute her share toward the fall issue of the Theta Journal. Our lifetime as a chapter of a National fraternity up to this time, is of such short duration that we have been able to do but very little of that which we owe to Theta. Already we feel the value and wide influence of our sisterhood, and it is the earnest desire of every member of Alpha Psi chapter to up¬ hold the trust and confidence so willingly placed in her. It has been a delightful experience for us to meet the various officers of the Grand council, and also the different representatives of our neighboring sister chapters. Our sincerest wish is that, in future years, Theta will be able to look upon Alpha Psi as one of her strongest chapters, and as one upholding the highest and noblest ideals of fraternity. Ruth Findeisen

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DIRECTORY KAPPA ALPHA THETA Founded at Asbury (now De Pauw) university, January 27, 1870. Founders: Bettie Locke (Mrs. E. A. Hamilton) Alice Allen (Mrs. T. J. Brant)* Bettie Tipton (Mrs. J. H. Lindsey)* Hannah Fitch (Mrs. A. Shaw). GRAND COUNCIL Grand president — Hope Davis, 263 Hammond st. Chestnut Hill, Mass. Grand vice-president — Hazel Allison Forde (Mrs. Edgar M.) 1413 Rural st. Emporia, Kans. Grand secretary — L. Pearle Green, 15 East ave. Ithaca, N. Y. Grand treasurer — Martha Cline Huffman (Mrs. Y. B.) Merna, Neb. Editor — L. Pearle Green, 15 East ave. Ithaca, N. Y. COMMITTEES Service board — Chairman, Flora M. Cotton, 16 Humboldt ave. Providence, R. I. Secretary — Scholarship fund — Chairman, Ada Heineman, 500 Maylin st. Pasadena, Cal. Corresponding secretary — Jane Spalding, 134 N. Gates st. Los Angeles, Cal. Financial secretary — Ray Hanna, 418 E. 37th st. Los Angeles, Cal. Archives — Mrs. E. P. Cubberly, Stanford university, Cal. Alumnce secretary — Helen Reed, 2343 Meridian st. Indianapolis, Ind. NATIONAL PANHELLENIC CONGRESS Delegate for Kappa Alpha Theta — L. P. Green, 15 East ave. Ithaca, N. Y. Chairman — Miss Lena G. Baldwin, Alpha Xi Delta, 670 Euclid ave. Elmira, N. Y. COLLEGE CHAPTERS DISTRICT ONE District president — Arda Knox, 664 E. 24th st. Indianapolis, Ind. Alpha — 1870 De Pauw university — Mary Alice Davis, Theta house, Green- castle, Ind. Beta — 1870 Indiana state university — Luella Smith, Theta house, Blooming¬ ton, Ind. Gamma — 1874 Butler college — Katherine Riley, 56 Whittier PI. Irvington, Indianapolis, Ind. Alpha Eta — 1904 Vanderbilt university — Evelyn Polk Norton, 1208 McGavock st. Nashville, Tenn. Alpha Chi — 1915 Purdue university — La Cegail L. Bone, 140 N. Grant st. West Lafayette, Ind. DISTRICT TWO District president — Elva L. Leonard, 1941 Fremont ave. S. Minneapolis, Minn. DeltA — 1875 University of Illinois — Dorothy Doty, 901 S. Wright st. Cham¬ plain, Ill. Tau — 1887 Northwestern university — Dorothy Scott, 1958 Sheridan Rd. Evan¬ ston, Ill. Upsilon — 1889 University of Minnesota — Margaret S. Sanborn, 2716 Irving ave. S. Minneapolis, Minn. Psi — 1890 University of Wisconsin — Laura M. Hayward, Barnard hall, Madi¬ son, Wis. Alpha Pi — 1911 University of North Dakota — Kathleen M. Cowan, University, N. D. Alpha Psi — 1915 Lawrence college — Margaret Ritchie, 461 College ave. Apple- ton, \Wis.

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DISTRICT THREE District president — Eugenie Rounsavell Overturf (Mrs. A. K.) 304 Tappan st. Columbus, Ohio. Eta — 1879 University of Michigan — Dorothy Warren, 718 S. Ingalls st. Ann Arbor, Mich. Mu — 1881 Allegheny college — Agnes Robinson, Hulings hall, Meadville, Pa. Alpha Gamma — 1892 Ohio State university — Helen S. Frame, 23 W. 16th ave. Columbus, Ohio. Alpha Tau — 1913 University of Cincinnati — Anna K. Cellarius, 3843 Forest ave. Norwood, Cincinnati, Ohio. DISTRICT FOUR District president — Mabel Millman Hincks (Mrs. C. M.) 735 Bloor st. West, Toronto, Ontario, Can. Iota — 1881 Cornell university — Margaret H. MacClanahan, 5 Central ave. Ithaca, N. Y. Lambda — 1881 University of Vermont — Ruth B. Grandy, 54 Brookes ave. Bur¬ lington, Vt. Sigma — 1887 Toronto university — Mary Cowan, 7 Queen’s Park, Toronto, Ontario, Can. Chi — 1889 Syracuse university — Anna L. Carhart, 414 Douglas st. Syracuse, N. Y. DISTRICT FIVE District president — Marie Davis, 5527 Waterman ave. St. Louis, Mo. Kappa — 1881 University of Kansas — Margaret Hodder, 1115 Louisiana st. Lawrence, Kans. Rho — 1887 University of Nebraska — Catherine E. Dodge, 423 N. 13th st. Lincoln, Neb. Alpha Iota — 1906 Washington university — Katharine Sloan Brookes, McMillan hall, Washington university, St. Louis, Mo. Alpha Mu — 1909 University of Missouri — Anna Aileen Stewart, 906 University ave. Columbia, Mo. Alpha Rho — 1912 University of South Dakota — Verna Gold, Vermilion, S. D. Alpha Upsilon — 1914 Washburn college — Violet Crumbine, 1303 Taylor st. Topeka, Kans. DISTRICT SIX District president — Ray Hanna, 418 E. 37th st. Los Angeles, Cal. Phi — 1889 Stanford university — Bernice Thompkins, Stanford university. Cal. Omega — 1890 University of California — Katharine Kirkpatrick, 2723 Durant ave. Berkeley, Cal. DISTRICT SEVEN District president — Amy Baker, Hamilton Court, 39th & Chestnut sts. West Philadelphia, Pa. Alpha Beta — 1891 Swarthmore college — Marcia S. Doan, Swarthmore college, Swarthmore, Pa. Alpha Delta — 1896 Goucher college — Kathryn Watson, Goucher college, Baltimore, Md. Alpha Kappa — 1907 Adelphi college — Mildred Crawford, 1184 Ocean ave. Brooklyn, N. Y. DISTRICT EIGHT District president — Alice Rankin Gafford (Mrs. E. R.) Country club, San Antonio, Tex. Alpha Theta — 1904 University of Texas — Lois Fitz-Hugh Foster, University station, Austin, Tex. Alpha Omicron — 1909 University of Oklahoma — Margaret M. Archdeacon, Theta house, Norman, Okla. Alpha Phi — 1914 Newcomb college — Gladys Gibbens, 1525 8th st. New Orleans, La.

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DISTRICT NINE District president — Estelle Riddle Dodge (Mrs. C. C.), Ontario, Ore. Alpha Lambda — 1908 University of Washington — Harriet Holbrook Smith, 4710 17th ave. N. E. Seattle, Wash. Alpha Nu — 1909 Montana state university — Helen McCarthy, 610 University ave. Missoula, Mont. Alpha Xi — 1909 Oregon state university — Katharine Watson, 650 E. nth st. Eugene, Ore. Alpha Sigma — 1913 Washington state college — Dora Sumarlidason, 500 Cali¬ fornia st. Pullman, Wash. ALUMNA CHAPTERS Baltimore 1910 — M. Louise Pennington, Catonsville, Md. Boston 1915 — Mrs. Melville Eastham, 2 Prescott st. Cambridge* Mass. Burlington 189a— Jeanette M. Sparrow, 239 Maple st. Burlington, Vt. Chicago 1896 — Jessie Farr, 1806 Wesley ave. Evanston, Ill. Cincinnati 1913— Mrs. W. J. Graf, 3031 Reading rd. Cincinnati, Ohio. Cleveland 1903 — Elfrieda Weitz, 10405 Lake ave. Cleveland, Ohio. Columbus 1897 — Mrs. Hugh Bone, 96 Winner ave. Columbus, Ohio. Detroit 1913 — Mrs. L. E. Perine, 458 Chicago blvd. Detroit, Mich. Evanston 1910 — Mrs. E. G. Fox, 2509 Pioneer rd. Evanston, Ill. Indianapolis 1897 — Dorothy Thornburgh, 1417 N. New Jersey st. Indianapolis, Ind. Kansas City 1903— Mrs. Donald L. Wheelock, 3911 Oak st. Kansas City, Mo. Lincoln 1909 — Katharine Cline, 1955 A. st. Lincoln, Nebr. Los Angeles 1901 — Mrs. Lawrence Ellis, 541 S. Kenwood st. Glendale, Calif. Madison 1912 — Helen L. Gilman, 115 Langdon st. Madison, Wis. New York 1895 — Mrs. H. W. Wilson, 34 Court st. White Plains, N. Y. Omaha 1910 — Mrs. Robert Gantt, 3507 Dewey ave. Omaha, Nebr. Philadelphia 1898 — Martha T. Speakman, Swarthmore, Pa. Pittsburgh 1902— Grace Miller, 318 W. North ave. Pittsburgh, Pa. Portland 1911 — Mrs. W. B. Bonekemper, Fordham apts. no. 35, Portland, Ore. Providence 1912 — Ethel G. Wescott, 303 Massachusetts ave. Providence, R. I. Pullman 1914 — Marjorie Johnson, Pullman, Wash. St. Louis 1909 — Elizabeth Phillips, 6248 Waterman ave. St. Louis, Mo. San Francisco 1909 — Pauline Pierson, 1727 Vallejo st. San Francisco, Calif. Seattle 1908 — Mrs. F. H. Sutton, 1919 Naomi pi. Seattle, Wash. Spokane 1913 — Mrs. R. S. Price, E. 1121 Baldwin ave. Spokane, Wash. Syracuse 1903 — Mrs. G. H. Stark, 815 Maryland ave. Syracuse, N. Y. Tacoma 1915 — Margaret Stiles, Miller apts. Tacoma, Wash. Topeka 1909 — Helen S. Estey, 819 Harrison st. Topeka, Kansas. Toronto 1911 — Daintry Martin, 294 Admiral rd. Toronto, Ontario, Can. Twin Cities 1895 — Marjorie Mix, 3146 Portland ave. Minneapolis, Minn. Vermilion 1914 — Florence C. Chaney, Vermilion, S. D. Promptly notify the Editor of any change in office or address of Corresponding Secretary.

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130C DOC Baird's Manual - of - AMERICAN COLLEGE FRATERNITIES New and Seventh (1912) Edition now ready This Book is replete with information of interest to all members of College Fraternities. It contains Histories of each of the Men’s General Fraternities, the Women’s General Fraternities, the Men’s Local Fraternities, Women’s Local Fraternities, Professional Frat¬ ernities, Honorary Fraternities and Miscellaneous Greek Letter Fraternities; a Directory of Colleges and Chapters, Statistical Tables of great interest, a complete Bibliography of Fraternity publications and information concerning Chapter House owner¬ ship and valuations. In short, the Seventh Edition is a com¬ plete Cyclopedia of Fraternity Information. Contains nearly 800 pages printed matter. It is strongly bound in buckram and the price is $2.50 per copy, postage prepaid. Send in your orders through this publication KAPPA ALPHA THETA PUBLICATIONS Kappa Alpha Theta: official magazine, published in November, January, March and May. One dollar per year. Life subscription, $15. Songs of Kappa Alpha Theta, 1Q12: 50 cents, includes postage. Orders must be prepaid. For sale by Mrs. E. R. McFadden, 6828 Lakewood ave. Chicago, Ill. Membership certificates: Address Grand treasurer, Merna, Neb. Bimonthly bulletin of the Grand council: issued in September, December, February and April. Free to officers and chapters. To other Thetas on prepayment of postage, 15 cents a year. Address Grand secretary, 15 East ave. Ithaca, N. Y.

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