Kappa Alpha Theta Journal, Vol. 34 no. 3
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Kappa Alpha Theta L. Pearle Green, Editor . Volume 34 March, 1920 Number 3 CONTENTS The Older sister’s message . Founders’-day . Columbus . , Baltimore . Nashville . . Austin . Missoula . . Grand Forks Vermilion New Orleans Appleton . . Tucson . . . . Corvallis . . Spokane . . . Chicago . . . Visit of British educators . With the editor . Alumnro secretary in Gamma Phi Beta. Cooperation . Impressive facts . National Panhellenic . A. D. S. M. Theta. . Cooperative cottages at Montana . Overseas record additions . Alumnae chapter as group leader . Art training essential in industry . Y. W. C. A. as a vocation . Thetas in national Y. W. C. A. work. . . . The affiliate in the chapter . Palo Alto alumnce club . After pledging — What? . The Opening of Camp Panhellenic . Idaho gets charter . Chapter news . “Kappa chapter’1 . Alumnae club and chapter announcements Alumnae chapter meetings . Directory . Indianapolis . 213 Kansas city . 217 Oklahoma . 218 Pittsburgh . 219 New York city . 220 Denver . 221 Cincinnati . 222 Seattle . 223 Topeka . . . . . 223 Burlington . 224 Allegheny . 224 Syracuse . 225 Madison . 225 San Francisco . 225 211 213 226 226 227 227 227 228 228 228 229 229 229 229 229 231 234 236 239 240 241 243 244 245 246 246 249 251 252 253 254 255 255 256 297 298 299 300 Entered as second-class matter October 18, 1909, at the postoffice at Menasha, Wisconsin, under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. Acceptance for mailing at special rate of postage provided for in section 1103. Act of October 3, 1917, authorized July 31, 1918. The Kappa Alpha Theta is published the first of November, January. March, May, at 450-454 Ahnaip st. Menasha, Wisconsin, by George Banta, official printer and publisher to the fraternity. Price 25 cents per copy. $1.00 per year. All manuscripts should be addressed to the Editor, L. Pearle Green, 15 East av. Ithaca, N. Y. Material intended for publication must reach the Editor by the first day of the months of October, December, February, April.
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A handicap is a new urge to work — Helen Keller
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THE OLDER SISTER’S MESSAGE Come, little wistful-eyed sister, let us go into the garden, for the rose of the sunset and the beauty of the flowers call me and I would have you walk arm in arm with me so that we may be together in the loveliness of the garden at this quiet hour when even the flowers speak in their tender, silvery voices. It is a walled garden with many gates and winding pathways. We shall open the little green gate by the big apple tree and stop for a moment. Flowers of every hue there are to delight the eye — roses, pansies, phlox, sweet williams, sweet peas, and holly¬ hocks all in a row. Little wistful-eyed sister, does my garden remind you of our own dear chapter in Kappa Alpha Theta? Wouldn’t you miss the phlox and hollyhocks? We could have a garden of roses alone, but it would bring happiness for only a few months in the year. So it is that when the time comes for us to plan our Theta garden for the new year, we choose plants and seeds of all varie¬ ties each having its own special mission, but each chosen for the ornamentation of our garden. And the roses must not de¬ spise the thoughtful pansy, the saucy little nasturtium must not crowd the heartsease, nor shall the flamboyant poppy say, 4 * This garden is for me, why should the quiet little English daisy be planted herein !” Many visitors come into this garden, little sister, some of whom prefer the roses, many admire the stately lilies, while others stoop to pick the little sprig of sweet elysium to wear upon their hearts. So carry this message to our sisters — 4 ‘Be ye tenderly sympathetic one toward the other, making sure that the sunshine of pleasure and the cloud of responsibility falls alike upon the gay and the grave.” Now let us move close to the roses that we may hear their message, the message which they are most fitted to bring us be¬ cause they go out into the formal life of the dance and the ban-
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212 Kappa Alpha Theta quet. See, I take this tightly closed bud into my hand. It is crude and unattractive beside the perfect half-opened bud you hold. If I pull out the petals of mine, think you, it will partake of the beauty of yours? Ah! no. It is not even as pretty as it was before I tampered with it. So, little wistful-eyed sister, love is coming to you some day. Then the green curtains will be drawn aside and the rosy beauty of your heart will be revealed. Do not, I entreat you, try to hasten this miracle or the bud will be forced open and imperfectly blooming, wither and die. Nor, little sister, can we take a flower in our hands and fondle it without bruising its petals and soiling its purity, so do not let the fickle man by his foolish flattery and caresses, soil the frag¬ rant simplicity of your soul. The pansy, too, has a message. Isn't it delightful to look at a bed of pansies ! Each little face has a character all its own. Now, with my paintbrush I shall put a red spot over these little black lines on this pansy. Do you think it as pretty as it was before I painted it? I am sure you understand the pansy's message “as who would say"— “The character of the face, even the little wrinkles and the not too perfect eye-brows may be altered for the worse by the use of paint and other artifices." The face is the visible expression of the soul, we have been told, and little sister of mine, you would not wish to have your face so covered with pink that the delicate blush of your radiant thoughts might not be revealed, nor to have the glow of your beautiful eyes overshadowed by the dark pencil of artificiality. There are yet many things that I would say to you, but the sunset, fading in the western sky, bids us “Begone!" Perhaps, 0, little sister of mine, you will come again into the garden, in the quiet of the evening, when the flowers will give you other tender messages and will speak to you alone in their sweet, small voices. Luella Smith Hepburn, Beta ’ll Dean Wilbur of George Washington university at the N. P. C. round table on the College and the fraternity: “The fraternity is a product of the American college, and if the American college is the birthplace of American democracy then the fraternity should be democratic also. The law of cooperation is greater than the sum of individual effort. The fra¬ ternity makes it possible to assimilate informally the information gained formally in the classroom. The college is of necessity academic, abstract, detached, in matters which the fraternity makes real in life.”
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FOUNDERS’— DAY January 27, 1920 January 27 was a memorable anniversary for Kappa Alpha Theta. All over the country Theta’s Birthday was celebrated, though because 1920 college schedules place final examinations at the end of January, an actual calendar date more convenient than the twenty-seventh was frequently chosen for the party. This fluctuation in celebration days made it possible for the Editor to attend three such birthday parties, in Indianapolis, in Chicago, in Nashville. The first was naturally the largest, the most elaborate, but each one was equally rich in friendliness and fraternity spirit, as, no doubt, was every such gathering the country over. We have been fortunate in receiving formal ‘ * write-ups ’ ’ of a number of the celebrations and for accounts of others we have boldly clipped from chapter letters (which thus cut may seem unusually brief), so for historical reason the story may all appear under this one head — read of them all, or of the one’s surest to be attended by your friends. Indianapolis, Indiana The Riley room at the Claypool hotel has had many Theta functions and it always suggests pleasant memories, especially to Indianapolis Thetas, but the scene there last Saturday January 17 will make it particularly dear to us all from now on. There were three hundred and eighty-two present, ranging from the loveliest grandmother Thetas down to the youngest pledges. You know what they looked like, in their “ Sunday go-to-meeting” gowns and their faces alight, as they met old friends or made new ones. The tables were set for eight, and were decorated with beautiful birthday cakes, each lit with a single large candle. The speaker’s table had beautiful flowers as part of the decorations, but they didn’t come up to the mammoth birthday cake in the center, with its fifty little birthday candles. Places of honor were assigned at the speaker’s table to Miss Newsom, Miss Green, Miss Ashby, Mrs Wheeler, president of Indianapolis alumnae chapter, Miss Philputt, president of District I, Mrs Hubbard, a Gamma alumnae who had been hostess the
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214 Kappa Alpha Theta previous day at a Gamma dinner party, Miss Martha Ridpath, an Alpha alumnae, Mrs Metzger, one of Gamma’s favorite soloists, a “founder” of Beta and one of Alpha Chi, the advisers of Gamma and Alpha Chi, presidents of the college chapters in the district, and most important of all, Betty Locke Hamilton. When we had arranged ourselves at our tables, we bowed our heads as Miss Mary Jane Carr, Beta, sang the Theta prayer with a beautiful harp accompaniment. The usual hubbub then fol¬ lowed in which could be heard the placing of dishes, the music of the harpist, the steady flow of conversation, and much laughter at the telling of some old prank or some stunt. Just before the dessert was brought on, Miss Ashby expressed a birthday wish for Theta, in which she combined the sentiments of the Grand officers, the Founders, the alumnae, the actives and the pledges. Each of us lighted a tiny birthday candle from the large candle on the tables and stood with it held high in our right hands, say¬ ing “So say we all of us” as Miss Ashby finished. I wish you might have heard what she said, — it was short and concise, but if we could live up to all that was contained in that wish, it would be difficult to prophesy where our attainments would cease. Mrs Metzger sang three songs for us, the most beautiful of which, in my estimation, was Love Never Faileth by Root, an arrangement of our own favorite chapter in Corinthians. The toasts were selected to bring us a message from the past, the present and the future. Miss Ridpath drew a word picture of Greencastle, little Asbury college, the roomy home up the street from the campus, where the girls first gathered to discuss their plans, the first appearance of the pins, the excitement among the boys, and the steady growth of Theta. Love and appreciation of our Founders could not have been better expressed than it was in Theta9 s Auld Lang Syne by Miss Ridpath. Betty Locke Hamilton responded. Have you ever heard her tell about the Phi Gams wanting her to wear their pin and how she told them she would if they initiated her as they did the men? — how she learned that since “females” had never been real members of the organization before, they would be unable to admit her as a “brother” with them, — how they supposed they pacified her with the presentation of a gorgeous silver water pitcher. “Pacified” would hardly be the word, when she told her experience at home and her father suggested she plan a similar organization for girls. There was no need of soothing any ruffled feelings then, with her head full of rival plans. Books of heraldry were consulted and many plans drawn of pins, that wouldn’t be a bit like those
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Founders9 -day 215 the boys wore, but yet of most attractive design. When Alice Allen returned to college the following year, things began to happen, the design was finally made, the die cast, four pins de¬ livered, and then the stage was set. She explained carefully it was not to chapel they first wore the pins, but to some class. The boys almost broke up the meeting in their impatience for the end of the hour to come, so that they might find out all about them. Of course, they didn’t find out anything, and immediately dubbed the four girls “ Kites’ 9 because of the similarity in shape to a kite. That idea had not entered their heads before, but instead of its being a name of derision, it really suggested many beautiful thoughts to the girls and formed a basis for much of what we now love so much to hear. In connection with the joy the girls felt as they worked out their plans in secret, she made a plea for secrecy. She said she had heard that because Thetas were often undemocratic, secrets should be made public. She compared Theta to a family, — we have family secrets which are matters of family loyalty which have nothing to do with our being demo¬ cratic or snobbish as far as others outside of our family are con¬ cerned. As she sat down, Miss Newsom surprised her completely by presenting her with a Founders’ pin, and for fear of break¬ ing down completely if she attempted to thank her and all of us as she would like to, she merely said * 4 Thank you.” Miss Newsom gave us a stirring message for the Present. While what she said applied in general to any form of activity we would be interested in, she meant it particularly for Theta, when she emphasized KNOWLEDGE, UNDERSTANDING and SERVICE. We all work better in an organization, when we know about its beginnings, its history, its progress, its goal and its ideals. We are also better members of an organization when we strive for understanding, of our closest friends, of those much older and more experienced, and of those younger and less acquainted with our affairs than we are. If we have knowledge and understanding both, we are much better prepared to assist or criticise, whichever may be necessary. But knowledge and understanding by themselves are empty, but combined with loving service make a member who will fulfill the requirements for an ideal Theta. Miss Green appealed to the alumnae in reminding them that Once a Theta always a Theta should be made to mean a great deal to them. They shouldn’t drop responsibilities and burdens as they laid aside their caps and gowns. Chapter houses have to be bought and maintained. They must be comfortable and
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216 Kappa Alpha Theta attractive. Girls are always needing individual as well as col¬ lective help. Big sisters are always needed in the chapter. The alumnas have been allowing the college girls to maintain them and that is a condition that should not be allowed to continue. Mention was made of the next convention which will aid ma¬ terially in solving these alumnae problems. Miss Philputt, our District president, told us that it seemed almost incredible the way the chapters had recovered from the troubles of the war period. All are in splendid shape and we have reason to be proud of them all. From absent Thetas she read greetings that were very much enjoyed. The milestones in Theta’s history were indicated by stunts from the chapters in the reverse order of their founding. Alpha Chi at Purdue showed us Theta in her “Tender Teens,” as a butterfly. A chorus of representative girls in contrasting colors gave a beautiful background to the classic little dancer dressed as a gorgeous black and gold butterfly. Alpha Eta was to have presented “Teachable Twenties” but unfortunately no one from the chapter was able to be present. Gamma chapter gave us “Tireless Thirties.” A roll of the chapters at that time was called, but Theta was unhappy until Gamma was added to the number. The idea was carried out in pageant form, which was very beautiful but difficult to describe. The same might be said of Beta in her episode “Fiery Forties.” A half dozen girls car¬ rying lighted candles passed on their light and enthusiasm to as many younger girls coming to them empty handed. Alpha’s stunt was entitled The evolution of Kappa Alpha Theta . A charming girl dressed in the costume of the 70 ’s had been brought by her chums to their Theta meeting place, to be asked to be a Theta. She flatly refused them, and when asked for her reasons she explained that she felt she had come to college to study and felt that joining a fraternity could only be detrimental. Things took on a different atmosphere when they informed her that they had first carefully looked up her scholastic standing and they intended that she should keep up her record. On the other hand, they showed her how her life would be broadened and enriched if part of her time were spent with dear friends, with other ideals of service in their work than the mere making of grades. Her Theta daughter in 1895 was a dear little fly-away Theta who was called into an extra fraternity meeting to hear how she was disappointing the others by her lapse in scholarship and the fact that she insisted on being with one man all the time to the exclusion of all others. The name of this act was “Gayety.”
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Founder s’ -day 217 They forgave her when she promised to study and further when she confided that she and the man, whom they had said she was “concentrating” on, were “promised.” The third act showed the Theta granddaughter on her graduation day as she dashed into the room, with her diploma in one hand and a Phi Beta Kappa key in the other. The usual chorus of “Oh’s” and “Ah’s” and “How did you do it’s” followed. Then she told them how she felt she didn’t want to stand on her mother’s and grandmother’s reputation and wanted to make a name for her¬ self. She had no particular talent, but watched each girl in the group and copied some particular trait in each one. The athletic girl, the student, the girl with the strongest college spirit, the Y. W. C. A. member, the popular girl, and the girl with the artistic eye in the matter of clothes, had all unwittingly con¬ tributed some part to this darling little Theta who was unani¬ mously voted an ideal Theta. Mary Ann Zoercher Kansas City, Missouri I was late to the banquet — due to unfortunate circumstances —and if anything could have been prettier than the sight which greeted the entrance of the guests into the sun room where the three long tables were laid with the rainbow hued balloons, an¬ chored to knives, bobbing above, and the three birthday cakes with their fifty lighted candles as the central features of the flowers and greenery — it was the view which I had of them all seated — the balloons like multi-colored butterflies dancing over a garden of gay flowers (not old-fashioned ones either!) The new and lovely Hotel Brookside was the scene of District V’s Founders’-day celebration, Saturday evening, January 31, and there were eighty-six reservations, representing three college chapters— Kappa, with the largest delegation, twenty-five, Alpha Mu and Alpha Upsilon — and four alumnae groups — Lawrence, Topeka, St. Louis, and Kansas City. Between the dinner courses there was enthusiastic singing of Theta songs, led by the college girls and trailed along by the alumnae, vowing to themselves they would buy a Theta songbook the next day and learn all of those pretty new songs. And such a visiting! girls who had not met since commencement week years ago discussed babies and Theta ; undergraduates who saw each other every day argued quizzes and Theta ; alumna who had been busy for weeks arranging the affair sighed relievedly and enjoyed the fruits of their labor. At the end of the dinner there was just a little speech of appreciation for what the fraternity
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218 Kappa Alpha Theta has meant to us all and for the brave spirit of our revered Founders who gave it to us — then as a birthday tribute everyone stood and sang together one of the dear familiar songs that all Thetas know, and surely the real feeling with which they sang: “We have loved its joyous promise Since first we knew its worth,’ ’ showed the place Theta holds in all their hearts. From the banquet tables we returned to the lounge and en¬ joyed a short program — Kappa girls sang a group of five clever and melodious songs which were featured in their annual fresh¬ man Katsup and were composed by the freshman girls. A quaint little farce was put on by some of the college and alumnae mem¬ bers of Alpha Mu which kept us in gales of laughter. Then Mrs Agnes Porter Sawyer, Delta, sang some of the Theta Songs which are a little too difficult for chapter singing but make beau¬ tiful and inspiring solos. And then we gathered ’round the piano and made the hotel ring like a Theta convention until the lateness of the hour forced us to end the festivities and wish ourselves many happy returns of the day. Jessie Baldridge Lebrecht Oklahoma Here the celebration was a state-wide affair under the gracious management of the Oklahoma City alumnae chapter. The cele¬ bration took the form of a banquet held at the Skirvin Hotel, Oklahoma City, January 31. Beside the 22 members of the alumnae chapter, thirty mem¬ bers of Alpha Omicron active and twenty of Beta Zeta active were present. Six non-Oklahoma chapters were represented, too — Psi by Mrs A. E. Patrick, Upsilon by Helen Cant, Tau by Mrs J. W. Oates, Alpha Phi by Frances Deu Pree, Mu by Mrs E. T. Bynum, Theta by Mrs J. M. Owen, and Alpha by Mrs L. M. Farnum, Mrs C. L. Grimes, Mrs M. B. Chambers and Mrs C. W. Stephenson — a total attendance of 82. Mrs A. E. Patrick, state chairman, acted as toastmistress and four members of the alumnae chapter who were Alpha ini¬ tiates, in toasts represented the fraternity’s four Founders. In general plan the banquet duplicated the convention cele¬ bration. Mary Mattison, in black and gold costume, presented the birthday cake alight with fifty candles. After the loving-cup service, the celebration ended with the Chain Song , which was written by an Alpha Omicron alumnae, Mrs Louisa Brooke Jones. The one regret of the occasion was the absence, due to illness, of our District president, Mrs Ethel Maude Lowry.
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Founders9 -day 219 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania January 31 the Thetas of the Pittsburgh district assembled at the William Penn hotel to celebrate Kappa Alpha Theta’s golden anniversary. There were Thetas of all ages from gray¬ haired grandmothers down to the youngest pledges. There were eight-two all told, representing fifteen chapters : Alpha, Gamma, Eta, Iota, Kappa, Mu, Rho, Upsilon, Alpha Beta, Alpha Gamma, Alpha Delta, Alpha Epsilon, Alpha Theta, Alpha Omega, Beta Zeta. The greeting of old friends, the meeting of new ones, filled the hall with an atmosphere of joyous fellowship. One knew at once that this was a holiday occasion, not only by the new gowns but also by the holiday spirit which seemed to emanate from everyone. But a hush came upon us when we heard the Theta Proces¬ sional. We entered the Crystal room, Mrs Mecklin leading, followed by two Alphas, with Alpha Omega bringing up the rear. On the speakers’ table were two large birthday cakes each having twenty-five lighted candles. At the other tables were single black candlesticks with yellow candles. At the speakers’ table were Mrs Mecklin, Miss Townley, Dr Goff, and Frances Foulke. We bowed our heads as the Alpha Omega girls sang our Theta Grace . Mrs Mecklin, toastmistress, gave our Founders9 Toast . She told us of the founding of Theta as told her by Hannah Fitch and Betty Locke. We loved to hear the human little incidents that belong to that story. Very few of us had ever heard them before. How we gloried in Betty Locke’s independence! How we laughed over the incident of the silver cake basket ! Ruth Townley ’s toast was College girl gossip in 1890 . She read some interesting letters from a niece of Hannah Fitch Shaw to her cousin. These letters occasioned much laughter, especially when the niece, Betty Allan (named for the founder) wrote her cousin that her mother had given her consent to a slightly low neck in her new challis gown. And again when she told of the new red plush furniture for the chapter house parlor. The letters were so cleverly written that few suspected they were the work of Miss Townley ’s imagination and not bona fide letters. Dr Ella Goff, one of the founders of the Pittsburgh alumn© chapter, told its history in rhyme; very cleverly each founder was referred to by name. Frances Foulke gave the history of Alpha Omega. There
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220 Kappa Alpha Theta were twelve charter members. These girls dreamed of the time when they could be one of Theta’s children. In order to show us how our pledges are being trained in the way they should go, four Alpha Omega pledges, Adeline Anger, Hazel Hippie, Beatrice Love, and Dorothy Sattley, gave us a model present day pledge meeting. It was a clever take off, thoroughly enjoyed. The spirited singing of the college girls from Alpha Omega added enjoyment to the occasion. Mu, not to be outdone, sang her own song. After our beautiful loving-cup service, we adjourned, each resolved to “carry on” for Kappa Alpha Theta. Hazel Keffer Peden New York City New York alumnae chapter arranged for the very happy birthday luncheon, Saturday, January 24, at Hotel McAlpin. The tables were gay with flowers, candles, and attractive pro¬ grams. Theta spirit was in the air and altogether the Colonial presented a very agreeable contrast to the weather outside. It is tradition that New York always shows its worst weather for Founders ’-day celebration. There were seventy Thetas from nineteen chapters around the tables. It was a pleasure to greet the old friends and welcome the newcomers, whom we hope to count as “old familiars” next year. Active girls from Alpha Kappa led the singing during the luncheon, and toasts completed the program. Mrs H. W. Wilson, Upsilon, spoke of Our Founders, of our debt to them and of the necessity for the devotion of our time to vital things if we would live up to true Theta ideals. Mrs Wilson appreciates the meaning of devotion, for she gave much of herself to the cause of suffrage. When Mrs Homer Folk, Pi, followed her husband to France to do war work of any and every kind, we, who knew her, looked forward to her return. Of course in her toast Over there she could only give us glimpses of a very rich experience, but enough to thrill us. The splendor of our A. E. F. and of the women who worked for and with them in France will always be a shining memory. Miss Mabelle Wright, Alpha, gave the perfect finishing touch with lovely piano music. Indianapolis alumnae, we had a program of your celebra¬ tion. It came with a greeting from Helen Hand, Gamma, who
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Founders' -day 221 came to our meetings one winter. We congratulate you on your wonderful attendance, 382. We feel that we have much to strive for here. Sarah Belle Goe Denver, Colorado The Denver alumnae gave their usual luncheon in celebration of Founders ’-day, January 24. Cards were sent to all Colorado Thetas asking them to come to the luncheon if possible. On ac¬ count of the fiftieth birthday celebration the luncheon was a bit more elaborate than usual. Through the kindness of Mrs Jim Goodheart the affair was given at the Denver athletic club. Mrs Goodheart furnished the flowers for the occasion. A birthday cake with fifty candles had the place of honor in the center of the table. Place cards with the Theta seal, yellow candles, and flowers, gave the table a festive appearance. Mrs Henry A. Buchtel, Mary Stevenson, the first Theta ini¬ tiate, was the most honored guest. Mrs Buchtel has had very frail health for several years, so it was joyful news when we heard she would be able to come to the luncheon. Mrs Harry Barrett proposed a toast to Mrs Buchtel. Between courses the Beta Gamma girls, with a bit of help from some of the others, sang Theta songs. Mrs Buchtel cut the first piece of the birth¬ day cake. Thirty-six Thetas were seated around a very large table. Nine of the active Beta Gamma girls were here. Leland Mc- Murry was sent as representative of the chapter ; the others were Bernice Dunlap, Gladys Dunlap, Florence McClave, Gertrude Lawver, Margaret Bullen, Ruth Watts, Evelyn Thomson, and Margaret Donaldsen. Other out-of-town guests were : Mrs Sam Bennison, Rho, from Haxturn; Mrs George Light, Iota; Mrs Robert Sterling, Eta, and Mrs William Hunter, Zeta, all from Boulder; and Mrs T. C. Hall, Delta, from Delta, Colorado. The Denver Thetas were : Mrs Henry A. Buchtel, Alpha, Mrs Ira Cutler, Pi, Mrs Wilbur Engle, Pi, Miss Florence Dunlap, Epsi¬ lon, Mrs John D. Clark, Rho, Miss Lida Millar, Rho, Mrs Earl Reed, Beta Gamma, Mrs Robert Steele, Beta Gamma, Mrs Harry Barnett, Mu, Mrs Roy Forbes, Alpha Upsilon, Miss Ella New, Delta, Mrs T. C. Hall, Delta, Mrs Milton Kauffman, Kappa, Miss Elizabeth Garrison, Alpha, Mrs Phil Knowlton, Kappa, Mrs Floyd Pool, Alpha Rho, Mrs Edgar Taylor, Tau, Mrs Ralph Lowry, Alpha Sigma, Mrs William E. Sweet, Iota, Miss Myrna Langley, Mu, Mrs Harold Garwood, Psi, and Mrs Ralph Shafor, Alpha Gamma. Helen Hollingsworth Shafor
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222 Kappa Alpha Theta Cincinnati, Ohio The fleeting years have brought a festival, Friends both young and old clasp hands anew, Some dream the dreams of happy years gone by. Some live the joy of Theta love so true; But all are here today to merry-make And let our voices ring with loving praise Of Theta and her two-score years and ten, Old, — yet life for her has just begun. “On this, Theta’s Golden Anniversary, could we but catch a glimpse of fifty years ago, or could we but share the honor, as Indiana did, of having one of the Founders with us today, who might reveal to us some of the deep dark secrets of that time ! ’ ’ I know of no better way to bring before you Cincinnati’s Jubi¬ lee celebration, than to start out with these introductory words of the toastmistress, Marie Crowe, herself a most charming alumna. But because, perforce, it was not given to us to be honored by the presence of a bona fide Founder, we went back in spirit with Mary Cellarius Shepard. She took us back to our own Founders ’-day, — the time when V. C. P. became Kappa Alpha Theta. For the benefit of those unfamiliar with chapter roll dates, I will remind you that we begin to date history from only as far back as 1913 ; naturally, we refuse to have any unknowing one infer that our Mary speaks with the authority of an “oldest inhabitant.” She paid a fitting tribute to Hannah Fitch Shaw, who was with us on that occa¬ sion, and concluded, appropriately, with the F minders9 Toast. Esther Sechrist followed her, responding to Theta , Present and Future — a toast, in spirit, most pleasing and in form, ac¬ cording to Hoyle, as Esther impressed upon us. Gertrude Kemp, the final speaker, insists that on the morning of the banquet day her toast was “sprung” on her (if you’ll pardon the vernacular, and, in fact, whether you will or not) but we have our doubts. If she’s telling the truth then let “silver-tongued orators” look to their laurels! Her description of the recent visit of the Grand president was very graphic and made those who had missed it green with envy. These last two speakers are not alumnae, we admit. But they will be, next year. Perhaps we may follow Mary Roberts Rine¬ hart’s lead and call them sub-alums; at least we may until they find it out. Followed a most interesting part of the program — the sing¬ ing of their original songs by Alpha Tau’s pledges. Time was
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Founders9 -day 223 when this was considered an ordeal, a kind of acid test to try the courage of a neophyte. But no more! The sang-froid of the freshman singers was equalled only by the cleverness of their songs, which really were (no exaggeration) remarkably good. They stirred us up to such a pitch that we were ready to end the day’s celebration in a gay grand march about the banquet room. The details which a reporter would insist upon being told, are that the Founders ’-day celebration was held in the Cascade room of the Gibson hotel on Saturday, January 24, and was very well attended. The really important fact — which he would prob¬ ably pass over — was that the outcome of the Jubilee Banquet was a renewed respect for Theta traditions and a spirit of confi¬ dence — warranted confidence — in Theta’s future. Mary Louise Rutter Seattle, Washington We celebrated Theta’s Golden Anniversary with a lovely tea at the home of Mrs Pierre Frein. In the early part of the after¬ noon Seattle alumna held its usual monthly business meeting and then the girls from Alpha Lambda came in to enjoy the rest of the afternoon with us. Although it was one of our usual showery Seattle days, no one evidently allowed it to dampen their enthusiasm for the house was filled to overflowing with Thetas, both young and old. During the afternoon Mrs Quigley spoke on the founding of Alpha Lambda chapter and Vivian Kellam gave an enthusiastic account of its place on the campus at present. Martha K. Lutz Topeka, Kansas Topeka alumnae had as guests the active members and pledges of Alpha Upsilon for a most enjoyable celebration of our fiftieth birthday. We were offered the use of the ball-room in the beauti¬ ful home of Mrs Clyde Miller, Kappa, which was a lovely setting for the seventy Thetas who sat down to a formal dinner. The room fairly blossomed with the pretty faces and gowns, the yellow roses and the shining crystal and silver of the quartette tables. Kitty Harrison Nelson was our honored guest and responded to the first of four short toasts which followed the dinner — Mrs Estey was toastmistress and the other toasts were given by Mrs Jessie Wright Whitcomb, Ruth Koster, and Jessie Burnett of the college chapter. All were sincere and to the point — real Theta toasts!
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224 Kappa Alpha Theta Then we descended to vaudeville, where it was a surprise to find that — there really was something funny which we had never tried before — An Upside-down Chorus sang 4 ‘I'm All Upset" and other clever ditties. Carmen sang an original aria. The Punkham Prancers gave a very clever imitation of the Dun¬ can Dancers who were recently in Topeka. Last of all appeared the four Founders of Theta in really old Gody’s Ladybooik dresses — who presented a meeting of fifty years ago — which is well worthy of being preserved and repeated. It was a clever and fitting close to a thoroughly Theta party, for which great credit is due to Allabelle Troutman Mills our new alumnae chap¬ ter president. We went home with the songs of “our singing chapter" ringing in our ears. Mildred Guild Weidling Burlington, Vermont Burlington Thetas celebrated Theta's birthday with suffi¬ cient eclat to gratify any fifty-year-old maiden, though if the truth were known, the college chapter furnished most of the “fireworks." At six o'clock all the hungry Thetas in Burlington gathered at the home of Ruby Howe '17 and were served by the alumnae chapter with a birthday supper, at once tasty and satisfying. Near the close of the feast a mammoth birthday cake, constructed in the Home economics laboratory by two of the college Thetas, was passed around to be admired. Then each one had an op¬ portunity to prove for herself that it tasted as good as it looked. The program for the evening was in the hands of the college girls — supposedly. But after Miss Picky Mayford in The Bride’s abduction had held us all spellbound through several reels, it was announced that the alumnae would now present a “movie." This being news to the alumnae, a very much impromptu exhibi¬ tion of trained animals was marshalled onto the screen, and some marvelous feats were performed. For the rest of the evening, the “alums," as we are affection¬ ately called, settled back in their chairs to a hard-earned rest, and played the part of a very much entertained and appreciative audience. Pearl M. Grandy ’17 Allegheny, Pennsylvania Founders '-day was observed at a dinner at the town Y. W. C. A. The college members of Mu and the following alumnae were present — Rebecca Cooper '92, Mrs Marion Sackett Bates '03, Mrs Florence Grauel Miller '08, Mrs Beulah Grauel Thomas ’13, Helen Adams '16, and Dorothy McKinney '22-ex.
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Founders9 -day 225 Syracuse, New York The celebration of Founders ’-day had to be postponed until February 6, but was none the less enthusiastic. A buffet supper at Chi’s chapter house, a regular chapter meeting, then an in¬ formal gathering in the chapter house parlors where news of absent alumnae was read and birthday gifts to the house opened. Edna Laurie ’19 sent a dozen fine linen napkins, Syracuse alum¬ nae chapter presented sundry kitchen utensils. Next the alumnae present were challenged to name the college girls individual^ and vice versa; then we sang Chi’s favorite fraternity songs, and ended the party with a good-night march. Beside the active members of Chi, the following alumnae took part in the party — Mrs Mabel Parker Stillwell, Mrs Ida Hopkins Chamberlain, Mrs Laura Cowan Wilson, Mrs Mathilda Alexander Woodward, Mrs Florence Wilson Leech, Helen Wright, Ruth Jones, Mrs Anna Carhart Blanchard, Marjorie Wright, Mrs Alice Taylor Becker, Elma Hodges, Eloise Roberts, Rachel Sumner, all of Chi, and Mrs Elizabeth Hendrix Hopkins, Beta. Madison, Wisconsin Psi actives, pledges, and Madison alumnae celebrated with a real banquet, on the real day, January 27, at the Woman’s build¬ ing of the University of Wisconsin. Mrs Buell, Iota, as toast- mistress presided over an attractive speaking bee, after which the freshmen presented a very clever stunt. San Francisco The San Francisco alumnae chapter gave a luncheon, January 24, at the St Francis hotel, to celebrate the fiftieth birthday. The acacia trees were in bloom and their fragrant, golden sprays beautifully furnished forth the twelve large tables at which the members were seated — one hundred and twenty-four. Theta songs were sung between courses. Mrs Macdonald Robinson (Bertha Fisher, Alpha) presided, with great charm. Mrs Cora Allen Kern and Mrs Lou Allen Baker, Alpha, sisters of Alice Allen Brandt, occupied posts of honor and were made to stand up that all might see them. Mrs Carol Green Wilson, Phi, gave the toast to the Founders. Mrs Helen Aldrich Kleeberger, Upsilon, for the alumna?. Mrs Edith Jordan Gardner, Phi, told of San Francisco alumnae chapter’s plan to establish a Theta center, a plan which is absorb¬ ing the interest of every member. Greetings from the presidents of the two college chapters, Omega and Phi were given. The program was concluded with the presentation of the masque
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226 Kappa Alpha Theta Womanhood, which portrays the ideals of Theta, in classic form. If one could single out one, among the characters so well taken, it would be Marion Schell, Omega, as “ Womanhood/ ' Her sweetness and loveliness permeated the whole play. And the Aspiration group was pure joy! Alberta Marx, Phi, sang the Theta Prayer at the end. And General Pershing nearly broke up our party. For that was the day he was received in San Francisco. Down at one end of the Colonial ball room was a screened-off place and while we were at luncheon he was brought there to be photographed. As soon as it was borne in upon us that he was actually there in our midst, the college girls began to sing their greeting song — “Oh, General Pershing, we sing to you” — winding up with — “for he's a jolly good fellow!” — and then every one rushed down to that corner to get a glimpse of the great man. He was surprised that he had such an audience and asked, as pleased as Punch, “if we were singing to him?” Responses to the chapter roll, showed that representatives from many chapters were present and each member carried away with her from this jubilee celebration the feeling that the coming year is to be a big one for San Francisco alumnae chapter. Josephine Pittman Scribner, Beta Columbus, Ohio On January 24 the members of Alpha Gamma and Columbus alumnae celebrated our Golden Jubilee at the home of Mrs Mary Bohannon Chubb. First came dinner, then a Theta sing. Miss Minnie Hughes, Alpha Gamma alumnae, spoke on her work and experiences during a year's service in France. Mrs Grace Thompson Caldwell, Epsilon, spoke upon conditions in Russia from where she has recently returned with her husband, a mem¬ ber of the United States consular service to Russia. The dinner was prepared by the committee in the form of box lunches — each box cost its purchaser $1.00, and the profit on these lunches, about $30.00, was donated to a relief fund in Columbus. Baltimore, Maryland The Baltimore alumnae chapter gave a supper in honor of Founders '-day on January 26, at the Goucher alumnae lodge. The active members of Alpha Delta and her pledges, were guests. After the supper, members read the convention masque, then came a regular Theta sing before we all lingeringly said good¬ night, wishing the evening had been longer.
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Founders9 -day 227 Nashville, Tennessee Alpha Eta was responsible for this celebration, which took the form of a banquet followed by a dance, to the latter of which the chapter’s college friends were invited. The function was at the Centennial club. The table decorations were smilax, nar¬ cissus, and silver candle sticks with yellow candles. Helen Field, Alpha Eta ’18, was toastmistress. First came clever stunts: Still unexprest by the freshmen; Censored by the sophomores. Then the toasts, Roaming in the gloamin’ by Doro¬ thy Duffy, Blowing bubbles by Louise Benedict, Someday by Helen Adamson, and finally speeches by Miss Green and Miss Philputt, visiting officers, and by Mildred Morgan, guest from Gamma. Here the banquet ended and the dance began — but it is worthy of note that there were 70 Thetas present at the banquet — beside Alpha Eta, Delta, Iota, Beta, Gamma, and Phi were represented. Oh, yes there was a birthday cake, one of the fam¬ ous Mrs Wilson’s wonderful cakes, as beautiful as it was delicious. Austin, Texas Coming as a climax to two notewothy Theta events this celebration of the birthday of Theta, on the real birthday, was a splendid and enthusiastic demonstration of Theta love and loyalty in the far southwest. On Sunday Alpha Theta initiated her upperclass pledges, on Monday evening her pledges entertained Thetas with a stunt party, on Tuesday came the birthday banquet. Sixty-four Thetas sat down to that banquet at the Austin country club. The gala decorations of narcissus growing in black and gold pots, the festive “Theta” chair covers, the glowing candles everywhere, made a fitting background for the huge chocolate birthday cake with its tiny gold candles. It was truly the prettiest, happiest banquet in the history of Austin Thetas. Fannie Preston acted as toastmistress, carrying out the Leap Year idea in the toasts. After the formal program there were many impromptu toasts and speeches, and then the fine singing of Theta songs. Out of town alumnae present were: Winifred Watson, Mrs Myrtle Garret Kiley, Leila Beall Anderson, Grace Ball, Lucy and Ruth Johnson, Mrs Etta Yarrington Foster, Dorothy Miller, Mary Rugeley, Doris Connerly, all of Alpha Theta, and Mrs Inez G. Henne, Alpha Mu. Missoula, Montana On Tuesday, January 27 Alpha Nu and the Missoula Theta alumnae club celebrated at the chapter house. A buffet supper was served at six o ’clock, after which came the formal program.
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228 Kappa Alpha Theta Vocal and violin musical numbers, fancy dancing, a stunt by the freshmen, Seeing ourselves as others see us, a brief history of Kappa Alpha Theta, and for a grande finale, the Convention masque, W omanhood. Grand Forks, North Dakota A banquet was the form of the celebration, in which the Theta alumnae club of the city, Alpha Pi active, and many out of town alumnae participated. Jessie Budge acted as toastmistress and toasts were responded to by Pauline Serumgard, Corinne Heit- man, Louise Canahan, and Harriet Fox. Two engagements were announced at the banquet by the presentation of ten pounds of candy — that of Grace Loughlin and Walter Nelson, and of Winifred Nelson and Horace Webster. Alumnae present included Gertrude Skinner, Winifred Nelson, Pauline Serumgard, Mrs Sallie Hassell Lommen, Jessie Budge, Beatrice Olson, Grace Loughlin, Gladys O’Keefe, Margaret Kolars, Grace Buckingham, Margaret Reid, Eleanor Healey, Mrs Vera Markell Anderson, Mrs Minnie Marked Anderson, Mrs Helen Barnes Bangs, Myrtle Renwich, Merle Rutherford, Helena Huesgen, and Ruth Dow. Vermilion, South Dakota The Golden jubilee was celebrated by a dinner at the chapter house, January 28. Tables were decorated in black and gold, and these colors were carried out in the menu too. A11 alumnae in town, as wed as active members of Alpha Rho were present. New Orleans, Louisiana On January 31, by a formal banquet at Antoines’ ad Thetas in New Orleans celebrated the fiftieth birthday of Kappa Alpha Theta. The table was beautifully decorated and the place cards were especially clever, with a caricature and a verse for each one. Of course there were toasts and songs galore and stunts by each class and also by the alumnae present. The sophomore stunt, a take-off on rushing, was one of the hits of the evening, and closed with the following parody — R-U-S-H, pray what does that signify? M-U-S-H, no wiser yet am I. H-U-S-H (pause) a secret I'll tell to you: It *s the same line, that sounded so fine, That you handed last year to me! The alumnae stunt wras most effective. Suddenly the lights went out, and two of the alumnae, one in black and one in gold, appeared carrying a birthday cake with fifty lighted candles.
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Founders9 -day 229 Then they announced in rhyme that each person present was to take one candle, at the same time reciting a line of original verse to rhyme with the line that had gone before. It occasioned much cudgelling of wits and much mirth and enjoyment. Appleton, Wisconsin Our Founders ’-day birthday party was a real celebration. The alumnae Thetas in town entertained the college chapter and pledges at dinner at Hazel Rosebush’s home, January 26. Each class, and also the alumnae, put on a stunt. You would no doubt agree that Lilah Fannon, the ventriloquist and Margaret Banta, the “ dummy” were the “stars” of the evening. Tucson, Arizona With a banquet at the Country club on January 30, did Beta Delta active and all Theta alumnae within reach celebrate Theta’s Golden Jubilee. Beside Beta Delta alumnae, there were present Thetas from Alpha Nu, Chi, Tau, Eta, and Alpha Omicron. The memories of the happy time and the strains of the Loving-cup song are still ringing in my ears as I write this report. Corvallis, Oregon Founders ’-day this year was a most impressive and never-to- be-forgotten event for all who took part. Beta Epsilon had as guests Mrs William Barrett, a charter member of Alpha Xi chapter, Mrs Arthur Clark, also of that chapter, Isabelle Young, Phi, Lulu May, Ruth Kelly Ramsdell, and Alice Cornwall Kad- derly, alumnae of her own chapter. The luncheon table was set the entire length of the chapter house’s two living-rooms, and Thetas colors predominated in the decorations. Talks on the his¬ tory of the fraternity, on loyalty, and on ideals were given. The afternoon was spent as a real old time get-together with numerous chats and songs. Spokane, Washington The Spokane alumnae chapter held a Golden Jubilee tea on Founders ’-day at the Davenport hotel. Mrs Sylvester Heath, who, as Mary Nickey, held forth at Alpha in 1874, gave a talk on former Founders ’-day at Asbury (De Pauw) which was most interesting. Mrs Heath is a very beautiful and distinguished lady and a source of inspiration to all Spokane Thetas. Chicago, Illinois Chicago alumnae, Evanston alumnae, and Tau united to cele¬ brate Theta’s Golden Jubilee by a luncheon at the Union League club, January 24. There were a hundred Thetas present, repre-
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230 Kappa Alpha Theta senting more than half of the college chapters. The attendance was much curtailed at that by the flu and the driving snow storm Chicago experienced that day. The program opened with a group of lovely songs sung by Marjorie Maxwell, Alpha Nu, mezzo-soprano of the Chicago Grand opera company and one of the fraternity’s most celebrated younger members. Miss Maxwell’s charming youth, her beautiful voice, and her generous response to encore after encore, endeared her to every Theta present. Then came a delicious luncheon served in the club’s best style. Genevieve Forbes, president of District II, presided over the toast list, her wit and graciousness being very much appreciated. Yielding to urgent requests, Marjorie Maxwell generously sang again, another group of charming songs. Mrs Mary Ridpath Mann, another famous Theta, spoke most entertainingly on Theta reminiscences . Eva R. Hall, National cataloguer, brought to the celebration many Convention echoes , Frances Lakin, Eta, spoke entertainingly of Theta overseas, having herself been in France a year with Red Cross. Mildred Allen, Alpha, a niece of Alice Allen Brant, one of our Founders, was introduced by Miss Forbes. Then in lieu of a Founder present, was a Founder’s daughter, Edna Locke Hamilton, Alpha, who spoke most delight¬ fully of her Mother’s appreciation of this fraternity celebration. Miss Hamilton could not stay through the luncheon, much to every one’s regret, as the flu epidemic was making unusual demands on her as head of the city’s dispensary nurse service. The Grand secretary, who was privileged to be present because of a missed train connection in Chicago, told briefly of the great celebration in District I the Saturday before. Tau put on a most delightful stunt, a set of new verses, illustrated, to the song Alpha Upsilon made famous I was a wild prairie rose . The charming costumes, real gowns from 1870, added much to the actresses’ impersonations. Miss Forbes then presided over the wonderfully decorated birthday cake ; as she called the roll of chapters, an alumna from each, or a proxy from Tau, came forward and lifting high a lighted candle from the cake, made a wish for the fiftieth birthday of Kappa Alpha Theta. Then with a favorite Theta song ringing through the hall, goodby’s were reluctantly uttered and the celebration of the Golden-Jubilee had passed into history.
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COLLEGE WOMEN INTERESTED IN VISIT OF BRITISH EDUCATORS College women throughout the country, graduates and under¬ graduates, cannot fail to take keen interest in the visit to the United States at this time, of the three distinguished British university women, Prof Caroline F. E. Spurgeon, Dr Winifred Cullis and Mrs Ida Smedley MacLean. Besides being repre¬ sentatives of a university training whose standards we in America are growing more and more to admire, Miss Spurgeon, Dr Cullis and Mrs MacLean are here to promote a plan for the uniting of college women around the globe in a vast federation. College women the world over have a feeling of solidarity. A movement based on their sense of common understanding and purpose can¬ not fail to make a strong appeal. The federation, moreover, is backed by many of the leading educators in America, including President Mary E. Woolley of Mount Holyoke, Acting President Helen Taft of Bryn Mawr, Dean Virginia Gildersleeve of Barnard, President William A. Neilson of Smith and others. The proposed federation is no unsubstantial dream. A tenta¬ tive constitution has already been drafted, the provisions of which are definite and detailed. The purpose of the federation, as stated in the draft, “ shall be to promote understanding and friendship between the university women of different nations and thereby further their interests and develop sympathy and mutual helpfulness between the peoples of the world.’ ’ Membership in the federation ‘ 1 shall be open to national federations of university women which are approved by the Council,” the central executive committee of the federation. Provisions are made for a president, executive secretary and councillors, for central offices and expenses. It is when we come to the means by which the purpose of the federation is to be carried out, that college women will be chiefly interested, for the means are almost entirely educational. Provi¬ sions are to be made so that through the agency of the federation, college or university students may be interchanged among the countries represented in the union. The Rhodes scholarships have already familiarized us with something like this arrange¬ ment, but the Rhodes scholarships are awarded only to graduate students and do not involve any interchange between the coun¬ tries concerned. Under the plans of the proposed federation, Polish students in economics may come to Columbia university for additional courses ; American students of architecture may finish
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232 Kappa Alpha Theta 0 their preparation at the Sorbonne; Spanish students of history may study for their theses at Cambridge, and so on indefinitely, through all the permutations and combinations. And under¬ graduates, as well as graduates, may benefit by these provisions. Interchange of students will mean much in promoting “understanding and friendships between the university women of different nations ’ 9 but the most direct method of ensuring mutual understanding is at the fountain-head, through the teaching force of a nation. The proposed federation provides for an interchange of professors and junior lecturers. The larger universities in the East have already tried this experiment but the exchange has not been general. The proposed federation will make an inter¬ change of the teaching force of nations universal, with a conse¬ quent affect on the understanding between countries which will be readily recognized as incalculable and which deserves a chap¬ ter in itself. Is this plan, so far-reaching in its scope yet so carefully elaborated in its practical details, the work of the English women who are promoting it, our American college women will ask, “And how generally has it been accepted so far?” It is a composite plan, as most good plans are. American women were the first to think of world union, though with them it cannot be said to have sprung spontaneously into being. The visit of the British educational mission to the United States in 1918 had much to do with the suggestion. The mission came to the United States at the invitation of the American Council on education and toured our schools and colleges for two months for the purpose of gaining information on the American systems of education and bringing about closer relations between American and British academic circles. Two women were members of the party, Miss Rose Sidgwick of Birmingham university, and Prof Caroline F. E. Spurgeon of the University of London, who is now in this country. Both women even in their short stay at our colleges and universities, made real and lasting contacts. In New York, just before she was to have sailed for home, Miss Sidgwick died, a victim of the influenza epidemic. The college women, and others who had been privileged to meet Miss Sidgwick, created a Rose Sidgwick memorial fellowship to be held by an English woman graduate student. Perhaps because, during her tour here, Miss Sidgwick had advocated a closer academic relation between her country and the United States ; and perhaps because her death gave the suggestion a quickening impulse ; and perhaps also because inter-
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Visit of British educators 233 nationalism is in the air, these college women thought, not only of drawing closer the academic relations of the women of Eng¬ land and the United States, but also of drawing closer the rela¬ tions between the women of all countries. As a result a world federation of college women was suggested. Miss Spurgeon went back to England with the idea and set it before the Federation of university women of Great Britain, of which she is president. The British Federation invited our Association of collegiate alumna? to send a representative to talk it over. In July 1919 Dean Virginia C. Gildersleeve of Barnard college went to England as chairman of the newly-formed com¬ mittee on international relations of the Association of collegiate alumnae, to attend the annual convention of the Federation. The Federation approved in principle the plan for an international union, and left the details of a constitution to be elaborated by the international relations committees of the Federation and the Association of collegiate alumnae working jointly. The result is the constitution already referred to. The movement to federate has not gone beyond this initial step but it is expected that in the United States it will be fully carried out when once our college women have learned of it. Miss Spurgeon and Mrs MacLean are to make a six weeks’ tour of the leading educational centers in behalf of the proposal for federation. Miss Spurgeon will visit Boston, Chicago, Atlanta, Georgia, and Birmingham, Alabama, and will include the follow¬ ing colleges in her tour: Smith, Bryn Mawr, Goucher, Trinity, Westhampton, Randolph-Macon, Sweet Briar, North Carolina, Winston-Salem, Peabody, Vanderbilt, Transylvania, and Ken¬ tucky. Mrs MacLean will visit St Louis, and tour the Pacific Coast, including in her route the University of Southern California, Pomona, Mills, Stanford, Reed, and the state universities of California, Washington, and Oregon. Dr Cullis will visit women ’s colleges and coeducational univer¬ sities in the Middle West. That the distinguished visitors will find much latent sympathy for the plan for international union is the expectation of the American central committee on the tour which represents all college groups, and consists of Mrs F. Louis Slade of New York, Mrs Frank A. Vanderlip of New York, Mrs William Morton Wheeler of Boston, Mrs Edgerton Parsons of New York, Mrs Elizabeth Woodbridge Morris of New Haven, Miss Marion T. Whitney of Vassar and Miss Virginia C. Gildersleeve of Barnard. (Issued by the Invitation Comm, of A. C. A.) HeleU C. DeUYUaU
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FOUNDERS '-DAY, this time Theta's Golden Jubilee, or fiftieth birthday, was celebrated with such eclat and enthusiasm the country over, that at the risk of much repetition of similar details, the magazine has attempted to record in a special section the story of these functions. The record is far from complete, no doubt, but if YOUR CELEBRATION isn't reported, it is because you trusted to wireless to send in your copy. A VOCATIONAL CATALOGUE of Kappa Alpha Theta has been a dream of many workers with our records. The pages of this magazine have been opened for lists of our members actively working in certain fields, the first list appearing in this issue — Thetas in National Y . W . C. A. Work . Let every Theta help this work by sending data for these lists to the magazine. Scarcely a month went by during the war when the fraternity did not receive a request for a list of its members trained as nurses, as physicians, as statisticians, or as specialists in some other field. Such lists will be of increasing value and will also be helpful to the undergraduates contemplating preparing for this or that vocation. Only by the help of each of us can the information be completed and made available. Write the editor today in what group you should be listed, and send her other names too, for fear their owners will “forget" to reply to this request. WOMANHOOD, a symbolical masque by Sarah Morrison, Kappa, as presented at Convention, was issued as a Golden- Jubilee memento. This beautiful interpretation of the spirit and ideals of Kappa Alpha Theta has been sent as a birthday card to all officers and all chapters. An extra edition has been printed, for sale, to those Thetas who would like to’ own personal copies of the book. The suggestion has been made that they would be especially appropriate gifts for new initiates. The price per book is 50 cents, and they can be had through the Grand secretary's office.
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With the Editor 235 ALUMNAE CHAPTERS are always welcome additions to our chapter roll. This month it is our happy pleasure to wel¬ come two new alumnae chapters. We greet you Champaign- Urbana alumnae, and New Orleans alumnae, and can wish for your future no better wish than that you shall carry forward to full accomplishment the work you so well began as Theta clubs. CHAPTER HOUSES are recognized as a powerful conserver of fraternity spirit, as a wonderful help in developing the home love, the community of interest, the unselfishness, the adaptabil¬ ity which are so essential for the leadership of American woman¬ hood today. So it is with special pleasure that we announce that the women’s fraternity of Northwestern university are soon to have this new opportunity for service. The plan, as announced by the trustees, is to build dormitory courts, similar to those proving so successful for the men students; in those courts one section is a dormitory for non-fraternity men, the next a fraternity chapter house, and so on. All houses conform to a general outside architectural plan, but the internal arrangement of each fraternity house is at the pleasure of the fraternity con¬ cerned. The non-fraternity sections are financed by the univer¬ sity, the fraternity houses by the fraternities, though the univer¬ sity does loan money toward their construction, taking a mort¬ gage to cover this loan, beyond the stock the fraternity invests, rent being applied to cancelling the mortgage. ST LOUIS alumnae has issued a very attractive booklet of its meetings and activities for this year. Its novel plan (at least novel to the editor) of dividing the chapter into nine groups, each group to be hostess for one of the winter’s meetings, is worth adoption by other large alumnae chapters who find it difficult to keep every one actively at work. JEAN ROUNSAVELL OVERTURF is one of the best known and most beloved of our District presidents. Thetas everywhere will sympathize with her present sorrow, the death of her husband, Major Overturf, who only recently returned from overseas service, to succumb to pneumonia, February 5, at Camp Taylor, Kentucky. GAMMA PHI BETA in a recent Crescent described at length her new plan of alumnae organization. We have clipped freely from that article in this issue and commend to all of our alumnae the reading of the, same. In many ways the plan is strikingly similar to the one Theta adopted last summer too, in other ways it may have suggestions Theta could well adopt.
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ALUMNiE SECRETARY PLAN OF GAMMA PHI BETA (Compiled from the article Convention <md the alumnce in the Crescent, October 1919) “The working plans as they stand at present are as follows: A national Alumnae secretary is to be chosen. As one of her first duties she will have charge of the membership files and will keep a record of every girl who has ever signed the chapter roll of any Gamma Phi Beta chapter. “In order to facilitate the work of keeping these files up to date as well as the other duties of the office, sub district secre¬ taries were suggested — one to each alumnae district. A com¬ mittee was appointed at convention to set definite boundaries for alumnae districts.*** These twenty-two districts are known as alumme districts but are subject to redivision whenever a second alumnae chapter is formed in any one district. “All secretaries of active chapters, alumnae chapters, or alumnae associations in a district report membership, and alumnae pay dues through the alumnae secretary of that district. The secretary will also be in charge of all unaffiliated members living in her section. “The duties of the Alumnae secretary and her sub secretaries are : “1. Keeping membership files. To facilitate this the cor¬ responding secretaries of active chapters are required to send the names and addresses of all their members who have graduated or left college during that year to the Alumnae secretary by October. ‘ ‘ 2. Checking Crescent subscriptions and national dues. All alumnae dues are to be sent through the Alumnae secretary. According to Article 9 of our Rules and Regulations, as now amended, all Gamma Phi Betas who have graduated or left college are in duty bound to pay $2.00 a year to the national treasury for a period of at least five years in order to remain members in good standing. This will include Crescent when the Crescent subscription, which should be paid at initiation for five years, has run out. “3. The Alumnae secretary and her assistant secretaries shall cooperate with the visiting delegates in establishing and maintaining alumnae chapters and associations. “4. The Alumnae secretary shall send changes of address of alumnae to their active chapters, if such changes have been reported through other sources.
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Alumna secretary in r <£ B 237 The organization of this work by the Alumnae secretary and her twenty-two assistants will be no easy task, but once estab¬ lished should be mostly routine work. If Gamma Phi Beta means no more to you than your own college chapter then what you want is a local society, not a national organization. If you want a strong national to back you up, to help you over difficult places, and to which you can point with pride — a national that will give you a name worth offering to freshmen— then, do your part to make the national strong.*** The more one gives to Gamma Phi Beta the more one receives in return, but a few concrete examples. The Crescent is worth far more than one dollar a year in news of old friends. It brings, four times a year, items concerning your own univer¬ sity and chapter and many interesting things about other chap- ters, good articles of interest, and editorials that, well ! — you ought to read them! If your chapter doesn’t tell the things you’d like to hear, did it ever occur to you to write a polite note suggesting that news about such and such be incorporated in the next letter? When you were in college, can’t you remember how the Crescent editor longed for suggestions? “The college girl owes her loyalty to her chapter and univer¬ sity. The alumna is and should never be bound by her active chapter. She shoulcL have the national spirit. Her chapter is the district in which she lives and helping the active chapters within that district should be among her tasks. Her loyalty and interests in her own college chapter will only be increased by such a spirit. Through the Alumnae secretary, Gamma Phi Betas moving to new localities can be put in touch with other Gamma Phis there if only the rovers will report changes of address to the Alumnae secretary. When membership files are kept strictly to date, how easy to renew old friendships! Haven’t we all, at one time or another, wanted to get in touch with some Gamma Phi of whom we have lost track? The directory is a wonderful help in some cases — but how Gamma Phis do move about!*** Every district secretary will have the names of Gamma Phis in that district catalogued as follows: active college members, active alumnae chapter members, active alumnae association mem¬ bers, and unaffiliated members. Of all these there will be a further classification. First: Those alumnae out of college less than five years. (Of these we certainly should have 100% paid national members, for we have no Gamma Phis who are not loyal, have we?) Second: Those alumnae who subscribe to the
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238 Kappa Alpha Theta Crescent. (Let us make this 100% too.) Third: Those alumnae who are out of touch with Gamma Phi Beta and have lost inter¬ est. Here is the place for the district secretary to get busy and in some way reduce this number to the lowest per cent. Which district is going to contain the smallest number of non-interested Gamma Phi Betas? It is the secretary’s duty to find who they are and the duty of the one and all active college and alumnae Gamma Phi Betas in that district to help these non-interested ones to renew their interest. Alumnae Associations “Gamma Phi Beta associations in the past have been like Topsey — ‘They just grew.’ “Every association not only increases Gamma Phi spirit in its locality but it is a possibility for a future chapter. Definite rules for their organization were started at convention in August. The complete rules for organizing of Alumnae associations, their obligations and advantages, will undoubtedly be published with the new alumnae constitution, of which they form a part. “Sufficient to quote here a few of the major points: To become an association there should be a minimum of five mem¬ bers in the group. To organize, send request to Alumnae secre¬ tary with a list of charter members and the locality included in such a group. An association pays nothing to national to organ¬ ize but national dues ($2.00 which includes the Crescent sub¬ scription) , must be paid for all members. The Alumnae secretary makes the recommendation to the Grand council and if approved, the Grand council will recognize the association by placing its name on the chapter roll, by a voice in national affairs but no vote, and by a letter in the Crescent if so desired. All official communications, such as Council bulletins, will be sent to the associations. “All associations in a district with an established Alumnae chapter should be a part of that chapter if they so desire, with all the privileges of alumnae chapter members. To do this the association members should pay their national dues through the alumnae chapter treasury. They should not be called upon to pay full local dues to the alumnae chapter but should always bear their part in alumnae expenses such as convention delegate, endowment fund, or any national or local social service work. “When associations are in a district with no alumnae chapter every encouragement should be given the strongest association in that district to become the alumnae chapter for the district, thus
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Cooperation 239 giving the Gamma Phi Betas in that district the opportunity of holding national office and taking an active part in national affairs. Advantages of Being Organized as an Association “1. Periodical meetings with Gamma Phi Betas to increase Gamma Phi spirit. 11 2. To help the nearest college chapters through advice and suggestions, especially the names of possible new members. “3. Identified with any national Gamma Phi service, as endowment fund, Gamma Phi Beta A. C. A. scholarship or other social service work. “4. All associations will receive a visit from the visiting delegate, thereby getting first hand information about national and personal glimpses into many college chapter affairs. “5. A voice in national affairs but no vote. Advantages in Becoming an Alumnae Chapter “1* Vote in national affairs and at convention. 11 2. Members can hold national office. “3. Greater help and strength to national. “4 . Have greater freedom in shaping national policies. ” Elizabeth Bridge COOPERATION The California alumna chairmen wish to thank those chapters who have so kindly cooperated with them in making their card catalogue. The catalogue is an important step towards the ful¬ fillment of their alumna plans, and they are duly grateful for any assistance rendered. Furthermore, will you please keep them informed of any further removals of your various members to California. “ Cooperation is the key note to success” in the attainment of a more perfect unity between the alumna of any fraternity and that fraternity. If the state chairmen of Kappa Alpha Theta, the corresponding secretaries of both college and alumna chapters do their part in keeping each other informed as to residential changes of their members, the entire problem of keeping alumna definitely identified with the fraternity will be greatly simplified. Therefore California promises that she is ready to do her best in thus cooperating with the state chairmen, and corresponding secretaries, both college and alumna, of Kappa Alpha Theta, and sincerely hopes that they will respond in like. Edith Jordan Gardner and Bernice B. Tompkins , Chairmen for California
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IMPRESSIVE FACTS In 1917 the National Panhellenic Congress appointed a com¬ mittee to study the ratio of fraternity women in our colleges. The committee’s investigations as reported to the 1919 Congress showed that the ratio of fraternity women in proportion to non- fraternity women was a steadily decreasing one in many colleges, despite the increase in the size of fraternity chapters. We append the following extracts from the report as pre¬ sented in The Arrow of Pi Beta Phi, whose N. P. C. delegate, Dr Keller, was chairman of the committee. “The figures collected are based on returns from thirty-three colleges and universities, all which responded to the questionnaire submitted. “1. Number of women students varies from forty-three at Adrian college to 2,931 at University of California. “2. Number of fraternity women varies from twenty-six at Adrian college to 704 at University of California, the second highest being at Syracuse university with 455 fraternity women. “3. Number in a chapter varies from twelve at Bethany college to thirty-nine at the University of California and thirty- five at Syracuse university with twenty-two as an average. “4. The average percentage of fraternity women to non¬ fraternity women is about 33Vs%. “5. The total number of fraternity women from thirty-three colleges is 4,908 out of a total enrollment of 14,787 women. “6. Average size chapter compared to total enrollment in institution is highest at St. Lawrence university where the per¬ centage of fraternity women is 71 or 74 out of a total of 103, and lowest at the University of Cincinnati, Florida state college, and the University of California with a percentage of ten, twenty, and twenty-four, respectively. “(Statistics of this year from the universities of Minnesota and Wisconsin would place them in the same class with Univer¬ sity of California.) ” We further quote concerning this situation from an editorial in The Arrow: “These statistics deserve serious study by all fraternity members, particularly those who have from time to time been prone to criticize the policy of extension which has characterized all fraternities in recent years. The rapid growth of all educational institutions during the past decade and the phenomenal increase in the number of women registering in all colleges during the last four years has resulted in a great increase in the number of petitioning groups all over the country. Where fraternities are already fostered and approved by the college
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National Panhellenic 241 authorities the administration generally declares itself in favor of a larger representation of Greek-letter organizations in order that there may be equality of opportunity for membership, a state of affairs which cannot exist where the number of chapters is not proportionate to the enrollment of the institution.*** 1 1 At the close of the last college year there was only one large institution in the country, the University of California, which had local chapters of all the eighteen Panhellenic fraternities and the last chapter which made the number complete had been installed only a few months. At present, however, there are a number of institutions with a total enrollment warranting this full representation. “This subject received serious attention at the recent Pan¬ hellenic Congress held in Washington with the result that National Panhellenic has inaugurated a movement to foster a new national and to encourage more nationals to enter large and grow¬ ing institutions. After studying the problem thoroughly in the light of changing educational conditions, no fair-minded woman can fail to realize that a policy of conservative extension at the present time is not only desirable for every Greek-letter organiza¬ tion but is really necessary as a means of self-preservation.” NATIONAL PANHELLENIC We are fully aware that for this magazine to report in its March issue on the Congress that assembled last October, is to fall far short of our business as a distributor of news. There is a reason. Forms of the November issue were held open for a report that was put into a mail box in Washington, D. C. October 19 but that has never been seen or heard of since. To remedy this situation by a report in the January issue our Grand presi¬ dent devoted half of the Thanksgiving day holiday to a story of the congress. That story too was trusted to the mails of Washington and has never yet emerged therefrom. From our Exchanges it is evident that other magazines had better luck in getting copy, so we borrow for this issue from the succinct, definite report of Phi Mu in her Aglaia. Phi Mu, our thanks for this assistance ! Kappa Alpha Theta’s representatives at this Congress were Mrs Hope Davis Mecklin, retiring Grand president, delegate, and Miss Betty Newsom, newly elected Grand president, visitor. The Congress met in Washington, D. C. October 16-18, 1919. Like most of its predecessors this Congress generated much in the way of a Panhellenic spirit of cooperation, but little of tangible value in solving the grave problems confronting fraternities
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242 Kappa Alpha Theta today. Until the autocratic, ultra-conservative rule of “ unanim¬ ous consent” is abolished, N. P. C. will continue largely a “hope for better things. 9 ' From the Aglaia “The following recommendations were adopted: College Panhellenics “1. That the procedure necessary for the entrance of a chap¬ ter of an N. P. C. fraternity into the local Panhellenic be definitely stated in the constitution of N. P. C. “2. That N. P. C. delegates be responsible for their College Panhellenic representatives endorsing in their College Pan¬ hellenics, respectively, all rules and resolutions of N. P. C. per¬ taining to College Panhellenics. “3. That N. P. C. has jurisdiction over a broken pledge only when the following N. P. C. rule, which says “The proof of a girl's being pledged shall be a dated written statement signed by the pledge, and witnessed by a member of the chapter," is embodied in the College Panhellenic rules. General “1. That N. P. C. establish a national bureau for chaperons for fraternity houses, and that this bureau be advertised in the A. C. A. magazines, all women's fraternity magazines, and Banta’s Greek Exchange . “2. That it be recommended to the Grand presidents that the name National Panhellenic congress be changed to National Panhellenic conference. “3. That a copy of the N. P. C. constitution be furnished by N. P. C. to each Grand officer and to each chapter of the congress fraternities, the expense of same to be borne by the individual fraternities. “4. That printed copies of the recommendations adopted by the 16th N. P. C. be sent to the delegates for distribution among the chapters of each congress fraternity. “5. That a standing committee be appointed to assist local social units in colleges and universities in organizing national groups. “6. That the committee on Conference with college authori¬ ties be instructed to consider and bring about if possible, a con¬ ference of college authorities, alumni appointed by them, and officers of women’s and men's fraternities for the purpose of stimulating interest in a thinking citizenship. “7. That this congress refer to each of the N. P. C. frater¬ nities, through the Grand presidents, the consideration of the feasibility of each N. P. C. fraternity adopting the written pledge.
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A D. S. M. Theta 243 “ 8 . That a permanent editorial committee be appointed whose duties shall be to gather information relative to fraternities and edit articles for the public press, said articles to be published from time to time. “ Round table discussion on Organized social groups was led by Mrs Henry of Alpha Phi ; discussion on Vocational guidance was led by Dr Hopkins of Zeta Tau Alpha; discussion on The college and the fraternity was led by Dr Keller of Pi Beta Phi. Dean Wilbur of George Washington university, also, spoke on the latter subject. ‘ 4 These discussions were so very interesting and so highly stimulating that it was decided to arrange a program along such lines as these for every future meeting of the congress. “At the last session, all delegates present renewed their promise to bring, again, before the attention of their members the legislation concerning high school fraternities, the ruling to be interpreted as applying only to Greek letter organizations, sororities or fraternities in high schools, public or private.’ ’ A D. S. M. THETA PARIS, January 6. — Miss Maud Cleveland of Berkeley, Cali¬ fornia, a graduate .and member of the faculty of the University of California, was awarded the distinguished service medal today at the American Woman’s club for i ‘ conspicuous service” while serving as head of the Red Cross home communications depart¬ ment of the American Expeditionary forces. Miss Cleveland recently had charge at Brest of the war brides who married American soldiers and were brought to the em¬ barkation port preparatory to sailing for the United States. The medal was pinned on by Colonel Asa L. Singleton at the direction of Secretary of War Baker. The citation commended the work of Miss Cleveland at Brest in caring for the sick and wounded, assisting at night burials and communicating with relatives, and for her “ supreme exertion during the distressing epidemic of influenza and pneumonia from September to De¬ cember, 1918, when she rendered self-sacrificing services of the highest character.” In the Red Cross' casualty service Miss Cleveland was under fire at Mont Didier, where she was engaged in searching for the missing. — San Francisco Chronicle. Maude Cleveland, Omega, graduated B.L. from the Uni¬ versity of California in 1909. When she went abroad with the Red Cross in 1917 she was a director of physical education for women, at her Alma Mater. She is still in France, now with the Y. W. C. A.
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244 Kappa Alpha Theta COOPERATIVE COTTAGES AT MONTANA Provision has recently been made to aid a limited number of self-supporting girls who study at the University of Montana. In the fall of 1918 there was opened a home known as the Eloise Knowles Cooperative cottage, which has been completely furnished by the enterprising club women of the city of Missoula. Here ten girls are learning the valuable lessons of economy and cooperation. The house manager, usually a major in the depart¬ ment of home economics, assigns the various tasks, plans menus, looks after the marketing and the payment of all bills. Room rent to the amount of $8.00 a month is paid at the university office. The university in return provides for the payment of the house rent, light, fuel and telephone. Grocery bills are divided among the ten occupants, each paying her share to the house manager. Up to the present time the entire monthly expenditure of each girl has not exceeded $18.00. Those girls who live on ranches meet their apportionment in part by bringing farm produce — potatoes, apples, meat, etcetera. Many prepare jellies, canned fruit, and vegetables during the summer in anticipation of the winter’s need. These commodities are purchased at their market value and credited to the donor. Thus the girls receive the privilege of getting not only better food than that purchased at the local markets, but the rancher does not feel the pinch of spending actual money for his daughter’s education. The ‘‘Cottage girls” do all of the work connected with their housekeeping. They clean the house, cook, wash, take care of the lawn, etcetera, and in addition each girl earns an additional sum of money. Some do stenographic work, others act as student assistants, or care for children at night. During the past year another plan has been put into operation which not only helps the self-supporting girls but is also proving a boon to many an overworked and maid-less housewife. Lacking a furnished room, a widow who lives alone has opened her home to six girls, who, until this year, have given their entire services and time in exchange for “room and board.” These “Mitchell girls” get their own breakfasts and lunches cooperatively. At four o’clock when laboratories and classes are over, each girl repairs to the home where she is regularly employed. Here she spends three hours daily rendering various forms of domestic service. In return she receives her dinner and a sum of money large enough to cover room rent, breakfast, lunch and incidentals. At seven-thirty, she is free to use her time as she chooses. She is
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Overseas Record 245 not a “hired girl.” Her work ranks with that of stenographers and tutors. She is, so to speak, a professional woman. Cottage girls and Mitchell girls in the university are not oply self-supporting while getting their education, but they are also learning the valuable lessons of thrift and cooperation and are in no way sacrificing that vague and indefinite and yet so sacred thing known as college life. K. W. Jameson , Dean of Women OVERSEAS RECORD (Corrections and additions to list appearing in this magazine for November, 1919, and January, 1920.) BETA Ruth Frances Woodsmall: Y. W. C. A. Sailed for France July 21, 1918, returned to the U. S. in October 1919. Had vari¬ ous assignments, chief positions being in charge of Hostess house in Toul and later in Coblenz, Germany. At the latter place had the distinction of entertaining the “only known A. E. F. mother who has visited the Army of occupation.” Miss Woodsmall returned to France in December 21, 1919 and in January 1920 was appointed executive for the work the Y. W. C. A. is just starting in Serbia. (We regret that lack of space just now prevents the printing of some of the interesting reports and stories of Miss WoodsmalUs work.) RHO Helen Blish Bennett Brown : Red Cross. Canteen worker. Sailed April 9, 1919, returned to U. S. in August 1919. Stationed at Red Cross canteen next to the railroad station for the embarkation camp at St. Nazaire. Emma Sweezey: Red Cross. Nurse’s aid almost two years. As nurse’s aid stationed at a French hospital at Evreux. When this hospital closed in December 1918 entered the Canteen de¬ partment and was stationed at railroad station canteens first at Limoges, then at Bordeaux. Returned to America, September 1919. Marion Preece. Settlement work at St. Mihiel. SIGMA Louise von Gunten. Red Cross Secretary to base hospital unit 13, stationed at Limoges, from April 1918 to March 1919. Then transferred to unit 53 at Langres. Returned to Canada in July 1919. Ruth Brownell, Lambda, was a secretary with this same unit.
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AN ALtMI jJE CHAPTER AS LEADER FOR GROUPS THROUGHOUT THE STATE The alumnae chapter really needs something definite to do in order to keep up interest, in fact, to justify its existence. Now that the war is over, we have time to think of what value we may be to those around us. When our meetings are held merely to transact business and enjoy a good visit together, it seems almost selfish when we might be in touch with small groups of Thetas where no alumnae chapter is possible. While these small groups have no charter of their own still they could be in direct contact with Theta if they could be hono¬ rary members of some nearby alumnae chapter. The alumnae chapter would keep full minutes of each meeting and send them to the various affiliated groups, which in turn would send some report of what they were doing to each alumnae chapter meeting. Each small group might be assigned to one particular member of the alumnae chapter whose pleasant duty it would be to keep in contact with her group. In that way there would be no burden on any one and such general responsibility would create added interest and loyalty. After one is out of college, it doesn’t take long to loose all connection with Theta friends, if not living where one can keep in touch through an alumnae, or college, chapter. There is strength in numbers and every alumnae chapter needs the support of Thetas both in and out of town. Such group cooperation would strengthen not only the alumnae chapter but also the fraternity as a whole. Erma Jones York, Omaha Alumnae AMERICA BEHIND IN THE ART TRAINING ESSENTIAL IN INDUSTRY This may be encouraging news to some of our girls seeking vocational expres¬ sion of their artistic urge. “ America is an industrial nation without an industrial art,” declared Dr James P. Haney, director of art in the high schools of New York City, in an address given by him under the auspices of the Art Institute of Chicago on April 17. “We have the talent,” he stated, “but it has not the training. This country has never awakened to its need for trained designers. We have schools for the training of painters and architects, but no great group of public schools like those of continental countries, prepared to give fundamental instruction in the design and craftsmanship of the art trades. This lack on our part is going to cost us dear in the world-wide reconstruction of trade following the war.” Discussing the necessity of training talent drawn from our own schools, Dr Haney said :
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Art training in industry 247 “The war has pressed the term ‘ industrial art school ’ to attention. Our art industries have begun to feel the lack of trained talent. The war has acted to curtail their supply of needed designs. Skilled artists and artisans have been taken from their studios and they have been unable to find others to fill the vacancies. “France and England are now doing all that they can to conserve every ounce of their own talent and prepare it for the commercial struggle coming with the peace treaty. “America in the years to come will have to depend upon her own resources in the industrial arts. Foreign states can no longer supply her with designers, but foreign states can and do show the steps by which these designers may be trained/ 9 In discussing the many trades that need designers, Dr Haney said: “An examination of our art institutes shows more than 100 trades that require trained designers. Certain of these will be found in a great group under the heading of textile workers, rug and carpet weavers, and linoleum makers. Another group will be found under graphic arts — printing, lithography, commercial designs, makers of posters, and of book covers. The metal¬ working division includes silversmiths and goldsmiths, bronze workers, and designers of lighting fixtures. The wood-working group takes in carvers, cabinetmakers, and designers of furniture and picture frames. “Novelty work embraces designers for boxes, toys, Christmas cards, and leather work, while costume design includes a large group, with tailors and dressmakers on one side and theatrical costumers on the other. “The interior decorators form a division in themselves with a dozen departments, all requiring trained talent. There are besides a score of miscellaneous trades: China decoration, lace making, enameling, wall-paper making, millinery, embroidery, stonecutting, and mosaic work. Each one of the trades has a design technique of its own, and for each the designer must have some general preparation, followed by specific training in the business itself. “The general industrial art school is one which admits its pupils at the age of 16 or 17 and keeps them for three or four years in a course offering all forms of practice in drawing, design, and color. After this preparatory work the student pursues two years of special training as a designer for a particular industry/ 9 Dr Haney outlined the characteristics of the two types of art school needed — the “general” industrial art school and the * * special ’ ’ school. He said :
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248 Kappa Alpha Theta “Besides the general industrial art school special schools are needed in special industries— in the printing trades, in the interior decorating trades, and others for the training of costume designers, illustrators, millinery workers, and those connected with the art of dress. “The special art school differs from the general art school in that its advanced courses, instead of presenting opportunities for training in half a dozen different crafts, offers these opportunities in a number of related subjects, all dealing with the one art par¬ ticularly fostered by the school.” Trade cooperation is one of the things most essential for suc¬ cess according to Dr Haney. In this connection he said : “Essential to the success of the industrial art school is the cooperation of representative members of the trade. Committees of these members must be formed through their respective societies and must lend active support to the school. Without this support the school can never be closely in touch with the needs of the trade. With it there will be constantly brought to the school's studies the practical point of view of the man in active business. “This establishment of trade committees to mediate between school and business life is one of the most certain methods of insuring the school's prosperity. To succeed, the industrial art school must have the backing of the manufacturing class. Not only must there be committees from the trades but there must be scholarships offered in the trades so that graduate students leav¬ ing the industrial art school can at once find openings paying a living wage to the beginner. These trade scholarships will materially aid in taking care of the product of the school, and the manufacturers will in time come to look upon the school as the proper source from which to draw new blood to their studios. ' ' In speaking of the support necessary, Dr Haney said : ‘ ‘ For the support of the industrial art school different agents are needed. Part of the support will undoubtedly come from the city, but part should also be secured from the state. Massachu¬ setts has for many years carried forward a normal school of art with state funds, and Pennsylvania a school of textile working and of industrial design under similar auspices. In addition, the United States government now is enabled, through the Vocational educational law, to appropriate money for vocational education. Education in the industrial arts is unquestionably one form of training which is contemplated under this act, and the govern¬ ment should be called upon to aid in supporting the needed schools.'' — Vocational Summary , June 1919.
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Y. W. C. A. AS A VOCATION To the young college alumna who finds in girls something to interest her — be they old or young, rich or poor, educated or uneducated, American or foreign and who cares that all girls have a chance to live “the life more abundant” the Y. W. C. A. as a vocation offers a varied field from which to choose. If she is athletic and loves to lead in games and out door sports, and has ever stopped to think that life seems a little uneven because she has had so much in college and Sara Jones who stood ahead of her in her average in the eighth grade but had to stop school to work in a factory — well — perhaps this young alumna would like to become a recreation leader in some industrial center where many Sara Jones may come at the close of a long day away from the whirr of machinery which has been turning out food or clothes for her to enjoy, to a bright homey place to have a shower bath and just revel in the easy chairs and writing tables. One mother said “My Mary sleeps better since she has been going to your place.” No wonder, her tired body and brain had found relaxation in the clever games and parties which the recreation leader put on and in the very atmosphere of the place. If the young alumna has spent all her life except those four glorious years in college in the village of Podunk or on a farm and remembers the monotony of the long summer months with no more excitement than going to see the train come in ; and the lonely winter evenings when there was “nothing doing” perhaps she will want to be one of those county secretaries who with her headquarters in the county seat and with a faithful ‘ ‘ tin, Lizzy 1 9 will go out to the various Y. W. C. A. clubs of girls all over the county sharing with them in gymnasium clubs or domestic art clubs or current events clubs some of the abundance of her four college years. Perhaps the young alumna remembers that fall day when she said good-bye to her high-school chum and started gaily off for college while the chum departed for the near-by city to take a position as a stenographer because her father could not afford to send her to college. The four years passed : the young alumna is radiant and full of health which regular exercise in the ‘ ‘ gym ’ y has helped to give her; the stenographer friend has lost her freshness. But she too may gain it back as others have done in the city Y. W. C. A. “gym” where night after night the finest types of college women are leading gymnasium classes for girls who stoop over desks or stand behind counters all day. i
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250 Kappa Alpha Theta It may be the young alumna has a special gift with younger girls from ten to sixteen. Then to her will appeal the blue tri¬ angle of the Girl Reserves and in some city association she will find a place for every gift she has developed or undeveloped — in her leadership with grade school and high school girls and the young employed girls. Possibly at some time she watched those picturesque groups walk up the gang plank at Ellis Island and ever since has been haunted by the wistful and frightened eyes of that Italian girl who understood not a word of English but had come to make her home in the land of her dreams. The young alumna may find her vocation as a Y. W. C. A. secretary in the foreign¬ speaking section of some large city where she will work with her foreign sisters in their homes, trying to interpret to them not only the American language but American life and ideals. If our young alumna in her undergraduate days was first stirred out of a life of self-interest to a life more abundant through the work in a settlement planned by the social service committee of the student association or if she found in that same association and through the radiant faith of the student secretary an answer to her doubts and a building again of her faith shattered by the war and its sorrows she may want to help bring to other college girls as a student secretaiy what has meant worlds to her. These are only a few of the opportunities which the Y. W. 0. A. offers as a profession for women, not only in this country but in Europe, South America and the Orient. A sophomore once said to a traveling secretary who was talk¬ ing to her about the association as a vocation ^es it is awfully interesting and I’d love it but you see I shall have to make my own living.” The Y. W. C. A. believes “the laborer is worthy of his hire” and the salaries compare very favorably with other professions. - What is known as the first year training may be completed in three months at a very nominal expense. Further training to be taken at the National training school in New York City comes after the secretary has completed some years of successful "° Perhaps there is no profession for women which develops more fully every side of a woman’s nature or demands more of the best in her physically, intellectually and spiritually than the Young Women’s Christian association. Lucy Y. Riggs, Kappa
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THETAS IN NATIONAL Y. W. C. A. WORK (The compiler of this list would welcome additions and corrections; also data for a similar list concerning Thetas who are employed officers in Y. W. C. A. local offices. Send such information in care of the magazine, 15 East av. Ithaca, N. Y. This list aims to be correct to February 1, 1920.) Anastasia Coady, Chi, Distribution secretary in publicity section, Headquarters staff. Mrs Linda Spence Brown, Alpha Theta, Field representative in recruiting. Florence Simms, Alpha, Industrial work in department of research and method. Oolooah Burner, Alpha, Religious work with students in department of research and method. Mary E. Weisel, Alpha Rho, a student field secretary, North¬ eastern field. Constance Ball, Alpha Beta, a student field secretary, Central field. Lucy Y. Riggs, Kappa, a student field secretary, South central field. Lily B. Campbell, Alpha Theta, executive, Southwestern field. Corinne Breeding, Alpha Omicron, office executive, South¬ western field. Mary I. Bentley, Omega, executive, Pacific coast field. Workers in Europe France — Day Monroe, Alpha Upsilon Agnes Amis, Alpha Eta Maude Cleveland, Omega Italy — Tirza Dinsdale, Alpha Psi Czecho-Slovakia — Alpha Buse, Alpha Nu Serbia — Ruth Woodsmall, Beta and Rho American Secretaries on the Foreign Field China — Alice Anderson, Sigma Ruth M. White, Chi, Tientsin Japan — Mary C. Baker, Phi, Yokohama RECENT EXTENSION Kappa Kappa Gamma — University of Arizona, Jan. 4, 1920, making a total of 46 active college chapters. Pi Beta Phi — Cornell university, June 14, 1919 ; Oklahoma agricultural and mechanical college, Aug. 19, 1919 ; Beloit college, Aug. 20, 1919, making a total of 60 active college chapters. Gamma Phi Beta — University of Toronto, Oct. 30, 1919, making a total of 24 active college chapters. Phi Mu — University of Indiana, Feb. 8, 1920, making a total of 31 active college chapters. Delta Zeta — Oregon agricultural college, April 24, 1919, making a total of 21 active college chapters.
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THE AFFILIATE IN THE CHAPTER Theoretically there should be no question of the affiliate and her adopted chapter; in reality there not infrequently arise difficulties which endanger the happiness of the transfer and create in the chapter itself a sentiment distinctly averse to wel¬ coming girls from other chapters. Such difficulties decidedly interfere with our maintaining a truly national ideal. Any prejudice against either chapter or transfer which is fostered through misunderstanding and wounded feelings is inimical to the welfare of the fraternity at large. Probably the majority of girls in our chapters do not appre¬ ciate the extremely delicate position of the transfer. She is a new student at the university, and may know no one, but because she is already a member of a fraternity, she is excluded from the possibilities of a rush which in itself makes it possible for the freshman to meet and become acquainted with many of the older girls and also is an open sesame to girls of her own class. The affiliate is, in the first and loneliest days, restricted to her own fraternity, and she must depend on it for her welcome and initiation into things both collegiate and fraternal. If our chap¬ ters could realize and appreciate what an opportunity for kind¬ ness is theirs in making easy these first days when the new sister cannot refrain from being homesick for her own chapter where she had made her place and was intimately connected with its life. The affiliates share in the blame also, they are too prone to have their feelings wounded at unintended slights, which develops a tendency to withdraw from active interest in chapter life, and to sit on the side lines and criticize. Sometimes the breach through tact on both sides, closes ; in other instances it grows so wide that the affiliate cuts herself entirely off from her adopted chapter thus losing what should be among the dearest of college experi¬ ences, her fraternity life. I heard one girl, who was truly interested in Theta, say of the chapter she ought to have been connected with ‘‘I enjoy meeting Thetas, and talking about the fraternity, but as far as knowing what is going on since I left my own chapter, I might as well not belong. I really don’t know all of the girls in this chapter to speak to.” Can we still claim to be a truly successful national, while some of our members have such experiences? But would they have such experiences if the chapter and its affiliates had a mutual desire to work together? Both have failed, somewhat, in their duty and loyalty to the fraternity.
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Alumna club 253 The college chapter, on the other hand, is not the hard and selfish affair that the homesick transfer paints it. Too often it is thoughtless, if well meaning. With rushing season, and getting launched in the college year the new sister is quite unintentionally overlooked, the thought being that “she ought to come to the house” after she has been welcomed. Many difficult situations would never occur if the transfer would determine that she would be as much interested in the new chapter as she was in the old, that she was going to like the girls just as well, and that she was not going to criticize. Let the chapter assume that the affiliate is a Theta, and therefore worth knowing, and that she is one of them as much as if they had initiated her. There is no way in which our national strength is so well pro¬ claimed as by the transfers which represent our various chapters. They have much to give in return for the new friendships and extension of fraternity privileges which the chapter offers. The earnest desire on both sides to so cooperate that Theta may be stronger and better cannot fail to accomplish just that result. Kappa Alpha Theta is not limited to the individual college chap¬ ter, one of her greatest blessings being that there are in various colleges, groups of girls who bear her name, and who are con¬ nected by bonds of loyalty, intelligence and similarity in ideals. Let it be every Theta’s privilege and delight to keep the bond between our chapters ever bright and strong, for only in our thought for our fraternity can we repay her for the many benefits we have enjoyed at her hands. Bernice B. Tompkins , Phi PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA, ALUMNiE CLUB Kappa Alpha Theta alumnae who live at Stanford and in Palo Alto, have organized a club where they may discuss fra¬ ternity problems that arise at Stanford university. The need for such an organization is particularly urgent at this time, because the president of the university, Dr Ray Lyman Wilbur, and Miss Harriett Bradford, Dean of women, declare that it is their intention to remove the various women’s fraternities from their chapter houses, and to place them in dormitories, this to be accomplished as soon as the university has the necessary funds. Such an action is looked upon by fraternity members as inimical to the fraternity idea, and Theta alumnae living in the vicinity feel that by organizing they may become better acquainted with existing conditions, and aid in the solution of this very grave problem. Bernice B . Tompkins
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AFTER PLEDGING— WHAT? Perhaps one of the most perplexing problems a chapter has to face, after the agony of rushing season has been survived, is what to do with the pledges. Especially perplexing is this prob¬ lem in colleges where pledges cannot be initiated until a long time after they have been pledged. The great danger is that these inexperienced young things, not yet in a position to realize the noble things Theta stands for, ^ may fall into the faults so often attributed to fraternity women by outsiders. They wear their pledge buttons which are just as effective in separating them from the non-fraternity women in college as real fraternity pins are, and have not the counterbalance of Theta ideals of democracy and helpfulness to others. In short they may display the demerits without the merits of fraternity life. Here are a number of girls the chapter has chosen with love and (more or less, too often less) careful thought to be members of our fraternity, girls who are in college representing Theta and yet who know practically nothing of what Theta means. How can they be made to realize what Theta expects of them while they are still pledges ? Where there are a large number of pledges it is difficult to make them feel close to the chapter and to every girl in the chap¬ ter. There is a tendency to feel “out of it” and to drift away. How can we bring the pledges near to the chapter? Perhaps this distant feeling is mainly because the pledges really are not very well acquainted with the chapter girls. This is apt to be the case especially where a chapter is large and where the rushing season is short — matriculation pledge or only a few days rush. % Pledges in our chapters now hold regular meetings, the pur¬ pose of which is to keep them in touch with the chapter, to give them some idea of the meaning of Thetahood, to help them become good campus citizens, and to get them acquainted with each other. It would be interesting to know how each chapter works out the plan and with what results. The Ten Commandments in the twentieth century, by Oolooah Burner, talks in human tones to college students. If you have been dozing when the Ten Commandments were read in chapel, you’ll be given such a sure guide to conscience-searching that you won’t doze again. Are your “ other gods” personal comforts or money or good clothes? Do you honor your father and mother? “Are your letters home duty letters or money letters or friendly letters? Compare the epistles you write home with those you write to your most interesting friends. Which would you rather read? On which do you spend most time? Why?” Does “Thou shalt not steal” begin to prick your conscience when it includes time, when it includes taking a college office for which you are not fitted, just for the glory that is in it? — Book Review in The Association Monthly . (Miss Burner is a member of Alpha chapter of Kappa Alpha Theta.)
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THE OPENING OF “CAMP PANHELLENIC” The College Fraternity Girls’ Camp in the Great Pine Woods of the North Girls who are planning their summer vacation will be inter¬ ested in the opening of an interfraternity camp. The camp is situated on a hundred acre tract of timbered land on the northeast shore of Washington island, Wisconsin, which is in the door of Green Bay and Lake Michigan. The camp site is individually marked by its unique location ; on the east are the rocky shores of Lake Michigan, on the north an unbroken outlook over Green Bay, on the west the sanded beach of a quiet harbor. The rare scenic combination forms an interesting background for the activities of camp life, which include hiking over the natural timbered trails, over-night camping trips, swimming, canoeing, fishing, and all outdoor sports, with facilities for inter¬ fraternity competition on the athletic fields, and tennis courts. All sports will be efficiently coached and supervised by competent instructors. Special attention will be given to aesthetic dancing. The Lodge is in keeping with its rustic setting and is built of rough stone and logs, and is constructed with an idea of simplicity and comfort, and merely forms the central point around which to live a healthy, happy out-of-door life. The logs in the walls are left untouched and together with the structural timbers of the roof bring the beauty of the outdoors to the interior. Around the living-room are birch railed balconies which give access to inside and outside sleeping quarters. The camp not only solves the vacation problem, but will be the means of bringing together girls from different fraternities and different colleges, where the spirit of cooperation and democracy will be accentuated by living out in the open and sharing the same camp-fire. It affords a retreat from the daily routine of college life, a relief from the conventional summer resort ; renews energy for the coming year, revives old friendships and creates new ones, the whole making a harmonious summer healthful, recreative and social. (Published at request of the camp’s directors. For detailed information address: Gladys R. Dixon, Director physical education, Washington university, St. Louis Mo or Ruth Siefkin, 162 N. Hillside av. Wichita, Kan.) IDAHO GETS CHARTER Grand council announces the granting of a Charter for the establishment of Beta Theta chapter at the University of Idaho. Installation will be in April, probably.
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CHAPTER NEWS ALPHA— DE PAUW UNIVERSITY Alpha has long looked forward to her fiftieth anniversary and now that it is over she will long look back to> it and remember it. Owing to insufficient accommodations in Greencastle, the celebra¬ tion was held in the Riley room at the Claypool hotel in Indianapolis. We were so glad, too, to have Miss Green with us for two days the following week. The new semester began February 2, but the first semester grades have not yet been received. Fraternity elections were held February 9. Cassandra Love took a leading part in the last Duzer Du Play. Vera Bates has been elected to the W. A. A. Board. 3 February 1920 Margaretta Stevenson ’17 Florence Heritage has distinguished herself in the swimming meet at Columbia university. She won 13 out of the 29 points awarded. Mrs William Hough of Greenfield acted as temporary chaperon the week-end of Feb. 6. Ethel Arnold Tildon (Mrs Francis) has been elected alumna Panhel- lenic representative of this chapter. Mary Gainey Biddles (Mrs James) will act as substitute until Mrs Tildon returns from Florida where she is spending the winter. ’15 Estelle Love is teaching in Missoula, Mont. BETA— INDIANA UNIVERSITY District I celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of Theta at luncheon in the Riley room of the Claypool, Indianapolis, Satur¬ day, January 17. The entire personnel of Alpha, Beta, Gamma and Alpha Chi were present. Alpha Eta was unable to be with us. We were pleased to entertain our Grand secretary, L. Pearle Green, from Tuesday until Wednesday evening following the luncheon and hope she will pay us another visit when examina¬ tions aren’t with us. 5 February 1920 Blendean J. Clute
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Chapter news 257 Mr and Mrs Henry Miller (Ruth Herdrick) are living in Phoenix, Ariz. *21 Esther Smiley, Tau, has been affiliated. 1 21 Helen Gilbert has returned after a semester at Northwestern. *21 Marjorie Kunkel will spend the spring semester in New York. ’22 Victoria Gross will not be in college spring semester. Freida Hershey is attending Radcliffe. Josephine Hatch is attending Simmons college, Boston. '19 Cornelia Shirk is spending the winter in Florida. ’17 Katherine Rawles is acting as nurse in the “flu” epidemic at Wellesley. ’21 Magdalene Mitchell will not be in college this semester. GAMMA— BUTLER COLLEGE As we look back through the last few months of activities, three large letters, K A © in gold, stand out and signify for us the golden anniversary of Theta. We were indeed fortunate, for we had as our guests, Miss Betty Newsom, Miss Mary Ashby, Miss L. Pearle Green, Mrs Betty Locke Hamilton, one of our founders, and the president of District I, Miss Grace Philputt. Alpha, Beta and Alpha Chi chapters celebrated with us and as we entered the Riley room of the Claypool hotel, we truly felt that we were going to the best birthday party ever given. After it was all over, we tried to decide what we had enjoyed the most and we agreed that the opportunity we had had for getting acquainted with our grand officers was the best of all. We are now anxiously awaiting the outcome of our marks for the last semester and the next time you hear from us we will either be in a state of ecstatic joy or we will be in the very deeps of woe. 2 February 1920 Meta Lieber Married, Sept. 7, 1919, Mary K. O ’Haver and Harold Paul Ousley ’14, Illinois. Address: 1567 N. Parkway Drive, Memphis, Tenn. Born to Mr and Mrs Russel Bosart (Helen Reed) a daughter, Helen Margaret. Gamma announces the initiation of Dorothy Wilson of Arizona. *21 Gladys Wamsley has announced her engagement to Russel Koehler, A T A. ’21-ex Constance Warren has gone to Mt. Holyoke college, where she will take up particularly the study of art. We have pledged Helen Kinnard of Pendleton, and Josephine Davis, a former pledge of Alpha. DELTA— UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS After an extended Christmas vacation, due to the fuel shortage, Delta is again pushing on with high hopes and ambi^
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258 Kappa Alpha Theta tions for a successful year. Semester examinations are approach¬ ing and everyone is unusually busy. Even campus activities have slackened somewhat until after the semester closes. The “flu” epidemic has broken out in the Twin Cities, but as yet there are few cases in the university. College dances have been prohibited for a time and every precaution is being taken to prevent the spread of the disease among the students. On Tuesday, January 27, 1920, Delta alumnae entertained the college chapter at dinner at the house. Many alumnae were able to come and the event was a real i ‘get together/ ’ At this time the chapter girls became acquainted with several new Thetas who have come to Illinois either as faculty or taking graduate work. Delta takes pleasure in announcing the pledging of Aenid Tankersley of Chicago, Illinois. With the beginning of the new semester the girls are plan¬ ning to re-furnish the “den.” The room is in need of improve¬ ment and the seniors and freshmen plan to combine their gift funds, thus making it possible to get a few new things for the chapter house. Junior Prom which comes February 6 is one of the most important festivities of the year. The whole university is looking forward to a good time. Delta is expecting several alumnae back over Prom week-end. The testing of the honor system during examinations is one of the greatest interests of all college students at present. Dur¬ ing the year this system, which is being tried for the first time at Illinois, has proved successful. It is the hope of every student to prove to the university authorities that it will stand the test of final examinations. With such active interest on the part of the students in the system, it seems unquestionable that the honor system will soon become a fixed thing in the university. Char¬ lotte Ward, our president, is a member of the girls honor com¬ mission. The duty of this commission is to try all cases and decide the penalty. 1 February 1920 Virginia Dee Frisbee '19-ex Virginia E. Russell was married to Byron Bilderback ’18-ex, X B, Oct. 10, 1919. Address: Danville, Ill. '19 Nelle B. Flatt was married to Willard Goodman of Champaign, Jan. 27, 1920. >20 Harriet Halliday announced her engagement to Philip King, A K E, at the chapter house after Christmas vacation. '17 Faith Swigart has announced her engagement to John McKeown, <fr T.
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Chapter news 259 ’18 Dorothy Doty was married to Frank Murphy, 4> A 0, Dec. 23, 1919. Mr and Mrs Murphy are living in Houston, Tex. ’19 Harriet Burnap visited the chapter after Christmas vacation. Harriet is teaching in Alton high school. ETA— UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN We are feeling very much elated just at present over the publication of the revised scholarship chart with our name at the head of the list. We are grateful to the seniors of last year for their contributions to our high standing. We have been much interested in the selection of the cast for the Junior girls’ play. Five of our girls, Marian Spaulding, Grace Olmacher, Jean Wallace, Irene Peers, and Helen Jean Fischer, tried out successfully for it. Helen Jean Fischer is on the business committee. Several girls are going out for basketball, and we are hoping to gain places on the class teams. Elsa Oiesen was captain of the freshman hockey team this fall. Isabella Swan, Dorothy Spaulding, and Helen Mac Intosh were on the freshman spread committee. We had a lovely Christmas party just before the holidays. Our nicest gifts were a beautiful fillet centerpiece for our dining¬ room table from our chaperon, Mother Vedder, three dozen nap¬ kins from the freshmen, and a new' bathroom rug from Gertrude Gripman. After the gifts had been distributed we were enter¬ tained by an impromptu dramatization of Stephen Leacock’s Caroline’s Christmas . Michigan is proud of its beautiful new library which was opened for use on January 7. 31 January 1920 Beulah Brown ’21 Margaret Van Sickle was married Dec. 13 to Francis Phelps, in New York at the Little Church around the Corner. ’19 Dorothy Newell has announced her engagement to Dr Parker Heath. Margaret Armstrong Shelden has visited her sister Faith several times. Gertrude Gripman graduated at Christmas time and is teaching in Coldwater. ’21 Eugenia Wentzy was married to Mr Harold Oliver Gray, Jan. 10. Mildred Crissey was married to Mr DeButts, Dec. 24. They are living in Tulsa, Okla. ’21 Cornelia Clark has announced her engagement to Mr Stanley New- hall M3, A T. Gertrude Gripman has announced her engagement to Robert Wright '20. M4 Marion Peterson is now dietician at the Swedish hospital, Minne¬ apolis. Address: 800 5th st. S. E. M4 New address of Margaret Irving Wallace (Mrs Jas. J.) is Linda Vista Farms, R. F. D. 2, Newcastle, Pa.
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260 Kappa Alpha Theta >14 Born to Mr and Mrs Ray Gripman (Ruby Severance) in Aug. 1919, a son. >15 Helen Norse is on the editorial staff of the Journal of the Ameri¬ can Medical association. Address: 5503 Hyde Park Blvd. Chicago, Ill. >15 Genevieve Riggs Thom (Mrs Wm.) has a second daughter, Harriet. ’15 Ellen Sargent is in Oak Park, Ill. this year. ’13-ex Mr and Mrs E. S. Barber (Margaret Weart) have twin sons, Thomas and Edward. >15 The new address of Annie Williams McCormick (Mrs W. S.) is 14314 Superior rd. Cleveland, Ohio. Olivia Williams Davis has a new daughter, Dorothy. Helen Post Steele (Mrs Walter) has a new address — 2702 Sheridan rd. Evanston, Ill. Helen Feldkamp is doing social service work in Chicago. >17 Mildred Morse is office manager for a large firm of attorneys. Address: 5503 Hyde Park Blvd. Chicago, Ill. IOTA— CORNELL UNIVERSITY No letter received. February 14, 1920. KAPPA— UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS December was quite crowded with good times for us, since it contained both the freshman farce and our Christmas dinner. The farce, a well worked up pantomime, in which the freshmen impersonated us during our trials and tribulations of rushing season, brought forth gales of laughter from us upperclassmen as the veiled sarcasm found its mark. At our dinner, a fancy dress party, there stepped many gallants, ,from foreign ambas¬ sadors to tough cowboys, while even Buster Brown and Red Emma Goldman attended and danced with us until late at night. In order to better preserve the memory of these illustrious visitors we took many flashlight pictures. In January we found wonderful recreation in the lovely Founders ’-day banquet in Kansas City. Unfortunately, the chapter is losing six girls this midterm: Margaret Ramseyer, Gladys Long, Laura Jackman, Helen Silver, Frances Phipps, Ruth Kirk and Frances Strickland. However, Mildred Schwinn and Lois Hampton are returning to college and at the opening of the semester we pledged two fine girls, Katherine Myers of Kansas City, and Dorothy Cochran of Wichita. 1 February 1920 Edna Rising Mrs Clyde W. Simons has a new baby daughter. Bom to Mr and Mrs Ray Folks (Frances Sawyer) a daughter, Nancy, Dec. 29, 1919.
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Chapter news 261 Born to Mr and Mrs Chas. Nesbit (Irma Wilhelmi) a daughter, Usa. Married, Lila Atkinson to Alex Creighton, A T A, the middle of Janu¬ ary. Lydia Tomlinson (Mrs Ayers McKinney) is now living in Kansas City, Mo. Katherine Stone has returned to Kansas City from Washington, D. C. Katherine Keizer has recovered from her recent illness. LAMBDA— UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT How does it feel to be fifty years old ? Lambda is very proud to have a part in this Jubilee year. Dr Rosalie Morton of New York spoke at the college in behalf of the Serbian students which she is trying to place. The girls ’ Student union voted to undertake the support of two girls with the help of Miss Bertha Terrill, head of the Home economics department. The girls are expected soon. Dean Wasson and the girls of the senior honorary society, Akraia, have organized a system of upperclass advisors for the freshman girls. It is a sort of continuation of the Big Sister movement, to help every freshman become acquainted with everybody else and with Vermont. Also, since good snowshoeing began there have been two meet¬ ings of a new outing club, snowshoeing and skiing parties. The literary club, started early in the college year, has had two splendid meetings since the Christmas holidays. The Current Events department is especially popular just at present. 2 February 1920 Mary Bishop The younger alumnre at Burlington held an informal meeting during the Christmas holidays. , 77 Married — Florence Crooker to Louis Shaw. *09 Born to Mr and Mrs Stanley G. Judd (Marion Dane) a son, James Malcom. Sarah Eno is now a member of the library staff of the University of Minnesota. MU— ALLEGHENY COLLEGE To begin where we left off in the last letter, the fraternity’s Christmas presents were — $15 from the seniors and an electric iron from the juniors. On January 17 the chapter entertained with a formal danc¬ ing party at Saegertown Inn. Dean Spalding and Professor Ward were the chaperons. Everything went wrong for a week before the party, but finally everything came out right and we all thought it a great success, as did Elizabeth Burwell ’20 and
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262 Kappa Alpha Tlieta Mary Flahaven ’17, our alumnae guests. The programs were little black leather ones with gold KA0 monograms. We announce the election of Susan Jenkins ’20, to Phi Beta Kappa in October, a special honor in that it was received at the end of her junior year. Yesterday there came a Round robin letter from the girls of ’19. It was such fun to read ; some are married, some teaching, and some in other lines of work; all vitally interesting to us because in a year or two we too will be out in the world facing the same problems. At the semi-annual meeting of the trustees of the college, President William H. Crawford resigned, the resignation to take effect June 30, 1920. Dr F. M. Clark, Delta Upsilon and Phi Beta Kappa, from Wesleyan college has been added to our fac¬ ulty in the capacity of Chemistry instructor. Doris Gamble ’20 and Harriet Dunn ’20 attended the Found¬ ers J-day luncheon in Pittsburgh. We are receiving affirmative answers everyday to initiation invitations. Already we know of twenty alumnae who will be here. We- are looking forward to the event with anticipation and will tell all about it in the next letter. 3 February 1920 Mary Hilderband >18 Bom to Mr and Mrs Robert Yoste (Adelaide Singley) a son, Lloyd Singley Yoste, Dec. 30. >15 Mu sympathizes with Mr and Mrs Paul Johnston (Dorothea Abrams) in the death of their son, Edward James. >88 Address Mrs W. P. Murray (Florence Sullivan) at 212 Greever st. Kane, Pa. ’17 Mary Flahaven and ’20 Elizabeth Burwell spent the week-end Jan. 18 with the chapter. OMICRON— UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Our little old friend Cupid has been conducting a successful rushing season among the girls of Omicron, as you can see by reading the names of the pledges to the matrimonial fraternity in the footnotes. Announcement parties, showers and wed¬ dings, with all the excitement and thrills that go with them, have been the order of the day. In spite of all this we have been able to engage in a few other activities. Before Christmas vacation we gave a dance at the chapter house with a tree, stockings full of candy, mistletoe and everything that goes to make a real party. Helen Grant, Omega, was present.
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Chapter news 263 Few fraternities on the campus ever open their houses to the university students, so Theta has taken the lead and on Sunday afternoon January 25, we had open house for all the students and faculty, the affair was such a success that we are planning to repeat it once a month. We celebrated Founders '-day at a lovely banquet given at the Mary Louise by the Los Angeles alumnae chapter. Phyllis Brennan and Dorothy Woods, Beta Delta, and Jean Egbert, Delta, have been enjoying some of our good times with us. Shortly after Christmas the freshmen gave a little vaudeville of songs and stunts for the upperclassmen and presented the chapter with a lovely fern. Betty Hughes has been elected vice-president of the senior class. The University of Southern California is looking forward to next year when the new administration building now being con¬ structed will be completed. It will contain the offices and an auditorium with a seating capacity of over 2,000. Theta sub¬ scribed toward the endowment fund, so we are particularly in¬ terested in the building. A new library will also be built by next year. 2 February 1920 Elizabeth Hughes i *18 Born in December to Mr and Mrs Howard Wells (Margaret John¬ son) a daughter. *18 Daisyolah Wilson Smith (Mrs F. M.) is living in Tropico, Cal. Alice Clare Brown was married to Douglas Baker, Dec. 31. Born Jan. 29 to Mr and Mrs Maffeo (Mary McDermitt) a daughter, Minnie Elizabeth. *19 Iola McCrea has announced her engagement to Wayne Burns. They will be married in April. '21 Esther Wilson and Raymond Petitfils were married Jan. 23. '21 Margaret McKee was married to Sam Glasgow, 2 X, Dec. 23. They are living in Hollywood. J ane Thompson has announced her engagement to Charles Locke, A T A. Julia Shepardson has announced her engagement to Herbert Parker, 2 X. Mrs W. S. Bovard was a delegate from this university to the biennial convention of the National association of college women, meeting in Chi¬ cago, Nov. 17-19.
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264 Kappa Alpha Theta RHO— UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA Theta's Golden Jubilee found us in the midst of final exami¬ nations and at the beginning of a most thrilling rushing season. January 31, we pledged two splendid girls, Margaret Harris of Alliance and Florence Hawley of Nebraska City. Our annual Christmas Party, December 15, was as much fun as ever. Margaret Howes, as Santa Claus distributed the ten cent gifts with appropriate verses. There were also some handsome gifts to the chapter house. Lincoln alumnae had our hall and stairway carpeted and the freshmen gave a handsome mirror for the hall. Omaha alumnae gave us money for new linen. Prior to Christmas, conditions were unsettled due to the coal shortage but Nebraska did not close. December 11, the chapter gave a tea for its alumnae. January 10 was an unusual day for Theta. We went early in the morning, with our chap¬ eron, to the Phi Kappa Psi house to cook them a waffle breakfast. We used a black and gold color scheme. There was dancing be¬ tween courses. January 18, Cornelia Crittenden '18 gave a tea in honor of Dorothy Eason of Watertown, New York, a Theta daughter. January 16, the annual girls' Cornhusker party was held. At this party, the girls dress in costume and each group gives a stunt. Of course, the Theta stunt was a success. Rho has started the custom of having supervised freshman study hall and it has been very successful. Nearly every other group on the campus has followed our example. Panhellenic has established the custom of exchanging dinner guests among the women's fraternities. Each Thursday we send two of our girls to some other house and two come here. We welcome Aline Mitten '20 and Marion Gurney '22 back this semester. 1 February 1920 Margaret Howes Married, Louise Coe and Clarence Spier, A T. >19 Florence Jenks and Aline Mitten were guests at the house recently. Margery Martin Youngreen is living in Racine, Wis. >23 Margaret Towne has announced her engagement to Taylor With¬ row T 6, B 0 n. Among the Thetas newly arrived or recently returned to Omaha are the following: Mary Hustead McCullough (Mrs Phillip), Louise Coe Spier (Mrs Clarence), Mildred Ellis Potter (Mrs Cedric), Helen Davis, Silence Stewart Wilson (Mrs Lloyd), Zola Dellecker Gannt (Mrs Robert), Alice Proudfit Noble (Mrs William), Helen Houston Metcalfe (Mrs Theodore), Mary Steele Trester (Mrs Leonard).
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Chapter news 265 Ellen Kingsley Goddard (Mrs Ben) died last June at Cleveland, Ohio, after an illness of two years. Marie Barr Jessup is now living at Scottsbluff, Neb. Emma Swezey is teaching in the high school at Los Angeles. Mr and Mrs Jo O'Connor (Julia Hainer) have recently purchased an orange and lemon grove at Monrovia, Cal. , Margaret Wheeler Casady is now living on a fruit and poultry farm at Des Moines, Iowa. Imogene Clark Schwab is now at Gulf, Matagorda Co. Tex. Helen Day Coons is now at Puyallup, Wash. Joyce Broady Clark is now living in Denver, where Mr. Clark is general counsel for the Mid-West Refining Co. Married, Helen Blish Bennett to Joseph Baily Brown of Pittsburgh, on Christmas day. Emily Weeks Sedgewick is visiting in Los Angeles with Jeannete Post Sedgewick. Ruth Woodsmall, Beta, and Rho affiliate, who served in Y. W. C. A. hostess houses at Camp Pike, Toul, and Coblenz, visited in this country and recently returned to carry on Y. W. C. A. work in France. Married, Orpha Carmean to William Newton. Married, Helen Dill^to Robert Wenger of Grand Island. Eva Miller Grimes is living in Fremont, where her husband is editor of the Herald. Births, son to Alice Batty Sumner; son to Edith Robbins Day; daugh¬ ter to Fay Follette Buck; daughter to Margaret Wheeler Cassady. Ruth McFarland Balfour of Chislehurst, England, is visiting her mother in Los Angeles. Ella Wirt and her mother are spending the winter in California. Word has been received of the death of Elnora Weldy Bruner, Pi, Rho affiliate. Mr and Mrs Leonard Hurtz (Laura Hainer) have a baby girl. Marion Swezey has accepted a position in a hospital at Louisville, Ky. Address : Box 683. New addresses: Mrs Carol Brown (Frances Ringler) Cheyenne Wells, Colo.— Mrs Howard Harvey (Juliet Proudfit) c/o Liberty Sales Co. Dallas, Tex.— Mrs Guy Reed (Florence Angle) 1800 C st. Lincoln, Nebr.— Mrs Ellery Davis (Camille Hall) 2236 A st. Lincoln, Nebr. SIGMA— UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO Owing to the unusual number of students enrolled this year accommodation of any sort was scarce, and we had great diffi¬ culty in securing a room large enough and comfortable enough to hold us all. It was not until rushing season had fairly begun that we were settled, but I think everyone feels that the jolly room we finally secured was worth the waiting. Before the regular rushing season began we were very lucky in adding four splendid girls to our number — Kathryn Cowan ’21, sister of Mary Cowan who graduated last year in medicine, Carol Stanton ’21, Helen Sinclair ’22 and Norma Taylor ’22.
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266 Kappa Alpha Theta Initiation was held at the home of Jane Wilson December 8. The initiates were Helen Schafner ’21, Rhoda Bird ’22, Eliza¬ beth Walton ’23, sister of Margaret Walton ’22, and Dorothy Stacey ’23. The banquet was held afterward at the Annie Laurie tea-rooms. Elsinore McPherson ’18 was toastmistress and Marjorie Reid ’17 responded to the toast to the fraternity im¬ pressing on us the necessity for restoring pre-war activities and interests in our chapter. Founders ’-day entertainment this year was to take the form of a snow-shoeing party, ending up at Elizabeth Maclennan’s for supper, but when the thermometer registered 32° below, one of the coldest days in years, the party was indefinitely postponed. With a view to improving our interfraternity relationship we have decided to give a series of teas. There are six interna¬ tional fraternities represented at the University of Toronto and each year of Sigma will entertain in turn the members of the same year in the other fraternities at tea. 2 February 1920 " Jane Wilson i Married, at Blenheim, Ont. Jan. 3, Louise von Gunten and Capt. George Everett Scroggie. Address: Walkerville, Ont. ’17 Helen MacKay is teaching at St. Margaret’s college. ’15 Jean Scott is a welfare worker in Willard’s chocolate factory. ’15 Gertrude Graydon is secretary of the committee on college build¬ ings for women. ’18 Elsinore McPherson is secretary of the Students’ administrative council. ’19 Mary Cowan has a fellowship and is demonstrating in the patho¬ logical building. ’19 Dudley Martin is demonstrating in Bio chemistry. ’15 Mildred McPherson is doing vocational therapy at St. Andrews’ military hospital. ’16 Phyllis Anderson is taking the social service course. TAU— NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY On December 11, the pledges entertained the chapter at din¬ ner. I won’t repeat the menu, but if anyone should ask me, “Was it good?” I’d be very apt to answer emphatically in the vulgar vernacular of the day, “I’ll say it was.” Afterwards they put on some very clever stunts. At cosy, January 9, Gladys Bell announced her engagement to Herbert McGraun of Harvard, Illinois. As if “five pounds” weren’t enough for one day, Dorthea Ravenscroft produced an¬ other “five pounds” from Mr Harry Liphardt of Brookline, Massachusetts.
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Chapter news 267 We have not had a formal dance since 1917, and therefore we felt justified in making our dance, January 10, a formal one at the Evanston country club. Many of the Evanston and Chi¬ cago alumnae attended. It does not behoove us to say it was a good party, but we all did have a good time. Tau celebrated Founders '-day with the Evanston and Chi¬ cago alumnae chapters, at a luncheon at the Union League club in Chicago. Our district president, Genevieve Forbes, was toast- mistress. It was a thrilling day for those of us who had never before seen or heard such Theta celebrities as Eva R. Hall, L. Pearle Greene, and Marjorie Maxwell. As this letter goes to press, we regret to say that we are losing Esther Smiley, who will finish this year's work at Indiana university. 3 February 1920 Frances Bennett '20 Dorothea Matthias announced her engagement to Hugh Hight of Chicago. She will be married Valentine's day, and thereafter live in Chicago. '20 Ruth Marshall is leaving for California, but will return in June for Commencement. Nellie Keith and Margaret Kelly are returning this semester. Alice Beckwith, Alpha, visited the chapter Jan. 30. Married in Nov. Adelaide Dillon and Edgar Taylor, B 0 II, Address: 2737 W. 34th st. Denver, Colo. '17 Mr and Mrs Edgar Blake, Jr. (Margaret Highley) Tau, are in France, working for the Methodist Sunday school organization. '18 Lucille Moore became Mrs Lawrence E. Mitten, July 11, 1919. They are living in Chicago. Edna Johnson Geiton (Mrs D. G.) is living in a suburb of France. In a letter to the Chairman of foreign lands, Mrs Geiton expresses her desire to get in touch with Thetas coming to Paris. She can be reached promptly through her husband's business address: c/o Swift Packing Compagnie, 7 rue de Turbigo, Paris. Ruth Ward Boswell is living in Rockford, Ill. '17 Geraldine Smith (law '18) left Jan. 18 for a two month's tour of Cuba and South America. '19 Helen Crenshaw Quackenbush, now living in California, is the mother of a son, born Nov. 18, 1919. '17 Juliette Rankin Blumquist is the mother of a son, born Dec. 21, 1919. They are living in Evanston, Ill. '14 Married Dec. 25, Beulah Tomblin and Julian Gillman. '14 Married Sept. 4, Ruth Ann Hurt and Norman Ream.
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268 Kappa Alpha Theta UPSILON— UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA The new year started right with a Theta formal dance, Janu¬ ary 1, at the Plaza hotel. Upsilon announces the pledging of Florence Sullivan, Minne¬ apolis, and her initiation upon January 19. At last our house has been all redecorated, enlarged, newly furnished. The alumnae have been busy making new curtains and drapery, the juniors have bought a victrola, the freshmen a beautiful davenport table for the new davenport; the house stands open to our many friends, not only at Housewarming and Open House but all the time. Upsilon announces the affiliation of Catherine Mumford, Alpha Mu. Housewarming was held February 7, and Open House, Feb¬ ruary 8. Mothers and fathers were the guests at Open House, and campus friends at the Housewarming. On January 19 we initiated eleven girls, Sarah Anderson, Margaret McAuley, Jane Sedgwick, Catharine Coffman, Frances Thurber, Grace Cotton, Alicia Davis, Marion Burton, Marion Bagley, Florence Sullivan, Sally Chance. Out of one hundred Minnesota women chosen, twenty-five from each class, to uphold in a particular manner Minnesota standards, seven were Thetas: Hester McLean, Betty Forssell, Grace Cotton, Alicia Davis, Catharine Coffman, Marion Andrews, Margaret Jackson. Margaret Jackson *09 Lillian Edgerton died Jan. 27. >14 *19 Florence and Louise Swanson are working with the Y. W. C. A. Mary Redmond is studying at Carnegie Tech. Pittsburgh, Pa. Georgia Everest is teaching at Pratt institute, Brooklyn, N. Y. Hilda Gale is assistant district secretary with the Bureau of asso¬ ciated charities, Newark, N. J. New address of Mrs Lawrence Jacques (Helen Knowlton) is 1228 5th st. S. E. Minneapolis. Mrs D. F. Bull (Rosamond Leland) is again in Minneapolis at her new home, 1627 W. 26th st. Mary Felton has a new address, 1776 Humboldt av. So. Irene O’Connor, now Mrs C. H. Siems, is living at 749 Summit av. St. Paul. Mrs Norman Mitchell (Louise Leavitt) has moved to 217 Montrose av. St. Paul. Mrs. F. Brooks Hubacheck (Marjorie Dix) is now living at 2505 3d av. So. Minneapolis. PHI — STANFORD UNIVERSITY No letter received. February 14, 1920.
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Chapter news 269 CHI— SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY During Christmas vacation the national convention of the Cosmopolitan clubs of American colleges was held in Syracuse. At the close of the holidays the delegates to the Des Moines Stu¬ dent volunteer convention returned filled with the spirit of the great convention. Marion Stranahan ’21 and Elise Beygrau ’22 were two of the Syracuse delegates. Just a week of study, a week and a half of brain-tormenting examinations, and then carefree senior week. Its chief events were the Boar Head’s play, Young America, and the senior ball in the Archbold gymnasium. The play was a great success and the senior ball a more pretentious and delightful affair than ever. At the beginning of the new semester Hildegarde Hamilton ’21 left to attend the University of Arizona and Mildred Knight ’22, a pledge of last year, returned to college and now lives with us. Helen Hutchison ’18 and Frances Terwilliger ’18 recently spent week-ends with us. February 1 we pledged Frances Holmes ’23, cousin of DeEtta Holmes ’17. Chi is fortunate in adding such a freshman to her class of pledges. Katherine Wells ’23 has been elected freshman manager of basketball. February 20-22 the state student volunteer conference is to be held in Syracuse. Sherwood Eddy, prominent leader of the Des Moines convention and well-remembered speaker there, will be one of the many splendid leaders of this convention. 10 February 1920 Marion Stranahan ' 18 Henrietta Robison and Ralph Elies Sharp, $A 6, '14, Penn. State university, were married New Year's day. Address: 30 Hemenway st. Boston, Mass. '04 K. Grace O'Hara and Thomas Anthony Power were married Jan. 20. '10 Claire Terwilliger has just been graduated as nurse from the Crouse-Irving hospital, Syracuse, and left to take a position as instructor in the Fordham hospital, New York city. '18 Edith Knapp Shufelt (Mrs J. V.) has a baby girl, Jean, born in the early summer, 1919. Address: Fort Clark, Tex. where her husband is a captain in U. S. army. '18 Florence Wagner is organizing a library for the Aircraft manu¬ facturing assn. Address: 5th av. and 42d st. New York City. '18 Frances Terwilliger has a position with the National City Co. — dealers in stocks and bonds — and is teaching night school three nights a week in Scranton, Pa. '02 Lucille Baldwin Van Slyke (Mrs G. M.) is the author of Little Miss by-the-day published by the F. A. Stokes Co. '94 Carro Cummings Croff, M.D. (Mrs J. B.) has been made state lecturer in the Keeping fit campaign. Dr Croff is the only woman physician in this state doing the special campaign work.
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270 Kappa Alpha Theta ’21 Norma Lewis is acting as secretary to a physician in New York City. Address: 13 Mt. Morris Park West. PSI— UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN Psi is struggling with its annual epidemic of final examina¬ tions and influenza. The number of deaths from the influenza has been so great that we are now under a temporary ban, which we hope will be raised before Prom. We have pledged three more freshmen since our last letter. Helen Gary, Wheaton, Ill. Ruth Nelson, and Mary Adelin Wilcox, both from Chicago. All four of our upperclass pledges made their grades .and were initiated December 14. The new Thetas are Margaret Green, Katharine Kemp, Mildred Miller, and Mary Roach. Miss L. Pearle Green stayed over night with us January 25. It was a very short visit but we were glad to have even that little glimpse of her. Susan Brown ’17 Mary Ashby has announced her engagement to John Hilton Fuller, 2 X. Mr Fuller is at present in London with the New York national city bank. ’18 Katherine Browne was married during the holidays to William Cameron, 2 A E. >19 Three of last year’s seniors, Helen Cummings, Anetta Donkle, and Adelaide Paine, were back to attend the wedding of Viola Pleuss and William Chandler, A T. The ceremony occurred Jan. 30, and all the Thetas who were in Madison were present. ’19 Born to Mr and Mrs Edwin Fish Gould (Alma Robinson) a son, Stephen. ’18-ex Born to Mr and Mrs Henry Austin, Jr. (Martha Marquart) a son, Henry Austin, III. ’20 Winifred Sullivan has announced her engagement to Howard Boyle of Fond du Lac, Wis. ’22-ex Helen Ingersol was married to Mr J. Powell Crebs, B 0 n of the University of Illinois. Address: 723 Sheridan rd. Chicago. Rebecca Lill, Tau, visited us during the week-end of Jan. 16-17. ’19 Sally Taylor is spending the winter in Miami, Fla. Marion Conover is a Y. W. C. A. secretary in Minneapolis, Minn. Address: 87 S. 7th st. OMEGA— UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA California’s spring semester opened January 12, and that af¬ ternoon Omega held initiation. The eleven initiates were : Doro- thy Wright, Maud Gray, Helen Law, Emmy Lou Cox, Ruth Younger, Beatrice Ward, Agnes Mackinlay, Georgia Towle, Helen Carrier, Annette Rolph, and Frances Clark. The serv-
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Chapter news 271 ices were followed by a large banquet which many of our alumnae attended. During the banquet we were entertained by a speaker from each class introduced by the toastmistress Elizabeth Terry. After the speeches it was announced that Beatrice Ward won the freshman scholarship cup for last semester. Owing to an epidemic which has been spreading on the campus it was necessary to postpone indefinitely the sophomore play, which is Omega's annual celebration of the Theta birthday. Dorothy Koehler '21 has returned from the East after a semester's absence. Margery Lovegrove '21 and Lois McCrea '21 have taken out leaves of absence for the spring semester. Beth Krebs '22 was elected a member of Ukulele club and Marjorie Hughes '22 was chosen a member of the Mandolin and guitar club. Margery Lovegrove '21 was elected a member of the Economics club. 1 February 1920 Katherine Ward f21 '16 Born to Mr and Mrs Frederick Schiller Faust in Dec. a son. ’19 Elizabeth Burnham has announced her engagement to Dr Harold Hill, <£ A 0, Stanford. '19 Catherine Fletcher Taylor is living at Fort Worth, Tex. *19 Mary Allen is in San Francisco taking a training course at Lane hospital. ’IS The new address of Carolyn Waite Waters (Mrs G. M.) is 4640 Colfax av. So. Minneapolis, Minn. She is chairman of the dramatic sec¬ tion of the College woman's club of Minneapolis and one of the speakers for the Americanization section. ALPHA BETA— SWARTHMORE COLLEGE Alpha Beta is proud of her six new pledges, Edith Evans and Mary Hoke of Indianapolis, Indiana, Anna Roberts of Wal¬ lingford, Pennsylvania, Virginia Evans of Miami, Florida, Elizabeth Scott of Germantown, and Katherine Pflaum of Con- shohoken, Pennsylvania. As is natural we think they are the best ever and can hardly wait until February 28 to have them all as real sisters. We pledged them the first evening after our return from Christmas vacation, having a dinner party after¬ wards over at the home of Elizabeth Sellers, accompanied by much singing of Theta songs and merry-making in general. One of the pledges, Edith Evans, is a junior from Earlham college and already had her scholarship average, so we initiated her January 14 at the home of one of our alumnae, Beulah Green. Most of the boys' fraternity rooms have been burned since our last letter and a petition has been sent to the Board of
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272 Kappa Alpha Theta managers asking to be allowed to replace their rooms with fra¬ ternity houses. The girls’ fraternities are in hopes if the boys succeed in getting this permission, it may be extended to them also. Some of our prominent alumnae have already consulted with members of the Board concerning it. One of our sophomores, Sarah Cook, has had to leave college and return to her home in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, because of the illness of her father. We are in hopes she may be able to return next year. Lena Clark, senior, has been made permanent secretary of her class. We are all looking forward to our annual dance to be given at the Ritz-Carlton hotel, February 14. We are making an ef¬ fort to get as many alumnae back as possible and to make it a real reunion this year. 29 January 1920 Gertrude McCabe ’13 Katheryn Fell was married to Roy M. Gideon, Jan. 20. ’10 Beulah Green is working here at college on the Endowment fund. ’15 Anna Miller has returned to her home in Riverton after spending nearly a year in France. ALPHA GAMMA— OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY We are no longer possessing the scholarship cup, which was awarded to Delta Zeta at the City Panhellenic dinner December 11, 1919, at the Elks home. Theta stood fourth, but with the same standing of points as the year previous. However, after this semester’s reports were learned, we are very much encour¬ aged and have hopes of getting our name on the cup ere long. Especially are we proud of our freshmen’s grades, if they only keep up the good work after they are initiated! On December 13 we gave a rummage sale, from which $130.00 was cleared. Forty dollars of this was used to send our delegate to the “Y” conference at Des Moines. As to the remainder no definite action has been taken, but probably it will be subscribed to the Ohio State stadium campaign. Two of our girls — Julia Newkirk and Lady Halliday, were among the four chosen as most physically perfect in college. Lady Halliday also shared honors with Dorothy Basore, being placed upon the freshman cabinet. We are sorry that we have no new pledges to announce, but our second semester rushing season is in progress, and we are quite pleased with the new girls in college. We hope the black
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Chapter news 273 and gold pledge pin will be in evidence upon the campus in a few days. 4 February 1920 Charlotte Martin i ’17-ex Margaret Kauffman married Harold. Kirby ’17, A 0, Dec. 15; they are living in Dayton, Ohio. ’19 Adelaide Beeson married Frank Davidson, Jan. 31. After a trip South they will be at home, 1315 Bryden rd. Columbus, Ohio. ’17-ex Margaret Kauffman (Mrs Harold Kirby) and ’19 Dorothy Breyfogle (Mrs Halbert Campbell) both of Dayton, were in Columbus to attend the Beeson-Davidson wedding. Mildred Davis is teaching in the high school in Pueblo, Colo. ALPHA DELTA— GOUCHER COLLEGE The first social event of Alpha Delta after return from the Christmas holidays was Pledge tea. Before the war it was cus¬ tomary for the pledges in each fraternity to give a tea. During the war, these teas were not given, but now they are again in vogue. These teas bring the new fraternity pledges together and are heartily endorsed by the older girls for the good spirit they create. December 13 the junior class entertained the freshman class and gave Alice-sit-by-the-fire, by Barrie. Ann Wilson, one of our juniors had charge of the costumes. Goucher had a regular college spirit party January 11 in the gymnasium. Students wore middies and bloomers to be in style. The faculty were great sports and in games and stunts kept the students busy trying to surpass them. Hot wiennies were served as refreshment from class booths with such signs as “Try Our Hot K 9’s” or “Eat Em Hot.” The whole evening was voted a great success. We are so proud of the new songbooks that we are going to learn the songs from cover to cover. Before meeting we have fifteen minutes of song practice and soon we hope to know songs for all .occasions. 2 February 1920 Jean Mernken ’13 Marjorie Day is doing War camp community work in Denver, Colo. ’13 Anna Payne is at home in Liberty, N. Y. *15 Grace Haymaker has announced her engagement to James Lee Horner, K 2. ’18 Edna Haymaker has announced her engagement to John Koble- gard, A T A. ’18 Gertrude Edwards is assistant art editor of the Country Gentleman. ’19 Onnolee Wyckoff is physical director in the schools of East Rochester, N. Y.
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274 Kappa Alpha Theta ’19 Margaret Dixcy is on the editorial staff of the Saturday Globe, Utica, N. Y. ALPHA ETA— VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY Christmas seems long past, but I must mention our annual Christmas party for the alumnae. It took the form of a dinner and our little house was transformed into a Japanese tea-room, The Little Katsuma. Eleven pledges were initiated January 17. Soon after the whole 16 presented a beautiful rose-shaded floor-lamp to the chapter. Recently, too, we received some hemstitched tea-nap- kins from our Memphis alumnte. They are always doing nice things for us, for which we are very grateful. In academic affairs we have achieved several new honors. Bess Lipscomb, senior, and Lulie Vaughn Webb, junior, made the Scribblers, Literary club. Marion Jones, sophomore, is chairman of “Stunt night,” our annual entertainment for the benefit of the Y. W. C. A. — quite a responsible job by the way. Christine Waterfield made the Dramatic club. Lulie Vaughn Webb was elected to the Bachelor maides, a social organization, of which Dorothy Duffy is president. Elizabeth Chester was elected Phi Beta Kappa. We have four girls on the sophomore Honor roll : Dorothy Duffy, Lucy Van Ness, Ruth Dowell, Anne Smith. Now comes the most important part of my letter : our visit from Miss Green and Miss Philputt and our Golden Anniversary celebration! This is the first time in several years that Alpha Eta has had the pleasure of entertaining either Grand Officer or District president. Think of a Birthday and two celebrities along with three other charming guests all at once! Do you wonder that our “Cup o’ Joy” overflowed? The four days were filled with parties, a delightful tea being given by Delta Delta Delta in honor of our guests. Alpha Omicron Pi sent them ' lovely flowers. 2 February 1920 Louise Benedict Mildred Morgan, Miriam Butweiler, and Genevieve King, Gamma, visited Alpha Eta for Founders ’-day week. Eleanor Beach, Delta, attended the Founders ’-day banquet. Mrs Joseph Matson (Kathleen Connor) Iota, is living in Nashville. Her husband, Col. Matson, is connected with the R. O. T. C. work at Vanderbilt. Louise Young is now Dean of women at Hamblin university, St. Paul, Minn. '
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Chapter news 275 ALPHA THETA— UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS Thanks to the thoughtfulness and wisdom of the freshmen in selecting their Christmas present for the house, our sleeping porch is now protected from the airy caprices of the elements and we sleep comfortably and peacefully, knowing that our new awnings will meet any change the weather man brings. The new year found us busy making arrangements for the accommodations of the five new girls coming into the house. We now have eighteen girls living in the chapter house and though we are very crowded, we are happy to be together. Alpha Theta has enjoyed a very successful three day birth¬ day celebration with many of the alumnae present. On January 25 we initiated Julia Lobban, San Antonio ; Mary Smith, Austin ; Frances Hicks, Vernon; Margaret Curtis, Virginia Wolfin, and Marcialite Hall of Amarillo. Following initiation long gossipy chats and most delicious “eats,” donated by Mrs. Nelle Darnell Montgomery (Mrs J. T.) of Alpha, made the time pass quickly, and before we knew it was midnight. On Monday evening following, the freshmen gave a Vanity Fair stunt party at the home of Etta Gilbert. It was highly artistic and successful though rather uncomfortable for a few unlucky upperclassmen whose foibles and failures were rehearsed at length. We are glad to say that the Austin alumna? are becoming actively interested in the chapter and expect to have a working alumnae chapter some time in the near future. They have regu¬ lar meetings and already have given us valuable assistance, financially and otherwise. Alpha Theta wishes to introduce a new pledge : Mildred Wil¬ liams of Lockhart. 29 January 1920 Laura Davis '15-ex Etta Yarrington Foster (Mrs F. H.) is now living in Maine, address: 59 State st. Stateway Apt. Portland. '18 Doris Connerly, attorney-at-law, is with the Baker, Botts, Parker, Garwood firm of Houston. '19-ex Frances Lewis has re-entered college. '16 De Rugeley Pearson visited the chapter house recently. '16 Fannie Sellors is to be married soon to Tom Brown Blocker, 2 N. We are glad to have in Austin Mrs E. K. Barton, of Alpha Eta. Her husband is pastor of the University Methodist church. '16 Grace Ball has moved from Corpus Christi to Armstrong. Born to Mr and Mrs Horace Fristoe (Sallie Story) on Jan. 26 a daughter, Jane Carey.
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276 Kappa Alpha Theta '16 Dr Linda Coleman Simpson is with her husband, Major Keith Simpson, in Germany. '17-ex Susan Gilfillian has announced her engagement to Lee Gavin of Philadelphia. Born to Mr and Mrs Reynaurd (Sallie Wynn) on Jan. 11 a daughter, Sabra Adair. '19 Floride Chessborough, Phi, is making her debut in Galveston, Tex. '19 Genevieve Goff who is teaching music in Sherman, was in Austin for initiation. '19-ex Annie Wier King (Mrs Sheppard) is living in Dallas. Address: Turtle Creek blvd. '19 Margaret Myrick was a recent visitor to the chapter house. ALPHA IOTA— WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY Before the holidays the pledges entertained the chapter with the long-postponed Katsup. A Katsup is, of course, always very much the same and consists of a dinner — that grows better each year, if possible — followed by a show which is always highly entertaining. The alumnae, in order to raise money for philanthropic pur¬ poses, gave a benefit at one of the picture shows here. With the united efforts of all Thetas, $87.00 was cleared. Possibly the most exciting thing that has happened recently was the extension of our Christmas vacation. Usually, we have only ten days, but owing to the fact that so many students come from distant parts of the country, the Board of directors granted an additional five days. The grant was specified for this year only, but we are properly grateful for that. A most unusual phenomina has occurred. One of our pledges, Marian Hutchens, has announced her engagement to Charles Spalding, Sigma Phi — and as yet no senior has done it.” Some¬ how one expects the seniors to do it, but a freshman — ! Keod, the honorary woman's society, gave a vaudeville per¬ formance in which Mary Doughtery ’21, Mildred Candy '20, Beatrice Turner '22, and Harriet Logan '23 took part. '19-ex Helen Ette and Beulah Bodes '20, are sailing Febru¬ ary 19 for an extended tour in the orient. 20 January 1920 Beulah Bodes '20-ex Frances Hays has announced her engagement to Capt Gordon Baker whom she met overseas. She is also sailing, Feb. 19, for the Orient. Anne Cushing Chivis has a daughter, Barbara.
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Chapter news 277 ALPHA KAPPA— ADELPHI COLLEGE Alpha Kappa celebrated the golden anniversary of Kappa Alpha Theta at the luncheon given by the New York alumnae. The Panhellenic dance for the benefit of the Development fund was held January 16 in the ballroom of the Academy of Music. Vivian O’Brien was chairman of the committee. Several hundred people attended, including a large number of Theta alumnae. Five hundred dollars was cleared for the fund. Initiation for those pledged last fall will be held Friday, February 6. At this initiation we expect to have Helen Frisch, President of District VII. Today begins the new semester; that means rushing season all over again. The Panhellenic has decided that the season shall be four weeks. Our tea will be on the last Saturday of the season which we think is a very advantageous time. 3 February 1920 Grace Sand ALPHA LAMBDA— UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON The second quarter opened January 5. We have one new pledge, Esther Dollenbacher ’23, of Selah, Washington. Two of our seniors, Helen Sutthoff and Elizabeth McLean, were pledged to Tolo club, women’s upperclass honorary society, on January 24. Elizabeth was recently chosen as one of two senior members to serve on the annual County Fair committee. Marjorie McGuire, Alpha Xi, was a guest of Alpha Lambda over1 a week-end recently. She was here for the basketball game between the University of Washington and the University of Oregon. Our pledges entertained their upperclassmen at a theater party and tea on January 10. Each pledge was very proud to escort her Theta mother to the party. They are entertaining at a pledge dance at the home of June Gilmore on February 6. We are very happy with a beautiful lamp shade which our house mother, Mrs Chase, made for us as a Christmas gift. Mary Lee Fisken ’23, has been made a member of the May Fete committee of which Vivian Kellam ’21, is chairman. 29 January 1920 Ruth Protto ’19 Helen Donley is in the Seattle Public library. *19 Faith Clelland is teaching at Edmonds. ’21 Ethel Malpas Riddell (Mrs Jack) is living at Fort George Wright, Spokane, Wash, where her husband is stationed. ’19 Marjorie Whitelaw Day (Mrs Frank) is living at Big Lake, Wash.
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278 Kappa Alpha Theta ’21 Margaret Gilbert sails from New Orleans Feb. 15 for a trip to Panama. She is traveling with her parents. J19 Marjorie Kohlman is doing reportorial work on a Vancouver, B. C. newspaper. Kathryn Kerr was married to Kirkland Wiley Todd, Cornell, Jan. 24 at the home of her parents, Wilkinsburg, Pa. ALPHA MU— UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI Due to the neglect of ‘ ‘ Ole King Coal, ' ' the university closed on December 13 — not, however, before final examinations, so it was a weary bunch of Thetas who went home for the Christmas holidays. Our second trimester began very sadly, on account of the death of Josephine Cooke, one of our pledges. She had gone to her home in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, where she contracted pneumonia. It was with deep sorrow that we gave up one of our girls. On January 25 we initiated eleven girls. They are: Mildred Owens, Elizabeth Hall, Ruth Hayman, Jean Frances Bassett, Ernestine Parks, Elizabeth Millett, Louise Tatum, Fayne McLendon, Marion Haire, Helen Haydon and Constance Adam¬ son. The freshman class gave its annual stunt January 6, a take off on the older girls — Seeing ourselves as others see us. It was cleverly executed, and several of us have decided to change some of our habits. We are very proud of the silver tea service which the freshmen presented to the chapter at that time. Founders '-day was also the birthday of Constance Adamson, so the evening was a double celebration, with Constance as honor guest. Theta songs rang through the house that night, and we were all so glad that we are Theta sisters. Alpha Mu's eleventh birthday will be celebrated with a banquet at the Boone tavern February 7, and we are looking forward to the arrival of the many alumnae who have promised to visit us then. 1 February 1920 Hedwig Aulepp i Born, Jan. 24, to Mr and Mrs Walter J. Stoessel (Katherine Haston) a son, Walter Stoessel, Jr. Born Dec. 14 to Mr and Mrs Wheeler Godfrey (Elizabeth Harris) a daughter, Elizabeth Wheeler Godfrey. Leah Patt is now attending Wellesley college. Lois Harris has returned to the university this trimester. Frances Falk, Upsilon, was a guest at the chapter house Jan. 31. Irma Gruner was a guest at the chapter house the week of Jan. 25.
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Chapter news 279 Louise Child, a pledge from Omicron, was a guest at the chapter house the week-end of Jan. 30. Harriet Bell is teaching in Fayette, Mo. Zella Edwards attended the District V Golden Anniversary banquet in Kansas City, Jan. 31. ALPHA NU— UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA Since our last letter we have added another new pledge Annabelle Arnott of Billings, Montana. Plans for the buying of our house are coming along in splendid shape. The alumnae have taken up the matter and formed a corporation. They are taking most of the stock of the company, although each active girl and each pledge must take at least one share and if possible more. The plan is splendid and all of us certainly appreciate the interest and help of our alumnae. 1 February 1920 Mary Laux J19 Hazel Baird has gone to Seattle to take up Y. W. C. A. work. Ethel Robinson from Great Falls visited at the house last week. H9 Gretchen Van Cleve is doing social work in Minneapolis, Minn. Address: 117 N. 11th st. Virginia McAulliffe and Alice Schwefel^ both seniors were elected to Penetralia, an honorary women’s society. Louise Webber Armitage (Mrs George) and husband sailed last week for Honolulu, where Mr Armitage will do newspaper work. Rowene Van Horn, one of our pledges who had to leave college on account of poor health, was married to Mr G. E. Cavett of Portland, Ore. ALPHA XI— UNIVERSITY OF OREGON No letter received. February 14, 1920. ALPHA OMICRON— UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA In spite of all the warnings that December 17 would mark the end of this world, Alpha Omicron held her Christmas party on that date and made it one of the happiest she has ever had. The pledges presented the chapter with a beautiful mahogany mantel clock and the football team gave us five pounds of candy. These were only some of our numerous gifts. We were all very much excited when one of our pledges returned from the Christmas holidays with a wedding ring. Marie Miller, Antlers, was married December 30, 1919, to Roy Foster, Norman. Marie continued her college work until the end of the semester. Although she will not be with us in college again, we are glad to say that she is going to live here.
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280 Kappa Alpha Theta Alberta Webb and Florence Monnet were delegates to the Student volunteer convention at Des Moines during the Christ¬ mas vacation and were pleased to meet so many Thetas from all over the country. Virginia Shutt has been ill for several weeks and has with¬ drawn from college. Janet Steuart, Margery Cochran, and Marie Miller Foster will not be with us next semester. As Founders ’-day found us in the midst of our mid-year examinations, we did not hold our celebration until the following Saturday. Then we attended the banquet in Oklahoma City. 3 February 1920 Florence Monnet Born to Mr and Mrs Elton B. Hunt (Olive Eagleton) a daughter, in December. Harriet Patrick Minton (Mrs Lee) is living in Ponca City, Okla. Helen Brooks, who has been ill for several months, has gone to Hot Springs, Ark. where she expects to stay several weeks. *19 Ruth Bretch Cocke (Mrs Howell), visited us in January. They expect to locate in Houston, Tex. *18 Georgia Shutt was with us for about ten days, called here on account of the illness of her sister, Virginia. Helen Barrett Wood (Mrs L. E.) visited us in January. Born to Mr and Mrs George Henshaw, Jr. (Ernestine Dodd) a daugh¬ ter, Jan. 4. *18 Engaged: Gladys Drennan and Basil Thompson, A 0. ’20 Engaged: Margery Cochran and Harry Phillips, K A. ! ALPHA PI— UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA Since our return from Christmas vacation, we have been living in a new chapter house, 172 Reeves avenue. The house is very well suited to our needs and our furniture fits into it admirably. Realizing the great scarcity of houses, we are well pleased with our good luck in obtaining it. The pledges delighted us on Founders ’-day by presenting the chapter with a beautiful new shade for our floor lamp. The R. 0. T. C. recently elected by popular vote three girls for each company, to be their socalled sponsors who will act as hostesses at all their social affairs. Out of the nine girls elected, four Thetas were honored. They are : Ruth Mahon, Hazel Hal- vorson (pledge), Enid and Norma Young. The Junior prom January 23 was unusually attractive. Ruby Crothers, the junior president, led the Grand march. Frances Mahon was chairman of the refreshment committee. We are, of course, anxious to know the outcome of our
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Chapter news 281 semester examinations ; however, it will not be known until after February 11, when the second semester begins. 28 January 1920 Aldene Barrington , 16-ex Married: Maud Cummings and Hugh Putnam, 2 X. ,14-ex Clara Burman is engaged to John Ross. ,19*ex Ruth Dow and Helena Huesgen were down for the Junior Prom and the Founders ’-day banquet. ’15-ex Minnie Markell Anderson (Mrs O. R.) was here for the Founders ’-day banquet. ’19-ex Myrtle Renwick was here for Founders ’-day. ’19 Lillian Bendeke is engaged to Lester Parsons. Sympathy is extended to Mr and Mrs James Brenan (Echo Turner) who lost their baby daughter, Dec. 25, 1919. ’15 Born to Mr and Mrs Hugo Spiers (Kate Hixon) a girl. ALPHA RHO — UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA Since our last letter we have initialed Gladys Stinson, Ver¬ milion; Alice Knowles, Sioux Palls; Erna Swanson, Sioux City; Ada Mac Anulty, Redfield ; Martha Williams, Montrose ; Helen Olston (sister of Clara and Mae), Lake Preston. We have also pledged one junior and three freshmen, Louise Ryan, Artesian ; Janet Floe, Madison; Hazel Jacobsen, Sioux Palls; and Alice Burke, Rapid City. Our new house mother Mrs Kieron of Waterloo, Iowa, came to us at the beginning of the quarter, and we all enjoy her very much. We entertained at a reception in her honor January 16. The sophomore play Nothing but the truth starred two of our girls, Laila Gilbertson and Lucille Large. We were very proud of them. Our house dance, a Washington’s birthday party, is to be February 21. Edna Thomas is in charge. We have great plans for our Theta carnival which will be held next month. We hope to realize several hundred dollars from it, which we will spend upon our house. Beth Meadows and Edna Thomas are our representatives in Panhellenic council. Helen Morris is new vice-president of Y. W. C. A. 2 February 1920 Lucille Large The marriage of Marene Richards, pledge, to George Longstaff took place in Huron, So. Dak. in Dec. ’22 Mavis Gillis is teaching at Athol, So. Dak. She will be back in college next year. Mrs John J. Large of Sioux City, mother of Lucille Large and Mil¬ dred Groves Schnechloth (Mrs H. B.) visited us the day of the sophomore play.
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282 Kappa Alpha Theta ALPHA SIGMA— WASHINGTON STATE COLLEGE No letter received. February 14, 1920. ALPHA TAU— UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI By far the most important event in recent university life was the presentation of Varsity Vanities of 1919 on December 13. The Vanities were put on by the Student council to raise money for a dormitory to be erected as a memorial to the university stu¬ dents who died in the service of their country. Henrietta Brady was chairman of the publicity committee and a number of Thetas were included in the cast. Two other honors recently have been bestowed on Thetas. Alfarata Myers was chosen one of the delegates to the Inter¬ national student volunteer convention at Dcs Moines, Iowa, and Henrietta Brady has been made chairman of the junior take-off committee. And now for the most important event in recent chapter life. Let us introduce the nine splendid pledges who represent the nine bids we sent out November 26. Three of them, Virginia Box, Louise Pochat and Mary Charlotte Stevens are sophomores. The freshman pledges are Julia Lee Applegate, Dorothy Briggs, Helen Duckworth, Helen Hoffman, Reland Miller, and Gwyn- nedd Smith. In November the chapter was delighted with a visit from Mrs Overturf, our only regret being that it was so short. The chapter was brought together twice during the Christmas holidays. We had our annual Christmas party at the home of Henrietta Brady on December 27, and Open House was kept on New Years afternoon at the home of Mrs Burris. On January 18, Miss Betty Newsom went through Cincinnati en route to Washington. Ten of the girls met her and spent a delightful two hours with her. The Founders '-day luncheon was held January 24 at the Hotel Gibson and in the words of our Founders’ Toast we strove that all that was light-hearted and strong-hearted in our festival might crown the efforts of our Founders and verify their dearest hopes. 26 January 1920 Ethel L. Atkins ALPHA UPSILON— WASHINGTON COLLEGE The last two months have been very busy ones for our chap¬ ter, due to a round of parties. On December 5, our pledges entertained us with a buffet supper at Esther Reed’s home, and
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Chapter news 283 during the evening the Pussy Pledj Players gave us an opportu¬ nity to see ourselves as “has beens,, and “will bes.” Between acts they sang a Theta song composed by Margaret Connors which we expect to introduce at the 1921 convention. The pledges gave us as a Christmas gift a beautiful Madeira lunch-cloth which we needed so badly. On December 6, our alumnae gave a tea at Mrs Bowen’s for the college chapter, and soon after they gave us a jelly and jam shower. Our Christmas dance was postponed because of the fuel shortage, so we gave it January 24. It threatened to be post¬ poned then also, for we had engaged the gymnasium for the party, and through a misunderstanding, the floor was varnished that very afternoon. Imagine our dismay when the news reached us, with our “ imported' ’ music on its way and three girls from each of the other fraternities and three non-fraternity girls invited as guests. Fortunately we were able to secure another hall but a very small one. As a Founders ’-day gift our alumnae gave us some lovely new dishes. 2 February 1920 Dorothy Crane Mr and Mrs Jesse Seaton (Martha Sellards) are the parents of a daughter, Martha Corinne, born Dec. 28. Mr and Mrs Cyrus Monroe (Mary Sawyer) are tho parents of a son, Cyrus, Jr. '19 Elsie Cuthbert has returned to Topeka from Miami, Fla. where she was in charge of a Y. W. C. A. cafeteria. ’08 Day Monroe, who has been in charge of a hostess house in Paris will return in May. ’07 Julia Larimer is at Chateau-Thierry in charge of the Wellesley reconstruction unit. ’14 Mr and Mrs Denius (Juliet Pettijohn) of Dodge City, Kan. are the parents of a baby daughter. Mrs George Whitcomb (Jessie Wright) has gone to Panama to visit Mr and Mrs Richard Whitcomb (Marguerite Seltzer ’15) and Mr Robert Whitcomb. *15 Ruth Kaster has returned from Stanford and will remain in Topeka. ’19 Catherine Conkling, Ruth Thompson, Dorothy Wahle, and Frances Perry were here for the Christmas holidays. *19 Marguerite Thrapp has gone to Columbia, Mo. to engage in U. S. Public health service work. *19 Katharine Knowles was here for Founders '-day. *16 Mr Oscar Hull gave the chapter a beautiful picture of Erna Zutavern Hull, whose death occurred in November, 1918. '17 Mr and Mrs Rees Hughes (Isabel Savage) visited in Topeka in January.
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284 Kappa Alpha Theta ALPHA PHI— NEWCOMB COLLEGE We have lately added three names to our list of pledges, making ten in all, and thus completing our quota. They are Elizabeth Harvey and Virginia Butler of New Orelans and Elizabeth Sellers, formerly of Chicago, now of New Orleans. During Christmas week, the alumnae entertained the chapter and pledges at a card-party ; and Amy Dietze, who is studying at Cornell and was home for the holidays, gave us a tea. We are still holding our monthly social meetings. Although the weather was very bad we had a large attendance at the last one, when some of the girls presented charades of famous charac¬ ters in fiction. We also received five pounds from one of our “ annexes' ’ — Clara Belle Cromwell, who would have been pledged Theta this fall, had she been able to return to college. Alpha Phi has taken up a new line of work— that of looking after children in the Charity hospital. Some member goes down each afternoon and reads or plays games, and a number of the girls are extending their work to the homes of the children’s families in any way that seems necessary. 1 February 1920 Dorothy Hay Bom to Mr and Mrs Martin Kahas (Ethel Barkdull) a son. Born to Mr and Mrs James Black (Edna Neibergall) a son. Mrs Howland (Temple Keene), Alpha Mu, is now living in New Orleans and is a welcome addition to the Alumnas club. Mrs Putnam, Alpha Pi, spent a few days in New Orleans at the be¬ ginning of the year. ALPHA CHI— PURDUE UNIVERSITY With the renewed sense of responsibility to Theta caused by the visit of L. Pearle Green, we feel that there is nothing we can not cheerfully master, even the tests preceding the second semester registration. Miss Green’s short stay with us was cer¬ tainly an inspiration and we only wish we could know every officer personally. The pledges gave an unusual stunt, Thursday evening, January 22, after a get-together party we gave for Miss Green and the aluimue. It was a negro minstrel and one perpetual joke. We were quite weak from laughing when it was over. Plans are being completed for our formal dance on February 20. Everyone is to wear a black and white costume of some inexpensive material and the decorations are to carry out the color scheme. We hope it will be unique and striking, at any rate it will be different from the dances of the other houses.
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Chapter news 285 Our chapter is going to have a scholarship cup, and the name of the girl having the highest scholarship average at the end of the year is to be placed on it. Also our Panhellenic council is considering a scholarship cup to be presented to the fraternity with highest average, with the privilege of keeping it if won for two successive times. This will be an added incentive to make every minute count for the advancement of Theta. Catherine Overly is to be May Queen this year, Vivian Moore- house is Maid of honor and Juliet Matthews is in the train of attendants. Surely our seniors are setting an example which we underclassmen must follow and uphold. One of our pledges, Helen Vickery, who is taking agriculture, won the sophomore sweepstakes in the apple show, with a cup as the prize, and second in the horticulture class. Juliet Matthews won second prize in a fancy pie contest. You see we are quite domestically inclined. Now if we can only win the scholarship cup our house will be nicely decorated. 3 February 1920 Lais McCord Born to Mr and Mrs Sidney Smith (Tressa M. Moore) of Texarkana, Ark. Jan. 24, 1920, a daughter, Rosemary. Mr and Mrs Forest Finck (Helen Knox) are living in Wilmington, Del. The chapter wishes to thank the alumnae for their prompt, generous response to the plea for the building fund. Grace White has a studio now at Pentwater, Mich. Gale Bone is teaching at Bringhurst, Ind. ALPHA PSI— LAWRENCE COLLEGE We are looking forward to rushing a few new girls at the opening of college. The college is saddened at its opening, however, to lose Dr J. S. Custer of the history department, who leaves Lawrence for a new position with the Goodyear Rubber Co. of Akron, Ohio. Students and faculty alike feel deeply the loss of one of the best loved of their number. January 10 Mr and Mrs Elmer Jennings and Mr and Mrs Gerald Galpin entertained at a dancing party for the chapter and its pledges. The interclass oratorical contest held January 15 was of even more interest than usual this year, as the winner of first place was Yu Sheng Huang with his oration What about China? Mr Huang will represent Lawrence at the state oratorical contest.
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286 Kappa Alpha Theta Lawrence and Appleton people are rejoicing at the prospect of having the Wayfarer in Appleton this spring. Dean Evans of the conservatory has secured the guarantees from Appleton business men which will make it possible to schedule the Way¬ farer for Appleton. Another treat will be given Lawrence and Appleton people in the form of William Butler Yeats, famous poet and dramatist, who will be here March 5. 3 February 1920 Helen Ritchie Mrs Charles Schutz (Laura Lummis) is a new member of the Theta alumnae club. There are now seventeen members and meetings are held every two weeks. Mr and Mrs Joseph Marston (Ruth Hoeper) are nicely settled in their home on Lawrence st. >18 Ruth Findeisen of Green Bay announces her engagement to Bradley Conrad of Janesville. >18 Carrie Blair visited Loraine Lomas and while here was taken with small-pox.. The Alpha Delta Pis were so very kind as to offer the use of their cottage on Alton st. from where she has just been released from quarantine. >19 Amy Helmer announces her engagement to Stanley Metcalf of Janesville. >20 Anne Hawes announces her engagement to Edward Lukens of Chicago. Mary Fiske, a member of Kappa Upsilon here and later a Delta Gamma at Stanford university, was married to Douglas Newton of Stock- ton, Cal. on Jan. 29 in Green Bay. Daisy Ingold of Alpha Psi was Maid of Honor. Mrs Torrence Phelps (Elsie Fiske) was a ribbon-bearer in the ceremony, and Bessie Fiske played the harp. ALPHA OMEGA— UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH December 13, 1919, pledging service was held for the follow¬ ing girls: Marion Post, a graduate of Smith college, Dorothy Sattley, a sophomore from Wellesley college, Agnes Allison, Adeline Anger, Mary Chapman, Hazel Hippie, Olivia Koenig (sister of Rhoda and Beatrice), Grace Love (sister of Mabel Love Baker), Ethel Merriman (sister of Evangeline), Edith Macleod (sister of Helen) , Eleanor McCormick, and Kathryn Wilson. At this time Eula Tyce Woodson, a member of Alpha Theta local, now Beta Zeta chapter, was pledged. Initiation will be held after grades are reported. The formal pledge dance will be given February 13, at the University club. Alpha Omega is taking a prominent part in campus activities. Lena Ebeling is president of junior girls, Rhoda Koenig is vice- president of junior girls, and college editor of The Owl, Augusta
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Chapter news 287 Burdorf is chairman of the W. A. A. social committee, Margaret Colcord is business manager of the girls' glee club, and a member of the junior prom committee. Mary Stokes and Eleanor Steele are on the varsity basketball team, Harriet Colcord is vice- president of sophomore girls, and Alena Horner is college man¬ ager of The Owl . The pledges are also doing their part, Grace Love is president of freshman girls, and on the freshman basket¬ ball team, Mary Chapman, Edith Macleod, and Agnes Allison are also on the team, and Ethel Merriman is treasurer of freshman girls. The alumni of the university, together with the students, have been carrying on a $250,000 campaign for the erection of Alumni Hall. Gayle Isensee and Hazel Hippie are members of the committee. A new girls' dramatic organization, the Woodbees, has been formed. Adeline Anger and Eleanor Steele have been selected as coaches for two of the groups. Meta Ebeling was one of the thirty delegates from the univer¬ sity who attended the student volunteer convention at Des Moines, Iowa. Sarah Morrison, Kappa, author of the masque given at con¬ vention, was a recent dinner guest at the house. 2 February 1920 Alena Horner Frances Foulke, Carolyn Farrar, and Brenda Wright are on the Alumni hall campaign committee. Mary Fisher Bossier (Mrs R. B.) in March will go to South America with her husband. ’18 Bertha Ortman’s engagement to John Henry Raeber has been announced. ’ll The engagement of Anna Louise Roessle of Washington, D. C. to Frank Howard Ramsey ’10, 4> T A, of New York has been announced. She is a social worker with the national headquarters of the American Red Cross. The present address of Margaretta Weber is Lyman Court, Minne¬ apolis, Minn. BETA BETA— RANDOLPH-MACON WOMAN’S COLLEGE This is the time of year that Randolph-Macon begins to take a new lease on life. Mid-year examinations over, every one feels that she has the opportunity to make a new start and do better next time. i , j 1 ' None of us dreamed when the last siege of influenza had finally passed away into history that we would be under quaran¬ tine again so soon. Nevertheless, the fact remains that no one
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288 Kappa Alpha Theta can indulge in either a street car ride or in a jaunt to the movies. The only way we make up for missing these regular indulgences is by strolling on the campus and pretending that we do not want to go anyway. The vacancy in the presidency of Randolph-Macon has recently been filled by the appointment of Dr A. M. Anderson, professor of history at Richmond college. Dr Anderson is to enter upon his duties here in April and we are looking forward to his coming. Since our last letter we have pledged Eliza Eldridge of Rich¬ mond, Virginia. We have also initiated Frances Williams, Mary Porter, and Frances Barnitz. As March 1, our regular pledge day for freshmen, approaches, we are more and more impressed by our system of non-rushing, of the utter futility of human existence. We feel as though we should be in a state of excite¬ ment and preparation and instead the very peace and quiet makes the atmosphere seem charged with electricity. Dr Mary Noble, M.D. is giving a very instructive and inter¬ esting series of lectures to our student-body on the subject of social hygiene. She is also holding private consultations with those who are considering medicine as a profession. 2 February 1920 Eunice Wilson Lucile Duncan was married to Thomas Gibson, 2 X. Frances Barnitz did not return to college after the Christmas holidays. BETA GAMMA— COLORADO AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE Beta Gamma celebrated Founders '-day with the Denver Thetas. An inter-mural basketball tournament has just closed. Beta Gamma only succeeded in getting second place in the final game with Delta Delta Delta, with a score of 7 to 4. We were un¬ fortunate in having two of our best players ill with influenza. A lovely trophy was presented to the winners from Mrs Cole, the physical instructor. Class basketball games will be held later. We have been informed of the coming of the Katsup that the pledges are giving, and are looking forward to it with a great deal of interest. The pledge dance is to be February 14, 1920. Dean Johnson is very ill at his home with pneumonia follow¬ ing an attack of influenza. The entire college is earnestly hoping for his speedy recovery. Miss Sarah Kettle, one of Beta Gamma's alumnae, and
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Chapter news 289 instructor of languages at the college, has been seriously ill with influenza, but is much improved. Gladys Dunlap, one of our juniors, attended the Student volunteer convention at Des Moines during Christmas vacation. She was sent as one of the delegates from the college. She enjoyed meeting at the convention many Thetas from other chapters. Leland McMurry *18 Virginia Tompson spent two days at the chapter house the first week after Christmas vacation. ’19-ex Florence Crane Kidder (Mrs W.) and ’17 Nellie Crane Pers- sons (Mrs A.) took dinner at the chapter house Jan. 12. ’21-ex Carolyn Boyd Curry, who is teaching in Pueblo, is coming for our pledge dance Feb. 14. ’19 Doris Mann Chandler (Mrs L.) assisted by Magdaline Hahn Bark¬ ley (Mrs H.) entertained the two seniors, Bernice Dunlap and Gertrude Lawcer at luncheon Jan. 28. Others present at the luncheon were Vivina Klene, Delta Gamma, and Nellie Crane Perssons (Mrs A.) Helen Robertson has left college to accept a position at Payetta, Idaho as teacher of sewing in the high school. BETA DELTA— UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA Activity has rather been the keynote of affairs on the univer¬ sity campus during the past three months. The freshman class quite startled the university community after Christmas vacation by most decidedly announcing that they regarded the wearing of the traditional green cap as non- essential to the existence of a freshman. By concerted action of the upperclassmen the freshmen were suspended from all univer¬ sity activities until such a time as they should comply with the tradition. The united efforts of the Greek organizations also helped in the resulting compromise and the re-donning of the green cap. A splendid group of girls were granted a charter from Kappa Kappa Gamma in November. Installation of Gamma Zeta chap¬ ter of Kappa Kappa Gamma took place January 3-4. Kappa Alpha Theta entertained in honor of the new chapter at a tea January 11. The guests were the Greek letter organization women on the campus. Our house mother, Miss Anita Post, sang during the afternoon. Miss Lorena Cruce, Alpha Omicron, and Josephine Hubbard (Mrs Howard), Beta Delta, assisted at the tea table. General John Joseph Pershing dedicated the memorial foun¬ tain at the university, January 31. The fountain commemorates
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290 Kappa Alpha Theta our students who died in the service, Morgan McDermott, brother of Edith McDermott, one of our seniors, is included among the honored list. Beta Delta Chapter announces the initiation of her upper¬ classmen, Jeanette Davey, Frances Van Barneveld, and Mary Dell Wood. 31 January 1920 Ellen H. Boulton Mr and Mrs James Maffeo (Mary McDermott) announce the birth of a daughter, Minnie Elizabeth, Jan. 24. Mrs Kleine, Elgin, Ariz. our state chairman, visited the chapter house during the third week of January. She also took part in the celebration of our anniversary the following week. Elizabeth Samuel, Kappa, has been visiting friends in Tucson. Nydia Acker lectured at the university during Farmer's and House¬ keeper's week. Louise Norton, Alpha Mu, is spending the winter in Oracle, Helen Kelly Orr and Anne Avery Arthur, Alpha, now living at Nogales, called at the chapter house recently. Hildegarde Hamilton, Chi, has entered the university. Henrietta Rockfellow and Jessie Rae Monthan (Mrs Guy) were among our alumnae present at our Golden Jubilee. Katherine Hoy Jackson (Mrs Lawrence) successfully promoted a most welcome surprise during our birthday week, in the form of a shower of gifts from our alumnae for the chapter house. BETA EPSILON— OREGON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE Old Jupiter in all his fury is upon us, but little has he dampened our spirits, for we are true Oregonians, and we would hardly feel at home without the rain. Life in a tenement district didn’t have anything on Beta Epsilon the week preceding Christmas vacation. We awoke one morning to find ourselves literally snowed in, and with 35 degrees below zero feet, but 35 degrees above zero hearts, we plowed our way to the campus. For three days and nights we all huddled about the fireplace in the living room, for it was the only room in which we could have heat. Finally, on account of frozen water pipes, bursting radiators, and shortage of oil for fuel, college was closed December 11. After saying goodbye and Merry Christmas all around, we scurried off to our respective homes for a three weeks ’ vacation. An occasion during Christmas vacation which drew many O. A. C. enthusiasts together, was the dance given in Portland January 2, under the auspices of the greater 0. A. C. committee. At the beginning of the college year in September, we were proud to have an enrollment of 2,700, but now we are almost
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Chapter news 291 overcrowded with 3,248 students. In our enrollment at present are 217 students from Washington, and 272 from California. The new quarter brought back to us, Ruth Nickolson, Marie Berry, Bernice Bright and Barbara Nisley. The freshman stunt show this year was a vaudeville. The night before the great event we all found complimentary tickets beside our plates at dinner. As a result of the show, we are watching the freshmen closely for fear we will lose them to the Orpheum Circuit, or the Ziegfield Follies, their work was so finished and successful. 27 January 1920 Alma Scharpf *20 Dorothy Pernot has been elected to Delta Psi Kappa, an honorary athletic society. J17 Born, in October, to Mr and Mrs Olmsted (Maida Doolittle) a daughter, Evelyn Frances. BETA ZETA — OKLAHOMA AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL COLLEGE We have just returned from Oklahoma City and the celebra¬ tion of the fiftieth anniversary of Kappa Alpha Theta. Not until you have attended such a gathering of Thetas can you ready know all the joys of being one. Beta Zeta sent twenty representatives of the eighty-two who attended. While we were in the city we were invited to the home of Mamie and Margaret Russell to a luncheon, followed by a sur¬ prise shower for Alma Keys, Irma Rapp, Fearn Hamilton, and Margaret Russell. Our Panhellenic council is still at sea. Nothing definitely has been decided, but the rushing rules were simplified for this semester — and we only had one week of open rushing. The various women’s fraternities are exchanging dinner guests. College affairs are taking the usual course. Governor and Mrs Robertson, Mr G. A. Whitehurst, president of the Board of agriculture and Mrs Whitehurst, and Adjt.-Gen. Barrett of the governor’s staff, were here a few weeks ago for the dedication of the new gymnasium and science hall. Between halves at the basketball game between Southwestern state normal and the Aggies, Governor Robertson and President Whitehurst wore invited to become wild-cats, and they were decorated with the insignia of the wild-cat, the badge of distinc¬ tion for all boosters and fighters for the college. 2 February 1920 Goldia Jones
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292 Kappa Alpha Theta Helen Cant, Upsilon, who is teaching in the Home economics depart¬ ment, went with us to the jubilee banquet. Myrtie Baldwin has accepted a position in the Glencoe schools. She will finish her senior work during the summer term. Elizabeth Unser, Chicago, has spent the last few weeks at the Theta house with her mother, Mrs Unser, and sister, Margaret. Alma Hodges, Alpha Omicron, and sister, Jo Hodges, were guests at the Theta house last week-end. Opal Skaer is in Oklahoma City at Wesley hospital with the “flu.” She had gone down to attend the banquet and was suddenly taken ill. BETA ETA— UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA On Wednesday January 16 Beta Eta held its first Theta pledge service at Jean Shoe’s. We are proud to introduce nine girls: Carolyn Yale Crouter, daughter of June Yale Crouter (Mrs A. L. E.) Lambda ’90; three sisters — Annetta R. Masland and Sara McAllister, Philadelphia ; Mildred Martin, Norristown ; Marion Blood, Brookville, senior and member of Pi Lambda Theta; Marguerite Evans, Lawndale; Helen Ziegler, Anna Brown and Elizabeth Eaton, Philadelphia. Our first formal rushing affair was a colonial party held November 22 in a big square colonial home in Woodland offered by a generous aunt. We wore costumes of the period 1750-1890, played games, danced, sang and of course ate. On January 13 we gave a dinner and a theater party to Three wise fools. Mrs Ferguson, Alpha Beta, was our very charming chaperon. Rushing season lasted from the official university opening until January 16 ; we were limited to two formals — affairs where a written invitation in the name of the fraternity was sent — and as much informal entertaining as we could stand. As a result, next year’s rushing season is to last but six weeks. Panhellenic, deciding it needed to do more to justify its existence than to merely regulate rushing, successfully gave this fall a tea to all fraternity rushees, an informal party for frater¬ nity girls, and a theater benefit to help raise the Student con¬ ference funds. Theta is now anxiously awaiting the award of the 1918-19 Panhellenic scholarship cup, for which she and Chi Omega are close rivals. M. Frances Snyder, Y. W. C. A. president, Elizabeth Lackey, annual member, and Marguerite Evans were among Penn’s twelve women undergraduate delegates to Des Moines. Marguerite Evans made Quill and Bauble, the women’s dra¬ matic and literary club, at the recent try-outs. She is the fourth Theta in a membership limited to 30.
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Chapter news 293 Founders ’-day came in the midst of our examinations, but nevertheless a group of alumnae, undergraduates and pledges gathered at Jean Shoe’s for an evening of Theta songs, spirit and stories (with particular thanks to the January Journal). Lena Ebeling, Alpha Omega, visited us when she was here for the Y. W. C. A. annual delegates ’ conference, November 15. (N. B. the Penn-Pitt game was a tie.) 3 February 1920 Marion W. Masland i ’1 6 Mildred Allice Eckels and Maj George Sawyer Woodard, U. S. A. M. C. were married Dec. 27. Address: General delivery, Manila, Philip¬ pine Islands. ’19 Dec. 1, Helena K. Amend announced her engagement to Herbert Riebling of Detroit. Frances Q. Holsopple has moved to 430 S. 40th st. Philadelphia, NEW YORK ALUMNA A musical tea is planned for our March meeting and in May will come the annual country outing. The “bacon bat” in the New Rochelle woods last year, with Mrs Adele Johnson Wilputte, Alpha Theta, as hostess, was such a treat that Mrs Marjorie Love joy Bartholomew, Upsilon, entertained with another out¬ door party at her home in Essex Falls, N. J. in June. Sara Belle Goe PORTLAND ALUMNAS December 20 found Portland Thetas resembling the proverb¬ ial bee, for on that day Ethel Clarke, Alpha Xi, opened her tea room and gift shop, “Ye Betty Lampe.” Thetas had charge of this day, as all the proceeds above the day ’s actual expenses were to swell our fund for the Oregon woman’s building. We had to postpone the opening because of the cold weather the week be¬ fore, so we were rather afraid we would not have the number we planned on originally: “Ye Betty Lampe” opened at eleven- thirty for luncheon, by twelve every table was full, the bridge room was being utilized, and still people came. Thetas helped in the kitchen and waited on the tables. By three o ’clock the last of the “lunchers” had left, but people began coming for tea. Here again Thetas helped in the kitchen and assisted with tea. By six the tea house was empty of all guests. Only tired, but satisfied Thetas remained to talk it all over and decide that it had been a grand success. The following Saturday, December 27, the alumna; gave a luncheon at “Ye Betty Lampe” for the college girls who were
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294 Kappa Alpha Theta home for the holidays. There were about seventy Thetas there as the girls were home from the University of Oregon, Oregon agricultural college, and the University of Washington. On the twenty-ninth the Christmas College ball was held at the Multnomah hotel. This was given by the alumnae chapters of eight women’s fraternities, and the proceeds of this also went to the Oregon woman’s building fund. Both ball rooms of the Multnomah were more than crowded. The dances were inter¬ spersed with “ stunts” put on by students from the University of Oregon, Oregon agricultural college, University of Washington, and Washington state college. The regular Theta meeting for January was held at Lila Sengstake Young’s, Alpha Xi, with Ella Dobie Hathaway, Alpha Xi, as chairman of the hostess group. A series of dances were planned to be given for the benefit of the Scholarship fund. After the business meeting a most interesting talk was given by Annabelle Mulheron, Eta. Miss Mulheron related her experi¬ ences in France, from where she has but recently returned, hav¬ ing been there in the interest of the American Library associa¬ tion. We are keenly anticipating the luncheon which is to be held in the honor of Founders ’-day. 24 January 1920 Maurine McAdam Temple Marriages: *14 Marguerite Rankin, Alpha Xi, to Dr S. B. Hoskins; address St. Helens, Ore. >14 Bess Cowden to Mr Frank B. Smithe; address 2045 Creston av. New York, N. Y. Born to Mr and Mrs Virgil Cooper (Sue Hayes, Alpha Xi) a second son. Mary Hutchins Thomas, Phi, and small daughter, Alice Anne, left the first of the year for a two months ’ visit in California. Ruth Hyndman Cutler, Delta, spent the Christmas holidays in Cin¬ cinnati. Laura Green Buck, Alpha Sigma, has returned from an extended visit in Spokane. Ruth Walters, Alpha Lambda, is in California for the remainder of the winter. Mary Warrack, Alpha Xi, is taking a trip through the East. Lucile Evans, Alpha Xi, is visiting in California. PROVIDENCE ALUMNA ’03-ex Irene T. Seabury is spending the year in California. >05 Alice W. Traver of Hartford, Conn, rendered several of her original monologues in an especially charming manner at the Christmas meeting of the Brown alumnae association. During her stay in town she was the guest of Flora M. Cotton *04.
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Chapter news 295 '08 Born to Dr and Mrs Lewis B. Porter (Ruth L. Foster) a son, Dec. 26, 1919. *10 Married, Jan. 1, 1920, Gertrude M. Allen to Mr Burt M. Mc¬ Connell. Mr McConnell is on the editorial staff of the Literary Digest . 'll Married, Dec. 24, 1919, Lyda May Bassett to Mr Harold Sterling Bird. Their present address is La Jolla, Cal. SPOKANE ALUMNiE Spokane Thetas have shown such a burst of speed this fall that it is hard for me, a newcomer, to keep from throwing bouquets. Every alumna in town and the surrounding country, save perhaps one or two, has enrolled and each one seems glad to help in what we are doing and attempting. We held our election of officers at the Davenport hotel on October 11. Vern Gaddis Jinnett, our District president, was with us for that meeting and gave us a good talk, which started us off on the right foot — and we flatter ourselves that we are still on it. Alpha Lambda alumnae gave a lovely luncheon for us at Mrs Sanders’ home November 8. On that day we decided to look out for the children at Edgecliffe tuberculosis sanitarium on Christ¬ mas. On December 6 we gave a dance for the Scholarship fund which netted a fair amount. Grace Baker, Alpha Sigma, should be given all the credit for that party and a very nice party it was. Mrs Arthur Lewis, Mrs R. L. Price, Mrs Arthur Hooker and Dorothy Fortier entertained us at luncheon on December 13 at Culbertson’s tea room. At this meeting we decided to make baby clothes for the Salvation Army home, which we are now doing. Until we began to cut it, I didn’t suppose that there was so much outing flannel in the world. On January 3 we gave a tea at the home of Mrs J. S. McLean for the girls home from college and for some of the seniors in high school. This really was a rushing party and was such a lovely one that we feel that it must have contributed something to Theta’s new publicity campaign. January 10 found us at Mrs Fancher’s for lunch, Mrs Fancher, Mrs Buren, Grace Baker, and Jessie McGrath were the hostesses and their party was a great success. Beside our regular luncheons we are planning to give small bridge teas to raise money for the Scholarship fund. At each meeting we have a silver offering for the friendship fund which
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296 Kappa Alpha Theta is used by the Friendship committee for flowers for girls who are unable to come to meetings. Ruth D. Oakleaf Julia Platt McLean (Mrs J. S.) Alpha Xi, is living in Spokane. Maude Carlton Grove (Mrs Robert) Alpha, is teaching English at Millwood. Helen and Lietha McCarthy, Alpha Nu, have recently affiliated with our alumnae chapter. The following brides from Alpha Sigma chapter have established homes in Spokane this winter: Mildred Hardy Lemon (Mrs George), Frances Wilmer Schaefer (Mrs Boyd), Dorothy McMasters McCroskey (Mrs Earl). Peggy Oakleaf (Mrs Howard B.) Beta Epsilon, has recently moved to Spokane. Elgine Warren, our president, from Alpha Lambda, is teaching in North Central high school. Dorothy Fortier, Alpha Sigma, is in civil service work at Bremerton, Wash. Ethel Malpis Riddell (Mrs John) is living at Fort George Wright, where her husband, Capt RiddeU is stationed. Born to Mr and Mrs G. H. Obertoeffer (Mildred Healy) a son. Pearle Flood (Mrs H. E. Goldsworthy) Alpha Sigma, is spending the winter in Spokane. WASHINGTON ALUMNiE There is a thriving chapter of our fraternity in an important eastern city and that chapter wishes attention called to it so that every Theta traveling to Washington, D. C. will make herself known and be properly and cordially received by her sisters. Here, the Thetas hold monthly meetings at the homes of very hospitable members and are planning in the near future to acquire the use of a room at the Central high school, or at some other convenient meeting place, where they may foregather and spare the homes of the members from monthly invasion. The November meeting was celebrated by a big dinner at Rauseher’s in honor of our newly-elected Grand president. Miss Newsom favored us with a brief talk on convention pro¬ ceedings and left several questions for us to ponder. We con¬ sider ourselves fortunate in having her make her home in the District, for although she is indeed a busy lady, she is glad to help out with all Theta undertakings. At the same November meeting the annual election of officers transpired with the fol¬ lowing results. President, Mrs E. F. Geyer, Beta ’89; first vice-president, Mrs B. H. Meyer, Psi ’98 ; second vice-president, Miss Alice Whitney, Chi ’99; recording secretary, Miss Helen
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Chapter news 297 Ardery, Beta ’19 ; corresponding secretary, Mrs B. B. Hussey, Alpha Lambda; treasurer, Miss Edith V. Holstock, Lambda ’17; corresponding editor, Miss Winifred Skinner, Iota ’18. The return to America of Miss Elsie S. Church, Iota ’18, was heralded at the meeting and an informal tea for our Y. M. C. A. worker, was held at the New Willard on the afternoon of Novem¬ ber 12. In December the chapter meeting was at the home of Mrs Austin in Cleveland Park and consisted of a vaudeville in which our more talented members participated. There were hula dancers, monologues, a comedy and musical numbers. The stage was cleverly set and screened by a curtain conspicuously marked 4 ‘ Asbestos/ ’ The footlights were a joy to behold and the whole affair was delightful. Then, not content with entertaining us so well by the theatricals, we were further cheered by delicious refreshments. Our last meeting of the year and a splendid one it was. Our first meeting of the new year was a very large one at the home of Mrs Axtell and Mrs Hussey ( mother and daughter both loyal Thetas). Several matters of business were transacted. First, the retiring president Mrs Swiggett, gave a few moments to discoursing on the past, and first, year of the chapter here, then the new officers were duly installed and with Mrs Geyer in the chair we proceeded with plans for our celebration of Founders ’-day. When that day arrived we all partook of a fine banquet at Rauscher’s, followed by a delightful gathering. The Goucher chapter had extended a cordial invitation for us to join in their celebration and we had returned the compliment, but for ourselves deemed it more advisable to remain in the District for the greater convenience of the alumnae here. On the follow¬ ing day, four of our members entertained the chapter at a tea in the new Association of collegiate alumnae national clubhouse. This is a fine old building facing the White House across Lafayette square. It is considered both an honor and a privilege to be a member of the Association and the added attraction of the clubhouse with the reasonable yearly fees will, we hope, induce many of the Thetas to join the organization. Winifred Skinner KAPPA CHAPTER A sixth verse, written by Mrs Alice Crittenden Derby, Mu *92, for this song, Song-book, page 33. Wo *re married now, we ’ve caught our men And never will we toil again. And all of you should married be; There are some poor fish yet in the sea.
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SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, ALUMNA CLUB All Thetas going to San Diego, California, either temporarily or permanently, are invited, yea urged, to report their presence and address to the San Diego alumnae club, which will welcome them at its meetings. Write to, or call, Mrs Frederick De Motte, 3346 Herman st. Phone : Hill 797W ; or Mrs Earl Garrettson, 2343 Front st. Phone: M-3579. DENVER, COLORADO, ALUMNA CLUB This Theta club meets the first Saturday of each month and welcomes all Thetas at its meeting. For place and hour inquire of Mrs Ralph Shafor, 1444 Lafayette st. JOURNAL EXCHANGE Mrs Earl Garrettson, 2343 Front st. San Diego, Calif, makes this offer to new (or old) chapters. "I have a file of K A 0 Journals , pretty complete from 1904-19 inclusive, including also odd copies in 1894, 1895, and the whole of 1896. If any chapter would like the same, I’d be glad to give them these upon request/ ’ If these magazines would help complete your chapter file, write Mrs Garrettson NOW. Tho Hyde Park-Woodlawn branch of the Chicago Panhellenic associa¬ tion has recently been organized, with Gladys Gibbons, Kappa Alpha Theta from Newcomb college as president. The organization meets every Monday evening at 7:30 at the home of one of its members, who are largely students in the University of Chicago, although any member of a national woman’s fraternity living in the neighborhood is invited.
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ALUMN-ffi CHAPTER MEETINGS BALTIMORE ALUMNA meets the third Tuesday evening of every month at eight o ’clock at the homes of members. Place of any meeting can be ascertained from the secretary, Hilda Malone, 3309 Elgin av. CHICAGO ALUMNA meets the third Saturday of every month, with the exception of July and August, in the Blue Fountain room, 7th floor, Marshall Field & Co. for business meeting at 11:30, followed by luncheon at 12:30. CLEVELAND ALUMNA holds its meetings the second Saturday of each month. Place of meeting may be obtained by calling Mrs Robert C. Allen, 1531 Hillcrest Rd. Phone: Fairmount 2185 W. Thetas always welcome. CINCINNATI ALUMNA has issued the following schedule for the remainder of this year. Thetas always welcome at their meetings. January 3 — Tea at Woman’s city club. January 27 — Founders ’-day banquet. March 1 (?) — Initiation of Alpha Tau chapter. April 3 — Joint meeting with Alpha Tau at home of Mrs B. E. Holmes, 3892 Clifton av. Clifton. May 1 — Baby party at home of Mrs Gilbert Bettman, 267 Green- dale av. Clifton. June 16 — Picnic for graduating seniors of Alpha Tau, at home of Miss Florence Stewart, Fernbank. INDIANAPOLIS ALUMNA meets at the homes of members the second Saturday of each month at two-thirty in the afternoon. All Thetas welcome. For place of any meeting phone the president, Mrs J. Y. Wheeler, Apt. A, Kenilworth, 34th & Meridian sts. The chapter has issued a most attractive booklet of its meetings. PITTSBURGH ALUMNA meets at 2:30 p. M. last Saturday of each month at the Alpha Omega chapter house, 4738 Bayard st. Any Theta will always be very welcome. PORTLAND ALUMNA meets the first week of each month. Notice of place of meetings is published in all the city papers. Out-of-town Thetas always welcome. PROVIDENCE ALUMNA meetings are held on the third Friday of each month at the homes of members. For place of meeting phone the secretary, Miss Martha Watt, 2144 Broad st. TACOMA ALUMNA3 meets the second Saturday of each month at the homes of members. Each hostess is assisted by some member who cannot herself entertain. Place of meeting can be obtained from Marie Vestal, 311 S. 9th st. , <n|*]( TOPEKA ALUMNAE meetings are the first Saturday of each month at homes of members. For place of meetings consult the secretary, Mary Parkinson, 921 Monroe st.
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DIRECTORY GRAND COUNCIL Office Name Address Grand President . . . Grand vice-president . Grand secretary . Grand treasurer . Editor . Betty Newsom . Mary Ashby . L. Pearle Green . Martha Cline Huffman (Mrs Y. B.) . L. Pearle Green . c|o Clephlane & Latimer, 1512 H st. N. W. Washington, D. C. 1924 N. Delaware st. Indianapolis, Ind. 15 East av. Ithaca, N. Y. Broken Bow, Neb. 15 East av. Ithaca, N. Y. COMMITTEES Service board — Chairman . Vice-chairman . Secretary . Scholarship fund — Chairman . Corresponding secretary . Financial secretary . A rchives . Alumnce secretary . Cataloguer . Mrs C. C. Dodge . Mrs John K. Bush . Maud Philips . Jane Spalding . Ray Hanna . Mrs E. P. Cubberly _ Mrs Fred M. Dewcese.. Eva R. Hall . 326 Leary Bldg., Seattle, Wash. 133 Dorffel drive, Seattle, Wash. 1856$ W. 24th st. Los Angeles, Cal. 134 N. Gates st. Los Angeles, Cal. 418 E. 37th st. Los Angeles, Cal. Stanford University, Cal. Hilaire Farm, Dawson, Neb. 327 W. Sycamore st. Sycamore, Ill. NATIONAL PANHELLENIC CONGRESS Chairman . Delegate for Kappa Alpha Theta.. . . Mrs. Ethel H. Weston, Sigma Kappa . L. Pearle Green . Madison, Me. 15 East av. Ithaca, N. Y. COLLEGE CHAPTERS DISTRICT I Chapter Cor. Secy. Address District president . Alpha — 1870 De Pauw university . Beta- 1870 Indiana state university.... Gamma — 1874 Butler College . Alpha Eta — 1904 Vanderbilt university . Alpha Chi — 1915 Purdue university . Grace Philputt . Evelyn Wylie . Julia Tutewiler . Gladys Wamsley . Lucy Van Ness . Marie Mueller . 924 E. 3d st. Bloomington, Ind. Theta house, Greencastle, Ind. Theta house, Bloomington, Ind. 5718 Oak av. Indianapolis, Ind. 1508 Hayes st. Nashville, Tenn. 129 S. Grant st. W. Lafayette, Ind. DISTRICT II District president . Delta — Genevieve Forbes . 2653 Stewart av. Evanston, Ill. 1875 University of Illinois . Tau — Harriett Halladay . 901 S. Wright st. Champaign, Ill. 1887 Northwestern university. . . Upsilon — Gladys H. Bell . Willard Hall, Evanston, Ill. 1889 University of Minnesota. . . Psi — Beatrice Johnson . 314 10th av. S.E. Minneapolis, Minn. 1890 University of Wisconsin. . . . Alpha Pi — Vira F. Winchell . 200 Prospect av. Madison, Wis. 1911 University of North Dakota Alpha Psi — Ada L. Olson . University, N. D. 1915 Lawrence college . Mabel Cass . 653 Washington st. Appleton, Wis. DISTRICT III District president . Eta — Eugenie Rounsavell Overturf (Mrs A. K.) 289 W. 7 th av. Columbus, Ohio. 1879 University of Michigan .... Mu- Irene Peers . 1414 Washtenaw av. Ann Arbor, Mich. 1881 Allegheny college . Alpha Gamma- Margaret Cleveland. . . . Hulings hall, Meadville, Pa. 1892 Ohio state university . Alpha Tau — Grace Tredway . 1902 N. High st. Columbus, Ohio. 1913 University of Cincinnati. . . . Alpha Omega — Alfarata Myers . 875 Hutchins av. Avondale, Cincin¬ nati, Ohio. 1915 University of Pittsburgh. . . Gayle Isensee . 4738 Bayard st. Pittsburgh, Pa.
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DISTRICT IV Chapter Cgr. Secy. Address District president . Iota— Anna S. Ward . 396 Main st. Burlington, Vt. 1881 Cornell university . Lambda — Louise Roux . 301 Wyckoff av. Ithaca, N. Y. 1881 University of Vermont . Sigma — Mary E. Hutton . 26 Summit st. Burlington, Vt. 1887 Toronto university . Chi — Kathleen Cordingley . . . 404 Markham st. Toronto, Ontario, Can. 1889 Syracuse university . Theresa Hausch . 306 Walnut pi. Syracuse, N. Y. DISTRICT V District president . Mrs Hal Lebrecht.. 41 W. 58th st. Kansas City, Mo. Kappa — 1881 University of Kansas . Rho — Mildred Law . 916 Ohio st. Lawrence, Kan. 1887 University of Nebraska. . . . Alpha Iota — Alyne O’Loughlin . 1548 R st. Lincoln, Neb. 1906 Washington university . Alpha Mu — Mary Lewis . 4322 Washington av. St. Louis, Mo. 1909 University of Missouri . Alpha Rho — Lois Harris . 904 Providence rd. Columbia, Mo. 1912 University of South Dakota Alpha Upsllon— Anna Dunlap . 212 Dakota st. Vermilion, S. D. 1914 Washburn college . Beta Gamma- Beatrice Shakeshaft. . . . 913 Fillmore st. Topeka, Kan. 1917 Colorado agricultural college Gladys Dunlap . 504 Remington st. Ft. Collins, Colo. DISTRICT VI District president . Omicron — 1887 University of Southern Cali¬ fornia . Phi- 1889 Stanford university . Omega — 1890 University of California. . . . Beta Delta — 1917 University of Arizona . Alberta Hanna . Constance Chambers. . . Miriam Hilton . Dorothy Tu thill . Mildred Kelly . 97 N. Orange Grove av. Pasadena Cal. 5348 Russell av. Hollywood, Cal. Stanford University, Cal. 2723 Durant av. Berkeley, Cal. University of Arizona, Tucson, Ariz. DISTRICT VII District president . Alpha Beta- 1891 Swarthmore college . Alpha Delta — 1896 Goucher college . Alpha Kappa — 1907 Adelphi college . Beta Beta- 1916 Randolph-Macon Woman’s college . Helen Frisch . Gladys Pell . Elizabeth Junken . Constance Jenkins . Beatrice Brown 314 Woodlawn av. Roland Park, Md. Swarthmore college, Swarthmore, Pa. Goucher college, Baltimore, Md. 589 6th st. Brooklyn, N. Y. Box 249, R.-M. W. C., Lynchburg, Va. 54 E. Washington Lane, German¬ town, Pa. Beta Eta 1919 University of Pennsylvania Lehrma M. Clows . DISTRICT VIII District president . Alpha Theta — 1904 University of Texas . Alpha Omicron — 1909 University of Oklahoma. . . . Alpha Phi- 1914 Newcomb College . Beta Zeta— 1919 Okla. A. &M . Ethel Maude Smith Lowry (Mrs Tom). . . . Margaret Robertson . . . Dorothy Prouty . Vida Lenoir . Opal Skaer . 1507 N. Broadway, Oklahoma City, Okla. 2503 Whitis av. Austin, Tex. Theta House, Norman, Okla. 6222 Freret st. New Orleans, La. Theta House, Stillwater, Okla. DISTRICT IX District president . Alpha Lambda — 1908 University of Washington . . Alpha Nu — 1909 Montana state university. . Alpha Xi— 1909 Oregon state university. . . . Alpha Sigma- 1913 Washington state college. . . Beta Epsilon- 1917 Oregon agricultural college. Vern Gaddis Jinnett (Mrs E. R.) . Margaret Colesworthy. Helen Little . Geraldine Pilkington. . . Juanita Loomis . Margaret Rogers . Odessa, Wash. 4710 17th av. N. E. Seattle, Wash. 341 University av. Missoula, Mont. 1213 Hilyard st. Eugene, Ore. 500 California st. Pullman, Wash. 242 7th st. N. Corvallis, Ore.
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ALUMN7E CHAPTERS Baltimore 1910 . Boston 1915 . Burlington 1898 . Champatgn-Urbana, 1920 . Chicago 1896 . Cincinnati 1913 . Cleveland 1903 . Columbus 1897 . Detroit 1913 . Evanston 1910 . Indianapolis 1897 . Kansas City 1905 . Lincoln 1909 . Los Angeles 1901 . Madison 1912 . New Orleans 1920 . New York 1895 . Norman -Oklahoma City 1916 - Omaha 1910 . Philadelphia 1898 . Pittsburgh 1902 . Portland 1911 . Providence 1912 . Pullman 1914 . St. Louis 1909 . San Francisco 1909 . Seattle 1908 . Spokane 1913 . Syracuse 1903 . Tacoma 1915 . Topeka 1909 . Toronto 1911 . Twin Cities 1895 . Washington 1918 . Kathryn Watson .... Mildred Bishop . Irene A. Barrett. .... Mrs Albert Eisner... Jessie Farr. . .. . Madolin Serodino. . . Mrs R. C. Allen - Mrs C. S. Burt. .... Mrs R. W. Simonds. . . Mrs Dudley K. French Charlotte Lesh . Mrs C. A. Clark . Cornelia Crittenden. . . Emma Swezey . Mrs G. B. Hambrecht.. Ethel M. Friedrichs... . Helen Lay . Ruth Williams . Rachel Metcalfe . Clara Atlee . Mrs K. W. Todd . Mrs A. H. Helfrich . Martha Watt . Alice G. Paterson . Helen Bannister . Hazel Rader . Beatrice Mercer . Winifred Belcher . Ruth Jones . Mrs O. B. Sperlin . Mary Parkinson . Helen Mackey . Ruth Dale . Mrs B. B. Hussey . 309 Woodlawn rd. Roland Park, Md. 24 Prescott st. Cambridge, Mass. 4 Mansfield av. Burlington, Vt. 802 W. Park av. Champaign, Ill. 1806 Wesley av. Evanston, Ill 2223 Cameron av. Norwood, Ohio 1531 Hill Crest rd. Cleveland. Ohio 433 W. 8th av. Columbus, Ohio. 314 Glynn court, Detroit, Mich. 503 Hawthorne lane, Winnetka, Ill. 3650 Central av. Indianapolis, Ind. 3402 Locust st. Kansas City , Mo. 1527 S. 20th st. Lincoln, Neb. 3032 W. 12th st. Los Angeles, Cal. 325 W. Wilson st. Madison, Wis. Metaire Rd. New Orleans, La. 60 Buckingham Rd. Brooklyn, N. Y. 300E. Park PI. Oklahoma City, Okla. 3834 Charles st. Omaha, Neb. Riverton, N. J. 613 Whitney av. Wilkinsburg, Pa. 807 Commercial st. Portland, Ore. 2144 Broad st. Providence, R. I. 1811 Indiana st. Pullman, Wash. 5128 Westminster, St. Louis, Mo. 2643 i Channing Way, Berkeley, Cal. 1932-1 1th av. N. Seattle. Wash. N. 1921 Monroe st. Spokane, Wash. 543 S. Warren st. Syracuse, N. Y. 1401 S. Adams st. Tacoma, Wash. 921 Monroe st. Topeka, Kan. 276 Evelyn av. Toronto, Ontario, Can. Hotel Maryland, Minneapolis, Minn. Apt. 614, 2123 California st. Wash¬ ington, D. C. Promptly notify the Editor of any change in office or address of Corresponding Secretary.
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ALUMNA BOARD Alumna Secretary: Mrs Fred M. Dewf.ese, Hilaire Farm, Dawson, Neb, State Chairman Address Alabama . Arizona . Arkansas . California . Colorado . Connecticut . Delaware . District Columbia, Florida . Georgia . Idaho . Illinois . Indiana . Iowa . Kansas . Kentucky . Louisiana . Maine . Maryland . Massachusetts. . . . Michigan . Minnesota . Mississippi . Missoun . Montana . Nebraska . Nevada . New Hampshire . . New Jersey . New Mexico . New York . North Carolina. . . North Dakota _ Ohio . Oklahoma . . Oregon . Pennsylvania . . Rhode Island . South Carolina South Dakota . Tennessee . Texas . . Utah . Vermont . Virginia . Washington . West Virginia . Wisconsin . Wyoming . Foreign lands . Asia . Canada . Louise Berrey . Mrs L. W. Klene . Mrs R. P. Bowen . Mrs N. L. Gardner . Bernice Tompkins . Mrs Ralph Shafor . Elizabeth Dean . See Maryland. See Alabama. See Alabama. Mrs Chas. St. Clair . Mrs Donald Nelson . Mrs W. H. Montgomery Bonnie Marshall . Mabel R. Sivewright . Amelia Shapleigh . Elinor Annan . Mrs Melville Eastham . . . . Mrs A. M. Higheley . Mrs Robert M. Thompson See Alabama. Mrs W. W. Horner . . Mrs. H. L. Sadler . Mrs F. M. Deweese . . See Wyoming. See Maine. Anne Lippincott Miller Mary Alice Boyd . Mabel B. Chapin . Ramelle B. Smith . Mrs A. M. Lommen . Mrs L. H. Schminck . Mrs Arthur E. Patrick Mrs. D. A. Hathaway . Dale Finley . Mrs B. Snow . Mrs Hughes Mayo . Helen Beede . Stella Scott Vaughn . Mrs H. G. Henne . Mrs H. H. Lawson . Irene A. Barrett . Nannie W. Ames . Mrs C. A. Bemis . Hester Harper . Mrs J. C. Snook . Mrs C. L. Larson . Mrs Horace Sailor . Alice Ball . 1004 St. Anthony st. Mobile. Elgin. Malvern. 2901 Hillegass av. Berkeley. Cal. 395 N. 3rd st. San Jose, Cal. 1444 Lafayette st. Denver. Manchester. 311 Placer av. Idaho Falls. 4335 Washington Blvd. Chicago. 129 Downey av. Indianapolis. 1210 8th st. Des Moines. 7824 Elm st. New Orleans. 15 Hidden road, Andover, Mass. 3810 York rd. Baltimore. 2 Prescott st. Cambridge. 1135 Michigan av. Ann Arbor. 3749 Lyndale av. S. Minneapolis. 5842 Julian av. St. Louis. 322 Beckwith st. Missoula Hilaire Farm, Dawson. Riverton. 123 S. High st. Albuquerque. 122 Broad st. Oneida. Albemarle. Box 437, Grand Forks. 125 Islington st. Toledo. Chandler. 132 N. 21st st. Portland. 7229 Hermitage st. Pittsburgh. 28 Orchard st. Pawtucket. 2 Orange st. Charleston. Vermilion. 2212 Highland av. Nashville. P. O. Box 120, New Braunfels 123 N st. Salt Lake City. 4 Mansfield av. Burlington. Pungoteaque 4747 21st st. N. E. Seattle. 777 Harris st. Appleton. care B. & A. Mining Co. Gillham, Ark. Sage PI. Ithaca, N. Y. 1 Willcocks st. Toronto, Ont.
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THETA SERVICE BOARD VOCATIONAL ADVISORS Chairman Mrs. L. C. Rogers, St. Anne, Ill. Church work: Miss Grace E. Babcock, 6426 Washing¬ ton blvd. Oak Park, Ill. Domestic science: Mrs Rufus R. Beardsley, 1250 N. State st. Chicago, Ill. Interior decorating: Miss Grace Tyner White, 116 Sheetz st. West Lafayette, Ind. Manuscript criticism : Dramas and plays: Miss Abbie Findlay Potts, 17 Lansing av. Troy, N. Y. Essays and articles : Miss Catherine Comfort, Brad¬ ley Seminary, Peoria, Ill. Fiction: Mrs George Fitch, Cambridge, Ill. Medical profession: Dr Urbana Spink, 1140 E. Market st. Indianapolis, Ind. Nature study for children: Mrs Phineas L. Windsor, 609 Michigan av. Urbana, Ill. Newspaper work: Mrs Albert Rabb, 520 E. 11th st. Indianapolis, Ind. Profession of law: Mrs George Whitcombe, 1921 W. 6th st. Topeka, Kan. Physical education: Hazel Rader, 2639 Channing Way, Berkeley, Cal. Secretarial work: Mrs Melville Eastham, 2 Prescott st. Cambridge, Mass. Miss Gertrude M. Allen, Rockefeller Foundation, 61 Broadway, New York city. Social Service: Miss Edna Henry, 1414 Broadway, Indianapolis, Ind. Theatrical profession: Miss Mary Ward Holton, 1218 Central av. Indianapolis, Ind. Y. W. C. A.: Lucy Y. Riggs, 1121 Syndicate Bldg. St. Louis, Mo. Information Bureau is in charge of Miss May K. Flannery, Wynnewood, Pa. Bureau open to both under¬ graduates and alumnae, the only requisite for an answer being an addressed and stamped envelope.
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Scholarship Fund Information on Undergraduate Loans MISS MAUDE PHILIPS . . Chairman MISS RAY HANNA.. . Financial Secretary MISS JANE SPALDING . Corresponding Secretary 134 North Gates street, Los Angeles, Cal. Los Angeles Alumnae . . . Custodian Loans are not less than $50, nor more than $350 to one person. They may be taken in one installment, or in two or three, as the applicant desires. Interest is 4 per cent, payable annually. Security is asked in the shape of two endorsements of the note by financially responsible members of the ap¬ plicant’s chapter, active or alumnae. Loans are payable within two years after the bene¬ ficiary has left college. An extension of time may be granted at the discretion of the Committee. This fund is open to all undergraduate Thetas, and ap¬ plications are received at any time. Applications should be addressed to the Secretary of the Committee, Miss Jane Spaulding, 134 North Gates Street, Los Angeles, Cal. and should state the appli¬ cant’s chapter, her year in college, when she expects to graduate, what she intends to do after graduation, whether or not she is wholly dependent on her own efforts, is partially self-supporting or not, and any other items that will assist the committee. The necessary correspondence for arranging a loan takes three or four weeks, so ample time should be al¬ lowed if money is needed for a special purpose, such as registration fees. Inquiries are welcome and information is gladly fur¬ nished by the secretary. All checks, whether for interest, loans, or gifts to the Fund, should be made payable to Los Angeles Alumnae of Kappa Alpha Theta, and sent to the Secretary.
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Baird's Manual —of— American College Fraternities NEW AND EIGHTH (191S) 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 Fra¬ ternities, Women’s Local Fraternities, Professional Fraternities, 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 ownership and valuations. In short, the Eighth Edition is a complete Cyclopedia of Fraternity Information, containing 900 pages of printed matter. It is strongly bound in buckram and the price is $3.00 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, $9. Kappa Alpha Theta Catalogue, IQ15: Price 25 cents. Address: Grand secretary. Song book, 1918. Price 75 cents. Address: Mrs A. M. Lommen, Box 437, Grand Forks, N. D. Membership certificates: Address Grand treasurer, Aurora, 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, 25 cents a year. Address Grand secretary.
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BALFOUR BLUE BOOK 1919 The Standard Reference for Kappa Alpha Theta Jewelry. A postal will bring it to you, together with an illustrated price list. BEAUTIFUL DESIGNS t Combining Fraternity and Military Insignia Honor Rolls and Service Plaques. All Kappa Alpha Theta Badges and Jewelry manufactured and distributed under official supervision THROUGH L. G. BALFOUR COMPANY ATTLEBORO, MASS. Sole Official Jeweler to Kappa Alpha Theta
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Are You a Singing Chapter? You Should Be BUY NEW SONG BOOK OF KAPPA ALPHA THETA Many New Songs As Well As Old Favorites. Order from MRS. A. M. LOMMEN Box 437, Grand Forks, North Dakota PRICE - - . 75 CENTS PER COPY All Orders Must Be Prepaid