Kappa Alpha Theta Journal, Vol. 40 no. 1
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Karma AXqpa 0f|ra NOVEMBER 1925 Yol. 40 No. 1 ™fflnnDgjgB E£= Nllllllf mint
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Kappa Alpha Theta L. Pearle Green, Editor Volume 40 November, 1925 Number 1 CONTENTS To the newest alumni . 2 A message from the Grand president . 3 The prize song . 4 Theta constancy . 5 District conventions . 6 Thetas in Paris . 15 Oh where are the seniors . 16 Ten ways to kill an organization . 24 Rho's new home . 25 The child guidance clinic . 27 Thetas everywhere . 31 In memoriam . 33 Who's where in foreign lands . 34 Scholarship fund . 37 Are we honest and honorable! . 38 The ideal chapter . 40 A new Theta avocation . 41 Convention . 42 Installations . 43 Who's who in Theta . 52 Chapter news . 50 Directory . 116 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 four times annually, on the fifth of Novem¬ ber, January, March, May, at 450-454 Ahnaip st., Menasha, Wisconsin, by George Banta, official printer and publisher to the fraternity. Price 50 cents per copy. $1.50 per year. All manuscripts should be addressed to the Editor, L. Pearle Green, 13 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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Ufa (Hlj? Alumni Ye have come to the end of the race, With its lure of knowledge and truth ; And forever and aye your face Must turn from this garden of youth. Living half in realms of fancy, Ye have dreamed of the great world's call; But these four years' necromancy Have held your hearts in thrall. Hoard the memories in all their splendor For the brightening of later dreams; And keep the frienships tender For the music of future themes. But ye of the bond fraternal Come now to maturer duty. Four years Delt truths eternal Have been taught in their own grave beauty. Now teach in your turn the olden, True, sweet fraternal tale, That cheers with its radiance golden The course to its fartherest pale. All ye have received from others — Of guidance and help in need — Give now to your younger brothers, In generous measure and meed. A T A Rainbow
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A MESSAGE FROM THETA’S GRAND PRESIDENT Greetings to all my beloved chapters from the doorstep of the new college year ! These succeeding months like a group of empty rooms are opening to us — with what furniture are we going to fill them ? Shall it be all for decoration in flimsy, fanci¬ ful pieces or a combining of the solid, useful things with the appropriately beautiful? In other words, are we going to con¬ tent ourselves with the superficial advantages of student life or by our own desire wrest from every opportunity its fullest meas¬ ure of knowledge and experience? Too many of us wait with the thought of what life is going to do for us as an expectant question in our minds. On the con¬ trary everyone should face the need for decision as to a real purpose — a foundation for future building — while in college. After that it is almost too late. The honest question for us all is 4 'what are we going to do with life ? ’ ’ In the fraternity we concentrate more forcibly on the schol¬ arship part of our purpose not only because we are a unit of an educational system which means primarily the study of books but because to us as wrell as to the colleges, scholarship has be¬ come a relative term. The endeavor in the universities today is not to fill the heads of the students with the facts related by the scholars of the ages but, by using these thoughts and dis¬ coveries of others to teach the present generation not what to think but how to think — to start them working out their own facts, following through to their own discoveries. Scholarship, from this viewpoint, means to us a practical application of book knowledge, of college activities, of social contacts and of fra¬ ternity relationships to the business of life. The consideration and comparison of scholarship rating in each institution must of necessity be confined to the literal appli¬ cation of the word and our estimates and comparisons of chap-
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4 Kappa Alpha Theta ters are largely controlled by that also, since team work in the group will always produce higher averages than individual effort and the general solidarity and balance of the chapter illus¬ trated in improved scholarship is reflected in all other phases of chapter life. It is not to the occasional brilliant student but to the average members, upon whose competent shouldering of duty our steady progress always depends, that we look for the con¬ sistent maintenance of our scholarship standards. May I urge each of you chapters to hold the ideal of a well rounded college life — with improvement in scholarship over each preceding year, sane and wholesome social regulations, friendly cooperation with all the student body and the spirit of harmony among yourselves. Jessie Baldridge Lehrecht THE PRIZE SONG On page 314 of the March issue of this magazine appeared an announcement of a contest for new fraternity songs. On page 5 of this issue you will find the prize winning song with its music. (Copies of this page to fit into the new song books can be purchased from the Grand secretary at ten cents per copy.) The committee reports that fourteen songs were submitted for the contest and the first prize, $25, goes to Gene Daniel and Helen Ingersoll of Beta Kappa, authors of Theta constancy . Un¬ able to decide which of two songs should receive the second prize of $10, the committee recommended the division of this prize between Sarah M. Stabler and Katherine Seelye Wallace, Wash¬ ington alumnae, authors of 1 pity the others , and Elinor Gano, Alpha Tau, author of Theta love . These second prize songs will appear in later issues of this magazine. The Grand council announces a second contest, with iden¬ tical prizes, for the college year 1925-26. Details as to this con¬ test will appear in the January issue — in the meantime get busy and have your song ready to submit when the call for manus¬ cripts arrives. Alumnae, as well as undergraduates, are urged to participate in the contest. You need not be an active member of any chapter, college or alumnae, in order to submit a song — the isolated alumna may be the very one to write a song that will live. Try, one and all.
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Helen Inqersoll, Beta Kappa. THETA CONSTANCY. (1924-1925 PRIZE SONG.) Gene Daniel, Beta Kappa. igfc-jzz:: fore we part to-night, A toast to The - ta true, Hearts guid - ed by the light Of twin stars shin ing through; Pat h- ways ev - er bright - ened, May they ne’er grow dim. pledge a-new our love for you, Our Kappa Alpha Theta true,
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6 Kappa Alpha Theta r 4 DISTRICT CONVENTIONS §□> DISTRICT IV Ithaca, N. Y. June 17-19, 1925 “Isn’t this June 17?” “Of course, why do you ask?” “But I thought that Commencement was the fifteenth,” said one wondering housewife to her neighbor as she watched the many girls, all wearing the same look of joyous anticipation, wending their way to 118 Triphammer road. Could she but have followed them through the three busy but happy days and evenings, she w^ould have marvelled even more. But let me tell you from Iota’s vantage point all that happened during the convention of District IV, Theta’s international district , you must remember. DISTRICT IV CONVENTION GROUP Luncheon was served to the arriving guests and delegates at the chapter house, Wednesday, and the earlier part of the after¬ noon was devoted to finding assigned rooms in the nearby uni¬ versity houses, receiving late-comers, and getting acquainted. Later, L. Pearle Green entertained us at an informal tea at her
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District conventions 7 home. This was most ideal for few of the visitors knew our Grand secretary personally, and always their first query was — “ L . Pearle is an Iota, isn’t she? Will we meet her?” We can hardly be blamed if our answers were a little tinged with regret as well as pride, since L. Pearle isn’t an Iota, except by proxy. Dinner was served that evening at the Bank building restau¬ rant, which is managed by an Iota alumna. Our alumnae, as ever, were right there to straighten out all our difficulties, so it was they who furnished the cars for everyone, and luckily they did, for every girl needed all her strength to 4 ‘trip the light fantastic” at the country club that night. One o’clock never did come quite so early before, but eight o’clock came just as early, for there were to be no morning naps, time was too precious. Breakfast was served at 8:30 in Risley ’s red dining room, Risley hall being the girls’ dormitory nearest to us. A business meeting was held directly after breakfast in Risley organization room. This was the first meeting many of us had ever attended where presided our District president, Polly Hodges. I think we envied Chi just a little for having such a woman in its midst, although we fully realize and appreciate our own good fortune, too. Watkins Glen furnished a most picturesque spot for our luncheon and afternoon’s entertainment. The hardier spirits among us walked through the glen, while the others were con¬ tent to view the scenery nearer the entrance. After an afternoon spent in sight-seeing, we were all ready for our supper which was made even more appetizing by being served on Risley court, the while multi-colored Japanese lanterns nodded in the breeze, and when dusk came, cast dancing lights on the semi-circle that eagerly watched the original and amusing stunts given by Lambda, Sigma, Chi, and Iota. After that, you may be sure that everyone was in excellent humor to sing Theta songs and even our various college songs. The business meeting Friday morning was just for delegates so all the rest had ample opportunity to inspect Cornell or go swimming in the gorge. The Fates were unusually kind to us during convention, and although threatening clouds loomed in the background once or twice, they were dispelled before they caused any real anxiety. We could never let our guests leave Ithaca without seeing our little lake, so we went out to Forest Home inn, at the head of Beebe for lunch Friday. Charming
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8 Kappa Alpha Theta though it was there, we could not be tempted to loiter, for Polly Hodges was conducting an informal discussion group for the college members, where views were exchanged on rushing, Pan- hellenics, means of attaining a higher scholarship, and various other problems. It was surprising to find how very different conditions were in the four college chapters represented. At the same time, Christine Avery Rogers, New York state chair¬ man, led a round table discussion of alumnae chapter and club problems. After these conferences, the garden party at Mrs Anna Bots- ford Comstock’s spacious home was most refreshing, and our hostess was quite fascinating to all. Risley’s main dining room is always lovely, but probably it never seemed more lovely than Friday evening at the formal banquet that marked the close of our convention. Gowns rang¬ ing in hue from flaming geranium to sombre black, topped by the dark and blonde heads of the more recent Thetas and by the white heads of those more mature ones who have been loyal to the black and gold for many, many years, were displayed there ; yet, despite all outward dissimilarities each cherished the same lofty ideals — those of Kappa Alpha Theta. It was a sorry procession that filed out of that dining room, for some were already leaving, but, deep within all of our hearts was the joy that always comes with the discovery of new and fatihful friends. We Iotas do hope that our sisters from Chi, Sigma, Lambda and the alumnae chapters, will not wait for another convention before they come to see us again. The official delegates were: Margaret Hazen, Lambda; Mrs B. B. Lane, state chairman for Vermont, Burlington alumnae; Janet Gibson, Sigma; Elizabeth Walton, Toronto alumnae; Doris Moore, Chi; Helen J. Wright, former district president, Syracuse alumnae; Mrs Mary Griffith Biddle, Rochester alumnae; Mrs Anna B. Comstock, Ithaca alumnae; Margaret Hicks, Iota. The guests were Irene Morwick, Sigma ; Rebecca Carter, Polly Hodges, District president, Mrs Ruth Kimber, Dorothy Robertson, Marjory Wright, Syracuse alumnae; Elizabeth Em- monds, Dorothy Frazier, Katherine Gabrielson, Sarah Hunt, Myra Keck, Guinevere Landis, Josephine Sharpe, Rachel Shean, Gertrude Sprague, Ruth Waterman, Florence Wille, Chi; Mrs Christine Avery Rogers, New York State chairman; Mrs Sum¬ mer Hayes, Miss Mary Tinsman, Rochester alumnae ; Miss Mabel Kurtz, Buffalo Alumnae club ; Mrs Chas. Hobart, Virginia Baugh, Frances Waite, Iota alumnae.
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District conventions 9 From the Ithaca (N. Y.) J ournal-news, June 16, 1925. “Two sororities will assemble here tomorrow. Kappa Alpha Theta and Kappa Kappa Gamma plan elaborate programs in connection with District conventions. Expect fifty delegates. The campus will not be quite deserted this week, for two of the national women’s sororities, Kappa Alpha Theta, and Kappa Kappa Gamma, will hold district conventions beginning tomor¬ row. About 50 delegates, alumni and active members of chapters in this district are expected to attend, and detailed arrangements have been made for their entertainment as well as for business sessions. The Cornell chapter of Kappa Alpha Theta expects 34 dele¬ gates to arrive tomorrow from Toronto university, Syracuse, and the University of Vermont. They will be entertained by the local chapter, and in addition to the sorority house at 118 Triphammer road, the visitors will be accommodated at 308 and 324 Waite avenue, during their three-days’ stay. The list of social events to be held during the convention includes teas on Wednes¬ day and Friday afternoons, a dance tomorrow evening, a ‘stunt- party’ Thursday, and a final banquet at Prudence Risley on Friday night. For the Kappa Kappa Gamma convention about 17 delegates are expected tomorrow. The come from Syracuse, St. Lawrence and Toronto universities, and from Middlebury, Vt. The visitors will be entertained at the sorority house, 508 Thurston avenue, and at 114 Kelvin Place. Meetings will continue for two days — Wednesday and Thursday — and the business sessions will be supplemented by various social events, including a banquet tomorrow evening and a picnic Thursday.” DISTRICTS V AND VIII IN JOINT CONVENTION, TROUTDALE-IN-THE-PINES, EVER¬ GREEN, COLORADO June 14-17, 1925 Three June days, filled to overflowing with new friendships, fraternity business and Colorado sports, made up a jolly con¬ vention that representatives of two districts will long remember. About fifty girls from Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Nebraska, and Missouri met at Troutdale-in-the-pines, Ever¬ green, Colorado, one Sunday night late in June. The first big event was formal initiation of Betty Brewster, Della Douglas and Helen Baird from Alpha Mu ; Oloocha Faulkner and Jo Mat- tison from Alpha Omicron; Marjorie Aubrey, Clarice Hamilton,
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10 Kappa Alpha Theta and Ruth Richmond from Beta Gamma ; Yelda Mae Parker from Beta Iota. The initiation was held in a log cabin, high above Troutdale, which afforded an abundance of neighborly moths much to our discomfort. The paraphernalia was furnished by Beta Iota and Beta Gamma. These chapters proved themselves veritable magicians in transforming the cabin to a solemn cloister, in changing water drawn from the radiator of a car to cletfr, sparkling fluid, and in substituting vinegar for the for¬ gotten quinine. Notwithstanding these slight drawbacks Mrs Lebrecht, Grand president, assisted by Miss Jeannette Barnes, president of District VIII, officiated at a very impressive initia¬ tion and the delegates were thus given a splendid introduction to the convention. A GROUP OF DELEGATES— DISTRICT V AND VIII JOINT CONVENTION In order not to lose any time many of us started every day of convention by rising with the sun, perhaps to ride Colonel Har¬ ris y fine horses, or to swim, or just to explore the surrounding mountains. The main part of every day was spent at very profitable round table discussions and business meetings, where many new ideas were presented from chapter experiences and college problems. It was decided to round robin an important letter used by Nebraska to acquaint parents of pledges about to be initiated with the financial obligations of the fraternity. Missouri had many excellent suggestions concerning the intro¬ duction of pledges into the customs, traditions, and ideals of the fraternity. Alpha Mu also presented the custom of main-
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District conventions 11 taining a president’s guide book, to be handed on from year to year. One evening we rode horseback up into the mountains and had a steakfry. After a wonderful feed we made the mountains echo with Theta songs and, after this practice we were so en¬ thused that on returning to the hotel we serenaded for about an hour just to let the other guests know that they had a real, live convention in their midst. The last evening there was a lovely banquet with songs, favors and appropriate toasts. Later each chapter gave a stunt in the ball room, as much to the delight of the other guests of the hotel as to our own. Alpha Mu gave a clever farce-tragedy skit: We must have onions for breakfasts. This helpful hint for housewives brought shrieks of laughter as the piece tragically came to a close. Beta Iota gave a delight¬ ful and amusing Grimes fairy tale, of a princess lost in the black cat kingdom. After the stunts there was a dance and the few straggling males had hard work getting dances, for the Thetas were having an exciting time being their own Pierrots, who could very well discover lovely Pierrettes. The next afternoon, Districts V and VII regretfully took leave of beautiful Troutdale, in spite of the fact that they were to return to Denver via Lookout mountain and Buffalo Bill’s grave. Everyone said goodbye many times and on the way to Denver these snatches of conversation were heard: “ Didn’t Miss Cook (District V’s president reelected at convention) man¬ age everything efficiently ?’ ’ — ‘ ‘Does Denny (Beta Iota’s presi¬ dent, who looks like a miniature Robin Hood in hiking clothes) always have that much pep and wit?” — “I am so proud to have been able to meet and listen to Mrs Lebrecht — she gave every chapter and every meeting such wonderful suggestions.” — “ Jeannette Barnes is so nice; how could District VIII keep from doing exactly what she asked them to do.” 4 1 Will I take cold from swimming in that icy mountain water back at the hotel?” and so on to the end of the trip at Denver where Boulder and Fort Collins were again thanked and praised for such a host of good times at a never-to-be forgotten convention. Helen Hays, Oklahoma City Alumnae Getting out a magazine is no picnic. If we print jokes folks say we are silly; if we don't they say we have no sense of humor. If we publish original matter they say we lack variety; if we publish things from other papers they say we are too lazy to write. What in thunder is a poor editor to do, anyhow? Like as not someone will say that we swiped this from an exchange. We did. — A T 0, Palm
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12 Kappa Alpha Theta DISTRICT IX Portland, Oregon, September 10-12, 1925 All the Southern mammies who ever left their native land must have settled on the outskirts of Portland for District IX in its convention held in that city saw sign after sign along the Columbia highway offering hungry travelers chicken dinners half chickens on toast and chicken sandwiches. Consequently Dis¬ trict IX lived on chicken. The banquet on September 10, con¬ sisted chiefly of that delectable dish and to a girl, the delegates mourned that they had to eat it properly with knife and fork instead of retiring to the back alley. Therefore, the last day they took a trip up the Hood river loop to Mammy’s Shack, a log cabin in the woods, where the feature is half a chicken served without knife or fork. The girls ’ efforts to dismember their fowls and eat them with their fingers was uproariously funny and though some found them¬ selves to be efficient carnivorae, most realized in dismay how deep is our veneer of civilization. Seriously though, the convention was delightful even when it was serious, and the delegates are gleefully telling of the royal way they were treated by their hostesses : the Portland alumna and the college girls of the two Oregon chapters. From the moment we were met at the train by girls eager to know us and to make us feel at home until we took our last look at the Rose City from our departing trains we were happy. One of the pleasantest things about the convention was the number of college girls and alumnce who kept turning up for various functions to add a bit to our store of Theta memories. Each one was different and each was charming in her way. The first banquet was held at the University club. The center- piece was of gladioli. About this were strewn other flowers along the table. At each delegate’s place wras a corsage bouquet which made her feel like a rushee instead of an aged president, bur¬ dened with the problems of her chapter. The address of welcome was made by Mrs Quincy Muntzel, Portland alumnae’s president. Mrs Roy Keene, District president, replied on behalf of the visitors. After the dinner, the entire group went to a theater party given by Mrs McCurtain, a Portland alumna, where we saw an exciting racing picture. The next noon we had a delightful lunch at the University club and that evening another banquet in the Japanese room
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District conventions 13 of the Campbell Court hotel, where soup was served in little red and gold bowls and the coffee in cups to match. The place cards were little Japanese ladies. The walls were hung with Japanese tapestry and the light came from jade green candles in stork candle sticks. The following afternoon after lunch at Mammy’s Shack, we drove up the famous Columbia river highway and, though the mountains were hidden in mist, the river and its wooded hills made beautiful scenery. The afternoon of September 10, the convention was opened by Mrs Keene, who told us this was our chance to talk over our problems and to help each other as some chapters are strong where others are weak. Mrs Muntzel welcomed us by offering us the proverbial keys to the city in the shape of many town girls standing ready to take us wherever we wished to go. Mrs C. A. Bemis brought us greetings from Grand council which she said was there in spirit. Mrs McCurtain opened the session with a plea for us to edu¬ cate our chapters to be Thetas for life, not for four years. She said that the fraternity means as much after you get out of college as while you are in. It can do so much for everyone if all its members stay active. Mrs Bemis endorsed her remarks in a stirring speech in which
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14 Kappa Alpha Theta she said that Theta was not a rag-bag into which our obligations may be cast after four years. There are ten times as many alumnae as active girls and they are mingling constantly with great numbers of people. They should be proud to wear and dis¬ play their badge. The girls in college are reaping the benefit of fifty years of effort and it is each individual’s responsibility to return all she can for what she has been given. You cannot take all and give nothing in return. Mrs Bemis urged the girls to start training their pledges from the beginning that Theta is their life job and their life opportunity. The sessions were lively and full of inspiration. All the girls were frank about their problems and ready with helpful suggestions as to how to meet those problems. Scholarship was first on that list and Eloise Buck, Alpha Xi, whose chapter stands at the top at Oregon, assured us that the telling factor was to choose only girls of high scholarship ability who would naturally keep up their record in college. However, a freshman study table every evening and severe penalties for the upperclassmen who fall below initiation standard, are con¬ sidered aids to the desired end. As rushing was uppermost in the girls’ minds since all col¬ leges were opening soon, we spent a lively hour exchanging ideas for parties. A Dutch luncheon has been found to be simple and successful. In the center of the table is a glass surrounded by moss to make it look like a lake and on this is a miniature boat in full sail. On each girl’s plate is a third of a cantaloupe with a sail of orange and blue floating from it. The color scheme for the entire affair is orange and blue. Another idea was for a marine party at which a ship occupied the center of the table with a spotlight thrown on it from a light house at one end. The room is darkened so that an effective picture results. The place-cards are sail boats. Three suggestions for making your members four-year girls were : See that they form strong friendships in the house ; give them responsibilities, and keep their parents interested. This last is a feature not often stressed but which the convention felt to be important. After all, the parents are the ones to instill a desire to go to college in their children. The desirability of keeping your alumnae informed of your doings and your needs was also heavily stressed. The best part of the convention and the one that will remain longest in our hearts were the friendships which we made. If
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Thetas in Paris 15 all the members of different chapters could mingle with each other and get to know and love each other, many of our petty problems would vanish and the danger of girls being Thetas only while they are in college would be lessened. When you meet so many lovely girls whom you can have for friends if you will, it seems impossible that you could ever close yourself within your own chapter and your own college. Claire Graves, Alpha Sigma THETAS IN PARIS Among the thousands of Americans traveling and studying in Paris this past year, even in my little circle of acquaintances I’ve found several Thetas. The most permanently located one here is Miss Florence Hey- wood, prominent in club work and one of the official lecturers at the Louvre. She has a charming apartment at 44 Rue de fleures. Here she keeps open house much of the time, giving teas for her more interested students, and advising and directing their inter¬ ests. She has been in Paris fifteen years, and tells me that next year she goes to America to lecture in leading cities. Don’t miss her and be sure to give her a happy welcome if she comes to your city. At her house I met Lillian Auld, a regular attendant at Miss Hey wood’s lectures. On one of Miss Hey wood’s tours to Chateau Chantilly I met three other young Thetas, Jane Harris, Catherine Harris, Helen Carr, all of Omega chapter. Betty Gayley, also Omega, had been with them but had left shortly before for London to be with her parents at Queen Anne’s apartments, St. James Park. To¬ ward evening a storm came up and we were all hurrying through the gardens before the rain descended. I heard a faint Theta call. I answered it as inconspicuously as I could. This was the beginning of the short acquaintance with these girls. At the American university union I found addresses of the following Thetas but had not time to look them up : Ruth Snedden Shoup, Phi ; Katherine Smith Turner, Omega ; Mary Brittain Lewis, Iota ; Augusta Stewart, Eta. I myself was spending a year in Paris as a student of interior architecture and art history, while on leave from my position as professor of art, Oklahoma state college. Daisy D. McCool, Beta Zeta
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16 Kappa Alpha Theta OH WHERE, OH WHERE ARE THE SENIORS! The magazine’s plan was to feature the graduates of last June in this issue. However, only a fraction of the chapters sent in the desired, and requested, information about their leaders of last year, so the question arose as to what course to take. The answer you’ll find below — all the informa¬ tion received is published, and the omissions are left for chapter editors to explain. Alpha — Nine graduates in June Aurelia Adams, spent the summer in Europe (a graduation gift was this trip). This winter she will teach at Lake Juna- luska, North Carolina. Cornelia Allen, delegate to last convention and chapter presi¬ dent last year, also spent the summer in Europe (again a gradu¬ ation gift trip). And the rest of the story is ditto too, as she will teach at Lake Junaluska, North Carolina. Rachel Benton, is an assistant instructor in the gymnasium of DePauw, and so will be at hand to give “ alumna advice” to Alpha. Esther Bundy, probably will teach, though plans were un¬ certain when the report was sent. Virginia Cosner, Bedford, is studying to become a commercial artist, having during her undergraduate days done all of Al¬ pha’s decorations and souvenirs. Ellen Ewing, whose home is in Boise, Idaho, had not yet decided what she would do, but “may teach.” Esther Alice Green, spent the summer with an orchestra in Bay View, and is now studying music in Chicago, and, on the side, accepting engagements as an accompanist. Mary Iliff, has charge of the teaching of retarded children, from grades 2 A to 6 A, in the schools of Okmulgee, Oklahoma. Estyal Watson, is teaching primary grades in Porto Rico. Kappa — Seven graduates in June Dorothy Dillaway, among many activities in college stands out her services to journalistic affairs and her singing on the Glee club. She is now doing advertising work in Kansas City. Constance Ingallis, president of the chapter her last term in college, is teaching French in Atchison. June Judy, holder of both an A.B. and a B.S. degree, was a Mortar board member as a result of many activities in Y.W.C.A. and musical affairs. She is now studying music in Chicago, after a summer in Europe.
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Where are the seniors! 17 Elizabeth Moore, delegate to last convention, for four years on the Dean’s honor roll, is planning to get a job in Chicago. Helen Scott, active in journalistic affairs and treasurer of the chapter, is now in the advertising department of the Pawhuska daily journal — but she probably won’t be there long, as her engagement has just been announced. Mary Torrance, who graduated in journalism, hopes to land a job on a Chicago paper. Frances Edna Wright, president of the chapter too and a Mortar Board member due to a multiplicity of activities in many lines, has a position as teacher in Eldorado. Chi — Seven graduates in June Emily Davis, delegate to last convention and chapter treas¬ urer, is now librarian in a small college near her home in Hunt¬ ington, West Virginia. Mary Fitzpatrick, is teaching home economics in Olcan, New York, at the school where she prepared for college. Katherine Gabrielson was a member of Phi Kappa Phi and graduated cum laude. She is “working in Syracuse” which is as definite information as the chapter seems to have, though it is in the same city itself. Ann Joyce, prize athlete and debater, was awarded the senior jacket, the highest athletic honor for a Syracuse woman. She is spending a year abroad with her family and may do some studying at the Sorbonne. Angeline Shults is teaching in Dansville, New York. Doris Stillman won the chapter’s medal as the most all round Theta senior. She became Mrs John Cook in August, and will live near the chapter in Syracuse. Ruth Waterman was elected to Phi Kappa Phi and graduated cum laude. In October she will be married to Harry Sweitzer and come to live permanently in Syracuse. Martha Hahn was most active in journalistic affairs while in college. Her plans after June “are unknown.” One other “four years with Chi” member did not receive a degree because of an irregular course. Another original member of the class, Helen Chamberlain, received her degree in June from Simmons college, where she transferred in her sophomore year. Other girls, originally members of the ’25 class, dropped by the wayside, as it were, four leaving before their senior year to
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18 Kappa Alpha Theta become “married ladies” and two to enter the business world because dependent on their own resources. Alpha Delta’s eight Isabel Carter will be remembered at Goucher as the girl who, from late in October to April of every year, was continually and thoroughly cold , in spite of all that gloves, coats, and dormitory temperatures could do. This trait did not affect her disposition, however, for Isabel’s effortless wit was ever the salt of our weekly supper gatherings, and the bright spot of otherwise dull library hours. After shivering through four Baltimore winters, she returned to California, where, we understand, the climate is not half bad — but is back to shiver another winter in Balti¬ more, working with the Henry Watson children’s aid society, and studying for an advanced degree at Johns Hopkins. Alpha Delta feels a little reticent in writing about its presi¬ dent, Eleanor Dilworth. She was freshman class president, and was again elected president her senior year. This is considered the highest honor a class can bestow on one of its members, since the president of the senior year remains in office as head of that class permanently. Eleanor also received the most sought- after award in athletics — the Blazer, awarded not only for athletic ability, but for interest in athletics in general, and for a noteworthy spirit of sportsmanship. She was elected to Sigma Zeta, an honorary society to which those seniors whose spirit of service to Goucher has been outstanding are chosen every year. Eleanor is a Phi Beta Kappa too. She is to be in Baltimore this winter, taking further work in history at Johns Hopkins uni¬ versity. Flora Farrar is a swimmer of parts, and is also noted as hav¬ ing hair that is naturally curly ; two accomplishments that com¬ bine delightfully. She was one of the attendants to the queen of May in our May pageant, The Spring green lady. At present, she is doing graduate work at the University of Virginia. Carvilla Helfrich was a star athlete. She consistently went out for all forms of athletics and excelled to the extent of making the first teams of her class in baseball, hockey, and swimming. Rejecting offers of jobs that would take her away from Balti¬ more, Carvilla has taken a position at Hutzler’s, a leading Balti¬ more department store. Dorothy Nelson, vice president of the chapter and delegate to convention, was the Big Chief this past year — Student Organi-
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Where are the seniors! 19 zation president, the ranking office of the college. In previous years she displayed astonishing versatility, having been on the editorial board of Donnybrook Fair , the college annual ; having made her class hockey team; having managed the Junior-senior banquet; and having represented Goucher at “ Junior mouth” as the guest of the New York Charity organization society. She too was elected to Sigma Zeta. Dorothy will take her master’s degree at Radcliffe this year. Annie Lee Scribner is one of those people who do dirty jobs ; or, rather, who get dirty jobs done, for their actual performance is never evident except as finished results. It is not her blessed efficiency, however, but a streak of adventuresomeness that is Annie Lee’s salient and most endearing point. It was this characteristic, no doubt, that contributed to her enormous success as the Captain of the Guards in Thackeray’s extravaganza, The rose and the ring , the all-important Senior dramatics presenta¬ tion. She is now doing social service work in Pittsburg. Effee Sharp was president of Panhellenic last year, president of French club, and on the senior tennis team whose only defeat was at the hands of the freshmen. She was costume manager for the afore-mentioned Senior dramatics, in which her room-mate, Annie Lee Scribner, covered herself with such glory. And the last of Effee ’s accomplishments — she set out from Baltimore last June in a treacherous-appearing and difficult Ford, and reached her home in Elyria, Ohio, without mishap, where she is now doing insurance work. Gladys Vermillion specialized in English and education ; and after patiently going through a whole semester of the much- hated practice teaching and emerging triumphantly in June, she expects to teach English this year. Alpha Eta — Three graduates Catharine Crockett terminated a college career of many varied activities by elections to Phi Beta Kappa and to the permanent secretaryship of the class of 1925. Her home is in Pueblo, Colorado, and there she will spend this winter, or else cruising in the South seas with her father. Doris Niles was active in Student council and in work at the settlement school while in college. She is now teaching English in Tiptonville, Tennessee. Vada Wilson though with Alpha Eta but one year, having
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20 Kappa Alpha Theta entered as a senior from Mississippi Woman’s college, was active in chapter and college life. She is teaching near her home in Guntown, Mississippi. Alpha Nu — Four graduates Eloise Baird, delegate to last convention, was active in all phases of college affairs while at Montana. She is now on the staff of the Spokane, Washington, public library. Marian Fitzpatrick’s popularity is evinced by her election as Queen of the May in senior year. She is teaching physical culture in the schools of Butte, Mont. Margaret Vogel was distinguished as a fine student. She is now teaching Spanish at Havre, Mont. Miriam Woodard was graduated with honors — which means a four year record all ‘ 4 A” or “B.” She is teaching at Columbus, Mont. Alpha Rho — Six graduates Merle Babcock, initiated at West Baden convention, was ac¬ tive as a chapter and class officer. She is teaching now at Al- cester, S. D. Gladys Gilbertson had the unique honor of honorary colonel of the South Dakota R.O.T.C. in her senior year. She is now doing graduate work in commerce at the University of South Dakota. Irene Gross, president of the chapter in her junior year, ac¬ tive in countless activities in college, member of Keystone peti¬ tioner for Mortar board charter, finished her college career by becoming Mrs Marvin Dennis the day after Commencement. The wedding was at the chapter house, a truly fraternity event. Margaret Miller, won third place in Vanity fair, the section of the college annual devoted to the three most beautiful co-eds. She is teaching this year in the high school of Aberdeen, S. D. Wyn Reynolds, delegate to last convention and chapter presi¬ dent in senior year, was a member of Keystone too, as well as president of the woman’s athletic association. She is teaching English at Harrisburg, S. D. Dorothy Sweeney, graduated at mid-year, is teaching home economics in a consolidated high school near Le Mars, Iowa.
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Where are the seniors! 21 Alpha Upsilon — Seven graduates Rella Brown finished her course at mid-year and spent the spring at a business college, though planned to teach this winter. Etta Louise Davenport is teaching at Lenore, Kan. Meryl Dewey, in spite of teaching in a junior high school while attending college, graduated with her class. She is now teaching at Chanute, Kan. Betty Frost at end of freshman year was awarded the chap¬ ter’s scholarship ring. She was active in all college affairs, though spending her junior year at Wellesley. She graduated with department honors in chemistry and English, and won the Topeka woman’s golf championship. She plans to teach. Bernice Hemus, graduated with honors in music and was a leader in all college musical activities. She is now studying organ at the American conservatory in Chicago. Constance Reed was for four years on the college honor roll and graduated with honors in English and history. She is teach¬ ing in Parsons, Kan. her home town. Lorraine Reed was a leader in dramatic activities and also active in other lines for her four years at Washburn. President of the chapter her senior year, she still maintained her place on the college honor roll — was there for eight semesters. She is spending the winter at her home in Boise, Idaho. Alpha Phi has six graduates Charlotte Price has the looks of the famed Egyptians, as we know them from statues of old, and those looks are good, verily. She was the only music student among us, and president of the Glee club. That boys like music is the only conclusion to be drawn from observation of Charlotte’s endless line of dates. Mary Chaffe happened to be the most smartly, the best dressed girl in college. Mary is petite, has a perfect figure, a pretty face, and a sweet manner, hence the freshmen love her, and she has worked hard and effectively for Theta training the Frosli. Marion Thompson, i. e. “ Pat.” The pet of the campus, and our pride. If anything had to be done, and particularly if that any¬ thing left everybody else cold because of its impossible propor¬ tions, why Pat could and did do it. Pat made Alpha Sigma Sigma, and was first maid of the ’25 May Court. As president of the Mandolin and guitar club she wrote and put through the best play that peppy organization ever gave. This talent she
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22 Kappa Alpha Theta developed further as chairman of the University campus nights, and of course all the fraternity rushing parties are due to Pat, blessings on the little maid. Also, the plan of our ’24 May Day was Pat’s, and the campus will tell you that it was the most beautiful seen at Newcomb in years. Besides all this Pat is the best Commercial art student in the Art school, she has a positive flare for it. And she is such a good sport. Olive Goodwill Roberts is our Phi Beta Kappa, and Dean Butler’s pride. At those rare moments when our modern drama class wearied the dean by desperate ignorance and perverted points of view, he always turned to Olive, with a brightening of the face, for the intelligence and the common sense he always found there. Being intelligent, Olive is not an unapproachable scholastic, but a hail-fellow-well-met, and much the favorite on the campus, as well as in the class room. Olive was president of the chapter last year, and member of the Y.W.C.A. Cabinet and of Dormitory council. Lillian Nunn Evans is LOVELY, with capital letters all through. She is one of those girls who reflect breeding and refinement, and adds to this the rare gift of sincerity and sym¬ pathy. Needless to say that the freshmen Rocked, and when Lillian Nunn was not rush captain herself, she was that official’s right arm. Her chief activities on campus were her many friends, but besides this she did Y.W.C.A. work, and her car took many a batch of cheering orphans to the parks. Constance Marie du Quesany, fundamentally Constance is an anachronism, and characteristically she is a Creole. That is her pride, though she knows well that that lovely race belongs to the Long Ago. And, oh you of the North, now that you are in college, please do not confound the Creoles with their slaves, the Creole negroes. Constance was a member of the Dormitory and Student councils, Secretary of the house, sub-editor of the Arcade , and maid of Newcomus, the dormitory Carnival ball. Alpha Omega — Five graduates Coralee Keffer was a member of Qwax, honorary scientific fraternity. She majored in zoology and is now an instructor of zoology at the University of Pittsburgh. Frances Koenig in her freshman year was vice president of the girls. When a sophomore, she was secretary of Qwens and on the vocational guidance committee. In her junior year she was on the 1925 Owl staff, class secretary, on the Junior Prom
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Where are the seniors! 23 committee, and an honorary usher. During her last year she was vice president of Y.W.C.A. and on the Senior Class day committee ; also on the Panther and Pitt Weekly staffs, a mem¬ ber of the women’s Student government association, and of Turtles. She is now secretary to the Superintendent of schools, Edgewood, Pa. Elizabeth Highberger was a member of Qwens, Turtles, women’s Student government association, women’s Athletic as¬ sociation, Pi Lambda Theta, and Glee club. She was president of Sigma Kappa Phi, on the 1925 Owl staff, on the freshman and junior Cabinet, and on the Pitt Weekly staff. Elizabeth is teach¬ ing history and English in the high school, Irwin, Pa. Louise Patterson majored in chemistry and was a member of Qwax. She is teaching science at Foxcroft, a private school for girls in Middleburg, Ya. Marion Wolcott was a member of Qwens, W.A.A., W.S.G.A., Y.W.C.A., Classical club, Senior court, Qwax, played basketball ber freshman year, was president of Mortar Board, president of senior girls, and an honorary usher. Marion is working for her master’s degree in psychology at Pitt, and is also working in the psychology office there. Beta Iota — Three graduates Edith Marsh, chapter president, entered many college acti¬ vities, and yet had time to become engaged in her senior year. She was the first member of the chapter to take advantage of the Scholarship fund of which she speaks thus — 1 ‘ I shall always feel kindly toward Theta’s Scholarship fund for my last year of college and fun at Colorado university.” She majored in eco¬ nomics and plans to teach the same subject this winter. Yiolette Marsh completed the last quarter of her work by ex¬ tension and received her B.S. degree, magna cam laude. She is teaching sewing in Dodge City, Kansas, and heading the Girl reserve movement in that town. Merryl Schwind was granted her degree with cum laude, having majored in Romance languages. Her home is in Kansas City, Missouri, where she plans to go into business, having no desire to teach. Beta Mu — Three seniors These three seniors have the distinction of being the last charter members of the chapter to graduate, having been mem¬ bers of D.K.T. which became Kappa Alpha Theta late in 1922.
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24 Kappa Alpha Theta Eleanor Ahlers was active in Y.W.C.A. and an honor student for three years, receiving the Regents scholarship in her junior year She was elected to Phi Kappa Phi and to Delta Alpha Epsilon. During her senior year she was an assistant instructor in Botany, her major subject. She is now on the staff of the Reno national bank. Helen Halley is teaching at Eureka, Nev. Eleanor Westervelt was secretary of the senior class and active in debating. She is doing graduate work at the College of the Pacific. Eight members of Kappa Alpha Theta attended summer school at Cornell university, and some of them lived at Iota’s chapter house during that term. The eight are — lkrimma Hasson and Yalida Hasson, Alpha Kappa; Eliza Jane Reynolds, Alpha Omega; Mable Engle, Alpha Beta; Anna M. Clark, Lambda; Alice Breed, Mu; Ruth Smith, Phi, whose home is in Ithaca; Alice Heyl, Iota. One afternoon they all had tea with the Grand secretary, Phi, her assistant secretary, Anna L. Payne, Alpha Delta, and her sister, Mrs Ruby Green Smith, also Phi. Five clever and interesting issues of The Algadel , Alpha Gamma Delta’s convention daily, came to the editorial desk this summer. Seattle certainly gave this convention a good time, and the convention did interesting things in that city too, even daring to visit Tacoma. TEN WAYS TO KILL AN ORGANIZATION 1. Don’t go to the meetings. 2. If you do go, go late. 3. If the weather doesn’t suit you, don’t think of going. 4. If you do attend a meeting, find fault with the work of the officers and members. 5. Never accept office, as it is easier to criticize than to do things. 6. Get sore if you are not appointed on a committee, but if you are, do not attend committee meetings. 7. If asked by the chairman to give your opinion on some matter, tell him you have nothing to say. After the meeting tell everyone how things should have been done. 8. Do nothing more than absolutely necessary, but when members use their ability to help matters along, howl that the institution is run bv a clique. 9. Hold back your dues, or don’t pay at all. 10. Don’t bother about getting new members. “Let George do it.” — A 2 <h, Carnation
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RHO’S NEW HOME The first chapter house to be built by a women’s fraternity at the University of Nebraska, the new residence of Rho of Kappa Alpha Theta, was occupied by the chapter in September. The estimated cost of the dwelling is $36,000. It is a colonial three story structure of red clinker brick with white Bedford stone trim. The windows are small paned and on the first floor will have solid shutters, with a small kite shaped figure cut in each. The upper floors have louver shutters and all are green. The slate roof is in several shades of soft blue and green. The main entrance on the west overlooks a small court, which lies between the Theta and the Alpha Omicron Pi houses. The doorway has been designed in true colonial detail, with a fan light above the panelled door and small leaded windows on either side. A rounding balcony with an iron rail overhangs the stoop. Two sets of French doors open from the living room to a ten-foot open tile terrace that extends along the northern street front. It is to be outlined with formal shrubs, while small stone benches take the place of terrace furniture, with steps leading from the main walk and from the corner to the terrace. A Theta coat of arms in stone is carved above each pair of doors, the only insignia on the exterior of the house. An outside chimney with lattice trim goes up the north side of the house. Centering the east wall is a large window, corresponding in position and design to the main entrance, with the small leaded panes and the fan light. A low brick wall marks the rear lot line and decorative wooden gates hung between tall posts of the brick afford entrance to the back lawn. The main entrance opens on a small vestibule, which leads to the main hall with its attractive open stairway. The hall is tiled, with the black and gold colors carried out in the corner tiling. The stairs to the basement go out of the vestibule. The basement contains the chapter room, the dining room and the kitchen, as well as the usual store and furnace rooms. The chapter room walls are brick and the fireplace is of smoother red brick. This room is 20 by 34 feet in size and the dining room is 26 by 15 feet. Arched doorways out of the hall on the first floor open into the two living rooms, the front one 34 by 20 feet and the east
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26 Kappa Alpha Theta one 15 by 36 feet, with a six-foot fireplace in the larger room. A study is planned at the back of the first floor, along with a chapter room and a guests’ and officers ’ room, with a bath be¬ tween the two. The house has eight bedrooms on the second floor and nine on the third, with two sleeping porches that will accommodate twenty girls. Each bedroom has a bowl with hot and cold running water and a clothes closet large enough to provide amply for two girls. The second floor has a capacious linen closet and each floor has its bath. The woodwork throughout the house is two-toned finish on gum and the floors are oak. The hall and the east living room are panelled in gum. Both living rooms have special texture plaster walls, giving them a mediaeval, monastic appearance. The bedrooms have sand finished walls, and the kitchen, pantries, and baths are enameled, with painted walls. The architect’s plans were the gift of a Theta husband and brother, Ellery Davis of Lincoln. The committee for the house is headed by Gertrude Laws Hardy, president, and Minnie Latta Ladd, vice-president. Other members are Catherine Dodge Angle, secretary; Rosanna Car- son, treasurer; Florence Dutton Green, Alice Towne Deweese, all of Lincoln ; Alice Proudfit Noble, Laura Ilainer Hurtz, Mar¬ guerite Marshall, Omaha; Gratia Green Dunn, Hastings; Flor¬ ence Angle Reed, Wilmette, Illinois; Martha Cline Huffman, Broken Bow; Willa Speir Modisitt, Denver; Joyce Broady Clark, Chicago; and Sarah Weston Simmons, Pasadena, California. The Omaha alumnae have furnished the chaperon’s room and groups in Hastings, Grand Island, Columbus, Fremont, Aurora, and other towns have supplied special features. Not only is Rho the first women’s fraternity at the Univer¬ sity of Nebraska to build its own house, but it was the first women’s organization there to open a chapter house. That was close to a quarter of a century ago, and since that time it has occupied five different houses. Dorothy J. Colburn , Lincoln Alumnae Within the chapter itself any form of hazing is as out of place as the inquisition would be in the modern church. If new members or pledged men need discipline or correction or advice, let it come from the upper¬ classmen or the officers of the chapter, not from any sophomoric group animated by the traditional sophomoric spirit. There is no better way to start a fraternity man wrong than to give him the impression he is join¬ ing a hazing club. — A K E, Quarterly
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THE CHILD GUIDANCE CLINIC Many are familiar with the changes which progressive edu¬ cation has stimulated and with the change in our attitude toward present day conduct problems in children. The new psychology has brought to our attention the fact that we can best educate or reeducate through desire needs and interest, thus allowing the emotional life to develop. The psychiatric approach has helped us to understand the attitude lying behind the conduct of in¬ dividuals. The question of the reasons in unacceptable conduct has arisen in the minds of those working with children who seem to be misfits in school, who have found difficulty in adjusting themselves to family life, who are tending toward delinquency or have already a court record, and those who are just 4 ‘ queer’ ’ children. We are on the brink of significant progress in un¬ derstanding and helping such children. On November 9, 1921, the Board of directors of the Common¬ wealth fund, a foundation of New York City, resolved to finance a four fold program for the prevention of delinquency in chil¬ dren to be extended over a period of five years. One of the four divisions operates through the National committee for mental hygiene and provision has been made for two traveling demon¬ stration Child guidance clinics situated now for a period of at least a year in Cleveland and Philadelphia respectively. An¬ other division operates through the New York school of social work and in New York City a permanent clinic known as the Bureau of children’s guidance has been established. In the Cleveland clinic, established in the city in December 1924, two Thetas, Dorothy Wallace, Rho, and Mildred Rickard, Eta, are in the Social service department as supervisor and case worker. Dr Lawson G. Lowrey, director of the Cleveland clinic, tells us the reasons for studying problem children. “The problem child is the predecessor of the problem adult; it has long been known that reconstructive work with problem adults is very difficult and only moderately successful ; prevention of the de¬ velopment of problem cases is therefore the logical aim and pre¬ ventive work is possible only with children; unusual behavior is ordinarily only an indication of serious underlying difficulties of one sort or another and these can only be determined by care¬ ful examination and study of the individual child; the deter¬ mination of causes and their treatment is largely a matter for expert knowledge and technical methods possessed by the staff
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28 Kappa Alpha Theta of a child guidance clinic. The clinic is, therefore, a center for advice and for cooperation with and coordination of work with children, with the object of producing a better understanding of and provision for their need, and of bringing about more healthy adaptations in their lives.’ ’ The clinic is organized with what is called the “psychiatric trio” in operation. The psychiatrist is a physician, trained in nervous and mental diseases and his interest is the mental health of the child and at the same time he takes into account all aspects of his physical health. The psychologist is a person able to gain a relative measure of the child’s intellectual development and potentialities through standardized tests. The social worker at¬ tempts to learn through interviews with parents, teachers and others close to the child, the family make-up as to heredity and environment which has affected the child, and also their inter¬ pretation of the health, education, work and activities of the • child. Parents, teachers, social agencies, courts and interested in¬ dividuals may refer child problems to the clinic. This must, however, always be done with the consent of the parents or guardian, as the main purpose of studying a problem child is to enable those caring for him to have a better understanding of his needs. First, the social worker arranges to talk the problem over with each parent separately, as their interpretations are quite different. The school teacher’s report of the child is always valuable and with two or three different slants on the child’s difficulties the psychologist and doctor at the clinic have a picture of the social background. Arrangements are then made for study at the clinic, psychological examinations are given first, then medical examination and then the child talks with the psychiatrist. What does the psychological examination show? Stand¬ ardized tests, the standard Binet probably being the most familiar, have been worked out and it has been found that the average number of children at eight years are able to do certain things but cannot do other things that a ten year old can do. “Mental age, then, expresses the level of development of intelli¬ gence in terms of normal age development.” A normal child should show a mental age and life age which are about the same. The children who are feebleminded or subnormal show a mental age much lower than their life age and the superior group of children show a mental age much higher than life age. The
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Child guidance clinic 29 educational achievement tests show exactly what the child has been able to accomplish and this compared with his class in school will show whether he has learned what is expected in a certain grade and whether he is properly placed. Children who are school problems are placed unsatisfactorily according to their mental age. Hence, if the child’s mental age is above the average for the class he has idle time in which to cut capers, and if his mental age is below the average often his struggle to keep up is too much. He becomes discouraged and gives up all hope of progressing with his classmates. Many children show special abilities or disabilities. For example, some are able to pass a mechanical test above their mental and life age yet they are en¬ tirely unable probably to get reading and language. A knowl¬ edge of such a difficulty is most essential in making a happy ad¬ justment for a child where he may feel that he is capable of doing what he has chosen as his life work. What does the physical examination show? We all know that any acute or chronic physical disorder has a very definite effect upon behavior, and that its alleviation greatly changes behavior too. It has been found that about 85 per cent of all problem children show some physical disorder that needs treatment. What does the psychiatric examination show? “It is an ex¬ amination of the mind and its workings in the individual child ; his experiences and his view of them; his instinctive and emo¬ tional make up ; his views of the general situation in which he is placed.’ ’ In the end it shows a picture of the child as a living and adjusting personality, with a total picture of the social, physical and mental forces that determine the activities of the child. After these examinations the question that arises is : What is to be done? Then follows the treatment which we are very familiar with in instances of physical illness. In treatment the aim is to bring about an adequate adjustment to social condi¬ tions and this may mean that treatment may be medical, psy¬ chiatric, educational as a result of psychological tests, social or a combination of all or several. An instance showing treatment of different kinds may be cited. Tom refused to do things in school to the extent that he would not take off his galoshes and overcoat. He would come to school and sit silently not even taking his books out of his desk. The social history revealed the fact that Tom had been doing poor work in school since 2A and he had repeated every grade
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30 Kappa Alpha Theta since then. His teachers felt that he had more ability than he evidenced yet they had not been able to penetrate the difficulty. His failure seemed to be due to indifference and lack of effort but poor health and lack of mental ability were contributing factors. Tom was an intermittent truant, unresponsive, stub¬ born, and sullen, yet he showed no outbursts of temper and did not lie or steal at school. One of his teachers had been success¬ ful in getting him to talk by drawing him unconsciously into group discussion after six weeks of silence from the time he entered the grade. At home it was learned that Tom had taken as much as $35.00 from his father and that he had stolen food from the grocery store. He was grouchy, quarrelsome and refused obedience to anyone but an older brother. Tom’s mother had died when he was eight. An older sister had taken over the household responsibilities giving fairly good physical care but was too young to assume the responsibility of a mother. The housekeeping was a little irregular and sometime health habits had not been taught to Tom. There were no games or companions at home for him. There was discord between father and daughter over home matters and father often laid down arbitrary rules. Father also whipped Tom whenever com¬ plaints came from school. The psychological examination showed that Tom’s mental age was below his life age yet he was able mentally to do more diffi¬ cult work than he was doing in 5 B. The physical examination showed underdevelopment, the need of thyroid treatment for goitre and glasses. The psychiatric examination showed a boy which had not developed mentally and definitely his failure be¬ gan when he was in 2 B at time of his mother’s death. He had missed her affection. Tom had rejected all unsatisfactory con¬ ditions by refusing to be a part of them. He got ‘ 4 sore,” be¬ coming silent and uncooperative, gaining revenge for what he considered fancied slights on the part of teacher, father and sister. His stealing was the result of great desire to have money to buy things for friends and relatives. He wanted to give them something, he wanted friends, he dreamed of them yet he did not have a friend in whom he could confide these difficulties. The psychiatrist learned in his talk with Tom what has given us a picture of Tom’s own feeling and the psychiatrist tried to show Tom that sulking did not help him and that he is going to be happier if it is discontinued.
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Thetas everywhere 31 At the same time Tom has been placed in 6 B in school and the social worker has explained the situation to the teacher and enlisted her affection in behalf of the boy. Manual training as an outlet for his mechanical ability has been started. Tom is happy that he can do something well, he has been told that he could and he is doing it. Within three weeks he has absolutely done away with his former methods of sulkiness and queer be¬ havior in school and seems almost as interested as other children. He has had a part time after school job and the social worker has talked with Tom’s employer enlisting his interest. His big brother has been told the situation at home and is trying to be more of a companion to Tom taking him with him on auto trips, playing ball and tinkering with him in the basement. His big sister has shown Tom a more motherly affection and father is sitting by in silence watching a sudden change in Tom. He can scarcely understand it, yet so far several things lacking in Tom’s life have been supplied and he is a different boy already. With further understanding he should become a boy who will be able to adjust himself much more easily as a man and as an indi¬ vidual be happier because he has had more of his inmost wants and cravings satisfied. Though the instance of Tom may be an outstanding one yet it shows certain definite lacks in Tom’s life. We all have these to a greater or less degree. Why not meet them squarely, make adjustments and be happy? Mildred K. Richard , Eta THETAS EVERYWHERE Surely you have read stories about people who quietly disap¬ peared and were never heard of again. They were never troubled by encounters with old acquaintances, distant relatives, or the cook’s youngest boy now grown, but still remembering 4 1 Miss Judy!” It is clear as daylight that such individuals were not Thetas! If any members of the fraternity are contemplating voluntary solitude, it is suggested that they leave their pins in the bottom of their trunks, for a Theta pin is an immediate “give-away.” In my trip half across the continent my pin was always my introduction. A short distance out of Denver, I met an “alum” from Kappa chapter, and all the way to Cheyenne we revelled in the exchange of news between our two chapters, what the
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32 Kappa Alpha Theta alumnae associations were doing, and such interesting topics that all Thetas love to chat about. The train passed through Reno in the night, and next morning in the dressing room, I noticed a number of young girls there also. When I put on my pin, I heard one of them squeal and rush up to me. She had been pledged two weeks before at the Nevada chapter. Her companions were pledges of Gamma Phi Beta and Pi Beta Phi — all freshmen — and it was very amusing to see how radiant the Theta pledge was in exhibiting a sister from “way fer away.” Such a funny thing occurred in Berkeley which simply must be told. It was a hot day and I puffed up Durant avenue at a lively rate, perspiring freely and yearning for a nice, soft chair. The front door of the Theta house was open as usual, but repeated jabs at the electric bell brought no one in answer. Although I was acquainted with none of the chapter, I pranced into the house, and whistled a few times, but with no luck. After hunting fruitlessly for first the telephone and then the telephone book, weariness overtook me, and I flopped down upon the big daven¬ port in the living room, and armed with a magazine and my box of candy, I soon became absorbed. I don’t know how long I had been reading, when I somehow sensed that I was no longer alone. Lowering my magazine, I looked over the top at a pledge, amaze¬ ment and consternation struggling for first place upon her face. Her expression beggars description ; but it was a cross between “Merciful heavens! Who are you?,” and “Get the police!” I could feel myself getting ready to burst into shouts of laughter, and then the pledge would surely have thought me crazy; but, instead, I advanced with my “credentials” and she was soon at ease. The remainder of the afternoon, as the rest of the chapter filtered in, we spent in mutual friendships, et cetera. Since I had only a night’s journey ahead of me, I knew I could not have this good luck forever. But the gentleman hav¬ ing the upper above me, recognized my pin the moment he boarded the train, and announced that his sister was a Southern California Theta! And so it goes with all Thetas. They extend from coast to coast and even farther. If you are anticipating a trip, you’d best check “loneliness” off your list, because it hasn’t a chance in the world !
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Mary Gwynne Hester, Alpha Mary Gwynne Hester ’97, died on February 4. She had been in failing health for some time ; but no one, until about December had feared a fatal outcome of her nervous illness. The funeral service, at the home in Greencastle, was attended by Greencastle alumnae and Alpha, who sang the Lord’s prayer as the funeral hymn. Mrs Hester was for many years a loyal and active member of the Indianapolis alumnae chapter. Her loss is keenly felt by the Indianapolis chapter and by the Greencastle chapter, of which she had been a member recently, while her children were in college. She was a loving, wise, devoted mother and a true friend. In D.A.R. work, in the church, in club work, and civic activities she made her character felt. She leaves to mourn her three children, two Theta daughters and a son, Frances, De Pauw ’22; Helen, De Pauw ’28, and William, De Pauw ’25, to whom our sympathy is lovingly extended. Lillian B. Brownfield Evangeline Merriman, Alpha Omega Evangeline Merriman, Alpha Omega ’22, was killed August 13 in an automobile accident. She was a playground instructor and had a group of children on a truck, bringing them home from a picnic. The truck skidded and went over an enbankment. Van jumped and the truck went over her, killing her instantly. She was caught trying to help her little charges escape, being faithful to the last to the trust placed in her. Edith Endsley Mrs Edith Gaunt Welborn, Beta Mrs Edith Gaunt Welborn, Beta ’03, died at her home in Evansville, Indiana, May 19, 1925.
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34 Kappa Alpha Theta Mr William B. Cady The fraternity extends its sympathy to Mrs Myra Post Cady, past Grand president, and her young daughter, Elizabeth, whose husband and father, Mr William B. Cady, died suddenly at their home in Detroit on July 9. Avis Richards Martin, Psi Avis Richards Martin, A.B. Wisconsin ’16 died May 17 in Phoenix, Ariz. Emily Witcher, Alpha Theta Alpha Theta announces the death on July 20 of Emily Witcher at her home in Fort Worth. Fielda McClaine, Alpha Xi At Silverton, Oregon, Fielda McClaine, of the class of 1912 at the University of Oregon, died after an illness of seven years. Elsa Schilling Douglas, Omega Beta Gamma reports the death of Elsa Schilling Douglas (Mrs J. M.) of Omega, the past summer. Mrs Douglas has been an active member of the Fort Collins Theta alumnae club and a helpful friend to Beta Gamma. These Thetas as well as her own Omega classmates will miss Mrs Douglas. WHO’S WHERE IN FOREIGN LANDS This is the first of a series. Equally interesting news from other lands will appear in following issues. Peking, June 11, 1925 I do not know what I can tell you about things here in Peking — there is so much to tell. It is a pleasant and ever in¬ teresting life that we lead, as well as an exciting one. American tourists dash through on their way round the world, buying everything from rugs and jade trees to Pekinese dogs; writers spend a few weeks in the city and go away with material for a book; intrigues and negotiations go on within the shadow of the Legations; and if life becomes too quiet China stages a bandit hold-up or a civil war for our delectation. My work here is with the Chinese government bureau of economic information and is interesting since I am really inter- terested in China and its development. In such work one feels very close to events.
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Who's where 35 If any Thetas happen to travel to China, please tell them my address and say that I shall be most happy to see them here in Peking and do anything in my power to make their visit pleasant and worthwhile. I am taking the liberty to enclose a copy of my weekly letter home, written on June 5 : This week four of us went to see China’s “ Jackie Coogan,” a boy of twelve who is making quite a name for himself on the Chinese stage. I have never seen greater skill, agility, or grace displayed by anyone. The play we saw portrayed a war in which the small boy as a lieutenant fights duels with generals from the opposing side, storms a city wall, and finally escapes in a boat, when the tide of the fighting turns. The boy has been playing in one of the oldest theaters in Peking. Our rickshas stopped before a gray looking shop not much different from numerous others on the street, and we passed through a narrow alley between two buildings at the end of which was the entrance to the theater. The place was crowded with Chinese and not even standing room seemed available, but an eager usher assured us he had a place for us. We mounted a narrow dark stairway and were seated in a box, such as it was, containing two small stools and a bench somewhat higher, behind. After we were seated about five minutes, women came to collect the price of the box, which was $1.50 plus tips for those who brought us tea. You do not buy tickets in a real Chinese theater nor reserve seats, but you are allowed to sit down and give your approval of the show before you are asked to pay. The men sit below in the theater and the women in the gallery. They do not mix. It is almost as interesting to watch the audience as the stage. You find yourself in the midst of a kindly crowd of people assembled to enjoy themselves. They smoke their long pewter water pipes, talk, shout, eat, and drink their tea. Waiters are continually rushing about bringing tea, cakes, candies, fruit, or whatever is wanted. You see the hot towels brought in steaming for the people to wipe their face and hands. One waiter stands at the entrance and in spectacular fashion throws them in tightly twisted bundles to the catcher. These hot soggy bundles seem to be aimed directly at you but you do not need to be uncomfort¬ able for arms always outstretch at the crucial moment to re¬ ceive them. Chinese theaters are far from comfortable, but in this they differ not at all from the Chinese home. You sit on benches without a back rest and your feet touch cold slabs of
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36 Kappa Alpha Theta stone. The lighting is bad. The stage, in the old-fashioned theaters, is a projecting one covered with a roof for acoustic purposes and hung at the back with the typical embroidered curtain with two doors for exit and entrance. In China the theater is closely connected with the popular beliefs and customs of the people. In this we are reminded of the old miracle plays produced in connection with Christmas and Easter. They have many plays that are produced only at certain seasons of the year, such as the play Crossing the milky way, produced the seventh day of the seventh month, and the Festival of the lanterns produced on the fifteenth day of the first moon. 1 have not mentioned the music which always accompanies the play. It is simply terrible, especially if you are seeing a military play. At times the clanging of brass is so deafening that you wish for earplugs. On Sunday we had such a lovely trip to Heilungtang (Black dragon pool) in the Western Hills. A spring bubbles out of the side of the mountain, furnishing a continuous supply of water for a large pool. Around this pool is built a beautiful temple with many courtyards and pavilions and archways. Great trees spread their branches over the pool and old wisteria vines have climbed to the ends of the limbs, dropping their fragrant blos¬ soms to be reflected in the pool below. It is such a charming place. An old priest brought us kindling wood and we made a fire sufficient to boil our coffee, a great luxury in China, where there is not a twig to be gathered up for burning or making a bonfire. Even the dry blades of grass left standing in the fall are gathered and carefully harbored for fuel during the winter months. To end the day we took a swim in the pool, which was delightfully refreshing. They say that the water has a good deal of radium in it, which accounts for the exhilaration one feels after a swim there. The legend is that a black dragon in¬ habits the pool at night, and if you get up early in the morning you can see him as he leaves the water to seek his abode under the wall. A friend of mine told me that once when a party re¬ mained for the night at the pool, the boy the next morning assured them most seriously that he had seen the dragon as it left the pool ! We have been having rains almost daily for two weeks now, which is an almost unheard of thing at this early date. The spring has been cool for the most part and pleasant. I wonder what our summer will be.
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Scholarship fund 37 Train service between here and Tientsin and Shanghai is again very bad. There seems to be a good deal of moving of troops going on, and of course the road from Peking to Tientsin is taken up with the bringing in of Fengtien troops from Muk¬ den. It does not look very encouraging for people wishing to go on vacations. Mails have been delayed and some of the trains are a day or more late. Vera Cobb Cass r SCHOLARSHIP FUND l L=if=-. ■ _ . ir — ir- ■ .. ii — ii — ii — \rr=-r=z - - - - - rdJ RESUME REPORT, SEPTEMBER 1925 Amount out in 92 undergraduate loans . $27,442.60 Amount on deposit and invested . . . . 7,334.00 Total assets . $34,776.64 Borrowed from Grand treasury . $3,000.00 Still due Miss Collier on fellowship .... 600.00 Total liabilities . 3,600.00 Actual amount of fund to date . $31,176.64 Notes from the committee’s letters The donations from alumnae chapters have been unusually generous the last two years. Though it is against the policy of the committee to publish amounts of gifts, we can not refrain from commenting on this summer’s receipts: Washington alumnae chapter’s stocking sale in behalf of the fund netted $1,464.80. This of course represents contributions from Thetas all over the country, attained through the foresight and hard work of the one alumnae chapter, however. From Toronto alumnae came more than $250.00, from Indianapolis over $1200, from Pittsburg its regular $1000 per year, from New York $150, from Chicago over $300, from Los Angeles over $250, and from many of the smaller alumnae chapters an annual gift of from $50 to $100.
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38 Kappa Alpha Theta ARE WE HONEST AND HONORABLE? This article has been on the editor’s desk since the middle of last winter. Since the writer is known to be a broad-minded, cultured woman in close contact with student life in one of the country’s larger universities, its accuracy and faithful presentation of some conditions in that univer¬ sity can not be questioned. The question is — do such deplorable and alarm¬ ing conceptions flourish in other student bodies too, or is this university unique in having a student body that does not understand clearly honor and honesty? We do not know what the answer to that question is. We do know that time and time again this article’s statements have passed in review through our minds, so at last we have determined to print the article, in the hope that it may reveal to the undergraduates just how narrow is the line between genuine aid and dishonorable dishonesty, and so arouse their interest as to insure that no member of Kappa Alpha Theta so forgets her pledge to fine ideals, as to be a party to any of these deplorable practices. If such conditions, even in embryo, exist on your campus, now is the time for you to exert your influence for a truer standard in the student body. From the point of view of a long-ago active who now has close relations with two college girls, one a fraternity member, the other not in a social organization, I should like to make a few observations on fraternity life and tendencies as I see them in the fertile and luxuriantly supplied soil of this university com¬ munity. The elder student not long ago remarked at the supper table, “I had a shock to-day: a girl whom I had supposed to he per¬ fectly honest talked seriously of going to a swimming class for another girl.” We happened to know the family background of this girl, and we agreed that conscious dishonesty would not have been expected of her. The girl is a fraternity member and Nancy continued, “Z think that is what membership in a sorority does for a girl.” Soon after this incident discussion arose in a small group of faculty folk concerning the practice of coaching the pledges to help them “make the grade,” with a side glance at similar service to prominent athletes, rendered by their fraternity brothers. I was scoffed at when I ventured to suggest that these things might be done in a legitimate manner, with real and helpful tutoring, not vicarious performance. One of the pro¬ fessors said, “Why, of course they write the papers and do the problems for the less studious ones who bring honor to the chap¬ ter in other ways. They will tell you so themselves. They are proud of it.” A dear friend was on the Honor commission here when the
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Are we honest? 39 honor system theoretically included the agreement of the stu¬ dents to report any cribbing observed, as well as to refrain from dishonesty in examinations. The system was near to his heart and received from him much time and effort and enthusiasm ; but he finally recognized that its success was not to be hoped for, largely because the fraternities, who might so logically be the leaders in the right direction, would neither build up a sentiment for strict honesty among their membership nor would a member report or testify against a fellow member, whatever the facts of the case and despite the tacit consent of all in adopting the sys¬ tem to do this when necessary without fear or favor. This con¬ dition was possibly less flagrant among the women’s fraternities than among the men’s, but it existed there too; and the honor system was given up, because in a community so shot through with organization that almost any generally accepted movement might be put through successfully, the leadership of the different groups did not, apparently would not, try to help to form a public opinion which would demand personal honesty of every member of the group, and would make that its standard. Do these things indicate "what membership in a sorority does for a girl?” Surely they are not the whole story. There are the friendships, firm and true, cemented the better by a com¬ mon interest and a common enthusiasm. There are the call for adaptability, the need for bearing and forbearing, the give and take of close association in a bond which, once assumed, may not be lightly thrown off. And perhaps of unique value, there is the provision of a background, a present standard of appeal and of interest for young people, often very young people, but newly away from home and its accustomed restraints and sympathies. With high leadership and fine spirit, what an opportunity is here for useful training and splendid character building ! But if in the houses of today with the enormous and there¬ fore loosely-knit chapters made necessary to support them, the emphasis is shifted; if social prestige is the thing and "rating” this, that or the other function or ornamental office is the para¬ mount consideration and the member who can do this is to be acquired or retained by doing her academic tasks for her ; if the sense of values becomes so confused ; if indeed honesty and honor are blunted, sincerity and truthfulness scouted, and adherence to ideals weakened; — what then can we say for the fraternity system ? There are some evils inherent in the very existence of fra-
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40 Kappa Alpha Theta ternities as closed societies but these are not among them. On the contrary each chapter could make itself a force for positive good in these very particulars, and there would be no question that the good would outweigh the evil in the system. No doubt the rituals of most if not all fraternities have dignity, beauty and idealism: the initiates are usually impressed and uplifted and emotionally inspired in some measure. Unless that fine fervor be conserved and directed to influence the daily living in the chapter, the ritual is reduced to so much high sounding hokum, and the real opportunity of fine service of the frater¬ nity is gone. THE IDEAL CHAPTER What is an ideal chapter of a Greek letter college fraternity? An ideal chapter is one that is, first a credit, to the college in which it is located, secondly, a credit to the national fraternity it belongs to, and thirdly, a credit to itself. If it is a credit to the college in which it is located it is sure to be a credit to itself and the national fraternity. To be a credit to the college in which it is located the chapter should uplift the social, moral, intellectual and religious life of the college. 1. The social life. — Each man in the chapter should be interested in athletics, politics, and the other social activities of college. He should work for clean sportsmanship and clean politics. A chapter should never have petty political alliances with other fraternities, but should work for the best man for the job. 2. The moral and religious life. — Each member should represent the highest type of manhood possible. Each immoral act reflects upon the chapter and institution as well as on the man himself, and each individual in the chapter should be made to feel the responsibility he carries on his shoulders because the chapter gets its reputation from the behavior of each individual. The chapter should support and encourage the religious insti¬ tutions of the university or college. 3. The intellectual life. — The chapter should pride itself on high scholastic standing. Every member should realize that he is in college primarily for its educational value. A chapter is often judged by the faculty, mainly on its scholastic standing, and individually every man is judged on his class-room attitude. The chapter should give hearty support to the faculty in all measures which look toward the improvement of individual and chapter character. In conclusion, I would define the ideal chapter as a harmonious brother¬ hood of college men working for the benefit of each other, the national fraternity and institution in which it is located, in social, moral, religious and intellectual life. — A K E, Quarterly
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A NEW THETA AVOCATION Is there an alumnae organization anywhere that isn’t inter¬ ested in raising money? Usually the vital question is— how can it be done ? The alumnae of Gamma chapter are at present work¬ ing on a novel plan which we think will be successful. Gamma is unusually fortunate in having a wonderfully active mother’s club as well as an alumnae organization. The mothers and alumnae have joined forces in the working out of this plan. The plan originated with Scott Brewer, head of the real estate department of the Washington bank and trust co. Mr Brewer is the husband of one of our active alumnae and was thereby familiar with the fact that we were trying to devise ways and means to provide a new home for Gamma at the new Butler university. The Washington bank and trust co. makes a specialty of handling the highest class suburban additions. This year they have opened up one of the most beautiful ones around Indian¬ apolis. It is called the Williams creek estates and will be one of the most select residence districts of the city. Of course the bank has its own force of salesmen. Mr Brewer’s idea is that the mothers and alumnae act as assistants to these salesmen. Our work is to ferret our prospective buyers, do what selling we can, and then turn the prospects over to the salesmen. Our working organization follows. We have two general chairmen, one for each organization. We have eight teams of ten members each. Each team has a captain. Four captains are alumnae and four are from the mothers’ club. Each team has one hank salesman with whom it works. Meetings of the teams with their respective salesmen are held as often as necessary. In ad¬ dition, the general chairmen, captains and bank salesmen meet with Mr Brewer about once a month. To secure prospective buyers, quite a few methods have been used. We solicited our own friends first of all. We procured membership lists of the different clubs of Indianapolis. These lists were carefully gone over and any prospective buyers im¬ mediately solicited. We talked about it just as much as possible. These are the usual methods, but one energetic captain used a very unique one. She drove over to a much advertised addition and took down the numbers of all the automobiles she saw there. By looking up the owners of these cars, she could find the names of people interested in suburban property. All prospects are
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42 Kappa Alpha Theta listed at the bank under the name of the team turning them in. Up to a certain date, any lot sold to a prospect is credited to the team having listed that name. After a certain date, the lists are open and any team may get the credit of any sale. A prize has been offered to the team having the most sales to its credit. The remuneration for our efforts, being of course that for which we are striving, is — we receive 3% of selling price on any lot sold to one of our prospects. There are 176 lots in the addi¬ tion. If one half of these are sold by the time our contract ex¬ pires, we receive $3,000.00 cash besides our commission. If, by chance, the whole addition should be sold, we receive $5,000.00 cash besides our commission. Should this happen, it would mean about $20,000.00 to us. Our contract dates from June 1, 1925 to June 1, 1926. There is nothing much done in real estate during the months of August and September (except in Florida) so we have really only worked about two months. Forty lots have actually been sold and five beautiful homes are being erected. To date, we have earned $520.00. We know we will do much better this fall and we present this plan in hope that it may be suggestive to other organizations. Clara L. Krull CONVENTION The next Grand convention, 1926, will be held in California, probably in San Francisco, since there seems to be no adequate available hotel outside of the city. It has been some years since the fraternity has had a city convention, but there are many reasons favoring such a convention and the possible plans in con¬ nection with this one sound enticing. As soon as definite arrangements are made, they will be an¬ nounced. In the meantime get your plans going for a summer on the Pacific coast, beginning with the special train trip from Chicago, and ending wherever you like. The Grand council has had the good fortune to have Martha Cline Huffman accept the position of convention manager. Mrs Huffman will have charge of all physical arrangements for the convention. Her past experience in handling Kappa Alpha Theta special trains and making hotel contracts as Grand treas¬ urer, insure that experience and skill will guide to success this convention’s every detail.
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DALLAS ALUMNiE CHARTER GROUP DALLAS ALUMNAE Five years ago Thetas of Dallas organized an informal club. May 1 it was our especial privilege to realize the installation of a bona fide alumnae chapter, with Marie Davis Thomson, Grand treasurer, presiding. “Raj Manor/ ’ the charming home of Jane Burgess, was auspiciously chosen for the occasion. Picture a large, homey living room in soft greens and Flemish oak, a log fire, bowls of Texas wild flowers (accommodatingly black and gold) — in such a setting twenty-three Thetas formed the mystic chain and re¬ peated the beautiful Theta Preamble. Mrs Thomson conducted a most interesting and appealing installation service. After¬ wards a delectable buffet luncheon was served, featuring the fra¬ ternity colors. Theta songs were sung, old times brought forth in gayest hues, great plans laid. It was a pleasure and privilege to have Mrs. Thomson with us; her gracious personality, her inspiration, her helpfulness, will long bear witness in the new chapter. Undoubtedly Dallas is the logical place for an alumnae chap¬ ter; it is truly the meeting place of east and west — in news¬ paper parlance “the hub of the Southwest.” In such a cosmo
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44 Kappa Alpha Theta politian situation there should be new material and dependable alumnae in plenty. We hope particularly to be good neighbors to the college chapters at the universities of Oklahoma and Texas. Good ranchers in this part of the country measure neighborhoods by the hundred miles, so we should all be very close together. The officers and members of Dallas alumnae are — Lola Mc¬ Carty Swim, Beta Beta, president ; Martha Scurry Potts, Alpha Theta, treasurer; Hallette McPhail McClelland, Alpha Theta, secretary; Sue King, Alpha Theta, editor; and Loring Smith, Alice Randall Dysart, Julia Weir Molenaer, Margaret Myrick Crawford, Margarert Lawther Warren, Leda Nash Williams, Ethel Gordon Randall, Olga Lightfoot Gano, Evantha Scurry Bowles, Jean Figh Crawford, Linna Williams Clark, Anita Ohmsted Barthlow, Jane Walker Burgess, Jenness Frieze Gough, all Alpha Theta; Katherine Gentry Clark, Alpha Mu; Claudia White Puckharber, Alpha Omicron; Margretha Roth Bryan, Alpha Iota ; Helen S. Fernald, Upsilon ; Ima Winchell Rettger, Halette M. McClelland MILLSPAUGH HALL (U. C. S. B.) BETA XI Pledge service On the afternoon of June 12, ninety Thetas from Los Angeles and near by towns gathered at Omicron ’s chapter house, to
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Installations 45 pledge to Kappa Alpha Theta the members of Sigma Alpha Kappa of the University of California, Southern branch. Mildred Scherer played, as the first pledge entered the room at 4:30 promptly, where Vera McIntosh Bemis, Grand vice president, presided, assisted by Marie Davis Thomson, Grand treasurer, and Leslie Wilde Ganyard, District president. Thirty- nine girls, in groups of six and eight, pledged to become loyal and enthusiastic workers for Kappa Alpha Theta. Anne McVicker Neal as chairman, was ably assisted by Betty Follen Connolly, Marian Neuls Lower, Clara Parmalee Knight, Elizabeth Gude, Elizabeth Clauss, and active members from Omicron, including Catherine McCully, Frances Scarrett, Mar¬ garet Barnard, and Loraine Keim. After the formalities of the pledging, all Thetas and Thetas- to-be joined in singing Theta songs, led by Martha Smith, Omi¬ cron. When voices could sing no more, Margaret Barnard, in behalf of Omicron, invited all to enter the dining room and par¬ take of a delicious punch and dainty cakes. Thus ended the first day of the ceremonies which gave us Beta Xi chapter, auspiciously as guests at the home of the other Los Angeles col¬ lege chapter, Omicron, at the University of Southern California. Anne McVicker Neal, Chairman , Pledge committee Initiation Saturday afternoon and evening, June 13, occurred the in¬ itiation of Sigma Alpha Kappa members into Kappa Alpha Theta. Early in the morning the committee from Los Angeles alumnae, in charge, invaded Cumnock school of expression and proceeded to turn the “Shakespeare room” into an initiation hall. The benign bust of the understanding bard was consigned to a far corner, but off and on all day he winked knowingly at the labor of love behind scenes and closed his eyes discreetly at two o’clock when all was in readiness and the first of the neo¬ phytes was at the door. It was an ideal initiation setting, for not only was the “Shakespeare room” at our disposal, but the long solarium, the library, and many studios were ours, and the restful, soft-chaired drawing room was a happy gathering place for alumnae as they assembled. And who will ever forget the supper served out in the beautiful court just as the sunset lights were fading? The caressing breeze, that so usually breaks imperceptibly upon the silence of the sunset, made crooked the part in the marcelled
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46 Kappa Alpha, Theta bob and whisped out a curl or so from its restraining hairpin but it refreshed every one and gave new inspiration for the evening ceremonies. The officers in charge were: Yera McIntosh Bemis, Grand vice-president, Marie Davis Thomson, Grand treasurer, and Leslie Wilde Ganyard, President of District VI. Assisting them, were members of Los Angeles alumnae, Omicron, and representa¬ tives from other chapters in the district. Before eleven o’clock thirty-seven new members had assumed the responsibility as well as the privilege of wearing the badge of Kappa Alpha Theta. Before midnight all was as it had been before the invasion of the committee ; the bust in the corner had resumed its normal place and seemed to agree that that portion of the drama of fraternity life is not only thrilling and en¬ nobling to witness, but tear stirring and sacred in memory. The new Thetas are — Fern Marguerite Bouck, Margaret Boyd, Alice L. Brown, Annis Keyes, Joyce Jewell Turner, Mabel Westenhaver, Cynthia Ann Fry, Druzella Elizabeth Goodwin, Corinne Little, Beth Shuler, Mildred Stanford, Marion A. Whitaker, Lois Fee, Marjorie Finch, Elizabeth Fontron, Eliza¬ beth Keyes, Helen Neill, Dorothy Walton, Adele Ward, Barbara Brinckerhoff, Ann Fontron, Dorothy Grannis, Evelyn Gregg, Katherine Irving, Muriel James, Katherine Kedzie, Ruth Kim¬ ball, Thelma Martin, Marjorie Randolph, Meryl Stateler, Eliza¬ beth Wellborn, Hazel Converse, Mildred Crozier, Evelyn Hauer- wauss; and three alumnae, Clarissa Bachelder Cadwalader, Ina Thach, Mary K. Lockwood. Edna Wilde Brooks, Chairman, Initiation committee Installation As the initiation welcomes the individual into fraternity life so installation welcomes the chapter. The ceremony is symbolic of the dignity and breath of our national organization. As Marie Davis Thomson stood in the light of the tall candelabra, beside a table massed with yellow flowers, and added Beta Xi’s link to the fraternity chain it seemed a very beautiful climax to the week. The new chapter then stepped back into the circle and Pasa¬ dena alumnae went forward to receive its alumnae charter — again emphasizing the fact that fraternity interests and joys are not only for the college days but for all the years. Helen Parker Finch, Chairman, Installation service
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Installations 47 Banquet One of the happy occasions was the banquet given in honor of Beta Xi, held in the beautiful banquet hall of the Friday morning club building, on Monday evening following Installa¬ tion. Two-hundred-and-thirty Thetas were present representing chapters all over the United States. Honored guests besides officiating officers were Mrs Marian Whipple Garrettson and Mrs Anna Harrison Nelson, past Grand presidents. Before the company was seated Mrs Nelson gave the toast to the Founders. Mrs Vera McIntosh Bemis, Grand vice presi¬ dent, presided most delightfully as toastmistress. A sincere welcome to Beta Xi was extended by Mrs Leslie Wilde Ganyard, District president. Fern Bouck happily responded and in con¬ clusion introduced each new member. Mrs Marie Davis Thom¬ son, Grand treasurer, responded to the Loving-cup toast, while the Loving-cup apostrophe was read by Mrs Helen Abrams Troy, California state chairman. When Marian Whipple Garrettson arose to speak every one in the room arose as one person ex¬ pressing the great admiration, love, and devotion everyone has for her. With brilliance and rare charm, she spoke very beauti¬ fully about Theta service , making each one realize anew the joys and responsibilities of being members of Kappa Alpha Theta. Mrs Edna Wilde Brooks, concluded the program by reading the telegrams and letters of welcome and congratulations from Theta chapters, college and alumnae. Jessie Gilmore Mathews , Chairman , Banquet committee Reception for officers and Beta Xi The closing event of the installation of Beta Xi chapter was a reception given by Los Angeles alumnae for the installing officers and the new chapter, introducing them to the faculty and students of the Southern Branch campus. It came as a welcome relaxation after the solemnity of the pledge service, initiation and installation. The joyous and youthful spirit of the young¬ est chapter was the spirit of everyone present. A large pro¬ portion of the chapters and seemingly every generation of Theta were represented. Many beautiful baskets of flowers, gifts of other national and local fraternities, and candles in tall, silver candle sticks decor¬ ated the lovely rooms of the Women \s University club. Mildred
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48 Kappa Alpha Theta March Hawkes, Beta, assisted by a violinist and cellist, provided soft harp music during the afternoon. In the receiving line were Yera McIntosh Bemis, Grand vice president, Marie Davis Thomson, Grand treasurer, Ann Mc- Vicker Neal and Edna Goettler of Los Angeles alumnae, Leslie Wilde Ganyard, President of District VI, Anna Harrison Nelson and Marian Whipple Garrettson, both past Grand presidents of the fraternity, Lily B. Campbell, Alpha Theta, member of the faculty of the Southern Branch, Fern Bouck, president of Beta Xi, and the official delegates of the chapters of District VI, Margaret Barnard, Omicron, Elizabeth Thomas, Omega, Irene Youngken, Beta Delta, and Florence Billinghurst, Beta Mu. (Phi was unable to send any delegates, as installation dates were identical with final examinations dates at Stanford.) About sixty members of Los Angeles and Pasadena alumnae chapters, and the Long Beach Theta club, assisted in introduc¬ ing the girls of the new chapter. Mrs J. B. Lippincott, Miss Sue Barnwell, Miss Jane Spalding, Mrs T. P. McCrea, Mrs Edith Hill Powers, and Mrs Helen Vinyard Peasley presided over the tea and coffee urns. Members of Omicron served in the dining room. Bertha Barnard Alvord, Chairman , Reception committee Beta Xi history Sigma Alpha Kappa was organized in January, 1915, as a literary group, and became a social fraternity as the university began to develop. We have always taken pride in being the oldest women’s fraternity on the campus, and in the fact that we were the first to have a house, — which now proudly bears the name plate of Kappa Alpha Theta. As the college aspired to be a real university, so did we look ahead to a greater future which lay in the hands of Kappa Alpha Theta. In May of 1924, when we started our petition for a charter real work began. The fall semester brought many letters which added to our excitement and hopes that we were progressing toward our goal. Best of all, Mrs Bemis was able to spend a few days with us the first part of November. Her visit gave us encouragement and spirit to ‘carry on.’ Gertrude Mar¬ tin, president of Omega, had been a guest in September, and others who took an interest in our group and visited us were; Margaret Watson, Phi, Maud Schroeder, Alpha Xi, and Eliza¬ beth Thomas, Omega. The latter part of the year brought many festivities, among them a tea given by Mrs Ada Edwards Laugh-
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Installations 49 OFFICERS OF BETA XI lin, of Los Angeles Theta alumnse chapter, and a buffet supper in November at which we entertained Omicron chapter of Kappa Alpha Theta. December 27, Sigma Alpha Kappa gave a recep¬ tion at Mrs L. Brunswig’s home for the Theta college and alumnae chapters of District VI. We fully appreciate the whole-hearted support and backing of the Los Angeles alumnae and Omicron chapters, without their help our task would have been too difficult. January found us with great hopes for the New Year, and sure enough we were not disappointed. During our annual house party in the mountains the last of the month, district VI telegraphed its approval, and the house party dissolved into a whirlwind of rejoicing, for our hopes were now more than a vision, they had become a possibility. But the fulfillment of the petition had still to come, and a feeling of suspense and excite¬ ment hovered over all of us during the following months.
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50 Kappa Alpha Theta Finally on May 4, the beginning of one of the twelve beauti¬ ful months in California (if we did not boost a bit you would not be sure this was really from us), our longed-for charter was granted. We were ever so happy, and celebrated the memorable day at a great bonfire rally held in honor of the new university site, but as we felt, — also in honor of Kappa Alpha Theta. The first commencement ever held at the Southern Branch was over the second week of June, and then came the thrill of our installation ceremonies, when Sigma Alpha Kappa ceased to exist and became Beta Xi of Kappa Alpha Theta. Meryl Stateler BLOOMINGTON ALUMNA The Bloomington, Indiana, alumna? club which has just re¬ ceived its charter as an alumnae chapter has been in existence for at least thirty-five years. Its membership has always comprised practically all alumnae Thetas resident in Bloomington, and it is perhaps a coincidence that the twenty members necessary to form an alumnae chapter has constituted an average membership for the club during the years of its existence. Many visiting Thetas sojourn in Bloomington for a year or two, large classes of Thetas graduate from Indiana university every year, but the average of twenty or twenty-five resident Thetas remains the same. If this means that Thetas prefer farther horizons, it means also that the members of the Bloomington alumnae club, through its small membership, develops a close, intimate rela¬ tionship. Mrs Lizzie Harbinson Dunn, one of the charter mem¬ bers of Beta, is one of the most faithful and enthusiastic at¬ tendants. At the time of the building of Beta’s new house, the Bloom¬ ington alumnae club acted as a medium between the alumnae of the state and the chapter. The Beta chapter building association has a preponderance of Bloomington alumnae among its officers, the natural assumption being that those alumnae who are on the ground can do most effective work in helping to build and administer the house. Many traditions have grown up during the club’s existence. The most cherished is that of Senior initiation. This service was written by Miss Louise Maxwell, Mrs Alice Springer Fitch, and Mrs Ella Rawles Springer. It has been changed and modified for use in other chapters, but Beta alumnae in Bloomington claim the honor of its authorship.
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Installations 51 Parties for the college chapter are given frequently. Gifts to the chapter-house have been numerous. Dues of the club were raised from one dollar to two several years ago, and during the building of the chapter-house the alumnas adopted the plan of other organizations for raising funds, and gave benefit picture shows and rummage sales. For the last few years twenty-five dollars a year has been sent to Theta’s scholarship fund. The club is affiliated with the Local council of women of Blooming¬ ton, and does its share of civic work. As an alumnae chapter the club hopes to continue its service to local Theta interests, and at the same time to place itself in more formal manner at the service of the national fraternity. Alta Brunt Sombower If the true service spirit is to prevail in a chapter, it must come about voluntarily. The question is, do the underclassmen perform services be¬ cause they want to and enjoy the spirit of service, or because they arc made to do things? When a girl reaches college age she should at least be mature enough to catch a serving spirit in a house and profit by it. The value in such service in a house lies not in learning to do what one is told to do, but in seeing what needs to be done, and the taking of responsibility upon one’s shoulders and doing it. The greatest difficulty lies in the fact that girls just coming into a house do not realize that their step entails any responsibility on their part. In some fraternities there is an organization of upperclassmen before which the underclassmen appear when they have been lax in any of their duties, or when their attitude is not what it should be. When these meetings are held the girl concerned appears before the committee, is told her offense, and is given an opportunity to give an excuse or reason which shall justify her action. This method is no doubt effective, but it violates in my opinion all that a fraternity should stand for. Such a court of appeal keeps a girl in awe, frightens her into doing as she should. No motive of love for the organization and the desire for its progress prompts her actions, if she is ordered to do certain things and punished if she fails. This method is one far more suitable to high school than to college girls. Most girls resent being called up to explain the why and wherefore for many of their actions. One is supposed to have learned a little dis¬ cretion by this time and to know what to do without being forever guided by rules. Duties in a chapter house such as telephone and door-bell answer¬ ing are not such neglected ones; scholarship, school activities, and such duties are the ones for which the girls need most prodding, but a realization of one’s social and scholastic obligation ought., to a certain extent, to cure this deficiency. — A Z, Lamp
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52 Kappa Alpha Theta r E! WHO’S WHO IN THETA n-,i f0| NORA KREPS, Phi ’16 Nora Kreps ’16, is conducting Americanization work in the Imperial valley with an ability and a success which are attract¬ ing notice. This is her second year at El Centro, and she has organized between 300 and 400 foreigners, belonging to twelve different nationalities, into night classes where they are being taught to speak and read English and to understand something of American customs. Some of the men are preparing for nat¬ uralization. The mothers are attending afternoon classes to learn cooking and sewing and ways of improving their living condi¬ tions. Dr Robert E. Park, Research director of the Survey of race relations on the Pacific Coast, speaks appreciatively of the material Miss Kreps has contributed to the survey, now being made, through her knowledge of the lives of these people. The work is also appreciated by the residents of El Centro, who through their various civic organizations are assisting it in many ways. A recent issue of The Imperial valley press says that the night classes of one of the schools have organized a student body and elected officers. The article goes on to com¬ ment on Miss Krep’s work as follows: “The project was started more in the nature of an experi¬ ment than anything else in the fall of 1923, under Miss Nora Kreps, and has grown by leaps and bounds . The attendance is more than double that of last year, and there is no way of measuring the manifold benefits to the community in general as these strangers within our gates gradually assimilate and adopt our language, customs, and standards of living . Miss Kreps is a slender slip of a young woman with the bluest of blue eyes, whose efficiency and capability have made the work the tre¬ mendous success it has proved to be.” The conditions in the Imperial valley create an out-standing need for educational work of this sort. The foreign laborers there come from all parts of the world, in many cases arriving direct from their native land. The nationalities now represented
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Who’s who in Theta 53 in the classes include Argentine, Austrian, Chinese, Cuban, Fili¬ pino, German, Greek, Japanese, Mexican, Portuguese, Swiss, and Syrian. There are also negroes and Indians in the valley. Crowds of these laborers follow the crops, camping for a while at one place after another. Those in El Centro occupy a section of the town distinct from that where the Americans live. They have, therefore, to be sought out and interested in learning the language and ways of the country. One of Miss Kreps’ greatest assets seems to be her tact and adaptability, which enable her to win the confidence of these foreign men and women and to get them to enter the classes. In the course of her duty she drives all over that section of the country, stopping whenever she sees a labor camp she doesn’t know about and going into the camp to invite the laborers to come to the schools. For her own share of the teaching she selects the illiterates, and with her winning personality and quick understanding she succeeds in making those ignorant men and women, many of them bent and dulled with hard work, speak and read and write our language. Nora Kreps graduated in economics in 1916. That fall she went with Lutitia Winn ’15, to Goodsprings, Nevada, where they taught for one year. When the war broke out she was at Palo Alto where she joined the Stanford land army and picked fruit through the season. She then enlisted in the navy and as a yeo¬ man rose steadily in rank, being employed in the cable censor’s office in San Francisco. When the war ended she passed the civil service examinations and worked for some months at naval headquarters. In the fall of 1921 she went to Needles as teacher in the first grade and had a school composed of Mexican and negro children. The unusual quality of her work and personality attracted the notice of Miss Ethel Richardson, vice-superintendent of educa¬ tion in California and director of Americanization work in the state, who asked her to take up Americanization work. After taking the required special training at the Southern Branch of the University of California, she went back to Needles and estab¬ lished the Americanization classes for adults there, leaving after one year to organize the work in the Imperial valley. — Stanford Illustrated Review , May 1925 MRS ETHEL ARNOLD TILDEN, Alpha A poem by Ethel Arnold Tilden (Mrs Francis Calvin Tilden) was one of the two successful poems read at the March meeting
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54 Kappa Alpha Theta of the Poetry society of America. Poems are submitted anony¬ mously and those deemed worthy are read before the members present and voted upon each month from October to May. In this way sixteen poems are cited for distinction each year. “It is an honor even to have a poem read at a meeting/ 9 Contem¬ porary verse states. Mrs Tilden has never before submitted a poem to the society. Mr Charles Wharton Stork, editor of Contemporary verse , who succeeded Edwin Markham as president of the Poetry society of America, has himself asked to be allowed to present Mrs Tilden ’s name for membership in the society. KATHERINE GUTHERY, Gamma Deuteron A gift, valued in excess of $1,000,000 has been made to Ohio Wesleyan university by Mr and Mrs Frank Edward Stuyvesant, Lakewood, according to an announcement by Dr John W. Hoff¬ man, president of the university. The gift, which is the largest received by Ohio Wesleyan in its new $8,000,000 development program, eventually is to be used to erect a new dormitory for boys and a new dormitory for girls, to increase the endowment and to provide two perpetual free scholarships, one for boys and one for girls, and which become available at once. Back of the gift looms the personality of Miss Katherine Guthery, daughter of Mr and Mrs E. G. Guthery, just across the way from the Stuyvesant home, whom Mr Stuyvesant considers the “perfect girl.” Miss Katherine was graduated from Ohio Wesleyan last June. Her parents also are Ohio Wesleyan alumni. Stuyvesant said yesterday he had reasoned that if the university could turn out girls as perfect as his charming young neighbor, it was worth doing something for. He made inquiry, and he said he was impressed by the high character of the Ohio Wesleyan alumni whom he met. Then he visited the institution and returned with the desire to do “some¬ thing handsome” for the school. Several days ago, in the office of Harris Creech, president of the Cleveland trust co. he turned over more than $1,000,000 to representatives of the trustees and made all benefits of the gift retroactive to Aug. 1. — Cleveland Plain dealer , Sept. 3 (Katherine Guthery was Gamma deuteron ?s delegate to the 1924 convention, so many Thetas know her.)
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“MOTHER KNICKERBOCKER’S” PANHELLENIC HOUSE Do you believe in chapter houses for undergraduates? OF COURSE YOU DO Do you believe in Panhellenic Houses in big cities for fra¬ ternity women ? WE EXPECT YOU TO Fraternity women everywhere are helping “Mother Knickerbocker” take care of her embarrassing number of daughters by purchasing stock in the New York Panhellenic House project. HAVE YOU DONE YOUR PART? The- common stock has now been taken over by fraternity women, and a campaign will be launched this fall to dispose of the preferred stock, which may be sold to the general public, as well as among our own girls. So be talking this project to husbands, fathers, brothers, friends, and all fra¬ ternity women you meet. For with the preferred stock sold this house will become a reality in a short time. LET'S HAVE KAPPA ALPHA THETA RANK HIGH IN “MOTHER KNICKERBOCKER'S" LIST OF HELPFUL BIG SISTERS
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56 Kappa Alpha Theta r '1 CHAPTER NEWS 1 0 h ALPHA— DEPAUW UNIVERSITY We are sorry that a number of our members were unable to return this fall. Clara Louise Ward and Dorothy Drew are going to business college in Indianapolis. Martha Nicholson is attending a kindergarten school in Chicago. Katherine Fergus- son, Mildred Johnson, Julia Ann Hunt, and Nellie Lockridge did not return. Martha Howard was married during the sum¬ mer. Isabel Gauld is teaching music at Jamestown, Indiana. And Margaret Shewman is in Indianapolis attending Madame Hlaker’s school. The first week we used all our mentality and personality for rushing purposes. And we were very pleased with results. We pledged Marcia Wheeler and Ruth Wertz, Evansville; Mary Miller and Ruth Clark, Winchester; Mary Williams and Alice Stage, Knightstown ; Virginia Kelly, Greencastle ; Ann Burkert, Indianapolis; Mary Jo Springer, Kokomo; Carol Hackman, Peru, Illinois; Dorothy Daly, Peoria, Illinois; Helen Moffett, Loda, Illiois; Margaret Allen, Wadsworth, Ohio. Having thus insured the continuity of the chapter, we are settling down to the regular routine of college life. We are very fortunate to have Mrs Wiese return as chaperon. Alice Patrick came from Omicron chapter and is sincerely welcomed by us all. Lucy Beddoe has been elected treasurer of Girls’ Glee club. Elizabeth Tilden is a pledge to Theta Sigma Phi. Virginia Kelly is a new member of the University orchestra. Try-outs for a good many things are going on and soon we hope to announce additional honors. A general house building fever has manifested itself on the campus. Kappa Kappa Gamma and Kappa Alpha Theta started it last year. And this year Delta Kappa Epsilon, Sigma Nu, Phi Gamma Delta, and Alpha Chi Omega all have new houses, and doubtless are planning to monopolize activities and scholarship honors just as we are. But beneath all gay plans and festivities there has been an undertone of sadness. The opening of college was shadowed by
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Chapter news 57 the death of Edward Rector, one of DePauw *s greatest bene¬ factors. What he has done for DePauw will last and his influence will go on. We honor and revere him for whom De¬ Pauw will hold a memorial service October 16. 30 September 1925 Mary Walker Married: Martha Howard to Robert Ward, K ^>, June 17, Winchester, Ind. Married: Sara Miller to Robert Watson, B 6 n, in June at Winchester, Ind. Married: Birdicc Spedding to Ed. C. Van Dervoort, 2 X, Aug. 3, Lansing, Mich. Married: Roma Retherford to Horace Maddux, 2 X, June 27, Muncie, Ind. Married: Dorothea Phipps to Elmer Sulzer, A T, Sept. 1, Frankfort, Ind. Married: Mary Walkup to Paul Garrett, r A, Sept. 1, Crawfords- ville, Ind. Born to Mr and Mrs Elliott Trees (Marcia Hough) a daughter, Mary Ella. Born to Mr and Mrs Maxwell Feemster (Elizabeth Iliff) a daughter, Mary Elizabeth. Margaret Pierson is this year an instructor in harmony in the music school of DePauw university. Mary Iliff is teaching backward children from 2 A to (5 A in the schools of Okmulgee, Oklahoma. Esther Alice Green is studying music in Chicago. Esther Bundy is teaching in Tabor, Iowa. Ermina Falass Murlin (Mrs Lemuel II.) wife of the new president of DePauw university is a new and valued member of Greencastle alumna) chapter. Laura Canady Hixson (Mrs Frederick) has moved to Greencastle since the death of Mr Hixson, president of Allegheny college. Mrs Hixson has built an attractive New England colonial house and will make a home for her sons, Jerome, who is an instructor in English composition in the university, and Robert, who has entered college as a freshman, pledged ARE. Mrs Fannie Stevenson will be in Greencastle all winter. Greencastle alumnae chapter paid in full last year the pledge of $500.00 to the chapter house fund. Advisors of the college chapter are Mrs James Bittles, Miss Catherine Tillotson, and Miss Lilian B. Brownfield. A memorial scholarship fund of $30,000.00 is being raised in honor of Daisy Florence Simms, the interest of which will be used to provide training in this country or abroad for women specially adapted to industrial life. The project has the backing of the national board of Y.W.C.A. Lillian B. Brownfield is acting president of the Indiana federation of branches of A.A.U.W. and will write the editorial page of the new monthly magazine to be published by Indiana branches. She is president also of the Greencastle branch of A.A.U.W. Catherine Tillotson is treasurer of Greencastle branch of A.A.U.W.
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58 Kappa Alpha Theta BETA— INDIANA UNIVERSITY Letter due Oct. 1. Wire sent for missing letter, Oct. 7. Letter not received by Oct. 17. GAMMA— BUTLER COLLEGE As the result of a whole summer of rush we pledged nine¬ teen girls September 18. They are : Alice Ball, Alice Carter, Mildred Cook, Jean Davis, Rosemary Dyer, Mary Eiler, Mar¬ garet Ice, Rebecca Jones, Isabel Layman, Marion Marshall, Jane Messick, Frances Thorpe, Marie Wagnon, Charlotte Weiseke, all of Indianapolis; and Mary Katherine Harmon of Gary; Dor¬ othy June Jackson of Greenfield; Fayette Purcell of Vincennes; Gaie Walker of Lebanon ; Mary Margaret Zoercher of Tell City. Ocie Higgins won the year scholarship to the Indiana col¬ lege of music and fine arts offered in a contest to voice students. Jane Ogborn won the freshman scholarship cup presented by Woman's league. Her average was 94.25 per cent. The system of supervised study which was used by the scholarship committee of our chapter proved successful. At least the chapter average was raised three per cent last semester. Gamma is trying very seriously to increase the building fund for the new chapter house at Fairview. The college and alumna chapters have formed teams which are to find prospective buyers for Fairview lots, thereby earning commissions which go to the building fund. The Mothers' club is lending its assistance to this project also. Instead of finding other and perhaps less cer¬ tain means of earning money, the girls agreed to donate fifty cents each a month to the chapter building fund. At our first meeting this fall the sophomores entertained in¬ formally with a spread and a clever stunt in honor of the fresh¬ men. That was the first of a series of class entertainments we have planned as a means of bringing the whole chapter into closer friendship. 27 September 1925 Edith Robinson Mary Montgomery was married to Lawrence Henderson, 2 X, June 27. Mr and Mrs Paui W. Kistler (Marian Buttweiler) announce the birtli of a daughter, Helen Jean, Sept. 7. Elizabeth Bertermann is a counselor in a girls y camp. Patia Carver and Anna C. Gardner are in Florida. Anna C. is doing journalistic work and Patia secretarial work. Helen Haight is to supervise gymnastic work in the grade schools.
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Chapter news 59 Frances Krieg is touring Europe. Helen Kinnard and Marian Rose are teaching this winter. Irene Seuel is doing social service work. Lois Wishard lias a position in the Technical high school book store. DELTA-UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS Rushing was strenuous as usual with many gay and success¬ ful parties. When it was over we had fourteen pledges, whom we believe will make loyal Thetas. Already they have started working in different campus activities, and their presence in the house is sweet and helpful. They are Pauline Percival and Dor¬ othy Davis (Theta sisters), Helen Bess Pinch (a Theta daugh¬ ter), Jean True (a Theta cousin), Gwendolyn Walls, Mary Mar¬ garet Glenn, Eleanor Schulz, Marie Ilartung, Katherine Brun¬ ner, Vera Klintz, Ellen Martin, Minnetta Cron, Bernice Cultra, and Dorothy Bush. Our first social function was a tea for our pledges. We in¬ vited as guests the freshmen from each women’s fraternity on the campus. We are looking forward to Home-coming with eargerness and anticipation, just three weeks and we will be welcoming all the alumnae back for a great reunion. Hilda Smith from Alpha Chi chapter has one of the leading parts in the Home-coming play, We are seven. The chapter is going in a body to see Hilda act. The week-end after Home-coming we will give onr first dance of the year. 6 October 1925 Elizabeth Davis Married: Christine Jones and Bob Conkey this summer. Married: Helen Herrick and Glad Thomas in August. They live in Champaign. Married: Natlin Gates and Grey Tuttle, May 23. Their home is in Chicago. Married: Dorothy Healy and Harold Keele last spring. They are in Montana now. Ruth Franklin is to be married to George Voss, Nov. 28. Leslie Nolan and Jack Barstow will be married Oct. 10. Erma Edminston and Gordon Wanzer have set Nov. 2 as the date for their wedding. Harriett Halliday King (Mrs P. G.) has just moved into a new home which they have built at 1470 W. Macon st. Decatur, Ill. Margaret Miles taught in the summer school at Michigan State college, Lansing, and will be there again this winter. Edna Goettler is president of Los Angeles alumnae chapter. Address is 619 W. Gramercy pi. Los Angeles, Cal.
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60 Kappa Alpha Theta Marie Cronin Bonnett (Mrs E. M.) is treasurer of the same Los Angeles alumnse. Address, 1051 N. Ardmore, Los Angeles. Winfred Carlson Wharton (Mrs Wayne) with her husband and two children have moved from Peoria to 1706 E. 56th st. Chicago, Ill. Born to Mr and Mrs Bon Warren (Katharine Kemp) July 31 a daugh¬ ter, Janice, in Lafayette, Ind. Harriet Fera is now at 7058 Greenview av. Chicago, Ill. Helene Boty Whipple (Mrs H. S.) is in Akron, Ohio, at 759 W. Market st. Born to Mr and Mrs Oliver Be Celle (Josephine Greene) a son, John Oliver, July 2, Chicago. Borothy Warren Ritter (Mrs Walter) is living in Holland, Mich, at 356 Central av. Josephine Burt Wright (Mrs F. M.) is at 210 N. Park st. Streator, Ill. Born to Mr and Mrs Paul Clapp Knowlton (Marjorie Jones) a son, Paul Clapp, jr. at Kirkwood, Mo. ETA— UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Of first importance is the arrival of our new president, Dr Little, who comes from the University of Maine. The reception of his opening address predicted that he will soon be very popu¬ lar with the student body as well as with the faculty. Formal rushing ended September 27, when we pledged Marian Widman, Marjorie Wilson, and Gladys Allen of Detroit; Esther Lockart of Casper ; Louise Murrey of East Tawas ; Helen Kemph of Freemont ; Edna Balz of Indianapolis, Indiana ; Mar¬ jorie Baxter and Eleanor Woodrow of Toledo, Ohio; Louise Eastman of Dallas, Texas ; Muriel Anderson of Hollywood, Cali¬ fornia; and Janet Upjohn of Pasadena, California. We also announce the pledging of Ellen Grinnell of Detroit, October 3. Among our parties were a pirate dinner at which a skeleton armed with nothing more alarming than a cigaret greeted the guests, a cabaret dinner embellished with peppy if amateurish acts, and a waffle breakfast with the den converted into a waffle shop. We were all very happy at the election of Louise Barley and Jeanne Briggs to Phi Beta Kappa and of Elizabeth Blackwood to Mortar board. Coming back we found that both upper floors of the chapter house had been decorated and that some of the furniture had been re-upholstered. Last fall the whole first floor was redec¬ orated and in the spring the house was painted, while our gardens were enlarged by contributions of shrubs and plants from the seniors. It is hard to tell how happy we are at the return of our
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Chapter news 61 chaperon, Mrs Vedder, and of Gladys Vedder who spent the past year in Europe. Mother Vedder brought us some unique place cards which were acceptable for rushing. 3 October 1925 Virginia Burke Married: Oct. 10, Gladys Trowbridge and Hayden Mills, K Oak Park, Ill. Louise Barley is doing newspaper work in Miami, Fla. Mary and Margaret Hays have moved to Tulsa, Okla. Marian Dutton, Jeanne Briggs, and Florence Johnson are teaching in Detroit. Evelyn Widman is doing social service work in Detroit. Martha Sneider Van Sandt (Mrs M.) is living in Cincinnati, Ohio. Dorothy Bean spent the summer visiting relatives in England. Married: Dorothy Diss and Harlan M. Roberts. Address: 1876 Windermere st. Cleveland, Ohio. Helen Baker Taft (Mrs C. II. jr.) is teaching at the Garland school of homemaking, 2 Chestnut st. Boston. IOTA— CORNELL UNIVERSITY Iota was hostess to District IV convention in June. During three busy days, which included luncheons, teas, business meet¬ ings, an informal dance, and a banquet, we had an opportunity to become acquainted with Thetas from the college chapters at Syracuse, Toronto and Vermont, and from the alumnae chapters at Toronto, Rochester and Burlington. We feel that the con¬ vention was successful, not only because we had a very good time, but also because we gained from it a stronger sense of unity and a greater faith in the meaning of Theta. The alumna? chapter was as eager as Iota about the success of convention. When we returned, we were delightfully surprised by the enlargement of our dining room. There have been changes on the campus, too. The Co-op has been moved from the basement of Morrill hall to much larger quarters in Barnes hall ; the Coffee house is now in the Johnny Parsons club; and the Willard Straight memorial union build¬ ing will soon be ready for use. We are sorry that three of our girls, Gertrude Godfrey, Katherine Saul and Alice Archibald, have not returned. Ger¬ trude has transferred to a business school and does not expect to return to college at all. Our interest now centers in the freshman class and the possi¬ bilities it holds for Kappa Alpha Theta. We have three weeks of rushing, with pledge day October 20. 6 October 1925 Viola Oliver
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62 Kappa Alpha Theta Married: Dorothy Boyer to Guy Beattie; Wilma Fermette to Edwin Collin. Helen J. Smith’s engagement to Alvin Taylor, jr. has been announced. Eileen Freeman and Spencer Sisco have announced their engagement. Born to Mr and Mrs Charles A. Carpenter (Margaret Van Deusen) a son, William, Apr. 10. Married, June 16, Iva Springstead and Charles W. Skeele, Cornell, ’24. Address: The Maples, R.F.D. Clockville, N.Y. Abbie Findlay Potts has been appointed professor of dramatic literature at Rockford college, Rockford, Ill. She will also have charge of all dra¬ matic productions at the college. The hones of W eyland, a play by Miss Potts, was presented at Vassar college, May 15 and June 6 with music adapted from folk tunes by George Sherman Dickinson. KAPPA— UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS There is no doubt that Theta ran away with honors during rush week. Kappa lias twenty pledges: Elizabeth Dockstader, Beloit; Babs Carrol, Independence; Henrietta Frazier, El Do¬ rado ; Margaret Haynes, Augusta ; Cynthia Uline and Dorothea Darrah, Leavenworth; Ruth Dockum, Wichita; Virginia Belle Thomason, Dorothy Wight, Virginia Grief, Dorothy Easton, and Frances Funk, Kansas City, Missouri; Stella Williams, Kansas City, Kansas; Elizabeth Shaw, Holton; Katherine Snyder, Win¬ field ; Elizabeth Brodhead and Annette Leonard Lawrence ; Lucia Lee Spencer, Denver, Colorado ; and Teresa Williams and Gene- vive Vonderhoof, Colorado Springs. Elizabeth Brodhead and Virginia Grief are Theta daughters. Virginia Belle Thomason, Dorothy Wight, and Elizabeth Shaw are sisters of Thetas. Just before pledging, we held initiation for Albertine Scott, Dorothy Jones, Helen Beard, Vivian Crouch, Helen Wight and Alice Robinson. Majorie Chadwick, pledged late last spring, will be initiated with the freshmen. Activities for pledges have included open house and a house dance, October 16. They will entertain the upperclassmen with the Theta Katsup November 14. Our membership has been increased by the return of Mary McKeever and Sally Ingalls who were out of college last year: Mary because of illness and Sally to act as her father’s business secretary. Affiliation services were held just before initiation for Verna and Marguerite Varner of Alpha Upsilon who at¬ tended college here last year. Dorothy Walker of Beta Iota and Elizabeth Shawley, Alpha Upsilon, Kansas university are attending for the first time this semester.
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Chapter news 63 Activities are gathering members for the coming year and we number many girls in various organizations. Jacqueline Stice spent a part of the summer on the western coast where she was sent as a delegate to the Theta Sigma Phi convention. Margaret Haynes had a part in the chorus of the fashion show. Dorothy Walker was a model in the same production. Miriam McClelland was advertising manager of the Y.W. play, Rollo’s wild oats 9 and Mary Nell Hamilton was its publicity manager, while Beatrice Kenyon had the lead and Elizabeth Walker was ticket manager. Morna Zell Wagstaff and Betty Blaker will play on the sophomore hockey team. Morna has been made a Jay Jane. 25 September 1925 Mary Nell Hamilton Margaret Wallace and Janet Jarvis have returned from a three months trip in Europe. Margaret spent part of rush week at the house. June Judy, who has just returned from a trip abroad, spent a week in Lawrence before leaving for Chicago where she will teach this winter. Alumnae back for rush week were Bobby Brownback, Helen Sawyer, Josephine Ryan, Lucy Challiss, Katherine Challiss, Virginia Thorpe, Wilma Miller, Constance Ingalls, Betty Moore, Dorothy Dillaway, Helen Scott, Katherine Miller, Mildred Renz, Zelma Grant, Dorian Parks, Ernestine Parks, Helen Daggett, Harriet McClure, Margaret Duval, Helen Stevens, Wilda Pearson, Velma Knowles Blaker, Helen Marcy Johnson, Ruth Saunders, Doris Hopkins, and Margaret Lynch. Married: Aug. 9, Susanna Moody and John White, A T U. At home in Vermilion, S.D. Married: Sept. 5, Jeanette Wagstaff and Lawrence Woodruff, 2 X. At home in San Antonio, Tex. Born: Sept. 16, a son to Mr and Mrs Burt Cochran (Jessie Lee Wyatt) of Chicago. Born: Aug. 30 to Mr and Mrs Robert Seamon (Nelle Thomason) a son, Kansas City, Mo. Helen Scott has announced her engagement to Anson Mock of Paw- huska, Okla. LAMBDA— UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT The new Ira Allen chapel progressed during the summer to a semblance of a splendid addition to our campus. Part of the brick walls with their stone window arches are completed. As for us in the Theta house we have contented ourselves with new varnish and paint. Our annual house quota of thirteen girls is reduced owing to the fact that Ruth Robinson, whom we miss very much, did not
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64 Kappa Alpha Theta return and Eleanor Chapman is living in town. Frances Bates, Harriet Elliott, Dorothy Gray, Margaret Hazen, and Gertrude Hurst, all seniors have returned. The juniors Dorothea Baker, Doris Campbell, Elizabeth Howe, Helen Stoddard, Naomi Thorne, and Anna Ward have at last realized their ambition to live in the house. Of the girls that graduated in June we see Irene Allen and Evelyn Metcalf frequently, while Anna Brush, Selma Strong and Dorothy Hefflon have visited us. Ruth Baker, Alice Black, Mary Lou Griffith, and Frances Stone we have not seen since graduation. Commencement was unusually eventful owing to the La- faytte pageant and the laying of the corner stone of the new chapel. The pageant was in honor of the hundredth anniversary of the laying of the cornerstone of Old Mill, our main college building, by Lafayette. It was a portrayal, colorful and interest¬ ing, of the events of the days he spent in Burlington in 1825. Dorothy Hefflon gave the Ivy oration for her class, and al¬ though no one was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, Irene Allen grad¬ uated cum laude and Evelyn Metcalf received the English fel¬ lowship. Margaret Hazen was elected to Mortar board. Dor¬ othea Baker and Anna Perkins were in the junior week play Her husband’s wife, Dorothea and Naomi Thorne are on the 1927 Ariel board. To fill the vacancy left by Ruth Robinson on the Y.W.C.A. Cabinet, Naomi Thorne was chosen. Eleanor Chapman, and Dorothea Baker were on the honor roll for the second semester from the class of 1927, and Charlotte Stone from 1928. Cora Eastman was taken dangerously ill with typhoid while in London this summer and although better now has not yet returned. The Scholarship cup was given to Alpha Chi Omega. Our chapter stood sixth. We hope to improve our position. 28 September 1925 Elizabeth D. Howe Emma Chandler White (Mrs L. C.) has moved to Washington, D.C. where her address is Hotel Westminster. Mr White has been appointed superintendent of federal prisons. Irene Allen is employed in the Billings library of the University of Vermont. Ruth Baker is studying at the New York Library school. Alice Black has entered Johns Hopkins in the nurses training school. Anna Brush will enter the same Johns Hopkins school in November. Mary Lou Griffith is teaching history and physical education in Ridge¬ field, Conn. Dorothy Hefflon is teaching in Pittsford, Vt,
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Chapter news 65 Evelyn Metcalf received the English fellowship offererd by the uni¬ versity, and is teaching at the university while working for her Master’s degree in English. Selma Strong is teaching in Hyde Park, Vt. Josephine Howe Woods (Mrs Edsin) is living in Honolulu. Barbara Pease is head of the French department in the high school at Brattleboro, Yt. The engagement of Betty Shaw to F. S. Pease, 2 d>, was announced recently. Muriel Smith is running a tea room in Missoula, Mont. Jane Menut Brownell (Mrs H. C.) and children are spending the fall at Baguio, Philippine Islands, before returning to Canton Christian college. Katharine Peace was married June 25 to Phillips Dean Carleton. Word has been received of their arrival in Norway, where Mr Carleton, who has a fellowship from the Norwegian- American Foundation, will study for a year. Laura Buckham who has spent a year of study at Grenoble, France, has returned and is teaching at Northfield seminary. Address: Moore cottage, E. Northfield, Mass. Dorothy Harvey, who accompanied her, is assisting in the American orphange for French children in a suburb of Grenoble, while continuing her studies. Alice Derby has returned to her school at East Orange, N.J. after a year abroad, where she studied three months at Oxford and visited France, Italy, Switzerland and Belgium. Florence Burdick Hayes (Mrs W. S.) of the faculty of Russell Sage college spent the summer in France. Mary Brigham Buckham (Mrs J.) is teaching Latin in the high school at Saratoga, N.Y. Ruby Howe is social director of the Betsy Barbour house, Ann Arbor, Mich. Mary Mills Deyett (Mrs I. H.) spent the summer in Italy, Switzer¬ land and France. She was accompanied by Bertha L. Field who took a six weeks’ course in the American college at Rome. Married: Elizabeth Howe to Willis Putney, June 23. Address: 133 King st. Burlington, Yt. GAMMA DEUTERON— OHIO WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY Letter due, Oet. 1. Wire sent for missing letter, Oct. 7. Letter not received by Oct. 17. MU— ALLEGHENY COLLEGE Allegheny opened September 16 with very few changes in its program. We are without a president, the vacancy left by the death of Dr Hixson not having been filled yet. The campus is in a torn-up condition, necessitated by the installation of a new heating plant. We are cheerfully bearing the insult to beauty for the sake of warm classrooms this winter.
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66 Kappa Alplia Theta The football team met that of West Virginia in our first game September 26, at the new stadium in Erie. Although we lost with a score of 18-0, we are proud of the team and are eagerly awaiting our next game October 10 with Geneva college. Rushing is the topic of the day among the girls at Allegheny. Because of the very small number of girls in the freshman class and their great desirability, competition is great. Pledging will be October 10. This year Mu lost five girls to other colleges: Elinor Van Scoten to the University of Pittsburgh, Marian Taylor to Syracuse university, Mary Bell Mellor to Beaver college, Emma Snodgrass to Mt. Holyoke and Leona Rupp is taking a secretarial course in Buffalo. However, we gladly welcome back Catherine Corbett who last year attended the University of California. Last June, Eleanore Taylor was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, and also won the prize awarded the most all round girl in the senior class. The Theta alumnae club offered prizes to the two girls in the chapter who had the highest scholarship. Eleanore Taylor won first prize and Elizabeth Charlton won second. Three Thetas were elected to the Student government board : Ruth Hunter, first junior member; May Belle Andrews, first senior town member; Virginia Hatch, second senior town mem¬ ber. Mary Louise Murphy is president of the Y.W.C.A. Ruth Hunter, Mary Jo Webb, and Frances Bond were recently elected to French club. 1 October 1925 Mary Josephine Webb Manetha Ferguson was married Sept. 29 to Lloyd Blackwell. Elizabeth Bates announced her engagement to Merwin Shryock, d> A 0. The wedding will be Oct. 17. Winsome Brown was married in Sept, to Mr Derby. Mrs Frank P. Miller (Florence Grauel) this summer published a book, Following the gleam. Announcement is made of the marriage of Agnes C. Robinson to Harold Kennedy, Aug. 28. Address: Uniontown, Pa. Elva L. Bascom has resigned from the headship of the University of Texas, Library school, and joined the staff of the library school of Carnegie institute, Pittsburgh. OMICRON— UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Through graduation and travel our chapter has been depleted to twenty. Edna Ruwe, Martha Smith, Loraine Keim, Frances Scarritt, and Thelma Pederson graduated. Frances Yeager is visiting the University of Washington. Helen and Frances Sea¬ man are traveling abroad. Dorothy Campbell will finish in an
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Chapter news 67 eastern college and Louise Thompson is attending the University of Missouri. Katherine Curtis has returned to Omicron after a year’s ab¬ sence. The addition of ten pledges is encouraging : Helen Klene (sister of Pauline), Jessie Lois Deeble, Floy Malcolm, Long Beach ; Frances Baker, Pasadena ; Margaret Cranston, Glendale ; Heloise LeClaire, Mary Main, Lillian Peat, Virginia Thom, and Jemima Walters, all of Los Angeles. We are happy to announce the affiliation of Henrietta Abrams, Alpha Psi. Our two last semester pledges, Jeanne Casenave and Sally Taft Teschke, will soon be initiated. We have a new house mother, Mrs. Emilie Bowers, a writer of note. We are proud of the changes in our house. The attic has attained the dignity of a chapter room and freshman barracks through new shingles, plaster board, and dormer windows. Next we have added a wonderful grand piano to our furnishings. Then there is a lovely overstaffed rocker, gift of Sally Teschke, and a console phonograph, courtesy of several members. Marjorie Chambers, Mary Main (pledge), and Dorothy Davis write for the daily. Jeanne Casenave draws and Veryl Sweeney and Dorothy Davis write for the humorous publication, Wampus. Mildred Shearer is an assistant editor of year book. Pauline Klene was elected to Amazon, of which she is vice president. Dorothy Davis also was elected to Amazon and to Torch and tassell. She is secretary of the senior class. Improvements and changes on the campus — the College of law has a new building, and Architecture is building one. The Women’s building is finished and accommodates sixty girls. Even the faculty has changed. Dr Ralph Flewelling and Dr Emory Bogardus are on leave of absence. Dr Louis Wann is exchanging with Dr Watt of Columbia. We have added Dr H. Carr of Oxford philosophy renown, and a new Dean of women, Mary Crawford. Our new football mentor is Coach Howard Jones, a brother of Tad Jones of Yale. 1 October 1925 Veryl Sweeney Born to Mr and Mrs Raymond Petitfils (Esther Wilson), a son, Ray¬ mond, jr. Born to Mr and Mrs Cornelius P. Hill (Helen Hargis), a son, Robert Hargis, June 15. Born to Mr and Mrs Fred Bushmeyer (Myrna Ebert), a son, Fred, jr. Born to Mr and Mrs G. Walker (Cassieta Smith), a son. Married, Sally Taft Somers and Fred Teschke in June. Married, Virginia Van Loan and Edmund Lester, Oct. 28.
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68 Kappa Alpha Theta Barbara Guerncy is in San Francisco on a temporary engagement with a theater. Gertrude Kice is attending a kindergarten school in Los Angeles. Frances Scarritt is tutoring on the First National lot in Hollywood. Thelma Pederson visited Honolulu during the summer. Martha Smith is teaching eighth grade in Los Angeles. Helen Wallace Davis (Mrs Ralph) visited her parents in Los Angeles with her son during the summer. Lois Horne Kelly (Mrs Porter) has returned from a two months tour of the east. Muriel B. Reagan (Mrs Bruce V.) is living in Pasadena, 501 S. Rose Av. Mrs Edwin Hill Brooks, District president, was present at pledging. Omicron alumna; club gave a large formal tea for rushing season and assisted in many other ways. Madge Helmer, Alpha Psi, attended our university for a few weeks but has cancelled her registration. Merle Mitchell, Beta Epsilon, is attending the university and living at the chapter house. RHO— UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA Rho started the year in her new house which was finished about two weeks before college opened. We received many lovely gifts from alumnse, including a colonial table, a banjo clock, and a new suite for our chaperon’s room. We had a very successful rush week pledging sixteen girls, Helen Bramman, Beatrix Manley, Jessie Mitchell, Marion Mor¬ gan, Beth Paffenrath, Helen Rogers, Omaha; Ilah May Cottrell, Jayne Hutton, Ravenna ; Carolyn Dodge, Ellen Hahn, Dorothy Struble, Fremont; Dorothy Stucke, Lexington; Laura Margaret Raines, Maryville, Missouri; Eleanor Brundage, Lake Forest, Illinois; Katherine Lowrie, Chicago, Illinois; and A ’Louise Trestor, Lincoln. We had eight rushing parties, among which w’ere the Pansy playground, the Catnip tea, and the Black cat cabaret, which we have made our annual Wednesday night party. Frances Harrison is a member of Xi Delta, sophomore organi¬ zation for women. Gretchen Renard is our representative in Silver Serpent, organization for junior women. Burdette Taylor belongs to Valkyrie, senior organization for women. Burdette Taylor and Mildred Griggs were elected to Pi Lambda Theta, scholastic fraternity of Teacher’s college. Burdette Taylor and Lois Ord are members of Delta Omicron. Sophia Webster was elected to Chi Delta Phi. Miriam Reynolds was elected president of Sigma Lambda, art organization. Millicent Ginn is assistant
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Chapter news 69 news editor on the Daily Nebraskan and vice-president of the Student council. Initiation was held September 30 for Elizabeth Larsh, Evelyn Brown, Betty Woodbury and Katherine Abbott, all of whom were second semester pledges last year. In the late summer we had a house party for twenty-two rushees. We had dinner in the garden of Mrs Will Hardy’s home, and a dance at the new chapter house afterward. Thus we were able to get better acquainted with the girls who were coming to college. We extend an invitation to Thetas everywhere to come to Lincoln and see our new house, and we shall be especially glad to welcome back Rho alumnae. We plan to serve special luncheons at the house before each football game here, to which we would like to have out-of-town alumnae come whenever possible. 3 October 1925 Millicent Ginn Mrs Edward Farrow (Ruth Wilson) of Rochester, N.Y. Doris Allen of Douglas, Wyo. and Mrs. Katherine Searle Porter were here for rush week. Alice Miller and Donald Devries, A T ft, were married Sept. 23. Ad¬ dress: Donald Apts. Lincoln. Ruth Stuart and Addison Sutton, were married July 14. Ordean Spencer and Andrew Jackson Eyman were married July 22. Address: 1507 Linwood Blvd. Kansas City, Mo. Donna McDonald is spending the winter in Los Angeles, Calif. SIGMA— UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO Sigma has reason to be proud of her graduating class of 1925, and we who are left to carry on will have hard work to live up to the standard set by them. Sophie Boyd obtained the only Grade “A” standing in the final year of the Pass course, for the fourth time heading her class, and receiving special men¬ tion of her work. Florence Hargreaves was awarded first class honors in household science with a scholarship to be used in post¬ graduate work at Columbia university within three years. Frances Trent also obtained first class honors in this course, and Agnes Wrong in the modern history course. Molly Donaldson obtained second class honors in political economy, and Nancy Ewart, Irene Morwick and Edith Troope received pass degrees, the latter with aegrotat standing owing to illness. The chapter is now just thirteen strong, and all are busy settling our new apartment, a five-roomed one, larger, more com¬ fortable and nearer to the university than our last year’s abode.
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70 Kappa Alpha Theta Margaret Clark is not with us this year as she is secretary to one of the Canadian representatives at Geneva. The social service department of the university has moved its quarters and the old social service building is being destroyed to make room for the netv hygiene and medical research building made possible for us by a grant from the Rockefeller foundation. Another new building on our campus is that of the Faculty of forestry, which was completed during the summer. Plans for the fall rushing parties are going forward with gusto. We are to have an afternoon party on Thursday, October 8 and an evening one on Monday, October 12. As we came to know the rushees pretty well last year, we are looking forward with a great deal of pleasure to entertaining them again. 30 September 1925 Katharine Baldwin Mildred MacPherson is designing interior decorations with the T. Eaton Co. Toronto. Florence Hargreaves is assistant dietitian in the Georgian room of the T. Eaton Co. Toronto. Molly Donaldson and Irene Morwick arc taking post graduate courses at the Ontario college of education. Irene Morwick is also working for her M.A. at the University of Toronto. Mary Brebner was married to Harold Strong Apr. 16. Mr and Mrs Strong are living at 22 St. Mary St. Toronto. Jane Wilson was married to Grey Hamilton on Sept. 24. Born to Mr and Mrs Lewis Henry Meyer (Margaret Walton) on Sept. 11, a son, Richard. Mary Reid has joined the English staff at the University of Saskatchewan. Marion Squair has discontinued teaching and is doing Ph.D. work at the University of Toronto. Dr Frieda Fraser has an interneship at the Women’s and children’s infirmary, New York. TAU— NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY Letter due, Oct. 1. Wire sent for missing letter, Oct. 7. Letter not received by Oct. 17. UPSILON— UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA Pledge day comes October 2 after one week of concentrated rushing. Our sun-room set has been painted a soft apple green, which looks well with our new cretonne curtains; the davenport and living-room chairs have been re-upholstered; some new lamp shades have made their appearance. All thanks to the untiring
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Chapter news 71 energy of Ann Motley and Katherine Erb. Best of all though, we expect to have both Mrs Lebrecht and Mrs Banta with us during rushing. We are fortunate in having Mrs Moore of Appleton, Wiscon¬ sin, for our new house-mother. Last June we said goodbye to seven graduates: Margaret Harker, Elizabeth Healy, Margaret Lavery, Henrietta Nesbitt, Helen Baldwin, Frances Spangler, and Elizabeth Colwell. We are also sorry to lose Virginia Berry, Genevieve Langevin, Augusta Lines, and Jean Trembley. Frances Spangler has been awarded a scholarship at the Fontainbleau school of music in Paris. Julia Waldo, too, was awarded a scholarship of two hundred dollars from the Juliard foundation of New York for outstanding work as a pianist last year. This year Thetas, Helen Ford and Ruth Thaxter, are presi¬ dents of the big junior and senior women’s organizations Tam o’shanter and Cap and gown. Ruth had the honor last spring of being toastmistress at the Cap and gown banquet. Virginia Brown will be the senior member of Academic council. May 13 we held initiation for Geraldine Sullivan and Ruth Hollingsworth. 20 September 1925 Dorothy Jackson Elizabeth Dolson was married to Lewis W. Tift June 21. Beatrice Johnson has left for Constantinople, where she is to teach English in the Women’s Christian college. Her sister, Frances Johnson, is teaching mathematics in the same school. Helen Baldwin is teaching in Crosby, Minn. Lois Eddy is studying music in New York City. Virginia Berry is taking dramatic work with the Theater Guild in New York. She and Lois Eddy are living together. Avis Litzenberg, who attended Goucher last year, has announced her engagement to Chauncey Chase, 4» The wedding will be Nov. 21. Genevieve Odell has announced her engagement to Cyrus Reedy. Augusta Lines was married Aug. 24 to John Whittacre of Canton, Ohio. Elizabeth Colwell is teaching music this year at Winona state teachers’ college, Winona, Minn. Helen Jackson is teaching English in New Richmond, Wis. Margaret Harker spent the summer in La Mars, Iowa. She will teach this year in Omaha, Neb. Elizabeth Bullock married Louis Baumgartner Sept. 22. Dominica Faricy will be married to Orin Lee, Oct. 8. Born to Mr and Mrs Herbert Benz (Carol Ramaley) a daughter, July 7. Maude Belle Plowman (Mrs G. T.) has returned from a stay of more than a year in England and on the continent. Her address is now 101 Garden st. Cambridge, Mass.
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72 Kappa Alpha Theta Mrs Sarah Haynes, mother of Ruth Haynes Carpenter, died on Good Friday at her home in Minneapolis. Mr M. S. Thurber, father of Frances Thurber and Esther Thurber Schmidt, died in Minneapolis in April. Maude Briggs has gone to Samarcand, N.C., to become secretary in a school for girls. Married: Sept. 2, Margery McCulloch and Dr Gordon Campbell MacRae. Their new home is 1405 E. 2d st. Duluth, Minn. Julia Waldo was one of four University of Minnesota music students to receive scholarships from the Julliard foundation of New York for out¬ standing work in music in the past year. The engagement is announced of Maurine Sanborn and Kenneth Briggs. Margaret Sanborn Coolidge of Ocean Falls, B.C. has been visiting in Minneapolis. Helen Leavitt Clark of Oakland, Calif, has been visiting in Minneapolis. Born to Mr and Mrs Frank Hall of Winnipeg (Ruth McCrea) a son Aug. 10. Born to Mr and Mrs Harold Genter (Frances Ackley) a daughter. Mr Stoughton, father of Mary Stoughton, died in Sept. Mr und Mrs Daniel F. Bull (Rosamond Leland) have a son born June 2. Mr and Mrs Curtis Pratt (Florence Dale) have a daughter born in Aug. Mr and Mrs Edward A. Purdy (Mary Milnor) have named their daughter, born Feb. 23, Prudence. Marion Andrews is in New York for the winter. Carline Joyce has returned from two years spent largely in Italy and France. Mr and Mrs George Allen (Elizabeth Loomis) have a new home in Brentwood, Cal. Louise Swanson has gone to Burke, Tenn. to teach among the mountain whites in a school supported by the M. E. Church. Ellen Goodrich has gone to Beirut, Syria, to teach in the American school for girls at that place. PHI— STANFORD UNIVERSITY With the invaluable supervision and guidance of our alumnae, initiation was held June 6 for Madeline Frick and Margaret Peasely (both Theta daughters), and Catherine Wilson, all of Los Angeles; Ruth Bowen, Palo Alto; Dorothy Cone, Carmel; Eleanor Davidson, San Leandre; Francena Henderson Thomas, Pasadena ; Marion McCardle, Fresno ; and Josephine Pigott, San Jose. Chain day and initiation banquet were most successfully combined, so that many alumnae were present. Phi’s chapter roll is unusually small this quarter, but nearly everyone is expected to return after Christmas. Ruth Smith is at home in Ithaca, New York, and Mary Elizabeth Beedy is doing social service work at the Stanford clinic in San Francisco, and
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Chapter news 73 living at home ; both will be back winter quarter. ' Paris seems nearly as popular as Stanford with Phi Thetas, for Helen Ames and Alberta Williamson will be there until January, while Janet Wallace is studying at the College de la Guilde for the year, and Virginia Graves plans to live there during the winter and spring. The stay-at-home Thetas are chronic office-holders, as usual. Barbara Perkins and Charlotte Lovekin are the two junior representatives to Women’s council. Elizabeth Williams is presi¬ dent of Delta Epsilon, honorary art society, and secretary of Women’s athletic association, she is also a member of Block S society. Ruth Jordan and Charlotte Lovekin were elected to Circle 8 society. Janet Wallace was to have been one of the twelve sponsers living in Roble hall, women’s dormitory. As Stanford’s rushing is done on the-year system, there is no fall-quarter entertaining except one tea for all new women, and pledging does not occur till spring. But already we are looking forward to another successful year, especially to convention, and we are hoping to play host to the many Thetas who will be in California at that time. 25 September 1925 Barbara Marx Announcement has been made of the marriage of Francena Henderson to Roscoe Thomas, Ben, Stanford ’27. Born, Apr. 25, Mildred, daughter of Mr and Mrs Edward H. Post (Katherine Hutchinson). Address: Camas, Wash. Margaret Watson and Herbert Hoover, jr. were married in the Stan¬ ford Memorial church June 25. They will be in Cambridge, Mass, this winter. Married: Birdella Rogers and Arthur Foster, May 25. Address: Fresno, Calif. Born: to Mr and Mrs Carl S. Shoup (Ruth Snodden) a daughter. Mr and Mrs Shoup are living in New York City. The engagement of Virginia Graves and Colin Timmons, 2 X, has been announced. Velva Darling is a member of the San Francisco Bulletin staff. She won her place by special work done at the time of the Santa Barbara disaster. Announcement has been made of the engagement of Heloise Lysle to John B. F. Bacon of Detroit. Phi alumnae will be sorry to learn of the death of Mrs Ashley C. Browne (Eleanor Marx) Aug. 6 at Palo Alto. Although her health had not been good for some time, Mrs Browne’s death was unexpected. Pauline Stanton was married, May 8 to Wayne Locklin Merrill, 4> A 0, Stanford ’22. The engagement of Elisabeth Bradford to Dr Max Langdon Van Norden of New York City has been announced. Phi alumnae extend their sympathy to Emily Loomis Angle, whose husband, Dr Angle, was killed in the Santa Barbara earthquake.
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74 Kappa Alpha Theta CHI— SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY Rushing is over and we are going to settle down and lind out just how many Phi Beta Kappas we have been harboring in our midst. The ten days of rushing started off with a tea at the chapter house, September 16, that was really quite jolly. There followed other affairs, bridges, luncheons, dinners, a formal dance the last night, and the gypsy party. That is what I want to tell you about most of all. We all drove out to the home of one of our city girls and, while waiting for the stragglers, carried on a memory contest for names and faces. Everyone had been requested to wear their very oldest shoes for, as we soon found out, we were to go on a treasure hunt which led from clew to clew all over the place. We had a merry chase, got absolutely breathless, and wound up in the most precious ravine imaginable. And the treasure was a mosaic bracelet in a wooden casket cleverly hidden in some leaves. Then we saw the gypsy camp with eight or ten camp fires all red with glowing logs and thick, heavy blankets spread near them to sit on and a pile of freshly cut toasting forks lying close by ready for the weiners. We all wore red kerchiefs on our heads and huge brass ear-rings. While we ate ravenously of all the good food somebody played a ukelele and later we all sang Theta songs. Theta lips seemed to hold highest favor with the rushees and was requested over and over again. A real fortune teller added atmosphere to our camp by telling the rushees weird tales in a dimly lit tent. We all had a glorious time and felt it was a successful party. On Monday night, September 28, we pledged Miriam Berrian, Madelyn Mahoney, Brooklyn; Martha Bruning, New Rochelle; Elizabeth Keck, Jill McLauchlan, Dorothy Neville, Ruth Ryan, all of Syracuse; Helen Semmence, Erie, Pennsylvania; Dorothy E. Stowells, Mary F. Stowells, Rochester; Louise White, Housa- tonic, Massachusetts. Afterward we ate and played together, while several of the mens’ fraternities came around to serenade and stopped to celebrate with us. Last June we had seventeen representatives at the District convention in Ithaca June 17-19. October 19, we will affiliate Mildred Newman, Alpha Kappa, and initiate Helen Greene. We are delighted to have Marian Taylor join us from Mu. 7 October 1925 Dorothy Jane Sutherland
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Chapter news 75 Aug. 27, born a son,* to Mr and Mrs Mercer V. White (Betty Little) Mercer Valentine White, III. Aug. 10, married, Doris Stillman to John Cook. Sept. 25, married, Mariam Linville to Robert Talbert. Oct. 15, married, Elizabeth McRoberts to Robert Baldwin. Oct. 17, married, Ruth Waterman to Harry Sweitzer. Anastasia H. Coady is hostess for the Rodney Square inn, Wilmington, Del. This beautiful inn opened its Tea room, lounge, and dance hall on May 4, which Miss Coady had assisted in planning and furnishing, and over which she now presides graciously. Major Octave DeCarre, C.A.C., U.S.A. and wife, who was Elizabeth A. Sands, announce the birth of a daughter, Suzanne Elizabeth, at New¬ port, R.I. Aug. 19. PSI — UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN September 27 Psi pledged — from Wisconsin — Mildred Ander¬ son, Tomah ; Charlotte Bachus, Milwaukee ; Esther Dwight (sister of Frances and Dorothy) and Virginia Manchester (daughter of Jessie Eversz Manchester, Tau) Madison; Gertrude Humbert, Waukesha; Katherine Keebler, Burlington; Jean Elizabeth Thomas, Oconomowoc; from Illinois — Effie Beynon, Rockford; Mildred McCune, Sheffield; Ella Jeanette Vennum, Watseka; from Oklahoma — Ruth Day (sister of Maxine), Tulsa; from California — Margaret Dill, Long Beach; from Michigan — Lucille Kline, Grand Rapids; from Indiana — Janet Koeppen and Mary Louise Lewis, Marion; from Iowa — Elizabeth Landshultz, Dubuque; from Tennessee — Evelyn Mattingly, Nashville; from North Carolina — Virginia Mizner, Asheville; from Ohio — Anne Snodgrass, Marietta. Also two girls, Patricia Childe and Helen Menges, pledged last year, were repledged. Psi’s successful rushing season largely was due to the charm and leadership of her rush captain, Mildred Rogers. We were glad of alumnae help with rushing. Martha Williamson, Eliza¬ beth Tomkins, Katherine Kenny, Miriam Cutler, Marjorie Strock Caldwell, Maude Killam, Esther Lindsten, Dorothy Schiebel Milligan, and Isabell Farrington came back for the week. Psi has a new mother, Mrs Woodward, who was a star rusher this fall, and with whom all are getting better acquainted each day. With a new football coach and a new president, Wisconsin is looking forward to an interesting year. President Glenn Frank made his first appearance before the students at the Varsity Welcome, when he introduced himself as one of the incoming two thousand freshmen.
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76 Kappa Alpha Theta Psi had a record banquet last June. Never before have so many alumnae returned. We were glad to have them stay at our new home and know the chapter. Anita Pleuss Nelson made an enthusiastic and clever toastmistress. Lettie Churchil, Mrs Ray Stevens, Blanche Harper, Hester Harper Rumsey, Marie Hut¬ chins Crowl, Roberta Mann Merrill, Jean Hadden, Helen Had¬ den, Catherine Miller, Betty MacGregor Norris, Helen Skinner, Florence Hanna Suttle, Vira Winchell Corbett, Laura Sage Jones, Olive Robinson Antes, Helen Gill, Kathryn Perry, Eliza¬ beth Cowen, Catherine Kenney, Elizabeth Elsom Moore, June Gray, Vera Chapman, Mary Roach, Evelyn Smith, Phyllis Schurman, Janet Marshall were alumnae at the banquet. 29 September 1925 Virginia Skinner Vera Winchell Corbett sails for Java in Oct. where her husband will he geologist for Standard oil co. Helen Skinner is a pupil dietitian at Mayo ’s hospital, Rochester, Minn. Announcement was made of the engagement of Marjorie Todd to Andre Roosevelt. They will be married in Hongkong and will live in the South Sea Islands. Mrs Gene C. Witter (Katherine Maurer) of Berkeley, Cal. was in Madison for a months stay with her parents. She also paid Psi a visit. Ima Winchell Rettger has moved to Dallas, Tex. Address: 6044 Bryan Parkway. Engagements announced are — Doris Beard to John Moores, Spring- field, Ohio; Rachel Milligan to Robert Gray, Detroit, Mich.; Kathryn Kenney to Willard Doyle, Marinette, Wis. April 25 — Dorothy Dwight was married to Carl Caesar, r A, Berkeley, Calif. Dorothy generously invited all the juniors and seniors of the chap¬ ter to her wedding. June 27 — Grace Kellog’s marriage to Harry Van Ornum took place. They will live in Evanston, Ill. July 7 — Katherine Landfair Rosenberry married Henry White of New York City. Mr and Mrs Frank N. Goener (Isabel Lowe) announce the birth of Carolyn Susan, Mar. 15. Mr and Mrs Radford Garrett (Frances Dwight) announce the birth of Radford jr. Apr. 24. Born, Apr. 2, to Mr and Mrs George T. Moore (Harriet Bartlett) a son, James Bartlett Moore. OMEGA— UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA The arrival of trunks, sun-burned girls, and rushing opened the semester. The absence of the class of May ’25 composed of Elizabeth Boyd, Mary Louise McCone, Frances Harvey, Eleanor Stillman, and Isabel Smith left a gap in the chapter member¬ ship. But before long we had pledged ten girls : Deborah Bixby
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Chapter neivs 77 of Long Beach; Mary Elizabeth Clark and Harriet Parsons (sister of Helen Parsons) of San Francisco; Antoinette Gilman of Piedmont; Marcia Hudnutt of Sacramento; Marion Miller of Santa Monica ; Margaret Martin of Oakland ; Frances Mathews and Helen Munger of Berkeley; and Barbara Wyckoff of Mill Valley. Aided by the adaptability of our new house to decoration and a resourceful rush captain, Sinclair Harrison, we were able to vary our entertainment with a funny paper dinner, where the table was spread with funny papers and dolls and toys represent¬ ing comic characters covered the center, a southern dinner, and an Italian dinner. The last, the annual rushing party given us by the alumnae, represented an Italian restaurant where native dishes were served and the guests were entertained in turn by an accordian player and an organ grinder with his monkey. At the end of rushing all of the campus turned out to see the Channing Way Derby given by the Sigma Chi fraternity for all Panhellenic pledges. This year the freshmen were weighed on an elevated scale and the results were broadcasted through megaphones to the audience. Blushing with embarrassment at the commotion caused if they were found to exceed one-hundred- and-twenty pounds, they were forced to slide down a chute on to a dray and were driven up Channing Way to the accompani¬ ment of a jazz orchestra. Our new chapter house gives us more pleasure than ever. The garden has been completed and is an incentive to constant entertainment, consequently September 17 we gave a tea for our new housemother, Miss Josephine Beedy, followed by a dinner for President and Mrs Campbell and some of the faculty. Septem¬ ber 26, the night of the freshman rally, we had an informal rush party. Football practice has begun and we are looking forward to the Stanford-California game November 21, but it seems only fair to let Phi tell you about that as it is to be at Stanford this year. 1 October 1925 Barbara Olney Mr and Mrs William Thomas (Lucretia McNear) announce the birth of a daughter, June 5. Born to Mr and Mrs R. B. Carr (Katherine Ward) a daughter, in June. A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Van Horn (Antoinette Bronson) in July. Mr and Mrs Peter Cook (Mary West) announce the birth of a daugh¬ ter in Sept. Married: Margaret Fawcett and Ruliff Davidson, July 30.
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78 Kappa Alpha Theta A daughter was born in Sept, to Mr and Mrs George Shepherd (Helen Law). The engagement is announced of Elizabeth Boyd and Janies Owen Orr. Betty Gayley was presented at the Court of St. James, in May. Georgia Towle has returned from a year of music studying in Europe. Eloise Keeler and Laura Straub are playing with the Henry Duffey players at the Alcazar theater in San Francisco. ALPHA BETA— SWARTHMORE COLLEGE Alpha Beta had a splendid opportunity to get together be¬ fore college opened, for she had her annual house-party just the week-end before registration. This time we all gathered at the Manhasset hotel, Seaside Park, New Jersey, — or rather every¬ one who could possibly come. Unfortunately there were a few who were obliged to say “no.” Of course, we made the best of all the amusements the seashore afforded, from crabbing to sail¬ ing. Lucy Lippincott Hears ’20, consented to be our chaperon, and certainly helped to make the week-end a most enjoyable one. We are delighted to welcome Florence Kennedy back to Al¬ pha Beta. She left us for a while to study chemistry at Oberlin. Two of our members, whom we miss very much, have transferred to other colleges ; Margaret Brann to the University of California, and Louise Merritt to Stanford. Everyone is starting the year by working diligently, be¬ cause the new rushing rules allow us, for the present, to concen¬ trate entirely upon our academic work. It was decided there should be no bidding until the second semester and no rushing until a week before that. By this method we are learning to know the freshmen better, and are giving them time to consider, intelligently, just where their interests lie. 28 September 1925 Margaret Stone Jameson Jessica Granville Smith married to Harold M. Ware. Martha Speakman married to Hollingsworth Wood. Eleanor Lewis has joined de Granville’s Expedition. Born to Mr and Mrs Walter E. Smith (Ann Miller) in June, a daughter. Born to Mr and Mrs C. B. Coles (Nancy Bancroft) in June, a daughter. Eleanor Foote has a position with Miss Worst’s school, Wallingford, Pa. Marjorie Barclay is in the advertising department of Oppenheim and Collins, New York City. Marjorie Sellars is teaching at the Wilmington Friends’ school.
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Chapter news 79 Louise Campion is with the Federal Reserve bank, Philadelphia. Elizabeth Walton is teaching at Moorestown, N.J. Elizabeth Hull is studying at the Sorbonne, Paris. Miriam Jenkins is married to Wayland Elsbree. Edith Coale is back from Europe. Born to Mr and Mrs J. B. West (Alice Adams) a daughter. Born to Mr and Mrs E. A. Lucas (Bretta Crapster) a daughter. Gertrude McCabe Harvey is living in Swarthmore. Frances Wills is in the publicity department of the Sesqui-centennial, and is living at Swarthmore. ALPHA GAMMA— OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY Letter due, Oct. 1. Wire sent for missing letter, Oct. 7. Letter not received by Oct. 17. ALPHA DELTA— GOUCHER COLLEGE Although college does not officially open until October 1, a large portion of Goucher, especially of Alpha Delta, seems to have found its way back to Baltimore early. We find many changes; some pleasant, and some which the chapter regrets keenly. First, our unpleasant news. In addition to our graduates, Alpha Delta loses several members. Laura Ballard is attending the University of Southern California; Laura Wasmansdorff is not returning to college; Elizabeth Gibbs is at Columbia; and Tillie Belle Mitchener has not yet sufficiently recovered from her recent severe illness to come back. In spite of our depleted ranks, however, the situation has its promising side. Our landlord is papering and repairing the rooms, after which a violent cleaning and refurbishing will ensue. We are fortunate in being rich in legacies this year, and in hav¬ ing what appears to be an exceedingly attractive freshman class. Two Thetas are hall presidents; Frances Hunsberger, who is also chapter president, and Margaret Revelle, who is our vice president. Marion Hall is editor of the Goucher weekly; Anabel Handy is sophomore member of the Athletic association board; and Helene Cleveland is freshman hazing chairman. Rushing begins October 17, and will continue two weeks. While the rules have not been entirely decided upon, rushing will be conducted much as it was last year : that is, inexpensively and as quietly as possible, with preferential building at the end. While there are no new buildings at Goucher, there has been
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80 Kappa Alpha Theta some remodelling of a few of the buildings. There are very few changes in the faculty. 30 September 1925 Marion Hall Maybelle Galbraith is now Mrs Allan Weaver, and has recently moved to Florida. Born, to Mr and Mrs Samuel Gist (Virginia Palmer) a son, Bichard Palmer. Born to Mr and Mrs Hamilton Davis (Georgia Dove) a son, Hamilton Davis, jr. June 10. Betty Frisch spent the summer touring Europe. She is now planning a western tour which will take in Convention. Virginia Reid Porter was married to Kenneth Watson in June. ALPHA ETA— VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY College opened September 21. Each of us hurried to the campus eager to see the new girls. Rushing season has been shortened and pledge day will be October 14. Each fraternity will have a tea, a personal date with each new girl, and an in¬ formal party. Delta Delta Delta, Gamma Phi Beta, and Alpha Omicron Pi each has a house in which it is living. Heretofore we have been the only girls ’ fraternity having a house where the girls lived. We too have moved into new quarters. Our house is on 24th avenue one block back of the university. Beta Theta Pi, Chi Phi, and Delta Delta Delta also live on this street. Delta Tau Delta has a new house one block back of ours. Mrs Susie Hughes, mother of Mary and Margaret, is our chaperon. Our alumnae have given us a shower of nice new things for the house and the girls in the college chapter have also con¬ tributed some attractive presents. The dedication of Memorial hall, the Neely auditorium, the Medical buildings, and the Vanderbilt hospital will occur Octo¬ ber 15, the first day of the Semi-centennial celebration. This celebration will last five days. There will be a pageant, football game, dedicatory exercises, reception, lectures by eminent Vanderbilt alumni and other persons of note. This is an important year for Vanderbilt co-eds. We now have a dean of women, Dr Ada Bell Stapleton, who received her Ph.D. degree at the University of London. She is taking an interest in promoting athletics for girls. Faculty, co-eds, men of the university, and the people of Nashville are pleased with the new Dean. Catherine Crockett ’25, made Phi Beta Kappa. Elizabeth Harris is president of Panhellenic. Martha Crockett has been
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Chapter news 81 elected co-ed representative on the supervisory committee for Memorial hall. Catherine Culbert from the University of Wis¬ consin, Lucy Grasty from Florida State women’s college, and Margaret Chadwick of Birmingham, Alabama, have returned to Alpha Eta. We miss Mary Stay and Anne Leslie Nichol. The latter is at Smith college. 28 September 1925 Carolyn Cobb Ella Mai Wilson was married July 11 to John Heriot Earle Clark, of Durban, South Africa. Louise Howell was married Aug. 20 to Clopper Almon, A T fi, of Sheffield, Ala. Carmine Clark was married Aug. 25 to Walter Cheers, of Miami, Fla. Born to Mr and Mrs Philip Sullivan (Bess Lipscomb) a daughter, Elizabeth Beach, in Shanghai, China. Born, to Dr and Mrs James Paul Johnston (Ruth Owsley) a son, James Paul, jr. at Chattanooga, Tenn. Ada Raines sailed Oct. 3 for Italy. She will spend the winter in Rome, as chaperon and teacher in an American school. Louise Young will be in Nashville this winter as one of the faculty of Scarritt college. Louise Herron will teach in the English department at Ward-Belmont. Inda Wilson is beginning her second year as instructor in history at the University of Illinois. Marian Mathews will teach in Ward-Belmont. Gertrude Porter is teaching in St. Petersburg Fla. Mrs Porter, who was chaperon at the Theta house last year, is with her. Born to Mr and Mrs E. J. Mathews (Ravenna Wakefield) a daughter, Ravenna, Feb. 13. Mr and Mrs W. S. Cloys (Virginia Niles) have a new daughter. The wedding of Lydia Raines and Dick Moore, A T SI, of Memphis, Tenn. will take place Nov. 13. Catherine Mims is studying at the Sorbonne, Paris. Mildred Finnegan and Mildred Stoves are again teaching at Martin college, Pulaski, Tenn. Mary Elizabeth Schlater is teaching at Covington, Tenn. ALPHA THETA— UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS Alpha Theta has just completed a successful rushing season. — One of the most attractive rushing parties was our progressive dinner, carrying out the scheme of a trip abroad. Each course was at a separate home which represented a foreign country. Among other entertainments during the week was our annual pullman dinner at the house and the rose luncheon at the coun¬ try club. Alpha Theta takes pleasure in announcing the follow¬ ing pledges: Emily Long, Sue Heatley and Virginia Curtis of Austin; Velta Pardue of Hamlin; Lucy Roundtree of Rock¬ dale; Mary Ford of Orange; Irma Johnson of Lufkin; Mary
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82 Kappa Alpha Theta Alice Skiles of Dallas; Nell Rowland and Sarah White of Fort Worth; Dorothy Burrow of Canyon; Roberta Fairchild of Ard¬ more, Oklahoma; Lillian Bullington of Weatherford; Mary Katherine Massie of Vernon; Margaret Clements of Waco; Katherine Fields of Denison; Lucy Lee Carter of Elgin. Much of our success in rushing was due to those of our alumnae who returned for that week, Mrs E. B. Kiley of Houston, Elva McDonald and Louise Stevens of Galveston, Mary McKinley of Hamilton, Stella Slade, Murrell May, Jane Burgess Shields of Dallas, Elizabeth Johnson Duncan of San Angelo and Lois Fender of Kaufman. Mrs F. R. Malone of Dallas is our new chaperon. Julia Johnson has been made society editor of the Cactus , university year book. Helen McNiel has been appointed student assistant in Math. The honor roll which was announced at the close of the spring term included Dorothy Whitehurst, Frances Coopwood, Lucille Stover, Helen McNiel, Elizabeth Jourdon, Clara Currie. 29 September 1925 Isabel Blackmon Grace Nash Runnels has moved from Ann Arbor, Mich, to Cleveland, Ohio where Dr Runnels is head obstetrician of Huron road hospital. Born, to Mr and Mrs J. A. McCelvey (Opal Marshall) June 1, a son, Bobby Lee. Crystal Ray Ross has returned from Europe to spend the winter in Austin. She was awarded a Ph.D. degree by Strasbourg university. Helen Jane Eagleson has transferred to the University of Washington. Lorraine Heath is in New York for the winter. Virginia Wolflin, a guest at the house for rush week, has gone to Gal¬ veston, where she will teach salesmanship in the high school. Katherine Bruce has reentered Sweet Briar college, Va. Frances Douglas Myrick is teaching botany and chemistry in Austin high school. Fay Underwood is doing graduate work at the University of California. Lucille Wooten and Mavbelle Brownlee Miller have reentered the uni¬ versity for advance work. Mr and Mrs T. W. Riker (Fannie Preston) announce the birth of a son, Malcolm Preston, Feb. 12. Mr and Mrs Hafford Russell (Ava Lee Maris) announce the birth of a son, William Mason, Mar. 14. Elizabeth Vinson was married to Alfred Kendall Kelley April 21. Jane Burgess became the bride of Bernard Saxon Shields the early part of July. Mr and Mrs Shields are at home in Dallas. Mrs Shields went back to Austin for rush at the opening of the university year. Stella Slade who graduated from the University last spring was rushing captain for her chapter this year. She remained at the house for a long visit before returning to her home in Dallas.
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Chapter news 83 Louise Britton who graduated from the University of Texas last spring is taking an active part in the Dallas Little theater this fall. This theater has won the David Belasco cup in New York City the last two years. ALPHA IOTA— WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY On the night before college opened, September 23, we pledged Ann Becker, Mildred Blumeyer, Helen Brod, Margaret Gilger, Vera Louise Hawley, Dorothy McIntyre, Alpha Lecoutour, Elise Mardorf, Nancy Moore, Dorothy Pennell, Nancy Rabenau, Eliz¬ abeth Ward, and Elizabeth Wright (sister of Mildred). Of last year’s pledges, Ruth Bunnell will be initiated in February, and Marion Brown and Irene Steuber this fall. The pledges considered the Treasure hunt, the Mother’s party and the Advertising party, the high lights of the rushing season. The chapter has decided to give a Mother’s party every’ year during rushing, since it gives the Theta mothers a chance to get acquainted with the mothers of the probable Thetas. The pledge dance, given at Miss Bate’s studio October 9, to introduce our pledges to the university, was a success. Of the fraternity houses on the campus (new things at Washington) five are now completed and occupied: Beta Theta Pi, Tau Kappa Epsilon, Kappa Alpha, Theta Xi, and Sigma Alpha Epsilon. The Sigma Chi house is nearing completion and both Phi Delta Theta and Sigma Nu are planning to build this year. Buildings are being constructed at both ends of the campus, a new field house for all indoor sports at the west and an Art school building at the east. The Art school, not strictly a part of the university, is of white stone, while the field house is of red granite like the rest of the buildings on the campus. 8 October 1925 Eleanor Fidler Eileen Slack was married to George Galloway, B G IT, Sept. 12. Esther Moody married Randall Foster Oct. 22. Ida McRoberts and Kenneth McMath were married Sept. 22. Anne Elizabeth McChesney of Frankfort, Kentucky, graduated “with distinction 9 9 from the University of Kentucky, June 1, 1925 — one of ten with scholarship that admitted to Epsilon Beta Phi, scholarship society petitioning Phi Beta Kappa. ALPHA KAPPA— ADELPHI COLLEGE “College days, college days,” with our fond “Brownie” (Isabelle Brown) proclaiming as student president Adelphi’s golden rule to old and new students — thus we begin.
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84 Kappa Alpha Theta It seems a long time ago but we do well remember in June when we had only one college house, instead of two as today, and when even that one lacked its now shiny enamel and new papering, and, too, we recall that Freda Kott ’26 and Janet Bacon ’27 didn’t each flash an enviable diamond on those most interesting of all ladies’ fingers. Then we remember hearing Hildergarde Schlobohm and Rosemary Harding laugh as they told us of their initiation into the honorary literary society, Round table, when along with reading aloud quaint Mother Goose stories they had to act each and every word. A few days later we watched Janet Bacon, Helen Livingston, and Rosemary Harding help carry that traditional and ever attractive daisy chain for their sister class ’25. We noted that Elsie Norring ’27 was elected vice president of I.C.S.A. of which Grace Charda- voyne ’26 is secretary. Wealthy as Brooklyn is, it has many poor and gloomy sections and girls such as these two, spend their time and effort willingly to brighten the hours of numerous chil¬ dren dwelling in such parts. Grace, also Ikrima Hassan ’26, were chosen, because of scholastic ability, to become members of the French literary club. Helen Livingston is on this year’s college house committee and she and Hildergarde Schlobohm served on committees for Junior luncheon, the first welcome given incoming students. Hilda has been elected to dramatic association. Elected song leader of this junior class is Rosemary Harding, a member of the staff for Oracle and the junior adviser of hazing. Rushing started September 28. Rush teas will take place shortly and Alpha Kappa has tried to think of something novel, but Panhellenic rules a perfectly staid and formal tea so our aspirations are reduced to a novel chicken salad and then the question arises “would it still be chicken salad?” Well, if not we will keep the pattern as a big surprise for Ruth Lamb ’26, Ruth Hager and Roxanna Thurston ’28 when we initiate them in a month or so. Fraternity and scholarship, year book and entertainments, clubs and societies — it is a heavy year toward which we look. 3 October 1925 Rosemary Harding A son was born to Mr and Mrs Carl Ruprecht (Marjorie Bartlett). Born to Mr and Mrs Edmond Moran (Alice Laux) a son, Thomas Ed¬ mond, June 25. Ruth Grace will marry Peter Reilly Oct. 5. Dorothy Cooper will be married to Thurston Burdick Oct. 27.
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Chapter news 85 ALPHA LAMBDA— UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON Commencement, that most important event of the college year, necessarily brings to mind the many doings of the seniors while in college, and also makes one curious as to what they are going to do now they are out of college. Alpha Lambda Thetas seem to have scattered in all directions. Mildred Uhlinger after com¬ pleting her course in business administration has returned to her home in Kalispell, Montana. Marion Dix graduated from the school of journalism and has returned to California. Marion was the business manager for the chapter, a member of Theta Sigma Phi, Tolo, and the “W” club. Antoinette Shyrock was affiliated from Alpha Sigma last year. She has graduated from the college of journalism and is now working in a local business house. Eleanor Donelly graduated from the college of Liberal arts and is now teaching in a high school at Naches, Washington. Marion Lucas, who was vice-president of the senior class, also graduated from the college of Liberal arts and is teaching and coaching basketball at the Winslow high school on Bainbridge Island, Washington. Eunice Storey, a member of the junior class has been elected to Phi Beta Kappa. Betty Young has been admitted to Omicron Nu, women’s professional home economics fraternity. Helen Hoska has been made vice-president of the sophomore class. Margaret Ravel and Helen Kretsinger left for the East, Septem¬ ber 20; Margaret to attend Goucher college, while Helen visits relatives. Marion Robb has been elected editor of Tye , the uni¬ versity annual. Marion has also been initiated into Theta Sigma Phi, journalism fraternity. During the month of August a Theta Sigma Phi convention wras held at Seattle and the members of the fraternity were entertained with a stunt party at the Theta house. Several Thetas from other chapters at¬ tended the convention. 24 September 1925 Margaret Joslin The engagement of Alice Frein to Jesse Johnson, A A d>, was an¬ nounced at Senior breakfast. Alice spent the summer abroad but expects to return soon. The engagement of Alice McMillan to George Griswold has been announced. The marriage of Martha Lucas and Roy Knudson, A A took place in July. Address: Wayfarer Apts. Seattle. Joanna Sprague has returned from a year’s study in Europe. Born, Sept. 22, to Mr and Mrs Harold Houser (Vera Allen) a daughter.
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86 Kappa Alpha Theta Beulah Holeman Titus (Mrs Win.) spent ten days in Seattle this summer. Victorine Bouillon of Washington, D.C. visited relatives in Seattle during Aug. Born to Mr and Mrs Win. Shannon (Agnes Lovejoy) a daughter, Patricia. Married, Sept. 14, Ruth Axtell Hussey and Frank Burnet of Belling¬ ham. ALPHA MU— UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI The University of Missouri opened September 16. Rushing started on Monday preceding the opening and lasted until Wednesday night. Thursday night we pledged Gladys Peters (sister of Ellen Peters Minton and Lavinia Peters). Adele Buis (sister of Evalina, Agnes, and Dorothy Buis) Betty Miller, Louise Sparrow, Genevieve Hardy, Norma Purvis, Miriam Wil- lits, all of Kansas City; Caroline Dziatsko (sister of Maud Dziat- sko Flint) Webster Groves; Emma K. Naylor, Tampico, Mexico; Catherine Carroll, Clarksville ; Mary Dez Ellis, Dallas, Texas. Janise Rentchler was our efficient rushing captain. Lenore McCulloch, Alpha Nu, who lived with us last year has been affiliated. Louise Thompson, Omicron, has entered the university and is living at the chapter house. Those of Alpha Mu who went to District convention in Colorado were Lois Luckhardt, Mary Louise Evans, Rita Smith of the college chapter, and Elizabeth Brewster, Helen Baird, and Della Douglas, pledges who were initiated at convention. Janise Rentchler and Lois Luckhardt have been elected to Mortar board. Janise also received the Jay L. Torrey scholar¬ ship, awarded annually to the woman student of the school of journalism adjudged by the faculty to be the best suited to do the work of a journalist. Georgia De Vries has been appointed to Quains, a new organization of sophomore women. Mary Evans has been elected president of senior women and Helen Baird, vice-president of sophomore women. Mary Belle Newman was selected as one of the Savitar beauty queens. Pauline Bran- nock was one of the attendants to the May Queen. Mary Evans and Rita Smith have been elected to W.A.A. Mary is also a member of the Life saving corp. Betty Brewster was elected president of the Writers club. Alpha Mu ranked first among fraternities in scholarship last semester. Graduated last spring — Pauline Brannock, Mary Ann Me-
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Chapter news 87 Donald, Jane Newman, and Aleen Atkinson. Aleen has returned to take additional work. The ever generous Kansas City mothers sent us a stair and hall carpet this fall. It makes our hall very attractive. Rita Smith has given us a handsome, long mirror for our second floor hall. 28 September 1925 Betsy Worrell Alumnae back for rushing were: Mrs Josephine Bruce Bushman, Mrs Dorothy Rose Ellet, Mrs Ellen Peters Minton, Virginia Duval, Helen Horn, Hazel McIntyre, Mary Worrell, Mrs Wilse Robertson, Adele Sennot, Dor¬ othy Mumford, Aline Smith. These engagements have been announced : Shirley Welch to Dave Brown, A 0. The wedding of Bernice Lynn and Edward English, 4» A 0, took place in Kansas City this summer. They are living in Seattle, Wash. The wedding of Pauline Brannock and James Moore, A 0, took place June 1. They live in Kansas City, Mo. Betty Johnson, Alice Kurtz and Aileen Mantz spent the summer tour¬ ing Europe. Mr and Mrs Roland Teichman (Hedwig Aulepp) of St Louis, Mo. are the parents of a daughter. Dorothy Limerick and Louis Tatum were in Columbia Sept. 27. Born to Mr and Mrs W. D. Sloan (Julia McDonald) May 6, a son. Irma Fay Bewyer and Edwin Keneth Hagemann, 4> A 0, were married at Kansas City, Mo. June 24. Mr and Mrs J. H. Harrington (Jean Frances Basett) are the parents of a baby girl. Mr and Mrs J. C. Brown announce the marriage of their daughter, Mary Efale to Chester Drury, June 5. Address: 5819 McPherson av. St Louis, Mo. ALPHA NU- UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA Alpha Nu begins the year with its chapter somewhat depleted in number. Four Thetas graduated in June and several under¬ graduates have registered in other colleges or moved out of the state. Rushing rules have been changed and limit entertainment to five parties, the first to be Monday, September 28. Pledging takes place Saturday night, October 3, after Saturday being a day of silence. Each fraternity is limited to $100 with which to finance these five parties; closed rushing will be observed; and rushing with men prohibited. The first party must be a tea but unlike last year’s Panhellenic tea in that only the rushees of a fraternity will be invited by that fraternity. Last year each
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88 Kappa Alpha Theta house entertained every freshman woman being rushed by any group. Marjorie Moore and Elizabeth Kilro are members of Phi Sigma, national biological fraternity ; Elizabeth is also a member of Kappa Tau, local honorary scholarship fraternity. Winnifred Wilson and Katherine Roach are members of Penetralia, local honorary fraternity for senior women; Winnifred is also presi¬ dent of Theta Sigma Phi, representing the Montana chapter at the national convention in Seattle this past summer. The physical plant of the university has been enlarged by a new $20,000 athletic field. New features will be added to the field year by year by the Alumni Challenge field corporation until eventually Montana will have a $100,000 stadium. $20,000 has been pledged for immediate use in the construction of the new field and subscriptions from classes, individuals, and organiza¬ tions have been taken out in the form of bonds. Home-coming week promises to be one of the biggest in the history of the col¬ lege, when Montana state and the university resume their athletic relations by a football game on this new field November 28. 24 September 1925 Gladys V. Wilson Gladys Martin and William Alio, 2 N, were married July 29 in Honolulu. Born to Mr and Mrs John Franklin Patterson (Muriel Perkins) of Missoula, a son, John Franklin jr. June 28. Born to Mr and Mrs Harry Adams (Florence Armitage) of Missoula, a daughter, Florence Armitage, June 1. Born to Mr and Mrs Raymond Biel (Hazel Baird) a son, Thomas Baird Biel, June 23. Mary Laux, who attended Columbia university last year where she was granted a Master’s degree in physical education, has been teaching physical education in the university summer school here and will be head of that department this year. Carrie and Emily Maclay, Merle Ruenover, Frances Theis, Helen Gil¬ lette, and Idabel McLeisli were Alpha Nu alumnae in Missoula for Com¬ mencement. Anne Ross of Kalispell, who has been attending Columbia university, will return to Montana for her last year of undergraduate work. Zoe Steele has moved to Seattle, Wash, and will enter the University of Washington. Margery Woolf oik is attending Montana State college. Marian Fitzpatrick is teaching in the Butte public schools. Eloise Baird is working in the city library in Spokane. Margaret Vogel is teaching Spanish in Havre, Mont. Miriam Woodard is teaching English in the high school at Columbus, Mont.
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Chapter neivs 89 Married: Rosalind Reynolds and Leland Harper, Feb. 28, in Billings. They are living in Missoula. The engagement of Ruth Gonser to Howard Lease of Great Falls has been announced. ALPHA XI— UNIVERSITY OF OREGON Finally rush week has passed in all its glory! We have four¬ teen pledges. From Portland there is Mayanna Sargeant, Katherine Martin, Jane Holbrook, Ethel Crane, Dorothy Web¬ ster and Marjorie Isherwood. Our California contingent con¬ sists of Caroline Beaudry, Esme Freeman, and Shirley Wooman. Last but not least there is Sarah Rorer, Eugene ; Ena McKeown, Marshfield; Elizabeth Higgins, Astoria; Jeanette Garland, Le¬ banon ; Celia Stoddard, Baker. During the summer several rush¬ ing parties were given in Portland. In July we entertained with a picnic ; in August with a luncheon and in September we gave a large bridge tea at the home of Martha Johnson. We will start this year with the gleaming scholarship cup, as an incentive and inspiration. This cup is awarded to the house which leads the campus in scholarship for the year. Here’s hop¬ ing it may find a permanent resting place here ! There are twenty-five old girls back in college. Peggy Spen¬ cer and Hazelmary Price have gone to Mills college and Anne Lawerence is attending the University of Washington. Ardis Welch, who has been abroad for the summer will return for winter quarter. Eloise Buck was awarded the Gerlinger Cup for the year 1924-25. This cup is awarded to the best all-around junior woman on the campus. Eloise was also elected president of Mortar board. Martha Shull and Florence Buck besides receiv¬ ing special honors during spring term were accorded honors in general scholarship. Only two others on the campus were so honored. Alpha Xi has been unusually fortunate in obtaining as house mother, Mrs Foulkes, who was for a time house mother for the Theta house at Stanford. 1 October 1925 Marie Schulderman Jessie Chase Eastham (Mrs Melville) has been elected president of New England Home economics association. Married, in Aug. Elizabeth Geiser and John Bates. The engagement of Mary Harris and Jack Rivenberg was announced in July. Mary Gill is teaching French at Grant high school in Portland.
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90 Kappa Alpha Theta Betty Belle Wise’s engagement to Charles Allen Blair jr. of Kansas City has been announced. Martha Shull is teaching English at West Lynn, Ore. Marion Linn spent the summer in New York and is now teaching in Eugene, Ore. Florence Buck is teaching English outlines at the University of Oregon. Maude Schroeder is teaching physical education at Pendleton, Ore. Jane Campbell and A1 Krohn were married in Sept. They will live in Portland, Ore. Mary Hardy and Ivan Houston were married in San Diego in Sept. They will live in Eugene, Ore. ALPHA OMICRON— UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA At the beginning of every college year there is a great deal of excitement over rush parties and pledging. Rush started Monday September 14 with second dates, and lasted until Thurs¬ day noon, which was the end of third dates. We omitted first dates this year as last. At noon, Tuesday, we entertained with a progressive lunch¬ eon. Our rushees traveled from Spain to Ireland, Holland, and from there to Japan. That evening we gave a pirate dinner. Each table had as a centerpiece a chest of jewels, and girls dressed as pirates served. At the close of the dinner the pirates gave a very clever act telling how they wandered in search of fruitful land and finally anchored in Theta-Land. The next morning a delightful plantation breakfast was enjoyed by every¬ one. At noon the same day a Mother Goose luncheon was given. There was an amusing comedy skit by several girls after the luncheon with dramatized Mother Goose rhymes. Our willing alumnae have always helped us on occasions like this, and so this time they gave for us a lovely dinner, a Paris party. On each table as a centerpiece was a doll with skirts of handkerchiefs, given to guests as favors. Throughout the dinner we were enter¬ tained with music and dance numbers by Natalie Broach, Mary Lee Johnson, and La Virge Rogers. After the dinner we gath¬ ered in the living room and sang Theta songs. On the last day of rushing we bid farewell to rushees with a Pansy luncheon. September 25, we held formal pledging for Jo Shelton, Ard¬ more ; Augusta Buckles and Esther Grimes, Norman ; Jane O’Kane, Henryetta; Pauline Stephens, Hobart; Mex Rodman, Kathryn Webb, Louise Bosworth, and Ellen Hays, Oklahoma City; Ann Raub, and Bernice Walker, Tulsa; Eloise Phillips, Okmulgee; Audine Drew, Enid.
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Chapter news 91 September 27, we had Open House from live to seven in honor of the pledges. 28 September 1925 Dorothy Baugh Married: Elizabeth Trent to Earl Hendricks, June 11; Lucile Letson to Oscar Bass, June 15. Born: To Mr and Mrs A. Chapman Bartleson (Georgia Shutt), a daughter, Jeanette; to Mr and Mrs Neal Henson, a son, Neal jr. Edna Bessent has returned from Paris and is teaching French in the university. Dora McFarland is back from Illinois and on the faculty. Dorothy Kirk is teaching in the university. Lucy Belle Duncan spent the summer in California. Jeannette Priscilla Barnes, president of District VIII, was married to Julien Claude Monnet, Sept. 7. Address: 200% W. 22d st. Oklahoma City, Okla. Mr and Mrs Fred H. Puckhaber (Claudia Fay White) announce the arrival of a daughter, Nan, Aug. 21. ALPHA PI— UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA Have you ever wished on a new moon — or on the first evening star? Do you ever pick up pins which lie in your path, or do you believe in the magic power of four-leaf clovers? In short, do you believe in luck? We are not superstitious, not really, but we feel that luck must have been with us when we welcomed to Theta the fifteen girls pledged last night. They are : Helen Hall, Rhoda Burtness and Sophronia Burtness of Grand Forks ; Mary Thexton of St. Thomas; Florence Eddie and Nora Halverson of Northwood ; Elizabeth Doyle of Fargo ; Margaret Pray of Valley City; Ruth Sprague and Ilortense Mollers of Grafton; Betty Chappie of Bathgate ; Florence Foskett of Crookston, Minnesota ; Ruth and Helen McGurk of Terre Haute, Indiana; and Eleanor Bennett of Williamsport, Pennsylvania. This year we were allotted two extra days for rushing, making nine in all. We worked strenuously. Our formal party was a genuine carnival with vendors in brightly colored booths crying their 4 ‘ favor’ ’ wares. Balloons, fortune-tellers, and pink lemon¬ ade added to the prevailing atmosphere. The university opened with a larger attendance than ever before. Two new fraternity houses are under construction for Beta Theta Pi and Sigma Alpha Epsilon. We miss Joy Suter, Ruth Loughlin, and Josephine Lynch, who graduated in June. Joy is teaching at Howard, Kansas, and Ruth at Hillsboro, North Dakota. Josephine has accepted a posi¬ tion as dietitian in the General hospital at Minneapolis. We
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92 Kappa Alpha Theta are glad to welcome Anita Landacre, Alpha Gamma, and Ruth Argali, Beta Iota. Anita is a part-time instructor in the Art department, and Ruth a senior in the university. Thetas hold the presidencies of Panhellenic, Women’s league, Women’s senate, and the chairmanship of the women’s Stu¬ dent government board. 29 September 1925 Ruth Sulerud Margaret Beede attended summer school at the University of Wash¬ ington. She was promoted this year to an assistant professorship in the English department at the University of North Dakota. Helen Hayes has resigned her position in the Grand Forks city schools, and is spending the year with her brother, Major Philip Hayes at Fort Sill, Okla. Emily Bel Nash who spent the summer with her mother, Mrs B. Mc¬ Donald, has returned to Chicago to resume her duties in the conservatory of music. Captain and Mrs A. G. Wineman (Gertrude Cunningham) are here from Denver spending a month with their parents. Vera Kelsey has gone to Fargo, where she is feature writer for the Forum, Mrs Philip Bangs (Helen Barnes) spent the summer in Portland. Marjorie Jones and Helen Coleman were in Canada and Alaska the greater part of the summer. Gertrude Skinner attended summer school at Columbia university. Eleanor Healy has returned to her duties as Y.W. secretary in Cristo¬ bal, Panama. The chapter is grieving with Katherine Babcock Mills and her mother over the loss of her father, Dean Babcock. Births: To Mr and Mrs Kenneth Miller Wells (Lois Sheets) a son; to Mr and Mrs B. N. Stone (Dorothy Hutchinson) a son; to Mr and Mrs H. Lieberg (Olga Serumgard) a daughter. ALPHA RHO— UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA After one hectic but successful rush week, the features of which were a treasure-hunt stunt party and banquet, Alpha Rho pledged eleven girls including her first Theta daughter, Helen Whittemore (daughter of Pansy Austin Whittemore), two sis¬ ters, Leila Dunlap and Elizabeth Frary, and Elizabeth Davidson and Meta Meisenholder, all of Vermilion; Margarite De Vries, Platte; Mary Fulwider, Winner; Alicia Buell, Rapid City; Sara Eggen, Vienna ; Inez Mallory, Redfield ; Beatrice Bogue, Parker. We miss our six seniors: Dorothy Sweeney, Merle Babcock, Irene Gross, Wyn Reynolds, Margaret Miller and Gladys Gil¬ bertson, but are fortunate in the return of twenty-five girls and in having Miss Keith with us as chaperon for the sixth year. Charlotte Davis, Janice La Brie and Betty Jiricek are the only undergraduates who did not come back.
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Chapter news 93 With an increased enrollment, a new administration build¬ ing, a new stadium, the grant of a Phi Beta Kappa charter, and a “distinguished college” rating for our R.O.T.C. the university shows progress. Alpha Rho is warden of the Anna Reimann Slagle scholar¬ ship-cup granted to the social organization standing first in scholarship during 1924-1925. In our chapter, the freshman and senior scholarship cups bear the names of Margaret Reid and Irene Gross respectively, who carried away the scholastic honors of the year. Francelia Frary was elected secretary of the student body and chosen a member of Keystone, senior girl’s organization petitioning Mortar board. Grace Beede was elected president of Alethian literary society. Marian Damuth is treasurer of Y.W.C.A. In August, Martha Cline Huffman, Grand officer in charge of Alpha Rho’s installation, visited relatives here. She was honored by Vermilion Thetas at a luncheon at the home of Dorothy Chaney Collins. 26 September 1925 Grace Beede Frances Spangler has accepted a year’s scholarship to the American Conservatory of music at Fontainebleau, France. Mildred Allen is secretary to Bishop Burleson in Sioux Falls, S.D. Mary Alice Shannard is teaching in the public schools of Sioux Falls. Of our class of ’25, Merle Babcock is teaching at Alcester, S.D. Margaret Miller, at Aberdeen, S.D. Wyn Reynolds, at Harrisburg, S.D. and Dorothy Sweeney at Le Mars, Iowa. Gladys Gilbertson is taking commercial work at the university as a graduate student. Married: Irene Gross to Marvin Dennis, «I> A O, June 15, in the chap¬ ter house. Wyn Reynolds was bridesmaid, Francelia Frary played the wedding march, and Alpha Rho chapter was in attendance. Irene is at home in Sioux Falls. Married : Charlotte Davis to Keith Wilkes, 2 A E Aug. 7. They live at Sioux City, la. Married: Palma Juel to Robert L. McCoy at Canton. Their home is in Sioux Falls. Married: Carrie Mary McYicker to Roland R, Woodcock, at Long Beach, Calif. July 28. Address: 732 Gardens ave. Long Beach. Dorothy Thompson spent the summer touring Europe. Mr and Mrs Peter Nelson (Catherine Grange) have moved to Lake- worth, Fla. where Mr Nelson is in the insurance business. Married: Mary E. Weisel to Rev Peter Ainslie, New York City, June 30. Mary has been principal of a school of religious education at Balti¬ more the past year. This year the Vermilion alumnae are happy to have with them Irene Parmley Trotzig, whose husband is a new member of the journalism faculty.
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94 Kappa Alpha Theta Helene Spangler paid Alpha Rho a week-end visit on her return to the University of Illinois where she is a senior. Many girls returned for pledge banquet, in all twenty alumnae were present. ALPHA SIGMA— WASHINGTON STATE COLLEGE After five days of hectic rushing, we pledged Catherine Robin¬ son of Spokane, and Elizabeth Crockett of Tacoma (Theta sisters) ; and Erma Allen, Josephine Dunning, Dorothy James, Helen Swartz and Lenore Townsend of Spokane; Eleanor Glea¬ son of Seattle; June Tiffany of Olympia; Elizabeth Price and Maude McBeth of Dayton ; Ruth Hoag of Tacoma ; Edna Park- hill of Wenatchee; Frances Rogers of Pendleton; and Helen Dunlap of Chewelah. At the annual Big Sister walk-out where Little Sisters are informed by presidents of the women's organizations about the character of each organization, five Thetas represented organi¬ zations: Lois Toevs, vice-president of Spurs; Anita Greenlaw, Y.W.C.A. president ; Claire Graves, president of Scribbler's club ; Anne Corcoran, president of Euradelphian ; and Freida Carstens, president of Women's athletic association. The campus has been improved by five new fraternity houses, those of Pi Beta Phi, Alpha Chi Omega, Sigma Phi Epsilon, Beta Theta Pi, and Psi Nu Sigma. Scribbler's club recently received a Theta Sigma Phi charter. Claire Graves, our house president, is president of this organiza¬ tion, while Charlotte Mathews and Esther Loomis are members also. We are very fortunate in having Miss Stella Radford from Oshkosh, Wisconsin, as our house mother. For many years Miss Radford has been with girls on other campuses. We find her a sweet and charming companion, whom we greatly enjoy. 26 September 1925 Charlotte Mathews ALPHA TAU— UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI We are busy with rushing, which closes October 12. Our chapter has gained and lost, gained by the transfer of Ann Mitchell of Alpha Gamma and Catherine Barkhurst of Rho ; lost by the withdrawal of Jane Weber, Mary Moore, and Lucille Bardes. September 18, initiation was held for Mary Dom, Dorothy Herrlinger and Erlyne McCubbin of Cincinnati, and Jane Kendall of Huntington, West Virginia.
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Chapter ' news 95 House hunting also absorbs our time, for we have quite out¬ grown our first apartment. The Alphonso Taft law college has been completed and an electrical engineering building is under construction. A new entrance drive is being completed. Last Saturday we opened the football season with an evening game — fireworks and everything. Thetas who hold positions in activities are: Grace Miller, president Blue Hydra; Inez Vollrath, Vigilance committee, As¬ sistant Advertising Manager of News ; Marcella Theiss, Manager Varsity basketball team; Virginia Speidel, Assistant junior adviser; Mary Vollrath, activities editor of year-book; Dorothy Carothers, exchange editor of News , chairman costumes for musi¬ cal comedy; Dorothy Herrlinger, Vigilance committee. 30 September 1925 Dorothy Carothers Marna Brady is an instructor in the Physical education department at the university. Elizabeth McGowan was married to Ladislav Janda, A T A, Sept. 26. Born to Mr and Mrs Elwood Haas (Alfarata Myers) a son. Born to Mr and Mrs Donald Gill (Helen L. Hoffman) a daughter. Willetta Dolle was married to James Murrin, <£ r A, June 15. ALPHA UPSILON— WASHBURN COLLEGE Kappa Alpha Theta’s scholarship average was the highest among the national fraternities at Washburn for both semesters last year. Betty Frost, Meryl Dewey, Marian Wolcott, Roberta Smith, Madeline Stewart, and Virginia Welty were on the col¬ lege high honor roll last semester, and Elizabeth Hughes, Con¬ stance Reed, and Caston Washburn were on the honor roll. Bernice Hemus, Rella Brown, Etta Louise Davenport, Meryl Dewey, Constance Reed, Lorraine Reed, and Betty Frost received degrees. The eight house girls found upon their return that the town girls had selected a new davenport, a porch set, and a bedroom suite, for the house. Mrs Mary Agnew is our house mother for the fourth year. Geraldine De Young, Winifred Kerr, and Marian Wolcott did not return. Alberta Thoroman has returned after a year’s absence. Virginia Scholle is attending Kansas university. Cora Hedrick was married to John McCuish, of Newton, three days after enrollment. There are twenty four in the chapter. We plan to initiate Virginia Scott, Jean St. John, and Mary Gillmore soon. September 14 we pledged Ruth Green (sister of Mary) Helen
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96 Kappa Alpha Theta Washburn (sister of Cast on) Helen Hobbs (sister of Euna) Marguerite Nellis, Harriet Bryan, Helen Wilson, Catherine Drumm, all of Topeka; Jeanne Knowles (sister of Sophie) Wellington; Carolyn Smith (sister of Roberta), Wamego; Helen Gillmore (sister of Mary), St. John; Dorothy Green (sister of Ruth Green of Alpha Omicron) Kiowa; Grace Hetler, Osage City; Virginia McKee, Halstead; Mary Elizabeth Kennedy Junction City; Elizabeth Cofer, Chanute; Elise Phares, Wich¬ ita; Elizabeth Trask, Fort Scott; and Marjorie Dick, Eldon, Missouri. Mary Neiswanger is president of Nonoso, of Y.W.C.A. and of the girl’s pep squad. Caston Washburn, Roberta Smith, and Virginia Welty are members of the Y.W.C.A. Cabinet. Caston is secretary of Student council, Roberta is a member of Quill club and Review staff. Margaret Kelsey and Jean St. John are dramatic club members, and Katherine Mullin is secretary of the senior class. An anonymous donor has given the college $100,000 to endow a department of American citizenship. 29 September 1925 Roberta Smith Married, June 25, Mary Paxton Van Vechten and Edwin Russel SwiteT. Married, Sept. 10. Helen McKee and Charles Allen of Wichita. Constance Reed is teaching at Parsons. Katherine Kelley is doing newspaper work in Garden City. Helen Lindell is teaching in Garden City; Etta Louise Davenport at Lenore; Ruth Thoroman and Marjorie Hemus at Cottonwood Falls. Mary Jane Miller, who was severely injured in an automobile acci¬ dent this summer, has returned to Grinnell, where she is a senior. Meryl Dewey is teaching in Chanute, and Thelma Hobson in Centralia. Bernice Hemus is studying organ at the American conservatory of music in Chicago. Laura Neiswanger is doing library work at Kansas university. ALPHA PHI— NEWCOMB COLLEGE September 26. Pledge day! Alpha Phi came out on top with ten pledges. They are Audrey Bate (sister of Eunice Bate Coleman and Muriel Bate Van Horn) Heloise Ellis (sister of Maud Ellis) Louise Meyer, Helen Ferry, Attica Aitkens, Lotis DeBlieux, Muriel Wilson, Angela and Shirley Devlin, and Mary Sanders. The pledge luncheon at the Country club was a gala affair, for which forty Thetas turned out. The Kappas had a table next to ours, and they greeted us with a large cheer when we came in. The outstanding feature of the luncheon was a song
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Chapter news 97 by Eleanor LeBlanc ’21 accompanied on the “uke” by Pat Thompson ’25. The song was a clever parody on Collegiate, written by the aforesaid Pat Thompson. A very interesting climax to Pledge night was a five-pound box from Margaret Goodman. “Goodie ’ is to be married October 30 to F. Ralph Michel. Mamie Sienknecht has also just announced her engagement. She is to be married to Stuart Berryman, Phi Delta Theta, in the latter part of November. We had counted on having her in the chapter another year, but such was not to be our luck. We shall certainly miss her. To continue, it will be necessary to go back to last year for as yet unwritten news. Ruth Sanford was elected president. of the Mandolin and guitar club, the most popular organization on the campus. Matilda Talmadge was elected president of Student council. This office is considered next in importance to that of Student body president. We have very ambitious rushing plans. Rushing a whole year, as we have to do, it is necessary to have it highly systema¬ tized so that we will get results and still save expenses on smel¬ ling salts and ammonia. Is not that an ambitious program ? At present we are having meetings at Barbara Gessner’s home, but are looking frantically for a room which we hope to locate by the next meeting. 27 September 1925 Frances Shaw Married: Sept. 15 Velma Lyons to Frank Tackett Clarke. Address: 509 Estress st. Baton Rouge, La. Born to Mr and Mrs Charles Dicks (Elizabeth Harvie) a daughter, Elizabeth Jane, Aug. 21. Married: June 20, Everall Hardiwick to G. C. Sewell. Address: 2131 Audubon st. New Orleans. Born to Mr and Mrs Burton Ashley (Amy Dietze) a daughter, Martha Gertrude, Aug. 2. We extend our love and sympathy to Mrs Curtis Cordell (Ivy Waldo). Mr Cordell died Sept. 20. Mabel Sivewright Lawrence is now living in Tampa, Fla. at 3207 San Carlos st. Katherine Talmadge is teaching in Kentwood, La. Ellenor Shannon is making her home in Florida. She is teaching in the Lakeland high school. Address: 523 E. MacDonald st. Lakeland, Fla. Rev and Mrs Donald Wattley (Hutton Laurans) are now living in New Orleans, Rev Wattley having accepted a call to Grace church. ALPHA CHI— PURDUE UNIVERSITY Alpha Chi lost five seniors in June, Helen Price, Luita Cur¬ tis, Dorothy Dye, Harriet Findley, and Bernice Beemer. Emily
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98 Kappa Alpha Theta Dunbar and Alice Beattie did not return to college and Mary Jane Heath has gone back to Smith. April 4 we held initiation for Elizabeth Millikan, Ruth Rabbe, Mary Elizabeth Skinner, Margaret Vyverburg, Emily Dunbar, and Alice Beattie. We returned to find our chapter house made doubly attract¬ ive by lovely oriental rugs and a new console victrola, pur¬ chased partly by money given us by our Mothers club and partly by donations from the girls. September 19, at the close of rushing, we pledged Rema May Norris (sister of Helen) Rushville; Elizabeth Kirkpatrick, (sister of Louise, Alpha) New Richmond; Margaret Beeson, Huntington; Mary Florence Smith, Vincennes; Mary Price (sister of Helen) and Margaret Christie, West Lafayette; Vir¬ ginia Hamilton, Bluffton; Mildred Shriver, Clarks Hill; Mariam Moore, Muncie; Ada Hermine Beckman, Cedar Lake; Dorothy Smith, Des Moines, Iowa ; and Ruth Cripe, Peru. Helen Patrick was elected president of Eurodelphian literary society of which Mary Margaret Kern is critic and Ruth Rabbe corresponding secretary. Mary Margaret Kern is co-ed editor of The exponent and Katharine Boothby is one of its night editors. Mary Elizabeth Skinner is on the Union mixer com¬ mittee. Elizabeth McMath and Elizabeth Marshall are women’s council representatives. Eunice Dorner is chairman of the Union work committee and secretary-treasurer of Panhellenic. Mary Elizabeth Skinner, Frances Chandler, Nora Evans, Mary Jane Heath, Mary Margaret Kern, Luita Curtis, and Harriet Find¬ ley were on the list of distinguished students. 26 September 1925 Katharine Boothby The engagement of Marcia G. Kenvon, now singing at the First Pres¬ byterian church in New York city, to Howard S. Bissell, Stanford ’24, student at Harvard law school, has been announced. Helen Price was married June 24 to David Hubert McMasters, 2 X. They live in Peoria, Ill. Bernice Beemer and Edwin Dewenter, $ r A, were married Sept. 3. Frances Carr is teaching in Gary. Philena Palmer is a new member of the faculty of the home economics department at Purdue. Helen Goode was married to Roscoe S. Moore, ^ K Sept. 5. They are living in Laporte. Agnes Ayres and Jack E. Walters, 2 X, were married July 28 at Dijon, France. Marjorie Clark is assisting in the chemistry department of Purdue. Harriet Findley is teaching in Dunkirk. Louise Peffer is spending the winter in Boston.
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Chapter news 99 Mary and Helen Creahan are living in Los Angeles. Katherine Enders is head dietitian in Lake view hospital, Danville, Ill. Glenn Gregg Field and Helen Price McMasters were in Lafayette during rush week. We appreciated their enthusiastic help in the rush. ALPHA PSI— LAWRENCE COLLEGE It was glorious to find that EIGHTEEN of our girls were back! Each one of us wants continually to hum “ Theta means more to me every day.” Rushing was held a week early so as not to impair our grades. Ruth Dickinson proved a most perfect rushing chairman, for everything was beautifully arranged and our four parties all successful. We are grateful to the alumnae chapter for its usual close cooperation and interest in the college chapter. It gave two of our rushing parties: the first, a tea; and the last function, a formal dinner party at the Country club. We are proud to name Jean Bell (sister of Lois), Stella Cobban (sister of Florence Wheeler Swenson), Helen Chegwin, Jean Christensen, Anita Koehler, Theodorea Reeve, Elizabeth Ryall, Marjory Mac Arthur and Frances Richardson as our pledges, pledged September 26. Jean Christensen was elected temporary treasurer of the freshman class. The other pledges are striving to make a name for themselves through the two required activ¬ ities. The pledges entertained the chapter at a banquet at the Conway hotel October 13. Theta songs were sung during the dinner after which there was a theater party. Dr Henry M. Wriston is the newly-elected president of Law¬ rence filling the vacancy left by the death of Dr Plantz. Law¬ rence also has a new Dean of women, Miss Twila Lytton. Theta gave a tea for her October 14 to which were invited the wives of the faculty and representative pledges and members from each woman’s fraternity. Theta joins with all Lawrence in welcom¬ ing its new Dean. A change has been made in our requirements from pledges. We decided to eliminate the entertainment by them during the last hour of our Tuesday afternoon meetings, and to place more emphasis on their scholarship and upon knowledge of Kappa Alpha Theta. Agnes Norem, who spent the summer in Europe, returned to college two weeks late. Dorothy Tipler is house president of Russell Sage hall. We have new chapter rooms at 920 Eldorado street. They consist of a parlor, a chapter room and a kitchenette. 8 October 1925 Mary Jane McComb
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100 Kappa Alpha Theta Dorothy Murphy is attending the Cincinnati conservatory of music. Mr and Mrs John Ockerman (Mildred Bjoin) are making their per¬ manent home at Houston, Tex. Mary Thom returned to Goucher. Madge Helmer is attending the University of Southern California. Margaret and Gertrude Erbe made a trip through the West, during the summer. They attended the National music convention in Portland, and spent a day with Helen Lawson Montague. They called on Ann Hawes Doering in Seattle, Bess Fisk Lake in California, and Margaret Nicholson Williams in Kingman, Arizona. Margaret Ritchie made a Western trip during the summer and called on Ann Hawes Doering in Seattle. Helen Reilly has returned to her teaching position in Milwaukee after an operation for goitre at the Mayo hospital. Janet Smith is taking a library course at the University of Illinois. Naomi Roy is attending the National kindergarten college in Chicago. Mrs Frank Tabor (Gladys Bagg) spent the summer in Ephraim, Wis. At present she is visiting her parents in Appleton before returning to her home in Lynchburg, Ya. She attended the formal dinner given for the rushees Sept. 24. Kathryn Corbett has returned to the University of Illinois. Margaret and Gertrude Erbe, Helen Risdon, and Kathryn Corbett were in Appleton for the rushing tea. Mrs Bradley Conrad (Ruth Findeisen), of Janesville, attended pledging service Sept. 26 Born to Mr and Mrs Leavitt Hallock (Elizabeth Stevens), a son. Born to Mr and Mrs Frank Williams (Margaret Nicholson), a daughter. Born to Mr and Mrs Orlando Holway (Ida Mackin) a son, William Mackin. ALPHA OMEGA— UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH We are proud of Theta’s record of winning first place in both races of Pitt Week, two years in succession. Dorothy Russell distinguished herself, when, for the second time, she won first place in the fraternity skooter race, adding another cup to our collection. Nina Johnston won a beautiful black leather week-end case as a result of being first in the roller skating race. Pitt Week is celebrated annually towards the end of May, and is a fitting climax to a full year. This year Pitt is experimenting in the rushing field. For the first time in five years, rush is to be postponed until second semester. It’s quite a novelty to be able to concentrate on one’s education at the first of the year. Mortar Board elections were received by Helen Lloyd, who is now its president, and by Jeanne Muter, now its treasurer. Eliza Jane Reynolds is chief justice of senior court, with Kath-
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Chapter news 101 erine Coit, a judge. Katherine is also a senior usher, and vice president of Y.W.C.A. Other Theta honorary ushers are Helen Lloyd, Nina Johnston, Jeannette McClure, Kathryn Rowell, and Jeanne Muter. In the Women’s athletic association, Helen Lloyd is president, and Jeanne Muter, social chairman. Jeanne is also senior girls’ president. Jane Smith is society editor of Pitt Weekly. Helen Carson has been elected to Quill. Brookie Renner and Kathryn Rowell have received the key of Pitt play¬ ers. The former also has been elected to Theta Alpha Phi. Kathryn Rowell is president of Qwens, and editor of the Ques¬ tion mark. Mary McElheny is assistant girls’ basketball man¬ ager. Qwax, honorary scientific fraternity, has taken in Jean¬ nette McClure and Louise Patterson. Katherine Fleming is on the social committee of Women’s student government associa¬ tion, and also of Women’s athletic association, and has received her pin from Glee club. Nina Johnston is president of Sigma Kappa Phi. Qwens, sophomore activities fraternity, founded at Pitt in the fall of 1922, became national at a convention at Miami last spring. Lucy Kennedy from Pitt is national president. The Qwens at Pitt is Alpha chapter. Last, but by no means least, is our new stadium. It rests in a cleft in the hillside, high above the university and the sur¬ rounding country, and is visible for miles. We are exceedingly proud of the sporting ideals for which it stands. 29 September 1925 Edith Endsley Born to Mr and Mrs Harbour Mitchell (Olivia Klingelhofer) a son, Harbour jr. May 10. Born to Mr and Mrs Arnold Replogle (Gretchen Buske) a son, Louis Emory, Aug. 30. Born to Mr and Mrs Harry Lessig (Eleanor Spangler) a daughter, Margaret Louise, Sept. 19. Address: Munhall, Pa. Ruth Fleming is teaching domestic science at Shorewood high school, Milwaukee, Wis. and is making her home with Helen Reed Morgan. Harriet Colcord has announced her engagement to Emerson Conrad, from Penn State. Eleanor Steele and Agnes Allison spent the summer in Europe. Lena Ebeling is head of the Service bureau for Sherwin-Williams paint co. Cleveland, Ohio. It is a responsible position being held for the first time by a woman. Alena Horner is in the Publicity department at University of Pittsburgh. Rhoda Koenig was married to Herman Sobeck, B n, of Carnegie Tech, June 25. She had her five sisters for bridesmaids, four of whom are Thetas. Mr and Mrs Sobeck will live at 504 Sassafras st. Erie, Pa.
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102 Kappa Alpha Theta Helen Schoeneck was married to Dr G. Walter Zulauf Aug. 15. Ad¬ dress: Allegheny general hospital, Pittsburgh, Pa. Dorothy Linhart was married to Kenneth M. Arnold Sept. 28. Ad¬ dress Roslyn pi. Toledo, Ohio. Married: Cora Bell DeBray and Howard B. Shannon, Aug. 22. Ad¬ dress: 2415 4th av. Altoona, Pa. Announcement has been made of the marriage of Cora Lee Keffer to J. F. W. Pearson, Oct 1. At home at the Shadyside Inn, Morewood Ave. Pittsburgh. Mr Pearson is one of the scientists who was with Dr Beebe on his recent expedition in search of the lost Sargasso Sea. Both Mr and Mrs Pearson are in the biology department of the University of Pittsburgh. BETA BETA— RANDOLPH-MACON WOMAN’S COLLEGE Randolph-Macon opened September 16. At our first chapter meeting we were sorry to find that Betty Kennedy and Virginia Harris had not returned. Sarah Pickard and Romona Dietzel graduated last June. We were glad to have Mary Jane Hill, who has been at Columbia the past year, and Edna Wyatt, who has been at Southwestern, back with us. And we were glad to welcome two transfers from Beta Gamma, Florence Fields and Virginia Sevier. September 19 we initiated Emily Pitts, Montgomery, Ala¬ bama; Margaret Ewing, Olean, New York; Elizabeth Fuller, La Fayette, Alabama; Nancy Oldham, Murfreesboro, Tennessee. After initiation we had supper at the chapter house. Katherine Davis and Margaret Hart, alumnae, came for initiation. September 24 we pledged Minnie Brooks Parker, Portsmouth, Virginia; Eleanor Dunson, LaGrange, Georgia; Anna Stay, Anniston, Alabama. The chapter cooked supper for the pledges after the service. September 27 Anna Stay was initiated. Louisa Dallis, chapter president, is president of Main hall. Theta is represented in dramatic club, debating council, glee club, Y.W.C.A., on college publications, in Athletics and on various committees. October 3, we are all going to spend the day cleaning the house and polishing everything in it — ready for the four rush¬ ing teas that begin October 11. We hope to have our porch floor painted, our house stained, and floors re-waxed, too. The rushing system tried out last year was considered suc¬ cessful, so the same rules are being followed this year. Until the teas, no fraternity girl can mention the subject to any fresh¬ man and only two members from each chapter may visit the freshmen. 3 October 1925 (No signature)
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Chapter news 103 Married: Christine Bedman and Burton Shibley of Newbern, Tenn. Maxie Stone has announced her engagement to Thurston Bunyan, 2 A Ej of Little Bock, Ark. Katherine Davis of West Point, Miss. Margaret Hart of Prescott, Ark. and Bamona Dietzel of Union City, Tenn. were guests of the chapter the first week of college. Margaret Cliggitt has announced her engagement to Maurice Mudge of Chicago. BETA GAMMA— COLORADO STATE COLLEGE As soon as college started September 8 activities loomed in the foreground. Margaret Graham and Gladys Mott are on upperclass council. Margaret is also undergraduate represen¬ tative on the Y.W.C.A. Cabinet and member of the judiciary board of Y.W.C.A. Anne Kimball is society editor of The Col - legian, college paper. Dorothy Spencer is president of the dra¬ matic club and member of student council. The first prize in the freshman short story contest was won by Gladys Mott, who is a member of Scribblers ’ and of the dramatic club. Six seniors, Clarisse Laurent, Helen Pitcher, Elizabeth Mil¬ ner, Josephine Peters, Winifred Watson and Caroline Albers graduated. Helen Pitcher is one of four graduates in the United States allowed to take post graduate work at Massachusetts gen¬ eral hospital at Boston. Esther Fish and Frances Schall are attending Washington university at St. Louis, while Virginia Sevier and Florence Fields have entered Randolph-Macon. Den¬ ver university has claimed Dorothy Ross. Martha Fish Melcher has returned to college. Engagements and candy come in groups. Ruth Spencer is engaged to Luther Titley, Sigma Chi ; Virginia Sevier to Gordon Avery, Phi Delta Theta; Louise Thomasson to John Kimmons, Sigma Alpha Epsilon ; and Margaret Graham to Wendell Horse- ly, Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Ruth Richmann, Margery Ardrey and Clarice Hamilton were initiated June 14 at District convention. Five girls represented Beta Gamma, with most of our Denver resident girls there for some of the meetings. The -girls enjoyed convention and felt that it was indeed one of real worth. To meet Mrs Lebrecht was a privilege. Rushing filled the first month and a half of college, pledging being October 12. 26 September 1925 Gladys Mott
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104 Kappa Alpha Theta Bom: to Mr and Mrs Karl E. Stitt (Ruth Platt) a son, Calden; to Mr and Mrs William Ross (Beulah Anderson) a daughter; to Mr and Mrs E. H. Barkley (Magdaline Hahn) a daughter. Those teaching in Colorado are Caroline Albers at Arapahoe, Clarisse Laurent at Del Norte, Elizabeth Milner at Kit Carson, Marie Juel at Fort Collins, Josephine Peters at Meade, and Jessie Reinholtz at Canon City. Margaret House is teaching at the College of industrial arts, Denton, Tex. Mrs Hawthorne Strickland (Elva Mae Fisher) will live in Fort Collins this winter. Margaret Galbraith is taking secretarial work at Barnes business col¬ lege in Denver. Mrs T. R. Blevins (Margaret Seaton) Alpha Upsilon is a new resi¬ dent in Fort Collins. The three-year-old daughter, Emily, of Mr and Mrs Irving Schaffer (Gertrude Lawer) died the middle of Sept. The Schaffers live in Monte Rose, Colo. BETA DELTA— UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA Twelve girls were pledged September 27, Virginia Roberson and Virginia Poindexter, Tucson; Fern Baker, Carol de Fever, Eleanor Stevens, Phoenix ; Nonie MaKay, Chicago, Illinois ; lone Cowan, Los Angeles, California; Georgie Reay, Hayden; Unice Babbitt, Lucille Koch, Flagstaff; Mary Kate Overton, Madison, Wisconsin; Dorothy Smith, Washington, D.C. After pledging we entertained the pledges with a buffet luncheon. Initiation was held for Maxine Stout, Theora Litt, Louise Cappleman, Lucille Harris, and Bernice Rebeil, September 30. Two transfers, Laura Ballard from Alpha Delta and Nina Hoff¬ man from Alpha Chi are with us. The chapter is small due to graduation, weddings, and illness in families of Thetas. Arizona’s campus has been greatly improved by paved roads, sidewalks, a new gymnasium for girls, and a spacious library building. The old library has been turned into a law school. Construction is under way on a larger gymnasium to be used by both girls and boys. Its completion is expected around Feb¬ ruary. Our alumnae are busy considering lots for our house which we hope to build by next year. The President’s Mixer was September 21. Beginning at 8 :30 groups at the various halls progressed by dancing half an hour at one place then moving to another, the boys going one way and the girls another, until the round had been made. Although it
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Chapter news 105 was very warm everyone, especially the freshmen, had a splen¬ did time. Mrs Beattie of Cornwall, New York, is our new house mother. She is charming in every way, and is already loved by the girls. 25 September 1925 Mary Frances Munds Clyde Salmon was married to Howard Lockia, 2 A E, April 2. Alice West was married to Oliver Drachman, 2 A E, Aug. 28. Alice Richie married Charlie Mahoney, 2 X. Born to Mr and Mrs Penny Casey (Genieve Cone) a son. Helena McClarren is teaching in Eiverside, Cal. Edith Burtis in Mesa, Ariz. and Jane Christy in Phoenix, Ariz. Mary Catlin is attending State teachers college at Santa Barbara, Cal. BETA EPSILON— OREGON STATE COLLEGE Beta Epsilon is rejoicing to have her girls together again. Rushing was from September 27 to October 3 — pledging, Octo¬ ber 4. The freshman class numbering over 1200, is the largest in the history of the college. The newest addition to buildings is a woman’s gymnasium, to be completed this year. This summer our interest centered in District convention at Portland, September 10-12. It 'was a wonderful opportunity for Oregon Thetas to meet delegates from the universities of Mon¬ tana, Idaho, Washington, and from Washington state college. Alma Scharpf Munzel, Beta Epsilon alumnae, was in charge of en¬ tertaining the guests. It was especially nice to have Mrs Berais, our former District president and now Grand vice-president, with us. The Portland girls gave several rushing affairs during the summer. Seventy-five invitations were issued for a tea at Mrs Mathessions August 1. Flora McCoy of Corvallis danced during the afternoon. At a luncheon and theater party 23 guests were entertained. The five graduates in June were Roberto Lane, Ruth Laird, Elsie Magnusen, Martha Kiger, and Marjorie Burkhardt. Nearing Commencement, various honors were awarded. Roberto Lane made Phi Kappa Phi and was awarded the J. H. Albert prize which is given the best all around student, man or woman, for scholarship, activities, and service on the campus. Marjorie Burkhardt was financial manager of the Women’s stunt show. Elizabeth Kelly took part in the Junior vaudeville.
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106 Kappa Alpha Theta Marjorie Burkhardt was elected by women students to be May queen at the first May Festival on the campus. Senior breakfast is an annual affair at Beta Epsilon on Bac¬ calaureate Sunday. At a long table stretched the length of the house, and decorated with fresh spring flowers, were seated forty Thetas, active members and alumnae, all happy to meet again. It is the custom for juniors to plan and serve the break¬ fast, and each class expressed to the seniors their wishes for their happiness and success. Two large boxes of candy were passed amid much excitement, announcing the engagement of Dorothy Linklater to Kenneth Covall and of Florence Dodge to Carl Philbrick. Alma Scharpf Munzel presented the chapter with $75.00 for the building fund, a gift from Portland alumnae chapter. 30 September 1925 Sallie Rogers The engagement of Pauline Dick and James Lively is announced. Married: Dorothy Cram and Marion Monroe, K 2. BETA ZETA— OKLAHOMA STATE COLLEGE Our rush started with a Japanese luncheon at the Teepee tea room, followed by a Bohemian dinner at the house September 4. The second day included a backward luncheon at our home, and an Italian dinner at the Teepee. We then went to college for one week during which time no formal rushing was allowed. Be¬ tween class chats, over “ cokes’ ’ at the campus ‘ ‘ hang-out, ’ ’ were the only means of communication with rushees. The second period of rush started Friday evening when we entertained with our annual formal rose-banquet in the banquet room of the Methodist church. The place-cards were flower-pots bearing pink buds, and the ices were in the form of an open rose. A rose fountain spraying rose water from rose-colored lights formed the centerpiece. The last rushing event, Saturday was a breakfast given by our alumnae. We pledged Opal McGregor, Altus; Jennie and Mary Creilly, Elizabeth Watson, Shawnee; Louise Colbert, Oklahoma City; Lorene Reybourn, Clovis, New Mexico; Pauline and Louise Cameron, Lawton; Dorothy Pruitt, Comanche; Virginia Hal- fast, (sister of Helen) Muskogee, and Julia Keely (sister of Ruth and Arline), Arcadia. Several members are back who were out of college last year. Almost all of last year’s girls returned too. Our home is com-
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Chapter news 107 pletely redecorated, with new curtains, drapes and luxurious furniture in the living room. We have the town girls to thank for the splendid appearance of our home. Anna Laura Randel, our president, is now a member of the faculty, teaching art on a part-time basis. Polly Cowan is on the advanced rifle team while Lorene Reybourn, Jennie Creilly and Dorothy Hancock are members of the second team. Lorene, who is an expert equestrian, has been asked to do exhibition riding in the Little international stock and horse show this month. Louise Cameron was elected treasurer of the freshman class and is a member of Peppers. Betty Baldwn-Murphy is president of the women’s glee club and Pauline Cameron and Dorothy Hancock have been voted into that organization. Dorothy Hancock is treasurer of Alpha Beta Kappa, botanical society. Wauhillau LaHay is feature editor of Redskin , the col¬ lege annual, and feature editor of 0 ’Collegian, the college daily. Mrs Cora Traweek of Oklahoma City is our new hostess and a most charming one. We will entertain with our annual Yam- ma-Yamma masque ball November 30, the day before our home¬ coming game with Grinnell. Marie Campbell and Lovenia Boen-Fuson brought back many helpful ideas from District convention. 6 October 1925 Wauhillau LaHay Aline Hitt is teaching home economics in the Yale high school. Marian Miller is teaching in Chattanooga, Okla. Harriette Bleuer is teaching typewriting in the Muskogee central high school. Louise Hightower is attending Northwestern university. The engagement of Charlie Lou Pittman and Louis Oerke, 2 N, was announced last spring. Virginia Ford Hood, Peggy Stephenson, Elizabeth O’Dell and Helen Eason of Alpha Omicron visited us during rush week. Married, during the summer: Frances Sorey and Alfred Hill, 2 X; Lovenia Boen and Fern Fuson, K A ; Helen Halfast and Ray Bower, d> A 6 ; Ruth Keely and Emmett Hale ; Betty Baldwin and James Murphy, K 2. The Murphys are living in Stillwater and both working for their degrees as seniors. BETA ETA— UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA A vacancy, which seems as though it could never be filled, was left in the chapter by the graduation of Isabel McCaughan, Margaret Schell, Evelyn Seeger, Margaret Thorpe, Mildred Whitacre, Laura McAllister, and Alfhild Void.
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108 Kappa Alpha Theta The fall term began with the enthusiasm that results from a long vacation. The sophomores are hazing the freshmen, who are being partially protected by their sister class, the juniors. The women on campus are very much pleased to have a new building, Bennett hall, practically to themselves. This well- equipped building not only lessens the congestion that has long been prevalent at the university, but offers to women students advantages which have heretofore been unattainable. We are exceedingly proud to have Dorothy Elcome back on campus this year as the student Y.W.C.A. secretary. The most important event of the season, rushing, looms ahead, with our plans already made. It begins Wednesday, November 4, and lasts for two-and-a-half weeks. The first week each fraternity is entitled to an opening tea and two scheduled parties, in the second week informal rushing prevails. The last four days are devoted to formal parties. The preferential bidding system is being used again. Helen Roberts is president of Y.W.C.A. Dorothy Schoell is president of the Athletic association. Frances de Mauriac is secretary of Women’s student government association. Madella Rigby and Helen Pennypacker are presidents of the senior and junior classes, respectively. Mildred Thorp is adviser of the freshman Y.W.C.A. commission. Carol Cummings is editor-in- chief of Bennett news. Helen Pennypacker is editor-in-chief of the year book. Helen Roberts has been elected to Mortar board. Frances de Mauriac and Helen Pennypacker have been elected to Sphinx and key, junior society. An English hockey coach has been engaged, whom we expect to do much toward improving our team of which Dorothy Schoell is captain. There was much excitement at the first meeting in our new apartments, when the chapter received two five-pound boxes, one from Dorothy Elcome and the other from Carol Cummings. We sincerely urge any Thetas in the vicinity of Philadelphia to visit us in our new home at 3433 Walnut street. 1 October 1925 Eleanor Raah BETA THETA— UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO Rush week terminated Friday, invitations going out Sunday morning. Helen Coon, Helen Voak, Marguerite McGregor, and Catherine Samuel of Boise ; Elizabeth Kennedy and Ruth Chap¬ man of Blackfoot; Bernice Kendell and Eldora Davis of St.
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Chapter news 109 Maries; Margaret Elder, Coeur d’Alene; Mabel Bassett, Havre, Montana; Grayce Gooding, Weiser; Marie Kinney, Nampa; Hazel Parrish, Twin Falls, are our pledges. Initiation for Celeste Harley, Shirley Miller, Elizabeth Reed and Helene Smith, pledges of last semester, was September 26. Twenty-three active members return to college, the largest number in the history of our chapter. Beulah Brown, Gertrude Taylor, Editha Barton and Polly Parrott are with us after being out of college for a year or more. Eldora Davis, Mildred Warlike, Beulah Brown and Bernice Suppiger made the play production class. Editha Barton, Grayce Gooding and Bernice Kendall made Glee club. At the Women’s athletic association’s election Freda Howard was elected recording secretary, Evelyn Backus, treasurer, and Rose Pruess, manager of tennis. Marie Ilogenson was initiated into Mortar board in June. Mrs Trenner of Boise is our house mother this year. She is a charming woman and all the girls like her very much. We are giving a tea in her honor October 10. 30 September 1925 Marie Hogenson Born, to Mr and Mrs A. Z. Hadley (Pearl Snyder) a daughter; and to Mr and Mrs Henry Crozier (Mary Nodle) a son. The wedding of Rita Kendrick and Arthur Guerin, B 0 n, took place June 17 in Spokane. Address: Orofino, Idaho. BETA IOTA— UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO Three thousand trunks and everybody running wild! We are back for another rush week. Amid the chaos we must, for the moment, recall sane things and travel back to April 25, when we initiated Ellen Keating, Freda Dudley, Rose Isensee, and Ger¬ trude Law. That night a banquet was given at the Boulderado hotel in honor of the year’s thirteen initiates, who were given crest bar pins. Florence McClung, who received her Master of arts degree at the end of summer school, was toastmistress. May 29 we entertained at our spring dance which was a Spanish fiesta. At Commencement in June Edith Marsh and Merryl Schwind graduated. Finals would have wrecked all of our sunny dispositions if we had not been looking forward to District convention at Trout- dale-in-the-pines, a beautiful hotel “in the heart of the Rockies” near Denver. We were especially honored because Mrs Lebrecht
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110 Kappa Alpha Theta attended the entire convention. At the convention initiation Velda Parker was our initiate. The days were taken up with meetings and sports. Helen Cook won a special place in the heart of every Theta present. August 19 we held our one summer rush party, a dinner dance at the new Olin hotel in Denver. Just a little work lies before us preparing for two parties a day from Tuesday September 22 through Friday. Pledge day will be Sunday. 16 September 1925 Lucille Phillips The engagement of Mildred Platt and Thomas McAndries, 2 A E, is announced. Married: Helen Simpson and Frank Jones. Born to Mr and Mrs E. G. Carpenter (Helen Bean) a son, Samuel Gilbert. BETA KAPPA— DRAKE UNIVERSITY ‘ 1 Tradition day chapel at ten o’clock Friday, and every freshman there!” That was the slogan on the lips of every upperclassman two days after Drake opened its doors for a bigger and better year than ever before. Two weeks before college started we held initiation for Lucille Asher, Spirit Lake; Dorothy Bullock, Ames; Frances Burt, Therese Carpenter and Florence Harrington, Des Moines; Kathryn Cochrane, Pella; Carolyn Kearns, Sac City; Peggy Pitkin, Sioux City. The next week rushing started. The Panhellenic tea was at Craig house Wednesday afternoon, September 15. Marjorie Moore and Elsie Amend were Theta representatives in the re¬ ceiving line. The following Thursday our series of rush parties began with “A merry fantasy” luncheon at Julietta Chamberlain’s home. Thursday night colored lights and the W.H.O. orchestra characterized “The garden galg” at Elsie Amend ’s home. Harriett Bredimus gave a very clever dance and Priscilla Kizer featured a Theta song. Friday morning we gave our preferred party, “cotton capers” at the home of Pauline Griner Woods. Our formal, “Kit kat kabaret” was at Marie Brunner’s home. We had an orchestra for dancing and during intermission Mau- rine Bredimus Eles entertained with Charleston dances. Satur¬ day afternoon Gertrude Teachout’s home was the scene of our “ Apres Mides” tea. Last, but by no means least, was the Theta
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Chapter news 111 cozy at the house. Several alumnae who are teaching in near by towns came back for the last night party. Impromptu songs and dances were entertaining and the latter part of the evening we sang Theta songs by candle light. After three days’ silence we pledged Kathryn Aye, Omaha, Nebraska; Coral Brandrup, Webster city; Lois Beebee (cousin of Grace Beebee Renfro, Alpha) Logan; Dalith Collier, Osceola; Ruth Cheeseman, Kathryn Allen, Charlotte Dixon, Virginia Fitzhugh, Helen Hostettler, Vega Morehouse (daughter of Drake’s president) Genevieve Wagner, Celia Wright, all of Des Moines; Leta King, Oak Park, Illinois; Lorraine Pollock, Simla, Colorado ; Margaret Tramp, Creston. 29 September 1925 Dorothy Bullock De Ette Gracey is spending the winter in Colorado Springs, Colo. Ad¬ dress: Craigmore sanitarium. Gertrude Teachout returned Sept. 1 from spending a summer abroad. Lucille McKee was recently elected secretary of the Des Moines Pan- hellenic association. Kathryn Buck is teaching in Algona high school. Frances McKee is teaching in Floyd, Ta. Louise Knotts, graduate of Wells college, is attending Drake. Carmen Williams has entered the law school at the University of Wisconsin. Weddings: Maxine Mather to Frank Craddock, July 15; Marian Brown to Harold Reed, Aug. 12; Marjorie Beryl Smith to W. O. Chatterton, Sept. 12; Hester Lawrence to Anson Bondy Gronberg, June 2; Edna Baer to G. Donald Shawver. Born: to Mr and Mrs Ira B. Schmidt (Miriam Kirby Schmidt), a son, John Kirby Aug. 31. BETA LAMBDA— WILLIAM AND MARY COLLEGE Back again and full of zest for the new season ! Beta Lambda is proud of returning to college 100 per cent strong, having lost only the two girls who graduated in June. Rushing season has been the fairest, most friendly and cool¬ est yet seen at William and Mary. Bids go out October 25, after five weeks of rushing. As last year, Dr Chandler will not permit us to spend any money on freshmen, save at our final rush ban¬ quet, October 22. We had our rooms at the Old Debtor’s prison redecorated and are delighted with the change. Our large open fireplace is one of our greatest rushing aids. Delta Phi Kappa, a local, was installed as Pi Beta Phi the week-end of September 24. Beta Lambda entertained the visit-
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112 Kappa Alpha Theta ors at a tea on Sunday afternoon at the Prison, which was deco¬ rated with wine red carnations and silver blue candles. We en¬ joyed knowing their Grand president, Mrs Onken, and the other visiting Pi Phis so much. We welcome their chapter to our campus. We announce the pledging of Patty Hunter of Whaley ville, Virginia, October 7. Patty is a junior, secretary and treasurer of her class and vice president of the German club. Kitty Myrick is associate editor of the Flat Hat and Max Brockenbrough is its exchange editor. Louise Love is assistant physical education instructor. The new dining-hall, replacing the one burned during the summer, is completed and is much larger and better equipped than the former one. Work is progressing well on the Phi Beta Kappa Memorial hall. It is hoped that this year’s graduation exercises will take place in this new auditorium. 9 October 1925 Kitty Myrick Mildred Myer, who married William Earl Bull, 2 N, Binghamton, N.Y. is living in town and taking classes. Elizabeth Palmer of Kansas City, Mo. is back at William and Mary. She has been elected associate editor of our annual. BETA MU— UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA Beta Mu was first in scholarship among fraternities last semester. She also received her full share of Commencement honors. Margaret Hill, Gilberta Turner, Florence Billinghurst, Freda Humphrey, and Eleanor Ahlers were on the honor roll. Thelma Pray, Margaret Hill, and Gilberta Turner each received a Board of regents’ scholarship. Florence Billinghurst won the Azro Cheney scholarship awarded to the underclassman who is considered the best student in English. On the morning of Commencement, May 12, we held our annual senior breakfast in honor of our three graduates, Helen Halley, Eleanor Ahlers, and Eleanor Westervelt. Esther Summerfield, Gilberta Turner, Freda Humphrey, and Frances Humphrey were elected to Cap and scroll, women’s honor society. Gilberta Turner is women’s editor of Sagebrush , the campus weekly. Freda Humphrey is feature editor and Blanche Wyekoff is society editor of Sagebrush. Esther Sum¬ merfield is president of Y.W.C.A. of which Margaret Hill is vice- president and Eva Adams, pledge, secretary. Florence Billing-
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Chapter news 113 hurst and Thelma Pray are also Cabinet members of that or¬ ganization. August 31 we pledged Frances Nelson of Piedmont, Cali¬ fornia. After a two weeks rushing season we pledged Constance Holland, (sister of Muriel), Alice Halley (sister of Helen), Mar¬ garet Hartman, and Eva Adams of Reno; Ellen Harrington of Fremont, Nebraska; and Elsbeth Dove (sister of Donna) of Elko. After pledging at the chapter house we had a buffet supper at the home of Mrs Frank Humphrey, patroness. We wish to express our thanks to Mrs Clemons, Mrs Thatcher, and Mrs Humphrey for the use of their homes during rushing. Mrs Brooks, our new District president, visited us for a few days and officiated at pledging. Esther Summerfield has been elected vice-president, and Marion Deremer has been elected librarian of Campus players, dramatic society. 25 September 1925 Lucile Summerfield Bom to Mr and Mrs C. W. Newing (Avis Lothrop) a son. Married: Hester Mills and Horace Nelson; Isabel Bertschy and Mr Johnson of Reno. Helen Halley is teaching in Eureka, Nev. BETA NU— FLORIDA STATE COLLEGE FOR WOMEN We are fortunate in having Dr Mina Kerr of Washington, D.C. executive secretary of the American association of univer¬ sity women, for our new Dean of women. Beta Nu has joined the ranks of chapters who live in houses. There are thirteen girls in the house and we have room for four freshmen. Mrs Windham, from whom we rent the house, makes a splendid house mother. Mrs Humphrey, District president, is here helping us to get everything started right. In April Phi Kappa Phi, national honorary fraternity, was installed by Dr. Ball of Washington, D.C. The following Theta seniors were initiated : Mona Alderman, Lois Curry, Inez Turner. Norma Davis, Lois Curry, Elizabeth Sandford are charter mem¬ bers of Chi Delta Phi, women’s literary fraternity, also installed in April. Alice Winter is president of the Education society. Melissa Darby and Marian Watkins are officers of Student government. Elizabeth Sandford has been elected to membership in the Dra-
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114 Kappa Alpha Theta malic club. Dorothy Fuller holds the college tennis champion¬ ship. Those who graduated in June were: Mona Alderman, Lois Curry, Norma Davis, Opal Futch, Helen Pinaire, Inez Turner. Others not returning are: Flo Springer, Ruth Rigby, Elsie Mayer, Betty Kellerman, and Grace Hansen. For the first time Florida State had freshman week. They came up four days before the opening of college to register and take physical examinations. During this time no rushing was permitted. Rushing lasted ten days. Each fraternity was allowed only one date a day with a freshman. If more than one fraternity rushed a girl, they drew for dates, the rushee having no choice in the matter. Beta Nu pledged, September 28, Catherine Boyd, Fort Lau¬ derdale; Velma Ruth Powers, Mary Messier, Annie Mary Moore, Ernestine Gore, Martha Jones, Vernice Davis, Miami ; Statia Watkins, Fort Myers; Elizabeth Fairchild, Mildred Wendel, Orlando; Ruth Miller, Jacksonville; Mary Anderson, Gaines¬ ville. 28 September 1925 Marian Watkins Opal Futch is doing welfare work in Jacksonville. Mona Alderman is teaching in the school of music of Florida state college for women and doing further work in piano. Lois Curry is at the University of Chicago doing post graduate work. Married: Beryl Lovvorn to Kit Bowden; Inez Turner to David Mc¬ Dowell, 2 «i> E. BETA XI— UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SOUTHERN BRANCH Here beginneth the first letter of the baby chapter. We are settled in our house at last, after a summer of cleaning and re¬ decorating. The house itself was moved from its former location and we are now but a half-block from the campus. New paper and paint have made a vast improvement in every room. All the bedrooms have different colored cretonne drapes and matching bedspreads. Our wide front porch we made attractive with an awning and comfortable chairs, and it has become the most popu¬ lar place in the house; luncheon is served there every day. We bought two small mahogany tables and a longed-for grand piano, and with the gift of a bright Mandarin skirt and brass opium bowl to decorate the piano, our living room has taken on
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Chapter news 115 an entirely new atmosphere. We are so proud of the house now, and feel fully repaid for our work during vacation. Our chaperon left us last spring, and we were not able to fill her place before this semester began, so Mrs J. H. Alvord, and Miss Edna Goettler of Los Angeles alumnae have been taking turns living with us until we can find someone to take the place permanently. It has been so nice to have them with us, we will find it hard to fill their places with anyone else. We have embarked on a strenuous rushing season, for the only rush rule in effect is that no pledging may be done for twelve weeks ; this occasions almost constant rushing. Our porch luncheons and Sunday night buffet suppers are innovations that please the rushees, and besides this somewhat casual rushing, our plans call for several larger affairs. Sunday afternoon, October 3, the campus will be formally in¬ troduced to our new football coach, Bill Spaulding, and his wife, who will be the guests of honor at tea at our chapter house. We welcome this opportunity to know Mrs Spaulding, who is a Theta from Alpha Delta. Several members of other chapters have visited us, among them: Lucy Belle Duncan, Alpha Omicron, Virginia Graves, Alpha, Lorna Ballard, Alpha Delta, and Margaret Peasely, Phi. Jewell Ussher and Marjorie Simmonds, Omicron, are studying at the Branch. Peggy James, one of our sophomore members, won the city championship in tennis this summer. Our only pledge, Agnes de Mille, returned recently from a summer abroad. Elizabeth Wellborn is leaving shortly for Europe. 23 September 1925 Meryl Stateler Margaret Boyd is a graduate assistant in history at Mills college, Oakland. Fern Bouck has a position as Class organizer in the University of California, extension division. Annis Keyes is at Yale working for her M.A. in history. Joyce Turner is instructor in speech education at Occidental college. Mabel Westenhaver has gone to live in British Columbia.
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Directory GRAND COUNCIL OFFICE OFFICER ADDRESS Grand president . Mra Hal Lebrecht . 104 W. 54th st. Kansas city, Mo. 2009 W. Pacific Av. Spokane, Wash. 807 Brown Marx Bldg. Birmingham. Ala. 13 East av. Ithnca. N. Y Grand vice-president . Mrs C. A. Bemis . . Grand treasurer . Mrs H. F. Thomson . Grand secretary and editor . Miss L. Pearle Green . NATIONAL COMMITTEES COMMITTEE OFFICER ADDRESS Historian. .. Mrs Estelle Dodge . 822 i 6th av. N. Scholarship fund — Chairman . Marien Keyes Seattle, Wash. 1495 Eucalyptus Lane. Los Angeles, Cal. 915 Victoria av. Corresponding secretary . Helen Pratt. . Financial Secretary . Miss Ray Hanna . Los Angeles, Cal. 3718 W. 21st st. Archives Miss Catherine Tillotson . Los Angeles. Cal. .Greencastle, Ind. Alumnae Secretary . Mrs J. M. Mecklin . 5 Webster Terrace Associate Alumnae Secretary . Mrs Paul Darrough . Hanover, N. H. 1621 W. 11th at. F. duration Committee Chairman . Mrs Wm. Neiswanger . Oklahoma City, Ok la 19 N. Main st. Hanover, N. H. NATIONAL PANHELLENIC CONGRESS OFFICB OFFICER ADDRESS ZTA — chairman . Dr May A. Hopkins . Southwestern Life Bldg. Dallas, Tex. 309 Orange st. Syracuse, N. Y. Kinston. N. C. 13 East av. Ithaca. N. Y. A r A — secretary Miss Louise Leonard . A AH — treasurer . Miss Irma Tapp . KAO — delegate Miss L. Pearle Green .
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DISTRICTS DISTRICT CHAPTERS PRESIDENT ADDRESS I A— B— r— AX Bloomington Greencastle Indianapolis Mrs J. D. Hughes, jr . 224 N. Pennsylvania st. Greenfield, Ind. II A — T — A I — BK Champaign Chicago Des Moines Evanston St. Louis Mrs D.Bligh Grasett . 797 Walden rd. Winnetka, Ill. III H-r^-M-AT- AT -Aft Cincinnati Cleveland Columbus Detroit Pittsburgh Mrs Eugenie Overturf . Monnett Hall Delaware, Ohio. IV I— A— 2— X Burlington Ithaca Rochester Syracuse Toronto Miss Elma Hodges . 107 Waverly av. Syracuse, N Y. V K-P-AM-AT-Br-B! Denver Kansas City Lincoln Omaha Toneka Wichita Miss Helen Cook . 1534 S. 20th st. Lincoln, Neb. VI 0 — — D — BA — BM — B2 Los Angeles Pasadena San Francisco Mrs Edwin Hill Brooks . 642 Lucerne st. Los Angeles, Cal. VII A B— A A— A K— BB— BII BA Baltimore Boston New York Philadelphia — Providence Washington Mrs Walter E. Smith . Mineola, L. I., N. Y. VIII AO— AO— BZ Dallas Houston Oklahoma Mrs J. C. Monnet . 2001 W. 22d st. Oklahoma City, Okla IX A A — AN — AS — AS — BE BO Portland Seattle Spokane Tacoma Mrs Roy Keene . 127 N. 6th av. Corvallis, Ore. X T— AH— AP— A* Appleton Madison Milwaukee Twin Cities Mrs George Banta. jr . 350 Park st. Menasha, Wis. XI AH — A<& — BN Nashville New Orleans ^ Mrs W. A. Humphrey . 1911 Peachtree rd. Atlanta, Ga.
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CHAPTERS— COLLEGE CHAPTER INSTITUTION COR. SEC’Y ADDRESS ALPHA . De Pauw . Mary Wardlaw . . Theta House 1870 BETA . Indiana . Derexa Pentreath . . . Greencastle, Ind. Theta House Bloomington, Ind. 5451 Julian av. 1870 GAMMA . Butler . Mary Ann Huggins. . . . 1874 Illinois . Indianapolis, Ind. DELTA . Dorothy Mercer 611 E. Daniel st. Champaign, 111. 1414 Washtenaw av. Ann Arbor, Mich. 118 Triphammer road Ithaca, N. Y. 1645 Louisiana st. Lawrenco, Kan. 215 S. Prospect st. Burlington Vt. Monnett hall 1875 ETA . Michigan . Florinp St.orrey 1879 IOTA . Cornell . Margarp.t, Smith 1881 KAPPA . Kansas . Elizabeth Walker 1881 LAMBDA . Vermont . Dorothea Baker. . . . 1881 GAMMA DEUTERON Ohio Wesleyan .... Margaret J. Beech . 1924 MU . Allegheny . Eleanor E. Brown. . . Delaware, Ohio. Hillings Hall Meadville, Pa. 1881 OMICRON . So. California . Dorothy Marie Davis . . 653 W. 28th st. Los Angeles, Cal. 1887 Rno . Nebraska . Gretchen Renards 1545 S st. 1887 SIGMA . Toronto . Helen O'Reilly . . Lincoln Neb. 207 Balmoral Av. 1887 TAU . Northwestern . Helen C. Cole . Toronto, Ont. Can. Willard Hall 1887 Evanston. Ill. UPSILON . Minnesota . Helen Herrmann 314-10th av. S. E. 1880 PHI . Stanford . Madeline Frick. . . . Minneapolis, Minn. Box 1336 1889 CHI . Syracuse . Gertrude D. Brooks. . . Stanford univ. Cal. 306 Walnut pi. 1889 Syracuse, N. Y. PSI . Wisconsin . Frieda Schmidt . . 237 Lake Lawn PI. 1890 OMEGA . California . Frances Dabney Madison, Wis. 2723 Durant av. 1890 ALPHA BETA . Swarthmore . Florence Kennedy . . Berkeley, Cal. Box 223, Swarthmore college Swarthmore, Pa. 7-12th av. 1891 ALPHA GAMMA . Ohio State . Virginia Krepps 1892 ALPHA DELTA . Goucher . Virginia Davis . Columbus, Ohio. Box 124, Goucher college Baltimore, Md. 1505 Compton av. 1896 ALPHA ETA . Vanderbilt . Eunice Slemons. 1904 ALPHA TnETA . Texas . Maurine Rutland ... Nashville, Tenn. 601 W. 26th st. 1904 Austin, Tex. ALPHA IOTA . Washington . Claudine Fay. 7207 Pershing Av. St. Louis, Mo. 1906 (St. Louis) ALPHA KAPPA. . . Adelphi . Hildegarde Schlobohm . 122 Rutland Rd. 1907 Brooklyn, N. Y. ALPHA LAMBDA . . Washington . Jane Manning 4521-17th av. N. E. 1908 ALPHA MU . Missouri . Rachel Way.. Seattle, Wash. 705 Kentucky blvd. Columbia, Mo. 1110 Ronald av. 1909 ALPHA NU . Montana . Eleanor Leach. . . 1909 ALPHA XI . Oregon . Olga Jackson . Missoula, Mont. K A 0 House, Eugene, Ore. Theta house 1909 ALPHA OMICRON.. Oklahoma . Josephine Duvall. 1900 ALPHA PI . North Dakota .... Eugenie Stubbins. . . Norman, Okla. 2800 University av. Grand Forks, N. D. 20 Willow st. 1911 . ALPHA RIIO . South Dakota . Marion Damuth . 1912 ALPHA SIGMA . Washington state. . Dorothy MacLeod . Vermilion, 8. D. 604 California st. 1913 ALPHA TAU . Cincinnati . Virginia Speidel . Pullman. Wash. 512 Howell av. 1913 ALPHA UPSILON ... Washburn . Janet Edelblute. . . Cincinnati. Ohio 330 Broadmoor av. 1914 ALPHA PHI . Newcomb . Florence G. Selser . Topeka. Kan. 406 Audubon st. 1914 ALPHA CHI . Purdue . Helen Patrick . New Orleans. La. 172 Littleton st. 1915 West Lafayette, Ind.
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ALPHA PSI . Lawrence . Agnes Norem . Russell Sage hall Appleton, Wis. 409 Neville st. 19 IS ALPHA OMEGA. . . Pittsburgh . Katherine Coit . 1915 BETA BETA . Randolph-Macon. . Colorado state. . . . Jeanette Farmer . Pittsburgh, Pa. R. M. W. C., Box 27 1916 BETA GAMMA . Billie Black . Lynchburg, Va. 639 S. College st. 1917 BETA DELTA . Pauline Kitt . Fort Collins, Colo. 715 N. Park av. 1917 BETA EPSILON . Oregon state . Oklahoma state. . . Helen Freydig . Tucson, Aria. 242-7th st. N. 1917 BETA 7.ETA . Wauhillau La Hay .... Corvallis, Ore. 501 College av. 1919 BETA ETA . Pennsylvania . Mildred Thorp . Stillwater, Okla. 5012 Penn st. 1919 BETA THETA . Idaho . Bernadine Hasfurther. . Philadelphia, Pa. 503 University av. Moscow, Idaho 845- 12th st. 1920 BETA IOTA . Colorado . Mary Louise Sterling . . Miriam L. Perkins . 1921 BETA KAPPA . Drake . Boulder, Colo. 1065-22nd st. 1921 Des Moines, Iowa. BETA LAMBDA . William & Mary. . . CarolineMarshall Ribble Box 26, William & Mary College 1922 BETA MU . Nevada . Thelma Pray . Williamsburg, Va. 740 Sierra st. 1922 BETA NU . Florida . Alice Boyd . Reno, Nevada. Theta house, 140 College av. Tallahassee, Fla. 233 S. Griffen av. 1924 BETA XI . California, S. B.. . Marion Whitaker . 1925 Los Angeles, Cal. CHAPTERS— ALUMNA CHAPTER APPLETON . 1921 BALTIMORE . 1910 BLOOMINGTON . 1925 BOSTON . 1915 BURLINGTON . 1898 CHAMPAIGN-URBANA 1920 CHICAGO . 1896 CINCINNATI . 1913 CLEVELAND . 1903 COLUMBUS . 1897 DALLAS . 1925 DENVER . 1920 DES MOINES . 1920 DETROIT . 1913 EVANSTON . 1910 GREENCASTLE . 1893 HOUSTON . 1921 INDIANAPOLIS . 1897 ITHACA . 1923 KANSAS CITY . 1905 LINCOLN . 1909 LOS ANGELES . 1901 COR. SEC Y. Margaret Ritchie . Mrs G. N. Stieff . Edna E. Johnson . Mrs Charles Grover . Mrs H. A. Mayforth.. . . Mary B. Davis . Jessie L. Farr . Mrs E. D. Coons . Mrs Lester Rogers . Gladys A. Roland . Mrs Ralph Bryan . Mrs A. G. Wineman . Mrs Edgar M. Brown.. . Mary Ellen Read . Mrs Norman McKinney. Mrs J. P. Allen, jr . Mrs W. S. Woodruff _ Mrs Harold E. Sutherlin. Anna L. Payne . Mrs H. I. Eager . Dorothy Colburn . Mrs Frederic Conant. . . ADDRESS 845 E. College av. Appleton, Wis. 108 Ridgewood rd. Roland Park, Md. 421 E. 4th st. Bloomington, Ind. 38 Vista av. Auburndale, Mass. 161 S. Prospect st. Burlington, Vt. 404 S. Lincoln av. Urbana, Ill. 1806 Wesley av. Evanston, Ill. Erie and Whitney avs. Madisonville, Cincinnati, O. 3376 E. Fairfax rd. Cleveland Heights, O 1376 E. Broad st. Columbus, O. 4341 Irving av. Dallas, Tex. 429 E. 14th av. Denver, Colo. 3222-4th st. Des Moines, la. 1559 Atkinson st. Detroit, Mich. 7058 Greenview av. Chicago, Ill. 636 E. Seminary st. Greencastle, Ind. 5102 Crawford st. Houston, Tex. 3909 N. Pennsylvania st. Indianapolis, Ind. 129 Highland pi. Ithaca, N. Y 1200 E. 59th st. Kansas City, Mo. 414 S. 15th st. Lincoln, Neb. 2810 N. Beachwood dr. Los Angeles, Cal.
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MADISON . 204 Highland av. Madison, Wis. 763-55th st. 1912 MILWAUKEE . Mrs R. F. Kieft . . . 1921 Milwaukee. Wis NASHVILLE . Marian Mathews . 1802 Acklen av. 1923 NEW ORLEANS . . Nashville, Tenn. 4216 Elk st. 1920 New Orleans, La NEW YORK. . . . 9-8th av. 1895 OKLAHOMA CITY . Brooklyn, N. Y. 200 E. 14th st. 1916 OMAHA . Ruth Miller . Oklahoma City, Okla. 5013 Cass st. 1910 PASADENA Omaha, Neb. 782 Arroyo dr. Pasadena, Cal. 4927 Morris st. 1925 PHILADELPHIA Helen D. Armor . 1898 PITTSBURGH Mrs J. W. Kinncar, jr . Germantown, Pa. 6533 Darlington rd. Pittsburgh, Pa. 446 E. 37th N. 1902 PORTLAND Mrs Virgil Cooper . 1911 PROVIDENCE . Martha W. Watt . Portland, Ore 2144 Broad st. 1912 ROCHESTER. . . Mrs L. J. Summerhays . Providence, R. I. 41 Genesee Park blvd. 1923 ST. LOUIS . Mrs G. W. Penney . Rochester, N. Y. 5169 Enright av. St. Louis, Mo. 2241 Durant av. 1909 SAN FRANCISCO Mrs O. J. Haynes . 1909 SEATTLE Mrs A. J. Quigley . Berkeley, Cal. 3049 E. Laurelhurst dr. 1908 SPOKANE. . Inis Williams . Seattle, Wash. 2511 W. Mallon av. 1913 SYRACUSE. . . . Mrs F. C. King, jr . Spokane, Wash. 100 Summit av. 1903 TACOMA . Mrs Augustus Denman . . Syracuse, N. Y. 3927 N. Gove st. 1915 TOPEKA . Mrs Douglas Bowman . Tacoma, Wash. 1112 Western av. 1909 TORONTO . Elizabeth Maclennan . Topeka, Kan. 31 Oriole Parkway 1911 TWIN CITIES . Mrs Donald Fraser . Toronto, Ont. Can. 2428 Humboldt av. S. 1895 WASHINGTON. . . . Louise Marbut . Minneapolis, Minn 3220-17th st. N.W. 1918 WICHITA . . Helen Johnston . Washington, D. C. 130 N. Lorraine st. 1922 Wichita, Kan. ALUMNA CLUBS CITY SECRETARY ADDRESS Ann Arbor, Mich . Atlanta, Ga . Austin, Tex . Boise, Idaho . Boulder, Colo . Buffalo. N. Y . Clarksburg, W. Va . Duluth. Minn.. . . . Erie, Pa . Eugene, Oreg . Fort Collins, Colo . Ft. Worth, Tex . Gary, Ind . Grand Forks, N I) . Grand Islands, Neb . Harrisburg, Pa . Honolulu, Hawaii . Lafayette, Ind . Lawrence, Kan . Long Beach. Cal . Louisville, Ky . Meadville, Pa . Memphis, Tenn . Miss Frances Swain . Mrs Walter Powell . Mrs Raymond Everett . Miss Elizabeth Barrett . Mrs Donald Mclnnes . Mrs R. V. S. Richmond . Miss June Flowers . Miss Dorothy C. McKav . Miss S. Gertrude Stunt* . Miss Marian L. Chapman . Miss Margaret Galbraith . Miss Lois Benton . Mrs Edna A. Lockridge . Mrs P. R. Bangs . Mrs J. A. Ferguson . Miss Helen L. McFarland . Miss Charlotte Hall . Mrs K. R. Snyder . Mrs L. E. Sisson . Mrs Fred Miller . Mrs A. B. Sawyer . Miss Helen R. Adams . Miss Eleanor Richardson . 713 E. University st. 85 Montgomery Ferry Dr. 917 W. 31st st. 117 E. Bannock st. 1020 Mapleton av. 73 Lisbon st. 619 Mulberry st. 2026 Jefferson st. 125 W. 21st st. 1206 Mills st. 515 S Howes st. 1730-6th av. 548 Monroe st. 414 Woodland av. 1810 W. Charles st. 2101 Bellevue Rd. 2447 Oahu av. 811 N. 9th st. 1236 Louisiana st. 310 Marine Bank Bldg. Beach Spring Farm St. Matthews, Ky 636 N. Main st. 1289 Vinton av.
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Rockford, Ill . Miss Marion L. North . 608 Garfield av. St Joseph, Mo . Mrs. H. H. Conrad . 102 Victorian court. Salem, Oreg . Mrs Augustus Hixson . 247 N. Church st. Sioux Falls S. D . Miss Marie Leavitt . 630 W. 10th st. Stillwater, Okla . Toledo, Ohio . Miss Dorothy L. Hopkins . Mrs I. B. Winger . 2403 Lawrence av. Tucson, Ariz . Miss Georgette Rebeil . 620 N. 6th av Tulsa, Okla. . Mrs E. B. Hunt . 1207 S. St Louis av ALUMNA BOARD Aiumnae Secretary : Mrs J. M. Mecklin, 5 Webster Terrace, Hanover, N. H. Auociate Alumnae Secretary : Mrs Paul Darrough, 1021 W. 11th st. Oklahoma City, Okla. STATE CHAIRMAN ADDRESS Irma Unruh . Jane Rider . Arkansas . Darden Moose . Mrs J. J. Troy . Colorado . Mrs F. R. Poole . Connecticut . Thelma Edmunds . Delaware . See Maryland . District Columbia . Mrs Paul Kaufman . Florida . . See Georgia. Georgia . Bernice Kaufmann . Hawaii . Charlotte Hall . Idaho . Mrs. R. W. Merrill . Illinois . Mrs. Irwin Fathchild . Indiana . Edith N. Evans . Iowa . Bonnie Marshall . Kansas . Mrs Arch McKeever . Kentucky . Mrs. A. B. Sawyer . Louisiana . Mrs M P. Boulet . Maine . See Vermont. Maryland . Dorothy Wilson . Massachusetts Mrs Harold Bird . Michigan Mrs J. E. Hancock . Minnesota . Mrs Robert M. Thompson . Mississippi . See Alabama. Missouri . Mrs W. W. Horner . Dauphin Way Mobile, Ala. 459 Granada st. Tucson, Aria. Office of Attorney General Little Rock, Ark. 1030 Rubio Altadena, Calif. 1034 Ogden st. Denver, Colo. 527 Blue Hills av. Hartford, Conn 2910 R st. N.W. Washington, D.C. Apt. 12, 745 Ponce de Leon av Atlanta, Ga. 2447 Oahu av. Honolulu, Hawaii Orofino, Idaho 318 Leest. Evanston, 111. 302 Waldron st. W. Lafayette, Ind. 1210 8th st. Des Moines, la. 1214 W. 10th st. Topeka, Kan. Beach Spring Farm, St. Matthews, Ky. 4327 Canal st. New Orleans. La. 610 University Parkway Baltimore, Md. 43 Linnaean st. Cambridge, Mass. 353 Piper blvd. Detroit, Mioh. 3749 Lyndale av. 8. Minneapolis, Minn. 5842 Julian av. St. Louis. Mo.
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Mrs Wm. 8. Cotton . 1145 W. Porphyry st. Butte, Mont. 2336 Bradfield Dr. Mrs Vance Traphagen . Mrs W. E. Clark . Lincoln, Neb President's House. Univ. of Nevada, Reno, Nev. Mrs C. S.Mears . Riverton, N. J. Mrs Clarence Rogers . Bergen, N. Y. 106 W. Franklin st. Mrs A. M Lommen . Chapel Hill, N. C. Box 437 Mrs Martin Haney . Grand Forks, N. D. 75 McNaughton st. Mrs B. M. Thompson . Akron, Ohio. 202 E. 11th st. Mrs D. A. Hathaway . Oklahoma City. Okla. 300 E. 46th st. Mrs K. C. Randall . Portland, Ore. 133 Dewey av. Edgewood, Pittsburgh, Penn 970 M. H. del Pilar Philippines Mrs P. D. Carman . Tularin Mrs R. B. Snow . Manila, Ph. I. 78 Maynard st Pawtucket, R I. GoiifK Pornlinft See North Carolina . South Dakota Mrs J. C. Knittel . Vermilion, S. D. 2212 Highland av. Nashville. Tenn 610 Marshall st. TonnpHSPA Stella Scott Vaughn . Taroja Mrs P. J. Neff . Utah Mrs Roy M. Cross . Houston, Tex. 4218 S. 7th st. east Vermont Mrs B. B. Lane . Salt Lake City Utah. 39 Cliff st. Virtrinift Cora Byrd Ames . Burlington, Vt. Pungoteaque, Va. 4312 N. 37th st. Washington . Mrs E. A. White . West Virginia . Mrs J. R. Romine . Tacoma, Wash. 224 E. Main st. Wisconsin Sada E. Buckmaster . Clarksburg. W. Va. 101 N. Mills st. Wyoming . See Nevada. HAlpnWaltnn Madison, Wis. Canada . . 10 South Drive Foreign Lands . Hathaway Gibbens . Toronto, Ont. 1404 Ootavia st. New Orleans, La. AIN’T SCIENCE WONDERFUL? A prominent physicist in our fraternity has been studying Newton’s Laws of Motion as applied to alumni clubs, and deduces the following: 1. A stationary body exerts no energy. 2. In a moving body, a force applied to it changes its momentum. 3. Action and reaction are opposite. From these three laws might be developed a whole code of alumni club procedure. — A T, Quarterly
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ALUMNiE CHAPTER MEETINGS Each alumnae chapter extends a cordial invitation to all Thetas to attend its meetings. APPLETON ALUMNA, second Monday each month, 6 P. M. Call Mrs D. W. Bergstrom, jr. Neenah, Phone: 1529. BURLINGTON ALUMNA], third Tuesday each month, Theta house, 215 S. Prospect st. CHAMP AIGN-URBANA ALUMNA, second Saturday each month. Luncheon 1 p. m. followed by business. Call Mrs A. D. Mulliken, 706 E. Elm st. Champaign. CHICAGO ALUMNA, third Saturday each month, 12 M. Luncheon 1 p. M. Marshall Fields tea room. For reservation call Jessie Farr. Phone: University 4516. CLEVELAND ALUMNA, second week each month, 1 P. u. Call Mrs Frank L. Scott, jr. Phone: Fairmount 5085 J. DALLAS ALUMNA, last Tuesday each month. Call Mrs T. E. Swim. Phone : U 4945. DES MOINES ALUMNA, first Saturday each month. Call Mrs Edgar Brown. Phone: Market 1596. DETROIT ALUMNA, luncheon first Saturday each month, 12 M. Women’s City club. Monthly social meetings, call Mrs Fred Broock, 2526 Calvert av. GREENCASTLE ALUMNA, third Saturday each month. Call Mrs J. P. Allen, jr. ITHACA ALUMNA, third week each month. Call Anna L. Payne. Phone : 4998. KANSAS CITY ALUMNA, luncheon first Saturday each month, 1 p. M. Call Mrs H. L. Mantz. Phone: Linwood 6810. NASHVILLE ALUMNA, second and fourth Tuesdays, Theta house, 305 24th av. S. Supper with meeting following. PASADENA ALUMNA, second Monday each month. Call Mrs H. A. Finch. Phone: Wakefield 5966. PITTSBURGH ALUMNA, third Saturday each month, 2:30 p. M. Theta house, 409 Neville st. PROVIDENCE ALUMNA, third Tuesday each month, 7:30 P. M. Call Martha Watt. Phone: Broad 2915 J. SAN FRANCISCO ALUMNA, luncheon fourth Saturday each month. 12:30 p. M. Hotel St Francis. Monthly social meetings. Call Mrs A. B. Davidson, 1934 Berryman st. Berkeley. SEATTLE ALUMNA, first Monday each month. Call Mrs A. J. Quigley, 3049 E. Laurelhurst dr. SYRACUSE ALUMNA, monthly. Call Helen J. Wright, 1000 W. Onondaga st. TACOMA ALUMNA, luncheon, second Saturday each month. Call Mrs Augustus Denman. Phone: Proctor 3216 J. TWIN CITIES ALUMNA, second Tuesday each month, 6 p. m. Theta house, 314 10th av. S. E. WASHINGTON ALUMNA, luncheon, first Tuesday each month at A.A.U.W. club, 1634 Eye st. N. W. 12:30 p. m.
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THETA LUNCHEONS