Sigma Kappa Triangle VOL. IV OCTOBER, 1909 No. 1

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SIGMA KAPPA SORORITY Founded at Colby College in 1874

FOUNDERS

MRS. L. D. CARVER, nee Mary Caffrey Low, 99 Sewall St., Augusta, Maine.

E LIZABETH GORHAM HOAG, (deceased) . MRS. J . B. PIERCE, nee Ida M. F uller, Kilbourn, Wisconsin. LOUISE HELEN COBURN, Skowhegan, Maine. MRS. G. W. HALL, nee Frances E. Mann, 221 E St., N. W., Washing­

ton, D. C. GRAND COUNCIL

President

MRS. GRACE COBURN SMITH, 2137 Bancroft Place, Washington, D. C.

Vice-President

HILA HELEN SMALL, . 232 Highland Ave., Somerville, Mass.

Secretary

MRS. EULA GROVE LINGER, 210 Jersey St., Buffalo, N. Y.

Treasurer

MRS. OLIVE ROBBINS HAVILAND, . The Knoll, Lansdowne, Pa.

Chairman of Executive Committee

GLADYS LEE STRAIGHT, 112 E. John St., Champaign, Ill.

GRAND REGISTRAR

MARY HELEN CASWELL,

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Waterville, Maine

GRACE ADA SMALL, . 232 Highland Ave., Somerville, Mass.

Associate Editor

EDITH MAY DAVIS, 241 Highland Avenue, Somerville, Mass.

Delegate to Inter-Sorority Conference

MRS. ANTRA K. MILLER, 1230 56th St., Chicago, Ill.

Secretary of Inter-Sorority Conference

MISS PEARLE GREEN, Kappa Alpha Theta, 15 East Ave., Ithaca, N. Y.

ROLL OF CHAPTERS

Alpha, 1874. Colby College, Waterville, Maine; Chapter Hall, Carleton Block, Main St. Secretary, Laura Day.

Beta and Gamma. Consolidated with Alpha.

Delta, 1904. Boston University, Boylston St., Boston, Mass. Chapter H ouse, 152 Massachusetts Ave., Boston. Cor. Secretary, Evelyn Z. Phelps.

Epsilon, 1905. Syracuse University, Syracuse, N. Y. 9hap­ter H ouse, 903 University Ave. Secretary, 1\lhldred A. Brown.

Zeta, 1906. George Washington University, Washington, D. C. Secretary, Ada R. Betts.

Eta, 1906. Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, Ill. Chapter House, 614 E. Front St. Secretary, Clara Heffernan.

Theta, 1906. University of Illinois, Champaign, Ill. Chap­ter House, 112 E. J ohn St. Secretary, Gladys Straight.

Iota, 1908. University of Denver , Denver, Colorado. Chap­ter House, 576 University Park. Secretary, Florence Colby.

Kappa, 1908. Brown University, Providence, R. I. Chapter Secretary, Mildred H atch.

Waterville Alumnae Chapter. Secretary', Ellen J. P eterso n, 28 College Ave., Waterville, Maine.

Portland Alumnae Chapter. Secretary, Mary E. Small, 108 Spring St., Westbrook, Maine.

Boston Alumnae Chapter. Secretary, Edith Dunham, 39 Car­mel t ., Chelsea, Ma s.

New York Alumnae Chapter. Secretary,

Rhode Island Alumnae Chapter. Secretary, Annie A. IcAllis­ter, 56 Rand t., Central Falls, R. I.

Washington Alumnae Chapter. Secretary, Lulu E. Conner, 727 Ma sachu etts Ave., N. E., Washington, D. C.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Convention On to Champaign Sigma Kappa's First Initiate A Sigma Idyl A Message to the Graduates of 1909 The Mystic Bond Song of the Greek The Violet's Way Evening on the Lake Views from Different Angles

The Choice of Material for Sigma Kappa The Four Year Girl High School Fraternities The Training of the Pledge Alumnae Influence

A Fifteen Hundred Dollar Scholarship The American College The Sorority Handbook Editorials Chapter Letters Personals Exchanges Ad vertismen ts

344 345 346 352 354 355 358 360 361 362 362 363 364 364 365 367 369 370 371 373 386 394 395

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WILL BE HELD WITH THETA CHAPTER,

CHAMPAIGN, ILLI OIS,

APRIL 14, 15, AND 16, 1910

ON TO CHAMPAIGN

It is none to early to begin to plan your trip to Champaign in April. A Sorority Convention may be regarded from many points of view, but we shall consider only ~wo here.

If you are a zealous, eager, enthusiastic Sigma Kapp a, you are desirous to keep in touch with all t hat concerns her wel­fare. How can you better do this t han by assuming a vital interest in the smallest details of Convent ion business? It is for you to help decide what shall or shall not be done; it is for you to lend your plea for or against t he future policy of your Sorority. Go to Convention and do it!

Second-The inspiration gained from the personal con­t act with your Sorority sisters from other Chapters, is inval­uable. 'Tis t hen and only t hen, t hat you realize that Sigma I{appa is not bounded by the four walls of your Chapter H ouse; 'tis then you realize that ident ical motives and ideals are re­vealed in the lives of girls who come from various par ts of the country; 'tis then you realize the strength of t he "mystic bond." •

Doubtless it is a broad statement to claim that no one can fully appreciate her Sorority until she has attended a Conven­tion. Nevertheless I venture to make just that assertion. For a fuller, deeper appreciation of all Sigma Kappa stands for; for a wiser and more sound judgment of what is best for Sigma Kappa, we must feel the grip of the girls fr om the east, t he the west, the north, and t he south; we must feel t he thrill as we hear the hundred voices singing the songs we love so well; we must gaze into the earnest faces and drink deep the earnest words t hat fall from t he lips of our other sisters as we sit about the banquet board.

Oh! If it is a possible thing, go to Champaign and see for yourself that wl1at I say is t rue!

Theta awaits you with a hearty welcome. Her new home has be~n built with your convenience in mind; her members

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are planning for your pleasure and comfort; her hospitality has no bounds. She wishes you to go to her; Sigma Kappa needs you to go to her; so let "On to Champaign" be your wat.chword!

SIGMA KAPPA'S FIRST INITIATE ELLEN STATRA KOOPMAN

Those students who sat in Professor T aylor's class-room in Colby College, on a September afternoon years ago, have not forgotten the effect produced by t he coming of a young woman soon after the beginning of the lesson . She was late to the first Freshman recitation; she vvas among str angers ; yet, with a coolne s that was not self-assertion , wit h a self-expres­sion that was not egotism, she walked well poised, to the nearest empty chair. There was an uncommon personality; it radiated serenity, simplicity, self-control. It breathed earn­estness, ent.husiasm, power. The face wore a look of happi­ne , a. of finding something long sought. The brown eyes canied a look of sympathy for others; the lips, even by the unspoken word, suggested encouragement and help. Nervous undergraduates returned wit h a sense of relief to t he direful i)reface of Livy, as the lesson, for a moment interrupted, was re umecl. Thus early did Ellen Koopman exerci e the quali­ties of mind and oul that in pired and enriched the lives of her college companion as time ,vent on .

\YiLh Mi ··s Koopman's entmnce in to college began the period of study, for which ·he had always longed. From the first day of her fir t collep;e year, her real life began . Born the tbughter"of a wedi h sea-captain, her early childhood was pent partly on hip-L>o:..rd with an elder sister and with

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her mother, who died in Havana, after a short sickness. At one time Ellen lived in a small coast town of France; at another tirr::e in Gottenburg, with her kinsmen. Freeport, Maine, was her birthplace. There she passed through the first school days. Having decided to go to college, she learned that the path to knowledge often follows a field of thorns. Loss of health effecting her eyesight, was the cause of long delay. Means for paying her tuition were limited. In these adverse circumstances she never complained, because she had no chance, but undismayed and undaunted, studied at West­brook, at Hebron, and at home. ·The coveted opportunity walked with slow step. Meantime, women were admitted to Colby. Here came Nellie Koopman in the twenty-first year of her age . Forgetting past trials as bravely as she had borne them, Ellen found pleasure in the routine of work. How happy she was here! Always respected and admired, she was not at first looked upon as a companion, because of her natural shyness in conversation,-yet, with the utmost of the capacity that was hers, she tried to overcome this fault and succeeded. She was a good converser and a good listener. She had for a chum, a little country girl, years younger than herself, a girl who had scarcely ever left her own village, who now felt an awe at the thought of intimacy with the young woman who wore quaint corals and tourquoise from Italy, and silver pins from Denmark, who could repeat the Lord's Prayer in French and in liquid Swedish. But the awe vanished in the daily living together, until the one, young, undisciplined, immature, free from responsibility and care, and therefore, thoughtless and selfish, sat at the feet of the other, the guide, the adviser, the gentlewoman, the swayer of souls, the woman of sound judg­ment, who accomplished much, who, had she lived, would have accomplished more, the woman who could have become the leader of great minds, or the mother of great men, a Brunn­hilde of her inherited Norse legends, an Isolt of her precious birth-right of song. The younger student, grown to woman­hood, learned to know the Swede in her classmate's father­land, even in the city of her people. She perceived the inborn love of the race for beauty, a love that must need line the grimy

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business streets with the pink horsechestnut trees and the p ur ­ple lilac,-a love that cau:oes the fisherman to leave his net ~nd watch the tw:light on his fjord . She saw the mothers dv.·elhng in the well-nigh impassable mountains, saving the small money value of cheese-making and lace-weaving against the day when the children could be sent to the nearest school; mothers bat­tling for their offspring even as the sea-bird on the rocks below the mountain, fights for its young against the wolves and man. Everywhere the waiting wives of those who follow the sea, and the working wives of those who till the soil; everywhere, too, wives and mothers of learned men. In every one the quality of self defence, of trust in others, that springs from a trusty self; a brave race with the blood of old heroes in its veins . Then she knew from what tree was stripped tl;le fibre of which Ellen Koopman was finely organized,-nay, finished .

The college men soon learned that Miss Koopman did not approve of women's rights; that she was gentle, though strong of will ; that so far from looking for prizes or scarcely for a word of praise from the teacher, the girl's long pent-up nature was seeking only for a chance to express it:oelf; was begging for the sweetest, rarest meaning of book lore; was craving to receive inwardly the great and beautiful -thoughts of the ages; that in this lovely character lay no wish to be the best scholar of the class, but only true gladness when another won,-true sonow when another failed. Whatever Miss Koopman undertook she accomplished . Whatever she did, she did well . She would have liked to study everything; she loved any book, yet she had preferences, because her mind was analytic and critical. There was in the class only one other mathematician equally able as Miss Koopman. Her lectures written in connection with work in geology and physical geography were concise, ·well built and scientific, and gave evidence of a reasoning power beyond the experience and the years of the writer; yet he memorized these lectures with difficulty, and had little ad­

miration for the classmate who, failing to understand an equa­tion of problem, ·would glibly recite, remembering the turn of the phra e of the ubtlety of the sentence.

The study of language, its origin and its traditions, the

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causes and meanings of words, dear to the lover of tongues, did not appeal to Miss Koopman's mind. Yet, in this study she was never deficient, while from the Greek she drew the culture that it sheds for every pilgrim at its shrine. A seeker for beauty everywhere, she loved the Greek poetry in English version. The Epic of Homer interested her as the foundation of the English Epic, as well as of all the old English poetry that she preferred. Unable to write one simple line of poetry her­self, she read it every day and rejoiced in its rythmn and har­mony. She m:ed to recite many of Poe's poems. One night as she read "It was Many and Many a Year Ago in a Kingdom by the Sea,n her voice strangely moved the girls who listened.

In an essay on "The Woman Pcet" Miss Koopman wrote as follows of the marked individuality in the poetry of the Brownings: "Every poet has his distinctive characteristic by which we recognize his song, yet we find lines in any one of the poets Milton, Longfellow, Swinburne, Tennyson, that could be assigned to either of the others. But even the shortest line of the Brownings, has its inimitable :seal." Of Mrs. Browning she wrote, "Something of Mrs. Browning's early life may be learned from 'Aurora Leigh.' Who that has read this poem did not feel his heart go out toward the lonely little girl who felt a mother-want about the world,

And still went seeking like a bleating lamb, Left out at night, in shutting up the fold ."

In one place Miss Koopman wrote, "It is the aim of art to conceal art. A fine picture in which the painter has been true to his model absorbs us in admiration of itself, but a single de­fect suggests the artist. Mrs. Browning conti1,1ually loses sight of this. In every poem she writes herself. It is her chief aim, and other aims must be subordinate. True, it leads to bad lines and often painful abruptness, but these served her pur­pose. Yet, it is in these poems that she shows herself most intensly a woman; that she writes most simply. We have nothing more exquisite and worthy of her genius, than he1· 'Sonnets from the Portugese.'"

In another place, "In nothing is the lofty character of her

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imagination better shown, than in the 'Drama of Exile.' In this poem the imagination is of a daring kind. It ventures on the theme of a Milton, and often does not fall far l:::elow him. However, the critics may lay it aside with the epitah 'Splen­did Failure.' Such passages as the descrip tion of the Lion and the personification of Eternity stand as proof that in imagery it is successful."

After writing this essay, Ellen Koopman told a classmate "I know what Longfellow rr.eans by his line, 'with the rapture of invention, with the fervor of creation.'" She felt that she herself was lacking in originali ty and power of imagination; she was astonished that after effort, she could write so much as this . Unconsciously she had let her~elf into the written pages that minor her personality, although they ~ontained not one egotistical line . "Never draw the rein on your imagi­nation," she used to say,-"Let it run away with you, if only yo u can create something. It is well to think and to reason of course, but, Oh, to be able to make something!"

During the Sophomore year the class wrote on subjects hom Shakespeare, as directed by Professor Smit h. Miss Koop­man's ar ticles on "The Growth of Ambition in the Mind of Macbeth," the "Character of Coriolanus," "The Irresolution of Hamlet," vvere her best literary efforts. Given the~e and kindred subjects, she could deduce, theorize, apprehend and dissect characteristics to her heart's content. At the open­ing of the third college year, an honorary junior part in senior exhibition wa given to Ellen S. Koopman.

There is little to mention of Miss Koopman' s connection \rith Sigma Kappa, unless · the fact that she was the first girl initiated by the charter member·. When we review her three year in the Sorority, what impresses us most is her thought for the girl to come. She worked for the future of Sigma. The ' i terhood he loved has expanded beyond her greatest hope . It mu t be that the young isters, born since her death , \Yill be o-lad to read of her. Let them remember and h nor her, the fir t child of io-ma Kappa.

Mi Koopman wa an earnest follo\\·er of an orthodox faith, ·et holding firmly her own convictions, she never tried

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to conform another's opinions to her own . She was not a re~ former, nor a preacher; discussions were foreign to her quiet­ness. If she had grer.t respect for tradition , she could make allowance for freedom of thought. Her prayer was, "God te merciful to me, the Sinner." Her faith to her was a certainty. If the intellect was not always consulted for evidence, what matter, since the girl who possessed so subli me a faith was a moral power in the college.

Since the coming of the pioneer women-students to Colby, times have changed and standards of conduct are different. The generation of today takes as a matter of course all that was new to those who were the first to make the experiment. Once, the Colby girl studied what she was told to study; she could not choose; were it Greek, Calculus or Mechanics, she must make the attack. Miss Koopman believed that wise teachers knew wise methods whereby her mind could be trained to study, and whereby her soul would waken later to the "Sweet­ness and Light," then suggested, if not quite revealed. She said, after two years of college life, that she had learned to think; that if ever she had believed certain studies useless, it was because she had not then learned how to study. Her fore­thought and her judgment were admirable.

In those days a college term meant work and no play. There was no tennis court, no basket ball ; plays, tableaux, banjo clubs, chafing-dish supper3, were unknown. There was a yearly re ception at the house of the President; now and then a boat ride on the Messalonskee . By day-light, by lamp-light, the girls worked apace; they went to bed early, they got up early, yet t here ·was not a prig nor a prude in the whole happy band. Miss Koopman was for ced to leave college at t he begin­ning of the Senior year. Her lost health was not re covered. There is no need to speak of the next five year3 of bodily suf­fering; hers was a spirit that suffering could not touch; hers a sweet, fresh, continuing youth that could never grow old nor vvorn by pain; loved of t he Gods to pass young from t he earth. If it may not here be said t hat Ellen Koopman was in advance, mentally and spirit ually of other college ·women, it may be as­serted t hat a great spiritual illumination was hers. She died

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as she had lived, in content and peace. She had followed the vision of the soul ; now would the vision becorr.e reality.

One day in June, two who knew and loved her, walked in the campus the paths she used to chooE:e. Under the willows was growing the Sigma violet, as it grew for her, its lover. The woodbine that her hand planted was clinging to its stone. Sigma girls humming Sigma songs were walking s rm in arm. From the library window, the two looked on the Kennebec river, no less lovely than when the thoughtful girl watched its quick waters. From the Chapel came singing voices: "In the Cross, in the Cross be My Glory Ever." It was her favorite hymn, sung on an anniversary of her death. The alto of the common chor~, great in its simplicity was like her voice and like her. "In the Cross," the voice r ang out undoubting and victorious. On that morning everything was alive; nature was glad; the boys and girls of the college were glad even in living. They who loved her said, "She too, lives."

Emily P. Meader,

Colby College, Alpha Chapter.

A SIGMA IDYL

On a velvet mo -green carpet, Lulled by , oothing mu ic deep

From a murmuring rill be ide me, Once I laid me down to sleep.

Lovely violets stood around me With their heart of deep maroon

nd their oft-hued la.v'nder petaL , ature' deare t, faire t boon.

A $igma Idyl

How I loved the dainty flower, Darling of the Sigma's heart!

How I clung to those bright blossoms, Fain from them would never part!

But e'en while I lay there gazing On their radiance and grace,

One frail nodding bloom drooped sadly, And I ne'er more saw her face.

Ah! my heart was sad and lonely, And my eyes with tears brimmed o'er;

For why one so loved and lovely Should thus die, perplexed me sore.

As I tried to still the aching Lo! before my tear-dimmed eye

I beheld a chord of lav'nder Reaching from me to the sky.

To my eager gaze uplifted, There appeared my violet lost:

In her hands the corals that bound me, Crushed by grief and sorrow tost

To her, beautiful, transfigured, From all care and grief at rest;

To the heav'n that she had entered, That dear haven of the blest.

While my heart was ever lonely That her lips I could not kiss,

Yet my sorrow changed to gladness At her happiness and bliss;

And I prayed that I might some clay Fair enough be deemed to stand

At her side and in her heaven, Happy in that wondrous land.

One by one the other blossoms To the life beyond were born.

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Though each loss caused a new heart-pang, Left me sadder, more forlorn,

Still the breaking of each earth-tie Forged a new chain to the skies,

And the ever widening circle Beckoned me to heaven to riEe.

While I still lay sadly longing For true rest in that abode,

Where I too, could join the violets And abandon sorrow's load,

Death had lost for me his terrors, All the dread I ' d felt before:

And why earth's beloved are taken vVas a mystery no more .

M. S. S., Colby '99-'00.

A MESSAGE TO THE GRADUATES OF 1909

(The following letter from our Grand President has been printed in illuminated text and sent to each of the Sigma Kappa graduates of last year. Notice came too late for pub­lication in the July Triangle, but the Editor feels that the un­dergraduates may gain much from reading it, and gladly in­"erts it in this issue.)

Dear Sweet Gid Graduate:-

With the close of college days the time has come when you mu. t bid good-bye to Sigma Kappa's 1:oof-tree, and go forth hom her fo terino· care, and her encirclino· arm of love, into the larger life. Will the daughter forget her mother.

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Nay, rather shall the love grow stronger, the devotion deeper, and the ties more binding with the passing years.

As you enter upon the new duties of life, may you earn­estly strive to make the little world in which you live,-the little world whm:e horizon is limited only by the boundary of your infiuence,-your little world,-a better, and brighter, happier place freer from sorrow, more brightly lighted by the sunlight of divine love, becauEe you dwell in it. So shall you honor Sigma Kappa and her fair ideals. So shall life yield you her choicest opportunity and blessing.

For a parting motto may I give you the beautiful words of one of our Founders, Mary Lowe Carver:

"The Infinite PurpoEe works with us or without us, but earth grants us no greater privilege than to be consciously at one with the Divine."

Faithfully yours in the Mystic Bond,

Grace Coburn Smith,

Grand President of Sigma Kappa.

THE MYSTIC BOND ALICE J. MACOMBER, Kappa

It was a dull, dreary first of May, when one Sigma, wear­ing a brave fron~ without, but having secret misgivings within, d~scended the gang-plank of the good ship "Dorchester," bound for Norfolk, Va. To the chance observer there may have ap­peared nothing unusual, but in reality the attraction between two tiny triangles, one in Charlotte, N. C., the other in Rhode I sland, was acting with the irrisistible force that brings Sigmas together.

An outside stateroom, with a steady downpour of a more

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than April shower , muffling the rumbling thunder and shock of the stevedore's activity below, in time caused the lonely Sio·ma to foro·et that home was behind her and the unknown

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before . As oblivion settled down reports of a hurricane in the south, vaguely presented the mselves.

Ten hours later the vague memories became sharply de­fined, when the Sigma realized that alt hough the hurricane had passed, it had left l::ehind it troubled waters . The helpless sea was still raging and writhing at the insults that had been hear:ed upon it by a shrieking, exultant te mpest. It was with relief that t he changes in temperature and motion, indicating t hat t hough South was approaching and Norfolk but a night's joumey distant, were noted.

The second morning disclosed the sparkling waters and sunny shores of Hampton Roads. It was hard to believe t hat such balmy skies, gentle waters, and green banks were but t hirty-six hours away from the dull grayness of Rhode I sland. Quietly, but in an assured fashion, the "Dorchester" swung up to her dock, and the lone Sigma found her baggage appropri­n.t.ecl by an undersized being wearing a suspicious green patch over one eye. The other or b seemed fi lled with knowledge gleaned by unlawful means, but in a business-like fashion which appeared oddly out of place, he hastened t he few passen­ger into an ancient vehicle, drawn by steeds of doubtful origin. The streets were of cobblestones, the vehicle springless, the way " ·incling, but mercifully short, when t he hu gh ebony dri­ver, with a sm ile t hat cleaved his face in half, deposited one pa enger at n.n empty station two hours before the ferry was due.

Two hour , plus the usual allowance to be made for South­ern ·checl ules, wn. a long t ime and gave the traveller time for rcA ction. The :tr.tion cat n.pproac hecl in a hungry fa. hi on, but decided that the clark corner ' by the stove offered more chance · for breakfa t. A tray cloo- '"antlered in and in evi­d nt n.pprcciation of the situation, offered his back to be ~rralch d. A. the un mounted higher, good-natme l blacks roll d hy, eating Iaro-e Aat cake. , and cloino- a double shuffle no"· and then in the sheer joy of living. At lu ·t the ticket

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agent arrived, closely followed by a group of travelling men, some showing that the preceding Sunday had not been a day of rest.

In the due course of time a whistle blew, and the drum­mers led the way to the ferry. As the Sigma entered the boat, one t hought was to avoid t he portion assigned to smokers. Passing the knot of commercial travellers, she found her way to an unoccupied end of the ferry. The shipping in the harbor, the naval hospital, and many other sights, held her attention until she realized that the drummer with weary eyes, was say­ing with a northern accent, "Pardon me, madame. You are in the colored end of the boat." Much chastened and much wiser, the Sigma followed her "knight of t he grip" back to a seat among the business men. That was the teginning of a trip of two hours by boat and train, in which the lone Sigma was also a lone woman.

Slowly the two cars crawled after the reluctant engine, through countless miles of strawberry fie lds and truck gardens, past decrepit cabins where race suicide was unknown, and the the family from granny, with her pipe, to the latest arrival, came out to cheer the daily train on its feeble way.

In the midst of rich, red clover and sheltering elms nestled the distant plantation houses, spots of civilization delighting the eye.

At intervals, without apparent cause for being, a store and a hotel presented themselves, and the train stopped in sur­prise. From nowhere in particular men with wild mustaches and curious eyes, came and went. As the day grew hotter the passengers grew fewer, but the feminine quantity remained con­stant. The fatherly old conductor played host and enter­tained, pointing out the trail of the three day's old hurricane, where it had uprooted dignified trees and laid them promiscu­ously upon house or cabin. At nuon the train paused with a sigh of relief, and the host, as it were, led t he way to the only building in sight, an enormous hotel where twenty minutes were spent showing proper respect to real fried chicken.

The engine as well as the passengers seemed refreshed by the pause, and contentedly attacked the increasing hills, while

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the Sigma divided her time between the scenery and a book. Darkness came on, stores and hotels became less distant, towns appeared, cities flickered out of the gloom, and just be­fore midnight, a dirty crumpled, weary object, who had begun to feel that the greatest hardships in t he trip had been the lack of some one with whom to talk, tumbled out of the train into the arms of the waiting Sigma at Charlotte, N. C.

There was no longer a lone Sigma, but a gathering of Rhode Island Alumnae, for the magnetic tTiangles had come together.

SONG OF THE GREEK AiT-"Over the Banister."

Back in my frisky young college days When fires of youth were burning,

Then I looked on the frats wit h an ardent gaze Garnering stores of learning;

The men were banded in brotherhoods ' The girls like to wear their frat pins;

ororities flourished like summer woods, And girls also owned their Greek pin .

I tudied and lenrned ti ll I grew, t is true, A wi e as an old Confucius-

Wi,er thnn he, for he never knew The Knppn, Sigma Cadeuceu. ;

Nor ever donned with a lordly air The draaon fierce of Beta, nd neYer I'm sure wa he a ked io \Year The badge of Phi Delta Theta.

Song of the Greek

Over the campus the Greek girls fly, Numerous as the sparrows;

For one there is old Pi Beta Phi, Oh, dainty pins are the anows.

Sigma Kappa by 'Triangle told, Gamma Phi wears the crescent,

Every maid honors her pin of gold Adorned with jewels inidescent.

Haply we're singing the old Phi Gam Or the Delta Gamma anchor,

Yet to all we make our low salaam, Our rivalry without rancor;

The Sigma Alpha Epsilon Or Chi Omega's luring-

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When Greek meets Greek then the song prolong­Our friendship is enduring.

Whether we're wearing the cross or key, We still believe it_royal-

An A. T . 0. or a K.K. G.-Equally are vYe loyal;

Our cheers may be for Alpha Phi, For Delta Tau be ringing­

But for our beloved fraternity Our praises we're proudly singing.

Ethelyn Miller,

Iota of Sigma Kappa.

THE VIOLET'S WAY

" Such a starved bank of moss, On t hat May morn ;

Blue r an t he fl ash across, Violets were born. "

The Mar t ian astronomers, if t hey h ave an eye for color must gaze wit h delight at t he nor thern half of our hemisphere as t he soft sprin gtime colors fl ash nor thward in to t he cold 1vhiteness of t he nor thern snovv. As t he ice recedes its t hin sout hern edge is everywhere t inted wit h t he p ale pink of wood ane mones, while soon following t hem over hills and valleys, plains and meadows, t he surgent violets fl ash t he world wi t h blue. The violets represent opport unit ies. Their honey is for t he bee and their fain t perfu me, and lovely color for who­ever will catch them in passing, but few of t hese beaut iful spring fl owers of t he violet produ ce seed.

Cattle crop t hem from t he pastures, living daint ily on vio­lets n,nd clew, and the scythe of early summer adds t hem to t he hay crop for the delight of other cattle, while even t hose that survive, ripen but few seeds. If t he plants which stand for our lives, depended on these blossoms for reproduction t hey would in a short t ime become extinct.

The violet, though she flames forth t hus beaut iful to the eyes of the world, has domestic yearnings hidden in her hear t, dreams of fl o1Yer far different from thm:e which she fl aunts so boldly . After the :;:eason of scent and beauty is over , she pro­duces the -·e others, hidden almost in the brown earth, and so utterly in ·ignificant in appearance that few lovers of wood­land thing know them. These bear seeds in profusion and overswollen perhaps wit h pride and consciousness of their own true wor th, burst and catter them afar.

'Yhich plant do we repre ent, the one that sends for t h only beauty and perfume to the IYOrld and the one that is cropped by the cattle, or the one full of eeds of oppor tunity

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and yearnings already put into action? Every Sigma is a vio­let, either of one kind or the other. let us each be t he "Sig­ma Violet," always exercising our possibilities and opportun­it ies, always acco mplishin g sorr:.e good deed, and of real t r ue service to others.

H arriet L. Finch, Epsilon '10.

EVENING ON THE LAKE

Softly we row, Gently vYe go

On t he lake, where the sum:et's last rays are :::een ; Where the gray now shro uds The color-t inged clouds,

And t he dark lines of evening envelop the green.

Softly we go, Gently v,re go,

Silently drift t hrough t he shadows of night, While through the dark pines The August moon shines,

Bathing t he lake in its silver light,.

Marion Heilprin, Zeta ' 12.

VIEWS FROM DIFFERENT ANGLES

THE CHOICE OF MATERIAL FOR SIGMA KAPPA

"No building is stronger than its corner stone" is a true saying and in the Sorority the corner stone is the character of the girls who bear its name.

Now the question is-what sort of girls should be chosen to enter a Sorority? Of course it is understood by all, that girls who are talented, who have unusual intellectual po·wers, a pleasing appearance and charming manners are an asset to any Sorority. There is little use it seems to me, of discussing such a self-evident fact. However, there are a few qualities, perhaps not generally considered during the strenuous "rush­ing season," which make the girl possessing them an invaluable addition to any Sorority and among them is "adaptability."

The girl who can adjust herself to circumstances as they exist in a crowded Chapter House; who can continue to live on pleasant and sympathetic terms in close contact with girls of widely differing temperament is often of greater value to a Chapter than her more brilliant sister, who lacks this gift .

Perhaps "adaptability" is merely another name for "elf­control. The girl who can control her temper, have ideas with­out feeling the need of at once communicating them to others, and who is willing to allow others to have opinions of their own, will make a pleasing addition to any Chapter.

Then again, girls with a purpo e are certainly desirabl!:l. I do not mean that they must nece sarily be embryo doctor , lawyers, or teachers, but girls who intend to accomplish some­thing in life, and are trying to fit themselves to do that work in the best possible manner. Girls who because of that ambition are making the mo t of their chances and triving to develop themseh·es as much a lies within their power.

l\Io t valuable of all, however, i. the girl capable of an un­elfish loyalty to her i ters and to the Sorority as a whole. he will be ready to acrifice all con iderations of per onal

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preferment and gain when it is for the welfare of the society. She will have that eager enthusiasm for her society which always commands the admiration and respect of everyone with whom she comes in contact.

Such a girl will gain her reward, because by her unselfish consideration for others, she develops for herself a strong, loveable character and realizes th·at the greatest happiness in college is found where "one heart, one way fol' all, reigns su­preme."

Harriet A. March, '06.

THE FOUR YEAR GIRL

Every Sorority anxious to keep up and increase its strength, must recognize the necessity of each year selecting girls who plan to take the full four years' course . Four years' training in the affairs of the Sorqrity is none too long to insure alumnae who are sufficiently well acquainted with their organ­ization to be able to further its interests in a new and larger field . Not less does the efficiency of the Active Chapter de­pend on a large majority of fo-ur year girls than does that of the Sorority as a national unit . In one short year a girl can only begin to appreciate the beauty of the ideals held up before her and can do little more than wonder at the complexity of many phases of the sisterhood. A longer acquaintance makes inev­itable a larger understanding and consequently a more con­plete sympathy with the Sorority. The places left unfilled by girls who do not return after their first or second year form spots of weakness in the Chapter. If these places remain va­cant or if they are filled by new girls, the loss is not quickly or easily repaired. Let us then, in our consideration of new mem­bers for our Sorority, observe as closely as possible the princi­ple of selecting girls who will remain in the Active Chapter for four years.

Helen Robinson, Alpha '10.

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HIGH SCHOOL FRATERNITIES

The subject of fraternities in the high schools has been agitated pro and con for quite a number of years. It has be­come an issue in registration in the seconda.ry schools of Colo­rado this year and the fraternities have asked the protection of the courts against the Board of Education of Denver. Surely this subject would not be so prominent if there were not some deep-laid reason for the objection on the part of educators. Such a reason I have tried to discover by various means, chiefly by watching the methods of the various Greek societies in the secondary sehools.

Loyalty is one of t he greatest principles of the fraternal idea, but loyalty to friends does not stipulate an exclusion of others to the possible embarassment of the excluded. True loyalty should be backed by a poise that makes its spirit felt, though unspoken.

Again the contemporary societies have a way of beli ttle­ing each other. This surely indicates a ·weakness, for great spirits feel kindly toward each other.

The poise acquired in the maturer years of college life, is usually an undeveloped quali ty in High School students. The broad outlook, the necessary perspective and the conception of values, are essential to true fraternal welfare. Lacking initi­ative ability and possessing much of imitative spirit, high school students establish unworthy fr aternity standards and dwarf their judgment in its development.

Florence McKean, I ota 1910.

THE TRAINING OF THE PLEDGE

A we talked matter over last year at the close of the ru hing sea on, we came to the conclu. ion that it >votlld be a good plan to give our pledO'es ·orne definite in truction on cer­tain fraternity matter before they ·were initiated. It seemed to u that it "·ould be useful in two ways. In the first place

1 it

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would prevent the pledged girls from feeling t hat sense of be­ing _on the outside of things, that some of us had experienced. With us there is quite an interval between pledge-day and initi­ation, and it seemed well for the pledges to gain some connec­tion with fraternity during t hat time, other than their pleasant int imacies with the girls. Our second reason was our desire t h at t he freshmen girls should enter with a good foundation of knowledge of some details on which to build . We thought it would make t heir preparation for the examination easier , as well as prepare t hem better for a strong fr aternity life.

· The result justified us. Never have we had a class enter t hat has displayed more enthusiasm or has worked into frater­nity life more readily t han the class of 1912. We 'expect to ad­here to 'the same plan t his year, and perhaps someone would like to t ry a similar one .

About a wee k after pledge-day, each of the freshmen was given a list of t he requirements for the examination for the pledges. These requirements , in part, consisted of the first and last songs in the song-book, a list of the Chapters and their locations, the members of t he Grand Council, and several other t hings t hat we t hought it would be well for the girls to know as soon as possible .· The examination took place shortly before init iation, and was passed with credit by all t he candidates.

Delta '10.

ALUMNAE INFLUENCE

One of t he hardest experiences at the end of one's college career, when one has been a Sorority girl, is the breaking away from the active work of the Chapter. The life which one spenqs in the Chapter House with the girls, and the enthusi­asm aroused for the good of the whole number, makes it doubly hard to give up these activities. The Sorority becomes a co-operator with the school in the development of character; the friendships formed open new phases of life and make im-

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pressions that last. The alumnae members have realized what it means to give the~e pleasures, and with true sisterly devotion the majority of them still retain the same loyalty and interest in the "frat." They can never realize how much it helps and encourages the girls to receive commendatory letters that show that their interest is not waning, that they are con­cerned about the freshmen, and that they are present in spirit if not in person.

Of course as each year passes the remembrance of Sigma Kappa will change. As a part of our school life it will finally become a happy memory of happy college days, but the mem­ory each year will become dearer. The youthful enthusiasm will slowly give way to the deeper appreciation for Sigma Kappa and for all the girls, who by means of the mystic bond, have become our sisters. Our pin will be dearer to us and will in years to come show us the true worth of its symbolic mean­ing; the appreciation of the magnitude of our loved Sigma Kappa, which includes girls from the Atlantic to the Pacific, will impress upon us its true value. The influence of Sigma Kappa among the alumnae will be felt wherever they go be­cause the Sorority has developed so many lovable character­istics, that it has helped in the making of a true woman. May the alumnae always keep their interest in us alive and aid us in making Sigma Kappa a prominent factor wherever one of its members may be found.

Theta.

A FIF1'EEN HUNDRED DOLLAR. SCHOLARSHIP

By authority of the Board of Directors, the Education Committee of the General Federation of Women's Clubs, makes the following announcement :

"A scholarship of $1,500, to be held at either Oxford, Cam­bridge, or London University, for the year beginning October, 1910, will be awarded to an American woman by the General Federation. The scholarship shall be selected from among the graduates of American colleges of good standing. The age of the successful candidate, when she enters upon her scholar­ship, shall not exceed 27 years, and she shall be unmarried. She is expected to enter either upon undergraduate work for honors or upon research work in whichever of the above-named universities she may arrange with the Committee of Selection to register.

"Each candidate competing for the scholarship shall take in October, 1909, the same qualifying examinations as are pro­vided by the Rhodes trust for the college men who are compet­ing for the Cecil Rhodes scholarships. She must also file with the undersigned Secretary of the Committee of Selection, and with her State Federation Officer with whom she has her initial correspondence, duplicate copies of credentials in regard to her good health, her mental and moral qualities, her literary and scholastic attainments, and her promise of distinction.

"Admission to the examinat!ons will be allowed only upon the written certification of a candidate for this privilege by the National Chairman of Education of the General Federation, whose address is given below. This permit will only be issued upon the request of a State Federation President or Chairman. Therefore, ·any college graduate, wishing to enter this competi­tion must first make her candidacy and fitness known to one of the two Federation Officers of the State, whose add1·esses are given later. If her qualifications are deemed adequate to

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warrant t he great courtesy of examination accorded by t he Rhoades trust, t hen t his offi cer may form ally present her na me to t he National Chairman of E ducation for a permi t t o enter t he examination.

" The examinations are given in mathematics, Latin and Gree k. The t rustees have decided t hat any candidate from t he United States -vv ho passes t he qualifying examinations in Latin and mathematics shall be eligible, alt hough he may not pass t he examination in Greek. Th.e same rule will be appli ed to t he women candidates for t his scholarship . The examina­t ions are to be held on October 19 and 20 next , in each State of our country. Announcement in regard to t he t ime, place, and general condit ions may be obtained from t he Secretary of any university in t he vicinity of t he candidate.

" The papers are read and r ated at Oxford by t he offi cial examiners and returned to t heN ational Chair man. The Co m­mittee of Selection then sub mits the names of t he successfu l competitors to t he State Federation Officers, wh o determine which one of t heir candidates shall be deemed in scholarship and promi e of distinction to best represent t he interests of their State. T he final selection between t he various State candi­dates shall rest wit h the Com mit tee of Selection. Any State may submit a candidate, but if t he choice should finally rest between a candidate fr om a State which has cont ribu ted to­ward t he scholar hip and a candidate from a non-contribut ing State, then preference shall be given to the candidate from t he contributinO' State.

"In this State the application may be made to either Mrs. Caroline Stone Atherton, 23 R ut hven street, Roxbury, or to Mr . Li lli an l\I. Hellen, 45 Renwick road, Melrose Highlands, who are respectively the President and Chair man of Ed ucation in the tn,te Federat ion . Full credentials must be sent with the application . After the local officers have given t heir wri t ­ten approval of the cand idacy, the permit to enter t he exami­nation i granted upon its pre. entation to Miss Gill.. A copy of all credential houlcl be filed at the same time with Nir~ . Potter. 'I heir addre . e are given below.

The American Coliege

"Mrs. Laura Drake Gill, Chairman of the Education Com..: mittee, G. F. W. C., 1326 19th street, Washington, D. C.

"Mrs. Frances Squire Potter, Secretary of the Committee of Selection, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn."

- -Boston Globe.

THE AMERICAN COLLEGE ·

Another event of interest in the college and magazine . world, is the appearance of the first number of "The American College," a monthly published by The Higher Education Associ­ation, and edited by Cln.rence F. Birdseye. This magazine occupies a unique place in the literary world, and is of ex­treme interest to college men and women, whether alumni or undergraduates. There are regular departments covering "The College Home Forum" for the discussion of vital college questions; "The College Cummunity, "devoted to undergradu­ate activities; "The College Home," giving special attention to news of college fraternities and sororities;" and contributions by recognized educational authorities on matters of general college interest.

The American College maintains that it is the duty of every graduate to subscribe for his fraternity journal, and makes the following offer: "If remittance for such subscrip­tion (your fraternity journal) is made through 'The American College,' $2.00 addi tional will be accepted in payment for a year's subscription to 'The American College'; regular price, $2.50."

THE SORORITY HANDBOOK

The Triangle wishes to call the attention of its Alumnae to the third edition of the Sorority Hand Book edited by Mrs. Ida Shaw Martin, one ,.:.£ t he founders of Delta Delta Delta.

The value of t his book to all Sorority n:embers can not be over-estimated. The lengt h and the breadth of Sorority life is not bounded by our own Sigma K appa; we need the knowl­edge, t he contact, t he rivalry of our contemporaries to spur us on to the best that t here is in us. The Sorority H andbook furnishes; in a nutshell, a complete digest of our contemporaries. It is neat, concise, to t he point-and as nearly accurate as it is possible for a book to be which deals with a subject that is daily changing. To impress t he value more forceably upon you, I shall quote a por tion of a letter recent ly received from Mrs. Martin.

September 11, 1909. My Dear Miss Small:-

A few days ago I had occasion to consult a book at the Boston Public Library. I t is called Patterson's College and School Directory, is dated 1908, costs $5, purports to be com­plete and accurate . In hunt ing for something special I was much interested to find considerable space given over to statis­tical mention of the fraternities and sororities. My feeling of interest, however, oon gave way to one of amazement when I read t hat Alpha Chi Omega has eight Chapters, Alpha Xi Delta five, Delta Delt a Delta thirteen. The others are t reated -vvith equal generosit y . Very evidently the compiler of the data was in possession of a book publi heel at least ten or twelve years ago, becau~e only eleven of the existing thirty-three were ment ioned.

So amazed was I at the gross ignorance li played and the audaci ty of a firm that would publish such antiquated data and then charge 5 for it, that I went to my printer and or­dered him to get out 10,000 announcements of the forth-

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coming edition of the Handbook. As I see it I feel that we must do every.thing in our power to educate the general public up to an appreciation of the strength and prestige of our organ­izations. May I not ask your help in this matter? I feel that it is of supreme importance that we should get the alumnae in­terested,-! mean the girls who are still loyal enough to subscribe for their magazine, but who have been out of college some little time.

* * * * * Personally I feel very sure t hat Mrs. Martin is doing this

work as a labor of love, and I t rust that I have aroused your in­terest a bit, Sigma Sisters, in your rivals, and that our order for the Handbook may at least be in proportion to the size of our organization. The Grand Council has already decided up­on it as the basis of Sorority examinations, and consequently each Active Chapter should, and we hope each Alumnae Chap­ter will , wish to send in an order right away. Address the Rox­bury Press, Roxbury, Mass.

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EDITORIALS

The month of November 1909, marks a most significant date in the history of Sigma Kappa-the thirty-fifth anniver­sary of her founding. We have had no founders' day set apart as some of our sister Sororities have, and it seems to your ed­itor that this would be at least an interesting topic for discus­sion at the coming Convention. Why should we not take time once a year to fittingly commemorate the birth of our beloved Sorority? to pay honor and respect to those five noble women who brought into being Sigma Kappa to which we owe so much? And even though we have no day set aside, shall not

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each Chapter , active and alu mm.e, t his year , pau::e in the busy whiri of College and Chapter life, and in some fi t.ting way cele­brate t he birth month of t heir Sorori ty?

To the collere girl , t he mont h of 8epteml:er see ms to really mark the New Year. F or t he Freshman who has just stepped over t he t hreshold into college; for t he Upperclass­man who is rejoicing in t hat t it le perh aps for t he first time; for t he Senior-now in cap and gown, and wit h what mingled emotions you dunned t hat cap and gown,-joy, t o realize t hat you have attained t he honor ; sorrow to t hink t hat it is to be the last year wit hin the clear old college walls ;-for t he Alumnae of 1909 who are now lookin g back longingly to Alma Mater; for all of you a New Year has indeed begun. Wit h what courage, wit h what for tit ude, wit h what deter mination have you star ted this re,v Year ? Upon the undergraduate we wish to impress t he t hought of scholarship . T he nurri. l::er of honor graduates in Sigma Kappa during t he past few years has l::oen pit ifu lly small , as compared wit h the n umber upon whom de­grees have been conferred . T o l::e sure it is not wit hin t he province of us all to make P hi Beta Kappa, b ut how many £ .. re there who say to t hemselves at the end of t he four years " If I had wor ked just a little harder I , too, co uld have had t he k~y . " No one can do more t han to conscientiously do her best. Will you, undergr'acluates, each one, t ry to do your best? And be­gin now at the beginning of your New Year ?

Sometime your editor hopes to publish an edit ion of t he Triangle in which there shall be not a word of cri t ici m from her. She renlly is not the ogre she sometimes seems to be­but it has ever been that some people "do not understand "

Ju t at present there seems to be prevalent the idea among the member of the Active Chapters, that every bit of materi al . ent in ·houlcl be printed- that if it is not printed no more hould be expected from that Chapter until the former ar ticles

have been u ed .

In t he fir t place, ince the Chapter have begun to "end in regular copy, it would be impo . ible to print it all on account of

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lack of space and of expense; in t he second place, it may be fe asible for v ::;,rious reasons not to publish it; at all events, whether material is med or not, the two articles are required or else your are subject to t he fine. Please do not begrudge the Editor a bit of surplus manuscript; please do no.t be of­fended if your article does not appear in print; please trust t he choice of material to your staff.

Chapters also have the idea that if they send a part of the material t he law is covered, and they are exempt from the fine. 'vVe know t hat Sigma girls are busy, every college girl is-but pardon t he personality, do you never stop to think t hat t he Editor may be busy- and yet t he T riangle has to be edited just the same. Do you re alize t hat an average of t hree hours and a half a day are spent on t he Triangle? and t hat during t he past year nearly fifteen hundred letters have been written for Triangle business? Please do not offer "busy" for an ex­cuse for not sending t he material on t ime. And please realize that all t he material must be in or t he fine will be imposed.

A correction: The second line of the verse of "Calypso" published in the July T riangle should read for "briefeRt vision ."

CHAPTER LETTERS

ALPHA- COLBY COLLEGE

Dear Sisters in Sigma:-

After a busy and a happy summer we Sigma Sisters have returned to college duties wit h new enthusiasm. For t he fir t few wee ks we expect to devote our best energies to rushing. A very brief acquaintance with the . entering class convinces us that we have among us many fine girls.

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Foss Hall, during the week before college opened, was the headquarters of the Maine Federation of Women's Clubs. The opening of the hall for this purpose furnished a fine opportunity for Maine women to learn more of domitory life. Some even said that they felt that they were college girls again.

Many changes have been made in our faculty since com­mencement. Though we felt so badly to lose Dean Beri·y and Dr . Croswell, we are already realizing that their places are well filled by Dean Small and Miss Bass, both graduates of Welles­ley.

Miss Berry has accepted the position of Dean of Women in Pamona College, California. By a strange coincidence Dr. Croswell is also to :;:ettle in California. She plans to enter the Los Angeles School of Osteopathy.

May all our efforts during t he coming months prove that we are working together for the best interests of Sigma Kappa.

Yours in Sigma Bond,

Caro B. Chapman, '10 .

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DELTA-BOSTON UNIVERSITY

Dear Sisters in Sigma:-

With the re-opening of coll ege, Delta sends to you all her heartiest wishes for a successful year. Thursday, September sixteenth, was Registration Day at Boston University, and of cour e was full of confu ion and flurry. A large and promis­ing entering class bids fair to make rushing as strenuous as ever when it begins, the twenty-seventh.

Before that time, two college affairs are held for the pur­pose of makincr the Fre. hmen feel at home. The first came the clay after Registration Day, and took the form of an informal ocial in the afternoon, where everyone made the acquaintance

of everyone else throucrh the medium of some games of the sort that thoroughly mix one up and twist one around, introducin~

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each person to an entirely new set of acquaintances every few minutes. They proved very effective in abolishing any stiff­ness from the gathering.

A week from the first Friday comes the Christian Associa­tion Reception. ';I'his is always an enjoyable occasion, bring­ing together as it does, all the students of the college, both men and women. By the time this is over, the entering student be­gins to feel at hoq~e, since he has acquired at least a speaking acquaintance with many of the upper classmen in addition to his knowledge of the first year students.

The returns from the senior elections announce Florence Young as president. The other classes have not yet elected their officers.

Several chang;es are noticeable among the faculty this year. The death of Prof~ssor Lindsey, the head of the Latin depart­ment, president of the Ch 1.pter of Phi Beta Kappa at Boston University, and college librarian, made a vacancy not easily filled . He will be missed greatly by the students who were privileged to come under his instruction. The new member of the Latin department, Mr. Cameron, is a very able man, how­ever, and already .: very much liked.

And from now until the eighteenth of October, come stren­uous days. Our mid-week parties, of which there will be three, are to be held in our rooms at Massachusetts Chambers. One of our Saturday affairs is to be an all-day trip to a camp in Bill­erica, where we expect to have a fine time out-of-doors, and the other is under the direction of our alumnae. As last year, they are planning a party for us at the home of Marion Wentworth, and we know from experience how enjoyable that will be.

Our fraternity home this year consists of three delight­fully attractive and cozy rooms. One feature of them particu­larly pleases us, and that is their location, within but a few min­utes' walk of college. It will be possible for us to make freer use of them than we were able to do when we were obliged to take the trip to Cambridge. That we may have the pleasure of entertaining many Sigma Kappa visitors to Boston there during the year to come is the hope of every Delta girl.

Yours in Sigma Kappa,

Carrie G. Davis.

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EPSILON- SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY

Dear Sisters in Sigma Kappa:-

We have sa:id good-bye to vacation clays and have gladly returned to our books. College opened on T uesday morning, September 21st, when -vve as~:emblecl, one ::;.nd all , in Crouse Col­lege, to hear Chan cellor Day bid a fond welcome to us all, but especially to t he Freshmen. What fun it is to ~:ee these young­sters, if we may call t hem such, trudging up the hill with suit ca~:e and band boxes; some with "Sunny Jim Smiles" upon t heir faces; others with wrinkled brows and in their hearts the "queerest" feeling t hey ever experienced . Glad are we to help the~: e poor unsophisticated, hoine-sick creatures, for it was not long ago t hat we were taking the same path. We are now in t he whirl of ru shing, t rying to find t he right materi al for Sigma Kappa. After t he salt-rush on Tuesday night, we entertained so me Freshrr.en girls informally at t he Chapter House .

In t his issue of the TTiangle we are glad to int roduce to our other Sigma sisters our new chaperone, Miss Briggs, of Buffalo, N. Y. We all have grown real fond of her and t hink she makes a good "Sigma mother."

All of our girl have re t urned full of spirit, working hard for Sigma Kappa. ·

Sisters Brewster, J . Bailey, Edith Kupfer, and H arriet Finch, of Epsilon, were more t han delighted to meet at Silver Bay this summer, sister Bernice Sears of K appa, and si ters Mary H all and Sara B. Mathews of Alpha. Although sister Mathews was t here for only a short time during the Student Conference, we felt proud of our Ex-Grand President. We Sirrmas re. olved to make the number twice a large next year if po. ·sible.

ext t ime we hope to announce to yo u all our pledglings. lay thi year be a succes to every Chapter and to every Sigma

·ister is t he wish of Ep ilon .

Yours in the Bond,

Harriet L. Finch, ' J 0, E.

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ZETA-GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY

Dear Sigma Kappa Sisters:-

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So another vacation has gone, and we Zeta girls come trooping back to work just t he sarre as the rest-alt hough with a sigh and a backward glance at t he pleasant summer memories, · yet with a stout hear t for t he coming winter and a determina­tion to go in and win.

E:epteml::er finds only Eeven Active girls, but we make up in enthusiasm what we lac k in numbers; and by the end of rush­ing Eeason, we feel sure that our hand will be strengthened in both dire ctions.

We are all eager to get back to work; for this winter prom­ises to be an exciting one for more reasons t han one. In the first place, we are planning to move into our new quar ters in a few days . It is a la.r ge room, cheerful and attr active, in t he Woman's Building ; and we are all only too anxious to begin t he work of house cleaning and furnishing.

· By Pan-Hellenic agreement, rushing is to be delayed this year unt il a month after college opens, and is to last only two weeks. Strict rules have been laid down to prevent anything in the n ature of rushing during t he first month. There are to be no advances of any kind on the part of a Frat gil-l to a Fresh­man. As thi s is something of a novelty, you can imagine that we are curious to Eee how the experiment will work out. vVe are already t hinking of rushing "stunts"; and with busy brains planning and eager eyes on t he lookout, we ought to be very successful.

We are also preparing for the Annual Freshman Lunch­an event in which all t he girls at college take part-to be held this year Thursday, September 31. On t hat day, when the Freshmen are introduced, all rules are laid aside, and a jolly good t ime is indulged in. It is one of t he few times when all the girls come together for a common interest; and when those ties of college spiri t which bind us together are strength­ened. Such events are good for a college; and I wish we had more of them.

Zeta wi hes all her si ter Chapters the best possible luck during rushing season; and the greatest success for the coming winter,

:Marion Heilprin.

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ETA-ILLINOIS WESLEYAN

Eta Eends her heartiest greetings to all Sigmas. The prospects for a good year for Illinois Wesleyan and

for Eta of Sigma Kappa are very favorable . Some repairing has been done on the University buildings and plans are being made for a new Science Hall. Some changes have been made in the faculty, but it will be especially strong this year, so it Eeems that the number of students will exceed that of previous years.

Our Sorority Hall has been cleaned and freshened with paint and some new furniture, so that it will be an inviting and cozy nook to all our rushees.

The Active members with some of the Alumnae that have been in Bloomington during the summer have had very delight­ful and helpful meetings. At some of these meetings plans for rushing were discussed, and at others attempts were made to be­become acquainted with girls in the city who will attend Wes­leyan this year.

Our Pan-Hellenic rules are a little more rigid than they were last year. The plan not only lowers rushing expenses, but makes individual rushing a necessity, which is the best and most successful way.

We hope that all Sigmas may be as happy and successful in their school work and with their rushing as we feel we shall be.

Yours in the Bond, Lois Johnson.

THEYA-UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

Dear Siama Si ters:-

The long summer vacation has been one of varied pleas­ure for Theta' Sigma girls. Some of the girls have made trip throuah the \\ e t, enjoying the grand mountain scenery and the world-wide expo ition; others have been camping out

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at favorite lakes resorts, fishing to their heart's content, and still others have been busy at home with domestic duties, sew­ing and mending for the coming needs in the college year.

But only next week and we will assemble together again to talk over good t imes, while we begin to work in earnest for Sigma K appa. The girls wit h their "tanned faces gar­landed with mirth" will be sure to win the hearts of many new girls for Sigma K appa. Not only do we hope to gain new members for Sigma through our beaming countenances, and personalit ies, but also t hrough the attractions of our new Chap­ter H ouse . The girls are coming a few days early to mend cushions, make curtains amd to get the new house ready for rushing. Our Chapter House fills us with enthusiasm for great prospects this year. It is built in the latest style and is unique and pretty in every way. T~e outside finishing of con­crete with the wide gables extending out and the large brick porch, gives it a very home-like appearance. There are nine­teen rooms in all. On the first fl oor we have a library, a den, a large living room, a dining room and kitchen. Both the second and third fl oors have seven ced rooms and a bath room, so that with these accommodations we hope to have plenty of room to welcome our new members and to welcome all Sigmas to the Convention.

The rushing season t his year is to be under different rules. To r aise the standard of scholarship, no girl can be pledged un­less she is carrying fifteen hours of work. We are allowed to have t hree parties at only one of which men can be present. Then too, we can entertain only four girls at any one time, ex­cept at a function . Rushing begins at three in the afternoon, and lasts t ill seven. One of t he most interesting of the new rules is that in regard to bid day . A committee composed of one member from each Sorority, will meet the morning of Octo­ber lOt h, at one of the Chapter Houses; each Chapter will send in its written bids in sealed envelopes to this committee which sends them out to the rushees by special messengers. The rushees must send a written answer to this same committee by twelve o'clock.

Theta is especially glad to have Convention this year, for

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with our spacious new house we can accommodate many. ·with the addition of our new members we hope for a larger crowd to welcome you here to Theta's shrine.

Catherine Louise Nichol.

IOTA- UNIVERSITY OF DENVER

I ota has had such a jolly t ime all summer with a meeting every week, and with several visitors fr om other Chapters as well as from our own Alumnae.

Vvay back in June, we gathered at Helen Rowell's one night for a slumber party. Needless to say most of the slum­bering was done after fou~· in th morning, and several sleepy­eyed lassies had to be aroused for breakfast with the aid of a dripping sponge, that tin"e-honored wakener, applied with right good will by some early riser.

We began our summer rushing in June with an informal afternoon party, where we bestowed tiny Sigma Kappa pen­nants for souvenirs.

Eva Salsman came on the fourth of July and was the gt:est of honor at an afternoon affair given us by one of our patron­esses, Mr . Hoover. Geraldine Baker of Theta, was also a wel­come visitor in July, and she and Nona Shumway, a Denver Theta, were gue ts at an evening par ty given us by another patroness, J\1rs . McAllister. Geraldine Baker also made one of a matinee party at "The Boys of Company .B." vVe were truly sorry to see her take her Westward way.

In August, Iota had the great pleasure of meeting and en­tertaining Leila Hibb::rd, a Colorado girl who belongs to Cnoc Tara Club, at Berkeley. "' e felt in some measure an acquaint­ance ''"ith the Club and its ideals after tallcing with thi charm­ing repre entative.

J o ie Houchen and her mother were our next gue. t , and tho e of us who met Ir . Houchens, fully appreciate the affec­tion of Theta girl for their cleli~htful Chaperon,

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With all the other good things the summer brought us, came the dear joy of having our own Chapter Home at Univer­sity Parle Ethel Davis and her mother and Bernhardina Johnson, are cosily installed in the house and two attractive rooms are set aside for Chapter use . We have spent many fes­tive half-hours there already and friends have contributed gen­er.ously to the furnishings.

Our first guest at the Chapter Hall, was Mrs. Margaret Manning, a much loved patroness. She spent a week with us and then left for Buffalo, where she takes a new position in set­tlement work, a field in which she has been working success­fully for eight years.

Just as August was closing, Iota had a merry box-party at "Peter Pan ." This was followed the next week by a picnic on the campus, when we showed the grounds and buildings to our guests-several prospective Freshmen-and initiated our Chapter Guest Book.

Florence Peirson of Eta, was our next visitor. She spent a week in Denver, and we were more than loathe to see her leave us for Colorado College, but we hope to have her with us often during the winter since she is only seventy-five miles away.

Registration was a busy day at University. Following closely upon opening day was the reception to Freshmen, an occasion when Helen Rowell and Leno Cooper were both upon the program for readings.

According to Pan-Hellenic rules, the Sororities are limited to one afternoon and one evening party this year. Iota plans to have a College Cosy and a dance. The Chapter Chaps prove loyal and valiant aids in rushing, and we anticipate a prosperous pledge day.

Iota girls are unanimous in their expressions of pleasure in meeting and knowing the visiting sisters who have passed this way . The latch-string at Sigma Kappa Hall is forever out to Sigma Sisters and we hope to entertain many of you as the months go by.

Yours in a "rushing" spirit, Ethelyn Miller.

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KAPPA- BROWN UNIVERSITY

No letter.

WATERVILLE ALUMNAE CHAPTER

Dear Sisters in Sigma:-

Nothing of interest has happened to the Alumm.e Chap­ter since t he last issue of the T Tiangle. The rr:embers have been scattered enjoying their summer vacations here and there so there have been no meetings held during the sumrr.er months. But we shall soon hold one to plan our campaign for the coming year . We hope to do great things.

Wishing you all a very pleasant and successful year,

Yours in the Bond,

Ellen J . Peterson, Secretary .

BOSTON ALUMNAE CHAPTER

Dear Girls :-

Here we are back at last brimful of happy t houghts of a delightful sum mer . I wonder for how many the wood , fields, and waves nre till calling, how many can t ruthfully say as did one li ttle girl to me, " I am o glad to get back again, it see med a if I ju t couldn't wait for school to beain th is fall." But soon ''"e will be well in the harness again, and we too, will be glad.

·what a joy it is when you think that you are . hut off from the worll , somewhere in the back-,Yoods, to :uddenly run aero s a igma girl· how it bring up recollection of a bright pa t and t imulate hope for a briahter futme!

The best part of the home-coming lie in eein~ each other

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again, hearing what every one is doing, knowing that each one ' of us has something to do for Sigma Kappa.

Our plans for the year, well , they are many, and so im­portant. Our first rr:eeting con: es in a few days and then when we are together again, we will plan so much. As rush­ing time is upon us once more, we intend to help the Act ive Chapter again this year by giving them a little lift during that strenuous period. Just what it will be, we have not yet de­cided, but very likely it will be a day in t he country or at the shore. That the season may end for each Chapter as vve want it to, bringing to us all that is best for our interests, is the wish of t he Boston Alumnae Chapter.

Yours in t he Bond,

Edith W. Dunham.

PORTLAND ALUMNAE CHAPTER

Dear Sisters in Sigma K appa:-

Our Chapter feels quite rich t his summer for we have a number of our Alpha Sisters near us. The last wee k in July we were entertained for a day at the summer home of our Presi­dent, Mae Tolman, at Peaks I sland. Sigma spirit was cer­tainly in all t he air t hat day.

I t would be very hard to fully explain what a grand time we had, but I will do my best. Sister Tolman's cottage co m­mands a beautiful view of t he ocean, and on our arrival, we realized what an ideal spot we were in to t hink and talk your beloved Sigma, and we did. You all l}now what it means to "talk" Sig,ma. But g_r adually t he " inner man" began to ex­postulate, for "talk" alone did not satisfy him, and lo! in a very short t me, tables with goodies and fl oral decorations were arranged on the spacious piazza. Before sitting down, we linked arms around t he table, and our dear old yell rang out clear and strong. Then strange t o relate, chatter ceased for a

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short space, while we did full justice to the delicious lobster and other danties which Sister Tolman had set before us.

Later, Bertha Bangs took some snapshots, and then we went down by the water, and sitting on the rocks we laid plans for the work of the coming fall. That was surely a happy day. We wish it had been possible for all our Chapter to be there, but they had a place in our thoughts. We wera all much de­lighted to have Grace Warren of the Waterville Alumnae Chap­ter with us, also Annie Knight of our own Chapter, who teaches in Hebron through the year. From Alpha Chapter there were Helen Robinson, Ruth Goodwin, and Mary Ingram. Soon the fall work will be here, and a new year begun. We send our love and best wishes to every Sister.

In Sigma's Bond,

Maude Allan Weed, Alpha '10.

NEW YORK ALUMNAE

Dear Sisters in Sigma:-

We send you hearty greetings at t he opening of the year . May this year be for each Chapter the most prosperous in its history.

It is too early in the year for me to give you any Chapter news. In fact I've been in the city only one day myself, and have not been able to see a ingle Sigma Si ter . One of our

ew York Sio-mas withherhu band, did run aero smein Bos­ton the other day. But we are looking forward to meeting early in the eason.

Yours in the " 1ystic Bond,"

Edna F . Dascomb Truesdell, Pre ident.

512 ". 135th St., New York, eptember 14, 1909.

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With an uneventful summer behind us, we can't very well d isplay to an admiring public a record of accomplishments, plans and achievements. It is left for us to hope that every one has spent a happy and restful season, and that the coming months will be full of good things for all.

Few of us have met since July, when Mary Hurley had a party come out to Rockville, Md., to visit the Masonic Fair. Some enthusiastic spirits thought a mountain-trip with Blue­mont, Va., as the objective point, would be a delightful scheme for Labor Day. Our plans, however, went the way of many others.

On Tuesday, September 21, we shall make our first at­tempt at re-organizing for the coming year; until then, all our plans will be vague.

Pan-Hellenic has so many rules and regulations this year, that the older members are much interested in just how things are going to turn out. We have our doubts about the expedi­ency of a multitude of rules; but the future will reveal their value.

With best wishes,

Lulu Elizabeth Conner, Zeta '08.

RHODE ISLAND ALUMNAE CHAPTER

No letter.

PERSONALS

ALPHA

Born to Mr. and Mrs. William Winter Drew, (Marion Reed, Alpha 1902), on June 8th, a son, Julian Kenrick.

All Alpha Alumnae who knew her will rejoice to learn that Mrs. Jessie Pepper Padelford, '96, is recovering nicely from a recent serious surgical operation .

Dr. Mary S. Croswell , A, '96, addressed the State Federa­tion of Women Clubs at Waterville, September 16th, 1909, on subject of " Medical Inspection for Schools." Dr. Croswell wil leave for Los Angeles, California, for several years, sometime in November.

Esther Robinson, (Alpha 1911), has gone to Oberlin Col­lege to study music.

Edith Kennison, (Alpha '06), is going to take a course in Simmons College this year.

Colby is very fortunate in securing such a splendid succes­sor to Dean Berry, as Dean Carrie E. Small of Boston . We feel sure that the Woman's Division of Colby can hold its own with any woman's college in the country, under her leader hip .

P rof. and Mrs. Ellery, (nee Addie True '90), and Miss Car­rie True, have returned from their trip abroad.

Married on August the 18th, 1909, at Portage, Iaine, Ethel Maud Hayward, (Alpha 1908), to Benjamin Thomas We ton. Mr. and l\'Ir . l'i e ton will make their home in Jack on, Mich.

1arried eptember , 1909, at 'Ve t Sebago, Iaine, Grace "arren, (Alpha 1903), to Charle . . W. Atchley. Mr. and l\Ir . . Atchley will live in Waterville.

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Born to Mr. and Mrs. L . C. Stearns, J r., (nee Alice Towne, Alpha 1903), Pauline Stearns, August 15, 1909.

Prof. and Mrs. Webster Chester are living at Winter street, Waterville, Maine. Mrs. Chester was Edith Watkins, (Alpha '04).

Blanche Miriam Emory, (Alpha '09), is teaching English and History at New Gloucester, Maine.

Lubelle Hall, (Alpha '07),is at the head of the Girl's High School in the Perkins' Institute for the Blind.

Edith Kennison, '06, has gone to Simmon's to take the Do­mestic Science course.

Mary I ngram, ex '11, and Vella Barret ex '12, are teach-m g.

Cora Robinson, '09, is to spend the winter in Washington at the home of Mrs. George Otis Smith.

Maude Weede, ex '10 is assistant m the Bowdoinham High School.

Elizabeth Blaisdel, '05, is teaching in Shaw University.

The engagement has been announced of Ruby Carver, '04, to Dwight Emerson of Boston.

Mollie Caswell , '04, has been spending the summer at Bel­grade Lake and Vinalhaven.

Ellen Peterson, '06, passed the summer at Squirrel Island.

Pauline Herring, '10, spent several months at Crescent Beach, Maine.

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DELTA

Pearl Copeland, ' 04, is teaching French and German in Brockton, Massachusetts High School.

Mabel Pratt-Ford, '08, has a young son , Weston Pratt Ford, born June 15,1909.

Lillian Kaltenbrun, ' 06, has spent t he sumrr.er in Germany.

The enga[ err.ent is announced of Mildred E llis Jones, ' 07, to J oseph McCann, Beta Theta Pi.

Louise Cooper is teaching at Hillsboro, N. H.

Elizabeth Robbins ·whittemore, is living in H ancock, Mass.

Annie A. Rowe, ex '09, will be Y. W. C. A., Secretary at Utica, N.Y., for t he coming year . Address 264 Genesee street.

Georgia Manson, ' 07, will teach physical culture at H am­ilton Mabie School, N. J.

Allie Trowe, ex '10, will teach elocution at Randolph Macon Instit ute, Danville, Va.

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EPSILON

E li zabeth I\:inne, '06, has landed safely at Batangas, P. I. , and ha taken up her dutie for Uncle Sam. We are anxiou.- ly waiting for a nice long letter telling us about her ·elf and her work.

l\Iildred Van Schoick, '09, after ·pending the summer at

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Seattle, Washington, and other places in the West, has re­turned to take a course in Library Economy.

Daisy Marcy, '09, has accepted a position as teacher in the Wilkesbarre High School. ·

Bess Anderson, '09, after her trip to Michigan, has re­turned to Erie, Pa. This year she is teaching a short distance from her home.

Zara Delin occupies a position in a High School near Youngstown, Ohio. Her address is 260 Lora avenue, Youngs­ton, Ohio.

Mildred Nottingham will be at Fort Covington, N.Y., this year.

We expect to see E leanor Gordon often this year as she is teaching at Holland Patent, only a short distance from Syra­cuse .

How happy Epsilon is to announce the marriage of Lois Rebecca Kupfer, '06, to Mr. Cyrus Bart Griffith, '06, Syra­cuse University! Sister Kupfer after graduation has been at Kiu Kiang, China, at her home until July 7th, 1909, when she left for America. At London, England, on July 31st, the wed­ding took place after which Sister Griffith and her husband left for America on the Holland American line from Boulogne,. France. They are now living in North Brookfield, Mass. Mr. Griffith is a member of the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity at Syracuse University. Epsilon extends to them the best wishes for a happy life.

Ruth Howland is teaching in Sweet Briar College, Sweet Briar, Va.

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ZETA

The engagement is announced of Rena Davis to Paul Noble Peck, an Alumnus of Georo·e Washington University, and for t he past five years, Assistant Professor of Mathematic·.

Bertha Person, ex-'08, can: e home for a shor t stay after her graduation from the University of Michigan. She spent t he summer in New Hampshire and Western New York, and is now teaching in Union City, Michigan.

Katherine H arrington, and her sister spent the summer in Berkeley Springs, W. Va.

Jeannette Geschickter spent the entire summer in Blue­mont, Va., Jennie Moyer camped near there for four weeks.

Sue Balentine had a delightful trip through Western New York and wound up her vacation with a visit in Cleveland.

Mary B. Cole divided her sumn: er between the mounts.ins and Atlantic City.

Mary Litt le, '12, will enter t he Law Library of Congress this fall, but she expects to cont inue her college work.

Mabel Harnden spent her vacation in Ann Arbor, Mich.

Grace Alden spent an enjoyable two months last summer, visiting relatives in and around Savannah, Georgia.

Marion I-Ieilprin, '12, spent her summer on the Unskoka Lakes in Canada.

Ruth Alden, '10, entertained everal partie of her friend at her ummer home in Dunn Loring, Yir<Tinia. Among the fortunates to partake of her outhern hospitality were E t hC;i' Fo ter, '10, and her si ter Ruth Fo ter, '12.

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We are all glad to have Jessie Swartout, '08, with us again this winter. She has accepted a Library position in Howard University, in this city.

The engagement is announced of Mabel Harnden to Rich­ard Wright. The wedding is to take place sometime this wintet.

Mrs. Cynthia A. Greene announces the marriage of her daughter Olive West, to Mr. William Lloyd Newhall, Monday, August 23, 1909. At home after September 15, at number 12 Eye street, N. E.

ETA

Leora Jones entertained all the Active members of Eta that were spending the summer in Bloomington, and a few guests with an all day picnic at her country home at Towanda, Ill.

Clara Heffernan visited in Springfield and Chicago during a portion of her vacation.

Florence Pierson will attend Colorado College at Coloradq Springs, Colorado, this year.

Hazel Hufford spent a week in Chicago this summer.

Ethel Crum will teach in the High School at Effingham, Ill.

Lena Pierce will be in school at Oxford, Ohio, during the years 1909 and 1910.

Bernice Raney enjoyed her vacation by spending it at her s\lmmer home in the Tennesee mountains,

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Louise Pierson was in Iowa, visiting with her brother, the last three weeks of her vacation.

Alpha Meyers went through Yellowstone P ark and spent some time in Colorado in the month of August.

Irma Means and Carrie Turnbull camped during July and August at Three Lakes, Wisconsin.

The marriage of Nell Bloomer to Mr. Ralph P ar ker, will occur September 18t h .

Nell Beggs of Ashland will return to Wesleyan to t ake her degree this year.

THETA

Maud Williamson, '09, will 1::e assistant professor of math­ematics at H arding College, Mexico, Mo., t his year.

The maniage of Ethel Nation, '08, to J. D. Sigma X i too k place t he latter part of August . make t heir home at Urbana, Ill.

P ark, '08, They will

Geraldine Baker spent the summer in Colorado, and will make her home for the future in Seattle, Washington.

Charlotte Crewe will teach in t he High School at Side!;, Ill.

F loren ce William on will spend the next year on her father s r anch in Texas.

ita Robin on, '09, will be principal of the High School at Amboy, Ill.

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Ethel Hoge Straight, ' 08, spent several days at the Uni­versi ty during September.

The address of our new Chapter House will be 112 E. John street, Champaign, Ill.

Vera Mae Brown gradu ated from the University of Wash­ington, last June, and ·will teach in the vicinity of Seattle.

Lois Reed, '09, has accepted a position in the University Library for the coming year.

IOTA

Emmeline Rundell from Chicago, and Mary Stevens from Triniuad, Colorado spent a few days in Denver this summer.

Leno Cooper and Olive Colbrath , on their way to their schools, stopped with Iota. Leno is teaching in California again t his year. and Olive returned to Cripple Creek, Colorado.

Florence Colby has gone to Columbia for Post-graduate work.

Ethelyn Miller has opened an Arts and Crafts shop for metal working in brass and copper.

Myrtelle Short has been admitted to t he orchestra of the Tuesday Musical Club, as a violinist.

Evelyn Green is teaching Latin in t he Baptist Woman's College of Denver.

Daisy Yates is teaching school at Superior, Nebraska, but will probably return to college next year,

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Dr. Oviatt is planning another Mexican trip in October.

Glenn Jones is still teaching , but is coming to college for the last semester.

Iota's address is Box 136, University Park, Colorado.

EXCHANGES

The following exchanges are acknovvletlged: May: To Dragma of Alpha Omicron Pi; August: The Shield of Phi Kappa Psi; Alpha Phi Quarterly; September: The Scroll of Phi Delta Theta, The Alpha Tau Omega Palm; October: The American College.

Alpha Omicorn Pi established Rho Chapter at North­western University, June 11, 1909.

Kappa Alpha Theta established Alpha Mu Chapter at Montana State University, July 16: Alpha Chi Chapter at Or­egon State University, July 22; Alpha Omicron Chapter at the University of Oklahoma, Augu. t 25 .

Alpha Omicron Pi is agitating the question of building a general fraternity hou e, to be located as nearly central as pos-ible, to be used by the various Chapter for week end parties

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