Sigllla Kappa Triangle VOL. VII NOVEMBER, 1912 . No.1 ... , c ~' c 'Ev K'IJP p.ta. ooo~. OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF SIGMA KAPPA SORORITY GEORGE BANTA, Official Printer an<! Publisher, 450 to 454 Ahnaip St .. Menasha. W isconsin. TRIANGLE DIRECTORY Editor-in-Chief. HELEN F. GILMORE. 473 Waltham St., West Newton, Mass. Exchange Editor. HELEN RoWELl". Central College, _Lexington, Missouri. Committee on Finance. Ellen Peterson, 1 Mt. Pleasant Terrace, Roxbury, Mass., Chairman. Elsie Gulley, Cherry Creek, N. Y. Blanche Crapo, 54 Warren Ave., Whitman, Mass. Sigma Kappa TRIANGLE is issued in November, February, May and August. MANUSCRIPT must be sent to Helen F. Gilmore, 473 Waltham St., West Newton, Mass. (Boston P . 0.) on the First of the preceding months. Price $1.25 per annum. Single copies 35 _cents. Entered as second-class matter October 15, 1910, at the Post Office at Menasha, Wis., under the act of March 3, 1879. SIGMA KAPPA SORORITY Founded at Colby College in 1874 FOUNDERS MRS. L. D. CARVER, nee Mary Caffrey Lowe, 99 Sewall St., Augusta, Maine. ELIZABETH GORHAM HOAG, (deceased). MRS. J. B. PIERCE," nee Ida M. li.,uller, Kansas City, Mo. LOUISE HELEN COBURN, Skowhegan, Maine. MRS. G. W. HALL, nee Frances E. Mann, 221 E St., N. W., Washington, D. C. A · A A GRAND COUNCIL ( President MISS HILA HELEN· SMALL, 232 Highland Ave., Somerville, Mass. Vice-President MRS. EULA GROVE LINGER, 109 14th St., Buffalo, N. Y. Secretary MRS. ETHEL HAYWARD WESTON, Hale, Michigan. Treasurer MISS MARY LOUISE GAY, 1217 Park Ave., Indianapolis, Ind. A A A GRAND REGISTRAR JOSIE B. HOUCHENS, Urbana, Ill. Custodian of the Badge AGNES lVL GILMORE, . 122 Summer Ave., Reading, Mass. Central Extension Committee . EVALINE SALSMAN . Wollaston, . Mass. GRACE ADA SMALL HOULDER, . Arlington, Mass. MRS. ADELAIDE TRUE ELLERY Schenectady, N. Y. Delegate to Pan-Hellenic GRACE ADA SMALL HOULDER. Secretary to Pan-Hellenic MRS. J. H. McELRQY, A 4>, 1514 E. 54th St., Chicago, Illinois. ROLL OF CHAPTERS ACTIVE ALPHA, 1874. Colby College, Waterville, Maine. BETA AND GAMMA. Consolidated with Alpha. DELTA, 1904. Boston University, Boston, Mass. EPSILON, 1905. Syracuse University, S~racuse, N.Y. ZETA, 1906. George Washington University, Washing ton, D. C. ETA, 1906. Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, Ill. THETA, 1906. University of Illinois, Champaign, Illinois. IoTA, 1908. University of Denver, Denver, Colorado. KAPPA, 1908. Brown University, Providence, R.I. LAMBDA, 1910. University of California, Berkeley, Cal. Mu, 1910. University of Washington, Seattle, Wash. Nu, 1911. Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vt. ALUMNAE Waterville Alumnae Waterville, Maine. Portland Alumnae . Portland, Me. Boston Alumnae Boston, Mass. New York Alumnae New York City. Rhode Island Alumnae Providence, R. I. Washington Alumnae Washington, D. C. Bloomington .4-lumnae Bloomington, Ill. Colorado Alumnae . D enver, Colo. California Alumnae Berkeley, Cal. Central N. Y. Alumnae . Syracuse, N. Y. Puget ·Sound Alumnae Seattle, Wash. CONTENTS Noble Womanhood vs. Rushing Season . 7 Ethelyn Miller, Iota Officers of Convention Committee . ... 10 Taal Volcano, P. I. 11 Emma Elizabeth Kinne, Epsilon Our Bond in the Far East . 17 Bess M. Anderson, Epsilon Nelle Beggs, Epsilon Edith L. Kupfer, Epsilon A Glimpse Into Japan . 25 Mabel Marion Chubb-Bailey Greetings From Porto Rico . 31 Annie A. Rowe, Delta The Genius of the Future . 34 Elsie Fellows White, Alpha The Convention of -1913 .... .. ... .. .. .. ...... 38 Violet . 39 Emily Peace Meader, Alpha An Experiment in Co-operation . 44 Clio M. Chilcott, Alpha Come up a Mile and Smile Awhile ._... .. .. .. ... .. 50 In Memoriam . 51 Subscriptions for Year 1912-1913 ...... ..... ... ·. 52 Editorial . 53 Chapter Letters ......... .. ... .. .. .. .... ... : 54 Personals ....... ...... ..................... ·. 66 P an-Hellenic Notes . 75 College Current Events and Exchanges . 79 Adverti ements .. ........... .... ·. 84 NOBLE WOMANHOOD VS. RUSHING SEASON W1·itten for The Crescent of Gamma Phi Beta at the re­ quest of the Gmnd Editor. Published in the Pan-Hellenic Number, October 1911. FROM THE VIEW POINT OF ANY SORORITY WOMAN ''Earth's noblest thing, a woman prefected,'' may be con­ sidered to express the foundation purpose of every sorority. Though given varied expression in our rituals and variously symbolized in our insignia, yet the effort of all sisterhoods is toward the same achievement- noble womanhood. And like­ wise, the girl we want is the same in each group. She must typify, actually or potentially, the social, · intellectual and spiritual qualities which blend in noble womanliness. The girl who possesses these qualities may present herself in two guises, the girl to whom we may give, and the girl from whom we may receive, help. And, similar again, is the love we bear our sorority, what­ ever her name or emblem- that love which is not only senti­ ment but involved principles, and upon that elevated ground every sorority member commands the fellowship of every other Greek woman. With these like phases in mind the evils of the present rushing system come vividly before us. We all recognize in that something which we call atmos­ phere, a force, subtle, pervasive and unconsciously influential. P eter, while warming his hands at the enemy's fire, was in­ fluenced by atmosphere, and denied his Lord ; so we, in the deceptive warmth of surface considerations, are wont to think of acquiring for our chapter, wealth, individual beauty or popularity, and an atmosphere of social recognition based upon these things. But when the name of our sorority be­ comes a synonym for college social position it is well to ex­ amine searchingly into the spiritual condition of the chapter. To these false estimates is added, in many places, the haste due to a short ru bing sea on, and the hamperings of Pan- 8 SIGMA KAPPA TRIANGLE Hellenic agreements too often unwisely framed with a view to preventing freedom of intercourse between sorority girls and those whom they should wish to know well. Do we stop to ask ourselves what are the objects to be at­ tained in rushing~ Is it not as thorough an acquaintance as possible with the new student, her standards, her manner, her surroundings, and, providing she prove pleasing to us, the winning of her to our membership~ But should not this winning be based upon personality and congeniality, and not upon the lavish display and eyident expenditure given our rushing parties~ The tproposition calmly :considered-the girl who accepts our invitation to membership upon the basis of the cost and elaborateness of our functions is scarcely a girl calculated to maintain the high standards of our ideals or to manifest the type of womanhood which we so proudly claim for the members of our society; and yet, persistently, our expensive parties-not elaborate in the clever use of our wits, m\nd you, but in mere, ostentatious, competitive outlay of cash- contradict the spirit of our sisterhoods, and extend to the freshman the opportunity, nay importunity, to value us upon that very basis. And again, in the fear of losing a desirable girl, we stoop to infringements of the spirit of our Pan-Hellenic contracts, we condescend to slander or pick flaws in the fair fame of our sister societies, and we adopt measures incompatible with the tenor of the solemn vows we have taken to represent that honour which is finer than honesty, and that sisterhood which is universal in Christ. And after pledge-day, what then~ Shall we manifest that "thorough-bred spirit" which expresses respect, good-will, and which is congratulatory, to our sister sororities~ Shall we maintain an attitude of frjendliness toward the girl who was not elected, and who, on her side, may have feelings which were hurt, pride which was lacerated, and who, for all her non­ election, may be worthy of friendship: and social diversion? Splendid indeed are the rewards which accompany the NOBLE WOMANHOOD vs. RUSHING SEASON 9 fulfillment of sorority ideals. Dignity, poise, serenity, a life enriched, broadened and ennobled with the lessons and ex­ periences wrought into character by sympathetic friendships; all of these come in glorious fruitage to the sorority woman who lives close to her ideals. ETHELYN MILLER, Iota of Sigma Kappa. OFFICERS OF CONVENTION COMMITTEE DENVER, COLORADO Chairman .. ....... ...... ............. .. Ethelyn Miller, 416 Humboldt St. Vice-Ohai1·man . Mrs. Merrick Edwards, 2655 Ash St. Sec1·etary ... ........ ...... ... .... .. Isabel Sprigg, 2149 High St. Treasu1·er . Amy Dinsmore, 127 Acoma St. ... ... ... TAAL VOLCANO, P . I. Thinking back over two years, the recollection of our visit to Taal Volcano is not as clear in all its details as I might wish, but I will try to give you some idea of the novelty of the trip. It was the opening event of a two weeks' house party which we were holding at our provincial home. Friends from Manila had just arrived by boat, and at noon we started, a fine pro­ cession of eight carretelas and sixteen people. But I forget that you do not know the carretela. Imagine a framework for a cart, about four feet long and three feet wide with a bamboo floor, foot-high slats all around the sides, a rickety top on slender supports, a cane seat with a slat for a back- all this perched upon two wheels and drawn by two diminutive ponies is called a carretela. One writer has termed it the ''two-wheeled nightmare.'' There is no such thing as being comfortable in a carretela, but with this thought in mind, we reinforced ourselves with pillows and blankets for padding, for there are no springs on the "nightmare," and the pro­ vincial roads are rough. As we went clattering down the road we made a brave showing, and once outside the town, our caravan became a nine days' wonder for the natives along the way. A single passing carretela is an event in the "Bosques" and our party with so many American women was remarkable.