lapp alii app a . <!5amnta Official Organ of Rappa l(appa Oamma Volume XXV October, 1903 Number l Hoard of ~ditors Editor-in-Chief-Mrs. Frederick W. Potter, Pacific Avenue, Piedmont, Cal. Exchange Editor-Mrs. Ralph T. C. Jackson, 169 Locust Street, Fall River, Mass. Alumnre Editor-Harriette A. Curtiss, Sodus, New York. C!:ontents THE B SI ES OF CoNVENTIO r, Harriette A . Cnrtiss . ...... 11 GAMMA RHo HosPITALITY, Katherine S. Doty .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 CoN ENTION ADDRES , Dr. William H. Crawford . ... .... 22 C o VENTION R EFLECTIONS, Mary Nicholls, Lucy Allen Smart, Kittie Parsons Hanna ....... .. ..... ...... ..... .... .. 29 PARTHENON: The Problem of Rushing, Mae Snllivan, Beta Epsilon . ... 36 The Chapter H ouse, Sara F. Bnrn , Psi . .. ............ 39 The Adjustment of the Fraternity, Marie B. Lyons, Beta Sigma. ..... ..... ................. ... ,10 The Influence of the Seniors on the Freshman, Rowe Wright, Eta . .. .... .. .. ... ... .. .... ..... 43 EDITORIAL . .. .... ..... .. .. .. ......... ... ..... .. ... 45 CHAPTER L ETTERS . ............. 48 I N MEMORIAM .. ... .... .. ... .. .. ... ... ... .... 7G A LU [NAE PERSONAL . .. .. ...... .... ...... .... ... 77 ExcH NGES ................... .. ......... .. .. .. ... '3 CoLLEGE NOTES . .. ... ... ... ..... ...... ......... ... .. no FRoM THE MAGAZI TE WoR LD . .... ...... ............ !l ! Subscription price, one dollar per year. Published four times a year by the Kappa Kappa Gamma F raternity in February, May, October and December, at the office of Bolte & Braden Co., so Main Street, San Francisco, California. Entered as second-class matter at the San Francisco postoffice according to the act of I 879. All matenal intended for publication must reach the editor before the first of J anuary, April, Septe,mber and rm,. em ber. jfraternitp U\irtctorp ct9ranb ~ouncil Grand President-EDITH STONER, 1529 Wabash Avenue, Kansas City, Mo. Grand Secretary-MRs. A. H. RoTH, 262 West Tenth Street, Erie, Pa. Grand Treamrer-Mns. PARKE K. KoLBE, 108 South Union Street, Akron, Ohio Grand Registrar-MARGARET BAILEY, Grace Church Clergy Hou e, 92 Fourth Ave., New York City, N. 'f. C!&fficers Editor of Key-Mns. FREDERICK W. PoTTER, Pacific Avenue, Piedmont, Cal. Ilistorian-KATHERINE S. DoTY, 553 W. 141st Street, ew York City, . Y. Director of Catalogtte-MARY R. SCATTERGOOD, 471 N. Marshall Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 11\eputles G1'and President's Deputy-RuTH FITzGERALD, 1001 West Third Street, Sedalia, Mo. Grand ecretary' s DePttty-MILDRED HoNECKER, 2946 West Fourteenth Street, Cleveland, Ohio. Grand Treasurer's Deputy-HELEN HARTER, 163 South College Street, Akron, Ohio. Grand Registrar's Depnty­ Editor's Deptlly-HELEN PowELL, 921 Myrtle Street, Oakland. Cal. QCorre~ponbing ~tcrttarit~ ~lpba ~robince Phi, Boston University ........ .. .. .......... .......... Boston, Mass. MARION EDWARDS TnEAI WELL, 688 Boylston Street, Bo ton, Mass. Beta. Epsilon, Barnard College .................... New York City, N. Y. HARRIET RuTH Fox, 622 West 152d Street, New York City, N. Y. Beta igma, Adelph i Coll ege ......... ...... ...... ... .. BrooklyJ1, N. Y. ETHEL M. HowELL, 95 Richmond Street, Brooklyn, N . Y. Psi, Cornell University ............. ... .. ... .... .. ... Ithaca, N. Y. KATHARLNE EATON, Sage Co ll eg~, Ithaca, N. Y. Beta Ta1t, Syracuse Univer ity ...... ...... .... .... .. Syracuse, N. Y . MARGUERITE STUART, 71 Irving Avenue, Syracuse, N. Y. Beta Alpha, U niversity of Penn ylvania .. .. .... ........ Philadelphia, Pa. ANNA D. BRAMBLE, W e t Monastery Avenue, Roxborough, Philadelphia, Pa. Beta Iota, Swarthmore Coll ege ...... ............. .... Swarthq1ore, Pa. MAillE SELLER , Swarthmore Coll ege, Swarthmore, Pa. Gamma Rho, A llegheny Coll ege .. ....................... Meadville, P a. ] EAN M KENziE, H ulings Hall, Meadville, Pa. Beta Upsilon, West Virginia Unive rsity ... .... Morgantown, vV. V a. MARGAHT BucHANAN, 304 Willey Street, Morgantown, W. Va. <ttorrrsponbing ~ecretarirs-continurb j/ida ~ robincr Lambda, Buchtel ollcg . ..... ..................... ..... Akron, Ohio HELEN HARTER, 163 S. Coli ge Street, Akron, Ohio. Beta (!a1111110, 'vVoo ter Univer ity .. ........ .... ........... Wooster, Ohio 'IARTHA T GGitRT, 160 E. Bowman St., Wooster, Ohio. Beta ru, Ohio tate University .......... ......... ... Columbus, Ohio lYRA SHERMAN, 24-1 . 20th Street, Columbu , Ohio. Beta Delta, Univer ity of Michigan.................. nn Arbor, Mich. EL A HAAS , 902 Baldwin Ave., Ann Arbor, Mich. Xi, drian College ...... ... .......... ... ..... .... .... .. drian, Mich. VERNA SwiFT, Adrian College, Adrian, iich. Kappa, Hillsdale College . .......... .. .... ... ...... Hillsdale, Mich. RuTH GuRNEY, 236 West Street, Hillsdale, Mich. ~amma ·~robintt Delta, Indiana State Univ er ity .. ..... .. ......... .. Bloomington, Ind. L uELLA A 10., I appa House, Bloomington, Ind. Iota, De Pauw U niver ity .... ........... ... ....... .. Greencastle, Ind. MILDRED PYKE, 632 E. Wa hington Street, Greencastle, Ind. M u, Butler College .. ......... .... .. .............. Indianapolis, Ind. ELIZABETH T. BoGERT, 2615 E. Washington Street, Indianapolis, Ind. Efa, University of Wisconsin . ............ ......... ... .. Madison, Wis. F. EuGENIA BRANDT, 425 Park Street, Madison, vVis. Beta Lambda, University of Illinois . .. ............. ..... Champaign, Ill. HELEN Ivi. MILLIGAN, 404 J ohn Street, Champaign, Ill. U psi/on, Northwestern U ni versity ... .. ... ... ... .. ........ Evanston, Ill. HELEN T ANQUARY, 620 Clark Street, Evanston, Ill. Epsilon, Illinois We leyan ........ .... .. ........... Bloomington, Ill. LouiSE BARNES, 1312 . Main Street, B loomingto n, Ill. 1JBdta tlrobince Chi, University of Minnesota . .... ... .. .... .... .. M inneapolis, Minn. CLARE FERGUSON, P. 0. Box 322, U ni versity of M inne ota, Minneapolis, M inn. Beta Zeta, Iowa State U niversity . .. .... .. ............. Iowa City, Iowa MARY HELEN LETTS, Gifford F lats, Iowa City, Iowa. Theta, Missouri State University ..... ........... .... Colu mbia, Mo. SuE G. STONE, Kappa House, Columbia, Mo. Sigma, Nebraska State University ......................... Lincoln, Neb. FLORENCE EDNA RIDDE LL, 1527 M Street, Lincoln, Neb. Omega, Kansas State University ......... .. .......... Lawrence, Kan. AMY MERSTETTER, Kappa House, Lawrence, Kan. <epsilon tJrobince B eta Mu, Colorado State Unive rsity . .. ... ... .. .... Boulder, Colo. MARJORIE S. FoRD, Kappa Lodge, Boulder, Colo. Beta Xi T exas State U niversity ... ...... .... .. .. Austin, Texas ' HERMO UJFFY, 2016 vV ichita Street, Austin, T exas. Beta Omicron, Tulane University ....................... New O rl eans, La. KATHERINE BEVERLEY LEACH, 5224 P1tt Street, New Orleans, La. C!torresponbin« ~ecrttaries-continueb Zeta ~robince Pi U niversity of California . ... ... .. .............. ..... Berkeley, Cal. ' ROBERTA H ASLETT, 2435 Hilgarde Avenue, Berkeley, Cal. Beta Eta, Leland Stanford, Jr., University ......... .... .. Califor.1ia FRANCES BURKHALTER, Kappa Kappa Gamma Lodge, Stanfo rd University, Cal. Beta Pi U ni versity of Washington ........... ...... .. Seattle, W ash. M~RGARET T. SACKET, Kappa L odge, U niversity Station, Seattle, Wash. Cha irman Wood's Roll Scholarship Committee ............ ............ MR . RICHARD H. GODDARD, 1100 Colfax Avenue, Denver. See1·cfary of the Inter-Sorority Conference ..... .Mrss R UTH P. GREEN ~lumnat ~ssotiations QExecutibe C!tommittee A lmnnae Ollicc·r-EuzABETH HALL, Media, Pa. Financial Oflicer-HARRIETTE A . CuRTISS, Sodus, New York. A lmmwe S rC1'etar')'-ALTAI FLOYD, Steubenville, Ohio. C!torresponbin« ~ecretaries Boston Association . ......... .. ........ .... .. MISS ELizABETH TwoMBLY 81 Wildwood Road, Winchester, Mass. New Yorl~ Association ..... 0 • •••• ••••••••••••••• M rss STELLA B. STEARNS 53 \ Valier Avenue, White Plains, N. Y. B1tffalo Association .... .. .... ........... 0 •••• MRs. WlLLIAM YouNG 508 "vV . Delavan Avenue, Buffalo, N. Y. Beta Iota A ssociation .. .. 0 •• •••• • • • ••• Miss E Li zABETH L ANE VERLENDEN Da rby, P a. S3wacuse Association . ..... o •••••••• • •••••••••• •• •• • • Miss GRACE WIGHT 303 Marshall Street, Sy racuse, N ." Y. Philadelphia Associa lion . .. 0 • 0 • 0 • •••• • • •• • • • Mrss MARGARETTA ATKIN soN Berwyn, Pa. M cadvillc Association . .. 0 ••• ••••• ••• •• •• •• MISS MARGUERITE McCLINTOCK 473 Walnut Street, Meadville, P a. Pittsburg Association . .. 0 • ••••• 0 ••••••••••••••••••••• MRs. C. E. 'WILB UR 47 Daw on Avenue, Bellevue, P a. Colmnbus Association . ....... .. .. .. .. ..... .. Miss B. J osEPHINE HEFF 162 W. Eighth Avenue, Columbus, Ohio Cleveland Association ..... .................. MISS MARION E. WRIGHT 2271 E. Forty-sixth St., Cleveland, Ohio Akron Association .... .. 0 •••••••••••••••• • •••••• • • MRs. W. A. KNIGHT 143 S. Union St reet, Akron, Ohio. Adrian Association . ... ... .. .. ............... MRs. GuY M. CLAFLIN 19 ·E. Maple Avenue, Adrian, M ich. Bloomington (fnd.) Association .... ..... ... ...... MRs. SANFORD TETER 509 N. W ashington Street, Bloomington, Ind. ~~ umnae ~ssociations-continueb f11diauapo!is Association .................... ...... M1 s Es IE HuNTER 5651 E. W a hingto n Street, Indianapolis. Ind. Iota Associatio11 . .. ............. .. ..... .. ......... 1\III s MARTON WooD 429 Vv. Charles St., Muncie, Ind. BloolllinutoJI (Ill.) Association ....... .... M1ss CHARLOTTE CLAY PROBAsco 909 N. Main Street, Bloomington, Ill. Chicago Associatiou .... .. .. ...... .. .. .. Mrss EMILY L. rcHOLS 5627 Madison Ave., Chicago, Ill. Jfadison ,-Jssociation ... .................. .. ... MISS