) '., Sigma Kappa Triangle VOL. XI SEPTEMBER, 1917 NO. 4 OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF SIGMA KAPPA SORORITY RED CROSS NUMBER Dedicated to Our Founders GEORGE BANTA, Official Printer and Publisher 450 to 454 Ahnaip St., Menasha, Wisconsin. TRIANGLE DIRECTORY Editor-in-chief MRS. FRANCES MARSHALL WIGMORE <'lo The Orland Register, Orland, Cal. Chapter Editor FRITZI NEUMANN 701 A St. S. E., Washington, D. C. Alumnm E dit01· FLORENCE s. CARLL South China, Maine Exchange Editor MABEL GERTRUDE MATTOON 129 Malabar St. • Huntington Park, Cal. Contributing Edito1· GRACE COBURN SMITH 2137 Bancroft St., Washington, D. C. Circulation Manager HATTIE ]\fAy BAKER 24 Sunset Road, West Somerville, Mass. A Jl communications regarding subscriptions should be sent direct to Miss Baker. SIGMA KAPPA TRIANGLE is issued m December, March, June, and September. All chapters, active and alumnre, must send all manuscript to their respective editors (at the addresses given above) on or befcre the Fifteenth of October, January, April, and July. 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, 26 Gurney St., Cam­ bridge, Mass. ELIZABETH GORHAM HOAG, (deceased). MRS . .J. B. P I E RCE, nee I da M. Fuller, 201 Linwood Blvd., Kansas City, M0 . LOUISE HELEN COBURN, Skowhegan, Me. MRS. G. W . HALL, nee Frances E. Mann, 221 E St. N . W., Washing­ ton, D. C. A A A GRAND COUNCIL President MRS. EULA GROVE LINGER, 97 University Ave., Buffalo, N. Y. Vice-president MRS. ETHEL HAYWOOD WESTON, 20 Prospect Ave., Rumford, Me. Secretary MRS. FLORENCE COLBY BATTRAM, 5606 Edgerly St., Oakland, Cal. Treasurer MRS. MARY LOUISE GAY BLOUNT, 874 Fairmount Ave., St. Paul, Minn. Editor-in-chief MRS. FRANCES MARSHALL WIGMORE, clo The Orland Register, Orland, Cal. A A A OTHER OFFICERS Grand Registrar .JOSIE B. HOUCHENS, 1106 California Ave., Urbana, Ill. Custodian of the Badge RUTH LITCHEN, 605 Olive St., LeaYenworth, ·Kan. Chairman Extension Committee MISS LORAH MONROE, 701 N. McLean St., Bloomington, Ill. Delegate to Panhellenic MRS. ETHEL HAYWOOD WESTO r, 20 Prospect Ave., Rumford, Me. Chairman of National Panhellenic Congress LEKA GRAKDIK BALDWI , A ;E; ~ ~ 670 Euclid Ave., Elmira, N . Y. National Counselor MIRS EliHIA KINNE, 500 Unino•rsity Place, Syracuse, . Y. 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, Syracuse, N. Y. ZETA, 1906. George Washington University, Washington, D. C. ETA, 1906. Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, Ill. THETA, 1906. University of Illinois, Champaign, Ill. IOTA, 1908. Uni•ersity of Denver, Denver, Colo . KAPPA, 1908. Owing to ruling of university faculty the charter was surrendered in 1911. LAMBDA, 1910. Uni•ersity of California, Berkeley, Cal. 1\i(u, 1910. University of Washington, Seattle, \Vash. Nu, 1911. Middlebury College, .Middlebury, Vt. XI, 1913. Unh·er ity of Kansas, Lawrence, Kan. OMICRON, 1913. Jackson College, Medford, Mass. PI, 1915. Leland Stanford Jr. University, Cal. RHo, 1917. Randolph-Macon ·woman's College, Lynchburg, Va. SIGMA, 1917. Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Tex. ALUMN.lE Waterville Alumme Waterville, Me. Portland Alumme Portland, Me. Boston Alumnre Boston, Mass. New York City Alumnre . New York, N.Y. Washington Alurrime Washington, D. C. Bloomington Alumnre Bloomington, Ill. Colorado Alumnre . Denver, Colo. California Alumnro Berkeley, Cal. Central New York Alumnre Syracuse, . Y. Puget Sound Alumnre Seattle, Wash. Los Angeles Alumnre Los Angeles, Cal. Worcester Alumnre Vi'orcester, Mass. Kansas City Alumnre Kansa City, Mo. Western New York Alumnm Buffalo, N. Y. Chicago Alumnre Chicago, Ill. CONTENTS The Red Cross •• • •• 0 •••••• •• • ••• •••••••••• ••• •• •••• 0 ••• • • ••• 375 The National Red Cross Drive . 376 Do Your Bit . 377 Florence Nightingale and Her Achievement . 378 Clara Barton and the Red OrMs .'.. ..... .. .............. .. 381 The Soul of the Red Cross .. .. .. ·. ; . ·. ·.. ·. 384 The Red Cross and Its Reorganization in America . 386 Enlisting Women for War. .... .... :. 388 Canadian Women in the War ... 389 Patriotic Songs: The Hymn of Free Russia . 393 The Marseillaise . .. 393 Hymn of Freedom ... .. ... : . 394 Installation of Rho and Sigma of Sigma Kappa . 395 Sigma Chapter Song . 399 Doing H er Bit . 400 A Message from One of Our Founders .... : . 400 Our Active Chapters aml the Reel Cross . 401 Polly McLeod ..... .... ...... : . ... 411 Hila H elen Small . 413 The Fraternity of the Future . 417 Letter from U. S. Bureau of Education .. ·...... .. .. ; . 422 Letter from Akron, Ohio . 423 Report of Circulation Manager ..... .. ..... ·. 424 Resolutions .... .. .... , . 428 From the Editor's Easy Chair . .. 429 Exchanges: The Fraternities' · Opportunity, 435; Do Your Bit, 436; Practical Preparedness; 438; Convention Business, 438; Extension, 439; Bureaus of Occupations, 440. With Our Active Chapters : Under the Editor's Drop Lamp: Citizenship, 441; Enthusiasm, · 442; With the Postman's Whistle, 443; Chapter Letters and Personals, 444. With Our Alumme Chapters: Editorial, 475; Chapter Letters and Personals, 476. Chapter Meetings ............ .. ... ............ : . 486 Advertisements . 490 ILLUST R:ATIONS \¥here the Wisteria Blooms ...... ........... ,· .. ... F1·ontispiece Woman's Building, S. M. U., Dallas, Texas . 396 Dallas Hall . 396 Ethelyn Miller Hartwich and Craig . 412 Delta Chapter ... .. .. .... ..... .... ...... .. ....... ... · 446. Lucy Hall, Pi ............ .. ........ .. ... ... : . 466 The Approach to Smith Hall . 468 The End of a Perfect Week . 4 71 Seeing Hattie Home . 4 71 zCll < )l 0 ~ SI-GMA KAPPA TRIANGLE VOL XI SEPTEMBER, 1917 NO.4 RED CROSS NUMBER Wqr 1!\r~ Q!rnss IDlrr fGragur of fGpur anlk 1\rtton ily 1Ebwin Sarhl}am (@ lragur of ktnllnr.s.s. mourn in alllanlls. 1jou bring lnur-trnllrr mrrrir.s in your hanll.s; 1jou romr Wllrt·rurr mi.srry apprar.s, Wo I1ral tqr wounll.s anllwipr away tqr trar.s. (@ lraguP of kin~nr.s.s, ru.sing grirf anll pain, 1llllorking witll ~oll bryonll tqr tf1ougqt of gain • .Abour all tlug.s you 1ift tl1r ronqurring .sign Anllqo ~ ll inttinriblr lottr' s battlr linr. (@ lragur of kinllnr.ss. in yout· far-tlung banlls. 1jou wraur a rqain tqat rrarqr.s to ~oll'.s qanll.s: .Anllwqrrr blinll gun.s arr plotting for tqr graur 1jou nrr tl1r lips tqat rqrrr. till' arm.s tqat .saur! (@ lragur of kinllnrss. in your tlag uir srr A forrglram of tqr brotqrrqooll to br 1Jn agr.a wl1rtt tqr agonir.s arr llonr. 1llllbrn all will lour anb all will lift as unr! 376 SIGMA. KAPPA TRIANGLE THE NATIONAL RED CROSS DRIVE The Nation's contributions to the Red Cross in response to the call for $100,000,000 greatly exceeded that amount. The latest reports show the total contributions during the cam­ paign to be $118,021,370. Henry P. Davison, chairman of the Red Cross War Council, in speaking of the result said : "The result which has been achieved is indeed gratifying. This result was made possible by surprisingly generous con­ .tributions in many communities. The most inspiring feature of the campaign has been the number of contributors as well as their wide geographical distribution. Many millions of our people representing every part of the country have given. ''No time will be lost by the Red Cross in its efforts to accomplish results with the large resources witl). which it has now been supplied. First, we shaH provide, as we may be called upon by the Army and Navy, for the care and safety of our soldiers and sailors wherever they may be. "We shall provide funds whereby the American Red Cross Commission may take over administration of American relief work in France. Major Grayson H. P. Murphy, head of the French commission, has been appointed by General Pershing a member of his staff, and the Red Cross has appropriated, at Major Murphy's cabled request, $1,000,000 to take care of immediate needs. "We have cabled each of the allied governments seeking authority to install American Red Cross dispensaries in each of their important seaport cities-a measure of relief urgently needed.'' Do YouR BIT 377 DO YOUR BIT We have all done our share in helping to make the great National Red Cross drive the ~---------------• wonderful suc- cess that it was. I doubt if we could find a Sigma anywhere who is not a Red Cross member from the oldest Founder to the youngest pledge. Now we are to have a drive of our own-an extra special effort to show our love for Sigma Kappa and for our coun­ try. We want to raise a Sigma Kappa Red Cross Fund that will enable us to do something for the relief of the world's war suf­ ferers that will be worthy of us as a national sorority. That each one may same time keep posted on the work being done we offer the TRIANGLE plan which you may read about elsewhere in this issue. Of course, this is not to be the only way of raising money for the Fund- the chapters are urged to other efforts and Grand Council stands ready to give as much as the treasury will stand. In this national and world crisis we must give and give and give again. Now is your chance to do your bit. Subscribe for the TRIANGLE and show your loyalty to Sigma Kappa and to your country. 378 SIGMA KAPPA TRIANGLE FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE AND HER ACHIEVEMENT A Red Cross number of any magazine is in itself a memorial to Frorence Nightingale and her pioneer work in the now international association. If you haven 't consulted your encyclopedia~ too recently, you may be interested in this sketch of the life. of our first Red Cross nurse. Florence Nightingale was born of English parents in Florence, Italy, May 12, 1820. She acquired a liberal educa­ tion and was brilliantly accoinplished, but her marked charac­ teristic from early childhood was her devotion to the alleviation of pain and suffering.