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receive an invitation to join a sorority must pass two-thirds of the
work for which she is registered with an average of " C " ; this
average is to be determined by the scheme used at the university
office. I n order that new students may know our standards and rules,
we plan to have the by-laws printed and a copy given to each girl
at the time of her registration.

W hile regulating "rushing" and membership requirements, we do
not forget that Pan-Hellenics also exist for the promotion of good
feeling. After initiations in February, relations between the members
of the sororities seemed a little strained, and for that reason we held
an open Pan-Hellenic meeting to which all members of both chapters
came. The Pan-Hellenic delegates gave accounts of the work done
by the National Pan-Hellenic, the purpose of Pan-Hellenics and
how that purpose might best be accomplished at "Maine." A meet-
ing of this kind might not be feasible where there is a large
number of sorority members, but with us it proved very successful.

We hope in the future to work toward" making college life more
attractive for the women students. There have been so few of us
that the men have received all the favors, and i f anything was left
over—which happened very seldom—the unfortunate "co-eds" re-
ceived it. We have never even had a tennis court of our own; and
Pan-Hellenic has determined that we will have one this spring i f
forcible arguments can prevail.

Little difficulties, of course, arise; but i f everything went smoothly
all the time we would not be human. We are striving to realize that
each sorority is working for the highest, and that only by over-
coming pettiness and by co-operation, can we make the splendid
sorority life worth while.

ANTOINETTE T R E A T WEEK. Gamma 1913.

PAN-HELLENIC AT STANFORD UNIVERSITY

Our local Pan-Hellenic has proven itself to be an active, working
organization. The model constitution, advocated by National Pan-
Hellenic, seems to fill the bill adequately. Weekly meetings are
held during rushing season, and also during the second semester.

The organization has borne in mind the fact that the matter of
rushing is not the only aim of Pan-Hellenic. The promotion of
good feeling among non-sorority girls; the raising of scholarship
standards; and the support of university activities have all received
consideration in our organization. I t is hoped by these methods to
make the local Pan-Hellenic effective; to minimize the faults and
increase the virtues of the sorority system; and to become efficient in
the advancement of the work of the national organization.