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Fund—this fund to be in the hands of a committee whose duty it will be
to apply this sum, upon application, to the needs of our own organization.—
Crescent of T <£ B .

     Pi Beta Phi offers a fellowship of $500 each year to one member chosen
with regard to her scholastic ability, and all-round development of character.
The fellow for 1912-13, is Elizabeth Craighead of Pennsylvania who is study-
ing French Phonetics in France.—A T A Quarterly.

     It is pleasing to note the general awakening of all fraternities in regard
to the problem of scholarship, and it shall be a policy of the Journal to
encourage all chapters of Sigma Phi Epsilon to make this phase of school
life an important one. Since our last issue, we have received various reports
from institutions in which chapters of our fraternity may be found, and it is
gratifying to note that Sigma Phi Epsilon stands high. Fraternities are
judged largely by their scholastic standing and our chapters should make
great efforts to maintain a high standard of scholarship.—Sigma Phi Epsilon
Journal.

    "Recent investigations conducted by alumnae of Smith College have re-
sulted in the discovery that though among non-college women one out of
every ten marriages results in divorce, among college graduates there occurs
only one out of every 57, and among Smith graduates alone only one out of
85"—Quarterly of 2 X.—Quoted by Anchor a of A V.

    Kappa Alpha Theta has a legislator, Mrs. Seville C . Axtelle, of Wash-
ington. Her daughter is now a junior at the University of Washington where
she is active in university affairs.—A V A Quarterly.

    Delta Gamma is considering a convention to be held on board ship—on
the Great Lakes. She is also publishing a A T Cook Book.—A T A Quarterly.

          CONVENTIONS HELD IN DECEMBER AND JANUARY

December

4-6—Delta Kappa Epsilon at Memphis, Tennessee.
26-28—Phi Gamma Delta at Indianapolis, Indiana.
26-28—Phi Kappa Sigma at Baltimore, Maryland.
26- 28—Sigma Alpha Epsilon at Nashville, Tennessee.
27- 29—Alpha Tau Omega at Louisville, Kentucky.
28- 30—Phi Mu Gamma at Old Point Comfort, Virginia.
30-Jan 1—Sigma Nu at Atlanta, Georgia.
30-Jan 1—Phi Chi at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
30-Jan 1—Phi Delta Theta at Chicago, Illinois.

          —Anchora of A T.

    A A A had 21 elected to Phi Beta Kappa last year. This is the largest
number for the year and is only equaled by I I B 4>, which has seven more
chapters.

    "There has just been organized at Bowdoin College a society open to all
non-fraternity students called the Bowdoin Club, with the purpose of providing
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