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effort is made to group the Barnard students on certain floors. Barnard
has been in her new home only seven years, and yet the buildings which
in 1897 seemed spacious enough to accommodate students for genera-
tions to come, have been outgrown and over-crowded for nearly three
years. I t is hoped that before long buildings will be erected on the
land given by Mrs. Anderson in 1903. This plot extends from 119th
to 116th Street and from Broadway to Clermont Avenue. I t is so
far unimproved except that the northern third, directly opposite the
college buildings, has been fitted up as an athletic field, known as Mill-
bank Quadrangle, where tennis courts and basketball grounds have been
laid out. I t is here that an annual Field Day is held on the anniversary
of the date of gift.

In spite of the lack of a proper dormitory and of the fact that many
of the Barnard students live at their homes in New York, the college is
not without its share of college life. Of the student organizations with
social features the fraternities are perhaps of most interest to the readers
of To DRAGMA. Of these, there are now seven, established in the fol-
lowing order: Kappa Kappa Gamma, Alpha Omicron Pi, Kappa Alpha
Theta, Gamma Phi Beta, Alpha Phi, Delta Delta Delta, and Pi Beta
Phi. They include in their membership less than one-fourth of the
student body. Several of the fraternities rent apartments in the vicinity
of the college, where a home for non-resident members is provided. Un-
til the year 1902-1903, each of the fraternities gave one large entertain-
ment yearly, to which the entire undergraduate body was invited. Since
that time, Alpha Omicron Pi is the only society that has followed the
old custom. Its entertainment has, for several years, taken the form
of a reception and concert, followed by an informal dance. The frater-
nities also give a number of smaller private entertainments during the
rushing season, and have their own social gatherings limited to members
or their friends. I t has been the custom of Alpha chapter to give a
dance during the spring term for active and alumna? members alone,
and sometimes there is an outing at the end of the year. For two sum-
mers, this outing took the form of a sail. On the first occasion, Nu
chapter was invited and the day was spent on the Hudson River; the
second trip was down the Bay to Sandy Hook.

There are certain fixed annual entertainments at Barnard as at every
other college. Chief of these is the Junior Ball, given in honor of the
Seniors. This entertainment is held in the Columbia Gymnasium, the
Barnard Theatre being much too small to accommodate the merry-
makers. I n December, the Sophomore Dance takes place, but this is
a smaller affair and the theatre suffices. Another dance given in the
Columbia Gymnasium is the Senior Dance, which is a part of the com-
mencement festivities. A series of dances known as the "Short and
Early" has for several years been conducted by a committee consisting
of members of Kappa Alpha Theta; its members are chiefly members of
that fraternity and their friends.

Three times during the year the Undergraduate Association gives