Page 52 - To Dragma May 1930

M A Y , 1930 49

DISTRICTS, HERE'S HOW YOU STAND!

Atlantic—three out of eight chapters sent no report.

Southern—three out of seven chapters sent no report.

Ohio Valley—reported 100 per cent.

Great Lakes—reported 100 per cent.

Mid-Western—four out of six chapters sent no report.

Pacific—two out of six chapters sent no report.

Let me thank those who labored long and hard to gather these figures.
Perhaps seeing them in the whole may compensate for the time con-
sumed!

This piece of work is by no means infallible, and I shall be only
too glad to correct any errors. Perhaps the greatest difficulty I en-
counter is the lack of standardization. Sometimes the statistics may
lead one astray. This may be true in large universities where there is
only a slight fraction's difference in the rating of one organization with
another. In the smaller colleges it is difficult to compare and many
times the difference is so slight it scarcely seems fair to discriminate.

I had hoped to secure a record from each chapter for the purpose
of comparing with the rating in 1927-1928 and to begin to keep an
annual record for this purpose, but it may be that this program can
be worked out in the years to follow. Upon the basis of the scanty
material quoted:

Five chapters gained over 1927-1928.
Five chapters lost in scholastic standing since 1927-1928.
Eight remained the same or the change was too slight to be counted.
In nineteen chapters I was unable to make comparison either because
no reports were available or because thev were not in existence in 1927-
1928.

Heartiest congratulations to Nu Omicron which was first on the cam-
pus at Vanderbilt University and to Pi Delta and Epsilon Alpha which
ranked second at their respective colleges, and to Omicron and Beta
Theta which rated third place. It seems promising that two of the
newer chapters have made such excellent scholastic improvement—
Pi Delta from third to second and Beta Theta from eleventh to third.
Not so encouraging are the reports of Pi, Delta, and Theta which ranked
lowest.

Inadequate as these statistics and analysis are they may be of some
value in showing us our strong and weak points and serve as a guide
for concentrated effort in the furthering of one of the high principles of
Alpha Omicron Pi.

It is my earnest desire and request that every chapter scholarship
officer send a complete report to me for the next year's compilation.
Please do not fail to do so, for without the cooperation of every chapter
fry report can be neither complete or of much comparative value. I
could be of help to chapters with low standings if all of you would send
il r your methods of raising your scholarship standards as well as your
chapter reports. Let's make the next scholarship report 100 per cent
Perfect in attendance.