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Secretary of the Pan-Hellenic Conference be authorized to write to
all librarians, asking i f magazines will be received, and the disposi-
tion to be made of same; that the lists of libraries willing to receive
magazines, together with the names and addresses of the grand officers
of the fraternities, be sent to the editors of the magazines; that the
corresponding secretaries of the chapters of all fraternities represented
in the Conference be required to report to their editors concerning
the arrival and disposition of their magazines in the college libraries;
and that the editors report the results of such investigation to the
Secretary of the National Pan-Hellenic Conference.

The Conference voted that three copies of each magazine be
sent as exchange, including the ones sent to the Conference delegate
and the editor, the other to be decided upon by the Grand President.

Adjournment.

SECOND SESSION

The second session was called to order at 10 A. M . , Saturday,
September 18, 1909.

Rushing Policy at Yale:

Mrs. McElroy, Alpha Phi, the chairman of the committee on
rushing policy at Yale, presented her very able report, the conclusion
of which follows:

In this brief and imperfect study of clubs and fraternities famous
at Yale and Harvard, one impression is fixed—that the students and
authorities, because of experience, have agreed that a man must
evince some ability to gain election to these organizations, and these
influential societies must have time, a year or more, to study and select
their new members.

Chaperones:

The committee on chaperones, Mrs. Tennant, of Alpha Chi
Omega, presented a report as follows:

"During the year there have been but five applications for chaper-
ones. A number of letters regarding the duties and requirements
of chaperones have been received. Some of these have been from
women wishing positions, but more have come from girls asking in-
formation. I t has been a matter of surprise to learn how definite the
expectations on both sides are, and indefinite the requirements. This
evidently comes from inexperience on the part of the most concerned.
The Deans seem to regard the chaperones as a kind of shadow or
shade, and the girls appear to regard the same individual as a person
with whom they must deal very indirectly. I t seems to me that the
whole matter has not had a 'square deal.' Just so long as the chapter
house is a necessity, the chaperone is a necessity. I n my judgment,