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DELTA. TUFTS COLLEGE
The greater part of A's energy this fall has been expended in
rushing, or more correctly, in refraining from rushing. According
to the Pan-Hellenic rules for Tufts this year, pledge day is deferred
until the week after mid-years. Until then, there is supposed to be
no rushing whatever. The rules are so restricted, that they do not
admit a sorority girl and a freshman, to eat so much as a box of
candy together. For a while the relations seemed unusually strained,
but now that we are getting used to them, and the freshmen are
learning to seek each other's companionship, rather than ours,
things are not quite so bad. However, it is an experiment and time
only can prove its success or failure. There is a question whether
in such a small college as this, where there are less than one hundred
girls, it is wise to have a mid-year or sophomore pledge-day.

As to the effect upon the fraternity itself, there is much to be
said on both sides. While it is a great strain on the individual girls,
it tends to strengthen the bonds of union between us. The idea of
the sacrifice of the individual for the sake of the fraternity is con-
stantly brought before us, and we realize that only through united
action, "team-work" as i t is called, can we win out.

While the tendency this year is to devote too much time to the
consideration of freshmen, an extra effort is made to keep up the
past record of the frat along other lines. Plans for a dance are in
progress; current events are continued; several theatre parties have
been held; and the joint meetings and spreads of the active and
alumnae chapters have been renewed.

On the whole, "frat-spirit," that intangible something that is
so necessary to success, is strong in A chapter of A O I I .

GAMMA. UNIVERSITY OF MAINE

After a long, happy summer the girls of Gamma are back, ready
for the good hard work and jolly fun, that college life brings.

Last spring there were three alumnae members initiated, Agnes
Burnam, '00, Mary Knight Davis, (Mrs. Sydney Davis) ex-'09,
and Frances Hinkley Crowe, (Mrs. James Crowe) '03.

At commencement, last June, were graduated six of our number,
Cora and Christine Shaw, Irene Richardson, Martha Knight, Flor-
ence Chase, and Mary E. Chase. I t is with pleasure that we are
able to say that Cora Shaw made the honorary society, Phi Kappa
Phi, while Frances Pol, who has been doing graduate work here,
obtained her M . A. degree.

At present there are seventeen active members in Gamma chapter.
We have decided not to pledge new members to the sorority until
mid-years, in order that we may know the girls better before pledg-