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TO DRAGMA OF ALPHA OMICRON PI si
NEWS OF THE COLLEGE AND GREEK LETTER WORLD
The University of Nebraska offers a course in Swedish langauge.
George Ade has been appointed Grand Consul of 2 X .
A Y celebrated its seventy-fifth anniversary in November.
Commander Robert E. Peary is a member of A K E and planted
its flag at the Pole.
The twenty-first convention of the Alpha Phi Fraternity was held
in Baltimore, Md., March 8th, 9th, and 10th, 1910.
A Y boasts of 1812 alumni subscribers to its quarterly, and is
making a special effort to increase the number to 2,000 by Novem-
ber, 1909.
A 2 A Sorority has placed her Kappa Phi Chapter at M t . Union
College, Ohio. This is the first chapter of A 2 A north of the Mas-
on-Dixon line.—Themis Z T A.
The University of Virginia added $1,000,000 to its endowment
fund recently, one-half being the gift of Mr. Carnegie, and the
rest being donations from the alumni.—American College.
Alumnae chapters of A T have been given a recognized place i n
fraternity affairs and now stand on the same footing in convention
as our active chapters, having been granted the same voting privi-
leges.—Anchora.
A t its last convention, the I I K A Fraternity hitherto a strictly
Southern Fraternity, declared for Northern extension and chapters
will be placed in the North immediately. I I K A has thirty-two
Southern chapters.—Themis Z T A.
The number of students enrolled on Barnard's opening day was
about 500. This is an increase of nearly 100 over the registration
of two years ago, and is ahead of last year's figures by about twenty.
The freshman class numbers 177 up to date.—American College.
To sum up many questions in one, as to the test of a chapter's
efficiency, do the members of the chapter regard fraternity and its
interests as the main thing, the all absorbing interest of their col-
lege life, or as a factor, delightful to be sure, but necessarily sub-
ordinate to college interests and serious college work?—Key.
