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The pledge pin of A O II, which is a gold sheaf is to be made a
little larger, and to be changed to a clasp pin instead of a stick
pin. It is to bear the fraternity letters A O II raised in gold across
the binding of the sheaf.

X 2 X , a sorority with but two chapters, one in Kentucky State
College, Lexington, Ky., has just purchased a chapter house. This
is the first chapter house in that state to be owned by any fraternity
or sorority.—The Phi Gamma Delta.

K A 0 has adopted as its official pledge pin a small diamond
shield divided diagonally into two triangles, one of gold, the other of
black enamel. The national flag is a large one of silk in black and
gold and bearing the sorority's coat of arms.—Ida Shaw Martin's
Sorority Handbook.

At Nebraska an attempt has been made to break down that bar-
rier which arises between fraternity and non-fraternity people. It
is now the prevailing custom to invite to all the formal fraternity
parties at least one representative from every sorority and fraternity,
and one or more non-fraternity people.

A German fraternity, <I> X, has lately been founded at Illinois.
It is to become national, with the chapter at Illinois as the Alpha,
or governing body. The membership will probably consist of college
men of German descent or men connected with the German depart-
ments in colleges and universities.—The Rainbow of A T A.

There are enrolled at the University of Nebraska this year thirty-
four hundred and fifty-four students, fifteen hundred of whom are
women. Of this number not more than two hundred are fraternity
women. The faculty numbers two hundred and sixty-five members.

2 2 2 has adopted as its national flag a banner of purple crossed
from left to right with a white band bearing the sorority letters in
purple. In the upper corner is a white triangle and in the lower a
white circle. The pledge pin is an indented triangle of gold super-
imposed upon a gold circle.—Ida Shaw Martin's Sorority Handbook.

The University of Maine has an imposing new Agricultural Hall
which has just been completed and which consists of three full
stories, with a good basement. Its exterior of red brick is trimmed
with sandstone, and presents an imposing appearance. It contains
laboratories, lecture halls, recitation rooms and a museum. From its
top one may obtain a fine view of the university campus and the sur-
rounding country.