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and through the attention attracted to themselves by their participa- c$ a s k e / j
tion in the organization find themselves rushed by fraternities. If they
desire to retain their membership, Phrateres is glad to have them do so. 'Belongs to 'Beta Kappa
Certain fraternity women realize the value of broadening their college
contacts and join Phrateres for the opportunity thus afforded. By B E T T Y J O H N S O N , Beta Kappa

Phrateres is not a non-organization group. Phrateres is not set upi j LAX W H Y T E has been unanimously chosen captain of the senior
for comparison with Panhellenic. It is a democratic company of college "A" basketball team. She was a member of the team which wron
women, including fraternity and nonfraternity women, open to every the world's basketball championship at the Olympic Games in
woman who sincerely desires to serve the university through the organi- Prague, Czechoslovakia, in 1930.
zation by helping to vitalize its motto, "Famous for Friendliness." Na- The Vbyssey, college newspaper, says of her: "The only member
turally it will always be composed largely of non-organization women °f the championship team left on the line-up this year is Jean Whyte
but the Alpha chapter at the University of California at Los Angeles w » o will play center. This will be Jean's fifth year to represent varsity
feels that it further accomplishes its aim by providing an opportunity on the senior "A" team and much credit is due her for her consistent
for both fraternity and nonfraternity women together to serve our uni- Worts to put the college on the map in the basketball world."
versity and benefit by the experience.
Jean is athletic representative of Education '32, a member of the
In the beginning the founder had no thought of expansion. She •g Block Club, the athletic honor societv at the University of British
merely hoped to develop an organization for the best interests of the Columbia.
women on this campus. Phrateres was glad, however, when other colleges
became interested in its organization, and there are now four chapters
in addition to the Alpha chapter. Beta chapter is located at the Univer-
sity of Washington, Gamma at Oregon State College, Delta at Whitman
College, and Epsilon at the University of New Mexico.

At the time of the installation of the Gamma and Delta chapters in'
December, 1930. the fact that the organization was becoming too large
and unwieldy became evident, so the first national conference was held.
It was at this conference that Mrs. Helen Matthewson Laughlin, the
founder, was elected honorary Grand President. The next conference
is to be held in the spring of 1932, again at Oregon State College, in
conjunction with the conference of the Western Section of the Associated
Women Students and Deans of Women. Requests have been received
from colleges in the east and west.

When requests to establish chapters at other colleges come to Alpha
chapter, we were pleased to cooperate but felt very strongly that we
did not desire to dictate the policies that should prevail on other campi
except in a general way. Our name (Phrateres, meaning Sisterhood),
our symbols (pin, ring and crest), are fixed. So is the Phrateres ideal,
that the organization shall be a democratic organization of college women
having nothing that in any way corresponds to rushing and selective
membership, yet offering all other advantages made possible by the fra-
ternity system.

"Beta "Phi Qets "Beta Tbeta's J^aurels

Proof reading should be finished before midnight. When it continues
past that hour as it did in October, Beta Theta is apt to remain Beta
Phi. So Beta Theta, not Beta Phi, leads its campus in scholarship,
also possessed two <E>K<I> members last spring. Now Ava Louise Reddi<
(B0) joins her sisters. A new cup, for the best dressed doll in the D<
Show is a new award, too.