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The ideal fraternity girl certainly stands highest among all girls for no
other g i r l has such an opportunity to do good and be useful. She must
think of the two sides of her l i f e , the one that everybody can see and the one
shown her sisters only, and they should both be as near perfect as possible.
A g i r l , when she joins a fraternity, should not be changed in her attitude
toward outsiders or other fraternity people, but should continue to fill her
place in all phases of l i f e . Aside f r o m the personal side o f her f r a t e r n i t y
l i f e , the ideal fraternity g i r l should be devoted to the success of her fraternity.
She should set the highest standard f o r i t and work f o r its greatest good,
watching always f o r girls who have real character and worth, no matter
whether they are wealthy and highly attractive or not.— Themis of Zeta Tau
Alpha.

How many times have we seen cases where girls, who were friends all
through high school, have joined different fraternities, then have ceased to be
friends and becomes mere acquaintances. Surely i f fraternities are to destroy
friendships they are not l i v i n g up to the ideals f o r which they stand. Such
friendships, instead of being broken by f r a t e r n i t y , should serve as a means
of uniting the two chapters in a feeling o f true fellowship. This tendency
to allow one's fraternity to limit one's friendship is more often found among
the freshmen, and i f the upper classmen were to give them the idea that
friendship is above f r a t e r n i t y boundaries, the freshmen would be happier and
better Kappas.

Every fraternity girl who knows what the friendship of the girls in the
chapter has meant to her and done for her ought to realize that friendships
w i t h other f r a t e r n i t y girls would also be beneficial to her. Every new f r i e n d -
ship broadens one's character; and i f a fraternity is to limit the friendship of
its members, its influence is detrimental and is robbing them of a part of their
college education by making them narrow and snobbish. I t will in time
make all college interests subservient to fraternity interests and w i l l be a
serious drawback to the unity of the college.

I f there were more friendships between girls, regardlesss of their frater-
nities, much of the feeling which now exists between the different fraternities
would disappear.—Key of Kappa Kappa Gamma.

SUGGESTIONS TO MEMBERS

1. Systematise your work. Formulate a schedule f o r your private and indi-
vidual work as definitely as your class room work. Let your hour f o r chatting
and enjoying each other come at a regular time with no encroachment on
working hours.

2. Make your rule that preparation shall u n f a i l i n g l y be made f o r each
class. Without each intermediate step no proper handling of your subject
can be possible.

3. L i m i t the number o f your social engagements. Take what you can
without upsetting your plans for work.

4. Bear in mind that each day's work makes or mars the reputation o f
your chapter. Let the thought that each thing you do helps or hurts your
fraternity keep your purpose steady. The unswerving desire to do good work
for fraternity's sake should f o r m a strong undercurrent to all that is on the
surface of lives.

5. Live on hygienic principles. N o one can do continuously good work
without proper care o f the body. Too often college women neglect the first