Page 26 - 1912 February - To Dragma

TO DRAG MA OF ALPHA OMICRON PI 91

THE PAN-HELLENIC CONGRESS

The Pan-Hellenic Conference (or Congress at it is to be known
hereafter) was a decided success this year. I t was marked by the
first step toward permanent usefulness, which consisted in granting
limited legislative powers to the Pan-Hellenic delegates by their re-
spective fraternities. While this does not mean direct action in many
more instances than has been possible before it does mean less delay
in the machinery of handling Pan-Hellenic questions and we hope a
quicker and more satisfactory method of adjusting local Pan-Hel-
lenic difficulties through the Congress or its committees as a court of
last resort.

Other points which are to be given attention in the future are the
scholarship and college activities of fraternity girls in college—both
separately and in their relation to each other. Active chapters are
urged to interest each girl in some college activity but to see that
no one girl has too many interests in and out of her fraternity life
to affect health and scholarship. A committee was appointed to
work out a uniform system of scholarship reports from college
authorities to each fraternity's national scholarship committee in
order to alleviate the work of the college authorities or deans of wom-
en who are kind enough to furnish the information and to encourage
fraternities who are not already doing so to pay closer attention to
the scholarship standards of their members.

Each of the sixteen national fraternities who are now members of
the congress was represented by a delegate this year, many of whom
have been regular attendants for many years. Several new faces
were seen, but every one present was well posted and actively inter-
ested in the work discussed especially in the matter of a new consti-
tution which was finally settled.

The Pan-Hellenic luncheon for all fraternity women of the vicin-
ity was the largest yet held. This was due in part to its being held
in Evanston in the beautiful big gymnasium of Northwestern Uni-
versity, where it attracted Northwestern active chapters in f u l l
force and many alumnae as well. Over three hundred and fifty sat
down at the long narrow tables and after the delicious luncheon
listened to fraternity songs from each active chapter present, and
to interesting toasts from a few Pan-Hellenic delegates and from Dr.
Harris, President of Northwestern University. Dr. Harris believes
in college fraternities and believes they do the most good to them-
selves and their colleges when each chapter works toward the ideal