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same hue which were burning in the individual homes throughout our states,
in the large cities where alumnae associations were having a Founders' Day
banquet, and in those out-of-the-way towns across the sea where lone 1. W. C.
missionaries were remembering their college days and associations in the
same way as their classmates on home soil were reviewing the days gone by.

When, after the meal, the toasts began and, while singing the college song,
the girls lighted their individual candles, the impressiveness of the day
reached its height. The supreme degree of college loyalty was reached as
toasts were made to the college, to its Founders of 1S4C, its Builders of 1622,
and to its increasing influence of the future.

"A black-ball is not a dagger for a coward's use, with which to even up
an old score,'' says the editor of the Sigma Chi Quarterly. "It is not a brush
with which to besmirch the character of one who may hold different views
from yours. A black-ball is a fraternity's shield to protect not individuals
but the fraternity from those who would injure it. It should never be cast
with a prejudiced mind, or a selfish thought. Remember, it is a serious thing
to constitute one's self jury and executioner in one single act, unless the
fraternity's interests absolutely demand it."

The Themis of Zeta Tau Alpha for January, has an interesting article on
the social service policy of the N. P. C. Fraternities, and an unusually varied
Vocational section.

Pi Beta Phi is to hold its convention at Estes Park, Colo., June 25 to 30.

The Sigma Kappa Triangle, in its annual vocational number, has a num-
ber of interesting articles, ranging from those on teaching to several on social
service, journalism, and several less crowded professions.

A study of the scholastic standing of fraternities at any given university
will show that the order of the various organizations in scholarship will
closely parallel their rank in a table showing the number of men who drop
out of college each year. I f an organization wants to see the majority of any
Freshman Class graduate, it will only be able to do this through insistence
upon high scholastic standing from the day the Freshmen are pledged until
they leave the college with a degree. And all the rules and good resolutions
handed down for the guidance of Freshmen are worthless unless they are
effective on upperclassmen as well.—The Delta of Sigma Nu.

The girls at Northwestern have banded themselves into class societies for
purposes of a social nature as well as for unity. Each class has its lantern
on its button (as in the case of the freshman class) to be handed down to the
succeeding class. The various colors of these symbols hold meanings sacred to
the memory of class traditions. The seniors prefer the gold which will be
given over to the present sophomore girls when the seniors leave. The juniors
favor blue, the sophomores, red, while the freshmen naturally cling to the
green.

Once a month "cozies" are given by these various organizations at homes
in Kvanston, and a better way of becoming acquainted with one's classmates
could hardly be found. Besides get-togethers of a purely social nature alone,
business meetings are held about once or twice a month. Kings with silver
lanterns on colored stone have been chosen as the insignia.

The idea of class societies is a new one at Northwestern this year but II
argues well to become one of the university's most potent factors in foster-
ing class spirit, loyalty, and unity.—The Alpha X i Delta.

LETS:

When I read the last Q U A R T E R L Y and did not find a letter from my
chapter I was thoroughly disappointed. I've not been able to visit my chapter