New-York tribune., 1901-07-14
KAPPA ALPHA THETA MEETS.
MANY OF THE COLLEGE CHAPTERS REP
RESENTED AT THE CONVENTION
HELD HERE LAST WEEK.

The biennial convention Of the Kappa Alpha
Theta came 10 end yesterday with the close OF
the morning session The meetings. which began
Tuesday morning. consisted of two sessions held
daily until yesterday. The time was devoted 10
election of officers the result of which is not
disclosed to the public, and TO papers and discus
sions fraternity matters. Forty official repre-
sentatives present and the average attend-
of members was about seventy
The college chapters represented-from Corr
nell, University of Vermont. Allegheny College.
Syracuse University, swarthmore College. womans
College, OF Buffalo: Brown University Barnard
College. De Pauw University Indiana State Univer-
slty University OF Illinois, Wooster University,
University of Michigan. University of Kansas. Al
blon College. University of Nebraska Northwestern
University. University OF Minnesota, University %
Wisconsin Ohio State University. Leland Stanford.
Jr.. University and the University of California
Besides these. delegates reported from alumnse
chapters in this city Burlington. VT Green Castle.
Ind: Minneapolis. Mimi; Chicago. Columbus, Ohio.
and Indianapolis. IND.
All the sessions were secret. and ehaperons were
the only outsiders invited To participate in festiv-
ties On Tuesday evening informal reception
was held in the Hotel Albert. University Place and
Eleventh-st where the out of town delegates have
stayed while in the city, and where the meetings
have been held. Wednesday evening the home
chapters"-Barnard and the New-York Alumnse-
entertained the delegates with trolley ride and
beach party at Manhattan. The vast extent OF ho-
tel space and the facilities for entertaining crowds
at the various resorts a revelation 10 the
visitors from the Pacific Coast who saw the Atlan-
tic for the first time. The home chapters were
lat home 10 the convention at Barnard College
Thursday afternoon. and the beautiful chapter
room Of the Alpha Zeta (the Barnard Chapter) was
decorated with palms and masses OF olaek-eyed
Susans the latter comprising the fraternity eolors.
black and gold. After visit 70 the university
campus gymnasium. library and other buildings.
refresnrnsnts were served in BrinckerhoI Theatre
A banquet in the hotel on Friday evening eloSeb
The social features of the convention
Miss Nyra NJ. Post OF DetrUIt, grand PRESIDENT.
was presiding officer. The other convention orSsrs
were Miss NJ E. s Scot,. Miss NJ. Edith Bell. Miss
Edna Harman Wickson. Miss Alice r Wa6swortn.
and Miss Cecilia A. Law Miss Adelaide = ftofl.
OF Brooklyn. chairman of the reception COM
mittee Other members wore Miss Ronloia Lyon.
OF Englewood \. J.; Miss Ruth g oyerton, O.
BROOKLYN: Elsa G. Bergen. of Brooklyn: Miss Annie
L. Seward of East Orange. and Miss Florence LIP
pncott, OF this city. .
The kappa Alpha Theta is the Oldest and one OF
the strongest or womens fraternities in TINS eou-
try Ii has about seven hundred college and alunl-
nae chapter members, and at least a thousand more
who are deprived OF membership in local chapters
because there organizations In their vicln,y-
The Michigan University and Barnard chapters tne
latter being the youngest are the larsest IN tne
fraternity. Kappa Alpha Theta was formed III Ds
Pauw University Greencastle. Ind. IN lsso