The San Francisco call., 1907-03-29
MISS M'REYNOLDS NOT
WORRIED BY EXPULSION
Radical Action of Sorority
Is Not Approved by
Many Persons
GOSSIP IS CONTINUED
Chairman Merritt and Miss
Sprague Make Inquiry
Into the Affair
GOSSIP IS CONTINUED

BERKELE1, March 2s.-Gossip over
the expulsion of Miss Isabel Mercy
nolds from the Delta Delta Delta So
rority showed little abatement today
The action of the organization in send
ing out notices to every sorority and
fraternity house In Berkeley that MISS
McReynolds' name had been stricken
from the rolls was looked upon by
many as being an altogether too radi-
cal move and one which would be IKE
ly in the end to gain many new friends
for Miss McReynolds.
In the face of many stories today
each purporting to be key 10 the
mystery involved in MSS McReynolds
expulsion from the "tri-Delta" house
the girl student most affected smiled
coolly and met all ocmo whose name
was legion. with calm, matter-o1-iac'
explanation. She said:
"The affair is trif1ing; it concerns no.
body but the sorority and myself. II
was simply impossible for us to agree
regarding certain things. My temper
and feelings did not jibe with theirs
we decided TO separate. / haven't any
comment to make about their action In
sending out notices to the college pub
lie telling everybody that my name had
been dropped. That is their affair. Ii
seems to have made me friends instead
of causing me the loss of any. l am
satisfied with the situation.
II is reported that the real reason
for the sorority's action against Miss
McReynolds lay in determination tc
break UP the play "The Little Clay
Cart" in which Miss McReynolds has
the star part. This play is to be pro-
duced in the Greek Theater on April 6
The leading male part is in sam
Hume's hands. There is said to be 6
deal OF resentment in the "tTi- Delta
and other sororities that Miss Mercy
nolds and Sam Hume should have these
prominent roles, when neither student
is altogether approved by sorority
women.
Miss McReynolds is famous for hel
indifference to sorority standards, anC
Hume stirred the coed" world into {
storm last winter when he broke into
Hearst Hall and witnessed, withou
permission. a full-dress rehearsal o.
"As You Like It." wherein lot Of gir
students appeared in tights. The pla,
was for girls only, and Hume's intru'
sion created a sensation.
Now that Miss McReynolds and San
Hume both have the limelight in "Th'
Little Clay Cart" and are luminaries o.
the first class on the campus the So
rority circles feel pain, according t.
expert diagnosis Of the situation. anC
the expulsion of Miss McReynolds from
the Delta Delta Delta house is looked
upon as part OF the campaign of re
venge against the pair. The hltimat'
aim of the sorority women is said t.
have been the complete disarranging o.
all the plans for THE Little Clay Cart
production.
Miss McReynolds attended her classes
at college today and took part in /;
rehearsal Of The Little Clay Cart
Apparently she is TO hold her place il
the cast of that play.
The fact that no charges were made
against Miss McReynolds by the 'tri
Delta" sorority, and no reasons for he
expulsion were assigned in the notic'
issued by the sorority, caused the-uni
versity authorities to fear that hast,
and ill-judged action might have beer
taken by the sorority against Miss Nc
Reynolds. Miss Sprague, dean OF uni
versity women, and Ralph p. Merritt
chairman of the undergraduate stu
dents affairs committee and presiden
of the Associated Students. made in
! quiry on these lines last night, ant
continued their questioning today. The.
said tonight that the sorority member
| had explained 10 the satisfaction o
! the authorities that the reason for act
ing in Miss McReynolds' case was suf
/ ficiently good and that the trouble wa
simply a matter of sorority regulation
with nothing approaching the sensa
tional or tragic in its Importance