The San Francisco call., 1908-12-24
SORORITY SUED FOR
DAMAGES TO HOUSE
Kappa Kappa Gamma Members
Must Defend Mrs. lrvine's
Suit for SI35

window shades and electric light h1-
lures sacrificed when sorority girls
initiate neophytes? Do limitations and
similar Jinks call for diminishing the
luster Of interior finish and for the
scraping off of paint?
These considerations were presented
when q suit for slS5 damages was filed
in the superior court today by Mrs
Helen Irvine OF Detroit. Mich, against
". H. Chickering and T. C. Coogan.
Chickering and Coogsn were bondsmen
OF Miss Anna r. Tucker, a former Uni
versity Of California student, who
leased the house at 2515 lie Conte ave-
nue., Berkeley, and who established
there members of the exclusive Kappa
kappa Gamma sorority, successors TO
the Chi Psi fraternity as occupants
The house was 10 be turned over to
the owner in as good condition as it
was when occupancy was taken under
the terms of the lease in August, 1906.
But when in May of this year the
house was abandoned another story
was told.
MANY SIGNS OF JINkS
Mrs. Irvine complained that there
remained but little Of the interior fur
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marks OF the jinks Of the girl occu-
pants. Electric fixtures suffered most,
and perplexing problem was outlined
in the minds of viewers when the
height Of the fixtures from the floor
was considered.
Bolts and locks had been unavailing
to check the tides Of merriment and
girlish fun, and these had been broken.
Window shades had been pulled down
IL !, 90 N
again. The woodwork bore traces Of
missiles weightier than those involved
in pillow fights. Paint had disappeared
in spots until the original effect Of
the whole had been considerably
dimmed.
Electric fixtures, window shades, door
hinges. bolts and locks. and other fix
lures were destroyed or removed from
said premises, the walls and woodwork
were marred, soiled and otherwise
injured. and said premises were other
wise injured. all as a result of~the care
lessness, negligence or wilIful reckless
ness Of the said Anna Tucker and the
persons being upon said premises in
her right and by her invitation, by
which said adaptations and injuries
the plaintiff was damaged TO the
amount of sI35
Thus were all OF these things set
Technology Of the complaint, and the
alleged frolics of the girls were made
10 assume a dark aspect which savored
Of plotting against property.
DEMANDS sI,I25 As RENT
A feature of the complaint was a
request for Sl,125 for rent which
run its natural term. The lease ex-
tended from August, 1906. until Au-
gust, 1909, at SIS a month. In May
the house was given up. but rent had
been paid in advance up to the last
of July of this year. Coogan Chick
ering were asked to make the balance
good.
Miss Tucker left for the Hawaiian
islands recently, where she will en-
gage in teaching.
The Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority
is one Of the largest and most exclusive
Greek letter societies of the goods of
the University of California Pi chap
ter was established in 1859, and after
2 brief existence disbanded. Reorgan-
ization, however, was completed in 1897
and since that time few sororities have
enjoyed its prestige, gained alike from
its national character and its mem
bership drawn from some of the most
prominent families in this and other
states. Representatives of the Morrow,
Clickering and Coogan families of Oak
land; the Menefees of Vallejo, the
knowltons of Berkeley, the De la
Cuestas of San Francisco, and hosts of
others in the state are on the rolls of
the society. The sorority was only a
temporary occupant of the lie Conte
avenue place, which had been a home
Of the Chi Psi fraternity. The women
vacated their temporary home in LIE
Conte avenue and removed last May to
2SS4 Hilgard avenue, where they own
one OF the most desirable chapter
houses in this city.
MEMBERS OF SORORITY
Among the members of the sorority
since their occupancy of the original
chapter house in Bancroft way are:
Evelyn G. Davidson Mary Elizabeth Reed
Elsie J. EFers0n lAfvrfle n sims
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