The San Francisco call., 1910-03-10
WOMEN OUTSTRIP
MEN IN BRILLIANCE
Phi Beta Kappa Scholarship SO'
ciety at University Elects
Twenty New Members

BERKELEY. March 9.-outstripping
the men in brilliancy of scholarship by
ratio of almost two TO one. the
women Of the university captured the
honors in the selection of the Phi Beta
Kappa scholarship society yesterday
afternoon. when I3 women and seven
men were chosen TO membership in the
Oldest Greek letter organization in the
United States. OF the members chosen
IS were taken from the senior class
which viii graduate in May and five
were juniors.
The election Of the large number of
women. following the example of Cor
nell university, where the same relative
proportion Of women were chosen into
Phi Beta Kappa, Miss Mary Louise Phil
lips. OF the last years class, was ad-
mitted 10 the honor society and cap
tured the university gold medal for
being The most brilliant scholar OF the
year 1903.
These women were admitted to the
Greek letter society:
Miss sara Ashby. member Of the English club.
sraf of Oecldent magazine. and winner OF prize
Miss Agnes carroll, prominent in women
Scar and leader I'm women student BODY
Mis- Mabel Frisbie. Delta Delta Delta sorority,
member ~ Treble Clcf and otner societies.
Mss Berculce Kelley. treasurer OF women lsst
year PryIsnean society. Treble Clef, Delta Delta
Mis-, I,e-t6a FitzeIl. member Of various CON-
Miss Lita Lauxen. Alpha Phi sorority. Treble
Cief and prominent in college and class snalrs-
Miss Jessie Lee. entered university year ago
from I0nia- Mich, IS q member Of the junior
class -
ritv aud well known IN social life on campus
Miss Marie Sabelman. member OF women
Mss Mabel Usinger. Alameda society girl.
Mis- Frances Gillespy end Miss Lillian Har-
Der. prominent in social activities ana III various
language clubs on campus
The men chosen We're:
h. y. Lamont. chairman OF the intercollegiate
debating committee. prominent in drsmaucs ana
member Of the Delta Epsilon fraternity
J. J. Dorceloh. author of his class farce
A j. Eduv. member Of the Tau Beta Fl engi-
neering fraternity and Of the civil engineering
n B. Jacobs. member Of the sophomore debat-
n. &. Lirtle. affiliated with the Phi Kappa Psi
fraternity and Tau Beta ri engineering society;
Franz Schneider. prominent IN the Spanish ana
German clubs and reader in the German depart
E. g. Browne. registered IN the college of so
claI sciences
The new officers of the university
chapter of Phi Beta Kappa are:
dent. Prof G. r. Noyes; second vice president.
Prof Charles DerIerh Jr.: third vice president,
Prof c. /. Pugh; secretary treasurer, T. Peters
son.
Miss Margaret Hizar. in charge of
the bonfire rally which the women stu
dents viii hold at Hearst haIl tomorrow
night TO arouse enthusiasm for the first
intercollegiate basket ball game will
Stanford has selected the following
'-stokers" 10 kindle the fire: Miss
Jessie Latin. chair; Gertrude Brown.
Ruth Ruddock, Bera Gardner, Ethel
Porter and Margaret Ashford Among
the spea kers of the evening will be
Miss BIaude Cleveland. assistant to the
dean OF women, Miss Shafter coach of
the basket ball team; Miss Irma Brom-
ley and Miss Florence Cassidy, captain
OF the team.
As 2 result Of the preliminary de-
bates held last night in California hall.
the following students have qualified
for the finals which viii be held tomor-
row night for the team which viii meet
Stanford this year: r. II. Clark, g. A
Work. r. II. Scott. T. r. Goodman. T.
p Kittredge. J. J. Miller, Philip Ehr-
Itch. Il II. Phleger, J. @. Sweet, J. A.
=. Brookman, Newton B. Drury. T. NJ
shipper and Charles Kasch are also
eligible TO enter the finals.