The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1912-04-18
BENNETT WRITES OF
U. OF 0. SORORITIES

Many Hood River boys and girls are
now attending the University of Ore
gOn and the alumni Of the Institution
who now reside in the valley reaches a
/ good number. Because Of these facts
/ the extracts from an article by Addi-
son Bennett in a recent issue Of the
0regonian will be Of interest 10 pc ople
here:
Il This IS TO be a message to parents
and guardians Of young women and
| young gentlemen attending the Uni
4 versity of Oregon at Eugene. tits
more particularly written for such of
these wards or offspring who are living
/ in fraternity or sorority houses, al
! though il will givescomfort to all who
are paying tribute TO the University of
/ Oregon, as well as those who expect TO
do so in the future.
''The sorOrities are managed by the
| seniors, in connection with the house
mother. They have everything in their
charge. Every purchase and every de-
| tail Of the management is under their
supervision and control. They keep
| the accounts, collect the bills and pay
out the money as bills become due.
For the house mentioned a.rental Of
Sll00 per year is paid, which is sup
posed to be 10 per cent of the cost of
the house and lot, the house being built
for the sorority on that basis.
1.-The furniture either belongs to the
| young women individually or has been
bought by them on the installment
! plan, which is the logical course, for in
that way the house soon will be com
pletey furnished with trappings be-
longing to the sorority, and as the pay
ments will cover a series of years the
expense will not be great, and the
benefit to future students will be con-
siderable. Soon it will be possible for
them to purchase the real estate, and
then the expense will be much less to
the students.
81 have no statement of monthly ex-
penses of this sorority, but ! have of
others, and the expenses in all cases
run below S25 per month. which in
cludes some So to SIS per month for
Furnishings and other equipments of a
permanent nature. AS the years pass
these expenses will become unneces-
sary, and the cost will be about $50
per month.
"As said, the seniors Of the, Theta
girls, as they call themselves, are in
control. and this control is exercised
| from the moment a new member is
initiated. The rules of behavior are
strict, aud every expense of student
is looked after, but more particularly
| her studies. If she is disposed to be
dilatOry, she is called to account. Her
seniors keep in close touch with the
faculty, particularly the senior profess
sor of each student. If her recitations
are not up to the mark she is assisted
in every way possible; if necessary
she is disciplined by being kept within
the house every evening until she i'm
proves in her college work. In fact
she is given the advantage of every
thing the seniors have learned in their
three previous years and is helped
over all of the pitfalls they know she
is likely to encounter. TO make it
palmer, il is a family of sisters, each
one wanting the family as a whole to
have a high standing in every way.
Every expense Of the freshmen is
| looked after, as the credit of the sor-
ority must not be endangered by hav-
| ing any of them run bills which cannot
be promptly met. nor is any expense
for folies or frvolities countenanced.
Also the work assigned to each must
be done promptly, else a fine is levied
and collected, too. If it is not paid
on the day it is assessed it doubles
every day until it is paid.
Few fines, however, are assessed.
Everything is done timely. cheerfully,
neatly, the entire place being in the
best of order at all times. OF course,
it is impossible to do all of the house
work in the morning before school
hours, as some of the classes are called
at z O'Clock. But everything must be
in order by / O'Clock .. m.
$50 these young women are not only
getting an education, but ale being
grounded in discipline, in eeon0my--in
all good habits OF course the house
mother has much to do.wth the success
of such a family, and the Theta girls
are very fortunate in having the ser
vices of Mrs. Bancroft. She is GER
tainly treasure, a real mother to
every one under her charge But il is
tunate in having house mothers nearly
or fully as efficient.
81 will now give the names of the
Gamma girls, the Delta Gamma sor-
ority, for it wassmy good fortune tosbe
their guest at dinner, as well as hav-
ing been the guest of the girls of the
Kappa Alpha Theta sorority. | will |
give their names so the message may |
have a personal application to the par
ents. Here they are by classes:
Seniors Clementine Cutter, Port |
land Alice Larsen, Oregon City; Ruth |
Hardy, Portland; Nell Banfeld Port |
land: Louise Cecil, Portland; Hazel |
Wright, Orchards, Wash Juniors
Carn Degremark, Portland; Helen .
Holbrook, Portland, Eva Roche, Port
land; Alma Noou Portland. Gladys |
Cartwright, Salem. Suphomores Olga
poulsen, Portland Madeline Harding,
Siverton; Elizabeth Riddell Long
Beach, Cal Florence +. Avery, Hood
River; Margaret Rohse, Portland.
Freshmen-Genevieve Cooper, lnde-
pendence, and Fairy Leach. Portland.
Taking the SO members of the two
sorolities given, ! am assured that no
inner organization OF young women can
be found anywhere and | am Just as
positive that they are being grounded
in everything going to make of them
women of whom to be proud. They
are not simply being educated they
are learning how to take care of them
selves, how to take care of a house,
how to buy, how to spend their money |
how to keep accounts and how to con
duct themselves in the home or in
society.
LET this letter assure the parents
that of those in other sororities that !.
their daughters are being equally well |.
cared for aud all of the houses being /.
run on the same general plan. | write
of the above specifically because | was |
fortunate enough to visit them, not II
that they are considered in any way II
superior to the others.
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