Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-10-31
BY MABEL WHEELER.

Shades Of the ancient Greek deities A
national Pan-Hellenic Congress! Sounds
''sorta" Ike it should assemble "a Mount
Olympus and be called to order by
thunderbolt with nectar and ambrosia
served between sessions, while the pipes
Of Pan furnished cabaret But-nothing Of
the sort; 1t was over at Mr.. Clayp0ols
very levely located hotel, nectar and sand
witches, took form Of coffee and sandwiches
and as for the thunderbolts, Jove per
haps had little on the sharp rappings Of
the chairman's gavel, or some Of the
rapid are business that was sprung IN
secret session. Perhaps to the initiated,
"Pan-Hel" sounds paganish, and I must
admit, even TO my humble self, who have
been through the purifying fires one
must pass through to become one OF the
inner shrine worshippers, that at times
am obsessed with horrible, threatening
suspicious that Christianity is forgotten,
especially along about spiking time, when
all factions guns are loaded ready to be
touched off by the slightest Earring note
concerning frat" when each girl blows
her own gangs horn picturjng her fel
low Greeks as haloed seraphs and the
alien Greeks as horned and cloven hoofed.
These are the war times Of course, but in
times Of peace the rival sororities chin"
together, have even gone so far as to
federate into this big happy family, Pan
Hellenic.
FLOCK OF sORORITIES
BOUND TOGETHER.
And that's what it is, flock Of NJ
tional sororities bound together with
rather wobbly cord, methinks. While
they are all working for the common
good Of the general woman's fraternity,
each representative Of that National
Council must needs keep her weather
ear open for Innovations that may give
Alpha prestige over Omega. But-we arc
wandering from the literal SUBJECTIVE
fact is that the congress was here with us
and that weighty matters were to be
weighed pro and con, that whether the
high school sorority girl is to be an
outcast from the college Hellenic circles,
one Of the leading questions that has
been decided and re-decided by the Pan,
makes no difference in the intensity Of
the arguments. While the Pan has de-
cided that no high school sorority girl
NAV belong to college sOrorities affil-
lated with Pan Hellenic, nevertheless
the subject Phoenix-like, rises again at
each council meeting and the chapter
representatives all groan in unison, How
can we make our chapters enforce this
rule when no other one observes it,"
It may be thought that Greek letter
newspaper persons like myself and my
fellow sufferer on a rival sheet would
be received into these meetings with open
arms, with a rush of sisterly affection,
that we would be loaded with reams OF
interesting details concerning this event.
Even we ourselves were inclined to re-
gard the coming event prior to its open
ing in such light. ut will be a big
scoop for u.s." we assured each other
merrily eve Of the sacred circle will
be on the inside track and will record
columns Of thrills. Amt it grand
and glorious feeling to be a bona f1de
member of some big group that makes
first page news?"
CHILLY WORDS FOR
NEWSPAPER PERSON.
But words-idle wOrds-happy dreams
that were destined to meet with no Feali-
zatiOn Picture me with song on my
lips and the joy Of being Jolly good
Greek in my heart as I sailed forth to
chat with her most Hellenic majesty, the
wip1dpr Of fhe Hellenic pavaI af tina Pan