Evening star., 1922-11-06
ME question Of girls sororities
or fraternities in local schools
has been more or less mat

II ME question Oh SlTlS SOTOiltie5
or fraternities in local schools
has been more or less a mat
ter Of discussion even in spite
of the order issued by the board of
education to the effect that there
shall positively not be any girl or
boy in a local high school belonging
to a fraternity. In the few excep-
tions to this rule the young people
are debarred from competing for or
receiving any school honors what
soever.
It is interesting, therefore. to find
that Miss Louise Fitch. editor Of the
journal for the American Association
Of University Women, and for four
years president Of Delta Delta Delta
one Of the largest sororities In the
country. says that mono Of the big fra
ternities are willing to admit to their
ranks any girl who has belonged to
a fraternity while in high school
Most of the educators throughout the
country do not find the high school
fraternity beneficial, but believe it Is
distinctly otherwise in it's effect on
the girls.
Miss Fitch has just amassed some
very interesting and recent statis-
tics on this subject of college fra
ternities for women which should be
of interest to any girl who is con-
templating attending college or
university.
There are eighteen national COL
lege fraternities for women. with a
membership altogether of 64S chap
ters. These are located in Ill Amer
ican colleges and universities and one
foreign university (Toronto). There
are SAT alumnae associations located
in all parts of the United States.
Fraternities are almost entirely at
co-educational institutions, for it was
at such they had their inception, due
partly to the need Of social and
mental cooperation, during the days
when education, and especially at CO.
educational institutions was very
unpopular for women. This coop
erative need still exists. though not
for the same reasons, especially In
colleges which have increased SO
rapidly and tremendously in enroll
ment that 1t is quite impossible to
know even a small proportion Of ones
classmates.
In 1902 representatives Of tho then
existing six national collegiate or
ganizations met and discussed COM
mon problems. and from that has
grown the National Panhellenic Con-
greSS, Wh1ch met annually Tor many
years and now meets biennially. The
eighteen of the present day repre-
sent a total membership of about
10000. They have done much re-
search work through committees,
studying such problems as housing
for woman students, health and food
conditions, cooperative management
of chapter houses, social conditions.
such as the number of social affairs
permitted during the week and the
days, cost of social affairs. courses of
study and conferences, social welfare
work, suitable chaperonage for So
cial affairs and residence houses,
deans Of women and their training
and efficiency, etc. In many in
stances. through their united efforts.
the evils of q number of college con-
ditions have been remedied or i'm
proved.
They have studied the point sys-
tenn, been instrumental in starting
many self-government associations,
women's leagues. etc, for the benefit
Of the woman student body. Some
have vocational guidance bureaus of
their own. One has an employment
bureau. Several have loan funds for
their own members and for other
students. Sevesal have annual .schol-
arships for graduate study at homo
or abroad. Many have some ex-
ternal altruistic work-the support OF