THE COURIER
The year book for 1902-1303 of the Ne
braska Federation of Women's clubs has
appeared.
The corresponding secretary reports
103 clubs and 3,880 members in the fed
eration: fifteen clubs have come in dur
ing the year; twenty-five clubs hold In
dividual membership in the general fed
eration; number of officers and delegates
present at the last annual meeting, 128;
number of visitors from other towns,
100; number of clubs working for or as
sisting in the maintenance of libraries
36, number of clubs engaged in educa
tional, philanthropic or other outside
work, 64; number of clubs observing
Federation day, 21; number of clubs
holding social meetings, 70.
Among the clubs endeavoring to se
cure libraries for their respective towns
are: Osceola, Wakefield, "Valley and
Douglas, that have raised the $40 neces
sary to secure the traveling library for
five years, and many other clubs are
working to the same end. Seward Wom
an's club, Falrbury Woman's club, the
Tecuraseh clubs, Stanton clubs, Syra
cuse Woman's club and Falls City
Soroste are giving financial aid to the
libraries in which they were wholly or
largely instrumental In securing. Self
Culture club of St Paul purchased and
donated books to its public school li
brary; Sutton Woman's club has been
the means of establishing a library at
that place; Tekamah Woman's club has
a library of 100 books; Keystone Coun
try club has started a library with 1100,
and the Omaha New Book Review club
has sent a box of books to the 'western
part of the state; Lincoln Woman's club
and Avon club of York have each fur
nished the parlors of their new library
buildings and in consideration of the
same have been granted the use of these
rooms for club purposes. The Syracuse
Woman's club and the Falls City clubs
have extended their efforts toward beau
tifying their public libraries, the former
having been able through the generos
ity of its individual members and busi
ness men to donate $300 for this purpose;
the latter donating a fine library table,
clock, pictures and various improve
ments. The Fremont Woman's club was the
prime mover in securing the Carnegie
Library building which is now nearly
completed, the members giving liberally
when the fund was started and have
pledged themselves to its support. The
Beatrice Woman's club has planned to
place a bronze bust of Andrew Carnegie
in the Carnegie library which Is to cost
at least $100. Other clubs interested in li
brary work or planning for the same
are: Norfolk, Bloomfield, Randolph,
Ashland, Wlnslde. Pierce, Minden, Ger
lng and Bridgeport.
The crt&a Interested in civic improve
ment ar: Weeping Water Zetetlc, Cen
tral City Soros Is, Stromsburg Woman's
club, Beatrice Woman's club and Nor
folk Woman's club.
Central City Fin de Steele has been
especially active in philanthropy. Min
den and Plainvlew clubs have pledged
themselves to visit and co-operate with
the public schools; Schuyler Woman's
club has given five pictures to Its high
school and to the Commercial club
rooms; St Paul Self-Culture club do
nated a fine new piano to the high
school; a girls' club has been formed,
auxiliary to the Exeter Woman's club
and under Its executive board. The
household economics department of the
Omaha Woman's club is also interested
In philanthropic work and is helping in
the building project of the Young Wom
en's Christian association.
Beatrice is enthusiastic over an art
exhibit and sale of Copley prints; York
has contributed to the decoration of Its
high school; Falls City Sorosls has ar
ranged for a lecture course, having
raised $500 for that purpose; the Omaha
Woman's club had a series of lectures,
free to all club women; It has donated
four classic busts and two figures from
Michael Angelo, which have been placed
in the halls of the Omaha high school.
In addition to all the local work, the
clubs of the state have contributed
$153.50 within the year for the education
of a colored kindergarten teacher In the
south.
All of this work has been done outside
of the regular work of the clubs.
The letter from the president, Mrs. W.
E. Page, contains many helpful sugges
tions for the strengthening and exten
sion of club work. She says also that
"The business of the federation in all
its branches would be facilitated by
greater promptness and more business
like methods on the part of club women.
Will all seek to remedy this defect?"
o Chapter of
hpp Mpba thtta
Eh
Rho chapter of Kappa Alpha Theta
was the fourth Greek letter sorority es
tablished at the University of Nebraska,
the first 'three being Kappa Kappa
Gamma, Sigma Chi and Phi Delta Theta.
The charter was applied for by Gert
rude LawB (Mrs. Will E. Hardy), Min
nie Latta (Mrs. C F. Ladd), Dena
Loomis (Mrs. Guy Gere of Honolulu),
Elizabeth Bonnell (Mrs. Carl Williams
of Chicago), and Annie Chllde (Mrs.
Clark F. Ansley of Iowa City, Iowa).
Kate Wilder Cross came up from Law
rence, Kansas, and initiated these girls
April 7, 1887, In the Sigma Chi hall,
which had been generously given for the
Impressive ceremony.
During the next four years only seven
girls were found who satisfied the very
exacting requirements demanded by
these few Thetas, and at no time did
the chapter roll exceed nine members.
But this excluslveness necessitated the
return of the charter, for in 1890 when
three of the active members graduated,
two went abroad, two married, and two
went to other cities to live, and It was
decided to let the chapter lapse.
During the next few years numerous
petitions were received asking the help
of the alumnae in bringing back the
charter, but it was not until the fall of
1895 that the time seemed opportune for
Its return. The university attendance
had by this time increased to 1500 and
the sororities from one to four.
The ten Theta alumnae members liv
ing in Lincoln were all anxious to see
a strong chapter again established in
the University, so six girls were select
ed, and after several months of work
and Investigation on the part of the
grand council, the charter was re
granted. The rumor of these prospects created
no little interest, at least this is what
appeared in a University paper at the
time:
"Quite a little excitement was created
Monday by the report that Kappa Alpha
Theta had organized, but there seems
to be no foundation for the report as
PRESIDENT'S DAUGHTER VISITS ISLES OF PORTO RICO
sYVLU bsssssHF' -'" s?VWB2BElSlHHSBBslfc.3C C&bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbHbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbI
BBBBBBBtBBBflSS V ' VBBBBBBBBBBBBMBk- U1 i - JV WtPIl-.- L?.- mi i-V'fc,L TCy-jBBMWBBBBBUU y' BBBBBBBBM
BBBBBBBBBBBBkVl'v' BSBSBSBSBSBB B m"-.? ?v "" BBBBBBBBf
BBBBBBBsPli --B-GMBVVVfHBHSHr
BBBBBBBBBBBBiyii X -BBBBBBBBBBIBBBBBBBBbBBBBBBBBBBflBBn9BBBBBBBB'---(---BBBBrP ftB9BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBnf
BBBBBBBBBBBBT&3 BBBBBBBBBBflsBBBBBBn BBBBBBBBBSb1----Vi4bBBBBBBBPJLBBBb1 t HlBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBH
bbbbbbbbbbbpbjeVv bbbbbbbbbBbmbbbbtIIbbbbbbbbl- --xBBBBBBr-BBBI-- HKmIB!bbbbbbbbbbbysbbbbb1bbb1
BBBBBBbIbK '-BBBBBBBBBBflBBBMSBr-ll BVL llrwiF--BKBBBBBBBBBlBBBBBrBBBnl
m SLm i SbTiI .BAV'-2S:tX?'v2Q0ttlHBBBHBBB3BBBK
m k AFw.frJfWll fl- '-"- ' liii MtZBBB1llBBBBBBBBBKJlaMBBBBBBl
k H if BlU .Aw vSi BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBl iBr
m M.rwy It Vk Jf kv---flSBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBllBBBBBlBBBBLBr
l-"p "-IBS"-----"---' .BBBB BBBBBBW-w BBow ----- "---'"-"-XrIi c fc."fc, -"a --'H'-'' w"-Vwvw'3AHhfc 2 : i.if'irlB-pM A rABF
-Bfc-M .-f rar-mtM mm m m m -waK..-B-A B-VjBBBBBBBh. -BSk -jp--". ...BBBBBBBBBBBBT -MilJ-K. - n"-"--"1" - -mw. --IT -MRKFfeA LW
kSKKSLmMic:
-BBsteifiii,'-V - i"-iE--i
--IibbIbbbsbbBEi-IbV--"
f.
OOAOOL
The steamship Coamo, with Miss Alice Roosevelt on board, reached Porto Rico at noon Thursday, March 19th.
Miss Roosevelt will be the guest of her friend. Governor Hunt's daughter, and will stay at the palace.
nothing definite has been decided upon.
Kappa Alpha Theta is an excellent fra
ternity, ranking second to none in the
east, and we will be glad to see a chap
ter organized here. It is to be hoped
the alumnae will decide in favor ot-"
bringing back the charter."
On February 11, 1896, Emily Weeks
(Mrs. Julius Sedgwick of Eveleth,
Minn.), Leola Vancll (Mrs. Carl Randall
of Pittsburg), Jean Tuttle, Lida Millar,
Nelle Randall of Omaha, and Jessica
Morgan of Hebron, were initiated into
the mystic circle of Kappa Alpha Theta,
and so after a lapse of five years Rho
chapter lived again.
In the same year Phi Beta Kappa was
established In Nebraska university, and
four of the first six graduates of Rho
were elected to membership. They were
Gertrude Laws Hardy, Katharine Wes
on Wing, Anne Wilder and Elinor Will
lams Slsson. From the succeeding
classes Edith Schwartz Clements, Emily
Weeks Sedgwick and Ruth Wilson havj -been
chosen as P. B. K's.
In the fall of 1899 the Thetas went into
their own chapter house, one of the first (
two "frat houses" for women in Lin- '
coin. The first year they occupied 1601
M street, but each year since then they
have been in the beautiful old home of
Judge Amasa Cobb, whose three grand
daughters, Jane Macfarland Douglas of
St Joseph, Missouri, and Jessie and
Ruth Macfarland of Los Angeles, but
all formerly of Lincoln, are all enthusi
astic members of Kappa Alpha Theta.
This makes an ideal fraternity home,
with its beautiful grounds, used for
lawn fetes in the spring, and the roomy
house which accommodates ten or eleven
girls. This year the chaperone has been
Miss Sara Hayden, art instructor at the
university, who is a member of the fra
ternity. Since Rho was re-Installed she has
averaged about fifteen members. This
year the chapter roll has been larger
than usual. Including the following
young ladies:
Edith Schwartz Clements, Lincoln;
Margaret Loomis, Lincoln; Jeannette
Post York; Laura Woodford, Knowles
ville, N. Y.; Alice Towne, Omaha:
Sallie Agnew, Lincoln; Harriett Paul,
Henderson, la.; Nellore Wilson, Lincoln;
Mary Bed well, Omaha; Zola Dellecker,
Omaha; Ena Brach, Hastings; Martha
Cllne, Minden; Ethel Norval, Seward;
Joyce Broady, Lincoln; Martha Post,'
Columbus; Edith Bobbins, Lincoln.
In addition to the above Miss Eliza
beth Jeter, of Omaha, has been pledged.
There is no alumnae chapter of Kappa
Alpha Theta In Lincoln, so the alumnae
are In close touch with the active chap
ter. Among the alumnae living in Lin
coln are Ida Robblns, Sara Hayden,
Anne Barr, Clara Walsh, Mrs. W. E.
Hardy, Mrs. F. M. Fling, Mrs. Fred
Clements, Mrs. T. L. Lyon, Jean Tuttle,
Mrs. C. F. Ladd, Frances Cunningham,
Ella Harper, Lida Millar, Charlotte
Clark, Rose Carson, Mrs. F. W. Eason
and Miss Edith Long.
.
He Do you see anything on the bill of
fare that you like, dear?
SheOh yes. I was looking to see if
there was anything I didn't like.
Teacher Now, Johnny, why has Feb
ruary only twenty-eight days?
Johnny Maybe the cook took two
days out
She (ecstatically) How kind of nature
to bestow upon the blind the faculty of
distinguishing colors by the sense of
touch!
He (philosophically) Yes: but it's not
altogether confined to the sightless. A
fellow needn't be blind to feel blue.
HARIMESSot
HORSE COLLARS
jlfjtl
ASKrouftPEALERTosHowTlKM
BEFORE YOU BUY.
ANUrACTURED BY
HARPHAM BR0S.C&
.incoln.Nes.