THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
GIRLS' HONORARY
ORGANIZATIOfJS
COMPARATIVELY SMALL NUMBER
SELECTED EACH YEAR.
EACH CLASS HAS A SOCIETY
Senior Black Masques, Junior Silver
Serpents, Sophomore XI Deltas and
Freshman Mystic Fish Com
prise the List Members
Prominent In School
Activities.
Black Masque.
The order of the Black Masque was
founded, at the University of Nebraska
In 1905 as an avenue for the expression
of class spirit among the girls. Thir
teen girls who had shown ability in
leadership during their first three
years in college got together and drew
up the constitution and by-laws. Espe
ciall yactive in this work were Alice
Towne, Susan Barhart, Mary Harris,
and Minnie Petrashek. Membership
was limited to thirteen, the color of
the order was black, the pin decided
on was a email black mask. In spite
of all the gloomy omens centering
about the number and the color, the
Black Masque had a very brilliant and
effective future ahead of it, far beyond
the dreams of its founders.
Throughout the last ten years the
original ideals of Black Masque have
been carried out and broadened. It has
become a working basis through whicli
reforms have been instituted and ef
fected. The individual members are
kept in the background "behind the
masques,' as it were, while the power
lies in the society as a whole.
Reforms in social life have always
been one of the chief aims of these
senior girls. They have endeavored to
take exemplary attituds toward amuse
ments, school activities, and scholar
ship. They have tried to encourage
public spirit and co-ordination in the
lower classes by suggestions of united
actions. Not only, then, has Black
Masque increased senior class spirit
as the founders had planned, but it
has also reached out into the other
classes and stimulated spirit there.
XI Delta Sophomore Society.
Xi Delta, the sophomore honorary
society, was organized in 1907, to pro
mote good-fellowship among its mem
bers and to strengthen by organiza
tion their individual efforts in school
and class affairs. It is made up of one
girl from each society and two who are
not members of a sorority.
The Xi Deltas have had two meet
ings this fall and are working out a
definite plan that will make Xi Delta
mean more to the University than ever
before.
Mystic Fish.
The Mystic Fish society was organ
ized In 1908 to represent the Interests
of freshman girls and to promote good
fellowship among its own members.
The associate members are:
Hazel Perrin, Delta Delta Delta.
Clare ficriber, PI Beta Phi.
Jessie Beghtol, Kappa Kappa Gam
ma. Nettie Hill, Alpha Chi Omega.
Evelyn Johnson, Chi Omega.
Mary Cook, Delta Gamma.
Jeanette Lawrence, Alpha Phi.
Martha Bell, Alpha Omicron Pi.
Grace Cooley, Kappa Alpha Theta.
Grace Bennet.
At present there are sixteen Mystic
Fish, one freshman from each sorority
and two non-sorority girls. The organ
ization accomplishes much in freshman
actl Titles.
Ralph Scoville, '15, is practicing law
at Geddes, S. D. k
FOUNDING OF SILVER SERPENT
Organized by Dr. Louise Pound In
1905 Purpose and Traditions
of the Society.
Silver Serpents, the Junior girls'
honorary society, was founded in the
year 1905-6 by a number of Junior
girls, assisted by Dr. Louise Pound
and a few seniors chosen as honorary
members. Its purpose was to promote
school activities and to help the mem
bers of the class to know one an
other. One girl from each sorority
and three non-sorority girls consti
tuted the first active chapter. The
pin design is a small coiled serpent
of silver with green eyes.
A formal constitution was drawn
up and adopted, much to the disgust
of the Black Masques, who had organ
ized only a few years before. A strong
rivalry sprang up at once between
these two societies representing the
Junior and senior classes. The an
nouncement of the organization of Sil
ver Serpent occasioned a great deal
of surprise and amusement and the
following day a large number of mock
societies sprang up, and students were
seen everywhere on the Campus
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pledged to the "Pink Kangaroo," the
"White Elephant," the "Yellow Cat"
and others. This mischief was attrib
uted chiefly to the rival seniors.
Soon after there was a big Univer
sity parade, in which the Silver Ser
pents carried a huge green serpent,
and the Black Masques carried an
equally large black cat. A sharp strug
gle ensued between the two societies
when the Silver Serpents stole the
black cat, but lost their serpent, which
ttie Black Masques seized, tore to
shreds and scattered over the campus.
This was not, however, symbolic of
the breaking up of Silver Serpent, for
from that tiem it has become stronger
and more zealous each year. As time
went on also the antagonism between
the two organizations has given place
to a warm friendship with the com
mon motive a "bigger and better
Nebraska."
It is customary for the Silver Ser
pents to decorate the athletic field
for at least one of the big football
games each year, and the gymnasium
for the interclass basketball games.
The last two years they have also sold
"Merry Christmas" tags on the cam
pus, to give Christmas cheer to poor
families of Lincoln.
A reception to sophomore girls is
given each spring, when the active
members of the order elect their suc
cessors. Alpha Theta Chi entertained at a
picnic Wednesday night at the Farm
Grove. About twenty-five couples were
present.
LIVE FEATURES OF
GIRLSVATHLETICS
MUCH ENTHUSIASM IS SHOWN
OVER HOCKEY AT PRESENT.
GIRLS PLAY INDOOR BASEBALL
Basketball and Swimming Are Other
Sports Attractive to Many The
Main Sport for This Time of
the Year Is Hockey.
Gymnasium for girls under Miss Ina
Gettings supervision is accomplishing
great things. Hockey Is at present
right in its glory.
Hockey.
Along about the first of school a
chance observer would notice that at
11 o'clock every Monday, Wednesday
and Friday, twenty or more girls,
chaperoned by Miss Gettings, all
dressed in gymnasium regalia, make
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PLAYING HOCKEY.
their way across .the campus toward
the athletic field. They are all armed
with heavy clubs as if they were going
on the warpath; but they are not, they
are going to play hockey.
Hockey is one of the greatest out
door sports for girls. The game re
ouires about twenty-two girls, the vari
ous positions being forwards, wings,
halfbacks, fullbacks and goalkeeper, a
great amount of skill and Judgment is
needed for one team to get the ball
down the field and across the goal line,
which is the main point of the game.
Any student that has had any gym
nasium work is allowed to practice
hockey. Every year two teams are
chosen, one from the lower and the
other from upper classmen. After a
few weeks of practice those who have
acquired a good knowledge of the game
are chosen for the team. This is an
honor which every girl in the Univer
sity should be very proud of. Hockey
not only calls for a great deal of men
tal activity but also for physical abil
ity, in fact some of the girls become so
agile and quick that the teams often
think they have a second Chamberlain
in their midst.
The game Is very beautiful, and in
most respects as complicated and spec
tacular a game as football. It is only
once in a long while that it will be
necessary for an opponent to wear shin
guards or be carried oft the field
wounded bu undauted.
Every year at the close of the hock
ey season a matched game is played.
This game is a battle royal from start
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HOLD CANDLE LIGHTING PARTY
National Student Secretary of Y. W.
C. A. Is Entertained at the Gov
ernor's Mansion M Us Fin
ned Introduces Guests
A "Candle Lighting" party in honor
of Miss Oolooah Burner, of New York,
National Student Secretary of the Y.
W. C. A. was held at the Governor's
Mansion Saturday evening.
In the receiving line were Mrs.
Morehead, Mrs. Avery, Mrs. J. Frank
Barr, Dean Mary Graham, Miss
Oolooah Burner, and Miss Fannie
Drake. The guests were introduced
by Jeannette Finney. After passing
along the receiving line, the girls
were conducted upstairs, where each
one was given a small taper, which
she lighted from a large candle. Em
ily Cox sang and Miss Burner gave
an informal talk on "What the Asso
ciation Means." Jeannette Finney
spoke of the significance of the
"Candle Lighting" as the passing on
of helpfulness and Joy of living. A
girls' quartet then sang the associa
tion benediction.
Refreshments were served down-
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stairs, while a short musical program
was rendered.
NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS
Mr. Brewster Addressed the Univer
sity Cadets On Tour of the
Middle West
National Preparedness was the sub
ject of Mr. W. B. Brewster's address
to the University cadets, Wednesday
at 5 o'clock.
Mr. Brewster is touring the middle
west in the interest of a nation-wide
propaganda for national preparedness.
Many influential men throughout the
country are behind this movement,
which makes every effort to bring the
public to a realization of the neces
sity for complete preparedness for
war, not only in times of war, but
also in times of peace.
Mr. Brewster says the nation is like
the individual as long as there are
individuals who are not to be trusted,
they have to be placed in confinement.
In the same way, other nations can
not be trustedand must be watched.
Nations must be strong. It is the
weak and puny boy that always gets
the worst of a scrap. In like manner,
the weak nation is always imposed
upon. Mr. Brewster cited Belgium as
an example.
Mrs. Sluyter has been teaching in
the state for the nast two years. She
is a member of Delta Zeta sorority.
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They will be at home there after De-
cember 1.
SORORITIES ACTIVE
111 SOCIAL SERVICE
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS URGE
SOME FORM OF BENEVO
LENT WORK.
EACH SORORITY HAS ITS FIELD
This Article Gives a Resume of the
Work Being Carried on by the
Fourteen Different Sororities
Pan-Hellenic Council
Explained.
Nebraska has fourteen sororities
now. The most recent sorority to
enter the university is Alpha Delta Pi,
which was granted a charter last sum
mer. A large number of the national con
ventions were held last summer and
have been a source of inspiration and
renewed spirit among sorority women.
A number of these sororities are en
gaged in social service work, both na
tionally and locally. The national or
ganization of Pi Beta Phi maintains a
school In the mountain districts of
Tennessee, at Gatlinburg. Delta Gam
ma has a scholarship fund to which
each chapter contributes, and which
constitues a loan fund.
The local chapter of Chi Omega
offers an annual prize of twenty-five
j dollars to the woman student who
; does the best work in sociology, both
in class room and in its practical ap-
plication. This prize was awarded
! last year to Norma Carson, '15, Lin
coln. Gamma Phi Beta has Just recently
taken up social service work in Lin
coln. On Saturday mornings a num- '
ber do secretarial work at the
office of the Charity Organization.
Throughout the week visits are
paid to needy families in the city,
whenever recommended by the char
ity organization. Some of their mem
bers also go out to the Orthopedic
Hospital to read to the children or to
take them riding. Alpha Omicron Pi
is also particularly interested in the
little lame children. Its members are
planning to give a play there in No
vember. Gifts are sent to the chil
dren at Christmas time.
Alpha Xi Delta helps to support a
needy boy who is attending the city
schools. It also distributes food and
gifts at Thanksgiving and Christmas
time. A number of the other sorori
ties distribute gifts during the holi
day season. Among these is Delta
Delta Delta.
Alpha Chi Omega have a special
day in March set aside for social
service work. "It is known as "Hera
day.
The Pan-hellenic council Is the
inter-sorority governing body. Its
membership consists of one alumna
and one active member from each
sorority. The work of the Council last
year was largely the formulation of
rules, and the instillation of the spirit
of the rules. This year the council is
considering taking up some new form
of work, such as leading the local or
ganizations in social service. The
National Pan-Hellenic Congress met
in Berkeley, California, this summer.
Mrs. Shugart, Delta Zeta, and Miss
Edna ' Perrin, Delta Delta. Delta, at
tended and have given interesting re
ports to the council. The Congress
went on record as being opposed to
sophomore pledging.
Carlton C. Young, ex-17, who en
tered Hamilton College In the Junior
class, is a member of the Alpha Delta
Chi fraternity. He took part in the
first tryouts for the glee club, was snc-
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ceesful, and Is now preparing for the
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