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TIIE IVY LANE SOCIETY, STATE UNIVEKSITY OF IOWA.
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Three larse nnd flourishing soro
rities, Kappa Kappa Gamma, "
Delta Gumma and l'lil Beta l'hl.
niuko up the Greek letter organisations of
tho Iowa ccetls uiul furnish the largr p;irt
of the social life among the girls unending
tho State University of Iowa.
Tho maturlul fix "Fplklng" la so plentiful
that tho sororities ran chooso the tent for
pledging, und thus tho standards of the
three fraternities are kept very high. So
many are the: proper persons for rushing
end bo few lire the vacancies In the chap
ters that seldom do the sororities come In
conflict over material. It has Leon a year
now i-lnco there has been a contest over
freshman girls, nnd at that contest the
honors were even, the Knppjis securing ona
of tho disputed girls, tho Delta Gamma
another und the I'M Beta I'M girls tho
third.
The I'M Beta Fhl chapter Is the oldest
organization at Iowa, its Zeta chapter hav
ing been founded In 18UY. Kappa Kappa
U union comes next, having instituted It
Beta, iietu chapter In 1870; Delta Gamma,
with Its Tau chapter, cnte:cd the field last.
The Iowa Koroiltles do "riot take kindly to
tho term, "sorority." Instead, they much
prefer to be known as TiuternitlcH, feeling
that tho term expresses the fellowship
that cxlHts In their organisations more than
tho term "sorority."
Tho gliSs at luwa who receive fraternity
Imitation;) are considered, tho fortunate
coeds. Dean Alice Young, the dean of '
women at Iowa, in her last lepoit speaks
of this fact, and says that the girls who
are fortunate enough to receive 'sorority
Invitations aro certain to have a tine social
life at the university and are Bure to enjoy
their university course to the utmost.
Tho Iowa sororities not only give number
less "fprcads" and receptions to their own
members and to the girls they are rushing,
but give large university parties, which are
the events of the university society year.
Tho sororities each givo a party every
ether year. In the alternate years they
usually spend tho money :itey have put Into
their party the year before In renting a
chapter house.
The Delta Gamma sorority last fall rave
a Hallowe'en party, decorating the wal'a of
tho armory with Jack oiantcrns and corns-talks.
Ttila party was held the night be
fore the Nebraska-Iowa foot ball game.
Coach Booth and Manager Buckner of Ne
braska were guests at the party, but the
Jowa team, which had boon invited by the
Delta Gammas, was not allowed to accept
the Invitation by Coach Chalmers, so the
Ilawkeye players contented themselves
with helping the Delta Gammas decorate
the hall the afternoon of the party.
The Kappa Kappa Gammi sorority will
give a leap year party this year, tt la
rumored, but noue of the details have as
yet been known beyond the fiaternlty
council.
Several attempts have been made by the
sororltios to secure chapter houses, but
beyond the renting of chapter houses la
alternate years nothing has been done In
this direction. One of the fraternities has
been seriously considering a permanent
chapter house, but has so far found Itself
Unable to make the financial arrangements
to do so. The girls have less spending
money than the men, It Is said, and so
many of the sorority girls have homes In
the city, which would materially lessen,
the number of girls living at the chapter
bouse.
No agreement now exists among the soro
rities as to "spiking." An attempt was
taade to have such an agreement five years
ago, but one of the sororities saw an eligible
candidate and broke It the first day of
the university year. Since then the sororl
net have rushed without limit and have
pledged whenever opportunity offered.
Plcalc up the Iowa river and spreads In
reoma of members and at houses of mem
bers Uvtos the sit make up a large
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part of the sorority life of coeds at Iowa.
The foot ball, track and many of the base
ball-games are attended many tlm?s by
the sororities In tallyhos. In the spring
dinners at the Minnehaha hotel, up the
Iowa river, and a general "weep-all
around' In memory of the graduating
members conclude tho university year,
save for the still more "weepy" leave
takings at the trains.
Among the exclusive social organizations
which make a girl's social success at Iowa
Is the Ivy Lone society. Nominally or
ganized for literary purposes, a purpose
which still remains in its constitution and
is the butt of countless jokes in each suc
ceeding junior annual, the Ivy Lane so
ciety is the most exclusive social organ
ization at the State University of Iowa.
Members are taken In In their freshman
year and are graduated at the end of
their sophomore year, by which time they
To Cut or Split Glass
IT OFTEN occurs that glass tubes
of various dimensions have to be
cut where a diamond Is not st
IQ?J3P hand, as In shops and power
1" ii" J plants wthere oil and water gauge
tubes must be neatly fitted. The imuil
method adopted Is to file a small groove
a sharp rap at the place weakened by the
file. The result Is not always satisfactory,
because the ends often . break unevenly
owing to the difficulty of making a straight
groove with tho file. Better results are '
obtained when only a small incision Is
made with a file, Just enough to cut through
the enamel of the tube, on one Bide, and
not all around. While the tube Is still
warm from the friction of the file, the
tube Is then taken between the thumbs
and forefingers, the thumbs opposite the
file Incision, and the forefingers around the
tubing, close to but not covering the In
cision. Pressure of the thumbs Invariably
causes the tube to break In as straight and
clean a line as though cut with a diamond.
Another method Is ' to use a fine saw
blade (the finer toothed the better, for a
saw Is only another form ' of a file), and
this should be kept fed with fine emery,
(carborundum, or pulverised silica sand of
hard grit,' moistened with camphor," oil,
turpentine or water). A straight, steady
and even stroke should be made, and when
the work Is carefully done against a gauge
the cut will be as true as though It had
been ground. Nor Is even a toothed blado
necessary. If a suitable hard ' and finely
gritted abrasive Is used and regularly fed
between the glass and fine wire, watch
spring or blunt but even blade of an ordi
nary table knife. The latter will be some
what slow, of course, but a fine steel wire
run at high speed like a band saw, if
regularly fed with fine emery or carborun-'
dum, will give very satisfactory results,
not only for cutting either straight lines
or curves In window,- but plate or optical
glass, In such thickness as makes cutting
with a diamond difficult, precarious or Im
possible. Window glass, especially single strength,
can be accurately split either In straight
or curved lines by first making an incision
through the enamel of the gloss, and then
holding a hot Iron close to the Incision till
a fracture la started. The fracture will fol
low the hot Iron with remarkable fidelity.
The Iron should be preferably round and
somewhat blunt and with a bulky head
(like an ordinary fire poker), so as to re
tain its heat well for long cuts, especially
for thick sheets, to keep the fracture go
ing when once started,' even If two heated
Irons have to be used. National Glass
Budget
have always made their mark In university
society. The society is strictly coeduca
tional, having an equal membership of
men and women. Five girls and five boys
can be taken In each year from the fresh-,
man class, and vacancies can also be filled
from the freshman class. Much fraternity
and sorority wire pulling is brought out
at the elections for membership in Ivy
Lane. Meetings are held at the home of
a girl belonging to the society each week.
Escorts for the coeds belonging are as
signed by the president of the society,
who thus has a great power placed in his
hands.
Another society which ranks next to Ivy
Lane Is Die Germania. This society was
organised to study German and It Is cred
ited with staying by its original intent
closer than the Ivy Lane society, though
the limitation that the members must be
German students means little, as practi
cally . every . freBhman takes German as
his modern language. The Polygon society
is also another coeducational organization.
This society, like Dio Germania, allows its
members to belong during their entire
course. - The Tabard society Is supposed
to be the society Into which the graduating
Ivy Lane members enter, but as Tabard
keeps up its literary standard, the relation
Is more fictitious than real. -
The sorority girls at Iowa support the
fraternity in col lego politics, such as class
elections and athletic elections, and always
receive their share of the spoils of the
victors. .They are much more earnest
when they enter a political contest and
feel the spirit of the fight more deeply
than the fraternity men. In the recent
athletic union election, when the sorority
girls flocked to the meeting to help the
fraternity men against an ."anti-frat" cry,
many of the sorority girls would not speak
to men voting on the other side for some
time after the election and some reproved
fraternity men for being on speaking ternss
with their political opponents.