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TO  BETA,  GAMMA  AND  DELTA:   :    :'.';;:\- ''- • '-  • 

At  tbe  annual  convention    of   Alpba    Cbi   Umeija   Sorority    beld    at 

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Kvanston,  Illinois,  early  in  Mari'li,  1894,  it  was  decided  to  undertake  tbe 

publication  of  a  journal.     Tbe  Convention  assigned  tbe   work   of   collect. 

ing  and  arranging  tbe    material   and   of   general    managomont   to  Alpba 

chapter,  wbicb  in  turn  transferred  tbe  responsibility  to  me. 

Since  tbere  were  no  explicit  directions  given  at   tbe  Convention,    I 

have  followed  what  L  felt  to  be  tbe  unexpressed  wishes   of   all — that   is, 

that  Tbe  Lyre  should  be  convenient  and  simple,    though   not   elegant  in 
form. 

L  wish  to  thank  you  for  your  promptness  in   forwarding  3*our  letters, 

personals,  etc,  and  to  ask  your  indulgence  for  our  tardiness   in   getting 

out  the  paper.  Ma.mie  Ada  Jennings. 


Rn  Historical  Sketch. 

As  Alpha  Chi  Omega  nears  the  completion  of  her  ninth  year,  it 
may,  perhaps,  be  interesting  to  those  who  are  now  reaping  the  benefits  of 
the  past  years  of  labor  to  learn  something  of  the  history  of  the  early 
days  of  the  sorority. 

On  October  15th,  1885,  James  H.  Howe,  Dean  of  the  School  of 
Music,  DePauw 'University,  called  together  a  few  of  the  prominent 
students  of  school,  and  proposed  to  them  the  organization  of  a  society, 
whose  aim  should  be  social  improvement  and  the  development  of  a 
deeper  interest  in  their  chosen  branch  of  art. 

The  proposition  met  with  hearty  approval,  and  upon  further  con. 
sideration  it  .was  agfea^'io.fpund  a  ^reck  letter  sorority,  similar  to  the 
organizations  of  the  UAiVSi^fyV  >lr;^Jaiift^9':G .  Campbell,  a  member  of 
one  of  the  prominent  Fr»t*»j5iitK?g,.gf.  the 'Q)llege  of  Liberal  Arts,  re- 
sponded  to  the  request  of'thc  ^;(fixij^»  l^di^s  for  assistance  by  giving  such 
outlines  and  ideas  of  th0«'k6i*k*'ks*wa^  ii^ecessarv.  it  was  thus,  with  seven 
charter  members,  the  A^phuTcn&p^'t.of  th^  Alpha  Chi  Omega  came  into 
existence. 

The  first  year  was  one  of  enthusiastic  work,  and  at  its  close  seventeen 
active  members  were  registered,  besides  five  teachers  and  artists  who 
had  been  chosen  as  honorary  members.  A  principal  feature  of  the  work 
had  been  the  musical  and  literary  exercises  held  at  the  weekly  meetings. 
The  event  of  the  year  was  the  Soiree  Musicale.  The  first  songs,  »»Dear  to 
the  heart  of  the  Alphas,"  and  »*Alpha  Prima"  were  written. 

Dean  Howe  honored  us  by  dedicating  his  new  **Svstem  of  Pianoforte 
Technique"  to  the  Alpha  Chi  Omega. 

At  the  beginning  of  the  second  year  the  attendance  was  considerably 
reduced,  but  it  was  soon  increased  by  new  members.  The  first  anniversary 
was  celebrated  at  the  home  of  Miss  Anna  Allen,  now  Mrs.  Smith.  This 
social  event,  and  a  reception  which  was  given  some  weeks  later,  were  oc- 
casions long  to  be  remembered  by  the  Alphas.      A  feature  of  the  work  of 


IliMtoHcal  Sketch.  3. 

the  year  was  the  preparation  for  extending  the  organization  to  other 
institutions.  No  small  amount  of  time  was  consumed  in  discussing 
rules,  forms  of  initiation,  forms  of  charter,  and  devising  plans  for 
making  the  work  interesting  and  effective  at  home,  as  well  as  for  its 
extension. 

Correspondence  with  students  at  Evanston  seemed  to  promise  the 
estab.ishment  of  our  Beta  chapter  at  the  Northwestern.  But  the  fates 
had  decreed  otherwise.  The  correspondence  with  Evanston  was  still  in 
progress,  when  we  learned  that  a  band  of  students  at  Albion  College 
were  awaiting  organization.  Delegates  were  sent  at  once,  and  on  June  4th 
we  held  a  jubilee  meeting  to  celebrate  the  establishment  of  the  Beta 
chapter  of  the  sorority. 

It  is  not  my  purpose  to  prolong  this  short  history  of  the  sorority 
through  the  remaining  years  of  its  existence.  One  of  the  most  pleasant 
events  of  the  third  year  was  the  initiation  of  Madame  Fannie  Bloomfield- 
Zeessler  to  honorary  membership.  The  girls  were  all  delighted  with  the 
genuine  interest  she  took  in  their  work.  The  reception  given  in  her  honor 
was  m  every  way  a  success. 

Two  of  the  charter  members  still  reside  in  Greencastle.  Anna  Allen 
Smith ,  who  was  for  some  time  a  teachi:r  in  the  School  of  Music,  and 
Bessie  Grooms,  at  whose  home  we  often  have  delightful  social  gatherings. 
The  others  are  scattered  over  the  country,  but  who  can  doubt  their 
pleasure  in  looking  back  upon  their  life  in  Alpha  Chi,  and  in  hearing  of 
her  prosperity.  Mary  Janet  Wilson. 


R  Letter  From  Alpha. 

DEAR  GIRLS: 

'Tis  with  regret  that  we  see  this  year  drawing  to  a  close.  The  fact 
that  we  have  been  fewer  in  numbers  this  year  than  usual  has  made  our 
sorority  life  dearer  to  each  of  us.  Last  year  our  active  membership 
reached  twenty- three,  while  we  have  not  exceeded  seventeen  this  year. 

Many  o'  our  girls  who  are  old  in  sorority  life  will  not  return  next 
year.     Miss   Zella  Marshall,   who  graduated  from  the  Music   School    last 


4.  HMotical  Sketch. 

year,  and  this  year  f^oishes  her  college  course,  will  continue  the  study  of 
the  pianoforte  in  Boston  next  winter.  Miss  Caroline  Conrey,  sophomore, 
also  expects  to  study  in  the  east,  and  Miss  Marion  Colborn,  who  has 
been  with  us  two  years,  goes  to  the  Sandwich  Islands  next  fall. 

Though  we  will  miss  the  girls  we  have  worked  with  and  love<l  so 
long,  there  will  be  no  dirth  of  workers  with  which  to  begin  the  ne^  year. 
Miss  Laura  Marsh  will  spend  the  summer  at  her  home,  Okahumpka, 
Florida,  and  will  return  in  September  to  enter  her  junior  year  in  piano- 
forte training.  Misses  Jessie  Y.  Fox  and  Helen  O'Dell  will  graduate 
next  year.  Miss  Mamie  A.  Jennings  will  finish  her  college  course  and 
take  post-graduate  work  m  voice  culture.  Miss  Adeline  Whitney  Rowley, 
who  is  here  cultivating  her  magnificent  c«)ntralto  voice,  will  be  with  us 
too.  Miss  Mildred  Rutledge  expects  to  return,  and  sever:) I  of  the  new 
girls  who  have  endeared  themselves  to  us  this  year  will  return  in  the  fall 
to  continue  their  studies,  and  to  advance  the  interests  of  Alpha  Chi 
Omega.  Among  these  are  Mrs.  Rhoda  (^ary.Offutt,  Misses  Anna  Vae 
Sterret,  June  Collins,  Nellie  Dobbins  and  B.  Pearle  Shaw. 

We  are  unlike  the  other  chapters  in  having  few  resident  members. 
Miss  Emma  Miller,  junior,  is  our  only  acUve  member  whose  home  is  in 
Greencastle,  though  we  have  several  pledged  and  non -active  members 
here.  Being  deprive<l,  as  we  are,  of  our  home  life,  we  look  upon  the 
sorority  as  a  substitute,  and  our  Hall  standi  in  the  same  relation  to  us 
that  the  sitting  room  does  to  the  family.  We  have  a  piano  in  both  room$i, 
and  nearly  all  of  us  have  practice  hours  there.  The  hammock,  window 
seat  and  comfortable  chairs  make  it  an  attractive  loafing  place.  Often 
there  are  five,  six  or  more  girls  there  at  the  same  time;  usually  two  are 
practicing,  others  studying  harmony  or  reading,  or  doing  drawn  work,  or 
carrying  on  an  interesting  chat  in  subdued   whispers  in  the  window  seat. 

All  the  fraternities  and  sororities  here  hold  their  meetings  on  Satur. 
day  evenings.  We  follow  the  custom,  devoting  the  entire  evening  to 
sorority  work,  to  our  programs  and  to  social  enjoyment.  Before  this 
year  we  have  devoted  our  time  and  attention  to  composers  of  the  Classic 
and  Romantic  schools  of  music,  but  during  the  last  semester  we  desired 
a  change.  Our  programs  have  been  taken  fnim  more  mo<lerii  writers, 
'such  as  Nevin,  Nei<llinger,  De  Koven,  Go<iard,  Gounod,  Schanvenka« 
Mozkonski  and  others.  We  devote  an  evening  to  each  one.  At  our 
last  meeting  we  had  a  most  delightful  time  discussing  Paderewski's  lifo 
and  cf>mpositions.      Misses  Miller,  Marshall,  Rowley  and  others  furnished 


Hiatorical  Skttt'h.  5. 

a  most  entertaining  program,  lo  coonection  with  Paderewski  we  studied 
the  development  of  Russian  and  Polish  music.  After  the  program, 
Miss  Col  born  served  tea  from  our  own  little  tea  table. 

At  such  times  as  these  one  girl  is  appointed  to  read  up  on  the 
subject  so  as  to  be  able  to  lead  the  discussion,  and  the  rest  of  us  add  our 
mites;  a  program  is  arranged  at  least  two  weeks  in  advance,  and  in  ad- 
dition each  girl  who  has  anything  prepared  from  the  composer  under 
discussion  favor  us  with  it.  In  this  way  we  get  a  comprehensive  knowledge 
of  each  composer  that  we  take  up,  and  we  find  it  both  profitable  and 
interesting. 

We  extend  to  you  all  our  best  wishes.  We  hope  we  may  all  be  even 
more  prosperous  and  happier  in  the  future  than  in  the  past. 

Affectionately  3*ours  in  the  bond, 

Alpha. 

Greencastle,  Indiana, 

DePauw  University,  May  24,  1894. 


The  convention  was  delightfully  entertained  by  Gamma  in  March, 
'94.  The  delegates  were  so  cordially  welcomed,  so  royally  entertained, 
that  it  was  with  regret  that  we  took  our  leave  of  the  classic  city  on  the 
lake  shore.  Memories  of  the  meetings  over  which  our  grand  president, 
Miss  Standford,  presided  so  gracefully,  will  linger  with  us  as  long  as 
those  of  the  reception,  the  musicale  and  the  banquet.  Many  thanks  to 
Gamma! 

We  arc  looking  forward  to  an  equally  enjoyable  time  with  Delta 
next  year.  A  Delegate. 


Recitals. 

The  following  programs  have   been  rendered  by  Alpha    Chis   during 
the  last  three  terms,  in  Music  Hall  oS  DePauw  Tniversity. 

GlMDUrlTLNG    HBCIT-IL. 

(UVEN     BY 

ZELLA    L.    MARSHALL.  Pianoforte. 

ASaiSTEI*   HY 

MAM  IK  A.  JKNNINCS,  Soprano, 

J.  BYRON  CRONKITK,  Violin. 


PROCJRAM. 


Beethoven donate  for  Pianoforte  and  Violin  in   A  major 

(Last  Movement.) 


jr 


odard La  Sieste 


(  a.   Rubinstein Impromptu  in  F  major 

'(  b.   Saint-Saens Aleeste  de  Gluck 

Braga Marguerite's  Three  Bouquet 

Violin  obi igato — Mr.  Cronkrite. 

Beethoven Concerto  in  E  flat  major 

(Adagio- rondo.) 

(Orchestral  ace.  upon  a  2d  Pianoforte,    by  Dean    Howe. ) 


TU.MOK    KKrrJVIL. 


(HVEN    HY 


MAUDE    PEARL  WAUGH, 


ASSISTED    BY 


MAMIK  ADA    JRNNINGS, Soprauo 

CEIAS.   JULIAN  DOWNKV, Violin 


PROGRAM. 

1 .  Carnival  Pranks  in  Vienna Schumann 

2.  Violet   Mozart 

1  a.    Impromptu,  Op.  142,  No.  3   Schubert 

8.        -  b.    Impromptu  in  A  Flat Chopin 

(  c.   Concert  Ktude Bootbe 

4.     Slumber  Song Randegger 

Violin  Obligato  by  Mr.  Downey. 

-         f  a.  Gavotte Silas 

(  b.   Polonaise Paderewski- 


REGIT/IL. 

GIVEN    BY 

FLORA  E.   VANDYKE.  Pianist, 

ASSISTED    BY 

DKLLA  0(1  DKX,   Soprano. 


PROCJRAM. 


4  a.    Bach — Two    Preludes  in  C  major  and   minor  (from   the  <*\Vohltem. 

}  perirtcs  Klavier") 

(  b.    Beethoven Sonata  in  K   flat,  Op.  31,  No.  3 

Vocal  Aria  ( **Der  Freischutz") Weber 

i  a.  Schubert Impromptu  m  A  flat  major 

\  b.   Mendelssohn Spring  Song 

(  c.  Schumann Novelette  in  F  major 

i  a.   Serenade Rafl^ 

Vocal    ^ 

(  b.   Cuckoo  Song Abt 

Saint  Saens Phaeton 

Assisted  by  Dean  Howe. 


lU.MOl?  Kl^ri'lVIL. 

(JIVEN    liY 

MAMIE  ADA  JENNINGS,  Soprano, 

ASSISTED    BY 

ZKLLA  L.    MARSHALL. Pianiste  and  Acooiupaniste 

ROSE  A.   MARQUIS, Violiniste 

l»R<>(»RAM. 

1 .  Study Concone 

2.  With   Verdure   Clad  (Creation) Hayden 

..         \  a.   Suleika Mendelssohn 

]  b.   To  he  sung  on  the  Waters Schubert 

4.  Toccata Sgambati 

5.  Casta   Diva  (Norma) Bellini 

(  a.   La  Chanson  des  Pres Godard 

*(  b.    Russian   Song Paladihle 

7.  Carnival  Pranks  in  Vienna Schumann 

S.  Fiddle  and  1 A.  Ooodeve 

Violin  accompaniment  by  Miss  Marquis. 

t  a.   Oh !  that  we  two  were  Maying Nevin 

9.       )  b.   Cradle   Song Franz  Ries 

(  c.   If  my  verses  had  the  wings Harvey  Lohr 


GIVEN    BY 

JESSIE  Y.    FOX, 

ASSrSTEI)  BY 

MISS  JKNNINGS Vncniist 

MISS    MARQUIS Violihint. 

MISS  MARSHALL \ec-omp;miftl 


PROdRAM. 

Concerto  No.    2 VwU\ 

First  Movement,  arr.  by  Roinecke. 

♦♦Shadow    Song" Meyerbeer 

"  Scherzo  from  Op.  31  No.  3 Beethoven 

♦♦Fabel" ^ 

Wald8cene  (Abschied) -      Schumann 

[  Grillen \ 

Romance  from  *  "Faust" Berlioz 

Andante,  Presto,  from  Sonata  Op.  47 Beethoven 

For  Piano  and  Violin. 


JU.MOH    RBCvUVIL. 

(JIVEN  BY 
ASSISTED    BY 

ZKLLA   MARSHALL,  Pianiste. 


1»R(KJRAM. 

1 .  Si  ikU Concone 

2.  A  rill  from  *»St.  pjiiir' Mendelssohn 

8       Aria  from  Orpheiib  and  Kumlioe Gluck 

4.  Alc-este Gluck 

i  a .   Adelaide Beethoven 

5.  ^  h.   On  the  Lake Schubert 

(  c.    Marie Franz 

6.  Valse Moszkowski 

-         I  a.   In  April Bizet 

'(  b.   Tell  me  why Tchaikowsky 

j>        j  a.     Leaving,  yet  Lovinc; Marziais 

(  b.      Fields  in  May Coombs 


bli.MOIf   KKri'lVlL 


<nVEN    HY 
ASSISTED    HV 

ADKLINK  \V.    ROWLEY Contralto 

ZKLLA  L.  MARSHALL Pianiste  and  Accompanistc 

PROGRAM. 

1.  Study    Panofka 

2.  Ijet  the  Bright  Sora[)him  (Samson) Ilaendel 

3.  Valse  Caprice RubinHtein 

Miss  Marshall. 

4.  Recitative  and  Aria  from  **Don  (Jiovanni" Moztirt 

(  a.   The  Trout )       .    .     ^ 

1  u    rr.      \r            VT  ftchnbert 

D.       -  b.   The  Young  Nun ) 

(  c.    Arise Ries 

(  Allah Chadwick 

'(  My  Little  Love Hawley 

Miss  Row  lev. 

p.         j  hi  charmanti^  Marguerite Old  French 

(  Come (f odard 

<  a.   If  Thou  in  Dreams F,  Abt 

8.       -  b.    Lullab}' Luchstone 

(  c.   The  Shepherdess Ayer 

Miss  Adeline    W.   Rowley,    who   entered   here   for  voice    culture    in 
February,  'm,  and  soon  afterwards  became  one  of    us,    ;s    preparing  the 


Alpfnt      Pt't'HOlHllH.  18. 

following  vocal  ni'mbers  to  be  given  at  her  Junior  Recital  the  6r8t  of  next 
term: 

Study Seiber 

Oh  Thou  That  Lettest Haendel 

Lieti  Signore  (Huguenots) Meyerbeer 

i  a.    Am  Ganges Mendelssohn 

I  b,   Vergeliliches  Staendchen Brahms 

(  c.    Die  Uhr Loewe 

1  a.  The  Dreamy  Flowers Saint Saens 

-  b.    Hindoo  Song Bemberg 

(  c    Bolero Thome 

(  a.    One  Sweetly  Solemn  Thought Dudley  Buck 

}  b.   The   Wolf  (Old  English) Shield 

(  c.    Boat   Song Neidlinger 


Alpha   Personals. 

Emma  Miller  entertained  us  March  31. 

Janet  Wilson  was  **at  home"  to  Alpha  March  17. 

We  served  tea  to  Kappa  Alph.i  Theta,  October  25. 

The  Phi  Mu  entertaineil  us  very  pleasantly  Apiil  12th. 

Jessie  Younge  Fox  will  make  her  future  home  in  Texas. 

Miss  Clara  Beils  has  u  flourishing  music  class  at    Bluffton,    ln<liana. 

We  entertained  the  Phi  Mus  at  a  Musicale  in  our  Hall,  November  10, 
'93. 

Kappa  Ali)ha  Theta  gave  a  delightful  little  operetta  in  our  lionor  in 
April. 

Bonnie  Beauchamp  spent  the  winter  in  Atlanta,  Ga  ,  reoovering  her 
health. 

Mildred  Biitledge  is  teaching;  music  at  Knightsville  and  Brazil, 
Indiana. 

Mrs.  Cecilia  Eppinghousen- Bailey,  the  noted  prima  donna,  gave  a 
concert  here  this  spring.     She  is  a  member  of  Alpha,   having   been    Pro- 


14.  Alpha  J**'ruon4ilM. 

fesBor  of  voice  culture  both    here  una  at    the    Conservatory    of   Music  at 
Cincinnati. 

Helen  Dairymple  visited  us  in  February.     She  is  now  studying  music 
in  Indianapolis. 

Helen  Odell  has  charge  of  a  large  music  class  of  nbout  forty  pupils 
at  Ovid,  Indiana. 

Janet  Wilson,  class  of  98,  is  t:>.king  post-graduate  work  in  the  Col- 
lege of  Liberal  Arts. 

Katharine  McReyuols  will  eomp'ete  her  fourth  year  of  m.Mi«;  st'i  ly 
in  Germany  this  year. 

Ida  Steele  was  not  in  colloire  during  the  past  semester,  biit  sl)«j  will 
re-enter  next  September. 

Libbie  Price  was  married  in  Dccembi*r  to  Mr.  Uaic  Nelf.  TbL»v 
spent  the  winter  in  tlie  South. 

Anna  Cowperthwaite,  who  did  spltMidid  work  for  Alpha,  has  spent  the 

past  two  years  studying  in  Leipsic. 

Lenore  Boaz.  with  her  mother  and  sister,  moved  to  Greencastle  last 
fall,  and  will  make  this  their  home. 

A  new  sorority  was    foundet'   in  the   music  school  in  October,  1892 
under  the  name  of  Phi  Mu  FJpsilon. 

Ella  Hill  Best  was  married  in  April  to  Dr.  Thompson,  a  promising 
young  dentist  of  Greensburg,    Indiana. 

Daisy  Steele  was  married  in  February  to  Mr.  George  Wilson,  Super- 
nteiident  of  schools,  at  (jreenfield,   Ind. 

Lenore  Boaz,  a  graduate  of  the  College  of  Libenil  Arts  of  Nebrxska 
Wesleyan,  received  her  Bachelor's  degree  last  year. 

Pearl  Armitage  visited  us  during  the  winter.  She  has  charge  of  a 
music  class  at  Peru,  ln(J.,  an!  is  als)  studying  urilir  Max  Leckner,  at 
Indianapolis. 

Flora  Van  Dyke,  '93,  of  Ashmore,  Ills.,  was  elected  U)  a  position  m 
the  faculty  of  De  Pauw  .>lusic  school,  but  was  '!om;)elleii  to  resign  it  on 
account  of  the  sickness  atid  death  of  her  father. 

Kudora  Marshall  graduated  from  De  Pauw  Music  School  in  '92,  and 
from  Gottschalk  Tivrical  school  at  Chicago  in  '93;  also  received   the   honor 


of  representing  llie  Senior  class  on  cooimencenQent  in  the  latter  school. 
She  now  is  Dean  of  the  iMusic  school  in  the  Nebraska  Weslevan. 

Zella  Marshall  is  taking  post-graduate  work  in  the  Music  School  this 
year.      She  is  pianiste  for  the  De  Pauw  Symphony  Orchestra. 

Josephine  Tingley  graduated  from  the  Chicago  training  school  for 
city  and  home  missions,  on  May  Ist.  She  has  been  given  a  po-iition  as 
teacher  in  the  school  for  next  year  especially  in  charge  of  the  music.  She 
will  remain  in  Cliicago  this  summer  studying  under  Emil  Liebling  as 
piano  instructor,  and  .Madame  Genevieve  Bishop  in  voice  culture.  At  the 
National  Deaconess'  conference  in  Chicago,  Bishop  Thoburn  expressed  an 
earnest  invitation  to  lier  to  go  to  India  as  musical  director  of  the  English 
S'jhool  in  Calcutta.     She  is  yet  undecided  as  to  its  acceptance. 


Rlpha  Ghi  Omega  Songs. 

Tune — Juan  it  r. 

As  at  the  dawning. 

Buds  and  birds  seem  fresh  and  gay. 
So  in  life's  morning. 

We  would  sing  always. 
We  would  raise  our  voiee.s, 

Sing  in  praise  of  each  blest  tie. 
Thus  our  youth  rejoices, 

Thus  the  moments  lly. 
Alp  a.  Oh,  Alpha,  may  our  love  for  thee  ne'er  fail: 

Alpha,  Oh,  Alpha,  let  us  onward  sail. 

Youth's  joys  are  dearest. 

Sweetest  are  its  pleasures  all. 
And  friends  seem  nearest. 

Ere  life's  twilight  fall. 
We  in  youth  will  labor 

To  improve  eaeh  passing  hour. 
May  we  help  ea(^h  other — 

Cnion  proves  a  tower. 
Alpha,  Oh,  Alpha,  Alpha  Chi  Omega, 

Alpha,  Oh,  Alpha,  Alpha  Chi  Omega. 

—From  Alpha. 


Alpha  (*hi  (tiiM'fja  Sonf/s: 


Air — .'iuUl  lAiny  Syne, 

All  hall  to  Alpha's  honored  name! 

Loud  let  our  chorus  ring. 
The  richest,  sweetest  notes  procliihn. 

Of  Alpha  Chi  we  sing. 

cuours. 

Then  hail!  all  hail  to  Alpha  deir: 

We'll  sound  our  battle  cry. 
And  let  it  he  a  thiillinj?  cheer 

For  dear  old  Alphi  Clii. 

Contentment  sweet  doth  with  us  stay, 

As  marching  on   we  go; 
We  prf'ss  to  he  «r  no  haughty  sway, 

An(i  honor  wins  our  foe. 


M.  A    J. 


7'//  n  f — A  n  n  ie  Roo  n  rif . 

Oh,  happy  bond  of  Alpha  Chi, 

With  your  standard  ever  high. 
To  nobly  live  we'll  always  try. 

For  Alpha  Chi  Omega. 
Every  sister  raise  your  voice 

To  sing  the  praise  of  her—your  choice. 
And  let  us  one  and  all  rejoice 

For  Alpha  Chi  Omega. 

CHOKl'.S 

Alpha,  Alpha,  Alpha  Chi, 

Alpha,  Alpha.  Alpha  Chi, 
Ohl  how  happy  bound  thus  in  love, 

Sisterhood  so  bles.sed,  'lear  Alplia  Chi. 

Oh,  sisterho(Ml  so  dear,  so  sweet. 

Making  joy   seem  moe  complete: 
With  kindly  words  you  are  replete. 

Dear  Alpha  Chi  Omega. 

Life's  little  troubles  smoothed  away. 

And  making  night  .seem  more  lik^^  day. 
Oh,  yes,  we'll  sing  thy  praise  aiway, 

Dear  Alpha  (^hi  Omega. 

Josephine  Tin(slev 


BJiT.fl 


fllbTOia    OF  TflF  rfl'IPTHK 


Beta,  of  Alpha  Clii  O  neiia,  was  establishcMl  at  Albion  College,  Albion, 
Micbi^nn,  May  27,  1887,  by  Bertha  Deni?«ton  anil  Mary  Jones,  of  Alpha, 
of  Alpha  Chi  Omejjja,   DePanw  University,  (ireonitastle,    Indiatia. 

The  first  meeting  of  Beta,  after  orjjanization,  was  lield  May  30,  1887, 
when  the  first  officers  of  tiie  eiiaotcT  were  elected 

Under  the  head  of  proposals  for  niemlMMship,  the  name  of  Miss  Lida 
Anstin  was  presente*!,  voted  npon  and  accepted.  Miss  Anstin  (larryinjr  off 
the  honor  of  beinijj  Beta's  first  initiated  member.  The  remaining  portion 
of  the  year  passe<l  with  Beta  in  a  most  flourisliin*^  condition. 

The  nf:w  school  year  opened  in  September,  '87,  with  a  membership  <»f 
three  for  Beta,  but  dnrini!;  the  term  three  more  were  added  to  our  number. 

A  motion  was  made  at  the  (irst  meetinj'  of  the  term  that  a  committee 
be  appointed  to  interview  Presi<ient  Pisher  concernini|:  a  hall,  but  it  was 
decided  to  let  the  matter  rest  until  the  chapter  should  become  larj^er.  So 
the  meetings  were  held  at  the  homes  of  the  girls  or  in  one  or  another  of 
the  rooms  of  the  conservatory  until  the  spring  term  of  the  same  year, 
when  we  were  at  home  in  our  new  rooms  in  the  Central  College  building, 
which  we  had  finished  off  for  (uir  use.      Tlie    rooms    have   b(»en    improved 


IS.  Iliutoift  of  Beta 

and  refuraished  since  they  were  opened  in  '88,  but  tbey  still  bold  tbe 
sweet  memories  of  our  early  members. 

Our  first  open  banquet  was  beld  June  13,  '88,  at  the  pretty  bome  of 
Miss  Jennie  Wortbington,  wbere  our  grentlemen  friends  were  invited.  A 
fine  musical  program  was  rendered  by  tbe  members  of  tbe  cbapter. 

Tbe  fall  term  of  tbe  same  yeai  opene  1  witb  a  good  membership  for 
Beta,  and  tbe  end  of  tbe  term  saw  six  new  Alpba  Obis. 

Our  first  en»«rpri8e  for  raising  money  was  an  »*Art  Loan,"  beld  Octo- 
ber  6,  '88,  wbere  an  admittance  fee  of  10  cents  was  charged,  and  we 
enjoyed  what  we  called  at  the  time  a  grand  success.  We  were  very  much 
encouraged,  and  indulged  in  a  little  '^spread*'  after  tbe  guests  bad  taken 
their  departure. 

.March  13,  1889,  occurred  our  first  public    recital,    or  concert,  as   we 

were  pleased  to  call  it.     Following  is  the  program: 

Rossini — Fiano  Trio Tancredi 

MISSES  KIRKE,  MILLER,   MORZOLP. 

Kjenilf — Vocal  quartette Last  Night 

M188E8  MORGAN,   TRAVIS,     WORTHrNGTON,    ENCILE. 

Mozari — Piano  Solo Postorale  Voriee 

MI8S    LILLIAN    KIRK. 

Abt. — Alpba  Chi  Omega  Chorus Ri»>g  out  ye  Bells 

Gottscbalk — Piano  Solo Pasquinade 

GRACE  BROWN. 

Smart— Vocal  Trio Rest  Thee 

MISSES  MORGAN,     TRAVIS,    WORTEIINOTON. 

PART    II. 

Tit'l — Organ  Solo Serenade 

JFNNIE    WORTH! NGTON. 

(jr ounod — Vocal  Solo Serenade 

CORA    TRAVIS, 

Tbalberg — Piano  Solo Home  Sweet  Home 

FLORA    ADGATE. 

Donizetti — Vocal  Solo Regnavanel   Silentia 

DELLA    MORGAN, 

Otto  Lob. — Alpha  Chi  Chorus Sweet  Memories 

Tbe  receipts  from  the  undertaking  were  very  satisfactory,  and  we 
decided  to  give  annual  concerts  thereafter. 


IliHtory  of  Beta  1^- 

At  the  close  of  the  spring  term  we  tendered  a  banquet  to  our  gentle- 
men friends. 

The  fall  term  of  '89  opened  very  brightly  for    Beta,    and   before  the 
f     close  of  the  term  the  membership  had  reached  twenty.     In   November  of 
V     that  term  we  purchased  a  very   nice  piano  for  our  hall,  of  which  we  have 
.     tfood  reason  to  be  very  proud, 
i'  Ls        The  first  two  months  of  the    winter  term  of  *90  were  spent  in  working 
»^     .\*^P  ^^^  second  annual  concert,   which  was  given  February  25,    and  was  a 
J*   ly    success  in  everv  sen^c  of  the  wonl. 
V  Followii'g  is  the  program  rendered  at  that  time: 

y         Tanzstuck  Op.  138 Wolfe 

MISSES  KELLEB,   8C0TTEN  AND  FI8KE. 

The  New  Kingdom Touis 

MOM  A  JEAN  WHITCOMB. 

Polonaise    (No.  1 ,   C  Sharp  minor) Chopin 

BELLE    MILLER. 

Night Krgmann 

ALPHA     CHI    OMEOA. 

Feasant's  Wedding  xMarch Sodermann 

MISSES  HARRIS,   CH1LD8,     WHITCOMB  AND  WORTHINCJTON. 

Murmures  Eoliens Gottschalk 

LILLIAN  KIRK. 

Night  in  Venice Arditi 

MISSES  GUILDS  AND  TRAVIS. 

Tell  me  Beautiful   Maiden Gounod 

.MAMIE  HARRIS,  witli  vioHn  obligato  by  iiattib  Reynolds. 
Klizire  L'AImore Vilbac 

MISSES  WHITCOMB  AND  KIRK 

Goodnight Goldberg 

ALPHA    CHI  QUARTETTE. 

New  England  Kitchen Alpha  Chi  Omegas 

Saturday  evening,  Marcli  15,  '90,  Beta  entertained  twenty-four  of 
her  gentlemen  friends  in  the  hall  with  a  ^\q  o'clock  tea.  In  reading  the 
minutes  of  that  term  we  find  the  chapter  in  a  very  flourishing  condition. 

In  the  spring  term  of  '90  a  correspondence*  was  opened  by  Beta  with 
the  director  of  the  Conservatory  of  Northwestern  University,  Kvanston, 
111.,  which  resulted  in  the  establishment  of  Gamma  chapter  of  Alpha  Chi 


*^l  //{.tfnr//    of   itr(,t 

Omega,  November  14,    1890,  Miss    Jean    Whitoomb    being   the  (ielegati* 
sent  from  Beta  to  assist  Alpha  in  establishing  the  chapter. 

At  our  meeting  held  December  G,  '1>0,  a  letter  from  (ram ma  was  rea(< 
concerning  the  establishment  of  a  chapter  in  Alleghany  College,  Mead- 
ville,  Penn.,  and  January  29,  1891,  Delta  of  Alpha  Chi  Omega  was  fs. 
tablished  in  Allejrhanv  collesie.  Durinu  the  winter  term  of  '91  Beta  con- 
ceived  the  idea  of  havinj>  a  sonority  plate,  a-id  entered  upon  the  wok  of 
having  it  made.  Sketches  were  drawn  arni  submitted  to  ih^  ciitferent 
chapters,  and  upon  their  acce[>tance  the  engraving  was  done  by  Drcka. 
The  spring  term  of  '91   found  Beta  wiih  a  membership  of  twenty  two 

May  12,  '91,  occurred  our  third  annual  concert,  which    wns   reicive«i 
with  most  flattering  comments  from  the  press  and  our  frie  .ds. 

PR()(JRAM. 

Chorus,    Summer  Fancies Metra 

ALPHA    nil  OMEOAR. 

Piano  Duo,  Don  Juan Mozart 

MISSES  KIRK   AND  WORTHINOTON. 

Vocal  quartette.    Reverie    HheiiilnMiiiM* 

MI88E8  TRAVIS,   IIOWLETT,    ^VHITCOMB  AND    WoRTIlIN<lTON 

Violin  So'o,    Scene  <le  liallet   I>e  lieriot 

MISS  KITTIE  EOCH.ESTON. 

Piano  quartette,  Uoma;:e  dc  Verdi Duroc 

MISSES  ABEMEniy,     WATSON,    FRAMBEA  AND  DK'KIE 

Vocal  Duet,  Starry  Heaven Pin»»nit 

MISSES  TRAVIS    AND     IloWLETT. 

Strings,   Kntracte  G  a  volte (jilU't 

MI88E8       REVNOLDS,      ECJOLESTON,         ABEMETHV,         ALLEN,        WORTlIIN(4T(L\, 

WATSON,    MCIIATTIE,    WIIITCOMB     AND    TRAVIS. 

Reading ^liss  i Blanche  iiund.iy 

(f ypsy  Choru.s .Merz 

ALPHA  CHI    OMEOAS 


May  21,  IM,  a  special  meetinj;  was  calle<l  for  llio  purpose  of  wel- 
coming two  of  our  Alpha  sisters.  Miss  Wilson  and  Miss  ('opperlhwait.  \\v 
enjoyed  a  very  pleasant  time  with  th«*in,  and  matters  of  classifurution  of 
candidates  were  arranged,  aside  from  other  official  duties       We    felt    that 


Uintory  of  JUf'i  *^1. 

their  visit  had  beoQ  u  great  benefit  to  us,  for  we  felt  better  acquainted 
with  Alpha,  the  founder  of  our  loved  chapter. 

Juue  20,  iil,  Beta  tendered  a  reception  to  her  parents,  the  faculty, 
the  f rater iiicy  auvl  sorority  students  and  others,  at  the  home  (»f  Miss 
Marion  Uowlett.      it  was  one  of  the  social  events  of  the  season. 

Kail  term  of   91  opened  prosperously  for  Beta. 

()ctol)er  2U-2i>  occurretl  the  first  general  convention  of  Alpha  Chi 
Omega,  held  at  DePauw  University,  Alpha  being  the  entertaining 
chaj>ter.  Misses  JjuIu  Keller  and  Janette  Allen  were  the  delegates  sent 
from  Beta. 

March  15,  1)2,  tue  fourth  annual  concert  was  given  with  the  usual 
success.      I'rogram  as  follows: 

Farrari Down  by  the  Silvery  Stream 

CIIORI'S. 

Moszkowski Waltz 

MISS  MVRTIK  WATSON. 

Hoot , Home  Sweet   Home 

ALPHA    nil   QUARTETTE, 

Si*lected Violin   Solo 

MISS    KITTIE   EddLESTON. 

Abt Oh  Calm  ami  Lovely  the  P]vening  Bells 

(!HORi:S. 

Gabus>i The  Fisherman 

MISSES   UOWLETT  AND  TRAVIS. 

(jiloria,  March  Triumphal Two  INanos 

MISSES   FRAMKES  AND     HirNDAV. 

Smart Queen  of  the  Night 

MISSES     TRAVIS,    WlIITCOMB  AND     WORTIllNOTON. 

Grand   Finale. 

June  S,  '1»2,  Beta  entertained,  veiy  pleasantly,  her  gentlemen 
friends  in  the   <'h:ipler  hall. 

The  si'con  I  i£eiiiM'.il  c«):ivoMlioi)  was  held  in  Albion,    Mich.,     Februarv 
J22,  23,    2  4,    '1>2,    I^*La    i>*i;ij;    th»?  eiiierlainiug  cliaplt;r.      Delegates    were 
present  from  Al[)lia,  (iamma  and    Delta. 


t^ 


J  Jin  fort/  of  [hfii. 


The  following  program  was  rendered  at  a  rausicale  given  at- the  home 
of  Miss  JaNette  Allen: 

Liszt — Piano  Duet,  RhapsoJie  Hongroise  No.  2, 

Misses  WoRTniNOTON  and  Travis.       (Bet:i) 


Mozart — Vocal,  11  Mio  Tesoro, 


(/hopin — Valse, 


Miller — Sioux  Chiefs  Daughter, 


C  hopi  n — Liszt — Noctu  me, 


Miss  Mamie  Jenninos.       (Alphn) 


Miss  ElFleda  Coleman.        ((ram ma) 


Miss  Minnie  Warren.       (Beta) 


Miss  Fern  Pickard.        (Delta) 


Rossini — Vocal,  IJnovoce  poco  fa, 


Mtss  Mary  F.  Stanford.        ((ramma) 


Selected — Violin  Solo, 


Mrs.  Mattie  Reynolds-Colby.       (Beta) 


Wieneiski  Valse, 


Mrs.  Anna  AllenS.mith.       (Alpha) 


Mohring — Legends,  Alpha  Chi  Quartette.  (Beta) 

Misses  Travis,  IIowlett,  \Vhit(X)mb  and  VVortiiinoton. 

The  banquet  at  the  Albion  House  Friday  evening,  February  24,  will 
always  be  remembered  by  the  p^rtici pints  as  one  of  the  events  of  a  life 
time.  The  decorations  were  not  very  extensive,  but  were  very  becoming 
to  the  occasion.  The  tables  were  decorated  with  scarlet  carnations  and 
smilax.  Id  the  centre  of  the  table  was  a  large  bouquet  composed  of 
smaller  ones.  From  each  small  bouquet  was  a  ribbon  exten(^ing  to  a 
plate,  and  as  each  one  left  the  table,  by  means  of  the  ribbon  they  took 
the  accompanying   Ijoucjuet.     The    menu    cards    were    very   ne*it.     They 


Ifintori/  of  Ihtn  *23. 

were  tied  with  Alpha  Chi  ribbons.     The   toasts  and  songs  were  arranged 
aa  follows: 

"Come,  quench  your  blushes  and  present  yourself. 
That  which  you  are,  the  ml  stress  o'  the  feast!" 

Miss  Hattie  Lovejoy,  toast  mistress. 

"It  bears  a  charmed  life." 

Greekdom,  Miss  Daisy  Steele  (Alpha.) 

"Nay,  yet  there's  more  in  this; 
I  prithee,  speak  to  me  as  to  thy  thinkings." 

Our  sorority,  Miss  Virginia  Porter.     (Delta.) 

"Ay:    prithee,  sing—" 

Song  —Sisters  in  unity. 

"Within  the  gardens  cultured  ground. 
It  shares  the  Hweet  .carnation's  bed   ' 

Carnation  and  Smilax    Miss  Mary  Stanford.     (Gamma.) 

"Until  I  kno\*  this  sure  uncertainty—" 

Alpha  Chi  Omega  viewed  from  a  distance,  Miss  Fannie  Dissette.  (Beta) 

"If  music  be  the  food  of  love,  play  on :  give  me  excess  of  it. ' ' 

Song — Alpha,  Alpha  Chi  Forever, 

"Not  words,  but  deeds." 

Ye  Daughters  of  Music,  Come  up  Hijrher,  Miss  Jennie  Worthington. 
(Beta.) 

The  fifth  annual  concert  was  given  by  Miss  Neilly  Stevens,  assisted 
b}*  the  Alpha  Chi  quartet. 

May  24,  '93,  Miss  JaNette  Allen  kindly  opened  her  home  for  our 
commencement  reception,  to  which  about  two  hundred  invited  guests 
were  present. 

The  fall  term  of  '93  opened  with  but  four  members  for  Beta,  but 
another  fortunate  entered  upon  the  mysteries  the  first  day  of  the  term 
and  another  in  October.  Then  the  winter  term  brought  back  some  of 
our  former  members  as  well  as  some  new  ones,  and  now  our  membership 
is  twelve,  and  the  pro.npects  good  for  five  new  members  before  the  close 
of  the  year.     A  very  pleasant  feature  of  the  present  term  was  the  recep- 


*i4. 


tion  tendered  us  by  our  six  pledged  girls  in  our  chapter  hall.  We  felt 
very  proud  of  the  girls.  They  gave  us  some  good  hints  on  entertaiuina:. 
We  bespeak  the  closing  of  a  prosperous  year  for  Beta,  and  may  the 
prosperity  continue. 

Our  musical  work  is  most  interesting.  It  has  been  our  practice  to 
study  the  great  masters  at  our  weekly  meetings,  and  render  musical 
programs  of  numbers  oomposec^  by  the  master  under  consideration.  We 
have  done  verv  creditable  work  in  this  wav  and  think  il  a  most  excel hent 
plan  to  work  upon.  H.vttie  A.  Love.iov, 

Historian. 


Roster  of  Beta. 


XA.MES 

Flora  Adgate  (Hall; 

Km  ma  Crittenden 

Florine  Defendorf  (Hevnolds) 

Hattie  Hevnolds 

Libbie  Smith 

Jennie  Worth ington 

Lida  Austin 

Delia  Morgan  (Maher) 

Delia  Sprague 

Eva  Marzolf  (Tiney) 

Belle  Miller  (Townsend) 

Lillian  Kirk  (Armstrong) 

Hattie  Ives 

Hattie  Lovejoy 

Daisy  Hogers 

Anna  Scot  ten 

Minnie  Lewis  (Spence) 

Nellie  Valentine  (Lovejoy) 


INITIATED 

Charter  Member 


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Oct,  3,  JSS7 
Oct.  3,  1887 
Nov.  2,  1887 
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Mavf),  1888 
Mav  18,  1888 
May  18, 
May  18, 
May  18, 
May  23, 
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(IRAD.  ADDRESS 

188!)  Ionia,  Mich! 

1884  Albion,    Mich 

1887  Dowagiac,  Mich. 

1884  Jackson,  .Mich. 

1887  Marshall,  Mich. 
1880  Albion,    .Mirh. 

1888  Chicago,  111. 
Minijcapolis,   Minn. 

1888   Kilamaz)(>,  Mich. 

Coral,  Mich. 
181)0   Champaign,   III. 
188J)  Quincy,  Mich. 

Chicago,   111. 

All)ion,    .Mich. 

Medina,  Mich. 

Detroit,  Mich. 

Cedar  Springs,   Mieh 

Boston,  Ma.ss. 


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k  ( 


Maud  Snell 

Cora  Travis 

Clara  ^]ngle  (Noble) 

Belle  Fi^ke  (Leonari) 

Katberine  Roode 

<  J  race  Brown 

Lulu  Keller 

Xellie  Smith  (Thomas) 

(jertrude  Buck 

Mamie  Harris  (Wolfe) 

Jean  Whitcorab 

Marion  Childs 

Myrtie  Watson 

Mattie  Reynolds  (Colby) 

Blanche  Bunday 

JaXette  Allen 

Nina  Eddleston 

Kittie  Fli^gleston 

Addle  McHattie 

Rose  A  be  in  e thy 

Clarissa  Dickie 

Marion  Howlett 

Pearl  Frambes  Keb.  7,        ** 

GiorgiM.ia  Gale  (McOlellan)  May  15,  1801 


Oct.  4, 
Nov. 
Nov. 
Nov. 
Nov. 

Feb.  2,  1889 
Sept.  28,  1889 
Oct.  2,   *' 
Oct.  16,  ** 
Oct.  1(),  »* 
Oct.  1(),  ^» 
Nov.  1(),  '' 
Nov.  10,  1889 
May  20,  1890 
Sept.  30,  1890 
Oct.  8,  1890 
Oct.  8,  1890 
Oct.  8,  1890 
Oct  2S,  1890 
Nov.  12,  1890 
Jan.  17,  1891 
Feb.  7, 
Fel).  7, 


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Daisy  Snell 
Kthel  Calkira 
^3lizabeth  Avery 

» 

Hortense  Osmund 
Minnie  McKeand  (Allen) 
(jertrude  Fairshilds 
P^usebia   Davidson 
Cora  Harrington 
Florence  Wood  hams 
Effa  Simpson 
Gleima  Schantz 
Cora  Bliss 
May  Mitchell 


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4  I 


May    15.    '* 
Oct.    3,    1891 
Oct.  3, 
Oct.    3, 
Oct.    3, 
Nov.   23,    *' 
Sept.  29,  1892 
Sept.  29,  1892 
Sept.  29,  1892 
Jan.  23,  1892 
Jan.  23,  1892 
June  3,  1893 
June  3,  1893 


Bay  Port,  Mich. 
1891    Hartford.   Mich. 

Missouri  Valley,  Iowa 
Albion,  Mich. 
Albion,    Mich. 
Stockton,  Kansas. 
1893   Albion,  Mich. 
St.  Clair,  Mich. 
Grand  Rapids,  Mich. 
Saginaw,  Mich, 
1890  Chelsea,    Mich. 
Calumet,    Mich. 

1891  Cedar  Springs,  Mich. 
Jackson,    Mich. 

1892  Chicago,  111. 
^893  Albion,  Mich. 

1891  Marshall,  Mich. 
Marshall,  Mich. 
Cedar  Springs,    Mich. 
Vicksburg,  Mich. 
Albion,    Mich. 

1892  Albion,  Mich. 
Mears,  Mich. 

1893  Big  Rapids,  Mich. 
Bay  Port,  Mich. 

1893  Big    Rapids,  Mich. 

Phelps,  N.  Y. 

Nashville,  Mich. 

Albion,  Mich. 

Three  Rivers,  Mich. 
1893  Port  Huron,  Mich. 

Spring    Harbor,    Mich. 

Plainwell,   Mich. 
Hastings,  Mich. 
Hastings,  Mich. 
Saginaw,  Mich. 
Bay  City,    Mich. 


'id. 


Conrcrninf/  a    Fttr  of  (fur  Ahtmni. 


Irene  Clark 
Mabel  Collins 
Josephine  Parker 
Alida  Handy 
Grace  Armstrong 


Sept.  26,  1893 
Oct.  11,  1893 
Jan.  30,  1894 
Marcb  16,  1894 
Apr.  28,  1894 


Albion,  Micb. 
Bay  City,  Mich. 
DePere,   Wis. 
Bay  City,   Mich. 
St.  Joseph,  Mich. 


Some  Items  of  Interest  Concerning  a  Pew  of  oUr  RlUmni. 


Miss  Emma  Crittenden,  '84,  spent  some  time  in  the  Conservatory 
with  post-graduate  work,  and  since  that  time  has  given  voice  instruction 
in  the  high  schools  of  Ionia  and  Marshall,  Michigan. 

Miss  Hattie  Reynolds,  '84,  is  studying  piano  and  organ  in  Boston, 
Mass. 

Miss  Jennie  Worthington,  '87,  is  proving  herself  a  most  efficient 
teacher  of  the  pianoforte  and  harmony  in  Albion  College  Conservat^>ry, 
which  position  she  has  held  since  her  graduation. 

Miss  Lihbie  Smith,  '87,  is  organist  and  choir-master  in  an  Episco- 
palian choir  in  Cheyenne,    Wyoming. 

Miss  Delia  Sprague,  '88,  is  studying  in  Grand  Rapids. 

Miss  Jean  Whitcomb,  '90,  who  is  engaged  in  Albion  College  Con. 
servatory,  is  a  most  excellent  instructor  of  piano  and  voice. 

Miss  Kittle  Eggleston,  '91,  is  studying  violin  in  Detroit. 

Miss  Lulu  Keller,  '91,  is  a  successful  teacher  of  piano  and  voice  in 
the  Lansing,  Michigan,  school  for  the  blind. 

Miss  Cora  Travis,  '91,  is  now  studying  music  in  Grand  Rapids.  She 
formerly  taught  piano  and  voice  in  our  conservatory  very  successfully. 

Miss  Eusebia  Davidson,  '93,  is  engaged  as  teacher  of  harmony  and 
piano  in  the  Art  Institute,  Port  Huron,  Michigan. 

Miss  Grace  Brown,  post  graduate  of  Albion  College  Conservatory,  is 
director  of  the  Stockton,  Kansas,  Academy  Conservatory,  and  is  proving 
herself  most  efficient  in  her  line.  We  read  from  the  Western  News  that 
the  musical  department  of  the  Academy  was  never  in  a  more  flourishing 
condition  than  now,  and  to  Miss  Brown  is  due  the  present  prosperity  of 
this  department. 


^•l    Lt'ftcr  frtnii    Ihfti. 


R  Letter  Prom  Beta. 

This  is  the  time  of  the  year  when  activity  is  the  fashion;  everyone  is 
liusy. 

All  of  the  ten  Alpha  Chis  who  were  on  roll  of  Beta  last  term,  re- 
turned the  first  of  this  term,  with  another  true  sister  of  last  year  read} 
and  anxious  to  work  for  the  honor  of  Alpha  Chi  Omega. 

We  also  welcome  back  our  six  pledged  girls,  of  whom  we  are  very 
proud.  One  among  them  we  wish  to  introduce  to  Alpha  Chi  Omega — 
Grace  Armstrong.  She  has  been  an  honor  to  Beta  as  a  pledged  member, 
and  has,  on  the  28th  inst.,  passed  the  barriers  safely,  after  a  stormy 
voyage,  and  is  worthy  to  wear  the  lyre. 

Oo  the  14th  of  April  our  pledged  girls  gave  a  spread  to  the  active 
chapter  and  the  resident  alumni,  which  was  a  great  success. 

We  had  for  souvenirs  a  small  tin  horn  wound  with  the  olive  and 
green. 

Knowing  that  we  were  all  very  fond  of  perfume,  they  treated  us  to 
the  most  delicioui<  looking  chocolate  creams,  with  a  tiny  orion  on  the 
inside.  This,  of  course,  was  very  agreeable  to  all,  for  we  needed  no  roses 
for  church  the  next  day. 

Beta  is  no  exception  to  the  rule  of  general  liveliness.  She  is  no  by- 
stander watching  the  tide  flow  ever  onward. 

The  first  of  the  school  year  our  number  was  but  three,  and  we  are 
proud  to  look  from  this  small  number  to  that  of  this  term. 

To-day  we  entertain  at  our  hall  Col.  and  Mrs.  Bliss,  Prof,  and  Mrs. 
Dickey,  and  Rev.  and  Mrs.  Washington  Gardner,  and  an  enjoyable  time 
is  expected.  N.  Irene  Clark. 

May  1,  1894. 


G:^1.M.M.^ 


rl  LETTBR  KKOM  6:flJMJM.-I 


Alpha  Cbi  Omega  is  in  a  very  tioiirishinii  con<Htlon,  we  think,  at 
Pilvanston. 

The  convention  was  a  great  help  to  oiir  chapter,  ixw\  we  eri joyed  our 
guests  extremely. 

We  have  our  weekly  meeting  on  \Ve<iiies(lay  afternoon,  at  four 
o'clock  in  the  chapter  hall,  which  is  (niite  cozy,  though  not  elegant.  We 
are  just  about  to  take  up  the  study  of  Beethoven's  life  and  compositions, 
which  will  undoubtedly  be  very  profitable  to  us.  An  essay  on  the  subject 
is  to  be  read  at  our  next  meeting  by  Miss  Marguerite  Bolan,  a  senior  in 
the  piano  department. 

This  evening  we  are  to  initiate  two  delightful  young  ladies,  pledgee^ 
since  the  convention,  viz..  Miss  Bessie  Grant,  a  cousin  of  Miss  Evans, 
our  chapter  president  for  this  term,  and  Miss  Arte  .Mae  Bel lors.  They 
will  do  us  great  credit. 

The  Misses  Bolan,  McCorkle,  Woods  and  Stanford  are  each  to  give 
recitals  during  the  spring  term  Hopiiig  that  the  time  will  soon  roll 
around  for  Gamma  to  entertain  the  convention  again,    I  am, 

Affectionately  yours,  in  Alpha  Chi  Omega, 

Mary  K.  Stanford, 

Cor.  Sec. 

KvanstOD,  May  4,  1894. 


J  hi    ('oitctntinn  29. 

The  Rnndal  Convention. 

The  Evanston  Press  says  of  the  convention  held  m  February:  Alpha 
Chi  Omega  held  its  annual  convention  in  Kvanston  this  week  with  the 
Gamma  chapter.  As  is  well  known  to  thelxreek  letter  world,  the  sorority 
confines  its  membership  to  those  in  the  departments  oT  music  at  the  four 
universities  where  it  has  chapters.  The  reu;ular  business  sessions  of  the 
convention  were  held  on  Wednesday,  Thursda}'  and  Friday.  The  dele- 
gates present  and  the  colleges  they  represented  were:  Alphn,  DePauw 
University,  .Misses  Laura  Marsh,  Mamie  Jennings  and  Minnie  Magill; 
Beta,  Albion  college.  Misses  Harriet  Lovejoy,  Cora  Harrington  and 
Irene  Clark;  Djlta,  Allegheny  college.  Misses  Charlotta  Weber  a'ld 
May    Graham. 

The  deleg:  tes  and  members  of  the  local  chapter  were  entertained  at 
the  residence  of  Miss  Stanford,  on  Forest  avenue,  on  Wednesday  evening. 

On  Thursday  evening  a  reception  and  musicale  was  given  by  Gamma 
chapter  to  its  friends  in  honor  of  the  visitmg  delegates,  at  the  home  of 
Miss  Klla  Young,  on  Forest  avenue.  Miss  Young  was  assisted  in  ro- 
ceivmg  by  Misses  ElFleda  Coleman,  Suzanne  Mulford  and  Mary  Stanford. 
The  beautiful  decorations  of  the  house  were  in  the  sorority  colors — scarlet 
and  olive  green.  Refreshments  were  servoil  by  Madame  Taylor  One 
hundred  and  fifty  quests  were  present.  A  literary  and  musical  program 
was  rendered,  after  which  the  remain  ler  of  the  evening  was  spent  in 
dancing. 

PROGRAM. 

H.     La  Fileuse Raff 

h.      Valse (i  riog 

MISS  MAV  ORAIIAM,     DELTA 

Vocal — Selected 

MISS     CORA   HARRINGTON,     BETA 

A  Critical  Situation Mark   Twain 

MI88  JEANETTE     EVANS,   GAMMA 

Vocal  Selected 

.MI88    ELIZABETH    STANFORD,   (JAMMA 


80.  /'/(<    <*ouci'htUm 

Abeat  de  Gluck Saint  Saena 

MISS  ZELLA    MARSHALL,   ALPHA. 

Vocal — Casta    Diva Bellini 

MISS  MAMIE  JENNIN08,    ALPHA 

a.     Scene  from  Merchant  of  Venice 


b.      Mammy's  Lil'    Hoy Edwards 

MISS  MARGUERITE  BOLAN,    GAMMA 

'^Batti   Baltr* Mozart 

MISS  CHARLOTTE  WEBER,  DELTA 

Concerto  in  K  M inor Chopin 

MISS  ZELLA  MARSHALL,    ALPHA 

The  dolegntes  and  members  of  the  local  chapter  attended  the  matinee 
by  the  Thomas  orchestra  at  the  Auditorium  Friday  afternoon,  after  which 
they  attended  the  third  annual  convention  banquet  of  the  sorority,  which 
was  held  at  the  Grand  Pacific  Hotel.  Covers  were  laid  for  twenty,  and 
an  elaborate  menu  was  served.  Miss  ElFleda  Coleman  was  toastmistresj^, 
and  the  following  program  of  toasts  and  songs  was  given:  Song,  ♦•We 
are  Gathered  Here;"  **Looking  Backward,*'  Miss  Laura  Marsh,  (Alpha;) 
**Our  Goat,  '  .Miss  Harriet  Lovejoy,  (Beta;)  song,  *'Bound  Heart  to 
Heart;"  **Our  Lyre,"  Miss  Marguerite  Bolan,  ((Jamma;)  »*Looking  For. 
ward,"  Miss  Charlotta  Weber,  (Delta;)  song,  *» Parting  Song."  Those 
present  were  Misses  Jeanette  Evans,  Harriet  Lovejoy,  Laura  Marsh, 
May  Graham,  Charlotta  Weber,  Mary  Stanford,  Mamie  Jennings,  Minnie 
Magill,  Cora  Harrington,  Irene  Clark.  ElFleda  Coleman,  Ella  Young, 
Athlena  McCorkle,  Marguerite  Bolan,  Florence  Harris,  Carrie  W^oods, 
Suzanne  Mulford,  Jordan,  Grafton,  Strong,  Skiff. 


Items  from    (hnnimi.  <il. 

Personal. 

Miss  Laura  Budlong  visited  io  Florida  during  the  past  winter. 
Miss  Mary  J.  Sattlefield,  *91,  is  teaching  music  in  Kings,  III. 

Miss  Kate  D.  Hathaway  spent  th3  winter  with  her  parents  in  Cali- 
fornia. 

Miss  KlFleda  Coleman,  (ex  91)  is  studying  with  Mr.  W.  L.  Toralina 
in  Chicago. 

Miss  Lulu  Piatt,  one  of  Gamma's  charter  members,  is  studying 
music  at  Mt.  Vernon,  Iowa. 

Miss  Florence  Harris^  (ex  94)  wasthe  gruestof  Miss  Marguerite  Bolan 
duting  the  annual  convention. 

Miss  Blanche  Skitf,  (ex  95)  of  Chicago,  visited  Gamma  chapter  on 
April  24th,  and  attended  the  musical  given  on  that  evening. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  C.  W.  Richie,  (nee  Stiruj)  hive  moved  to  Tacoma 
Washington,  where  they  are  at  home  to  Alpha  Chi  Omega  girls. 

It  is  expected  that  .Miss  Esther  Grannis,  Alpha  Chi  Omega,  will  re- 
turn to  Northwestern  next  year.  We  shall  be  glad  to  have  her  again  with 
us,  and  more  than  glad  that  she  is  t  >  continue  the  development  of  her 
beautiful  voice. 

Mrs.  Mary  Howe-Lnvin,  prima  donna,  honorary  member  Alpha  Chi 
Omega,  gave  a  concert  in  Chicago  April  the  nineteenth.  Gamma  chapter 
sent  to  her  a  large  bouquet  of  red  carnations  and  smilax,  and  received 
from  the  fair  lady  the  following  note  of  thanks: 

The  Auditorium,  Chicago. 
My  Dear  Miss  Coleman:  1  beg  of  you  to  extend  my  warmest 
thanks  to  the  Alpha  Chi  Omega  girls.  Gamma  chapter,  for  the  lovely 
carnations  which  were  given  me  last  evening  at  the  Hall.  It  was  most 
kind  of  them  to  send  me  such  a  sweet  recognition,  and  to  say  that  I  ap- 
predated  it  warmly  does  not  begin  to  express  my  feeling.  Wiih  many 
thanks  and  good  wishes  to  all,  believe  me,  Moat  cordially  yours, 

Mary  HoweLavin. 

At  a  Beethoven  program  given  in  the  recital  hall  of  the  Department 
of  Music  of    Northwestern    University,    not    long   ago,    Miss   Antoinette 


32. 


KriHH  from    (uintiua 


Woods,  Alpha  Chi  Omega,  furnished  the  vocal  numUers,  while  the  in. 
strumeotal  part  of  the  program  was  furnishea  by  members  of  the  faculty. 
The  recital  was  exceediDgly  good. 

On  April  the  twenty. fourth  Gamma  ch.ipter  entertained  a  few 
friends  at  the  home  of  Miss  Stanford,  1513  Forest  avenue,  Kvanston.  A 
musical  program  was  rendered  and  refreshments  were  served. 

A  royal  feast  was  enjoyed  by  Gamma  chapter  some  few  weeks  ago. 
The  Misses  Jeannette  Evans  and  Bessie  Grant,  Alpha  Chi  Omega,  re- 
ceived a  trunk  of  **goodies"  from  their  homes  in  St.  Paul,  and  Gamma 
chapter  was  invited  ill  to  help  devour  the  contents.  The  following  was 
the  menu: 

Bread  Sandwiches 


Saratoga  Chips 

Sliced  llam 

Deviled  Eggs 

Olives 

Baked  chicken 

Chocolate  Cake 

Nut  Cake 

Hermits 

Jelly 
Lemonade 

Salted  Almonds 

During  the  spring  vacation  the  Misses  Stanford,  .Miilford  and 
McCorkle  went  up  to  Waukeegan,  111.  Their  intention  was  to  catch  the 
11 :53  a.  m.  train,  but  they  arrived  at  the  station  just  in  time  to  see  the 
train  disappear  in  the  dim  distance,  so  the  three  maidens  half  provoked, 
meandered  to  their  respective  homes  again  not  in  the  least  shamefacedly, 
but  met  at  the  station  at  2:27  just  in  time  to  jump  on  the  wrong  side  of 
the  train,  and  consequently  the  conductor  did  not  see  them.  They  arrivc<l 
at  Waukegan  safe  and  sound  with  their  many  parcels,  and  simply  took 
Miss  Stiong,  Alpha  Chi  Omega,  by  storm.  They  had  a  very  jolly  time 
and  returned  home  the  next  day. 


DBL'M. 


THE   '1LPH.TT  GHI  03IB6.'I   hlMTBIlMT\  . 

Alpha  Chi  Omega,  the  first,  and,  until  that  year,  the  onl}-  musical 
fraternity  in  existence,  was  founded  in  1885  at  DePauw  University, 
(j reencastle,  Ind  ,  by  the  Dean  of  that  institution.  The  establishment  of 
a  Greek  letter  society  outside  of  college  circles  proper,  came  as  a  new 
iclca,  and  met  with  more  or  less  oppo8itif)n,  but  the  originators  hehi  firm, 
and  despite  adverse  circumstances  the  Alpha  chapter   flourished. 

Soon  a  Beta  chapter  was  established  at  Albion  college,  Michigan; 
then  a  Gamma  at  Northwestern  University,  and  in  January,  '91,  our 
Delta  chapter  at  the  Meadville  Conservatory  of  Musij.  The  charter  mem- 
bers were  Fern  Pickard,  Antoinette  Snyder,  Mae  Bredin,  May  Tinker 
Ruby  Krick,  and  Klisabeth  and  Zannie  Tate,  all  members  of  the  conser- 
vatory. The  organization  was  effected  through  the  efforts  of  Gamma 
chapter,  who  were  in  correspondence  with  one  of  our  girls. 

For  some  time  the  idea  was  known  to  but  one  or  two  students,  who 
were  endeavoring,  with  the  aid  of  their  teachers,  to  bring  together  seven 
girls  who  would  be  congenial,  and  who  had  moreover  the  requisite  stand- 
ing  in  school.  This  proved  a  more  difficult  task  than  at  first  anticipated. 
The  students  having  no  general  boarding  hall,  it  was  impossible  to  be- 
come acquainted.  Rut  at  last  tlie  fortunate  ones  were  decided  upon,  the 
necessary  arrangements  made,  and  all  stood  in  readiness  for  the  delegates 
from  the  other  chapters.  IIow  impatiently  we  awaited  their  coming,  our 
thoughts  by  day  filled  with  preparations,  our  dreams  by  night  with  phan- 
tom goats  on  mineliief  bent!     It  seemed  that  the  time  would   never  pass. 


34.  JJcif.t. 

bnt  at  length  tlie  eventful  dtiy  arrive<i,  and  seven  charter  meinbor^  a<» 
well  as  two  honorary,  donned  the  lyre  and  "stool  forth  in  the  sight  of 
all  beholders.*' 

The  chapters  already  established  in  Alleghen}'  received  us  courteous- 
ly, recognizing  the  fact  which  wo  felt  to  be  most  evident,  that  rivalry 
could  not  and  ought  not  to  exist  between  frater  lities  having  such  widely 
different  spheres.  During  the  three  months  subsequent  to  our  organiza- 
tion we  were  very  quiet,  our  only  sign  of  life  being  a  rausicale  given  in 
April.  Soon  after  we  celebrated  our  first  initiation,  and  with  it  was  born 
a  true  fraternity  spirit,  which  had  in  it  much  of  the  missionary's  zeal  to 
»*go  into  the  wide  world."  The  fact  that  none  of  our  girls  were  familiar 
with  fraternity  life,  its  demands,  duties  and  pleasures  made  our  advance, 
nient  a  little  slow.  However,  the  old  adage,  "Kxperienee  is  the  best 
teacher, "  came  to  be  realized,  and  our  progress  has  been,  nevertheless, 
sure.  Now,  though  but  three  years  old,  our  active  membership  ndl 
shows  twelve  names,  our  alumni  fourteen  and  our  honorary  three,  among 
the  latter  Marie  Decca,  the  famous  concert  sinjjer. 

Of  the  graduates  of  '92,  seven  are  Alpha  Chis,  and  last  yeir  seven 
more  receive  i  diploma.  Two  of  the  ch  irter  raftmbers  are  now  ;nclucied 
in  the  faculty,  and  several  others  are  teaching  at  their  homes.  Thus 
through  its  members,  the  aim  of  the  fraternity,  which  Is  the  adva.ice- 
ment  of  music.  Is  being  carried  out. 

Much  of  our  success  is  due  to  the  kindly  help  and  encouragement 
given  us  by  the  faculty  and  board  of  trustees  of  the  Meadville  Conserva 
tory  of  Music.  Many  of  the  hard  places  encountered  by  new  chapters 
were  made  easy  for  us  by  their  well  directed  assistance.  In  return  it 
has  ever  been  our  desire  to  give  our  alma  mater  our  hearty  support  and 
co-operation,  each  Alpha  Chi  striving  to  realize  in  heiself  some  of  the 
lofty  ambitions  in  our  open  motto — "Ye  Daughters  of  Music,  Come  up 
Higher" — and  so  doing,  honor  the  institution  which  has  fostered  us. 


R  Letter  Prom  Delta. 

Dear  Girls:  If  we  were  to  miaaure  time  the  past  year  by  the 
pleasures  that  we  have  had,  the  months  would  indeed  he  very  long  ones. 
Our  sorority  life  has  been  marked  with  many  successes  and  but  few  dis- 
appointments. Last  fall  the  active  membership  of  our  chapter  was 
small,  but  early  in  the  term  we  initiated  May  Graham  and  Maude 
Maxwell,  both  of  whom  liave  been  a  great  help  to  the  sorority.  Next  we 
pledged  three  girls— Lillian  Cowan,  Ella  May  Jack  and  Elizabeth  Patton. 
Elizabeth  will  become  a  full  member  next  fall.  Later  we  initiated  Lois 
McMullen,  and  only  recently  took  in  Jean  Robson  and  Lucile  Blodgett. 
Now  we  have  a  membership  of  twelve  active  and  one  pledged — some  of 
the  girls  having  gone  home  during  the  year. 

Our  town  girls  who  are  not  active  now,  continue  their  interest  in 
sorority,  attending  the  meetings  regularly,  and  arc  always  ready  to  help 
us  in  anything  we   undertake. 

Three  of  our  girls.  Miss  Pinney,  a  former  teacher  in  our  Conservatory, 
Ada  Lenhart  and  Sara  Evans  are  studying  this  year  in  New  York — the 
first  two  in  Scharwenda  school,  and  Sara  is  studying  voice. 

We  will  lose  three  of  our  girls  by  graduation  this  year.  May  Graham 
graduates  in  piano  and  Charlotte  Weber  and  Fern  Pickard  in  voice. 
Evelyn  Bright  received  a  certificate  in  voice,  and  Minnie  Footc  and 
Edith  Moore  finish  the  post-graduate  course. 

A  few  weeks  ago  Charlotte  Weber  entertained  the  sorority  at  her 
home,  where  we  had  a  most  enjoyable  time,  spending  the  evening,  largely, 
by  listening  to  music  and  recitations. 

Last  Monday  we  were  invited  down  to  Edith  Moore's,  in  Cochranton, 
a  village  ten  miles  from  here.  The  drive,  supper  and  entire  trip  was  one 
of  the  happiest  affairs  possible. 

Next  Saturday  Harriet  Veith  gives  a  luncheon  to  the  chapter  at  her 
home. 

We  have  several  more  parties  of  the  same  nature  in  anticipation  for 
this  term.  The  girls  aim  to  be  together  as  much  as  possible,  for  Charlotte 
and  Harriet  are  soon  to  leave  us,  and  form  clo.ser  ties  than  even  these  of 
sorority  sisters. 

We  think  that  our  weekly  meetings  of  this  year  have  been  more  in- 
t^resting  and  profitable  than  ever  before.      We  have  spent  evenings   with 


JV.  Aft    Eiitvi'tiuniuunt, 

Mozart,  Beethoven,  Bach,  Greig,  Chopin  ami  other   'Composers,    sttwiymg 
their  lives  and  their  music — thus  intermingling  pleasure  and  study. 

Delta  extendw  her  best  wishes  for  the  success  of  the  Lyre,  and  hopes 
to  do  her  part  towards  making  it  a  source  of  pleasure  to  its  reader?-. 

Delta. 


On  Tuesday,  April  10th,  three  oi  DdltVs  girl.-*,  Virgini:i  Porter, 
Fern  Pickard  and  Bertha  Cribhs  went  to  Oil  City,  Pa.,  where  ihey  gave 
an  entertainment  under  the  auspices  of  Grace  M.   K.  church. 

The  fol. owing  program  was  rendered: 

PROGRAM. 
PART    I. 

1  Reading — **Thamre," Phelps 

MISS  PORTER. 

i  a.   Nocturne    D, Dohler 

2  Piano  Soh)' 

(  b.    **\Vere  I  a  Bird," llei  selt 

MI 88  PICKARD. 

'6     Mammv's  liil'   Baby   Bov, Edwards 

MISS   PORTER. 

4  Reading — ^*Queen  Katherine's    Defense," Shjikespeare 

.MISS  PORTER. 

5  ** Paradise  and  the  Peri,"  (In  Pantomime) Moore 

Miss    CRIBKS. 
PART    II, 

1  Reading  —  **A  Sisterly  Scheme," Bunner 

MISS  PORTER. 

2  Piano  Solo — Cachucha  Caprice Ratf 

.MIS8   PICKARD. 

3  Reading — *  Grandma  at  the  .Masquerade," Vandemark 

.Mli^S  PORTER.  ' 

4  **Rliylhms,' Delsarle 

MISS  CRinns. 

5  Reading — **Fogarty,  ' Jordan 

MISa  PORTER, 

At  the  cojiclusion  of  the  program  the  girls   were  invited    out  to  the 


Ati     Hl^tt  I  (i(i  HUH  ht  '»< 

parlors,  where  the  young  people  of  the  church  serve(1  lo  them  a  ilelieioua 
lunch. 

That  they  were  well  receivM'd  and  their  elforU  appreciule(J,  can  he 
seen  from  the  followhijj  notice  in  the  "Oil  (Mty  Derrick:" 

A   SPLKNinn    ENTKRTAINMENT. 

An  excellent  entertainment  was  given  at  (irace  church  Tues(h»y  even- 
ing, hy  Miss  Caroline  Virginia  Porter,  elocutionist,  a*<sisted  by  Miss 
Bertha  iJrihhs.  Delsartean,  and  Miss  Fern  l^ickard,  i>ianist.  Miss  IMckard 
is  a  teacher  of  music  in  the  Meadville  Conservatory,  and  proved  herself 
to  be  a  line  performer  on  the  piano.  Misses  Porter  and^  (^ribbs  are  both 
Oil  City  young  ladies,  the  former  at  present  a  teacher  of  elocution  in  the 
Meadville  Conservatory  of  Music,  where  Miss  Cribbs  is  an  advanced 
pupil.  As  an  elocutionist,  Miss  Porter  shows  wonderful  talent  and 
careful  study.  Miss  Cribbs,  as  Delsartean,  sur[)rised  her  many  friends, 
who  were  not  aware  of  her  hkill  in  tliis  art.  In  short,  each  one  excels  in 
her  own  particular  line  of  study,  and  the  large  audience  retired  at  10 
o'clock,  well  please<l  with  the  evening's  entertainment. 

Friends  of  Delta  chapter  of  Alpha  Chi  Omega  were  invited  to  the 
Conservatory,  duriui/  the  fall  term,  to  hear  the  following  program,  given 
by  a  few  of  Delta's  girls.  After  the  program,  a  reception  was  held  and 
light  refreshments  served. 

rlLPflrl   (Jn\    O.MBCVI. 


PROGRAM. 

I'AHT    1 

Kossini (iiorno  D'orrore,  from  Semiramide 

ANNA  CLE.MONS  RAY,     SAHA    FRANCES  EVANS 

\  a     Chopin Berceuse 

'(  b      Heller Brooklet 

MAY  THORPE    ORAHA.M. 

Godard Florian  Song 

ELIZABETH  TATE. 

Munro Orchestral   March 

EMZAIJETII     REE  TYLDER. 


88.  Paii-//eUeniv. 

Nevln Summer  Day 

ELLA  MAE    BREDIN. 

Neidlinger Seernade 

ELIZABETH    TATE,   Solo.    HUMMING    CHORUS. 

PART    II. 

Buck Baby  Dear 

CHARLOTTE  B.    WEBER. 

Kate  Jordan Fogarty 

VIRGINIA  PORTER. 

Thomas Gavotte,   from  Mignon 

ANNA  CLEMSON  RAY. 

j  a     Dohler Nocturne 

I  b     Henselt If  1  were  a  Bird 

PERN  PICKARD. 

Thomas Dost  Thou  Know  that  Fair  Land 

SARA  FRANCES   EVANS. 

Widor Serenade 

ELIZABETH  REED  TVLER.       FERN  PICKARD. 


Pan-Hellenic. 


The  fraternity  men  of  Allegheny  held  their  annual  Pan.hellenic  ban. 
quet  at  the  New  Kepler  Hotel,  Monday  evening,  April  IG.  Avery  enjoy- 
able time  was  reported. 

The  girls,  not  to  be  outdone,  decided  to  have  one  the  same  night. 
Owing  to  hasty  preparations,  the  banquet,   at   Trowbridge's,     was   not  as 


PtmotutU  from  Delta.  89. 

elaborate  as  od  former  occasions,  but  an  excellent  menu  card,  somewhat 
exaggerated,  was  sent  to  the  gentlemen  and  the  papers  gave  us  a  good^ 
notice. 

The  joke  came  oui  in  a   few   days,    but  ever^'one   voted   our    »*Pai 
Heavenly,"  as  some  have  called  it,  a  great  success. 


Personals  From  Delta. 

Harriett  K.  Veith  will  be  married  in  June.  Her  future  home  will  be 
in  Detroit,  Mich. 

Virginia  Porter  is  making  an  excellent  teache.'  of  elocution  in  the 
Conservatory  this  year. 

Zannie  Tate,  one  of  our  charter  members,  is  located  in  Marseilles, 
111.,  teaching  music  anc^. art. 

Delta  will  be  sorry  to  lose  Fern  Pickard  next  year,  as  she  expects  to 
continue  her  studies  in  New  York. 

Delta  hopes  to  have  a  flourishing  chapter  next  year  to  give  the  dele- 
gates to  the  convention  a  hearty  welcome. 

We  are  happy  to  say  that  Ruby  Krick,  who  has  been  unable  to  con- 
tinue her  work  on  account  of  poor  health,  is  improving  rapidly. 


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Alpha, DePauw  Univt^rsity,  (»reencastle,  Indiana. 

Bkta,- Albion  College,  Albion,  Michigan. 

Gamma Northwestern  University,  livanston,  Illinois. 

Delta, Alleghany   College,   Meadville,    Pennsylvania. 

Epsii«on,.  University  of  Sonthern  California,  Los  Angeles, California. 
Zbta New  England  Conservatory,  Boston.  Massachnsells. 

dei^^ral  OffiG^rs. 

President Mary  Jantl  Wilson,  Alpha. 

Secretary Ida  H.  Steele.  Al)>lia. 

Treasurer, (iertrude    Ogden.  l)elta. 


ARTISTS'  PROPBSSieNAL  eAROS. 


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Jllamrba  County, 

California, 


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VOL.  11. 


MARCH  1897. 


NO.  1 


Fraternity* 

The  principle  of  organization  pervades  the  universe.  By  the 
double  eye  of  science — the  telescope,  which  converses  with  magni- 
tudes, and  the  microscope,  which  deals  with  the  minute — we  ascertain 
that  from  the  grains  of  sand  upon  which  we  tread,  to  the  stars  which 
glitter  in  profuse  and  scattered  brilliancy  over  our  heads  there  is  no 
isolation.  Everything  is  complex — that  is,  composed  of  smaller  and 
simpler  parts,  and  no  division  has  yet  reached  the  ultimate  atom; 
while  on  the  other  hand,  no  probing  into  the  gulf  of  immensity  has 
yet  found  the  outer  barriers,  for  all  relationship  to  the  larger  and  more 
complicated  ceases.  The  boundless  chain  of  being  passes  out  of 
sight  both  above  and  below  us.  In  human  affairs  of  all  kinds  the 
principle  of  co-ordination,  sub-ordination  and  combination,  which 
builds  the  unjarring  architecture  of  the  universe,  is  conspicuously 
illustrated.  Human  beings  must  be  gathered  into  groups,  societies. 
nations,  and  the  epic  poem  of  the  ages  can  say  nothing  grander  to  us 
than  the  burden  of  the  song  which  is  now  being  sung  by  the  tele- 
graph, the  press,  the  railway,  the  steamship — the  song   of^ood   will 


and  fraternity.     One  could  almost  believe  that  the  marv^bus  words 


4  The  I.yrc. 

of  Tennyson  are  soon  to  find  a  fnlfillment: 

"And  the  hattleflags  be  furled 
In  the  parliament  of   man, 
The  federation  of  the  world." 

The  (rernian  poet,  Schiller,  in  his  wonderful  hymn  of  joy,  one  of 
the  k>re!nost  lyrics  of  modern  times,  embodie<l  in  words  of  fire  a  sen- 
timent which  Beethoven  set  to  music  in  the  choral  movement  of  his 
divine  Ninth  Symphony: 

"Thine  enchantment  binds  together 

Those  whom  custom  stern  divitles; 
livery  man  becomes  a  brother 

Where  thy  gentle  wing  abides." 


Thtis  sang  Schiller  in  praise  of  sympatliy,  human  fellowship, 
good  will;  and  the  song  chanted  by  the  angelic  choir  in  Judea  two 
thotisand  years  ago  was  echoed  and  revoiced  first  by  the  great  (lerman 
poet,  Schiller,  and  afterward  reinforced  by  the  great  musician,  Bee- 
thoven. No  power  in  the  universe  is  so  mighty  for  the  melting  and 
blending  of  human  hearts  into  gladness  and  helpftilness  as  the  art  of 
music,  the  mystic  art.  tlie  immemorial  art,  the  art  which  antedates 
history  and  promises  to  be  the  atmosphere  of  a  perfected  humanity. 
By  a  conjoint  and  systematic  sttidy  of  this  wonderful  product  of 
human  creativeness,  the  art  of  music,  a  great  inipettis  may  be  added 
to  the  oncoming  of  that  heavenly  kingdom  which  is  within  us.  The 
consciousness  in  the  mind  of  any  one  student  that  hundreds  of  others 
are  at  the  .same  time  dealing  with  the  same  thoughts,  must  reduplicate 
and  extend  the  glowing  delight  of  the  labor  as  a  series  of  mirrors 
reflects  the  flame  of  a  lamp.  By  organized  .study  and  by  .S3'stematic 
communication  through  an  official  organ  the  Alpha  Chi  Omega  Fra- 
ternity may  greatly  promote  the  cause  of  music,  which  is  second  only 
to  that  of  religion  itself. 

CiNCi.NN\Ti.  O.  JdHN  S.  VAN  CI.KVt;,  PH.  D. 


The  Lyre,  5 


Unsought. 


I  sought  the  world's  applause, 

And  found  it  not. 
The  song  I  sang  for  praise 

In  vain  was  wrought. 

I  sang  another  song 
And  heede<lnot, 
■  Whether  the  world  had  heard 
My  dearest  tho't. 

'Twas  sung  alone  to  one. 

Who  was  to  nie 
The  earth,  the  heaven,  the  seas, 

Eternity. 

The  world  bowed  at  my  feet 

In  ecstasy. 
And  laurels  crowned 

My  modest  melody. 
Delta.  —[Marc.arrt  Browning  Barber 


Sclf-G)ntroL 

Probably  the  thing  most  sought  after  by  almost  everyone,  and 
most  of  all  by  musicians,  is  self-control  or  self-possession.  Yet  how 
few  there  are  who  stop  to  think,  that  it  is  the  result  of  long  training. 

No  matter  how  strong  the  desire,  one  cannot  control  one's-self  in 
emergencies  without  long  years  of  gathering  strength.  Students 
who,  upon  their  first  public  appearance,  become  almost  paralyzed 
with  fright,  must  remember  that  those  whom  they  much  admire  for 
cool  headedness,  have  probably  been  practicing  before  audiences  for 
years. 

A  pretty  illustration  of  self-possession  is  told  by  Ronald  J.  Mc- 
Neill in  his  sketch  of  Jennie  Lind.  It  is  an  incident  which  took 
place  at  Her  Majesty's  Theater,  London,  in  the  spring  of  '48.  It  was 
the  occasion  of  Her  Majesty's  first  public  appearance  since  that  mem- 
orable chartist  day;  it  was  also  the  great  artist's  first  appearance  for 
the  season  on  the  boards  where  she  had  won  unparalleled  fame  the 
year  before.  Her  Majesty  stepped  into  the  royal  box  just  as  the 
prima  donna  stepped  from  the  wings  of  the  stage.     Instantly  a  per- 


6  The  Lyre, 

feet  storm  of  acclamation  burst  from  every  part  of  the  vast  audience. 
Jenny  Lind  modestly  retired  to  the  back  of  the  stage  until  the  dem- 
onstration of  loyalty  to  the  sovereign  had  subsided.  The  queen,  re- 
fusing to  appropriate  what  she  imagined  to  be  intended  for  the  singer, 
made  no  acknowledgement.  The  cheering  increased,  continued  and 
grew  overwhelming;  still  no  acknowledgement  from  the  stage  or  the 
royal  box.  Finally  the  situation  became  embarrassing,  Jennie  Lind 
ran  forward  and  sang  "God  Save  the  Queen,"  which  was  caught  up 
at  the  end  of  the  solo  by  the  orchestra,  chorus  and  audience.  The 
queen  then  came  forward,  bowed,  and  the  opera  was  resumed. 

The  origin  of  self-control,  is  self-forgetfullness.  And  not  only  in 
music  is  this  the  rule.  History,  literature  and  poetry  do  not  record 
one  deed  of  heroism  that  was  selfish.  So  to  gain  self-control  or  self- 
possession,  seek  first  of  all  to  control  self  every  day;  then  to  forget 
self  entirely  in  the  absorbing  interest  of  the  deed  before  you. — Alpha. 


The  Lyre,  7 

Musical  Progress  in  America. 

This  is  an  age  of  music.  Music  and  musical  instruments  have 
found  their  way  into  our  churches  despite  all  efforts  to  exclude  them. 
Social,  political  or  religious  gatherings  seldom  occur  without  musical 
attractions.  In  one  of  our  recent  periodicals  we  find  the  following: 
**Musicis  a  fad,  no  doubt,  with  many  people,  but  it  is  a  harmless  one 
and  will  keep  its  devotees  from  worse  things.  So  if  one  must  have  a 
fad,  we  can  heartily  advise  the  adoption  of  the  music  fad.  To  most 
people,  however,  it  is  a  noble  art,  an  honored  profession,  and  a  real 
necessity.'* 

According  to  the  statement  of  a  prominent  lecturer,  music  fur- 
nishes food  for  the  youthful  imagination  which  will  prevent  the  seek- 
ing elsewhere  for  what  would  be  harmful.  Hence  the  introduction 
of  musical  instruments  into  our  homes,  however  unworthy  the  in- 
strument or  composition  played,  is  not  to  be  discouraged. 

The  present  prosperity  of  music  explains  its  adoption  as  a  fad  by 
the  class  of  people  who  devote  themselves  to  each  succeeding  pastime 
as  spoiled  children  to  new  toys — only  to  throw  them  aside  as  soon  as 
the  novelty  has  worn  off.  Nothing  great  or  permanent  can  be  looked 
for  as  a  result  ot  this  musical  zeal. 

But  fortunately,  all  the  devotees  of  music  are  not  fad  seekers. 
The  more  serious  and  reliable  element  seeks  what  is  best  in  this  as 
in  all  departments.  Music  is  to  them  an  honored  science  and  a  noble 
art.  They  are  quick  to  distinguish  between  the  superficial  and  the 
genuinely  good.  They  can  appreciate  the  wide  range  between  what 
has  been  aptly  called  ^*feet  music,*'  and  the  intellectual  inter-weaving 
of  harmonies  in  some  of  the  master  compositions  of  the  world;  or  the 
expression  by  means  of  sound  ot  poetical  fancies  or  deep  emotions, 
which  the  most  gifted  writer  cannot  adequately  express  in  words,  but 
which  finds  its  way  without  interpretation  to  thousands  of  human 
hearts. 

The  comparative  newness  of  our  country  and  the  necessity  of 
practicality  in  pioneer  life  has  retarded  the  developeraent  of  a  nation- 
al music.  In  1848  we  not  only  had  no  composers  but  no  facilities  for 
publishing  music.  Its  cultivation  as  an  art  was  almost  exclusively 
confined  to  Boston,  New  York  and  Philadelphia.     A  piano  was  hardly 


8  The  Lyre. 

kuown  west  of  Cinciunati,  and  an  orchestra  had  probably  never  been 
heard  in  this  region.  Yet,  in  this  as  in  all  other  departments,  the 
American  people  are  making  rapid  progress.  We  are  being  educated 
both  by  study  under  competent  teachers,  and  by  hearing  the  best  in- 
terpreters of  the  world  who  come  to  us.  Some  of  our 
large  cities  are  centers  of  attraction  for  the  world's 
musicians.  Good  conservatories  are  being  established,  and  musical 
departments  are  deemed  important  adjuncts  to  the  best  institutions  of 
learning.  The  American  College  of  Musicians,  and  the  State  and 
National  Music  Teachers'  Associations  are  aiding  greatly  in  the  ad- 
vancement of  the  art.  Theodore  Thomas  with  his  orchestra  has 
accomplished  a  great  work  in  bringing  before  the  public  the  best 
orchestral  music.  During  this  year,  through  the  enterprise  of  Walter 
Damrosch,  several  of  Wagner's  operas  have  been  rendered  in  our 
western  cities,  giving  their  inhabitants  an  opportunity  of  hearing  these 
great  masterpieces  which  few  cities  of  the  world  afford.  In  his  opera 
of  "The  Scarlet  Letter"  Damrosch  has  produced  the  first  American 
opera  of  any  importance. 

Space  does  not  permit  a  more  extended  mention  of  our  Ameri- 
can composers.  We  have  not  as  yet  produced  a  Wagner  or  a  Beeth- 
oven, but  even  now  there  is  a  star  of  the  first  magnitude  high  above 
the  eastern  horizon,  and  we  read  in  some  of  the  leading  journals  that 
E.  A.  MacDowell  is  the  composer  whose  work  for  piano  and  •  orches- 
tra will  place  American  on  a  level  with  Europe.  However  much 
critics  may  differ  as  to  this,  it  is  undoubtedly  true  that  America  has 
composers  who  have  already  produced  works  which  give  promise 
of  greater  achievements  in  the  future. — Alpha. 


The  Lyre.  9 

A  Unique  Feature  of  University  Life. 

One  of  the  most  interesting  and  amusing  affairs  in  DePauw  col- 
lege life  is  the  Panthygaterian,  or  "Panthyg,"  as  it  is  more  fre- 
quently called.  The  name  is  made  up  of  the  Greek  word  *'pan'* 
meaning  '*all,*'  and  "thygater'*  meaning  ''daughters.''  It  is  in 
reality  a  kind  of  fancy  party;  all  the  guests  are  expected  to  go  in 
costume  on  this  eventful  night.  No  gentlemen  are  allowed,  and 
should  one  poor,  miserable  offender  be  discovered,  woe  be  unto 
him!  In  former  times,  however,  some  have  been  known  to  get  in 
in  some  mysterious  manner  and  witness  the  Panthygian  revels. 

The  party  is  usually  given  by  the  "Dormitory  girls"  in  Ladies' 
Hall,  which  has  an  immense  dining-room  and  spacious  parlors, 
both  of  which  are  well  adapted  to  an  affair  of  this  kind.  All  the 
girls  in  the  "dorm"  are  invited  (there  are  sixty  or  more  here),  all 
the  girls  in  College,  and  the  lady  teachers  and  wives  of  the  pro- 
fessors, making  about  two  hundred  or  more  in  all. 

At  a  former  celebration  of  "Panthyg"  a  very  novel  idea  was  in- 
troduced. At  the  foot  of  the  broad  staircase  leading  to  the  dre.ss- 
iug-room  above,  stood  a  dummy  figure  of  a  colored  servant-maid, 
wearing  white  cap  and  apron,  who  pointed  upward  with  one  black 
forefinger.  At  the  top  of  the  stairs  stood  a  similar  figure  pointing 
toward  the  dressing-room,  thus  showing  the  way  to  the  arriving 
guests: 

As  the  guests  descend  and  enter  the  parlors,  which  have  been 
cleared  for  the  event,  a  bewildering  picture  confronts  them.  The 
din  is  terrific,  and  the  picture  is  indeed  gorgeous.  Two  hundred  or 
more  girls  are  there,  each  one  in  costume.  A  "German  band,"  per- 
haps, or  a  bevy  of  flower  girls  attracts  one's  attention  first,  but  the 
scenes  constantly  change,  and  now  one  sees  Old  Mother  Hubbard 
and  Topsy  taking  a  stroll  together;  or  Mary,  Queen  of  Scots,  and  the 
leader  of  the  "Little  German  Band."  These  are  only  a  very  few  of 
the  many  characters  assumed,  some  of  which  are  attractive,  while 
others  are  extremely  comical.  No  masks  are  worn.  This  is  in  order 
to  more  easily  detect  a  "strange  sheep"  in  the  flock.  The  reception 
committee  (which,  by  the  way,  is  generally  composed  of  the  ladies  of 
the  faculty),  closely  scrutinizes  each  face  and   ascertains  whether  or 


lo  The  Lyre, 

not  the  person  is  entitled  to  enter. 

The  invitations  are  gotten  up  in  the  same  unique  style  as  every- 
thing else  pertaining  to  the  "Panthyg."  One  year  they  were  written 
on  coarse  paper,  put  in  small  paper  sacks  and  delivered.  Our  "Pan- 
thyg**  invitations  are  just  out  for  this  year.  They  consist  of  a  red 
cover  or  wrapper,  inside  of  which  is  a  flaming  yellow  poster  on 
which  in  red  letters  is  the  following: 

ATTENTION! 

NINTH    ANNUAL 

WORLD'S   FAIR   EXCURSION 

Will  start  from  Dorm  Depot 

MARCH  5,  7:30  p.  m. 

MIDWAY  PLAISANCE  OUT  IN  FULL  FORCE. 

BUFFALO   BILL  And  other  attractions  too  numerous  to  mention. 

THE  *  PAN 
Is  the  only  line  authorized  to  carry  excursionists. 

ENTIRE  ROUTE  THROUGH  NO-MAN*S  LAND. 

ACCOMMODATIONS— OUT  OF  SIGHT. 
For  further  information  inquire  of  former 

excursionists  or 
Helen  O'Dell.  Pres.  Mary  Casey,  G.  P.  A. 

Pearl  Shaw,  V-Pres.       Anna  Gillespie,  A.  G.  P  A. 

Portia  Heiss,  Gen.  Man. 
Panthygaterian  R.  R. 

The  refreshments  are  usually  along  the  following  lines:  Pea- 
nuts, onions,  buttermilk  or  sausage  sandwiches,  cakes  and  sassafras 
tea  and  such  combinations  as  these: 

COURSE    I. 

O.  T.  and  Sour  Stuff. 
Necessary  Untensil  for  Spring  Case. 

II. 
Concentrated  Agony.  Hidden  Tears. 

III. 

Made  of   Orleans. 

Twigs   Appendages. 

IV. 

Fruit  of  the   Vine.  Remnant  of  Lot's  Wife. 

V. 

My  Bark  is  Gone. 
Food  of  the  Spinning  Wheel. 

VI. 

Spring  Offering.  Ivory  Manipulators. 

After  the  so-called  banquet  toasts  are   given  in  due    form,  and, 


The  Lyre,  ii 

after  remaining  at  the  tables  for  two  hours  or  more,  the  girls   wear- 
ily wend  their  way  homeward. 

The  teachers  also  enter  heartily  into  the  enjoyment  of  this  affair, 
and  merriment  and  gayety  reign  supreme.  As  the  time  now  draws 
nigh  for  the  recurrence  of  the  '*Panthyg"  we  look  forward  to  it 
with  great  expectations.  About  the  same  time  the  College  boys 
have  a  similar  affair  called  *'Panhellenic,''  which  word  translated 
means  **all  the  sons."  They  do  not  go  in  cOvStume,  but  have  a  dress 
affair  and  a  royal  banquet  in  the  bargain.  Should  any  of  my  read- 
ers— that  is  the  girls,  of  course — come  to  De  Pauw  they  will  once  a 
year  surely  witness  the  "Panthyg,"  and  the  recollection  will  be  a 
pleasant  one  in  years  to  come.  albkrtta  mii^lkr. 

Alpha  Chapter,  De  Pauw  University. 


12  The  Lyre, 

Fraternity  Spirit. 

As  these  words  are  written  a  group  of  merry  girls,  sitting  Indian 
council  fashion  in  the  middle  of  the  floor  of  a  ''Dorm"  room  is  re- 
called. It  seems  a  sort  of  experience  meeting,  one  of  the  delightful 
kind  where  several  souls  are  moved  by  the  spirit  at  one  and  the  same 
moment.  The  point  of  interest  under  discussion  is  whether  a  certain 
brown  haired  maiden  who  has  shown  signs  of  talent  in  patient  energy 
IS  to  be  invited  to  enter  this  magic  circle. 

That  night  was  long  ago.  That  company  of  bright,  young 
womanhood  was  brok'^n  and  scattered  long  since.  The  years  be- 
tween then  and  now  have  been  nearly,  if  not  quite  and  running 
over,  full.  Many  sorts  and  conditions  of  men  and  things  have  been 
met,  but  as  the  scent  of  lilacs  brings  from  memory  the  old  fashioned 
walk  and  garden,  so  these  two  words  take  the  heart  back  to  college 
days,  college  pleasures,  their  disappointments  and  their  joys. 

And  the  "Frat,"  how  much  it  came  to  mean! 

The  girl  leaving  home  for  the  first  time  soon  realizes  the  possi- 
bility of  great  loneliness  in  the  world.  She  finds  that  she  can  do  as 
she  chooses,  so  tar  as  it  concerns  others.  At  first  the  total  lack  of 
restraint,  including  that  which  results  from  our  friends  expecting 
something  from  us,  bewilders.  Then  follows  those  peculiar  stir- 
ings  within  which  experience  recognizes  as  personal  responsibility, 
then  sympathy — human  sympathy  is  longed  for,  needed.  She  looks 
about  and  in  a  day  awakens  to  the  fact  that  there  are  ever  so  many 
lovely  girls  in  this  college.  In  another  week  she  has  identified  her- 
self with  those  who  show  a  preference  for  certain  beautiful  colors, 
as  for  example,  olive  green  and  scarlet.  From  this  dates  a  relation 
which  in  a  way  takes  the  place  of  the  wholesome  family  relation  so 
recently  left. 

Similar  tastes,  similar  ambitions,  like  interests— these  are  bonds 
which  fix  social  compacts.  Justice,  not  the  austere,  intolerant  selfish- 
ness often  disguised  by  the  name,  but  the  justice  that  knows  the 
beauty  and  harmony  and  right  of  proportion,  is  the  law  of  this  small 
society.  Lazy  habits,  thoughtless  indiscretions,  short-comings  to 
which  all  not  infallible  are  given,  are  brought  before  this  bar.  And 
the  judgment  separates  the  gold  from  the  dross. 

Self  reliance  engenders  a  faith  in  one's  possibilities  to  such  an 


The  Lyre,  13 

extent  that  nothing  short  of  the  best  satisfies.     When  the   principles 
of  a  fraternity  stand  for  excellence,  its  spirit  has  a  grip  for  life. 

While  college  is  an  important,  it  is  a  small  world.  Small  does 
not  always  mean  narrow.  Many  prejudices  are  extant  against  fra- 
ternities. For  the  most  part  these  originate  in  and  grow  wholly  on 
theory.  The  very  interests  that  bind  twenty  individuals  together, 
tend  towards  a  democracy  that  widens  each  individual  landscape. 
Recognizing  the  weakness  along  with  the  strength  in  its  midst  makes 
it  not  insensible  to  outside  good.  Though  tastes  and  ideas  may  be 
along  lines  that  reach  to  the  same  end,  they  will  be  expressed  in  as 
many  ways  as  there  are  persons  who  possess  them.  Difference  is  not 
neccessarily  inferiority.  In  the  college  fraternity  this  fact  is  revealed 
early.  In  the  greater,  older  world  the  spirit  of  the  best  of  times  is  the 
gracious  fraternity  spirit  towards  every  person. — Alpha. 


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EDITORIAL. 

Many  have  anxiously  awaited  the  reappearance  of  "The  Lyre," 
for  its  influence  is  greatly  needed  in  our  sorority  work.  The  inspir- 
ation which  we  receive  from  association  in  our  respective  chapters 
is  intensified  by  the  union  of  the  chapters.  "The  Lyre"  should  be 
the  connecting  link  which  binds  all  who  wear  the  scarlet  and  olive, 
or  the  Lyre  of  Alpha  Chi  Omega. 

Through  its  pages  those  who  are  in  the  active  work,  and  those 
who  have  gone  out  from  the  schools  in  which  we  are  represented,  to 
take  up  work  in  whatever  field  fortune  has  placed  them,  may  keep  in 
touch  with  each  other.  The  electric  current  will  be  transmitted 
along  its  lines  from  these  musical  centers,  and  quicken  the  flagging 
interest  of  the  absent  ones  into  new  life. 

It  is  hoped  that  all  will  unite  to  make  the  journal  a  success. 
We  need  the  co-operation  of  every  member.  To  produce  even  as 
small  and  unpretentious  a  journal  as  "The  Lyre"  requires  much 
labor.  To  gain  the  attention  of  all  who  should  be  interested  in  its 
pages  and  enlist  their  support  is  a  task  of  no  small  proportions.  If 
Number  One  of  Volume  Two  of  "The  Lyre"  does  not  realize  our 
highest  expectations  it  should  spur  us  on  to  better  achievements.  In 
the  true  spirit  of  Alpha  Chi  Omega  we  should  endeavor  to  make  each 
number  better  than  the  preceeding. 

We  regret  the  necessity  of  going  to  press  without  a  letter  from 


The  Lyre,  15 

Zeta,  our  infant  chapter.  The  corresponding  secretary  writes:  **If 
you  have  never  visited  the  New  England  Conservatory  you  have  no 
conception  of  the  amount  of  our  time  taken  up.  We  regret  exceed- 
ingly that  we  cannot  offer  you  something  for  the  journal,  but  under 
the  existing  circumstances  we  are  obliged  to  forfeit  our  privilege." 

In  future  issues  we  hope  to  have  articles  on  musical  and  other 
subjects  of  general  interest.  In  addition  to  this  the  usual  letters  and 
notes  from  the  chapters  will  appear.  Some  characteristic  programs 
should  be  inserted  which  will  show  what  work  we  are  doing  in 
music.  We  invite  the  criticism  of  our  readers  on  this  issue,  and  so- 
licit suggestions  which  may  lead  to  better  results  in  the  future.  Let 
each  chapter  make  an  effort  to  procure  good  material  and  send  it  in 
promptly.  Let  our  subscribers  endeavor  to  add  new  names  to  the 
list.     Such  assistance  will  be  appreciated.  ai.pha. 


1 6  The  Lyre. 


Chapter  Personals. 


ALPHA. 

Miss  Sarah  Hirt  has  returned  from  a  trip  in  the  south. 

Miss  Emma  Miller  expects  to  resume  her  work  in  the  Music 
School  soon. 

Miss  Jessie  Y.  Fox,  of  class  ^95,  is  now  teaching  a  private  class 
in  Champaign,  111. 

Miss  Marguerite  Smith  was  recently  married  to  Mr.  L.  W.  Light- 
foot  of  Rushville,  Ind. 

Miss  Ida  Steele,  who  graduated  in  the  College  of  Liberal  Arts  in 
'96,  will  enter  Wellesley  next  year. 

Miss  Helen  Birch,  who  graduated  from  the  School  of  Music  in 
'96,  is  teaching  at  her  home  in  Greencastle. 

Miss  Helen  O'Dell  is  in  school  again  this  term  and  is  preparing 
her  Senior  recital,  which  is  to  be  given  some  time  next  term. 

Junior  recitals  will  be  given  this  year  by  Misses  Mildred  Rut- 
ledge,  Albertta  Miller  and  Helen  Herr  in  pianoforte.  Miss  Lucy  An- 
drews in  violin  and  Miss  Eva  Osburn  in  voice. 

Miss  Lillian  Moore  is  spending  the  winter  at  her  home  in  Indi- 
anapolis, and  studying  with  Mrs.  Hunter.  She  is  a  member  of  the 
Matinee  Musical  and  also  of  the  Crescendo  Club. 

Miss  Katherine  McReynolds  has  opened  a  studio  in  Washington, 
D.  C. ,  and  teaches  pianoforte,  theory  and  harmony.  Miss  McRey- 
nolds studied  four  years  in  Stuttgart  and  teaches  the  Stuttgart  method. 

Miss  Estelle  Leonard,  a  charter  member  of  Alpha  Chapter  and 
graduate  of  the  Music  School,  expects  to  go  to  Japan,  having 
accepted  a  position  as  teacher  of  music  in  a  Methodist  school  in 
Tokio. 

Miss  Adeline  W.  Rowley,  class  '95,  is  filling  the  position  of  in- 
structor in  the  vocal  department  in  the  Illinois  State  University  at 
Champaign.  Miss  Rowley  spent  the  summer  in  New  York  studying 
with  Theo.  Bjorksten. 

Miss  Anne   Cowperthwaite  studied  three  years  in    Berlin    under 


The  Lyre,  17 

Herr  Zwintscher,  and  is  now  teaching  a  class  in  Bedford,  Ind. 
Miss  Myrtie  Wilder,  who  studied  with  Miss  Cowperthwaite  in  Ger- 
many, is  teaching  at  her  home  in  Brazil. 

Misses  Estelle  Morse,  Adeline  Rowley  and  Eva  Osburn,  will  at- 
tend the  convention  and  assist  in  the  solo  parts  of  Reinecke's  **En- 
chanted  Swans**  which  will  be  given  by  the  Lorelei  club,  under  the 
direction  of  Miss  Alison  Marion  Fernie,  head  of  the  voice  depart- 
ment. 

Mrs.  Eudora  Marshall  Esterbrook  has  charge  of  the  pianoforte 
department  in  Orleans  College,  Orleans,  Neb.  Miss  Mamie  Jen- 
nings, who  graduated  from  the  School  of  Music  in  '94  and  College  in '95, 
is  associated  with  Mrs.  Esterbrook  in  the  same  .school.  Miss  Jen- 
nings teaches  English  literature,  and  has  charge  of  the  voice  depart- 
ment. 

Miss  Zella  Marshall  is  in  Chicago  this  winter  studying  with  Mr. 
Emil  Liebling.  She  recently  played  at  a  recital  given  by  the  Lieb- 
ling  Amateur  Club.  She  also  assisted  at  a  Y.  M.  C.  A.  concert. 
Miss  Marshall  graduated  from  the  Music  School  in  '93  and  from  Col- 
lege in  '94,  after  which  she  spent  a  year  in  the  Xew  England  Con- 
servatory. 

Miss  Josephine  Tingley,  who  left  DePauw  Music  School  in  her 
Junior  year,  has  since  graduated  from  the  Chicago  Training  School 
for  City,  Home  and  Foreign  Missions.  Miss  Tingley  is  now  engaged 
in  the  evangelistic  work  as  a  deaconess  in  the  Freeport  District, 
Freeport,  111.  She  will  go  to  Toronto  in  the  interest  of  missions 
when  all  her  present  engagements  are  filled. 

BETA. 

Miss  Jessie  Cushman  is  attending  school  at  Lake  Forest,  III. 

Miss  May  Miner,  '96,  has  a  flourishing  class  at  Orion  City,  Mich, 

Miss  Clarissa  Dickie,  '94,  studied  in  Detroit  Conservatory  last 
year. 

Miss  Fannie  Dissette,  '95,  has  a  large  music  class  in  Nashville, 
Mich. 

Miss  Marion  Childs  is  studying  voice  culture  at  Oberlin  Conserv- 


1 8  The  Lyre, 

atory. 

Miss  Anna  Scotten  is  continuing  her  study  in  the  Detroit  Con- 
servatory. 

Miss  Beatrice  Breckenridge  is  attending  the  Woman's  College  at 
Cleveland,  O. 

Miss  Hattie  Reynolds,  '84,  is  a  successful  teacher  of  music  in 
Jackson,  Mich. 

Miss  Alida  Handy  plays  the  pipe  organ  in  the  M.  E.  Church, 
Bay  City,  Mich. 

Miss  Grace  Armstrong,  '96,  has  gone  to  Forty  Fort,  Pa.,  which 
will  be  her  future  home. 

Miss  Cora  Harrington,  '94,  sings  soprano  in  the  First  M.  E. 
Church,  of  Jackson,   Mich. 

Miss  Grace  Brown  has  the  position  of  vocal  teacher  in  the  School 
for  the  Blind  at  Lansing.  Mich. 

Miss  Lucy  McMaster,'96,  has  a  large  class,  and  is  organist  in  the 
Presbyterian  Church  at  Ludington,  Mich. 

Miss  Louise  Birchard  is  now  engaged  in  physical  culture  work 
with  Mrs.  Priest  of  Boston.  Miss  Birchard  introduces  the  Priest 
system  into  the  high  schools  of  the  large  cities. 

Miss  Katherine  Brandon,  Mrs.  Mame  Harris  Wolfe,  and  Mrs. 
Mattic  Reynolds-Colby  assisted  in  the  musical  part  of  the  Epworth 
League  Assembly  at  Ludington  during  the  past  summer. 

Miss  Jennie    W^orthington,    *86,    Mrs.    Mattie    Reynolds-Colby, 
Miss  Ethel  Calkins,  '93,  Miss  Katherine  Brandon  and  Miss   Clarissa 
Dickie,  all  Alpha  Chis,  are  successful   teachers  in   the  Albion    Con 
servatory. 

MARRIAGES. 

Miss  Jean  Whitcomb,  '96,  was  married  last  spring  to  Charles 
Fenn,  of  Chicago. 

Miss  Lulu  Keller,  '93.  was  married  October,  1896,  to  Mr.  Lau- 
dig,  of  Buffalo,  X.  V. 

September  12,  1896,  Miss  Blanche  Bryant,  '95,  and  Mr.  W.  B. 
Dunbar  were  married  in  Jackson,  Mich. 

Miss  Janetta  Allen.  '93,  was  married  in  October,  1895,  to  Mr.  A. 


The  Lyre,  19 

W.  Cushman.     They  reside  in  Vincennes,  Iiid. ,  where  Mr.  Cushman 
is  manager  of  the  Cushman  Drug  Company. 

DELTA. 
Miss  Ada  Lenhart  is  in  Oil  City  this  winter. 

Miss  Jene  A.  Robson  is  spending  the  winter  in  California. 

Miss  Elizabeth  Tate,  '95,  has  moved  to  Boise  City,  Idaho. 

Miss  Ruby  Krick,  '92  and  '93,  is  much  improved  in  health. 

Miss  Mary  Pinney  is  in  New  York,  and  has  a  studio  in  Carnegie 
Hall. 

Miss  Blanche  Stephenson  expects  to  go  to  Cincinnati  in  Feb- 
ruary. 

Miss  Bertha  Cribbsisthe  instructor  of  physical  culture  at  Alle- 
ghany Coll.ege. 

Mrs.  Harriet  Virth  Robson  visited  her  parents  in  Meadville  in 
the  early  summer. 

Miss  Lois  E.  Mc Mullen  is  studying  with  Mr.  Emil  Liebling  and 
is  also  teaching  in  Aurora,  111. 

Miss  Zannie  Tate  is  teaching  music  and  art  in  Marseilles,  111. 
She  is  taking  lessons  now  of  Emil  Liebling. 

Misses  Lucile  Blodgett,  Anna  Ray  and  Evelyn  Bright  expect  to 
go  to  New  York  to  study  after  the  Holidays. 

Miss  Elizabeth  E.  Patton,  one  of  our  pledges  of  '93,  expects  to 
continue  her  studies  at  the  Conservatory  next  term. 

Miss  May  Tinker  is  teaching  voice  culture  in  Wabash,  Ind.  She 
is  also  doing  some  concert  work  and  has  positions  in  two  churches. 

Miss  Fern  Pickard,  '93  and  '94,  is  teaching  at  her  home  in 
Jamestown,  N.  Y.  She  also  plays  the  organ  in  the  First  Presbyter- 
ian Church  there. 

Delta  has  had  two  weddings  this  fall — Miss  Gertrude  Sackett 
and  Miss  MacBreden.  Miss  Sackett,  now  Mrs.  Laffer,  still  lives  in 
Meadville,  but  Mrs.  MacBredin- Robinson  has  gone  to  Erie. 

EPSILON. 

Miss  Bertha  Phelps  spent  last  winter  in  San  Francisco  studying 
art. 

Delia  Hoppen  is  the  only  one  of  our  number  who  graduates  this 


20  The  Lyre, 

year. 

Etba  Kepner  is  gladly  welcomed  back  again  after  several  weeks 
absence. 

Flora  Parker  has  done  us  great  credit  in  her  work  in  the  Cum- 
nock School  of  Oratory. 

Ora  Willard  is  out  of  school  on  account  of  illness.  We  hope  to 
have  her  with  us  again  soon. 

Nellie  Green  has  been  unable  to  continue  her  course  of  music  on 
account  of  ill-health,  but  keeps  up  interest  and  active  work  in  Alpha 
Chi. 

Mrs.  R.  W.  Van  Cleve,  7iec  Louise  Davis,  will  soon  take  posses- 
.sion  of  her  elegant  new  home,  where  her  Alpha  Chi  si.sters  will 
always  find  a  warm  welcome. 

Lulu  Johns,  of  '93.  after  taking  post-graduate  work  here  last 
April,  departed  for  Berlin.  She  is  now  studying  with  Moskowski's 
first  assi.stant,  who  was  also  a  pupil  of  Rubenstein. 

Cornelia  Keep,  '93,  was  graduated  with  high  honors.  She  is 
still  with  us,  taking  voice  and  post-graduate  work  in  piano.  During 
Prof.  Skiele's  illness  she  assisted  in  the  piano  department,  and  is 
teaching  the  history  of  music  in  the  school  this  year. 


I 


The  Lyre,  21 


Qiapter  Letters* 


ALPHA. 

GREKNCASTLE,    IND. 

It  is  with  a  sense  of  satisfaction  that  we  welcome  again  the 
'•Lyre/' for  it  furnishes  the  needed  means  of  communication,  and 
brings  the  members  of  the  different  chapters  more  nearly  in  touch 
with  each  other's  work. 

« 

Very  few  of  the  girls  who  were  in  school  last  year  returned  in 
the  fall  at  the  beginning  of  the  term,  but  ere  many  weeks  had  elapsed 
our  number  had  increased  above  four  told.  We  initiated  ^v^  girls 
and  pledged  eight.  Since  the  return  of  several  of  the  old  girls  our 
enrollment  is  twenty-four. 

We  hold  our  meetings  on  Saturday  evening  of  each  week,  when, 
unless  two  much  business  is  pending,  a  musical  and  literary  program 
is  given.  To  this  the  pledged  as  well  as  the  active  members  are 
admitted  and  all  take  part  in  turn. 

At  Christmas  time  "Santa"  visited  our  rooms  and  left  a  number 
of  beautiful  and  valuable  gifts  In  November  we  were  entertained 
by  Miss  Birch  at  her  home,  and  we  are  indebted  to  Miss  Wilson  for 
a  Holiday  social.  Aside  from  an  informal  reception  given  in  the 
fall  to  our  new  girls  and  another  in  honor  of  Miss  Colburn,  a  visiting 
member,  we  did  very  little  in  a  social  way  the  first  term. 

We  have  enjoyed  concerts  in  our  Artists'  Course  by  Godowsky 
and  Miss  Powell,  and  three  lecture  recitals  by  Mr.  Walter  Waugh 
Lauder,  Of  the  faculty,  Miss  Alison  Marion  Fernie,  of  the  Voice 
Department,  gave  an  excellent  recital  early  in  the  year,  and  is  pre- 
paring another  to  be  given  soon.  Miss  Elizabeth  Sawyers,  piano- 
forte, has  given  two  programs,  one  a  lecture  recital  on  Beethoven. 
The  members  of  the  faculty  are  preparing  an  unusual  number  of 
Junior  and  Senior  pupils  for  their  required  recitals. 

One  of  the  greatest  musical  treats  we  have  had  was  a  recital  of 
unusually  high  order,  given  January  30,  by  Miss  Maud  Powell,  the 
world-famed  violinist.  Previous  to  this  time  she  had  accepted  a 
proposition  from  Alpha  Chapter  to  become  an  honorary  member,  and 


22  The  Lyre, 

her  initiation  took  place  on  Saturday  afternoon  After  the  ceremony 
the  pledged  members  were  admitted.  A  reception  was  given  in 
honor  of  Miss  Powell  immediately  after  the  recital,  in  the  parlor  of 
Ladies'  Hill,  to  which  a  limited  number  of  our  friends  were  invited. 
Besides  being  a  true  artist,  Miss  Powell  possesses  many  womanly 
virtues  and  a  winning  manner.  She  endeared  herself  to  all  who  met 
her,  and  when  she  left  us  we  felt  as  if  we  were  bidding  good-bye  to  a 
sister  indeed. 

The  work  ot  preparing  and  arranging  material  for  "The  Lyre'* 
has  not  been  lacking  in  its  pleasant  features.  Letters  full  of  encour- 
agement were  received  from  many  sisters  at  a  distance  in  answer  to 
our  inquiries  concerning  them.  Among  the  number  were  notes  from 
two  of  our  honorary  members — Mme.  Bloomfield  Zeisler  and  Miss 
Neally  Stevens — wishing  us  success  in  our  every  effort.  In  turn  we 
send  greetings  to  all  our  sisters,  many  of  whom  we  havc*  not  seen,  but 
for  whom  we  feel  the  stn^ngest  sisterly  relation.  May  this  year  be 
one  marked  with  success  above  all  that  we  have  ever  known. 


BETA. 

AMUON,   MICH. 

Beta  Chapter  ngain  sends  greetings. 

The  fall  term  of  'g5  op^jiied  brightly  for  Albion  College  with  a 
large  number  of  new  students.  Last  year  Beta  lost  seven  girls  by 
graduation,  and,  as  several  others  did  not  return,  the  beginning  of 
this  year  found  our  chapter  small  in  numbers,  but  every  member 
was  filled  with  enthusiasm  and  anxious  to  win  new  laurels  for 
Alpha  Chi  Omega.  After  a  tew  weeks  of  energetic  work  we  ini- 
tiated Jennie  Dickinson,  of  White  Pigeon,  Mich.;  Emma  Phelps,  of 
Cresco,  Mich.:  Grace  Dubrow,  of  Hudson,  Mich.,  and  Dorothy 
McClellan,  of  Macomb,  111.  We  also  pledged  six  girls,  three  of  whom 
will  be  eligil)le  for  initiation  before  the  close  of  the  present  year. 
Beta  takes  much  pride  in  her  chapter  lodge,  which  was  dedicated 
last  year.  Having  a  home  of  our  own  has  served  as  an  inspiration 
to  all,  and  has  developed  a  more  sisterly  spirit  among  the  girls. 
We  have  received  many  beautiful  gifts  from  the  other  fraternities, 
our  Alumnae,  and  otherfrieuds. 

College  life  has  been  unusually  active  this  year,  and   Alpha  Chi 


V 


The  Lyre,  23 

has  had  her  share  of  the  social  successes.  Halloween  we  entertained 
our  gentlemen  friends  at  the  chapter  lodge.  The  lodge  was  very 
prettily  decorated  with  sorority  flowers  and  colors.  Pumpkins,  jack- 
o'-lanterns  and  candles  were  also  in  evidence  and  tended  to  give  an 
exceedingly  wierd  effect.  After  an  elaborate  dinner  the  remainder 
of  the  evening  was  spent  in  Halloween  pastimes. 

December  9th,  Albion  College  Day,  was  observed  in  an  appro- 
priate manner.  All  class  work  was  suspended.  Addres.ses  w^ere 
made  both  morning  and  evening,  and  a  banquet  was  served  in  the 
gymnasium  at  noon. 

Prof.  C.  B.  Scheffler,  for  fourteen  years  director  of  the  Conserv- 
atory, was  obliged  to  resign  his  position  last  spring  on  account  of  ill- 
health.  Beta  was  especially  sorry,  for  in  Prof.  SchefBer  our  chapter 
had  a  most  true  and  loyal  friend.  His  successor,  Prof.  C.  B.  Adams, 
formerly  of  Oberlin  Conservatory,  is  fast  winning  favor  among  the 
students  and  is  proving  a  very  efficient  director.  Mrs.  Adams  also 
teaches  in  the  Conservatory. 

On  December  21st  the  Oberlin  Glee  Club  gave  a  concert  here. 
The  fraternity  spirit  was  very  manifest  that  evening.  The  gentle- 
men did  the  houDrs  at  the  concert,  various  sections  of  the  building 
being  reserved  by  the  fraternities  and  handsomely  decorated  with 
their  colors.  After  the  concert  the  sororities  united  in  giving  a 
delightful  reception  to  the  club,  faculty  and  students. 

Delta  Gamma  has  just  completed  a  very  pretty  chapter  lodge 
which  will  soon  be  dedicated.  We  understand  tliat  Kappa  Alpha 
Theta  intends  building  next  spring. 

We  have  enjoyed  many  informal  "spreads"  at  eur  lodge  and  at 
the  homes  of  our  members.  We  meet  regularly  Saturday  evenings. 
Our  meetings  are  marked  with  enthusiasm  and  loyalty  on  the  part  of 
the  members,  and  we  feel  that  much  good  work  is  being  accomplished. 
The  only  girls  on  the  editorial  staff  of  the  college  paper  are 
Alpha  Chis.  We  are  also  represented  by  five  members  in  the  Con- 
servatory faculty. 

We  have  had  visits  this  year  from  Miss  Louise  Birchard,  Mrs. 
W.  B.  Dunbar  and  Mrs.  H.  W.  Cushman. 

Beta  sends  best  wishes  to  the  other  chapters. 

—I  AI.TA  MAU  AIJ.UN. 


24  The  Lyre. 

GAMMA. 

EVANSTON,   ILL. 

DEAR  SISTERS: 

Gamma  Chapter  is  not  as  large  this  year  as  last,  as  several  of 
our  girls  could  not  come  back,  and  as  yet  we  have  not  had  very 
many  additions.  We  have  lately  initiated  three  girls — 
Ella  Parkinson,  Cornelia  Porter  and  Irene  Stevens — who  will  be 
quite  a  help  to  our  chapter. 

We  are  expecting  several  of  our  members  back  after  Christmas. 

Our  chapter  was  visited  this  year  by  two  of  our  old  girls,  Arta 
Mae  Bellows,  of  Maryville,  Mo.,  who  is  an  elocutionist  and 
appeared  on  several  ot  our  programs,  and  Cordelia  Hanson,  of 
Kenosha,  Wis.,  who  is  also  quite  talented. 

We  have  has  been  greatly  assisted  by  Mrs.  George  A.  Coe, 
an  honorary  member.  Being  a  member  of  the  faculty,  she  has  been 
able  to  help  in  many  ways.  She  entertained  us  delightfully  at  her 
home  on  November  i6,  1896.  We  have  also  been  entertained  by 
Grace  Richardson  at  her  home  in  Buenna  Park,  and  by  Miss  Stan- 
ford and  the  Misses  vSiller. 

At  our  meetings  we  have  a  musical  program  every 
other  week  and  study  the  composers,  from  which  we  derive  a  great 
deal  of  benefit.  So  far  we  have  studied  Schubert,  Mendelssohn, 
Brahms  and  Chopin. 

A  new  building  for  the  School  of  Music  is  now  being  erected, 
and  we  hope  to  secure  new  fraternity  rooms  in  it.  Our  present  rooms 
are  not  as  commodious  as  we  wish.  We  expect  to  get  into  our  new 
rooms  bv  the  first  of  the  vear. 

One  of  our  girls,  Miss  Mary  E.  Stanford,  is  the  soprano  at  the 
First  Methodist  Church  at  Racine,  Wis.  Miss  Carrie 
Antoinette  Woods,  was  recently  married  to  Mr.  Chauncey  Abbot,  of 
Schuyler,  Neb.  Yours  in  Alpha  Chi, 

MI,MAN  SILLKR. 

Cor.  Secv, 


DELTA. 

MHADVILLK.   PA. 

DEAR   SISTERS  OF  ALPHA  CHi  : 

It  gives  us  great  pleasure   to    find  such  an  opportunity  as  this  in 


The  Lyre.  25 

which  to  send  our  good  wishes  to  all  of  our  dear  sisters,  and  to  express 
that  love  which  we  feel  at  all  times  for  them. 

The  Conservatory  of  Music  here  opens  usually  about  the  first  of 
September,  but  many  of  the  girls  who  come  from  a  distance  stay  at 
the  girls'  boarding  hall  of  Alleghany  College,  which  does  not  open 
until  two  or  three  weeks  later.  Though  we  reorganize  during  the  "*^ 
first  part  of  the  month,  our  "rushing  season"  does  not  really  begin 
until  quite  a  little  later  when  College  opens. 

The  season  of  reorganizing  and  "bidding"  our  girls  passed  off 
very  pleasantly  with  a  few  "spreads"  and  the  like.  Then  we  initi- 
ated a  trio  of  merry  girls,  and  we  are  very  proud  of  them.  We  have 
fifteen  active  members.  A  number  of  our  girls  who  live  in 
town  but  are  not  active  members,  attend  the  meetings  regularly  and 
are  really  so  "active"  we  simply  couldn't  part  with  them. 

Two  of  the  girls  have  been  ensnared  by  cupid  and  have  left  this 
winter,  regardless  of  the  sighs  and  entreaties  of  their  sisters. 

Our  fraternity  room  is  on  the  third  floor  of  the  Conservatory 
building.  It  was  formerly  the  attic,  but  woe  unto  the  person  who 
dares  designate  it  by  that  name  now!  There  are  three  windows  in 
the  room,  one  facing  north,  one  east  and  one  west.  The  ceiling  over 
each  is  in  the  form  of  a  gable.  The  walls  and  the  ceiling — many 
times  it  is  hard  to  tell  which  is  which — are  covered  with  matting. 
In  one  corner,  where  the  roof  slants  to  the  floor,  we  have  stretched  a 
hammock.  All  of  the  furnishing  of  the  room  has  been  selected  as 
nearly  as  possible  with  the  idea  of  keeping  up  the  Japanese  effect  pro- 
duced by  the  matting.  The  color  is  olive  and  golden  brown.  We 
have  our  business  meeting  first  and  then  the  program, which  has  been 
made  out  two  weeks  before.  We  have  not  had  any  definite  plan  of 
programs,  but  try  to  make  tlieni  as  profitable  and  interesting  as  pos- 
sible. We  hope  the  circular  letter  will  be  started  soon,  for  we  think 
that  it  would  be  extremely  interesting  and  would  draw  us  more 
closely  together.  With  best  wishes  from  Delta, 

KniTII  J.  KUDDV. 

Cor.  Sccv. 


EPSILOX. 

LOS  ANGELES,  CAL. 

DEAR  GIRLS  : 

I  fear  you  will  think  your  California  .sisters  very  delinquent,  and 


26  The  Lyre. 

we  plead  no  excuse  except  that  in  our  sunny  climate  we  put  off  letter 
writing  until  the  rainy  day,  which  at  this  season  of  the  year  should 
be  expected  occasionally.  Since  last  March  only  twice  have  the 
gray  clouds  dimmed  the  brightness  of  our  sunshine  and  shut  us  in 
with  a  restful  sense  of  having  a  whole  day  for  indoor  pleasure  and 
duties. 

In  June  of  '95  Epsilon  Chapter  of  Alpha  Chi  Omega  made  its 
debut  in  the  Greek  world.  Kappa  Alpha  Theta  gave  a  delightful 
reception  at  which  we  were  formally  introduced  and  most  cordially 
greeted  by  the  other  sororities  and  fraternities. 

Delta  Gamma  gave  an  "at  home"  in  our  honor  and  we  were 
heartily  welcomed  into  fraternal  fellowship. 

At  the  opening  of  the  school  year  we  gave  an  inaugural  recep- 
tion, which  was  the  brilliant  social  event  of  the  term,  and  later,  vvhen 
we  were  established  in  our  pleasant  quarters,  we  entertained  the  so- 
rorities informally  in  honor  of  four  new  members. 

When  Dean  and  Mrs.  Bacon  moved  into  their  new  home  they 
celebrated  the  occasion  by  giving  us  an  elaborate  banquet  and  other- 
wise treating  us  in  a  royal  manner.  The  party  was,  in  fact,  a  fare- 
well to  one  of  our  members,  Alice  Mann,  who  was  called  to  her  home 
in  Arizona  by  the  illne.ss  of  her  mother. 

During  the  present  term,  on  account  of  illness  and  absence  of 
members,  we  have  accomplished  little,  aside  from  maintaining  inter- 
terest  and  enthusiasm  in  the  chapter,  but  are  planning  glorious 
achievements  for  the  future. 

Our  chapter  had  the  pleasure  of  a  visit  from  Miss  Robsen,  of 
Delta,  who  was  traveling  in  southern  California  last  winter. 

Mrs.  Harvey  Grey,  uee  Carrie  Moore,  of  Alpha,  was  spending  the 

winter  with  her  brother.  Dr.   Moore,  of  Los   Angeles,  and   proved   a 

most  delightful  friend  and  sister. 

We  are  glad  to  welcome  Mrs.  Brown,  of  Beta,  who  has  recently 
moved  to  our  city.  Thus  you  see,  although  separated  from  our  sis- 
ter chapters  by  many  miles  of  prairie  and  desert  and  the  barrier  of 
lofty  mountains,  which  sometimes  gives  us  a  feeling  of  isolation,  yet 
we  sometimes  feel  the  clasp  of  friendly  hands  and  hear  kind  greetings 
of  sisters  whose  presence  strengthens  the  friendship  already  made 
lasting  by  the  welcome  white-winged  messenger  from  the  east,  and 
the  ties  of  Alpha  Chi  Omega. 

KPSILON. 


2n  11}  nn  or  tain. 


We  are  grieved   to    record  tlie    j^ad  deatli    of 

Mi^s   Marguerite   Bolan,  of  Gan:iina    Chapter. 

Miss  Bolan' s  home  wa.-   at    Ashley,  Ind.     She 

attended  the  convention  last  sprin*^  at  Mead- 

ville.  Pa.,  and    won    all   hearty;    by  her   sweet 

disposition.     Slie  was  one  of  the  most  talented 

of  the  chapter,  being  a  graduate  of  both  Cum- 
> 

nock's  School  of  Oratory  and  the  Northw^estern 
School  of  Music. 


28  The  Lyre. 

Q)nvcntion  Notes. 

The  sixth  national  convention  of  Alpha  Chi  Omega  met  with 
Delta  Chapter  at  Meadville,  Pa.,  April  8th,  9th  and  loth,  1896.  All 
chapters  were  represented,  the  ^delegates  being:  Miss  Ida  vSteele, 
Alpha,  DePanw  University,  Greencastle,  Ind.  Miss  Josephine  Par- 
ker, Beta,  Albion  College,  Albion,  Mich.  Misses  Lillian  vSiller  and 
Florence  Harris,  (ramma.  Northwestern  University,  Kvan.ston,  Il- 
linois. Misses  Gertrnde  Ogden  and  Florence  Harper,  Delta,  Mead- 
ville Conservatory  of  Music,  Meadville,  Pa.  Miss  Lnlu  C.  Johns, 
Epsilon,  University  of  Southern  California,  Los  Angeles,  Cal.  Misses 
Gertrude  Rennyson  and  Barbara  Strickler,  Zeta,  New  Hngland 
Conservatory  of  Music,  Bo.ston,  Mass. 

This  was  the  initial  convention  for  both  Upsilon  and  Zeta,  these 
chapters  having  been  established  since  our  ])revious  convention.  Miss 
Margaret  Barber  was  presiding  officer  of  the  convention,  and  Mi.ss 
Lulu  C.  Johns  was  recording  secretary.  The  sessions  were  held  with 
the  local  chapter  in  their  cosy  and  artistic  rooms  at  the  Conservatory 
of  Music.  Much  business  which  is  of  great  importance  to  the  general 
fraternity  was  transacted.  vSuitable  and  possible  locations  lor  new 
chapters  were  discussed,  and  in  most  cases  placed  in  charge  of  the 
chapter  which  seemed  most  competent  to   secure  their  establishment. 

One  session-  was  devoted  to  the  arrangements  for  the  publication 
of  "The  Lyre,"  which  shall  be  issued  quarterly  in  the  interests  of 
the  fraternity.  The  minor  details  of  the  magazine,  such  as  subscrip- 
tion price,  cover  design,  etc.,  were  left  to  Alpha  Chapter,  in  whose 
charge  the  publication  was  placed.  The  remainder  of  the  convention 
was  necessarily  occupied  by  matters  of  less  importance,  such  as  fra- 
ternity stationery,  song  books,  reports  of  officers  and  rules  and  regu- 
lations of  future  conventions.  A  musical  call  was  also  adopted.  The 
business  session  of  the  convention  closed  with  the  election  of  officers. 

Socially,  the  convention  was  a  brilliant  success  and  wmU  long  be 
remembered  by  both  entertainers  and  entertained  as  a  most  delight- 
ful week.  Wednesday  evening  the  local  chapter  of  Alpha  Chi 
Omega  entertained  the  other  college  fraternities  with  a  musicale  in 
which  the  delegates  took  part.  After  the  recital  a  reception  was 
given  the  guests  in  the  fraternity  rooms. 

One  of  the  most  pleasant  occasions  of  the  week   was  an   elegant 


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reception  given  by  the  Delta  Chapter  to  their  visitors  on  Thursday 
evening  at  the  home  of  Mr.  Walter  S.  Harper.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Har- 
per, Miss  Florence  Harper  and  the  delegates  received.  Music  was 
furnished  by  the  Northwestern  Orchestra.  Refreshments  were  served 
in  the  dining-room  to  175  guests. 

Friday  the  Alpha  Chis  were  received  at  Huling's  Hall  by  Kappa 
Alpha  Theta  from  3  to  5  o'clock,  and  Kappa  Kappa  Gamma  from  4 
to  6  in  their  different  fraternity  rooms.  Dainty  refreshments  were 
served,  and  the  hours  passed  off  too  rapidly  for  both  guests  and 
hostesses. 

Friday  evening  the  usual  convention  banquet  was  held  at  the 
Commercial  Hotel.  The  dining-room  was  profusely  decorated  with 
the  fraternity  colors  and  flowers.  Covers  were  laid  for  thirty-six  and 
a  splendid  menu  was  enjoyed.  Mrs.  Juvia  O.  Hull  acted  as  toast- 
mistress,  and  the  following  was  the  program  after  the  banquet: 

Song Rallying  Song 

The  Bond Miss  Strickler  (Zeta) 

New  Strings  to  * 'The  Lyre" Miss   Parker   (Beta) 

Mademoiselle,    the   Goat Miss  Bolan  (Gamma) 

Song  ...        Bound  Heart  to  Heart 

Alpha  Chis  in  Music Miss   Steele   (Alpha; 

Our  Greek  Brothers Miss  Johns  (Epsilon) 

Auf  Wiedersehn Miss  Porter  (Delta) 

Song Old  College  Days 

This  was  the  last  meeting  of  the  sixth  convention.  May  our 
seventh  with  Alpha  be  as  profitable  and  pleasant. 

—IDA  M.  STKEI^K. 
(  For  Convention  Programme,  see  pag^e  30.  | 


30  The  Lyre. 


eONVENTIGN  PROGRAM. 

©onservatori?  of  /Uustc, 

MEADVILLE.  PA. 

'nipba  (3bi  ^mega  illusicale, 

AF>RIL   S,   1 


Liebling Oavotte  Moderne 

Miss  Flora  Pendleton.  (Delta) 

Rubinstein Kammenoi  Ostrow 

Miss  Josephine  Parker.  (  Beta) 

Verdi Mercedillette  amiche 

Miss  Edith  Moore,  (Delta) 

Gottschalk Tremulo 

Miss  F'lorence  Harris.  (Gamma) 

Meyer- Helniund The  Butterfly  Waltzes 

Miss  Lillian  Siller.  (Gamma) 

a.  Grieg An  den  Fruhling 

b.  Raff Polka  de  la  Reine 

Miss  Susanna  Porter.  (Delta) 

Becker Spring-tide 

Miss  Sara  Evans.  (Delta) 

Mendelssohn Duo — Capriccio  brillante 

Miss  Lulu  C.  Johns  (Epsilon)        Miss  Helen  Edsall  (Delta) 

a.  Rotoli Alone 

b.  Thomas- Mignon Knowest  Thou  the  Land 

c.  Bizet-Carmen Habanera 

Miss  Gertrude  Rennyson.  (Zeta) 

Mendelssohn Concerto  in  G  minor 

Mi.ss  Helen  Edsall.  (Delta) 

Orchestral  part  on  Organ  by  Mr.  Comstock. 


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A  Picture. 

It  hangs  on  the  wall  of  Alpha's  Fraternity  Hall  and  is  one  of 
her  treasures.  It  is  a  memento  of  one  of  the  most  delightful  events 
in  her  history,  the  initiation  of  Maud  Powell.  Shortly  after  the  re- 
turn of  the  noted  violinist  to  New  York  she  sent  to  Alpha  a  large 
photograph  of  herself,  accompanied  by  a  kindly  letter  of  greeting. 
The  picture  was  at  once  framed  and  hung,  and  is  a  constant  inspira- 
tion to  the  members  as  they  come  and  go,  to  attain  a  high  standard 
of  musical  excellence  and  true  womanliness. 


G)nvcntion  Notice. 

Alpha  wishes  to  call  attention  to  the  seventh  national  convention 
which  will  meet  at  Greencastle  late  in  March,  ore>irly  in  April.  The 
other  chapters  will  V)e  notified  of  the  exact  time  as  soon  as  the  date 
is  fixed.  A  full  representation  is  hoped  for,  and  it  is  earnestly  desired 
that  the  delegates  come  thoroughly  prepared  on  all  matters  to  come 
before  the  convention. 

Alpha  hopes  a  large  number  of  absent  members  may  find  it  possi- 
ble to  attend  the  convention  and  looks  forward  to  such  a  reunion  as 
one  of  the  most  pleasant  features  of  the  occasion. 

Beta^s  Lcxige* 

Our  lodge  has  been  such  a  source  of  enjoyment  to  us  that  a  short 
account  of  it  may  be  of  interest. 

We  have  now  been  in  the  lodge  over  a  year  and  the  sorority  has 
been  greatly  benefitted.  Having  this  building  for  our  very  own  has 
added  interest  and  enthusiasm  to  our  work.  The  lodge  is  a  brick 
building  situated  on  a  corner  of  what  is  known  as  College  Grove,  just 
east  of  the  college  buildings.  The  position  is  an  enviable  one,  and 
we  are  duly  thankful  for  having  obtained  it.  As  we  enter  the  front 
door,  which  opens  upon  a  good-sized  piazza,  we  find  ourselves  in  a 
hall,  on  one  .side  of  which  is  an  old-fashioned  brick  fire-place  in 
which  a  cheery  fire  is  usually  burning.  Opening  on  the  right  bv 
double  doors  is  the  parlor,  a  large  room  admirably  adapted  for  en- 
tertaining. Ju.st  back  of  the  hall  is  a  small  room,  from  which  the 
staircase  leads  to  the  dressing-rooms  above.  In  this  little  room  are 
cosy  seats  with  a  multitude  of  pillows  and  a  most  inviting  recess.     On 


32  The  Lyre, 

the  left  of  the  hall  is  our  dining  or  drawing-room,  as  the  case  may 
demand.  Directly  back  of  this  is  the  kitchen,  and  in  addition  to  the 
usual  kitchen  necessities  it  contains  a  gas  stove,  which,  by  the  way, 
we  have  found  to  be  one  of  our  greatest  blessings.  The  lodge  is 
lighted  by  gas  and  heated  by  a  furnace.  We  have  hard-wood  floors 
throughout,  and  find  large  rugs  much  more  convenient  than  carpets. 
The  rooms  are  all  furnished  very  completely  and  tastefully,  many  of 
our  prettiest  things  being  gifts.  Our  opening  reception  was  given 
December  nth,  1895,  and  was  pronounced  a  social  success.  For  us, 
however,  it  marked  the  beginning  of  many  pleasant  hours  to  be  spent 
in  the  lodge.  And  we  have  not  been  disappointed,  for  it  is  indeed 
an  ideal  place. 

— AI^TA  MAE  ALI^KN 


Old  and  New  Violins. 

"What  is  the  difference  between  new  and  old  violins?" 

This  is  a  question  that  is  often  asked,  especially  by  the  enthusiastic  ama- 
tuer  or  would-be  purchaser. 

Time  was  when  an  artist  or  concert  musician  must  own  a  "genuine''- -a 
*'Strad"  or  Amati,  but  Stradivarius  has  now  been  dead  more  than  one  hundred 
and  fifty  years  and  the  old  wizard  of  Cremona  has  left  us  but  a  few  rare  instru- 
ments which  can  scarcely  be  purchased  with  their  weight  in  gold.  Many  a 
modern  money  king  holds  in  his  selfish  grasp  these  rare  products  of  the  mas- 
ter's cunning,  which  he  neither  uses  himself  nor  even  allows  others  to  use. 
However,  there  is  no  longer  a  necessity  for  paying  a  small  fortune  in  order  to 
secure  a  first  class  violin,  for  the  violin  makers  of  our  own  country  can  now 
produce  instruments  as  perfect  in  tone  and  workmanship  as  any  of  the  old 
master's,  and  at  a  far  more  reasonable  price.  I  have  in  my  possession  an 
American  violin  which  was  made  about  three  years  ago  by  Mr.  Andrew  Hyde, 
of  Northampton,  Mass.  It  is  a  Stradivarius  model,  an  exact  copy  of  a  veYy 
valuable  old  instrument  of  that  make.  In  appearance  the  instrument  is  as  ar- 
tistically delicate  in  construction  and  contour  as  a  piece  of  rare  old  china. 
The  clear  Amber  varnish  is  of  the  golden  hue  so  much  admired  in  the  old  vio- 
lins and  it  shows  to  the  best  advantage  the  beautiful  grain  of  the  Italian  wood. 
The  mature  and  limpid  tone  of  the  old  instrument  is  faithfully  reproduced 
in  this  new  violin  and  no  "digging"  of  the  bow  is  nece.ssary  to  produce  the 
strength  of  tone  and  carrying  power  which  are  much  to  be  admired.  It  has 
been  compared  with  four  violins  each  of  which  was  one  hundred  or  more  years 
of  age,  and  in  each  case  found  to  be  the  most  satisfactory  for  all  purposes. 
The  later  day  instruments  exhibit  power  and  some  qualities  not  to  be  excelled 
by  the  Italian  connoiseur,  and  violin  making  is  not  a  lost  art  as  many  would 
suppose. 

L.  G.  A. 


The  Lyre.  33 


Scbool  of  nDu0ic,  Bepauw  lllnivereit^, 

flDcbarrs  *aHt  June  5, 1896. 
GRADUATION  REQTAL, 

—BY- 
HELEN  HANNA  BIRCH,  PIANIST. 

— A88I8TID  BY— 

THE  SCHLIEWEN  QUARTETTE. 
I  Of  Indianapolis.  Ind.j 

Mr.  Richard  Schliewen,  ist  Violin. 

Miss  Louise  Schrader,  2d  Violin. 

Mr.  Rudolp  Koster,  Viola. 

Mr.  Adolph  Schellschinidt,  Violoncello. 

PROGRAM: 

1.  Bach Prelude  and  Kugue  in  C  sharp 

2.  Mendelssohn Concerto  in  G  minor 

Molto  allegro  con  fuoco,  Andante, 
Molto  allegro  e  vivace. 

[With  string  accompaniment  by  The  Schliewen  (Quartette.] 

3.  Chopin  ......../..  Variationen  Brilliante  in  B  flat 

Schumann '*Aufschvvung" 

4.  Beethoven Quartette,  Op.  59,   No.  i 

Allegro,  Adagio. 
The  Schijewen  Quartette. 

5.  Henselt Etude— ''Si  Oiseau  J'etais" 

Mendelssohn -Liszt "Auf  Fluegeln  des  Gesanges" 

Max  Vogrich Staccato  Capric. 


34  2'A<r  Lyre. 

CoUcdc  Cbapel,  Hlbion,  flMcb. 

XTbursdai?  Bventna.  Aai?  26,  1896. 
GRADUATION  RECITAL 

— BV— 

MISS   LUCIA  M'MASTERS, 

— ASblSTKl)  BY-  - 

MISS  MABKL  (lOKMI.KV,  MISS  KATHKKINK  BRANDON, 

— AND— 

COIJ.KGK    STRINCi     QIARTETTE,  MISS   KTHKL  CALKINS,  ACCOMPANIST. 

PROGRAM: 

1.  liallade Chopin 

Miss  Mc Masters. 

2.  The  Angels   vSalutation Gounod 

Miss  Brandon.     Violin  Obligato — H.  W.  Brown. 

I  "In  Bocaccio's   Villa" Nevin 

I  Staccato  Ktnde Vogrich 

Miss  Mc  Masters. 

4.  "The  vSchoolniarnrs   Courtin'  " Recitation 

Miss  ( I  or  in  ley. 

5.  Resolution Dancla 

Violin  Quartette. 

(  "Winter  JLullabv" DeKoven 

6.  "Snow    Flake" Cowen 

(  "To-morrow" Neidlinger 

Miss  Brandon. 

7.  Nocturne,  op.   27,  No.   2 Chopin 

Miss  Mc  Masters. 

8.  Statue  Poses 

Miss  Oormley. 

9.  Concerto  in  A  flat Chopin 

Miss  Mc  Masters. 
[Orchestral  accompaniment  on  2d  piano  by  Miss  Calkins.] 


The  Lyre.  35 


Faculty  Serie^-.  Sixth  Season,  1896-37. 

flortbvDe0tern  lllnivereiti?  Scbool  of  nDueic, 

EVAN8TON,    ILL. 

PIANO  RECITAL 

—  IIV— 

MRS.  GEO.  A.  COE,  ASSISTED  BY  MR.  W.  F.   HYPES,  TENOR. 

ACCOMPANIST.  MRS.   W.  F.  HVFBS. 
IN  THK  CHAPKL   WOMAN'S  HAIJ,. 

THURSDAY  EVENING.  OCT.  29. 1896.  AT  8  O'CLOCK. 

FHOGRAM: 

Beethoven, Sonata  Appassionata 

1.     Allegro  A ssai.  ii.     Andante  Con  Moto. 

III.     Allegro  Ma  Non  Troppo. 
Mrs.  Coe. 


r  Krinnerung 

-    Die  S( 


Brahms -!  Die  vSonne  vScheint  Nicht  Mehr 

[  ()  Liebliche  Wangen 

Mr.  Hypes. 

g     .  /     Prelude,  Lento  Moderato 
i  Fugue,  Adagio  Alia  Breve 

Scarlatti Pastorale 

Field Nocturne 

Dussek La   Chasse,   Adagio,  Allegro 

Mrs.  Coe. 

Jensen ^L'lrgreta 

Chadwick Sweet    Wind   That  Blows 

Osgood This   Rose  I  Send  to  Thee 

Mr.  Hypes. 

Chopin  ^  Impromptu,  Op.  51 

^ \  Nocturne,   Op.   9,   No.  i 

Wagner-Liszt Spinnerleid 

Moszkowski Presto  Alia  Giga 

Mrs.  Coe. 


36  The  Lyre. 

Belta  Cbapter,  fl^ea^viUe,  pa. 

ALPHA  CHI  OMEGA. 

DECEMBER  3D  AND  4TH,    1896. 

^ART  1. 

Scharwenka Valse- Impromptu 

Miss  Helen  Orris. 

Meyer-Helmund Serenade 

Baritone  Solo — Mr.  Oscar  F.  Conistock. 
Female  Trio — Mrs.  Biilen  and  Misses  Ogden. 

Schumann Novellette  in  F 

Miss  L.  Fa\'  Barnaby. 

Selected Soprano  Solo 

Mrs.  Bulen. 

Chopin Etude  in  A,  flat 

Miss  vSnsaniia  Porter. 

Carracioli Tuscan  Folksongs 

Misses  Ogden. 

PART   2. 

TJ1E  BICYCLERS. 

(A     KAUOH.) 

BY  JOHN  KENDRICK  BANGS. 

CAST  OK  CHAR.VCTERS: 

Mr.  Robert   Vardsley,  an    expert Mr.  W.  P.  Beazell 

Mr.  Jack  Barlow,  another Mr.  Walter  Dewey 

Mr.  Thaddeus  Perkins,  a  beginner Mr.  Oscar  F.  Comstock 

Mr.  Edward  Bradley,  a  scoffer Mr.    Frank    Mixsell 

Mrs.  Thaddeus  Perkins,  a  resistant  ....  Mi.ss  Margaret  B.  Barber 

Mrs.  Edward  Bradley,  an    enthusiast Mi.ss  Anna  C.  Ray 

Jennie,  a  maid Miss  Edith  J.  Roddy 


The  Lyre. 


37 


MEMBERSHIP. 


Alpha* 


Mrs.  Newland  T.  DePauw. 


Madame  Julia  Rive- King. 
Miss  Neally  Stevens. 
Miss  Maud  Powell. 

Mrs.  Orra  P.  John. 

Mrs.  Cecilia  Eppinghousen  Bailey. 

Miss  Alice  Wentwortb. 

Mrs.  AlmaDahl  Dixon. 


HONORARY     MEMBERS. 

Mrs.  Chas.  DePauw. 

ARTISTS. 

Madame  Fannie  Bloomfield-Zeisler. 
Mrs.  Mary  Howe  I^avin. 

TBACHRRS. 

Mrs.  Ella  G.  Earp. 

Mrs.  Jennie  Allen  Bryant. 

Mi.ss  Lena  Eva  Alden. 

CHAPTER    ROLL. 


Lucy  G.  Andrews.  Brazil.  Ind. 

*Luln  Atkinson,  Willow  Branch.  Ind. 

*Ina  Ballinger.  Williamsburg.  Ind. 

*  Bonnie  Beanchamp,  Tipton,  Ind. 

I«anra  Marsh  Bennet,  Okahumpka.  Fla. 

Helen  Hanna  Birch,  Greencastle.  Ind. 

*Minnie  Bowman,  Covington.  Ind. 

•Uxxic  Byers,  Shelbyville,  Ind. 

tCora  Branson  Benedict. 

Byrde  Chenoweth,  Winchester.  Ind. 

Marion  Colbum.  Michigan  City,  Ind. 

Carrie  Conrey.  Shelbyville,  Ind. 

Raebum  Cowger.  Greencastle,  Ind. 

Emma  Cox,  Anderson.  Ind. 

Anne  Cowperthwaite.  Tom's  River.  N.  J. 

Bertha  Demston.  Indianapolis.  Ind. 

AUah  DeVore.  O'Dell.  Ind. 

*Daisy  Estep.  Danville.  Ind. 

Ella  Farthing. 

•Evalyn  M.  Foster.  Attica,  Ind. 

Jessie  Y.  Pox,  Champaign.  111. 

Gertrude  H.  French,  Box  ford.  Mass. 

Mame  Oallihue,  Indianapolis,  Ind. 

Carrie  Moore  Gray.  Galveston.  Ind. 

Lillie  Throop  Hand,  Carbon,  Ind. 

Minnie  Hargrave,  Princeton.  Ind, 

Alice  Cary  Heaton.  Knightstown.  Ind. 

Stella  Heston,  Princeton,  Ind. 

Helen  Herr,  Brazil  Ind. 

•Marie  Hirt,  Greeastle.  Ind. 

I,eah  Walker  Smiley,  Indianapolis.  Ind. 

Meta  Horner.  Medaryille,  Ind. 

*RetU  W.  Jaques.  Owensville,  Ind. 

*Agne8  Jones,  Reese's  Mills,  Ind. 

BeMie  Grooms  Keenan.  I«eroy.  111. 

Emma  Lathrope,  Delphi,  Ind. 

Estelle  Leonard,  127  W.  12th  St.  Cincinnati,  O. 

Anna  Augustus  Link.  Paris,  111. 

Zella  Lesa  Marshall.  Centralia.  III. 

Eva  R.  Meridith,  Muncie.  Ind. 

Albertta  Miller,  Richmond, Ind. 

'Isabel  Shafer  Morgan,  Wichita.  Kas. 

Katharine  H.  McReynolds.  Washington.  D.  C. 

Nellie  Montgomery. 

*Emma  Nickle.  Winfield.  Ka.s. 

Mayme  B.  O'Dell.  O'Dell.  Ind. 

Eva  Osburn,  Shelburn.  Ind. 

Bessie  Parrett,  Patoka,  Ind. 

Ella  G.  Peck,  Greencastle,  Ind. 

*Edith  Plested.  University  Park,  Denver.  Col. 

Helen  Dalrymplr  Rice.  183  Park  Av.  Ind'pls.Ind 

*Maud  Rowland,  Covington.  Ind, 

*Valverde  Rupp.  Terre  Haute,  Ind. 

Mildred  Rtttlcdge.  State  St.  Springfield.  111. 


Pearl  Armitage,  Peru.  Ind. 

*Belle  Mikels  Bailey,  West  Lafayette,  Ind. 

Suda  West  Baldwin,  Ft.  Branch.  Ind. 

Bunny  Barry.  Sheldon,  111. 

*Maude  Biddle,  Danville,  Ind. 

Clara  Beil,  Bluffton.  Ind. 

♦Myrtle  Boltz. 

*Leonore  Boas  Brown,  Kokorao,  Ind. 

Lida  Bosler. 

"Olive  Carter,  Brazil,  Ind. 

Olive  Burnett  Clark,  Anderson,  Ind 

iune  Collins,  Knoxville,  Iowa. 
Tellie  Bolton  Copeland,  850  G.  Av.  St.  Paul,Minn 
tLouise  Coucher. 
*Kittie  Crowder,  Sullivan,  Ind. 
Minnie  Davis,  Martinsville,  Ind. 
•Nellie  Dobbins,  West  Lafayette,  Ind. 
•Okah  DeVore,  O'Dell,  Ind. 
Dora  Marshall  Esterbrook,  Orleans,  Neb. 
Juliet  Finch,  Logansport,  Ind. 
•Katherine  Foster,  Palmyra,  N.  Y. 
•Mate  Frash, 
Leota  Fuqua. 
Nellie  Gamble. 

Marguerite  Gray,  Chrisman,  111. 
•Emma  Haywood,  Romney,  Ind. 
*Emma  Hester,  Greencastle,  Ind. 
Maud  Heston,  Princeton,  Ind. 
•Claudia  Hill.  Waynesburg,  Ind. 
Sarah  Hirt,  Greencastle,  Ind. 

•Ethel  Jackson,  Greencastle,  Ind. 
Mamie  Ada  Jennings,  Newcastle,  Ind. 
Mary  L.  E.  Jones,  Terre  Haute,  Ind. 
Margaret  Lathrope,  Greensburg,  Ind. 
Bessie  Latimer,  Auburndale.  Mass. 
Marguerit-e^mith  Lightfoot,  Rushville,  Ind. 
•Elizabeth  Lockridge.  Greencastle,  Ind. 
•Maud  Maley,  Edinburg.  Ind, 
Emma  C.  Miller,  Greencastle,  Ind. 
Lillian  E-  Moore,  Indianapolis,  Ind. 
Estella  A.  Morse.  Wabash,  Ind. 
Annie  Bunger  McCurdy,  Ft.  Wayne,  Ind. 
Libbie  Price  Neff.  Portland.  Ind. 
Helen  C.  O'Dell.  O'Dell,  Ind. 
Rhoda  Gary  Offut.  Henderson,  Ind. 
•Lorctte  Parker,  Shelbyville.  Ind. 
Grace  Paul,  Indianapolis, Ind. 
•Grace  Power.  Milrov,  Ind. 
Kate  Reed.  Attica.  Ind. 

.  Alta  M.  Roberts,  School  St..  Indianapolis,  Ind. 
Adeline  Whitney  Rowley,  Champaign,  111. 
Cora  Russell.  Mound  City.  Mo. 
Anna  Ryan. 


38 


The  Lyre. 


Lena  Scott,  Anderson,  Ind, 

Pearl  Shaw,  Sardinia.  Ind 

Edith  Smith.  Maryville.  vfo. 

*01ive  Stanfield,  Chrisman,  111. 

Anna  Vae  Sterrit,  Lofi^nsport,  Ind. 

Olive  Ferris  Sype,  328  N.  Main  st,  Rockford. 

Laura  Taegert.  Dallas,  Texa.s. 

Rlla  H.  Thompson.  Grecnsburg.  Ind. 

Louise  J.  Ullyette,  Centralia,  111. 

Flora  T.  VanDyke,  Ashmore.  111. 

I^la  Beil  Weissel.  Bluffton,  Ind. 

Myrtle  Wilder.  Brazil.  Ind. 

Dora  Wilson.  Goodland.  Ind. 

Grace  Aldene  Wil.son.  Centralia.  111. 

Jessie  Heiney  Windle.  Huntington,  Ind. 

Flora  Yates.  Stillwater.  Minn. 

•Nelle  Florence  Zimmerman,  Brazil,    Ind. 

Feme  Wood,  Evansville,  Ind. 


Minnie  Shaffer, Windsor,  111. 
Anna  Allen  Smith,  Greencastle,  Ind. 
Katherine  Power  Smith.  Moore's  Hill,  In.1. 
Ida  B.  Steele,  Greenfield,  Ind. 
Vallie  VanSandt  Steven.son,  Carbon,  Ind. 
Ill  HthelSutherlin. 

Cora  Tajfgert.  Dallas,  Texas. 
Florence  Thompson.  Mooresville,  Ind. 
Myrtle  Thornburg,  Winchester,  Ind. 
Josephine  B.  Tingley.  Deacone.ss  Home.Chigo.  Ill  ^ 
Flora  Tingley.  Marion,  Ind. 
Minnie  McGill  Warren.  Watseka,  111. 
Pearl  Waugh,  Tipton.  Ind. 
Suda  W^est 

Mary  E.  wilhite.  Danville.  Ind. 
Daisy  Steele  Wilson,  Greenfield,  Ind. 
Mary  Janet  Wilson,  (^reenca.stle,  Ind. 


Beta. 


Minnie  McKeard  Al.len, 

Grace  Armstrong.  Forty  Fort.  Pa. 

Lida  Austin.  Jackson,  Mich, 

Lina  Baum,  Albion.  Mich. 

Louise  Birchard,  Canibridgeboro.  Pa. 

Beatrice  Bteckenridge,  2SS  Krie  St  Clevel'd.  O. 

Grace  Brown,  Lansing.  Mich, 

Blanche  Bundy.  Chicago.  111. 

Marian  Childs,  Calumet.  Mich. 

Mattie  Reynolds  Colbv.  Jackson.  Mich. 

Kmma  Crittenden.  Albion.  Mich. 

Jeanette  Allen  Cushman,  Vincennes.  Ind. 

Eusebia  Davidson,  Port  Huron.  Mich. 

Ada  Dickie,  Albion,  Mich. 

Jennie  Dickinson.  White  Pigeon,  Mich. 

Fannie  Dissette,  Nashville,  Mich. 

Nina  Eggleston,  Marshall.  Mich. 

Minnie  Fairchild.  Three  Rivers.  Mich. 

Jean  VVhitcomb  Fenn,  Chicago.  111. 

Marian  Howlett  Garfield.  Albion.  Mkh. 

Alida  Handy,  W-  Bay  City.  Mich. 

Hattie  Ives.  Chicago.  111. 

*Anna  Leidy.  Colon,  Mich. 

Louise  Love.  Marshall.  Mich. 

Hattie  Lovejoy.  Albion,  Mich. 

Dorothy  McClellan.  Macomb,  111. 

Addie  McHattie,  Cedar  Springs.  Mich. 

Delia  Morgan  Maher.  Minneapolis.  Minn. 

Mav  Miner.  Union  City,  Mich 

'Margaret  Mosher.  Albion.  Mich. 

Joshephine  Parker,  DePere.  Wis. 

•Mary  Ferine.  Albion.  Mich. 

Eva  Pratt.  Albion,  Mich 

Hattie  Reynolds.  Jackson.  Mich. 

Katherine  Roode,  Albion.  Mich. 

Anna  Scotten.  Detroit.  Mich. 

•Kathleen  Sheehan,  Lockport.  N.  Y. 

Minnie  Lewis  Spence.  Oberlin.  Ohio. 

Libbie  Smith.  Marshall.  Mich. 

Effie  Simpson,  Nashville,  Mich. 

Daisy  Snell.  291  Mich.  Ave.  Chicago.  111. 

Bessie  Tefft.  Albion,  Mich. 

Eva  Marzolf  Tiney.  Coral.  Mich. 

Cora  Travis.  Traverse  City,  Mich. 

Myrtle  Wat.son.  Cedar  Springs,  Mich. 

Winifred  Welch.  Homer  Mich. 

Ora  Woodworth.  Albion.  Mich. 

Jennie  Worthiugton.  Albion.  Mich. 


Alta  Mae  .Vllen,  Albion,  Mich. 

Lillian  Kirk  Armstrong,  Battle  Creek.  Mich. 

Elizabeth  Avery, Phelps,  N.  Y. 

Ida  Billinghurst,  Muskegon,  Mich. 

Katharine  Brandon,  Albion.  Mich. 

Berta  Brown.  Plainwell.  Mich. 

Gertrude  Buck.'Grand  Rapids,  Mich. 

Ethel  Calkins.  Albion.  Mich. 

Irene  Clark,  Albion,  Mich 

Mabel  Collins,  Albion,  Mich. 

Jessie  M.  Cushman.  Three  Rivers.  Mich. 

•Elizabeth  Cu.ster,  Pana,  111. 

Clarissa  Dickie,  Albion.  Mich. 

*Mamie  Dickie.  Albion,  Mich. 

Grace  Disbrow,  Hudson,  Mich. 

Blanche  Bryant  Dunbar,  Parina,  Mich. 

Kittie  Eggleston,  Marshall.  Mich. 

Mabel  Nix  Fellows.  Homer.  Mich. 

•Mabel  Foster.  Albion,  Mich, 

Flora  Adgate  Hall,  Ionia,  Mich. 

Cora  Harrington.  Jackson,  Mich. 

Lulu  Keller  Laudig,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

Belle  Fiske  Leonard,  Albion,  Mich. 

Nellie  Valentine  Lovejoy.  Ludington,  Mich. 

Gertrude  Fairchild  Lott,  Three  Rivers.  Mich. 

(>eorgina  Gale  McClellan,  Albion,  Mich. 

Lucie  McMasters,  Ludington,  Mich. 

Hortense  Osmund  Miller  Ann  Arbor,  Mich. 

May  .Mitchell.  314  2nd  St..  Bay  City,  Mich. 

Clara  Engle  Noble,  Missouri  Valley.  Iowa. 

•Susie  Ferine.  Albion.  Mich. 

Emma  Phelps.  Cresco,  Mich. 

Florence  Defendorf  Reynolds  Dowagaic.  Mieh. 

Daisy  Rogers.  Medina,  Mich. 

c;ienna  Schartz.  Hastings.  Mich. 

♦Clara  Shatwell.  Detroit.  Mich. 

Pearl  Frambes  Shedd,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich. 

Delia  Sprague,  Kalamazoo,  Mich. 

Belle  .Smith.  Marshall.  Mich. 

Hortense  Esmond  Miller,  Ann  Arbor,  Mich. 

Maud  Snell.  Elgin,  III. 

Nellie  Smith  Thomas.  SI.  Clair.  Mich. 

Helle  Miller  Towiisend.  Champaign,  HI. 

Cora  Hliss  Valentine,  Lansing,  Mich. 

Ro.He  Abernalhy  Whitcomb,  Philadelphia.  Pa. 

Florence  Woodhaws,  Plainwell,  Mich. 

Mamie  Harris  Wolfe,  Flint.  Mich. 


Gamma* 


Mrs.Chauncey  Abbott.  Schuyler,  Neb. 
Minnie  Beckett,  Chicago,  111. 


Arta  Mae  Bellows,  Maryville,  Mo. 
Mrs.  C.  W.  Brown,  Appleton,  Wis. 


The  Lyre. 


39 


Mr«.  <*»eo.  A.  Cotr,  Univ.  Place.  Bvanstou.  111. 

Mnt.  H.  Chester.  Bowmaiivilie.  III. 

Mrs.  Grace  c;amble,  Omaha.  Neb. 

Ressie  Grant   Hamline,  St.  Paul,  Miuii. 

Kannie  Grafton.  Benson  St.  Hvanstou.  111. 

Kate  Hathaway,  Rochelle.  111. 

Mrs  Joseph  Hays.  628  Hamlin  st,  Kvaustou,  III. 

Ethel  Lilivblade.  Woman's  Hall.  Hvanston,  111. 

Suzanne  Blulford.  1634  Ch'o.  Av.  Hvanston,  111. 

Mildred  Mclntire.  Memphis.  Tenn. 

Lulu  Piatt.  Clark.  South  Dakota 

Klla  Parkinson,  Woman's  Hall,  Hvanston.  111. 

.Mrs.  C.  W.  Richie.  Walla  Walla.  Washington. 

(irace  Richardson.  117  Buena  Av  Buena  P'rk  III 

Barbara  Strickler,  Lanark.  111. 

Hlla  F.  Strong:,  463  State  St.  Waukef^an.  111. 

Irene  Stevens.  .saS Greenwood  Boulo.  Kv'.ston  111 

Gene  Scott.  McGrcgror.  Iowa. 

Blanche  Skiff,  "The  Plaza,"  Chicago,  111. 

Mar>'  Walker. 

Maud  Wiramer.  Perry.  Iowa. 


HI  Fleda  Coleman.  lift  Stanton  st,  Winopa.  Minn 
Jeanette  Hvans,  St.  Paul.  Minn. 
Helen  Gamble.  Perry.  Iowa. 
Alice  Gramis.  Mankato,  Minn. 
(  ordelia  Hanson,  Kenoska,  Wis. 
Florence  Harris,  Sii  Clark  st,  Hvanston,  III. 
Agat^ha  Kindale,  Lenark.  111. 
Amy  Martin,  Ballaton.  Minn. 
Athena  McCorkle,  Indianapolis,  Ind. 
Mrs.  C.  W.  Osgood,  Marseilles.  111. 
Hlizabeth  Patrick.  DesMoines,  Iowa. 
Cornelia  Porter,  Hvan.ston,  111. 
Pearl  Reising. 

Adolyne  Richardson.  Oklahoma. 
Mrs.  Harrison  Schmidt,  Mankato,  Minn. 
Mary  Stanford.  1513  Forest  Av.  Hvanstoo.  III. 
Lillian  Siller,  831  Forest  Av.  Hvanston, 111. 
Mabel  Siller,  K  Ji  Forest  Av,  Hvanston.  111. 
Valeria  Tyre.  Lebanon,  Ind. 
Mrs.  Henry  S.  Weller,  Wirt  st,  Omaha,  Neb. 
Klla  S.  Young,  1246  Forest  A  v.  Hvanston,,  111. 


Delta. 


Faye  Baniaby,  Meadville,  Pa. 

Hvalyn  Bright,  (ireenville.  Pa. 

Lucile  Blodgett.  Youngsville,  Pa. 

Bertha  Cribbs.  Hulings  Hall.  Meadville,  Pa. 

Mrs.  John  Dick,  Meadville,  Pa. 

Sara  Hvans.  (>reenville.  Pa. 

Carrie  Gaston.  Cochranton.  Pa. 

Florence  Harper,  Meadville.  Pa. 

Mrs.  Hull.  Meadville,  Pa. 

Elsie  Kiefer,  Hulings  Hall,  Meadville.  Pa. 

Mary  Lord.  Mead  Wile,  Pa. 

Mrs.  C.  C.  Laffer,  Meadville,  Pa. 

Lois  McMnllen,  180  Center  Av.  Aurora,  111. 

Hlizabeth  McAlister,  West  Newton,  Pa. 

Hdith  Moore.  Cochranton.  Pa. 

Helen  Nichols.  Spring  Creek,  Pa. 

Jennie  Ogden,  Meadville.  Pa. 

"•nsanna  Porter,  Meadville.  Pa. 

Elizabeth  Patton.  Hartstown.  Pa. 

Virginia  Porter.  South  Oil  City.  Pa. 

Jene  Robson.  Ovid,  Mich. 

Anna  C.  Ray.  Meadville,  Pa. 

Lillian  Rea.  Corydon,  Iowa. 

Kffie  I.,orena  Sherred.  Meadville.  Pa. 

Mrs.  Ernest  Sciple.  New  Brighton.  Pa. 

ZannieTate.  Marseilles. 111. 

Hlizabeth  Tyler,  Meadville,  Pa. 

Adelriine  Wilson,  Guy  ^ijills.  Pa. 


Mrs.  M.  I).  Brown.  Meadville,  Pa. 

Francis  Byres,  Cooperstown,  Pa. 

Katherine  Baker,  Spring  Creek,  Pa. 

Flora  Eastman,  Meadville.  Pa. 

Lillian  Cowan,  Apollo.  Pa. 

Helen  Kdsall,  Hlmira.  N.  Y. 

Lu  Fair,  South  Oil  City.   Pa. 

Mary  Graham.  Meadville,  Pa. 

Jennie  Arzella  Horn,  Meadville,  Pa. 

Ella  Mae  Jack.  Apollo,  Pa. 

Flora  Eastman.  Meadville,  Pa. 

Ruby  Hnielyn  Krick.  Conneantville.  Pa. 

Ada  Lenhart,  Meadville,  Pa. 

Maud  Maxwell,  Hulings  Hall,  Meadville,  Pa. 

Alta  Moyer,  Meadville,  Pa. 

Gertrude  Ogden.  Meadville,  Pa. 

Helen  Oris,  Meadville.  Pa, 

Flora  O.  Pendleton,  Meadville.  Pa. 

Fern  Pickard,  Jamestown.  N.  Y. 

Mrs.  Chas.  K.  Rob.son.  Detroit,  Mich. 

Mrs.  W.  Robin.son,  Erie.  Pa. 

Edith  Roddy.  Meadville.  Pa. 

Blanche  Stephenson.  Utica.  Pa. 

Bertha  Sac-ett,  Meadville,  Pa. 

Elizabeth  Tate.  Hoise  City.  Iowa. 

Ella  May  Tinker.  Wabash,  Ind. 

Mrs.  F'.  Winans,  New  Brighton.  Pa. 


Zeta. 


Armstrong,  Mary. 
Ball,  Mrs.  Drummond, 
Ellis,  Elsie  Louise. 
Hvans.  Anita  Durand. 
Farnum,  Emma  Faye. 
I«aflin,  Helen  Marjraret. 
Sigourney,  Belle  Mauross 
Spencer,  Irene. 
Wood,  Jessie  Belle. 


Buchanan,  Bertha  Thompson. 
Campbell.  Florence  W. 
Evans.  Nellie  Durand. 
Farel,  Sade  Marie. 
Johnson,  Mary  Wil.son, 
Remington,  (iertrude  Margaret. 
Snyder.  Agnes. 
Vaiss.  Eleanor  Margaret. 


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t  Deceased. 


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Leads.^ 


STRICTLY  ON  ITS  MERITS. 

"Better  than  when  First  Bought." 

JOHN  Marlatt,  Esq.,  Port  Huron,  Mich., 
writes  under  date  of  May,  18,  18%:  "We 
have  had  our  Starr  Piano  atiout  six  years 
and  it  seems  better  than  when  first 
bought.  It  gives  perfect  satisfaction;  for 
durability  it  has  no  equal,  and  for  lone  there  is 
nothing  in  our  neighborhood  thai  compares 
with  it.  They  all  say  so.  We  have  had  our 
piano  tuned  twice  since  we  bought  it.  It  seems 
to  be  always  In  tune.  I  can  reccomend  the 
Starr  Piano  to  anyone  who  wants  a  good 
piano." 

Illuslrated  Catalo^^aes  and  other  Informalion  Tree. 
{)\i  Pianos  and  Organs  taken  in  exchange. 
Prices  and  terms  the  most  fa\orable. 


B^Starr  Piano  Co., 


DE  PHUW  ^i1 

UNIVERSITY. 

I.  eollege  of  Liberal  Arts. 

II.  Theology. 

HI,  Military  Science. 

IV.  Music. 

V.  Hrt. 

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Leads.^ 


STRICTLY  ON  ITS  MERITS. 

"Better  than  when  First  Bought." 

JOHN  Marlatt,  Esq..  Port  Huron,  Mich., 
writes  under  date  of  May,  18.  1896:  "We 
have  had  our  Vparr  Piano  about  six  years 
and  it  seems  better  than  when  nrst 
bought.  It  ^ives  perlect  salisfaciion;  for 
durability  it  has  no  equal,  and  for  tone  there  is 
nothing  in  our  neighborhood  that  compares 
with  it.  They  all  say  so.  We  have  had  our 
piano  tuned  twice  since  we  bought  it.  It  seems 
to  be  always  in  tune.  I  can  reccomend  the 
Starr  Piano  to  anyone  who  wants  a  good 
piano." 

Illustralei  Catalogues  and  other  Information  Tree. 
Old  Pianos  and  Organs  taken  in  extliange. 
Prices  and  terms  the  most  favorable. 

Address 

B^Starr  Piano  Co., 

—^RICHMOND,  IND. 


C;i?apt?r  FJoll. 

Alpha DePauw  University,  Greencastle,  Indiana. 

Beta, Albion  College,  Albion,  Michigan. 

Gamma .-    .  Northwestern  University,  Evanston,  Illinois. 

Delta Alleghany  College,  Meadville,  Pennsylvania. 

Epsilon,  .  University  of  Southern  California,  Los  Angeles,  California. 
Zeta, New  England  Conservatory,  Boston,  Massachusetts. 


(Jep^ral  Offie^rs. 


President, Mary  Janet  Wilson,  Alpha. 

Secretary, Alta  Mae  Allen,  Beta. 

Treasurer, Gertrude  Ogden,    Delta. 

C^orrespoQdip^  Secretaries. 

Alpha, Raeburu  Cowger. 

Beta, Alta  Mae  Allen,  405  Erie  St. 

Gamma, Lillian  Siller,  831  Foster  St. 

Delta, Edith  Jeanette  Roddy,  Walnut  St. 

Epsilon, Mrs.  N.  Louise  VanCleve,  1014  W.  7th  st. 

Zeta, Agnes  E.  Snyder,  N.  E.  Conservatory. 


ARTISTS'  PRePBSSlONAL  eAROS. 


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MiBB  Neally  Sfennis, 

Qlonrrrf  ^ianiet. 

J^lamcfta  County, 

Kwibi^ncc,  j5an  Tlorcnfo. 

(ilalifornia, 


Mauti  Poraell, 

MoHniat. 

T&tm  l^urh  (City. 


THE  LYRE 


OF 


Alpha  Chi  Omega* 

VOL  IL  JUNE  1897.  NO  2. 


Bachf  the  Luther  of  Music 

In  1685,  at  Eisenach,  Thuringia, — forever  memorable  for  its  asso- 
ciation with  the  life  of  Martin  Luther — was  born  Johann  Sebastian 
Bach — one  of  the  greatest  of  the  great  Tone  Poets.  One  of  his  pater- 
nal ancestors,  it  seems,  was  a  Hungarian  miller  who  played  a  lute, 
making  melody  to  the  music  of  his  whirring,  grinding  wheels.  He 
had  two  sons,  one  of  whom,  Hans,  was  apprenticed  to  the  town  piper, 
says  one  of  my  authorities.  Hans,  in  his  time  and  turn,  walked  with 
the  god  of  music.  He  became  the  father  of  three  sons,  one  of  whom, 
Christoph,  became  the  father  of  a  boy  to  whom  he  gave  the  name, 
Johann  Sebastian.  The  lute-playing  instincts  and  tastes  of  old  Hans, 
of  the  lute  and  the  mill,  developed  in  the  second  generation  into  or- 
gan-players; Johann  Christoph,  his  grandson,  becoming  an  organist 
and  the  father  of  four  boys,  all  musicians.  When  Sebastian  came  to 
his  greatest  fame,  there  were  thirty  descendants  of  this  original  lute- 
player  piping  on  organs  throughout  Thuringia,  Pranconia  and  Sax- 
ony. A  clannish  family,  meeting  once  a  year,  perpetuating  the 
traditions  of  thef  family,  renewing  interest  in  art. 

At  ten  years  of  age  Johann  Sebastian  was  left  fatherless,  but  this 
death  threw  him  upon  the  kindness  of  a  brother,  who,  himself  an 


4  The  Lyre 

organist,  gave  him  lessons  in  singing  and  clavichord  playing.  At 
once  the  genius  inborn  asserted  itself,  and,  though  he  was  not  a 
prodigy  like  Mozart,  he  evinced  a  passion  for  learning  and  taste  for 
the  art  of  music.  He  starved  for  new  studies,  for  more  work,  for  new 
exercises.  He  pushed  ahead  of  the  work  assigned  him.  It  was  too 
easy.  He  even  abstracted,  without  permission,  a  book  of  musical 
compositions  that  had  been  refused  him,  copied  selections  and  bent 
himself  to  the  interpretation  of  the  tempting  scores.  At  fourteen  he 
was  thrust  upon  the  world  by  the  death  of  his  brother-guardian. 
However,  nature  had  endowed  him  with  a  rare  soprano  voice,  and  the 
death  that  seemed  a  disaster  became  an  opportunity.  Young  Sebas- 
tian obtained  a  position  as  choir-master  in  Luneburg,  studying  music, 
literature,  attending  church  at  Hamburg,  for  the  purpose  of  hearing 
Reinken's  organ-playing.  Then,  alas,  the  beautiful  voice  changed 
and  young  Sebastian  was  without  vocation,  but  he  remained  in  3t. 
Michaers  school  until  he  was  eighteen  years  old  and  then  entered  the 
Duke  of  Saxe-Weimar*s  court  band  as  a  violinist.  In  1703 — this 
same  year — he  resigned  his  band-place  and  took  the  organ  in  a  new 
Church  at  Amstadt.  The  emolument  was  slight,  but  the  opportuni- 
ties for  self -culture  were  great,  and  as  the  cash  was  not  much  of  an 
item,  though  the  lack  of  it  seemed  depressing.  Bach  devoted  himself 
to  his  own  improvement;  having  nothing  else  to  do  except  follow 
the  instincts  that  had  come  down  to  him  along  the  currents  of  blood 
from  the  veins  of  his  lute-playing  ancestor.  He  pursued  his  own 
method,  but  it  was  good.  He  studied  the  works  of  the  great  composers. 
That  seems  simple,  but  there  is  an  incessant  temptation  to  study  some- 
thing else.  Bach  was  right.  He  studied  the  works  of  the  great  com- 
posers, day  and  night.  He  noted  their  styles;  the  difference  of  style; 
he  learned  what  rules  they  observed;  he  analyzed,  dissected,  studied, 
studied,  studied.  As  a  result,  his  organ  became  the  magnetic  feature 
of  the  new  church  in  Amstadt.  "Have  you  heard  Bach?"  That 
was  the  question  in  Amstadt.  He  was  the  preacher!  He  led  the 
worship!  He  was  an  independent  person,  too,  although  his  income 
was  small.  He  played  too  much  in  the  church;  his  vacations  were  too 
long;  the  consistory  found  fault  with  him;  he  found  fault  with  the 
consistory,  and  the  emoluments  went  to  another  organist,  and,  as  an 
opening  occurred  at  Muhlhausen,  by  the  opportune  death  of  the  organ- 


The  Lyre  5 

ist  at  St.  Blasius*  church,  Bach  went  there:  then,  in  less  than  a  year, 
to  Weimar.  For  nine  years  he  played  the  organ ,  then  became  leader 
of  the  Court  orchestra  and  cdmposer  of  band  music. 

Bach's  fame  had  now  spread  beyond  Weimar.  His  appointments 
were  improved.  He  became  chapel-master  at  Anhalt,  under  Prince  Leo- 
pold. Abandoning  this  position,  he  sought  the  post  of  organist  at  St. 
Jacobskirche  but  failed  to  obtain  it,. and  by  another  opportune  death, 
became  organist  at  Leipzig — director  of  music  at  St.  Thomas  school. 
Here  he  remained  for  twenty-seven  years,  performing  the  manifold 
duties  of  his  position,  inspecting  schools,  teaching  music,  arrainging 
music  for  four  churches,  attending  funerals,  superintending  the  sing- 
ing of  the  chorals,  keeping  a  stock  of  music  and  instruments,  playing 
the  grand  organ  in  St.  Thomas  church.  Drudgery,  much  of  this, 
but  all  the  while  his  noble  soul  \yas  in  the  skies  of  the  greatest  tone- 
world.  No  one,  I  think,  can  look  at  his  portrait,  without  having  a 
sense  of  being  in  the  presence  of  a  most  noble  man — a  big-souled  man. 
He  had  a  hot  temper  it  is  true,  but  it  was  discord  or  evil  that  aroused 
it.  In  his  religion  Bach  was  a  zealous  Lutheran,  and  not  a  so  called 
*pretist,*  as  some  have  asserted.  That  religious  atmosphere  in  which 
he  grew  up  showed  itself  gloriously  in  his  works,  and  in  his  life,  too. 
He  passed  a  quiet  and  secluded  existence  in  his  home  in  Germany, 
where  he  delved  into  the  study  of  his  Bible  and  its  sacred  truths;  and 
satisfied  with  the  faith  into  which  he  so  deeply  penetrated,  he  rose, 
and  from  time  to  time  allowed  his  religious  feelings  to  find  vent  in 
those  grand  inspirations  in  which  "we  find  the  glorification  of  Pro- 
testanism.*' 

Two  hundred  and  thirty  complete  cantatas,  three  oratorios,  The 
Passions,  seven  masses,  twenty-one  church  services,  four  funeral  can- 
tatas, eighteen  cantatas  for  occasions,  twenty-eight  motets,  forty- 
eight  preludes  and  fugues,  toccatas,  six  French  suites,  thirty-nine 
long  works  for  organ,  twenty-nine  shorter  pieces,  six  trios  for  organ, 
fifteen  inventions,  fifteen  symphonies,  six  sonatas  for  'cello,  etc.,  etc. 

At  a  quarter  past  eight  on  the  evening  of  the  28th  of  July,  1750, 
he  died.  "Two  days  afterward  he  was  buried  in  St.  John's  churchyard, 
at  Leipzig.  No  stone,  no  cross,  marked  his  resting-place,  and  the 
world  was  told  no  more  than  that  'A  man,  aged  sixty-five,  Johann 
Sebastian  Bach,  Musical  Director  and  Singing  Master  of  St.  Thomas's 


6  The  Lyre 

School,  was  carried  to  his  grave  in  the  hearse.*  **     So  says  Crowest 
in  his  *'The  Great  Tone  Poets/' 

W.  M.  Deithick^in  '^A  Manual  of  Music,"  say$:  *'In  all  Bach*s 
music  there  is  not  a  tinge  «f  the  sickly  sentimental.  It  is  as  pure, 
refreshing  and  sweet  as  spring  water;  and  no  matter  how  dry  and  un- 
interesting one  of  his  compositiotis  may  appear  when  heard  for  the 
first  time,  it  is  certain  to  becoQte  niore  and  more  pleasing  at  every 
subsequent  hearing." 

Sir  George  Grove  says:  **Bac)i's  importance  for  the  history  of 
music  lies  in  the  fact  that,  starting  willl  instrumental  music,  and 
adhering  to  the  spirit  of  it,  he  developed  all  forms  and  species  of  com- 
position in  an  entirely  new  and  independent  manner.  The  old  vocal 
style,  whic(h  was  founded  exclusively  on  polyphony,  was  exhausted. 
Bach  created  an  entirely  new  vocal  style  based  on  instrumental 
principles,  carried  it  to  the  summit  of  perfection  and  there  left  it." 

Gborge  M.  Hammell, 
Literary  Editor  Western  Christian  Advocate, 


The  Lyre  7 

The  Fraternity  Idea  inSdiool  Life* 

The  Fraternity  and  the  Sorority  which  have  been  long  established 
facts  in  the  Liberal  Arts  departments  of  our  American  colleges  and 
universities,  and  have  more  recently  found  their  way  into  some  of  the 
professional  schools — as  the  Law  for  instance — are  coming  even  into 
the  Fine  Art  domain.  Within  the  last  -ten  or  twelve  years  quite  a 
number  of  chapters  of  several  Greek  letter  organizations  have  been 
established  in  leading  music  schools  both  east  and  west.  At  first 
these  were  confined  to  such  schools  as  are  parts  of  a  university — such 
as  our  own — but  more  recently  have  been  extended  to  some  of  the 
best  institutions  that  exist  simply  as  conservatories  of  Pine  Arts — as 
for  example  The  New  E^ig^nd  Conservatory  of  Music, 

While  to  most  persons  the  fraternity  or  the  sorority  addresses  it- 
self mainly  as  a  social  institution,  yjet  it  has  in  it  more  than  that,  both 
for  the  individual  and  for  the  body  of  which  the  individual  is  a  part. 
In  the  social  relation,  while  it  has  a  tendency  toward  narrowing  the 
bounds,  at  the  same  tiia^  there  is  the  deepening  of  the  lines.  And 
the  school  life  with  it  is  somewhat  different  from  what  to  the  same  in- 
dividual it  would  hav«  been  without  it — different  both  in  its  relations 
and  in  its  influence.  It  is  one  of  those  relations  where  the  person 
who  is  inclined  to  be  selfish  has  abundant  opportunity  to  increase  in 
selfishness  outside  the  more  or  less  restricted  confines  of  his  own  or- 
ganization, and  where,  at  the  same  time,  the  generous  nature  finds 
large  opportunities  for  its  exercise  and  growth  both  within  its  own 
numbers  and  in  the  outside  relations. 

But  the  fraternal  idea  stops  short  of  its  full  expression  if  it  does 
not  reveal  itself  for  good  in  the  work  of  its  own  numbers.  This  kind 
of  a  binding  together  gives  an  added  strength,  and  it  should  be  a 
strength  that  touches  favorably  the  vital  interests  of  school  life.  That 
fraternity  that  disregards  the  working  record  in  school  affairs  of  its 
own  members  is  disf^egarding  one  of  its  own  large  opportunities  for 
usefulness,  while  the  one  that  insists  upon  and  maintains  a  high 
scholastic  record  among  its  own  numbers,  is  doing  much  toward  jus- 
tifying its  own  existence  even  in  the  estimation  of  its  adversaries. 
Organization  carries  with  it  strength — but  this  strength  may  be  for 
good  or  for  ill,  according  as  it  is  directed  and  used.     If  it  be  used  in 


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the  better  and  larger  way  then  it  is  well — but  if  against  the  final  well 
being  then  beware  of  any  such  body  or  influence.  A  fraternity  or 
sorority  ought  to  keep  in  view  its  three-fold  relations;  to  itself  as  an 
organization — seeing  that  the  purposes  of  its  existence  are  proper 
ones,  and  are  well  maintained;  to  its  own  members,  being  helpful  to 
them  in  their  own  work,  in  their  manhood  or  womanhood  and  in 
their  relations  both  within  and  without  their  own  body;  then  to  the 
outside  world — being  more  mindful  than  such  bodies  sometimes  are 
lest  in  conserving  the  interests,  or  it  may  be  only  the  pleasures,  of 
this  lesser  but  more  intimate  circle  and  relation,  the  wider  relations 
be  too  little  regarded,  the  general  benefits  too  far  lost  sight  of,  and 
the  call  of  the  common  brotherhood  of  man  be  too  little  heeded.  A 
man  or  a  woman,  in  these  specially  intimate  relations  among  a  few 
boon  companions  ought,  if  the  relation  be  entirely  healthful,  to  be- 
come better  prepared  thereby,  for  a  keener  discernment  of  needs, 
more  helpful  relations  and  broader  activities,  in  the  school  work,  in 
the  personal  life  and  the  social  contact.  This  the  individual  ought 
to  expect,  and  this  the  organization  ought  to  claim  and  exact. 

B.  A.  MANSFIELD. 


To  Create!    To  Appreciate! 

To  you,  and  not  to  me,  are  given 

Those  subtler  powers,  that,  like  some  strange  insight. 

Reveal  to  you  in  music,  all  that  life. 

Or  death,  or  nature  hath  of  inner  light. 

*Tis  yours,  not  mine,  to  reach  the  heights; 
Not  mine  to  breathe  a  song  from  out  the  deep. 
But  it  is  much  to  know  that  heights  there  are 
And  comfort  comes — to  feel  a  song  and  weep. 

JESSIE  Y.  FOX. 


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^Life  in  Its  Tonic  and  Dominant  Phases*'* 

(By  Elisabeth  Patterson  Sawyers,  Mus.  B.,  A.  C.  M..  Professor  of  Pianoforte  and   Harmony, 

DePauw  Music  School.) 

As  a  prelude  to  Kate  Elizabeth  Clark's  story  of  '*The  Dominant 
Seventh/*  we  find  this  sentiment  from  Schopenhauer: 

*'Our  existence  in  life  is  a  continued  alternating  of  desires  and 
gratifications.  The  will  is  forever  wanting  and  it  strives  continually 
to  gratify  its  wants.  We  really  know  but  two  states  while  in  the 
body — the  state  of  want  and  the  state  of  satisfaction  ;  the  conditions 
of  desire  and  gratification.  Analogous  to  this,  music  has  but  two 
leading  chords  from  which  all  others  are  derived.  These  are  the 
chord  of  the  tonic  and  the  dominant  chord  of  the  seventh. 

The  first  is  the  chord  of  rest  and  calmness,  the  second  is  a  chord 
of  unrest,  of  longing  and  striving.  Music  is  a  continued  succession 
of  these  two  chords  and  in  this  is  represented  our  never  ceasing  de- 
sires as  followed  by  gratification.  Thus  the  composer  reveals  the  in- 
most condition  of  our  souls  ;  he  speaks  the  greatest  truth,  and  speaks 
it  in  a  language  which  reason  comprehends  not,  but  a  language 
which  is  understood  alike  by  all  men  the  world  over. ' ' 

I^iszt  cannot  be  considered  a  composer  of  great  ability,  but  to 
him  is  due  the  invention  of  one  massive  instrumental  form,  that  of 
the  Symphonic  Poem.  The  Symphonic  Poem  differs  from  the  Sym- 
phony in  that  it  is  a  musical  drama  in  one  act  having  many  differ- 
ent scenes,  moods,  situations  ;  while  the  Symphony,  though  equally 
as  varied  in  tonal  tints,  has  three,  four  or  five  acts,  called  movements. 
A  fitting  analogy  can  be  drawn  between  the  Symphonic  Poem  and 
the  greatest  of  all  entities,  the  human  life.  There  are  two  states  of 
being,  that  of  unrest,  activity,  existence,  progression;  and  that  of  rest, 
relaxation,  repose,  cadence.  All  music  is  made  up  of  the  two  dis- 
tinctive characteristics — Progression  and  Cadence — the  dominant 
seventh  and  tonic  influences. 

In  the  symphonic  poem  a  picture  of  life  is  painted — each  theme, 
each  period,  each  phrase,  each  section,  each  motive,  each  chord,  each 
note,  each  rest,  bears  inseparable  relation  to  the  whole.  Likewise  in 
life's  Drama  each  ruler,  every  subject,  each  master, 
every  vassal  is  responsible  for  his  role,  however  great  or  menial  that 
role  may  be.     How  we  love  to   hear  the  rich  full    themes  of   a  Sym- 


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phony  as  they  speak  to  us  !  Do  we  stop  to  consider  the  infinite  num- 
ber of  subdivisions  which  go  to  make  up  that  theme  ?  Out  of  a  chaotic 
mass  of  notes,  rests,  figures,  sections,  phrases,  period  groups, 
modulatory  passages,  cadence  formulas,  embellishments,  the  com- 
poser conceives  and  constructs  a  symmetrical,  well  balanced  musical 
structure  according  to  the  laws  of  melody,  harmony  and  form. 

"Form  is  contrast  reduced  to  law."  No  well  constructed  musi- 
cal compositions  exist  which  are  not  under  inviolable  musical  laws. 
To  be  sure  in  very  many  instances  great  liberties  are  taken,  but  the 
underlying  principles  still  remain.  No  well  organized,  well  gov- 
erned life  is  capable  of  continuance  unless  subject  to  spiritual  and 
natural  laws.  No  existing  thing  is  independent  of  environment, 
whether  in  intellectual,  spiritual,  physical,  artistic,  social  or  psy- 
chical spheres.  No  man  has  reached  so  high  a  plane  of  greatness 
but  he  can  still  see  beyond  and  above  him  his  superiors. 

All  existing  matter,  whether  animate  or  inanimate  is  dependent 
upon  surrounding  influences.  There  can  be  no  great  leader  without 
his  followers  ;  no  atom  exists  but  it  is  made  up  of  lesser  atoms.  No 
thought  comes  to  us  unless  it  be  the  result  of  a  series  of  other  ideas. 
We  see  beautiful  shades  of  color  about  us,  but  they  are  the  mere 
blending  of  many  colors.  In  the  symphony  we  find  no  theme 
that  is  not  dependent  on  its  smaller  sub-divisions  for  its  own  being. 
One  can  easily  compare  people  whom  one  meets,  with  the  various 
divisions  of  the  Symphony.  Do  we  not  meet  at  times  great  noble 
personalities  that  stand  out  in  the  foreground  of  life's  painted  canvas 
with  their  awe-inspiring  presence.  They  are  veritable  themes  of 
life's  Symphonic  Poem.  At  times  of  religious  or  political  crisis  a 
mighty  influence  arises  which  saves  the  sign  of  the  cross  or  the  ship 
of  state.  Is  this  influence  not  a  great  transition  or  modulatory 
passage  which  leads  men  through  uncertain  dominant  seventh  move- 
ments to  a  climax  of  the  restful  tonic. 

Few  lives  are  lived  to  their  utmost.  Not  many  of  us  are 
well  modeled  normal  periods.  Some  lives  are  but  a  phrase, 
a  section,  a  figure,  a  tone,  a  rest;  others  are  the  embellishments, 
the  happy  merry  trill,  the  coquetish  mordent,  the  airy  fairy 
acciacatura.  Yet,  however  large  or  however  small  our  sphere,  each 
has  his  peculiar  significant  position   in    the   Symphony  of   the  ages, 


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past,  present  and  future. 

If  we  listen  to  a  tone  poem  we  find  it  to  be  a  continual  succession 
of  anticipation  and  realization,  progression  and  cadence — the  Domi- 
nant seventh,  the  Tonic.  The  Dominant  seventh  is  a  chord  contain- 
ing the  dissonant  interval  of  the  seventh  and  therefore  requires  reso- 
lution. This  resolution  is  naturally  on  the  Tonic,  otherwise  decep- 
tive cadences  occur.  How  frequently  the  Dominant  seventh  harmony 
of  expectation  and  hope  fills  our  lives  and  we  long  for  the  Tonic  of 
their  realization,  when  a  foreign  harmony  enters  and  delays  partially 
or  entirely  the  resolution.  Such  are  the  deceptive  cadences  of  life. 
Dissonances  often  enter  life,  the  resolutions  of  which  we  are  unable 
to  trace. 

In  our  dominant  moments  we  are  striving  for  the  goal  of  our  am- 
bition. Without  effort  put  forth  to  gain  the  heights  of  our  ideals 
we  can  never  hope  for  success.  We  experience  pleasure  in  pursuit, 
and  in  the  tonic  of  realization  we  find  the  consummation  of  our  hope. 

**Were  every  hill  a  precious  mine, 
And  golden  all  the  mountains; 
Were  all  the  rivers  fed  with'wine 
By  tireless  fountains; 

Life  would  ravished  of  its  zest, 
And  shorn  of  its  ambition. 
And  sink  into  the  dreamless  rest 
Of  inanition." 

Do  purely  Tonic  moments  ever  enter  life's  turmoil,  so  pregnant 
with  Dominant  seventh  influences?  If  so  they  are  most  brief  in  dura- 
tion. Life  is  one  long  organ  point  on  the  Dominant,  the  resolution  of 
which  will  be  the  melting  into  the  Tonic  of  Immortality. 

*'I  have  sought  but  I  seek  it  vainly 

That  one  lost  chord  divine 
Which  came  from  the  soul  of  the  organ 

And  entered  into  mine. 

It  may  be  that  death,  bright  angel, 

Will  speak  in  that  chord  again — 
It  may  be  that  only  in  heaven 

I  will  hear  that  grand  Amen." 


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Some  Practical  Advice  to  Music  Students. 

(A  paper  read  before  the  pupils  of  the  McReyuolds-Koehle  Music  School,  Washinjfton.  D.  C 

March  17,  1H97.) 

When  an  American  pupil  presents  himself  to  one  of  the  masters 
in  a  foreign  conservatory  with  whom  he  hopes  to  complete  his  musi- 
cal studies,  he  is  generally  surprised  by  a  request  for — well,  not  ex- 
actly a  Beethoven  Sonata  or  a  Liszt  Rhapsody — but  for  a  scale  and 
arpeggio.  He  is  still  more  surprised  when  he  finds  that  he  can  not 
even  play  them  slowly  to  the  satisfaction  of  this  exacting  master,  and 
bitterly  dissapointed  when,  at  the  end  of  the  examination  he  is  sent 
to  an  underteacher  for  six  months,  less  or  more,  to  get  the  stiffness 
out  of  his  wrist,  his  hand  pliant,  and  elacticity  and  independence  into 
his  fingers.  In  other  words,  he  has  to  lay  a  solid  foundation  for 
a  future  technique  before  any  of  the  masters  care  to  bother  with  him. 
Professor  Pruckner,  of  the  Royal  Conservatory,  Stuttgart,  Germany, 
told  me  once  that  the  reason  the  American  pupils  were  so  much  in  dis- 
favor among  the  foreign  masters  was  not  because  they  were  less  tal- 
ented than  other  young  people,  but  because  their  musical  education 
was  so  superficial.  He  said  this  was  the  result  of  *'too  much  hurry," 
in  America.  *'The  American  teacher  does  not  have  time  (with  a 
shrug  of  his  shoulder)  to  teach  as  he  was  taught  over  here.  * ' 

Haste  is  inborn  in  the  American  nature,  but,  if  he  will  master  art, 
the  student  must  overcome  this  evil  at  the  beginning.  Art  requires  not 
only  talent  but  time,  hard  work  and  patience.  As  Lucy  Lilliesays, 
*'The  student  whose  music  is  considered  worth  a?iy thing  is  the  student 
who  works  and  feels  and  is  patient."  Let  us  therefore  bring  to  our 
music  study,  first  of  all,  patience.  If  you  should  wake  up  to  the  fact 
one  of  these  days  that  your  musical  education  has  thus  far  been  super- 
ficial, be  thankful  that  you  have  waked  up  and  be  content  and  glad 
to  go  back  to  the  beginning,  if  need  be,  and,  under  the  supervision  of 
some  competent  teacher,  correct  the  bad  habits  and  lay  a  solid  foun- 
dation for  future  work.  This  will  try  your  mettle,  but  keep  the  end 
in  view  and  you  will  succeed.  Be  your  own  severest  critic  at  all 
times  and  rest  satisfied  with  nothing  less  than  perfection  in  whatever 
you  are  doing,  be  it  the  simplest  five  finger  exercise. 

As  absolutely  necessary  for  the  beginner  as  for  the  advanced  pupil 


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on  every  instrument  is  the  competent,  conscientious  teacher,  for  with- 
out an  able  hand  at  the  helm,  hard  work,  time,  and  money  are  thrown 
away.  In  place  of  the  steady  advancement  looked  for,  disgust  usually 
follows  the  first  burst  of  enthusiasm  and  after  a  few  years  the  unsatis- 
factory work  is  either  stopped  or  the  pupil  at  last  sent  to  a  competent 
teacher  to  correct  the  bad  habits  of  years,  a  very  difficult  and  some- 
times impossible  thing  to  do.  I  wish  the  well  meaning  but  unknowing 
parents  could  only  realize  the  harm  that  is  done  by  thinking  that 
**any  kind  of  a  teacher  will  do  for  a  beginner."  It  is  while  the  hand 
is  forming  that  the  most  careful,  painstaking  work  must  be  done  on 
the  part  of  a  teacher.  Indeed  the  best  instruction  is  never  more 
necessary  than  during  the  first  lessons.  The  great  pianist  and  teacher, 
Lebert,  (founder  together  with  Stark,  of  the  Stuttgart  Conservatory) 
says  in  regard  to  this  matter;  **If  the  fundamental  principles  of  tech- 
nique are  neglected  from  the  very  beginning,  the  future  acquisition 
of  a  correct  technique  is  almost  impossible.  By  correct  technique  is 
meant  the  ability  to  elicit  from  the  piano  a  beautiful,  rich  tone, 
whether  forte  or  piano,  a  melodious  legato  and  its  opposite  staccato, 
and  finally  as  much  execution  as  is  required  for  the  faultless  render- 
ing of  a  work.*' 

Now,  taking  it  for  granted  that  we  have  secured  a  competent 
teacher,  the  first  thing  we  turn  our  attention  to  is  this  acquisition  of  a 
beautiful  tone,  and  this  is  within  the  reach  of  every  pupil  possessing  a 
musical  ear  and  having  no  physical  defect  in  the  hand.  Great  care 
must  be  taken  from  the  beginning  that  the  hand  be  held,  not  only  to 
look  well  upon  the  piano,  but  so  that  each  single  finger  may 
work  freely  and  independently  of  the  others,  and  thus  be  developed 
to  its  utmost.     Modern  technique  demands  this. 

It  is  only  after  the  fingers  have  attained  a  certain  independence 
that  the  attention  can  be  given  to  that  which  stands  highest  in  our 
art  of  music — expression;  i.  e.,  the  art  of  interpreting  or  expressing 
the  ideas  of  the  composer  in  the  piece  to  be  played.  To  do  this,  close 
study  must  be  given  to  the  phrasing  and  the  multitude  of  little  signs 
relating  to  nuarices  or  shadings  occurring  throughout  the  piece  of 
music  under  consideration.  Possessing  a  beautiful,  clear,  full  tone, 
producing  the  softest  piano  and  strongest  forte  at  will,  having  mas- 
tered the  legato  and  staccato  and  being  able  to  phrase  understandingly , 


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we  have  only  to  feel  what  we  play  and  the  simplest  of  good  music  can 
now  be  rendered  artistically  and  give  enjoyment  to  any  musician,  no 
matter  how  highly  educated  he  may  be;  while  the  piece  whose  difficul- 
ties are  gone  stumblingly  and  blunderingly  through  can  only  fill  a 
musical  person  who  is  so  unfortunate  as  to  be  a  listener  with  con- 
tempt and  disgust.  Therefore,  be  content  to  play  the  simplest  piece 
well  and  artistically,  until  the  day  arrives  when  you  are  able  to  ren- 
der the  difficult  one  in  the  same  manner. 

To  excel  on  any  instrument  we  should  direct  the  principal  part 
of  our  time  and  energy  to  the  mastering  of  a  particular  one;  know 
how  to  practice  and  then  do  it.  I  never  consider  any  pupil  **started/* 
no  matter  what  the  age  may  be  nor  the  length  of  time  he  may  have 
studied,  until  he  realizes  the  importance  of  regular,  systematic,  con- 
scientious practice,  for,  as  soon  as  he  does  this,  the  practice  time 
becomes  an  ever  growing  source  of  pleasure,  and  advancement  is 
secured. 

Begin  to  practice  early  in  the  day  while  body  and  mind  are  fresh; 
an  hour  in  the  morning  is  worth  two  in  the  evening  and  should  be 
chosen  if  possible.  It  is  well  to  have  a  time  set  for  practicing  and  to 
let  nothing  prevent  you  from  keeping  it  regularly  day  after  day. 
Another  thing,  do  not  forget  to  use  the  brain  along  with  the  fingers, 
or  no  matter  how  much  time  you  spend  at  your  instrument,  that  time 
is  worse  than  lost.  After  a  poor  lesson  one  day  a  pupil  said  despond- 
ently, '*!  don't  see  why  I  don't  know  this!"  **Because  you  have  not 
practiced,"  I  suggested.  "Not  practiced!  why,  I  have  practiced 
three  hours  every  day  since  the  last  lesson."  "You  may  have  spent 
the  time  at  your  instrument  but  you  have  not  practiced,''  I  insisted. 
Now  we  will  practice  a  half  hour  and  at  the  end  of  that  time  you.  will 
know  this  page  without  a  mistake.  The  young  lady  looked  incredu- 
lous, but  we  commenced,  taking  it  slowly;  the  hands  at  first  separ- 
ately mastering  each  difficulty  as  it  appeared  and  after  half  an  hour 
the  page  was  learned. 

As  for  the  amount  of  time  necessary  to  devote  to  practice — that 
depends  so  much  upon  the  strength  and  talent  of  the  pupil  that  no 
definite  rule  can  be  laid  down,  however,  we  can  say  that  no  one,  not 
even  children,  can  derive  any  benefit  worth  mentioning  with  less 
than  one  hour  daily  practice,  Sunday  excepted.     Four  hours  of  care- 


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^ —  ■ 

ful.  conscientious  practice  is  expected  of  the  artist  pupil  in  European 
Conservatories,  and  one  is  earnestly  advised  on  entering  never  to  prac- 
tice more  than  one  hour  without  resting  mind  and  fingers. 

The  only  difference  that  should  exist  in  the  study  of  the  artist 
pupil,  one  intending  to  devote  his  life  to  the  study  and  profession  ot 
music,  and  the  amateur,  to  whom  music  only  forms  a  part  of  his  gen- 
eral education,  should  merely  be  in  the  amount  of  time  devoted  and 
and  consequent  advancement.  Both  need  from  the  commence- 
the  best  instruction  to  be  had,  for,  if  it  is  worth  while  doing 
anything  at  all,  it  is  worth  while  doing  that  thing  welL  There  are 
several  other  things  necessary  to  a  musical  education  which  I  will 
have  to  pass  over  more  or  less  hurridly  this  time. 

Beginning  with  their  first  year  at  school,  children  should  be 
taught  to  sing  at  sight  in  order  to  train-  the  ear  correctly.  The 
study  of  harmony,  or  the  elements  of  musical  composition,  should  be 
taken  up  as  soon  as  the  pupil  has  mastered  the  scale,  as  he  is  then 
able  to  understand  and  enjoy  it.  My  youngest  pupils  in  this  branch 
of  music  study,  are  three  little  girls  and  I  wish  all  could  see  the 
beautiful  work  they  have  done  during  the  past  month. 
Ensemble  playing  cannot  be  recommended  too  highly  as  it 
improves  the  sense  of  rhythm  and  broadens  the  style  of  playing. 
After  the  pupil  is  sufficiently  advanced,  playing  in  public  from  time 
to  time,  especially  in  Pupils'  Recitals,  the  pieces  recently  studied,  is 
also  of  benefit,  promoting  self  confidence.  This  should,  however,  by 
no  means,  be  so  often  as  to  interrupt  regular  music  study  by  taking 
too  much  valuable  time  for  the  preparation  of  pieces  for  this  ob- 
ject. This  would  harm  the  pupil  by  retarding  his  progress.  As  the 
virtuoso  or  artiste  of  today  is  expected  to  play  all  solo  pieces  at  pub- 
lic concerts  from  memory,  this,  too,  must  be  cultivated  at  an  early 
stage.  Read  musical  books, study  the  lives  and  works  of  our  great  com- 
posers, and  thereby  get  in  touch  with  the  wealth  that  they  have  be- 
queathed to  us.  In  addition  to  the  many  excellent  biographies  the 
musical  library  of  today  contains,  we  find  also  music  histories,  aesthe- 
tical  instruction,  and  the  Music  Catechisms  on  different  subjects,  by 
Riemann.  For  the  children  I  heartily  reconmeiid  Lucy  LilHe's 
** Music  and  Musicians'*  and  Amy  Fay's  "Music-study  in  Germany." 
This  experience  of   an   American  girl  studying  with  such  celebrated 


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teachers  and  virtuosi  as  Liszt,  KuUak,  Tausig  and  Deppe,  will  be 
found  fascinating  to  the  older  student  looking  forward  to  Germany 
as  the  Mecca  ol  his  hopes.  Above  all,  hear  as  much  good  music  as 
you  possibly  can,  for  this  cultivates  your  taste,  and  by  good  music  I 
mean  classical  music,  ' 

As  to  just  what  classical  music  is,  there  are  some  of  the  most  cur- 
ious opinions  extant.  A  new  pupil  once  said  to  me:  'Classical 
music?  Oh,  that's  a  lot  of  tones  strung  together  without  any  tune  to 
them  and  very  hard  to  play."  Before  the  new  pupil  left  she  had 
learned  to  understand  the  great  fundamental  principal;  ** melody  is 
the  most  important  element  of  music."  Another  new  pupil  once 
exclaimed  aghast:  *'The  scale!  I  don't  have  to  learn  the  scales,  do 
I,  when  I  just  detest  classical  music?" 

Now  what  is  classical  music?  In  '*  Music  and  Musicians"  we 
find  the  following  definition:  "To  be  strictly  classical,  a  com- 
position must  be  written  according  to  the  standard  rules  of  art,  and 
with  a  subject  or  theme  worthy  of  the  setting.  It  may  be  verj'  sim- 
ple, it  may  have  but  slight  elaboration,  yet  it  must  contain  the  ele- 
ments of  true  musical  inspiration  and  of  musical  art  before  it  is 
classical.  The  music  need  not  be  heavy  or  labored  to  be  considered 
classical,  as  so  many  young  people  suppose.  The  airiest  of  Bach's 
gavottes,  the  most  emotional  of  Beethoven's  andantes,  the  most  bril- 
liant of  Mendelssohn's  overtures — all  of  these  are  as  purely  classical 
as  the  most  sublime  symphonies  or  sonatas.  To  be  classical  is 
simply  to  be  grammatical,  and  when  you  can  bring  to  your  music 
study  the  same  sensitiveness  and  appreciation  with  which  you  regard 
the  study  of  a  language,  you  will  find  that  you  care  only  for  what  is 
best,  or  in  other  words,  the  classical." 

How  ridiculous  it  would  sound  if  we  should  declare  that  we  can 
neither  understand  nor  appreciate  grammatical  books,  or  again  that 
a  gaudy  chromo  is  infinitely  more  pleasing  lo  our  eye  than  the  most 
beautiful  painting  that  ever  adorned  a  canvas.  To  appreciate  good 
music,  shun  all  that  is  flat,  commonplace,  insipid.  Don't  play  it, 
don't  listen  to  it,  if  you  can  help  it.  No  young  boy  or  girl  whose 
mind  is  fed  on  dime  novel  literature  will  appreciate 
Dickens  or  Shakespeare.  The  masters  have  not  forgotten  the  chil- 
dren among  their  greater  works  but  have  found  time  to  leave  an 


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abundance  of  charming  little  pieces  whose  simple  melodies  and  har- 
monies are  easily  understood  and  enjoyed  by  the  little  folks. 

The  greatest  advantage  of  music  study  in  Germany  is  the  oppor- 
tunity to  hear  an  abundance  of  good  music  beautifully  rendered.  All 
during  the  season  the  greatest  oratorios,  operas,  symphonies  and  cele- 
brated artists  follow  one  another  in  rapid  succession.  This,  together 
with  the  hundreds  of  students  about  you,  enthusiastically  devoted  to 
their  art,  creates  a  musical  atmosphere  which  is,  as  yet,  not  to  be 
equaled  in  the  United  States.  However,  our  country  is  young,  its  people 
are  music  loving  and  what  is  not  now  may  sometime  be.  The  last 
few  years  have  shown  a  marked  improvement  in  the  class  of  music 
presented  to  the  public  in  our  large  cities.  To  the  Theodore  Thomas, 
Boston  Symphony,  Anton  Seidl  and  Walter  Damrosch  orchestras  we 
owe  a  heavy  debt  of  gratitude  for  establishing  such  a  high  musical 
standard  throughout  our  land. 

These  things  that  I  have  mentioned  bear  directly  upon  practical 
music  study,  but  as  the  time  of  the  narrow-minded  musician  who 
understood  nothing  but  music  has  passed  away,  we  will  see  before 
closing  what  Lebert  and  Stark  say  of  the  importance  of  gefieral  edu- 
catioft  for  the  musician.  "It  is  of  great  use,  nay,  in  a  certain  degree, 
a,  necessity  to  the  disciple  of  art,  to  be  well  acquainted  with  the  poet- 
ical literature  as  well  as  master  works  of  the  plastic  arts.  The  abund- 
ance of  the  sublime  and  beautiful  which  the  mind  and  the  imagina- 
tion draw  from  that  source  and  digest  in  their  peculiar  way  will 
advance  the  poetical  conception  of  musical  works  of  art  and  be  re- 
flected in  an  expressive  style  of  playing,  characterized  by  sound  enthu- 
siasm. Indeed  our  greatest  masters  have  towered  far  above  their 
contemporaries  in  intellectual  culture.  At  the  present  time  a  general 
cultivation  of  the  mind  is  even  the  duty  of  every  genuine  artist,  as 
music  is  more  than  ever  enriched  by^the  influence  of  literature  and 
the  sister  arts. ' '  *« 

As  to  the  question  whether  it  is  necessary  for  a  music  student  to 
study  in  a  foreign  conservatory,  I  would  advise  that  every  pupil  of 
marked  talent,  expecting  to  make  music  his  profession,  who  has  the 
choice  of  a  course  of  study  in  an  American  or  German  conservatory, 
choose  the  German  conservatory.  He  will  not  only  receive  thor- 
ough instruction  in  music  and  have  a  musical  atmosphere  about  him, 


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(that,  too,  at  a  decidedly  less  expense  than  in  America),  but  will 
have  in  addition  the  inspiration  which  comes  from  studying  in  a  land 
that  has  given  to  the  world  the  greatest  composers.  He  will  also 
have  the  advantage  of  foreign  travel, and  of  becoming  acquainted  with  a 
new  land  and  its  people.  The  pupil  should,  if  possible,  have  had  several 
years  of  careful  study,  with  someone  who  has  studied  abroad  and  knows 
what  will  be  expected  of  him;  and  he  must  be  prepared  to  stay  at 
least  two  years. 

In  conclusion  let  me  say  that  I  hope  each  one  of  us  who 
loves  his  music  may  strive  to  become  a  faithful  student.  He  will 
thereby  be  giving  his  mite  toward  making  our  own  land  a  fitting 
home  for  music,  the  highest  and  noblest  of  all  arts. 

Katharine  H.  McReynolds. 


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A  Barnyard  Epic»  or  Belinda  and  the  Music  School. 

(Ittspired  by  an  incident  which  occurred  in  the  University  School  of  Music.) 

It  was  in  the  summer  of  ninety  three, 

When  money  was  tight  and  gone  on  a  spree, 

And  a  windy  city  of  the  wooly  west 

Was  spreading  herself  like  a  hen  on  her  nest, 

When  Congress  sat  like  misfit  tailors 

Trying  to  make  over  their  recent  failures. 

And  the  fanner  stood  in  the  broiling  sun 

Scolding  and  storming  at  what  Congress  had  done, 

That  old  Simpkins,  of  Scraggsville,  in  the  county  of  Posy 

Sat  smoking  his  pipe,  for  the  eve  was  rosy . 

He  had  taken  off  his  shoes  to  spread  his  plantation  ; 

And  loudly  expostulate  on  the  prospect  of  rations  ; 

Belitidy  his  daughter,  with  hair  like  the  sun. 

Stood  listening  by,  for  the  dishes  were  done, 

"DePauw*s  out  of  the  question  and  that  music  school. 

So  go  to  your  milk  in*  and  don't  be  a  fool, " 

The  corn  hain't  worth  huskin',  the  potatoes  won't  sell. 

And  for  the  onion  crop,  tha'  hain't  even  a  smell. 

The  quashes  and  pumpkins,  they  look  like  twins, 

And  ain't  no  bigger  than  a  parson's  sius. 

So  go  to  your  milkin'  and  don*t  be  a  fool, 

"DePauw's  out  of  the  question  and  that  music  school. " 

Belindy  trudged  in  and  took  up  her  pail, 

For  her  not  even  a  ghost  of  a  wail, 

But  there  was  a  defiant  toss  to  her  little  pug  nose, 

And  a  determined  swing  to  her  every  day  clothes. 

She  let  down  the  bars  with  a  bang  and  a  shake 

The  spirit  she  showed  would  make  Moses  quake. 

In  Tarentelle  rhythm  with  tempo  rubato. 

With  accelerando  and  semper  staccato. 

The  milking  began  with  such  unusual  clatter 

Brownie  turned  'round  and  asked  "what's  the  matter  ?" 

The  answer  she  got  set  the  creature  to  thinking 

Though  her  gently  brown  eyes  never  ceased  in  their  blinking. 

Now  the  ancestors  of  this  bovine  were  of  Boston  stock 

Who  laid  out  the  city  and  streets  by  the  dock. 

She  rolled  her  cud  instead  of  r's, 

And  spent  many   evenings  looking  at  Mars 

Her  tail,  it  moved  in  the  Hogarth  line 

For  the  "wherefore  of  this  thusness''  she  did  constantly  pine, 

She  was  fond  of  Belindy  and  her  little  pug  nose. 


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And  she  liked  the  swing  of  her  every  day  clothes, 

So  she  said  to  Belindy  you're  no  fool, 

And  you  shall  go  to  DePauw  and  the  music  school. 

I  believe  in  the  higher  education  of  women 

And  think  it  time  to  make  a  beginning, 

So  keep  on  your  milking  and  I'll  do  the  rest. 

You'll  soon  be  in  DePauw  in  your  Sunday  best." 

Belindy  no  longer  milked  in  tempo  rubato, 

In  accelerando  and  semper  staccato, 

She  changed  the  tempo  to  Barcarolle  movement, 

And  Brownie  thought  it  a  great  improvement, 

Belindy  had  faith  in  this  friend  of  her  youth, 

She  milked  and  she  milked  until,  forsooth. 

When  the  dairy  man  came  to  settle  the  bill 

Old  Simpkins  declared,  though  against  his  will, 

"Belindy  and  brownie  must  have  their  way. 

There's  no  use  arguin'  what  wimen  say. 

Though  the  corn  hain't  worth  huskin'  and  potatoes  won't  sell. 

And  for  the  onion  crop,  there  hain't  even  a  smell. 

And  the  pumpkins  and  squashes  do  look  like  twins 

And  'aint  no  bigger  than  a  parson's  sins." 

Belindy  went  to  that  music  school. 

They  soon  found  out  she  was  no  fool; 

She  now  plays  the  Tarantelle  on  the  piano 

And  sometimes  stops  to  eat  a  banana, 

There's  a  happy  turn  to  her  little  pug  nose, 

And  a  contented  swing  to  her  every  day  clothes. 

—  C.  D.  ROWLEY, 


Perplexities. 

Not  long  since  I  heard  an  address  given  before  an  association  of 
women,  by  a  teacher  of  embroidery.  I  was  somewhat  startled  to  hear 
this  emphatic  statement:  "Embroidery  is  the  key  to  every thingV 
This  recalled  to  my  mind  a  conversation  I  had  several  years  ago  with 
the  genial  president  of  a  musical  in.stitution.  He  told  me  the  follow- 
ing: The  D.  family  in  solemn  conclave  assembled,  decided  that 
Helen,  the  oldest  daughter,  should  be  sent  to  a  music  school  for  a  full 
course  of  study.  She  must  be  given  the  best  vocal  instruction  the 
school  afforded.  Her  father  insisted  that  she  should  have  thorough 
instruction  on  the  pianoforte  so  that  there  would  be  no  difficulty  about 


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playing  her  own  accompaniments.  "After  I  have  gone  to  all  the  ex- 
pense of  educating  you  in  music,"  said  her  father,  "I  hope  you  will 
be  able  to  play  when  asked  without  making  endless  excuses  and  vex- 
ing everybody  with  pure  perversity." 

Helen  hunted  up  her  studies  and  sonatas  that  had  gradually  sunk 
to  the  bottom  of  the  pile,  and  packed  away  the  gay  waltzes  and  so- 
called  popular  music  that  had  occupied  most  of  her  time.  It  was 
always  called  for  and  insisted  upon,  so  how  could  she  help  it?  In 
company  with  her  father,  she  went  to  the  great  city  of  X.  At  the 
music  school  they  were  received  by  the  president  with  a  cordiality 
that  won  Helen  at  once.  He  suggested  the  addition  of  Theory  to  her 
list  of  studies.  He  was  happy  to  recommend  Signor  Torr}'  for  Piano, 
Signorena  Topla  for  Voice  and  Miss  Grant  for  Theory.  He  was  sure 
these  teachers  would  do  for  her  all  she  could  desire: 

They  were  conducted  to  a  palatial  little  parlor  where  they  were 
introduced  to  Signor  Torry.  He  said:  **I  am  delighted  to  meet  a 
young  lady  with  so  many  musical  ambitions.  But,  my  dear  young 
lady,  the  piano  is  the  instrument  of  the  world,  and  it  requires  much 
time  to  learn  how  to  play  it.  I  would  suggest  that  you  leave  the  cul- 
tivation of  the  voice  until  after  you  have  completed  the  course  in 
piano.  Then  you  will  be  free  to  study  other  things  as  much  as  you 
like."  Mr.  D.  said:  *'We  really  care  more  for  the  cultivation  of 
my  daughter's  voice  than  for  the  piano  playing."  We  hope,  how- 
ever, that  she  v/\\\  play  with  some  skill. '*  "Yes,  yes!"  answered  the 
professor.  ^What  does  singing  amount  to  without  the  accompani- 
ment? And  what  is  an  accompaniment  poorly  played?  Whole  per- 
formance ruined!  My  dear  sir,  the  correct  study  of  the  piano  takes 
all  the  time.  If  your  daughter  wishes  to  excel  in  it,  everything  else 
must  be  given  up!" 

They  called  upon  the  voice  teacher.  He  said:  "I  am  happy 
to  meet  so  talented  a  pupil.  But,  my  dear  girl,  the  voice  is  the 
grafidest  organ  that  man  was  ever  called  upon  to  cultivate,  and  to  do 
it  justice  you  must  give  it  your  entire  attention.  You  must  not  fatigue 
yourself  with  other  work."  "But  the  accompaniments?"  faltered 
Helen,  remembering  the  home  consultation  and  the  piano  teacher's 
remarks.  "Oh!  how  easy  to  have  some  one  play  for  you!  There  are 
plenty  to  play.    After  you  finish  the  course  you  can  have  much  time 


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to  play  the  piano.  * '  With  doubtful  thoughts  they  proceeded  to  the 
rooms  of  Miss  Grant.  She  smiled  upon  them  and  said:  ** You  are 
fortunate  to  have  so  many  talents  to  improve,  but  I  am  sure  you  are 
undertaking  too  much.  I  am  sure  you  must  give  up  something.  But 
you  cannot  do  without  Theory.  It  is  the  basis  of  all  music,  and  the 
study  of  music  without  theory  is  like  building  a  house  without  a  foun- 
dation. In  taking  so  much  work,  I  am  afraid  you  do  not  realize  how 
much  time  and  strength  will  be  required.  You  must  consider  your 
health.*' 

Perplexed  and  disheartened,  they  called  on  the  president  again. 
Helen  declared:  **I  do  not  know  what  to  do,  now.  What  can  I 
do?**  The  president  laughed  heartily.  *'Pay  no  attention  to  any  of 
them,**  said  he.  *'My  teachers  are  all  specialists  and  they  think  the 
world  was  made  to  play  in,  or  to  sing  in,  as  the  case  may  be,  and  they 
counsel  accordingly.  Study  what  you  wish  but  do  not  take  too  much. 
As  Miss  Grant  says,  you  must  consider  your  health.** 

Thus,  in  starting  out  upon  our  voyage  into  the  realm  of  music,  so 
many  conflicting  directions  are  given  as  to  the  proper  course  by  which 
we  may  reach  the  goal,  that  we  are  well-nigh  discouraged  at  the  out- 
set. 

The  amount  of  time  required  for  high  developement  in  any  one 
branch  seems  to  exclude  many  important  subjects.  We  find  a  ten- 
dency to  consider  the  one  subject  in  which  we  are  especially  inter- 
ested as  of  the  utmost  importance.  Yet  there  is  a  growing  demand 
for  a  broad  general  education.  The  work  that  will  stand  longest  is 
that  which  is  built  upon  a  broad  foundation. 

ESTELLE  LEONARD,  *9I. 


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EDITORIAL 

The  editors  again  extend  greetings  to  the  readers  of  **The  Lyre.'* 
We  are  glad  to  say  that  since  our  last  issue  the  circulation  has  been 
increased  and  our  enterprise  has  been  prosperous  in  every  respect. 
We  hope  through  the  energy  of  our  subscribers  new  names  will  be 
sent  in  during  the  summer.  Care  should  be  taken  to  notify  us  of 
change  of  address.  If  any  subscriber  has  failed  to  receive  the  first 
number  it  will  be  sent  on  application. 

The  September  number  of  the  journal  will  be  an  historical  edi- 
tion. Each  chapter  is  requested  to  contribute  a  concise  well  written 
history  of  its  organization  and  work.  Chapter  letters  will  not  be  re- 
quired but  may  be  sent  by  any  who  wish  to. 

It  is  hoped  that  each  chapter  will  strive  to  do  its  best  in  prepar- 
ing material  for  **The  Lyre."  It  requires  time  and  thought  to  fur- 
nish even  a  good  letter.  A  high  standard  should  be  established  and 
all  careless  hasty  work  excluded  from  its  pages.  It  is  only  thus  that 
we  can  make  our  journal  worthy  of  a  place  in  the  multitude  of  good, 
modem  publications.  We  extend  thanks  to  Mr.  Hammell,  of  the 
Western  Christian  Advocate,  Dean  Mansfield «  of  the  DePauw  Uni- 
versity Music  School,  and  others  who  have  so  kindly  contributed 
articles.  Such  assistance  is  invaluable  and  is  heartily  appreciated  by 
Alpha  Chi. 


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Convention  Notes. 

On  Monday,  March  27,  1896,  the  delegates  from  the  several  chap- 
ters of  Alpha  Chi  Omega  began  to  arrive  at  Greencastle  for  the  sev- 
enth National  Convention.  These  delegates  were,  Misses  Alta  Mae 
Allen  and  Ada  Dickie  (Beta)  Albion,  Mich.;  Miss  Mabel  Siller 
(Gamma)  Evanston,  111.;  Miss  Susanna  Porter  (Delta)  Mead vi lie, 
Pa.;  Misses  Helen  C.  O'Dell  and  Mildred  Rutledge,  of  Alpha.  We 
regretted  very  much  the  illness  which  made  it  impossible  for  Miss 
Cornelia  Keep,  of  Epsilon  chapter  of  California  State  University,  Los 
Angeles,  Cal.,  to  be  present.  Zeta  chapter.  New  England  Conser- 
vatory of  Music,  was  not  represented.  Mrs.  Cushmann,  of  Vin- 
cennes,  Ind.,  and  Miss  Cushman,  now  of  Lake  Forest,  two  members 
of  Beta  chapter,  showed  their  love  for  and  loyalty  to  Alpha  Chi 
Omega   by  lending  us  their  presence  and  aid  during  the  convention. 

The  first  meeting  was  held  Tuesday,  March  30,  3  p.  m.,  for  the 
purpose  of  effecting  an  organization,  arranging  the  program  for  the 
convention,  and  giving  the  local  chapter  and  visitors  an  opportunity 
to  become  acquainted  with  one  another  before  the  routine  of  conven- 
tion business  should  begin.  It  being  impossible  for  Miss  Janet  Wil- 
son, our  Grand  President  to  attend  at  the  session  owing  to  her  duties 
in  the  Music  School,  Mrs.  Cushman  was  elected  President  of  the  con- 
vention. 

A  total  of  five  business  meetings  was  held,  which  were  taken 
up  with  the  usual  convention  business.  Not  a  little  time  was  devoted 
to  our  new  fraternity  quarterly,  **The  Lyre."  The  work  in  starting 
this,  collecting  material,  obtaining  subscriptions  and  advertisements 
has  been  enormous  and  Alpha  chapter  is  to  be  congratulated  on  her 
success  in  this  work.  As  yet  only  two  numbers  have  been  issued  but 
it  bids  fair  to  hold  a  high  place  among  the  fraternity  publications  and 
reflect  honor  and  credit  upon  Alpha  Chi  Omega.  Alpha  could  not 
have  done  this  without  the  hearty  co-operation  and  assistance  which 
she  has  received  from  the  other  chapters  and  outside  friends  of  the  fra- 
ternity. Through  the  efforts  of  Delta  an  Alpha  Chi  register  has  been 
placed  at  Chatauqua.  This  will  make  it  an  easy  matter  for  Alpha 
Chis  to  find  one  another  at  this  assembly  and  form  friendships  which 


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will  unite  the  various  chapters  of  the  fraternity  in  a  closer  bond. 

While  the  day  was  spent  in  serious  labor  and  thought  for  the 
best  interests  of  Alpha  Chi  the  evenings  were  spent  in  some  social 
pleasure  which  relieved  the  tension  of  the  day. 

Tuesday  evening  the  Lorelei  Club  of  the  Music  School  rendered 
Reinecke*s  Cantata  "The  Enchanted  Swans. '*  A  number  of  the 
solos  were  taken  by  Alpha  Chis.  Miss  Adeline  Rowley,  '95,  now 
teacher  at  Illinois  State  University,  and  Miss  Estelle  Morse,  Wabash, 
Ind. ,  having  returned  for  this  purpose. 

Wednesday  at  4  p.  m.  a  recital  was  given  in  the  assem- 
bly room  of  Music  Hall  by  the  delegates.     (See  program  below.) 

Wednesday  evening  about  four   hundred   assembled  in  the  parlors  of 
» 

Ladies*  Hall  to  meet  the  delegates  and  visitors.  The  parlors  and  re- 
ception rooms  were  profusely  decorated  with  the  fraternity  flowers 
which  were  also  given  as  favors.  Dainty  refreshments  were  served 
and  fine  music  was  discoursed  until  a  late  hour.  Altogether  it  was 
an  evening  to  be  remembered  by  both  guests  and  hostesses. 

The  banquet  of  the  convention  was  considered  by  all  the  event 
of  the  week.  About  six  o*clock  we  met  prepared  with  wraps  for  a 
ride.  After  a  drive  of  nearly  seven  miles  through  wild  and  pictur- 
esque country  we  reached  our  destination,  a  quaint  old-fashioned 
house,  formerly  an  old  half-way  house  on  the  stage  road.  After  the 
feast  had  been  consumed  mid  much  pleasantry  and  repartee  the  follow- 
ing toasts  were  responded  to,  Miss  Lucy  Andrews  being  toastmis- 
tress: 

Alpha  Chi,  .....         Miss  Cornelia  Keep  (Epsilon) 

Greekdom,  -  ....        Miss  Mabel  Siller  (Gamma) 

Alumnae,  -  ....  Miss  Feme  Wood  (Alpha) 

Primo  uomo,  .  -  -  -  Miss  Susanna  Porter  ( Delta  j 

And  there  are  others.        -        -  ...  Miss  Ada  Dickie  (Beta) 

We  then  adjourned  to  another  room  where  before  a  blazing  log 
fire  in  an  old-fashioned  fire  place  we  related  stories,  sang  fraternity 
songs,  and  enjoyed  ourselves  thoroughly.  As  the  time  came  when 
we  had  to  think  of  starting  home  we  felt  that  we  had  come  closer  to 
our  delegates  than  we  had  before.  After  a  long  business  session 
Friday  morning  the  convention  closed, 

One  of  the  pleasant  things  connected  with  the  convention  was 


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the  kindness  and  hearty  cordiality  of  the  other  fraternities  toward  us. 
Kappa  Alpha  Theta  gave  us  a  charming  reception  Thursday  after- 
noon from  three  till  five.  Wednesday  evening  Kappa  Kappa  Gamma 
remembered  us  with  a  large  bunch  of  beautiful  carnations  tied  with 
their  ribbons. 

To  judge  the  success  of  the  convention  by  the  amount  of  busi- 
ness transacted  would  be  unjust.  The  meeting  of  representatives  of 
the  various  chapters  draws  us  into  closer  union  and  gives  us  a  clearer 
insight  into  the  purpose  and  benefits  of  the  fraternity.  It  means  so 
much  more  to  us  and  gives  us  such  an  inspiration  for  future  work. 
All  who  were  so  fortunate  as  to  attend  this  convention  will  eagerly  look 
forward  to  our  meeting  with  Beta  in  '98. 

IDA  STEEI.K. 


PROGRA/A/AE. 


Souate  op,  26,  First  Movement  "Beethoven 

Air  de  Ballet Chamtnade 

Miss  Keep  (Kpsilou) 

Valse  Caprice Chaminade 

Miss  Allen  (Beta) 

Aria — '^Ernanl  involami"  (Hrnani) Verdi 

Miss  Osburn  (Alpha) 

"Norwegfian  Peasant  Dance" Haberbier 

Miss  Miller  (Alpha) 

Cavatina  (violin) Bohm 

Miss  Andrews  (Alpha) 

Polonaise  in  A  flat Chopin 

Miss  Birch  (Alpha) 

Adelaide Beethoven 

Miss  O'Dell  (Alpha) 

Hungarian  Rbapsodie,  No.  2 Ltset 

Miss  Porter  (Delta) 


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Chapter  Personals* 


ALPHA. 

Marion  Colbum  studied  in  Chicago  this  winter. 
Myrtle  Wilder  is  teaching  at  her  home  in  Brazil,  Ind. 

Raebui"n  Cowger  will  spend  the  summer  in  Helena,  Montana. 

Adeline  Rowley  has  resigned  her  position  in  Champaign  Univer- 
sity. 

Josephine  Tingley  is  now  in  Toronto,  Canada,  in  the  Deaconess 
work. 

Nell  Zimmerman  was  married  in  Brazil  on  May  nth  to  Mr.  Har- 
ley  Harper. 

Pearl  Shaw  returned   to   her  home  in  Sardinia  to  take  charge  of 
her  summer  class  in  pianoforte. 

Katherine  Foster,  a  pledged  member  of  Alpha,  is  teaching  in  a 
private  school  in  Burlington,  Vt. 

Maud  Biddle  has  been  studying  in  Indianapolis  and  will  remain 
there  during  the  coming  summer. 

Jessie  Fox  has  been  elected   one   of  the  piano  teachers  in  Cham- 
paign University  for  the  coming  year. 

Louise  Ullyette  was  obliged  to  return  to    her  home  in  Centralia, 
111.,  on  account  of  the  illness  of  her  father. 

BETA. 

Miss  Eva  Pratt  is  studying  art  in  a  normal  school  in  Boston. 

Miss  Cora  Travis  spent  the  winter  in  North  Carolina  for  her 
health. 

Miss  Mable  Butler  is  not  in  school  this  term  but  will  be  with  us 
again  next  year. 

Miss  Ida  Billinghurst  is  attending  school  at  National  Park  Sem- 
inary, Forest  Glen,  Md. 

Mrs.  Mabel  Nix  Fellows,  '96,  has  returned  to  her  home  in  Homer, 


28  The  Lyre 

Mich. ,  after  an  extended  trip  south. 

Miss  Fannie  Dissette,  '95,  who  taught  music  in  Nashville,  Mich,, 
during  the  last  year,  has  returned  to  Albion. 

Miss  Louise  Lane,  '96,  has  the  position  of  Probate  Register  in 
the  office  of  her  father.  Judge  Lane,  of  Marshall,  Mich. 

Beta  has  had  one  marriage  this  spring,  that  of  Miss  Harriet  Love- 
joy  to  Mr.  Claire  Gulick.     Mr.  and  Mrs.  Gulick  live  in  Albion. 

Miss  Dorothy  McClellan  was  obliged  to  leave  college  this  spring 
on  account  of  the  illness  of  her  mother.  We  hope,  however,  to  have 
her  back  next  year. 

Miss  Lucie  McMaster,  Conservatory,  ,96,  has  returned  to  Albion 
and  will  graduate  with  the  college  class  of  '98.  She  is  also  taking 
post-graduate  work  in  the  Conservatory. 

Mrs.  Martha  Reynolds- Colby,  who  is  at  the  head  of  the  violin 
department  of  the  Conservatory,  is  engaged  to  play  next  summer  at 
the  Epworth  League  Assembly,  Ludington,  Mich. 

Through  some  mistake  no  mention  was  made  in  the  last  **Lyre** 
of  the  marriage  of  Miss  Cora  Bliss  to  Mr.  Charles  Valentine,  which 
occurred  last  year.     Mr.  and  Mrs.  Valentine  reside  in  Lansing,  Mich. 

GAMMA. 

Suzanne  Mulford  is  attending  a  business  college  in  Chicago. 

Mrs.  Carrie  Woods  Abbott  was  visiting  in  this  city  last  week. 

Miss  Cordelia  Hanson  entered  school  again  for  the  spring  term. 

Miss  Mary  Stanford  has  moved  from  Forest  Avenue  to  1888  Chi- 
cago Avenue. 

Miss  Ethel  Lillyblade  expects  to  give  her  graduation  recital  in 
about  two  weeks. 

Mrs.  Bessie  Grant  Larson,  '94,  is  spending  the  winter  and  spring 
with  her  mother  in  Hamline,  Minn. 

Miss  Ella  Parkinson  (contralto)  assisted  in  the  graduation  recital 
given  by  Miss  Jackson,  Tuesday,  May  nth. 

Mrs.  Ester  Grannis  Schmitt  is  the  leading  soprano  in  Mankato, 


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Minn.,  and  sings  in  the  First  Presbyterian  Church. 

Mrs.  Bdith  Jordan  Hayes  and  her  husband  are  boarding  in  Bvan- 
ston  for  the  summer,  and  intend  to  build  in  the  fall. 

Mrs.  Janet  Evans  Maxwell  is  living  in  Marinette,  Wis.,  where 
her  husband  is  principal  of  one  of  the  public  schools. 

Arta  Bellows  has  decided  to  accept  a  re-election  as  head  of  an 
Oratory  and  Music  Department  in  a  suburb  of  Chicago. 

El  Fleda  Coleman  is  now  in  Winona,  Minn.,  where  she  is  meet- 
ing with  g^eat  success  as  teacher  of  vocal  and  instrumental  music. 

Miss  Alice  Grannis,  post  graduate  of  Cumnock  School  of  Ora- 
tory, took  part  in  a  play  given  by  the  oratory  students  Tuesday, 
May  4th. 

Mary  Stanford  has  a  large  and  promising  class  at  Racine,  Wis. , 
and  sings  in  the  First  Baptist  Church,  in  addition  to  her  work  in 
Evanston. 

Alice  Grannis  has  finished  her  graduate  work  in  the  Cumnock 
School  of  Oratory.  She  expects  to  teach  in  the  fall  in  Dubuque,  la. , 
and  will  read  at  Dubuque  this  summer. 

Miss  Zannie  Patton  Tate,  of  Delta  chapter,  has  studios  of  music 
and  art  in  Marseilles  and  Ottawa,  111.,  and  is  doing  most  excellent 
work.     She  gave  a  recital  in    Marseilles  Monday  evening,  Feb.    22. 
Miss  Tate  has  been  studying  during  the  past  year  under  Emil  Lieb-  - 
ling. 

DELTA. 

Miss  Ruby  Krick  visited  Meadville  friends  recently. 

Miss  Virginia  Porter  is  teaching  elocution  in  Toronto,  Canada. 

Miss  May  Graham  was  in  New  York  City  for  a  short  time  in 
March. 

Miss  Lucile  Blodgett  is  still  in  New  York  City  studying  voice 
with  Mrs.  Morris. 

Mrs.  Harriet  Robson,  with  her  little  daughter,  is  visiting  her 
parents  on  South  Park  Ave. 

Miss  Fay  Barnaby  gave  a  large  reception  iu  honor  of  her  friend. 


I 


30  The  Lyre 

Miss  Vaughn,  Friday,  April  7th. 

We  have  two  new  girls  this  term.  Miss  Jessie  Merchant,  Parker's 
Landing,  Pa. ,  and  Grace  Hammond,  Meadville. 

Miss  Anna  Ray  returned  recently  from  New  York  City,  where 
she  had  been  studying  voice  with  Miss  Skinner  and  enjoying  the 
opera  season. 

Miss  Helen  Edsall  expects  to  sail  for  Berlin,  in  October,  where 
she  will  spend  the  year  in  study.  She  will  be  missed  by  her  many 
friends  in  Meadville. 

There  are  five  Alpha  Chis  in  this  year's  class,  Flora  Pendleton, 
(post-graduate)  Suzanne  Porter,  Maud  Maxwell,  Frances  Byers, 
(piano)  and  Edith  Roddy,  (voice). 

Miss  Bertha  Cribbs  has  just  closed  a  very  successful  year's  work 
in  Physical  Culture.  She  has  charge  of  the  classes  of  Allegheny  Col- 
lege.    Her  exhibition  was  enjoyed  by  a  large  number  of  friends. 

EPSILON. 

Ora  Willard  is  again  with  us.     We  rejoice. 

Jessie  Davis  has  contributed  two  songs  for  Epsilon. 

Lulu  Johns  is  making  her  mark  in  musical  circles  in  Germany. 

Nellie  Burton  and  Margaret  Cook  are  doing  excellent  work  in 
music. 

Ina  Gothard  is  first  cornetist  in  the  Woman's  Orchestra  of  Los 
Angeles. 

Etha  Kepner  has  been  forced  to  discontinue  her  work  on  account 
of  illness. 

Nellie  Green  is  assisting  Miss  Maud  Willis,  Dean  of  the  School 
of  Oratory. 

Delia  Hoppin  and  Suanna  Hardwick  graduate  next  month  with 
high  honors. 

Cornelia  Keep  is  much  improved  in  health  and  is  again  in  her 
accustomed  place  at  Frat.  meeting. 

Cards  are  out  announcing  the  marriage  of  Miss  Flora  Parker  to 


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Dr.  Snav^ely,  a  prominent  dentist  of  Los  Angeles. 

We  note  with  pleasure  that  John  S.  VanCleve  who  wrote  an 
article  for  the  March  *'Lyre"  is  a  cousin  of  our  sister  Mrs.  N.  Louise 
VanCleve. 

ZETA. 

Miss  Mary  Patterson  and  Miss  Elsie  Ellis  are  two  of  the  artiste 
graduates  in  pianoforte  of  '97. 

One  of  our  members,  Miss  Susan  Lewis,  of  Providence,  R.  I.,  a 
graduate  of  '96,  recently  became  Mrs.  Drummond  Ball,  of  Boston. 

Miss  Belle  Sigourney,  one  of  the  artiste  violin  graduates  of  '96, 
won  in  open  contest   the  Yale  scholarship  early  in   this  school  year. 

Miss  Irene  Spencer  recently  returned  to  her  home  in  White  Sul- 
phur Springs,  Virginia,  to  prepare  for  her  marriage  which  will  take 
place  in  the  early  fall. 

The  announcement  has  been  made  in  the  Milwaukee  papers  of 
the  engagement  of  Miss  Helen  Laflin  to  Mr.  Fred  Bradford,  both  of 
that  city.     Miss  Laflin  studied  here  during  the  year  *95-'96. 

The  Misses  Evans  of  Tennessee,  formerly  students  here,  whose 
father,  H.  Clay  Evans,  recently  received  the  appointment  of  Commis- 
sioner of  Pensions  of  the  United  States,  will  honor  their  sisters  soon 
with  a  visit  to  the  Conservatory. 

Miss  Alice  Mandelick,  Miss  R.  Davis  and  Miss  Rennyson,  pupils 
of  M.  de  Trabadelo,  scored  a  great  success  at  a  recent  concert  given 
at  the  American  Club  for  Ladies.  The  Feux  de  la  Rampe,  a  paper 
devoted  to  the  stage  and  music,  speaks  in  flattering  terms  of  the 
young  women  who  come  from  the  States. — From  the  March  Parisian. 

Miss  Mary  Johnson  and  Miss  Eleanor  Vass,  students  here  during 
the  session  '95-'96,  sail  for  Genoa  by  way  of  Gibralter  this  month, 
under  the  chaperonage  of  Miss  Johnson's  father.  They  expect  to 
travel  over  the  continent  visiting  all  the  places  of  interest,  and  will 
probably  not  return  until  September.  They  anticipate,  with  much 
pleasure,  seeing  their  sister  (in  Alpha  Chi)  Miss  Gertrude  Rennyson 
who  is  studying  in  Paris,  and  who,  it  will  be  remembered,  had  the 
honor  of  being  one  of  the  representatives  for  Zeta  Chapter  at  the  con- 
vention held  in  Meadville  last  year. 


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Chapter  Letters* 


ALPHA. 

Two  months  have  nearly  passed  since  the  seventh  national  con- 
vention of  Alpha  Chi  Omega  was  held  with  Alpha  at  Greencastle, 
Ind.  But  many  months  will  elapse  before  the  remembrance  of  those 
pleasant  days  will  pass  away.  Pleasant  to  us  because  of  the  oppor- 
tunity it  afforded  us  to  meet  the  representatives  from  the  other  chap- 
ters. We  feel  that  we  have  been  brought  into  closer  contact  with  the 
other  chapters  and  that  we  have  more  of  the  sisterly  feeling  toward 
them. 

Since  the  convention  Alpha  has  been  very  busy.  Miss  Feme 
Wood  in  addition  to  her  voice  and  piano  work  in  Music  School  has 
full  work  in  College  of  Liberal  Arts.  She  will  graduate  this  year 
with  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Philosophy.  Five  of  our  members 
have  given  recitals,  Miss  Helen  O'Dell,  Senior,  vocal,  Misses  Helen 
Herr,  Mildred  Rutledge,  and  Bertta  Miller,  Junior,  in  Pianoforte, 
Miss  Eva  Osburn,  Junior,  Vocal,  and  Miss  Lucy  Andrews,  Junior, 
Violin.  They  were  all  well  executed  and  have  proved  that  Alpha 
Chi  works  with  a  purpose. 

Monday  evening,  June  7th,  occurs  the  annual  Musical  Festival 
in  which  the  Lorelei  and  Glee  clubs  and  orchestra  take  an  important 
part.  Alpha  Chi  is  well  represented  as  almost  all  of  our  girls  are 
members  of  the  Lorelei  and  two  are  in  the  orchestra. 

One  of  our  most  enjoyable  evenings  recently  was  spent  in  dis- 
cussing a  cake  and  box  of  chocolates  sent  us  by  Miss  Siller,  who  was 
Gamma's  delegate  to  the  convention.  They  were  appreciated  as  such 
things  can  be  by  girls  who  are  absent  from  home.  We  were  delighted 
beyond  expression  to  receive  a  photograph  and  letter  from  Mme. 
Bloomfield-Zeisler.  Such  interest  in  our  artist  members  is  very  en- 
couraging indeed. 

ALPHA. 

BETA. 

We  are  very  glad  that,  through  our  journal,  we  are  again  able  to 
send  greetings  to  Alpha  Chi.     Our  girls  were  more  than  pleased  with 


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the  first  number  of  the  **Lyre"  and  we  feel  that  it  is  truly  to  fill  a 
long  felt  need  and  bring  the  chapters  into  closer  touch  than  ever  before. 
Since  our  last  letter  four  new  names  have  been  added  to  our  chap- 
ter roll  and  we  take  pleasure  in  introducing  our  new  sisters,  Ethel 
Kinsman,  of  Calumet;  Mabel  Butler,  of  North  Branch;  Anna  Leidy, 
of  Colon,  and  Nellie  Baum,  of  Albion.  The  last  two  had  shown 
themselves  true  as  pledged  members,  and  all  are  proving  worthy  Al- 
pha Chis.  We  are  also  proud  of  our  new  **pledgling,**  Florence 
Bailey. 

This  has  been  a  busy  term  for  Beta  Chapter.  We  have  however 
enjoyed  a  mixture  of  hard  work  and  jolly  good  times.  April  28th  we 
gave  a  concert,  the  program  of  which  we  send  for  the  "Lyre.'*  None 
but  Alpha  Chis  took  part  and  the  concert  was  a  grand  success,  both 
musically  and  financially.  The  decorations  for  the  evening,  which 
were  of  rare  beauty,  were  furnished  by  eight  loyal  "Alpha  Chi  boys." 
In  return  for  this  kindness  a  six  o'clock  tea  was  given  May  7th,  in 
their  honor. 

We  have  been  glad  to  welcome  during  the  term  Mrs.  Lulu  Kel- 
ler-Laudig,  Miss  May  Miner  and  Miss  Hattie  Reynolds.  On  the 
evening  of  April  16  we  were  delightfully  entertained  by  Mrs. 
Charles  Knickerbocker,  in  honor  of  her  sister,  Mrs.  Laudig. 
Musical  rebuses  were  the  special  entertainment  of  the  evening, 
which  was  most  enjoyable. 

May  14  occurred  our  annual  horn  contest,  an  event  of  great  sig- 
nificance in  Albion  College,  inasmuch  as  the  successful  contestant 
wins  the  "Horn"  for  his  class  for  the  ensuing  year.  Much  class  and 
college  enthusiasm  was  generated  and  the  day  was  enjoyed  by  all. 
May  18  we  entertained  our  mothers  and  pledged  members  in  the 
lodge.  An  artistic  tea  was  served  and  the  evening  was  one  of  pleasure. 

Albion  takes  pride  in  the  fact  that  we  are  to  have  a  Musical  Fes- 
tival June  7th  to  9th,  inclusive.  Great  preparations  have  been  made 
and  with  such  artists  as  Corinne  Moore-Lawson,  Godowsky,  McKin- 
ley,  and  Breckenridge.  We  feel  confident  that  our  Conservatory  will 
be  greatly  helped. 

Four  of  our  girls  graduate  this  year,  three  in  the  conservatory 
and  one  in  college.     Two  Alpha  Chi  recitals  have  been  given  and  a 


34  .         ^^  AT''^ 

third  is  in  preparation.  At  present  we  are  planning  for  a  chapter 
reunion  which  occurs  June  )8  and  19.  We  look  forward  to  the  time 
with  glad  anticipation  and  hope  to  have  many  of  our  old  alumnae  with 
us.  We  would  also  welcome,  oh  so  gladly,  Alpha  Chis  from  other 
chapters. 

Beta's  representatives  who  attended  the  convention  atGreencas- 
tle,  will  ever  hold  it  in  fond  remembrance.  We  feel  that  much  was 
done  for  the  advancement  and  upbuilding  of  Alpha  Chi  Omega,  and 
we  could  surely  ask  for  nothing  better. 

With  best  wishes  from  Beta,  alta  mae  AI.1.EN. 


GAMMA. 

DEAR  SISTERS: 

The  great  event  of  the  year  for  the  School  of  Music  was  the 
dedication  of  the  new  Music  Hall.  The  services  were  opened  Mon- 
day, April  26,  by  a  chorus  with  soloists  and  orchestra.  A  reception 
was  held  in  the  afternoon.  On  Thursday  a  recital  of  chamber  music 
was  given,  and  the  next  day  there  was  a  student's  recital  in  which 
several  of  our  girls  took  part. 

The  new  building  has  two  stories  and  a  basement.  The  latter 
is  fitted  up  for  a  gymnasium.  On  the  first  floor  are  practice  and  re- 
ception rooms.  There  are  practice  rooms,  also,  on  the  third  floor, 
and  the  auditorium  which  seats  about  three  hundred.  A  number  of 
our  girls  are  members  of  the  Evanston  Musical  Club.  At  the  last 
concert  the  club  gave  Haydn's  "Creation,"  which  was  a  brilliant 
success. 

We  have  been  entertained  this  term  at  the  home  of  Stella 
Chamblin  with  a  "spread,"  which  was  one  of  the  most  enjoyable 
events  of  the  year.  We  had  an  informal  musical  program.  We 
were  also  entertained  by  Irene  Stevens,  a  Schubert  program  occupied 
the  evening.  Miss  Stanford  and  her  brother,  who  is  a  member  of 
Delta  Upsilon, entertained  the  Alpha  Chi'san^i  Delta  U's  delightfully 
at  the  first  of  the  term.  We  are  planning  for  other  musicale  and 
social  events  this  terra.     With  best  wishes  from  Gamma, 

ULU AN  SILLER. 

Cor.  Sccy. 


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DELTA. 

Meadville,  Penn,  May  ly,  'gj, 

'*Gloomy  winter's  now  awa* 
Soft  the  Westlin  breezes  blaw." 

And  not  only  that  but  summer  is  almost  upon  us.  Yet  we  school 
fi^irls  cannot  feel  that  summer  is  really  here  until  vacation  comes,  and 
all  our  cares  with  Bach,  Mozart,  Czerny,  or  whatever  it  may  be,  are 
packed  away  until  fall.  So  we  "linger  in  the  lap  of  spring**  working 
diligently  and  still  having  some  of  those  merry  times  which  we  in  onr 
happiness  think  never  could  be  had  by  any  but  fraternity  girls;  and 
never  were  had  by  any  but  those  who  wear  the  scarlet  and  olive. 

Since  Delta  last  greeted  her  sisters  she  has  initiated  three  girls, 
Jennie  McMasters,  Jessie  Merchant  and  Grace  Hammond.  Three 
new  sisters!     Three  new  loyal  Alpha  Chis! 

This  winter  we  had  the  pleasure  of  entertaining  two  members  of 
Beta  Chapter,  Miss  Beatrice  Breckenridge  and  Miss  Louise  Birchard. 
Though  their  visit  was  a  brief  one  we  enjoyed  having  them  with  us. 

If  you  had  entered  Delta*s  fraternity  rooms  one  night  this  winter 
you  would  have  thought  she  was  having  an  initiation  such  as  was 
never  before  had  by  Alpha  Chis;  or  that  all  the  ghosts  that  ever  were 
supposed  to  be  * 'doomed  for  a  certain  term  to  walk  the  night"  had 
sought  refuge  there.  But  weird  as  the  spectacle  appeared  it  was 
neither  of  these  but  simply  a  Phantom  Party.  In  response  to  an  in- 
vitation from  Alpha  Chi,  Kappa  Kappa  Gamma  and  Kappa  Alpha 
Theta  had  assembled  at  a  sheet  and  pillow-case  masquerade,  which 
accounted  for  the  apparitions  on  that  evening.  The  guests  were 
numbered  and  all  had  an  interesting  time  trying  to  identify  each 
other. 

Recently  we  held  our  annual  banquet — one  in  which  all  the  girl 
fraternities  join  for  a  merry  time.  We  made  a  new  departure  this 
year,  having  the  spread  at  6:30  P.  M.,  thus  giving  the  fifty-two  girls 
a  long  evening  for  social  enjoyment. 

Delta  is  looking  eagerly  forward  to  that  day  of  days  in  school 
life — the  culmination  of  our  hopes — graduation  day.  We  are  all  in- 
terested either  personally  or  for  our  friends,  for  Alpha  Chi  has  four 


36  The  Lyre 

graduates  and  one  post-graduate  this  year.  There  is  a  little  sadness 
about  it  too,  for  several  of  the  girls  leave  us  for  other  work;  but  we 
hope  still  to  keep  up  our  interest  in  each  other  and  in  Alpha  Chi. 

Yours  in  the  bond,  edith  jeanette  roddv. 


EPSILON. 

Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  May  loth,  '97. 
Greetings:  From  Epsilon  to  our  Sisters  of  the  East: — 

*'The  Lyre,"  of  which  we  all  may  feel  justly  proud,  has  reached 
us,  and  as  we  read  its  columns  and  are  brought  in  touch  with  our  sis- 
ters beyond  the  snowy  Sierras,  we  are  filled  with  inspiration  and  en- 
thusiasm, and  a  longing  to  win  fresh  laurels  for  our  beloved  sorority. 

We  western  girls  have  felt  lonely  at  times  during  the  past  year, 
realizing  that  we  were  so  far  from  you  of  the  East,  but  now,  with 
copies  of  **The  Lyre"  scattered  about  our  cozy  apartments  we  feel 
bound  by  a  closer  tie.  We  most  earnestly  do  endorse  the  sentiments 
of  the  editorials  and  stand  ready  to  heartily  co-operate  in  any  under- 
taking for  the  benefit  of  Alpha  Chi  Omega. 

Since  our  last  letter  we  have  initiated  five  new  members.  Suanna 
Hardwick,  of  Erie,  Pa.,  Jessie  S.  Davis,  Ina  Cyothard,  Margaret 
Cook  and  Nellie  Burton,  of  Los  Angeles — all  bright  and  attractive 
girls.  Since  then  we  have  had  many  gay  times,  but  in  our  merry 
making  have  not  forgotten  or  neglected  our  work.  Each  week  we 
have  met  and  studied  the  life  and  works  of  some  noted  composer,  and 
all  feel  that  we  have  spent  a  pleasant  and  profitable  year. 

Early  in  March  the  girls  were  entertained  at  a  delightful  luncheon 
at  the  home  of  Mrs.  N.  Louise  VauCleve.  Two  weeks  later,  we  gave 
a  reception  at  the  home  or  Dean  and  Mrs.  Bacon  in  honor  of  our  new 
members,  and  by  all  it  was  voted  very  enjoyable.  A  month  ago  we 
gave  a  tally-ho  ride  to  our  gentlemen  friends  and  partook  of  an  al 
fresco  luncheon  at  the  picturesque  "Old  San  Gabriel  Mission." 
May  ist  the  same  party  was  entertained  at  the  home  of  Jessie 
Davis  at  a  May  Day  Musicale  which  was  both   unique  and  pleasing. 

Miss  Neally  Stevens  was  warmly  received  by  Los  Angeles  peo- 
ple. Some  of  our  girls  had  the  pleasure  of  meeting  her  and  of  hear- 
ing  her  play.     We  regret  that  the  letter  telling  us  that  Mme.  Bloom- 


The  Lyre  37 

field  Zeisler   is   an    Alpha    Chi  did   not  reach  us  until  after  her  de- 
parture from  Los  Angeles. 

Only  a  month  remains  of  our  school  year,  and  although  we  know 
its  close  will  bring  rest  from  studies,  it  is  with  keenest  regret  that  we 
think  of  the  parting  that  must  inevitably  come.  One  of  our  number, 
Suanna  Hardwick,  will  return  to  her  eastern  home,  and  we  do  not 
know  when  we  shall  have  her  with  us  again.  We  know,  however, 
that  no  matter  how  many  miles  may  separate  us  from  any  of  our  sis- 
ters that  under  the  Bond  of  Alpha  Chi  Omega  we  are  together  in 
spirit  and  in  sympathy.     With  best  wishes  to  all  the  sisters, 

EPSILON. 


ZETA. 

Boston,  Mass.,  May  28th,  i8gy. 

We  the  girls  of  Zeta  extend  to  our  sisters  our  first  public  greet- 
ing— and  earnest  hope  that  each  and  every  one  may  find  in  the  fra- 
ternity life  the  joy  and  comfort  which  has  been  ours. 

Last  year,  '95~'96,  was  our  initiative  year  and  a  glorious  one  it 
proved  to  be — we  met  with  naught  but  success.  But  only  three  mem- 
bers returned  in  September,  '96,  so  it  was  quite  impossible  for  them 
to  take  all  the  time  needed  to  reorganize.  Unless  one  has  studied  in 
the  New  England  Conservatory  one  has  not  the  slightest  conception 
of  the  amount  of  time  we  must  devote  to  our  work — it  is  almost  out 
of  the  question  to  have  outside  interests.  But  fortunately  in  January, 
*97,  two  girls  came  to  the  rescue  and  we  started  afresh.  Since  then 
we  have  initiated  six,  making  our  number  now  eleven,and  at  the  pres- 
ent time  we  rejoice  to  .say  all  is  going  well  and  the  prospect  for  '98  is 
encouraging. 

We  live  an  eventful  life  here  and  one  wholly  enjoyable.  The 
atmosphere  is  thoroughly  artistic  and  we  may  breathe  it  to  our  hearts 
content.  Besides  being  privileged  to  enjoy  the  recitals  given  by  the 
wonderful  faculty  of  the  Conserv^atory,  many  visiting  and  local  arti.sts 
favor  us  nuring  the  school  year.  Among  these  have  been  Melba, 
Nordica;  Mile.  Powell,  Jean  de  Reske,  Sauret,  Halie,  Perry,  Bauer- 
raeister,  Savenhagen,  and  Paderewski,  Mrs.  H.  H.  A.  Beach,  Mr. 
Kneisel,  and  Mr.  Schuecker.     Our  lectures  are  usually  illustrated  by 


38  The  Lyre 

members  of  either  the  faculty  or  the  Boston  Symphony  Orchestra. 

It  is  needless  to  mention  the  outside  music,  such  as  Grand  and 
German  Opera,  Symphony  concerts,  Kneisel  Institute,  and  the  con- 
certs given  by  the  many  artists  of  Boston,  and  those  visiting  the  city 
during  the  season. 

Boston  is  all  art  and  although  each  one  of  us  is  loyal  to  our  own 
loved  city,  still  we  feel  that  the  end  of  our  school  days,  which  will 
necessitate  our  leaving  Boston,  will  also  compel  us  to  give  up  much 
that  now  seems  almost  necessary  to  our  existence.  Let  it  be  the  en- 
deavor, the  aim,  of  the  girls  of  Alpha  Chi  Omega  to  take  art  with 
them  when  they  depart  from  alma  mater — let  the  home  of  each  one 
be  made  an  abode  of  art, 

ZETA. 


Musical  Scherzos. 


C.    D.    R. 


Musical  people — Those  who  harp  on  the  weather. 

A  musical  night — When  the  wind  whistles. 

An  egotist  is  musical — He  blows  his  own  horn. 

The  young  lady  is  fond  of  her  violin  because  she  has  many  strings 
to  her  bow,  and  then  if  she  is  romantic  she  loves  to  cross  the  bridge 
with  her  bow  (beau). 

Legitimate  slang  for  a  musician — "O  fiddle,"  '*Give  us  a  rest," 
**This  is  no  scherzo,"     "This  is  a  grind." 

An  esthetic  costume  for  a  musician — An  accordian  skirt,  fluted 
waist  and  a  hat  trimmed  with  pipings. 


The  Lyre  39 

Reunion  Announcement 

Beta  Chapter  desires  to  call  special  notice  to  her  reunion  to  be  held 
in  Albion  June  19,  1897.  This  is  to  celebrate  the  tenth  anniversary  of 
the  chapter,  and  an  enjoyable  time  is  anticipated.  Beta  wishes  to  urge 
all  her  alumnae  to  make  a  special  effort  to  be  present.  A  cordial  invi- 
tation is  also  extended  to  all  the  members  of  the, other  chapters  to 
attend  the  reunion. 


An  Incident. 

The  reader  has  probably  heard  the  amusing  story  that  is  told  of 
a  trombone  player  in  the  Thomas  Orchestra.  I  will  venture  to  repeat 
it.  Mr.  Thomas  arranged  the  Carnival  of  Venice  for  full  orchestra 
in  a  very  merry  style,  distributing  the  theme  among  the  instruments 
in  such  an  unexpected  way  as  to  provoke  laughter  in  the  most  digni- 
fied listener.  Mr*  Thomas  bethought  him  of  a  most  excellent  surprise 
he  could  spring  upon  an  audience  by  sending  a  trombone  player  into 
the  gallery  to  play  the  closing  phrase.  At  a  concert  in  Chicago  the 
player  went  into  the  gallery  and  stood  a  few  moments  fingering  his 
instrument,  waiting  for  his  cue.  At  the  proper  time,  he  raised  his 
trombone  to  his  lips,  when  a  policeman  seized  it  and  said,  "No,  you 
don't!  you  don't  disturb  this  concert!"  "But  I  ;;^//5/ play,"  gasped 
the  astonished  player,  "it  is  a  part  of  the  performance."  "You  are 
under  arrest!"  declared  the  policeman,  escorting  the  protesting  player 
into  the  corridor,  forthwith,  and  was  about  to  have  liim  taken  away 
in  the  pj^trol  when  the  prisoner  demanded  to  see  Mr.  Thomas.  This 
was  allowed  and  explanations  followed.  The  policeman  received  a 
choice  bles.sing  from  Mr.  Thomas  who  was  in  a  vigorous  rage  over 
his  pet  plan.      It  was  successful  afterward,  however.  E.  l.  '91. 


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SCHOOL  OF  MUSIC,  DePAUW  UNIVERSITY. 

Song  Recital  (Senior)  By  Helen  Caroline  O'Dell,  assisted  by 
Helen  Hanna  Birch,    Pianiste  and  Accompaniste. 
Tuesday  evening.  May  4th,  1897,  8:00  P.  M.     Music  Hall. 

PROGRA/nME. 

1.    From  Mighty  Kings  (Judas  Maccabeus) Haendel 

1      Recitative  and  Ana — "Oh,  Quel  Gioruo,"     Rossini 

3.  (a)  A  shepherd's  Tale,  I 

"A  shepherd's  tale  no  height  of  style  desires."  I  m,^ 

ib)  Shepherds  All  and  Maidens  Fair."  f /\nnn 

"They  danced  as  tho'  they  never  would  grow  old."  J 

Miss  Birch. 

4.  (a)  Suleika.                                                          /  ir^«v*/cr^A„ 
W  Confession.                                                 \   Mendelssohn 

(c)  Himmlische  Zeit Ries 

5.  Tournament Nevin 

"Knights  and  ladies  brave  and  fair 

Miss  Birch. 

6.  {a)  Serenade Pierne 

(b)  Creole  Song  Bemberg 

7.  (fl)  The  Snow  Lies  White  . .  1 Sullivan 

(*)  The  Rose  Loved  One Hendricks 

(t)  The  Maid  and  the  Rose DeKoven 


PIANO  RECITAL  (Junior) 

Helen  Herr,  assisted  by  Miss  Feme  Wood,  Vocalist, 

Miss  Josephine  Armstrong,  Accompanist 

Music  Hall,  Tuesday  ^vening,  May  18,  1897,  at  eight  o'clock. 

PROGRA/n/nE. 

1.  Invention,  a  3  voix— No.  3  Bach 

Sonata*  K  minor Beethoven 

Allegro.  Adagio,  Allegretto,  Prestissimo. 

2.  (fl)  Fanciulle  chi  il  core  (Dinorah) Meyerbeer 

(*)  Spring  Song Mackenzie 

Miss  Wood. 

3.  (a)  Nocturne,  G  major Chopin 

{b)  Scherzo,  F  sharp  Jadassohn 

(c)  Song  Without  Words  ("Duetto,,) Mendelssohn 

(d)  "Les  Deux  Aloucttes" l^schetizky 

PIANOFORTE  RECITAL  (Junior) 

Given  by  Miss  Albertta  Miller,  assisted  by 

Vocal  Quartette  and  String  Quartette. 
Music  Hall,  DePauw  University,  Wednesday  evening,  May  19,  1897,  S:oo  o'clock. 

PROGRAA\A\E. 

Don  Juan  Fantasie  (two  pianos)  Mozart 

(Maestoso,  Allegro,  Kisoluto,  Adagio,  Allegretto,  Moderato,  Presto) 

Sonata — Op.  2,  No.  3 Beethoven 

(Scherzo,  allegro  con  brio.) 

Vocal  Quartette — "There  is  a  song  I  used  to  sing" Ritter 

{a )     Feu  Follet Ort^inal 

(b)  Karaennoi  Ostrow Rubinstein 

(c)  ValseinDflat Chopin 

id)     2d  Mazurka l*orter 

\e)     La  Lisonjera Chaminade 

Vocal  Quartette — Rock-a-bye Neidhnger 

Concerto  in  C  (Adagio,  finale  presto) IVeber 

String  Quartette  Accompaniment, 


42  The  Lyre 


dbpauw. 

School  of  Music,  DePauw  University,  Violin  Recital  [Junior] 

Lucy  Greenough  Andrews,  assisted  by  Miss  Feme  Wood,  Soprano, 

Mr.  Adolph  Herbert  Schellschmidt,  Cello»  Albertta  Miller,  Accompanist. 

Friday  evening,  May  21,  1897,  at  8:00  o'clock.  Music  Hall. 

PROGRA/A/AE. 

1.  Trio  op.  49  allegro  ed  agitato,  adagio  Mendelssohn 

2.  Winter  Song  ......        Mendelssohn 

3.  Concerto  No.  7,  allegro,  adagio                    -  -           -           P.  Rode 

4.  (a)  Cavatina              ...               .  ...         Bohm 

(b)  Romanza                    ....  Vieuxtbmps 

5.  Havanese  Song       .....  .                 Gregh 

6.  (a)  Twilight  ....  Massenet- Maud  Powell 
(b)  Mazurka       ...                 ...  Wieniawski 


SONG  RECITAI^  [Junior] 

By  Miss  Eva  Osborn.  assisted  by  Miss  Andrews,  Violiniste, 

Miss  Albertta  Miller,  Pianiste  and  Accompaniste. 
Tuesday  evening,  March  23,  at  8:00  o'clock.  Music  Hall. 

PROGRA/A/AE. 

1  Nymphs  and  Shepherds                  ....  Purcell 

2  Rejoice  Greatly  (Messiah)                     ....  Handel 

3  a.  Norwegian  Peasant's  Dance  Habbrbibr 

b.  I^isonjera                   >                     -               -                     -  -           Chamimade 

Miss  Miller. 

4  a.  Witches' Song  of  May                                            1  Mendelssohn 

b.  Days  of  Youth                                                    ^  !  Mendelssohn 

c.  Ich  fuehle  deinen  Oden               .              .               .              .  Rubinstein 

5  Aria— '^Emani  involami"  (Brnani)                  -                 -  -                 Verdi 

6  Invocation  (violin  obligato)                  -  d'Hardelot 

7  I/)ve  Song                      -               -                                            -  -                   HiLLBR 

Miss  Andrews. 

8  a.  The  Nightingale                            -                     -  Delibbs 
b.  Vilanelle                                                _                       .  .            Dell'  Aqua 

9  a.  Memoria                                                                             -  -                    I^ynes 
b.  Tomorrow                     ....  Neidlinoer 


THE  MEADVILLE  CONSERVATORY  OF  MUSIC 

Post-Graduate  Recital  by  Miss  Flora  B.  Pendleton  at  the  Academy  of  Music,  June  11, 

at  4:00  o'clock. 

PROG  R  A /A. 

1  Beethoven:  Sonata,  op  53. 

Allegro  con  brio,  molto  adagrio.  Rondo  (allegretto)  prestissimo. 

2  Hermes— The  I*onely  Rose. 

The  Trio  Club. 

3  a.  Rubinstein— Valse  Caprice. 

b.  Chopin— Nocturne,  op,  82,  No.  i. 

r    T  TRfiT  iwr  \  Minuetto  Scherzoso.  op.  18. 

c.  webling  ^  Gavotte  Moderne.  op.  11. 

d.  Schumann— Phantasiestucke,  No.  4  (Grillen) 

4  Deliebes — The  Nymphs  of  the  Wood. 

The  Trio  Club. 

5  a.  Seeling — Concert  etude,  op.  10,  No.  12. 
b.  Raff— Fantasie  Polonaise,  op,  106. 


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43 


ALBION  CONSERVATORY  OF  MUSIC 

Pianoforte  Recital  by  Ora  Verona  Woodworth,  class  of  '97,  assisted  by   Mrs.  Jennie 
Tallman  Webb,  Miaa  Lina  Baum,  Miss  Nellie  Baum,  Mrs.  Margaret  Jones  Adams. 
College  Chapel,  Friday  evening,  April  23,  at  8:00  o'clock. 

PROGRA/A/AC. 


Misses  Baum. 


I    Fantasiebilder,  op.  36 
3    Duet— Sunset 

3  Impromptu,  op  14a,  No.  3, 
Idilio,  op  134 

Nocturne,  op  84,  No.  1  .  .  . 

Witches'  Dance  op  17.  No.  a 

4  Reading  Aux.  Italiens 

Mrs.  Webb. 

5  Allegro  from  Concerto  in  G  minor 

Second  Piano,  Mrs.  Adams. 


SCHUMAlfN 

Goring  Thomas 

Schubert 

Trbo.  Lack 

Napravnik 

MacDowbll 

Mbrbditb 

MBNDELSSOHIf 


Pianoforte  Recital  by  Alta  Mae  Allen,  class  of  '97,  assisted  by 

Margaret  Jones  Adams  and  Martha  Reynolds  Colby, 
Wednesday  evening,  May  12,  1897,  at  8:30  o'clock 


I 

2 


Bbbtrovbn,— Op.  31.  No.  3.    Allegro,  minuetto.  presto  con  fuoco. 

W.  H.  Matlack.— The  Iris. 

L.  Dbnza.— AMay  Morning. 

Mrs.  Adams. 

Mozkowski.— Moment  Musicale,  op.  7,  No.  2. 

Ethblbert  Nbvin.— Tournament,  op.  16.  No.  4. 

MsYBR-HBLMUND.^Barcarolle,  op.  134,  No.  i. 

Chaminadb.— Valse  Caprice,  op.  33. 
MASCHBRONi. — For  All  Ktcmity. 

Mrs.  Adams:  Violin  obligato.  Mrs.  Colby. 
JosBF  Ix>w. — Serenade,  op.  489,  for  two  pianos. 

Mrs.  Allen  and  Mrs.  Adams. 


Veazie 
Spindler 

BORDESE 


ALPHA  CHI  OMEGA,  Albion,  Michigan 
Wednesday  evening,  April  28,  1896. 
PROGRA/A;*^E. 

PART  I 

1  Chorus — Morning  Invitation  .... 

Beta  Chapter. 

2  Piano  Duo— Huzarenritt  .... 

Misses  Woodworth  and  TeCft. 

3  Vocal  Duett— The  Nightingale's  Nest 

Misses  Baum. 

4  Theme  and  Variations  from  op.  10  -  -  -  Schvtt 
(Passion,  regret,  enjouement,  grace,  coquetterie.douleur,  plaisanterie.  enthousiasme) 

Miss  Dickie. 

5  Vocal  Quartette — Reverie  -  Rheinbbrger 

Misses  Brandon.  Baum,  Worthing^on  and  Mrs.  Laudig. 

PART   II 

1  Chorus — Voice  of  the  Western  Wind  Barnby 

Beta  Chapter. 

2  Piano  Quartette — Lenore  .  .  _  Rafp 

Miascs  Allen,  Tefft,  Woodworth,  Disbrow. 

3  Voci  Solo  j ',»>    I'ltntelm-s  Ki«.    (  "         Jessie  Gavnor 

Miss  Brandon. 

4  Violin  Solo*-Hungarian  Dance  -  Hubov 

Miss  Colby. 

5  Grand  Finale— New  England  Kitchen  [Beta  Chapter 


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MEMBERSHIP. 


Honorary  Members, 


Madame  Pannie  Bloomfield-Zelsler, 
Lavin.  Mrs.  Mary  Howe. 
Rive-King,  Madame  Julia. 


Alpha* 


Decca,  Madame  Marie. 
Powell,   Maud. 
Stevens,  Neally, 


DePauw,  Mrs.  Newland  T. 


HONORARY  MKMBKRS. 

DePauw,  Mrs.  Chas.  W. 

TKACHEKS. 


Alden,  Lena  Kva. 

Bailey.  Mrs.  Cecilia  Kppinghousen, 
Bryant,  Mrs.  Jennie  Allen, 
Dixon,  Mrs.  AlmaDahl, 


Karp.  Mrs.  Klla  O 
John.  Mrs.  Orra  P. 
Wentworth.  Alice. 


CHAPTKR  ROI^L. 


Andrews.  Lucy  G.  Brazil,  Ind. 

Armitage,  Pearl,  Peru.  Ind 

*Atkinson.  Lula,  Willow  Branch,  Ind, 

•Bailey,  Mrs. Belle  Mikels.  West  Lafayette.  Ind 

Baldwin,  Mrs.  Suda  West,  Ft.  Branch.  Ind. 

*Ballinger,  Ina,   Williamsburg.  Ind. 

Barry,  Bunny.  Sheldon.  Ill, 

Beauchamp.  Bonnie.  Tipton.  Ind. 

Beil,  Clara,  Bluffton,  Ind. 

t  Benedict.  Mrs.  Cora  Branson. 

Bennet,  Mrs.  Laura  Marsh,  Okahumpka,  Kla. 

*Biddle,  Maude,  Danville,  Ind. 

Birch.  Helen  Hanua,   Greencastlc,  Ind, 

•Boltz,  Mvrtle. 

Bosler,  Lida. 

'Bowman,  Minnie,  Covington.  Ind" 

Brown.  Mrs.  Leonore  Boaz,  Kokomu,  Ind. 

•Byers  Lizzie,  Shelbyville,  Ind. 

•Carter,  Olive,  Brazil.  Ind. 

Chenoweth.  Byrde.  Winchester,  Ind. 

Clark,  Mrs.  Olive  Burnett  Anderson.  Ind. 

Colburn.  Marion,  Michigan  City.  Ind. 

Collins.  June,  Knoxville.  Iowa. 

Conrey,  Carrie.  Shelbyville.  Ind. 

Copeland, Nellie  Bolton  S.soG.  Av.  St.  Paul, Minn 

tCoucher.  Louise. 

Cowger.  Raeburu,  Monticello,  Ind. 

Cowpertht»aite.  Anne.  Tom's  River.  N.  J. 

Cox,  Kmma.  Ander.son,  Ind. 

•  Crowder.  Kittie.  Sullivan.  Ind. 
Davis.  Minnie.  Martinsville.  Ind. 
Deniston.  Bertha,   Indianapolis,  Ind. 
DeVore.  Altah.  O'Dell,  Ind. 

•  DeVore,  Okah.    O'Dell.  Ind. 

•  Dobbins.  Nellie.  West  Lafayette.  Ind. 

•  Kstep,  Daisy,  Danville.  Ind. 
P>terbrook.  Mrs. Dora  Marshall.  Orleans,  Neb 
Farthing,  Flla. 

Finch.  Juliet,  Logansport.  Ind. 
♦P'oster,  Kvalyu.  Attica,  Ind. 

•  Foster.  Katherine.  Palmyni.  N  V. 
Fox.  Jessie  Y.  Champaign.  III. 
♦Frash,  Mate, 

French.  Gertrude  H.,  Boxford.  Mass. 

Fuqiia,  Leota. 

Gallihue,  Mame.  Indianapolis,  Ind. 

Gamble.  Nellie. 

(iray.Mrs.  Carrie  Moore,  Galveston.  Ind. 

Gray,  Marguerite,  Chrisinan,  111. 

Hand,  Mrs.  Lillie  Throop.  Carbon,  Ind. 

Hargravc.  Minnie,  Princeton.  Ind, 

•Harper,  Mrs.  Nclle  Zimmerman,  Brazil,  Ind. 


Herr,  Helen,  Brazil,  Ind. 
'  Hester,  Kmma,  Greencastle,  Ind. 
He.ston,  Maud,  Princeton,  Ind. 
.Heston,  Stella,  Princeton.  Ind, 
•Hill,  Claudia.  Wayuesburg,  Ind. 
♦Hirt,  Marie  Greencastle,  Ind. 
Hirt,  Sarah,  Greencastle,  Ind 
Horner,  Meta,  Medaryille,  Ind, 

•  Jackson,  FUhel,  Greencastle,  Ind. 
•Jaques,  Retta  W.,   Owensville,  Ind. 
Jennings.  Mamie  Ada.  Newcastle,  Ind. 

•  Jones,  Agnes,  Reese's  Mills,  Ind. 
Jones.  Mary  L.  K.,  Terre  Haute,  Ind. 
Jones,  Mrs'.  Anna  AugustuH,  Paris,  111. 
Keenan,  Mrs.  Bessie  Grooms,  Leroy.  111. 
Lathrope,  Hmma,  Delphi,  Ind. 
Latimer,  Bes.sie.  Auburndalo.  Mass. 
Leonard,  Kstelle.  127  W.    uth  St.   Cincinnati,  O. 
Lightfoot. Mrs. Marguerite  Smith,  Rushville.Ind 
Link.  Mrs.  .Maud  Rude.  Paris,  HI. 
•Lockridge.  Klizabeth.  (ireenca.stle.  Ind. 
*Maley.  Maud.  Hdinburg,  Ind. 

Marshall.  Zella   Lesa,  Centralia,  III. 

•  May.  Cora,  F:ilettsville.  Ind. 

McCurdy.  Mrs.  Annie  Hunger,  Ft.  Wayne,  Ind. 

McKeynolds.  Katharine  H.   Washington,  D  C. 

Meredith.  F.va  R.  Muncie,  Ind. 

Miller.  Albertta.  Richmond.  Ind. 

-Miller.  Fmma  C,   (ireencastle.  Ind. 

Montgomery,  Nellie 

Moore,  Lillian  K.  Indianapolis.  Ind. 

Morgan.  Mrs.  Isabel  Sliafcr,  Wichita.  Kas. 

Morse.  Fstelle  .A.  Wabash.  Ind. 

Neff.  Mrs.  Libbie  Price,  Portland.  Ind. 

•Nickle.  F)mma.  Winfield.  Kas. 

O'Dell.  Helen  C.    O'Dell.  Ind. 

O'Dell.  Mayme  B.,  O'Dell.  Ind. 

Offut.  .Mrs.  Klioda  Gary.  Henderson,  Ind. 

Osburii,  Kva.  Shclburn,  Ind. 

•  Parker.  Lorette,  Shelbyville.  Ind. 
Parrett,  Bessie.  Paloka.  ind. 
Paul,  (^.race.  Indianapolis,  Ind. 
Peck.  F.lla  <i..  Greencastle.  Ind. 

•Plestcd.  l^dith,  University  Park,  Denver,  Col. 

•  Power,  Grace.   Milroy,  Ind. 
Reed,  Kate,   Newtown,  Ind. 

Rice. Helen  Dalrymple,  iS^  Park  Av.  Ind'pls.Ind. 

•  Rowland,  Maud.  Covington.  Ind. 
Rowley,  Adeline  Whitney,  Champaign,  111. 

•  Rupp,  Valverde,  Terre  Haute,  Ind. 
Russel,  Cora,   Mound  City,  Mo. 


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■  HaywcKKi.  Emma,  Romiiey.  Ind.  Rutledsrc  Mildred,  State  St.  Springfield,  111. 

Hcaloii.  Alice  Cary,  Kuijiirhtstowu,  lud.  Ryau,  Anna. 

Scott.  Lena.  Anderson,  lud.  ThornburR.  Myrtle.  Winchester,  Ind. 

Shaffer.  Minnie,  Windsor,  111.  Tiugley,  Flora,  Marion,  Ind. 

Shaw.  I'earl,   Sardinia.  Ind.  TinRley,  Josephine,  Deaconess  Home, 

Shannon.  Mrs.  Marj^aret  Lathrope,  Alexandria,  Toronto,  Can, 

Smedley.  Mrs.  Leah  Walker.  Indianapolis,  Ind  Ullyette,  Ionise  J,  Centralia,  111. 

Smith,  Mrs.  Anna  Allen,  Greencastle,  Ind.  VanUyke,  Flora  T.  Ashmore.  111. 

Smith.  Kdith.  Marj^vilh;.  Ho.  Warren.  Mrs.  Minnie  McGill,  Watseka,  111. 

Smith.  Mrs.Katherine  Power  , Moore's  Hill.  lud.Waugh,  Pearl,  Tipton,  Ind. 

VStanficld,  Olive.  Chrisman,  111.  Weis.sel.  Mrs.  Lela  Beil.  Blu£fton,  Ind. 

Stetrle.  Ida  Greenfield.  Ind.  Wilder.  Myrtle.  Brazil,  Ind. 

Stcrrit,  Anna  Vae,  Lojrausport,  Ind.  Wilhite.  >frs.  Mary  K..   Danville,  Ind. 

Stevenson.  Vallie  VanSandt,  Carbon.  Ind.  WiKson.  Dora,  Goodland,  Ind. 

Sutherlin.  Kthel.  Wilson,  Mrs.  Daisy  Steele,  Greenfield,  Ind. 

Sype,  Olive  Ferris.  328  N.  Main  .st,  Rockford,  IllWil.son.  Grace  Aldene,  Centralia,  111. 

Taffgcrt.  I«aura.  Dallas.  Texas.  Wilson.  Mary  Janet,   Greencastle,  Ind. 

Tagj^ert.  Cora,  Dallas.  Texas.  Windle.  Mrri.  Jessie  Heiney,  Hnntiugton,  Ind. 

Thompson.  Mrs.  Klla  H.  Greensburj^.  Ind.  Wood,  Feme,  F>ansville,  lud. 

Thompson.  Florence,  Moorcsville,  Ind.  Yates.  Flora,  Stillwater.  Minn. 


Beta. 


-Mien.  Alia  Mae,  504  F    Fric  St..    Albion.  Mich.  l/Hdy,  Anna,   Colon.  Mich. 

Allen,  .Mrs.  .Minnie  McKcard.  Leonard.  .Mrs.  Belle  Fi.ske,  Albion.  Mich. 

Armstronif.  (irace.  Forty  Fort.  I'li.  Lovejoy.  Nellie  Valentine.  Ludington,  Mich. 

.\rmstronu,  Mrs. Lillian  Kirk, Battle  Creek. MichLott. Mrs. Gertrude  Fairchild.Three  Rivers, Mich 

Austin,  Lida,  ^?ault  St  .  Marie,  .Mich.  Maher,  Mr«.  Delia  Morgan.  Minneapolis.  Minn. 

Avery.  Flixiibeth.  Phelps.  Ontario  co  .  N.  Y.  McClellau,  Dorothy,  Macomb,  111, 

Bailey,  l-lorence.  Albion,  .Mich.  McClellau,  Mrs.  (ieorgina  Gale,  Albion,  Mich. 

Baum,  Lina,  Fast  Frie  St..  Albion,  Mich.  McHattie.  Addie.  Cedar  Springs,  Mich. 

Bauiii,  Nellie  Irene.  Fast  Frie  .St.  Albion,  .Mich.  McMasters,  Lucie,  Ludington,  Mich. 

Billinghurst.  Ida,  Muski-gon,  Mich.  Miller. Mrs. Hortense  Osmund.  Ann  Arbor,Mich 

Birchard,  Louise,  Cambridgeboro.  Pa  Miner,  May,  Union  City,  Mich. 

Braniion.  Kathryne.  Mich.  Ave..  Albion,  .Mich.  Mitchell,  May,  Bay  City,  Mich. 

Brcckcnridse.  Beatrice,  255  Frie  .St  Clevel'd.  O.  'Mosher,  Margaret.    Albion,  Mich. 

Brown.  Berta.  I'lainwell.  Mich.  Noble.  Mrs.  Clara  Fngle.  Missouri  Valley,  Iowa. 

Brown,  Grace.  Lansing,  Mich,  Parker,  Jo.sephine.   DePere,  Wis. 

Buck.  Gertrude,  Ironwood.  Mich.  •  Peiine,  Mary,  Albion,  Mich. 

Bundy.  Blanche,  Chicago,  111.  *  Ferine,  Susie,  Albion,  Mich. 

Butler,  .Mable.  North  Branch.  Mich,  Phelps,  Fmma   Cresco,  Mich. 

Calkcns,  Fthel.  Big  Kapid.s,  Mich.  I'ratt.  Fva.  Boston,  Mass. 

Childs.  Marian.  Calumet,  Mich.  Reynolds.  .Mrs.  Florence  Defendorf, 

Colby  Mrs.  Martha  Reyuokis,  Jack.son.  Mich.  Dowagiac,  Mich. 

Collins,  Malu'l,  Albion',  Mich.  Reynolds.  Hattie.  Jackson.  Mich. 

Clark.  Irene.  Huron  St..  Albion.  .Mich.  Roade,  Katherine,  Albion.  Mich. 

Crittenden.  Fmma,  Jackson,  Mich.  Rogers,  Daisy, Medina,  Mich. 

Cushnian.  Mrs.  Jeaiiette  Allen,  Vincenues.  Ind.Schartz,  (ilenna,  Hastings.  Mich. 

'  Cu.ster.  F^li/.abeth,  I'ana,  III.  Scotten.  Anna.  Detroit,  Mich. 

I>avi<ls<»n,  Fusebia.  Fort  Huron,  Mich.  *Sheehau,  Kathleen,  Lockport.  N.  Y. 

Dickie,  Ada,  .m)!  F  F^ie  Street. Albion,  Mich.  Shedd,  Mrs.l'earl  Frambes,  (>rand  Rapids, Mich. 

Dickie,  Clarissa.  501  F  Fric  St.,  Albion.  Mich.  Shatvvell,  Clara.  Detroit.  Mich. 

*Dickie.  Mamie  501  li  F!ric  .St  .  Albion.  Mich.  .Smith.  Belh",  Grand  Rapids,  .Mich. 

Dickin.sou.  Jennie.  White   Pigeon,  Mich.  Smith.  Libbie,  Marshall.  Mich. 

Disbrow.  Grace,  Hudson,  Mich.  Snell.  Maud,  Flgin.  III. 

Dissette.  Fannie,  Perry  St.,  Albion,  Mich.  Snell.  Daisy,  Chicago,    111. 

Dunbar,  Mrs    Blanche  Bryant,  Farina,  Mich.  Spence,  Mrs.  Minnie  Lewis,  Oberlin,  Ohio. 

Fg.gleston.  Kittie.  Marshall,  Mich.  Sprague.  Delia.  Kalamazoo,  Mich. 

Fgglestoii,  Nina.  Marshall.  Mich.  Tefft,  Bessie.  Albion.  Mich, 

Fairchibl,  Minnie,    Three  Rivers.  Mich.  Thomas.  Mrs.  Nellie  Smith,  St.  Clair,  Mich. 

Fellows,  Mrs.  Mabel  Nix.  Homer,  Mich.  Tiney.  Fva  Marzolf.  Coral,  Mich. 

Feiin.  Mrs  Jean  Whilcomb,  Leavenworth,  Kas.  Townsend,  Mrs.  Belle  Miller  Champaign,  111. 

•Foster  Mabel.  F^  Porter  St..  Albion.  Mich,  Travis,  Cora.  Traverse  City,  Mich. 

Garfield.  Mrs.  Marian  Howlett.  Albion.  Mich.  Valentine.  .Mrs.  Cora  BlisH,  Lan.sin^,  Mich. 

<Milick.  Mrs.  Hattie  Lovejoy.  Albion.  Mich'  Wat.son.  Myrtle.   Cedar  Springs,  Mich. 

Hall,  Mrs.  Flora  Adgate.  Ionia.  Mich.  Welch,  Winifred,  Homer  Mich. 

Handy,  Alida.  W.  Bay  City,  Mich  Whitcomb,  Ro.se  Abernathy,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Harriiigton.  Cora.  Jackson,  Mich.  Wolfe,  virs. Mamie  Harris.  Flint.  Mich. 

Ives,  Hattie,  Chicago.  111.  Wooflhaws.  Florence,  Plainwell.  Mich. 

Kinsman,  ICthel.   Calumet,  Mich.  Woodworth,  Ora.  Albion,  Mich. 

Lane,  Louise,  Marshall.  Mich.  Worthington,  Jennie,  Albion,  Mich. 

Laudig,  Mrs  Lulu  Keller,  .McKcesjiort,  Peun, 


46 


The  Lyre 


Gamma* 


Abbott.  Mrs.  Carrie  Woods.  Schuyler,  Neb. 

Beckett.  Minnie.  Chicago.  111. 

Bellows.  Arta  Mae.   Maryville.  Mo. 

t  Boiaii,  Marjfuerite. 

Brown.  Mrs.  Leila  Skelton,  Appletou,  Wis. 

t  Burdick.  Mae, 

Chester,  Mrs.  Laura  Budlong.  Bownianville.  Ill 

Coe,  .Mrs.  (teo.  A.  University  PI.,  Rvanston,  III. 

Coleman.  HI  Fleda,  ii6Stenton  St., 

Winona.  Minn 
Chaffee.  Theodore,  Chicago  Ave.,  Chicago,  111. 
Chaniblin.   Stella. 
Hvans,  Jeanette   St.  Paul.  Minn. 
Oanible.  Helen,    Perry.  Iowa, 
(iamble,  Mrs.  Orace  Slaughter.  Omaha.  Neb. 
(irafton,  Fannie,  Ben.son  Ave.,  Kvanston,  111. 
Gramis, Alice.  Mankato,  Minn. 
Hathaway.  Kate,   Kochelle.  111. 
Hays,  Mrs  Hdith  Jordan,  628  Hamlin  st. 

Hvanstou,  111 
Hanson,  <  ordelia,    Kenoska,  Wis. 
Harris.    Florence,  Sii  Clark  st,  Kvanston,  111. 
Hough,  Jane.  Jack.son,  Mich 
Hough,  Beulah,  Jackson,  Mich. 
Kindade.  Agatha.  Lenark.  111. 
Larson,  Mrs.Bessie  G.,Haniline,  St.  Paul,  Minn 
Lillyblade,  FHhel.  Denver,  Col. 
Martin.   Amy  Balaton.  Minn. 


Mulford,  Suzanne,  16.^  Ch'o,  Av.  Evanston,  III. 
Mclntyre,  .Mildred,  .Memphis,  Tenn. 
McCorkle,  Atheena,  Indianapolis,  Ind. 
0.«*good,  Mrs.  .Mary  Satterfield,  Marseilles,  111. 
Parkinson,  HUa,  Mt.  Carniel,  III. 
Patrick.  Hlizabeth.  DesMoines,  Iowa. 
.Piatt,  Lula.  Clark.  South  Dakota 
Porter,  Cornelia.  Baraboo.  Wis. 
•  Pratt,  Mable,  DesMoines,  Iowa. 
.Richie.  Mrs.  Lizzie  Stein,  Walla  Walla.  Wash. 
Richardson,  Grace,  117  Buena  Av  Buena  P'rk  111. 
Richardston.  Adolyne,  Oklahoma. 
Reising,  Pearl. 

Schmidt.  Mrs.  Ksther  Grannis,  Mankato.Minn. 
Scott.  Gena,  McGregor.  Iowa. 
Strickler,  Barbara,  Lanark,  III. 
Strong,  Klla.  Waukegan,  111. 
Stevens,  Irene,  528  Greenwood  St.  Evanston, 111 
Siller,   Lillian.  H31  Foster  St  ,  Kvanston, 111, 
.Siller.  Mabel,  Sir  Foster  St.,  Evanston.  111. 
Skiff,  Blanche,  •'The  Plaza."  Chicago.  111. 
Stanford.  Mary.  Chicago,  Ave.,  Kvanston,  III. 
Tyre,  Valeria.  I^banon,  Ind. 
Walker,  Mary,  Chicago.  111. 
Wimmer,  Maude,  Perry,  Iowa. 
.Weller,  Mrs.  Jenette  Marshall,  Omaha,  Neb. 
Young,   Klla  S.   1246  Forest  Av.,  Kvanston.  111. 


Delta. 


HONORARY  MEMBKRS. 


Hull,  Mrs.  Juvia  O,  Meadville,  Pa. 


Pinney,  Miss  Mary  Reno,  New  York  City. 

CHAPTKR    ROLL. 


Baker,  Katharine,  .Spring  Creek.  Pa. 

Barber,  Margaret  B..  Meadville.  Pa. 

Barnaby,  L,  Fay,  .Meadville.  Pa 

Blodgett.  Lucile.  Youngsville,  Pa. 

Bright,  Kvelyn.  Greenville,  Pa. 

Brown.  Mrs.  Antoinette  Snyder,  Meadville.  Pa, 

Byres,  Francis.  Cooperstown,  Pa. 

Cowan.  I<illian.  Apollo,  Pa. 

Cribbs.  Bertha,  South  Oil  City,  Pa. 

Dick.  Mrs.  John,  Meadville,  Pa. 

Kastman,  Flora.  Meadville.  Pa. 

FMsall.  Helen.  Klmira.  N.  Y. 

Kvans.  Sara,  (ireenville.  Pa. 

Fair.  Lu.  >ow\.\i  Oil  City.   Pa. 

t  Foote.  Mary. 

(^a.ston.  Carrie  Cochranton.  Pa. 

Graham,  May  J.,  Meadville,  Pa. 

Harper,  Florence.  Meadville.  Pa. 

Home.  Jennie  Arzella,   Meadville,  Pa. 

•  Jack.  Klla  Mae.  Apollo,  Pa. 

Kiefer,  Klsie.  216  Fourth  Ave.  Pittsburg,  Pa. 

Kirk.  Ruby  K.,  Conneautville.  Pa, 

Laffer,  Mrs.  (iertrude  Sackett.  Meadville,  Pa 

Lenhart,  Ada.  Meadville.  Pa. 

Lord,  Marv  C  .  Meadville,  Pa 

Maxwell.  C.  Maud.  .South  Oil  City.  Pa. 

McAllister,  Klizabeth  B.,  West  Newton.  Pa. 

McMasters,  Jennie  Klynne.  Adamsvillc.  Pa. 

.McMullen.  LoisK.,  iSo  Center  Av.  Aurora,  111. 

Merchant,  Jessie,  Parker's  Landing,  Pa. 


Moore.  Kdith,  Cochranton,  Pa. 
Moyer.  M.  Alta.  Meadville,  Pa. 

•  Nichols.  Helen.  Spring  Creek,  Pa. 
Ogden,  Jennie  Medora,  Meadville,  Pa. 
Ogden.  Gertrude  Hel*?n,  Meadville.  Pa. 
Oris.  Helen  D.,  Meadville,  Pa. 

•  Patton.  Klizabeth  K..  Hartstown.  Pa. 
Pendleton.  Flora  B.  Meadville,  Pa. 
Pickard,  Fern,  Jamestown,  N.  Y. 
Porter,  Susanna.  .Meadville.  Pa. 
Porter,  Virginia.  South  Oil  City,  Pa. 
Ramsey.  Mrs.  Bird  Kuight.  Jamestown.  N.  Y. 
Ray.  Anna  C,  Meadville,  Pa. 

Rea.  Harriett  Lillian,  Corydon.  Iowa. 

Robson.  Jene  A.  Ovid,  Mich. 

Robson,  .Mrs.  Harriett  Veith,  Detroit,  Mich. 

Robinson.  Mrs.  Mea  Bredin,  Krie,  Pa. 

Roddy.  Kdith  J..  .Meadville,  Pa. 

Sackett.  Bertha,    Meadville.  Pa. 

Seiple,  Mrs.  Charlotte  W.,  New  Brighton,  Pa. 

Sheldon,  Myrtle. 

Sherred,  Kf^e  L.,  Venango,  Pa. 

.Stevenson.  Blanche.  Utica.  Pa. 

Tate,  Ftlizaheth.  Hoise  City.  Idaho. 

Tate,  Zannie  Patton,  Marseilles,  111. 

Tinker,  F:tta  May.  Wabash.  Ind. 

Tyler,  Klienbeth  R.,  Meadville,  Pa. 

Wilson,  Adelaide  .M.,  Guy's  Mills,  Pa. 

Winans,  .Mrs.  F^sther  Rich,  New  Brighton,  Pa. 


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47 


Burton.  Nellie.  L,os  Angeles, Cal. 
Cook,  Marearet.  Los  Angeles,  Cal, 
Davis,  Jesne  L..  Ivos  Angeles,  Cal. 
Gothard,  Ina.  Los  Angeles.  Cal. 
Green.  Nellie.  Los  Angeles.  Cal. 
Hardwick.  Suanna,  Hrie,  Pa. 
Hoppin.  Delia.  Ventura,  Cal, 
Johns,  Lula,  BerUn,  Germany. 


OIL 


Keep.  Cornelia,  Los  Angeles,  Cal. 
Kepner.  Ktha.  Lemon,  Cal. 
Mann,  Alice,  Phoenix,  Aris. 
Millard,  Ora,  Los  Angeles.  Cal. 
Parker.  Flora.  I«os  Angeles,  Cal. 
Phelps,  Bertha.  Los  Angeles,  Cal. 
VanCleve,  Mrs.  N.  Louise,  Los  Angeles,  Cal 


Zeta. 


Armstrong,  Mary.  Bowling  Green,  Ky. 
Ball.  Mrs.  Susan  Ann  Lewis.  Boston,  Mass. 
Buchanan,  Bertha  Thompson.  Marion,  Ind. 
Campbell.  Florence  Wheat,  Lima,  Ohio. 
Cleveland.  Alma  Stewart,  Houston.  Tex. 
Collins.  Helen  Maud.  Rochester,  Minn. 
Ellis,  Klsie  Louise,  Brookfield,  Mass. 
Kvans,  Nellie  Durand,  Chattanooga,  Tenn. 
Kvans.  Anita  D.,  Chattanooga.  Tenn. 
Famum.  Kmma  Faye,  Mc(>regor.  Iowa. 
Farel,  Sade  Marie,  Tiltusville,  Pa, 
Johnson.  Mary  Wilson,  Raleigh.  N.  C. 


Laflin,  Helen  Margaret.  Milwaukee,  Wis, 
Mayo.  KUbeth  Blanche.  Dunkirk.  N.  H. 
McFarlane,  U.stelle  H.,  Denver,  Colo. 
Parker,  Alice  Frances.  Concord,  N.  H. 
Patterson,  Mary  A.,  St.  Albans.  Vt. 
Rennyson,  Gertrude  Margaret.  Phila<Ielphia,  Pa 
Sigourney,  Belle  Mauross,  Bristol,  Conn. 
Snyder,  Agnes  I-C.,  Philadelphia.  Pa. 
Spencer.  Irene,  White  Suphur  Springs.  Montana 
Vass,  Hleanor  Margaret,  Raleigh,  N.  C. 
Wood,  Jessie  Belle,  Chicago.  111. 


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Correspond  with  us..^==^i::^>" 

regarding  Fraternity  Jewelry,  Nov- 
elties and  stationery.     Samples  sent 
upon  application  through  your 
chapter. 

Address, 

140442  Woodward  Ave., 

DETROIT,  MICR 


DePAUW^ 
UNIVERSITY. 

Schools  of  Music  and  Art 

Full  courses  of    instructions  in  Pianoforte,  Pipe  (3rgan, 

Violin  and  Voice,  also  in  Musical  History  and  Theory. 

Fine    facilities   and    thorough    courses  in  Drawing,  Oil 

Painting,  Water  Colors,  China    Decorating    and  Wood 

Carving. 

The  next  term  will  open  September  22,  1897. 

For  further  particulars  address  the  Dean  of  the  Schools, 

Belle  A.  Mansfield. 

Greencastle,  Indiana. 


^I?apt?r  FJoll. 

Alpha DePaiiw  University,  Greencastle,  Indiana. 

Bkta, Albion  College.  Albion,  Michigan. 

Gamma, Xorthwestern  University,  Hvanston,  Illinois. 

Dklta, Allegheny  College,  Meadville,   Penn.sylvania. 

Kp.siu)N,  University  of  Southern  California,  Los  Angeles,  California. 
Zkta New  England  Conservatory,  Boston.  Massachu.setts. 

(,\{f\]ib  (?|1/ipTEI^-/llpl7a. 

(Jeij^ral   Offi(:ers. 

President, Mary  Janet  Wilson,  Alpha. 

Secretary Alta  Mae  Allen,  Beta. 

Treasurer Gertrude  Ogden,  Delta. 

C^orr^spOQdiijg  S^^r^t^ries. 

Alpha, Raeburn  Cowger. 

Beta Alta  Mae  Allen,  405  Erie  St. 

Gamma Lillian  vSiller,  831  Foster  St. 

Delta Edith  Jeanette  Roddy,  Walnut  St. 

Epsilon Mrs.  X.  Louise  VanCleve,  1014  W.  17th  St. 

Zeta Alice  Parker,  238  N.  Main  wSt.,  Concord,  N.  H. 


ARTISTS*  PRePBSSieNAL  CARDS. 


Fanuir  Bliunuficlti-Zrislcv, 


5(j8  (!:ast  Piuisiiin  5t. 


CljiiMito,  Jllinina 


Mi$5  Ncally  Sfnunis, 

Califoniia. 


Mauti  pmiicll, 


l^ioliniat. 

"lO  Wi'^l  CuuMTtirutI)  street. 

BiMU  l^orh  (£iig. 


THE  LYRE 


OF 


Alpha  Chi  Omega 

VOL  IL  SEPTEMBER  1897.  NO.  3. 


Musical  Progress* 

(Ilv  Jean   Moos,   Professor  of  Pianoforte  nud  Theory   in   DePauw   Universitv    Music  School 

The  desire  to  adv«iiice  along  every  line  of  activity  is  one  of  the 
most  deep  seated  instincts  of  man's  nature.  Indeed,  to  this  instinct 
alone  is  due  ever)-  trait  that  distinguishes  modern  civilization  from 
ancient  savagery;  and  without  this  universal  impulse  to  march  on- 
ward on  the  tortuous  path  of  history,  beset  with  obstacles  though  it 
may  be, — the  high  state  of  moral,  intellectual,  and  social  emancipa- 
tion at  which  we  have  arriven,  and  towards  which  we  are  still  striv- 
ing, would  never  have  been  realized.  Our  highly  developed  indus 
trial  pursuits,  our  mastery  over  the  powers  of  nature,  our  perfected 
modes  of  living, — all  are  the  direct  outgrowth  of  this  spirit  of  unrest, 
of  pressing  on  towards  an  ever  receding  goal,  of  which  even  the  best 
of  men  get  only  a  casual  fleeting  glimpse,  but  which  nevertheless 
is  pursued  by  the  very  lowliest  and  humblest  member  of  the  human 
family. 

One  of  the  multitudinous  results  of  this  inate  disposition  to  ad- 
vance we  see  in  our  highly  developed  art  life  and  more  particularly 
ill  our  musical  art  life.     For,  probably,  in  no  other  sphere  of  human 


4  The  Lyre, 

! ■ 

activity  has  progress  been  so  rapid  as  during  the  last  few  centuries  of 
musical  history.  And  even  today,  though  the  development  of  the 
art  as  such  seems  to  have  come  to  a  partial  standstill,  yet  the  spirit  of 
progress,  while  less  active  in  the  creative  sphere,  is  not  dead,  but 
seems  to  have  permeated  instead  the  great  mass  of  music  loving  peo- 
ple to  a  degree  formerly  unknown.  When  was  there  ever  known  such 
an  intense  straining  towards  that  which  is  high  and  noble  in  musical 
art  on  the  part  of  the  humble  rank  and  file  of  musicians?  But  few 
of  the  self-satisfied,  complacent  musicians  of  twent}-  years  ago  are 
now  to  be  found.  Growth  and  improvement  is  the  watchword  we 
hear  on  every  side.  And  whenever  we  find  an  isolated  case  of  the 
easy-going,  self-admiring  type  of  musician,  there  we  also  see  an  indi- 
vidual left  alone  in  the  rear  of  the  hosl  that  rushes  onward  toward 
greater  perfection ;  an  old  fog}-,  who  indeed  would  love  to  propound 
his  antiquated  methods  and  theories  to  an  admiring  public,  only  the 
public  that  would  lend  to  him  a  patient  ear  cannot  be  found.  The 
unprogres.sive  musician  is  hopelessly  consigned  to  "innoceuous  desue- 
tude." 

This  universal,  almost  feverish  striving  after  improvement,  how- 
ever, is  mainly  directed  into  technical,  executive  channels.  New- 
methods  for  the  cultivation  of  executive  dexterity  spring  up  around 
us  like  mushrooms.  And,  certainly,  these  methods  have  a  legitimate 
place.  But  we  must  not  forget  that  executive  ability  alone  does  not 
make  the  musician.  If  it  would,  a  music  box  or  a  mechanical  piano 
could  rout  the  mo.st  renowned  virtuoso.  The  fact  remains,  that,  in 
spite  of  these  improved  methods,  we  only  too  often  leave  a  perfor- 
mance saying  to  ourselves:  Too  many  notes,  but  too  little  mu.sic. 
Does  not  that  suggest  that  our  striving  after  progress  is  in  some  meas- 
ure misdirected.? 

It  is,  in  fact,  only  too  obvious  to  the  close  observer,  that  in  our 
endeavor  after  advancement  we  emphasize  almost  exclusively  the 
technical,  executive  side.  Expression,  feeling,  interpretation,  we 
say,  can,  at  any  rate,  not  be  taught  or  learned.  The  divine  spark,  if 
it  has  not  by  the  kind  fates  been  laid  into  our  cradle,  cannot  be 
kindled  by  any  amount  of  study.  And,  since  in  most  cases  we  can 
easily  pursuade  ourselves  that  we  possess  this  divine  spark,  that  we 
have  what  is  called  specific  musical    talent,    we    think  we  are  on  the 


The   Lyre.  5 

right  road  when  we  daily  rattle  down  our  scales  and  chords  and  dash 
off  our  Czerny  studies  and,  still  worse,  our  pieces,  at  the  prescribed 
metronome  speed. 

And  yet,  to  our  hearers,  though  they  may  not  tell  us  so,  it  is  all 
but  empty  sound.  There  is  no  soul  in  the  playing,  they  say.  Yes, 
that  is  doubtlessly  true  in  many  cases;  and  that  can  only  with  diffi- 
culty-be remedied.  But  would  we  not  cover  at  least  part  of  the 
ground  by  saying,  instead  of  there  is  no  soul  in  the  playing,  there  is 
no  Intelligence  in  the  playing?  I  am  persuaded  that  the  latter  is  in  a 
large  measure  the  case.  And  this  defect  fortunately  can  be  supplied, 
if  we  direct  our  energies  toward  the  theoretical  branches  of  music. 

How  then,  can  theory  correct  soulle.ss,  unintelligible  playing  or 
singing?  Well,  every  musical  composition  is  made  up  of  a  succession 
of  motives,  phrases  and  sentences,  which  stand  to  each  other  in  a 
definite,  mutual  relation.  Taking  a  melody,  for  instance,  certain 
tones  are  easily  felt  to  be  more  important  than  others,  and  hence  de- 
mand greater  emphasis;  certain  phrases,  again,  are  of  less  impor- 
tance than  others,  as  leading  up  towards  more  e.s.sential  melodic 
points,  and  hence  require  a  crescendo  up  to  the  climax.  And  .so 
melodious  relationships  exist  of  every  imaginable  degree  of  strength 
and  delicacy-  As  soon  then,  obviously,  as  these  various  interdepen- 
dences come  to  be  clearly  recognized,  the  key  to  an  intelligent  inter- 
pretation is  at  the  player's  di.sposal. 

And  how  .shall  this  musical  discrimination  ])e  acquired?  I  an- 
swer, by  means  of  a  thorough  study  of  Harmony  and   Musical  Form. 

That  the  study  of  Harmony,  if  rightfully  conducted,  foslcis  tliis 
delicate  sense  of  discrimination,  is  admitted  on  all  sicks.  I'or  its 
very  subject  matter  consists  in  the  relationships  of  tones  to  each 
other,  the  relative  position  of  tones  within  chords,  and  the  bonds  ex- 
isting between  successive  chords.  In  modern  music  especially,  the 
harmonic  material  is  so  diversified  that  every  degree  of  melodic  affin- 
ity can  be  expre.s.sed  by  its  means.  In  truth,  the  harmonic  web  in 
many  compositions  of  the  romantic  and  ultra-romantic  school  is  such 
that  only  a  thorough  acquaintance  with  the  varied  forms  of  harmonic 
progressions  can  insure  an  adequate  rendition.  He  who  is  not  ac- 
quainted from  previous  study  with  at  least  the  principal  harmonic 
sequences  is  utterly  at  sea.     But  if  by  a  previous    study  of    harmonv 


6  The   Lyre. 

an  insight  has  been  gained  into  harmonic  structure  the  harmonic  tis- 
sue is  easily  unravelled;  and  what  to  the  uninitiated  is  the  cause  of 
confusion  becomes  an  index  of  the  significance  of  each  constituent, 
and  of  the  part  it  plays  in  its  relation  to  the  whole;  and  from  a  cor- 
rect harmonic  perception  to  an  intelligent,  and  even  soulful  rendition 
it  is  only  a  small  step. 

Much  less  generally  admitted  are  the  benefits  which  accrue  from 
the  study  of  Musical  Form.  And  yet  it  stands  beyond  dispute  that 
as  a  stimulus  to  correct  musical  discrimination  it  is  vastly  superior 
even  to  Harmony,  important  as  that  branch  is.  Musical  Form 
deals  pre-eminently  with  melodic  structure.  And  melody  is  the 
soul  of  music.  In  its  elementary  aspect  particularly, — the  .study 
of  the  musical  period  and  its  structure, — it  is  the  most  power- 
iul  help  that  can  be  enlisted  in  behalf  of  acquiring  a  correct  style 
of  phrasing.  For  of  what  help  is  it  if  two  phrases  are  di.sconnected 
merely  because  this  is  indicated  in  the  printed  copy  by  the  sluring? 
And  how  much  nearer  to  the  true  goal  is  the  player  brought  by  me- 
chanically ob.serving  accents  and  other  dynamic  signs?  With  all  his 
pain.staking  care  the  player  or  singer  who  thus  slavi.shly,  or  mechan- 
ically, follows  the  printed  score  produces  nothing  but  a  galvanized 
corpse  of  the  compo.ser's  creation.  A  living,  .spontaneous  reproduc- 
tion of  a  musical  art  work  can  take  place  only  when  as  the  result  of 
previous  studies  the  importance  of  each  tone,  the  relations  of  each 
phrase,  and  the  significance  of  each  period,  is  gra.sped  as  quick  as  a 
flash;  when,  consecjuent  upon  a  frequent  analysis  of  ma.ster  works, 
the  perception  of  melodic  structure  has  become  such  that  at  any  one 
moment  the  performer  has  ])resent  before  his  mind's  eye,  not  only 
the  passage  he  is  playing  at  the  moment  but  in  addition  what  immed- 
iately precedes  and  follows,  so  that  with  lightning-like  speed  he  ad- 
justs one  part  to  the  other,  and  thus  creates  one  whole,  and  not  an 
incoherent  series  of  fragments.  Thus  his  phrasing  cea.ses  to  be  ma- 
chine-made, and  becomes  a  living  and  .spontaneous  outpouring  of  his 
spirit. 

Why,  then,  should  we  day  after  day,  and  week  after  week,  per- 
sist in  the  wearying  humdrum  of  nerve-killing  finger  exercises?  It 
is  said  that  no  pianist  ever  struck  as  many  wrong  notes  as  Rubin- 
stein.    And  yet  to  have  heard  him  perform  a  great  masterwork  is  to 


The   Iatc.  7 

be  remembered  forever,  while  the  most  faultless  display  of  musical 
pyrotechnics  leaves  no  lasting  trace  on  our  minds,  and  the  sooner  it 
evaporates  the  better.  Certainly,  technical  dexterity  is  indispensible 
and  demands  with  right  a  considerable  part  of  our  time.  But  we 
must  not  forget  the  spirit  above  the  letter.  Technique  is  a  valuable 
means  to  an  end.  But  if  made  an  end  in  itself  it  is  its  own  defeat. 
An  intelligent  style  of  interpretation  it  is  that  we  must  endeavor  to 
cultivate.  And  this  we  cannot  leave  to  chance  or  to  talent.  If  tal- 
ent there  be,  it  will  be  none  the  worse  for  being  curbed  and  purified 
by  theoretical  study.  And  if  talent  be  absent,  or  in  a  dormant  state, 
the  slumbering  fire  may  thus  be  kindled  into  a  brighter,  living 
flame. 


S  The  Lvrc. 


Parsifal  at  Bayreuth. 

(Uy  Marion  Alison   Fcrnie,   Professor  of  Voice   Cnltnre   at    DePauw  I'niversity  Mnsic    School. 

1S91-1S97.1 

Many  of  us  have  lived  in  a  musical  atmosphere  but  no  one  can 
have  reached  the  ideal  who  has  not  worshipped  at  Bayreuth  and 
there  heard  Parsifal.  I  use  the  word  worshipped  advisedly  in  connec- 
tion with  that  great  work  for  w^e  may  have  loved,  admired  and 
adored  the  other  Wagner  operas  but  always  with  an  earthly  love, 
while  our  emotions  on  hearing  Parsifal  though  not  so  human  are  al- 
ways pure  and  elevating.  Bayreuth  itself  makes  one  unworldly;  im- 
agine a  primitive  German  or  Bavarian  town  many  years  old  with  no 
modern  improvemcnls,  no  cars,  no  gas,  no  lying  in  wait  to  cheat  un- 
sophisticated Amrricans,  nothing  that  reminds  us  of  the  present  cen- 
tury in  any  of  tlie  real  inhabitants.  Then  imagine  a  string  of  foreign- 
ers from  all  over  the  world  accepting  (even  the  richest  and  nio.st 
worldly  )  all  these  primitive  conditions  with  joy.  The  Princess  of 
Wales  lived  in  a  small  room  over  a  baker's  shop  last  year.  All  seem 
to  be  on  a  pilgrimage  and  very  much  in  earnest  in  their  undertaking. 

The  opera  house  is  a  huge  building  about  twenty  minutes'  dis- 
tance from  the  town,  at  the  top  of  a  high  hill.  It  is  surrounded  by 
all  sorts  and  conditions  of  restaurants,  for  you  must  know  that  Ger- 
mans have  too  much  respect  for  their  digestions  to  sit  three  or  four 
hours  without  food;  and  there  are  full  accomodations  for  all  classes 
and  tastes  froin  a  "Bier  Keller"  to  a  French  restaurant.  At  half 
past  three  strings  of  carriages  and  a  seemingly  endless  stream  of  pedes- 
trians begir.  to  mount  the  hill.  At  ten  minutes  to  four  the  bugle 
calls  and  it  always  plays  a  motif  from  the  opera  about  to  be  given. 
At  four  the  bugle  calls  again  and  everything  is  hushed  and  darkened 
and  the  doors  closed  not  to  be  opened  on  any  account,  until  the  end 
of  the  act.  Parsifal's  w\anderings  in  the  woods  begin  and  all  the 
struggles  and  temptations,  through  which  he  gains  heavenly  if  not 
earthly  bliss,  are  depicted.  We  listen  and  look  with  pleasure  too 
deep  to  be  described;  our  eyes  and  ears  are  more  than  satisfied  and 
we  feel  that  though  we  may  be  doubtful  as  to  the  practical  value  of 
the  lesson,  at  anv  rate  the  music  cannot  l^e  found  fault  with  and  we 


The  Lyre.  9 

must,  however  mundane  we  are,  soar  a  little. 

At  the  end  of  the  first  act  everyone  leaves  the  theatre  and  half 
an  hour  is  given  for  tea  or  other  refreshment  and  one  gets  renewed 
strength  to  continue  watching  the  struggles  of  Parsifal.  After  the 
second  act  there  is  an  hour's  intermission  and  dinner  is  the  order  of 
the  day.  I  can't  help  thinking  that  this  way  of  hearing  music  should 
be  universally  adopted,  for  I  know  how  much  more  capable  I  am  of 
enjoying  the  last  act  of  the  opera  in  Bayieuth,  or  in  any  German 
town  where  they  have  this  custom,  than  I  am  in  any  of  the  larger 
cities  where  one  has  no  time  between  acts  to  eat  or  gain  fresh  strength 
for  a  new  theme;  where  one  idea  is  hurled  on  the  top  of  the  other 
and  I  am  surfeited  and  have  no  time  for  musical  digestion. 

I  meant  to  write  more  about  Parsifal.  I  have  drifted  to  the  man- 
ner of  performance.  Perhaps  I  ought  to  say  that  a^  I  grow  older  in 
worldly  knowledge  I  find  my  greatest  pleasure  in  the  human  music 
of  'Tristan  and  I.solde'  and  in  the  grand  and  immortal  'Ring  der 
Niebelungen.'  Nietzoche  says  there  is  only  one  deadly  sin, — "to 
deny  life,"  and  after  all  the  beauty,  sweetness  and  power  in  Parsifal 
one  must  at  length  come  to  the  conclusion  that  his  ideas  were  mis- 
taken and  that  had  he  been  more  human  his  influence  would  have 
been  wider. 


A  Poem. 

'Mid  paths  ot  radiant  roses  once  I  strayed 
Nor  heeded  e'en  the  loveliness  of  one. 

Now  naught  but  bitter  tares  lie  long  my  road 
And  I  am  left  in  barrenness  alone. 

In  vain  mine  eyes  so  dull  'mid  flow^'ring  ways 
Are  clear  ihro'  dark'ning  day's  austere  repose. 

Alas!  the  sadness  of  the  deed  undone. 
Alas!  the  perfume  of  the  unplucked  rose. 

Marg.\ret  B.  Barber. 


lo  The  Lyre. 

The  Fraternity  Question. 

The  Greek  Letter  Fraternities,  as  they  have  become  known,  re- 
present a  very  large  element  in  American  college  life.  For  more  than 
fifty  years  they  have  played  an  important  role.  It  is  apparent  that 
they  are  to  be  permanent  factors.  Of  them  there  are  more  than  fifty 
which  have  chapters  in  many  colleges.  There  are  also  local  frater- 
nities. The  foundation  of  some  of  them  runs  back  more  than  sixty 
years.  Various  purposes  control  and  various  methods  prevail.  In 
some  the  literary  purpose  and  motive;  in  some  the  oratorical:  in  some 
the  scholastic;  but  more  generally  the  social  and  friendly  method  and 
purpose  dominate.  College  fraternities  are  becoming  more  and  more 
simple  associations  of  men  who  like  each  other,  and  who  like  to  be 
associated  with  each  other.  Whether  a  student  shall  join  one  depends 
very  largely  upon  the  student,  and  also  upon  the  fraternity  which  he 
may  be  asked  to  join.  On  the  whole,  I  feel  confident,  that  if  he  can 
afford  the  expense — and  the  expense  in  some  cases  is  slight  and  in 
others  heavy — he  will  get  more  out  of  his  college  life  by  being  a 
member.  He  will  form  more  numerous,  more  ardent,  and  more  last- 
ing friendships.  The  disadvantage  of  fraternities  is  pretty  closely 
related  to  what  is  called  college  politics.  College  politics,  on  the 
whole,  is  quite  as  bad  for  the  college  as  what  is  known  as  ''politics** 
in  the  larger  world  of  civil  relations  is  bad  for  pure  democratic  gov- 
ernment. For  the  bickerings  and  squabblings  prevailing  in  college 
politics  consume  large  amounts  of  time  and  strength  without  render- 
ing adequate  results.  But  the  same  temptation  of  going  into  college 
politics  exists  for  the  man  who  is  not  a  member  of  a  fraternity. 

President  Chari.ks  F.  Thwixg,  in  Revie a'  of  Reviews  for  April. 


«<M 


The  fact  that  I  was  a  good  musician,"  said  the  lady  from  John.s- 
town,  "was  the  means  of  saving  my  life  during  the  flood  in  our  town 
a  few  years  ago."  "How  was  that?"  asked  the  young  lady  who  sang. 
"When  the  water  struck  our  house  my  husband  got  on  the  folding 
bed  and  floated  down  the  stream  until  he  was  rescued."  "And what 
did  you  do?"      "Well,  I  accompanied  him  upon  the  piano." 


T he  Lyre.  1 1 


A  California  Letter. 

(By  James  llami  ton  Howe,  Dean  of  Del'auw  I'niversity  School  of  Music.  1SS4-1S94.) 

SaxF'kancisco,  Cal.,  Aug.  3,  1897. 
Dear  Friends  of  the  Alpha  Chi  Ome^a: 

I  have  been  asked  to  send  you  a  few  thoughts  relative  to  the 
early  days  of  the  Alpha  Chi  Omega  Sorority,  and  incidentally  add  a 
few  items  in  regard  to  my  progress  in  musical  lines  in  California.  I 
love  to  go  back  to  the  days  of  your  infancy.  I  had  for  some  time  felt 
that  the  DePauw  School  of  Music  should  have  within  its  fold  a  mus- 
ical sorority.  After  a  few  bickerings  had  been  gone  through  with 
and  several  difficulties  overcome,  I  called  a  few  of  you  together  and 
you  soon  organized  yourselves  and  in  about  three  weeks  blossomed 
out.  The  selection  of  colors  and  outlining  of  the  pin  were  interesting 
moments.  At  once  you  became  a  new  power  in  the  School  and  Uni- 
versity. If  I  remember  aright  some  one  used  to  help  you  fight  your 
ecrly  battles.  Now  what  a  large  family  you  are,  some  five  hundred, 
all  the  way  from  Alpha  to  Zeta,  and  there  are  those  out  here  who 
wish  to  join  your  force. 

As  I  look  over  the  names  in  the  Alpha  chapter.  I  find  that  I  re- 
member nearly  all  of  you,  yes,  and  your  characteristics.  I  find  also 
that  quite  a  number  consider  it  important  to  change  their  names, 
which  also  adds  to  the  size  of  the  family.  The  more  the  merrier.  I 
am  proud  to  see  that  you  have  not  followed  my  example.  The  vicis- 
situdes of  ten  years  of  university  life  are  multitudinous  and  varied 
and  test  one's  fortitude  considerably.  The  pleasant  times  are  the 
ones  we  love  to  look  back  upon.  The  Recitals  and  Concerts,  the 
Orchestra.  I  have  a  photo  of  that  valiant  band  in  my  .studio,  and 
point  to  it  with  pardonable  pride.  Our  chorus  of  forty  or  fifty  used 
to  struggle  wonderfully  for  existence.  A  few  evenings  since  I  had 
the  pleasure  of  directing  fifteen  hundred  voices  together  with  an  or- 
chestra of  eighty.  vStill,  I  suppose,  I  should  work  ju.st  as  hard  again 
with  thirty  or  forty  voices.  That  is  one  of  the  beautiful  characteris- 
tics of  those  who  are  deeply  interested  in  art,  down  to  the  smallest 
detail  they  take  just  as  much  pains.     I^ay  .solid  foundation  and  who- 


12  The  Lyre. 

ever  comes  after  you  can  build  upon  it.   But  I  am  not  here  to  preach. 

It  is  pleasant  to  note  that  several  of  my  co-workers  have  written 
interesting  articles  for  the  *'Lyre. "  Professors  Mansfield  and  Row- 
ley, Misses  McReynolds,  Leonard.  Steele,  and  Fox.  All  used  to  sit 
at  my  table  at  Ladies*  Hall.  I  am  looking  over  the  list  of  members. 
One  is  surprised  at  the  small  number  you  have  lost  trom  your  ranks 
by  death.  A  good  example  of  the  truth  that  the  judicious  practice  of 
the  art  of  music  prolongs  life.  I  could  fill  several  books  with  DePauw 
experiences  but  must  hasten  "on  with  the  dance,'*  ** westward  ho!*' 

On  my  way  to  California,  several  organ  and  pianoforte  recitals 
were  given.  The  people  here  were  not  quite  ready  for  the  Conserva- 
tory idea,  so  I  turned  my  attention  to  oratorio  and  private  leaching. 
They  do  not  love  to  dwell  long  upon  one  idea  nor  upon  one  object  or 
department  of  study.  They  love  change;  one  thing  today  and  some- 
thing else  tomorrow;  so  if  one  wishes  to  succeed  he  must  be  a  good 
politician,  or  ever  ready  to  enter  some  new  scheme  or  project.  The 
old  '49  spirit  of  the  ''prospector"  is  still  here.  It  is  the  most  unsat- 
isfactory place  to  teach  music  that  I  everdw^elt  in.  Outside  of  a  few 
solid  characters,  you  have  to  expect  a  pupil  to  study  with  you  for  a 
month  or  two,  then  the  mind  seems  to  need  to  recuperate,  or  it  may 
go  prospecting  in  some  other  studio.  I  find  that  this  is  the  exper- 
ience of  a  huge  share  of  the  teaching  force.  Then  you  must  remem- 
ber that  this  is  a  Jewish  community.  Hence  one  teacher  says  such 
delightful  (?)  things  of  another  and  tries  to  build  upon  the  ruins  of 
others;  or  my  wares  (theories,  methods,  systems,  etc.,)  are  so  much 
better  than  all  others.  You  put  your  life  in  jeopardy  if  you  go  to  so 
and  so.  One  smiles  at  this  when  entering  a  new  country  and  if  he 
takes  what  is  said  seriously,  wonders  to  what  shores  all  the  good  mu- 
sicians have  emmigrated. 

There  are  several  good  musicians  here  and  I  am  glad  to  be  as.so- 
ciated  with  them.  We  have  a  musical  club  of  the  best  musicians 
which  meets  once  a  month.  Good  music  is  heard  in  churches.  In- 
terest in  oratorio  is  very  moderate.  I  feel  like  a  missionary  in  this 
work.  It  is  only  some  great  occasion  that  will  draw  people  together, 
Christian  Endeavor  Convention,  for  in.stance.  A  free  show  suits 
them  the  best.  Light  opera,  theater  and  variety  shows  secure  full 
houses.      Ministers  have  much  difficulty  in  drawing  people  to  church. 


The   Lyre.  13 

A  popular  people's  church  may  be  organized  soon  and  the  writer 
asked  to  take  charge  of  the  music.  Very  little  symphony  music  is 
heard.  The  people  have  not  ''arrived."  Many  of  the  most  celebrated 
artists  concertize  here.  As  to  my  own  work,  in  addition  to  teaching 
and  church  organ  supplying  I  am  director  of  the  San  Francisco  Ora- 
torio Society,  Oakland,  San  Jose  and  Sacramento  societies. 

California  is  a  good  place  to  live;  plenty  to  eat  and  drink,  brac- 
ing air  and  great  variety  of  scenery.  Never  was  better  in  my  life 
and  although  I  am  not  an  alderman,  I  weigh  ten  pounds  more  than 
when  in  DePauw.  When  any  of  your  members  come  to  San  Fran- 
cisco I  hope  you  will  call  at  my  studio.  With  regards  and  best 
wishes  to  you  all,  I  am  sincerely, 

Jamks  Hamilton  Howk, 


Communication* 

Bp:kijn,  Aug.  I  J,  fS^y. 

My  Dear  Sisters  in  Alpha  Chi: 
Over  a  year  has  passed  since  our  happy  union  at  the  Convention  in 
Meadville,  and  I  really  did  not  intend  that  so  long  a  time  should  pass 
before  keeping  my  promise  to  write  to  you  a  letter  from  Berlin.  It 
has  been  a  year  so  full  of  stud}',  sight-seeing,  and  so  forth,  that  I 
have  hardly  had  time  to  gather  my  thoughts  together.  Some  little 
time  ago  I  received  a  good  long  letter  from  Miss  Steele  of  Alpha  and 
also  a  copy  of  the  "Lyre."  Was  so  pleased  to  hear  all  about  the  con- 
vention of  '97,  and  gladly  comply  with  your  request  to  write  you 
what  little  I  can  from  Berlin.  I  arrived  here  just  at  the  most 
beautiful  time  of  year,  in  May,  and  in  spite  of  the  fact  that  I 
had  just  left  the  "Land  of  Sunshine"  (as  we  proudly  call  Southern 
California )  everything  seemed  exceedingly  beautiful  to  me.  Berlin, 
particularly  during  the  spring  and  summer  is  certainly  a  wonder  of 
beauty.  First  of  all  is  the  almost  perfect  order  and  cleanliness  that 
the  German  proudly  claims  is  not  elsewhere  to  be  found,  and 
which  certainly  does  impress  one  very  forcibly  in  coming  from  other 
cities.  The  stately  buildings,  in  which  nearly  every  style  of  antique 
and  modern  architecture   may  be  seen;  the  streets  lined  with  trees; 


14  The  Lyre. 

the  small  parks  every  few  blocks;  the  world  famed  "Unter  den  Lin- 
den," *'Thiergarten,"  etc.,  all  tend  to  make  a  most  perfect  unity  of 
the  busy  city  life  and  the  works  of  man  with  the  wonders  of  nature. 
Then,  too,  when  one  thinks  of  the  old  treasures  of  the  museums, 
galleries  and  libraries;  of  the  educational  advantages  in  almost  every 
line  of  study;  it  seems  as  if  nothing  more  could  be  wished  for.  It 
may  be  interesting  to  you  to  know  that  electric  cars  have  only  been 
introduced  in  this  old  and  learned  city,  within  the  last  year,  and  by 
far  the  greater  part  of  transportation  still  is  done  by  the  "one  horse 
street  car  line."  We  Americans,  who  are  noted  for  being  both  quick 
and  practical,  scold  and  are  very  impatient  over  our  "slow-going" 
brethren:  but  after  a  lime,  that  wears  off,  and  to  the  extent  that  one 
takes  life  at  an  easy  and  comfortable  pace,  you  can  make  an  estimate 
of  about  how  many  years  has  been  spent  in  the  good  old  "Vater- 
land." 

This  is  the  time  of  year  when  everybody  lives  out  of  doors. 
Rich  and  poor,  old  and  young,  fill  the  parks,  Thiergarten  and  sur- 
rounding woods.  The  "Lokales"  do  a  rushing  business.  Every 
person  who  has  a  cent  left  in  the  pocket  buys  a  glass  of  beer,  a  cup 
of  coffee  or  a  piece  of  German  brown  bread  and  sausage,  and  sits  out 
under  the  trees  to  eat  i^.  These  "Lokales"  usually  select  a  spot 
where  trees  are  plentiful,  and  where  the  view  is  picturesque  and 
charming.  They  have  orchestra  music,  and  naturally  everything 
tastes  ever  so  much  better  there  than  in  the  house. 

But  I  dwell  so  long  upon  German  customs,  and  have  not  spoken 
of  what  is  ot  most  interest  to  us;  namely,  the  music.  I  hardly  know 
hov%^  to  begin.  Perhaps,  to  me,  the  most  delightful  music  has  been 
that  of  the  Symphony  Orchestra  in  the  Royal  Opera  House,  under 
the  direction  of  Hof-Kapellmeister  Felix  Weingartner.  To  be  sure, 
Weingartner  has  been  criticised  by  many  as  overdrawing  effects,  but 
with  Berlin's  best  musicians  at  his  command,  and  his  fine  musical 
sense  that  seems  to  draw  out  every  little  phrase  so  delicately  and  dis- 
tinctly, and  build  all  together  in  one  great  tone  poem,  his  direction 
was  ever  charming.  Then  came  the  Wickish  Concerts  in  Philhar- 
monic Hall,  also  a  series  of  ten  concerts,  every  evening  presenting 
something  new  in  solo  work  with  orchestra  accompaniment.  Bus- 
soni  displayed  his  wonderful  technic  on  a  modern  composition,  which 


The   Lyre.  15 

was  given  to  the  public  for  the  first  time  from  O'Novacek.  vSophie 
Mentor  delighted  the  audience  one  evening  with  a  piano  concerto 
Xo.  5,  E  flat,  from  Beethoven  She  stands  first  among  women  as  a 
piano  player  here.  Pablo  de  Sarasate  was  more  than  enthusiastically 
received.  As  a  violinist  of  the  Southern  type  he  has  certainly  no 
equal;  his  fire  and  delicacy,  and  his  wonderful  technical  ability  com- 
pletely entrances  one.  Gabriele  Wietrovvetz,  a  young  lady  pupil  of 
Joachim  played  one  evening  the  Concert  No.  9,  in  D  minor,  by  Spohr, 
and  certainly  her  work  gave  wonderful  promise  for  her  future  ca- 
reer. 

Americans  who  are  here  studying  at  a  heavy  expense  are,  as  a 
rule,  to  be  found  in  the  cheapest  places;  so  it  comes  that  as  one 
reaches  the  highest  gallery  of  the  Opera  House  otie  hears  English 
spoken  on  all  sides.  Here  the  seats  are  very  good  both  for  seeing  and 
hearing,  and  by  buying  a  season  ticket  one  hears  the  ten  Symphony 
Concerts  for  $2.50.  In  Philharmony,  however,  the  seats  are  not  so 
inexpensive,  and  those  who  are  determined  to  find  an  inexpensive 
way  either  attend  the  open  rehersal  which  is  given  at  twelve  o'clock 
the  preceding  day,  or  take  standing  room  for  the  evening. 

The  popular  concerts  which,  during  the  winter  are  held  three 
evenings  a  week  at  Philharmony  Hall  give  a  pretty  picture  of  true 
German  life. 

The  orchestra  is  under  the  direction  of  Prof.  Mannstaedt,  one 
of  the  best  piano  artists  in  Berlin.  The  program  presented  a  good 
selection  of  the  classic  and  modern  music.  The  bt^autiful  large  hall 
is  filled  with  little  tables,  and  entire  families  sit  around  drinking 
their  beer  or  coffee  and  eating.  The  ladies  are  oftentimes  knitting  or 
sewing.  All  are  so  quiet  that  during  the  music  one  could  hear  a  pin 
drop.  Sunday  evening  smoking  is  allowed,  so  that  the  comfort  of  the 
gue.sts  may  be  complete. 

The  much  beloved  Dr.  Joachim  has  now  reached  such  an  age 
tliat  he  plays  little  except  in  quartette  work.  He  honored  the  Amer- 
icans by  playing  a  solo  at  a  concert  given  for  the  benefit  of  the  Amer- 
ican church.  His  musical  feeling  is  still  wondertul,  but  he  has  nat- 
urally lost  technic.  The  Joachim  String  (Quartette  gave  a  number  of 
concerts  this  winter,  and  shares  with  the  Bohemian  String  Quartette  the 
honor  of  doing  the  best  quartette  work  of  the  city,     Prof.  Halie,  the 


1 6  The  Lvre, 

violinist,  who  gave  a  series  of  concerts  in  America  not  long  ago,  is 
considered  by  Berlin  critics  as  having  no  equal  in  the  strictly  classi- 
cal music,  particularly  in  the  interpretation  of  Beethoven  and  Spohr 
Concertos.  Prof.  Barth,  professor  in  the  Royal  High  School  of  Music 
has  also  given  a  series  of  piano  concerts.  His  technic  is  very  fine, 
and  he  stands  as  one  of  the  first  in  Berlin  as  piano  teacher;  he  is  very 
I>opular  among  Americans.  Frau  Sherres-Freidenthal,  with  whom  I 
am  studying,  also  gave  a  concert  in  Singakademie,  and  was  very  en- 
thusiastically received  and  well  critici.sed.  She  is  a  Polander,  and 
stands  among  the  first  as  teacher  of  piano.  Her  playing  has  all  the 
Polish  fire  and  delicacv. 

Every  evening  presents  much  that  is  pleasant  and  instructive,  I 
cannot  begin  to  tell  you  about  all.  No  American  can  spend  a  winter 
in  Berlin  without,  from  a  musical  standpoint,  ever  remembering  it  as 
one  of  the  richest  of  experiences.  I  have  grown  to  think  a  good 
deal  of  Germany  and  her  people,  and  I  hope  that  others  who  may 
come  from  our  society  will  find  it  as  pleasurable  as  I  have  found  it. 

Trusting  that  our  society  is  in  every  way  prosperous,  and  with 
best  wishes  to  all  chapters,    I  am  sincerely, 

lyUi.u  Johns,  from  Kpsilon. 
Berlin,  W  30. 
Germany.     Kyffhauser  Str  8  iv. 


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EDITORIAL. 

Vacation  is  over  and  Alpha  Chi  agsin  takes  up  active  work. 
The  **Lyre"  extends  greetings  to  all  and  wishes  a  successful  and 
prosperous  year.  The  vacation  number  cannot  offer  as  much  matter 
of  general  interest  to  its  readers  as  during  the  school  year.  Some 
promised  articles  are  not  yet  in  as  we  go  to  press.  We  heartily 
commend  the  chapters  that  have  .so  promptly  responded,  and  hope 
with  a  little  better  management  all  will  be  represented  next  time. 
Some  failed  to  learn  from  the  announcement  at  the  head  of  the  Edi- 
torial page  when  the  articles  were  due,  and  did  not  have  time  to  do 
the  work  justice.  Letters  of  encouragement  and  appreciation  have 
been  received  from  members  of  different  chapters.  All  express  their 
pleasure  at  hearing  from  their  former  as.sociates  through  these  pages. 
For  the  benefit  of  the  absent  members  we  should  have  a  good  personal 
department.  All  items  of  interest  should  be  sent  in  to  the  editor  of 
the  personals. 

Let  us  enter  into  the  year's  work  with  renewed  interest  and  en- 
ergy and  a  determination  to  labor  for  the  best  results  in  our  studies; 
remembering  that  the  fraternity  is  not  an  end  in  itself  but  a  means 
for  broader  development.  We  hope  the  general  work  of  the  chapters 
will  be  attended  to  promptly;  that  the  contributions  to  the  song  book 
will  be  sent  in  at  the  stated  time;  that  delegates  be  sent  to  the  con- 
vention instructed  in  all  the  matters  of  business  to  be  brought  up. 


1 8  The  Lvrc, 


Chapter  Personals- 


ALPHA. 

Ethel  Jackson  visited  Meta  Horner  this  summer. 

Ida  Steele  will  enter  Chicago  University  this  fall. 

Lucy  Andrews  will  not  be  in  school  for  a  few  weeks. 

Valverde  Rupp  was  not  able  to  return  on  account  of  illness. 

Kstelle  Morse  visited  Claudia  Hill  and  Pearl  Shaw  this  summer. 

Meta  Horner  will  not  be  able  to  enter  school    until  after  the  holr 
idavs. 

Raeburn  Cowger  spent  the  summer  with  her  uncle,  at  Helena. 
Montana. 

Myrtle      Wilder     visited      Anna      Cowperthwaite      at     Tom's 
River,  N.  J. 

Zella  Marshall  has  returned  to  Chicago  for  another  year's  work 
with  Liebling. 

Miss  Neally   Stevens  opened   her  season  in  concert  work  at  the 
Nashville  exposition. 

Alice   Carey  Heaton   will  spend  the  winter  in  California  and  at- 
tend Leland  Stanford. 

We  regret  the  absence  of  Albertta  Miller  this  term,  but  look  for- 
ward to  having  her  with  us  after  Christmas. 

Helen  O'Dell,  graduate  from  voice  department,  '97,  has  a  flour- 
ishing class  in  piano  and  voice,  at  Wolcott,  Ind. 

Joanna  Baker,  who  has  been   teaching   in  the   Indianola,^  Iowa 
college,  is  studying  this  year  in  the  Chicago  University. 

Edith    Plested   has   moved  with    her  parents  to  Palo  Alto,  Cal., 
and  is  taking  special  work  in  Leland  Stanford  University. 

Jessie  Young    Fox,  class  of  '95,  is  filling  the  place  of  instructor 
in  the  piano  department  of  the  university  at  Champaign,  111. 

Members  of  Alpha  chapter  are  delighted  to  have  with  us  again 


The  Lyre.  19 

Kate  Reed,  who  will  resume  her  work  in  the  School  of  Music. 

Miss  Maud  Powell,  Katherine  McReynolds  and  Fraulein  Koehl 
spent  their  vacation  at  Mountain  Lake  Park,  Md.  Miss  Koehl  studied 
with  Miss  Powell. 

Kerne  Wood  has  entered  the  College  of  Liberal  Arts  to  study  for 
her  bachelors  degree,  and  will  also  continue  her  work  in  the  piano 
and  voice  departments. 

Mrs  Cecelia  Eppinghausen  Bailey  has  had  flattering  success 
singing  at  Chatauqua  this  summer.  The  "Musical  Courier"  recently 
gave  an  excellent  notice  of  her  work. 

Misses  Elma  Patton.  Dema  Martin,  Mae  Hemphill,  Elmina 
Lank,  Donna  Williamson,  Blanche  Clark,  Carrie  Little  and  Edith 
O'Dell   have  been  pledged  to  Alpha  Chi. 

Adeline  Rowley  studied  in  Chicago  part  of  the  summer.  She 
will  teach  this  year  in  Onarga,  111.,  where  she  will  be  associated  with 
her  sister,  Miss  Caroline,  who  has  charge  of  the  piano  department  in 
the  school. 

The  few  members  of  Alpha  who  were  in  Greencastle  this  summer 
had  the  pleasure  of  meeting  Mrs.  Jean  Whitcomb  Fenn,  of  Beta,  who 
visited  her  parents  here.  Mr.  Whitcomb  has  been  recently  chosen 
pastor  of  the  Greencastle  Baptist  church. 

BETA. 

Mis.ses  Lina  and  Nellie  Baum  spent  the  summer  with  friends  in 
Ohio. 

Miss  Jennie  A.  Worthington  will  continue  to  teach  music  in  the 
Albion  school. 

Miss  Be.ssie  Tefft  will  study  Music  with  Miss  Lilla  Smart  at  De- 
troit, this  year. 

Miss  Eva  Pratt  goes  October  ist  to  Boston  to  continue  her  work 
in  the  Art  School. 

Miss  Clarissa  Dickie  will  spend  the  winter  in  New  York,  study- 
ing with  Dr.  William  Ma.son. 

Miss  Grace  Brown   has  returned  to  Lansing  to  resume  her  posi- 


20  The  Lvre. 

tion  in  the  School  for  the  Blind. 

Miss  Mabel  Collins  has  the  position  of  Assistant  Principal  in 
the  Eaton  Rapids  High  School  this  year. 

Miss  Ora  Woodvvorth  and  Alta  Allen,  '97,  will  take  post  gradu- 
ate work  in  Music,  and  continue  college  work. 

August  25  Miss  Kather^'u  Brandon  was  married  in  Chicago  to 
Mr.  Robert  Harris.     They  w^ill  live  in  Gambier,  Ohio. 

Beta  graduated  four  girls  last  June.  Mabel  Collins,  (College), 
Bessie  Tefft,  Ora  Woodworth,  and  Alta  Mae  Allen,  (Piano). 

Miss  Ethel  Calkins  will  remove  with  her  people  from  Big  Rapids 
to  Albion.  Miss  Calkins  will  continue  to  teach  in  the  Conserva- 
tory. 

Miss  Louise  Birchard  and  Miss  Beatrice  Breckenridge  were  in 
Chicago  several  weeks  this  summer.  Miss  Birchard  taught  Delsarte 
while  there. 

Mrs.  Martha  Reynolds-Colby,  Miss  Harriet  Reynolds,  and  Miss 
Lucie  McMaster  took  part  in  the  Epworth  Assembly  at  Ludington 
during  the  summer. 

Miss  Josephine  Parker,  of  DePere,  Wis.,  and  Miss  Katherine 
Roode,  of  Albion,  Mich.,  attended  the  marriage  of  Miss  Kalheryn 
Brandon  in  Chicago. 

GAMMA. 

Miss  Theodora  Chaffee  spent  the  summer  at  the  sea  shore. 

Miss  Grace  Richardson  visited  in  Michigan  during  August. 

Mrs.  George  A.  Coe  spent  the  summer  at  her  old  home  in  Cali- 
fornia. 

Misses  Bulah  and  Jane  Hough  attended  the  reunion  of  Beta  chap- 
ter in  June. 

Miss  Florence  Harris,  ot  Beardstown,  visited  friends  in  Litch- 
field, Illinois. 

Miss  Irene  Stevens  spent  a  few  weeks  of  the  summer  at  Free- 
port,  Illinois. 

Miss  Stella  Chamblin,  of  Riverside,  Cal.,  will  study  vocal  music 


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this  year  in  Boston. 

Miss  Cordelia  Hanson,  of  Kenosha,  Wis.,  has  moved  to  2147 
Sherwood  Ave. ,  Evanston. 

Miss  Elizabeth  Patrick,  ^96,  of  DesMoines,  was  visiting  relatives 
in  Michigan  during  the  summer. 

Mi.ss  Mabel  Siller  was  the  guest  of  Miss  Alta  Allen  of  Beta,  dur- 
ing the  reunion  and  college  commencement. 

Miss  Alice  Grannis  gave  a  recital  at  Balaton,  Minn.,  where  she 
was  the  guest  of  Mi.ss  Amy  Martin,  who  attended  school  here  in  1895. 

Miss  Mildred  Mclntyre,  of  Memphis,  Tenn.,  wmII  be  back  this 
fall  to  continue  her  work  under  Sherwood.  Her  sister  will  accom- 
pany her. 

DELTA. 

Miss  Helen  Orris  has  been  visiting  in  Buffalo. 

Miss  Florence  E.  Harper  is  visiting  friends  in  Buffalo. 

Miss  Flora  Eastman  has  been  spending  the  summer  with  her  sis- 
ter in  Lima,  Ohio. 

Miss  Grace  Hammond  has  been  enjoying  an  outing  at  Cleveland 
and  on  the  Lakes. 

Miss  Anna  Ray  expects  to  spend  a  part  of  the  winter  in  New 
York  studying  voice. 

One  of  the  Epsilon  girls  is  to  be  with  us  this  winter,  we  hear,  to 
take  post  graduate  work  in  the  Conservatory. 

The  Meadville  Conservatory  opens  for  the  winter  on  August  31, 
and  many  of  Alpha  Chi's  girls  will  return  to  work  again. 

Miss  May  Graham  has  been  elected  teacher  in  the  preparatory 
department  of  the  Meadville  Conservatory  of  music  for  the  coming 
>ear. 

Miss  Bertha  Sackett  has  been  making  a  tour  of  the  Great  Lakes 
and  Miss  Edith  Roddy  has  just  returned  from  Atiantic  City  and  Phil- 
adelphia. 

Miss  L.  Fay  Barnaby  returned  home  about  the  first  of  September 
after  an  absence  of  two  months.     She  has  been  visiting  relatives  and 


2  2  The   Lyre. 

friends  in  Ohio. 

The  Misses  Ogden  are  planning  a  trip  to  Chicago  and  Evanston, 
111.,  sometime  during  the  winter.  They  go  for  vocal  study  and  hope 
to  meet  many  of  the  Gamma  girls. 

Miss  Fern  Pickard,  of  Jamestown,  N.  Y.,  goes  to  New  York  City 
this  fall  for  a  period  of  about  eight  months,  during  which  time  she 
expects  to  continue  her  study  of  piano. 

A  large  number  of  "our  girls"  have  been  .summering  at  Chau- 
tauqua Lake;  among  whom  are  J.  Arzella  Horn,  May  Graham,  Alta 
Moyer,  Lucille  Blodgett,  Virginia  Porter  and  others. 

Gertrude  Helene  Ogden  has  been  organist  of  Christ  Episcopal 
Church  since  June,  in  absence  of  Mr  Comstock,  the  regular  organist. 
She  takes  the  position  as  soprano  in  the  First  Methodist  Church  in 
September. 

EPSILON. 

Cornelia  Keep  spent  the  summer  at  Kewport. 

Nellie  Burton  W\\\  resume  her  studies  this  fall- 

Ina  Gothard  has  spent  the  summer  visiting  points  of  interest  in 
Calif. 

Ora  Millard  has  moved  to  Glendale,  but  expects  to  be  with  us 
occasionally  this  year. 

Bert  Phelps  who  has  been  spending  the  summer  at  Long  Beach 
has  returned  to  Stanford. 

Delia  Hoppin  has  accepted  a  position  as  assistant  principal  in 
the  Ventura  Business  College.     She  has  also  a  large  music  class. 

Nellie  Green,  Jessie  Davis,  Margaret  Cook  and  Mrs.  R.  G.  Van 
Cleve  summered  at  Long  Beach  and  had  a  most  delightful  outing. 

Suanna  Hardwick  returned  to  her  home,  lirie.  Pa.,  in  June. 
vShe  expects  to  take  post  graduate  work  this  year  at  Meadville,  Pa. 


FOR  SALE:-- -A  fine  new  Washburn  Mandolin.     Address  "The 
Lyre,"  Box  165. 


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Chapter  Letters. 


BETA. 

The  girls  of  Beta  are  anxiously  a\vaitinj(  the  beginning  of  the 
college  year  when  we  nia}'  again  enjoy  the  active  chapter  life  and 
work,  of  which  we  are  deprived  in  the.  summer  months.  We  hope 
for  a  splendid  chapter  and  mean  to  work  with  more  zeal  than  ever. 

The  commencement  season  last  June  was  marked  by  its  usual 
festivities  and  in  all  of  the  good  times  Alpha  Chi  took  a  prominent 
part,  and  happy  days  indeed  did  they  prove  for  us.  Still  there  was  a 
little  sadness  mingled  with  our  joy  as  we  thought  that  a  few  of  the 
sisters  would  not  be  with  us  this  fall.  But  however  far  away  one  of 
"our  girls''  may  go  we  feel  sure  she  will  always  retain  her  loyalty. 

July  first,  the  twenty  Alpha  Chis  who  were  still  in  Albion  en- 
joyed a  picnic  at  vSpectacle  Lake.  Such  a  good  time  we  had!  And 
although,  just  before  our  return,  the  "rains  descended"  in  a  manner 
not  to  be  described,  we  felt  that  the  day  was  one  long  to  be  remem- 
bered. 

As  there  are  a  number  of  resident  girls  in  Albion  during  the 
summer,  we  have  had  several  informal  "spreads"  in  our  Lodge,  and 
thus  have  kept  active  our  fraternity  enthusiasm.  Just  now  we  are 
busily  engaged  in  making  a  scarlet  and  olive  flag  which  wmII  be 
ready  to  wave  its  welcome  to  the  "new  girls"  who  may  enter  college 
this  fall. 

We  already  have  many  plans  for  the  coming  year  and  hope  to 
make  it  the  best  in  our  history.  It  is  with  much  pleasure  that  we 
anticipate  the  honor  of  entertaining  the  Convention  in  the  spring, 
and  even  this  early,  we  would  urge  the  other  chapters  to  make  an  ef- 
fort to  send  us  just  as  many  representatives  as  possible. 

Beta  sends  love  to  all  the  chapters  and  sincerely  hopes  that,  for 
us  all,  the  new  \'ear  may  prove  a  most  successful  one. 

Alta  Mak  Allkn. 


24  The  Lyre, 

DELTA. 

How  do  you  do  my  Friends: 

Perhaps  you  do  not  recognize  me,  but  I  am  Delta's  goat,  and 
they  say  I'm  a  fine  one.  Do  you  wonder  why  I  am  writing  this  let- 
ter? I  descended  from  a  family  not  remarkably  famous  for  its  literary 
pursuits.  I'm  sure  you  are  surprised  so  I'll  tell  you  just  how  it  hap- 
pened. 

In  June  our  girls  had  a  great  many  spreads,  and  they  fed  me  all 
sorts  of  dainties  until  I  almost  forgot  there  were  ever  days  of  hunger 
and  famine.  When  they  got  me  in  a  good  humor  (for  I'm  not  always 
angelic)  they  tried  to  make  me  promise  to  look  after  Alpha  Chi  here 
this  summer  for  all  the  girls  were  going  off  for  a  vacation.  I  said  I 
had  as  much  right  to  a  vacation  as  they  had;  that  they  must  remem- 
ber they  dwelt  in  an  old  attic  while  I  was  an  aristocratic  goat,  and  if 
they  weren't  careful  I'd  leave.  I  also  remarked  that  I  had  made 
things  lively  fcJr  each  one  when  they  were  initiated  and  that  I  could 
do  it  again,  so  I  wouldn't  stay  alone,  and  I  enforced  my  reply  with 
my  heels  and  horns  as  is  the  custom  of  my  family,  but  it  was  all  in 
vain  and  they  left  me,  frantically  shaking  my  head. 

Why  they  wanted  to  go  I  can't  see  for  they  seemed  to  be  having 
a  gay  enough  time  here,  but  as  the  days  went  by  and  they  didn't  re- 
turn to  me  I  decided  they  had  really  gone,  and  there  I  was  with 
nothing  to  beguile  the  long  hours  unless  I  should  devour  the  frater- 
nity bric-a-brac  as  a  substitute  for  the  traditional  diet  of  tin  cans. 
To  be  sure,  they  did  leave  a  few  old  copies  of  the  Musical  Courier 
but  I  don't  read  much;  my  eyes  are  poor. 

The  reKponsibiltiy  of  looking  after  Alpha  Chi's  interests  have 
weighed  so  heavily  on  me  that  I  have  lost  my  appeiite,  hence  the 
bric-a-brac  is  safe,  but  I'm  getting  so  thin  that  unless  my  guardians 
return  soon  they  will  only  have  a  finely  articulated  skeleton.  The 
thought  brings  tears  to  my  eyes  and  I  weep  not  crocodile  tears  but 
honest  goat  ones. 

But  e'er  this  reaches  you  they  will  probably  have  come  back  once 
more  and  will  be  entertaining  this  girl  and  that  and  flying  about, 
and  talking  and  smiling  and  looking  so  mysterious,  that  even  I 
shan't  know  which  girls  I  shall   have    the  honor  of  taking  for  a  ride 


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and  which  are  likely  to  miss  that  exciting  trip. 

Then  they  will  talk  over  the  places  they  have  been,  the  good 
times  they  have  had  and  the  wonderful  things  they  are  about  to  do, 
until  I  shall  be  in  such  a  whirl  that  I  shall  feel  as  if  I  were  standing 
on  my  horns. 

Ah  well,  I  guess  a  goat's  future  will  take  care  of  itself  as  well 
as  a  person's,  so  I  will  not  worry  but  will  close  this  mighty  effort  by 
sending  good  wishes  to  all  the  other  little  Alpha  Chi  goats,  and  hop- 
ing they  have  all  the  nice  grass  and  big  tin  cans  they  want  to  eat. 

I  am,  yours  sincerely, 

Nannie. 

Edith  J.  Roddy,  Corresponding  Secretary. 


26  The  Lyre. 


Historical  Sketches. 


ALPHA. 

HISTORY    OK   THK    CHAITKR. 

The  first  musical  Greek  letter  fraternity  came  into  existence  in 
the  School  of  Music  of  DePauw  University,  Greencastle,  Ind.  There 
was  in  the  beginning  no  intention  of  establishing  a  permanent  organ- 
ization, much  less  a  new  feature  in  fraternities.  A  few  congenial 
spirits  among  the  music  school  girls  had  banded  themselves  together 
for  musical  and  social  improvement  and  had  appealed  to  James  Ham- 
ilton Howe,  Dean  of  the  school,  for  assistance  in  planning  a  course 
of  study.  The  power  of  the  Greek  letter  societies  in  shaping  and 
controlling  student  life  in  the  College  of  Liberal  Arts  suggested  to  the 
far-seeing  Dean  the  advisability  of  introducing  such  a  factor  into  his 
department.  So  through  his  influence  and  aid  the  Alpha  chapter  of 
Alpha  Chi  Omega  was  founded  Oct.  15,  i«'<85.  There  were  seven 
charter  members:  Bessie  Grooms,  Anna  Allen,  Estelle  Leonard, 
Olive  Burnett,  Ella  Farthing,  Suda  West  and  Nellie  Gamble. 

The  new  fraternity  was  introduced  to  the  public  by  a  Musical 
Soiree  given  by  Dean  Howe  in  honor  of  its  members,  and  he  further 
honored  the  chapter  by  dedicating  to  it  his  "System  of  Piano  Tech- 
nique." Musical,  literary  and  social  work  was  planned  for  the  year, 
which  was  a  successful  one.  The  entire  enrollment  numl>ering  sev- 
enteen active  members  and  five  honorary  ones,  artists  and  members 
of  the  faculty.  The  second  year  found  the  chapter  considerably  re- 
duced in  numbers  but  dauntless  in  spirit.  The  first  anniversary  was 
celebrated  at  the  home  of  Miss  Anna  Allen,  now  Mrs.  Harrv  Smith, 
and  a  few  weeks  later  a  reception  was  given. 

Feeling  firmly  established  Alpha  now  began  to  turn  her  atten- 
tion to  the  extention  of  her  fraternity  to  other  colleges.  After  some 
time  a  desirable  opening  was  found  in  Albion  College,  and  there  Beta 
chapter  was  eslablished  in  June  of  '87,  by  Alpha's  delegates,  Misses 
Bertha  Denison  and  Mary  Jones.  The  fraternit}'  was  now  on  a  na- 
tional basis  but  owing  to  the  conservatism  which  has  always  charac- 


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terized  Alpha  Chi  Omega,  chapters  multiplied  slowly. 

The  event  of  Alpha's  third  year  was  the  initiation  of  Madame 
Fannie  Bloomfield  Zeisler,  and  a  reception  given  in  her  honor.  The 
year  of  '90-'9i  was  a  memorable  one  for  Alpha.  During  this  year 
she  helped  establish  Gamma,  at  Evanston,  III.,  and  Delta,  at  Mead- 
ville,  Pa.  In  the  spring  of  '91  she  sent  Misses  Janet  Wilson  and 
Anne  Cowperthwaite  to  hold  a  conference  with  Beta  on  several  im- 
portant matters  of  general  interest,  and  in  the  fall  of  the  same  year 
entertained  the  first  general  convention  of  the  fraternity.  The  year 
of  '92  marked  an  epoch  in  Alpha's  history,  the  possession  of  a  frater- 
nity home.  Thus  far  the  "frat"  meetings  had  been  held  wherever  a 
place  could  be  found,  but  through  the  kindness  of  Dean  Howe  a  cou- 
ple of  practice  rooms  an  the  fourth  floor  of  Music  Hall  were  secured 
by  the  fraternity.  At  first  the  small  room  was  used  as  a  "goat"  room 
and  as  Alpha's  goat,  even  in  his  infancy,  was  very  athletic  and  ac- 
tive (as  many  Chis  can  testify)  elaborate  furnishings  were  unneces- 
sary. The  large  room  was  fitted  up,  however,  and  the  walls  stained 
and  floor  painted,  a  piano,  a  few  chairs,  rugs,  curtains,  window  seat 
and  cushions  made  this  a  cosy  homelike  nook  in  which  with  great 
rejoicing  Alpha  setup  her  home.  The  possession  of  a  "frat  home" 
gave  a  new  and  deeper  meaning  to  fraternity  life  and  Alpha's  girls 
will  doubtless  nnite  with  us  in  saying  that  many  of  the  pleasantest 
hours  of  college  life  were  spent  within  its  precincts.  The  sacrifice 
and  efforts  made  for  its  attainment  and  improvement  endeared  it  all 
the  more  to  each  one  and  the  common  interest  united  the  members. 

In  the  fall  of  this  year  Alpha  sent  Misses  Mayme  Jennings  and 
Daisy  Steele  and  Mrs.  Ella  Best  to  represent  the  chapter  in  the  sec- 
ond national  convention  at  Albion,  and  the  next  year  Misses  Jen- 
nings, Laura  Marsh  and  Minnie  Magill  were  the  delegates  to  the  con- 
vention held  with  Gamma  at  Evanston,  111.  At  this  convention 
Alpha  was  assigned  the  publication  of  a  fraternity  journal  to  be  called 
**The  Lyre."  Under  the  editorship  of  Mayme  Jennings  one  number 
of  this  was  issued  in  June,  '94.  In  the  convention  of  '94  Beta  was 
made  Grand  Chapter,  an  office  hitherto  held  by  Alpha.  The  year  of 
'95  enrolled  over  thirty  names  on  Alpha's  chapter  roll,  over  twenty 
of  them  initiated  members.  Alpha  Chis  were  in  the  majority  in 
the    **  Lorelei  Club."     and    oratorio     concerts.       In    the    rendition 


28  The  Lyre. 

of  "The  Messiah"  six  of  the  solos  were  given  by  members  of  the 
chapter.  The  literary  work  of  this  year  "The  Musical  Tourist's 
Club,"  was  worked  out  in  a  systematic  and  well  connected  way. 
Tableaux  readings  and  parloi  lectures  at  the  homes  of  the  resident 
members  and  in  the  parlors  of  Woman's  Hall  varied  the  ordinary 
routine.  There  were  several  small  social  functions  this  year  and  one 
large  reception  given  at  the  home  of  Mrs.  Anna  Allen  Smith. 

Alpha  was  represented  in  the  convention  of '96  at  Meadville,  Pa., 
bv  Miss  Ida  Steele,  and  through  her  extended  a  welcome  to  her 
new  sisters,  Epsiloh,  of  the  University  of  Southern  California,  Los 
Angeles,  and  Zeta,  of  the  New  England  Conservatory.  In  this  con- 
vention Alpha  was  made  permanent  Grand  Chapter. 

The  outlook  for  Alpha  at  the  beginning  of  '96-'97  was  very  dis- 
couraging. Three  initiated  members  and  tv»'o  pledges  who  would  not 
be  eligible  for  initiation  within  the  year  constituted  a  chapter  whose 
assigned  work  for  the  year  was  the  publication  of  "The  Lyre,"  and 
the  entertainment  of  a  national  convention.  Fortunatel}'  the  three 
active  members.  Misses  Rutledge,  Janet  Wilson  and  Lucy  Andrews 
were  true  and  tried  Alpha  Chis  who  knew  no  "Waterloo,"  and  their 
vigorous  and  heroic  campaign  soon  added  new  names  to  the  chapter 
roll.  The  second  term  the  return  of  three  old  Chis  and  the  addition 
of  a  few  new  ones  made  an  enrollment  of  twelve  initiated  and  ten 
pledged  members.  Although  not  so  large  as  some  former  chapters 
yet  it  was  the  equal  of  any  in  efficiency  and  enterprise  and  in  no  year 
has  Alpha  accomplished  more  than  in  the  one  just  past.  vSocially 
there  was  unusual  activity.  During  the  year  a  number  of  spreads 
and  informal  "at  homes"  were  given  at  the  hemes  of  the  resident 
members,  Misses  Janet  Wilson  and  Helen  Birch,  and  in  the  fraternity 
rooms.  The  event  of  the  second  term,  the  initiation  of  Maude  Powell, 
was  followed  by  a  reception  in  her  honor  at  Woman's  Hall  at  which 
about  .seventy-five  guests  were  entertained.  The  third  term  was  en- 
livened by  the  social  features  of  the  national  convention.  An  after- 
noon Recital  was  given  in  Music  hall  by  representatives  of  the  different 
chapters  to  a  large  audience  of  initiated  guests.  The  reception  in 
honor  of  the  delegates  in  the  parlors  of  Woman's  Hall,  to  over  four 
hundred  guests  was  universally  declared  to  be  a  >;reat  social  event, 
not  onl}'  in  the  history  of  the  fraternity  but  of  the  University  as  well; 


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and  last  but  not  least  the  fraternity  banquet  at  Mt.  Meridian.  An 
enormous  amount  of  business  connected  with  the  convention  and 
'*Lyre"  was  promptly  discharged,  each  member  faithfully  performing 
her  part. 

The  active  members  of  the  chapter  thoroughly  appreciated  the 
hearty  cooperation  of  many  nonactive  and  absent  Alphas  in  their  ard- 
uous work  of  the  year.  "The  Lyre/'  through  the  enterprise  of  its 
editor,  Janet  Wilson,  was  made  a  quarterly  publication  and  two  num- 
bers issued,  one  in  March  and  one  in  June.  Of  all  the  work  of  the 
year  Alpha  views  with  the  greatest  pride  and  satisfaction  her  part  in 
the  publication  of  "The  Lyre"  and  in  the  face  of  all  obstacles  efforts 
have  been  made  to  place  it  in  the  lead  of  fraternity  publications. 
Fraternity  work  was  not  allowed  to  interfere  with  school  duties.  Six 
recitals,  one  senior  and  five  Junior  were  given  by  Alpha  Chis,  and 
the  chapter  was  well  represented  in  the  Lorelei  Club,  chorus  and  or- 
chestra and  all  concerts  and  recitals  of  the  school. 

We  will  close  this  sketch  with  a  hasty  review  of  Alpha's  twelve 
years  in  college  and  out.  Of  our  eighteen  alumni  eleven  were  gradu- 
ates of  the  School  of  Music:  Mrs.  Anna  Allen  Smith,  Mrs.  Anna 
Bunger  McCurdy,  Mrs.  Eudora  Marshall  Esterbrook  and  Misses 
Ethel  Sutherlin,  Estelle  Leonard,  Flora  Van  Dyke,  Jessie  Fox,  Ade- 
line Rowley,  Grace  Wilson,  Helen  Birch  and  Helen  O'Dell.  Mrs. 
Libbie  Price  Neff,  Mrs.  Daisy  Steele  Wilson  and  Misses  Janet  Wilson, 
Ida  Steele  and  Feme  Wood  hold  diplomas  from  the  College  of  Lib- 
eral Arts.  Misses  Mayme  Jennings  and  Zella  Marshall  were  gradu- 
ates of  both  schools.  Several  of  this  number  have  been  identified 
with  the  faculties  of  various  colleges.  Mrs.  Anna  Allen  Smith  was 
f^r  several  years  a  teacher  in  piano  in  her  Alma  Mater  and  Misses 
Sutherlin  and  Leonard  held  similar  positions  in  other  conservatories. 
Mrs.  Esterbrooke  is  Dean  of  the  Music  School  in  Nebraska  Wesleyan; 
Miss  Fox  is  one  of  the  piano  in.structors  in  the  University  of  Illinois, 
Champaign,  while  the  other  Chis  of  '95,  Misses  Jennings  and  Row- 
ley, are  at  the  head  of  voice  departments  in  Huntsville,  Ala.,  and  On- 
arga.  111.,  respectfully.  Miss  McReynolds,  who  left  DePauw  before 
the  completion  of  her  course  to  study  in  Germany,  has  opened  the 
McReynolds-Koehle  Music  School  in  Washington,  D.  C.  Misses 
Myrtle  Wilder  and  Anna  Cowperthwaite,   who  also  went  abroad  for 


30  The  Lyre. 

study,  have  established  studios  at  their  homes.  A  number  of  Alpha's 
alumni  and  undergraduates  are  teachers  of  private  classes  in  various 
places. 

While  congratulating  herself  on  the  achievements  of  twelve  years 
Alpha  does  not  forget  the  timely  assistance  and  sympathy  of  friends. 
She  deeply  appreciates  the  constant  aid  and  support  of  the  faculty  of 
the  school  and  resident  friends,  and  the  inspiring  interest  in  her  wel- 
fare shown  by  her  honorary  members.  From  this  backward  glance 
she  gleans  many  pleasant  memories  and  much  hope  for  the  future 
prosperity  of  Alpha  Chi  Omega. 

Helen  C.  O'Dell. 


BETA. 

HISTORY  OF   THE    CHAPTER. 

On  May  27,  1887,  at  Albion  College,  Albion,  Mich.,  Beta  Chap- 
ter of  Alpha  Chi  Omega  was  established  by  Misses  Bertha  Deniston 
and  Mary  Jones,  of  Alpha.  At  this  time  Alpha  Chi  Omega  was  the 
only  musical  Greek  letter  fraternity  in  existence.  The  first  meeting 
of  the  chapter,  after  organization,  was  held  May  3otli,  1887,  when 
the  first  officers  were  elected.  The  next  school  year  opened  in  Sep- 
tember, 1887,  with  a  membership  of  three  for  Beta;  but  during  the 
term  three  more  were  added  to  the  number.  At  the  first  meeting  of 
the  term  a  motion  was  made  to  interview  President  Fisk  concerning 
a  hall.  For  the  time  being,  however,  the  meetings  were  held  at  the 
homes  of  the  girls  or  in  some  room  of  the  Conservatory.  In  the 
spring  of  1888,  rooms  in  the  Central  College  building  were  finished 
off  for  use,  and  Beta  was  supremely  happy. 

On  the  evening  of  June  13th,  of  the  same  year,  the  first  open 
banquet  of  the  chapter  was  given  at  the  home  of  Miss  Jennie  A. 
Worthington.  The  first  enterprise  for  raising  money  was  an  Art 
Loan,  October  6th,  1888.  On  March  loth,  18S9,  occurred  the  first 
public  recital,  which  surpassed  all  expectations.  Since  then  Beta 
has  given  annual  concerts,  always  wMth  great  success. 

During  1890  Beta  assisted  Alpha  in  establishing  Gamma  chapter 


The   Lyre,  31 

• 

in  Northwestern  University,  at  Evanston,  Illinois,  and  Delta  chap- 
ter in  Allegheny  College,  Meadville,  Pennsylvania.  October  20th 
to  23d,  1 89 1,  occurred  the  first  general  convention  of  Alpha  Chi 
Omega,  at  DePauw  University,  Alpha  being  the  entertaining  chap- 
ter. The  second  convention  was  held  at  Albion,  Mich.,  February 
22nd  to  24th,  1893,  delegates  from  each  chapter  being  present.  This 
w^ill  ever  be  remembered  by  all  participants  as  a  most  enjoyable  occa- 
sion. These  were  but  the  beginnings  of  Beta's  success.  Although 
she  had  been  constantly  improving  her  Chapter  Hall,  and  was  happy 
in  her  pro.sperity,  she  had  an  eager  desire  to  posse.ss  a  home  of  her 
own.  So,  by  untiring  energy  and  sacrifice,  she  succeeded  in  1895  in 
erecting  and  furnishing  a  Chapter  Lodge  which  will  ever  be  a  credit 
to  Alpha  Chi  Omega.  The  opening  reception  was  given  December 
nth,  1895.  It  was  pronounced  by  all  to  be  the  chief  social  event  of 
the  season,  but  for  her  only  marked  the  beginning  of  many  pleasant 
hours  to  be  spent  in  her  new  home. 

For  ten  years  Beta  has  enjoyed  a  prosperous  exi.stence,  and  her 
roll  now  numbers  about  one  hundred.  Many  of  this  number  have 
graduated  with  high  honors,  and  all  are  filling  successfully  their 
positions  in  life.  The  aim  of  the  chapter,  like  that  of  the  general  fra- 
ternity, is  not  merely  to  secure  advancement  in  a  musical  and  literary 
way,  but  also  to  procure  a  wide  culture  through  the  united  efforts  of 
the  members.  Its  principles  are  ennobling,  and  are  held  sacred  by 
every  loyal  Alpha  Chi.  That  the  strings  of  the  Lyre  may  ever  respond 
to  the  touch  of  noble,  true-hearted  women;  that  the  individual  chords 
may  unite  in  one  perfect  harmony  of  unselfish  devotion  to  the  uplift- 
ing of  womankind,  is  the  earnest  desire  of  each  wearer  of  the  badge 
of  Alpha  Chi  Omega.  Alt.\  Mae  Aixkn. 


GAMMA. 
HISTORY  OK  thp:  chaptkk. 


Gamma,  of  Alpha  Chi  Omega,  was  established  at  Northwestern 
University,  at    Evanston,    Illinois,  on   Nov.    14,    1890,  by  Miss  Alta 

« 

Roberts  of  Alpha,  and  Jean  Whitcomb  of  Beta.     At  a   meeting  held 


32  The  Lyre. 

the  next  day  the  first  officers  of  the  chapter  were  elected.  Those  who 
were  fortunate  enough  to  be  chosen  as  charter  members  were  Lizzie 
Stein,  Mae  Burdick,  Mary  Walker,  Lulu  Piatt,  Mary  Stanford,  Jean- 
nette  Marshall  and  Mary  Satterfield.  By  the  end  of  the  school  year 
four  new  members  were  initiated;  so  our  first  year  proved  to  be  a  very 
prosperous  one. 

In  January,  1891,  Mary  Satterfield  was  elected  delagate  to  Mead- 
ville,  Pa.,  to  assist  in  the  establishment  of  Delta  chapter.  At  our 
weekly  meetings  we  had  musical  programs  which  were  held  some- 
times at  the  frat  room  and  other  times  at  the  different  homes.  Our 
first  social  event  was  a  musicale  held  at  the  home  of  Miss  Stanford, 
to  which  our  friends  were  invited. 

The  next  year  most  of  the  old  girls  were  back  again  and  four 
new  ones  were  initiated.  In  the  spring  of  this  school  year  occurred 
the  second  general  convention,  which  was  the  first  one  for  Gamma. 
It  was  held  at  Albion,  Mich.,  Feb.  22,  23  and  24,  1892.  The  dele- 
gates whom  we  sent  were  Mary  Stanford  and  Kl  Fleda  Coleman.  They 
reported  a  very  charming  time,  and  were  more  enthusiastic  than  ever 
for  Alpha  Chi.  The  next  year,  i892-'93,  we  enjoyed  a  rather  large 
chapter,  as  we  initiated  seven  more  girls  during  the  year.  Numer- 
ous informal  social  evenings  were  enjoyed  now  that  the  chapter  was 
stronger,  the  different  girls  entertaining  at  their  homes. 

The  first  frat  room  which  Gamma  had  was  at  the  home  of  one  of 
the  girls.  We  furnished  it  very  tastefully  and  enjoyed  it  extremely 
as  it  w^as  the  frat's  first  real  home.  Gamma  had  the  pleasure  of  enter- 
taining the  convention  Februarj'  28,  March  i  and  2,  1894,  which 
proved  a  great  help  to  the  chapter.  The  delegates  present  from  the 
other  chapters  were:  Alpha,  Laura  Marsh,  Mamie  Jennings  and 
Minnie  Magill:  Beta,  Harriet  Lovejoy,  Cora  Harrington  and  Irene 
Clark;  Delta.  Charlotte  Weber  and  Mary  Graham.  We  were  enter- 
tained by  Miss  Stanford  on  Wednesday.  On  Thursday  evening  a 
reception  and  musicale  was  given  by  Gamma  to  its  friends  in  honor 
of  the  visiting  delegates,  at  the  home  of  Ella  Young. 

The  delegates  and  local  chapter  attended  the  Thomas  concert  at 
the  Auditorium,  Chicago,  on  Friday  afternoon,  after  whtch  the  con- 
vention banquet  was  held  at  the  Grand  Pacific  Hotel.     An  elaborate 


The  Lyre,  33 

menu  was  served.     Miss  El  Fleda  Coleman  was  toastmistress. 

When  Mrs.  Mary  Howe-Lavin,  prima  donna,  honorary  member 
of  Alpha  Chi  Omega  gave  a  concert  in  Chicago  April  19,  1894,  Gam- 
ma chapter  sent  her  a  large  boquet  of  red  carnations  and  smilax,  and 
received  a  very  cordial  note  of  thanks  in  return. 

In  the  year  *94-*95  we  had  to  give  up  ourfrat  hall  but  found  an- 
other at  the  Monnett  House  which  we  occupied  for  two  years. 

The  fall  term  of  '95  we  initiated  Mrs.  George  A.  Coe,  of  the  fac- 
ulty of  the  School  of  Music.  Since  Ihen  we  have  spent  many  delight- 
ful evenings  at  her  home. 

During  the  winter  Mme.  Fanny  Bloomfield-Zeissler  gave  a  con- 
cert at  Central  Music  Hall,  Chicago,  which  the  entire  Gamma  chap- 
ter attended  in  a  body.  We  presented  her  with  a  hugh  boquet  of 
scarlet  carnations,  and  to  show  her  appreciation  she  received  us  very 
cordially  in  the  green  room  after  the  concert. 

The  Convention  was  held  at  Meadville  with  Delta  April  8,  9  and 
10,  1896.  Gamma  chapter  being  represented  by  Florence  Harris  and 
Lillian  Siller. 

The  chapter  having  strengthened  steadily  we  now  have  several 
town  girls,  who  of  course  we  were  very  glad  to  get  as  the  chapter  was 
not  so  broken  up  at  the  end  of  the  year.  At  the  next  convention  held 
at  Greencastle  with  Alpha  March  30,  31,  April  i  and  2,  1897,  Mabel 
Siller  was  sent  as  delegate.  This  convention,  as  all  the  previous 
ones,  proved  a  great  help  to  Gamma  in  making  us  more  enthusiastic 
workers  for  Alpha  Chi  Omega.  Lillian  Siller. 


EPSILON. 

HISTORY   OF   THE   CHAPTER. 

In  January  of  1895,  a  number  of  girls  of  the  School  of  Music,  Uni 
versity  of  Southern  California,  met  and  organized  themselves  into  a 
local  musical  club.  We  sometimes  think  that  this  was  providential; 
for  not  long  after,  Mr.  Garrett,  one  of  the  prominent  members  of  the 
Sigma  Chi  fraternity,  received  a  communication  from  a  brother  in 
the  East,  written  at  the  request  of  a  chapter,  the  Alpha  Chi  Omega 
Sorority,  asking  about  the  desirability  of  establishing  a  chapter  of  the 
sorority  in  our  university.  Mr.  Garrett,  knowing  of  the  existence  of 
our  club,  and  realizing  what  a  boon  it  would  be  to  our  school  to  have 


34  The  Lyre, 

a  chapter  established  here,  conferred  with  Mr.  VanCleve,  another  Sig- 
ma Chi,  after  communicating  with  the  eastern  brother  and  finding 
out  all  the  pros  and  cons  of  the  case  they  laid  the  matter  before  the 
girls,  giving  us  such  advice  as  they,  as  frat.  men,  deemed  advisable. 
It  is  needless  to  say  that  we  girls,  after  inquiring  into  the  matter, 
were  wild  with  delight  and  felt  highly  honored.  Fortunately,  one  of 
our  club  members,  had  a  cousin  who  was  a  member  of  Alpha  chap- 
ter. And  through  this  cousin  we  carried  on  such  correspondence  as 
was  necessary  to  get  into  direct  communication  with  the  active  mem- 
bers of  the  sorority.  After  very  little  delay  we  petitioned  for  a  chap- 
ter of  Alpha  Chi  Omega  to  be  placed  in  our  university,  and,  after 
what  seemed  to  us  a  long  time,  though  in  reality  a  comparatively 
short  time,  we  received  word  from  our  eastern  sisters  to  prepare  for 
the  joyful  event  of  announcing  ourselves  to  the  fraternity  world.  Our 
petition  had  been  granted  and  we  were  to  receive  all  necessary  docu- 
ments as  soon  as  possible.  Accordingly,  we  prepared  our  announce- 
ment cards  with  care,  sending  one  to  each  of  the  three  fraternities  in 
our  school,  viz:  Sigma  Chi,  Kappa  Alpha  Theta    and  Delta  Gamma. 

On  commencement  morning  we  occupied  seats  reserved  for  us, 
all  proudly  wearing  our  colors  of  scarlet  and  olive.  In  the  afternoon 
of  that  same  day  Kappa  Alpha  Theta  gave  a  reception  in  our  honor, 
and  as  soon  as  school  opened  in  the  fall  Delta  Gamma  followed  suit. 
As  we  had  no  opportunity  of  giving  a  reception  before  school  closed 
we  gave  one  at  its  opening,  and  it  was  pronounced  by  all  the  social 
event  of  the  season.  Since  then  we  have  led  a  very  healthy,  hearty 
life.  Our  intercourse  with  each  other  has  been  delightful.  We  have 
initiated  eleven  girls  and  have  not  been  disappointed  in  one  of  them. 
We  all  feel  we  cannot  be  too  thankful  that  we  are  so  fortunate  as  to 
be  numbered  among  the  members  of  Alpha  Chi  Omega.  For  not 
only  are  we  drawn  closer  together  in  every  way,  but  we  are  filled 
with  a  desire  to  do  great  things  for  our  sorority  and  thus  better  re- 
sults are  obtained  in  our  work. 

Our  new  school  year  is  just  about  to  open  and  we  hope  to  do  much 
during  the  coming  days.  The  future  will  show  what  we  may  achieve. 
But  whether  success  or  failure  awaits  us  we  know  that  none  can  be 
more  loyal,  more  expectant  of  good,  more  sanguine  for  the  future  of 
Alpha  Chi  Omega  than  Epsilon.  N.  Louise  Van  Cleve. 


The  Lyre.  35 


Miscellaneous. 


Sonnet. 

'Twas  in  the  closing  days  of  '85 
When  Mystery,  in  Music  Hall,  held  sway. 
With  ceremonies  veiled,  there  came  to  stay 
A  something  weird  to  which  no  Barbs  survive 
An  introduction.     'Tho  its  victims  strive 
Its  guise,  so  awe-inspiring  to  portray, 
They  fail.     Collision  only  can  convey 
A  knowledge  of  the  power  that  makes  alive 
A  Greek,  and  weds  her  to  the  Golden  Lyre. 
Intangible,  yet  sure  authority — 
Inspiring  fear — constraining  to  admire — 
Inciting  courage  when  a  Barb  is  shy — 
Urging  daughters  of  Music  to  climb  higher — 
Such  is  the  sturdy  goat  of  Alpha  Chi. 

ESTELLE   LEONARD. 

Cincinnati,  O.,  September,  1897. 


Song  Book  Notice. 

Gamma  chapter  having  the  publication  of  the  new  song  book  in 
charge  takes  this  opportunity  of  reminding  the  different  chapters,  that 
each  chapter  is  expected  to  furnish  at  least  five  songs  both  music  and 
words.  These  songs  must  be  sent  to  us  by  February  ist.  or  earlier. 
If  any  of  the  Alumnae  or  non-active  members  of  Alpha  Chi  will  write 
songs  for  us  they  will  be  highly  appreciated  as  we  wish  to  make  our  new 
song  book  as  complete  as  possible.  If  any  one  will  compose  Alpha 
Chi  Waltzes,  Marches  etc.  they  would  be  a  great  addition  to  the  book. 
Please  send  everything  of  the  kind  to 

Lillian  Siller,  831  Foster  St.,  Evanston,  111. 


The  best  means  of  culture  is  singing.  Music  is  at  home  a  friend, 
abroad  an  introduction,  in  solitude  a  solace,  in  society  an  ornament. 
We  heartily  agree  with  the  following  beautiful  quotation:  "Praise 
is  God's  gift  to  man;  the  only  art  of  heaven  given  to  earth;  and  the 
only  art  of  earth  that  we  can  take  to  heaven." — -Journal  of  Educa- 
tion. 


36  The  Lyre. 

-----  -         -  -  —  -  — 1  _  J   ■  ■  "^ 

Beta's  Tenth  Anniversary 

On  June  i8th  and  19th,  1897,  ^^^^  o^  Alpha  Chi  Oraega  celebrated 
her  tenth  Anniversary  b)j  a  Chapter  Reunion.  The  occasion  proved 
a  most  delightful  one  and  will  always  be  fondly  remembered  by 
those  who  were  present.  Many  or  our  Alumnae  returned  and  their 
presence  was  an  inspiration  for  the  active  girls.  We  were  also  very 
glad  to  have  with  us,  Miss  Mabel  Siller  and  the  Misses  Jane  andBulah 
Hough,  of  Gamma  Chapter.  Fifty-two  loyal  Alpha  Chis,  in  all  and 
glad  indeed  we  were  to  be  known  as  Alpha  Chis. 

On  the  afternoon  of  June  18th,  occurred  the  reunion  musicale.  The 
musicale  was  followed  by  a  six  o'clock  Tea,  where  the  girls  discarded 
all  formality  and  had  a  royal  good  time.  In  the  evening  came  a 
Mock  Wedding  and  Initiation,  when  two  loyal  girls,  Elizabeth  Per- 
kins and  Susie  Ferine,  were  added  to  our  number. 

Saturday  afternoon  we  received  the  Faculty  and  Fraternities  in  the 
Lodge  which  was  very  prettily  decorated  with  the  fraternity  flowers. 
Ices  were  served  in  the  dining-room.  The  afternoon  was  a  most  pleas- 
ant one  for  guests  and  hostesses. 

On  Saturday  evening  came  the  crowning  pleasure,  our  Reunion 
Banquet,  which  can  never  be  forgotten. 

After  the  banquet  the  following  Toasts  were  given : 
Toastmistress,  Frances  Theresa  Dissetle^  'pf, 

"Here's  health  to  those  that  we  love. 

Here's  health  to  those  that  love  us; 

Here's  health  to  those  that  love  them 

That  love  us." 

How  We  Did  It,  Jennie  Amelia  Worthington,  '86, 

"I  have  begun  to  plant  thee,  and  will 

Labor  to  make  thee  full  of  growing." 

Before  and  After,  Susan  Adeline  Ferine,  *oi, 

**A11  thy  vexations  were  but  the  trials  of  thy 

Love,  and  thou  hast  strangely  stood  the  test." 

New  Strings  to  the  Lyre,  Mabel  Collins^  '97. 

"Come  listen  all  unto  my  song," 

Song:     Rallying  Song. 
Onr  Grecian  Knights,  Ada  Dickie,  'g8. 


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*' Worthy  fellows  are  like  to  prove  most  sinewy  swordsmen.** 

Memories  of  Greekdom,  Janette  Allen-Ciishman,  'pj. 

**Still  o'er  these  scenes  my  memory  wakes, 

And  fondly  broods  with  wiser  care.*' 

Evolution  of  the  Fraternity  Girl,  E^a  Simpson, 

**But  happy  they!     The  happiest  ot  their  kind." 

Song:     Alpha  Chi  and  Glory. 
Our  Billy,  Katherine  Roode, 

**You  are  afraid  if  you  see  him  loose,  are  you  not?" 

Alpha  Chi  Forever!  Louise  Bir chard, 

**The  best  of  happiness,  honor  and  fortunes  keep  with  her." 

As  the  girls  left  for  their  homes,  regretting  that  the  Reunion  was 
"all  over,"  we  all  knew  that  we  had  more  unity  of  purpose  than  ever 
before  in  the  history  of  the  Chapter.  We  felt  with  renewed  power 
our  love  for  Alpha  Chi. 

Thus  have  the  first  ten  years  of  Beta's  life  become  a  thing  of  the 
past.  And  now,  as  we  enter  on  our  second  decade,  it  is  with  high 
aspirations  and  noble  purposes,  May  we  as  a  chapter  faithfully  do 
our  part  to  maintain  the  high  standard  Alpha  Chi  Omega  has  attained. 

Alta  Mae  Allen. 


38  The   Lyre, 


Chronicles. 


EXPLANATORY. 

I  wish  to  assert  that  the  facts  mentioned  in  the  two  chapters  of  Chronicles 
are  absolutely  true,  though  I  will  admit  they  have  a  fictitious  sound.  Origin- 
ally the  Chronicles  were  not  written  for  publication,  but  merely  for  the  amuse- 
ment of  the  five  girls  concerned.  Then  it  was  decided  to  read  them  at  the  Re- 
union and  thus  make  known  for  the  first  time  what  had  been  done.  The  second 
chapter  tells  how  this  was  accomplished 

We  wish  it  understood  that  none  of  this  was  done  for  meanness  Sigma 
Chi  has  always  been  one  of  our  best  friends,  and  is  yet.  It  was  done  for  a  joke 
and  has  made  a  great  deal  of  fun  for  all  of  us.  F.  T.  D. 

Chapter  I. 

And  it  came  to  pass  in  the  year  eighteen  hundred  and*  ninety- 
seven,  that  a  great  and  powerful  tribe  dwelt  in  the  land  of  the  Albion- 
ites.  And  they  called  themselves  Alpha  Chis.  And  in  the  month  of 
May,  about  the  seventh  day  of  the  month,  eight  maidens  of  this  tribe 
did  beseech  eight  youths  of  the  tribe  of  Sigma  Chi  to  partake  of  the 
fruit  of  the  olive  tree  and  other  food,  in  the  temple  of  the  tribe  of 
Alpha  Chi.  And  they  did  eat  and  drink  together,  and  sang  many 
songs  of  their  tribes.  And  at  an  early  hour  they  departed,  each  to 
his  separate  tent. 

Now  it  came  to  pass  on  the  second  day  of  the  week  following, 
three  virgins  of  the  tribe  of  Alpha  Chi  journeyed  to  the  temple  for 
the  purpose  of  gathering  up  the  fragments.  There  was  Ora,  daugh- 
ter of  Woodworth;  Jennie,  who  is  fond  of  much  Reid-m%\  and  she  of 
the  golden  locks,  whose  surname  is  Disbrow.  And  they  gathered  of 
the  fragments  a  great  basketful;  and  Ora,  thinking  within  herself  to 
burn  the  waste  pieces,  did  descend  to  that  part  of  the  temple  contain- 
ing the  fiery  furnace.     And  she  burneth  them  there. 

Now  the  tribe  of  Alpha  Chis  are  fond  of  much  sport,  insomuch 
that  they  had  purchased  for  the  purpose  of  affrighting  timid  damsels 
a  huge  box.  such  as  is  used  for  burying  the  dead.  This  did  repose 
within  the  lower  regions  of  the  temple,  and  Ora  gazeth  about  her  for 
it.  And  lo!  it  is  not  there.  And  behold,  she  remaineth  so  long  in 
the  region  of  the  fiery  furnace,  that  the  other  damsels  are  dismayed, 


The  Lyre.  39 

by  reason  that  she  doth  not  return.  And  they,  too,  descend  to  the 
lower  regions.  And  Ora  hastened  and  said  unto  them:  "Did  we  not 
purchase  the  box  of  wood?"  And  the  other  maidens  answered  and 
said,  "Yea,  with  many  pieces  of  silver  did  we  purchase  it!"  And 
when  they  did  see  that  the  box  was  not,  they  lifted  up  their  voices 
and  wept;  and  behold,  the  temple  was  filled  with  the  sound  of  wail- 
ing and  gnashing  of  teeth.  And  they  did  think  that  perchance  the 
box  might  be  buried  in  the  sand,  and  they  did  sieze  shovels  and  did 
attempt  to  dig.  But  by  reason  of  the  hardness  of  the  soil,  they  did 
desist,  and  cried  as  with  one  voice,  "The  tribe  of  Sigma  Chi  hath 
wrought  this  sin  in  our  temple!  Woe  unto  her  from  whose  hand  they 
did  receive  the  keys  to  our  gates!"  And  they  did  decide  to  tell  no 
youth  or  maiden  what  tliey  had  discovered.  But  as  time  went  by, 
and  they  knew  not  what  to  do,  they  did  journey  to  the  place  of  one 
Ferine,  a  merchant,  and  did  tell  his  scribe,  who  is  also  one  of  the 
tribe  of  Alpha  Chi.  And  when  they  had  made  an  end  of  their  tale 
of  woe,  they  did  plot  together  as  to  what  they  should  do.  And  the 
scribe  did  vow  a  vow  to  assist  them  in  recovering  the  box  from  that 
tribe  whose  deeds  are  evil. 

And  behold,  at  eventide  a  youth  whose  surname  is  Shipp,  and 
who  keepeth  the  gates  of  the  temple  of  Sigma  Chi,  doth  journey  to 
the  tent  of  the  scribe,  whose  name  is  Frances,  and  as  Delilah  of  old 
did  beguile  Sampson,  so  doth  Frances  beguile  the  youth,  until  he 
falleth  asleep.  And  as  soon  as  she  is  sure  that  he  doth  sleep  soundly, 
she  removeth  from  his  pocket  the  ring  on  which  are  no  less  than  nine 
and  forty  keys.  But  trusting  to  luck,  she  doth  take  from  the  ring 
the  key  which  she  thinketh  will  unlock  the  gates  of  the  Sigma  Chi 
temple.  Then  lest  the  youth  should  be  feigning  slumber,  and  should 
perceive  that  she  hath  the  keys,  she  throweth  them  to  the  kitten,  and 
jingleth  them  about.  After  a  time  she  returneth  the  ring  of  keys  to 
the  pockets  of  the  youth,  but  retaineth  the  one  key,  and  concealeth 
it  in  the  bosom  of  her  robe.  And  when  the  ninth  hour  had  come  the 
youth  awoke  and  journeyed  to  his  own  tent,  none  the  wiser  for  the 
missing  key. 

At  the  break  of  day  on  the  fifth  day  of  the  week,  Frances  hast- 
ened to  her  companions,  and  did  lell  them  of  her  success.  And  they 
rejoiced  together.     This  day  being  the  contest  of  horns,  they  decided 


40  The  Lyre, 

among  themselves  to  journey  to  the  temple  of  the  Sigs  at  a  very  late 
hour;  and,  if  perchance  they  find  the  box,  to  return  with  it  to  the 
temple  of  the  Alpha  Chis. 

Now  when  eve'n  had  come,  and  all  the  people  of  the  city  were  at 
the  contest  of  horns,  Frances  hastened  to  the  temple  of  the  Sigma 
Chis,  (for  she  did  fear  greatly  that  she  had  the  wrong  key.)  With 
much  trembling  she  did  reach  the  door,  inserted  the  key,  and  behold! 
it  did  turn  with  ease.  With  great  joy  she  returned  to  her  tent  to 
await  the  coming  of  the  other  damsels. 

Now  Jennie,  who  doeth  much  ^«V/-ing,  did  dwell  in  the  house 
of  one  Collins,  and  shared  the  couch  of  Mabel,  daughter  of  Collins. 
And  in  order  to  keep  her  going  out  and  her  coming  in  a  secret  from 
the  rest  of  the  household,  some  of  whom  were  of  the  Sig  tribe,  Jen- 
nie revealeth  the  secret  to  Mabel.  And  after  the  eleventh  hour  these 
two  virgins  hasten  to  the  house  of  Frances,  and  with  her  wait  anx- 
iously for  the  coming  of  Grace  and  Ora.  And  close  on  to  the  twelfth 
hour  these  other  two  damsels  arrive;  and  with  an  unlighted  candle  in 
their  hands  the  five  wend  their  way  towards  the  temple  of  Sigma 
Chi.  And  a  great  fear  was  within  their  hearts  by  reason  that  it  was 
exceedingly  light,  the  moon  being  high.  And  there  was  also  much 
confu.sion  in  the  streets,  by  reason  that  one  of  the  Sigma  Chi  tribe 
had  won  the  contest  of  horns.  But  they  did  reach  the  gate  of  the 
temple  in  safety,  and  with  much  joy  they  turn  the  key,  the  door 
opens,  and  the  five  damsels  stand  within  the  court  of  the  temple. 
They  then  advance  to  the  door  of  the  inner  court,  which  doth  lead  to 
the  lower  regions.  But  the  door  is  locked,  and  they  cry  out  with 
dismay.  And  when  they  have  looked  closely  they  see  that  the  key 
is  in  the  lock,  and  they  open  the  door  and  enter  the  inner  court. 

And  behold,  the  door  to  the  lower  regions  they  find  is  fastened 
only  by  a  bolt  of  iron.  And  with  great  joy  they  light  their  candle 
and  descend  the  steps.  But  their  searches  reveal  no  trace  of  the 
missing  treasure,  and  a  fear  doth  possess  them  that  their  search  may 
be  in  vain. 

[Of  all  the  dark  mysteries  which  abound  in  the  lower  region  of  the 
Sigma  Chi  temple,  I  am  not  permitted  to  make  mention.] 

With  sinking  hearts  and  bones  that  are  waxing  feeble  from  fear, 
the  five  7iise  virgins  ascend  the  steps  to  the  most  remote  part  of  the 


The  Lyre,  4 1 

temple.  And  they  peer  beneath  the  tapestries,  and  at  length  with 
much  joy,  Frances,  who  doth  bear  the  candle,  crieth  out,  "Behold, 
my  sisters!  There  in  the  farthest  corner  under  the  tapestries,  lies  our 
precious  box!"  And  they  seize  it,  and  draw  it  from  beneath  the 
drapery;  and  when  they  had  done  this  they  did  embrace  one  another, 
and,  in  their  great  joy,  did  laugh  and  clap  their  hands.  But, 
behold,  the  box  was  exceeding  heavy,  and  the  passage  was  exceed- 
ing narrow,  insomuch  that  it  seemed  impossible  to  remove  the  box  to 
the  lower  court.  Nevertheless  the  damsels  had  great  strength  by  rea- 
son of  their  joy,  and  in  course  of  much  time  the  deed  was  accom- 
plished, and  the  box  reposed  in  the  outer  court  of  the  temple.  And 
when  the  maidens  had  restored  everything  to  order,  even  so  that  one 
could  not  know  that  they  had  been  in  the  temple,  they  did  descend  to 
the  lower  court,  and  viewed  the  coast  to  see  if  by  any  reason  it  be  not 
clear  for  them.  And  there  they  did  join  hands  and  vow  to  keep  the 
proceedings  of  this  night  a  secret  until  this  time, — when  the  scribe 
doth  now  reveal  it.  And  when  they  had  waited  for  some  time,  they 
did  seize  the  box,  and  turned  their  steps  away  from  the  temple  of 
Sigma  Chi.  And  by  dint  of  much  resting  at  last  they  bring  the  box 
to  their  own  temple,  and  again  deposit  it  in  the  lower  regions,  where 
it  doth  repose  unto  this  day. 

And  now  Frances  doth  worry  much  in  her  mind  what  to  do  with 
the  key  she  has  in  her  possession.  And  the  other  maidens  did  come 
to  her  rescue;  and  Mabel,  daughter  of  Collins,  did  take  the  key  and 
did  ascend  to  the  house  where  dwelt  the  youth  surnamed  Shipp,  And 
when  she  found  that  the  door  to  the  youth's  apartments  was  fastened 
she  did  hurl  the  key  from  her.  And  it  may  be  that  it  remaineth 
there  even  now.  And  behold,  these  five  virgins  wist  not  if  the  Sig. 
tribe  had  discovered  their  trick.  Nevertheless  that  tribe  will  doubt- 
less maintain  a  discreet  silence  as  to  the  matter.  And  so,  with  much 
gratitude  for  the  kindness  of  the  sisters,  I  will  close  this,  the  first 
chapter  of  Revelations,  of  the  deviltr>'  of  Sigma  Chi. 

Chaptkr  II. 

Now  when  the  first  chapter  of  the  Chronicles  had  been  written 
and  bound  in  parchment,  Frances,  the  scribe,  taketh  them  to  the 
other  four  damsels,   and  they  rejoice  over  their  victory.     And  the 


42  The  Lyre. 

other  maidens  each  wish  a  copy  of  the  document,  and  it  is  therefore 
left  in  their  hands.  And  they  did  vow  to  keep  the  document  from 
the  eyes  of  the  other  damsels  of  the  tribe  of  Alpha  Chi,  until  the  tribe 
was  all  called  together  in  the  month  of  June,  as  was  their  custom. 

Now  two  youths  of  the  tribe  of  Sigma  Chi  did  dwell  in  the  same 
house  with  Jennie  and  Mabel,  daughter  of  Collins.  And  the  names 
of  the  youths  were  Niel,  of  the  house  of  Hamblen,  and  Frank  who 
doeth  the  R€id-\\\%  of  which  Jennie  is  fond.  And  when  the  Sabbath 
was  come,  the  13th  day  of  the  month  of  June,  the  damsel  Jennie 
goeth  up  to  the  synagogue  with  the  other  righteous  people  of  the 
house.  But  the  two  youths  were  possessed  of  evil  spirits,  and  re- 
mained at  home.  And  they  remembered  a  certain  picture  possessed 
by  the  damsel  Jennie,  and  they  did  covet  the  picture,  insomuch  that 
they  made  bold  to  enter  her  apartments.  But  their  search  for  the 
much  desired  article  was  in  vain,  and  they  were  about  to  return  to 
their  own  tents  when  their  eyes  were  attracted  by  the  parchment  cov- 
ers of  the  Chronicles.  Woe  unto  the  day  when  they  remained  away 
from  -the  synagogue!  Woe  unto  the  evil  spirits  which  did  possess 
them!  !  And  when  they  perceive  that  the  document  above  beareth 
the  crest  of  the  Alpha  Chi  tribe,  and  hath  upon  its  cover  a  drawing 
of  the  coffin,  they  open  the  covers  and  begin  to  read.  And  they  did 
see  that  it  concerned  their  tribe,  and  did  read  to  the  close.  Now 
these  two  youths  were  innocent  of  the  first  act  of  deviltry  of  their 
tribe,  neither  did  they  know  that  the  property  of  the  damsels'  tribe 
had  ever  been  in  the  Sigma  Chi  temple.  [Of  the  two  youths  who 
were  guilty  of  that  first  act,  it  is  not  becoming  that  I  should  speak.] 
But  when  they  had  read  the  Chronicles,  the  youths,  Niel  and  Frank, 
did  see  that  the  tribe  of  Alpha  Chi  had  triumphed  over  the  tribe  of 
Sigma  Chi.  And  they  did  thirst  for  revenge.  Therefore  they  made 
haste  to  copy  the  document,  and  hardly  was  their  task  completed 
when  the  righteous  people  of  the  house  did  return  from  the  syna- 
gogue. And  the  youths  did  feign  slumber,  so  that  the  damsels 
thought  of  no  evil.  But  when  they  did  proceed  to  the  house  of  one 
Mary,  who  giveth  them  meat  and  drink,  they  did  meet  there  the 
youth  whose  surname  is  Shipp,  and  from  whom  Frances  did  beguile 
the  keys.  And  they  did  tell  him  the  things  the}' had  seen.  But  they 
did  tell  no  other  member  of  the  Sig  tribe.     And  they  laid  plans  to- 


The  Lyre.  43 

gether  to  spoil  the  plot  of  the  damsels. 

Now  on  Wednesday  of  this  same  week,  the  three  youths  of  that 
tribe  whose  deeds  are  evil,  met  together,  and  »vaited  until  the  dark- 
ness of  the  night.  And  when  that  time  had  come,  they  entered  the 
temple  of  the  Alpha  Chis  by  means  of  an  unbarred  window.  And 
again  they  removed  the  coffin  to  the  Sigma  Chi  temple  and  concealed 
it  there.  Then  they  retired  to  their  apartments,  making  merry  at  the 
thought  of  the  dismay  of  the  five  virgins.  But  the  task  of  the  youths 
was  not  yet  complete.  The  next  night  they  did  remove  the  coffin 
from  their  temple,  and  proceeded  to  finish  their  plans.  Verily,  the 
three  youths  were  in  league  with  Beelzebub.  They  procured  tools, 
and  with  a  great  deal  of  labor  succeeded  in  digging  a  hugh  grave  be- 
fore the  main  entrance  to  the  Alpha  Chi  temple;  and  there  they  bur- 
ied the  coffin,  after  placing  in  it  a  copy  of  the  Chronicles,  bound  in 
parchment  and  tied  with  the  colors  of  the  two  tribes.  And  when 
their  task  was  completed  and  the  mound  heaped  up  so  that  it  resem- 
bled the  grave  of  a  giant,  they  departed  well  tired  out,  for  the  sun  was 
beginning  to  rise. 

Now  the  day  following  was  to  be  the  day  ot  Reunion  for  all  the 
Alpha  Chis,  to  which  day  the  five  virgins  had  looked  forward  for 
many  weeks,  as  the  time  when  the  other  damsels  would  hear  the 
Chronicles,  and  learn  of  the  brave  deeds  of  the  five. 

And  when  morning  had  come,  Emma,  of  the  house  of  Phelps, 
did  journey  to  the  temple  in  order  to  make  all  things  ready.  And 
when  she  had  come  near  to  the  temple  she  did  perceive  the  grave, 
and  becoming  affrighted,  she  hastened  to  the  house  where  dwell  the 
damsels  Mabel  and  Jennie,  and  did  tell  them.  And  they  laughed 
her  to  scorn  for  they  thought  that  her  eyes  had  deceived  her.  And 
they  accompanied  her  to  the  temple,  and  when  they  did  see  that  the 
damsel  Emma  was  right,  they  cried  aloud  in  anguish,  for  they  knew 
that  the  coffin  must  be  buried  there.  And  they  did  despatch  mes- 
sengers for  the  other  damsels  of  the  tribe:  and  when  they,  too,  did 
perceive  the  evil  deed  which  had  been  done,  they  lifted  up  their 
voices  and  wept  also.  And  they  did  send  for  a  man  with  tools,  who, 
in  a  few  minutes  time,  digged  up  the  coffin  from  the  earth. 

Now  when  the  story  had  reached  the  ears  of  the  three  guilty 
youths  that  their  evil  deed  had  been  discovered,  they  did  wend  their 


44  T^he  Lyre. 

way  with  others  of  the  Sig.  tribe,  to  the  temple  of  the  Alpha  Chis, 
so  that  they  might  observe  what  the  damsels  would  do.  And  they 
did  arrive,  just  as  the  coffin  was  raised  from  the  earth.  And  when 
this  had  been  done,  one  of  the  Sigma  Chi  tribe  did  raise  the  cover 
of  the  coffin,  and  there  lay  the  copy  of  the  Chronicles.  And  the  dam- 
sel Ada,  surnamed  Dickie,  who  knew  not  of  the  Sigs  first  theft,  did 
seize  the  Chronicles,  and  did  begin  to  read  them  aloud.  And  when 
Mabel,  daughter  of  Collins,  did  perceive  what  the  parchment  con- 
tained, she  did  seize  it  from  the  hands  of  Ada,  for  she  did  perceive 
the  plot  to  spoil  the  reading  of  the  Chronicles  for  the  evening.  And 
she  did  conceal  the  document,  and  the  scribe  did  read  it  in  the  pres- 
ence of  all  the  damsels,  as  they  had  planned.  And  all  the  maidens 
were  much  amazed  at  the  boldness  of  the  five;  Ora,  of  the  house  of 
Woodworth;  Jennie,  the  Reid-Qr\  she  of  the  golden  locks  and  whose 
surname  is  Disbrow;  Mabel,  daughter  of  Collins,  and  Frances,  the 
scribe. 

And  the  Alpha  Chi  tribe  did  make  merry  together  over  it,  and 
had  much  laughter  among  them  at  the  deeds  of  the  Sig.  tribe.  But 
anger  was  in  the  hearts  of  some  of  the  maidens  that  the  youths  have 
added  a  second  chapter  to  the  Revelation  of  the  deviltry  of  Sigma 
Chi. 

Now  this  evil  deed  is  as  yet  unavenged.  But  the  time  is  at  hand 
when  the  Sigma  Chi  tribe  will  cry  out  in  anguish,  "Woe  is  me  that 
I  ever  disturbed  the  peace  of  that  greatest  and  most  powerful  of  tribes. 
Alpha  Chi  Omega!" 

Frances  Theresa  Dissettk, 

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between  men — their  unlikenesscs,  dissonances,  antaj^onisnis — disson- 
iinces patent  even  in  aflinities.  As.  to  instance,  in  the  nuisic-loving 
affinities  of  the  j^reat  reformer,  Martin  Lnther.  and  the  great  re-ac- 
tionist,  John  Henry  Newman.  ]Cach  was  j)assionalely  dedicated  to 
the  study  of  tone-lruth — each  ]>layed  an  inslrnmenl — the  one,  the 
flute,  the  other,  the  violin.  Mach  wrote  liynins,  religious  lyrics — but 
the  differences  between  the  hymn^,  in  lln*ir  structural  form  as  well 
as  in  the  music  to  which  they  have  !)een  set.  arc  indicative  ot  the  dis- 
cordant (jualities  of  the  men. 

The  man  who  wrote. 

"A  iiii^hly  I'orlii^s   is  mir  ( itxl 
A  bulwark  iR-vir  fjiiliiiv;." 


4  The    Lyre. 

could  not  uiulerstand  the  tcini)er  of  the  man  who  wrote, 

"Lca«i,  kindly  li^^lit.  'iTinirl  the  fiirirdin^  ^looiii. 

I«ead  tlioii  me  oiil" 

In  "Fortress"  tliere  is  dogged  down-riglilness,  stern 
courage,  defiant  faith,  definite  attitude,  while  in  "I^ux  Benigna," 
there  is  subtle  refinement,  delicacy  of  sentiment,  timidity  of  faith, — 
and  these  elements,  inherent  in  the  spirit  of  the  verse  itself,  are  in- 
herent in  the  music  which  interprets  it.  One  could  go  into  battles 
with  Apollyon  and  the  Pope  and  all  the  Turks,  singing  "P^ortress," 
but,  "Lux  Benigna"  is  a  melody  for  the  solitudes  and  silences  of  the 
cloister,  or  those  (^uiet  retreats  where  one  broods  over  the  vanished 
past  and  in  gentle  submissicm  awaits  for  the  deciding  voices  that  sum- 
mon to  the  unwished-for  struggle  of  the  open  field.  Newman  did  a 
"work"  in  England, but  he  soon  found  a  congenial  place  in  the"()ra- 
tory,"  and,  for  many  years  his  life  flowed  placidly  on,  like  the  spirit 
of  his  own  "Lux  Benigna."  Luther  was  never  off  the  battle  field. 
His  .stern,  steady,  jmgnacity  kept  him  in  the  fight.  He  was  a  war- 
rior. He  lived  always  in  the  spirit  »f  "iCin  feste  burg  ist  uiiser 
Oott." 

n. 

And  this  suggests  a  theme  for  fertile  study — the  study  of  music 
as  an  interpretation  of  poetry.  It  is  a  fundamental  canon  that 
poetry,  especially  lyric  poetry.  has  a  correspondent  phase 
of  music  which  perfectly  iiiter])rets  it.  As  there  is  just  one 
word  which  perfectly  expresses  thought,  so  there  is  just  one 
melody  which  perfectly  expresses  the  thought  of  the  lyric.  *'Lux 
Benigna"  does  not  fit  to  "A  mighty  fortress  is  our  (lod."  and  *'P*ort- 
ress"  would  not  fit  to  "Lead,  kindly  light."  This  is  so  i)atent  that 
its  denial  would  not  seem  i)ossible,  and  yet.  hymns  are  being  con- 
stantly sung  to  tunes  which  not  only  do  not  interpret  them,  but  act- 
ually misinterpret  them.      Choir-masters  say.    "Sing  hymn 

to tunel"   Why    do    I  hey  select    that     tune  for  that  especial 

hymn?  Do  they  know  why?  Of  c«)urse  there  are  choir-masters  who 
have  mastered  the  science  of  musical  interj)retation:  they  know  the 
fundamental  huvs  of  lone-exj)ression.  They  know  that  "Kortre.ss" 
cannot  be  sung  to  the  words  of  Newman's  hymn,  and  the}'  know  why 


The    Lyre.  5 

**Lux  Henigiia"  cannot  he  snn^  lo  '^Fortress. "     lUil   they  are  not  in 
every  church. 

III. 

Preachers,  teachers  in  public  schools.  sui)erintendents  of  Sunday 
schools,  should  know  the  laws  that  govern  tone-expression.  There 
should  be  courses  of  instruction  in  the  science  of  musical  interpreta- 
tion of  poetry.  And,  students  of  literature  should  be  instructed  in 
the  high  art  of  translating  the  thoughts  of  the  lyric,  the  epic,  into  the 
terms  of  tone.  I  am  convinced  that  the  study  of  the  great  poets  .should 
not  only  be  textual.  gram:n:itical,  rhetorical  but  musical — and  that 
students  of  literature  should  analyze  verse  with  especial  reference  to 
its  setting  to  appropriate  music. 

• 

IV. 

Returning  to  "Fortress"  and  "Lux  Benigna."  I  beg  per- 
nii.ssion  to  suggest  that  a  very  interesting  lecture  might 
be  given  on  the  comparative  study  of  hymns  166  and  682* 
— the  immortal  "A  mighty  fortress  is  our  God"  and  *'Lead, 
kindly  light."  The  hymns  utter  the  hearts  of  two  of  the 
greatest  men  who  have  ever  lived.  They  are  keys  to  charac- 
ter, to  moods  of  the  universal  lium.in  mind — and  the  music  to  which 
they  have  been  set  is  the  perfect  interpretation  of  their  thoughts. 
Can  anything  more  expressive  be  conceived  than  the  martial  niov^e- 
mentsof  Luther\s  own  melody,  or  more  beautifully  fitting  than  Dyke's? 
One  isin  "D."  the  other,  in  "A"  flat.  The  one  is  trumj)et-like,  high, 
.stirring;  the  other  is  low,  so  )thing,  ])laintive.  The  one  is  Luther, 
the  other,  Newman. 

(»ic()K(;k  M.   Hammkll, 
Walnut  Hills,  Cincinnati,  ().,  Xov.,  iSc);. 


*The  miinbers  of  tlit-  hymns  in  the  Methodist  ICpiscopal  Church  hymnal. 


The    J  A' re. 


The  Qiristmas  Bells. 

TIk"  liiiu*  ilraws  iie:ir  llic  liirlh  of  Christ; 
The  iimoii  is  hiil;  the.  iiij^hl  is  still; 
The  Christmas  hells  from  hill  to  hill 
Answer  each  other  in  the  mist. 

I'onr  voices  of  fonr  hamlets  round, 
I'rom  far  ami  near,  on  mead  and  moor. 
Swell  out  and  fail,  as  if  a  door 
Were  shut  between  me  Jind  the  sound. 

.l'!ach  voice  four  chanj^es  on  the  win<l. 
That  now  dilate  and  now  «lecrease, 
Peace  and  j^ood  will,  ^ood  will  and  peace. 
Teace  and  }^ood  will  to  all  mankin<l. 

Tknnvsox. 


"The  Red  Man's  Music." 

» l-roiii  a  p.ijKT  rcail  l»».-f<>i«.'   Hi-'   i>:iinl?.   <jf    the  MiKcyiiohls-Korhk-  Music  S<.'II(m>I,  WaishiiiKton 
I).  C  .  Oct.  y;,  i^';7.  ilhi«<traic«l  Iiy  sdcctums  of  Aiiu-rican  Indian  ninsic.) 

American  Indian  MusicI  How  many  of  ns  have  ever  given  a 
thought  to  the  music  of  the  red  man?  My  own  interest  in  the  subject 
was  some  time  ago  aroused  by  a  little  full  blooded  Sioux 
Indian  bov  who  is  studving  the  violin  with  P'raulein  Koehle. 
He  is  s(^  bright,  musical  and  industrious,  that  one  feels  intui- 
tively  that    there   mu.st  be  music  among    the    Indians.     This   sub- 

• 

ject  leads  us  naturally  to  the  history  of  the  Indian,  and  what 
a  sad  one  it  isl  What  a  striking  contrast  the  roving,  careless  red 
mail  of  400  years  agi)    presents  to  the  red  man  of  today,  embittered 

and  revengeful  through  the  barbarous  cruelty  and  broken  promises  of 
the  white  man  he  welcomed  to  his  shores;  shoved  from  one  reserva- 
tion to  another,  looking  forward,  helpless  and  hopeless  to  a  future 
which  causes  him  to  cry  out  in  anguish  to  his  Ood, 

"My  falluT  have  ])il\  nn  me, 
"I  have  nothinj;  left. 


I 


The    I  A' re,  7 

"I  am  flyinj«(  of  thirst, 
"l^verythini^  is  j^oiie. 

'  Arapalio  (iliost  Soiij;. 

Vet.  in  spite  of  the  long  and  iinsuccesstul  stru<;gle  to  regain  his  lost 
freedom  and  its  lamentable  results,  true  tales  of  his  heroism  now  and 
then  reach  our  ear.  convincing  us  that  the  "nolde  savage"  has  not 
existed  in  hooks  of  fiction  alone. 

In  reading  over  the  prophecies  and  visions  ot  the  long  line  of  re- 
ligious leaders  who  have  appeared  among  them,  we  find  fertile  imag- 
ination: in  studying  intf)  the  meaning  of  their  tribal  ceremonies  and 
songs,  we  find  the  natural  poesy  of  ]>riniitive  man  living  close  to  na- 
ture, expressing  his  emotions  spontaneously,  regardless  of  all  rule. 
When  we  consider  that  the  red  man  po^ses^es  lively  imagination, 
true  poetical  feeling,  and  is  capable  of  noble  thought  and  deed  as 
well,  we  begin  to  understand  that  his  emotions  would  at  least  be  wor- 
thy to  be  breathed  in  song.  Vet.  had  any  of  you  chancetl  to  be  pres- 
ent with  me  one  evening  several  years  ago  in  a  little  Western  t<iwn 
and  heard  a  band  of  Kickapoo  Indians  give  one  of  their  open  air  con- 
certs, lighted  by  flaring  torches,  you  would,  without  doubt,  have 
been  disappointed  to  hear  the  manner  in  which  the  red  man's  emo- 
tions had  found  expression  in  music.  Vou  would  have  heard  a  deaf- 
ening accompaniment  of  drums,  rattles  aiul  hand  clapping,  while 
above  it  the  .strained  voices  of  the  Kickapoos  howled  distres.sfully  as 
they  danced  about  grotesquely  in  their  blankets.  Vou  would  have 
listened  to  something  called  music  by  one  race  of  people,  that  to  your 
ear  seemed  mere  noise  with  no  suggestion  of  melody.  Like  a  revela- 
tion comes  Miss' Alice  Fletcher's  little  book  on  "Omaha  Indian  Mu- 
sic," which  contains  not  only  many  of  their  songs  as  noted  down  by 
herself  and  harmonized  bv  J  C.  Filmore  «  an  authoritv  on  Indian 
music)  in  a  manner  satisfactory  to  the  Indian  ear,  but.  also,  the  most 
interesting  explanations  of  their  songs  and  musictil  ceremonies.  Miss 
Fletcher  confesses  that  her  first  experience  in  listening  to  the  red 
man's  music  was  un.satisfactory  and  it  was  not  until  >hut  in  from  the 
world  bv  illness  with  the  Indian  women  coming  ainl going  about  her, 
singing  at  her  retjuest  their  native  songs  in  a  low  voice,  v»ith  no  noisy 
<lruni  to  confuse  the  ear.  that  she  was  delighted  not  only  with  the 
melodies,  but  also  with  the  genuine  emotion   and  enobling  sentiment 


S  The    Lyre, 

many  of  them  contained.  In  regard  to  the  important  place  which 
music  holds  with  them,  the  same  author  says,  "Among  the  Indians 
music  envelopes  like  an  atmosphere  every  religious,  tribal  and  social 
ceremony,  as  well  as  every  social  experience.  There  is  not  a  phase 
of  life  that  does  not  find  expression  in  song.  Religious  rituals  are 
imbedded  iu  it,  the  reverent  recognition  of  the  creation  of  the  corn» 
of  the  food -giving  animals,  of  the  powers  of  the  air,  of  the  fructifying 
sun,  is  passed  down  from  one  generation  to  another  in  melodious 
measures:  .song  nerves  the  warrior  to  deeds  ol  heroism  and  robs  death 
of  its  terrors:  it  sj^eeds  the  spirit  to  the  land  of  the  hereafter  and  so- 
laces tho.se  who  are  left  to  mourn:  children  compose  ditties  for  their 
games  and  young  men  by  music  give  zest  to  their  si)orts:  the  lover 
sings  his  way  to  ihe  maiden's  heart  and  the  old  man  tunefully  evokes 
those  agencies  which  can  avert  death.  Music  is  also  the  medium 
through  which  man  holds  communion  with  his  soul  and  with  the  un- 
known powers  which  control  his  destiny." 

Devoid  of  a  written  language  to  record  thought,  of  any  notation 
to  express  musical  sounds,  of  any  instrument  upon  which  a  melody 
can  be  correctly  reproduced,  the  red  man  is  entirely  dependent  upon 
those  men  in  the  tribe  who  possess  good  voices  and  a  sharp  musical 
ear.  The.se  "music  teachers"  take  so  much  pride  in  accurately  learn- 
ing and  teaching  their  native  songs  that  they  are  said  to  be  trans- 
mitted from  one  generation  to  another  with  comparatively  little 
change.  We  learn  that  mezzo-soprano  and  baritone  voices  prevail 
among  them  but  that  all  voices  soon  lose  their  natural  .sweetness  from 
.so  much  singing  in  the  open  air  to  the  h)ud  accinnpaniment  of  percus- 
sion instruments.  Almost  no  marks  of  expression  are  observed.  The 
red  man  thinks  "that  the  white  man  talks  w  great  deal  when  he  sings" 
and  that  the  flow  of  the  melody  is  distur])ed  by  iiis  clear  enunciations. 
In  his  own  songs  he  treats  words  as  a  secondary  matter  altogether, 
and  many  of  them  contain  simply  euphonious  sounding,  but  mean- 
ingless sylla])les  while  others  liavc  the  words  modified  or  intermixed 
with  extra  syllables  for  the  sake  of  euphony.  Tlie  drum,  whistle  and 
gourd  rattle  arc  the  instruments  used  b\  the  Indinns  to  accompany 
their  voices.  Tliere  is  a  small  drum  which  .somewhat  resembles  a 
tambourine  ami  is  beaten  in  tremolo  by  the  fingers  or  a  small  reed. 
One  large  drum  used  formerly,    made   from    the  hollowed  out  section 


The  Lyre,  9 

of  a  tree  with  a  skin  stretched  over  the  open  end,  has  a  successor  in 
one  in  which  a  keg  answers  to  the  hollowed  section  of  a  tree.  An- 
other native  instrument,  a  large  flat  drum,  made  hy  stretching  a 
calf's  skin  over  a  hoop  of  wythes.  supported  on  four  sticks  driven  into 
the  ground,  has  given  place  to  our  modern  drum.  The  gourd  rattles 
are  filled  either  with  gravel  or  sand,  according  to  the  tone  recjuired. 
and  are  played  wMth  a  strong  shake  and  a  rebound  or  shaken  in  trem- 
olo.    They  are  used  in  appeals  to  the  supernatural. 

In  playing  over  a  number  of  songs  in  Miss  Fletcher's  collection 
we  notice  one  striking  peculiarity  which  seems  characteristic  of  them 
all;  almost  invariably  the  melody  begins  at  a  high  pitch  and  descends 
gradually  to  its  close.  We  find  their  older  melodies  founded  on  the 
five  toned  scale,  our  major  scale  with  the  fourth  and  seventh  steps 
omitted,  one  common  to  so  many  ancient  peoples.  How  the  red  man 
came  to  introduce  the  half  tones  which  appear  in  their  later  melodies 
it  would  be  interesting  to  learti.  The  majority  of  these  songs  are  in 
the  broad  sunny  major  key,  some  in  j)laintive  minor,  still  many 
others  capricious,  sounding  strange  and  foreign  to  our  ears  because  of 
unaccountable  raised  and  lowered  steps.  Some,  even  imply  modula- 
tion. But,  most  surprising  of  all,  is  that  the  red  man  used  only  to 
hearing  his  native  airs  sung  in  unison, is  only  satisfied  when  he  hears 
them  played  upon  the  piano  when  accompanied  by  chords.  Does  not 
this  imply  that  the  red  man  possesses  a  prevailing  sense  of  harmony, 
present  but  neglected?  We  find  the  motive  understood  and  used  ef- 
fectively in  these  songs,  as  well  as  phrases  of  peculiar  length  and 
structure. 

The  complicated  rhythm  and  the  ease  with  which  they  are  said  to 
master  it  is  simply  astonishing  and  that,  too,  in  all  sorts  of  syncopa- 
tion and  combinations.  Imagine  a  folk  beating  two  and  singing  three 
as  if  it  was  the  easiest  and  most  natural  thing  to  do  in  the  world  I 
\o.  60  (Omaha  Indian  Music)  a  Mekasee  or  I^rave  Song,  "Fearless 
as  the  wolf  venturing  into  strange  and  distant  countries,"  is  a  good 
example  of  the  mixture  of  groups  of  twos  and  threes  in  six  eight  and 
four-eight  time.  Of  the  different  historical,  religious  and  secret  so- 
cieties formed  among  the  Indians  to  j^rovidr  social  entertainment  for 
the  men  and  wouien,  one  of  the  most  interesting,  from  a  musical 
standpoint  (described   in   the  same   book)  is  the  I laethuska  Society. 


lo  The  !A'n\ 

Me!iil)ership  was  confL*ire«l  in  rccoj^iiilion  of  a  valiant  deed  alone  and 
the  heroic  deeds  ol  its  nienihers  were  comnieniorated  in  song.  Hav- 
ing assembled,  the  fir^t  ceremony  was  to  |)rei)are  the  charcoal  for 
blackening  the  lac.*s  in  honor  ot  Tluinder.  (lod  of  War.  The  words 
of  the  song  which  accompanied  this  ceremony.  *'Charcoal  before  nie 
to  paint  with  wearily  1  wail"  imply  that  the  warrior  is  wearily  await- 
ing the  time  when  he  shall  go  forth  to  fight  under  the  protection  of 
the  ( fod  of  War  and  the  mvstrrious  music  <  in  a  minor  kev  )  is  in- 
tender!  to  e\pn.'.ss  the  ea.(erness  of  the  warrior  and  the  tremolous 
nifjvement  ot  iIk*  caves  just  bc-fore  a  thunderstorm."  Following  this 
song,  an<l  while  tlu*  sacred  pii>e  was  being  filled,  the  whole  company 
chanted  the  ]>rayer  "Will  you  acct*j)l  thi>  ])ipe  and  smoke  it.^"  The 
evening  was  passrd  in  *^inging  Non.:;'^,  mostly  ol  an  historical  charac- 
ter, intermixfd  with  dancing.  an«l  it  was  often  nf»t  until  early  morn- 
ing that  the  enlerlainmenl  was  brought  to  a  close  by  the  entire  coni- 
])any  joining  in  a  *-nng  of  di>miss;il.  a  clmral  ^ong  ol  warriors,  full  of 
dignity  and  feeling.  At  iIk-  beginning  (if  this  song  the  members  rose, 
at  the  second  j>an  ihey  walke<l  shiwly  anmnd  the  fire,  singing  as  they 
went:  the  thud  of  tiel  answere<l  to  the  drum  as  the  warriors  ])assed 
(mt  into  the  night  and  the  final  note  was  struck  as  the  last  man 
emerged  from  the  lodge  and  jxis^ed    out    lieiieath    the  ^^tars.  (Omaha 

Indian  Music. 

The  colleclioii  also  includes  a  few  hai>j)y  love  songs,  which  are 
pi)ured  out  by  the  lover  at  the  dawn  of  day.  a  prelude  to  meeting  his 
sweetheart  later  al  the  spring,  where  the  <lusky  maidens  go  morning 
and  eveiiinu  tor  water  and  the  favorite  trvsting  place  of  lovers.  The 
most  beaulilul  of  ;dl  the^e  sou.ns  to  me  is  the  '•(  )maha  Indian  PrAyer." 
the  "Our  I'alhri"  ol  the  tribe  and  taught  each  child  before  he  is  sent 
out  alone  l>>  ta^l  and  pray.  li>  ..l»laiii.  if  ]>ossible,  a  vision  that  may  be 
a  guide  ami  help  to  him  his  lile  long.  We  tnid  among  Miss  Fletcher's 
Indian  s(in:-^s  iiian\  ihal  s.,nnd  sHange  ainl  weird,  some  lull  of  spirit, 
or  «'aielv  — -oiheis  r\]>r«sv.ive  .uid  elevating-  all  incne  or  less  crude 
and  umlevelopeil  They  tli)ubtle-is  lose  mu<'h  by  the  absence  of  their 
native  roloriiii;  ami  sunouiidiiivi--.  but.  lliev  :ils<i  j^ain  in  being  ren- 
dere<l  with  a  culli\ale«l  voice  in  an  artistic  manner. 

Helore  eoiu'luiliiii;.  let  u^  turn  lor  a  monieiil  to  the  (ihost-dance 
si)ngs.      The  primilixe  religion  ol  the  red   man.  which  may  be  briefly 


The  Lyre  1 1 

expressed  in  Tecnmseh's  reply  to  (lovcriior  Ilarri.M)!!,  ''the  sun  isniy 
father,  the  earth  is  my  mother,  on  hei  bosom  I  will  resti"  has  been 
siiperceeded  in  some  tri]>es  by  the  Christian  belief,  in  many  others  by 
the  (ihost  Dance  religion — a  curious  mixture  ol  the  true  faith  and 
Indian  superstition  whose  leach inj^s  are  on  the  whole  for  good, 
advising  temperance  and  peace.  Its  advcjcates  believe  in  the  ad- 
vent of  a  happy  time,  when  the  buffalo,  formerly  the  chief  means 
of  support  of  the  Western  tribes,  their  lands  and  their  dead  will  be 
restored  to  them,  and  the  chief  ceremony  is  the  (ihost-dance  which  is 
supposed  to  hasten  the  longed  for  day.  In  this  drnicr  a  large  circle  of 
men  and  women  is  formed  who  sing  as  they  dance  nnind  and  round. 
When,  occasionally,  one  of  the  excited  dancers,  hyj)!i()lized  by  the 
leader,  falls  insensible  to  the  ground,  they  are  drawn  inside  the  cir- 
cle and  left  undisturbed  in  their  trance  state  while  the  dance  goes  on 
about  them.  On  recovering  consciousness  the  vision  is  embodied  in 
the  form  of  a  song,  and  thus  originate  the  endless  (i host-songs — old 
ones  fading  into  forgetfulness  to  make  way  for  the  new.  We  find  a 
number  of  them  published  in  James  Mooney's  exhaustive  work  on 
the  "Ghost  Dance  Religion."  An  amusing  story  is  told  of  the  ac- 
cepted Messiah,  one  "Wovoka."  of  Mason  X'alley,  Nevada.  He  is 
believed  to  have  control  of  the  elements  and  possesses  five  songs  by 
which  he  claims  that  he  can  produce  a  mist,  snow,  shower,  storm  or 
clear  weather  at  will.  He  once  insisted  ou  a  letter  being  forwarded 
to  the  President  of  the  Tuited  States  informing  him  of  his  supernat- 
ural powers,  and  proposing  for  a  modest  income  to  furnish  Nevada 
with  the  latest  news  from  heaven  and  rain  whenever  wanted. 

As  we  close,  I  hope  with  awakened  interest  for  the  red  man's 
music,  does  the  thought  occur  to  you  what  will  be  the  future  of  this 
music?  There  will  be  none,  just  as  certain  as  there  will  be  no  future 
for  the  red  man  under  his  present  conditions.  As  Simon  Po-Ragan. 
last  chief  of  the  Pottawattomies.  says  j)athetically  ol  the  extinction  of 

the  race:  "Generations  yet  unborn  will  read  in  history  of  the  red  men 
of  the  forest  and  inquire.  Where  aru  they?" 

Let  us  hope  then,  that  before  the  tribal  relations  and  ceremonies 
have  pas.sed  away,  further  effort  will  be  made  to  collect  many  more 
of  their  melodies  and  thus  adtl  one  more  interesting;  chapter  of  the 
folklore  of  the  nations. 

Katiiakini-:  H.   McRiaxoi.ds. 


1 2  The    f.vrc. 

Christmas  Music. 

One  of  the  heautiful  features  of  tlie  advent  was  the  hurst  of  song. 
The  new  dispensation  hegan  witli  the   soul   insj)ired    liynin  service — 

"My  soul  dolh  iiiaj^nify  the  Lord. 

AikI  iny  spirit  halh  rejoice*!  in  (ioii  my  Savior." 

Then  on  that  wintry  niglit  when  tlie  Prince  of  Peace  was  born,  earth 
and  Iieaven  seemed  to  mingle  in  the  joyousness  of  the  announce- 
ment. As,  when  the  sacrifices  were  laid  on  the  altar,  the  temple 
music  poured  forth,  so  when  the  Herald- Angel  had  spoken,  a  multi- 
tude ol  heaven's  choir  rang  the  anthem  of  praise  to  the  wondering 
shepherds: — 

(ilory  lo<io«l  ill  the  highest 

And  upon  earth  peace  aM<l  goo<l  will  I 

As  the  hymn  ceased,  the  light  faded  out  of  the  sky  but  the  an- 
gelic message  remained  to  bless  forever  the  children  of  men.  Time 
rolled  along  and  through  the  centuries  swept  the  sweet  refrain  of  the 
Christmas  tide — now  and  then  the  notes  came  faintlv,  but  thev  were 
never  lost,  and  today  every  land  in  Christendom  h^;s  heard,  and 
heads  bow  reverently  to  catch  the  whole  chorus  of  the  wondrous 
.song. 

With  the  growth  oi  the  church  has  grown  the  custom  of  bells 
adding  their  notes  of  joy  to  the  glad  promise  ol  the  day.  The  Christ- 
mas spirit,  in  the  sweet  voices  of  the  chimes,  wafts  down  from  the 
lofty  towers  an  anthem  of  praise  and  hope  tn  the  tiied,  old  world. 
The  ushering  in  of  the  25th  oi  December  by  the  ringing  of  bells  is 
a  universal  cu.stom,  and  is  it  not  beautiful  to  think  "whether  from  a 
grand  Moscovite tower,  a  slender  Italian  campanile,  or  a  solid  linglish 
belfry,  the  Christmas  l^ells  speak  in  one  language,  with  one  voice, 
proclaiming  lor  this  one  day  at  least  the  universal  brotherhood  of 
man: 

"(rlorv  to  (»t>d  -to<it>d.  in  the  higlusl. 
Peace  antl  good-will;  }^oo«l-\vill  and  peace 
Peace  and  vjoo  i  will,  t>n  earth 
to  men." 

Makv  L.   \\.   Ionics. 


The    I  A  re.  13 

On  Hearing  GcK)d  Music. 

Students  of  niiisic  are  constantly  confronted  with  rules  and  ad- 
vice on  every  concievable  musical  subject,  and  a  more  contradictor)' 
mass  of  literature  would  be  hard  to  find.  Musicians  and  their  meth- 
ods are  as  diverse  as  doctors  and  their  doses.  All  musicians  agree  on 
one  point  however,  that  their  students  should  hear  as  much  good 
music  as  possi})le.  Such  advice  is  always  joyfully  received  and  uni- 
versally obeyed.  This  is  easy  to  do  in  these  days  of  Sympliony  con- 
certs, \\\%\\  class  opera  and  May  festivals. 

The  appearance  of  a  famous  j)ianist  usually  calls  out   a  large  stu- 
dent attendance.     Of   this  large  body  it  is  astonishing  to  note  how 
few  are  prepared  to  listen  intelligently  to  the  music  presented.     Few 
have  a  practical  knowledge  of  the  theory  of  music   and  fewer  know 
anything  worth  mentioning  about  composers    and  their  style  of  writ- 
ing.     It  cannot   be    denied    that  very  few  students   would    study  the 
history  or  theory  of  music  if  a  diploma  could  be  obtained  without  it. 
These  studies    are   given    such    su|)erlicial    attention,  their  ])ractical 
value  is  not  recognized.      Such  listeners  cannot   distinguish  between 
a  tlieme  and  a  counterpoint;  nor  do  they  know  a  fugue  from  a  pa.stor- 
al     without   the  assistance   of   a  program,      rnlortunately  they  often 
affect  to  know  a   great   deal.      A  newspa|)er  recently  told  of  a  young 
lady  who  was  listening  to  her  friend's  playing,  when  she  exclaimed: 
''OI  how  beautiful  I      I  would  know  Chopin's  music  anywhere!" 
*'This  is  not  Chopin's  musi(\  it  is  Mendelssohn's." 
'*C)h!  y<^s,  yes.  Mendelssohn's.      I  thought  so." 
C/Ood  teachers  direct  their  pupils   to   make   a  practice  of  reading 
the  best  works  of  standard  composers  lor  at  least  thirty  minutes  a  day. 
This  point  I  wish  to  emphasi/e.      Life    is    too   short   for  the   average 
teacher  or  ])upil  to  bring  to   a   satisfactory    performance   all   the  best 
piano  music.      Only  artists  can   acc<)mi)lish  such   a  stupendous  task, 
and  only  one  artist  has  such  a  record.      Rubinstein  is  said  to  have  ex- 
hausted  piano    literature    in    one    season's  series  of   concerts    in  St. 
Petersburg,   embracing   one  thousand  and  three    hundred    comi)osi- 
tions. 

But  we  need  not  be  strangers  to  this  vast  array  of  good  music  be- 
cause we  cannot  be  Rubinsteins.      I>y  the  systematic  habit  of  playing 


14  T  hr    Lyre. 

the  principal  ihemesand  ninkiii);  ourselves  familiar  with  the  >;eiieral 
coiislrnctioii  of  a  composition,  we  j^ain  a  valnahle  knowledj^e  though 
we  may  never  play  the  composition  in  a  finished  style.  Then  what  a 
delight  to  hear  its  rendition  hy  a  great  artist.  Ihnv  absorbing  to  lis- 
ten to  the  working  (Uit  of  the  different  parts.  If  we  have  heard  sev- 
eral artists  play  the  same  piece  how  interesting  to  note  the  difference 
in  execution  and  expression.  When  an  encore  is  given  how  satisfac- 
tory to  recogni/e  Chc)j)in  or  Schumann,  as  the  case  may  he. 

Many  students  who  have  graduated  from  our  best  schools  of  mu- 
sic have  little  knowledge  of  any  music  aside  from  the  comparatively 
few  pieces  necessary  to  graduation.  This  is  either  through  neglect 
on  the  part  of  the  teacher  or  heedlessness  on  the  i>art  of  the  pupil. 
The  daily  habit  of  reading  good  music  not  ordy  adds  to  our  knowl- 
edge of  the  works  of  the  best  masters,  but  musical  taste  is  cultivated 
unconsciously.  Incidentally  it  quickens  the  ])Ower  of  reading  at 
sight.  While  \\\ii  prima  vista  classes  are  primarily  for  sight  reading 
purposes,  they  also  introduce  us  to  many  composers  in  an  interesting 
wav. 

lvSTi:ijj-:  Livo.NAKi),  Cincinnati,  Ohio. 


The    Lyre.  15 

Letter  from  Berlin. 

Kiirfiirsteii  Strasse  125.      Hi:kmn,  (xermany. 
My  Dkakkst  Frat.  vSistkrs: — 

Wliere  shall  I  be^in?  To  the  girN  who  wrote  iiie  steamer  let- 
ters. I  want  to  tell  yoii  how  luiich  1  eiijoye«l  them.  When  I  went 
down  to  the  steamer,  the  room  steward  went  throuj^h  a  bundle  of  let- 
ters and  handed  out  ten  or  twelve  to  me,  and  I  was  so  pleased  when 
I  found  most  ot  them  stamped  Meadville.  So  you  ima>;ine  I  thought 
it  worth  while  to  be  a  frat  "^xxX  Several  friends  were  down  to  see  me 
off,  but  at  last  they  left,  and  after  cheers,  music,  tears,  etc.,  we  really 
started  on  our  way.  (I  shed  just  one  tear.  I  tlu)uj;ht  it  the  correct 
thing  to  do.  ;  I  wisli  all  the  Alpha  Chis  mi^lit  have  enjoyed  the  trip 
with  me.  it  was  fine.  I  have  moved  only  once  sincL-  I  came  to  Ber- 
lin. Went  first  to  a  (ierman  Pension  but  fmdinj;  no  one  in  the  house 
at  all  interested  in  music  and  no  one  to  t(<>  with  to  the  concerts,  1 
found  it  necessary  to  change.  At  jirescnt  1  am  with  Miss  Morgan, 
who  has  the  American  (iirls'  Club.  Just  now  we  liave  five  girls  in 
the  house  who  are  studying  piano,  one  the  violin,  .several  voice  pu- 
pils, and  harmony  pupils  by  the  dozen.  It  is  like  living  in  a  con.serv- 
atory,  and  .so  inspiring.      We  talk  music  all  the  time. 

At  last  I  have  settled  the  question  of  teachers.  I  went  to  Bu- 
-soni  first.  He  is  fa.st  coming  to  the  front  as  a  piano  teacher  Found 
I  couldn't  get  lessons  with  him  before  February  or  March  as  he  is  to 
do  concert  work.  I  was  undecided  l)etween  Raif  and  Bastle.  Finallv. 
I  thought  I  would  see  both.  Last  Monday  week  I  went  to  see  Bas- 
tle and  informed  him  \  had  come  to  see  about  lessons.  He  looked  at 
me  a  full  minute  and  then  said.  "I  am  \'eiy  sorrx  but  I  can't  take 
you.  My  time  is  every  minute  lllled,  and  you  are  a  j)rofcssional.  are 
you  not?"  t  Xotliing  like  looking  like  something.  •  He  asked  me  to  be 
seated  and  I  had  a  pleasant  interview.  He  said:  **Wli\  did  you 
come  so  late  to  Berlin?"  I^inally  he  began  lo  go  over  his  hours  to 
see  what  could  be  done,  and  then  asked  me  il  I  would  play  for  him. 
I  was  rather  anxious  to  know  what  he  would  say.  so  I  played.  I  will 
not  tell  you  all  he  saifl,  but.  much  to  my  surj)rise,  he  sai<l  some  ex- 
ceedingly nice    things.      He    wanted    me    to    lake  one   lessen   in  two 


1 6  The    Lyre. 

weeks  until  after  Christmas.  I  told  him  J  would  think  about  it,  and 
Tuesday  I  went  to  see  Raif.  I  liked  him  so  much  that  I  decided  to 
go  to  him.  Raif  advised  me  to  ^o  to  Hoise  for  harmony,  so  to  Boise 
I  went,  and  feel  c[uite  "set  up"  as  he  is  considered  one  ol  the  finest 
harmony  teachers  in  Europe. 

I  am  practicing  from  four  and  a  half  to  live  hours  a  day,  put  one 
and  a  half  or  two  hours  on  my  harmony,  a  little  time  on  (lerman,  and 
then  spend  the  remainder  of  the  day  and  night  going  to  concerts.  Oh, 
how  I  long  for  the  Aii)ha  Cliis  when  1  am  going  to  these  fine  concerts. 
Surely  it  is  an  education  in  itself.  Have  heard  the  famous  Joachim 
Quartette  twice,  Xikisch  Orchestra  twice,  three  of  the  popular  Phil- 
harmonic concerts  with  Rehicek  as  director,  Pac^hmann  in  a  Chopin 
program,  etc.  I\xj)ect  to  go  to  Dresden  during  the  holiday  vacation 
to  hear  opera.  Miss  Morgan  gives  a  reception  Saturday  evening  and 
I  am  to  assist  her.  Just  think  of  "doing"  society  over  here.  One  really 
has  (piite  a  chance  for  society  in  the  American  colony,  more  than  one 
has  time  for.  Miss  Johns  of  lCj)silon,  took  dinner  with  me  today.  Vou 
see  even  in  (xermany  it  is  nice  to  l»e  an  Alpha  Chi.  as  one  meets  a 
si.ster  occasionally.  Miss  Johns  e.xpecls  to  go  home  in  May  or  June. 
She  has  been  <|uite  ill  but  is  imj)roving  rapidly  now.  I  am  very 
anxious  to  know  about  the  new  girls  and  everything  connected  with 
the  year  thus  tar.      With  a  heart  full  of  love  for  you  all.  I  am, 

Very  fondly,  Hki.kn   IujSAIJ.. 

November  7th   iS^j. 


The  Lyre. 


"An  Angcl." 

Not  she  with  j^oldfii  tresses  rare, 
With  eyes  of  blue  or  eyes  of  brown. 
Nor  she  with  laurels  on  her  brow 
As  one  whu  by  the  worM  is  crowned; 
Not  she  for  whom  the  poet  siinj^ 
Their  jinnulest  themes  of  j^riei  or  mirth, 
Nor  she  for  whom  the  roses  blow 
l)evf)iil  of  all  the  tlmrns  of  earth. 

Not  she  for  wjiom  a  lover  strives 
Ajjainst  the  sonj^  of  vSireii^"  lure. 
Not  she  on  whrun  the  I*%ites  bestow 
Their  ji^ifts  ^A  heavenly  blessinj^  ])ure. 
It  is  not  she  the  ^ofls  wouM  love 
Tor  beauty,  or  for  worhDy  j^ain. 
*Tis  not  lor  her  the  j^oMen  dream 
And  airbuilt  eastle  will  remain. 

Ministerinji  Angel, — woman  true. 

Is  she  who  with  healing  touch  of  love. 

And  tender  words  of  sympathy. 

And  kindly  thouj^hts  bourne  from  above, 

Doth  sooth  a  troubled  child  to  rest, 

Or  lift  a  wayward  errinj^one. 

Or  stay  the  tremblinj;  ste])s  of  ajre 

Whose  useful  course  is  almost  run. 

Could  ouj^lit  replace  a  love  like  this, 
This  royal  heart  of  temlerest  care? 
Couhl  riches  tempt,  could  sin  defile. 
Could  worlds  with  womanhood  com])are? 
The  power  to  sway  a  sceptered  throne 
With  mijijhty  brain  and  ready  art, 
CouM  it  for  virtue  compensate? 
Would  it  a  livini;  faith  impart? 

Oh,  woman-heart,  whose  ])ulses  bt-at 
With  ebl>  and  How  of  joy  or  j^rief. 
Sooth  thou  the  ])anj^  of  earthly  woe 
And  to  the  weary  bring  relief. 
Thou  art  a  guardian  angel,  born 
To  smooth  this  rugged  i)ath  of  time 
Thy  price  beyond  all  rubies  rare. 
Thy  human  heart  almost  divine. 

I.  (f.   A..  Nr>v.  7.  1^97. 


THE  LYRE 

OF 

ALPHA  CHI  OMEGA, 


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EDITORIAL 

Material  for  iIk*  next  iminl.)fr  imisl  he  in  hv  Fehniarv  20II1. 
Please  oh^^erxe  llii*^  «l;iU*  rarelully  a*^  tardiness  causes  much  inconven- 
ience. 

A  word  a*^  to  the  finances  may  be  in  order.  We  have  been  de- 
terred from  havinj^  some  additional  attractions  tliis  month  because  of 
a  desire  to  keep  within  the  limits  of  our  income.  In  order  to  have 
more  abundant  means  lor  carrying;  on  the  work  in  the  future  we  have 
decided  to  raise  tin-  *subMri})tion  price  to  seventy-five  cents  per  year. 
This  has  been  ^troiis^lv  ur^cd  lor  some  time.  The  rate  was  placed 
very  low  at  first  in  onler  to  obtain  a  larj^e  numljer  of  subscriptions. 
We  ho]K' to  have  e\  en  a  larger  roll  next  year.  Please  send  in  sub- 
scriptions by  Januarx  js.  either  directly  or  ihrout^h  your  chapter. 
He^in  at  once  to  make  oul  \nur  *iubscrij)li<»n  list  and  let  each  chap- 
ter endeavor  It)  luld  new  name•^ 

A  charter  member  calls  attention  to  an  erroneous  statement  in 
the  .Vlj)ha  liistor\  which  at>pcared  in  the  Sej)teniber  "Lyre."  Alpha 
Chi  Omei^a  was  n(»t  ori^ani/ed  from  a  musical  club  as  was  stated.  The 


The  I  Ate.  19 

yoiuif;  ladies  came  together  with  the  ex])ress  purpose  of  fonniiij?  a 
Cireek  letter  fraternity  for  those  students  who  wished  to  do  special 
work  in  music. 


It  is  gratifying  to  see  the  increased  interest  in  fraternity  work 
wliich  is  being  aroused  through  these  i)ages.  The  following  sugges- 
tions and  criticisms  are  greatly  ai)preciated  by  the  editor.  That  the 
editorial  page  has  not  yet  come  up  to  the  standard  has  been  a  cause 
of  regret  each  time  the  journal  has  appeared;  but  otlier  work  in  con- 
nection with  its  publication  has  taken  the  time  of  the  editor  and  this 
department  has  been  neglected.  We  hope  for  better  work  in  the  fu- 
ture. 

To  Thk  Editor: 

With  pleasant  anticipation  and  eager  interest  we  all  look  forward 
to  the  next  number  of  the  ''Lyre."  Our  journal  has  become  dear  to 
the  heart  of  every  Alpha  Chi,  and  one  and  all  are  anxious  to  have  it 
prosper  and  grovv  until  it  is  at  l^ast  the  ecjuil  of  any  frat.  periodical 
published.  Many  of  the  frat.  periodicals  have  the  advantage  of  age, 
but  Alpha  Chi  has  the  greater  advantage  of  robust  youth  and  a  chance 
to  profit  by  the  experience  of  its  elders. 

The  September  number  of  the  "Lyre"  is  exceptionally  interest- 
ing and  brings  us  in  closer  touch  with  our  si.sters  of  the  Hast  and 
West,  and  as  the  "Lyre"  is  the  medium  through  which  we  may  reach 
one  another  I  take  this  opporttinity  to  offer  a  lew  suggestions, — cmly 
suggestions  however. 

As  the  editorials  are  always  the  '.sauce  pi(]uante'  of  a  publication 
could  we  not  have  more  of  them?  The  editorial  i)age  is  always  read, 
and  read  first  by  many  people.  A  lew  breezy  paragraphs  would  do 
much  to  rouse  drooping  interest  in  those  no  longer  active  in  the  frat. 
work  and  life,  and  would  add  to  the  general  interest  of  the  sheet. 

Then  another  point:  vSoine  of  us  in  course  of  time  wish  to  have 
the  "Lyre"  bound,  and  in  their  i)resent  sliai)e  we  would  have  to  in- 
clude the  cover  in  the  volume  in  order  to  j)reserve  the  index.  Would 
it  be  practicable  to  have  just  the  title  on  the  first  i)age  or  cover,  and 
insert  another  page  on  which  to  have  the  index  ajipear? 

And,  dear  sisters,  last  but  not  least,  df)n't  you  think  we  ought  to 


20  Ihc    Lyre. 

have  more  chapters  in  our  beloved  sorority? 

It  is  a  fine  thinj^  lo  be  coii^^ervative,  but  let  not  conservatism 
drown  out  enterprise  and  energy.  We  want  a  good  national  reputa- 
tion and  ought  to  have  chapters  in  all  the  leading  music  schools  and 
colleges  throughout  the  United  States. 

Si'SANNA   MrKroKi).  (lamma. 


The  Xoveml)er  number  ot  Beta  Theta  Pi  contains  an  interesting 
editorial  in  regard  to  the  use  of  the  **courage  test"  in  initiations.  It 
states  that  many  object  seriously  to  this  custom  and  that  propositions 
are  often  lost  because  of  it.  There  is  a  difference  of  opinion  as  to  the 
efficacy  of  certain  expedients  for  converting  a  Harb  into  a  (ireek.  To 
most  refined  and  sensitive  natures  a  simple  ritual  is  more  impressive 
and  effectual  than  some  means  often  euiployed. 


The  following  plan  which  has  bjen  a(h)pted  at  Allegheny  College 
is  worthy  of  more  general  favor  amcmg  fraternities.  It  has  been  very 
satisfactory  in  several  colleges.  Our  Meadville  correspondent  says: 
*\So  far  we  have  found  the  plan  everything  that  could  be  wished. 
Tlie  girls  have  kept  the  pledge  nobly." 

"vSince  college  opened.  Kappa  Alpha  Theta.  Kappa  Kappa 
(iamma  and  Alpha  Chi  Omega  have  agreed  upon  the  following  con- 
tract : 

"We.  the  members  of  the  undersigned  fraternities,  hereby  ])ledge 
ourselves  for  the  fall  of  i>^s)7,  not  to  ask  any  new  student  ot  Alle- 
gheny College,  the  I*re])aratory  School,  or  the  Meadville  Conserva- 
tor}' of  Music  to  join  us  before  the  first  Monday  before  Thanksgiving 
day,  and  for  the  winter  and  spring  terms  not  until  the  third  Monday 
after  the  opening  of  college. 

'*We  also  pledge  ourselves  not  to  mention,  ux  have  any  one  else 
mention  the  subject  of  fraternity  to  any  new  girl  unless  asked  a  (jues- 
tion  by  her.  An  apj>ointment  tor  asking  may  bt-  made  with  a  girl 
the  Saturday  or  Sunday  before  the  asking  day  decided  upon." 


A  new  member  ot   the    fraternit>   i>ress    is  tin*  "Lyre,"  of  Alpha 
Chi  Omega.     This  is  a  society  ot  ladies  in  the  musical  department  of 


The    L\n\  21 

colleges  or  schools  devoted  to  musical  iiistriiclion.  The  number  be- 
fore us  is  dated  March,  iSyj,  is  numbered  \'ol.  ll,  Xo.  i.  and  is  pub- 
lished at  (ireeiicastle,  Ind.  Il  appears  from  the  front  matter  of  this 
number  that  the  chapters  of  the  society  are  as  follows:  Alpha,  De- 
Pauw  Tniversily;  H^ta,  Albion  College;  Gamma,  Northwestern  I'ni- 
versity;  Delta,  Allegheny  College;  lipsilon.  University  of  Southern 
California:  Zeta,  Xew  Kngland  Conservatory  of  Music. — From  De- 
cember number  of  Beta  Theta  Pi. 

Those  chapters  having  difficulty  in  voting  upon  names  presented 
because  of  tardiuifss  of  members  in  making  their  accpiaintance  will  be 
interested  in  th:*  followiiiyj  from  the  Phi  Delta  Theta  Scroll'. 

Kvery  chapter  goes  through  the  experience  ot  hearing  all  about 
some  man  from  the  members  who  have  been  thrown  with  him  or  who 
have  made  it  a  point  to  meet  him,  and  of  finding  that  those  present 
are  completely  ignorant  of  this  man's  existenee.  This  may  well  hap- 
pen once,  but  it  is  when  it  liapi)ens  again  and  again  in  regard  to  the 
same  man  that  the  rushers  get  discouraged  or  impatient.  Some  other 
fraternity  with  more  energy  and  system  finally  pledges  the  man,  per- 
haps, and  the  slow  member  consolingly  says  he  is  "mighty  glad  we 
didn't  take  th  it  fellow."  This  pro.Tastination  would  cease,  we 
think,  if  men  realized  how  utlerlv  discourteous  it  is  to  the  member 
who  proposes  the  name,  and  how  injurious  it  is  to  thechapter  and  the 
fraternity.  It  is  not  conservatism,  it  is  self-satisfied  laziness.  Some 
one  has  proposed  that  a  by-law  be  adopted  allowing  no  member  to 
plead  non-actjuaintance  more  than  twic;^  or  three  times  in  the  case  of 
a  given  candidate,  but  this  would,  perhaps,  be  too  radical.  Oet  ac- 
(|uainted  with  all  the  n^w  men  and  stay  acquainted  with  them, 
whether  vou  want  to  make  Phis  of  them  or  not. 


Obituary. 


The  news  of  the  »k-ath  of  Mrs.  Ilatlie  L(>vej(»y-(iulic*k  raiiie  like 
a  shock  to  Hela  tlinpter.  It  is  the  first  lime  ih.e  angel  ol  death  has 
entered  our  niiflst.  Mrs.  (lUliek  died  at  her  home  in  Jackson,  Mich.. 
Nov.  21,  i.Sc)7.     Tile  following  resolutions  were  adopted: 

For  the  first  time  in  the  history  of  B;;ta  chapter  the  (iolden  Chord 
is  broken  in  our  Fraternity  Lyre,  and  our  hearts  are  stricken  with 
sorrow  as  we  realize  that  forever  silent  in  death  is  a  sister  whom  we 
held  most  dear.  In  grief  we  sigh  "for  the  touch  of  a  vanished  hand 
and  the  sound  ot  a  voice  that  is  still."  We  realize  that  in  the  death 
of  Hattie  Lovejoy-Oulick.  Alpha  Chi  Omega  has  lost  a  true  and  loyal 
member. 

Therefore  be  it  resolved;  That  we  ])reser.t  to  the  afflicted  hus- 
band and  family  of  our  beloved  sister  the  assurance  of  our  tendere.st 
symnathv. 

That  each  member  of  our  chapter  wear  ar  emblem  of  mourning 
for  a  period  of  two  weeks. 

That  a  coj)y  of  thestr  resolutions  be  sent  to  he  husband  and  fam- 
ily of  our  doc.^ised  sister,  b:?  entered  on  the  Cll:^pter  Records,  be  pub- 
lished in  the  College  Pleiad,  and   in  The   f^yre  of  Alpha  Chi  Omega. 

Ada  Dick  IK  | 

Ai.TA   Ar.ijcx  Committee. 

<  )kA    W'OODWOKTII  J 


T he    Lyre.  23 


Chapter  Personals. 


ALPHA. 

Albertta  MilkT  will  visit  DePauw  lliis  moiitli. 

I'jnnia  Haywood  will  spend  the  winter  in  the  scinth. 

Lucy  Andrews  will  study  in  In(liana])()lis  this  winter. 

Cora  May  was  married  at  lier  home  in  IClletsville  last  month. 

Claudia  Hill  and  Carrie  Little  will  not  he  in  school  next  term. 

Kstelle  Leonard  is  doiuir  "uisical  and  literary  work  in  Cincinnati. 

lidith  O'Dell  was  obliged  to  return  liome   on   account   of  illness. 

Mrs.  Anna  Allen   Sniitli   is  taking  ])ost  graduate  work  in  music. 

Kate  Reed  is  regaining  lier  liealtli  and  we  ho])e  will  he  with  us 
next  vear. 

Feme  Wood  is  studying  for  her  NLister's  degree  in  the  College 
of  Liberal  Arts. 

Daisy  Kstep  and  Lucy  Andrews  were  among  tiie  Thanksgiving 
guests  of  Alpha  Chi. 

Mrs.  Daisy  Steele  Wilson  will  move  to  Indianapolis  soon,  Mr. 
Wilson  having  been  appointed  superintendent  of  the  State  Institute 
for  the  Blind. 

HI%TA. 

Miss  Kva  Pratt  is  continuing  her  art  studies  in  Hoston. 

Miss  Kiltie  Ivggleston  is  studying  violin  with  Max  Hendix,  in 
Chicago. 

Miss  Bessie  Teffl  is  sluflying  music^  in  Di-troit  with  Miss  Lilla 
(»race  Smart. 

Miss  Clarissa  Dickie  is  studying  music  in  \rw  \'ork  with  Dr. 
William  Mason. 

Miss  Beatrice  Hreckenridgu  is  teaching  Dels.nte  in  tiie  Detroit 
Conservatory  of  Mu.sic. 

Louise  Birchard  is  assisting  Mrs.    Priest    in  introducing  her  Del- 


24  Ihe    I^yrt\ 

sarte  system  in  the  city  public  schools. 

Beta  has  received  visits  this  term  from  sisters  Lucie  McMasters, 
Kittle  Kggleston.  Nellie  Valentine  Livejoy  and  ICninia  Phelp-;. 

The  marriage  of  (ilenna  Floy  vSchantz  to  Francis  Alexander 
Mills  took  place  Oct.  2>^,  i''<97.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Mills  are  at  home  251 
ScribnervSt.,  (irand  Rapids.  Mich. 

(iAMMA. 

Mrs.  Kdith  Jordan  Hayes  will  visit  in  Iowa  for  December. 

Miss  Kthel  Lillyblade  is  studying  elocnlion  in  Denver  this  win- 
ter. 

Mrs.  C  I).  Osiroodof  Marseilles.  111.,  visited  in  Kvanston  a  short 
while. 

Miss  Stella  Chamblain  is  enjoying  her  vocal  work  in  Boston 
under  Prol.  Adams. 

Miss  Ma])el  Siller  is  in  the  College  r)f  Liberal  Arts  this  year  in- 
stead of  Music  School. 

We  have  a  very  favorable  report  of  Miss  FUlleda  Coleman's  work 
as  teacher  of  music  in  Winona,  Minn. 

Miss  Barbara  vStrickler,  founder  of  Zeta  chapter,  visited  her  (ram- 
ma  sisters  tor  a  few  days  in  November. 

Miss  Ivlizabeth  Patrick  spent  a  week  in  luanston  with  Gamma 
on  her  way  home  to  I)es  Moines  from  Michigan. 

Miss  Mildred  Mclntyre,  of  Memphis.  Tenn..  is  studying  with 
Sherwood  in  Chicago,  preparing  for  a  ]>rofessional  career. 

Miss  Lillian  Siller  has  been  confined  to  her  room  lor  four  weeks, 
the  .sorry  result  of  a  foot  ball  game  combined  with  cold  weather. 

Miss  Amy  Martin,  ot  Balaton,  Minn.,  visited  Miss  Alice  (rrammis 
in  Mankato.  Minn.,  and  was  also  entertained  by  Mrs.  Jester  (»rammis 
Schmidt. 


FOR  SALE:— A  fine   new    Washburn   Mandolin.      Address  "The 
Lvre."  Box  i6s. 


The  Lyre.  25 

DKLTA. 

One  of  our  recent  initiates.  Miss  Then  White,  is  an  accomplished 
violinist. 

Miss  Carrie  (iaston  was  married  to  the  Rev.  Mr.  Will  II.  Hollis- 
ter,  of  Cochranton,  Pa.,  on  Oct.  2S. 

There  are  six  Alpha  Cliis  in  Oil  City  and  they  are  thinking  very 
seriously  of  establishing  an  alnnina-  chapter  there. 

Miss  Jene  A.  Robson  was  married  to  Mr.  Robert  Coburn  McCiill 
Nov.  I,  and  is  at  home  at  Lake  \'iew.    Riverside   cr)nnty,  California. 

Delta  is  to  have  a  Christmas  tree  at  her  rooms  on  the  first  Satur- 
day evening  of  next  term,  which  is  January  Sth.  The  ])resence 
(presents)  of  all  the  Al])ha  Chis  is  recjuested. 

Miss  May  Oraham  recently  entertained  twelve  Alpha  Chis  wMth 
a  chafing-dish  party.  It  is  hardly  necessary  to  add  that  the  girls  did 
justice  to  the  dainties  served,  and  a  fine  time  was  enjoved  by  all. 

Four  Alpha  Chis,  loyal  to  foot  ball,  went  down  to  (»reenville  on 
Thanksgiving  day  to  see  the  game  between  Thiel  and  Allegheny. 
They  were  delightfully  entertained  by  Helle  Chase  and  Zella  Home, 
who  were  at  home  spending  the  Thanksgiving  holidays. 


ZKTA. 

Alma  Cleveland  is  at  school  in  Hristol,  Va. 

Elsie  Ellis,  '97,  is  filling  a  position  in  Detroit,  Mich. 

Mary  Patterson,  '97,  is  on  a  concert  tour  in  the  south. 

Nellie  and  Anita  Ivvans  are  spending  the  winter  in  Washington, 
D.  C. 

Alice  Parker,  '96,  is  teaching  both  instrumental  and  vocal  music 
in  Concord,  N.  H. 

(Gertrude  Rennyson,  wh<>  has  been  in    Paris   since    '^5,    hopes  to 
make  her  debut  in  opera  in  the  fall  of  'i;S. 


26  The  Lyre. 


Chapter  Letters. 


ALPHA. 

Since  the  last  issue  of  llie  "Lyre"  nearly  a  term  of  hard  and  prof- 
itable work  has  heen  done  and  we  now  look  forward  to  another  holi- 
day. Jiesides  the  ^nrls  pledged  the  first  of  the  term.  Miss  Delia 
Philii)S  has  l)een  added  to  our  ranks  and  we  have  initiated  Misses 
Kate  Reed,  Carrie  Little.  Claudia  Hill,  Marie  Hirt  and  Klmena 
Lank,  ill  health  coni[)elled  Miss  Reed  to  give  up  her  work  for  a 
while  at  least  an<l  she  is  visiting  with  her  sister  in  Nebraska. 

Our  meetings  have  been  marked  with  interest  and  progress.  One 
of  the  most  memorable  was  an  evening  spent  in  the  discussion  of 
Norwegian  music  and  musicians.  .Miss  Dielrichson,  who  has  charge 
of  the  vocal  department  of  the  school  this  year,  is  a  native  of  Nor- 
way, and  furnished  the  leader  much  valuable  information  about 
her  country,  the  j)eojde,  their  customs  and  music.  The  music  was 
illustrated  by  instrumental  selections  and  song. 

Many  «)!  our  girls  who  studied  with  Miss  Fernie  and  will  ever 
remember  her  as  a  thc)r()Ugh  and  enthusiastic  teacher,  will  be  plea.sed 
to  know  that  she  is  meeting  with  marked  success  as  head  of  the  vocal 
dej)artment  of  Champaign  University.  Champaign,  111.  Prof.  Jean 
Moos,  for  twi>  years  j)rofessjr  ol  pianoforte  and  theory  here,  is  now  at 
the  head  of  the   music  department  of  Bethany  College,  of  Bethany, 

\V.  Va. 

The  lollowing  list  of  artists  recitals  will  be  among  the  entertain- 
ments ol  the  year: 

Mr.  Richard  Pairmeister,  Piaimlorte,  December  15. 

Mrs.  Regiiia  Watson,  Lecture  Recital.  January  iS. 

Spiering  Quartette.  February  2. 

-Miss  Mary  Louisa-  Clary.  Contralto.  | 

Assisted  l)v  Miss  Ivlisabeth  Sawvers,  Pianolorte,  Kebruarv  25. 

And  Mr.  Adolj^h  Schellschmidt'.  'Cello.  J 

Miss  Frances  Strie.i;al.  Pianof(>rte.  1     A^^il 

Assisted  bv  Miss  Marthine  M.  Dietrichson,  Soj)rano.  j       ^ 

A  lew  ol   the  girls  s])ent  Thanksgiving   at   their  lumies  but  are 


The  Lyre.  27 

now  setlled  for  three  weeks  of  work  before  we  all  i)ack  our  trunks  for 
a  short  vacation  at  Christmas  time.  It  is  worth  a  year  at  school  to 
know  the  delights  of  home  going  at  holidays.  A  student  may  well 
consider  it  a  great  privilege  to  live  in  a  college  town,  but  they  can 
never  know  the  deep  appreciation  of  parents  and  home  that  those  can 
who  are  deprived  of  them  for  a  while.  In  return  let  us  honor  (mr 
parents  and  show  an  appreci«ition  of  home  by  keeping  our  work  and 
deportment  up  to  the  standard  that  should  rightfully  be  expected 
of  us. 

As  is  our  custom  we  are  expecting  '\Santa"  to  remember  us  with 
Christmas  gifts  with  which  to  adorn  our  Hall.  We  are  already  in- 
debted to  Miss  Grace  Wilson  for  making  and  presenting  a  handsome 
water  color  picture. 

The  number  of  days  until  vacation  have  long  since  been  counted 
and  a  sense  of  delight  thrills  the  new  girl  as  she  each  day.  marks  out 
the  next  largest  number  on  her  calendar  and  realizes  that  home  is  one 
day  nearer. 

The  girls  of  Alpha  chai)ter  join  me  in  greetings  to  our  sister 
chapters  and  wishing  a  Merry  Christmas-tide  and  a  Happy  New 
Year  to  all  the  readers  of  the  "Lyre." 

MlI.DKKl)    RrTI.HlxlH. 


BKTA. 

Many  and  varied  have  been  the  experiences  through  which  Beta 
has  passed  this  term.  We  have  had  a  mingling  of  j(>ys  and  sorrows, 
but  now  as  the  Thanksgiving  season  has  just  i)assed,  and  the  earth  is 
clothed  in  her  mantle  of  white,  we  look  back  over  the  fall  term  with 
a  sense  of  gratification.  The  opening  of  the  college  year  did  not 
bring  as  many  desirable  new  girls  as  usual,  but  those  who  did  come 
were  most  ardently  sought,  and  th*.*  rushing  cnntesl  was  indeed  a 
warm  one.  Beta  came  forth  from  it  in  triumph,  and  can  now  j)resent 
one  of  the  m O.St  loyal  girls  who  has  ever  worn  the  "gohlen  lyre,"  Miss 
Kate  Calkins,  of  All)ion,  Mich.,  and  three  ecpially  enthusiastic 
]>ledged  girls — Mii/.ie  (>^)liieu\v.  Albion.  Lena  Crosby,  Lansing, 
and  Maude  Armstrong,  Detroit. 

We  opened  the  term  with    ten    active  girls,  and  a  more  spirited. 


2S  Fhr    Lyn\, 

tiiithusiastic  chapter  we  have  sehU)m  had.  Our  fraternity  work  is 
entered  into  with  life  and  earnestness.  Our  meetings  have  been  held 
on  vSaturday  eveninj^s  and  tliL*  i>ro;;franis  which  embrace  both  literary 
and  musical  work  are  to  us  a  source  of  pleasure  and  instruction.  In 
the  social  activities  of  the  colle>;e  Bjla  has  had  a  flattering  represen- 
tation. At  the  Sigma  Chi  annual  Thanksgiving  banquet  there  were 
thirtet^n  Alpha  Chis  pres.Mit.  and  we  number  among  our  good  friends 
members  of  all  the  fraternities. 

Beta  has  given  a  number  of  informal  parties  and  spreads,  but  her 
first  large  affair  was  the  annual  Hallowe'en  party  given  to  her  gen- 
tlemen friends  at  the  chapter  lodge.  The  lodge  was  artistically  deco- 
rated with  autumn  leaves  and  branches,  and  lighted  with  jack  ©'lan- 
terns and  candles.  The  two  long  tables,  placed  in  the  form  of  a  V, 
and  decked  with  sj)otIess  linen  and  shining  silver,  with  the  soft  warm 
glow  from  the  candles  over  all,  made  indeed  a  pretty  sight;  and  the 
elaborate  five  course  dinner  which  was  served  added  a  comfortable 
feeling  to  the  pleasure  which  we  all  enjoy  in  prettv  effects.  After  the 
tables  were  taken  away  we  spent  the  remainder  of  the  evening  most 
merrily;  but  alasl  little  did  we  dream  while  enjoying  jolly  tete-a-tetes, 
lovely  music,  and  the  mazy  wait/,  of  the  awful  fate  which  was  hang- 
ing over  us. 

The  Delta  (lummas.  who  last  year  j)ut  up  a  chapter  lodge  in  the 
same  grove  in  which  Heta's  is  situated,  also  gave  a  Hallowe'en  party 
on  this  same  night,  and  indulged  in  that  amusement  not  supposed  to 
be  enjoyed  in  Methodist  schools.  The  lollc;\ving  Monday  the  presi- 
dents of  Delta  (Tamma  and  Alpha  Chi  Omega  were  summoned  to  ap- 
pear before  the  faculty.  Of  c:>urse  it  c.iused  a  good  deal  of  excite- 
ment in  fraternitv  circles,  and  the  evening  was  looked  forward  to 
with  much  fear  and  trembling.  The  interview  resulted  in  the  closing 
of  both  loilges  lor  a  period  of  one  month,  and  so  the  keys  were  duly 
handed  over  into  the  hands  of  the  laculty. 

Our  next  frat.  meeting,  held  at  the  home  of  one  of  the  girls,  was 
attended  by  two  URMubers  of  the  faculty,  who  talked  to  us  of  our 
duties  toward  the  college  and  church,  and  urged  us  not  to  indulge  in 
an  amusement  which  would  injure  the  reputation  of  Albion  College. 
The  faculty  have  acteil  justly  and  wisely  in  the  matter,  and  we  do 
not  entertain  the  least  resentment  towards  them,    lor  we  realize  that 


The    Lyre.  29 

we  deserve  the  puntshiiietU,  although  it  cannot  be  denied  that  all  of 
the  fraternities  merited  it  as  well  as  Delta  Gamma  and  Alpha  Chi. 
Although  we  have  missed  our  lodge  greatly  we  have  had  enjoyable 
frat.  meetings  at  our  homes.  The  term  of  our  exile  expires  this  week, 
Dec.  5th,  and  we  are  anticipating  a  great  time  on  our  return,  for  we 
are  going  to  celebrate  our  re-entrance  by  an  initiation,  and  woe  be* 
unto  the  victim,  on  whom  will  undoubtedly  be  inflicted  all  our  pent 
up  feelings. 

We  are  just  beginning  to  plan  for  our  annual  Alpha  Chi  concert, 
which  we  hope  to  be  able  to  give  in  the  winter  term.  We  are  to  have 
a  Christmas  tree  in  the  lodge  for  the  benefit  of  the  large  number  of 
Beta*s  loyal  girls  who  have  been  awaiting  an  opportunity  to  give  a 
present  to  the  lodge.  Dec.  3rd.  Dr.  John  P.  Ashley,  president  of 
Gene.see  Wesleyan  Seminary,  Lima,  X.  V.,  was  elected  president  of 
Albion  College,  to  succeed  Dr.  Kiske  who  resigned  last  June. 

Beta  sends  her  best  wishes  to  all  the  chapters  for  a  bright  and 
prosjjerous  year. 

Ada  Dickik. 


(xAMiMA. 

Dk.\r  Sistkks: 

Ciamnia  again  sends  greetings  to  all.  This  .school  year  opened 
for  us  in  a  very  encouraging  manner:  we  started  with  thirteen  active 
members  and  before  long  had  three  new  girls  pledged,  of  whcfm  we 
are  very  proud.  They  are  now  full  fledged  Alj)ha  Chis.  We  en- 
joyed the  initiation  night,  especially  the  spread  which  followed. 

\Ve  have  again  exchanged  frat.  halls,  and  our  new  one  (which 
consists  of  a  .suite  of  rooms  in  Woman's  Hall)  is  the  object  of  our 
dearest  hopes,  and  we  are  all  interested  in  making  it  a  fitting  abode 
for  Alpha  Chis.  Among  other  things,  we  hope  to  have  <juite  a  little 
library,  musical  and  otherwise.  After  the  principal  part  of  the  ru.sh- 
ing  sea.son  was  over  we  began  having  programs  at  the  meetings  and 
hope  to  derive  a  great  deal  of  good  from  them.  We  have  had  numer- 
ous rushing  affairs:  Mrs.  Coe  entertained  us  one  evening  in  her  usual 
charming  manner;  another  time  we  had  a  delightful    frat.    supper  at 


30  The    Lyre. 

the  home  of  Miss  Theodore  Chaffee,  and  Xoveiiil)er  23rd  we  enjoyed 
«in  afternoon  card  party  at  tlie  lionie  of  Miss  Mary  vStanford.  Hut  the 
most  important  affair  for  us  was  a  nuisicale  October  2*Stli,  at  the  home 
of  Mrs.  Coe.  Miss  Xeally  Stevens.  (?ne  of  our  honorary  Alpha  Chis. 
gave  Ji  piano  recital.  She  rendeied  a  fine  programme  in  the  most 
charming  and  artistic  manner,  and  received  great  applause.  The  re- 
cital was  followed  by  a  reception,  the  reception  committee  consisting 
of  Mrs.  Cc)e,  Mrs.  Lutkin,  Misses  Florence  Harris  and  Mabel  vSiller. 
Our  pledged  girls  presided  at  the  lraj)e  tables.  The  rooms  were  very 
prettily  decorated,  es])ecially  the  spacious  music  room.  The  mantel 
was  adorned  with  the  golden  lyre  and  festooned  with  red  carnations 
and  sniilax.  About  two  hundred  invitations  were  issued,  including 
representatives  from  the  faculty,  fraternities  and  town  people.  Mvery 
one  certainly  enjoyed  the  evening  very  much  and  considered  it  a  de- 
cided success.  Miss  Stevens  presented  C>amma  chapter  with  a  pho- 
tograph of  herself,  which  now  adorns  the  frat.  hall. 

In  the  last  issue  of  the  "Lyre"  appeared  a  song  book  notice  but 
as  yet  no  songs  have  been  sent  in.  Gamma  chapter  has  the  getting 
out  of  the  song  ])Ook  in  charge,  and  since  we  want  it  to  be  a  success 
w-e  again  urge  all  Alj)ha  Chis  to  send  in  the  songs  soon.  Ivach  chap- 
ter must  furnish  at  least  live,  and  we  hope  our  alumni  will  send  some 
also.  We  are  urging  our  girls  to  use  their  musical  abilities  and  hope 
for  good  results.  With  best  wishes. 

LiLMAX  Sii.i.KK,  Sec'v. 


*I^1 


DICLTA. 

Mi-advii.m:,  Pa..  Nov.  24,  i.Ss>7- 
The  year  njK'iied  with  Delta  in  good  condition.  Jvleven  active 
members  returned,  lour  of  whom  were  in  the  ladies'  boarding  hall. 
A  great  many  new  stiulents  entered  college  this  fall  and  the  Hall  was 
filled  with  girls,  lorty-fivt*  in  all.  We  did  not  rush  in  at  once,  as  for- 
merly, for  on  the  first  Saturday  night  of  the  term  the  three  girl  fra- 
ternities signed  a  conlracl  a])p()inting  an  "asking  day."  The  "ask- 
ing day"  was  last  Mcnidny  and  yi»ur  sisters  bid  five  girls,  everyone  of 
whom  said  "yes  "    WitliDiil  wasting   liine  Delta  proceeded  to  initiate 


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them  last  evening.     Two  of  the  new  girls  are  in  "the  Hall,"  making 
an  Alpha  Chi  half  dozen  there:  the  other  three  are  town  girls. 

Although  there  was  no  regular  rushing  this  fall,  the  girls  were 
very  nice  to  the  new  girls,  there  were  parties  and  spreads  and  drives, 
and  all  that  sort  ot  thing.  The  first  large  Irat.  party  was  a  Hallow- 
e'en parly  to  which  about  fifty  of  our  gentlemen  friends  were  invited, 
and  a  few  would-be  Alpha  Chis.  The  party  was  given  at  the  Con- 
servatory and  many  of  the  other  rooms  besides  our  own.  were  used. 
Jack-o'-lanterns  and  evergreen  served  as  decorations.  The  North - 
western  Orchestra  furnished  music,  and  some  danced;  others  spent 
much  of  their  time  by  a  small  keg  in  one  corner,  from  which  punch 
freely  flowed,  and  still  others  hovered  around  the  gypsy's  tent  wait- 
ing to  see  what  fortune  had  in  store  (or  them.  The  souvenirs  were 
long  sticks  of  candv ,  tied  with  our  colors.  A  few.  also,  receive*!  sou- 
venirs in  the  prize  cake,  a  little  tin  soldier,  a  stickpin,  a  spoon,  etc. 
One  was  lucky  enough  to  draw  a  pretty  <>])al  ring,  while  I  found  a 
small  white  pebble  in  my  piece,  'the  c)uly  ]^trbble  on  the  beach." 
Soon  after  we  gave  an  informal  and  it  was  enjoyed  by  about  eighteen 
couples.  Now  we  are  getting  uj)  a  musicale  and  farce  which  we  ex- 
pect to  give  in  our  rooms  soon. 

We  sincerely  hoi)e  that  this  has  betrn  as   hap]n'  and  successful  a 
term  with  all  our  sisters  as  it  has  been  with  us. 

L.  Fav  liAKNAHV,  Cor.  Sec'v. 


zmw. 

Some  time  has  passe<l  sincr  Zcta  has  written  to  the  "Lyre"  and 
consequently  the  sister  chapters  must  be  wondering  how  she  is  pro- 
gressing. To  go  back  to  last  June,  the  principal  e\enl«)l  im])ortance 
was  the  reception  and  baiuiuet  given  in  honor  ol  two  ot  our  number, 
who  were  about  to  receive  diplomas  and  go  out  from  the  halls  of  .\lma 
Mater.  This  year  meetings  were  begun  eniiy  in  nttobt-r.  When 
coming  together  we  numberetl  seven  and  one  ot  our  sillers  comesl)ack 
to  us  with  the  beginning  of  the  new  >ear.  As  yd  we  have  initiated 
but  two  new  members  inlo  the  sororit> .      They  an-  a  great  helj)  to  ns 


32  The    Lyrr, 

and  we  are  now  wondering  how  we   ever   lived  so  happily  without 
them  before. 

At  present  we  have  on  our  hands  full  charge  of  the  entertainment 
to  be  given  in  vSleeper  Hall  Thanksgiving  evening.  Our  program  is 
to  be  slig^htly  different  from  those  of  preceding  years.  It  consists  of 
twelve  literary  charades  and  five  (iibson  pictures,  all  the  characters 
to  be  represented  by  the  Alpha  Chi  girls  and  others  whom  we  have 
a.sked  to  assist  us.  During  the  longer  intermissions,  while  the  stage 
is  being  put  in  order  for  the  following  numbers,  we  have  arranged  for 
a  few  vocal  numbers  and  a  violin  solo. 

All  our  spare  moments  since  the  lieginning  of  the  school  j-ear 
have  been  spent  in  making  our  frat.  room  cozy  and  homelike,  as  when 
it  is  in  that  condition  we  are  going  to  use  it  for  our  family  sitting 
room.     Then  we  think  our  life  here  will  be  complete. 

Several  of  our  sisters  have  appeared  in  the  weekly  Saturday  af- 
ternoon recitals  and  one  in  the  evening,  so  far  this  year.  We  are  all 
working  unusually  hard  as  the  school  course  has  been  made  more 
difficult.  Four  Alpha  Chis  are  preparing  for  a  successful  graduation 
in  June.  Hut  that  is  something  those  of  us  who  are  to  be  left  behind 
do  not  like  to  think  about. 

Zeta  sends  greetings  to  her  sis*ers  and  earnestly  hopes  that  they 
have  the  promise  of  as  i)rosperous  and  happy  a  year  as  she  has  en- 
tered upon. 

Kdith   Howi.ani)  Manchk.stkk. 


Convention  Announcement. 

Beta  wishes  to  call  attention  to  the  eighth  annual  convention 
which  will  bL*  held  at  Albion,  Mich.,  the  earlier  part  of  May.  We 
are  especially  anxious  for  a  large  attendance,  in  fad  we  feel  that  we 
would  rather  not  have  the  conventit)n  in  Albion  unless  we  can  have  a 
large  represenlaliou  trom  each  chapter.  Can  not  all  of  the  chapters 
send  several  girls?  We  will  entertain  fifty  right  royally  if  they  will 
come.      We  are  determined  to  have  a  full    attendance    or  none  at  all. 

Ada    Dick  IK. 


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THELYRE 


OF 


Alpha  Chi  Omega 


VOL.  m.  MARCH  1898,  NO.  L 


German  and  French  Organ  Music 

Read  bcfprc  the  "O.  M.  T.  A."  at  Delaware,  Ohiu,  Dec.  2b,  1^97.  preceedinf^  an  Oriran  Recital  of 
French  and  <>erman  compositionK  (riveu  hy  Mrs.  Ark<'ll-Kixford. 

One  may  study  the  characters  of  the  typical  Frenchman  and  Ger- 
man, then  play  a  composition  of  Bach  and  one  of  (juilmant  or  Caesar 
Franck  (the  Bach  of  France)  and  the  comparison  in  each  case  will 
savor  of  the  same.  Each  was  brought  up  in  a  different  sphere.  One 
belonging  to  a  people  who  have  always  taken  life  seriously:  con.sider- 
ing  and  grappling  with  the  weighty  matters,  and  accepting  the  sim- 
plest pleasures  religiously  and  gratefully.  The  other  from  a  long  line 
of  pleasure  loving  folks,  living  merrily  in  the  today,  caring  little  for 
the  tomorrow  beyond  a  hopeful,  oftentimes  indifferent  thought  for  the 
future;  making  pleasure  the  chief  aim  of  existence — ^how  can  there 
fail  to  be  a  marked  individuality  in  the  music  of  each? 

Let  us  take  a  brief  look  at  the  (^erman  side  of  the  case:  German 
organ  music  deserves  to  be  and  ought  to  he  what  Rheinberger  and 
Merkel  haVe  given  us,  for  as  early  as  1440  the  Germans  were  delving 
into  contrapuntal  mysteries.  The  progress  of  the  Reformation  was 
for  atimean  impediment  to  advancement  in  polyphonic  compositions, 
the  discontinuing  of  the   Mass  causing   a  demand  for  secular  song 

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4  The  Lyre, 

writing  which  developed  into  the  four  part  chorale.  The  17th  cen- 
tury saw  greater  prominence  given  to  the  organ:  the  chorale  was  then 
always  supported  by  organ  accompaniment.  The  very  strict  counter- 
point of  the  preceding  century  gave  place  to  modern  part  writing, 
which  has  been  the  true  strength  of  every  German  composer  from 
Bach  to  Brahms. 

The  i8th  century,  through  Bach  and  Oraun.  brought  the  instru- 
mental fugue  to  a  state  of  perfection  which  has  never  been  equalled 
and  doubtless  will  never  be  surpassed.  F'ifty  years  after  Bach*s  death 
his  fugal  influence  began  to  be  more  strongly  felt  among  composers, 
and  now  as  melody  stands  the  distinguishing  trait  of  French  organ 
music,  harmony  and  contrapuntal  work  have  been  bequeathed  to  the 
Germans  bv  their  dearly  revered  Bach. 

^  » 

The  Fugue  in  G  by  Krebs,  who  studied  with  Bach  for  nine 
years,  is  a  ma.sterpiece  and  one  of  the  very  few  in  organ  literature 
which  can  stand  comparison  with  the  famous  (i  minor  or  A  minor. 
Bach  with  his  dry  humor  showed  his  fondness  for  his  pupil  by  saying 
"he  was  the  best  crab  (^^Kreb )  in  all  the  brook  (Bach  )."  Mendelssohn's 
six  organ  sonatas  are  wonderful  examples  of  independent  thought 
working  in  an  almost  untried  field,  and  have  exercised  a  jK>werful 
influence. 

We  have  rapidly  come  to  the  present  day  when  the  names 
of  Rheinberger,  Merkel  and  Dienel  stand  as  the  finest  exponents  of 
organ  sonata  writing.  Not  only  is  the  true  (jernian  character  found 
in  their  .sound  contrapuntal  style,  iheir  fondne.ss  for  fugal  writing;  but 
the  deep  religious  nature  is  c«)nstantly  bnmght  out  in  their  reverence 
for,  their  clinging  to.  grand  «)ld  psalm  tunes  and  chorales:  note 
Rheinberger 's  Tastoral  Sonata.  In  the  first  movement  the  pedals 
thunder  out  the  magnificent  eight  psalm,  at  intervals  taken  on  the 
manuals,  and  recurring  in  tlie  last  movement:  a  fanfare-like  fugue, 
booming  out  tlur  psalm  above  the  stately  trumpet  theme.  In  the 
first  movement  of  his  4tli  Sonale  the  <)tli  psalm  is  the  leiKling  motif 
to  the  work.  This,  like  nearly  all  of  his  .sonatas  closes  with  a  fugue. 
Gu.stav  Merkel  wrote  prolilically  and  instructively  for  the  organ. 
Among  his  works  are  nine  exquisitely  written  sonatas,  two   fantasies 

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The  Lyre,  5 

and  fugues,  many  fugues  in  the  "alia  capella*'  style,  a  sonata  and  an 
organ  duett,  beautiful  in  construction  and  ending;  with  the  usual 
fugue. 

Otto  Dieuels  four  organ  sonatas  are  masterpieces.  The  one  on 
today's  program  is  written  around  the  chorale  "How  great  is  the  Al- 
mighty Grace,*'  and  exemplifies  the  tact  that  a  sonata  should  always 
be  played  intact,  not  separate  movements  abstracted,  for  this  chorale 
gives  the  religious  motif  to  the  first  movement  and  is  then  worked 
up  for  the  elaborate  climax  of  the  last.  Dienel  has  more  of  the  French 
style  than  the  other  two  composers,  inasmuch  as  his  climaxes  gen- 
erally aim  for  a  brilliant  an<l  showy  effect  in  addition  to  the  thematic 
working. 

Before  we  look  at  the  French  school  we  must  remember  in  organ 
music  the  Germans  were  composing  fugues  and  sonatas  two  hundred 
years  ago;  while  in  Franct-  organ  compositions  al  that  time  were  but 
little  known.  It  has  been  left  to  the  lot  of  the  last  quarter  century 
compK)sers  to  elevate  and  dignify  French  organ  works.  (.)ne  need 
only  play  Ouilmant's  sonatas.  Widor's  symphonies  or  Franck's  more 
serious  compositions  to  realize  the  depth  and  beauty  of  the  best  of 
the  modern  French  organ  school.  While  the  ( lermans  did  so  much 
in  the  past,  working  always  on  the  old  loundalions,  destroying  noth- 
ing, building  up  story  on  story,  the  French  have  their  organ  reputa- 
tion to  make  as  a  present  and  future  or.e.  As  Wid(»r  aptly  puts  it, 
"Paris  in  organ  music  is  but  a  stu<lenl  of  twenty  years'  growth.** 
And  as  Pari.s — .so  France. 

Before  the  seventeenth  centurv  little  was  done  in  France  (musi- 
cally)  and  it  was  left  to  Jean  Batiste  Lulli,  an  Italian  by  birth,  to 
attain  a  proficiency  in  c(Uinterpoinl  almost  (ferman.  but  he  u.sedwith 
it  so  niuch  originality  the  effects  were  more  Italian.  Among  later 
important  names  we  find  Rameau.  who  was  recognized  a>>  one  ot  the 
best  theorists  of  the  time  in  Kurope.  Both  these  men  worked  mainly 
lor  dramatic  effects  and  their  best  work  came  forth  in  operas. 

In  1774  Gluck,  a  German,  but  a  student  of  Italy,  reformed  and 
built  up  the  opera,  and  throughout  the  last  few  centuries  the  history 
of  French  music  can  be  called  a  history  of  French  opera.     One  must 

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remember  that  in  Paris  the  great  road  to  fame  and  fortune  for  music- 
ians is  the  stage.  The  French  school  has  produced  innumerable  in- 
strumentalists but  few  instrumental  composers;  and  while  one  cannot 
but  confess  that,  though  like  Saint  Saens  they  may  be  excellent  con- 
trapuntists, their  aim  is  too  often  for  picturesqueness  and  dramatic 
effects.  Neither  the  sonata  nor  the  quartet  have  found  a  congenial 
home  in  France.  French  versatility  is  shown  in  the  works  of  Theo. 
Dubois,  which  range  from  sacred  cantatas  (his  celebrated  **Seven 
words  of  Christ")  short  operas,  ballet  music,  and  multitudinous  or- 
gan compositions. 

When  the  French  did  produce  a  musician  of  the  strictly  severe 
school  such  as  Caesar  Franck,  he  like  a  prophet,  was  not  appreciated 
in  his  own  country.     His  works   include  an  important  collection  of 

organ  music  showing  loftiness  of  thought,  purity  of  form,  a  natural 
richness  of  development,  but  all  in  so  severe  a  style  that,  though 
called  the  Bach  of  France  as  Wely  is  styled  the  Auber,  his  works 
are  but  seldom  heard.  As  a  star  of  the  first  magnitude  shines  Alex- 
Guilmant,  a  pupil  of  Lemmens,  and  by  all  conceded  to  be  the  great- 
est organist  of  the  present  time,  and  one  whose  compositions  will 
wield  an  influence  years  after  he  is  no  more.  He  has  done  more  to 
elevate  and  ennoble  French  organ  music  than  any  other  one  in  the 
past  or  present.  His  First  and  Fifth  sonatas  are  noble  specimens, 
the  fifth  showing  a  great  difference  from  his  earlier  sonatas.  The 
scherzo  and  the  last  movement  are  magnificent.  One  of  his  earlier 
works,  • 'Lamentation,"  prompted  by  the  death  of  a  beloved  friend, 
is  one  of  the  saddest  and  most  beautiful  in  the  entire  organ  repertoire. 
His  "Funeral  March  and  Seraphs' Chant"  is  probably  his  best  known 
work.  St.  Saens  has  composed  three  exquisite  rhapsodies  on  Breton 
folk  songs,  and  two  finely  written  fantasies. 

Dubois,  as  before  mentioned,  is  a  busy  composer,  the  greater  part 
of  his  organ  compositions  being  short  pieces,  his  **Messede  Manage" 
is  probably  his  most  elaborate  as  well  as  most  beautiful. 

One  fact  must  be  noted  in  speaking  of  the  two  schools.  Aside 
from  the  difference  in  temperament,  the  French  have  with  few  excep- 
tions, far  superior  organs  to  those  found  in   Germany.     In  the  latter 

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place  little  has  been  done  in  organ  bnilding.  Organs  mainly  built 
for  the  superlative  contrast  in  tone  color,  and  that  tempt  one  with 
their  soft  reeds  and  exquisitely  voiced  flutes  to  produce  bewitching 
melodious  effects,  tricky  fanfares  and  toccatas,  soft  sensuous  strains, 
these  the  French  have  at  their  command,  and  these  are  no  doubt  re- 
sponsible for  much  of  the  dramatic  organ  music  given  us  by  France. 
Widor,  whose  stupendous  symphonies  call  for  the  most  elaborate 
coloring  and  agile  execution,  seems  to  think  the  English,  German 
and  French  schools  are  daily  growing  closer:  and  the  stronger  the 
Bach  influence  over  all  music,  the  more  probable  that  might  be,  for 
in  the  words  of  Schumann:  ''To  Johann  Sebastian  Bach  music  owes 
almost  as  great  a  debt  as  a  religion  to  its  founder. ' ' 

Lillian  Arkrll-Rixkord. 


Seal  Lullaby. 


Oh!  hush  thee,  my  baby,  the  night  is  behind  us, 
And  black  are  the  waters  that  sparkled  so  green. 
The  moon  o'er  the  combers,  looks  downward  to  find  us 
At  rest  in  the  hollows  that  rustle  between. 

Where  billow  meets  billow,  there  soft  be  our  pillow. 
Ah!  weary  we  flipperling  curl  at  thy  ease! 
The  storm  shall  not  wake  thee,  nor  shark  overtake  thee, 
Asleep  in  the  arms  of  the  slow-swinging  seas. 

-RlDYARD    KiPUNG. 


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8  The  Lyre, 

The  Niederrheinisches  Musikfest. 

Jly  Adolph  SchelKchniidt.  Vt- Hist,  and  l»r<>fesHf»r  in  Dd'aiiw  riiivernity  School  of  Music. 

Of  all  tilt' celebrated  concerts  jjiveii  abroad,  those  jpven  during 
the  Xiederrheinische  Musikfest  may  be  mentioned  as  the  most  famous. 
They  occur  aniuially  in  the  Rheinish  cities,  alternating  with  Cologne, 
Aix-la-chapelle  and  Diisseldorf,  existing;  now  about  seventy-four 
vears.  It  was  in  '92  that  I  heard  the  69th  Festival  in  Cologne,  the 
concerts  taking  pbice  in  the  old  (uir/enich  vSaal.  It  is  an  honor  to 
participate  in  these  great  concerts,  consequently  noted  musicians 
come  from  various  parts  ot  Ciennany,  Holland,  Belgium,  and  France 
to  assist. 

The  orchestra  composed  of  130  musicians,  including  four  harps, 
and  a  chorus  of  665  was  under  the  direction  of  Herr  Dr.  Prof.  Pranz 
Wiillner.  one  of  Europe's  ablest  conductors.  The  chorus  is  made  up 
of  singing  .societies  from  Cologne.  Aix-la-chapelle  and  Diisseldorf. 
The  honors  of  concert  meister  were  divided  between  Gustav  Hollaen- 
der,  at  that  time  al  the  Cologne  Conservatory,  now  in  Berlin,  and 
Henrv  Schradieck,    now  in    I^rooklvn.     The    six    soloists  were   Frl. 

■  ■ 

Elisabeth  Leisinger,  soprano,  from  Berlin;  PVl.  Theresa  Malten, 
soprano,  from  Dresden:  Krl.  Charlotte  Huhn,  contralto,  from  Cologne: 
Herr  Willy  Birrenkoveii,  tenor,  from  Cologne:  Herr  Carl  Perron, 
barytone,  from  Dresden:  and  Herr  Pablo  de  Sarasate,  violinist. 
Think  of  this  array  of  artists.  ICvery  one  was  interested  in  the  con- 
certs and  there  was  music  and  •musicians  galore.  Among  all  the 
strangers  who  attended  the  Festival  were  celebrated  composers,  such 
as  Jean  Louis  Nicode:  Tinel,  composer  of  the  great  oratorio  St.  Fran- 
cis, and  many  otliers. 

The  three  concerts  were  i)receeded  by  six  public  rehersals  for 
which  four  marks  •  Si. 001  was  the  admission  and  at  this  every  seat 
taken.  The  first  c«mcert  was  given  Sunday.  June  5th  and  began  at 
six  o'clock.  Compositions  from  (rerman  compo.sers  were  performed, 
opening  with  the  overture  "luiryanthe"  by  C.  M.  von  Weber,  Schu- 
mann's Symphony  in  D  minor  Xo.  4  and  vSiegtried's  Death,  by  Wag- 
ner, were  the  other  orche.stral  numbers.     Beethoven's  9th  Symphony 

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differing  from  his  other  symphonies  as  it  is  the  only  one  written  also 
for  a  chorus;  together  with  the  114  Psalm.  Mendelssohn,  and 
Triumphlied  by  Brahms,  were  the  works  for  chorus  and  orchestra.  The 
second  day  was  devoted  to  the  works  of  Italian  and  French  compos- 
ers, with  such  works  as  Cherubini's  overture '*Anakreon,"  Verdi's 
Requiem  for  solo,  chorus  and  orchestra  and  "Romeo  and  Juliet,"  a 
dramatic  symphony  for  solo,  chorus  and  orchestra,  by  Hector  Berlioz. 
Great  enthusiasm  was  shown,  and  shouts  of  bravo  came  from  all 
parts  of  the  vast  saal.  Not  alone  were  visiting  artists  -'•pplauded  in 
this  manner  but  home  people  whose  artistic  capabilities  were  acknowl- 
edged and  appreciated  won  an  equal  amount  of  applause.  Quite 
different  from  an  American  audience,  who  only  applaud  strangers, 
the  talent  in  their  midst  being  forgotten.  On  the  last  day  was  a  mis- 
cellaneous program.  The  greater  part  however  was  German  music: 
the  works  of  Liszt,  Lalo,  Wagner,  Beethoven,  Rubinstein,  Bruch. 
Richard  Strauss,  etc.  The  playing  of  Sarasate  is  never  to  be  forgot- 
ten. He  played  the  Symphony  Espagnole  by  Lalo.  Upon  another 
occasion  I  heard  him  play  Bruch 's  G  minor  concerto  as  I  never  ex- 
p>ect  to  hear  it  again.  The  Kai.sermarsch  from  Wagner  for  chorus 
and  orchestra  brought  the  festival  to  a  close,  and  to  me  the  Nieder- 
rheinisches  Mu.sikfest  is  one  never  to  be  forgotten. 


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lo  The  Lyre, 


Awaiting  the  Prelude, 

AMCRIHKI)  to  FKRNK  \Vnn|>. 

Awaiting  the  prelude, 

Timid  she  stands. 
The  modest,  pure  maiden. 

With  folded  hands. 
Her  Madonna  face  so  divinely  fair 
As  she  waits  for  the  prelude,  stand in)>:  there. 
And  the  quickenini;  heave  of  her  thr(»M»inj^  breast 
Is  trenihlin)(  tlie  roses  that  on  it  rest. 

And  across  that  sweet  face 

Dim  shadows  flit, 
Hut  a  nitmient  later, 

It  is  relit, 
l*'or  the  parted  lips  and  lifted  hUu'eycs 
Seem  asking  a  blessing  from  yonder  skies. 
Then  the  music  mute,  and  she  s<>ft1\  siti^js 
And  the  sweet  voice  echot-s  and  swells  ;ind  rin)is. 

When  tenderly,  sweetly 

It  dies  away. 
As  fades  the  last  beam 

Of  departing;  ilay: 
As  from  sorrowinj^  shades  of  ni^^lit  doth  liU 
The  soul  above,  and  the  vi^ioom-douds  rift, 
The  enchanted  listener  (could  it  1)e  wroiij^;-"  i 
lM)r^ettinji[  the  singer,  heeds  only  the  son^. 
March  iS,  1S98.  I,.  ('..  A. 


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The  Lyre,  ii 

Madame  Julia  Rive^King, 

I'RtJM  .1/m.%v  Hy  W.  B.  S.  M. 

To  Miulanie  Julia  Rive-King  belongs  the  honor  of  having  con- 
Irihiitticl  i<»  a  greater  extent  than  almost  any  other  artist  to  the  ele- 
vating «»t  the  standard  of  piano  playing  in  this  country.  When  Julia 
Kive  returned  from  abroad  her  debuts  were  made  in  brilliant  com- 
l>ositi«»ns,  the  Liszt  concerto  in  B  fiat,  and  the  Beethoven  concerto  in 
K  Hat,  being  works  m  which  she  distinguished  herself  in  the  East.  In 
the  central  West,  however,  at  that  time  less  advanced  than  at  present, 
sht'  dt-|)ended  upon  brilliant  works,  of  which  she  had  a  great  store: 
but  the  masterpiece  of  her  art  was  the  second  Hungarian  Rhapsody 
«it  Lis/t,  wliich  she  played  with  a  fire  and  finish  which  perhaps  has 
iit-vcr  been  surpassed  in  this  country.  It  took  everybody  by  storm, 
i-ritics  and  the  general  public  alike. 

Alter  her  first  appearance  in  Chicago  the  papers  said  that  the 
young  Cincinnati  girl  took  everything  by  storm,  and  the  admirers 
\vhi>  instantly  clustered  around  her  wondered,  and  never  ceased  to 
wonder,  where  the  (piiet  and  unassuming  girl  kept  this  store  of  vir- 
titosi»  firtr  which  shown  out  from  her  work.  Then  ensued  a  period 
in  which  she  played  great  recitals,  a  period  which  lasted  from  1876 
t«>r  iilnrnt  ten  years.  Great  programs  of  the  very  best  which  the  art 
oi  music  affords,  she  gave  far  and  near,  in  large  towns  and  in   small; 

ill  sch<K)ls,  and  in  private  houses,  for  it  was  the  fortune  of  this  gifted 
)^irl  to  come  into  an  immediate  popularity,  thanks  perhaps  in  part 
ti>  the  skill  of  her  manager,  Mr.  PVank  H.  King.  And  after  this 
time  of  endless  work  and  worry,  she  settled  down  in  New  York  and 
had  a  time  of  orchestral  engagements,  including  one  hundred  with 
the  Thomas  orchestra,  and  the  same  number  with  Gilmore. 

Many  were  her  appearances  with  the  Philharmonic  and  what 
other  few  orchestras  we  had.  And  then  a  time  when  in  poor  health 
she  played  mainly  in  private  in  New  York. 

Just  now  she  has  completed  a  tour  with  the  Seidl  orchestra, 
extending  to  about  thirty  concerts  in  Indiana,  Ohio  and  so  on.  She 
has  been  playing  the  Saint -Saens  concerto  in  G  minor  and  the    Rub- 

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12  The  Ly^e, 

itistein  concerto  in  D  minor.  Both  of  these,  for  finish  and  technique, 
and  perfect  sympathy  between  player  and  accompanying  orchestra, 
have  never  been  surpassed,  nor  equalled,  excepting  perhaps  when 
Theodore  Thomas  accompanied  Rnbinstein  in  the  Beethoven  fifth 
concerto. 

Madame  King*s  playing  is  as  attractive  as  ever,  more  so.  for  it 
is  riper.  Her  technique  is  as  good  as  ever,  and  for  many  years  she 
set  the  pace  in  this  country  in  this  part  of  piano  playing  art.  Her 
work  seems  even  more  musical  than  formerly.  While  it  has  the  few 
eccentricities  of  genius,  it  is  playing  to  hear  with  respect,  profit  and 
love.     It  grows  upon  one. 


In  the  forests  of  Nubia  grows  «  tree  from  which,  when  swayed  by 
the  wind,  come  .strange  .sounds  like  the  notes  of  a  flute,  fife  or  whistle. 
The  vocal  tree  is  a  terror  to  the  natives.  The  sounds  are  caused  bv 
the  wind  blowing  through  little  holes  iu  the  tree  that  have  been  made 
by  insects. 


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OF 

ALPHA  CHI  OMEGA. 


Ptitilishtrti  ijiiartrrly  by  Alpha  Chapter.  Ilaiiticr  Timers  oflfictr.  circ-ciiCMstlt*.  Iiid. 
Siih.Hcriptioii.  75  cts.  \h:t  vcar.     Siiififle  copic*.  jit  cts 
ADVKRTISINC;    RATKS  — Full  nniart:.  5io.'>":    half  paj^f.  <t.<)o;    ipiartcr   iKtjft- .  5; 'v       it^ 
All  iiiattrrial  for  the  next  iiiiinher  must  hv  in  bv  May  .>«)th. 
AflAHVjA.VKT  Wii.sox.  K:litiir      AsHtstanis.    MiMred    Kntleiliie.— Sii\)scriptions.     Helen    Hanna 
Birch. —IV.tsonals      Kaeburu  C«»w'j^er  -Chai>ter  C()rresi>«)n<lcnce. 


VOL.  in.  C.KKKNCASTLK.  IN!>,  MARCH.  |S«^.  NO.  i 


EDITORIAL. 

The  editor  extends  greetings  lu  Alpha  Chi  Omega.  We  hope 
that  there  will  be  a  united  effort  to  make  the  coming  convention  a 
success,  and  that  much  practical  work  will  he  accompli.shed.  We 
are  sure  that  Beta  will  do  her  pari  and  it  remains  for  each  cha]>ter  to 
send  delegates  competent  to  represent  them  and  who  will  return 
read V. for  active  fraternity  work  at  home. 


Copy  for  the  June  number  of  the  **L\ie*'  must  be  in  by  May  2u. 
Let  us  endeavor  to  have  no  delin<iuencies  on  the  letter  list.  The 
chapters  that  are  careless  in  this  matter  are  the  ones  that  most  need 
the  inspiration  which  comes  from  co-operation  in  the  general  work. 
The  letters  should  be  written  with  care  and  contain  an  account  of  the 
school  and  fraternity  work  of  the  chapter.  As  we  hope  through  these 
pages  to  stir  up  enterprise  for  high  grade  work  we  will  publish  recital 
programs  of  our  members  which  are  given  as  part  ol  school  work. 
Please  send  in  such  programs  and  they  will  be  inserted  when  we  have 
space. 

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14  The  Lyre, 

Would  it  not  be  well  to  have  the  songs  already  prepared  for  the 
new  book  presented  at  the  next  convention  and  plans  for  the  book 
discussed.  There  is  no  use  in  compiling  a  hook  too  hastily.  We 
want  it  to  be  good  in  every  respect. 


A  few  words  in  regard  to  finances  may  be  in  order.  Kach  chap- 
ter and  each  member  of  each  chapter  should  plan  expenditures  in 
such  a  way  as  to  have  money  for  general  fraternity  work.  The  gen- 
eral assessment,  "Lyre"  subscriptions,  and  all  such  expenses  should 
be  arranged  for  before  money  is  invested  in  enterprises  of  less  impor- 
tance. 


We  hope  to  have  the  name  of  every  new  member  of  this  year 
added  to  our  subscription  list.  The  .secretaries  should  make  a  can- 
vas and  show  the  importance  of  subscribing.  The  "Lyre"  cannot 
benefit  those  who  do  not  read  it. 


Would  we  not  derive  more  benefit  from  the  convention  if  it 
came  early  enough  in  the  year  to  permit  the  carrying  out  of  work 
planned  during  the  same  school  year. 


We  ask  our  readers  to  read   carefully  the  advertisements   and 
patronize  our  advertisers. 


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Chapter  Personals* 


ALPHA. 

Mayme  Jennings  will  visit  us  in  June. 

Louise  Ulyette  is  in  school  again  this  spring. 

Feme  Wood  will  give  her  Junior  Recital  in  voice  April  13th. 

Lucy  Andrews,  of  Brazil,  has  resumed  her  work  in  the  music 
school. 

Donna  Williamson  has  added  work  in  the  art  department  to  her 
studies. 

Miss  Grace  Wilson  was  married  during  the  holidays  to  Mr.  Fred 
Pullen,  Centralia,   111. 

There  will  be  several  Alpha  Chi  recitals  this  term,  but  the  dates 
have  not  yet  been  stated. 

Emma  Creek  was  called  home  the  last  of  last  term  on  account  of 
the  illness  of  her  father. 

Lillian  Moore  has  taken  steps  for  the  organization  of  the  Indian- 
apolis members  of  Alphi  Chi. 

M able  Forshee  left  April  ist  for  her  home  in  Kinmundy,  111., 
where  .she  will  teach  this  spring. 

Josephine  Tingley  who  has  been  seriously  ill  at  the  Deaconess 
Home  in  Toronto  is  regaining  her  health. 

Mayme  O'Dell  and  Pearl  vShaw  will  not  he  in  school  this  spring. 
They  each  have  large  cla.sses  at  their  homes. 

Several  members  of  Alpha  Chapter  have  suggested  a  general  re- 
union in  June.  We  hope  to  arrange  for  such  a  re-union  some  time 
soon. 

The  article  by  Miss  Kate  Reynolds  which  appeared  in  the  la.st 
i.ssue  of  The  Lyre,  was  recently  publi.shed  in  a  Washington,  D.  C. 
paper  with  the  writer's  picture. 

Mrs.  Jes.sie  Heiney  Windle.  of  Huntington,  visited  Mrs.. Anna  Mc- 

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Cnrdy,  of  Kl.  Wayne.     They  are  both  keeping  up   their   music   and 
are  members  of  the  matinee  musicale  in  their  respective  towns. 

A  recent  number  of  the  Kansas  City  Journal,  contains  a  very 
complimentary  notice  of  Mrs.  Jenn  Whitcomb  Fenn's  musical  work 
in  Leavenworth.  Kansns.  '  Mrs.  Fenn  has  recently  published  a  song 
for  contralto. 

BETA. 

Mi.ss  Mabel  Butler  will  return  to  college  for  the  spring  term. 

Miss  Ida  Billinghurst  is  studying  art  in  the  Pratt  Institute,  New 
York . 

Miss  X.  Irene  Clark  was  married  to  Mr.  Fred  W.  Austin  Wed- 
nesdav  evening,  January  19. 

Miss  Myrtle  Matson,  of  Cedar  Springs,  will  be  in  Albion  in 
April  to  as.sist  in  the  Alpha  Chi  concert. 

Miss  Katherine  Roode  has  s])ent  the  last  two  months  with  her 
cousin,  Josephine  Barber,  of  DePere,  Wis. 

Mrs.  Lulu  Kellar  Laudig  now  resides  in  Chicago  where  her  hus- 
band is  connected  with  the  Illinois  Steel  W^orks. 

Mi.ss  Clarissa  Dickie,  who  is  studying  with  Dr.  Wm.  Mason  in 
New  York,  will  probably  return  to  Albion  in  May. 

Miss  Mabel  Collins  has  been  obliged  to  give  up  her  po.sitibn  in 
the  Raton  Rapids  high  .school  on  account  of  poor  health. 

GAMMA. 

Mi.ss  Theodora  Chaffee  left  February  2i.st  tor  Hot  Springs, 
Arkansas. 

Mi.ss  Su/anna  Mulford  has  moved  to  New  York  to  live,  but  we 
expect  a  short  visit  from  her  in  Ma  v. 

We  were  extremely  glad  to  receive  a  song  for  our  new  book  from 
one  of  the  alumni  of  the  fraternity.  We  hope  others  will  follow  the 
good  lead. 

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Miss  Susanna  Mnlford  visited  in  Hernuula  for  a  tew  weeks  this 
winter. 

Miss  Amy  Martin,  of  Balaton,  Minn.,  is  again  with  us  atten(lin*> 
ihe  School  of  Music. 

Miss  Alice  Grannis,  of  Mankato,  Minn.,  has  returned  to  school 
to  finish  her  post  graduate  work  in  oratory. 

Mi.ss  Klfieda  Coleman  was  the  guest  of  Miss  Klla  Young  in  De- 
cember, who  entertained  the  chai)ter  in  her  honor. 

Miss  Maud  Collins,  of  Zeta,  visited  in  town  thi^  winter  and  we 
were  glad  some  of  the  girls  had  the  opportunity  of  meeting  her. 


DELTA. 

Miss  Klla  Mae  Jack  was  married  to  Mr.  C.  C.  McMahon,  of 
Apole,  Pa.,  in  January. 

Miss  Bertha  Cribbs,  01  Oil  City,  s])ent  three  da>s  last  week  in 
Meadville,  as  the  guest  of  Miss  May  (fraham. 

Delta  expects  to  send  two  delegates  to  the  convention  this  year, 
and  .some  others  of  the  girls  are  hoping  to  go. 

Miss  Anna  C.  Ray  has  gone  to  New  York  to  continue  her  vocal 
work,  and  will  not  return  until  late  in  the  spring. 

Miss  Juvenilia  O.  Porter,  a  neice  ol  Mrs.  Hull  the  director  of 
the  Conservatory,  is  the  latest  addition  to  our  chapter. 

Miss  Evelyn  Bright  and  Miss  vSara  Evans,  both  of  (ireenville, 
assisted  in  a  concert  given  here  by  Mr.  ICrnest  Gamble,  a  tew  weeks 
ago. 

During  the  holidays  the  marriage  of  Miss  Effie  E.  vSherred  to 
Mr.  Wui.  Johnson,  of  Greenville,  took  place  at  the  bride's  lumie  in 
Venango,  Pa. 

Miss  Ruby  Krick,  of  Conneautville.  is  the  guest  ol  Mi^s  Tyler. 
One  afternoon  last  week  they  gave  a  delightful  informal  reception  to 
the  girls  and  Ruby  became  acquainted  with  all  her   sisters. 

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Fre(iiient  letters  from  Herliii  tell  of  Miss  Hdsall's  increasing  de- 
light in  her  work  under  (lernKin  instructors,  and  of  her  great  pleas- 
ure in  many  of  the  (icrman  social  enjoyments. 

Delta's  last  initiate  is  Miss  Mabel  Beyer,  of  Funxsutawney,  Pa., 
a  student  in  both  the  vocal  and  instrumental  departments  of  the  Con- 
servatory.    The  Alpha  Chis  now  number  seven  in  Huiing's  Hall. 

Miss  Susanna  Porter  ex])ects  to  spend  next  week  with  her 
l)rother.  Mr.  John  L.  Porter,  one  of  Pittsburg's  leading  bassos.  Miss 
Porter  entertained  the  Hall  Alpha  Chis  at  her  home  on  last  Friday 
evening. 


KPvSILOX. 

Jessie  Davis  is  taking  Klocution  and  Physical  Culture. 

Delia  Hoppen  expects  to  lake  post  graduate  work  next  semester. 
She  has  a  large  class  of  pupils  at  Ventura. 

Ora  Willard  and  Xell  Kurton  will  graduate  this  year  from  the 
College  •)f  Music  and  Nellie  (ireen  from  the  departmentof  lilcKnition. 

Ina  (lothard  has  just  returned  from  her  lour  of  the  state.  She 
had  a  most  profitable  and  enjoyable  Irij).  She  reads,  sings  and  plays 
Ihe  cornet,  and  gave  many  entertainments. 


G>nvention  Announcement* 

It  will  be  necessary  for  Heta  to  inform  the  siller  chapters  through 
letters  as  to  the  exact  dale  of  the  C()nvenlion.  for  it  has  been  im]>o.ssi- 
ble  to  decide  definitely  the  most  favorable  lime.  However,  it  will 
])robably  be  held  the  earlier  p:nl  of  May.  and  we  are  planning  for  a 
great  time.      Let  everv  chapter  send  several  representatives. 

I  So 


The  Lyre.  !9 


Qiapter  Letters, 


ALPHA. 

As  the  close  ot  the  second  term  of  school  draws  near.  Alpha,  in 
lookinj^  hack  over  the  work  done,  is  justly  proud  of  her  success. 
This  has  been  a  most  encouraging  term  for  Alpha.  The  o])ening  of 
the  term  brought  many  new  students  to  DePauw,  es])ecially  to  the 
School  of  Music.  The  Alpha  girls  soon  busied  themselves  in  caring 
for  these  new  girls,  and  as  a  result  six  new  names  have  been  added 
to  our  chapter  roll.  Kmma  Creek,  Myrtle  Mischler.  Florence  Mur- 
phy and  Ilonora  Davih  are  loyal  pledged  members,  while  Lulu  Park- 
hurst  and  NL'ibel  Korshee  wear  the  "mystic  lyre."  Our  chapter  now 
numbers  thirteen  initiated  girls  and  ten  pledges.  With  our  twenty- 
three  girls  gathered  together  in  our  fraternity  halls,  we  feel  that  we 
are  indeed  a  large  family,  and  we  ha\e  spent  many  evenings  both 
plea.santly  and  |)rofitably.  Our  work  has  consisit-d  of  literary  and 
musical  programs.  It  has  been  our  favorite  scheme  this  year  to  study 
the  lives  and  works  of  some  ot  our  best  artists  and  composers,  closing 
the  programs  with  musical  selections  Irom  each  compn.st-r.  Thus  we 
have  chosen  a  systematic  way  of  learning  the  characteristics  and 
I)eculiarities  of  each  compo.ser,  and  have  found  it  highly  entertain- 
ing. 

The  busiest  time  of  the  year  is  fast  a})proaching — the  time  when 
the  advanced  girls  begin  to  measure  the  nearnes.^  of  their  recital 
nights  by  the  few  intervening  weeks.  Four  ot  our  girls  are  prepar- 
ing to  give  programs  in  the  near  future.  They  are  ]>ost-graduate, 
Helen  Birch:  vSenior,  Fva  Osborn.  an<l  Juniors,  Lulu  Parkhurst  and 
Kerne  W<x)d. 

We  were  glad  to  welcome  Lucy  Andrews  back  this  term.  She 
entered  upon  her  Senior  year  on  Violin,  and  we  hope  to  keep  her 
with  us  until  her  work  is  finished.  We  will  als<i  be  pleased  to  have 
Louise  Ulyette  with  us  again  next  term,  atter  an  absence  of  one 
term. 

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20  The  Lyvf, 

It  has  been  our  privilege  to  enjoy  several  social  evenings  this 
winter,  and  a  short  time  ago  Ali)ha  entertained  about  eighty  of 
\\K\x  friends  at  the  home  of  Miss  Janet  Wilson.  The  house  was  very 
prettily  and  tastefully  decorated  and  dainty  refreshments  were  served. 
The  evening  was  spent  in  various  little  amusements  and  a  nitisical 
program  was  given. 

We  learn  with  regret  that  perhaps  several  of  our  girls  will  not  be 
in  school  next  term,  yet  we  ho|)e  our  enthusiasm  to  be  such  as  to 
compensate  for  what  we  way  lack  in  numbers.  That  each  chapter 
may  have  been  strengthened  during  the  winter  past  is  our  wish,  and 
anticipating  yet  greater  unity  in  our  work.  Alpha  extends  best  wishes 
to  all. 

kAi:mKN  Cnwc.KK,  Cor.  St^'y. 


HICTA. 

Beta  entered  u]>on  the  new  year  with  her  usual  vim,  and  the 
strong  determination  to  makt^  iStj.s  a  year  of  profit  and  enjoyment. 
We  have  initiated  outr  loyal  girl  since  the  last  issue  of  the  Lyre,  Mi.ss 
.Maude  Armstrong,  of  Detroit.  It  was  with  rejoicing  that  we  wel- 
comed sister  Ivmma  IMit^l])s  l)ack  this  term,  our  active  chapter  now 
numbering  thirteen.  As  vet  however  we  have  felt  none  of  the  bale- 
ful results  which  it  was  feared  this  unlucky  number  would  bring. 
Our  programs  have  been  of  esp-.-cial  inlert'St  this  term.  Resides  our 
usual  musical  research  work  we  have  kept  in  touch  with  the  best  lit- 
erature of  the  day,  eaeli  i»irl  reading  and  reporting  upon  one  of  the 
latest  books.  \\\*  have  also  had  a  series  of  sketches  concerning  the 
artists  who  are  to  take  part  in  the  Musical  Festival  in  June. 

Heta  cha])ter  has  felt  ver\  deeply  the  lo.ss  of  one  of  the  truest  and 
best  friends  she  has  ever  had — Prof.  Carl  H.  Sheifler,  until  last  vear 
the  director  of  the  Conservatory.      He  died  January  28th. 

We  have  commenced  work  on  rnir  annual  Alpha  Chi  concert, 
which  we  ex])ecl  to  intlicl  upon  the  trusting  public  April  13.  Some 
of  the  students  have  been  ma<le  to  feel  this  month    that  '*the    way  of 

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the  transgressor  is  hard."  Ahoiit  tlit*  hist  of  January  a  ])aily  of 
twenty  went  on  a  sleigh  ride  without  jierniission  and  unarconi])ani('d 
by  a  cliaperone.  Extra  work  of  about  out-  lliousand  lines  of  transh;- 
tion  in  Latin  or  Oreek  was  imposed  bv  ihr  facnltx  ui)on  all  of  the 
offenders,  and  the  young  gentlemen  had  to  undergo  the  arldilional 
affliction  of  being  deprived  of  all  social  j)rivile};es  for  one  monlii.  It 
has  been  indeed  a  severe  punishment,  but  perhaps  will  i)r()ve  lo  be  a 
good  lesson  for  us. 

Last  week  Alpha  Clii  gave  a  five  o'clock  tea  in  honor  of  Presi- 
dent and  Mrs  Ashley.  Tlie  guests  seemed  to  enjoy  the  e\  ening  very 
much  and  there  were  many  warm  and  hearty  expressions  of  ai)])roval. 
The  tables  were  very  prettily  decorated,  a  scarlet  carnation  at  each 
place  and  a  lighted  candle  in  the  center  i;iving  a  {^leasing  effect,  and 
adding  much  to  the  enjoyment  of  the  supjn-r.  Kappa  Al])ha  Theta 
has  coniplete<l  her  new  lodge,  which  is  situated  in  the  ^anie  giove 
with  the  other  fraternity  lodges.  The  oju-ning  rece])tion  will  ])e  given 
next  Friday  night.  The  formal  inauguration  of  Dr.  John  P.  Ashley 
as  president  of  Albion  College  tor)k  place  Wednesday,  February  2,;. 
The  exercises  exceeded  in  interest  anything  tliat  h.is  occurred  in  this 
city  for  a  long  time.  A  program  of  short  addresses  was  given  in  the 
forenoon,  and  in  the  afternoon  the  formal  exercise^  o|  ilu-  inaugura- 
lion  took  ])lace.  President  Ashley,  by  his  energy  and  i-ntluisinsm.  has 
already  won  the  sincere  admiration  aiu'  res]>ect  of  the  stuck  nl>.  Pela 
.sends  warmest  greetings  to  her  sister  chapters. 

Ada  Dick  1 1:. 


(;amma 


The.se  last  few  months  have  been  the  gayest  of  the  year  in  a 
social  way  at  the  university.  Many  of  the  sororities  have  given  their 
big  parties  of  the  year,  and  have  invited  members  of  the  other  sorori- 
ties and  we  have  been  well  re]^resented.  We  ha<l  one  big  party 
March  4th  at  the  Hoat  Club  House,  and  it  was  certainly  a  l)ri]liant 
success.      Be.sides,  the  chapter   has  been  entertained  at  the  homes  of 

i«3 


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22     .  The  Lyi'i\ 

Theodore  Chaffee  and  Grace  Richardson.  Hut  our  energies  have 
not  all  been  turned  in  the  social  wav,  bv  anv  means.  We  have  verv 
interesting  programs  at  the  meetings  and  next  meeting  we  will  devote 
our  time  principally  to  an  article  on  Mme.  Kannie  liloomfield-Zeiss- 
ler.  Our  girls  who  expect  to  graduate  are  very  busy  preparing  the 
programs  for  their  graduation  recitals  which  will  soon  take  place.  At 
the  recent  student  recitals  a  number  ot  our  girls  have  taken  part,  and 
have  won  well  deservetl  praise. 

So  far  only  a  very  few  songs  have  been  sent  in  s(»  it  is  impossible 
to  begin  work  on  the  song  book. 

We  append  an  extract  from  "Music''  in  regard  to  tme  of  the 
honorary  members  of  our  chapter,  thinking  it  may  be  of  interest. 

LlI.MAN    SlI.LKk. 

Mrs.  George  A,  Coe, 

It  is  a  ])leasure  to  be  able  to  introduce  to  our  readers  a  teacher 
and  ]>ianist  so  well  (iualified  by  knowledge,  art  and  temperament  to 
do  thorough  and  productive  work  in  her  ])rofession  iis  Mrs.  Oeo.  A. 
Coe.  lately  installed  as  teacher  of  ])iano  ul  the  Conservatory  of  the 
Northwestern  University,  and  who  is  also  an  honorary  member  of 
Alpha  Chi  Omega.  Mrs.  Coe  enjoyed  many  years  of  .sound  instruc- 
tion, her  latest  being  with  Hartli  at  Herlin,  where  she  was  known  as 
one  of  the  most  serious  and  capable  students  in  the  wlu)le  class.  Mrs. 
Coe.  without  making  ])retenlions  to  dislinguished  virtuosity,  is  never- 
theless a  pianist  ol  unusual  ability,  with  technic  ade(juate  to  reason- 
able demands  ol  public  ])laying  au<l  \vilh  interpretations  which  are 
sound  and  musical. 

vS])eaking  of  her  I^erlin  schooling,  il  is  interesting  to  mention 
that  her  admission  to  the  llochschule  was  after  a  rigorous  examina- 
tion, in  which  she  .vas  one  of  the  three  successful  applicants.  She 
was  with  Harth  three  years  and  her  last  year  in  Herlin  was  spent  with 
Mos/.k'»wsky.  rp=)n  l<.*iving  Ht-rlin  lor  America  she  brought  excellent 
testimonials  trom  all  her  teachers. 

In  achlition  to  ])re])aring  a  vali<l  repertory  t<»r  recitals  and  concert 
engagements,  Mrs.  Coe  has  ac<iuired  experience  in  ensemble  playing, 

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and  during  the  season  will  be  heard  with  the  Conservatory  Oiiarletle 
in  the  Kreiitzer  sonata  of  IJeethoven,  Hachs  triple  concerto,  etc.  Mrs. 
Coe  recently  gave  an  exceeclingly  interesting  lecture  on  **l^riniitive 
Music,"  a  novel  feature  of  which  was  a  discussion  of  the  music  of  the 
American  Indians,  which  Mrs.  Ci)e  illustrated. 

She  has  been  engaged  by  the  I'*vanston  Musical  Club  for  a  course 
of  lectures  in  Musical  History,  and  by  the  liryant  Clid>  for  a  Ifcture 
and  recital  upon   Modern  hVench  Piano  Composers. 


DlU/rA. 

With  this  number,  the  "Lyre"  starts  a  new  year,  giving  usagain 
the  opj>ortunity  to  send  our  good  wishes  to  rdl  the  sisters.  It  seems 
to  me  that  we  need  have  no  doubt  t»f  the  value  of  onr  quarterly.  It 
has  been  most  interesting  and  heiphil.  It  is  like  our  open  fire — wc 
all  draw  around  it,  scarcely  knowing  why,  but  finding  it  veiy  cosv 
and  comfortable.  And  unconsciously  we  come  to  have  a  nu)re  sym- 
pathetic feeling,  and  a  bond,  dee})er  and  firmer  than  ever  before, 
unites  us. 

We.  of  Delta,  have  not  a  great  deal  of  news  to  tell  this  time  for 
thotigh  we  have  had  an  unusually  large  number  ot  merry  times,  they 
have  been  principally  such  as  are  had  by  all  IralernUy  girls,  and 
would  not  have  any  special  interest  to  those  who  did  not  share  them. 
But  with  all  the  lusli  of  our  social  lile.  we  have  been  at  our  usual 
fraternity  work,  and  a  short  time  ago  we  initiated  two  girls.  I^Iisabelh 
Patton,  who  has  been  a  pledi;e  member  for  some  lime,  and  Mabel 
Hyers. 

At  Christmas  time,  it  is  our  custom,  as  soon  as  the  girls  return 
after  vacation,  to  have  a  '•Christmas  tor  the  I^Vat,"  and  we  alwavs 
have  a  very  delightful  time  together.  This  year  the  friends  and  mem- 
bers of  Delta  showed  their  love  for  the  cha]Uer  in  a  most  delightful 
and  practiced  way.  They  ])resented  the  fraternity  with  all  sorts  of 
]>retty  ami  useful  things,  which  we  first  admired,  and  then  at  once 
proceeded  to  put  to  use.      VV'e  have  two  graduates  in  our  chapter  this 


B,fJJXJ^'   . 


24  The  Lyre 


year,  hotli  vdicc*  pupils.  I*n)Uil  as  we  arc  of  Iheir  achievement,  we 
dread  to  think  ot  ihc  tinu-,  so  soon  to  come,  when  tliey  will  leave  lis. 
Jinl  we  ieel  wc  will  ^lill  have  them  with  us  in  spirit,  at  least,  for  tell 
lis,  *Ne  daughters  ol  music,'  scattered  all  over  the  United  States, — 

"0:111  ColK'j^v  ci:iys  r'ci"  lit*  Inijkiol 
Or  lovf  lor  AI]»lia  Clii?" 

Kditii  Ji:anni.tti:  Koddv. 


FOR  SALE:   -A   line  new   Washburn    Mandolin.     Address  "The 
Lvre,"  Hox    if)S. 


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The  Lyre.  25 

ALPHA. 

HePauw  Tniversily.  April,  1S9S.     Junior  recital  by  Miss  I'Vriii*  \Voo<l.  vS<ipraiio, 

assisted  by  Miss  Lmv  (i.   Aticlrews    Violiiiisle  ami 
Mr.  S.  R.  Amlerson,  Pianist. 

I'KdCKAMMK. 

1 ,  I  n  a  Bower .A#t7  « 

2.  Four  Leaf  Clovrr ..   Cuomhs 

."? .      Lcjfcncle li'it'ttiaxiski 

Miss  Atniff  w.s 
4       Kl«iH"*  Traiim ll'a^nrr 

-^       {h\   Arabesque    s A.i/x.i«"# 

Mr.  AtkKtsoii. 

K.     Day  of  Resurrection Hiiuufiii 

Violin  ()1iti|2ato.  Mi.ss  Aiidri-vvs. 

7       Aiif  Fliiegein  <leK  Gesan^es        yfymU'lsstthn 

s.     Cavatma ffaff 

Miss  Aiulrfws. 

■I.     I.ove  in  sprinjftime Irditi 

I'...  t'.ood  NijfJit De  KtYtrn 

BETA. 

PIANO  FORTH  RK(  ITAI.. 

<»iven  by  Bessie  Alberta  'I'efft.    Albion    Conservatory.    Class    '97.       Assisted   by 

Cora  Belle  Harrington.  Jennie  A    Worthin^ton. 

I       Sonata.  t)p.  31,  No.  I Itft'thuicn 

Allegro  vivaci'.          Afhijrio  vrmxioso. 
2.     sonii  of  the  Alniec I.^a  lhhhe> 

Miss  IlarrinKton. 

.;.     Oalatea .     ....Ifn\c*t 

4       I>riixicnic  <lrandc  Value.  Op.  21 Strrhzki 

«;.     Mailrisal  ....  i.   C'IioinhutiJf 

Miss  lliirrinj^toii 

'>.     Khajisoilie  Hout^roisc.  No.   i.,  . .  ...  ..     ..  /.is-.t 

s.     A  Night  in  May I\  f.iu'nmf 

Mis.s  IljirriiiKlon. 

7.      Killi  Hnllero.  tip.  ftj   ..        ..(itmty 

Variations  i>n  an  Knjflish  Air.  Misst-.s  Tefft  ami  W'lrthin^flon. 


DELTA. 

PART  I. 

I        Meyer  Helnuiiul  rpiiinoi Murutkn 

Miss  Ailelnide  Wilson. 
3.      I'.oiinod— When  to  Thy  Vision.  (Vih'mI.i  l-'nu^t 

Miss  I'l«»ra  lC;istiii:in . 
\       WieniMw.Hki.  (Violin.) h'uta'uiak 

Miss  Theo  While 

4,.      Buck.   ((Juartet.) Kfbiu  Adau 

Miss  Aitu  Moyer.  Miss  tit-rtrudi.'  Oifdcn. 

Miss  Floreiid"  }rar])ei.    .Miss  Ic-nnic  o^dt-n. 

Miss  L.  l'"ay  Harnahy.  .\ocoi!ipani>t. 

I'ART   11. 

I'KR  Tii.KriioM-..— I'i,.^Y  iN(».N-i..  .Act 

r.Viiv  Harlinfjr Mr.   C«in»stock 

Ned  Austin   .    .  .M  r.  Dewey 

Nan  Cuxzin Miss  Harhn 

Mary  HRlcombe Miss  Huniniond 

Nora Miss  Susan  Porter 

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The  Lvre. 


MEMBERSHIP. 

Honorary  Members. 


Madame  Fannie  Bloorafirld-Zeiitlrr. 
Lavin.  Mrs.  Mary  Howe. 
Kive-KlnK.  Madame  Julia. 
Yaw.  Kllen  Reach. 


Decca.  Madame  Marie. 
I'uwell.  Maud. 
.Meven«.  Neallv 


Alpha. 


Deranw,  .Mrs*    NewIandT. 


Alden,  Lena  Hva. 

Bailey.  Mrs. Cecilia  HppiuffhouMen. 
Bryant.  Mrii.  Jennie  Allen. 
Dixon.  MrH.  Alma  Dahl 


HONORARY  MEMBKRS. 

DePauw.  Mr*.  Chan.  W 

TKACHKRS. 

Harp.  Mrs.  Klla  <;. 
John.  Mrs  Orra  1*. 
Wentworth.  Alice. 


CHAPTKR  ROM.. 


.\ndrew«.  I^ucy  f;..  Brazil .  Ind. 

.\nnitHf|rt.,  i*earl.  Peru.Ind. 

"AtkinHon.  Lulu.  Willow  Branch.  Ind 

Baker.  Joanna.  Indianola,  Iowa 

^Bailey.  MrH.  Belle  Midels.  W  .  Lafayette.  Intl. 

Baldwin.  Mrs  Suda  West.  V\.  Branch.  Intl. 

"BulliUKcr.  Ina.  WillianiKburK.  hid, 

Barry.  Buuny.  Sheldon.  111. 

Beauchamp.  Bonnie,  Tipton.  In<l. 

Beil.  Claru.  Bluffton.  Ind 

*  Benedict,  Mrs.  Cora  Branson. 

Beunet.  Mrs.  Laura  Marsh,  okahunipka.  Kla. 

'Biddle.  Maude.  Ihiuville.  lud. 

Birch,  Helen  Hauna.  ('•reeiicastle.  Ind. 

•  Bolt Jt.  Myrtle. 
Bosler.  Lyda. 

'Brown.  Virs.  Lconore  Houz.  Kokonio.  Ind. 

•livers.  Lizzie.  Shelby ville.  Ind. 

'Carter,  olive,  liraxil'  Intl. 

'Case.  Mrs.  Miiiiiie  Bowman.  Covington.   Ind. 

Chemiweth.  Bvnle.  Winchester.  Ind. 

'Clark.  Blancfie.  Colfax.  Ind. 

Clark,  Mrs    olive  Burnett.  Anderson.  Ind 

Colburn.  Marion.  Michi^im  City.  Ind. 

Collins.  June.  Knox  ville.  Iowa. 

Courey.  Carrie.  Shelby  ville.  Ind. 

Co)>eland.  Nellie  Boltcm.  hs'^**  Av.  St.l'aul.Miiin 

tCouchcr.  Louise: 

CowKcr.  Raeburn.  Monticcllo,  Ind. 

Cowperthwaite.  Anne.  Tom's  River.  N   J. 

Cox.  Hmma.  Andersim.  In<l. 

•Creek.  Hmma.  Yoeman.  lad. 

■Crxiwdcr,  Kittle.  Sullivan.  Ind 

'Davis.  Honora.  Bourbon.  Ind. 

Davis.  Minnie.  Martin^^vilU-.  Ind. 

Deniston.  Bertha.  IndiaiiaiM>Iis.  Itiil. 

DeVore.  Altah,  (iDell.  Ind. 

•DfVore.  okah,  ODell.  Ind. 

'Dobbins.  Nellie.  W.  Lalavette.  In. I. 

•Kills.  Pearl.  Pleasantville.  Ind. 

"Kstep.  Daisy.  Danville.  Ind. 

HsterbrcMik.  'Mr;*.  Dora  Marshall.  Orleaii*.  Nrti 

FarthinK.  Klla. 


Finch.  Juliet.  LoKausiKirt.  Ind. 
Forshee.  Mabelle.  Kinmundy.  II 


•Foster,  Hvalyn.  Attica.  Ind. 

•Foster.  Katherine.  Palmvra.  N.  V. 

Fox,  Jessie  Y..  Champaiicn.  111. 

French.  (;ertrude  H..  Box  ford.  Mh.ss. 

Fiiqua.  Le«ita. 

(iallihue.  Maynie.  Indianapolis.  liuL 

< .amble.  Nellit'. 

«;ray.  Mrs.  Carrie  MiMire.  i;alveHton.  Ind. 

(;ray,  .MarKuerite,  Chrisman.  HI 

Hanil.  Mrs.  Lillie  Thr(N>p.  Carbon.  Ind. 

Har^rave.  Minnie.  Princeton.  Ind. 

•Harper.  Mrs.  Nellie  /immernian.  Brazil,  Ind. 

"HaywiMHl.  KuiiiiM,  Romney,  Ind. 

Heatoii.  .\liceCary.  Knii(htstowii,  Ind. 

Herr.  Helen.  Hraxil.  Ind. 

"Hesier.  Fjiima.  <'.reencastle.  I  mi. 

Heston.  Maud.  Princeton.  Ind. 

Hestoii.  Stella.  Princeton.  Inil. 

Hill.  (  laiidia.  Wayiiesbnr);.  Ind. 

Hirt.  .Mane,  (ireeiica.stle.  Ind. 

Hirt.  Sarah,  (^reeiicastlo.  Ind. 

Horner.  Mela.  Medaiyvillc.  Ind. 

•Jackson.  Kthel.  <'>reeiica.stle.  Ind. 

•Jaciues.  Retta  W  ,  Owensville.  Ind. 

Jenniuf^s.  .Mamie  Aila.  Newcastle.  In«l. 

'Jones.  Allies.  Reene'.s  Mills.  Ind. 

Jones.  Mary  I..  V...  Tcrre  Haute.  Ind. 

Jones.  .Mrs.  Anna  .Augustus.  Paris.  III. 

Keeiiaii.  Mrs  .  Bessie  (;rt>oiiis.  Lerov.  Ill 

Lank.  KIniina.  (.reeiicastle.  Intl. 

LathrojH'.  l%iuma.  Delphi.  Ind. 

Latimer.  Bessie.  .Aiiburndale.  Mass. 

Leonard,  Kstelle.  ..'7  W.  12th  St..  Cinciniiiili.  «). 

LiRhtlnot.  Mrs  Marguerite  Smith. Rushvillf. Ind 

Link.  Mis.  Maud  Rude.  Paris.  HI. 

LiMle.  Carrie,  Pine  VitbiKe.  In<l. 

"Loi'kinlije.  Klisabeth.  <ireencast»e,  Ind. 

'Malev.  Maud    KdinbiirK.  Ind. 

•Martin.  D«-ina.  Newton.  Ind. 

Mai  shall,  /ella  Lesa.  Centratia.    Ill 

•.May,  Cora.  Fllettsville.  Ind. 

McCiirily.  Mrs    Annie  Bun);er.   H.  Wavue.  Ind. 

.Mckeviiobls.  Katharine  H..    WashinKton.  D.  C. 

Meredith,  liva  K.,  Muncie,  Ind. 

Miller.  .Albertta.  Kichm<md.  Ind. 


ISS 


The  Lvre, 


27 


Miller,  Kuinia  C  ('•refiicastle.  Iiid. 

".Mihclilcr.  Myrtlr.  Hiintiiiffloii.  Ind. 

MontKcinirrv.  Nellie. 

Moorr.  Lillian  K-.  Iniliaiiapohs.  I  ml. 

Morgan.  Mr<i.  Ifuiliel  Shnftr.  Wichita.  K:is. 

Morse.  Khtrllr  A..  WabuHh.  Ind. 

•Murphv,  Flo^enc^.  \Val>ash,  Iml. 

Ncff.  .MrV  l.ilibir  Trier.  Portland.  Ind 

-Sickle.  Knima.  WmBeld.  Ind. 

•O  iJtrll.  Kdith.  Knllcrttm.  N>»» 

«»-I>e1l.  Helen  C  i) Dell.  Ind. 

ODcll.  Maynu-  H..  O  I>rll.  Ind. 

Ofiut.  Mrs.' KlitMla  (iarv.  HendeiMin.  Ind 

U*hurn.  Kva.  Shelliurii.  lud. 

•Parker.  Lurrttr.  Shelbyville.  Iml. 

Par k liar Ht.  t.uln.  B«jnrl>on.  Ind. 

Parrett.  Hes«*ic,  Patoka.  In«l. 

"Pattern.  Klnia.  Milroy.  Ind. 

Panl.  (irace.  Inilianapoliw.  ln<l. 

PecK.  Klla  (i..  Cireencafltle.  Ind. 

*Phillipi.  Delia.  CoateKville.  Ind. 

•Plested.    Kdith.   rnivernity  Park.  Denver.  Od 

"Piiwell.  Mrs.  Mate  Franh.  WabH««h,  Ind. 

•Power  <irace.  Milroy.  Ind 

l*ullen.  MrH.  c;race  WiUon.  Ceiitralia.  111. 

Hcwl.  Kate.  Newtown.  Ind. 

Kicr.  Ilelrn  Italrymple.  i\:;  Park  Av  ln«i')ils.Ind 

'Rowland   Maud.  Covington.  Ind. 

Kfiwley.  Adeline  Whitney.  Onur^a.  III. 

'Kupp*.  Valverde.  Terre  Haute.  Ind. 

Ku«»«iel.  Corn.  Mound  Citv.  Mo. 

Kutledxe.  .Mildred   Stale'sr    SprlnKfield.  Ill 

RyAn.  Anna. 

Scutt.  Lena.  AoderMMi.  Ind. 

Shaffer.  Miunie.  WindMjr.  III. 


Shaw.  Prarl.   Sardinia.  Ind. 

ShHunou.  Mrs.  Margaret  Lath  roue.  .Alexandria, 

Sinedley.  Mm.  I.euh  Wnlker.  Indiana|>ollN.  Ind 

Smith,   Mrs.  Anna  Allen.  (ireiMK-astle.  Ind. 

Smith. Kdith.  .Maryvilb'.  «1o. 

Smith.  Mrs.Kathefinr  Power  .Moore's  Hill.  Inl. 

'Stunfield.  Olive.  IndianapoiiA.  Inif. 

Steele.  Ida   Greenliehl.  Iiui. 

Sti  rrit.  Anna  Vae.  Lo)canM|>ort.  Ind. 

SieveiiHon.  Vallic  VanSandt.  Carl>oii.  Ind. 

Siitherliii.  Kthel 

Syi>e.  Olive  Ferris.  .u>»  N-  >lain  st.  K<ii.'Lfor<l.  Ill 

TaKK<^rt.  Laura.  DallaA.  Texas. 

TaKKert.  Cora,  DallaM.  Texas. 

Thompson.  Mr<.  Klla  H.  (^reensbiirf;.  Iii<1. 

Thoinprton.  Fl<»rciii'e.  M «»<»•■*•< villr.  Ind. 

Thornbiirn.  Myrtle.  Winchester.  Ind. 

Tin^Iey.  Flora.  Marion.  Ind. 

Tin^lev.  Josephine.  Deaconess  lloiiie. 

Tf>ronto.  Can. 
rilvette.  Loni.se  J.  Centralia.  111. 
.VaiiDyke.  Flora  T.  Ashmon*.  111. 
Warren.  Mrs.  .Minnie  Mc^Vill.  Watseka.  III. 
WauKh.  Pearl.  Tipton.  Ind. 
WeisHel,  Mrs.  Lela  Ileil.  Hlnffton.  Ind. 
Wilder.  Mvrlle.  Branl.  Ind. 
Wilhite.  Mrs.  Mary  K..    Danville,  Ind. 
'  WilliamtMui.  Douna,  Noblesville.  Ind. 
Wilson.  Dorn.(F(NMlland.  Ind 
Wilsdii.  Mrs    Daisy  Steele.  Indianapolis.  lud. 
Wilson.  Mary  Janet,   (treencastle.  In<l 
Wiiidle.  Mrs.  Jessie  Heiiiey.  HiiiitinKtou.  Ind. 
WcmmI.  Feme.  Hvansville.  Intl. 
Vates.  Flora.  Stillwater.  .Vlinii. 


Beta* 


IIt>NOKAKV  MKMBKKS. 


White.  .Miss  Myrlie  K..  ChicaKo  .III. 


CHAI»TKK  KOI.I. 


AUeu,  Alta  Mae.  504  K.  F:rie  St..    Albion.  Mich.  Calkins.  Kate.  Albion.  Mich. 

Allen.  .Mrs.  Minnio  McKeard.  Childs.  Marian.  Calumet,  Mich. 

AmiMtroBK.  drace.  Forty  Fort.  Pu.  Colby  Mrs.  Martha  Keyiiolds.  .Jacksnii.  \|icli. 
Arnifitrc»nK,  .Mrs.Lillian  Kirk, Battle  Creek. MichColIi'ns,  Mabrl.  Albion*.  Mich.  ' 

ArniKtrong.  Maude.  Detroit.  Mich.  Clark.  Irene.  Huron  St..  Albion    Mich 

Auntin.  Lida.  Sanlt  St..  Marie.  Mich.  Crittenden.  Kiiinia.  J««cksou,  Mich. 

Avery.  HHzHlieth.  Phelpa.  Ontario  co  .  N    ^  'Crosby.  Lena.  I.aiisinir.  Mich. 

liailey.  I^Ioreiice.  Albion.  Mich.  Cushin'aii.  Mrs.  Jeanette  .\Ileii.  Vinceiuies.  hiil 

Baum.  l.ina.  Kast  Krie  St..  Alt>ioii.  Mich.  Cushnian.  Jessie.  Thn-r  KiA-evs.  Mich. 

Baum.  Nellie  Irene.  Kast  Krie  St    Albinn.  Mich.  '  Custer.  Kliy.al>elh.  Pana.  Ill 

Billinirhunit.  Ida,  Muski'^on.  Micb.  David.sou.  Ku.sebia.  Port  Hunm.  .Mich. 

Birchard.  Louiae.  Carabndi^eboro.  Pa  Dickie.  Ada.  .'kh  K  Krie  Strect.lAbit>n.  Mich 

Brandon.  Kathryoe.  Mich.  Ave..  Albion.  Mich  Dickie.  Clarissa,  sui  V.  V.t'w  St  .  Albion.  Mich 

Brcckeiiriilge.  Beatrice,  a.v  Krie  St  Clexelil   o  "Dickie.  Mamie  s«m  K  Krie  St  .  Albion.  Mich 


Brown.  Berta.  Plainwell.  Mich. 
Brown,  israce.  LansinR.  Mich. 
Bnck.  Gertrude,  Irunwuod  Mich. 
Bundv.  Blanche.  Chicajro.  111. 
Butler.  Mable.  North  Branch.  Mich. 
Calkcn*.  Bthel.  Bijr  Rapids.  Micb. 


Dickinson   Jennie   White  Pi)feon.  Mich 
Disbrow.  tirace.  Hudson .   Mich. 
Dissette.  Fannie.  Perry  St..  Albion.  Mich 
Dunbai.  Mrs    Blanche' Bryant.  Pariiiu.  .Muh. 
KKRle>«tou.  Kittie.  MambHll.  .Mich 
ICKrIcston.  Nina.  Marshall    Mich. 


189 


28 


Th  Lvri\ 


I'airctiilcl.  Minnie,   Tbin-  KlverH.  Mich.  IMiclps.  Ktnnin  Crcsco.  Mich. 

Fellows,  Mrs.  Mal>e1  Nix,  Homer.  Mich.  I'rutt.  Kv:i.  Boston.  Mass 

Hcun.  Mrs  Jean  V\hitconil>.  I,eaven\vorth,  Kjis.  K:inis<Iel.  Nellie.  .\ll>ion,  Mich. 


'Foster  Mal>el.  K  Porter  St.,  Alliion.  Mich, 

dartlehl.  Mrs.  .Marian  Howlett.  .-\lhion.  Mich 

'(•oodenow.  M.iixic.  Albion.  Mich. 

(»ulick.  Mrs.  liattie  I.ovcjoy.  Albion.  .Nfich" 

Hall.  .Mrs.  l-biMi  ArlK-ite,  Ionia.  Mich. 

Hamly.  Alicia.  W    Hay  City.  Mich 

Harriiijiiton.  Cora.  Jacksoii.  Mich. 

Ives.  Hattie.  Chicaffo,  111. 

Kinsman.  Ivthd.  Calnmet.  .Miuh. 

Lane.  lionise.  .Marshall.  Mich. 

LaudiK.  Mrs  I.nln  Keller.  .McKecsjiort.  l'»-tni, 

Lei'ly.  .\nna,   Col'»n.  Mich. 

I.e<niarcl.  Mrs.  Hellc  Kiske,  Albion.  .Muh 


Key  nobis    NIrs.  Florence  Deleiulorf. 

l>owHKtae.  Mirh. 
Kcynobls,  Hattie.  Jackson.  Mich. 
Koafle.  Kathertne.  .Albion.  Mich. 
Koffers.  Daisy.Meihna.  Mich. 
Scotten.  Anna.  Detroit.  Mich 
"Sheehan.  Kathleen.  Lock]>orl.  N.  Y. 
Shedd.  Mrs  Teavl  Franibes.  <;rand  Ka|)id<i.Mi(-}|. 
Shalwell.  Clara.  Detroit.  Mich. 
Simpson.  Kffie.  Nashville.  Mich. 
>milh.  Hellf.  ('.rand  Kapids.  Midi, 
.smith.  I.ibbie.  Marshall.  Mich. 
Snell.  Maud.  IClKin.  III. 
Siiell.  Dwisy.  Chicago.    111. 


Lovejoy.  Nellie  Valentine.   l.ndinKton.  ^Tich. 

I.otl.Mrs  r,erlr»de  Fairchild.Three  Rivers. Micli.S])ence.  Mrs.  Minnie  Lewis.  Oberliii.  Ohio 

Maher.  .Mr?..  Dt-lla  Morj^an.  Miniie.iiiolis.  Minii.SpraKUe.  Delia.  Kalaniaxor).  .Mich. 

McClellan.  Dorothy.  .Macomb.  111.  TelU.  Hessie.  Albion.  Mich. 

.McClellan.  Mis   C.eor^ina  ('.ale.  .Albimi.   Mich.    Thomas.  Mrs.  .Nellie  Smith.  SI.  Clair.  Mich. 

McHattic.  .Aililie.  Cedar  S]>rinKs.  Miih  Tiiicy.  H\a  Mar/olf,  Coral.  Mich. 

McMasters.  I.iirie.  LudiiiKton,   Mic'li.  'r'lwiisj-nd.  Mrs.  Hellc  Miller  Champaii^n.  III. 

MlIb»r.Mrs  H'Mten>e  Dsinnnd.  .Ann  .Arlmr.Mii  hTiavis.  Cora.  Traverse  City.  Mich. 

\lills.  Mrs  Clt'iina  Schaitz.  (*>rand  Kapids  Mirh.  Valentine.  Mrs.  Cora  Hli>«'s.  Lansing.  Mich. 

Miner.  Mav.  Inion  Citv.  Mich  Watson,  Mvrtle.    Cellar  Springs.  Mich. 

.Mitihell.  Mav.  Hay  City.  Mich.  Welch.  Winifred,  Homer  Mich. 

"Miishir.  M.iiiraret      .xibiini.  .Mirh  Whitcomb.  Kose  Abernathy.  rhiladelphin.  I'a. 

Noble.  Nh  s   v,  lara  binule.  Missouri  V;illfv.  Inwa  W«>lfe.  »ir.s. Mamie  Hariis.Flinl.  Micii. 

I'arker.  J  •-.'■phine.    DelVrr.  Wis  Wi>odhaws.  i'loreiice.  riainwell.  Mich. 

•  refine.  .Maiy.  .Albion.  Mich.  WiKnlworth.  Ora.  Albion.  Mich. 

•  I'erinr.  Siisii*.  Albion.  Mich.  Worthinirton    Jennii-.   Albion.  Mich. 


Gamma* 


Afibott.  Mrs.  Carrie  W<jods.  Schnvlcr.  .Srb 

Heckett.  Minnie.  Chicuro.  111. 

Bellows.  Arta  .Mae.  Maryville.  Mo. 

tBciIan.  Mar>r"«-rile 

Brown.  Mrs.  Leila  Skellon.  .Applet«"ri.  Wis 

tHurdick,  Mae. 

Chester.  Mrs.  Laura  Iiudloiii;.  H«»vvinan\  ilb  .  Ill 

Coe.  Mrs.  C.et)     rniversitylMaot  .l\v;iii«t«Mi.in 

Coleman.  KU-'leda.i  i'»Steiitoii  St.  Wiiuoia  Minn 

Chaffee.  Theodora,  bivanstoii  HI. 

Chaniblin.  Stella.  \u  Norway  "^t.  Hf>stiiii.  .^Ll->; 

Kricstni.  drace.  \\\:\n  t'm.  III. 

l-:vans.  Jeaiittte   St.  l'a\il.  Minn 

tVamble.  Hel*-u.  >Vriy    Inw.'t. 

('.iinibli-,  .Vlrs.  «'.iac'.  SlaiijLihtcr   oniaha.  Nti«. 

C.rafttni.  I'*atinie.  Hiiistui  .Avr.  Ivvaii'^ton    Ml 

fVrammis.  Alive.  Maiikat**.  Minn. 

Hathawav.  Kate.  Ko^htlU-.  111. 

Mavs.  Mrs.  Ldith  jnrdaii. 

«»."«  Hamlin.  SI.  I'>a!i«.ii,n    III. 

Hansctii.  Ci>r<i«'lia.  Kf  iioska.  Wis 
Hams,  I'lorencv.    i-if-.  slu  ridan  K'»ail. 

Kvaii-iiin.  Ill 
Hol>>iirk.  Carri*-.  l-lvanston.  111. 
Houtfli.  Jam-.    laek^on.  Mich 
Hoiitfh.  Heul.th.  iHtks m,  Mivh. 
Hiii^iirs.  Hlaii'li-.   I\v.iiis|.u,  III 
Kindade   AkjUIim.  I.HMrk.  111. 
[.ar'ion.  Mr-    Hi'ssii- c*,.  Hamliiic 

St    I'aiil.  Minn 
Lillvbladc.  IMIiil    .7  ;s  r.il]»in  St    Denver,  dil 


Mulford.  su/anua.  Hvansitin.  III. 

Nhntiii.  .Amy.  Balaton.  .Minn. 

.Mchityre.  Mildre<l.  Memphis.  Tenn. 

.Ml  Corkle.  .Atheeiia.  lndianaiK>lis.  Diil 

o^XiHul.  Mrs.  Mary  Sattcrfield,  .Marseilles.  III. 

Parkinson.  HUa,  .Mt.  v'annel.  111. 

Patrick,  Klisabeth.  D'-sMoines.  Iowa. 

PortiT.  Cornelia.  Harab<M».  Wis. 

■pr-ill.  Mabel.  DesMniues.  Iowa. 

Kuhii-    Mrs.  Li/.zif  snin.  Walla  Walla   Wash. 

\<v  lianUnn.  C.rav.  117  Hiicna  .Ave.. 

Biieiia  Park,  III. 
Ku'h.n-dson.  .\do)yne.  Oklahoma. 
K<i>lli}.:.  Pearl. 

Sabiii.  Mis   Lulu  Pratt,  I'arK<»,  N.  Dakota. 
sj'hmiilt.  Mrs    Plsther  C.ramnns.  Mankato.Minn 
Scutt.  Ctiia.  Mcr.reif»»r.  Iowa 
s^-i'i;evs,  Cora,  oakilale  .\ve..  Chicajfo. 
sirickler.  Barbara.  Lanark,  III. 
Simni!.  }-;ila.  Wankepaii.  III. 

sttvriis.  Irene.  SJ**  <ireenw<KHl  St.  Hvanston,  III. 
.^ilb-r.  Lillian.  Mi  Foster  St  .  Hvau.ston.  IH, 
>iller.  Mabt-1,  s^i  l-'oster  .St..  Kvanston.  III. 
Skitf.  Blanche.   'The  Pla/a."  Chicagro.  III. 
Stanford.  Mary,  Chicavfo.  Ave..  HvaiiKton.  I1L 
Tvn-.  Valeria,  Lebantm  Ind. 
W.ilker    Mary.  Chicago.  111. 
Weill j»b-.  Lena.  Waverly,  Til. 
Wimmer,  Xfaude,  Perrv.  Iowa. 
Wcller.  ^(rs.Jenette  >(arsba1l.  Omaha,  Neb.' 
Vouiiv:.  Flla  S..  IJ40  Forest  Ave.  Kvanaton,  111. 


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20 


Delta. 


iiuNoK.vKY  mi:miu:rs. 


Hull.  Mrs.  hivi:i  u..  Mradvillr.  I'.i. 


I'illll«\-,    Nlis^  .N^;i\v  KriKi.  Nfw  Vnrli  ^"itv. 


CKAJ'TIK    Kol.l. 


liiiLf*!    Kalhariiio.  Spring  Crerk.  I'm. 

Barlier.  Marjiaifl  H.  Mradvillf.  I\i. 

B.-Yriiati>.  1,  I'av    Mtailvirr.  I';*.. 

Bate**.  HlortMiif.  ^T^nlivi^l^ .  I'a 

Beyer,  NImI»»:1,  I'unxiiil.iuiu  y    \\\. 

HlfMljfvtl.  Liicilr.  V«»iini;sii.\vii    I'.i. 

Hrif^ht.  Kvt  iyii.  iVrcvii villi  .  i'.i 

Brown.  Mrs   Aiitonutlr  Snyi!».r.  .Mfn«i'»lh-.  !'.« 

Byr«'s.  France-.  C'M>p«.*i  -t'»wii.  V.x 

Chi'sf.  B'.Ilr.  r.rrtrnvilU".   I'.i 

Church.  Akih  -  IN^nsini.  Mc;iii\  ill*'.  I'a. 

Covraii.  I<ii1i.in.  Anollo.  I'a 

C'ribbj*.  B«-rtli:i   SiVntli  nil  vJilv.  I'.t 

Ditk.  .Mrsjolin,  Mra'lvillc.  I'a. 

Ka-tmaii,  l-'lora.  Mc-ailvillf,  I'a. 

Kdsall.  Htlrn    Khiiira.  N    Y. 

Kviiiis.  Sara.  <'.n.t:nvinr    I'a. 

Fair,  I.n.  S<iuth  «>ii  city,  !'a 

tFoiitf.  Mar\ 

f>rahaiii.  May  J.  Mrailvillc.  Ta. 

Ilaninioiifl.  r»raot'.  .Moa«l\ilIc.  I'm. 

Htillisttr.  Mrs.  Carrie  «.a-tini.  C'Khrantt)ii  l':<, 

Harper.  I'lori'tice.  McacivilU-.  Pa. 

Horiie.  Jiinuf  Ar/t-lla    J'.n-rnvillr.  I'a. 

IrxHii,  Rcl>ic  Flovl.  Meailvill*-.  T.i . 

Jfihii«.*>n.  Mrj«.  Kffie  Shi-nnl.  ( rn-'iu  iP'-.  I'a. 

Kiffrr,  KWi".-.  .'i';  Fourth  .\vt     l'itl-lMii.:.r    I'.i 

Kirk.  Riihv  Iv  Ciuinf-aiilvillr    Fn. 

Laffer.  Mr^   C,crirn»lo  Sack<tl.  .\!(  aiUill- .  IM. 

Leiihart.  A«1ii.  Mtri.lvillf.  I'a. 

Loril.  Marv  C.  Mca.lvillf .  I'a. 

Maxwell.  C  Man.l    .^imth  oil  Cil  ..  I'a 

Mc.AIlisirr.  Kli/ab^th  \\  Wrst  Nf\vl'iii    V.\ 

Mcf.ill    Mr-i.  U'ii«-  Ko»»«iiii.  I.ak«\i«-\\ .  eal 


Burton.  N>llie.  I.os  Anjftrlt-rt.Cal. 
Cuok.  Marjraret.  I.os  AnRc1e<.  Cal 
Pavis.  Jes«iir  \...  I.os  Ansreles.  Cal 
Onthard.  Ina.  Los  Aiitit-U-s.  Cal. 
Crccn.  Nellie.  Los  A«;rele«i.  Cal. 
Hartlwick.  Snauna.  l':rie.  I'a. 
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Johus.  Lula.  Ber'in.  Ctermauy. 


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I\«  1)11'  V.  I"!tlia    \,K  JM   n.  Cal. 

^IallH.  .\lifi'.  r-i'"  in\.  .\ii/. 

Mill.iici.  oi.t.  I...-  .\!iv;«-iis.  Cal. 

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I'hrl:.-.  M<tfha.  I.  i-  .\n-.i<'li-s.  Cal. 

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THE  LYRE 


OF 


Alpha  Chi  Omega 


VOL.  m.  JUNE  1898,  NO.  n. 

To  What  Extent  can  Ideas  and  Feelings  be  Expressed  in 

Music  ? 

(By  Simon  Pleischmann,  Buffalo.  N.  Y.) 

In  dealing  with  this  subject  of  music,  and  in  determining  what 
music  can  express,  it  is  important  to  determine  at  the  outset  what 
music  cannot  express  and  what  its  functions  are  not.  Because,  we 
shall  find  that  in  eliminating  what  does  not  properly  belong  to  this 
art,  we  have  almost  reached  what  properly  does  belong  to  it.  Music 
is  an  art  so  universally  employed,  an  art  with  which  every  one  comes 
in  contact  at  some  point  or  in  some  connection,  that  it  seems  almost 
presumptuous  to  assume  to  tell  people  what  music  can  express  and 
what  it  cannot  express,  the  more  so,  because  music  means  so  many 
different  things,  not  only  to  the  same  person  at  different  times,  but  to 
different  people  at  the  same  time,  and  to  different  people  at  different 
times.  Yet,  this  very  universality  of  the  art  has  led  to  some  confus- 
ion regarding  its  proper  sphere,  and  if  I  can  in  any  measure  contribute 
toward  clearing  up  this  uncertainity,  I  shall  feel  amply  compensated 
for  having  written  on  this  subject. 

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Now,  every  art  comprises  a  range  of  ideas  which  it  expresses 
after  its  own  fashion.  Musicians  sometimes  attempt  to  go  beyond 
the  circle  within  which  music  can  properly  move  with  freedom,  and 
seek  to  express  ideas  and  feelings  which  are  foreign  to  it;  and  listen- 
ers, on  the  other  hand,  have  endeavored  to  extract  from  it  meanings 
which  it  never  possessed  or  was  intended  to  possess. 

When  we  take  poetry,  for  instance,  we  find  that  the  subject  of  a 
poem  can  be  explained,  or  expressed,  in  words  or  language.  That 
is,  poetry  can  express  a  definite  idea,  or  it  can  express  a  definite  feel- 
ing, or  it  can  command  us  to  picture  in  our  mind  a  given  scene  or  to 
subject  ourselves  to  a  given  feeling.  It  may  not  succeed,  but  the  at- 
tempt can  be  definitely  made.  So,  the  subject  of  any  painting  can 
be  described  in  language  to  one  who  has  not  seen  it.  We  cannot 
perhaps  convey  the  sentiments  to  another  that  we  have  experienced 
in  looking  at  it;  but  the  painting  as  representing  some  vSubject  or  ob- 
ject, can  be  defined  in  words,  because  a  painting  that  could  not  be 
described  would  be  unsatisfactory,  to  say  the  least.  In  sculpture  the 
same  thing  is  even  more  definitely  true.  A  block  of  vStone  must  be  re- 
duced to  some  definite  form  before  it  is  entitled  to  be  called  a  statue; 
and  when  it  has  been  reduced  to  that  form,  it  can  be  photographed;  it 
has  definite  outlines,  and  it  can  be  described. 

The  impression  is  prevalent  that  a  piece  of  pure  music  is  capable, 
in  a  similar  way,  of  expressing  some  definite  idea,  or  at  least,  some 
definite  feeling,  and  this  is  the  point  where  the  mistake  is  made  and 
from  which  a  great  many  erroneous  impressions  have  gained  cred- 
ence. Now  I  will  state  at  the  outset  what  I  shall  come  to  again  by 
way  of  enlargement  and  illustration,  that  music  can  express  neither 
definite  ideas  nor  definite  feelings.  And  by  music  in  that  connection, 
I  mean  pure  music,  whether  it  be  instrumental  music,  or  even  vocal 
music  without  words.  As  has  been  correctly  stated:  ** Music  can 
express  only  the  dynamic  properties  of  ideas  and  feelings,  such  as 
impetuosity,  bouyancy,  depression,  intensity,  and  there  are  general 
ideas  of  an  abstract  class  that  can  be  suggested,  at  least,  by  music, 
such  as  are  associated  with  audible  changes  of  strength,  motion  and 
ratio,  ideas  of  intensity  waxing  and  diminishing,  or  of  motion  accel- 
erating or  lingering,  and  other  like  phenomena."     Generally  speak- 

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ing,  we  might  say  that  music  can  suggest  such  ideas  as  are  associated 
with  the  phenomena  of  sound.  To  illustrate:  For  instance,  we  can 
increase  the  volume  of  a  sound,  or  diminish  it;  so  that  any  phenom- 
ena in  nature  which  involves  an  increase  or  a  decrease  of  feeling,  of 
sentiment,  of  idea,  of  thought,  may  be  suggested  by  increasing  and 
diminishing  the  volume  of  sound  given  out  by  a  musical  performance. 
So,  rapidity,  slowness,  are  abstract  ideas,  as  you  will  observe;  they 
can  readily  be  suggested  by  music;  and  it  will  be  found  as  a  matter 
of  fact  that  most  of  the  impressions  that  music  does  suggest  to  us  are 
related  in  some  way  to  the  idea  of  motion.  Take  a  simple  illustration 
of  that.  We  have  heard  orchestras  illustrate  the  approach  of  a  rail- 
road train.  The  approach  of  a  train,  until  you  see  it,  is  altogether  a 
matter  of  hearing,  of  sound.  You  hear  it  faintly  at  first.  That  im- 
pression of  faintness  of  sound  can  of  course  be  suggested  by  mnsic, 
because  we  can  play  faintly.  The  next  idea  we  obtain  from  hearing 
a  train  approach,  is  one  of  increasing  sound.  That  can  be  suggested 
by  music,  because  the  volume  of  tone  can  be  gradually  increased  in 
the  same  ratio  in  which  it  increases  with  the  approaching  train. 
Finally,  the  train  coming  close  upon  us,  we  get  the  full  volume  of 
sound  of  which  a  train  is  capable,  which  is  considerable,  and  that 
can  perhaps  not  be  fully  realized  by  an  ordinary  orchestra,  though 
they  do  pretty  well  in  the  amount  of  noise  they  make  at  times.  So 
that  you  see,  we  can  suggest  phenomena  of  that  kind  which  are  asso- 
ciated with  some  property  of  sound,  as  the  increase  in  the  volume,  as 
was  the  ca.se  in  this  instance.  But  unless  you  went  further  than  that 
and  went  outside  of  the  realm  of  pure  mnsic,  it  would  nevertheless 
be  true  *^hat  the  mere  starting  of  a  melody  softly,  and  increasing  it  in 
volume,  as  long  as  it  remained  pure  music,  while  it  would  suggest 
the  approach  of  some  object  that  was  making  a  noise  and  coming 
nearer  to  you,  if  it  were  left  in  the  wa}^  of  pure  music,  not  even  that 
would  suggest  to  us  the  approach  of  a  railroad  train,  any  more  than 
it  would  suggest  to  us  the  approach  of  any  other  object  that  was 
making  a  noi.se  in  approaching.  So  that  you  see  immediately  only 
the  general  notion  that  is  associated  with  an  increase  of  sound,  can 
be  suggested  by  music,  but  when  you  come  to  apply  it  to  any  partic- 
ular object  it  fails,  because  music  cannot  express  a  definite  idea. 

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Now.  how  do  they  enable  us  to  go  even  further  and  imagine  a 
railroad  train  approaching,  as  they  certainly  do?  It  is  in  this  way: 
By  going  outside  of  the  realm  of  music.  They  will  have  perhaps  two 
boards  with  a  piece  of  sandpaper  over  each,  which  are  rubbed  to- 
gether with  increasing  intensity  and  give  us,  not  music,  obviously, 
but  an  imitation  of  the  noise  made  by  the  escape  of  steam  from  a  loco- 
motive; so  that  they  have  gone  outside  of  the  realm  of  music  to  make 
definite  an  idea  which  music  could  not  make  definite.  They  will 
also  perhaps  have  a  flute  or  a  piccolo  give  two  or  three  shrill  whistles, 
just  as  a  locomotive  would,  and  while  they  issue  from  a  musical  in- 
strument they  issue  in  an  unmusical  way  so  as  to  give  us  this  impres- 
sion of  a  steam  whistle  blowing.  So  that  when  you  put  these  definite, 
imitations  along  side  of  the  music,  which  merely  suggests  the  general 
idea  of  an  approaching  sound  increasing  in  volume,  you  get  on.  the 
whole,  an  imitation,  a  definite  suggestion  of  a  train  approaching. 
But  it  does  not  lie  in  the  music.  It  would  be  impossible  without  the 
aid  of  these  unmusical  accessories  to  get  that  effect  into  the  mind. 
You  could  get  the  effect  of  an  increase  of  sound  of  an  approaching 
object,  but  it  would  not  be  any  particular  object  and  would  not  fur- 
nish the  mind  with  any  particular  idea  as  to  what  was  coming. 

The  same  is  true  of  a  form  of  composition,  which  is  not  so  popu- 
lar as  it  was  a  few  years  ago.  There  were  formerly  a  great  many 
** Patrols" '  written,  as  you  will  recall.  They  started  in  march  time, 
very  faintly,  and  gradually  increased  in  volume  till  they  reached  a 
climax  as  regards  power,  and  then  they  died  out  again  until  they  be- 
came practically  inaudible.  They  were  intended  to  suggest  to  the 
mind,  as  they  did,  an  approaching  company,  a  military  company  per- 
haps, and  as  it  came  nearer,  you  heard  more  definitely  the  noise  that 
would  attend  it.  As  it  receded  it  died  out.  Even  there,  the  only 
reason  that  we  associated  it  with  a  military  company  was  because  we 
had  often  seen  military  bodies  march  to  music  of  that  time  andrythm. 
Standing  in  a  given  place  when  a  procession  is  coming,  we  see  it  ap- 
proaching and  we  hear  the  noise  increase.  If  we  remain  in  the  same 
spot  and  allow  the  procession  to  pass  by  us.  the  music  which  accom- 
panies it,  usually  a  band,  together  with  the  stei)s  and  the  noise  inci- 
dent to  it,  will  gradually  decrease.     So  that  from  as.sociation  in  hear- 

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iiig  a  patrol,  we  picture  to  the  mind  a  passing  procession.  But  if  we 
had  never  seen  soldiers  marching  to  a  patrol,  and  had  never  listened 
to  a  band  that  accompanied  them — never  had  that  actual  experience 
from  which  the  imagination  builds  up  that  association — a  patrol 
would  not  mean  anything  more  definite  to  us  than  any  other  piece  of 
music.  Or,  if  we  wished  to  associate  it  in  our  mind  with  any  phe- 
nomena in  nature;  we  could  associate  it  with  any  incident  which  in- 
volves an  increase,  as  the  express  train  did,  and  a  decrease  in  volume 
of  sound,  or  a  coming  and  a  departure,  but  it  would  not  be  a  coming 
or  a  departure  of  any  particular  person  or  any  particular  company, 
because  music  in  itself  is  incapable  of  expressing  any  definite  idea  of 
that  kind. 

To  make  this  clearer,  it  may  be  stated  that  an  indefinite  feeling 
can  only  be  transformed  into  a  definite  one  by  association.  Music 
cannot  express  the  connecting  states  of  mind.  Take  such  a  feeling 
as  sadness.  Some  of  us  probably  have  an  idea  that  sadness  can  be 
definitely  expressed  by  music.  That  cannot  be  done,  however.  If 
we  are  in  a  sad  mood,  music  by  reason  of  its  effect  on  our  feelings, 
may  intensify  that;  it  may  even  induce  it;  but  it  cannot  so  definitely 
express  it  that  a  piece  of  music  which  the  composer  intended  shouid 
represent  his  sad  state  of  mind  would  be  definitely  interpreted  by  a 
large  number  of  listeners  as  expressing  that  feeling.  And  the  reason 
is  this,  that  the  idea  and  feeling  of  sadness  involve  a  past  state  of  joy. 
No  |>erson  could  say  that  he  or  she  was  sad  if  that  person  had  never 
been  joyful  before,  because  that  association  is  unconsciously  in  the 
mind.  So  a  definite  feeling  like  hope,  cannot  be  expressed  in  music, 
because  it  implies  a  happier  state  to  come;  or  if  you  look  backward, 
it  implies  an  unhappier  state  that  is  past.  It  is  relative  either  to  the 
past  or  to  the  future,  or  to  both.  So,  even  the  sentiment  of  love, 
which  musicians  use  quite  as  much  as  poets  and  dramatists,  cannot 
be  expressed  definitely  in  music,  because  there  must  be  an  object  of 
that  feeling,  and  that  object  music  cannot  express.  As  I  have  inti- 
mated, there  are  some  general  attributes  of  these  feelings  which 
music  can  suggest.  Take  for  instance  a  common  phrase,  "Whisper- 
ings of  Love."  I  presume  there  are  a  great  many  pieces  which  have 
this  title.     Some  composer  starts  out  with  that  idea  in  his   mind  and 

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sets  it  to  music.  Now,  half  of  that  idea  can  be  suggested,  musically, 
that  is,  the  whispering,  because  whispering  is  an  incident,  or  a  form 
of  sound,  and  instruments  in  an  orchestra  can  be  used  to  make  the 
suggestion  to  us  of  whispering.  But  if  that  should  be  definitely  ex- 
pressed, this  idea  of  whispering,  and  you  should  have  twenty-fi  ve  dif- 
ferent people  hear  it,  and  say:  "What  does  that  suggest  to  you?'* 
they  would  say,  "It  suggests  whisperings," — we  will  assume  it  is  def- 
inite enough  for  that.  Then  if  we  should  ask,  "Whispering  of 
what?"  we  should  at  once  see  that  the  music  could  not  represent  any 
definite  kind  of  whispering.  A  person  who  was  of  a  romatic  turn  of 
mind  might  say,  "Well  it  suggests  whispering  of  love  to  me."  An- 
other person  might  say  that  it  represented  the  whispering  of  the  wind 
or  of  something  else  that  was  in  the  mind  of  the  listener,  and  we 
should  have  an  unlimited  number  of  answers,  for  the  reason  that  the 
connecting  link  between  the  indefinite  impression  of  whispering  and 
the  definite  sentiment  of  love  cannot  be  expressed  by  music.  Take 
another  illustration  of  that,  the  clamor  of  combat,  or  the  clamor  of 
war.  There  are  a  great  many  descriptive  pieces  written  which  are 
supposed  to  suggest  the  noise  of  battle.  Now.  if  you  will  recall  any 
of  them,  you  will  perceive  that  the  imitations  which  an  orchestra 
gives  us  of  the  sounds  that  attend  a  battle,  are  unmusical.  If  they 
wish  to  represent  the  roar  of  a  canon,  they  do  it  with  an  instrument, 
which  by  charity  is  called  a  musical  instrument,  but  which,  in  fact, 
is  the  bass  drum.  It  is  not  an  instrument  at  all,  musically  speaking, 
becau.se  it  has  neither  musical  quality,  tone  nor  pitch,  but  it  repre- 
sents the  roar  of  a  canon  because  it  is  not  musical.  So,  we  all  recall 
how  Gilmore  was  even  more  realistic  than  that,  in  his  representations 
of  military  .scenes.  He  had  an  actual  canon  fired  in  the  neighbor- 
hood of  his  performances,  and  the  people  were  often  as  much  alarmed 
as  if  it  had  been  a  real  battle,  and  justly  so.  But,  of  course,  that  was 
not  musical;  that  was  real,  genuine  imitation,  and  it  was,  so  to 
speak,  dovetailed  into  the  musical  performance,  so  that  with  the  spir- 
ited music  accompanying  the  noi.se  and  the  side  effects  that  were 
brought  together,  the  whole  often  supplemented  on  the  program  with 
a  description  of  what  was  intended,  we  managed   to  figure  out  what 

it  all  meant 

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I  wish  to  illustrate  that  a  little  further  by  calling  your  attention 
to  one  of  the  finest  musical  compositions  that  has  ever  been  written,  in 
spite  of  the  fact  that  it  started  out  with  the  intention,  in  a  sense,  of 
representing  definite  ideas,  and  that  is  a  symphonic  poem  by  Liszt, 
called  *'Les  Preludes" — *'The  Preludes."  Liszt  started  to  write  this 
with  a  definite  literary  idea  in  his  mind,  which  I  will  read  to  you  and 
comment  upon  as  I  go  along.  Incidentally  I  will  state  that  this 
belongs  to  a  class  of  music  known  as  "programme"  music,  which 
maybe  described  as  the  representation  through  the  medium  of  music, 
of  definite  suggestions  which  are  indicated  on  the  programme;  and 
the  fact  that  the  composer  is  required  to  print  on  the  programme  the 
ideas  which  he  has  in  mind  and  which  afforded  the  inspiration  for 
his  composition,  and  that  they  have  to  be  present  when  you  hear  the 
music,  shows  conclusively  that  these  ideas  could  never  have  been  fig- 
ured out  from  music  itself.  The  theme  is  a  quotation  from  Lemar- 
tine  and  is  as  follows: 

"What  else  is  our  life  but  a  series  of  preludes  to  that  unknown 
song  whose  solemn  initial  note  is  intoned  by  death  ?  The  enchanted 
dawn  of  every  life  is  love;  but  what  destiny  is  there  on  whose  first 
delicious  joy  some  storm  breaks  not,  some  storm  whose  deadly  blast 
disperses  youth's  illusions,  whose  fatal  bolt  consumes  its  altar.  And 
what  soul  thus  cruelly  wounded,  does  not  when  the  tempest  passes 
away,  love  to  lull  its  memory  to  rest  in  the  peaceful  quietude  of  rural 
life.  Yet  man  is  not  long  content  with  languid  repose  mid  the  un- 
varying influences  of  Nature's  quiet,  and  when  the  trumphet  gives 
the  signal,  he  hastens  to  the  post  of  danger,  whatever  be  the  combat 
which  calls  him  to  its  ranks,  that  in  the  strife  he  may  regain  full 
knowledge  of  himself  and  of  his  strength." 

Let  us  now  analyze  this  literary  theme  in  relation  to  the  music 
which  it  inspired  in  the  mind  of  Liszt  and  see  to  what  extent  the 
composer  could  depict  its  ideas  and  sentiments.  The  introduction  of 
the  composition  was  based  upon  the  first  sentence  of  the  text  as  fol- 
lows: "What  else  is  our  life  but  a  series  of  preludes  to  that  unknown 
song  whose  solemn  initial  note  is  intoned  by  death  ?"  You  can  see 
at  once  that  there  are  certain  general  attributes  of  that  idea  which 
music  can  suggest.     In  the    first  place,  it  is  a  very  quiet  sentiment. 

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The  idea  of  quietness  or  quietude  we  can  suggest  in  music  in  several 
ways.  First,  we  would  expect  the  music  to  be  soft,  to  be  quiet,  liter- 
ally; we  would  expect  it  to  be  slow,  because  a  movement  rapid  in 
time  would  disturb  that  feeling  of  quiet  which  goes  with  that  idea. 
There  is  also  the  idea  of  mystery  here  in  the  phrase,  "that  unknown 
song  whose  solemn  initial  note  is  intoned  by  Death."  The  general 
idea  of  mystery  can  be  suggested  by  music.  In  the  first  place,  one 
element  of  mystery  is  the  fact  that  we  are  waiting  for  a  solution  of 
something.  The  idea  of  waiting  is  implied  in  the  idea  of  mystery, 
because  if  a  thing  were  immediately  solved  it  would  cease  to  be  mys- 
terious. And  surely  enough,  in  this  composition,  we  find  that  it 
starts  off  in  very  slow  time.  Upon  the  third  beat  of  the  first  mea.s- 
ure,  which  is  a  measure  of  four  beats,  there  is  one  note  played  by  the 
string  instruments  pizzicato,  that  is,  it  is  picked  off  the  string  by  the 
finger,  which  is  in  itself  a  peculiar  effect,  well  calculated  to  sugge.st 
this  notion  of  mystery.  It  ends  abruptly.  Then  follows  a  long  pause 
of  four  beats.  Then  there  is  another  note  picked  off.  Then  there 
are  two  more  rests.  And  so  the  movement  goes  on  in  this  really 
sombre,  mysterious,  quiet  way.  But  if  you  were  not  told  that  this 
"unknown  song"  was  the  "initial  note  of  Death"  you  could  notspell 
that  definite  idea  out  of  it,  because  it  might  be  the  initial  note  of  a 
disappointment,  or  of  a  grief,  that  was  not  death,  or  of  almost  any 
idea,  condition  or  state  that  was  serious,  because  music  cannot  ex- 
press a  definite  idea  for  us,  but  can  merely  express  these  attributes  of 
some  definite  idea,  and  the  idea  you  can  supplement  to  suit  yourself; 
or  it  is  not  necessary  to  supplement  it  at  all,  as  I  shall  show  later  on. 
The  next  sentiment  in  this  particular  theme  is:  "The  enchanted 
dawn  of  every  life  is  love;  but  what  destiny  is  there  on  whose  first 
delicious  joy  some  storm  breaks  not,  .some  storm  whose  deadly  blast 
disperses  youth's  illusions,  whose  fatal  bolt  consumes  its  altar." 
There  follows  then  in  this  musical  movement  a  very  graceful  melody 
which  is  intended  as  the  theme  of  love.  But  it  would  be  equally  the 
theme  of  any  other  i)leasant  emotion,  and  it  would  be  interpreted  by 
the  listener,  if  at  all,  according  to  his  present  mood.  It  does  not  ex- 
press the  idea  of  love  any  more  than  that  of  an}'  other  agreeable  sen- 
sation.    The  intervals  are  graceful,  the  orchestration  is  agreeable  and 

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it  represents  some  benign  mood.  Then,  you  see,  the  dramatic  char- 
acter of  this  theme,  is  well  calculated  to  inspire  a  composer. 
Then  follows  one  of  these  semi-descriptive  scenes  which  represents  a 
storm  as  well  as  an  orchestra  can  represent  it;  and  it  suggests  the 
storm  to  us  in  this  composition,  as  it  must  in  every  other,  in  propor- 
tion as  it  is  unmusical.  That  is,  it  starts  off  with  a  rumbling  effect 
in  some  of  the  lower  instruments,  with  perhaps  the  drums  added,  and 
as  it  ceases  to  represent  the  storm  by  this  imitation  which  is  unmus- 
ical, just  in  that  proportion  it  grows  musical,  which  is  literally  true 
of  this  composition.  Now  he  goes  on:  "And  what  soul  thus  cruelly 
wounded  does  not,  when  the  tempest  passes  away,  love  to  lull  its 
memory  to  rest  in  the  peaceful  quietude  of  rural  life  ?"  This  storm 
dies  out,  that  is,  the  unmusical  part  of  the  music  disappears  grad- 
ually and  there  follows  another  movement  which  represents  what  we 
call  a  pastoral  movement,  by  which,  "The  peaceful  quietude  of  rural 
life"  is  suggested.  There  is  perhaps  no  definite  reason  why  these 
pastoral  movements  are  usually  written  in  |  time,  or  %  time,  or  ^g 
time;  in  some  multiple  of  three  you  will  usually  find  them,  except 
that  probably  the  shepherds  used  to  play  upon  their  instruments  in 
that  time;  and  there  are  features  of  these  rythms  that  make  them 
appropriate.  There  is  a  kind  of  even,  rolling,  uninterrupted  move- 
ment in  the  music  which  suggests  the  unbroken  condition  of  a  lands- 
cape or  of  a  field.  It  is  a  great  deal  like  the  swaying  of  grain,  that 
I  movement  in  music,  but  it  would  only  suggest  that  in  a  very  gen- 
eral way.  It  would  suggest  anything  else  that  had  the  same  attri- 
butes. But  through  association  it  has  come  to  mean  this  rural  scene 
to  us.  Now  this  theme  goes  on;  "Yet  man  is  not  long  content  with 
languid  repose  mid  the  unvarying  influences  of  Nature's  quiet,  and 
when  the  trumpet  gives  the  signal,  he  hastens  to  the  post  of  danger, 
whatever  be  the  combat  which  calls  him  to  its  ranks,  that  in  the  strife 
he  may  regain  full  knowledge  of  himself  and  ot  his  strength."  After 
this  pastoral  movement  has  run  along  in  its  ciuiet  way  to  a  point 
where  the  ear  would  tire  of  it,  the  composer  yields  to  this  restlessness 
which  takes  possession  of  the  man  not  long  content  with  languid  re- 
pose. The  idea  of  restlessness,  you  see,  can  be  very  definitely  ex- 
pressed by  music,  the  general    idea    of  restlessness,   because  if  you 

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have  been  playing  along  in  a  slow  movement,  and  that  is  accelerated 
gradually,  the  music  itself  becomes  literally  restless.  But  there  the 
suggestion  would  stop  again.  You  could  not  express  the  restlessness 
of  a  man,  for  instance,  as  distinguished  from  the  restlessness  of  a 
woman,  although  they  are  in  fact  quite  different.  The  music  could 
not  express  that  difference,  nor  could  it  express  the  restlessness  of 
any  given  creatuie.  Restlessness  can  be  suggested,  and  when  we 
read  this  story  we  know  to  whom  it  refers,  but  we  should  not  other- 
wise. "And  when  the  trumpet  gives  the  signal"— of  course,  the 
trumpet  signal,  we  can  have  literally  in  the  orchestra,  as  well 
as  in  the  battle,  and  we  have  it  in  this  composition. — "And  when 
the  trumpet  gives  the  signal  he  hastens  to  the  post  of  danger.**  The 
haste,  that  can  be  suggested  again,  because  that  is  merely  acceler- 
ated movement,  and  can  be  suggested  by  the  music  definitely.  But 
you  cannot  suggest  "the  post  of  danger."  "That  in  the  strife" — 
strife,  so  far  as  it  is  noisy,  can  be  suggested  by  music, — "he  may  re- 
gain full  knowledge  of  himself  and  of  his  strength."  The  idea  of 
strength  can  be  suggested,  because  by  increasing  the  power  of  the 
music  we  have  the  idea  of  strength  before  the  mind. 

You  can  see  from  this  illustration  that  if  this  piece  were  played 
bsiore  a  large  audience — whether  they  were  musicians  or  not  music* 
ians  would  not  make  the  slightest  difference — and  they  had  never 
heard  the  description  of  it  and  each  one  was  asked  to  write  out  his 
definite  impression  of  what  that  piece  was  intended  to  represent,  you 
would  have  an  utterly  chaotic  result.  That  has  been  tried  frequently. 
There  was  an  article  in  one  of  the  magazines  recently  telling  of  one 
occasion  where  a  piece  had  been  played  and  the  listeners  wrote  out 
their  interpretations  of  it  and  the  variety  of  definite  impressions  that 
the  people  got  was  quite  unique.  It  was  not  surprising,  because  it 
could  not  be  otherwise.  That  can  be  tried  very  easily  whenever  you 
have  a  small  company  and  a  piece  is  played.  It  is  quite  an  amusing 
experiment  to  have  different  people  who  hear  it  write  out  what  they 

think  the  piece  is  intended  to  express.  After  trying  this  you  will 
begin  to  think  that  there  is  no  definite  meaning  to  be  extracted  from 
music. 

An  important  point  to  remember  in  this  connection  is  this,  that 
there  is  a  radical  difference  in  this  re.spect  between  purely  instrumen- 

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tal  music  and  ordinary  vocal  music  with  words  set  to  it.  You  see  at 
once,  that  if  you  add  the  definite  ideas  and  feelings  which  words  can 
express  and  make  a  song  of  the  music,  you  have  an  entirely  different 
pioblem.  If  you  are  fortunate  enough  to  listen  to  singers  who  speak 
so  plainly  that  you  can  understand  what  they  are  saying,  you  will,  of 
course,  get  just  as  definite  ideas  from  a  song  as  you  will  from  having 
the  words  read;  and  if  the  music  is  well  suited  to  the  words,  you  will 
have  their  effect  enhanced  by  the  power  which  music  undoubtedly 
has  to  intensify  the  feeling.  We  have  a  form  of  vocal  music  which 
illustrates  what  I  have  been  contending  for,  that  music  cannot  ex- 
press definite  ideas  as  words  can,  and  that  as  you  bring  them  together 
the  ideas  will  become  definite  in  the  ratio  in  which  the  music  grows 
indefinite.  I  refer  to  what  is  known  as  the  recitative,  which  is  a  sort 
of  vocal  declamation.  You  will  find  the  recitative  principally  in  the 
oratorios.  In  this,  great  prominence  is  given  to  the  words,  so  that 
they  shall  be  understood,  and  shall  prepare  the  mind  and  the  feel- 
ings for  the  mood  which  the  composer  desires  to  induce  for  the  more 
melodious  song  which  follows.  That  is  one  use  ot  it,  though  not  al- 
ways the  aim.  At  any  rate,  in  recitative  we  find  that  great  promin- 
ence is  given  to  the  words  so  that  one  may  be  able  to  get  their  defin- 
ite meaning,  and  that  the  music  sinks  into  insignificance  in  propor- 
tion as  the  words  and  the  meaning  grow  definite  and  prominent. 

And  you  will  find  usually  that  these  recitatives  are  written 
largely  in  monotones.  That  is,  a  great  many  words  will  run  along 
on  one  tone,  so  that  the  ear  shall  not  be  diverted  from  the  words.  The 
composer  does  not  wish  us  to  give  any  particular  attention  to  the 
music,  but  he  makes  it  incidental,  and  lays  stress  on  the  words  to 
give  them  prominence;  and  this  illustrates  clearly  that  in  proportion 
as  the  words  grow  definite,  the  composition  as  a  whole  grows  less 
musical;  and  vice  versa.  When  we  come  to  the  aria  which  follows, 
we  find  that  the  melody  again  grows  prominent  and  attracts  the  at- 
tention of  the  ear  and  that  the  words  become  subsidiary. 

Having  gone  thus  far  in  endeavoring  to  show  wliat  music  can- 
not do,  what  it  cannot  express,  and  what  it  is  not  intended  to  ex- 
press, it  becomes  a  matter  of  importance  to  determine  wherein  tlie 
charm  and  beauty  of  music  lie.     That  is  a  fair  (piestion.      If  we  can 

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no  longer  construct  images  out  of  it,  or  work  ourselves  into  definite 
states  of  feeling  from  hearing  it,  the  suspicion  may  arise  that  nothing 
is  left.  In  my  judgment  everything  is  left;  that  is,  everything  essen- 
tial and  desirable.  Now,  the  beauty  of  a  musical  composition  is 
specifically  musical.  It  inheres  in  the  combination  and  sequence  of 
musical  sounds  and  is  independent  of  all  alien  extra-musical  notions. 
Music  appeals  to  the  imagination  through  the  ear,  or  sense  of  hear- 
ing. To  illustrate:  Take  any  familiar  melody,  which  is  the  simplest 
form  of  a  musical  composition.  There  are  many  melodies  which  I 
could  name  that  appeal  to  us  all,  to  any  person  of  intelligence  or 
taste.  We  agree  that  they  are  grateful  to  the  ear,  which  is  the  outer 
organ  by  which  sounds  are  communicated  to  the  mind.  The  partic- 
ular department  of  our  mind  which  enjoys  music  is  the  imagination, 
which  is  reached  through  the  ear,  and  which  for  some  reason  that 
has  not  been  explained,  and  probably  never  will  be,  enjoys  certain 
sequences  of  tones — referring  now  solely  to  the  melody.  This  sim- 
plest form  of  melody  can  be  appreciated  by  j)eople  who  have  had  lit- 
tle or  no  musical  education,  strictly  speaking;  and  you  will  find 
these  people  saying  honestly.  **I  can  enjoy  'Home  Sweet  Home'  or 
'Down  on  the  Suanee  River,'  or  something  of  that  kind,"  who  are 
reasonable  enough  to  assume  that  there  are  others  who  can  enjoy 
that  and  also  something  higher  to  which  they  have  not  attained. 
Music  does  not  differ  in  that  respect  from  any  of  the  other  arts,  or 
from  literature.  For  instance,  it  takes  years  of  study  and  the  devel- 
opment of  literary  taste  to  appreciate  8hakes])eare's  poetry.  A  child 
who  could  relish  a  nursery  rhyme  would  consider  Browning  beyond 
his  reach.  At  any  rate,  it  would  be  so  whether  the  child  so  consid- 
ered it  or  not.  And  it  recjuires  a  (leveloi)ed  taste  to  apprehend  the 
more  elaborate  forms  ot  composition,  whether  they  be  in  literature, 
in  art  or  in  music.  (»oing  a  step  further,  most  people  can  enjoy 
something  more  than  melody.  Tliey  ca!i  enjoy  an  accompanied  mel- 
ody; that  is.  a  melody  to  which  the  harmonies  are  added  and  sung 
by  other  voices  or  played  upon  an  instrument,  as  long  as  these  har- 
monies remain  within  a  certain  limit  of  simplicity.  That  is,  the  or- 
dinary ear  appears  to  l)e  able  t(j  a])|)recinte  the  fundamental,  or  prim- 
ary modulations    of    chords.      Hut    why    the    mind   enjoys  a  certain 

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sequence  or  combination  of  sounds  and  does  not  enjoy  some  other, 
has  not  been  explained.  I  presume  it  cannot  be.  The  ultimate  rea- 
son of  the  thing  is  simply  that  certain  sounds  are  pleasing  to  the  mind 
as  they  reach  it  through  the  nerves  of  the  ear,  and  others  are  not; 
and  the  reason  of  that  we  shall  have  to  leave  to  future  solution,  as- 
suming that  it  ever  will  be  solved.  It  is  just  the  same  as  in  litera- 
ture. You  might  read  a  certain  sentence,  or  a  certain  essay,  that 
was  even  correct  in  form,  and  when  it  was  finished  it  might  not 
please  you.  It  might  be  commonplace;  it  might  be  vulgar;  it  might 
have  a  great  many  attributes  that  would  make  it  distasteful.  That 
would  not  answer  the  question  why  we  did  not  like  the  thing  that 
was  commonplace.  We  simply  know  that  we  do  not,  and  anything 
falling  in  that  catagory  is  discarded  by  the  cultivated  mind  or  taste. 
The  same  is  true  of  given  odors  as  well  as  of  impressions  addressed  to 
the  sense  of  touch.  So  it  is  with  music.  We  cannot  give  any  reason 
why  we  like  a  certain  melody  and  do  not  like  another.  We  have 
then  proceeded  to  a  simple  melody  accompanied,  which  most  people 
can  appreciate.  From  here  I  might  go  on  and  show  how,  as  we  grad- 
ually grow  to  appreciate  the  more  complex  forms  of  music,  we  come 
to  a  point  where  we  can  appreciate  and  enjoy  the  most  elaborate 
forms  of  this  art,  as  we  could  tho.-.e  of  any  other.  This  is  a  matter  of 
culture,  study,  talent,  education.  It  will  come  to  some  people;  to 
some  who  have  not    an    inclination    or    talent  that  way,  it  will  never 

come,  at  least  in  the  same  degree,  but  that  is  not  the  fault  of  the 
music.     The  elements  of  musical  bt-auty  are   melody,    harmony  and 

rhythm.  It  is  .scarcely  necessary  to  elaborate  on  those  elements.  We 
all  know  what  they  mean.  We  know  that  certain  combinations  of 
tones  strike  us  as  euphonious  or  harmonious:  others  do  not.  When 
they  do  they  are  pleasing  to  us,  and  the  musical  mind  will  get  all 
the  satisfaction  that  it  ought  to,  and  all  the  legitimate  satisfaction 
that  there  is  in  music,  from  the  beauty  which  results  from  this  com- 
bination of  tones.  And  such  is  the  ultimate  function  of  music,  to 
yield  beautiful  combinations  and  seijuences  of  tones. 

All  this  being  so,  the  question  might  fairly  be  asked  whether 
there  isany  standard  of  criticism  in  music.  How  are  you  to 
determine  whether  a  musical  composition  has  any  merit  or  not?  Well, 

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there  is  not  any  ultimate  standard  in  thatj  department,  any  more  than 
there  is  in  any  of  the  other  arts:  and  consequently  we  find,  that  to  a 
certain  extent,  even  experts  will  disagree,  not  so  much  perhaps,  but 
after  the  same  fashion  as  people  who  are  not  experts,  as  to  what  is  or 
is  not  a  good  musical  composition.  But  it  also  remains  the  fact  that 
gradually  a  musical  work,  like  any  other,  will  come  to  rest  upon  a  gen- 
erally agreed  basis,  or  standard  of  merit.  That  is,  after  every  one 
has  had  his  say  about  it  and  expressed  his  view,  a  concensus  of  opin- 
ion will  crystallize  among  people  who  are  musically  cultured,  as  to 
the  merits  of  a  given  composition:  and  that  is  all  we  can  get  in  any 
department  of  human  thought.  So  we  find  today,  for  instance,  that 
it  is  universally  agreed  that  Beethoven's  Fifth  Symphony  is  a  great 
composition;  that  it  is  beautiful  in  every  sense  of  the  term.  That  is 
one  of  the  propositions  in  music  that  we  may  consider  settled.  But 
when  we  come  to  some  of  Beethoven's  later  works,  or  to  some  of  the 
works  of  Wagner,  we  still  find  that  there  is  a  great  deal  of  discussion 
as  to  whether  they  are  really  beautiful  or  not,  whether  they  have 
gone  outside  of  the  realm  of  legitimate  music;  and  it  is  a  serious 
(juestion,  although  it  may  be  that  those  who  do  not  appreciate  them, 
have  not  yet  been  educated  up  to  them.  But  there  is  reasonable  cer- 
tainty as  regards*  the  merit  of  the  bulk  of  the  music  that  is  in  the 
world  today.  We  can  take  up  a  new  composition  that  is  sent  in  to 
us,  and  I  will  venture  to  say  that  in  a  clear  case  of  a  piece  being 
commonplace  it  will  be  so  declared,  just  as  a  poem  would  be  found 
commonplace.  It  takes  an  extraordinary  poem  today,  on  "Spring,** 
for  instance,  to  justify  publication.  Most  of  us  agree  that  we  do  not 
want  it.  Still,  a  poem  can  be  written  on  that  subject  which  is  worth 
publishing,  and  I  have  no  doubt  if  one  were  written  that  had 
conspicious  merit  it  would  be  well  known  at  once,  because  it  would 
be  so  different  trom  what  we  usually  get  on  that  romantic  theme.  It 
is  much  the  same  with  music.  We  get  a  composition,  a  waltz,  for 
instance,  and  most  critics  agree  that  a  majority  of  the.se  new  waltzes 
are  commonplace.  They  are  not  worth  i)ublishing:  they  are  not 
worth  playing;  although  you  might  pla)^  them  to  some  person  who 
had  not  heard  many  vvalt/es.  and  they  would,  of  course,  be  very 
original,  but  that  would  not  determine  their  merit.    People  who  have 

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become  acquainted  with  the  best  type  of  waltz  will  recognize  a  good 
one  when  it  conies  along:  there  will  not  be  much  dispute  about  that. 
The  same  with  two-steps,  which  are  getting  uncomfortably  numerous 
now-a-davs. 

Just  one  or  two  other  suggestions.  There  has  been  an  impres- 
sion that  a  great  composer  who  has  not  literary  talent,  is  a  man  of 
inferior  mind  as  compared  with  a  poet  or  an  author.  The  ideas  that 
I  have  suggested  today,  that  music  is  an  art  by  itself,  that  it  has  a 
certain  sphere  within  which  it  can  properly  work  out  its  own  prob- 
lems, leads  to  the  conclusion,  it  seems  to  me,  that  a  man  in  whom 
the  musical  department  or  side  of  his  mind  is  developed  so  as  to  en- 
able him  to  compose  great  works,  is  as  great  a  man  in  every  respect 
as  the  man  who  can  give  us  a  great  novel,  or  a  great  painting  or  a 
great  poem.  It  is  simply  a  development  and  a  gift  of  the  mind  in 
another  direction  and  the  intricacy  of  an  orchestral  score  shows  a 
degree  of  mental  development  which  is  phenomenal.  And  there  is 
no  other  work  of  the  human  mind  that  is  more  elaborate  or  more 
purely  a  work  of  the  mind  than  an  elaborate  musical  composition; 
only  the  material  with  which  a  musical  composer  deals  is  sound; 
that  with  which  the  poet  or  the  novelist  deals  is  language;  that  with 
which  the  painter  deals  is  paint,  and  that  of  the  sculptor  is  stone. 
We  must  gradually  broaden  our  minds  as  to  the  real  merits  of  the.se 
different  people,  and  not  suppose,  as  is  very  common,  that  the  only 
real  ability  is  literary  ability.  That  is  a  short-sighted  view  of  human 
talent. 

Now,  I  do  not  want  to  leave  the  impression  here  that  music, 
while  it  cannot  express  definite  feelings,  has  not  an  immense  effect 
on  the  feelings.  That  is  quite  another  proposition.  We  all  know  it 
has,  and  that  probably  therein  lies  much  of  its  power.  But  you  will 
see  at  a  glance  that  that  is  true  of  other  arts.  It  has  been  supposed 
that  only  music  could  excite  feelings.  But  you  may  look  at  some 
great  historical  picture.  The  eyes  see  it;  the  impression  that  the  eyes 
gain  from  it  travels  back  through  the  nerves  to  the  mind,  to  the 
imagination,  and  according  to  your  sensibility  or  sensitiveness,  your 
feelings  may  be  greatly  wrought  up  by  looking  at  a  picture.  For  in- 
stance, if  a  German  looks  at  a  picture  today  illustrating  the  defeat  of 

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the  Germans  by  Napoleon  in  the  early  part  of  this  century,  he  can 
hardly  fail  to  have  his  indignation  aroused.  The  Frenchman,  on 
the  other  hand,  looks  at  the  same  picture  with  enthusiastic  satisfac- 
tion. And  so,  looking  at  any  other  work  of  art,  while  it  may  not 
express  the  particular  observer's  feelings,  it  reaches  his  feelings  ac- 
cording to  the  mood  or  the  temperament  that  he  is  in,  or  the  situa- 
tion he  is  in,  and  another  man,  merely  an  artist,  may  even  look  at 
the  same  picture  in  an  entirely  indifferent,  cold-blooded  way.  To 
him  it  is  merely  a  work  of  art.  And  it  is  a  fact  that  as  musicians 
become  cultivated,  they  listen  to  a  piece  of  music  with  less  emo- 
tional excitement  than  a  person  who  has  not  had  that  musical  culti- 
vation; because  as  the  musical  taste  is  developed,  music  appeals  more 
and  more  to  the  asthetic  taste,  which  is  at  once  its  primary  and  essen- 
tial source  and  object  and  its  only  certain  aim. 

This  leads  to  another  thought  as  to  the  moral  qualities  of  music. 
On  one  hand,  it  is  impossible  for  music  to  be  immoral,  or  to  suggest 
an  immoral  thought  or  feeling.  And  on  the  other  hand,  in  so  far  as 
morality  is  a  definite  conception,  music  cannot  express  moral  ideas 
or  moral  feelings.  But  it  is  often  claimed  that  music  does  have  an 
immoral  effect  on  people.  Where  there  is  any  ground  for  that  charge, 
it  will  always  be  found  to  lie  in  some  extrinsic  element  that  is  intro- 
duced into  the  music;  as,  for  instance,  in  a  song  to  which  objection- 
able words  are  set.  Of  course,  if  you  can  arouse  an  improper  feeling 
by  the  words  set  to  music,  as  music  has  power  to  intensify  whatever 
feeling  it  finds  in  a  listener,  that  sentiment  can  undoubtedly  be  in- 
tensified by  the  music,  but  it  could  never  be  suggested  or  aroused  by 
music  itself.  So,  association  may  make  certain  compositions  undesir- 
able in  given  places.  For  instance,  we  object  to  operatic  music 
in  church.  It  is  not  because  there  is  necessarily  anything  unchurchey 
in  music  that  is  taken  from  an  opera.  In  fact,  there  are  a  great  many 
pieces  originally  written  for  the  church  that  hav-e  not  near  the  devo- 
tional spirit  that  The  Prayer  from  "Freischuetz"  has,  which  is  an 
operatic  selection.  But  generally  speaking,  operatic  music  is  inap- 
propriate in  a  church  service  from  tfie  association.  There  will  be 
some  one  or  more  in  the  audience  who  have  heard  the  same  piece 
under  frivolous  conditions,  and  the  associations  which  wmII  come  into 

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the  mind  on  hearing  that  piece  again  in  a  sacred  service  are  not  cal- 
culated to  enhance  devotional  spirit.  Therefore,  it  should  be  left 
out.  And  yet,  so  elastic  is  music  in  its  adaptability  to  different  con- 
ditions, and  so  inadequate  to  express  any  definite  sentiment,  that 
numerous  operatic  numbers  have  crept  into  our  church  repertoire, 
and  are  there  today  by  sufferance,  so  to  speak,  as  regards  their  asso- 
ciation, by  virtue,  as  regards  their  musical  merits.  It  is  also  true 
that  music  can  be  shifted  around  in  this  way,  thereby  illustrating 
that  it  cannot  express  definite  feelings  or  ideas;  and  some  of  the 
most  impressive  nupibers  in  Handel's  sacred  oratorios  were  originally 
taken  either  from  his  earlier  operas  which  have  ceased  to  have  oper- 
atic merit,  or  from  other  secular  compositions. 


The  love  of  beauty  is  taste;  the  creation  of  beauty  is  art. 

— Emerson. 

Music  is  designed  for  the  masses.  It  is  the  only  means  outside 
of  Christianity  to  refine  the  masses.  — Merz. 

It  was  music  by  which  mankind  was  humanized.  What  speech 
cannot  impart  to  the  unwilling  and  hardened  is  readily  received 
from  words  on  wings  of  lovely  sound.  — Herder. 

**The  whole  function  of  an  artist  in  the  world  is  to  be  a  seeing 
and  a  feeling  creature. ' ' 

**Of  all  the  arts  beneath  the  heaven 
That  man  has  found  or  God  has  given, 

None  draws  the  soul  so  sweet  away 
As  music's  melting,  mystic  lay." 


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Musical  Instruments  of  the  Present. 

From  a  paper  read  before  the  pupils  uf  the  McReynulds-Koehle  Music  School.  Washington.  D. 
C,  and  illustrated  by  a  larg^e  collection  of  musical  instruments. 

Musical  instruments  may  be  broadly  divided  into  three  classes: 
String  instruments,  played  with  and  without  a  bow,  wind  instruments 
and  instruments  of  percussion,  (German,  Schlag  instruments),  those 
which  are  beaten  or  struck  as  drums  or  bells. 

The  full  orchestra  is  an  ensemble  or  grouping  together  of  all 
musical  instruments  in  present  use  or  at  least  ^  worthy  representa- 
tion of  each  class.  The  instruments  included  in  our  modern  sym- 
phony or  full  orchestra  are  the  violin,  viola,  violoncello,  double  bass, 
flute,  piccolo,  oboe,  clairnet,  corno  di  bassetto,  bassoon,  double 
bassoon,  trumpet,  horn,  trombone,  cornet  a  piston,  bass  trumpet, 
tenor  tuba,  contra  bass  tuba,  ophicleide,  harp,  bass  drum,  kettle 
drum  or  timpani,  cymbals  and  triangle. 

The  only  other  large  ensemble  of  musical  instruments  aside  from 
our  orchestra  is  the  band.  Now  what  is  the  difference  between  the 
orchestra  and  the  band?  The  band  is  composed  of  wind  instruments, 
the  military  band  has  the  addition  of  drums,  while  the  orchestra 
combines  string,  wind  instruments  and  drums.  First  among  the 
smaller  ensemble  musical  instruments  is  the  string  orchestra,  which 
is  composed  entirely  of  string  instruments,  a  useful  body  Of  instru- 
ments, in  itself  capable  of  interpreting  masterworks  in  an  excellent 
manner  and  forming  the  nucleus  or  foundation  of  the  full  orchestra. 
Among  the  still  smaller  groupings  together  of  musical  instruments, 
we  find  duetts,  trios,  quartetts,  quintetts,  sextetts,  septettsand  octetts, 
composed  respectively  of  two,  three,  four,  five,  six,  seven  and  eight 
instruments,  no  one  of  them  being  doubled.  This  style  of  music  is 
called  Chamber  music.  (German,  Kammer-musik.  ) 

There  is  one  combination  of  wind  instruments  of  which  I  grew 
ver>'  fond  during  my  residence  in  Stuttgart.  Germany;  this  was  a 
quartette  of  horns,  which  from  the  tower  balcony  of  a  neighboring  or 
perhaps  distant  church,  early  ever}'  Sunday  morning,  heralded  the 
day  with  one  of  those  beautiful,  earnest  chorals,  peculiar  to  the  Ger- 
man Lutheran  Church. 

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Having  considered  the  different  combinations  of  the  classes  of 
musical  instruments,  let  us  take  a  nearer  view  of  the  different  classes 
themselves.  String  instruments,  played  with  a  bow,  now  in  use  in 
the  modern  orchestra,  are  about  of  the  same  type  as  of  the  violin, 
only  appearing  in  different  sizes.  The  violin  governs  the  highest 
position  and  is  the  soprano  and  above-soprano  of  all  the  instruments; 
the  viola,  an  instrument  looking  exactly  like  the  violin,  only  being  a 
little  larger  and  tuned  a  fifth  lower,  is  the  alto;  the  violoncello,  so 
much  larger  that  it  is  obliged  to  rest  upon  the  floor,  the  tenor  and 
bass,  while  the  great  bass  violin,  largest  of  all  and  played  standing, 
governs  the  bass  and  contra  bass  positions.  Thus  we  find  the 
nucleus  of  the  orchestra,  the  strings,  representing  in  general 
the  four  different  registers  of  the  human  voice,  soprano,  alto 
tenor  and  bass,  but  possessing  a  larger  compass  and  capable  of 
greater  facility  of  execution,  which,  when  strengthened  and  varied 
with  the  wind  and  percussion  instruments,  presents  to  us  the  largest 
possible  field  for  musical  composition. 

Of  the  string  instruments  played  with  a  bow,  the  violin  and  the 
violoncello  are  favorite  solo  instruments  and  find  a  welcome  upon  the 
concert  stage.  The  full  rich  tones  of  the  *cello  are  peculiarly  effec- 
tive while  the  violin  with  its  sweetness  and  purity  of  tone  and  mar- 
velous power  of  expression  ranks  next  to  the  human  voice.  The 
violin  was  perfected  near  the  end  of  the  seventeenth  and  beginning 
of  the  eighteenth  centur3\  The  most  valuable  ones  today  are  the 
well  preserved  Nicolaiis  Amati,  Anton  Stradivarius,  Joseph  Guarnar- 
ius,  Lorenzo  Guadagnini  and  Joseph  Steiner,  worth  according  to 
their  quality  of  tone  far  up  into  the  thousands  of  dollars.  A  fine  vio- 
lin, well  cared  for,  grows  in  richness  of  tone  and  consequently  in 
value  with  age,  while  a  poor  violin  remains  a  poor  violin  all  its 
days. 

Passing  over  to  the  string  instruments  played  without  the  use  of 
the  bow,  viz;  to  the  harp  class,  we  find  among  them  a  family  of  in- 
struments dominating  from  the  fifteenth  to  the  seventeenth  century, 
the  lute  family,  now  but  weakly  represented.  One  peculiarity  of 
these  instruments  is  that  they  are  usually  picked  by  means  of  a  small 
piece  of  tortoise  shell  or  ivory,   called   plectrum.     Aside    from  this 

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they  have  a  finger  board  and  are  treated  much  like  the  other  string 
instruments.  The  last  remnant  of  this  family  is  represented  by  the 
mandolin^  guitar,  zither,  banjo,  whose  unsatisfactory  tone  precludes 
use  in  the  modern  orchestra,  with  its  decided  color.  Of  all  the 
lute  family,  the  only  one  considered  worthy  of  expressing  true  art  in 
music  is  the  double  pedal  harp,  containing  46  strings.  It  is  undoubt- 
edly the  solo  instrument  of  the  lute  family.  The  others,  no  matter 
how  popular  they  may  for  a  time  become  cannot  from  their  very  un- 
satisf actor iness  endure.  If  the  time  wasted  upon  them  in  our  own 
city  were  to  be  spent  upon  some  musical  instrument  worthy  of  the 
art  for  whose  sake  it  exists,  I  feel  assured  that  the  taste  for  music 
here  would  soon  equal  that  of  any  American  city  of  its  size. 

The  most  perfect  member  01  the  harp  class  is  the  pianoforte.  I 
wonder  how  many  of  our  girls  and  boys,  or  how  few,  sitting  down 
daily  to  practice  on  their  pianos  have  any  idea  how  they  came  to 
have  their  present  form.  Does  a  vision  float  before  their  eyes  of  a 
time  long  ago  when  Johann  Sebastian  Bach  sat  playing  on  the  new 
* 'forte-piano*'  before  a  brilliant  and  admiring  assemblage  at  the  court 
of  Frederick  the  Great;  or,  farther  back  to  a  time  when  some  fair  tal- 
ented ancestress  with  powdered  hair  and  flowing  train  sat  before  her 
picturesque  harpsichord  and  the  soft  tinkling  of  Mozart,  Handel  and 
Hayden's  music  echoed  quaintly  thro'  the  room,  or  yet  still  farther 
back  to  the  time  when  the  mighty  queen  Elisabeth  "was  wont  to  shun 
melancholy"  by  playing  on  her  heavenly  Virginals.  One  writer 
says:  *'It  may  not  seem  that  so  far  away  as  the  early  Egyptians  was 
the  first  idea  of  our  piano,  yet  certainly  such  is  the  case.  In  some 
far  Eastern  country  you  might  see,  graven  in  stone  of  centuries  gone 
by,  a  figure  holding  an  instrument  dimly  shadowing  that  on  which 
you  now  play  all  written  music."  Now  to  trace  the  development 
down  through  the  centuries  to  the  superb  Steinway  Grand  of  today — 
what  a  delightful  task!  The  pianoforte  like  the  organ  is  an  instru- 
ment complete  in  itself.  The  greatest  composers  of  all  times  have 
richly  endowed  it  with  their  literature  and  deservedly  it  become  and 
has  remained  the  most  popular  of  all  musical  instruments. 

Leaving  the  class  of  string  instruments  we  will  now  glance  at 
wind    instruments  and   we  find  them  again  divided  into  two  classes, 

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those  of  brass,  including  cornets,  horns  and  trumpets,  and  those  of 
wood  including  the  flute,  oboe,  clarinet  and  fagotto,  a  near  relative 
of  the  oboe.  These  instruments  are  all  used  in  the  modern  orches- 
tra, but  as  they  require  much  physical  endurance  they  are  rarely  at- 
tempted by  women.  The  cornet  a  piston  is  the  solo  instrument  of 
the  brass  wind  instrument  family.  We  have  flutes  and  oboes,  also, 
used  most  effectively  in  the  symphonies.  One  very  prominent  part 
given  to  the  flute  is  in  Mozart's  opera  of  the* 'Magic  Flute,*'  in  which 
especially  charming  solos  appear  for  this  instrument.  Wagner  too, 
makes  good  use  of  it  in  the  forest  scene  of  "Siegfried." 

A  gigantic  member  of  the  wind  instrument  class  is  the  great  pipe 
organ,  its  many  pipes  varying  in  length  according  to  the  tone  to  be 
produced.  These  pipes  are  filled  with  air  furnished  by  a  bellows  and 
manipulated  by  a  key  board  similar  to  that  of  the  pianoforte,  only 
possessing  two  or  three  banks  of  keys  instead  of  one.  The  organ  is 
nearly  always  associated  in  our  minds  with  sacred  music,  because  we 
rarely  hear  it  except  in  churches.  They  are  beginning  now  however 
to  build  excellent  concert  organs  in  the  concert  halls  and  before  leav- 
ing Stuttgart  I  had  the  great  pleasure  of  hearing  a  series  of  organ  re- 
citals given  by  Prof.  DeLange,  one  of  the  most  brilliant  organ  vir- 
tuosis,  in  which  a  large  number  of  concert  selections  were  on  the 
program  and  were  most  enjoyable.  One  of  the  finest  pipe  organs  in 
in  the  world  and  the  best  that  I  have  heard  is  the  great  organ  in  the 
cathedral  in  Friebourg,  Switzerland.  Organ  recitals  are  given  on  it 
all  through  the  summer  by  tourists  passing  through  the  city  or  spend- 
ing the  summer  there.  The  master  who  composed  for  the  organ  in 
such  manner  as  to  serve  as  a  model  for  all  time  was  J.  S.  Bach. 

As  to  the  instruments  of  percussion,  we  find  among  them  the 
chimes,  heard  in  all  our  large  cities,  and  the  huge  base  drum,  the 
smaller  tenor  drum  as  well  as  the  kettledrum,  so  called  from  its  shape. 
The  kettle  drums  are  always  used  in  pairs,  are  tuned  respectively  to 
the  tonic  and  dominant  of  the  piece  to  be  performed.  The  triangle 
and  cymbals,  of  ancient  origin,  also  belong  to  this  class.  They  are 
not  quite  so  simple  to  play  correctly  as  they  look  to  be  as  I  well  re- 
member from  personal  experience,  being  the  bass  drum  cymbal  player 
at  one  time  in  the  "DePauw  Music  School  Orchestra." 

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Considering  the  large  number  of  musical  instruments  worthy  ot 
study,  we  find  that  the  music  student  lacks  not  tor  variety  to  choose 
from.  Let  him  select  with  care  his  life  instrument,  considering  care- 
fully its  requirements.  May  Apollo  guide  him  to  the  one  instrument  of 
all  others  to  which  he  is  particularly  adapted  and  upon  which  he  may 
serve  Art  best.  The  principal  solo  instruments  of  the  different 
classes  are,  violin,  'cello,  harp,  piano,  cornet  a  piston,  flute  and  or- 
gan. In  addition  to  these  let  us  not  forget  that  God-given  in.stru- 
ment,  the  beautiful  voice,  so  rare  that  it  should  always  be  appreciated 
and  cultivated  with  great  care. 

Katharine  H.  McRevnolds. 


If  in  your  art  you  cannot  please  all,  content  the  few.  To  please 
the  multitude  is  bad.  — Schiller, 

All  great  song,  from  the  first  day  when  human  lips  contrived 
syllables,  has  been  sincere  song.  — Ruskin. 

Those  who  work  faithfully  will  put  themselves  in  possession  of 
a  glorious  and  enlarging  happiness.  — Ruskin. 

Think  more  of  your  own  progress  than  of  the  opinion  of  others. 

— Mendki^sohn. 

"Bach  was  perhaps  the  most  severely  conscientious  aitist  that 
ever  devoted  himself  to  music.  He  deemed  that  to  compromise  his 
art  was  to  compromise  himself." 

In  Beethoven  imagination,  feeling,  intellect  and  character  are 
developed  with  equal  power  and  in  perfect  harmony  with  one  another. 

— Von  K1.TERLKIN. 


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VOL.  III.  GREENCASTLE.  IND..  JUNE.  189^  .  NO.  11 

EDITORIAL. 

* 'We  Are  Seven." 

Hi!  Hi!  Hi! 

Al-pha-Chi! 

Hi!  O!  Hi!  O! 

Alpha  Chi  Omega! 

Material  for  the  September  Lyre  must  be  in  by  August  20th. 


It  is  with  great  pleasure  we  introduce  to  the  readers  of  the  Lyre 
the  new  sister  chapter,  Eta,  of  Bucknell  University,  Lewisburg, 
Pennsylvania. 


The  active  members  should  make  an  effort  to  procure  the  sub- 
scriptions of  each  new  member  who  wears  the  colors  or  the  badge  of 
Alpha  Chi  Omega. 

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26  The  Lyre. 

One  of  the  first  duties  of  a  new  memWr  should  be  to  subscribe 
for  the  Lyre  and  read  it  carefully.  In  this  way  a  genuine  and  help- 
ful interest  in  the  work  will  be  insured. 


Alpha  Chi  Omega  should  in  all  respects  be  loyal  to  the  regula- 
tions and  best  interests  of  the  school  in  which  she  exists.  These  in- 
stitutions should  at  all  times  receive  her  hearty  co-operation  and 
support. 

We  are  gratified  to  find  an  increased  loyal ity,  on  the  part  of  each 
chapter  to  the  interests  of  our  journal.  No  local  expences  should  be 
incurred  which  will  compel  an  economy  which  cuts  off  the  Lyrk  sub- 
scription. 

The  conservatism  of  Alpha  Chi  Omega  has  caused  much  impa- 
tience at  times,  yet  it  has  secured  us  good  chapters  in  good  institu- 
tions. In  the  future  as  in  the  past  we  will  only  consider  applications 
from  the  best  schools. 


We  hope  the  new  chapter  will  take  an  energetic  part  in  the  gener- 
al work  of  the  fraternity;  will  plan  for  representation  at  convention, 
contribute  to  the  September  LvRK,  and  in  every  way  give  evidence  of 
a  vigorous  fraternity  life. 


More  promptness  on  the  part  of  the  general  officers  would  be  an 
invaluable  improvement  in  fraternity  affairs.  The  success  of  the 
coming  convention  depends  largely  on  their  work.  Let  us  not  neg- 
lect any  detail  that  will  contribute  to  its  efficency. 


The  editor  wishes  to  call  the  attention  of  all  subscribers  to  the 
fact  that  seventy  five  cents  is  now  due  for  subscription,  from  all  those 
who  have  not  sent  in  renewal  for  1.S9S.  Also  that  a  few  extra  copies 
can  be  mailed  to  those  who  desire,  at  twenty  cents  each. 

While  the  po.stponement  of  the  annual  convention  until  October 
was  a  great  inconvenience  in  some  respects,  it  will  be  much  better  in 
the  end.  It  is  to  he  hoped  each  chapter  will  be  represented  by  those 
who  will  return  to  active  work  and  that  much  will  be  accomplished 
as  a  result  of  the  meeting. 

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The  Lyre.  27 

Delta  Chapter  merits  the  congratulations  of  the  fraternity  for 
their  valuable  contributions  to  this  number  of  the  Lyrk.  The  ex- 
cellent article  by  Mr.  Simon  Fleischtnann,  several  of  the  advertise- 
ments, the  best  chapter  letter,  and  the  pictures  are  the  fruits  of  their 
industry.  With  such  assistant  from  each  chapter  the  work  of  the 
editor  would  be  diminished  and  the  journal  greatly  improved. 


Eta  chapter  was  formally  established  in  Bucknell  University, 
Lewisburg,  Pennsylvania,  June  iSth,  iSQvS,  Miss  Mildred  Rutledge, 
of  Alpha,  being  delegate.  The  names  of  Misses  Ida  Eliza- 
beth Liszt,  Belle  Bartol,  Amv  Estelle  Gilbert,  Mary  Frances 
Woods  and  Jessie  Thekla  Steiner,  are  recorded  as  charter  members. 
A  Lewisburg  paper  contains  the  following:  "The  chapter  launches- 
out  with  energetic  members  who  are  most  loyal  to  their  school,  and  it 
promises  to  be  a  substantial  addition  to  Alpha  Chi  and  an  element  of 
good  order  and  progress  in  the  institution  with  which  it  is  connected.  '* 


Reunion  Announcement. 

Beta  wishes  to  call  special  attention  to  her  reunion  to  be  held 
June  25th.  Every  girl  present  at  the  reunion  last  year  knows  what 
a  royal  good  time  she  will  hav'e  this  year.  We  earnestly  urge  all 
the  alumnae  to  make  an  effort  to  be  present.  Sisters  from  other  chap- 
ters will  receive  a  hearty  welcome. 


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Chapter  Personals* 


ALPHA. 

Elizabeth  Lockridg^e  now  wears  the  Lyre. 

Albertta  Miller  will  probably  return  for  graduation. 

Okah  DeVore  was  the  guest  of  Louise  Ullyette  in  May. 

Myrtle  Wilder  will  be  married  June  29,  to  Dr.  Hollingsworth  of 

Brazil. 

The  pupils  of  Miss  Rutledge's  class  in  Greencastle  recently  gave 
a  recital. 

Helen  Birch  has  had  a  class  in  Coatesville  in  addition  to  her 
town  pupils. 

Nellie  Dobbins  was  recently  married  to  Mr.  William  Dresser, 
of  Lafayette. 

Pearl  Armitage  was  married  June  21st  to  Mr.  John  Cassell  Jami- 
son of  Hartfort  City. 

Kate  Reed  and  Blanche  Clark  visited  in  Greencastle  during 
commencement. 

Helen  Birch  will  leave  July  ist  for  Chatauqua,  where  she  will 
study  with  Wra.  H.  Sherwood. 

Louise  Ullyette  has  recently  been  bereft  of  her  father.  She  has 
the  sincere  sympathy  of  her  sisters. 

Mrs.  Bessie  Grooms  Keenan  and  daughter  have  been  the  guest 
of  Mr.  T.  C.  Grooms  for  several  weeks. 

Mildred  Rutledge  was  Alpha's  delegate  to  Lewisburg.  She  re- 
turned home  via  Niagra  Falls  and  Cleveland  where  she  was  the 
guest  of  Mrs.  Flora  Laughlin. 

Misses  Raeburn  Cowger,  Lucy  Andrews,  Mildred  Rutledge, 
Delia  Phillips  and  Janet  Wilson  are  students  in  the  summer  school. 
About    thirty  students  have  registered  for  the  summer  Music  term. 

Misses  Eva  Osburn,  Sallie  Hirt,  Feme  Wood,  Louise  Ullyette, 
Raeburn  Cowger,  Donna  Williamson,   Janet   Wilson,   attended   the 

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Indianapolis  May  Festival;  while  there  they  met  sisters  Meta  Horner, 
Emma  Lathrop,  Carrie  Conrey  and  Mayme  Jennings. 

Feme  Wood  completed  the  required  work  and  received  her 
masters  degree  from  the  college  of  Liberal  Arts  this  year.  In  addi- 
tion to  this,  she  has  been  engaged  as  tutor  in  Latin  for  a  part  of  the 
year,  taken  some  piano  work,  and  a  full  year  in  voice,  including  her 
Junior  recital. 


BETA. 

Miss  Bessie Tefft  is  studying  with  Lilla  Grace  Smart  in  Detroit. 

Eva  Pratt,  who  has  been  studying  art  in  Boston,  will  be  in  Al- 
bion for  the  reunion. 

Florence  Woodhams  made  a  hasty  call  on  her  Beta  sisters  on  her 
return  from  the  Ann  Arbor  May  Festival. 

Miss  Lucie  McMa.ster,  conservatory  '96,  will  return  to  Albion 
June  9th  to  be  present  at  the  reunion  and  commencement. 

Miss  Ida  Billinghurst,  who  has  been  studying  in  Pratte  Institute 
this  winter,  will  return  to  her  home  in  Muskegan  in  June. 

Miss  Katharine  Rood,  who  has  spent  the  winter  in  DePere, 
Wis.,  has  returned  to  Albion,  Mich.,  to  the  joy  of  the  Alpha  Chis. 

Misses  Janette  Allen  Cushman,Hattie  Reynolds, Cora  Harrington, 
Hattie  Reynolds.  Eusebia  Davidson  and  Lillian  Kirk  Armstrong  at- 
tended the  Albion  Music  Festival. 


GAMxMA. 

Miss  Amy  Martin  received  a  visit  from  her  mother  and  sister  in 
May. 

The  Misses  Hough    received  a  short  visit   from   their   father  the 
latter  part  of  May. 

The  parents  of  Miss  Florence   Harris  will  visit  her  here  during 
commencement  week. 

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Miss  Grace  Richardson  gave  the  Alpha  Chis  a  card  party  at  her 
home  in  Buena  Park  May  13th. 

Miss  Suzanna  Mulford  has  returned  from  New  York  and  expects 
to  spend  the  summer  in  Evanston. 

Miss  Maude  Wimmer,  of  Perry,  Iowa,  visited  Miss  Florence 
Harris  for  a  week  in  May.  A  supper  was  given  in  the  frat.  hall  in 
her  honor. 

Miss  Mildred  Mclntyre,  of  Memphis,  Tenn.,  who  has  been  study- 
ing under  Sherwood,  of  Chicago,  has  been  obliged  to  give  up  her 
work  on  account  of  ill  health. 


EPSILON. 


Miss  Nellie  Keep  visited  us  recently. 

Nellie  Green  graduates  from  the  department  of  elocution. 

Margaret  Fulton  Cook  and  Elmer  E.  Elliot  were  married  on  May 
15th. 

Lulu  Johns  has  sailed  from  Germany  for  America.  We  hope  to 
have  her  with  us  again. 

On  May  14th  Ina  Gothard  left  for  Sacramento  to  join  her  parents. 
They  will  spend  the  summer  in  travel. 

Delia  Hoppin  has  arrived  from  Ventura  to  spend  commencement 
week  with  us..  She  has  a  large  music  class  and  reports  splendid  work. 


ZETA. 

Miss  Jessie  McNair  returned  to  her  home  in  Mississippi  at  the 
close  of  the  third  term. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  class  of  '99  Miss  McFarlane  was  chosen 
president  and  Miss  Collin  secretary. 

Miss  Mary  Johnson  recently  gave  an  interesting  talk  before  the 
Hyperion  Society.      Her  subject  was  "A  Trip  Abroad." 

Miss  Alice  Frances  Parker,  '96,  recently  appeared  in  a  leading 
role  in  the  sacred  cantata  "Belshazzar. "  Her  performance  and  solos 
were  exceedingly  successful. 

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Chapter  Letters. 

ALPHA. 

Alpha  looks  back  upon  the  term  which  has  just  closed  with 
great  pleasure.  It  is  not  unmingled  with  sorrow  for  several  of  our 
girls  will  not  be  with  us  next  year.  Each  year,  each  term,  the  fra- 
ternity means  more  to  us  than  ever  before  and  we  girls  who  will 
never  return  to  school  life  realize  more  keenly  than  ever  how  dear 
Alpha  Chi  is  to  us. 

We  have  one  new  pledge  thi.*=  term,  Pearl  Ellis;  and  Elizabeth 
Lockridge.  tor  a  long  time  one  of  our  faithful  pledges,  is  wearing  the 
lyre. 

Several  of  our  initiated  members  were  not  in  school  during  the 
last  term  and  we  felt  their  absence  keenly.  However  we  who  were 
there  were  ardent  in  spirit  and  co-operated  heartily  for  Alpha  Chi. 

Five  recitals  were  given  by  Alpha  Chis,  the  programs  of  which 
may  be  seen  in  the  March  and  June  Lyres. 

We  have  been  greatly  interested  in  the  work  of  establishing  the 
new  chapter.  We  most  cordially  greet  the  new  sisters  and  welcome 
them  into  Alpha  Chi.  Socially  Alpha  Chi  has  been  more  quiet 
than  usual,  limiting  her  good  times  to  little  spreads  in  the  fraternity 
hall  among  the  girls,  pledged  and  initiated.  However  she  has  been 
well  represented  in  all  social  functions  of  the  university. 

We  have  one  graduate,  Eva  Osburn,  who  completed  most  cred- 
itably the  course  in  vocal  music. 

Alpha  is  making  plans  for  the  spike  of  next  year  and  expects 
some  of  her  old  girls  back  as  well  as  a  number  of  new  ones.  She 
sends  best  wishes  to  the  sisters  and  trusts  that  the  summer 
vacation  will   be  both  pleasant  and  profitable. 

Ferne  Wood. 


BETA. 

Beta  chapter  again  sends  greetings.  College  life  has  been  un- 
usually active  this  year  and  this  term  has  been  a  busy  one  for  Beta. 
Until  April  13th  we  were  hard  at  work  on  our  concert,   the  program 

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of  which  follows.  It  was  a  great  success  in  every  respect.  The  most 
pleasing  numbers  being  the  choruses  which  had  been  under  the 
direction  of  Prof.  C.  H,  Adams. 

PROGRAM. 

Chorus — Swing  Song  -  F.  N.  I«ohr 

Beta  Chapter 
Piano  Quartette" — Homage  to  Verdi  -  J.  B,  Duroc 

Misses  Bailey.  Mosher,  Goodenow.  Teritie. 
Violin  Solo  -     '  -  -  ...  Selected 

Martha  Reynolds-Colby. 

vnr^ni    *su<in^  ^  *•    ^^  Mother  Bids  Me  Bind  My  Hair  -  Hayden 

vocai   &OIO— ^jj      When  the  Heart  is  Young  -  DBuck 

Kate  Calkins. 
Piano  Duo— Grand  MarcheTriumphale  W.  Kuhe 

Misses  Allen  and  Woodworth. 
Chorus— When  Life  is  Brightest  ....  Pinsuti 

Beta  Chapter. 
Piano  Quartette— CJrand  Polonaise  -  -  -  Mevrrrkkr 

Misses  Dlsbrow.  Kinsman   Woodworth,  Allen. 
Violin  Solo—  -  ....  Sklkctbd 

Martha  Reynolds- Col  by 
Finale— Gypsy  Chorus  Karl  Merz 

Beta  Chapter. 

The  following  week  we  gave  a  tea  for  Prof,  and  Mrs.  Adams  and 
our  gentlemen  friends.  Our  lodge  has  been  the  scene  of  many  jolly 
good  times  this  term  with  suppers  and  informal  spreads  as  special  at- 
tractions. At  one  of  these  we  had  the  pleasure  of  entertaining  sis- 
ters Florence  Woodhams,  Blanche  Bryant  Dunbar  and  Mabel  Butler, 
besides  our  resident  alumna.*.  In  April  the  Alpha  Chis  and  their 
gentlemen  friends  were  delightfully  entertained  at  the  home  of  Pres- 
ident and  Mrs.  Ashley. 

The  Albion  Music  Festival  May  23,  24  and  25,  was  a  success  in 
every  particular.  The  artists  gave  the  best  of  satisfaction,  and  the 
rendering  of  "The  Messiah"  by  the  Albion  Choral  Union  reflected 
great  credit  upon  the  conductor,  Prof.  C.  H.  Adams,  director  of  the 
Conservatory.  The  Recital  artists  were  as  follows:  Detroit  Phil- 
harmonic Club — Wni.  Yunck,  Hermann  Heberlein,  Hermann  Brenck- 
ner,  Frank  Rescke,  D.  Franycon  Davies,  baritone;  Xavier  Schar- 
wenka,  pianist;  Katharine  Fisk,  soprano.  The  Oratorio  artists  were: 
Frederick  \V.  Carberry,  tenor:  Genevieve  Clark  Wilson,  soprano; 
Mary  Louise  Clary,  contralto;  Carl  PC.  Dufft,  basso;  W.  K.  Brecken- 
ridge,  organist;  Ethel  J.  Calkins,  accompani.st. 

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At  present  we  are  planning  for  a  chapter  reunion  to  be  held  the 
Saturday  preceeding  commencenient  week,  June  25th.  We  hope  to 
have  as  glorious  a  good  time  as  we  had  last  year,  and  we  will  gladly 
welcome  Alpha  Chis  from  any  and  every  chapter.  As  lor  Beta's 
alumna,  let  every  one  who  can,  come.  We  want  you  all.  The 
lodge  is  now  being  beautified  by  wall  paper,  the  gift  of  sister  Beat- 
rice Breckenridge;  the  "paste  artist"  being  furnished  by  Harry  I). 
Cushman,  a  loyal  "Alpha  Chi  boy."  Two  of  our  girls  graduate  in 
the  College  of  Liberal  Arts  this  year,  but  although  there  is  some  sad- 
ness in  the  thought  that  we  will  not  be  in  such  a  close  and  sisterly 
bond  next  year,  we  know  that  our  interest  and  love  for  each  other 
and  for  Alpha  Chi   will  ever  remain  true   and   strong.     With    best 

wishes  from  Beta. 

Ada  Dickik,  Rhc.  Sec'y. 


GAMMA. 


It  seems  hard  to  realize  that  another  school  year  is  so  near  its 
close.  Northwestern  University  closes  June  i6th  and  we  will  all  be 
sorry  when  that  time  comes  for  at  least  one  reason,  that  is  of  parting 
with  so  many  of  our  Alpha  Chi  sisters,  even  for  the  short  time  of  a 
few  months.  We  girls  who  will  be  here  all  summer  expect  to  organ- 
ize an  Alnha  Chi  club  and  meet  once  a  week,  and  in  that  wav  we 
will  not  feel  so  much  that  the  chapter  is  broken  up.  Three  of  our 
girls  graduated  this  year:  Alice  Grannis,  Irene  Stevens  and  Cor- 
nelia Porter.  The  city  papers  spoke  very  highly  of  Miss  Stevens 
after  her  graduation  recital  (piano).  She  was  assisted  by  Mr.  Mor- 
hardt»  violinist.  Miss  Grannis  finishes  her  post  graduate  course  in 
the  School  of  Oratory  this  year.  Her  rendering  of  "Lady  Geraldine's 
Courtship"  at  the  post  graduate  recital  was  fine.  There  are  to  be 
three  commencement  recitals  this  year  and  both  Miss  Porter  and  Miss 
Stevens  as  well  as  three  of  our  Juniors,  Misses  Klla  Parkinson,  Grace 
Ericson  and  Carrie  Holbrook  will  take  part. 

Of  course  we  were  all  very  much  disappointed  not  to  have  had 
the  convention  this  year,  but  we  realize  that  it  would  not  have  been 
worth  the  expense  and  time  since  every  chapter  could  not  be  repre- 

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sented.     However,  since  we  have  so  few  chapters,    it  seems  strange 

that  we  cannot  all  be  represented  once  a  year  at  a  convention.   Would 

it  not  be  better  to  have  it  set  for  the    fall  every  year  instead   of  the 

spring?     It  seems  as  though  there  is  not  quite  so  much  school  work 

then  as  in  the  spring,  just  before  final  examinations. 

We  extend  best  wishes  that  all  the  girls  may  spend  a  delightful 

vacation. 

L11.LIAN  Siller. 


DELTA. 

Delta  can  certainly  look  back  over  this  closing  school  year  with 
a  feeling  of  pleasure  in  what  she  has  accomplished.  After  the  short 
Easter  vacation  our  girls  came  back  ready  to  begin  work  again  in 
college,  conservatory  and  fraternity.  We  have  been  having  delight- 
ful meetings,  giving  miscellaneous  programs,  chiefly.  For  example, 
one  Saturday  evening  we  six  Hulings  Hall  girls  entertained,  and  it 
is  to  be  hoped  edified,  our  town  girls  with  quite  a  little  musicale, 
they,  in  turn,  giving  us  a  recital.  We  have  also  had  several  song 
recitals,  given  by  our  two  graduates,  and  one  of  our  alumnae  girls, 
who  has  been  studying  part  of  the  year  in  New  York. 

A  number  of  very  good  concerts  have  come  to  Meadville  during 
the  year.  Ernest  Gamble,  Genevra  Johnstone- Bishop  and  Edouard 
Remenyi  being  among  the  artists;  while  in  the  conservatory,  Mr. 
Comstock,  one  of  the  teachers,  has  given  us  a  series  of  lecture  recit- 
als, assisted  by  Mrs.  Hull  and  Miss  Haywood.  On  the  whole  we 
have  had  a  very  profitable  year. 

On  Saturday  evening,  April  i6th,  we  had  our  annual  **Pan  Heav- 
enly" banquet.  All  of  the  girls  had  an  excellent  time  and  thoroughly 
enjoyed  meeting  with  the  Kappa  Alpha  Theta  and  Kappa  Kappa 
Gamma.  On  our  way  home  some  of  the  boys  burned  red  lights  for 
us  and  gave  the  Pan  Hellenic  yells,  but  we  girls  could  only  whisper 
our  Alpha  Chi  calls  in  return,  as  before  the  banquet,  the  faculty  had 
strictly  forbidden  us  to  yell. 

Mrs.  Crawford,  our  president's  wife,  who  is  an  Alpha  Chi,  gave 
us  in  an  impromptu  toast,  and  some  very    good   advice,  upon  which 

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we  have  since  acted  in  some  of  our  fraternity  meetings.  She  said  she 
thought  fraternity  would  be  of  much  practical  benefit  to  us  if  we 
would  discuss  some  subject,  preferably  giving  extemporaneous 
speeches  of  from  three  to  five  minutes  long,  as  so  many  girls  cannot 
express  themselves  clearly  and  concisely  when  unexpectedly  called 
upon,  either  in  their  social  life  or  their  daily  work.  So  one  evening, 
soon  after  some  of  our  college  boys  left  for  the  front,  we  had  a  patri- 
otic meeting  and  each  girl  discussed  some  question  concerning  the 
present  war.  We  found  that  it  is  rather  hard  to  talk  sometimes. 
Strange  discovery  for  girls,  is  it  not? 

It  gives  us  great  sorrow  to  say  that  we  sympathize  with  our  Beta 
sisters  who  have  been  in  so  much  trouble  this  year.  The  Phi  Gam- 
ma Delta  boys  entertained  some  of  their  girl  friends  not  long  ago, 
and  against  the  wishes  of  the  faculty — we  danced.  We  had  our  fun 
that  night  and  took  no  heed  for  the  morrow.  The  faculty,  after  long 
and  serious  deliberation,  decided  that  the  boys  be  denied  all  privi- 
leges of  the  Hall  for  thirty  days,  which  means  that  they  are  not  to 
come  near  the  Hall,  or  have  anything  to  do  with  the  girls,  nor  are 
they  allowed  to  entertain  in  an}'  form  or  manner  until  after  Novem- 
ber first.  The  girls  are  allowed  to  say  "How  do  you  do"  to  the  cul- 
prits, otherwise  we  are  not  under  punishment. 

Our  girls  were  very  much  disappointed  to  learn  that  the  con- 
vention was  to  be  postponed.  We  have  worked  hard  to  get  ready 
for  it.  Delta  had  two  delegates  to  send  this  year,  and  two  or  three 
others  of  our  girls  expected  to  go  to  Albion  with  them.  Perhaps, 
however,  next  year's  convention  will  make  up  for  this  year's  disap- 
pointment. 

We  hope  that  all  the  chapters  have  had  as  happy  a  year  as 
Delta  has  had,  and  that  after  our  long  summer  vacation  those  of  us 
who  come  back  to  school  will  be  ready  to  start  to  work  again  with 
renewed  vigor  and  ambition. 

Elsie  E.   Kiefer,  Rec.  Sec'y. 


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EPSILON. 

Dear  Sisters: 

At  the  beginning  of  this  school  year  we  girls,  few  in  number  but 
still  enthusiastic,  met  on  the  second  Monday  and  decided  to  invite 
Ellen  Beach  Yaw  to  become  an  honorary  member  of  Alpha  Chi  Omega. 
As  she  was  soon  to  leave  for  Europe  we  had  but  little  time.  By  the 
following  Wednesday  we  had  gained  her  consent  and  on  Saturday 
drove  to  her  home  at  Tropics,  a  distance  of  about  eight  miles,  reach- 
ing there  about  three  o'clock  p.  m.  After  having  some  pictures  taken 
of  her  and  her  dog  Keats  with  the  chapter,  we  proceeded  with  the 
ceremony.  After  this  was  over  she  delighted  us  with  two  beautiful 
selections.  One  was  a  "Laughing  Song,"  for  which  she  has  won 
great  praise.  Miss  Yaw  then  served  light  refreshments  on  the  ver- 
anda. We  had  a  most  delightful  time  and  it  was  quite  dark  when 
we  reached  home.  We  sent  immediately  for  an  Alpha  Chi  Omega  pin, 
set  with  her  birth  stone,  turquoise  and  pearls,  and  had  her  name  en- 
graved upon  it.  This  we  presented  to  her  just  before  she  left  for  Eu- 
rope. Upon  her  return  we  hope  to  give  her  a  large  reception.  We 
append  a  letter  which  we  have  just  received  from  Miss  Yaw. 

The  marriage  of  Margaret  Fulton  Cook  and  Elmer  E.  Elliot  took 
place  at  high  noon  on  the  15th  of  May,  at  the  University  M.  E. 
Church.  The  large  auditorium  was  filled  with  friends  of  the  young 
couple.  Mr.  Elliot  graduated  a  year  ago  from  the  College  of  Liberal 
Arts  and  the  bride  was  a  student  in  the  College  of  Music.  After  the 
ceremony  the  bridal  party  were  driven  to  the  home  of  the  bride's 
father  and  an  elegant  breakfast  was  served,  the  bridal  party,  the  Al- 
pha Chis  and  a  few  of  the  most  intimate  friends  being  present.  At 
1:30  the  couple  left  aniid.st  .showers  of  rice  and  old  shoes  for  Santa 
Catalina  Island  for  a  short  stay,  after  which  they  will  be  at  home  to 
their  friends  at  Compton,  Calif.  On  May  nth  Mabel  Chalfin  enter- 
tained the  Alpha  Chis  in  honor  of  the  bride  elect.  A  splendid  musi- 
cal and  literary  program  was  given  and  a  delightful  luncheon  served. 
The  place  cards  were  painted  in  water  colors,  everything  being  in 
the  scarlet  atid  green.      The  decorations  were  most  beautiful. 

We  have  initiated  two  lovely  girls  this  year.  Miss  Mabel  Chalfin 
and  Marie  Smith.     We  have  given  five  parties  which,  though  small, 

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were  very  select  and  most  enjoyable.     We  hope  the  next  year  will  be 
a  bright  one  for  all  the   chapters. 

We  lose  three  of  our  best  girls  by  graduation;  Nellie  Burton,  Ora 
Millard  and  Nellie  Green.  However  we  hope  that  they  will  remain 
near  us,  and  join  us  in  the  jolly  good  times,  which  we  always  have 
together. 

With  best  wishes  and  greetings  to  Alpha  Chi  Omega. 

Epsilon. 

My  Sisters  in  Alpha  Chi  Omega: 

I  have  thought  of  you  many  times  during  the  winter — in  fact  you 
have  accompanied  me  everywhere — each  pearl  in  the  beautiful  brooch 
you  gave  me  represents  one  of  you.  I  always  wear  it  over  my  heart. 
I  hope  you  have  had  a  happy  winter.  I  have  been  very  busy  study- 
ing operas.  Have  been  taking  lessons  in  lyric  declamation.  That 
is,  after  having  learned  an  entire  opera,  in  French,  would  sing  and 
act  with  a  master.  Only  came  to  London  a  week  ago.  I  send  you  a 
program  of  my  concert  in  Paris.  With  love  and  best  wishes  and 
hoping  to  see  you  soon,      •  Yours  in  the  bond, 

Ellen  Beach  Yaw, 

Siddons  House,  27  Upper  Baker  St.,  London,  May  14,  189H. 

P.  S.  Mrs.  Siddons,  the  great  actress,  lived  in  this  house. 
Some  friends  of  mine  have  taken  it  and  I  am  living  with  them. 

Concert — Doune  Far — Mile.  Ellen  Yaw. 

PROGRAMME. 

1  Senate  from  Piano  et  Violoncello  ....  Stojowsk 

Mrs.  Stojowski  et  Rouchiui. 

2  Sc^ne  dc  la  Folied'Hamlet  -  A.  Thomas 

Mile.  Hllen  Yaw. 

3  a.  L^gcnde  ..-._.  Paderkwski 
b.  Scherzo                         -                     ...                      -               .  Chopin 

Mr.  Stojowski. 

4  Melodies  ...  _  . 

Mile.  Kllcn  Yaw. 

5  8  5  Nocturne  .  _  .  .  .  Chopin 
b  2  Polonaise           _                  _                  -                   -  Poppkr 

Mr.  Rouchini. 

6  Tarentclle  -  ...  .  .  BIzet 

Mile.  Kllen  Yaw 
Accompagnateur:     Mr.  Leon  Ringsdorff. 

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ZETA. 

Dear  Sisters  of  Alpha  Chi: 

When  the  secretary  of  our  chapter  asked  me  to  write  the  Zeta 
letter  for  the  forthcoming  edition  of  the  "Lyre"  it  was  with  great 
pleasure  that  I  consented,  hoping  that  I  might  be  able  to  interest 
you,  who  like  myself,  are  loyal  to  the  scarlet  and  olive,  in  the  im- 
mense work  in  lines  of  the  truest  musical  culture  that  is  being  ac- 
complished in  this  beautiful  Eastern  city.  Every  Conservatory  stu- 
dent, sooner  or  later,  is  brought  face  to  face  with  the  fact  that  her 
chosen  profession  is  one  of  work ;  incessant  earnest,  objective  work, 
and  it  is  a  credit  to  our  art  that  the  number  of  students  who  are  will- 
ing to  enter,  heart  and  soul,  into  this  life  of  labor  and  to  sacrifice 
everything  for  it.  is  a  vast  majority  over  the  number  who  are  study- 
ing music  as  an  accomplishment  merely.  Such  being  the  case  and 
in  view  ot  the  fact  that  every  hour  is  precious  to  those  w^ho  may  be 
here  at  great  personal  sacrifice  it  is  but  natural  that  the  life  of  the 
average  Conservatory  student  is  filled  to  overflowing,  and  that  lec- 
ure  room,  concert  hall  and  class  room,  vie  in  offering  constant  ad- 
vantages and  incentives  to  noble  efforts. 

About  four  hundred  girls  out  of  the  nearly  two  thousand  students 
board  in  the  Conservatory  building.  This  department  of  the  institu- 
tion is  conducted  on  the  same  principles  as  tho.se  which  govern  all 
the  larger  colleges  of  our  land.  The  girls  are  in  a  liberal  sense  self- 
governed,  and  in  regard  to  privileges,  are  placed  entirely  upon  their 
honor.  Our  preceptress  is  the  center  of  the  "Home"  and  with  her 
gracious  tact  and  womanly  sympathy,  coupled  with  rare  intellectual 
and  moral  abilities,  makes  her  influence  felt  in  every  room,  and  has 
gained  for  herself  intense  loyalty  and  devotion  in  the  heart  of  every 
one  of  the  girls. 

The  N.  E.  C.  girl's  work  begins  at  eight  in  the  morning  and 
continues  throughout  the  day.  At  almost  any  hour,  if  she  be  not 
found  at  her  pianoforte  or  organ,  she  may  be  seen  with  her  violin 
under  her  arm  hurrying  to  an  appointment,  taking  notes  in  the  lec- 
ture room,  down  in  Sleeper  Hall  at  an  ensemble  class,  in  the  recita- 
tion room  puzzling  over  some  knotty  musical  problem,  or  out  for  her 

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daily  promenade.  In  regard  to  our  teachers  it  hardly  seems  neces- 
sary for  me  to  speak  at  length.  They  represent  the  highest  musical 
culture  of  many  musical  nations.  They  are  men  who  themselves  the 
pupils  ot  the  world's  greatest  masters,  have  established  their  reputa- 
tion individually,  by  their  experience  and  success  as  teachers  in  the 
most  prominent  and  noted  of  foreign  schools  and  conservatories. 

Among  the  advantages  in  a  musical  line  which  are  ours  because 
of  the  location  of  our  school  in  a  great  musical  and  art  center,  is  the 
opportunity  of  hearing  all  of  the  world's  finest  musicians.  Nearly 
all  the  great  musicians  who  come  to  Boston  visit  the  Conservatory; 
indeed,  most  of  them  have  personal  friends  among  our  Faculty  and 
they  often  favoi  us  with  impromptu  recitals,  at  which  they  always 
seem  at  their  best,  as  they  feel  the  inspiration  of  the  intense  musical 
life  about  them  and  recognize  the  sincerity  and  intelligence  of  the 
enthusiasm  with  which  they  are  welcomed  among  us.  In  this  way 
we  have  had  the  pleasure  of  meeting  Stavenhagen,  Melba,  Nordica, 
Nilsson,  Joachim,  Paderewski,  Carreno,  Scalchi  and  many  others. 

This  then  is  our  life,  a  busy,  happy,  enthusiastic  labor  sur- 
rounded by  every  incentive  and  aid  to  work,  breathing  an  atmos- 
phere electrically  charged  with  music,  so  that  filled  with  the  desire 
to  excel,  the  ambition  to  be  a  Musician — spelt  with  a  capital — speed- 
ily fills  the  mind  and  dominates  every  thought  and  action 

Fraternally  yours, 

Alice  Frances  Parker. 


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PIANO  RECITAL 

(Post  graduate)  by  Helen  Hanua  Birch,  assisted  by  the  Lorelei  Club  and 

Violin  Quartette. 


1     (a)  Prelude  and  Fiijfue 
(b)  Sonata.  Op  31,  No  3. 


PROGRAM  MK. 

Bach 

Reethoven 

Scherzo.  Menuetto,  Presto. 

2  Gypsy  Life Schumann 

Lorelei  Club. 

3  Carnival  Pranks.  Op  26 Schumann 

Allegro. 

4  (a)  Solvejjf's  Sonjf ('^teg 

(b)  Liebe Grieg 

5  (a>  Andante Kretschmann 

(b)  Gavotte Schelhchmidt 

Violin  Quartette. 

6  Scherzo  in  B  flat  minor Choftin 

7  (a)  Valse  Triste Mac-Dowell 

(b)  Polonaise MacDowell 


PIANOFORTE  RECITAL 

(Junior)  given  by  Miss  Luthera  Parkhurst,    assisted   by  Vocal    Quartette,  Miss 

Eva  Osburn,    Miss  Chloe  Alice  Gilluni,    Miss  Kerne  Wood.    Miss  Lucy 

Andrews;  Miss  Raeburn  Cowger,  violin;  Miss  Laura  Christie,  clarinet. 


MOZAKT 


Bkkthoven 


Vocal  Qitartkttk 

Bach 

Schubert        


Chopin 


Raff        

Vocal  Qi'artkttk 
Chaminade  


PROGRAMME. 


Trio  for  clarinet,  viola  and  piano. 
Andante,  alleyrello. 

Sonata  Op  26. 

.\ndante  con  vaiiazioni.  allej^ro 

Comin'  thro'  the  Rye. 

Invention  in  b. 

Impromptu  No.^.  B  flat. 


Second  piano.  Miss  Sawyers. 


I     a.     Ktude  Op  25,  No  9. 

<     b.     Nocturne  Op  37.  No  I. 

'      c.     Mazurka  Op  7,  No  i 

Valse  Favorite  Op  1 1;;^. 

The  Cuckoo. 

Pas  des-Cymbales. 


PIANOFORTE  RECITAL 

PROGRAMMK. 

(Junior)  by  Miss I^ouise  UUyctte,  assisted  by  Miss  Osburn   and   Miss  Gillutn, 

voice;  Miss  Andrews,  violin;  Mr.  Grooms,  'cello. 

1  Overture— "Tannhauscr" IVagner 

Wjisfuer  (Piano)  Quartette. 

2  Sonata   in  G Be€th<n>en 

Allegro  and  Andante. 

%    Trio  in  (i.     Piano,  violin  and 'cello   Haydn 

Ailajfio  and  Presto. 

4  SoiiK  Without  Words.  Op  s.v  No  ig Mendelssohn 

Nocturne.  Op  ^2.  No  i Chopin 

5  Vocal  Duet— -With  the  Stream" R.Tours 

6  Salt  •  rello E.  Haberbier 

7  Romance  from  Concerto.  D  minor Mozart 

With  second  piano  accompaniment . 


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41 


GRADUATION  RECITAL 

Voice  Department)  Given  in  Meharry  Hall  June  4th,  1898,  by  Miss  Eva  Osburn 

assisted  by  Mrs.  Anna  Allen  Smith,    accompanist;  Misses  Lucy  Andrews, 

and  Raeburn    Cowger,   violinists;   Miss  Josephine   Armstrong, 

pianist;  DePauw    Symphony  Orchestra. 

PROGRAMME. 


Aria    (Uer   Fricscheutz) 

Die  Lotoshlume 

Mor^enlied 


Violin  Duetto— Andante 


Miss  Osburn. 
Misses  Andrews  and  Cowger. 


Weber 

Schumann 
Rubinstetn 


Pa  pint 


Come Godard 

Indian  Bell  Song  (Lakme)   Delibes 

Mias  Osburn. 

Capriccio  Brillante.  Op  22 Mendelssohn 

Miss  Josephine  Armstrong,  with  orchestral  accompaniment 

Fleurettc Mascheroni 

Twickenham  Ferry Marzials 

Piping   Down   the  Valleys  Wild Somervell 

Miss  Osburn. 


DELTA. 

SONG  RECITAL  BY  MISS  ANNA  CLEMSON  RAY. 


2 
4 


(a)  Sister  Fairest,  why  art  thou  sighing  / 

(b)  Sweetheart,  thy  lips  are  touched  with  flame  \ 

Ojala  

The  Gap  in  the  Hedge 

la)  The  Yellow  Daisy       \ 

(b)  The  Beaming  Eyes     S 

Hindoo  Song 


. .  Chadwick 

lang 
.  Barnard 

MacDowell 

. . .  Bemberg 


Third  Subscription  Recital,  New  England  Conservatory  of  Music.  April  4, 


PROG    R  AMMK. 


....  Schubert 

I  'ieux temps 

Mendelssohn 


"The  Lord  is  my  Shepherd'" 

Female  Choru.s 

Fantasie  appassionata— violin   

Mr.  William  Traupc.  South  Hoston. 

Two  movements  of  Concerto  in  I)  minor-  pianoforte 

•Miss  Jessie  Holle  Wfjod.  Chicaiaro.  111. 

I^rghctto  from  Quintet  for  Clarinet  and  Strinx.*!  .  Mozart 

Mr.  Charles  F.  Carey,  Boston;  Mr.  Traupe:  'Miss  Ivlisabcth  Mav«),  Dunkirk.  N.  Y,; 
Miss  Ida  M.  Smith,  '97,  New  Tripoli,  Pa;   Mr    Delbcrt  Webster.  Boston. 

"The  Water  Nymph" Rubinstein 

Miss  Pauline  Woltmann.  '97.  Rock  I.sland,  111   .  and  Female  Chorus. 

Siegfried  Paraphrase— violin ll'agnrr-ll'ithelmj 

L'Orage — violin        Wieuxtemps 

Mr.  Clifford  Sprunt,  Melrose.  Mass. 

Ana.  *•  With  verdure  clad,"  from    'Creation" Haydn 

Miss  Annie  (ionyon.  Cottage  City,  Mass. 

Conccrtstiick — pianoforte H^eber 

Mr.  Webster. 


*  Alpha  Chi  Omega. 


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42  The  Lyre. 

RECITAL 

Given  by  the  students  of  the  advanced  classes  of  the  New  England  Conserva- 
tory of  Music,  May  4th,  1898. 

PROGRAMME. 

First  movement  of  Concerto  in  E  flat  major — pianoforte Moxart 

*Mi88  Margaret  Upcraft,  Oswego,  N.  Y. 

••Barcarolle"    j '^'^'**^* 

^'Sunshine" Grieg 

Miss  Susan  Dinsmore,  Belfast.  Me. 
Elegie,  C  minor— violin Ernst 

Capriccio,  B  flat  major — ^violin .  . .     Benda 

Sonata,  E  minor— violin Paganini 

Mr,  Harry  W.  Barry,  East  Boston. 
"Spring  Song" Mackenzte 

"A  May  Morning" Dema 

Mrs.  Maude  Hessong  Sweeney,  Manon,  Ohio. 

Davidsbiindler— pianoforte Schumann 

*Mi8S  Jessie  Belle  Wood.  Chicago,  III. 

••ar.nTe^i;;nK      {    J.C.D.Parker 

Miss  Pauline  Woltmann.  '97.  Rock  Island,  III 

First  movement  of  ••Faschingsschwank" Schumann 

(Carnival  Pranks)  pianoforte— Miss  I«illie  Decker,  Fredericksburg.  Va. 


Pupils'  Recital  of  New  England  G>n8ervatory  of  Music.  May  7tlL 

PROGRAMME. 

Cavatina,  G  major,  violin Hollander 

Mr.  Russell  I<oring,  Bingham,  Mass. 
Berceuse,  D  flat  major— pianoforte Chopin 

Miss  Elsie  Barnard,  E.  St.  Louis,  111. 
Romanza,  G  major— violin Svendsen 

•Miss  Violet  Truell.  Plainfield,  N.  J 
"On  wings  of  song"— pianoforte Mendelssohn- Liszt 

"Entrance  of  Harlequin"— pianoforte Rtnaldi 

*Miss  Maud  Collin, Rochester.  Minn. 
Concerto  for  violin Gade 

Miss  Maud  Hudnut,  Wellesley,  Mass. 
Scherzo,  B  flat  minor— pianoforte Chopin 

Miss  Louise  Daniel.  Victoria,  Texas. 


Pupils*  Recital,  New  England  G)nservatory  of  Music,  Jan.  22, 

PROGRAMME 
Sonata,  F  major.  Op 24.  second,  third  aud  fourth  moveraent.s— pianoforte  and  violin..^<'^/Am'*rn 
Adagio  raolto  expressivo— Scherzo.    Allegro  mol to — Roudo.    Allegro  ma  non  troppo. 
•Miss  Margaret  Upcraft.  Oswego.  N.  Y.  Miss  Stella  Root,  Houston,  Texas. 

Concerto,  D  minor,  first  movement— pianoforte  . . Mendelssohn 

•Miss  Jessie  Wood,  Chicago,  111. 

Song,  "Mia  Piccirella,"  from  "Salvator  Rosa" Gomes 

Miss  Ada  Parker,  Ironton,  Ohio. 

Hungarian  Fantasie— pianoforte Lisxt 

Mr.  Alfred  DeVoto.  Boston. 
•Alpha  Chi  Omega. 

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NORTHWESTERN  UNIVERSITY, 

Twenty-Third  Students'  Recital  by  Miss  Irene   Stevens,   pianist,   assisted  by 

Mr.  Emil  Morhardt,  violinist,  May  5th. 

PROGRAMME. 

English  Suite.  No  6 Bach 

Allemande.  Courante,  Sarabande,  Gavotte,  Minuet.  Polonaise, 

Miss  Stevens. 

Legende Witntawski 

Mr.  Morhardt. 

Laengsel Svendsen 

Crescendo Per  Laswn 

Music  Box.     Ltvdon 

Novelette Per  IVinge 

Miss  Stevens. 

Fantasie  Caprice  yieuxtemps 

Mr.  Morhardt. 

Peer  Gynt  Suite Grieg 

Moraingr.     Aasa's  Death.    Anitra's  Dance.    In  the  Home  of  the  Mountain  King^s. 

Miss  iStevens  and  Mr.  Morhardt. 

Concertstiick  ( March  Tempo) Weber 

Miss  Stevens. 
Orchestral  part  on  second  piano — Mrs.  Coe. 


NORTHWESTERN  UNIVERSITY, 

Twenty  fifth  Students*  Recital   by  Mr.  William  A.  Stacey,  baritone,    assisted 

Miss  Grace  Ericson,  pianist,  May  24th. 

PROGRAMME. 

DioPossente Gounod 

Evening:  Star Wagner- 

Mr.  Stacev. 
The  Trout ." Schubert- Heller 

Miss  Ericson. 
The  Wanderer  ) 

"I  Will  Not  Grieve"  [ Schumann 

Two  Grenadiers         ) 

Mr.  Stacey. 

Ui  Gondola Henselt 

The  Two  Skylarks Leschttixiky 

Miss  Ericson. 
•Pear  Not  Ye,  O  Israel" Buck 

Mr.  Stacey. 
Hungary  MacDowell 

Miss  Ericson. 

The  Ring Hawley 

Asleep,  Adream.  Awake Vanderpool 

Torreador's  Song Bixet 

Mr.  Stacy. 


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So  HooM  !•  KaallT  Convlete 
WlUumt  a  new  laVT  Model 

If  2SnDUf  11  Banjo  or  Zither. 


Prom  Sis.oQ  Upward. 

Bi*  iViVlaimr'^'^.  U  is  iTie'riHilMl.  daiiiliMt 
■nd  lUthteK  Mandolin  '™*"f'^„^'^|j'^^,^ 
^"tulfn.  Wu^bunu  are  sold  at  Sued  andunilorn. 
srlm  h)F  all  firat-cUwi  rauidc  dwlera  evm-wln-re. 

W^udibiirmmthe  acliiK>»ledg«:  Uam&rd  nf  Ihe 
wiirld.  'I'hry  are  uwrf  encloBlvelybi- the  iKiding 
Artlita.  Teuehcn  and  Glee  lliiliB.  S|""r"ilVnn 
burn  cutaUaiiie  cnotainlnic  pnrtralts  of  over  100 
Ai1im.«nd^iiinn(niTnntion,  priMj,  endorsemenlj. 
etc.,  will  heaenirTw  i.n  recefw  «(  appllcal  on.  If 
1v'ishb.mn'?-.'o"D"^i[h |irlvi;5»e uf  eaaoiination, 
dltert  from  tlic  (actury- 

A  Wajhbam  Unprovea  with  ase  and  makM  a 
OIK  that  iBCTHsea  In  value  aa  the  year,  go  by. 
It  K  nally  worth  many  times  Its  coet. 

LYON  &  HEALV, 
Cotner  Wabaib  Av«.  aod  Adani*  St. ,    Chicago. 


Scn&  tbose  olO  maga3lnes 

to  tbegecijett  Book  Bindery, 


nreencastle.  Ind.. 


f  I 


ufte 

patticular 
are  we 

About    the    way  we  do  our  work. 
We  mahe  a  Special^  of 

Fine  Job  Printing. 

(\olIcgc  anb 
jFratccnitie 
Ip»dnt(ng 

Soliciled.    Let  us  figure  or  your  Col- 
lege Hand  B<X)k. 

M.  J.  BECKETT, 

Book,   News   and    Job    Printer, 
Greencastle,  Indiana. 


marks  out  a  Held  ol  it*  own.  Haw  tne  nialcers  of  the  Washliurn  achieved  Ihln  tMumph  Is  an 
inlcTCSIlnK  alory.  ll  leems  that  a  vear  a«o  tbiy  lie«an  a  Krlen  of  exneriineota,  bavioc  In  view 
the  production  of  a  mandolin  lone  finer  than  auythins  Ihe  world  had  yel  heiird.    FIrit.  all  Ihe 

atudio  fliled  with  plana  and  modela.  invitations  wpte  sent  oiil  to  prnnii'neni  niandoUo   playrra. 


e  ol  Ihe  moit 

aelTer.  Wells. 

Brat.  Sulorina.  Haien.  Boulon.  Tnmey.  I-aee.  etc  ,  ele  .  and  it  la  hardly  too  mnc 

to  say  tbsl 

Model  Mandolin.    Sn  lodHy  il  sIBndH  npon  a  pinnacle— raisin r  a  new  standard  o 

^7  Washburn 

Mandolin  ex- 

cellen-e.   For  ibe  time  it  has  been  beloTB  tbe  public  It.  «ile4  are  phenomena]     A 

cililoeneifullv illustrated!  lellini more ahout  Ihii -nandoirn.  and  also  i[»iii([  fu 

'1  particnia" 

of  tlie  1H9;  models  ol  Washlmrn  ruWi.  binjoi  anl  litherx  m  ly  lie  had  hy  addiM 

Ing  LYON  & 

Hlpba  Cbi  ©meoa- 

Cbapter  VolL 

Alpha, DePaiuv  University,  Greencastle,  Indiana. 

Beta. Albion  College,  Albion,  Michigan. 

Gamma, Northwestern   University,   Kvanston,    Illinois. 

Delta,    Pennsylvania  College  of  Music,    Meadville,    Pennsylvania. 
Ei»siLON,  University  of  Southern  California,  Los  Angeles,  California. 

Zet^, New  England  Conservatory,  Boston,  Massachusetts. 

Eta, Bucknell  University,  Lewisburg,  Pennsylvania 


(Branb  Cbapter^s^Hlpba. 

©eneral  ©fflicers* 

President, Mary  Janet  Wilson,  Alpha. 

Secretary Alta  Mae  Allen,  Beta, 

Treasurer, Gertrude  Ogden,    Delta, 


dorresponMuo  Secretaries. 

Alpha, Raeburn  Cowger. 

Beta Alt«a  Mae  Allen.  405  Erie  St. 

Gamma, Lillian  wSiller,  831  F'oster  St. 

Delta ly.  Kay  Barnaby,  North  Park  Ave. 

Kpsilon, JessieLeone  Davis,  2904  Vermont  Ave. 

Zeta,   Edith  Rowland  Manchester,  82  Burnett  St.,  Providence,  R.  I. 
Eta, Belle  Bartol. 


ARTIST'S  PROPBSSieNAL  eAROS. 


Fannie  Bloomfield^Zeisler, 


568  East  Division  Street 


Chicago,  lUi: 


Miss  Neally  Stevens, 

Concert  Pianist. 

Alameda  County, 
Residence,  San  Lorenzo. 


Gdifornia 


Maud  Powell, 

Violinist. 


40  West  Twentieth  Street, 


New  York  Ci^*^ 


Soprano^^ 


Marie  Decca, 

American 
Prima  Donna, 

Opera,  Oratorio,  Concert,  Etc, 


Address,  Care  The  Musical  Courier,  New  Yor 


THE  LYRE 


OF 


Alpha  Chi  Omega 


VOL  ffl.  SEPTEMBER  1898,  NO,  IIL 


The  Key  To  the  Treasury. 

Once  I  stood  before  a  picture  of  rare  coloring,  but  the  text  was 
unintelligible,  even  to  mv  vivid  imagination.  Fleecy,  velvety 
white  clouds  formed  the  background, — clouds  that  might  have  been 
transplanted  from  some  tender  June  sky, — and  the  high  lights  were 
touched  with  a  delicate  rosy  glow,  and  shaded  finally  into  a  soft 
twilight  gray.  Then  floating,  bouyed  in  the  wonderous  clouds  were 
the  heads  of  cherubs,  sheathed  with  golden  hair,  and  with  faces  of 
etherial  sweetness.  A  more  careless  observer  might  have  pronounc- 
ed it  a  '*pretty  conceit" — but  to  me,  some  subtle  influence  seemed 
to  extend  an  irresistable  power  over  me. 

Presently,  someone  near  me  read  from  his  guide  book,  '*The 
Children  of  the  Dawn"  (referring  to  the  picture  I  was  gazing  upon), 
and  instantly  a  poem,  vibrating  with  the  pulse  of  life,  was  revealed 
to  me.  The  clouds  of  snow,  the  glow  of  the  rose,  resting  as  lightly 
as  the  blush  on  maiden's  brow,  the  dew  tipped  grass,  and  nodding 
flowers,  the  whispering  of  the  breeze,  the  laughing  of  the  forest 
stream, — all  were  there:  and  up  the  painted  steeps  of  the  eastern  sky 
came  glowing  heralds  of  the  coming  day,  so  young  and  fair,    breath- 

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4  The  Lyre. 

ing  yet  of  her  mysterious  birth    place,  yet  speeding   on  to  make  her 
chapter  in  the  history  of  Time. 

Lo!  the  picture  breathes, — a  living,  pulsating  world!  So  do  we 
grope  blindly  among  musical  beauties,  conscious  only  of  forms,  made 
so  by  musical  law — securing  only  mechanical  effects,  which  in  com- 
parison are  as  ignorance  to  wisdom,  or  artificial  light  to  the  glowing 
sun,  or  a  painting  in  lieu  of  nature.  It  is  true  that  masters  differ  as 
materially  in  their  methods  of  musical  expression  as  individuals  do 
from  each  other,  yet  with  perseverence  we  may  all  use  the  Key  that 
unlocks  the  treasure-house  of  Knowledge,  if  we  choose. 

We  may  imagine  that  our  acquaintance  with  the  refined  poetical 
natures  of  Chopin,  Mozart  or  Haydn — or  that  the  dramatico  of  a 
Wagner  or  Beethoven  is  sufficient  for  our  comprehension  of  their 
respective  works, — but  in  reality  how  wonderfully  inadequate!  It  is 
quite  possible  for  this  fraternity,  the  Alpha  Chis,  to  become  the  con- 
trolling spirit  of  this  longfelt  need  and  to  promote  the  study  of  musi- 
cal interpretation,  which  in  time  shall  give  stability  to  the  study  of 
music  throughout  the  land. 

Pearl  Mae  Hknrv. 


Music  is  the  essence  of  order,  and  leads  to  all  that  is  good,  just 
and  beautiful.  — Plato. 

Let  not  a  day  pass,  if  possible  without  having  heard  some  fine 
music,  read  a  noble  poem,  or  seen  a  beautiful  picture. 

— Goethe. 

So  that  genius  exists  it  matters  little  how  it  appears — whether 
in  the  depths,  as  with  Bach,  or  in  the  heights,  as  with  Mozart,  or  in 
the  depths  and  heights  at  once,  as  with  Beethoven. 

— Schumann. 


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The  Lyre. 

The  Finale* 

Written  for  the  first  movement  of  Het-thoven's  Sonata  in  C  Sharp  minor 

Fare  thee  well  I 

My  soul, 
Thou  and  I  soon  must  part. 
Through  a  mist  of  silvery  light, 

0  Soul,  we  shall  see,  heart  to  heart! 
Why  leavest  me  alone  to  mourn, 

Do  souls  return  from  that  cool  bourne? 
Aye?     Vet — 

Farewell! 

F'are  thee  well! 

In  the  hush 
Of  the  evenuig's  soft  gray. 
When  the  vvide  sad  world 
Is  asleep,  and  the  moon's  first  ray 
On  you  and  me  so  softly  fall. 
We  must  obey  that  mighty  call. 
That  trembles  into  eternity. 
Ah,  my  r.oul, 

Fare  thee  well! 

F^arewell! 

In  eternity 
Lies  no  recognition  ever  again 
For  us, — for  thou  wilt  mount  higher, 
And  higher. — yet  if  thou  but  bend 
Over  me,  lying  there  alone, 

1  will  wake,  and  make  no  moan. 
Yet, — oh,  no  longer? 

Then  farewell! 

Fare  thee  well! 

Pi:arl  Whitcomb  Henry 

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6  The  Lyre. 

The  Etude. 

(Paper  read  before  Richmond.  Ind..  Musical  Club,  March  30.  1898.) 

Time  and  time  again  do  we  have  this  subject  before  us  for  discus- 
sion. First  we  hear  one  side,  and  then  another,  both  from  good 
authorities  and  how  are  we  to  judge?  Matthews  in  speaking  of  the 
etude  says:  *' Pianoforte  etudes  such  as  those  of  Chopin  have  a  per- 
manent place  in  instruction  because  they  enlarge  the  students  know- 
ledge of  the  instrument  and  the  tonal  effect  it  contains.  So  it  is  with 
the  studies  of  Liszt. '  * 

The  tendency  at  the  present  time  is  to  dispense  with  etudes. 
No  one,  of  course,  would  deny  the  importance  of  this  line  of 
study,  and  yet  of  course  it  may  be  carried  to  an  extreme.  It  seems 
that  the  idea  that  the  young  pupil  has  in  regard  to  the  etude  is,  as 
some  one  expressed  it,  "a  hard  shell  with  no  kernel,*'  in  other  words, 
"a  thing  on  which  he  is  to  exercise  his  teeth  and  maxillary  muscles, 
merely  in  order  that  he  may  acquire  the  ability  and  sufficient  power 
to  ma.sticate  a  piece  which  is  held  up  before  his  half  famished  eye  as 
a  piece  of  taffy  or  a  bon-bon."  The  result  is  of  course  the  child  has 
an  aversion  to  and  horror  of  even  the  sight  of  an  etude.  Do  you 
remember  how  much  more  you  yourself  enjoyed  the  little  studies  of 
Heller  because  they  seemed  to  be  little  pieces  with  such  pretty  and 
romantic  uame.s? 

A  teacher  once  described  the  effect  of  etude  upon  a  very  young 
pupil  which  illustrates  the  idea.  He  says:  "I  once  composed  little 
studies  for  a  little  pupil  time  and  again  and  frowned  as  she  returned 
them  half  practiced  or  with  an  apology  that,  *  Mamma  swept  it  out  of 
doors,'  or  'baby  tore  it  up.'  The  next  time  the  same  little  girl 
came  hurriedly  in  with  a  similar  exercise  this  time  on  top  of  the  roll 
of  music  or  more  likely  in  her  hand,  so  eager  that  she  could  hardly 
wait  to  play  it.  I  smiled  as  I  read  at  the  top  a  few  words  that  I  had 
written  a  wt^ek  ago.  'Jenny's  Birthday  March,'  composed  for  and 
dedicated  to  her  by  her  teacher." 

The  reading  of  stacks  upon  stacks  of  etudes  is  not  a  good   idea. 

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The  Lyre,  7 

A  great  many  have  finished  Cramer,  Taiisig,  Moscheles  and  are  un- 
able to  read  much  smaller  works. 

Oscar  Raif,  of  Berlin,  who  is  said  to  have  had  phenomenal  suc- 
cess with  his  pupils  uses  no  prijiled  technic,  resulting  in  a  great 
saving  of  time  and  force,  and  above  all,  in  the  interpretation  of  the 
music  itself.  The  real  end  of  instruction  is  to  turn  out  an  intelligent 
player  of  real  music.  The  sole  object  with  some  is  to  develop  ability 
to  merely  pronounce  as  it  were,  without  understanding  the  meaning. 
I  should  think  the  true  object  should  be,  to  be  able  to  interpret  the 
meaning  in  such  a  way  as  to  convey  the  poetry  of  it  to  others. 

We  do  not  have  to  plough  through  h71  musical  etudes  because 
our  ancestors  did  it  a  century  ago.  Do  not  misunderstand  me  how- 
ever, I  do  not  mean  to  say  that  no  etudes  are  to  be  used,  but  do 
not  let  us  wear  our  lives  out  on  unmusical  technic.  Many  etudes 
to  my  mind  ^x^  pieces  and  very  beautiful  ones,  too.  So  also,  many 
pieces  are  etudes  as  ** Raff's,  LaFilieu.se  and  Mason's  Danze  Rus- 
tique.  Technical  skill  increases  of  itself  under  the  spur  of  new  diffi- 
culties undertaken — and  surmounted.  It  is  said  that  after  hearing 
Paganini,  Liszt  shut  himself  up  to  practice  his  etudes  and  tech- 
nique ten  hours  a  day  and  afterwards  saw  the  folly  of  it.  In  etudes 
we  generallj'  develop  one  hand  at  a  time  while  the  other  is  seemingly 
idling,  but  even  in  five  finger  exercise  that  difficulty  can  be  overcome. 
A  rather  amusing  and  original  suggestion  although  perhaps  not  ele 
gant — is  given  in  the  following,  taken  from  a  paper  read  before  the 
Iowa  Mu.sic  teachers'  association: 

**As  to  the  etude  question,  it  is  becoming  such  a  mania  that 
I  suggest  technical  recitals  where  proficient  pupils  will  exhibit  their 
abilities  in  glissando  octaves,  octave  trills,  scales,  double  notes.  Miss 
McGliick  will  be  announced  to  play  a  group  of  broken  octaves  and 
Master  Zieb  Knecht  will  play  the  C  minor  scale  in  sixths,  to  be  fol- 
lowed by  a  go-as-you-plea.se  tournament  in  velocity  playing  to  con- 
clude with  a  hundred  yards  dash  in  chromatic  scales."  He  says 
further,  '*I  don*t  want  to  li.slen  to  unmusical  etudes  when  I  go  to  a 
piano  recital.  Let  educational  recitals  be  announced,  so  the  public 
will  not  be  misled    into    attending.     For  while  Herr  Seffstern's  wrist 

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may  be  capable  of  immense  work,    still    we    go    for    music    and    not 
meclianism.      As  for  me,  'Give  me  music  or  give  me  death!*  " 

Bertta  Miller. 


Fancy  and  feeling  go  naturally  together,  and  indeed,  ought  to  be 
uniled:  but  such  union  is  rare  and  is  one  of  the  surest  signs  of  genius. 

— Pauer. 

"To  the  true  artist  music  should  be  a  necessity  and  not  merely 
an  occupation.      He  should  not  manufacture  music;    he    should    live 

i.i  iL" 

He  is  a  good  musician  who  understands  the  music x  without  the 
score,  the  score  without  the  music.  — Robert  Schumann. 

Music  resembles  chess;  the  queen  (melody)  has  the  most  power, 
bul  the  king  (harmony)  turns  the  scale. 

— Robert  Schumann. 

The  true  artist  is  always  the  severest  critic  of  himself.  He  will 
be  mdifferent  to  praise,  if  he  feels  that  it  is  not  deserved.  On  the 
other  hand  no  blame  or  censure  will  affect  him,  if  he  knows  that  he 
has  done  his  dutv." 


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EDITORIAL. 

Hi!  Hi!  Hi! 
•     Al-pha-Chi! 
Chi-O-Chi-O 
Alpha  Chi  Omega. 

We  repeat  the  yell  in  this  i.ssiie  as  in  the  June   number   through 
some  blunder  the  C  was  dropped  in  the  third  line. 


Material  for  December  number  must  be  in  by  Nov.  26. 


Mail  matter  for  Thk  Lyrk  should  not   be   addressed  to  the  pub- 
lishing office  as  it  causes  delay. 

As  Alphi  Chi  enters  upon  a  new  year    it    should    be  with  a  pur- 
pose to  maintain  a  high  standard  in  all  departments  of  work. 

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lo  The  Lyre, 

For  information  on  the  subject  of  '^How  to  make   The    Lyre   a 
success"  see  Delta. 


*' Where  there's  a  Will    there's   a    way"    and   the   chapter   that 
sincerely  endeavors  to  help  will  find  many  opportunities. 


How  can  we  spend  our  summer  vacations   pleasantly  and  profit- 
ably?    See  Delta. 


The  date  of  the  convention  has  not  yet  been  .set.  but  we  trust 
Beta  is  expecting  us  early,  and  that  all  will  be  thoroughly  prepared 
for  good  work. 

Songs  are  being  collected  and  we  hope  the  book  will  l>e  definite- 
ly arranged  and  planned  for  at  the  convention. 


We  wish  to  call  the  attention  to  the  adverti.sement  of  M.  T. 
Bird  who  has  the  official  monogram  and  can  furnish  Alpha 
Chi  stationery.     This  should  be  more  generally  used. 


Few  infants  are  endowed  at  the  beginning  with  full  powers  of 
speech  and  action;  yet  Eta  chapter  is  heard 'from  at  the  first  oppor- 
tunity and  her  work  may  be  an  inspiration  to  some  of  the  older 
sisters. 


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The  Lyre,  1 1 

The  Grand  President  proposes  that  one  fraternity  meeting  of 
eaeh  quarter  be  devoted  to  the  reading  and  discussion  of  The  Lyre. 
Many  things  will  be  brought  up  and  valuable  criticisms  may  be 
mide.  It  raav  aUo  result  in  the  chapters  being  better  informed  as  to 
when  copy  is  due  and  subscriptions  expire. 


The  following  from  the  Musical  Courier  of  July  4th  concerns  an 
Alpha  Chi  and  will  be  of  interest  to  all:  "Touch,  technic  and  tem- 
perament unite  in  Miss  Estelle  Pickard  in  proportions  to  make  an 
artistic  unity.  She  came  to  New  York  in  '94  to  study  with  Dr. 
Mason,  but  afier  hearing  her  play  he  found  that  his  schedule  was 
full  and  so  advised  her  to  go  to  Mr.  Bowman,  with  whom  she  has 
studied  piano  and  theory  two  seasons  and  part  of  another.  On  a  recent 
afternoon  Dr.  Mason  and  Mr.  MacDowell  knocked  at  Mr.  Bowman's 
door  while  he  was  engaged  in  giving  a  leSvSon.  Excusing  himself  he 
left  his  pupil  playing  the  A  minor  prelude.  Vol.  II,  Bach,  and  step- 
ped into  the  hall  to  see  his  visitors.  While  they  were  talking,  with 
the  door  just  ajar,  Dr.  Mason,  noticing  the  quality  of  touch  and 
r>'thmical  character  of  the  playing,  asked  *Who's  that  you've  got 
there?'  and,  turning  to  Mr.  MacDowell,  added,  'There  is  sense  in 
that  kind  of  playing;  she's  a  good  one,  eh?'  to  which  the  Columbia 
professor  nodded  assent.  'Who  is  it?'  again  to  Bowman.  *0h 
(banteringly),  just  one  of  the  pupils  you  wouldn't  take  a  few  years 
ago.'  'Well,'  replied  the  doctor,  *you  just  send  her  to  me  and 
I'll  send  you  a  stupid  one  in  exchange.'  The  pupil  who  was  play- 
ing the  Bach  Prelude  so  much  to  the  liking  of  her  di.stinguislied 
li.steners  was  Miss  Pickard.  Miss  Pickard  has  taught  at  the  Con- 
servatory at  Meadville,  Pa.,  and  at  Jamestown.  N.  Y.,  her  home. 
She  was  organist  for  some  time  at  the  First  M.  E.  Church  there. 
She  expects  to  return  next  fall  to  study  another  season  with  Mr. 
Bowman,  and  it  is  safe  to  predict  for  her  a  brilliant  career." 


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12  The  Lyre, 


Chapter  Personals. 


.  ALPHA. 

Louise  Ullyette  will  not  return  this  year. 

Daisy  Estep  will  return  after  the  holidays. 

Janet  Wilson  visited  in  Richmond  this  summer. 

Emma  Miller  expects  to  enter  for  the  Fall  term. 

Mayme  O'Dell  will  not  be  able  to  enter  this  term. 

Meta  Horner  is  .<udying  at  the  Valparaiso  normal  school. 

*  Pearl  Waugh  spent  a  few  days  at  Chatauqua  this  summer. 

Helen  O'Dell  spent  a  few  weeks  at  the  Omaha  Exposition. 

Jo.sephine  Tingley.  of  Toronto,  visited  in  Greencastle  this  sum- 
mer. 

Ida  Steele  has  returned  to  continue  her  studies  in  Chicago  uni- 
versity. 

Adeline  Rowley  was  called  to  mourn  the  death  of  her  youngest 
brother  recently. 

Mrs.  Ella  Farthing  Clites,  an  early  initiate  of  Alpha  chapter, 
now  resides  at  Clarksburg,  Indiana. 

Miss  Maude  Povvell's  greetings  to  the  Fraternity  reached  us 
from  Canterbury,  England,  in  August. 

Flora  Vandyke  was  married  to  Mr.  Whisand,  of  Ashmore,  in 
July.      Mame  Jennings  attended  the  wedding. 

Helen  Birch  had  the  pleasure  of  meeting  a  number  of  Delta 
girls  while  studying  with  vSherwood  at  Chatauqua. 

Eva  Osburn  will  return  for  college  work  and  post  graduate  work 
in  voice.      She  will  also  have  a  small  cla.S8  in  voice. 

Lucy  Andrews  will  continue  her  studies  at  tjie  New  England 
Conservatory  this  year.      She  will  be  affiliated    wnth    Zeta    chapter. 

Bertta  Miller  has  a  large  music  cla.ss  in  Richmond  and  sings  at 
the  Episcopal  church.  She  is  also  a  member  of  the  matinoe  musi- 
cal. 

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Kstelle  Leonard,  charter  member,  and  Rose  Mert*dith,  first  ini- 
tiate of  Alpha  chapter,  are  planning  to  attend  the  convention  at 
Albion. 

Kstelle  Leonard  and  Rose  Meredith,  while  visiting  in  Indianap- 
olis this  summer,  met  some  of  the  pioneer  members  of  Alpha 
chapter. 

Zella  Marshall  still  continues  her  work  with  Liebling,  and  has  a 
studio  in  Chicago  where  she  receives  ])upils.  She  also  does  some 
concert  work. 

Florence  Thompson  was  married  on  September  Fourteenth  to 
Mr.  Joseph  Taggart,  of  Indiana])()lis.  They  will  be  at  home  at  2150 
North   Meridian  Street. 

Mame  Jennings  visited  friends  in  (ireencastlt*  in  July.  She  will 
be  at  her  home  in  Newcastle  this  winter,  having  resigned  hei  posi- 
tion as  teacher  in  a  southern  collegtf. 

At  the  opening  of  school  Alpha  had  the  {pleasure  of  meeting 
Mrs.  Jean  Whitcomb  Fenn.  Beta  chapter,  who  was  visiting  her 
parents  in  Greencastle.      Mrs.    Fenn    lesides    in    Leavenworth,  Kas. 

Eva  R.  Meredith,   the    first    meni])er   initiated    into   Alpha   Chi 

Omega,  has  a  large  cla.ss  in  vocal  and  instrumental  music  at  Muncie. 
She  often  plays  on  the  programs  of  the  matinee  musical  ot  that  place, 
and  has  given  a  series  of  pupils'  recitals 


BHTA. 

Gertrude  Buck,  of  Chicago,  hns  just  published  a  new  waltz. 

Katherine  Roode  is  taking   the    course  ol  a  trained  nurse  in  Chi- 
cago. 

Beta  is  anticipating  a   visit    Irom    Ivlizabeth    Avery,    of    Phelps, 
N.  Y 

Eva  Pratt  returns  to  BostOii  n-j.xt  month    lor    her    third    year    in 
the  art  school. 

Miss  Grace  Brown  has  been   suffering    with    a    >e\  ere    attack  of 
tyhoid  fever. 

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Miss  Alta  Allen  has  accepted  a  position  in  Albion  college,  as 
teacher  of  Latin. 

Mrs.  Belle  Fiske  Leonard  took  a  five  weeks'  trip  through  Colo- 
rado this  summer. 

Misses  Lina  and  Nellie  Baum  have  been  visiting  Chicago  and 
Three  Oakes  friends. 

Miss  Cora  Harrington  is  soprano  soloist  in  the  First  Methodist 
church  of  Jackson,  Mich. 

Miss  Ida  Billinghurst  will  return  to  New  York  this  fall  to  con- 
tinue her  work  in  the  Pratte  institute. 

Miss  Maude  Armstrong  will  not  return  this  fall  as  she  has  ac- 
cepted a  position  in  the  Detroit  schools. 

Mrs.  Martha  R.  Colby  was  at  Chicamagua  with  her  husband, 
Dr.  Chas.  Colby,  for  several  days  in  July. 

Miss  ClaTis.sa  Dickie,  who  spent  last  year  studying  in  New 
York,  has  been  engaged  as  one  of  the  piano  instructors  in  Albion 
college. 

Miss  Lucie  McMasters  had  charge  of  the  first  concert  of  the  as- 
sembly at  Ludington  this  season.  She  was  assisted  by  Miss  Ethel 
Calkins. 

Miss  Myrtie  White,  who  has  been  spending  some  time  with  her 
parents  in  Albion,  has  returned  to  Chicago,  where  she  holds  a  church 
position  and  is  also  an  assistant  teacher  of  Mr.  Hood. 

Miss  Kittie  Kggleston  will  give  a  recital  in  Marshall  Sept.  21st. 
Miss  Eggleston  has  been  studying  with  Max  Bendix  the  past  year. 
She  will  be  assisted  by  Dr.  Edward  B.  Spaulding,  baritone,  of 
Detroit. 


GAMMA. 


Miss  Theodora  Chaffee  visited  in  New  York  several  weeks. 
Miss  Irene  Stevens  visited  in  Bay  View  in  July  and  August. 
Miss  Carrie  Holbrook  visited  in  Savannah,  111.,  during    August. 
Miss  Grace  Richardson    spent  a  few    weeks    in    Holland,    Mich. 

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Miss  Grace  Ericson  had  a  two  weeks'  outing  in  Tomahawk, 
Wis. 

Miss  Blanche  Hughes  has  spent  the  summer  in  Grand  Rapids, 
Mich. 

Miss  Cora  Seegers  was  at  Paw  Paw  Lake,  Mich.,  for  a  few 
weeks. 

Miss  Cornelia  Porter,  of  Harabco.  Wis.,  camped  at  Devil's  Lake, 
Wis. ,  for  a  month. 

Miss  Lillian  Siller  enjoyed  a  lake  trip  to  Buffalo  and  Niagara 
Falls  the  latter  part  of  August. 

Misses  Jane  and  Beulah  Hough,  of  Jackson,  Mich.,  camped  with 
a  party  at  Clark's  Lake,  Mich.,  in  July. 

Miss  Ethel  Lillyblade,  who  graduated  from  the  school  of  music 
in  '97,  expects  to  return  this  year  to  study  oratory. 

Miss  Margaret  Kellogg  attended  the  commencementof  William's 
college  in  June,  and  spent  the  rest  of  the  summer  at  her  home  in 
Leon,  N.  Y. 


DELTA. 

Miss  Helen  Orris  has  been  visiting  in  Buffalo. 

Miss  Edith  Roddy  spent  a  part  of  the  summer  in  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

Mrs.    Robson  is  visiting  her  parents  in  Mead vi He   this  summer. 

Miss  Elsie  Kiefer  has  been  visiting  Zella  Home   in    Greenville. 

Miss  Grace  Hammond  has  been  at  Lilly    Dale,    N.    Y.,    for   the 
season. 

Miss  Flora  Eastman  has  been    spending    the    summer    with    her 
sister  in  Lima,  O. 

Our  girls  are  happy  over  their  little  Alpha  Chi  baby,  the  daugh- 
ter of  Mrs.  Seiple. 

Miss  Gertrude  Ogden  has  gone  with   Miss    Blanche    Stephenson 
to  the  latter's  home  in  Utica,  Penn. 

Mrs.  Irvin,  one  of  the  initiates  of  the  year  1897-98,  left  us  in  June 

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for  Sitka,  Alaska,  where  she  is  to  make    her    home.      All    sincerely 
regret  that  she  had  to  leave  us  ^o  soon. 

Miss  Blanche  Stevenson,  who  spent  the  winter  at  Washington 
seminary,  has  been  visiting  the  Misses  Ogden. 

Misses  Anna  Ray,  Florence  Harper  and  May  Graham  spent  a 
few  days  very  pleasantly  with  Sarah  Evans  in  Greenville. 

Miss  Frances  Hyers,  who  has  been  studying  music  in  Oberlin 
since  the  holidays,  has  returned  for  the  summer  to  her  home  in 
Cooperstown,  Penn. 

Miss  Helen  Kdsall  has  returned,  after  a  year's  absence  abroad, 
to  her  home  in  Elniira,  N.  Y.,  and  she  expects  to  resume  her  work 
in  Meadville  in  September. 

Miss  Fern  Fickard,  who  has  been  doing  such  successful  work 
under  Mr.  Bowman  in  New  York,  is  at  her  home  in  Jamestown  for 
the  summer.      She  has  been  visiting  Delta    girls    in    various    places, 

Mrs.  Juria  O.  Hull,  lornierly  director  of  the  Meadville  Conserva- 
tory of  Music,  will  open  a  vocal  studio  in  Erie,  Pennsylvania,  the 
8th  of  Septembvir.  Mrs.  fiull  is  an  enthusiastic  Alpha  Chi  and  will 
be  glad  to  receive  her  sisters  at  loob  State  street. 

Miss  Juvenilia  O.  Porter  stopped  overtrains  in  Meadville  recent- 
ly and  met  a  number  of  her  Alpha  Chi  sisters.  Miss  Porter  will 
play  in  a  stock  company  this  winter  at  the  Star  Theatre,  Cincin- 
nati, as  Miss  Olive  Porter,  and  will  be  most  happy  to  meet  any  of 
her  sisters  who  mav  be  there. 


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EPSILON. 

Nellie  Keep  is  at  Catalina  Island. 

Xellie  Green  is  busy  with  her  classes  in  elocution. 

Ina  Gothard    is   still  traveling  but  hopes  to  be  with  us  this  fall. 

Mabel  Chalfin  remained  at  home  all  summer  working  at  her 
music  and  china  painting. 

Louanna  Hardwick  will  attend  Miss  Mason's  school,  in  Tarry- 
town,  near  New  York,  this  year. 

Nell  Burton  is  studying  under  Herr  Becker.  She  will  accom- 
pany him  to  Germany  next  year. 

Mrs.  Vancleve  who  is  just  convalescent  from  a  severe  illness 
spent  part  of  the  summer  at  Long  Beach. 

We  have  missed  Mrs.  Chas.  Brown  (Gamma)  very  much;  she 
has  been  spending  her  summer  in  the  East. 

Nell  Burton,  Lillian  Whitton,  Ora  Millard,  Ollie  Barringer, 
Jessie  Davis  and  Stella  Chamblin,  of  Gamma,  spent  several  weeks 
at  Long  Beach. 


ZETA. 

Miss  Mary  Johnson  expects  to  return  to  school  this  year. 

Miss  Belle  M.    Sigourney  visited  the  school    at   commencement. 

Miss  Alice  F.  Parker  '96  .spent  the  month  of  Auguest  at  Rye 
Beach,  N.  H. 

Miss  Mary  Patterson  '97  has  been  spending  the  summer  at  Rus- 
sell Cottages,  Kearsarge  Village,  N.  H. 

Miss  Sade  Farel  '98  has  been  a  pupil  of  Sherwood,  of  Chicago, 
at  Chatauqua  during  the  summer  months. 

Miss  Irene  Spencer  was  married  on  the  ninth  of  August  to  Mr. 
A.  C.  Gounley.  They  will  make  their  home  in  Great  Fall,  Mon- 
tana. 

Miss  Lilla  Johnson  '98    has   accepted   a  position    as   teacher  of 

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voice  culture  at  the  Girls'  Industrial  normal  school  at  Milledgeville, 
Georgia. 

Miss  Jessie  Belle  Wood  '98  had  the  honor  of  opening  the  com- 
mencement exercises  in  Tremont  Temple  with  Schumann's  Davids- 
biindler  which  she  rendered  so  creditably.  She  also  received  the 
silver  seal  on  her  diploma. 


ETA. 

Jessie  Steiner  has  been  made  organist  of  the  local  Christian 
church. 

Frances  Woods  will  be  a  senior  next  year,  in  harmony  and 
piano. 

Ida  Liszt  is  teaching  piano  and  organ,  and  during  the  summer 
is  taking  lessons  in  German. 

Amy  Gilbert  graduated  in  Piano  and  in  Harmony.  She  will 
visit  us  at  the  opening  of  College. 

Belle  Bartol  has  just  composed  an  Alphi  Chi  song, — words  and 
music, — and  sent  out  blue  print  copies  to  many  of  the  girls.  During 
the  summer  she  is  taking  mandolin  lessons. 

Jessie  Steiner  won  honors  for  Eta  chapter  at  commencement. 
She  was  awarded  the  first  senior  essay  prize  of  twenty-four  dollars, 
also  the  Craige  Lippincott  literary  prize  of  fifty  dollars,  Jessie 
Steiner  graduated  in  both  the  pipe  organ  and  in  the  literary  course. 


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Giapter  Letters. 


ALPHA. 

The  summer  vacation  has  been  so  replete  with  pleasures  that  it 
seems  very  short  and  we  can  scarcely  realize  that  the  time  to  com- 
mence another  year  of  hard  work  is  nearing.  For  most  of  the  Alpha 
girls  the  summer  has  been  a  time  for  rest,  and  each  so  availed  her- 
self of  this  opportunity  that  very  few  letters  have  been  exchanged — 
hence  this  must  necessarily  contain  much  of  my  own  doings. 

It  was  my  priv^ilege  to  meet  with  the  "Kta"  girls  at  the  time 
of  the  establishment  of  their  chapter  and  my  visit  with  them,  from 
Wednesday  until  the  following  Monday,  was  one  which  afforded  me 
great  enjoyment  and  the  longer  I  think  of  it  the  more  I  appreciate 
their  efforts  to  entertain  me.  It  wan  the  week  before  their  com- 
mencement when  all  the  girls  were  busy  with  examinations  and  re- 
citals. I  had  the  pleasure  of  attending  one  Piano  and  one  Pipe 
Organ  recital.  Both  were  very  good  indeed.  Bucknell  University 
contains  many  excellent  and  energetic  girls  who  are  thorough  stu- 
dents and  our  new  Alpha  Chi  sisters  are  loyal  and  ready  to  build  up 
a  strong  chapter  there. 

The  most  direct  route  from  Greencastle  to  Lewisburg  is  through 
central  Pennsylvania,  through  some  of  the  most  beautiful  scenery  of 
the  East.  Those  of  you  who  have  seen  the  Allegheny  mountains  in 
the  month  of  June  when  they  wear  a  coat  of  the  most  brilliant 
shades  of  green,  know  something  of  the  pleasure  that  this  trip  af- 
forded me.  On  my  return  I  visited  Niagara  Falls  and  spent  a  few 
days  in  Cleveland,  O. ,  with  friends  who  showed  me  the  beauties^of 
the  city.  J  found  a  few  Alpha  Chis  left  at  Greencastle  who  were 
anxiously  awaiting  my  return  to  know  the  news  from  our  new  sis- 
ters. We  expect  many  of  our  girls  to  return  to  school  this  fall  and 
we  hope  to  make  this  year  a  very  profitable  one. 

With  best  wishes  from  Alpha  to  all  the  girls  of  Alpha  Chi  and 
to  all  readers  of  the  Lyre.  Mildred  Rutledge. 

Sept.  13,1898. 

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BETA. 

It  is  with  best  wishes  for  a  successful  session  during  1898-99 
that  Beta  greets  her  sister  chapters. 

We  are  looking  forward  to  an  unusually  prosperous  year,  for  a 
large  amount  of  good  fraternity  material  is  expected. 

On  commencement  day  of  last  June  it  was  announced  that  Otto 
Sand  had  been  engaged  as  director  of  the  Conservatory.  This  was 
indeed  joyous  tidings,  for  his  reputation  as  violinist  and  conductor  is 
sure  to  draw  a  large  number  of  new  students  for  the  conserv^atory. 
Mr.  Sand  is  a  native  of  Berlin,  where  he  studied  at  the  Hochschule 
under  such  celebrated  teachers  as  Musin  and  Miiller,  acting  as  con- 
cert-master for  the  Berlin  Philharmonic.  His  wife,  an  excellent 
pianist,  will  be  associated  with  him  in  his  work  here,  as  she  has 
been  engaged  as  one  of  the  instructors  on  the  piano. 

Beta  held  her  annual  reunion  June  i8th  at  the  lodge.  About 
forty  loyal  Alpha  Chis  were  present  to  participate  in  a  jolly  good 
time.     In  the  afternoon  the  following  program  was  given: 


Piauo  5olo 

Welcome 

Kespouse 

Vocal  Solo 

Zu  den  Friihling 

Huiiioreske 

"The    Dream" 
"Sweetheart,  Tell  Me" 


Selrcted. 


Klizabeth  A.  Tefft.  97 

Ada  Dickie.  '9S 

Janette  Alien  Cushman,  '93. 

Cora  K.  Harrington.  '94. 

Martha  R.  Colhv. 

-  >  —  ■.  . 

Clarissa  Dickie.  "94. 

Kate  Calkins.  '01. 
Piano  D>iet.  Die  Shonv:  Magklonk, 

Grace  Dishrow.  Kthel  Calkins. 


Grieo. 

N.  Von  Wilm 

rubrnstkin 
MacDowbll 

N.  Von  Wilm 


An  informal  social  time  followed  and  then  we  left  our  little  **dove 
cote"  to  return  at  eight,  when  we  found  it  transformed  into  a  perfect 
bower  of  beauty.  Two  long  tables  sparkled  with  silver  and  cut 
glass.  On  both  tables  were  several  small  vases  filled  with  scarlet 
carnations,  attached  to  each  flower  and  extending  to  every  place 
was  the  scarlet  and  olive  ribbon,  so  that  graceful  fe.stoons  were  form- 
ed the  entire  length  of  the  table.     After   a    sumptuous   banquet   we 


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enjoyed  as  usual  an  intellectual  feast,  Miss  Maude  Armstrong  acting 
as  toast  mistress. 

Sisters  Alta  AUen,  Kate  Calkins,  Mamie  Dickie  and  Miss  Clar- 
issa Dickie  gave  a  luncheon  Friday,  September  the  second,  in  honor 
of  Miss  Margaret  E.  Gaylord,  of  New  York  City.  Miss  Gaylord  is 
the  soprano  soloist  in  Beecher's  old  church  in  Brooklyn,  now  that  of 
Dr.  Lyman  Abbott.  The  guests  present  enjoyed  a  rare  treat  in  her 
singing.  She  possesses  a  voice  ot  great  beauty  and  power  which 
she  uses  with  artistic  effect. 

Fannie  Dissette  responded  to  toasts  with  her  customary  wit 
and  eloquence. 

Beta  will  open  the  tall  term  of  '98  with  an  enthusiastic  chapter 
of  ten  girls,  who  will  soon  prove  that  they  are  back  for  work,  and 
when  the  smoke  of  the  battle  has  cleared  away,  when  the  groans  of 
the  victims  have  ceased,  and  when  poor  Billy  is  recuperating  after 
his  brave  struggles,  we  will  undoubtedly  take  time  to  write  with  due 
calmness  to  the  Lyre  and  upon  its  pages  have  recorded  our  captures. 

Wishing  you  all  the  same  success,  and  pledging  our  perpetual 
and  ever-growing  love  for  old  Alpha  Chi,  Beta  bids  adieu. 

Ada  Dickik, 
Corresponding  Sec'y. 


GAMMA. 
Dear  Sisters: 

There  seems  so  little  to  say  in  a  chapter  letter  at  this  time  of  the 
year  when  the  activ^e  work  of  the  chapter  has  ceased. 

We  town  girls  have  enjoyed  the  PVat  this  summer  more  than 
usual  since  there  have  been  so  many  of  us  here.  We  organized  a 
card  club  and  have  met  once  a  week  with  the  exception  of  a  few 
weeks  in  the  middle  of  the  summer  when  there  were  not  enough  of 
us.  Each  girl  took  turns  at  entertaining  and  in  this  way  we  have 
enjoyed  each  other's  company  so  much. 

One  week  when  there  were  only  a  few  of  us  in  town  we  had  a 
jolly  picnic  at  Winnetka  (five  miles  north  of  ICvanston  ).  Another 
time  we  went  up  to  Milwaukee,  Wis. ,    by    boat    chaperoned    by    the 

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father  of  one  of  the  girls.      Of  course  that  made  a  whole  day  of  it  for 
us  from  7  a.  m.  until  1 1 130  p.  m. ,  but  it  was   a   very    delightful  trip. 

We  will  have  all  of  our  old  chapter  back  but  about  five.  That 
will  give  us  a  strong  chapter  to  start  with  as  we  had  eighteen  active 
members  last  year. 

We  are  certainly  very  glad  to  welcome  our  new  chapter  and 
hope  it  will  have  a  very  prosperous  year.  They  have  already  shown 
their  loyalty  by  sending  in  a  song  by  one  of  their  members.  We 
hope  the  convention  will  be  successful  this  year  and  that  every 
chapter  will  be  well  represented.  Gamma  hopes  to  send  visitors  as 
well  as  delegates.  . 

Gamma  sends  best  wishes  to  all  the  chapters  for  a  prosperous 
and  enthusiastic  year. 

Lillian  Siller,  Cor.  Sec'y. 


DELTA. 

Dear  Sisters: 

Vacation  days  are  fast  slipping  by  and  soon  Alpha  Chis  will, 
everywhere,  be  gathering  together  once  more,  ready  for  good  earnest 
work  both  in  school  and  in  Fraternity. 

There  have  been  many  changes  in  the  Meadville  school  this 
year,  so  Delta  girls  will  have  to  accustom  themselves  to  much  that 
is  strange.  Indeed  even  the  name  of  the  school  is  different  now, 
being  no  longer  the  Meadville  Conservatory  of  Music,  but,  instead, 
the  Pennsylvania  College  of  Music. 

There  are  two  new  teachers  in  the  faculty,  Herr  Heink,  teacher 
of  piano  and  voice,  .Mr.  Wilhelm  Schmidt,  piano  ;while  Miss  Edsall 
resumes  her  place  after  a  year's  absence  in  Berlin.  Mrs.  Hull,  who 
has  been  director  and  voice  teacher,  leaves  the  school  to  start  a 
studio  in  Erie,  Penn.  She  has  been  a  most  loyal  Alpha  Chi,  and 
will  be  much  missed  by  "the  girls",  but  she  promises  to  be  with  us 
sometimes  still,  and  we  will  seize  every  opportunity  to  make  those 
sometimes  as  frequent  as  possible. 

Our  girls  seem  to  have  more  enthusiasm  than  usual  this  year, 
and  it  is  hoped  that  the  winter  may  be  a  profitable  one  full  of  sincere 
endeavor  to  make  our  fraternity  all  that  it  ought  to  be. 

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One  cause  of  our  enthusiasm,  or  perhaps  result  of  it,  has  been 
the  formation  of  an  Alpha  Chi  summer  club,  composed  of  the  girls 
who  have  remained  in  Meadville  during  the  vacation.  I  said  "club**, 
but  it  could  scarcely  be  called  by  so  dignified  a  name  for  we  simply 
met  together  informally,  on  Friday  afternoons,  at  the  homes  of  the 
various  girls,  and  there  sewed,  visited  and  talked  over  Fra- 
ternity, and  transacted  such  little  business  as  there  is  to  attend  to  in 
the  summer.  The  meetings  were  delightful  and  if  any  other  chapter 
thinks  of  trying  the  same,  it  certainly  should  feel  encouraged,  for 
Delta  considers  the  plan  a  decided  success.  Next  Friday,  instead  of 
our  regular  meeting,  we  give  a  dinner  at  the  Ponce  DeLeon  Springs, 
in  honor  of  Mrs.  Hull.  There  will  be  about  eighteen  girls  present 
and  a  pleasant  time  is  anticipated. 

Mrs.  John  Dick  gave  an  informal  and  delightful  morning  musi- 
cal, August  i6th,  in  the  large  parlor  of  the  Commercial  hotel.  She 
had  the  assistance  of  her  sister,  Juvia  O.  Hull,  in  five  charming  duets, 
and  Miss  Barnaby  in  two  pleasing  piano  numbers.  Miss  Barnaby  also 
acted  in  the  capacity  of  accompanist.  Mrs.  Dick  sang  charmingly.  Her 
voice  is  pure,  sympathetic,  dramatic,  and  of  delightful  timbre,  and  ev- 
ery number  on  her  program  was  a  gem  in  itself  and  very  artistically 
given.  The  duets  were  a  pleasing  feature,  the  voices  of  these  two 
sisters,  artists,  being  so  nearly  of  a  quality.  The  following  numbers 
were  rendered: 

The  Clover  Blossoms  .....                       Rogers 

An  Old  Garden                  -  -          •         -                                                                          Tbmple 

My    Mother   Bids  Me  Bind    My   Hair  Haydn 

A  Madri  gal  ...            Harris 

In  a  Bower  -                                             Nevin 

(a)  No.    I    Child's  Garden  of    Verses               ....                  Nevin 

(b)  No.  2  Child's  Garden  of  Verses              ...                                                 Nevin 

(c)  I  once  Had  Dear  Little  Doll,  Dears  _                   .                  .                    .                   Nevin 

(d)  Utile  Boy  Blue  -  -De  Koven 
My  Dreams  -  .....  Tosti 
Deserted  _  .  .  .  MacDowbll 
If  I  But  Knew  .....  Smith 
Si  j  'itais  Jardinier  -  ....  Chaminade 
V  am  cau  L'  argent  -                       ...                      Chaminade 

Though  we  have  had  a  busy,  happy  summer  in  our  chapter, 
there  is  not  a  great  deal  of  news  for  our  other  sisters,  so  I  will  sim- 
ply ask  pardon  for  a  short,  uninteresting  letter,  knowing  that  you  all 

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24  The  Lyre 

have  had,  at  times,  the  same  experience  and  know  how  unsatis- 
factory it  is  to  beg  the  muses  to  help  you  to  write  something  when 
theie  really  isn't  anything  to  write. 

With  greetings  to  all  Alpha  Chi  Omega. 

Yours  in  the  bond, 

Edith  J.  Roddy. 
August  23rd,  1898. 


EPSILON. 

• 
Dear  Sisters: 

Epsilon  held  her  first  meeting  today  and  elected  Miss  Stella 
Chamblin,  of  Gamma,  to  represent  us  at  Convention.  She  leaves 
for  the  East  the  first  of  the  week.  Although  from  Gamma  chapter. 
Miss  Chamblin  is  a  California  girl  and  attended  U.  S.  C. 

The  college  doors  were  opened  for  registration  today  but  we  do 
not  yet  know  what  the  prospect  is  for  Alpha  Chi.  We  are  on  the 
outlook  for  new  members.  We  are  preparing  a  concert  to  be  given 
in  the  chapel  about  Oct.  14th. 

Trusting  the  convention  will  be  a  grand  success, 

I  am  yours, 

Jessik  Lkone  Davis. 
Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  Sept.  13,  '98. 


ZETA. 

Yet  another  vacation  is  past  and  gone  and  a  new  year  opens 
before  us.  A  new  year  in  which  to  prove  our  loyalty  to  the  scarlet 
and  olive,  the  standard  colors  of  our  fraternity.  How  many  times  have 
we  looked  back  and  heaved  sighs  of  regret  at  the  neglected  oppor- 
tunity. How  many  times  have  we  longed  for  a  chance  to  try  again. 
Now  that  longed  for  chance  stares  us  in  the  face,  and  shall  we  not 
take  advantage  of  it?  Shall  we  not  all  universally  work  closer  to 
gether  in  the  bond  for  the  interest  of  Alpha  CUi,  and  each  individu- 
ally for  that  of  her  own  chapter?     It  seems  a    difficult    task,    does  it 

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not.  but  so  easy  if  we  only  go  at  it  with  a  determined  will  and  in  the 
right  and  true  waj-. 

The  coining  convention  is  naturally  our  principal  topic  as  we 
meet  together  again.  That  it  shall  be  a  success,  we  have  resolved, 
and  it  is  self-evident  that  all  are  agreed  fn  the  common  interest  that 
is  before  us. 

Zeta  will  begin  with  a  small  number  of  active  members,  so  will 
have  to  work  with  a  greater  zeal  than  has  been  her  custom  in  pre- 
ceding years.  Yet  we  are  sure  that  our  sister  chapters  have  similar 
experiences  each  year. 

This  is  the  thirteenth  year  since  our  fraternity  was  founded,  and 
why  .should  we  not  put  to  flight  all  superstition  and  make  it  the 
most  prosperous  and  successful?  That  we  may  all  strive  for  the 
very  highest  in  this  end  is  the  earnest  wish  of  Zeta  as  she  sends 
greetings  at  this  the  beginning  of  a  new  year. 

E.  H.  Manchester. 


ETA. 

As  a  rule  babies  make  considerable  noise;   they    prattle   a   little 
but  are  never  supposed  to  say  anything   very  wivSe.      The  Alpha  Chi 
baby  I  presume  will  be  an  exception  to  the   general    rule.     The  Eta 
chapter  is  a  strong,  vigorous,  healthy  infant  and   like  all    such    will 
no  doubt  make  some  noise.      When  a  queen    is   born   the   bands   of 
niusic  play,  the  bells  ring,    the   people   turn    out    in  holiday    attire; 
^hen  Eta  chapter  was  born  all  this  occurred,   for   she    was  born  dur- 
ing the  commencement  season  of  the  university. 

Mi.ss  Mildred  Rutledge,  of  the  Alpha  chapter  introduced  us  to 
^he  mysteries  of  Alpha  Chi  Omega,  and  no  one  could  have  perfonned 
^hat  duty  more  acceptably;  her  strength  and  kindness  gave  the  girls 
^  most  favorable  impression  of  the  fraternity.  The  initiates  however 
^t-e  sorry  that  they  were  so  pressed  with  the  duties  incident  to  a 
College  commencement  that  they  did  not  find  the  time  to  fully  enjoy 
^^er  visit.  We  know  that  in  this  particular  we  missed  much  in  the 
^^ay  of  valuable  advice  out  of  her  full  experience. 

We  have  had  two  delightful  letters   from   our   sister   chapters — 

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from  Delta  and  from  Zeta.     The  girls  appreciated   this   very    much. 

The  outlook  for  our  future  is  altogether  favorable.  Our  faculty 
of  music  is  in  sympathy  with  fraternities:  the  director,  Professor 
Aviragnet,  has  written  two  new  songs  for  the  Pi  Beta  Phi  song  book; 
Miss  Crawford,  our  teacher  of  vocal  music,  is  herself  a  member  of 
Alpha  Phi:  and  we  feel  sure  of  the  sympathy  of  Miss  Aikin  and 
the  other  teachers.  Miss  Aikin,  our  teacher  of  piano,  has  had 
charge  of  the  work  in  French  at  the  Pennsylvania  Chatauqua 
this  summer. 

The  university  has  a  rule  which  will  probably  interfere  with  the 
rapid  growth  of  Eta  chapter,  no  doubt  in  the  end  this  rule  will  help 
all  the  fraternities.  No  student  here  may  become  a  member  of  a 
Greek  letter  socity  until  she  has  com'pleted  one  year  of  her  course  of 
study.  The  rule  will  handicap  us  in  the  start  but  we  are  anxious  for 
the  opening  of  the  year  to  make  an  attempt  at  chapter  work.  Of 
course  fraternity  endeavor  will  be  wholly  new  to  us  but  we  shall  do 
our  best  to  deserve  success.  Beixe  Bartol. 


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ALPHA  CHI  OMEGA. 

CHAPTER  ROLL 

Alpha, DePauw  University,  Greencastle,  Indiana. 

Beta, Albion  College,  Albion,  Michigan. 

Gamma, Northwestern  University,  Evanston,  Illinois. 

Delta,  .    .    .  Pennsylvania  College  of  Music,  Meadville,  Pennsylvania. 
Epsilon,  .  University  of  Southern  California,  Los  Angeles,  California. 

Zeta, New  England  Conservatory,  Boston,  Massachusetts. 

Eta, Bucknell  University,  Lewisburg,  Pennsylvania. 

Theta, University  of  Michigan,  Ann  Arbor,  Michigan. 

GRAND  CHAPTER-ALPHA. 

GENERAL  OFFICERS. 

« 

President, Raeburn  Cowger,  Alpha. 

Vice  President Winifred  Bartholomew,  Theta. 

Secretary Ethel  Eggleston,  Zeta. 

Treasurer Gertrude  Ogden,  Delta. 

CORRESPONDING  SECRETARIES. 

Alpha, Elmena  Lank 

Beta, Lina  Baum,  211  E.  Erie  St. 

Gamma,  .    .    .  Grace  E.  Richardson,  106  Buena  Ave.,  Buena  Park,  111. 

Delta, L.  Fay  Barnaby,  North  Park  Ave. 

Epsilon, Jessie  Leone  Davis,  2904  Vermont  Ave. 

Zeta, Lucy  G.  Andrews,  New  England  Conservatory. 

Eta, Belle  Bartol. 

Theta, Alberta  Daniels. 


ARTIST'S  PROFESSIONAIi  CARDS. 


Fannie  Bloomfield-Zeisler, 


568  East  Division  Street, 


Chicago,  Illinois, 


niss  Neally  Stevens, 

Concert  Pianist. 

Alameda  County, 
Residence,  5an  Lorenzo. 

California, 


Maud  Powell, 

Violinist. 


40  West  Twentieth  Street, 


New  York  City. 


riarie  Decca, 

American 
Prima  Donna, 

Opera,  Oratorio,  Concert,  Etc. 
SOPRANO. 

Address,  Care  the  Musical  Courier,  New  York. 


THE  LYRE 


OF 


alphi  Chi  Omega 


VOL.  III.  DECEMBER,  1898.  NO.  4 


"THE  CHORAL  NOCTURNE.'' 

[Chopin.    Opus  87,  No.  1.] 

As  a  proper  preamble  let  the  reader  learn  all  he  can  of  the  actual 
character  of  this  composer,  as  an  individual.  Let  him  dispose  of  his 
own  glaring,  aggressive  personality  as  far  as  possible,  and  for  the  time 
being  let  the  emotions  be  in  a  state  of  receptivity. 

In  some  such  way  only  can  we  of  grosser  and  more  world-hardened 
natures  comprehend,  even  in  a  small  measure,  the  wonderful  vibrations 
upon  this  human  soul  which  produced  the  varied  musical  conceptions 
of  Chopin.  Like  the  harp  of  an  angel,  who  passing,  suffers  it  to  be 
caressed  by  some  soft  southern  breeze,  which  kisses  its  trembling 
strings  into  melody ;  or,  shaken  and  cowering  'neath  the  rush  of  the 
storm  it  wails  an  almost  breathless  song  which  wrings  the  responsive 
heart  of  the  listener,  so  does  his  peculiar  personality  characterize  every 
composition. 

Chopin,  now  an  invalid,  worn  and  wasted  by  consumption,  is  ending 
a  weary  existence  upon  an  island  of  the  south.  Through  a  supersti- 
tion of  the  natives,  who  believed  that  the  disease  was  contagious, 
Chopin  is  compelled  to  take  up  his  residence,  with  a  party  of  friends 
who  accompany  him — George  Sand  among  them — in  an  old,  deserted 
monastery.     Wearied  with  the  dreariness  of  the  house  and  longing, 

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perhaps,  for  a  few  hours  from  the  atmosphere  of  invalidism,  the  entire 
party  had  gone  for  a  sail  upon  the  lake,  leaving  Chopin  alone. 

The  day  is  cheerleas.  A  gray,  unbroken  sky  closes  all  the  doors  of 
heaven  and  our  poet-musician  wanders  restlessly  to  and  fro,  now  gazing 
with  an  intensity  born  of  longing  for  a  possible  glimpse  of  the  return- 
ing party,  and  then,  disappointed,  he  stands  and  listens  to  the  throb  of 
the  surf  on  the  shore.  Its  minor  cadence  forms  an  unconscious  accom- 
paniment to  his  own  sad  thoughts.  Hear  the  far  away  rush  of  the 
water,  amorous  for  the  pebbly  beach!  Again  it  recedes,  coming  nearer 
its  object  of  affection,  and  again  it  gathers  renewed  energy  for  the  final 
leap  to  the  waiting  shore.     [Bass  clef,  measure  1,  2,  3.] 

"How  like  my  own  life,"  he  muses. 

To  the  music  of  the  waters,  which  wail  with  unappeased  longing,  he 
sits  and  dreams  as  the  day  grows  long,  of  the  last  beautiful  flower  of 
Hope  which  lies  withering  upon  his  sad  breast.  [Treble  clef,  1,  2,  3, 
4,  meas.] 

He  sighs  as  he  thinks  of  unfulfilled  longings,  of  dreams  of  happiness 
which  would  never  be  realized,  and  of  the  many  tender  buds  of  hope 
which  never  reached  fruition.     [Bass  and  treble,  meas.  17.] 

He  questions  his  spirit  for  the  reason,  but  there  is  no  reply  save  a 
greater  on-rush  of  ecstatically  sad  emotion — and  the  impassioned  surf 
faints  on  the  breast  of  the  shore.  [Treble  clef,  meas.  9,  10,  11,  12, 
13.] 

He  turns  away  almost  stupefied  with  excessive  self-communion  and 
enters  again  the  bare,  cheerless  rooms.  As  he  sinks  into  an  old  chair 
he  sits  half  dreaming,  and  faintly,  like  the  sighing  of  a  lonely  mid- 
night zephyr,  he  hears  the  chanting  of  priests!  [Bass  and  treble,  1,  2, 
3  of  Choral.] 

Nearer,  slowly  nearer,  [Meas.  bass  and  treble,  10,  11]  the  grand  old 
harmonies  teach  the  echoes  the  refrain,  and  then,  out  from  the  nave 
comes  a  wonderful  procession  of  monks  of  the  long  dead  past — and  his 
heart  is  stilled  with  amazement. 

Steadily,  yet  with  solemn,   noiseless  tread,  they  move  slowly  past 
him,   ghostly  voices   chanting  still  the  hymn  of  long  ago.     [Meas. 
15,  16.] 

How  passive  they  are!     What  strangely  minor  cadences  fall  from 

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those  pale,  dead  lips!     Did  they  beckon  him?    [Meas.  21,  22.]     Are 
they  gone?    [Meas.  23.] 

Ah!  they  turn  and  send  the  last  farewell  tremblingly  through  the 
deathly  silence,  and  then  vanish!  [Meas.  24.]  A  long  shudder  of 
anguish  shakes  the  very  soul  of  this  dreaming  man,  and  he  recovers 
himself  with  a  start,  [Meas.  26]  but  only  to  resume  his  sad  com- 
muning. 

He  seeks  the  outer  air — ^the  atmosphere  of  the  monastery  stifles  him 
and  as  he  reaches  the  door  he  notes  with  joy  that  the  sun  has  parted 
the  heavy  curtains  of  gray  and  has  painted  the  sky  with  crimson  fire! 
[Meas.  46.] 

Across  the  water  a  broad  path  of  rosy  light  is  flung  and  his  joy  is 
complete,  his  late  griefs  fashion  the  annals  of  the  Past,  as  he  sees  his 
friends  returning  through  the  tender  shadows  of  the  fair  young  night. 
[Meas.  50,  61.] 

Pearl  Whitcomb-Henry, 

Representative  of  the  Derthick  Federation  of  Musical-Literary  Clubs. 


Great  singers  of  the  past!  whose  song 

Still  streams  down  earthward  pure  and  strong. 

— "Songs  of  Two  Worlds." 

The  hallowed  melody  of  magic  song 
Does  to  creation  as  a  link  belong; 
Blending  its  music  with  God's  harmony, 
As  rivers  melt  into  the  mighty  sea. 

— Schiller. 

It  is  music's  lofty  mission  to  shed  light  on  the  depths  of  the  human 
heart. — Schumann. 

As  the  true  poem  is  the  poet's  mind,  so  true  expression  is  the  artist's 
Boul. — Tapper. 

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CHRISTMAS-TIDE, 

**  When  rosemary  and  bays,  the  poet's  crown, 
Are  bawred  in  frequent  cries  through  all  the  town ; 
Then  judge  the  festival  of  Christmas  near. 
Christmas,  the  joyous  period  of  the  year ! 
Now  with  bright  holly  all  the  temples  strow, 
With  laurel  green,  and  sacred  mistletoe.'' 

As  the  yule-tide  rolls  in,  the  old  decorations  of  ivy  and  holly,  with 
the  occasional  mistletoe,  are  as  beautiful  as  the  first  Christmas  we  re- 
member— and  then  the  old  songs — sweet  as  the  mellow  voices  of  cathe- 
dral bells. 

Long  before  the  birth  of  our  Lord,  ivy  was  a  feature  of  festival  occa- 
sions. According  to  one,  the  original  name  of  Bacchus  Vas  Kisses,  the 
Greek  word  for  ivy.  It  was  under  this  vine  his  aunt  Ino  hid  him  from 
Juno,  and  Plutarch  tells  of  priests  avoiding  passing  the  vine  for  fear  of 
intoxication.  This  ancient  association  of  the  ivy  with  the  wine-god 
made  the  early  fathers  of  the  church  frown  upon  its  use  in  the  home 
and  "meeting-house." 

'*  At  Christmas  men  do  always  ivy  get, 
And  in  each  corner  of  the  house  it  set; 
But  why  do  they  then  use  that  Bacchus  weed? 
Because  they  mean,  then,  Bacchus -like  to  feed." 

Holly  in  its  use  was  quite  as  Pagan  as  the  ivy,  but  the  word  can  so 
easily  be  changed  to  "holy"  that  it  found  favor  with  the  devout  of  the 
early  period  of  the  church.  Its  red  berries  became  symbolic  of  the  blood 
shed  on  Calvary  and  the  thorns  suggested  the  crown  which  the  King  of 
Kings  wore. 

There  is  a  very  old  faith  in  the  belief  that  elves  and  fairies  like  to 
join  Christmas  social  festivities,  so,  to  induce  the  good  fairies  to  come 
in  and  abide  awhile,  wreathes  and  branches  were  finally  used  in  inte- 
rior decorations.  Bourne  speaks  of  the  custom  of  adorning  the  win- 
dows at  this  season  as  an  old  one.  In  southern  countries  particularly, 
laurel  and  bay  decked  the  windows  of  college  chapels,  the  laurel  branch 
suggesting  the  ancient  Roman's  emblem  of  peace,  joy  and  victory. 

The  Christmas  songs  and  hymns  have  a  religious  history  of  their  own. 
In  all  the  Christmas  literature  that  appears  annually,  there  is  a  strange 

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dearth  of  information  concerning  the  Christmas  carol.  K  you  were  to 
ask  a  dozen  different  persons  to  tell  you  something  of  the  carol,  or  re- 
peat one,  the  response  would  be  about  as  satisfactory  as  the  definition 
of  a  sonnet  from  one  who  knew  not  that  form  of  verse. 

The  word  carol,  to  quote  Bourne,  comes  from  cantre,  to  sing,  and  roUiy 
an  interjection  of  joy — we  have  then  a  song  of  joy.  Bishop  Taylor 
thought  the  earliest  Christmas  carol  was  the  hymn  sung  by  the  angels 
to  the  shepherds  at  our  Lord's  nativity.  Whether  this  was  the  first 
carol  or  not,  it  is  doubtless  the  most  familiar  one  in  all  Christendom  to- 
day. The  records  of  other  carols  seem  to  date  from  the  thirteenth  cen- 
tury down.     The  chorus  of  one  of  Anglo-Norman  origin  runs: 

"  Hail,  Father  Christmas !  hail  to  thee  1 
Honor'd  ever  shalt  thou  be ! 
All  the  sweets  that  Love  bestows, 
Endless  pleasures  wait  on  those 
Who  like  vassals  brave  and  true, 
Give  to  Christmas  homage  due." 

Warton  tells  of  a  set  of  Christmas  carols  printed  in  1521.  These 
were  festal  songs  which  served  to  increase  the  merriment  of  the  celebra- 
tion. The  religious  element  was  eliminated,  and  their  modern  substi- 
tutes came  only  after  the  Puritan  found  no  joy  in  mirth  not  tempered 
with  piety.  In  the  old  days  the  first  Christmas  dish  was  the  boar's 
head  soused.  It  was  carried  to  the  principal  table  of  the  great  hall  with 
stately  ceremony,  an  accompaniment  of  which  was: 

"Be  gladde,  lordes,  both  more  and  lasse, 
For  this  hath  ordained  our  stewarde 
To  chere  you  all  this  Christmasse 
The  Boar's  Head  with  mustarde.'' 

In  Poor  Robin's  Almanack,  1695,  is  caught  another  glimpse  of  merrie 
Old  England  :— 

'Now  ihrioe  welcome,  Christmas,  which  brings  us  good  cheer. 
Minced  pies  and  plum-porrige,  good  ale  and  strong  beer ; 
With  pig,  goose,  and  capon,  the  best  that  may  be, 
So  well  doth  the  weather  and  our  stomachs  agree. 
Observe  how  the  chimneys  do  smoke  all  about, 
The  cooks  are  providing  for  dinner  no  doubt 
But  those  on  whose  tables  no  victuals  appear 

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0  may  they  keep  Lent  all  the  rest  of  the  year ! 
With  holly  and  ivy  so  green  and  so  gay ; 
\We  deck  up  our  houses  as  fresh  as  the  day 
With  bays  and  rosemary,  and  lawrel  compleat, 
And  every  one  now  is  a  king  in  conceit." 


Mary  L.  E.  Jones, 
Terre  Haute,  Ind. 


Nothing  that  is  great  is  easy. — Ruskin. 

"  Do  not  get  hold  of  the  notion  that  your  teacher  finds  fault  with  you 
for  the  mere  sake  of  fault-finding." 

"The  love  of  the  beautiful,  next  to  the  spiritual  perception  of  God 
and  eternal  relationships,  must  be  admitted  to  be  man's  crowning  dis- 
tinction." 

That  composer  is  greatest  who  most  clearly  discerns  the  true  ends  and 
capabilities  of  his  art ;  who  aims  to  give  worthy  expression  to  the  noblest 
emotional  experience. — Filmore. 

Playing  before  others  has  the  great  advantage  that  it  compels  us  to 
study  with  unusual  zeal.  The  idea  that  we  must  play  before  an  audi- 
ence spurs  us  on  to  a  much  greater  measure  of  diligence  than  if  we  play 
only  to  ourselves  or  to  four  lifeless  walls. — Carl  Czerny. 

Be  sure  the  works  of  mighty  men, 

The  good,  the  faithful,  the  sublime. 

Stored  in  the  gallery  of  Time, 
Repose  awhile — to  wake  again. — Goethe. 

"  The  true  artist  is  always  the  severest  critic  of  himself.  He  will  be 
indifferent  to  praise  if  he  feels  that  it  is  not  deserved.  On  the  other 
hand  no  blame  or  censure  will  affect  him  if  he  knows  that  he  has  done 
his  duty." 

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MUSICAL  INSTRUMENTS  IN  THE  EARLY  AGES. 

*  [Read  before  the  Pexmiylvania  College  of  Muaic,  Meadville,  Penna.] 

The  precise  origin  of  the  Lyre,  one  of  the  most  ancient  of  musical 
instruments,  is  very  obscure,  unless  the  idvention  is  to  be  assigned  to 
Jubal,  "the  father  of  all  that  handle  the  Harp"  and  the  Organ.  The 
lyre  is  undoubtedly  of  Asiatic  origin,  was  imported  into  Egypt  and 
thence  into  Greece.  It  is  a  stringed  instrument  of  a  size  to  be  held  by 
one  hand  against  the  shoulder,  while  the  other  hand  pulls  or  plucks 
the  strings.  It  has  no  neck  or  frets,  consequently  the  pitch  of  the 
strings  cannot  be  altered  in  playing,  as  with  the  "Kithara"  or  guitar 
genus.  The  lyre  may,  in  fact,  be  regarded  as  the  prototype  of  the 
harp,  and  secondary  to  the  harpsichord.  Some  of  you  may  know  the 
old  traditions  of  the  Greeks  attributing  the  invention  of  the  lyre  to 
Mercury.  Originally  the  Greek  lyre  had  but  four  strings;  these  were 
increased  by  Terpander  to  seven,  while  later  musicians  extended  the 
number  to  8,  10,  15,  and  even  16  strings. 

The  Harp,  which  stands  next  in  relation  to  the  lyre,  is  one  of  the 
most  ancient  and  universal  of  stringed  instruments,  and  generally  pos- 
sessed  a  greater  number  of  strings  and  consequently  a  larger  compass 
than  the  lyre.  The  shape  of  the  modem  harp  is  much  the  same  as  that 
of  the  Egyptian  and  Assyrian  harp  depicted  on  the  ancient  monu- 
ments. The  further  we  go  back,  however,  the  more  bow-like  in  shape 
we  find  these  instruments,  so  that  there  is  good  reason  to  believe  that 
the  first  idea  of  the  harp  was  derived  from  the  bow  of  the  archer,  the 
twang  of  the  tightened  string  when  picked  giving  forth  a  more  or  less 
definite  tone  or  note.  In  Wales  the  harp  is  still  regarded  as  the  national 
instrument,  as  it  has  been  from  the  earliest  times ;  it  is  said,  however, 
that  the  Irish  harp  is  even  more  ancient;  that,  in  fact,  the  Britons  ac- 
quired it  from  the  Irish  Celts. 

The  harp  was  tuned  in  various  ways,  sometimes  with  a  double  row 
of  strings,  proceeding  by  semi-tones.  Tuned  in  this  way  it  was  called 
double  harp,  or  ''arpa  doppia,"  and  agiin  it  was  even  tuned  with  three 
rows  of  strings.  This  instrument  was  called  the  triple  harp.  The 
harp  has  long  been  recognized  by  composers  as  a  valuable  instrument 
iii  the  orchestra.  The  usual  compass  of  this  instrument  was  nearly  six 
octaves,  its  normal  scale  being  that  of  E  fiat. 

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The  Lute,  now  obsolete,  may  be  regarded  as  the  most  important  of 
the  many  varieties  of  the  "Kithara"  genus.  The  period  of  the  inven- 
tion of  the  lute  is  still  a  matter  of  speculation;  some  say  that  it  is  of 
Asiatic  origin.  Dante  (who  died  in  1321)  alludes  to  it  in  a  manner 
which  proves  that  it  was  a  well  known  instrument  in  his  time.  It  was 
an  instrument  that  had  strings  stretched  over  a  resonant  body  and  a 
long  fretted  neck  and  was  played  by  twanging  or  snapping  the  strings 
with  the  fingers.  The  strings  were  usually  of  cat-gut,  arranged  in  pairs 
of  unison,  and  divided  into  two  groups,  one  of  which  lay  over  the  fin- 
ger board  so  as  to  be  stopped  upon  the  frets,  while  the  other  lay  beside 
the  finger  board  so  as  to  be  played'unstopped  for  the  bass.  The  usual 
number  of  the  strings  was  six,  the  five  largest  being  doubled.  Many  of 
the  later  improvements  had  as  many  aa  24  strings.  The  lute  was  tuned 
bass  G,  C,  F,  A,  and  D,  G.  The  tone  of  the  lute  was  sweet,  but  light 
and  incapable  of  much  variation.  Music  for  the  lute  was  written  in  a 
peculiar  kind  of  notation  called  "tablature,"  consisting  of  letters  and 
other  signs  upon  a  six-lined  stafi. 

The  family  of  stringed  instruments  played  with  a  bow  has  been  a 
numerous  one.  The  most  ancient  viol  on  record  appears  to  be  the 
ravenstrom,  still  played  in  India  by  the  mendicant  monks  of  Buddha. 
Tradition  says  that  this  primitive  instrument  was  invented  by  one  of 
the  kings  of  Ceylon,  but  as  the  date  assigned  to  this  monarch  is  some- 
where  about  5,000  before  Christ  the  tradition  is  worth  very  little.  It  is 
said  that  the  ravenstrom  led  to  what  is  known  as  the  Russian  fiddle 
and  the  Welsh  crwth,  which  had  six  strings  strung  across  a  flat  bridge, 
and  was  played  partly  with  the  bow  and  partly  by  plucking  with  the 
fingers.  Another  ancient  variety  is  the  Urh-heen  of  the  Chinese,  which 
consists  of  a  mallet-shaped  box,  into  which  a  stick  or  tube  is  fixed? 
with  three  or  four  strings  strung  from  pegs  at  one  end  of  the  stick  and 
passing  over  a  bridge  fixed  upon  the  mallet-like  box.  Similar  were  the 
Trumpet-marine  and  Rebab,  one-stringed  fiddles,  and  the  Rebec,  an 
eight-stringed  instrument. 

The  "  Chest  of  Viols"  has  been  described  by  an  old  writer  as  "a  large 
hutch  with  several  apartments  and  partitions  in  it,  each  lined  with 
green  baize.  Every  instrument  was  sized  according  to  the  part  played 
upon  it,  the  treble  being  the  smallest,  etc."     A  model  chest  of  viols 

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contained  six  instruments,  two  trebles,  two  tenors,  and  two  basses. 
From  this  "Chest  of  Viols"  we  get  the  violoncello  and  later  the  violin, 
but  these  instruments  belong  to  a  much  later  period  than  the  twelfth  or 
thirteenth  century,  so  we  will  not  speak  of  them  to-day. 

Among  wind  instruments  probably  the  most  ancient  is  the  Flute,  of 
which  there  have  been  many  varieties.  The  word  "flute"  is  supposed 
to  have  been  derived  from  fluta,  a  lamprey,  or  small  eel,  which  has  on 
its  side  seven  marks  or  holes  corresponding  to  those  of  the  instrument. 
The  flute  was  exceedingly  popular  with  both  the  Greeks  and  the  Ro- 
mans, who  introduced  flute  playing  into  their  religious  ceremonies  and 
on  almost  every  public  occasion — in  fact,  even  at  their  funerals. 

The  Organ  was  the  most  comprehensive  of  all  instruments.  An  organ 
of  ten  pipes,  with  a  keyboard,  is  alleged  to  have  existed  in  the  second 
century,  but  we  know  nothing  definite  of  the  nature  of  this  instru- 
ment. It  is,  however,  an  historical  fact  that  an  organ,  the  gift  of  Con- 
^tantine,  was  in  the  possession  of  King  Pepin  of  France,  in  the  year 
757  A.  D.  Still  earlier,  Aldhelm,  a  monk,  makes  mention  of  an  organ 
with  "gilt  pipes,"  though  he  gives  no  clue  to  the  size  of  the  instrument. 
In  the  eighteenth  century  an  organ  having  400  pipes  is  mentioned  by 
Wolstan.  The  organ  was  played  with  keys,  and  was  blown  by  thirteen 
separate  pairs  of  bellows.  Drawings  of  this  period  still  extant  repre- 
sent the  organ  as  an  instrument  having  but  few  pipes,  blown  with 
evident  labor  by  two  or  more  persons,  and  played  by  a  monk.  The 
keys  of  these  organs  were  of  wood,  of  from  three  to  six  inches  in 
breadth,  and  requiring  to  be  played  upon  by  hard  blows  of  the  fist.  So 
it  is  plain  to  see  that  these  instruments  were  not  capable  of  yielding 
more  than  the  plain  song  or  melody  of  ancient  church  music.  The 
invention  of  the  organ  pedal  is  attributed  to  Earnhardt  about  1490,  and 
:the  compass  was  an  octave  from  B  flat  or  A. 

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HOMES  OF  OUR  CHAPTERS. 

BUCKNELL  UNIVERSITY. 

The  beautiful  location  of  Bucknell  University,  together  with  the  loyal 
regard  in  which  she  is  held  by  her  Alumni,  is  well  expressed  in  the 
opening  stanza  of  one  of  her  songs, — 

**  Throned  upon  thy  storied  hilltop, 
Grazing  toward  the  morniDg  star, 
Wave  and  woodland,  vale  and  mountain. 

Smiling  on  thee  from  afar, 
Fair  Bucknell,  to-day  we  bring  thee. 
Where  thy  spreading  oaks  entwine, 

'  Hearts  of  ours  and  songs  of  morning,' 
Alma  Mater,  sacred  shrine ! '' 

Standing  upon  the  broad  walks  fronting  the  main  collie  building, 
this  beautiful  November  evening,  we  look  from  her  green  hilltop  over 
the  famous  BuflFalo  valley, — like  a  picture  attracting  our  gaze.  For 
miles  the  eye  follows  the  windings  of  the  shining  Susquehanna  river 
among  rich  farms  and  occasional  patches  of  woodland.  At  the  left  of 
our  view,  just  at  the  foot  of  the  hill  on  which  we  stand,  nestles  amid 
luxuriant  shade  trees  the  quiet  old  town  of  Lewisburg;  while  in  the 
distance  appear  the  spires  of  Milton,  our  neighboring  town,  just  four 
miles  away.  On  our  right,  two  miles  distant  across  the  river,  rise  for  a 
thousand  feet  from  level  fields,  the  plumed  crests  of  Montour  mountain. 

At  the  foot  of  college  hill  are  the  athletic  grounds,  well  graded  for 
field  sports.  Here  is  the  base-ball  diamond,  the  foot-ball  field  and  the 
tennis  courts.  Surrounding  these  is  a  fine  cinder  track  for  racing  events. 
And,  this  evening  while  we  look  down  from  our  elevated  point  of  view, 
we  may  see  the  foot-ball  teams  engage  in  their  evening  practice.  Among 
interested  spectators  of  their  play  we  observe  a  number  of  college  pro- 
fessors, the  president,  judge  of  the  county  courts,  several  of  our  city 
preachers,  with  here  and  there  groups  of  ladies  not  less  interested  than 
their  masculine  friends. 

At  the  right  of  the  athletic  grounds  stands  the  gymnasium.  It  ha& 
a  fine  running  track  and  a  first-class  floor  for  basket-ball.  Thus  equipped 
for  athletics,  Bucknell  has  proudly  pushed  her  way  to  the  front.  And 
what  student  has  she  who  cannot  recount  victory  upon  victory  in  field 

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sports  and  track  athletics;  and  who  has  never  shouted  himself  hoarse 
on  some  triumphal  occasion? 

Bucknell  University  had  its  beginnings  some  fifty  years  ago.  For 
some  years  it  struggled  along  as  scarcely  more  than  an  academy.  The 
first  college  class,  seven  young  men,  were  graduated  in  1851;  to-day  the 
senior  classes  will  number  one  hundred,  in  four  departments  and  in 
eight  different  courses  of  study.  And  the  catalogue  shows  a  roll  of 
nearly  500  students. 

Bucknell  was  founded  as  a  Baptist  college  for  men  only ;  and  remained 
such  for  about  forty  years.  It  was  in  1883  that  three  young  women 
presented  themselves  for  examination  and  were  admitted  to  the  Fresh- 
man class.  This  was  the  beginning  of  co-education  at  Bucknell.  Since 
then  the  woman  side  of  the  college  has  been  the  growing  side,  and  there 
are  at  present  in  the  literary  courses  more  than  fifty  young  women. 
Besides  this,  the  University  has  established  a  ladies'  department  called 
the  Institute;  an  annex  arrangement  whose  courses  of  study  are  not  so 
extended  as  those  of  the  college,  but  are  more  largely  taken.  In  this 
department  there  are  about  100  ladies. 

The  School  of  Music  is  the  youngest  department  of  the  University 
and  numbers  about  100  students  of  both  sexes,  but  mostly  women. 

The  Institute  buildings  are  located  in  a  fine  old  grove  of  native  oaks. 
The  grove  is  not  dense,  but  very  open,  thus  affording  a  shady  place  for 
tennis,  basket-ball  and  other  out-door  sports.  The  Bucknell  cottage  for 
women  is  located  near  the  Institute.  The  women  of  all  departments 
have  their  rooms  in  these  buildings,  and  are  thus  made  to  beevery-day 
companions,  a  phase  in  school  life  which  makes  it  pleasant  here  in  an 
exceptional  degree. 

Cfreek  letter  societies  have  been  coming  into  Bucknell  recently  with 
some  considerable  rapidity.  Formerly  such  societies  were  wholly  pro- 
hibited, though  of  course  they  secretly  existed  to  some  extent.  Phi 
Kappa  Psi  is  the  oldest,  founded  in  1855.  Sigma  Chi  has  a  chapter 
founded  in  1854.  Phi  Gamma  Delta  established  a  chapter  in  1882. 
Sigma  Alpha  Epsilon  came  in  1893.  Pi  Beta  Phi  in  1895.  Theta  Delta 
Tau,  freshman,  in  1895.  Kappa  Sigma  in  1896  and  Alpha  Chi  Omega 
in  1898. 

With  the  girls,  local  secret  societies  are  very  popular.     The  fact  that 

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they  have  been  here  for  a  long  time  and  have  strong  alumnce  and  num- 
ber among  their  members  much  of  the  best  fraternity  material  here, 
being  first  in  the  field  makes  them  formidable  rivals  of  the  fraternity. 
Moreover,  being  local,  their  expenses  are  not  high,  and  this  fact  in  itself 
proves  to  be  an  element  of  strength.  Most  prosperous  of  these  local 
societies  are  Beta  Delta  Pi,  Theta  Delta  Psi  and  Pi  Phi  sororities. 

The  Bucknell  faculty  have  published  rules  which  make  it  difficult  for 
a  new  fraternity  to  obtain  a  good  standing  in  the  schools.  The  rule 
permits  no  one  to  be  initiated  or  even  pledged  to  a  Greek  letter  frater- 
nity during  his  first  year  in  school.  The  rule  has  been  in  force  only 
since  last  spring  and  the  practical  results  of  its  working  are  not  yet 
wholly  apparent.  But  it  is  evident  that  it  is  seriously  in  the  way  of 
the  establishment  and  growth  of  new  chapters. 

Belle  Bartol. 


A  FAMOUS  AMERICAN  ABROAD. 

A  young  American  violinist.  Miss  Maud  Powell,  made  a  remarkably 
successful  first  appearance  in  England  yesterday  afternoon  in  the  small 
Queen's  Hall,  when  she  revealed  true  artistic  qualities  in  Rust's  D 
minor  sonata  and  in  three  movements  from  Bach's  sonata  in  E  major. 
She  has  beautiful  tone  and  perfect  command  of  technical  resources,  her 
playing  of  Bazzini's  "Ronde  des  Lutins"  and  of  Wieniawski's  "Faust 
Fantasia"  being  extremely  brilliant  and  her  execution  faultless.  Mr. 
Ernest  Sharpe  sang,  and  Mr.  Bird  accompanied. 

Fuller  Maitland  in  London  Times. 


**  Consider  it, 
(This  outer  world  we  tread  on)  as  a  harp, 
A  gracious  instrument  on  whose  fair  strings 
We  learn  those  airs  we  we  shall  be  set  to  play 
When  mortal  hours  are  ended." 

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JOHNSON'S  DEFINITION  OF  MUSIC. 

A  succession  or  combination  of  sounds  arranged  with  such  connec- 
tion and  mutual  relation  as  to  express  to  the  ear  some  distinct  form  as 
train  of  thought,  and  awaken  certain  corresponding  emotions.     Sounds 
when  thus  regulated  effect  the  mind  through  the  ear,  as  painting  and 
sculpture  under  similar  conditions  affect  it  through  the  eye.     The 
latter  however  deal  with  tangible  objects,  or  with  ideas  formed  from 
material  types  and  their  attributes,  while  the  agency  of  music  is  limited 
to  certain  relations  existing  between  sounds,  variously  ordered  and 
combined,  and  the  inward  springs  of  emotion.     In  all  time  past,  and 
even  among  the  rudest  tribes  and  nations,  we  find  traces  of  efiort  to 
make  both  the  eye  and  the  ear  subservient   to  the  stirring  up   of 
pleasurable  or  other  feelings.     To  some  such  impulse  it  is  most  natural 
to  refer  not  only  the  production  of  the  rough  drawings,  chisellings,  and 
carvings  often  found  among  tribes  and  nations  of  barbarians  but  also 
the  varied  and  persevering  attempts  of  the  same  untutored  ones  to  find 
gratification  for  the  ear  amid  the  din  and  clang  of  their  imperfect 
musical  instruments.     The  results  in  both  cases  could  not  be  other- 
wise than  strange  in  their  conception  and  often  marvelous  in  their 
ugliness.     From  this  state  of  primitive  rudeness  the  progress  of  the 
finer  arts  to  higher  stages  of  cultivation  was  not  equally  rapid.     All 
historical  records,  and  the  still  existing  monuments  and  relics  of  an- 
tiquity, bear  evidence  that  both,  painting  and  sculpture  gradually  rose 
to  perfection,  while  music  still  remained  a  subject  of  dark  and  confused 
speculation.     For  long  ages  and  even  through  the  most  brilliant  periods 
of  our  civilization,  and  intellectual  splendor,  it  was  the  fate  of  music, 
to  be  an  enigma,  defying  all  solution,  and  we  read  of  no  master  minds 
springing  up  to  reveal  its  long  hidden  beauties  or  to  discover  and 
systematize  its  real  principles  till  near  the  close  of  the  middle  ages. 
The  music  of  the  present  day,  both  as  a  science  and  an  art,  is  there- 
fore, a  growth  of  the  last  3  or  4  centuries,  and  (with  a  rapidity  equalled 
only  by  the  rise  and  advance  of  Gothic  Areli)  it  has  already  reached  so 
high  a  state  of  development  as  seemingly  to  leave   little  room  for 
further  discovery,  either  in  its  scientific,  creative,  or  practical   and 
mechanical  departments,  Helen  Edsall. 

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report  prepared  for  the  March  number. 


It  is  of  the  greatest  importance  that  subscriptions  for  1899  should 
come  in  early.  As  many  advertisements  as  possible  should  be  secured. 
I^t  us  not  wait  until  mid-summer  to  stir  up  this  matter. 


Eta  Chapter  has  sent  us  an  interesting  article  for  this  number.  We 
hope  to  continue  this  series,  "Homes  of  Our  Chapters,"  and  ask  each 
chapter  to  arrange  for  a  similar  letter.  They  will  be  published  in  order 
received. 


If  any  subscriber  receives  a  number  of  the  The  Lyre  imperfectly 
bound  please  report  and  a  correct  copy  will  be  sent.  We  regret  that  a 
few  defective  copies  were  sent  out  from  the  office,  but  hope  it  will  not 
occur  again. 


The  Lyre  heartily  welcomes  Theta  Chapter  among  its  readers.  We 
feel  that  seed  has  been  planted  in  good  soil  and  will  look  for  a  flourish- 
ing plant.  We  regret  that  a  letter  has  not  been  sent  but  the  sisters  may 
look  for  one  in  the  next  issue. 


Associate  editors  should  remember  that  the  next  number  will  contain 
full  list  of  members  of  the  fraternity.  Please  send  in  list  of  all  new 
members  since  last  March,  with  home  address.  Send  also  corrections  to 
be  made  on  list  previously  published.     All  should  be  distinctly  written. 


The  action  of  the  late  convention  in  providing  a  board  of  associates 
for  Lyre  work  is  of  great  value  in  securing  better  results  in  the  future. 
It  was  the  understanding  that  the  names  were  to  be  sent  in  at  once,  but 
they  have  been  looked  for  in  vain.  We  hope  a  complete  list  can  be  pub- 
lished in  next  issue. 

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Complaint  has  been  made  that  some  subscribers  fail  to  receive  The 
Lyre.  This  is  probably  due  to  carelessness  on  the  part  of  postoffice 
officials.  In  case  of  such  delinquency  inquiry  should  be  made  at  the 
local  postoffice  and  then  report  to  the  editor.  We  will  endeaver  to 
make  good  such  losses  and  investigate  the  cause. 


The  article  by  Mrs.  Henry  which  appears  in  this  issue  is  the  first  of 
a  series  which  she  has  kindly  consented  to  write  for  us.  Mrs.  Henry  is 
a  talented  musician  and  gifted  writer.  Her  articles  will  be  a  great  at- 
traction and  invaluable  to  our  readers.  We  hope  a  great  many  new 
subscribers  will  be  added  to  our  list,  as  this  series  should  be  of  interest 
to  all  musicians. 


We  regret  that  some  very  annoying  mistakes  crept  into  the  last  two 
issues.  They  were,  of  course,  unpardonable,  yet  if  the  circumstances 
connected  with  the  publishing  were  known  the  editor  would  not  have 
been  so  severely  censured.  The  work  is  now  in  the  hands  of  competent 
workmen,  and  we  hope  there  will  be  fewer  errors.  The  salary  is  not 
sufficient  to  make  it  possible  for  one  to  give  up  every  other  occupation 
and  devote  himself  entirely  to  the  enterprise.  The  work  must  be 
added  to  other  duties  and  often  requires  a  sacrifice  of  personal  interests 
for  the  general  good.  One  who  thus  sacrifices  time  and  talent  (?)  for 
the  good  of  an  enterprise  must  not  expect  a  very  general  or  hearty  ap- 
preciation of  his  services.  His  reward  must  be  in  knowing  that  he 
executed  the  work  laid  upon  him  as  well  as  he  could  under  the  circum- 
stances. The  Lyre  is  now  established  as  a  regular  periodical  and  by 
united  effort  may  be  brought  to  the  standard  which  we  all  desire.  It 
will,  however,  take  united  effort,  and  the  representatives  chosen  by  the 
board  of  publication  must  be  faithful  to  their  trust. 


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THE  ALPHA  CHI  OMEGA  CONVENTION.* 

The  eighth  annual  convention  of  Alpha  Chi  Omega  was  held  here 
December  1  to  4.  The  sessions  were  conducted  in  the  pretty  chapter 
home  of  Beta,  the  local  chapter. 

Alpha  Chi  Omega  is  a  musical  fraternity  which  was  founded  at  De- 
Pauw  University  in  1885.  Since  that  time  eight  chaptejs  have  been 
established  and  are  represented  at  the  convention  as  follows:  Alpha, 
DePauw  University,  by  Misses  Cowger  and  Shaw;  Gamma,  North 
western  University,  Misses  Lillyblade,  Richardson,  Chaffee,  Beulah 
Hough ;  Delta,  Alleghany  College,  by  Miss  Barnaby ;  Epsilon,  University 
of  Southern  California,  by  Miss  Chamblin;  Zeta,  New  England  Con- 
servatory, by  Miss  Johnson;  Theta,  University  of  Michigan,  by  Miss 
Bartholomew,  Beta,  the  entertaining  chapter,  was  represented  by  fifteen 
axjtive  members  and  several  Alumnae. 

The  national  officers  are:  President,  Miss  Janet  Wilson,  Greencastle, 
Ind.;  Secretary,  Miss  Lina  Baum,  Albion,  Mich.;  treasurer.  Miss  Gert- 
rude Ogden,  Meadville  Pa. 

Among  their  honorary  members  are  numbered  many  famous  musi- 
cians, among  whom  are:  Miss  Maud  Powell,  violinist;  Neally  Stevens, 
pianist;  Fanny  Bloomfield  Zeisler,  pianist;  Marie  Decca,  vocalist;  and 
Ellen  Beach  Yaw,  vocalist.  The  local  chapter  has  recently  made  Mrs. 
Otto  Sand  and  Miss  Myrtle  White  honorary  members. 

Business  sessions  were  held  Thursday,  Friday  and  Saturday  both 
morning  and  afternoon,  while  the  evenings  were  given  to  social  and 
musical  functions. 

Thursday  evening  a  reception  was  held  at  the  residence  of  Mr  M.  H. 
Baum,  Erie  street.  About  400  invitations  were  issued  to  town  and 
college  people.  The  pleasant  rooms  were  bowers  of  palms  and  ferns ; 
scarlet  carnations  and  smilax  were  used  in  an  exquisite  floral  design 
representing  a  Greek  lyre  after  which  the  badge  of  the  fraternity  is 
modeled.  Concealed  in  one  of  the  bowers  was  the  orchestra  whose 
music  blended  harmoniously  with  the  pleasure  of  the  occasion.  Dainty 
refreshments  were  served. 

Friday  afternoon  after  the  business  session  the  convention  was  de- 

*Thi8  tardy  report  arrived  in  time  for  insertion  in  this  Issue. 

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lightfuUy  received  by  Zeta  of  Delta  Gamma  at  their  lodge  on  East 
Cass  street. 

Friday  evening  was  given  an  exceptionally  fine  musicale  with  the 
following  program : 

Bohemian  Gypsy  Music Mohr 

Mrs.  Colby,  Misses  Hoag,  Gunnels,  Shearer,  Smith,  M.  Dickie,  C.  Dickie,  Disbrow  and  Calkins. 

2  a  Improvisation,^ 

b  Poem,  V  . .  .  .      McDowell 

c  Eagle,  J 

Miss  Bamaby,  Delta. 

8  Reading 

Miss  Lillyblade,  Gamma. 

4  Polonaise  in  A  major  (Violin) Hans  Sitt 

Miss  Johnson,  Zeta. 

.  a  He  Loves  Me,           )  r^-^«i«w 

^  b  Before  the  Dawn.   / Chadwick 

Miss  Kate  Calkins,  Beta. 

6  Romanze  for  Violin < Svendsen 

Miss  Cowger,  Alpha. 

7  Polonaise .  Paderewskl 

Miss  Fisk,  Theta. 

Saturday  morning  the  convention  was  photographed  and  in  the 
afternoon,  from  3  to  5  o'clock,  a  Russian  Tea  was  given  in  honor  of  the 
guests  by  Pi  of  Kappa  Alpha  Theta. 

Many  other  courtesies  were  shown  by  friends  of  Beta.  The  conven- 
tion closed  Saturday  evening  with  an  elaborate  banquet  served  at  the 
chapter  lodge  under  the  direction  of  Miss  Saxton,  at  the  completion  of 
which  Miss  Fannie  Dissette,  as  toastmistress,  called  for  the  following 
toasts:  Miss  Dickie  responding  to  "The  Alpha  Chi  Nursery"  in  Miss 
BartoFs  absence. 

The  Swing  of  the  Pendulum Miss  Shaw,  Alpha 

"  Yesterday  is  as  tomorrow  in  the  forever." 

What  We'd  Like  to  Know j Miss  Mabel  Foster,  Beta 

"  Oh,  wouldn't  you  like  to  know?" 

Snap  Shots Miss  Johnson,  Zeta 

"  My  attempt  is  to  tell  the  truth,  and  tell  it  not  unkindly." 

The  Way  of  a  Man Miss  Lillyblade,  Gamma 

"  They  say  best  men  are  molded  out  of  faults." 

In  the  "  Land  of  Fruit  and  Vine  " Miss  Chamblin,  Epsilon 

"  There  is  a  land  of  pure  delight." 

The  Alpha  Chi  Nursery Miss  Bartol.  Eta 

"  Gem  of  our  heart,  our  household  joy  and  pride." 

When  Billy  Meets  the  ••  Barb  "  .      Miss  Bamaby,  Delta 

"Oh,  then  give  pity !  " 

The  Tie  that  Binds Miss  Bartholomew,  Theta 

"  Are  we  not  formed,  as  notes  of  music  are. 
For  one  another,  though  dissimilar'" 

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The  enthusiasm  which  marked  the  convention  was  shown  by  the 
ardent  manner  with  which  the  fraternity  songs  were  sung.  So  happy 
was  the  evening  that  eleven  O'clock  came  too  soon  and  it  was  with  sor- 
row that  the  girls  realized  that  the  '98  convention  was  at  an  end.  Each 
girl  went  away  feeling  that  she  had  gained  a  new  inspiration  and  a 
deeper  and  truer  love  for  the  bonds  of  Alpha  Chi  Omega. 

— Albion  College  Pleiad, 


Great  art  is  nothing  else  than  the  type  of  a  strong  and  noble  life. — 

RUSKIN. 

Music  resembles  poetry ;  in  each 

Are  nameless  graces  which  no  methods  teach, 

And  which  a  master  hand  alone  can  reach. — Pope. 

Fine  Art  is  that  in  which  the  hand,  the  head  and  the  heart  of  man 
go  together. — Ruskin. 

"Art  is  wide;  there  is  room  for  all  that  are  true  to  her,  for  all  that 
serve  her,  not  themseLvesy 

Yea,  music  is  the  Prophet's  art, 
Among  the  gifts  that  God  hath  sent. 
One  of  the  most  magnificent. — Longfellow. 

"You  should  no  more  play  without  phrasing  than  speak  without  in- 
flection and  grammatical  pauses." 

Art  springs  in  its  earliest  beginnings  from  religion,  and  returns  to  it 
in  its  highest  development. — Ambrose. 

As  the  excellence  of  a  picture  depends  on  design,  coloring  and  ex- 
pression, so  in  music  the  perfection  of  a  composition  arises  from  viclody, 
harmony  and  expression, — Avison. 

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CHAPTER  PERSONALS. 


ALPHA. 

Ida  Steele  teaches  in  the  Greenfield  High  School. 

Hona  Davis  is  continuing  her  work  at  her  home  in  Bourbon. 

Daisy  Estep  will  continue  her  work  the  second  term  after  a  year  s 
absence. 

Claudia  Hill  was  the  guest  of  Pearl  Shaw  for  several  weeks  in 
December. 

Mayme  Jennings  has  been  quite  ill  this  winter.  Her  health  is  now 
improving. 

Carrie  Little  is  teaching  school  this  year  but  may  be  in  for  the 
spring  term. 

Edith  Plested  is  taking  a  special  course  in  Physical  Culture  at  Le- 
land  Stanford. 

Mabelle  Forshee  has  injured  her  eyes  by  over  work  and  will  not  be 
in  school  this  year. 

Ruth  Vaught  no^^  wears  the  Lyre.  She  is  devoting  all  her  time  to 
her  Senior  work  in  the  Music  school. 

Mrs.  Ella  Best  Thompson  has  removed  to  London,  England,  her 
husband  having  a  good  position  offered  him  for  professional  work. 

Lulu  Parkhurst  of  last  vear's  Junior  class  has  been  elected  teacher 
of  pianoforte  in  the  music  school  recently  established  at  Bourbon, 
Indiana. 

Raeburn  Cowger  and  Pearl  Shaw  represented  Alpha  at  the  conven- 
tion. Helen  Birch,  in  whose  place  Miss  Shaw  went  as  alternate,  was 
unable  to  attend  on  account  of  the  serious  illness  of  her  father. 

Miss  Gertrude  Wamsley  of  Nokomis,  111.;  Miss  Maude  Meserve  of 
Robinson,  111.;  Miss  Louie  Rush  of  Warren,  Ind.;  Miss  Mae  Headly  of 
Pendleton,  Ind.;  Miss  Lydia  Hammerly  of  Marshall,  111.,  were  pledged 
last  September. 

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BETA. 

Miss  Ada  Dickie  will  visit  in  Detroit  New  Year. 

Miss  Ethel  Calkins  will  spend  the  Christmas  vacation  with  friends  in 
C'hicago. 

Miss  Kittie  Eggleston  is  violin  soloist  in  the  Schumann  Concert  Co. 
this  season. 

Misses  Clarissa  and  Mamie  Dickie  attended  Grand  Opera  in  Chicago 
during  November. 

Miss  Grace  Brown  is  spending  the  winter  in  Missouri  in  the  hope  of 
regaining  her  health. 

Mrs.  Otto  Sand  now  wears  the  lyre  as  an  honorary  member  to  Beta 
Chapter.     She  is  an  excellent  pianist  and  instructor. 

Miss  Lucie  McMaster  of  Luddington  stopped  in  Albion  on  her  way 
from  Chicago  where  she  has  been  studying  piano  with  Kelso. 

Miss  Maude  Armstrong  of  Detroit  spent  Thanksgiving  with  Beta 
girls.  Two  spreads  were  given  in  her  honor,  at  the  homes  of  the  Misses 
Baum  and  Miss  Susie  Perine. 

Miss  Alida  Handy,  W.  Bay  City,  Miss  Cora  Harrington,  Jackson, 
Mrs.  Janette  Allen  Cushman,  of  Vincennes,  Ind.,  Mrs.  Blanche  Bryant 
Dunbar,  Parma  and  Miss  Jessie  Cushman,  Three  Rivers  attended  the 
convention. 


GAMMA. 

Miss  Jane  Hough  of  Jackson,  Mich.,  visited  her  Alpha  Chi  sisters  in 
October. 

Miss  Blanche  Hughes  spent  the  first  week  of  November  at  Grand 
Rapids,  Mich. 

Miss  Alice  Grannis  of  Mankato,  Minn.,  is  teaching  elocution  in  Rau 
University,  Waco,  Texas. 

Miss  Ethel  Lillyblade  spent  the  last  week  of  November  in  Baraboo, 
Wis.,  visiting  Miss  Cornelia  Porter. 

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Miss  Margaret  Kellogg  is  again  at  Glencoe,  111.,  after  spending  several 
months  at  her  home  in  Leon,  N.  Y. 

Miss  Lucie  McMaster  of  Beta  Chapter,  who  is  studying  piano  in  Chi- 
cago with  Prof.  Kelso,  has  been  out  to  Evanston  several  times  as  the 
guest  of  Miss  Mabel  Siller. 

Miss  Maude  Wimmer  of  Perry,  Iowa  and  Mr.  Harvey  Williams  of 
Havanna,  111.,  were  married  October  12th,  1898  at  the  bride's  home. 
They  are  living  at  the  Avenue  House,  Evanston,  111. 

Miss  El  Fleda  Coleman  of  Winona,  Minn,  and  Mr.  Wayman  Jackson 
of  Indian  Territory  were  married  September  21st,  1898  at  the  bride's 
home.     They  are  now  living  in  Muscogee,  Indian  T'y. 


ZETA. 

Miss  Elsie  Ellis  has  been  dangerously  ill  in  Detroit,  Mich. 

Miss  Lucy  Andrews  spent  Thanksgiving  with  her  sister  at  Mt.  Hol- 
yoke  College. 

Miss  Jessie  Belle  Wood  has  returned  to  school  and  is  doing  post 
graduate  work. 

Miss  Sade  Farel  is  to  be  congratulated  on  her  success  with  her  pupils 
at  her  home  in  Titusville,  Pa. 

The  engagement  is  announced  of  Miss  Bertha  Buchanan  of  Marion, 
Ind.  to  Mr.  Otis  E.  Little  of  Boston. 

Miss  Lucy  Andrews  of  Alpha  Chapter  is  now  aflBliated  with  Zeta. 
She  is  studying  violin  under  Mr.  Emil  Mahr. 

Miss  Eleanor  Vass,  who  has  been  seriously  ill  with  typhoid  fever  at 
her  home  in  Raleigh,  N.  C,  is  now  rapidly  convalescing. 

Miss  Belle  Sigourney,  after  a  short  period  of  study  in  New  York  City, 
has  resumed  teaching  at  her  studio  in  Waterbury,  Conn. 

On  the  fourteenth  of  September  at  her  home  in  Piainfield,  N.  J.,  Miss 
Violet  Thatcher  Truell  was  united  in  marriage  to  Mr.  Robert  Taylor 
Johnston  of  that  city.     They  will  reside  in  Piainfield. 

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Miss  Alice  F.  Parker  '96  has  resumed  study  at  the  school.  She  is  to 
receive  instruction  from  our  well  known  vocal  teacher,  Mr.  William 
Whitney,  son  of  Myron  Whitney  the  once  famous  singer. 


ETA. 

Ida  List  has  been  quite  ill  for  several  weeks,  at  present  she  is  im- 
proving. 

Amy  Gilbert  who  graduated  last  year  visited  the  Eta  girls  during 
November. 

Fannie  Woods  and  Belle  Bartol  are  hard  at  work  preparing  for  the 
second  senior  examination. 

Jessie  Steiner  who  graduated  in  last  year's  class  remains  at  home  for 
the  present  but  will  soon  take  up  some  advanced  work  in  music. 


Every  man  is  bound  to  cultivate  his  highest  gifts. — Schumann. 

"One  of  the  principal  elements  of  genius  is  strength  of  will  to  con- 
trol the  mind  and  command  the  mental  energies." 

Lose  no  opportunity  of  playing  music — duos,  trios,  etc.,  with  others. 
This  will  make  your  playing  broader  and  more  flowing. — Schumann. 

When  we  speak  of  grace,  enthusiasm,  presence  of  mind,  nobility  and 
warmth  of  feeling,  who  does  not  think  of  Chopin? — Schumann. 

"There  is  no  feeling,  perhaps,  except  the  extremes  of  fear  and  grief, 
that  does  not  find  relief  in  music,  that  does  not  make  a  man  sing  or 
play  better." 

The  worth  of  art  appears  most  eminent  in  music,  since  it  requires 
no  material,  no  subject-matter  whose  effect  must  be  deducted;  it  is 
wholly  form  and  power,  and  it  raises  and  ennobles  whatever  it  ex- 
presses.— GrOETHE. 

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CHAPTER  LETTERS. 


ALPHA. 

The  holiday  vacation  with  its  round  of  pleasures  is  over,  so  quickly 
did  the  days  glide  by,  and  already  the  work  of  the  new  term  opens  and 
Alpha  is  beginning  another  Chapter  in  her  history.  As  the  enthusiastic 
students  come  rushing  in  on  every  train  Alpha  rejoices  to  see  that  all 
her  members,  with  one  exception,  have  returned. 

When  the  college  year  opened  the  chapter  consisted  of  ten  initiated 
members  and  three  pledged  ones,  but  when  the  spiking  season  closed 
six  new  girls  had  been  added.  One  pipe  organ  and  two  piano  recitals 
were  given  by  our  girls  during  the  term,  the  programs  appearing  else- 
where in  this  issue. 

Raeburn  Cowger  and  Pearl  Shaw  represented  us  in  the  convention 
held  at  Albion.  On  their  return  we  held  an  open  fraternity  meeting 
where  they  entertained  the  rest  of  us  who  were  not  so  fortunate  as  to  be 
present  at  the  convention  with  a  vivid  account  of  their  trip.  They 
dwelt  in  detail  on  the  enjoyable  social  functions  which  Beta  had  provided 
and  also  the  pleasure  of  meeting  the  delegates  from  our  other  chapters. 
This  was  followed  by  a  report  concerning  the  business  transactions  of 
the  convention.  The  inspiration  we  received  only  increased  our  usual 
zeal  for  the  success  of  Alpha  Chi.  She  looks  back  to  last  term  with 
delight  from  the  fact  that  it  was  an  exceptionally  prosperous  one. 

At  the  last  meeting  for  the  term,  in  accordance  with  a  little  custom 
of  ours,  we  observed  "Santa  Claus,"  night.  The  old  saint  brought  the 
gifts  which  each  girl  had  contributed  for  the  adornment  of  the  frater- 
nity hall.  Refreshments  were  then  served  and  an  amusing  program 
was  carried  out  to  render  the  evening's  entertainment  complete. 

Maud  Powell  sends  her  greetings  to  Alpha  Chi  from  London,  where 
she  is  engaged  in  concert  work. 

Alpha  is  looking  forward  to  this  term  with  highest  expectations,  and 
with  sincere  hearts  we  wish  all  the  Alpha  Chi's  a  happy  and  a  prosper- 
ous New  Year. 

Ruth  Vaught. 


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BETA. 

Beta's  cup  has  been  so  full  of  pleasure  this  term  that  she  scarcely 
knows  how  to  tell  what  its  contents  have  been.  Billy  has  been  kept 
unusually  busy — for  it  was  only  a  few  days  ago  that  he  was  left  to  re- 
cuperate, that  he  may  perform  next  term's  duties  with  vigor.  With 
the  opening  of  the  school  year  began  our  activity,  for  there  was  much 
good  material  and  as  many  and  more  seekers  for  it.  Beta  won  over  to 
Alpha  Chi  five  loyal  and  most  companionable  girls — Miss  Louise  Shel- 
don, of  Eaton  Rapids,  Mich.;  Miss  Orpha  Willis,  Onondago,  Mich.; 
Misses  Dorothy  Gunnels  and  Florence  Hoag,  of  Toledo,  Ohio,  and  Miss 
Mary  Ferine,  of  Albion,  making  a  strong  active  chapter  of  fourteen. 
Beside  these,  we  are  proud  to  claim  as  an  honorary  member  Mrs.  Otto 
Sand. 

Incident  to  the  rushing  season  were  the  usual  five  o'clock  teas  and 
little  evening  affairs.  During  October  we  gave  a  tea  in  honor  of  Pro- 
fessor and  Mrs.  Sand,  and  Miss  Blair,  of  the  Art  Department.  After  we 
had  been  well  served  from  small  tables  temptingly  laid  and  decorated 
with  our  ever  dear  carnation  and  smilax,  we  listened  with  eagerness  to 
the  tales  of  adventure  in  Siberia  which  Professor  Sand  told  to  us  from 
his  own  experience.  The  Conservatory  is  attaining  a  high  grade  of  work 
under  his  directorship,  while  his  violin  work  ranks  with  that  of  artists. 

Beta  girls  hardly  recognized  their  own  sisters  on  Hallowe'en  night, 
for  there  were  characters  in  rank  from  those  "of  high  degree"  to  un- 
conventional Rastus  and  Clotilde.  Strange  garb  could  not  long  cover 
the  usual  merriment  which  attends  such  good  times,  and  it  was  amus- 
ing indeed  when  we  unmasked  at  the  tables.  We  did  full  justice  to  the 
dinner.  Much  ingenuity  was  displayed  in  the  costuming.  Ada  Dickie 
painted  a  dainty  water-color,  which  we  gave  for  the  cleverest  attire. 

Since  the  first  of  November  our  minds  have  been  full  of  plans  for 
the  convention.  A  happier  "  bevy  of  girls"  than  we,  you  could  not 
find.  We  were  so  glad  to  greet  all  the  sisters  whom  we  so  thoroughly 
enjoyed  and  only  regret  that  we  could  not,  as  we  would  have  loved  to 
do,  greet  Eta's  members.  However,  we  shall  hope  soon  to  meet  them 
and  send  very  best  wishes  to  our  new  chapters. 

On  Thursday  morning  just  as  the  convention  was  about  to  open  a 
j>ackage  came.     It  was  from  "Sister"  White,  of  Chi  Psi — a  box  of  bon- 

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bons  with  our  own  Greek  letters  worked  out  in  a  design  detailed  even 
to  colors,  and  as  delicious  to  the  taste  as  delighting  to  the  sight.  The 
table  decorations  for  the  banquet  were  his  gift,  and  to  him  and  to  Mr. 
R.  Newman  Miller  we  were  indebted  for  the  musicale  programs. 

We  feel  an  enthusiasm  which  is  gratifying  to  us  and  we  realize  how 
very  much  the  convention  helped  us,  through  suggestions  and  discuss- 
ions, to  improve  in  work,  and  in  culture  and  to  grow.  We  wish  we 
could  entertain  as  many  visitors  every  month.  Some  of  the  girls  are 
already  anticipating  the  convention  of  1900;  they  send  to  each  chapter 
love  and  sincerest  wishes  for  a  happy  Christmas  tide. 

Yours  in  the  bond, 

Kate  L.  Calkins. 


GAMMA. 

Dear  Sisters — This  year,  so  far,  has  proved  very  successful  for  Gamma. 
We  started  with  fourteen  active  members  at  the  first  of  the  year,  and 
have  since  initiated  four  girls  of  whom  we  are  very  proud.  They  are 
Misses  Katherine  Scales,  of  Buena  Park,  111.;  Matie  Vaughn,  of  Dead- 
wood,  S.  D.,  and  Emma  Hanson  and  Florence  Childs,  of  Evanston. 

Several  of  our  girls  have  already  taken  part  in  the  students'  recitals. 
Besides  the  students'  recitals,  several  have  been  given  by  members  of 
the  faculty  which  have  proved  very  interesting  and  instructive. 

We  hope  the  convention  will  be  a  very  successful  one  in  every  way. 
Miss  Ethel  Lillyblade  is  our  delegate,  and  a  few  other  girls  expect  to  go 
as  visitors. 

M'e  have  been  glad  to  have  Miss  Lucie  McMaster,  of  Beta  Chapter, 
with  us  on  several  occasions,  and  we  wish  that  any  other  Alpha  Chis 
who  may  be  in  Chicago  at  any  time  would  come  out  and  see  us,  for  they 
may  be  sure  of  a  hearty  welcome.  Mabel  Siller. 


DELTA. 

Dear  Alpha  Ciii's — Our  first  term  of  the  Pennsylvania  College  of 
Music  has  passed  swiftly  and  satisfactorily  by  and  the  second  term  is 
under  way.  The  number  of  students  this  year  is  large  and  the  college 
seems  in  a  fiourishing  condition  under  Ilerr  Heink's  direction. 

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We  have  been  particularly  favored  in  a  musical  way  this  autumn. 
Seidl's  fine  orchestra,  under  the  able  direction  of  Schmidt,  was  a  delight 
to  the  musical  people  of  Meadville.  The  Thanksgiving  engagement, 
too,  of  Scalchi,  assisted  by  Alberti,  Canzio  and  Noldi,  was  a  very  inter- 
esting occasion,  although  Scalchi's  formerly  glorious  voice  shows  the 
sign  of  years  of  use.  Soldi's  voice  was  very  pleasing  in  its  clearness 
and  sweetness,  and  her  manner  is  charming. 

Our  fraternity  season  has  been  unique  this  year  in  one  thing,  at  least. 
We  have  asked  no  one  to  join.  We  felt  that  our  chapter  was  strong 
enough  without  adding  new  members,  and  though  we  hope  to  take  in  a 
few  before  the  year  is  over,  we  are  in  no  haste.  We  have  enough  girls 
to  w^ork  with,  and  our  idea  this  year  is  to  make  more  of  fraternity 
meetings  if  possible  than  we  have  in  the  past.  We  have  chosen  a  com- 
mittee to  arrange  a  programme  for  each  evening,  taking  up  the  study  of 
the  Symphony.     Last  Saturday  we  made  a  beginning,  having  two  papers. 

The  symphony  selected  for  each  meeting  is  to  be  played  and  an  analy- 
sis of  it  read.  Then,  besides,  there  are  to  be  vocal  numbers  and  reports 
of  current  events,  such  as  the  Dreyfus  case  or  some  such  topic  of  gen- 
eral interest.  By  these  regular  programmes  we  hope  to  make  our  even- 
ings profitable  in  the  way  of  music  and  general  information  as  well  as 
in  a  fraternal  way. 

In  speaking  of  the  musical  events  of  this  year  I  meant  to  make  men- 
tion of  one  soon  to  take  place  in  which  we  are  particularly  interested. 
It  is  the  engagement  at  the  Academy  of  Music  on  November  the  twen- 
ty-ninth of  the  June  Reed  Concert  Comj)any,  of  which  our  Alpha  Chi 
sister.  Fern  Pickard,  of  Jamestown,  N.  Y.,  is  the  pianist.  We  are  hop- 
ing that  this  company  will  be  most  successful.  It  is  new  in  its  career, 
but  the  programmes  which  we  have  seen  are  most  attractive.  The  com- 
pany consists  of  three  talented  girls, — Miss  June  Reed,  violinist;  Miss 
Jane  Van  Etten,  vocalist,  and  Miss  Fern  Pickard,  pianist.  If  the  com- 
pany should  have  engagements  at  any  of  our  fraternity  centers  I  hope 
the  Alpha  Chis  will  be  able  to  hear  one  of  their  programmes. 

Mar(;aret  Bkowmn(;  Bakber, 

For  the  Corresponding  Secretary. 


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ZETA. 

**  Lightly  move 
The  minutes  fledged  with  music." 

So  wrote  the  poet  laureate,  and  so  think  we  who  study  the  great  emo- 
tional language,  as  some  one  has  termed  music.  Already  ten  weeks  or 
more  have  passed  since  we  began  the  year's  work  and  many  things  have 
transpired. 

First  of  all  there  came  among  us  one  whom  we  welcomed  most  heart- 
ily, Miss  Lucy  Andrews,  of  Alpha  Chapter.  She  is  a  worthy  member 
of  Alpha  Chi  and  we  of  Zeta  consider  ourselves  fortunate  in  being  able 
to  have  her  with  us. 

This  fall  we  are  congratulating  ourselves  on  our  good  fortune  in  hav- 
ing six  new  members  who  are  already  proving  themselves  loyal  to  their 
colors.  They  are  the  Misses  Laura  Howe  and  Hettie  Elliott,  of  Logan- 
sport,  Indiana;  Lora  Lewis,  of  Owatona,  Minnesota;  Olga  Branden- 
burg, of  Boston,  Massachusetts;  Edith  Prince,  of  Carlisle,  Pennsylvania, 
and  Helen  Barnard,  of  Kennet  Square,  Pennsylvania.  Now  our  list  of 
active  members  numbers  seventeen  and  we  are  planning  and  looking 
forward  to  a  happy  and  interesting  winter. 

Zeta  sends  words  of  greeting  to  all  the  chapters  and,  before  this  ap- 
pears in  press,  will  have  communicated  with  them  all  through  her  del- 
egate to  the  Convention. 

E.  H.  Manchester. 


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PIANO  RECITAL 

( Janior)  by  Miss  Ruth  Vanght,  assisted  by  Miss  Eva  Osborn,  Soprano. 

Miss  Raebum  Gowger,  Violinisfte. 

Wednesday  Evening,  Oct.  6, 1898,  8  o'clock,  Mosic  Hall. 

Beethoren Op.  27  No.  1 

AndAnte,  Allegro  moto  e  ylTace.    Adagio  con  ezprefltione,  Allegro  vlyace.    Presto. 

Boflrini The  Separation 

Miss  Osbum. 

(a)  Wagner-Liszt Splnnerlied 

(b)  Chopin Npctume  Op.  27,  No.  2 

(c)  Chopin Valse  Op.  84,  No.  1 

Hermann Petite  Berceuse 

Miss  Cowger. 

<=»-'°l»~'«'-  •  • {  LjfgSln 

(Second  Piano  Miss  Sawyers.) 
SCHOOL  OF  MUSIC, 
DePauw  Uzoybbbitt,  No.  726. 


PIANO  RECITAL 

(Junior)  by  Raebom  Cowger,  assisted  by  Miss  Eva  Opbom,  Soprano. 

Miss  Mollie  Frank,  (Violin.) 

Wednesday  Evening,  Dec.  14, 1898,  at  8  o'clock.    Music  Hall. 

PROGRAM. 

1.  (a)  Prelude  (Suite  Anglalse  No.  8) Bach 

(b)  Variations— F  minor Haydn 

2.  Vocal  Solo— "Ave  Maria" Gounod-Bach 

With  Violin  Obligato.) 
8.  (a)  Valse,  Op.  118 Baif 

(b)  Ballade— G  minor Rheinberger 

(c)  Etude  de  Concert  (Spinning  Wheel) .  .  .  Chaminade 

4.  Violin  Solo.    Introduction  and  Gavotte Charles  Allen 

6.  Duo— Nocturne.  Op.  W Carl  Them 

(Second  Piano,  Miss  Herr.) 
SCHOOL  OF  MUSIC, 
DePauw  Umiykbsity,  780th  Recital. 


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PIPE  ORGAN  RECITAL 

Given  by  Misa  Mary  Janet  Wilson,  assisted  by  Miss  Eva  Osbum,  Soprano. 

Miss  Raebum  Cowger,  Violiniste. 

Presbyterian  Church,  Dec.  21,  1898,  8  o'clock. 

PROGRAM. 

«-^i,  (    Prelude  and  Fugue  In  G 

°^'^ (    Prelude  and  Fugue  in  g 

Handel LArgo 

Miss  Cowger. 

Mendelssohn Sonata  in  D,  Opus  (ft 

Gounod-Bach— (Violin  Obligato)     Ave  Maria 

Miss  Osburn. 

Lemaigre Pastorale 

Flagler Gavotte 

Rubinstein— (arranged) Melody  in  F 

Lefcbure  Wely Wedding  March 

Herrmann Berceuse 

Miss  Cowger. 

Mendelssohn March 

SCHOOL  OF  MUSIC. 
DePauw  University,  Recital  No.  739. 


TWENTY-SEVENTH  STUDENTS'  RECITAL 

By  Miss  Cornelia  Stanley  Porter,  Pianist,  assisted  by  Master  Earie 

Waterous,  Violinist. 

At  Music  Hall,  Orrington  Avenue  and  University  Place,  Monday  Afternoon, 

June  6, 1898,  at  4  o'clock. 

PROGRAMME. 

Theme  and  Variation  from  Sonata,  Op.  26 Beethoven 

Miss  Porter. 

Cavatina Raft 

Master  Waterous. 

Impromptus,  oP-  W),  Nos.  8  and  2 Schubert 

Miss  Porter. 

Romance St.  Saens 

Master  Waterous. 

ss-;iL'\^f^!,r' } ^''"p*" 

Polonaise,  B  Flat  Major Mosskowaki 

Miss  Porter. 
(Mason  <&  Hamlin  Piano  used.) 
SCHOOL  OF  MUSIC, 
Northwestern  University,  Evanston,  Illinois. 
Student  Series,  No.  120. 


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Alpha, DePauw  University,  Greencastle,  Indiana. 

Beta, Albion  College,  Albion,  Michigan. 

Gamma, Northwestern  University,  Evanston,  Illinois. 

Delta,  .    ,    .  Pennsylvania  College  of  Music,  Meadville,  Pennsylvania. 
Epsilom,  .  University  of  Southern  California,  Los  Angeles,  California. 

Zeta, New  England  Conservatory,  Boston,  Massachusetts. 

Eta, Bucknell  University,  Lewisburg,  Pennsylvania. 

Theta,  ........  University  of  Michigan,  Ann  Arbor,  Michigan. 

GRAND  CHAPTER-ALPHA. 

GENERAL  OFFICERS. 

President, Raeburn  Cowger,  Alpha. 

Vice  President Winifred  Bartholomew,  Theta. 

Secretary Ethel  Eggleston,  Zeta. 

Treasurer Gertrude  Ogden,  Delta. 

CORRESPONDING  SECRETARIES. 

Alpha,  Elmena  Lank 

Beta,.    ...        Lina  Baum,  211  E.  Erie  St. 

Gamma, Blanche  Hughes,  649  Hinman  Ave. 

Delta, L.  Fay  Barnaby,  North' Park  Ave. 

Epsilon, Jessie  I^eone  Davis,  2904  Vermont  Ave. 

Zeta, Lucy  G.  Andrews,  New  England  Conservatory. 

Eta, Belle  Bartol. 

Theta, Marion  Alberta  Daniel. 


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VOL.  IV.  MARCH,  1899.  NO.  1 

VIBRATION. 

While  this  is  a  much  discussed  subject  it  is  so  interesting  that  one 
may  be  pardoned  for  venturing  to  place  it  again  before  the  public  eye. 

Let  us  briefly  note  four  distinct  facts:  Sound  is  audible  vibration  of 
the  air.  Music  is  the  arrangement  of  sound  in  harmonious  relations. 
Technique  is  the  control  of  these  relations.  Discord  is  the  lack  of 
harmonious  relations. 

The  scope  of  these  vibrations  is  wide,  extending  far  away  into  the 
abyss  of  silence,  as  measureless  as  the  stellar  spaces,  to  reappear  as  heat, 
light,  electricity,  actinism  and  those  fancied  forces  that  dwell  on  the 
border  of  the  Infinite. 

Only  a  small  segment  df  this  broad  sweep  of  dynamics  is  adapted  to 
the  capacity  of  the  human  ear  and  that  is  the  limit  between  twenty- 
seven  and  one-half  and  thirty-five  hundred  vibrations  a  second.  Those 
involved  in  music  are  contained  usually  within  the  extremes  fifty-one 
and  twenty.five  hundred  vibrations. 

All  tones  above  or  below  these  take  no  part  in  that  harmonious  ar- 
rangement of  vibrations  called  music;  not  essentially  that  they  are  in- 
coherent, but  because  these  sounds  below,  overlapping  and  blending, 
destroy  distinctive  notes,  and  the  organs  of  hearing  are  not  sensitive 
enough  to  discern  the  gradation  of  the  tones  of  those  above. 

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If  the  mechanism  of  the  ear  were  more  perfect,  or  rather,  spirituelle, 
the  tones  of  music  would  then  extend  to  four  thousand  vibrations  and 
beyond,  for  the  only  limitation  placed  upon  vibration  is  by  the  auditory 
nerve  itself.  If  that  were  unrestricted  in  perceptive  power  the  very  at- 
mosphere would  be  charged  with  symphonies;  every  flower  would  be  a 
tone  study,  every  smile  a  lyric,  the  heavens  an  unending  chorus  and 
the  rainbow  the  most  beautiful  anthem  of  the  universe! 

From  multitudes  of  illustrations  upon  this  subject  a  few  examples 
will  suffice  to  show  the  best  known  results  both  in .  music  and  science. 

Students  of  this  subject  differ  somewhat  in  their  estimate  of  ratios. 
The  best  authorities,  however,  place  low  A  in  the  Bass  at  twenty-seven 
and  one-half,  and  the  highest  A  at  thirty-four  hundred  eighty  vibra- 
tions a  second,  within  which  limit  the  music  of  all  nations  is  written. 

It  would  prove  an  exhausting  effort  to  attempt  to  give  or  read  the 
ratios  in  this  brief  article,  hence,  only  a  few  pertinent  examples  will  be 
presented. 

In  the  violin  the  open  O  string  answers  to  about  one  hundred  ninety- 
three  vibrations  and  the  highest  to  about  thirty-five  hundred  a  second. 

In  the  voice  the  full  soprano  ranges  from  O  below  the  staff  one  hun- 
dred ninety-six  to  high  C  ten  hundred  forty-four,  or  to  £  above  thirteen 
hundred  five  vibrations. 

The  mezzo-soprano  ranges  from  low  J5,  third  space  Bass  one  hundred 
sixty-four,  to  high  B  nine  hundred  seventy-six  vibrations. 

One  singer  of  Mozart's  time  had  a  range  of  nearly  three  and  one-half 
octaves.  The  present  century  is  the  proud  mother  of  as  wonderfully 
gifted  children  of  song  in  Melba,  Calve  and  the  ever-youthful  Patti. 

Scientists  have  achieved  wonderful  and  beautiful  results  in  experi- 
ments with  wood,  taut  strings,  glass,  plates  and  membranes. 

Figures  of  the  most  simple  and  also  of  the  most  intricate  design 
have  been  produced  by  the  vibrations  of  a  single  tone,  enhanced  in 
beauty  as  the  ratio  is  increased  and  the  consequent  tones  realized. 

Scientific  observers  have  suspected  that  among  certain  forms  of  ani- 
mal life  the  optic  and  auditory  nerves  blend  in  their  functions  so  that 
one  of  these  highly  favored  creatures  sees  what  it  hears  and  vice  versa/ 
The  deaf  hear  a  trumpet  tone  in  a  flash  of  red  and  the  blind  see  a  vio- 
let ray  in  a  lullaby! 

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One  interested  scientist  determined  recently  the  roar  of  the  ocean  to 
be  F  below  the  Bass  staff  while  that  of  the  purling  brook  or  mountain 
stream  ranged  from  A  flat,  below  the  Treble  staff,  to  D  flat  or  E  flat 
above,  according  to  location  and  environment. 

One  may  reasonably  suppose  that  Thor  in  striking  so  many  different 
anvils,  according  to  the  season  or  his  mood,  finds  ample  scope  for  many 
a  gigantic  solo. 

One  of  the  most  interesting  examples  of  "Reflection  of  Sound"  is 
found  in  the  "  Ear  of  Dionysius  " — a  large  hole  excavated  in  the  rocks 
near  Syracuse — where,  if  one  whispers  or  breathes  the  faintest  tone 
into  this  great  ear  of  Mother  Earth  it  becomes  at  once  a  deafening  roar. 

The  most  delightful  of  these  illustrations,  however,  exists  in  the 
Baptistery  at  Pisa,  where,  if  one  stand  beneath  its  dome  and  sounds 
softly  in  rapid  succession  the  tones  of  a  full  chord,  it  is  reflected  and 
remains  suspended,  a  trembling  jewel  in  mid-air,  like  the  tones  from 
some  rich-voiced  organ  concealed  from  view. 

Light,  heat,  color,  aye,  even  the  growth  and  decomposition  of  veget- 
able life,  are  in  themselves  but  chords  and  dischords. 

Pythagoras,  the  old  Greek  mathematican  and  musician  caught  the 
seven  spirits  of  the  rainbow  and  made  them  the  inspiration  of  music. 
He  viewed  the  whirling  stars  with  an  intuitive  knowledge  of  the  grand 
anthem  they  created  upon  that  glorious  night  of  the  Redeemer's  birth, 
an  anthem  writ  in  stars  upon  the  great  page  of  the  sky. 

But  with  Mitchell,  the  poet,  I  would  plead : — 

"Call  not  mosic  mere  vibration, 

Poising,  trembling,  floating  by, 
JoBt  to  raise  pleased,  brief  sensations. 
Fruitless  soands,  and  born  to  die. 

No!  It  is  a  spirit,  barning, 

Sabile,  lightning-like  in  air; 
Dormant  it  may  lie,  till  torning. 

Woke  by  Art,  a  glory  there." 

— Pearl  Whitcomb-Henry. 


Melody  is  the  golden  thread  running  through  the  maze  of  tones,  by 
which  the  ear  is  guided  and  the  heart  reached. — Christiani. 

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MUSIC. 

Indescribable  thou  art,  evading  the  long  embrace 

Of  the  devoutest  Muse,  to  endow  and  crown  thee 

With  all  that  belongs  to  thee;  of  thy  virtues,  most  beautiful 

And  divinest  of  all,  thou  canst  and  dost  efface 

The  deepest  gloom,  or  melt  to  tears,  the  stony  heart; 

Thou  call'st  the  wayward  soul  from  paths  of  wrong. 

And  thou  dost  soothe  the  wounded,  and  dispel  his  fears. 

To  thee,  doth  the  hungering,  bruised  soul  oft  turn, 

Whose  loves  are  departed,  leaving  but  the  ghost  of  song 

That  lived  on  lips,  now  pale  and  still. 

The  young  and  gay,  who  tread  carelessly, 

Trill  in  gleeful  measures,  thy  glad  rune, — 

The  mother  chants  to  infant  ears,  thy  carressing 

Lullabys, — old  men,  with  faltering  tongues 

Find  in  thy  peaceful  rythmatic  tune. 

Solace  for  the  Past,  and  prophecy  of  coming  joys; 

The  exile,  on  some  foreign  shore. 

Murmurs  softly,  "  Home,  sweet  home," 

And  waits Vith  longing,  for  the  summons 

That  shall  call  him  there,  forever  more. 

The  songs  of  birds,  'mid  sun-kissed  flowers, 

And  gentle  rustling  of  the  breeze, — 

The  roar  of  Ocean,  as  he  dies  exhausted  on  the  shore, — 

The  seething  winds,  that  lash 

With  fury,  the  bending,  reeling  trees, — 

The  diapason  of  gigantic  Thor's  voice, 

The  passionate  throbbing  of  the  storm. 

Of  thee,  art  a  part, — for  at  Nature's  organ. 

Sits  Omnipotence,  who,  with  master  hand. 

Doth  press  the  keys, — infinite  in  form 

Yet  all  pervading,  thou'rt  heavenly  bom. 

For,  like  a  drift  of  Angel's  song. 

From  some  vast  supernal  Way, 

Thou  art  the  last  to  bid  adieu,  on  earth, 

And  first  to  greet  us,  in  Heaven!  — Pearl  Mae  Henry. 

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ON  THE  FAME  OF  ST.  CECELIA. 

Perhaps  our  Alpha  Chi  sisters  may  be  interested  in  knowing  that 
there  is  no  particular  reason  why  St.  Cecelia  should  be  associated  in 
our  minds  with  music.  This  seems  to  be  rather  a  wild  statement  when 
we  take  into  consideration  the  fact  that  because  of  her  attributed 
musical  abilities,  her  name  is  one  of  the  best  known  in  the  calendar 
of  Saints,  and  not  only  that, — but  the  additional  fact,  that  half  the 
Musical  Societies  in  Europe  and  nearly  all  of  them  in  America  are 
named  after  her. 

It  is  impossible  to  find  anything  but  wavering,  legendary  accounts 
of  her  life,  and  while  one  truthful  historian  represents  her  carrying  on 
her  pious  devotions  in  the  second  century,  another,  (equally  authentic, 
as  historians  always  are)  depicts  her  a  full  century  later  pursuing  the 
even  tenor  of  her  saintly  way.  It  is  stated  with  more  or  less  mythical 
certainty  that  Cecelia  often  united  instrumental  music  to  that  of  her 
voice  in  singing  the  praises  of  the  Lord.  It  is  on  this  statement  that 
her  fame  is  founded,  and  that  we  find  her  the  special  patroness  ot 
music  and  musicians  the  world  over.  But  if  Cecelia  has  any  claims  to 
immortality,  it  is  as  a  religious  Saint  and  not  as  a  musical  genius.  For 
she  was  so  far  advanced  in  a  religious  direction  as  to  be  a  Christian, 
while  nearly  all  the  rest  of  the  world  was  still  Pagan. 

She  was  a  Roman  lady  of  noble  and  rich  family  and  this  family  was 
so  inconsiderate  as  to  jar  upon  her  Christian  feelings  by  constraining 
her  to  marry  a  certain  youth  of  Pagan  instincts.  However,  she 
promptly  converted  him  to  Christianity  and  also  extended  the  good 
work  of  conversion  to  his  brother  and  a  friend  named  Maximus,  all  of 
whom  were  martyred  in  consequence  of  their  faith. 

There  came  a  time  when  Cecelia,  too,  was  destined  to  join  the  throng 
of  martyrs.  Pagan  Rome  commanded  her  to  sacrifice  to  idols.  She 
refused,  and  was  condemned  to  death  by  the  highroad  of  suffocation. 
She  was  thrown  into  a  boiling  bath,  and  though  every  means  of  stifling 
was  employed,  our  historian  asserts  emphatically  that  she  did  not  even 
perspire.  Then  she  was  committed  to  the  executioner  who  struck  three 
blows  at  her  head  with  a  sword, — but  without  sundering  it  from  the 
body.     He  fled  in  horror,  leaving  her  bleeding.     People  came  in  throngs 

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to  sap  up  her  precious  blood  with  napkins,  and  to  drink  in  her  parting 
words.     She  died  three  days  later  and  received  a  martyr's  crown. 

The  22nd  of  November  is  the  day  dedicated  to  St.  Cecelia,  and  in 
the  Roman  Catholic  Church  her  festival  is  always  celebrated  with 
splendid  music,  especially  in  Rome  where  there  is  a  church  dedicated 
to  her.  It  is  said  to  be  built  at  her  request  on  the  site  of  the  house 
she  inhabited.  The  edifice  has  been  rebuilt  on  a  magnificent  scale 
several  times  and  stands  in  the  Jewish  quarter  of  Rome.  In  this  we 
behold  an  architectural  tribute  to  St.  Cecelia,  but  there  is  also  a  great 
painter's  tribute, — Raphael's  grand  painting  at  Bologna  in  which  the 
Saint  is  represented  wrapped  in  an  ecstasy  of  devotions  with  a  musical 
instrument  in  her  hands, — a  painting  which  must  surely  add  lustre  to 
her  immortality.  And  Carlo  Dolce  and  Ruebens  have  undoubtedly 
strengthened  their  own  fame,  if  not  hers,  by  their  celebrated  canyasaes 
of  this  Saint. 

There  are  also  numerous  tributes  from  the  sculptor's  chisel,  but  per- 
haps the  best  eulogy  of  all  is  that  from  Dryden's  pen  which  has  taken 
the  form  of  a  magnificent  ode. 

It  is  clear  that  there  is  no  scarcity  of  flattering  evidence  thai  Si. 
Cecelia  existed,  but  there  is  a  vast  scarcity  of  anything  approaching 
accurate  knowledge  of  her  life.  Whether  her  musical  accompliahments 
were  sufficient  to  warrant  this  afterglow  of  laudation  which  has  been 
showered  about  her,  or  whether  her  failure  to  "perspire"  and  expire  at 
the  correct  moment  has  tended  most  to  perpetuate  her  memory,  it  is 
impossible  for  me  to  say.  Virginia  May  Fisk.     (Theta.) 


"  In  framing  artists  art  hath  thus  decreed. 
To  make  some  good,  but  others  to  exceed." 

"Genius  begins  the  work,  but  it  is  industry  ihdX  finishes  it." 

Rhythm,  accent,  emphasis,  and  the  divisions  of  time,  should  be  well 
understood  to  be  properly  expressed  in  the  performance. — Dr.  Crotch. 

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HOMES  OF  OUR  CHAPTERS. 

ALBION  COLLEGE. 

Albion  College — "old  Albion"  beare  the  name  of  its  location.  The 
Campos  is  a  charming  part  of  the  town,  sufficiently  elevated  to  make 
the  view  a  delightful  one.  The  principal  part  of  the  grounds  is  occu- 
pied by  the  buildings;  to  the  East  lies  the  college  grove,  skirted  by 
tennis  courts  and  on  the  opposite  side  the  athletic  field — that  most 
interesting  and  delightful  of  all  places. 


•  ATHLETIC   FIELD. 

The  first  building  ever  erected  was  completed  in  November,  1843 
and  although  this  was  the  second  attempt  to  found  the  school,  it  was 
before  the  era  of  our  high  schools  and  the  Seminary  enjoyed  great 
popularity. 

In  1849  the  corporate  name  became  "AVesleyan  Seminary  and 
Female  Collegiate  Institute"  and  finally  in  1861,  "Albion  College;" 
the  charter  also  provided  that  the  grade  of  work  should  be  equal  to  that 
supplied  in  the  department  of  Literature,  Science  and  the  Arts  of  the 
University  of  Michigan. 

The  first  building  erected — "Central" — was  a   dormitory   with   a 


2%0  I/yre* 


TKe  IJyre.  11 

dining  hall  and  students'  room  but  since  the  abandonment  of  the 
dormitory  system,  over  twenty  yeara  ago,  it  has  been  used  for  educa- 
tional pniposes.  It  now  accomodates  the  offices  of  the  President,  the 
Library  oo  the  second  floor,  the  Biological  Laboratory  and  lecture 
rooms,  and  beside  these  and  none  the  less  interesting  a  trophy  room, 
where  are  gathered  the  spoils  of  athletic  wars. 
The  North  Building  contains  beside  four  lecture  rooms,  the  quarters 


CHAPEL. 

of  the  Commercial   Department,  the  Art   Studio  and   two  Literary 
Societies. 

The  Chapel  Building,  finished  and  dedicated  in  1870,  is  directly 
south  of  Central  Building.  The  main  floor  and  gallery  of  the  Chapel 
occupy  the  second  and  third  floors  while  on  the  first  floor  are  the 
muflic  rooms  of  the  Conservatory, 

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Ths  X/yre. 


AN  ART  DBPABTMEST  ROOM. 

The  GytDDasium  is  well  supplied  with  apparatus,  fumiBhing  oppor- 
tTiiiity  for  the  Torieties  of  drills  aud  physical  culture. 

FrcIi^  North  Building  and  west  of  it  stands  the  Observatory  for  the 
departmeot  of  Astrooomy  and  applied  Mathematics. 

The  newest  and  a  well  equipped  building  is  the  McMillan  Labora- 
tory, the  gift  of  the  Hon.  James  McMillan,  of  Detroit. 

The  basement  and  two  stories  serve  the  laboratory  purposes,  the  dis- 
pensing rooms,  and  private  office  of  the  Professor.  In  the  third  story 
are  placed  the  College  Museum,  and  a  Museum  of  Conchology,  Zoology 
and  Botany. 

Thiu  fitted,  Albion  ofiers  to  its  three  hundred  and  seventy-five 
enrolled  students  four  separate  courses  of  study  in  the  College  of 
Liberal  Arts,  and  others  in  the  DepartmeDts  of  Oratory,  Commercial 
work,  Preparatory,  Art  and  Music,  and  a  Normal  Course. 

The  Conservatory  is  fast  becoming  a  musical  centre.  There  is  an- 
nually presented  a  musical  festival  continuing  for  three  days.     It  helps 


14  The  I/yre. 

the  students  to  mon  fully  appreciate  music  as  an  edacative  force  and 
as  a  fine  art.     Such  artiflta  as  Godowsky,  Breckenridge,  D.  Frangcon 
Davies,     Katharine     Fisk    and    Xavier 
j  Scharwenka  have  appeared. 

The  Conservatory  is  under  the  direc- 
j  torship  of  a  native  German,  whose  ed- 
ucation was  begun  in  the  Royal  Academy 
of  Berlin,  and  who  was  a  pupil  of  Hul- 
I  ler. 

In  the  Spring  and  Fall  the  studflotB 
I  quite  live  on  the  athletic  field,  for  life  in 
the  institution  soon  Gonvincee  one  of  the 
thorough  worth  of  manly  athletica.  The 
Association  has  as  its  governing  board,  one  composed  of  eleven 
members,  representing  in  a  lai^  per  cent  the  student  body,  end  with 
these  the  Faculty  and  business  men. 


ALPHA  CHI  OHEOA. 


Hlf;M.\(in.    PELTAfiAMMA.  KAfPA  Al.fHA  TU^A. 

Ijt'ading  the  soci:iI  life  of  the  college  arc  the  fraternities — in  number 
the  sacred  seven. 

SiRina  Chi  established  in  1K,S(1;  Delta  Tau  Delta,  in   1876;  Alpha 


The  Lyre. 


15 


TsQ  Om^a,  foanded.in  1880;  Sigma  Nu,  in  1895;  Delta  Gamma, 
1883;  Kappa  Alpha  Theta,  1887  and  Alpbi  Chi  Omega,  1887. 

Three  chapter  houses,  those  of  Sigma  Chi,  Delta  Gamma  and  Kappa 
Alpha  Theta  are  at  the  edge  of  the  grove  and  face  Cass  Street,  while 


QUALITATIVE  LABORATORY. 


that  of  Alpha  Chi  Omega  fronts  Hannah   Street,  toward  the  College 
Buildings  proper. 

No  ralea  prevent  a  student  from  joining  a  fraternity  as  soon  as  he 
chooses,  nor  are  these  Greek  letter  societieB  under  any  contract,  conee- 
quentl;  from  the  very  beginning  of  the  term  until  its  close,  much 
activity  is  noticed  until  each  has  gained  for  its  own  the  best  ma- 
terial.    The  refining  influence  of  the  fraternities  is  marked. 

K.  L.  Calkins. 


16  The  I/yre, 

OUR  NEW  CHAPTER. 

Theta  Chapter  was  formally  ushered  into  the  ranks  of  Alpha  Chi 
Omega  on  the  evening  of  November  19th,  1898.  Five  Beta  girls, — 
Miss  Ada  Dickie,  Miss  Lina  Baum,  Miss  Alta  Allen,  Miss  Ethel  Cal- 
kins and  Miss  Dickinson, — came  down  from  Albion  with  power  from 
the  Grand  President  to  organize  the  chapter.  The  initiation  was 
held  at  the  home  of  Mrs.  Leonard  Miller,  a  former  Beta  girl,  to  whose 
efforts  the  establishment  of  the  chapter  was  undoubtedly  due.  Another 
able  assistant,  whose  arduous  efforts  must  not  be  underrated  in  this 
truthful  account,  was  a  most  versatile  goat.  We  may  safely  say  that 
the  combination  of  six  enthusiastic  Alpha  Chis  and  one  ardent  goat 
was  an  invincible  one  to  the  uninitiated,  and  that  the  work  was  satis- 
factorily and  thoroughly  accomplished. 

The  charter  members  were  seven, — Alberta  Daniel,  Winifred  Bar- 
tholomew, Floss  Spense,  Flora  Koch,  Rachel  McKenzie,  Lillian  Condon 
and  Virginia  Fisk.  "Billy"  left  us  in  a  weak,  but  ravenous  state,  and 
we  were  able  to  do  full  justice  to  the  liberal  spread  which  had  been 
provided,  doubtless  with  the  view  of  counteracting  as  far  as  possible 
the  disastrous  effects  of  a  genuine  Alpha  Chi  initiation. 

We  held  our  first  regular  meeting  just  before  Sunday  morning  com- 
pelled adjournment,  elected  our  officers  for  the  term  and  dispersed  to 
our  beds, — weary,  but  happy  and  proud  in  the  sense  of  our  brand  new 
chartership.  Virginia  May  Fisk. 


"  As  poetry  finds  its  fullest  development  in  the  drama,  so  does  in- 
strumental music  in  the  symphony;  and  indeed  it  may  safely  be  said 
that  the  symphony  is  the  highest  of  all  the  musical  forms." 

The  harmony  of  things, 

As  well  as  that  of  sounds. 
From  discord  springs. — Sir  J.  Denham. 

"Always  be  assured  that  ultimate  success  will  ensue,  if  you  give 
yourself  the  trouble  to  work  for  it;  success  may  be  deferred,  but  it  will 
come  at  last." 

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OF 


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Associate  Editors. 

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Beta— Kate  L.  Calkins.  Zeta— Lucy  G.  Andrews. 

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EDITORIAL 

The  convention  of  three  years  ago  decided  that  Gamma  should  have 
charge  of  the  new  song  book.  Another  convention  has  passed  and 
Gamma  Chapter  is  still  looking  for  songs.  We  have  received  a  few  of 
them  but  not  all  by  any  means.  What  is  the  matter?  At  Albion  it 
was  decided  to  have  all  songs  in  by  February  1st.  You  know  as  well 
as  Gamma  who  is  tardy  in  this  matter.  We  can  not  have  the  book 
without  the  songs.     Shall  we  have  the  book  ?     It  is  for  you  to  decide. 


The  Lyre  now  enters  upon  its  third  year.  It  goes  forth  with  more 
confidence  than  on  the  two  preceding  years  for  it  feels  assured  that  at 
certain  points  in  this  great  country  it  has  many  enthusiastic  friends; 
that  there  are  certain  ones  upon  whom  its  interests  have  a  special  claim 

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and  who  will  not  allow  other  duties  or  pleasures  to  cause  it  to  be  neg- 
lected. In  looking  over  its  pages  we  can  see  names  of  those  who  in 
the  past  have  been  loyally  meeting  the  demands  upon  their  time  and 
talent.  May  the  future  record  many  more.  We  heartily  greet  the  new 
corps  of  assistants  and  hope  they  will  feel  repaid  for  their  arduous  labor 
by  the  ultimate  success  of  the  enterprise.  Many  stumbling  blocks  may 
interfere  with  our  plans,  but  let  us  not  be  turned  aside  because  of  them, 
but  let  us  move  forward  and  they  will  disappear. 


We  do  not  consider  it  essential  to  the  strength  of  our  organization  to 
increase  its  extent  rapidly.  While  at  this  time  there  are  many  knocking 
at  our  door  for  admission  the  greatest  care  should  be  taken  about  or- 
ganizing. Unity  is  more  essential  to  success  than  extension.  Then 
too  the  greatest  effort  should  be  made  to  help  a  chapter  that  is  tempor- 
arily weak  or  discouraged  into  a  healthier,  stronger  life.  "Let  us 
strengthen  the  things  that  remain."  Keep  our  eight  chapters  alive  and 
progressive  and  add  with  the  greatest  precaution  only  progressive  and 
enterprising  applicants. 


Theta  chapter  takes  hold  of  the  Journal  work  in  a  very  encouraging 
manner.     We  congratulate  our  new  chapter  on  its  eflficiency. 


Since  the  convention  has  decreed  that  every  active  member  shall  sub- 
scribe for  The  "Lyre"  we  will  expect  longer  lists  from  each  chapter. 
We  ho])e  the  subscriptions  will  come  promptly.  Care  should  be  taken 
to  inform  us  of  change  of  address.  The  June  number  will  probably 
not  appear  until  after  school  is  closed  in  which  case  notice  of  change  of 
address  should  be  sent  U8. 


Extni  copies  of  any  number  of  The  Lyre  can  be  furnished  at  20 
cents  per  copy.  We  will  also  furnish  a  few  volumes  bound  in  half 
moroceo  at  82.25  per  volume. 


The  I/yre.  19 

We  wish  to  urge  promptness  in  sending  in  the  songs  to  Gamma.  We 
may  here  state  that  Gamma  is  the  banner  chapter  as  to  promptness  in 
having  copy  in  for  The  Lyre.  I^et  us  not  withhold  the  material  they 
need  for  the  work  assigned  them. 


Promptly  June  1st  we  expect  the  copy  for  the  next  number.     Please 
remember  to  include  programs  given  by  active  members  of  the  chapter. 


We  wish  to  call  the  attention  of  those  of  our  members  who  desire  to 
make  the  most  progressive  and  thorough  preparation  for  work  to  the 
requirements  for  membership  in  the  American  College  of  Musicians. 
The  object  of  the  organization  is  to  provide  for  and  encourage  broader 
education  in  those  who  are  equipping  themselves  for  professional  work. 
We  hope  many  Alpha  Chi*s  will  be  found  in  the  list  of  those  who  have 
gained  admission  to  this  honorable  body.  In  our  haste  to  progress 
rapidly  in  our  chosen  department  of  music  we  should  not  neglect  the 
advantages  offered  by  our  schools  for  broader  study,  for  this  will  be  re- 
quired of  us  if  we  keep  in  the  front  ranks  as  musicians  and  teachers. 


A  carefully  prepared  index  of  the  first  two  volumes  of  The  Lyre  has 
been  printed — 1897-1898  makes  a  very  creditable  volume.  Each 
chapter  should  have  these  numbers  bound  for  its  library,  and  each  sub- 
scriber who  values  The  Lyre  should  not  neglect  to  have  it  in  this  con- 
venient form.  The  index  will  be  sent  free  to  every  subscriber  who 
wishes  it. 


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CHAPTER  PERSONALS. 


ALPHA. 

Louie  Rush  was  unable  to  return  after  Christmas. 

Eva  Osborn  has  returned  home  to  organize  her  class. 

Donna  Williamson  is  now  Mrs.  Stonecypher  and  resides  in  Indianap- 
olis. 

Fifteen  active  and  three  pledged  members  are  now  registered  for 
work. 

Pearl  Shaw  and  Elma  Patton  will  remain  for  only  part  of  the  spring 
term. 

Lydia  Hammerly  and  Stella  Branson  will  be  unable  to  enter  the  third 
term. 

Jessie  Fox  was  bereft  of  her  mother  last  January.  She  has  the  sincere 
sympathy  of  her  sisters. 

Lydia  Hammerly,  Flora  Brumfield,  Mae  Headley,  Lydia  Woods,  Ethel 
Jackson,  Daisy  Estep  and  Elma  Patton  were  initiated  during  the  second 
term. 

Marguerite  Gray  has  a  large  class  in  pianoforte  at  her  home.  Her 
class  recently  gave  a  public  recital,  assisted  by  Mr.  Carl  McKee,  formerly 
of  DePauw. 

Feme  Wood,  who  has  been  suffering  from  the  result  of  overwork  in 
school,  is  regaining  her  usual  health.  She  is  still  an  enthusiastic  reader 
of  the  Lyre. 

Valverda  Rupp  died  at  her  home  in  Terre  Haute  January  6th,  after  a 
short  illness.  She  was  with  us  in  fraternity  work  during  the  year  the 
convention  met  with  Alpha  and  was  a  great  favorite  with  all. 

Miss  Cowger's  violin,  and  Miss  Shaw's  piano  Junior  recitals  were 
given  last  month.  Misses  Herr,  Rutledge  and  Vaught  will  give  their 
Senior  pianoforte  programs  within  the  next  six  or  eight  weeks. 


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BETA. 

Miss  Daisy  Snell  is  teaching  in  Coldwater,  Mich. 

Miss  Dickie  is  the  happy  possessor  of  a  new  Steinway. 

Miss  Ethel  Kinsman  is  teaching  in  Calumet,  Michigan. 

Miss  Louise  Birchard  is  teaching  Delsarte  in  New  Bedford,  Mass. 

Miss  Emma  Phelps  is  spending  this  term  in  Battle  Creek,  at  china 
painting. 

Miss  Alida  Handy,  of  Bay  City,  Mich.,  is  studying  in  Boston  Con- 
servatory. 

Born,  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Herbert  Cushman,  January  13th,  a  daughter, 
Dorothy  Madaline. 

Misses  Clarissa  and  Ada  Dickie  go  to  Detroit  this  week  to  see  Olga 
Nethersole  in  "Camille"  and  "Carmen." 

Misses  Florence  Hoag  and  Dorothy  Gunnels  attended  the  Junior  hop 
in  Ann  Arbor,  February  10th.  Miss  Hoag  was  a  guest  at  the  Chi  Psi, 
and  Miss  Gunnels  at  the  Sigma  Chi  House. 


GAMMA. 
Jeannette  Evans  Maxwell  is  studying  at  Barnard  College  this  year. 

Miss  Ethel  Lillyblade  did  not  return  in  January,  but  is  at  home  in 
Denver,  Colorado. 

Miss  Suzanne  Mulford  sailed  for  Bermuda,  February  18th,  for  an  ab- 
sence of  eight  weeks. 

Miss  Mabel  Siller  spent  her  Christmas  vacation  with  Miss  Suzanne 
Porter,  of  Meadville,  Pennsylvania. 

Our  honorary  member,  Mrs.  G.  A.  Coe,  entertained  the  Alpha  Chis 
very  pleasantly  at  her  beautiful  home. 

Miss  Adalyne  Richardson  and  Mr.  Robert  Bruce  Young  were  married 
at  her  home  in  Oklahoma  City,  November  16th,  1898,  and  are  now  liv- 
ing in  Bonham,  Texas. 

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Miss  Stella  Chamblin  spent  a  week  previous  to  the  convention  with 
the  Misses  Hough  in  Jackson,  Michigan. 

Miss  Beulah  Hough  has  been  visiting  in  Evanston  for  the  last  five 
weeks.  Her  friends  were  glad  to  see  her  here  again.  The  Misses  Siller, 
Theodora  Chaffee,  Katherine  Scales,  Blanche  Hughes  and  Stella  Chamb- 
lin entertained  in  Miss  Hough's  honor. 


DELTA. 

Miss  Theo  White  of  Elmira,  N.  Y.,  is  visiting  in  Oskaloosa,  Iowa. 

Miss  Helen  Edsall  has  been  ill  with  the  grip  but  is  now  able  to  meet 
her  pupils. 

Miss  Bertha  Sackett  entertained  the  fraternity  Monday  afternoon, 
January  30th. 

Miss  Mary  Graham  spent  a  week  in  New  York  at  the  beginning  of 
the  season  for  Grand  Opera. 

Miss  Anna  Ray  and  Miss  Sarah  Evans  are  in  New  York  studying 
voice  with  Mrs.  Skinner  and  Madame  von  Klenner. 

Miss  Jessie  Merchant  attended  the  Y.  W.  C.  A.  Convention  at  Pitts- 
burg, Pa.    She  went  as  a  delegate  from  Allegheny  College. 

Miss  Ruby  Krick  is  spending  the  winter  in  Washington,  D.  C.  She 
is  the  guest  of  her  uncle.  Congressman  John  C.  Sturdevant. 

Miss  Elizabeth  Tate,  one  of  our  Delta  girls,  was  married  to  Mr. 
Alexander  Parker  Wilson,  November  23rd,  1898.  They  reside  in 
Boise  City,  Idaho. 

Delta  announces  that  three  new  grand-daughters  have  been  added  to 
her  roll.  They  are  the  daughters  of  Mrs.  Jene  Robson  McGill,  Mrs.  Har- 
riet Veith  Robson  and  Mrs.  Charlotte  Weber  Seiple. 

'^Xews  comes  from  Paris  that  a  Pennsylvania  girl  named  Gertrude 
Rennyson  has  achieved  a  great  success  at  the  Ambroselli  School  of 
Opera." — Pittsburg  De»paU:h.  Miss  Rennyson  is  an  Alpha  Chi  of  Zeta 
Chapter. 

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The  girls  were  very  pleasantly  surprised  with  a  visit  from  Mrs.  Hull 
a  few  weeks  ago.  Mrs.  Hull  was  formerly  director  of  the  Meadville 
Conservatory  of  Music.  She  is  now  teaching  very  successfully  in 
Erie,  Penn. 


EPSILON. 

Ora  W.  Millard  is  visiting  in  San  Francisco. 

We  are  planning  a  tallyho  ride  for  the  first  of  April. 

Dr.  Burton,  father  of  our  dear  sister  Nellie  Burton,  passed  away  last 
month. 

Lulu  Johns  has  returned  from  Berlin  and  is  with  her  mother  at 
Riverside. 

The  latest  additions  to  Epsilon  are  Misses  Olive  Barringer,  Lillian 
Whitton  and  Myrtle  McArthur. 

Miss  Neally  Stevens  entertained  Epsilon  with  a  recital  on  the  twenty- 
second  of  February.  We  had  a  delightful  time  and  were  delighted  with 
her.  She  had  a  drawing  contest,  in  which  Mrs.  VanCleve  won  a  large 
bow  of  scarlet  and  olive  satin  ribbon,  which  adorned  the  piano  while 
Miss  Stevens  played.  Miss  Keep  won  a  dainty  water  color  painting  of 
the  poppy  fields  near  here.  It  was  the  handiwork  of  Miss  Stevens' 
mother.  Miss  Chalfin  won  a  box  of  bonbons.  We  are  all  very  happy 
to  have  Miss  Stevens  with  us. 


ZETA. 

Edith  Prince  has  gone  home  for  the  remainder  of  the  year. 

Maud  Collin  spent  Christmas  with  friends  in  Middletown,  N.  Y. 

Mary  Wilson  Johnson  spent  Christmas  at  her  home  in  Raleigh,  N.  C. 

Edith  Manchester  spent  several  days  of  last  week  at  her  home  in 
Providence,  R.  I. 

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Belle  Mauross  Sigourney  of  the  class  of  '96  spent  a  few  days  with  us 
the  first  of  the  month. 

Margaret  Upcraft  recently  furnished  violin  numbers  on  programs  in 
Lawrence  and  Andover. 

Maud  Collin  is  suffering  from  overwork  and  will  go  home  for  the 
remainder  of  the  school  year. 

Alida  Handy  of  Beta  Chapter  has  entered  the  Conservatory  and  will 
be  affiliated  with  this  Chapter. 

Mrs.  Violet  Truell  Johnston,  of  Plainfield,  N.  J.,  was  the  guest  of 
fraternity  sisters  for  a  few  days  in  January. 

Mary  Kidd,  Estelle  McFarlane,  Jessie  McNair  and  Margaret  Upcraft 
spent  Christmas  with  Edith  Manchester  in  Providence,  R.  I. 

Marion  Colborn  of  Michigan  City,  Indiana,  a  member  of  Alpha 
Chapter,  entered  the  Conservatory  the  first  of  the  term  but  on  account 
of  illness  returned  home. 

Mary  Carson  Kidd  has  been  called  to  her  home  in  Huston,  Texas,  by 
the  sudden  illness  of  her  mother.  She  hopes  to  return  in  a  few  weeks 
as  her  mother  is  now  much  improved. 

Elisabeth  Mayo,  one  of  the  most  advanced  violin  students  of  the 
school,  played  recently  at  concerts  given  in  Lawrence,  Mass.,  Provi- 
dence, R.  I.  and  Dunkirk,  N.  Y.,  where  she  was  very  enthusiastically 
received. 


ETA. 

Miss  Jessie  Steiner  is  visting  friends  in  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Belle  Bartol  will  play  in  the  recital  held  in  Bucknell  Hall  the  last  of 
March. 

Amy  Gilbert  is  taking  piano  lessons  under  Carl  Abbott  of  Philadel- 
phia, Pa. 

Fannie  Woods  was  married  in  December  to  Mr.  Eugene  Kerstetter 
of  Lewisburg,  Pa. 

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Invitations  are  out  for  the  marriage  of  Ida  List  to  the  Rev.  William 
PauUin  of  Cedarville,  N.  J. 


THETA. 

Mrs.  Hortense  Miller  has  been  entertaining  company. 

Miss  Virginia  May  Fisk  is  a  senior  in  the  piano  department  this  year. 

Miss  Floss  Spence  goes  to  Ypsilanti  every  day  to  attend  the  Normal 
School. 

Mrs.  Hermann  Zeitz  has  been  wearing  the  lyre  for  some  time  as  an 
associate  member. 

Miss  Florence  Hoag  and  Miss  Dorothy  Gunnels,  Beta  members,  were 
in  town  for  the  Junior  Hop. 

Miss  Alberta  Daniel  returned  to  her  home  in  Jackson  for  a  short 
time,  at  the  end  of  the  semester. 

Miss  Gertrude  Montague  of  Traverse  City,  and  Miss  Martha  Clarke 
of  Ann  Arbor,  are  now  Alpha  Chis. 


In  Mendelssohn  we  admire  most  his  great  talent  for  form,  his  power 
of  appropriating  all  that  is  most  piquant,  his  charmingly  beautiful 
workmanship,  his  delicate  sensitiveness,  and  his  earnest,  I  might  al- 
most say  impassioned,  equanimity. — Heinrich  Heine. 

"No  joy  was  ever  given  from  above  that  shall  from  memory  wholly 
fade  away." 

"The  peculiar  place  of  Schumann  as  a  song-writer  is  indicated  by  his 
being  called  the  musical  exponent  of  Heine,  who  seems  to  be  the  other 
half  of  his  soul." 

Study  only  the  best,  for  life  is  too  short  to  study  everything. — Bach. 

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CHAPTER  LETTERS. 


ALPHA. 

With  the  closing  weeks  of  this  second  term  we  are  all  brought  to 
realize  how  rapidly  this  year  is  passing  away.  We  have  been  very 
busy  to  be  sure,  and  hope  we  are  improving  all  our  opportunities  as 
well  as  possible.  Several  of  our  girls  are  preparing  Junior  and  Senior 
Recitals.  We  have  heard  some  very  interesting  concerts  by  the  artists 
of  the  Concert  Cbui'se.  The  Spiering  Quartette,  of  Chicago,  was  here 
again  this  year  at  the  request  of  many  who  heard  it  last  year.  Dr. 
Hanchett  was  greeted  by  a  good  house  two  evenings  with  his  Analyti- 
cal Recitals.  The  second  evening  the  professor  of  our  Voice  Depart- 
ment, Miss  M.  Dietrichson,  appeared  in  her  native  Norwegian  costume 
and  entertained  her  hearers  with  her  native  songs.  We  will  have  the 
pleasure  of  hearing  Miss  Mae  Estelle  Acton,  soprano,  next  week.  She 
will  be  assisted  by  two  members  of  our  faculty:  Professor  Adolph 
Schellschmidt,  'cellist,  and  professor  of  string  instruments,  and  Miss 
Elisabeth  Sawyers,  pianist,  professor  of  pianoforte,  harmony  and  ad- 
vanced theory.  Our  Glee  and  Mandolin  Club  is  making  preparations 
for  a  concert  tour.  They  will  begin  by  giving  us  a  concert  in  Meharry 
Hall.  The  club  is  composed  of  the  best  college  musicans  and  they  will 
surely  please  their  audiences  in  whatever  cities  they  choose  to  give 
concerts.  They  have  practiced  diligently  and  are  in  unusually  good 
condition. 

One  of  the  important  events  is  our  victory  in  the  State  Oratorical 
contest.  DePauw  has  been  marvelously  successful  in  these  contests,  as 
she  has  won  many  State  contests  and  quite  a  number  of  Interstate. 
Our  representative  this  year  is  very  enthusiastic  and  says  that  if  it  is 
in  his  power  DePauw  will  again  win  the  Interstate.  We  have  great 
hopes  of  his  success. 

Alpha  Chapter  held  a  social  function  on  the  evening  of  Feb- 
ruary 27th,  at  the  home  of  Miss  Lockridge.  Her  eighty  guests  de- 
clared it  a  great  success.  And  of  course  it  was  her  desire  and  endeavor 
to  make  it  an  enjoyable  occasion. 

For  our  last  few  fraternity  meetings  we  have  had  the  pleasure  of 

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initiating  one  new  girl  and  three  pledged  members.  They  are  all  very 
enthusiastic  and  energetic.  We  also  recently  pledged  a  new  girl  whom 
we  hope  soon  to  initiate.  Since  our  glorious  convention  with  Beta,  our 
regular  fraternity  meetings  have  been  interrupted  with  much  business, 
and  we  have  not  as  faithfully  followed  our  plan  of  work  as  we  were 
wont.  It  hardly  seems  possible  that  our  fraternity  has  grown  so  large. 
Prom  the  first  meeting  of  seven  DePauw  girls,  who  associated  them- 
selves together  almost  fourteen  years  ago,  the  fraternity  has  increased 
until  it  embraces  about  five  hundred  members.  Surely  Alpha  Chi 
Omega  has  been  and  is  still  being  looked  upon  with  favor,  for  with  the 
addition  of  her  last  established  chapter,  Theta,  she  can  count  her 
chapters  to  the  number  of  eight. 

Now  that  wejare  in  such  a  congenial  atmosphere,  let  us  seek  not  only 
for  the  affinity  of  true  sisters,  but  for  the  highest  attainment  possible. 

WiLHELMINA  S.  LaNK. 


BETA. 

In  social  functions,  there  has  been  an  even  tenor  to  Beta*s  way.  The 
term  has  been  a  bit  quiet,  though  not  lacking  in  enthusiasm.  The  oc- 
casional spreads  and  our  meetings  are  the  oases  in  our  desert  of  study, 
for  many  of  the  girls  have  heavy  work. 

We  followed  Gamma's  excellent  suggestion  and  have  made  a  more 
thorough  study  of  the  constitution;  for  programs  we  are  carrying  out 
in  detail  an  outlined  study  of  the  musical  forms,  beginning  with  the 
Ballad  model  and  dance  form,  going  through  the  two  terms  and  ending 
with  the  American  Orchestral  and  Choral  works. 

On  February  third,  five  of  the  chapter  went  with  Professor  and 
Mrs.  Sand  and  the  college  quartette,  to  give  a  concert  at  Quincy, 
Mich.  The  trip  was  far  from  tedious,  and  I'm  sure  if  the  listeners  en- 
joyed it  as  well  as  we,  they  were  contented  and  an  interest  in  the  Albion 
Conservatory  was  aroused.  The  string  quartette,  of  whom  three  are 
Alpha  Chis,  were  especially  pleasing  in  their  numbers. 

The  college  is  looking  forward  with  much  anticipation  to  the  setting 
up  in  the  chapel  of  a  pipe  organ.  Many  pupils  who  have  been 
hindered  from  study  in  this  department  because  of  no  organ  that  could 

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be  secured  for  practice,  will  begin  lessons  next  term,  at  which  time  it 
is  hoped  the  organ  will  have  been  placed.  Mrs.  Sand  will  have  charge 
of  the  department;  this  will  necessitate  her  giving  up  the  vocal  work. 
For  this  it  is  expected  that  we  shall  have  a  man  teacher,  just  who  is 
not  yet  announced. 

The  base-ball  management  is  planning  for  a  series  of  class  games  in 
the  Spring.  The  winning  team  (final)  is  to  receive  a  trophy  to  be 
placed,  as  usual,  in  the  trophy  room.  We  are  to  give  the  trophy  this 
year  and,  since  it  is  intended  that  this  plan  shall  be  perpetuated,  we 
are  gratified  over  being  first  asked  to  offer  it.  The  Constitution  of  the 
Athletic  Association  has  been  revised  and  its  affairs  are  now  managed 
by  a  Board  of  Control  of  eleven  members,  three  from  the  Faculty,  three 
business  men  from  the  city,  and  five  from  the  student  body.  Here, 
too,  we  have  our  part,  there  are  but  two  young  ladies  and  one  is  an 
Alpha  Chi.  By  the  recent  death  of  Hon.  Cyrus  Smith  and  Edward 
Connable,  of  Jackson,  the  college  receives  a  library  valued  at  $16,000, 
and  from  the  latter  a  bequest  of  $45,000. 

Beta  particularly  rejoices  over  the  constant  growth  of  the  Conserva- 
tory of  Music,  for  there  we  turn  first  of  all,  not  only  for  musicianly 
girls,  but  those  who  will  make  true  Alpha  Chis.     With  sincerest  wishes 

to  each  chapter  from  Beta.     Yours,  in  the  bond, 

Kate  L.  Calkins. 


GAMMA. 

Dear  Sisters — The  convention  gave  to  Gamma  much  enthusiasm 
and  new  zeal.  Five  of  our  girls  had  the  privilege  of  attending  our  last 
convention  and  each  expressed  herself  as  having  a  most  pleasant  time 
and  receiving  a  great  profit  from  it.  Each  chapter  has  its  disadvantages 
— and  Gamma  is  not  an  exception — but  we  want  to  do  our  best  in  up- 
building Alpha  Chi  Omega.  We  feel  that  we  have  already  begun,  for 
we  have  just  initiated  Miss  Mabel  Dunn  of  Evanston.  We  have  added 
great  talent  to  our  chapter  by  this  new  member. 

We  gave  our  annual  dance  at  the  Boat  Club  in  Evanston  last  month. 
In  the  near  future  we  will  give  a  musical  to  which  our  friends  will  be 
invited.     The  program  will  be  given  by  Alpha  Chis,  assisted  by  two 

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friends.     We  also  intend  to  give  an  entertainment  at  the  University 
Settlement  for  charity. 

Many  recitals  have  been  given  during  the  year  and  many  of  our 
girls  have  taken  part.  We  have  had  good  reason  to  be  proud  of 
them  on  these  occasions,  too. 

Gamma  sends  best  wishes  to  her  sister  chapters. 

Stella  Chamblin, 

Associate  Editor. 


DELTA. 

Delta  entered  upon  the  new  year  of  1899  with  a  revival  meeting. 
There  was  a  general  determination  to  turn  over  a  new  leaf,  many  good 
resolutions  were  made  and  so  far  have  been  nobly  kept.  We  have 
been  working  to  strengthen  the  unity,  to  appreciate  and  to  enter  into 
our  bond  more  fully. 

Our  plan  of  meeting  has  been  somewhat  changed.  We  find  the  girls 
quite  tired  out  when  Saturday  night  comes,  and  that  it  must  be  made 
more  or  less  an  evening  of  recreation  and  enjoyment  with  complete 
good  fellowship,  sympathy  and  love.  Our  formal  meeting  is  called  to 
order  promptly  at  eight  o'clock,  and  all  business  quickly  dispatched, 
then  two  hostesses,  previously  appointed,  take  charge  of  the  remainder 
of  the  evening.  These  hostesses  entertain  in  any  way  they  like  and,  of 
course,  are  at  liberty  to  call  upon  any  of  the  sisters  as  aids.  The  pro- 
grams are  quite  varied,  sometimes  we  have  a  musicale,  sometimes  a 
literary  evening,  occasionally  a  spread,  and  once  a  minstrel  show.  The 
evening's  entertainment  is  kept  secret  during  the  week  and  we  find  this 
an  excellent  way  to  keep  up  interest. 

The  girls  of  the  college  are  very  enthusiastic  over  basket-ball  and  the 
Alpha  Chis  are  well  represented  among  the  best  players.  We  have  an 
excellent  frat  team  and  expect  to  challenge  the  Kappa  Alpha  Thetas 
and  the  Kappa  Kappa  Gammas.  Of  course  we  shall  win;  we  are  doing 
splendid  training  and  just  now  in  consequence  one  of  our  team  is  laid 
up  with  a  sprained  ankle  and  your  humble  scribe  has  a  finger  in 
splints.     But  think  of  the  glory! 

Wednesday  we  have  a  supper  in  the  frat-rooms  for  a  few  invited 

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guests  and  perhaps  in  my  next  letter  I  can  name  some  new  sisters. 
Delta  has  not  increased  her  numbers  for  one  whole  year.  We  are  very 
anxious  for  the  new  song  book. 

With  fondest  greetings  to  all  of  the  chapters.     I  am,  yours  faithfully 
in  the  bond,  Lauretta  Fay  Barnaby, 

Corresponding  Secretary. 


ZETA. 

Greetings  and  cheer  to  our  Western  sisters.  Life  goes  well  with  us 
here  at  the  "Hub  of  the  Universe." 

What  with  our  own  interesting  program  work,  the  many  musical  and 
literary  advantages  of  the  Conservatory,  and  the  historical  and  artistic 
attractions  of  the  city,  we  lack  not  for  the  best  instruction  in  all  de- 
partments. It  is  true  that  some  of  these  "cost  like  Boston,"  but  others 
are  "without  money  and  without  price,"  and  of  course  the  average 
American  is  not  indiflferent  to  the  merits  of  an  attraction  so  advertised, 
though  it  is  often  claimed  for  him  that  his  idea  of  the  superlative  degree 
of  a  thing  is  estimated  by  its  cost  mark  of  dollars  and  cents.  Among 
some  of  these  attractions  open  to  the  public  may  be  mentioned  the 
tine  exhibition  of  water-color  paintings  of  the  Thames,  Holland  and 
Venice,  by  F.  Hopkinson  Smith,  which  were  shown  this  week.  Also 
an  exhibition  in  the  Art  Museum  by  Monvel,  the  French  artist,  of  a 
series  of  thirty-eight  paintings  illustrating  the  life  of  Joan  of  Arc. 
These  pictures  are  to  form  the  mural  decoration  of  a  memorial  church 
that  has  been  erected  in  her  native  villiage. 

Then  there  are  the  lectures  of  the  Lowell  Institute  along  various  edu- 
cational lines,  and  the  great  Public  Library  where  only  the  scribble  of 
a  lead  pencil  is  necessary  to  bring  to  your  hand  any  book  you  may 
wish  to  read. 

While  appreciating  all  these  advantages  we  occasionally  find  time  for 
a  little  social  relaxation,  though  by  no  means  to  such  an  extent  as  you 
who  are  studying  at  a  college  or  University,  and  must  entertain,  and  in 
turn  be  entertained  by,  those  of  the  Greek  letter  world. 

On  Saint  Valentine's  evening  we  received  a  few  of  our  friends  in  an 
informal  way  at  the  Fraternity  Hall.     The  principal  part  of  the  enter- 

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tainment  consisted  of  an  archery  contest.  Each  guest  in  turn  shot  with 
bow  and  arrow  at  a  large  red  heart  which  hung  suspended  by  the 
fraternity  colors  from  a  door.  One  daring  damsel,  falling  on  her  knees, 
proved  herself  the  best  marksman  by  sending  her  arrow  through  the 
heart  and  so  carrying  off  the  prize.  The  favors  and  part  of  the  refresh- 
ments were  also  in  heart  shape. 

On  the  evening  of  George  Washington's  birthday,  Judge  Shry  of 
Boston,  gave  to  the  girls  at  the  Conservatory  a  Colonial  party,  to  which 
sixteen  of  the  men  students  were  fortunate  enough  to  receive  invitations. 
You  see  it  was  absolutely  necessary  to  have  a  few  men  at  a  George 
Washington  party,  or  how  could  the  hero  and  the  prominent  men  of 
his  day  be  represented?  So  of  course  George  Washington  and  the  fair 
Martha  led  the  grand  march  in  all  the  glory  of  powdered  wig  and 
rustling  silk  and  were  followed  by  great  statesmen  and  grand  dames. 
Among  them,  our  convention  delegate  as  Lady  Randolph,  in  a  beautiful 
gown  of  rare  old  lace  in  which  her  great-great-grandmother,  the  wife  of 
Chief  Justice  James  Iredell  under  Washington,  had  often  appeared  in 
the  bye-gone  days. 

But  seldom  do  our  festivities  partake  of  such  historical  splendor. 
Often  the  occasion  is  only  "a  box  from  home."  Then  all  the  Alpha 
Chi  Omegas  assemble,  and  a  fine  fat  turkey  a  few  hours  after  reaching 
Boston  Town  will  look  quite  emaciated;  the  far-famed  sea  breezes  seem 
to  have  no  effect  upon  him,  though  they  may  serve  to  whet  to  a  keener 
edge  the  appetites  of  his  admirers.  But  the  transformation  of  his  mus- 
cular strength  and  even  his  "departed  spirits,"  as  exhibited  when  strut- 
ting "Lord  of  all  he  surveyed"  seem  imparted  to  these  "cornfed" 
musicians  with  most  hilarious  effects. 

Zeta  will  ever  be  with  you  in  spirit  and  thought,  and  wishes  for  you 
all  happiness  and  success  beyond  anything  you  anticipate. 

Lucy  G.  Andrews. 


THETA. 

The  infant  chapter  of  Alpha  Chi  enthusiastically  greets  her  new 
sisters  for  the  first  time  and  thanks  them  for  the  welcome  given  in  The 
Lyre,  and  trusts  they  will  not  be  disappointed  in  Theta.     She  bids  fair 

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to  become  a  vigorous,  healthy  and  active  chapter  and  is  not  only 
walking  alone  but  learning  also  to  speak  for  herself.  The  necessary 
essentials  for  the  growth  and  advancement  of  the  chapter  are  within 
our  reach,  if  we  have  but  the  energy  to  stretch  forth  and  grasp  them, 
and  having  grasped  them,  the  will  and  character  to  maintain  the 
ground  gained. 

We  have  won  to  our  midst  two  more  congenial  girls  whom  we  feel 
to  be  a  valuable  acquisition  to  our  chapter,  Miss  Gertrude  Montague 
of  Traverse  City,  an  unusually  talented  pupil  of  Mr.  Jonas,  and  Miss 
Martha  Clark  of  Ann  Arbor,  one  of  his  graduates.  We  also  have  a 
pledged  member.  Miss  Ethel  Fisk,  sister  of  one  of  our  most  loyal  and 
energetic  Alpha  Chis,  and  of  whom  we  are  already  very  fond  and  hope 
soon  to  admit  to  full  membership. 

At  the  home  of  Miss  Flora  Koch  our  goat  was  first  brought  into 
activity  for  the  initiation  of  Mrs.  Hermann  Zeitz,  wife  of  Prof.  Zeitz, 
who  is  at  the  head  of  the  violin  department  in  the  School  of  Music 
The  spirit  of  respect  which  we  all  entertained  for  our  new  associate 
member  seemed  to  have  penetrated  to  his  goatship's  perceptions  for  he 
behaved  in  a  most  gentle  and  dignified  manner,  showing  himself  to  be 
an  unusually  well  trained  goat.  Last  Friday  eve  at  the  home  of  Miss 
Lydia  Condon  he  again  appeared  to  test  the  courage  and  loyalty  of  the 
other  two  sisters.  He  was  somewhat  mischievous,  but  owing  to  warm 
weather  was  not  as  unruly  as  I  imagine  some  goats  to  be. 

In  the  early  part  of  January  a  Russian  lea  was  given  for  the  Alpha 
Chis  by  Misses  Bartholomew  and  Daniel,  at  the  home  of  Secretary  Col- 
burn,  where  the  girls  reside.  It  was  a  pretty  little  affair  rendered  at- 
tractive to  the  girls  by  the  assistance  of  Mrs.  Colburn  and  Mrs.  Zeitz  in 
making  and  serving  the  tea. 

We  wish  here  to  pay  our  loyal  little  Beta  sister,  Mrs.  Hortense 
Miller,  a  tribute  for  her  kindness  and  assistance  to  the  new  chapter. 
She  has  endeared  herself  to  us  all  by  her  sweet  manner  and  ready  help 
on  all  perplexing  questions. 

We  have  recently  had  the  opportunity  of  hearing  some  very  fine 
artists.  Miss  Adele  Aus  der  Ohe  gave  a  fine  piano  recital  and  before 
the  wonderful  accomplishments  of  this  artist  had  ceased  to  be  breathed 
about,  Mr.  Willy  Burmeister,  the  famous  violinist,  came  to  hold  us 

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spell-bound  again  with  pleasure  over  the  soul-stirring  tones  wrought 
from  the  instrument  in  his  skillful  hands,  under  perfect  control  of  his 
inspiration.  We  are  impatient  for  the  appearance  of  Madame  Carreno 
and  expect  also  some  grand  treats  at  May  Festival  time,  and  hope 
many  other  sisters  may  enjoy  the  artists  here  assembled  at  that  time. 

Several  of  our  girls  have  taken  part  in  pupils'  recitals  for  which  we 
send  two  or  three  programmes. 

And  now  before  the  older  members  of  our  musical  family  have  an 
opportunity  to  say  to  us  that  infants  should  be  seen  and  not  heard,  we 
will  bid  you  all  an  affectionate  farewell  until  we  meet  again  in  the 
Lyre.  Marion  Alberta  Daniel. 


**In  his  "Songs  Without  Words,"  Mendelssohn  gives  us  his  innermost 
ideas,  and  they  are  full  of  moral  purity  and  poetic  charm.  For  this 
reason,  the  songs  have  made  their  way  into  every  musical  household." 

"Practice  is  not  merely  a  mechanical  work,  but  has  also  an  intellect- 
ual phase,  which,  when  properly  developed,  produces  good  fruit  in 
economy  of  time,  saving  of  unnecessary  trouble,  and  a  readier  achiev- 
ing of  the  wished  for  result." 

What  love  is  to  the  heart,  that  music  is  to  the  other  arts  and  to  man, 
for  music  is  love  itself. — Weber. 

Schubert's  pianoforte  compositions  are  brilliant,  and  strongly  in  the 
style  of  Beethoven,  who  was  always  the  great  object  of  his  devoted  ad- 
miration, his  artistic  idol  and  model. — George  Ferris. 

Music  is  never  stationary;  successive  forms  and  styles  are  only  like 
so  many  resting-places — like  tents  pitched  and  taken  down  again  on 
the  road  to  the  ideal. — Franz  Liszt. 


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MEMBERSHIP. 


Honorary  Members. 


Madame  Fannie  Bloomfleld-Zelsler. 
Lavin.  Mrs.  Mary  Howe. 
Rive-King,  Madame  Julia. 
YaWf  Ellen  Beach. 


Decca,  Madame  Marie. 
Powell,  Maud. 
Stevens,  Neally. 


Alpha. 

ASSOCIATE  MEMBERS. 


Alden,  Lena  Eva. 

Bailey.  Mn.  Cecelia  Eppinghousen. 
Bryant,  Mrs.  Jennie  Allen. 
DePauw,  Mrs.  Newland  T. 
DePauw,  Mrs.  Chas.  T. 


Dixon.  Mrs.  Alma  Dahl. 
Earp,  Mrs.  Ella  O. 
John,  Mrs.  Orra  P. 
Wentworth,  Alice. 


CHAPTER  ROLL. 


Andrews,  Lucy  O.,  Brazil,  Ind. 

^Atkinson,  Lmu,  Willow  Branch,  Ind. 

Baker,  Joanna.  Indianola,  Iowa. 

^Bailey,  Mrs.  Belle  Mikels,  W.  Lafayette,  Ind. 

Baldwin,  Mrs.  Suda  West,  Ft.  Branch,  Ind. 

^Ballinger,  Ina,  Williamsburg,  Ind. 

Barry,  fiunny.  Sheldon.  111. 

Beauchamp,  Bonnie,  Tipton,  Ind. 

Beil.  Clara,  Bluffton,  Ind. 

tBenedict,  Mrs.  Cora  Branson. 

Bennet,  Mrs.  Laura  Marsh.  Okahumpka,  Fla. 

Berger,  Mrs.  Ethel  Sutherlin,  Chicago,  III. 

^Biddle.  Maude,  Danville,  Ind. 

Birch,  Helen  Hanna,  Oreencastle,  Ind. 

*BoIts,  Myrtle. 

Bosler,  Lyda. 

^Branson.  Stella,  Farmersburg,  Ind. 

Brumflela,  Flora,  Petersburg,  Ind. 

*Brown,  Mrs.  Leonore  Boaz,  Kokomo,  Ind. 

^■Byers,  Lizzie,  Shelbyville,  Ind. 

■°>Carter.  Olive.  Brazil.  Ind. 

^Case,  Mrs.  Minnie  Bowman,  Covington,  Ind. 

Chenoweth,  Byrde,  Winchester,  Ind. 

Childs,  Mrs.  Nellie  Gamble,  Martinsville,  111. 

«<ylark,  Blanche,  Colfax,  Ind. 

Clark,  Mrs.  Olive  Burnett,  Andersoa,  Ind. 

Colbum,  Marion,  Michigan  City,  Ind. 

Collins,  June,  Knoxvllle,  Iowa. 

Conrey,  Carrie,  Shelbyville,  Ind. 

Copeland.  Nellie  Bolton,  850  G  Av,  St. Paul, Minn 

fCoucher,  Louise. 

Cowger,  Raeburn,  Monticello,  Ind. 

Cowperthwaite,  Anne,  Tom*s  River.  N.  J. 

Cox,  Emma,  Anderson,  Ind. 

*Creek,  Emma,  Yoeman,  Ind. 

<*Crowder,  Kittie,  Sullivan.  Ind. 

*  Davis,  Honora.  Bourbon,  Ind. 

Davis.  Minnie.  Martinsville.  Ind. 

Deniston,  Bertha.  Indianapolis,  Ind. 

DeVore,  Allah,  ODell,  Ind. 

*DeVore,  Okah,  O'Dell,  Ind. 

•Dresser,  Mrs.  Nellie  Dobbins,  W.  Lafayette,  Ind. 

•Ellis,  Pearl,  Pleasantville,  Ind. 

Estep,  Daisy,  Danville.  Intl. 

Esterbrook.  Mrs.  Dora  Marshall,  Orleans.  Neb. 

Finch,  Juliet,  Logansport,  Ind. 

Forshee,  Mabelle.  Kinmundy,  111. 

■^Foster,  Evalyn,  Attica,  Ind. 


•Foster.  Katherine,  Palmyra.  N.  Y. 

Fox,  Jessie  Y.,  Champaign,  111. 

French,  Gertrude  H.,  Boxford,  Mhb. 

FuQua,  Leota. 

Gallihue,  Mayme,  IndlftiiapollB,  Ind. 

Gray,  Mrs.  Carrie  Moore,  Cralveiton,  Ind. 

Gray,  Margurite,  Chrifman,  111. 

•Hamilton,  Florence.  Greensbnrg,  Ind. 

Hammerly,  Lydia.  Marshall,  111. 

Hand,  Mn.  Lflie  Throop,  Carbon.  Ind. 

Hargrave,  Minnie.  Princeton,  Ind. 

•Harper,  Mrs.  Nellie  Zimmerman,  Brasil,  Ind. 

•Haywood,  Emma,  Romney,  Ind. 

Headley,  Mae,  Pendleton,  Ind. 

Heaton,  Alice  Carv,  Knightstown,  Ind. 

Herr,  Helen,  Brazil,  Ind. 

•Hester,  Emma,  GreencasUe,  Ind. 

Heston,  Maud,  Princeton,  Ind. 

Heston,  Stella,  Princeton,  Ind. 

Hill,  Claudia,  Waynesburg,  Ind. 

Hirt,  Marie,  Greencastle,  uid. 

Hirt,  Sarah,  Greencastle.  Ind. 

Horner,  Meta,  Medaryvillejind. 

Hites,  Mrs.  Ella  Farthing,  Clarksburg,  Ind. 

Hollingsworth.  Mrs.  Myrtle  Wilder,  wasil,  Ind. 

Jackson,  Ethel.  Greencastle,  Ind. 

Jamison,  Mrs.  Pearl  Armitam,  Warren,  Ind. 

•Jaques,  Retta  W.,  Owensville,  Ind. 

Jennings,  Mamie  Ada,  Newcastle,  Ind. 

•Jones,  Agnes,  Reese's  Mills.  Ind. 

Jones.  Mary  L.  E.,  Terre  Hante,  Ind. 

Jones.  Mrs.  Anna  Aufustus,  Puis,  111. 

Keenan,  Mrs.  Bessie  Grooms,  Leroy,  111. 

Lank,  Elmina,  Greencastle,  Ind. 

Lathrope,  Emma,  Delphi.  Ind. 

lAtimer,  Bessie,  Aubumoale,  Man. 

I^onard.  Estelle,  127  W.  12th  St.  ancinnati,  O. 

Lightfoot,  Mrs  Marguerite  Smith.  RnahTlUe,  Ind 

Link,  Mrs.  Maud  Rude.  Paris,  m. 

Little,  Carrie.  Pine  Village,  Ind. 

l/ockridffe.  Elisabeth,  Greencastle,  Ind. 

'^'Malev,  Maud,  Edinburg,  Ind. 

•Martin,  Dema,  Newton,  Ind. 

Marshall,  Zella  Lesa.  Centralia,  111. 

*May,  Cora,  EUettsville.  Ind 

McCurdy.  Mrs  Annie  Bunger.  Ft.  Wayne,  Ind. 

McRevnolds,  Katharine  H.,  Washington,  D.  a 

Meredith,  Eva  R.,  Muncie,  Ind. 

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^Meaerye,  Maude.  Robinson,  111. 
Miller,  Alberta,  Richmond,  Ind. 
Miller,  Emma  C,  Greencaatle,  Ind. 
•Misenier,  Myrtle.  Hnntington,  Ind. 
Montgomery,  Nellie. 
Moore,  Lillum  K,  Indianapolis,  Ind. 
Morgan,  Mr«.  Isabel  Shafer,  West  port,  Ind. 
Morse,  Estelle  A..  Wabash,  Ind. 
^Murphy,  Florence,  Wabash,  Ind. 
Neff.  Mrs.  Libbic  Price,  Portland,  Ind. 
*Nickle,  Emma,  Winfleld,  Ind. 
<0'Dell,  Edith,  Follerton,  Neb. 
O'Detl,  Helen  C,  O'Dell.  Ind. 
0*Dell,  Mayme  B.,  O'Dell,  Ind. 
Offtatt,  Mrs.  Rhoda  Gary.  Henderson,  Ind. 
Oabum,  Era,  Shelbum,  Ind. 
•Parker,  Lorette,  Shelbyyllle,  Ind. 
Parkhurst,  Lulu,  Bourbon.  Ind. 
Parrett.  Bearie.  Patoka,  md. 
Patton.  Elma.  Milroy.  Ind. 
Paul,  Grace.  Indianapolis,  Ind. 
Feck,  Ella  G.,  Greencastle,  Ind. 
^PhiUips,  Delia,  CoatesyiUe,  Ind. 
•Plested,  Edith,  Roble  Hali,  Stanford  Univer- 
sity, Galifomia. 
^Powell,  Mrs.  Blate  Frash,  Wabash,  Ind. 
<'Power,  Grace,  Biilroy.  Ind. 
Pollen.  Mrs.  Grace  Wilson,  Centralis,  111. 
Reed,  Kate,  Newtown.  Ind. 
Rice,  Helen  Dalrrmple,  183  Park  At  Ind'ps,  Ind. 
^Rowland,  Maud,  Covington,  Ind. 
Rowley,  Adeline  Whitney,  Onarga,  111 
fRupp,  Valverde.  Terre  Haute,  Ind. 
*Ruan,  Louie,  Warren.  Ind. 
Rnssel,  Cora.  Mound  City.  Mo. 
Rntledge,  Mildred,  State  St.,  Springfield,  111. 
Ryan.  Anna. 
Scott,  Lena,  Anderson,  Ind. 


Shaffer,  Minnie.  Windsor,  111. 

Shaw,  Pearl,  Sardinia,  Ind. 

Shannon,  Mrs.  Margaret  lAthrope,  Alexandria. 

Smedley,  Mrs.  Leah  Walker,  Indianapolis,  Ind. 

Smith,  Mrs.  Anna  Allen,  Greencastle,  Ind. 

Smith,  Edith,  Maryville,  Mo. 

Smith,  Mrs.  Katherine  Power.  Moore's  Hill,  Ind. 

«Stanfield,  Olive,  Indianapolis,  Ind. 

Steele.  Ida,  Greenfield,  Ind. 

Sterrit,  Anna  Vae,  Logansport,  Ind. 

Stevenson,  Mrs.  Vallie  VanSandt,  Carbon,  Ind. 

<^tonecypher,  Mrs.  Donna  Williamson,  Ind'ps. 

Sype,  Mrs.  Olive  Ferris,  828  N.  Main  St.  Rockford, 

111. 
Taggart,  Mrs.  Florence  Thompson,  Indianapolis. 
Taggert,  Laura,  Dallas,  Texas. 
Taggert,  Cora,  Dallas,  Texas. 
Thomnson,  Blrs.  Ella  H.,  London,  England. 
ThomDurg,  Myrtle,  Winchester,  Ind. 
Tingley,  Flora,  Marion,  Ind. 
Tinsley,  Josephine,  Deaconess  Home,  Toronto, 

Canada. 
Ullyette,  Louise  J  ,  Centr<ilia,  111. 
Vaught,  Ruth,  Lebanon,  Ind. 
^Wamsley,  Gertrude,  Nokomis,  111. 
Warren,  Mrs.  Minnie  McUiU,  Watseka,  111. 
Waugh,  Pearl,  Tipton.  Ind. 
Weissel,  Mrs.  Leia  Beil,  Blufllon,  Ind. 
Whisand.  Mrs.  Flora  Van  Dyke,  Ashmore,  111. 
Wilhite,  Mrs.  Mary  E..  Danville,  Ind. 
Wilbon,  Dora,  Goodland.  Ind. 
Wilson,  Mrs.  Daisy  Steele,  Indianapolis,  Ind. 
Wilson,  Mary  Janet,  Greencastle,  Ind. 
Windle.  Mrs.  Jessie  Heiney,  Huntington,  Ind. 
Woods,  Lydla  Belle.  Farmersburg.  Ind. 
Wood,  Feme,  106  Powell  Ave.,  EvansviUe,  Ind. 
Yates,  Flora,  Stillwater,  Minn. 


Sand,  Mrs.  Otto,  Albion,  Mich. 


Beta. 

ASSOCIATE  MEMBERS. 

White,  Myrtie  E.,  Chicago,  111. 
CHA1*TER  ROLL. 


Allen,  AlU  Mae,  601 B  Erie  St.,  Albion,  Mich.  Calkins,  Ethel  J.,  407  E.  Porter  St.. 

AUen,  Mrs.  Minnie  McKeand,  Albion,  Mich. 

Armstroiig,  Grace,  Forty  Fort.  Pa.  Childs,  Marion,  Calumet,  Mich. 

Annstrong,  Mrs.  Lillian  Kirk,  Jackson,  Mich.  Colby,  Mrs.  Martha  Reynolds,  Jackson,  Mich. 

Armstrong,  Maude,  510  Twelfth  St..  Detroit,  M.  Collins,  Mabel,  Bellaire.  Mich. 

Austin,  Lida,  Sault  St.  Marie,  Mich.  Crittenden,  Emma,  Jackson,  Mich. 

Austin,  Mrs.  Irene  Clark,  Superior  St..  <<?ro8by,  Lena,  Lansing,  Mich. 

Albion,  Mich.  Cushman,  Mrs.  Janette  Allen,  Teconsha,  Mich. 

Avery,  Elizabeth,  Phelps,  Ontario  Co.,  N.  Y.  Cushman.  Jessie,  Three  Rivers,  Mich. 

^Bailey.  Florence,  Cass  St.,  Albion,  Mich.  <<:u.ster,  Elizabeth,  Pana,  111. 

Baum,  Lina  B.,  211  E.  Erie  St,  Albion,  Mich.  DavidHon,  Eusebia,  Port  Huron,  Mich. 

Baom,  Nellie  Irene,  311 E.  Erie  St.,  Dickie,  Clarissa,  501 E.  Erie  St..  Albion,  Mich. 

Albion,  Mich.  Dickie,  Ada,  601  E.  Erie  St.,  Albion,  Mich. 

Billinghurst,  Ida,  Muskegon.  Mich.  -^Dickie,  Mamie,  501  E.  Erie  St..  Albion,  Mich. 

Birchard,  Louise,  Cambridgel)oro,  Pa.  Dickinson,  Jennie  E.,  860  Niagara  St., 
Brackenridge,  Beatrice,  256  Erie  St^  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

Cleveland,  O.  Disbrow,  Grace,  Hudson,  Mich. 

Brown,  Berta,  Plainwell,  Mich.  Dissette,  Fannie,  Perry  St.,  Albion,  Mich. 

Buck,  Gertrude,  Ironwood.  Mich.  Dunbar,  Mrs.  Blanche  Bryant,  Parma,  Mich. 

Brown,  Grace.  Albion,  Mich  Eggleston,  Kittle,  MarshaJl,  Mich. 

Bundy,  Blanche.  Chicago,  HI.  Eggleston,  Nina.  Marshall,  Mich. 

Butler,  Mabel,  North  Branch,  Mich.  Fairchild,  Minnie,  Three  Rivers,  Mich. 

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Ix.  Homer,  Mich, 

omb.  Leavenworth,  Kl 

•FoMer,  Mabel.  E.  PorMr  St ,  Albion,  Mich. 
(iufleld,  Mn.  Marian  Hovlctt,  Superior  Bt. 

AlblOD,  Mich. 
"tiDOdenow,  Malile  B.,  MlchtgaTi  An.. 

Albion,  Mlcl 
tGallch,  Mre.  Ilaltte  Lovejor. 
Unnnela,  Dorothy  W.,  Hot?!  Mad  I  ion, 

Toledo,  Ohli 
Hftll,  Un.  Flora  Adgau.  Ionia  Uich, 
IlandT,  Allda.  W.  Ust  Cltj,  Mich. 
Harrington.  Cora,  JacksoD,  Mich. 
Harria,  Mrs.  Kathryn  Brandon,  Gambler,  Ohl< 
Hoag,  Florence, 2110 Collingwood  Are., 


Kinsman,  Ethel,  Calumet.  Miol 
Lan*.  Loulee,  Manhall.  Mich. 
lAudig.Mn.  Lulu  Keller. Ktndf 


Albion,  Mich. 
OTCjoy,  Nellie  Valentine,  I.adington.  Mich, 
olt.  Mrs.  Gertrude  Falrchlld. 

Three  Rlvern,  "' 


s.  Delia  Moiwn,  Minneapolis,  Minn. 
't,  JHJacor;'-  '" 

Albion,  liiich. 


1.  Dorolbr,  Macomb,  HI. 


Mills,  Mra  Qlcnuaf , 

(.xrand  Kapida.  Uleh, 
Miner,  May.  ITnion  City,  Mich. 
Mitchell.  Bay,  tlay  Cily,  Mich. 
'MOKhcr,  Haritaret,  MIc'higan  Ave,, 


Mary,  Krie  St.,  Albfon.  Alch. 

Ferine,  EJuHie,  Erie  St.,  Albion.  Mich. 
Phelpi,  Emma,  (^reaoo,  Mich. 
I-ratl.  Eva,  Boston,  Mas. 
'■Ramidell,  Netlle.  Erie  St ,  Albion,  Mli 
Reynolds,  Mra.  Florence  Delendort, 

Beynolds,  RaUle,  Japt:siin.  Uich. 

Kogcrs.  Daisy.  Medina.  Mich. 

Seotlen,  Anna.  Detroll,  Mich. 

^htchan.  Kathleen.  Lockpori,  N.  Y. 

Sbedd,  M™.  I'carlFrambea.anmdRBpl'lB.Mich. 

Shatwell,  Clan,  Detroit,  Mich. 

Simpson.  Km,  Naahville.  Tpnn. 

Smith, BvUc,  Qrand  Rapid!,  Uich. 

Smith,  Llbble,  Marshall,  Hich. 

Snell.  Maud,  Elgin.  HI. 

Snell,  Daisy,  Coldwalcr,  Mich. 

Spenee.  U».  Ulnnle  Uwli,  UbcrilD.Ohlo. 

Sheldon,  Loulac.  Eaton  Raplda,  Mlcb. 

Bpruue,  Delia.  Kalamaaoo,  Mich. 

T^fll.  BeiolB.  Mn  Merrick  Ave  .  Detroit.  Uich. 

Thomaii,  Urs.  Kellle  fimlth.  Ht.  Clair.  Mich. 

Tlney.  Eva  Manoll,  Stlttaville,  Mlcb. 

Tiiirniiend.  Mrs.  Belle  Ulllec,  Champaign.  111. 

Travis,  Cora,  Traveme  C^ity,  UicJi. 

Valentine,  M™.  Cora  Bliai,  LaojrtnR,  Mich, 

Wauwn,  Myrtle.  Cedar  Hprinn,  Mich, 

Welch,  Winifred,  Homer.  UHrh 

Whitcomb.  Rose  Abcrnathy,  Pbiladelphia,  I^ 

Willie,  Orpha.  Onondago.  Uich. 

WoKo,  Vit.  Mamie  Barrli,  Flint.  Mich. 

Woodhams.  Florence,  Ptalnwelt.  Uich. 

Wood  worth,  Ora,  Bldwell,  SU.  Albion,  U. 

Wortbington,  Jennie,  Ulchtgan  An.,  Albion,  M. 


Albion.  Mich. 

Gamma. 

ASSOCIATE  MEMBER. 

)rge  A.,  Dulvcralty  Place,  El 

CIIAITER  ROI.L. 


Abbott,  Mtb.  Carrie  Woods.  Schuyler, 
Beckett.  Minnie,  Chicago,  III. 
Bellows.  Arta  Mae.  Maryville,  Mo, 

CElolan.  Marguerite, 
rovrn.  Mra.  Leila  Skelloo,  Appleton, 
tllurdick.  Mae. 

(Chester,  Mrs.  lAuraBudlon»[,llawmnr 
ChaH^,  Theodora,  2ilUS<irrington  Avi 


k'Hiu,  lirai-e,  1310  Michigan  A 
rans,  Jeanette,  St.  Iliiil.  Mliin. 


Uayi,  Mrs.  Edith  Jordan, 

ft2S  HamllD  St..  EvanHOD,  III. 

Hanson.  Cordelia,  a H7  8^ ■  — 


Hanson.  Emma,  ■an  Shern 


Kar 


1,  Florei 


>mbic.  Helen.'l' 
uarable,  Mrs, -  — 


e.  RocheHe,  HI. 


Eva&Kiui,  I 

Evanaion.  UL 

_..    _.  III. 

iioiurook,  Carrie,  IS23  Hlnman  Ave., 

Evanatou.  tU. 

Hough,  .lane.  Jackson,  Mich. 
Hough,  BeulaU.  Jackson.  Mlcb. 
Hughea,  Blanche,  MS  Hlaman  Ave., 

EranMon,  lU, 
KIndade,  Agalha.Lenark,  IH. 
Larson.Mra,  Bessie  G.Hamllne,  81.  Paul,  Minn. 
Llllyblade,  Ethel.  '.!7SS  Ullpin  St..  Denver.  Co). 
Mulford.  Suianna,  New  York  Cltj. 
Mariin,  Amv  BalatoD.Mlnn. 
Uclntyre.  Allldred.  Uemphls.  Tenn. 
M4'<'orkk-.  Atheeua,  Indianapolis,  Ind. 
<i-<good,  Urs.  Mar)'  Sallerfleld,  Manelllea,  HI. 


The  Jjyre. 


37 


Parkinson.  Eleanor,  Mt  Carmel,  111. 

Patrick.  Eliaabeth,  DesMoinea,  lowa. 

Porter,  €k>melia.  Baraboo.  Wis. 

^Pratt,  Mabel,  DesMoines,  Iowa. 

Richie,  Mrs.  Lizzie  Stein,  Walla  Walla,  Wash. 

Richardson,  Grace,  100  Bnena  Ave., 

Buena  Park,  111. 
Richardson,  Adolime,  Oklahoma. 
ReisinK.  Pearl. 

Sabin,  Mrs.  Loin  Pratt,  Fargo.  N.  Dakota. 
Scales,  Katherine,  8  Kenesan  Terrace, 

Bnena  Park,  lU. 
Schmidt,  Mrs  Esther  Qrannis,  Mankato,  Minn. 
Scott,  Gena,  McGregor,  Iowa. 
.Seegers.  Cora,  1944  Oakdale  Ave.,  Chicago. 
Stxickler,  Barbara,  Lanark.  111. 
Strong,  Ella,  Wankegan,  HI. 


Stevens.  Irene,  528  Greenwood  Boulevard, 

Evanston,  111. 

Siller,  Lillian,  831  Foster  St ,  Evanston.  111. 

Siller,  Mabel,  881  Foster  St.,  Evanston,  m. 

Skiff.  Blanche,  "  The  Plasa."  Chicago,  111. 

Stanford,  Mary,  1888  Sheridan  Road, 

Evanston,  m. 

Tyre,  Valeria,  Lebanon,  Ind. 

Vaughn,  Mayte,  Deadwood,  8.  Dakota. 

Walker,  Mary,  Chicago,  111. 

Wayman,  Mrs.  ElFleoa  Coleman,  Muskogee, 

Indian  Territory. 

Wemple,  Leona,  Waverly.  111. 

Williams,  Mrs.  Maude  wimmer,  Avenue  House, 

Evanston,  111. 

Weller,  Mrs.  Jenette  Marshall,  Omaha,  Neb. 

Young,  Ella  S..  1246  Forest  Ave.,  Evanston,  111. 


Delta. 

ASSOCIATE  MEMBEBS. 
Hull,  Mrs.  Juvia  O.,  1006  State  St.,  Erie,  Pa.  Pinney,  Miss  Mary  Reno,  New  York  City. 

CHAPTER  ROLL. 


Baker,  Katherine,  Spring  Creek,  Pa. 

Barber.  Margaret  B.,  MeadeviUe,  Pa. 

Bamaby,  L.  Fay.  Meadville,  Pa. 

Bates,  Florence,  Meadville,  Pa. 

Beyer.  Mabel,  Punxsutawney,  Pa. 

Blodgett.  Lucile,  Younssville,  Pa. 

Bright,  Evelyn,  Greenville,  Pa. 

Brown,  Mrs.  Antoinette  Snyder,  Meadville,  Pa. 

Byers,  Frances,  Cooperstown,  Pa. 

Chase.  Belle,  Greenville,  Pa. 

Churcn,  Ajmes  Pearson,  Meadville,  Pa. 

Cowan,  Lillian,  Apollo,  Pa. 

Cribbs,  Bertha,  South  OU  City.  Pa. 

Dick.  MrS(John,  Meadville,  Pa. 

Eastman,  Flora,  Meadville.  Pa. 

Edsall.  Helen.  Elmira.  N.  Y. 

Evans.  Sara.  Greenville,  Pa. 

Fair,  Lu,  South  Oil  City,  Pa. 

tFoote,  Mary. 

Graham,  May  T..  Meadville,  Pa. 

Hammond,  Grace,  Meadville,  Pa. 

Hollister,  Mrs.  Carrie  Gaston.  Cochran  ton,  Pa. 

Harper,  Florence,  Meadville,  Pa. 

Home,  Jennie  Arzella,  Greenville,  Pa. 

Irvin,  Rebie  Flood,  Sitka,  Alaska. 

Johnson.  Mrs.  Effle  Sherred,  Grveuvllle.  Pa. 

Kiefer,  Elsie,  858  Lincoln  Ave  ,  Bellevuc,  Pa. 

Krick,  Ruby  E.,  Connesmtville.  Pa. 

Laffer,  Mr<.  Gertrude  Sackett,  Meadville,  Pa. 

Lenhart,  Ada,  Meadville,  Pa. 

Lord,  Mary  C.  Meadville,  Pa. 

Maxwell,  C.  Maud,  South  Oil  City,  Pa. 

McAllister.  Elisabeth  B..  West  Newton.  Pa. 

McOill,  Mrs.  Jene  Robion,  Lakeriew,  Cal.  . 


McMahon.  Mrs.  Ella  Jack,  Apollo,  Pa. 

McMasters,  Jennie  Elynne,  Adamsville,  Pa. 

McMuUen,  Lois  £.,  180 Center  Ave.,  Aurora,  111. 

Merchant,  Jessie,  Meadville,  Pa: 

Moore,  Edith,  Cochranton,  Pa. 

Moyer,  M.  Alta,  Meadville,  Pa. 

^Nichols,  Helen.  Spring  Creek.  Pa. 

Ogden,  Jennie  Medora,  M^ulville,  Pa. 

Ogden.  Gertrude  Helen,  Meadville,  Fa. 

Orris,  Helen,  Meadville,  Pa. 

opatton,  Elisabeth  E..  Hartstown,  Pa. 

Pendleton,  Flora  B.,  Mannington,  W.  Va. 

Pickard,  Fern,  Jamestown,  N.  Y. 

Porter,  Susanna,  Meadville,  Pa. 

Porter,  Juvenilia  O.,  Meadville,  Pa. 

Porter,  Virginia,  South  Oil  City,  Pa. 

Ramsey,  Mrs.  Bird  Knight,  Jamestown,  N.  Y. 

Ray,  Anna  C,  Meadville,  Pa. 

Rea,  Harriett  Lillian,  Cory  don,  Iowa. 

Robson,  Mrs.  Harriett  Veith,  Ovid.  Mich. 

Robinson.  Mrs.  Mae  Bredin.  Erie,  Pa. 

Roddy.  Edith  J.,  Meadville,  Pa. 

Sackett,  Bertha,  Meadville.  Pa. 

Seiple,  Mrs.  Charlotte  W.,  New  Brighton,  Pa. 

Sheldon,  Myrtle. 

Stevenson,  Blanche,  Utica,  Pa. 

Tate,  Zannie  Patton,  Marseilles,  111. 

Tinker,  EtU  May,  Wabash.  Ind. 

Tyler,  Elizabeth  R.,  Meadville,  Pa. 

White,  Evelyn  Theo.,  Elmira,  N.  Y. 

Wilson,  Adelaide  M.,  Guy's  Mills,  Pa. 

Wilson,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Tate.  Boise  City,  Idaho. 

Winana,  Mrs.  Esther  Rich,  New  Brighton,  Pa. 


33u 


38 


The  I/yre. 


Barrinffer.  Oliye,  Los  Aiureles,  Cal. 
Barton,  Nellie,  Los  Angeles,  Cal. 
Cook,  Margaret,  Los  Angeles,  Cal. 
Davis,  Jessie  L  ,  Los  Angeles,  Cal. 
Qothard.  Ina,  Los  Angeles,  Cal. 
Green,  Nellie,  Los  Angeles,  Cal. 
Hardwiclc,  Suanna,  Erie,  Pa. 
Hoppin,  Delia.  Ventura,  Cal. 
Johns,  Lola,  Riverside,  Cal. 


Epsilon. 


Keep,  Cornelia,  Los  Angeles,  Cal. 
Kepner,  Etha,  Lemon,  Cal. 
Mann.  Alice.  Phoenix,  Ariz. 
McArthar,  Myrtle,  Los  Angles,  Cal. 
Millard,  Ora,  Los  Angeles,  Cal. 
Parker,  Flora,  Los  Angeles,  Cal. 
Phelps,  Bertha,  Los  Angeles,  Cal. 
VanCleve,  Mrs.  N.  Louise,  Los  Angeles,  Cal. 
Whltton,  Lillian,  Los  Angeles,  Cal. 


Armstrong,  Mary,  Bov^Iln^  Oreen,  Kv. 
Ball,  Mrs.  Susan  Ann  Lewis,  Boston,  Ma^u. 
Barnard,  Helen,  Kennet  Square,  Pa. 
Brandenburg,  Olga.  00  Congress  St.,  Boston. 
Buchanan,  Bertha  Thompson,  Marion,  Ind. 
Campbell,  Florence  Wheat,  Lima,  Ohio. 
Cleveland,  Alma  Stewart,  Houston,  Tex. 
Collins,  Helen  Maud,  Rochester,  Biinn. 
Elliott,  Esther E., 927 North  St.,  Logansport.  Ind 
Ellis,  Elsie  Louise,  Brookfleld,  Mass. 
Evans,  Nel'ie  Durand,  Chattanooga,  Tenn. 
Evans,  Anita  D.,  Chattanooga,  Tenn. 
Farnum,  Emma  Faye,  McGregor,  Iowa. 
Farel,  Sadie  Marie,  Titusviile,  Pa. 
Howe,  Laura  Amelia,  701  North  St., 

Logansport,  Ind. 
Johnson,  Mary  W^son,  Raleigh,  N.  C. 
Johnson,  LiUa  B  ,  Americus,  Ga. 
Johnson,  Mrs.  Viola  Truell,  Piainfleld,  N.  J. 


Kidd,  Mary  Carson,  Houston.  Texas. 
Liflin,  Helen  Margaret,  Milwaukee,  Wis. 
Lewis.  Lora  Stacey,  State  Public  School, 

Owatoma,  Miss. 
Mayo,  Elisabeth  Blanche,  Dunkirk.  N.  Y. 
Manchester,  Edith  H  ,  84  Combstock  Ave.. 

Providence,  R.  I. 
McFarlane,  Estelle  H.,  1773  WllliamsSt.,  Denver 
McNair,  Jessie  Jo.,  Brookhaven,  Miss. 
Parker,  Alice  Frances,  Concord,  N.  H. 
Patterson,  Mary  A.,  St.  Albans,  vt. 
Prince,  Edith  S.,  Carlisle.  P». 
Rennyson,  Gertrude  Margaret,  Philadelphia,  Pa 
Sigoumey,  Belle  Mauross,  Bristol.  Conn. 
Snyder,  Agnes  E.,  Pniladelphla,  Pa. 
Spencer,  Irene,White  Sulphur  Springs.  Montana 
Vass,  Eleanor  Margaret.  Raleiffn,  N.  C. 
Upcraft,  Margaret  Elizabeth,  Oswega,  N.  Y. 
Wood,  Jessie  Belle,  Chicago,  111. 


Eta. 

Bartol,  Belle,  Lewisburg,  Pa.  PauUin,  Mrs.  Ida  List,  Cedarville,  New  Jersey. 

Gilbert,  Amy,  St  Davids^elaware  Co..  Pa.  Steiner,  Jessie,  Lewisburg,  Pa. 

Kerstetter,  Mrs.  Fannie  Woods,  Lewisburg,  Pa. 

Theta. 

ASSOCIATE  MEMBER. 
Zeitz,  Mrs.  Herman,  Ann  Arbor,  Mich. 

CHAPTER  ROLL. 


Bartholomew,  Winifred,  Charlevoix,  Mich. 
Clark,  Martha,  Ann  Arbor,  Mich. 
Condon,  Lydia,  Ann  Arbor,  Mich. 
Daniel,  Marion  Alberta.  Jackson,  Mich. 
♦Fisk,  Ethel,  Ann  Arbor,  Mich. 


Fisk,  Virginia,  Ann  Arbor,  Mich. 
Koch,  Flora,  Ann  Arbor,  Mich. 
McKenzie,  Rachel,  Ann  Arbor,  Mich. 
Montague,  Gertrude,  Traverse  City.  Mich. 
Spense,  Florence  I.,  Ann  Arbor,  Mich. 


*  Pledged, 
t  Deceased. 


This  list  is  as  nearly  correct  as  could  be  made  from  our  roll.  Any 
information  which  can  be  furnished  by  a  reader  as  to  change  of  address 
will  assist  in  making  our  future  lists. 


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V  u 


Tiuo^.'i''-  — 


ALPHA  CHI  OMEGA. 

CHAPTER  ROLL 


Alpha, DePauw  University,  Greencastle,  Indiana. 

Beta, Albion  College,  Albion,  Michigan. 

Gamma, Northwestern  University,  Evanston,  Illinois. 

Delta,  .    .    .  Pennsylvania  College  of  Music,  Meadville,  Pennsylvania. 
Epsilon,  .  University  of  Southern  California,  I^os  Angeles,  California. 

Zeta, New  England  Conservatory,  Boston,  Massachusetts. 

Eta, Bucknell  University,  Lewisburg,  Pennsylvania. 

Theta, University  of  Michigan,  Ann  Arbor,  Michigan. 

GRAND  CHAPTER-ALPHA. 

GENERAL  OFFICERS. 


President, Raeburn  Cowger,  Alpha. 

Vice  President Winifred  Bartholomew,  Theta. 

Secretary Ethel  Eggleston,  Zeta. 

Treasurer Gertrude  Ogden,  Delta. 

CORRESPONDING  SECRETARIES. 


Alpha, Elmena  Lank 

Beta, Lina  Baum,  211  E.  Erie  St. 

Gamma, Blanche  Hughes,  649  Hinman  Ave. 

Delta, L.  Fay  Barnaby,  North  Park  Ave. 

Epsilon, Jessie  Leone  Davis,  2904  Vermont  Ave. 

Zeta, Lucy  G.  Andrews,  New  England  Conservatory. 

Eta, Belle  Bartol. 

Theta, ! Marion  Alberta  Daniel. 


332 


ARTIST'S  PBOFESSIONAIi  CARDS. 


Fannie  Bloomfield»Zeisler, 


568  East  Division  Street, 


Chicago,  Illinois 


niss  Neally  Stevens, 

Concert  Pianist. 

Alameda  County, 

Residence,  San  Lorenzo. 

California. 


Maud  Powell, 

Violinist. 

40  West  Twentieth  Street, 

New  York  City. 

riarie  Decca, 

American 
Prima  Donna, 

Opera,  Oratorio,  Concert,  Etc. 
SOPRANO. 

Address,  Care  the  Musical  Courier,  New  York* 

833 


THE  LYRE 


OF 


ALPHA  Chi  Omega 


VOL.  IV.  JULY,  1899.  NO. 2. 


"DER  MEISTERSINGER." 

[Untutored  impressions  upon  hearing  for  the  first  time  Wagner's  "  Meistersinger,"  as  played  i^  , 
the  Mozart  Club  of  Boston.] 

"  I  am  lost ! 
Around  me  grewsome  shadows  grow, 
AdvanciDg)  menace,  while  I  wait 
In  chilled  expectancy ! 
And  Terror,  clothed  in  awful  clinging  folds, 
Doth  stalk  beside  me,  like  a  fate. 
And  see!     The  shadows  deeper  grow, 
An  ominous  sound  fills  all  the  air 
And  fearful  shapes  in  vast  array, 
In  maddening  whirl  surge  'round  me, 
Laughing,  with  deathless  mirth. 
Ah!     I  smother!     Is  there  no  escape ? 
No  hand  outstretched  to  save, 
No  arm  made  brave? 
They  bear  me  down — they  crush  me! 
Ah-^ ! 

*^^  ^^^  ^^  ^^^  ^^p 

^^*  ^^»  ^^^  ^T*  ^^^ 

This  silence!     Even  the  shadows, 

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The  I/yre. 


Specters  of  a  ghostly  Past, 

Are  stilled,  and  I  am  alone, 

Save  for  Terror,  now  of  himself  a  part. 

Crouches  sullen  by  my  side. 

Not  one  pale  eye  of  light 

Doth  o'er  me  bend. 

Is  this  the  yawning  brink 

Of  some  vast  shoreless  Night 

Where  doomed  souls  like  me 

Bend  parching  lips  to  drink 

From  a  dead  gray  sea  ? 

Or,  is  it listen,  aye, 

What  folly !     Who  shall  hear 

My  anguish  measured  by  one  cry? 

Yet,  e'en  though  Heaven  itself 

Should  belch  forth  anger 

That  the  rocks  might  fear, 

I  will  listen,  and  mayhap  call. 

Ah !     I  hear  one  soft,  faint  note 

Of  music  swell,  and  grow 

More  plaintive,  now  appealing. 

Sobbing  out  some  song  of  woe. 

Is  that  the  cry  of  some  new  soul 

Born  into  this  fearful  gloom  ? 

And  list!  the  music  dying 

Like  the  wind-harp  sighing 

Sweet  and  low, — 

And  a  subtle  perfume  stealing 

Like  unseen  breathing,  through  a  treeless  breeze. 

Forgot  is  woe,  as  long  I  listen, 

But  methinks  of  Terror  close  beside  me. — 

lio!  when  I  look,  he  doth,  expiring. 

With  one  last  faint  fleeting  breath 

Whisper — "  Music  brings  thee  rest," 

And  he  is  gone. 

Gone  into  that  endless  night. 

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The  I/yre.  5 

Where  night  has  touched  that  pale  dead  sea, 

I  see  a  phantom  ship  just  kiss  the  shore, 

And  unseen  arms  are  lifting  me, 

While  gently  wafting  o'er  and  o'er, 

Comes  clearer,  sweeter  melody 

Than  e'er  I'd  heard  from  earthly  voices  ringing. 

And  while  the  ship  with  broadening  sail 

Bears  me  through  a  sea  of  golden  light, 

The  song  I  do  divine,  nor  even  angel  voices  singing 

Could  e'er  devise  a  theme  more  rare 

Than  that  loved  "  Meistersinger." 

— Pearl  Whitcomb-Henry. 


No  great  intellectual  thing  was  ever  done  by  great  eflTort ;  a  great 
thing  can  only  be  done  by  a  great  man,  and  he  does  it  without  eflforL 

— RUSKIN. 


Above  all  music  ought  to  be  like  poetry,  and  like  all  that  is  true, 
genuine,  and  grand :  simple  and  unaffected,  it  ought  to  be  the  exacts 
true  and  natural  expression  of  feeling. — Gluck. 


"A  unique  violin  has  been  made  by  a  Missouri  man.  The  back  id 
of  cherry  from  a  table  more  than  a  century  old,  which  formerly  be- 
longed to  the  Howard-Payne  College.  In  the  center  of  the  back  are  in- 
serted twenty-one  pieces  of  wood  from  the  Holy  Land,  one  being  from 
a  grapevine  that  grew  in  the  Garden  of  Gethsemane.  Around  the  mar- 
gin are  set  in  a  row  small  pieces  of  wood,  diamond-shaped,  gathered  from 
all  over  the  civilized  world.  In  one  end  of  the  back  is  inserted  a  horse- 
shoe made  of  castor  wood,  and  in  the  other  end  is  the  image  of  a  rabbit 
carved  in  cherry.  There  are,  in  all,  over  one  hundred  and  fifty  pieces 
of  wood,  and  the  only  tools  used  in  the  manufacture  of  the  instrument 
were  a  pocket  knife  and  a  half-inch  chisel." 

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The  X/jfre. 


HOMES  OF  OUR  CHAPTERS. 

ALLEGHENY  COLLEGE. 
If  all  the  world's  a  stt^e  and  one  man  in  his  tiinc  plays  many  parts, 
we  cau  boast  that  one  of  the  great  actors  of  to-day  played  his  school- 
boy part  at  old  Allegheny.  Why,  four  years  ago,  did  ten  thousand 
people  throng  the  streets  of  this  quiet  college  town?  Why  did  they 
crowd  into  the  college  church  and  stand  for  hourn  on  a  hot  June  day  ? 
Why  waa  that  deafening  applause  after  the  president  had  announced 
the  speaker  of  the  day?     Why? 


FROM  TlIK  GYM  TOWEK. 

It  was  to  greet  one  small  man,  yet  this  same  man  was  soon  to  enter 
the  greatest  presidential  race  of  the  century.  It  was  to  greet  William 
McKialey.  It  was  to  greet  a  former  student  who  had  returned  after 
many  years,  a  distinguished  visitor,  to  celebrate  the  eightieth  anniver- 
sary of  his  alma  mater.  Allegheny  is  one  of  the  oldest  colleges  west  of 
the  Allegheny  Mountains.  It  was  founded  in  1S15,  the  first  college 
building,  now  known  as  Bentley  Hall,  being  erected  in  1320. 


8  The  I/yre, 

Thia  year  there  are  300  students  in  college  and  155  in  the  Coneerva- 
tory,  making  a  total  of  455.  The  College  Campas  embraces  sixteen 
acres.  It  is  well  shaded  and  for  natural  beauty  is  unsurpassed.  The 
buildings,  situated  at  the  top  of  College  Hill,  are  five  in  number.  There 
is  Bentley  Hall  and  Wilcox  Hall  of  Science.  Then  there  is  Hulings  Hall 
where  the  out-of-town  girls  are  domiciled,  and  Ruter  Hall  in  which  is 
the  chapel,  the  library  and  the 
museum.  Lastly  is  the  belo^'ed, 
honored,  much-respected  Gym 
and  back  of  the  Gym  is  Athletic 
Field  where  lovers  of  base-ball 
and  foot-ball  congregate. 

One  of  the  most  attractive 
features  of  the  College  this  year 
has  been  the  enthusiastic  interest 
in  athletics  felt  by  all,  from  Presi- 
dent to  Prep.  The  foot-ball 
team  made  a  good  showing  in 
the  fall,  and  the  winter  months 
brought  with  them  many  vic- 
tories for  basket-ball.  Honors 
were  won  in  this  game  by  both 
young  men  and  women,  the 
men's  team  capturing  the  inter- 
Since   the  base-ball 


PK>1-IDENT  CRAWFORD. 


season  has  come,  the  collie  t«am 
has  borne  a  matchless  record  in 
the  histiiry  of  Allegheny.  They  made  a  triumphal  march  through 
Ohio  playing  five  colleges.  Within  a  few  days  they  have  won  two 
flames  from  Washington  and  Jefferson  College  at  Washington,  Pa. 
This  year  of  conquest  has  promoted  an  admirable  college  spirit  sup- 
planting fraternity  rivalry  which  has  run  high.  The  fraternity  world 
is  well  represented  here. 

Phi  Kappa  Psi  was  first  established.  Phi  Gamma  Delta, Delta  Tau  Delta, 
Siftina  Alpha  Epsilon  and  Phi  Delta  Theta  soon  followed.  Kappa  Alpha 
Tlieta,  Kappa  Kappa  Gamma  and  Alpha  Chi   Omega  came  in  later. 


I%e  I/yre,  d 

Our  fraternity  home  ia  in  the  Conservatory  which  is  down  town. 
Last  September  the  name  was  changed  to  the  Pennsylvania  College  oi 
Music.  To  those  who  love 
to  ponder  over  that  ques- 
tion, "  What'e  in  a  name  ?  ", 
we  will  tell  you,  "Every- 
thing," for  to  us  it  will  al-  ^^^ 
ways  be  the  Conservatory. 
For  many  years  the  Con- 
servator}' has  been  under 
the  direction  of  Mrs.  Juvia 

0.  Hull.     This  fall  it  passes  powerhoise. 

into  other  hands  and  three  members  of  the  new  faculty  are  Alpha  Chis. 

Commencement  days  will  soon  be  here  and  another  chapter  will  be 
closed. 

The  past  year  is  now  but  a  memory.  We  are  sorry  it  is  over  yet  we 
trust  that  something  has  been  accomplished.  May  our  future  years  be 
as  useful  and  happy.  Grace  Hammond. 


^ 


w-Tflirmr 


10  The  Ijyre, 

SHELLEY'S  ATTITUDE  TOWARD  NATURE, 

WITH  COMPARISON  TO  THAT  OF  WORDSWORTH. 

If  we  study  the  history  of  poetry  during  the  period  1730-1832,  we 
will  find  the  treatment  of  the  subject  of  nature  occupied  a  prominent 
place  in  the  works  of  the  great  poett?.  Nature  is  considered  not  merely 
as  a  background  for  the  pictures  of  human  life,  but  as  a  subject  in 
itself  worthy  of  the  poet's  art.  Not  only  the  external  scenes  are  de- 
scribed, but  also  the  feelings  and  emotions  resulting  from  contact  with 
them.  Foremost  among  these  poets  of  Nature  are  Shelley  and  Words- 
worth, and  we  will  find  a  comparative  study  of  their  ideas  on  this  sub- 
ject very  interesting. 

From  what  we  have  already  learned  of  the  life  and  character  of 
Shelley,  and  the  peculiarities  of  his  work  we  may  be  prepared  to  under- 
stand his  attitude  toward  nature  as  shown  in  his  poems.  In  order  ta 
treat  the  subject  effectively  we  must  expect  the  poet  to  be  *4n  touch" 
with  it.     We  find  Shelley  a  true  lover  of  nature.     *'I  love,"  he  writes, 

"The  fresh  earth  in  new  leaves  dressed, 
And  the  starry  night ; 
Autumn  evening  and  the  morn 
When  the  golden  mists  are  born. 
I  love  snow  and  all  the  forms 
Of  the  radiant  frost ; 
I  love  waves,  an4  winds,  and  storms — 
Everything  almost 
Which  is  nature's,  and  may  be 
Untainted  by  man's  misery." 

He  was  keenly  sensitive  to  the  appearances  of  nature  at  different 
times  and  seasons.  He  was  moved  by  the  **hues  and  harmonies  of 
evening."     He  tells  us: 

''  The  day  becomes  more  solemn  and  serene 
When  noon  is  past ;  there  is  a  harmony 
In  autumn,  and  a  lustre  in  its  sky, 
Which  in  summer  is  not  heard  or  seen." 


Then  again: 


Noon  descends  around  me  now, 
'Tis  the  noon  of  autumn's  glow. 
When  a  soft  and  purple  mist, 

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Like  the  vaporous  amethyst, 
Or  an  air-dissolvM  star, 
Mingling  light  and  fragrance,  far 
From  the  curved  horizon's  bound 
To  the  point  of  heavens  profound, 
Fills  the  overflowing  sky." 

We  find  Shelley  continually  referring  to  the  music  of  nature.     From 
the  bells  of  the  hyacinth  he  conceived  of  a  music 

''  So  delicate,  soft  and  intense. 
It  was  felt  like  an  odor  within  the  sense." 

The  guitar,  made  from  a  tree  felled  in  winter,  which  thus  "died  in 

sleep  and  felt  no  pain," 

**  Whispered  in  an  enamoured  tone, 
Sweet  oracles  of  woods  and  dells. 
And  summer  winds  in  sylvan  cells — 
For  it  had  learnt  all  harmonies 
Of  the  plains  and  of  the  skies, 
Of  the  forests  and  the  mountains, 
Of  the  many-voiced  fountains ; 
The  clearest  echoes  of  the  hills. 
The  softest  notes  of  falling  rills, 
The  melodies  of  birds  and  bees, 
The  murmuring  of  summer  seas. 
And  pattering  rain  and  breathing  dew, 
And  airs  of  evening ;  and  it  knew 
That  seldom-heard  mysterious  sound 
Which,  driven  on  its  diurnal  round, 
As  it  floats  through  the  boundless  day. 
Our  world  enkindles  on  its  way — 
All  this  it  knows ;  but  will  not  tell 
To  those  who  cannot  question  well 
The  spirit  that  inhabits  it." 

It  was  not  merely  the  external  features  of  nature  that  impressed 
Shelley,  but  something  more — his  love  seemed  to^be 

**A  devotion  to  something  afar 
From  the  sphere  of  our  sorrow." 

Nature  was  to  him  alive  and  had  a  spirit  and  that  spirit  was  a  loving 
»pirit  which  harmonized  the  universe.     To  use  his  own  expression: 

**  I  know  that  love  makes  all  things  equal ; 
I  have  heard 

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m  

By  mine  own  heart  this  joyous  truth  averred. 

The  spirit  of  the  worm  beneath  the  sod, 

In  love  and  worship  blends  itself  with  God." 

The  "soul  of  the  tall  trees"  was  each  a  woodnymph.  When  Adonais 
died  he  was  made  one  with  nature  and  his  voice  was  heard  in  all  her 
music.  His  presence  could  be  felt  and  known  in  darkness  and  in 
light  from  herb  and  stone;  Nature  had  withdrawn  his  being  to  her  own. 

**  Which  wields  the  world  with  never-wearied  love. 
Sustains  it  from  beneath  and  kindles  it  above." 

So  taught  Shelley.  In  his  idea  of  a  limng  spirit  in  nature  his  belief 
was  the  same  as  Wordsworth's,  but  the  former  made  it  a  loving  spirit ; 
while  the  latter  conceived  of  it  as  a  thinking  spirit.  The  treatment 
of  Shelley  was  purely  imaginative;  of  Wordsworth  purely  intellectual. 

In  order  to  compare  the  faith  of  the  two  poets  let  us  look  for  a  mo- 
ment at  Wordsworth's  creed  as  expressed  in  his  "  Lines  Written  Above 
Tintem  Abbey : " 

**  For  Nature  then— 
The  coarser  pleasures  of  my  boyish  days 
And  their  glad  animal  moments  all  gone  by — 
To  me  was  all  in  all.    I  cannot  paint 
What  then  I  was.    The  sounding  cataract 
Haunted  me  like  a  passion  ;  the  tall  rock, 
The  mountain,  and  the  deep  and  gloomy  wood. 
Their  colors  and  their  forms  were  then  to  me 
An  appetite,  a  feeling  and  a  love 
That  had  no  need  of  a  remoter  charm 
By  thought  supplied,  nor  any  interest 
Unborrowed  from  the  eye.    That  time  is  past, 
And  all  its  aching  joys  are  now  no  more. 
And  all  its  dizzy  raptures.     Not  for  this 
Faint  I,  nor  mourn  nor  murmur;  other  gifts 
Have  followed,  for  such  loss,  I  would  believe, 
Abundant  recompense.     For  I  have  learned 
To  look  on  nature,  not  as  in  the  hour 
Of  thoughtless  youth,  but  hearing  oftentimes. 
The  still,  sad  music  of  humanity. 
Nor  harsh,  nor  grating,  tho'  of  ample  power 
To  chasten  and  subdue.     And  I  have  felt 
A  presence  that  disturbs  me  with  the  joy 
Of  elevated  thoughts ;  a  sense  sublime 

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Of  something  far  more  deeply  interfused 
Whose  dwelling  is  the  light  of  setting  suns, 
And  the  round  ocean  and  the  living  air 
And  the  blue  sky,  and  in  the  mind  of  man — 
A  motion  and  a  spirit  that  impels 
All  thinking  things,  all  objects  of  all  thought, 
And  rolls  through  all  things.    Therefore,  I  am  still 
A  lover  of  the  meadows  and  the  woods 
And  mountains,  and  of  all  that  we  behold 
From  this  green  earth,  of  all  the  mighty  world 
Of  eye  and  ear,  both  what  they  half  create 
And  what  perceive ;  well  pleased  to  recognize 
In  nature  and  the  language  of  the  sense 
The  anchor  of  my  purest  thoughts,  the  nurse, 
The  guide,  the  guardian  of  my  heart,  and  soul 
Of  all  my  moral  being. 

*  *  *  Nature  never  did  betray 

The  heart  that  loved  her ;  'tis  her  privilege, 
Through  all  the  years  of  this  our  life,  to  lead 
From  joy  to  joy ;  for  she  can  so  inform 
The  mind  that  is  within  us,  so  impress 
With  quietness  and  beauty,  and  so  feed 
With  lofty  thoughts,  that  neither  evil  tongues, 
Rash  judgment,  nor  the  sneers  of  selfish  men, 
Nor  greetings  where  no  kindness  is,  nor  all 
The  dreary  intercourse  of  daily  life. 
Shall  e'er  prevail  against  us,  or  disturb 
Our  cheerful  faith  that  all  which  we  behold 
Is  full  of  blessings.    Therefore  let  the  moon 
Shine  on  thee  in  thy  solitary  walk. 
And  let  the  misty  mountain  winds  be  free 
To  blow  against  thee." 

We  find  here  a  belief  in  a  living  spirit  which  communicates  to  the 
mind  of  the  poet.  It  appeals  to  his  intellect  and  inspires  thought.  It 
is  a  teacher,  for  she  "can  so  inform  the  mind  within  us,  so  impress 
with  quietness  and  beauty,  and  so  feed  with  lofty  thoughts"  that  we 
believe  "that  all  which  we  behold  is  full  of  blessings. 

It  was  with  a  quiet  contemplative  spirit  Wordsworth  communed 
with  nature.  Not  so  with  Shelley.  It  is  from  an  emotional  stand- 
point he  gives  us  his  nature  poems.     The  nature  spirit  appealed  to  his 

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feelings.  It  wielded  the  world  with  never  wearied  love,  sustained  it 
from  beneath  and  kindled  it  above,  as  he  tells  us  in  Adonais; 
when  in  its  presence  he  felt  a  tranquilizing  influence  and  was  carried 
away  with  an  ecstacy  of  pleasure. 

Another  marked  difierence  is  that  Wordsworth  never  loses  sight  of 
the  material  form,  while  with  Shelley  it  is  usually  forgotten.  He  spir- 
itualizes the  material  objects  of  nature.  Wordsworth  could  describe 
minutely  natural  objects  and  receive  their  lessons  as  from  themselves. 
The  homely  celandine  was  to  him  but  a  simple  common  flower. 

"Comfort  have  thou  of  thy  merit, 
Kindly,  unassuming  spirit! 
Careless  of  thy  neighborhood. 
Thou  dost  show  thy  pleasant  face 
On  the  moor  and  in  the  wood. 
In  the  lane — there's  not  a  place. 
Howsoever  mean  it  be. 
But  'tis  good  enough  for  thee." 

The  nature  spirit  gave  a  personality  to  each  object.      Each   little 

flower  was  to  him  a  friend.     The  daisy,  the  '^unassuming  commonplace 

of  nature,  with  that  homely  face"  was  "a  friend  at  hand  to  scare  his 

melancholy." 

"A  hundred  times  by  rock  or  bower, 
Ere  thus  I  have  lain  couched  an  hour, 
Have  I  derived  from  thy  sweet  power 

Some  apprehension, 
Some  steady  love,  some  brief  delight. 
Some  memory  that  had  taken  flight. 
Some  chime  of  fancy,  wrong  or  right, 
Or  stray  invention. 

If  stately  passions  in  me  burn. 

And  one  chance  look  to  thee  should  turn, 

I  drink  out  of  an  humbler  urn 

A  lowlier  pleasure — 
The  homely  sympathy  that  heeds 
The  common  life  our  nature  breeds, 
A  wisdom  fitted  to  the  needs 

Of  hearts  at  leisure." 

And  again  he  says  to  the  same  flower: 

'*  Bright./fowyr/  for  by  that  name  at  last, 

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When  all  my  reveries  are  past, 
I  call  thee  and  to  that  cleave  fast ! 
Sweet,  silent  creature, 

That  breath'st  with  me  in  sun  and  air, 
Do  thou,  as  thou  art  wont,  repair 
My  heart  with  gladness  and  a  share 
Of  thy  meek  nature ! " 

Compare  this  with  Shelley's  poem,  "  The  Sensitive  Plant."  It  is  not 
the  material  flower  about  which  the  poet  writes,  but  the  spiritualized 
flower.  He  treats  of  the  spiritual  nature  which  he  ascribes  to  the 
plant  raising  it  above  the  common  material  world. 

I. 
** A  Sensitive  Plant  in  a  garden  grew ; 
And  the  young  winds  fed  it  with  silver  dew ; 
And  it  opened  its  fanlike  leaves  to  the  light. 
And  closed  them  beneath  the  kisses  of  night. 

II. 
And  the  spring  arose  on  the  garden  fair, 
Like  the  spirit  of  Love  felt  everywhere ; 
And  each  flower  and  herb  on  earth's  dark  breast 
Rose  from  the  dream  of  its  wintry  rest. 

III. 
But  none  ever  trembled  and  panted  with  bliss. 
In  the  garden,  the  field  or  the  wilderness, 
Like  a  doe  in  the  noontide  with  love's  sweet  want, 
As  the  companionless  Sensitive  Plant. 

XVIII. 
But  the  Sensitive  Plant,  which  could  give  small  fruit 
Of  the  love  which  it  felt  from  the  leaf  to  the  root, 
Received  more  than  all ;  it  loved  more  than  ever. 
Where  none  wanted  but  it,  could  belong  to  the  giver. 

XIX. 

For  the  Sensitive  plant  has  no  bright  flower ; 
Radiance  and  odor  are  not  its  dower ; 
It  loves  even  like  Love — its  deep  heart  is  full : 
It  desires  what  it  has  not — the  beautiful. 

XX. 

The  light  winds  which,  from  unsustaining  wings, 
Shed  the  music  of  many  murmurings ; 

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The  beams  which  dart  from  many  a  star 
Of  the  flower  whose  hues  they  bear  afar ; 

XXI. 

The  plumM  insects  sw^ift  and  free — 
Like  golden  boats  on  a  sunny  sea, 
Laden  with  light  and  odor — which  pass 
Over  the  gleam  of  the  living  grass ; 

XXII. 
The  unseen  clouds  of  the  dew  which  lie 
Like  Are  in  the  flowers  till  the  sun  rides  high, 
Then  wander  like  spirits  among  the  spheres. 
Each  cloud  faint  with  the  fragrance  it  bears ; 

XXIII. 
The  quivering  vapors  of  dim  noontide 
Which  like  a  sea  o'er  the  warm  earth  glide 
In  which  every  sound  and  odor  and  beam 
Moves  as  reeds  in  a  single  stream ; — 

XXIV. 
Each  and  all  like  ministering  angels  were 
For  the  Sensitive  plant  sweet  joy  to  bear, 
Whilst  the  lagging  hours  of  the  day  went  by 
Like  windless  clouds  o'er  a  tender  sky. 

XXV. 

And  when  evening  descended  from  heaven  above, 
And  the  earth  was  all  rest  and  the  air  was  all  love. 
And  delight  though  less  bright  was  far  more  deep, 
And  the  day's  veil  fell  from  the  world  of  sleep, — 

XXVI. 

And  the  beasts  and  the  birds  and  the  insects  were  drowned 
In  an  ocean  of  dreams  without  a  sound. 
Whose  waves  never  mark,  though  they  ever  impress 
The  light  sand  which  paves  it,  consciousness ; — 

XXVII. 
Only  overhead  the  sweet  nightingale 
Ever  sang  more  sweet  as  the  day  might  fail. 
And  snatches  of  its  Elysian  chant 
Were  mixed  with  the  dreams  of  the  Sensitive  Plant. 

XXIII. 
The  Sensitive  Plant  was  the  earliest 
Up-gathered  into  the  bosom  of  rest ; 

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A  sweet  child  weary  of  its  delight, 
The  feeblest  and  yet  the  favorite, 
Cradled  within  the  embrace  of  Night." 

The  second  part  of  the  poem  gives  a  no  less  idealized  and  spiritual- 
ized picture  of  the  lady  who  tended  the  garden: 

II. 
A  lady,  the  wonder  of  her  kind, 
Whose  form  upborne  by  a  lovely  mind 
Which,  dilating,  had  moulded 
Her  mien  and  motion 

Like  a  sea  flower  unfolded  beneath  the  ocean, 
Tended  the  garden  from  morn  to  even. 
She  had  no  companion  of  mortal  race ; 
But  her  tremulous  breath  and  blushing  face 
Told,  whilst  the  moon  kissed  the  sleep  from  her  eyes. 
That  her  dreams  were  less  slumber  than  paradise. 

V. 
As  if  some  bright  spirit  for  her  sweet  sake. 
Had  deserted  heaven  while  the  stars  were  awake ; 
As  if  yet  around  her  he  lingering  were. 
Though  the  veil  of  daylight  concealed  him  from  her . 

VIII. 
I  doubt  not  the  Howers  of  that  garden  sweet 
Rejoiced  in  the  sound  of  her  gentle  feet ; 
I  doubt  not  they  felt  the  spirit  that  came 
From  her  glowing  fingers  through  all  their  frame. 

XV. 
This  fairest  creature  from  earliest  spring 
Thus  moved  through  the  garden  ministering 
All  the  sweet  season  of  summertide  ; 
And,  ere  the  first  leaf  looked  brown,  she  died." 

Part  third  describes  the  gradual  decay  of  the  flowers  after  the  death 
of  the  fair  lady  who  had  been  their  soul : 

XXI. 

**The  Sensitive  Plant,  like  one  forbid, 
Wept,  and  the  tears  within  each  lid 
Of  its  folded  leaves,  which  together  grew, 
Were  changed  to  a  blight  of  frozen  glue. 

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XXIX. 

When  winter  had  gone  and  spring  came  back, 
The  Sensitive  Plant  was  a  leafless  wreck." 

In  the  conclusion  the  poet  states  his  belief  that  "the  Sensitive 
Plant,  or  that  which  within  its  boughs  like  a  spirit  sat,  ere  its  outward 
form  had  known  decay"  had  never  passed  away.  It  was  only  the  out- 
ward form  by  which  it  was  known  to  us  that  had  changed. 

*'  That  garden  sweet,  that  lady  fair, 
And  all  sweet  shapes  and  odors  there. 
In  truth  have  never  passed  away ; 
'Tis  we,  'tis  ours  have  changed,  not  they. 
For  love  and  beauty  and  delight. 
There  is  no  death  nor  change.*' 

This  spiritualization  of  nature  marks  all  of  Shelley's  works.  Whether 
he  writes  of  the  birds,  the  flowers,  the  clouds,  the  sky,  the  woods  or 
the  mountains,  it  is  this  loving  essence  or  spirit  that  pervades  them  of 
which  he  treats ;  this  unifying  principle  of  all  things.  For  this  reason 
he  does  not  recognize  personality;  which  was  characteristic  of  Words- 
worth. Nor  does  he  draw  lessons  of  contentment  and  humility.  As 
he  looks  upon  nature  he  is  filled  with  a  yearning  for  a  higher  spiritual 
life  free  from  the  evils  of  this  world. 

Similar  to  the  difference  in  the  treatment  of  the  subject  of  nature  by 
these  poets,  we  will  find  a  difference  in  their  treatment  of  the  subject  of 
man.  Wordsworth  was  led  to  a  love  for  man  through  his  love  for 
nature.  His  love  for  nature  was  a  personal  love,  so  we  find  him  inter- 
ested in  the  individual  man.  Shelley  was  not  interested  in  the  indi- 
vidual man,  but  in  the  abstract  humanity.  He  conceived  of  a  spirit  of 
love  in  nature  and  in  man.  The  final  union  of  the  two,  and  the  state 
of  bliss  resulting  is  the  subject  presented  in  Prometheus  Unbound. 
Prometheus  is  an  incarnation  of  the  spirit  of  love  in  man,  and  Asia  an 
incarnation  of  the  spirit  of  love  in  nature. 

Whatever  may  be  said  of  Shelley's  spiritualized  and  imaginative 
treatment  of  nature  from  any  other  point  of  view,  it  is  certainly  to  be 
commended  from  a  poetical  standpoint.  An  exquisite  loveliness  per- 
vades all  his  nature  poems;  and  this  is  due  not  merely  to  the  techni- 

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calities  of  the  verse,  but  to  the  imaginative  and  spiritual  conceptions. 
It  is  said  he  had  not  the  grasp  of  nature  that  Wordsworth  had,  but 
fould  describe  vividly,  vast  realms  of  landscape  and  cloud  scenery. 
We  can  scarcely  find  a  more  sublime  description  than  he  gives  of  Mt. 
Blanc. 

Is  it  not  a  highly  poetical  genius  that  presents  to  our  minds  visions 
of  unseen  clouds  of  dew  which  rest  in  the  bright  flowers  until  called 
forth  by  the  bright  sunbeams  to  wander  through  the  air,  **each  cloud 
faint  with  the  fragrance  it  bears,"  or,  "mists  like  an  air-dissolvM  star." 
His  poetry  comes  to  us  as  an  echo 

*'0f  some  world  far  from  ours, 
Where  music  and  moonlight  and  feeling  are  one." 

He  has  enriched  the  whole  material  world,  and  opened  not  only  our 
eyes  and  ears,  but  also  our  minds  and  hearts  to  a  new  sense  of  its  beauty. 

Mary  Janet  Wilson. 


The  life  of  all  that's  good 
Is  one  perpetual  progress.    Every  thought 

That  strengthens,  purifies,  exalts  the  mind 
Betters  the  soul,  so  blessing. — Bailey. 


All  great  song,  from  the  first  day  when  human  lips  contrived  sylla- 
bles, has  been  sincere  song. — Ruskin. 


W^e  are  not  sent  into  the  world  to  do  anything  into  which  we  cannot 
put  our  hearts. — Ruskin. 


Music  is  the  essence  of  order,  and  leads  to  all  that  is  good,  just,  and 
beautiful.— Plato. 


Think  more  of  your  own  progress  than  of  the  opinion  of  others. 

Me^ndelssohn. 
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OUR  EXCHANGES. 


The  announcement  is  made  of  the  engagement  of  Miss  Lily  E. 
Cramphorn  to  James  Hamilton  Howe.  Miss  Cramphorn  is  a  native  of 
Rochester,  ^England,  and  has  lately  contributed  largely  to  the  raising  of 
the  musical  standard  of  the  San  Jose  Oratorio  Societv.  Mr.  Howe  is 
now  conductor  of  the  Philharmonic  Orchestra  of  San  Francisco.  Both 
are  studying  now  at  Pacific  Grove,  where  Mr.  Howe  is  directing  the 
Summer  School  of  Music,  and  Miss  Cramphorn  is  officiating  as  secre- 
tary.— Musical  Courier. 

The  Pennsylvania  College  of  Music  will,  at  the  opening  of  the  fall 
term,  be  located  in  the  Chautauqua  Building,  Meadville,  Pa,,  and  will 
occupy  all  of  the  structure  at  the  corner  of  Park  avenue  and  Center 
street,  now  used  by  the  Chautauqua  magazine.  Oscar  Franklin  Corn- 
stock  will  be  the  musical  director  and  Miss  Elizabeth  Reed  Tyler  the 
business  director.  The  teaching  force  will  be  Mr.  Comstock,  piano, 
voice,  organ  and  counterpoint;  Miss  Helen  Edsall,  pupil  of  Raif,  Berlin, 
and  of  0.  B.  Boise,  of  Berlin,  piano,  harmony,  and  song  form ;  Miss 
Mary  Thorpe  Graham,  piano  and  sight  singing;  Miss  Ruby  Emelyne 
Krick,  piano;  Fred  B.  Nichols,  pupil  of  Jacobson,  violin;  Lewis  L.  Lord, 
Jr.,  violincello  and  double  bass;  and  Miss  Gertrude  Merchant,  theory 
and  harmony  of  music. — Musical  Courier, 

A  card  from  England  says  that  Miss  Maude  Powell,  the  violinist,will 
play  Tschaikowsky's  concerto  with  Dr.  Hans  Richter  and  his  orchestra, 
December  7th,  next,  and  that  the  celebrated  conductor  is  also  arranging 
for  Miss  Powell  to  play  at  Vienna  on  a  later  date. — Musical  Courier, 


*'A  person  who  does  not  possess  the  gift  of  memory  need  not  feel  de- 
spondent on  account  of  its  absence;  its  possession  is  more  a  convenient 
than  an  essential  feature  of  musical  disposition." 

He  who  would  do  a  great  thing  well  must  first  have  done  the  sim- 
plest thing  perfectly. — Cady. 

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THE   LYRE 


OF 


ALPHA  CHI  OMEGA 


PublUhed  qaarterly  by  Alpha  Chapter,  Banner  office,  Greencastle,  Ind. 

Subscription,  75  cents  per  year.     Single  copies,  20  cents. 

ADVERTISING  RATES.— Full  page,  $10.00;  half  page,  16.00;  auarter  page.  18.00  each  insertion 

All  material  for  the  next  number  must  be  in  oy  September  9ftth. 

Mary  Janet  Wiuson,  Editor -in- cfM^. 

Raebvbn  Cow(iER,  Exchange  Editor  (Alpha). 

Associate  Editobs. 

Alpha— Ruth  V aught.  Epsi Ion— Jessie  Leone  Davls 

Beta— Kate  L.  Calkins.  Zeta— Lucy  G.  Andrews. 

Gamma— Stella  Chambun.  Eta— Belle  Bartol. 

Delta— Grace  Hammond.  Theta— Alberta  Daniel. 

Mildred  Rutledoe,  Subscription  Agent  and  Treasurer. 

Vol.  IV.  GREENCASTLE,  IND.,  JULY,  18W.  No  11. 


EDITORIAL 

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'A\ivix\2qi  'w  8AI808I  o^  qsiM  noiC  ji  anA'-j  aq-^  Suipi-BAVjoj  joj  aogjo'^sod 
aq^  -^-B  y9|  suoi'^oni'^sai  jo  *sn  o-^  pa^jodoj  aq  '^snm  ssaipp'B  jo  aSu-eq^ 
iCuy     *q^0?  J^quid^ddg  ^^  "I  ®^  '^snui   aoi'^ipo  '\x9u   qi^  joj  iCdoQ 


Mrs.  Pearl  ^V^litcomb  Henry,  who  has  favored  us  with  contributions 
during  the  past  year,  has  opened  a  school  at  Ironton,  Ohio. 


We  extend  our  hearty  greeting  to  the  honorary  members  recently  in- 
itiated by  Zeta.  The  addition  of  two  such  musicians  to  our  list  is  an 
honor  and  an  inspiration  to  all. 

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We  are  in  receipt  of  Miss  Maude  Poweirs  greetings  to  the  fraternity 
from  London,  England,  32  York  street,  Portland  Square.  A  soiree 
musicale  was  given  June  20th  by  the  Baroness  Von  Horst  in  honor  of 
Miss  Powell  and  ^Miss  Emma  d'  Egremont. 


We  hope  to  have  the  series,  "  Homes  of  our  Chapters,"  continued 
until  all  have  been  represented.  Those  who  have  not  yet  sent  in  their 
college  history  and  cuts  should  be  preparing  for  it.  A  series  containing 
a  history  of  our  honorary  members  will  follow. 


While  Alpha  has  not  yet  sent  in  the  songs,  four  good  ones  have  been 
written,  and  a  fifth,  on  the  motto,  "  Ye  Daughters  of  Music  Come  Up 
Higher,^'  is  being  prepared  by  a  competent  writer.  All  will  be  ready 
soon.  We  regret  the  delay  and  hope  the  book  will  not  suffer  in  the 
end. 


The  case  of  Beta  Beta  chapter  of  Kappa  Kappa  Gamma  against  the 
fraternity  for  an  attempted  withdrawal  of  her  charter  has  excited  con- 
siderable interest  in  fraternity  circles.  The  chapter  has  appealed  to 
law  to  defend  her  constitutional  rights.  The  action  of  the  Grand  Coun- 
cil was  certainly  ill-advised  from  what  we  can  learn  from  the  official 
report  of  the  proceedings,  and  Beta  Beta  has  certainly  proven  herself 
no  weakling  in  her  courageous  effort  to  have  a  hearing  and  maintain 
her  rights. 


Theta  Chapter  wishes  to  state  that  it  has  secured  from  a  French  de- 
signer, a  very  attractive  pattern  for  an  Alpha  Chi  pillow.  The  design 
is  made  up  of  sprays  of  scarlet  carnations,  surrounding  a  golden  lyre 
with  the  Greek  letters  of  the  society  across  it.  If  any  of  the  girls  from 
other  chapters  desire  to  have  one  of  these  pillows,  the  stamped  material 
(of  fine  French  linen)  will  be  sent  to  them  for  $1.25,  or  they  may  send 
their  own  material  to  be  stamped  for  twenty-five  cents.  Any  further 
information  can  be  had  by  writing  to  Virginia  May  Fisk. 

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Gamma  Chapter  does  not  like  to  be  the  complaining  chapter,  but  it 
is  the  same  old  story — our  song  book.  No  more  songs  have  been 
received  since  our  last  complaint  in  the  Lyre.  If  I  remember  right 
each  chapter  has  sent  one  or  more  songs  with  the  exception  of  Alpha. 
None  has  been  received  from  her.  If  Grand  Council  says  for  us  to 
publish  the  book  without  the  required  four  (4)songs  from  each  chapter, 
please  inform  Gamma  and  the  publication  will  be  attended,  so  we  may 
have  our  song  book  at  the  beginning  of  the  next  school  year. 


Talent  works  and  genius  creates. — Schumann. 

The  love  of  beauty  is  taste  ;  the  creation  of  beauty  is  art. 

— Emerson. 

Music  is  calculated  to  compose  the  mind,  and  fit  it  for  instruction. 

— Aristides. 

"  Expression,  feeling  and  sensibility  are  the  soul  of  music,  as  of  every 
other  art." 

"  Mozart  was  but  seven  years  old  when  his  sonatas  were  published 
by  his  father,  in  1763." 

The  quality  which  Chopin  most  valued  in  the  player  was  a  sympa- 
thetic touch. — Charles  Williby. 

"  Do  not  get  hold  of  the  notion  that  your  teacher  finds  fault  with 
you  merely  for  the  sake  of  fault  finding." 

Technique  should  not  seek  to  shine  by  itself,  and  least  of  all  give  the 
impression  of  being  the  performer's  strongest  point. — Christiani. 

Reverence  what  is  old,  but  have  also  a  warm  heart  for  all  that  is 
new.     Indulge  no  prejudice  against  unknown  names. — Schumann. 

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CHAPTER  PERSONALS, 


ALPHA. 

Gertrude  Wamsley  was  initiated  this  term. 

Estelle  Morse  spent  part  of  the  summer  at  Winona. 

Helen  Birch  will  spend  the  summer  at  Chautauqua. 

Emma  Miller  has  a  class  in  pianoforte,  near  Greencastle. 

Carrie  Little  visited  DePauw  friends  during  commencement. 

Josephine  Tingley  visited  in  Greencastle  for  a  short  time  in  June. 

Ella  Peck  entertained  Alpha  Chi  one  evening  during  commence- 
ment. 

Miss  (rrace  Power,  of  the  year  '97,  is  very  busy  with  vocal  work  this 
summer. 

Mary  B.  O'Dell  is  teaching  at  Fortville.  She  will  probably  re-enter 
school  in  September. 

Elraa  Patton  is  teaching  at  her  home  in  Richland.  She  will  be 
with  us  again  in  the  fall. 

Miss  Pearl  Shaw  is  teaching  at  her  home,  near  Greensburg.  She  will 
visit  in  Ohio  during  August. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  S.  R.  Ruick  attended  the  DePauw-L  U.  ball  game  at 
Greencastle,  and  met  many  old  friends. 

Miss  Raeburn  Cowger  will  return  to  finish  her  piano  and  violin  work. 
She  has  been  very  busy  this  summer  with  her  violin  engagements. 

Miss  Bertta  Miller,  '97,  and  Mr.  Samuel  Ruick,  of  class  of  '97,  were 
married  at  Richmond,  in  April.     They  are  now  living  in  Indianapolis. 

Misses  Ruth  Vaught,  Helen  Herr  and  Mildred  Rutledge  were  gradu- 
ated this  year.  Miss  Vaught  returns  to  take  up  post  graduate  work 
next  year. 

Adelaide  Whitney  Rowley  will  be  married  at  her  home  in  Cedar 
Rapids,  Iowa,  this  fall.  She  will  reside  at  Onarga,  111.,  where  she  has 
l)een  teaching  Voice  for  several  years,  and  where  her  sister  has  charge 
of  thf  School  of  Music. 

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Daisy  Estep  has  published  a  piece  of  music  entitled  "  The  Jolly  Rev- 
eller." The  name  gives  a  good  idea  of  its  character  and  we  hope  a 
great  many  copies  will  be  used  by  Alpha  Chi's.  Copies  or  information 
may  be  had  from  "  The  University  Music  Store  "  at  Greencastle. 

Mamie  Ada  Jennings  will  be  married  August  9th,  in  Newcastle,  to 
Mr.  Richard  J.  Roberts.  Pearl  Shaw  will  be  one  of  the  bridesmaids. 
The  ceremony  will  be  in  the  Methodist  church,  and  a  reception  wiU 
follow  at  the  bride's  home.  Miss  Jennings  and  Mr.  Roberts  are  both 
graduates  of  the  DePauw  College  of  Liberal  Arts.  Miss  Jennings  grad- 
uated also  from  the  Voice  department,  and  was  editor  of  the  first  copy 
of  the  Lyre. 


BETA. 

Born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Melbert  Lott  of  Three  Rivers,  a  son. 

Miss  Belle  Smith  of  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.,  visited  Albion  during  the 
Festival. 

Mrs.  McMaster,  Mother  of  Lucie  McMaster,  Luddington,  Mich.,  died 
Sunday,  May  28,  1899. 

Married,  June  1st,  '99,  Miss  Emma  Phelps,  Cresco,  Mich.,  and  Dr. 
Clarence  Vary  of  Battle  Creek,  Michigan. 

Eusebia  Davidson  of  Port  Huron  and  Cora  Harrington  of  Jackson, 
visited  Beta  friends  during  the  week  of  the  Musical  Festival. 

Miss  Kittie  P^ggleston  was  married  in  April  to  Mr.  Cyril  Bruce. 
Thev  reside  in  Albion  where  Mr.  Bruce  is  a  vocal  instructor  in  the 
Conservatory. 

Miss  Grace  Disbrow,  who,  on  account  of  the  death  of  her  father,  has 
not  been  in  school  during  the  spring  term,  visited  Miss  Jennie  Dickin- 
son and  other  Beta  girls  in  May. 

Maj.  and  Mrs.  Colby  of  Jackson,  this  week  visited  at  the  home  of 
Prof.  Samuel  Dickie.  Maj.  Colby  was  a  surgeon  of  the  31st  Michigan, 
and  has  but  recently  returned  from  Cuba. 

Dorothy  Gunnels,  Toledo,  Ohio,  recently  left  Albion  for  South  Caro- 
lina, where  she  will  spend  Commencement.  On  June  17th,  she,  in 
company  with  her  mother,  sail  for  Europe. 

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GAMMA. 

Miss  Theodora  Chaffee  will  spend  her  vacation  in  the  east. 

Miss  Irene  Stevens  entertained  in  honor  of  Miss  Lillyblade  last  week. 

Miss  Carrie  Holbrook  is  going  to  LaCrosse,  Wisconsin,  for  some  time. 

Miss  Katherine  Scales  of  Buena  Park  spent  eight  weeks  in  Magnolia, 
Georgia. 

Miss  Lillian  Siller  and  Mr.  Wm.  Wyckoff  of  E vanston,  will  be  married 
this  summer. 

Miss  Mabel  Dunn  of  Evanston,  gave  an  informal  dance  at  her  home 
in  honor  of  Alpha  Chi  Omega. 

Miss  Ethel  Lillyblade  spent  two  days  with  the  Miss  Sillers  last  week. 
Her  marriage  to  Dr.  H.  D.  Brown  took  place  in  Detroit  on  Wednesday, 
June  7th. 

Invitations  are  out  for  the  marriage  of  Stella  Chamblin  to  Mr.  Dan- 
iel Grant  Kingery  of  Chicago.  The  marriage  will  take  place  at  eight 
o'clock,  Wednesday  evening,  June  21st. 


DELTA. 

Mrs.  Hempstead  made  a  short  visit  in  Pittsburg  this  month. 

Miss  Elsie  Keifer  is  expected  here  for  College  Commencement. 

Miss  Nellie  White  of  Dunkirk,  N.  Y.,  is  visiting  Miss  Susanne  Porter. 

Miss  Grace  Hammond  made  a  short  visit  recently,  in  Jamestown,  N.  Y. 

Miss  Elizabeth  Patton  is  fully  recovered  from  her  long  and  serious 
illness  at  Spencer  Hospital. 

Miss  Fay  Barnaby  visited  Elmira,  N.  Y.  in  April.     It  is  the  home 

of  our  sister.  Miss  Theo  White. 

Miss  Gardener  of  Bennington,  Vt.,  and  Mrs.  Pritchard  of  Coming, 
N.  Y.,  spent  a  very  pleasant  week,  early  in  June,  with  Miss  Edsall. 

Since  the  last  Lyre,  Delta  has  had  initiation.     Mrs.  Eleanor  Brush 
Hempstead  and  Miss  Nelle  Crissman  have  joined  ''our  band  so  true." 

Our  chapter  has  lost  two  old  and  valuable  members  in  the  Misses 
Gertrude  and  Jennie  Ogden.     Chicago  will  be  their  home  in  the  future. 

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Mrs.  Rebie  Flood  Irwin  has  returned  to  Meadville  after  an  absence 
of  ten  months  which  has  been  spent  in  Sitka,  Alaska.  We  all  hope 
she  will  make  Meadville  her  permanent  home. 

Miss  Edith  Roddy  visited  this  spring  at  the  home  of  her  sister,  Mrs. 
John  H.  Applebee,  Buffalo,  N.  Y.  She  expects  to  spend  part  of  her 
summer  vacation  at  Roxbury,  Mass.,  where  her  sister  has  since  moved. 

Miss  Margaret  Barber  left  Meadville,  June  12th,  for  Ithaca,  N.  Y. 
She  is  visiting  former  college  friends  and  expects  to  be  present  during 
the  Commencement  Exercises  of  Cornell  University.  From  Ithaca,  she 
will  go  to  Gloucester,  Mass.,  and  remain  there  until  the  first  of  October. 


ZETA. 

Nell  and  Anita  Evans  of  Chattanooga,  Tennessee,  daughters  of  H. 
Clay  Evans,  Commissioner  of  Pensions,  have  been  residing  in  Wash- 
ington, D.  C,  for  the  past  two  years.  They  leave  in  July  for  an  ex- 
tended trip  through  the  West  and  return  in  October  to  their  home  in 
Washington. 

THETA. 

Theta  is  about  decided  upon  a  house  for  next  year. 

Most  of  the  girls,  if  not  all,  will  be  with  us  next  year. 

Commencement  exercises  and  program  takes  place  Thursday,  June  16. 

We  have  gained  two  more  nice  girls  as  pledge  members  to  be  taken 
in  next  year. 

Miss  Flora  Koch  visited  in  Evanston  and  was  very  nicely  enter- 
tained by  Gamma. 

Miss  Gertrude  Montague  and  Miss  Marcia  Clark  are  also  wearing 
beautiful  new  pins. 

Misses  Daniel  and  Bartholemew  leave  for  Detroit  Wednesday,  June 
15th,  where  they  will  spend  a  few  days  and  from  there  go  to  their 
respective  homes. 

Miss  Virginia  Fisk  has  been  honored  by  a  position  on  the  faculty  for 
next  year.  Her  graduation  recital  has  received  high  commendation  in 
the  papers  of  several  near  cities.  Among  her  graduating  gifts  a  large 
bust  of  Paderewski  occupies  a  conspicuous  position,  a  rememberance 
from  her  sorority  sisters.    She  also  wears  a  handsome  diamond  lyre. 

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CHAPTER  LETTERS. 


ALPHA. 


Dear  Sisters: — The  closing  term  was  as  full  as  usual  of  work  and 
pleasure.  Several  of  our  members  were  unable  to  return  and  two  left 
at  the  middle  of  the  term,  but  a  goodly  number  met  every  week.  The 
third  term's  work  is  always  heavy  because  more  recitals  come  thien. 
Each  junior  and  senior  is  required  to  give  a  program,  and  many  of  these 
are  not  given  until  near  the  end  of  the  year.  Misses  Mildred  Rutledge, 
Ruth  Vaught  and  Helen  Herr  graduated  this  year.  Their  programs 
will  be  found  in  this  number,  and  also  our  junior  programs,  not  pub- 
lished last  time.  Several  of  the  girls  have  assisted  on  other  programs, 
and  almost  all  took  part  in  the  commencement  recitals.  In  the  artists 
course  we  have  had  Miss  Ma)  Estelle  Acton,  soprano,  and  Miss  Mary 
Wood  Chase,  pianist.  Miss  Sawyers,  of  the  faculty,  gave  a  fine  program 
of  piano  music  in  Meharry  Hall,  assisted  by  Mr.  Schellschmidt,  cello. 
In  all,  there  have  been  near  twenty  recitals  this  term,  including  fort- 
nightly pupils'  recitals. 

We  had  planned  a  reunion  for  commencement  week,  but  were  all  so 
busy  it  was  impossible  to  carry  it  out.  However,  we  are  looking  for- 
ward to  it  soon.  DePauw  won  the  state  championship  in  baseball  this 
year,  an  honor  which  we  appreciate.  Plans  are  made  for  improvement 
in  the  girl's  dormitory  for  next  year,  and  everything  points  to  a  pros- 
perous opening  in  September.  School  will  begin  a  week  later  because 
of  the  Conference  meeting  in  Greencastle.  This  will  be  an  event  in  the 
history  of  the  town  and  University. 

Hoping  you  all  will  have  a  good  vacation,  we  remain 

Yours  in  A.  X.  0., 

Alpha. 


BETA. 

As  the  winter  term  was  (juiet  the  past  one  has  more  than  balanced 
in  its  activity;  yet  seldom  has  a  Saturday  night  passed  without  a  happy 
meeting  of  Beta  girls  in  their  own  loved  lodge.  We  have  a  loyal  and 
prized  addition  to  our  chapter  in   Miss  Edna  Triphagen  of  Lansing, 


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Mich,  We  cannot  quite  realize  that  the  school  year  of  ^99  will  soon 
be  over,  though  already  regret  creeps  upon  us,  for  Dorothy  Gunnels 
leit  soon  after  the  Festival  for  the  South  and  expects  later  to  go  abroad 
both  for  study  and  for  pleasure.  On  the  day  before  her  departure  Mrs. 
Otto  Sand  entertained  in  her  honor  at  her  own  home,  while  in  the 
evening  the  girls  gave  a  little  farewell  at  the  Lodge.  The  active  chap- 
ter loses  a  loyal  girl  and  a  worker  at  Commencement — Lina  Baum,  our 
"worthy  and  only  Senior,"  but  to  console  us,  Misses  Nellie  Ramsdell, 
Mabel  Foster  and  Florence  Bailey  will  be  graduated  from  the  High 
School  and  are  expecting  now  to  enter  college  at  the  opening  of  the 
Fall  Term. 

Our  annual  Concert,  April  2G,  was  an  even  greater  success  than  last 
year,  netting  us  a  pretty  sum.  The  finale  pleased  better  than  we  had 
dared  to  hope.  The  girls  (representing  the  characters  listed  in  the 
program,  which  we  append)  passing,  yet  half  hidden  by  a  screen  of 
gauze,  gave  a  most  dreamy  effect,  while  the  coming  of  the  first  love — 
the  bride — and  the  breaking  of  the  reverie  formed  a  happy  close. 

We  are  again  indebted  to  Mr.  H.  Kirke  White  of  Chi  Psi,  and  Mr.  R, 
Newman  Miller  of  Sigma  Chi,  for  our  posters  and  programs.  Follow- 
ing the  evening  of  the  Concert  we  entertained  at  the  lodge,  our  gentle- 
men friends  who  assisted  us. 

Madame  Bloomfield-Zeisler's  piano  recital  on  the  opening  day  of  the 
Festival  met  our  highest  expectations.  We  met  her  in  the  green  room 
and  found  her  as  charming  in  personality  as  we  had  found  her  delight- 
ful in  her  art.  Among  other  artists  most  enjoyed  was  George  Hamlin^ 
Tenor.  We  are  proud  to  claim  other  Festival  artists:  Mrs.  Sand,  piano 
soloist,  Miss  Hoag,  violin,  and  Miss  Ethel  Calkins,  accompanist. 

On  June  1,  a  party  of  fifteen  attended  the  wedding  of  sister  Emma 
Phelps,  at  her  home  in  Cresco,  for  we  knew  she  would  need  aid  such  as 
Alpha  Chi  sisters  are  able  to  render. 

The  Delta  Gamma  Convention  met  here  during  the  first  week  of  May. 
We  were  most  happy  to  entertain  on  the  second  afternoon,  thus  meet- 
ing many  representatives  of  chapters  of  a  sister  sorority. 

Beta  wishes  for  each  chapter  a  happy  reunion  of  her  girls  after  a 
summer  of  rest  and  contentment.     Yours,  in  the  bond, 

Kate  L.  Calkins. 
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THE  TENTH  ANNUAL  CONCERT  OF  THE  BETA  CHAPTER  OF 

ALPHA  CHI  OMEGA 

COLLEQE  CHAPEL.  ALBION,  MICHIGAN.  APRIL  26,  1800 


PROGRAM 

PARTI 

1    Ebb  and  Flow, King 

Chorus 

9    MendelssonUt  Waltzes, Rthia 

Misses  Hoao  and  Gunnels 

8    Burst.  Ye  Applebuds Emery 

Miss  Kate  Calkins 

4    ConcertstUck.  Op  79 We>>er 

Miss  Dickie 
(Second  Piano,  Miss  Calkins) 

6    Spring  Song Mmdeluokn 

Misses  Kate  Calkins,  Nelus  Baum,  Lina.  Baum  and 
Jennie  Worthington 

6  Scene  de  Ballet, De  Beriot 

Miss  Gunneijb 

7  Spring  Flowers, Eeineeke 

Miss  Kate  Calkins 
(Violin  Obligate,  Miss  Hoao) 

8  Offenory  in  D  Minor  from  St.  Cecelia, BaHtU 

Miss  Reynolds 

Accompanist Miss  Calkins 

intermission 

PART  II 

FINALE— ni8  WEDDING  NIQHT. 

"Ah!  memories  of  sweet  summer  eyes, 
Of  moonlit  wave  or  willcTwy  way, 
Of  stars  and  flowers  and  dewy  leaves, 
And  smiles  and  tones  more  dear  than  they !  '* 

The  bridegroom  indulges  in  a  reverie.  A  vision  of  his  child-love  brings  back 
memories  of  his  boyhood  days  in  an  old  New  England  town.  Then  follows  a  train 
of  recollections  involving  his  various  love  affairs  during  his  travels: 

His  comrade  on  many  wheeling  expeditions. 

The  dreamy  southern  jrirl. 

The  Hough  Rider  enthusiast. 

The  haughty  Vassar  girl  with  her  contempt  for  mankind. 

The  maiden  lady  whose  open  admiration  is  a  source  of  continual  annoyance. 

A  star  of  the  drama. 

Two  merry  Canadians, 

Ein  liebes  Miidchen. 

Sister  Dolorosa. 

The  flippant  Mademoiselle. 

His  discovery  "  In  a  Persian  Garden." 

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"  She  likee  me." 

A  daughter  of  the  German  navy. 

"  Maid  of  Athens." 

Companiom  on  the  golf  links. 

A  passing  fancy  in  Italy. 

A  stately  daughter  of  Brittania. 

"Oh  the  heart  that  hat  truly  loved  n*er  forgets, 
But  as  truly  loves  on  to  the  close 
As  the  sun-flowrer  turns  to  her  god  when  he  sets, 
The  same  look  which  she  turned  when  he  rose." 

The  reverie  is  broken.    The  first-love  is  tonight  his  bride. 

Pianist Miss  Worthington 


GAMMA. 

Dear  Sisters — It  has  been  very  quiet  with  Gamma  chapter  lately, 
for  the  girls  have  been  so  busy  with  their  music.  Some  of  our  girls 
graduate  this  year,  and  each  graduate  knows  that  that  means  hard  work. 
The  graduating  recitals  have  been  most  entertaining  and  instructive, 
and  the  result  shows  hard,  conscientious  work  on  their  p^rt. 

Since  the  last  issue  of  The  Lyre,  Gamma  has  taken  in  one  new 
member.  Miss  Irene  Snyder.  This  young  lady  does  credit  to  the  vocal 
department  of  the  school — and  we  Alpha  Chis  are  proud  of  her  too. 
Her  initiation  was  one  of  the  most  amusing  and  successful  we  have 
ever  had. 

The  girls  had  the  pleasure  of  meeting  and  entertaining  Miss  Koch 
of  Theta  Chapter.  We  do  sincerely  wish  that  Alpha  Chis  from  other 
chapters  would  come  out  and  see  us  in  Evanston,  when  they  come  to 
Chicago.  We  will  give  you  a  hearty  welcome  and  it  does  us  good  to 
meet  one  another.     Sociability  gives  one  new  ideas  and  inspirations. 

May  you  one  and  all  have  a  most  pleasant  summer  vacation  and  re- 
turn to  school  with  new  energy  and  zeal. 

Stella  Chamblin, 

Associate  Editor. 


DELTA. 

Dear  Alpha  Chls — As  we  are  all  on  the  point  of  taking  to  our 
trunks  we  want  to  send  a  greeting  and  best  wishes  for  a  happy  summer 
to  our  sisters. 

QAO 


32  Tlie  Lyre. 


June  brings  many  changes  always  in  a  college  town,  and  some  of 
great  importance  this  year  are  felt  by  Delta.  For  the  Pennsylvania 
College  of  Music  is  to  be  changed  not  only  in  management  but  in 
place,  and  the  fraternity  room  of  which  we  have  grown  so  fond  is  to 
be  given  up.  But  in  our  sadness  in  giving  up  our  room  we  are  cheered 
by  the  hopes  of  a  prosperous  year  for  the  college.  It  is  under  the  man- 
agement of  two  of  our  Alpha  Chis,  who  have  been  connected  with  it 
some  timq,  Elizabeth  Tyler  and  May  Graham.  Helen  Edsall  will  con- 
tinue her  teaching  and  Ruby  Krick,  one  of  our  charter  members,  will 
come  back  to  teach.  The  building  chosen  for  next  year  is  the  one 
where  The  Chautaw^uan  was  formerly  published,  and  will  be  very  much 
more  convenient  than  the  one  now  occupied.  One  great  advantage 
will  be  a  recital  hall  covering  the  whole  upper  floor  with  a  seating 
capacity  of  five  hundred.  Up  to  this  time  our  large  recitals  have  been 
held  in  outside  halls. 

We  had  our  last  party  in  our  rooms  on  Thursday  evening  of  last 
week  and  had  a  very  pleasant  time.  Several  of  the  Allegheny  profes- 
sors and  students  and  some  town  people  made  up  the  number.  Alta 
Moyer,  one  of  our  girls  who  sings  extremely  well,  sang  several  times 
and  gave  much  pleasure.  She  and  a  few  other  Alpha  Chis,  assisted  by 
Mr.  Conistock  and  Mr.  Fred  Sheparson,  one  of  Mr.  Comstock's  pupils, 
have  been  giving  a  series  of  concerts  in  neighboring  towns  to  advertise 
the  college  and  show  the  kind  of  work  it  does.  They  have  met  with 
very  cordial  receptions  everywhere  they  have  been. 

Many  of  us  leave  Meadville  for  the  summer,  and  some  of  us  stay  to 
enjoy  it;  for  of  all  times  in  the  year  it  is  most  charming  in  the  warm 
weather. 

May  we  all  enjoy  the  vacation  and  come  back  to  our  work  in  the  fall 
with  new  energy  and  strength. 

Margaret  Browning  Barber. 


ZETA. 

Dear  Sisters  in  Alpha  Chi  Omp:ga — This  last  term  we  have  wel- 
comed seven  new  members  into  our  chapter.  Miss  Alida  R.  Handy 
of  West  Bay  City,  Michigan,  brought  affiliation  papers  from  Beta. 
Miss  Spicie  Bell  South  of  Jett  Station,  Ky.,  and  Miss  Alice  Rebecca 

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The  I/yre.  33 


Rich  of  Bath,  Maine,  were  initiated  April  11,  and  Margaret  Smedes  of 
Raleigh,  N.  C,  and  Anne  Burgess  of  Fort  Worth,  Texas,  came  in 
April  26th. 

On  the  evening  of  the  first  of  May,  Mrs.  Amy  Marcy  Cheney  Beach, 
America's  finest  woman  composer,  and  Madam  Helen  Hopekirk,  the 
Scotch  pianist  were  initiated. 

"  Billie"  was  quite  dignified  on  this  particular  evening  and  his  gait 
more  like  that  of  a  proud  Arabian  steed  than  an  ordinary  billie-goat. 
After  the  initiation  an  informal  reception  was  given. 

Seven  of  our  girls  will  graduate  this  month:  Estelle  McFarlane, 
Mary  Johnson,  Mary  Kidd,  Edith  Manchester,  Margaret  Upcraft,  Olga 
Brandenburg  and  Jessie  McNair,  who  takes  a  post-graduate  degree  in 
the  School  of  Oratory. 

Edith  Manchester  was  elected  President  of  the  Senior  Class  and 
Estelle  McFarlane  of  the  Juniors. 

Only  a  few  weeks  of  school  remain  and  all  are  looking  eagerly  for- 
ward to  the  summer  vacation  and  the  rest  and  quiet  of  home  life  once 
more,  after  which  we  will  be  refreshed  for  another  year's  work. 

Sincerely  yours, 

Lucy  G.  Andrews. 


THETA. 

Dear  Sisters — The  time  has  again  come  when  we  are  all  joined  in 
heart  if  not  in  person  and  the  new  chapter  fully  appreciates  what  a 
grand  thing  it  is  to  feel  that  we  have  such  an  added  number  of  friends 
in  our  little  world,  who  while  not  knowing  us  all  personally,  still  have 
a  keen  and  loving  interest  in  us,  and  already  realize,  in  some  slight 
degree,  the  meaning  of  the  word  sorority.  Our  Ann  Arbor  life,  hith- 
erto pleasant,  has  been  doubly  so  since  the  existence  of  our  chapter. 
We  have  been  so  sorry  to  lose  from  our  midst  the  one  who  was  instru- 
mental in  bringing  us  together — our  sister  and  friend,  Mrs.  Hortense 
Miller,  has  gone  to  Port  Huron  to  live,  leaving  behind  among  her 
friends  a  loving  remembrance  of  her  sweet  and  charming  personality. 

We  have  gained  a  new  pledge  member,  who  expects  to  join  us  next 
year,  Miss  Mabel  Green  of  Jackson,  a  girl  of  lovely  character,  and  we 
trust  the  tie  will  prove  to  be  one  of  mutual  benefit  and  pleasure. 

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34  The  Ijyre. 


At  our  regular  meetings  Theta  has  several  times  exhibited  her  child- 
ish propensities  in  a  wonderful  fondness  for  goodies  to  tickle  the  palate, 
rather  than  the  good  wholesome  bread  of  knowledge.  Many  jolly 
spreads  have  in  their  turn  appeared  and  disappeared,  while  the  "Life 
of  Mozart"  is  still  to  be  digested;  but  notwithstanding  all  this,  our  in- 
tentions are  good  and  we  are  planning  for  an  interesting  course  of  study 
for  the  coming  year. 

Another  matter  now  occupying  our  attention  is  our  house  for  next 
year.  We  are  about  decided  upon  that  question  and  we  shall  be  nine 
or  ten  happy  Alpha  Chis  under  one  roof  with  Mrs.  Fisk  asour  chaperone. 

Along  with  the  work  of  the  semester  have  come  the  social  events 
usual  at  this  season  of  the  year. 

A  tea  was  given  for  the  Alpha  Chis,  by  Mrs.  Herman  Zeitz  and  a 
number  of  faculty  ladies  invited  to  meet  the  sorority.  A  reception 
was  also  given  for  us  by  Mrs.  Fisk  and  her  two  daughters;  then  there 
have  been  little  parties  of  less  formal  nature.  A  fancy  dress  party 
among  ourselves  was  the  cause  of  no  little  fun,  and  we  feel  that  society, 
study  and  play  have  been  commingled  in  such  a  manner  as  to  make  a 
most  agreeable  variety. 

The  May  Festival  as  expected  was  a  treat;  the  opera  of  "Sampson 
and  Delilah,"  given  in  oratorio  form  seemed  to  give  the  most  pleasure. 

And  now  the  school  year  is  drawing  to  its  close  and  with  it  come  the 
recitals  of  the  graduates.  Miss  Virginia  Fisk,  our  loved  sister,  gives 
her  recital,  for  which  I  send  the  programme,  on  this,  the  evening  of 
June  9th.  She  has  been  honored  by  a  position  on  the  faculty  for  next 
year. 

We  must  now  bid  an  affectionate  farewell  to  our  sisters  in  Alpha  Chi 
Omega,  and  wish  you  all  a  delightful  vacation  and  meet  again  in  Sep- 
tember or  October  with  renewed  strength  and  spirits. 

M.  Alberta  Daniel. 


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RECITAL  PROGRAMS 


PIANO  RECITAL 

(Senior)  by  Miss  Mildred  Rutledge,  assisted  by  Miss  Raeburn  Cowger,  Violinist, 

Miss  Helen  H.  Birch,  Accompanist. 

Tuesday  Evening,  April  4th,  1890,  at  Eight  o'clock.  Music  Hall. 

1.   SonaU  Op.  a,  No.  2 Beethoven 

Allesro  vivace 
Largo  appassionato. 
Scheno,  allegretto. 

a.    Violin  solo.    Reverie Vieuxtemps 

8.    Novellette  Op.  21,  No.  1 ) 

Nachtstncke  Op.  23,  No.  4, V  Schumann 

Kindersoenen  Op.  15,  Nos.  12  and  11, ; 

4.    MaicU  Fantastica W.  Barglel 

Gftvotte  Modeme E.  Llebling 

6.    Trio,  Op.  96,  (Piano,  Violin  and  'CeUo) C.  Reissiger 

Moderato, 

Andante  quasi  Allegretto 

6.    Concerto  E  Flat Mosart 

First  Movement 

(Orchestral  accompaniment  supplied  on  second  piano.) 

SCHOOL  OF  MUSIC. 
DiPauw  University. 


PIANOFORTE  RECITAL 

(Senior)  given  by  Miss  Ruth  Vaught,  assisted  by  Miss  Raeburn  Cowger, 

Violiniste,  Miss  Chloe  Alice  Cxillum,  Soprano, 

Mr.  Isaac  Norris,  Accompanist. 

Wednesday  Evening,  April  28,  1899,  Music  Hall  at  Eight  o'clock. 

PROGRAM. 

Weber  Liast Polonaise  brilliante 

(Second  Piano— Miss  Sawyers.) 

Tanhhauser-Wagner Elisabeth's  Prayer 

Chopin (Piano,  Violin  and  'Cello)  Trio  Op.  tt 

Bach Prelude  and  Fugue  in  B  flat 

Grl^ Norwegian  Bridal  Procession  passing  by 

Schumann Romance  Op.  28 

Chaminade Toccaca  in  C  minor 

D'Hardelot  ... Almond  Blossoms 

Beethoven , Largo,  Allegro  Op.  87,  C  minor 

(Orchestral  part  on  second  piano— Miss  Sawyers.) 
SCHOOL  OF  MUSIC, 
DbPauw  Univebbity. 

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36  The  I/yre. 


PIANO  RECITAL 

(Senior)  given  by  Miss  Helen  Herr,  assisted  by  Miss  Gillum,  Soprano, 

Miss  Hoover,  Accompanist. 
Friday  Evening,  May  12th,  1899,  at  eight  o'clock,  Music  Hall. 

PROGRAM. 

1.  (;oncerto,  Op.  64,  A  minor Schumann 

First  Movement. 
(Orchestral  accompaniment  on  second  piano.) 

2.  Vocal  Solo.    "Your  Voice," Denza 

(With  violin  obligate.) 

5.  Gavotte  und  Variationen Raitaeau-Leschetiakj 

Nocturne  . Lescheticsky 

Scherzino.  Op.  10,  No.  3, Paderewaki 

4.    Vocal  Solo.    "Forget Me  Not" Beremy 

6.  Impromptu.  Op  20 Chopin 

Etude.  No.  25,  No.  7, Chopin 

6.    Phantasiestdcke  Nr.  2  (Andenken  an  Robert  Schumann.)        Nicode 

SCHOOL  OF  MUSIC. 
DkPauw  University. 

VIOLIN   RECITAL 

(Junior)  by  Miss  Raebiirn  Cowger,  assisted  by  Miss  Lydia  Woods,  Soprano, 
Mr.  John  Matthews,  Tenor,  Miss  Flora  Mathias,  mt,  Isaac  Norris, 

Accompanists. 
Monday  Evening,  January  30,  1899,  at  eight  o'clock.  Music  Hall. 

PROGRAM. 

Sonatc,  Op.  28,  No.  1,  .  .      Hauptmann 

Allegro,  Andante. 

Romance Svendsen 

"  Jetus  Waiting  at  the  Door," Mendelssohn-Danks 

Miss  Woods,  Mr.  Matthews. 

Concerto,  (flrst  movement)  Mendelnohn 

"Oh  Fair,  Oh  Sweet  and  Holy," Ctotor 

Mr.  Matthews. 

(a)  Reverie, Vieuxtemps 

(b)  Largo Handel 

(c)  Kuiawiak Wieniawski 

SCHOOL  OF  MUSIC, 
DePauw  University. 


PIANOFORTE   RECITAL 

(Junior)  by  Miss  B.  Pearl  8haw,  assisted  by  Miss  Eva  Osburn,  Soprano, 

*'  Wagner  Quartette,"  Miss  Mary  Hoover,  Accompanist. 

Wednesday  Evening,  March  8th,  1899,  at  eight  o'clock,  Music  Hall. 

PROGRAM. 

1.  Piano  Quartette— "Tannhauser," Wagner 

"  Wagner  Quartette." 

2.  Sonata  op.  14,  No.  1 Beethoven 

Allegro,  Allegretto,  Allegro. 

8.    Vocal  Solo— "The  Nightingale"        Deliehes 

4.  Impromptu  op.  90,  No.  2 Schubert 

5.  (a)  Intermezzo  op.  9,  No.  2,  ^ 

(b)  "  Evening  Song." S 

(c)  "  Papillon" Qrieg 

6.  Vocal  Solo— ^fagnetic  Waltz. ArditU 

7.  Duo— **Dan8e  Macabre," Saint  SaenB 

SCHOOL  OF  MUSIC, 
DEpAinv  University. 

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TWENTY-EIGHTH  STUDENTS'  RECITAL, 

At   Music   Hall,  Orrington  Avenue  and  University   Place,  by  *Mi88  Irene 

Stevens,  Pianist,  assisted  by  Miss  Winifred  Nightingale,  Contralto. 

Friday  Evening,  May  26,  1899,  at  8  o'clock. 

PROGRAMME. 

PvtiU,  Namber  One Bach 

Prelude. 

Allemande. 

8arab«nde. 

Minuet  1  and  3. 
Oigue. 

Mi«8  Stevens. 

My  Little  Love, Hawley 

Ml88  Nightingale. 

Beroeiue, Orieg 

Kamennoi  Oatrow, Rubinstein 

Dance  of  the  Onomea, Lisst 

Miss  Stevens. 

Ah !  'tia  a  Dream, Hawley 

••There  Little  Oipl  Don't  Cry,"      Norrii 

Miss  Nightingale. 

Fira  Muaic Wagner-Brassin 

Miss  Stevens. 

Goaldl? Tostl 

Miss  Nightingale. 

Concerto,  E  Minor. Chopin 

Allegro  Maestro. 

Miss  Stevens. 

Orchestral  accompaniment  on  second  piano,  .  .  .  Mn.  Coe. 

SCHOOL  OP  MUSIC. 
NoBTHWimiRN  UNivKRsrrv,  Evanston,  111. 


THIRTY-FIRST  STUDENTS'  RECITAL, 

At  Music   Hall,  Orrington   Avenue  and   University   Place,  by  *Mis8  I>epna 
Wemple,  Pianist,  assisted  by  *Mis8  Irene  Snyder,  Soprano. 

Friday  Evening,  June  2,  1899,  at  K  o'clock. 

PROGRAMME. 

Fantaaie,  C.  Minor, Mozart 

Gavotte, Silas 

Miss  Wemple. 

Sleep  On, Scudere 

The  Dying  Flower Rotoli 

A  Diaappolntment     Victor  Harris 

Miss  Snyder. 

Two  Skylarks,  I^eschetitzky 

The  Flatterer Chamlnade 

Valae,  AFlat Chopin 

Miss  Wemple. 

When  to  Thy  Vision, Gounod 

Two  Marionettea, Cooke 

Her  Grave,         Fielitz 

Sing  On, ....  Denza 

Miss  Snyder. 

TheChaae,  ...      Rheinberger 

Polonaiae  Mllltaire, Chopin 

Miss  Wemple. 
SCHOOL  OF  MUSIC, 

NoBTHWisTiKN  UNivutsrrY,  Evanston,  111. 

*Alpha  ChL 

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GRADUATION  RECITAL 

Of  Virginia  May   Fisk,   Pianist,  of  Ann   Arbor,   Michigan, 

Frieze  Memorial  Hall,  Friday,  June  9,  1899,  8:00  P.  M. 

Three  Preludes  and  Fugues  from  the  Well  Tempered  Clavichord J.S.Bach 

C  minor,  Book    n 

Cf  minor,  Book    I  >  One  Prelude  and  Fugue  to  be  chosen. 

G  major,  Book  II  j 

<^nata  in  D  Minor,  Op.  81,  No.  2,      L.  van  Beethoven 

Allegro. 

Adagio. 

Allegretto. 

a.  Etude,  C  sharp,  minor.  Op.  25,  No.  7,  '  •    ) 

b.  Mazurka,  B  minor.  Op.  83,  No.  4 ' Chopin 

c.  Impromptu,  A  flat  major, \ 

Norwegian  Bridal  Procession Grieg 

Witches*  Dance Mac  Dowell 

Spinning  Song,  .  .  Mendelssohn 

Liebestraum, Franz  LiBt 

Passe-Pied Deliebes 

Polonaise, Paderewski 

Capriccio  brilliante,  for  Piano  and  Orchestra, .  Mendelssohn 

UNIVERSITY  SCHOOL  OF' MUSIC. 


^o  avoid  undue  length  of  program.  Miss  Fisk  will  play  the  first  movement  only. 


PIANOFORTE  RECITAL, 

Given  by  Miss  Olga  Brandenburg. 
Sleeper  Hall,  Monday  Evening,  June  5,  1899,  at  8  o'clock. 

PROGRAM. 

Nawratil, Variations,  Op.  7 

Schubert Sonata,  Op.  43  (first  movement) 

Mendelssohn, Prelude  and  Fague,  E  minor 

Chopin,         Nocturne.  Op.  27.  No.  1 

S<;humann, Traumes  Wirren 

Brahms Rhapsody,  Op.  7»,  No.  2 

Rubinstein, Concerto  in  D  minor  (first  movement) 

NEW  ENGLAND  CONSERVATORY  OF  MUSIC. 


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ALPHA  CHI  OMEGA. 

CHAPTER  ROLL. 


Alpha, DePauw  l^niversity,  Greencastle,  Indiana 

Beta, Albion,  College,  Albion,  Michigan 

Gamma, Xorthwestern  University,  Evanston,  Illinois 

Delta,  .    .       Pennsylvania  College  of  Music,  Meadville,  Pennsylvania 
Epsilon,    .   University  of  Southern  California,  Los  Angeles,  California 

Zeta, New  England  Conservatory,  Boston,  Massachusetts 

Eta Bucknell  University,  Lewisburg,  Pennsylvania 

Theta .  University  of  Michigan,  Ann  Arbor,  Michigan 

GRAND  CHAPTER-ALPHA. 

QENERAL  OFFICERS. 


President Uaeburn  ('owger,  Alpha 

Vice  President Winifred  Bartholomew,  Theta 

Secretary Ethel  Eggleston,  Zeta 

Treasurer Florence  Harper,  Delta 

CORRESPONDING  SECRETARIES. 


Alpha Elniena  Lank 

Beta Lina  Baum,  211  E.  Erie  8t 

Gamma Mabel  Dunn,  1803  Chicago  Ave 

Delta Elizabeth  McAllister,  11  ulings  Hall 

Epsilon Jessie  Leone  Davis,  21K)4  Vermont  Ave 

Zeta Editli  S.  Prince,  New  England  Conservatory 

Eta Belle  Bartol 

Theta Marion  A  ll>erta  Daniel 


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Address,  Care  the  Musical  Courier,  New  York* 

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THE  LYRE 


OF 


ALPHA  Chi  Omega. 


VOL.  IV.  NOVEMBER,  1899.  NO.  3. 


SONATA  IN  C  SHARP  MINOR,  BEETHOVEN- 


It  is  a  question  that  will  remain  unanswered  forever  and  is  also  one 
that  has  created  no  little  controversy  as  to  the  idea  which  found  such 
wonderful  birth  in  the  composition  known  to  all  the  world  as  the 
"Moonlight  Sonat  i." 

The  generally  accepted  story  is  too  well  known  to  necessitate  repe- 
tition, but  that  the  composition  is  susceptible  of  many  constructions, 
based  always  upon  the  fundamental  law  of  emotion  and  sentiment,  is 
amply  evinced  by  the  various  interpretations  oftered. 

Very  few  of  the  masters  wTote  mechanically,  that  is,  for  merely  prac- 
tical purposes.  They  were  more  or  less  actuated  by  the  strongest 
emotions  and  highest  ideals  which  sought  and  found  voice  in  the  com- 
positions which  so  richly  bless  the  world  to-day. 

Some  writers  have  suggested  that  unrequited  affection  prompted  the 
passionately  sad  Adagio  of  the  sonata,  while  others  thought  that  merely 
the  weird  beauty  of  the  moonlight  night  impelled  the  expression  of 
sentiments  too  deep  for  words.  Be  that  as  it  may,  to  the  student  who 
has  limited  resources  for  interpretative  study,  this  life  "  Fantasy '' is 
offered,  merely  that  it  may  suggO!r*t  and  aid  in  the  effort  to  establish  a 
basis  for  the  dramatko  of  the  entire  composition. 

Beethoven,  always  a  stupendously   thoughtful   man,  may  have  had 


■  — •) 


The  I/yre. 


premonitions  of  coming  sorrow  which  tinted  his  life  with  such  sombre 
shades. 

The  real  man  revealed   himself  only  through  his  compositions  and 
but  few  appreciate  his  loneliness,  even  to-day. 

A  FANTASY. 

ANDANTE   SOSTENUTO. 

The  loneliness  of  Night's  soft  shadows 
Fall  athwart  the  path  of  day,  (1,2) 
And  through  the  dimness  of  a  sea-dipt  mist, 
I  see  the  curving  glint  of  night-birds 
Winging  their  way  toward  the  sea.  (3,  4) 

Alone  am  I,  save  for  the  Shadow 

Which  refuses  to  forsake  me;  (5-9) 

And  I  pause  and  wonder  if  it  portends 

Something  of  the  un-namable  terror 

Which  has  oft  possessed  my  soul.  (10-15) 

The  Earth,  even,  keys  her  song  more  dully,  (29) 

And  the  rippling  cadences  of  the  birds  of  Dawn,  (33,  34) 

Reach  me  but  faintly, 

liike  some  dream  but  half  remembered. 

Is  it  Nature  who  wearies  at  last 

Of  her  sweet  voiceful  symphonies? 

Or  do  the  sons  of  earth  hear  but  dimly 

The  surging  tide  of  wind-swept  harmony  (35,  36) 

Which  bears  on  its  breath 

Solace  for  a  world's  sorrow, 

And  the  ecstasy  of  heavenly  joy? 

Ah  see!  The  moonlight  pierces  the  floating  mist 

With  shafts  of  silvery  light, 

And  the  soft  breathed  zephyrs 

Waft  tlie  billowy  vapor-forms  far  out  to  sea, 

Where  tliev  waver  and  beckon 

Like  phantoms  from  some  giant  Past; 

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And  over  the  face  of  mv  soul 

Falls  the  intangible  veil  of  futurity 

Hiding  from  my  fearsome  gaze 

A  fate  too  sad  for  mere  words, 

And  too  wearisome  for  the  pen  of  time.     (37-40) 

A  subtle  influence  doth  engulf  my  sad  spirit, 

And  my  fast  throbbing  heart 

Yields  hardly  to  the  elusive  half-wrought 

Melodies,  which  linger  tremblingly 

Upon  the  spell  of  infinite  desire. 

"0  spirits  of  celestial  conception, 

Close  not  the  doors  of  my  heaven 

Against  me!     (51-55) 

Let  me  hear.but  faintly  those  angelic  strains, 

(Pulsing  harmonies  of  divine  creation!) 

And  I  shall  be  somewhat  content."    (57-59) 

Earth,  voiceless,  is  like  a  rarely  tinted  flower 

Without  perfume, — beauty  without  soid, 

Or  the  marble  perfection 

Of  some  peaceful  frozen  dead! 

Must  the  soul  be  thus  imprisoned 

Within  the  white  walls  of  its  own  temple. 

And  no  longer  hear  the  creation 

Of  its  own  thought-harmonies? 

Sad,  sad,  as  the  wail  of  sorrow 

Which  is  too  deep  for  tears,  ((33-64) 

Or  the  cry  of  anguish  from  some  despairing  soul 

When  thus  I  must  wake  from  my  dream, 

And  through  the  water  of  Lethe 

Must  go,  weighted  with  the  unuttered  longing  of  years.  (66-69) 

Yet,  why  should  I  mourn  alway?  (1-5) 

ALLEGRETTO. 

The  King  of  each  radiant  day 

Thrills  anew  every  drop  of  sparkling  dew, 

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And  all  the  drowsy  flowers 

Wake  at  dawn  to  his  magic  kiss!     (21-23) 

The  wind  tosses  the  quivering  leaves 
With  careless  hand  whose  touch 
Doth  kindle  with  laughing  life 
Each  tender  leaf  of  green.     (47-52) 

The  great  canvas  of  Omnipotence 

Shall  unroll  the  beauties  before  me, 

And  in  its  linings  I  may  find 

Some  solace  for  my  hungry  heart! 

The  perfumed,  spicy  winds 

Shall  fan  my  fevered  brow, 

And  in  the  calm  of  night 

I  shall  call  the  pale  cold  stars 

My  own,  until  their  sweet  influence 

Shall  permeate  my  very  soul     (92-96) 

And  I  shall  know  the  blessedness  of  peace.     (96-97) 

PRESTO    AGITATO. 

Again!     Oh,  restless  soul  of  mine!     (42) 
Why  this  agony?    Canst  thou  not  yield 
Thyself  to  the  All  Supreme,  who  gave  thee 
Birth  and  breathed  unquenchable  melody. 
Fraught  with  the  fire  of  genius,  into  thy  being? 
Canst  thou  not  control  thy  mad  longing? 
Wilt  thou  not  cease  thy  raging 
Against  the  bars  of  thy  prison-house?     (9,  10) 
What  availeth  it  that  thou  plunge 
Into  a  yawning  abyss  of  gloom     (14) 
From  which  e'en  the  wings  of  Faith 
Could  wearily  lift  thee?     (11(>-119) 

Thou  hearest  the  dreary  sobbing  of  a  shoreless  sea 
'Gainst  the  deeps  of  ageless  shadows,     (124-127) 
And  fretted  with  memories  of  an  unconquered  world 

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Thou  dost  but  manacle  thy  freer  thought 
With  weight  of  silent  woe. 
Hush  thy  ceaseless  cries!     (164) 

*'Ganst  thou  never  forget  thy  bitterness?     (167-170) 

See,  through  the  elusive  curtain  of  night, 

One  star  shines  clear  and  bright     (185-186) 

And  sheds  'round  thee  an  influence 

Which  may  ''bind  thee  to  the  Pleiades.'' 

A  luminous  form  conies  floating  toward  me, 

And,  as  I  look,  the  angel  Peace  waits 

With  pleading  eyes  and  outstretched  hands. 

With  eagerness  I  tejich  my  faltering  steps 

The  way, — and  though  the  billows  may  surge 

And  almost  deluge  me —     (195-197) 

It  will  be  like  the  memory 

Of  some  fond  but  passionate  pain,     (76-80) 

And  my  tired  heart  shall  rest. 

Do  phantoms  of  the  weary  past  still  throng  about  me?    (201- 
203) 

Then  shall  I  sing  a  song  of  Hope; 

And  all  the  voices  of  the  sky, 

Shall  repeat  it  in  wonder  and  bear  it 

On  the  breath  of  the  breeze 

Upward,  until,  suspended  near  Heaven, 

It  falls  to  earth  again. 

In  a  thousand,  thousand  melodies 

To  cheer  the  heart  of  Man.     (206-208) 

— Pearl  Whitcomb-Henry. 


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THE  MINNESINGERS  AND  MEISTERSINGERS. 


Germany  has  always  been  the  home  of  the  great.  At  its  mention, 
GcKthe,  Schiller,  Bach,  Beethoven  and  Mozart  with  a  host  of  others — 

'*  Great  singers  of  the  past !  whose  song 

Still  streams  down  earthward  pure  and  strong  " — 

come  rushing  to  our  minds  and  we  think  that  of  all  the  favored 
countries  of  earth,  none  is  so  favored  as  this  one. 

If  we  trace  her  history  back  as  far  as  we  have  any  knowledge  of  such 
a  people  as  the  Germans,  there  is  evidence  that  some  of  them,  wrote 
rude  verses  telling  of  the  deeds  of  their  kings  and  heroes  and  sang  them 
to  the  simple  melodies  which  they  invented.  If  we  had  all  these  songs 
we  could  have  a  better  knowledge  of  the  people  who  wrote  them  but 
only  the  fragments  remain — too  incomplete  to  be  of  value  except  to 
show  that  these  uncivilized  warriors  possessed  in  some  degree  the  musi- 
cal and  poetical  talent  inherent  in  the  German  race.  No  material  had 
they  for  artistic  creation  but  the  music  which  they  invented  spontane- 
ously; but  it  constituted  the  origin  of  a  development  that  nothing  could 
destroy,  although  circumstances  might  cause  it  to  be  suppressd  for  a 
while. 

About  the  sixth  century  Catholicism,  always  imperious  and  tyranni- 
cal, was  rapidly  extending  its  dominion  and  the  secular  songs  of  the 
barbarians  were  forced  to  give  place  to  the  sacred  songs  of  the  priests. 
Until  the  close  of  the  eleventh  century  nothing  was  produced  in  poetry 
or  music.  But  the  ballads  which  these  patriotic  people  loved  so  well 
were  still  sung,  "  half  unconsciously,''  as  some  one  has  said,  till  they 
burst  forth  anew  with  such  force  that  they  only  seemed  to  have  been 
gathering  strength  while  they  were  apparently  lifeless. 

The  Crusades  had  thrown  all  Europe  into  turmoil.  They  brought 
all  classes  of  people  more  closely  together  and  made  them  feel  a  com- 
mon interest  in  each  other's  welfare.     They  shared  in  common  many 


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severe  expferiences.  One  of  the  direct  results  of  this  was  the  rise  of  the 
secular  song.  Some  new  instruments,  among  which  was  the  guitar, 
had  been  brought  from  the  East  and  were  used  to  accompany  the  singer. 
The  Troubadours  of  France  were  the  first  to  produce  the  new  kind  of 
song.  They  regarded  the  music  more  than  the  words.  The  minstrels 
sang  their  productions  for  them  and  the  nobility  looked  upon  them 
with  so  much  favor  that  the  secular  songs  grew  rapidly  in  popularity, 
and  other  countries  followed  the  example  of  the  south. 

The  Minnesingers  and  Meistersingers  occupied  the  position  in  Ger- 
many that  the  Troubadours  were  holding  in  Provence.  The  form  of  the 
song  was  the  same,  but  the  Minnesingers  were  not  imitators,  for  they 
fashioned  their  compositions  in  accordance  with  their  natural  charac- 
teristics. To  them  the  music  was  of  less  importance  than  the  words. 
They  chose  to  sing  of  the  beauty  of  spring-time,  of  love  and  sorrow  ; 
while  the  Troubadour  sang  of  battles,  strife  and  victory.  They  pre- 
fened  to  sing  their  own  songs  rather  than  employ  the  minstrels  to  do  it 
for  them.  They  were  imaginative,  fanciful,  emotional  and  impulsive. 
They  take  us  back  to  their  own  time  and  cause  us  to  feel  we  are  living 
just  as  they  did,  while  we  read  their  verses. 

The  word  Minne  first  meant  a  kind  remembrance.  Most  of  the  Min- 
nelieder  are  characterized  by  refinement ;  only  a  few  which  represent  the 
chivalric  age  having  received  censure  from  critics.  The  number  of  Minne- 
singers we  know  of  personally  is  not  large  but  from  all  evidence  there  were 
a  great  many  of  these  poet-musicians  whose  names  have  been  forgotten. 
About  two  and  a  half  centuries  ago,  a  Parisian  manuscript  was  discov- 
ered in  an  old  castle.  It  contained  productions  of  148  poets.  The 
manuscript  had  probably  been  taken  to  Paris  from  Germany  for  safe 
keeping  and  had  been  lost.  There  is  no  way  to  estimate  how  many 
Minnesingers  there  were,  but  their  influence  was  so  great  that  it  in- 
cluded all  the  nobility,  while  the  organization  of  the  guild  called  the 
Meistersingers  included  all  classes  of  common  people. 

Some  one  has  contrasted  the  picture  of  the  Minnesinger  occupied 
with  the  practical  affairs  of  life,  probably  a  soldier,  going  from  place  to 
place  singing  his  own  poems  to  music  of  his  own  composition,  with  no 
accompaniment  but  a  violin  ot  three  strings,  to  the  poet  of  the  present 

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time  who  writes  his  lyric  verses  as  he  sits  in  his  luxurious  library.  He 
does  not  concern  himself  with  a  musical  accompaniment  and  never 
hears  one  of  his  stanzas  sung. 

In  the  time  of  the  Minnesinger  epic  poetry  was  in  its  glory;  but  many 
a  person  who  could  not  appreciate  an  epic  poem  enjoyed  these  songs. 
To-day  it  requires  novels,  magazines,  newspapers,  with  the  additional 
assistance  of  the  theatre  and  concert  to  supply  the  people  intellectually 
as  the  Minnesingers  did  the  people  of  that  time. 

The  most  noted  Minnesinger  was  Walther  von  der  Vogelweide,  who 
was  contemporaneous  with  the  well-known  Troubadour,  Bertram  de 
Born.  On  account  of  his  genius  and  his  sterling  character  he  rises 
above  his  fellow  creatures  and  is  remembered  as  the  most  prominent 
song-writer  of  his  time.  The  story  of  his  life  is,  for  the  most  part,  a 
sad  one  and  many  of  his  poems  cause  one  to  exclaim  with  Shelley, 
"Our  sweetest  songs  are  those  that  tell  of  saddest  thought." 

The  birthplace  of  Walther  is  unknown.  The  first  we  know  of  him 
he  is  spending  his  boyhood  as  a  traveling  jongleur,  playing  his  accom- 
paniments on  his  violin — poor  and  friendless.  Then  Duke  Frederick 
employed  him  as  minstrel  for  his  Austrian  Court.  Reinmar,  der  Alte, 
was  his  only  teacher  as  far  as  we  know.  His  writings  are  of  two  classes, 
one  of  a  vindictive  character,  the  other  the  opposite,  treating  of  Love 
and  Nature.  In  the  first  he  directs  his  energies  against  the  Papal 
power,  which  he  believes  to  be  an  evil.  He  portrays  the  wrong-doings 
of  the  Popes  in  such  a  forcible  manner  that  he  had  great  influence,  and 
dissuaded  many  from  joining  the  crusades.  He  once  said  "  The  Pope  is 
now  filling  his  Italian  coffers  with  German  silver." 

When  Pope  Innocent  III.  excommunicated  the  Emperor,  he  directed 
the  most  severe  sarcasm  against  him  in  his  verses.  He  compares  him 
to  a  former  Pope  who  was  believed  to  have  been  carried  away  by  the 
Devil,  but,  he  says,  that  person  caused*  the  ruin  only  of  his  own  soul, 
while  this  Pope  plunges  into  ruin  all  Christendom  and  God's  shepherd 
has  become  a  wolf. 

He  shows  that  he  possesses  a  strong,  independent  character,  fearless 
when  a  matter  of  right  or  wrong  is  to  be  considered.  It  goes  to  prove 
that  he  had  religious  principles  which  he  felt  a  duty  both  toward  God 

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and  man  to  put  into  practice.  One  of  bis  poems  consists  of  a  summary 
of  the  Apostles^  creed. 

The  second  class  of  his  writings  suggest  a  simple,  loving  nature,  and 
if  he  is  sometimes  pessimistic  we  must  remember  that  this  was  a  char- 
acteristic of  that  age,  and  Walther  was  merely  influenced  by  his  con- 
temporaries in  some  degree.  The  poets  of  that  time,  regarded  life  in 
two  extremes.  Some  thought  it  was  no  more  than  a  festival.  Others, 
too  serious  to  be  frivolous,  looked  at  it  from  the  darker  side.  Walther 
said  '*  The  world  wears  bright  colors  on  the  outside  but  is  black  if  one 
looks  within." 

Many  of  Walther's  poems  mention  his  admiration  for  women  in  a 
high  and  noble  manner.  He  censures  the  praise  of  physical  beauty 
and  calls  it  a  thin  mask,  while  he  extols  graces  of  character  as  being 
the  only  thing  worth  striving  for.  He  was  also  very  patriotic.  Both 
these  traits  are  seen  in  his  poem  which  says 

**  In  many  foreign  lands  I've  been 

And  knights  and  ladies  there  have  seen  ; 

But  here  alone  I  find  my  rest — 

Old  Germany  is  still  the  l)est ; 

Some  other  lands  have  pleased  me  well ; 

But  here,  'tis  here  I  choose  to  dwell. 

Grerman  men  have  virtues  rare 

And  German  maids  are  angels  fair.'' 

He  treats  of  love  in  pure,  elevating  terms,  setting  a  high  ideal  for  the 
Minnesong. 

Walthers'  true  poetical  talent,  combined  with  a  delightful  person- 
ality, gives  his  poems  a  charm.  None  from  the  'long  line  of  Nature 
poets,  who  are  prized  so  highly  are  able  to  excel  in  the  treatment  of 
nature.  Bayard  Taylor  says  ** Among  us,  Longfellow,  Bryant  and 
Whittier  have  chanted  the  beauty  of  the  external  world  but  none  of 
them  can  so  immediately  set  us  in  the  midst  of  May  time,  blossoms, 
and  song  birds  by  a  simple,  childlike  line  as  Walther  von  der  Vogel- 
weide.  His  words  flowing  easily  and  beautifully  harmonize  with  a 
rhythm  which  is  music  itself.'^ 

Two  hundred  of  his  productions  are  preserved,  some  of  them  only  a 

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12  The  I/yre. 

single  stanza  but  a  complete  work  of  art.  But  the  poet's  life  was  lonely 
and  a  tone  of  despair  is  noticeable,  particularly  in  his  later  writings. 
In  a  poem  entitled  "Might  I  but  make  a  voyage  over  the  sea"  he  shows 
an  intense  longing  to  travel  to  the  Holy  Land.  "  Then,"  says  he,  would 
I  sing  "Tis  well,"  and  say  "Alas"  no  more.  He  begs  piteously  that 
Emperor  Frederick  may  give  him  a  place  he  can  caU  home,  be  a  host 
instead  of  a  guest,  and  own  a  hearth  where  he  can  sing.  Notwithstand- 
ing a  small  estate  having  been  presented  him  by  the  Emperor,  he  died 
as  he  had  lived — poor. 

He  was  buried  in  the  Wiirzburg  cathedral  and  in  compliance  with 
his  request,  four  hollow  spaces  were  cut  in  his  tomb  from  which  birds 
were  to  be  fed.  He  left  a  sum  of  money  to  the  monastery  to  be  used 
for  this  purpose. 

There  are  several  other  Minnesingers  whose  names  are  prominent. 
Among  these  are  Nithart,  who  wrote  realistic  descriptions  of  peasant 
life,  but  opposite  in  birth  and  writing  to  Walther,  his  verses  are  char- 
acterized by  coarseness.  Reinmar  von  Zweter  extols  the  good,  honest 
woman  rather  than  the  goddess.  A  picture  in  a  Parisian  manuscript 
represents  him   with  a  little  maiden  standing  by  his  side  while  he 

writes: 

"  My  life  is  in  its  eventide 

My  sunshine  now  has  turned  to  gray 
Of  youth  still  glowing  like  the 'dawn 

I'm  musing  at  the  close  of  day." 

Ulrich  von  Lichtenstein  is  a  caricature  of  the  age  he  represents.  He 
wrote  verses  in  lines  of  one  syllable  which  are  untranslatable  and  with- 
out  meaning. 

The  Meistersingers  were  a  guild  originated  by  Frauenlob  in  the  14th 
century,  composed  of  all  classes  of  people  who  did  not  belong  to  the 
nobility  as  did  the  Minnesingers. 

The  interests  of  the  middle  class  had  been  slighted  and  though  the 
Meistersingers  have  left  nothing  of  value  in  poetry  or  music,  the  motive 
which  led  them  to  take  an  interest  in  song,  and  the  influence  they  had 
among  the  less  educated  class  of  people,  accomplished  much  toward 
the  development  of  the  secular  song  and  has  won  for  the  MeistersingeiB 
the  admiration  of  all  lovers  of  art.  — Ruth  Vauoht. 

3S1 


The  Lyre. 


The  I/yre. 


HOMES  OF  OUR  CHAPTERS. 

BbPAIW  UNIVERaiTV. 

Indiana  Aebury 
Univeraity,  oow 
DePauw,  waefound- 
ed  in  Greencastle  in 
1837  by  the  Indi- 
ana Conference  of 
the  Methodist  Epis- 
copal church. 

Greencastle  was 
then  a  vill^e  of  700 
inhabitants,  and  the 
new  enterprise  had 
little  in  its  sur- 
roundings to  en- 
courage its  growth. 
But  the  zeal  and 
energy  of  Bishops 
Simpson  and  Bow- 
man, who  were 
among  the  earliest 
presidents,  and  of  other  earnest  workers,  was  not  in  vain. 

In  18fj7  the  educational  ailvantages  of  the  university  were  offered  to 
men  and  women  alike.  A  financial  crisis  in  its  history  was  reached 
in  1884  after  forty-four  years,  and  it  becamo  necessary  to  take  decided 
steps  to  secure  means  to  carry  on  the  work.  The  earnest  eiforta  of 
friends  culminated  in  the  pre.sent  Del'auw  with  all  its  extensions  and 
improvements. 

Mr.  Washington  C.  DcPauw,  a  wealthy  Methodist  of  Indiana,  who 
wa."  jilanning  to  found  a  univci-sity  which  should  bear  his  name,  was 
induced  l<>  expend  his  money  on  the  needy  institution  already  in  ex- 
istence.    Thus  the  Old  Asbury  became  the  New  Del'auw. 
To   the  Asl>ury  Collfgc  of  I.ilieral  Arls  were  added   Law,  Normal, 


'  .MISEC  HAl.L. 


The  I/yre. 


DR.  W.  II,  IIIC-KMAN. 


The  Zyre. 


IIK.  illl.E.ARY  A.  (iOm.N, 


The  L/yre. 


17 


Theology,  Military,  ftfusic  and  Art  Schools.  The  Preparatory  School 
was  also  placed  upon  a  hetter  basiri.  Five  new  huildiiigs  were  erected, 
Florence  Hall,  Science  Hall,  Woinan's  Dormitory,  Music  Hall,  mid  the 
Oh.tervatory,  which  with  its  equipment,  nus  tlie  gift  of  Robert  McKim. 
Large  donations  by  the  citizens  and  others  were  also  expended  in  im- 
provements. Many  acres  of  ground  were  tidded  to  the  campi.  l>e- 
Pauw  I'niversity  was  placed  on  a  par  with  the  best  modern  institutions 
imd  many  young  men  and  women  sought  to  aviii!  themsf;lves  of  its  ad- 
rantageu.  Later  the  schools  of  Law  ami  Theology  and  the  Xormal 
school  were  discontinued. 

Dr.  Alexander 
Martin,  who  had 
served  faithfully 
and  efficiently  as 
president  for  four- 
teen years  resigned 
in  1889  and  was 
succeeded  by  Dr. 
John  P.  D.  John, 
now  one  of  the  most 
prominent  lecturers 
in  the  country.  His 
presidency  was 
marked  by  many 
improvements  in 
the  work  of  the  in- 
stitution. Dr.  Gob- 
in  the  present  presi- 
dent succeeded  Dr 
John  in  18!t(i  when 
the  latter  gave  up  bis  i 


fork  at  Del'uuw  fur  the  lecuire  plattonn. 


(ienlle.  eoiirtemi):,  kiiidl;  to  nil ; 
Liberal,  brondmindfd  :  with  henrt  full 
Of  the  charity  Hint  s*-ps  th..'  (ir.iid  i[|  eifr; 
His  life  an  iiiK|jiruti<>n  tn  nil  whi>  feel  his 


18  The  Lyre. 


Last  year  the  venerable  Bishop  Bowman  who  has  been  a  devoted 
friend  of  the  university  since  its  infancy  resigned  the  Chancellorship, 
his  health  requiring  him  to  give  up  active  work.  He  was  succeeded  by 
Dr.  W.  H.  Hickman. 

The  Music  School  in  which  we  are  especially  interested  is  now  in  a 
prosperous  condition  after  fifteen  years  growth. 

James  Hamilton  Howe,  now  of  San  Francisco,  was  dean  for  the  first 
ten  years.  Since  that  time  Dean  Belle  A.  Mansfield,  formerly  of  the 
faculty  of  the  College  of  Liberal  Arts,  has  been  director.  The  present 
faculty  includes  Dean  Belle  A.  Mansfield,  professor  of  musical  history; 
Adolph  Schellschmidt,  cellist  and  professor  of  string  instruments; 
Marthine  Dietrichson,  professor  of  voice;  Julia  A.  Druley,  professor  of 
pianaforte,and  Elisiibeth  Patterson  Sawyers,  concert  pianist  and  professor 
of  pianoforte,  pipe  organ,  harmony  and  advanced  theory.  An  advanced 
course  is  offered  and  thorough  work  required.  German,  French  and 
other  required  studies  are  taken  in  the  College  of  Liberal  Arts. 

The  soil  of  DePauw  University  has  proven  a  fertile  one  for  fraternity 
life.  A  chapter  of  Beta  Theta  Pi  was  founded  in  1845.  This  was  fol-" 
lowed  by  Phi  Gamma  Delta  in  1857,  Sigma  Chi  in  1859,  Phi  Kappa 
Psi  in  1865,  Delta  Kappa  Epsilon  in  186(),  and  Phi  Delta  Theta  in  1877. 
More  recently  Delta  Tau  Delta,  Delta  Upsilon  and  Sigma  Nu  appeared. 
The  Kappa  Alpha  Theta  established  its  Alpha  chai)ter  at  DePauw  in 
1870.  The  Iota  chapter  of  Kappa  Kai)pa  Gamma  was  organized  here 
in  1875  and  ten  years  later  Alpha  Chi  Omega  came  into  existence.  We 
have  also  a  chapter  of  Alpha  Phi  and  Phi  Mu  Epsilon  has  developed 
in  our  school.  Phi  Beta  Kappa,  the  post  graduate  fraternity,  honored 
our  institution  with  a  chapter  which  completes  the  list. 

DePauw  has  long  been  noted  for  its  oratory,  and  hiis  recorded  many 
victories  in  the  state  and  interstiUe  contests.  A  long  list  of  famous 
men  might  be  given  who  claim  it  as  their  Alma  Mater.  While  the 
hundreds  who  have  gone  out  during  the  sixty-two  years  of  its  existence 
without  becoming  (•«5})ec'ially  distinguished,  have  certainly  in  a  quiet 
way  made  a  decided  im})res!sion  on  the  character  of  the  Ninteenth 
Century.  The  future  outlook  of  the  institution  is  bright.  The 
Twentieth  (.'entury  endowment  fund  movement  bids  fair  to  place 
within  its  reach  ami>le  funds  to  meet  futun?  demands.  M.  J.  W. 

,Ss7 


The  I/yre* 


M.  litetaiciisoH, 


20  The  I/yre. 


A  STUDENT'S  LAMENT. 


Tell  me,  ye  winged  winds 

That  round  my  pathway  roar, 
Do  you  not  know  some  place 

Where  music's  heard  no  more? 
Some  college  quaint  and  old, 

Some  (juiet  secure  retreat, 
Where  tired  teachers  never  scold 

Nor  homesick  students  weep  ? 
The  loud  wind  dwindled  to  a  whisper  low, 
And  sighed  for  pity  as  it  whispered  "  No." 

Oh,  tell  me  of  some  dreary  cave 

Some  hollow  in  the  ground  • 

Where  violins  never  scjueak 

And  pianos  are  not  found, 
Or  knowest  thou  of  some  prison 

Where  safe  under  key  and  lock 
Are  left  Freshmen  who  (try  to)  play  Czerny 

And  Seniors  who  practice  Bach  ? 
But  music  ever  worshiped  as  a  goddess  fair 
Waved  her  wand  and  whispered,  "  Not  anywhere,  not  anywhere." 

Oh  !  tell  me,  thou  mighty  Ocean 

Wliose  billows  round  me  play. 
Can  your  swift  ships  not  bear  me 

To  a  country  far  away  ; 
Can  you  take  me  to  a  peoj)le 

Who  live  in  a  favored  spot 
Where  Harmon v  is  not  known 

And  consecutive  fifths  are  not? 
Where  the  air  is  free  from  the  wail 

Of  tt)aes  drawled  out  loud  and  long, 

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The  Lyre.  21 


Of  voices  howling  the  scale 

Or  trying  to  render  a  song? 
Do  you  know  of  some  valley  or  mountain 

Where  mortals  calmly  draw  breath, 
Safe  from  Recitals  which  oftentimes 

Frighten  their  victims  to  death  ? 
The  loud  waves  rolling  in  perpetual  flow 
Stopped  for  awhile,  and  sighed  to  answer,  "  No/' 

And  thou,  serenest  moon, 

That  with  such  lovely  face 
Dost  look  upon  the  earth 

Asleep  in  nighVs  embrace. 
Tell  me,  in  all  thy  round 

Hast  thou  seen  a  land  so  blest 
That'  it  is  free  from  music 

And  the  weary  there  find  rest? 
Behind  a  cloud  the  moon  withdrew  in  woe 
And  a  voice  sweet,  but  sad,  responded,  "  No." 

— Ruth  Vaugiit. 


**  Music  is  the  natural  expression  of  lofty  passion  for  a  right  cause.'* 

"The  art  of  a  thing  is  first,  its  aim,  and  next,  its  manner  of  accom- 
plishment." 

Let  the  judgment  of  the  public  make  thee  always  thoughtful,  but 
never  despairing.— Ptoen. 

Those  who  work  faithfully  will  put  themselves  in  possession  of  a 
glorious  and  enlarging  happiness. — Ricskin. 

When  Thalberg  played  a  melody,  it  stood  out  in  bold  dynamic  relief; 
not  because  he  pounded,  but  because  he  kept  the  accompaniment  duly 
subdued. — Christiani. 

"It  is  in  music,  perhaps,  that  the  soul  more  nearly  attains  the  end 
for  which,  when  inspired  by  the  poetic  sentiment,  it  struggles — the 
creation  of  supernal  beauty." 

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22  Tfie  I/yre. 


A  LEGEND  OF  WOOGLIN. 


We  reprint  the  following  excellent  article  from  a  recent  number  of  Beta  Theta  Pi. 

It  was  because  I  had  pored  long  and  deeply  over  volumes  of  forgotten 
fraternity  lore  and  brave  stories  of  the  early  Greeks  that  I  felt  weary 
one  bleak  winter  night  in  the  deserted  library  of  the  chapter-house.  My 
eyes  wandered  from  the  printed  page  and  gazed  aimlessly  about  the  room. 
From  the  charter  which  hung  faintly  illumined  in  the  crimeon  glow  of 
the  grate,  they  passed  to  the  skull  over  the  mantlepiece  between  the 
antlers.  It  chattered  fiendishly,  and  strange  lights  danced  in  the  empty 
sockets. 

I  started  and  turned  away.  The  fraternity  flag  in  the  corner  drew 
my  gaze.  It  bowed  and  fluttered  as  if  in  greeting.  My  head  drooped 
lower.  I  saw  the  mystic  symbols  on  the  magazine  which  lay  on  the 
table.  They  seemed  to  swell  and  soar  away,  as  if  to  beckon  ine  on. 
My  head  drooped  lower.  The  glitter  of  the  pin  on  my  vest  caught  my 
eye.  The  three  stars  twinkled  and  darted  away.  I  struggled,  feebly 
yet  unwillingly,  to  follow  them.  The  diamond,  too,  left  its  post  and 
beckoned  me  into  the  blackness.  Faster  and  faster  they  danced  and 
whirled  about  my  head.  A  haze  enveloped  my  eyes.  I  heard  a  tink- 
ling as  of  far  off  castinets,  arid  the  haunting  bars  of  "Gemma  Nostra" 
filled  the  air  with  a  soft  refrain.     My  head  drooped  lower. 

And  so  I  slept  and,  sleeping,  dreamed.  I  was  in  a  forest.  Not  in 
one  of  our  poor,  shattered  remnants  of  today,  but  in  the  forest  primeval 
— a  mild  archaic  woodland,  where  the  leaves  above  formed  a  dome  of 
green  and  the  sun's  rays  penetrated,  softened  to  a  feeble  glow,  through 
the  fragrant  arch.  Below  all  >va8  soft  and  green  and  mossy.  From 
fantastic  crags  the  water  trJckled  in  tiny  cataracts,  and  my  befogged 
brain  still  heard  the  tinkle  of  the  castinets  and  the  strains  of  "Gemma 
Nostra ''  in  their  music. 

I  wandered  in  ecstacy  through  the  majestic  bower,  never  before  pro- 
faned by  human  tread.  But  as  I  walked  the  scene  changed.  Black 
clouds  gathered  overhead,  and  sullen  rumbles  hushed  the  songs  of  the 
birds.     The  gloom  became  more  intense;  wierd  shadows  flitted  from 

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The  Lyre.  23 


tree  to  tree.  The  glare  of  lightning  sufiuaed  the  forest  with  an  un- 
earthly light,  and  I  saw  before  me  naked  crags  and  masses  of  forbid- 
ding rocks.  Gusts  of  wind  hissed  through  the  leaves  with  a  menacing 
tone,  which  died  away  in  the  distance  to  a  dull,  moaning  refrain. 

Alarmed  I  hurried  on.  Rougher  and  more  awesome  became  the 
rocks,  more  wierd  and  uncanny  the  shadows  in  the  gloom.  A  fearful 
crash  and  glare  announced  the  storm.  At  the  same  time  I  heard  in 
front  of  me  a  wild,  demoniacal  laugh.  I  turned  and  fled.  The  ground 
rocked;  a  tree  in  front  of  me  fell,  rent  in  a  thousand  pieces  by  the 
blasts;  sulphurous  fumes  strangled  me.  The  thunder  crashed  again, 
and  I  shrieked  in  terror  as,  with  a  blast  of  flame  and  smoke,  the  ground 
opened  beneath  me  and  I  fell — down — down — 

^m  %^  »^  %i^  *^  %^  ^^  %^ 

^^  ^^  ^*  *^  ^^  ^^  ^^  ^^ 

It  was  insufferably  hot  when  I  again  awoke  to  consciousness.  The 
thunder  had  ceased,  but  the  odor  of  brimstone  was  still  present  and 
more  pronounced.  As  my  senses  gradually  returned  and  my  head  be- 
came clearer,  I  arose  and  looked  about  tne. 

I  was  in  the  great  judgment  hall  of  Wooglin,  and  a  grand  and  fearful 
place  it  was.  Black  crags  of  volcanic  rocks,  seamed  and  rent  and 
scarred,  formed  the  walls.  An  arch  dark  as  night  obscured  the  sky. 
Jets  of  steam  and  flame  escaped  from  the  crevices  in  the  floor  at  inter- 
vals. Skulls  with  fiery  eyes  glared  out  from  corners  and  caverns,  and 
skeleton  arms  waved  menacingly  from  all  sides.  Bats  darted  hither 
and  thither  in  the  gloom,  and  cats  of  inky  blackness  pushed  their  way 
gingerly  from  rock  to  rock,  and  spat  spitefully  at  the  jets  of  flame  which 
threatened  them. 

The  hall  was  filled  with  crimson-garbed  attendants,  with  now  and 
then  a  sombre-hued  goblin  by  way  of  variety.  Home  bore  between 
them  limp  figures,  which  they  placed  in  rooms  along  the  side 
of  the  hall.  I  looked,  and  saw  that  I  was  one  of  a  row.  A  tre- 
mendous clatter,  ending  in  a  shriek  and  a  dull  thud,  sounded  from 
without,  and  presently  the  sight  6f  two  attendants  dragging  in  another 
figure  explained  the  mystery.  The  road  to  Wooglin  is  not  an  easy 
one,  and  these  figures  were  new  arrivals. 

At  the  front  of  the  hall,  in  a  blaze  of  sulphurous  light,  sat  Wooglin 

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24  The  I/yre. 


himself,  in  judgment.  Clad  in  black,  his  white  beard  streaming  far  be- 
low his  girdle,  he  was  indeed  an  awesome  object.  Bleached  skeletons 
formed  his  throne.  A  mass  of  soft  black  drapery  made  a  background 
from  which  gleamed  steadily  the  diamond  and  three  stars.  A  devil  sat 
behind  a  coffin  on  trestles  by  the  side  of  the  throne  where  he  recorded 
the  decisions  of  the  great  judge  in  an  enormous  volume.  He  wrote 
with  his  tail,  which  he  cooled  for  the  purpose  by  dipping  it  in  a  vessel 
of  water.     A  pot  of  blood  supplied  the  ink. 

As  I  looked  Wooglin  spoke.  "Let  us  to  business,"  he  said,  and  a 
pair  of  imps  laid  hands  upon  the  first  victim  and  bore  him  before  the 
throne. 

He  was  a  typical  fraternity  man  in  appearance.  The  roughness  and 
gawkiness  of  youth  had  been  rubbed  off,  and  in  its  place  was  that  inde- 
finable air  of  knowledge  which  betokens  the  man  who  has  profited  by 
his  contact  with  the  world.  True,  he  was  a  bit  puffy  under  the  eyes, 
and  his  face  showed  signs  of  dissipation,  but  that,  perhaps,  might  be  ex- 
pected. Young  men  at  college  are  liable  to  sow  wild  oats.  His  rough 
and  tumble  entrance  into  the  judgment  hall  had  torn  and  disarranged 
his  clothes,  but  it  had  not  taken  the  jauntiness  out  of  him.  The  re- 
mains of  a  cigarette  were  still  between  his  lips,  and  he  fanned  himself 
with  what  was  once  a  straw  hat  as  he  winked  at  the  recording  demon, 
who  indignantly  repelled  his  advances. 

*^  Your  name,  please?" 

"Charles  Francis  Lemmon,  your  honor — I  jneansir,"  he  said,  hastily 
correcting  himself. 

Wooglin  frowned.  "Did  you  belong  to  a  fraternity  at  college?"  he 
asked. 

"Did  1?"  said  Mr.  Lemmon  in  surprise;  "well  I  should  smile.  What 
do  you  take  me  for,  any  way?  A  mucker?  Why,  old  man,  I  was  a 
Beta?"     And  he  attempted  to  give  the  ancient  patriarch  the  grip. 

The  attending  demon  jaljbed  his  forked  tail  viciously  into  the  vic- 
tim's calf,  and  with  a  mournful  howl  he  subsided. 

"  What  did  you  do  for  your  fraternity  at  college?"  asked  Wooglin. 

"Do?"  Why  I  was  the  whole  cheese!"  the  defendant  modestly  ad- 
mitted. "  The  first  year  I  helped  hold  the  cane  at  the  rush,  played  on 
the  football  team,  and  made  the  gU-e  club.     I  was  the  one  that  stole 

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The  Ijyre.  25 


the  clapper  from  the  college  bell,  and  they  expelled  three  Sigs  for  it.  I 
managed  the  junior  prom,  and  the  baseball  team,  and  went  to  every 
party  from  the  time  I  was  initiated  until  I — until  I  left  college." 

"Did  you  graduate?"  asked  Wooglin. 

''Well  no.  I  left  college  in  my  junior  year,"  said  the  defendant,  get- 
ting rather  red. 

"How  so?" 

"  Well  the  faculty  had  it  in  for  me,  you  know.  I  was  teed  a  bit  one 
night,  and  they  jumped  at  the  excuse.  Everyone  said  it  was  a  burning 
shame — to  expel  me,  I  mean." 

"Did  you  attend  fraternity  meetings?" 

"Lord,  no!  I  had  a  standing  date  at  Miss  Hotstuff's  Saturday 
nights.  They  were  slow  any  way.  All  speeches,  and  you  couldnH 
smoke." 

"  Did  you  always  meet  your  fraternity  obligations?" 

"Well,  I  intended  to,  you  know,  but  it  took  so  much  to  keep  things 
going  that  I  fell  behind  some.  I  belonged  to  a  wine  club  that  was  ex- 
pensive, and  you  know  you  could  stand  off  some  of  the  fellows  but  you 
had  to  put  up  the  spon.  for  the  other  things.  I  was  always  going  to  get 
a  pin,  but  never  got  around  to  it." 

"I  see  you  wear  a  pin,  however,"  said  Wooglin,  fixing  a  piercing  gaze 
upon  him.     "  Whose  is  that?" 

"Why,  that's  the  chapter  pin!"  said  the  honorable  Mr.  Lemmon, 
with  a  guilty  blush.     I  always  meant  to  return  it." 

"What  good  did  you  get  from  your  fraternity?" 

"Why,  I  got  to  know  all  the  girls,  and  the  fellows  always  helped  me 
out  in  classes.  They  put  me  m\)  for  several  good  oflices.  Then,  it  was 
nice  to  have  some  fellows  to  bat  around  with,  and  they  would  always 
lend  you  money  and  help  you  over  tight  places,  you  know." 

"Did  you  always  return  what  you  borrowed?" 

"  N— Not  alwavs." 

"What  is  the  Greek  name  of  your  chapter?" 

"I  don't  know." 

**  What  district  were  you  in?'' 

"  Don't  know." 

"Know  the  songs?" 

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26  The  I/yre. 


"No,  they  were  nutty." 
"Know  the  ritual?" 
"WhaVsthat?" 

The  poor  boy  looked  around  him  in  a  hopeless  manner.  The  two 
demons  closed  in  quietly.     Wooglin  arose. 

*^ Repeat  your  oath!"  he  said  sternly. 

"But  I  don^t  know  any  oath.  I  never  bothered  about  those  things," 
howled  Mr.  Lemmon.  "Oh,  say!  don't  be  hard  on  a  fellow!  I  did  lots 
for  the  frat.     0  wow !     PLEASE,  MR.  WOOGLIN ! " 

He  said  no  more,  for  two  brawny  demons  grabbed  him,  and  with  a 
mighty  heave  tossed  him  into  an  open  furnace  door,  from  w^hich 
sulphurous  fumes  were  lazily  crawling  forth.  There  was  a  hiss,  a  sound 
as  of  a  heavy  body  sliding  down  a  rough  surface,  a  crash,  a  wild  howl 
or  two,  and  a  puflf  of  flame  from  the  entrance.     That  was  all. 

Then  Wooglin  turned  to  the  long  line  which  wallowed  in  terror  on 
the  ground..    "Another,"  he  said. 

The  man  who  appeared  at  the  judgment  seat  this  time  was  of  a  dif- 
ferent type.  He  was  neatness  and  correctness  personified.  He  had  ar- 
ranged his  torn  clothing  about  him  as  neatly  as  possible,  and  his  hair 
wa«  plastered  tightly  down  over  his  forehead.  Even  as  he  came  for- 
ward lie  felt  mechanically  for  his  cravat,  and  adjusted  an  imaginary 
pair  of  cuffs  about  his  wrists. 

"Were  you  a  Beta?"  asked  Wooglin. 

The  new  comer  was  deliberate,  and  he  si)oke  with  the  calmness  of 
one  who  knows  there  is  a  great  reward  laid  up  for  him.  "Yes,  sir;  of 
Zeta  Zeta  chapter.  I  made  it  a  point  to  learn  the  chapter  names,"  he 
said,  with  a  meaning  look  at  the  furnace  doors. 

Wooglin  looked  at  him  narrowly.  "U-m-m,  yes,"  he  said.  "What 
was  vour  record?" 

The  gentleman  smiled  complacently.  "  Well,  I  don't  like  to  boast 
about  it,"  he  said,  but  I  think  1  had  one  that  many  of  my  brothers 
here  might  copy  after.  I  never  missed  a  recitation,  very  seldom 
flunked,  always  attended  chapel,  was  president  of  the  Y.  M.  C.  A.,  and 
was  looked  up  to  by  all  the  faculty.  In  the  fraternity  I  always  paid 
my  dues,  and  attended  every  chapter  meeting. 

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"Let  me  see!"  said  Wooglin.  "I  suppose  you  attended  all  the  col- 
lege games,  parties,  etc.? 

**0h,  no;  I  had  no  time  to  waste  with  them.  My  studies  took  all 
my  time." 

"Did  you  take  the  college  paper?" 

"No.     They  had  a  copy  at  the  library." 

"Were  you  with  your  fraternity  brethren  much?" 

"No.  I  never  had  mu(;h  time  for  that.  But  I  was  always  willing 
to  point  out  their  faults,  and  give  them  advice.  They  needed  it  badly 
enough." 

"Did  you  live  in  the  chapter-house?" 

"  No.     1  thought  it  might  interfere  with  my  studies." 

*'Wasitfull?" 

"Oh,  no !     They  had  to  give  it  up  last  year." 

The  reverend  sir  began  to  get  a  little  nervous,  and  tried  to  explain 
some  things,  but  the  attending  devil  jabbed  his  tail  at  him  viciously. 

"Did  you  ever  find  fault  with  the  management  of  the  chapter?" 

"  Why,  yes.     I  thought  there  was  a  good  deal  to  find  fault  with." 

"Did you  ever  suggest  any  remedy?" 

"I  can't  say  that  I  did."  ' 

"Did  you  ever  say  any  words  of  praise  to  any  of  your  brethren." 

"  I— I— no,  sir." 

"You  generally  objected  to  their  plans,  did  you  not?" 

There  could  be  no  equivocation  before  that  awful  eye.  The  poor 
man  admitted  the  charge.     He  was  very  pale. 

'*  You  didn't  help  them  carrv  them  out,  then,  I  suppose?" 

"No,  sir." 

"I  thought  not,"  said  Wooglin.  ''You  were  the  chapter  kicker,  I 
believe.  I  have  been  looking  for  you  for  some  time.  Ahoy,  my  lads! 
Tell  them  to  pepper  the  slide  and  sharpen  up  the  splinters."  And 
once  more  we  heard  the  slide,  the  crash  and  the  howl. 

I  cannot  describe  the  fate  of  the  rest  in  detail.  One  by  one  thev 
came  forward,  bulging  with  terror.  One  by  one  they  confessed  their 
faults  before  that  relentless,  searching  gaze.  One  by  one  they  meand- 
ered down  the  chute  with  dismal  cries.  One  man  loved  his  fraternitv 
to  the  exclusion  of  everything  else.     Another  used  it  to  get  into  so- 

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ciety.  One  man  said  he  got  free  tickets  to  the  college  games  through 
his  fraternity,  and  he  only  touched  once  or  twice  on  his  way  down. 
Another  hoasted  that  he  had  gotten  out  of  all  work  through  his  fra- 
ternity connections.  Another  had  persistently  and  scientifically  kicked, 
and  the  goblins  howled  with  glee  as  they  booted  him  down  the  slide 
with  their  hob-nailed  shoes.  Another  was  glad  enough  to  use  the  fra- 
ternity for  his  own  convenience,  but  utterly  forgot  that  he  owed  any- 
thing in  return  in  sacrifice  or  accommodation. 

A  little  fellow^s  turn  finally  came,  and  with  a  hopeless  look  he  started 
for  the  chute  without  waiting  for  bis  sentence. 

"Stay!"  said  Wooglin.     ^'Why  this  unseemly  haste?" 

"Oh,  I  am  a  hopeless  case,"  said  the  poor  fellow.  "I  never  did  any- 
thing for  the  frat.  I  couldn't  run,  I  couldn't  play  football,  I  just  man- 
aged to  pass  in  my  studies,  I  wasn't  agreeable,  I  lost  my  temper,  I 
didn't  even  shine  in  society.  Oh,  I  was  a  poor  Beta;"  and  he  started 
on  again. 

"But  tarry  a  moment,"  said  Wooglin,  struck  to  pity  by  his  hopeless- 
ness. "Perhaps  we  may  yet  find  some  redeeming  trait.  You  loved 
BetaThetaPi?" 

"Well,  I  guess  I  did;"  and  the  culprit's  eyes  shone.  "What  little  I 
was  I  owed  to  Beta.     I  lived  for  her,  and  I'll  die  for  her." 

"You  know  her  history  and  legends?" 

"I  spent  many  happy  hours  with  Baird  and  the  Magazine." 

"Did  you  pay  your  debts?" 

"Sir  !  !  !  !  !  " 

"Pardon  me.     Perhaps  you  lent  to  your  brothers." 

"When  I  was  able  to.'' 

"And  they  repaid  it?" 

"Sometimes;  but  speak  not  of  that.  They  were  my  brothers.  It 
was  theirs." 

"  I  am  told  you  did  much  more  than  your  share  of  the  work." 

"  It  was  my  only  way  to  repay  the  frat.  for  the  benefits  I  received. 
A  fraternity  should  l)e  mutually  beneficial.  What  I  gained  in  knowl- 
edge and  refinement,  I  tried  to  repay  in  work." 

"Were  you  always  at  chapter  meetings?" 

"  I  was  sick  once.*' 


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"Did  you  often  find  fault  with  your  brothers?" 

"  Being  faulty  myself,  I  did  not  dare." 

"Did  you  strive  to  make  the  fraternity  a  mental  and  moral  as  well  as 
asocial  help?" 

"I  tried  to  live  up  to  my  oath." 

"What  is  your  idea  of  Wooglin?" 

"A  place  of  true  brotherhood." 

"Right  you  are!  "  cried  the  old  man,  springing  from  his  chair."    And 
proud  I  am  to  call  you  brother.     Never  have  I  seen  a  truer  Beta.     En- 
ter thou." 
to 

And  as  he  spoke  the  curtains  at  the  back  rolled  aside,  disclosing  a 
broad  stairway  and  a  glimpse  of  beautiful  lands  beyond.  As  they 
closed  again  behind  our  fortunate  comrade,  a  delicious  wave  of  pure, 
sweet  woodland  air  swept  over  our  fevered  brows,  and  again  we  heard 
the  now  triumphant  strains  of  "Gemma  Nostra"  in  tones  of  exquisite 
sweetness. 

I  was  next  in  the  line.  In  vain  I  attempted  to  shrink  out  of  sight. 
Wooglin's  piercing  eyes  were  fixed  upon  me.  They  seemed  to  burn 
into  ray  brain. 

"Stand  up!''  he  thundered.  In  terror  I  attempted  to  flee.  The 
scene  grew  dark  before  me.  I  was  seized  by  a  hundred  hands  and 
borne  swiftly  along.  Fire  Hashed;  the  great  liall  rocked  slowly,  sank 
apart,  and  down  into  the  velvety  blackness  I  fell,  blindly,  madly  into 
space. 

»tf  ^1a  «lf  ^^  ^*f  ^^  ^^  %i^ 

^^  0^  ^r*  '^  ^^  ^\*  ^^  ^^ 

It  was  late  that  night  when  I  awoke  with  a  start  and  a  quiver  of  fear. 
In  excess  of  weariness,  I  had  fallen  from  my  chair.  It  was  cold;  the 
library  was  deserted,  but  above  the  dying  embers  in  the  grate  the  skull 
still  grinned  cheerfully.  George  E.  Fitch,  Knox,  '97. 


The  pangs,  the  races,  the  weary  toils  it  cost, 
Leave  not  a  trace  when  once  the  work  is  done; 

The  artist's  human  frailty  merged,  and  lost, 

In  Art's  great  victory  won!  — Schiller. 


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THE  LYRE 


OF 


ALPHA  CHI  OMEGA: 


Pablished  quarterly  by  Alpha  Chapter,  Banner  ofllce,  Greencastle,  Ind. 
Subscription,  75  cents  per  year.     Single  copies,  20  cents. 
ADVERTISING  RA.TES.— Full  page,  SIU.OO;  half  page,  16.00;  quarter  page,  18.00  each  inacrtion. 

Mary  Janet  Wilson,  Editor-in- Chitf. 
Raeburn  Cowger,  Exchange  Editor  (Alpha). 

Associate  Editors. 

Alpha— Ruth  Vauoiit.  Epsilon— Jessie  Leone  Davis. 

Beta— Kate  L.  Calkins.  Zeta— Edith  8.  Prince. 

Gamma— Mabel  Siller.  Eta— Belle  Bartol. 

Delta— Bertha  Sackett.  Theta— Martha  C.  Clark. 

Mildred  Ri'tledge,  Subscription  Agent  and  Treasurer. 

Vol.  IV.  GREENCASTLE,  IND.,  NOVEMBER,  18W.  No.  III. 


The  Lyre  hopes  that  a  tardy  arrival  will  not  make  it  less  welcome 
to  lis  readers. 


Again  we  have  the  privilege  of  >velcoming  a  new  sister  chapter  into 
our  mystic  circle.  We  extend  to  her  our  heartiest  greetings  and  hope 
the  pages  of  the  Lyre  will  testify  to  all  that  she  is  fully  awake  to  fra- 
ternity work. 

A  chapter  of  Phi  Beta  Kapi)a  was  recently  established  at  Wellesley 
College. 

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IOTA  CHAPTER  OF  ALPHA  CHI  OMEGA. 

It  18  with  great  pleasure  that  we  are  able  to  introduce  to  the  sister 
chapter  of  Alpha  Chi  Omega,  and  to  the  Fraternity  world  in  general, 
Iota  chapter  of  our  beloved  Sorority.  Iota  chapter  of  Alpha  Chi  Omega 
was  established  December  8th,  1S99,  at  the  University  of  Illinois, 
Champaign,  Illinois.  The  University  of  Illinois  is  a  flourishing  and 
well  equipped  school,  and  is  the  home  of  six  or  seven  Fraternities  and 
four  Sororities.  The  new  Alpha  Chi  chapter  starts  with  brilliant  pros- 
pects, and  bids  fair  to  rival  any  chapter  of  the  Sorority  in  active  work. 
The  seven  charter  members  are  representative  of  the  school — both 
faculty  and  students — and  of  the  city  as  well.  Miss  Alison  Marion 
Fernie,  head  of  the  Voice  department,  Miss  Fuller  assistant  of  the 
Voice  department,  Mrs.  Kinley,  wife  of  Dean  Kinley,  Mrs.  Daniels, 
Miss  Charlotte  Draper,  the  President's  daughter,  and  Misses  Clara  Gere 
and  Erdra  Collins  two  advanced  students  in  the  Music  department, 
constitute  the  present  active  members  of  Iota  chapter.  Miss  Fernia  is  well 
known  to  a  number  of  DePauw  students,  having  had  charge  of  the  Vocal 
department  here  for  three  years  previous  to  her  going  to  Champaign. 

Alpha  chapter  had  both  the  honor  and  the  pleasure  of  establishing 
Iota,  Misses  Mary  Janet  Wilson,  Raeburn  Cowger,  Wilhelmina  S. 
Lank,  Claudia  Irene  Hill  and^Gertrudc  Howe  Wamsley  acting  as  dele- 
gates. The  initiation  was  held  at  the  charming  suburban  home  of  Mrs. 
Daniels,  where  **  Billy  "  behaved  in  a  very  genteel  manner,  as  was  no 
more  than  fitting  for  our  new  chapter.  Iota,  however,  T)roved  herself 
equal  to  more  than  one  emergency,  and  «j;ave  some  delightful  social 
affairs  the  following  day.  On  December  9th  from  live  to  eight  P.  M.,  a 
large  reception  was  held  at  the  home  of  Miss  Draper,  to  introduce  the 
infant  chapter  into  the  social  realm.  Despite  the  very  inclement  weather 
a  large  number  of  guests  enjoyed  the  hospitality  of  the  evening.  At  a 
later  houran  informal  spread  was  held  forthe  more  intimate  friends  of  the 
chapter.  These,  together  with  the  annual  Junior  Promenade  the  even- 
ing previous,  which  three  of  the  Alpha  girls  enjoyed,  completed  the 
social  events,  after  which  Iota  was  trulv  started  in  the  wav  she  should 
go,  and  **  long  may  she  live  and  prosper."  Another  bright  star  is  added 
to  our  already  brilliant  constellation  and  we  hope  and  expect  to  realize 
yet  greater  benefit  therefrom.  R.  C. 


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CHAPTER  PERSONALS. 


ALPHA. 

Mae  Wamsley  was  the  guest  of  her  sister  Gertrude. 

Claudia  Hill  has  resumed  work  after  a  long  absence. 

Raeburn  Cowger  assisted  in  a  concert  at  Brazil  this  term. 

Mayme  O'Dell  has  been  with  us  again  after  a  year's  absence. 

Maude  Biddle  and  Daisy  Estep  visited  Alpha  for  a  few  days. 

Mrs.  Alma  Dahl  Dixon  recently  visited  friends  in  Greencastle. 

Lydia  Woods  was  compelled  to  leave  school  on  account  of  illness. 

Ruth  Vaught  and  Helen  Herr  are  preparing  post  graduate  recitals. 

Marie  Hirt  was  mg,rried  this  fall  to  James  Watson,  of  Indianapolis. 

Elizabeth  Lockridge  has  not  been  active  this  year  on  account  of  ill- 
ness. 

Lucy  Andrews  was  unable  to  return  to  N.  E.  Conservatory  this  year 
as  her  health  would  not  permit. 

Eva  Osburn  is  teaching  at  her  home  and  occasionally  singing  in 
concerts  in  neighboring  cities. 

Ruth  Vaught  had  charge  of  the  Harmony  classes  for  two  weeks  dur- 
ing the  absence  of  Miss  Sawyers. 

Helen  Birch  has  a  flourishing  class  in  Freeport,  111.  She  also  plays 
the  organ  in  one  of  the  churches. 

Ethel  .Jackson  has  taken  up  college  work  this  year.  She  also  has 
voice  work  in  the  music  school,  in  place  of  pianoforte. 

Josephine  Bowman  Tingley,  who  has  been  engaged  in  the  deaconess 
work  in  Toronto,  Canada  for  several  years,  was  married  this  summer  to 
Mr.  Walter  Linscott.     Her  home  is  now  in  New  Mexico. 

p]stelle  Leonard  has  a  flourishing  class  in  Union  City,  Indiana.  She 
also  plays  the  pipe  organ  in  one  of  the  churches. 

Janet  Wilson  visited  Anna  Poucher  in   Lawrcnceburg  this  summer^ 

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and  also  spent  some  time  with  Pearl  Shaw,  Claudia  Hill  and  Rose 
Meredith.  Elma  Patton  was  a  guest  of  the  latter  three  sisters  at  the 
same  time. 

BETA. 

Miss  Mabel  Collins  is  teaching  in  Petoskey,  Michigan. 

Major  and  Mrs.  Colby  have  moved  from  Jackson  to  Albion. 

Mrs.  Lu  Kellar  Laudig,  of  Chicago,  visited  in  Albion  in  August. 

Miss  Grace  Brown  has  accepted  a  position  as  teacher  of  voice  at  the 
School  for  the  Blind  at  Lansing. 

Interesting  letters  have  been  received  from  Dorothy  Gunnels  in  Paris 
and  Florence  Hoag  in  Switzerland. 

Misses  Lina  and  Nell  Baum  will  spend  the  Winter  in  Tampa,  Flor- 
ida. 

Miss  Grace  Disbrow  has  re-entered  school  after  an  absence  of  one 
term; 

The  Misses  Calkins  visited  in  Detroit  and  Port  Huron  during  the 
Summer. 

The  Misses  Dickie  spent  a  week  at  Hickory  Island  and  later  made  a 
tour  of  the  Lakes. 

Miss  Maude  Armstrong,  of  Twelfth  street,  Detroit,  spent  part  of  the 
Summer  at  Bay  View,  Michigan. 

Miss  Katherine  Roode,  who  was  called  to  Albion  by  the  illness  and 
death  of  her  father,  returned  to  Chicago,  September  twenty-fourth. 

Lucie  McMaster  has  been  called  to  mourn  the  death  of  her  father. 
She  will  spend  part  of  the  year  in  Albion  at  the  home  of  Miss  Alta 
Allen. 

Miss  Mary  Perine,  -02,  was  in  Cliicago  during  the  days  following  Au- 
gust twenty-ninth  to  play  in  the  Tennis  Tournament  for  the  Western 
championship. 

Ernest  Burnham,    Sigma   Chi,  and   Grace  Armstrong,    Alpha  Chi 

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34  The  I/yre. 

Omega,  were  married  at  the  home  of  Miss  Armstrong's  parents  in  Forty 
Fort,  Pa.,  on  J  une  twenty-second.    Their  home  is  now  in  Marshall,  Mich. 

Cards  are  out  announcing  the  marriage  of  Mr.  Fred  Milton  Moore  of 
Fond  du  Lac,  Wisconsin,  to  Josephine  Lessey  Parker,  in  De  Pere,  Wis- 
consin, October  fourth.  They  will  live  at  47  Marr  street,  Fond  du  Lac, 
Wis.  ^ 

GAMMA. 

Miss  Carrie  Holbrook  spent  part  of  August  in  Michigan. 

•Miss  Grace  Richardson -spent  two  weeks  of  September  in  Michigan. 

Miss  Mabel  Dunn  visited  in  Omaha,  Neb.,  the  latter  part  of  August. 

Miss  Alice  Grammis,  of  Mankato,  Minn.,  will  teach  in  the  Iowa  State 
University  this  year. 

Mrs.  Harvey  D.  Williams  returned  the  latter  part  of  September  from 
Iowa,  where  she  spent  the  summer. 

Miss  Helen  Gamble,  of  Perry,  Iowa,  visited  in  Evanston  lately.  She 
is  to  be  married  at  her  home  October  11th  to  Mr.  Morgan. 

Mrs.  W.  H.  Wyckoff  was  surprised  with  a  linen  shower  on  her  return 
from  her  wedding  trip.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wyckoff  are  now  living  at  500 
Belden,  Ave.,  Chicago. 

Mrs.  D.  G.  Kingery  entertained  the  local  chapter  with  a  quilting 
party  September  19th,  at  her  home  in  Argyle  Park.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Kingery  have  now  moved  to  the  South  Side  of  Chicago. 

Miss  Florence  Harris,  of  Beardstown,  111.,  spent  three  weeks  of  Au- 
gust in  Evanston,  as  the  guest  of  Miss  Cordelia  Hanson,  and  later  of 
Miss   Mabel   Siller.     Miss   Harris   was  one  of  the   bridesmaids  at  the 

Siller-Wickoll  wedding. 

DELTA. 
Miss  Margaret  Barber  will  also  spend  the  winter  in  Boston. 
Miss  Elizabeth  Reed  Tyler  spent  the  summer  at  the  seashore. 
Miss  Helen  Orris  attended  the  Dewey  celebration  in  New  York. 

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Miss  Giace  Hammond  will  attend  school  at  Ypsilanti,  Michigan,  this 
winter. 

Miss  Florence  Bates  spent  part  of  her  vacation  visiting  in  New  York 
and  other  eastern  cities. 

Miss  Edith  Roddy  will  spend  the  coming  year  in  Boston,  studying 
at  the  Boston  Art  School. 

Mrs.  Archibald  Irwin  entertained  the  fraternity  and  a  few  new  girls 
very  delightfully  Wednesday  afternoon  at  a  fancy-work  party. 

Miss  Fay  Barnaby  has  departed  for  New  York,  where  she  expects  to 
spend  the  coming  school  year.     She  will  study  with  Mac  Dowell. 

Miss  LucillaBlodgett,  who  has  been  studying  in  New  York  for  several 
years,made  her  fraternity  sisters  a  number  of  short  visits  this  summer, 
giving  several  concerts  here  and  elsewhere. 

Some  of  our  girls  who  spent  their  summer  at  Chatauqua  were  Jessie 
Merchant,  Belle  Chase,  Elizabeth  McAllister  and  May  (Jrahani,  the 
latter  being  there  off  and  on  during  the  season. 


ZETA. 

Lucy  Andrews  is  at  home  in  Brazil,  Ind. 

Esther  Elliott  is  teaching  piano  in  Logansport,  Ind. 

Alice  Rich  has  a  fine  position  teaching  piano  in  Florida. 

Mary  Johnson  is  at  her  home  in  Raleigh,  North  Carolina. 

Edith  Manchester  is  teaching  at  her  home  in  Providence,  R.  I. 

Jessie   McNair  is  teaching  elocution   at   her  Alma  Mater,  Brooklyn 
College,  Miss. 

Spicie   Belle  South   has  a  large  class  of  piano  and   voice  pupils  in 
Frankfort,  Ky. 

Jessie  Belle  Wood  expects  to  study  under  Madame  Fannie  Bloomfield 
Zeissler  in  Chicago. 

Elizabeth  Mays  is  here  in  Boston  studying  but  is  making  her  abode 
at  the  hotel  Barthol. 

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36  The  I/yre. 


Maude  Collins — not  able  to  return  on  account  of  ill  health — ^is  at  her 
home  in  Rochester,  Minn. 

Helen  Barnard  is  at  her  home  in  Kennet  Square,  Pa.,  studying 
French  and  Domestic  Science. 

Mary  Kidd  and  Anne  Burgess  are  at  their  respective  homes  in  Hous- 
ton and  Fort  Worth,  Texas. 

Margaret  Upcraft  is  teaching  piano  at  Woman's  College,  Frederick, 
Md.,  and  is  now  preparing  to  give  a  recital. 

Madame  Hopekirk  gave  one  of  her  delightful  artistic  recitals  this 
month,  and  we  were  quite  proud  to  call  her  an  Alpha  Chi. 

Miss  Maude  Thompson  was  initiated  June  17th  as  an  associate  mem- 
ber. She  is  one  of  the  voice  teachers  here  and  a  charming  talented 
young  woman. 

THETA. 

Miss  Floss  Spence  is  a  senior  at  the  Ypsilanti  Normal  this  year. 

Miss  Flora  Koch  is  spending  a  few  weeks  with  Iriends  in  Pittsburg^ 
Pa. 

Miss  Ethel  Fisk,  a  pledged  Sister,  is  at  present  studying  kindergarten 
at  Toledo. 

Miss  Grace  Weinstein  is  with  us  again  from  Montana,  to  finish  her 
piano  work. 

Miss  Lydia  Condon  has  just  returned  from  her  summers'  sojourn 
in  the  Northern  Peninsula. 

Mrs.  Herman  Zeitz,  our  associate  member  of  last  year,  is  this  year  at 
Quincy,  111.,  where  Mr.  Zeitz  is  teaching. 

We  were  fortunate  in  having  Miss  Jessie  Cushman,  of  Beta  Chapter^ 
at  one  of  our  spreads  during  the  first  week  of  the  year. 

Miss  Virginia  May  Fisk  is  teaching  very  successfully  in  the  School 
of  Music  this  year.     A  recital  to  be  given  by  her  and  Miss  Alice  Bailey 

is  to  be  a  feature  of  this  week. 

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Miss  Gertrude  Montague,  of  Traverse  City,  did  not  return  to  study 
this  year,  but  expects  to  be  with  us  for  a  short  time  in  December.  She 
is  at  present  a  guest  of  friends  in  Kansas  City. 

Misses  Rachel  MacKenzie  and  Virginia  Fisk  spent  several  weeks  this 
summer  at  Bay  View  and  Charlevoix,  being  guests  of  Misses  Gertrude 
Montague,  Winifred  Bartholomew,  and  Alberta  Daniel. 

Miss  Alice  Hammond,  of  Meadville,  Pa. ,  has  Normal  work  at  Ypsi- 
lanti.  She  is  an  Alpha  Chi  from  Delta  Chapter,  and  we  have  been  glad 
to  have  her  with  us  on  one  occasion  and  hope  to  for  many  others. 


True  art  endures  forever,  and  the  true  artist  delights  in  the  works  of 
great  minds. — Beethoven. 

"  Genius  and  Love  never  meet  but  the  spirit  of  music  is  near  them." 
"  When  the  heart  speaks  lend  thine  ear — lend  thine  ear,  for  its  lan- 
guage is  song." 

Hark !  the  numbers  soft  and  clear 

Gently  steal  upon  the  ear ; 

Now  louder  and  yet  louder  rise 

And  fill  with  spreading  sounds  the  skies. — Pope. 

Harmony  in  music  does  not  consist  merely  in  the  construction  of 
concordant  sounds,  but  in  their  mutual  relations,  their  proper  succes- 
sion in  what  I  should  call  their  audible  reflex, — DeUicroix., 

"A  man  of  genius  is  always  far  more  ready  to  work  than  other  peo- 
ple, and  is  often  so  unconscious  of  the  inherent  divinity  in  himself, 
that  he  is  apt  to  inscribe  all  his  capacity  to  his  work.'' 

A  life  of  beauty  lends  to  all  it  sees 

The  beauty  of  its  thought; 
And  fairest  forms  and  sweetest  harmonies 

Make  glad  it's  way  unsought.  —  Whittier. 

"  Handel,  when  only  seven  years  of  age,  played  the  organ  before  the 
Duke  of  Saxe-Weissenfels,  who  was  much  struck  with  his  wondrous 
powers,  and  persuaded  the  child's  father  to  let  him  study  music  seriously. 

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38  Tlie  I/yre. 


CHAPTER  LETTERS. 


ALPHA. 

Greetings  to  the  SiMer  Chapters  of  Alpha  Chi  Omc/ja: 

Vacation  having  closed,  we  of  Alpha  find  ourselves  busily  enjoying 
all  the  familiar  faces  and  places  ol  our  dear  old  DePauw.  After  a  pleas- 
ant and  beneficial  vacation,  we  were  called  together  a  week  later  than 
the  time  specified  in  the  catalogue.  This  was  occasioned  by  the  meet- 
ing in  Greencawtle  of  the  Indiana  Conference.  About  six  hundred 
guests  enjoyed  the  hospitality  of  Greencastle  at  that  time,  and  it  was 
thought  wise  to  defer  the  opening  of  college  until  the  week  following. 
There  was  a  large  increase  in  the  number  of  students  over  the  entrance 
of  last  year,  and  that  of  the  few  years  j)revious.  This  was  true  to  a 
great  extent  in  the  College  of  Liljeral  Arts  and  in  the  School  of  Music, 
but  more  especially  in  the  School  of  Art. 

DePauw  has  been  well  advertised  for  over  a  year  past,  and  has  been 
the  recipient  of  many  substantial  gifts  from  influential  friends  and 
benefactors  throughout  the  state.  These  have  come  largely  through  the 
untirin«r  elTorts  of  our  Chancellor,  Dr.  W.  H.  Hickman.  The  reward  is 
already  <'oniing  with  the  greater  number  of  students. 

Alj»ha  returned  sixteen  active  girls,  and  two  pledges,  all  eager 
and  ready  for  ^tlie  strife  to  come.  Nor  were  we  disappointed  in  our 
efforts.  The  material  from  which  to  select  was  exceedingly  good,  and 
we  lost  no  time  in  «]:otting  acquainted  with  the  new  girls.  When  the 
season  closcvl  seven  loyal  jjirls  had  pledged  themselves  to  the  olive  and 
scarlet  of  Alpha  Chi.  During  the  sj>ikc  we  enjoyed  several  little 
spreads  inn  1  numerous  drives.  One  evening  a  six  o'clock  dinner  was 
indulgtMl  in,  alter  which  we  taried  till  a  late  hour,  enjoying  ourselves 
with  nuisir  and  other  diversities. 

In  11  short  tini*-  four  of  the  new  pk*(lgi\s  were  introduced  into  our 

mystic  circle.  :nul  now  wear  the  ''Lyre;" — Misses  Florence  Hamilton, 

Helen  Adyl«)tte,  Belle  Barrett,  and  Alice  l^eeson.     We  welcomed  them 

royally,  and  they  have  [»roved  that  nur  faith  has  not  been  misplaced. 

'Our  active  chapter  now  nuniher>  twenty  members. 

As  yet  s<*hool  has  proLM-essed  but  a  tew  weeks,  but  Alpha  feels,  with 

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40  The  Lyre. 


this  large  number  of  girls  to  lend  life  and  enthusiasm,  that  a  most  pros- 
perous year  is  before  her.  We  trust  that  each  chapter  may  have  so 
bright  a  future  in  prospect,  and  with  that,  bid  a  happy  adieu. 

Raeburn  Cowger. 


BETA. 

Once  more  school  has  opened  and  Beta  girls  are  happy  in  being  to- 
gether for  work  and  for  playtimes.  The  rushing  season  is  quiet  this 
year  though  there  is  no  lack  of  interest  in  new  girls  of  whom  there  are 
several  desirable  ones. 

The  first  night  of  the  school  year  Florence  Bailey  and  Nella  Rams- 
dell  rode  the  goat  of  Alpha  Chi  Omega;  however,  he  was  in  a  most 
merciful  mood,  for  they  since  pass  in  and  out  among  us  with  happy 
faces  and  proud  spirits — proud  in  having  at  last  entered  the  mysterious 
bonds. 

Our  chapter  has  a  happy  prosi)ect;  there  are  eleven  in  the  chapter 
which,  with  those  for  whom  we  hope  will  give  us  a  working  force  which 
ought  at  least  to  accomplish  some  of  its  purposes.  Last  aight  all  the 
girls — thirty,  with  our  resident  girls — were  at  the  Lodge  for  the  first 
rushing  party,  while  just .  before  school  opened,  the  Misses  Calkins 
entertained  at  a  tea  party. 

The  college  campus  is  much  improved  through  the  laying  of  cement 
walks. 

Three  new  Professors  enter  this  term.  Professor  Blount,  Chair  of 
Pedagogy,  Professor  Burk,  Chair  of  History  in  place  of  Professor  Waldo, 
who  has  gone  to  Marquette  Normal  School,  and  Professor  Stewart,  Elo- 
cution and  Oratory. 

A  branch  of  the  College  Summer  School  was  held  in  session  at  Orion. 
It  is  a  resort  nearDetroit,  which  is  really  quite  wonderful  in  its  beauty. 
The  cottagers'  Summer  homos  are  built  on  islands  which  lie  grouped 
together  in  one  large  lake.  The  Department  of  Music  was  in  charge  of 
the  Misses  Calkins  and  Miss  Alta  Allen  taught  Greek  and  Latin.  Again 
we  observe  the  congeniality  of  Alpha  Chi  girls,  for  there  were  six  there 
and  they  managed  to  make  time  fly. 

With  truest  wishes  for  success  and  happiness  to  the  sitter  chapters. 

Yours   in  the  bond,  Bbta. 

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The  I/yre.  41 


GAMMA. 

Dear  Sisters: — Gamma  chapter  feels  very  enthusiastic  as  this  school 
year  begins,  although,  as  yet,  we  have  had  but  one  regular  frat  meet- 
ing since  the  University  just  opened  a  few  days  ago. 

We  have  had  a  summer  club  which  kept  us  together  by  meeting  once 
a  week.  We  have  enjoyed  having  Misses  Jane  and  Gertrude  Ogden,  of 
Delta,  with  us  on  a  few  occasions. 

As  we  have  had  a  chance  to  meet  but  very  few  of  the  new  music  girls, 
we  can  not  tell  just  what  the  outlook  is,  but  think,  however,  that  it  is 
goo<l,  as  the  University  has  a  larger  attendance  this  year  than  ever 
before,  and  this  is  particularly  true  of  the  music  school. 

Woman's  Hall  has  a  new  dean  this  year,  Miss  Anna  Bower,  who  is  a 
graduate  of  Northwestern.  Besides  her  duties  as  dean,  she  is  an  in- 
structor of  literature  in  the  University. 

We  are  proud  of  our  new  pledged  girl,  Elizabeth  Scales,  a  sister  of 
our  active  member,  Katherine  Scales,  of  Buena  Park. 

Our  frat  hall  is  absorbing  a  great  deal  of  our  interest  at  present,  as 
we  have  had  our  two  rooms  thrown  into  one  large  one,  and  it  is  being 
newly  decorated.  We  expect  to  have  it  almost  entirely  in  scarlet  and 
olive  green.  We  also  have  a  great  ambition  now  which  will  be  realized 
in  the  near  future,  that  is  to  have  a  piano  of  our  own. 

Gamma  wishes  her  sister  chapters  as  happy  and  successful  a  year  as 
she  hopes  to  have. 

Mabel  Harriet  Siller,  Associate  Editor. 


DELTA. 

Delta  chapter  held  her  first  meeting  Saturday,  September  the  9th. 
Owing  to  the  fact  that  Allegheny  College  does  not  open  until  two  weeks 
after  the  College  of  Music,  our  sisters  who  live  away  from  here,  are  un- 
able to  attend  the  first  few  meetings,  but  the  town-girls  meet  and  try 
to  form  some  plans  of  work  for  the  year.  Huling's  Hall,  the  home  of 
our  college  girls,  opens  with  the  college  this  week  and  we  expect  to  have 
a  full  meeting  Saturday  evening.  We  hope  that  all  our  girls  of  last 
year  will  be  back.  We  will  have  some  Senior  college  girls  this  year. 
The  Pennsylvania  College  of  Music  has  changed  its  place  of  ret^idence. 

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42  The  I/yre. 


It  now  occupies  a  larger  block  and  will  have  a  large  recital  room,  with 
a  seating  capacity  of  about  five  or  six  hundred,  which  with  the  addi- 
tion of  two  new  grand  pianos  and  a  large  stage,  will  make  it  one  of  the 
best,  if  not  the  best  recital  room  and  concert  hall  in  the  city.  The  new 
pianos,  especially,  will  be  a  source  of  great  delight  to  the  pupils.  The 
pipe-organ  will  be  placed  in  the  center,  at  the  back  of  the  stage. 

The  classes  are  fast  filling  up  and  all  seems  to  point  to  a  very  suc- 
cessful year.  We  are  pleased  to  have  Miss  Edeall  with  us  again  as  she 
has  been  with  us  so  long  we  think  of  her  almost  as  a  resident  fister  for 
she  is  here  from  the  first  meeting  until  the  last.  Miss  Ruby  Krick,  a 
former  graduate  and  now  a  member  of  College  of  Music  Faculty,  is  a 
most  delightful  fraternity  sister,  as  we  who  have  come  into  the  chapter 
since  she  finished,  have  discovered.  We  are  pleased  to  note  that  all 
the  lady  members  of  the  faculty  are  also  members  of  the  Alpha  Chi 
Omega  fraternity.  One  of  the  best  things  we  have  to  tell  you  about  is 
the  Faculty  House.  It  is  our  former  school  building,  all  remodeled  and 
newly  furnished,  made  into  one  of  the  prettiest  and  cosiest  homes  in 
the  city.  What  is  nicer  still,  our  chapter  has  been  allowed  to  keep  their 
rooms  in  the  house,  which  we  could  not  have  done  if  strangers  had  moved 
in,  and  as  all  the  ladies  in  the  house  are  members  of  our  fraternity  we 
look  forward  to  one  of  the  most  enjoyable  years  in  our  history. 

Miss  May  Graham  and  her  father  occupy  the  first  floor.  Miss  EdsaU^ 
Miss  Ruby  Krick,  and  Mr.  Oscar  Franklin  Comstock  have  rooms  on 
the  second  floor. 

Two  of  our  town-girls  are  going  away  to  school  this  fall,  Miss  Fay 
Barnaby  goes  to  New  York  and  Miss  Grace  Hammond  to  Ypsilanti^ 
Mich.  Our  selfish  nature  cannot  help  but  show  itself  when  we  think 
of  losing  any  of  our  girls  even  for  a  short  time,  as  no  matter  how  many 
new  and  lovely  girls  come  into  our  chapter,  we  cannot  spare  our  old  ones. 

Mrij.  Harry  Newton  HemjKstead  has  issued  invitations  for  an  "At 
Home"  Monday  afternoon.  The  invitations  are  very  neatly  tied  with 
our  fraternity  colors,  thus  denoting  that  it  will  be  an  Alpha  Chi  after- 
noon, with  the  exception  of  a  few  new  girls  whom  we  wish  to  meet. 
We  simrerely  hope  that  all  our  sister  chapters  have  as  cheery  an  outlook 
as  Delta.  Flora  B.  Eastman. 


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The  I/yre.  43 


ZETA. 

Dear  Alpha  Chis: — Zeta  sends  greetings.  After  a  delightful  sum- 
mer of  rest  and  frolic  we  have  come  back  to  our  work  full  of  zeal  and 
good  spirits.  Very  few  of  the  old  girls  are  back  and  we  miss  the  absent 
faces  sadly.  •  At  present  we  are  in  quest  of  those  whom  we  think  will 
make  loyal  and  enthusiastic  Alpha  Chis. 

Nothing  of  any  consequence,  startling  or  otherwise  has  happened 
this  year.  Everything  is  going  along  in  the  usual  routine.  Our  officers 
have  been  elected  and  a  multitude  of  plans  talked  over,  but  it  is  a  trifle 
early  yet  to  decide  upon  any  brilliant  movement  that  we  might  attempt 
to  carry  out.  We  have  determined  that  Zeta  must  in  some  way  raise 
herself  to  be  more  of  a  "bright  and  shining  light"  here  in  the  New 
England  Conservatory  than  she  has  ever  been  before;  and  we  are  sure 
that  if  each  girl  does  her  best  to  bring  honor  upon  her  chapter  the 
longed-for  result  will  be  forthcoming. 

The  theaters  of  the  city  show  us  a  tempting  array  of  plays  for  this 
season.     Among  them   Richard  Mansfield   in   his  remarkable  role  of 
"Cyrano;"  Joe  Jefferson  in  "Rip  V^an  Winkle;"  Maude  Adams  in  the 
charming  play  of  "Little  Minister,"  and  many  other  excellent  ones. 
With  kindest  regards,  yours  in  Alpha  Chi  Omega, 

Edith  S.  Prince,  Cor.  Sec. 


THETA. 

After  a  summer's  dealings  with  fiats  and  sometimes  sharps  of  other 
than  a  musical  nature,  and  ready  to  rise  on  the  stepping-stones  of  our 
dead  selves,  Theta's  members  are  again  deep  into  what  we  trust  will  be 
an  unusually  pleasant  and  profitable  year.  The  chapter  has  made 
rather  an  auspicious  beginning  for  one  so  young  and  already  shows 
evidence  of  becoming  a  prominent  feature  of  both  University  and 
School  of  Music  circles.  Probably  the  most  decided  step  in  our  pro- 
gress has  been  the  securing  of  a  fraternity  house,  where  eight  of  the  girls 
have  their  rooms  with  Mrs.  Fisk  as  chaperone,  and  where  all  of  us  as  a 
chapter  are  at  home  to  our  friends.  The  girls  in  the  house  ever  dis- 
prove the  false  supposition   tliat   musicians  are  usually  so  inclined  to 

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44  The  Lyre. 

disagree,  for  harmony  prevails  even  after  the  most  maddening  of  pranks 
and  wrath-provoking  stacking  of  rooms. 

Before  the  close  of  last  year  we  initiated  into  fall  membership  Miss 
Alice  Weinstein,  of  Philipsburg,  Montana,  and  in  so  doing  have  added 
to  the  chapter  a  loyal  Alpha  Chi,  a  true  musician  and  a  worker. 

Of  course  summer  found  us  broadcast  at  points  betweeft  the  eastern 
coast  and  Montana,  although  a  circulating  letter  was  a  pleasant  reminder 
that  we  were  still  a  united  sisterhood.  Misses  Virginia  Fisk  and  Rachel 
MacKenzie  spent  several  weeks  with  Alpha  Chi  sisters  at  Traverse  City 
and  Charlevoix,  and  report  many  such  good  times  as  only  these  girls 
are  capable  of.  Photographs  taken  on  various  occasions  testify  to  unbe- 
lievers. 

The  first  week  in  our  own  new  house  we  gave  a  spread  to  a  number 
of  new  girls  and  were  fortunate  in  having  with  us  Miss  Grace  Hammond 
from  Delta  Chapter,  and  Miss  Jessie  Cushman,  a  Beta  girl.  Following 
this  a  nutting  expedition  was  enjoyed  by  several  of  the  girls,  and  at 
ball  games,  athletic  meets,  and  other  minor  events,  Theta  has  made 
herself  manifest  by  attending  in  a  body.  Four  new  girls  bid  fair  to 
become  loyal  Theta  members  at  the  next  appearance  of  "Billy,"  who 
is  waxing  vicious  on  pins  and  carpet  tacks.  These  are  Miss  Helen 
Baker  of  Lansing,  Miss  Josephine  Blanchard  of  Port  Huron,  Miss  Mabel 
Greene  of  Jackson,  Michigan,  and  Miss  Alice  Reynolds  from  San  Diego, 
Cal.  We  consider  ourselves  extremely  fortunate  in  adding  to  the  chap- 
ter girls  so  congenial  and  talented. 

An  occasional  spread  follows  our  Wednesday  evening  business  meet- 
ing, but  lest  social  doings  and  jolly  times  should  replace  entirely  our 
plan  of  work  we  have  arranged  to  read  after  each  meeting  a  paper  on 
some  comi>oser  and  his  works,  or  some  article  that  will  help  to  promote 
our  best  interests.  Our  pledged  girls  are  invited  to  be  present  for  these 
papers,  too,  and  a  short  musical  program  is  made  as  informal  as  possible. 

On  October  2oth,  during  the  week  of  grand  opera  in  Detroit,  a  theater 
party  consisting  of  Misses  Weinstein,  Bartholomew,  Daniel,  Condon, 
Baker,  Blanchard,  Greene  and  Clark  witnessed  the  opera  "Faust,"  while 
some  of  the  girls  were  at  other  performances  as  well.  It  is  needless  to 
say  that  wc  did  and  are  still  enjoying  our  treat  immensely  for  strains 
from  "Faust*'  and  "The  Barber  of  Seville"  still  greet  the  casual  passer-by. 

413 


The  Lyre.  45 


Oq  this,  the  afternoon  of  October  twenty-eighth,  a  most  successful 
'*At  Home"  was  tendered  all  the  School  of  Music  girls,  and  the  wives 
of  the  members  of  the  faculty  by  the  chapter.  This  was  done  at  the 
suggestion  of  some  of  the  faculty  who  were  interested  in  having  mem- 
bers of  the  school  become  better  acquainted. 

We  are  now  planning  a  more  elaborate  reception  to  be  given  very 
shortly,  to  which  invitations  will  be  sent  to  all  the  members  of  the 
faculty,  and  to  our  friends  among  the  other  sororities.  A  Hallowe'en 
frolic  is  also  being  anticipated. 

Trusting  that  our  wiser  and  more  experienced  sisters  are  enjoying  as 
prosperous  a  beginning  as  ourselves,  we  bid  you  adieu  until  Yuletide 
shall  again  bring  us,  with  other  goodies,  news  from  you  all. 

Martha  C.  Clark. 


Uninterrupted  harmony  would  soon  become  as  fatiguing  as  constant 
sunshine.  Harmony  after  discord  is  a  new  pleasure;  sunshine  after 
rain  gives  new  enjoyment. — Christiani. 

"Genius  will  always  be  distinguished  by  perpetual,  steady,  well- 
directed,  happy  and  faithful  labor  in  accumulating  and  disciplining  its 
powers,  as  well  as  by  its  gigantic,  incommunicable  faculty  in  exercising 
them." 


414 


J.  F.  NEWMAN, 


19  John 
New  York. 


Official  Jeweler  to 


ALPHA  CHI  OMEGA 


I  confine  myself  exclueively  to  a  fine  grade  of  work,  and  my  Jeweled  Badges  are 
unequalled  for  richness  and  beauty.    In  crown  setting,  particularly, 

^  J'  Large  Jewels  of  Real  Value  J'  J^ 

are  mounted  in  true  cluster  form.  ^  I  make  a  specialty  of  pure  Diamond  or  Dia- 
mond combination  pieces.  Price  list,  samples  and  estimates  sent  on  application 
through  your  chapter. 

J.  B.  nbw:man, 

^     ,  ,        .  Diamond  and  Fine  t^*  ,«     •  „. 

Blanafacturer  of    -  ^     ^  .^^.      ^     -^,  19  John  St.,  N.  Y. 

Jeweled  Work  Rings, 


WRIGHT,  KAY&  CO 


LARQBST  MANUFACTURERS  OF 


High  Grade  Fraternity  Badges 


IN  THE  UNITED  STATES. 


Important  to  Alpha  Chi  Omega  Fraternity :  K*i„^«^S^".^«pS,'vTb7?S^ 

olllcers  at  the  <N)tivention,  we  were  appoiuted  Officiiil  Biatliix*  A/alcem  for  your  Fraternity, 
If  your  Ha<lRe  if!  stainpe<l  witti  our  nanii'.  there  is  nothing  better  made.  Correspond -with  us 
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ALPHA  CHI  OMEGA. 

CHAPTER  ROLL 


Alpha, DePauw  University,  Greencastle,  Indiana 

Beta, *. Albion,  College,  Albion,  Michigan 

Gamma, Northwestern  University,  Evanston,  Illinois 

DsLTA,  .    .       Pennsylvania  College  of  Music,  Meadville,  Pennsylvania 
Epsilon,    .   University  of  Southern  California,  Los  Angeles,  California 

Zeta, New  England  Conservatory,  Boston,  Massachusetts 

Eta Bucknell  University,  Lewisburg,  Pennsylvania 

Theta University  of  Michigan,  Ann  Arbor,  Michigan 

Iota .  State  University,  Champaign,  Dlinois 

GRAND  CHAPTER-ALPHA. 

GENERAL  OFFICERS. 


FrsBident Raeburn  Cowger,  Alpha 

Vice  President Winifred  Bartholomew,  Theta 

Secretary .    .   Ethel  Eggleston,  Zeta 

Treasurer Florence  Harper,  Delta 

CORRESPONDING  SECRETARIES. 


Alpha Elma  Patton 

Beta Lina  Baum,  211  E.  Erie  St 

Gamma Mabel  Dunn,  1803  Chicago  Ave 

Delta Elizabeth  McAllister,  Hulings  Hall 

Epeilon Jessie  Leone  Davis,  2904  Vermont  Ave 

JZeta .  Estelle  Burgheini,  New  England  Conservatory 

Eta Belle  Bartol 

Theta Martha  C.  Clark 

Iota Charlotte  Draper 

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ARTIST'S  PROFESSIONAL.  CARDS. 


Fannie  Bloomfield-Zeisler, 

568  East  Division  Street, 

Cliicago,  Illinois. 

riiss  Neally  Stevens, 

Concert  Pianist. 

Alameda  County, 

Residence,  5an  Lorenzo. 

California. 


Maud  Powell, 

Violinist. 

40  West  Twentietli  Street, 

New  York  City. 

ilarie  Decca, 

American 
Prima  Donna, 

Opera,  Oratorio,  Concert,  Etc. 
SOPRANO. 

Address,  Care  the  Musical  Courier,  New  York. 

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OF 


ALPHA  Chi  Omega. 


VOL.  IV.  JULY,  I900.  NO.  4. 

WOMAN  IN  MUSIC. 

The  art  of  music  takes  us  into  a  field  that  is  widely  different  both  in 
idea  and  matter  from  other  subjects  that  have  been  before  us  for  dis- 
cussion. The  distinctive  characteristic  of  music  is  that  it  is  the  im- 
mediate expression  of  feeling. 

As  the  art  whose  exclusive  purpose  is  to  express  feeling,  it  comes 
nearest  the  heart.  In  it,  soul  is  brought  into  closest  contact  with  soul, 
feeling  with  feeling,  and  no  other  art  so  directly  touches  the  emotions 
and  moves  the  sensibilities  as  music. 

With  this  idea  of  music  and  the  thought  that  woman  in  her  nature 
is  the  embodiment  of  emotions,  I  have  endeavored  to  gather  a  few  sug- 
gestions, showing  the  place  woman  holds  in  the  musical  world  and  her 
relation  to  music.  The  real  relation  which  woman  holds  to  music,  nat- 
urally divides  itself  into  two  heads:  First,  the  influence  of  woman  in 
encouraging  the  great  composers  to  labor  and  in  inspiring  them  in  the 
production  of  their  finest  works;  second,  the  relations  of  woman  to  the 
performance  of  instrumental  and  vocal  music. 

The  latter  branch  of  the  subject  does  not  require  special  attention,  as 
all  will  freely  acknowledge  that  woman  holds  the  sway  in  the  world  of 
song.  The  other  branch,  however,  has  been  but  little  considered,  and 
what  is  known  is  as  a  rule  incorrect. 

The  attachments  of  love,  the  bonds  of  friendship,  the  endearment  of 

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borne  and  the  influences  of  society,  have  had  a  prominent  part  in  shap- 
ing the  careers  of  the  great  composers,  and  in  giving  color,  form  and  di- 
rection to  their  music.  In  tracing  the  influence  of  woman  upon  music, 
we  must  consider  her  as  an  interpreter,  mainly  through  the  medium  of 
her  voice. 

It  is  a  conceded  fact  that  without  interpreters  there  would  be  no  com- 
posers. Woman  has  in  her  nature  all  the  elements,  love,  pathos,  pas- 
sion, poetry  and  religion  which  combine  to  perfect  her  song  and  to  give 
true  interpretation  to  the  ideas  of  the  masters. 

It  is  superfluous  to  emphasize  the  fact  that  the  interpretation  of 
vocal  music  is  especially  the  province  of  woman.  From  these  thoughts 
and  the  relation  which  woman  is  thus  known  to  hold  to  music,  and  the 
supremacy  which  she  has  always  held  in  the  world  of  song,  we  natural- 
ly inquire,  why  has  she  not  excelled  in  creating  and  composing?  To 
make  the  study  of  this  subject  complete,  would  require  the  considera- 
tion of  this  question,  which  has  as  yet  had  no  satisfactory  answer. 

We  cannot  hope  to  solve  the  question,  but  only  to  give  a  few  sugges- 
tions bearing  upon  the  subject,  leaving  to  others,  better  versed  in  the 
mysteries  of  the  female  nature,  and  in  the  peculiar  powers  and  habits 
necessary  to  develop  the  great  composer,  the  exact  reason  why  woman 
has  never  created  an  important  and  enduring  work  in  music. 

It  would  seem  that  woman  should  excel  in  musical  composition. 

Music  is  the  interpreter  and  language  of  the  emotions.  It  inspires,  en- 
rages, elevates,  saddens,  cheers  and  soothes  the  soul,  as  no  other  one  of 
the  arts  can.  It  gives  voice  to  love,  expression  to  passion,  lends  glory 
to  every  art  and  performs  its  loftiest  homage  as  the  handmaid  of  relig- 
ion. Woman  possesses  all  these  attributes  in  a  greater  degree  than 
man.  She  has  a  more  powerful  and  at  the  same  time  a  more  delicate 
emotional  force  than  man,  her  temperament  is  artistic,  she  has  a  sensi- 
tively strong  organism,  and  is  religious  by  nature. 

How  is  it,  then,  that  woman,  wHh  all  these  attributes  in  her  nature, 
receives  rather  than  creates?  In  other  fields  of  art  woman  has  been 
creative.  Rosa  Bonheur  is  man's  equal  upon  canvas.  Harriet  Hosmer 
has  made  marble  live  with  a  man's  truth,  force  and  skill.  Mrs.  Brown- 
ing in  poetry,  Mary  Somerville  in  science,  George  Sand,  Charlotte 
Bronte  and  Madame  de  Stael  in  fiction,  have  successfully  rivaled  man 

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in  their  fields  of  labor.  George  Eliot,  with  almost  more  than  mascu- 
line force,  has  grappled  wiih  the  most  abstruse  problems  of  human  life. 
These  all  stand  for  types  of  creative  power,  but  who  is  to  represent 
woman  in  music?  A  few  works  have  been  created  by  women  in  the 
last  two  centuries,  but  are  now  unknown.  None  of  these  works  is  in 
the  modem  repertory.  The  creative  representative  has  been  man.  It 
seems  natural  for  musical  women  to  write  songs  and  ballads,  but  they 
are  short-lived.  Woman  has  also  ventured  into  the  realms  of  higher 
music,  but  of  the  works  of  these  composers  not  one  is  known  on  the 
lyric  stage  to-day.  Why  is  this?  The  answer  is  that,  having  had 
equal  advantages  with  men,  they  have  failed  as  creators. 

There  is  a  phase  of  feminine  character  which  may  bear  upon  the  so- 
lution of  this  problem.  Woman  is  unable  to  endure  the  discouragements 
of  the  composer,  to  battle  with  prejudice  and  indiflerence,  and  some- 
times the  malicious  opposition  of  the  world,  which  obstruct  her  pro- 
gress. The  lives  of  the  great  composers,  with  scarcely  an  exception, 
were  spent  in  constant  struggle.  Such  discouragements,  such  storms  of 
fate  and  cruel  assaults  of  poverty  in  the  pursuit  of  art,  woman  is  not 
calculated  to  endure.  If  her  triumphs  could  be  instant  there  would  be 
more  hope  for  her  success  in  composition,  but  such  triumphs  are  not 
the  reward  of  great  composers.  Nearly  all  the  great  music  of  the  world 
has  been  produced  in  humble  life,  and  has  been  developed  amid  sur- 
roundings of  poverty  and  stern  struggles  for  existence. 

In  this  sphere  of  life,  where  music  seems  to  have  had  its  origin,  the 
lot  of  woman  is  bounded  by  homely  and  constant  care.  Her  life  is  de- 
voted to  a  tedious  routine  of  labor  without  much  relaxation  and  cer- 
tainly no  leisure  for  musical  efiort. 

If  woman  had  the  disposition  and  leisure  to  devote  to  musical  com- 
position would  she  then  succeed  ? 

The  answer  comes  she  has  not  succeeded  when  she  had  the  opportun- 
ity. There  is  one  other  way  of  trying  to  find  an  answer.  Woman 
reaches  results  mainly  by  intuitions.  She  is  very  susceptible  to  im- 
pressions, and  her  organization,  which  is  finely  tempered,  makes  her  to 
feel  and  perceive  where  man  reaches  results  by  a  slow  process  of  reason- 
ing. So  far  as  music  is  a  matter  of  emotion  she  is  more  sensitive  than 
man,  she  absorbs  it  more  quickly,  if  not  so  thoroughly. 

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If  music  were  only  an  object  of  the  perceptions  and  simply  addressed 
itself  to  the  senses  without  any  determinate  ideas,  woman  would  proba- 
ly  have  grasped  it  long  ago.  "  Music  is  not  only  an  art,  but  a  science, 
and  in  its  highest  form  mercilessly  logical  and  unrelentingly  mathe- 
matical. " 

For  these  and  many  other  reasons  peculiar  to  the  organization  to 
women,  the  sphere  in  which  she  moves,  the  training  she  receives,  and 
the  duties  she  has  to  perform,  it  does  not  seem  that  woman  will  ever 
originate  music  in  its  fullest  and  grandest  harmonic  forms.  She  will 
always  be  the  recipient  and  interpreter,  but  there  is  little  hope  she  will 
be  the  creator. 

Woman  has  accomplished  great  results  in  her  influence  upon  the 
production  of  music,  and  without  this  influence  many  of  the  master- 
pieces might  not  have  been  written.  Great  composers  have  written 
through  her  inspiration.  "Man  may  be  the  intellect  of  music,  but 
woman  is  the  heart  and  soul." 

What  she  has  not  done  with  music  matters  little,  compared  with  the 
great  glory  and  beauty  she  has  given  to  music. 

Louise  Sawyers  Lynn.,  Portland,  Oregon. 


Truth  is  never  learned  in  any  department  of  industry  by  arguing, 
but  by  working  and  observing. — Ruskin. 

The  life  of  all  that's  good  is  one  perpetual  progress.  Every  thought 
that  strengthens,  purifies,  exalts  a  mind,  betters  the  soul  so  blessing. — 
P.  J.  Bailey. 

Every  note  of  Mozart's  is  a  round  in  the  ladder  of  the  spheres  by 
which  he  ascended  to  the  heaven  of  perfection. — Jean  Paul  Richter. 

The  string  that  jars 

When  rudely  touched,  ungrateful  to  the  sense, 
With  pleasure  feels  the  master's  flying  fingers, 
Swells  into  harmony,  and  charms  the  hearers. 

— Rowe, 

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HOMES  OF  OUR  CHAPTERS. 

UNIVERSITY  OF  MICHIOAN. 

A  young  woman  of  the  preEent  time  as  well  ae  a  young  man,  owee 
it  to  herself  to  live  so  ae  to  develop  her  faculties  in  every  direction. 
She  must  be  strong  and  healthy 
physically  and  mentally,  and  be 
able  to  grapple  with  social  prob- 
lems as  well  as  those  of  finance, 
to  be  a  critic  on  art,  music  and 
literature,  ae  well  as  to  have 
proper  ideas  of  religion  and  of 
.  all  uprightness.  Since  our  en- 
vironment shapes  us  more  than 
we  sometimes  think,  what  bet- 
ter way  is  there  for  us  to  obtain 
the  greatest  opportunities  than 
by  placing  ourselves  in  a  centre 
'  of  knowledge  with  a  high  stand- 
ard? Of  such  places  in  all  the 
land — and  here  we  hope  you  will 
smile  indulgently  at  our  "family 
pride  " — we  can  truthfully  boast 
A.  A.  Stanley,  Musical  Director,  that  Ann  Arbor  is  as  completely 
balanced  as  any.  The  University  with  its  3,300  students  does  not  alto- 
gether overshadow  the  town  as  in  some  instances,  neither  does  the  town 
overwhelm  the  University,  destroying  college  eaprit. 

The  people  of  Michigan  seemed  suddenly  to  awaken  to  their  educa- 
tional necessities  about  1^17,  in  which  year,  the  governor  and  judges, 
in  the  plentitude  of  their  wisdom  arose  to  a  pitch  ef  legislation  and  es- 
tablished the  "Catholepistomiad,"  then  founded  at  Detroit.  In  that 
year  also  the  Indians  of  the  Northwest,  notably  Chippewas  and  Otta- 
was,granted  six  sections  of  land  for  purposes  of  education,  half  of  which 
grant  was  to  be  given  to  this  college.  This  generosity  of  the  Indians 
may  well  be  compared  to  that  of  Elihu  Yale  and  John  Harvard,  and 


The  I/yre. 


the  comparison,  if  we  judge  by  the  amount  given  and  not  by 
implied,  is  to  the  advantage  of  the  untutored  savage. 


AoToVity  ana  ^gm<^e.  (wi^Jft©^ 


THE  FRIEZE  MEMORIAL  ORGAN,  IN  UNIVERSITY  HALL,  AKN 
ARBOR,  UICH. 

The  8tatut«B  of  the  "Catholepiatomiad,"  at  once  unique,  absurd  and 
admirable,  were  entirely  altered  in  1826,  several  years  before  Michigan 
was  admitted  into  the  Union.  In  that  year  Congress  took  action  giv- 
ing to  Michigan  for  a  "seminary  of  learning"  two  townships  of  land 
granted  for  the  support  of  the  university.  Soon  after  this  John  D. 
Pierce  was  appointed  by  the  government  as  Superintendent  of  Public 
Instruction,  and  he  waa  the  direct  means  of  bringing  about  a  compre- 
hensive scheme  for  the  establlishment  of  the  present  University. 

Since  then  four  presidents  have  efficiently  guided  and  developed  the 
University,  until  it  is  nom  next  only  to  Harvard  in  being  the  lai^est  in 
this  country.     President  .lame:'  A.  Angell,  one  of  the  most  beloved  and 


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respected  of  men  has  supervised  the  institution  for  twenty-six  years, 
and  brought  it  to  the  height  of  its  fame. 

Its  six  departments  are  each  colleges  in  themseves.  These  d^part- 
ments  are  of  Literature.  Science  and  the  Arts,  that  of  Engineering,  of 
Medicine,  Law,  Dental  Surgery,  and  Pharmacy.  The  legislature  has 
recently  voted  a  generous  increase  in  the  state  appropriation,  so  possi- 
bilities for  much  more  extensive  ideas  are  thus  made  feasible  Fifteen 
of  the  college  buildings,  including  the  president's  residence,  are  on  the 
campus,  which  includes  one  square  mile  of  land  in  the  most  central 
part  of  the  town.  Aside  from  these,  upon  two  hills  northeast  of  the 
city,  the  University  Hospital  and  the  Observatory  command  imposing 
positions,  and  the  School  of  Music  is  on  Maynard  street,  one  block  west 
of  the  campus. 

This  department,  though  not  directly  a  branch  of  the  University,  is 
so  intimately  connected  with  it  as  to  be  practically  a  part.  Though 
established  as  recently  as  1892,  there  are  already  little  less  than  two 
hundred  in  attendance,  and  this  number  is  steadily  increasing!  The 
corps  of  teachers  and  their  assistants  at  present  numbers  fifteen,  our 
Alpha  Chi  Sister;  Miss  Virginia  Fisk,  being  an  assistant  of  Alberto  Jonas 
in  the  pianoforte  department. 

Of  especial  interest  to  musical  students  is  the  recent  donation  of  the 
Stearns  collection  of  musical  instruments  to  the  University  by  Mr. 
Frederick  Steams,  ot  Detroit.  The  collection  consists  of  more  than 
one  thousands  instruments  from  all  parts  of  the  world,  which  illustrate 
the  gradual  development  of  dififerent  forms  of  percussion,  wind,  and 
stringed  instruments  to  their  present  degree  of  excellence.  The  value 
of  Professor  Stanley's  lectures  upon  the  History  of  Music,  which  occur 
twice  every  week,  and  exemplified  by  this  collection,  can  hardly  be 
overestimated. 

The  fraternities  of  the  college  are  without  a  doubt  the  center  around 
which  the  social  life  in  Ann  Arbor  revolves.  And  these  are  not  lack- 
ing in  number — there  being  no  less  than  twenty-three  fraternities  and 
Sororities  in  the  literary  department  alone,  and  ten  others  in  the  vari- 
ous professional  schools.  To  Chi  Psi  belongs  the  credit  of  first  estab- 
lishing here  a  chapter  of  their  fraternity  in  1845.  After  Chi  Psi,  chap- 
ters representing  fraternities  have  been  established  in  the  following  or- 

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der:  Beta  Theta  Pi,  Alpha  Delta  Phi,  Delta  Kappa  Epsilon,  Sigma  Phi, 
Zeta  Psi,  Psi  CJpsilon,  Phi  Delta  Theta,  Delta  Tau  Delta,  Sigma  Chi, 
Delta  Upsilon,  Phi  Kappa  Psi,  Sigma  Alpha  Epsilon  and  Theta  Delta 
Chi.    Several  others  have  been  established  but  discontinued. 

The  first  sorority  to  make  its  appearance  was  Kappa  Alpha  Theta  in 
1879,  and  a  few  years  later  returned  its  charter,  only  to  be  re-established 
in  1893.  Following  this  came  in  order  Gamma  Phi  Beta,Deta  Gamma, 
CoU^ate  Sorosis,  Pi  Beta  Phi,  Kappa  Kappa  Gamma,  Alpha  Phi, 
Delta  Delta  Delta,  and  Alpha  Chi  Omega.  Besides  these  in  the  fra- 
ternity world  there  exists  a  recently  established  chapter  of  Phi  Beta 
Kappa.  The  ten  professional  school  fraternities,  and  Omega  Psi,  a 
sophomore  inter-sorority  society  established  in  1896. 

Martha  C.  Clark. 


How  can  one  learn  to  know  ones-sell?  By  contemplation  never,  but 
by  action.  Try  to  do  thy  duty  and  thou  wilt  know  at  once  what  is  in 
thee. — Goethe, 

Among  the  various  things  which  are  suitable  for  man's  recreation 
and  pleasure,  music  is  the  first,  and  leads  us  to  the  belief  that  it  is 
a  gift  of  God  set  apart  for  this  purpose.— Calvin. 

''Make  yourselves  acquainted  with  the  lives  and  portraits  of  the 
classical  composers;  your  interest  will  thus  be  heightened,  and  you 
seem  to  meet  them  in  their  works." 

Our  soul  sympathises  with  everything  that  is  musically  correct;  ev- 
erything musically  incorrect  is  logically  faulty  and  imperfect,  and  there- 
fore does  not  accord  with  our  feeling  and  our  common-sense. — Dr. 
Hauptman. 

Know  the  cause  why  music  was  ordained? 
Was  it  not  to  refresh  the  mind  of  man, 
After  his  studies  or  his  usual  pain? 

— Taming  of  the  Shrew. 

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AIR  CASTLES. 


Once  I  builded  pretty  castle?, 
Lovely  castles  bright  and  fair, 
And  I  saw  them  quickly  vanish, 
Vanish  and  dissolve  in  air. 

Other  castles  not  so  pretty, 
Not  so  beautiful,  I  made, 
And  I  saw  them  also  vanish. 
Slowly  crumble,  slowly  fade. 

I  would  never  grow  discouraged, 
Yet  more  castles  would  I  build. 
Till  the  sunny  plains  of  childhood 
With  their  ruins  I  had  filled. 

Elmer  E.  Meredith. 


*A  NOTED  MODERN  COMPOSER. 

BY  ELISABETH  PATTERSON  SAWYERS,  MUS.  B.,  A.  C.  M. 

The  women  of  Prance  fascinate  a  reader  of  history.  The  versatility 
of  the  French  woman  has  always  been  and  is  most  remarkable.  We 
love  to  read  of  the  wonderful  courage  of  the  **heroine  of  ancient  France," 
Jeanne  D'Arc,  and  also  of  the  lesser  heroine,  Jeanne  Machette.  Ma- 
dame de  Stael  and  George  Sand  interest  us  as  two  of  the  greatest  liter- 
ary geniuses  of  which  any  country  can  boast.  Madame  Roland,  queen 
like  in  her  bearing,  her  looks,  her  movements,  elevation  of  thought 
and  faculty  of  ruling,  was  Minister  of  France,  although  her  husband 
was  so  called. 

Madame  de  Lafayette  is  an  example  of  the  truest  conjugal  devotion 
and  a  life  of  self-sacrifice.  Is  it  not  exciting  to  read  of  the  lifes  of  Ma- 
dame R6camier  as  a  "woman  of  society,"  and  Sophie  Arnauld,  of  such 
entrancing  beauty  and  dramatic  talent?  The  life  of  the  unfortunate 
and  misinterpreted  girl-queen,  Marie  Antoinette,  is  so  thrilling  in  its 
pathos. 

Rosa  Bonheur,  the  inimitable  painter  of  animals,  and,  in  fact,  in- 

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numerable  names  of  clever  French  women  as  heroines,  novelists,  sing- 
ers, actresses  and  artists  come  to  mind,  but  we  have  principally  to  con- 
eider  woman  in  music. 

It  has  been  frequently  and  justly  said  that  women,  though  they  have 
excelled  as  executants  of  the  musical  art,  have  failed  in  the  creative 
field.  The  brain  of  woman  in  the  past  has  seemed  to  lack  the  creative 
faculty. 

It  may  be  due  to  the  peculiar  construction  of  the  female  brain,  but  I 
am  inclined  to  believe  it  is  merely  the  want  of  proper  education  and  en- 
vironment which  causes  that  lack  of  earnestness  of  purpose  which  we 
find  in  men,  and  without  which  we  can  do  nothing. 

But  whatever  the  lack  has  been  in  the  past,  the  present  offers  a  great 
solace  in  the  works  of  M'Ue  Cecile  Chaminade,  a  young  French  woman 
of  most  remarkable  genius. 

Chaminade's  compositions  are  theoretically  true  and  emotionally 
unique.  The  tonal  shading  varies  from  tints  of  the  most  equisite  deli- 
cacy to  dazzling  bursts  of  flashing  color.  The  suddenness  of  the  har- 
monic changes,  the  leaps  from  a  tremendous  fortissimo  to  pianissimo, 
or  piano  passages  interspersed  with  crashing  sforzandos,  are  almost,  as 
has  been  said  of  Wagner's  music,  "hysterical  in  effect." 

Chaminade's  melodies  are  most  original,  and  her  harmonies  are  pe- 
culiarly her  own.  Strange  as  some  of  these  chords  may  sound  at  times, 
they  are  properly  treated^  which  causes  the  harmonic  structure  to  be 
always  true  and  pure. 

The  versatility  of  Chaminade's  compositions  is  most  noticeabte.  Her 
works  for  orchestra  are  well  scored  and  the  tone  colors  well  chosen.  As 
a  ballad  writer  she  has  no  superior  among  composers  of  the  past  or  pre- 
sent. Her  compositions  for  the  piano  (her  favorite  instrument)  are  ir- 
resistible gems. 

Chaminade  is  neither  a  Beethoven  nor  a  Chopin.  She  lacks  the 
breadth  of  the  former  and  somewhat  of  the  sweet  pathos  of  the  latter, 
but  she  is  more  than  a  second  Beethoven  or  a  second  Chopin — she  is  a 
Chaminade — naive,  unique,  a  genius  of  the  twentieth  century. 


♦An  introduction  to  a  program  of  Chaminade's  music  rendered  at  DePauw  University  by 
pupils  of  Miss  Sawyers. 

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THE  FLOWER  CHRIST  GAVE. 

The  soft,  rich  gray  of  early  dawn, 

Carressed  the  slumbering  earth, 
And  ageless  shadows  hovered  near 

To  wait  the  wondrous  Birth. 
Beside  that  silent  mystic  couch 

An  angel  gently  pleads — 
"  Come  forth,  oh,  Master,  King  of  Kings, 

The  world  Thy  mercy  needs  I" 

A  vibrant  awe  pervades  the  air. 

Then  sudden  hush  of  song ; 
The  birds  are  dumb  with  ecstasy, — 

Death's  night  had  been  so  long: 
And  Dawn's  glad  hosts  behold  at  last 

The  silent  open  tomb, 
And  from  its  heart  the  dear  Lord  comes, 

A  gift  of  deathless  bloom. 

And  Nature's  thousand  voiced  choir 

In  triumph  loudly  sings; — 
Celestial  hosts  from  heavenly  shores 

List,  as  the  song  up-wings. 
The  angel  kneels  with  reverence,  pleads; 

"  0  Christ,  grant  me  one  gift. 
Some  token  I  may  leave  on  earth 

That  weary  hearts  may  lift 

Their  eyes  to  Thee,  in  loving  thought, 

Thee  always  to  adore, — 
And  ever  as  the  ages  run. 

To  love  Thee  more  and  more." 
A  tender  smile  did  light  His  face, 

Fond  prayer  dwelt  in  His  eyes, 

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And  gently,  with  his  pierced  hands, 
He  bade  the  angel  rise. 

Then  from  His  breast  He  plucked  a  flowtT, 

A  radiant  lily,  white, 
And  placed  it  in  the  angel's  hand, — 

Bade  sorrow  take  its  flight. 
"Go,  plant  the  seed  in  every  land 

And  tell  the  weary  world 
That  ever  as  they  see  its  bloom 

In  beauty  rare,  unfurl'd, — 
As  long  as  Time  shall  own  his  sway. 

A  token  this  shall  be 
Of  Life  and  Love,  beyond  the  tomb, 

Through  all  Eternity!" 

Pearl  Whitcomb  Henry. 


Art  is  not  for  the  end  ot  getting  riches.  Only  become  a  greater  and 
a  greater  artist;  the  rest  will  come  of  itself. — Schumann. 

Beauty  is  visible  harmony. — Aristotle, 

Of  all  the  fine  arts,  music  is  that  which  has  most  influence  on  the 
passions  and  which  the  legislator  ought  the  most  to  encourage. — Napo- 
leon Boneparte, 

Merely  to  have  learned  how  to  learn  is  a  great  advance. — Menander. 

"  They  are  never  alone  who  are  accompanied  by  noble  thoughts." 

We  must  ever  strive  after  the  highest  and  never  weary  because  others 
have  earlier  obtained  the  good  to  which  we  aspire. — Mendelssohn. 

Let  the  judgment  of  the  public  make  thee  always  thoughtful  but 
never  despairing. — Platen, 

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THE  EPOCH  OF  THE  NETHERLANDERS. 

With  the  beginning  of  the  fifteenth  century  came  a  new  and  very 
important  epoch  in  the  history  of  Music — the  epoch  of  the  develop- 
ment and  cultivation  of  the  science  and  art  of  polyphony.  It  is  called 
the  epoch  of  the  Netherlanders  because  Netherland  composers  took  the 
most  prominent  part  in  the  movement,  and  were  the  most  prominent 
figures  in  the  musical  world  for  more  than  a  hundred  and  fifty  years. 
The  ground  had  been  prepared  for  them  by  the  invention  and  gradual 
improvement  of  an  adequate  system  of  notation,  and  by  numerous 
composers,  who  had  tried  their  hand  at  "  discant."  Harmonic  know- 
ledge had  advanced  far  enough  to  forbid  parallel  fifths  and  octaves  and 
"counter-point,"  as  discant  was  now  called,  was  both  written  and  improv- 
ised with  much  fluency.  Those  who  now  entered  upon  the  tast  of  devel- 
oping and  mastering  musical  materials  on  the  intellectual  side  were  ex- 
plorers, in  spite  of  all  that  had  been  done  since  Hucbald. 

The  contrapuntal  forms  were  very  incomplete;  the  perception  of  har- 
mony was  crude;  the  means  of  securing  all  of  the  essential  elements  of 
a  beautiful  work  of  art  were  undeveloped.  The  perception  of  this  was 
to  grow  gradually  all  through  this  epoch  of  the  developmept  of  polyph- 
ony. We  must  not  forget,  that  from  1400  up  to  the  last  decade  ol  the 
sixteenth  century,  qU  culture  music  was  polyphionic. 

The  Netherlanders  were  the  first  to  produce  compositions  of  any 
aesthetic  value  on  the  basis  of  modern  harmony  and  counterpoint;  and 
the  composer  who  first  acquired  pre-eminence  among  his  contemporaries 
was  William  Dufay,  a  Belgian.  Dufay  was  a  tenor  singer  in  the  Sistine 
Chapel  at  Rome,  where  his  contrapuntal  masses,  the  oldest  of  the  kind, 
are  preserved.  He  is  generally  credited  with  the  invention  of  the  canon. 
This  pioneer  was  a  musician  of  great  ability  and  headed  the  first  epoch 
of  the  School  of  Music  of  the  Netherlanders. 

The  representative  of  the  second  period  of  this  great  epoch  is  John 
(or  Johannis)  Ockenheim,  a  learned  majster  of  all  the  intricacies  of 
counterpoint.  He  brought  this  art  to  great  perfection,  and  won  such  a 
high  reputation  among  his  contemporaries  that  he  was  afterward  named 
the  ''patriarch  of  music."     Ockenheim   practiced  the  art  not  only  in 

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his  own  country,  but  in  Italy,  in  France,  and  in  Austria,  thus  giving 
other  nations  the  benefit  of  his  wonderful  knowledge  and  experience; 
and  was  everywhere  regarded  as  its  highest  ornament.  His  canons  are 
considered  more  elaborate  than  Dufay's,  for  the  reason  that  Dufay  had 
written  them  only  in  unison  and  octave.  Ockenheim  wrote  them  in 
the  fourth  and  fifth,  and  is  also  accredited  with  the  invention  of  double 
counterpoint.  It  was  his  task  as  well  as  that  of  other  composers  in  his 
epoch,  to  develop  the  contrapuntal  technic.  The  intellectual  world  has 
ever  since  reaped  the  benefit  of  their  exertions,  a  mental  activity  which 
changed  the  whole  aspect  of  musical  history.  Though  not  credited 
with  the  origination  of  principles,  he  is  highly  extolled  for  his  practical 
appreciation  of  those  already  acknowledged. 

Ockenheim's  greatest  pupil,  and  the  greatest  composer  of  his  time 
was  Josquin  Des  Pres,  who  is  the  representative  of  the  third  period  or 
epoch.  A  consummate  master  of  counterpoint  in  all  its  varied  intri- 
cacies, he  was  able  by  means  of  his  great  genius  to  infuse  into  his 
works,  sacred  as  well  as  secular,  a  modern  spirit  of  art  expression. 
Indeed,  it  is  said,  the  art  of  counterpoint  really  culminated  in  his 
work.  In  his  early  youth  Josquin  was  a  member  of  the  choir  of  the 
collegiate  Church  of  St.  Quentin.  We  next  find  him  taking  lessons  oi 
Ockenheim.  Several  years  after  Pope  Sixtus  invited  him  to  Rome  to 
teach  his  art  to  the  musicians  of  Italy,  whose  musical  knowledge  at 
that  time  was  at  a  low  ebb.  His  reputation  grew  rapidly,  and  he  was 
considered  to  be  the  greatest  master  of  his  age.  Luther,  himself  an  ex- 
cellent musical  amateur,  is  credited  with  saying  that  ^^  other  musicians 
do  with  notes  what  they  can^  Josquin  what  he  likes.''' 

The  composer's  journey  to  Rome  is,  in  itself,  a  most  important  event 
in  the  history  of  musical  progress,  for  it  marks,  in  a  manner,  the  trans- 
ference of  the  art  from  its  Gallo-Belgian  birthplace  to  Italy,  which  for 
the  next  two  centuries,  remained  the  centre  of  the  musical  world.  The 
reputation  of  these  Northern  musicians  was  then  so  universal  that  for- 
eign princely  courts,  churches,  and  schools  engaged  the  Netherlanders 
as  chapelmasters,  organists,  singers  and  teachers.  It  is  thoroughly 
characteristic  of  the  first  three  epochs  that  no  attention  whatever  was 
paid  to  suiting  the  music  to  the  emotional  character  of  the  words. 

This  indifierence  to  truthfulness  of  musical  expression  was  carried  to 

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18  The  Lyre. 


the  extreme  of  grotesqueness.  In  the  contrapuntal  masses.,  not  only 
were  secular  melodies  employed  as  counter-subjects  to  the  Gregorian 
plain-song,  but  the  words  of  these  secular  songs  were  also  retained,  and 
were  interwoven  with  those  of  the  sacred  oflSce. 

Josquin  seems  to  have  had  a  sufficiently  strong  feeling  for  the  emo- 
tional element  in  music  to  see  the  propriety  of  selecting  secular  melo- 
dies and  words  as  nearly  allied  as  possible  in  sentiment  to  the  sacred 
words  with  which  they  were  to  be  associated.  Practically,  the  technic 
of  polyphonic  composition  was  complete  within  the  limits  of  the  tonal- 
ities of  the  mediaeval  scales. 

Adrian  Willaret,  the  representative  master  of  the  fourth  epoch,  was 
one  of  those  who  settled  in  Venice,  where  he  became  msestro  of  St. 
Marks,  and  who,  by  means  of  his  compositions  and  teachings,  exercised 
a  great  influence  on  the  rising  young  Italian  school  of  music,  of  which 
he  is  considered  the  founder.  Willaret's  complicated  polyphonic  music 
was  made  more  intelligible  to  his  hearers  by  dividing  it  between  two 
choirs,  situated  at  either  end  of  the  Church,  in  the  two  organ  galleries. 

Being  successful  in  this,  he  carried  it  still  further,  till  finally  he  had 
nine  choirs,  each  of  four  parts,  thirty-six  parts  in  all.  Willaret's  secu- 
lar music  like  his  church  music  was  polyphonic.  He  set  secular  songjB 
for  five,  six  and  seven  voices,  according  to  strict  contrapuntal  rules. 
The  compositions  were  called  madrigals.  They  were  the  fashion  in 
secular  music  through  a  large  part  of  the  16th  century,  and  until  they 
were  supplanted  by  the  air  and  recitative,  after  the  invention  of  the 
opera. 

Two  pupils  and  successors  of  Willaret  contributed  very  materially 
to  the  transformation  of  poplyphony  into  e^ipressive  music.  These 
were  Cyprian  de  Rose,  a  Netherlander  by  birth,  and  Gioseffe  Zarlino, 
an  Italian,  the  first  of  his  nation  to  rival  the  Netherlanders  in  their  own 
field.  De  Rose  wrote  a  vast  mass  of  Catholic  Church  music  for  St. 
Mark's,  and  a  large  number  of  madrigals.  His  most  important  service 
to  musical  progress  was  in  the  innovations  to  be  found  in  his  "Chro- 
matic Madrigals."  Up  to  that  time  Madrigals  had  conformed  their 
tonality  to  the  Gregorian  scales,  which  formed  the  basis  of  church 
music.  His  free  use  of  chromatic  intervals,  greatly  increased  the  ex- 
pressive possibilities  of  music.     Zarlino  succeeded  de  Rose.     He  wrote 

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a  greai'deal  of  excellent  music^  but  his  greatest  contribution  to  musical 
progress  was  in  the  domain  of  theory.  He  was  the  most  thorough  and 
original  writer  in  harmony  and  acoustics,  and  his  writings  had  a  great 
and  far-reaching  influence  on  musical  intelligence. 

But  the  most  eminent  among  all  the  Netherlandish  musicians  was  Or- 
landus  Lassus,  who  was  for  a  great  number  of  years  Kappelmeister  at 
Munich,  where  his  best  life  work  was  done.  Lassus  was  great  in  every 
form  then  cultivated,  masses,  motets,  chansons,  leider.  He  had  only 
one  great  rival,  the  Italian  Palestrina.  The  art  of  the  Netherlanders  pos- 
sessed in  Lassus  not  alone  its  most  distinguished,  but  also  its  last  great 
representative.  With  the  departure  of  the  great  musician  the  former  in- 
fluence of  the  Netherlanders  began  to  disappear.  We  cannot,  however^ 
think  of  closing  this  paper  without  mentioning  the  great  Palestrina, 
who  was  educated  at  Rome  by  Claude  Goudimel,  a  Netherland  teacher 
and  composer  of  great  merit,  who  founded  the  first  public  music  school 
in  Rome. 

Perhaps  many  persons  are  not  aware  that  Palestrina's  fame  is  largely 
due  to  an  accident  of  history.  The  council  of  Trent  in  1563,  discussed 
the  abuses  which  had  crept  into  the  church  music,  being  fully  alive  to 
the  influences  of  these  evils ;  for  now  that  polyphony  was  fully  devel- 
oped, people  had  begun  to  feel  the  necessity  of  using  music  as  a  means 
of  I'tnotional  expression.  The  success  of  the  Lutheran  movement  in 
(Germany  was  attributed  to  the  popular  music  introduced  by  Luther, 
the  emotional  efiect  of  which  was  very  diflerent  from  that  of  the  poly- 
phonic masses  of  the  Catholic  composers.  The  council  had  about  de- 
cided to  abolish  all  culture  music  from  the  Catholic  church,  retaining 
only  the  Gregorian  chant.  But  wiser  councils  prevailed.  It  was  sug- 
gested that  at  least  one  experiment  should  be  made  to  determine  whether 
the  highest  form  of  music  known  could  not  be  made  to  subserve  the 
highest  religious  ends. 

Palestrina  was  commissioned  to  write  some  music,  the  efiect  of  which 
should  decide  the  fate  of  Catholic  Church  music.  He  composed  three 
masses,  one  of  which,  especially,  dedicated  to  the  memory  of  his  patron, 
Pope  Marcellus  II.  called  the"Missa  Papee  Marcelli"  may  fairly  be 
considered  not  only  the  culmination  of  the  polyphonic  music  of  this 
great  epoch,  as  regards  all  the  requirements  of  an  art-work,  intellectual, 

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—  -  • 

emotional,  and  imaginative,  but  also  as  the  culmination  of  Catholic 
church  music  even  to  the  present  time.  The  success  of  these  masses 
was  immediate,  and  nothing  was  said  of  returning  to  the  bold  simplicity 
of  the  Gregorian  chant.  They  were  classical  music  in  every  sense  of 
the  word.  Their  excellence  was  such-  that  they  have  exerted  a  powerful 
influence  down  to  the  present  time,  and  there  are  no  signs  of  its  waning, 
Palestrina's  death,  therefore,  marks  not  only  the  culmination,  but  the 
close  ot  the  first  great  classical  epoch.  During  the  reign  of  the  Nether- 
landers  in  the  realm  of  music  other  European  nations  were  not  idle  in 
trying  their  powers  at  conception.  The  Italians  especially,  under  the 
tuition  of  the  Netherlanders  became  gradually  initiated  into  the  art 
practice  of  those  northern  contrapuntists,  and  being  gifted  with  a  natural 
sense  for  melody  and  artistic  form  in  general,  they  soon  surpassed  their 
masters,  and  eventually  became*the  leaders  in  musical  art  for  two  cen- 
turies. The  musical  forms  which  received  their  first  artistic  develop- 
ment at  the  hands  of  the  Netherlanders  were  those  of  the  mass,  motet, 
and  secular  chanson,  all  based  principally  upon  the  art  of  artificial  coun- 
terpoint as  employed  in  the  ancient  fugue  or  canon.  That  peculiar  union 
of  sacred  and  secular  elements,  in  taking  a  popular  chanson  and  mak- 
ing it  the  basis  for  learned  contrapuntal  combinations,  which  found  a 
place  in  many  of  the  masses  of  this  early  epoch  of  modem  music,  was 
very  much  cultivated  by  the  Netherlanders.  Next  to  the  chanson,  as 
cultivated  by  Flemish  and  French  composers,  the  madrigals  became 
the  most  popular  artistic  secular  form,  especially  cultivated  by  the  Ital- 
ian composers;  the  madrigals  of  these  are  some  of  the  finest  productions 
of  this  epoch. 

In  the  year  1502,  Petruccio  DaFassanbrone  invented  the  printing 
of  notes  with  movable  types.  Music  in  all  its  branches  was  already, 
at  this  early  time,  an  important  factor  in  the  religious  and  secular  life 
of  the  people,  and  in  its  advance,  is  like  the  electric  telegraph,  gradually 
encircling  the  whole  globe. 

'*  Myriads  join  the  fond  embrace! 
Tis  the  world's  inspiring  kiss!" 

Mrs.  H.  H.  Yergin,  Union  City,  Ind. 


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EDITORIAL 

The  Lyre  does  not  expect  to  visit  its  readers  again  until  after  the 
next  convention.  It  has  had  a  satisfactory  career  in  most  respects  thus 
far,  and  we  trust  that  arrangements  will  be  made  for  even  better  things 
in  the  future.  There  is  nothing  that  will  in  our  opinion  build  up  the 
fraternity  and  place  it  on  a  broader  foundation  as  surely  as  a  united  ef- 
fort to  keep  up  The  Lyre  as  a  first-class  journal.  Each  chapter  should 
sacrifice  some  local  enterprise,  if  need  be,  in  the  interest  of  this  general 
enterprise.  We  trust  that  each  chapter  will  carefully  consider  the  mat- 
ter and  plan  for  hearty  co-operation. 

On  October  15th,  1900,  Alpha  Chapter  will  celebrate  its  fifteenth 
birthday.     We  do  not  yet  know  how  extensive  the  celebration  will  be. 


It  is  with  great  pleasure  we  print  the  first  letter  from  Iota.     The 
Lyre  expects  great  things  from  our  new  chapter. 

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The  courts  have  confirmed  the  decision  of  Judge  Russell  in  regard  to 
the  case  of  Beta  Beta  Chapter  against  Kappa  Kappa  Gamma.  The 
chapter  has  the  right  to  retain  its  charter,  and  the  cost  of  suit  must  be  paid 
by  the  general  fraternity.  We  quote  the  following  from  Beta  Theta  Pi. 
"If  the  governing  body  of  the  fraternity  had  doubts  two  years  ago  as  to 
whether  there  was  among  the  young  ladies  of  St.  Lawrence  University 
sufficient  or  suitable  material  to  maintain  a  chapter,  such  doubts  have 
probably  been  dispelled  by  this  time.  Of  the  twenty-seven  chapters 
constituting  the  fraternity,  there  are  probably  not  half  a  dozen  which 
had  the  resources  of  pluck,  hard  work,  patience,  money  and  friends  to 
defend  themselves  as  this  chapter  has  done.  Instead  of  being  a  weak 
chapter,  it  is  and  always  has  been  one  of  the  strongest  in  the  fraternity. 
It  has  made  a  fight  which  has  deserved  to  win,  not  only  because  of  its 
righteousness,  but  because  of  its  courage  and  skill." 

The  Latch  String  is  a  quarterly  publication  in  which  Beta  Beta  Chap- 
ter of  Kappa  Kappa  Gamma  endeavors  to  plead  its  cause  and  make 
its  position  understood  by  its  own  and  other  fraternity  organiza- 
tions. It  is  a  very  commendable  enterprise  and  we  trust  will  accomp- 
lish its  mission. 

We  take  the  liberty  of  inserting  the  short  article  on  Chanimade 
without  the  permission  of  the  writer.  We  did  not  wish  to  omit  some 
mention  of  this  talented  woman  when  publishing  an  article  in  regard 
to  the  general  deficiency  of  women  in  this  field. 

Zeta  is  to  entertain  the  convention  next  fall,  and  is  no  doubt  busily 
planning  for  it.  Each  Chapter  should  send  delegates  well  informed  as 
to  the  important  matters  to  be  discussed.  We  call  attention  especially 
to  matters  of  vital  importance — the  Lyre  and  Song  Book.  The  latter 
should  now  be  pushed.  Some  good  songs  are  already  in  the  hands  of 
Gamma,  and  others  should  be  sent.  Then  good  arrangements  of  the 
old  favorite  airs  and  our  old  songs  should  be  included  in  the  new  col- 
lection. The  editor  of  the  Lyre  is  ready  to  correspond  with  any  Chap- 
ter secretary  in  regards  to  its  needs,  so  that  all  may  be  informed  on 
that  subject.  The  summer  is  a  good  time  for  the  grand  officers,  cor- 
responding secretaries,  associate  editors  and  others  upon  whom  the 
responsibility  of  the  work  rests,  to  push  matters. 

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MAMkMMaa 


CHAPTER  PERSONALS. 

ALPHA. 

Daisy  Estep  attended  commencement. 

Louie  Rush  was  married  this  spring  and  will  reside  in  Kansas. 

Ethel  Jackson  and  Elmena  Lank  will  visit  Flora  Brumfield  in  July. 

Lulu  Parkhurst  was  married  to Baird.     Her  address  is  Bourbon, 

Ind. 

Ethel  Jonep,  Pearl  Ellis  and  Elizabeth  Pleak  were  our  most  recent 
initiates. 

Helen  Birch  will  return  home  in  July  for  a  vacation  from  her  teach- 
ing in  Preeport,  111. 

*    Carrie  Little  was  in  school  the  third  term  and  expects  to  finish  her 
college  work  next  year. 

Estelle  Leonard  has  a  large  class  in  Union  City.  She  recently  gave  a 
recital  with  her  pupiln. 

Mrs.  Albertta  Miller  Ruick  made  us  a  flying  visit  in  June.  Her 
home  is  now  in  Indianapolis. 

Helen  O'Dell  and  Okah  DeVore  came  over  for  a  few  days'  visit  and 
to  attend  Mary  O'Deirs  junior  recital. 

Mrs.  Florence  Thompson  Taggart,  now  of  Indianapolis,  will  visit 
Europe  this  summer  with  her  husband. 

Mrs.  Donna  Williamson  Stonecypher,  a  pledged  member  of  Alpha, 
died  at  her  home  in  Noblesville  in  January. 

Mrs.  Mayme  Jennings  Roberts  attended  commencement  and  sang  at 
the  Alumni  meeting  with  more  than  her  usual  brilliancy. 

Rose  Meredith  is  studying  with  Liebling  for  a  part  of  the  summer. 
We  hope  to  have  her  with  us  for  her  senior  work  in  the  fall. 

Alpha  received  a  photograph  of  Maude  Powell,  sent  from  London. 
She  has  on  a  new  fraternity  pin.  It  is  a  great  honor  to  Alpha  Chi 
Omega  to  have  the  lyre  worn  by  so  distinguished  an  artist. 

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BETA. 

The  Misses  Clarissa  and  Ada  Dickie  were  in  Detroit  during  the  Holi- 
days. 

Miss  Maude  Armstrong  of  Detroit  visited  Miss  Kate  Calkins  in 
April. 

Miss  Ora  Woodworth  is  visiting  in  Detroit  and  attended  the  wedding 
of  Miss  Teft. 

Miss  Lucie  McMaster  visited  a  few  weeks  before  Xmas  at  the  home 
of  Miss  Alta  Allen. 

Married,  May  25, 1900,  Miss  Louise  Birchard  and  Mr.  Arthur  McClen- 
tock.     Detroit  will  be  their  home. 

Miss  Mamie  Dickie  is  home  again  after  a  several  months  stay  in  Den- 
ver, Colo.     She  is  much  improved  in  health. 

Miss  Orpha  Willis  of  Onondaga,  Mich.,  was  entertained  by  Mies 
Louise  Sheldon  a  few  days  the  first  of  February. 

Miss  Grace  Disbrow  completed  her  work  in  the  conservatory  Xmas, 
and  is  spending  the  winter  at  her  home  in  Wheatland,^  Mich. 

The  Misses  Lina  and  Nellie  Baum,  who  have  been  spending  the  win- 
ter in  Tampa,  Fla.,  have  just  returned  to  Albion,  and  report  a  most  de- 
lightful time. 

Miss  Elizabeth  Teft  of  Detroit,  and  Mr.  Reese  Smith  of  St.  Johns, 
Mich.,  were  married  in  Detroit  May  25,  1900.  They  will  make  their 
home  in  St.  Johns. 

On  Oct.  11,  Miss  Mertie  White  and  Mr.  Geo.  Claude  Longman  of 
Chicago,  were  married  at  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  Albion.  They 
will  make  Chicago  their  home. 


GAMMA. 

Miss  Florence  Childs  spent  part  of  April  in  Indiana. 

Miss  Grace  Richardson  has  returned  from  a  month's  visit  in  Norfield, 
Miss. 

Miss  Cornelia  Porter,  of  Baraboo,  Wis.,  visited  the  Alpha  Chis  in 
October. 

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The  I/yre.  26 

Mrs.  D.  6.  Kingery,  ot  Chicago,  gave  an  oyster  supper  to  Gamma 
capter  April  14th. 

Miss  Blanche  Hughes  visited  Misses  Jane  and  Beulah  Hough,  of  Jack- 
son, Mich.,  in  the  fall.  ^ 

Miss  Florence  Harris,  of  Beardstown,  111.,  was  the  guest  of  Miss  Mabel 
Siller  the  early  part  of  December. 

Miss  Theodora  Chaffee  visited  in  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  in  February,  and 
at  French  Lick,  Indiana,  in  April. 

Miss  Maytie  Vaughn  was  the  guest  of  Miss  Irene  Snyder,  at  Mowe- 
qua.  111.,  for  the  Christmas  holidays. 

Miss  Irene  Snyder  was  soprano  soloist  in  the  oratorio  ^^Josiah"  given 
by  the  North  Shore  Choral  Society,  recently. 

Miss  Lisbeth  Phelps  is  now  at  her  home  in  Port  Huron,  Mich.,  hav- 
ing spent  several  months  in  California. 

Miss  Florence  Harris,  of  Beardstown,  111.,  was  in  Evanston,  for  two 
weeks  in  February,  having  come  to  attend  the  Pan-Hellenic  Prome- 
nade. 

Gamma  chapter  entertained  the  Woman's  Club  of  the  Northwestern 
University  Settlement,  March  31.  After  a  musical  program  light  re- 
freshments were  served. 

Miss  Helen  Gamble,  of  Perry,  la.,  and  Mr.  Leslie  Morgan  were  mar- 
ried October  tenth  at  Perry,  Iowa.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Morgan  are  now  liv- 
ing in  Cedar  Rapids,  Iowa. 

Mrs.  H.  D.  Brown  (nee  Miss  Ethel  Lilly  blade)  visited  her  AX  sisters 
in  Evanston  in  October.  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Brown  were  on  their  way  to 
Denver,  where  they  are  now  living. 

Miss  Suzanne  Mulford  and  Mr.  William  Felton  Hain  were  married 
October  tenth  in  New  York  City.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hain  are  now  living 
at  Hotel  St.  George,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 


DELTA. 

Zella  Home  and  Beth   McAllister  will  graduate  from  college  this 
year. 

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26  The  I/yre. 

Miss  Sara  Evans  has  been  in  New  York  continuing  her  vocal  work. 

Miss  Blanche  Stevenson,  of  Utica,  visited  Miss  Zella  Home  at  Hul- 
ing's  Hall. 

May  Graham  has  recovered  from  an  attack  of  nervous  prostration  and 
is  teaching  again. 

Nelle  Crissman  was  obliged  to  leave  college  on  account  oT  illness  and 
h»»8  not  yet  returned. 

Susanne  Porter,  who  enjoyed  a  three  months'  sojourn  in  the  Bahamas 
returned  the  first  of  May. 

Misses  Harriett  McLaughlin,  Zerilda  Trax,  Clara  Lord  and  Mabel  Lef- 
fingwell  are  Delta's  new  girls. 

Anna  Ray,  who  has  been  pursuing  her  musical  studies  in  New  York 
during  the  winter  has  returned  home. 

Mrs.  Mauley  O.  Brown,  Misses  Sara  Evans  and  Anna  Ray  attended 
Fern  Pickard^s  wedding  at  Jamestown,  N.  Y. 

Miss  Ruby  Krick,  of  the  Pennsylvania  College  of  Music  faculty,  is 
spending  her  vacation  at  her  home  in  Conneautville. 

Mr.  Charles  W.  Barnaby  and  family  have  moved  to  New  York  where 
Fay  is  studying  with  Wm.  C.  Carl  in  the  organ  school. 

Juvenilia  Porter,  having  spent  the  winter  in  New  York,  has  returned 
to  Meadville  to  spend  the  summer  with  her  aunt,  Mrs.  John  Dick. 

The  following  is  the  program  of  a  concert  given  by  Delta  during  the 
winter  term  : 

Meiidehtnthn Trio  Op.  49.    Andante.    Finale 

Miss  Porter,  Mr.  Guerdon,  Mr.  Lord. 

Wickedc Henensfratehling 

Miss  Mojer. 

Godnrd Bspagsole 

Miss  Bates. 

dodnrd Berceuse  (From  Jocelyn) 

Miss  Ray. 
Violin  Obligato  by  Mr.  Guerdon,  'Olio  by  Mr.  Lord. 

(iottzf Calm  as  the  Night 

Miss  Moyer,  Mr.  Sheparson. 

Pinntt  Solo Selected 

Miss  Byers. 

Saint  Saenn Fair  Springtime  Beginning 

(From  Samson  et  Delilah) 
Miss  Eastman. 

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Fintuti Bedouin  Love  Song 

Mr.  Sheparson. 

Verdi-Lifzt Rigoletto 

Miss  Porter. 
Miss  Chase,  Mitia  Porter,  Accompanists. 

Bertfaa  Sackett  gave  a  piano  recital,  assisted  by  Alta  Moyer  in  three 
vocal  numbers,  at  the  College  of  Music,  Wednesday,  May  ninth.  Fol- 
lowing is  the  program : 

Sonata  In  D        •  •  •  • •  • Haydn 

Koctame Meyer-Helmund 

Song— The  Dear  Blue  Eyes  of  Spring .  .        Kles 

Nocturne,  G  minor .  .  ....     Chopin 

Waltc,  aflat Chopin 

Song— Oh,  Maiden  With  the  Eyes  So  Blue    .  .  Bianca  Fleischmann 

Song— The  Rosary     .  Oscar  Franklin  Comstock 

In  der  Naoht Schumann 

Romance,  F  sharp Schumann 

Arabesque Schumann 


ZETA. 

Five  ^Is  frcm  our  chapter  graduate  as  soloists  this  year. 

Examinations  in  harmony  and  sightreading  are  on  this  week. 

Alida  Handy  has  been  enjoying  a  visit  from  her  mother  the  past  two 
weeks. 

Edith  Manchester  comes  in  from  Providence  once  a  week  for  a  lesson 
with  Mr.  Klahre. 

Elsbeth  Mayo  is  going  on  a  concert  tour  through  the  White  Moun- 
tains during  the  summer. 

Olga  Brandenburg  sailed  from  New  York  on  April  14,  bound  for 
England.  Thence  she  will  go  to  Paris,  where  she  will  study  for  several 
years. 

Estelle  Burgheim  and  Lilla  Johnstone  are  to  spend  next  year  in 
Florence  and  Paris  studying  voice  with  Vannuccini.  They  will  sail 
from  New  York  in  August. 

Grace  Phillips,  Estelle  Burgheim,  Estelle  McFarlane,  Nelle  Jones, 
Fannie  Heaton,  Pearl  Sherwood  Elizabeth  Egleston,  Blanch  Best  and 
Ethel  Middaiigh  are  among  the  Frat  girls  who  have  taken  part  in  recent 
recitals. 

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THETA. 

Misses  Montague,  Weinstein,  Daniel  and  Clark  attended  Irving  per- 
formances in  Detroit. 

Miss  Alice  Reynolds  and  Miss  Weinstein,  spent  Christmas  vacation 

with  friends  in  Chicago. 
Miss  Winifred  Bartholomew  spent  three  weeks  during  the  holidays 

at  Atlanta,  Ga.,  a  guest  of  her  sister. 

Miss  Mary  Tinker  went  to  her  home  in  Wheeling,  West  Virginia,  for 
both  Thanksgiving  and  Christmas  vacations. 

Miss  Maude  Breckenridge,  of  Toledo,  has  been  spending  a  few  days 
at  the  Alpha  Chi  House,  a  guest  of  MIfs  Fisk. 

Miss  Ethel  Fisk,  who  is  studying  this  year  at  Toledo,  spent  two 
weeks  during  the  holidays  at  the  Alpha  Chi  House. 

Miss  Flora  Koch  entertained  Theta  Chapter  at  her  home  on  January 
17,  and  Miss  Floss  Spence  during  the  week  following. 

Miss  Gertrude  Montague,  of  Traverse  City,  spent  several  days  at  the 
Alpha  Chi  House  before  Christmas,  and  is  at  present  with  us  for  another 
short  visit. 

Miss  Alice  Reynolds  has  recently  been  ofifered  a  most  flattering  po- 
sition as  instructor  for  the  Hawaiian  Islands,  but  for  several  reaflons 
decided  not  to  accept. 

Misses  Fisk, Bartholomew,  Daniel, and  Blanchard  were  invited  by  four 
members  of  the  Chi  Psi  fraternity  to  attend  the  Senior  hop  at  Orchard 
Lake  on  January  19.  While  there  they  were  guests  of  Professor  and 
Mrs.  Groom. 

MusiQ  is  the  best  painter  of  the  souFs  state  and  feelings — and  the 
worst  of  realistic  objects. — Ambrose. 


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CHAPTER  LETTERS. 

ALPHA. 
Dtar  Sisters : 

The  past  year  has  been  one  of  great  prosperity  for  Alpha,  as  we  had 
about  the  laigest  initiated  membership  in  our  history.  We  have  also 
rented  a  chapter  house,  in  which  a  number  of  the  girls  reside  and  where 
we  hold  our  meetings  and  any  social  functions. 

We  lost  two  members  this  year  by  graduation,  Pearl  Shaw  and  Rae- 
burn  Cowger.  Helen  Herr,  Ruth  Vaught  and  Mildred  Rutledge  have 
been  with  us  for  post-graduate  work.  We  have  also  had  the  pleasure 
of  having  Rose  Meredith  with  us,  who  was  the  first  initiate  of  Alpha. 
She  has  been  teaching  for  several  years  and  returned  for  some  addi- 
tional work. 

A  pleasant  event  of  the  last  term  was  a  visit  from  Miss  Lucie  Mc- 
Master  of  Beta.  Although  a  stranger  to  us  at  the  start,  it  did  not  take 
us  long  to  learn  that  an  Alpha  Chi  is  an  Alpha  Chi  always,  and  we  had 
a  delightful  time  with  her,  and  hop.e  often  to  have  the  pleasure  of  en- 
tertaining other  sisters  in  the  same  manner. 

We  planned  for  a  lawn  party  before  commencement,  but  just  as  the 
guests  began  to  arrive  a  rain  drove  us  indoors,  greatly  to  our  disappoint- 
ment. The  affair  passed  oflf  very  satisfactorily,  however.  About  a  hun- 
dred guests  were  invited. 

While  a  number  of  our  members  may  not  return  next  fall,  we  hope 

to  have  most  of  them  back,  and  look  forward  to  a  good  year  of  school 

and  fraternity  work. 

With  best  wishes  for  all^ 
Alpha. 

BETA. 

Beta  again  sends  greeting  to  her  sister  chapters. 

The  school  year,  so  far,  has  certainly  been  a  most  successful  one  for 
our  chapter;  at  the  beginning  of  the  fall  term  we  started  with  an  active 
chapter  of  eleven  enthusiastic  girls  and  during  the  term  we  initiated 
Mrs.  Bolster  as  an  associate  member  and  seven  new  girls — Mildred 
Coonsman,  Myrtle  Hataweli,  Mattie  Miller,  Henrietta  Niggeman,  Mary 

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30  The  Ijyre. 


Master,  Winnifred  McDonald  and  Lottie  Weed,  every  girl  whom  we 
bid  became  an  Alpha  Chi.  We  had  several  very  pleasant  informal 
parties  just  for  the  girls  at  the  Lodge,  but  entertained  our  gentlemen 
friends  only  once  last  term,  Halloween  evening  when  we  had  a  most  en- 
joyable time;  the  Lodge  was  tastefully  decorated  in  autumn-leaver, 
corn-stalks  and  evergreens  and  lighted  by  many  jack-o-lantems;  it  was 
a  Ghost  party  and  each  person  came  masked  and  dressed  as  a  ghost. 
Voices  were  disguised,  and  everyone  was  curious  to  know  who  his  or 
her  neighbor  might  be  when  supper  was  announced  and  the  masks 
were  removed. 

On  October  19th  three  girls  from  this  chapter,  Misses  Lina  Baum, 
Winnifred  McDonald  and  the  writer,  attended  the  first  annual  anni- 
versary of  Theta  Chapter  at  Ann  Arbor,  Mich.  We  were  royally  enter- 
tained and  greatly  pleased  to  note  the  growing  strength  and  enthusi- 
asm of  our  sister  chapter. 

The  winter  term  finds  the  girls  all  busy  with  their  work.  Pour  of 
our  number  are  not  back  this  term. 

Just  now  we  are  all  much  interested  in  planning  for  a  Heart  Party 
which  is  to  be  given  to  our  gentlemen  friends  on  the  evening  of  Feb- 
ruary 13th.  This  is  to  be  our  big  party  of  the  year  and  we  anticipate 
a  very  jolly  time. 

We  expect  to  give  our  annual  concert  the  first  part  of  March  and 
preparations  for  it  are  in  progress  at  the  present  time. 

With  love  and  best  wishes  to  each  Chapter, 

Yours  in  the  bond, 

Jennie  E.  Dickinson. 


BETA. 
Dear  Sisters: — 

The  winter  term  was  an  unusually  busy  one  for  our  chapter,  all  the 

girls  had  heavy  work  in  school  and  there  was  a  great  deal  going  on  in 

the  way  of  concerts,  lectures,  parties  and  receptions.     Our  Heart  Party 

which  we  gave  Feb.  13,  was  a  great  success,  and  was  one  of  the  most 

enjoyable  events  of  the  year.     On  the  evening  of  Mar.  14,  we  gave  our 

eleventh  annual  concert  in  the  college  chapel.     We  append  the  program 

to  this  letter.     The  house  was  full  and  the  various  numbem  on.  the 

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program  were  all  very  well  rendered  and  the  finals  at  the  close  was  espe- 
cially pleasing ;  our  concerts  have  come  to  be  looked  upon  by  the  town 
people  as  well  as  the  students  as  one  of  the  things  of  the  year  which  they 
can  not  afford  to  miss;  the  concert  this  year  was  a  great  success  in  the 
the  financial  way,  after  paying  our  expenses  we  deposited  a  neat  sum 
in  the  bank.  April  17  we  had  a  rare  treat  in  the  form  of  a  Greek 
play,  "Iphigenia,"  given  by  the  students  ot  the  Greek  department  un 
der  the  direction  of  Prof.  P.  S.  Goodrich. 

Our  Music  Festival  will  be  May  8,  9,  10  and  will  consist  of  four, 
concerts,  we  are  looking  forward  with  much  interest  to  it;  among  the 
artists  are  Madam  Ragna  Linne,  Edwin  Charles  Rowdon,  Arthur  Freid- 
heim  and  Madam  Van  Den  Hende. 

The  spring  term  has  opened  very  pleasantly,  Albion  is  especially 
happy  at  present  over  winning  four  base-ball  games  from  sister  colleges 
in  the  state,  thus  far  we  have  not  lost  a  game;  tomorrow  Northwestern 
Union  plays  here  and  we  hope  if  not  to  win  at  least  to  make  a  very 
good  score.  The  college  has  recently  purchased  a  new  athletic  field 
and  great  plans  are  in  progress  for  better  athletics  for  next  year.  Beta 
sends  love  and  best  wishes  to  each  sister  chapter. 

Yours  in  the  bond, 

Jennie  E.  Dickinson. 

PROGRAM. 

ChoniB  "  Sweet  May  " Bamby 

Beta  Chapter. 

PUno  Solo  **  Valse  Caprice  •' .• Strek*ki 

Miss  Louise  Sheldon. 

Violin  Duo '........  Dancla 

Mrs.  Mattle  Reynolds-Colby,  Miss  Florence  Hoag. 

Vocal  Solo, "  Were  I  a  Sunbeam  " Vidal 

Miss  Nella  B.  Ramsdell. 

Piano  Quartette, "  Polonaise  Brilllante  "  Op.  72 C.  M.  Von  Weher 

Misses  Hats-well,  Ferine,  Koonsman,  Trlphagen. 

Violin  Solo,  »*Alr  Varle  " De  Beriot 

Miss  Hoag. 

Piano  8<Jlo,  "  La  Polka  de  la  Reine  " Raff 

Miss  Florence  Bailey. 

Fan tasie  (for  piano  and  organ) Brtwit 

Mrs.  Bolster,  Miss  Pickle. 
Accompanists:    Miss  Calkins  and  Miss  Dickie. 

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GAMMA. 
Dear  Sisters: — 

With  the  New  Year,  we  extend  our  best  wishes  to  our  sister  chapters 
and  wish  them  every  success  in  their  work. 

We  have  our  programs  as  usual  every  week,  and  enjoy  our  new  piano 
ever  so  much. 

There  have  been  many  very  good  students'  recitals  in  which  our  Al- 
pha Chi  sisters  have  taken  part  in  a  way  which  is  very  complimentary 
to  the  fraternity.  In  a  recent  faculty  recital  Mrs.  Coe's  number  was 
one  of  the  most  brilliant  of  the  program. 

Several  of  our  girls  are  singing  in  the  Evanston  Musical  Club  this 
year.  The  club  gave  HandePs  ** Messiah"  December  fourteenth,  and  it 
was  a  great  success.  The  soloists  were  Mrs.  Sanger  Steele,  soprano; 
Miss  Mabelle  Crawford,  alto;  Mr.  Glenn  Hall,  tenor,  and  Mr.  Arthur 
Van  Eweyk,  basso,  all  of  whom  are  well  known  about  Chicago.  The 
chorus  was  very  fine.  It  consists  of  one  hundred  and  forty  voices  and 
is  under  the  direction  of  Prof.  P.  C.  Lutkin,  the  Dean  of  the  School  of 
Music. 

Gamma  wishes  that  something  might  be  done  on  the  song  book,  but 
that  is  impossible  until  all  the  songs  are  in,  and  several  chapters  are 
behind  hand  in  this  matter. 

Since  the  last  Lyre,  Gamma  has  initiated  two  new  girls,  Mabel  Bai- 
ley of  Kansas,  and  Ruth  Inglis  of  Evanston.  Both  of  the  initiations 
were  attended  by  most  of  our  alumna*  who  live  near,  and  were  very 
enjoyable  occasions.  We  have  been  entertained  recently  by  Misses 
Ericson,  Dunne  and  Siller,  also  by  Mrs.  Harvey  D.  Williams. 

It  is  now  getting  so  near  the  end  of  the  school  year  that  our  Seniors 
are  very  busy  with  their  recitals,  which  each  one  has  to  give.  The 
Senior  class  of  the  School  of  Music  effected  an  organization  of  which 
Mabel  Dunn  was  chosen  President  and  Carrie  Holbrook  Secretary  and 
Treasurer,  both  of  whom  are  Alpha  Chi's. 

On  ^[arch  24th  the  chapter,  chaperoned  by  Mrs.  G.  A.  Coe,  attended 
Mme.  Fanny  Bloom field-Zeisler's  recital  at  Central  Music  Hall  in  Chi- 
cago. 

Nearly  every  fraternity  at   Northwestern  gives  one  formal  party  a 

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year  and  we  have  just  issued  invitations  for  ours,  which  is  to  be  May 
4th  at  the  Evanston  Boat  Club. 

Gamma  sends  kindest  wishes  to  all  her  sister  chapters. 

Mabel  Siller. 


DELTA. 

Again  spring  has  come  with  her  flowers  and  sunshine,  but  with  all 
the  brightness,  we  cannot  forget  that  another  school  year  is  almost  gone. 
We  are  to  lose  two  girls  this  commencement,  girls  who  have  been  with 
us  during  four  years,  and  of  course  that  will  make  a  decided  break  in 
our  circle, 

The  year,  as  a  whole,  has  been  a  very  quiet  one,  but  pleasant.  At  dif- 
ferent times  we  have  come  in  contact  with  the  other  girls'  fraternities, 
but  since  right  will  prevail,  there  is  no  need  to  tell  who  came  out  with 
flying  colors.  Five  new  names  have  been  added  to  our  roll.  Misses 
Harriet  McLaughlin,  Clara  Lord,  Zerald  Trax,  Mabel  Leflingwell  and 
Marie  Waters.  All  are  Meadville  girls  except  the  last  one  mentioned, 
who  is  from  Naahville,  Tenn. 

Although  the  chapter  has  been  quiet,  it  does  not  follow  that  we  have 
been  inactive.  One  of  the  results  of  our  doing  and  industry  is  a  new 
piano.  Then  at  Christmas  time,  according  to  an  established  custom, 
different  members  of  the  chapter  presented  the  rooms  with  a  beautiful 
chair,  one  or  two  pictures  and  some  other  ornaments.  Another  affair, 
which  we  consider  very  successful,  was  a  concert  given  by  some  of  our 
girls.  The  program  was  excellent  and  later  in  the  evening  tea  was 
served.  However,  the  latter  is  but  one  of  a  series  of  entertainments, 
which  we  hope  to  give  before  the  end  of  the  year.  Already  the  plans 
areipade  and  the  work  started  for  producing  the  farce,  *' Thank  Heaven, 
the  table  is  set.'^ 

All  ihese  affairs  show  you  what  a  good  time  we  have.  But  before  I 
stop  writing,  I  must  not  neglect  to  tell  you  of  one  more.  Last  term, 
on^  of  our  active  members  living  in  town  entertained  us  at  a  very 
pretty  afternoon  tea.  We  were  not  allowed  to  idle  away  our  time,  but 
♦ere  induced  to  spend  it  in  searching  for  the  names  of  Dickens'  works 
in  a  printer's  pi  made  of  those  same  names.     The  lucky  one,  who  put 

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her  pi  in  the  best  order  in  a  certain  time  received  an  appropriate  reward 
Afterward  light  refreshments  were  served  and  a  short  musical  program 
given. 

And  now  as  I  come  to  the  end  of  this  letter  I  am  reminded  that  for 
some  time  we  shall  not  hear  from  you  Alpha  Chi  girls  in  the  distance. 
But  it  is  only  for  a  short  time.  After  a  few  months'  vacation,  the  ma- 
jority of  us  will  be  back  in  our  places,  hard  at  work  again.  And  then 
these  letters  must  be  continued.  It  would  be  a  severe  blow  to  the  fra- 
ternity to  lose  its  magazine,  the  one  thing  that  keeps  us  informed  about 
each  other  and  so,  in  a  certain  sense,  in  touch  with  each  other.  Do 
you  not  think  so?  It  is  the  sincere  wish  of  Delta  that  Alpha  Chi 
Omega  and  her  chapters  may  always  be  happy,  strong  and  successful. 

Jessie  Merchant,  Cor.  Sec. 


EPSILON. 

Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  Jan.  8,  1900. 
Dear  Sisters  of  Alpha  Chi  Omega: 

Once  again  we  enter  upon  a  new  year  and  Epsilon  sends  greetings  to 
all  of  the  sisters. 

All  our  land  is  now  decked  in  brightest  hues  of  roses  and  lillies,  and 
our  splendid  rains  have  carpeted  valley  and  hill  with  a  velvety  green. 

Nature  smiles  on  every  hand  and  every  one  is  singing  praises  of 
"better  times.'' 

Even  the  girls  of  Epsilon  think  that  they  are  going  to  have  better 
times,  and  the  majority  of  them  have  decided  that  they  prefer  "  fra- 
ternity" to  sorority.  Miss  Ora  Millard  opened  the  New  Year  by  being 
married  to  Louis  de  Tateron  La  Beaume.  The  ceremony  was  performed 
at  three  o'clock  on  New  Years'  day,  at  the  Immanuel  Presbyterian 
Church.  The  bride  was  gowned  in  white  satin,  and  wore  a  long  tule 
veil  caught  with  a  cluster  of  hyacinths.  Her  bouquet  was  of  the  same 
flowers  and  maiden  hair  ferns.  The  attendants  were  Miss  Hoppin  and 
Miss  Barringer  (Alpha  Chis)  and  two  other  intimate  girl  friends.  They 
were  all  in  white  organdies  and  carried  clusters  of  Papa  Gontier  roses 
tied  with  pink  ribbon.  The  little  flower  girl  was  dressed  in  pink 
organdy.      Professor  Skeele,  dean  of  the  College  of  Music  presided  at 

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the  organ.    The  church  was  beautifully  decorated  by  members  of  the 
SMority. 

Many  beautiful  gifts  were  the  tokens  of  love  from  her  friends.  After 
the  ceremony  the  bridal  party  was  entertained  at  dinner  by  the  parents 
of  the  bride,  after  which  the  couple  left  for  a  short  trip  to  Santa  Barbara. 
And  now  as  the  example  has  been  set,  three  more  of  us  will  follow  it, 
within  the  next  six  months,  and  two  more  will  do  likewise  not  far 
hence.  Certainly  we  can  not  forget  Alpha  Chi,  for  too  many  pleasant 
hours  have  been  spent  within  our  chapter  walls;  but  some  must  go  one 
way  and  some  another,  and  the  new  must  ever  be  taking  the  place  ot 
the  old. 

Jessie  Leone  Davis. 


THETA. 
Dear  Sisters: — 

After  a  long  and  restful  vacation  during  the  Christmas  holidays, 
Theta  returned  to  her  Alph  Chi  home  with  hearts  stimulated  for  action 
and  ambitions  newly  fed  by  the  encouragement  of  home  friends. 

The  monotony  of  chapter  meetings  was  agreeably  varied  through  the 
kindness  of  the  girls  living  outside,  who  have  taken  it  upon  themselves 
to  invite  us  to  their  homes  on  meeting  nights  and  following  the  usual 
program  by  delicious  little  repasts,  which  you  may  be  sure  are  most 
thoroughly  appreciated  and  enjoyed. 

The  usual  discussions,  programs  and  reading  of  articles  beneficial, 
still  prevail  as  heretofore — merely  becoming  more  enjoyable  through 
the  assistance  of  our  talented  Freshmen.  I  will  say  for  our  Freshmen 
that  they  will  live  and  learn  and  may,  in  time,  through  the  sisterly 
guidance  and  advice,  become  useful  members  of  society  and  thorough 
musicians. 

Several  of  our  girls  varied  their  course  of  study  by  attending  a  party 
at  Orchard  Lake,  given  by  the  cadets.  A  few  also  went  to  Detroit 
to  enjoy  the  talent  of  Irving  and  Terry  in  "Robespierre,"  as 
well  as  to  live  over  a  couple  of  hours  in  short-lived  sorrow  the  heart- 
breaking scenes  of  the  French  Revolution,  while  those  who  remained 
in  Ann  Arbor  attended  the  concert  and  enjoyed  Madame  Jacoby^s  deep 
contralto  tones. 

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The  usual  round  of  fudge  parties  still  continues,  not  the  least  itrit)br- 
tant  of  which  was  one  ^iven  by  Miss  Bartholomew  and  myself  in  honor 
of  Mrs.  Fiske*8  friend,  Miss  Breckenridge,  of  Toledo. 

Three  of  our  girls  attended  the  Senior  hop. 

The  most  important  feature  of  our  social  life,  however,  was  the  Christ- 
mas tree  on  view  the  Monday  before  the  girls  left  for  their  respective 
homes  or  visiting  places.  It  was  a  huge  success  and  held  two  hundred 
and  thirty  presents,  many  of  which  were  of  a  ludicrous  nature,  causing 
shouts  of  laughter  and  no  end  of  fun. 

A  card  party  was  also  given  for  Miss  Gertrude  Montague,  one  of  our 
last  year's  girls  here  visiting  us  from  Traverse  City. 

And  now  we  must  say  au  revoir,  and  trust  that  your  new  year  has 
begun  as  auspiciously  as  has  our  own. 

[Written  for  the  Editor.] 

Alberta  Daniel. 


IOTA. 

Iota  Chapter  sends  its  first  greetings;  It  is,  still  perhaps,  a  little  green 
at  fraternal  /orm,  but  so  apt  at  reform  that  we  have  great  confidence  in 
its  future. 

We  are  guilty  of  an  innovation  which  cannot  fail  to  interest  our  sister 
chapters,  if  for  no  other  reason  than  that  it  embodies  our  principles. 
In  short,  once  a  month  we  have  a  musicale  which  is  supposed  to  have 
three  virtues:  to  benefit  the  musical  Lazaruses,  to  give  to  each  member 
a  very  real  and  active  responsibility  and  a  third  and  greater  reason,  lo 
introduce  new  and  novel  programmes.  For  instance,  our  January  pro- 
gramme was  gotten  up  by  Miss  Fernie,  and  was  composed  of — 

Two  Preludes Von  FieliU 

Mrs.  Daniels. 
8chon  (Jretline  1  a  cycle  of  songs  t FleliU 

Miss  Fernie. 
Two  Lyrics  (accompanist,  Mr.  McClellan)     Mrs.  Daniels 

The  sorority  has  hoped  that  by  inviting  those  of  our  patrons  who  are 
musicians  to  take  part  in  our  programmes,  sometimes,  we  may  keep 
their  interest  in  the  chapter  at  more  than  normal  temperature;  hence, 

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Miss  Fuller  was  assisted  in  her  February  programme  by  Mr.  McClellan 
— ^a  graduate  of  the  Cincinnati  Conservatory,  and  by  Mr.  Dean,  a  guest 
from  Chicago.         : 
The  latest  one  in  March  was  given  by  Mrs.  Daniels  at  her  home. 

1.  Three  Sea  Pieces MacDowell 

2.  |b.  sf^'b^rSong  .      '.  '.         '.'.''...'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'''.''..'.'  \  .'.  W  \  MmcDowell 
( c.  Songit  My  Mother  Taught  Me  .  .  .  Dvorak 

Miss  Fernie. 

3.  The  New  World  Symphony Dvorak 

Mrti.  Daniels  and  MisH  Fuller. 

We  attempt  to  make  these  meetings  very  informal.  The  number  is 
limited  to  about  thirty  and  our  refreshments  are  served  in  time  for  all 
good  people  to  get  their  beauty  sleep. 

If  the  chapter  had  not  already  exceeded  its  legitimate  space  in  the 
Lyre,  it  might  enliven  the  sorority  with  its  successes  at  its  first  initia- 
tion. Our  new  member  certainly  has  reason  to  think  that  we  are 
geniuses  at  the  business. 

With  sincere  wishes  for  "  Iota," 

Chapter  Editor. 


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J.  F.  NEWMAN, 


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Official  Jeweler  to 


ALPHA  CHI  OMEGA 


I  confine  myself  ezoltuively  to  a  fine  grade  of  work,  and  my  Jeweled  Badges  are 
unequalled  tor  richness  and  beauty.    In  crown  setting,  particulu'ly, 

J*  J*  Large  Jewels  of  Real  Value  j*  j* 

are  mounted  in  true  cluster  form.  I  make  a  specialty  of  pure  Diamond  or  Dia- 
mond combination  pieces.  Price  list,  samples  and  estimates  sent  on  application 
through  your  chapter. 

J.  F.  NBWMA.N, 


Diamond  and  Fine  j^ 
Jeweled  Work  Rings, 


WRIGHT,  KAY&  CO. 

LARGEST  MANUPACTURBRS  OF 

High  Grade  Fraternity  Badges 


IN  THE  UNITED  STATES. 


Important  to  Alpha  Chi  Omega  Fraternity :  3Sv* ng SSS°ppl5^ bTthlS 

oflieerM  at  the  convention,  we  wcm  appointed  Offioini  Bn<ltic*  Af  alron*  for  your  Fratmiitv. 
If  your  Ra<1(?e  is  Htamped  with  our  name,  there  in  nothing  bettiT  maile.  Correspond  wlih  an 
reKardlnR  Fraternity  Jewelry,  Noveletiea  and  Stationery.  Hami>le8  sent  on  application  through 
your  chapter.    Addresn 

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CONTENTS: 


FKONTISPIECE 2 

PARSIFAL— Elizabeth  Patterson  Sawyen 3 

POEM— NOW  AND  THEN— Virginia  May  Fish 10 

A  CHRISTMAS  WITH  LESCHETITZKY- Helen  Hopcliirfc II 

HOMES  OF  OUR  CHAPTERS— ZETA 17 

REPORT  OF  CONVENTION  OF  1900-Mabe]  Dunn 19 

CHAPTER  REPORTS 21 

EDITORIALS 28 

CHAPTER  PERSONALS 29 

CHAPTER  LETTERS 35 

ADVERTISEMENTS 42 


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PARSIFAL. 

(By  Elizabeth  Patterson  Sawyers,  Mus.  B.,  A.  (\  il.,  Ue  Pauw 

University,  (Jreeneastle,  hid.) 

The  word  Parsifal  which  Wagner  has  used  In^th  as  the  title 
of  his  great  Saered-Art-Dnnna  and  also  its.  hero  is  possibly  a 
corruption  of  the  Aral)ic  Parsrh-Fal  meaning  *^tl)e  guileless 
stupid  one." 

The  storv  of  Parsifal  is  taken  from  tlie  leiijend  of  the  Grail. 
Wagner  conceives  of  the  holy  Cirail  as  a  divine  vessel  glowing  with 
the  strength  and  radiant  histre  of  the  saero<l  stream  from  which 
only  the  jmre  or  r(^j)entimt  can  drink  and  receive  th(»  blessings  of 
holiness.  The  word  ^^CiraaP'  according  to  M.  Panlin  Paris  signi- 
fies not  the  sacred  dish  but  the  mvsterioiis  b4M>k  which  contains  its 
hist4>ry.  The  word,  however,  came  tli rough  the  (etymological  in- 
terpretaticm  of  Kobert  de  I*()n)n,  to  be  po])idarly  understood  as  a 
l)Owl  or  sacred  dish. 

The  legends  of  Arthur  an<l  the  Ivnights  of  the  Kound  Table 
have  interested  the  imay:inative  minds  of  scon»s  of  cultivated  writ- 
ers  for  manv  centuries.  The  origin  mav  be  found  with  a  Welsh 
Monk  of  the  eighth  century,  but  Robert  d(»  I>orou,  a  French  poet, 
was  the  first  to  embodv  the  concei)tion  in  literarv  form.  After 
Boron,  Walter  Alap,  an  Kiiglislniuui,  iuti'o<|uccd  the  c<ni<*eption 
into  everv  branch  of  Arthurian  romiiuce. 

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Flemish,  Icelandic  and  Welsh  reproductions  of  the  Graal 
romances  have  been  discovered. 

Chrestien  de  Troves  first  introduces  Percival,  a  knight  of  the 
Round  Table,  in  the  title  role  of  one  of  his  poems  and  also  in 
Chrestien's  waitings  we  read  of  the  Holy,  Spear,  that  which  pierced 
the  side  of  the  Crucified  Christ.  Founded  presumably  on  Chres- 
tien's  ^^Percival"  we  find  the  famous  Mid-German  poem  "Parzi- 
val"  by  Wolfram  von  Eschenbach,  which  poem  is  regarded  the 
most  splendid  achievement  in  the  literature  of  Germany  during 
the  period  of  Middle  High  German.  This  poem  appeared  at  the 
beginning  of  the  thirteenth  century.  The  printing  press  being  in- 
troduced into  England,  France,  and  Germany  had  for  its  first  uses 
the  multiplying  of  the  poems  and  romances  emlx)dying  this  legend. 

The  literature  of  England,  France,  Germany,  Italy  and 
Spain  is  redundant  with  productions  of  Arthurian  romance  inter- 
penetrated by  the  Grail  legend. 

Wagner  has  seized  for  one  of  his  great-est  music  dramas  a 
literary  theme  not  only  rich  in  historical  interest  but  one  of  strong 
ethical  and  religious  tendency.  He  has  made  the  story  a  simple 
one  filled  with  the  most  serious  religious  teaching.  He  rests  the 
histrionic  situations  with  six  principal  characters: — Amfortas, 
the  unfortunate  sin  stained  son  of  Sinturel,  tlie  aged  builder  of 
the  holy  fortress,  Giirnomanz,  an  old  but  vigorous  man  who  assidu- 
ously guards  tlie  interests  of  the  Knights  of  the  Grail ;  Klingsor, 
tlie  wicked  keeper  of  the  magic  castle;  Kundry,  a  wret-ched  out- 
cast dual  in  her  nature  first  serving  the  Knights  and  then  her  vile 
lord  and  master  Klingsor,  and  the  liero  around  whom  the  drama 
revolves,  Parsifal,  who  ev(*ntually  b(M*omes  the  Saviour  of  the 
Grail.  The  subordinate  characters.  Knights  of  the  Grail,  Es- 
(juires  and  Kliugsor's  fairy  maidens  romplete  the  dramatic  per- 
son ac. 

On  tlie  afternoon  of  one  of  the  performances  of  this  world 
renowned  Festival  drama,  I  sat  in  the  unique  auditorium  of  the 


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Spielhaus  at  Bayreuth.  Tlie  hearts  of  the  large  audience  beat  as 
one  in  the  mutual  expectancy  which  pervaded  the  sacred  atmos- 
phere. Shrouded  in  darkness  we  heard  the  initiative  tones  of  the 
overture  given  out  by  the  submerged  orchestra. 

The  theme  is  that  of  the  Last  Supper,  six  measures  in  length, 
breathing  out  softly  at  first  then  a  crescendo  into  the  dominant 
key  and  a  melting  away  into  the  original  tonic.  The  principal 
succeeding  motives  are  the  Grail  motive  given  out  by  trombones 
And  tnmipets  and  the  motive  of  belief,  A  subsequent  peculiar 
treatment  of  thisLast  Supper  theme  suggests  by  its  vigorous 
movement  Amfortas'  grief  and  Parsifal's  compassion.  This  in- 
terestingly beautiful  passage  finds  its  climax  in  the  mournful 
motive  of  the  Saviour's  lament.  The  overture  has  no  final  cadence 
but  melts  with  a  chord  of  the  seventh  of  the  Last  Supper  theme 
into  the  solemn  reveille  of  trombones  when  the  curtains  are  lifted 
from  either  side  revealing  a  forest  shadowy  and  dreamful.  In  the 
middle  distance  is  a  beautiful  si)arkling  lake.  The  ground  is  rock 
strewn  and  to  the  left  rises  the  way  to  Monsalvat,  the  mountain 
of  deliverance,  the  abode  of  the  Grail  castle.  Two  youths  are  sleep- 
ing beneath  a  tree.     Gurnemanz  waking  calls  to  them: — 

"Up  young  vassals  see  to  the  bath,  'tis  time  to  wait  there  for 
our  monarch."     Theai  at  the  entrance  of  two  Knights  he  asks: — 

"How  goes  Amfortas'  health  ?" 

The  Knight  answ^ers: — 

"Sleepless  from  long  oppression  he  bade  us  his  bath  prepare." 

Gurnemanz  in  sadness  replys: — 

"But  one  salve  can  heel  this  w^ound."  The  Knight  asks  for 
an  explanation  but  Gurnemanz  evades  him  telling  him  to  "See  to 
the  Bath !" 

The  orchestral  ground  work  during  this  conversation  is  made 
up  of  the  Grail  motive  and  Belief  chorus  w'liich  are  so  suggestive 
of  the  hidden  meaning  of  Gurnemanz's  and  the  Squires  words. 

The  quietude  of  the  scene  is  suddenly  changed  as  the 
Ejiights   and   Squires  see  in    the    distance    a    frenzeid    horse- 

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woman      approaching.  Kundry      rushes      in    almost      reel- 

ing as  we  hear  given  out  by  the  orchestra  a  wild  Riding 
motive.  She  wears  a  loose  black  gown  fastened  close  about  the 
throat,  a  girdle  of  snake  skin,  her  long  black  hair  flows  in  dis- 
hevelled masses,  her  eyes  are  wild  and  (les])airing.  Tn  her  hands 
she  desperattOy  clinches  a  small  crystal  flask  witli  whicli  she  rushes 
to  Gurnemanz  crvinc;: — 

*^Here  take  it!  Balsam!  If  this  fail  Arabia  bears  naught 
else  tliat  can  iiiive  him  ease.     Ask  no  farther  I  am  wear  v." 

A  most  characteristic  theme  of  Kundrv  is  the  motive  of  wild- 
ness  a  madly  rushing  [)assage  in  descending  ])rogression.  In  dia- 
metrical contrast  to  this  motive  is  that  of  the  bringer  of  balsam  so 
sweet  and  raptuous  in  tone  and  quality. 

Also  of  imi)()rtance    is  the  motive  of  a  messenger  of  the  Grail 
which  is  indicated  by  the  reply  of  Kundry  to  the  question: — 
*' Whence  bringest  thou  this  ])alsam  ?" 

She  answers : — 

"From  further  hence  than  thy  thought  can  guess." 

As  Kundry  throws  herself  upon  the  ground  the  motive  of  the 
suffeHng  6i  Aniforfas  is  followed  by  the  dawn  motive  when  a 
train  of  Squires  and  Knights  a])pears  carrying  and  attending  the 
litter  of  Amfortas. 

Gurnemanz  soliloquizes  as  the  procession  enters: — 
'MIe  comes  bv  faithful  servants  carried.   Alas!    IIowi  can  I  l)ear 
to  see  this  sovcroiini  of  the  standiest  race  made  a  slave  to  stubborn 
sickness." 

Then  to  tlie  Squires: — 

^'Ilark  vour  inaster  ^roaiis!" 

^^Anifortas  raisinir  sliditlv  eoniniands: — '*Rest  awhile!  From 
niaddeuijig  torturcMl  uiiihts." 

"Fair  morn  to  woo(ls  invitees.  Tlie  lake's  pure  wave  will 
f]-eshen  me,  my  j)ain  will  lle(\'- 

lie  calls  (Jewaine  onr^  (A'  the  l\nii»hts  who  was  searching  a 
balsam  for  tli(i  wound  inHicted  bv  the  Uolv  Spear  in  the  hands  of 

488 


THE  LYRK, 


Klingsor  when  Amfortas  had  fallen  a  prey  to  the  sinful  influence 
of  Kundry. 

Gewaine  had  not  ^^;aited  for  his    monarch    and  Amfortas  ex- 
claim : — 

"Unordered  gone?  Oh  w<x>  to  him  if  he  should  fall  in 
Klingftor's  hands.  Let  none  my  feelings  henceforth  harry.  For 
him  the  promised  one  I  tarry,  *The  Gnileless  FooF  " 

Gurnemanz  presses  ujxm  him  the  flask  which  Kundry  has 
hrought  telling  him  it  comes  from  far  off  Arahia  and  was  won  for 
him  by  the  unfortunate  Kundry. 

Amfortas  (piestions  her: —  • 

**Thou  Kundry  (  Do  you  make  me  again  thy  debtor  thou 
restless,  fearful  maid  ''(  Thy  Balsam  1  will  try  in  gratitude  for 
thy  good  service. 

Kundry  laughs  wickedly,  hysterically  as  Amfortas'  train  pro- 
ceeds to\wrd  the  valley  to  the  bath. 

The  Escpiires  agitatedly  discnss  Kundry's  nature  as  they  mis- 
trust her  crying: — 

*'She  is  like  a  savage  beast  and  with  her  enchanted  drugs  she 
will  bring  destruction  upon  onr  master."  Gurnemanz,  however, 
defends  her  by  telling  of  her  taking  ti<lings  to  warrior  brethren  in 
far  off  battle  fields.  *\She  starts  and  dashes  thither  and  back  the 
charge  fulfilling  with  faith  and  knack.''  **When  ye  ucckI  help  in 
danger  times  she  breathes  the  breath  of  zcnil  through  your  ranks." 

The  Squires  are  not  convinced  and  reply : — 

"See  how  hellishlv  she  looks  at  us.      She  hates  us.     She  is  a 

ft 

Pagan,  a  sorcercess." 

Gurnemanz  still  her  a(lvrH*at<^  tc^lls  them  though  ^'under  a 
curse"  she  is  expiating  her  guilt  in  serving  th(»  Knights  of  the 
Grail.  During  this  defense  a  peculiar  orchestral  treatment  is 
h(*ard  followed  by  tluj  evil  forboding  sln^p  motive  of  Kinidnj. 

The  third  sipiire  remarks: — 

"If  Kundrv  is  so  void  of  fear,  send  her  to 
search    the    missing     s^)ear."        The   motive    of     the  hallowed 

489 


8  TH^  LYRE, 


spear   is  sounded   out    in    a   powerful    crescendo    of   trombnoes 
at  the  loss  of  this  healing  weapon  through  the  guilt  of  Amfortas. 
Gumemanz  replies  gloomily: — 

^•'That  is  quite  different.     'Tis  denied  to  all 

Oh  wounding  wonderful  hallowe'd  Spear. 

A  maid  of  fearful  beauty  turned  Amfortas,  brain 

He  lay  l)ewitched  her  fonn  enfolding 

The  kSpear  no  longer  holding. 

A  deadly  cry !     I  rushed  anigh 

But  laughing  Klingsor  fled  before 

The  sacred  Spear  "away  he  bore, 

I  fought  to  aid  the  flying  King's  returning 

A  fatal  w;ound  though  in  his  side  was  burning 

That  wound  it  is  which  none  may  make  to  close." 

Two  of  the  Squires  returning  from  the  lake  tell  of  the  bath 
of  the  Monarch  vsaying  the  balsam  soothed  the  wound. 

The  four  Squires  seating  themselves  at  Gumemanz'  feet  ask 
him  to  tell  them  of  Klingsor.  He  first  accounts  of  the  giving  of 
the  sacred  emblems  to  Sinturel  which  is  accompanied  by  a  solemn 
singularly  modulating  passage  in  woodwind  and  horn  later  with 
strings.  To  this  is  added  the  Grail  and  Last  Supper  motives. 
The  Klingsor  and  motive  of  enchanted  maidens  come  in  during 
the  latter  part  of  Gurnemanz'  narration.  This  narration  is  of 
extreme  musical  beauty  as  the  motives  intensify  the  import  of  the 
wK)rds. 

^*In  the  midst  of  Holy  night  was  given  by  messengers  of  the 
Saviour  to  Sintnrcl." 

"The  sacred  Cup,  the  vessel  pure  unstained 
Which  at  the  last  Passover  feast  he  drained. 
Which  at  the  cross  rec(dved  ITis  Holy  Blood 
And  also  the  Spear  that  shed  the  sacred  flood. 
A  house  our  monarch  builded  for  the  holy  things. 
You  know  'tis  but  permitted  the  pure  to  be  admitted. 


THtl  LYRE,  9 


Kliugsor,  however  hard  and  long  he  tried,  had  therefore  heerr 
denied. 

He  set  to  work  with  i^uilty  hand  resolved  to  gain  the  Grail's  com- 
mand. 

With  infamous  magic  wliich  lu^'s  found. 

The  wiiste  bo  hatli  transformed  to  wondrous  gardens  where  women 
hide  of  cliarms  infernal. 

Amfortas  gave  himself  no  rest  but  sought  to  quell  this  magic  pest 

The  sequel  ye  have  all  heen  told." 

Kundry  hearing  this  story  writhes  in  angry  unrest. 
Gurnemanz  further  tells  the  Squires  that  with  the  prayer  of 
Amfortas  im})loring  a  sign    of    safety    divine    li])s  si)oke  these 
words : — 

*'By  pity  'lightened 
A  guilelesss  fool 
Wait  for  him 

Mv  chosen  tool." 

The  motive  of  the  predirfion  of  the  Guileless  Fool  is  sung  hy 
Gurnemanz  which  is  repeated  by  the  Squires. 
Suddenly  from  the  lake  come  cries  of — 

''Woe!     Horror!     Who  is  tlie  culprit?" 

Gurnemanz  and  the  Squires  start  up  in  terror. 

*'What  is  it  i  A  swan.  It  has  been  wounded.  W  !»o  shot 
the  swan  ?" 

Th(i  Swan  motive  as  in  Lohengrin  is  discernible  and  also  wie 
hear  the  Parsifal  motive. 

Two  knights  bring  Parsifal  hurrie<lly  forward.  l^arsifal 
so  childlike,  so  beautiful  of  form  and  face,  so  spiritual,  his  purity 
and  nobilitv  of  chanietfM*  l)reath<'s  \vAt  v;  ;ir  innermost  lifiirt  and 
conscience.     His  entrance  fills  one  with  awe  and  rev(^rance. 

(to  |)e  continiKHl. ) 


491 


THEN  AND  NOW. 

If  v»  had  lived  iii  olden  times 

On  Mt.  Olympus'  heights 
There  Gods  and  Goddesses  held  sway, 

We  might  have  B«^n  strange  sights ; 
For  it  is  said  that  atioks  and  atones — 

Whate'r  was  his  desire — 
Would  come  to  life  in  ecstasy 

When  Orpheus  played  the  Lyre. 

Alas !  the  olden  times  are  gone — 

The  Gods  no  morp  hold  sway; 
The  sticks  and  stones  are  silent  now 

When  common  mortals  play. 
Still,  greater  things  than  even  these 

Do  nowadays  transpire, 
For  all  tlie  world  in  captive  to 

A  maid  who  wears  the  Lyre. 

Virginia  M.  Fisk. 


THE  LYRE,  11 


A  CHRISTMAS  WITH  LESCHETITZKY. 

Christmas  was  approaching.  Everything  was  white  with 
snow ;  the  air  clear  and  crisp,  and  all  the  Vienna  world  seemed  to 
l>e  in  the  Graben  nnd  Kamthnerstrasse.  Fir  trees,  large  and 
small,  stood  in  the  market-places,  looking  as  if  they  longed,  like 
Hans  Andersen's  "Tannenbanm,"  to  see  new  worlds  after  their 
quiet  life  in  the  w^oods.  People  bustled  about,  knocked  against 
each  other,  looked  in  at  the  shop  windows,  and  one  thought  of  the 
dreams  of  the  little  ones  about  the  good  spirit  who  was  coming  to 
make  them  hapj)y.  And  speaking  of  him,  there,  just  a  little  way 
along  the  Gral)en,  in  front  of  a  brilliantly  lighted  window,  stands 
a  veritable  Santa  Claus, — a  little  man,  with  a  fresh  complexion, 
silvery  hair,  and  animated  face.  His  fur  collar  is  drawm  up,  his 
pockets  are  bulgy,  and  he  is  evidently  having  a  good  time,  as  he 
points  out  articles  in  the  wandow,  laughing  heartily  as  he  does  so. 
It  is  easy  to  see  Leschetitzky  has  some  joke  on  hand.  He  spent  a 
long  time  in  that  shop  for,  returning  at  least  an  hour  later,  I  found 
him  still  there,  with  his  proportions  visibly  increased. 

It  chanced  that  some  wandering  minstrels  had  arrived  in 
Vienna  a  short  time  before,  and  we  had  arranged  to  have  a  little 
Christmas  celebration  in  our  rooms  for  them.  The  tree  already 
stood  waiting  to  bear  its  burden  of  gay  nothings,  and  the  program 
for  the  evening  was  complete.  But  we  \^iere  out  in  our  reckoning ! 
When  I  met  Leschetitzky,  I  saw  at  once  that  he  had  taken  it  for 
granted  that  we  w^ere  to  spend  Christmas  with  him.  Here  was  a 
dilemma!  After  a  little  hesitation,  I  told  him  of  the  situation. 
In  a  moment  his  face  cleared.  ^*Is  that  all  ?"  he  said,  as  if  visited 
by  a  happy  idea ;  *^just  bring  every  one  of  them  with  you,  and 
we'll  1)0  all  the  merrier!''  This  was  just  like  his  way  of  pleasing 
himself  and  others,  so  I  accepted  at  once. 

I  rememlK^r  well  that  Christmas  Eve  with  its  reall  Christmas 
weather,  the  moonlight  silvering  the  snow,  and  making  the  white- 

493 


12  THE  LYRE. 


robed  trees  stand  out  like  weird,  fantastic  figures,  and  tlie  sound 
of  bells  falling  on  our  ears  from  the  distant  city,  as  we  walked 
through  the  almost  deserted  streets.  Soon  we  found  ourselves  in 
front  of  the  well-known  house  in  Karl  Ludwigstrasse,  and  the  Pro- 
fessor appeared  at  once  and  received  us  with  that  warmth  and 
heartiness  which  is  so  characteristic  of  him.  The  large  salon  was 
open,  but  the  lesser  one  adjoining  was  curtained  off,  and  an  air  of 
expectancy  pervaded  the  room.  The  Professor  tried  to  interest 
himself  and  us  in  the  score  of  "Cavalleria  Rusticana,"  which  he 
had  just  received  (this  was  before  its  great  Vienna  success),  but 
every  now  and  then  he  would  jump  up  and  disappear  behind  the 
curtain.  In  a  little  while  all  the  lights  were  lowered,  excepting 
a  shaded  lamp  al)ove  the  piano  at  the  far  end  of  the  salon, 
and  slowly  the  curtains  were  drawn  back.  There  were 
only  '^grown-up  children'^  there,  but  I  think  at  that  moment  Time 
went  back  in  its  flight  with  us  all  as  we  looked  at  the  glittering 
tree  in  its  grotto,  surrounded  by  pine  boughs  and  mistletoe,  and 
we  were  again  in  spirit  in  our  far-off  homes.  Everything  was 
still,  the  air  sweet  wuth  odors  of  the  pine,  when  all  at  once  rich 
harmonies  surrounded  us,  becoming  part  of  our  dreams  and  lead- 
ing us  to  new  and  beautiful  ones.  So  soft  and  low,  they  seemed 
to  have  grown  out  of  the  silence.  There,  beneath  the  light  of  the 
sbaded  lamp,  sat  the  Professor,  his  face  quiet  and  serene^  as  it  is 
only  when  before  his  beloved  instrument.  Manv  tinues  we  had 
heard  him  imj)rovise,  but  this  time  it  seemed  to  be  for  us  particu- 
larly a  syrri])athetic  expression  of  w^hat  we  were  feeling.  Old 
days,  old  friends,  old  scenes,  rose  up  in  vision  as  his  fingers  wan- 
dered over  the  keys,  and  the  room  seemed  full  of  presences,  wjien 
suddenly  he  ceased,  got  up,  made  a  gay  remark,  and  advanced  to 
the  tree,  near  which  a  number  of  packets  lay  scattered  about. 
The  next  half  hour  was  merriment  itself.  Now  w^e  understood 
his  excitement  in  front  of  the  window  in  the  Graben.  For  every- 
one present  he  had,  in  some  mysterious  way,  found  something  in- 
dividual and  appropriate,  and  his  face  was  a  study  as  he  watched 

494 


THE  LYRE.  13 


the  unfolding  of  the  papers,  and  heard  the  ejaculations  of  sur- 
prise and  delight  on  all  sides.  Xo  one  student  who  shirked 
the  paying  of  even  necessary  calls,  was  given  a  pretty  card 
case,  with  his  photo  neatly  inserted,  and  a  few  humorous  words 
on  the  back,  as  a  reminder  of  good  advice.  To  another,  who  af- 
fected Tyrolese  hate,  a  model  one  with  an  ink  bottle  inside.  Then 
a  rug  for  one  who  had  just  strarted  housekeeping,  and  so  on.  In 
the  midst  of  the  fun  the  folding  do<^rs  of  the  dining  room  were 
thro\Mn  oj)en,  and  the  brilliant  supper  table  claimed  attention.  I 
have  often  thought  what  consternation  it  would  cause  to  a  Xorth 
German  to  come  suddenlv  into  the  room  on  one  of  these  <x?casions. 
All  the  time  I  was  in  Vienna,  few  if  any  Germans  were  studying 
with  him,  although  that  was  the  language  spoken  by  all  in  their 
various  ways.  There  were  Russian,  Polish,  Norwegian,  French, 
Italian,  American,  British-German,  but  no  German  German. 
Sometimes  poor  Leschetitzky  v^ould  cry  out  when  someone  would 
ask  for  der  Brod  or  die  Wein,  but  on  the  whole  he  rather  enjoyed 
it,  and  it  gave  him  abundant  material  for  jokes  and  mimicry.  He 
is  the  victim  of  so  many  foreign  attempts  to  get  hold  of  his  name 
that  slight  grammatical  mistakes  do  not  affect  him  now.  The 
jx)stman  in  Wahring,  whenever  an  address  was  unintelligible, 
used  to  take  it  to  Leschetitzkv,  an<l  it  ffonerallv  found  in  him  its 
rightful  OAvner.  One  lady  wrote  about  hen*  daughter,  addressing 
him  as  Professor  Tetchiscka,  saviuij:  she  would  lik(»  her  to  study 
with  him,  inquiring  first  what  his  '^method"  was!  On  asking  how 
he  would  reply,  he  said  with  a  laugh,  ^*If  I  rejdy  at  all,  I  will  say 
I  have  no  method,  I  only  teach  people  to  ]>lay  piano  in  the  sim- 
plest way  possible."  And  that  is  really  the  secret  of  his  much 
talked  of  method,  which  is,  when  summed  up,  the  simplest,  most 
natural,  and  most  practical  way  of  playing  the  piano  so  that  free- 
dom may  he  left  for  musical  interpretation,  technique  never  to  ob- 
trude itself  as  mere  technique,  but  only  as  a  means  to  the  end  of 
recreating  the  composer's  thought,  and  making  it  evident  to  the 
listener. 

495 


( 


U  THE  LYRE. 


Many  people  seem  to  think  that  if  they  go  through  a  course 
^of  "The  Method,"  it  will  ^\;ork  magic  and  make  musicians  of  them, 
pretty  much  like  the  man  who  didn't  know  if  he  could  play  violin, 
because  he  had  never  tried.  Such  talk  there  will  alwavs  he.  and 
probably  no  master  has  ever  suffered  more  than  Leschetitzky  from 
those  w4io  have  taken  only  the  surface  of  his  teaching.  But  it  is 
certain,  if  there  is  any  music  in  a  person,  the  grasping  of  his  prin- 
ciples and  assimilation  of  them  will  distinctly  w^iden  the  facili- 
ties for  expression  The  real  proof  of  a  teacher  is  to  be  found  in 
the  ability  of  his  pupils  to  progress  and  develop  on  their  own 
lines  after  they  have  left  him,  and  Leschetitzky  certainly  gives 
those  who  are  able  to  take  it  something  which  renders  yearly  visits 
for  purj)08es  of  study  unnecessary.  Then  there  is  so  much  talk 
about  techniipie  in  conection  with  him,  as  if  he  were  first  and  fore- 
most a  brilliant  technician.  A  brilliant  technician  he  undoubted- 
ly is,  that  g(X?s  without  saying;  but  first  and  foremost  he  has  the 
gift  of  making  the  simj)lest  piece  full  of  life  and  beauty.  ITow 
often  have  I  heard  him  say  the  greatest  art  is  shown  in  the  ability 
to  make  ])icces — like,  for  example,  "Einsame  Blumen"  or  ''Vogel 
als  Prophet"- — alive  to  the  hearer.  The  middle  part  of  the  latter 
haunted  me  for  days  after  I  first  heard  him  play  it  With  the 
exception  of  Rubinstein,  no  one  has  ever  touched  me  so  much 
with  the  playing  of  tender,  delicate  things  as  Leschetitzky  wdien 
in  one  of  his  lx\st  moods.  Perhaps,  though,  that  quality  comes 
out  most  when,  in  his  own  house,  surrounded  by  friends,  cigar  in 
month,  he  gives  Wiiv  to  the  uhmxI  and  lets  himself  go  unreserv^edly. 
Then  his  j)laying  has  a  repose,  a  warmth,  a  heart  winning  quality 
that  one  niav  miss  when  hearinii:  him  f(U'niallv.  In  his  little  cot- 
tage  in  Isclil,  up  among  the  mountains,  what  delightful  impromp- 
tus there  liav(»  l)een  !  Talk  about  music,  snatches  of  this,  snatches 
of  that,  a  pj'opos  of  some  :qibject,  till  with  a  start  we  realized  it 
was  far  into  the  night,  or  morning,  and  the  last  train  to  an  adjoin- 
ing villaiie  had  long  since  gone.  1  often  fancied  the  formality  of 
being  asked  to  play  or  of  having  to  play  at  a  given  time  had  its 

496 


THE  LYRE.  16 


effect  on  him.  In  any  case,  the  memorable  moments  were  those 
when,  in  a  sense,  he  found  himself  at  the  piano,  and  didn't  need 
to  play  if  he  didn't  want  to. 

He  is  a  great  enemy  to  incessant  piano  practice.  "Think  ten 
times  and  play  once"  is  a  great  remark  of  his  to  those  who  think 
that  playing  things  over  and  over  will  produce  any  but  a  bad  re- 
sult. But  heart  and  soul  must  be  thrown  into  whatever  is  done. 
Rather  half  an  hour  with  temperament  and  a  fresh  brain  than  six 
hours'  mechanical  playing.  I  remember  he  once  went  to  a  concert 
given  in  Vienna  by  a  celebrated  pianist.  Afterwards  he  related 
how  he  had  listened  all  the  evening  to  him,  admired  most  things 
alK:)ut  his  playing,  but  wondered  why  he  couldn't  feel  anything. 
The  way  he  took  to  solve  the  difficulty  was  original.  "I  went," 
he  said,  "into  the  artist's  room,  and  determined  when  I  congratu- 
lated him  to  take  hold  of  his  waistcoat  just  above  liis  heart  When 
I  did  so,  I  understood  why  he  didn't  move  me.  Although  he  had 
just  stepped  do^^iti  from  the  platfonn,  after  playing  for  nearly  two 
hours  his  heart  was  beating  quite  normally  and  quietly,  and  he 
wasn't  even  heated !" 

But  we  forgot  the  supp(»r  I  As  the  Professor,  that  Christmas 
Eve,  carried  us  away  to  distant  lands  and  scenes,  so  under  the  in- 
terest of  his  personality  have  we  wandered  far  from  that  hospi- 
table table.  It  does  seen  unappreciative,  on  a  Christmas  Eve,  too. 
But  it  is  not  difficult  to  go  back  and  take  our  seats,  while  Johann 
and  old  Sophie  bustle  al)out  with  all  the  good  things  that  one 
tastes  onlv  in  \''ienna,  and  our  host  adds  relish  to  the  feast  with 
his  scintillating  talk,  as  he  sits,  in  the  best  of  humor  with  the 
world.  The  billiard  room  down  stairs  will  soon  claim  him, 
though,  so  before  he  goes  let  us  prosit  to  the  dear  old  master  and 
wish  long  life  and  happiness.  All  who  know  him  will  I  am  sure 
join  in  it  with  heartiness.     Prosit! 

Helen  Hopehirky  in  the  Musical  Record. 


497 


HOMES  OF  OITIt  CHAPTERS— ZETA. 

Zeta  Chapter,  as  all  Alalia  Cliiw  know,  is  a  part  of  the  in- 
teresting niiiaical  life  of  the  little  worlil  within  the  walls  of  The 
Newj  England  Coiisciratorv  of  JhiHie. 

This  institution,  ccntrallv  hx-ated  in  tlio  metropolis  of  Xew 
Ungland,  was  fonnded  in  Proviilfiiee,  It.  T.,  in  1853,  by  Dr.  E!)en 
Tourjee,  a  son  of  little  Khoily.  It  was  soon  moved  to  Boston, 
however,  where  the  nnnilnT  of  stmlents  has  increased  yearly  nntil 


now,  the  attendance  hooks  nhow  the  enrollment  of  over  seventeen 
hundred. 

The  (^lllse^Viltory,  as  its  name  implit^,  is  truly  a  musical 
school  fumishinf:;  insl.ruction  in  fvery  hrandi  of  the  art,  while  it 
also  hoasts  of  a  Seliool  of  Oratory. 

As  it  is  not  ill  any  way  connected  Wjith  a  college  and  musical 
fraternitiea  being  few  in  uundK-r,  it  is  not  surprirting  that  no  fra- 


temitj  was  eBtablishod  in  the  school  until  1805,  when  Zeta  of 
Alpha  Chi  Omega  made  herself  known.  Since  then,  one  other 
sorority,  Pi  Phi,  has  lieen  organized,  and  a  society  of  young  m^i, 
known  as  Sinfonia  Club,  is  doing  active  work. 

On  acount  of  the  advantageous  situation  of  the  Conservatory 
building,  the  students  are    able  to   enjoy   concerts  and  recitals 


given  by  the  Boston  Symphony,  Koeisel  Quartet,  Cecilia  and 
Handel  and  Haydn  Societies,  and  all  tlie  prominent  artists  of  the 


The  Conservatory  is  coiiteniplatiug  a  new  site  and  buildings 
in  the  near  fnturc,  wlieu  the  endovinent  fund  shall  have  been  suffi- 
ciently iiiereaaed  mid  then,  advantages  and  opportunities  for  the 
higlier  study  of  music  will  be  greater  even  than  now. 


THE  LYRE.  19 


THE  CONVENTION  OF  1900. 

To  me  has  been  assigned  the  pleasant  yet  diificiilt  task  of 
jx>rtraying  the  scenes  6f  the  convention  of  1900,  which  is  now  a 
thing  of  the  past  year  and  the  past  century.  May  our  new  cen- 
tury bring  good  fortune  to  Alpha  Chi ! 

Without  doubt,  many  who  read  this  account  and  who  had  a 
part  in  the  convention,  will  feel  that  much  has  been  omitted, 
which  deserves  mention,  but  I  can  speak  for  only  one  delegate, 
and  even  that  task  appals  me. 

From  the  time  we  were  greeted  by  a  crowd  of  enthusiastic 
Alpha  Chi's  in  the  great  station  in  Boston,  until  we  took  a  reluc- 
tant leave,  we  were  made  to  feel  welcome  and  at  ease.  Our  Zeta 
sisters  have  surely  learned  the  lesson  of  true  hospitality. 

On  Wednesday  evening,  the  fourth  of  December,  we  had  the 
pleasure,  which  we  owed  to  Mr.  Chadwick,  of  hearing  the  Cecilia 
Society  in  a  concert  at  Symphony  Hall.     Our  enjoyment  was 

enhanced  bv  the  fact  that  a  well-known  work  of  Mr.  Chadwick's 

t. 

was  presented  under  the  direction  of  tlie  composer. 

On  returning  to  the  Conservatory,  where  we  were  entertained 
during  our  stay  in  Boston,  we  found  a  **spread"  awaiting  us  and 
in  the  informal  hour  that  followed,  we  lx?came  better  acquainted. 

The  next  morning  the  business  of  the  convention,  which  oc- 
cupied the  following  days  very  fully,  began.  For  obvious  rea- 
sons, I  shall  not  discuss  that  in  these  ])ages  except  to  say  that  it 
left  us  all  better  friends  and  with  a  greater  hope  for  the  upbuild- 
ing of  our  sorority.  At  this  opening  session,  words  of  greeting 
from  the  heads  of  the  different  departments  of  the  Conservatory, 
were  received. 

Our  musicale  t^ok  place  the  same  evening,  before  a  friendly 
and  appreciative,  albeit  a  critical  audience  in  Sleeper  Hall.  This 
was  foUwed  by  a  reception,  after  which  the  Sinfonia  Society,  a 
club  of  the  young  men  of  the  Conservatory,  invited  us  to  their  hall 
and  the  evening  was  closed  with  dancing. 

The  next  morning  we  all  were  received  by  Mr.  Chadwick  in 
his  studio  and  were  charmed  by  his  geniality  and  warm  welcome. 

Our  banquet  took  place  Friday  evening  and  enthusiasm  was 
at  its  height.  The  decorations,  even  to  the  walls  were  in  the  frater- 
nity colors  and  were  artistic  indeed.     Thirty-six  were  present  and 

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20  THE  LYRE. 


the  songs  of  Alqha  Chi  filled  every  pause.  The  toasts  touched 
every  side  of  fraternity  life  and  were  serious  or  witty  as  the  sub- 
ject seemed  to  demand.  The  speakers  were  charmingly  introduced 
by  Miss  South,  who  certainly  does  not  belie  her  name — Spicie. 
When  all  was  over,  we  were  so  reluctant  to  leave,  that  several  other 
toasts,  not  on  the  evening's  program,  were  proposed  and  it  was 
not  until  late  that  we  found  ourselves  at  X.  E.  C.  again.  Even 
then  we  stopped  at  each  landing  on  the  \say  to  our  rooms  to 
compare  notes  as  to  our  evening's  exi>eriences.  This  was  really 
the  closing  note  of  the  convention,  although  most  of  us  remained 
until  Sunday. 

Saturday  was  spent  in  sightseeing  or  in  shopping  and  the 
matinee,  and  in  the  evening  some  of  us  had  the  great  delight  of 
hearing  the  famous  Boston  S\auphony  Orchestra,  the  remem- 
brance of  which,  will  l)e  a  precious  morsel  to  be  stored  away  witli 
other  musical  experiences. 

I  might  sketch,  for  Lyre  readers,  many  scenes  which  I  have  left 
untouched,  for  example — the  long  tables  in  the  Cafe,  surrounded 
by  wearers  of  the  scarlet  and  olive  ribbons,  which  .«eem«.'(l  a  ii?agic 
talisman,  enabling  us  to  gratify  every  desire.  Tongues  flew  fast, 
as  we  exchanged  notes  as  to  experiences,  amusing  and  otherwise, 
in  the  lives  of  the  different  chapters. 

I  have  not  attempted  t-o  speak  of  Boston,  that  delightful  city, 
whose  every  stone  has  a  y)lace  in  history.  My  description  powers 
are  inadequate. 

But  my  thought  has  wandered  and  the  editor  will  have  need 
for  her  blue  ])encil,  T  fear,  so  I  must  leave  my  narrative,  as  we 
left  Boston — unwillingly.  Would  that  uiore  of  the  enthusiasm 
which  animated  us  there  might  have  been  carried  home  to  each 
chapter,  that  the  work  of  elevating  Alj)ha  Chi  Omega  to  a  still 
higher  sphere  of  usefulness  and  loving  mutual  aid  among  our  sis- 
ters, be  advanced. 

Mabel  A,  Dunn,  Gamma, 


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THB  LTRB.  21 


REPORT  OF  BETA  CHAPTER  FROM  NOVEMBER,  1898, 

TO  DECEMBER,  1900. 

Number  of  girls  pledged 14 

Xiimber  of  girls  initiated 16 

The  present  active  chapter  consists  of  14  girls;  with  3 
pledged  girls  in  the  high  school. 

Beta  wishes  \Ay  report  that  the  committee  to  correct  the  con- 
stitution and  to  send  the  corrected  articles  and  sections  to  each 
chapter,  which  committee  was  appointed  at  the  last  convention, 
has  done  its  work ;  this  committee  begs  me  to  say  that  one  mistake 
was  made  in  the  article  concerning  the  fact  that  the  Grand  Coun- 
cil should  contain  as  a  member  a  delegate  from  the  chapter  with 
whom  the  convention  will  next  meet.  Later  in  the  convention 
the  motion  concerning  the  delegate,  was  withdrawn  and  should  be 
struck  out  of  the  article. 

The  report  of  the  committee  investigating  and  revising  the 
mysteries  of  the  Lvre,  is  also  readv. 

Beta  is  in  a  prosperous  condition.  In  the  spring  of  1899 
she  paid  $100  on  the  debt  on  the  Lodge,  raising  this  by  her  annual 
concert,  the  program  of  which  is  rendered  by  the  girls.  In  the 
spring  of  1900  she  applied  $85  on  the  debt,  the  money  being  raised 
in  the  same  wav. 

Last  spring  the  college  purchased  a  new  athletic  field.  Beta's 
subscription  to  this  was  $35,  a  generous  one. 

A  year  ago  last  spring  Beta  offered  as  an  inducement  for  inter- 
class  baseball  games,  a  trophy  cup.  A  tournament  is  held  each 
year  for  the  winning  of  the  cup. 

This  fall  she  established  a  ])recedent  of  giving  an  artist's 
recital,  a  thing  which  she  has  wished  to  do  for  some  time  and 
has  feared  the  financial  risk  incurrfnl.  Seel)oeck  came  from 
Chicago  and  gave  an  interesting  piano  recital. 

We  paid  all  expenses  and  had  a  small  addition  to  our  treasury 
as  a  result  of  the  undertaking. 

As  programs  for  our  weekly  meetings  we  are  studying  as  far 
as  possible  musical  form.  Beside  this  we  do  some  literary  work, 
and  have  studied  the  constitution  once  each  week 

503 


23  THE  LYRE. 


The  chapter  is  among  the  leading  ones  in  sorority  circles  and 
while  we  are  musical  we  are  happy  to  know  that  some  of  our  girls 
are  among  the  best  students  in  the  college  of  Liberal  Arts,  one 
being  offered  the  place  of  assistant  German  teacher,  giving  us  one 
Alpha  Chi  on  the  literary  faculty  and  four  on  the  conservatory 
faculty. 

In  a  social  wiay,  we  have  not  attempted  to  give  many  func- 
tions but  one  or  two  a  vear  which  should  be  a  credit  to  us. 

Beta  is  in  deep  sorrow  mourning  the  loss  of  Sister  Nell 
Haum  wlio  diod  at  Cleveland,  November  27,  1000.  Though  this 
link  is  unfastened  from  our  earthlv  chain  it  binds  us  to  the  heaven- 
ly  host  whose  circle  she  has  joined.  Her  heart  was  one  with  ours 
in  the  bond,  and  her  sweet  voice  lingering  with  us,  bids  us  weep  no 
more  our  deep  loss,  but  rejoice  in  her  freedom. 

Respectfully  submitted, 

Kate  L.  Calkins,  B.  of  A,  X.  0. 


REPORT  OF  GAMMA. 

Since  the  last  convention.  Gamma  has  not  done  anything 
startling,  but  yet  has  not  been  idle. 

We  have  had  our  regular  programs  and  this  year,  we  have  in- 
augurat<'d  a  new  j)lan.  Every  second  week,  a  musical  program 
is  presented,  consisting  of  one  or  two  musical  numbers  and  the 
reading  of  some  article  on  a  musical  subject  In  the  alternate 
week,  we  have  a  literary  program — a  review  and  free  discussion 
of  soni(^  lM)ok  of  recent  fame. 

There  are  a  great  number  of  lectures  and  recitals  in  our 
School  of  ^lusic  and  our  girls,  both  active  and  alumnae,  always 
make  a  good  showing  at  such  affairs. 

Last  spring,  several  of  our  inenil)ers  gave  individual  recitals 
and  the  performers  on  the  concert  programs,  Commencement  week, 
were  all  Al])ha  Chi's. 

Last  year,  we  had  three  girls  in  the  graduating  class  of  the 
Xornial  course  and  one  in  the  Artists',  and  this  year  we  have  three 
graduates. 

One  of  our  girls  is  the  soprano  soloist  in  the  Baptist  Church 
of  Evanston  aiul  a  number  of  us  are  meml)ers  of  the  Evansto.i 
Musical  Club. 

Our  ])lace  of  meeting  formerly  consisted  of  two  rooms  but 

504 


TH^  irBS.  2d 


last  year,  the  partition  was  removed  and  then,  we  invested  in  a  new 
nig  and  a  piano.  In  a  social  way  we  have  held  our  own.  Fol- 
lowing the  custom  in  Northwestern,  we  give  an  annual  party,  and 
there  is  always  a  good  representation  of  Alpha  Chis  at  tl  e  parties 
of  other  Frats. 

We  gave  a  reception  to  Ganuua  Phi  while  they  were  holding 
a  convention  in  Evanston,  and  we  are  hoping  to  be  able  to  give  a 
reception  for  Madame  Fanny  Bloomfield-Zeisler,  our  honorary 
member  in  Chicago.  Mrs.  Coe,  our  associate  member,  has  offered 
her  home  for  the  reception.  During  the  summer,  those  who 
remained  in  town  foruied  a  summer  club  which  met  every  two 
weeks  and  so,  kept  in  touch  with  each  other. 

At  our  last  initiation,  four  new  members  joined  our  circle  and, 
never  in  the  history  of  Gamma  Chapter  has  there  been  a  more  con- 
genial feeling. 

Mabel  Dunn. 


ZETA. 

Zeta's  history  since  our  last  convention  is  one  that  we  are  glad 
to  relate. 

We  have  initiated  into  the  Fraternity  fifteen  active  members. 
Eleven  of  these  are  now  with  us,  of  whom  Zeta  is  as  proud  as  is 
Yale  of  her  "immortal  eleven." 

Two  of  our  sisters,  Misses  Kidd  and  Johnson,  are  now  in 
Florence,  studying  with  Vannuiicini,  while  a  third.  Miss  Brand- 
enburg, is  in  Paris  continuing  her  studies  iu  piano  forte. 

In  our  chapter  at  present  we  have  three  post  graduates,  all 
having  soloists  diplomas.  One  of  whom  iliss  Grace  Phillips  gave 
a  recital  during  Commencement  week  of  last  year,  which  calle<l  for 
most  favorable  criticism,  and  reflected  much  honor  on  Alpha  Chi 
Omega. 

Four  more  of  our  members  will  graduate  as  soloists  in  June, 
and  others  might  if  they  <l(»sire(l  it.  One  of  our  most  talented 
girls  is  Miss  Bessie  Chapman,  who  came  from  London  to  study 
with  Madame  \h  pekirk  at  the  latter's  request. 

As  associat/C  members,  we  have  Miss  Isalx'l  Munn  White, 
Miss  Maude  Thompson,  who  is  studying  for  a  secon<l  season  wit  i 
Vannuncini;  Miss  Clara  TourjtH^*  Nelson,  daughter  of  the  fcmnder 
of  this  conservatory,  and  Miss  Pauline  Wottmann,  of  whom  the 
musical  world  \\jill  doubtless  know  more  in  the  future. 

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24  THE  LYRE. 


The  two  honorary  members  which  Zeta  is  so  fortunate  as  to 
Tive  to  the  whole  sisterhood  are  Mrs.  H.  H.  A.  Beach  and  Madame 
Helen  Hopekirk. 

It  is  hardly  necessary  for  me  to  sav  that  ilrs.  Beach  is  the 
leading  female  composer  of  America  and  ranks  with  the  lirst  of 
any  land.  She  is  also  a  pianist  of  no  mean  ability  having  played 
her  own  concerto  with  the  Boston  Symi)hony  orchestra  last  win- 
ter, at  which  time,  she  remembered  her  Alpha  Chi  sisters. 

Madame  JIoi)ekirk  is  known  here  and  abroad  as  a  great 
pianist  and  likewise  as  a  composer  of  much  merit. 

The  night  when  wc  initiated  these  two,  so  great  in  the  world's 
eye,  was  to  us  a  gala  occasion.  We  decorated  our  Fraternity  room 
until  it  made  a  very  effective  setting  for  the  girls  in  their  most 
becoming  gowns.  After  the  solemn  ceremony,  we  held  an  infor- 
mal reception  and  our  new  sisters  proved  themselves  to  be  quite  as 
much  mistresses  of  the  social  art  as  of  that  higher  one.  They 
were  much  pleased  with  it  all,  and  declarcnl  themselves  the  most 
honored  in  claiming  sisterhood  in  Alpha  Chi  Omega. 

As  to  the  general  work  and  the  ])lace  which  Zeta  occupies  in 
the  conservatory,  I  leave  it  to  our  guests  to  judge. 

In  our  regular  meetings,  we  have  had  some  very  interesting 
programs,  of  a  miscc^llaneons  rather  than  musical  character,  since 
we  needs  mnst  guard  against  becoming  t4K)  musical,  you  see. 

I  recall  a  paper  which  Miss  Andrews  read  on  the  Madonna 
in  Art  and  illnstratcd  with  her  own  fine  collection. 

Another  by  Miss  Hraudenburg  <m  the  various  masterpieces, 
of  which  slie  had  gatlH^n^l  tine*  coj)ies  during  her  extensive  travels 
in  Europ(\  was  much  enjoved  by  those  of  ns  who  had  not  had  such 
opportunities. 

For  the  future,  we  will  mak(^  no  prophecy,  only  that  Zeta  feels 
since  she  has  been  strengtheiuMl  by  the  inspiration  and  enthusiasm 
of  the  Ninth  Convention,  she  will  at  least  l>e  worthy  of  her  past, 
and  ])robably  outshine  it. 

Respectfully  submitted, 

Spicie  Belle^  South. 


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THE  LYRE.  26 


REPORT  OF  THETA  CHAPTER  OF  ALPHA  CHI  OMEGA 
FOR  NATIONAL  CONVENTION  OF  1900. 

At  our  last  convention  Theta  Chapter  being  but  two  weeks  old 
had  very  little  Xo  report.  Though  still  very  young  we  resjx»ctfully 
submit  our  report  with  all  the  confidence  of  maturity. 

Our  chapter  was  established  by  Beta  in  Nov^embor  ot  1S1)8 
with  seven  charter  meml)ers.  Until  the  fall  of  the  next  vear  our 
meetings  were  held  in  the  homes  of  the  resident  members. 

In  September  of  1899  we  decided  to  follow  the  cust<»iii  of 
all  Ann  Arbor  fraternities  and  rent  a  chapter  honse.  At  the  time 
we  had  an  active  chapter  of  fift^^en  members — nine  of  whom  re- 
sided in  the  house.  It  is  a  verv  ditlienlt  matter  for  a  new  societv 
to  obtain  recognition  in  Ann  Arbor,  but  we  have  been  more  than 
fortunate  in  this  respect.  From  the  first  we  ranked  socially  and 
in  scholarship  with  the  foremost  sororities.  Ours  being  the  only 
inter-collegiate  musical  society  here  we  have  little  or  no  coni- 
l>etition  and  we  are  on  a  very  friendly  footing  with  all  the  literary 
sororities. 

Last  year  in  the  way  of  formal  functions  we  gave  two  large 
receptions,  a  card  party,  a  dance,  besides  numerous  informal 
affairs. 

This  year  we  wore  greatly  handicapped  losing  nine  of  our  old 
girls.  Having  but  two  non-n^sident  members  we  have  been 
under  great  strain  and  expense  in  keeping  up  our  house  which  is 
conceded  bv  all  to  be  the  best  sororitv  house  in  town.  We  felt 
we  must  have  our  house  at  all  cost  and  for  this  purpose  raise<l 
our  individual    dues  to   fourteen    dollars  ($1-1:. 00)   a  year.      We 

have  lx»en  obliged  to  pay  towards  the  running  expenses  between 
iQXi  ($10.00^  and  twelve  ($12.00j  dollars  a  we^k  from  our  chap- 
tre  treasurv — this  is  whv  we  are  behindhand  with  our  tenns  dues. 
We  have  not  been  williug  to  lower  the  standard  of  our  girls  for  the 
sake  of  having  mend)ers — so  initiated  but  one  this  fall.  Mrs. 
Alice  Baily  Rolfe — a  memlK^*  of  the  faculty  (vocal)  we  made  an 
associate  mend>er.  Our  present  chapter  numbers  seven  active 
members,  and  x^enj  active  we  have  had  to  be.  Our  ])rospects  for 
the  second  semester  are  good.  We  ho])e  before  the  year  is  ended 
to  enlarge  our  chapter  and  repo])ulate  our  vacant  rooms.  Our 
cards  are  out  for  the  first  Thursday  in  each  month  when  we  are 

507 


3« 


THE  L7RE. 


"at  home"  to  the  facultv,  sororities  and  other  friends.  We  take 
an  active  part  in  the  social  and  musical  life  of  the  place  and  fre- 
qnently  assist  at  faculty  receptions. 

One  of  our  number  has  been  accompanist  for  the  Choral 
Union  (tlie  largest  student  chorus  in  the  United  States)  and  ia 
contralto  soloist  in  the  Unitarian  Church,  Two  of  our  girls  have 
graduated  from  tlie  artists  course  and  we  have  one  graduate  mem- 
ber this  year. 

I  Iwlieve  tliere  was  no  business  of  a  special  nature  left  with 
Theta,  and  that  this  covers  all  of  interest  connected  with  onr 
chapter. 

Virginia  M.  Fislc. 


TEE  LYRE.  27 


The  man  that  hath  no  music  in  himself, 

Nor  is  not  moved  with  concord  of  sweet  sounds, 

Is  fit  for  treasoDS^  stratagems,  and  spoils. 

— Merchant  of  Venice, 


There  is  in  souls  a  sympathy  with  sounds ; 
And  as  the  mind  is  ])it<*hed,  the  ear  is  pleaseil 
With  melting  airs,  or  martial,  brisk  or  grave; 
Some  chord  in  unison  with  what  we  hear 
Is  touched  within  us,  and  the  heart  replies. 

— Cooper, 


'*Mclody  is  the  absolute  language  in  which  the  musician 
speaks  to  every  heart." 

— Richard  Wagner. 


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OK 

ALPHA   CHI   OMBGA. 

Published  Quarterly  bj  Edith  Howland  Manchester  for  Alpha  Chi  Omeg-a. 

83  Comstock  Avenne,  Providence,  R.  I. 
Subscript  ion,  $1.00  per  year.  Sing-le  Copies,  25  cents. 

Edith  Howland  Manchbstrr,  Editor-in-Chief. 

A8SOCIATB    BDITORS: 

Alpha— Wilhelmina  L.  Lauk.  Epsilon— Jessie  Leone  Davis. 

Bbta— Mary  L.  Ferine.  Zbta— Helen  Mand  Colby. 

Gamma— Rnth  V.  Ingrlis.  Eta— Belle  Bartol. 

Dblta— F.  Zeraca  Trax.  Thbta— Virsrinia  May  Pl-*h. 

Iota— Charlotte  Draper. 

VOL.  V.  PROVIDENCE.  R.  L,  MARCH,  J  90 1 .  No.  I . 

The  editor  desires  to  call  attention  of  the  readers  of  "The 
Lvre"  to  the  fact  that,  hereafter,  the  ahimnae  notes  will  take  the 
place  of  the  chapter  j)ersonals.  The  latter,  which  will  concern 
active  inenil)ers  only,  will  be  inserted  in  the  chaptesr  letters. 


It  is  the  earnest  wish  of  the  editors  that  special  notice  will  be 
taken  of  the  above  cut.  It  was  fiirnishecl  lis  by  M.  Xewman  and, 
as  all  Alpha  Chis  will  readily  see,  is  of  the  greatest  interest.  In- 
formation concerning  this  will  Ik*  gladly  given  to  each  chapter  and 
non-active  ineinbers  bv  associate  editors. 

We  would  recommend  to  all  readers  of  **The  Lyre,"  the  arti- 
cle, entitled  ^'Parsifal,''  which  has  been  contributed  to  our  pages 
bv  Miss  Klizabeth  Patterson  Sawvers,  of  De  Pauw  University.  It 
is  well  worth  earnest  attention  and  will  run  through  the  numbers 

of  the  current  vear. 

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RESOLUTIONS. 

Whereas: — By  the  dispensation  of  an  all  wise  Providence, 
our  sister,  Nellie  Irene  Baum,  an  honored  and  beloved  member  of 
this  Sorority,  has  been  removed  from  our  midst  just  as  she  stood 
on  tlie  thresh-hold  of  a  most  happy  and  useful  life — we  have 

Resolved: — That  we,  members  of  the  Alpha  Chi  Omega 
Sorority,  deeply  feel  the  loss  of  one  who  was  a  valued  member 
and  a  dear  friend. 

Resolved: — That  we  offer  our  deep  sympathy  to  those  near 
and  dear  to  our  lamented  sister,  upon  whom  this  loss  has  fallen 
with  especial  might. 

Resolved: — That  copies  of  these  resolutions  Ik^  sent  to  the 
relatives  of  the  deceased  and  that  thev  also  be  published  by  "The 
Lvre." 

Virginia  Fisk, 
Alice  Reynolds, 

Committee  on  Resolutions, 


ALPHA  (^HT  OMEGA. 

Chapter  Roll. 

Alpha,  I)e  Pauw  T^nivorsity,  Gre(*ncastle,  Ind. 
Beta,  Albion  College,  Albion,  Mich. 
Gamma,  Xorth western  T^niversity,  Evauston,  111. 
Delta,  Pennsylvania  ( 'ollege  of  Music,  Meadville,  Pa. 
Epsilon,   Universitv  of   Southern   California,   Los   Angeles, 
Cal. 

Zetii,  Xew  England  Conservatory,  Boston,  Mass. 
Eta,  Bucknell  rniversity,  Lewisburg,  Pa. 
Theta,  University  of  Michigan,  Ann  Arbor,  "'d'jh. 
Iota,  University  of  Illinois,  Champaign,  111. 


CHAPTER  PERSONALS. 

Alpha. 

The  new  initiatxw  of  1000  are  Mal>c»lle  Johnson,  Sara  Xeal, 
Susa  Rainier  and  Jessie  Guild. 

Miss  Lydia  Woods,  '02,  was  married  in  July  to  Rev.  Ver- 
nie  Howard.     Their  home  is  in  Roachdale,  Ind. 

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Alpha  was  the  reci})ieiit  of  a  beautiful  china  salad  dish,  a 
gift  from  a  former  active  Alpha  Chi. 

Last  term  we  pledged  Grace  Wilkin,  Lena  Barrett,  Fannie 
I'roy,  Daisy  Burton,  and  LaRose  (^olliver. 

Daisy  Burton  was  obliged  to  discontinue  her  work  in  the 
School  of  Music  on  account  of  illness. 

Elizabeth  Lockridge  is  now  enjoying  "life  on  the  fann." 
However  she  continues  her  piano  and  theory  study  in  the  school. 

Delia  Phillips  pledged,  did  not  return  this  t^rm  on  account 
of  illness. 

Miss  Flora  Mae  Brimifield,  '01,  of  Petersburg,  Ind.,  is  the 
guest  of  Alpha  Chi  friends  and  sisters. 

Misses  Mary  L.  Jones  of  Terre  Haute,  Pearl  B.  Shaw  of 
Sarlinia,  and  Mrs.  l^sie  Grooms  Keenan  of  T^roy  111.,  a  charter 
meml)er  of  Alpha,  were  guests  at  our  anniversary  Oct.  15,  1900. 

Mrs.  fTohnson  of  Carthage,  Ind.,  was  the  guest  of  her  daugh- 
ter Mabelle  last  term. 

Air.  I^urton  spent  a  few  days  vjith  his  daughter  Daisy  at 
Christmas  time. 

Last  week  Afrs.  Vaught  was  the  guest  of  her  daughter  Ruth. 

Enuna  Crc^k  of  Yeoman,  Ind.,  spent  Thanksgiving  in 
Geeencastle  and  Indianapolis. 

Helen  Birch  who  is  teaching  in  Freeport,  111.,  spent  Christ- 
mas vacation  with  her  parentis  here. 

Afrs.  Mayme  Jennings  Rolx^rtv^  of  Shellmnlle,  111.,  was  here 
to  att^^nd  the  Saver-Bridges  wedding. 

Emma  ililler  has  resumed  her  work  in  the  School  of  Music. 

Gertrude  Wamsley,  who  is  studying  under  Miss  Alden  of 
Terre  Haute,   is  the  guest  of  Elma  Patton. 

LaRosf^  Colli ver  was  the  guCvSt  of  Susa  Rainer  a  few  days 
durinir  liolidavs  at  Chalmers,  Ind. 

Misses  ilarv  and  Helen  O'Dell  spent  holidays  visiting  rela- 
tives and  friends  in  Greeneastle. 

Rutli  Vaught,  post  graduate  '00  in  Piano,  under  Miss  Eliza- 
In'th  Patters(m  Sawyers,  returned  this  year  and  is  completing  her 
sf^nior  course  in  the  College  of  Liberal  ArtvS.  She  will  graduate 
in  June. 

Eva  Osburn  was  married  last  month  to  Afr.  Xesbitt,  who  is  a 
student  in  the  Garrett  Bibical  Institute  in  Evanston.  Mrs.  Xes- 
bitt ^^^ll  probably  do  some  work  in  the  Evanston  School  of  Music. 

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Mrs.  Leonora  Boaz  BroA^-;!!  of  Kokomo,  Ind.,  a  member  of 
Alpha  (,'hapter,  is  having  success  as  a  writer.  She  has  had  stories 
published  in  the  Ladies'  Home  Journal  and  now  has  a  serial  in 
the  Youths  Companion. 

Pearl  Ellis  of  Sulivan,'Ind.,  is  the  guest  of  friends  and  rela- 
tives in  Greencastle. 

Rose  Meredith  of  Muncie,  visited  Alpha  in  Uecember. 

Feme  Wood  ('97  and  '98)  and  her  mother  who  visited  Wal- 
ter Wood,  who  is  attending  the  University  here,  were  also  guests 
of  Alpha  Chi  Omega  before  the  holidays. 

The  announcement  of  the  marriage  of  Miss  Edith  Plested  to 
Mr.  Horace  Weston  Avery  has  been  rece^ived  by  Alpha.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Avery  will  be  at  home  after  April  1st  at  Ledyard,  Xew  York 

Beta, 

Miss  Mary  Masters  is  attending  the  Ferris  Institute,  in  Big 
Rapids  this  winter. 

Miss  Mattie  Miller  is  teaching  in  the  public  schools  of 
Marine  City. 

Misses  Lina  Baum,  '99,  has  been  engaged  to  teach  in  the  Al- 
bion High  School  this  semester. 

Miss  Jennie  Dickenson,  ex.  '01,  of  Buffalo,  X.  i'.,  si)ent 
parts  of  November  and  December  with  her  Beta  sisters. 

Miss  Florence  Bailey,  ex.  '01,  is  teaching  music  in  Grand 
Ledge. 

Miss  Henrietta  Niggenuin,  who  was  unable  to  return  to  her 
work  on  account  of  ill  health,  is  spending  the  winter  at  her  home 
in  Croswell. 

Miss  Eva  Pratt,  who  left  us  in  '98  t^)  study  art  in  the  Boston 
Art  School,  graduated  from  that  institution  last  June,  and  now 
has  a  position  as  teacher  of  drawing  in  the  Lansing  public  schools. 

Miss  Florence  Hoag  is  spending  the  winter  at  her  home  in 
Toledo,  Ohio. 

Miss  Mattie  Revnolds-Colbv  left  us  in  October  for  a  few 
months  violin  study  in  Leipsic,  (j(»rmany. 

Miss  Dorothv  Gunnels  is  studvincc  this  winter  under  a  fa- 
mous  violin  master  in  Belgium.  This  is  ^liss  Gunnels  second 
year  in  Europe,  having  spent  the  past  few  months  in  Paris. 

Miss  Lotta  W(H>d  and  Mr.  Charles  1^.  Wright  were  married 
at  the  home  of  the  bride  at  Lake  Odessa,  Decend>er  25,  1900. 

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Married  in  Terre  Haute,  Indiana,  »Ianuarj  3,  1901,  Susie 
McMaster  and  W.  A.  Xiles  of  Flushing,  Michigan.  The  groom 
is  a  inenil)er  of  the  Alpha  Pi  Chapter  of  the  Sigma  Chi  Frater- 
nity, and  is  the  fourth  nienilK^r  of  that  chapter  who  has  recently 
chosen  his  hride  from  Beta  (Miapter  of  Alphi  Chi  Omega.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Niles  reside  at  78  Charlott^^  avenue,  Detroit. 

Gamma, 

Miss  Florence  Childs  spent  the  holidays  at  Oberlin,  Ohio. 

Miss  Irene  Stevens  is  South  for  the  winter. 

Mrs.  II.  I).  Brown  (m^  Ethel  Lillyblade,)  visited  in  Evans- 
ton  in  Janmirv. 

Miss  Irene  Snyder  is  the  soprano  in  the  chorus  of  the  First 
Baptist  Church. 

Mrs.    Walter    Mitx^'hell    (nee     Beulah     Haugh,)  spent    the 

month  of  Januarv  in  Kvanston. 

<  ■ 

Miss  Louise  Atwood  of  Beloit,  Kansas,  spent  the  Christmas 
holidavs  witli  Miss  Ethel  Isbest/Cr. 

Miss  Blanch  Hughes  s|)ent  several  weeks  in  Michigan  in  De- 
cember and  January. 

Miss  Alice  Gramus,  of  Mancato,  Minn.,  visited  in  Chicago 
and  Evanston  at  Christmas  time. 

Miss  Margaret  Kellogg  of  Glencoe,  Illinois,  spent  the  month 
of  Xovember  at  her  home  in  Leon,  X.  Y. 

Miss  ^fabel  Dunn  attended  the  Convention  in  Boston  as 
delegate,  and  ^liss  Theodora  Chaffee  as  visitor  from  Gamma 
(^ha])ter. 

Miss  Elizabeth  Scales  who  is  attending  Smith  College,  spent 
the  Christmas  vacation  at  her  home  in  Buena  Park. 

Miss  Klizabetli  Tonii)kins  of  Winnetka,  111.,  spent  several 
weeks  at  Christmas  time  at  her  home  in  Morrisville,  X.  Y. 

At  the  Convention  in  Boston,  Miss  Mabel  Siller  was  elected 
corresponding  secretary  of  the  Grand  Chapter. 

Delta. 

^liss  Anna  Clemson  Kay  has  gone  to  Xew  York  to  continue 
her  vocal  studies. 

^[iss  Fay  Baruaby,  a  graduate  of  the  Pennsylvania  College 
of  ^rusic,  is  still  in  X(nv  York,  where  she  is  studying  \dth  Mac- 
Dowell.  She  is  a  student  of  rare  talent  with  bright  prospects  for 
the  future. 

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■  ij  -gi—^  ■■■■■■■■  ■  ,    ., ,  , 


Miss  Helen  Orris  has  just  returned  from  a  visit  with  relatives 
in  Buffalo. 

Miss  Zela  Home  of  Greenville,  who  came  to  Meadville  to  at- 
tend the  annual  college  dinner  is  spending  a  few  days  with  her 
fraternity  sisters. 

Miss  Helen  Edsall  expects  to  spend  the  Easter  vacation  in 
t'leveland,  Ohio. 

Miss  Mary  Thorpe  Graham,  who  is  one  of  the  faculty  of  the 
Pennsylvania  College  of  Music,  has  been  in  N'ew.  York  on  a 
short  visit  with  friends. 

Miss  Juvenilia  Porter  has  gone  to  Buffalo  to  spend  a  few 
weeks. 

Miss  Myrtle  Dunbar  made  a  pleasant  visit  with  friends  in 
Oil  City. 

Miss  Edith  Roddy  is  home  from  her  studies  in  the  Boston 
Art  School  for  a  few  weeks  visit  with  her  parents. 

Mrs.  Archibald  Irvin  has  returned  from  New  York  where  she 
spent  a  fevi  weeks. 

Miss  Susanna  Porter  is  visiting  her  brother  in  Pittsburg. 

Zeta, 

Alida  Handy  returned  to  the  Conaer\'atory  on  the  16th  inst. 
to  resume  her  work.     Zeta  was  delighted  to  welcome  her. 

We  are  sorry  to  announce  that  Miss  Brandenburg  who  has 
been  studying  piano  in  Berlin,  has  been  forced  to  abandon  her 
studies  on  account  of  a  strained  wrist. 

Zeta  has  been  so  unfortunate  as  to  lose  two  of  her  most  valued 
members  during  the  past  month.  Girlie  Bowdoin  was  called  home 
by  the  illness  and  death  of  her  sister  and  will  not  return  this 
year. 

Grace  Phillips  left  on  the  24th  inst.  for  Philadelphia  where 
she  will  spend  the  rest  of  the  year  with  her  brother  who  is  assis- 
tant professor  in  science  at  the  University  of  Pennslyvania. 

Zeta  has  two  new  pledged  members — Miss  Maidie  Watkins 
of  Dallas,  Texas,  and  INfiss  Stella  Hibbard  of  Grand  Rapids, 
Mich.  These  two  girls  will  make  valuable  additions  to  our 
chapter. 

Zeta  has  initiat-ed  Miss  Edith  P.  Medara  of  New  York  Citv 
into  the  mysteries  of  Alpha  Chi  since  the  Convention.  The  goat 
having  had  his  praises  sung  so  lustily  by  the  delegates,  and  hav- 

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ing  fed  for  such  a  long  season  on  pins  and  carpet-tacks,  was  even 
more  active  than  usual,  but  be  it  said  to  Miss  Medara's  praise, 
she  Wias  equal  to  the  occasion. 

One  honored  sister,  Madame  Bloomfield-Zeisler  gave  a  re- 
cital in  Steinert  Hall  on  the   Itith   inst.     She  gave  an  excellent 

program  which  was  very  enthusiastically  received  and  favorably 
criticized.  After  the  performance  she  received  the  Zeta  girls 
with  Madam  Hopekirk  in  the  green-room. 

A  farewell  spread  was  given  last  night  for  Miss  Phillips  as 
usual  it  was  a  "feast  of  reason  and  a  flow  of  soul." 

Miss  Maud  Collin's  mother  has  come  to  spend  the  rest  of  the 
year  with  her  and  they  have  taken  rooms  in  Worcester  Square. 

Theta. 

Miss  Gertrude  Montague  of  Traverse  City,  was  marri^J  to 
Mr.  Fred  B.  Hoover  last  August.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hoover  are  now 
living  in  their  new  home,  the  gift  of  the  groom's  father,  in  Kan- 
sas Citv,  Mo. 

The  engagement  of  Miss  Helen  Baker  of  Lansing,  and  Mr. 
Frank  V.  Warren  of  Philadelphia  was  announced  at  Christmas 
time. 

Theta  has  recently  added  two  new  names  to  her  chapter-roll, 
Mrs.  J.  C.  Rolfe,  l^etter  known  as  Miss  Alice  Bailey  of  the  vocal 
department  of  the  School  of  Music,  and  Miss  Myrtle  Wilcox  of 
Minneapolis,  Minn.  We  are  soon  to  initiate  Mrs.  Bernard  Sturm, 
whose  husband  is  at  the  head  of  our  violin  department.  Also 
Miss  Edith  Simmons  of  Detroit  wil  shortly  be  wearing  the  Alpha 
Chi  Lyre. 

Miss  Flora  Kock  was  married  the  week  before  Thanksgiving  to 
Mr.  Harry  Nichols  of  Pittsburg,  Pa.  Our  entire  chapter  was 
pref=ient  at  the  wedding  and  assisted  in  starting  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Nichols  happily  on  their  Wedding  journey. 

Miss  Alberta  Daniels  of  Jackson,  has  anounced  her  engage- 
ment U)  Dr.  S.  il.  Yutzv  of  the  faculty  of  the  University.  Theta's 
ranks  are  Woming  sorely  depleted  through  these  numerous  en- 
gagements and  marriages. 

Miss  Arline  Vallette  spent  the  Christmas  vacation  in 
Chicago. 

Miss  Floss  S])ence  is  teaching  music  in  the  public  schools. 

Theta  Chapter  gave  a  musical  entertainment  at  the  hospital 

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not  long  since  for  the  benefit  of  the  convalescent  patients. 

Miss  Winifred  Bartholomew  is  spending  the  winter  with  her 
sister  in  Atlanta,  Ga. 

Miss  Josephine  Blanchard  of  Port  Huron,  returned  after  the 
Thanksgiving  holidays  to  continue  her  musical  studies  under  Mr. 
Albert  L.  Lockwood. 

Miss  Alice  Reynolds  and  Miss  Virginia  Fisk  attended  the 
Boston  Convention  in  December. 

Miss  Mary  Tinker  is  spending  the  winter  in  New  York  City. 

Mr.  Albert  Lockwood,  Mr.  Bernard  Sturm  and  Miss  Vir- 
ginia Fisk  of  the  School  of  Music  faculty  gave  a  concert  on  Feb. 
22nd.,  at  the  Auditorium  in  Toledo,  Ohio. 


CHAPTER  LETTERS. 

Alpha, 


Dear  Sisters: — Since  the  last  publication  of  the  Lyre,  so 
many  interesting  things  have  happened,  that  Alpha  scarcely  knows 
T^ihat  to  mention  first. 

The  first  term  opened  with  only  six  old  members  and  as 
there  were  about  twentv  members  in  the  other  musical  frater- 
nity,  we  had  a  very  active  spike,  the  result  of  which  was  the  addi- 
tion of  three  new  girls  for  initiation  and  six  others  who  were 
pledged. 

On  the  fifteenth  of  October  wihich,  as  you  know,  was  Alpha's 
fifteenth  anniversary,  wje  held  a  reception  in  the  afternoon  at  the 
Chapter  House,  and  in  the  evening  informally  entertained  our 
gentlemen  friends. 

Soon  after  her  return  from  Boston,  our  delegate  to  Conven- 
tion gave  us  an  interesting  account  of  her  eastern  visit.  As 
Gamma  is  to  entertain  the  next  (convention,  and  as  we  are  so 
near,  we  hope  many  of  our  girls  may  attend  even  though  they 
may  not  then  be  students  in  De  Pauw. 

We  opened  the  new  century  by  pledging  two  new  girls — Flor- 
ence Cain  and  Katherine  Stanford — whom  we  believe  will  be 
Alpha  Chi  Omega's  in  the  true  sense  of  tlie  words. 

Although  we  lost  some  valuable  members  last  year,  by  gradu- 
ation, v^  hope  and  believe  that  all  our  new  girls  will  be  just  as 
valuable  and  helpful. 

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The  University  Concert  and  Lecture  Course  has  been  very 
interesting  this  year,  having  already  brought  before  the  students, 
Montaville  Flowers,  Chicago  Symphony  Orchestra  and  Maude 
Ballington  Booth.  There  still  remain  two  numbers — Dr.  George 
Wayland  Briggs,  and  Mendelssohn  Male  Quartette. 

Preceding  the  (^hristmas  vacation  a  very  excellent  song  re- 
cital was  given  in  Meharry  Hall,  by  Miss  Marthine  M.  Dietrich- 
son,  professor  of  voice  culture,  De  Pauw  University. 

Before  the  close  of  this  year  many  of  our  girls  will  give 
their  junior  and  senior  recitals. 

With  best  wishes  from  Alpha  to  all  the  girls  of  Alpha  Chi 
and  to  all  readers  of  the  Lyre. 

Associate  Editor,  Alpha, 

Beta. 

^^The  winter  being  over. 
In  order  comes  the  spring." 

Beta  sends  her  heartiest  greetings  in  this,  the  bright  spring- 
time, to  all  her  sisters  in  Alpha  Chi  Omega,  especially  remember- 
ing the  recently  elected  officers,  who  have  started  forth  on  their 
round  of  duties  for  the  next  t\\K>  years. 

The  end  of  the  melaneholv  days"  did  not  leave  us  in  a  sad 
state  of  mind  by  any  means,  I  am  sure,  for  we  had  then  welcomed 
into  our  circle  five  most  loyal  girls.  They  were  Mary  Dickie, 
Maizic  Goodenow,  and  Belle  Loder,  of  Albion;  Elsie  De  Lanar- 
ter,  of  Muskegon;  and  ^lyrtle  Wallis,  of  Saginaw;  besides  this 
adding  to  our  number  two  pledge  girls,  Georgia  Goodenow  and 
Jessie  Blanchard,  both  of  this  citv.  Their  initiation  \^\as  held  two 
different  evenings;  first  the  "racket,"  and  then  the  ceremony, 
after  which  we  had  our  initiation  banquet.  The  souvenirs  for 
the  latter  were  cards  in  the  form  of  a  Greek  lyre,  upon  which  were 
printed  the  following  toasts,  as  called  for  by  the  toastmistress, 
Mary  Ferine:  "The  Ideal  Sororitv/'  Ora*^  Woodworth;  "The 
Frats'll  Get  You  if  You  Don't  Wati^h  Out,"  Elsie  DeLamarter; 
"Out  of  Darkness  Into  Lio:lit,"  Mary  Dickie;  "When  we  Entered 
Greekdoni,"  Clarissa  Dickie;  "WhV  I'm  an  Alpha  Chi,"  Belle 
Lo<ler;  "His  :\Iajesty,  the  Goat,"  MVrtle  Wallis;  "A  Chi,  Yester- 
day, To-day,  and  Forever,"  Grace  Armstrong  Burnham. 

Our  cliapt<^r  has  not  only  been  represented  in  musical  circles 
this  year,  but  in  other  departments  of  the  college  as  well.     Sis- 


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ter  Kate  Calkins  was  chosen  by  the  faculty  as  one  of  their  two  rep- 
resentatives in  the  college  oratorical  contest,  while  Sister  Elsie 
DeLamarter  had  the  same  honor  from  the  Erosphian,  one  of  the 
leading  literary  societies  in  the  college.  Sister  Kate  Calkins 
recently  served  as  president,  and  Sister  Susie  Ferine  as  vice 
president  of  this  society. 

Sister  Elsie  l)e  Lamarter  is  captain  of  the  Freshmen  ladies' 
basket  ball  team;  while  your  corresj)ondont  is  a  member  of  the 
'varsity  team,  as  well  as  of  the  junior  team.  Kecently  the  latter 
was  invited  to  organize  a  basket  ball  team  at  Marshall,  one  of  the 
neighboring  cities.  About  the  first  of  January,  Sister  Kate  Cal- 
kins assisted  Mr.  W.  J.  Moore,  con.  '00,  in  a  recital  at  Fort 
Huron,  Michigan. 

We  have  enjoyed  having  several  of  our  ahnnnae  visit  us 
this  year,  among  whom  might  be  mentioned  Florence 
Hoag,  of  Toledo,  Ohio;  Mrs.  Emma  Fhelps  Vary,  of  Battle 
Creek;  Mrs.  Ada  Dickie  Hamblen,  of  Detroit;  Miss  Eva  Fratt, 
of  Lansing;  Mrs.  Jeanette  Allen  Cushman,  of  Tekonsha,  and 
Jennie  Dickcrson,  of  Buffalo,  X.  Y. 

Yours  in  the  lx>nd, 

Maru  L.  Perine. 

Once  again  Beta  of  Alpha  Chi  Omega  is  saddened  by  the 
breaking  of  the  Golden  C^hord  of  our  Frateniitv  Lyre.  In  the 
death  of  Nellie  Baum  we  mourn  the  loss  of  one  of  our  truest  and 
most  loyal  sisters.  But,  though  this  link  is  unfastened  from  our 
earthly  chain,  it  binds  us  closer  to  the  lieavenly  host  whose  circle 
she  has  joined.  Iler  heart  was  one  with  ours  in  the  bond  and 
her  sweet  voice  lingering  with  us  bids  us  to  weep  no  more,  but  to 
rejoice  in  her  new  found  hapj)iness  even  until  we  shall  be  privi- 
leged to  share  it  with  her  throughout  the  great  forever. 

Therefore,  he  it  Besolved,  That  we  extend  to  our  lx>reaved 
sister  Lina,  and  to  the  other  meml)ers  of  the  family,  the  assurance 
of  our  tenderest  s\'mpathy  ; 

That  each  member  of  our  clia])ter  v^ar  an  emblem  of  mourn- 
ing for  a  period  of  two  weeks ; 

That  a  copy  of  these  resolutions  be  sent  to  the  family  of  our 
deceased  sister,  l^e  entered  on  the  chapter  rcords,  be  published  in 
the  College  Fleiad,  and  in  the  Lyre  of  Alpha  Chi  Omega. 

Susie  Ferine, 
Ora  Woodworth, 

Committee. 

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EESOLUTIONS. 

Whereas,  The  Heavenly  Father  in  his  loving  wisdom  has 
seen  fit  to  remove  from  our  midst  Nellie  Baum,  one  of  the  fairest 
of  Albion's  daughters; 

Be  is  Resolvedj  That  we,  the  students  of  Albion  Collie,  ex- 
tend our  heartfelt  sympathy  and  condolence  to  the  saddened 
parents  and  sister;  and  furthermore 

Be  it  Besolved,  That  a  copy  of  these  resolutions  be  sent  to 
the  bereaved  family,  and  copies  be  inserted  in  the  Albion  College 
Pleiad  and  the  Albion  Recorder, 

Lena  Hunt, 
Agnes  McVittie, 
Margaret  Dixon, 

Committee, 

Sister  Nellie  Baum,  who  left  Albion  the  last  of  September  to 
study  in  an  art  school  in  Cleveland,  Ohio,  was  taken  ill  with  Ty- 
phoid Fever,  and  died  November  27,  1900. 

Gamm^. 

Dear  Sisters: — Gamma  sends  greetings  and  best  wishes  for 
the  New  Century  to  all  her  sister  chapters. 

We  have  Ix^n  most  hapgy  to  welcome  to  our  number  six 
ne\\5  initiates,  MissCvS  Ethel  Isbester  and  Marion  Ewell  of  Evans- 
ton,  iMiss  Elizabeth  Tompkins  of  Morrisville,  N.  Y. ;  Miss 
Edith  Wimph  of  Waverly,  Illinois;  Miss  Cora  Beeman  of  Wau- 
kon,  Iowa,  and  iliss  Louise  Atwood  of  Beloit,  Kansas. 

The  chief  musical  event  of  the  season  was  the  first  of  three 
concertos  given  by  the  Evanston  Musical  Club,  December  18,  1900, 
of  which  several  Alpha  Chis  are  members.  As  is  customary  to 
this  initial  concert-  of  the  season,  Handel's  "Messiah"  was  pro- 
duced, with  its  usual  degree  of  excellence,  the  soloists  being: — 
Mrs.  Jennie  Fish  Griffiin,  soprano;  Miss  Mabelle  Crawford,  alto; 
Mr.  Frederick  Carberry,  tenor;  and  Mr.  Charles  W.  Clark,  basso. 
The  performance  was  ably  conducted  by  Prof.  Lutkin,  Dean  of 
the  Xortlnvestern  School  of  Music.  There  have  been  a  number 
of  interesting  students'  recitals  at  Music  Hall  this  year,  in  which 
several  Alpha  Chis  have  taken  part.  Amonff  the  Faculty  Con- 
cf^rts  recently  given,  one  of  intx^rest  was  a  Lecture  Recital  by  Mrs. 
George  A.  Coe  on  Primitive  Music,  embracing  the  music  of  the 

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Indians,  Chinese,  and  of  India,  illustrated  on  the  piano  by  Mrs. 
Coe  and  Miss  Grace  Ericson. 

Alpha  Chi  gave  a  reception  to  Gamma  Phi  during  their 
Convention,  November  13th  to  17th,  1900,  at  the  pleasant  house 
of  Miss  Carrie  Holbrook.  The  decorations  in  the  reception 
rooms  were  American  Beautv  roses  and  chrvsanthemums.  Those 
in  the  dining-rooms  were  red  carnations,  our  Alpha  Chi  flower, 
the  color  scheme  here  of  red  and  green  being  continued  in  the  re- 
freshments giving  a  very  pretty  effect.  Alpha  Chi  has  been  pleas- 
antly entertained  at  the  homes  of  the  following  members : — Miss 
Ethel  Isbester,  Miss  Cora  Sugars,  Miss  Mabel  Uunn,  Miss  Theo- 
dora Chaffee,  Miss  Ruth  Inglis,  and  at  the  Woman's  Hall  by  Miss 
Cora  Beeman  and  Miss  Louise  Atwood. 

During  the  summer  vacation  those  of  us  who  live  in  Evanston 
and  vicinity  organized  a  "Summer  Club"  which  met  every  two 
^^'^eeks  at  the  homes  of  the  different  girls  and  so  kept  in  touch  mth 
each  other  and  Alpha  Chi. 

Miss  Mabel  Dunn  was  our  delegate  to  the  Convention  held 
in  Boston,  December  6th,  7th  and  8th,  1900,  and  on  her  return 
gave  a  most  interesting  and  enteraining  acoimt  of  the  proceedings 
(would  it  not  be  a  propos  to  remark  here  that  Gamma  is  waiting 
for  the  songs  from  her  sister  chapters.) 

Gamma  hopes  and  trusts  that  the  high  ideal  of  our  Ixjloved 

sorority  may  be  realized  by  each  individual  Alpha  Chi. 

Sincerely^ 

Ruth  Victoria  Inglis, 

TIIETA. 

Dear  Sisters: — Theta  has  experienciMl  this  year  a  succession 
of  ups  and  downs  the  most  diversified  in  her  histwy,  in  which 
Dame  Fortune  has  taken  it  upon  herself  to  test  our  true  loyalty 
and  then  smile  upon  our  invincibleness.  At  the  opening  of  the 
year  we  felt  ourselves  seriously  crippled  by  the  loss  of  so  many  of 
our  members  as  well  as  by  the  fact  that  an  almost  entire  change 
in  the  faculty  of  the  School  of  Music  would  mean  a  smaller  field 
for  Alpha  Chi  to  reap  a  harvest. 

Some  of  our  fears  were  realized,  but  wie  conjured  up  courage 
to  tide  us  over  the  convention,  from  whence  our  delegates  brought 

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40  THE  LYRE. 


home  80  much  enthusiasm  and  animation  that  we  were  happily 
strengthened  with  vows  newly-taken. 

Mr.  Albert  Lockwood  of  the  pianoforte  department,  and  Mr. 
Ilowland,  the  voeal  instructor,  have  already  done  much  for  the 
vielfare  of  tlie  school  so  that  we  have  no  fears  for  few  "eligibles" 
in  the  future.  Since  October  we  have  been  fortunat-e  in  initiating 
two  asociate  members,  iliss  Alice  Bailey  Rolfe,  who  has  been 
teaching  voice  in  the  School  of  Music,  and  Mrs.  Bernard  Sturm, 
wife  of  Mr.  Sturm  of  the  violin  department.  Myrtle  Wilcox,  of 
Minnesota,  is  also  a  new  member,  and  Edith  Simmons,  of  Detroit, 
and  Florence  Bobb,  of  Ann  Arbor,  are  wearing  the  ribbons. 

At  our  Wednesday  evening  meetings  at  the  chapter  house  we 
aim  to  combine  business  with  pleasure.  One  feature  is  a  current 
topic  from  each  member  after  which  a  general  discussion  is  every- 
ones  privilege.  The  short  musical  program  which  follows  is  made 
as  imconventional  as  possible. 

Among  the  many  artistic  attractions  this  winter  may  be  men- 
tioned concerts  given  by  the  Pittsburg  Orchestra,  Fritz  Kreisler, 
violinist;  Ernest  von  Dolmanyi,  pianist,  and  song  recitals  soon  to 
be  given  by  David  Bispham  and  Max  Heinrich.  These,  together 
with  interesting  faculty  concerts  which  occur  every  month,  and 
many  other  attractions  both  musical  and  literary  make  us  not  in- 
different to  the  merits  of  Ann  Arbor. 

Preparations  are  already  being  made  for  the  May  Festival 
and  the  engagement  of  ifadame  Schumann-ITeinck  and  Campanar 
as  soloists  at  tliat  time  nre  announced.  The  chorus  will  render 
^^EHjali"  and  Sullivan's  ^'Golden  Legend"  at  two  of  the  concerts. 

Witli  sincerest  wishes  to  her  Sisters  Theta  trusts  that  life 
will  go  well  with  them  to  a  superlating  degree. 

•  Martha  C,  Clark. 

DELTA. 

\)vi\v  Sisters: — It  is  with  great  pleasure  that  Delta  seiids 
gn^etings  to  the  sister  cliajx^rs  of  Alpha  (1ii  Omega. 

We  have  enioved  a  vorv  successful  vear  and  since  our  last 
letter  to  the  Lvre  wo  liave  ioined  to  our  mvstic  circle  several  new 
girls,  ^Fyrtle  Dunbar,  Clarion  ^liller,  Mary  Roberts,  Millicent 
Moore,  Carrie*  P>ev(T  and  Anna  Borland.  Again  on  the  night  of 
Feljrnarv  14th,  the  goat  was  l>rought  out  and  we  can  now  intro- 
duce Etlielwyn  Porter  and  !Mable  Muec  of  Ilulings  Hall ;  Myrta 

522 


THE  LYRE.  41 


Porter,  Helen  and  Mary  Howe  and  Mrs.  E.  Bruce  Gamble,  town 
girls.  We  welcomed  them  royally  and  already  they  have  proven 
themselves  worthy  sisters  and  excellent  additions  to  our  chapter. 
We  now  have  an  active  chapter  of  twenty-two  and  there  seems  to 
be  every  reason  to  expect  a  useful  and  prosperous. year. 

Delta  Chapter  gave  a  very  delightful  concert  at  the  beginning 
of  the  college  year.  It  not  only  proved  a  great  success  musically 
and  socially  but  financially  as  well. 

Through  the  efforts  of  the  Pennsylvania  College  of  Music, 
Meadville  people  have  had  the  pleasure  of  hearing  several  very 
fine  concerts.     Alreadv  we  have  heard  the  New  York  Ladies  Trio 

4' 

Club  with  Lillian  Carlsmith,  also  Hans  Kronold,  'cellist.  In  the 
near  future  \^?e  hope  to  hear  the  Ton  Kunite  Quartette  and  others 
equally  as  good. 

We  take  great  pleasure  in  announcing  to  the  sister  chapters 
that  a  new  fraternity  has  been  organized  in  our  school  of  music — 
Kappa  Delta  Epsilon.  This  is  the  Alpha  Chap.ter  but  already 
they  have  a  promising  outlook  for  several  new  chapters.  They 
have  our  best  wishes  for  a  successful  future. 

Our  delegate  reported  a  very  enjoyable  time  at  the  conven- 
tion and  Delta  is  especially  pleased  with  the  results  of  the  business 
transactions.  The  girls  are  delie:hted  with  the  pledge  pins  that 
were  adopted. 

One  of  the  social  events  of  the  season  was  the  college  dinner 
given  in  the  g\Tnnasium  on  Washington's  Birthday.  If  ever  there 
was  college  spirit,  it  was  certainly  demonstrated  at  this  affair 
wihich  was  attended  bv  almost  the  entire  student  bcxlv  and  many 
of  the  alumni  of  Old  Allegheny. 

Miss  Florence  Harper  gave  a  very  delightful  party  for  her 
Alpha  Chi  sisters  at  her  home  on  the  Diamond.  Part  of  the  even- 
ing was  given  to  progressive  games  and  all  had  a  very  enjoyable 

time. 

Sincerely  wishing  success  and  happiness  to  the  sister  chapters. 

Yours  in  the  bond, 

Clara  Louise  Lord. 


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ALPHA  CHI  OMEGA 


GRAND  CHAPTER 


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Treasurer 


Raebnrn  Cowg'er 
Spicie  Belle  South 
Mabel  Siller 
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Alpha 
Gamma 
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Alpha  Elma  Patton 

Beta  Maty  L.  Perine 

Gamma  Ruth  V.  Inglis 

Delta  Belle  K  Chase 

Epsilon  Jessie  L.  Davis 

Zeta  Helen  Maud  Collin 

£ta  Belle  Bartol 

Theta  Virginia  May  Fisk 

Iota  Mrs.  Arthur  H.  Daniels 


COLLEGE 

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VOL.  V. JUNE,  i90U No.2> 

SOXGS. 

I. 

Tby  twilight  song,  O  bird  of  sky — 
A  vesper  h^^lul,  an  evening  prayer; 
A  grosser  song      l)eneath  sing  1 
In  minor  tones  ve  would  not  share. 

Thou  fetterless  wild-winged  bird, 
Thy  fearless  song  a  thankful  strain, 
The  song  1  sing  in  tune  and  word 
Is  cloved  with  earth's  care-eounted  ffain. 

Ye  sing  of  love*  and  sing  of  life, 
And  sing  of  joy,  and  sing  of  p(»ace 
(Ye  never  knew  a  note  of  strife) 
Sing  on,  Light  Heart,  and  never  cease ! 

Luci/  (/.  Andrews, 
II. 

I  hear — C)  many  ditfer(*nt  songs; 
The  song  of  love,  the  song  of  rest. 
The  song  of  sadness  of  the  soul, 
'i'lie  song  of  joy,  the  song  of  jest. 

At  morn  the  river's  story-song. 
The  song  of  birds,  the  song  of  bees. 
The  soft  caressing  of  the  wind, 
The  wdiisj)er  of  the  distant  trees. 

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THE  LYRE. 

The  dallying  touch  <>£  ftngers  soft 
Upon  the  wtriiigs  wlien  day  grows  dim; 
'J'lie  rtoiig  of  sweet  forget  fulness, 
The  husli  of  soul— the  evening  hjTiin. 

Thp  song  of  well  content  in  toil ; 
lu  laltor'fl  pause  when  eares  hut  dream; 
And  o'er  the  erih  a  mother  croons 
A  ]daintivo  tale  with  broken  theme. 

Unt  sweetest  is  the  silent  song 
That  song  unspoken  in  the  hreast, 
When  life  or  love  or  grief  or  joy 
Draws  friend  to  friend  a  nearer  gneat. 

Lucy  0.  Andrews. 


THE  LYRE.  i9 


PARSIFAL  (Continued.) 

(By  Elizabeth  Patterson  Sawyers,  Mtis.  B.,  A.  C.  M.,  De  Paiiw 

University.) 

^*He  'twas !  He  shot !  See  this  arrow  like  his  own.  Is  it  thou 
who  killed  the  swan  V^ 

Parsifal  replies  in  innocence,  ^*For  sure!  1  hit  all  that  flies." 
To  Gurneuianz's  severe  re])rinian(l  Parsifal  listens  with  rapt  at- 
tention. Finally,  havin<j:  l)econie  cognizant  of  his  guilt,  he  breaks 
his  bow  and  throws  away  his  arrows,  saying,  '*!  knew  not  that 
'twas  wrong."  Gunienianz  then  asks  him  the  questions  concern- 
ing his  father,  his  name,  the  cause  of  his  wanderings,  none  of 
which  he  can  answer,  re])lying  to  all,  'VDas  weisz  ich  nicht." 

On  Gurnemanz  questioning  him  concerning  his  name  and 
whence  he  came,  the  motive  of  the  mother  s  love  is  heard.  Finally 
when  questioned  of  his  mother,  the  vague  past  comes  to  his  mind. 

His  mother's  love  seems  to  be  his  one  sweet  memorv. 

t.' 

Kimdry,  still  crouching  in  the  wood,  glances  sharply  at  Parsifal 
and  breaks  in  with  hoarse  tones,  "Bereft  of  father,  for  in  battle 
perished  Gainuret,  his  mother  reared  him  in  the  desert,  a  witless 
Fool." 

Parsifal  then  relates  his  wanderings  over  hill  and  dale  in  pur- 
suit of  the  armoured  horseman,  who  had  fascinated  his  childlike 
mind.  Kundry  continues  the  story  by  telling  how  giants  fell  to 
his  might,  bringing  fear  on  their  spirits. 

*'Who  fearest  me  ^"  asks  Parsifal. 

**The  wicked,"  replies  Kundry. 

Parsifal  again  asks:  **Were  those  who  attacked  me  bad  <  Who 
then  is  good  ?" 

*'Tliv  dear  mother  whom  thou  fors(.K)kest,  and  who  mourns  for 
thee,"  answers  Gurnemanz. 

**Slie  mourns  no  more;  his  mother  is  dead." 

Parsifal,  at  this  news  from  Kundry,  is  first  angry  with  the 

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50  THE  LYRE, 


suspicion  of  Kundry's  decoptioii ;  then,  realizing  the  truth,  is  so 
affected  tliat  lie  reels  and  cries  out  feebly,  "1  am  fainting." 

Ivundry  now.  acts  in  his  servile  capacity,  bringing  water  to  re- 
suscitate the  unconscious  Parsifal.  The  Orchestra  ftoiuids  the 
motive  of  Kundry  as  a  helping  maid,  Kundry  turning  sadly 
away,  mourning  her  wretched  fate,  singing  with  despairing  pathos: 
*'I  do  no  good  thing,  but  rest  1  long  for.  Shunber!  Oh!  would 
that  none  might  wake  me.     Xo !  I'll  sleep  not ;  terror  grips  me." 

As  she  feels  the  awful  inHuence  of  Klingsor  coming  over  her, 
she  utters  an  agonized  groan  and  trembles  violently. 

**Vain  to  resist.     Mv  time  has  come. 
Shunber,  shunber  I  must." 

Kundry's  condition  is  strongly  impressed  upon  you  not  only 
by  her  words,  but  by  the  low,  solemn  throbbing  of  the  orchestra. 
Disappearing  behind  a  thicket,  she  is  seen  no  more. 

In  the  distance,  the  train  of  Amfortas  is  soon  returning  to  the 
Grail  Castle.  (lurnemanz,  placing  Parsifal's  arm  around  his 
neck,  and,  supi)orting  him,  leads  him  forward,  saying: — 

"From  bathing  C(unes  the  King. 

Let  me  to  the  holv  feast  c(mduct  thee. 

«• 

For,  if  thou  art  i)ure, 

Surely  the  Grail  will  feed  and  refresh  thee." 

Parsifal  and  (hirnenuuiz,  as  the  scene  changes  slowly,  are  lost 
to  view  in  tbe  rocky  ]>atlis.  T\\v  Bell  motive,  with  all  its  profound 
ini]>ressivcness,  begins  its  solemn  clanging.  Then  we  see  again 
Parsifal  and  Ciurnemanz  ascending  the  mountain.  Eventually, 
they  arrive  at  the  niiglity  hall  of  the  Temple,  over  which  is  a 
higli-vanltcMl  dome,  through  which  the  light  streams.  From  the 
heights  is  heard  the*  bell  aeeonipaniment.  The  orchestra  attain- 
ing its  full  richness  of  strength,  trombones  from  the  stage  sound 
fortissimo  the  La.si  ^^uppcr  moCirr, 

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THE  LYRE.  51 


With  this  annunciation  the  Knights  of  the  Grail  enter  the  hall, 
robed  in  white  tunics  with  mantles  of  rose  hue.  Two  long,  cov- 
ered tables,  on  which  are  cups,  are  placed  on  either  side  of  the 
stage.  At  these  tables  the  Knights  arrange  themselves  with  great 
solemnity.  Bells  are  rung,  and,  when  they  cease,  the  Knights 
sing  the  Bell  motive  to  the  words:  '*The  Holy  SupjK^r  duly  pre- 
]>are  we  dav  bv  dav." 

The  Grail  motive  is  srivcn  out  fortissimo  bv  orchestra  and  bells 
and,  as  the  litter  of  Amfortas  is  carried  in,  the  repentance  chorus 
is  heard  coming  from  the  mid-height  of  the  hall.  Then,  like  a 
breath  from  heaven  comes,  from  the  summit  of  the  dome,  the 
belief  chorus  of  boys'  voices.  Before  Amfortas  march  boys,  who 
carry  a  shrine  draped  in  purple- red  cloth. 

In  the  centre  of  the  background  is  a  raised  couch,  overhung 
with  a  canopy.  On  this  Amfortas  is  ])laced,  and,  before  him,  is  a 
table  on  which  rests  the  shrine,  still  covered.  After  a  long  silence 
Tintural  speaks,  as  from  a  grave,  commanding  Amfortas  to  ad- 
minister the  holv  office. 

Amfortas,  realizing  his  guilt,  in  desperation  refuses,  begging 
his  father  to  again  assume  his  authority.  The  repentance  and 
irildness  motives  are  strongly  brought  out  and,  as  Tinturel  men- 
tions the  (piickening  quality  of  the  Grail,  a  wonderfully  graphic 
treatment  of  the  Grail  and  Last  Supper  motives  weave,  as  it  were, 
a  suj^port  around  the  sufferinf/  motive  of  Amfortas.  He  prays  for 
mercy  and  healing,  that  he  may  once  more  feel  holiness. 

The  Last  Supper  motive  is  heard  again.  In  sweet  consolation 
tones,  boys'  voices  from  tlie  upi)er  dome  sing: — 


'*Hv  i)itv  liirhtened, 
The  guileless  Fool, 

Wait  for  him 

ifv  chosen  Tool." 


Tinturel   again   commands  the  Grail   to  be  uncovered.      The 


533 


52  THE  LYRE, 


boys,  raising  a  cloth,  expose  a  crystal  cup  which  they  set  before 
Auifortas.  As  Amfortas  bows  in  prayer,  during  which  the  or- 
chestra sounds  out  the  Last  Supper  theme,  an  oppressive  gloom 
overspreads  the  liall  of  the  Temple. 

Then — 

^^As  from  a  distance  beyond  a  distance  grew 
C^oming  upon  me — O  never  harp  nor  horn 
Xor  oughf  we  blow  with  breath  or  touch  with  hand 
Was  like  that  music  as  it  came" — was  heard  from  the  upi>er 
distance — 

**Takc  and  drink  my  blood. 
Take  mv  body  and  eat. 
Do  this  and  think  of  me." 

All  are  l)owed  in  prayer,  the  twilight  falls,  a  ray  of  li(]uid  fire 
touches  the  crystal  cup,  causing  it  to  glow  with  a  resjdendent  pur- 
ple lustre.  Amfortas  raises  the  cup  upon  which  the  Knights  rev- 
erently gaze.  The  orchestra  sounds  the  patlios  of  the  Saviours 
lament  and  repentance^  chorus.  Amfortas  places  the  Grail  on  the 
table — wlien  it  fades  as  we  hear  a  solemn  mingling  of  the  Grail 
and  Swan  motives.  As  the  glixun  rises  and  the  hall  becomes  light 
the  cu])s  on  the  tables  are  filled  with  wine,  and,  with  the  distribu- 
tion of  bread,  the  Jvnights  sit  down  to  the  Holy  Supper.  All 
partake  excepting  Parsifal,  who  remains  standing,  silent  and  mo- 
tionless, l()st  in  meditation  and  amazement. 

Voices  fn^m  the  heights  and  middle-height  sing  the  exquisite 
chorus  of  the  trans-substantiation  of  the  bread  and  wine.  The 
Knights  sing: — 

^^Take  of  this  bread  to  wcn'k  out  the  l^ord's  desiring. 
Take  of  this  wine  to  fiirht  as  dutv  shall  warrant." 

The  Bell  theme  is  rvthmicallv  initiated  bv  the  orchestra.  The 
(irail  theme  enters  again,  to  which  the  Knights  sing: — 

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'^Blessed  believing. 
Blessed  in  loving." 

echoed  by  the  youths  in  the  middle-heights,  and  re-echoed  by  boys 
in  the  utmost  heights,  dying  to  the  faintest  pianissimo. 

The  orchestra  begins  the  belief  chorus  piano  then,  crescendos 
when  all  prei)are  to  depart.  Amfortas,  who  has  not  partaken  of 
the  feast,  i)resses  his  hand  to  his  wound,  as  his  agony  has  returned. 
He  is  assisted  to  his  litter,  after  which  the  solemn  procession 
passes  from  the  stage.  Parsifal,  on  hearing  Amfortas'  cry  of 
pain,  clutches  his  own  heart,  and  we  hear  the  wonderful  prediction 
motive. 

When  the  Knights  have  all  left  the  hall,  Gurnemanz,  in  ill 
humor,  approaches  Parsifal,  as  the  orchestra  plays  the  motive  of 
the  Saviour  fi  Lament. 

**Whv  standest  thou  there  ^ 
Wist  thou  what  thou  saw'st  ?" 

The  Parsifal  and  Swan  motives  accomi)any  the  words: — 

^*Thou  art  indeed  a  fool. 
Come  awiiv,  on  thv  road  begone. 
Leave  all  our  swans  in  the  future  alone." 

Poor  Parsifal  is  then  thrust  angrily  from  the  door.  As  Gurne- 
manz turns  to  follow  the  Knights,  the  prediction  theme  is  heard 
again  from  the  heights. 

^'By  pity  'lightened,  the  guileless  fo(d." 

The  Grail  motive  follows  with  the  words  '"Blessed  l)elieving" 

dying  away  with  the  distant  peal  of  bells. 

Thus  ends  the  ju'ophesy,  as  the  curtains  close  on  this  ennobling 

sacred  scene. 

******** 


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54  THE  LYRE. 


From  the  sweet  purity  of  tlie  first  act,  we  pass  into  Klingsor's 
magic  domain,  wJiere  all  is  sensuality.  The  prehicle,  after  a  short, 
gloomy  passage,  bursts  into  the  wild  Kltiirjsor  motive,  after  which 
we  hear  the  repentance,  wildness  of  Kundry,  and  magic  sleep  mo- 
tives. 

From  this  presentation  of  themes  we  can  almost  anticipate  the 
tlirilling  content  of  tlie  following  act.  The  orchestral  movement 
is  wonderful  in  its  agitated  treatment  of  the  repentance  motive, 
changing  in  uncertain  effects  to  tlie  wildness  and  sleep  motives. 

The  curtain  opening,  we  see  Klingsor  sitting  on  the  rampart 
of  a  tower  before  a  mirror.     Steps  lead  from  the  darkness  below* 
to  the  summit  of  the  battlement.     ITe  calls  Kundry,  who  is  in  the 
gloomy  chamber  underneath. 

**Fptliere!    To  work  !    Thy  time  has  come." 

Descending,  he  lights  incense,  which  fills  the  air  with  a  blue, 
uncanny  va])or.  Then,  ascending  to  his  former  place,  he  calls 
again  as  he  weirdly  gesticulates. 


"Arise,  thou  Rose  of  Hades ! 
Thy  master  calls — api)ear!" 


In  the  mystic  light  is  seen  indistinctly  the  rising  form  of  a 
woman,  who  utters  a  wild,  distressed  scream,  which  the  orchestra 
accompanies  with  a  striking  dissonance  and  the  motive  of  Kundry*s 
wild  laiKjhler. 

Klingsor,  with  fiendish  relish,  continues: — ^'Awak'st  thou  i  Ila  I 
to  mv  si)ell  tliou  succumbest.  But  with  thv  charms  thou  must  to- 
dav  (lestrov  one  who  now  draws  near  whom  sheerest  follv  shiekLs." 

In  despairing  accents,  she  replies,  **I  will  not,''  as  we  hear  the 
motive  of  the  Saviour' s  Lament,  indicating  her  desire  for  purity. 
Klingsor  reviles  her  in  accents  of  rage,  when  the  laurjh  and  the 
nun/ic  sfcrp  motives  are  prominently  employed.  Klingsor  taunt- 
ingly asks  her  concerning  her  benutiful  victim  Amfortas.  Ilis 
suffcrlnr/  niofire  is  heard  ami  Kundry,  remembering  his  weakness, 


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breaks  into  laineiitation  as  we  hear  the  temptation  motive,  but 
iiniiiediately  followed  by  that  of  repentance  as  she  wails,  '*0h, 
from  mv  course,  who  shall  set  nie  free  f ' 

Klingsor  replies,  ^*He,  who  has  power  to  spurn  thee,  shall  set 
thee  free.     So  try  with  yonder  boy  who  now  approaches." 

Kundry  again  defies  liini  with,  *"!  will  not/' 

The  Parsifal  motive  rings  out  with  its  refreshing  ])urity.  As 
Parsifal  is  seen  in  tlie  distance,  Klingsor  calls  up  his  captive 
Knights  to  defend  the  Citadel.  Parsifal,  in  his  strength  of  un- 
jainted  manhoixl,  successfully  defends  himself  in  the  battle  against 
the  sin- weakened  Knights,  and,  as  he  mounts  the  ramparts,  Kling- 
sor remarks: — 

'*JIow  ])roudly  he  stands  on  the  rampart, 
His  c(mntenance,  how  smiling  and  rosy!'' 

The  instrumentation  of  the  unseen  battle  is  most  extraordinary. 
The  motive  of  the  (juilelefis  fool  is  used  in  a  different  rythm 
which  sounds  quite  warlike,  and,  in  the  broken  octaves  which  are 
snapped  off  staccato  by  the  violins,  we  can  easily  imagine  the 
blows  which  Parsifal  is  dealing  upon  his  antagonists. 

Kundry,  at  last  /overpowerei]  by  Klingsor's  Satanic  magic, 
laughs  more  and  more  ecstatically,  which  culminates  in  a  cry  of 
anguish.  As  she  vanishes,  the  blue*  light  deei)ens  into  darkness. 
Klingsor,  in  his  satisfaction  that  Kundry  is  again  in  his  power, 
cries  out: — 

'*The  charm  I  know  full  well 
Which  ever  compels  thee  to  do  my  behest. 
Them  there — babyish  sprig — 
When  thy  pureness  has  (lei)arted. 
To  me  thou'lt  be  devoted." 

In  the  harsh  forte  of  the  Klingsor  motive,  the  tower  with  him- 

537 


56  THE  LYRE, 


self  sinks  from  view  and  the  enchanted  garden  rises  in  all  its 
tropical  beauty.  As  Parsifal  gazes  on  this  gorgeous  scene  we 
liear  his  motive  piano,  bv  horns.  Hurrying  from  all  sides,  appear 
maidens  of  marvelous  physical  charms,  seeking  their  absent  lovers. 
After  the  Parsifal  motive,  they  cry  out  for  the  wounded  ones, 
asking  concerning  the  tumult,  what  its  cause,  and  who  the  new 
transgressor.  The  ensemble  of  this  maiden  chorus  is  most  artistic- 
ally a])portioned  in  two  groups  of  three  solo  voices  and  semi- 
choruses.  The  first  grouj)  and  then  the  second  disappears,  and 
finally,  as  we  hear  the  motive  of  seductive  hlooming,  they  return 
from  the  groves,  decked  in  flower  dresses  of  exquisite  hues.  They 
seek  to  allure  Parsifal,  ^*not  for  gold,  but  love's  sweet  sake," 
when  we  hear  the  lore  mot  ire.  Tliev  press  about  Parsifal  in  child- 
ish play,  stroking  his  face  and  his  hair,  promising  all  the  fruits  of 
sensuous  affection.  The  song  of  alhirement,  which  they  sing  in 
swaying  waltz  rythm,  must,  to  even  the  untutored  ear,  be  con- 
sidered beautifully  melodious.  In  this  working  out  of  themes, 
the  dranuitic  i>ower,  attained  by  the  skilfuU  emplo\nnent  of  solo 
voices  and  cliorus  work,  shows  the  wealth  of  form  which  so  char- 
acterizes Wagner. 

Parsifal,  ]>k'ased  for  the  moment  by  this  new  phase,  of  beauty 
surrounding  liim,  asks  if  they  are  flowers.  The  reply  is  of  the  mo- 
tive of  tlie  ^7>>//'/7  of  the  flowers.  He  soon  tires,  however,  of  their 
aggressive  ways  and  repulses  them.  They  deride  him  as  a  fool, 
a  coward  Ix^fore  women,  using  tlie  teasing  motive.  Kundry's 
voice  is  suddenly  lieard  in  tlie  prediction  motive,  calling,  "Parsi- 
fal— tarrv  I"* 

The  maidens  return  to  their  wounded  Knights,  calling,  ''Thou 
fair  one,  thou  ])roud  one,  thou  fool."*' 

Kundry  a])pears  througli  the  withdrawn  branches,  a  womanly 
form  of  entrancing  beauty.  She  reclines  on  a  flowery  couch,  en- 
velo])ed  in  a  delicately  tinted  i»auze.  She  possesses  all  the  physical 
charms  of  woman.  Asking  Parsifal  in  rich,  hniguid  tones,  **WTiat 
drew  you  here  f'  the  orchesti'a  impressively  answers  by  sounding 
the  motive  of  the  halloired  ^^pear. 

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TUE  LYRE.  57 


She  tells  him,  calling  him  by  name,  of  his  father,  and,  with 
bewitching  sympathy,  of  his  chorished,  though  forsaken,  mother. 
In  seductive  tones  she  touches  upon  the  sweetest  memory  of  his 
life,  telling  him  of  his  babyhood,  when,  with  care  and  sorrow, 
his  mother  guarded  him  from  sin  and  death  as  was  his  father's. 
"Tliou  wert  not  afraid  of  kisses  from  her.  When  thou  awav  did'st 
go  and  rctudned'st  not  again,  the  anguish  broke  her  heart — she 
died." 

During  this  monologue,  the  motive  of  He rzele ides'  (his 
mother's)  love.  Saviour  s  Lament,  spirit  of  the  flowers,  and  magic 
sleep  twine  and  inter-twine  in  a  l)t»autiful  garland  of  roses  and 
thorns. 

Kundry  certainly  begins  her  strategy  well,  as  Parsifal  feels  he 
has  found  in  lier  a  sympathizer  in  his  boyhood's  sorrow.  He 
sinks  at  Kundry's  feet  in  complete  dejection,  bewailing  his  ^'faith- 
ful, fondest  of  mothers."  As  Kimdry  bends  forward,  gently 
touching  his  forehead,  she  wreathes  her  arms  confidingly  about  his 
neck,  alluring  him  with  tones  of  ineifable  sweetness, — 

*'Let  now,  thy  bitter  woe  find  mitigation 
In  joys  that  love  can  show." 

Parsifal,  thinking  only  of  his  mother's  love,  remains  silent  and 
motionless.  Kundry  bows  her  head  to  his  and  presses  upon  his 
pure  lips  an  unholy  kiss.  The  magic  sleep  motive,  which  is  being 
employed,  causes  tlie  scene  to  burn  with  awful  oppression.  Be- 
fore us  we  see  the  good  and  the  bad  in  closest  embrace.  Evil  has 
taken  the  most  insinuatingly  clever  steps  to  hide  its  enormity  from 
the  unsuspecting  eyes  of  Purity.    Which  will  conquer  ? 

Suddenly  Parsifal  springs  to  his  feet  with  a  gesture  of  horror 
as  his  hands  tightly  press  his  heart.  He  feels  the  sh(x?king  agony 
of  Amfortas'  wound.  With  fury  he  cries  out:  "Amfortas!  The 
sj^ear  wound !  In  me  I  feel  it  burning.  Horror !  Horror !  dire- 
fullest  horror!"     The  spear,  grief,  wildness  and  remorse  motives 

539 


58  THE  LYRE. 


depict  liis  intense  suffering,  but  not  yet  is  he  entirely  free  from  the 
powerful  witchery  of  this  wicked  wretch.  As  the  magic  sleep  and 
passion  motives  are  heard,  lie  cries  out  again: — 

*'The  terrible  passion  !     Love's  deliriimi ! 
How  all  things  tremble  heave  and  quake 
With  longings  that  are  sinful !'' 

In  this  fearful  battle  between  the  carnal  and  spiritual  natures 
of  the  man,  desperation  seizes  us  in  the  thought  that  he  may  suc- 
cumb to  the  powers  of  sin.  He  remembers  the  sacred  Cup,  the 
Blood  of  the  Holy  One,  and,  throwing  himself  on  his  knees,  begs : — 

"Redeemer,  Saviour,  Gracious  Lord, 
What  can  retrieve  mv  crime  abhorred  C 

The  motive  of  the  Last  Supper,  Saviou7'\s  Lament  and  repentance 
are  given  with  their  wonderful  significance. 

Kundry  now  tries  fiattery  when  she  sees  her  arts  of  passion 
have  failed,  but  he  now  recognizes  her  as  the  temptress  of  Am- 
fortas.  He  thrusts  her  from  him  in  bitterest  scorn,  as  we  hear  the 
irlldnrss  and  repentance  motives.  A  peculiar  psychological 
change  takes  j)lace  in  Kundry.  Though  still  under  the  magic 
sj)ell,  she  understands  her  defeat  and  jjerceives  in  Parsifal  her 
saviour,  and  her  owji  unsullied  love  is  awakened — depicted  by  the 
lore  mofirr  of  Kundry.  It  is  a  combination  of  the  Bell  theme 
of  the  first  act  and  of  the  Rapture  theme,  indicative  of  her  dual 
nature.  She  now  tells  of  having  once  scoffed  at  the  Saviour  and 
as  a  curse  u])ou  her  sin  she  should  ever  seek  salvation  which  would 
elu(l(»  her.  With  the  confession,  *'T  saw  Him  once  and  mocked 
Him  and  seek  Him  now  from  world  to  world,''  begins  the  LaM 
Supper  flieuw  in  unison  with  the  (wofl  Friday  and  spear  motives, 
followcil  by  tlie  laurjh,  rrildness  and  remorse  motives.  What 
clearly  intelligible  messages  this  ^'inarticulate  language  of  the 
souT'  imparts  to  us  I 

540 


THE  LYRE.  59 


Kiindry  tries  yet  by  many  means  to  entice  Parsifal,  when  are 
heard  the  motives  of  alluring  and  sinrii  of  the  flowers.  But 
Parsifal   tells  her  he  must  depart, — 

"Etemallv,  I  should  1x3  damned  with  thee 
If,  for  one.  hour,  I  forget  my  holy  mission." 

Kundry  replies: — 

"Redeem  the  world  then,  if  'tis  thine  aim. 
Stand  as  a  god  revealed." 

Musically  and  dramatically,  this  is  one  of  the  strongest  cli- 
maxes in  the  entire  drama.  Parsifal  now  promises  her  redemp- 
tion, if  she  will  show  him  the  way  to  Amfortas,  but  "under  the 
curse,"  her  wicked  nature  ])redominates  and  she  refuses,  as  is 
sounded  in  the  wild-riditu)  motive.  When  she  finds  Parsifal  is 
leaving  her,  she  calls  for  Klingsor's  help,  cursing  his  wanderings 
that  he  might  never  find  his  way.  Klingsor  ai)i)ears  on  the  castle 
wall  with  a  spear;  the  maidens  hasten  to  Kundry;  Klingsor 
calls  in  threatening  tones: — 

"Halt  there!     Til  ban  tliee  with  befitting  gear. 
The  fool  shall  ])erish  by  the  master's  s|K'ar." 

He  hurls  the  sp(*ar,  which  floats  over  Parsifal's  head.  To  the 
strains  of  the  Grail  motive,  Parsifal  siezes  the  s])ear  with  rapture. 
Making  the  sign  of  the  cross,  he  holds  the  spear  aloft,  whereat 
the  castle  and  magic  gar<lens  fall  into  oblivion.  Kundry  sinks 
into  the  darkness  with  a  piercing  shriek,  a  wail  of  the  deepest 
despair. 

The  motive  of  seduetive  bloom ing  becomes  strangely  dismantled 
and  changes  into  the  fading  motive.  From. the  sunmiit  of  the 
wall,  the  victorious,  noble,  departing  Parsifal  calls : — 

"Thou  knowest  where  only  we  shall  meet  again." 

541 


60  THE  LYRE. 


The  fading  motive  is  heard  in  solemn  strains  as  Parsifal  dis- 
appears. The  motives  of  repentance  and  rapture  join  in  a  moiim- 
fnl  union;  a  drum  roll,  a  minor  chord  sounded  twice  softly  and 
a  third  time  forte,  when  the  curtains  fall  together. 

The  act,  with  all  of  its  fantastic  colorings,  its  enormous  beauty, 
its  terrible  struggle  of  purity  against  sin,  the  culmination  in  the 
unequivocal  triumph  of  Good  over  the  ])owers  of  darkness — all  so 
strongly  pictured  by  Wagner's  unique  instnunentation — is  over- 
powering in  effect.    We  can  only  seek  for  peace  in  the  third  act. 

(To  be  continued.) 


542 


THE  LYRE.  61 


A  LETTER  FROM  BELGIUM. 

()2  rue  Paradis, 
Liege,  Belgium, 
April  2,  1901. 
To  my  Sisters  in  Alpha  Chi: 

From  a  distant  land  I  send  vou  l)est  wishevS  and  faithful  alle- 
giance  to  our  beloved  ^'Frat." 

First  of  all,  I  wish  to  tell  you  how  delightful  it  was  to  meet  an 
Al])ha  Chi  from  Beta,  in  this  city,  after  a  long  and  tedious,  as 
well  as  jx^rilous,  journey  across  the  Atlantic.  We  are  studying 
with  the  same  professor,  Ovide  ilusin. 

In  America  J^iege  is  not  very  well  known,  I  fear,  but  in  Europe 
its  fame  is  widespread,  the  Conservatoire  here  Ix^ing  specially 
noted  for  its  excellent  advantages  for  the  study  of  the  violin.  In 
the  Conservatoire  Leonard,  Wieniawski,  Vieuxtem])s,  ^larsick, 
Sauret,  Thomson,  Ysaye  and  ^lusin  have  been  students,  and  later, 
wuth  two  exceptions,  ilarsick  and  Sauret,  teachers,  ^[r.  !Musin 
holding  the  place  of  honor  at  the  present  time. 

Durinc:  this  season  there  have  been  manv  excellent  concerts  iu 
the  city,  giv(»n  by  societies  and  high-class  tpiartettes,  quintettes 
and  artists.  By  one  of  the  first  named,  the  Liege  Choral  Society, 
was  given  Beethoven's  ^'^lissa  Solennis"  in  I)  major.  We  have 
also  listened  to  concerts  h\  the  Rose  Quartette  of  Vienna,  the 
Quintette  of  Meiningen,  IIand)(>urg  the  ])ianist,  and  Ysaye  the 
violinist.  There  has  been  a  plenty  of  opera,  too,  the  best  being 
"Manon,"  conducted  by  the  c<>mj)oser,  Massenet.  Of  the  Circle  of 
Amateur  concerts  there  have  l)een  three.  In  these  have*  appeared 
as  soloists  Madanu^  Ilenryk  Arctowski,  soprano  (an  American 
girl,  by  the  way,  who  has  married  a  Polish  exjdorer)  ;  iLadamoi- 
selle  Gaetane  Britt,  an  harpist  from  Paris,  and  Mr.  Theo.  Charlier 
from  Bruss(ds,  who  is  reputed  to  be  the  finest  truuipeter  in  the 
world.     But  the  best  concert  is  vet  to  come !     The  seventeenth  of 


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April  "L'an  II il/'  the  work  of  Gabriel  Pierne,  is  to  be  given,  the 
eminent  composer  conducting.  On  that  night  Ovide  Musin  will 
be  concert  master,  Felix  Kenard,  the  composer,  will  be  with  the 
first  violins,  and  Loervenson,  of  Brussels,  who  enjoys  an  Europ- 
ean if  not  an  American  reputation,  will  be  the  'cellist.  With  these 
illustrious  people  two  of  your  '^sisters,"  Miss  Gunnels  and  myself, 
will  play. 

The  hall,  where  our  rehearsals  and  concerts  are  held,  is  the  one 
in  which  C^hopin,  Leonard,  Vieuxtemps  and  a  host  of  other  famous 
musicians  have  often  played.  Do  you  wonder  that  one  feels  in- 
spired ? 

A  short  time  ago  several  of  the  American  Colony  went  to  Brus- 
sels to  hear  Thomson  ])lay  the  Bwthoven  Concerto  with  the  Con- 
servatoire orchestra  (Sarasate  played  the  night  before,  but  I  did 
not  know  of  it  in  time  to  go.)  When  Ysaye  played  here,  the 
Beethoven  was  on  his  ])rogranime,  as  was  also  the  Bach  C\>ncerto 
in  E  major.  It  was  an  excellent  oi)portunity  for  those  who  heard 
Thomscm  to  draw  com] )ari sons  l)etw(K^n  two  of  the  great  exix:»n- 
ents  of  the  Belgian  School. 

For  the  benefit  of  those  interested  in  the  violin,  just  a  few  words. 
I  wish  you  all  might  hear  one  of  Mr.  ilusin's  classes.  Really,  his 
classwork  is  marvelous,  and  unlike  anything  I  have  ever  heard 
before.  In  America  we  sometimes  have  four  in  a  class,  three 
listening  to  the  lesson  of  the  fourth.  Xot  so  here.  Mr.  Musin  has 
about  eight(»en  in  his  class,  meeting  the  ])upils  three  times  each 
week.  ( 'ertain  exercises  are  given  for  study  between  lessons,  each 
individual  connnitting  them  to  memory;  the  whole  class  plays 
each  exercise  ensemble.  It  sounds  like  one  immense  violin,  and 
the  l)enetit  derived  from  this  drill  is  perfectly  astonishing.  Do 
not  think  me  an  advert isinii:  airent  for  the  Conservatoire  Roval  de 
Liege,  Iwrause  I  am  not,  but  it  may  Ix^  interesting  to  some  of  my 
*'sisters"  to  know,  of  this  system,  which  originated  with  Ovide 
ilnsin. 

In  speaking  of  music  in  Liege,  I  had  forgotten  two  features  of 

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the  city — the  street  piano  and  hand-organ:  I  am  forcibly  re- 
minded of  them,  as  one  of  the  latter  is  grinding  ont  a  succession  of 
notes  in  the  vestibule  just  outside  my  door. 

1  l>elieve  I  have  chronicled  the  most  interesting  features  of  the 
musical  world  of  Liege,  so  with  renewed  g(M)d  wishes  for  my 
"sisters"  and  for  the  welfare  of  dear  old  Alpha  Chi,  I  am 

Yours  in  the  Bond, 

Belle  McDicros.s  t^ujouniey  (Zeta). 


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XEVIX— A  BRIEF  SKEICH  OF  HIS  LIFE. 

Etholbert  W.  Xevin,  one  of  the  foremost  composers  of  the  clay, 
was  born  at  Edgeworth  Xov.  25,  18r)2,  and  died  at  Xew  Haven, 
Connecticnt,  Feb.  17,  1001. 

He  was  a  mere  child  when  he  showed  ability  to  play  war  airs, 
which  were,  at  that  time,  qnite  in  vogue.  At  five  years  of  age  he 
was  a  fairly  good  pianist,  and  his  future,  by  all  indications,  was 
to  be  a  brilliant  one.  His  first  instructor  was  [Miss  Margaret 
Adair.  After  her  death  he  entered  the  Pittsburg  Conservatory  of 
Music.  Several  vears  after  this  he  sailed  for  Berlin  and  became  a 
pu[)il  of  Herr  von  Boehme.  He  was  but  fifteen  years  of  age 
when  he  studied  under  liim. 

In  less  than  a  vear  he  returned  to  America  and  entered  the 
Western  University.  In  ISSl  he  was  j)laced  under  a  Boston  in- 
stru(*tor,  and  remained  there  for  two  years.  In  1883  he  became 
organist  at  the  Trinity  Church  of  Pittsburg,  but  in  1884  he  sailed 
ai^ain  for  Berlin  and  studied  under  Klindworth. 

He  nia<le  his  debut  in  Berlin  and  next  was  in  Italy,  Paris  and 
Vi(-nna.  From  that  time  on,  his  life  Avas  spent  mostly  in  travel, 
but  occasionally  he  came  to  his  old  home,  "^Vineacre,"  named  thus 
for  its  re])Oj?e. 

His  greatest  produ(*tions  have  a])j>eared  within  the  last  ten 
years,  lie*  wrot(^  his  famous  '^Serenade''  at  the  age  of  thirt-een, 
an<l  **()  that  We  Two  Were  Maviniz;''  at  fifteen.  Manv  of  his  early 
comp(»sitioiis  he  dodicate<l  to  ^liss  Anna  Paull,  who  afterwards 
became  his  wife. 

His  home  life  was  very  ])leasant,  as  all  he  cared  for  in  this 
worM  wjis  his  art  and  his  familv. 

lie  (lev(»t(Ml  little  of  his  time  to  society,  but  spent  his  idle  hours 
with  his  family,  for  he  thought  that  they  would  appreciate  it 
mon*  tliiui  the  societv  world. 

]Mr.  ^y'evin  lia<l  a  great  capacity  for  work,  for  in  ten  years  he 


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gave  to  the  world  over  six  hundred  musical  selections,  writing 
them  just  as  he  was  inspired.  ^^Xarcissus"  was  written  on  a  bleak 
winter  morning,  and  ^^\t  Fontainbleu"  in  a  single  night,  after 
he  had  spent  the  evening  with  a  party  of  young  folks. 

He  came  from  one  of  the  oldest  families  in  Pittsburg,  and  his 
ancestors  were  people  of  note. 

Etliell3ert  Xevin's  most  notable  compositions  are: — 

^^Xarcissus,"  '^The  Rosary,"  "O  that  We  Two  Were  Maying," 
^'Good-night,  Beloved,"  "C-aptive  Memories,"  "May  in  Tuscany," 
'^Love  Song,"  '^A  Day  in  Venice,"  *'Water  Scenes,"  a  suite  of 
four  numbers,  of  which  "Narcissus"  is  the  last,  the  others  being 
"Water  Xymph,"  "Dragon  Fly,"  "Ophelia"  and  "Barcarolle." 

There  is  no  doubt  but  that  the  name  of  Ethelbert  Nevin  will  be 
heard  as  long  as  time  shall  Ije.  There  was  much  gloom  spread 
over  the  country  when  his  death  was  announced. 

Although  he  died  at  an  early  age  and  no  one  can  surmise  what 
he  might  have  done  had  he  lived,  yet  we  must  be  satisfied  that  he 
gave  us  as  much  as  he  did.  Delta, 


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THE  FRESHMAN. 

Freshv,  Freshv  in  the  brook, 
Girls  have  got  her  on  a  hook. 
When  tliey  hind  her  higli  and  dry, 
Then  she'll  be  an  Alpha  Chi. 

*'What  are  those  colors — green  and  red  ?" 
'^Scarlet  and  olive,"  I  frigidly  said. 
*^What  are  thev  for  ?"  insisted  the  man. 
**Gness/'  was  my  answer,  *^giiess  if  you  can." 


But  he  couldn't  or  wouldn't — the  end  is  the  same — 
So  I  spoke  an  ins])iring,  soul-stirring  name. 
He  threw  up  his  hands  with  a  awe-stricken  cry, 
And  his  fever-parched  lips  framed  the  words — *^Vlpha  Chi." 

Edith  Elaine  Simmons, 


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OP 

ALPHA   CHI   OMEGA. 

Published  Quarterly  by  Edith  Howland  Maacbe^ter  for  Alpha  Chi  Omeg*,, 

83  Comstock  Avenne,  Providence,  R.  I. 
Subscription,  $1.00  per  year.  Sinirle  Copies,  25  cents. 

Entered  at  the  Providence  Post  Office  as  Second  Class  Matter. 

EoiTtf  Rowland  Manchestbh,  Editor-in-Chief. 

ASSOCI^TB  BDITORS: 

Alpha— 97ilhelmina  S.  Lank.  Epsilon— Jessie  Leone  Davis. 

Bbta— Mary  L   Perine.  Zeta— Helen  Maude  Collin. 

Gamma— Ruth  V.  IngUa.  Eta— Belle  Bartol. 

Delta— Clara  Louise  Lord.  Thbta— Virginia  May  Fisk 

Iota— Ethel  W.  Azbill. 


VOL.  V.  PROVIDENCE,  R.  I.,  JUNE.  1901.  No,  2. 

This  is  **Tlio  Lyre's"  last  nppcaranoo  until  after  the  opening 
of  a  new  eollejiro  year.  Let  us  not  lose  onr  interest  and  enthusiasm 
for  her  welfare,  even  although  the  snninier  may  l>e  too  warm  for 
mueh  thought. 

There  seems  to  he  some  sort  of  a  misunderstiiinding,  even 
among  fraternity  members,  in  regard  to  the  exaet  meaning  of  the 
word  fraternity.  It  is  d(M*ived,  as  almost  evervone — whether  or 
no  he  is  familiar  with  Latin — knows,  from  the  word  f rater  mean- 
ing brother,  the  eorresjionding  word  for  sister  being  soror.  Hence 
the  name  f  rat  emit  ji  and  sorority,  l>ut,  by  eoinmon  consent  and 
mutual  understanding  in  both  fraternity  and  sorority  circles,  the 
former  is  the  name  most  gcnierally  ap])lied  to  intercollegiate  secret 
s(x*ieties  of  either  sex. 

There  is  a  fraternitv — in  the  strict  s(Mise  of  the  wor<l — recently 
organized,  an<l  gladly  do  we  welcome  tlu*  Sinfonia  Club  to  the 
circle  of  Frats.  Tnlike  most  similar  bodies,  it  has  not  a  Greek 
letter  name,  but,  as  it  grew  out  of  a  club  of  the  same  name,  when 

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becoming  a  fraternity,  it  was  still  known  as  the  Sinfonia  Club. 
It  is  in  a  most  prospering  condition,  having  already  four  chapters 
in  the  following  colleges,  Alpha,  New  England  Conservatory, 
Boston ;  Beta,  Broad  Street  Conservatory,  Philadelphia ;  Gamma, 
American  Institute  of  Applied  Music,  Xew  York;  Delta,  Ithaca 
Consers'atory,  Ithaca.  Tlie  Sinfonia  Club  held  its  first  annual 
convention  in  Boston  during  the  month  of  April. 


CHAPTER  LETTERS. 

Alpha — De  Pauw  University. 

Since  the  last  publication  of  "'The  Lyre"  Alpha  has  added  three 

to  her  number — Grace  Brvan,  Xell  Ross  and  Grace  Connor.    Sara 

Neal  has  also  been  initiated.     Alj)ha  feels  proud  indeed  of  her  new 

accessions.     We  are  making  preparations  for  a  party  to  be  given 

our  Universitv  friends  in  a  short  time. 

I- 

Much  of  interest  has  luipj)ened  this  year  both  socially  and  in 
the  Universitv.  The  several  numbers  of  the  Lecture  and  Concert 
course  have  been  very  entertaining  and  instructive,  one  of  the  most 
recent  Ix^ing  that  given  by  the  Mendelssohn  ifale  Quartette. 

Friday  aftern(M>n,  April  2(5,  Victor  Herbert,  with  his  famous 
Pitts])urg  Orchestra,  gave  a  concert  in  ^leharry  Hall.  The  solo- 
ist, Mr.  Von  Kunits^  violinist,  was  very  fine,  and  the  two  orches- 
tral numbers,  ''Yesterthoughts"  and  **Puncliinello,"  composed  by 
Herbert,  wore  very  mnch  ap])reciated. 

Perhaps  one  of  the  most  enjoyable  occasions  of  late  was  the 
pianoforte  recital  bv  IMiss  Elizabeth  Patterson  Sawvers.  She  had 
no  assistance  and  certainly  needed  none,  as  her  playing  was  so 
com])lete  and  satisfying.  Her  })rogram  consisted  of  twelve  num- 
bers, the  iirst  being  the  Aj)assionata  Sonata  by  Beethoven. 

The  coming  of  Emil  Liebling  soon  for  an  afternoon  concert  is 
looked  forward  to  with  great  ])leasure  l)y  all. 

The  annual  del)ate,  which  was  lield  here  between  the  representa- 
tives of  liutler  and  De  Pauw  I'niversities,  resulted  victoriously 
for  De  Pauw. 

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Plans  are  in  progress  for  the  erection  of  a  new  University 
building,  which  is  to  be  devoted  to  the  sciences.  ^Ir.  IMinshall, 
of  Terre  Haute,  has  donated  fiftv  thousand  dollars  toward  the 
erection  of  this  building,  and  the  faculty  expect  to  have  the  work 
begun  at  once.  The  campus  is  to  be  further  improved  by  the  lay- 
ing of  cement  walks.  , 

Rose  Meredith,  of  Muncie,  has  Ix^en  in  school  a  part  of  the 
term  working  up  her  Junior  recital  in  piano,  which  she  gave  be- 
fore returning  home.  Miss  ilabelle  Johnson  accompanied  her 
vocal  numbers.  Wilhelmina  Lauk  gave  her  Senior  recital  in  voice 
a  few  weeks  ago.  She  was  assisted  by  Miss  Jessie  L.  Guild, 
pianist,  and  ^Mr.  Sep  Washbuni,  flutist.  Other  recitals  are  to  be 
given  soon  by  our  Juniors,  further  mention  of  which  will  be  made 
in  the  next  lett<?r.  Jessie  L,  Guild, 

Beta — Albion  College. 

Since  our  last  letter  a  change  has  taken  place  in  the  administra- 
tion of  Albion  College,  caused  by  the  resignation  of  the  President, 
John  P.  Ashlev.  The  board  of  trustees  have  chosen  Dr.  Samuel 
Dickie  to  assume  the  duties  of  President  until  their  annual  meet- 
ing in  June,  when  the  vacancy  will  be  permanently  filled.  The 
students  are  at  i)resent  rejoicing  over  the  prospect  of  a  new  library 
building,  the  immediate  erection  of  which  having  been  made  pos- 
sible by  a  liberal  gift  of  money  from  one  of  the  ])atrons  of  the 
institution. 

The  Musical  Festival  occurs  on  Mav  21,  22  and  23  this  vear, 
and  much  pleasure  is  anticipated  in  hearing  iLrs.  ITildegarde  Hoff- 
man, Helen  Buckley,  Holmes  Cowper,  Barroff  and  Burmeister. 
The  closing  concert  will  consist  of  the  rendering  of  Mendelssohn's 
"St.  Paul"  by  the  college  choral  union. 

The  past  few  weeks  have  been  very  busy  ones  for  the  girls  of 
Beta  chapter,  since,  inst^^ad  of  our  annual  concert,  we  have  given 
two  parlor  musicales.  The  first  one  was  hehl  at  the  home  of  Sister 
Mary  Dickie  and  the  second  at  the  home  of  Sister  Kate  Calkins, 

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while  the  following  programs  were  carried  out  with  very  pleasing 
success : 

1.  Allegi'o   from   Fourth   Concerto Bennett. 

Miss  Frances  Dissette. 
Second  Piano,  iliss  Ora  Woodworth. 

2.  The  Sandman's  Coming Schnel| 

Go,  Lovel  V  Rose Hardee 

^liss  Nella  llamsdell. 

3.  The  Flatterer Chaminade. 

Miss  ilaizie  Goodenow\ 

4.  The  Lass  with  the  Delicate  Air Arne. 

iLiss  Mvrtle  llatswell. 

5.  Ave  Maria Gounod. 

^liss  Marv  Dickie. 

().   Songs  ^[y  ^1  other  Used  to  Sing Dvorak. 

Under  the  Shade  of  the  Jnni])er  Tnn^ Hollae^der. 

iliss  Kate  Calkins. 

7.  ( 'oncert  Stuck Von  Weber. 

^[iss  Clarissa  Dickie. 
Orchestra  accomj)animent  on  second  ])iano, 

Miss  Kthel  Calkins. 

The  second  j)r()irram  was — 

1.    Lichtertanz : Rubenstein. 

Miss  Ora  Woodworth, 
Miss  Maizie  Goodenow. 

'1.   Hindoo   Chant Birnberg. 

^liss  Kate  Calkins. 
3.   Carnival  ^lignon. 

Scciirs  j>aiiroininii(|n(^s  juMir  Piano Edouard  Schutt. 

No.    1.    Scrcna<lc  (TArlfMiuin. 
Xo.    '1.   Tristesse  dc  ( 'olomliine. 
Xo.   3.    P(»lichinclle  (  i>nrlcs(|ue). 
Xo.   4.   Pierrot  Peveiir. 

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Xo.  5.  Caprice  Sganarelle. 

Aliss  Clarissa  Dickie. 

4.  Ezra  House James  Wliitcomb  Riley. 

iliss  Belle  Soder. 

5.  At  Parting James  H.  Rogers. 

Morning  Song Rubenstein. 

IMiss  ilyrtle  Ilatswell. 

6.  Air  de  Ballet ' • De  Beriot. 

^liss  Florence  Iloag. 

7.  The  Homeward  Sail J.  Rlieinl)erger. 

Misses  Ramsdell,  Ilatswell,  Wortliington. 

On  April  0  the  active  girls  gave  a  six  o'clock  Easter  dinner  for 
their  gentlemen  friends.  It  seemed  as  though  the  lodge  never 
looked  as  pretty  as  it  did  that  evening;  the  ])ian()  was  decorated 
with  Easter  lilies,  while  scarlet  carnations,  set  off  by  palms  and 
ferns,  gave  a  very  charming  appearance  to  the  rooms.  Sister 
Maud  Armstrong  of  Detroit  was  with  us,  while  T)r.  and  Mrs. 
Dickie  were  guests  of  honor.  April  25  all  the  Chis  were  invited  to 
a  surprise  i)arty  at  the  home  of  Sister  ^[aizie  Gocxleuow,  the  occa- 
sion l>eing  the  birth(hiy  of  her  sister  Georgia,  one  of  our  pledge 
girls.  Two  of  our  girls.  Sister  Susie  Ferine  and  Sister  Kate 
Calkins,  graduate  from  the  literary  department  of  the  college  in 
June,  while  Sisters  Edna  Tri])hagan  and  Louise  Sheldon  finish 
their  course  of  studv  in  the  c(mservatorv.  This  summer  Sister 
Myrtle  Hatswell  has  a  j)osition  as  ])iano  instruct<n-  and  accompan- 
ist at  the  Orion  Assend)ly.  We  were  much  ])leased  to  receive  a 
visit  from  ^liss  Baker,  one  of  the  Theta  girls,  during  the  spring  • 
vacation,  and  all  other  sisters  will  receive  a  cordial  welcome. 

Mary  L,  Ferine, 

Albion,  Mich.,  May  »>,  liiOl. 

Ciannnfi — Northwestern  University. 

Dear  Sisters: — Since  Januarv  we  have  received  two  new  mem- 
hers  into  Alpha  Chi  Omega,  ^liss  ^Fyrta  McKean  and  Miss  Edna 
Stanton.  The  night  of  initiation  was  the  occasion  of  a  '^spread" 
and  a  genc^ral  good  time,  even  the  new  girls  seeming  to  enjoy 
themselves  ( 'Miot  having  had  nearly  such  a  hard  time  as  we  had,'' 
Iwing  the  verdict  of  all  the  others  present). 

Invitations  have  been  received  for  the  marriage  at  Grand  Rap- 

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ids,  j\Iich.,  of  our  Frat.  sister  Aliss  Blanche  Hughes  and  Mr. 
Eugene  Hinckley  of  Sparta,  Wisconsin.  That  every  happiness 
may  attend  the  bride  is  the  earnest  wish  of  Gamma  Chapter. 

Being  so  near  C^hicago,  we  have  enjoyed  the  nimierous  musical 
features  of  the  seasons,  one  l)eing  concerts  by  the  great  London 
artists,  ilr.  and  ilrs.  George  Henschel.  The  last  Thomas  concert 
was  given  A])ril  IDth  and  20th  with  Miss  Maud  Powell  as  soloiste. 
She  is,  as  the  readers  of  the  ^*Lvre''  know,  an  honorary  Alpha  Chi, 
so  at  the  afternoon  performance,  after  her  rendering  the  Tschaik- 
owsky  Concerto  for  violin,  Opus  35,  we  sent  her  scarlet  carnations 
tied  with  green  ribbon. 

We  have  also  just  enjoyed  a  week  of  grand  opera,  listening  to 
old  favorite  stars  and  some  new  ones.  Last  year.  Manager  Grau 
said  that  he  would  never  come  to  Chicago  again,  that  Chicago- 
ans  were  not  a  music-hwing  peo])le,  but,  after  all  he  decided  to 
give  the  city  a  chance  to  retrieve  its  reputation,  and  with  evident 
success.  Never  were  such  brilliant  and  enthusiastic  audiences 
seen  at  the  Auditorium,  while  on  several  occasions  people  were 
turned  away  for  lack  of  seats  and  standing  room. 

The  ^'Elijah''  was  given  by  the  Evanston  and  Kavenwood  Musi- 
cal Clul>s  under  the  direction  of  Dean  Lutkin,  of  Xorth western 
School  of  ilusic,  at  the  Central  Music  Hall,  Chicago,  with  the 
following  soloists :  ilrs.  Genevieve  Clark  Wilson,  Miss  De  Sellem, 
Mr.  George  Hamlin,  and  Mr.  Charles  W.  Clark. 

The  graduate  recitals  are  beginning  now  and  will  continue  'til 
nearly  the  end  of  June.  One  of  special  interest  to  us  is  that  of 
Miss  ^label  Dunn,  who  irraduatc^  from  the  Artists'  course. 

We  are  all  looking  forward  eagerly  to  our  annual  dancing 
j)arty,  for  which  invitations  are  out,  for  IMay  the  third.  iThe 
decorations  are  going  to  Ik?  very  pretty  this  year,  I  think,  as  the 
girls  have  been  wf)rking  hard  over  red  banners  with  green  letters 
and  a  sj)](»n(li(l  lyre  three  feet  high,  covered  with  red  and  decorated 
witli  a  irreen  scr(»ll  and  uold  letters. 

(laninia  sends  best  wishes  to  her  sister  chapters  for  a  happy  and 
])r()ti table  summer,  iraininc  new  stren<jrth  for  next  vear's  work. 

Buih  Victoria  Inglis. 

Delia — Pennsvlvania  College  of  ilusic. 

Dear  Sisters: — We  again  send  greetings  to  the  sister  chapters 
of  Al])lia  Chi  Omega. 

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THE  LYRE.  73 


It  is  with  a  sense  of  satisfaction  that  we  welcome  the  ^^Lyre," 
for  it  furnishes  the  needed  means  of  communication  and  brings 
the  members  of  the  diflFerent  cliapters  more  nearly  in  touch  with 
each  others'  work. 

Since  out  last  letter  to  the  '*Lvre/'  Vesta  Leet  has  been  initiated 
into  Delta  chapter.  We  have  not  only  added  great  talent  to  our 
chapter  by  this  new  member,  but  a  very  bright  and  attractive  girl. 

After  the  short  Easter  vacation  our  girls  came  back  readv  to 
begin  work  again  in  college  (conservatory  and  fraternity.  With 
our  twenty-three  active  members  gathered  together  in  our  fra- 
ternity room,  we  sj)end  many  pleasant  evenings  and  ho])e  to  ac- 
complish much  work  l)efore  the  summer  vacation  arrives. 

It  is  with  regret  that  Delta  loses  two  of  her  strong(^st  members. 
Hiss  Auby  Krick  left  last  week  for  Kane,  Pa.,  where  she  will  take 
a  music  class  for  the  summer.  Miss  Krick  goes  to  Kane  in  the 
hope  that  the  mountain  air  may  prove  beneficial  in  building  up  her 
health.  She  is  a  thorough  musician  and  a  teacher  of  charming 
personality. 

!Miss  Flora  B.  Eastman,  of  this  city,  and  Mr.  Chas.  E.  Robin- 
son, of  Kane,  Pa.,  were  married  on  the  evening  of  April  25  at 
the  home  of  the  bride's  mother,  ilrs.  ^lartha  Eastman,  Liberty 
Street.  It  was  purely  a  home  wedding,  attended  by  only  the  im- 
mediate friends,  but  was  distinguished  by  pretty  house  decorations 
and  delightful  special  attentions  from  young  friends  of  the  bride, 
who  is  a  popular  nuMuber  of  the  Alpha  Chi  Omega  Sorority  and 
happy  in  the  possessicm  of  a  very  large  circle  of  friends.  A  large 
company  asstMubled  at  the  train  to  se(^  that  none  of  the  attentions 
due  the  departure  of  a  bridal  couple  were  omitted.  Xone  were, 
and  a  tender  sentiment  was  adde*!  when  the  train  started  and  the 
Alpha  Chi  girls  gave  their  fraternity  yell  in  honor  of  their  newly 
married  sister.  Mr.  and  ilrs.  Robinson  will  reside  at  Kane,  Pa. 
As  Miss  Krick  also  goes  to  Kane,  we  congratulate  the  peoj)le  of 
that  city  upon  the  accpiisition  of  two  of  our  best  girls. 

On  Monday  evening  last,  the  annual  '])an-heavenly  banquet 
was  served  at  Ponce-de-Leon  Sjirings  Cafe,  and  was  attended  by 
about  seventv-five  fraternitv  ^irls.  We  welcomed  the  new  fra- 
ternity,  Kappa  Delta  Ej)siIon,  and  a  very  d(*lightful  time  was 
enjoye<l  by  all. 

Only  a  short  time  remains  of  our  school  year,  and,  although 
we  know  its  close  will  bring  rest  from  studies,  it  is  with  keenest 

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74  THE  LYRE. 


regret  that  we  think  of  the  parting  that  must  come.  We  know, 
however,  that  no  matter  how  many  miles  may  separate  us  from 
any  of  our  sisters,  that  under  the  lx)nd  of  Alpha  Chi  we  are  to- 
gether in  spirit  and  symj)athy. 

With  best  wishes  to  all  the  sisters, 

Yours  in  the  bond, 

Clara  Louise  Lord. 

Zeta — Xew  England  Conservatory. 

Zeta  sends  greetings  to  all  her  sisters  of  Alpha  Chi  Omega  and, 

realizing  that  in  a  very  short  time  we  will  all  he  scattered  to 

the  four  corners  of  the  gh)be,  desires  for  each  one  a  delightful 

vacation  and  renewed  entlnisiasm  for  Alpha  Chi  with  the  opening 

vear  of  work. 

** Final  examinations''  has  been  the  crv  one  has  heard  at  everv 

•  t. 

turn  of  the  Conservatory  halls  during  the  past  three  weeks.  Ow- 
ing to  Afr.  Chad  wick's  dei)arture  for  Europe  May  first,  this  ordeal 
has  cr)me  earlier  than  usual,  and  it  is  with  no  regret  that  w^e  girls 
see  this  very  necessary  part  of  Senior  work  finished,  before  the 
enervating  weather  comes  with  its  tendency  for  causing  one  to 
consider  work  a  verv  second arv  aifair.  We  are  glad  to  sav  that 
our  four  graduates  j^assed  their  examinations  most  successfully, 
and  this  week  shows  four  very  much  relieved  and  happy  girls. 

^[adame  TToj)ekirk  leaves  tlie  Conservatory  with  the  close  of  this 
vear  to  teach  ])rivatelv  dow,ntown.  Zeta  will  feel  her  absence  as 
keenly  as  will  the  Conservat(>ry,  for,  while  her  active  life  i)re- 
vented  her  from  attending  our  meetings,  still  we  knew  she  was 
near  us,  aiid  it  was  alwavs  a  deliaht  to  meet  her  in  the  halls  and 
exchange  words  of  greeting. 

^Irs.  Beach  has  rememlx^red  us  so  manv  times  this  vear  in  her 
concerts.  Tn  ^larch  she  j)layed  with  the  Bendix  Quartette,  when 
tickets  wvvv  sent  to  all  of  our  girls,  and  we  were,  of  course,  de- 
lighted with  her  tliouahtfnlness.  ^Irs.  Beach  is  verv  dear  to  us 
and  we  feel  each  day,  with  great  pride  and  joy,  the  honor  she 
has  l)esto\ved  u])on  us  by  adding  her  name  to  our  list  of  honorary 
members. 

During  our  s])ring  vacation  in  ]\rarch  our  girls  gave  a  Japanese 
tea  in  Zeta  Ilall  to  a  nunilKM-  of  invited  aucsts.  The  costumes 
worn  were  as  strictly  Ja])anese  as  Kimonas,  gayly  colored  sashes 
and  hair  ornanuMits  could  make  them,  and  were  extremelv  becom- 


THE  LYRE,  75 


ing.  C,4iiiiatowii  was  ransacked  for  several  days  before  the  event, 
in  consequence  of  which  the  Hall  represented  a  true  tea  house, 
and  the  dainty  candies,  wafers  and  excellent  tea  served  in  Japanese 
dishes  by  attractive  maids  caused  the  wliole  affair  to  be  extremely 
unicpie  and  delightful.  During  the  evening  music^  from  *^San 
Tov'-  and  '*The  Geisha"  ad<led  to  the  merriment  of  the  occasion, 
and,  if  our  guests  enjoyed  it  as  thoroughly  as  we,  the  evening  was 
tnilv  successful. 

The  musical  season,  which  has  been  particularly  good  this  year, 
is  nearly  over,  as  Saturday,  the  fourth  of  ilay,  closes  the  symphony 
concerts.  We  all  feel  rejoiced  at  the  o])])ortimity  of  having  been 
in  Boston  this  season,  and  hope  for  a  return  of  many  of  our  girls 
next  vear.  Helen  Maud  Collin, 

111  eta — University  of  Michigan. 

Theta's  girls  are  all  very  busy  during  these  last  few  weeks  of 
the  college  year,  and  how  quickly  the  time  ap])ears  to  fly !  Alice 
lleynolds  (of  San  Diego,  Cal.)  and  Edith  Simmons  (of  Detroit, 
Mich.)  are  somewhat  pensively  and  gloomily  contemjdating  the 
rapid  a])proach  of  the  days  uixm  which  their  graduation  recitals 
are  to  delight  Ann  Arbors  music  lovers  and  students,  and  upon 
which  Theta  is  to  be  made  as  ])rou(l  as  she  always  is  of  a  creditable 
performance  by  any  of  her  girls.  The  former  of  these  young 
ladies,  whose  ambitious  would  not  let  her  rest  content  with  one 
diploma,  considers  that  her  lines  have  been  cast  upon  especially 
troublesome  waters,  as  she  has  both  a  vocal  and  piano  recital  upon 
her  hands.  But  Ihe  month  of  ^lav  is  to  offer  enouo-h  distractions 
to  cause  one's  worry  and  responsibiliti(»s  to  frequently  recede 
into  the  dim  background.  For  in  this  month  occurs  our  annual 
festival,  and,  during  the  time  tluit  this  is  in  ])rogress,  all  work 
is  shelved  and  no  one  has  any  thoughts  but  pleasant  ones,  nor 
hears  anv  sounds  but  tuneful  ones. 

The  program  for  this  year  bids  fair  to  be  unusually  attractive. 
The  list  of  soloists  is  a  long  one  and  includes  Mme.  Schumann 
Heink,  Mrs.  Kunkel-Zimmerman,  Sig.  Campanari,  and  Evan 
Williams.  Our  large  student  chorus  gives  the  ''Elijalr'  and  Sir 
Arthur  Sullivan's  ^^Golden  Legend,"  and  the  Boston  Festival 
Orchestra  takes  part  as  usual  in  all  five  concerts.  But  I  do  not 
intend  to  give  a  lengthy  disquisition  on  the  ifay  Festival,  though 
it  is  all  very  interesting  to  those  of  us  who  are  here. 

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76  •  THE  LYRE. 


Just  at  present  everyone  is  scurrying  around  in  behalf  of  their 
out-of-to\m  friends  trying  to  secure  what  scanty  acconmiodations 
are  still  unspoken  for  during  that  over-crowded  period,  and  to 
procure  extra  tickets,  which  are  already  selling  at  a  premium. 
Theta  is  more  than  distractedly  occupied  in  this  respect,  and  is 
vainly  wondering  how  she  is  to  make  her  house,  every  room  of 
which  is  already  occupied,  accommodate  eighteen  out-of-town 
friends.  We  have  tried  to  solve  this  problem  by  arithmetic  and 
failed.  We  shall  next  try  an  algebraic  solution,  and  I  think  the 
chances  arc  extremely  good  for  its  being  carried  up  into  the 
higher  mathematics  without  attaining  the  desired  end.  As  a  last 
resort,  w-e  may  turn  to  physics  and  the  law  of  condensation. 

Another  event,  which  has  been  engaging  the  active  attention  of 
some  of  our  girls,  is  soon  to  take  place  at  the  Opera  House.  It  is 
to  be  an  amateur  performance  of  the  **Dr.  of  Alcantara,"  given 
bv  the  facultv  and  students  of  the  Universitv.  Rehearsals  for  this 
opera  have  been  going  on  all  winter,  and  the  final  performance  is 
expected  to  throw  a  halo  of  glory  about  the  talented  participants 
and  to  delight  a  large  and  a])preciative  audience. 

At  our  wvxx  meeting  we  shall  eagerly  scan  the  calendar  in  an 
endeavor  to  find  some  date  in  Mav  ^*wliicli  has  not  been  touched 
yet,"  u])on  which  we  may  give  a  general  reception  to  our  friends. 
Juno  is  always  full  to  overflowing  with  gra<luation  recitals,  faculty 
concerts,  Coinmencenient  and  its  attendant  festivities. 

We  have  had  two  initiations  since  the  last  issue  of  ^*The  Lyre," 
and  our  new  members  are  Mrs.  Bernard  Sturm  and  Misses 
(loeschel,  Sinnnons  and  l)ol)l).  -% 

We  close  this  1(4 ter  with  our  best  wishes  to  our  sister  chapters 
for  a  ])l(»asant  and  lia]>py  summer.  Virginia  M.  Fish. 

Iota — T'niversitv  of  Illinois. 

e- 

Dear  Alpha  ( 'his: — lota  sends  her  greeting,  conscious  of  having 
been  nMiiiss  in  this  ])hase  of  lier  lovaltv  in  the  last  **Lvre."  The 
greetinu  is  alwiiys  in  ston^  for  yon,  but  in  the  rush  of  the  closing 
school  vc^nr  it  wiis  tucked  awnv  in  a  corner  of  our  hearts  and  missed 
its  destination. 

Almost  four  sensons  of  matters,  both  grave  and  gay,  have  passed 
sinco  our  last  h'tt("r;  indeed,  too  manv  to  recall  in  detail  now. 

.Mendx-rshi]),  with  us,  has  increased  in  quality  rather  than  quan- 
tity. Like  Thetii,  we  hiiv(^  not  been  willing  to  sacrifice  our 
standard  of  a  hiah  tvpe  of  airlhood  to  the  satisfaction  in  numbers. 


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THE  LYRE.  77 


Fraternity  life  in  the  University  of  Illinois  is  at  high  tide.  Of 
the  thirteen  national  Greek  letter  societies  re])resented  here,  five 
are  sororities.  A  larjre  nnmber  have  fraternity  houses  of  a  very 
attractive  character,  where  the  newcomer  niav  be  made  to  feel 
verv  much  at  home  with  the  entire  chapter  in  a  verv  short  while. 
Iota,  having  no  chapter  house,  is  placed  at  a  disadvantage.  But 
three  of  us  are  non-resi<lent,  hence  we  must  bide-a-Avee. 

Innnediatelv  after  cmr  return  in  the  fall   we  initiated   Clara 

I. 

Fisher,  whom  we  i)le(lged  the  ])revious  s])ring,  and  a  few.  weeks 
hiter  Mrs.  Palmer,  the  wife  of  one  of  our  most  prominent  pro- 
fessors and  all  that  is  bright  and  charming  herself.  Our  latest 
good  fortune  in  a  sister  is  Alary  Busey. 

Our  musical  recei)tions — if  we  may  call  the  condunation  of  a 
rt»ception  and  musicale  such — have  l)een  fewer  this  year  than  last, 
owing  to  the  musical  work  in  I'niversity  interests,  in  which  our 
ijirls  have  shared  so  larmdv.  The  Ladies'  Glee  Club,  of  which  six 
of  us  are  niend)ers,  ow.es  its  existence,  its  excellent  training  and 
the  very  decided  success  of  its  concerts,  here  and  in  other  Illinois 
towns,  to  an  Alpha  Chi — iliss  Fernie — whom  our  chapter  loves 
so  dearly ;  and  h(?re  it  nuiy  interest  Alpha  ( 1ii  sisters  to  know  that 
the  fourth  annual  ilav  Festival  given  bv  the  choral  societv  of  one 
hundred  eighty  voices  and  conducted  by  iliss  Fernie,  together 
with  the  Boston  festival  orchestra  con<lucted  bv  ilr.  Emil  Afollen- 
hauer,  w^ill  occur  ilay  10  and  11.  The  soloists  are:  Airs.  Marie 
Kunzel  Zimmerman,  soj)rauo;  Aliss  Fielding  Koselle,  contralto; 
Mr.  Evan  Williams,  tenor;  Mr.  Gwilym  Miles,  baritone;  Air. 
Charles  Tlowden,  baritone;  Aliss  Alarie  Xichols,  violinist,  and 
Aliss  Fuller  (lota's  very  own)  accom])anist. 

To  return  to  that  which  is  strictly  Alj)lia  Chi,  we  settled  down 
again  to  Iota's  interests  as  soon  as  th(i  o|)era — **Pirates  <»f  Penz- 
ance," which  the  J^adies'  and  Alen's  G](»e  Clubs  gave  together — 
had  become  a  nine  days'  wonder.  On  the  twentieth  <»f  March  W(» 
gave  a  musical  reception  to  which  about  eighty  guests  were  in- 
vite<l.  Miss  (Jere  had  charge  of  the  ]>rogram,  assisted  by  Air. 
Sheld,  the  violinist.     Aliss  Gere's  nundjers  were: 


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8  THE  LYRE. 


A  Song  of  Dawji Ellis  Walton. 

The   Lily MacDowell. 

You  and  I, 

The  Suing,  From  **I)aisy  Chain" Liza  Lehman. 

The  Stars. 

f^lave  Song "Del  Riego." 

The  Spring  lias  Come (From  Hiawatha). 

I)ei)artnre Coleridge  Taylor. 

and 
Sonata Sjogren (violin  and  piano). 

llr.   Scheld,  accompanied  by  ilr.   ^IcClellan. 


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THE  LYRE.  79 

Russian  composers,  May  tliird,  in  charge  of  Miss  Fuller.     Piano 
Symphony  Patlietiquc Tschaikowsky. 

Miss  Fuller  and  Mrs.  Daniels. 

SONGS : 

Der  Alte  Bettler, 

Am  Hinniiel  brein  Schein, 

Wiegenlie<l, 

Wenn  vor  mir  liegt  moin  feind. 

Caesar  Oui. 

Aria.     Johanna's  explanation  to   King  and   High  Priest,   from 

''iFohanna  von  Orleans" Tschaikowsky. 

ifiss  Fernie. 

The  last  of  our  musicales  will  be  given  in  ^fay  and  will  be  a 
Wagner  recital  in  charge  of  Mrs.  Daniels  and  Aliss  Fernie,  as- 
sisted bv  Mr.  McClellan. 

1.  Overture  to  *^Tannhauser." 

Mrs.  Daniels  and  ^Ir.  McClellan. 

2.  Elsa's  Dream "Lohengrin." 

Miss  Fernie. 

3.  Prize  Song  from  "Die  Mc^istersinger." Wagner-Schutt. 

Mrs.  Daniels. 

4.  Dich  theure  ITalle "Tannhauser." 

Miss  Fernie. 

5.  Ride  of  the  Walkue "Die  Walkue." 

Mrs.  Daniels  and  ^fr.  McClellan. 

0.   Scene  KI,  Sieglinde  and   Spring  song  from   "Die  Walkue." 

iliss  Fernie. 

7.   LielK»strd.     "Tristan  and  Isolde." Wagner-Liszt. 

Airs.  Daniels. 
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80  THE  LYRE. 


8.  Siegfried  and  the  Ehine  Maidens Wagner- J.  Rubenstein. 

Mrs.  Daniels  and  Mr.  McClellan. 

Iota  has  not  intended,  with  so  long  a  letter,  to  wear  her  wel- 
come in  the  "Lyre"  out,  hence  with  cordial  wishes  that  a  lucky 
star  may  att^snd  each  of  yon  individually  throughout  the  summer, 

Loyally, 
Ethel  W.  Azhill,  Associate  Editor. 


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ALFMXAEXOTES. 
2\  Ipha, 

IIcloii  IT.  Birch,  'J)8,  is  teaching  in  Frc^oport,  Illinois. 

Raeburn  Cowger,  '00,  is  studying  violin  in  Indianapolis,  Ind. 
She  also  has  a  class  in  pianoforte  at  Wolcott. 

Mildred  Rutledge,  'DD,  of  Springfield,  Illinois,  has  a  large  class 
in  pianoforte  in  Greencastle,  Indiana. 

Feme  Wood  has  spent  the  winter  in  traveling  for  her  health. 

Beta, 

Mrs.  Mattie  Reynolds  Colhy,  who  has  been  studying  violin  in 
Germany  for  the  past  few  weeks,  expects  to  sail  for  Xew  York 
Mav  25. 

Announcements  have  been  received  of  the  marriage?  of  Jennie 
E.  Dickenson,  of  Buffalo,  to  Frank  It.  Beid,  of  Faulkton,  S.  Dak., 
April  10,  1001. 

The  engagement  of  Florence  lloag,  of  Toledo,  to  II.  Kirke 
White,  Jr.,  of  this  city,  has  In^en  announced. 

Gamma, 

Miss  Alice  Grannis,  of  ilancato,  Alinn.,  was  in  the  city  recently. 

ilrs.  Chauncey  Abbott,  nee  Carrie  W<m>(Is,  passe<l  through 
Evanston  a  few.  days  ago. 

Miss  Florence  Harris,  of  Beardstown,  Illinois,  is  coming  to  at- 
tend our  dancing  j)arty  on  ^lay  the  third.  , 

Miss  Th(M)dora  Chaffee  has  ixouo  south  to  v^ui  Miss  Grace 
Richardson  and  iliss  Irene  Stev(»ns,  who  liav(»  Iwen  spending  the 
winter  there. 

Zeta. 

Miss  Xelle  Jones,  who  has  1>een  ill  for  some  weeks,  is  again  with 
us.  Miss  Jones  will  give  a  recital  in  Sleeper  Hall  before;  the  close 
of  the  year. 

Afisa  Jessie  Belle  WikxI  is  teaching  in  Chicago  and  is  also 
studying  with  Godowsky. 

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82  THE  LYRE. 


PROGRAM— ALPHA. 

Pianoforte  Recital 
(Junior) 

BY 

MISS  JESSIE  L.  GUILD, 

assisted  by 

Mastkr  Ro^'s  Bakkr  (violin), 

Miss  Edna  Arnold  (awonipanist). 

Sonata  Patliotique,  Op.  1J5 Beethoven. 

Ronianoo Wieniaweki. 

Invention  Xo.  15  (:^  part) Bach. 

Hark,  Ilark !  the  Lark Schnbert-Liszt. 

Prelude,  Op.  l>S,  Xo.  15 Chopin. 

X(H*turne,  Op.  15 Chopin. 

Florence.     Valse  P>rilliante Liebling. 

VA\u\o De  Beriot. 

Pas  iKs  (  vmhales Chaminade. 

(^StHMunl  Piano,  ^liss  Sawyers.) 


5M 


THE  LYRE.  83 


J.  F.  NEWMAN,  ''  ''^  'Tr.  yo*. 

OFFICIAL  JEWELER  TO 

AL,PHA  CHI  OMEQA 


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THE   LYRE. 


85 


AI.PHA  CHI  OMSGA 


GRJIND  CHAPTER. 


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THE  LYRE 


OF 


ALPHA  CHI  OMEGA 


VOL.V.  NOVEMBER,    J90J.  No.  3* 


OUR  GOLDEN  LYRE. 

Before  us  gleams  our  golden  lyre, 
With  chords  that  number  three; 
It  signifies  dear  Alpha  Chi, 
Belov'd  fraternity. 

And  often  from  those  golden  chords, 
Doth  vibrate  music  sweet ; 
For  from  our  hearts  comes  harmony 
When  we  as  sisters  meet. 

Those  chords  are  spanned  by  scroll  of  black. 
With  letters  wrought  in  gold, 
Which  signify  to  all  the  world 
Great  mysteries  untold. 

We  sisters  prize  those  letters  three 
We  chose  from  Greekdom  wide; 
We'll  honor  them,  where'er  we  are, — 
Whatever  may  betide. 

Then  hail  to  thee,  dear  Alpha  Chi  I 
Hail  to  our  golden  lyre ! 
And  may  our  scarlet  and  olive  green 
Wave  ever  high  and  higher ! 

MabeIv  Harriet  Sii^i^ER. 


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88  THE  LYRE. 


PARSIFAL  (Conclusion.) 

(By  Elizabeth  Patterson  Sawyers,   Mus.  B.,  A.  C.  M.,  De 

Pauw  University.) 

The  scene  of  the  third  act  is  laid  in  the  Grail  domain  as  in  the 
first  act.  The  same  expressive  motives  are  used  which  give  us, 
througli  Wagner's  contrapuntal  treatment,  a  wonderful  narra- 
tive without  words.  The  long  Prelude  is  full  of  gloomy  fore- 
boding. Amfortas  has,  through  his  suffering,  despaired  of  ever 
again  attaining  the  blessings  of  the  Grail  and,  as  the  Knights 
are  refused  the  privilege  of  seeing  the  Grail  or  partaking  of  the 
Holy  Supper,  they  also,  a  "leader  lacking  band,"  have  lost 
their  hope  and  spirit. 

The  Prelude  begins  with  the  sad  brooding  distress  motive 
plainly  indicative  of  the  condition  of  the  Grail  followers.  A 
short  phrase  is  peculiarly  new  here  and,  as  it  comes  again  when 
Gurnemanz  speaks  of  "waiting  for  death"  and  also  in  the  fun- 
eral song  of  the  Knights  at  Tinturel's  demise,  we  might  term 
it  the  death  motive, 

A  treatment  of  this  motive  is  given  later  when,  by  syncopa- 
tion, contrary  motion  in  the  upper  part  and  the  basses  working 
out  the  motive  in  descending  progression,  a  peculiar  uncer- 
tainty is  expressed.  A  picture  of  Parsifal's  wanderings  is 
painted  in  tone  tints.  This  zvandering  motive  is  later  joined  to 
the  Grail  motive,  and  further  treatment  brings  a  union  of  the 
motives  of  zvildness  and  Saviou/s  Lament.  We  understand 
from  this  wonderful  prologue,  that  the  wanderings  of  an  erring 
one  will  be  directed  in  the  right  paths  by  the  influence  of  the 
Grail  through  the  suffering  of  our  Sa\nour. 

The  motive  of  the  prediction  of  the  guileless  one  leads  to  the 
distress  motive,  the  cause  of  which  is  Amfortas'  sin.  The  pre- 
diction motive  is  accompanied  by  the  wildness  figure  in  an  agi- 
tated ascending  passage  possibly  to  express  Amfortas'  resist- 
ance— this  then  sinks  sadly  into  the  motives  of  fading  and  safe 
distress. 


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With  this  strange  tone-poem,  the  curtains  withdraw  and 
before  us  is  a  beautiful  picture  of  rural  spring — flowery  mead- 
ows on  a  dense  forest.  A  spring  of  pure  water 
bubbles  in  the  foreground.  In  the  middle  distance,  built 
against  a  rock,  is  a  small  hermitage.  The  ** roseate  hues  of 
dawn"  flood  the  stage  with  light.  A  very  aged  man  "lowly 
bent  by  grief  and  care"  comes  out  of  the  hut  and  listens. 

The  magic  sleep  and  Klingsor  motives  are  given  out  by 
muted  violins  and  clarionets  to  express  the  low  moaning  of 
some  sleeper  terrified  by  dreams. 

"Methinks  I  recognize  those  rueful  tones,"  murmurs  Gume- 
manz  and,  going  to  the  thicket,  he  tears  apart  the  copse,  exclaim- 
ing: 

"Ha!    She— here  again !" 

Dragging  the  ^most  lifeless  body  from  the  brush,  fie  cries: 

"Up,  Kundry !  Up ! 
The  spring  is  here." 


Finding  her  quite  cold  and  rigid,  he  endeavors,  by  rubbing 
her  hands  and  temples,  to  restore  her  to  life.  The  motive  of 
distress  from  sin  accompanies  the  efforts  of  Gumemanz.  Then 
we  hear  the  same  motive  which  was  used  at  the  end  of  Act  two, 
when  Parsifal  said  to  Kundry, — 

"Thou  knowest  where  we  will  meet  again." 

The  strain  announces  to  her  that  the  meeting  must  be  near. 
With  the  sound  of  the  zmldness  motive,  she  opens  her  eyes, 
then  rising,  she  arranges  her  hair  and  dress  and  prepares  to 
serve  as  a  handmaid.  We  hear  the  motive  of  the  Grail  mes- 
senger. She  is  dressed  as  in  the  first  act  but  her  entire  person- 
ality is  changed.  The  wildness  is  gone,  her  face  though  pale  is 
purified,  through  suffering.  Looking  about  her,  she  sees  the 
hut  and  murmurs : 

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"Service — Service !" 

Gurnemanz  tells  her  her  work  will  now  be  light.  She  goes* 
to  the  hut  and,  he  watching  her,  remarks : — 

"How  unlike  her  step  of  yore ; 
Is  this  Holy  morning  the  cause  ? 
Oh  day  of  mercy  unimagined 
No  doubt  for  her  salvation." 

The  melody  of  the  flowery  mead  is  heard  as  Kundry  returns, 
bearing  a  water-pot,  which  she  takes  to  the  spring. 

Looking  into  the  wood,  she  perceives  some  one  approaching. 
Gurnemanz  also  seeing  the  new-comer  asks: — 

"Who  comes  towards  the  sanctified  stream 
In  gloomy  war  apparel."  ^ 

Kundry  withdraws  into  the  hut,  and  we  hear  the  Parsifal 
motive  gloomily  and  fragments  of  the  distress  motive.  The 
hero  is  clothed  in  black  armour,  closed  helmet  and,  with  lowered 
spear,  he  enters  slowly,  his  head  bowed  low  acting  as  one  in  a 
dream. 

Gurnemanz  asks  him : — 

"Hast  thou  no  greeting  for  me? 
Art  thou  astray?" 

The  stranger  shakes  his  head.  Gurnemanz  continues  speak- 
ing as  we  hear  the  motives  of  the  Spear,  Grail,  Good-Friday  and 
Saviour's  Lament. 

"Here  thou  art  in  a  Holy  place 
No  man  with  weapons  hither  comes 
This  day  is  the  hallowed  Good-Friday  mom 
Quick-doff  thy  weapons." 


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The  stranger  rises,  thrusts  the  spear  into  the  ground,  then, 
removing  the  shield,  sword,  and  helmet,  kneels  before  the  spear 
in  prayer.  The  prayer  is  accompanied  by  the  prayer  motive 
in  the  strings. 

Gurnemanz  beckons  Kundry  and  says  softly : — 

"Dost  know  who  'tis?    He  who  long  since  laid  low  the  swan. 
That  spear  I  recognize. 
Oh  holiest  day  to  which  my  happy  soul  awakes.' 


ft 


Rising  from  his  prayer,  Parsifal  looks  at  Gurnemanz  and 
savs : — 


"Thank  Heaven  that  I  again  have  found  thee. 


» 


Parsifal  relates  his  wanderings  to  the  accompaniment  of  the 
7vandering  motive.  He  speaks  of  the  spear  which,  undefiled 
at  his  side,  he  wore,  and  the  Grail  motive  is  heard  in  a  splendid 
descending  passage. 

As  Gurnemanz  bursts  forth  in  praise,  he  is  accompanied  by 
the  orchestra  with  the  Last  Supper  theme,  Goad  Friday  mo-, 
tive  and  motive  of  the  emblems  of  the  Grail.  He  then  tells 
Parsifal  of  Amfortas'  suffering  and  the  pitiable  condition  of 
the  Knights  of  the  Grail,  when  we  hear  the  distress,  repent- 
ance and  wildness  motives.  He  tells  of  the  refusal  of  Aimfor- 
tas  to  uncover  the  Grail,  when  we  hear  the  defiance  motive  and 
also  of  the  death  of  the  aged  Tinturel,  at  which  comes  in  the 
motive  of  the  king  of  the  Grail, 

Parsifal  in  grief  exclaims : — 

^ 

"And  I — I  'tis  who  all  this  woe  has  wrought ; 
I  who,  to  save  men  was  selected,  must  wander  undirected." 

In  the  physical  exhaustion  caused  by  his  wanderings  and  the 
mental  suffering  brought  on  by  the  memory  of  his  past  mo- 
mentary weakness,  for  which  he  had  wandered  under  Kundry's 
curse,  he  sinks  to  the  ground.    Kundry  brings  water  to  revive 

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92  THE    LYRE. 


him,  as  the  orchestra  sounds  the  riding  motive,  expressive  of 
her  zeal,  and  then  the  love  motive, 
Gurnemanz  waves  her  off. 

"Not  so.    The  holy  fount  itself  befitteth  our  pilgrim's  bath." 

Parsifal  asks  wearily: — 

"Shall  I  straight  be  guided  to  Amfortas?" 

Gurnemanz  answers: — 

"Most  surely.    There  the  Court  our  coming  waits. 
The  obsequies  of  my  beloved  chief  have  summoned  me. 
The  Grail  to  us  will  once  more  be  uncovered. 
'Tis  thus  Amfortas  wills." 

In  the  meantime,  Kundry  has  bathed  Parsifal's  feet  and 
Gurnemanz,  taking  water  in  his  hand,  sprinkles  his  head.  To 
Kundry  Parsifal  says,  as  he  observes  her  with  wonder : — 

"Thou  washed  my  feet  so  humbly ; 
This  friend  besprinkles  now  my  head." 

Gurnemanz  baptises  him  with  the  words: — 

"Now  blessed  be,  thou  pure  one,  through  pure  water. 
So  may  all  care  and  sin  be  driven  far  from  thee." 

The  motive  of  Baptism  is  a  solemn  bass  position.  Kundry 
takes  a  golden  flask  and,  pouring  its  contents  on  Parsifal's 
feet,  she  dries  them  on  her  long  black  hair,  as  did  Mary 
the  feet  of  our  Christ.  With  these  acts  of  Kundry,  the 
S  a  mar  i  tan  motive  and  misery  for  sin  depict  the  emotions  of  a 
repentant  sinner. 

Parsifal  takes  the  flask  and  asks  Gurnemanz,  as  the  friend  of 
Tinturel,  to  anoint  his  head.    The  Good  Friday  and  farewell 

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greeting  motives  accompany  the  anointing  of  the  feet  and, 
as  Gurnemanz  anoints  the  hero  as  King,  is  heard  the  Parsifal 
motive.    The  full  orchestra  gradually  adds  the  Grail  motive. 

After  his  anointing,  Parsifal  takes  some  water  and,  bending 
over  the  kneeling  Kundry,  besprinkles  her  head,  saying : — 

"I  first  fulfill  my  duty  thus ; 
Be  thou  baptised  and  trust  in  the  Redeemer." 

The  noble^  forgiving  spirit  of  Parsifal !  His  first  act  of  re- 
demption is  for  the  salvation  of  the  wretched  Kundry,  who  had 
brought  upon  him  all  his  suffering.  She,  the  poor  unfortunate 
outcast  who  had  torn  down  the  very  foundations  of  the  Grail 
domain,  is  the  first  to  receive  forgiveness.  The  baptism  is  ac- 
companied by  the  belief  chorus,  which  then  modulates  into 
repentance  and  Saviou/s  Lament  motives.  The  clarinet  and 
oboe,  with  an  accompaniment  of  muted  strings,  give  out  with 
exquisite  sweetness  the  theme  of  the  flozvery  mead,  Parsifaf 
looks  with  pleasure  on  the  familiar  scenes  of  beauty  about 
him,  saying : — 

*'How  fair  the  fields  and  meadows  seem  to-day ; 
Many  a  magic  flower  Tve  seen,  but  none  so  sweet  as  here." 

The  musical  situation  here  is  especially  delightful  and  most 
effective,  in  that  it  casts  a  happy  ray  of  light  before  the  scene 
of  gloom  which  soon  follows.  Gurnemanz  tells  Parsifal  the 
cause  of  the  beauty  is  the  Good  Friday  spell.  Kundry  weep- 
ing, Parsifal  bends  over  her,  drawing  her  to  her  feet. 

She  and  Gurnemanz,  as  we  hear  a  distant  pealing  of  bells, 
bring  a  coat  of  mail  and  mantle  of  the  Grail,  which  they  assist 
Parsifal  to  don. 

The  scene  changes  as  the  three  begin  their  pilgrimage  to  the 
Temple.  Parsifal  reverentially  grasps  the  spear  and,  with 
Kundry,  he  follows  the  conducting  Gurnemanz.  Fragments  of 
the  bell,  Parsifal,  and  funeral  motives  are  heard.    The  bell  mo- 


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tive  is  much  more  gloomy  than  in  the  first  act,  anticipating  the 
subsequent  scene  of  sadness.  As  the  wood  disappears,  rocky 
entrances  are  seen  and  processions  of  Kniglits  in  mourning 
garb.    The  bells  peal  more  and  more  distinctly. 

At  last  the  massive  Hall  of  the  Grail  appears  through  the 
semi-darkness.  The  doors  open.  From  the  right  enter  the 
Knights  with  Tinturel's  corpse.  From  the  left  the  train  of 
Amfortas  preceded  by  the  carriers  of  the  Grail. 

In  the  centre  of  the  stage  stands  the  bier  of  Tinturd,  directly 
behind  which  is  the  throne  of  Amfortas.  The  two  choruses 
of  Knights  sing  antiphonally  the  funeral  song.  Finally  the 
train  of  Tinturel  address  Amfortas  bewailingly : — 


n 


Be  once  more  warned  of  thy  duty  to  all." 


The  bells  sound  seriously,  threateningly. 

The  funeral  music  is  thrillingly  dramatic.  Wagner  employs 
the  most  characteristic  instrumentation  and,  blending  verbal 
utterances  with  tone  pictures,  he  presents  a  beautifully  artistic 
and  harmonious  form. 

All  the  old  motives  of  distress,,  death,  battle,  Grail,  bell  and 
others  are  used,  but  they  now  assume  a  peculiar  character  of 
gloomy  solemnity. 

Amfortas  bewails  his  hoi)eless  condition  and,  as  his  father's 
coffin  is  opened,  he  utters  a  poignant  cry  of  distress : — 

"My  father,  highest  venerated  hero, 
Thou  who  now  in  heavenly  heights  beholds  the  Saviour, 
Implore  Him  to  grant  that  His  hallowed  blood 
Be  poured  on  these  brothers,  that  new  life  to  them  may 

be  given. 
To  me,  He  mav  offer  death !  death !  darkness ! 
Solitary  mercy.    Take  from  me  the  terrible  wound. 
Cry  to  Him,  'Redeemer,  release  my  son'." 

Hi§  song  is  accompanied  first  by  the  chorus  and  then  his 
defiance  motive.    A  beautiful  effect  is  gained  by  the  use  of  the 

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Grail  emblem  motive,  and  also  when  he  prays  for  death,  we 
hear  the  imploring  motive  of  lounging  for  death. 

The  Knights  press  around  Amfortas,  insisting  that  he  will 


it 


Uncover  the  Grail.    Do  now  thine  office/* 


Amfortas  in  a  paroxysm  of  despair  rushes  into  the  midst  of 
the  Knights  crying : — 

"No!    No  more!     Death  is  glooming  'round  me. 
I  shall  not  return  to  life.    I  bid  ye  slay  me. 
The  open  wound  behold.    Here  is  my  poison — my  stream- 
ing blood. 
Take  up  your  weapons !    Bury  your  sword  blades 
Deep,  deep  in  me  to  the  hilts.    Ye  heroes  up ! 
Kill  both  the  sinner  and  all  his  pain. 
The  Grail's  delight  will  ye  then  regain." 

This  song  of  desperation  is  made  doubly  impressive  by  the 
accompaniment  of  the  wildness,  suffering,  and  repentance 
motives. 

The  Knights  have  shrunk  from  Amfortas  in  terror  and  he 
stands  alone. 

With  the  prophetic  strain  of  the  Grail  motive,  Parsifal,  Gur- 
nemanz,  and  Kundry  enter. 

Parsifal,  seeing  Amfortas  in  his  fearful  ecstasy  and  the  ter- 
rible streaming  wound,  stretches  out  the  spear  and,  touching 
the  wound,  says : — 

"One  weapon  only  serves.  ^ 

The  one  that  struck  can  staunch  thy  wounded  side." 

The  beatified  countenance  of  Amfortas  tdls  of  the  allevia- 
tion of  his  suffering. 

The  motive  of  the  Saviour's  Lament  is  heard,  to  which  are 
added  those  of  suffering  and  prediction,  and  these  lead  to  the 
solemn  motive  of  the  Grail  emblems,  to  which  the  prediction, 
Saviour,  and  Last  Supper  motives  are  again  joined. 

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Parsifal  holds  the  irracliant  spear  aloft  as  he  sings,  while  all 
gaze  at  its  glowing  point : — 

"Be  whole,  unsullied,  and  absolved. 
For  I  now  govern  in  thy  place. 
Oh,  mighty  miracle  of  bliss ! 
This  that,  through  one,  thy  wound  restpreth 
With  holy  blood  behold  it  poureth. 
Which  yearns  to  join  the  fountain  glowing, 
Whose  pure  tide  in  the  Grail  is  flowing. 
Hid  be  no  more  that  shape  divine. 
Uncover  the  Grail !    Open  the  shrine !" 

As  the  Grail  again  glows  with  that  wonilrous  light,  I  am 
reminded  of  that  beautiful  excerpt  from  Tennyson: — 

''Then  streamed  thro'  my  cell  a  cold  and  silver  beam, 
And  down  the  long  beam  stole  the  Holy  Grail. 
Rose-red  with  beating  in  it  as  if  alive. 
Till  all  the  white  walls  of  my  cell  were  dyed 
With  rosy  colors  leaping  on  the  wall." 

The  Grail  is  uncovered.  •  The  Hall  glows  with  a  halo  of 
glory.  Tinturel,  momentarily  reanimated,  raises  himself  in 
benediction. 

A  white  dove  descends  from  the  dome  and  hovers  over  Par- 
sifal's head.  He  waves  the  Grail  gently  to  and  fro.  The  Grail 
motive,  belief  chorus,  and  Last  Supper  theme  which  began  the 
first  act  are  heard  in  all  the  richness  of  orchestration.  The 
entire  clioius  of  Knights,  youths  in  the  middle  heights,  and 
boys  in  the  heights  of  the  cupola  sing  the  prediction  motive — 
^'Wondrous  work  of  mercy/'  and  then  the  Last  Supper  theme 
— "Salvation  to  the  Saviour." 

The  building  of  these  pyramids  of  song  from  the  base  to  the 
pinnacle  forms  a  marvelously  beautiful  musical  structure. 

The  Last  Supper  theme  is  treated  canonically  in  fifths  by  the 
different  voices.    The  belief  chorus  also  receives  a  wondei;ful 

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orchestral  development.  The  Grail  motive  returns  with  all  its 
fulness  of  meaning. 

Amfortas  and  Gurnemanz  kneel  in  humble  homage  to  their 
new  King  of  the  Grail.  The  Knights  gaze  with  reverential 
awe  and  rapture.  Kundry,  the  sin-tossed  wanderer,  but  now 
the  redeemed  servant  of  the  Grail,  has  found  at  last  the  goal 
of  Purity,  for  which  she  has  so  long  striven.  She  sinks  at 
Parsifal's  feet,  dead. 

The  curtains  slowly  droop.  So  delicate  as  to  be  almost  in- 
audible are  the  words  sung  from  the  heights  as  it  were  from 
heaven : — 

"Wondrous  work  of  mercy ; 
Salvation  to  the  Saviour." 

The  belief  motive  is  joined  to  the  Grail  motive  with  rich  harp 
accompaniment.  The  movement  ends  with  the  Last  Supper 
theme  as  the  great  drama  began.  The  Alpha  and  Omega.  The 
curtains  close  as  the  orchestra  dies  away  with  a  triumphant 
major  chord  in  a  vanishing  thread  of  gold. 

This  unique  sacred  stage  drama  Parsifal  has  given  to  the 
world  an  opportunity  of  glorify irlg  religious  sentiment  to  the 
uttermost  by  the  moulding  influence  of  Art. 

Wagner,  in  all  the  luxuriance  of  his  modern  counterpoint, 
his  histrionic  situations,  his  unique  employment  of  the  Leit- 
motiven,  his  marvelous  wealth  of  tone  coloring,  has  unequi- 
vocally created  in  his  music-dramas  immortal  masterpieces. 
The  musical  works  of  a  Bach,  the  dramatic  works  of  a  Shakes- 
peare were,  during  their  lives  and  for  many  years  subsequent, 
neglected  on  account  of  the  undeveloped  taste  of  the  minds  of 
their  periods.  Thus  have  Wagner's  comp)Ositions  been  ab- 
surdly attacked  and  unpardonably  neglected  by  the  stupidity 
of  a  tune-loving  populace. 

In  the  artistically  clean  ground  of  Bayreuth  can  one  best 
penetrate  the  meaning  and  appreciate  the  beauty  of  his  master 
works.    Only  in  the  sacred  atmosphere  of  the  Bayreuth  stage 


579 


98  THE  LYRE. 

have  the  performances  of  this  Buhnenweihfest-spiel,  Parsifal, 
been  permitted  by  specially  chosen  artists. 

This  story  of  the  Clirist  life,  so  graphically  told  by  the 
mingling  of  the  two  highest  arts,  Poetry  and  Music,  appeals  to 
all  as  the  highest  form  of  religious  comniunicalion.  Religion 
and  Art  have  been  blended  into  one  glorious  whole. 


THE  LYRE.  99 


THE  QUEEN'S  BROOCH. 

Mamselle  was  a  Bohemian  violinist.  She  was  a  little  white- 
haired  old  lady  and  could  talk  of  nothing  but  the  piano,  violin 
and  "Joseph,"  which  was  only  a  name  for  her  especial  protege 
of  the  violin  family.  Her  conversation  really  all  came  under 
the  head  of  the  one  general  subject,  music.  To  be  sure,  she 
could  discuss  this  subject  in  five  languages — Bohemian,  French, 
German,  Italian  and  English — which  I  suppose  was  an  advan- 
tage, but  as  I  was  only  conversant  with  one  and  a  half  of  these 
tongues,  I  lost  much  of  the  versatility  with  which  she  was 
doubtless  able  to  treat  the  subject.  During  the  first  part  of  her 
visit  I  was  occasionally  rash  enough  to  employ  my  semi-knowl- 
edge of  German,  but  she  innocently  persisted  in  speaking  the 
other  half,  to  my  great  confusion  and  ultimate  discontinuance 
of  German  conversation. 

Mrs.  Landon,  a  friend  of  ours  who  lived  in  a  neighboring 
town,  conceived  the  idea  of  bringing  Mamselle  to  our  house 
for  a  few  days'  visit.  Mamselle  was  making  a  concert  tour 
through  the  United  States  and  was  taking  a  week's  rest  with 
Mrs.  Landon,  Whom  she  had  met  in  Paris.  Mrs.  Landon 
wrote:  "She  is  such  a  dear  old  lady,  and  your  family  is  such 
a  thoroughly  musical  one,  I  know  you  will  mutually  enjoy 
each  other."  And  so  we  did.  It  was  only  the  after  effects  of 
the  visit  which  were  in  any  way  disagreeable. 

They  arrived  one  bright  spring  morning  and  we  all  looked 
with  awe  upon  the  little  old  lady  in  black  who  had  played  be- 
fore most  of  the  crowned  heads  of  Europe  and  before  thous- 
ands of  uncrowned  ones  in  all  parts  of  the  world. 

"Let  me  carry  your  violin-case  upstairs,"  I  offered  in  eager 
reverence. 

"Thank  you,"  she  answered  in  a  low,  sweet  vqice.  "I  am 
quite  accustomed  to  carrying  Joseph  everywhere  myself.  We 
have  been  to  many  places  together." 

'Good  heavens !"  I  inwardly  wondered.     "It  may  not  be  a 

581 


«i 


100  THE  LYRE, 


violin-case  at  all !  Perhaps  she  has  a  pet  poodle  and  carries  it 
around  in  a  ready-made  coffin  on  account  of  the  many  vicissi- 
tudes of  travel."  And  I  was  secretly  wondering  how  "his  ma- 
jesty," our  spoiled  parrot,  might  be  pleased  to  regard  this  in- 
truder. For  it  was  his  habit  to  bite  large  pieces  out  of  what- 
ever displeased  him,  and  he  might  be  the  means  of  bringing 
the  coffin  into  immediate  and  serious  use. 

But  no !  Mamselle  was  remarking  that  she  always  slept  with 
Joseph  by  the  side  of  her  bed.  "We  should  be  quite  lost  with- 
out one  another,"  she  explained,  in  her  quaint,  pretty  accent. 
"He  has  been  my  constant  bed-fellow  ever  since  I  learned  to 
make  him  speak  to  me  sixty  years  ago." 

So  it  was  a  violin,  after  all.  No  poodle,  however  persistent, 
ever  lived  to  be  sixty  years  old,  and  that  I  knew  that  violins 
possessed  a  certain  sort  of  immortality  and  were  among  the 
few  things  which  improve  with  age. 

"You  must  indeed  have  a  great  affection  for  it,"  I  responded, 
watching  her  with  admiration  as  she  removed  her  bonnet  and 
smoothed  her  snow-white  curly  hair  as  energetically  as  though 
she  were  thirty  instead  of  seventy. 

"O,  yes !  I  value  it  above  ever>thing  else.  That,  and  the 
brooch  which  Queen  Victoria  gave  me  when  I  was  a  thought- 
less girl.  We  were  both  very  young  then.  Of  course  the  pin 
is  old-fashioned  now,  but  I  am  still  fond  of  wearing  it.  And 
you  know,"  she  added  smiling,  "They  say  old  things  are  com- 
ing into  style  again." 

"Won't  you  wear  it  while  you  are  here?"  I  impulsively 
asked. 

"Why  yes,  dear,  if  you  would  like  it.  Shall  I  put  it  on  when 
I  dress  for  dinner  to-night  ?  Let  me  see,  you  are  the  one  who 
plays  the  piano  with  such  talent.    Isn't  it  so?" 

"O,  I  love  music,"  I  answered  timidly,  "and  I  play  a  great 
deal,  but  ymi  wouldn't  think  it  was  anything!" 

"We  shall  see,"  she  replied.  "Sha'n't  we  take  Joseph  out  of 
his  case  after  awhile,  and  you  and  he  and  I  make  a  little 
music? 


?" 


582 


THE  LYRE,  101 


**0,  I  should  like  it  above  all  things,"  was  my  ready  reply, 
for  my  reverance  and  awe  were  fast  vanishing.  But  they 
were  as  rapidly  being  replaced  by  affectionate  admiration. 

So,  later  in  the  afternoon,  we  spent  a  delightful  hour  togeth- 
er, though  when  it  was  over  my  awe  had  returned  tenfold. 
Never  had  I  heard  a  woman  play  in  that  way  before.  Her  eyes 
si)arkled,  her  fingers  traveled  over  the  strings  with  lightening 
rapidity,  as  she  stood  there  gently  swaying  to  and  fro  in  time 
to  the  music,  which  poured  forth  like  limpid  water,  or  came 
dashing  like  a  raging  torrent,  while  her  breathing  grew  quicker 
and  quicker,  until  it  amounted  almost  to  fierceness.  As  we  sat 
there  in  the  fading  light  listening,  we  all  felt  ourselves  to  be  in 
perfect  harmony  with  nature  while  the  enchantment  lasted. 

**Ah!"  she  sighed,  "my  Joseph  and  I,  we  understand  each 
other.  Now  I  feel  rested.  And  you  dear,  you  accompany  well. 
Yes,  it  was  ver>'  good.  Now  you  shall  see  the  Queen's  brooch," 
she  said  playfully,  as  she  went  upstairs  to  dress. 

That  night  at  dinner  it  formed  the  principal  topic  of  conver- 
sation, arid  the  Queen's  gift  went  the  rounds  of  the  table.  It 
was  an  exquisitely  cut  cameo  set  in  twisted  gold,  and  Mamselle 
told  us  in  her  own  quaint  way  how  the  Queen  had  sent  for  her 
to  come  to  court  when  she  was  only  fifteen,  and  how  she  had 
played  there  in  the  great  drawing  room  surrounded  by  lords 
and  ladies.  *'And  when  I  had  finished,  the  Queen  gave  me 
this,"  she  said  simply.  "I  have  played  at  other  courts  many 
times  since,  but  nothing  has  ever  pleased  me  so  much  nor  made 
so  deep  an  impression  as  that  incident  did  on  my  girlish  mind." 

We  were  all  greatly  interested.  Even  the  waitress  a  faith- 
ful old  servant  we  had  had  for  years,  forgot  for  the  time  being 
her  duties,  and  stood  there  with  open  mouth  and  ears.  I  was 
rather  surprised  at  her  interest,  for  she  was  a  stolid  soul  and 
never  noticed  anything  but  her  work.  But  she  was  Irish,  and 
the  Queen  was  her  ideal  woman,  as  the  Pope  was  her  ideal 
man.    So  we  forgave  her  temporary  inattention. 

The  evening  was  one  of  pure  enjoyment.  We  had  asked  in 
a  few  friends,  and  Mamselle  and  her  brooch  were  objects  of 


583 


102  THE  LYRE. 


universal  admiration.  Her  visit  with  us  came  to  an  end  all 
too  soon,  and  the  next  morning  she  was  on  her  way  to  Chicago 
to  fill  a  concert  engagement.  At  noon  we  received  a  telegram 
from  her.  *'Left  my  brooch  on  dresser.  Please  forward  im- 
mediately. 

I  rushed  up  the  stairs  to  rescue  the  precious  brooch  without 
delay,  but  the  dresser  presented  a  broochless  expanse  of  white 
mull.  With  a  frightened  gasp,  I  looked  hurriedly  on  the 
mantelpiece,  and  then  on  the  washstand  and  table,  but  every- 
where, even  under  the  rug,  the  brooch  was  conspicuous  by  its 
absence.  Katie,  the  second  girl,  joined  me  in  the  search,  a  red 
spot  glowing  on  either  cheek.  I  placed  no  special  significance 
upon  her  feverish  eagerness,  as  I  myself  was  crimson  with 
apprehension.  It  was  not  until  everything  in  the  room  had 
been  thoroughly  searched  again  and  again  that  the  likelihood 
of  theft  presented  itself  to  us.  And  then  the  only  possible 
dbject  for  suspicion  seemed  to  be  poor  Katie,  as  the  cook  never 
came  into  the  front  part  of  the  house.  So  stealthily,  feeling 
like  thieves,  we  searched  her  room  in  the  third  story.  But 
neither  trunk  nor  bureau  drawers  revealed  the  object  of  our 
search.  O,  ivhy  had  I  ever  asked  to  see  that  brooch  ?  And  how 
were  we  ever  to  telegraph  Mamselle  that  it  could  not  be  found  ? 

In  our  desperation,  we  resorted  to  heroic  measures  and  a 
detective  was  summoned  on  the  scene.  Detectives,  we  discov- 
ered, have  a  very  blunt  way  of  going  at  things — likewise  a 
most  exhaustive  method  of  searching  a  room.  This  one  im- 
t.:i"'IIaU'ly  insisted  on  itUcrviewtng  Kat'-.  and  openly  accused 
licr  of  having  taken  the  pin,  demanded  her  confession  and 
threatened  a  term  in  jail.  But  to  every  accusation  she  gave 
an  indignant  and  tearful  denial.  Then  the  searching  process 
began  once  again.  Katie's  carpet  came  up  from  the  floor, 
Katie's  dresses  came  down  from  their  hooks  on  the  wall,  and 
Katie  herself  surveyed  the  ruthless  raiding  of  her  sacred  pos- 
sessions stolidly  and  stubbornly.  But  what  was  this  round, 
hard  object  carefully  concealed  in  the  lining  of  Katie's  old 
black  petticoat?  With  practical  fingers  the  detective  slit  the 
lining  and  disclosed  to  view — the  Queen's  brooch ! 

584 


THE  LYRE. 


103 


P(X)r  Katie !  whose  misguided  devotion  to  her  Queen  caused 
the  downfall  of  her  honor.  She  had  stolen  for  the  sake  of 
having  what  had  once  been  in  that  beloved  Queen's  possession. 

It  was  her  one  transgression.  She  had  never  before,  and 
has  never  since  taken  what  did  not  belong  to  her. 

Virginia  M.  Fisk. 


585 


HOME  OF  GAMMA  CHAPTER. 

Northwestern  University,  the  home  of  Gamma  Chapter,  is 
the  oldest  institution  of  higher  learning  in  or  about  Chicago. 
It  is  situated  in  Evanston,  twelve  miles  north  of  Chicago.  Its 
charter  Was  granted  in  1851,  but  the  formal  opening  of  the 
University  did  not  take  place  until  1855,  with  ten  students  in 
attendance.  The  only  building  in  existence  at  that  time  was 
the  one  for  years  afterwards  the  home  of  the  preparatory'  de- 
partment, and  now  occupied  by  the  literary  societies  of  the 
academy  and  known  as  "Old  College." 


ENTRANCE  TO  THE  CAMPUS. 

The  campus  is  on  the  shore  of  Lake  Michigan,  whose  rest- 
less waves  soothe  many  a  homesick  newcomer  and  serve  as  an 
inspiration  to  our  budding  poets. 

Entering  the  principal  gateway,  one  is  confronted  by  Uni- 
versity Hall,  one  of  the  oldest  of  the  buildings.  Lunt  Library, 
the  Fayerweather  Hall  of  Science,  Fisk  Hall,  Cumnock  School 
of  Oratory.  Heck  Hall,  Memorial  Hall  and  the  "gym."  can  be 
seen  through  the  campu.s  oaks. 

On  the  beach  stands  the  United  States  life-saving  statitm, 
whose  crew  is  composed  of  students. 


North  of  the  campus  is  the  Observatory  and  Sheppard  Field, 
where  Northwestern's  athletic  teams  contend  for  laurels. 


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LUNT  LIBRARY. 

The  \vomen  of  the  university  live  in  Willard  and  Pearsons 
Halls  and  a  new  dormitory,  which  has  just  been  erected.  They 
are  under  the  supervision  of  the  Dean  of  Women. 


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SCHOOL  OF  MUSIC. 

No  regular  provision  is  made  for  the  men,  many  boarding 
in  private  families  or  living  in  their  Fraternity  houses. 


106 


THE  LYRE. 


The  professional  schools  of  law,  medicine,  dentistry  and 
pharmacy  are  in  Chicago. 

The  School  qf  Music  of  Northwestern  University  is  in 
Evanston,  the  real  home  of  the  university.  There  has  been  a 
musical  department  in  existence  for  many  years,  at  first  under 
the  supervision  of  Professor  Oscar  Mayo.  Under  the  title 
"Conservatory  of  Music,"  it  was  in  charge  of  Professor  Oren 
E.  Locke  for  thirteen  years.  In  the  fall  of  1891  Professor 
Peter  Christian  Lutkin  took  up  the  reins  of  government  and  it 
rose  to  the  dignity  of  "Department  of  Music,"  with  quarters  in 
Woman's  Hjall.     The  growth  was  so  rapid  under  Professor 


UNIVERSITY  HA1.I.. 

Lutkin's  efficient  management  that  three  years  later  it  was 
made  a  distinct  school  of  the  university  and  a  separate  building 
was  erected  for  its  use.  It  has  continued  to  expand  and  the 
present  quarters  are  entirely  inadequate. 


THE  LYRE.  107 


Evanston  is  noted  for  its  beauty  and  for  the  refinement  and 
culture  of  its  people.  Opportunities  are  numberless  for  the 
broader  education,  too  often  neglected  in  the  training  of  a 
musician. 

Chicago  is  near  with  its  quota  of  lectures  and  recitals  and 
Evanston  itself  does  not  suffer  in  this  respect.  The  Evanston 
Musical  Qub,  a  choral  association  to  which  many  students  be- 
long, gives  three  or  four  concerts  yearly  in  Evanston  and  Chi- 
cago, with  the  assistance  of  well-known  artists.  Professor 
Lutkin  is  the  founder  and  conductor  of  the  club. 

To  return  to  the  School  of  Music — the  regular  faculty  num- 
bers fifteen,  with  Prof.  Lutkin  (or  more  properly  Dr.  Lutkin) 
as  Dean.  There  is  also  a  large  preparatory  department.  An 
unusually  thorough  theoretical  training  is  given,  much  stress 
being  laid  on  this  part  of  the  work. 

Alpha  Chi  has  no  rival  in  the  School  of  Music,  but  Greekdom 
flourishes  in  the  College  of  Liberal  Arts,  there  being  ten 
Fraternities  and  nine  sororities.  The  professional  schools 
are  not  to  be  forgotten  either.  There  is  also  a  local  Senior 
Fraternity,  Deru,  and  a  chapter  of  Phi  Beta  Kappa. 

Alpha  Chi  holds  her  own  with  the  other  Greek  letter  societies 
in  Northwestern,  and  is  looking  forward  to  another  prosperous 
year.  Mab^l  Dunn. 


589 


108  THE  LYRE. 


TRUE  FRATERNITY  MATERIAL. 

How  often  we  fail  to  recognize  the  one  who  will  make  the 
ideal  sister  until  it  is  too  late,  and  how  often  the  one  who 
dazzles  us  at  first  by  her  charming  manner  or  prepossessing 
appearance  finally  proves  a  disappointment  in  every  other  par- 
ticular. 

It  is  a  subject  worthy  of  our  very  careful  consideration  how 
we  can  better  the  present  methods  of  ** rushing,"  and  so  avoid 
the  many  mistakes  we  are  all  apt  to  make  at  that  time  by  too 
great  haste. 

Some  of  our  colleges  make  it  a  rule  that  no  student  can 
become  a  Fraternity  member  during  her  first  year.  In  other 
schools  the  Fraternities  themselves  have  a  mutual  agreement 
which  binds  them  to  wait  a  certain  length  of  time  before 
pledging  or  initiating. 

This  is  a  step  in  the  right  direction  and  is  a  protection  not 
only  to  the  Fraternities,  but  to  the  new  student  as  well,  giving 
her  a  chance  to  see  for  herself  where  she  will  find  the  most 
helpful  and  congenial  associations. 

Perhaps  some  of  us  have  a  wrong  impression  of  what  good 
Fraternity  material  really  is.  It  certainly  does  not  consist  of 
a  pretty  face,  a  stylish  wardrobe,  and  a  pleasing  manner,  only. 
These  should  be  of  secondary  consideration. 

In  choosing  girls  to  be  forever  associated  with  our  beloved 
Alpha  Chi  Omega,  we  should  consider  most  carefully  those 
qualities  which  wear  well — not  the  outside  polish,  which  it  is 
a  part  of  the  Fra;ternity  life  to  give  its  members. 

We  want  refined,  cultured,  well-bred  girls,  who  have  an 
ambition  in  life ;  girls  who  are  charitable  and  loving,  kind  and 
thoughtful  toward  others ;  girls  whose  influence  will  be  helpful 
not  only  to  the  Fraternity,  but  to  all  those  with  whom  they 
mingle ;  girls  who  are  unselfish  in  their  devotion  to  duty, 
whether  it  is  pleasant  or  otherwise — earnest,  faithful,  true  and 
loyal  girls.  These  are  the  ones  worthy  to  wear  the  Lyre,  and 
to  win  favor  everywhere  for  Alpha  Chi  Omega. 

Frances  T.  Dissette.     Beta,  '95. 

590 


THE  LYRE.  109 


OUR  DEBT  TO  THE  CHAPTER. 

Could  we  but  apply  the  '*more  blessed  to  give"  to  our  Chap- 
ter life,  how  great  would  be  its  usefulness.  But  in  our  busy 
college  world  where  the  days  are  crowded  and  rivalries  in- 
tense, many  of  us  are  a  bit  inclined  to  overestimate  the  self 
element  and  fancy  that  college,  Fraternity,  and  all  other  good 
things  exist  for  us,  our  sole  mission  being  performed  if  we 
prove  receptive  and  accept  what  comes  to  us. 

And  yet  must  we  not  realize  that  we  are  a  sisterhood — a 
band  of  girls — each,  let  us  trust,  with  a  strong  personality  of 
her  own — united  in  a  common  cause,  working  together  for  the 
realization  of  lofty  principles  and  high  ideals?  To  fulfill  this 
mission,  each  must  be  willing  to  give  her  all — herself. 

The  Chapter  should  be  a  training  school.  Here  many  a  girl 
must  learn  for  the  first  time  the  lessons  of  loyalty,  unselfishness, 
and  self-eflfacement ;  learn  to  submit  to  the  will  of  others, 
to  sacrifice  her  personal  desires,  and  work  for  the  good  of  the 
greatest  number. 

Often  we  hear  the  question :  "Is  the  Fraternity  life  a  nar- 
row one?"  To  this  let  us  emphatically  answer  *'No!"  The 
Fraternity,  ideal,  pure  and  lofty  as  it  is,  cannot  but  broaden  and 
strengthen  all  who  live  up  to  it.  But,  unfortunately,  the  Fra- 
ternity girl  often  mistakes  narronmess  for  loyalty  and  while 
trying,  earnestly  from  her  point  of  view,  to  build  up  her  Chap- 
ter, nearly  gives  it  a  death  blow. 

•*'If  a  few  "Do's"  and  "Don't's"  may  be  pardoned,  let  me  say : 
**Be  intensely  loyal  to  your  own  Fraternity,  but  never  at  the 
expense  of  another;  never  make  disparaging  remarks  about 
other  Chapters;  learn  to  give  advice  when  needed — also  the 
harder  lesson  of  silence  when  it  has  a  golden  hue ;  be  frank  and 
Of>en  with  every  sister  and  never  criticize  unjustly;  be  willing 
to  work — to  give  your  time,  energ>',  and  money  for  the  good 
of  your  Chapter ;  make  the  meetings  helpful,  happy,  and  inspir- 
ing; be  sunny,  optimistic,  gentle,  and  full  of  charity;  and  do 
your  part  to  make  every  girl  love  and  cherish  the  vows  she 
has  taken." 

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But  what  of  the  general  college  life?  Have  we  a  debt  here? 
Ah,  yes;  often  we  hear  outsiders  say  that  the  Fraternity  girl 
has  no  interest  in  college  movements  and  reforms — that  she 
exists  for  society  only.  Can  we  not  change  this  feeling  by 
conscientious  work  in  the  class  room,  by  a  sympathetic  interest 
in  the  many  activities  of  college  life — in  short,  by  a  hearty  co- 
operation in  whatever  tends  to  promote  the  welfare  and  exalt 
the  fair  name  of  our  Alma  Mater? 

One  more  plea — and  my  sermonette  is  finished — a  plea  for 
the  girl  outside — the  non-Fraternity  girl.  Are  we  doing  all 
in  our  power  to  make  her  happy  and  comfortable  ?  Often  her 
path  is  a  hard  one  to  travel,  her  life  a  lonely  one.  She  feels  at 
times  so  out  of  everything,  and  we  who  are  fortunate  in  the 
love  and  sympathy  of  our  sisters  can,  if  we  are  tactful,  do  much 
to  brighten  the  college  life  of  those  who  have  no  one  with 
whom  to  share  their  joys  and  sorrows.  Thus  shall  we  fulfill  our 
purpose,  thus  shall  ours  be  the  larger  life,  thus  shall  the  strings 
of  our  beloved  Lyre  respond  to  the  touch  of  noble,  true-hearted 
women  working  for  the  uplifting  of  womankind. 

A  Bjsta  Alumna. 


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OP 

ALPHA  CHI   OMEOA. 

Pablished  Quarterly  by  Edith  Howland  Manchester  for  Alpha  Chi  Omeg^a. 

83  Comstock  Avenne,  Providence,  R.  I. 
Sabscriptlon,  $1.00  per  year.  Sing^le  Copies,  25  cents. 

Entered  at  the  Providence  Post  Office  as  Second  Class  Matter. 
Edith  Howland  Mancukstkk,  Editor-in-Chief. 

A8SOCIATB  BDITORS: 

ALPHA—Lena  Belle  Barrett.  Dblta— Clara  Louise  Lord. 

Bbta— Mary  L.  Perine.  Zbta—L.  Marion  ^Vatkln 

Gamma— Ruth  V.  In^lis.  THBTA^Virginia  May  Fisk 

Iota— Ethel  W.  Azbill. 


VOL.  V.  PROVIDENCE,  R.  L»  NOVEMBER,  190f .  No,  3. 


In  this  number  of  The  Lyre  appears  the  conclusion  of  Par- 
sifal. During  the  past  two  issues  all  Alpha  Chis  and  their 
friends  have  read  with  great  interest  Miss  Sawyer's  descrip- 
tion of  Wagner's  "Parsifal"  as  portrayed  in  the  Opera  House 
at  Bayreuth,  Germany.  The  editors  wish  to  extend  a  vote  of 
thanks  to  Miss  Sawyers,  not  only  in  their  own  behalf,  but  also 
in  that  of  all  Alpha  Chis  for  so  kindly  giving  The  Lyre  some 
of  her  ve^y  busy  moments. 

The  lists  of  membership  which  were  to  have  been  published 
in  this  issue  of  The  Lyre  will  appear  in  the  January  number. 

At  this  season  of  the  college  year  perhaps  it  is  not  inoppor- 
tune to  call  the  attention  of  active  chapters  to  the  new  pledge- 
pins,  the  rates  for  which  were  sent  out  last  spring.  These  are 
generally  considered  preferable  to  and  more  substantial  than 
ribbons. 

All  alumnae  and  non-graduate  Alpha  Chis  who  live  away 
from  their  Alma  Mater  are  earnestly  requested  to  send  inform- 
ation pertaining  to  themselves  to  their  chapter  editors,  such 
matter  to  be  published  in  The  Lyre.  This  is  one  way  in  which 
interest  is  continued  and  the  bond  strengthened  between  resi- 
dent and  non-resident  members. 

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Designs  for  a  new  Lyrjs  cover  are  referred  to  the  next  con- 
vention. 


CHAPTER  LETTERS. 

Alpha  Chapter — De  Pauw  University. 

The  opening  of  the  new  college  year  is  proving  very  enjoy- 
able in  many  respects.  The  arrival  of  many  new  girls  made 
a  very  interesting  spiking  season,  and  Alpha  did  her  share  of 
entertaining.  Grace  Culler,  Mary  Campbell,  Adele  Johnson, 
Rhoda  Darby,  and  Josephine  Conn  are  wearing  the  scarlet  and 
olive. 

The  university  feels  deeply  the  loss  of  Dr.  Bakers,  professor 
of  chemistry.  His  successor  is  Dr.  Blanchard.  Prof.  Brum- 
baugh succeeds  Prof.  John  Walker  in  the  department  of  ora- 
tory. Prof.  Walker  is  now  studying  theology.  Athletics  are 
in  charge  of  Mr.  Chez,  who  is  making  a  very  enthusiastic 
coach  for  the  foot-ball  team. 

Mrs.  Mansfield,  who  for  so  long  a  time  has  occupied  the  posi- 
tion of  Preceptress  of  Ladies'  Hall  and  Dean  of  the  Art  and 
Music  schools,  has  resigned  the  former  position  so  that  she 
may  be  able  to  devote  more  time  to  the  Art  and  Music  schools. 
Miss  Laura  Newlin,  formerly  a  teacher  in  the  Acjidemy  of 
Bloomingdale,  has  been  chosen  to  act  as  Preceptress  for  the 
coming  year. 

Miss  Sawyers  spent  the  summer  in  Berlin  studying  under 
Dreyschock.  She  returned  more  full  of  music  than  ever. 
Prof.  Adolph  Schellschmidt  has  returned  from  an  extended 
visit  in  Europe.  The  students  are  anxiously  awaiting  the  re- 
turn of  Dr.  Gobin,  our  president,  who  was  sent  as  a  delegate 
to  conference  in  London.  Miss  Dictrichson  will  return  the 
first  of  October  from  an  extended  trip  in  Norway,  Sweden, 
and  Italy. 

Work  on  the  Minshall  Laboratory',  which  is  to  be  devoted 
to  chemistry  and  physics,  is  progressing  rapidly.  It  is  hoped 
the  work  will  have  been  completed  by  the  middle  of  November. 


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Rev.  and  Mrs.  Vernie  Howard  have  returned  to  Green- 
castle.  Maude  Meserve  and  Ethel  Jones,  class  of  1903,  will 
remain  at  home  this  year.  Miss  Belle  Barrett  is  teaching. 
Daisy  Estep  has  returned  from  California  and  will  remain  at 
home  this  winter.  LaRose  Colliver,  accompanied  by  her 
mother,  will  spend  the  winter  here.  Sallie  Hirt  spent  the  sum- 
mer abroad.  Ethel  Jackson  now  resides  at  N.  New  Jersey 
St.,  Indianapolis.  Claudia  Hill  was  married  Sept.  25  to  Mr. 
John  T.  Alexander.    They  will  reside  at  Greensburg. 

Alpha  is  fortunate  in  having  so  many  added  convenveniences 
at  the  chapter  house,  and  the  piazza  on  the  east  and  west  makes 
the  house  very  attractive. 

Three  of  our  Seniors,  Misses  Guild,  Rainier,  and  Johnson, 
are  planning  a  concert  to  be  given  Thanksgiving  at  Miss 
Johnson's  home,  Carthage,  Ind. 

Alpha  is  looking  forward  to  this  year  with  highest  expecta- 
tions, and,  with  sincere  hearts,  we  wish  all  a  happy  and  pros- 
perous year.  Lena  BellE  Barrett. 

Beta  Chapter — Albion  College. 

At  the  beginning  of  another  school  year  Beta  once  more 
sends  greetings  to  her  sisters.  Of  last  year's  Chapter,  two  of 
our  number  have  figured  largely  on  Assembly  programs  this 
summer — Sister  Kate  Calkins  as  soloist  at  Ludington,  with 
sister  Ethel  as  her  accompanist,  and  sister  Myrtle  Hatswell 
as  assembly  accompanist  at  Lake  Orion.  Your  correspondent 
again  took  part  in  the  Western  Woman's  Tennis  Tournament 
held  in  Chicago  the  first  of  September,  and  is  at  present  assist- 
ant gyrnnasium  instructor  in  the  college. 

This  fall  sees  a  new  president  occupying  the  chair  at  Albion 
— Dr.  Samuel  Dickie,  father  of  three  most  loyal  Alpha 
Chis.  A  new  institution  in  our  college  is  the  Young  Ladies' 
Home,  now  started  for  the  first  time  under  the  excellent  lead- 
ership of  Mrs.  Ella  Woodworth,  mother  of  our  sister  Ora. 
The  building  in  use  is  the  large  house  formerly  occupied  by 

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114  THE  LYRE, 


Dr.  Ashley;  it  is  a  beautiful  place,  elegantly  furnished  and, 
under  the  skillful  management  of  Mrs.  Woodworth,  it  bids 
fair  to  become,  as  it  name  implies,  an  elegant,  comfortable 
home  for  some  fortunate  girls. 

Another  feature,  which  concerns  us  more  directly,  is  the  new 
rule  adopted  by  Albion's  three  sororities  regarding  the  rushing 
season.  At  the  beginning  of  the  term  a  representative  from 
each  chapter  met  and,  after  careful  consideration,  pledged  in 
behalf  of  their  respective  sororities  and  as  individuals  to  recog- 
nize the  second  Wednesday  in  November  as  asking  day ;  before 
that  date  to  do  no  "bidding."  All  "bids'*  are  to  be  sealed  bids 
and  mailed  on  the  asking  day.  The  pledge  is  to  hold  good  until 
it  may  be  decided  to  do  away  therewith  or  till  some  violation 
of  its  law  is  discovered.  The  system  of  hurried  rushing,  which 
has  prevailed  up  to  the  present  time,  has  often  resulted  in  mis- 
takes which  more  careful  deliberation  might  have  avoided; 
and  so  we  as  a  chapter  and  as  individuals  are  greatly  pleased 
with  the  new  order,  and  are  conscious  of  a  certain  relief  at 
being  able  to  draw  careful  and  deliberate  conclusions  regarding 
a  new  girl  before  asking  her  to  join  our  number.  Our  first 
rushing  spread  is  to  be  held  at  the  Lodge  next  Saturday  night. 
Of  its  success  we  can  write  more  later. 

One  of  our  pledgelings  was  permitted  to  ride  the  goat  last 
Thursday  night.  This  she  did  in  the  literal  sense  until  Billy's 
antics  became  so  vigorous  that,  in  pity  for  ourselves  as  well  as 
Sister  Margaret,  we  returned  him  to  his  disturbed  slumbers. 

Sister  Margaret  Mosher  has  worn  our  pledge  pin  since  the  fall 
of  '96,  and  upon  her  entrance  in  college  we  were  all  glad  to 
welcome  her  into  the  chapter. 

Beta  is  especially  fortunate  at  present  in  the  number  of 
sisters  whose  homes  are  in  the  city.  With  one  exception  the 
entire  membership  of  the  present  chapter  reside  here,  and  we 
feel  that  by  thus  building  up  our  future  resident  alumnae  we 
have  strengthened  ourselves  in  a  way  which  none  c^n  resist. 

The  coming  year  shows  a  bright  future.  Should  no  others 
be  asked  to  join  us,  we  are  happy  in  our  present  congenial 


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chapter,  thougli  for  the  sake  of  the  coming  years  we  would 
let  no  opportunities  for  enlarging  our  roll  slip,  should  desir- 
able candidates  present  themselves. 

Again  we  greet  our  sister  chapters,  wishing  for  them  a  most 
happy  and  prosperous  year.  Mary  L.  Perine. 

October  i,  1901 ;  Albion,  Michigan. 

Gamma  Chapter — Northwestern  University. 

Dear  Sisters :  As  we  turn  now  from  paying  our  last  tribute 
to  our  late  Presi(Jent,  we  do  not  feel  that  we  are  doing  wrong 
in  turning  away  from  this  world-wide  grief  to  our  own  little 
interests,  but  rather  do  we  feel  strengthened  and  inspired  for 
our  work  to  come,  by  the  contemplation  of  a  life  so  blameless, 
a  nature  so  high,  always  seeking  the  best  and  doing  the 
righteous  thing.  Memorial  services  were  held  in  Evanston  in 
the  Methodist  and  Presbyterian  churches,  the  Evanston  Mu- 
sical Club  furnishing  the  music  at  the  former.  At  the  conclu- 
sion of  the  service  I  think  we  all  felt  what  a  minister  has  lately 
said,  that  *Tresident  McKinley  held  the  highest  place  in  this 
country;  there  was  but  one  higher,  and  he  has  taken  it." 

Let  us  now  turn  to  the  end  of  our  last  school  year.  We  had 
only  one  Alpha  Chi  graduate  in  the  School  of  Music,  in  con- 
trast to  the  five  of  the  year  previous,  Miss  Mabel  Dunn,  who 
received  a  diploma  for  completing  the  work  in  the  artist  course. 
Her  recital  given  May  9th  was  a  veritable  musical  treat,  her 
numbers  being  from  Beethoven,  Bach,  Schumann,  Seeling  and 
Grieg.  At  the  concerto  recital  June  loth,  Miss  Dtffin  played 
Schumann's  Concerto  in  A  minor,  opus  54,  and,  at  the  graduat- 
ing recital  June  nth,  she  concluded  a  long  and  enjoyable  pro- 
gram with  Chopin's  Rondo  in  E  flat. 

Miss  Dunn  and  Miss  Ericson  are  to  teach  in  the  School  of 
Music  this  year. 

Miss  Mabel  Siller  has  completed  her  four  years'  course  in 
the  university  and  is  now  taking  up  work  in  the  School  of 
Music. 

Miss  Ethel  Isbester  gave  a  farewell  **at  hom'^'*  to  the  Alplia 

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116  THE    LYRE. 


Chis  just  before  school  closed.     Cinch  was  played  and  beauti- 
ful prizes  were  won  by  Miss  May  Vose  and  Mrs.  Lillian. 

The  Summer  Club  was  not  so  successful  this  year  on  ac- 
count of  so  many  of  the  girls  being  out  of  town.  There  w  ere 
only  three  meetings  held  at  the  homes  of  Misses  Mabel  Dunn, 
Katherine  Scales,  and  Theodore  Chaffee. 

Miss  Florence  Childs  has  spent  the  past  three  months  at  her 
summer  home  in  Buchanan,  Michigan. 

Miss  Mabel  Siller  and  Miss  Marion  Ewell  each  spent  s  »v- 
eral  weeks  at  Saugatuck,  Michigan. 

Miss  Mabel  Dunn  spent  some  weeks  in  St.  Louis  visiting 
friends. 

Miss  Ethel  Isbester  has  spent  most  of  the  summer  at  Prairie 
View,  Illinois. 

Miss  Ruth  Inglis  was  at  the  Outing  Club,  Clear  Lake,  Iowa, 
in  August. 

Miss  Grace  Ericson  has  been  in  Colorado  Springs  this  sum- 
mer. 

Mrs.  Sarah  Elizabeth  Coe,  professor  of  piano  in  the  School 
of  Music  here,  and  an  honorary  Alpha  Chi,  has  returned  to 
Evanston  from  Alameda,  California,  where  she  has  been 
spending  the  summer. 

Dean  Lutkin,  who  has  been  abroad  all  summer,  has  just 
returned,  ready  to  begin  upon  the  work  of  the  new  school 
year. 

We  hear  with  regret  that  Miss  May  Vose  leaves  Evanston 
soon  to  lire  in  Charlotteville,  Virginia.  The  best  wishes  of 
Alpha  Chi  for  happiness  in  her  new  home  go  with  her. 

Gamma  wishes  all  success  and  prosperity  to  her  sister  chap- 
ters. Yours  in  the  bond, 

Ruth  Victoria  Incus. 

Dklta  Chapter — Penn.  College  of  Music. 

Delta  sends  greetings  to  her  sister  chapters  and  wishes  for 
them  the  most  prosperous  year  in  the  history  of  Alpha  Chi. 
Wc  start  out  this  year  with  bright  musical  prospects,  as  the 

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Pennsylvania  College  of  Music  has  secured  the  services  of 
Mr.  J.  H.  Kowalskie,  of  Chicago,  whose  merits  are  well  known 
in  musical  circles.  Mr.  Kowalskie  takes  the  place  of  Mr.  Oscar 
Franklin  Comstock,  who  resigned  his  position  to  accept  one 
at  Washington,  D.  C. 

A  great  many  new  students  entered  college  this  fall,  and  the 
Hall  is  filled  with  new  girls,  fifty  in  all.  The  rushing  contest 
has  been  very  exciting  this  year  and  the  desirable  new  girls 
have  been  most  ardently  sought.  We  have  had  our  usual  num- 
ber of  rushing  aflFairs,  and  before  long  we  hope  to  be  able  to 
introduce  several  new  girls. 

The  annual  reception  of  Allegheny  College  was  held  in  the 
g>'mnasium  on  Monday  evening  last.  These  affairs  are  always 
very  popular,  as  they  aflFord  the  new  students  an  opportunity 
of  becoming  better  acquainted. 

Since  Alta  Moyer's  acceptance  of  the  position  as  vocal 
teacher  in  the  Pennsylvania  College  of  Music,  we  have  four 
Fraternity  sisters  on  the  Faculty,  Helen  Edsall,  teacher  of 
piano  and  harmony ;  Mary  Thorpe  Grahm,  teacher  of  piano ; 
Elizabeth  Tyler^  business  manager,  and  Miss  Moyer.  Delta 
rejoices  over  the  growth  of  the  School  of  Music,  for  there 
we  turn  not  only  for  musical  girls,  but  girls  who  will  make 
true  Alpha  Chis.  With  sinccrest  wishes  to  each  chapter  from 
Delta,  Chapter  Editor. 

Zeta  Chapter — New   England   Conservatory. 

Dear  Sisters: — Our  chapter  was  greatly  depleted  by  the 
graduation  in  June  of  so  many  of  our  girls.  We  felt  quite 
proud  of  them,  as  three,  Maud  Collin,  Elizabeth  Eggleston  and 
Pearl  Sherwood,  were  on  the  commencement  program  at 
Tremont  Temple,  doing  themselves  and  us  greater  honor. 
Laura  Howe,  who  was  to  have  given  a  recital,  was  also  among 
our  honored  graduates. 

Our  closing  meetings  were  most  enjoyable,  and  especially 
the  one  in  which  we  initiated  Miss  Margaret  Ruthven  Lang 


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as  an  honorary  member.  I  am  sure  you  are  all  acquainted  with 
her  exquisite  songs,  as  she  is  noted  for  them.  Miss  Lang  is 
the  daughter  of  B.  J.  Lang,  one  of  Boston's  well-known  musi- 
cians, and  is  the  possessor  of  a  charming  personality,  so  that 
we  fell  completely  in  love  with  her. 

There  were  only  three  of  us  to  begin  the  year's  work,  Edith 
Medara,  Elizabeth  Pitman,  and  myself,  but  I  am  glad  to  say 
that  Alida  Handy  joined  our  forces  at  the  second  meeting. 
We  have  already  initiated  two  girls,  Edith  Freeman  and 
Bertha  Giles,  and  our  pledge  members  number  three,  Clara 
and  Annie  Bull  and  Marguerite  Wilson.  We  are  proud  of  all 
six,  as,  besides  appearing  interesting,  they  also  promise  much 
in  a  musical  line. 

Much  to  our  regret^  Madam  Hopekirk  has  retired  from  the 
Faculty  of  the  school  and,  in  the  future,  will  give  private  in- 
struction only.    She  spent  the  summer  abroad. 

We  shall  miss  from  our  number  this  year  Bessie  Chapman, 
who  was  married  in  London  on  the  twenty-fourth  of  Septem- 
ber to  Mr.  William  B.  Ely,  of  Boston.  Two  days  later,  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Ely  sailed  for  America,  and  will  make  their  home 
in  Newton. 

Spicie  Belle  South  gave  several  recitals  in  Kentucky  during 
the  past  summer.    She  was  assisted  by  her  brother  and  sister. 

Zeta  has  many  plans  for  the  winter,  and  hopes  to  make  the 
entire  current  year  a  most  profitable  and  enjoyable  one 

Very  sincerely, 

L.  Marian  Watkin. 

Theta  Chapter — University  of  Michigan. 

A  chapter  letter  from  us  at  this  time  must  be  anything  but 
a  satisfactory  one,  for  the  few  of  us  who  will  be  active  this 
year  have  had  but  one  meeting,  and  that  was  on  the  first  night 
that  college  opened.  Then  it  was  such  a  blessed  feeling  to  be 
together  again  that  we  forswbre  business  and  visited  until 
**time"  was  called.  However,  many  of  us  had  suggestions  for 
likely  new  members  and  several  rushing  parties  have  been  ar- 

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THE  LYRE,  119 


ranged,  while  our  spare  time  is  occupied  in  becoming  acquaint- 
ed with  newcomers  in  whatever  ways  we  can.  So,  though  we 
begin  the  year  with  only  seven,  our  original  number,  a  realiza- 
tion of  the  worth  of  our  efforts  inspires  in  us  cheerful  hearts 
and  loads  of  Alpha  Chi  spirit,  so  we  feel  with  inward  content- 
ment that  in  our  next  report  we  can  tell  you  of  Thefta's  prog- 
ress in  all  directions. 

We  were  all  assured  before  separating  for  the  summer 
that  it  would  be  best  for  so  few  of  us  to  dispense  with  the 
expense  of  a  chapter  house  for  this  year,  since  it  so  happened 
that  not  one  of  the  old  members  could  assure  us  that  she 
would  return,  and  it  seemed  an  impossible  task  to  fill  the  house 
with  Freshmen.  Mrs.  Fisk,  our  chaperone  of  last  year,  has 
assumed  charge  of  the  house  for  this  winter,  and  we  hope  after 
this  year  to  have  it  for  our  own  again.  We  are  sure  of  a 
sociable  winter  at  least,  visiting  each  of  the  girl's  homes  for 
our  weekly  meetings. 

Every  one  of  us  has  had  a  splendid  summer.  Some  of  the 
girls  have  remained  in  quiet  Ann  Arbor,  tumbling  about  in  a 
free  and  easy  style.  Miss  Vallette  has  spent  her  vacation  at  a 
Boston  resort  and  will  leave  this  week  for  the  Chicago  Art 
Institute  to  study  until  Christmas.  Miss  Fisk  went  in  August 
to  be  with  Alpha  Chi  sisters  for  several  weeks,  and  Florence 
Bobb  is  still  at  Calumet,  where  she  has  been  since  June.  Theta 
wishes  her  sister  chapters  as  happy  and  successful  a  year  as 
wte  are  anticipating.  Marcia  C.  Clark. 

Iota  Chapter — University  of  Illinois. 

Dear  Sisters : — It  is  fall,  and  all  over  the  campus  the  leaves 
are  dropping  and  lying  with  those  of  brightest  color,  often 
hidden  under  the  more  sombre  tinted,  suggesting  to  me  the 
thought  that  what  I  must  write  to  you  may  be  compared  to  the 
leaves — things  that  are  passing  away  with  the  summer  and 
which  I  must  go  back  and  pick  up  one  by  one,  for  your  sakes 
choosing  only  the  most  attractive,  'though  a  few  of  graver 
tone  will  creep  in. 

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One  who  had  seen  something  of  Fraternity  life  here  in  the 
last  four  or  five  years  would  marvel  at  the  decided  change  in 
the  social  atmosphere  this  fall.  It  is  the  result  of  the  inter- 
fraternity  contract  which  may  have  reached  your  ears  through 
some  summer  wanderer.  Should  no  such  misfortune  as  a 
'^summer"  tramp  have  reached  any  of  you,  a  little  history  of 
this  contract  may  be  of  interest.  That  intoxicating  pastime, 
**rushing,"  had  reached  such  a  delirious  stage  that  the  presi- 
dent felt  moved  to  call  together  a  Fraternity  delegation  in  or- 
der to  delicately  hint  at  '' maderation."  '*A  hint  to  the  wise" 
is  said  to  be  sufficient ;  hence  wisdom  mav  be  attributed  to  the 
Thetas,  who,  a  short  time  after,  called  a  council  of  delegates 
from  the  different  women's  fraternities.  Each  delegate  re- 
ported the  suggestions  of  the  council  to  her  chapter,  and  the 
co-operative  action  of  all  the  chapters  with  the  council  resulted 
in  an  inter-fraternity  contract  signed  by  the  delegates  from 
each  chapter,  the  substance  of  which  is  that  the  invitations 
shall  not  be  given  until  the  Tuesday  before  Thanksgiving; 
that  they  shall  all  go  by  mail  and  at  the  same  time  of  day,  and 
that  no  hint  of  any  such  intention  shall  reach  the  girl  before- 
hand. Thus  far  it  has  proven  successful.  The  new  g^rls  have 
been  left  to  study  in  peace.  There  have  been  rushing  parties, 
but  they  have  been  conducted  so  quietly  that  it  will  soon  be- 
come necessary  to  introduce  invisible  paraphernalia  jwith 
which  to  make  a  fair  defense.  Previous  to  drawing  up  the 
contract,  we  were  compelled  to  inform  the  council  that  three 
of  our  invitations  were  then  awaiting  an  answer,  which  might 
not  be  given  until  this  semestri.  The  fact  was  forgotten  by 
some,  and  it  was  a  little  amusing  to  watch  certain  heads  go 
together  when  the  red  and  olive  appeared  on  three  girls,  Elsie 
Benn,  Irno  Baker  and  Mabel  Chester,  in  quick  succession. 
Irno  Baker  wore  hers  for  the  first  time  on  a  rather  conspicu- 
ous occasion — the  memorial  convocation  at  the  time  of  Presi- 
dent McKinley's  death.  We  were  certainly  in  need  of  these 
allies. 

Our  woes  had  been  multiplying.     Miss  Fuller  went  home 

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to  make  wedding  garments  and  a  little  later,  on  September 
i8th,  to  wear  them. 

Our  corresponding  secretary,  Mrs.  Daniels,  resigned  from 
active  membership  at  the  same  time  that  Miss  Fernie  realized 
that  her  responsibilities  in  connection  with  the  music  depart- 
ment would  necessitate  her  resignation  from  active  member- 
ship in  the  Fraternity.  Sorry  as  we  are  to  lose  them,  it  is 
consoling  to  have  their  assurances  that  they  will  be  with  us 
in  spirit  and  in  deed  as  far  as  possible. 

The  Phi  Beta  Phis  and  Kappas  and»  Thetas  and  almost  all 
of  the  men's  Fraternities  are  in  new  chapter  houses,  causing 
us  to  come  dangerously  near  breaking  the  tenth  commandment. 
In  another  year  we  hope  to  have  a  house.  The  convention 
being  in  this  part  of  the  country  about  that  time,  will  give  all 
of  you  the  opportunity  to  bring  us  some  furniture,  you  see. 
lota's  letter,  as  usual^  is  more  remarkable  for  quantity  than 
quality,  but  most  sincerely  in  the  bond. 

Yours, 

Ethel  W.  Azbill, 
Chapter  Editor. 


ALUMNAE  NOTES. 


A1.PHA. 


Carrie  Little,  class  of  1901,  is  teaching  at  Muncie. 

Ruth  Vaught  is  teaching  at  Coatsville  and  Greencastle  this 
year. 

Wilhelmina  Lank,  graduate  in  voice,  is  taking  college  work. 

Helen  Birch  is  at  home  this  year.  She  has  a  class  at  Brazil, 
Indiana. 

Raeburn  Cowger  is  teaching  at  Monticello,  Indiana.  She 
visited  Pearl  Shaw  this  fall. 

Helen  Herr  is  studying  in  Chicago. 

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122  THE  LYRE. 


Beta. 

Miss  Clarissa  Dickie  spent  several  weeks  this  summer  at 
Bay  View,  during  which  time  she  studied  piano  with  John 
Manning,  of  Boston. 

Mrs.  Mattie  Reynolds  Colby,  who  studied  violin  in  Leipsic, 
Germany,  last  year,  and  who  since  her  return  in  June  has  ap- 
peared upon  several  concert  programs  about  the  state,  has  a 
fifteen  weeks'  engagement  for  this  winter  with  the  Detroit 
Lyric  Concert  Company. 

On  Tuesday,  June  eleventh,  at  the  home  of  the  bride's  par- 
ents, occurred  the  wedding  of  Miss  Florence  Hoag,  of  Toledo, 
and  Mr.  H.  Kirke  White,  Jr.,  of  Albion.  After  a  few  weeks 
at  the  seashore,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  White  returned  to  Albion  and 
took  up  their  residence  in  their  beautiful  home  on  Irwin 
avenue.    Mr.  White  is  a  member  of  the  Chi  Psi  Fraternity. 

Gamma. 

Miss  Cordilia  Hansen  spent  a  delightful  summer  in  Color- 
ado Springs,  and  while  there  met  Mrs.  Ethel  Lillyblade 
Brown. 

Mrs.  Carrie  Woods  Abbot  was  present  at  the  performance 
of  **Elijah"  given  by  the  Evanston  Musical  Club  at  the  Central 
Music  Hall,  Chicago,  m  May. 

Misses  Leona  and  Edith  Wemple  visited  Miss  Theodora 
Chaffee  last  week  on  their  way  to  Smith  College,  wfiere  they 
will  meet  Miss  Elizabeth  Scales.  We  hope  that  they  may  see 
our  Zeta  sisters. 

Miss  Margaret  Kellogg  was  married  September  25  to  Rev. 
Lawrence  Riggs  Howard  at  Glencoe,  Illinois.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Howard  go  to  Providence,  R.  I.,  where  the  former  is  assistant 
pastor  of  the  First  Congregational  Church. 

Miss  Cornelia  Porter  is  to  be  married  to  the  Rev.  Richard 
Rowley. 

Mrs.  Mitchell  and  her  sister,  Miss  Johnnie  Hough,  were  in 
Evanston  a  few  weeks  this  summer. 

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Miss  Carrie  Holbitx)k,  who  moved  to  Montclair,  N.  J.,  last 
spring,  is  studying  in  New  York  with  Mr.  Joseffy. 

Miss  Zella  Home,  of  Greenville,  visited  Meadville  friends 

Dh:i.ta. 

for  several  days  recently. 

Mrs.  Harriet  McLaughlin  Germison,  of  Brooklyn,  N.  Y., 
has  been  making  an  extended  visit  with  her  father  for  several 
weeks.  During  this  time  she  had  made  a  trip  to  Buffalo  and 
the  Pan-American  Exposition,  and  also  visited  friends  in 
Greenville. 

Miss  Jessie  Merchant,  Allegheny,  'oi,  is  tutoring  this  year 
in  the  college  and  taking  post-graduate  work  for  the  Master's 
degree. 

Miss  Edith  Roddy  entertained  her  fraternity  sisters  one 
evening  since  the  opening  of  the  new  year  in  her  usual  charm- 
ing manner. 

On  another  evening  Mrs.  Archibald  Irvin  gave  a  progres- 
sive heart  party. 

Miss  Bertha  Sackett  gave  a  reception  to  welcome  some  oi 
the  new  girls.  The  Alpha  Chi  colors  were  greatly  in  evidence, 
the  dining-room  being  especially  attractive. 

Miss  Marian  Everson  has  returned  to  take  up  her  work  as 
director  in  the  Meadville  Kindergarten. 

Miss  Helen  Orris  has  removed  to  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

During  the  summer  vacation  Miss  Helen  Edsall  made  a  trip 
to  Buffalo  and  the  Pan-American.  Among  others  of  our 
girls  \yho  attended  the  Exposition  were  Misses  Alta  Moyer, 
Susanna  Porter,  Mabelle  Leffingwell,  Mary  and  Clara  Lord, 
and  Florence  Harper. 

The  invitations  are  out  for  the  wedding  of  Miss  Susanna 
Porter  and  Mr.  William  Nutt,  of  Cincinnati.  We  shall  be 
very  sorry  to  lose  Miss  Porter,  as  she  has  been  a  very  active 
Alpha  Chi  for  several  years. 

Mrs.  Robert  Bruce  Gamble  entertained  recently  in  honor  of 
Miss  Susanna  Porter,  and  a  delightful  time  was  enjoyed  by  all. 


124  THE    LYRE. 


Zeta. 

Miss  Pauline  Woltmann,  an  associate  member  and  a  pc^u- 
lar  member  of  the  New  England  Conservatory  Faculty,  has 
returned  from  a  summer  abroad.  Miss  Woltmann  spent  some 
time  in  study  upder  Georg  Henschel  and  was  much  compli- 
mented by  him  upon  her  voice. 

Miss  Nelle  Belle  Jones  will  be  associated  in  teaching  during 
the  coming  winter  with  Mr.  J.  R.  Hall,  of  Cleveland,  Ohio. 

Theta. 

Miss  Winifred  Bartholomew  entertained  at  luncheon  at  h^r 
hdhie  in  Charlevoix  in  honor  of  Mrs.  S.  M.  Yutzy  (nee 
Alberta  Daniel). 

Miss  Josephine  Blanchard  spent  the  summer  in  Charlevoix, 
Mich. 

Miss  Mabel  Greene  entertained  a  house  party  at  her  home 
in  Jackson  during  the  week  of  the  Dariiel-Yutzy  nuptials.  Her 
guests  were  the  Misses  Blanchard,  McKenzie  and  Fisk. 

Miss  Fred  R.  Hoover  spent  the  summer  in  Traverse  City, 
Michigan,  at  the  home  of  her  parents. 

Mrs.  Harry  Nichols  (nee  Flora  Koch)  is  now  living  in 
Munhall,  Pa. 

Miss  Alice  Reynolds  has  accepted  a  position  at  the  head  of 
the  piano  department  in  St.  Paul's  School,  Walla  Walla, 
Washington. 

Miss  Floss  Spence  is  teaching  public  school  music  at  Manis- 
tique,  Mich. 

The  engagement  of  Miss  Mary  Rowland  Tinker  of  Wheel- 
ing, West  Va.,  to  Mr.  Verne  Bovie  has  been  recently  an- 
nounced. 

Miss  Arline  Vallette  will  spend  the  winter  in  Chicago,  a 
student  at  the  Art  League. 

Miss  Alice  Weinstein  is  making  plans  for  a  year's  study 
abroad. 

Mrs.  Charlotte  Yaffe  Zeitz  will  make  her  future  home  in 
Milwaukee,  where  her  husband  has  opened  a  violin  school. 

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ALPHA  CHI  OMEGA 

VOL  V. JANUARY,  1902.  No.  4. 

MUSIC— AN  INFLUENCE. 

Music  is  of  an  untold  age.  It  began  at  the  very  existence  of 
things,  when  Nature  herself  sprang  into  life  and  beautified  th€ 
earth  with  her  loveliness.  The  melancholy  crescendo  of  the 
wind  through  lofty  pines  sighed  itself  away  into  calm!  The 
gentle  lapping  of  the  little  waves  on  the  shore,  the  mighty 
crasihing  of  the  ocean  billows  on  a  rock-bound  coast,  the  sweet 
warbling  of  the  birds— each  gave  utterance  to  an  individual 
strain  of  wondrous  melody.  Tlie  thrill  of  music  pervaded  all 
Nature  then  as  it  does  to-day — in  the  hum  of  the  smallest  in- 
sects, in  the  pattering  of  the  rain-drops,  now  gentle  and  now 
furious.  In  this  way  did  Nature  strive  to  set  us  the  example 
of  pure  tone,  smooth  swell,  and  delicate  cadence. 

The  Greeks  considered  music  as  an  important  factor  in  life. 
It  was  a  part  of  the  preparatory  discipline  of  the  Pythagoreans, 
a  society  whose  aim  was  the  moral  education  and  purification 
of  the  community.  They  used  it  in  chanting  their  epic  poems 
and  in  their  religious  rites.  Greek  military  evolutions  were 
accompanied  by  music  and  prizes  were  offered  for  its  perform- 
ance by  voice  and  on  instruments  at  the  Olympic  games.  An 
important  part  in  the  education  of  every  Greek  boy  was  writ- 
ing the  poetry  of  his  native  land  from  dictation.  Then  he  re- 
cited and  sang  it.  Tbus,  from  his  earliest  years  he  was  inspired 
with  sentiments  of  courage  and  patriotism.  Music  moved  his 
verv  soul  and  led  him  on  to  better  deeds. 


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130  THE  LYRE. 


And  so  music  has  come  down  to  us  as  a  mighty  influence. 
In  religion,  in  patriotism,  it  has  played  and  is  playing  a  lead- 
ing part.  By  means  of  sacred  music,  the  heart  may  be  freed 
from  everything  base  and  mean,  and  elevated  to  everything 
excellent  and  praiseworthy.  Martin  Luther  was  deeply  af- 
fected by  it.  There  is  a  story  told  of  him  that  one  day  two  of 
his  friends,  on  visiting  him,  found  him  in  deep  despondency, 
prostrate  on  the  floor.  They  struck  up  one  of  the  solemn  and 
beautiful  tunes  which  the  reformer  loved.  His  melancholy 
fled ;  he  rose  and  joined  his  friends,  adding,  "The  devil  hates 
good  music."  Luther  always  loved  music.  "By  its  aid,"  he 
said,  "a  man  forgets  his  anger,  lust  and  pride,  and  expels 
many  temptations  and  evil  thoughts.  Music  ip  a  greit  disci- 
plinarian; It  makes  people  tractable  and  kindly  disposed." 
What  indeed  is  more  inspiring  than  the  harmony  of  hymns, 
and  what  great  influence  have  they  always  had  in  the  religious 
life  of  man ! 

In  war  also  music  has  its  place.  How  often  have  we  heard 
that  in  battle,  when  the  soldiers  were  disheartened  and  weary, 
the  singing  of  tlieir  national  hymn  urged  them  on  to  victory  I 
The  hearts  within  their  tired  bodies  were  still  warm,  and  the 
spark  that  enkindled  their  sentiments  of  glory  and  patriotism 
was  the  singing  of  the  familiar  strains  that  recalled  home  and 
country.  Their  breasts  swelled  with  eagerness  and  success 
must  needs  follow  in  its  wake.  Such  a  song  remains  fixed  in 
their  minds  until  death.  What  old  soldier  does  not  feel  young 
when  he  hears  the  martial  strain  and  beat  of  drum!  What 
Briton  docs  not  rejoice  when  he  hears  "God  Save  the  Queen!" 
What  American  does  not  thrill  with  pride  and  patriotism  when 
'^America'*  rings  out  upon  the  air! 

The  educational  value  of  music  is  great.  It  trains  the  char- 
acter to  meet  the  requirements  of  every  day  life.  We  often 
hear  of  its  ennobling  influence — its  use  as  a  pastime,  as  an  aid 
in  keeping  young  people  away  from  undesirable  occupations 
and  assfKiations.  But  aside  from  this  it  has  special  worth. 
T\\Q  study  of  music  requires  i)atience,  concentration  of  mind, 


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self-reliance,  self-criticism,  pluck  and  perseverance,  qualities 
that  are  likewise  necessary  in  every  day  life.  This  study 
strengthens  and  enlarges  the  memorizing  powers.  Seidl,  the 
conductor,  knew  every  one  of  the  great  musical  dramas  by 
heart.  A  certain  blind  flutist  could  play  any  one  of  a  hundred 
and  twenty-five  concertos  called  for  by  number.  This  power 
came  largely  through  the  serious  study  of  music,  and  what  it 
has  done  for  these  men  it  may  do  for  us  in  some  degree,  in 
proportion  to  our  national  abilities.  More  than  this,  music 
cultivates  our  tastes  and  leads  us  to  discriminate  between  the 
good  and  the  bad. 

Thomas  Carlyle  says :  "Who  is  there  that  in  logical  words 
can  express  tlie  effect  music  has  on  us?  A  kind  of  inarticulate, 
unfathomable  speech,  which  leads  us  to  the  edge  of  the  infinite, 
and  lets  us  for  moments  gaze  into  that."  Music  arouses  the 
soul  itself,  and  is  the  language  of  the  innermost  nature.  It  can 
be  understood  by  races  that  are  ignorant  of  each  other's  sp>eech 
and  are  alienated  in  every  other  way.  What  would  the  world 
do  without  music,  this  inarticulate  speech  of  the  heart  which, 
because  it  is  infinite,  cannot  l>e  compressed  into  words !  Music 
is  a  joy,  a  comfort,  an  inspiration  to  youth  and  to  oL»  age. 
Its  sweet  strains  drive  awav  the  worries  and  cares  of  everv 
day  life  and  raise  us  to  an  atmosphere  of  happiness  and  content. 

**God  is  its  author,  and  not  man ;  He  laid 
The  key-note  of  all  harmonies  ;  He  planned 
All  perfect  combinations,  and  He  made 
Us  so  that  we  could  hear  and  understand." 

EmzABKTH  Ray  Goksciiel. 


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A  DREAM. 

Last  night  I  dreamed  a  maiden  fair 
Was  standing  at  my  side,  O. 
Her  tears  fell  fast^  and  in  despair 
I  asked  her  why  she  cried  so. 
**0  dear !"  said  she,  "can  you  not  see 
How  fearful  is  my  fate,  oh? 
I  want  to  be  an  Alpha  Chi, 
And  now  it  is  too  late,  O.*' 

I  said  to  her :    "Do  not  despair ; 
Where  life  is,  there  is  hope,  too. 
If  youVe  as  good  as  you  are  fair 
The  girls  will  surely  want  you." 
'*0,  no!"  said  she,  "that  cannot  be — 
Another  pin  Fni  wearing. 
Mv  sad  mistake  I  see  too  late. 
And  bitter  pain  I'm  bearing." 

Now  all  yc  maidens  warning  take 

From  this  my  simple  story. 

Tho'  'tis  a  dream,  'tis  not  a  *'fake" — 

I  tell  it  not  for  glory. 

If  you  would  always  happy  be, 

And  never  weep  nor  si:^h,  O, 

Don't  ha«ty  be,  but  wait  and  see 

If  you  can  be  a  Chi,  O. 

Words  by  Frances  T.  Dissette. 

T<:»  tlio  tunc  of  "A  Prcttv  Girl,"  from  "Wang." 


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RUSSIA  AND  ITS  MUSIC— A  REVIEW. 

To  find  the  true  origin  of  the  Russian  art  of  music,  one  must 
search  in  the  religious  music  and  popular  songs,  yea,  even 
those  old  tunes,  "the  aristocracy  of  Russian  music,"  which  for 
nearly  ten  centuries  have  been  handed  down  by  oral  tradition, 
preserved  throug*h  die  two  hundred  and  fifty  years  of  dreary 
servitude  to  the  Mongols,  and  cherished  as  a  sacred  inheritance 
from  father  to  son. 

Who  does  not  know  that  such  is  the  effect  and  originali^y — 
tonal,  rythmic,  and  melodious — of  the  Russian  songs,  that  all 
composers  of  that  country  since  Glinka  have  sought  to  put  them 
to  use,  and  with  so  much  intelligence  that  it  is  one  of  the 
sources  of  the  individuality  of  their  art  as  it  now  exists. 

In  "One  Russian  Winter"  Mr.  Herman  Larochc  describes 
these  effects  with  talent  and  more,  with  a  feeling  of  pride  which 
is  quite  legitimate.  He  says :  "This  melody  with  its  piquant 
and  unforeseen  march,  with  its  fantasies  and  somersaults,  its 
designs  and  gracious  flowers ;  this  hannony  with  its  system  of 
chords  of  crystalline  transparency,  with  its  plagal  and  frigfid 
cadences,  which  open  to  the  heart  with  its  vast  perspectives; 
this  rythm  which  so  easily  takes  its  wings  and  disports  itself 
in  illimitable  liberty,  so  capricious  in  different  forms  of  move- 
ment, what  is  all  this  but  the  portrait  of  the  Russian  people? 
May  we  not  see  reflected  there,  as  in  an  unknov;n  microcosm, 
the  rude  and  alluring  liberty  which  characterizes  the  Russian; 
his  spirit  clear  and  sober,  his  need  of  ample  space,  his  antip- 
athy for  everything  compact  and  sordid?  With  us  nature 
lacks  the  picturesque;  our  costumes  are  abominable;  all  our 
organization  disrol)es  itself  before  the  brush  of  the  painter 
or  the  chisel  of  the  sculptor,  but  our  popular  chant  offers  an 
accent  so  profound,  a  variety  so  seductive  and  a  novelty  of 
fonn  so  perfect  that  we  can  look  ahead  and  contemplate  with 
assured  glance  the  artistic  destiny  of  our  country.     Or^r  na- 

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134  THE  LYRE. 


tional  song  is  a  sure  guarantee  of  the  value  of  Russian  music 
and  suffices  to  prove  our  aesthetic  aptitude." 

Yet  even  the  song  of  Russia  wras  influenced  by  the  physical 
formation  of  the  country,  the  old  epics  monotonous  and  long 
might  be  called  the  counterparts  of  the  physical  geography, 
and  the  minor  keys  in  which  they  are  written,  of  the  general 
dreariness  of  that  vast  territory. 

The  early  melodies  were  within  a  narrow  Umi^  of  compass, 
the  melody  usually  sung  at  the  beginning  by  one  voice,  was  re- 
peated by  the  chorus  and  this  polyphony  terminated  in  unison. 
The  uncultivated  taste,  then  as  now,  was  satisfied  with  short 
and  simple  melodies  within  the  compass  of  a  few  and  was  not 
wearied  by  constant  repetition  of  the  same. 

The  airs,  unwritten,  have  been  much  changed  through  indi- 
vidual interpretation,  but  not  even  Germany  has  a  larger  col- 
lection of  bewitching  folk-songs,  whose  principal  characteristic 
is  the  minor  key.    Each  village  has  its  folk-songs. 

**The  singing  and  dancing  and  acting  at  a  rustic  betrothal 
ceremony  remind  one  of  a  modern  operetta.  After  the  be- 
trothal has  l^een  duly  arranged,  the  bridegroom  comes  to  the 
house  and  seats  himself  at  the  table,  while  the  bride  offers  him 
a  glass  of  beer,  her  companions  singing  a  complimentary  song 
the  while  to  the  gentleman  most  interested.  This  is  followed 
by  a  song  in  praise  of  the  father  and  mother  of  the  bride. 
A  horse  and  wagon  having  been  procured,  the  maidens  go  with 
it  to  the  village,  accompanied  ])y  the  groom,  singing  as  they  go. 
When,  her  companions  return,  the  bride,  who  has  been  left  at 
home,  and  has  improved  her  time  by  expressing  the  proper 
amount  of  maidenly  regret  at  leaving  her  parents,  greets  her 
friends  witli  a  plaintive  song,  bewailing  her  prospective  loss  of 
freedom.  T\\q  gn.xini  elect  apparently  observes  a  respectful 
silence,  as  no  mention  is  made  of  liis  raising  his  voice  in  either 
sorrow  or  rejoicing.  The  marriage  is  celebrated  four  days 
after  the  l>etrothal.  Tlie  ceremony  at  the  church  over,  they  re- 
turn to  the  house,  where  a  feast  is  provided,  which  is  often 
kept  ui>  for  three  days,  music  forming  no  small  part  of  the 

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entertainment  offered.  A  gay,  rollicking  orchestral  composi- 
tion of  Glinka's  describes  one  of  these  weddings,  and  the 
songs  sung  at  it,  interrupted  by  the  inevitable  intoxication." 

Choruses  are  oftcm  accompanied  by  a  tambourine,  with  or 
without  tht:  coi>ix?r  plates  which  give  the  effect  of  cymbals,  and 
often  too,  other  noisy  appendages  are  added,  or  a  balalaika, 
which  is  a  sjKfcies  of  lute  with  a  triangular  body,  the  strings  of 
which  are  either  pinched  or  put  into  vibration  by  means  of  a 
plectrum. 

Until  tlie  time  of  Catherine  II,  church  music  v/as  sung  in 
luilson.  There  is  no  instrument  of  any  kind  in  the  Greek 
church,  no  female  voices,  the  soprano  parts  l)eing  taken  by 

J)OVS. 

Yet  this  religious  music  is  that  which  surpasses  all  other 
kinds,  for  it  is  typical  and  in  no  sense  an  imitation  of  that  of 
other  nations,  at  least  as  to  the  execution. 

Of  the  music  produced  with  wondrous  effect  by  the  choir  of 
i\w  imperial  chapel,  Adaue,  the  French  composer,  tells  us  that 
the  singers  never  sing  any  other  music  than  that  of  the  offices 
and  consequently  have  an  extreme  capacity  of  singing  without 
an  accompaniment,  with  a  justness  of  intonation  of  which  it  is 
imjx)ssible  to  fonn  an  idea.  iUit  what  gives  an  inconceivable 
strangeness  to  this  execution  is  the  nature  of  the  l>ass  voices, 
of  which  the  com])ass  is  from  the  last  A  of  tlie  piano  to  C  l>elow 
the  line  of  the  F  clef — these,  doubling  in  the  lower  octaves 
the  voice  of  tlie  ordinary  bass,  produce  an  incalculable  effect. 
These  living  contra-basses  never  rise  above  their  role  of  chorus 
singers.  Their  voices  taken  separately  have  an  intolerable 
coarseness,  but  the  etToct  is  good  in  tlie  mass.  Tlie  first  time 
that  I  heard  this  admirable  choir  I  was  seized  with  an  emotion 
which  I  had  never  before  ex])erienced,  and  the  first  few  meas- 
ures of  the  piece  brouirlit  tears  to  mv  eves ;  afterwards  when  an 
allegro  came  to  warm  them  up  and  these  thunderous  voices 
Ixiomed  away  like  great  guns,  I  found  myself  of  a  tremble 
and  covered  with  a  cold  sweat. 

Never   had    the    most    formidable  orchestra   produccxl    this 


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136  THE  LYRE. 


strange  sensation,  and  wholly  different  from  any  which  I  sup- 
posed music  was  capable  of  producing.  The  tenor  voices, 
though  far  from  perfect,  are  satisfactory;  the  soprani  are 
vigorous  and  even  have  among  them  some  pretty  solo  voices. 

Amateur  musicians  are  encouraged.  A  wealthy  gentleman 
once  kept  a  theatre  in  Moscow  for  them. 

Indeed  modern  musical  history,  as  of  all  lands,  began  in  die 
way  of  the  enthusiast,  and  in  Russia  it  .was  hardiy  half  a 
century  ago.  At  about  the  time  Rubinstein  began  to  be  a  pub- 
lic performer,  he  had  difficulty  in  finding  a  regular  concert  aud- 
ience. 

But  at  the  performances  in  this  same  theatre,  which  perform- 
ances had  become  poor,  Rubinstein  created  the  main  interest 
and  had  brains  enough  to  outline  the  course  of  future  develop- 
ment. The  present  musical  Russia  is  almost  wholly  responsible 
to  this  "czar  of  the  pianoforte."  He  founded  the  Conservatory 
at  St.  Petersburg  in  1862,  until  which  time  those  w*ho  desired 
advanced  instruction  were  obliged  to  go  to  Germany  or  other 
foreign  countries,  but  now  the  Conservatory  of  St.  Peters- 
burg gives  instruction  to  many  hundred  students,  and  besides 
schools  flourish  at  Moscow,  Odessa,  Tiflis,  Kiew,  Hoskoff,  and 
Saratov,  and  within  two  years  there  has  been  established  one 
at  J  rkutsh,  the  coldest  town  on  earth. 

The  work  of  the  schools  is  as  serious  and  thorough-going 
as  in  France  or  Germany,  while  all  are  more  or  less  under  the 
guidance  of  the  Imperial  Musical  Society  at  St.  Petersfburg. 

Germany,  Italy  and  France  have  had  their  schools,  and  now 
in  the  extreme  east  of  Europe  in  Russia,  the  last  born  of  the 
artistic  civilization,  one  sees  lately  risen  another  of  vigorous 
teni]>eranient,  of  a  sentiment  very  original  and  personal. 
Proudly  may  it  claim  (>aluppi,  Bortmiansky,  Glinka,  Chopin 
and  Rubenstein. 

The  musical  sentiment  of  the  Russian  people  is  natural  and 
very  deep.  It  was  inevitable  that  with  the  progress  of  civiliza- 
tion this  faculty  should  manifest  itself  in  a  high  and  truly 
artistic  sense. 


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THE  LYRE. 


137 


They  have  not  been  without  their  encouragements,  for  since 
a  century  and  a  half  music  has  been  object  of  care  to  all 
tSie  sovereigns  who  have  succeeded  to  the  throne  of  Russia. 

From  Beta  Chapter, 

K.  C. 


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138  THE  LYRE. 


GOAT  SONG. 

When  e'er  a  maiden  joins  the  Alpha  Chis, 

O,  you  should  hear  the  dreadful,  awful  cries 

That  issue  from  her  throat  when  first  she  sees  the  goat. 

She  trembles,  and  her  hair  begins  to  rise. 

REFRAIN  : 

See  him  come,  on  a  run ! 

The  maiden  thinks  her  life  is  surely  done. 

But  it's  worth  it  all  to  be  an  Alpha  Chi, 

And  the  maiden,  too,  will  think  so,  bye  and  bye. 

His  diet  being  pins  and  carpet  tacks. 

No  wonder  that  in  gentleness  he  lacks. 

He  rushes  toward  the  maid,  for  he  sees  she  is  afraid — 

She  then  must  ride  upon  his  goatship's  ba-^.k. 

Refrain  : 

O,  what  fun !    See  him  rtm ! 

The  maiden  thinks  her  life  is  surely  done. 

But  it's  worth  it  all  to  be  an  Alpha  Chi, 

And  the  maiden,  too,  will  think  so,  bye  and  bye. 

And  when  we've  proved  her  loyal,  brave  and  true. 
The  ^oat  is  given  something  else  to  do, 
While  we  place  on  her  our  pin,  and  a  sister's  life  begins; 
Our  confidence  and  love  we  give  her,  too. 


Rkfkain  : 

Ali>lia  Chi !    Alpha  Chi ! 

To  "come  up  liigher"  may  we  ever  try. 

In  future  years  when  met  by  cares  so  grave. 

We'll  bless  tlie  goal  that  made  us  true  and  brave. 

Words  and  music  by  P^rancks  T.  DissETTE. 

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THE  LYRE,  139 


THE  SECRET. 

Of  all  the  jolly  college  girls  for  forty  miles  around, 
There  is  one  band  of  maidens  true,  whose  equal  can't  be  found. 
In  closest  bonds  of  sisterhood  and  love  they  firmly  stand ; 
A  gayer  crowd  you  cannot  find  in  all  this  happy  land. 
And  when  the  leaves  begin  to  fade,  and  ''rushing"  has  begun — 
When  all  the  frats  are  working  hard — O,  then  look  out  for  fun  ! 
Our  crowd  is  always  in  the  lead,  in  everything  the  same, 
And  if  >x>u  listen  closely,  you  will  hear  this  sweet  refrain : 

Refrain  : 

O,  we're  the  crowd  that's  called  the  Alpha  Chis, 
And  when  we  see  a  girl  who  is  a  prize 
We  just  put  on  our  hats — don't  mention  other  frats — 
But  go  and  take  the  maiden  by  surprise. 

And  if  our  girl  feels  blue  and  strange,  and  wis^lies  she  were 

home; 
We  then  prepare  a  little  feast,  and  bid  the  stranger  come. 
We  feed  her  well,  and  toast  her,  too,  until  she  feels  so  gay 
She  quite  forgets  her  former  blues,  and  home  so  far  away. 
Here  lies  the  cherished  secret  of  a  final,  sure  success: 
If  what  you  most  desire  is  a  lovely  maiden's  '*Yes" — 
Don't  waste  your  time  by  running  down  your  rivals  in  the  field. 
But  win  her  love  and  confidence,  and  she  will  surelv  vicld. 

Rkfrain  : 

Then  you  will  have  another  Alpha  Chi, 
Whose  loyal,  true  affection  ne'er  will  die, 
A  voice  to  join  the  song,  a  hand  to  help  along, 
As  each  one  strives  to  raise  the  standard  high. 

Words  bv  Frances  T.  D.sskttk, 

Albion,  Mich. 

Tune  of  ''I've  Waited,  Honey,  Waited  Long  for  You." 

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140  THE  LYRE. 


GALLANT  "CHI  BROTHERS." 

Delta  Chapter  of  Alpha  Chi  Omega  Fraternity  enjoyed  the 
novel  social  function  recently  of  dining  as  the  guests  of  "Chi 
Brothers."  It  came  about  through  the  desire  of  the  girls  to 
show  their  appreciation  of  certain  kindnesses  received  at  the 
hands  of  Dr.  T.  L.  Flood  and  Hon.  John  J.  Henderson,  which 
they  did  by  calling  these  gentlemen  "honorary  brothers"  of  our 
chapter.  These  newly  made  brothers  considered  the  honor 
worthy  of  a  dinner,  consequently  the  spread  which  was  served 
at  The  Lafayette. 

Covers  were  laid  for  about  thirty-five,  and  it  would  b^  hard 
to  imagine  a  more  prettily  decorated  table.  Red  carnations 
and  smilax  were  used,  bringing  out  in  pleasing  harmony  the 
fraternity  colors,  which  also  appeared  on  the  menu,  the  an- 
nouncement in  red,  being  encircled  by  a  wreath  of  green. 

The  dinner  was  an  unusually  enjoyable  one  and  the  toasts 
which  followed,  with  Sister  Zerald  Trax  as  toastmistress, 
highly  entertaining.     Following  are  the  toasts : 

"Why  WeVe  Here." 

"A  little  nonsense  now  and  then 
Is  relished  bv  the  best  of  men." 

—Agnes  Church. 

"Our  Initiation  into  Alpha  Chi  Omega." 
"Our  Relations  with  the  Goat." 

—Dr.  T.  L.  Flood. 
"Go  'Wav  'Back  and  Sit  Down." 

-Helen  Smith. 
Song. — "Wlio'd  Leave  Tlieir  Happy  Home  for  Me?" 

— Judge  Henderson. 
"I'd  Leave  My  Hai)py  Home  for  You." 

— Caroline  Beyer. 
"Fraternity  Life  in  Meadvillc." 
Song. 

— Bertha  Sackett. 
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ALPHA  CHI  OMEGA. 


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A8SOCIATB  BDITOR8 

Alpha— Lena  Belle  Barrett.  Dblta— Clara  Louise  Lord. 

Bbta— Mary  L.  Perine.  Zbta— L.  Marion  Waikin. 

Gamma— Ruth  V.  Inirlis.  Thbta— Virginia  May  Fisk. 

Iota— Ethel  W.  Azbill. 


VOU  V. PROVIDENCE,  R.  I.,  JANUARY,  1902.  No.  4 

It  is  always  pleasing  to  note  the  enthusiasm  and  zealousness 
with  which  Alpha  Chis  commence  a  new  year.  Let  us  hope 
that  our  courage  will  not  wane  as  the  montihs  pass.  It  seems 
as  if  in  the  past  autumn,  even  more  ihan  is  usual,  the  lists  of 
active  members  in  most  of  our  chapters  have  been  sadly  want- 
ing in  numbers.  The  few  returning  girls  have  not  been  so 
hasty  in  striving  to  fill  the  vacancies,  caused  by  the  sisters  who 
left  in  June,  as  in  former  years.  In  some  chapters,  the  reason 
for  this  was  a  determination  to  go  slowly  but,  in  most  chapters, 
the  seeming  delay  was  due  to  the  very  excellent  agreement  re- 
cently entered  into  among  the  fraternities.  This  subject  was 
lightly  touched  upon  in  one  of  the  chapter  letters  in  the  Novem- 
ber issue,  and  the  results  following  are  to  be  found  in  these 
pages  of  the  January  Lyre.  Surely  '^Asking  Day''  is  one  step 
higher  in  our  Fraternity's  standard  and  all  college  fraternities 
and  societies  would  do  well  to  follow  out  the  same  idea.  "Slow 
and  sure"  may  be  somewhat  prosaic  but,  when  quality  is  what 
one  wants,  much  time,  and  thought,  and  observation  will  give 
untold  satisfaction  and  there  is  less  danger  of  disappointments 
in  coming  years. 

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142  THE  LYRE, 


While  we  are  considering  the  subject  of  ''Asking  Day/*  per- 
haps it  is  not  inopportune  to  call  the  attention  of  the  Fraternity 
to  the  two  articles  in  the  November  Lyre  entitled  respectively 
"True  Fraternity  Material''  and  "Our  Debt  to  the  Chapter." 
Is  not  one  the  antecedent  and  the  other  the  consequent  and,  can 
we  not  say  that  we  will  all  strive  to  be  "earnest,  faithful  and 
true"  and  therefore  "intensely  loyal"  not  only  to  our  Chapter, 
but  also  to  those  outside  and  to  the  College  in  general  ? 

With  the  opening  number  of  Volume  VI.  in  March,  1902,  the 
long  expected  Exchange  Department  will  make  its  debut.  This 
is  the  only  way  in  which  very  many  non-active  and  alumnae 
sisters  have  an  opportunity  to  know  what  other  fraternities  are 
about,  and  it  is  hoped  that  the  additional  pages  of  our  quarterly 
will  be  enthusiastically  welcomed.. 


CHAPTER  LETTERS. 
yVLPiix  Chaptkr — De  Pauw  University. 

This  is  the  close  of  the  first  term  of  the  school  year  1901- 
i()02,  and  Alpha  feels  quite  proud  of  her  record  during  the 
term. 

She  has  added  ten  most  loyal  girls  to  her  number,  besides 
having  all  except  two  of  last  year's  girls  back  again. 

Oil  the  i8th  and  19th  of  October,  Alpha  celebrated  her  six- 
teenth birthday,  and  a  most  enjoyable  time  was  had.  On  the 
evening  of  the  J  8th  there  was  a  reception  given  to  the  faculty 
and  representatives  of  each  of  the  fraternities.  Our  Chapter 
Home  was  beautifully  decorated,  the  prettiest  of  the  decora- 
tions being  a  lyre,  filled  with  carnations  and  smilax,  which  was 
hung  so  as  to  be  seen  upon  first  entering  the  parlors. 

Thrrc  were  many  coni]>liments  passed  upon  the  decorations, 
refreslmients  and  our  ability  as  entertainers. 

(  )n  the  evening  of  tlie  i()th  Alpha  gave  a  banquet  for  only 
Alpha  Cliis. 

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THE  LYRE.  143 


Early  in  the  evening  we  initiated  several  girls.  This  seemed 
to  be  greatly  enjoyed  by  those  of  the  girls  who  had  not  been 
with  us  for  a  while:  arid  later  an  eight  course  supper  was 
served — foHowing  that,  the  toasts. 

It  was,  indeed,  a  very  happy  occasion;  Since  that  time  we 
have  given  several  infomials. 

But  with  air  these  good  times,  our  work  is  not  forgotten. 
Alpha  has  four  Seniors  and  three  Juniors  who  are  preparing 
recitals  and  so  many  of  her  girls  have  several  college  studies, 
as  well  as  music. 

The  term  recitals  will  be  given  on  the  evenings  of  the  eight- 
eenth and  nineteenth  of  December,  and  one  need  onlv  to  look 
at  the  programs  to  see  that  Alpha  is  well  represented. 

We  are  anxiously  looking  forward  to  next  term,  for  we 
exi>ect  to  initiate  several  faithful  pledges. 

With  best  wishes  from  Alpha, 

Yours  in  the  bond, 

ElM.\  Lli:TA  PaTTON. 

Bkta  Ciiaptkr — Albion  College. 

Beta  again  sends  greetings  to  the  other  chapters  and  wishes 
them  all  a  successful  liappy  Xevv  Year  in  frateriiity  life. 

In  our  last  letter  we  told  about  the  agreement  between  the 
three  local  sororities  as  regarded  rusliing  and  bidding  new 
girls,  and  this  time  we  can  announce  tlie  result  of  the  plan. 
During  the  first  few  days  of  the  term  tliere  was  a  conspicuous 
absence  of  the  excited  rushing  which  heretofore  has  character- 
ized that  period.  After  we  had  met  the  new  girls  and  had  be- 
come somewhat  acquainted  with  them,  we  had  a  six  o'clcK'k  tea 
at  yhe  lodge:  this  was  followed  in  a  few  weeks  hy  an  infonnal 
evening  at  the  home  of  Xella  Ranisdell,  and  another  spread  at 
the  lodge.  The  second  Wednesday  in  Xovember.  the  formal 
bidding  day,  came  at  last,  and  the  next  day  we  ]>lalged  Anna 
Suvlandt,  Mae  Allen,  Sadie  Osborne  and  Bessie  Allen.  Our 
girls  are  very  much  pleased  with  the  quiet  way  in  which  the 

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rushing  was  carried  on  and  doubtless  will  be  in  favor  of  a 
similar  arrangement  next  year. 

Next  Saturday  evening  we  expect  to  initiate  Bessie  Allen 
and  Anna  Suylandt,  following  on  Tuesday  evening  with  the 
ritual  and  banquet.  In  our  next  letter  we  will  tell  more  about 
this,  as  well  as  about  our  plans  for  a  Christmas  tree.  Prepara- 
tions are  being  made  for  our  annual  concert  which  we  hope  to 
g^ve  some  time  in  March. 

We  are  looking  forward  with  pleasure  to  December  13,  on 
which  evening  will  be  given  Handel's  Messiah  in  t^e  auditor- 
ium of  the  Methodist  Church.  Several  of  the  g^rls  are  in  the 
chorus,  while  Miss  Ethel  Calkins  is  the  organist.  The  soloists 
will  be  Mrs.  Albro  Blogett  of  Toledo,  soprano;  Mrs.  Marsihall 
Pease  of  Detroit,  alto :  Marsfhall  Pease,  tenor ;  and  Frank  Crox- 
ton  of  Chicago,  basso. 

Mary  L'  Perine. 
Albion,  Mich.,  Dec.  7,  1901. 

Gamma  Chapter — Northwestern  University. 

With  the  rushing  season  past  Gamma  pauses  to  contemplate 
the  result  and  is  well  pleased. 

College  opened  with  a  great  increase  in  attendance  and  the 
Music  School  benefited  thereby.  We  were  quite  overwhelmed 
with  desirable  girls,  but  true  to  the  standard  of  Alpha  Chi 
we  prefer  quality  to  quantity,  and  on  the  evening  of  October 
twenty-first  four  new  sisters  joined  our  circle.  May  Pichereau, 
Mae  Lounsbcrry,  Ida  Pratt  and  Christine  Atwood.  Later 
on  wc  made  still  another  discovery  and  Frances  Meredith  was 
initiated  on  Xovember  twenty-fifth,  bringing  our  active  mem- 
bersliip  up  to  sixteen.  One  of  these,  Mar\'  Masters,  came  from 
Beta  Chapter,  and  she  must  be  sorely  missed  there,  if  Beta 
valued  her  as  we  do. 

Our  new  sisters  were  introduced  to  some  of  our  friends  at 
an  infomial  dance  a  few  weeks  ago,  and  now  our  formal  party 
is  occupying  our  attention.  This  will  be  held  at  the  Evanston 
Boat  Club  on  December  the  thirteenth  and  bids  fair  to  be  the 

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most  successful  we  have  yet  given.  Ater  that  we  intend  to 
spend  the  rest  of  the  school  year  in  preparation  for  the  con- 
vention next  fall. 

Edna  Stanton  and  Myeta  McKean,  accompanied  by  a  friend 
from  th«  School  of  Oratory,  gave  a  successful  recital  in  a 
small  town  in  Wisconsin  a  few  weeks  ago. 

A  recital  for  advanced  students  will  be  given  on  the  four- 
teenth of  this  month.    Several  Alpha  Chis  will  take  part. 

Gamma  will  welcome  all  suggestions  for  the  employment  of 
the  time  remaining  after  business  is  disposed  of  in  frat.  meet- 
ing.   Cannot  our  sister  chapters  give  us  some  hints? 

We  feel  that  Alpha  Chi  stands  for  more  than  our  social 
pleasure  and  want  our  meetings  to  be  worth  as  much  as  possible 
to  all  our  girls. 

Makkl  Dunn,  Gamma. 

Delta  Chaptf,r — Penn.  College  of  Music. 

Dear  Sisters : — As  school  is  about  to  close  for  the  holiday 
vacation,  you  may  find  our  girls  very  busy  indeed  with  college 
work,  music  and  fraternity. 

We  have  changed  fraternity  rooms  and  our  new  ones,  which 
are  in  the  Mosier  House  on  East  Chestnut  street  are  the  center 
of  our  dearest  hopes,  and  we  are  all  interested  in  making  them 
a  fitting  abode  for  Alpha  Chis. 

The  first  large  frat.  i)arty  of  the  year  was  a  Hallowe'en  party 
to  which  about  fifty  of  our  friends  were  invited.  Pumpkin 
faces  peered  at  one  from  almost  every  nook  and  comer,  the 
decorations  being  cornstalks  and  evergreen  lx)ughs.  Many 
Hallowe'en  games  were  indulged  in :  some  danced,  while 
others  spent  much  of  their  time  by  a  small  keg  in  the  corner. 
A  jolly  time  was  enjoyed  by  all  and  the  affair  proved  a  ver>' 
successful  opening  for  our  new  rooms. 

Since  our  last  letter  to  the  Lyre,  we  have  taken  two  new 
girls  into  our  circle.  Miss  Lyde  Hammond  and  Miss  Helen 
Smith,  and  we  hope  to  be  able  to  introduce  two  more  girls 
very  soon  to  our  sisters. 

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A  fancy-work  party  was  given  in  the  fraternity  rooms  one 
Saturday  afternoon  recently  to  meet  several  new  girls,  and  a 
delightful  time  was  enjoyed  by  all.  A  musical  programme 
was  rendered,  after  which  tea  and  wafers  were  served. 

The  girls  of  Delta  Chapter  join  me  in  greetings  to  our  sis- 
ter Chapters.  Chapter  Editor. 
Iota  Chapter — University  of  Illinois. 

Dear  Sisters: — The  most  exciting  period  in  the  history  of 
our  chapter  has  been  during  Thanksgiving  week.  You  re- 
member, perhaps,  that  the  sororities  here  had  entered  into  a 
contract  which  set  the  Tuesday  before  Thanksgiving  as  "Ask- 
ing Day." 

The  bids  of  all  the  sororities  were  mailed  at  about  the  saitit 
time,  and  the  next  two  days  were  spent  in  feverish  hope  and 
expectation.  As  a  result,  three  new  girls  are  wearing  the 
scarlet  and  olive,  and  we  can  be  more  truly  thankful  this  year 
than  ever  before. 

Our  rushing  parties  have  been  numerous  owing  to  the 
irn/^th  of  time  l>efore  asking  day.  Among  these  we^  e  several 
imisijilps  and  informal  spreads  and  parties,  but  the  most  suc- 
cessful of  all  was  a  large  reception  at  the  home  of  Clara  Gere, 
to  which  the  other  sororities,  fraternities,  new, girls,  many 
members  of  the  faculty  and  townspeople  were  invited.  Our 
colors  were  ver>'  prominent,  even  to  the  red  and  green  candies 
in  the  dining  room.  Scarlet  carnations  and  smilax  were  the 
decorations. 

Our  non-active  members  have  been  very  good  to  us  this 
fall,  helping  us  at  our  niusicales  and  at  our  reception. 

We  are  very  sorry  to  report  that  ^Irs.  Palmer  has  been 
ohlic^cd  to  resign  from  active  membership  on  account  of  ex- 
treme ill  health. 

Dr.  Kinley.  Dean  of  the  College  of  Literature  and  Arts,  and 
Mrs.  Kinley.  one  of  lota«s  charter  members,  have  returned 
from  a  year  in  Europe. 

Miss  Fernie  has  been  ill  in  the  hospital,  but  is  able  now  to 
take  up  her  work  aj^ain  in  the  School  of  Music. 


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We  have  ten  active  members  now,  and  with  three  pledgesf* 
we  feel  very  prosperous  indeed.  We,  too,  have  loads  of  Alpha 
Chi  spirit,  and  in  the  exuberance  of  this  spirit  we  send  our  besjt 
wishes  to  all  the  Chapters  of  our  beloved  fraternity. 

Yours  in  the  bond, 

Lillian  Hbath. 

*Alice  Baker,  Bessie  Stevenson  and  Emma  Watlinger. 


ALUMNAE  NOTES. 


Beta. 

Mrs.  Emma  Phelps  Vary,  of  Battle  Creek,  visited  Nella 
i^msdell  the  first  week  in  Decehiber. 

Miss  Edna  Triphagen,  Cons,  'oi,  who  has  been  teaching 
music  at  her  home  in  MuUihen  this  year,  visited  with  the  girls 
here  the  middle  of  the  term. 

Miss  Libbie  Smithi  of  Marshall,  visited  a  few  days  with 
cousins  in  the  city  this  month. 

The  marriage  of  Elizabeth  Perkins  to  Louis  C.  McDougal 
occurred  at  the  home  of  tlie  bride's  father  Tuesday  evening, 
Nov.  26.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  McDougal,  after  an  eastern  trip,  re- 
turned to  Albion  and  took  up  their  residence  at  713  South 
Clinton  street. 

Invitations  are  out  for  the  marriage  of  Maud  Armstrong,  of 
Detroit,  to  Thomas  W  Hubbard,  of  the  same  citv,  to  occur  at 
the  home  of  the  bride's  father  in  Hagg  street  on  January  first. 

Gamma. 

Mrs.  W.  M.  Mitchell  (Beulah  Hough)  was  in  Evanston  in 
November. 

Mrs.  Eugene  Hinckley  (lUanche  Hughes)  saw  friends  in 
Chicago  a  few  days  ago. 

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Mrs.  Carrie  Woods  Abbott  was  in  Evanston  with  her  small 
son  for  several  weeks  in  October. 

May  Vose  has  moved  with  her  family  to  Charlottesville,  Va. 

Miss  Mary  Stanford  is  singing  in  a  North  Side  church. 
She  has  been  studying  with  .Burritt  for  several  years. 

Miss  Alice  Grannis  is  at  the  head  of  the  Oratory  Department 
of  the  University  of  California. 

Our  alumnae  in  and  about  Chicago  have  formed  an  associa- 
tiom  which  meets  on  the  first  Wednesday  of  every  month  at 
the  home  of  one  of  the  members,  where  a  luncheon  is  served. 
They  desire  that  any  Alpha  Chi  in  Chicago,  who  is  not  a  mem- 
ber, shall  make  herself  known  to  them. 

Leona  and  Edith  Wemple  and  Bessie  Scales  are  at  Smith 
College  this  year. 

Delta. 

Miss  Bertha  Cribbs,  of  Oil  City,  spent  a  few  days  with 
Meadville  friends  recently. 

Mrs.  Susanna  Porter  Nutt,  who  was  recently  married,  visited 
her  parents  over  Thanksgiving. 

Miss  Mabelle  Leffingwell  has  just  returned  from  a  short 
visit  with  relatives  in  Cleveland. 

Miss  Mable  will  return  to  college  for  the  spring  term. 

Miss  Alta  Mover  has  accepted  a  very  flattering  offer  to  sing 
in  one  of  tlic  Oil  City  churches.  For  some  time  she  has  been 
singing  in  the  Methodist  Chufch,  where  she  will  be  very  much 
missed. 


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HONORARY  MEIMBERS. 


Beach,  Mrs.  H.  H.  A. 

Bloomfield-Zeisler,  Madame  Fannie 

Decca,  Madame  Marie 

Hopekirk,  Madame  Helen 

Lang,  Margaret  Ruthven 

Lavln,  Mrs.   Mary   Howe 

Powell,  Mand 

Rive-King,  Madame  Julia. 

Stevens,  Neally 

Taw,  Ellen  Beach 


ALPHA. 

ASSOCIATE  MEMBERS. 

Alden,  Lena  EiVa 

Bailey,  Mrs.  Cecelia  Eppinghousen 

Bryant,  Mrs.  Jennie  Allen 

DePauw,  Mrs.  Newland  T. 

DePauw,  Mrs.  Charles  T. 

Dixon,  Mrs.  Alma  Dahl 

E^rp,  Mrs.  Ella  G. 

John,  Mrs.  Orra  P. 

McGregor,  Mrs.  Alice  Wenworth 

CHAPTER  ROLL. 

Alexander,  Mrs.  Claudia  Hill,  Greensburg,  Ind. 

Andrews,  Lucy  G.,  Brazil,  Ind. 

^Atkinson,  Lulu,  Willow  Branch,  Ind. 

Aydelott,  Helen,  Mowequa,  111. 

♦Bailey,  Mrs.  Bell  Mikels,  West  LaFayette,  Ind. 

Baird,  Mrs.  Lulu  Parkhurst,  Bourbon,  Ind. 

Baldwin,  Mrs.  Suda  West,  Ft.  Branch,  Ind. 

♦Ballinger,  Ina,  Williamsburg,  Ind. 

Barrett,  Lena  B.,  Eden,  Ind. 

Barrett,  Belle,  Eden,  Ind. 

Barry,  Bunny,  Sheldon,  111. 

Beeson,  Alice,  Milton,  Ind. 

Beil,  Clara,  Bluffton,  Ind. 

♦♦Benedict,  Mrs.  Cora  Branson 

Bennet,  Mrs.  Laura  Marsh,  Okahumpka,  Fla. 

Berger,  Mrs.  Ethel  Sutherlin,  Chicago,  111.  • 


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*Biddle,  Maude,  Danville,  Ind. 

Birch,  Helen  Hanna,   Greencastle,  Ind. 

Blair,  Mrs.  Minnie  Hargrave,  Princeton,  Ind. 

♦Boltz,  Myrtle 

Bosler,  Lyda 

♦Branson,  Stella,  Farmersburg,  Ind. 

Broadstreet,  Delia,  Greencastle,  Ind. 

Brumfield,  Flora,  Petersburg,  Ind. 

♦Brown,  Mrs.  Leonore  Boaz,  Kokomo,  Ind. 

Bryan,  Grace,  Bloomfieid,  Ind. 

♦Burton,  Daisy,  Farmersburg,  Ind. 

♦Byers,  Lizzie,  Shelbyville,  Ind. 

Cain,  Florence,  Peru,  Ind. 

Campbell,  Eva,  Coataville,  Ind. 

Campbell,  Mary,  Washington,  Ind. 

♦Carter,  Olive,  Brazil,  Ind. 

♦Case,  Mrs.  Minnie  Bowman,  Covington,  Ind. 

Chenoweth,  Byrde,  Winchester,  Ind. 

Childs,  Mrs.  Nellie  Gamble,  Martinsville,  111. 

♦Clark,  Blanche,  Colfax,  Ind. 

Clark,  Mrs.  Olive  Burnett,  Anderson,  Ind.  • 

Collins,  June,  Knoxville,  Iowa. 

♦Colliver,   La    Rose,    West    Grove,    Iowa 

♦Conn,  Josephine,  Shelbyville,  111. 

Conner,  Grace  E.,  119  Tipton  St.,  Seymour,  Ind. 

Conrey,  Carrie,   Shelbyville,   Ind. 

Copeland.  Nellie  Bolton,  850  G.  Ave.,  St.  Paul,  Minn. 

♦♦Coiicher,   Louise 

Cowger,  Raeburn,  Monticello,  Ind. 

Cowperthwaite,  Anne,  Tom's  River,  N.  J. 

Cox,  Emma,  Anderson,  Ind. 

♦Creek,  Emma.  Yoeman,  Ind. 

♦Darby,  Rhoda.  Otterbein,  Ind. 

♦Davis,  Honora.   Bourbon.   Ind. 

Davis,  Minnie.  Martinsville.  Ind. 

DeVore.  Altah,  O'Dell,  Ind. 

DeVore.  Okah,  ODell,  Ind. 

♦Dresser.   Mrs.    Nellie    Dobbins.    W.    Lafayette,    Ind. 

p]llis,  Pearl.  Pleasantville.  Ind. 

Estep.  Daisy.   Danville,   ind. 

::sterbrook,  Mrs.  Dora  Marshall,  Orleans.  Neb. 

Finch.  Juliet,    Logansport.   Ind. 

Forshee,  Mabelle.   Kinmundy,   111. 


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♦Foster,  Evalyn,  Attica,  Ind. 

♦Foster,  Katherine,  Palmyra,  N.  Y. 

Fox,  Jessie  Y.,  Champaign,  III. 

French,  Gertrude  H.,  Boxford,  Mass. 

Fuqua,  Leota 

♦Graham,  Mrs.   Louie  Rush,  Kanapolis,   Kansas. 

Gallihue,  Mayme,  Indianapolis,  Ind. 

Gray,  Mrs.  Carrie  Moore,  Galveston,  Ind. 

Gray,  Margurite,  Chrisman,  111. 

Guild,  Jessie  L.,  MedaryviUe,  Ind. 

Guile r,  Grace,  Raymond,  111. 

♦Hamilton,  Cora,  Greensburg,  Ind. 

Hamilton,  Florence,  Greensburg,  Ind. 

Hammerly,  Lydia,  Marshall.  111. 

Hand,  Mrs.  Lilie  Throop,  Carbon,  Ind. 

♦Harper,  Mrs.  Nellie  Zimmerman,  Brazil,  Ind. 

♦Haywood,  Kmma,  Romney,  Ind. 

Healer,  Alic*^  Car>,  ,\'.i^»^htf  town,  Ind. 

xLerr,  Helen,  Brtzil.  iva. 

*i.ebier,  Kmma,  Greencastle,  Ind. 

Heston,  Maud,  Princeton,  Ind. 

Hirt,  Sarah,  Greencastle,  Ind. 

Horner,  Meta,  Medaryrille,  Ind. 

Hites,  Mrs.  Ella  Farthing,  Clarksburg,  Ind. 

Hollingsworth,  Mrs.  Myrtle  Wilder.  Brazil,  Ind. 

Hornbrook,  Mrs.  Stella  Heston,  Princeton,  Ind. 

Howard,  Mrs.  Lydia  Woods,  Greencastle,  Ind. 

Hughes,  Mrs.  Ella  Peck,  Greencastle,  Ind. 

Jackson,  N.  Ethel,  1816  North  New  Jersey  St.,  Indianapolis,  Ind. 

Jamison,  Mrs.  Pearl  Armitage,  Warren,  Ind. 

♦Jaques,  Retta  W.,  Owensville,  Ind. 

Johnson,  Mabelle,  Carthage,  Ind. 

♦Johnson,  Adele,  Graham,  Texas. 

Jones,  Ethel,  Shelbyville.  Ind. 

♦Jones,  Agnes,  Reese's  Mills,  Ind. 

Jones,  Mary  L.  E.,  Terre  Haute,  Ind. 

Jones.  Mrs.  Anna  Augustus.  Paris,  111. 

Keenan.  Mrs.  Bessie  Grooms,  Leroy,  111. 

Kelly,  Jennie,  Sullivan,  Ind. 

Kewley,  Mrs.   Adeline   Rowley,   Onarga,    111. 

Kirkham,  Mrs.  Kittle  Crowder,  Sullivan.  Ind. 

Lank,  Wilhelmina  S.,  Greencastle,  Ind. 

Lathrope,  Emma,  Delphi,  Ind. 

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Latimer,  Bessie,  Aubumdale,  Mass. 

Leonard,  Estelle,  127  W.  12tli  St.,  Cincinnati,  O. 

Lightfoot,  Mrs.  Marguerite  Smith,  Rushville,  Ind. 

Link,  Mrs.  Maud  Rude,  Paris,  III. 

Linscott,  Mrs.  Josephine   Tingley,   New  Mexico. 

Little,  Carrie  M.,  Williamsport,  Ind. 

Lockridge,  Elisabeth,  Greencastle,  Ind. 

*Maley,  Maud,  Edinburg,  Ind. 

♦Martin,  Dema,  Newton,  Ind. 

Marshall,  Zella  Lesa,  Chicago,  III. 

♦May,  Cora,  Ellettsville,  Ind. 

McCurdy,  Mrs.  Annie  Bunger,  Ft.  Wayne,  Ind. 

McReynolds,  Katharine  H.,  Washington,-  D.  C. 

Meredith,  E3va  R.,  Muncie,  Ind. 

Meserve,  Maud,  Robinson,  111. 

Miller,  Emma  C,  Greencastle,  Ind. 

♦Mlschler,  Myrtle,  Huntington,  Ind. 

Montgomery,  Nellie. 

Moore,  Lillian  E.,  Indianapolis,  Ind. 

Morgan,  Mr^.  Isabel  Shafer,  Westport,  Ind. 

Morse,  Estelle  A.,  Wabash,  Ind. 

♦Murphy,  Florence,  Wabash,  Ind. 

Neal,  Sara,  Washington,  Ind. 

N«ff,  Mrs.  Libbie  Price,  Portland,  Ind. 

Nesbitt,  Mrs.  Eva  Osbum,  Shelburn,  Ind. 

♦Nickle,  Emma,  Winfleld,  Ind. 

♦ODell,  Edith,  Fullerton,  Neb. 

O'Dell,  Helen  C,  O'Dell,  Ind. 

O'Dell,  Mayme  B.,  O'Dell,  Ind. 

Offutt,  Mrs.  Rhoda  Gary,  Henderson,  Ind. 

Parker,  Lorette,  Shelbyville,  Ind. 

Parrett,  Bessie,  Patoka,  Ind. 

Patten,  Elma,  Milroy,  Ind. 

Paul,  Grace,  Indianapolis,  Ind. 

♦Phillips,  Delia,  Coatsville,  Ind. 

Pleak,  Elizabeth,  Greensburg,  Ind. 

♦Powell,  Mrs.  Mate  Frash,  Wabash,  Ind. 

♦Power,  Grace,  Milroy,  Ind. 

Pullen,  Mrs.  Grace  Wilson,  Centralia,  111. 

Rainier.  Susa,  Chalmers,  Ind. 

Reed,  Kate,  Newtown,  Ind. 

Rice,  Helen  Dalrymple.  183  Park  Ave,,  Indianapolis,  Ind. 

Rice,  Mrs.  Louise  Ullyette 


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Roberts,  Mrs.  Mayme  Jennings,  Shelbyrille,  111. 

Ross,  Nelle  Ellen,  Morton,  Ind. 

Rowland,  Maud,  Covington,  Ind. 

Ruick,  Mrs.  Albenta  Miller,  Indianapolis,  Ind. 

**  *Rupp,  Valverde 

Russel,  Cora,  Mound  City,  Mo. 

Rutledge,  Mildred,  State  St.,  Springfield,  111. 

Ryan,  Anna 

Scott,  Lena,  Anderson,  Ind. 

Shaffer,  Minnie,  Windsor,  111. 

Shaw,  Pearl,  Sardinia,  Ind. 

Shannon,  Mrs.  Margaret  Lathrope,  Alexandria. 

♦Shera,  Zulu,  Sardinia,  Ind. 

Smedley,  Mrs.  Lieah  Walker,  Indianapolis,  Ind. 

Smith,  Mrs.  Anna  Allen,  Greencastle,  Ind. 

Smith.  Edith,  Maryville,  Mo, 

Smith,  Mrs.  Katherine  Power,  Moore's  Hill,  Ind. 

♦Stanfield,  Olive,  Indianapolis,  Ind. 

Stanford,  Katherine,  Brookston,  Ind. 

Steele,  Ida,  Greenfield,  Ind. 

Sterrit,  Anna  Vae.  Logansport,  Ind. 

Stevenson,  Mrs.  Vallie  Van  Sandt,  Carbon,  Ind. 

**  *Stonecypher,  Mrs.  Donna  Williamson 

Sype,  Mrs.  Olive  Ferris,  328  N.  Main  St.,  Rockford,  111. 

Taggart,^Mrs.  Florence  Thompson,  Indianapolis. 

Taggert,  Laura,  Dallas,  Texas. 

Taggert,  Cora,  Dallas,  Texas. 

Thompson,  Mrs.  Ella  H.,  Indianapolis.  Ind. 

Thornburg,  Myrtle,  Winchester,  Ind. 

Tingley,  Flora,  Marion,  Ind. 

♦Troy,  Fannie,  Eden,  Ind. 

Vaught,  Ruth,  Lebanon,  Ind. 

♦Vess,  Grace,  New  Richmond,  Ind. 

Vess,  Ida,  New  Richmond,  Ind. 

Walker,  Mrs.  Mae  Headley,  Pendleton,  Ind. 

Wamsley,  Gertrude  Howe,  Kansas,  111. 

Warren,  Mrs.  Minnie  McGill,  Watseka,  111. 

Watson,  Mrs.  Marie  Hirt,  Greencastle,  Ind. 

Waugh,  Pearl,  Tipton,  Ind. 

Weissel,  Mrs.  Lela  Beil,  Bluffton.  Ind. 

Whisand,  Mrs.  Flora  VanDyke,  Ashomer,  111. 

Wilhite,  Mrs.  Mary  E.,  Danville,  Ind. 

Wilkin,  Grace,  Paris,  111. 


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Wilson,  Dora,  Goodl&nd,  Ind. 
Wilson,  Mrs.  Daisy  Steele,  Indianapolis,  Ind. 
Wilson,  Mary  Janet,  Greencastle,  Ind. 
Windle,  Mrs.  Jessie  Heiney,  Huntington,  Ind. 
Wood,  Feme,  108  Powell  Ave.,  Evansville,  Ind. 
Yates,  Flora,  Stillwater,  Minn. 

BETA. 

ASSOCIATE  MEMBERS. 

Bolster,  Mrs.  Carrie  Hall,  404  Bidwell  St.,  Albion,  Mich. 
Longman,  Mrs.  Marie  White,  4608  Lake  Ave.,  Chicago,  111. 
Sand,  Mrs.  Zella  Brigham,  Berrien  St,  Albion,  Mich. 

CHAPTER  ROLL. 

Allen,  Alta  Mae,  504  E.  Erie  S(t.,  Albion,  Mich. 

Allen,  Mrs.  Minnie  McKeaud,  305  24th  Sft.,  Detroit,  Mich. 

Armstrong,  Mrs.  Lillian  Kirk,  Cadilla,  Mich. 

Armstrong,  Maud  E.,  519  12th  St.,  Detroit,  Mich. 

Armistrong,  Mrs.  Fred  Leefe,  Sault  St.  Marie,  Mich. 

Austin,  Mrs.  Irene  Clark,  N.  Superior  St.,  Albion,  Mich. 

*Atwood,  Kathleen  Sheehan,  354  Mass.  Ave.,  Buffalo,  N.  T. 

Bumham,  Mrs.  Grace  Armstrong,  Marshall,  Mich. 

Bailey,  Florence,  Grand  Ledge,  Mich. 

Baum,  Lena  B.,  211  E.  Erie  St.,  Albion,  Mich. 

**Baum,  Nellie  Irene 

Billinghurst,  Ida,  Muskegon,  Mich. 

Brown,  Berta,  Plainville,  Mich. 

Brown,  Grace,  409  Clinton  St.,  Albion,  Mich. 

Buck,  Grertrude,  Ironwood,  Mich. 

Bundy,  Blanche,  Chicago,  111. 

♦Blanchard.  Jessie,  Irwin  Ave.,  Albion,  Mich. 

Calkins,  Kate  L.,  316  E.  Porter  St.,  Albion,  Mich. 

Calkins,  Ethel  J.,  316  E.  Porter  St..  Albion,  Mich. 

Childs,  Marion,  Calumet,  Mich. 

Colby,  Mrs.   Martha   Reynolds,   E.   Erie   St.,  Albion,  Mich. 

Collins,  Mabel.  Petoskey,  Mich. 

Crittenden,  Emma,  109  Berrien  St.,  Albion,  Mich. 

Cushman.  Mrs.   Beatrice  Brecken ridge,  Detroit,  Mich. 

Cushman.  Mrs.  Janette  Allen.  Tckowska.  Mich. 

Cushman.  Jessie,  l.j04  3rd  Ave.,  Minneapolis,  Minn. 

♦Cary.  Mrs.  Clara  Shot  well,  Detroit.  Mich. 

♦Custer,  Elizabeth,  Paua,  111. 

Davidson,  Eusebia,  Port  Huron,  Mich. 

636 


THE  LYRE.  156 


Defendorf,  Mrs.  Florence  Reynolds,  Dewagiac,  Mich. 

DeLamartei .  Elsie,  Lansing,  Mich. 

Dickie,  Clarissa,  501  E.  Erie  St.,  Albion,  Mich. 

Dickie,  Mary  B.,  501  E.  Erie  St.,  Albion,  Mich. 

Disbrow,  Grace  G.,  Wheatland,  Mich. 

Dissette,  Frances  T.,  Huron  St,  Albion,  Mich. 

Dunbar,  Mrs.  Blanche  Bryant,  Parma,  Mich. 

Eggleston,  Nina,  Marshall,  Mich. 

Fairchild,  Minnie,  Three  Rivers,  Mich. 

Fellows,  Mrs.  Mabel  Nix,  Homer,  Mich. 

Fenn,  Mrs.  Jean  Whitcomb 

♦Foster,  Mabel  L.,  21  Grand  River  Ave.,  Detroit,  Mich. 

Garfield,  Mrs.  Marian  Howlett,  712  Superior  St.,  Albion,  Mich. 

Goodenow,  Maizie  B.,  518  Michigan  Ave.,  Albion,  Mich. 

♦Goodenow,  Georgia,  518  Michigan  Ave.,  Albion,  Mich. 

♦♦Gulick,  Mrs.  Hattie  Lovejoy 

Gunnels,  Dorothy  W.,  Hotel  Madison,  Toledo,  Ohio. 

Hall,  Mrs.  Flora  Odgate,  Ionia,  Mich. 

Handy,  Alida  W.,  Bay  City,  Mich. 

Hamblen,  Mrs.  Ada  Dickie,  Detroit,  Mich. 

Harrington,  Corabel,  302  1st  St.,  Jackson,  Mich. 

Harris,  Mrs.  Katharine  Brandon.  Florida. 

Hatswell,  Myrtle,  462  N.  3rd  St.,  Saginaw,  Mich. 

Ives,  Hattie,  Chicago,  111. 

Kinsinan,  Ethel,  Calumet,  Mich. 

Knickerbocker,  Mrs.  Louise  Lane,  Marshall,  Mich. 

Koonsman,  Mildred  Leah,  Lansing,  Mich. 

Landing,  Mrs.  Lulu  Keller,  444  E.  62nd  St.,  Chicago,  III. 

Leidy,  Anna,  Colon,  Mich. 

Leonard,  Mrs.  Belle  Fiske,  Bidwell  St.,  Albion,  Mich.      ^'     .^ 

Lovejoy,  Mrs.  Nellie  Valentine,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich. 

Lott,  Mrs.  Gertrude  Fairchild,  Three  Rivers.  Mich. 

Loder,  Belle,  914  S.  Superior  St.,  Albion,  Mich. 

Laughlin,  Mrs.  Dorothy  McClellan,  No.  2  Larson  Flat.  Galesburg,  III. 

Maher,  Mrs.  Delia  Morgan,  Minneapolis,  Minn. 

Master,  Mary  M.,  Big  Rapids,  Mich. 

McClintock,  Mrs.  Louise  Birchard,  30  Charlotte  Ave.,  Detroit,  Mich. 

McDonald,  Winifred  E.,  Cadillac,  Mich. 

McClellan,  Mrs.  Georgia  Gale,  710  N.  Superior  St.,  Albion,  Mich. 

McHattie,  Addie,  Cedar  Springs.  Mich. 

Miller,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Avery,  Phelps,  N.  Y. 

Miller,  Mrs.  Hortense  Osmun,  Port  Huron,  Mich. 

Miller,  Mattie  G.,  Marine  City,  Mich. 


637 


156  THE  LYRE. 


Mills,  Mrs.  Glenna  Schantz,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich. 

Miner,  May,  Union  City.  Mich. 

Mitchell,  May,  Bay  City,  Mich. 

Moore,  Mrs.  Josephine  Parker,  Fon  du  Lac,  Wisconsin. 

Mosher,  Margaret,  311  Michigan  Ave.,  Albion,  Mich. 

♦Mumford,  Mrs.  Lena  Crosby,  Lansing,  Mich. 

Niggeman,  Henrietta  E.,  Croswell,  Mich. 

Niles,  Mrs.  Lucie  McMaster,  93  Charlotte  Ave.,  Detroit,  Mich. 

Noble,  Mrs.  Clara  Engle,  Missouri  Valley,  Iowa 

Parmenter,  Mrs.  Effa  Simpson,  311  1-2  Lake  Ave.,  Petoskey,  Mich. 

Perine,  Mary  U,  420  E.  Erie  St.,  Albion,  Mich. 

Perine,  Susie  A.,  420  E.  Erie  St.,  Albion,  Mich. 

Perkins,  Libbie,  Albion,  Mich. 

Pratt,  Eva,  Lansing,  Mich. 

Ramsdell,  Nella,  408  E.  Erie  St.,  Albion,  Mich. 

Reid,  Mrs.  Jennie  Dickinson,   Sedgwick,  S.  Dakota. 

Reynolds,  Hattie,  Jackson,  Mich. 

Rogers,  Daisy,  Medina,  Mich. 

Roode,  Katherine,  Coldwater,  Mich. 

Scotten,  Anna,  Detroit,  Mich. 

Shedd,  Mrs.  Pearl  Trambes,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich. 

Smith.  Mrs.  Kittle  Eggleston,  Hillsdale,  Mich. 

Smith,  Belle,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich. 

Smith,  Libbie,  Marshall,  Mich. 

Smith,  Mrs.  Bessie  Tefft,  St.  Johns,  Mich. 

Snell.  Maud.  Elgin,  111. 

Snell,  Daisy,  Coldwater.  Mich. 

Spence,  Mrs.   Minnie   Lewis,   Oberlin,  Ohio. 

Sprague,  Delia,  Kalamazoo,  Mich. 

Thomas,  Mrs.  Nellie  Smith,  St.  Clair,  Mich. 

Tlney,  Eva  Marzolf.  Stillsville.  Mich. 

Townsend,  Mrs.  Belle  Miller,  Champaign,  111. 

Travis,  Cora,  Traverse  City,  Mich. 

Triphagen.  Edna.  Mulliken.  Mich. 

Valentine,   Mrs.   Cora   Bliss,   Detroit.   Mich. 

Vary,  Mrs.  Emma  Phelps,  26  Cherry  St,  Battle  deek,  Mich. 

Wallis,  Myrtle  Rhea,  Saginaw,  Mich. 

Watson,  Myrtle,  Cedar  Springs.  Mich.  ~"*—  ■    ■ 

Welch,  Winnifred,  Homer,  Mich. 

Whitcomb.  Rose  Abemathy.  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

White,  Mrs.  Florence  Hoag,  Irwin  Ave.,  Albion,  Mich. 

Whitney.  Mrs.  Florence  Woodhams,  Smith   House,  Hillsdale,  Mich. 

Willis.  Orpha,  Onondago.  Mich. 

638 


THE  LYRE. 


157 


Wolfe,  Mrs.  Mame  Harris,  Flint,  Mich. 
Woodworth,  Ora  Verona,  510  E.  Erie  St.,  Albion,  Mich. 
Worthlngton,  Jennie,  Michigan  Ave.,  Albion,  Mich. 
Wright,  Mrs.  Lottie  Weed,  Lake  Odessa,  Mich. 


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it  ♦  Mrs.  Sadie^E.  Coe,  University  Place,  Evanston,  111. 

CHAPTER  ROLL. 
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Ma^rfamto^i'^uloU),  HmiBUs. 

lllimillU,  DUult^  leilUBJu.  />v->i    >' 
Bailey,  Mabel,  Gbauute,  Kbmbaa, 
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Beeman,  Cora,  Wa^kon,  la.  «^  .  - 


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Board,  Mia.  (Lifliiylh  Pliuliis),  Chicago,  III. 
♦♦Bolan,  Marguerite 

,  Brewn,  Mfbi  Laila  -Bkellim,  Appleton,  Wis. 

Prowni  MpBi  Harrjr   (Btbel  Lillyblado),  Manila,  Philippine  Islands. 
♦♦Burdick,  Mae 

^'!TififltPri  ^^    1  nivp^  RiiiiiftTypf  Bowmanville,  111. 
HCHlMitB^^lreodnrarr^^^W^  iittvis  c>lt.,  Evlui8Luu,-411. 
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Pttuii,  Maliiil,  1»00 
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Grafton,  Fanny,  Evanston,  111. 

<Y  r^^. p,^    ^*^..^     Fimnrrtm.  111. 

[u,  21  IT  ObiEPBittii  Avoi,  E>aualuu  HI. 
ite,  Hochelle,  111. 

Innrdgtmirpi  111.  ^ 

liliM^ytoiiiirtrilltli  Tnnliiin  Ttnliilnlr  Ave.,  Chicago.  111. 

),  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

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IlfntMBj.  Miu.  DubtiiL    lliiaiVcihe  iiUfehti»)t  bpaiUi,  WfiT 

tgalha,  3U>nark,  111. 


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THE  LYRE. 


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~  [fie«lah  Hough).  BvanBton.  111.   Y^t^^^^^^^*  ** 

"  7  Perry,  la. 


Osgood,  Mrs.  (Mary  Satterfield).  ItoweilleB,  111.  l£^i;6Li/v<^*^^,  ^^  • 

JPaililuwju.  Blla.  Ml.  Caimehwm. 

PMtniff^/ VbV  'ICstes  Ave.,  Rogers  Park,  111. 

TTiiiiiiign  l^""    T    ^^irhn^  gt^pii>i^>^    McGregor,  la. 

(Ritchie,  Mrs.) (Lizzie  Stein))  Walla  Walla,  Wash.  >*^^^'^^^^tt^V^^y 

noiirlniiMfrrlnnriinlln  rnitnF))  T^'tiintnn    Til    C^*^^  7ts.r^^  .\Jlp  ^  jUS^ 

Sabin,  Mrs.  (Lulu  Piatt),  Fargo,  N.  D. 

n    —     Tr^^i^^^i^^    o  rr ^^  Trrmpri    ^"'-"'«  Park,  111. 

wat^ti,  DuflBa  Paph,  411. 
la. 
4Am,  (Bnllinn  ri1i'wiiniB)i  lUnkajo,  Minn. 

RUL,  Mg^pcaqua,  111. 

Ottbuu,  eiiiu,  iMj  eaKuuiu  AtiM»f  uuii/ibu,  Hi. 

Stanford,  Mary,  W^ 


Lake  Ave.,  Chicago,  111.  .*  e. 


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»<^Aa»^iiep.wwtiriiiiJuulLVm'li,  iJyanston,  111.  ^^^-y^MCML^^.^'tJ 


Strong,  Ella,  Waukegan,  111. 


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.Walker.  Mary,  Chicago,  111.         4^  i'U   C-*''*'''^*'*^ 
hlfiijiiUilL,  Mix  ^nfiirulii  <rriri  nil  fill)     Muskogee,  Ind.  Territory. 
Wmiplt,  Liiuuti,  Wft¥iiily,  HI. 
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THE  LYRE,  159 


Williams,  Mrs.  H.  D.  (Maude  Wimm«i^erry,  la.  -^^^  iv-^^a 

WB'ltiffilfm.  Wi.|JI.   (LiUitm  Olllti ) ;  l^moro  Ay^r,  Xlhienge,  111.    TvnXvvwcttL 
Weller,  Mrs.  (Jenette  Marshall),  Omaha,  Neb. 

Ynnng    y[xVi    F     Pi    f  AillffilTnii> 
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RlohafdHOB),  Bpnham,  Texas.  ,  ^   i 

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DELTA. 

ASSOCIATE  MEMBERS. 

Hull,  Mrs.  Juvia  O.,  Meadville,  Pa, 
Pinney,  Miss  Mary  Reno,  New  York,  N.  Y. 

CHAPTER  ROLL. 

Baker,  Katharine,  Spring  Creek,  Pa. 

Barber,  Margaret  B.,  Meadville,  Pa. 

Bamaby,  L.  Fay,  New  York,  N.  Y. 

Bates,  Florence,  Meadville,  Pa. 

Beyer,  Mabel,  Punxsutawney,  Pa. 

Beyer,  Caroline,  Punxsutawney,  Pa, 

Blodgett,  Lucile,  Youngsville,  Pa. 

Bright,  Evelyn,  Greenville,  Pa. 

Brown,  Mrs.  Antoinette  Snyder,  Meadville,  Pa. 

Byres,  Frances,  Cooperstown,  Pa. 

Borland,  Anna,  Oil  City.  Pa. 

Chase,  Bell,  Greenville,  Pa. 

Church,  Agnes  Pearson,  Meadville,  Pa. 

Cowan,  Lillian,  Apollo,  Pa. 

Cribbs,  Bertha,  South  Oil  City,  Pa. 

Crlssman,  Nelle,  West  Newton,  Pa. 

Dick,  Mrs.  John,  Meadville,  Pa. 

Dunbar,  Myrtie,  Meadville,  Pa. 

Edsall,  Helen,  Elmira,  N.  Y. 

Evans,  Sara,  Greenville,  Pa. 

Everson,  Marian,  Wellsville,  Ohio. 

Fair,  Lee,  South  Oil  City,  Pa. 

**Foote,  Mary. 

Graham,  Mary,  Meadville,  Pa, 

Gamble,  Mrs.  Nella  White,  Meadville.  Pa. 

Hammond,  Grace,   Pontiac,  Mich. 

Hollister,  Mrs.  Carrie  Gastton,  Cochranton,  Pa. 

Harper,  Florence,  Meadville,  Pa. 

Home,  Jennie  Arzella,  Greenville,  Pa. 

Hempstead,  Eleanor  Brush,  Meadville,  Pa. 

Howe,  Helen,  Meadville,  Pa. 


641 


160  THE  LYRE. 


Howe,  Mary,  Meadville,  Pa. 

Hammond,  Lyda  Barron,  Bolivar,  Pa. 

Irvin,  Mrs,  Rebie  Flood,  Meadville,  Pa. 

Johnson,  Mrs.  Eflfte  Sherred,  Greenville,  Pa. 

Kiefer,  Elsie,  Pittsburg,  Pa. 

Krick,  Ruby  B.,  Conneautville,  Pa. 

Laffer,  Mrs.  Gertrude  Sackett,  Meadville,  Pa. 

Lenhart,  Ada,  Meadville,  Pa. 

Lord,  Mary  C,  Meadville,  Pa. 

Lord,  Clara  L.,  Meadville,  Pa. 

Leffingwell,  Mabelle,  Meadville,  Pa. 

Leet,  Vesta,  Conneautville,  Pa. 

Linn,  Elizabeth,  West  Newton,  Pa. 

Maxwell,  Maud,  South  Oil  City,  Pa. 

MlcAllister,    Elizabeth,    West    Newton,    Pa. 

McGill,  Mrs.  Jene  Robson,  Lakeview,  Cal. 

McMahon,  Mrs.  Ella  Jack,  Apollo,  Pa. 

McMasters,  Jennie  Elynne,  Adamsville,  Pa. 

McMullen,  Lois,  E.  Aurora,  111. 

Merchant,  Jessie,  Meadville,  Pa. 

Miller,  Marian,  Meadville,  Pa, 

Moyer,  Alta,  Meadville,  Pa. 

Moore,  Millicent,  Sumnerville,  Pa. 

Muse,  Mabel,   West  Newton   Pa. 

♦Helen  Nichols,  Spring  Creek,  Pa. 

Nutt,  Mrs.  Susanna  Porter,  Cincinnati,  O. 

Ogden,  Jennie  Medora,  Chicago,  111. 

Ogden,  Gertrude  H.,  Chicago,  111. 

Orris,  Helen  D.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

Prindle,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Fatten,  Batavia,  111. 

Pentz,  Mrs.  Edith  Moore,  New  Brighton,  Pa. 

Pendleton,  Flora,  Virginia. 

Pickard,  Fern,  Jamestown,  N.  Y. 

Porter,  Juvenilia  O.,  New  York.  N.  Y. 

Porter,  Virginia,  South  Oil  City,  Pa. 

Porter.  Ethelwyn   K.,   Brownsville,   Pa. 

Porter,  Myrta,  Meadville,  Pa. 

Rea,  Anna  C,  Meadville.  Pa. 

Rea.  Harriot  Lillian.  Corydon.  Iowa. 

Robson,  Mrs.  Harriet  Veith,  Detroit,  Mich. 

Robinson,  Mrs.  Mae  Rredin,  Waterford,  Pa. 

Roddy.  Edith  J.,  Meadville.  Pa. 

Robinson,  Mrs.  Flora  Eastman,  Kane,  Pa. 


642 


THE  LYRE.  161 


Roberts,  Mary,  Meadville,  Pa. 

Sackett,  Bertha,  Meadville,  Pa. 

Seiple,  Mrs.  Charlotte  Weber,  New  Brighton,  Pa. 

Sheldon,  Myrtle. 

Sitevenson,  Blanche,  Utica,  Pa. 

Smith,  Helen  K.,  Wheeling,  W.  Va. 

Tate,  Elizabeth,  Boise  City,  Idaho. 

Tate,  Zannie  Patton,  Marseilles,  111. 

Tinker,  Ella  May,  Wabash,  Ind. 

Tyler,  Elizabeth  R..  Meadville,  Pa. 

Trax,  Zerald,  Meadville,  Pa. 

White,  Theo.,  Elmira,  N.  Y. 

Wilson,  Adelaide  M.,  Guy's  Mills,  Pa. 

Winans,  Mrs.  Esther  Rich,  New  Brighton,  Pa. 

Waters,  Carrie  Marie,  Nashville,  Tenn. 

Youngson,  Elizabeth,  Meadville,  Pa. 

Yumison,  Mrs.  Harriet  McLaughlin,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

THETA. 

CHAPTER  ROLL. 

Baker,  Helen  D.,  Terrance  St.,  Lansing,  Mich. 

Bartholomew,  Winnifred,  Charlesvix,  Mich. 

Blanchard,  Josephine,  827  Pine  St.,  Port  Huron,  Mich. 

Bobb,  Florence  E.,  710  Katherine  St.,  Ann  Arbor,  Mich. 

Clark,  Martha  C,  802  S.  University  Ave.,  Ann  Arbor,  Mich. 

Condon,  Lydia  C,  720  S.  University  Ave.,  Ann  Arbor,  Mich. 

Pisk,  Virginia  May,  614  Monroe  St.,  Ann  Arbor,  Mich. 

Greene,  Mabel  F.,  VOO  N.  Main  St.,  Jackson,  Mich. 

Goeschel,  Elizabeth,  1817  Center  Ave.,  Bay  City,  Mich. 

Hoover,  Mrs.  Gertrude  M.,  3126  Michigan  Ave.,  Kansas  City,  Mp. 

McKenzie,  Rachel  B.,  617  Forest  Ave.,  Ann  Arbor,  Mich. 

Nichols,  Mrs.  Flora  Koch,  Munhall,  Pa. 

Reynolds,  M.  Alice,  St.  i^aul's  School,  Walla  Walla,  Wash. 

Rolfe,  Mrs.  Alice  Bailey,  Hill  St.,  Ann  Arbor,  Mich. 

Spence,  Florence,  Manistique,  Mich. 

Simmons,  Edith  Elaine.  Detroit,  Mich. 

Sturm,  Mrs.  Helen  Milbourne,  Forest  Ave.,  Ann  Arbor,  Mich. 

Tinker,  Mary  Rowland,  Wheeling,  W.  Va. 

Vallette,  Arline  H.  W.,  Jefferson  St.,  Ann  Arbor,  Mich. 

Weinstein,  Alice,  Philipsburg.  Montana. 

Wilcox,  Myrtle  E..  Hancock,  Minn. 

Yutzy,  Mrs.  Alberta  DanieJ,  Division  St.,  Ann  Arbor,  Mich. 

Zeitz,  Mrs.  Charlotte  Yaffee,  Milwaukee,  Wis. 

643 


CHAPTER  ROLL. 
Azbill,  Ethel  Wolcott,  211  E.  Green  St.,  Champaign.  111. 
Baker,  Irno  Batella,  702  W.  University  Ave.,  ChaiopalKii,  111. 
Bean,  Elsie  Margaret,  402  B.  Green  St.,  Champaign,  lU. 
Bueey,  Mary,  201  W.  Green  St.,  Urbana.  111. 
Chester,  Mabelle,  South  Prospect  Ave.,  ChampalKn,  111. 
Collins,  Edra,  1015  W.  Illinois  St..  Urbana,  111. 
Daniels,  Mrs.  A.  H..  913   W.   Illinois  St,   Urbana,  III. 
Dean,  MTe.  A.  B..  55  E.  36th  St..  Chicago,  III. 
Draper,  Charlotte,  President's  House,   Urbana,  111. 
Pemle,  Alison  Marion,  T05  S.  Wright.  St.,  Cbampaign,  111. 
Fisher,  Clara  Edna,  TOS  W.  University  Ave.,  Champaign,  III. 
Gere,  Clara,  107  N.  Elm  St,  Champaign,  III. 
Heath,  Lillian,  SOS  N.  Elm  St.  Urbana,  111. 
KInley,  Mrs.  David,  804  W.  Green  St.  Urbana.  III. 
Palmer,  Mrs.  A.  W..  1013  Calilornla  St,  Urbana,  111. 
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tion  to  mcmbci 
the  fraternity 

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Printing 


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Printers  of  The  Lyre 

30-32  High  Street 

Oshkosh,  Wis. 


New  England  Conservatory 


of  Music 


George  W.  Chadwick 
Director 


THE  LEADING  CONSERVATORY  IN  AMERICA 


Provides  unequaled  advantages  for  the 
study  of  music  in  all  Its  departments,  in- 
cluding the  Opera.  Excellent  normal 
courses  for  TEACHERS. 
The  new  and  superbly  equipi)ed  building 
was  opened  and  occupied  at  the  opening 
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For  year  book  address, 

Huntington  Avenue,  Corner  Gainsborough 

Boston,  Mass. 


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PHOTOGRAPHER 
319  E.  Huron  Street,  Ann  Arbor,  Mich. 


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BOULDER,  COLO. 

Firat   Class  in  All    Appointments 
Special  Attention  Given  to  College  Fraternity  Banquets 


Telephones  885-886 


C.  J.  O'CONNOR. 

Owner  and  Manager 


ANN  ARBOR, 
MICH. 


University  School  of  Music 

PROF.  A.  A.  STANLEY,  A.  M.,  Director 

ALBERT  LOCKWOOD.  Head  of  Piano  Department 

WILLIAM  HOWLAND.  Head  of  Vocal  Department 

SAMUEL  P.  LOCKWOOD.  Head  of  Violin  Department 

LLEWELLYN  RENWiCK.  Head  of  Organ  Department 

MRS.  WILLIAM  HOFMANN.  inttructor  In  Elocution  and  Dramatic  Art 
FLORENCE  B.  POTTER.  Inttructor  in  Public  School  Mutle 
WM.  R.  WOODMANSEE.  Inttructor  In  Tuning 

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366  South  Salina  Street  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 

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210  K.  GENESEE  STREET.  SYRACUSE,  N.  Y. 

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