Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 76, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 March 1920 — ORGANIZE TRI KAPPAS HERE [ARTICLE]

ORGANIZE TRI KAPPAS HERE

POPULAR RENSSELAER YOUNG LADIES ORGANIZE SOROR ITY CHAPTER v Spme few weeks ago, a number of our local young ladies petitioned for a chapter of Kappa Kappa Kappa, and their petition being fa- ' vorably passed upon, they are this i day being initiated into the same by the Omicron Chapter, of Fowler. Mias Mary Callahan, of Peru, Grand President, is also here assist- ’ ing with the installation. Those petitioning are: Misses Florence AHman, M. Aileen Allman, Mildred Biggs, Nell Drake, Nell Meyers, Gertrude Jackson, Martha Ramp, , Muriel Harris, Maurine Tuteur and i Mirs. Cope Hanley. Mrs. Edson Murray, who is a member of Alpha Omicron Chapter at Sullivan, and Mrs. Nelle Tritt Shafer, our local Red Cross Secretary, who is a member of the Psi Chapter at Union City, have both been instrumental in helping to install a chapter in this city. Mrs. Ora T. Ross and ; Mrs. E. J. Randle have been cho--1 sen as patronesses. z A one o’clock luncheon, at the Hotel Makeever, preceded the initiation. In the centre of the table was a large bowl of white carnations, the sorority flower, and around this were tile letters, “Itappa Kappa Kappa,” entwined thru these was a long wreath of smilax. The place cards were black skull and cross' keys, the ’ official emblem. Following the luncheon the initiation ceremony was held at the home of the Misses Allman. Tri Kappa is exclusively a Hoosier sorority. It was organized in February, 1901, at the Girls’ Classical School residence in Indianapolis by a small group of students who conceived the idea of forming an

organization that would be more binding than a club. The following spring, chapters were installed in the home towns of the girls, the first one being installed at Bloomington, Ind., by Mrs. J. E. P. Holland (Miss Beryl Showers), now a life member of grand council, and Miss Bertha Matthews Showers. Miss Mary Gallahan of Peru is grand president of the sorority; Mrs. Anne Shackelford Stephens of Anderson, grand vice president. There are sixty-three chapters in the state, averaging forty members each. Indianapolis boasts the only alumnae asociation with an enrollment of thirty-one active members. , The grand patronesses are Mrs. James P. Goodrich, Mrs. Samuel M. Ralston and Mrs. Sarah Mull. The official emblem and pan is the gold skull and cross keys, the skull set with red and green eyes. They have an official publication, Cross Keys, issued quarterly, of which Mrs. Georgia Wyatt Moore of Rushville is editor in chief. Tri Kappa has been active, in charitable and civic welfare campaign. Chapters took charge of the work of weighing and measuring babies all over the state. , ' There were enthusiastic workers during the war campaigns and Red Cross activities, the Indianapolis chapter donating supplies for the boys in camp who were ill during the flu epidemic, sending money 4 to Armenia for two yean, and aiding various charities. Fifteen units have furnished and endowed rooms in local hospitals; Clinton has inaugurated, in co-operation with the Junior Red Cross a nurse in the public schools; Rochester has lent a helping hand to the county nurse and is planning to. purchase a car for her use. \ Two chapters, Indiana Harbor and East Chicago, have established a milk and egg fund, malting monthly donations. Kokomo is planning to establish a day nursery; and .the New Harmony chapter has given $2,000 for the restoration of mstroical property in its city. The work is wide in its scope dealing principally with needy children. Various chapters have provided medical attention for children who-could not otherwise afford it The Gomen chapter during the epidemics of the last two years, established soup stations for the sufferers. Tn Kappa established a scholarship fund several years ago and is sending five young women to college, the only condition being that the recipient attend an Indiana Mhool. ■Mie total of the sums given by the chapters to war work is SIB,OOO. Every chapter has sone definite line of work in which it. is interested, in addition to the state work. The convention of last year, held at the Claypool hotel, attended by 700 members from over the state, was the largest in the history of tiie sorority , • ■ . This chapter is the 64th chapter to be organized in the state. There are certain qualifications in granting a town a chapter. . The population must be at least 2,500, each petitioner must be a high school. graduate or its equivalent The petitioning group must tat be inspected by a member of the Grand Council and then -voted on by the separate chapters. . Those representing the Omicron Chapter of Fowler, were: Mrs. Arnold Sleeper, Mrs. J. O. Pate, Mrs. E. M. Hawkins, Miss Mary Dinwiddie, Mrs. O. Andetson, Mrs. Earl Carson, Mrs. John McGuire, Miss