Caption: Book - First Year at University (1937)
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Sororities There are twenty nix national sororities at tl Illinois A lotoiitv '• •• i "p "' university wfrom 20 to 50, who have ele< ted to foui yeai univcisity students .m«l thi ai alumnae. Rushing is the term applied t.» the 01 ti Monties to m e new meinbei It ll udca tl) nt oi freshmen and othei 'nun itudenta at teas, i *ti, luncheon ind dinners in an effort to l ilm Formal rushing will be held from Friday, Thursday, Septembei sixteenth. During this time rushecs live in temporary rooms secured from th< dean of v \'% ofhc Information concerning invitations to fall n i he sccurr from the Panhellenic Adviaei if .1 fi hman does not have relatives C friends who have acquaintances In sororities. M Rush* who are pledged may mo\ into the sororit house on T h u r s d a y , S e p t e m b e r sixt nth. so they will be perm a n e n t l y located before the b e g i n n i n g of f: hman week, unless they live with tin it p a r e n t s Or relative l: a Btudent does not pledge during formal ruahinf he ma have o p p o r t u n i t i e s to join a s o r o r i t y d u r i n g the school year. Informal rushing parties are held d u r i n g the entire school year by sororities whose q u o t a s are not filled. H o w e v e r , during the year a student may not move into the sorority house until the id of a s e m e s t e r unless she previously has made written temporary arrangements with her housemother. All membei ind pled; of s o r o r i t i e s live in chapter houses under the direction of a m a t u r e c h a p e r o n . T h e sorority, however, is self-governing and m a i n t a i n s high ideals in scholarship and social c u s t o m for its m e m b e r s and for all university women. Sorority m e m b e r s h i p is limited by the capacity of the chapter houses and by the q u o t a s d e t e r m i n e d by the chapter and by Panhellenic. As many w o m e n do not choose to become sorority m e m b e r s , only one-third of the w o m e n s t u d e n t s at the University of Illinois are affiliated. T h e house bills range from forty-three 3) to fifty I 0) dollars per m o n t h . All hoi: bills are paid by the m o n t h in advance. T h e initiation fees range om twenty-five i ) to seventy-five ($ >) dollars. Initiation es are payable at initiation generally in 1 truary or March. The pledge fees range from none to fifty \) dollars. The average building pledge 1 >ne hundred ($100) dollars. In most les these building pledges are paid t w o and one-half liars .50) per m o n t h and are included in the m o n t h l y house bill. Definite information about the finances of any spe< Moritv may be secured bv writing to Miss Irene P i e : m- hellenic Adviser, Office of the Dean of Women. 100 Woman Building, Urbana.
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