of the high school in Ayre, Mass., Bro. Guile is studying law at Columbia College, New York City, Bro. Gunn has accepted a position with Reeves famous concert band and is touring the country, Bro. Frank Hopkins enlisted in the 1st R. I. Volunteers as quartermaster with the rank of 1st lieutenant, and is now stationed at Camp Meade, Pa., Bro. O'Brien has entered a law office at his home in Brookfield, Mass., Bro. Perkins returned to college to get an A. M. and is now an instructor in the English` department, Bro. Pettibone is principal of a high school in Broad Brook, Conn., Bro. Walker is studying law in Washington, D. C., Bro. H. W. Hopkins, 99, has entered the University of Vermont Medical school, and Bro. Emery, 97, who is in business in the city, coached the football team during the past season.

Our chapter is well represented in every department of college work, and her members have received a large number of college honors. We are represented on both musical clubs, have the leader and manager of the symphony and the reader on Glee Club.

In scholarship Alpha Taus are in the front rank. Last June out of fifteen men elected to Phi Beta Kappa five of them were Alpha Taus. Bro. White, one of our initiates this fall, had the honor of passing the best entrance examination to college out of a class of 275 and he also won 1st prize in Greek and Latin and 2nd in French in a competition examination for the president's premium. We consider him a good candidate for Phi Beta Kappa.

In athletics we are always in the front rank, but we do not take a man into the fraternity simply because he is an athlete, but because we see in him the qualities that go to make a loyal Alpha Tau. At present we have the captain of the baseball, football, track team and the bowling club, in fact the captain of every team in college is an Alpha Tau. This we consider a great honor, as we have only had our charter about four years.

We are doing our best to develop the social side of the fraternity. An A. T. O. Whist Club has been formed composed of ten of the brothers and some of the best young ladies of the city. Meetings are held twice a month at the home of the young ladies. Besides this, a fraternity social is held once a month in one of the swell halls in the city. A couple of hours are spent in playing whist, followed by dancing. These socials have been a great success the past year, as they have given the young ladies a chance to see what a splendid lot of fellows we have, and a bid to an A. T. O. social is eagerly sought for by all the young ladies who have heard of them.

We rent a house in which twelve of the brothers live. Last year we were able to purchase a pool table and this has been placed in the chapter house. One of the largest and best rooms. in the house has been fitted up especially for a general reception room and in this room we hold our meetings each week.

Fraternity spirit runs high and the past year two new fraternities have made their appearance, Kappa Sigma and Delta Tau Delta, making fourteen in all, so that competition is keen, but I think you will agree with me in saying that we get our share of all college honors.

There is not very much clashing between the different fraternities, although sometimes combinations are formed in order to control the class elections, but we have always kept out of any combinations, and to this fact we owe the strength of our chapter, for we are the only fraternity in college that receives the support of the non-fraternity men.

We believe in the policy of extension, if the chapters in the vicinity of the place where the new chapter is to be started highly recommend the application, provided, of course, that the grand officers advise that a chapter be located at that place. Especially this is the case here in New England, where the fellows are of a different sort of timber than in the Middle West or South; for we would like to see two more chapters at least here in New England and we firmly believe that it would add much to the strength of the fraternity in the North if more chapters were established here. Our chapter is in favor of holding the next Congress in Boston. With best wishes to our Worthy Grand Officers and sister chapters, this report is respectfully submitted.

O. W. SEDGWICK, Delegate.

S. C. BETA XI, COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON, CHARLESTON.

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This chapter was allowed to die out several years ago, but, through Bro. Harrison Randolph, President of the College of Charleston, was re-established in the spring of last year. men were initiated. The charter issued to the old chapter, which had never been surrendered, was found and now hangs on our walls. During the summer Bro John Randolph left us and is now with the 6th U. S. infantry stationed at San Antonio Tex. Early in this session five men were taken in. This gives us ten in our chapter.

Alpha Tau Omega is the only fraternity represented at the College of Charleston, so that we have ample time in which to examine and choose our members. It goes without saying that

we have the best men in the college. That we are the envy of the non-frats was plainly made manifest by their anxious inquiries and remarks when this year our new initiates appeared wearing the sky blue and old gold. We hold weekly meetings in our rooms situated near the college buildings, and our meetings are well attended by both undergraduates and alumni.

Beta Xi has two men on the staff of the college magazine. The base-ball captaincy is ours and we will have four or possibly more men on the team. In every direction we see only the brightest prospects for the future. Fraternally submitted,

J. WATIES WARING, Delegate.

TENN. ALPHA TAU, S. W. P. U., CLARKSVILLE.

Alpha Tau sends greetings to the Sixteenth Biennial Congress of Alpha Tau Omega.

Alpha Tau is in a thriving condition. While we are not as strong in numbers as in previous years, yet with our moderate conservatism, our quality is the very best. In the honors of '98,

Alpha Tau had her share. Bro. Searight, of Tenn. Alpha Tau, was valedictorian of his class and also captured two Greek prizes, together with the Bible and Chemistry medals.

We are not behind in athletics. Bro. Hill, '97, played right end and Bro. Wade, left tackle on the football team, Bros. Wilson and Raworth represented us on the baseball team. day Bro. Wilson won the 440 yard dash.

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We have a beautiful hall in the city, which is exquisitely furnished. The brothers make it their loafing place in the afternoons and spend the time pleasantly in games and conversation.

Our meetings are characterized by much enthusiasm and determination not to let the A. T. O. standard be lowered.

With sincere wishes for good luck and prosperity to all Alpha Taus this report is respectfully submitted.

H. N. HALL, Delegate.

TENN. BETA PI, VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY, NASHVILLE.

With ten fraternities to compete with, without a chapter house and in spite of the fact that the chapter is about the youngest at Vanderbilt, Beta Pi holds a position in the eyes of the faculty and student body that is, to say the least, held by few chapters at any University. The chapter has only been established a few years, but its growth in numbers, in its ability to carry off honors, and in its influence has been remarkable. Beta Pi stands today acknowledged by faculty, fraternity men and nonfraternity men to be one of the leading chapters at the University.

The last two chapter reports have shown us leaders in scholarship and having almost the entire management of the periodicals. Last year the editor-in-chief and business manager of the Observer and Hustler, the two student publications, were A. T. O's, while the business managership of the University Annual also fell to our lot. Feunder's Medal given in recognition of the highest scholarship, has been conferred upon the chapter once; and there are men in more than one department of the University at present who, it is generally believed, will win the same honor for Alpha Tau in the two coming years. For the past two years the management of the musical clubs has been exclusively in the hands of A. T. O's.

These statements show the chapter in good standing in every feature of college life except athletics. In this field there is room for expansion.

The chapter has not thought it best to undertake the building of a chapter house up to the present time. There is practically no indebtedness at present but the conditions do not warrant such an undertaking as the erection of a chapter house.

We contemplate the past with pleasure and rejoice in the present, but we look forward to the future with eager anticipation, feeling that though a measure of success has been attained, there is much to be done. As the goal of Greek letter perfection is approached, Beta Pi places her ideal higher and higher and is eager to extend to others that may be worthy the privileges and benefits of the fraternity that has been so much to her. JOHN PASCHALL, Delegate.

TENN. BETA TAU, S. W. B. U., JACKSON.

We send as our delegate Bro. J. F. Ray, one of our most esteemed brothers and a brother in whom you will find the true principles of A. T. O.

We have ten active members, no initiates this year, and meet regularly on Monday night after the first and third Sundays. Through the kindness of the members, we have the use of the reading-room, a nice comfortable place in which to meet. beautiful building is nearing completion in which we will have a nice hall, a home for all A. T. O's.

We are glad to report our chapter is in a prosperous condition. We are not in debt to the general fraternity. It may seem that we are too conservative, but our conservatism is absolutely necessary here. By our conservatism we have lifted high the principles of A. T. O., until all regard our fraternity with the greatest admiration. We have the best men in the university in

our fraternity. Bro. Kincaid is a literary genius and editor-inchief of the university magazine. Bro. J. F. Ray makes a fine local editor, and Bro. Doughtie, the best business manager our magazine has ever had. Bro. Brooks, an alumnus, is editor of the Jackson Daily Whig. Besides, we have the most eloquent young ministers; Bro. D. D. Shuck, who won the best debater's and orator's medal in our literary society, and Bros. Hunter, Pate, Mahaffy, Walker and Petty, who have won distinction ast pulpit orators and are true to every trust committed to them.

We have no special suggestions to offer Congress but pledge our faithful support to all her enactments,

With best wishes for your success in Congress we beg to remain yours in the bonds of A. T. O.

W. E. HUNTER, W. M.

W. G. MAHAFFY, W. S.
J. S. PATE, Correspondent.

TENN. LAMBDA, CUMBERLAND UNIVERSITY, CUMBERLAND. Since the last Biennial Congress at Cleveland, Lambda has initiated twenty men. Some have been lost by graduation; five others, who are now away, are expected to return for the next (January) term of the Law School.

It is with much sadness and regret that we make mention of the death of two of our most faithful alumni. Bro. John E. Baker, who died during the summer vacation of '97, of fever, was a brother of good standing in the fraternity and bade fair to rise in the profession of his choice. He was Assistant Attorney General for his home district. The other brother, M. F. Cummins, who was drowned in Cumberland river during the summer vacation of '98, was one of the most faithful workers the chapter has ever had. Though he was closely confined to his business he never let a meeting pass without being present. Whenever he was put on the trail of a man for spiking purposes, he never failed to get his man.

The chapter this year is somewhat smaller than usual, but it has been doing good work. The men initiated are without exception, true and worthy wearers of the Maltese Cross. The past year's record shows that the A. T. O's have continued to hold the highest position in scholarship which has characterized their past. Both in the Law and Literary departments our boys have stood among the first. In the Literary, Bro. O. T. McCrosky, Senior of '98, made the best grade for the year and was elected president of his class. An A. T. O. brother was also elected president of the Senior (98) Law Class, but owing to some dis