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The Crescent, January, 1904
By Alice Aileen Higgins, Epsillon

THE ideal Gamma Phi Beta gets a strong hold of specific
ideas, and works them out in her life. She does not
drift. She creates. She stands for something definite. She
allows one bit of philosophy to dominate her life, "the only ideal
spectator of conduct is the ideal self." She cares more about
standing unashamed before her ideal self than before the world.
She would rather be at peace with herself, and know she is right,
than seem to be what she is not and stand in a favorable light
in the eyes of other people. She does not bow to the god of
her neighbor's opinion. She has well-defined ideas of her own,
and quietly stands for them in her life.

She has a thoroughly cosmopolitan air. She is at home any-
where and everywhere. She begins to acquire this in college by
becoming in touch with other circles than that of her own
sorority.

She has a refined gentleness, which is evident in her every
movement. She is exquisitely careful of her person. She recog-
nizes the fitness of things in dress, manner and conversation.

She finds the special gift with which nature has endowed her
and cultivates that gift. She realizes the obligation of giving,
which is placed upon each member of a social group — and her
presence is at once a delight and a benefit.

In her attitude toward men she shows she will not cheapen
her sweet womanliness by intimate association with those of
mediocre type. The so-called popularity gained by clever
scheming so prevalent in college circles, she passes over as not
worth her while.

She is sensible of her own weaknesses and conquers them by
constant effort. She "walks amidst the universe its friend, — ^at
home with life, acquaint with death, facing her stretch of day,
her night, her end, — ^learning new wonder with each rising
breath."

Is it not worth our while to grow nearer her image?