Acacia Journal - February 1915 - Vol. 10, No. 2

OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE ACACIA F RATERN I TY

\V. ·. MA , Grand Editor

ASSOCIATE EDITORS

!\ \ JENKINS, Ha1·vard, 6o State St., Boston, 11Ia s.

R. I. l\1uNDHENK, Ohio S tate University, 0 S. U. , C o lu mbus, Ohio. ·. E. ONYBEARE, iowa tate College, Sta. A, Ames, Iowa. J G. MARSHALL, Lela11d Stanford, II05 B u sh S t. , San Franci co, Cal.

li CHlGAN CHAPTER ... . ..............................

................ . Frontispiece W HAT D m You Do? . . . . ................ . ... . Past Grand Mas t er .Tames W. Foley 151

R EPORT OF THE INTERFRATER ' tTY ONFE.RENCE F. E. Lott 152 A P LAN FOR I NTF. RCHAPTER V I SITATJON Grand P1·es ident Ceo. E. Frazer I54 ONE V IEw OF THE CoLur- t BlA Sn ATION 1 /.Y

SoME T HO GHTS AND UGGESTJO s FOR THE T ENTH CoNCLAVE

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GRAN D S EC RETARY's PAGE Grand Sec r etary Harry E. Kilm er

RE PORT oF S oNG BooK CoMMITTEE .

I64 TH E T RIANG LES CLUB AT THE UN t\'ERSITY OF TEXA

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' s W 1H0 IN AcACIA

BIO GRAPHY OF CoL . AnTI-IllR MACA.RTH R .......

ALUMNI ME.ETl 'G

T HE J o RNAL is pu b li s h e d Novembe r , F eb ru a r y and May. Te r ms: One dollar a yea r in a d va n ce. Sin g l e c opi e , thirt y -fi ve ce nt s C h ec k s and mo n ey o r de r s s hould be m ade payab l e t o Ha r ry E K ilm e r , Ce nt e r view, -:-. ro.

Wqe Ara.ria 1J1ratrrttity

In co rpor a t e d und e r the la w s o f the St a te of M i chi gan

P UBLICATIO N OFFICE

Menasha , Wis

Wqt l\raria 1J1rattruity

NATIONAL OFFICERS

GRAND PRESIDENT

GEORGE E. FRAZER

Urbana , Illinois

GRAND VI CE-PRESIDENT

R. CECIL FAY

Olathe , Kansas

GRAND TREASURER

]. A. WOODWARD

Leetonia, Ohio

GRAND SE CRETARY

HARRY E . KILMER

Centerview, Mo.

GRAND EDITOR

W. G. MANN

Seattle, Washington

VOL. X

FEB R UARY, 1915

"WHAT DID Y O U DO?"

" Did you give him a lift? He s a brother of man, And bearing about all the burden he can. Did you give him a mile? He wa downcast and blue, And the smile would have helped him to battle it through. NO. II

Did you ever give him your hand? He was slipping down hill, And the world , o I fancied, was using him ill.

Did you give him a word? Did you show him the road , Or did you just let him go on with his lqad?

"Did you help him along? He's a sinner like you, But the grasp of your hand might have carried him through , Did you bid him good cheer? Just a word and a smile Were what he most needed that last weary mile. Did you know what he bore in that burden o£ cares , That is every man' load and that sy mpathy shares?

Did you try to find out what he needed from you , Or did you just leave him to battle it through?

" Do you know what it means to be losing the fight , When a lift just in time might set everything right?

Do you know what it means-just the clasp of a hand , When a man 's borne about all a man ought to stand? Did you a k what it was-why the quivering lip , And the glistening tears down the pale cheek that slip? Were yo u brother of his when the time came to be ?

Did you offer him help , or didn't y ou see?

" Don ' t you know it' s the part o£ a brother of man

To find what the grief i and help when you can?

Did yo u stop w hen he a ked you to give him a lift , Or were yo u o busy that you left him to shift?

Oh. I kn ow what you meant-what you say ma y be trueBut the te t of your manhood is, What did you do?

Did yo u reach out a hand , did you find him the road? Or did y ou ju t let him go by with his load? Past Grand Master , ]AMES W. FoLEY.

R!EPORT OF INTERFRATERNITY CONFERENCE OF 1914.

F. E. LoTT

The Interfraternity Co nference , es ion of I9LJ. , convened Xov mber 28, 1914, at the University Club. ew York City.

The Se sions wer e presided over by Chairman hepardson , the fir t one opening at 10 o' clock with the reading of the C hairman' annual address, followed by the minute s of the Conference of 1913, reports of the Secretary and the Treasurer, appointment of a committee on nomination and report s of the Standing Committees a follows:

r. Committee on :Relations between colleges and fraternitie -which presented a written report , etting forth among other things that " relation between the colleges and the fraternities have been growing much more co rdial ," that " there is a marked tendency on the part of the college to exercise an increased s upervision over the fraternities," that "the fraternities themselve , graduates and undergraduates, welcome the tendency to make these s tudent groups more useful in their respective communitie , and are meeting the colleges more than half-way."

2. ommittee on Local Interfraternit y Councils, which presented the demand for more and active local councils at all colleges to direct th e fraternity matter s.

3· Committee on Public Opinion-hostile action is sought against fra ·· ternitie s in three states, viz., VVisconsin, Indiana and Texas. There is a need to watch tendenci es in Iowa and Kansas. In all these jurisdictions publicity which gives the truth can do much to correct public opinion and remove antagonism.

4. Commi ttee o n Co llege Organizations antagoni tic to Fraternity Ideals. Those o rganization s which are purely social and tend to relax the higher aims of scholarship and deportment , and which emphasize freaki h things and features , are to be avoided.

5· Committee on Relation between General College Fraternities and Pr.ofessional Fraternities. This committee thought that something should be clone to aiel in the organization of a general council of professional' fraternities looking to their cooperation .

6. Committee In Re. Board of Trustees of the University of Missiippi versus Waugh, which action is now pending before the United States Supreme Co urt, contained the opinion that fraternities in that state wilt be upheld , a favorable decision in that case will have a salutary influence in many other states.

7· Committee on Chapter House Conditions presented a printed report, setting forth that "those chapters are best which are most highly organized, and in which the oonduct of the individual members is regulated and controlled by rules strictly enforced." " The organization of each chapter hould be such as to foster in the members the best that is in them in scholarship, in student activities and in social intercourse."

8. Executive Committee reported on the obligation of graduate men toward their undergraduate brothers, in which the idea was deplored that the purpose of the old graduates return to the chapter was to show the present members how bad they were in the olden clay and glorify the pranks and customs whioh then prevailed, rather than to emphasize the stronger and more useful and heroic features .

c. H port of the ' ommittee on redential bowed that 34 fraternitie wer reprc en ted and that 112 delegate were pre ent. 'nder the head of mi ce llaneou and new bu ine , wa a motion made to invite delegat from ome of th prominent local fraternitie to ha\' a seat, hut with no vote, in the n xt council. Th motion wa lo t. relntion \\a _ pa sed which eL forth that •·the J nterfraternity ouncil diappro\' s th u e of :1lcoholic liquor in fraternitie ."

fti er \\'Cre elected for th next year a follow : Chairman, Jame 13. Curti ; ecretary, H. II. 11 orld C . H. ' hene ; F. \\ ' . hepard on, ]. D. Living tone. T. S. Bard, . Il. R o ger , F. H. a additional member tive Committ ; Trea ur r, lark, !bert of the Execu -

. djournment to k place at 5: I 5 p. m.

: \mong th d •legates pre ent \\'ere two college pre · ident , everal colleg cleans and profp ors, and c;evera l delegate . who are grand officer of their rspective fraternitie

cacia had six brother pre ent. the official delegate Grand Pre idem Fraser Brother Jenkin of Harvard and Brother Lott of yracu e. al o Urother l\!Jusgrave of Yale and Brother Homan of 'o lumbia , and Ex- rand 1'rcsid nt hepard on of hic:1go. Drother Fra er wa a member of the Committe on minations.

Luncheon was er ed in the Univer ity Club. Brother Jenkin was a memb r of th Lun heon ommittee the chief and important fun ct ion of said committee being the needful duty of separating each participant in the luncheon from two dollar of the currency .of this realm.

t G:30 o'clock the official delegates of Acacia, with Brother Homan of Columbia and Brother McCuen of Harvard were entertained at dinner by Brother and Mr T awrence at their beautiful home at 142 West Eightys i xth treet; and at 8 o'clock a reception wa given to the Columbia h<IJ ter. Doth the dinner and the reception under the hospitalit y of 11rother and 1r.. Lawrence were of the most delightful nature.

Columbia . hapter is mo t fortunate in having a st rong active member hip, and a l o in having uch loyal and entertaining alumni.

1\1 ore am! more the place .of Acacia in the O'reat fraternit y world i caminO' to b realized and recognized.

THE TENTH GRAND CONCLAVE

SAN FRANCISCO 1915

A PLAN FOR INTER CHAPTER VISITATION.

· GEORGE E. FRAZER1 Grand President

The Acacia Fraternity has all but finished its period of expan ion, o far as the granting of charters for new chapters is concerned. Word comes of possibilities at Texas University, and there may be opportunities for new chapters at twt? or three other universities sometime in the future. Our future growth must be internal; we must look for progress within the chapters now established.

As Acacia men, we need to study our chapters intensively. We need to know what each chapter is doing, what each chapter is not doing, what it is possible for each chapter to do. The very character of our membership requirements assures us that each chapter is at work. Acacia men are more mature than the men in any other college fraternity; and Acacia men are aggressively self-reliant. Many of them are self-supporting while in college; many of them come back to college after staying out for the purpo e of earning enough money to make college study possible; many of them are graduate students, or ·students in professional schools, whose college life has for them a definite meaning as preparation for life work. Moreover, our men love their chapter homes with an intensity that comes from experience ·in the world, and a knowledge of what home life can be made to mean.

As a national officer, I have become convinced that each of our chapters is at work. The chapters believe in different things, and are working towards different ends; but they are working. Harvard has her Masoni<:: lectures and meetings; Wisconsin has her plan of chapter ho pitality; Columbia acquaints her members by a system of room to room vi itation ; Illinois has her great development of alumni loyalty. It is not too much . to say that each chapter has developed some distinctive field of work , and has secured plans and methods and results that should be known to the members of every other chapter. '

· We have the JouRNAL as a medium for the interchange of ideas. The JouRNAL is doing much in this respect, and it can do more. But space is limited in any publication, and the printed page can never adequately tell the full story of the life of a chapter The annual conclave is an excellent medium for the interchange of ideas between chapters But the work of a conclave must be given over very largely to matters of legislation. In four crowded days, delegates cannot be given the time or opportunity to report fully on conditions in their chapters, even although they are minded to do so.

At the pre . ent time, we do not have a system of official chapter visitati o n . The national offices are unpaid-the amount paid the Grand ecretary is not sufficient to pay for a stenographer or clerk to handle routine work. Such visits as the national officers are privileged to make to chapters, are made at the per anal expen e of the officers.

At the conclave held at Columbia, Missouri, in 1910, a plan was disc:u sed for the grouping of the chapters into four provinces. This plan called for a deputy grand officer in charge of each province charged with the duty of inspecting the chapters in his province. The plan failed of adoption largely because the chapters did not feel strong enough to meet the expenses of the proposed deputies. Something of the plan remains in the districts now served by the associate ·editors of the JOURNAL.

\\'' need a ·y tem of chapter v i itation under w hi ch eacl1 chapter will lJe formally vi ited omet im e during each c h I year, and it work carefully in p cted and reviewed. The vi itor \\ ho knock at the chapter d r now comes a a gue t. His opportunitie to in pect the work of the chapter and to r port upon it to hi own c hap,ter , to national officer an d to the genera l fraternity, are limited to the thing that the chapter vi ited ca r es to dis0u f course, th ca ual visitor does timulate intere t in orne phase of fraternity lif e, a nd does carry back ideas to hi O\ n chapter. Such a v1sit mak s for Acacia pirit-I "have yet to kn ow a m embe r of Acacia who wa not made stronger in the faith by a v i it howe ve r h o rt or ca u al it was. Perhap s the b st opportunity that chapter now ha ve for the fr e interc han g f ideas comes when a delegation from one chapter i it another c h ap t e r at the time of a football game, or other co lleg e fe tival. I am s ur e that orne ll men remembe r their v i it s to Penn y l va nia ; that th e Missouri an d Kansa m en look forward t o th e ir annual interchange of vi it ors; and that th Wiscon in and Minne ota men will a l way plan to follow their team , and in cidenta ll y to renew acquaintance at the hou e a t 1adison or M inn eapo li , a the ca e may be. The visits of uch delegation mu t r e ult in many fine frien d s hip s, even although it i the game that i discussed and Aca ia is for the time being a econdary matter.

I think that we sh o uld have a sys tem of v is it s between c hapt er , vi it undertak n entir ly for. th e good o f the fraternit y. It eem to me that at someti m e during each c hool year, each chapter h o uld e ntertain a delegation f r om a is ter clha] ter, and should give over an e ntir e even in g to a free eli . cu ion of the plans and needs of the t wo chapter , and of the fraa a who le. T h e visiting delegation might well make a report to the J rand Pre ident , and excerpts from this r eport might take the p l ace of the chapter letter in the n ex t i su e of th e JO U R NAL.

To illu . trate the wo rking of the sy tem , I s ugg e t the fo il wi n g in tervisitati n s during the first week in March: Har ard at y ra cu se. Wisconsin at Minnesota. 'o lum b ia at Ya le. Iowa at Ames. "orne ll at Michig an. M is ouri at Kan sa P nn ylvan i a at P nn sy lvania State. Kan sas State at ebraska. Ohio tate at Purdue. olorado at Calif o rni a . Illinois at hicago. Leland Sta nf ord at \ iVa hington . ] t wi ll be n oted that the visitations propo ed above, provide fo r visit at but h a lf o ( the c h apte r hou es. I do not s ugge t a return i it for this year. It . e m to me that it would be much mo re de s irable to have each of the hapt e r vi ited during March pay an official i it during the fir t week in pril to a c hapt e r other than the cl1apter that ha v i ited them. J s ugge . t t h f ll ow in g vis itation for the fir t week in pril: Ya le at Harvar d. C hicago at Oh io tate. y racu e at olumbia. Minne o t a at Ame . P nn y l vania tate at Cornell. Kansa at Kan as State. 1ichigan at Pennsylvania. Mi souri at Iowa Purclu at v i con in. N ebra ka at C olorad o. \ a hington at Ca lifornia and Leland Stanford. carefu l co n id e ration of the propo ed visitations for this year shows that the chapters ar put to varying amount of expense. Some of the chapter , uch as Colorado and V·la hington State, are comparatively far

remo ved f rom neighboring chapters , and vi itation to and from the se c hapter in vo l ves necessarily a great deal of expense. On th e other hand , orne of the chapte r s, like Harvard and Ya le , can exchange vis itation s without a Iar o-e amo unt of expe nse or trouble. It must be borne in mind that uch a as washington State or Colorado w ill receive proportionately greater benefi t s from int e r chapter visitation because of th_ e fact that it is loca ted at considerable di tan ce from other ce nt e r s of Acac1a trength.

The expe ns es in vo lved in interchapter visitation will be con iderabl y reduced if delegates pay their own expe nse s, or at least a con iderable part of their own expenses, and look up o n the visitation as an opportunity to do · good work for their chapter and the frat e rnit y The chapter visited can, of co urs e, e nter tain the visiting delegation without much additional expe n se. \ iV her e it is impossible for a chapter to send a full delegation , the cJ-J_ apter may send o ne man , and s upplement his e ffort s by as king any of their alumni who are locate d near the visited chapter to con1.p lete the delegati o n. In extreme ca es, th e v isiting delegation may be made up e ntirel y of alumni who are loca t e d near the chapter to be visited. If the plan is undertaken at all, it should be sys temati ca ll y followed, so that each chapter will be officially v is ited some time during the school year.

The v isiting delegation should include the officers of the visiting chapter and of the alumni association of that chapter, and, if pos s ible. the delegate of th e v isi ting chapter to the last conclave. It will probabl y be well to add o n e or two Juni o r s to the party, so that the benefit s received from th e visit may be carried into the work of the next yea r. Fo r the same re aso n , int e re s ted facult y members should be urged to accompa n y the deiegation.

The v isiting delegation s hould come prepared for fraternit y work, as we ll as for social entertainment. There s hould be a comparison of the work of the visiting chapter and of the chapter visited. The visiting delegation s hould c arefull y review an initiation ceremony, and should aarefully consider the methods of the chapter visited as to the se lection of new members ; duties impo se d o n pledges; the relation of the visited chapter to it s alumni ; the promotion of sc holarship within the visited chapter; the interfraternit y relations of the visited chapter; and Masonic interests and relations of the visited c hapter. The visiting delegation will, of course, be intere sted in the budget of the chapter visited; its plan for h o use financing; its social program; hou se rule s ; place in universit y activities; and, indeed, in all of th e varying a spect s of chapter life. The vi s iting delegation , whether made up of a .considerable bod y of active members, or simply of one active member , o r of one or more alumni, s hould regard it se lf as a delegation for in s pection , and should make a complete and full report of its findings to the G rand Council. Such report s ne e d not be critical in tone , although , of course , visiting delegations s hould not hesitate to condemn practices unworthy of the fraternit y, or t o point out weaknesses worthy of attention . The main purpose of the report s hould be to point out the be s t practices and methods of the visited chapter, so that such practices and methods may be generally under s tood, and taken ad v antage of by all the chapters and officers of the fraternit y The reports of visiting delegates as to the condition of a chapter might ve r y pr o perl y take the place of a new s letter from the chapter in the Ma y iss ue of the JO UR:\' AL.

I have ha s til y s ketched a plan for interchapter visitation. I s uppose that we will all agree that so me method s hould be adopted for the formal

i itation of ach of the chapter , and for a formal report on the kind of \\ rk that it i · d ing. Th e plan I ha ve ugge ted may b a good o lu tion; it may, of cour e, b impracticable. I r que t that each c hapter eriou ly dicu this p lan and g iv m an official expre ion of it opinion. If, a a chapt r, you approve the plan p lea e ugge t exactly what you can do under it, and \\hat you wi ll do under it If, a a chapter you do not appro e the plan, pi a e fc I fre to e nd me y our ugge tion a to what plan we may adopt to a complis h the purpo e here di cu ed. Let u rememb er that our gTO\\ th nnt t be an internal growth; that it mu t come from development within th chapter ; and that we mu t perfect e ery po ibl m ethod by ''hi -h the go d wo rk of one c hapter can becom e fully known to th other Lhapters in the fr aternity .

ONE VIEW OF THE COLUMBIA SITUATION.

IRWIN \ V DRTEJI.\ . , A lu mnu s C olumb ia Chapter

Th · purpo . of this article i not to prove any proposition, but to l et a <;tudy of th ituation at Co lumbi a · ni ve r ity reveal some of the factor that 01 crat at thi in s titution to det erm ine the kind of m e n available for the cada Fraternity, and wh ich simultaneously function in the policies of the Columb i a hapter of Acacia.

It has b en maintained that conditions such as those at C hicago , Harvarc l and ' lumbi a are due to urban influen ces . Thi is very true, but the wid g ographica l distribution of the e student s and the graduate nature of their work arc per hap s tronger factors than the urban influences. It ma y be true that the ex tra-urban s tudent succ umb s m o re readil y to urban influenc , but thi is probably mor·e true of und ergrad u ates than graduat e , and of , tude nt s in the small college or univer s it y than student in the large col lege or university.

The size and organization of olumbia U ni ver it y and the di s tribution of it tuclent in it va riou co llege s and faculties can be qu i ck ly een from Table I and Tab le II, taken from the annual rep o rt of President Butler.

T BLE I.

TH E STUDENT Bonv. 19 13-14.

The enrollment of students as compared with that for as follows:

Under the University Corporation : Co lumb ia Co llege

941 l\Iines, Eng in ee ring, and Chemistry.

. 675 Law 467

1edicine 3-M Po lit ica l Science, Philo ophy, and Pure Science 1,727 Architecture 151 ifu ic 19 Journalism

ummer Session ( 1913) .........

Tota l (exclud ing 628 dupli ca t e ) .......... 8,350 Barnard Co lle ge 666 Teache r Co ll ege .......... .. ................ 1,810 o ll ege of Pharmacy 448 I 1,2 74 the year 1912-13 was Gai 11 Loss 64 6 II 157 ro 3 39 937 1,ro6 48

THE ACACIA JOUR AL

Doub l e R egi tr a tion

)Jet T ota l of Regul a r Students 10,400 1,o81 Extension Tea ching 2,813 985 Even i ng Technica l Classes ( Teacher s Co ll ege 1,676 237

Grand Tot a l (excl uding dup l icates in Extens io n Tea c hing) recei vi ng instruction

TABLE II.

During th e acade mi c year I9l3 - I4, 1,494 de g r ees and 474 diplomas were co n fe rred , as fo ll ows:

Co lumbia Co ll ege:

Bachelor o f A rt s. .

Bache lor of A rts w ith Medici n e. 4

Bac h e lor of S c i ence.. .

Bac h e l o r o f Science w ith Medicine. 4

Barna r d C ollege :

Bachelor of A rt s

Bac helor of Sc i e nce

Fac ult y o f Law:

Bac h e lor of L aws

Facu lty of Medicine

Faculty of App li ed Scien ce:

Engineer o f M ine s

Meta ll u r g ic al Eng in ee r

C ivil E n g in ee r

Electrical E n g ine e r

Mec h anica l Engine er

Chemica l Eng ineer

Chemist

Fac ulty o f Fine A rt s :

Bach e lor of A r chitect ur e

Bachelor of Science in Arch it ec tur e

Ce rtificate of Pr ofic i e nc y .in A r c hit ec tnr e

School of J o urnalism :

Bach e lor of Literature

Co ll ege of Pha rma cy :

Pharma ce utical C h em ist

Doctor o f Pharmac y

Facu lti es of P o liti ca l Science, Phil osop h y, and Pure Science: ·

Mas ter of A rt s

Doctor of Phi losop h y . ...................

Mas t er of Laws

Honor a ry degrees

Faculty of T eac her s College:

Bache l o r of Science in Ed u cat i o n

Bachelor of Science in Practica l A rt s

Bachelor's Diploma

Specia l Dip l o ma

Maste/s Dip lom a 0

Doctor's Dip lom a 0 T ota l degrees and dip l omas granted of indi v idu a l s r eceiving them

College of Pha rm acy :

raduate in Pharmacy

Fr m the report of the Regi trar one note that the m dium ag of 21 of tudent · in o lumbia ollege, i rea ched in the fo urth or final ye ar. on equent ly, altho ugh 'olumbia ollege ha an e nrollm ent of 941 men, it is on ly among the fourth yea r m e n that 1\la n would be found. Th olumbia h apter of the Fraternity in it entire exi t e n ce, ha on ly taken two memb r from the college, a nd the e were omewhat olde r than the average co ll eg tudent. The larg e enrollment of men in the co lleg e d n ot ff er the a me field for the Acacia Fraternity a it doe for the gen ral undergraduate fra ternit y.

Under the Facu lt y of Applied Science, th e chool of engineering, mine . and chemi try, not e an enrollment of 6 75 . In th e e und e rgr ad uat e pro f es. ional choo ls the medium age of 21 is r eac hed during the third year. Here aga in the pos i bilit y of finding men who ar e Ma on i retricted to the Ia t tw yeans of the applied c i nee sc hool . The lo cal C h ap t e r of the Acacia Fra ternity ha ne ve r ve r y effec tivel y drawn upon the applied cience enro llment for its mem ber , and perhaps ca n n eve r exp ct to , but the p roportion o f men taken into m em ber hip from the app li ed c i nee cho.o l i, about th e a m e a that drawn from olumbia "o ll eg-e.

Here then in o lumbia C ollege and in the sc hool of applied cie n ce, w ith a combi n ed enro llment of over 1 6 00 , is a bod y of undergra duate men from whom th lo ca l c hapter cannot hope to intere st ve r y many men. Masonic smo k e r . have b ee n held every yea r ince the establishment of th olumbia hapter of Acacia, and with an a e rage att endance of 200. The abs nee from the s moker s o f co llege men and o f men from c h oo l of appl ied cience, ha been s trikingl y noticeable. This, how eve r i no more than a' oncrete ev ide nc e that the medium age of 21 is re ac h e d in the fo urth year of th co ll ege, a nd the third yea r of applied sc ie n ce.

The law choo l i practically a graduate c ho o l. In 1913-14, on ly 12 member s of th e fir t year class in addi tion to the Senior in olumbia Co lleg , e lecte d th law opt ion to e nt e r und e r the rule permitting admi s ion to the l aw sc hool upon the succe ss ful completion of three year s of co ll ege work. Th c hool , therefore , maintains it s c hara c t e r as a graduate choo l. I kn ow of no data w hi c h would crive u tf.Je approximate per cent of the Ia' sc hool nrollment w ho a re Mason , but co mpared with th e o ther fac ultic. and schoo ls. its po ition would s tand high. The lo ca l c ha p t e r h a drawn incr a . ingl y year afte r yea r from the m en in the la w c hool, a nd the present yea r mark !' the maximum.

Th c ollege of p h ys i cian s and urge o n s under the Faculty of Medic ine , is not located on the camp u , and therefore the men of thi schoo l h ave never nt red into the Ma onic lif e at Co lumbia. Th e a me explanation will apply to the co ll ege of pharmac y .

Tht> sc ho o l of j o urnali s m admits upon th e u ccessf ul pa in g .of the co lleg- · n tra nc exam ination . There were, howe ve r , among the fourth yea r men of the c h oo l of journali sm in th e year o f 1912-13, r6 co ll ege graduates. \Ve cannot expect the contribution of thi s ch oo l to th e 1asonic enro llm ent at o lumbia to be very large. It mu t come from the more matur m n w ho e nroll in thi s chool. Acacia has ju t enrolled it first two member from the sc hool of journali m .

Table I s hows an enrollment of 1727 under the Faculties of Po liti ca l c icnce, Phi lo sop h y and Pure Science. The e are gra<iuate faculti es. From

these faculties 6o per cent of tho e granted degrees in 1913 were men; in 1912, 63 per cent were m e n; and in 19II , 66 per cent of the degre granted were given to men. Assuming 6 3 per cen.t a s the average , we wo uld have 1088 men in the graduate faculties dunng the year 1913-14From this l a rge numb e r o f graduate men o ne would expect the largest v ield of materi a l for the Masonic Fraternity. Thi s ha s been borne out in the exper ie n ce .of the Co lumbia C hapter.

The Faculcy of Fine Art is constituted of the profe ssi o nal schools of Architecture and Music. In it s enrollment of 170, th e medium age o f 21 would be r ea c hed at about the same time as in the college and the sc hool s of applied c ie nce, namely , th e third or fourth year. The Acac ia Fraternity has ne ve r had a m e mber from the sc h oo ls of Architecture or M u s ic.

in ce July, 19I4, Teachers Co llege ce ased to matriculate in the School c•f Education, candidates for an y degree below that o f Master o f Arts, excepting in th e department of Elementary, Kindergarten , and Practical Arts educat ion , in which department s the degr ee .of Bac helor of Science in Education is s till conferred. (The · departm ents of Practical Arts Education include fine arts, music, physical e ducation , household arts , industrial arts. and nur s ing and health ). As the percentage of men in the School of Practical A rts is very low , we can dismis s further consideration of this department. In all other departm e nt s, however , candidates for admi ss ion mu s t be co llege graduates. The enrollment o f I81o given for Teachers Co ll ege do es not indicate the division into the School of Education and the Sc hool of Practical Arts, but the number in the School of Education can be estimated from those securing the Masters and Doctors diplomas, which it will be observed from Table II , total s T87. The percentage of men in thi s numb e r i •' about the same as that in the Faculties of Political Science, P hilo sop h y and Pure Science, namely , 63 per cent, or I 17 men. One must n o t be mi sled into counting these 187 twice, because candidates for the advanced degrees in Teacher s College are registered under the Faculty of Philosophy, and these have already been counted in the I727 mentioned above. In pa s t yea rs the Acacia Fraternity has drawn at least 40 per cent of it s member s fr o m the men enrolled in Teachers College, and these have been enrolled a s graduate students under the Faculty of Philosophy.

Summarizing we see that the most promising fields are in the School of Law and in the Faculties of Political Science , Philosophy (including Teach e r s C ollege ), and Pure Science. and these fields are wholly graduate. The number of men enrolled in these schools totals, according to our co mputation noted above , I 555 ( 467 plus 1088 ) . As far as estimates have been mad e, the approximate number of Masons included in this list would be about 200, or one sev enth. From m y own observation, I would be led t o say that a n y of one of the se two hundred Masons in the graduate faculty is les s intere s ted in becoming a member of Acacia than the occaional Mason to be found in the undergraduate sc hools.

How much of an appeal doe s the organization and workings of a general social co llege fraternity have to a man of this graduate type ? One so metime s wo nders if the Acacia Fraternity has taken full cognizance of the maturit y of the men who are and who might be enrolled in it s membership. The thing s which appeal most strongly to the graduate man as he set tl es him se lf for hi s uni ve r s it y work, are those things which tend to-

ward incr a ed uni v r ity effectivene and econom of re ourc \\" ou l d not the ·ame thing influence uch a man if he became a memb r of . \ cacia, and might it n t be that the Ma on i c principle of th fraternity w uld make a stronger apr ea l to him than tho e feature , hi c h a r e co pi d f r m th general undergraduate ocial fraternity? The graduate tudent i triving to establish him e lf in the right relati on. to hi own p r ona l w rk at th' niver ity, and to the niver s it y a a whol . He bring with him undergraduate tradition from which he i s eeking to break away. 11 i lei e nou gh and matur e nough to take a Iaro-e part in hi own ducation. li e put s behind him them thod and point of v iew of the un der raduate, for h has no w come to a tage of de e lopment where he kn ow that hi initiativ , hi · se lf -d ir ec ti o n a nd hi se lf-critici m a r e n ece a r y to hi succes ·. \ hat he eks i more do e con tact with cho larl y a nd fin persona liti s. a nd more inducement to e lf-dir ect ion a nd e lf-ma tery. \ o ul d a m a n w ith this fr celo m b e a ttra c ted to o ur fraternity? Thi qu tion i important enough to r eq uire the ca r e ful and exte nded st ud y of the frate rnit y a s a who le. It will not be olved b y the happ y thought of a n y o n e pcrSO II. Jt w ill r eq uir e the COO perat ion .o f th e e ntir e f ratern ity.

SOM E THOUGHTS AND SUGGESTIONS F OR THE 1915 CONCLAVE

BY WILLIAM S. DYE, Ju. , Penn State

O n e of the things that Penn State i s mo t orry for i the fact that no tra cling f und for G rand Officers i provided b y the fraternity. In th e five and a h a lf yea r of o ur exi tence , we have had n o official visit f r o m any of our 1rand Office r . \Ne feel that it i s a mi sta k e n ot to ha ve u ch a f und for w h at th o th e r c h ap ter s know of u s and what we know of them, what th e G r a nd ouncil kn ows of u s and what it know s of mo t of the o th er c h apter , come ent ir e l y from the letter s written to T HE Jo u ,r AL a nd the repo rt s mad at the Co nclave b y the rer re se nt a tiv es of the c hapter In othe r w rds, there i no real touch between the c hapter s. I had the privilege of saying these thing at the Co nclav e h e l d in Co lumbia , Mis our i, in rgro, and a lth o u g h th e a m e ndment proposed wa s not adopted by the n ext co ncl ave, nev rtheless, the 1913 co ncla ve, at th e ugg es tion of th e G rand Pre ident adopted the idea found in the o - ca ll e d Dye re so l ution , in a omew hat modified form. T h e pr ese nt arrang e m e nt by which the news for th e Jo RN.\ L i co ll ected i s another acknow ledgement of the v al u e of the r e olution. It is ' e ll riigh time that th e G rand Co nclav e took the final step and provided th e n ece sar fund f r officia l vis itor s to the va riou s chapter \ e, in o ur ignora nce , p e rh ap , wi h to ca ll to the att e ntion o f the variou c h apte r • w hat appears to be an ove rsight i n th e sections of th e By-Laws respecting Trials and Punishments as found on page 59 an d 6o of the last i u of the Jo R NAL. Section 38 read s, " If the a cc u eel resides w ithin the juri sd i c ti on of the chapter he s ha ll appear a n d p lead a t a meeting to be h e ld not l e than t e n days after the serv i ce (o f the ummon s provided f r in ect ion 37) ; i f he res ide s without the j u risd iction he s hall appear and plead at a meeting not les t h an thirty day s from the dat e of e r v ic e." ect ion 39 r ea d , " fter the acc u eel shall have appeared and plead, ei th e r in person o r b hi r epre en t at i ve. t h e t ime of the t r ia l sha ll then be e tab-

lished , which shall not be le s than ten day from the date of the communication above referred to , and if without the juri diction not le than twenty days. " On reading these sections, at a time when it appeared that it might be necessary to make use of them , several que tions immediately aro e. ·what is to be the action if the accused fails to appear, either in person or by his representative, to plead? Apparently no provision for such a contingency is provided, although specific provision is made for the case of the non-appearance of the accused at the time of trial. In the second place, just what is the meaning of '' from the date of the communication above referred to " in Section 39? Does it mean the date on which the summons and the oharges, provided for in Section 38, are delivered to the accused? If so, then, in the case where the accused resides in the jurisdiction, the pleading and the trial may be at the same time. If this is so, why make one without the jurisdiction come to two meetings, as apparently is the intention, as shown by the requirement of a thirty day period between the serving of the summons and the pleading and the establishment of a twenty day period between "the communication above referred to" and the trial? We 'vv'.ould suggest that the legal members of the fraternity take this matter in hand and straighten out the discrepancies in the wording of these two sections.

TENTH GRAND CONCLAV.E

(f;ranb Jagr

HARRY E. Grand ecre la ry

\\ ' fee l tha t we ha ve written enough for the Jo Rr AL to be reli ve d for a ll t!me . J nd eed, we ha ve about ex h a u ted our fountain o f in pi r at ion , that wh1ch wa a s h a ll ow well t o begin with. But there a:re man y thing that we wa nt to say a word about at thi time.

\ e want to ay them becau e they are in o ur h ea rt t o ay them . Ot h er have sa id the sa me thing s and aid, them better. There will be abler expo ition perhap in thi s i s u e of the ve r y theme w hich we wa nt to write a l out. 'vVe hall be brief a po ible.

Fir t, we want to ac kno w led ge the plendid upport that i being given thi offic by the c hapter secretarie o t every secreta.ry i d o ing the mo t we wo uld ha ve done. The fraternity and the re pective chapt er owe much to s uch men as Brother Hill of Kansas , Brother Mitcheltr e f Michigan, and about nineteen other good, loyal men who are doing their be t to make their chapter count one in the work of the fraternity . The chapter ecretaries are doing better work, are more con cientio u and enthusiastic than they have been in the pa s t. Thi . n ew · mu t be e n co ura g ing to all of you, and we trust that you will give yo ur s cretary the upport he merit eco nd , we are all trying to intere st the alumni in the JouRNAL Some o f t h e c hapt e r s have done well in making this s tart. Illinois l ead . the ther chapters. ow there is a rea so n for this l eader hip on the part f Illinoi . Thi s chapter has given a much attention to the a lumni as any chapte r in the Fraternity. This has been done for several yea r s. Added to this fact there have been men like Ca sidy ready to go out and g t the alumni interested in the JouRNAL These are the two c entials in building up the alumni s.ub cription list. Chapter intere s t in th alumni a nd 1 ersonal solicitation by some member of the chapter. f ourse the JouRNAL mu t be v·.rorth while , and it wi ll be The chapter s ought to O'i e thi matter so me earnest attention. It will be worth a o- reat. l ea l to t h e c hapter and ultimately to the Fraternit y . V\ e ha ve tried many plan to inter est the alumni but none of them ha ve ucceed ed . We are w illing to try any plan that may be sugge ste d but we are of the opini n that c hapter interest in the alumni and per onal olicitation b y so me m m be r of the chapter wi ll pr ove the best plan.

Third. we agai n wa nt to urge the chapte r officers to be careful in the preservatio n of cha pter record s and memorabilia. If it were po ss ible f r u s to give a li st of inquirie s a ked from time to time, there wou l d he no que tion about the duty of some per so n to reiterate thi warning about o ur records . Today 's mail brings an inquiry about the or i g in al petitioners for a charter. Somewhere in the chapter archi ves t hi q u e ti n h o uld be an wered. But through carele s ne s th e so urce

of information have been lo t. There i a resolution in force requiring that program , chapter publications and o forth be ent to the ecretary and to the Historian. Brother Franci \V. heparclson 1 the hi torian and hi addre is 5558 Kimbark venue, Chicago, Illinois.

Fourth, some of the cha,pters have taken upon them elves very heavy financial obligations. \Vith good leadership these burden will be carried and no injury will re ult to "the chapter or the Fraternity. Remember that our chapters have a deal of sentiment connected with them, but a chapter' business i just like any other busines Those chapters which have incurred these obligations must see to it that good leadership is continued and those chapters that are about to incur obligations must be sure that they have leadership to carry forward the undertaking to success. It may be well to note that our chapters have made great progress in financial administration. We believe that the new accounting system has had a part in this advancement \ hen we get to keeping our accounts accurately then we can plan to meet our obligations. Vv e trust that every chapter will follow the new y tern. The system may be imperfect but the way to find the imperfections is to use it.

Fifth, In connection with keeping track of our alumni, we wi h to suggest that a copy of the present directory should be kept at hand and change .of address noted in it. These changes of address should be brought to the notice of the Grand Secretary. There are numerous inquiries about addresses. W want to keep this office as a sort of clearing house for fraternity information and this can only be clone when all do their part to keep us informed.

Finally, there are many things we plan to do that we do not get clone . n article for the JouRNAL that we deemed worth while ha been in the making for several weeks. This we are unable to complete for this issue 'vV e hope that all those who are to help Brother Mann have done their full part. He deserves our support. His is no easy task, and his is an important task. We hope that he may have the same loyalty and cooperation on the part of the chapter officers as has been given this office.

THE ACACIA SONGBOOK

The Songs of Acacia will have appeared in printed form before this number of the JOl'RN AL. It is unnecessary to say anything about the work : The volume-with its preface-can speak for itself. Please read the introductory comment before making up your mind what you think about the book.

The editors feel strongly, and with sadness, the loss .of two of the most interested contributors, who were taken from our ranks by death since the manuscript copy was completed We refer to Brothers Guy H Dunn, of Iowa, and Paul E. Yates, of Nebraska. Since a note of information for the collection was considered inadvisable, the particular songs have not been amended by explanatory statements . The compositions, however, of these deceased brothers, faithful to the last in the work of their fraternity, should receive special attention. The songs they gave as the expression of their love and loyalty should always stand a memorials to their names.

Now that the book i out, it b come the duty of ach m mb r of Acacia to have a copy . B u y one-not borrow rent, or ca rr y away . Th chapter piano, of co ur e, mu t c laim a vo lum e for it elf; but the re pon ib ility ca n never en d ther The m e n who compiled th material will not be ati fied until (to a lt e r a familiar phra e) E1! er3' last A cacian has a songbook all his own.

OMMITTEE.

THE TRI A NGLE S CLUB AT THE UNIVER S ITY OF TEXAS

E litor The Mi dwa y Acacian, hi cago, Ill .

Dea1' Sir and Brother:

In compliance w ith your reque s t , I tak e plea ur e in makin g a few r emarks concerning '' The Triangles" at th e University o f Texa

"The Tri a ngl e " i · a Local Ma onic fraternity, li ving and boarding in a chapter hou e, whi c h is operated as n ea rl y as po ibl e on an cacia basi , that is, men a r e e lected from abo ut eventy-five Ia on on the camp u s a nd pledo-ed not to j o in ri va l organizations. O ur m embe r hip ha reached twent y-seve n , exclu i ve of four faculty men , thr ee of w hom ar cacian . Th e average age of member s is about twenty-three ( 23 . Eleven are Fres hmen. This means that they will b e active members for ome time to come.

"T he Triangle s" men are very active in athletic a nd st ud ent organizations. We have representatives on the football and socce r team , intercollegiate debating team, one on Cactus board, one ecretary Y . f. C. A. , on Phi Beta Kappa, one Delta Sigma Rho ( h o norar y) , two igma psilon (literary), two in La Tertulia (dramatic), two in lee C lub , three in C iv ic League (membership elective), one in Economics lub , several in R u sk Literary Society, one President and one V i ce-P r e id en t of clas , one Quiz Master in the Law Department , o ne Student Ass is tant in Oratory. one State Senator, and one tat e Repre se nt at i ve ( tudents), o n e . ssemblyman iH s tudent self government, o ne yell leader (e lectiv e), etc. O ur membership include s, too , th e Gr and Master of the G rand Lodge of Tena . 'W e have nearly 2, 000 worth of property. We have sta r ted a li brary of roll mu ic , wo rth a t present about $roo. In addition, we have organ iz ed a Building Association, each man pledging $roo, payable in ten yea r s.

Last term " The Triangle " gave an elaborate smoker to about ixty Masons. The house was tastefull y de co rated with evergreens and 1a o ni c emblems. the Blue Lodge and Rose C roix forming the chief motif. Thi s term we are planning to give a sm oker to our Masonic brethren in the enate a nd the House of Representatives and , later , a Un ive r s it y dan ce in t h e Scottish Ca thedral , n ow nearing completion.

All the bo y are sa ti led , and have great hopes for the future.

Yours sincerely and fraternall y, FLOYD MITH, Member Chicago Chapte?' Acacia u tin , Tex as, J a nuar y r3, rgrs.

JUDGE JOHN D . MURPHY .

California Chapter

Grand Master Grand Lodge of California

BY J. G. MARSHALL

California Chapter has added to their list of honorary members one of the ablest and most highly respected citizens of California. He is known by all Acacians as Judge John D. Murphy . He graduated from the University of California in 1887 and his college life depictures the character of the man which has followed him to the present day. As editor of the Occident he gained pecial distinction.

Since his graduation he has rapidly ascended the ladder of success, first being chosen District Attorney for four years, then Superior Judge for twelve years and finally being chosen to the position of Judge to the District Court of Appeals. In November he was a candi1date for Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the State . Although defeated for this position, he made a wonderfu l showing against a most stupendous opposition; an opposition which quietly but surely has its knife out at all times.

Judge Murphy is one of the most prominent Masons of the State. Last y ear he was elected to the highest office the Masons of this state have to o ffer-that of Grand Master of the Grand Lodge.

He never eriters any field half-hearted and no doubt we will soon hear from Judge Murphy as an Acacian. Ca l ifornia Chapter is to be congratulated in their wise selection o f so honorable a man.

B. F . WOOD . Stanf01·d Chapter

Legislativ e Council Bureau

BY J. G. MARSHALL

There are those in Acacia Fraternity who have made good since their graduation , but orne have slid along faster than others. One of these fast sliders comes to our mind in the person of B. F \iVo o d of Sacramento. Brother Wood received his A.B. in Stanford in 1910 and his J.D. in 1912 At the present he has a very responsible position with the Legislative Counc1l Bureau.

This Bureau was estab lished about two years ago for the purpose oi giving aid to the Legislature in detecting constitutional difficulties that certain laws might have if placed on the statutes. Brother Wood was in the Legislature at this time and there demonstrated his ability in Constitutional Law. He is a true Acacian and has always been a very enthusiastic worker for the fraternity , both as an active member and as an alumnus. He resided in San Francisco the first year after his graduation and at that time was Secretary of the Acacia Alumni Fraternity, San Francisco Chapter.

ROBERT E. ANDERSON. tanford Chapter

Advertisi11g Manager Sunset attd Pacific M ottthly

BY J. G. MAR HALL

Th writ e r remember that Brother nde r on wa ad ertising manager for four year. f th Chaparral of ta n fo r d Uni e r ity, and d u ring thi time he clem nstrat d hi abi l ity in the adverti ing ga m e. La t ummer he wa a delegate to the Adv rti ing Convention he ld at 1ontrea l, anada. He receiv d hi A.B. degree in 1913 and his E.M. degree in 1914. Although graduating a' a mining engineer, he has cho en rather to follow the adverti ing pr fession. Undoubtedly, "Andy" ha landed omething good and we assur you that he will get away with it.

B E RTRAM D . REARICK . Fran/din Chapter '8

BY GEO." JTZS HE, LL.D.

'98

Bertram D Rearick, one of the charter member of the ranklin Chapter of Acacia Fraternity and one of the lead i ng Mason o f Philadelphia, received his Thirty-third Degree on eptember r6 , 191 3 · There are few Masons in Phi l ade lphi who are better known in rna onic circle than 'Bert" Rearick. by which name he i more fami lia rl y known by hundred of hi s friend . He was born in a little vill age known a s Jersey hore in Lycoming County, Pa., November 13 , 1874, being the son of Rev. Adam Rearick and Jul ia Ann Gro s Rearick His father was a prominent clergyman of the Evangeica l A ociation, and hi•s mothe r came from an o l d Maryland family . He wa educated in the public schools of Warren, Pa., and Baltimore, 1 d. , and was grad u ated from the Warren High School in 1890 at the age of fifteen. He was a very ambitious youth and dec i ded to tudy l aw, but was too you n g to enter u pon t h e tudy of that cience upon graduation from high chool. and other circum tance prevented him from enteirng co ll ege. Two years after graduation, the r efore.

BERTilAM D. REARICK he entered the theatrical profes ion in which he made wonderful progre s freq u ently taking l eading pa r ts with fir t class ompanie . He worked unde r the stage na m e of Bertram Leroy . He left the tage in 1896 and took u p· the study of l aw in ·wi ll iamsport, Pa. , entering the Univer ity Law Schoo l in t h e fa ll of that year and g r aduating

in 1899. During hi s co ur eat the Univer ity Law choo l h e wa a m e m ber of the University Debating Team which met Co rnell a t Ithaca in 1899. H e was one of the h onor men of hi cla ss, and was of th e founder of th e Kent Law Club, which is n ow o ne of the l ea ding undergraduate o rganizat io ns at the Univer s ity . He was admitted to the bar in the pring of 1899. since which time he has built up a large and lucrativ e generel law practice. He was made a Mason in Shekinah Lodge I o. 246 on Nov.ember 19 1900. and was Master of his Lodge twelve years later. He rec e i ve d hi First lJegree in 256 on April 3 , 1903, and was High Prie t of his chapter in 1910 . He joined the Philadelphia Council o. 11 on February 12 , 1904, and vv as Thrice Illu s trious . in 1910. He recei ve d his degree s in the Philadelplh.ia C ommandery No. 2 K . T., o n September 7, 1903, and became Eminent Commander in 1910. In the Anderit Accepted Scottish Rit e he received the Thirty-second Degree on December 20, 1901, and was Most vVise l\Iaster of the Rose Croix in 1909 and 1910. His Thirty-third Degree was conferred upon him on September 16, 1913. H e became a member of the Philadelphia Conclave No 8 Red Cross o f Co nstantine on March IO , 1908, and was Sovereign in 1912 . He has also been a member of the Lu Lu Temple of the Mystic Shrine since May 4, 1904 . Bert Rearick is a member of th e Acacia Club, the a l umni organization of the Fraternity, and al o o f many other social and scientific organizations.

F RAN K B E SW I C K W H IT AKER.

Grand Maste ·r of Masons in Io w a 1913-14

Hon orary Member Io w a Stat e C hapt er

Rewritten with additions by W. G . Mann From Sketch

BY BROTHER CHARLES c. (LARK

Seventy-first Communication of the Grand Lodge of Iowa.

Grand Master Frank Beswick whitaker was born in the Eldorad o of r 849 at Tamalis, October 6, 1862 . vVhen two years old hi s parents returne d, v ia the Isthmus of Panama and •ew York, to the old home in Van Buren Co unt y, Iowa, where Brother Whitaker has resided ever •since.

Although Brother Whitaker's sc hooling was somewhat limited he mad e the best .of every opportunity and attended the high school at Birmingham, I ow a , and the normal sc ho o l at Kirk sv ille, Mo. After having suc cess full y followed the teaching profession for two years, he turned hi·s attention to farming.

O n October I , 1884, Brother Whitaker married Miss Mary Barr and four sp lendid boys have come to ble ss this union, Wilson Shannon, Dick Samuel V., and Willis Frank. Realizing the va lue of a good education B rother Whitaker has given hi s boys the be s t possible training. wilson S hannon and Dick Gradey have graduated from Iowa tate College with honors, both being members of the I o wa State Chapter of Acacia. Th e two yo unger sons are in their senior ye ar in the Fairfield High School.

Brother Whitaker was made a Mason in Birmingham Lodge , o. 56 , m 1893, and the following year was exalted in Moore Chapter, No . 23, at

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and wa clubb d in Elchanan ommand ry , at Keo auqua. 111 J ' gX . He demitted fr m Dirmingham Loog to a i t in the formati n of B e lmont Lodge , • o . 541, at Hill boro , and wa h en for fa t r without ever ha ing oc upied th tation o f \\ .arden. lie erved in thi c apa it y until Decemb r , Ig<Jl. and after a lap of a year, the brethren cho him again for ight con ecutive e n ic e . The cotti h Rit degr ,, re co nferred upon him in Zarephath ni tory , :-Jo. 4, at Davenport in 190-t· He i at o a member of Kaaba Temple, . 0. . M.

Drother \\ hitaker untiring efforts in the intere t of iasonr y have won for him the mo t coveted r..rao nic honor . He ha worked ' ith pa rti cular ucce in the Twenty-ninth Degree in the on i· tory. He i the olde t Di trict Lecturer in point of service , in Iowa. Brother Whitaker ha been in attendance at every sesion of the Grand Loge ince 18g6 was e lected by the Grand Lodge a Junior Warden in 1904, and wa FnA K B. WHITAKER e l ected to the Grand East at ouncil Grand Master B lu ff in 1913.

Th e writer had the pleasure of as ociating with Brother Whitaker's two olde s t s on during a part of his college career, and through them had the honor o f m e eting the man whose genial way and kindly manner con tituted a per anality th remembrance of which will not be forgotten.

Iowa S tate hapter is indeed favored with Past Master \Vhitaker's name on th roll, and the Fraternity takes this opportunity of congratulating them upon this their most recent honor. Acacia may expect further han r s from the younger Acacians of such an instructor, counselor , ::1dvi or , and father.

CLESSON T. BUSHNELL

Bronson, Mich.

n y of y ou who attende I the last Conclave or have visited the Michigan Chapter , \ ill r c a ll the hearty handshake and ' Quaker Oats" smile of Brother le on T . ushnell.

' ·B u s h " "c ro ed the ands" in his Freshman year and his whole college life ha b e n dev o t d to a larger and better Acacia. This has been accomplished , not only b y work within the fraternity, but · by taking a prominent part in all campu activities.

In addition to being the present "V. D.", he ha been Secretar y and President re s pectiv ly, of the Craftsman Oub, the tudent's Masonic organization . " Dush' ' is an a c comp li hed mu ician and has been a member of th e lee Clul for several years, is a member of the Var ity Quartet, and ha -

appeared in the Michigan Union Operas. He is a member of the ommerc-e Club and also the Druids, senior honorary society . He has one failing, a pa ion for appearing in full dre s on the lea t provocation.

ROY MADISON

Michiga-n

Those of the old schoo l w h o have held that artistic temperament and practicality repel each other , may find a startling exception in Roy Madison Parsons of the Michigan Chapter. " Maddie" became an Acacian hi first year at Michigan and immediately stepped into the limelight by taking the lead in the cast of "Contrary Mary", the Michigan Union Opera, and repeated the performance in last year's opera, "A Model Daughter." He is a va luable contributor to the Gargoyle and hi s opera po ter have won him much merited praise. He ha s been a member of the Glee C lub for severa l years, is leader of the Midnight Sons Quartet, and President of the Combined Musical Club s. He is a member of Mimes honor a ry dramatic soc iet y, and "G riffiths ", a ca mpu s honorar y . "Madd ie " is .one of the busie t men on the camp us, being assistant to Dean Effinger of the Literary Department, and is working for his master's in land scape design. He has always been a constructive worker for Acacia and represents the real Acacia type.

ARTHUR MAC ARTHUR.

BY G. ALFRED LAWRENCE, M D. Ph.D.

Suddenly in the full flower of vigorous manhood , at the very zenith of his distinguished Templar activities, Most Eminent Sir Knight Arthur MacArthur, Grand Master of the Grand Encampment Knights Templar of the United States of America was called from this terrestrial Temple int o the glorious presence of the Great Captain of Our Salvation in that celestial Temple not made with hands eternal in the Heaven s. To know him was but to love him and deep grief over · the fallen leader pervades the heart of e<J ch of the two hundred and twenty-fiv-e thousand Sir Knights in that va , t Templar host w ho se acts of charity and pure beneficience has spread their fame both far and wide to the parts of this broad land.

No le ss s in ce rely do we as Brother Acacians mourn the lo ss of o ur distinguished member, Brother MacArthur, although his activities were multitudinous and exacting, yet found time to attend our functions and was deeply interested in Acacia Fraternity. Quick to r-ealize the unlimited po sibilities of educated Masonic effort, as a college man , he gladly accepted honorary membership in Tsadhe Chapter of Acacia Fraternity at Co lumbia University in the first year of o ur existence.

In the spring o f 1910 [I think it was April 4 1910 , but was unable to ve rif y this date at the time of printing-G. A. L], at Earl Hall, Columbia Unive:sity and in the presence of another of our honorary members, Most Illustnous Wm. Homan , 33 ° Deputy of the Supreme Council Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite of the o rthern Masonic Jurisdiction for the State

of • ,, York and a large number of other member , Arthur lac rthur was duly initiated into T adhe hapter and pre nted by the chapter with a jt \\cllcd pin; Broth r Homan participatin in the cerem nie banquet followed at th Faculty lub at wh.ich h wa ur honored gu t , and wh re h poke of how de ply impre eel h had been \\'ith our ritual and our w rk and of the great po ibilitie of u h an intellectual a onic movement.

At a p cia l reception giYen to him by T adh hapter on larch 1 5, r914, at th re idence of on of the member , Brother l\Iac rthur in i ted U[ on ha\'ing hi cacia pin placed upon hi · coat lapel and entertain d the member in a mo t

delightfully informal way recounting hi experience in con tituting and ·dedicating the first Commandc ry of Knight Templar in the anal Zone at the I thmu of Panama, hi per onal interview ' ith Pancho Villa at Juarez aero the Mexican border about a year ago and various ot her topicamong them the recent con titutin·r of a Commandery of Knight. Templar in Ia ska t this meeting he was full of yo uthful buoy-

\RTH n 1fAc RTuun ancy and enthusia m and impre s ed us all as but in the midway of activ and eli tinguished se rvice to hi fellow man.

Unexpectedly abo ut one p. m. on unday , December 27th , I9L.j., at hi · home , 22 \\ ' est 3rd St., Troy. N . Y., wh ile his only daughter was at church, the came and as a true o ldi er of th e cro , Arthur Mac rthur an w reel the last ca ll. Shortly thereafter, Miss usan Mac rthur returned and finding her fath e r reclining on a couch in the librar y and not responding, ca ll ed her brother apt. Chas. A. MacArthur, who ha tily s ummoned physicians and upon their arrival on examination reveal e d that Co lonel l\1a rthur had died s uddenly of valvu lar heart disea e. Thus pa ed away a loving fath r, a true friend, an u1 right citizen, a fearless editor. a loyal patriot, and a great and noble Ma on.

o lon I lac rthur wa a Troja n by bi rth and ancestry. He was the on of the late ol. harles Lafayette MacArthur and u an Colgrove Templar ho t who e acts of charity and pure beneficence ha spread their hi s entire life excepting for period of travel and study among his fellow citizens a . an active participant in all that was best in their ariou organization

He r ceived hi early education at t. Paul' Parish chool and the Troy Academy, graduating from the latter. He devoted the next two years

to the study of engineering at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute at Schenectady, N. Y. He then desired to join a South American Expedition but being dissuaded he next turned his thoughts to the study of medicine and began reading medical works in the office of Dr. C. E. Nichols of Troy. Finding this not to his taste he finally entered the newspaper office of his father, who was at this time proprietor and editor of the Troy Northern Budget.

About this time he was marriro to Mis's Ella Elizabeth Griffen, daughter of Abner J. Griffen, of Cohoes, N. Y., in 1877, and two children were born of this union, a son Charles A. MacArthur, and a daughter Susan C. MacArthur. Mrs. MacArthur died in 1907 after thirty years of ideal married life.

The office of the Troy Northern Budget, where Colonel MacArthur now entered upon his life work was situated directly opposite the Masonic Temple and for over forty-two years he was a familiar and conspicuous ·figure in both places. Later his father took him into the firm which then became known as C. L. MacArthur & Son. Upon the death of his father a few years ago, Colonel MacArthur continued the business with ever increasing success and r·ecently in turn took his own son, Capt. Chas. A. MacArthur into the firm.

Among the vivid incidents of his busy life was one that occurred when he was 14 years of age-that of the battle between theM errimac and Monitor -which he witnessed at Fortress Monroe His father, then a captain, was connected with the commissary station at that point and Arthur MacArthur and his mother had been living at Newport News in order to be near Captain MacArthur and it so happened that he was visiting his fath r upon that memorable day. This event made a most vivid impression upon his mind and he could describe ev ery detail of this great naval engagement in a most dramatic manner up to the very time of his death. He took on additional interest in this great event owing to the fact that the plates for the Monitor were made in his home town, Troy, N. Y.

His father retired from the army at the end of the Civil War with the rank of colonel and returned to his home in Troy where he again took up his newspaper work becoming finally editor and proprietor of the Troy Northern Budget and maintained the same with the aid of his son up to the time of his death. In his own life work as a newspaper man Colonel MacArthur maintained the high standard of his father in adopting a policy of printing nothing which could offend the most conservative reader. No scandal found a place in the columns of his paper and they were always open to the cause o£ the poor and the unfortunate and for all charitable effort. During the holiday season each year an appeal for _food and clothing was made for the neroy at his direction through the columns of the Budget and distributed on New Year's eve td the poor children of Troy by means of the Salvation Army, in whom Colonel MacArthur had faith that this cha.rity would be ably carried out. This year the annual plea was made by Colonel MacArthur but upon the right of the distribution only the spirit of the giver was there, all ·that was mortal of their benefactor having been consigned to the earth from whence it came.

Colonel MacArthur early became interested in Masonry and shortly after reaching his majority on November 22nd, 1872, was raised a Mason in Mt. Zion Lodge No. 311 F . and A.M. of Troy . He soon became actively engaged in its work and was elected Junior Warden in r88r, Senior Warden

in 1 - 2, and \\or hipful Ia ter in 1 3 , er ing on year as Ia t r. H J, ecame a lif mcmiJer, wa a frequent attendant and c in ced a d eep int re t in all it. activiti up to the time of hi death. H wa happily enab led to rai:- · hi only on, apt. ha . A. MacArthur, in hi own lo dg and the latt r ha._ ju . t c lo ed hi adm inistration a hipful 1a ter of the arne. Jn the Crand Lodg of the tate of ew York olonel Mac rthur wa appoint !'d District Deputy rand Ma ter of the 17th Ma o ni c Di tri t in 1RH3 and s rved wit h li tinction. In I 90 he wa appointed a m mber of the ommitt e of the Tru tee o f t he Ma nic Hall a nd ylum Fund and in 19 ro a Trustee of the Ma ouic Hall and ylum Fund a n I made Vice - pr of thi Board. A y·ear ago he resigned from thi oard owing to hi:- many ther Masonic dutie . At the an nual communication of the Grand Lodge of the tate of ew York in May 1914, he vva mad e ;;. permanent member of the Gra nd Lodge.

Jn the ' hapter h \ a s eq ually active being exalted in polio hapter . -1-8 R. . M ., Februa r y 18 th , 1874, and became a lif e member. He had th di tinction of u ing e lected High Prie t from the floor in r883 and wa -; the D an o f th E-Iigh P ri ests of hi Chapter at the tim e of his de at h From 1 R90 to 1910 he served as Grand Representati ve of the Grand hapt er of 'olorado ncar the Gra nd hapter of ew York. He wa a m e mb e r of the Board of Trustee of Apollo Chapter fo r many year and to him wa entr u sted the investment of its funds. S o succe sfully did he ca rr y out thi - d ut y that polio hapter enjoys the distinction of being probab ly th e wealthiest hapter in the tate although sixth in number of member .

In ryptic Rite Ma onry he was received and greeted in B ios Co uncil o. 14 R. and . M ., the larg e t Council in this tate at present and on e of th e largest in the United States, on March sth, r88o. He was soon appointe<:!. to office and after passing through the several stations wa elected Thri ce Illustri o u Ma t er in I89r, serving o ne term. In 19o8 he was appointed G r a nd Repr se ntati ve of the Grand Council of England and Wales near the Grand ' o un ci l of N. Y. B eco ming personally acquainted with many of th e office c f the Gran d Co un c il of England he did much to bring about th e pre s nt close cordia l relations which now exi ts between these Grand Councils.

Jn the ommandery he reached the ve ry zenith of preeminenc e; th e crowning g lory of hi s Masonic career coming at the triennial election of the Grand Encampm nt rnights Templar in August, 1913 , when he became t it Grand -:\Ia ter of the mighty Templar host of the United States consi ting o f over 225, 000 Sir I nights. He was Knighted in Apollo "Co mmandery" I o . I 5, Januar y 9, r88o, and became an officer almost immediatel y thereafter, advancing through the various s tation s until he was electe<i Emi n ent Comman d r in r887, erving two ye ars. He sca rcely ever missed a co nclav of hi own com mandery when at home.

He entered the lin of o fficer in the Grand Commandery of the State of New York where he was elected Grand Warden in r889 at the Annual oncla v e of the Gra nd Commandery held in Hornersville, ew York. In I 90 at uburn h wa advanced to the position of Grand Sword Bearer; in 189r at Sa ratoga to Grand Standard Bearer ; in 1892 at Oswego to Grand Junior \Varden; at Buffalo in 1893 he was elected Grand Senior \\ arden ; at a ratoga in 1894 Grand Captain General; at iagara Fa ll " in 1895 to rand Generalissimo; at Utica in 1896 to Deputy Grand Commancler; and at Jamestown in 1897 became Grand Commander of th e

G rand Commandery of the State of New York, serving one year. Owing to the death of the Grand Recorder, Sir John F. Shafer, Right Eminent Arth ur MacArthur was elected Grand Recorder of the Grand Commande!)' in 1900 serving during that year, 1901, 1902, and 1903.

In the Grand Encampment Knights Templar of the United State of America he entered the official line by appointment to the po iti on of Grand Sword Bearer at the 27th Triennial Conclave held at Pittsburgh in 1898. At the 28th Triennial Conclave held in the city of Louisville, Kentucky, in 1901 he was appointed Grand Junior ·ward en and in 1904 in San Franci co at_ the 29th - Triennial Conclave he was further advanced by appointment to Grand Sen ior Warden. Owing to the death of the G rand Captain General, prior to the 30th Triennial Co nclave, Colonel MacArthur became acting Captain Genera l and was reelected as C hairman of the Committee of Arrangements upon whom befell the innumerabl e details connected with the gather ing of the Knights Tem.plar from all parts of the world at Saratoga Sp rings in 1907. At this, the 30th Triennial Conclave, he was advanced two sta ti o ns , from Grand Senior 'vVarden t o Grand Generalissimo. and three years later, in 1910, at the 31 s t Triennial Conclave held in Ch i cago, he was elected Deputy Grand Master.

Finally upon August 14, 1913, at Denver, Co lorado , his ambition was realized and at this, the 32nd Trienn}al Conclav·e, he was elected Grand Master of the Grand Encampment Knights Templar of the United tates of America. Shortly thereafter in the late fall of 1913 he vis it ed the Ca nal Zone and constituted and installed the first Commandery ever e tablished in that part of the world. He also visited many of the Commanderies throughout the State of New York, attended the annual conclave of many of the Grand Commanderies of the various s tates, visited the Pacific Coast in order to arrange for the 33rd Triennial Conclave to be held at Los Angeles, California, in 1916, and at which he would have presided had he lived , and had accepted an invitation to visit the Panama-Pacific Exposition during 1915 as the guest of Golden Gate Commandery of San Francisco.

His last public appearance as Grand Master was at th e Chr i st mas exe rci ses of his own home Commandery, Apollo No. 15, December 25, 1914, two days before his death, at which time he delivered an eloquent and intere s ting address responding to the Chri'stmas sen timent prepared by the Com mittee on Christmas Observance of the Grand Encampment. One of his first acts after his election as Grand Master was to appoint his intimate friend of many years, the Rev . Henry R. Freeman, rector of St. Johns Episcopal Church of Troy. New York, as Grand Prelate of the Grand Encampment. Most eminent Arthur Mac Arthur was the Grand Represe ntative of the Grand Pri o ry of Scotland near the Grand Encampment ci the United States materially a ss isting in bringing the e two bodie into close fraternal bonds.

Although his interest was deep and his activities numerou s · in Yor k Rite Masonry, he was no less deeply interested and active in Scottish Rite Masonry. He was a life member of Delta Lodge of Perfection of Troy, New York, receiving the 4th to the 14th degree inclusive, on April 28, r884, and became Deputy Master in January r8, r889, and was -elected Thrice Potent Master January 19, 1900, and served in the latter o ffice four consecutive years. He was also a life member of Delta Council Princes o f Jerusalem, receiving the r 5th and r6th degrees on April 28, r884. Also a

lif e member of Delta 'ha pter , r ix. r ece iving the 17th and 1 th d grees on the am night , pril 2 1 4 , upon which h c mpl ted hi · member. hip in the two ub rdinate bodie . Th lb any 'ove rcign on i tory of lban y c nferred 32nd degree· in lu iv upon him on pril 22 1 In thi body h r\'ed a!:> . econd Li utenant ommand r fr m J 97 to 1900; F ir t Li ut nant · mmander from 1900 to 1903, and Com man d r-in- hi f from r 3 to 1900. He wa crowned an h n o rar y 33 ° r a nd Jn pector en eral Anci nt Ace pted , co tti h Rit fo r the rorthern l\Ia on i Juri diction by th S upreme ·oun il at C leve lan d , hio , o n ept mber 1 . 1 90 . p t ·mber 20, 1905 , h e wa crow ned an act ive 33 ° m ember from the " ' '' ork and a t th time of hi death wa o n e of the three activ third d grec Ma n s f the tat of ew York. Fo r eve r a l year IJccn Chairman f the om mitt ee on Decea ed I mber and hairm a n of the pec ial ommittee on C harit ab l e Fo undati on in the upr me un c i! for the orthern Ma o ni · Juri diction. He ' as the R pre entativ of the uprem e ' ounci l 33 ° for the Otto man E mpir e. H was a l o c h airman f important co mmittee at the annual proceeding of the o un ci l of Delib ration of th e tate o f Ne vv York, ncient ccepted cott i h Rit . 1\orthen1 1a onic Juri di tion U. and performed the va riou dutie a ign ed to him in • c tti h Rit e Ma onry with the s ame zeal a nd fidelity a in other h e ld s of activity.

ln addition to hi s membership in th e above Ma o ni c bo die he w a a l ·o a memb e r of th e Past Ma ter oc iation of the 17th Ma o nic Di trict. r.t memlJcr of the Pa t High Prie t ' oc iat io n of pollo Chapt r , a c harter member of th e Past Assoc iat ion organized October 1 I, 1911, a m mbcr of the Templar I night Co mmand e r s soc iation , of the R oya l (JrJ r of Scot la nd , th Masonic Veterans Association of Troy and v icin it y ai1d was it s Most Ve n e rabl e P r es id e nt in 1902, a c harter m e mb er of the Troy l\1a onic Club, a member of the Ma onic Club o f ew Yo rk City, a member of th e Troy Maso ni c Hall s oc iati o n , a Tru t ee of l\It. Zion Lodge o. 311, and a lif e memb e r of O riental T e mple , obles of th e l\ l yst ic .' hrin

Of Revo luti o n a r y s t oc k. o lonel 1acArthur early became inter e ted in militar y affairs, doubtle ss additional ze t being gi e n by hi fath e r ' active participation in the ivil \\ ar in which the latt e r was a m e mb e r of the famou s ccond ew York Regim e nt, attaining to the rank of Co lone l. HL wit n es ing the pectacular naval e ngag e ment between the fonitor a nd Mer rim ac, th e plates of the former having been manufactur e d in Troy, made a lif e ! ng impre s io n upon him. H e e arly joined the Tr oy Citizen Corps and m a intained l1is interest in th e a me t o the encl. H e erved in the taff oi th late l\Iajor enera l J o eph B. a rr and pl ace d a wreath u pon the Ge neral' s gra ve eve r y Memorial Day. He erved upon the militar y taff of Morto n a nd of Gove rnor Black and by the latter was appointed ssistant Payma ter General with the rank of Colonel ( thus obta ining thi title rving as u c h during the panish-American \ 1 ar, going t o Tampa , F lo rid a, when the I ew York tr oo ps wer e mustered out and pa y ing th em off. bout t wo weeks prior to his death he appeared befo re the Troy C hamb er of o mm e rce to urge upon busines men the patriotic duty o f facilitating th e enli tment of their male employees in the ationaU G u a rd i n on formity with a movement to that effect tarted sometime ago by the 1e rchant s' oc iation of I ew York.

THE ACACIA JOURN L

It was a so ur ce of personal pride to him that hi o nly on join ed the militia a nd re ce ntl y was elected to the Captaincy of Company A.

C o lon el M a cA rthur v. a s a prominent member of the First Presbyterian the funds for the erection of the huge s haft of the Soldier and Sailor ' Mo num en t erected in Monument Square, Troy , th e idea being first conce ive d by his father.

He was a member o f \tVm. Floyd Chapter, Sons of the Revolution, the Soc iety of th e Second War with G reat Britain , and of the Army and avy Club of Jew York City.

Co lonel M ac A rthur was a prominent member of the First Pr es.byterian C hurch of Troy and held o ffice as an elder and regularly occ upied hi s pe w when in the cit y. He took an a c tive interest in the brotherhood of hi s c hur c h , giving sound council and kindly advice to all that came to him. H e was also an active member of the Troy Y oung Men's Christian Association.

Politically Co lo nel MacArthur was a Republican and se r ve d his party as Trea s ur e r of Rensselaer County for two terms, being r et ired in I9I2. He insisted upon clean politi cs both in the columns of his paper and in official life and would stoop to nothing of an under-hand nature even at the cost of · the loss of a renomination. The candidate who supplanted him in I9I2 was defeated at the polls.

Colonel MacArthur had v arious other affiliations to which he devoted his time and influence. He was a member of the Knights. of the Maccabees. being a Past Commander of Troy Tent; he was a director of the Union National Bank; a trustee of the Troy Academy and of the Troy Public Library; a tnember of the New York Press Club; the New York State Press Association; the Republican Editorial Association of New York State, the Rensselaer County Republican Club, Tr oy Lodge of Elks, and of the Troy Burns Club.

During the Hudson-Fulton celebration he was Chairman of the Upper Hudson Commission.

Pr o bably no Mason in the United States ever had a more imposing or impre ss ive funeral service, and it seems but fitting to describe the same in ·, detail. Personally known to practically every member of his own community as well as to a host of friends made during a busy life time throughout the state and nation and extending over the Canadian .border and across the seas, large delegations were present from the numerous. orders and assoc iations with which he was identified in addition to great numbers of hts fellow citiz ens of Troy. Funeral services were held on Wednesday, December 30 , I9I4 . From I I a . m . until I :30 p. m. , during which time thl! remains lay in state surrounded by a guard of Sir Knights in full Templar uniform , at his residence, thousands of his friends and admirers formed a continuous stream of sorrowing humanity eager to look upon the face of a departed bro ther for the last time. Colonel MacArthur was laid out in his full Templar uniform and the following members of Apollo Commandef)' acted as the guard of honor: Lester F Cole, Walter T Richardson, Herman Teyl , Clarence E . Walker, EdwardS . Tifft, E. S. Homer, Fred W. Powers, Benjamin Appler, Beverly Burni'sh, John Bartholomew, Fred Gartner , Alexander C. Dewar, W. J. Alexander, Edward H o dgkins, J. A . W. G ilbert, Al. Llo y d, Marshall N . Lansing, Geo. Spruce, Jr., and C. E. Cook. About I o'clock Apollo Commandery No. IS of Troy, headed by Domig's

hand, Temple ' om man cle ry f lban y, with th T nth R giment b<!nd, t. c;eorge . ' o mm a nd r y Xo·. 37 ch nectady with a band, \\ ' a hington ' ommanrle ry Xo. 33 of aratoga pring a nd alvary ommandery

To . 69 of llud . on Fall -in all orne 6oo ir Knight in full T mpl ar unifCirm - 1 ft th Ma nic T mpl e and mar ·h d to the Fir t Pre b t r ian burch whcr the four vi . iting commanderie took eat r erved forth m . . \pollo ommandery then mar c h ed to the re id e nc e and awaited th con · clu i n of a . hort prayer e r v i ce co nducted for m ember of the family and intimal fn nd uy th Re . delbert P. Higb y the pastor of th d cea ed and hi · family . They then ca rted the r main to the ch ur c h where thr s eparat s ervice were held. A the funeral cortege ntered the ch ur ch :\Ji s. France . \\'arriner, th e organi t played Beethovan' Io on ligh t Sona t a and lat r for th e rece ional Beethovan' Funeral March. The fir t o r Pr sbyterian hurial . e rvice was conducted by the Rev. delbert P. Higl,y a s iste d by the Rev. H e nry R. Freeman, re c tor of t. J o hn Epi copa l ( bur c h , a !if ·-long friend of Colonel MacArthur a nd whom the latter appointed (;rand Pr late f the rand Encampment Knight T emp lar immed iate ly upon a s uming the G rand Ma ter hip quart et ang "Dea r l .ord and of Mankind," "O h Lo e That ill Not Let Me Co" anci "Lead I r indly Light." A brief se rm o n foll owe d in which theR e . 1r. Higb y rdcrred feelingly to the noble and upright cha ra cte r and the u sef ul career nf the dec ased.

This wa fo ll owe d by the bea utiful and impr e ive Knight Templar funeral ·ervic conducted by Right Eminent, ir John B. Bullan , Grand C o mmander of the rand Co mmandery of the tate of ew York , Dr. F r eeman, () r and Prelate of the G rand E ncampment Knights Templar of the ('nit d Sta t es of m e ric a offering th e prayer. Owing to the ab ence, thr ugh illne , of e r y E minent Sir Lee S. mith, Deput y G rand Master o f the Grand Encampme nt , Mo t Eminent, ir Wm . B. Milli h , Pa t G rand l\1 asl r of the <_;ra nd E n camp m e nt , after placing an eve rgre e n cro up on the (,rea l of the rleceased G r a nd Ma ter, d eliver e d the eulogy, referring to the bri lli ant Masoni record an d the many terling qualities of their departeu f rater.

La tly the cott ish Rite funeral ceremonial were held , consisting of a eu log y deli v ered in a mo t impr ess ive and eloquent manner by Illu trio u s {_ ha . 11. rmitage, 33 ° P a s t Commander-in-Chief of Albany, consi tory and a life-long friend and co-worker of the de ceased Then Most Illu st riou \ Vm. Homan , 33 ° , Deputy o f the Supreme Council Ancient Accepted S otti h Rit of the orthern Ma onic Jurisdiction for the State of w York a i ted by o rn e forty of the member of the Supreme Council of the rank of th 33rd degree, performed the solemn and impressive "Ceremony of th Deposit of the Rose." All the participants stood about the casket, each with an m ri an b auty rose , and after a small metallic eros had been pla eel upon the brea t of their dece ased brother, each of the 33 ° brothers advanced sing ly and h o lding up the rose . repeated , "Beautiful ro se, e mbl em of the resurrection a nd immortality, re t thou here, " and then re ve rentl y placed the rose up on the casket.

T h e "Ceremo n y of the Transfer of the Ring," in which a cottish Rite ring of th d ecea ed at his request was to be given to his only son, was cond u ted by Illu s trious Wm. B. Mellish 33 ° of the State of Ohio, and thi co ncluded the Ma onic ervices. A final prayer was offered by the

Rev. Mr. Higby whereupon the funeral cortege was escorted from the church to Grand and Fifth Streets by the several commanderies and the Blue Lodge members. At this point they formed a line which extended below Fulton Street, the Sir Knights standing at "present swords" whik the cortege passed. the bands playing ·' earer My God to Thee."

The funeral cortege consisting of over forty carriages, proceeded to Oakwood Cemetery where the body was interred in the family plot, the committal services being in charge of his pastor, the Rev. Adelbert P. Higby , who performed the last sad rite of consigning all that was mortal of Colonel MacArthur to Mother Earth after his enfranchised spirit had taken its flight to realness of life and light eternal.

Mayor Burns of Troy had ordered all the flags of the city to be displayed at half mast during the period of the funeral. The pall bearers, con isting of Past Commanders of Apollo Commandery were Eminent Sirs Chas. A . Evans, Eugene S . Osborn, Herbert R. Mann, Henry Calhoun , \i\Tm. H. Paaschen and Edward A. Webster. The honorary bear.ers were Most Eminent Sir \i\Tm. B. Mellish and Most Eminent Geo. M. Moulton, f'ast Grand Masters of the Grand Encampment Knights Templar U. S. A.; Most Eminent Sir Philip D. Gordan of Montreal, Supreme Grand Master of the Great Priory of Canada; Most Puissant Barton Smith, 33 ° Sovereign· Grand Commander Supreme Council· Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite N o rthern Masonic Jurisdiction , U. S. A.; Most Illustrious vVm. Homan 33 ° Deptity of the Supreme Council, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite , I orthern Masonic Jurisdiction for the State of New York; Most Excellent Marshall T. Hemingway 33 ° Past Grand High P1 iest of the Grand C hapter of the State of New York; Most Illustrious John P. Deal Past Grand Master of the Grand Council Royal and Select Masters of the State of New Yo rk; Eminent Sir Henry Stowell 33 ° Past Commander Apollo Commandery; Adjutant General Henry DevVitt Hamilton , representing the General Grand Chapter of the United States of America; Eminent Sir Joseph McKay 33 ° Past Commander Apollo Commandery; Hight Illustrious Edwin Buchman, Grand Standard Bearer of the Grand Council of Royal and Select Masters of the State of ew York; John Don, Pres ident of the Troy Masonic Hall Association; Henry McMillen, Deputy Supervisor of the City Record of New York; Chas J. Brawn of Boston; Henry \i\Theeler, cashier of the Uni o n National Bank of Troy; J. Edwin Anthony, Treasurer of the Troy Savings Bank; Geo. H. Rowe of Brooklyn; Vhllard vV. Searle; and Charles G. Eddy. Delegations from nearly every organization with which Colonel MacArthur was affiliated, were present. A large number of the brethren of his home lodge, Mt. Zion o. 31 I F. & A. M., were in attendance together with many members from sister lodges. The Sovereign Grea.t Priory of Canada was represented by Grand Master Sir Philip D. Gordon. Past Supreme Grand Master Sir Will H. Whyte, both of Montreal; Past Supreme Grand Master Col. A. A. Campbell of London; and Very Eminent W. H. A. Eckhardt of Montreal: The Grand Commandery of Massachusetts and Rhode Island was repr·esented by Rt. Eminent Sir Wm. Medden of Malden, Right Eminent Sir Frank L. Nagle, Past Grand Commander of Boston; Grand Captain General Hunt of Boston. and Grand Lecturer Edward Jewett of Boston. Among the officers of the Grand Encampment, Knights Templar U. S. A. present were: Most Eminent Sir Geo. M. Moulton and Most Eminent Sir Wm. B. Mellish

Past (;rand la. ters; Very Eminent ir and Reverend Henry R. Freeman, Crand Prelat ; Very • minent ir H. \\'ale Line of :Meriden. onn ;rand Tr asurer; Very minent ir Frederick Thayer f \\ "ater\'ill Maine. Grand tandard Bearer; and ery Eminent ir \\'m L. harp of hicago, Jllinoi , G rand w rd Bearer. The Grand ommandery of th . tate of :-.J w York was represented by ight Eminent ir John B. Mullan. Grand ' ommand r of Rochester; Eminent ir \ m. H. Patter on, rand Ccn ralis imo of Brooklyn; Eminent ir Harry . \! alker, Grand aptain General of Binghamton; Eminent ir Fred \V. im , Grand enior \\arden o[ Troy; Rt. Eminent ir ,eo. ewell, Pa t Grand ommanler and ran I Trca urer of l\fedina; Rt. Eminent ir John H. Bumington Past Grand ( ommander and ·rand Recorder of ew York it y; Eminent ir Rob rt Crecnfield, Jrand tandard Bearer of Mt. \ ernon; Eminent ir Geo. Hanford, rand Sword Bearer of yracu e; and Past rand o mmancler Rt. Eminent ir \Vm 1axwell of ew ork City, eo. H. ichol on f 1\ro c klyn. Edwin . Hall of y racu e , Fo terN. Mabie of lbany. J. Carli le Londen of Brooklyn and Cha rles H. Armitage of Albany. Delegate ' ere al:;o from the Bearer Club, the Union ational Bank, Troy Lodg...: of Elks, Son of th Revolution, The Troy Nor them Budget, and the ewpaper s ociation. The City of Troy was repre ented by Mayor Corneliu F. Uurn s and omptro ller Dem in. Many per onal friends and bu ine a. ociatc . wer also present while a large number wer.e unable to gain entrance to th church, owing to lack of space. Th floral tributes were many and very beautiful. Prominent among them was a piec of unique design, taken of the e teem and affectionat regard in which o l one l MacArthur wa held by the employee of hi paper , the Troy N orthen 1 Budget. This was a floral replica of the fir t page of th Su11day Budget , the capt ion " The Troy Budget" in blue immortalle s the pag compo ed of white carnations and white ro e down which the column rul w re laid in violets . Imbedded in the center of the page and done in v io let wa the figure "30," s ignifying in typographical parlance '' th cnd''- a ign u cd by newspaper men to denote the completion of an item 1 story and in thi case appropriately commemorating the e nd of olonel ?\facArthur's mortal career and of hi s connection v. ith th paper the t o k n represented. mong the floral pieces from the various Masoni c orga nit. atio n s with which h e was identified were a sta nding wreath from the ( ; rand Knights Templar , a sta nding cross of red carnation from the Commandery Knights Templar, State of ew York; tripl e cro ss of red ca rnation from the Sovereign G reat Priory of Ca nada; larg e double cro. s of red carnations from Richard Courde Lion, Perceptory of M ontr al; floral pillow with name aero s t op from V\ ashington Commandery . To . 33 ·of aratoga Springs; flat piece with white rose- from 1\J o s t Eminent Sir Philip D. Gordon upreme Grand Master of the ovcreign G reat Pri ry of Canada; white ro e wreath and triple cro s of viol t fr m th rand ommandery of Mas achu ett and Rhode I land; a red cro of carnation a nd roses from Temple Commandery o. 2 of • lbany; era · of vio let and ro e from his own Commandery, apollo o. I 5 of Troy; wreath of ro e from the Grand Commandery of Arkansas; clu ter of ro se from the rand Commandery of the State of Washington; clu ter of pink ro es from Very Eminent Joseph K Orr, Grand Generalissimo of the ,-rand Encampme nt Knights Templar U. S. A. of Atlanta Ga.; flonl

piece from Very Eminent Sir A. B. ndrew s, Jr., Grand Captain of the G uard of the Grand Encampment K. T. U S. A.; a stand of carnati on from Apollo Chapter, R oy al Arch Masons; flat piece of lilies from Delta Lodge of Perfection Ancient ccepted cotti h Rite of Tr oy, . Y.; " ·hite roses from St. Lenerigo Comistory A. A. S . R. of Binghamto n; pink flowers in se t design from Mt. Zion Lodge o . 311 F. & A. I.; wreath orchids and roses from Masonic Hall and Asylum Fund Association; vi o lets a nd lilies from Supreme Council, A . A. S. R. State o f New York; broken triangle of roses froin B lo ss Council, Ro ya l and Select Ma ters; lilie and palms from Illustriou s Thomas Kite 33 ° ; a spray o f ro ses fr o m Albany Sovereign Consistory A . A. S. R. ; spray o f rose fr om Illu s tri o u Edward B. Cantine 33 ° Commander-in-Chief Albany Consistory, A. A. S. R.; and a w reath from the New York Consistory A. A. S. R.

A wreath of white rose s was se nt by the sess ion of the First Presbyterian Church, a flat piece o f lilie s by the Old Grand Tibbit s Ca det s, a wreath of yellow and pink ro ses and narcissu s by the Troy N ewspaper Association; a flat piece o f white flower s from the Troy Lodg e No. 141 B. P. 0. Elks; a wreath o f w hite carnations fr om the \tVill1am Floyd C hapter , Sons of the Revolution ; a wreath of lilies fr o m the B o ard of Directors of the Union National B ank of Troy , a wreath of white carnations from Trojan V/heelman's C lub; a wreath of lilies fr o m the Tro y Tent of Maccabees, a sheath of white lilies from the N arsan Grange, a s tanding design from the Troy Citizens Corps; lilies by the Eastern New York Newspape r Publishers Association, and many other fl o ral pieces from va riou s friends a nd associates as token s of their affection and swee t memory.

All the pomp and splendor o f this impr ess ive p age ant , the beautiful flowers, the words of well - merited praise , the so unds of th e funeral dirge a re now but a mem o ry but the s pirit of thi s lovab le , n ob le , Masonic brother yet lives and permeates and uplifts all with whom he came in co nta ct during th e many yea r s of his u se ful and di s tinguished career. "Lives of great men all remind u s We can mak e our lives sublime And departing lea ve behind us Footprints on the s ands o f time. "

RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED BY COLUMB I A CHAPT E R

\i\ hereas Almighty God in his infinite wisdom ha s seen fit to re mo ve from our midst our beloved Brother Arthur MacArthur, be it therefore r eso lve d that the following minute be adopted, ordered spread in full upon a memo rial page in our records, published . in the AcACIA JoUR NAL, and a co py sent to the family of our deceased Brother: During the first year of !he of Fraternity at Columbia University 111 sp1te of h1s mult1tudmous achvltl·es and the many calls upon his valuable time , Bro . Arthur MacArthur came to New York City from his home in Troy was duly initiated into our chapter as an Honorary Member on .f\pril 4, 1910 , at Hall and presented by the chapter with a jewelled pm of the Frater111ty, and made an eloquent and fitting response. At the banquet which immediately followe1:1 in the Faculty Club of

Columbia University he wa our gue t of honor and addr ed u in an in piring \ ay r £erring to the great opportunities open to cluated. intelligent uni er ity Mason in maintaining the b tradition of the raft and elevating it to a higher and mor u eful 1 Ian . At a reception t nderecl t Bro . Arthur MacArthur by T adhe hapter in March rs, rgq, at the re idence of one of our member he dined with u and devoted hi s entire evening in a most genial and informal way to r counting his variou experiences as Grand Ma ter of the Grand Encamp .. ment Knight Templar of the United tates of America. mong other events describing the constituting of the fir t Commandery of Knight Templar in the anal Zone, his inter iew at Juarez with Poncho illa and his trip to California in reference to the holding, of the 33rd Triennial Conclave at L s Angeles in 1916. Upon this occasion he proudly wore our pin , in s isting that we put it in a conspicuous pla ce upon hi coat lapel and was in a mo t buoyant and happy frame of mind.

A mighty i r Knight has fallen, a dearly beloved Brother of Acacia Fraternity has mad'e his last Pythag9rean journey, a true and loyal friend and companion has rested from his earth ly labors.

'vVe mourn his loss and send o u r deepest sympathy to his heart-stricken family.

''Bles ed be those who rest in the Lord."

·Signed by the committee:

HoNORARY VEN. DEAN WM. HoMAN, Chairman . PAST VEN. DEAN G. ALFORD LAWRE CE, SENIOR DEAN DAVID A . EMBERY.

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Approved by the Co l umbia Chapter, Acacia Fraternity, January 1915-

THE TENTH GRAND CONCLAVE

SAN FRANCISCO 1915

Q!l tpptnga

GRAND PRESIDENT FRAZER'S ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED.

The betrothal of Miss Helen Dickson James, only daughter of President Edmund Janes James of the University of Illinois, and Prof. George Enfield Frazer, controller of the University of Illinois and professor of public accounting there, was announced at the Hotel La Salle yesterday by PresidentJames. No date was mentioned for the wedding.

Miss James is a graduate of the University of Illinois with the degrees of bachelor of arts and master of arts. She is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Kappa Kappa Gamma, and has been studying for a career on the stage thro'ugh extensive courses in music at the University of Illinois, North·western University, and in Leipzig and Berlin.

Mr. Frazer is a bachelor of arts of the University of Iowa and bachelor of laws of the University of Wisconsin. He has been chief accountant to the Wisconsin State Board of Public Affairs and instructor of accounting in the University of Wisconsin. He is president of t!he national order of the Acacia Fraternity .-Society column Chicago Tribune.

WINS BRIDE; LOSES JOB.

UNIVERSITY CoNTROLLER CANNOT HoLD PosiTION UNDER FATHER-IN-LAW.

Chicago, Jan 4 -Because he is to marry Miss Helen Jam es, daughter of Edmund James. president of th e University of Illinoi s, George E. Frazer, controll e r of the uni ve r s ity and professor of public accounting, has lost his po s ition. President James today announced the resignation of his futur e s on-in-law had been accept e d, and coupled with the announcement was th e statement that no so n-in-law could se rve on the same faculty with him s elf.

"It is my decided opinion," sa id President J ames, "based on long experience that board s of trustees and school boards in general should be prohibited by law from app o inting to positions within their g ift any pe r s on conne c ted by blood or marriage to the fourth de gre e with any m e mber of th e t eac hing or administrative s t aff.

"In my judgment the appointment and promotion of re latives of influ e ntial per so n s on th e ; ta ff t o po s itions in th e univer si ty i s one of the se rious def ec t s of American co ll ege and univ ers ity administration.

" Professor Frazer is a most compet e nt man in a responsible and important positi o n in the administration of univer s ity affa irs, but his n ew relation to the pre s ident o f the un.iv e r ity make s hi s ret ention impossible."-Minneapolis l o11nta l.

WIFE WORTH MORE THAN $4,ooo JOB TO PROFESSOR

I NSTRUCTOR AT UNrvERS ITY

OF ILLINOIS QUITS TO WED PRESIDENT' S DAUGHTER

Chicago, Jan. 4. -A wife i s worth more than a $4,000 job to George Enfield Frazer, controlLer of the University of Illinois and professor of public accounting, who is to wed Mis s HeLen Dixon James, daughter of Pr of. Edmund James of Illinois University, in the near future.

Pre si d e nt Jame s today r eit erate d hi s principle that nepotism or favoring one's relatives is "a mor e sub tl e an d corrupti ng influ ence than politics or reli gion directed to the sa me e nd ."

He wi ll accept F r aze r 's resignation, t o t a ke effect the day Frazer is married.-St. Pau l Daily N e w s ·

-:-\EW S OF EX-GRAND VICE-PRESIDENT EKBLAW.

CROCKER EXPEDITION FINDS THERE IS NO "CROCKER LAND ."

Peary's Claim to Have Discovered New Arctic Region Riddled in Letter From Elmer Ekblaw, Geologist of the Donald B. MacMillan Party, to Knud Rasmussen the Danish Explorer .-Dash Over Ice Extremely Perilous . '

THE AC IA JOUR L

WHAT PEARY AYS

\\'a hington, • 'ov. 25.-( yeciai)-Wben Rear Admiral Peary was informed in Washington last ntght that ' lac\! dian had fatl ed to find Crocker Land, where Peary bad left it he aid: " l believe I &ighted rocker Land in 1906, but 1 do not care to make comment until l rea<l the full report or letter given t o R asmu sen by Ekblaw." Journey ut and Back From ape Thoma Hubbard, a Tot a l Distance of 250 file, Takes Two Mont h , a nd Is Concluded Day Before Ice in Polar ea Break s Up.

N w York, 'ov. Crocker Land Expedition, after its lon g trip of 1,200 mik from Etab to the pomt where Rear Admiral Robert E. Pe ary said he igbted the great unexp lored continent, uppos ed to exist in the ortb Pol ar region , found that Crocker Land was not there.

The expedition mad its final dash of 125 mile s over the ice from Cape Thoma Hubbard only to find that rocker Land, if P eary l ocated it rightly, had e ither melted or go n e from the posttion it was supposed to hold.

ExciTED ExPLORER's IM AGINAT I ON.

rocker Land had always excite d th e imagination of exp lor er who had heard the E kimo ' legend of the undiscovered coun t r y in the ortb.

Th e required sc ientific and financial backing for art expedition to this strange l and wa ob tain ed when Admira l Peary had given sa n c tion to the legend. It was Pear y who named the undiscovered country "Crocker Land."

The news that the land failed to show itself 130 miles from Cape Thomas Hubbard, in lon gitude 100 west and latitude 83 north, where P ea ry sighted it eight years ago, was received yes t erday by the American Muse um of at ur a l History. This information was relayed to Edmund Oti s llarvey, one of the committee in c harge of the expedi t ion, through the courtesy of Knud Ra s mu se n, the Dani s h explorer. He m a de this sta t ement:

"PR O\" ED TO BE A MIRAGE. •r

"Donald B. MacMi ll an , l eade r of th e Crocker Land Expedition , by En ign Fitzhuglt Green, engi n eer an d ph{sicist of the party, journey ed 125 mile s northwest from ape Thoma s Hubbard across th e ice o the Polar Sea in sea rch for Crocker Land, w h ose mountainous he ights Admiral Peary thought he described from an elevation on Cape Thoma Hubbard in 1906. For two days Messrs. MacMillan and Gr ee n thought that they saw land, but thi s proved to be a mirage and they finally conc lud ed that Crocker Land does not exist, at leas t within the range origina ll y ascri b ed to it

"The journey o ut and back from Cape Th oma Hu b bard occupied two months and proved to be extreme ly perilou s. The party crossed thirty -e ight l ea d s on thin ice, l ost m ost o f th ei r dogs on the journey, and on the day after they got back to Cap e Thomas Hubb ard, in th e middl e o f May, 'the icc on the Polar Sea broke up a nd b ec ame a hideou s, grinding chaos o f broken ice on which they wou ld cer tainly h ave perished had they not got back when they did"'.

The detailed accou nt of MacM:illan's attempt to reach th e undi scovered continent was to have been sent from his headqu arte rs in Etah, Greenland, by Knud Ra s mu sse n' s motorboat to his s tati on at Thule, and thence v ia Copenhagen to New York. Rasmu sse n' s motor boat , however, was prevented from rounding the point below Etah and so failed to see MacMillan.

It happened that W. Elmer Ekb law, geologis t and botani s t of th e Crocker Land Expedition, wa s a l so detain ed below t hi s point, which he had found in search of walrus for food. It w as from this bunting party that Rasmussen's men l earned of the dissappointment of the member s of the expedition in finding that the go al towards which they had been struggling for a year and a half was but a phantom

It wi iJ now be impossible fo r MacMillan to send his rep o rt until his m en can drive a d og t eam and sled to Upernavik, Western Greenland, in other words, n ot until midwinter , when the sea i s frozen over. It wi ll wai t until sp ring at Upernavik for the first Dutch boat to convey it t o Copenhagen. The report wi ll th e n be cabled to the New York Trib1<11e from Copenhagen, arrivin11 probably in Apri l or May next year.

The only other word from the expedition is contained in a letter wh ich Mr. Ekblaw had time to hastily compose before the Rasmu sse n motorboat had turned south, but it is eno u g h to assure the friends and relatives of the expedition party that the explorers are sa fe. Th ese are abstracts from the Jetter:

"Knud Rasmussen's boat ha a bunting camp where Jot Small and I have been kept f or six days by ice and wind, unabl e to return by our motorboat past Cap e Alexander t o Etah , and Knud R a mussen 's boat canno t get by e ither. His ship must leave for Denmark day a ft er tomorrow and therefore his motorboat cannot wait for bette r conditions to go to Etab for our mail and Mac's cab legrams. Jot a nd I carne down h e r e with three Eskimos to kill walrus for our winter supplv and have been unable t o get bac k since August 24.

' 1Tbus we met R asmusse n' s boat J ca n 't say, of co ur se, what we will do. Mac h a said that we must get back next year; we are trying against heavy odds to get a wireless through thi s coming winter; are planning a st ,ren uou.s Y.ear's work for the c oming se ason. Everythi n g bas been eminent ly successful-exploratJO n , sc 1en1Ific work, etc.

\ ¥ELL AND CoNTENTED.

"Let our friends know that we are well a nd contented, that for ano th er year, at l east, we have pl enty of everything we need to keep the wolf from the do or of o ur igl oo. Tell our fri ends that though we think of them often our work is not yet done, an d until it is we s hall not be h ome ick.

"Also comme nd Knud Ra smussen for his exquisite co urt es y t owa rds ou r exped iti on. I th ink some public mention shou ld be made of it."

The on ly other news o f the expedition i s from Knud R asm u ssen, who wrote to ) ! r. Hovey that he bad the. sto ry o.f the. chief fi':ding s of the exp l orer's but that he con· sidere d it his duty to withhold It until MacMillan had a chance to tell It himself.

Donald MacMillan a nd hi s p a rty ailed from the New York Navy Yard in the Dia11a on Tuly 2 1913 wi th plans for an exped iti on o f about three years, to be spent in the exploration of 'crocke'r Lau'd. He was wi th Admiral during the succes s ful ques t o f th e , orth P o le i n 1908· 1909 -) 1inn ea poli s Tribu 11e.

THE ACACIA JOUR L

ASH- \rAG \IN OWNS SHAV

1\IRs. JosEPH R. WILSO , ONLY SL' RVlVJNG CHILD OJ'

THOMAS

HAW, TAKES TITLE TO MANSION AND ESTATE.-FIFTY-SEVEN ACRES I r CITY.

By d ee d recorded at the City Hall tod ay, ora Irene haw Wil on, of Overbrook, daughter of the late Thomas haw, of Sbawmon t, and wife of Joseph R. vVilson, a lawyer, of Philadelphia , became th e owner of Sbawmont.

The beautiful estate, which belonged to her father, and where )lr \ Vilson spent her girlhood days, and from which she was married in 1890, comprise fifty-seven acres in the c ity of Philadelphia on the Norr istown branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad.

After the death of Shaw, in 1901, the estate pa sed out of th e family and the fine o l d mansion overlook ing the Schuylkill River, which h as been a landmark for nearly a century, fell into decay, owing to the fact that it ha never been.occupied s in ce the Shaws left it. Shawmont station, on both the Pennsylvania and R ead ing Railroads, were named after )I r. Shaw, who was o n e of the foremost of inventors, having been granted one hundred and eighty- ix patents by the United States G o vernment, coveri ng nearly one hundred new inventions. li e was the inventor of the mercury team gange, the standard of pr e s ure of th e world; the nojisele s steam exhaust, which muffles the sound of esca ping steam, · and which is used uni versa lly on all locomotives and steamships; the Verona l ockn ut washer, commonly known as the spring pawl washer in use on rai lr oads, which goes between the nut and the fish plate for holding the rails in place; and to Mr Shaw and this device humanity is indebted for safety in railroad trave l a ll over the world. He was known as the "Edi on of Pennsylvani,a."

I homas Shaw was awarded tw o Scott Legacy medals and th e Elliott Crescent gold medalthe highest award in the gift of the Franklin In titute.

The estate at Shawmont has a frontage of half a mile on Shawmont avenue. \\'hat are known as "Shaw's Woods/' on the property, cover twenty acres, and they have been a mecca for gunner s Originally, in addition to the mansion, there were eleve n other buildings o n the property, many of which have been destroyed by fires which sta rt ed in the woods of Shawmont.

vVhen l\Ir. Shaw was living, Shawmont was one of the show places around Phiiladelphia. Its beautiful drives through th e woods, well-kept l awns and gardens, were th e pride o f the neighborhood. Attach e d to the house was a spacio u s mu s ic h a ll which Mr. Shaw built for his daughters, two of whom died at the age of twenty-one, l eaving i\Jrs. Wilson so le sur viving child and now the last of the Shaws. Mr. Shaw never had any sons -P hilad elp hi a Eve11i 11g Bulletin.

THE

ACACIA FRATER ITY.

FRoM REPORT oF GRAND MASTER 'vVHITAK ER IN THE SEVENT Y-FIRS T CoMMUNICATION OF THE GRAND LoDGE OF low A.

"April 18, 1914, I received an in vitat ion to become an honorary member of Koph Chapter, University of Michigan by six teen s tud ents of the University, who were Master Masons. Their purpose was to strengthen the ti es of friendship, promote zeal for the Masonic institution, and prepare, as educated men, to take a more ac tiv e part in the comm unity. It s member ship is made up wholly of Master At the present time there are twenty-four chapters of the fraternity, having a total membership of over three thousand There are two flouri sh ing chapters in Iowa, one at the S t ate University of Iowa City a nd th e other at Iowa State College at Ames. I cons id er thi one of the mo s t plea sa nt incident s of th e year and sha ll always h o ld in grateful remembrance th e courtesy shown · to me on this occasion. Many of these young men are- working their way through schoo l, and to those who have graduated from ei ther of the se sc hools and gained a suffic ient portion o f thi s world 's goods to enab l e them to do something for their alma mater l would suggest that they endow a fraternity house for these fraternities."

FROM REPORT OF NEWTON R. PARVIN, LIBRARIAN, IOW A MASONIC

LIBRARY , IN SEVENTY-FIRST COMMUNICATION GRAND LODGE OF IOWA

"In our report s during the past two year s w e have referred to this organiza ti on of college s!udents . B r other Francis 'N .. Shepardsc?n, of Ayin. Chapter, of the Univ7rsity of Chicago, the Grand Pres1dent of the Acac1a Fratermty, has dunng the past year wntten a fine historical sketch of this body covering the period from its organization in 1904 to the year 1913, in which he gives brieAy an account of th e organization, it s aims, and a concise review of the seven annual conc lave s held by this fraternity which now numb ers over 2 ,500 m e mbers, and which organization is doing a grand work among the Master Masons in attendance upon our colleges and universities throughout th e count ry. "

ACACIA FRATERNITY SMOKER.

Columbia Chapt e r, \ cacia Fraternity, gave th e first of the season's s mokers in Earl Hall, on the grounds of Columbia University, Friday evening, Oct. 9. Ill. William Homan 33 ° President Emeritus, pres ided , and members. from twe_nty-four States and three count n es, mem):>ers co mm!!" from Cahforma, Con_nect•c.ut, Georg1a, Ilhnoos, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas. Kentucky, Lou•s•ana , Mame,. lVIassachusetts, M1ssoun, Hampshire , New Jer sey, New York , Oh10, Pennsylvam a, South Dakota, Texas, V1rg1ma, Washmgton, Vlisconsin Alabama Canada, China. and India. ' '

The Acacia _Fraternity is developing into one the mo s t inA_uences for good in Freemasonry. and 1ts members rank among the h1ghest 1n scholarsh1p m the Un1versities throughout th e United States.

A l e tter was read from Grand Master George Freifeld regretting enforced absence. The principal speake r of the evening was Bro. Thoma s Benton Wilgus of St. Cecile Lodge No. 568 and

TH A J RX L

tlH' \Jan "nic \ 'etera ns IJis subject wa ".\braham Lincoln," and he pre•ented 11 in a manner.

He wa followed by Bro. John Grant Purdie, a graduate of Edinburgh l niver it\', and now a member of i\lanhattan Lodge 'o. 489 and vice-pre ident of the ociety. IIi< ubiect 1va "The Re earch _- ocieties," and he wa li tened to with in ten e Bro .• tanlcy Herold of Leland Stanford Univer ity, alifornia, spoke of "Freema onry tn \'enezuela," from which country he has recently returned.

Dr _T. Gardner • mith, chool uperintendent and Director of Lecture, invited all Acacians to attend the lectures in J-l'.>unt Baptist Church, unday morning at 10 o'clock, at which ome of the mo t celehrated peakers on the lecture platform may be hearcl.

\\ '. Bro Roh rt \V. Reid, Past :1-Ja ter and Hi storian of \Va hington Lodge Xo. :?1, poke of that historic old Lodpe.

1 he '>peaking wa intersper ed with vocal and instrumental music by Uro. Benjamin . . mith of the ll< partment of Law, Columb ia niver ity. Pipes and toQ;Icco were di s tributed early m the ev ning and refre hments served at the conc lu sion of the prol(ram.

The offic rs of Columbia Chapter are Levering Ty on, \ 'enerable Dean; D. R. Dills , ecretary, lnd L \. ,\dams, Treasur er \\ 'illiam l l oman ha been Honorary Pre ident ince the formation of till' "ha pter. .llasourc Staudard.

RR TTl •R \ J_ ILES, SYR CU E, EDITOR FORE TRY A)JXUAL.

PL \ , s ii[ADE TO Pt •nu II FoRESTRY OLLEGE PUBLICATION

NNUAL.-BOARD OF EnlTOR. FOR XEW OU CED.

Plan have bet•n completed for the publication of a Forestry Auuua/ by the tudents Sn the "-' ' " \'urk 'tate Co ll cF<' of Forestry. All mater i al must be handed to the editors before November 25, a it is planned to have all the copy in the hand of the publisher by the Chri tmas vacation. \V. 1 Galhgher '15 and W. J. lie s '15 are the committee on publication. \V J. lie '15 i s the editor-in-chief, the associates ed itor s b e ing C. H. W. Douglass '15 and A. J_ :1-lcNab '15. The lltrsine" is C. \'. weet 'I 5; editorial manager, Fred C. Peder on '15; editor, \ G. llenn ' 15; alumni editor, A. J. mith '15; Forestv Society editor, \ I. Galligher '15; scnio• cia. s editor. R n. Adolph '15; juni or class editor, i-Iendersbee '16; ophomore editor, ll. J. How '17; fre hman class editor, R. H. Hutchin '18. Jo eph S. De Young will be th" reflection editor.

This will be the fir s t time that such an annual will be published in Syracuse niversity. In othe•· where it has been tried out it ha s been a great success. Some of the m e mbers f the 'taff have had experience on other college publications.-Syracuse Daily Orange. 15he

FIRE

WrscoNSIN CHAPTER Ho u s E

On January 28 chapter h o use at Madison was visited by a conflagration completely wrecking the third story, badly damaging the other tw o flo o r s, and the furniture, probably t o the extent of $4,000.00. The fire was caused, pre umabl y, by defective wi ring, as it originated in the attic.

RECENT CHAPTER GRANTS.

SIGMA Xr ENTERS THE UNlVF.RSITY OF TEXA S

The petttion of E. C. H. Bantel, S. L. Brown, D. B. Casteel, E. L. Dodd , W . S. Hunter, J. M. Kuehne , I. M. Lewis, F . McAIIester, G. F. Patterson, M. B. Porter, F . W. Simmons, F. L. Whitney, C. S. Yoakum, and Mary S. Young, members of th e Texas organization of Sigma Xi, for a ch a rter of Sigma Xi at the University of Texas was granted and a chapter will soo n be installed . Professor E. P. Sho ck was in v ited, as a repres e ntatiYe of the school of chemistry, to join in the petition and will be includ e d in the charter r o ll. Profes o r Bryant, Dr. Richards, Dr B y bee , and Dr. Jone are also memb e r s of Sigma Xi a nd will undoubtedly become assoc iated with the l oca l chapter.

Phi Kappa A lpha a t the University of Washington a nd the Un ive r s ity of Kansas.

Phi Kappa Psi at the University of W as hingt o n a nd Willi am3

Beta Thet a Pi at th e University of Id a ho , Colorado C o ll ege and Kansa s St ate College.

Lambda Chi A lph a a t Rhod e I s l a nd Stat e College.

Kappa Sigm a at Massachusetts Institute of T e chn o l ogy

Phi Mu at Iowa Wesleyan.

Kappa Kappa Gamma at the Univ·ersity of Oklahoma. ·

Kappa Delta at Millsaps College

INTERFRATERNITY COUNCIL A T SYRACUSE

In view of th e fact that the Int e rfraternity Conference r eco mmends th e es tablishment of local Interfraternity Counc il s, the fraterniti es at Syracuse have failed to unite eve n a t the re comme ndati o n of th e faculty

They h ave, h owever, in compliance w ith the r eq u est of the faculty, adopted a plan of sec ond semester initi a tion for freshmen with an av.e r age of twelve hours wo rk for e ligibility

The following athletic plans hould ass i st Grand President Frazer's idea of Interchapt e r Visitation, by brin gi n g to ge ther dele ga tes of th e chapters represented AMERICAN COLLEGE "HENLEY" IS PLAN OF SCHOOL EIGHTS. Yale, Ha rvm·d, Cornell , P ennsy lvan-ia, Navy, AND FoRM NEw AssoCIATION WHICH WILL S uPP L ANT PouGHKEEPSIE AND Y LE-HARVARD R EGATTAS WITH WEEK OF COMPETITION.

Phi l ade l p h ia.-The formation of a new college rowing organ i zat ion which proposes eventually to abolish both the Yale-Harvard and the P oughkeepsie regattas and in sti tute in their places a week of racing modeled a l ong the lin es of the English H enley, became known publicly today whe n the establishment of the Co ll egiate association was announced. This body, 1t \yas was f o rm ed at a meeting ca ll ed recently by the Univer ity of P ennsylvan ia rowmg authonhes and attended by th e managers of the Cornell, Harvard, P r in ceton , Ya le , Navv. and Columbia crews.

Ma n age r Lackey of the Yale crews has been appoin t ed by the association to draw up plans and regulations wh ich will be submitte d to the rowi ng au th ori ties oi the va ri o u s colleges for their approva l and for ratification at the next meeting of the association at New Haven.

The of the l e ngth of ch ampio n s hip races fr o m four miles to two or even one an d a half m1les was advoca t ed by severa l o f the managers at the meeting here, and it is

to the smaller and preparatory chools to take up ro\\ ing a a major sport.

Manager Fred Davis of the Pennsylvania who ha been cho en chairman of th e new as ociation, has announced that the Yale varsity and junior cr ws will race th l ' n iver ity of Pennsylvania over the mile-an a-balf cour e on the C:.chuylkill River here on April 3. Race with Harvard, Princeton, , and Cornell are pending.

BERKELEY, CALIFOR IA .

dual field meet ha been arranged between the University of Illinois and the University of California to take place in Berkeley, pril 3, 1915 , according to an announcement made yesterday by Manager John Stroud.

The everyday newspaper articles, relating to the poor grades of college athletics, lead the unthinking and uninformed reader to believe that the man on the team is below the average in hi s college work

Missouri publishes the per cent credit of the men not athletes a 93.7 per cent, Varsity Football, 99 per cent, Varsity Basketball, I02 per cent, Var ity Track, 100 per cent, Varsity Ba ebalJ, 93 per cent. This information coupled with the following:

THREE HARVARD ATHLETES GET PHI BETA KAPPA FOR SCHOLASTIC MERIT

The names of three Harvard athletes appeared among the thirty elections to the Phi Beta Kappa Society announced last n ight. T. J. Coolidge, thi-rd, who plucked a rolling ball from the ground in the Yale bowl Ia t aturday, and ran nearly one hundred yard for a touchdown; H. C. Curtis, who won his lett er in the Yale game at left tackle, and Henry L. F. Kreger, of Fort Fairfield, Maine, coxswain of the varsity crew, were the men: cause one to wonder just how the athletes average would compare with the averages of men not on the teams.

The faculty actions co ntrolJing athletic of the We tern Conference and the Missouri Valley Conference have been changed as noted . The high cholastic standing of the chap ter interested in the Missouri Valley Conference lead us to believe that the first clau e will not be of intere t to the readers, however, th e change in the Western Conference and in the latter part of the Missouri Valley Conference rule s hould give som-e of our "stars" a chance to become brighter " tars".

BIG I E VOTES ON TWO-SPORT RULE.

FACULTY ADvisEs WESTERN CoNFER£ • E TO TAKE AcTION ToDAY.

Chicago -Faculty advisors from the Big ine Western conference universiti es met here today to consider adoption of radical rules restricting participation of students 1n sport.

The so called "two-sport rule" is designed to limit the time a student spends on athletics I.Jy permitting hi s participation in on l y two branches. The rule was proposed at the spri ng meeting of the faculty committee, but the co nf erence by-laws provide that its rejection by only one school prevent s )ts be co ming a Jaw unless passed by a maj o rity vote at a later session. Two universities rejected it, hence it s reappearance.

MI SO URI VALLEY CO FERE ICE !liEETING.

Linc o ln, N eb. - Faculty delegates representing the seven universities and colleges com· prising the Missouri Valley conference, Friday, declared noneffective the rule requiring 30 hours of credits from all student athletes during each school year.

The rule limiting tudents to two sports during any emester was abolished and they may now participate in as many classes of sports as they desire, provided they keep up their study cr dit s.

We have read of denominational universities closing for want of stu dents and funds , but the closing of two state universities , from the causes as given below, a little unusual.

UNIVERSI

TY MAY CLOSE MARCH 15.

H RT oF Fu os, TExAs' HIGHEST CHOOL MAY RE FoRCED To SusPEND MoNTH AND HALF BEFORE USUAL CLOSE OF TERM-LEGISLATURE APPEALED TO (By As ociated Press).

Austin, Dec . 2. - nless the legislature allows th e niversity of Texas an emergen cy appropriation of $35 2,745 it will be impossible to continue the remainder o f the present term and the doors will have to close on March 15, according to announcement made by Pre ident S. E. lezes of that institution. This concE<tion was brought about, it is sa id, by the eli approval

b y the g overn or of th e appropriati o n made by the Thirty-third legislature for the second fiscal y e ar. B y postponing all permanent buildings, a nd b y saving up land rentals, interest on bonds and fees for the year s 1913-14 and 1914-15, the r e g e nts a re s aid t o have provided $380,394 for this y ear which sh o ul d keep the institution open u ntil next March I 5; but it will require 352,745 to k ee p the uni v er s ity in operation during the b a lance o f the term and th1s amount wdl have to be p ro vid e d by the n e xt session of the legislature.

MUMPS CLOSES UNIVERSITY.

D e c 6 , 1914.-The University of Oregon wa s clo s ed y e sterday until a fter the Christmas h o li d a ys o n acc o unt of an epid e m : c o f mump .

Why ne w spapers insist upon publishing, "Sherman Roasts College Men", a nd a rticle s lik e the follow in g

STUDENTS NARROW, HOUSTO ASSERTS.

M a nhattan, Kan., Jan. 16.-College student s , a s a rul e ar e narrow -mlinded, according to D a vid F. Houston, Secretar y of Agriculture, who s p o ke before th e students of the Kansas State Ag r ic ultural Colleg e here. He urg e d th e m to broaden their outlook on life. Secretary Houston as sert e d that no student could get the full worth of hi s col l ege course by studying less than eight hour s a da y in bold face type and glaring h e adlines, and reduce items of interest such as

FORMER GOVERN OR " U" STUDENT.

Oronto, lVIe. - Former Governor William T. Haine s , whose t e rm of office expired a week ago, is r eg is t e r e d as a student at the University of Maine. He plans to take a course in agriculture. to the smallest type they on their machines, has often been a source of wonde rm ent to the writer . The "cub" reporter seems to think he has a "scoop" when he can furnish a "start l er" along these lines.

SAYS $15 A WEEK IS PROPER SALARY.

Denver, Jan. 16.-"A salary of $15 a week is th e maximum that should be paid a college man immediately after graduation," was the stat e ment of Erne st Fox Nichols, president of Dartmouth college, in an address before the Denver Chamber of Commerce President Nichols continued: " He probably isn't worth that, but invariably h e will grasp the situation and improve enough in a year to earn that amount "The college graduate is not a finished pr o duct and n e eds curbing."

The college correspondence courses are growing as is evident by the folowin g clippings:

COLLEGES TEACHES FARMING TO THOUSANDS BY MAIL

More than 19,000 men and women of Pennsylvania who could not find time or the funds to attend college have studied agriculture by correspondence with The Pennsylvan ia State College About fifty per cent of them have completed the courses, and were awarded certificates of profic iency.

Professor T I. M.a'irs, who has charge of the long distance instruction, said the courses attracting most attention were: poultry raising, farm bookkeeping, gardening, fruit growing and g-eneral agriculture. He added that the new course in cooking is rapidly gaining in popularity.

"The enro llm ent of more than 1,500 persons each year in these correspondence courses," ;aid Professor Mairs, "is good ev id ence that teachi11g agricu ltur e by mail has become an important phase of the extension work of the American agricultural colleges " In his opinion it reaches people who cannot leave th e farm or the place of business.

Last year, according to Professor Mairs, 15,000 papers were exam ined and returned to the correspondence students. He finds the individuals most interested are young farmers, from 20 to 30 years o ld, farm women, clerks , business and pro fessional men.

Wisconsin noted for her progressiveness, has again taken a lead which it is to be hoped othe r co ll eges and uni versi ties can soon see clear to follow:

The Extension Division, University of Wisconsin , offers any high school in the state the use of lantern slides and films c o vering sub j ects of history, art, bird lore, indu strial activity, etc Thus the schools can offe r thei r pupils weekly socia l ·educational evenings this winter, bringing into regular use their stereopticon or motion p i cture equipment

Each set of pictures or films may be kept three days, and the only expense is for express charges one way. New York state has a similar cu s tom, and we hope the habit will spread

UNNESOTA WINS DEBATE.

STATE UNIVERSITY TEAMS DEFEAT BoTH IowA AND ILLINOIS UNIVERSITIES.

Two intercollegiat e deb a tes were won Friday n.:ght by University of M in nesota t e ams, Iowa University being defeated at Minneapolis and Illinois· University at Champaign.

Minne s ota in both debates uphe ld the affirmative of the question, "Resolved, that th e states should adopt a schedule of minimum wages, con stitutionally granted "

The Minnesota team that defeated Iowa consisted of Frank Morse, Howard Hall and Rupert O'Bnen. The one that defeated Illinois consisted of Edwin Chapman , Wenda! Tlnrns and Denn C a mpbell.

COLLEGE MEK TO DEB TE.

Th Pennsylvania J ntercollegiate Debating League, composed of FrankEn and • farsbaU, D•ckln&on, Swarthmore and The Pennsylvania State College, will this year debate the following que,llon: "Re that the United States &hould abandon the Ion roe Doctrine." Each college ·submitted a question, the selection being made by a Franklin and Mar hall representative.

SYRACUSE GETS NEW BUILD! IG

\ new Forest ry building is now in process of erection at Syracuse Univer ity, an<! will he ready for occupa ncy in the fall of 1915 . Much of the credit for sec uring thi building is due to an Acacian, De an Hugh P. Baker, a member of th e Syracuse Chapter. Syracuse is al o quite fortunate in having the Ea tern Forest Products Laboratory established at the College of Forestry.

IIARVARD WILL OPEN NEW CRUFT MEMORIAL LABORATORY.

The ne\Y Cruft Memorial Laboratory will soon be opened at Harvard. The building is in the group occupied by the Harvard physics department. It contains thirty-five research and instruction rooms, five of which have been placed underground so that a constant temperature may be had. A 100,000 volt storage battery is t be l ocated in o ne of the rooms, which when completed will be the greatest in the wor ld.

U. S. STUDENTS TO HELP IN BELGIUM

London, Dec. 3.-Ten n>erican Students a t Oxford University, eight of whom are Hhode s scholars, have volunteered for service with the American commission for the relief of Belg1um. They wi ll be sent to Belgi um to assist Captain W. F. Lucey in the distribution of food . \mong the student volunteers are E. F. Holmann, fr0m Leland Stanford B. Kittredge, from the University of California; C. G. Bowden of St. Louis; 0. 0. Lodermilk of Wilcox, Arizona; R. H. Simpson of Indi anapo lis; D. T. Ne l sen of Mayville, North Dakota; W. vV. Stratton of Salt Lake City, and G. F. pauld ing of Los Angele

TENTH GRAND CONCLAVE

SAN FRANCISCO

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IDEALS OF MASONRY .

FOR HUMAN UPLIFT .

Masonry is a great moral inst i tution Its disciples are united by the most sacred fraterna l ties, one to the other.

But, whi l e Masonry is a "secret order," its great underlying object is not secret. Masonry stands everywhere and at a ll times for human uplift.

The true Mason is not selfish l y bent on furthering his own advancement, or that of h is immediate circle He is bound, in the most olemn manner, to act "on t h e square" with a ll mankind.

Nay, more. He is obligated to relieve human suffering and alleviate distress, to aid the needy and protect the he l pless wherever found. He is indeed the f r ien d of h u mani t y .

Let not the o u tside world imagine that Masonry is a "close cru.-poration," and that Masons care not f.or those who are not members of the Order. Far from i t

In every age and in a ll lands, Masons have stood as the champion of free government, civic righteousness, and human uplift.-Jlf asonic Herald.

THE SOUL OF MASONRY.

True Masonry is the art of living harmonio u sly, living fully. Any circle that involves the senses and leaves the soul untouched carries within itself the germs of early decay. Without the mental and spiritual culture which Masonry bestows there can be no permanent civic, or national life. No man can be called civi l ized who doe<; not instinctively love the beautiful. Thought and Masonry walk hand in hand with Love and Beauty Masonry means the experiencing of the best. It is a refining process by which man i equipped to ming l e his inner self with all the cho i cest things in the material and immaterial universes . It quickens the apprehension of man's superiority and lends to his natur.e the g l amour of ideal aspirations.-M asonic .11 onthly.

JUST MASONS.

'vVe are a funny lot of folks; most of us want to be something we are not. Nearly every man, whether he is anybody or not, wants to "join" the Masons, and lots of them get in, how or why God only knows. Like lot of "pumpkin" heads get into office, I reckon, because they have the pull or by accident.

Hence we have lots of different kinds of Masons. One is a l\Ia on becau e it helps his business; it gives him the pull .over the other fellow. Another is a Mason because he expects to run for office some day , and will need all the help he can get. And if he knows how to pull the wires it is a powerful help. I have known orne very common men to get into office in the lodge and out of it. and rise to high places , so l ely by being a Ma on. and knowing how and when to play his joke .

noth r man I"> a :\la on becau e he lov e to b 111 th lim li ht on all occa ion . Lot of thi art of 1a on had rath r b in a funeral pr c ion in white glove · and apron than eating a hri tma dinn r . .'r caking f eat ing remind me of the greate t pebbl o n the beach the fellow who i a 11a on 1 eca u e he love s to go to fre upper , fre barbcu and dinner - the fellow who get in for the lo ve and fi he that mebody furni hes f ree . Oh! there are lot of thi kind in our lad e . There i another c la of 1a on the fellow th at i of no u e to th lodg , if he ever come , or out of it. He never knO\ anything, an't fi ll a ny office, nev r h e lp the need y. His great pride i in porting a :\Ia ani badge. "Yes, 1 am a f ason." That all? o , thank Go d. There a r e lot of true, bright , noble I a ons who are 1a on fir t becau e they are :\Ia on in th ir heart. I o , becau e they love Ma onry for it beauty and it truths. Th y feel as 1a on the y are humble in truments in God' hand fo r helping the poor and need y, lifting up the fallen, c heering th e faithful. This kind make lif e bigger and better worth living \Vhat kine! are you, m y brother?-DR. J . '0/. GLEN in Masonic Herald. Rom , Ja.

MASONIC PAGANS.

pagan i a di believer-a war hipper qf fal e god . I s it not true that we ha ve Ma an i pagans in the per so ns of member s of the fraternity w ho a r e fa! e to the ideals of Freemasonry?

A hristian i known b y hi profession, then why s hould n ot a Freema on be known by hi attitude toward th o e principles which distingui h ]o'reemasonry?

It matter n ot what oc ie ty, organization or ect with which men affiliate, unlc s they are true to the creed and t eac hings of th a t to wh i ch they have bound them el ve , the y a re pagan in every ennse of the wor d .

There is o n e riou s trouble with Freemasonry in the present day and age of the wor ld . I11stead of being a select soc iet y, r ec ruiting its membership b caref ul m thods, it ha popularized it se lf , a nd now about the only requisite for memh r hip i s th e n ecess ar y fee , and a co upl e of recommender s. o fi"ort i made t o impre ss upon the mind of the applic-ants the fact that th y ar uniting with a se riou institution, and that th e ir reception into full-fe ll ows hip will mean the a s umpti on of certa in dutie and obligation , and the e pousal of ce rtain beliefs, the practice of which a lone can di s tinguish them a. member s of the raft.

Tt i'i no w nd e r that we hav e . o man y pagan among th e raft, and it i safe to say that there i abundant opportunity for mi ion a r y wo rk at the present time. - Jllinois F1'eemason.

THE M I N I ST E RS PART.

Penn ylvania has no les s than 15 G rand C haplains looking after the moral and spiritua l w !fa re of the brethren of that s tate.

Ma sachusett had in 1912 four Grand C haplain , a Methodi t, a Congregationa li t, a U nitarian , and a Universali t.

ELECTION OF THE ANCIENT ACCEPTED SCOTTISH RIT E MASONS FOR THE SOUTHE RN JURISDICTION OF THE U NIT ED STATES \Va hington. D. C., October 8, I9I4· ( pecial to the Acacia Jo RNAL ). t the m et ing ye terda y of the Supreme Co uncil Ancient and Accepted . cottish Rite a ons for the o uthern Ju r isdiction of the nited tate ,

George Flemming Moore of Montgomery , Ala. , former Lieutenant Grand Commander was elected Sovereign Grand Commander to . ucceed the late So v ereign Grand Commander , James D. Richardson.

The other officers elected were: Charles E . Rosenbaum, Little Rock, Ark., Lieutenant Grand Commander; C har les F. Buck, New Orleans, La .. Grand Prior; Ernest B. Hu ey , eattle , Wash. , Grand Chancellor; T. \V. Hugo , McAlester, Okla ., Grand Master of State.

F A LL REUNION SCOTTISH RITE MASONS .

McAlester , Oklahoma, October 30 , 1914. (Special to the Acacia JouR AL )

The Fall Reunion, Scottish Rite Masons held at McAlester, October 2;, 28, and 29 was a complete success in every particular- 132 candidates taking the degrees of the Lodge of Perfection and 62 finishing with the Royal Secret. .

The name of the cla s s is the Tames D. Richardson Memorial class. The work was performed under the. direction of D. W. Hailey 33, Sovereign Grand Inspector General for Ok!ah o ma, Frank Craig 33, Venerable Master, W. P. Freeman J3, vVise Master , '0/ . Hayes Fuller 33 , Precepter and A. U. Thoma s 33, Master of Consistory. About 55 visiting Masons were in attendance , representing ever y section of the state. A number of distinguished visitors we r e present from other states and jurisdictions. The next reunion will be held in McAlester, Jan u ary 26, 27, and 28, 191 S·

MASONIC FACTS AND INFORMATION .

The first Scottish Rite body, or Rite of Perfection, established in America , was at A l bany , New York , in 1762 . The first Supreme Council of the Rite in the world was established in Charleston, S. C., in 1802, and it is known today as the Sup r eme Counci l of the Southern Jurisdiction Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite Masons.

The Grand Encampment Knights Templars of Massachussets and Rhode I s land was organized May 6, 1804; and the Grand Encampment of the United States vvas organized June 22, 1814.

· The Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania was established in 1732. The first Grand Lodge west of the mountains was the Grand Lodge of Kentucky which wa s established in 1800.

The Grand Lodge of Illinois was established in 1822, but was closed e leven years by anti-Masonic excitement after which it was opened aga i n in 1840.

The Grand I odge of Illino is does not recognize the Masons of Belgium, while the Grand Lodge of Tew York accepts them as regular Masons.

The Grand Lodge of Egypt though recognized by the Grand Lodges of England, I r eland, Scotland Canada, New Zea l and, New Brunswick , Illinois , Florida , Arizona , Missouri, Virginia, Nebraska , Georgia and Maryland, is not regarded as regular by Kentucky and other American jurisdictions.

'1 he C;rand l odge f Arkan ·a maintain a 1la onic Home the a\ era co-;t of maint per inmate be ing a littl e ov r 3.00. Th 'co t di,·ided among the act1ve memLer each y ar amount. to about fifty cents .

Th Crand Lodge of ::Jethe rland ha 32 Lodge in , outh . frica.

Th ?\la n in the ana l Zone are erecting a fin n w t mpl at 'r istoba l.

Ther is a Ma onic Lodg in Rome wo rkin g in th Eng li h la n g u age

The three tronge t 1\Ia on ic a memb r s hip of 1 ,704; Illinoi , active member . ' ni on are w York with Penn y lvania with 100.7 :

The T w 11 of the rand I a ter of Virginia i the a me ' orn by John B l a ir , in .177 , th e first G rand Ma ter.

l Iarlem L o dge of 1 . ew Yo rk appointed a Thank g iv in g - ommitte which procured and pr ented a Thank g i v ing turke y to each of the Lodge widow .

The Magian , ociety i a tudent body of .1a ter :Maso n meetinrr for st ud y and r search into t h e A n c ie nt My terie of the r aft. Fo r date and place of meeting, and li s t of lit era tur e o n ubj ec t s of tud y, addre Room 43 , Marbridge Bld g., 47 We t 34 . t., New \ ork.

The Iowa Masoni L ib r a r y ha s s uppli ed, for the past two years, material for 1a onic St ud y to the Ma .o ni c tudy Cl u b throughout the co u ntry. Yo ur c hapter beli ev in g that the principle o f Freemaso nr y a r e worthy of most ca reful c ultivati n a nd tucly wou ld do we ll to co rre pond with l'rothcr N wton R. Parvi n Librarian.

''The Mystic rei r .of the Ve il ed P roph e t s of the Enc h a nt ed Realm " i the n a m e of a n e w orga ni zat ion mean the ame to the Ma ter fa n as the S hrin e me an to the Co n s i t ory a nd om mand ery member .

That uffrag e i e nt e rin g Masonry is clearly ev id e n ced b y the fact that the G rand Matro n of the O rd er of the Ea tern tar wa permitted to adclres the G rand Lodge of Michiga n. Thi s is not the fir t time i n hi tory that the ' rand Matr n have been admitt ed to the G r a nd Lodge, for Arka nsa ha · admi tt e d the member of the G r an d C h apte r O rd er of Ea tern tar to h ear the addre s of th G r a n I O rator.

In the -1- 9t h a nnu a l C mim1unication of the Grand I o dg e of We t \ irginia , e not that a re e luti on heartilv endor in rr the work of the Eastern tar wa adopt d with the comment ·that the d ear s i ste r de e r ve all that the y can get o ut of u boneheaded men , and eve n m ore.

Pres id ent \ il so n and Sec retar y Tumulty hav e been blam ed, by num rous n wspape r a rticl es not originating from the fl.-1 as oni c Press, for th e failure of the alifornia Shriners to gain an audience with the President.

The Ameri can Freemason published in the August number a letter from Secretary Tumulty explaining the circumstances a being due to the fact that the President does not receive on Saturdays and Sundays .

I oble Lewis in a letter to brother Morcombe, editor of the American Freemason , informs us that information furnished by Noble Barrett ex.onerates the President from all charges of injustice.

For the enlightenment of the Craft it might be well to mention that although President Wilson is not a Mason it is safe to deny all statements charging him with any antipathy or hatred for Masons, for it is a well-known fact that Secretary of State,, Bryan, Secretary of Treasury, McAdoo. Po tmaster General, Burleson, Secretary of Labor, Wilson, are all active Masons.

General Sir John French was raised in the Jubilee Masters Lodge on · June 15, IgOO, by Brother Sir Walter Vaughan Morgan, P. G. W. , then Lord Mayor of London.

Viscount Kitchener was made a Past Grand Warden of England in r897. He wa·s District Grand Master of Egypt and the Soudan from 1899 to 1902, and District Grand Master of the Punjab from 1902 to 1909 .

Sir R. L. Borden, the Premier of Canada, is a Mason.

Gustavus V. , King of Sweden, is also Grand Master of Swedish Masons, as was his father, Oscar II.

THE MASONIC CALENDAR.

The ordinary calendar , or vulgar era, i·s not generally used by Freemasons in dating their official documents They have one peculiar to themselves, differing according to the various Rites . The Masons in all parts of the world working in the New York and French Rites add 4,000 years. to the Christian era, calling it Anno Lucis-Year of Light; abbreviated A. L. ; thus the year 1914 would be A. L. 5914. (This fact has a symbolic refer ence not because they be li eve Freemasonry is, but that the principles and light of the institution , are coeval with the creation . ) .

Masons practicing in the Ancient and Accepted Rite use the Jewish Ca lendar, which adds 3,760 to the vulgar era, styled Anno Mundi-A. M.year of the world; the year 1914 would be A. M . 5674. Or they sometimes use the Hebrew year, which begins on the 17th of September, or 1st .of Tisri, using the initials A. H.

Royal Arch Masons date from the building of the second Temple530 B. C. Their style is therefore Anno Inventionis-A. Inv .-in the year of the discovery; the year 1914 would be A. I. 2444.

Royal and Select Masters should date from the completion of Solomon ' s Temple , which would adcl r,ooo to the Christian era. Their style is Anno Deposition is-A. Dep.-in the year of Deposit; the year 1914 would be A. Dep. 2914.

Knights Templar date from the organization of the Order-1 rr8. Their style is therefore Anno Ordinis-A. 0.-in the year of the Order; the year 1914 would be A. 0. 796.-M ason·ic Voice Review .

E DITORIALS .

n influence in orga nization that requires con tant co ntr o l and o mtime · resi tan e i that force, inherent in number , opposing the fr ee play of the indi idual. A co lleg e fraternity hould , on principle, be a mo t democratic indi vi duali stic body a independent and courageous thought and action sho uld be expecte d from educated men if from any. It Uniformity ha , on the other hand , man y condition which repre s indi\' id u a lit y a nd ncourage the t yp ical. It st riv e , for examp l e, to mak it If di tinctive a nd original, and ther e for e adopts di s tin ctive badge., uame ' , and . y mbol s, w hich all it member cherish and wi h to maintain uniform. Its m e mber are in clo er friendship than is found in , perhaps, any other gro up of more than a few . person , whence it comes that the influ en ce of one trong man , and it i a poor c hapter which ha n ot one strong member- i very dire c tly effective. The member are furthermore, of impressionable, imitativ e age, and above all they are filled with the desire for harmony which is the strength of all institutions. It is generally true that a co ll ege frat e rnity is n ot individualistic , but is very harmoniou and characte riz e d distinctly by uniformity of thought and ideals. It is clear that a s harmony is so essential to a fraternity , uniformit y there must be. It i equally clear that in proportion with the incr ease in size of a chapter of a fraternity and with the incr ea se in the matter s in which uniformity i deemed indispensable , the danger s to harmo ny i111crea e , wherefore it behooves a ll fraternities and all chapters to see that their ideal and aim a nd la w arc reduc ed to their lowest terms so that all can distingui sh bet ween the s entia ! and non -e senti a!. When the e se nti a!, indesp e n s abl e thing s ar cl termined upon , uniformity in them can be required , and ind ependence mu t be co n s i tent with this uniformity Independ e n ce in o th er thing hould n ot en d a nger harmony , but on the contrary, hould be encouraged for th beauty o f fraternity consists in its varied development a much a in the s trength of it s uniformity and unity. cacia, as a brotherhood of Masons, of educated Mas o n s, should be b tter fitted than other fraternities t o distinguish the true from the false, the neces ary from the unnecessary , and having the solidest basis for harmony and uniformity s hould be able to establish the most liberal sta ndards , have fewer items of uniformity , and offer the freest scope to the individual - chapter o r member. These thoughts and the belief that non <! of our chapt r is ac hiev ing ins best development in these ways have been in pired by the study o f everal conclaves. The number and kind of things proposed a laws , that is as matters on which uniformity must be had , ha been at time amusing and again discouraging. It is thoroughly right to h ave our ritual, our coat-of-arms, o u r obligations. It is admitt ed ly an es ential that a member belong to a co ll ege. As a busine s det a il it is

proper to have unif o rmity in chapter accounts, but it seems that only a completely mistaken notion of what a Masonic college fraternity hould be v ould lead anyone to think it essential that a chapter have a hou e steward . that a chapter have a matron· and support a house table, that it publi h an alumni paper, that pledges wear a p1n, that a man contribute to a hou e fund. More amusing than discouraging is the childlike confidence \Yith which legislation is proposed in the belief that if enacted uniformity mu t result. If it were not for the waste of time involved in pa sing uch Ia\\and the disrespect for law encou r aged by neglecting them when pas ed, one could with some safety trust to the good sense of the chapter not to enforce uniformity to a degree inconsistent with Masonic freedom. It is, however , earnestly to be desired that the e things be thought on, and that respect for independence be encouraged equally with . uniformity.

A. . JENKINS.

President Wilson has said, "Education has yielded her best fruits when she has been associated with religion." If you will r·eacl Manhattan's letter you will find them app lying this principle to chapter life. The baby chapter is introducing a movement which is progressive and in line with the best thought of the present day.

Chapel The chapel going movement , although practically a dream oi Going the chapter, has been se ri ously consider·ed before by fraternity men. The Interfraternity Conference at the Ia t meeting had the following resolution before it for action:

"Resolv·ed, that the Interfraternity Conference, through the executive . officers of the several fraternities constituting its membership, urge upon its members a consistent attention to the religious activities of the several colleges in which their chapters are located."

The men of today, who take a more active part and have a greater iufluence in the affairs of the community in which they reside, are the men ·who are recognized as Christians, and leaders. College i the character forming period of the average man's life and every influence for good places the willing leader in a position from which he can more easily give true light to those with whom he may be associated as he travels along life's pathway.

The mailing li st published in this issue i arranged for a purpose. Give it a few moments of your time. Locate that chapter with which you were o nce associated , then count down from the top of the li t and remember your po ition. Under your chapter heading you will find two figures the one on left is the number of members, the one on the right the number The of subscribers your chapter boasts of. Divide the number on the Mailing left by the number on the right and you will have a good idea of List the pr o portion of loyal Acacians your chapter has made in the history of the fraternity. Look a little further and you will find the names of some of the mosf loyal boosters Acacia has in the ranks; men who stood by the chapter in clays of doubt and furnished funds when the .was de.pleted; men you are free to call upon today, for advice, Acacia mformat1on , and help. \t\fhat i your frankJ opinion of your chapter

broth r ? Tell the chapter officer Lo k up the Acacian neare t •o u and talk it ov r ith him. You can keep him aliv to the growth, de elopment, and needs of the fraternity by getting his ubscription.

Th r i only one man of the 172 member of ne chapt r intere ted enough in the n wer development of Acacia to ub cribe for the JouR AT..

Two chapters with more than 140 men each on their chapter roll can r·f r you to but two cacian tanding by the Jo RNAL at a time when it needs v ry man's backing. Three chapters with 110 men have but three suh criuer on the mailing li t. Totaling the number of member and the total subscribers you will find that but one man in twenty ub cribes for the J OUR • AL If you are not that man then put down your brother'c; JouRNAL If you ha e found anything in the pages of an instructive natur , anything of interest you can rest assured that the other issues have th am kind of material in them, the material you need . Send Brother Harry E. Kilm r oue dollar and he will place you on our li t and end you a copy of the n w directory.

Up to the present issue of the JouRNAL the Alumni sociations have not been heard from. The JouRNAL is a much the publication of the alumni a of the active chapter. There is a place for the alumni, and they should make use of it. The Alumni Association very new alumnus owe Acacia a duty. Look up that lumni A ociation under whose shadow you are living, affiliate with them , and then get behind and boost. It takes but ne man to tart the ball rolling and if you are the proper kind of an Acacian you are the man. Tell us what you are doing, where and when you are m eting, and others will come and join you.

Every Acacian receiving one of the numerou chapter letters to the a lumni mu t have been impressed with the interest the active members of the fraternity are taking in the alumni. The alumni are well worthy of your

The mo t careful consideration. Are you giving them the attention they deserve ?

Chapter Publications

The November i sue of the JouRNAL was delayed by a chapter, at that time, busy editing a letter to their alumni. Four of the chapter , publishing the best circular letters, have not, at th pr sent writing, sent in their chapter letters and alumni news. These chapter are some of the strange t chapters of Acacia. They have the mo t loyal alumni, alumni who ubscribe to the JouRNAL, and want to know just what the chapter is doing in comparison with the other chapters. They are going to turn to the place where your letter should be. What will be their thoughts when they ee, as see they must. that your members are not inter t d enough in Acacia and your alumni, to send your letter in on tim ? What will be their emotions when they tum to the alumni section , their section, and find no mention of their classmates?

The chapter publication ha many pos ibilities when properly edited, but when it interferes with the JouRNAL we wonder what legislati ve act ion be taken by the Conclave.

The recent vote of the house on the "Hobson Amendment", the meeting of College Prohibitionists at Topeka, Kansas, the action of the Interfraternity Conference, have all served to bring the liquor question more forcibly before the fraternity man than any other class of American citizens. The Liquor Q uestion

The Acacia Fraternity has alwayiS prohibited alcoholic beverages in the chapter houses, and other fraternities have recently legislated against intoxicants in the chapter homes.

As Masons and as Acacians we have a larger and greater duty, a more definite, and prominent position. Intoxication is unmasonic and unacacian conduct and punishable by expulsion. The world at large knows this one fact and is a keen observer of every Acacian's conduct and a prompt critic of any misstep .

Should your chapter have any man upon its rolls giving away to excess it becomes your duty as Masons and as Acacians to prefer charges. The time "has been" when such action would have been considered fanatical. radical or even drastic but in the light of present day development, chapter retaining such a member upon its roll must be looked upon as antiquated, dead, or lacking in backbone.

TENTH GRAND CONCLAVE

THE ACACIA SCHOLASTIC STANDARD

The variou fraternity publication have publish d, from time to time the scholastic tandi':lg of the fratern iti e at the univer itie or colleges in which particular _chap t r headed, or ranked well up toward the top of, the average li t. Thi mformatlon, 1t cannot be denied, m akes good reading for the new initiate but the thinking member must regard it as "fille r " for it ha no compa r ative va lu e. '

The following data has been collected in an attempt to better the poorer chapter ave ra ges, b y instituting an interchapter competition. The information gather ed ha s been presented in, what the -editor believes to be, the best possible form. The syste ms of compiling the sch olastic averages diff e r in almost every case, and the average s even on the perc en tage basis mean different grades in each university or college

The numerous methods emp loyed necessitated an unlimited number of computation before th e materi a l was in such form as to be re adi ly understood by the rapidly reading st ud e nt. In a ll cases, where computat ions we r e nece ssa ry, the data, upon which the fina l conclusio ns are based, is publi hed

It is to be sincerely hoped that each chapter will make u e of the i n formation by doing its part in bringing its average up to and above the Acacia average of SoB per cent.

The following i s the data upon wh ich the Graphic is based: MICHIGAN Kappa Beta Phi

KANSAS U NIVER SIT Y

No computations made. HARVARD

B r other Julius Amberg l ed

No computations made. his class 111 Law .

Grades I , II, III , C, F, and Nx.

ILLINOIS

Zeta Psi Acacia (8) C h i Psi

for Fraternities

CoRNELL

(excluding Freshmen)

Acac ia ranked fir st in 1912 but-

PURDUE No inform a tion furnished in reply to t he requ e t.

CHICAGO

Acac ia

A lph a Tau Omega

Delta Up ilon

Phi Kappa Sigma

Ch i P si

D elt a Sigma Phi

A lpha Delta Phi

Beta Phi

igma u

S igma C hi

igma lpha Ep il o n

YALE

B minu s C pl us

Beta Thet a Pi

Kappa Sigma

De lta Kappa Epsilon

Psi Upsi lon

Phi Gamma De l ta

Phi Delta Theta

Phi Kappa Psi

Delta Tau Delta

minus

minu

C minu s

B minu estimated between 8o and 86 per cent, the g r ades being A, -, B. B-, C. C-, D , D-, E, F.

o computatio n s m a d e.

Cor.u l\mr o co mputations m ade.

IOWA TA T E

Delta T a u Delt a .. . . . . ........... . .. ..... . 8 7.53 87.1 2 Hig h e t Ave r age

cac ia ( 12) igma lph a Ep il o n

1 0 \\'A Cnv

Data t hH co mplet ed.

PENN STATE

The data i co mpiled by the local Interfraternity Conference and the material i s not collected for publication. The Phi Delta Theta Fraternity won the cup la t yea r with an average, for the fir t se me ter, of 72 plu , and eco nd semester of 74, the average for the year b ein g b etwee n 73 and 7 4 . The Interfraternity Confe ren ce at Penn State publi he th e average for all the fraternities as 74. (Just where th e evide nt error i th e ed itor ha been un ab le to determine.)

The A cacia average at Penn State for the sa me time wa 78.6 or about 5 p e r ce nt above the average of the winner s of the Interfraternity Cup.

\\ AS HINGTON

The S ea ttle paper s published th e average by grade with Delta Upsilon in the lead and Acacia at th e end of the average li t.

The recorder has furnished no further information.

CoLORADO

S YRACU SE

No computations made.

TH E SIT UA TION AT S YRA CUSE.

Quotati o n s from Syrawse Daily Orange.

"Members of A cac i a were somewhat disapp o inted at not rece1vmg th e cup (Monx Head), although they had a much higher average than the winner It was, howe ve r, th o ught most advisable by the committee in charge o f awarding the cup, to bar Acacia as that bod y is not in a true sense of the word a general fraternity. Many r es triction s are placed up o n it s members that would make it unfair to all concerned to place it in competition with the unrestrict ed fraternities."

The cup was awarded to the Zeta ·Beta Tau Fraternity, the restrictions of which all are familiar. The Acacia Fraternity i s open to all men who are Master Masons, regard l ess of their creed , religion , race, or belief, and ther e are no "man y restrictions ." The Acacia Fraternity is r ecogni ze d by the Interfraternity Conference as a general college frat e rnity and we fail to see the lin e drawn by the committee in charg e of the Monx Head Cup.

The fraternity ave rages at Syracu se which are of interest to Acacians: Phi

Highest General Colleg e Fraternity

Lowe s t Fraternity Ave rag e

THE TENTH GRAND CONCLAVE

.Alumni Nrms

S AN F RANCISCO ALUMNI CHAPT E R

n 1onday evening, December 2, the cacia lumnre Fraternity, an Franci co ' hapt r, held a mo t enthu ia tic meeting in the hapter Hou e at J, rkel y.

Pr ident r ed H. Brown called the meeting to order. The big topic of the ev ning was th 1915 onclave ommitte were appointed to carry on the plan that w re la id o u t at this meeting. There were about thirty cacians present, and among the list were many who had been delegate to pa t conclaves. • uch men as B r other Keith, ornell Univer ity. d 1 gate to Columbia, Mis ouri, onclave, 1910; rather Leibrick alifornia hapter, delegate to hicago, 1912; Drother F lynn, California hapter, d legate to Madison, Wisconsin, 1910; Brother Hanse ll alifornia hapter , delegate to Ann Arbor, 1914; Brother Marsha ll , . tanf.ord hapter, delegate to nn Arbor, 1914 ..

From these men it wa po sib le to glean some idea of a concla\'e and just what might be expected. The two chapte r here n the coa t are working hand in hand with the Alumni, and the Acacia Chapters in the far we t will do all in their power to demo n strate to our eastern brothers the western hospitality that sure exists here in the Golden State. We want not only the delegates to the Natio n a l Co n clave as our guests in 1915, but all Acacia m n are invited to come to an Francisco and te t our cacian spirit.

A L UMNI ME E T IN CINCINNATI

n Friday evening, October 9, the fo ll owing cacian banqueted at th lms Hotel at Cinc innati: Brother Femmerman, \\ i cons in Chapter; Brother IT amilton, Columb ia Chapter; B r ot h er Da le, Ya le Chapter; Brother \Veir, 1ichigan hapter; Brother McNary, E enn tate Chapter; Brother \Voodward /[ichigan ' hapter. A l tho u gh not enough to form an alumni hapt r, an informal organization was accompl ished and an eff rt made to have a "get- together" luncheon once a month. Any brother who contemp late being in incinnati w ill p l ea e communicate with Brother R . M c ar y, q T 4th St. incinnati, Ohio.

MARRIAGES

l'r.other L. L. Green, Harvard delegate at the Philadelphia and olumbia onclaves , \\'a married in 1 ovember to M i Virginia Tanner, a graduate of Radcliffe and very well k n own in Bo ton and soc iety a a teacher and dane r of fo lk a n d c ia sica! dance . l\IJ r . Green ha frequentl y employed her ta lents in ocia l ervice . Brother l arl M. Da ll enbach, Contell, Ph.D., '13 ssistant Profe sor of Physiology, and prominent footba ll coach of t h e n iver ity of Oreuon at Cornwallis, wa ma r ried at h icago o n u g u st 22, to Ethe1 Douglas . Br ther Vern B. tewart, I n str u cto r in P l ant Pathology at Com ell. wa married on the 27th of A u g u st, at E lm i ra, to Miss :\Iary Howe ll .

Brother C lifford Reed, Cornell, was married on August 18, at Minneapolis, Minn., to Ii s Myrtle Weymouth. They reside at 3II I Sheridan Street, Minneapolis.

Brothe r Robert F. hamberlain , Cornell, Instructor in Electrical Engineering at Co rnell University , wa married August 19, to Miss 1abelle Sandwick of Newark Va lle y .

Brother Arthur B. Beaumont, Cornell, was married to Miss Grace Davi , at Auburn , . Y., on the 17th day of September. Brother Beaumont is now assisting in the Department of Soils at Cornell and will receive hi Ph.D. in the spring.

Brother Karl Kantsch, Cornell, was married on October 1, to Miss Winifred Martin of Ithaca , and now resides at 464 Hancock St., Brooklyn.

Brother William H. Dallas , Franklin , was married Thursday evening , December 31, at the Hotel Madison, Toledo , Ohio, to Miss He'len Pyle. They wi ll be at home after February I, in Philadelphia.

Brother Harry J. Haas , Franklin, Assistant Cashier First National Bank of Philadelphia, was married on October 28, to Miss Rufie Watson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Hunt Saunders of West Point, Miss.

On December 24, Brother W. A. Woods, Chicago, of Versai lles, Mo., was united in marriage to Miss Mary Halderness of San Diego, Cal. Brother Woods was graduated from the University of Missouri in June, 1911. During his undergraduate days he was initiated into the mysteries of Acacia at the Missouri Chapter, and the high rank oi his scho larship i s indicated by his Phi Beta Kappa key. He afterwards studied law at the University of Chicago, where he was graduated in Mar c h. t913 , receiving the degree of J.D. On entering the University of Chicago, Brother Woods affiliated with the Chicago Chapter of Acacia and served for two years as rec o rding and corresponding secretary, doing some of the most efficient work in the history of the chapter. Soon after graduating he began the practice of law in C hicago and is steadi l y making a place for himself in his profession . Mrs. \ tV oods is one of Ca lif orn ia ' s fairest and most accomplished daughters and ha s done most excellent wo rk as a teacher and a s a graduate student in the Universit y of C hicago. Brother and Mrs. Woods are comfortably located at II 56 E. 54th P la ce, w here they are always glad to welcome friend s and Acacians.

Announcement was recent1 y made of the marriage .of Brother Webster Jay Lewis , Chicago, and Miss Helen Gross of Chicago. The wedding took place January 16 at the br id e's home in thi'S city. Brother Lewis is located at Chandler , Arizona.

Brother Coc krell , of Illinois Chapter, who added his name to the list of benedicts last October , is li ving at 5745 Ha rper Avenue, and stops in at the hou s e often to say " Hello " .

JUNIOR MEMBERS

Harvard

A s on has been b.orn to Mr . and Mrs. H. A. Reynolds , M.L.A., 1912, a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. E . A . Bo y den, Ph.D. , 1913 , and a daughter to Mr. and Mrs . Frank L. Cooper LL.B ., 1912.

Cornell

Brother and Mr Wayne H. Rothenberger announce the birth, on October 25 , .of a dauahter , Ruth Helen.

THE A A IA JO RITAL

Michigan

and r . Geo rge Rex Green announ ce th birth of George Rex Jr. D 1 8 I ) h G I I ecem Jer . •rot er reen was delegate to the 1910 onclave.

Yale

Dr. and \ Va rren \ ithereN Hilditch announce the birth of Julia F i ke Hilditch, December I9 1 1914.

PERS O NAL S

Michigan

Grand Trea. urer J. A. Woodward h a be ·n appoint d ppraisal Engineer of th e Public Uti liti e o mmitt ee of Ohio and n w ha his office in Cleveland.

Brother eorge Weir i Accountant for th Big Four Railroad with offices in C in cinn:tti .

Broth r - T. F ::\1cCoy a nd Wilber E. Lamb are working in De tr o it law office .

B r other L. W. Frost i s connected with the ocia l serv i ce work in Detroit.

Brother R. S. Ki n gsh nry i traveling auditor for the Pere Marquette Railroad.

B r other E. G. Brow n i s in th e employ of a l arge tr u t compa ny in D et roit.

Brother E E. Ga llup is Superintendent of Schools in ::\[onroe, Mic h.

Brother I. l\1. Grimshaw is in the offices of the Atto rney General, S a nta Fe, New l\fex i co .

Brother H. S. ::\Jaynard i in Vicksbur g, i\1i ., where h e i s in the employ of a l arge hardware firm.

Stanford

U. Southeime r, w ho received his A.B. in 1912 and his J D in 1914, ha s opened up a l aw office in San Jo se, C a l. "Sonney" alway has hi s hand out for a ll Acacians and if yo u are in San Jos e don't forget to make a trip to his office in the Fir t Nationa l Bank Building

Leonardo Bussert ha s a position in the Rate Enginee ring Department of the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company, in San Francisco. " Buz" received hi . B. degree at Stanford last May and wa not lon g in landing thi s good po ition.

S R. lut 11 is working in th e Rate Engineering D partment of the Pacific Gas and E l ectric Compa ny , San Francisco "Sid" has been w ith the company two ye-ar and h as made good. He i an ent hu sia ti c cac ia alumnu

vV E. Gearheart , w ho received his J.D . fr 111 Ianford at Christmas time , has accepted a position in Attorney l\fcEnerney' office . H e i located with

one of the be t attorney of an Francisco and n o doubt will make good.

]. \Valter Jones, more familiarly known a " Pop corn ", ha charge of the youth in th e city of Ukiah, a lif or nia . He wa an active member of the Stanford Chapter for four year . The Ia t year h e was Venerable Dean and wa a l wav a hard worker for Acacia. -

R. E. Richard h a a po ition with the United Railway at San J ose. "Rich" received hi s A. B. from Stanford Ia t May. H e was perhaps one of the mo t enthuiastic and conscientiou cacia m e n tanford C hapter has ever h ad. He w a in the hou se four year s.

George Righter is s till the trong man at Monrovia High School. He accepted the po ition as Ph y ical In tru c tor of Monrovia School a year ago. George ha turned out orne good athletic timber during his short time in thi c h oo l. He was always a true sport durin g hi s active student days.

Carl Pettit, who recei ved hi .B . at Iowa Univer ity a nd to o k a yea r of adva nced work at Stanford, has taken unto him elf a wife. · He ha a position in the zusa ch a o!. o doubt "Pet" i o ne of the happie s t m en of all cacians. He wa s always good-natured and there hould never be a n y ca us e for domestic misund e rstandings.

James G. Mar hall, who r eceived hi LL.B degree a t Stanford last May, i now ho lding down a po siti o n in the legal d e partment of the Pacific T e lephone and T e legraph Company.

L. E. Taylor has a po ition with the United State s St ee l Product Co ., San Francisco. "Ky" s till contends that h e i happier living the single life than his brothers who have se en fit t o choo se a helpmate. One thing sure, "Ky" is a faithful Acac ian and has put a great deal of time and w o rk in the present lumni Organization in San Franci co.

True Van Sickl e, who wa one of the charter member of Stanford Chapte r . in pra c ticing law in Oakland, alifo rnia. Brother an Sickle has a good pract ice a1 d is n ow in a position t o enjoy lif e. H e ha s always been a good Acacian a nrl is anxious to ee the fraternit y make

progress. He i one of the "o ld guard" to which the newer members are always willing to point to with pride.

A. H. Ehrenclou is still learning th e bones and muscles of the human body. "Dock" has the staying qualities th at are ure to bring him success when he gets out into the cold world. Surely after eight years of training he should be able to perform some of those "heartless jobs" that these ''higher-ups" in medicine are pulling off daily.

Ky Taylor has recovered from an attack of the measles.

R. E. Ande r son is back on his job after a short vacation forced upon him because of a maimed foot.

Bert vVood is married

George Ingelow is teaching in Idaho.

Bob Lewis st ill holds his job as professor at Utah University, Salt Lake Ci ty.

Harry Fore is back in Stanford this year taking advanced work.

Roy · Farr reports ac ti vity among the Acac ia A lumni in Southern California.

Art Meye r has a good position in Los Angeles.

Ed it or unable to locate Harry Blee, "Soo" Salback and B. L. Hostettler.

Paul Davis sti ll farms and grows fat.

Fred Hudson, the insurance man at vVatsonville, California, reports progress.

Nebraska

" uggs" Co lli er and George Blacksto ne are worki n g with the Barber Asphalt Co. in Trinidad, B. Vv. I.

"Noisy" Mombeck is with the U. S. Geo logica l. Survey in Oklahoma.

"Cal" Moo re is with the U. S. G. S. 111 Washington, D. C.

Leon Hurtt has recuperated from his accident of l ast Jun e and is now in the U. S. Forestry offices at Ogden, Utah.

Ear l Meier,-MARRIED.

" \ Vart " Currie r ,-also.

"Badge" Basye is county attorney of Box Butte County.

Guy Wi lli ams is with the City Trust Co. of Omaha.

"Stub" Elwell still se ll s hardware at Springfie ld, Teb

"Bill" Kieck is Superintendent of Schools at Imperial, eb.

Harvard

M. D. Liming, V. D. in 1911-12. a nd a mo t loyal worker ever since hi s initiation in 1910. has left Boston for Oreb Ohio whe r e he has o rgani zed and man'ages bank.

]. W. Baker, V. D. in is practicing law with Haight, Sandford & Smith,

27 \\'illiam Street, New York. He i now on a bu iness t rip to Honolulu.

L. L. Duxbury, V. D. 19IO-II, who practices law with his father at Caledonia, i\linnesota, visited us during the holidays.

L. E. McCuen, LL.B., 1912, ha resumed his practice in New York City, and is now with Kidder, Ayres & Riggs, 27 \ ,\ illiam Street.

Otto Lyding, Bio.B ., 1914, wa recently ordained and is now serving as assistant to Dr. de Normandie, minister at the First Church in Roxbury.

R. E. _ e rwin , Ph.D., 1913, ha again gone to Honduras in charge of an expedition from Peabody Museum.

W. F. Merri ll , LL.B., 1914, was high man in the Maine bar examinations with a grade of 94%.

T. T. Mora, A .B. , 1913, called on us recent ly on a visit from his home in Porto Rico

Franklin

'II Dent.-Dr. Leslie E. Ba kin, Secretary Florence Shrine Club, and chairman of the Committee Street Stunts, favo red us with a visit during the Christmas holidays.

The bright, cheery countenance s of Brothers Cook and Beer man of ew York C ity were seen miugled with the boys on Thanksgiving Day.

The atmosphere about the house has been a hazy blue with a mixture of law and veterinary medicine. since Dr. James Ball Harfenburgh qualifies as an expert wi tn ess on behalf of the State in its prosecution of a case of glander in one of our neighboring jurisdiction s.

Minnesota

Mark Bray, who left us last y e ar, is wo rkin g at his p r ofession of chemi t for a paper company at App l eton, \\ ' is.

Ben Co l e, who also left us la s t year. is teaching agriculture at the high chool at Faribault.

Brother Ed. Critchett, also out f o r the first year, is with the Northwestern Cadillac Co. of this city.

"Rudy" vVheaton is engaged in agriculture at Ca ledoni a, M inn

"Herb" Kern is chief chemi t for the Pure Oil Co. of this city.

Brother Thomas Cooper is director of the Agricultural Experiment Station at Fa r go, J. D.

Brother Harold .Thurston i with the l\ii nne ota State Highway Commission.

Brother L. E. Wi lley is a member of the staff of the Veterinary :\Iedicine Department at Ames, Iowa.

Broth r L. \\'. Parker ha evered hi connection with the University and i now with the Pill bury Flour ::\lills o.

Morrill (P anie) King is director of the Laurel Book Co. of Chicago and i repre enting them on the road.

Brother Harlow Hanson is with the Webb Publi bing Co. of St. Paul. , L. L. Thurston is studying Education and Psychology at Chicago.

Brother E. C. Davi i in the eed busine at St. Peter.

Brother Phil nderson is putting hi agri ultural education to good advantage on his farm at Forest Lake.

Prof. E. V. Robin ·on is in the European war zone.

Brother Hinman of Frank lin 1s a frequent vi itor at the hou e.

Prof. G. Bachman wa 111 Europe during Augu t.

Brother Geo. Struthers wa in Texa during the month of September.

IT. A. (Dood le ) Irwin i con n ected with the Lawyer Coop. Co. of St . Paul.

Brothers Gilbert and Snody are spending the holiday in ew Yo rk.

B r other 0. l\f. Hanson i s princ ip a l of a public school at Seatt le, \Vash

Brother A. V. Storm, forme rl y of Ames chapter, but now affiliated wit h us ha been active ly engaged on our propo ilion and we thank him for the great en •ice rendered.

Brother Lu k is in the educat ion department in the College of Agricu ltur e.

Brother John H. Parker is with th e Department of Agricu ltur e at 'vVashington, D. C.

Brother Mattice is State Seed Inspector for l\1inne ota.

Wisconsin

The following alumni cacians of this chapter hav visited us in ce September : "Sam" hmun , John Beat, Frank rocker , Louis Davis, Clayton Douglas , "Dinny" Grinclell, Fra nk Jenks, Easton Johnson (Deke , Lynn Knorr, I-T ugo Kuechenmeister. Em il Lea man, John l\Jannegold, Gi lb e rt Mar s h al l, Erwin Meyers, Everett (Pierp) :\forgan, Reid 1urray, G lenn Smith, Harry Sutherland. "G randpa" 'Nilliam \ iVebb l\fany other cacians h ave a lso v isited here, among them Lewellyn Davi (Cornell), F. R. rane (I llin ois), \\. J. McFarland (IIlinoi ), C. vV . Ha ll (Ya l e), and delegations from Tllin o is and Purdue at the tim e of football games

JThe \Vi consin Chapte r is particularly desirous of a fine attendance of alumni. at it s Founders' Day ce l ebration I ay 12, 1915. All Acaci;Jns in o ur v ici nity are

im·ited to corre pond with u and to atteml the annual Acacia birthday party.

Cornell

'10 ?II. E. Brother Paul \ Thomp on, ha recently pent a week-end with u and i again in Detroit, where he is engaged in re earch work for the Edi on Illuminating ompany.

'll A. B. Brother Heber E. Griffith, LL.B. '14, pent a week-end with u during the fall. He i associated with the law firm of Kernan & Kernan , of Utica, ?\. Y.

'11 B. Brother Jame Farnworth, A. B. 'II (Cornell); LL. B. '14 (Co lumbi a), is at present at catine, Iowa, where he is preparing a handbook on the New York Code of Civil Procedure.

'12 LL B. Brother R. H. Heath, is now managing clerk for Cobb, Cobb, l\lcAli ter & Feinbe rg, the leadin g law firm of thi city. He has already begun to attract favorable comment for his ability as an attorney and the local chapter has come to rely upon him for counsel and guidance in every contingency.

'12 A. B. Brother Eliot l\1. Holbrook, A . B. '12, is with the Valuation Department of the Southern Pacific, and has his headquarter in San Franci co. As a side line he does publicity work for the Expos iti on.

'12 l\1. E. Brother Paul \1\.T. Jones, has been appointed to an important committee of the Western Pennsylvania Cornell Club, having recently been tran £erred from 1 'ew York to the Pittsburgh office of the Cutler Hammer Company.

'13 M E. Brother Wilbur A. Carter, is a ociated with Brother Thompson, in Detroit, and both are active in the movement for the estab li hment of an alumni c hapt er of Acac ia in that city.

'14 C. E. Brother Edward T. Rummely has just returned to Detr o it after a week' vis it in Ithaca. He i s up e rintending the construction of an immen e bakery with an estimated capacity of four hundred thousand l oaves per day

' 14 C. E. Brother Cliffo rd J. Burnham i s now enjoying a vaca tion at Los ngele , Ca lifornia , having spent the pa t e ight month in Detroit, where he had charge of paving con truction for the city.

' 14 C. E. Brother Carlo F. Bedgood is now Superintendent of· Road Const ruction for the city of Albany.

Brother Hermit H. Gill, the de igner of th e Grand Seal of the Fraternity , has changed his residence from South Bend. Ind., to Detroit, l\fich.

Brother Thoma B. Hyde paid us a vi it soon after the beginning of the school year. He is at pre ent with the ational Carbon Company in the capacity of Steam Expert and i located at Cleveland.

Brother Bert Goff has al o spent a few days at the hou e, this winter. He is engaged in directing the reclamation work in the Tonawanda Swamp and is located at the Double 0 Ranch, at Elba, N. Y.

Brother v\. W. Elli has recently been chosen Eminent Commander of the local Commandery, Knights Templar, and sits in the South in one of the local Blue Lodges.

Brother C. Tracy Stagg lias been appointed Secretary of the Law College, in addition to his duties as Professor of Pleading and Procedure.

Brother Thomas A. H. Teeter is a professor of Civil Engineering and is at the head of that department, at the Oregon State Agricultural College, at Eugene, Ore.

Brother L. A. Vv'ilson severed his connection with Cornell University last spring and is now a member of the faculty of the University of Illinois, where he has charge of the research laboratory in Mechanical Enginering.

Brother Harvey . Gilbert, who received his Ph D. here last spring, is now associated with the Paper Manufacturing Co., of Boston, in the capacity of consulting chemist. He resides in Brookline.

Brother George B. Canaga is a member of the Bureau of Public Works, in the Philippine Islands and is located at Manila. ·

Brother F. N. Alden is engaged in the manufacture of electrical supplies anrl storage batteries, at San Diego, Calif His interest in chapter affairs is still very active and his occasional letters give an increased impetus to local progress.

Brother Lester W. W . Morrow is at the head of the department of Electrical Engineering at the University of Oklahoma.

P ur du e

Brother St o ckton topped at the house and spent some little time with us while here on business recently.

Brother Polk, who is now living at Whiting, Ind., where he is teaching in the city schools, is much elated over the arrival of a daughter.

We recently received an announcement of the marriage of Brother McKinzie, to Miss Florence Schmolshire at Norwood, Ohio . They are at home in South Bend. Ind .

Several of our brothers vi ited u at the time of the Indiana game. mong those present were :-"Dan" Boone, 'Bill" Harrah," ic" Prakken, John Shera, E. P. Brackney, "Tom" Benton, "Mike" Rowland, "Bennie" Thomp on, and "Jimmie" Frank.

. Brother Rowland, who visited us frequently last fall, has accepted a po ition with the Norfolk and v\ e tern R. R., at Roanoke, Va.

Brother Hayes, of the Illinois Chapter, spent a week with us while attending the Farmer's Short Course here. Brother Hayes is County Agent of Sullivan County.

Brother Shriver vi ited us just before Christmas.

Chicago

Brother Alton H. Etling wa reelected to the House of Representatives in the State of Ohio last November. His county, vVayne, was carried by Willis, republican, for Governor, but Etling held his democratic friends together and was returned by a good majority. Brother Etling is practicing law in Wooster, Ohio.

Brother C. W. Cloe was successful in passing the Iowa bar examination and wa defeated for County Attorney at Knoxville, Iowa, by just two votes only a week later. "Ole" has made a good start and we predict a brilliant future . We have learned indirectly and indefinitely that "Cardinal" Woolsey has become a partner in a new law firm in Galesburg, Ill. Through some oversight the matter has not been announced to the Chapter, so we are unable to make any comment at this time.

Tews from Caldwell. Idaho, in form us that success is attending Brother E. W. Hills in his work there . He is principal of the high school, and makes some use of hi !ega.! training during his leisure hours.

Brother E. M. Ho man was with us on various occasions . during the autumn quarter. In ovember he accepted a po ition as Instructor in the department of Botany in Depauw University. Brother G. A. Nicholson is also a member of the faculty at Depauw.

Brother Karl T. Waugh, a charter member of Chicago Chapter, who is teaching Psychology and Philosophy at Beloit College, spent a few hours at the chapter house January 4. Communications from the Wild and Wooly West give us news that Bill Jones, Wookey Ham and orm Kiefer, are still on top of the tide. Bill supports and maintains a law office at Harlowtown , Mont.; VI' ookey is punching cows for

his Dad on a ranch in olorado; while Kiefer is di eminating knowledge to the :\lontanan of naconda.

Among the peakers at the Univer ity of hicago during the autumn quarter were two prominent i\cacian , Hon. William Howard Taft and Dean Charles R. Brown, of Yale Divinity School.

Brother E. K. Chapman, of Wabash College, called at the chapter hou e shortly before Christma . He wa in the city attending a convention of physicists.

Dr. Robert Miltenberger, one of our charter member , is now located at Spring Valley, Ill., where he is practicing medicine. We were favored by a vi it from him ea rly in the chool year.

Owing t circumstance abroad, Dr. C. . Gould wa unable to carry out hi original plans of tudying among the Scandinavians. He i located for the year with the omell Chapter, at Ithaca . During hi leave of ab ence from thl! University he is continuing his research work.

Brother \ 'V . II. Barber ha been promoted from the po ition of Registrar to Dean at Ripon ollege. Co ngratulations Brother Barber.

We are st ill in que t of the addre s of Brother J. H. :Martin, who wa Ia t een in Lo ngeles, Cali f.

Brother Cauffield writes that he i getting along nicely in hi po ition as head of the Department of Geography at the State ormal School in Maryville, Mo.

Brothers Shepard on, Far i , Johann e n and Downing were the faculty repr esentatives present at the December initiation.

Brother "Bill" ro land keep in touch with the chapter well by frequent communication s. Recently he volunteered a pledge of $so toward the building fund , to be paid in in tallments. Brother Crossland is the pioneer in thi s movement, having made the uggestion at a banquet following hi s initiation The building fund committee is glad to receive uch pled ges and will later make a direct campaign Thanks to Brother Cros land

Iowa State

D. G. Whitaker, '13, and Miss Viola Day of De Moines we re married in December.

E. G. ort, 'II, De Graff, Minn., farmer will be married in June.

F. V. Farr, '14, formerly with Swift and Co , Chicago, is managing a large heep farm at Sali bury, Mo.

G . P . Pritchet, '1 S. has been acting as illuminating engineer for Iowa State College is testing lighting installations in new buildings on the campus.

Knute E pe. 'r- ( hri tma . ), ha n appointed a oil un ey o r for the coli working in cooperation with the nited tate department of agriculture .

Washington

Brother eorgetta, who recentl y left u to found a home of hi own, wa not ati fied to change hi fiance' name but need mu t change hi own to H Albert eorge. To u , he will ever remain, ju t plain "Herk."

Brother Purdy, of Colorado hapter, who ha been with us thi fall, left thi month for Denver, "Ab ence unexplained." olorado Chapter take notice

Brother Daly i till at the house. What would \ a hington hapter be without our ilent mentor.

Brother Coffinberry write from Chester, Mont., that he is contemplating a return to \Va hin gton next eme ter Yes, we have a lunch unday e, ening now.

Brother Davi , our belo eel J effer on, is heard from at Denver. till following that mining tuff.

Ca rl Norris is making the legal light of Boi e, Idaho, take notice, a lthough hi corre pondence with the ecretary is rather slim.

Plug Warren i about due to be heard from. Not been out of the ultan wo o d'> for some time.

Buck \Villiam mu t ha,·e been wallowed up 1 y the war spirit. ;-..:ot heard from him lately. At Ia t account he was at B lairemore, Alberta.

Uncle Dave Christo walk the floor, night , we under tand . Can he say "Papa," yet, Dave?

Jim Gates pends an occasi o nal evening with u s, hawing Daly and yours truly how to play whi t.

Perhap it is unfair to ay that Bill Dripps i st ill in the farmer cia s. He always wa in a cia by himself. · Jake Blank and Elmer Sherrill ar e in the wilds of central Oregon.

Wallace E helman ha not put in his annual appearance this year.

Dick Rathbun a sists u in putting our novitiates over the hot ands. Still looking for that "position."

Hiram Conibear is still in the busine - s of making championship eights and incidentally teaching the frosh how to handle a shell.

Bob Schar is now an intensive farmer, near Perrysville , Pa. Come through with a letter , Bob.

Manhattan

Brother Lawrence Brennan, '13, now of Chicago University, pent the la st two

d a y be f o re Chri tma Yacation with the fellow . Br o ther Geo. lexander, ' 14 , of Everst, J os eph Vale, ' q , of \\ . eber, and Alfred

Byarlay of Bala, Kan., have each made u s week-end vi its. Brother Fred Taylor is ranching near Big Creek, Calif.

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Carl Mitcheltrae, Acacia House, Ann Arbor, Michigan.

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]. W. Hill, cac ia House, 1514 Tenn St., Lawrence, Kan as.

J. Burnett, Aracia House, 1325 R St., Lincoln, Nebraska.

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Wallace Meyer, Acacia House, 615 Lake St., Madison, Wisconsin .

N. E. Fitzg e rald, Acacia House, 909 Elm St., Columbia, Missouri.

Wm. M . O'Donnell, Acac ia Hou se , 7o8 East eneca t. , Ithaca, New York.

H K. Laramore, Acacia Hou se, 427 Stat.e St., West La Fayette, Indian a.

Joe l F. McDavid . Acac ia Hou se, 5719 Kenwood Ave., Chicago, Illin o is.

Jo Robert Howard, Acac ia House , 16 York Square, New Hav en, Connecticut.

Duane R. Dills, 336-344 West 36th St. , New York City.

W. C. Bean, Acacia House, Station A, Ames, Iowa .

Geo. H Hilliard, Acac:a H o use , University of Iowa , Iowa City, Iowa.

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E. C. Carr , Acaria House. 4760 21s t Ave., N. E., Seattle, Washington.

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ctive 23.

Pled e /. ichigan Chater is fully launched into what we belieYe to be the b t year w we have ever known.

t the beginning of the year we tart<'d with eighteen m mber and thr e pledge . We now have twenty-three member and even pledge Our new men ar mastly fr_e hmen ophomore , a we are rapidly adopting the policy of g tting men who wlll h active members a long a po sible.

Our men are taking· part in campu affair and act1V1tle to an unpr cedented degree, and we b lieve we hold a place among the be t fraternitie on the campu . In ur number we have class pre idents tudent Councilmen member s of th Glee Club, Univer ity Marine Band, several :Uember of variou h'onorary · cietie and others wh would be a credit to any fraternity. '

On our Ia t night together before the holiday vacation we had a tunt and co tume party which was a grand ucces II our faculty member and me of our alumni joined u in our hilarity and we believe it to be one of the be t ocial event of the year, though certainly the mo . t unconventional.

Remember, Brothers, we think we have excellent facilitie for entertaining. Come, and try us out.

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ctive 22.

Pledge 3·

The fir t initiation of the present chool year wa held October the twelfth, at which time H. H. Wentworth and C. T. Ba-er were given a greater insight in the affairs of the fraternity. In December a second initiation was held and F. E. Blachly, R. L . Templin, L. R. Johnson, H. S. Barnard, H. T. Hill,}. E. B. Miller, and B. E. onneman, made the trip togethe1. Grand Vice-pre ident Fay wa with u on the latter occasion and acted in the capacity of V. D. His pre ence added much to the impresiveness of the work. We certainly feel fortunate in having him with us on various occa ion but mqre e p cially for the ceremonies of initiation. everal of u were fortunate enough to be able to attend the r ebraska-Kan a football game at Linco l n. That is, we were not fortunate in the game in elf, but in that we came in contact with a good live bunch of Acacia men at that place. \\ "e certainly enjoyed the vi it and trust that next year they will send a good delegation here t th time of the ggie-Kansas game here, we gave a dance in honor of the visiting br thren from Kansas State chapter. nd for the benefit of those who wonder how the baby chapter is progressing, it may be said that already they have become a strong factor in their chool and are building up a strong chapter of good live men. November 20, and 2r were the home-coming days at Kansas Univ ·ersity and a large number of our alumni were back to ee us at that time On the night of ovember 20 we gave a banquet for the alumni and with about sixty present we spent a very enjoyable evening. On the day following, a delegation of twelve or fourteen from the fis uri hapter called on us, and it seems to me that this is a very good indication of the existing interest at the Acacia hou e in the Univer ity of Mi souri. We were mighty glad to hav them with us and tru t that next year we may be able to show as great an intere t by as large a del -egation to visit them.

Kan as hapter wishe the be t succe s to the Grand Officers and sister chapter of Acacia during the present year.

NEBRASK,\ CHAPTER

The Nebraska hapter of Acacia started the present year with but seven of the old actives and five pledges back. The outlook wa rather "s lim" for a time but rapidly impro\'ed ow we have thirteen actives and eleven pledges. The majority of the latter will be initiated soon. Quite a number of our old men graduated last year and several are attending the Univer ity of Chicago now. The latter are Tyler, Fonda, and Sinki

Our present line-up of officers is: V. D., Lewi 1eier; V. P., Carl Ganz; Secretary , Earl May; Treasurer, Howard Shumway, Jr.: Corre ponding esretary, Jerome Burnett; and Steward , harles Gunne ll

Now just a word in regard to the old actives. "Lewie" Meier has lo t hi fraternity pin. "Deke" Shumway still wie l ds the sceptre in the psychology "lab" . But we have grave fears for our venerable philo opher when we ee him trembling help-

l es ly before the magic wand of Venu But "Deke" is all right. He gets his master's d egree this yea r "D uke" May, our inveterate "fu ser", is slipping. "Duke" always was rather backward in th-e presence of the ladie s but, at last, we fear that his time has almo t a rri ve d. "G uinea " Ga nz was elected president of the se nior cia s by an ove rwhelming major:ty. Gunnells wields the "big s tick" abo ut the h o u e. As for Burnett, well, b e's not much on the " fussing" He plugs away in the same old rut and h ab itually haunts the Geology Department.

· I mi g ht add a word in regard to some of the men who have been initiated this fall. Herbert Ree se is much interested in the work of the Y. M. C. A., and at present is the president of that o rganization R ees e is quite active in university activities and athletics. He holds the Nebraska record for the one hundred yard dash. Reese is studying education. Edward Carr i s a freshman in the law college. He is a m e mber of the h onorary law fraternity , Phi Delta Phi. Wilfred Hartzell is registered in the L iberal Arts College. He also teaches at the Lincoln High School. Harold Muffiy i s takin g arts and sciences. He is also taking his Scottish Rite work and is a busy man. As to the social side of the chapter, this has not been neglected. We have had numerous dances and house parties this fall. During Christmas vacation it has been just one round of joy for those of us who happened to be about the fraternity house. Our annual banquet comes on February twelfth, followed by a dance on the night of Saturday, the thirteenth. To this and all other fraternity functions we wish to extend a most hearty welcome to all Acacians .

OHIO CHAPTER

Ohio State Chapter her-e wishes to show her appreciation of both the external and internal appearance of the "new" JouRNAL .

Just a few wo r ds concerning the chapter proper: A record of our progress in initiating men since the last letter to the JouRNAL is as follows, the seven who constituted our second clas s, making their extensive travels on the night of October 24 , 1914, w:ere: Brother W. J. Means, Dean of the College of Medicine; Brother ]. H. Richardson, Sophomore Art s ; Brother B. S Cole, Sophomore Agriculture; Brother J. C. Hapgood, Sophomore Agriculture; Brother Arthur S. Burket, Senior Law , and Captain of the Varsity Debating Team; Brother M. V . Hull, Junior Engineer; Brother H. J. Moores, Junior Engineer; while the following were the five unfortunates of our third class on the night of December 5, 1914: Brothers G. 0 . Burrel and M L. Helfrich , Junior Medics; Brother J. W. Melick, Senior Engin e er; and Br o th e r N W. Scherer, Assistant Professor of Forestry In addition we have one pledge at present-Brother Joseph Thomas, Freshman Law. This makes the grand total of active men to date-thirty , with one pledge.

Ohio State Chapter is also active in a social way, forty couples enjoyed an informal dance o n the evening of November 14, 1914, at Rader's Oak. We hav-e also entertained many prosp ec tive men at week-day and Sunday dinners, not neglecting, however, the presenc e of members of the "fair sex" on such occasions.

\ Ve were very much pleased to have Brother E. F. McSherry of Franklin Chapt e r with us while in the city on business.

Brother H C. Pi e rce of Cornell Chapter paid us a very friendly and brotherly visit earlier in the year. Y.l o uld that more brothers were passing this way occasionally.

Recently our chapter was extended a special invitation to a Smoker and Banquet given by the Masonic officers and men of the U. S Barracks. By the way, a recent invitation says that we are to repeat on the twenty-third of this month.

The formation of a University Masonic Club will be completed within a few weeks, its memb ership to include all Masons in school.

By way of replenishing our house furnishings this year we installed new doubledecked beds in all the ro oms, together with flat top desks, chairs to match and a suite of leather upholstered miss ion furniture for the parlor.

The s pirit with which we were inspired earlier in the school ye ar promises to make the yeat· 1915 the most prosperous we have eve r known . ·

l!ARVARD CHAPTER

Ac tives 23. Pledges 1.

Harvard Chapter, with the remembrances and good wishes of other chapter s and many alumni still on the mantel, greets her sister chapters with wishes for a happy and prosper o us New Year.

Our u ce c ntinue a n d ince the November leller "e ha\· initial d the fo li O\\ in,s m n : _K _\. ander on of L)nn, achu ett, fir.t )Car Ia\\, a gradual of \\ ' e I yan U ni ver 1ty; }. K. Benton, first yea r law, Richland ent r, \ Vi con in, a graduate of arroll oil ge; Hay , Kno xville, Io wa, and a graduate of r in n ell Colle e, fir t law:. D. D. also from rinn ell, and fir t year law, Bri tol, Iowa; :-\. H. \\ al!lb ndge, Ma ac hu etts, o ll ege F r e hman; F r ank David n, rawford "! li e, Indi ana , fir t yea r l aw, g r aduate of \ ' aba h II ge; J. . Bowen, _ewbern, Jenne ee, eco nd yea 1· law and radu a t e of the niver . ity of Tenne . ee; B. D. Edward , fir t yea r law, a g r ad u ate of \Al e t Point, from Powder Kentucky; . . K a ip er, of Tewpo rt , K ent u ck-y . fir t year graduat tudent m hi tory; R P. Johnson, Fred e rick, Maryland. g r ad u ate of the niver ity of irginia, fir . t ) ear grad u ate in mathematic . t of the time of the c hapt er h a been occupied with the rou tine work of organization a nd initiation, in pur u a n ce of which m o k er have been iven a lmo t every fo rtni ght. In add ition we have found time to m a k e two visi t atio n t'o amb rid ge lodge One particularly plea ant eve nin g wa spent with Charity Lodge, on the r eg ular Harvard night. We atte nded a gue t with the Ma onic Cl ub . Harvard student was r ais d. Brother Pound a i t in g in th e work Brother L. M. Bacon i an officer an d Brother Willard a memb e r of Charitv.

The chapter held its first d a nc e of th e yea r· a t Whitney Hall, Bro okline, o n December 4- nother is sc heduled for J a nuary r6 A e ri e. of tea i a l o planned for S und ay afterno n . , a nd work i s bein g done on a special a lumn i ni ht a n d by a team preparing to do th e third de g re e in the Bo ton T empl e. n ab undan ce of work i under way and all the m e n a re working with the h armo n y and e n e r gy that ha s marked the chapter for m a n y yea r . On e of the mo t willing worker is Brother Crawford of Illinoi Chapter, who, co min g to st ud y a r chitecture here, arrived too l a te to find a room in the h o u se, b ut li ves n ex t do o r a nd is very mu ch at home with u s.

FRANl<LTN CHAPTER

Franklin C hapt e r can not b ast of a lar ge m emb e r hip at pre e nt. but h e ca n point with pride t o the he a lth y soc ial atmosphere which p e rmate s h e r hall and t o the wholesome interest w hi ch act nat es her lo yal s on s . The fruitage of thi s ea r' work i not a co rr ct indicat ion of the a mount o f actual work expended by our brethren in th eir e ff o rt to adva n ce th e fraternity int e r es t s. Th e conditions surrounding Franklin Chap t er at the U n ive r ity of Pennsylvania ee m t o he peculiarly diff e r e nt a co ntrasted wi th the condition s urroundin g mo s t of the chapter a t th e other Universities. l'vfore men h av been our g ue s t thi s yea r th a n we h a ve h ad for year The con equent result , h w ve r , h ave been l ess g ratif y in g . But four men , Brother s Erne t J. Steve , M. D., Lewis H. Kirk, Ea rl E. Edinger and m. L. bgee h ave been initiated this year. pledged ca ndidate. E. B. Wilson, awaits initiate treatment.

It is extreme l y difficult to locat.e good fraternity mat e rial that is not already co nn ected \ ith Greek- letter fraternities. Another ob tacl e in our pathway is the difficulty w h ave to fin d out what tudent s are l\Iasons. Many Masons in thi s s t ate do not wear emb l ems. No Masonic C lub , n o r system of registration, nor any other mean ;;tffords u any h elp in thi direction. Per onal inv es tigation an d discoveries are o ur only so ur ces of information. Masonic objecti o n s eem to forestall th e incorporation of other mean , because of the publicity a nd notoriety accompanying such proc edure. But in spite of th ese apparently in s urmountable difficultie a mo st optimistic s pirit fill the heart of each m a n in our areatly depleted rank s .

In the early part of the collegiate yea r , a s moker at which about fift y men were present inaugurated th e frat.e rnity's social activities for the year. Of all the se men only a 0f th m were disclosed to be suitable, available fraternity material. A somewhat imilar ocia l feature will probab l y be g iven in the n ea r futur e.

Brother Kirk. Everett and Edinger were our repre se nt a ti ve forerunner to the advent of "Bi ll y" Sunday to our City of Br ot h e rly Lov e. The y were members of teams 0 f three each · e nt by the Y. M C. to the variou churche throughout th e city and its en v ir n s.

Brother Kirk, a promi ing emb r yonic attorney, i di tinguishing himself a a n actor During the hri s tma sea on, h e played the part of "Scroog:e'' in Dickens's famed " hri st m as Carol " in one of our local auditoriums. Recentl y. h e wa assigned the st liar role in a drama, which i to be presente din the New Ce ntury Drawing R ooms in Febntary.

On New Year's Day , Brat her Blogg was royally entertained by the brethren of Yale Chapter.

Brother E. L. Rowland of the Harvard Chapter who wa pending a few week with us while he was introspecting, electrotyping and half-toning in the Curti Publishing Company and other firms in the city. ha gone home with the be t wi he of all the boys here.

We were delighted to welcome to QIUr " anctum sanctorum" on Thanksgiving Day, Brothers Harrington, Pickere ll and Wilson of the Cornell Chapter. Upon their arrival we urged them to make themselves feel at home in our midst. They proceeded to do so. We fed them turkey. Upon their departure, these arne young gentlemen took with them the "turkey" we expected to retain to commemorate the annual clash between the football warrior of our respective institution Surely our gue t heeded our injunctions to the letter. Hai l, thrice hail, the Conqueror of the mighty Penn ! Franklin Chapter was the honored host of a number of welcomed guests during the Christmas holiday season. Brothers Prof. G. F. Kay of the Iowa City Chapter, Prof. E. H. Comstock and Raymond C. Rose of the :vlinnesota Chapter, C. 0. Dalrymple and Pickerell of the Cornell Chapter, Prof Hugo Diemer of the Penn State Chapter, attended the conference of the American Associated Advancement of Science, at the University of Pennsylvania, and spent some of their time with us during their ojourn in Philadelphia.

Brother Professor Robert W. Lyman of the Yale Chapter who is now instructing real property in the Dickinson Law Schoo l. was one of our distinguished guests.

MINNESOTA CHAPTER

Actives 24.

Plelges 7.

Chapter has now twenty-four active members and seven pledges . :-1o t of the past few months ha> been taken up by various problems incident to reorganization of all the plans of the chapter. We are running quite smoothly now with little or no friction and are commanding the respect of the whole community.

Our alumni have been entertained and many other minor matters ha •e been staged. Broad plans for more useful ervice are under way.

The problem of the abolition of fraternities comes up again this yeat at the State Legislature and we find ourselves identified with its opponents.

Old members active are: Brothers Mattice A. Aamodt, L. W Parker, R. Snody, \¥eatherill, Rose, Neubauer, 0. Aamodt and Ed. Russell.

We have initiated, thus far, fourteen men and have pledge on the bo o ks to be in;tiated at the beginning of the new year.

Brother Garvey represents us at the Interfraternity Council and upon him rests the burden of the anti fraternity legislation opposition.

A couple of weeks ago Brother Weatheril had the audacity to challenge any bowler in the house because he had been takng a few lessons on the "Q. T." Brother Garvey was to be the first victim but the challenge disappeared from its position on the mantel and "Ced" won't even tell us the score.

'vVe expect to enter teams in the interfraternity howling and ba kethall game during the winter. Brother l eul: auer is taking physical exercise twice a da1 · so a to be in training. ·

Brother Johnson took a trip recently and visited the Chicago and Illinois Chapters and reports splendid treatment.

Brother Otto Wjnter, medic 'rs, is a member of the All Univer ity Council.

Brother Ed. Russell is one of the editors of this year's annual. The Gopher.

Brother Gammell has distinguished himseif in the military department of the university. He has recently been made Major of the Cadets and also is a member of the Scabbard and Blade, a national mi l itary fraternity.

Brother Rose visited Chicago, Cornell and Franklin chapters durin" the Christmas holidays. "

Brother Weatherill was temporarily in the employ of the State Highway Commission nf 1\'l i11nesota.

Brothers Arne. Aamodt and Jahnke were recently elected to membership in the !ph a Zeta Fratermty (Hono1·ary Agricultural). Brother Wilcox is also a member of the Alpha Zetas

Brother Arne Aamodt i distinzu; hing himself also along the potato tuber line and is bec0'111ing a recognized authority on "spuds".

I, CHAPTER

from ixteenth to ixth place in the interfrat rnity bowling lea wmnmg our f1r t three game in the interfrat rnity ba ketball league, takin an acti\' part in the Wi con in niversity exposition \ ork, in the tudent conferenc , tudent court, the regimental band, and the i con in Mu ical club , to ay nothing of oth r minor activitie , the men of thi chapter a r c in the mid st of a bu y and ucce ful year. The howler include aptai n C. H. Ca berg (var ity c r ew man), John Peder on. "\hamp" lark, Ralph Dunwiddie , . E. MacQuarrie, a lt er Blair, and Henry The ba ketba ll t ea m include aptai n Gordon Ro ecran (fo rm r l\liami c nter), Ilue;h R secrans, teward R eid, Walter B lair, John Peeler on. len Ly an, and hamp C lark. ur m e n on the xpo ition committee include a berg, Reid. Morri on, and th wnter, '' ho IS hairman of the loca l pubt :c ity com mitt ee. Practicallv every man in th ic; en aged in preparing ome feature for the expo ition for hi partic ul ar college MacQuarri e and Ru sse ll nderson are our student confe r e n ce member MacQuarrie h ads th exec uti ve co mm ittee of the conference. E. J. Morri so n i a m mher of the s tud nt co ur t. ldr o J e nk , a p ledge, and th e writer mad e the holida y t o ur of th e Wi sco n in mu sica l clubs. th e itin e r a r y includin g t. L o ui , and other I c't ie s of th middle we t. Fore t ye r , eco nd tenor, i a m e mber of the c lui Js "Bill" Arvo ld and L. H Bi hop a r e band m embe r \\ ' ith in a few day this c hapt e r will pr obab ly i ue ill\ itation s to all the lila n in th e tate legi lature, both hoo e , to an cac:a banquet. The date ha not been et hut th men of the fraternity a re loo kin g forward to th e occa ion with the expectancy of no little enjoyment. · ·

Our ocia l calendar in c lud es a numb e r of mo t delightful partie , all of them in formal tim fa r. al th o u g h eve nin g dre s h as b een the rul e at time . Our formal i sc heduled for pril ,10. Abo ut a dozen of o ur m e n are planning t o hav a box at the Junior P rom Last yea r th e re were even t ee n co upl es in our party, wl1ich wa perhap'i the Jar est of any fraternity. Coach T E. Jone s a nd Mr Jone , a nd Dr. and f.J r \V. E. l\ J ea nw e ll will be the chaperons, and a mon g t ho e who have asked g irls for the affai r are Loftsgordon, Meyer, Shaffer, G r ee n , Worthing, e ll s. Dr Hadley, A. G. 1Iichelson.

During th e hri tma s r ece s "Jim" Law took charge of our dining room and ct crews of men t o wo rk, wi <th th e re s ult that when we as e mbl ed in January we found that the part iti o n between the ''b ig" room and it s " littl e '' con o rt h ad been neatly removed , and th e en tir e ro om rede c orated The improvement is pr o noun ced. Th e o t wa borne by popular ubscriptions from men in th e hou e, and by ca h g ift s from many a lumni Th e a lumni sent u s many.. fine hri s tm a gifts.

Thirty men a r e ea ting at our tabl e, a nd tw e nty -one cacian room in th e chap t er hou e . T h ose who do not room her e find it co n ge n: a t to pend th e ir l e i ure time at th h o use l\lu ic co ntribut es much to the enjoyable h o m e life . W ith Morri on at the piano. willin g t o play any thin g (except that he s hi es a t "Chinatown" which is Reid's idea of a fine piece), we have many h appy hour s of song. TI1er e a r e other in tru111 nt too. which add to the ga iet y.

Tt mu st not be inferred, how eve r , that we have b eco m e ent ir el y a mu ica l , athletic, party crowd \ do en j oy a splendid camaraderie, but we h ave not forgotten the lm in e · of keeping Acac ia at th e top in sc hola s tic work. Th e men are bucking in carne t for the exa m ina tion s ; not a man in the hou se but ha s maintained a hi gh average during the yea r. The n ew men also a r e well up Th e thre e la te st pledge , ldr o Jenks W. oboe, and G u s t Sell are of exce llent scholastic timb e r, Sell being one of thi year' elect in the agricultural honorar y fraternit y. He is a l so .1 crew man

, \ goo d number of our m e n vi it th e fadison lodge s, and th ose who have th e hi g her degree atte nd the c h ap t e r m ee tin g _ 't the s mok e r g iv en for uni ve r sity Ma on by the Mad i on lo dg s we met a great man y fine fellows, seve r a l of whom arc o n our entertaini n g list at present. At our last initiation the following becam e Acac ian : Wi ll iam rvold E j forri so n, Carl F. Young, Ralph Dunwiddie, Hube r t Ro ecran and Foret ye r At th e first fall initi a ti on we took in John Peder on, George ] ohnson, a nd L. H. Bishop

Seven of ur a lumni were married between June a nd ove mb e r , thee being F r ank Jenk , Herbert \Voolhei er, LeRoy l\IcPherson, Ric hard Vaughan, John B eat, ubr ey pence, a nd Paul Bl ac k. mong th o e who se engagements have lately been anno un ced i George E. Frazier. no\ at Champaign, Ill. Th e C h : cago paper found

reief from too much war in Brother Frazer's r o mantic relinqui hment of hi po t in orde r to wi n hi s fia nc ee, the dau g hter of Pre ident of Illin o_is.

Thos e with who m we sorrow are S. R. Hatch a na Robert Iaki ch who lost their wives, . G . Michelson, J. T. Roa c h , and L. R. forris. who los t their father , anrl ]. E. Tr el ve n , w ho lost his moth e r.

MISSOURI CHAPTER

Since o ur last letter ]. A. Faris, Ed . '16 , Tarkio, Mo., and R. W. M .cCiaughry, Eng. ' IS , A namo sa, I a. have been initiat e d to member ship makin g a total ac ti ve memb e r hip of fourteen.

]. C. Harris, Ag ri. '16, is our only n ew pl e dge He, with Jack L o n g who ha not ye t been initiated , drop in frequently to perform u c h littl e duties as are in keeping wit h their present s tation Quite a number of s tudents a re tal<ing their i\Iasonry, and have so me go od m e n in view.

Seve r a l of the m e n a re takin g quit e a n active p a rt in va riou s s tudent activities. Br ot h e r Harry Poindexter fills the ve r y dignified pos.ition of a s tud e nt se nator , and s p en d s mu ch of his valuable tim e l oo king afte r th e interest s of the s tudent bod y Harr y is also on the d e batin g squad thi s yea r, being r e tain ed from last year's squad.

B rother A cli e C hase was recently elected pre ident of the A thenean S oc ie ty. Aclie is a l so on the debating sq uad, and hope s t o be c hosen , a lo n g wit h Harry , to r ep resent "O ld Missouri" in one o f h e r contests.

Missouri h a d a r e pre se ntation of seve n active and ten alumni member at the a nnual Missouri-Kansas ga me at Lawr e n ce . W e uc cee d e d in wa llopin g th e J a h aw k t o th e tune of ten to seven. While in Lawrence we enjoyed and appreciated very mu c h th e ho spi tality of our Kan sas brother s. We had a nic e vi it and attended the s u cces ful dan ce the night after th e game.

Most of th e fellows are quite active' s o ciall y. Our first escapad e of the yea r w;; a 'poss um hunt , which was so well attended that the fruits of the hunt were in s uffi cie nt for a mu c h a nticipated 'possum dinner. Our inf o rmal dance on Kovember 25 was a g rand s u ccess, and was e njoyed b y all who attended.

We are by no m ea ns n eg lect in g our masorii c duti es. Th e re are a t l ea t two men from the hou se a t eac h m ee tin g of Acacia lodge. "Herb" Th a tcher to o k hi s Temple deg r ee December II , a nd Br o ther s Lo c khart and Poindexter ha ve rec e ntl y become si s ter by joinin g the Eastern Star.

We are talkin g and acting more th a n eve r con ce rning· a new home. Our la s t mo ve h as bee n to elect Broth e r Geo rg e Sasse as a lumni member of our h o u se building com mitt ee to fill the vacancy l eft by Bro th e r He rl ey Daily, w h ose t e rm s expired. George, who i s a n a rch :t ec t, i s taking qujte an ac tiv e int e rest in th e proposition and offers so me valuable s u gges tion s; and when in town d evotes mu c h of hi s tim e to the ca u se. Brother Dr. K a mp sc hmidt. o ur other alumni memb e r , is a l so ve r y mu c h int e r ested and does all that h e can to help u s.

The "P ir a t es' C r ew" is s till dormant , and th e "Owl Club" i s quit e in ac ti ve. Th e latt e r is du e to a lac k of m a terial , si nce Brothers Sasse and Metz see m to be the only e li g ibl e m emb e rs The "Stokers Union" is quit e th e mo st ac ti ve and stab l e of our pr ese nt or ga nizations, ha v in g induc em en t s, o bli ga tion s, and b y- law s which· mak e it impo ss ible t o st ay out a nd , w hen once i n. very in c on ve nient to ge t out. · vV ith thi s Mi so uri Chapter se nds best w i hes to a ll s i s t e r chap ter s.

Act ives 18.

CoRNELL CHAPTER

Co rn ell c h ap t e : h as ju s t emerged from the throes of mid -year exa min ation anri Is. expecta ntl y awa 1tm g the announcement of results, confident that Acacia ' ave r age will, as u s u a l , pl ace her at the h ea d of th e fraternity li st. In th e matt e r of sc hola st ic other th.in gs , present co ndition o f the local chapter present a no ve l Situ a tion; m that mne ac ti ve members, or one-half the whole num be r , are undergraduates, an d of the e two are freshmen a nd o n e a s oph o mor e- a fact w hich wi ll lend a n signi.ficance to o ur aver age and obviate th e tendenc y o n the part of our co mp e titor s to di sco unt our t a nding on th e ground that we are not o n an eq u a l footing with th em. Relati ve l y spea kin g, we n ow repr ese nt th e und erg r ad u ate cia ses as f ull y as a n y other fraternity a nd should be o co n s id e r ed.

ocially, our chapter ha pur ued it cu tomary con n ati\'e policY. \\'e have had but on r ea l fun tion, an informal Halloween party, but hav nt rtain d individual g u t at va riou times. de ri ving much benefit in the way of a unifi d chapter pirit and. socia l di cip lin e, a we ll a ecuring a mere intimate knowledge of men and affa1r mon g othe r we h ave en t ertained ounty Juclge M. , eetland, E. E. Willever, libr a ri an of the Law ollege, and Prof. . . John on of the chool of Economic . Each ha given u a deeper in ight into the pa rt icular field in ' hich he h as ach'eved succe . and a t th e arne ti m e ha imbued each member with a k ner re a li za ti on of hi obligation to cacia a the agency through wh ich h ha bee n e nabl e d to acq u1r e a n increased breadth of vi ion and a more int IIi ge nt under tanding of the world in which we live.

t pre e nt we a r e pla nn ' n g a n in formal d ance at the hou se fo r the latter part of Febru a r y, but ot h erwise intend to a dh e r e to o ur pre e nt policy. In thi connection it i s w ith the greatest plea ur e that ' e a nti c ipat e the vi it to omell of Brothers Taft of Yale a nd Pound of H a r vard. during the early pri.ng. Both have already signified their int e nti on, if c ir c um t an e permit, of giving us an evening, and it i to be hop ed that m e m ber of other c h ap t e r w ho can do so wi ll avail them elves of the opportunity to meet th e e di tinguished m e mb er of the f rat ernity.

In athletic ci rcl es we a r e till re tricted to BrQI\her u hing of the ar ity crew a the ce nt e r of ad mir at'o n - unle s an excep ti o n be m ade in the ca e of BrotherStrong and Day, w ho h ave e t a bli hed themselves a th e leading eli tributor of athletic goods in the c i ty, h av in g b ee n c h o e n to r epre. ent one of the large t manufa ct ur e r s in th e co untr y.

Th e hou se orchestra co ntinu e to g ro w . vVh e n Brother. Deatrick. il on and O'Donnell r e turn ed from th e holid ays, they brought w ith th em a v iolin , cornet and mandot:n , r e pcctiv e ly, which now g i ves u s a n orche tra of even p iece , includi n g piano. flut e, thr ee violin , mandolin a nd co rn et . nd now Barnes threaten to bl s u s with a drum! Our n ea r es t n e i hbor , how eve r , i s the univer ity organi t, o we are afe from attack on that fl a nk , a nd , if the Mu i c ians' ni on doe n ot e njoin u . we shall m a k e e nough mon ey before June to p ay for our new hou e.

Brother Harrington was a"'a in s u cce sful in hi s e ffort to m a k e the '94 debate tage and will und o ubt e dly be cho en to r ep re ent the niversilty in the triangular contest with Penn and Columbia.

Brother Rub y i a m e mb e r of the University Musical O ub s, a well a the Cadet Band and Univer it y Orchestra. He sac rifi ce d a trip to Philadelphia with the band at Thank g ivin g in order to ta k e hi s Third in the l oca l lo dge t h e a m e day, thereby provin g hi s "zea l for th e Masonic institution"-and his ab : Jit y to app r aise thin g at th e ir tru e value.

Th e chapte r ha been one of th e few o r ga ni zat ion aside fro m tho e which produ ce fire-arm a nd a mmunit:on , that h a been a bl e to d e rive a n y benefit from the pr ese nt European war. Brother C. N. Go uld . of the hicago chapter, who had planned to p nd his ab b at i c le ave st ud yi n g in I ce la nd a nd the candinav ian Penin ula, was on hi w.ay to the teamer when war was declared and d ec id ed that, ince hi projected tour wou ld be int erfe r ed with by th e l ac k of m a n y n ece arie cut off by the int e rrupt :on of co mm e r ce in the co untri e t o which h e wa go in g, it "''ould he advisable to pend the time at Co rn e ll , instead, espec ia ll y inc e the Icelandic collection her e urpa ses all other out id e of I ce la nd it e lf. Conseq u ent ly, Brother Gould has b ee n li v in g in th e hou se with u s ince Nove mb er and will probably be here till late in the pring. Brother Go uld i a n au thority on Masonic lo ve, a well as a trav e ll e r a nd r aconte ur, a nd ha a n extended acq u ainta n ce hip amo n g th e members of our fac ulty, o th at we a nticipate , a nd have a ln:a d y e njo yed, many delightful and ben e fi c ial occasions, with talk o n m a n y diverse topic of timely intere t to in 'truct and in pir e u

Tho se init:ated or pledged s in ce the Nove mb er Jo R ' AL was publi hed are: Howard H Strong, g ri c ultur e, 1918; E P. Day, Ag ri c ultur e, 1918; Edwa r d very Richmond, Ph.D. 1916; h a rl e E. Bee, I. . 1915 ; George . Ruby, M.E. 1915 Miller J. Edsall, A.B. 1916; a nd K a rl T. B ec km a n , C. E. 1915.

p RD UE CHAPTER

Active 24. Pledge 5.

A we again lo o k about ours e lve , we find that we have not been st a ndin g still, but gradually mo v ing forward. Since o ur last l ette r , the following m e n hav e travelled

aero the ands: C. F Williams, M.E 'IS, Poseyville, Ind.; P. S. Webb. C.E. 'I7, Los An g el e s, Calif.; G. C. Wright, M.E. I6, Lapel, Ind.; R. W. Covalt, Ag. 'I7, Greentown , Ind.; 0. L. Robinson, M.E. 'I6, ew Albany, Ind.; H. F. Beyer, C.E. '17, Crystall Fall , Mich. While the regular "rushing" season is over, it is customary to pledge men from time to time as we see fit. H. L. Chapin, M .E. 'I7, Boston, Mass., and A . V. Brown, M .E. 'I6, Whitestown, Ind., are the only pledges not mentioned before. Our list of prospe<:tives is by no means exhausted as yet and we hope to add a few to our list of pledges as time goes by.

The Masonic Smoker, which has become an ·annual affair W'lth us, was even a greater uccess thi year than before. This affair took place on the evening of December 4 , and some ninety-three Masons had signed the regi ter before the ev e ning passed. To the Masonic Smokers we invite all the members of the faculty and student body who ar e bound by the tie, as well as the Master of our two lodge and such other influential M.asons as we desire. We find that these events are very helpful to u . We learn who our brothers are and often new material is brought to light.

On the e vening of December I2, just a week before closing for the Christmas va cation. we entertained with a dance at our chapter house. As usual, we firt:tingly s;elebrated the closing of the first semester, a "hard times" dance at the chapter house.

Acacia men are bound to be in evidence in the things worth while, so in summing up. we find that Purdue Chapter is doing her share. Brother Laramore is Entomology Editor of the Agricttlturist and Brother Townsley is Associate Agronomy Editor on the same pubbcation. Together they represent us in Alpha Zeta. Brother Horth represents us in Tau Beta Pi . Brother Townsley will again serv'e on the Varsity Debating Team, which will strive for the honors, in the triangular debate with Michigan Agricultural College and Ames. We are represented in the various literary and debating societies and the technical societies of the various schoo l s.

Brother Williams is Advertising Manager of the Military Band . and the Symphony Orchestra. Brother Covalt represents us in the same organizations. Brother Robinson is a Lieutenant in the "Army."

Brother Eddy is Vice-president of the Athletic Association and also, of the Junior Class. Brother Webb is President of the Sophomore Class.

Brothers Germanson , ' r6, Reyer, 'I7, \Vebb, 'r7, and Pledge \ Vood, ' r8, have won their numeral in football on their respective teams. Pledge Wood ha also won his place on the Freshman Varsity in basketball.

Brother'S Philips and Peffer were recently init iated into Scabbard and Blade, the h o norary mil itary fraternity.

At the last. election, Brother Wallace, of the faculty, was made Master of Lafayette Lodge No. I23 , F. & A. M.

"The Hour Class" is the name we have adopted for our alumni publication. The first 1ssue of this pub.lication for this year is now in the hands of the alumni and we trust that our sister chapters have also received a copy. This is our second attempt and we hope to improve from time to time.

To our sister chapters we send greetings and best wishes for a prosperous I9IS.

CHICAGO CHAPTER

Actives IS Pledges 3.

The autumn quarter has been a most succe sful one for Chicago Chapter and the winter quarter opens with prospects brighter than ever.

At the beginning of the school year we had twelve active men. Besides these there were in the Graduate Schools of the University six Acacian from other chapter , sul?port we have appreciated. At an initiation held on December 5, I9I4, the s1xth anmversary of the chapter, five men cro ssed the burning sands. They wer e : James Eddy Arnold, Miles City , Mont., second year "Medic"; Denton J. Brown, of u tin , Texas, instructor in the University of Texas and graduate student in the Department of Chemistry in the U. of C . ; J. Ear l Cox. of Mason , Ohio, first year "Law"; John Moses Ratcliff , of Greenup. Ill., Junior in Commerce and Administration ; Lawrence A.\\ alch, of Reader, N.D., fir t year ' 'Law."

Acacia men have shared some honor in the University this year. Brothers McDaYid and Adam are member of the Law Sk:hool Council. Brothers Groves and Brown have recently been elected to the Honorary S{;ientific Society, Sigma Xi .

THE A A I JOlJR_.

At the annual m e ting of the National cadenw of cience in December a paper on, "A m thod of prophe ying the life and duration of eed ," taken from Brother Groves's the is, wa pre en ted. All of our made f raternitie a follow : Brother Thatcher and Glea on, Phi Chi; Brother Powell, Nu igma · u ; Brother Arnold, Phi Rho igma. t the utumn Convocation the degree of Bachelor of ience wa conferred with honor upon Brother owan, of the Department of Geography

The soc ial program f o r the quarter con i ted of a . moker. an old-fa hioned hou . e party , and a dance at the Reynold' tub. On the vening of our Ia t initiation the Chica go -\lumni Chapter joined with u in a dinner at the hapter Hou e and as i ted with the ceremonies. We have been plea ed to entertain numerou vi itor at the Hou e a u ual.

Cupid has been playing an acti,·e part among our br o thers.

Brothers Pow 11 and Adams, and Brother Cable of 1Ii ouri Chapter, have admitted the loss of their fraternity pins cell ations hav e been made that Brother Luca , of 1Ii ouri hapter, has u tained a imilar lo , ince hi pin i not to b e found on either ve t.

Since December 15, there ha been unu ual excitement at the Chapter Hou e, for Brother "Ra ty" Wreidt has returned with hi u ual mile and "pep" After a succe. ful year' work a ecretary of the Public Education ociation of New York City, Brother Wreidt re igned hi po ition to complete hi work for the Ph .D. d egree at the niversity of Chicago We al o a r e plea ed to note that Brother Brennan. of Kansas tate Chapter, regi tered in the Univer ity, a few weeks ago.

The winter quarter has sta rted encouragingly. The hou e i filled to it capacity with eighteen men. We hav e eighteen act i ve member , three pledges and pros]>'ects for other addition during the quarter. The pledges are: G. W. Adam , of Carlsbad, ew :Mexico, first yea r "Law"; C. W. Ada m s, of Rush Medical College , third year "Medic"; G. W. Stoler, of Saxton, Pa., "pre- fedic."

Th e em :-a nnual elec tion of ofticer took place in Novembe r a follows: ]. F McDavid, Venerable J. Rice Cowan, Senior Dean; A. Merrill, Corre ponding Secretary; L. Walch, Rec o rding Secretary; J. M. Ratcliff, Trea s ur e r

The Ayin Buildin g Association has receiv ed a few additions to the building fund and has upplied some new furniture for the hou e. Brother Wreidt was r ecent ly elected to the Board of Trustees to fill the vacancy made by the departure of Brother Carl W. Cloe.

A second is ue of the Midwa'j' Acacian i s expected to make it s appearance eai-ly in th e winter quarter.

yALE CHAPTER

Actives 23.

Pledges 2.

We \ ere orry not to have a letter in the November i ss ue , but since the copy wa due October I, and our University did n o t open until that dat e, we could hardly be ex)ilected to hav e our news in on time.

Th : i our third year in the house a t 16 York Square. Ten actives r eturned and five of them are living there.

We opened the campaign with a ge n era l Masonic s m oke r , giving the invitation by placard and notices in the Yale Dai/3• News. The attendance W<).S unu suall y good. Three othe r s moker have been h eld to which prospective members were invited by mean s of pecal note

Our initiates thus far are: J. R. Wilkin, Grad. Law, New Cumberland, W. Va.; Geo. Stewart, Jr., 1915, Paonia, Colo.; Wm. Ro se nfi e ld , 1915, Towanda, Pa.; W. W Wasson, 1915 , Franklin, Pa.; Fred Diddle, 1916 , Phillippi, W. Va.; J. R. Howard, 1915, l\It Vernon, Ill. ; C. . Fisher, 1915, Pa.; A. H; We ton, Faculty. New Haven. Conn.; Thompso n Dean, 13 L., Danen, Conn.; W. f Morgan, G. Ma)"nard, Ohio; W. 0. Trenor, G. L., Roanoke, Va.; K. l\I. weeks, G. L, Floyd, Va.; R. \Y. Young, G. S., \Vest Upton, Mass. , With twenty-three m en now actiYe and two or three more pledged. we feel that we have been getting along mi ghty well. A a matter of fact. dur :n&' the term before th e C hri s tma s h o lidays. we have had work at every r eg ular m eet mg, except one. f · · · At the time of the Harvard game the hou e was headquarters or VISiting brothers. -\ft e r th e game tea was served on which occasion the active member s

entertained everal members of the faculty, alumni, Yi itors and other friends. Brother from Harvard Columbia, Mis ouri and Wisconsin were pre ent.

Our meeting night has been changed from Thursday to Saturday. \Ve find this much more convenient, especially since it give u better opportunity for initiation, a nd aLo is a more favorable time for most of the men to be present. vVednesday nights the men in the house try to be at leisure and offer tho e who hare to live in the dorms a particularly "open" house.

The wood-fire talks inaugurated last year are to be continued. Faculty and alumni member will likely be the guests of honor and the headliners. Things are moving in preparation for the banquet. too, and we expect to have Brother Wm. H. Taft a the principal speaker.

H. B. Dickson, J. R. Schultz, W. E. Schultz and K. C. McKenzie returned from their ummer' trip to Europe shortly before the opening of college. Th ey to Eng land from France just in time to escape the war and while there saw a great deal of the actual enlistment and transportat'on of the "Tommy Atkinses."

Brother Lott of the Syracuse Chapter has been around to visit v--ith the local Acacians a number of times

H . L. Hutchins and R. H. Suttie, actives of last year, have married recently.

Charlie Martz is conductor of the Univer ity. Orchestra. Quinby is the same old efficient head baseball coach. · Rider has an Assistantship in Mathematic and Stan Woodman is organist at Trumbull Lodge.

Of the new men , Rosenfield. Howard and \ \Teston ar e members of the local chapter of Phi Beta Kappa. Steward is promine nt in Social Service ·work in New Haven. Dean practices law in the offices of John Elliott in ew Hav e n. Morgan is an assistant in history instruction in Sheff .

Wasson and Trenor are both thirty-second degree Masons Howard helps swell the choru in the college choir. Young decided to take more minin g engineering until the Mexican situation clears up. He's one of the· fellows, you know, wh o have been causing all the trouble down there .

At the last m ee ting before Christmas the following officers were in tal\ed:

President-F. R. Rider.

President, P. R. Rider; Vice-president, M. H. Husted; Secretary, Fred Diddle; Trea urer, J. R. Schult z; Steward, K. C. McKenzie; Masonic VVarden, F. L. Quinby; Alumni Warden, A. H. Weston.

CoLUli'!BJA CHAPTER

\Ve are enjoying one of the most prosperous and happy years in the history of our c hapter. The old members have taken on new lif e and the new members have entere d into the Acacia spirit with a vim. VI/ e have two degree teams, so that the initiations are very impressive and work with a snap.

On ove mber 28 a r ecep tion was tendered Grand President Frazer. Brother Jenkins of Harvard and Brother Lott of Syracu e at the home of Brother and Lawrence. The Grand President wa deli g hted with the reports and enthuseB the members with a sti rrin g address on the Acacia Spirit. Other addresses were made, and Mrs. Lawrence served refreshments. While we have no house of our own, Brother and Mrs. Lawrenc e make us feel that their home is ours .

An Initiation Banquet at the l\fa onic C lub. December 5, was the econd big soctal event of the year. Our guests o f honor on this occasion were Illustriou s Brother vVilliam Homan, 33rd degree, District Deputy Grand Ma t e r Andrea Diana, and Brother James Chambers, who is a prominent officer of the Knights Templar. Brothe rs Bowman and Osterholm were also after dinner orators on this occasion.

The Masonic Smoker early in th e fall was well attended and we had as our guests then,_ Purdie of the M_asonic Research Society, Judge Wilgus, who knew Prestdent Ltncoln and told of hts early experiences, Brother Herold, an alumnus of Leland Stanford chapter, and Brother Homan and Smith.

Besides these special events, we have had many socia l gatherings and dinners at the Columbia Club, the Faculty Club, and the Masonic Club. And each week some members of the fraternity tak e charge of a party of University Masons in a visit to one of the lodges at the Temple. We have visited French and Italian, besides English lodges.

It is with great sorrow that Columbia Chapter learns of the death of Sir Arthur l\Iac rthur o f Tr oy, .. Y. Sir rthur a l ways took a live int e r e t in Columbia Chapter.

He o n e of our oldest membe r and wa . m ade an H norary :\Iemb r of th chapter because of th e eli tingui hed e n •ice he ha rendered to onry. th r reference to hi s death will be found in thi i ue of the ] OUR:\.\L

The c h apter ve r y gene rou ly co ntribut ed to meeting the demand for r li vin a mon g th e poor on the Ea t ide . Two of the member . pent tw o day ditnbutmg to worthy familie Be ·ide , a co ntri bution "a made t o ward the R e lief Fund for l\rason in Europe.

Brother Carl He lm , who is o n e of our active alumni, ha been elected \\ 'o r hipful Ma t e r of \Na hington Lodge. Other office a r e a l o fi ll ed by Acacia m n.

Brother H R. Sand ford of the Harvard Chapte r h a affi liated with u and has r o ll ed up hi s s leeve · in work o n the deg r ee t ea m s. Brother Beersri1an and ook of the Frank li n A lumn i and Broth e r Baker of the Harvard .\lumni have a ! o been of grea t assistance to u thi year

The n ew men initiated thi year a r e all p r om in e nt tud ent in the ni\ er ity Brot h e r Fred Leroy \ Va ll ace i in th e Law chool and a lso one of the worker at the Boy s' Orph a n Asy lum. F r ed wa man age r of the DePauw Ba k etball team o f 1908 and i a patri o tiC so n o f Bunker Hi ll , lnd

Brother J ame ] . Quinn, Jr . , i a Te ac her Co ll ege tar and wa one of the p r ize winners at Amher s t , where h e got hi s A.B. degree in 1912 He recei, ed a n fr m Harvard in 1914 and his here fo r hi s P h .D.

Brother Clarence Roy Ki rtl ey, a Ro ya l A rch 1\Ia on, i one of the £earle s fre hmen in Law who da r e think Terry w r o n g in ontract . B r o th e r Kirtley hail from Pan o r a , Iowa, and r ece ived hi s A.B. at G rinn eJ I Co ll ege.

Brother Herbert \ V. Ha ll , wh o h as ju t r ece ived hi 3 2°, 1 a! o in Law. He graduat ed fr o m Univer s it y of Pittsburgh a nd wa a pr oud boy to wea r th e pin back to hi s home at Bracke nrid ge , Pa.

Brother John \ Ve l ey Ha r beso n, U ni on emi n a r y, won hi way into Delta Sigma Rho at University o f Kan sa by hi s int e r co ll egiate debatin g, but he i ve r y modest here. "T h e D o mini e" is a l so in oc ia l wo rk h e r e , an d h as ju t wo n a "Me ri t Scholars hip " for sc hol a ti c s tanding .

Brother George Eve r ett G ill ha so many 1\ J asonic titl es the J ouRNAL can't hold them Suffice it to say h e i a Shriner, T e mplar, Roya l A r c h. etc. Held m o r e offices than anyone e lse at Indian a U ni ve r ity and i on th e G lee Clu b here , and tudies a little in Political Science.

Brother Glenn I. Tu cke r, ano th er De P a u w m an prominent in athletic , etc , is one of the r ea l work e r s in J o urnali s m h e r e.

Brother William Van Ep vVin s lo w i s as winsome as hi brother " \ V in ", who was o n e of the pu s h e r o f the c h apter. He i in Practi ca l rt s

Brother D av id \\'. Bowma n , a pri ze deb a ter f r o m Kenyon Co ll ege, m ade a hit at the Banquet w ith hi s t oas t o n " J o urn a li sm a nd l\Iummies." Co lum b ia hapter landed two m e n o n the Law Rn •iew thi yea 1· Broth e r Embury and Dill s m ade it.

\\ ' e app r eciate re co mm e n dation r ece ived fr o m Ha r va rd , Yale, and Illinoi hapters a to ru hee s. \ Ve h a \' e abo ut t we nt y good m en on our ru h ee list and wi ll po . i b ly in vite ten o r a dozen m o re t o join the c hapt e r before the year i ove r.

IowA STATE CHAPTER

Act i ves 2 1.

Pledge 8

Act ivit y along a ll l egi tim ate fraternity lin es m a rk the condit ion of I owa tate Chapter at the beginning of th e yea r 1915. R ecen t frat e rnit y meeting h ave de,·eloped plan s for a printed c h a pter letter, th e fi r st yet undertak e n a t A m es, the formati o n of a Ma oni c Club at th e co ll eae the clo s ing u p of the ca mp a ign for the new chapter hou e, and the sec uring of th e t li t of pl edges th at th e fraternity ha had at any one time

The chapter got behind the an nu a l co ll ege and t o wn Ma o ni c held in the lo ca l lod ge room De cembe r II. One hundr ed and fifty m e n a ttended Prof. J ohn E. Brindley, active, was toastmaster.

The la s t conclave brought out that a good, li "()e C l ub was a good means of meeting pro s pe c ti ve m e mbers This semester the chapter will ee that such a ciub is organized at Iow a State. . vVord was rec e i ved th at two pledges o f th e Ya le Chapter we r e now 111 Iowa, and had not ye t been initiated Iowa State C hapt e r ha exte nd ed an 1nv1tat1on to the Yale Chapter t o co ndu c t the initi ation at

Several informal social affairs haYe been held at the chapter h o use during the past two months.

Three men were made Acacians and members of Iowa State Chapter in December F. S. Wilkins, a postgraduate student from the State College of South Dakota , Werner, instructor in zoology, and Merrill Mullinix, civil engineer.

Among the eight men on the pledge list of the chapter is Lieut. ]. H. Dreibelbis, of the Re se rve Corps of the United States Army, who after four years' service has r et urned t o Iowa State for work in Industrial Chemistry. "Tops" ha seen service in nearly every state and in the Philippines. He has a string of yarns about experiences as sergeant on detail hunting deserters, counterfeiters, and other breakers of the law. ·

A new chapter house next fall is the promise of the House Building Association. Prof. T. R. Agg, charter member of the Illinois Chapter, is chairman of the committee which ha s so ld bond to th e extent of $7,000 since ] une, and has live prospects for the r es t of the issue.

Formal action was unanimously taken by the chapter expressing the disapproval of the chapter of the proposed section of the constitution limiting the number of honorary members oi each chapter to five. The chapter believes this matter should go ove r until the next conclave, where the matter may be worked out on a purely hon o rary basis, subjecting the election of an honorary member of the fraternity at large to the vote of all the chapters.

0 R. Whitney, V. D .; C. L. R. de Wet, Junior Dean; F. E. Wilkins, Secretary; H. E. Freund, Treasurer ; and C. R. L. de Wet, Chapter Editor, are the officer for the next semester.

low A CHAPTER

The year is progressing in fine shape for Iowa Chapter. Our house is well filled and an excellent Acacia spirit has been shown all year. The new men in our chapter are: 0. H. Allbee, Grinnell; E. C. Dunkel burg, Sumner ; L. K. Fenlon, Clinton; B. S. Goss, Grinnell; H. C. Harper, Sioux City; W. M. Rindt, Rock Rapids; L. P. Holt. Oskaloosa; 0. ]. Kirgeteg, Eagle Grove: I. N. Madsen, Battle Creek; Francis Patterson, Unionville ; and V. T. Weems, Whiting.

Venerable Dean Howard has been taken into Phi Delta Phi, an honorary law fraternity , and also has been chosen President of the Interfraternity Conference of the University. Brothers Rindt, Holt, and Shaw are out for track and we fully expect Acacia to win a few laurels in athletics this spring. Brother W •eems is holding down a place on the University Rifle Team .

On ] anuary I 5th the chapter gave an informal dinner party. This was one of the most successful social affairs ever undertaken by the Iowa Chapter. After a delightful four-course dinner, the guests spent the evening in cards and dancing . Th e c h ap ter expects to give its annual formal party some time in February.

Iowa wishes all other chapters the best

PENN STATE CHAPTER

Act'ves 22.

The college year started auspiciously with a total active membership of thirteen men. Scanting soon produced seven more men who had taken three steps in Free Masonry. and immediately preparations for including them in our fold were taken. In acc?rdance with_ a ruling recently made by the chapter, each of the candidates took two-th1rds of the JOurney and was then compelled to wait for the completion of the pilgrimage until the full company was ready . In the meantime, all were required to learn something of the laws and traditions of the fraternity. These preparations completed. all were given the final work on October 30. As a result we were enriched by the of orthrup of the School of Mines Faculty, John White of the Expenment StatiOn Staff, Miller of the Department of Mechanical Engineering Morison, '14 Ag., Warner, '14 Ag., Specht, '14 Mech., and Jones, '18 Arch. what later on in the fall, Baker, '14 Elec., also became one of our number and at pr e ent, Sutton, '18, is pledged '

We ha ve had several enjoyable social functions since the opening of the college year. Earl y in October, the chapter entertained the Masons of town, and the twenty o r m o re who came appeared to have an enjoyable time. This is an annual event. Another annual occas ion of a social nature is the Pennsylvania Day house party The

college devote e\·eral day in the middle of :\o,·eml er each year t celebrate th founding of the co llege At that time, each of the fraternitie in town ha a h o u e party and, on the e,·ening before the official celebration. hold open hou . \ ha,· alway taken part in the e fe tivitie and thi year wa no exception. \\'e entertained eleven ladie at the hou e during the four day , and n the evening of th open h u e, a la rge of the member of the faculty and the official vi itor of th college honored us w1th call . The third of our ocial occa ion wa the dinn r on Thanksgiving Day, when we entertained a number of friend at dinner and at card in the eve ning

Ju t at pre ent, we are putting forth effort toward getting together enou h money to buy a hou e for the chapter. The quare and ompa A ociation our incorporated building a ociation, ha been working on the project for a year 'and xpect to have, very soon, complete plan for the rai ing of the money and the erection of the house.

We are happy to acknowledge the receipt at variou time of the n ,,. bulletin i ued by the th er chapter Before thi Jo RNAL i in your hand , we expect to end you the first i ue for the year of the Peuu tale Acaciau . lf you do not receiv it, let u s know and we hall send you a copy.

We are also pleased to have received card with hri tma and New Year ' greeting from the other chapter For these, too, we are grateful. t present we have in preparation a directory of the c hapter. It will appear in the next is ue of the Peun Stale Acaciau, and will be a complete a we can make it. Some of our men may be in yo ur neighborhood , and you would do u a kindnes if you would hunt them up and keep them int e re ted in cacia.

At pre ent we have three member of other chapter in our mid t-Brother Green (M ich. ), Brother Webber (Ill.), and Brother McQuigg (O hio) e value thee men as we value our own. 'vVe are always glad t o ha ve them at the hou e and to li ten to any words of ad vice that they may have to give u

WASHI GTON CHAPTER

In analyzing our condition at the first of thi year, it was agreed that our attention must be riveted upon four principal points, namely , the fo tering of fraternali m among the new men, th e attainment of a high scholastic sta nding, an increase in numbers, and an efficient house management.

The high degree of fraternal spirit exi ting seems to be rather the re ult of spontaneity than of any organized effort upon anyone's part.

It wa realized that in order to improve our cholastic tanding, it wa fir t necesary to know where we tood, as individual s. To determine thi , we developed a card file sys tem . Each man has a card for each subject in which he is regi ten'!>d . The card bow s hi g rade, in st ru c tor's sig n at ure and remark for each month. Each man carries his cards to his in tructor about a week o r ten days before the end of the school month and then returns th em to the member in charge of the y s tem If anyone i weak in a certain ubject, a '" hark' ' in that sub je ct i appointed to tutor him. Th e Interfraternity Council, of which we are a member, is offe ring a loving cup to the fraternity having the highest s tanding for thre e successive yea r , the name of each year's winners to be engraved up o n the cup .

We have been successf ul in increa ing our number con iderably. Our y tem of rushinO' is similar to other fraternitie . It i only our sy tem of getting acquainted with Ma:On which is peculiar to our fraternity. Our alumni are commencing to spread over the territory tributary to Seatt!e and the result is beginning to be e.en. Vl'' e invite all the lodges of the tate to not1fy us of any member who are attendmg the university. This ha proven to be of valuable as i tance.

To obtain an efficient house-manager i partly a matter of luck. \Va hington Chapter was fortunate in securing, as a pledge, a man who had the ability and time to handle the work and he ha done it well.

Although overconfidence begets failure, we cannot but feel that ome of the hard parts of the road to u ccess have been passed by hingt ol?- Chapter. There are thirteen men living in the house, but the unlucky th1rteen have been changed to fourteen before this is publi heel. 'vVe also have three outstde men. Th e month of December, saw the default, by marriage. of tw o of our number. ";\fay ucces attend their undertakin g."

THE A CI L

SYRAC SE CHAPTER

The Syracuse Chapte r of Acac ia extends mo st cordial gree ting s a nd good wishes t o its s i ter chapter f o r a most plea a nt and pro pe rou s X ew Year.

Since the open in g of college we ha ve added four n ew men to our m embership r oll and we a r e li vi n g in hopes of obtaining a lik e numb e r next term. Our new members a r e:

W m McDo nald , B.S.F , M ichigan Ag ricultur a l College. McDona ld i s now an Instructor in the Co ll ege of Forestry.

Cephas Brainard, A.B., New York University. He is now pur s uing a course in Agricu lture a t t he Ag ricultural College r ec ently established at Syracuse.

C. E. Ri ce and H. M. Fearon, Junior Civil E ngineers in the College of A pplied Science.

'vVe expec t B. Fagan, o ne of our pledges fr om th e Co ll ege of Lib e ral A rt s, t o join ou r ranks so m e time in J an uary.

Brother li es ha s completed his co urse in the Forestry Co llege and is now e mplo y ed as an Instructor in that departm e nt. lies completed hi s course in three and one-half years and has most of hi s work d o ne toward a Master's degre e .

Grand Editor, Broth e r Mann, spent a few da ys with the f ellow s in the m o nth of Nove mb e r and th e y e njo ye d his short stay very much We ex tend a cordial welcome at a ll tim es t o a n y Acac ian s who chance to s tray to S y racu se .

TTA N C H APTE R

The m o nth of December m a rks the cl ose of the first year of the existence of the Kansas State Chapter, ye t we believe that the most conservative casual obser ve r would vo te u s more than a year's growth, without any element of flattery on his part. Perh aps we had ro o m for devel o pment ; und o ubtedly th e re are many places yet for improvem ent within the c hapt e r , but as th e Christmas seaso n nears, we naturally feel p rett y good regarding our outlook.

As our a lumni are quite limited in number, and the maj or ity of th em ve ry familiar with conditions her e, ' the s t a tement s we shall make will be mor e of general interest than o th e rwise.

Perhaps the m os t important m ove the chapter has made since installation , was to acce pt th e managem e nt of th e dining tables and the purchase of s ufficient furniture to eq uip th e hou se We have found that there is a closer feeling among the fellows, and m o r e desire to se e thing s mo ve, when the pro fits from th e table are being used t o buy o ur own furniture, rather than imburse an outside party. This change involved an expen oe o f one th o u sa nd d o llar s, and will mean an economical and careful financing of the dining r oo m t o meet the quarterly payments .

We were a ll quite elated over the apparent success of our annual danc e, Dec embe r 6. "The best we ever staged" was heard for several days, and any furthe'r particulars ma y be had from Brothers Ross Clayton and Bert Sonnemarm of the Kansas Uni ve r sity Chapter.

A nother important s tep was taken this fall , when we petitioned for admittance into the Pan-Hellenic Council. A petition from the newly installed Beta Theta Pi Chapter was also presented at this time , and both were favorably received. Thi s g ives the Council a composition of one local and five national fraternities.

We wish t o announce th e following pledges since our la s t letter: Alfred A pit z, Manhattan, Wa lter Fri ze ll and Harry Reed of Larned, Gaylord Phipps, Junction City an d vVilliam Bolen , LeRo y , Kan sas. '

Brother Omar Browning of Linwood was initiated November 25th . He i s also a member of the A lpha Zeta Honorary Fraternity.

Brot her Vaughn r ece i ved hi s Mas ter's degree in Ent o mol ogy a s hort tim e ago .

Brother "Scoop" Skourup' s "editorial look" becomes more pronounced each day as the Chi e f looks over the material for Royal Pttrple, Volume VII. '

Br o th e r Ferrier has been appointed Treasurer and Sales Manager of R oyal Purpl e, Volume V1II, of th e class of 1916.

Br other s Brooks and Grayson of Kansas Uni ve rsity called a few minute s one morning between th e hours of two and four, en rout e to Kansa s Univer s it y- ebraska game. vVe understood they we re riding on a fellowship, but their du sty appearance savor ed m o r e of a cattleship than otherwise.

Brothers Sh epardson , o ur ex-Grand President, was a guest during the in s tallation of Beta Th eta Pi .

MANHA

Brother Ferrier and Pledge Apitz made quite an economical trip to Lincoln, eb., this fall.

Chapel attendance is optional here throughout the week, but on aturday we plan to have the entire chapter sitting together, in a previously elected ection of the uditorium. \ e believe it make a legitimate advertisement, and find little difficulty in getting all the fellows out.

vVe want to ee a large number of the cacian from our neighboring chapters this spring, a our acquaintance is limited in thi re pect. Don't wait for orne event; just come and ee us, :md the one thou and good-looking women here in chool. Lets all get together more than we do at present. 12he

TENTH GRAND CONCLAVE

SAN FRANCISCO 1914