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GRAND PRESIDENT
GEORGE E. FRAZER
Evanston, Ill.
GRAND VICE-PRESIDENT
R. CECIL FAY
Olathe, Kansas
GRAND TREASURER ]. A. WOODWARD
Leetonia, Ohio
GRAND SECRETARY
HARRY E. KILMER Centerview, Missouri
GRAND EDITOR
WILLIAM G. MANN Cowen Park, Seattle
Grand Counselor
HARRY L. BROWN 1507 Old Colony Bldg. Chicago
Grand Editor WILLIAM G MANN
Associate Editors
A. A. J enkins, Harv a rd , 60 State St. , Boston , Mass. J . G. Marshall, Leland Stanford, 11 05 Bush St. , San Francisco, Cal. J W Hi ll , Kansas, Lawre n ce, Kansas.
The Acacia Journa l is published October, December, February an d May. Terms: One dollar a year in advance. Single cop ies , thirty-fi ve cents. Check · and mon e y orders s h o ul d be made p aya bl e to Harry E. Ki l mer, Centerview, :tvio.
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Michigan · Arthur R. Smith
Stanford .... .. .... Osca r Lee Oliver ......
Kansas B. E Sonneman
Ne br as ka F. F. Carr
Ca lifo rnia : J oe W. Barkley ,
Ohio .... .. ....... ... B. F. Co l e.. ... ....... ... .. .. .
Harva rd N. R. Hays
Illin o is !. S. Foote__
Franklin ....... ... Earl E. Edinger........
Minnesota ... .. . A. N . S a ndt ......... ... ....
Wisconsin .... .. A. H o bson .... ... .........
M issouri H. B Ste ele
Cornell H. H Str o ng
Purdue ...... ..... . G. C. Wright ..... .. .......
Acacia Hou se, 603 Stat e St ., A nn Arbor, Michigan.
Acacia House, St a nford University, California.
Acacia Hpuse, 1514 Tenn St ., Lawrence, Kansas.
Acac ia House, 1325 R St., Lincoln, Ne br as k a
Acac ia House, 2634 Bancroft Way, Berkeley, Californi a.
Acac ia House, 1830 Indianola Ave., Columbus, Ohi o.
Acac ia House, 16 Pre sco tt St , Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Acac ia House, 501 E. Daniel St ., Champaign, Illinoi s .
Acacia House, 210 South 36th St ., · Philadelphia, Pennsyl va nia.
Acac ia H o u se, 1206 5th Ave., S . E., Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Acac ia House, 615 Lake St., Madison, Wisconsin.
Acac ia House, 821 Rollins St. , Missouri.
Acac ia H o u se, 708 E as t Senec a St., Ithaca, New York.
Acac ia H o use, 427 State St ., West Lafayette , Indiana.
C hic ago ]. Earl Cox : Acacia House, 5719 Kenwood Ave., Chicago, Illinois .
Yale F. Diddle
Acacia House, 16 York Squ a re, New Haven, Connecti c ut.
Columbia H. R. Sanford Furnald Hail , Columbia University, New York, New York.
Iowa St a te C. R. Sandifer. Aca ci a Hou se, Station A, A mes , I owa I owa ... .... ......... Leslie K . Fenlon ..... . Acacja House, South Clint on St. , Iowa City, Iowa
Penn State Warren H J ones Acac ia House , Pennsylvania State College , State Co ll ege, P ennsylvania.
Washington E. M. Coffinberry
Acac ia H o u se, 4760 21st Ave., N. E ., Seattle, Washington.
Colorado Cl are n ce I. Eckel... Acac ia House, 1315 11th St. , Bou ld e r , Co l orado.
Syracuse G. A. Adsit
Manhattan George E. Ferrier
Acac ia House, 708 Un ive rsity Ave. , Syr ac u se, N ·ew York.
Acacia House , 82 1 Osage St .,
M a nhatt a n , Kansas .
Please notify thi s office of any c h a nge s.
"Brother, have you pondered the meaning Of all you have heard and been told? Have you strengthened your heart for its weaning From vices and faults loved of old?
Will you honor, in hours of temptation, Your promises noble and grand? vVi ll your spirit be strong to do battle with wrong, 'And, having done all, to stand?'
"Will you ever be true to a brother In actions as vvell as in creed?
Will you stand by his side as no other Could stand in the hour of his need?
Will you boldly defend h i m from per il , And lift frorn. h im poverty's curse?
Will the promise of aid , which you willingly made. Reach down from your l ips to your purse?
"The world's battle-fie l d is before you; Let wisdom walk close by your side, Let faith spread her snowy wings o'er you , Let truth be your comrade and guide; Let Fortitude, Justice, and Mercy
Direct all your conduct aright, And let each word and act tell to men the proud fact , You are worthy the name of a Mason."
-Bro. Rob m· t H. Bradl ey.
O ur univ e r s it y ancestors who j o urne y ed to the German uni ve r s itie s in s uch l a r ge number s in the s eventies and eighties o f the la s t century, br o ught b a ck many thin gs that have broadened the viewpoint , and the u sef ulne ss, - o f o ur - American schools . One of the things that has come t o u s from them has b ee n the passion f o r the cla ss ificati o n of social phenomena. Our college m e n are not content t o accept any college socie t y as a thing apart, and o f it se lf to be va lued Mo re and m o re we tend t o l a bel the thin gs of co llege life Faculty and s tudent s t og ether h ave worked mi g htil y fo r the inten sive o r ga nizati on of college social life. The nati o nal fr a ternity , th e l oc al faternity , the club , the h o n o r so ciety , th e class soc iety, the literary soc iety, the den o minati o nal soc iet y -the se a nd m a n y more gro up s hav e b eco me clearl y defined not o nl y in the college an nual a nd in the card index o f the dean but in the dail y life o f th e entire student b o dy. A nd al.l of this i s well enough, f o r the A merican uni ve r s it y i s a ve ry old in s tituti o n . Our multitude of soc ial groups is, af ter a ll , o nl y an evolution o f the college table s of Oxford and Cambridge , a nd o ur intricate sys t em o f naming them i s an application of pure sc ience that n o co ntinental philosohpher c o uld well ob ject t o.
The enthusiasm for ea rmarkin g h as been vented especially upon th e n a ti o n a l fraternity . Three g r o up s of n a ti o nal fraternities a re n ow es t ab li s hed as well in the college dailie s as in the an th o logy o f Mr. Ba ird. The h o n orary frat erniti es a r e tho s e which ba se th eir m e mbers hip up on exce llen ce in sc h o l a r s hip. Professional fraternitie s are tho s e w hi ch se lec t their m e mber s fr o m s tudent s in particular pr ofess io nal sc h oo ls and co urse s. Ge neral fraternities s elect their members o n the basis of goo d fellowship. Of course no one individual would be so brash as to se t up such groups o n hi s ow n authtority. B ut college men genera ll y classify s uch fraternities as C hi Psi and Sigma N u as ge n e ral f r a t e rniti es; and Phi Delta Ph i a nd N u Sigma N u as professional fraternities; and Phi Be t Kappa a s a n h o n ora ry fratrenity. It i s difficult to be sc ie ntific with college fraternities. Some of the gene r a l fraternities h ave es t ab li s hed charters in professional schools; so me of th e c hapter s of pr ofess iona l f r a terniti es la y g re at e m p h as is up o n soc ial qualities in se lectm g members; so m e of th e chapters of hon o r a r y fraternities e l ect members so ea rl y in their s tudent days as t o make the claims of sc h o lar s hip m o r e a matter of prophecy than of r eco rd . The way of th e c la ss ifier is ind eed h ard. \ i\T hat is o ne t o do with a chapter of Tau Beta Pi that li :-res in a h <;m se and gives parti es, o r with a chapter of a ge n e r a l fratermt y that ex 1s t s a t Harvard as a dr a matic club , or with a chapter of a l aw fraternity that gives it s m e mber s a key upon g radu a ti o n ? It will be we ll to s t op her e, le s t some o n e from Philistia inquire s h ow w e propose t o classify the three chapters th a t we re established a t hi s colleo·e in the mi s ty antiquity of 1872 , a nd have eve r s inc e held themselve s from the m any n ewco m er s in th e fraternity wo rld . A good deal o f th e time spe nt in the attempt t o classify fraternities is quite lost. Each faternity , ind ee d each fraternity chapter, mu s t ha ve a n individuality if it i s t o be at a ll worth w hil e . The good chapter is
a family, and the good national fraternity is a clan, and any catch brother will agree with me that a family and a clan are matters of entiment and loyalty much more than they are matters of formal organization or rules or names.
The distinction between national fraternities and local fraternities. and the distinction between general fraternities and profes ional faternities ha s been of great value in that group of national general fraternitie so set out has been able to develop a real esprit de corps among general fraternity men. The annual meetings of the national interfraternity conference has been invaluable to the fraternity executive and to the college officer a well. The national general fraternities have found many points in common, especially many problems that can be met best by co-operative action. The national fraternity conference has been remarkably free from petty minds and their little distinctions. And much the same thing can be said of the local interfraternity conferences that are coming to take an increasing part in the regulation of fraternity and college life. X ot all of the local conferences have been free from politics, and some may at times be guilty of snobbery, but politics may be good as well as bad , and snobbery is somewhat pardonable in boys who have not h:1d real work to do.
The attempt to place a particular fraternity in one class or in another class is not of very much importance so far as the main work of the fraternity is concerned . The group name becomes important when co-operative work by fraternities is to be considered. So the members of the Acacia Fraternity evidenced but little concern at o ne instituti o n when the college ·annual classed the local chapter as a " miscellaneou s organization." For that matter the national officers of Acacia rather enjoyed the joke when one chapter reported that the local Panhellenic Council had expressed formal regret that admittance to its labors could not be granted to a fraternity that had not selected Greek letters for its name. The boys in that Panhellenic Council will appreciate the joke when so me one tells them that the Greek word Acacia is Hellenic, and can enn be reduced to Greek letters. And this is said in all kindnes s becau e the chapters of Acacia are appreciative of the welcome that the y have had at each of the twenty four universities where active chapters are located.
The A.cacia Fraternity is a general fraternity. She selects her members from the students in all of the schools and courses in the universiti es where h e r chapters are located. The basis of selection i good fellowhip, in the best sense of that much abused term. Her chapters maintain chapter houses , and aim to make these houses chapter homes where her members will develop in character and social qualities and social usefulne s. These ideals of Acacia are the ideals of all the general fraternities.
X everthele s Acacia is a thorn in the flesh of the writer who wishes to base his classification upon absolute uniformity. So far as I kno w, cacia i the only fraternity that has established chapters only in schools offering graduate work of university grade. is a universit y ternity. Then, too, all of the chapters of Acacia place such empha 1 upon home life that they have either built or bought houses or ha ve
organized their energies to do so. Several of the general fraternities may say the same thing , but by no means all of them.
Acacia is certainly unique in her basis of membership All member s must be members of the Masonic Fraternity prior to their initiation into Acacia. This means first of a ll that the members of Acacia come into the Fraternity with credentials as to their reputation in their home communities. This means more to those of us who are Masons than it can mean to others. Members of Acacia place great emphasis upon th e aiel thus given by the lodge election machinery of the home town.
The Masonic requirement means that a man mu.st be twenty one years of age before he becomes Acacia material. This in turn raises the average age of the members of an Acacia Chapter. Some of the chapters report an crverage for their members of twenty-three and twenty-four years. And this bring s us to some consideration of the place of Acacia in co-operative fraternity work.
· The Acacia men are mature, and their judgment as to standards of col l ege living s hould be mature N aturally I think that it is. And the record of the Fraternity may justify the conc lu sion. For Acacia was one of the first of the college fraternities to forbid gambling and drinking and pandering in the chapter house and at the chapter's social function s . Now I do not mean to say that vices have ever been pre v alent in chapter houses. Acac ia ha s don e service in that she has said that her men must not gamb le or drink or whore i11 thei"r college home. G ladly d o we acknowledge that almost all of th e national general fraternities have said the sa me thing, many of them within the l ast few years. The errors of the misguided and reckless few have always been the source of much of whatever justifiable anti-fraternity fee lin g has existed. Acacia men have been mature in insisting from the foundation of the mother chapter that the chapter house should be a h o me, and not a city club in miniature. Side by side with clean living Acacia has placed the principl'e that university men are men, not boys. The chapters of Acacia have n ot been willing that their organization should be used as an arm of college discipline. Acacia men have been as quick to resent petty faculty tyranny as to resent ·s tudent meanne ss. Let me speak plainly. In some universities faculty o fficers have meddled in student politi'cs, and have even resorted to systems of student espionage . Acacia men have had the advantage of maturity in square ly opposi ng such tendencies. Fortunate ly the need for such coutage decrea ses year by year as our universi"ties grow in true uni v ersity ideals .
The Masonic requirement limit s the membership of Acacia to men alread y adva 111c e d in their univer s ity work a nd to men whose college work has been delayed by th e neces s ities of self support. Both classes of men are in ea rne s t about their college work, and the fraternity has in their earnestness an examp l e o f hard working fraternity men. Naturally such men are democratic in spirit. Acacia may be counted upon to do its full share w ith other fraternities in working toward s greater clemoerac y in studen t iife.
It is hard to write about the things that have been menti o ned without see ming t o boast . No thing could be further fr o m the spi rit of the men that I ha ve found in Acaci:1. The Fraternity is young, she ha s much
difficult work to do in perfecting her own organization. he appreciate her welcome i n the fraternity wor l d, and is glad to work with o ther general fraternities towards still better condition in univer ity life . The things that are unique in her organizatiol'). should prove u eful in much of that work.- Reprint, BANT AS, Gr ee k E':r chang e
In order that there may be no misunderstanding and no hard feeling un the part of any chapterf' that they have not been given as good an opportunity to make a good impression as some other chapter , a few words of explanation of the Grand Counselor ' s position ma y be advisable.
Unfortunate ly, the Grand Counse l or has to work for his living and can neither give all his time to the duti e s of the office, nor visit the chapter , a lways , at the time most suitable to them and most plea ant for him The work of the office must necessarily be done at such time as will not conflict with the duties of his "bread-and-butter" job , and it therefore will frequent ly happen that a chapter can be given only very short notice of his official visit. However, he is glad to give the chapter s not yet visited, the "benefit of some int imation of what he will expect, and in this they will have an advantage over the several chapters alread y visited.
If time permits, he w ill expect to be a witnes to a completr exemplification of the ritual , but if t ime is limited only the first par1 of the initiation ceremony w ill be requ ired. An actua l candidate must be had on whom to do the work since i t has proven absolutely impossible to put on a successful i n itiation upon one of the members. For this reason and to be prepared at any time for an inspection, at least one pledge should be constantly available.
Advantage is taken of this opportunity to thank the many chapters for the Christmas greeti n gs received and to reciprocate most cordially in wi bing them a happy and successfu l year in Acacia. The spirit with which the chapters already visited have entered into the work of the Counselor has been very pleas i ng, indeed, and has encouraged him to greater effort for the good of the fraternity. The pos ibilities for benefit to the indiv i d u a l chapters and to the fraternity as a whole. through the office of the Grand Counselor. are a l ready apparent. and the extent to which these may be real ized , depends on ly on the time that can be given to the disposition of the duties of the office and the coperation of the chapters. Let us hope that this may be bad in the fullest measure.
The sub j ect of r i tua l robes, wh il e not officially discussed at the Conclave, was brought to the attention of the delegates at the time o f the exemplification of the r itual. The gowns for this occasion were furni heel by the Ih l ings Bros .-Eve r hard Co. of Kalamazoo! Mich. , who have since been appointed offic i a l costumers for the Fratermty.
vVe h'ave a beautiful ritual and its impre ss iveness is greatly enhanced if the officers are properly robed . The au th ors of the ritual had this e l emen t in mind at the tim:e of its preparation, as it l ends a tone t o the initiation that cannot be secured in any o ther way. It i s h oped that each chapter wi ll ser ious ly consider the p urcha se of ritual robe s, as the present ar r angement wi ll perm it of it a t a minimum expense . Severa l of the chapters are already eq uipp ed and realize the advantage to be ga ined. A specia l communica ti on on prices w ill be addressed t o each Chapter and it is hoped it wi ll be of se r vice.
To the Grand Co uncil and Chapters of Acacia:
I am p l eased to r eport the financial condi ti on of the Fraternity as of January 1s t, w ithout interest addit ions:
on h and September 1st, 1915
.3 9
$4,789.90
2,293.78 $7,083.68
Of the cash on hand $2,000 is on interest-bearing deposit. Included in th is sta tement is the $100 appropriation to the National Endowment Fund.
Respectfully submitted, ]. A. WOODWARD, Gmnd T1·easure1·.
A s unbeam fell across the way I tr o d.
" \ !\T hence do yo u come?" I asked; it said, "F rom God."
''W h e r e do you go; what is yo ur mi ss ion here?" \1\Tith radiant h ead
The s nnbeam bri g ht er s h o ne . " I am the l ove of lif e/' it said.
-Bro. W. E. Sc hult z, Yale Ghapte?" .
To the Chapte r s:
:\ t the invitation of the Triangles Club of the "Gni,·er ity of Texasan applicant for a charter from the Acacia Fraternity-the Acacia memof the faculty of the A. & M. College of Texas delegated Brother Cha:'. L. \ V il son of the Purdue Chapter to go to Austin and investigate their standing. As a result of his inve tigation, along with information available from other sources, we are prepared to make the following report to the Acacia Chapters.
\Ye find that the men composing the Triangles Club are men o f good character and are highly respected in faculty, student and Masonic circles. Members of the Triangles are found taking part in all the Univer ity enterprises of the most substantial sort, enjoying a high scholastic standing, and having a large representation in the various honor societies.
The club occupies a lar ger and better house than last year. The hou!'e is fill ed w ith members of the Fraternity, and both house and table are paying propositions. A genuine fraternity spirit prevails . The membership in the University is of such size as to preclude any chance of there being at any time insufficient material from which t o draw. .The presence of strong Scottish Rite bodie in the city will be o f great influence in stimulating Masonic interest in the niversity .
In view of the high stand ing of our petitioners , the solida rity of their organization, the large number of Masons availab le , the prominence of the University, and in the belief that anti-fraternity agitation will be but little in evidence under the strict regulation now being enforced by the t'nivers it y , we heartily recommend them to the favorable consideration of the officers and chapters of the Acacia Fraternity.
Signed, C. B. Campbell , Chi cago, P1 ·of. of' J[od em
E. C. Gee, N ebmslca, P1·of. of' Ag1·. Eng
D. J. Brown , Chicago, As istant Prof. of C h emistry.
J.D. Blackw ell, Missou1·i , Assoc. Prof. Agr. Eng. Chas Levilson , Pu1·du e, Instructor M ec hani cs
Y.l e are of the opinion that very few of the chaptt.r secretaries allowed themselves a complete vacation during the holiday season. We were pleased to hear from so many of them and to note the enthusiasm and spirit of the reports. Much is yet to be accomplished in all the chapters before the close of the year, but let it be said that much has already been accomplished.
Heretofore we have always acknowledged greetings from the chapters and from alumni. This year it was impossible to do this. We are growing in numbers and the alumni and chapters are growing more thoughtful. \¥ e hope that our failure to acknowledge your cards will not be misconstrued. It was a source of pleasure and joy to read cards froin Groves, Marshall and scores of other alumni and from the chapters.
For most of you the mid-year examinations will be over before the Journal reaches you. Vl e hope that the chapters will be able to stand high in scholarship. Let us have your reports .when they are compiled.
We feef , at last , that the delivery of the pins is to be more prompt. We have spent pages explaining this delay in delivery and we want merely to state again that no one was at fault for this delay.
The committee has finished reading the page proof of the new edition of the laws. We hope to have the books printed and distributed before this number of the Journal reaches you.
There has been some inquiry concerning the new accounting system. We hoped to get this system installed by the middle of the year. It has taken a great deal more time to prepare the system than we anticipated. The minutes of the Conclave and the directions of the Conclave Committee were a bit indefinite but this has been cleared up and the system has been prepared and is now in the hands of the Grand Council. As soon as we get the report of the Council, we shall have the forms prepared and distributed to the chapters.
Material for the chapter directory must reach this office by March 1st. We hope that each chapter will prepare the copy as directed . You should list the members alphabetically. There need be no classification of the as and honprary. Be careful in spelling names and gtvmg the mtttals. If the chapter secretaries do their full part in this matter there will be enough work to do in this office. The names will all be checked over with our roll. We hope that all material wi ll be in our office . on March 1st.
DAVID NATHANIEL KI N SMAN , 33 °
In the fullne ss of life and years, bearing the honors of his devoted service to humanity and the order, and loved by all who knew him, Illu strious Brother David Nathaniel Kinsman , 33°, entered into s ilence on the 24th day of November, 1910, at his hom e at Columbus, Ohio.
Dr. Kinsman was born at Heath, Mass., May 3rd, 1834, of a very prominent and influential New England family. In his early manhood he went to Circleville, 0., where he taught school for seven years. Afterwards he completed the course in medicine at the Medical College of Ohio at Cincinnati, where he was graduated in 1863. He immediately entered upon the practice of medicine, which h e continued for thr ee years at Circleville, seven years at Lancaster, and the remainder of his life, 37 years, at Columbus.
His professional life w as very useful, active and s uc cessfu l. He speed ily became the recognized he a d of his profession in the central portion of the state, and maintained that rank almost to the very hour of hi s death. He was the ideal doctor ; courteous, kindly, sympathetic, l earned, sk illful , and wise. His studious habit s and hi s a lert and progressive mind kept him at all times in close touch with the latest l ea rning of hi s profes ion His sk ill in diagnosis was especially great. He seemed to be able to add to the technically skillful us e of the mechanical, bacteriological and c h em ica l aids of the expert the intuition of the great physician, while hi s charming, kindly personality commended th e unqu es tioning confidence of his patients.
As a citizen, Dr. Kinsman was always ready to bring the a id of hi s learning, skill and experience t o the se rvi ce of his c ity and state, and hi s work in the promotion of public health, both in private and o ffi c ia l capac itie s, was constant and exceedingly valuable.
During Cotton Allen's administration as m ayor of Columbus, h e se r ved, at much personal sacrifice, as city health officer, and accomplished more for the real good of the department than had ever been dreamed of up to that time. About the same time, or soon th e r eafter, h e was for one or two years chairman of the committee of he a lth and sa nitation of the board of trade, and in that capacity initiat ed th e plan for a comfor t stat ion to be built co-jointly by the sta te and city at the corner of Broad and High streets. From that time this subject ha s grown in favor until now Dr. J insman's conception is nearing completion, not only at Broad and High streets, but in another at State and High s tre e t s. Verily the good works of men live after them.
In everyth ing to which Dr. Kinsman le nt hi s effo rt s, he put his be s t in consc ience, courage and capability, a nd a lw ays left the sta mp of his unselfish personality upon it.
His record as a Mason s hows the sa me disposition of thoroughness and devotion that characterized hi s professional life Activ e, busy and successfu l as was his daily life , he found time to render a lm ost unequ a led service for Masonry.
Raised to the degree of Master Mason in Pickaway Lodge No. 23 at Circleville, 0., May 6, 1857, he was W. M of th a t lod ge from 1860 to 1866, and gra nd orator of the Grand Lodge of Ohio in 1886 and 1887
He was high priest of Circleville Chapter , R. A. M., in 1860 to 1866; eminent commander of Mt Vernon Commandery at Columbus in 1892, and
its prelat e at the tim e of and for many years prior to his death, and T. I. M. of Columbus Council, R. & S. M., in 1894.
In the Scottish Rite Illustrious Brother Kinsman has been, through a long series of years, extraordinarily devoted and successful. Receiving the grad es in Lodge, Council and Chapter in 1877 at Columbus, soon after the dispensation was granted for those bodies , he immediately became master of ceremonies in each, in which offices he continued for four years, until the work was thoroughly established, systemized and perfected
When that strange attempt to establish in Ohio clandestine bodies, under the name of Cerneau, led astray so many M aso ns to their moral and social destruction, Columbus became the storm center. Under the courageous leadership of Illustrious Brother Kinsman, the loyal Masons of that valley reorganized their body and defended and preserved the honor and integrity of Scottish Rite Masonry in Ohio. At this time (1885) Illustrious Brother Kinsman became thrice potent master of Enoch Lodge of Perfection, and with marvelous skill, courage and discretion, re-established the loyalty and devotion of the Masons of Central Ohio, and, continuing as thrice potent master to the date of his death, built up the great, flourishing, loyal , loving Scottish Rite organization which distinguishes the valley of Columbus
Illustrious Broth e r Kinsman received the thirty-third and last degree of the A A. Scottish Rite September 15, 1885 ; wa s crowned an active member of this supreme council September 17, 1895, and became its deputy for the district of Ohio May 29, 1909, in which position he continued to serve the Rite with great ability and success until his death.
Dr. Kinsrrian , as the physical man , is gone. Dr. Kin .> man , spiritually and Masonically, continues an active existence in otir midst . His life, quiet, earnest , unselfish , clean, courageous and standing for all that is best in Masonry and manhood , is still a n active force i11 the lives and works of all the Masons of Ohio. Yes, even of the world.
His it was to live and die Fighting for true Masonry ; Ours to ask, why should it be Death should summon such as he? An his spirit answers plain , Man can never hope to gain Anything of good or worth While he grovels on the earth, Must be measured by the square In the Land of Over There, E 're in fullness he may see Beauties of Freemasonry.
-Central Ohio Mason.
Charles M. Andrist, Private Secretary Minnesota Chapter
Governor Winfield Scott Hammond, honorary member of Minnesota Chapter of Acacia, died at Clinton , La., December 30th, following a stroke of apoplexy.
Winfield Scott Hammond, eighteenth Governor of Minnesota , was born 111 ?outhboro , Massachusetts , November 17, 1863, of New Englano stock datmg back to the early s ettlement of New Hampshire. His father was John Hammond, and his mother was Ellen (Panton) Hammond. He attended the common schools of his native town, finishing his preparatory
courses in the Peters High School, of which Mr. A. E. Denfelt, Past Grand Master of Minnesota and Honorary Acacian, was principal. He took his A. B. at Dartmouth College in 1880 and his M. A. in 1889. He made his way through colle'ge by teaching a three months' term of school each w1mt!r.
Upon the completion of his course young Hammond was called to iMinnesota by his former teacher, A. E. Denfelt, as principal of the High School at Mankato. In the spring of 1885 he was called to Madelia as superintendent of schools, where he served five years.
During his years as a teacher he was fitting himself for a legal career. He was admitted to the bar in 1891, locating at Madelia. In 1895 he moved to St. James, where he served as county attorney for two years. He was appointed a member of the state board of directors of normal schools of Minnesota, 1896-1906, by Governor S. R. Van Sant. He also served as president of the board of education of St. James from 1898-1903. In 1907 he was elected to Congress on the Democratic ticket, where he served four successive terms. In 1914 he was elected Governor of Minnesota with a majority of more than 12,500 votes
As Governor of Minnesota, Mr. Hammond was fast establishing a record for grasp of the situation, for honesty and for high-minded politics.
As an orator Governor Hammond had few equals, whether on the stump, as an after-dinner speaker or as an attorney before the jury. His language was perfect in its diction, pronounciation and grammatical form: his voice was deep, resonant and sympathetic. As he presented his wonderful logic before the close of his discourse, if he had not won those who had opposed at the beginning, he at least convinced them of his honesty and sincerity.
As to church affiliation, Governor Hammond was a Presbyterian. He made it a rule of his life to attend church services whenever possib l e, and he a l ways participated in the worship. He had an abiding faith in a personal God, Creator and Ruler of the Universe, and in His Son Jesus Christ, the Redeemer and Savior of Mankind. He was not ashamed of the faith that was in him and he feared not to bear testimony to the work of grace.
Governor Hammond had been a member of the Masonic Lodge at Madelia for twenty-five years and was a Past Master of that Lodge. He took the Commandery at New Ulm and the Shrine at Osman Temple, St. Paul, Minnesota. He was always a very enthusiastic Mason and on April 3, 1915, he became an honorary member of the Minnesota Chapter of Acacia.
Governor Hammond's death comes to me as the greatest blow of my exi tence. He was the highest minded man I have ever known. Every question was decided upon the basis of right or wrong, and not whether it was expedient or advisable politically. I shall carry through my life the picture of that quiet, unassuming man who was not disturbed by victory or defeat, nor excited by hostile criticism. I loved him as an older brother. He is gone-we shall see him no more, but we shall be better for having associated with him. Tears and sighs will not bring him back. All we can say as we pay this faint tribute to him while dropping a flower upon his tomb, are these words:
Requiescas in pace aeterna.
Rest thou in everlasting peace.
Brother George E. Nitzsche was born in Nazareth, Pennsylvania, on June 3, 1874. After leaving Nazareth , where he attended the public schools, he studied in va.rious Philadelphia ,schools and entered the University of Pennsylvania, from which he was graduated in 1898 with the degree of LL.B. He was manager of the University Debating Team for several years. In 1898 he was admitted to the Philadelphia Bar, and in 1903 to the Supreme Court of the State of Pennsylvania. Be was Bursar of th.e Law School for five years and Prothonotary for one year. About 1901 he organized the Bureau of Publicity of the University, of whjch he was Manager for many years and wh,ich was finally merged with the Recorder's Office of which he is now heacl. For <the University he prepared exhibits for various W oriel's Fairs and Expositions, including those at Jamestown and Seattle, where they were awarded the gold medal and grand prize respectively. In 1907 Brother Nitzsche founded the Memorial Library of the Publications of the University of Pennsylvania and Her Sons, to which collection he has added many hundreds of books and pamphlets each year, and which now contains many thousands of volumes produced by men connected at some time with the University of Pennsylvania and books bearing upon any phase of the University and her sons. He · is editor and founder of '-'OLD PENN," which has been the official weekly of the University of Penn-
yl\'ania since 1901. He has compiled and edited many official publications of the University, including the Law School Memorial Volume (1902); History and Traditions of the University of Pennsylvania, the 5th edition of which appeared in 1914; the Univer ity of Penn ylvania Jllustrated ( 1906), and numerous booklets, article , reports and educational statistics; he " ·as also managing editor of the Univer ity Medical llulletin during 1909 and 1910. ·
In 1898 Mr. _ itzsche incorporated the Philadelphia Rescue Home, of which he was president for one year, and for which he raised considerable money. as al o for various other memorials. He is a trustee of the First Unitarian Church of Philadelphia and Chairman of its ic Committee. He. is director of the Oncologic Cancer Hospital. He has acted as secretary of many University committees including those in charge of the dedication of the new Law, Medical, Engineering, Dental and Settlement buildings of the University, and for nine years of the Committee in charge of the annual Army and avy Game on Franklin Field. He has not only managed seven Army and Tavy games. but also a number of big carnivals , plays , etc.
He is interested in and a member of a number of clubs and societie , including the lh1iversity Club of Philadelphia, -Argunot Club, Cosm o politan Club. Omega Tau Sigma, of which he is an honorary member and founder; the Moravian Historical Society, Ma onic Lodge o. 51. and other Masonic bodies; Hare Law Club, was one of the manag-ers of the Law Alumni ociety, the Argument Committee of the La"· . \caclemy of Philadelphia, etc.
Brother Nitzsche, with Harvey Howard. organized the Franklin Chapter of the Acacia Fraternity, 1905. Franklin Chapter was installed and the first meetings held in his apartments in Hamilton Court, 39th and Chestnut streets. Brother Nitzsche served as the first secretary of the chapter and was elected deiegate to the first General Convention held in Chicago in 1906. He has always been ambitious to have Franklin secure a home of its own, and with this end in view started a building fund shortly after the Chapter was installed, but the fund had s ubsequently to be used for chapter purposes. Again in 1912, with the sa me object in view, he organized the Acacia Club. composed of alumni, his idea being to raise a building fund through life memberships . He was elected first president of the Acacia Club. Upon his resignation the members of the club and the chapter presented him with a silver loving cup.
Although of German descent and beari1;tg the name of the great German philosopher , who is often cited as being responsible for the present European war, Brother Nitzsche is a typical American in thought. spirit and even by traditioJJ , his maternal g-randfather, Johann Rhoecler. a German soldier of fortune, having served as an officer under Lafayette during the American Revolution.
Mr. itzsche has traveled quite extensively, having visited some of the remote regions of the world. His principal recreation now is gardeninP". In 1909 he married Elsa Koenig, a talented artist and portrait painter and daughter of the late George A. Koenig, a chemist and professor at the University of Pennsylvania for 20 years and later for 22 years at Michigan College of Mines. They have two daughters , and live at 441 Carpenter Lane , Germantown.
To many Masons, a ll the traditions of the past are assumed to bear the s tamp of authoritative history, notwithstanding such a thing is i mpo ssib le. Tradition loses none of its value because it is tradition. This is attested by all secular, as well as all profane history, in which the early foundations were laid in tradition , and later developed through archaeological r esea rch. As an example, the Mound builders, thei r exis tenc e, their habit s and their persona l peculiarities are none the less facts , because all we know of their early, or even their entire existence, is based upon tradition and the provings of th e archaeologist. The American Indian gave u s no authoritative history prior to the settlement o f Ame rica by the whites, and so Masonry gives us no authoritative hi s tory prior to the fourteenth century. A ll prior to this is traditional , and ye t it is probably the greatest in it s possibilities for the good of m odern Free Masonry of all time.
The why of an organized craft of operative Masons is fully s hown, not only by tradition, but by the provings of archaeologists. The idea that the origin of Ancient Craft Operative Masonry was in the building o f Solomon's temple is a tradition born e out b y Scripture and s trongly supported by archaeo logica l discoveries, and there is also a very s trong logical argument to be based upon these.
The facts which are thus far uncontro ve rted are:
First The peoples of these countries were constantly at war.
Second. It was the custom of a victorious country to erect a t e mple t o the God or Gods it worshipedd at or near the site of the victory, or at the city in which the n ew gove rnment was to be established. They always attempted to build a grander temple than that to the God or Gods of the former people.
Third When Solon1on decided to erect a temple to his God, it must be greater than any previous structure, in o rder that it should sy mbolize a greater God. Hence, he must be sure of his workmen. He must know that each man entrusted wit h work for this temple believed
in and worshipped the true God. This is a simple , logical conclusion. How could this be accomplished except by organization? Evidently in no other way. As a result then the craft was organized. The e sence of that organization was belief in and fealty to the Deity.
But some one suggests that this organization may have b e en before the time of Solomon, and here the archaeologist answers in no uncertain manner. The answer is that in the ruins of none of the structures preceding Solomon's temple do they find (a) the Jewish bevel upon all the stones in the structure or upon any of them; ( b) the peculiar marks or signs of the workmen, as found in the stones of the temple areaway and throughout the ruins; (c) the peculiar stone of which it was constructed. However, following the building of Solomon ' s temple there are found in the ruins of the ancient cities and in the mosque s and cathedrals of the succeeding centuries, both the Jewish bevel and the marks upon the stones, which were first shown in Solomon's temple. These archaeological discoveries have been made in many instances by men who vvere not masons, and in ruins of dates almost continuous from the building of the temple up to the fourteenth century. The argument in this is then that the operative craft was organized at the building of this temple. That its function or purpose was to secure or to insure accuracy of workmanship in the building of structures , devoted to the worship of the Deity, or commemorating in some manner Deity's guidance and protection of those who believed in and followed Him. There is nothing in tradition , Scripture or archaeological discoveries which in any way conflict as to the purpose or the efficiency of this ancient organization. Its purpose was clearly a mechanical perfection in structure, by which the builders evidenced their belief in and reverence for the Deity. There is absolutely nothing to show that there was any intent to build or any conception of the possibility of building in human character a temple such as is the ideal of modern Free Masonry. This all developed after the middle of the fourteenth century. But the importance of the ancient craft in its relation to our present institution is none the less for all that. The evolution from operative to speculative was natural. It became the custom for the lodges of the craft to admit to honorary membership men who, because of education, financial or political position, could aid the craft in important ways. The number of skilled workmen did not produce a growth in the order, and as a result the honorary members foresaw the necessity of change from a strictly operative control to an organization in which the moral, intellectual and social ideals of the operative craft could become a power in the growth of the order and the building of temples in human to the worship of Deity. Out of this came the birth of speculative or modern Free Masonry. Its development, its growth are matters of authoritative history, but a history so dependent upon and so intimately blended with the early traditions as to make them one and inseparable.
At the sixty-second annual conclave of the grand commandery o f the Knights Templar of Pennsylvania, a resolution was passed b y a larue majority which makes it impossible in the future for anyone , dir e ctly indirectly connected with the liquor business, to join any commandery in the state .
Senator ·Gallinger has introduced a bill, Senate 2987, providing for a board in the Departm e nt of the Interior, to be composed of the United States Commiss ioner of Education as chairman and ten other members "re presentative of the higher educational interests of the United Stat es and of general int e re s t in arts, sciences and industries, " appointed by the President with the consent of the Senate.
In addition to ex ercising certa in adm ini strative powers over the institutions of higher learning, and maintaining proper standards for granting degrees, th e first thre e paragraphs specifying the powers are of interest.
''(a) To inquire into th e scientific operations of the government, and r eco mmend to 'the President, from tim e to time , measures for utilizing for educational or research purpose s such scientific operations and the government facilities connected therewith.
"( b) To advise and direct a dult r esearch stude nt s, having s uch qualifications as may seem proper to the board , in the use of such governmental operations and facilities, under the limitation s provided by law or by executive regulation:
(c) To organize and carry on any p os tgr a du a te teaching and research work for which Congress may hereaft e r a ppropriate or ac cept funds."
These tentative and discretionary power s would doubtle ss be u se d by the board as the me ans by which it wou ld gradua lly feel its way toward a safe and development of a co-ordinating a nd standard i zing influence on higher education .
A further provision, recently added by the committee on the nation a l powers of the propo sed board, is as follows:
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( d) To promote exchange of professors or s tudent s between univer s itie s in the United States and foreign univ ers iti es, and to administer any fund s for this purpose which may be appropriated or accepted by Congress."
The Carn eg ie Foundation for th e Advancement of Learning, a t the s ug ges tion of it s president, Henry Prichet , h as been making a very clos e st udy of the engineering colleges throughout the United St a te s. Mr. C. R. Mann, who is in charge of th e survey, will r epo rt in the n ear future to the American Society of Mechanical Engineering, the American Institute ·of Electrical Engineering, American Society of Civi l Engineering and the Amer ican Institut e of Min in g Engineering.
Near ly a ll th e speake r s a t the first sess ion of the ·annual meeting of the Association of Colleges and Prep a ratory Schools in the Middle States and Maryland, criticized the proposition that milit a ry tr a ining be taught in the sc hools. Speakers said th a t the drilling and military training of students in public sc hools and co ll e ges would be illogical, unwarr a nted , impracticable a nd h a rmful intrusion upon a more exalted and mor e prac ti ca l use and purpose.
Those who addressed the meeting were John H. Fin l ey, pr es ident of the University of the State of New York; Edward E. Sparke, president of the Penn State College; a nd Vice-Provost P e nniman , University of P e nnsylvania. Dr. Jam es Fell, president of St. Johns College, Annapolis, was the on ly speaker in favor of the military training plan .
MICHIGAN failed to follow the advice of the Association of Colleo-es a nd PreiJaratory Schools of the Middle States, clue to th e recommendation"' of the University Senate. Compu l sory military training i s to be introduced next fall
wh•m the Freshmen and Sophomore tart training. It is propo ed that the equi' a lent of three one-hour periods weekly be devoted to this work. Those who would be affected by the adopt ion of compulsory military training are the fir t and the seco nd year students of the College of Arts and Science , Engineering and Architecture, Pharmacy and Dental Surgery.
The student council refused to approve of a "confiscation day" for the freshmen, at which time it was planned to burn all freshman headgear that was not of the prescribed nature. The reason for the refusal was that such a day would on ly tend to arouse hostilities between the two underclasse .
The STANFORD Union Board of Governor sent out almo t a thousand letters to those who hav e failed to make good their pledges. The board ha bee!l forced to borrow money to put the union in running order.
The Trustees of the University recently handed down a rule limiting the cost of fraternity houses. Fraternities cannot erect a building in the future to cost more than $25,000.
The crew will soon have its s hell back in Palo Alto. Word was received here that M. H. Bloeser of the California schoo l would come East in a few weeks and get the she ll , which has been here s in ce it was taken out of hock by friend of the Leland Stanford crew. After the l ong trip to compete in the Poughkeep ie regatta, in which the Californians won seco nd place, the member of the crew were unable to meet · their board bills and had to pawn their she ll.
The University of CALIFORNIA is now second only to Columbia in the matter of enrollment. There are registered this year at that university 5,977 students, compared to 5,614 last year. The summer session recently closed was attended by 5,464 more students and in addit ion 1,000 are enro ll ed in extension work.
On the evening of November 26th, OHIO STATE Day, the alumni gathered in New York, Columbus and San Francisco , were enabled to communicate with each other by means of the transcontinental line of the Am e rican Telephone and Telegraph Company, 3,400 miles of lin e being employed. About 800 attended the thrrc meetings.
The ceremonies were formally opened by the playing of "Carmen Ohio" on the chimes in the tower of Orton Hall.
Several speakers at each point addressed the combined audiences over the wires, among them Gov. Willis of Ohio and Dr. T. C. Mendenhall, who reported that he had talked over the first experimental telephone lin e of A l exander Graham Bell, and later constructed the first lin e in Ohio, extending from his home to his laboratory on the· University campus.
Dr. H. H. Snively of the faculty of the College of Medicine, and a promin e nt Mason, who has been in the Red Cross service in Russia for nearly a year, upon his return, Wednesday evening, Janu ary 5th, was met at the station by a committee composed of Gov. Willis, Mayor Karb and the staff of the Second Ambulance Company, 0. T. G., and was extended a cordial welcome home . Dr. Snively was stationed at Kiev, but traveled extensively in Southern Russia and Northern Persia, where he had ent ir e charge of a comp l ete reorganization of the sanitary division of the h osp ital serv ice The last post v is ited before his return was at Khoi, Persia. In recognition of his services the rank of major general was conferred upon him.
On Friday evening, January 7th, Acacia was lavishly entertained by the Military Masonic Association at the Columbus Barracks.
Dean J. V. Denney is a member of the newly formed Columbus Peac e League.
At the annual meeting of the Amer ic an Association for the Advancement of Science, held at Ohio State during the week of December 27-January l , . Dr. C. R . Van Rise, President of the University of \ N isc ons in , was elected president of the a sociation for the coming year, to succeed Dr. C. W. Elliott , President Emeritus
of Harvard. The meeting was attended by about 800 of the leading of the country who expressed high appreciation of the co urt eous entertamment accorded them during their stay here.
While in attendance at the meeting Prof. F. M. Webster of the Bureau of Entomo lo gy at Washington , D. C., was s uddenly taken ill and died on January 3 at Grant Hospital.
Director of Athletics L. W. St. John has been reappointed to membership on the national committee on basketball rules and F. R. Castleman, track coach, has been appointed as a member of the national track rules committee.
The Psi Chapter of Alpha Xi Delta national soro rity was formally installed here on Janu ary 4th.
Prof. Alfred Vivian, Wisconsin, '94, was chosen Dean of the College of Agriculture at the meeting of the Board of Trustees on November 6th.
Vve read that:-"Two hundred and fifty customers, includin g fraternities and clubhouses at the Ohio State University, are supplied with butter and milk from the University dairy. The sa l e of butter last year amounted to 34,000 pounds," and wonder if the rule adopted by the Board of Trustees at their meeting A u gust 13 can have any bearing on the above. The rule reads as follows: "No student will be a ll owed University credit at the end of any semester when unpaid bills, properly attested, are filed against him or against any organization of which he is a member. The administrative counci l is hereby authorized to enforce this regulation."
The entire Amer ican section of · the Ambu lan ce Corps now serving in the Vosges and in A l sace has been c it ed in the Order of the Day for brilliant service. Such a citation automatically carries with it decoration with the "Croix de Guerre," which has already been conferred upon two HARVARD men in the section Many of the section are Harvard men.
• The Univers ity officially en li sted in the movement ) for preparedness Thursday when President Lowell announced that a course in military science would be added to the curriculum at the next semester. It is planned to have those undergraduates who join the course meet twice a week. The instruction will be in the hands of regular army officers, including Major General Leonard Wood and Captain Hastead Dorey. A ll the members of th e class will be required to enroll for the Government correspondence cour!';es on military ta.ctics. The training in the science of military affairs will be supplemented by military drill. Twelve hundred students already h ave responded to a, call for candidates for drill instruction which was issued by a specia l committee of undergra,1uates headed by Archie Roosevelt. The committee tonight announced that the drill squads would be permanently organized at a mass meeting to be held on December 17 , when President Lowell would deliver an address.
The special collection of avai labl e data on the European war which the Harva rrl librar y i s making now contains more th an a thousand books and documents, besides the foreign newspapers that th e library is filing and the collection being made for Harvard in Germany. The collection consists of the official publlc:rti ons of the various belligerents , accounts of the war written from a non-partisan standpo int , and a l arge amount of distinctly prejudiced literature , ranging from the numerous foreign newspapers down to the propagandist books and pamphlets Officia l s of the University expect to h ave the new Germanic Museum completed by next spring. The work on the bui ldin g, for which Professor Bestelmeyer of Dresden drew the plans, is progressing rapidly. The struct ure is unu s ual both in design and arch it ecture. Through a vestibule distinctly "modern German" one enters a l a r ge hall which will be devoted to the display of Romanesque art. Beyond this is a sma ll chapel, where the Gothic work will be placed. The Hall is about 70 feet long It has a vaulted ceiling supported · , by p!llars whtch form A cast of the Golden Gate to Freiberg Cathedral at the further end of thts room marks the entrance to the Gothic 'Hall which s uffici ent!:;- repre sents the crossing and c hoir of a church. This at:ran'gement provides an app r opr iate location for the cast of th e rood screen of Naunberg
The largest h_all is the one which will be given to the period of Rennaissance culture. It IS 70 feet l ong by 50 feet wide, and ha s a flat ce iling upported by co lumn s, which divide the room into two part s.
A va lu able collection of 600 books on Brazilian hi sto ry and lit e rature h as just been presented to the Harvard Library by Hon. Edwin V. Morgan, '90, ambassador to Brazil. The books were selected by Dr. Julian Klein, in tructor in history at the university, who is now travehng in South America.
Professor Maurice Caullery, president of the Zoological Soci et y of France, has been selected as the exchange professor from France at Harvard University. Professor Caullery, who has been l ectur in g before univer s ities and co ll eges in France for years, will be at Harvard after January.
The Crimson has moved into its new building at 14-20 Plymton s tr ee t , Cambridge, ' doubtless the most pretentiou s quarters occupied by any college newpaper. ' The editors published the lar gest paper Saturday the Crimson ha s ever issued, a forty-four page spec ial Yale game number with an illustrated supplement. It was the first issue to be compiled and issued in the new quarters, which is another reason for the unusual size. The business a nd editorial staff will occupy the front offices of the bu ilding ; the composing room and pre sses are located in the basement.
As a result of a series of conferences between their r e pr ese ntativ es, the University presses of Harvard, Ya le and Princeton have formed the University Press Association. The association is intended to further the interests of all three presses and to enable them to co-operate with one another to their mutual advantage.
The presses are to establish themselves in this city in Charles Scribner 's Sons, within a few blocks of the University Club, which is on Fifth Avenue at Fifty-fourth street. It is greatly to be hoped that all scho lars a nd other b oo k lov e rs will take this unusual advantage of making an inspection at their lei s ure of the volumes issued in such attractive s urroundin gs by three of our greatest American universities
Through the Students' Employment Bureau, 589 undergraduate s added $90,000 to their incomes l ast year in emp loyment wh ich did not interfere with their studies. The total earn in gs s howed a <;iecrease of $17 ,000 over the previous year -clue, it was explained , to the action of the faculty in abolishing tutoring during the co ll ege term.
Registration o n Novembe r 1 at ILLINOIS was 6,150, an increase of 486 students, or 8.54 per cent. over the total for November 1, 1914. A total of 3,413 registrat ions in the courses offered by the Department of Engl ish keeps the faculty of 42 busy. This enro llm ent is made up of 902 in literature, _2,085 in composition afld 426 in public speaking. A six years' combined course in science and dentistry i being put in. Tl1ree years of the course will be given at D rbana, and the last three at the College of Dentistry in Chicago. Two degrees, B. S and DD. S., will be given. The lias recently been put on th e list of schoo l s recognized by the Royal College of Surgeons of England
President J ames and Dean Clark o li ve drab uniforms such a s a re worn by of the student briga?e. ·' ··
Corduroy . trousers have returned after an absence of seve ral years , a nd a r e being worn by the sen ior engineers as a class insignia.
The Fraternity and the College is the title of a new book by Dean T : A. C lark. It gives a fair and comprehensive treatment of the entire fraternity problem. He shows that on the whole the fraternities are not snobbish, that they s tand well in 'cholarship, and that they furnish a real home for the college s tudent. Best o·f a ll , he • shows that they are iniproving. There . are a few th'ings which he condemns-rough initiations, costly house parties and bacchanalian reunions-but these he' shows to be exceptions rat,ber than the rule, and things which can be remedied.
President Edmund J. Jame s of the U ni ve r s ity of Illinos ann o un ces th a t a n ew b ui ldin g will be co n s truct ed for th e Illin o is M ed ic a l Sch oo l, in C hi cago . It i s th e pl a n in erecting thi s building t o make pr ov is io n for the s tudy of clinical co ur ses. The initial cost i s t o be abo ut $100,000, w hi c h will pay fnr o n e wing Thi s will be ad d ed t o la t er when th e demand for room in c r eases. It will accept only patients s uff e ring fr o m int e r es ting , queer o r unu s u a l di sease, and will b e th e fi r st o f it s kind in th e United Stat es .
T he council of a dmini st r a ti o n h as passed a rul e bar rin g a ll o ut s id e talent fro m th e e nt e rt a inm e nt pr og r a m of th e a nnu a l se ni o r s m o k e r . The ca bar e t s tunt s of former time s will be n o mqre
"T i cket sca lpin g" wa s p laced on a l eve l with exam in a ti o n "c ribbin g" r ece ntly , when three st ud e nt s were dismis se d from the uni versi ty for thi s offense. Th e m e n , w h o h ave b ee n o u s t ed lose th e ir m e mb e r s hip in th e Athletic Associati o n an d , of co ur se , rece i ve n o cred it for th e work clone so f a r thi s se m es ter. Thr ee o th er m e n were put o n proba ti o n Their names we r e w ithh e ld from publication.
Th e Univer s ity of PENNSYLVANIA ce l eb r a t ed Nove mb e r 13 as th e elate o n which th e o ld "C harity School" became the "Academy of Philadelphia," w hi c h was s ub seq u en tly in corpo r a t ed a nd b eca m e th e University o f P e nn sy lv a nia " Reel Letter Day " is th e officia l name o f this date i n uni ve r s ity hi s t o r y. Former s tud e nt s yearly ce le brated it , with s pecial refer e n ce to the in co rp ora ti o n of th e in s tituti o n a nd the gra n t t o it of th e power t o confer de g ree s. The undergraduates , faculty and a lumni of the uni ve r s ity this year h ave co mbin e d in a n eff ort t o m ake " R ed Letter Day' ' a great success. Thi s ce rem o tty, w hi c h is one hun d r ed a nd fif ty years o ld, was g ive n in hon or of Be nj a min F ranklin .
The und e rgr ad uat e co mmittee h as d ecla red a recent fre s hm a n cla ss election to be in va li d. Th e co mmitt ee refuses to r ecog ni ze a n e l ec tion for any permanent o ffi cers of the cl ass o f 1919 that is n o t participated in by a t lea s t 200 member s who h ave paid th e ir cl ass du es . Until th e required numb e r hav e p a id their dues an d voted, the e lecti o n s will not b e
Fraternities a nd a l a r ge num be r of boarding hou ses h ave organized a cons um e r s' l eague a nd a r e planning t o pur c h ase a ll n eeded goods dir ec t from the farmer and eliminate th e middle man.
F lirtin g, if discovered , a m o n g the freshman co-eels is punished by a fin e impo sed by the so ph o m o re g irl s.
The s t ate capi t o l a t Mad iso n w ill be the sce n e of th e annual Junior Prom e nade, the m ost brilli a nt soc ia l affair given by the students a t the UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN during th e college year, which will be held on Friday evening, February 11. Forme rly the " Pr o m " has been give n in the uni ve r s ity a rm o ry , but o n acco unt of th e s m a ll ex it s a nd th e danger of fire to inflamm ab le decorations, Governor Philipp a nd M . A. Blumenfeld , s uperintendent o f public property , have g rant ed th e u se o f th e cap it o l rotunda f o r th e annual ba ll thi s year.
Plans for a n ew concrete s tadium h ave be e n pushed rapidly s ince the legi s lature las t s umm er passed a n a ppr op riation of $20 ,000 for the erec tion o f the first sec tion of the ne w s tadium. A lth o ugh this app r op riation is not s ufficient t o build a to acco mm o d:;tt e the crow d s a t the big games, it will be larg e enough for mm o r ga me s a nd I S a great step toward the long hoped-for athletic fie ld a t Madison Th e $20 ,000 will build a concrete s tand l a rg e e nough to accomm oda te 5,000 people. Thi s sec ti o n will b e se mi-circul ar in form, a nd will contain 4<l row s of sea t s. It will be built in s uc h a way that it can be ex t e nd e d around the tw o s ides a nd perhaps in the future be m a de into an egg-shaped bowl encl osin g the entire field
The university is planning a co mmerci a l and indu st ri a l congress in Febru a ry "Th e program include s courses and l ec tur es for the bu si ness m e n of the state.
C. E. Curtis, the superintendent in charge of the buildings and ground at CORNELL UNIVERSITY reports favorably on the construction of the new dormitories and drill hall. Baker Tower is now occupied by many undergraduates, among whom are those who were driven out of therr boarding hou e on Stewart Avenue two weeks ago when fire cau eel the destruction of the building. The roofs ar.e now being placed on the Ia t two building , and it is anticipated that these will be ready for occupancy at the beginning of the fall term of next year. If the weather is favorable this winter the buildings may be ready by Easler but no definite date can yet be set.
The frost and snow will not interfere with the construction of either the new dormitories or the drill hall as the rna onry work is all completed. All that remains to be completed on the dormitories are the roofs and the interior work, while the completion of the roof of the drill hall and the interior of that is all that remains there. The drill hall is expected to be ready for the entering class next year to drill in by the time cold weather sett le s in Ithaca.
The cold weather this winter will not hinder the working on either of the above buildings, and in fact there is no idea of even laying off any of the men. The full force will be retained. On extreme bad days work will be suspended for a short time, but only until favorable weather permits continuation.
The quarry on the east side of the dormitories is expected to give sufficient stone for the comp leti on of the buildings. The stone which is being used is native fine-grained sandstone With the exception of the window cases and the border around the base of the dormitories all the stone used is native. These are constructed of Indiana lim estone which is being shipped here.
No definite plans have been drawn up as to what shall be done with the quarry when a ll the stone that is needed is taken out. It will probably be filled in and some artistic design will be erected in keeping with the style of the dormitories. The grading on West Avenue is a lr eady started, and will be continue-d until severe frost compels the work to be discontinued. At the first OP· portunity, however, in the spring work wi ll be resumed and the new road will be laid. This will be a University thoroughfare, constructed at the University's expense.
The small building erected behind the Sibley shops by the College of Civil Engineering has been comp l eted and workmen are now placing the apparatus. The building is to be employed as a laboratory for testing bituminous road materia l s and will be used in the Department of Highway Engineering. Tests for all road material, except rock and brick, will be carried on in the laboratory, and after its completion about February 1st courses in road testing will be instituted. The college has already facilities for testing rock and brick road material, and this apparatus will not be removed from its present position in Lincoln Hall. Eventually the laboratory will be equipped to test any highway material.
During the year 1914-15 the College of Arts and Sciences had the largest teaching staff of any of the eight undergraduate colleges in the University. Two hundred and twenty instructors of var ious ranks, from emeritus professors to assistants, were engaged in this college as against one hundred and ninety-six in the College of Agriculture, the second highest. r o other college in the University had as many as a hundred in its faculty.
Including the Department of Physical Education , the entire teaching force of the University numbered six hundred and eleven. These were occupied in teaching 5,345 students, or an average of one member of the instructing staff for every 8.75 students. Counting only professors and emeritus professors, of which there was a total of 144, the ratio between facu lt y and students was 1 to 37.
Of the larger colleges in the University Arts had the smallest ratio between teachers and students. In this college every member of the faculty had but 5.9 students to teach on the average . Agriculture comes second in this rating again, with a ratio of 1 to 8 .5. The other larger colleges in order were Medicine, 1 to 10.3; M. E. 1 to 11.9; Architecture 1 to 12.5; C. E. 1 to 16; Law 1 to 30.6.
Although the amendment to the state constitution to grant women the ballot failed to carry in this state, Cornell University indicated a strong preference in
f avo r "' f the w o man s uffra g e in a s tra w vo te held by The C o rnell Daily Sun. Of 809 s tud e nt s wh o vo t e d , 512 d e clared th e m se lv es in f avo r of a suffrag e amendment t o th e c o n s titution
Th e f a culty of th e Uni ve r s it y w a s eve n in it s of e xte'}din g th e b a llot , o nl y 18 o ut of 90 member s t a kmg th e negative . The ballotmg thr o ughout w as t a k e n se riou s ly by the s tud e nts a s w e ll a s th e f a culty .
The f a culty a nd th e U ni ve r s ity offi c ial s h e re o r g anize d a s oci e ty for _the purp ose o f in ves ti ga tin g q u es tion s o f a rm y a nd navy e ffici e ncy o f th e Umt e d St a t es.
L e tter s ex pl a inin g th e purp ose a nd aim of th e pr o po se d s oci e ty h a v e b ee n se nt t o each m e mber o f th e s t a ff s o f in s tru c ti o n a nd of admini s tration of the Uni v er s it y . Th e purpo s e o f th e s o c i e ty , a s se t f o rth in thi s co mmunic a tion is " for the th e oreti ca l and pra c ti ca l inve s ti ga tion o f th e milit a ry and n a val probl em s of th e Unit e d St a t es ."
The s ociety pr o po s e s, further , t o o ff e r to tho s e members who w a nt a c tual phy s i cal drill , r e al tr a inin g in military sc i e n ce, which will includ e ev e ry pha se o f so ldi e rin g , e ve n t o digging trenches Rifl e pr ac ti c e and gunm a n s hip will also b e t 2. ught th ose w ho d o n o t ca r e t o parti c ip a te in ac tual drill.
A n o ther fe atur e o f th e s o c iety's plan s i s th e brin g in g of le c turers , experts in milita ry a nd n a v a l s cien ces wh o will l ec tur e befor e th e Univ e r s ity community. A uth o riti es o n c iti z en s hip , al so, will b e included in the sc hedule of lectures. It i s lik ew ise h o p e d th a t a s umm e r e n ca mpm e nt , under th e a uspices of th e gove rnm e nt , · ca n be sa ti s f ac t o ril y arr a nged for by th e s ociety. Those faculty memb e r s who se s ig n a tur es we re on th e lett e r s se nt out ar e: J. E. Creighton '92 , C. P. Fit c h , A. T K e rr ' 95 , D S Kimball , F. ]. Seery , C. T. Stagg ' 02 , C. H Tu c k ' 06, W F. Wilco x, E M William s
Pr o f. A lf o rd o f P U RDUE ha s co mpiled so m e int e re s ting data relative to c hur c h m e mb ers hip w hi c h pr oves t hat Purdu e s tud e nt s l ea d a ll oth e r coll e g es r e ligi o u s ly
B eg inning fi ve yea r s ag o with 64 .9 p e r ce nt o f th e s tud e nt s enrolled in the va ri o u s c hur c h es , th e in s titution ha s in c r ease d it s religiou s s t a tu s steadily, until n o w th e s t a ti s tic s f o r 1915-16 s how th e p e r c e nt of c hurch memb e r s among the s tud e nt s to be 75.8 ; a n incr ease o f 11 p e r c ent in fi ve ye a r s. Keepin g pace with th e m e mb e r s hip in c r e a se, th e p e r ce nt o f tho s e wh o hav e only e xpr es s e d a pr e f e re n c e f o r a chur c h ha s de c r e a se d durin g the sa m e tim e from 31.1 per cent to 21.1 p e r ce nt . Th e 4 p e r c e nt whi c h h as g iv e n no pr e f e r e n ce a nd ha s not b e en member s o f a n y c hur c h h as d ec re ase d fr o m 4 per ce nt t o o nly 3.1 per cent a t the pr ese nt tim e.
To und e r s t a nd the full me a nin g o f thi s r ec ord oth e r fa c t s mu s t be c omp a r e d with it . Th e m os t r ece nt r e port s s tat e th a t th e a g gr ega t e per ce ntage of c hurch memb e r s in all th e middle w es t e rn uni ve r s iti es a nd colleges t a ken as a w hol e is o nly 46 pe r ce nt as comp a r e d with th e 75 .8 p e r ce nt of thi s institution. Thi s eas ily put s Purdu e in th e le a d with r es p ec t t o th e r e li g iou s ch a ra c ter of her s tudent s.
There a r e m a ny a nd s uffi c ie nt r easo n s f o r thi s pri o rity Th e primary cau s e is p e rh a p s th a t o f th e c h a r ac t e r o f th e hom es fr o m which Purdu e draws h e r s tud e nt s
Nex t in importan ce co m es th e far r eac hing and v e r s a t il e work of the s tud e nt "X· M. C. A Und e r th e dir ec ti o n o f Pro f A lf o rd a nd hi s c olleagu es, the religiou s Sid e o f th e s tud e nt h as b ee n f os t e r e d thr o u g h s uch m ea n s a s l e ctur es, stud e nt aid , Bible cla sse s , th e Ve s per s ervices a nd co-o p e ration with the c hurche s . Ne ith e r mu s t th e w o rk o f t h e s tud e nt pa s tor , R e v . 0. F . H a ll b e forgott e n, n o r th e wo rk of the L a f ay ett e chur c h es them s el ves in the student s t o chur c h By m ea n s o f th e ir s er v ic es a nd th e ir va ri o u s B i b l e cl as s es, in mo s t c a ses taught by m e mbe rs o f th e f ac ulty who are int e r es t e d in the good work b e in g a cc om p li s h e d .
In o rd er th a t th e hi s t o ri c old Purdue Bell , her o o f m a ny by-g o ne celebration s. m a y b e k e pt in a s uitabl e pl a c e it i s pl a nn e d t o h a v e a "Tag Day," by w hi c h s uffi c ient m o n ey m a y be r a ised for th a t object
It has d eve lo p ed th at th ere is n o place on the campus whe r e the be ll may be s tored and for the present it i s being k ep t o ut ide. It h a been s u gge ted by so me memb e r s o f th e faculty a nd s tud e nt body that a uit ab le building be e r ecte d so mewhere on the ca mpu s in w hich t o house th e famo u o ld bell.
T h e a nnouncem e nt ha s come from Pr es id e nt Stone th at a n ew Science b uildin g is to be built on the campus. As ye t n o definite p la n s h ave been made but it is ce rtain that th e n ew buildin g will be erec t ed n ext s umm er on the site of the present building, which will be ra ze d ne xt spr in g o r in the early s umm er. Tt h as been felt for some tim e that th e present building h as ou tli ved it s usefuln ess and the fact that a m o dern building i s t o be erected comes as ve ry pleasant news.
Caps and Gowns we re voted down by o ne hundr ed twenty-three to e ig htytwo. This vot e wa s much mor e d ec i s iv e th a n th e vote of las t year, which was lost by a m a jority of four votes. A cl ose r vote was expected a nd th e lar ge maj o rity of ballots m a rk e d " no " came as a s urpri se. Pr ev io u s to las t year at th e time thi s question was up for consideration, the number of a ffirmati ve vo t es were co mp a rabl e to thi s y ea r 's r es ult.
Eight two hundr e d watt nitr oge n - fill ed in ca nd esce nt la mp s h ave b ee n ins t a ll e d and will furnish illumin a tion f o r th e campus during that portion of th e eve ning when there is a ny work or ac ti v ity t a king pl ace in th e University buildings. Ordin a rily the light will burn until nin e o'clock and in the case of basketba ll games, dance s or other entertainment they w ill burn until the close of s u c h a ffairs.
The light s a s follows: One on the c ivil buildin g; tw o o n th e mechanical building , one in the front o n th e clo c k tow e r a nd o n e in th e r ea r ; one on the e lec tric a l building ; one in fr o nt of the p ower h o u se; o ne o n Purdue h a ll: one o n th e chemistry building ; and one on University h a ll. No li g ht s will be p laced in front of the library building or gy mn as ium as the se buildings are open at ni g ht and sufficient light comes fr o m the interi o r t o li g ht th e ca mpu s , walks and r oadwa y fronting the se building s.
A ll of th e frat e rnitie s at CHICAGO, exce ptin g A lph a Tau Omega, h ave indorsed th e military training plan as a dv oca ted by Leslie Parke r. Lincoln h o u se favors th e propo s iti o n and W as hin g t o n h o u se ha s n o t a n swe r ed.
Parker's plan is to make a n officers' tr a inin g camp at the U niver s it y . a proposition would not be of th e ordinary so-ca ll e d " ro o ki e" typ e, but include s peciali ze d and sc ientific a rmy method s . Artillery formations, drill a nd military organization would b e a mon g th e s ubj ec t s o ff e r ed . Such would signal
Stagg field is suggested as a po ss ible parade g r o und a nd th e f a r- s ig ht ed promoters of the sc h e m e believ e th a t a n armory will be built in th e future , owi n g to the great demand for military in s tru c tion in th e colleges.
Vvith th e approaching completion of Id a Noyes h a ll, "we are rem ind ed aga in of the s tride s being m a de in the architectural pro g re ss of the U ni vers ity Each s u ccess iv e building erected o n the ca mpu s o ut s hin es th e last in beauty of design an d in practicability of s tructure. (We a re o mittin g fr o m co n s id erat io n such buildings as Rickett s, L ex ington a nd Ellis, because of th e ir temporary natur e ) Last year's a ddition to the ca mpu s was a s ub s tantial o n e, to say th e l eas t The Class ics building a nd Ro se nw a ld hall n o t only fulfilled spec ifi c n eeds, but added materially to the attractiveness of the grounds. A nd it remained o nly for s u ch a b uildin g a s Ida Noyes h a ll to s urpa ss th e m in grandeur. Let u s h ope that the future buildings will maint a in the high s t a ndard a lready es t ab li s h e d.
One-half of the tilin g on the walls of th e n a t a t o rium in Ida Noyes hall has been completed. One-fourth o f the glass in the e ntir e buildin g, includin g the g l ass in the refectory gymnasium, an d th e north sect io n of the seco nd fl oo r , has been put in. All of the window frames and glass u se d in the building have been imported from Etigland
The pl as ter ce ilin g in the assembly hall o n the thtrd fl oo r h as been completed. This we e k , a ll of th e pl as t e rin g in the e ntir e building, with the excep-
tion of that in the memorial gallery, the foyer and the hall .on the main floor, has been done. The most elaborate ceiling will be that of the foyer on the third floor. Models for the paneling in the ceiling have been brought from Boston.
Work on an eighteen-foot lantern , conshucted of lead and supported by a frame of steel, which will weigh from four to five tons, has been begun this week. This lant e rn is the only one of its kind in the West.
All of the roofs on the building will be completed this week, excepting the space which will be a llow ed over th e s tag e for the erection of the lantern.
The work on the interior woodwork will be commenced December 1. The wood which will be u sed will be brought from Louisville, Ky.
An iron gate has been erected at the new e ntrance to the stacks in Harper library to prevent free admission , The gate carries a placard which states that only members of the faculties , member s of the library s taff and those students who have admission cards is s ued by th e director will be admitted into the stacks.
] a cob Speicher, editor.ial secretary of the China Baptist Publication Society, has presented the University with a collection of approximately 1,050 rare Chinese, Japanese and Korean 'coins. This co llection represents nearly twelve years of sea rch throughout the Chine se empire and the dates vary from 1800 B C. to 1911 A. D.
The value of the collection h as been estimate d to be between $800 and . $1,500. The fact that Chinese coi.ns are of copper and bronze instead of gold or s ilver , lessen s their worth considerably.
The oldest coins are formed in the shapes of battle axes, spades, knives, swords and roll s of cloth , while the more modern pieces are in the form of rings, or round coins with a square hole in the center.
The older coins, s t a mped in . the shape of knive s, swords, etc., and several of the larger ring coins, a r e set in trays of camphor wood, carved by Chinese workmen. The larger part of the collection, made up of the ring c0ins, is mount e d on s tiff, cardboard s h ee ts, each coin having a description beneath it. A cat a logue i s also included in the collection which gives a more detailed description of the pieces . The collection will b e placed in the museum ruom on the third floor of Haskell. ·
L e c t ur e s in Harpe r
Mr. Speicher spoke on "Ancient Coins of China," at the University public lecture yesterday in Harper. He has l ec tured at severa l eastern colleges during the last few weeks, a nd leave s t,his morning for China, to resume his work at Shanghai
. A mounted s pe cimeHt of an Edaphosaurus, the first of its kind, has been placed on ex hibition i)1 Walker museum. Mr. Paul Miller, assistant to Prof. Williston, of the dep a rtment of Paleontology, mounted the speciment, which he found in the carboniferous of T exas a year ago last spring.
The skeleton i s abo ut six fe .et long aod four feet high , having its back ar m e d with a c re st of greatly elongated spea rs, th e u se of which is unknown The specimen wsa complete when found except for a few bones , which have been r eprodu ce d in plaster The sk ull ha s not b ee n incorpor a ted in the specimet,, being mounted in a n independent case for purposes of closer study. A plaster reproduction i s s ub s titut e d in the · mount ed ske leton.
The spec imen will be permanently l ocated to the bight of the entrance to Walker.
The fact th a t the annual Senior class mustache contest did not meet with th e approval of the m a jority of the seniors has re su lt e d in the abandon ment of this feature . Many looked upon the scheme with di sfavor as it would involve embarrassment in co nducting off-campus work. As long as the mustache race was not upheld by the entire class, the se nior executives dec ided to relinquish the plan, and a re now considering a sHbstitute.
The Eas tern Star gave a dinner November 9 in Spelman House in Lexington to aJI memb e rs of the order of the Eastern Star.
The establi hment of two endow ment s in YALE U)JIVERSITY in memory of persons who lo s t their lives in the Lusitania disaster was anno unced at the Ia t meeting of the Yale corporation at New Haven. Ogden Hammond of New York, of the cla ss of 1893, has given $14,000 for the e tablishment of a publication fund in the Semitic department "in memory of Mary Stevens Hammond and in recognition of the di s tingui s h ed se rvic es to Yale of Prof. Albert T. Clay." Ur . Hammond lo s t her life on the Lusitania. The ot her endowment is in m emo ry of E . Blish Thomp so n of the cla ss of 1904, whose lif e was lost whrn the teamer sa nk.
:\. scho larship of $600 annually in the Sheffield scie ntific sc h oo l is to be a warded to graduates of the Shield s high sc h oo l, Seymour, Ind., from which in stitu tion Mr. Thompson was graduated. The fund i s es tablish e d by hi s widow. Anot her gift reported was the Alexander Kohut memorial collection of 10,000 Yolumes in the general field of S em itics.
Yale undergraduates decided at a mass meeting to ha ve the election of the seco nd assistant managers of the baseball, rowing and track te ams h e ld th e la s t week in December in s tead of to have the assistant manager s c ho se n during April. The change is de s ign e d b e fore they become m e mber s of the sec ret oc ie ti es. As the a s ista nt manager s are invariably promoted to become managers of the athletic teams in th e ir senior ye a r, it will be seen that the acquisition of an manager for one of the soc ieties secures the manager for a m ember of that soc iety two years later and the assistant managership s are th erefo r e soug ht s trenuou s ly by the societies. The proposed amendments to the at hleti c co n st itution went through unanimously.
Yale actors will be a llowed to play female roles during only a s ingle dramatic seaso n , according to a faculty ruling recently i ss ued. The faculty believes that con;:ta nt training in female parts m a ke s the undergraduate s effeminate. A rumor was c urrent on the campus that the advice of an e min e nt New York specialist o n neurotic and ment a l mode s was taken before the faculty decision was reached. hut this was denied tonight by Dean Jones , who said that the order was issued s imply for variety's sake. The notice has caused a shaking up in the role ass ign d to member s of the Dramatic Association , who ar e completing plans for their holiday trip. Two of the cleverest female impersonators Yale ever has enro ll ed have been compelled to accept minor male parts in th e play which has been chosen for the Christmas trip.
Complete r egis tration figures show that COLUMBIA is the lar gest uniYcrsity in the country, and in total a ttendance, since the European war broke out, the largest in th e world. Th e grand total of resid e nt students for the year 1915-16 is 11,888, as compared with 11,864 for the previou s year. The registration of Columbia College this year increased ju s t one over la s t year's total. In 1914- 15 there were 1,117 students at the college; thi s year there are 1118. Columbia's total population, including the summer sess ion , ex t e n s ion teaching and members of the faculty for the current year is 17 ,5 40. This figure s h ow a s li g ht falling off from last year's total of 18,059. Except for th e s umm e r sess ion, and extension teaching the largest single contribution to the grand total is made by the graduate schools in political sc ience , philosophy and pure sc ie n ce2,065. The smallest school in the University is the sc hool of a rchitecture with 97 stude nt s.
An attempt of the University to raise $1 ,000,000 for the building of a great medical center in New York, has failed according to a statement by President Butler. The University and the Presbyterian hospital h ad an option to obta in the old American League baseball grounds in New York, and th o ugh the h ospital had co llected their quota, Columbia could not do so. The option ha s now expirerl, but President Butl er says that the plan will not be abandoned. Th e UniYCr ity will make efforts to get the money at a later time.
Preparations are being m a de by the Extension T eac hing Del?artment for a new chool of Sanitary Science and Public Health. course will .be offered for the first time next year. It will be of spectal ben efi t to samtary m,tr u ctors, local health officers, and health labor a tory ass i s tant s, and at the sat is-
factory co mpl e ti on a ce rti fica t e from the Administrative T eac hing Dep a rtm e nt will be g iven.
Th e plans hav e b ee n sent by Prof ] ames C. Egbe rt , dir ec tor o f th e ex t e ns ion tea c hing department, t o A. M. Buswell o f th e graduate engineering schoo l of t h e univer s ity ·
Accord in g to a s uplement a ry report recently given out by P a ul C. Holter, sec r e tary of th e a ppointment s office, the a ppointm e nt office, which acts as a fr ee e mpl oy m e nt bureau for the University, got 1,266 j obs for s tudent s la st year.
Columbia goes s uffrag e ! Th e r es ults of th e s tr aw vote th a t Spe c tat o r took s h owe d a lar ge majority of the s tudents to be in favor of the new amendment Th ere were 560 votes cas t and of th ese 431 were f or a nd 129 against. Thi s was as large a showing as was expected and by many is not con s idered a fair c riterion.
Of the t o tal numb er of vo te s cas t 463 were by men and but 97 women filled out their ball o ts . Of the se 97, how eve r , a ll but three w e re in favor of being enfra nchi s ed. The three dissenting votes were cas t in Teacher s College. The stude nt s in ex ten s io n courses were the on ly ones to give a majority aga in s t the issu e. A t Barnard the vote was consistently unanimou s for s uffr ag e as it was among the st udent s of phil osophy a nd th e po s t graduates . Th e larg est vote of 248 was polled in co ll ege w h e r e the se ntim e nt was 168 for and 70 against. The faculty see m ed r at her timid abo ut stati n g their op ini ons on th e s ubje c t as only t\v o vo t es we re cast.
A n a ttend a n ce that far exceeds previou s figure s for enrollment at the PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE is show n by th e o ffi c ia l r eg is tr a tion f rom all dep a rtm e nts . There a re 2302 st udent s o n the co llege roster , exclusive of the s umm er sess io n. Including th e s umm e r s tud e nt s, P en n St a t e's total enrollment is m o r e than 3300 The s tud e nt s are li sted as follows:
Sch oo l o f Agriculture, 763; school of e ngineering , 750 ; school of lib e ral ar t s, 178: sc h o ol of min es, 87; schoo l of n a tur a l sc i e n ce, 18 1 ; department o f home econo mic s, 94 ; tw o-yea r s tud en t s in agr icultur e , 206; two-year s tud e nt s in industri a l education , 3 ; spec ia l s tudents , 40. The cl asses are divided as follows: Seniors, 388; juni o r s, 460; sop h omo r es, 564 ; fr es hm en, 641. -State College News Service.
A nim a ls m a d e Hagenback famous, and P. T. Barnum's menagerie was the p ee r of th e "b ig t e nt " s how s, but th e Pennsylvania Stat e College boasts of a zoo log ica l co lle c ti o n that would h ave m ade Noa h 's cargo lo o k like a pet s hop. No thin g see m s t o be barr ed from college th ese day s, a nd in th e a nnual roster of under g r ad u a t es, just published, the exhibit curpasses it se lf Regi s tr a r A. H. Espenshade h as on his roll a Bear, a Coon, a Wolfe , a Hart, a Fish, a D o lphin , and a Kerr A dded a ttr ac ti o ns are: Partridge , Pe acoc k , Phea sa nt , Crow , Duck , Woodcock, Henn and H awk.
_Pa inter , is claimed, mi g ht mak e a glowing color sc heme of Gold, Brown, Whtte, Blu e, Green, Gr ay, B lack , a nd White if h e Wood work H ar d e r , but it is feared he would be a Bumgardner. Boo k s, it is sa id , believes that As hm an would b e Dumm e n o ugh to l et Cl e ver Hotchkiss Ruth , but how eve r th a t might b e . Frost was the winner over Fr uitt in a F u ss of T ew R o und s in the P a rk (s). Hamm a nd Bacon almost ca m e to a Fry in the Kitchin, but were saved from Burns by a B la ck Seaman with a Plank.
Heller , though h e may be a Merryman , is not so Fas t as th e R eede r might s upp ose. He h as over a new Page . s ince h e became a Bishop in the C hur c h , '!- nd h e spe nd s hts _Day(s) 111 th e Wnght Way, close to the Bright Light wtth a B tble Barber contmues t o R o bb Samson of hi s Lock(s).
Gaterial for a Good football e l eve n is offered in R ock Stone Knock St ee l a nd D ar t . H ummer is expec ted t o make the Long Lan e to victo'ry Harder for Stat e College oppo n ents M u sse r and Grimm were r egarded as a bl e s ub s titut es to Speers and Strong.-State College News Service
The question of a ne w sea l for the UNIVE RSIT Y OF WASHINGTON left unde c id ed by a co mmitt ee, which m e t in the president's o ffic e to In spec t a numb e r of d es ig n s s ubmitt e d by s tud e nt s, and t o se l ec t one as the
future official emblem of the institution. None of the ixteen seals met the committee's approval. Further investigation on this matter is at present problematical.
The design submitted by Harold V. Morris, an unclassified student in fine arts, received the special favor of the committee, but did not quite meet the requirements. This seal suggests the use of the four white columns at the foot of Denny walk silhouetted against a rising sun. The design carried beneath the columns the inscription, "Lux sit."
Twenty-three drawings wet·e submitted . According to the rules of the contest, a $10 cash prize will go with lhe final selection of a seal design.
The committee is compos.ed of Russel Callow, president of the student body: Professor Edmond S Meany, head of the history department, and James Gould, an alumnus architect. President Suzzallo worked with the committee.
A tan sombrero with a narow brim was chosen as the junior class hat at a meeting of the junior men in Denny hall this noon in preference to a pearl gray fedora, the other style submitted by the committee The sombrero will henceforth be worn on the campus by all third-year men, continuing the custom of the "junior hat," which was discontinued several years ago. The sophmore class will wear the corduroy trousers.
Organ i zation work for the second class in real estate to be conducted by the extension division of the state university in co-operation with the Seattle Real Estate Association is progressing rapidly. One class has already reached the limit of membership and has begun actua l work.
B. L. Lambuth of the associat ion is in charge of the class. The course to be given has been divided into seven sections for easy reference, the themes being as follows:
Section 1. Simple rules of valuat ion: A treat!T'ent of the theory of real estate investment, exp laining the sources, measure, factors and variations of land value, and market and history of real estate; location, efficiency and va lu e of buildings: the entire field of mortgage loan investment, including demonstration of procedure in making a mortgage loan; theory and comparative merit of the methods of showing title, with demonstrat ion of correcting common objection to title.
Section 2. Theory and sc ience of valuation: A treatment of city structure: rules of valuation and appraisement; renting and leasing. with demonstration of complete procedure in making a lease; structural detail of building improvements with demonstrat ion of procedure in evolving p lans and specifications, and erecting buildings. condemnations and assessments.
Section 3. Care of property: A treatment of investment and speculation in real estate; managing and caring for old and new buildings; income, or securing and handling tenants; expend i ture, including upkeep and t·epair, fixed charges and control of property.
Section 4. The profession of r eal estate: A treatment of the function of the broker, including appraisement, expert testimony, and as agent; progressive adverand business methods of real estate office; duties and qualifications of the broker, and ethical standards of operators, in vestors and the broker: the difficulties and accomplishments of brokerage, and objects and methods of real estate associations.
Section 5. City by districts: A treatment of location, area, future prospects and prevailing unit values of bus in ess, residence, apartment and hotel, industrial and subdivision districts of the city. ·
Section 6 Sources of information: A treatment of the duties, methods, records, office facilities and importance to owners and agents of the county asse s sor. eminent domain commission, state land commission, federal land office, absrractor, city engineer, newspaper, city treasurer, banker, mortgage loan company, United States engineer and c h amber of commerce: demonstration of the methods of a successfu l operator; Nationa l Association of Real Estate Exchanges
Section 7. Final details and app li cation of principles: A treatment of draughting and platting, their importance and use; law and forms with cautions and use of legal blanks; practical problems in appraisa l: comp lete procedure in securing, preparing and submitting the listing and closing a sa l e of real estate; of city and final examination.
W ith th e a dditi o n of a n e w Olsen m ac hin e for the t es tin g of th e coefficient o f friction of o il s a nd a ma c hine for the concentration o f ores by the recent flotation process, t h e "o il lab" of th e UNIVERSITY OF COLOR A DO t a ke s its place among th ose w hi c h rank firs t in the West.
A n ew College o f Ag ricultur e building for SYRACUSE i s t o b e by Mr s. Ru sse ll Sage as a m e morial td h er father , Jo se ph Slo c um •. acco rdmg to inf or m a ti o n re ce ived by Chancellor Jam es R. D ay. At the sa m e tim e th e c hancellor re ce ived from Co lonel J . J . S l ocum , h e r · br o ther , the first payment t owa rd the cos t of the building.
Before the la rge s t a nd m os t enthusiastic crowd th a t ever witnessed a n collcgiate d eb at e in Syracu se, th e Orange d e b a ters def ea t e d Yale by a sp ht deci s io n in fa vo r o f th e a ffirm a ti ve. A ll of the sp eaker s presented thetr a r g uments cl ea rly a nd concisely. From the time th e t ea ms took th e pl a tform until the c r ow d sa ng the A lma M a ter, there was not a n unintere s ting m o ment
The a nnual co nv e nti on a nd banquet of th e Syr ac u se University Teachers ' Associa ti o n , co mp os ed of Syr ac u se Un iver s ity a lumni who a re engaged in the educatio na l profession in N 'ew Yo rk State, was held D ece mb e r 28. R ev. Dr. Charles E . Ha milt o n ,'86, president of Cazenovia Seminary a nd formerly pastor of the University Methodist Episcopal Church, was e l ec ted pres id e nt of the assoc ia ti o n , and Dean Frank Smalley, '74, secre tary. The meetit'lg was very s uc cessf ul thi s year, over 150 a l umni b e ing in at tendanc e. Chance'll o r J a m es R. Day de liver e d th e prin c ip a l a ddr ess. (B rother ) De a n Hugh P Baker o f the New York State Colle ge of Forestry a nd D ea n Frank Smalley a l so spoke.
On Tue sday evening of S e ni or Week , February 1s t , the annual Senior ball will be g iv e n . Thi s year it will be g iv e n under th e a u s pi ces of th e Phi Kappa A lph a S en ior Society . Ex ten s ive preparations are under way to mak e this ball the g r ea t est soc ia l function eve r h e ld in th e gy mna s ium . A n inn ova ti o n in thi s year 's affa ir w ill be limiting th e numb er of f re s hmen who an ti c ipat e a tt e nding th e ball.
Hereafter dances a nd parties in li vi n g cen ter s on the Hill ca n be h e ld o nly on Thursday a nd Saturd ay eve nin gs. Such was th e rulin g mad e by the Board of Trustees in its a nnu a l sess io n I t was a l so voted t o increase the tuiti o n in all co ll eges. Th e in e reas e of in co m e t o the universtiy due to th is action will amo unt to a bout $60,000 yearly
By the N a ti ona ) Collegiate A thletic Association.
Ath l e tic s port , if honorably co ndu c t ed, ca n h o ld it s ow n in any in s tituti o n of l earn ing ; but t o gain a position of di g nity it mu s t be saved fr o m man y of its fri e nds, and m a int ai n e d on so hi g h a l evel th a t no r easo n ab le man can question it s va lu e. Ri gh tly administered it s tr e n g th e ns the wea k , improve s the wea k p la ces in th e st r o n g, c l ea r s th e brain , t eac h es b oys a nd young m e n to r es pe c t their bodies and to kn ow the r e lat io n of a clean , v igo r o u s body t o a n ac tive mind a nd a n h o n o r ab le li fe. Ri g htl y co nduct e d it is a sc h oo l of manl y s kill, co ur age, hone s ty, se lf- co ntr o l a nd eve n of co urte sy; wrongly co ndu cted it is a sc h oo l of bad m an n ers, v ul ga rity , tri cky evas ion , brutality-the id ea l s n o t of a sp o rt s m a n but of a s p o rtin g m a n.
"We .are t o ld th a t in England m e n play fo r th e sa k e of playing, whereas 111 Amenca men play for th e sa ke of winnin g. The m o re se ri o u s the qu es tion o f winning , th e more se ri o u s th e n eed of winning h o n o r ab ly. Sport in A m e ri ca is not mere fun ; it i s a t est of c har ac ter, and n o th i ng th a t m akes the pl aye r l ess a ge n t l e m a n b e longs to it. The football player who wantonly injures ht s nvals, th e b aseba ll player wh o persi s t s in s h ou tin g t o rattle hi s oppo n e nt s, th e sc h oo lb oy o r s tud en t who takes m o n e y for s umm er baseba ll and co n cea l s the fac t , shou ld be put out of the t eam. Nor s h o uld any sc h oo l or any co ll ege have secre t s as t o th e l egit im acy of it s a thl e ti c r e pre se ntatives.
" T o m a int a in hi gh id ea l s in a thl et ic sport is th e chief purpose of th e Kat io nal Co ll eg ia t e A thl et ic Associa ti o n . This assoc iat io n brings together r ep re sen t a ti ves of more than one hundred uni ve r s iti es a nd co lleges in three meeting s h e ld o n
one day e very y e ar. Sometim es a group of colleges se nd a joint representative; often a co ll ege s end s a man of it s own, or two or three m e n of whom one represents it officially. A numb e r of chools an d acade mi e ha ve 'associate member s hip. Committee s working throughout the year prep a re bu in e s for the meeting s , when th e delegate s li ste n to addres es from m e n who know much about athletic s ports , and reports from committees o n the va ri o u at hl et ic p ort c ultivated at co ll ege. The eve ning me e ting is devoted to th e discu s io n of vitally important que s tion s in college ath letics.
"Though strictly the assoc iation ha s n o power over the co lle ge it represents, it has unlimit e d opportunity of influ e n ce. It s eli c u ss ions of athletics a r e the most important in A merica ; and its opinions find exp r ess ion in rul es co mmittee and in standards of athLetic games thr o ugh o ut the co untry
" The association encourages faculty control of athletics, believing that the man in charge of phy s ical education should be a member of the faculty and a good a man as any i n i t ; that h e shou ld h ave a thor o ugh acq uaintan ce w ith athletic sport and a s trong sy mpathy w i th youth, kn o win g, a nd a ble t o teach , th e differ e nce between the cl eve rn ess and tr i ckery, b e tw ee n m a nlin ess a nd brutality. between the amateur sp irit a nd the pr o fe ss io na l, between the sportsman and the porting man. "
Before the 1917 football seaso n roll s around Michigan again may resume relati o n s on the gridiron with M i nne so ta, Wisconsin, Illin o is, Chicago, the big co lleges of th e Big Nine Conference. Th e inte rnal row in the B ig 1\ in e over the question of conference co llege s playing b aseba ll is expected to cause the di sorganization of th a t body.
Campus se ntiment fav o r s Michigan's rej o ining the B ig N in e conference in any event, a nd me et th e b es t t ea m s in th e Midd l e West rather than a season of inter sec tion a l games. The Wo lverine authorities m ay see k e ntr a n ce in the confe r e uce at th e n ext B ig N in e m ee ting
General ap prov a l by college m e n today g r eeted th e report of the Stanford Alumni Association, urging a r e turn to c o mp e tition betw ee n Stanford and California The opinion prevai l s th a t th e s ub sta n ce of the r e p o rt which pr ov id es for the abo li tion of freshman co mp e tition wi ll b e a dopt e d by th e Card i nal s tud e nt bo d y and that it will be forw a rded to California.
Captain Iv a n Boughton of the Ohio St a te University football eleven h as c tahli h e el what i s believed t o be a n e w r eco rd for an Ohio State f oo tb a ll player. Il e played three year s of 'va r s ity football, and in th a t time h as n ot mi ssed a s in g le minut e of play.
F. G. Soren so n , of Nor wood, Ohio, will captain the Ohio State e le ve n next yea r . He is a junior in the e n g in ee ring school a nd h as played fullback a nd halfback o n the 1914 a nd 1915 elevens.
] o eph A. Gi l m a n of Hono l u l u ha s been e l ected capta i n of the Harvard football team for the seaso n of 1916. Th e varsity t ac kl e h as been a r eg ular m embe r of the team for two seasons. He played with the fre s hm e n in 1912 and in 191 3 made a r eg ular plac e at ta c kle on th e varsity. In 1914 he wa ineligible and l.eft Cambr idge in the middle o f the co llege year, but returned t o regul ar stand tn g last fall. He also rowed o n hi freshman c r ew and played f r es hm an baseball. Last s pring he was one of the pitchers on the varsity nine .. Ri c h ard Harte. and C. Coo l ridge, ends, were ca ndidat es for th e thts year, .but n e tth er mad e a real race .aga in s t Gi l man , who se e lectiOn was. m a de unamm ous after th e u s ual sec r e t prelimin a ry. Gilman i s 24 years old, wetghs 189 pounds and IS 6 feet 11h inche s tall.
P e r cy H a u g ht o n , h ea d coac h o f th e H arva rd Co ll ege f o ot ba ll t ea m , und o ubte dl y will c o ntinue t o se r ve the e l eve n n o twith s t a ndin g hi s n e w intere s t s as pre s id en t o f th e Bos t o n Na ti o n a l Le ag u e Ba se b a ll Club , F r e d M. M o or e , graduate tr e a s ur e r o f a thl e ti cs a t Ha r va rd , sa id la s t ni g ht.
Ba rt Maco mb e r , of Oak Pa rk , f o r t w o y ears ri g ht h a lfb ac k o n the Univer s ity o f Illin o is f oo tb a ll team , a nd ge n e rall y se lec t e d as a n all- W es t e rn s t a r by th e cr iti cs thi s y ea r , h as b ee n e lec t e d cap t a in of th e Illini f o r 191 6. pl ace ki c king , puntin g, a nd a"ll - r o un d wo rk w o n h im a r eg ul a r b e rth 111 h1 s so phom o r e yea r o n Zu p pke 's c h a mpi o n s hip
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r le a ding n ex t year 's t ea m i s c on s id ere d a n exce ll e nt o m e n f or th e 1916 s e aso n . H is wo rk in the O hi o St a te ga m e w hi c h r es ult e d in a tie thi s yea r w as br illi a nt t o the ex tr e me a n d th e t a lly t h a t ti e d th e sco r e c
s tru s t y ki c kin g t oe .
Ne il so n M. M a tth ews, u pon bei n g e l ec t e d c a pt a in o f P e nn 's f oo tball t ea m fo r n ex t y ea r, a nn o un ce d th a t h e i s in f avo r o f th e o n e -m a n coac hin g s y s tem. Ma tth ew's e l ec ti o n t oo k pl ace in th e tr a inin g h o u se on S a t u rda y. O nly o n e m a n r a n aga in s t him , G r avy W illi a m s, t h e bi g fullba c k M a tth ews i s 22 yea r s o f ag e an d li ves in Chi cago. He is a juni o r in th e Wh a rt o n S c ho o l. L as t y ea r h e p l a yed halfb ac k , but w as s hi f ted t o t ac kl e thi s seaso n a nd was co n s idered by the coac h es th e b es t man o n th e lin e.
Th e se le c ti o n o f R o b e rt C . F o lwell as f oo tb a ll coa ch for the U niver s ity of P e nn sy l va ni a h as ·cl ea r e d t h e gr idir o n s itu a ti o n at o n e E as t e rn in s tituti o n . P e nnsy l va ni a a lum n i a nd un de r g r a duat es a r e o f th e o pini o n that F o l w ell will pr ov e t o b e th e g ridiron Moses t o l ea d th e Quak e r s out o f th e footb a ll wild e rn ess a nd hi s re co r d wo uld a p pea r t o indic a t e hi s ab ilit y in thi s dir ec ti o n
Hi s coac hin g h as passe d th e ex p e rim e nt a l stage a nd h e h as s hown th a t h e t h o r o u g hly und e r s t a nd s b o th t h e o ld a nd ne w ga m e. With a s plendid groLindwo rk o f fund a m e nt a l s a nd a m as t e r y o f th e m o d e rn o v e rh e ad g am e, F o l we ll is in a pos iti o n t o d eve l o p hi g h cl ass t ea m s a t P e nn s yl v ani a. What he h as d o n e a t L a faye tt e a nd W as hin g t o n a nd J e ff e r so n , s in ce h e was g r a duat e d fr o m P e nns yl va ni a, with th e s m a ll er sq u a d s of the se co ll eges h e s hould b e a bl e t o dupli ca t e fo r h i s A lm a Mat e r.
I n hi s e ig ht y ea r s o f c oac hin g hi s t ea m s h av e m a de the f o ll o win g re c ord s : P laye d 75 ga me s, o f w hi c h 57 we r e wo n , 13 lo s t an d 6 ti e d , w hil e the t o t a l p o int s score d a m o unted t o 1,63 3 In th e sa m e p e ri o d P e nn s yl va ni a t ea m s pl a y e d 84 ga m es, winnin g 56, l os in g 20 a nd tyin g 8 , with a t o t a l p o int sco r e o f 1,260.
Pe nn 's c r ews w ill r ow in the in te r co ll e gi a t e r egat t a, a t Pou g hk ee p s i e, n ex t Jun e, d es pit e rum o r s t o th e co ntr a r y . Thi s a nn o un ce m e nt was m a d e by R. Howa rd E ise nbr a y , c h a irm a n o f th e Uni ve r s ity r ow in g c ommitt ee. P e nn will h ave thr ee c r ews a t P o u g hk ee p s ie n ex t sp rin g, M r. E i sen b rey sa id . The o nly r e a so n t h a t th e d a t e o f th e P o u g hk ee p s ie r ega tt a w as n o t r a ti fie d with th e other d a te s o f th e r ow in g sc h ed ul e a t th e b oar d o f dir ec t o r s' m ee tin g wa s b eca u se n o d a t e ha s been se t b y th e Int e r co ll egia t e R ow in g Assoc ia ti o n s t ewa rd s f o r th e r ega tta It i s said th a t th e r eg att a n ex t yea r w ill b e h e ld o n e w ee k ea rli e r or o n e w ee k lat e r th a n h e r e t o fo re b ec au se th e ti da l co n d iti o n s o n th e u s u a l el a te w ill be unf avo r a bl e fo r row in g i n t h e a ft e rn oo n.
Professo r C utt s a nn ou n ce d t h a t as y e t th e Bo il er m a k er v arsity f o otb a ll c oach h a d n o t 'b ee n se l ecte d Th e de p a rtm e nt h as app li ca ti o n s f ro m a l a r ge numb e r of coac h es a n d seve r a l of th e b es t m e n in th e co untr y a r e u nd e r c o n s id era ti o n , b u t as ye t n o o n e h as b ee n dec ided up o n f o r th e p os iti o n.
A t a m ee tin g of th e foo t ba ll " P " m e n las t eve nin g P a ul Hunt e r H a k e o f th e Sc h oo l o f Mec h a ni ca l E n g in eer in g, was e l ec t ed ca pt a in o f the 1916 e l e v e n . " R e d " ha il s fr o m Ga r y , w h e r e h e m a d e a r eco rd f o r him se lf as a n athl e t e in h ig h sc h oo l. Durin g h is f r es hm a n yea r a t Pur d u e h e h e ld d o wn a n end po s i-
tion o n the yearling e l eve n a nd gave promise of being of va r ity ca lib er. The same year he p layed regu larly on the fre s hman basketball te a m In hi o ph omorc year he was a m e mb e r of the va r s ity football sq u ad and played in seve r a l games that season. In b as ketball he s howed up fairly well and go t into th e ga m e eve ral times a l though he did not win hi s "P" in th e port. Thi s year found Hake playing a spectacular game a t end, alth o u g h he did n ot get int o the lin e up until after the season was well s tarted . In th e Wiscon in game h e brought th e crowd to its feet sev era l time s by hi s cle ve r r ece ivin g o f forward p as es a n d s p ee dy run s. In th e Iow a and Indiana · games " R ed" put up a hard fight a nd did some se nsationa l work in b o th ga me s. He is fast, agg r ess ive a nd a h a rd fighter and a s trong team s hould b e turn e d o ut und e r hi s l ea d e r s hip n e xt fall.
A lbert Ba s ton, fo r the la s t two years left e nd o f the U ni vers ity of l\Iinne sota fo otba ll eleven , will lead the Gopher s next year. Baston's playing was t h e sensa ti o n of the 1915 season and re s u l t e d in th e p lacing of th e t ea m at th e h ead of the co nference thi s year. He was unanimou s ly se le c ted for a ll-C o nferen ce and ;JII-Western elevens by th e mo s t promin e nt critics and land ed an end berth on Walter Camp's a ll -American firm team thi s year.
::\!eyer , a line man o n the Badger eleven , will l ead th e Wisconsin team next year. Although not playing r eg ularly o n th e e le ven, h e wa s e l ected ove 1· Bye r s, th e se n sat io na l halfback, whose marriage recently wa s th o u g ht would je o p a rdi ze hi s c h a nce s of return i n g to sc ho o l n ex t year. Meye r s ha s done littl e work of n ote the pa t season a nd did not play in the Purdue game eve n as a s ub st itut e. He ha11 from M il wauk ee, wher e h e play e d on a pr ep school eve n b efo r e e nt er in g \Vi sco n s in.
By a vote of 62 to 36, th e faculty o f th e University of \ i\T isco n s in d e cided th at baseba ll hou l d be retained . M u ch s urpri se was occasioned by President Van H isc spea king in f avo r of r e t a ining ba se b a ll. Th e prop osa l to do away with it wa m ade by a conference of the Bad ge r faculty recent ly.
With three of hi s regulars o n th e ho s pita l l i s t , the Acacia ba s ketb a ll team ha been forced to withdraw fr o m the int e r-frat e rnity l eag u e. r\ hur Hobson , right fo rw a rd, wa the first p l ayer to be injured , breaking a leg ju s t b efo r e the fir t game Cu ll Casberg, crew " W" m a n , who played l eft g uard, wa severely injured in a coas tin g accident durin g the vacat ion. Then , t o co mpl e t e the list, Arlie Mucks h as b ee n o rd e r e d t o give up athletic act ivitie s until the trac k seaso n on account of hi injured knee s, and Acacia i s without it s ce nt er and t ar b as k e t s h oo t e r. Captain P ede r so n was the on ly player l ef t with a n y experience at a ll , a nd ther e i s n o p oss ibl e way for th e team t o be r eo rg an ized t o comp le t e its c h e dul e. -Wis con sin Da i ly Cardinal.
The faculty of both Cornell and Syracuse favor the resumption of athletic activities between the two universities. Should a game be arranged betVI[een these two institutions, Central New York would occupy the central stage of the fight for the football supremacy. Both teams have clean slates behind them. A lively battle would certainly be assured.
Philbrick Jackson, who has played tackle two years on the Maroon eleven, has been elected captain of the 1916 Chicago team. He is backed by three year's experience at tackle on the Evanston Academy eleven and played a c<?ns istent game the two years he has played conference football. He IS a Jumor this year.
Chicago University officials have taken decided steps to punish students whose tickets fall into the hands of scalpers.
Charles E. Laun, halfback on the Iowa University eleven this year, will lead the 1916 Hawkeye football team. He has been one of Coach Hawley's mainstays thi s year and will prove to be a very capable leader for the Iowans next year. In the Purdue game he did so me spectacular work in returning punts and intercepting forward passes and is mainly responsible for Iowa 's two touchdowns in that game.
ln order to give the committee in charge of the selection of a football coach time to sift th e applications down to a possible two or three, the' time for announcing the new coach has been extended one week.
Those being prominently mentioned for the place include Elmer Henderson, coac h of Broadway High; Dr Sweetland and Wayne Sutton, Dobie's assistant. This is the talk of the campus. The members of the board and committee in charge have s teadfastly refused to give out any information regarding a possible selection.
It became known Wednesday that Gil Dobie was more anxious to secure the appointment at Wisconsin than was generally known here In fact, Dobie has been m a king strenuous efforts to land the position in the East.
Word was also r ece ived from Wisconsin that the football coach question has narrowed down to two first choice candidates-Dobie and Macklin.
William Hollenbeck , former Penn star, will h ave charge of the football squad at the local university during the 1916 season.
Harold M . White, of New York , has been elected captain of the Syracuse University football team for next season. White has played guard for two years , and is called the biggest man in footba l l. He weighs 273 pounds and stands six feet six inche s. He is also remarkably fast and aggressive for his weight. White was named on several all-star elevens after the season closed, but did not find a plac e on the first, second or third elevens or Walter Camp, although Schlacter, who plays the other guard in the · Syracuse team , earned All-American honors.
ASSOCIATE PROF. SHEPARDSON DISCUSSES EARLY HISTORY-COBB AND DIVINITY HALLS ONLY BUILDINGS IN 1890
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'l'he November number of the TTniverRity of Chicago magazine. iRsued yesterday, contains a short history by Associate Prof. Sheoardson. of the founding of the University. According to Dr. Shepardson. the TTn!versity came into existence. organically. September 10, 1890. when the charter was issued.
Gro und waR brokP.n for the first building November 26 1891. '!'his was for the foundations of Cobb a nd the three Divinity hallR ,;o uth of it. A six-apartment buildat Drexel Avenue and 57th Street was rented as a dormitory for men and a building on 57th Street near Dorcheste r Avenue for women. 'l'he faculty memb e rs found abode" where they cou ld
As the long P.xoected day of oo e ning drew n ea r. there WRS a good dE>al of excited Interest. 'l'he RdminiRt r at iv e officeR h ad been moved f rom the C h amber of Commerce building downtown to · an apartment houRe on the north east corner of Fifty-fifth Street nnrl Woodlawn Avenue. Ab r am Bowers. a orosoective Rtudent. had arrived weel<s bE>fore the opening and Recured a. job abo ut the camou11.
The Rtndent" reore,.ented many type". Some had come from smaller colleges and m11 nv h:HI fo llow erl fR vorite nrof e,.s ors who had ca,;t th e ir lot with th e n ew university. Th e faculty was ea u ally mixed. The head professors had served as coiJegp orP'lidents and were all men who had been recogniz e d in some field of scholastic research. ·
There was much doubt as to whether Cobb would be ready for use on October 1. On September 30. cR.roenter" were "till hammering and the building did not present a comp l eted appear ance. '!'h ey were sti ll at work October 1, but a t the appointed hou1· the recitations began and the machinery at the University was set in motion.nai/Jt .lfaroon.
PROFESSOR LAZENBY
On Thursday eveni ng, Dec. 9, 1915. Masons of the university gathered in the Ohio Union Commons to e njo y the first banquet at the school year. Mr. L. S. Wolfe, P. M. of University Lodge No. 631. W"-" toaRtma,.ter
Prof. w. B.. Lazenby, the nestor of Masonry at the university. was the first speaker. t e lling of his Masonic experience and r e l ations whil e on a trio to GArmany a few years ago. Prof. Lazenby emphasized the great importance attached to Masonry by th e German oeoole and thP. e xtreme care e x e rcis e d in selecting m e n, also th e extensivP p r eparation and "tndy demanded of candidates.
Dr. E. A. Hamilton sooke at l e ngth on hi,; Enrooean experiences whil e with th e American Red Cross unit stationed at Glerwitz in Germany. The doctor expressed gr ea t admiration for th e German people. particu l ar l y with r e gard to the minute detail of preparation which was in evidence eve rywhere H e told in a most vivid manner of th P horrors of war as Reen f rom the standpoint of his profession Many int e r es ting relic" and photographs were displayed.
Dr. C. A Burrett ,;pol< e bri e fly of Masonic influence. Prof. H. C. Ramsomer, recently raised in University Lodge. told of incident s in his oast life which had served to tmore"s uoon him the fact that th e r e was an influence in Masonry which, whilP he was then unable to underst a nd, had had a lasting influence noon his belief in Mfu:;onry RR a form of living
The toa,.tmaste r then introduced Prof. C L. Plumb as master-elect of TTniverslty Lodge. Following this a few brief a nd timely remarks by th e toastmaster closed several hours of mo"t en joy ab l e association.-OeJJtral Ohio Unso11.
CHAPTER OF BETA GAMMA SIGMA INSTALLED LAST EVENING-STUDENTS AND FACULTY ARE FOUNDERS SIMILAR TO PHI BETA KAPPA
After striving for seve r al yea r s to estab li sh an honorary fraternity in the Wharton School. the combined efro rts of faculty and students c ulmin ated last night. wh e n the Aloha Chapter of Beta Gamma Sigma, a national honorary fraternity for students In commercia l courses in American univ ersities was installed.
At the beginning of the present college year, Dean McCrea, with faculty co- opez:ation. sel ec t ed the m en highest in scholastic standing in the present Senior Class in th e Wharton Sr.hool. and -with them app lied for the establishment of a local chapter of Beta Gamma Sigma. Th e application w as granted, and last evening Dr. Elwell, of the University of wisconsin, and president of the national organization, formally installed the c h ap t e r at the University.
The organization is strictly an honorary one, similar to Phi Beta Kapp a of the Liberal Arts co ur ses and Sigma Xi for Scientific · School students in American colleges a nd univer si tie s . The co nstitution provides for a large measure of faculty control in the se l ec tion of student member s. At prese nt th e n a tional organization inc l udes, besides the loca l one, c h a pters at the universities of Wisconsin, Illinois and California. A number of other colleges are considering th e formation of local chapters.
At the meeting last night the following members of the faculty were inst a lled as chart e r memb e rs: Dr. Roswell McCrea, Dean of the Wharton School ; Dr. Sol omon S . Huebner , Professor of Insurance and Comm e rce, and Dr. James T. Young, Professor of Public Administration.-Daily Pennsylvanian.
SPEAKS AT SENIOR CLASS LUNCHEO N (C h ica.oo)
SAYS 1916 MEN AND WOMEN ARE FORTUNATE IN GRADUATING WHEN TWENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF UNIVERSITY IS CELEBRATED
Associate Prof Shep a rdson spok e at the Senior class luncheon yest e rday in Hutchinson Cafe. Class songs were submitted by Thom 'J.S Goodwin, Margaret Hess and Margaret H ancoc k. One hundred and twent y-s ix members of th e class w ere present.
"The class of 1916 is ve ry fortunate in th at they will graduate just when the tw enty- fifth ann iv e rs a ry of the University is being ce l e br a ted, " said Dr. Shepardson. "I a lso w a nt to urge upon a ll members of the c l ass the necessity of t a kin g th e ir degree with their c lass in Jun e."
1 5 0 ATTEND DANCE
Th e lunch e on was followed by a dance in th e Reynolds Club at 4 at which ov er 150 people wer e present. Cot illon s and grand r ight a nd l e fts featured th e program arrang e d by the Soc i al Committee Th e music was furnished by Lewis Fuiks and M es d a m es Prosser a nd Lob e ng ee r serve d as chaperones.-lJai!y Maroon
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OF
J Charles Rathbun has been appo inted by C ity Engineer A. H. Dimock as sUperint e ndent of bridg e construction on the two c ity bridges now und er cons tru ctio n over the L ake Washington Canal to t ake effect December 1st Mr. Rathbun headed the list a t th e recent civ il se rvi ce e xaminations. A seco nd superintend e nt will be appo inted wh en the lOth Ave. N. W. bridge contract i s l et.- Seo ttl e Dnilu Re c ord
All univ e rsity Masons a r e cordially invit e d to at t end th e Masonic s mok e r given Wednesday, December 8, at 7:30, Acacia hou se
ACACIA FRATERNITY WILL BE HOSTS TO THHE GRAND MASTER OF INDIANA
C. P. Ben edic t , of Indianapolis, grand master of the Free a nd Accepted Masons of Indiana, will be th e guest of th e Acacia fraternity a nd loca l l odg es today Th e greater part of the afternoo n will be spent in escorting the visitor abo ut the city a nd th e univ ers it y.
At 5:30 o'clock · an informal banquet will be held at the Acacia fraternity hous e in honor of the visitor. At that tim e Mr. Benedict will deliver a short ad dr ess on the subject of Masonry in the un i versities of the c ountry In the even i ng d eg ree work will be given at a joint m ee ting of th e Tipp eca no e and Lafayette lodg es in Masonic T emp le. A banquet will be held in the dining hall of the temple afte r the ritu a listi c work and Mr. Ben e dict will fill th e position of toastm as t e r .- Pttrdtt e EmJJo11ent.
IS GREA TEST HONOR THE ' CLASS CAN CO NFER ON oNE OF ITS MEMBERSWON ELECTION BY ONLY TEN VOTES PAC'S AND BARBARIANS CLASH
Pac and Barbarian _f eelin g ran high among the juniors on Thursd ay, th e day of th e e lect ion for th e mo s t Important offices of manager for the class book of ' 17, Royal Purple Vol. IX., a nd two e l ec tive members fo r the auditing committee which wer e created und e r th e new p l an of "sound business managem en t "
H e nry J. Adams was e l ec t e d manager by a majority of ten votes ov e r F R. K e ll y; Adams rece1vmg 82 votes and Kelly 72. Th e fou rth m ember of the a uditing committee is Ross B. Keys, '.'e ce iving 82 votes, Frank Turn e r r ece iving 70; fifth memb er, 0. K. Rumble , who rece1ved 111 votes, Frank Turner receiving 40 vot es.
Two oth e r men w e r e nominat e d for c l ass boo!< m a n age r, 0. K. Rumble a nd Frank Turner, but both withdrew their names at c l ass me et ing Thursday morning. W F.
Heppe and John Sullen withdrew their names, having been nominated for memb e rs of the auditing committee.
The position of c l ass book manager is not only one of the grelitest honors which the class can confer upon one of its members, but it is complimentary, In that the man must possess marked ability as an administrator. ·
The class book expenditures amount to several thousand dollars. The manager who carefully exercis e s good judgment Is in a position to render his class a great service. Under the plan of management which the class has adopted, a class memorial Is to be purchased with whatever surplus there may be.
Kenry J Adams of Topeka, the manager of Royal Purple Vol. IX, is a junior In the course of animal husbandry, a memb e r of the Aca ci a Fraterni ty , th e Alpha Z e ta, and other student organizations, and is a popular man In the student body outside of these organizations. He made th e following statement when told of his election, and questioned as to the policy that he would pursue in the administration of the class book affairs: "Despite some handicaps, as I see it, of the new platform, which will not facilitate the necessary freedom that the students of the cLass should have in handling the affairs of the class book, we will put out a good one. There will be no favoritism shown any students or organization of students in making appointments; they will be determin.ed strictly on a m e rit basis."
0. K. Rumble is a mechanical engineering student, a member of the Hamilton literary society, and the Sigma Tau engineering fraternity.
Ross B Keys is an agricultural student and a member of the Athenian literary Collegian.
The Acacia fraternity held a novel caba1 et pa1·ty and dance last ev e ning at their chaptt>r house on State Street. About forty couples attended. The chaperones were, Mr. and Mrs. Allen Boulds and Prof. and Mrs. A. G. Phillips.-Purdue Ea:vonent.
"Cull"Casberg, '16, varsity crew man, expects to return from the Madison General Hospital to his room at the Acacia house some time before Sunday. Casberg dislocated his right hip and sustained other painfu l injuries when he crashed into a tree on the Pinckney Street hill while coasting the Wednesday evening before Christmas.
The crew man, with nine other students who were remaining in the city during vacation, piled on to Prof. Ray Owens' "bob" for a ride down the icy path, Casberg In front. The bob runners were too wide for the path, however, and at the foot of the hill it swung off the road, jumped over the curb stone, missed the telephone pole, hut struck the tree head on. None of the others was injured. Casberg will be on crutches for several weeks . - Wisconsin DnUu Ctwrlinal
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MORT WORSHIPFUL GRAND MASTER BENEDICT, OF INDIANA. EXEMPLIFIES WORK IN MASTER MASON DEGREE
A joint meeting of Lafayette and Tippecanoe lodges, Free and Accepted Masons, was held last night at Masonic Temple and more than 200 memb e rs w e r e present. 'l'h e r P was work in the Master Mason degr ee and Most Worshipful Grand Master C B. Benedict, of Indianapolis, presided. He was assisted in conferring th e d e gree J:>Y. th e past masters of Tippecanoe and Lafayette lodges and the past masters from VISltmg lodges. Following the work Most Worshipful Grand Master Bened ict d e liver e d an address on "The Relation of Masonry to the Other Great Institutions." At the conclusion of the address a banquet was served.
Most Worshipful Grand Master Ben e dict was th e guest of honor at an informal dinner given last evening at 5:30 o 'c lock at the Acacia fraternity house on State Street West Lafayett e Many prominent Masons from th e city w e re present and Grand' Master Benedict delive r ed a short address on "Masonry in the Universities of the Country." The meetings w e r e a great success, and the Masons of the city were well pleased with the work.- West LafaJtette DaUu.
SIXTEEN MEN ARE TAKEN INTO HONORARY ORGANIZATION
Tth e athletic K fraternity he l d initiation last Monday night for the fo ll owing m e n: E. W. Skinner, M. P. Wilder, W. W. Wright, Henry Rayer, F. I Reynolds, R. 1. McMillan, Earl R a msey. Geor g e Ferrier , E. R. Frank. E R. McGall i ard, George Denman, J. W. Crumbak&r, M. L. Holroyd, F. B. Cromer, W. R. Essie and C. 0 Grandfield
As honorary members, Prof. Guy S. Lowman and Carl J. Merner were taken in.Kansa s Rtnte Co ll erJian.
THREE LIVELY ACTS ON PROGRAM-TICKETS FOR BIG DANCE SATURDAY GO FAST
That th e Cardinal Cabaret, the big ben e fit danc e for the Daily Cardinal to be given Saturday night at Lathrop, will be a b i g success is now certain , and the manage ment ex pr ess d their satisfaction last night ov e r the warm r ece ption that has been accorded it by the students.
Th e program for the vodvil dance e nt e rta i nment is one that ,Jromis es excellent entertainment. An orchestra of fifty pieces, which is one of the l a rgest ever assembled for a student affair, will furnish th e mus i c for the danc i ng, and a group of clever student entertainers have been rehearsing for weeks and will put on three cabaret acts.
Th e first act will be Allan Renton and His Troup e of Hawaii a n Entertainers which will follow the third d a nce. The troupe incu l des Harold Whee l er, Gordon Reese, B e njamin Buckmaster. Wallace Meyer, J. L ee Forrand and Brc wn. This includes many of the l eading singers in the Glee Club.
Inez Sch i fflin a nd "Brig" Young will do exhibition danc i ng for th e second number which wil l follow the sixth dance. Their dancing was one of the successes of the r ecen t Union Vodvil and won the second prize.
"The Cardinal Cabaret," the last number, should. make a strong bid for the enthus i astic approva l of students. Under th e direction of "Dolly" Bak e r a short lively sketch h as been prepared w i th nine in the cast including many that have starred in oth e r student mus i cal productions.
"Du c ky" Wadsworth, who h as starred for the past two years in Haresfoot will have on e of th e leading rol es a nd will sing in approved cabaret style to Miss Cardinal Cabaret i n the person of H aro ld Weng l er. The latter makes one of the best g i rls eve r seen in dramatics at Wisconsin. H e took a leading part in Hare sfoot last year.
Others who will a ppear are "Billy" G l assner, who has created a very funny part as a n i gger port e r, "Jack" Wall, Ralph Wy a tt, J. B. Mosher, H e nry Chiles, L es ter Reichert, Cobe Su lli van a nd Parker We e ks.-Tr isconsin Da-ily Ca rdinnl.
There have been sev eral changes in the sc h o las tic s tanding of th e s ine <: th e las t r e port, publi s h e d in the February, 1915 , iss u e of th e J o urn a l, Vol. X, o. 2, and the changes wi ll be noted in the det a iled report of the c h a pter M ic h i gan
The d a t a as publi s hed by the University o f Mi c hig a n make s n o reference a;
t o g r a d e, i. e , th e graphic s imply take s int o account th e r a nk. Th e general so 1· n ritie s rank fir s t followed by the professional so roritie s and Sigma U p s ilon P s i, which lead s all other fratern i tie s, a s well as a ll women's club s.
The following table gives the relat i ve s t a nd ing of the fraternities a t Michigan:
Genera l Sororit ie s.
Professional Sororitie s .
Sigma Up s il on Psi.
All Women's Club s
Kappa Beta Psi.
Delta Kappa Epsilon.
Phi Kappa Psi.
Zeta Beta Tau.
Delta Up s il on.
A ll House C l ubs.
Sigma Alpha Upsilon.
Phi Delta Theta .
Professiona l Fraternities.
Psi Upsi lon.
Alpha Sigma Phi.
Pi Lambda Phi.
Other Men' s Club s.
Chi P s i
Kappa Sigma.
Alpha Tau Omega G e n e r a l Fratemities.
Beta Theta Pi.
Ph i Kappa Sigm a.
Sigma Phi.
Alpha D e l t a Phi .
Phi Gamma De l ta.
Sigma Phi Epsilon.
De l ta Tau Delta . C Grade.
Sigma Nu.
Phi Chi De l ta. ACACIA.
Z e ta P s i.
Lambcl 't Chi A l ph a.
Th e ta Delta Chi.
S igm<l Chi
Last y ea r Acacia ranked above th e frat e rnity ave rag e but thi s year th ey are co n s iderably l ower than before (This statement doe s not refer t o the term just co mpleted.)
Stanford
1 t is interesting to note that Stan ford s average i s a l way s lower th e first term a nd jump materia ll y the second term . In 1913-19 14 the average for the first semester was 72.65 but at the close of the seco nd semester t h ey had pull e d it up to 75 5. The fir s t semester of 1914-1915 their average was 67 1 a nd they held 17 pl ace o n th e list, while at th e clo se of the seco nd se m es t er th ey t oo k th e fif th position with an average o f 74.5 .
Acac ia r
a n fo rd s
he
C h a pter. "
Acac ia Fr
institut ion. "
I t i s int eres tin g t o n o te th a t o
wi t h 273 .6 th e firs t se m es t e r , a n d th e seco n d sein es t e'r dropp ed with A cac ia t o seve nth
Minnesota
At the time o f publication las t year Aca c ia and Phi Delta Theta tied for first place. Thi s year the " Beta s " and the " Kappa Alphas " have usurped their po s ition .
Cornell D a t a will n ot be co mpl
Alford Competition Average : 14 Frat s .
19. * Delt a Upsilon + I (15)
LO. *Kappa Sigma
.+ 7 (28)
+ 4 (23)
- 1 ( 13 )
1 (20)
.. .. ..+ 4 ( 21 ) *Beta Theta Pi
+ 6 (26)
22 . *Sigma u ......................... ... -t- 14 ( 30 ) 23. Emanon + 9 (29)
- 8 ( 11 )
- 2 ( 18 )
- 5 ( 24 )
Th e Fraternit i es indicated by an as- handic ap. teri s k (*) are eligible competitors fo r Th e total li s t is divided by h orizontal th e Alford Scholar s hip Trophy Thi s lin es int o thr ee sec ti o n s. Th e fi r st repha s been held s ucces s ively by Delta T a u resents s tanding better th a n th at w hi ch Delta , Phi Kappa S igma, Sigm a Phi wou ld be obtained by an eq ual numb er Ep il o n , Kappa Sigm a, Alpha T a u of A's a nd B 's ass umin g no C or D . Omega, and is s till r e tain e d by A loha T h e seco nd sec ti o n r e pr e e nt a comT a u Omega, with a higher aver age p a r a ble s t a ndin g with o ne-third A's than l as t se m es t e r. a nd two-third s B's, ass uming no C or D.
The Tr oo p Schol a r s hip Cup offered The fig ure in parenthesis indi cate th e in comoetition betw ee n Tau Beta Pi, corrected sta nding at th e close of tlJe :\lpha Zeta. Alpha Gamma Rho , Eta F ir s t Seme s ter. Advance o r r et r og r esK a ppa Nu, Triangl e a nd Acac ia ha s i o n relatively t o th e First Seme s t e r is been h e ld by A hha Gamma Rho and indicated in per cent by th e fig ure s fo lAipha Zeta and is st ill ret a ined by lowing th e n a m e. It will be n oted th at Alpha Zeta notwith s tanding it s 15 point a ll but 6 soc ieties h ave ri se n, Sigma N u m a king the greatest advance. Th e ranking is in m a ny cases ve r y close Les th a n 1 per cent divide s 13 from 15 , or 16 fr o m 18, o r 19 from 26 , o r a ny o ne of these groups from th e n ext a bove.
It may be added that 9 of the soc ieti es h ave r eac hed their highe st c h o lars hip average in this r e p o rt.
The s mallest membe r ship i s found in Teknion ( 12), Omicron N u ( 14), Newm a n (15), and Agathon (19). Th e l a rge s t i s in Tau B e t a Pi ( 42 ) a nd Cosmop o lit a n (38).
Data not co mput ed.
D a ta not computed.
Data not computed.
Chicago
Yale
Columb ia
l o w e State College
Acac ia ranked 11 in average in the li s t of 37 nati o n a l a nd l oca l fratenitie s a n d soror iti es.
The highe s t average was 89 76, Acac i a 87.15 and the lowes t average 84.23.
Data n o t re c eived .
Iowa
Pen ns ylvan i a State
The information publi s h e d la s t year wa s obtained by the member s, through a per so nal canvas of th e memb ers of the f ac ulty. Th e Acac ia average was abo u t five per cent a bove the average of the winners of the Inter-Fraternity C up
According to a decision o f th e Pr es ident of the college and Int e r-:fratcrnity Co uncil, the R eg is trar i s not a t t o relative s tandm gs in sc h o lar s hip of a ny Fraternity connected w1th th e m s t1tut10n .
University of Washington
The Chapter h as bown m a rk e d improv e m ent, h av in g rai sed it s elf from la st place on the sc hola st ic li st to the s eventh
B Grade. All Men.
Sorority Average.
1. Delta Kappa Epsi lon.
2. De l ta Chi.
3 Theta Xi. .C Grade.
4. Delta Upsilon.
5. Phi Kappa Psi.
6. Sigma Chi. A ll Univer s ity.
Fraternity Average .
7. ACACIA.
8. Phi Gamma Delt a.
9. Beta Theta Pi.
10. Sigma N u.
11. Theta Delta Chi. Non-Fraternity Men.
12. A lph a Tau Omega
13. De lt a Tau Delta
14. Phi Delta Theta.
15. Kappa Sigma.
16. A lph a Sigma Phi.
17 . Phi Kappa A lph a. 18 Sigma A l pha Epsi lon.
Colorado
Co lorado still remains at the head of the list, leadit1g all the non-fraterity men as we ll as the non -so rority women
One ye!lr ago Acacia ranked second at Kansas State. This year the standtn g o f Acacta was the l owest of twenty-eight organization s included in the report of the Registrar .
There was not a decided "s lump" a l ong the scholastic lin e but rather a lack of the "pep" which makes for better grades. Acacia 's average last year was 79 6 as co mpared w it h 78 of this year. ·
AC TI ONS . The world judges men by their actions. Masons and Acacians are known the world over by four cardinal virtues. Some Ma ons, and I regret to say a few Acacians, seem sati fied to let the majority of their brothers exemplify these virtues so obvious to mankind.
You have oftentime? noticed the faltering footprints of an erring brother. Open criticism of the brother brings upon Masonry the everest condemnation. Publishing his short-comings, or proclaiming his misdoings not only lowers you in the eye of the uninitiated, but affects the high standing of the order in the community.
Go to the brother in private and give him of the good counsel which his fault demands. We all preach the principles of Masonry, but the reckless abandon with which we handle . a man's reputation, leaving in the wake the muck and slime of slander, scandal and suspicion, with absolutely no thought of the misery, distress and wretchednes caused , is beyond all p<;>wer of
Success, with the elements which determine the fullest interpretation of the word, has often times been analyzed ,and reduced to its component parts. The which make for the liespect and confidence of the community, and thereby success, rely upon two factors-training and personality.
Upon training depends a man's ability and responsibility to carry out the various projects entrusted to his care. Upon training depends his ability and responsibility, or his reputation. Throughout your colJeo·c career you should keep ever before you the fact that your future success is dependent upon the use you make of your opportunities. You may be a student in the fullest meaning of the word, and with constant application will come ability, but not necessarily responsibility. Responsibility requires equally as much training as ability and must be fully developed in college. You may be able but unreliable, not responsible and if such be the case your ability will count for naught.
Upon personality depends your activity and endurance, there are other factors which enter into a man's personality but the foremost are activity and endurance. You may be active, energetic, forward, and wide awake and with your activity will come a careful attention to the matter of personal appearance, still you will fall short of the goal, success, unless you have endurance. Your activity may make you friends who will
know of your ability and resp o nsibilit y and your lack of energy needed to car r y forth yo ur undertakin gs , and yo u w ill not succeed. Each e lement is nece ss ar y fo r success. Ac ti v it y, ab ilit y , responsibility and e nduranc e
CO-OPERATION is the m os t v ital factor determining the s ucces s o r failure of any undertakin g. \i'lithout co-operation t h e chapters mu s t fail , the fraternit y di s int eg r ate and the organiza ti on bec o me but a s h am.
The Sec r et a r y, Trave lin g Co un se lo r and the Editor a ll ne ed yo ur co - o peration if the y a re , t o properly fulfi ll the duties of their o ffic es , t o s u ccessf ull y car r y f o r wa rd the wor k of the fraterni t y.
It is ab so lut ely n ecessa r y, if th e J o urnal is t o obtain entry as s econd c lass matter , th a t all of th e chapters ha ve the ac ti ve member s s ig n th e s tatement pub li s hed in the De ce mber is s u e . Kansas and Purdue are the o nl y ch ap t ers w h ose memb e r s are o n rec o rd. P l ease g ive thi s yo ur p r o mpt a tt e nti o n , t y pe wr it e: "O f the a m o unt of each year's dues paid the G r and F r aternity it is und ers t oo d that $ 1.00 th e re o f is for subscription t o The Acac ia J o urn al and $4.00 there of as per cap ita tax ,' ' ha ve each m e mb e r s ig n th e sa m e and send it direct to this office.
The May i sue of the Journal should contain a group photoo-raph o f each chapter, and in order that the cuts may be made on time the phot oo-raphs should reach this office not later than April fifth . Plea e do not a k to have the photographs returned, as they are usually spoiled by the time they are returned from the engraver and are not worth the return postage. All copy for the May is ue should reach the Editor not later than April tenth . Co-operate with thi office, and you vvill receive your May Journal the first week in May.
The December issue was late becau e the chapter letters were late. The February issue is short several chapter letters becau e we could not keep the "forms" on the "slab."
Study the tabulated form above this article and a k yourself the que ., tion, "Are we doing our part in making The Acacia Journal worthy of the name of Acacia?"
Harken the eager strife-
Hustle and hurry morn till night; Calm content or fear and fright. Somewhere a frown, somewhere a smjle, Making the world glad all the while. Faith in the Goodness ruling all, Hope in the future's glad'ning call; Darkness cov'ring the face of earth, Clouds replacing the rosy mirth. Here a bubble of childish joy, There a beggar-of Fate the toy. \N ealth and poverty, side by side, Spirit humble, and pandered pride. Kings and classes, the great and small. Done to the lyre, the drum, the fife. This is existence, with mystery rife\N e call it life. -Bro. 1V1:lliam Eb en S clmlt z, Yal e Chapt e1·.
M i ch i gan
P. S. Brother · D . B. New t o n was united in marriage t o M iss E liz a beth M ill e r ·las t August. A nnoun ce m e nt wa s made to the Michigan Chapter before the holiday s. Th ey are r esi ding in A nn A rb o r.
K ansas Chapte r
J o hn A. McC urry was m arr i e d to Ethe l May Gile of P a r so n s . Th ey are a t hom e in Huntington, Ark.
A n announcement of the m ar ri age of Brother Frank C. Ackers to Mi ss Iva McCauley h as been recei ve d They are living in Lansing, Kan.
R o bert S . Brooks and Miss M yrtle Balyeat o f Blue Mo und h ave been m a rri ed a nd a r e living at 726 Arkansas street, Lawrence, Kansas.
Otho J . Fiske was married t o G ladys Liggett. Th ey are teachin g a t Spiv ey, Kan.
Professor R ay mond a nd Mi ss Gleaso n of New York were m arr ied la s t s umm er.
Philo Halleck has marri ed and is livin g so m ew h e r e in Arizona
Neb ras k a
Dan Cupid h as h ad a very s ucc essf ul shooting season in our camp s in ce the closing of sc h oo l las t Jun e . The first t o s tart the wedding bells t o ringing were George L. Basye and A l ta K a te s, who were m ar ried on June 16 Lee is County A tt o rney at A lli a nc e, Neb. The next in orde r were Charles K. Morse a nd J ea n E li zabet h McGahey o n September 1. Charles is s uperint e ndent of sc hoo l s at Ne l so n. Fo11owing these were Ev a n s Z. Hornberger a nd Mar .. j o rie Lichtenwa ll n e r on October 20, who now liv e in Om aha ; Trum a n G . Yuncker a nd Ethel Burnett Claflin on Oc tober 23, at Lansing, Mich.; Charles L. Sluyter and Grace H e l e n Burritt on October 27 , who are now at h o me in Hastings; Raymond D . Garver and Leah V e ra Stufft on Nove mber 25, wh o h ave c h ose n to live in the wilds of Og den , Utah; Jo sep h M. Swenson
a n'"d Hel e n Marie Heinzman on D ece mber 20, at Sidney . To a ll of the se brothers and "s is t e r s" we wish s u ccess a nd worlds of happiness.
Brother Be nj a min Pratt , co nclave delegate, a nn o un ce d hi s engagement, by proxy, December 13, a nd was married o n D ecem b er · 28 to Miss Es th er vVhite of Orient, I a.
B r o th e r B. B. Wells was married on th e eve nin g of Saturday, No vember 20, t o M iss Gladys Crane of Saginaw, Mich.
F ra n k l in
Brother Dr. Leslie D . Baskin of F lo r e n ce, S. C., a nd M i ss A lm a Rockey of West Philade l phia, were married at the brid e's h<;>me, 3317 Baring s treet, on th e 15th of De ce mb e r , 1915 They are livin g in Florence, where Brot h e r Baskin i s practicing denti s try .
M isso uri
Vl/e were h app ily s urpri se d t o h ea r of th e wedding of Brother Cable of Miss ouri Chapter and Miss Steele of Webb C ity , Mo. Cable was with u s in Chicago las t winter a nd n a tur a ll y we were favored with the · co mp a ny of Miss S t ee l e at th e hou se frequ e ntl y. We wish them a ll the happine ss and s u ccess th a t Missouri can give
Ed mund Hale Didlak e, ' 13 , who is in the va luati on department of th e Big Fo ur R a ilr oa d a t Cincinnati, 0. , was united in m a rri age t o Miss Vera Ethel C r o nk of A nth o ny , Kan , on Nove mber 10, 1915.
H. ]. Vv'eave r, '14, was m a rri e d to Miss Beatrice R app of E l khart, Ind ., o n :\iove mb e r 25, 1915 Mr. Weaver is city in spec tor o f E lkhart
M r . a nd Mrs. I sse tt of Wapello, Iowa , announce the m a rriage o f their daught e r Mary Stuart to Mr. Sam Irwin of Wape ll o.
Chicago
\\ ' ore! ha reached us that Brother Frank Seydel has stolen a march on his friends and Acac ia brothers and ha been married to Miss Monsess of Sedalia. 1\Io., for some time. The report sonuds authentic, but has not as yet been confirmed.
Brother W. A Bevan was recently married to C laire Evelyn Wahrer of Fort :VIadison, Ia . They w ill be at home in Corva ll is, Ore. Wahrer sounds like truer to us, but we hope Bevan in h is trueness will not forget Acacia.
Kansas
Pennsylvan ia Sta t e
Brother Jonathan White wa married to Mis Helen Frances Smith of Bellefonte, Pa., on January 1.
Rrother _T. Warren Fortenbaugh, '12. was married to Miss Carrie H. Loy of Cisna Run, Pa., on December 16, 1915.
We learn, a lso, that Brother Simpson of last year's class has taken unto himelf a wife. but we are unable to name the lady.
On December 28, 1915, the engagement of Brother W. L. l\IcCoy, '10, of Danville, Pa., to Miss Jessie Lenora Bush of Helena, Ark., was announced.
Jlarry E Weaver writes that a boy arrived at his home on October 1st.
Ohio
Brother ''Rob" Sto l tz is now the proud father of another son.
Illinois
T. :\I. Barger reports the arrival of a baby girl.
Cornell
Robert F. Chamberlain is the p r oud father of a baby boy born last month. The fami l y is now l iving at 7 South avenue, city.
Chic ago
From Andover, N. H comes the new that Mr. and Mrs. Foster E. Guyer are the proud parents of a robust baby boy.
Mr. and Mrs. Horace Lake announce the b i rth of Horace Lake, Jr. The Chapter p r esented the "little Acacian'' with a spoon .
Colo r ado
C h a rl es F. Poe has a new addition to his family-a daughter.
ble, has been chosen to coach the Bucyrus High School debating team.
Homer Schaeffmaster of Ann Arbor, i\[ich a graduate of M ich igan, ' 14, is visiting at Wisconsin Chapter
Ohio
Dr . Karl M . Dallenbach of Corne ll Chapter and a member of the Psychology faculty here, delivered a paper before the American Psycho l ogical Society at the Un i versity of Chica150 on December 28th, on the subject of "The Ieasurement of Attention."
Prof. A. S Watts read a paper before the Pan-Ame r ican Society at Washington, D. C., during the vacation on the ubject of "The Presentation to the Student of the Knowledge of Ceramics and Cement."
Bro K. B. \iVard has been appointed city manager of Sandusky, 0., and assumed his new duties with the opening of the year.
Bro. Arthur S. Burkett, law 15, associated with the firm of Gumble & Gum-
Bro. W. R. Lazenby is the author of an art icle appea r ing in the December number of The Scientific Monthly in which he explains the cause of the acrid taste of certain p l ants as being due to the crystals of calcium oxalate. which move free l y within the cells of the plant and have no mucilaginous enve lope so that free contact with the membranes of the mouth is pos ible. ·while other plants which do not have the acr id taste have these crystals enve loped in a muci laginous covering.
Prof. Lazenby was recently elected to life membership in the Ohio Archeologica l and Historica l Soc iety.
Bro. W . A. Barnett is teaching in the veterinary department of Clem on Coll ege in South Carolina
Bro. C. D. Bossert, under the new state highway law, is now deputy of Columbiana county.
Bro . T . D . Danforth is e mploy e d by the U. S. R a diat o r Co. at West N ewt o n , Pa
Br o. B. M. Rus se ll is a partner in the law firm o f Cooper & Ru sse ll at Ironton , 0., and is lecturer for the Twelfth Di s trict , Grand Lodge of O hio
Bro. W . W. Henkleman is in the co unty s urv eyor 's office at S a ndu s ky , 0
Bro ] S. Hare is practicing law in U pper S a ndu sk y , 0.
Bro. T. A. K linefelter is ce rami c engineer in th e r esea r c h d epar tm e nt of th e Westinghouse E le c tric and Manufacturing Co a nd is lo ca ted at D e rry , P a .
Bro. ]. W. M e li c k is c h e mi s t with the Rex Chemical Co. , l oca ted at T o led o, 0 .
Bro. Marlow B. Perrin is princip a l of th e High Sch oo l a t Hilliards.
Bro. R. ] Whetzel is w ith the Ameri" ca n Aluminum Co., a t N iagar a Falls, N.Y.
Ill in o is
E. V. Kratz has o pened up an archit ect ur a l office in Champaign.
Charlie Fletcher h as gone int o th e practice of law for him se lf a t Ma tt oo n , Ill.
]. M. Snodgrass of th e University faculty h as a b o ut recovered fr o m a severe injury he received Thanksg ivin g. He was hit with a piece of flying iron while in the Illinois Central r ai lway s hop s a t Vick s bur g, where h e was a rr angi n g to ob tain a l oco moti ve for the University exper im e nt l abo r a t o ry .
R. T. Stull ha s r es ign ed as h ead o f th e Ceramic School a t the University a nd i s with th e Dunn Brick Co. o f Conne a ut , Ohio.
Clyde and Charlie Walker are buildin g a la r ge apar tm e nt h o u se in Champaign
Pap Wells is e ng aged in c iv il engin ee ring with hi s brother a t Geneva, Ill.
E W. Anderson is tra ve lin g for the Messinger Paper Co. of Chicago. He m akes Champaign a bo ut o n ce a month a nd arranges to s t ay at th e Acac ia Ho u se while in t ow n
Mike Cassidy reports every thin g promising in th e practice of l a w at Bellville, Ill.
Scotty Cleave i s amo n g th e ranks of prosperous farmers at Marseilles, Ill.
H. H. Crawford is fi ni s hin g up hi s grad uat e wo rk in a r ch it ec ture a t Har-
vard a nd working in a Bo s ton a rchit ec t 's office this year.
W . E . Ekbl aw and M. C. Tanqu a ry are s till froz e n in w i th the Crocker Land expedition in Greenland Th ey are s till safe and have plenty of s uppli es, but th e y will not be a bl e to get out until next s ummer.
] ohn Kilby i s doing e lectric a l engin ee rin g work in St. Louis.
Frankli n
D Lawre11 ce E. Kocher came over fr o m hi s hom e a t We s t Or a nge, N. ]. , a nd s pent a f e w day s with the Chapter a t Christmas.
Dr Leslie D Baskin, Dent. , o f Flore n ce, S. C., visited th e Chapter House o ff an d o n during the week he was vaca ti o nin g in West Ph iladelphia in m idDecember.
Bro. Frank C. Eves is becom i ng one of th e mo s t prominent of the young bankers of Philadelphia. He h as rece ntly ass um e d the r es pon s ibilities of the post o f trea s urer of the C o lonial Trust Company.
Unless a ll indication s a re aw ry , Professo r ]. R ay mond Fitzpatrick will own a f a rm ere he i s many m o nth s older. He ha s a weather eye o ut for an a ttra ctive proposition in S o uthea s tern Pennsy l va ni a, or Ma ryl a nd , and m ea n s bu s i· ness.
Bro. Edwin 0 Lewis, a lawyer of prominence of thi s c ity, w as one of the in v it e d spea k e r s a t th e annua l meetin g o f University Lodge No. 610, a nd in the opinion of Acacians present m ade th e most g r ace ful address of the -eve ning
Mi n n e s o t a
Doc . D. B. Palmer , who li ved w ith u s a s h o rt time las t year, is s till with th e State Livestock Sanitary Board and is li vi ng in St. Pa4!.
Bro th e r Luther W. Parker left us las t year a nd is n ow representing th e Pillsbury Flour M ill s Co. at Harrisburg, Pa.
B roth e r Herrmann, who was with u s most of la s t ye ar, is n ow in the employ of th e c ity of St. Paul.
Brot her W. F. Lusk is assistant professo r in th e ed u ca ti o n a l department of th e M inne so ta College o f Agriculture.
Brother Carl Petri, who h as a dental o ffi ce down town, is also ass is ting in prosthetic dentistry a t the University.
Brother Thomas Cooper i now director of the North Dakota Experiment Station.
Brother F. F. Grout, who ha been an instructor in the geology department at the University of Minnesota, i s now taking graduate work in the same department at Yale.
Brother F. E. Balmer ha s charge of the county agent work of the Extens ion Division , with headquarters at University Farm, St. Paul.
Brothers T. W. Gilbert and Ross Snody are with us again this year.
Brother Jules Frelin is back in his old place. The place wouldn't be home without Jules.
Of the men who left u s last year:-
Brother V. C. Sandberg, College of Dentistry, is pt·acticing at Minot, N. D.
Brother E. J. Yahnke, Co ll ege of Agriculture, is with the State Experiment Station at Bozeman, Montana.
Brother C. S. \i\T ea therill, Engineering College, is with the St a te Highway Commission at Pr es ton , Minnesota.
Brother O tto \i\Tinter , Wisconsin Chapter, who has s p e nt the last few year with u s, graduated from the medica l college las t spring and is now se rving his internship at the University J Lo sp ital.
Brother Elmer Johnson, College of Engineering. is now at the Westinghou se Apprentice Schoo l at Pittsburg, Pa.
Brother Ralph Shumaker is now teaching agriculture at Forest Lake.
Brother Roy Wilcox is taking graduate work in ·farm management at the University of Illinoi s .
Brother Ivan J. Peterson, graduate dentist, ha s his office at the corner of Univer ity and Snelling, St Paul.
Officers of the Alumni Association a re: A. F. Kovarik, president; J. H Gammell, recording sec r e tary; G. G. Struther , financial secrretary; J. C. Poucher, tr eas urer.
Albert Goff, Elba , N. Y., former champ ion intercollegiate heavyweight wrestler, is now chief engineer of the Double 0 Ranch
Dr. Bennet has been elected Worshipful Ma ter of Fide lit y Lodge here in the city and Prof. C. T. Stagg has been t.iected High Priest of the Chapter.
Riley Heath on January 1s t b eca me a memher of the law firm of Cobb, Cobb,
::\IcCallister and Feinberg. The local Chapter ha s every rea on to be proud of this alumnus, o n e of th e most capable young lawyer s in the city of Ithaca. Walter Peacock received hi l\Ia ter's degree in Science last month ''Peack" intend coming back to work for a Ph. D .
'1 8 (ex), H. B. Collings is farming near Rockvill e, Incl. , I ut will return to Purdue next semes ter .
'11, A. A. Dibble is recorder for the Tnter s tate Commerce Commission and is located at Byron, N. Y.
'15 (ex), Walter D. White is farming near Byron, N. Y.
'08 (ex), C. L. Utterback is now reicling at Wallace, Idaho.
' 11 (ex), S F. Stater, who live s at 1506 W. Fayette St., Baltimore, Md., is locom o tive in pector in the Mt. Clare 5hops of th e B. and 0. R. R.
'10, H. J. Steven is a county ag ricultltt al agent a nd located at Greenwood, Incl.
· '08, D a niel Z. Senour is following e l ectrical engineering and is loc ated at 6211 Evans Ave., Chicago, Ill.
' 14 (ex), G. H. Stander, of 1051 Swinn ey Ave , Ft. Wayne, Incl., is assistan t material engineer for the Ft. Wayne Electric Works.
' 16 (ex), J. F. Peters, 1620 Fulton St . . Ande r so n , Incl. , is a draftsm an at the Remy Electric Works of that place.
A. C. Parrish is a druggist at Farmersburg, Ind.
'11, W. M. May, of East 45th and Hough Ave., Cleveland, Ohio, is employed in th e wire department of the :\Tationa l Lamp Works of the G. E. Co.
' 14, C. L. Wilson is now teaching in A and M College at College Station, Texas.
' 13. Chas. Boone t s a road in spector at Greenfield, Incl.
'14, Tom E. Benton is farming at Letts, Incl.
I. S. Borley i farming at Flint. Mich.
' 11, A. L. Bollinger is a pharmacist at Louisville, Ky.
' 13 E. H. Dicllake is an e ngin eer in the department of the Big Four railroad a t Cincinnati, Ohio.
' 15, R. Down s is working in the Maint e nance Department of the Commonwealth Edison Co., Chicago, Ill. , and i s living in Oak Park, Ill.
Geo. B. Ely is connected with the Engineering Department of th e Indiana a nd Michigan Electric Co., South Bend , Incl
' 11 , G. H Ferguson is assistant city engineer at Barberton, Ohio.
' 12, M. H. Frank is with the Engineerin g Departm e nt of the Indi a na and M ichigan Electric Co ., South Bend, Ind .
'08, 0. E. Gallup is connected with Wm. L. Wallen and Son s, real estate, Chicago.
' IS , A J. Horth is ass istant engineer for th e Erie Railr oa d at Cleveland, 0.
' 11 , E. B. J ask a is ma s t e r mech a ni c for the Crystal Falls Iron Mining Co., Stamb a ugh , Mich.
' 10, S. B. Kerlin i s a commercial engineer for th e Fort Wayne Works of the Genera l E le c tric Co., Fort W a yne. Incl.
' 10, H. L. Krieger i s retort for e man for th e Canada Creosoting Co., Tr e nton , Ont
'IS, H. K. Laramore is living a t Knox, Incl
'07 , S. E . L aw r e nc e is junior me c hanical engineer with the United States corps of engineers , U. S . E. D ., and is now located at Louisville, Ky.
' 14, C. G. M a lott is e lectrical e ngineer for the D o ugherty intere s t s at Denv e r , Colorad o.
' 14, ]. T. Montgomery is vice-presid e nt of the Smith Land Co. and manager of the Fairholm R a nch at Morocco, Ind.
' IS , c. · J. Mertz is an in s tructor in the. vocat iomil sc h oo l a t L afaye tte, Incl.
' 08, E . R . Nigh is assistant operating s up e rint e ndent for the Puget Sound Tr ac tion , Light a nd Power Co. , Seattle , Wash.
' 14, 0. P. No rt o n i s with th e Const ru c ti on Dep ar tment of the Chi cago T e l e phone Co. , and liv es at Oak Park , Ill.
'08, N. Praa k e n i s with the Sh e pherd Electric Crane & Hoist Co., Chic ago, Jl1.
'09 , C. B. Pettigrew i s division r oad ma s t e r for th e Missouri-Pacific R a iltoad at North Auburn , Neb.
' 14, E. F Pric e is e ffi c iency e n g in ee r fo r the Commonwealth Edison Co Chicago, Ill. , a nd live s at Oak Park, Ill.
' 14, R. G. Row l a nd is a co nsulting e n gi n ee r a t Hume, Ill.
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' 13 , ] R . Rubey is a draftsman for th e D. M . & N. Ra ilway at Duluth . Minn.
'14 , M. B Shriv er is se lling Fords and farming at Clarks Hill, Incl
' 07, Carl Spillman i s a pharmaci s t at Oakland City, Incl.
'12 , H. ] Stockton is manag e r of a ranch at Ralrs, Tex.
' 14, H . J. Weaver is city inspe c tor at Elkhart, Ind .
' 08, G. M. Williams is superintendent of the Heating Department of the Merc hant s Light, H eat & Power Co . a t Indianapolis. Ind
' lS, C. F. Williams is with the ] D. Adams & Co., Indianapolis, Incl.
' IS , F. G. Spencer , who is in th e e mp loy of the Eme r so n Efficiency Engin ee r s h as r e cently mov ed to 1122 4th Ave., D e tr o it , Mich., wher e h e is introducing efficiency method s for the Detr oit Auto Specia l ty Co.
' 14, ]. R . Meeks is assistant professor in dairying in the state college of New Mexico
' 10, R. R. McNow n ts located in Miami, Fla.
'08 (ex) , 0. D. Johnson is a telephone engineer at Farmersburg, Ind.
A. Fleenor is teaching science in the Hartford City schools.
' 17 (ex), H. F . Beyer is doing road co n s truction near Cryst a l Falls, Minn.
'1S, D F Gilbert is at 233 Larned St E ., Detroit, Mich.
' 12, Ralph W Rausch is designer for the Webster Mfg Co ., and resides at Tiffin , Ohio. ·
Quit e a few men from our own and o ther chapters stopped off at the House a t S719 Kenwood on their way home for the holiday s.
Brother R. C. John so n , who was initiated during the summer , sends · u s a l e tt e r a nn o un cing that he ha s b ee n elected W ors hipful M as ter for 1916 of Ro c h es t er Lodg e No 79, at Rochester, Ind.
E. L. Harrington, of Missouri Chapter, has been pledged Sigma Xi.
Brother Hornbaker, of Kansas Chapter , who graduated in Law at the Univers ity of Chicago l as t year and who is with us yet in the hou se has started th e practice of law for himself. H e hold s out at SOl Harris Trust Building. Hornbaker m a de good in la w school and we
are confident he will do the same in practice.
Brother Wm. E. Jones has been with us for a few days. Bill l eft orders for us to hold his mail then departed to other parts of the state, presumably on business. Bill is an energetic young lawyer of Montana and is in the race for tate senatorship from his district. How Bill can make this race is more than we can understand so lon g as he is sing l e. We are suspicious that his :>resent business m a y be concerning some such matter.
W. E. Schultz received his Ph. D. last June afte r five years' graduate work and thre e years' experience teaching Yale freshmen, and has accepted a position as instructor in English at the U niversity of Illinois. Brother Schultz recently had two poems published in the Builder, "The Riddle," in the July issue Vol. I, No. 7 , p. 168, and "The Secret," in the August issue , Vol. I, No. 8, p . 182.
Henry Dean is practicing engineering at Glenwood , Iowa, where he h as been for severa l years.
Sam Irwin has severed his connection with hi s law firm at Wapello and expects to sta rt the new firm of Irwin & Quinn at Davenport, Iowa.
Brother N'ewton Parvin of Cedar Rapids , Iowa , a sisted in the in tallation of officers at Iowa City No. 4. It may be noted that Brother Parvin s ucceeded his father a Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of Iowa , which position wa held in the family ever since Ma onry wa first brought to Iowa.
Brother George Green was recently e le cted Junior Warden of his lodge in Coalport, Penn y l vania.
Brother Harry Northrup wa elected Junior Warden of Be ll efonte Lodg e.
Colorado
Richard W. Lindsey is employed in the Engineering Department of the Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Co., in Denver.
Dr. Luther E. Mitchell is practicing medicine in Cheyenne, Wyo.
. ;Ralph E. Meyer is employed in the Engineering Department of the Den ve r Gas & ,Electric Co ., Denv e r, Colo.
Raul 5. Jolley is engaged in the life ins,uance busines s in Denver.
Frederick J. Nord by is practicing medicine at Santa Rita, New Mexico.
Harry S. Stocker is doing engineering work for the firm of Stocker & Fraser on the new Union tation in Denv er.
C. E. Johnson is practicing law 111 Berthand , Colo.
Give us, 0 g1ve us, the man who s in gs at his work! Be his occn pation what it may, he is equal to any of those who follow the same pur uit in si lent sullenness. He wi ll do more in the same time-he will do it better-he will persevere longe r. -Carlyl e
A n ew dep a rtur e in Acac ia initiati o n s h as been adopted by th e Mi c higan C ha pter , and o n February 19, the first a nnu a l initi at ion ceremonies are to be held at which a larg e numb e r of alumni are t o be present a nd when eve ry n e w m a n ' pledged to th e fraternity s in ce the ope nin g o f schoo l in the fall is to take th e final vows. Th e initi a tion proper is to be followed by a formal banquet Thi s formal initi a tion ce r e mony h as been pre ce ded by sev eral inform a l initiati o n s a t which time all save th e fr es hm e n initi a t es are to have r ece iv e d the pr erites . On the final d ay the af ternoon is to be given over to an informal recep tion fo r th e alumni a nd t o a preliminary initiation for th e freshm e n. In th e evening all th e initiates are t o be g ive n the final rite s a nd at the banquet formally intr o duced to the fraternity. The event promi ses to be a big s ucce ss, bringing t oge ther for the first time in th e hi s t o ry of th e Mi c higan Ch ap ter , the ac tive m e n a nd a la rge numb e r o f th e alumni and faculty memb e rs for th e mo s t impressive cere mony in t h e fraternity life. the initi a tion. The latene ss of the date is m a d e n ecessa ry b eca u se of th e n ew rul e adop t e d by th e local Inter-fraternity Conference, which m a k es it impo ss ible t o initiate a freshman int o a fraternity until h e ha s ea rn e d at leas t e l eve n h o ur s of credit of " C" grade or b e tt e r. It had at fir s t been det e rmined to hold two formal initiation s, one in the fa ll for th e sop h o mor es a nd juni o r s pledged in the s prin g and a t the opening of sc h oo l an d another in the early weeks of the s econd se me s ter for the fre s hmen But thi s plan was fi n a lly a m e nd e d int o its final form , so that from this y ea r on, th e Mi c hi ga n Chapter will h o ld o ne fo rmal annual initi a tion ceremony. It is expected that in this way the ideal s and so l e mnity of the ceremony will be th e m o r e effectively b o rn e hom e to the initiat es, while it will afford to the whole Chapt e r and it s alumni a n opportunity for a display of frat e rnity spirit such a s would be possible under no other conditions.
Nine men are to be among thi s year's initi a te s, a nd every one of th e m is a man m a n o f wh o m Acacia ca n be proud . On e of- the freshmen has already gained a big reputation as a ball player, a nd next m on th will go to their Southern training grounds with the Pittsburgh Pir a te s. Another o f the freshmen was a m e mb e r of the cross-country sq uad las t fall , and ha s given promise of being a v arsity track man n ex t year. A sop hom o r e initiat e is pr a ctic a lly certain to earn hi s varsity letter in baseball thi s s pring, while one of the junior initiates is a leader in intr a mural a thl e ti cs . ·
In a n earnest endeavor to rai se the sc holastic s tanding of the chapter a mong th e campus fraternities, th e Michigan Chapter h as devised a sys tem of upp e r cla ss m e nt o r s f o r th e undercl ass men in the fraternity The se mentor s are responsible fo r th e e ffi c ie nt class work of their p a rticular charges, a nd it see ms certain that the syste m will work o ut mo s t excellently . A se t o f s trict hou se rule s h as been passed, with th e r es ult th a t it is practically certain that Acacia will b e lifted high among the o th e r fraternities in it s sc h o las ti c ratin g.
Th e general co ndu ct and d eco rum of A c ac ian s in th e ir chapter hou se life and in thei r h ospita lity t oward g ue s t s br o u g ht .to the Michi ga n chapter a degree of pra1se f r o m o th er ca mpu s fratermty m e n wh1ch h as been mor e than gratifying. The M1ch1gan Chapter ha s entertamed many campus fraternity men as dinner g ue s t s during th e past tw o o r thr ee m o nth s, and in practically eve ry in s tanc e th ese g u es t s ha ve b een ex tr e m e ly complimentary in th e ir prai se of th e conduct of Acacians, both at t a bl e and a bout the Chapter h o u se Th ese g uests hav e e v e n gone so far as t <:> co mp a r e Acacia
men with their own Chapter, much t o th e d e tnm e nt of th e1r ow n fratern1ty. The r es ult of thi s ha s b ee n that M i c hi ga n Chap.ter. ha s been even m o re eag er formerly to impre ss the Imp o rtan ce of h os p1talJty a nd good conduct both upon 1ts n ew m e n and the active members. In lin e with this it has been s u gges ted that a " fac ulty night " be desig-
nated, at which time the upperclas men may entertain one or more of their professors at dinner, the idea of this s u ggestion being that the fraternity men may be brought into closer touch with profes ors other than those who are members of the Chapter. whether they be the particular instructors of the Chapter men or not. Due to the fact that the Michigan Chapter was imbued with a determination to bend every effort toward a betterment of it scholastic standing, the ocial side of the fraternity's activities has been given les attention than u ual thi year . No <;Oc ial event of importan ce ha s been a ttempt ed, though the Thanksgiving and Christmas parties were gala occasio n . At the Christmas party the Chapter took its share of the activities of the Michigan Good Fe ll ow move, entertaining a half doun youngsters from the poorer classes of Ann Arbor . and giving them Christmas presents o n the night before sc ho o l closed for the holidays.
T.Hawley Tapping.
Active 19.
4.
Kansas Chapter h e ld its annual Home Coming November 13, 1915, at the time of the Kansas- l ebraska game. The banquet was held Saturday at the Chapter llouse. Our large dining room wa decorated for the occasion, arid fifty-five -\cacia men sat at the table. The guests in c lud ed alumni and representatives from )J ehraska and Kansas State chapters Brother Geo. 0 .Foster acted as toa tmaster. Interesting toasts and speec h es were g iven. It was announced at the banquet that Acacia retains first place in scholarship on the hill, ranking fir t in .Nationa l Fraternities. This makes the sixth successive year that we have held the h onor.
Several of o ur men went to Columbia,' Mo., for the game Thanksgiving Day. and represented the Kansas Chapter at their banquet. Most of the fellows enjoyed the vacation at home, having a few days' rest after the quarter ly quizze .. Two men have been pledged since the la st issue of the Journal, Burton E . Smith of 1\farion, and Raymer McQuiston of Independence.
A number of the a lumni spe nt a few days at the h o u e during Christmas vacation: JesT. Gephart, A. W. Dustin, Chas. Basinger, Roy Porterfield and 'vVallace Pratt. The house was kept open and the vis it s made by these men were enjoyed. Roy Grayson was a l so back for a few days after vacation.
[n l\[asonic c ir c l es we are well represented in higher degrees There are i x 32° Scottish Rite Masons, two Knights of Templar and two 14 ° Scottish Rite Masons. Several more expect to take the Scottish Rite at the reunion in the e arly
Tn honorary fraternities we have a good showing. We have four men who belong to lega l fraternitie , three to engineering fraternities, three to honorary debating, two of which are at present o n the debating squad and two to honorary educationa l fraternities.
A dance was held at the Chapter House Novembet· 19, another clown town December 11, and will hold another at the Chapter House January 29, which COITI('S after the semester's quiz week.
>-: ebra ka Chapter of Acac ia started the year as zea lous l y as ever with a crew of twelve actives and five pledges from la st year. The actives were: Charles Gunne ls, Herbert Reese, Everett Carr, Carl Ganz, Robert Ganz, Jerry Burnett, Charles Paul, Glenn Heller. Lester Wesling, Harold Muffley, Will Warner and 'vVilford Hartzell. The pledges were: Carl Teinken, Volney Blackman. Harold ll olts, Homer Gooding and Harry Ellis.
Rush week, during which vve h e ld two smokers. a theatre party, a banquet and a dance, netted u s four good pledges, Harry Hubbell, Myron Gary, James Kinsinger and Ben Beck. Since that time we have added three more good men to our li st, C. A. Sjogren, Pete Ree e and Orlo Powell.
One of o ur policies has been not t o a ll ow the pledge society to become so great in number as t o be unwieldy , so in November Blackman, Beck and Gary made their pilgrimages in pursuit of knowledge and thereafter took an active part
in fraternity affairs. Our next initiation will be at the Masonic Temple, January 30, 1916, when we shall again reduce the numbers of the pledge society.
Early in the fall we were so unfortunate as to lose Brother Warner, who was calll'r.l to his home in New Hampshire for the remainder of the year, and Brother Blackman, who had to drop school on account of illness. We are looking forward to their return But every cloud has a silver lining, and this was proven to us when Brother Paul Theile , from Lawrence, Kansas, came to live with us, bringing with him his violin, a double chin and a smile that won ' t wear off.
One of the first and mo st important thing s which we did at the beginning of the year was to appoint an efficient scholarship committee. However, good sc holarship is a prime requi s ite in a man before we pledge him , yet we think it wise to appoint this committee to k eep a watchful eye on all of us, lest on acco unt of our victorie s in the past we be dangerously " lulled into sec urity ." With us a ll sc hool activities must be subordinated to our sc holarship, and we ·hope to head the list this semester as we have done many times in the past.
So far we have not picked so many political plums as we did last year, but severa l men now have some trump cards up their sleeves which they are holding until the second semester, when we think they will take a trick or two.
It surely can not be said that our bunch this year is lacking profession a lly, for we hav e Charles Gunn e ls, Agricultural In spec tor ; Everett Carr, Phi Delta Phi, Phi Alpha Tau , Delta Sigma Rho, a nd a member of the debating team; Jerr y Burnett , Assistant in Geology, and Alpha Chi Sigma ; Harry Ellis, Phi Delta Phi. president of the Tennis Club, and a "letter" man by "running up" in the Missouri finals; Carl Ganz, Phi Delta Phi: James Kinsinger, Phi Delta Phi ; Lester Wesling, pre s id e nt of A. S. M. E , and Harold Holts, Sigma Tau, and assistant man ager of th e Blue Print.
Herbert Re ese won his "N" in football by distingui s hing himself as one of our fastest h a lfb ac k s. He is a lso a "letter" man on the track. Ben Beck is assistant ba s ketball coach at We s leyan University. We have lately been admitted to th e int e rfraternity athletic association, and we hope that we soon may have another pennat to add to our co llection.
In dramatics we have with u s our old sta ndby , C. Neil Brown, an alumnus, better known as "B u s ter. " Buster play s an import a nt part in "Believe Me Xantippe," which was written by J. Fr ede ri ck Ballard, who is an Acacia alumnus of Nebraska.
The music co mmittee is organizing a glee club, which will furnish both vocal and instrument a l music when desired.
Our Masonic drill team for thi s year ha s been picked and each one is diligently le arn ing his part. We expect to follow the old custom of putting on the Third degr ee eve ry spring in th e lodges of Lincoln and the s uburbs. We think this mo s t important to u s in many ways, as it builds u s up Masonically, puts us · in closer relati ons hip to local Masons, and wins the respect of the best men in the community for fraternal life in the University .
Vve are h o ldin g our own socia lly , as we always do. Thu s far we have held five dances. The firs t and most elaborate was the pledge dance. This was followed by two hom e - com in gs at which we entertained visiting brothers from and Tow a. The last two were house dances, which were necessarily lnmt ed to th e number in a tt e ndan ce, but were not lacki ng in warmth and cordiality. The big even t s o n our soc ial calendar for the school year ·will be our annual l)anquet on Fel?t·uary 11 , and our first form a l party on th e following evening. events w1ll mark the eleventh year of Acacia at Nebraska . but not lea s t. I mu s t m e ntion our pet hobby, "The House Proposition. " Th1s I S 111 the ha!lds of a ab le committee composed of Brothers George N. Foster. C._ c;: Qt11ggle, Orvtlle J. Fee, Roy V. Peppcrberg, Guy H. Williams a nd S. S. Whttmg. These men ha ve worked ou t a plan f or building a home for Acacia at Neb rask a, which we feel sure will very soo n m a k e our dreams come tru e a nd win for these faithful brothers our unclyinO' gratitude. Our lat c h s trin g is always out. "'
J. W. Hartzell.
22 Active.
California s tart s the new year with the beginning of a new semester. Our sc hol a r s hip r eco rd for the fall se m es t er s h owed a m a rk ed impr ovement and we hop e t o have a still hi g her ave r age for the sp rin g fina l term of the year'.
Fifteen m e n a re living in th e hou se, o n e more than we had l ast seme t er. Lewis Grete h as returned to college, a nd ha s t a k e n t h e place of J. R. Cook, w h o was forced to drop out becau se of ill h ea lth
Brother Ferguson, our new initi a te , ha s m oved in , and we fi nd o ur house comfortably filled. Fre d Coze n s graduated in Dec em b e r , the close of th e fa ll se m es t er, but is st ill with us doing· g raduate work a nd cont inuin g hi s position as Teaching Fellow in th e D epa rtm e nt of Phy s ical Culture.
Two of our active men , not Jiving in the hou se, a r e n o t back for the last semes ter. Charles Brooks h as tak e n out le ave of ab se nc e, a nd Ha ll ey Stephenson found th a t he w o uld b e un ab le to attend thi s term . He w ill, h oweve r , be w ith us again n e xt fall.
During the first week of the se me s ter we initiated o ne man a nd pledged two pror.:ising candidates. We wi s h to th a nk D av is of \ i\i i sco n s in fo r h av in g se nt u s the name of a brother who ha s register e d in medicine in the U ni ve r s it y. Other prospective m e n are s h ow ing up a nd th e field look s good fo r a n o th er p r osperous year.
The Chapter is making special effort to r a i se a practical worki n g s um w ith w hich to start building a Chapter House. An ac tiv e ca mpai gn i s being car ri ed o n in a n attempt to sec ure the ass is tance promi se d by o ur alumni. O ur e n e r get ic builuing committee is at w o rk inv es tigating th e different plan s by which we m ay be enabled to m ee t p ay ment s on the new home . Sever a l goo d sc h emes for raising funds with which to co mm e nc e work h ave a lr ea dy evolved and are being ca r efu ll y s tudied. Special emphasis will be placed upon the building ca mp a i gn at o ur ann ual birthday banqu e t, which will b e held durin g th e m o nth of A pril. Ma ny o f our a lumni will be with u s a t this tim e a nd we plan t o make it th e best birthday banquet we have eve r had
Our Third degree team is co ming o n ni ce ly , a nd we expect to put o n the wo rk f o r one of the Berkeley lod ges in the very ne ar future
The Yerba Buena Lodge of Oakland h as extended u s an in v it at io n to exe mplify th e work for th e ir Two Hundredth Third d eg re e. \lif e. a r e expect in g to ce lebra te thi s occasion with th e m so m e time in March
Visitation among th e different lodges of Berkeley and Oak la n d has proven to be very helpful during th e l as t se m es ter and th e a dmini st r at ion is ur g in g eve n more regular attendance for th e e n s uing year. Eight lod ges were offic ia lly v is i ted , and every m a n in the dele ga tion was g iven a c han ce to represent Acac ia in o n e or more of th e lod ges visited. We visited th e F rench l odge in San F r a n c isco a nd saw the work put on in French. Charter Rock L odge of Be rk e l ey h as ex t e nd e d to us a n invitation to b e present at their birthd ay b a nqu e t February 12th.
On Saturday eve ning, December 18, the clo se of the las t se m este r , the fellows who had not gone hom e ce l ebra ted th e completion of the exa min at io n s by g iv in g an info rm a l turkey dinn e r and d a nce. Twel ve couples, a nd i'vlrs. Bell, w h o c h ape ron e d , pronounced it th e best party h e ld during th e se m es t er. We expect to hold several dances during the co ming semester, the first of which is chedu led for th e 22nd of ] anuary.
C upid ha s b eel'I bu s y a mong th e pill a r s of our b e l oved c h ap t e r. Bro th er Ben Pratt . o ur Conclave deleg a te, by proxy , an n o un ced hi s e ng ageme nt o n December 13 an d was m a rri ed on D ece mb e r 28th to Miss Esther v\ihite at Orient, I owa. Brother John Adams, our venerable de a n , a nnounced hi s int e nti o n s at o ur r eg ul ar m eet ing o f November 30th . ] ohn went into d e t a il and sa id: "S h e is th e best littl e gi rl in the world ," a nd upon request went so f a r as t o say that h e h ad the time of his young lif e during th e thre e weeks' vacation Summing up the y e ar, we have two who h ave announced their engagements, o n e w h o sho uld have, and severa l in the running.
We wish to thank the delegate s t o the 1915 Conclave for the Guest Book wh ich they have presented t o C a lifo rni a Chapter. It brin gs back th e most pleasant recollections of the good time we a ll had tog e ther
A ll of o ur m e n h ave r e turn ed f ro m th e ir C hri s tm as va cati o n w ith pl e nt y of e nthu s ias m t o co mplet e th e se m es t e r 's wo rk. Durin g the la s t week of the v a cati o n we h a d th e pl eas ur e of e nt e rt a inin_g seve r a l m e mb e r_s o f o ther who vis it e d C o lumbu s t o at t e nd t h e m ee tm g of th e A men ca n Ass oci a tion for the A dv a n ce m e nt of Sc ie n ce. · ju s t p ri o r t o th e C hri s tm as
t! o n we thr ee new men into g oo d fe ll ows hi p of Acac ia. B r o th e r As hm ge r , w h o I S a g r a duat e s tud e nt Ill E E f r om Prudu e B r ot h
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of K in g C o le in e nt e rt a inin g la dies W e we r e q uit e for tun a t e 111 h
nd B o wm a n of Co lumbi a. E ac h o n e ga v e u s m a ny v alua b l e s u gges ti o n s, a nd we t r u s t th ey may b e o u r g u es t s aga in in th e f utur e. O n t h e eve nin g of D ece mb e r 9 th a b a nqu e t w as g i ve n a t th e Ohio Uni o n f o r th e U ni ve r s i ty Maso n s. T hi s was a g r ea t a id t o u s in m ee t i n g a nd beco min g acq u a in ted w i t h t he m a t e ri a l in sc h oo l. It was h ope d th a t th e U ni ve r si t y lo d ge wo uld bea r t h e r es p o n s ibilit y o f pr o m o tin g thi s, but th e o ffi ce r s fa iled to t a k e favo r ab l e ac ti o n , so we were co mp e ll e d t o ta k e th e res p o n s ibility unt o o ur se lves. Th e U ni ve r s it y lo d ge m ay t a k e ca r e o f th is m a tt e r m o r e sa ti s fac t o rily than we , a nd n o do u b t th ey w ill do so in th e f utur e.
Qu it e a la r ge num be r of o u r numb e r a t te nd e d a s m o k e r g i v en at th e B a rr ac k s b y th e Maso ni c Mil it a r y C lub an d e nj oyed a ve r y p l easa nt eve nin g, w hi c h e nd e d w it h T a tt oo.
A lm os t fif t y pe r ce nt o f th e peo pl e of o ur s t a t e h ave b ee n s uff e rin g from th e e pid e mi c La Gr ipp e . w h ic h h as b eco m e q u i t e p reva l e nt , fo llowin g th e we t a n d foggy wea t he r o f th e n ew yea r. B r o th e r Th omas h as b ee n co n fi ned t o hi s r oo m . w h e r e h e w orr ies co n s id e r a bl y a bout th e we l fa r e o f th e l a w co ll ege and o ur baske t ba ll t eam. Bro th e r E ise nl o h r h as h a d so m e diffi c ult y in m ee tin g hi s G e rm a n c lasses o n acco unt of a s imilar a tt ac k. No d o ubt hi s cl asses d e pl o r e thi s
fa ct as much a we, for we mi s hi s ready wit. Becker, pledge, was unable to attend classe s for seve r a l days, due to th e sa m e cau e.
\Ve have our repair s about co mpleted a nd h ope to give a h o u se party ear l y next se m es t e r . Thi s ha s been a n in sp ir a ti o n to a ll and th ere is no doubt but that it will be greatly e nj oye d.
O n Thursday eve ning, January 6, Acac ia l ost her fi r t b a k etba ll game of the eason Alpha Zet a by a scor e of 8 t o 6. A bing e r s tarred for Acac ia, gat h e rin g eve ry pomt. F . ..4.. B ensin g er
Harvard Chapter se nd s greetings t o a ll Ac acian and hop es that 19 16 may be a bann e r year for Acacia.
In s pite of th e fact that our Chapter is numerically s mall e r than la st year's eve rything point s towards a very s uc cess ful and pr ospe r o u s year. T o date have initiated nine men into Acacia, Brother s Smith , Tuft s a nd Leonard, of the Second Year Laws; Amundson, A dkin s, Clug sto n , Hoffman a nd McAllister, of the First Year Laws; a nd Turn er, a Junior in college. O ur present Chapter co n ists of twenty?seven ac tiv e m e mb e r s, all of th em deeply int eres t ed in M aso nry and Acacia.
As a r es ul t of o ur s ucc ess la s t year in co nf e rrin g th e Third d eg r ee up o n Brother Leonard a nd at the reque s t of so me o f the l odges in Cambridge. Harvarcl Chapter i s n ow organ i zing a Third degree t ea m , a nd h o p es th e r eby to come into cl ose r relation s with the Masons in th e univer s ity and in the c ity
Since o ur la st l e tt e r we hav e h ad th e pleasure of e nt e rtaining in o ur h ome two of o ur Grand Officer s, Grand Vi c e-Pre s id e nt Brother Fay a nd Grand Counse lor Brother Brown. Th ese visits w e r e ve ry e nj o yabl e to u s personally a nd especially beneficial to the Ch a pt e r , in th a t we w e r e brought into a cl oser r e lat ions hip with our We s tern broth e r s and g iv en a cl ea rer in s ig h t int o th e ge n era l problems confronting Acacia.
During the la s t few month s Brothers Diddl e of Yale a nd R eed of Ohio were vi;, it o r s a t o ur hou se, and we d es ire very mu c h that a ll Acac ia n s who a re traveling in the East, call and if po ss ible m a ke o ur house your hom e during your so j ourn a m ong u s.
Ac tiv e Members 27.
N. R. Hay s. Pledges 6.
True to the theory that a uni ve r s ity com munity s hould l ea d in every new movement, th e Univ e r s ity of Illinois ha s been a ve ritabl e ho s pit a l ca mp during the ep idemic of La Grippe and pneumoni a which h as b ee n sweep in g the co untr y for seve ral we e k s. Most of the fraternitie s her e hav e had t o organize regular ho pita! wards, a nd the De a n' s office has been liter a lly swa mp ed with s tudent s petitioning to go hom e on account of sickness. We have been fortunate at o ur house in that nearly all of our fell ows who thought they mu s t have L a Grippe able t o put it off until during th e Christmas vaca ti o n when it would not necf'ssitate mi ss ing school. Almost h a lf the men brou g ht back the sa me sto r y w h en they return e d , " Rotten vacation, spent most of it in bed, go t h o m e ju t in time to get s ick." One of our freshmen pledge s, Wint o n Wagner, is s till pretty sick with influ e nz a a t his home in Anderson, Ind., and will probably n o t be ab le t o ge t back this s eme s ter ; but all the re s t of the bunch are b ac k on the job and ready t o agree with "Dutch" Heller, o n e of the v ictim s, w ho laconi ca lly says, "O h , I have felt worse."
Pi n a l "exams" come th e fi r s t week of February a nd eve rybody i s se ttlin g down for a few weeks of conscientious " boneing" preparato ry for the ordeal. There is so me real scr a pping among fr a terniti es h ere in r ega rd to sc h o la r ship honors. Freshmen are cudgeled into burning the midnight oil while fl oo r s go unscrubbed and th e lawns grow s haggy, in order that th e d ea r o ld Fra t e rnit y may not lag behind the bunch next door when th e de a n of men i ss ue s hi s rep or t nn sc h o las tic sta nding We m a n aged to h o ld a place a m o n g th e top
notchers for the past year, and we still have hopes of keeping up the pace this year.We have made a c han ge in our system of help since Christmas The fraternities at Illinois depend on colored help for the most part. We have had a " Cullud" gent lem an and his wife with us , he taking care of the · rooms and she doing the cooking Another served as dish washer and genera l assistant to the cook. We found this system wasteful and unsatisfactory. 'vVe now have a white woman cook and a coup l e of white maids to assist her and to look after the rooms. One of the men in the house is taking care of the furnace, and the tables are served as before by three students. This system is in use at a number of universities, but we are the first to introduce it at the University of Illinois. It promises to be a decided improvement.
The announcement of Brother R. E. Himsteclt's engagement to a Northwestern Theta reached us through the Chicago papers a few weeks ago.
Speaking of football , we might say that our Bill Anderson made hi s " I" as a member of Zuppke's tied champions last fall. We have no men o ut for ba s ketball this winter, and our only athletes in present action are the members of our interfraternity bowling team. "Sp litz " Miller, one of our seniors, came home with a big box of cigars for the boys one evening recently. \Ve thought he had hung his p in , but the occasion of the celeb r ation was the fact that he was one of the nin e lu cky app li cants, out of a group of sixty-two, who had pa sse d the s tate architect's examination.
The socia l side of our Fraternity lif e is working out splendidly this year un· cler the management of Brother Brown. We are limited to four official dances by the University authorit ies. Our autumn dance was held in October, our Christmas dance came· December 17, a nd o ur formal has been set for. February 18. We had the pleasure of e ntertaining a bunch of our Wisconsin B roth ers at the time of the Wisconsin-Illinois game, Novembe r 13. Judging from the size of some of the men they sent clown, to-wit, Mucks and the Rosencran s twins, they must have thought we were going to beat them up when we got them down here. We had a thoroughly good time, how e ver , wit hout attempting anyt hin g of this kind, and our fellows were left with the feeling that we have so me real brothers up at W iscons in We obser vecl our annua l " Sisters ' Day ," December 17. This is a clay when a ll the sisters and fiances of Acacia men are enterta in ed at dinner. Thos e who didn't g 'e t home for Thanksgiving indulg e d in an unofficia l holdover d a nce. Another holdover dance was held on the fir s t evening of Christmas vacation. Tho se who were back in town on New Year's clay , together w ith some of the local a lumni , got together for a ro as t pig and plum pudding dinner at the House Our annual stunt dinner was g i ve n on th e first Sunday after Christmas. On thi s occasion each member of the Fraternity pre se nts another with so me appropriate littl e Christmas pr ese nt and along with it makes a littl e presentation speech ca llin g attention to some s hortcoming of th e Brother In addition to the annua l fall Home Coming when all of th e o ld men who possibly can get back for a few clays' visit, we have an a lumni dinner occas ionally for which we mak e a social effort' to get a ll the local a lumni and their wives over. The se are a l ways occas ions for renewing and increasing Acacia fe ll ows hip and spirit.
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Ac tiv es 15.
Pledges 2
The annual l!leeting and e l ection of the Acacia Club , the organizat ion of the alumni of Frankhn Chapt e r, wa s held at the Chapter House on Tuesday evening, December 3rcl, 1915 , an event big with sign i ficance The al umni were out in g:eat force, and e nthusia s m for Acacia a nd for the future of this Chapter ran ht gh
The r e uni on, for s uch it was to many an a lumnu s, s t a rted off in proper form when a ll pre se nt and past Chapter members sat down about a great table that fi ll ed th e Chapt e r h a ll in length and br ea dth , and even then some were foro:-ed to the overflow board: The table .not on l y figurative ly but ac tually groaned. Before. Dr. Wm. F . Gutlfoy l e, Pr es tclent of the . Club, and Dr. Colli e r F. i'dart in , o ffictal carver , s teamed the piece de resistance, a stuffed s uckling pig. The regular
accompanime nt s of Mr. Porker were lik ew i se not conspicuo u s by their absence, fo r app le butter, apple sauce, potatoes, peas, ce lery , radishes , o live , app l e sa l ad, a nd sa u e r kraut were ab und a ntly in ev idenc e. In fact the affa ir assumed suc h proportions th a t finally even Dr. Fogel was co mpelled t o cry "Enough!"
The dinner was a m as t er s tr oke, a nd profiting by th e expe ri e n ce, the Chapter will in future prelude each a nnual alumni me et in g with it s co unterp art. Some new Acac ia so ng s were s ung Th e n in a s mok e fi ll ed a tm osphe r e for seve r a l hours the problems confronting the Chapter were fully a nd int e lli ge ntly di scu sed . Remedies a nd forward pl a n s were formulated, and furthermor e br e thren a ppointed to carry them into effect. Dr. William F. Guilfoyle, Jr. , was re-elected President o f the Club; Vice-President. Harry T. Cubberley; Secr e t ary, Juliu s M. Hofstetter; Corresponding Secretary, Herbert A. Blogg; Tre as urer , Dr. Collier F Martin.
F ranklin Kennel of the order of the Yellow Dog was duly co n s titut ed at the Chapter house by Scout Cur Guilfoyl e thi s fall , with Brother Kirk Chief Grand High Cur, and Brothers Steves and Harclenbergh Deputy Chief Grand High Curs, and Broth e r Blogg Chief Cur o f Scouts.
The new Acacia so ng book ha s arrived, a nd the best of the so n gs a r e becoming familiar to th e boys.
Grand Vice-Pre s ident Fay dropped in upon us on Thank sg iving evening, a nd remained for s upp e r. Hi s visit and sensible advice were much appreciated.
Brother Leighinger, of Ohio State Chapter , who is teaching at Penn , ha s been taking hi s meals at th e h o use for severa l year s a nd i s almost as one of u s. He rep o rt s a pleasant visit of several day s with hi s home Chapter during the Chri s tma s vacation.
Since the l ast Chapter l etter one active member has t a ken up a lumni membership. On the other hand we have initiated six men , Brothers Ernest Claude Drew. from Maine ; John Wooler Platt , Jr ., Pennsylv a nia ; Kenneth D. Holling sworl h, Indiana: Francis Meredith Jaquish , Pennsylvania ; Frank R . Purnell, New York: and William Roy Hockenberry, Pennsylvania. To date the Chapter has two pledges for initiation: Wilbert Crawford Cornell, Pensylvania ; and Morgan Lattin Hannahs, or Brooklyn, New York.
Brother A. I. Underwood, of State Colleg e Chapter, wa s a recent over Sun· day visitor at the house
Doctor Steves led a contingent from th e Chapter to a local spiritua li s t o n a Sabbath evening past, and in the seance that developed the Doctor le a rned o f s trange m e n to shun and fear , and of an un s uspected change to come over hi s life in April. N 'ow sadd led and ridden by relentless fate, he has se ttled into a me cha ni ca l round of daily duties, hope deferred. When birds sing and bud s swell he will face the crisis. Will spring suns dissipate the fog upon his s pirit , or will the black pail forever more envelop him ? (Continued in the May Journ a l ).
'Ne have assurances from the steward that there is a bear s teak dinner in th e offing.
Cornell Chapter sent e l even of her faithful so n s in the wake of h e r 'va r s ity t eam on Thanksgiving, and very we l come guests they were. Our Thank sg iv in g dinner would not be the same without our Cornell brethren. Four of the boy s remained evera l clay s with us , among them Brother Ruby. The Chapter acknowledges the receipt from him of a five-pound box of choice c hocolates a t Christmas
The other night the house was agog. For was not V e nerable D ea n J o hn to be married? He s lipp ed away with his luggage. Wher e w as h e gomg? In c horu s " To Marietta." A gift from the Chapter was appropriate. The boy s h ad all co ntributed ( ?) and Purnell with eager mind, eyes aglow a nd open mouth took all in He was properly impr esse d. He paid over hi s dollar in h as te , f ea ring to be the las t. The first and on ly he was, but he wiii not soo n he a r the las t of it. However the house enjoyed th e " movi es" upon hi s credulity
Gr ip took Brothers Edinger and Hollingsworth into the s tudent ward a t where inter es ting nurses help e d li ghten the we a ry days.
Grand Counse l or Brown v i sited the Chapter over a Saturday afternoon a nd Sunday His co un se l was practical and hi s stay with u s valuable as weii as pleasant.
ro t for many semesters has any wail of the Chapter been graced a prettier face than now l ooks down upon our Brother Hoilmgsworth. Ostensi·
bly it came from "the girl back h ome." Undo ubt ed ly it is an e nlargem en t , delicate ly water-co lo red of a sma ll familiar photograph upon hi s dresser. Holly ack no w l edged it s receipt, but now h e think s that Brother Armo ur-W e ll, though A rm our is a n ar ti st, he denies it. Isn't that eno ugh ? L ewis L. Ki1·k.
Everything is moving a lo n g in grea t sty l e h ere at M inn eso ta . We are lo o king forward to the coming of th e Grand Counselor w ith a great deal of pleasure. It is an eve nt in Acacia history and w ill have a great deal t o do with th e future of Acac ia.
Acacia men are taking more ac ti ve part in ac ti v iti es on the campus than ever before.
Brot h er A rthur A nd e r so n is president of the Students' Counci l on the "Ag." campus
Brother Roy Scott is a member of the "Ag." Students' Council, of th e PanAmerica n Society and the Shakopean Society, a nd a m embe r o f the "Gopher'' staff .
Brot h er Guy Ingersoll i s p re sident of the Pan-American S ociety, a nd a member of th e Spanish Club.
Brot h er E. C. Russell is a member of th e Pan-American Society.
Brother Ne ub auer i s on the Athenian debating team.
Bro th er H. R. Searles is president of the Livestock Club.
Acacia aga in won o ut in scho larsh i p among f r ate rniti es, with a stand in g of 1.42. Delta Upsi lo n was our nearest rival with a stand in g of 1.26. The indi vidua l sc h o lar s hip honors go to Brot h er Scott. "Scot ti e" ca rri ed m ore work and rece ived the h ighest grades of any one in the house last year.
We have just published o ur "Sp ri g of Acac ia," w hich we are sendi n g to a ll c hapt e r s a nd a lumni. We plan to ge t out two more before next June .
The Corne ll C h apter sends greetings and best wishes for the new year to all s i st e r C h apters of Acacia .
A t present our house is fi lled to its utmost capacity and it is with regret that we say the r e are four men who li ve o ut side clue t o lack of accommodat ions. This hindrance we h ope soon to ove r come for the new house proposition is gradua lly assuming a quasi-tangible form. It i s an indi spe n sab l e asse t t o our welfare and u p to elate many happy iss ue s have from what we h ad hitherto thought "t h e imp ossib l e." The promissory notes pr int ed in the last ed iti o n of the Traveler are prov in g to be a g r eat a id
The comm itt ee appointed by V. D. Brad l ey to ass is t the corresponding secretary in wr itin g personal l etters to each alumnus during the year reports favorably and as a r es ult we look for closer relations between active and in act i ve Cornell Acacians.
Late ly it h as been our pl e asure to e n tertain five of ou r a lumni , v i z ; B r ot h ers A. L. Goff, H. H. Gill, J. McCartney, V. G Kimble, and C. D. Pearce. A ll seemed g lad to be back "home" aga in .
On J anuary 13th to our great delight the G r and Master of the State of New York made a short but most relished v i s it to the Chapter hou se. The incident wi ll long be remembered
The annual Corne ll Masone C lub dance will be held some tim e in February. Plans are now being made for the most successful o n e ever held
At our second meeting in December Messrs. Hanel, F le ge l and E m erson wer e duly initiated int o the Fraternity. A ll three men are und e r- g r ad u ates and just now clue t o over-crowded condit ions are li ving o ut s id e of th e house Vve have a lr eady P ledged J. T. Nash and h ave five or s ix more in line
It is with regret that we anno un ce the departure of Brot h e r Peacock from ou r midst. "Peack" accep t ed a n exce ll ent position in the Massach u se tt s Agr icultural Co ll ege, Amherst, Mass., where in he commenced his new duties the fi r st of the year . Being correspo ndin g secretary hi s absence required the appo int · ment of some brother to fi ll that pos iti o n . Brother R. C. Repp was so chosen.
The position of house steward was rendered vacant the last of the year by Brother Cushing moving into his rooming hou c in order that his undivided attention might therein be centered. He found that his constant supervi ion was indispensable. Brother R. C. Repp was duly elected house steward.
Social duties and affairs are kept in reasonable sway and in due time the annL'al Chapter dance will be given A Christmas party was held on the eve of 21st. for all .active Refreshments were served; presents gtven rcpres.entlllg the tdJOsyncrastes of each one; and several very interesting and tnstructtve talks were listened to.
The Cornell-Penn football game, Thank giving Day in Philadelphia, was wttnessed by seven of our members who while in the city were most royally entertained by the Franklin Chapter.
, \ll members reported a delightful Christmas vacation. R. a. Repp.
VVith the exception of a few lost hearts and pins, our men have all returned from the Christmas vacation better equipped with resolutions and red blood to overcome the difficulties before them. Some were inclined to linger a little longer undl'r the spell of her charm s . Brother Wells forgot all home ties to remain in \Vest LaFayette; he does not care for expense for in addition to giving away his ,\cacia pin, he is now passing out the cigars. Our V D. , Brother Townley, wit!1 a pretense of doing thesis work, pent many evenings in LaFayette. He has not decided whether to give her his A l pha Zeta or Acacia pin. All the other >cniors seem to be similarly affected so this year promises to be cupid's year in Acacia.
On the even i ng of December 2, we had the honor of entertaining Mr. C. P. Benedict, Grand Master of Indiana After a very enjoyable social hour, a four course dinner was served. Immediately following the third course, the Grand Master, upon request, gave a very impres ive talk on honesty as he saw it in 1\[asonry. Among our guests were Worshipful Master Wallace of LaFayette Lodge, Worshipful Master Mape l of Tippecanoe Lodge, Rev. Geo. W. Watson, W. S. Kepner, Dr J. S. Morrison, and Brothers Boulds , Mertz and Jacobs.
Our annual Masonic smoker was given on the even i ng of December 8 with more than one hundred faculty and student Masons in attendance, among whom were Mr. Fred L. Purnell, Att ica. Indiana; Dean Stanley Coulter, Dean J. II. Skinner, Prof. T. G Alford, Prof. H. C. Peffer, Prof. J. H. Ransom, Prof. \V. A. Knapp, Prof. H. H. Scofield, Prof. C. C. Albright and Prof. W. E. StanIcy. Prof. L. VI/. Wallace acted as toastmaster Mr. Fred S. Purnell, the first speaker of the evening gave a very interesting and instructive talk on "The Benefit Derived from Masonry." He was followed by Dean Coulter, whose topic was "\Vhy is Masonry?"
Probably the most enjoyable event of the season from our point of view was the Christmas dinner dance given on the night of December 18, which was conducied as a cabaret party with dancing and other forms of amusement between cour•e After dinner we attended the Purdue-Lacrosse basketball game after which the dance of the evening was held at the Chapter house.
The following facts will indicate our standing in University affairs: We ha\' C among our members the President, Vice-Pre ident, and members of the Board of Directors of the student Y M. C. A.; Farm Mechanics Editor, Circulating Manager and Assistant Business Manager of the Purdue Agriculturist ; Assistant Football Manager: Assistant Basketball Manager: Junior Class Treasurer; Vice-President and Secretary of Irving Literary Society; President of Emrrsonian Literary Society: President of Ag Society; member of Student Union Committee; Harlequin Club Manager: Vice-President of Purdue Athletic Ass0ciation; a member of Tau Beta Pi and A l pha Zeta honoray fraternitie ; Varsity pole vaulter and "P" man on footba ll team: member of Junior Prom Committee and Student Council; member of Purdue Band: two men on Senior and one on Junior football team ; reporter on staff of Purdue Exponent The Senior class has also honored one of our faculty members, Prof. L W. Wallace, by dedicating the "1916 Debris" to him.
Ac ti ve Me n 19. Th e fa ll qu a rt e r ha s b ee n a ve r y s u ccess ful one fo r th e Chi cag o Ch a pt e r.
N o t hin g s t a rtlin g n o r r e m a rk a bl e h a pp e n e d but p r og r ess ha s be e n con s i s tent a nd g en e r a l.
Tw o initi a ti o n s w e r e h e ld Th e fi r s t w a s D ece mb e r 4 . A t th a t ttm e five m e n we r e s hown th e w a y of Virtu e, Wi s dom a nd Truth On De cember 18, li g h t was r ev ea l e d t o tw o. m o r e yea r we h '!'ve b ee n f o rtun a t e in g e ttin g m e n w h o a r e yo un g 111 th e Um ve r s t t y a nd w h o wtll b e here f o r s om e tn:ne . T o o·et m e n w h o will b e lon g in th e U ni ve r s ity h as a l ways b ee n o n e of th e dtffic ultfes in C hi cag o w h e re so la r ge a
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student s. C l e m C. C r oss land i s a juni o r in th e Co ll ege of C omm e r ce and Admini s tr ati o n a nd e x p ec t s t o t a ke hi s m as t e r 's de g re e while her e . 'E a rl L. Ri ce i s a so ph o m o r e in co ll ege . He i s a l so a di s tri c t s up e rintendent o f th e Boy S co ut s of A m e ri ca.
He rb e rt C r a n e i s fr o m Ob e rlin Co ll ege a nd i s a fi r s t y e ar l a w m a n.
A lb e rt M. Bu c h o lt z is a g r a du a t e bf vVa b as h C oll ege and i s d o in g fir s t ye a r
M edi c wo rk. He h as a l so s u ccee d e d in o r ga ni z in g am o n g th e br e thr e n o f th e third fl oo r a B u c k P a rty w hi c h pr o mi ses so m e int e r es tin g d e velopm e nt s in the lin e o f a mu se m e nt s a nd 10 :30 p. m tr ea t s o f g um a nd c iga r s
F r e d e ri c k M Thr as h e r i s a g r ad u a t e s tu de nt in th e D e p a rtm e nt o f So c io l ogy.
T hr as h e r t o ok hi s Shrin e w or k th e cl ay pr ece din g hi s initi a ti o n int o Aca ci a. H e s ur v i ve d b o th initi a ti o n s we ll. P a rk e r i s a Phi Be t a K a ppa m a n
R o b e rt N. Wimm e r is a fr es hm a n , p r e- m ed i c, a nd w ill b e h e r e fo r hi s gra du a t e w ork in m e di c in e a l so . · .
\ V m H P a rk e r i s a l so a Shrin e r a nd a 32 ncl d eg r ee M as on. F o r two y ea r s h e w a s co unt y e ng ine e r fo r New t o n Co unty , Indi a n a. H e is a fi r s t y e ar l a w man.
At pr ese nt w e h ave n o pl e d ges b ut t h e pr os p ec t s a r e go od for d eve lopment s in th a t lin e within a v ery few cl ays . W e a r e co n s id e rin g so m e goo d men and h o p e in o ur n ex t l e tt er t o a nn o un ce th e m as Acac ia n s
T h e dan ce h e ld o n th e eve nin g fo ll ow in g th e Illin o is foo tb a ll ga me w as the m os t s u ccessf ul soc ia l eve n t of th e fa ll. S ixtee n of th e acti ve m e n , seve r a l a lumni f ro m th e Illi no is C h a pt er we r e here. Th e i r qu a rt e tt e a clcl e cl mu c h t o the enjoym e n t of th e eve nin g.
Fo r th e w int e r q u ar t er d e fini te a rr a n ge m e nt s h ave n o t as yet be en m a de . Th ere will o f co u rse b e a d a n ce b u t f ur t h e r t h a n th a t i s not d ec id e d
Durin g th e qu a rt e r B u ch o lt z was pl e d ge d Phi Rh o Si g ma and Merrill w as initi a t e d into Si g m a Xi
Ha r t i s b ac k w ith u s f r o m th e Un ive r s it y o f Mo nt a n a and is e x p ec tin g b y Jun e to h ave compl e t e d hi s wo r k fo r a D oc t or's d eg r ee in th e Ma th e m a ti cs Dep a r t m e nt.
S ey d e l was ex p ec t e d in for th e w int e r q u ar t e r but b u s in ess see m s t o hav e i nt erf ered H e pr o mi ses t o b e w ith u s in the s prin g
C hi cago h as b ee n es p ec ia ll y favo r e d thi s yea r by th e p r ese n ce h e r e of a lumni f r om o th e r Ch a pt e r s. With u s in th e h o u se, th e r e h ave b ee n Sinkie , Tyl e r and S h umway of Ne br as k a, Wo rthin g of W isco n s in , C lay t o n o f K a n sas, H e ndri c k so n of Ya l e, E. L. Ha rrin g t o n o f M isso uri , a nd A. 0 Th o m as o f th e I owa City C h a pt e r s. Thr o u g h t h ese m e n we h ave bee n a bl e to ge t ac quaint e d with seve r a l C h a pt e r s re pr ese n t in g diff ere nt sect io n s o f th e co untr y a nd diff e rent f r a t e rn a l polici es We a r e a lw ays g la d t o h ave th ese m e n with u s.
T h e F ra ternit y w a s mu c h sa dd e n e d by th e d e ath o f Br o ther W a lch' s f a th e r ju s t a few d ays b e fo r e th e exa m s a nd b y th e se ri o u s illn ess o f Br o th e r P a rk e r 's m o th e r w hich ke pt him f r o m sc h oo l f o r quit e a l e n g thy p e riod a nd from takin g th e exa m s a t th e e nd o f th e qu a rt e r
The A yin Buildin g A ssocia tion is a b o u t to la un c h a n ac ti ve a nd e n e rgeti c ca m pa ig n fo r co ntribution s t o th e buildin g fund w ithin th e n ext fe w we e k s. A lr ea dy th e r e is s ub sc rib e d about $2,600 a nd th e C h a pt e r h as furniture valu e d a t $ 1,500 . W e h ope thr o u g h th e h e lp o f our a lumni to b e a bl e within a v e ry f ew yea r s t o o wn a h o u se. A t th e l ast m ee tin g o f the Assoc iati o n Br o ther Cr a n e was e l ec t e d a tru s t ee t o fi ll th e un ex p i r e d t e rm o f B r o th e r Gr oves Br o th er S h epa r dso n is th e P r es id e n t a n d B r o th e r Gou l d th e Tr eas u rer of th e Ass oci a ti on. J Ea r l Co x.
During the past few months no ab orbing feature has won and held our atten.tion.. We along steadily, enthusiastically and in harmony, formmg t1es of fnend h1p w1th the many new men constituting our Chapter.
We are stronger socially thi semester than ever before, and the stya-at -h ome atmosphere has been banished, thank s to the individual e ffort of eyery one. So far good fortune has smiled upon u s. There are no engagements to announce.
Two informal dances have been given, the first, on December 4th , being chaperoned by Dr. and Mr Buchanan, and the second, on January 15th , by Dr. and Mrs. Willey.
At different times we have entertained our faculty memb e r and others at dinner.
The following men have been initiated recently: Profs. Cheney, Dimo c h ann Householder, and Messrs A. Bird, M. Hazard, H. Benton and E. M. Byers.
Prof. G. A. Chaney is an Associate Profes or of Mathematics, and Dean of the Graduate Division.
Prof. W. W. Dimock is Vice-Dean of the Division of Veterinary Medicine and Professor of Pathology and Bacteriology.
Prof. F. F. Householder is an instructor in Physics.
We welcome these brethren into Acacia, a nd wish them all success in their new association.
We have been pleased to be visited by Brothers Hall of Yale Chapter, Gill of Comell, and Acting Coun elor Brown of Michigan.
L. de Wet.
As the Christmas vacation days are slipping away into the past we have settled down to the long grind between th e holiday a nd th e s pring rece ss. The winter drives all activitites indoors and the monotony of long evenings is but occasionally broken by a basketball game, party and formal dance. Thi s stretch of time contains the semester exams preceded by days of plugging. Gloomy days are these. Perhaps it might be appropriate to rev ea l some of the habits and modes of life, characteristic of our members, in lieu of the conventional material in the usual letter.
"Judge" Harper and "Dad" Madsen ,having ome personal grudge against them elves, considered it nece ssa ry to do penance, o they remained in Iowa City during the holiday period. It might be that if we use our imagination an explanation may be found in the fact that the original of the " best girls" picture on Madsen's desk lives here in Iowa City. Then again we ought to concern ourselves with speculations. At least the " Judge" has no s uch excuse.
V. D Shaw and "Feather" Arrasmith received a sting from some bug which inoculated them with the lust to kill. They sallied forth one day and came in with several rabbits, but "Feather" claims the nicest part of the trip was the feed that he received at Brother Fenlon's home, which happens to be locat ed in the heart of the game territory. The V. D. sa id he was ashamed of "Feather's" cap:tcity for viands.
The sleeping porch is very popular at pre se nt. All the fellows are trying to get out there-to find missing bed cloth es. The house committee h as a hard time keeping track of V. D. Shaw and "Toughie" Hindt. Their migration s to and from the sleeping porch give us a good indication of the condition of the weather. "Dad" Madsen investigated the depths of his trunk and dug out an ancient but very honorable crimson colored sweater. We have heard of freshmen s leeuing in their honor sweaters, but what about Ph. D.'s . It must be that the colrl weather out on the porch affects the mind. "Deacon" Goss drf'sses for Arctic explurations each evening. We all agree that the sleeping porch is a fine place -for sanatorium.
The Sophomore Cotillion and "The Big Idea"' have passed into history . \Vhat 's the "biggest" thing of the year now? We will have to ask "Lefty" Holt. "Fea ther " Arrasmith "comes into court," as "K irk" would say, with a statement that he has made a hit at another sorority house. We will take the case under advisement. "Kirk" has almost limit ed hi s dat es to th e week e nd We
will watch th e change wit h interest, especially if the weat her continue's to :equire cab service. Perhaps the l arge picture on " Tuff ey's" dresser belongs to hun , but we would like to know whether he obtained it by honorable means or through his adept n ess a t s light of hand. Maybe " Happy" M ill er could exp la i nthe matter, as "Toug hey " spent Christmas with him . . Last autumn, during th e football season, occurred the a nnu a l homecommg of Iowa Alumni. It was the day o f the A me s game, which, though it ended disastrously for Iowa, furni s h ed th e occasion for the r e n e wal of old ties <?f friendship. The chapter was honored by a ve ry lar ge number of v1s1tors on th1s occasion. Many of the active m e n and alumni of Ames were over. Among the number were: Clyde Coombs , Ray Coombs , W. E. Bierkamp, Alber Bird, M. G. Hazard, H. G McTavish, A . H Carhart, M. E. Olson and L. G. Croiech. More of o ur alumni ca m e back at thi s homecoming than ever before. The visitors' register con tain s the n ames of C. W. Wilkinson, E. B. Woodruff, S. J. Osgood , M. Hartne ss, C. S. Cornell, L. A. Osborne, J o hn H .Howa rd , Fred Pownall, J. M. Belsky, A. C. Krakow, Harold Evans, H. D. Seiler, M. F. Kyhl. H. A. Geaque of Ohio St a te visited u s at thi s time
We were pleased to see that some of the men brought their s isters and l ady friends to the game. We regret that .th e time was so crowded that it did not permit us to show them more courtesy. The s t eward reports that nearly s ixty people were present at one of the dim'ler s
The chapter attended the in s t a ll at ion of officers of th e Blue Lodge of this city. Twelve of our m e n gave a drill , in which th ey sa luted the wardens and gave grand ·honor s to the Master. The members of the lodge were pleased with the drill.
The chapter a tt e nded the vesper se rvice in a body at the time when our Rev.-Brother Brown, Dean of the Di v inity S c hool at Yale University, delivered hi s address. Th e address was r ema rkabl e in pres e nt a ti on a nd the speaker mad e a deep impre ssio n on the a udi e n ce.
The chapter e nj oyed a visit from a c h a rter memb er, Henry D ea n, who lives at Glenwood, Iowa . Pl edge Tom McDonald ha s been confined it'! th eU niv e r s ity Hospital for a fortnight.
Brother Geauque r emem b ered us at Christmas tim e with a box of Havanas.
The new year finds Pennsylvania St a te Chapter in better condition than it ha s tver been before. This condition m ay be acco unted for by the earnest efforts th a t were put forth by each of the o ld men at the opening of the college year. No one who had the faintest res e mbl a n ce to a brother Mason escaped the scrutiny of the "rushing co mmittee ." As a result, barring acc idents the next co llege year will open with thirt een men in th e house.
Four new men will tr ave l over the ·sa nd s in searc h of the secret word in the n ea r future . L. W. Charters, ' 17 , will, by th e tim e thi s article is in your hands, ha ve gone the entire j o urn ey. P. W. Warneke, ' 16, L. P . Rothermel, '18, and P . H. Greenawalt, ' 18, are pledged a nd are now awai ting the completion of their Masonic work. As soon as they have finished the work they will a lso be initiat ed.
Vve desire t o acknowledge at thi s time the re ce ipt of two sprigs of Acacia . On (e ca m e from th e California Chapter a nd makes a welcome addition to our co ll ec ti on. Another came from Porto Ri co, from Mr. E. L. Armstrong, a M aso n and t obacco grower there. This var ie ty is so m ew h at different from either th e spr igs from California or the one we h ave from the De ad Sea region of Pale s tine. We hop e, so m e of th ese d a ys, to be ab l e to ex hibit a co mpl e t e collection of the various kind s of Acacia.
Brother Weaver, o ur delegate to th e Conclave , recently presented us with a handsome new guest book. Reader , we should like to h ave your signature in that book. Com e to Central Pennsylvania sometime and see how we entertain. In November, th e Chapter be ga n a ser ie s of le ctures o n Masonry. These occasions were thr own ope n to all the Masons in the t ow n and in the college, with th e result that our Chapter hall was filled on both occasions when the l ec tur es were de liv e r e d. The fi r s t lect ure was a di sc u ss io n, by our broth er, Professor R. I. Webber , head of the A rchite ct ural Department, of "Masonry Befo r e 1400." He s howed, by ca lling atte nti on to various arc hit ec tural remain s
throughout Europe, the st r o n g probability of the ex i tence of a fraternal organ'izati o n, s imilar, at l eas t , to ou r present o rd er that may be traced far back into hi t o ry '
The seco nd lec tur e was delivered by ou r b r other, Dr. W. S. Dye, Profe so r of o. n ''Maso nry 1400 to 1725. " He traced the hi t ory of the orgamzat1on 1n England dunng tho se years, and s h owed t h e probable relations hip .between. th e Guild and Masonic F r a ternit y. He a l so s u ggested a po ss 1bfe r e la t10n s l11p be tw ee n the ntu a l of th e orga ni zat io n a nd the o ld my tery pl ay.
On Janu a ry 19, the third of the l ec tur es will be .delivered by o n e of tile Past 1\fasters of a Ha rri sb ur g Lodge on the "A him a n R ezo n ." Thi s let t er goes t o the editor to o soo n to a ll ow u s t o report th e l ect ur e
Wm. S. Dy e.
Act ive 11.
Pledges 15
Washington Chapter's s m o k e is rolling higher a nd higher a ll the tim e. O ur n ext big puff will b e our f or m a l. February 18th is th e tim e. The New Washington will be th e place a nd leave it to u s fo r the g irl s.
Th e alumni see m to re s pond with old time Acacia loya lty a nd we b e li eve that for our next month' s i ss ue we w ill be ab le t o give the o th e r Acacia Chapters a n account of on e bi g time a nd feed.
Thus far the Acacia basketb a ll team h as a good re cord a s we h ave s uffer ed but o n e defeat. This l eave u s with but one ga m e to w in to ge t int o the fina l s. The lo ss o f our s tar forward who was injured in the seco nd ga m e h as weakened th e team so m ew hat. However th e boys are on th e winning st r eak a nd are su r e to be heard from before the se rie s are over Our re co rd fo llow s: Sigma N u 32, Acacia 18 ; Acacia 18, Pi Kappa Alpha 14 ; Acacia 25 , Phi Kapp a ( l oca l ) 8. l f o n o rary Member C. F. Peterson honored the Chapter with a dinner at the Chap t e r hou se o n December th e twelfth. Several a lu mni of the c ity and a ll th e act iv e Acacians were pre se nt. Brother Ericson o f Stanford Chapter favo red u s with a n impromptu visit a nd delivered a m os t exce ll e nt address o n "Frate rna li s m. "
Th e Fraternity houses on th e Washington ca mpu s a r e a t present h os t s of the visiting new s paper men of the s t a te who a re attendin g the in s titute , and we are honored with the pre se n ce of E lm er E Beard a nd wif e Mr. B ea rd is e dit or of the Vanc o uver "Columbian" a nd is rep o rted t o have tr ave l e d the h o t san d s of the East. Th e m a jority of the Fratern i ty h o u ses h ave be e n putting th e ir editor g u ests on their sleeping porche s and it i s reported that m a n y h ave been frozen o ut. Acacia alone r ece ived favorable m e nti o n as h av in g sa ti sfac t o rily acco mm odated their guests.
The Chapter wi ll b e augmented n ex t se m es t e r by the r e turn of " Dutch" Rembe, and pos s ibly Aubrey Archer to it s ranks Brother S . P . Pt1rdy of Color a do Chapter favor e d u s with a visit a few days ago. Brother Purdy was quite impre sse d with the sp irit a round the hou se especia ll y the pep put into o ur songs.
During Christmas v aca tion two m e mber s of the Masonic Club a t 0. A. C. ca ll ed at the Chapter hous e. Th ey were very mu c h int e re s t ed in Acacia a nd ca ll e d t o gain information relative t o ha v ing a Ch ap ter in s t a lled at 0. A. C. B. F. W es t a nd Walter F. Meier , r e tiring a nd pr ese nt Master of University ' Lodge F. & A. M. 141, were gues t s a t dinner the fifth of thi s month . R. S. Wittenberg.
Saturday , D ece mb e r 4th , 1915 , was truly a r ed l e tt e r day for Masons and 1\cacians a t the University of Colorado. The cornerstone of the new A rm ory wa , la id in the afternoon and during th e day nin e m e n were admitted t o th e rank s of Acacia.
Brother Homer C. Washburn, D ea n of the Sch oo l o f Pharmacy a nd Captain of the University Tro o p of the Colorado National Guard , i s largely re sp on s.ibl e for the n ew A rm o ry He h as been untirin g in his effo rt s to o rgani ze an e ffi c1ent
co mpany of the National Guard composed of Uni vers ity men. The new Armory, a gift from the St a t e, is a r es ult of his efforts. Th e co rner s tone laid b_y M os t Wor s hipful Grand Master R o bert M Smwn s of Colorado, ass tsted by ht s s taff. Over five hundr ed M aso n s ca m e up from Denver t o witness th e ceremonies which were a l so l a rgel y a tt e nded by Boulder c iti ze n s.
No t knowin g that the co rn e r s t o n e lay in g w as sc h ed ul ed for D ece mb e r 4th , we had planned t o hold initiation o n that day and were unabl e to change the dat e. What promised to b e a co nflict turn e d o ut o th e rwi se. Th e two ceremonies worked out to ge ther very ni ce ly. Initi a ti o n sta rted in the morning, continued until it w as n ecessa ry to go to the cornerstone layin g, proceeded la ter in the af ternoon a nd clo se d with a banquet f o Ji owe d by some of the best and most in sp iring t a lk s any set o f youngster eve r had the privilege of he a ring.
At thi s time we wish to introduce o ur n ew ly made br o ther s : Harold C. Duggan, Arthur T . Evans, Jam es R. Hurley, Hugh N. Orr , Carl H. Parker, Earl J . Perkins, Melvin Sutley , St a nley WaJibank a nd Lawrence J. Bernard. We belie ve them to b e worthy a ddition s to th e ranks of Acac ia
Most Worshipful Grand Master Simoi1s, Grand Lecturer Cooper, Grand S ec r e tary Jacob so n , Past Grand Master D ea n , th e Masters of the Boulder Lodge s and a number of other prominent Masons were ou r g ue s t s a t the banquet. Owing to illne ss, Governor Carlson was unabl e t o a tt e nd . As is u s ual when a number of Masons ge t togeth e r , there were a numb e r of exceJient s peaker s in the crowd. Brother Charles O'Conner, with hi s s t oc k of s tori es and Iri s h wit, was toastm aster. We believe him to be seco nd to none Grand Master Simons and Past Grand M as t e r Dean , r espo nd ed with so m e of th e mo s t inspiring talks. After it was over , one was imbued w ith a feeling h a rd to express in w o rd s, s uffice to say, ho weve r, o ne was glad to be a bl e to say that he was a Mason and an Acacian.
The Masonic t ea m h as been invited by Socth Denver Lodg e No. 93 to put on the third de g r ee durin g th e m onth of February. They a re planning on h av ing a University night a nd d es ir e a University t ea m to put on the work. Practice i s pro g re ss ing nicely a nd we intend to turn o ut a te a m which will be a credit to Acacia and to ourselves.
B r o th e r s Coe, Eckel a nd Crawford are filling the chairs of Junior Warden , S e ni o r D eaco n a nd Junior D eaco n, r espec tiv e ly, in Boulder Lodge No 45. Brother Vv'heatley is Senior Stew a rd in Columbia Lod ge No. 14.
Brother Maurice Shugren , who was unabl e t o return to sc hool in Nove mb e r, ex p ec t s t o be back- during th e second se me s ter.
Co lo rad o Chapter wishes h e r s is t e r Chapters a mo s t happy and pro spe rou s new year . Claren ce Eck e l.
The fir s t se me s t e r of the co lleg e year i s dr aw ing to a clo se a nd finds mo s t of u s bu sy s tudying for examinations.
Thu s far thi s year we have initiat e d two men and h ave pledged a third. Brother John P. Larsen, a juni o r civil, w as initiat ed October 29, 1915, and Broth e r J o hn W. Faust wa s initi a ted D ecem ber 7, 1915 . Brother Fau s t is a junior in Libe ral Arts Coll ege a nd co m es h ere with advanced credit from We s leyan University. Maso ni c Brother Daratt, a fr es hm a n in Agriculture, was pledged January 12, 1916.
Our soc ial activ iti es h ave been rather limited as has been the case with th e o th er soc ial fraternities her e during the Billy Sund ay campaign : The Entertainment Committee, how ever, is m ak ing pl a n s for a n inform a l dance and a sleigh rid e t o b e held in th e ne a r future.
The sc holar s hip of the Syra c u se Chapter i s b e ing maint a ined well up to th e s t a nd a rd se t up for u s in the past, Brother Harry Paddock o ne of our senior c ivil s bein g r ece ntly e lec t e d to Tau Beta Pi. '
December 6th we h a d the pleasure of entertaining the Yale debate team at dinner. Th e Yal e t ea m of which Brother Coyle was captain were mo s t excellent deb a t e r s but l os t by a sp lit d ec is ion .
VI/ e we r e ve ry g lad t o hav e had Brother C. I. R ee d of the Ohio St a t e Chapter wtth u s for a few hour s o n a r ece nt d a t e an d were very so rry that he co uld n o t s tay l onge r.
Several of the alumni have dropped in on us during the year, mo t of them at the time of the Colgate game. Among them were Brother Guy L. Smith, William E. Wardlaw, Charles H. Miller and Ja on H. Conger. We are anticipating with much pleasure our ba cba ll game to be played with the Cornell Chapter in the spring.
Fred G. Hill.
The Acacia Fraternity gave its second annua l anniversary dance Saturday eveni ng in Harrison hall. The Fraternity emb l ems were used in d e corating the hall and reception rooms. Following the dance a lun cheon was served in the dining room.
President and Mrs. H. J. Waters, Dr. and 1\Irs. F. S. Schoenleber, Prof. and Mrs. Fred Merrill and Mrs. C. A. Broddle were chape r ones for the party.
Out of town guests were: Mi ses Jane Alexander of Topeka and J ess A le xander of Pittsburg, Messrs. Charles Gunnels, Carl Pienken, J . C. Garey and Victor Coulter of Nebraska University, James Bond of Leonardville , Herbert Freese and Ray Bartells of Wakefield, Wilbur Skourn of Lawrence and Ralph Erskine of Edgerton. Forty-eight couples were present.
Ralph Erskine, '16, who has been out of schoo l for the l ast term has return e d for the winter and spring terms when he will complete his co ur se.
The Acacia Fraternity h e ld initi at ion in the Masanic hall la st Saturday afternoon for Kurt Fieser, assistant in the Bacteriology Dep a rtment, and Donald Jordan, sen ior in Dairy Husbandry.
The initiation was followed by a dance and dinner at Harrison 's. Kansas State Coll e gian.
