Acacia Journal - February 1917 - Vol. 12, No. 3

Incorporated under the laws of the S ta te of M ich i ga n

GIVE

There are loyal hearts and spirits brave, And souls that are pure and true, Then give to the world the best you have And the best will come back to you.

Give love and love to vour life will flow A strength in yo{lr utmost need, Give faith and a score of hearts will show · Their faith in your 'Nord and deed .

Give truth and the gift will be paid in kind And honor with honor will meet, And a smile that is sweet will surely find A smile that is kind and sweet.

Give pity and sorrow to those who mourn And flowers you will gather again, The scattered seed from your thought outborne When you thought the sowing in vain.

This life is the mirror of king and slave And just what we are and do, Then give to the world the best you have And the best will come back to you. -Author

FEBRUARY, 191 7

T H E SYM B OLIS M O F AC A C IA*

B1·ian C. Condit, Iowa Chapt er

The S ig n ifi ca n ce of the R itual

N umber 3

A rite or ceremony is the observance of some formal act or s eries of acts in the manner prescribed by custom or authority. Ce rem o ny is always a social reaction. There is always reference to other set vcs, either real or imagined. From a higher stage of culture we are apt to look down upon these ceremonies as so much nonsense and wa ste u f good energy.

"Ritual expresses in the form of overt reactions the r elation between the participant and certain other selves invol ve d in the ceremony." (Henke-Psych. of Ritualism.) One especial feature is always its symbolic character. As a symbol the cerem o n y stands for something, which, in itself, it is not. A meaning is usually implied-a meaning that is to be conveyed to somebody for some definite purpose. This again emphasizes the social character of the reaction.

The pronounced object of fraternal associations is the p urture of more intimate fellowship and the rendering of mutual as s istance i n time of need. They are not organizations primarily in th e int eres t of socalled play activities or for aeshtetic enjoyment. Men and women j o!a them largely from practical motives. Witness , for instance , the in s urance interests connected with some of the orders. The initiation ceremony and other rituals connected with them survive becau s e th ey a re found to be a practical m e thod of co ntro lling certain aspects of the order. The profound emotional effect produced upon the neophytes continn es to be an important factor in the conservation and development of group lo ya lty.

It might be shown that el e ments which in the first place exi s ted in the ritual in an undifferent iated state may become differentiated and exist in their own right; and that in so far as they represent distinct values of the ir own they tend to disintegrate the ritual. It was in this way that the aeshtetic categories were founded. There seems t o be no question b ut that the practica l motive s are sought more in the mori ern ritual than t h e a rt mot ives .

•Th e second of a series of thr ee articles .

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The development of scientific attitudes, the recognized emphasis upon individual experience and the attempt to socialize the world of social objects completely also tend to destroy the value of the ritualthat is to say, make it appear as an ineffective medium of practical contr o l. The ritual th e refore continues because it seems practical. In college fraternity life find the ritual playing an important part. Here , too , it remains practical for the reason that it moulds and formulates certain ideas and impressions which serve to cement together the friendship of the various units of the organization. As in Masonry, so in Acacia a similar experience like the participation in the ritual of the fraternity serves to hold the brethren together by a eommon bond. The elaborateness and formalitv embodied in the set forms serves as a back gro und full of well-formulated detail for the introduction of the new brother into th e fraternity . This insures a dignity of performance and a so lemnity of mann er not obtainable ttnder other conditions. These factors have a distinct psychological reaction upon the mind of the neophyte. The ritualistic attitude is an .aspect of the n ormal functioning of the mind , of the human life. It represents a tendency to fall back em habit. This is abundantly shown in the case of primitive man, but is equally applicable to the higher stages of culture. Extemporary prayer, which is coming t o take the place of the form prescribed in the liturgical churches, is itself in constant danger of following definite grooves. The individual , through constant repetition , becomes familiar with a particular sequence of thought and says his prayer as automatically as if he were readin g it from a book. Yet the churches which started out with a definite and lively protest against the dead ritual of the liturgical churches have manifested a constant tendenc y to adopt certain definite forms of worship. So that now we may speak of the ritual of non-liturgical churches· . The members of the organization think it strange when a definite service form is not followed. We expect th e of hymns , the prayer, the anthem by the choir, the announcements, the sermon and whatever el se there may be, to follow the habitual order and adhere to its customary usages. Even revivalism has been ritualized. In camp meetings and revi va l meetings the methods and ar rangement of the services are the same year after year, and the group consciousness that is developed at these meetings is no less in evidence than in primitive man's great ceremonial occasions.

If ever there is a change to take place in habitual conduct the odds are always on the side of habit. Forming new habits psychologic ally means the opening of ·new nerve pathways. Since our rituals are largely controlled by individuals who have passed those years when habit s are formed readily, this insures a conserving of a particular type of consciousness socially in the midst of otherwise changing conditions. The technique involved is of such a nature that it is next to impossibl e for the sc ientific attitude to take hold of the group. In other words the ritual allows u s to maintain within an organization a centralized nucleu !! of thought which remains unchanged in spite of the changing fancie s of the other acts. This makes for a stability of the whole . It gives a setting for the life of the fraternity. .

As men grow older in a fraternity there is a tendency manife sted, particularly in the \V estern section of the country, to devote less time

to a consideration of the ritual. This is a ste p away from the central pivot of the fraternity structure. Rituals repre ent group habit They are a group's favorite way of reacting under given conditions. They constitute some of the chief interests of the group concerned, and a re known to be practical methods of group control. No one can es timate the power of habit and suggestion on human life.

In especial reference to the Acacia ritual it may well be said that there is a wealt h of study involved in the teachings which would well repay the time spent in their appreciation. The conservation of th e teachings displayed here is a source of no small pleasure. As long as rituals take such a place in the life of a group, and a s lo ng as the y promote "group consciousness," co n serve group va lue s, and satisfy the needs of the individual members of the group, they will survive. It i becau e we realize these va lu es in their connect ion that the ritualistic forms sub i t in the midst of our modern environment.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Cooley, Charles Horton-"Human Nature and the S oc ia l Order."

James, Wi lliam-P sycho lo gy, Briefer Cour se. Lang, Andrew-Myth, Ritual and Religion. McDouga ll , William-Social Psychology.

Correction

Mr. W. G. Mann, Grand Editor, Seattle, Wash.

According to the minutes of the last Grand Conclave, Michigan Ch a pter was given the cred it of being the originator and th e first to use the examin a tion required of candidates before being initiated. I w i s h to point out that this is a n error. The examination as published , with but a few min o r changes, was written by Bro. E. D. Flynn of California Chapter while he was V. D of th e chapter, This occurred some three yea r s ago, and was put int o practice at that time The full exam inati on was printed in the California "Memnon" of March, 1914. This is undoubtedly where ou r Michigan brethren first saw it. Sincerely yours,

A. G. WEBER , California Chapter .

Error

The editor, through a mistake in this office, credited Ohio Chapter with the "Purdue Guardsmen" on page 17 2 of the December issue of The Journal We wish at the same time to give Purdue credit for "The Mess Lin e," which occupied the cover of the D ecember issue.

The following names should have appea r ed beneath the cut with the caption "Acacians at Calexico" on page 172 of the December J ourna l : Corp. Geo. Todd, 2nd Wash. Reg., B. Co.; C apt. K. Kutnewsky, 2nd \IVash. Reg., D Co .; Corp E. M. Coffinberry, 2nd Wash. Reg., F. Co.; Corp. Aubury Archer, 2nd Wash. Reg., G. Co.

The photograph credited to Ohio shou ld have been headed "Purdue Guard smen." From l ef t to ri g ht they are: Madden , C. Miller, Wood, Linkert , Zimmerman and W. R. Miller

THE FRESHMAN STUDIES *

Professor H ugo ltliin t erb m·g

A few years ago we p syc hologi s ts were in habit g1vmg our chief int eres t t o the ge neral mental laws. In g1vmg my mtroduct o ry course in psychology I was faithful to the spirit of the science when I discussed the mental functi o ns which are common to all minds . The . fact that o ne mind i somew h a t different from anoth e r seemed unimportant and hardl y belonged in th e scientific presentation of the lectur e room. This ha s been e ntirely changed in the last few years. The sc ientific inter es t has turned to the great problem of the indi v idual differences, th e ir measurement and th e ir explanation. Tests h ave been d ev ised t o examine the variations and to discover the manif o ldne s of s had es in human mem o ry and attention, character and intelli gence, temperament and ta lent , ima g ination and wi ll power, observation and judgment.

Psychology Now PracticaV

This c hange in the intere s t of the psychologist has a tremend o u s practical importance. Only since the psych ologists have ventured on this new path has applied psychology bec o me possible. How could w e ap pl y the results of our experimental research to the affairs of practica J. Jife , t o the schoo lr oom and to the courtro o m , to the hospital , t o the ' mark e t and t o the factory , as lo n g as we neglected the manifo ldn e s of human minds ? The study of the differ e n ces is the ke y to the s tud y of pupi ls and witnesses, of patients and workingmen.

Tests Indicate Trends

B ut wh il e s u ch te s t s carried on in a large class are nece ssari ly s up e rfi c ia l a nd f ar from a n ideal completeness they give at lea s t certain

• R e produc e d from th e Har v ard Illustrate d. 230

So it happens that from year to year I have had t o introdu ce more a nd more consideration of menta l d iff erences into m y le c tur e cou rse in or d er t o d o justice t o the increa s in g demand of our time for the practical application o f psychological results. The student of p ychology mu st kn ow n owadays how individuals vary and h ow to 11 e the so-called mental test s by which the individual tr e nd s and tr aits are analyzed quickly. B ut if students are really to grasp the method an d princip les inv o lved , it seems wise f o r them to go through such practica l tests themse}ye s . For this reas o n I introduced into my cla ssroo m last spr in g for the first time a number of mental tests. The aim, to be sure , was not to mea s ure the mentality of the students in the cl ass. but t o g ive th e m a chance to come into practical contact with such mea nrin g meth o d s. If the problem were to make a real mental analysis of a n y particular student, much more careful and subtle meth o d wou ld be needed , a nd the e quipment of the psychological laboratory would be n ecess ar y t o test the mind in a perfect way. In s tead of relyin g on 1 th e watch we s h o uld use the electric chronoscope which shows th ouandths parts of a se c o nd, and so on.

general results and indicate certain trend in everyone who take part. Hence it was, after all, interesting to study in detail the re ults which those class experiments of last spring yielded. Not a few of the students seem to have been interested in hearin g suggestions concerning their mental equipment and their fitness or unfitne ss for vocational activitie as deduced from the numerical re ults . . But .to day I should like to point to an entirely different aspect. I want to ask how the mentality which we discovered by those experiments harmonized with the records of the same men in their college studies.

I used twelve different te s ts . Most of them were entirely new and were devised by me for just such purposes of m eas uring the mentality of many people at the same time. One condition for that would be that no instruments he needed. For all my tests n o thin g i needed but printed text , which can be repr o duced on any typewrit e r. The lectures were attended by about 340 men , but quite a number were missing on one or another of the h o urs in which the tests were performed, and in a number of cases misunderstandings had crept it. The result is that perfect records were secured only from 276 men. This number, however, is evidently sufficient to give a fair repre se ntati on of the average undergraduate. If the course were small, it might be asked whether particularly strong men were attracted to it or whether especially weak men had flocked to it or whether men of a particular type of mind would have sought it. But in a course given eve ry year a class of 340 must contain men of all types.

C h a r a ct e r a n d S

cope o f Te sts

There is no room here really to describe my various te s t s . They were selected in order to reach different aspects of intelligence. Intelligence may be taken in a narrower sense in which it m ea ns the power of adjusting our mental resources to a new situation, but I speak of it here in a wider sense in which it includes attention, m e m o ry , co mbinatory imagination and similar functions. One of our tests, for instance, involved attention. There were five printed lines of let ters in which fifty-five words were hidden , for instance , clpeyerdcatpk. * * * The papers were distributed and when the signal was given each man had to underline the words, like the eye and the cat, and the question was how many he could underline and how many he omitted in three minutes. The next gave names of cities or animals with disarrang e d letters. The list of cities began with ogcaich , the animals began with ettrul. There were eight cities and eight animals, and every student had to write down Chicago and turtle and so on in three minute s' time for all. Then we have a test in which eight groups of forty-eight capital letters were printed on the page. Each group contained o nly A's, E's. O's and U's, but each time one of the four was more frequent than any of t he others . In five minutes each man had to write down for each of the eight groups which letter was predominant. This t es t brings out a threefold difference of men: those who face a complex situation in such a way that they rush to a decision without sufficient consideration. those whose decision is paralyzed and whose judgment i inhibited, and finally those who decide quickly and correctly.

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Another test involved the reasoning power. Eight groups of three lines of letters were given in which the 0 always with 0 s and U's. The problem was to d1scover the pnnc1ple accordmg to which the 0 was placed in those three lines: a test which with implest means can lead to the m ost. complex. mental operation A new test of different character was th1s. A senes of words wa o-1ven and one letter was to be taken out of each word in order to build th name of a famous American. For instance, the words pear, road, pin, ro e, hole , town, were given and hy selection the word Edi on wa to be constructed from them. Five minutes were allowed for five uch sets of words.

Then we had sentence completion, where sentences were printed with certain words replaced by asterisks. Through logical combination the ri ght letters had to be substituted for the little stars. In another test se ntences were given in which the first five words were in their correct place but the remaining words in alphabetical order, and the student had to rearrange those words until the sentence gave a meaning

Scale of Marking Used

Of course we had memory tests, then association tests in which from a given starting point the imagination might have free range to move in any direct ion. Altogether we had twelve tests which upplemented one another and the completion of which demanded about eighty minutes. The results were carefully worked out during the summer vacation and the individual differences determined for each of the 276 men in each of the twelve mental functions.

In order to make the results of the twelve tests comparable, we grouped them on the percentage basis; for instance , we had a test in which five letters were given, and the student had to build as many words as he could construct from them in five minutes. Several men could not construct more than two, three or four words, while everal succeeded in constructing twenty to twenty-two words. Hence we called two or three words 0 % and more than twenty 100 %, and tandardized all the other figures according ly. The man who con tructed sixteen words was accredited with 60% in that particular test. In the test where the letters were to be rearranged in the names of cities and animals, some men d1d not succeed with more than one or two and some succeeded with a ll sixteen. Hence we called one to four 0 %, and fifteen or sixteen 100 % In way every function was br ought to a comparable value, and it was possible finally to find an average stand ing for each man in all the twelve functions together.

T J. Abernethy, ' 17 , F irst

On this ba is only one man , Mr. T. J. Abernethy, reach ed an average tanding of 100 % in the menta l tests. The lowest averag was 24 ift I repeat that it would be very hasty to consider the re ult of suc h test made in a large c lassroom and made only once as exact and final. But it can be said probably with a strong approach to the truth that the men whose averages for the twelve tests were between ?Sift and IOO ift are men of higher intelligence and stronger mental

power than tho e with average between 50% and 7Slf<, and the e again uperior to those whose averages lie between 25 0 and SO % . I a ked my elf therefore how this general o-rouping corre pond to the class standing.

Looked Up Freshman Re cor ds

. the students of my P ychology A cia s were made up of freshmen, sophomores and junior , I hould have had no comparable material if I had looked i nto the cia s records of the year. It eemed to me more correct to compare that year which all had pa sed through , namely the freshman year. For this reason I took the freshman rec o rd s of tho e 276 students and calculated their average record . I counted an A 100%, B 75%, C 50 % , D 25 % and E 0 % To be ure I stood before one question which might be answered in various way . Some might say that a man who takes 5_% courses in the freshman year and gets a B in each shows just as much i ntellectual power as a man who lakes four courses on lv and has an A in each . It would lead too far to discu s here the argun1ents which led me to the opposite decision, to accredit the ma n on ly for his average achievement in all cour es. The re ult is that the man who takes S_Y:; courses and has A in all would not tand hi g h er t h an t he man who has A in only four courses. I call it a 100 % record if he has A in all cou r ses which he ha taken, independent of their n u mbe r. The distribut ion of the 276 f r eshmen on that basis is a very reg ul ar one. The r e were only two men who had 100 %, 15 whose class stand ing was between 99 % and 90 % , 15 betwee n 89 lf< and 80 (, 29 between 79 % and 70 % , 42 between 69 % and 60 lf<, 60 between 59'f< and 50 %, 52 between 49 % and 40 % . 38 betwee n 39 % and 30 % , 19 between 29 % and 20 % , 2 between 19 % and 10 % and 2 between 9 % and 0. o/1

Correlation Surprisingly Small

Th u s we had two lists, one showing the standing of a man acc o rding to his freshma n record, and one according to the average of the mental tests; and the question was how far do those two agree, that is , how far is the ach ievement or lack of achievement i n the freshman year an expression of intellect u al brilliancy or Jack of brilliancy. The answer is that the co r re lat ion between those two lists is ext r emely and surpr isingly smal l. Of co u rse, as was to be expected, the men with very low intelligence, sta n d i ng be low 33 % in the me n ta l tests, have a p oo r record in college, and the men of highest mentality have on the whole a g oo d record. Yet even h ere we find a start li ng exception; one man whose mental tests b r ing him up to 96 o/r- has a freshman record o f 2 C's. Yz D , of t h e two men who have a clean A r ecord in their freshman year only one stands as hig·h as 81 % in the mental tests , while the other stands a low as 48 % . W ith a large percentage of men, to be sure, the standing in the two scales corresponds pretty well. But there are o many d iscrepancies t h roughout that the total correlation comes out a d isappointingly low.

Exam i nations Often Tests o f Memory

I pointed o u t that the accuracy of the tests under the given conditions was necessarily low , and we must add now that surely the ac-

curacy of marking in those large co';lrses to which the is probably much lower. Moreov-er m many courses the exammattons are more tests of memory than of intellectual effort and in this way ever so many factors work together to make it probable that the record of the freshman year corresponds little to the intellectual enegy of the men . Perhaps it may be added that just the freshman year is a time of adjustment in which men have not found and go into courses to which their mentality is not adapted; and 1t wtll be a natural continuation of my statistical inquiry that I try later on to compare the mental tests with the records of the same men in their last two college vears.

• The full story could be told only in mathematical figures, which I want to avoid here. But I want to point at feast to one detail. If with mathematical formulae the degree of correlation between the cia s standing and the test standing is determined not for the average of all twelve tests but .for each test by itself, the results show a somewhat different face. It seems to me characteristic that in this case the class standing and test standin g correlate best in the case of the association test. This test measures the number of words which come to the mind in a certain unit of time. The greater or less fluency of these as ociated ideas does not really measure intellectual power. The mind which a ssociates slowly may be more intelligent than one with the quicker association mechanism. But the facility of speaking and writing is indeed furthered by such quickness. It seems therefore that the tests in which the marks in the courses are based put the premium more on a certain facility of expression than on the intellectual energy and earnestness of thought and attention.

Men Do Not Exert Full Powers

Yet if I make the fullest concessions to all these intruding factor s, I cannot doubt that there remains the fundamental fact that too many men do their college work with an intellectual effort far below their capacity. This is balanced indeed by the most praiseworthy accomplishment of many with l o w mentality. Their industry and patience impels them to reach fair results, sometimes even high result s, with mediocre or even p o or intellectual powers. But from a sociological p o int of view the unfavorable counterpart, tj1e careless and poor work of the int ellectually talented ones, is more important. If they form the habit of slovenly work, their powers begin to deteriorate and the . ignificant work of the world must after all be done by those with th e str n g mentality. Just as the talented boys are called to keep themselve in fine shape; the mere patient plodders cannot take their place. There is a serious warning in the results of these mental tests.

Harvard University, November 29, 1916.

Compassion

We n ee d mor e gentl e n es s and sympathy and compassion in our common human life. Then w e will neither blame nor condemn. Many times the sturggle s are gre a ter than we can ever know.

The Wise M a n

The wise man is he who by that wonderful alchemy of love transmutes the enemy into a fri e nd. -Ralph Waldo Trine.

FRATERNITIES AND SCHOLARSHIP *

By Jam es B. 0 tl1"ti

"Fraternity men are utterly indifferent to cholar hip." "Fraternity men are inferior in cholarship to the rest of the student body." Such were the assertions generally made in reference to fraternity men a few years ago. Are you, as a fraternity man , willing to submit tamely to such statements? Are you willing that these tatements hould go uncontradicted to your parents and friends at home?

A few years ago the first statement was generally made, and it was ba ed, to a large extent, upon the second a sertion. It became evident to the thinkers among fraternity leaders that the tatements must not be allowed to stand unchallenged. The men who took up the fight had broad experience and did not rush recklessl y into print with as ertion which could not be substantiated. It required pain taking efforts to get at a sufficient number of facts to reach a just co nclusion. Then it required still greater effort to la y down a practical s ystem by which better results could be shown for fraternity men.

ot the least of the difficulties arose from the fact that at some institutions the authorities and faculty were unwilling to undertake the additional lab or necessary to make the efforts of the earnest fraternity men effective. However, much progress has been made in convincing members of faculties that any effort to elevate the scholarship in their institution is worthy of their co-operation. They could not overlook the fact that one of the aims of the institution was to produce scholars , s o to peak. This being true , it was n ecessary for everyone interested in the subject to co-operate along the ·Jine s which wou ld bring about the surest results from the least labor.

Having convinced the authorities that their co-ope rati on was desired and necessary, then came the task of convincing fraternity men, as a whole. One chapter of a fraternity may do exceJient work, but that will not make a good record for the whole fraternity. One fraternity may procure unusual results in the way of scholarship record, but others may not see the impotance of the campaign, and, by declining to cooperate, cause the result at some institutions to appear unfavorable to fraternity men.

To all it soon became evident that the charg es mentioned in the beginning were riot of the kind of which any fraternity man could be proud. It also became apparent that aJI fraternity men were not doing their best. In fact, it was apparent at one period that a majority of fraternity men were not doing their best wo rk. \IVhen this was demontrated, it was easy to convince the leaders of a fraternity that a campaign to improve scholarship should have the support of every great Greek letter fraternity.

The movement for impr ovement began practicaJiy w ith one o r two fraternities. Their difficulty was much greater then than it is today. This arose from the fact that th e members of one fraternity at an insti-

•Reproduced from Th e Red and Blue of the University of Pennsylvania.

tution of learning did not see why they should be expected by their national officers to "dig," so to speak, while all the other fraternity men in the Universitv were enjoving greater liberties in running foot-loose and having more time to deV'ote to the so-called college activities. This was candidly admitted by the leaders of the fraternity which was conducting the campaign, but they succeeded in convincing their member that because some one e lse was not doing his duty there was not excuse for any particular indiYidual failing to do his. The leaders of the fraternity in mind were so thoroughly convinced of their cause that they risked their popularity in pushing the fi g ht. The result was gratifying because in a short time the college year ended and this particular fraternity had more chapters holdin g first , second and third place in scholars hip than any other fraternity so far as available records showed.

Great things grow from small beginnings. One fraternity in thi enlightened age conld not show speedy progress along a particular line fo r any considerable time without attracting the attention of college authorities and fraternity men in general. This is just what happened. J n a comparatively brief period leaders in other great fraternities awoke to the fact that their men were not making· the records in institutions of learning made by the member s of certain other organizations.

When it became evident that a certain fraternity or two or three fraternities were taking the lead-not in isolated cases, but in a majority of the institutions of learning in the country-the leaders of other similar organizations became convinced that they must join the campaign. Th ere is now a lmost a unanimous feeling among leadin g fraternity m e n that the undergraduates of their chapters throughout the country must improve to the extent that anyone may be able to brand as false the statement that fraternity m e n are indifferent to scholar hip and that they are inferior to others . It stands to reason that no boy with the proper spirit wants to be classed among the inferiors. If he does the sooner he leav es his college or his fraternity, the better it will be for both

No one engaged in the campaign to improve scholarship among fra · ternity men has asked any boy to neglect legitimate college acti vitie . In the beginning many of the fraternity men thought this was the purpose. The men at the head of the m ovement were themselves leaders in colle ge activities during their undergraduate da ys. They have been

Why should not the feeling prevail that fraternity men should lead in scholars hip? Is it not acknowledged that universities are established t o g ive the oppo rtunity for a liberal education? \11,' ere this not so they would not be established and have the splendid support which they receive in America . This being so, is it not to be taken for granted that • the boy goes to the institution for the purpose of improvement? Did 1 h is parent ur g uardian believe that he did not go for this purpose , would he be w illin g t o throw away the money which it costs-to say nothing of tl:e _which made in many instance s? It being a fact that , the mshtutwn IS established for the purpose of dev eloping scholars and t?at the students are sent there for the same purpose, then the concluton must follow that nobody is doing hi s duty unle s he does his part. He is only doing what is expecte d and no one should be satisfied with less than this.

able to demonstrate to their followers that it is not the college activities which eat up time. It is the disposition uselessly and endlessly to talk about them to surmise and indulge in pipe dreams, that con ume the time which could be better employed. In many instances it ha s been found that the bona-fide athlete and the l eader in other college activities are among the best students, so far as the records show, in the institution . This arises from the fact that these boys are doers of things and not talkers about them. In one instance known to the writer, the champion baseball pitcher of hi s section of the country stood at the head of his class throughout his last three years in college. He said this was so because the ba11-playing gave him the <!x-erc is e and fresh air w hich he needed, and that whenever practice or a game was over he went immediately to his bath and then to hi s study. It is useless to add that he went with a fresh mind and was able to think straight on account of his splendid physical condition. Had this man indulged in the habit of loafing about the club he adquarters or of talkin g over every incident of the game upon his arrival at the fraternity house he would have consumed hours which would have accomplished nothing for his favorite sport. He had a level head, which would be of great value to him in life, as he will always map his time acco rdin g ly and his work will show satisfactory results.

Another way in which fraternity men waste much time is in discussin g trivial affairs of their own members and of neighboring chapters. It is easy to spend hour s in gossip and th e n e t r es ult s are nil. Another easy way to waste time is in rolling cigarettes a nd lolling in any easy chair or standing with one foot cocked upon the window-sill, taring into space, while watching th e rin g lets which may be made by the smoke. The tobacco goes up in smoke and the man's time goes the same way.

All of the se things show that every well-regulated fraternity chapter should have a committee of advisers-or supervisors , if that word be liked better-whose duty it is to see to it that not a man in the fraternity chapter wastes his time In doing this, they will take the preparation for life work by the fore lock. They will lay a foundation which cannot be shaken in after-life. The outcome will be that the chapter which has such a committee vihich d oes its work will show results when the g rad es arc pnblished. If every chapter of every fraternity wi ll follow some such s chem e, the result will be that the assertions heretofore made as to the inferiority of fraternity men will ceas e.

The relati on of a fraternity to scholarship must be t owa rds impr ovement in the same What will bring this result in one chapter or one fraternity may not bring it in all, but some scheme must be devised by eve ry chapter and every fraternity by which it can improve it s scholarship. This must be done by me ans of a well -directed campaign which must be carried on until the published reports w ill show that frat e rnity m en stand better than, or, at the very lea st, as well as the non-fraternity student body in scholarship. Pe rsonally, the wr iter believes that fraternity men should s tand better, because organization should mean something. If every fraternity man wi ll do his best, he wi ll be surprised at the improvement in the standing of his chapter. If every chapter impr oves, the is shown in its effect upon the fraternity at

large, and if every fraternity shows progress in scholarship the ultimate result is hound to be that fraternity men will become leaders. This they owe to the name. lt is not necessary at this time to justify the existence of fraternities, as that is generaliy conceded on account of the good influence they are exercising in many directions . If, however, with the other good thing-s which they accomplish, they can demonstrate that their members stand as well as, if not better than, the student body in scholarship, more will have been done to abate the last opposition to fraternities .

SCHOLASTIC HONORS CONFERRED ON ACTIVE ACACIANS

Brother W. L. Hart of Chicago received his Ph. D. in mathem a tics in December "summa cum l a ude," the first to be granted by the mathematical department of Chicago University in six years.

C. 0. Hawley was awarded the scholarship, for meritorious work in all of his courses, by Columbia University.

G. R. Buzzard of Chicago was awarded the honor graduate scholarship in geography.

The following men h a ve been honored by election to honor societies a s noted below:

Ca lifornia-Tau Beta Pi, A. M. Jensen; Phi Chi, F. K. Haight, Richard Schofield; Phi Delta Kappa, Mason Johnson; Phi Alpha Delta, Stroth e rs P. Walton.

Co'rn ell- Sigma Xi, Hynes, McVitty; Semaphore, Preston; Gargoy l e, Cushing, U rband.

Illinois-Eta Kappa Nu, L. E. Hostetler; Alpha Zeta, L. S . Foote; Sigma Tau, L. E. Hostetler ; Scarab, L. L. Peterson

Chicago-Delta Sigma Rho, R. M Shaw, Hill of Kansas; Pi Kapp a Delt a, C. C. Cros s land; Phi Delta Kappa, A. R. Gilliland, ]. B Cragun; Sigma Xi, D. H Rose, L. K. Riggs.

Mi sso uri - Alpha Zeta,]. A. Faris , Leon Dennis; Phi Delta Kappa, ]. A. Fairs, E. C. Bloom; Eta Kappa N u, Harold L. Knight; Phi Delta Kappa, S. P. Dillon; Phi Alpha Delta, S P. Dillon.

· Iow a-Phi D elt a Phi, Harper, McDonald; Nu Sigma Nu, Peterso n , Fenlon, R. Fenlon; Phi Rho Sigma, Patterson; Delta Sigma Rho Condit . '

Washington-Tau Beta Pi, A. S Grenland; C. F. Morris; Phi Lambda Upsilon, W. L. Bus::hlein; Kappa Psi , J. C. Palmer.

Colorado-Phi Delta, Sutley, Wallbank; Alpha Chi Sigma, Beard , Orr ; Tau Beta PI, Cr awfo rd, Eckel; Sigm a Xi , Bluemel; Phi Beta Kappa, Bluemel.

T exa s-Phi Beta E. C. Nelson; Delta Sigma Rho, E. C. Ne !son; AlphaKappa Psi, Herbert B . Jones, Alva R. Howard; Phi D elta Kappa, Walter G. Langston ; Chancellor, Frank L. Tiller.

J.C. PALMt:R. KAPPA P:O.l

1' AU Ot:.TA. PI

W.L BU.:>C l1Lf:. l N PHJ LAf"\BDA

COLLEGE

RA N K AS AN IND EX T O FUTURE S U CC E SS

The Delta Ups-ilon Quarte1·ly

Just h ow uncommon a citizen the honor man at Harvard has proved himself to be, after he has removed his cap and gown and become a humb l e struggler at the foot of the ladder, has been the study of P. C. Knapp, Harvard '78, and the interesting and illuminating facts presented by him in The Harvard Graduate 'lagazine, prove that, in the case of Harvard graduates at least, there is something in college standing, after al l.

Of the eight to nine thousand graduates between 1851 and 1900 who had a chance to appear in ''vVho's Who," 1,305 are found there. But no less than 22 out of 30 of the "first scholars" are there; of men among the first ten of their classes, 41.5 per cent are mentioned, and of those who took their degrees summa cum laude, 42.5 per cent.

These figures loom large at this time, when, from the kindargarten to t he university, our educational system is encountering searching critic ism and undergoing r adica l readjustment.

Ma king the S t ud y

The last edition of the Quinquennial Catalogue shows the relative rank in their class of certain graduates and the academic honors obtained in college. It , therefore , occurreq to Mr. Knapp to inquire into the present status of the men who led their class . The idle inquiry developed into a somewhat portentous task, the results of which have a bearing upon the question whether distinguished rank in college has any re lation to success in later life To quote Mr. Knapp:

"My inquiry was directed finally to the fifty years from 1851 to 1900. Concerning them the data given by the Quinquennial are not uniform For thirty-seven of the fifty years, down to 1887, the catalogue shows not only the first scholar, but the best ten scholars in each class. Since 1861 it indicates also those who took their degrees summa cum laude, but for twenty years the summa cum was very difficult of attainment and few such degrees were granted In 1872 the degree cum laude was first granted, and in 1880 the degree magna cum laude, and about the same time the requirements for the degree of summa cum laude were relaxe d , so that it was much more frequently conferred. Final honors were first given in 1869. After 1872, when the cum laude degree was first given, men who took honors usually got their degree cum laude as well. In only a few instances after 1872 did a man take honors without a cum laude degree.

"In this inquiry, then, I have taken into consideration the status, not on ly of the first scholar in his class, but of the others of the first ten for a period of thirty-seven years; the status of all those taking their degrees summa cum laude, magna cum laude, or cum laude, since those degrees were granted; and, finally, those men who took final honors without getting a cum laude d egree ."

As an estimate of a man's success in later li fe, Mr Knapp has in-

quired whether his name appears in "\tVho's \tVho in America." ':Who's Who " is not Bradstreet's, he asserts, and the man named therem may be in financial straits and may be even reduced to driving that otherwise mythical street car, like the justly celebrated traditional scholar, but mention in such a publication implies, says Mr. Knapp, a certain measure of prominence in the community and a certain degree of success in life. Although many men of di stinction are not mentioned in that volume, the fact that a man must have done something beyond the ordinary in order to be named therein makes it, in the opinion of Mr . Knapp, the · best available measure that can be used in an inquiry of this kind.

" There is, however, a serious defect," says Mr. Knapp, "in adopting '\tVho's Who' as our m eas ure in such an investigation. The first edition was published in 1900 . In that was printed also a list of men wh o died after the first of January, 1895 , who would have been included in the work had they lived. This list I have also considered in my investigation . It is obvious, however, tha t any graduate dying before 1895 must be omitted from consideration. A glance at the Quinquennial wi ll show how many noted men in the earlier classes were thus omitted, one of the chief among them being the late Phillips Brooks.

"Furthermore, it is fair to suppose that many men who were graduated in the later years of this period will in future attain such mention, especially as on ly about 15 per cent of those included in ' Who's Who' have been under 40, and the majority have been over 50 years of age. Occasionally, too ; a Harvard man ha s made his home and his reputation in another country, and has been mentioned in similar works published elsewhere To obtain complete results, therefore, assuming that 'Who's Who ' will continue to be published, we shou ld have to consider the classes from 190 1 to 1905, and not make the comparison until somew h ere about 2025, when they w ill all have ocmpleted their work."

What the Figures Show

Although the data furnis h ed by the Quinquennial itself are incomplete , and the standard which the author has adopted is partial and defective, the results are of great interest. In estimating the success of the first scholar, Mr. Knapp has found that it was necessary to fix the standard of the a verage g raduate. The first task, therefore , was to find o ut what percentage of the whole number of graduates attained that measure of success in later life indic ated by mention in "Who ' s Vvho."

To quote again:

"Of the 9 , 550 men who wert;! graduated in the half century from 1851 to 1900 , 8,683 were li ving in 1895. Of these, 1,305 have been mentioned in ' Who's \iVho '-almost exactly 15 per cent. Taking that as the avera g e standard , therefore , the question is whether the first scholar , the first ten , the cum laude men , and the honor men are above or below that standard.

"Of the 37 first scholars in the period under consideration 30 were living in 189 5: of these, 22 are mentioned in 'Who's Who' - 73.3 'per cent; 308 o f the 370 first ten were living in 1895; of these, 138 are mentioned41.5 p er cent; 238 m e n have taken their degrees summa cum laude; 221 w e re li v ing in 1895 and 94 are mentioned-42.5 per cent; 983 men have

taken degrees ma gna cum laude; 865 were living in 1895; 173 are mentioned-20 per cent; 1,504 men took their de g rees cum laude; 1,46 1 were Jiving in 1895; 251 are mentioned-17.2 per cent "

About one-half the magna cum laude and cum laude degrees have been conferred since 1890. Adding a ll the c um laude degrees together, Mr. Knapp finds that 2,725 ha ve been g iv e n in the period ; 2,547 were living in 1895, 518 were m e nti oned ;-20.3 per cent; 106 men were rrraduated with final honors, but w ith o ut a cum laude degree ; 78 of them were li v in g in 1895 , 33 a r e mention ed-42.3 per cent.

"T hese fi g ure s indi cate," declares :M r. Knapp, ' that rank in scholarsh ip see ms to ha ve a relati o n to s ucc ess in later life , the percentage of success being in dir ect relation to such rank , and that the marking system and the exam in ations r ea ll y s h ow something of the merits of the m a n and his chances in the future-a thin g wh ic h we certainly doubted as under grad uate s and concerning which some o f us have been skeptical in later life. Nothing, howe ve r , ha s come t o light about the old friend of our youth, the man who led his cla ss and now dri ves a street ca r.

"One other thin g is hint ed at by my figures. Eac h succeeding decade of the half century s h ows a smaller percentage o f men who have attained the standard of success which I have adopted-ment ion in 'W ho 's vV h q .' "

The Cost of a College Education at Minnesota

The average student a t M inn esota livin g away from h ome spe nd s $487 pe r year. Th e av era ge expense acco unt for a st udent in c hemi s try is $369 ; in dentistry, $646; in the academic college i s $539, and in agriculture, $441. Seventyone per cent spend l ess than $550 and 86 per ce nt keep within a $650 limit

The va ri a ti o n of percent ages for recreati on i s worth noting The l owest, 5%, is a m o n g th e women of the freshman and sop homore cl asses in agric ul ture. The hi g h es t expen diture , 16 %, is among the men of the upper cl asses in the academic college

In r ega rd to the earni n gs made by the st ud e nts at th e university , the average i s $ 167 a year, or s ub s tantia ll y

25 % of the ave r age e xp e n ses. Fiftynine per ce nt of a ll s tudent s a re e ngaged in so me so rt of out s ide occupation. Seventy ·eight per cent of the men ea rn on an average $ 17 6, and 22 % of the women re ce ive an average of $99 p e r year f r om their emp l oyment . Th e total amo unt of earnings reported for the year i s $270,3 16. In asm uch as l ess than two-thirds of the s tud e nt s reporteel, it is probab l y safe to assume that the tot a l a mount earned by s tudents is n o t l es s th an $325 ,000, or poss ibly $340,000 for the year. The hi g h es t annua l ea rnin gs for th e co ll ege w ere reported from the g<aduate schoo l $297, the lowest $90 was amo n g the women who lived at home .

Industry

Sloth makes a ll things difficult , but industry a ll easy; and he must trot a ll clay, and s h a ll scarce overtake his bu s iness a t night. travels slow l y, th at poverty soo n overtakes him

that riseth l ate Whi l e laz iness

-F1·ank l in

THE RITUAL

WilliamS. Dye, J1·. Penn State Chainnan Ritual Committee

It has seemed advisable to the committee, to which was committed the task of revising the ritual, to make some statement of the work that has already been accomplished. Nothing more than bare outlines can be given here , to be sure; but, nevertheless, it will make the work of the committee more satisfactory to everybody if the fraternity as a whole can be kept in possession of the essential features of those changes that are projected. ·

By the time this article is before you, the preliminary report of the committee will have been transmitted to the Grand Council. This report , it is to be understood, is by no means to be considered as the end of the work of the committee, for when that committee was appointed it considered that its work was to give Acacia the best ritual possible. The report , we hope, will receive the favorable criticism of the various chapters, together with suggestions that may be helpful in perfecting it.

The personal feeling of the chairman of the commititee is that much that is contained in the ritual might, with profit, be omitted. He believes that dramatic work "is out of place in a fraternity initiation, especially in an Acacia initiation. This particular aspect of the question needs to be thought of carefully . The writer knows that those who favor the present ritual just as it stands will be inclined at first to turn a deaf ear to these statements, but he is convinced, nevertheless, that a calm reflection will lead the reader of these words to an agreement with their essential ideas. It also is to be rembered that we are in the hope· less minority of the fraternities in the matter of dramatisation. Almost none of the others present their work in this fashion. Their idea is· only to state in the simplest terms possible the ideals of their organization. We might do well to emulate their example.

A further consideration is to be mentioned, and again the writer is expressing lar g ely his personal feeling. The Interfraternity Conference advised that "rough work" should be eliminated from initiati o ns. \tVith th-i s suggestion the writer is in hearty agreement . Rough work, horseplay, hazing, calls it whichever of these names best pleases you, is a relic of other days. To group of men today can be said to pre crve the best ideals of college life who still cling to such work. o fraternity ritual lives up to the best of its possibilities that offers even the slightest oppor tunity for its members to indulge ·in horseplay. What may be but harmless fun in one place may resolve itself into exceedin g ly dangerous pastime in another, for the harm of the thing depends not on the original directions given, but on the strength of the men doing the work and on their attitude of mind ·at the time that the work given. In other words, the horseplay may vary, given the same directions, from the most innocent pleasure to the most serious accidents. In any case, it is horseplay, and should be avoided . Let me take an

example, purely a hyp ot hetical one, to illustrate my point. The direction might read, " The candidate is proceeding across the room when suddenly he is thrown to the floor by hi s guides." Given t wo wea k guides , nothing serious may happen; given two strong men, b o th of whom , or one of whom, has too much of the spirit of fun in him , and serious consequences may arise. The rest of such an argument I leave to you. No fraternity can afford to take the remotest risk of injuring a man, because of the blow that such an injury wo uld he to the fraternity it se lf and to the fraternity system as a whole. The critics of fraternities are not discriminating; they do not localize conditions; they simply argue, whether rightly or wrongly, is n o t to the point, that what is true of the most insignificant member of a fraternity is true of the whole system. JA,'nd the peculiar part of it all is that they are believed by the great rank and file of what is known as Mr. Commonman.

You who read may think, in view of what has b ee n already sa id, that the changes to the ritual have been most radical. I assure you that radical changes have been but very few in number, and all that hav e been made can be justified What prec edes is merely the view o f the chairman of the committee whose sole desire in writing as he has d o ne is to create a sent iment for better things in the fraternity. That our initiation is not so impressive in its present form as it mi g ht be. that it does not have those qua lities that bring undying loyalty to the fraternity ·mi g ht easily be proved by some of the ev.ents in the fraternity during the la st few months . May we not have the help of a ll in making o ur ritual the best ritual of any college fraternity?

A paragraph from the letter transmitting the report to the Grand Council may be of interest as expressing the plan on which the committee worked and as indicative of the nature of the work accompli h ed. The paragraph follows : "Several aims were kept in mind in making the revision. F ir s t , it was decided to keep the genera l form of the ritual as it is at pres e nt. Second , it was hoped that the initiation ceremony might be somewhat shortened. Efforts toward this end brought some re s ults , a lth ough not such real results as were hoped for. Third, a number of changes were made in words here and there in the interest of exactness of expression; and some changes were made in sentence structure in the interest of idi omatic English and clarity. Fourth, in at least two cases, speeches or parts of speeches were transposed for the sake of coherence of expression. Fifth, several deficiencies were supp lied Sixth, a questionnaire of cand idates f o r initiation has been prepared. Seventh, and by no means least important, several changes designed better to convey the ideals of the fraternity to the candidate, have been suggested."

Greatness

The greatest greatness and th e only tru e greatness 111 the world is unselfi s h love and service and self devotion to o ne 's fellow men . -Ralph Waldo Trine.

Good

That which is good to be done , cannot be done t oo soon; and if it is neglected to be done early it will frequently happen that it wi ll not be done at all. -Bishop Mant.

COLUMBIA CHAPTER OPENS NEW CHAPTER HOUS E

. By a Man in the H ouse

The men w ho come from other chapters to New York will no lon ger have to stroll all ove r Morningside Heights and hop elessly inquire of everyone w here Columbia Chapter of Aca cia is located , nor will they search the tel ep hon e book in vain. Put thi s address d ow n , or if you forget it ask anyone in ew York-even the s ubwa y g uards-to give it to you, for we are go ing to make the new Chapter House at Columbia a hi s toric spot in New Y o rk. The address is 357 West 119th Street.

First of all you want t o know how it was done, and then you want to be told a ll about the hous e To narrate the full histor y of the hou e proposition one would hav e to go back yea rs in the chapter life , because for years Columbia men ha ve been dreaming of their home. But to start at the time w h e n dr eams left off and realities began to present themselves one has only to review the la s t couple of years . During the school yea r of 19 14-1915 under th e ad min is tration of Brother Arthur Waterbury, the fellows be ga n to talk as if they meant real busines s, and rt became possessed w ith the ide a that he wa nt ed the h o use established in his term of office. Just about that time Harvard was good enough to g ive Bro th e r Sanford a furlough, and he came to Columbia and affiliated w ith Columbia Chapter. Immediatel y he g ra spe d the s ituation and proclaimed that Columbia wou ld n ever know wha t Acac ia meant wit hout a house. We all knew th a t and were tired of being told it Sanford, h owever, did not stop a t orating, but to ok off hi s coat and went t o work. Hi s hopes were broader than a mere chapter house , and he wanted an Acac ia Club H o use in which the New York alumni might also have quarters. Before many moons the fellows realized that Sanford was more than a m e r e ide a list , and he became chairman of the house committ ee. At once he organ ized the commi ttee and planned a campaign as it had never been planned before. Then came the mighty effort to get the subscriptions to buy the mansion o n Riverside Drive. As a result th e sp lendid work of the com mitt ee and chapter, a s ubs c ripti o n li s t for nearly $700 was obtained. The hou se, how ever, was a little beyond onr means and the proposition failed. No, it did not fail, for it was that old subscr ipti o n list that the contributors for the present house r ecogn ized. and in re sponse t o a circular letter se nt in over $500. \tVaterbury and Sanfo rd we r e both disappointed that their toil and worry did not bring th e hou se.

The next chapter in the house hi story was the Conclave at San Francisco Brother Dill 's ire was there a r ouse d by Grand President Frazer calling -Columbia "o nl y a club and not a fraternity." He came back to chapter with blo o d in hi s eye, a nd enthused Broth e r Embu r y, the Dean, with the idea that h e mi g ht accomplish w h at o ther s h ad found impos s ible. Ebury set o ut on a careful , conservative program to e taha house fund , and then , w hen the fund was lar ge enough, to move mto a house. As a result the chapter began to ec o nomize and la y away money in the chest for the home of the future. The ve r y fact that we had a house fund kept the id ea always foremost in the chapter, but cir244

cumstances unforeseen interfered, and Embury -.va too careful and conservative to wreck the chapter on mere hope . He laid the foundation, however, which has now materialized. It is to be noted here that Brother Frazer can even claim a share in the glory because his address aroused the fellows.

Brot her Smith, delegate to the Purdue Conclave , came back with the same determination as Dills, and he buzzed his ambition into the ear of Brother Jones, the present venerable Dean. The ·proposition, however, looked hopeless, for all the fellows were in the dorms under contract, and Jones, with his easy Kentucky nature, gave the fellows the impression that the house would have to be postponed another year . But there was this to be taken into consideration: Waterbury, who had almost made it a go; Dills, who was still anxious to make good his words at San Franc isco; Embury, with his safe and sane policie , a nd Smith , back from Purdue disgusted with the excuse-making position of a Columbia delegate, were all in or closely associated with the chapter. And then along came Grand President Brown to the Interfraternity Conference. Some of the boys told him to get after Jones with a pointed stick. He did. Result: Columbia is in a house. He called Jones into an all-night conference, and before Jones left he had made the rash promise that Columbia would be in a house before February 15th . Jones was determined to keep that promise. He started to do things in th e usual f o rmal, conservative, legal way the chapter has always attacked th e hou s e proposition, but realizing this was too slow he adopted what Embury thought a reckless and disastrous policy. Everything h e did was irregular , and possibly unlawful. The trustees acted when there was n o quorum; the house committee usurped powers the chapter never gave it; Jones obligated himself, if not the chapter, to buy all the furniture and rent a house , and when all this had been done he merely sent out a circular letter and frankly told what he had done. To the amazement of everyone, the money began to come in, and then Dills broke away from his rooming house, and Schoenfeld rented his room in the dorms and escaped; Malcolmson was excused by his landlady, Beatty found it was impossible to be relieved from this contract, and Embury arranged so he could leave his house. Result: The fellows ar e quickly filling up the h o use , the furniture is practically paid for, and the venture is a success. It wa s a reckless leap, but Jones has landed, and as all fellows who have the initiative and are luck y are proclaimed as the men of achievement , so Jones is criven a niche in Acacia history to which any man might proud'l y aspire.

The house was formally opened on Monday night , February , 5th , when the New York Alumni gave a hou s e warming. At this point it is appropriate to pay respects to Charles G. Beersm'an , s ecretary of the New York Alumni. He and Brother Driehaus and Brother Lawrence of the Columbia Alumni stand out as the men of the alumni who have made the home a reality. They have all worked unceasingly, and have given most generously of their own means. The house warming was a success, and all the visiting brethren and their lady friends, more than one hundred in number, were delig\1ted with the house and the furnishings. During the evening the guests enjoyed dancing on the first floor, where an orchestra of six pieces played almost continuously; in the basement (which in Jew York is a well furnished ground floor apartment)

those who wished were s e rved with a delicious luncheon; and on the second floor those who did not dance were entertained with cards and other sociai diversi o ns The success of the evening was due to the efforts of Brother B eersman, and a committee of ladies , all being wives of Columbia memb e rs-Mrs Waterbury, Mrs. Jones, Mrs Driehause , Mrs. Giltner, Mrs. Robbins. The house was beautifully decorated with Acacia and Columbia color s, and all who attended were very favorably impressed

Now for the hous e itself: It is only seven minutes' wa l k from the uni v ersity . It is a four-story brown stone front. The ground floor , or basement , has a spacious dining room, kitchen, hall way , pantry and wash rooms; the fir s t floor has a long hall way, and a delightfully large and well lighted partlor, a large reception or sitting room in the rear and a small cloak room. A stairway winds up from the ha ll to the second floor. In the front of the second floor is a very large and well furnished bedroom in which four men could very comfortably live. The room has a private wash room, both being tastefully finished off with mirrors . In the rear is another large bedroom, and on this floor is to be found a sanitary bathroom, with tiled floor, etc., and also side closets for trunks. On the third floor there are four rooms, two large bedrooms and two smaller ones. All the bedrooms have cheerfully looking fireplaces . The house is well lighted throughout, with both electricity and gas. The interior decorating of all the rooms is attractive, but the chapter is going to make improvements.

In the rear of the house is a back yard, which, in New York, is a luxury. It is amusing to listen to the fellows p l an what t h ey are going to do in that yard this summer.

Above all , from top to bottom , the house is filled with the finest Acacia spirit of good fe ll owsh ip you cou ld possibly find. From now on you may look to Columbia to establish a record which any chapter might envy. It has always had th e men, and now it has the house. Watch it. And as a final word to this hastily written report (it is banged off at one sitting to get to the Journal in time) just record this where a ll who run may read:

JONES DID IT.

"PYTHAGORAS

, W H O CARRIED GE OME T RY T O

PE R FE CTI O N"'

L.A. Pierce, Ph. D ., Col u mbia

Pythagoras was born c. 582 B. C., and was probably a native of Samos that part of the Graecian world which witnessed the first development of philosophical thought. His father was Mnesarchus , a stone cutter, from whom he no doubt derived his first rudiments oi geometry.

Tra i n ing-Tradition and fact are almost unanimous in asserting that Pythagoras was a pupil of Pherecydes, a theologian, later of He.cmodamus, and possibly of Anaximander, a physicist It is, therefore, not difficult to deduce the idea that from this early tuition he laid the foundation of his future ethical and scientific superstructure.

Travel-Heraclitus said con cernin g him: "Of all men, Pythagora ..; , the son of Mnesarchus , was the most assiduous inquirer." Then he goes on to brand his wisdom as polymathy, that is, o nly ecclectically compiled information. Tradition has attributed this to his extensive travel. Indeed from some of the accounts Pythagoras would seem to be a second Ulysses! He is reported to have wandered in Egypt ; Phoenicia , Chaldea, among the Jews, Arabians, the Druids of Gaul, the Persian Magii and the Brahmans. It is possible that this is an a ttem p t, on the part of the later Pythagoreans, to connect his teaching w ith the hoary religions and ·priesthoods of the East. Probably Callimachn s is more correct when he refutes this and allows only that Pytha go ras derived much mathematical knowledge from Egypt , and in also a s<;e rting that th e Greek development was entirely independent. Cicero s a y s of him (De Fin. V. 29, 87), "Aegyptum lustravit." To corrobor a te the statement that mathematical sciences originated in Egypt , and w ere then cultivated by the priests and Magii , we h a ve Arist o tle's testim o ny (Met. , I. 1). His connection with Egypt seem s , theref o r e, cle a r a nd well f o unded. He brou g ht much from the co untry of the He al s o discovered much himself, among other things the relati o n betvve en the hypothenuse and the sides of the ri g ht angled trian g le , as cribed t o him by Diogenes Laertius ( VII. 12), who says that, havin g dis cov er ed the solution, he went and sacrificed an ox. Plutarch a lso corroborate s this testimony .

His Sch o ol- Among the famous members ·of his scho o l we r e Phil olaus, Simmias, Cebes, Ocellu·s, Tima e u s and Lysis. B efo re e nterin g the fraternity they were subject ed t o a rigid ethico-reli g ious test a s t o their fitness for membership. It was an ethical society, and th os e wh c t o ok the vow were sworn to piety, morality, temperance , valor , obedience to government and law, and fidelity to friends . Possibly no other school of philosophy has become so overgrown with myth and fiction as this brotherhood, although it holds an imperial place in the history of morals and mathematica l science .

To us this may seem an incurably dull and sophorific subject , but to the ancients it was full of intoxicating force and fascination.

Theory of Numbers- Pythagoras was the theory of numbers. His di scove ries connect themsel ves w1th a pnm1t1ve numerical sy mbolism, according t o which numbers were by dots arran ge d in symmetrical patterns, such as, for example , we stlll observe in the markincr of dice and dominoes Each pattern o f units becomes , h o n this plan, a fresh unit. Numbers were not mere relat10ns or quantitie s prodicahle of things, but themselves constituting the substance or essence o f the phenomena-the rational reality to which the appearances of sense are reducible.

Th e de ve lopm e nt of numbers into a metaphysical system was due t o Philo lau s. In the ' ·Timaeus" of Plato we find the system se t forth. N umber stood for the following antinomies: i. Limit and Unlimited. ii . Odd a nd Even. iii. One and Many. iv. Right and Left. v. 1ale and Fe m a le. vi. Re s t and Mot ion. vii. Straight and Curved . v u1. Li g ht and Darkness. ix Good and Evi l. x Square and Oblong. The universe was the realized unity of these antinomies . Later they derive their orig inal oppositi o n from the supreme unity of God. Seven was called Parthenos and Athene, because within the decade it ha neither factors n o r pr o duct. Five symbo lized the marirage uni on of the first masculine ( 3) w ith the first feminine ( 2). One stood for reason, the unchangeable . Two denoted op ini on, because of its illimitable and indeterminate nature. Four, the first square number, the product of equals, was justice. Thus number and figure were the greatest instruments of thought wh ich were po ss essed by the Greek philosopher . Th ey admitted of infinite multiplication and construction in the Pythagorean triangles, or in th e proporti o ns of -1 :2 :4 :8 and 1 :3 :9 :27 and compounds of them. The la ws of the wor ld seemed to be more than half re v ealed. Ethical notion s b o re a mathematical form, symbols filling the place of definitions. To illustrate: Justice was a square number, to ex press the corresoondence between action and suffering, i. e., retribution. The el ements of numbers were the element o f things (Arist. Meta i. 5; xiv 3). Ph il olaus said that number was the law of things ·and the cause of their properties and relations. Pythagoras regarded arithmet ical determination , not only as the form o r quality of things, but whole essence and ther efo r e without discrimination s aid , "A ll is number." Unity w as goo dness , reason or Deity. One is the root of all numb e r s. Therefore s ince a ll consists of number it is also the principle of a ll thin gs. God is th us the Sole Ruler of the U ni ve rse , in w hich odd and eve n , and a ll ant in o mies are united , and from which all others come. Two is th e fir st even number and is imperfect , the feminine, the c han geab le. Three is the first uneven number a nd is perfect, cont a ining b eginnin g, middl e a nd end. Four is th e first sq uare, symbol of the wo rld. F ive is the fir st number which results from adding the fir s t even an d th e fir s t o dd number , the union o f ma sc uline and feminine principle s . S ix is th e first number which re s ult s from the multiplication of the fir t eve n and the first odd number. Three, four and five are the numb ers m ost perfect ri g ht angled trian g le , because they contain a combmat!On of odd and even. Seven is the o nly number in the decad which has neither fac t or nor product. Seven a nd four are the mean arithmetical proportions between one and ten.

Number and Music- Pythagoras was passionately fond of mu ic. It was by reason of this fine aesthetic ense that he attained an in io- ht into the dependence of the pitch of sound on the length o f the v ibrating chord. Thi is po sibly hi greatest and mo s t important di co very. But, true to his tradition, Pythagoras reduced musical sound to number The whole heaven wa a musical cale and a number (Arist 'i:eta • . 986a). Eight was the symbol of love and friendship and theref o re as a harmony best expressed by the octaYe of the musical scale.

Geometry-Having therefore the the o ry o f numbers as a background, we are now prepared to appreciate the significance of the Pythagorean geometry. Eudemus said: "Pythagoras changed geometry into the form of a liberal science, regarding its principle in a purely abstract manner, and investigated it theorem s fr o m the immaterial and intellectual point of view " Diogenes Laertiu declared that "it was Pythagoras who carried geometry to perfection. " Proclu avers that "the word 'Mathematics' originated with Pythagoras."

Triangle- Geometrical figures are the substantial element of which bodies consist Figures and bodies are derived from definite numbers. Spatia lity was conceived through them . One is a unit having po ition and magnitude. Two represents the line. Three stands for the surface. Four is the solid. The "Ho ly Tetractys ," by which the later Pythagoreans swore, was made in the form of an equilateral triangle. Th is represents the number ten as a triangle of four, and show in g at a glance that 1+2+3+4

=10 The triple interwoven triangle or penetgram, the

star-shaped regular pentegon, was u sed as a sign of recognition by the Pythagoreans, and was called by them "Hu g ieia" or Health.

The discovery of the famous Forty-Seventh Problem, "the theorem of Pythagoras," has been attributed to him by Vitruvius, Diogene>: Laertius, Proclns, Plutarch and Eudemns. Plutarch ascribes to the Egyptians knowledge of this theorem in the particular case where the sides are 3, 4, and 5 (De Is. et Osir. c. 56) . Vv e shall not rehearse again the symbolism for which these numbers s t ood. Neither is it necessary for u s to be again reminded why this particular triangle should occupy uch an important place in the moral instruction of that ancient brotherhood. From a careful perusal of the preceeding we see how its very form and the l ength of it s sides were pregnant with meaning.

But let us see what further implicati ons are contained in that wellknown figure. The elements Fire , Air Earth and Water are bodies , and therefore solids, and so lid s are made up of planes , and the plane rectlinear figure is made up of rectangular triangles. There are two kinds. ( 1) The rectangular isosceles, whose opposite sides are equal. It possesses only one form and is le ss adapted for construction. (2) The rectangular scalene, whose sides are unequal. These two are the origina l elements of fire and other bodies . Because of the regularity of its proportions there is no more beautiful triang le than that which forms the half of a parallelogram. It possesses an infinite variety of forms In this triangle , of wh ich the sq uar e on the hypothenuse is equal to the

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sum of the squares on the other two sides, are found-i. the equilateral pyramid, which represents fire; ii. the octahedron, air; iii. the icosahedron, water. The earth is a cube and is represented by the number four. It is the most stable of the bodies. Water rolls upon the earth because its bases give away. Fire burns because of the firmness of its sides , the sharpness of its angles and the quickness of its motion: The real elements are the simplest forms of the triangles, for all sohds are terminated by surfaces and all surfaces are resolvable into these triangles. The fifth is the dodechadron which embraces all others. It is composed of twelve regu lar pentalphas or penegrams, the symbol of the Pythagoreans, and used in later magic. If the pente·grams be flexible the figure is the perfect sphere. This figure is the "Sphere of the Universe."

Sphere-God was made in tlie image of a perfect body , made in the all-containing form of a sphere , round as from a lathe and every way equidistant from the centre , as was natural and suitable to him. He did not require hands or feet, eyes or ears, for there was nothing without him that he could take hold of or desire. All that he did was within him, and he moved in a circle which was the most intellectual of motions. When reason is in the sphere of thought, a nd the circle of the same runs smoothly, then intelligence is perfected. Eternity, which is never older and never younger, the "eterna l now ," moves in a circle in the image of eternal nature. The gods were made in the form of a circle , which is the most perfect figure and the figure of the universe.

Psychology of the Triangle-The underlying psychology of Pythagoras is explained on the basis of the triangle. The feeling of cold is the product of the conflict between the larger and smaller triangles. Pleasure and pain are due to the action of these bodies. Fire and fever are the vicious attacks of the triangles! Sound , smell, color , all sensations are produced by them. Pleasure, pain, hope, love and anger are due to the conflict between the mortal and the immortal soul. Disease is by a disarrangement of the elements. Digestion is due to the tnangles in the body , those which enter the body (i. e., food) being cut up. As life advances these triangles wear out and cann ot assimilate the food, cannot prevail against the triangles which enter the body ,therefore they unloose the bounds of the soul, which is released and flies away. The so ul is a harmony chained to the body, and dwells in it as in a prison. It, too, like the stars, is the subject of eternal motion.

The Symbol of Beauty and Perfection-The good is the beautiful and the beautiful is the symmetrical. The Pythagorean symbols of this are the circle and the right-angled triangle. The soul may "o'er inform the tenement of clay," and the body may obscure the rational. Therefore the only security against deformity is to preserve the balance of the two, and to this end the mathematician and the philosopher work. By a study of the motion of the universe, the motion of the soul answers, and so the individual is restored to his original nature. He who thus seeks knowledge, and exercises the divine part of himself, attains to in;tmortalit:r and happiness, and trains up within himself the d1vme pnnc1ple and mdwelling power of order, the essence of the triangle.

REPORT OF

COMMITTEE

ON "WHAT "PROPORTION OF COLLEGE FRATERNITY MEN FAIL TO GRADUATE AND THE REASONS THEREFOR"

The Inter-Fraternity Conference committe.e which you asked to make a study of the question, "What proportion of college fraternity men fail to graduate and the reasons therefor," begs l eave to submit the following report.

As soon as possible after the appointment of the committee, we prepared a questionnaire which was sent to the presidents and deans of colleges and to all chapters of thirty-five Greek l etter societies. The questionnaire was as follows: Dear Sir:- Cleveland, 0., March 28, 1916.

The executive committee of the [nter-fraternity Conference has asked us to make a study of the question, "What proportion of collegll fraternity men fail to graduate and the reasons therefor." In order to present a report upon this subject we think it desirable to ask certain questions of presidents and deans ot colleges, of the officers of fraternity organizations, and of the separate fraternity chapters. We shall esteem it a favor if you will kindly answer the following questions in regard to fraternities in your college and return them to us as soon as possible. Any information which we obtain will be placed at your service for the betterment of conditions in your own institution. ·

Thanking you for your co-operation in the matter, we are,

Very truly yours,

CHARLES S. HOWE,

President Case School of Applied Sci-

THOMAS ARKLE CLARK, ence, Cleveland, 0., Chairman.

Dean of Men, University of Illinois, LE ROY S. BOYD, Urbana, Ill. Interstate Commerce Commission,

ROBERT M. BIRD, \.Vashington, D. C.

Professor of Chemistry, University of ROGER H. WILLIAMS, Virginia, University, Va. 70 Fifth Ave., New York City.

1. What proportion of fraternity men in your coilege fai l to graduate?

2. During what year of the course and during what part of the college year do fraternity men most frequently drop out of co llege ?

3. What proportion of fraternity men who leave before graduation drop out on account of :

(a) Lack of funds.

(b) Poor scho l arship due to inadequate preparation.

(c) Poor scholarship due to lack of ability .

(d) Poor scholarship due to indifference to college work.

(e) Poor scho larship due to excessive indulgence in student activities.

(f) Poor scholarship due to excessive indulgence in social interests.

(g) Going to anothe r institution.

(h) Sickness.

(i) Dissipation.

(j) Immorality.

(k) Extravagance.

(I) Excessive fraternity expenses.

(m) Violation of college rules.

(n) College pranks.

4. To what extent do the reasons mentioned in question 3, except (1), cause fraternity .men to drop out of college more than they cause other students to leave college?

5. Are there other reasons which cause fraternity men to leave college before graduation?

6. Is fraternity membership an incentive to graduation?

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REMARKS

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D a te Position.. College

Thi s questionnaire wa s sent to 227 pr es idents of colleges and to the dean s of th e same in stituti o ns. The t ota l number of answers received was 118, of which 40 we r e from college pre s idents a nd 78 from deans. From thirteen institution s a nsw e rs w e re r e ceived from. both presidents and deans. Of the 118 answers 25 s t a t ed th a t th e re we re no frat ernities in the college and 34 stated th a t they had no informati o n on the s ubject gave i_nformation which is embodied in this report. Of the 59 answers g1vmg mformatlon. 16 were from pre s id e nts a nd 43 from deans. Of the l etters giving no information, 10 were from presid e nts and 24 from d eans .

It wi ll be see n from the abov e figures that l ess than one-half of the institution s to which l e tters were sen t , returned answers. This failure to answer was due t;nd oub tedly in some cases to neglect or indiff erence, but we apprehend that in mo s t ca s es it was due to the fact that no information w as avai l ab le We do n o t feel inclined to cr itici s e the co ll eg es for not havin g this information, but we b e lieve it would b e very a d va nt ageo us to them as well as to the Inter-Fraternity Conferen ce if this question a nd others similar to it were being studied by th e colleges mor e thorou g hly than they are now.

In these days we hear a great deal about scientific management in our fact o rie s, and this includes an accurat e study of every operation in the factory so that was ted e ffort may be eliminated and the cost of every article redu c ed to a minimum It wou ld see m to u s very d es ir a ble th a t colleges and univ e rsiti es should have educat ion al statisticians-perhaps we should say educational experts -whose business it would b e to make a st udy of a ll the vital questions affecting college interests , so that the president and other officers might have at hand, at any m o m e nt , info rmati o n which would bear upon the educationa l work, the living co nditions, a nd the social life of the students

It wou l d be impo ss ible in a bri e f r e port to give a ll of the answers that were re ce ived. W e sha ll therefore try to summarize the replies to each question and thu s pre se nt a composit e view of the opinions of college officers in regard to the subje ct und e r discussion.

Que s tion No. 1-

What proportion of fraternity men in your college fail to graduate? To thi s quest ion there w e r e 39 a nswer s as follows: ; o sta ti s tic s . 2 P e r c enta ges fr

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to 48 16 Abou t equa l to non-fraternity

Sm a l\ er proportion of fraternity R es ults in p e rcentag es, the average th a n non-fraternity men fail to b e ing 35% 23 graduate

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It is evident from these answers that the proportion of fraternity men who fail to graduate va ri es great ly in differ e nt colleges. \iVhether this is due to the ch a racter of the fraternities or to the standard s which the colleges set cannot be jud ged from a nswers g iven It may, howev er, be said that in some institutions a very l arge proportion of fr a ternity men graduate and in other institutions quit e a la rg e numb e r fail to gr a duate . If it were pos s ible it would be inter es ting to group a ll of these answers according to fraternities, but this wou ld hardly be po ss ibl e b eca u se in no two in s titutions n r e the frat e rniti es the same.

Que s tion No . 2-

During what year of the course and during what part of the coll ege year do fraternity m e n most frequently drop out of college?

There were 37 answers to this question distribut ed as follows: Middle of the freshman year ............. ... 10 Sophomore year .... .... ... ............. .... ..... .. . 3

End of th e fr es hman y ear 23 Junior year 3

Sev e ral of the answers named two different periods which accounts for the fa c t that th e sum of the a nswers m e ntioned above does not correspond with the total.

It is e':'ident frof!l the repli es that quite a number of students drop out of college dunng the middle of the freshman yea r , but that a larger proportion of those w ho l eave go at th e end of the freshman year. This is undoubtedly due

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to the fact that the colleges prefer to keep the men until the end of the year in order to give them every possible opportunity. Quite a large percentage of men drop out during the sophomore year. Most of those who weather the difficulties of the se two years graduate. It might be int e r est ing here to ask why so many students drop out during and at the end of the freshman year. There is little or nothing in the replies to answer this question, for it was not specifically asked. Your committee believes, however, th a t , apa rt from the causes mentioned in the questionnaire, one or more of the following c a us es induce or force students to leave during the first year of their college lif e.

1. Difficulty of the co ll ege work as compar ed with preparatory work.

2. Freedom from restraint as compared with that at home.

3. Want of corre l a tion betwe e n the studies a nd methods of the high sc hool and the studies and methods of the freshman year.

4. Limit of abi lity of the student.

A ll of these causes operate as effectually upon the non-fraternity men as upon fraternity men. If ther e a re specia l ca use s which affect the fraternity men they s hould be brought out in the a n sw ers to the remaining questions of the questionnair e.

Question N 'o. 3-

What proportion of fraternity men who leave college b e fore graduation drop out of account of

(a) I:ack of funds.

No statistics 1 Smaller proportion than non-frat. A large proportion 11 1nen -

None or a sma ll proportion ................ 19 Resu lt s in per ce ntages, the ave rage being 22% 14

The l arge r number of these answer5 indicate that not ve r y many men drop out on account of l ack of funds, but the number of answers on the other side is so large that the question does not seem to b e definitely answered one way or the other. It is probably true that in some institutions the fraternities have many wealthy alumni, w ho see that no worthy undergraduate member leav es college on account of lack of money.

(b) Poor scholarship due to inadequ ate preparation.

Twenty-two answers were received. Small proportion 13

These answers would seem to indicate that in the majority of institutions in adequate preparation does effect quite a number of students.

(c) Poor scholarship due to l ack of -'!bility.

Twenty-two answers were received.

Small proportion 15

Large proportion ....................

2 Results in percentages ,

(d) Poor scholarship due to indifference

Twenty-five answers were received.

(e) Poor scholarship due to excessiYe indulgence in student ac tivities.

Sixteen a nswers were received. Sm a ll proportion 15

(f) Poor scholarship due to excessive indulgence in social interests

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(g) Going to another institution.

Twenty-five answers were received.

( h ) Sickness. . Twenty-four answers we re r cce tved .

( i) Dissipation.

(j) Imm o r a lity.

(k) Extravagance

R es ults in p e rcent a g es, the average be in

R es ults in p e rc e nt ages, the aver ag e being 1% -

percentages, the

R es ults in percentages, the average being 5.3% - --

(n) C o ll ege pranks .

Thirty-nine answers wer e received . Fe we r frat e rnity men than n on-fraternity men -- - - · 7

More fr a t e rnity m e n - - -- - 4

R es ults in p e rcentages, the average being 4 o/o - - 3 I

To what ex t e nt do the r easo n s mentioned in question 3 (exce pt 1) cause 1 fr a ternit y men to drop out of college more th a n they cau se other students t o l eave college?

No difference between fraternity m en and non-fraternity men 28 1

Some of the comments under this qu es tion w e r e as follows:

" S cho l a rship of fraternity m e n abo ut 2 % lo wer than non-fraternity men. "

"F irmly beli ev e fr a ternity men h ave a dv a nt age over non-fraternity men especially in it e m s a, b , c, i, j , m and n under question 3."

"Fraternity m en r emain in colle ge at l ea st as w ell as non-fraternity menperh a ps a little better."

"Th e propo rti o n is a bout th e sa me excep t th a t fewer fraternity men drop 1 out f or l ack of funds a nd more for reason s g ive n under c, d, e, and f of question 3.'"

"Scholarship of fr a ternity men is higher than th a t of non-fraternity men. "

"Ave ra ge as we ll as n on- fr a t e rnity m e n.'' ·

"Frate rnity men are as a rule di st inctly below the ave r age of all other s tud e nt s.''

" Fraternity men s how m o re ability th a n do non-fr a t e rnity men."

"Sc hol a r ship of non-fr a t ernity men higher th a n of fraternity men.' '

" S cho larship of n o n-fr a ternity men much higher th an of fraternity men. "

"N o difference b e tw e en scholarship of fraternity and non. fratern it y m e n.' '

"Sc holar sh ip of fr a ternity men not so good as non-fraternity men.''

"Sc holar s hip of graduates of fr a terniti es as goo d as average for th e college.''

" Our fr a ternity men average as we ll as the n o n-fraternity men ."

These quotations show a distinct difference of opinion among college officers. While more than half the quotations favor the fraternity men, yet the expressions on th e oth e r side are so strong 'that it is evident that in many institutions the scholarship of fraternity is decided ly lower than that of non-fraternity m e n Possibly in those in st itution s where the fraternity man stands as high or higher than the non-fraternity man, there a re fewer fraternities but a feeling of pride in scholarship h as been developed wh ich leads the to elect to membership tho se who a re not only good fellows, but who a re also good students.

'Question No. 5-

Are there anv other r easo ns which cause frat e rnity men to l eave college before graduation?-

Twenty-two answers were received.

None

Busine ss or marriage

Qu es tion No . 6--To enter professional schools-·-·--------

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Is fraternity membership a n incentive to graduation?

Forty-one answers we re 1-e ceived.

S o me of the co mm e nt s und er this question are:

"Do more to keep students in co ll eg-e than any other one thing."

"I have known of many men encouraged a nd ur ged by fraternity brothers to continue their course."

"It acts as an in ce ntive for e nt e rin g coll ege and continuing in college."

" It is an incentive to g raduation, but it i s o nly one of a great many influences all working upon the student in the same way."

"Believe the fraternities perf o rm a ve1-y valuable service in our co lleges."

"F raternity membership is an inc e ntive both to graduation and to scholarship."

"General impres s ion is th a t memb e rship in fraternities do es not h ave much effect one way or the other in regard to graduation.

"Sometimes does and sometimes does not."

"Hard to say-it depends upon the fraternity."

"Fraternity influen ces k eep men in co lleg e when they might otherwise drop out."

"Does not bear on graduation."

"Serves to hold men in college.

"Yes, indirectly if not directly ."

A great majority oi all of the answers received the effect that fraternities do tend to keep m e n in ternity men graduate who prob a bly would not ha ve the influence of fraternities.

Remarks-

under this question were to college and th a t many fradone so had it not been for

The following are some of the comments given under th e head of Remarks m the Questionnaire :

"The average scholarship grade of fraternity m e n is as good as the average for . the college. ' \s many fraternity men have made Phi Beta Kappa as ·nonfraternity men." ·

"Difference between fr a ternity men and independents is due perhaps to the class of men rather than to their membership in these organizations and would probably exist ev e n if the organizations did not . Home training a nd the outlook upon life is the explanation and the frat e rnities are to a large extent the victims rather than the cause."

"Close investigation , I think, would show that excessive social activities on the part of fraternity men are somewhat inimical to scholarship. For this reason many parents do not wish their sons to live in fraternity houses. On the other hand the fraternit y men rarely give trouble in the discipline of the institution, and it is the belief that fraternity groups are an assistance in the maintenance of good order and proper decorum. "

''Opposition is felt on account of the injury infli c ted upon those who are left

out becau e of the seg r egat io n of suc h a l a r ge pr opo rti o n of th e good s tud e nts of th e schoo l who mi g ht have found a field of ac ti v it y."

"T he charges of dis s ip ation and active doing. of any so rt cannot be broucrht against fratern it y m e n as a cl ass. 1he tratermty m a n co m e s from a envi r onment. He sta rts wi th mo r e in te ll ectua l cap it a l and better preparation of eve r y so rt, hut h e i s in d iffere nt, and do cs not a ppreciate of noble se ob li ge. He wi ll make good g r a de s i f the fratermty forces htm JU St as he w ill mak e the team. His personal d eve lo pm e nt or th e d eve lopment of the community he is indi fferen t t o-per h aps m a kin g th e fraternity satisfies all of hi hum a n cu ri os ities.''

''The m a in object io n to f r ate rnitie s is that not a ll the students ca n bec ome membe r s o f them a n d derive th e ben efi ts tha t com e from th e m A s tudent who is n o t as ked to join realizes th at h e h as he en s ized up by a ll the fraternities a nd is not conside r e d good e n o u g h for eve n th e poorest of th e m , a nd this e ng e nders bitterness."

"Do n o t li ke th rln-ss ifica ti o n. ::.Jin e ty per cent of our students are in the soc iet ies There is n .:. · oi tinction to be m a de in the value o f th ese a nd non -f raternity men. Vve believe in them."

"Li ttl e doubt so far as college is conce rned th at le ss attention is paid to qualific a tions of sc h o l a r sh ip , ch arac t e r, etc. th a n formerly and mor e to suppo cd social qualifications . H a ve heard o f m e n who h ave n o t returned to college on acco unt o f in c r ease d ex pen ses in the fraternities."

"Co n s tantly u se the fraternity o r ga ni za tion s in every right way for the purpose of encou r ag in g scho l a r s hip a nd espr it de co rp s."

SUMMARY OF SWERS FROM COLLEGE OFFICERS

It s hould be borne in mind while r ead ing the conclusions which we ha ve drawn from the answer s of co llege officers-

A. That very few institutions have any inf o rm a tion in regard to this s ubj ect .

B. Th a t the number of answe r s i s so s m a ll th a t it perh a ps is unwi se to rely u pon them for re s ults w hich will app ly t o n il in s titutions.

C. That a number of offtce r s in m a king replie s h ave said that they mu s t g ive their genera l impr ess ions a nd not detinite answers b e cause th ey have no r eli ab le data

D . That in most cases the numb e r of years cove r ed by the a n swe r s is not g ive n.

W ith th e above statements in mind we would like to ca ll attention to the co nclusions w hi c h we h ave drawn from the se r ep li es.

1. That the propor ti o n of fraternity men who fail to graduate va ries ve ry grea tl y in diff e ren t coll eges. The ave r age percentage give n for tho se in s titutions w here percen t ages we re named w as 35, but only on e- third of the answers gave perc e ntages.

2. That fraternity m e n drop o ut of college m o re freely during thef reshm a n vear th a n a t a n y 0 ther tim e , a nd at the end of th e fre s hman year in lat·ge r numth an d urin g t he o ther parts of the yea r; th at quite a l a r g e number drop out du nn g th e sophomore year; a nd th a t if fraternity m e n succeed in staying in co ll ege until the be g innin g of the junior year they u sua ll y graduate.

3. That quite a l arge proportion of the fraternity men who drop o ut do so on acco unt of l a ck of funds.

4. That q uit e a large number drop out on acco unt of inadequate preparation.

S.T h a t very few d ro p o ut o n acco unt of la c k of ability.

6. Th a t q uit e a l a r ge numb e r drop out on account of indiff e rence to college work.

7. Th a t qu ite a la r ge number drop out on ac cou nt of going to another ins titution .

Th a t very drop o ut o n acco unt of excess ive indul ge n ce in student acttvttte s, o r excess tve mdul ge n ce 111 soc ia l inter es t s. or o n account of s ickness or dissip a tion , o r immo r a lity. o r extra vaga n ce, or excessive fraternity exp e nses' or violat io n of co ll ege rules, or o n account o f college pranks. '

9. Th a t th e r easo ns ·whi ch cause fraternity men t o leave college do not aff ect them any m o re than the y affect non-fraternity men ; n o r do fr a ternity men drop o ut a ny mor e f r ee ly tha n do n o n-fr a t e rnit y m e n .

10. That business opportunities frequently induce fraternity men to leave college before g raduation.

11. That fraternity membership is an incenti,·e to graduation. Answers from fraternities-

A questionnaire practically the same as that sent to presidents and deans was sent to every chapter of 35 fraternities through the grand fraternity officers. The committee w ishes to thank the latte r for the as istance which they gave and which undoubt ed ly caused so m a ny a n swers to be returned.

The circular differed from tha t se nt to presidents and deans only in making each question apply to the chapters addressed. Five hundred and thirty-three answers were received from 27 fraternities.

Abstracts of the a n swe r s to each question we r e made and these we r e studied separately. It would h ave been inter e ting to have taken the answers from any one chapter a nd tabulated them together. following this by a sim il ar analysis from another chapter a nd so forth. In this '..vay it would have been possible to ascertain whether th e chapters had accounted for 10r n (;) r cent of the students leaving college: but this would have t aken a la r ge amoun t of time and some of the re s ult s were re c:eive d so l ate that it was im possible t o do it.

The results of the q ue stion naire are as follows:

1. "Vy'hat proportion of the members of your chapter fail to graduate?

As nearly all of th ese answers are given in percentages, it was possible to find th e ave r age for a ll of th e fraternities. The highest average was 44 % and the lowe st 12 %. The average was 29%: that is to say, accordi n g to t h e reports received from 533 chapters of 27 frat e rnitie s, 29% of the frat e rnity men fail t o graduate.

2. Durin g what year of the college course a nd durin g what part of th e co llege year do your m e mber s most frequently drop out?

Five hundred and thirty-three replies were r ece ived During the fre s hm a n year. 202 During the so phomore year.. ... ...... ... 221 i umber in other years ..........Very sma ll

3. vVhat prop o rtion of fraternity men who l eave before graduation drop out on account of(a) L ack of fund s.

Five hundred and thirty-three replies were received. A lar ge proportion 14 Results in p e rc e ntage s, the average None or a very small proportion .... 132 being 19 % ..... ..... ....

(b) Poor scholarship due to inadequate preparation.

Five hundred and thirty-three replies were received. R esu lt s in percentages, the average 134 being 11.5 % 219 Very sma ll number .....................

159 No answe rs to this question .............. 99 (c) Poor scholarship due to la ck of ability.

Five hundred a nd thirty-three replies were recei ved. Non'e 148 Results in percentages, the average Very sma ll proportion 162 being 9%

Large proportion

125 (d) Po o r scholarship clue to indiff e renc e t o co ll ege work

Five hundred and thirty-three replies were r ece ived. one

72 Results in percentages, the average Very small proportion

Large proportion 47 No answers to this question.............. 82 (e) Po o r sc holar sh ip due to excessive indul ge n ce in s tudent activities.

Five hundred and thirty-three replies were received. Tone .. ..

........................................ 187 Results in percentages, the average Very sma ll proportion

147 being 8%

12 1

Large proportion 1 No a n swers to this question 158 (f) Poor scholarship due to excessive indul gence in social interests .

Five hundred a nd thirty-three replies were received.

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Five hundred and thirty-three replies were received.

(h) Sickness.

Five hundred an d thirt y -three replies were received. None

( i) Dis s ipatio

Five hundred and thirty-three replies were re ce ived.

(j) Immorality

Five

( k) Extravagance.

Five

(I ) Excessive fraterni ty expenses

Five

(m) Violation of co ll ege rules

Five hundred a nd thirty-three replies we re received

204 (n) College pranks

Five hundred an d thirt y -three replies we re re ceived. No n e ... ... _..

....... ............. 245 R es ult s in percentages, the average Sm a ll proportion

being 4 3 % -·----------- - 250 'Lar ge propo rtion

Que s tion No. 4-

No answers to this question 215

To wha t exte nt do r easo n s m e ntioned in question 3 (except 1) cause fraternity m e n t o drop out of college mor e th a n they cause ot her s tudents to le ave colle ge?

Five hundred and thirty-three replies were received. More frat e rnity m e n than non- fra t e rnity m e n drop out of colf r ate rnity men drop o ut of col- le ge _ _______ 89 l ege

N umher of fraternity men and nonfraternity men practically equaL 264 Mo r e n o n- f r a t ern ity men than No an s wers 114 indic a te that ne a rly all of th e chapters believe th a t there is pr ac tically no diff ere nc e betw ee n fraternity m en a nd non -fraternity men in the m a tter of dropping out of co ll ege.

Qu est ion No . 5-

A r e_ there oth_e r reasons wh ich ca n se fraternity m e n to l eave college before gr a duatiOn? F1ve hundred and thirty-three replies were received.

Perhaps this question should have been included under question 3, but it w as the intention to have that question deal with caus e s o perating in college and not to outside causes which would invite men to leave. The replies indicate that quite a large number of fraternity men leave to go into business Question N·o. 6---

Is fraternity membership an incentiYe 1o graduation?

Five hundred and thirty-three replies were received.

Yes .................. ......................

406 Doubtful

34

No · · 35 'o answers to this question.... 13

The fraternities are very strongly of the opinion that fraternity membership kPeps men in college . It i s but n a tural that they should think so. That this opinion is not entire ly due to prejudice is hown by the fact that the replies from college officers are to the same effect.

CONCLUSIO S BASED OPO REPORTS FROM FRATERNITY CHAPTERS

1. That 29 per cent of "fraternity members f a il to grdauate.

2. That fraternity men drop out during the freshman and sophomore years, the number l eaving during the sophomore year being slightly larger than the number l eav in g in the freshman year, and that the number leaving in the junior and senior years is very small.

3. That quite a large number of men drop out on account of lack of funds.

4. That quite a l arge number drop out on account of inadequate preparation.

5. That not very many drop out on account of lack of ability.

6. That quite a number leave on account of indifference to college work.

7. That quite a l a rg e number drop out on acco unt of going to another institution. It shou ld be borne in mind that men who drop out of college to go to another institution usually do so because they have not succeeded very well in their work.

8. That very few men drop out on account of student activities ,or social interests, or sickness , o r dissipation, or immorality, or extravagance, or excessive fraternity expenses, or violation of college rules or college pranks.

9. That fraternity men and non-fraternity men drop out in about equal numbers, the number of non-fraternity men being s li ghtly l arger than fraternity men.

10. That business attracts some fraternity men and induces them to leave college before graduation.

11. That fraternity membership is an incentive to graduation

These conclusions are substant iall y the same as those derived from the answers of college officers.

It is intere sting to st udy these two sets of reports from another standpoint. A number of college officers and many of the fraternities have given their answers to the severa l sections of qu e stion 3 in percentages. The number of college officers so reporting is quite small, but we have averaged those that were given and the following table shows the comparison between the average of percentages given by college officers and that given by fraternity chapters.

Question

0. 3.

o/o 's from reports of o/o ' s from reports of college officers. co ll ege fraternities.

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As the t o tal p e rc e nta ges g iv en by co ll eg e am?unts to o/o and th e tot a l g ive n by the c h a pter s a m o unt s t o 129. 2 %, 1t I S e v 1dent th a t m ne1ther th e s e li s t sar e th e p e r ce nt ages a bs o lut el y c orr ec t, but th a t the r es ults w e re esttm a te a as cl ose ly as poss ible w ith o ut st ri v in g fo r num e ric a l accur a cy. We ha ve th e r efo r e r e du ce d eac h o f th ese t o th e b as i s o f 100 %; that i s, e a ch p e rcentag e wa s sca l ed dow n i n th e sa me pr op orti o n unt il th e su m of e ac h c o lumn was appr oxim a t e ly 100 %. Th ese re s ults a r e g ive n in th e f o llowing tabl e :

Que s ti o n _ o. 3. (a) ( b ) (c) ( d ) (e) (f) (g) ( h ) ( i ) (j ) ( k ) (1 ) ( m ) ( n ) o/o's fr o m rep o rt s o f co ll ege offi ce r s redu ced to 100%. 17 7 15 3

o/o' s from report s of frat e rnities.

Th ese p e rc e nt ages a r e n o t ac cur a t e in them se l ve s , but we b e li ev e them t o h ave c o n s id e r a ble va lu e in po i ntin g o u t the prin cip a l r easo n s why fr a ternity men l eave co ll ege. Thu s it w ill be see n th a t in b o th c olumn s th hi g he s t per ce nta ges a r e un de r a, b, d a nd g; th a t i s, b o th th e re sult s fr o m coll eg e offi c ers and f rom th e f ra t ernit y ch a pt e r s indi ca te that the m o st imp o rt a nt cau ses which influ enc e m en t o l eave co ll ege a r e lac k of f un ds, in a d eq uate prep a r a tion, indiff e r e n ce t o co ll ege wo rk, a n d go in g to a n o th e r in s tituti o n Th e o nly oth e r ca u se w hi ch s t a n ds o ut a b ove t h e r e m a inin g r easo n s is ( c ) in th e rep o rt s fr o m the f r a terniti es b u t eve n th e r e it does n o t s h ow as pr o min e ntl y as th e caus e s a bo ve m e nti o ned

In t h e r e p o rt o f a n o th e r f r a ternit y w hi c h r eac hed th e co mmittee aft e r thi s cl ass ifica ti o n h a d b ee n m ade a, b a n d d a l s o ha ve t h e hi g h es t p e rc e nta ges and (c) is p r ac ti ca ll y as l a r ge.

Th ese r e sult s ag r ee w ith tho se o bt a in e d fr o m th e a nly s is of th e r es ult s fr o m co ll ege o ffi ce r s a nd f r o m frat e rniti es c o n s ide r ed sepa r a tely, a nd hence we ma y b e r eas on ab ly s ur e th a t th ey a r e th e ca u 3es whi c h indu ce fr a t e rnity m e n t o l ea ve befo r e g r ad u a ti o n If t h ese arc th e tru e r easo n s the fr a t e rnitie s h av e the r e m ed y t o a l a r ge ex t e nt in th e ir o wn h a nds . Wh e r e th e troubl e is due to l a ck of fund s, th e a lumni of th e f r a t e rniti es mi g ht a rr a n g e t o l oa n m o ney t o w o rth y frat e rnity m e mb e r s. In a lm os t eve ry fr a t e rn i ty th e r e a r e e n o u g h alumni to sub s crib e t o a fu nd large e n o u g h fo r thi s pu rp os e \ i\/ h e r e poo r s chol a r s hip, due e ith e r t o in:tdequa t e prepa r a ti o n o r t o indiff e r e n ce t o co ll ege wo rk i s th e ca u se o f s tud e n t l eav i ng. it is evi de nt th a t th e f r a terni ty h as initi ate d m e n w h.o ar e n o t in sp ir ed w ith hi g h id ea l s of sc h o l a r s hip .,! £ th e fr a t e rniti es h a d som e kind o f a s ch o la r s hip . r eq uir e m e nt for ad mi ss io n , f ewe r of th e ir m e mb e r s wo ul d le av e on ac co un t of t h ese ca u ses. vV h e n a s tud e nt l eav e s t o go t o a n ot h e r in s tituti o n h e u s u a ll y doe so beca u se h e h a s f a il ed in t h e in s tituti o n w h e r e h e is \i'V heth e r th e fr a t e rni t ies co ul d effect u a ll y r e m ove thi s tr o ubl e i s n o t ce rt a in , but if the sc h o lar s hip r e qu irem e n ts above m e nti o n ed we r e in sis t e d 11 p on , f e we r wo uld fail and hen c e f ewe r wo ul d go to oth er co ll eges.

Re spec tfull y s ubmitted ,

Ch a rl e s S Ho w e , Chairman

Th o m as A rkl e Clark, L e R o y S . B oy d , Rob e r t M Bird. R oge r H Williams ,

r:.c. Nek>o.,

Phi f>e ta K<!pp<!, Delt<t Ph< Alpa T.. u Jer

Alw 'K:..Noword

Alphd K"PI"d P st t1erbert r>.Jonc:>

C ho oc.e lf or

Michigan

The graphic furnished by the Univer s ity of Michigan does not g iv e actual figures, but rather a relative or comparative grading of all organizations 111 the university.

Professional Sororities Average.

Genera l Sororities Average.

Other Women's Clubs Average.

Professiona l Fraternities Average.

Delta Kappa Epsilon.

Sigma Phi.

Phi Sigma Kappa.

Sigmna Phi Epsilon.

Zeta Beta Tau.

A ll House Clubs Average. P i Upsilon.

Zeta Psi .

Delta Chi

Sigma Nu.

Sigma Chi. Kappa Sigma.

Phi Delta Theta.

Beta Theta Pi .

Other Men's Clubs

Alpha Tau Omega.

Kappa Beta Psi.

Phi Mu A lpha. General Fra ternity

Delta Upsi lo n.

Phi K:.tppa Sigma.

Alpha Delta Phi.

Phi Kapp a P i. ACACIA.

A lph a Sigm a Phi

Sigma A lph a Epsilon.

C. Grade.

Delta Tau Delta

Phi Gamma Delta.

Lamda Chi Alpha.

Chi Psi

Th eta D e lt a Chi. Average. Average.

From the foregoing table we lind Acac ia twenty-fir s t in the list of twentyeight general fraternities. Comparison with last year's report shows a gain of two places, which does not indicate, however , a raise in the average of their men Michigan is still below the average for a ll m e n in th e univ e r s ity

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First Semester

Thi s rep o r t indic a t es th a t at Nebraska Acacia outranked, not o nly the fraternity m e n and the non - frat e rnity men , but the wom e n of the university as well.

Comparing with the · report of l as t yea r w e find that Acac i a impro ve d her average from 218.6, the first se mester, to 257.2 The second semester shows a s till greater gain from 175.6 to 244.8.

It i s t o be n o ted that the average for women at the time of l as t year ' s report was 249.0 and that this year th ey dropped to 245.1. Th e second semester indic a te s a drop from 266 7 to 261.5.

The average for men l ast year was a l so greater than this year. Comparison of figur es b e in g as follows :

For the .fi r t se me s t e r l ast year the average f o r men was 167 6 a nd for the same semester th1 s yea r .1 57.7 . For the second sell1ester of l ast year's report the men ave ra ge d 188.2, while for the second semester of thi s year's report they averaged 180 1.

In the face of a drop throughout th e genera l averages for the remainder of the university Acacia advanced, and we co n g r atulate the r eb r a ka chapter on her showing.

We r eg r e t to announce that th e average of Ohio chapter s how a drop of 5.8 below their average of last year , which was an incr ease of 59 over th at of the preceding year. We are confident, however, that Ohio can repeat the work of two years ago and thereby place herself in the mid s t o f the b est workers at Ohio.

Harvard

Harvard U niver s ity does not compile data relati ve to th e condition of fra · ternities.

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(University of Pennsylvania)

lVI inn eso t a as co mp a r ed w ith the report of la s t ye a r Three years in the

m a k es o n e ex pect bett e r thing s of th e chapter.

It h as b ee n th e g en e r a l ex per i en c e , h o w e ver, th a t new ch a pt e r s m a in ta in a b e tt er ave r a g e for the p e titi o nin g y ear th a n th e y do through th e f o ll ow in g yea r s

We wo uld t a ke mu ch plea s ur e in see ing Minnesot a disthrone A lph a S ig m a Phi , eve n though it we r e but f o r a chang e in pla ces .

Wisconsin

Th e t a ble b e lo w will indicat e that wisconsin h as the a bility t o d o thin gs w h e n s h e s t a rt s in . A jump fr o m t w enty-second p l ac e to a rank of nin t h hows th a t a co mbined effort or o dn ces re s ults.

It is in te r es tin g to k n ow th a t the pl edge s held

aye r age

.8.

Active Members

Pennsylvania State College

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Missouri

We are indeed well p l eased with Missouri chapter. Whi l e their % C s s hows a sli g ht drop over the report of l as t year, they a re t ill ab le to ti e Phi Delta Theta for first p lace. Th e t ab l e show ing th e ir rank for th e past five year is indeed gratifying.

Social Fraternities Compared With Non-Frat. Men Students

"Each value in the table below indicates that the fraternity durin g th e s ix semes t ers preceding that date had made on the ave rage so much mor e or so much less per ce nt cred it th a n the average non-fr a t e rnity s tudent, freshmen 'exclud ed , during the sa me s ix se m es ters. The table thu s s how s the gradual ch a n ge in the sc holarship of each fraternity."

19 12 ACACIA --------------------· - - - + 8

Phi Delta Thet a -5

Beta Theta Pi -----· ·--

"T he me a ning of thi s t ab l e mi g ht b e s umm ed up in th e fo llo wing la n guage: In 191 2 the scholarsh ip of o n e fratern it y was far above that of t h e n o n -f r a ternity men ; the scho lars hip of a ll others was far b e low, so mu c h so that the univ e rsity author itie s took steps to rem edy thi s cond iti c n. In 19 16 the sc h o lars hip of t wo fratern itie s is distinctly a b ove th at of the n on-f r a t e rni ty men w ith w h om they may be compared ( not considering freshmen in either case). The sc h o la rship of even others is a bout e qu a l t o that of non-fraternity m e n (the differenc e bein g within plus or minus o ne ) . The scholarship of the rem a ining five amo n g the tot a l of fourt ee n is s till di s tin c tly below that of n o n-fr a t e rnity men. "

Iowa State College

Acacia, with an av er age of 85.03, occ upi ed t we nty-ni nth p lace in a li st of thirty -s even fraternities and o r o ritie s. Comparison with l ast yea r 's report r er ea l the fact that Acacia fell b ac k e ig hteen places.

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Pu rdue

Six soctetles h ave b ee n n ew ly added to the list in this report. They ar e g iven their r e lative position, but in o rder to preserve consistency with the last report no numbers are given them

Th e fra t ern iti es indi ca ted by a n as tensk (*) are ehgtble competttors for th e Alfo rd S c holarship Tr o phy. Th e symbol (§) afte r th e name indicat es the winnin g of the trophy fo r o n e se me s ter. It is now won again by Phi Delta Theta. Th e fi n a l award of the tr o phy will be determined by a nother winning by either the A. T. 0. or the Phi Delta T heta, unless some o ther competitor shall firs t hav e won it for both a second and a third tim e.

The contest will continue until there a r e a m ajo rity of winnings by one fra ternity w ith in any eight co n sec uti ve semes te rs. The original winning by D elt a Tau Delta thus becomes ou tl awed in th e coming (ni nth ) semester.

The Troop Scholarship Cup offe red in comp e tition betw e en Tau Beta Pi , A lph a Zeta, A lph a Gamma Rh o, Eta K ap p a N u, Triangle a nd Acacia h as been he ld once by E t a Kappa N u and t w ic e by A lph a Zeta. It no w goes aga in to Eta Kappa N u, th a t re m ain in g within the 15-point h a ndic a p of Alpha Zet a and Tau Beta Pi.

Th e fig ur e s in p a renthesis indi ca t e the corrected rel a ti ve sta ndin g at the close of t he first s e mester. The present advance or retr og r ession rel a tive t o th at seme ster i s indicated in per ce nt by the figur e s following th e n a me.

It m ay be noted th a t three o f the societies have reached their highest scho la rship a ve r age and eight soc i e tie s th e ir l owest in thi s sem e ster. Of the thirty-six s ocieties eigh t h av e a m embersh ip of thirty or more, and four a membership under t we nty. Th e la rg est memb e r s hip is T a u Be ta Pi ( 43 ) and th e s m a lle st are T a u Ka ppa A lpha (8) a nd Delt a Rho (13 ) Sc a bb a rd a nd Blade_ ___ - 1 Omicron N u - -- --+ 9 ( 3) T a u K a ppa Alpha__ __ -

2 A lph a Z eta - 2 I 1)

3 Aga th o m - - -- -- 4 ( 2) Delta Rho - - ---·Theta Chi Gamma

* Sigm a A lpha Epsilon _ 1 (17)

University of Washington

The ave r age of the fraternit i es at ' Nas hin g ton is pub li she d in the form of a relative graph i c. Th e f r a t e rniti es are rank ed as fo ll ows:

Theta Chi

Pi Tau Eps il on

Delta Kappa Ep s ilon

D el ta Upsi lon

Delt a Chi

A ll University average

Non-Frate rni ty men

Phi De l ta Theta

A ll men ave r age

Beth Qoph.

Fr a ternity ave rage

Sigma Nu

Sigma .Chi

Be t a T h eta Pi

Phi Kappa Psi

A CACIA

Sigma A lpha Epsilon

Kappa Sigma

A lpha Si g ma

A lp h a T a u Omega

Psi Upsilon

Delta Tau Delta

Theta X i

Theta D e lt a Chi

Phi Kappa Alpha

(13) (29) (22) (16) (26) (2 1) (30) (27) (25)

Colorado has experienced a consistent dropping off in schola r stic work eve r ince the university first gathered the sta ti s tics . The table below should t e ll the men just wha t they need to do for Acacia. Kappa

C:la a j- £ i c-.::; :o be c:-rn!'"c.ni,.,, A exages !or the year 1915- 9 6 F:ra ·erni ·es-- e;1:

K a ns a s S tate

Kansas State put forth honest effort last fall and started to climb. Her average at the commencing of the school y e ar was below that of the preceding spring, but the result in the spring indicated good work on the part of the chapter. The average two years ago was 79 6 and the average for la st year was 78.

· Regula ti ons Affect ing So cial Groups in Te x a s

1. Before students can b e initiated into fraternities , s ororities , or lik e organizations, they must have passed in one long session at least four c o ur s e s of regular work counting for degrees, or four and two-thirds co urse s in o ne long session and the subsequent Summer School. Students coming from other colleges shall be subject to this rule, except that those credited here with a t l ea st four courses toward a degree for work done during their last year of attend a nce at the institution from which they came, may be initiated on the completion of twelve hours of work in one term . If, however, they fail to complete tw e lv e hours of work durin g the fir s t term of attendance here, they must comply with the first prov is ion of this regulation.

2. No chapter of a frat e rnity, sorority, or like soci a l organization sh a ll initiate any person to its membership unless the a vera g e s cholarship of such chapter both as to amount of work passed and gr a de made shall be slightly a b ov e th e average of the univers ity, excluding courses officially listed as open to fr es hmen Chapter va l idity in this matter of i nitiat ion shall be established during one long ession, and hold good for the following ye a r. Chapter invalidity may be removed by the fall term's work, the establishm e nt of such v a lidity not to be cl a im ed before Febru ary 15th.

No student who is not a regular member of the fr a t e rnity, sorority, or lik e organization may room or board in a chapter house.

4. Each sorority must h a ve a suitable chaperone subject to th e approv a l of the Dean of Women.

5. In every chapter house, or club hous e, there sh a ll be a resident m e mber who shall have received the approval of the F a culty Committee on Student Social Organizations. This memb e r may be a senior student, a graduate student , o r other person approved by the committee, and shall be responsible to the C o mmittee of the Faculty for the carrying ont of th e se regulations and reforms.

6. There sh a ll be appointed a standing committee of the faculty on student socia l organiatzions whose duty i t sha ll be to attend to the enforcement of thes e regulations.

1ll!lqn IJqn in 1\raria

GILBERT M. CLAYTON

" Another Kansan Makes Good " is the tribute paid to Brother Gilbert M. Clayton by the University Da _il y " ?kinney," a_s is popularly known among Acac ians and 111 the Untverstty, made hts JOUrney acr os s the hot sctnds in the fa ll of 19 13 and has since been an active and enthusiastic booster for Acacia .

Brother Cla y t o n enter ed th e U ni v er s ity of Kansas in the fall of 1911. co ming fr o m the s h o rt g ra ss co untr y at Hill City , Kansas. He h a d b e en s tun g b y th e j o urn a li s m b ee, h av in g been editor of the Hill o ne y ear .

W ith this experience b efo r e him h e decided to take an A . B . de g ree w ith his major in j o urn a li s m. That h e ch o se aright is demonstrated

City High School Annual and of the Peoples R eveille ot Hill City for by his success in that field both in the university and since his graduation.

He is a member of the Sigma Delta Chi, Honorary Journalistic Fraternity, and in school was a member of "The Owl ," " Scoop Club," "Kansas Board," was associate ed it or of the 1915 Jayhawker, and was publicity man for th e University Department of Journalism.

Although these activities took much of his time they did n ot prevent him from taking an active part in ev e rything for the goo d of Masonry and of Acacia. In February, 1915, the Scottish Rite Degrees were conferred upon him by the Lawrence Consistory Jo . 6 at Lawrence. Kansas

He received his A. B. degree from the University of Kansas in 1915 and since that time his promotions in the newspaper field have been rapid. His first position was on the staff of the Stevens Point Daily Journal of Stevens Point, Wisconsin. From there he went to Chicago to accept a position with the United Press. In September, 1916, he was transferred to Topeka, Kansas, as manager of the Topeka bureau of the Unit ed Press. In November he was promoted to the head of the United Pres s service in Kansas City, which pos_iti o n he now holds.

The Kansas Chapter thinks that it has many reasons for being justly proud of the str ides it is making. One of the reasons is Brother Gilbert M. Clayton.

WILLARD WALDO ELLIS

Willard Waldo Ellis was born in Arkport, N . Y., August 10, 1879. He entered Cornell University, graduating in Arts in 1901, and in L aw in 1903. During his career at Cornell he became a member of the Varsity basket-ball team and was champion welterweight wrestler.

In the year of his graduating in law he was admitted to the New York State bar, and was also married to Edith Anna Ellis.

The Cornell University library was fortunate in obtaining hi s services in 1902, where he remained until 1916. Since that time he has been librarian of the New York State College of Agriculture, at Cornell University.

Brother Ellis joined the Blue Lodge in 1909; the Ro ya l Arch C h apter and the Commandery of Knights Templar in 1910; j o inin g the Shrine and the Acacia Fraternity in 1913. He was Eminent Commander of the Commandery in 1914-15; High Priest of the Chapter in 19 15 , an d is at present Worshipful Master of Hobasco L o dge No . 716, Ithaca , N . Y.

Besides bein g ve ry active in Masonic Circles , B rother Ellis is a loy:1l and active Acacian. He is at present pres id e nt of the Acacia Fraternity Corporation at Cornel l.

Brother Ellis is a "good fellow" and is generally present at hanquets of all sorts, with a speech to fit the occasion, and especially "those of Masonic form," for he is a student of Masonry. In fact , he has wr itten the histories of the loca l chapter of the Royal Arch and Commandery of Knights Templar, celebrating their one hundred et h and fiftieth anniversaries, respectively.

A A Jenk i ns , Gmnd Secretary

Leg islat io n

The chapters now have presented to them for action the following amendments to the Constitution passed at the last Conclave:

(1) In A rticle 4, Secti o n 1, and all other places where the words Grand Vice-President occur in this Constitution and By-Laws the words Grand Counselor shall be substituted, and in all places where the wo rd s Grand Counselor now occur they shall be stricken out.

(2) T o amend Article 4 , Section 5, by striking out the clause after the word chapter and by adding after that word the following: "Shall pay offici a l visits to and ad v i se with the various chapters and make such recomm e ndations to them as he shall see fit. He shall make his report to the Grand Council and make recommendations to that body regarding conditions of the various chapters, and shall perform such duties as would r eg ularly pertain to the office of a Grand Vice-President .

( 3 ) A rticle 4 , Section 16 . Active members of general, nati o nal , social, college fraternities shall not be eligible to member s hip in Acacia and members o f Acacia joining general, national , social, college fraternitie s s hall forfeit their membership in Acacia

(4) To amend Article 4 , Section 3, to read: The Grand Council shall co nstitute a Permanent Committee on Endowment for administrati o n of all endowment fo r this Fraternity, all funds known as the Endowment Fund shall be held separate b y the Grand Trea s urer. Donors contributing $15 o r les s than $100 s hall be known as Sustaining Members of the Aca cia Fraternity Endowment Fund, donors contributing $100 or le ss than $1,000 shall be kn ow n as Fellows of the Acacia Fraternity Endowment F und , and donors contributing $1,000 or mor e s hall be known as Pa trons of th e Acac ia Fraternity Endowment Fund, and the Grand Secre t a r y s hall furni s h copies of a ll of ficial publicati o n s of the Frate rnity g r a tuit o u s ly to s u c h donors.

A discussion of th e m er it s of the se q ue s ti ons n ow before the chapters mi g ht perhaps be o ut of place h e r e, but the a tt e nti o n o f eac h act i ve a nd a lumnu s s h ou ld be ca ll ed to th e imp or tan ce of the ac ti o n t o be taken by the ch apter. In vo tin g on a n y of the se amendme nt s the c h ap ter is vot in g o n a proposed c h a n ge in th e fundamental law of the F r a ternit y and in doing so is acting not as a loca l body but as o n e unit in a national organization The action of each chap t er s h ould t h erefore be directed to the genera l welfa r e and that shou l d be the first co n s id erat ion g uidin g the vote of each man. The Const ituti o n h as been c h ano-ed lio-ht h ear t ed! 0 h l::> b y m t e past and changes h ave been so numerous that one can h ard ly tell from year to year what i and what is not l aw. It is a ser ious matter

and s h ou ld recei ve erious con id e rati on . The referendum part of the machinery of changing th e Con titution becau e it ' a wi ely fore see n that, in the rush o f a Conclave , matt e r s could not a lway receive the requir ed consideration and some wou ld arise on wh ich the delegates had n o t th o ught before lea v in g their c hapt e r . Do not ru s h to v te on any of these, consider all thoughtfully and wit h an eye to the future of Acacia. Fewer chan ge are ubmitted this tim e than u ual and this should sec ur e m o re mature judgment than when numerou ubjects h ad to be acted upon.

The following new By-Laws adopted at Lafayette a re n ow in force and are t o be obeyed by all chapters.

(1 ) There shall be a pledging fee of eight ($8.00) dollar payable at the time of pledging. Thi s fee s hall be r et urn ed if the candidate is found improper for initiation.

(2) All co ntract s pertaining t o real e tate , which affect any chapter, must be submitted to the Grand Council, and approved by it , before contract is entered upon

The Grand Co u n cil

No regu lar meeting of the Counci l ha s be e n held s in ce the Co ncla ve but the Grand President , Grand Vice-Pres ident arid Grand Secretary ha ve twice had conferences, at Philadelphia and at New Haven, where the three happened to be called on personal affairs and t ook occasion t o go at the same time: In addition several matters have be e n presented to the Council for action and thus the members have been in cl ose and constant communication and all are kept in t o uch w ith developments in the Fraternity. The three mentioned enjoyed the ho sp italit y of Franklin Chapter on Thanksg iving Day and they and the chapter received new and strong impressions of the nati o na l it y of the Fraternity by thi visit.

Announcement has been made to the chapters of the s u spe n s ion of th e charter of Stanford Chapter. Notice was g iv en the Gra nd Pre ident in Dec e mber th a t the chapter had voted to surrender its charter and it ha s been delivered to him It is perhap unneces ary t o ca ll the attention of the alumni to the fact that this s uspension of the charter does not in any way affect the standing of the alumni of Stanford Chapter .

o me difficulty ha s been expe ri e nc ed by Yale Chapter thi yea r owin g to troubles connected w ith it s hou se a nd o ther matters but after consultation with th e Grand Co uncil the men decided that w ith the encourarrement of the Co uncil the y cou ld overcome their difficulti es. The house h as been g ive n up for the present. Headqu a rt e r a re e t ab li s h ed with B r o ther Schultz, 1115 Edwards Hall.

Columbia Chapter rep ort s t o the Cou n c il that it w ill oc cup y a h o u se on February first. Ame h as just moved int o a new h o u e built for the chapter.

C h a pter Se cretari es.

The pin o rd e rs a r e com in g more sat isfactor il y and few complaint have been received recently from the chapter s o r the of ficial jeweler

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Please rememb e r to sign all orders and to add at the bottom the name of the purchaser. Do not put this in the last column or the engraver may be misled by it to in sc ribe the whole name. Report all delays or o th er causes for co mplaint to this office .

Do not wa it until supplies are ex h a usted before ordering. Membership record s, pin blanks and accounting form s should be kept on hand in s u f fici ent quantity to avoid running out.

Members hip records s till come in "v ith o ut the nam e o f the chapter and sometimes w ith o ut the nam e of the Secretary. Every man signs the membership roll w hen initiated and the number on his record should be that of the order of hi s initi a tion as s h ow n b y his signing the r o ll. This number usually is omitted and ve r y rarely when g ive n d oes it chec k w ith th e number on the Grand Secretary's roll. P l ease se nd in a copy of yo ur r o ll so that this ma y b e c hecked

No Secretary ha s yet se nt in a single rec ord of those r epo rted missin g by Brot h e r Kilmer. He did a g reat work in sec urin g records from those alumni who le ft none w ith th e ir chapters. Only a few are s till to b e sec ured and thi s s hould be attended to a s early as possible.

He nc efort h accounting blanks w ill be furnished th e chapters a t cost. A new s uppl y is now being procured and w ill soon be r ea dy for the needs of the c hapt ers. This system of accounting brings no revenue to the Conclave but is solely for the benefit of th e chapters. As they would in any case h ave t o purchase a se t of bo oks it seems t o the Council o nl y just that the expense of these forms should be the chapters' and not the Concl ave 's.

The sem i- ann u a l financial r epo rt to the Grand President is no w du e. The December fees are in some cases n ow overdue. Please remit.

Journal Subscribers

New Addresses

The J ourna!s addresse_d as indicated below remain unca ll ed for. Will some one pleace furmsh the Ed1tor w ith new a ddresses? E;erbert Wheaton Con_gdon, 82 St. Pau l Street, Rochester, N'. Y.; Joe Vale, Texas; E. H. Clm e, 203 Welton :r:'lace, Los Ange l es, CaL; C. E. Baysmger, Syracuse, E. R. Po l k, \i\(hltmg, In.; Creed H. Brown, 1440 Clay Street, San Francisco, CaL ; 0 G. Wh 1te, 957 Broadway, Oakland, CaL This office has no address for T. W. Gilbert of Columbia.

Unclassified

Roy C. Tripp Dr. Julian Petit, Prof. H. 0 Peffer.

Qlnllrgintr Nrms

An investigation of conditions at the University of Kan s as wa s recently conducted by an efficiency commi ss ion. The commission recommended that the university be open six days a week in place of five , and that classes be held during the eight hours of the day in order to relieve the congestion and lack of space now felt in every department .

Coaching football at the University of California costs that institution $12,000 annually.

This is the last formal rushing season, as it has been held a t Nebraska University, th e new scholarship rules being in force now, and hereafter on ly those fraternities will be allowed to pledge freshmen whose scholarship average i s above the genera l average for all fraternities . The fraternities above the average may pledge freshmen at any time during the year.

The Agricu ltur a l Col.tege at Ohio State University is usmg individual photographs of a ll the first-year students for record cards. The 204 pictures were taken in thirty-four minutes with a specia l camera, which makes 750 exposures without reloading and uses a moving-picture fi lm "The chief difficu lt y found in taking the pictures ," said Mr Haske tt , "was to sort the students into classes a ccord in g to size ."

The Illinois Magazine rec e ntly attempted th e sa le of the periodical by an honor system , placing boxes unwatched about the campus for the price of the book to be tossed into. Unfortunately some sneak thief stole a few of the boxes, and it is fe a r e d the idea will have to be abandoned

During the holiday season a large number of Pennsylvania students who are working their way through the university s e cured temporary assignm e nts in the posta l service of th e city of Philadelphia. Postmast e r Thornt o n in a letter to Provost Smith said : "Their energy and intelligence in the handling

o f m a il co ntribut ed la r g el y to the rap1d mov e m e nt o f a v olum e g r eat e r than h as eve r bee n h a ndled b y th e Phila delphi a po s t o ffice ."

In a thr e e w ee k s ' ca mp a ign th e s tudent of the U ni ve rsit y o f P e nn y lv a ni a contribut ed $2 ,000 tow a rd th e n e ed s of the Chri s ti a n As oc ia tion , for it e mp l oyment bur e au , se ttlement work a nd foreign medic a l mi s si o nary intere s t s.

The Architectur a l Scho o l o f th e U niversity of P e nnsylv a nia ha s a g a in d e monstrated it s nation a l s uperiority through the winning by its s tud e nts o f eight of the thirt e en med a l re ce ntly award ed in th e se cond B ea ux A rt competiti o n. Only s ix t e en de s igns were submitted by th e m a nd o f the s e four were accorded all four fi r s t priz e s , four took second m eda l s a nd e v e r y o ne of the remaining entrants re c eived mention. "A Movin g Pi c ture Plant " w a s the ubject of the comp e tition, and th e desig n s submitt e d w e re only re c ently judged in New York.

There ar e more than 100 P e nn s ylv ania m e n s erv in g in vari o u s ca paciti es in tht Fren c h a rmy. One a mbul a nce h a s been sent by the Ma s k and Wig ( dramatic) Club , a nd a s e cond a mbulance ha s just b ee n rec e iv ed throu g h the kindnes s of an an o nym o u s don o r. Th e words " Univer s ity of Penn s yl v a ni a" are painted on the t o p ca mpaign for the third auto ambul a nce w a s s tarted J a nuary 8. An imm e di a t e a nd ge n e rou s re s pon e e n s ur e s th e s ucce ss of th e m ove m e nt . Br a s pl a t es to go on the s ide o f the car have b ee n pnrch asc d , o n whi c h th e wor ds "Univer s i ty o f P e nn s y l v a ni a" ha ve b ee n c ut

In pl ac e o f cl ass fi g ht s a t th e U niv e r s ity of P e nn sy l va ni a w hi c h h ave been a boli s h e d , elev e n so ph o m o r efr es hm a n co nt es t s in s port s w ill be held, in whi ch m e mb e r s o f th e fi r st t e am s will n o t b e e li g ibl e. Th e deans of the C o ll ege , T ow ne s c ie nti fic an d \iVhart o n S choo l w ill off e r a tr o phy .

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Dr. Willi a m C. Farrabee, leader of the university of Pennsylvania Museum's Amazon expedition, was presented with a gold medal by the Explorers' Club at the annual meeting in ew York , where he was the guest of honor. Admiral Robert E. Peary, president of the club, presided.

Additions of Chinese, Egyptian and other curios added a half-million dollars in va lu e to the coll e ctions of the University of Pennsylvania Museum during 1916. The executive committee has decided to try to raise $3,500,000, two millions for endowment, a half million for buildings and a million for new purchases The museum is the youngest in the country, but one of the greates t in the wo rld in its achievements.

Editor' s Note-The editor wishes to state that he has used but one-twentieth of the materi a l furn ished by the University of Penn s ylvania.

The Journal needs collegiate news. If your c hapter is not represented write the c hapter se cretary and complain.

A prize cup has been offered by the alumni of 22 a cademic fraternities of Minnesota to the chapter which sha ll attain the highest standing in scholarship for thr ee distinct years . The offer has been made for the purpose of stimulating scholastic competition among the fraternities . Each chapter into whose t e mpor a ry possession the cup enters shail have its name engraved upon it.

The Pan-America n Society of the University of Minnesota met October 20. Mr. Fr ederickson gave a talk on Pan-Americ a nism

The Pan-American soc iety was originated two years ago at the University of Minnesota for the purpose of s tudying trade rel a ti o ns between the United St a t es and th e South American countri es

Plans are now und e r way for establishing chapters of the society at various uni ve rsiti es in this counrty and in South America. The society is in hopes of getting "t raveling lectures" betwee n the two continents.

Thirty-f o ur fraternities at Cornell ha ve Yoted to ex clude s a l esmen from se lling g oods in fraternity houses.

For the first time in its history the Washingtonian is breaking even. It is expected that the literary monthly will finish the year with a clean slate.

The football receipts for the year reached the record-breaking sum of $19,462, a clear profit of $4,000 resulting.

The total sa l es of the University of \iVashington co-operative store amounted to $33,000 the first of the year. In 1915 for the same period they were $23,000.

Fraternities and sororitie s have come in for a great deal of scorn and cen sure because of the preva l ent idea that they are th e homes of "student s nob s."

More and more, however, this idea is dis a ppearing, and now comes the "Mu Phi Epsilon" sorority , at the University of W as hington, w i th a well-defined program of service to fellow- s tudents.

This sorority, organized in Seattle a year ago, and destined to attain national scope, will give " univer s ity training in music" free to students who cannot otherwise get it.

Some of the girls have been giving their sen•ic e for quite a period of time and t ake great pleasure in th e ir work. They give instruction in vo ic e culture , violin and piano, and claim a great benefit to themselves as well as to th eir pupils.

Sever a l of the departments of the University of \i\iashington are to undergo radic a l ch a nges this semester. Instructions received the first of the year from the board of regen t s resulted in the division of several subjects which heretofore have been linked under on e head.

The dep a rtment of political a nd social sci e nc e has been ordered se parated . In the future there will be four distinct d ep artment s in this group-sociology, politic a l science, economics and commerce-each hav i ng a separate head. Mathematic s and astronomy will be divided , as well.

The fraternities at Washington again made use of the opportunity to expose th e ir home l ife to the e ditor s of the s tate by providing entertainment and hom e comfort for all newspaper men attending the Washington Newspaper Inst itute This move on the part of the fraternities will do more than any-

thing e l se to kill a nti-fr a ternity le gis lation.

The co-operative ass oci at i on at Syracuse is p l a nning on ext end in g its field to include fraternity supplies and a lumni purchases. The wholesale department i s expected to save the fraternity hou ses 25 per cent or more on a ll articles purchased through th e association

The "Co-op" will buy all its a rticle s who l esa l e and without doubt w ill k eep a storehouse of its own. A number of the fraternity h ouses h ave taken up th e plan, fo r it is a s imple method to save money a nd get better a rticle s at less cost.

In order to ·co nveni e nce the a lumni and s tudent s, a mail order business will be s tart ed which will give th e p eop le who live in the country or away from the lar ge r sto res , a comp l e te assortm e nt of goods at a low figure. Through thi s system the middl e m a n and the retail de a ler 's p rofits will be cut giving th e buyer th e art icles at factory prices.

The New York State Coll ege of Forestry of Syracuse Uni ver sity has been awarded two diplomas and a bronz e medal for exhibits at the Panama-Pacific Exposition. Th e bron z e m edal and one of the diploma s was awarded the C o ll ege of Forestry for its forestation mod e l s, w hil e a diplom a of honorable mention was awarded the college for its case of wood utilization specim ens.

The E co nomics D epa rtment o f Syracus e h as endorsed H e nry Ford's book against cigarette smoking.

"The Cas e Against th e Little Whit e Slaver,'' a booklet publi s hed by Henry Ford to uphold his objections against cigarette smoking, has found such favor with the members of the Economics Department of Syracuse University that it h as been adopted as a t ex t-book in that department. The booklet is prefaced by a lett e r from Thomas A. Edison condemning the use of cigarettes. A l e tter of defense from Mr. Percival T. Hill of the American Tobacco Company, challenging proof of such con· demnation, which is Ford's motive for publishing the book, follows. By placing facts given by men of authority before the American boy and man, Ford

trie s, in "The Case Against the Little White Slaver ," to give them a chance to decide for them elves against the use of th e c igarette

Plans are being drawn for a new crew b oa thouse for Syracuse niversity. The building w ill house the l aunches, s hells, oars and rowing fixtures on the first fl oo r. The flo o rs above wi ll be devoted to living r ooms, s tudy room s and a dormitory. Coach Ten Eyck believes it wi ll be a great aid in maintaining fit physical condition of crew men to have a place w h ere the men can live.

Syracu se is condu c ting a campaign to secure military tr a inin g und e r the provisions of Order 249 . The conditions o f the order are briefly su mm ar ize d as follows:

1. One hundr ed men enrolled.

2 Milita ry drill and theory tau gh t by re g ul a r army officer three hours a week for two years

3 Uniforms and eq uipment furnished by the government.

4. Part board w hil e co ll ege i s in session paid by government to men who cont inu e work in upper cl ass year

5. One hundred dollars a month durin g su mmer vacation paid to such m e n as instructors in milit a ry training camps.

6. Commi ss ion s as seco nd li eutenants of the Unit ed Stat e s r eserve army g ive n to suc h men upon graduat ion .

7. No additional military obligation .

The total enrollment of 2,772 st udents at the University of Texas includes s tudents from eve r y county of th e s t ate, twenty-six other states and six foreign coun tri es.

A n ew men's gymnas ium i s to be opened a t Texas sometime during the month of Februa ry. Th e gymnasium wi ll have floor space 105 x l1 2 feet. Th ere will be separate rooms for boxin g, wrest lin g a nd social affa ir s. The fixt ures , including we ights , bars, e tc. a r e being installed .

The University of Oklahoma cl a ims to have the l a rge st geology department in the wo rld. There are 400 students e nroll ed in the department, and 62 a r e ma .io rin g in thi s su bject . Oil accounts for much of thi s int eres t

T h e Student s Chi ef Dut y

However important other coll ege functi ons and ac tiviti es m ay be , a student s hould not forget th a t his chief purpose is t o study. Th e college ex ists not as a soc i a l no1· as an athletic institution , a place s impl y for frolic and fun Its purp os e is to fashion a nd mold a s trong, virile, a nd v e rs at il e personality. And tbis r es ult can be acco mplish ed only through hard and unpl easa nt " b one ing." Statistic s show th a t it is the so-called bookworms who have mad e good out in th e world.

For a numb e r of r easo ns, th e n, it is very n ecessa r y for fr a ternity men to make r eco rds for scholarship. In the first pl ace that is wh a t they ar e ther e for, a nd in th e opinion of th e writ e r any hi g h sta nd ard of schol a rship it wins for th e m th e e steem and r e sp e ct of both faculty and f e llow st ud e nts . It is not r easo n ab l e to expect a facult y to lend its stamp of ap proval to any class of men who, almost without e xc e ption, maint a in a poor s tand a rd of schol arship. Nor will th ey lon g tol e rat e such a condition . W e b e li eve that th e poor scholarship has be e n on e of the caus es of frat e rnity opposition o n th e part of th e f a culti e s.

Too often th e football h ero who is halfback on th e te a m is fu ll back in the class room. Yet h e is brought Into th e frat er nity with much rejoicing and great tumult He may become a good fraternity man a nd h e m ay not W e have s ee n it work both w ays. Do not mist a k e our m eaning. We ar e not pleading for "double stars," "straight As" and "Firsts" any stronger than for good , solid e arnest work that has a convincing thoroughness It is a great thing to l ea rn that social and athletic activities do not n ecessar ily pr eve nt good sc holar sh ip. Th e average college stude n t ac tu a ll y was t e s e nough tim e doin g nothing to pu ll his scholarship up to a high a v e r age. W e believe that P I Kappa P hi sho Jld set a high standard of fine scholarship and m a k e eve r y member feel uncomfortab l e who constantly a nd insisten tl y fiunks It is very to no tice that more and more e mph as is is being pl a c e d upon scholarship in our chapter letters May this co ntinue to be - 7'he S ta1· ancl Lamp pf Pi K a ppa Phi. Edw a rds , Z '10

The Proper Selection

A not ab!P. improvement in sc holarship yea rs am on g our und ergradu a t e m e mbers. Thi s affo 1·ds us mu c h pleasure. Whil e th e boys st ill put a posit i o n on the football t eam ahead of the r ec eipts of a Phi B e ta Kappa k e y (a nd " th ere is no r e saon why they sho uldn't It's harde r to g e t," says our Business M a na ger) th e craz e for a ll forms of ath l e ti cism t o the exc lu sion of a ll e l se s e ems to have passed. Af t e r a ll our und e r g radu ate s are at co ll ege to ge t a n e ducation in certain lin e s a nd succ e ss in t hose lines is to be

co mm en d ed a nd sought after. The numb e r of stud e nts who are dropp e d from t he ir c lasses is deplorable. Our ch a pt e rs see m to be sel e ctin g th e ir men mor e carefully. Th e m a n who has four yea rs of und e r g r a duate fraternity life is, oth e r thin gs being e.q u a l , usually a better frat e rnit y man than one who has a shorter e xperi e n ce - The B eta Theta Pi.

Work a nd t he College lilia n

Th e supreme duty of th e college m a n i s work. It is th e consciousness of work we ll and faithfully done, of studies thoroughly mastered, th a t m a k es possible th e other side of coll ege life. H e who p e rmits his college to provide him with a d iscip l in e d mind and a r e fin e d tast e is acc e pting an eq vipm en t which will bring t o his lat e r life a satisfaction in living that will amply comp e nsat e for the l a ck of m a ny grosser comforts. To b e able t o think clearly, to r easo n wis e l y, to possess a s a n e judgm e nt, to have an appreciation for th e fine things in art, lite rature a nd history, is to h ave th e jo yous consciousness of a life that is high ab o ve th e l eve l of the co mmonplac e.

Th en blessings o n this coll e ge m a n ! Nurtured in the atmosphere of the right s ort of a college-such as each on e of us r e presents h e r e tonight-he is the most hop e ful prophecy of our n a tional salvation. His patriotism, his scholarship and his character · w ill make him the mighti es t potentiality of future years in dethroning graft and crushing t y ranny. H e will be th e finest e xpon e nt of public and pri v at e honest y in our public life. For we sh a ll find th a t th e typical coll ege has g i ve n to th e world in the typical collegian a man of genuine worth, of r eal efl'ectlveness.-Guy Benton P otter in The Scroll of Phi D elta 'l'beta.

The Scholastic Joker

"A ll too often th e attitude is assumed of joking a nd j e sting about low grades a nd failures. This is doubtl ess du e to th e d es ire to sympathize with th e broth er in his plight; but w e a ll know down in o ur h ear t o f hearts th a t it is far from creditable to be a " fiunk e r " Thus while atte mptin g to assuage th e disappointment of a brot h er, w e are doing him the i nju s ti c e of c r ea tin g in his mind th e thought that really a co ndition in some study is a joke, a thin g of j es t for th e fun m aker. This is vitally wrong, wrong to the ind ividu a l, t o th e frat er ni ty, and to th e sc b oo i. -Tit e Tomahawl• of Alpha Sigma Phi.

The Be st Ch a pter s

Th e g r ow ing Impro ve m e nt in scholarship among th e undergraduat e s is a m a tt e r of congra tul at ion . Abo ut on e -third o f our chapters secured first place in scholarship at their respective colleges, and anoth e r on e -third were in the front ranl<s, h av in g sec ur e d e ith e r second or third pos ition. No chap t er can be cons i d e r e d to b e in a poor cond ition if It

stands first In scholarship in the institution in which It Is lo cated, and this statement of fact will s e rve to corr e ct any false Impr e ssion which may have arl se n. -TII e B eta 'l'h eta Pi.

Scholar•hip and Weak BJ'

Much consideration has been giv e n of late by fraternity officials to the provision of m ea ns for preventing the constant depletion of th e chapters by their m e mb ers l eav ing college. Th ere are no r e li ab l e statistics on the subj ec t as yet, but if we could read b e tw ee n the lines we imagin e that th e real r easo n for t h e r e mo va l of our m em b e rs· from coll e ge, attributed to "wealt eyes ," "going Into busin ess with his father," and similar e xpr ess ion s, ar e merely synonyms for poor scholarship. It a lso frequently happens that m e mb e r s initi a t ed Into the fraternity hav e no int en tion of attending college mor e than a year or two, and sometimes this lack of int en tion is freely expressed at th e tim e th ey e nter. We submit that our chapters ou g ht to endeavo r to asce rtain whether a proposed candidate has In mind a serious purpose to fini s h his cou.rse •. a nd if he has not he ought not to b e lllltJate d except und er very exceptional and peculiar circumstances. One somewhat se rious asp ec t of this· problem, s in ce th e running e xpenses of th e chapt e r have increased to a noticeab l e figure, Is that we are deprived of th e r eve nu e which we would receive from· a m e mb e r who regularly remains an under g raduate for four yea rs and th e chapter is put to th e ex p e ns e of a campaign for new m e mbers to tal{ e th e places of those who thus desert th e chapt er . This l a tter asp ec t of th e matter has b een given too little attention. We feel that the fr a t e rnity has a reputation at th e pr ese nt tim e which e nabl es it to p i c !{ a na cnoose its men and to be a littl e mor e discriminating and conservative in so doing than was possibl e a f ew years ago , and we think that this fin a ncial phas e of the situation should b e tak en into account in the comIng campaign n ex t year.-The B eta Th eta Pi

Chapter Xnitia.tive

Why should any c h apt e r wait upon th e a ction of co ll ege a uthoriti es to adopt such ru l e s as experie nc e has proved g ood? It n eeds no argument that a freshman who is g oing to flunl{ out ought not to be initi a t ed Is it not equally plain that Initiation should th ere for e be d efer r e d until there has been time for the fr e shman to b e tried b y th e s t a ndards of t he coll ege? The rul e ad opt ed for it se lf by Pi is on e which mi gh t w e ll be found in the l aws of every chap t er: "N o man shall be initiated int o Pi Chapter befor e th e e nd of the first mid -semester , and no m a n shal l be e li gib l e for m e mb e rship who shall not hav e pas s ed in twelve hours worlc" Some chapters wi ll say of thi s suggestion, "It is not practicable w ith us, for rushing begins before the trains stop a nd initiation is deferred no longer than it r equ ir es to get the fr e shman 's conse nt." Because your college is s till in the Darlt Ages Is no reason why you should not l e ad in a reformation. Talk it up ; see the coll ege authorities ab out It; get yo ur A. A. and y our D. G 1\1 to work upon them with you; but have the co urage to be pio n eers if n eed b e .-Th e Oaclttcetl8 of Kappa Sigma.

Banta•• Greek Exchange

Tb ::Uar cb Issue or Banta's Gt eek I!Jil!c hanoe n oted s vera! Important !acts, among many others, th a t we intend to not e here. In th e early days of the Gr ee k Excha n ge Delta Chi subscribed for th e magazine for each of Its chapters. Late r Phi Rho igma made t he same provision. P1 Kappa Alpha, Phi Kappa Psi and Phi Beta Pi followed suit. In th e S pt e mb r issu e we note that Phi Gamm a D e lta and Beta Theta Pi have joined the list. In some cases the ac tion was tal{en by frat e rnit y offici a l s and In others by convention. Here's hoping th a t the n e xt Exc hange will record as many mor e.-TI1 e Delta Upsilon Q11arterly.

Scholarship and "Student Activities"

Th at is a go od phrase upon which Professor Smallwood, of Syracuse, has hit to d e scribe in brief th e r e lation of th e frate rnit y system to the Institutions In which the chapters ex i st: "Frat rnlties a r e, li ke all other forms of s tud ent a ctivity, electiv e and no t r e quired." Professor Sma ll wo od explains further as follow s, in The Syracusan.

"Ath l e tic teams, dramatic organizations and g l ee clubs ar e composed of students who have to pass a definite amount of work. Why should Syracus e have waited so lon g to bring her fraterniti e s into lin e w ith the oth er forms of stud e nt activity? Fra t e rnities are lil< e all other forms of student activi t y, elective and not r e quir ed . . . . At Syracus e on e of the regulations requires th at a candidate t o be e li gib l e must pass the r e quir e d numb er of hour s a t th e regular s e mester exa min a ti o ns. A good grad e of scho l ars hi p , not pa tch e d up by special e x am inati ons , mu s t be r equire d as a foundation for e ligibil i t y if the frat e rnity s y st e m i s to be r ega rded as a n ass e t instead of a li ab ilit y."

We are not sure that it is fair to allow stu d nts special examinations to make th em elig i b l e for t e ams and organizations repr e senting a c oll e ge, whil e denying them th e same privilege with relation to f r aternity e ligibility. Sauce for th e frat e rnity goose ought to b e sauce for th e co ll ege gander. But we w e l come e very s i gn of a disposition on th e part of coll e ge faculties to assume r e asonable aut ho rity and responsibility in th e m a tter of student doings and schol a rship

A lm ost everyw h e r e the impression is allowe d t o rule ta"lat s tud ent activities, particularly th e interco ll egiat e , ar e "r equir e d." Th e camp u s atmospher e puts upon e very man t he pressur e to "g e t o ut for" somethi n g. Ev e n inoffensiv e gr i nds and po l e rs ar e e xhorted i n th e n a me of a lm a m a ter to com e out, if they can do no mor e for h e r g l ory, a n d watch the t eams a t practice. Th e r e sult, as has been well sai d , is a te nd e ncy on the part of th e sid e shows to swall ow up th e circus. - TIIC Cacl t1ceus of Kappa Sigma.

One Method of Xmproving

Recent reports from several charge s, giving t h e scholastic r e cord o ver a p e riod of three or four years, show s u bstantial improvem e nt. It is not th e ambi tlon of Theta D e lta Chi to w in out In competition with other frat e rnities for the h i ghest academic standing a t th e various colleges where these records are published A vast deal of importance, how e ver, Is attach e d to a consisten tl y maintain e d

standard of college work and whenever th e record of a charge r evea ls a tendency upward, even though slig;ht, that charge is fulfilling the expectatiO n of the fraternity at l arge.

Th e scholastic standing of a charge is subj e ct to considerable fluctuation in consequ e nce of the class r e cords of the freshman d e l egat ion, conspicuously so when on e or more of th e n e w men fail to do work of sufficie ntl y high grade to remain in co ll ege. To offer e ncourag e m e nt where most n ee ded ex -Pr eside nt Compton, during his administration, donated the sum of one thousand dollars to the Founder's Corporation, th e income of which should be expended y e arly for the purpose of some suitable prize to that charge, designat e d by a Scholarship Committee, whose freshman delegation has had the highest scholarship. Th e se priz e s have been awarded annua ll y since this endowment was estab lish ed, and have s e rved a very us e ful purpose We trust the charge presidents will bring this m a tt e r to the att e ntion of th e freshmen as they become initiates of Theta Delta C hi.

By action of the last convention, th e Committee on Scho l arship, consisting of Brothers Harstrom, Hunte r and Meiklejohn , was constituted a standing committ ee and instructed to ex tend its function by way of g e tting in c l oser touch with th e c h arges with re lation to their scholastic standing, to compile comparative tabl e s showing the scholastic progress of th e charge s and to mak e recommendations to the Grand Lodge upon all matt e rs which in their judgment might t e nd to e n co ura ge be tter scholarship - The Shield of Theta Delta Chi.

As Ye Sow So Sh a ll Ye Also B.ea.p

Do not forget th e truth of this o l d adag e When you are t e mpt e d to go to some e ntertainment and your lessons for the morrow are still unfinished, r e m e mber that y ou owe a duty to your fraternity to control your impulse and go to work. Fraternity m en ought to be asham e d to stand lower as a n average th an m e n outside the circle . Why? B ecause they ar e first of all a carefully pick e d body of m e n. The y h ave been chos e n for th e ir qualities of h ead and h ea rt to b e associated with others in the society. This ought to be look ed upon as a gr·eat privilege, a nd the acceptance of th e honor as a trust on th e part of the memb e r in which th e fraternity h as a right to expec t high grad e s in college work, courteous and gentlemanly tr eatment to those outside th e society to counteract th e charge of snobbery so often unjustl y made agains t fraternity men, and a genera l interest in the big things of coll ege life that will mak e you, my fraternity brother, a real asset in your coll e g e world. Ther P. fore divide your tim e for pleasure and work in proper proportion and sow good e fforts that you may r ea p high grades in scholastic attainm e nts a n d rea l fe llowh sip among men, and by yo ur e fforts as individuals shed concerted lustr e and g lor y upon your frat er nity a nd your college. N e ither the fraternity nor th e c oll ege can sh e d lu s tre upon you unl ess you appr eciate the advantages th ey offer. This is the time for Take off y our coat a nd go to w o rk .-TII e 7' omahaLrk or Alpha Sigma Phi.

Good Sugge s t i ons From D. V.

Th e question of scholarship is one that is claiming the special attention of almost a ll th e chapters at the present time. Every house is in touch with the faculty a nd has the standings of each man dir e ctly from the faculty either by a card system or by a student representative. Washington and Chicago believe in th e reward system and give a medal for the b e st scholarship; all the other chapt e rs hav e a system which is punitive. Wisconsin gives admonition in op e n m ee ting; Nebrasl<a and Iowa do likewise, while in oth er chapters the admonition and the help come from a committee or the vicepre sident who is appointed to act as a scholarship committee.

Illinois h as a scholarship committee consisting of five junior, senior, graduate or faculty m e mb ers who investigate the standing of th e und ergrad uat e memb ers. The committee h as· the power to restrict th e privilege of any member if he is delinqu e nt in his work or in ex trem e cases may dictate that such a member change his p l ac e of abod e if the change is thought to better th e scholarship A senior advises eac h freshman; whenever i t is possible, a senior who is taking the same course is appointed to do this work so that th e advice will really be a help to th e man In Northweste rn, by means of th e card system, th e work of each man is known and an exec utive cotlncil handl e s the case, not only ad monishing but seek i ng th e reason for the failure and the rem e dy. Washing t on obtains the r eports from the faculty along with suggestions for impro ve m e nt Th e poorest and th e b e st are e ith e r r ead in chapter meeting or posted on the bulletin board. In Wisconsin th e faculty publishes all the averages of all the frat e rnities At th e l as t r epo rt, Delta U stood second on the list. California endeavors to l< ee p h e r freshmen up to th e mark by enforcing a rule that freshmen must be in th e house by eight o'clock six nights in the w ee k. -The Delta Upsilon Qua,·ter!y.

Doctor Faunce on Colle g e D i stractions

"Certain l y the institutions that were once t ested by poverty are now being t ested by luxurious civilization around them. Th e students are und er a severe t e st . The student disorders a nd rebellions of a century ago have disappeared. Co ll ege vic e s have greatly diminished. But coll ege distractions hav e multplied to an alarming d e gree. In the last t en years probably as many stud e nts in American college s hav e been d e moralized by the automob il e as by alcohol. Th e dazzling attractions of a luxur y -loving age, the dissipations of energy which destroy the power to focus the mind constitute the greatest pr ese nt d a nger to Amer ican educ a tion.

"We a r e oblige d to r e mov e the sons a nd d a u g ht e rs from some of our b e st hom es in ord e r to give th em a n educatio n . We are oblig ed to warn our stude nts not only against th e v ices of the und e rworld, but against the distractions a nd follies of th e upp e rworlcl. Th e scholar should have a t l eas t as rigorous a training as the a thlet e Enervating pleasur es , lat e hours, conversa tion without id eas or idea ls-th is is not the atmosphere in which a strong man can run a rac e ."-Dr. W. H. P. Faunce, Phi D e lta Theto.

When a man goes to co ll ege, e p ec iall y on the fund provided by another person , it would s eem rea so nable to s upp o e that he wou ld attempt to justify the confidence placed in him by o- i v in g hi tudie a part of his time.

One wo ul d seeming ly be afe in a s umin g that a m a n in co ll e e under these condit ions would attempt to li ve o m ewhat w ithin his mean .

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Thes e presumptions are n ot in k eepi n o- w ith

observations that I h ave made.

S o me boy s, men a r e r e ponsible , enter college and instant ly forget the sacrifices made t o provide them w ith a n oppo rtunity to study and thereby e levate thems e lve above th e ir former tation in life.

The fraternities find themse lves frequently burdened with uch a member. The chapter so incumbered is r es p o n s ibl e t o the f r ater nit y, to the member and to t ho s e fin a n cin g him fo r hi s n eg lec t of hi s dutie , o r for h is mi sdeeds .

To shirk the responsibility of p o inting out t o the member the e rr o r of h is ways, or of info rmin g the parent o r don o r of their mi sp laced trust, is a gross neg l ect of duty .

This is not a ll. A low s chola s tic rank , often tim es due to a in g l e member, is a disgrace to the fraternity as a whole. You owe i t to the fraternity to see that every memher keeps above the co ll ege ave r age .

A man runni n g in debt on a ge n e r o u s allowance is d o in g him se lf and those financing him as great an injustic e as h e is doing th e fratern it y in r ui ning the reputation of the chapter. You mu st, e ither by co nfi dentia l conferences or frank o pen chapter di sc u ss io n, bring him to a r e alization of hi s p osi tion in your e yes and th e eyes of the comm unit y. If these methods pr ove futile it falls upon yo u t o devise a m o r e d r ast 1c course of action, in keepin g with the man 's s mall intelle c t.

You are yo u r brothers' keeper.

There i s no doubt but what the college of tod ay demands mor e from the student than it has at an y time in the past. Thi fact i per h ap due to the incr e ased developm e nt of syste m in th e business wo rld . The business men, the ·wholesaler s, the r e tailer s and th e m a nu fac tur e r s, as we ll as t he professional men , hav e found that in o rd e r t o exist under the present co mpetitive system , they mu s t sys t ema ti ze if th ey expect to survive. The college has unqu es t ionably b ee n car ri ed a long in this current.

The co ll ege stud e nt has been slow t o grasp the adva nce in co ll egiate 1equirements. He knows and is able t o appreciate the fact th at the requirements for admission hav e b ee n rai se d , but h e fails to SYSTEM understand that along w ith the increa se in entrance requirements there has come a demand for b e tter collegiate work.

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He comes to a full realization of these conditions in the fall, when he looks about and finds one-third of hi s classmates missing, or notices the presence of one-fourth of th e la st year's seniors. Then he fully realizes that the work has been made harder.

This constant and increa ing demand for more and better work means overload unless the student systematizes . By systematizing only can one compete today.

The systematic conduct of one's promotes An efficient system means a place fo r everythmg and everythmg m 1ts place; it means a neat and tidy room No one can work in a room that is littered. This may explain the reason for your lounging EFFICIENCY in the parlor, or loafing in another's room. If such be the case it will explain at the same time your low grades, and it will certainly tell the man in whose room you have been whiling· away the time w h y he fell off two points at the last report. You may doubt this statement, but I know it to be a fact.

The efficient room contains everything needed during the study hours ; and includes pencils, knife, ink, ink filler, dictionary, and, in fact, every necessity . The efficient room will result in a saving of time required to go about the house and collect these items which are essential. A tidy room is an efficient room , a room promoting scholarship

To work efficiently one must be comfortable, and to be comfortable one's desk and chair must fit the individual. A lo w table wi ll tire the back and a high chair will cramp the shoulders. Use your saw. If ·it is essential for the tab l e and the chair to fit the student, it is equally as important that the table fit the room. By this COMFORT I mean that the table must be placed with a ll due respect to light. A tab le directly in front of the window facing the campus where the varsity is practicing is not properly placed, nor is the table wh ich allows the li ght to shine directly on the book or in the student's face. Direct light is to be avoided; lots of diffused li ght will as s ist you in finding comfort and enjoying your studies.

No matter how hard the steward may be pressed for funds the chapter cannot afford to let the house become cold, nor can the chapter, if it expects to rank anywhere scho l astically, afford to live in a hou e which cannot be kept warm. One cannot study in a cold room. HEAT Comfort to some men means a great de;il more than it does to others. You and I may be able to study fully dressed, but we know men who are not at ease in a collar. \7V e know men who feel that s lippers, B . V. D.'s and a bath robe are absolutely essential if one wishes to place one's self in a proper frame of mind for a productive night' work. If you are in that clas s then make yourself comfortab le and see the steward assists you.

Last and most important of all , the question of "the others" enters int o the systematic house. Have you a time for study, when all are required to be in their rooms? Has your roommate THE OTHERS been consu lt ed in your schedule? It may be that in the most critical moment of a long con1 putation he decides t? visit, and as a result the whole long column has t<;> be gone over agam.

If he "were in " on the plan yo u could both save work. He would

not a k you question relative to a mathematical problem if he knew that you had not prepared the le sson. If he i at all like the men I ha e roomed with he would be inclin ed t o study ''math' when you took up the Calculus.

Concentration is an easy matter when there are not element entering in to distract. \ i\T ith a sy tematic house di tractions are removed and sys tem subst ituted , with the re s ult that efficiency produces scholast ic rank.

A Suggestion From Delta Tau Delta

Probably the greater numb er of co ll ege men now li vi n g beyond their means a re also deceiving their parents, who are, in the majority of cases, providing ge n e r o u s ly for their son ' need In a few ca e the fraternity may be given as the reason for the unusually high cost of living.

The fact that such conduct is possible wa brought home to me by the father of an acquaintance. The son was li v in g areatly in excess of the parents ' ability to provide. The h o m e folks worried and worked harder, skimping and denying th emse lves in o rd e r to forward a little mo re for the son's excesses. The constant s la very on ly in creased their misery, and the fraternity was blamed.

"The Rainbo w" of Delta Tau Delta ha s hit upon a so luti o n for the problem and I quote for your enlightenment, offe rin g the following as a uggestion for your th o u g htful co nsideration:

"F requently in these columns we ha e ur ged our chapters to fully post a man who has accepted a bid in re ga rd to the financial ob li gat io n he will assume when initiated . Thi s is only fair t o th e man and w ill prevent p oss ible future dis sa tisfaction to both parties of this mutual contract. But o ur Gamma Zeta Chapter goes a step further. Afte r a man ha s pled ged, and before he i s initiated , they address a letter , similar to the one here reproduced , to hi s parents o r g uardian accompanied by a complete statement of ail hi s expenses for the first year-clu es, fees, board, room rent, etc.

"The pledging of __ ·- · - - ------·---· - t o the Wesleyan Chap ter of the Delta Tau Delta Fraternity makes it desirable that you s h ou ld have an official statement of the precise nature of the ob li ga tion s w hich he assumes.

"A t the outset we wish to emphasize th e fact that the organization, both locally and nationally, stands for the hi g he s t ideals. It endeavors to approximate home life and influence s . It is the pioneer fraternity in the campaign for better scholarship and is on r eco rd for the encourage ment of religious life. At the same time it is evident that the problem of bringing the proper influence s t o b ea r upon twenty-five to thirt y boys, particularly if self-government and se lf-dependence are not infringed upon, is difficult.

" In view of these facts the alumni organization of th e chapter ha s a umed authority to co-operate with the parents in an effort to make certain that the expense and time involved in a college course shall make for the development of good business and mental habits. Accordingly it is proposed to inform you through the undersigned alumni as to the scholastic standing of your so n each time that mark s are avail-

able and as to his financial relation to the chapter whenever he is measurably delinquent. We do this in the belief t_hat £_rankness between all concerned-student, parents and the fratermty-ts fundamental; and we trust that our action will aid in the development of sound scholarship honest effort and prompt financial habits.

'"We shall also be very glad to advise with you in any matters affecting him as a student and as a member of the Delta Tau Delta Fraternity. . .

"Such a proceednig cannot be too htghly commended . It ts only fair to the parent whose money is being spent, and any chapter of Delta Tau Delta is able to clearly demonstrate the benefits to the son and the full value given for this small extra expense."

It is not the custom of the editor to publicly air his difficulties. However he feels the time has come when, in justice to the office, it has become necessary to state a few facts for the enlightenment of the brethren.

We have been the recipient of several brotherly digs relative to the typography and the discrepancy between the dates on The Journal a!ld the date received. In answer to those m-

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terested and worthy Acacians we wish to set forth a couple of reasons for a delayed and poorly edited Journal.

The October, or Conclave, issue is dependent upon the Conclave Stenographer. When he has finally deciphered his notes they are sent to the Grand Secretary, whose duty it is to edit the same. When the Grand Secretary's all-week day-and-night job is finished, the minutes are forwarded to the editor. The printer in turn takes over the job and at the end of a week and a half turns over proof, which at the request of any of the members of the Council is forwarded for his approval.

The remaining issues depend upon the chapter. Since we do not pa y for copy, there is no chance to "make up" for several issues ahead. Each issue exhausts the supply of available material, and as a result it is plain to see that we are entirely dependent upon the chapters for copy. The departments of the Journal must live through the support of the chapters, as does the alumni and the chapter letter sections. \i\Then the chapters fail the editor, or send in copy a month late, the Journal must be a month late, or the editor must drive the linotype men , rush the proofreaders, and, worse yet, read proof himself, and finally cuss the composers. A poorly edited Journal is the result.

In an attempt to do away with the above difficulties the editor wrote each chapter secretary the latter part of December, informing him that copy was due the tenth of January, and at the same time stating that a collect telegram would be sent to all chapters delinquent at that time. He also took the further precaution to have printed in each issne the date when copy for every issue was due . January the 19th there were eight chapters represented and the promised telegrams were sent out. not to get in chapter letters , but to get a statement from the chapter relative to their intentions. If you do not intend to send in a chapter letter, pl_ease have the courtesy to so inform the editor, that he may go ahead wtth the Journal.

ALUMNI ASSOCIATIONS

Ch ic ago Alumn i A ss o cia ti on

Dean Stanley Coulter of the School of Sci e n ce, Purdu e University, addressed the Chicago Alumni Association at Hotel Morrison, Janu a ry 6.

Chica go Acacians wou ld do well to phone F. M. Cockrell , Harrison 2196, 1570 Old Colony Building

Every m ee ting of the Chicago Association provides a tr ea t for those int e rest ed in the welfare of Acacia.

Ne w Yor k Alumni

During the month of November a dinner was held at the Masonic Club, New York City, at which 19 m e mbers were pre se nt. Dr. Lawren c e gave his report on the Conclave, as also did Brother Smith , the delegate from Columbia. A fraternity pin was pr ese nted to Hon william Homan.

On November 6 a d i nner was he ld at the Masonic Club a t which 22 members were pre se nt. Dr . L aw rence gave a t a l k on the work of the Masonic Re sea r ch Society, a nd app ea l er) to all Acacia n s to become member s. It was prop osed that one o r two meetings a year be held for the purpose of Masonic study, which proposal is now under consideration by a committee. We h a d on exhibition the original draw ing of th e Acacia e mb l e m pre se nted to the Columbia c hapt er by Hon. William Homan.

On Decemb e r 4 our m eet ing was h e ld in the form of a d a nc e, in co njunction with the active chapter of Columbia uni\'ersity Eighteen Brethren were present, with Brother Marker of Ohio c h a pter as a guest.

Dr. Lawrence, o ne of our members, has had t he honor to be appo inted surgeon for the Northern Ma so nic J urisdicti o n.

Ind ianapolis A s so ciation

The Indianapo li s A l umni Association h el d it s first a nnua l me e tin g at the English Hote l , Janu a ry 25 Th e re are to be m o re me e tin gs to follow. Brother R. E. Simpson , 106 S Elder Avenue, Indian apo l is, w ill g ive you details. Call Belmont 2098, Main 1244, or Belmont 2 104, and ask for Simmie ."

ENGAGEMENTS

Cornell

Jun e 10-Wilbur Jam es Barnes to Mi s J osep hine McMorris of Washington, D. C.

June 21-C l ifford J. Burnham to Mi s s Julia Min a Rowley of Los Ange l es, Cal.

June 22-Chi l son B e njamin Havi-

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la nd to Miss Lillian Mae Bowen of Pin e Bush, N. Y.

July 21-W i lli a m Louis Havens t o Miss Mi l dred Anna Pr att of Edmeston, Y.

July 18--Edwa rd T. Rumm el e to Miss M a rion Crawford of Ithac a, N. Y.

MARRIAGES

Brother Willis K. Vv eave r and Miss Alth ea Holt were marri e d August 7. He i s princ ipal of the high schoo l a t Okmulgee, Okla.

Brother Herley D a ily and Miss Nell Carter were married November 8. Th e y will m a k e th e ir h o m e in St Louis.

Brother Oscar E. H o u st on , w h o on

Brother Chas. Chambers and Miss 285 Katherine Hutch e nson were "qu ietly " m ar ried Septemb e r 19.

the 27th of la st August promised to love honor a nd obey , is no w at AraOkl a. He se nd s u s a sub s tantial co ntributi o n and promi s e s if oil is str uck o n hi le as es to give us $1,000 for a new house.

Oh i o

Franklin

Brother 'vV. C. Cornell, '15, strode up the i s l e of m a t ri mony at time s upported by Miss Moon of Philad e lphi a . The h a ppy couple are now loca t ed a t Youngstown, Ohio.

vVe ha ve a numb e r of weddings to a nnounce: B r ot hers Ashinger, Sen n , Ba rn e tt e, Charles Griffin and Robe r t McMullen h ave joined the Benedict s s in ce sc h oo l clos e d in June.

Ch i cago

Brother Chester N'athan Gould, Ph. D . ' 07 , Chicago, was mar r ied to M iss Ine z E. Hedden, ' 08, Chicago , or, Jun e 30. Dr . Gou l d is Assistant Professo r in the Department of Germanic Languages.

CALIFORNIA

On Jun e 14, 1916, John Adams , ' 16, was m a rri ed to Emma Jones, a graduate of No rthwe s tern University. They are n ow living at Flag s t a ff , Ariz., where J o hn is teaching in the Normal school.

On A u g ust 3rd , Frank Brend e l, ' 14, ·was married to S ara h M inerv a L a boree of Be rk el ey. They now r es ide i n San F r a n ci sco, where Fr a nk is completing _ hi s l as t ye a r of m edicine in the Affil iated Colleges of the University.

On A ugu s t l Oth, Fr e d Coz e n s, '16, was m ar ried to Helen C a rden s of Portland , Ore. Th ey are now li v ing i n Be rkeley, w here Fred is an in st ructor in the Ph ys i ca l Education Department of the University.

On S e pt e mb e r 14th, Cha s. Stewart was m a rried to Je ss ie Harris of San Francisco Th ey now r es id e a t Mill Valley , where Charles i s w o rking for the Standard O il Company.

Brot her Clyde Oscar H.ornbaker, a ffili a t e from Nebraska, wa s married to Mi ss Mary Florence Simons on October twelfth. "Bobb i e" and "Bob bie " will be at home after December fi fteenth at 1830 Green l eaf avenue, Chicago . Brother Carl Wil s on C l oe was married t o Miss Angi l een Morris Don l ey on S ept e mber twenti eth. At home af ter October fir s t a t 1732 West Marion s tr ee t, Knoxvi ll e, Iowa

Brother George Wi l son Adams was m a rried to Miss B l ossom Este ll e Brown o n May thirty-first at Fort Stockton, Texas

Brother Frederick Wilburn Hiatt w as marri e d December thirtieth at Tu cso n , Arizona, to Miss Alice May Bahr. Brother Hiatt is Professor of Geography in the Tempe , Arizona, Norm a l School.

BIRTHS

Missou r i

M r. a nd M r s. Herbert K Th a tche r K ., Jr. , August 21. announced the birth of a son, Herbert

PERSONALS

M i ch i gan

Brother Homer Sh aff mast e r h as taken a position a s salesman w i th a Detroit bond fi rm " Sh a ff " is a frequent v is it o r at t he chapter h ous e.

B r o th e r "Mac" McCoy, who is with th e Traveler s' In surance Comp a ny in Detroit , h as received an imp o rt a nt pro · m o ti on an d looks ve ry prosperous in his private o ffice

B roth e r Clesson T . Bushne ll , an exV D ., is selling Ki sse l ca r s i n Detro i t and r e p o rt s indica te that he is getting a lon g well.

Brother C a rl Mitcheltree is sti ll with the Cleveland Life In s urance Company a nd s ucc ess is s miling upon h i m regul a rl y.

Illinois

Frank Fletchef, '14, formerly wit h the Phi l ade l phia Nationa l s, i s spe n d i ng th e winter a t his home in Ridge Farm.

0. R. C l ement s , '16, and T. G Ratcliff, ''1 5, are proving themselves able po l iticians , bo t h h av ing been e l ec te d to th e office of s tat e's attorney in their respec ti v e counties

Missouri

Brother Jim Thurman i s now w it h the S o uth e rn Ag ricu l tur ist , 152 F o urth ave nue No rth, Nashville, Tenn.

Brother Ray Luca s is now Judge Lucas of Bent o n, Mo.

A l etter with a r ea l "r ing" to i t comes from Brother John S. Gardner, now at

Penn State College. He says he is strong enough for the new house proposi t ion to help us to the tune of $50.

Brother R. Adams Dutcher is now head of the agricultural chemistry department of Oregon Agricultural College at Corvallis.

Some inquiries in regard to the price of a pin from Brother Rex Wickham leads us to believe he is considering serious steps. Wickham is now with the Corn Investigators, U S. Department of Agriculture at Washington Rex says he rooms with "H ezzy" Patrick, and also mentions ]l1eet in g Brother C. C. Wyl ie , now with the wa r de-partm e nt. H e a l so tells of a pleasant visit with Brother Jack Allred. A letter from Jack tells us that he is now a farm m a nagement demonstrator for the State of T e nnessee, with headquarters at Knoxville.

Brother Fitzgerald , better known as "Snake,'' who is now at the University of Texas, inf o rm s us that he is o n a l eave of absence for next semester, and wi ll be b ac k at "O ld Missouri" to do further work.

Brother Loy Shrader blew in last week end to visit a t the house and hi s ister, Miss Naomi. He is now employed by the government in poultry inspection wo rk , and told of meeting Acacia men in his travels

Rrother 0. R. McClain is now telephone and telegraph engineer at Oklahoma City.

Brother Chief J o ne s of Caldwell, Idaho, wished a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year by sending a box of Chancellors to the house.

A budget of aphorism and advice on m a tters matrimonial was received from Brot h er "\iVoody" Weaver, w ho is now a ferule handler a t Okmulgee, Okla.

A card from Brother "Slim" Yates docs not enlighten us as to whether he is married or not. Rumor had it when he left Columbia that he was soo n to de ert the rank s of the benedicts.

Brother Pete Doughty t e ll s u s th at the college student is a real tenderfoot w h en forced to face the wild and woolly west. He is now with the Retail Mercantile Agency at Los Ange le s. Last week end we were paid a visit by Brother "Irish" McClaughry He i ass is tant c hi ef eng ine er of the Douglas Starch \ Vorks, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

A l etter from Brother Ben Long inform us that Brothers Tuck Harris,

J ac k Long, Jimmy Metz and Hurley Daily are among the enthustastic Acacians in St. Louis.

Brother Louis Stigall d ropped in on the chapter one Sunday morning, but found no one but a freshman at home. Much t o hi s surp ri se the fraternity was holding a n inform a l meeting at the Presbyterian church. The only explanat ion th at can be offered is that " Parso n " El wang was initiat ed in th e Yellow Dogs the night before and dogs of a color flock togeth e r.

Franklin

Brother J . J. Hill ley , ' 16 Dent., has affiliated with the Columbia chapter , at which pl ace he is pur uing his studies in th e Medica l School.

Brother Morgan L. Hannahs , '16 Vet., is taking care of the sick animals in the vicinity of Randolph , Vermont

Cornell

Brother Karl M. Dallenbach has acsep ted a posit io n in the psychology dep a rtm e nt of th e uni ve rsity

Brother 0 . W. Dynes t oo k good advantage of the ex tended vacation caused by the late opening of the university and motored through \i\Testern Ontario. About e leven hundr e d miles of t e rritory were covered a nd a clo se Yiew of the militaristic life of Canada was observed. Very few of the ablebodied young men of Ontario are not in uniform. The great military camp of Canada, Camp Borden, was vis ited . It was an in sp iring s ight to see thirty thousand so ld iers going through their daily rout.ine of work. Canada is surely doing her "b it " for the cause of the A lli es.

Brothers Mark M. Bray, a graduate st u dent in chemistry, and Brother Claude D. Grinnells, '18 , in veterinary science. both of the Minnesota chapter, are with us again this year.

Broth e r Bradley, our last year's V. D ., was honored this year by being elected to a n in s tructorship in the Engli sh department of the university.

Claude Grinn ells has taken his demit from the Minnesota chapter.

Brothers DeWet and Bean of the Iowa chapter are here taking work in the graduate school. De Wet is register ed in soils, whil e Bean ha s his major wo rk in geo l ogy. Although not in the house, they live near u s and t a ke their meals with u s

Brother Du Buisson has received his

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"P h.D. " and has left us for his home in Senekal, South Africa . We most earnestly h o pe that his trip home may o nl y be a temporary one, and that we may soo n r epo rt that h e h a s come back to the State s.

Brother Fox received hi s doctor 's degree thi s fall a nd is now lo ca ted at the Agricultural College at Bozeman, Montana.

th e end of the winter quarter and wil\ be in for the M. A. work next year. Brother F e ik of Illinois chapter teaches o n the sa m e faculty.

Hulsey Ca o n is teaching in a private preparatory s chool at Locust Grove, Georgia. Cason has turn ed out ario ther "c hamp " football team this year.

Brother "Be rt " Goff dropped in on u s for the Michigan game. "Bert" is a superintendent on one of the big truck farms at Elba , N. Y They grow fine celery under Bert ' s m a nag e m e nt. We know, for we have tested it on several occasions.

Brothers Havens, ' 16, is connected w ith the engineering department in Cleveland.

Brother Suitor, '16, who is employed by Babcock & Wilcox , e ngin ee rs of Buffalo, spent several d ays with us durin g th e holidays.

Brother A lexander and his old roomm ate, R epp, l awye r s of the "last making," are both in Minnesota. "Alex" i s in th e office of Frank Claqu e at Redwood Falls. Repp is with A. J. Pr a xel a t Lamb e rt o n

Brother F unk received his B. S 111 ag ricultur e thi s summer and n ow is te ac hing a t Segreganset, Mass.

Chi ca g o

E. B. Miller, A. M. ' 16, is Instructor in Mathematics at the Univer s ity of Kansas.

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A. S Merrill, Ph. D. ' 16, is Assistant Pr ofesso r of Mathematics a t the U nive r sity of Montana, Missoula, Mont a n a.

Hugh Cassiday is t eac hing b ac t e rio logy at the Texa s Agricultural and Mechanical College, Coll ege Station, Tex as. D . B. C o fer a nd D. J Brown of th e Chicago chapter, and J. D. Blackwell of Mi ss ouri chapter, a re a lso o n the faculty. Cof e r writes that they a lm os t ha ve a n alumni chapter of their ow n

R. C. J o hn so n is principal of the high sc h oo l and coac h of athletics a t R oc h ester, Indi a na

Charles A. S e ml e r is director of physical tra inin g in the Mishawaka, Indi a n a, High Sch oo l.

Charles E. Melton and J. Freeman Pyle a re on the high school faculty at Indiana Harbor, Indian a, and a re doing work in University Colleg e. They complete their undergraduate work at

L. L. Thur s tone is spending this year o n the faculty of the Carnegie Institute at Pittsburg, Pa . " Loui e" writes that the fr es hies are very docile as he ex periments psychologically upon them.

Raymond B. Pease is keeping " Dad" Groves company on th e faculty of the University of Wyoming. Personally we have no fear of "Dad's" safety.

W. L. Hart, Ph. D. ' 16, "s umm a cum l a ud e," is a Benjamin Pi e rc e fellow in mathematics a t Harvard.

A. L. Gl easo n , better known as "Doc," ha s at la s t been heard from. He is in the S chool of Comm e rc e o f N·ew York University.

Frederick A. Burt and B. B. Roseboom are te a ching geology a nd physio l ogy, re s p ec tively, at the Michigan Agricultural College, East Lansing, Michigan.

Joe l F. McDavid , J. D '16, is now l oca ted in th e Millikin Building, Decatur , Illinoi s. From the l as t reports, Mac was g iving the la di es of D eca tur the liveliest time th ey have had in years . VI/ e infer he is still l oo king for ' 'one with a million "

Varro Tyler, J. D. '16, who was with us from Nebraska chapter, i s located in Ne br as k a City, Nebraska.

John Macintosh, J. D '16, is practicing law in Lincoln, Nebraska. We miss John 's "p ersonally co ndu c ted " to T e resa' s every Saturday night. "Ho me ain't right without you, John. "

Will H . Parker , our dele ga te to Conclave , h as returned to his la w st udies af t e r spending th e fall quarter s urveying the swa mp s of orthwestern lndi· a n a .

Herbert Cr a ne h as returned to the univ e r s ity to resume his l aw studies. Crane lo s t his father l ate in the urnm e r and wa s out the fa ll quarter settling th e estate. Herbert st ill carries hi s art ga llery with him a nd h as seve r a l new ad ditions.

A. M. Bucholtz has di sco ntinued his medic a l s tudie s and i s s oj o urning in hi s home in Kansas C ity.

John M. R a tcliffe , m o r e familiarly known as "Parson," has returned home

on account of his mother's illness. We mi s our "Parson" very much.

V. T. Jack on is living " just around the co rner " from the house, and is chemist for a company manufacturing gas mantles.

Howard P. Shumway, ebras k a chapter, r eturned t o hi s medic a l stud ies in the university a nd tak es his '·eats ' with u . " Deke" is still " Deke.''

Lester R. John so n , Kansas and Minne sota chapters, rooms with " Deke " and accompanies him to the house for indulgen ce in "500" and incidentally eats.

D ea n H. Ro e is back to finis h his work for th e Ph. D in Botany and h as hi s wife a nd babies with him.

0 . R. Sellers i s continuing his work for the Ph. D. a nd is teaching in McCormick Theologic a l Seminary.

W. A. Crowley left the university in November to accept a position at Ba ker University, B a ldwin , Kansas , and since the holidays has accepted a perma nent position in the college at Valley City, North Dakota.

Earl L. Rice has given up his univer ity work to be district exec utive for the Boy Scouts.

A. W. Hendrickson of Yale chapter has moved to the Wilson Avenue Y . M. C. A. "Artemus" has gone in fot real estate.

Howard T. Hill of Kansas chapter IS finishing his law work this quarter Hill was a memb e r of the successfut debating te a m which lately defeated the University of Michigan. We surely thank Kansas for lending "Prof" to this year.

Washington

Old our old standpatter, Pete Carr, who has written alumni notes for several generations for Washmgton chapter , is now in Cincinnati, Ohio, working for the A. Telephone & Telegraph Company. He hopes to some day b e favored with a position in Seattle. Having tried a ll of them Pete certainly know s best.

Clyde J. Greene has made us two visits this fall. He is teaching at Fortson and although he enjoys his work we dare say he enjoys more to spend a few minutes around the Acacia fireplace talking over old times.

A. Yesler Boyce has paid us several calls this fa l l. He still handles the

a me cla of humor and di poses of it at opportune times in the arne old way.

G eo r ge Todd is working a t Rothwei ler & Co. in this city, readjusting the vital part of Fords. He calls quite frequently to pend a joyful evening at th e house.

H. J. E lm endorf is a l so in the automobile bu ine ss in Seattle. However, he is in the tire department. Hartwe ll takes the boys out for a ride wh e never he ha ome extra ga oline to burn .

H a r o ld D. Stet on, Ben Daly, Rups Simpson, C. H. Callow and Fred Sundholm are among th e faithful alumni who drop in occasiona lly an d give us a h e lpin g h a nd in the affa ir s of the c hapter. Stetson is st ill working for John D. wi th the Standard Oil. Ben Daly is with the city health and sanitation department, while Simpson and Callow are doing draughting work, Simpson for th e S ea ttle E l ectr ic Company and C a ll ow for the Seattle Construct ion & Dry D ock Company.

E. M. Coffinberry and Buck Suman a r e s t ay in g at the house but not attending the university. "Coffee" is working for the Seattle E l ectric a nd Buck is on the road to a C. P. A. working for E. G. Shark & Co.

VVe r ece iv ed Xmas cards from Paul Bruening and Rud Brandenthaler. Paul is back at his s tudies at Pennsylvania and Rud is engaged in mining in Yukon T e rritory, Canada.

H. A. George. one of the oldtimers, ha s been re ce ntly appointed deputy to Dr. C. C. Tiffin, co ron e r of King County, of Colorado chapter. He has made us one or two visits this winter and we a lw ays welcome the Past V . D.

We h ave not heard from Llys W eb b lately. The last we h ea rd h e was loca ted at Princiville , Ore.

R. S Wittenberg, b e tter known as " \ 1\T ittie ," is abou t the best correspondent the \i\Tashington c hapter ha s had this winteL He is loc ate d at The Dalles, Oregon , and is engaged in the evaporated fruit indu stry in the firm of Wittenberg-King Company "Wittie" keeps us supplied with dri ed app les , etc.

Elmer Sherrill , who was w ith us a bout three years ago, is now living in the city and working in the chemistry stockroom at the university

(@ hituary

"Dr. Henry Laning, a retired physician and for forty years the head of one of the oldest hospitals in Japan, at Osaka, died at his home, Cedar Parkway, Chevy Chase, Md., following a stroke of apoplexy. Funeral services were he l d at Chevy C hase Episcopal Church, after which the body was sent to Charlottesville, Va., for int e rment.

"Dr. Laning was born in New York but spent the g r eater part of his life in Jap a n He had been living in Chevy Chase about two years. He married Miss Belle Michie of Albemarle county, Va., who was a missionary in Japan in 1883. She died a numb e r of years ago and was buried 111 Charlottesville , where Dr Laning i s to rest by her side.

"Dr. Laning is survived by two sons , Dr. Richard Henry Laning, U . S. N., and Dr. George Michie Laning, of Michigan Ch ap t e r, and a daughter, Miss Ser e na Belle Laning.

"'Forget not the dead, who have loved, who have left us, Who b end o'er us now from their bright home above; And believe, never doubt , that the God who bereft us Permits them to min g le with friends they still love.

" 'Repeat their wise words, a ll their noble d eeds cherish, Speak pleasantly of them who left us in tears; From our lips their dear nam es other joys s hould not perish While time bears our feet through the va lley of years.

"'Yes, forget not the dead, who are evermore nigh us, Still floating sometimes around our dream-haunted bed; In the loneli est hour, in the crowd, they are ni g h us, Forget not the dead, oh forget not the dead!' "

QLl ippinga

Prof. A g g Publishes a New Book

T. B. Agg, Professor of Highway Engin eer ing at the Iowa State College, is author of "Construction of Roads and Pavements," which we published in th e late summer. Prof e ssor Agg's practical experience In th e Illinois and Iowa State

Highway Com mis s ions m ade us fee l confident that he would pr epare a g ood bo o k. His teaching exper i ence l ed us to believe that he would sel ec t a nd present his m aterial in a manner to appea l to other teachers . Prell minary r eports of several prominent highway eng in ee rs m ade us rather e nthu s i ast ic Th e l arge number of adoptions to date seems, therefore, a nA.tural sequenc e We look for a ge n e ral use of th e text n ex t year. - McGraw , lliU Book Ou

P BOl'. SWIFT GETS WIDE PUBLICITY

Prof e as or Publishes Arti cles-Given Enthusiastic Reception By Public

Jt Is n ot generall y !mo wn that th e re are, among our professors, m en who have gained outsid e of the universIty, but tn e fact remains. Profe sso r Swift of the Co ll ege of Educatio n i s a not d exa mp l e. He has written a number of a rti c l es on German st11dent l ife which have attracte d considerable att e ntion. Among them wer e two a rti c l es which were pub li sh e d in th e "Contemporary Review," "T h e Mal<ing of a Gentl e man in Germany," and "Paradox e s of the German University of Military Id eals ." These led to a r e qu e st for anot h er article for the "Contemporary R ev i e w," a nd resulted In the publishing of "So c i a l Aspects of German Stud e nt Life." It was divided

into thre e essays and described the men's m ensus, , a dl!elling organization, and the s tud en ts kne1pe, a song and drinking fest. It was the first tim e th at a discussion of these organizations appear d In AmerICa. Th e l ast article was reviewed in the "London Tim es ." Thle shows th a t we some very not e d men amongst us. - Jl11111esota Daily.

FORMER STUDENT IS MANAGER UNITED PRESS

Gilbert M Cla yton (Ka nsas) '16 who has been with the U nit ed Pres s' at Topeka smce l as t August, has b ee n transferred to Kansas City where he is now acting manager of th e Unite d Press. Mr. C l ayton expects to r emain th e re a month and then will go t o Oklahoma C! ty where a new bureau is being organized.

Mr. C l ayton was Prof. Merle Thorpe's assi s t a nt in th e publicity bureau while In t b e U niv ers i ty.-Daily Kansan

KANSAS DEBATE:& CHOSEN l'IBST ON CHICAGO TEAM

Howard T. Hill (Kansas), formerly instructor in public speaking in th e Univ e rsity, and at present doing graduate w ork in l aw at the University of Chicago, won first place in the tryouts r ece ntly for th e University of Chicago debating t eam.

Th e comp e tition o ve r which Mr. Hill won his place was the k eenest t hat could b e found in the West, for the majority of tho s e who tri e d out were grad uat e stud e nts, a ll of whom were experienced debaters from schools in th e Middle West

This is th e third cons e cutiv e year that a man from th e University of Kansas has had a p l ace on the debating team of th e U niv e rsit y of Ch i cago, a nd it speaks well for the traini ng our debat e rs r eceive in th e d e partm en t of public speaking.-Daily Kan s an.

Y M. C. A.

TEACHER

GOES TO WILL A METTE

Eug ene A. Hancoc k, Washington, who has be e n principal of the Young Men's Christ i an Association college preparatory schoo l for m en the l as t year and a half, a nd has had charge of th e n ewspaper publicity for th e association, will become assista nt professor of English at Will amet t e University, succeeding Wallace MacM urr ay. His· successor has not y e t been appointed. Mrs. Hancock and th ei r thr ee children w ill accompa n y Prof. Hancoc k.

Prof. Hancock was gradua t ed from the Un iv e rsi ty of Washington in 1909, and obtained his mast e r's degree in the English departm en t of Harvard in 1911. He has h eld several teaching positions in the public schools, and was dramatic a nd music editor of th e Seattle Sun f or two years. Two of his stories written for

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the Sun are include d in " Typical Newspap e r Stori e s ," r ece ntly published, with an intro duction by Prof. Merle Thorp e, of th e ni ve r s ity of Kan s a s.-Se attl e PostI n t e ll i[lencer

X. 11 PBOFESSOB SETTLES

SMOKY KILL PBOBL·EM

Professo r J. 0. Jones (lCa nsas) of the h ydra ulic s d epa rtm e nt of the School of Engin ee ring , re turn e d y e sterday from Ente rprise, K a n sas , where h e had been doin g strea m g u ag ing work in a n attempt to d e t e rmin e whether the pow e r dam ac r oss th e Smoky Hill ri ve r at that place is r espo nsi b l e for th e ann u a l floods a l ong th e riv e r in th a t par t of the country.

in th ese schoo ls is superior to th e average rura l schoo l in oth e r s t ates, particularly thos e in th e li s t for stat e aid."

The e nrollm e nt in the schools visited averaged l arger than that in th e rural schoo l s in th e souther n part o f th e state, Prof. Storm ' s report shows. Th e re are a lso mor e boys and girls go i ng to rural sch ools in th e north e r n schoo l s than In t he schools f a rth e r south. Th e att e nda nc e is exce ll ent, e xcep t in the case of the o l der pupils who must worlc o n the farms dur i ng busy times.

During th e l as t fi ve yea rs t h e r e has been cont inu e d troub l e and liti ga tion betw ee n th e farm e rs a long the Smoky Hill and th e own e rs of the Ent e rprise F l our Mills on account of th e floods which t h e farm e rs be liev e are caused by the mill d a m. '.rhe univ e r s it y e ngin ee rs hav e now b ee n call e d in to d e t e rmin e whether the farm e r s are right in th e ir asse rtions.-

Daily Kan san.

E. B. PIEBCE IS TENNIS CHAMPION

Wid e n Al m ost Wins Third Set of MatchSlowed By Softness of Courts

Wilfr ed Widen we nt down to d e feat befor e E. B. Pierce (M innesota) in the fina l s of th e a ll-uni vers ity tennis tournam e nt Pierce tool< the match by the score of 6- 3, 6-4, 10- 8 T he c ourts were in very poo r c ondi t i on, which made a fast , dr iving g ame im possib l e Th e warm w e ather o f ye ste rd ay h ad somewhat softe n e d the courts, whi c h h a d bee n frost e d during the preced in g days. It was n ec essary to p l ay eac h se t o n a diff e r e nt cour t The m a t ch w as clo se a ll th e way, and not until the fin a l game had bee n d ec ided was Pierce sure of his v i ctory. Th e l ast s e t was espec ia ll y c l ose. At one time W i den s ee m e d almost c e rtain t o tak e t he set, but Pierce c a m e up from b e hind and d ecid ed tll e matcb -lllinn es ota Daily.

Representative John B. Wilson Introduces New B ill

R e pre se nt at i v e J. It. Wilson (M i chiga n) h as introduc e d a b ill in th e house m a ki n g it unl awf ul to m a rry e l op e rs.

Th e bill o f Cha irma n W il so n of the judi c iary c ommittee further r equ ir es that app li ca nts f or marriage li ce ns e sha ll g i v e one w er: k's noti ce to the county a uditor , w ho shall publish the an n ounce m e nt in a paper of ge n e ra l circ ul ation.

PBOFESSOB STOBM GIVES

BESVLTS OF SCHOOL INSPECTION

Consolidation of Schools Is Only Bemedy for Existing Conditions HAS MADE TOVB OF NOBTHEBN MINNESOTA

Believes the Bura l Schools i n Minnesota Excel Those in Other States

Co n so li dation of schoo l s is th e onl y r e m dy for th e e ducation a l conditions E>Xistin g in rur a l districts in north e rn Mi nn e sota, i s the conclusion reached by Prof. A. V. Storm ( I owa State), head of th e division of ag ricultural education, who yest e rd ay r e turn e d from an inspection to ur of thirt y -two north e rn M inn e sota rural scho o l s. "However," Prof. Storm says, "th e bu ild ings, e quipm en t and conditions

Tw e n ty - one to thirty - three r e c itation p e riods ar e t a u g ht eve ry day by th e teacher s in th e schools that Prof. Storm visite d Of th e thirt y -tw o teachers interv i e w e d, tw e lv e are of Scandinavian birth, tw e l ve of American, one of G e rma n , two of F innish , thr ee of Irish and two were of Fre nch b!rth.-111innesota Daily.

EXPECT DEBATE VICTOBY

Burns Looks for Double Win Over Nebraska

"vVe are lo oking fol' a doub l e h eade d v i ctory," said Odis H. Burns, instructor in th e department of pub lic speaking, in disc us s in g the prospects in th e KansasN e bras k a dual d e bate. "We have thr ee o ld men back, and som e new on es are show in g up exce ptionally we ll. " N e braska wo n last year 's debate by a t wo to one d e cision, but th e enthusi asm our men are showi n g this y e ar e n co ura ges us to h op e that w e wi ll have th e l ong end of the score this tim e F in a l a rr a n gements hav e not b ee n m ade, but th e debates will probabl y be h e ld ab out D ec ember 1 4 Tw e l ve m e n were s e l ecte d Fri day to mak e up the squad, a nd six o f th ese wi ll be chosen as soon as possibl e for th e two t eams Th e squad m e mbers a re : Albert Richmond, Harold Mattoon , George E. F. Price, Lyl e A nd e rson, W. H. W1lson, A. B. Irwin , R. L. Rob e rtson, M. N. McKean , Ge o rge Harris, W. 0. Hake a nd Paul SchmidtDa i ly Kan s an.

ASSEMBLY WOVLD XNOW

WHY BBYAN IS FAVOBED Commoner Is Allowed to Speak at Wt•consin llniversity While Socialist Is Denied Madison, Wis. - William J. Bryan add r esse d a m ass m ee tin g h e r e l a st night; wh i ch op e n e d a stat e wide pr ohi bition campa i g n Th e ass e mbly ad opt ed a joint r es oluti on summo nin g Pr e s i d e nt Char l es R. Van His e of th e U niv e rsit y of Wisconsin bef or e th e l eg is l at ur e to exp l a in on what authori t y Max Eastman, Sociali s t, was deni e d p e rmission to speak in a uni versity building r e cen tl y wh il e Mr Bryan was p e rmitt e d t o address a mass meeting in a uni v e rsity pavilion. Th e r e solution now go e s to th e se nate. Ref e r e nce to M r. Brya n as a "dry pr o pagandist" was st rick e n fro m th e r es olu ti on before it was adopte d. -Seattle Tintes.

SAVES LOTS OF COIN

Grab a Man Who Will Be Useful as Well as Ornamental

Lawre nc e, Kas.-By making twenty-five quilts th e m e n of th e Acacia F r a t e rnity in th e Univ e rsity of Kansas hav e r epl enIshed th e ir house's supp l y of bed clothin g a nd saved the chapt e r $56 .25. Th e firs t

cohl October nights found the bed clothIng supply of the Acacias uncomfortably scare . Th e lowest bid on supplying th e house with twenty-five quilts was $100. A senior suggested a quilting bee and thirt y m e n spent all d ay Saturday In a quilting bee directed by th ei r house mothe r Except a small part of th e work done by th e hous e moth e r, the m e n did all th e worl<. The tw e nt y - five qull ts co st thrm $43. 1 5 - Kay See tar

BIG ALPHS WIN MEET IN A WALX

Haddock and Marshall tJpset Dope of Ot h er Frats-The Results

Taking e i gh t firsts, two seconds, one third and a four·th, with a total of 48 * points, th e Sigma A lpha Epsilon fraternIty eas il y won th e annual Pan-Hellenic track m eet h e ld on McCool{ Fi e l d ye sterda y. Th e Sigma Nus p l aced second with a scor· t of 22 'h points

Jiaddocl{, Marshall a n d Barcl ay were the ma i n point ge tt ers for the Slg Alphs. JJaddocl{, a freshman and brother of " up e " Haddock, star dash man of 191213, gathered in a total of 15 points, whil e Marshall coll e ct e d 10 Rustenbac l{ of th e Sigma Nus won 8 points. Th e ig ma C his' dop e fa il e d wh e n Russ Cowgi ll was k ep t o ut of the m ee t b y a bad l eg Th e resu l t of th e m ee t was as folJows: Discus Distance 113-10 ft

1. 1\<I a rshall , S. A. E.

2. S. C.

3. Burns , Acacia.

4 Ruudal, A. T. 0. Quarter Mi l e Tim e -57

1. C l ift's, S N.

2. Be ll , S. A. E.

3. Madden, Acacia.

4. B e rd, Be t a.

Sh ot Put Distanc e - 37 - 5 ft.

1. Marshall, S. A E.

2. C l awso n, S. N

3. Fi k e, Acac ia.

4. Mitch e ll , P. G. D.

Si g m a Alpha Eps il on 48 * Sigma N u 22¥..

Beta Th e t a Pi 12

Sigma. Chi 9 1 - 3

Pi Kappa A l pha... 7'h

PI Delta Thea.

Acac i a

Phi Kapp a Psi

Phi Gamm a Delta....

Alpha T a u Omega.

Kappa Sigma

Delta Tau Delta 0 - Daily Kansan.

POLITY CLUB TO DISCUSS

MEXICAN SITUATION

"Shou l d th e South e rn Boundary of t he Unl t e d States be th e P a nama Canal ?" is th e qu st i on w h ich wi ll b e discuss e d at th n e xt m ee ting of th e Intern a tional Po l ity Club a we e k from Wednesday nigh t at the Phi Kappa hous e. T he discussion will be b eg un by four m e mb e rs of th e club, and th e n open e d to a ll thos e present.

Unusua l inte r e st is b e ing manifested i n the work of th e club this yea r. At th e last r eg u l ar m ee ting th e fo ll owing me n wer e e l ec t e d to membership: T ed Richt e r, C. Stu ewe , A. C. Dougl a s, E. C. Whit e h ead, T. 0. Tarrant, M. S Hea t h, L. 1\I. Anderson, J. F. Hardacr e, H. A. :\' e ison , R. L. Rob e rtson , Art Frost, Horace Chand l er, B. A. F l eming, E. J. Mcintire, E. Cowgill, Gag e Friek, Char l e s Wal sh,

Frank F e lerab nd, John l\Iurphy, John Dy er , Paul W ebs ter, Warren Wattles, w 0. H ak e l A. B.. R a der , D. Flagg, Herber t Howla.1a, E. K Groene, Jack Tucker, 0 H. Bu rn s , Ralph A. W. Koept'f, A. B. Ric h mond - - /)ai/y Kan san.

CLOSE COMPETITION

EXPECTED

IN CREW

Forty-Five M e n R esp o n d t o F i rst C a ll of Co a ch Conibear

Competi tion for sea ts in th e varsity she ll this sp rin g will probab l y be the c l oses t that it has b en for several seasons . T here a r e six l et t e r men In school who will be out for places , and from prese nt indi ca tio ns no ne Is c er tain of his seat. Sev e r al of them bar e l y nos e d out compe tit ors last seaso n a f e w days before the b i g rac es and are as lik e l y to be displac ed t his spring th e ms e lv es

About fort y- fiv men w e re out last ni g ht to g r ee t Co a ch Co nibea r (Washington ) at th e initial ca ll fo r practice. Fou r shells w e re loaded with v a rsity candidates, thou gh m a n y prospective ca ndid ates wer·e not out. A husky Joo ldng bunch of ft·es hm e n watched th e ol de r m e n take th e w ater and were out str on g to mak e p l aces in th e frosh boat th a t will probab l y b e pick ed compa r a ti ve l y earl y in the s eason to a llow for coach in g i n the fin e points of the sc i e nce of handling a n oar.

C o ach Conib ea r r e fus es t o Jose the bouyancy gain ed f rom six months spent in th e Eas t and regards th e com in g seaso n as on e of th e bes t prosp e ctiv e on e s th at he has faced for many a year. While eas t h e was grea tly impressed with the opportunities for tr a inin g and dev e lopm e nt aft'orded th e c r e wm n of th e l arger institutions

"N o wonder th e gradua t es of Harvard, Ya l e, Syracuse a nd thos e l a r ge schools go out into th e world cocksur e of th e mse l v es ," h e said. "Th e)' h ave every opportunity in th e world for tr a ining and d e v e lopm e nt To m ake \Vashington equal to any of them i t wou l d be n ecessa r y to sp e nd about $ 3,0 00 ,000 a year for ten years. Th e m e n ther e have eve r y adv a nt age in th e wor l d th at mone y can buy th e m Th e ir tr a inin g faciliti es a r e wonderfuL Nothing i s o ve rlook e d or o mitt e d th a t will help th e m turn out stron g, we ll t rai n e d cr ews."- W a aMng t on D a( ls,t

ACACIA ENTERTAINS ILL

USTB.IOtJS MEMBER

Th e l ocal c hapter of Acacia had the great h onor of enterta inin g a t th e chap t e r h ouse one of th e fra t e r ni ty's most illu strious m embe rs, Co l one l William J e nnin gs Bryan, of Lincoln, N e braska. Colonel Bryan is a n honorary m mb er of th e chapt e r a t the U niv ers it y of N e braska.

Th e g r ea t Commoner was m e t wh e n 11"e a rriv ed from P e ru and esco rt ed t o the h o us e, wh e r e th e lo cal chapter, many facu lty me mb ers a nd oth e r gues ts we re gathere d t o greet him. At 2 o'clock an exce ll en t four- course lun cheon was served, after which the spea k er r es p o nded with an exce llent talk, illu s tr a tin g it with many of his famous stori e s.

Many members of the Purdu e facult y were pr ese nt, in c ludin g Pr esideMt W. E Stone, Dean Stan l ey Cou lter, Dean J. H. Skinn er Prof L. W. Wallace, Pr of. J ames Troop, Prof. H C. P effe r, Prof. E. S. Ferry, Pr of. T. G. Alford, Prof W A. Kn ap p, Prof A G. Phillip s, Pr of. 0. C . B e rry

THE GRAND COUNCIL

Grand Pre sid e nt

HARRY L. BROW 1570 Old Colony Bldg. , Chic ago

G r a nd Counselor

Grand S ec r eta ry

]. A. WOODWARD A. A RTHUR JE NKI S Leeton ia, Oh i o 85 Devonshire St. , Boston, Mas s.

Grand Treasurer

J. W. SHERA

Grand Editor

WM. G. M ANN 1602 Lytton Bldg ., Chicago 402-3 Bosto n Block, Seattle, Wash .

Mic hi gan .... .. ... .......603

THE CHAPTERS

State St., Ann Arbor, Mich. First and third Mondays . A. R. Smith, V. D. ; Carl Gormsen, S.D .; Harold Thurlby, Sec .; L. S. Thomp so n , Cor. Sec. ; Carl Thorington, Tre as. Active , 17; pledged, 11.

Kansas __ .1514 Tenne ssee St. , Lawrence , Kan . Mo nday night of every week W 0. Hake , V D .; E. Rhine, S D .; H D. A rend , Tr eas.; A. B. Irwin , Sec. Ac tiv e, 16 ; p l e dged , 14.

Nebraska ____________ 13 25 R St., Lin co ln , Neb . Ev e ry Monday. Everett Carr, V . D.; Lou is A. Mei e r , S . D . ; March e lle Power, Sec. ; Myron J _ G a r ey, Treas.; R. E. Shutt , Cor. S ec.; C. A. Sjogren , Editor. Active, 11 ; pledged, 16. ·

Californ ia ______ l 634 Bancroft Way, Berkeley, Ca l. Ev e ry Mond a y. M. A. J ohns ton, V. D. ; L. M. B e ll , S . D. ; C. R. Bell, Tr eas.; R. A. R eyno lds, Sec. ; H. R. Weber, Editor. Active, 19 ; pledged , 2 *Ohio _ .l830 Indianola Ave, Columbus, Ohio . Every Monday. Jacob Thom as, V . D .; Benjamine Col e, S. D .; E . F. Schaffer, Tre as.; W G Ow e n s , Sec .; C. M Rose, Cor. S e c. Active, - ; pl ed g ed , -.

Harva rd _ l 6 Pre sco tt s tr eet, Camb rid ge, Mass. Eve ry Monday. R. P. J ohnson, V D .; N. R. Hays, S. D. ; D D Needham, Tr eas.; H R. Bech t e l, Se c. Ac ti ve, 25 ; pledg ed, 2. Illin o is _____ 501 E. D a ni e l St., Ch a mpaign, Ill. Every Monday. R. ]. Lascelles, V D .; W G Tuell , S D. ; E. S. Foote, Treas. ; H. H . Love, Sec.; W R. Morrison, Editor. Active, 11 ; pledged, 14

F rank lin _ 210 S o uth 36th St., Philadelphia , Pa. Every Tue s day. E . E. Fdinger, V. D. ; W . R. Hockenberry, S. D.; Fr ank R. Purn e ll , Tr ea s ; R. B. Hutchison, Sec ; D. B. Jer e miah, Editor Ac tiv e, 16 ; pledge d, 1.

Minneso t a 1206 F i ft h Ave., S E. Minn ea poli s, Minn., Second a nd fourth Tu esdays. Samuel Forsythe, V. D. ; Leo A. Daum , S . D .; Harry A. Miller, Tr eas.; L. C. A nd e r so n, R e c S ecy ; Guy E. In ge r so ll , Corr Secy Ac ti "\1e, 24 ; pled ge d , 8

*W isconsi n ............615 Lake St ., Madiso n , Wis. Every Monday. J . D . Pederson , V. D .; Harold Ax ley, S . D .; L. E. Meyer, Treas.! L. W. Bishop, Sec.

*Mi sso uri 821 Rollin s Ct. , Columbia , Mo. Robert S. Clough, Sec 294

THE ACACIA JOURNAL

CornelL .708 E Seneca St., Ithaca , N. Y Every Monday. P. G. McVetty, V. D .; E. P. Deatrick, S. D. ; 0. W. Dynes, Trea .; H. F. Hand, Sec. ; E. P Deatrick, Editor and Cor. Sec. Active, 15 Chicago ..... .. ......... ... 5719 Kenwood avenue, Chicago, Illinoi s. Monday night. W ill H. Parker, V. D .; M. W. Ro se nbar ger, Recording ecretary ; Robert G. Buzzard, Corresponding Secretary ; Herbert Crane , Tr easure r. Act iv e, 23; pledged, 0. Purdue ..427 State St., West Lafayette, Ind Every Monday. P. S. Webb , V D.; R. W. Covalt, S D.; J_ 0 Kilian , Treas .; H. E. Ackerson, Sec.; L. M. Pickett, Cor. Sec Active, 24 ; pledged, 3.

*Ya le ...................... .16 York Square, New Haven , Conn. Albert F. Coyle, Sec. Columbia Columbia University. First a nd third Fridays S A. D Jone s, V. D., 225 West 35th St., N ew York; Clar e nce 0. Hawley, S D ., 600 West 122nd St., New York; John W. Schoenfeld , Treas. , Furnold Hall, Columbia Universitv; Fred M. Richmond, Sec., 210 Livingston Hall, Columbia University Active, 13; pledged, 0.

Iowa State .............Lincoln Way and Beech Ave., Ames, Iowa . First and third Mondays. L. W. Coquillette, V. D.; 0. G. Wheaton, S. D .; F. F Householder, Treas.; A. R. Bird, Sec. Active, 16; pledged, 7.

Iowa .......................... Io wa City, Iowa. Every Monday. H. C. Harper, V. D.; G. F. · Patterson, S D.; 0. ]. Kirketeg, Treas. ; B C. Condit, Sec. Active, 11; pledged, 6

Pennsylvania State College, Pa. First and third Mondays. J_ Martin Fry, V. D.; ]. Swain Godfrey, S. D.; R. - B. Latta, Treas.; D A. Campbell, Sec. Active, 16 ; pl e dged, 4

Washington .4703 18th N. E. , S eatt le , Wash. Every Monday W. E. Hendricks, V. D.; Clarence Anderson, S. D ; S. L. Simpson, Treas.; C. L. Palmer, Sec Active, 15 ; pledged, 7.

Colorado .... ............ J315 11th St. , Boulder, CoL Every Thursday. H. N. Orr, V. D .; Stanley Walbanfl, S. D .; K. S. Earp, Treas.; Carl Parker, Sec.; M. Shugren, Cor. Sec. Active, 16; pledged, L

*Syracuse 708 University Ave , Syracuse, N. Y. First and third Mondays. Kansas Stat e..........821 Osage St., Manhattan, Kan. Every Wednesday. H. D. Reedy , V. D. ; G. C. Gibbons, S.D. ; G. A. Bolz, Tre as . ; W . W. Frizell, Sec.; G. C. Gibbons, Cor. Sec. Active, 17; pledged, 8.

Texas 2309 San Antonio St., Austin, Texas. Every Wednesday. E. C. Nelson, Jr. , V. D ; J H. Byers, S. D.; H. B Jones , Treas.; A. R. Howard, Sec. Active, 21; pledged, 5.

ALUMNI ASSOCIATIONS

New York. President, Warren W. Hilditch, Yale, '09, Orange Memorial Hospital, Orange, New Jersey ; vice-president, Walter Royal Jon es, Chicago, '09, 237 Seventh Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y.; secretary and treasurer , Chas . G. Beersman, Franklin, ' 15, 244 5th Ave., New York City.

Indianapolis Pr es ident, George E. Gill; vice-president, Ernest C. Carr; secretary and treasurer, R. E. Simpson, 106 S Elder St., Indianapolis, Ind.

*Your secretary has neglected to send in the information asked for Please see that the Editor h as yo ur street address, night of meeting, chapter officers and number of men active and pledged.

Your Journals will be mailed according to the number of men reported active for each issue.

THE CHAPTER LETTER

We have had so many inquiri es as to just what the e ditor e xpected in th e form of c hapte r Ie tte r R that w e bavt' d ec id e d to r e print the opinions of the e ditor s of 'l' he Gamet antl White and T!t e of Kappa Sigma, as a bas is to work from Conc erning the Ch apter Letter

One subject of co ntinu a l intcre:st among f1·aternity editors is th e chap t e r l e tt r; what it ought to co ntain , how it m ay b e s e cured from th e correspondent on tim e how much tim e and l abo r th e e d1tor I S warranted m spendmg on 1t, how much of a' fix ed form s hould be impos e d upon th e writer, a nd so forth No two editorial wor l< e rs ag r ee exac tl y in their id eal , a nd no two follow th e polic y in th e ir tr ea tment of the l e tt e rs th a t were not r ece iv ed. Agreeing in many points with th e e ditor of The Garnet a nd vVhite of Alpha Chi Rho, we a re g lad to find at last the looked -for space to repr int his stud y of th e qu est ion, e ntitl e d

An Analysis of the Chapter Letter

Th e c hapt e r l e tt e r is th e ed itor's stap le and the ed itor's tribulation. No matter what other e l eme nts go t o malte up the frat e rnit y magazine, no matt e r though coll ege pres id e nts ma y write ab l e art i c l es on ed ucation, or n a tional officers e xpound the frat e rnit y's princip l e s out of th e d ep th of th e ir exper i e nc e and wisdom ; this, after a ll , is but conting e nt ; and th e fixed qu a ntit y (and wh at a quantity of it th e re is!) is always the in formation, indiffe r e ntly s p e ll ed and badly worded, that "Ham " Jones attend e d th e pink tea on th e 24th inst. g i ve n by "Zip " Johnson's· sis t e rs; that ther e were l ots of ea ts; that th e chapter has p l anned a the d a ns a nt to b e g iven in honor of these and oth e r chapter pe ac h e s on th e fourth of n ex t month , and issu e s a cordial invitation to all broth e rs to be pr e sent, etc., etc The letter a l ways b eg inning with th e mystic words, "We h a v e just comple t e d the first term of the most prosp e rous year in our history , an d have added to th e roll of the chapter th e five best men in th e entering class"; and e ndin g with th e formul a, "W e e xt e nd to a ll the sist e r chapters a cordial g r eeting, and would lik e th e m to c om e a nd see us in our house.' ' "Th e ed itor sm il e s w ea ril y whil e his b lu e p e ncil trav'e ls a l ong the int e rminable lin es; for th e r e ris es b e for e h i m th e vision of th e surround in gs in which the l etter was wr itte n -a scar r e d d es k pil ed hi g h with smok in g impl e m e nts and th e ir debris, old swea t er s a n d dog - ea r ed no t e - bool<s; thre e or four visitors tall<ing baseball in tones ap propri a t e to th e bleachers, or rolling a p a p e r-w e i ght a l ong th e floor for the raptur e of a bu ll t er ri e r w ith a jo yo us bark, a nd a n utt e r disr ega rd of furniture; downsta'l.rs a piano, a phonograph and an incipi e nt g l ee c lub a ll going at the same time; somebody be in g page d e xcit ed l y to th e t e l ep hon e by a n e ld e rl y negro with a worri e d look and a tin w a ite r in his hand ; a cl at t e rin g of dishes in the back h a ll announcing that the cook is wroth a t th e prolong e d absence of both waiters a for esaid; th e room and the hous e blu e with smoke; a nd th e e ditor a lt e rnat e l y callin g to so m e one just come in for the l a t es t scores a nd rollin g out his monthly pl e a: "Say, you fellows, what the devil a m I g oing to put in this m on th's chapter l e tt e r, anyway?"

Too frequently th e r es·ultin g pages after th e "hot air" has b ee n e liminated for the m on th , s p ecif y with exact n ess th e position eac h m a n in th e chapter holds on the t ea m , th e coll ege orchestra or th e d eba ting soci e ty, the exact number of spreads th e chapter has enjoyed since a previous summary; the names a nd som e appreciation of the n ew men, and a list of vis itors whos e mi ss p e ll e d nam es m ea ns a h a lf-hour's session with th e fraternity a ddr e ss boo!< to find who has been down that chapter's way. All th ese i t e rn s are, of cours e , v ital to comp l ete pr ese ntation of a chapte r's history; and what e l se ca n possib l y b e written or d e sir e d? ·

But s uppo se the most popul a r man in last year's graduating class com e s back to visit th e chapter, and the hearts of the brothers on · the campus are exh ilarated by th e quickly-spr e ad n ews : "Say , did yo u know that Bob C l ark was down at the chapter hous e?" Th e r e up o n th e veran d a sits Bob ; a nd around him an eager group of m e n, each int ent to co n vey to him th e n e ws of th e chapter doings in the near past. No li s t of n ames a nd positions, no m e r e catal ogue of chapter activities; bu t vital, interestin g n ews about th e doin gs of th e chap t e r, its policies, it s plans, its succ e sses, its fai lu r e s , till when Bob is finall y carried off by th e head of th e House Committee to in spec t th e n ew lounge in th e smoking room he h as caught not only the history of the c hapt e r, but its sp i rit, in a seri e s of word pictur es which excite his inter e st, aro u se his a na quick e n his enth u siasm And why not give all this again to poor Bob when n ex t month h e is some hundreds of miles away, opening with alacrity to th e chapter l e tt e r ju s t rec e iv ed, w hich is to him like news from hom e Alas! "The mid- yea r exa minations found a n indu str ious and happy group of brothers scatt e red a round th e cozy rooms of our chapter hous e and studying dilig e ntly " e tc. "We e xtend co rdi a l gree tin gs to a ll our sister chapters." And all the other chapters have been doing the sam e. Th e first thin g , th en , that th e r e corder w a nts to keep in mind as a guide to success is, that h e is ta lking to B.ob and n o t to th e National Editor. And his greatest care, so f ar as th e Nat1onal Ed1tor I S concerned, is to t e ll Bob a ll about it In such a way th a t t h e 'a tion a l Editor can't get hi s blue pe n cil in an yw her e to spoil his l e tter.

The ·ation a l Editor i s paid according t o t he number of f ee t of blu p neil h ca n in a y a r. A page of Th Gar n t a nd Whit e , for in tanc e, co ts about two do ll a r ; and s1x m ch s of blu e p nell cost· fiv e c nts. Th a t five cen t ·' worth of pencil will do to lin e out SIX hundr ed and fifty-s eve n pages of matt e 1· b gi nnin g " Th e b au ti fu l spring w ea ther has n ea l'l y g on e, but it is always sp J;j ng in the hop e s of the chapte r to m ake this yea r th e mo s t succ e ssfu l," t c. (E xtract from a lat e chapt r 1 tt e r. N. B. It wa s e xlJ·act e d b :(ore pub l ication.)

Th blu e p n e il of th e Ed it01 · runs l ike a mous e a l ong o n e lin e aft e r anoth e r, lookin g fo r a ho l to g o mto

If it c a n ' t cu t out a singl e s nt en e without spoiling

sens or th e sty ! of the l e tt r, o1· el imi nati n g som fac t-and th e Editor is strong for facts, not for fa n c i e - it com es to th e e nd without r sha r p nin g and th e Jett e r is laid asi d e on th e p il e to be l ater judge d for th e b st l e tt e r In th a t late r judgm e nt th e Ed itor wil l lool< for what th r eco r der has l e ft o ut ; just now h e is l ook ing for what th e w1 ite r has quit e in e xcu sab l y put i n.

L t u s co n s i der bri fl y both th e "ins" a nd "outs."

B ob is a graduate not o nl y of the chap t e r, but of th e co ll . H e was also for f our yea r s a r e sid e nt of t h e town. H e liv e d i n th e ch a pte r hou e . P e rhaps h e has beC' n out for som tim e a nd d o es n ' t l<n ow pers on a ll y t he m en in the chapt r now. Put in a ll you can t e ll abo ut yo ur broth e rs; m ake th m so f a r as po sib ! Ji \'lng r ea liti e s t o him , a nd no t m ere n a m s in a c a talo g u e, describe t h ir achiev e m nts and th ir charact er isti cs in th o sam e b ri e f a nd v i gor ou s way you find wor th whil e when Bob com s to t ow n ; but d on ' t altog e the r forg e t th at your c h ap t er is l ocated in so m e par ti c ul ar p l a c e. If th e town ha. cha n ged from gas t o e l ec tri c it y, if a t ro ll ey lin e has bee n put t hrough to town from co ll e ge and p as s es by th e chapte r house; if th e strc t h as a lt e r ed c o ns id erab l y in appeara n ce, been r e pav ed, o1· b uilt up with n ew hou ses or n e wl y - bord e r e d with tJ·ee s, i f a n o th e r fratrni t y h a moved in n e xt do or , why not m e ntion th ese thin g s ? If t h e co ll ege has b ro ade n e d into a univ e rsit y, if some very popu l a 1· p 1·of e ssor h a di e d , o r so m e b e qu s t matl e p o s i ble th e r e ct ion of n w buil d in gs or th e add iti on of n ew quipm e nt, if a n e w pres i d e n t has ass um e d contro l-don ' t be too sur e t ha t Bob know s a ll th ese t hings. If you hav e torn dow n th o ld ve r a nd a a n d b uil t a n o th r. t ll him wh a t it i s lik e . If yo ur hot air in th e chap t r h o u s e h as g iv e n way to stea m , impr ov y our Je tt e r cor r es ponding l y by t e ll i n g about it In short , g i ve B ob a w o rd pict ur e of just what i s go in g o n in th e who l e neighbor hood. If you r l et t e r i s l ilc e n e w s from h o m e, perhaps h e will ge t homes i cl< to dr op in )lp o n y ou. or p e 1 h a ps h e w ill se n d a ch e c l< without be i ng b ill e d for I And su h a so rt of a ch e c l< is w or th mor e tha n it s f ace va l u e.

:\low wh at c a n you l ea v e out t o m a l<e u p fo r a ll this? For yo u lcn ow th a t the Editor will n ot g i ve y ou mor e th a n just s o mu c h s pa ce. no matt e r how g o od y our st uff i s-h e h a s ju s t so much pace to g i ve. Con d e n se a ll th e ab o ve matte r into brisk, pithy sente n ces as you will yet your l e t te r is goi n g to be lon ge r than it is now. a nd ev n now it i s run n in g we ll b ey ond t h e p age a n d a h a l f or so of print which IR th e s t a nd a rd for th e c hapt e r l ette r L E' t u s h a v e s om e ru l e s for omiss ion which may s u gges t oth e rs

In th e first pl ac e as to the p as t. oft e n record e r s se nd th e sa m e n e ws in two succ es s i ve i ssu es If Ed Smith i s on th e c r e w , no doub t h e w ill s ta y th e r e until aft e r th e r a c e i s run. Do n ' t ex pr e ss y our hidd e n do u bts of t hi s by s in g in g a pa an of joy eve r y oth e r m o nth over h i s con tin ued p1·ow e ss Om it past p l a ns th at n e v e r W•' re ca rri ed out, unl e s s Bob h as a part in th e ir f a ilur e, th e n soal< it t o h i m hard But don ' t say , "W e h a d expec t e d t o hav e a da n ce a t th e chap t er hous e on M arc h 27, but owin g to th e s i c kn ess of th e c h a irm a n of th e committe e th e a rr a n ge ments w e r e defe rr ed unt il too l at e. " ut o ut in format i on whi c h i s commo n to a ll c h a pt e r s a nd to a ll yea rs, a nd h e n ce is wea ri so m e; as , for i n s t ance, " Exa min at io ns hav e occupi d th e a tt e ntion of our b roth e rs for t wo w e e l<s;" "Th e br ot h e rs h ave r e tu r n e d fro m th e Ch ri stmas holida ys, which w e r e c r owded with e njo yab l e in c i d e nts and sc e n e s ," e tc. " Wint r h as co m e again , a nd th e g r o un d is cove r e d with a cloak o f dazzling whit e n e ss. ." Such tuff is to wr it e a nd h a 1d to r ead.

Th e n as to th e prese n t. It i s no pa rticul a r g l o r y t o th e chap t e r tha t Brothers Hood a nd C rowl y a 1·e on th e tr ac l< squ ad , or h ave join ed th e Y. M. C. A. If th a t is th e bes t y ou h ave u se it to fi ll up , but do n't be sa tisfi e d until yo u ca n r epoi·t tha t Broth e r Hoo d h as b ee n mad e Ex ec u ti v e Secr e ta 1·y, or th a t Broth e r C r ow l y h as won his pl a c e A c e rt a in chapte r writes bi -m ont hl y t o Th e Garne t a n d Whit e that Broth e r D oe i s sport i n g a red ti e , a nd t h a t B r o th e r Roe's ch ee rful songs c ontinue to be h ea rd ar ound th e chapt e r ho use. Broth e rs Do e a n d Ro e h ave not s o f a r go t into p rint ; PE- rhaps throu g h th e over s i g ht of th e Editor t hey will som e da y, and th e n th e id e ntity of this c h a pt e r will be di c lo se d Th e it m, "W e a r e eage rly ltlokin g out for n ew mate rial , anrl a r e h op in g before th e end of th <l t e rm to i ncr e ase o ur numb ers a nd our chapt e r str e n g th ," is a lso ov e rwork ed Th e ite m , " Th e r eco rd e r i s waiting a nx io usl y for d in n e r , and inten ds sho rtl y a ft e r to e nj oy a b ri e f p e 1·iod o f r e fr es hing sl ee p," has not ye t appea r e d , but no do u b t wi ll h av e its turn in t he e t e rnal flux of word combinations appar e ntl y uninflu e n ced b y an y d i r ec tin g mind.

Lots of words m ay b e sav e d in desc ri b in g th e futu r e, whi c h is n otori ously un c e rtain. First of a ll , Th e Garnet and V\Thi t e w ill appear ( i f y ou a re p r o mpt ) o n th e fift ee nth day of th e mo nt h following t he r e ceipt of yo ur l e tt er If it is e ar l y , so much th e be tt e r , b ut do n ot co unt on thi s rar e pl eas u re Mention, th e n , ente r tainm e nts , r e union s , dinn e r s a nd p l a n s sc h edu l e d to co m e off af t er th a t da t e o f p u b l ication , for it Is possibl e that Bob , for whom you a r e writin g, m ay at t e nd , b ut s ave m e ntion of oth e 1· pr oj ecte d p l e asu r e s until you can d esc rib e their accomp li sh m en t. S econdl y, eliminate promi e s of what th e chapte r is going to do in th e w ay of r a ising its standards o r improving it s e quipm e nt , unl e ss, ind ee d , as in building a c hapt e r hous e , y ou want B ob' s int e r e st a nd h e l p in brin g in g it to pass Cut out for eca sts of the grea t thin gs your n e w m n a r e goi n g to b e a n d do. We'll b e li e ve it w h e n we see it. Like Kipling's "Ba nd e r l oa" in T he Jun g l e Book , a chap t e>· _can eas il y work up int<? a high state of s e lf- s atisfaction and stagnation by r ec 1tmg on every poss1ble occ asiOn all th e wond e rful de e ds th ey ar e going to do.

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Wh e n y ou h ave writt n y our l e tt e r, it is a good thing to get some brother to typewrit e it n ea tl y on 8 'h xll pap e r, omitting h e do e s so th e first and last s e ntences (list of visitors e xc e pt e d). The Editor Will probably do. latter anyway, unlell6 you h a v e got ri g ht d o wn to your informatiOn at th e b e gmnmg and left off as soon as y ou ar e throu g h , t a kin g g ood,. wishes to oth e r chapte rs and offe rs of hospitality for grant e d D o n't think y ou a r e th e only frat e rnit y on th e c a mpus. You may be the best

But if a ny ot he r frat e rni ty h a s mo ve d into a new hous e , or a chiev d som e special distinction. or won . as y ou hope to do y ear. four out of fi\ e. of all Phi Bet,a Kappa l< ey s, o r h ad a bad tir e , or ente rt a in e d th e Pr e si de nt. of the Umte d States, don t b e bashful a bo ut sounding th ei r praises. Perhaps some hme may yours Complaints often r each th e Editor that prop e r nam f! s ar e missp e ll e d. We conf es s tu an unhol y d e light in printing nam es :;,om e tim e s JUSt as they ar e sent us by the chapter record e r whom the missp e ll e d broth e r had the responsibility of electing last y ea r. N a m e s of broth e rs of oth e r chapte rs in visitors' list we usually revis e care full y. B ut eve n h e r e c ar e should b e us ed to prmt out names, and to have the initials corr ec t a nd th e sp e lling un e xc e ptionabl e. Calling a man out of his n a m e Is a most unimporta nt incid e nt , but it has unlimited possibilities a" a creator of ba d

writ on on e s id e of th e sh e et only is a counsel for infants Y e t as the Editor conclud es this a rticl e h e ga z e s s a dly at a lett e r d e stined for the same issu e of Th e G a rn e t and White in which this articl e (in plac e of a much better one promised, but not se nt, by a Phlald e lphi a broth e r) wi ll app e ar. B e ginn ing w!th a blot on the first p age o f a sh ee t of not e pap e r , in larg e , s c rawl e d characte rs, It w e nds Its way to th e third p ag e of th e s a m e fold e d sh ee t, thenc e sid e ways down th s e cond pag e, and f a iling to finish on th e fourth adds th e l a st words in a bad l y-execute d semi-circle at th e t o o o f th e alr e ad y - blott e d pag e on e. That l e tter will hav e to be rewritt e n, and th e dis g u es t att e nd a nt upon th e loss of th a t half hour is only partly mitigated by th e sati s f ac tion of s e nding to th e corresponding s e cretary of that chapt e r an Imp e rativ e notic e of a four-do ll ar tin e F'or that lett e r was very late, and the moral of that is that a r e cord e r who is incompetent in one particular i s generall y d e linque nt in all oth e rs. B e tter tak e that man out, broth e rs, and in ch o osing a record e r e lect the m a n whos e r e ady writing will h e lp to ke e p the graduates interested in th e r e sid e nt chapt e r, and whos e chapt e r l e tt e rs in turn wi ll be to him a valu ab l e piece of work and exp e ri e nce in preparation for later succ e ss in literary life.

TEXAS CHAPTER LIFE

Editor' s Not e : Texas ch a pter l e tter has been placed firs t in this issue becau s e it is the b e t chapt e r lett e r that ha s be e n received in the thr ee years the editor has served the fraternity. It is presented without correction of any kind on the part of th e e ditor.

The "B a by Unit" of any organization has any numb e r of unique points conce rning its first tott e ring e fforts to g e t on its f e et and w a lk off a l one. Th e r e are no prece d e nts or long e sta blish e d customs for it to follow, no chair-arms as it w e r e , to hold to. And suffic e it to s ay th e r e a r e many ch a nc e s for it to tumble over and bump its head most painfully. With a ll th a t, though, th e r e are som e distinct advantag e s to be gained from its infa ncy position which mak e s for its s e curit y

First, it has th e advanta ge of having gon e through a "tight"-a gruelling cont e st to g ain its posit ion,-and th e r e is c e rt a inly no on e thing that will bring men togeth e r, d e v e lop unit y , a nd complete h a rmony lik e a r ea l good tight. I hop e that our chapt e r (howev e r much I wou l d lik e to se e it fr ee from a nxi e t y and secur e ly on its road to perfection) , wi ll never be qu it e fr e e from som e serious problem. It s memb e rs have f e lt th e e ffe c t of blundprs and learned for themselves the effect of their mistal<es. When th ese h a v e b ee n right e d , and th e m e rri e r way found it is n e edl e ss to say that th e s a m e e rror will not r e cur.

But I hav e s e t out to writ e som e thing a bout Ch a pte r Life Just what I nm going to say I do not know, except th at it will b e about "usl'-we are young, y ou know, and aspiring and lik e to s ee ourselv e s in print. Besides that, I think, wh e ther Broth e r Mann do e s or not, that th i s is the pl a ce to t a lk about ourse l v e s-d e v e lop a sort of "Hints on B ea uty" exch a ng e , wh e r e each on e of us can air our virtues and e xpos e our shortcomings for th e mutua l b e nefit of all c onc e rned. That c e rtainly Is a r e al fun c tion of The Journal. Th e T e x a s Chapte r e sp e cially, fe e ls th e need of this By r e ason of its geographical position , it is isolated from all th e oth e r ch a pte rs and has no opportunity to visit with anybody e l s e . Occasionall y, some brother l ik e Russ e ll Taylor from Wisconsin, Broth e r McFarl a nd from Chica g o Alumni or Larry Lanlmore f rom Purdu e drops in to see us and we borrow all he has to "put out," but then w e still find w e ne e d mor e

Th e Texas chapt e r, no doubt. looks pretty "s ee dy" to our visitors but if they wil l _just vis it us long e nough I dar e say they will find th e sort of spirit 'in "us se e dy" lookm g f e llows that you n eed for a n e w chapt e r. W e b e li e v e first of a ll that we n eed m e n that will wat e r th e flow e rs, mow the lawn. and se e ' that too ma:ny lights a re not unn e c e ss a ril y burning,-m e n that ar e inquiring how much th e grocery bill Is, that ar e worrying more about scho la stic standing than a dr e ss suit for a

Our notion is that we should build a home-like place for " us homely fellows"d e v e l op th e s ound trunk and d ee p root of th e tr ee and l eave it to flower of its own g r owth in the spring. Of course . we a r e very car e ful to preserve and e ncourage any social blooms that ma y appear if the limh be strong- enou g h to support them, but be sur e th a t th e bloom do e sn't weak e n the limb so th a t a strong wind at>out exam time will it off, flow e r , limb and a ll.

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Our social ac ti v it! s ha.v been rath er limited this year. We hav e had only informa. hous e atr a irs, a nd o nl y two of thos e were more th an just house partie -the fh"st was the cus tom a ry s mok er fo r a ll Masons, and the second to Acacia m en, th eir fri e nds a nd l ad i es At this affair , we had a r ece ivin g line, and a previou Jy te ted coupl e of cabar e t e nt e rtain e rs , with dancing af t erwa rd s. We had a Th anksgiving dinner for Acac ia m e n. Christmas week we h ad anothe r littl e dance, at wh i ch we found several of our aw lc ward sq u ad le ading off with astonishing ease . We are f oll owing th e practice of having th e cook m a k e sandw i ches a nd c offee on regu l ar "ope n-hous e night s" amo n g the s ororiti es , a n d abo ut t en -t hirty ach man invite s a gir l over for a trip to th e kit che n. A n eg ro "o r c h es tr a" has been secured in th meantime, and dancin g till t we.ve foiJows. Of course, at a ll of t hese atrai rs no matter how Impromptu , o ur C h apte r Mo th e r i s present. In t h i s matte r , we are Indeed fortunate. Mr s Smith i s ju s t th e kind th at ass ur es e v e r ybody with m e r e l y h e r p r ese nc e, and ha s be e n a wonderful h e lp t o th e chap t e r . We find ours e l ves c omin g to be know n as th e hom e -lik e , co 1·dial sor t o n th e camp us. At each of these atrairs, we a lwa ys Includ e on e or two m e n from oth e r fraternities, and part i cu l ar l y one from the representative non - fraternity circl e. Our purpos e i s t o es tablish a cord i a l r l a tion with th e student body.

B y way of !m o win g th e faculty, we o rdin a ril y invit e o n e or t w o t o a me a l each week, rot a ting throu gh th e li s t ti.l in tim e w e h op e to includ e nea rl y a ll. Thi s practice we find e pecially goo d . H e r e tofore, th e r e h as bee n some st1·on g o pposi tio n to fra t rnlti s in genera l from so m e m mbers of t h e faculty, a nd it is our purpos e t o ge t our se l ves a w ay fro m t hat as n ea rl y as possible.

T exas C h ap t e r had onl y nin e men bac k in th e h ous e a t th e beg in n i ng of the year, a n d as a r es ult has m e t with diffi c ulti e s, yet w e hav e initi ated nine mor e , a n d pledg e d thirt ee n, who " first ye a r" rules pr e vent be in g initi ated. We b e l ieve that If we can ge t safe l y pas t this year , w e ar e ov e r our cr uci a l p e riod. In th e m ea ntim e, thou g h, we would lil< e to see th e oth r c hapt e r s se ndin g in th e ir id eas-we n eed th e m, a nd s in cere l y hop e t o fin d th e n ex t numb e r of th e Journal containing "s eve ral or mor e."

By R. C. THAXT ON,

MICHIGAN

T exas C h apter.

Pr obab l y th e n ea r approac h of th e J hop h as somethin g t o do with the pr eval e nt f ee ling o f unr e st. T e n of th e ac ti ves h ad to ass i s t in procuring t icke t s, e t c. T he supp l y of paste boards is not nearly eq ual to th e campus demand, a n d a ll o n e night the chapt e r k e pt re l ays of m e n in li n e at the Un i on w a itin g for th e final sa l e to open. Th e hop co m e s o f f F rida y, Feb ru ary 9th, a nd Acacia will have a hous e party from Friday until Sunday

Dr. Marshall, one of th e founders· of Acacia , stayed at th e chApt e r house fo 1· a few days during Christmas vacation. D r. Marshall, who practices in Polson, Mont., has com e East to tak e up some graduate w or k at C hicago Univ e rsity.

Nothing of sp e cial importan ce h as occurred in th e hous e s in ce our la s t l e tt e r. Th e costum e C hristm as party was a great successs and substantial a id was g iv e n to th e lo cal Goodf e llow mov e ment Since C hri s tm as , s o cial affa ir s have b ee n omitte d on the supposition th a t a ll the broth e rs needed th e time f or study

Th e ca ll for tr yo ut s for th e chorus of this y ea r's op e ra b rou gh t forth severa l of th e boys a nd a t lim e of writing Jimm y Hayes a nd Sweed Gorms e n are g oin g strong for stead y jobs U p to d a t e th e judgin g h as r e sted on dancing ability T here'll be nothin g to it wh e n th ey h ea r th e m s in g. So, with C ur l ey Dav is assured of the trip with his big fiddl e a nd Don Smoth appo int ed as ass i s t a nt to Treas ur er Hom e r H ea th , w e s t a nd a goo d c h a n ce of h av in g four m e n with th e o r gan i zation wh e n it storms the country during spri ng vaca ti o n.

Broth er Hubbard was co nfin e d to th e University Hospita l for a w ee !< w ith ear troub l e a nd thou g h much improv ed has gone hom e to recup e r ate. Thi s, a l o ng with oth e r annoyanc e s, h as prompted Broth e r H u bbard to r es i g n the s t ewa rd s hip His succe ssor w ill be appointed soo n.

Broth e r Van Ak e n is bringing his wif e from K a ns as to sp e nd th e las t se m e st er of his c oll ege care e r with him i n Ann A rbor , con seq u e ntly n e xt semest e r th e hous e will h ave to e xist without Van. We h at e to hav e him mo ve o ut, still th ere i sn 't o n e of th e sen iors but wishes h e c ould ge t a s imil a r es ta b li s hm e nt for th e bal ance of th e year.

Broth er A lt e nburg is h a n g ing ont o a c ontract th a t th e Pittsburg basebal: c lub sent him to b e signed, and indica tions a r e th a t h e will be with us until Jun e. W e arc a ll trying o persu a de J ess that coll e ge ed uc atio n is worth m o r e than fame on th e diamond.

Broth e r Brownrigg, spec ia lizing in ac tual ac turial work, is th e prime mo ver of th e l oca l divis io n of th e Actuarial a n d St a tistic a l Society. Broth e r Thom pso n i s worki n g h ard a s n ight e d i t or on t h e Mic h igan Daily. He is a lso wrJti n g e ditori a ls and paragr ap hs for th e pap e r.

Visitors

Broth e r Cook of Purdu e Chapter, wh o is e ngage d in the !ll a nuf ac.tur e of au t o mobile ca rbur e tor s in Detroit, visited th e c h a pt er house d urm g C hristm a s vacation and a g a i n l a t e r. A nd Broth e r Hill, of th e C h icago C hapt e r , ca m e into t ow n yesterday With th e ir d e b a ting t ea m a n d h e l p e d c l ea n up Mich iga n 's orat ors in th e Ce n tral D e batIng L eag u e cont e st.

KANSAS

Pe 1·haps one of the most marked dev e lo pments in Kan sas chapter yea 1 is t h e r e n e w e d in t e r e s t i n Mason i c activi t ies, as w e ll as th e co rdia l r e latiOnship th a t

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ex ists betwee n Lawr e nc e Lodg e No. 6 and Acacia Lodg e o 9. As far as possible th e chapter w an ts to have a repres e ntativ e at th e principal me e tings of th e local IJodies.

Kansas Chapter this year, as we ll as in h e r past history, is h eralded as a chapter of cottish Rit e iVfas onr y. At the present tim e th e r e a r e nin e t ee n thirty - second d gree m e n in th e chapte r At th e last S co tti s h Rite r e uni on th e following Kansas m e n to ok th e work and received th e degree of th e Mas t er of th e Ro ya l Secret: C E. Ba ysinge r, W. R. Schreiner, A. B. Richmond, E. E. P edro ja, F Th aye r, J. A. Winch es t e r A. K. Rader, A. B. Irwin, S. 0. Rice. Kurt P eiser and W. vV. Frizell, of the Kansas' State Chap t e r, a l s o t ook th e work in the Scottish Rit e. Former Venerable Dean Browning, of the K ansa Sta t e Chapte r, took th e work through the Z rbal Lodge of Pe rf e ction.

Th e big Acac i a initiati o n of thi s yea r will be h e ld a t th e chapter hous e Janu a ry 26-27 Acac i a brothers in th e vicinity of L aw r e n ce at that tim e are urged to heed th e call of Acac i a

Be li ev ing th at eac h chap t e r sho uld m a l< e th e mo st of its chapt e r l e tt ers and th Acac i a Journal the K a ns as C h ap t e r h as reorganized its e ditorial deplJ.rtment. T here is a committee of thr ee that handl e s the chapter publication, "The L e tt er Home." It i s lik e l y that th e thr ee m e n will b e g iv e n definite pl a c es, such as editor, man ag in g ed itor, a nd bus i ness manag e r Th ayer was rec e ntl y appointed chairman of th e Acacia Jour n a l committee.

NEBRASKA

Nebras k a C h apte r is pr oud of th e s trid e she is mal<in g. The numb er of Masons in our institution i s incr eas in g, which h e lps Acacia in th e selection of mor e capab l e men. We are takin g "- g o o d part in th e so r.ia l affairs and activities of our institution, but th e grea t es t things is th e fact that Acacia hom e is a real home a nd we are proud of t h e fact th a t oth er fra t e rniti es ask us how w e manage t o hav e su ch a spirit

School Activities

Besides m ost of o ur ow n m en b e in g in profess ion a l fraterniti e s we are proud to say th a t we h ave m en tal<ing part in a thl e tic s of th e uni versity, two football squad m e n, two in bas eb all, thr ee in track, including th e captain; we a lso have th e captain of the debat in g l eague th a t won from K U. this year, two m e n in dr a m at ic s and thr ee capta in s in military drill. Aside from this, we hav e four men assisting tn th eir respec tiv e d epa rtm e nts in th e uni vers ity.

Socia l Activiti es

Soci a l ac ti v iti E'" thi s yea r h ave be e n more s tr e nuous a nu more numerou s than ever before. We g av e dances after the l a rger football games and a C hristm as party. In addition to th ese larger pa rti e s, th e c h ap t er house has been the sce n e of several small er parties, includ i n g hour-parties on mid-w ee k ni g hts when some sorority was inv it e d , f rom 7 to 8 But now we ar e s e ttling down to strenuous labor and sav ing socia l e nerg y for the a nnu a l , F ebr uar y lOth B u ilding Fund

Last year a t th e annual ban q uet a goodly numb e r of alumni· of our chapter flU bscribed for shares for b uildin g a n Acacia h om e. We h ave n ear l y e nou g h now to sta rt the bu il ding On acco unt of th e hi gh cost of b uildin g mat e ri a l the Acacia A lumni of Nebras l<a, Inc., f eel that it is not adv isab l e to build a t pr ese nt, but we hav e l ease d our l as t house. Th e l ease exp ir es in two y ea rs and at that tim e we mov e to our own hom e.

Lod g e Rel a t i o n s

Acac i a owes a grea t d eal to th e lodg e s of Linco l n for th e consid e rations given us. A t t h e b eg innin g of th e sch ool yea r , th ey ga v e their annual banq u et to a ll

Masons of the uni vers it y, a t which tim e th e Acacians were th e honor ed g u e sts. We have a 1\Iasonic t eam wh i ch puts o n the Third degree in th e lod ges h e r e and In the a djoining towns. Thr ee m e n hav e t a l<en th e Shrine a nd several oth e rs are consi deri ng "goin g u p" in the spring class.

Loc a l P a n-Hellenic Org aniz a t i on

Last spr in g af t er discussing pro and con, w e acce pt ed th e invit a tion of th e m e mb er s of th e Lo cal Pan-Hellenic O r ga niz a tion and put in our application for membership, whic h was accepted , w e are told, without objection. W e fee l that our m e mb ership h as help ed as materially in that it has brou g ht us in c los E' t ouch w it h th e other fraternities by m ea ns of our athletic t e ams, including bas k e t-b a ll , bowli n g a nd b aseba ll. A l so th e privilege of att e nding the Pan-He ll e nic banque t and da n ce wi ll br ing us in c l ose r touch with th e frat e rnity world in genera l.

The G ra nd Couns e llor Inspects

L ast Nove mb e r 11th, th e fraternity had a g r ea t vi s it with the Grand Counselor, and h ave profit e d by it. His s u gges tions have i mpr oved th e conditions about the home and on h is n ex t visit, which we hop e will be soon, w e want to show a real Acac 1a.

CALIFORNIA

Th e Cal if o rni a; <;ha pter starts the n .:: w yea r with nin e t ee n active m e n, two pl e dg e s, and s everal prom1smg candidates m v 1ew. Th e half yea r just ended h as been, in every. way, one of th e most s ucc ess ful half years of the chapter's e xistenc e. F1rst, t h e i!'t erest of th e in the active c h apter has been high l y encouragmg and g 1·at1f y m g us Th e 1r attendance at fr a t e rnity me e tings has b ee n g o od, and always they have g1ven helpful sugge stions a nd offer e d th e ir assistanc e in everything

we might wish to und e r·tak e , showing that th e ir interest is not sentimental but real enougb to indicatE! th a t are eager to h el p make the chapter one of the very best Another thmg in which our a lumni work ranks high is the matter of Journal subscriptions. Th ey have place d the chapter second in the list of other chapters in the numb er of subscriptions. This is the kind of spirit we are a ll workIng for, and w e f eel that eve ry f'l'ort made in th is direction is amply justified.

Scholastically, th e hous is improving, and during th e past y e ar the following men have b ee n e l ected to honor societies:

A. M. Jens e n, '17, memb er of ig ma Iota Phi, presid e nt of Tau B e ta Pi and presid e nt of Civil Engineering Association. Andy is our best student and we e'xpect to hear of him in connection with big things later on.

C laud e E. Monlux, Big "C" Soci e ty and Gold e n Bear.

Chas. R. B e ll, Big "C" oci e ty.

Fr·ank K. Haight, Phi Chi M ed ical Fraternity. Richard Scofield, Phi Chi Medica l Frate l'l1it y.

Mason Johnston, Phi Delta Kappa Educational Fraternity. Marc Hollz e r , pre sident of A. I. E. E . , a nd president of 1\Iath e matics Club. L land 1\1. Bell, B e ta Kappa Alpha, Biology.

Str·o th ers P. Walton, Phi A l pha Delta, Legal. Next May will complete th e sixth year spent in this institution for Strothers, at which tim e he will receive his J D. His perseverance is something we all admir· , and w e will undoubt e d l y hear from him late r on

Athletically, we have been well r e pr ese nt ed Last spr ing laud e Ion lux was awarded his "C" in th e hammer throw and was sent East with th e team to the I. C. A. A. m ee t.

Last fall, Chas B e ll and C l aude Monlux wer e th e guards on th e Varsity football team, Charles p l aying left and C l aude right guard Th ey were both awarded a "C ." This is th e second year of American football for California and she m ade a gre at showing. Claude was chosen as tackle on th e All -P acific Coast t ea m. R. A. R ey nolds play e d at center on the Fres hman football team M a son Johnston, our V. D. and H. H. W e b e r, our chapt e r editors , a r e strong cont e nders in th e quarter and th e half mlle.

Socially, the hous e has been holding its own. Two informal dances were given during th e past semes t er, th e s eco nd one the eve ning of December 9th, being one ot the best ever given in the hous e. We attended several lo dge dances around the Bay which w e re e njoy e d by all

Our Third Degree team during the past year has been one of our mo st successful undertakings. Last Apr il we conferred th e work on a candidate in Charter Rock Lodge of Berltel ey Th e next month w e e x e mplified the worlt in th e two hundr e dth degr e for th e Yerba Buena Lodge of Oakl and. L a st Septe mber we acc e pted the invitation from Berk e l ey Lodge 'to exemp lif y th e wo r k in th e i r thee hundr e d e ighty-first degree ( third ). Thi s se m este r we hav e s ever al invitations from l odges in Oakland and Berk e l ey to confer th e wor lt, which we shall accept. Each occasion was attended with great succ ess This i s of course a silent fac tor in our l ife as far as th e campus Is concerned, but it is in creasing our active int eres t in Masonry, and is bringing us in contact with th e truly big m e n of th e bay region. W e make it a point to invite as many of the officers of th e l odges as possible to o ur social functions, and we are ftnding that we deriv e a lot of pleasure and b e nefit from th e association of th e s e m e n.

To help solve our membership probl e m, twic e every year w e send out l e tt e rs to every l odge in th e state ask in g for advance information concerning any Masonic student who mi gh t cont e mplate e nt e ring the u n iversity W e h ave found th i s to be satisfactory.

Some of the boys have b€!en busily en g aged taking the "hi g h e r degrees" of Masonry during the past semester, th e Shrin e being confeerred upon S. P. Wa lton. <tnd L. M. Bell was honored with the thirty - seco n d degree.

We wish to thank Dr. W . .J. Marshall for having sent us the n ames of two young m e n from Montana who are en t e ring the university this semester.

Last, but one of th e th i ngs which concerns us most today is our bui l din g proposition. The chapt e r is sti ll m a king a special e ffort to raise a worlting sum with which to start bu il ding a chapter hous e. Th e num ber of p l edges paid during th e p ast year has increased th e fund a pproximate l y 1,000. Our Brother E. D. F lynn has work e d out plans for· th e building and he has brought to bea r his pr ac tical experience as a fraternity m an and his special study of a frat e rnity house suited to our n eeds until he h as compl e ted plans for a house that wins the approval of a ll who see them. Our only practica l way to secure a house in the n ear futur e is to secure a loan from aome inter e sted person a t a l ow rate of int e rest, so th at the burd e n imposed on th e chapter will n ot b e too heavy. It is to that e nd our greatest efforts being made. We wish a ll of yo u the best a nd mo st prosperous' N ew Year poss1bl e.

OHIO MOUR S LOSS OF W. R. LAZE BY

Just befor e schoo l opened we were thrown into the dark est g l oom by the sudden death of our be lov ed frater, Prof. Wm. R. Lazenby. He was one of our charter m e mbers and never l ac ked in the esl;'ential qualities of a true Acacian. His frequent visits were a source of great profit and pl eas ur e and his guidance and fellowship are sad l y miss ed . Brother Norman W. Sch e r e r, his associate, is in charge of the Forestry Department since his death

S h ortly after school opened in September, four of last year's p l edges were Initiat e d. G. v. Smith, P. G. Nicholson, C l air Ob e rst and Robert Coppess No initlaUon has been held since except the special which was held for Grand Counselor Woodward, at which tim e Edgar W. Fasig w as initiat ed.

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Prea i dent P a n-Helle ni c

V. D. Joseph Thomas was e l ec t ed president of th e Pan - Hellenic Counci: at the fall election. He felt that his duties in this new offic e should have his undivided attention and resigned as V. D. of th e chapter, being s •ucceeded by Broth er C. M. Ros e who had just been installed when Brother Woodward paid us his visit. The n ew 'initiation team appoin t ed by V D. Rose prevented our making as satisfactory an impression as we would have mad e by an older team but _we all thoroughl;r appreciated his visit and have put a number of hiS sugges•tlons mto operation w1th good effect.

At pr ese nt we have twenty - thr ee active men in the chapter, seventee n of whom li ve in the hous e . We also have thr ee inactive men and four pledges who lend their assistance at a ll times W e have e njo yed a n unusual number of visits from alumni of our own and oth e r chapters: Brothers G. A. Lawrence, of Colum bia Chapter; J. E. Tr e l ven, of Wisconsin C h ap t er; R. A. Fife, of Iowa Chapter; R. L Landrum , of Kansas Chapter; R. T Stull, of Illinois Chepter; H. E. Montelius, of Michigan Chapter; J. E. Cox, of Chicago Chapter; N Praaken, of Purdue C hapter; Arlie Mucks, of Wisconsin Chapter, hav e b ee n a t our house this year. Brothers A M. Hambright , Ge o Wimer, K. B. Ward. R. W. Wenger. D. M. Hickson. J. F. Thomas , C . D. Swain, T. E. Rees, T. F. Kfl e inder, F. V. Bouie. G. 0. Burrell, H. J. Curts, F. A. Bensinger, R. J. Marker, C. E. McQuigg and J M. Strait have visited th e home chapter this year from out of th e cit y , and we have enjoyed visits from nearly every one of th e local alumni. Ohio State stands unch a llen ged football champion of the Western Conference Big Nine , and to our chapter has been added the honor of capturing the greased pig in the inter-fraternity pig chase.

We have thr ee ac tiv e m e n doing military duty on th e Mexican border, Brothers H. B. Knight, A. M Smell{er and A. B. Bingham Mundhenk, Lawrence, Perrin and Richardson are also on the border.

We hav e h ad a numb e r of house dances and our informal so far this year. The latte r was in honor of our a lumni, who returned on the occasion of the university hom e -coming and the Ohio State Wisconsin football game It was held at the Hartman Hote l, and was a great success.

W e have instituted a n e w system of keep i ng in touch with our alumni. Each active man is appointed corr e spondent to five or six alumni who are willing to correspond and in this way a p e rsonal touch is added to our printed chapter pub:icatlon. Th e effect was evidenced in th e increased subscriptions to our ho,.se fund, which Is rapidly r e ducing our dept on our property.

A numb e r of improvements have b ee n made about the house this year, our latest improv e ment being a l arge bronze coat of arms on dark circular panel mounted above the mante l in o ur r ec eption hall.

HARVARD

Harvard Chapte r announces with pleasure the following brothers now bound by a fourfold tie: Ar thur Fillmore Bickford, initiated November 27, 1916; Victo r Andrew Sturm, initiated Dec e mb e r - 11, 1916; Pau l Chester Winner, initiated January 11, 1917; Erwin Ferdinand Reichmuth, initi ated January 11, 1917.

The dance committee, Brothers Bechtel and Turn e r, gave a very pleasant dance at Riverbank Cour t o n December 8, 1916.

Th e tea committee gave a tea after the Harvard - Princeton game, which was well attended Th e second tea of the year was held January 14, 1917 The chaptet house was fi: l ed, thanks t o the pr ev ious advertising by the committe e Brot h er Grand Counselor Woodward visited us January 11, 1917. We enjoyed his company very much, and inte nd to profit by the sugges tions he made. J?ecember 11, 1 916, was a lumni night. After the meeting we h ad a pleasant social eve mng.

ILLINOIS

Our f am ily has just about re a ched normal size, and it is on e of the most congenial and good-nat ur ed bunches of fellows eve r banded tog e ther. Among our pledges who will b e th e ea rly part of next semester we have four f1·eshmen, one sophomore and two Jumor:; . Th e y t>.re C. D. Co llins, '20; w. A. Diesel, '20; H. A. Reynolds, '20; J. T. Zalesky, '20; T. M . Cannon, '18, D. C. Colmey '18 and c W Me· Knight, '19. ' ' · ·

Our pl edges will probably be initiat e d in a c l ass next semester as was done this s_emester. November 11th we tool;: in ten of th e m and made quite an affair of the

A large number of alumni saw the work and participated in the banquet which follow ed We w e r e disappointed in not havin g Grand President Brown with us as w e expected. New rob e s of standar d make h e lped to make th e ceremonies more 1m press 1ve.

Quite a. number of our alumni attended our Christmas party December 15th which was a very p l easa nt gathering. The chapter hous e was tastefuliy decorated in keeping with the s eas on. Among other things th e re wer e tre es filled with presents for the guests.

vVe are spend ing more time with our local a lumni this year than usual both In th e m and callin g upon them. And we are glad to say the pleasu're seems

W. S. Haggott, '15, and A. Bush, '15, spen t several days with us last month.

E W. made Champa ign and vicinity shor tly before the holidays

W. I Kirb y ,_ 14,. 1s now e mployed in the office of Supervising Architect J. M. Whtte at the umv e rstty.

" Rosi e" Rosencranz, '16 (Wis.), came over from Indiana for our Christmas dance.

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Luckil y , Illinois has had no e pidemics this year. Things are running smoothly and judging from the way the boys have start d the last lap, they all seem determined to place Acacia at the head of th e list in frat e rnity scho la stic averages.

We are disappointed in not having had an issu e of the Journal before this time, and trust that those who wer e l ate in sending th e ir l etters to the Grand Editor in November have mad e at least one resolution , viz., to get all future chapter l etters in on time

FRANKLIN

In view of the fact that our la st appearing in the previous issue of the Journal treated fully of fraternity activities at F ranklin chapter prior to Thanksa-iving day, we shall endeavor to give you an account, in more or les s detail, as to what has subsequently transpired.

Following is a schedule of events which were enjoyed by the brethren, both local and visitin g, during the Thanksgiving week end:

THURSDAY-

12:00 Noon-Lunch at chapter house.

2:00 P.M.-The game, Cornell-Pennsylvania.

6:30 P.M.-Thanksgiving dinner

11:00 P M -Yellow Dog.

FRIDAY-

9 : 30 A.M.-Tour of Baldwin Locomotive Works.

11:00 A.M.-City Hall tower.

12:00 Noon-Lunch eo n, Crystal Tea Room, John Wanamaker's Store. Tour of Wanamaker Building.

1:30 P.M.-Masonic Temple

3:00 P .M.-I n dependence Hall.

3:30 P.M.-Curtis Publishing Company Building

6:00 P. M.-Dinner at chapter house

8:00 P.M.-Theatre party.

SATURDAY-

9:30 A.M.-Tour of campus.

10 :3 0 A .M.-Trip through Philadelphia General Hospital, clinics and insane departm e nt s.

12 :00 Noon-Lunch at chapter house

10:30 A M.-Trip through Philadelphia General Hospital, clinics and insan e d e part- and int e rned German cruisers.

6:00 P.M.-Dinner at chapte r house.

8:00 P.M.-Joint initiation .

SUNDAY-

4:00 A. M ·-Early mass.

Much to the discomfiture of the Corne ll brethren, Cushing, Till ey, Ruby and Andre, o l d P e nn came through and administered to her. worthy competitor and frequent conqueror, Corne ll , an unlooked for defeat l'{aturally, the local m e n were given to much rejoicing on this account, but cou l d not o ve rlook the good grace with which the v isitin g brethren accepted the outcome. It must be acceded that the men from our sister chap t e r, who annuall y honor us with their presence, are real men, and contact with th em results in much good in many respects. Here's hoping there will be in creas in g ly lar ge r represe ntations each year.

T he Than!{ sg iving dinner was a complete !'uccess from every angle, but primarily from that of gastronomic pleasures, which was evidenced by th e many sad countenan ces exhibited the mornin g after.

After the duty of consuming l arge po rtions of the bird, an d all that goes with It, we were exceed ingly we ll entertained and g r ea tly enlig ht ened with r efe r e nce to fraternity matters by t he Grand Officers, Brothers Brown, Woodward and Jenkins, each of whom spoke very cle!'l.rly and e ncoura g in g l y with r eference to wh a t Acacia stands for, what it has done , is doing, and the ideals which it hop es to attain in the future.

The "Yellow Dog" m eeti n g was a "howling" success and no l ess than e i g ht brethren were initiated into the " effe rvesc e nt '' orga nization. There is, however, much consternat i on in the ' ' kennel" because our activities have n ecessa rily had to be temporarily suspended, due t o our ina b ility to find our most valu ed possession, the ritua l , and we have reason to be li eve that some "pup" i s putting a job up on us by temporarily confiscating tl1is very essential of our existence and g rowth.

Th e trips to points of interest, as schedu l ed above, were thoroughly enjoyed by those who participated, both from a historical and educational standpoint.

It is now th e concensus of opinion among the brethren that semi - monthly dances at the house are desirable and result in much good . This policy has b ee n put into etrect and the three affairs which have been given under thi s regime have turn ed out so well that one ca n only hear expressions of " mor e parti e s ."

A vo l untary subscription is being solicit e1 from the brethre n in the house for the purpose of adding to our source of p l easure by the acquisition of a Victrola. From all appearances it is being ge n e rously taken care of and we expect to be able to entertain ourselves a nd vis itin g brethren wit h l arge portions of "canned" op era within a short time.

Th e agita tion , more or l ess evident in the past, lookin g to wa rd the possession of a chapter house owned by the fraternity, r ece ntly seems to be assuming a de finite and de s irable status. Th e re i s und e r consid e ration at this writing two appropriate buildings which m ay be acquired, bot h being capable of g ratifying our d e sires in this respect. In addition, consideration is being given to the purchase of a piece of real estate and the construction of a chapter house thereon Either plan will be

a change for the better a nd, if eve r, it seems the present movemen 11 result In the r eac hin g of a lon g -sou ght-af tE'r goal. . . . s·nce the of th e term we have Initi ated fol!r m e n 111to the mysteries of and feel ce rt a in that th e n e " · brethren Will develop a grea t er zeal for truth and all that 1S good.

Alumni

Our visitors' record shows that we have the pleastll·e of the presen ·e of some of our alumni fifty times sinc.e Thanl< sg-tvl n g, or on e.ach day. Thi s is ind eed encouraging to the ac tiv e m embers of the chaptCI and Is \ldence of the interest which they share in Acac ia matt ers Of co ur se we all presume that the "grads " are interested, but when we have actua l displays of 1r Interest by way of visits there is left no doubt with r efe r ence to the fact wluch might otherwise g row up' despite our most earnest convictions to the co ntrary .. Th e zea l whi ch is at present being exerted by the alumnt for ou•· welfare and good is pl easing to not e. Th P. most active of these men have nt reu into the Jllnn for acqu irin g a permanent hom e for the chapte r w.ith .such wh_ol c heartedness that eve n the most sl<eptical of those who w e r e at t1mes 1nC!tned to d1scount their Int er ha ve been t horou gh ly convinced to th e c on tr a t·y.

I mi g ht add that real begin nin g of the ac tivit y toward the of · a Victrola was the offer on the pa rt of one of our most 111terested aud act1ve alumni who volunteered to g iv e an am o unt equal to that rais e d a mon g the active men for thi s p ur pose. Th e case of Brother Ga rten S. Gr eene , who has had no co nta c t with Acacia men s ince l eav in g c oll ege abou t ix yea rs ago, certainly exemp lifi es the progress mad e hy t h e Franl<lin chapter since that time. Upon being indu ced by one of our active alumni to c om e out and ta l<e dinner with the b oys at the house, which he decided to do, he found things in such a desirable s tate that h e has decided to spe n d every weel' e nd in the hou se. Be a l so has affiliated with our big b roth e r , th e Acacia C l ub , or g-anized to acq uir e a permanent home, by becoming a lif e memb e r of that Institution. The fee necessary to this e nd was immediat ly t endere d and it will h e l p g•·eatly , Franl<lin c h ap t e r wishes to ackn owl edge receipt of a nd to extend its thanlis to it s sister chapters for the good w 1shes expressed in their Xmas gree tin g s.

Visiting Brethren

Brother D C. Em b ury, Col uml.>i a c h apter, spent the Thanksg ivin g wet>k e nd with us a nd became a "Yellow Do g."

Brother M. A. Mushoff, Ohio chapter , was with us on November 23, but was unab l e to rema i n and participate in t h e f es ti v iti es.

B roth e r N . B. Rosen be r ge r , Penn State chapter, a student i n the g radu ate school, spends some time with us dur i ng the we e k end.

Brother R. J. Marker, Ohio chapter, has been in to see us.

MI NESOTA

Visiting Brothers

Brother J. A. Stevenson, from th e Iowa Chapter, called upon us S e ptemb er 6th.

On S e pt e mber 8th, we h a d th e pleasure of e nt e rt ai nin g Brother W. Scott Hopkins , of the l\lichigan C hapt e r.

The next day Broth e r A. S. M err i ll , of th e Chicago Chapter, dropped in to see us. H e is now lo ca t e d at M i ssou l a, Mo nt.

S e pte mb e r 18th, Broth er W. G. Mann a nd M r s. Mann were our guests. As we all !mow Broth e r Mann be l ongs to t h e Iowa State C hapt e r, a nd is e ditor of the Journal, w e were particu l a rly g lad to we l come him

October lO t h, Brother D. W. A r genbaugh, of W aseca, Minn , and also of the Color a do Chapter, m e t o l d fri e nds among us. W e have thr ee men from his home town and the mor e they come the bette r th ey ge t.

On the day of the Iowa gam e, Octob e r 28th, we en t e rt ained Broth e rs P . S. ochran and Chas. D . Beck, of the Iowa Chapter, and welcomed to our midst once more our own alumnus, L. Evon Berg, who is now at Iowa C it y

Ano t h e r visitor from the Iowa State Chapter was 1\1 E. Olson, on Novembe r 4th. Th e Wisconsin game b r ought u s some very pleasant company from Wisconsin m th e p e rsons of Brothers G eo A. Johnson , Frank V. Birch, A. C F i edler. They brought with th m a l arge shar e of th e old Wisconsin p e p that refused entirely to dissip a t e e ven af t e r th e game . · Brothers H . J. Adams and Chas. D. T h omas called while in the ci t y, l ooking up printers for th e Kansas Sta te Junior Annua l , for which they are respons i bl e.

T wo days l ater, January 6th, Brother A. L. Goff, of th e Cornell Chapter, visit •I u s. It h a pp e ns that Brother B a rnum graduated from Cornell in the same c l ass, so that th e two enjoy e d themselves talking over o l d t i mes. Bro t her Goff ha s been dolug engineering wo r k in Spain and had some v e ry i n ter e sting experiences t o r el ate.

MISSOURI

T h e fact that the Mexicans mad e it necessary for some of ou r members to he along the border with the militia, caused M i ssouri Chapter to op e n with o n l y six men Today we have nineteen active m e n, and fiv e p l e dges But It isn' t th e numbers that's the b es t p a rt of it. Every one of the new men seems worthy of t he h o no r bestowed upon him, and a ltoge ther ':" e f eel w e hav e an except i onally fine b unch T h i r t een men ha ve been made broth ers s111ce the middle of October, and several of the m will be here for several years. Th e old m e n found tha t it was simply a matter o f goi n g out arter the Masonic students, who would mak e good m e mb e rs of the frate rnit y.

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S e ndin g o u fl·. pter l e tt ers abou t every lx w eks i s a new schem tried this year, and It has met WI 1 such h ea rt y approval from the alumni that we can h artily recommend It to th e oth e r c ha pters. It seems a much better plan th a n sending out a m agaatne once or twic e a year. T he total cost of each issu e is l ess than $6. Th e letters are mlm e ogr:aph e d , and th e n mail e d und e r the on - ce nt postal law.

Agam la st yea r t he chapte r I d a ll th socia l frat ernities of the universit y. E, e r since th e chapt e r ha s b ee n es t ab li shed h r e, Acacia ha a lways been in the l ead

In honor fraternity m e n w e hav e Jam es A. Faris, our vene1·able dean, as a member of Phi D.elta Kappa and Alpha Zeta ; Leon Denn i s, senior dean, A lp ha Z eta; E. C. BJorn, Ph1 Delta Kapp a; Gerold L. Kni ght, Eta Kappa Nu; and P. Dalton, Phi Delta Kappa and Phi A l pha De:ta .

W e hav e e njoy e d s e v e ral p! Pasa nt socia l o cas ion s. eve ral info rm a l da nc e s have bee n giv e n, b e side s the v isit s of faculty m e mb ers a nd a lumn i at dil'r r e nt tim e s. A new plan of having a facult y m a n as a dinn e 1· guest on e eve nin g eac h w ek will be Rtarted next w ee k, in acco rd ance with th e general plan of th e lo cal P a n-H e ll en ic. After the dinn e r ther e will be a n infor m a l di scuss ion of th e frat e rnity and the sch oo:. P. S -You might add: T wo of our m e m bers w ill tak e a n ac t ive part in th e track worlc this spr1ng Roscoe W a r re n is a wonder with th e w e ights and the jav e lin, while A. F. Bak e r r a nks high in th e high jump s.

At th e pr ese nt tim e th e r e i s consid e r ab l e t a lk around th e sta t e c a pital of intr oducing a bill to abol is h fr a t e rniti es l1e r e. Th e Pan-Hellenic has a campaign ready to fight th e if introduc e d, a nd all Ac a cians in th e state es pecially, shou ld see to it that th eir r e pr ese ntati ve be a dvised of th e real co n d ition s h e r e . T he fraternity men at Missouri rank high e r in c h o:a r s hip t han the non-frat e rn ity m e n do, a n d the genera l conditions in the frat e rnity h ouses are excell e nt Abo lishing t h e f r ate rnit ies would mean local clubs, and undoubt ed l y th at would r everse con diti o ns.

Missouri Acaci a has had several visitors from oth er chapters so f a r this year, b e sides many a lumni, and to a ll of th e m w e h ave t o say just thi s: th e front door is n eve r locked.

CORNELL

Cor n ell at the present tim e has s i x teen active memb e rs. Althou g h we lost nin e me n by g r aduation (six of whom lived in th e hous e) we are now sh e lte ring thirte e n at 708.

Th e university opened on October lO t h. The da:ay of ne a rl y two we e ks was caused by th e ac tion of th e Boa rd of Trus tees, who f e lt that th e l a t e op e ning was necessitat e d as a pr eca ution against a n incr ease in the epidemic of th e summ e r

Musical

The exodus at commencem e nt tim e did not d e priv e the Acacia Hou se of all of its occ upants. Quite a numb e r rem a in ed In fact , th e r e were as m a n y a s nin e fellows at th e hous e mo s t of th e tim e. A lthou g h not strictly a chapter a cti v it y , one of th e summer "socials" should b e r epo rt e d. It took th e f o rm of a mu sical e. One Sunday a ft er noon some tw e nty p eo pl e w e r e ga th r e d in th e C h a pt e r Hall. Many of the yo un g ladles, being registered in th e Music School, generously e nt e r ta in e d the l ess musical memb e rs of th e group, with a fine p ro g r a m of vo cal, piano a nd vio:in s olos , aft e r which light r e freshm e nts w e r e served.

Hallowe'en Party

When th e denize ns of th e s pirit world visited this ea rth on th e ir a nnual prom enade, this year, they found our hous e weirdl y d ec ora t e d, once mor e , with black and orange cr ep e pap e r , corn fodder and pump lcins Our res id en t a lumni, th e ir wiv es, th e active men and th e ir "co- e ds," d e t ac h e d th e ms e l ves from their corporeal habit a tion s and wand e red forth in s e"I'C h of a dventur e D e spite the f act that w e comp e t e d with Sara h Bernhardt (who was at th e Lyc e um ) we had a hous e crowd e d with g u es ts and much merriment was gained in playing th e various gam es

University Masons

At a recent m ee ting a n entertainment co mmittee was apointed. This committ ee has pr e pared a list of all th e Univ e r s it y Maso ns One Sund ay evening each month i s rese rv e d for th e ente rt a inm e nt of ab out tw e nty of thes e broth e rs Th e first of th e s e which w as in r ea lit y an informal s mok e r, was held before the h olidays and proved to b e quit e a success.

W e are again following th e p: a n, thi s yea r of having a n a lumnus , Un i ve r si t y or· City Mason, and th ei r wiv e s f o r dinn e r eac h Sunday.

Penn-Cornell Game

Som e tim e b e fore Thank sgivin g w e re ce iv e d a m ost cordial and t e mpting in v itation from th e Fra nlclin Chapter. Co rn e ll w as to appear , e n masse, In Phil a d elp hia, for th e' football gam e , enjo y num e r o us sight - s ee ing trips a bout the J_listoric Qu a k e r Ci t y , and join In a tri-ch a pter m ee tin g w ith th e C olumbi a a nd F r an klin C hapt ers. To o ur great r eg r e t onl y a f e w of our m e n co uld ge t off for th e w ee k- e nd A faculty rul i n g requiring stud e nts to be baclc for c l asse o n Friday following th e vacation of just th e on e day, w as th e c a use of th e poo r r ep r ese nta tion from th e Chap t e r Th e Id ea of s e v e r a l chapt e rs gath e l"ing f or a j omt me e tm g a n d m1t1 a twn is a fine one and Corn e ll r eg r e ts s h e wa s un ab l e to pa rti c ip a t e.

Cornell-Syracu se

In the D ece mb e r 191 5 i ss u e of the Journ a l w e wrote that w e ex p ec t e d to pl ay baseball with th e S y'r ac u se Chapte r About th e middl e of l as t May , t e n of our m en went to Syr·acu se It w as a beautiful day an d fiv e o f th e "team" mad e th e trip by '< lltomohllt>. Th e game w as play e d on th e univ e r sity d i a mon d, a n d e nd ed in an 8 to R tie. Corn e ll a ppr ec ia t ed the c ordi a lit y sho w n h e r a nd hop e s S y racus e w i ll be able to "ret"i'.trn the gani. e " this spring.

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Stndent Activities

One of our men is manager of the Civil Engineer, the student organ of the C. E. Coll e ge; two are m e mbers of th e Southerners' Cl_ub and several have been on the varsity a nd college a thl e tic teams. We were again rpr e sented by Brother Cushing, at th e Poughkeepsie crew races.

!4aso nic I nterest

Although Cornell h as no initiation t ea m , great Inte rest is taken in the work of the local lodges. Som e of the m e n , howev er, are "in the chairs.': Counting several of our alumni, Corn e ll Acacians fill e d nin e of the offi ce s in the var1ous Masonic bodies last year. -

Initiates

At this tim e we h ave five m e n who hav e succ es sfully e ndured the hardships of the d ese rt Bhoth e r Mack is a senior in m edicine ; Brother Belden, a senior In chemistry; Broth e r Urband, an lnstru<?tor in archit e ct!-lre; B r()ther Morgan, a freshman In veter ina r y sc1e nce, and Brother T1ll y a fr es hman 1n e ngin ee ring.

H o nors

Brother Cushing Gargoyle (architectural) ; Aleph Samech and Sphinx Head (athletic); Broth e rs Dyn es and McVetty, Si g ma Xi ; Broth e r Preston, Semaphore (engineerin g); Broth e r Urband, Gargoyle

Visito rs

Among th e names in our g u es t book ar e those of George Friefeld, D. Griffith , D. D. G. M. , of New York Masons; Wm. H. Taft, Yale; F. J A. Woodward, Michigan; Tittel!, Syracus e; Brownrigg, Thompson; Michigan.

G. M. and W K. Miller and and Hubbard,

PURDUE ENTERTAINS W . J, BRYAN

Since writing last. two men have moved into the house, and we have three good prospects who will move In next semester. However, we have lost one man by v irtu e of his matrimoni a l aspirations. Brother F. C. Crosby decided that two could live as cheaply as one, and accordingl y was marri e d the 6th of January Brother L ara mor e has tak e n a position with th e Cadillac Motor Company at Detroit, so we lost a man who was liked by all. Broth e r Gano will not be with us next sem es ter but hopes to be back a year hence.

Most of us spent the Christmas holidays at hom e , and all, so far as can b e l e arned, who had th eir pins wh en th ey l e ft had th e m on their return. Brother Crosby mad e up for everyone. Som e four or five broth e rs remained in the house, however, a nd rest e d ( ?) •

Our formal dance, this tim e a Christmas danc e, was give n on the Friday evening before holiday rec e s s, December 15th About forty couple danced and a very pleasant eve nin g was h a d. A Christm a s tr ee with pr e s e nts for all was the feature and a merry time was had giving out pre s e nts Th e Sund ay following we had twenty poor children ov e r to th e hou se for a Christmas party. A r eal Santa distributed needed gifts and it was a joy to see how g l a d th ey wer e to get their presents.

Broth e r Wood was elected busin e ss manag e r of the 1918 Debris, the college year ' book. Two men fell into the clutch e s of honorary societies-Brother W. R. Ml:ler to the Eta Kappa Nu and Brother Covaet to thf' Alpha Zetas . Brothers E. R. Crosby and Vantl e it ar e m e mbers of Tau Beta Pi. Brother Crosby Is also a member of Phi Lambda Upsilon . At present all men are passing, there being no conditions among our numbers.

On January 12th, B a ttery B , I.N. G., was officially mustered out of service by 1 Capt . Mcivor. Th e eve nt took plac e in th e Memorial Gymnasium with the ladles prese nt, for after th e c e r e mony was ov e r, all enjoyed a very excellent program of dancing . All memb e rs of the university w e r e invited and quite a number attended . Th e ch a pter was v e ry fortunat e in having th e v e ry g r ea t honor and pleasure of e nt e rtainin g Brother Wi:liam Jennin g s Bry a n at a four - course luncheon on January 20th. Presid e nt Ston e and all our f ac ulty and honorar y members wer e present. Mr Br ya n gave an e xc e ll e nt thirty-minute talk to th e ch ap ter Mr Bryan was in the citY for a series of lectur e s. After luncheon he spoke to Purdue students In Fowler Hall, and in the evening In Lafayette

We have ten men who are waitin g for June to roll around so they can graduate. a nd in the m ea ntim e ar e lookin g about for lucr a tiv e positions The chapter Is well r e pres e nt e d by th e four classes and the various schools, and In most respects the r e mainder of the year will go on:y too swiftly for man y of us.

CHICAGO

Chicago got off to a late start on account of remodeling and paperin g the chapter house. The old m e n back were Walch , Bu zzard. Bucholtz, Reeve, Jacobs, Rat c liffe Rice , Wimmer, Thrasher, Crag un , Ri ggs and Crossland. Pled ge Garrett, and Wr e 1dt, Jackson and McDavid of the alumni aided in the ge taway. Brothers Hill and Johnson of K a nsas, and Shumway, of Nebraska, loaned us the n e cessary di g nity The rushin g s e ason began with a campai g n for Masonic re g istration. The univ ersity was canvassed personally. With the aid of several meetin g s of th e Squar e and Compass Club and with an Aca-cia smoker, nine pledges were secured

Brother mathematics six years

Scholastics

W L. Hart ended the year most fittingly by taking his Ph. D. In summa cum laude, the first "summa" given In that department In

Brother R G Buzzard was awarded the honor graduate scholarship in geog r aphy. ln scho lastic standing among the other fr'l.ternities, Acacia's eight undergraduates rank fifth. As a whole the fraternity ranks second. Delta Upsilon leads the list tor 1915-16.

Athletics

Bro ther M. W. Rosenbar ge r is a varsity wrestler in the 126-pound class. "Rosie" won more p oin ts in competition than any oth e r individual l ast year. His prospects are even brighter fo r the comi n g year.

Campus Activities

Jud g in g from the university band, Acac ia is decidedly musical. We have five members in th e band. Cragun is associate conductor and clarinet, Rosenbarger is first cornet and student conductor, McDona ld is trumpet, Sell e rs and humway are baritone and bas es.

Brother F M. Thrasher is president of the Graduate Club and director of graduate social activ ities.

Brother H, T . Hi ll is president, Brother R . G . Buzzard is secretary , and Brother Frank M Gore t neasu rer of the Square and Compass Club.

Honor Societies

B roth er Robert M. Shaw is a m emhe r of Delta Sigma Rho, as is a l s o Brother llill of Kansas. •

Brother C. C. Crossl a nd is a member of Pi Kappa Delta.

Brothers A. R. Gilliland and J. B. Cragun are members of Phi Delta Kappa.

Brothers D. H . Rose and L. K. Ri gg s are members of Sigma Xi.

Social Activities

Starting off with a sm o ker for the rushin g seas on, the social whirl dev e loped into an informal d ance on November fourth in honor of the Purdue c h apte r and the Chicago pledges . The dance was a most succ essf ul affair and was the first fraternity alTair h e ld in the n ew $500,000 woman 's bu ildin g on t he campus, Ida Noyes Hall. A second informal dance was held Dec e mber s ixteenth and as thoroughly a g ood lime was had. Grand Treasur er Sh e r a hon ored us with his presence and a g o odly num ber of a lumni from our own and other c h apters were pres e nt. The Chri s tmas party developed into a dinner before the term end a nd appropriate gifts were distributed by l ot . "A most excr uti ati n g time was h ad by a ll. " During the vacati on the brothers who stayed over indulged in a fudge party and house dance. Plans f or the winter quarter include two i nformals, the fi r st coming February seventeenth and to be a valent i ne affair. Th e formal dance i s p lanned for t he wee!{ end including Easte r Sunday. A smoker for se l ected Masons from the Masonic re g i ste r is to be give n ea rl y in the w in ter quarter. A n ew type of univ e rsity sm ok e r i s p l anned for near the close of th e y ear. We shall t e ll the chapte rs about t hat lat er We guara ntee It to be "new a nd ori ginal. "

Initiation

One of the most successful ir.iti a tions in the history of the Chicago chapter wa s held the week end after Thanks givi n g. Eight men wer e tak en over the lon g and toilsome journey. Grand Treasur e r Shera was present a nd we can vo u c h for his "A N o . 1" qualities as an ini tiator. The initi ates were: Louis 0. Mi ll er, Waver l y, Iowa, Geor ge W. Friederich, Fond du Lac, WisFran !{ M. Gore, Vio l a, Wisconsin. consin R o bert M Shaw, Sigourney, Iowa A. G. Gilliland, Reinersville, Ohi o David Max Mor ga n, Jop lin , M issouri. Maur i ce W. Rosenbar ge r, New Albany, Leslie T . Bare, Cl eve l a nd, O hio Indiana.

Ralph Elwood Ga rrett, Ath e ns, Ill., our pledge l eft ov e r from th e summe r quarte r, was initiat ed ear l y in October. Harvey C. Duvall, Norway, Mich., was initiated J a nu ary twentieth, finishin g up our work.

Summer Quarter Activities

Si n ce Chi cago chapter has the privilege of running for e l even months out o f the year, a nd s in ce we had t he most successfu l summer in history , a few words about i t at th i s late date surel y is not out of order. Picnics, roof sleepin g par ti es, swimming parti es , movie parties, a summer dance, a ll whiled away th e hot hours. From some two hundr ed fifty Masons in th e university we picked the followin g Initiates:

D. B. Cofer, Co ll ege Station, T exas; Hu g h Cassiday, College Station, Texas; Geor ge S . Barnum, Minneapolis, Minn.; Charles E . Melt o n, Indiana Harbor, Indiana ; J. Fr eeman Pyle; Indiana Harbor, Indiana; Charles A. Semler, Mishawaka, Indiana ; C li fford D. Jacobs, Atlanta, Illinois; Raymond B Pease, Larami e, Wyoming; Huls ey Cason, Locust Grove, Georgia.

V i s itors from other chapters almost fill ed our g u es t book but they wer e mor e than welcome. Tho se who were here are already look ing forward to the summer of 1917, whe n the Chicago c hapter will again ha ve a "b oo mer" summer quarter.

COLUMBIA

Co lumbia Chapter started th e year with ten active members, B e aty, Girard, Hawl e y, Jo n es, McLachlin, Ma lcom son, Richmond, Scho e nf e l d, Waterbury and Woodwat·d. S even of th e memb ers grad u a t ed from th e Law School in Jun e and are now practicing l aw in ew Yorl{ C ity. Th ese m e n are Embary, Di ll s, H a ll , Wallace, Swaim, Sa nford and Smith, and the l a t est r e ports are that all are doing we ll in th eir professi on.

Thr ee smokers, two danc e s , and a theatre party hav e bee n succ e ssfui:y conducted thus far this year. There is a probability that Columbia Chapter will v isit Franklin Chap t e r some tim e this year if the plans of th e two chapters c a n be carried out. Althou gh o ur number is very small we are s o c ially active. We have made about a

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dozen trips to l odges a n d o n thes e trip s we a lwa y s t a k e a numb e r of th e Masons of the univ e rsit y.

Honor

It is w ith pl ea sur e that we r e port that one of our members, C. 0. Hawl ey, was awarded a scho l a rship of $ 25 0 for m e ritoriou s work in all his courses. He is on e of th e m ost ac ti ve of t he m e mb e rs of th e fraternity a nd is mor e th a n doi ng hls shar e of th e chapter wo rk

This year w e h ave initiat e d two men, Dale D McMaster, of Adamsdale, Penn , who r eceived his Ph. B. from Grove C it y C oll ege i n 1 908 and is now attending Teach e rs ' C oll ege, and C l o ud E. Moore, of We n atchee, .was h., who wa s g r a nt e d ar. A. B. at olorado U ni vers ity in 1916 and is a l so attendmg Teach e rs' College. Three pledges will be initi a t ed on J a nu ary 12, 1916, and fiv e mor e within th e n ex t two w ee ks, so that at th e time th e Journ a l i s printed w e will h ave t e n n ew m e mb e rs e nroll e d for this yea• -. Broth e rs Swain and Marchmont, who w ere on th e Border, have returned to New Yorlc City with th e ir r e giment, th e Seventh New Yo rk Infa ntr y. A Bouse for Co1um.bia.

A mong th e m a n y things in th e repo r t of th e Columbia to the Concla ve that were omitted from th e minut es published in th e Journal, was an account of Co lumbi a 's struggle during the p4J.st year to g e t a hous e At that time Broth e r Smith in for m ed th e Conc l ave that h e w a s exp ec ting a t e l eg ram saying th a t a house had b ee n o bta in e d . Perhaps th e oth e r del egat es were• n o t so hop ef ul of Columbia's succe ss. However, at th e prese nt moment it looks as though th e promise of Brother Smith will be fulfill e d a nd Co lumbia will ge t a hous e this year, and that the hard work of th e c hapter durin g th e p ast few y a r s a nd th e hop e s of the entire fraternity eve r siuc e C olumbi a Chap t e r was install ed wi ll now be r e w ar d e d.

For severa l months a hou se a t N o. 357 vV e st 119th Str ee t, New York City, has be e n, amo n g other h ouses, under c onsid e ration by th e chap t e r and on January 3, 1917, th e chapter decided to take th e house. However, o n e of the requirements in order th a t w e sec ure a le ase is th a t we mu s t purchas e the furniture at pr e sent in th e hous e . This we hav e agreed to d o. Th e furniture is of high g r ade, in excell e nt conditi on, and has been estim ated to be worth from $1,000 to $1,500 . Th e house (about six minutes ' walk from th e Un iv e rsity) i s th e first step in o•ur prep a rations for th e Grand Conclave th a t i s co min g to N e w Yorlc Ci t y in 1918.

C olumbi a is on th e map-and d on't you for ge t it.

IO WA

Ju s t now we ar e lookin g forward t o o ur f o rm a l party, which com e s on th e 17th day of February, a nd which we plan to m a k e the m ost e l abo r a te p ar ty of the year. Ev e r y man i s a good mix e r and a general g ood tim e i s a nticipat e d. Plans have b e en l a id t o in v it e a ll of th e al umni who can pos sibl y b e in attendance as• w e ll as Acacia brethren who are sojourning in or a bout Iowa City . For this event th e l ocal lodge always giv e s us the M aso nic T e mple a nd th e l adies of the Eastern Sta r usually manage to prepare a pre tty fine ba nqu e t for us

Iowa Chap t er h as n eve r had a mor e s u ccessf ul a nd prosp e rou s year. Our chapter hous e i s full, fin e fellows all , a nd each one is fill d with en thusiasm, which m ea n s a successful year throu gho ut. Thi s has come about eve n though w e started the year with on l y nin e ac tive m e n , several of th e brethren failing to r e turn as exp ec ted. Thes e m e n hav e t a lc e n positions both in the comm e rcial a nd professional world which m eas ur e well up to th e m e rit s of the Acacia s tandard . "Muggsy" Wright is l a ying tll e , as h e says, in pool h a lls , und e r th e dir ec tion of Proudfoot, Bird a nd Rawson, in D es Moines. ( This is a chapter joke, which req uir es a n exp l a nation from an Iow a memb e r). For further info r m a tion , address Wright, a t Des Moines. Brother L. P Holt has gone into politics and is fir s t assistant s e cretary of th e Thirty-s eve nth G e n e ral Assemb l y , now conv e n e d at Des Moines. "Lefty ," with his ever-increasing propensity for po liti ca l campaigns, finall y land e d a place which will n e t him a lot of valuable e xperience, a long th e par ticular lin e in which h e is intere sted. Moffitt is continui n g his s u mmer's wo r k in adve rtising ca mp a i g ns and i s a t prese nt locate d at Dewitt, Iowa Bro th er Hanneman, w h o sp e nt th e summer and fa ll in Mex i co, is now r e turned to r es um e his plac e in th e active li fe of th e chapte r. We nev er tire of he a ring Hannemann's ya rn s in r ega rd t o just how c lose he cam e to s hooting Villa. From th e way "C h es ter" attacks the ea t ab l es, we are of th e op ini o n th a t Uncl e Sam didn't pamp e r th e soldi e rs thi s summer. How eve r, he reports some va luable experience and a general good time a nd d ec l ares that h e is willing to enlist aga in in the next war. Just at pres e nt, h e is up for lost tim e in '.'fussing," and t a k e s in every dance possible. Th e fratermty 1s we ll repr ese nt ed t h1s y ea r a mon g th e various professional frat ern iti es and honor societi e s of th e uni vers ity . Brothers Harper a nd McDonald ar e m e mbers of th e Phi Delta Phi, l ega l fr a ternit y; Brothers Peterson a nd Fenlon' and Rob e rt Fe nlon a r e m e mb e rs of Nu Sigma N u, medical f r atern it y · a nd Broth e r Patterso n IS a m e m ber of Phi Rho Sigma, m e dica l fraternity· Condit is a membe•· of De lta Sigma Rho, d eba ting f r a t e rnit y. '

Br oth e r Ar.ras mith i ;> tr eas ur e r of th e sopho m o r e class· a nd a lso very prominent on van ou s soc 1al com mittees "Fea th er" mix ed into politics heavily this year and seems t o b e ge ttin g a w ay big in soc i e ty.

New m en this yea •· are Wm. J. Shaw, of Hayesvill e He is a sophomore premedic B11L •s a m e mb e r of the m ar n e d m en's c lub ( a l ocal orga nization h ere in th e hou ae ) a nd s t e p s ou t o nl y _ on r are o ccas ions

S. Kr e n s k y, Freshy L A., comes to us

Carro ll . He IS a b1g , good-natur ed SIX - foo ter and a hard worker . Homer Johns , Jum o r L. A., spe n ds h•s s umm e rs at Oakland, Iowa. H. H. Remore, Fr eshy L . A . , came down from t o get an ed u ca ti o n last we have a piano player that ts a r.eal o n e. MusiC I S a cheerful chap a nd fu.l of real pep. True to freshman traditiOns h e m akes fr e quent week - e nd visits a t hom e . He says th ey are busin ess trips

but we guess not. C. F. Besore, Jr., wandered away from Ida Grove and is now a Freshy Law. He makes frequ e nt trips to the postoffice, where he malntalns a private box. P . S. Cochrane, Bradley Polytechnic Institute, 1914, came to Iowa to study dentistry "Jinks" is a good worker and is going to dellv r the goods. Warren A. Craven, from Prair ie City, is one of the n ewes t m en. Craven Is a fellow whom w e were glad to get, as he has proven him se lf worthy of b ing an Acacian In every respect "Dad" Condit is justly proud of his new boy. R J. Crary has another neophyt that will mak e a good man for Acacia. Although he Is not in the house yet, he has entered right into the spirit of th e fraternity and is proving his worth. Lynn E. Wiseman, from Sioux C it y, is a real addition to th e circle. "Weasel" is voted a right good sort by all whom he m eets, especiall y th e l a di es

In conformance with a custom es tab:ish ed among the fraternities at Iowa, Acacia entertained one representative of ach of the other fraternities at a d a ncing part y at ompany A Armory, December 15th last. The party was an informal affair and was a great succ e ss from the standpoint of good fellowship and the Increasing of our acquaintance outsid e our own imm ed i a te circle.

Th e visit of Brother Woodward, Grand Counselor, for the exa mination of the chapter, gave the m e mb e rs a real insight into conditions and points wherein we must push ahead. Most of our d efec ts w e r e already apparent to us, while others were n ew. A punch from authority is always a good thing for any organization. One of th e greatest h e lps was from l ea rning of the many ditrerent systems used in as many chapters for correcting d efec ts and for acc omplishing definit e ends.

Our alumni are scattered far and wide and to k ee p in touch with them is proving no easy t as k. Our local alumni are e nthusiastic and hav e at all times given the chapte r p e rsonal int e r es t . It is not that our alumni far and wide are lnditrere nt, but It is difficult for them to und e rstand that the active chapter is vitally Interested in them and in having th e m feel at hom e with us. We have tri e d to h e lp this along this year by our " Tickl e r," a copy of which w e nt forward to eve ry alumnus this fall.

WASHINGTON

Washington Chapter is b eginning the new year with twelve men In th e hous e Th e bo ys are all getting down on th e hom e stretch now, just before e xams and we hope that when the results are known we will have made a niche for ourselves in the way of scholastic fame. We hav e four honor m e n in the house whose pictur es appear elsewhere in the Journal , A. S. Gren l and and C. F Morris, Tau Beta Pi (engineering); Warren L. Bueschlein, Phi Lambda Upsilon (chemistry) , and J. C. Palmer, Kappa Psi (pharmacy). Th ere also seems to b e rather an incentiv e d eveloped of late to seek mor e light Several of th e boys hav e tak e n up th e ir high e r degr ees and severa l have join ed the Grotto. Among those taking the Grotto are A S. Grenland, W. E. Hendricks, V. D., R. W. Moore and H. J. Elmendorf, while C. L Anderson, A. S. Gren l and and J. C. Palm e r have begun taking their decrees in th e Royal Arch. Pledges, J. A. Anderson and Thos. Evans have just received their third degree and will soon be going into Acacia. E. M. Patty and A. C. Car lson pl e dges wi ll soon receiv e their second degr ee and with a c l ass lik e this a liv e ly Acacia initiation will b e assured.

The activ e chapter and pledges entertained at a dancing party in honor of the Achoth Sorority on the evening of Saturd ay, January 6, 1917. Th e chapter hous e was daintily decorated in the fraternity colo1·s, black and gold, and a large Acacia pin made of inca ndes ce nt glob es was placed in one e nd of th e room and use d during the moonlights. Mr. and Mrs. H. A lb e rt G eo rge acted as patrons for the evening. Ice cream and wafers were s e rved to about e ighteen couples.

Coach Hiram C. Conibear, of Washin&"tOll Crew fam e a nd a charter memb e r of Washington chapter, has r e turned from an ex t e nsive trip throughout the east where he has been for th e past six months r ev i ew in g the crew s -itu a tion. He was a dinner guest at the chapter hous e Tuesday eve ning, January 9th, and had a great many Interesting experi e nc es to r e l ate. He inform e d us of rowing conditions from Coast to Coast. We are a lw ays g l ad to have "Con i" co m e and give us the s e interesting litt :e talks, but for some reaoon or other th e boys don't seem to e njoy having him present at ini tations.

Broth er Hurley, Pr e sid e nt of th e Aztec C lu b, a Masonic organization of Oregon Agricultural College, made us a visit th e wee){ a fter Christmas vacation and told us about their club on the 0. A. C. Campus. He t e lls us that they hav e a truly r e prellentativ e M as onic C lub and hop e to p e tition Acac ia some day in th e near futur e.

COLORADO

At this writing everybody a t Colorado U. is beginning to think pre tty serious-ly of finals. The way the fellows are getting at th e books is very gratifying If Acacia doesn't head the list in schol ast i c standing among the frat e rniti es w e are going to <'rowd somebody pr e tty hard.

If we only stop to think about it Co l orado chapter of Acacia has s ome very good scho l ars on its rost er. Brothers Sutl ey and Wallbank are both m e mb e rs of Phi Alpha Delta, an honorary legal f1·aternity. Brothers Beard and Orr are m e mbers of A l pha Chi Sigma, an honorary chemical frat e rnity. Brother Crawford was made assistant professor of Civil e ngin ee ring this year and Brother Eckel is an in s tructor in the same departm e nt . Both of th ese m e n are memb e 1·s of Tau Beta Pi, an honorary engineering fraternity. Brother C. S. Bluemel, A. B. '14, A. M. '15, M . D. '16, is doing medical work for th e British Government at Rugby, England. Brother Bluemel was a memb e r of Sigma Xi a nd Phi Beta Kappa. Brother E. V. Dunklee was el ec t ed to th e state senate at th e last e l ec tion and r ece iv e d th e high es t vote of all th e senatorial candidates Brothel· Dunklee h e ld m a n y honorar y positions while in sc hool and was a lso a very active Acacian. Brother DuFay R. Ric e i s doing graduate work at Columbia U. thi s year.

Brother E a rp , our m a na ge r, ba d to l ea ve s chool shortly after the Christmas holid ay s. H e sp e nt mo s t o f th e vaca tion in b e d a nd h is ailm e nt was flnaDy diagnos e d a s a n e r vo us b re akdown . It is with s orrow th a t I r e p ort th e d ea th of Br o ther W. J. Staub. Broth e r Staub w as initi a t e d into A c a ci a in 1911 and gr a du a t e d in 1912. H e was one of the li v est men in A caci a at th a t time , a n d it was ind ee d a bl o w to all who know him to learn of his d ea th.

Social

We hav e not app e ar e d o n th e so c i a l c a l e ndar for s om e time but plans ar e b e ing l a id for a house p a rty this s p ring. Thi s e v e nt is b e ing looked forward to with great a nticipation as th e committe e promise s us s e v e ral n e w f e atur e s.

Ac a cia W o rk

Our initi a tion te a m is hard at work pr e paring to l ead our n e ophytes over the hot sa nds and judging from the e nthusi a sm displ a y e d our new men will surely hav e th e be n e fits of Acac ia stron g ly impr e ss e d upon th e m M a soni c Tea m

This t ea m is the b e st w e e v e r had but is now e njo y ing an e nforc e d idl e n e ss due to the e dict of the Gr a nd Maste r of C olorado, prohi b iting clubs, orga nizations, polleem e n a nd oth e rs, e x ce pt th e r e gul a r m e mb e rs of th e l od g e , from putting on th e work in the various lodges.

SYRACUSE

S y racu se h a s initiate d two n e w m e n this y ea r a nd has four pl e dges. According to Univ e rsity rul e s fr e shm e n c annot b e initi a ted b e fore the op e ning of the second s e mest e r

We hav e b ee n fortun a t e this y ea r in having our hou s e full from the beginnin g of th e y ea r.

Brother Harr y E. Paddock, who has b ee n with th e Solvay Proc e ss Company, ha s r ece ntly acc e pted a position a s e ffici e ncy e xpert with the Bastian Brothers Nov e lty Compan y at Roch e ste r, N. Y.

Broth e r W a lte r G. Il e s, who h a s a lso b ee n with the Solvay Proc e ss Company, Is now with the Franklin Automobile Company of Syracus e

D e an Frank J. Small e y, of th e Coll e g e of Liberal Arts, who r e c e ntly passed his se v e nti e th birthday, h a s r e si g n ed a nd has b ee n ap p oint e d Vice-Ch a ncellor Emeritus He is su c ce e d e d as De a n of th e Coll e g e of Lib e ral Arts by Brother Henry A P e ck, head of th e D e partm e nt of Astronom y and Dir e ctor of the Ob s e rvatory. In point of se r v ic e Broth e r P e ck ranks amon g th e s e nior m e mb e rs of th e faculty of the Univ e rsity

V e ne r able D e an Adsit will finish his course in th e A g ricultural College at th e c lose of th e pres e nt month. Broth e r Adsit has b ee n acting as Ass istant in Drawing d uring th e p a st s e m e ster.

Th e c h a pte r w a s f a vor e d b e for e th e Christmas vac a tion with a short visit from Grand Pr e sident Brown

At pr e s e nt th e r e is c o nsid e rab: e a gitation a t the Univ e rsity for the adoption of th e honor sy ste m which h as b e en in forc e in th e College of Appli e d Science for th e p a st two yea rs with ve ry s atisfactor y re s ults .

KANSAS STATE

W e pled ge d three n e w m e n a t th e be g innin g of the t e rm-Paul Willis, Horton, K a n.; Don a ld Eib e rt, N e ss City , Kan ; Edwin W ·heatl e y, Horton, Kan. Geo Hedrick of Gardn e r and Forest Stor e of Sprin g fi eld , Mo., were pledge d at the end of th e f all t e rm Of the n e w m e n s ec ured t his yea r , all but one are fr e shmen and we b e li e ve they are the kind of m e n who will upho l d Acac ia standards at Kansas State

To those who wer e not there, I want to say a word in re g ard to our anniversary party g i ve n on D ece mb e r 9. Y e s, it was a " formal affair, " but it was quite evid e nt th a t Ac a cia men at Kansas State w e r e ju s t as much at home at a "formal" as at one of our hou se danc e s. S e v e nty-fiv e coupl e s d a n c ed at th e p a rty. C haperoned by our h o u s e cha pe ron, Miss H e len Hahm , Prof. Townsley, and Presid e nt and Mrs Water s B roth e rs Hart , Thay e r, Skouru p , Shr e iner, Mi ll e r and Baysin ge r w e re up f rom r e n ee and "that g rand old man" Ginuy Ganz fr o m Nebraska. W e indeed appreciate d th e ir c oming and had hop e d that more of them could come. O'ur Ar a os which will s oon b e publish e d, will contain a fuller a cc ount of the e vent b '

W e a re without our r eg ul a r c h a p e ron, Miss Hahm, this term and have in h e r pl ac e Miss Cahoon of the physi ca l s c i e nc e departm e nt All of th e fellows are well pl ea s e d With h e r, althou g h we still miss Miss H a hm, who will return next year

We cannot close the lett e r without e xpre s sing our appr e ciation to the boys at L a wren c !l for th e excell e nt. time sho w n us at th e ir dance prior to the Aggie-K. U g 11:me this fall

We feel tnat we. h av e e stablish e d a strong fellowship with them this y e ar and smcerely hop e th a t 1t m a y continue

We have just r e ceiv e d word ot th e N e brasl<a party s e v e ral of th e boys ar e makin g arran ge ments to att e nd. Th e S c ott1 s )1 r e umon 1s to b e h e ld this w e elt at Lawrence a nd an ev e n do ze n o f o ur me!"! .w1ll JOUrn e y th e re to r eceive th e ir S c ottish Rit e de g re e s. We have ;>eve r a l Scotti s h a nd York R1te men m th e hou se at the pr ese nt tim e and the number

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