Acacia Journal - May 1917 - Vol. 12, No. 4

Incorporated under th e laws of the State of Michigan.

"THE MASON'S FINAL TEST

"We s hall see a s we are seen, We shall know as we are known; We sha ll have a vision keen, When we stand before the throne.

"We shall stand b efo r e the throne ; Every broth e r shall be there ; Chain complete, and n o t alone; Not a link therein t o spare.

" We s h a ll stand b efo re the throne, And the Mast e r shall be there; T es t us eac h by what we've done; And the judgment shall be fair .

"We s h a ll sta nd before the throne , An d the q u ery me e t us there : Who is h e re a Li v in g Stone , R eady fo r the Master's square.

"S tand , in judgment, at th e throne; Every thought a nd deed laid bare ; Of us each s hall then be known What, to eac h , has meant the square.

"Stand b efo re the great white throne ; The All-Seeing meet us there. He who m ade, and He a lon e, He shall try us-by His square.

"We s h a ll stand before His throne; Our Grand Architect be there. He s h a ll t es t us , stone by stone ; It b e hoves to build with care

"B e we careful how we build; Hew and chisel with due care; Each day's duty well fulfilled ; R ea dy a lways for the s quare .

"Ours to on the level m ee t; Brothers , equ a l s, eve rywhere. By His plumb direct our feet ; Test eac h ac tion by His square .

"So , a t las t , before the throne; Te s t ed by our Master there, Glad He'll own u s ea ch His own , Tried by His un e rring sq uar e."

-Brother Elia8 H C h eney.

HUMAN DIVI D ENDS>{.

BY DR. RAYMOND V. PHELA T , Minn eso ta Chapter

A distinguished manufacturer 1 has said, "The saddest thing in industry is the waste of the human element." Humanity in busine ss is, however, not new. A century ago, the immortal Robert Owen was both practicing and preaching the humanizing of inqustry. English employers, moreover, gathered together in Owen's society for national regeneration hastened the enactment of the English ten-hour law. Many other countries, including our own, can boast of employers with w h om a sense of human obligation was and is a principle of busine ss . But these noble men of business were few among many in the great struggle governed by the pernicious principles of free unregulated competition, survival of the fit, "my business ," and busine s is bu iness. In the hundred and more years of modern industry the employers with a welldeveloped sense of human responsibility stand out like great luminous planets in a sky otherwise black, so mber , terrible , with the consequences of indifference, unintelligence, and down-right brutality in the employment of the human element in industry. 2

The development and growth of the corporation form of business organization has probably accentuated the idea that the worker is a mere employe, a thing, an instrument . In fact, the word employe itself means one who is used. 8 In the emp loyer and the employe re lation there survives much of the psychology of master and of slave.

A subt le change, however , is taking place in this relation. Two forces, in addition to the influences of state and of labor union , are today cooperating to humanize work conditions. One is the desire for more business efficiency; th e other is a spreading sense of human obligation. Robert Owen's expenditure s for human welfare at New Lanark one hundred years ago impressed J:\s partners as being poor business policy. Today, however, humanity in business is coming to be regarded

•Reprinted from The New Age.

1. Hon. William C Redfield, Secretary of Commerce.

2 In Its Issu e of .August 4, 1916, the Laba t · Review (Minneapolis) baR a striking editorial on John W. Thomas , a man of aristocratic bearing and th e h ead of a large and very fashionable dry goods house. The editor writes: "It is fitting that a labor paper should render sincere tribut e to the man who n eve r l e t his cash register interfere with his Christianity."

3. This meaning of employe and the consequent connotation probably explain why a professional worker rebels against being spoken of as an employe.

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as good business. Busine s good sense and scientifically humane treatment of workers walk hand in hand.

The new business regime starts with the architect. Many disreputable working places there are in the United States •. but they neither to the new business sense nor to the new busmess consc1ence. A work place should be very carefully constructed for its work and. for the people who are work in it. It should be as comfortable as poss1ble, which means first of all that it should be properly heated or cooled according to the seasons and the of th.e work carried on withi.n its walls. There should be no av01dable dust 111 a work place. Its a1r should be neither unnecessarily dry nor unnecessarily moist. Good ventilation is indispensable. Its lighting should be efficient, and natural wherever possible. There should be no avoidable noise or confusion. Every possible precaution should be taken to conserve the nerves, the senses, the health of the worker. Following such a policy of human conservation , an architect becomes a social worker and in a sense a practitioner of preventive medicine. Humane architecture is the beginning 'of welfare work and of the most successful business. It is a fundamental factor in human and national conservation. Rest, bath, toilet, and dressing rooms are of course indispensable. Experience teaches, however , than an intelligent, appreciative attitude upon the part of the worker is essential to the best results from humane architecture, which architecture includes physical provision for wise promotion of the social life of the worker.

Healthy workers are more valuable than unhealthy ones. A health department is an indispensable part of the new business. Applicants for work, and also periodically those at work, should be medically examined to determine fitness for employment , to safeguard the whole working force against contagion and infection, to insure greater working efficiency through timely medical advice. Business health departments have been found valuable also in cultivating good feeling between corporation and worker. Such a department may easily promote good feeling and work a saving for both worker and corporation, by, for example, putting a bruised finger back to work in half an hour, curing a headache, preventing • infection , decreasing pain, saving a life. Even a slight industrial injury affords an opportunity for promoting good feeling between capital and worker. Accident compensation will soon be universal in this country. Industrial health compensation is no less humane , logical, and desirable. Industrial disease is simply accident in successive doses. With the adoption of health compensation, the business health department will become a business necessity. It is already a good investment and a humane institution.

Next in fundamental importance to the health of the worker is his proper adaptation to his ·work and his work to him. Efficiency and justice both demand science in the hiring and management of workers. hiring, and promoting, attended too often by ignorance , preJudice , favont1sm, and graft , are conducive neither to maximum output at satisfactory cost nor to reasonable justice. Science, conservation, and a less un.certain justice are coming into employment through orgamzed employment departments. Employing workers IS ceasmg to be an offhand , extra duty pushed off upon some

easy-going manager, as umed by one who e confidence in hi judgment and instincts induces him to look after the employment of his e tabli hment as a subsidiary and relatively unimportant duty, or scattered among uperintendents and foremen. Employment is coming to be a regular and constant respon ibility of a manarrer and corps who e only business is employment. An emp loyment manager mu t know intimately the work to be done in the store, shop , or y tern with which he i a sociated. He must, in addition, be a student of human being . Phy i. ology and psychology enter into his work. He knows that some people are predominantly mental, orne vital, some dynamic .' orne are ensitive; others obtuse. Some have manners and breeding. ome have tact; other are blunt , heedless , inconsiderate. Some are more adaptab le than they are reliable. Some are neat ; other are sloven ly. orne are optimistic. Some are analytic; others synthetic. Some a r e agrrressive; other are retirin g. Some are selfish; others altrui tic and ideal. ome are artistic. Some are accurate. orne are persistent. o rn e are scntpulou ly honest. Facial, cranial, and bodily formation, the look out of the eye, the manner of addres , the consistency of the indi v idual-whether hard , rigid, soft, or flexible , the conditi o n of the body-all of the above are of importance to an employment diarrno tician. Forty or more questions may be asked an applicant, both to elicit information and t o s how reactions. A ha been pointed o ut by another writer , the applicant who with a grand flourish gives him elf po iti ve credit for all the virtues ther e by rev ea ls a trait of character. Do yo u smoke. do you drink, do you gamble? Are you moral? Are you in debt and if so, why? Being in debt is ometimes highly virtuous . re you fond of animals? Have you ever been arrested? Forty such questions not o nl y afford some valuable information , but they te s t the temper, the pirit , the patience the intelli ge nce , the poise of the applicant Employment diagnosis is very difficult, but it is decidedl y valuable, provided the diagnostician is not too cocksure of him se lf and hi s jud gments

The first respon s ibility of an e mployment manager is to make kilful selections to meet the labor demands rep o rted to him . In th e second place he must follow up his selections. Do they fit their work? Is their working environment suitable to them ? Do they work well with their team mates and their team mates with them? Some people do not form "happy chemical combinations." 5 The rough a nd the refined, the courageou and the cowardly , the selfish and th e ideal. the petty and the broad-minded, are not always good team mate Two workers equally positive in temperament are likely t o clash. Temperament mu t b reckoned with in business management .

Encouragement and appreciatio are the m ode rn k ey n o te s in hanriling workers. A a rule th ese will in s pir e fid e lit y, enthusiasm , and indu try . Of cour e, as eve ry intelligent employer knows , the sa m e method of treatment will not give the best re s ult s with all workers. Di cipline by fear, however , is out of date, alth o ugh still employed even in educational work. The o ld plan of keeping " the fear of God" in the hearts of workers is poor economy . Fair play and sq uar e. dealing prid e

4. Vid e Blackford and Newcomb: Th e Job, th e Man , and th e Boss. Reviews of Reviews Co., New York, 1915.

ti. Quoted by Bla ckford and Newcomb , 01'- ci t . \

and hope have taken its place. 1 sh?wed appreciatio!l the value of praise when he declared: The Th1rty-second Dem1-bngade would have died to a man for me, because after Lonato I wrote, 'The Thirty-second was there and I was at ease.' " 6

Fear, worry, anger, hate , grief, uncertainty , discouragement in workers are signs of poor management ar:d. sources of business loss. 7 • In a crisis fear may be an asset. By dnvmg the blood outwardly 1t may facilitate superhuman effort. I may assist coagulation in the healing of a wound by adding to the natural output , in the human system of adrenalin. 8 But business is not a crisis. It is a continuous performance. Fear is not one of its stand-bys. Fear interrupts digestion. It may favor diabetes. It promotes constipation. Chronic fear by lowering vitality m a y facilitate invasion by other diseases. Fear uses up valuable nervous tissue. It generates poison in the system. Fear and its ravaging relatives, anger, etcetera, reduce capacity, output , and profits. Any uncertainty or irritation in the situation surrounding a worker is likely to r e flect itself in the annual report of the employer.

The Arabic story of Sidi Naami the Haj has a significance in this c o nnection. Sidi N aami, sitting at the eastern gateway of the city of Bagdad, was told by the Plague as he entered the city that the latter would slay 600 (Sidi Naami could see the plague, "since it is given to th e just to see where other men are blind.") But, lo, 3,000 actually fell stricken within Bagdad. The Plague on leaving the city was taken to task by Sidi N aami , to whose violent denunciation the Plague replied " I have done according to my promise. I have slain but 600. My twin br o ther Fear slew the rest.' ' 9

Hope, pride, courage are positive and constructive. They spell capacity and bigger output. These cannot be achieved altogether, however , by a sort of occupational Christian Science . They depend largely upon good working conditions. A railroad 1 0 was reported (September 18, 1915) to have advised its workers to "live complacently" and "avoid worry, to cultivate the art of living with yourself as you are and the world as it is." " This nation," continued this railroad company, "once had a strenuous pre s ident who always explained his good health by saying, 'I like my job.' Contentment with your daily lot, satisfaction with one's regular employment, is a great aid to dispelling worry." Such absolute complacency would stifle ambition and prevent any progress , business, political , or social. This railroad overstates the subjective cause of w o rry. It decries the wholesome discontent that has niade progress p oss ible. There is a difference between peevish , futile grumbling and whol s ome ambition b o rn of a healthy preference for improvement. Happinss , for the worker , not dumb complacency, is good business for the employer. The right work , good environment, good management, and health insure a happy and successful worker.

It is both uneconomical and unjust to let human capacities lie dor-

· 6. Quoted by E. B. Gowin: The Executive and His Control of Men. Macmillan Co., New York, 1915, p . 260.

7. It is a significant sign of the times that some business houses can teach educational syste ms and inst i tutions the valu e of humane management.

8 A valuable recent book on the subject of fear is W. B. Cannon: Bodily Changes in Pain, Hun ge r, F e ar , and Rage. D. Appleton & Co., 1916, 311 pp. $2.00.

9. Th e Stori e s of Stori e s, Minn eavoli8 Jout nal, July 10 1916

10. Th e Illinoi s Central. ' · ,

mant. Yet they do lie dormant. Our national loss m dormant capacity is incalculable. If in a college department the head runs his department for shortsighted egoistical satisfaction or he weakly allows jealous mediocrity to combine and to fashion departmental policy, unusual ability and character and those who possess them are dwarfed. This does happen in American education. If, in a commercial house, high offices are given to cub sons of heavy stockholders, many a man and woman is likely to fail of his or her full stature as a worker and as a human being. And this does happen in American businesses. The worker should be given full encouragement to express his ideas and to voice his objections. Especially when his suggestions are not workable, there should be full and free consultation. Time lost? Not at all. But rather time spent in developing and correcting your working force. (The writer is well aware of the occasional eccentric whose chief stock is unworkable notions.) The worker, furthermore, should feel free to reveal frankly to his superior so-called his ambitions. It should cease to be true that to him who frankly seeks should be denied. 11 Promotion should always be strictly according to merit, and there should be abolition of the pernicious policy of overlooking talent at hand in appointing to places of The American Radiator Company, it is reported, never goes outside of its own organization fo r an executive. Each head is expected to train his successor. 18

Scientific employment aims also to reduce "firing" to a mmtmum. It allows foremen and other heads to dismiss but not to "fire." "Firing" is centralized in the employment office. In a given case, the foreman or other chief and not the worker might be the one at fault. Besides , a worker who has poor success in one place may be a brilliant success in some other position or department. It is neither fair nor wise to " fire" without impartial investigation , and in many cases further experiment. In the Ford Motor Works, it is said, a man will be tried out until all possibilities hav e been exhausted. Ford builds over men as well as makes cars. The loss of the old system is sometimes tremendous. A labor turnover of 1, 100, 250, or even 200 per cent cannot help but b e costly to both business and to society, and is certainly evidence of poor conditions-in wages, working environment, or treatment. The best management keeps its people and causes them to grow in efficiency. Management under the scientific system is a bigger job. Modernized employment calls for personality, education, and even culture in its managers. Big, cultured personality may banish from a factory, store, office , or educational system-gloom , suspicion, irritation, petty jealousy, discord, and may put in their place harm o ny, cooperation, hope, interest, enthusiasm, happiness.

11 The writer bas known of glaring cases in univ e r s ity rnanagment of punishment for ambition. Ind eed, whereve r a mistaken d e mocracy substitutes for power in the Individual, IUbject to control and r e gulation through publicity and this tenure r esti ng upon fair and lltisfactory service, rule by the supposedly r ep r ese ntativ e s m a ll group, personal ambition Is likely to find difficulty In expr essi ng Itse lf with Impunity. Government by an oligarchy of one's peers Is likely to b e unfair to the one who commits the crime of being conspicuous, of forging ahead, of expressing an Innate capacity for l e ad e rship. Th e r e ul t Is often a sid e tracking of natural leade rs and the br eeding of a lack of outspokenness and of di s h on esty in those whose flexibility of morality Inclines th e m to win by adapting themselves to circumstances.

12. This evil Is more pronounced In e ducation and In public and quasi-public service than In business.

13. Gowin, op. cit., p. 155.

Home happine ss f o r wo rkers will tell decidedly in the manager' s balance sheet. The man with the sick wife, the girl with the cruel stepmother or drunken father can n ot do their best work. Badly fried eggs, sleepless nights, poorly spent even in gs, crowded or sord id living conditions , destructive thinking will tell in the hop report, the record of output, the report of dividends. 14 · · •

The rio-ht s of private property and of pnvate ente rpnse are not abso lute. and moral ob li gations and restrictions hed ge them in . All private property carries with it some ob li gation to regard the right s of others. \ i\T hen modern society a ll ows private ownership of offices , s tores , factorie s, etc., it puts into the hands of a few the making o r the marring o f millions of'workers. The dtrectors of a corporation u s ually except of its managers at least conservation of the capital invested and at lea st reasonable dividends. Wha t may society expect ?

John D . Rockefeller , Jr., in his Pueblo speech of October , 1915, referred t o four partners in the business of the Co lorado Fue l and Iron Co.s tockholders , directors , officers, employes. Referring to workers a s w ell as to officers , Mr. Rockefeller used the phrase 'my partners." Thi s of course marked a sp l endid advance in attitude. But there i still ano ther partner in every business. Society is an investor in every business. Society has a right , therefore, to hold business officers to an accounting Every busine ss enterprise is turning out, daily, weekly, yea rl y, either better or worse human beings. A factory manager's record sheet may show only boxes , crates, dozens , and dollars, but there is an unwritten rec o rd s h owing talent s dwarfed or talents developed , health lost or health ga in ed, more human life o r le ss.

Society may ask of business at lea st two questions: What have you done with my human capital, and what have you earned for me? A s chool principal aims at producing better human beings; a busines s manager usually aim s at products o r serv ic es. A business hou se, however, shou ld produce both products and people. Society s h ould demand s uch business leader s hip as makes the work place a schoo l of richer character and riper development . Big and socially satisfactory leaders hip sends into the street, home, church, socie t y, and to the ballot box increasingly stronger, better human beings. The business manager is a s teward of society. From the viewpoint of human welfare, every business is in a s ense o f public utility. 1 5 The lead ership that under stands this , the really big leader s hip in business, meets the twentieth century demand for the payment of human dividends in the form of more useful and happier human beings

1 4 Th e apparent, phil a nthrop y of corporations i s r e ally good bu s in ess, if n o t patern a h stica lly 'T h e co mpany cove_ts a r ea l partne r s hip with its e mploy es in all that pertains to their hvm g and working cond1tions."-Co l orado Fuel & Iron Company Industrial Bull eti n, Jul y 31 , Hl16.

1 5. Th e )<at iona l Bank (Mipneapolis) said recently: "A nati onal bank i s in man y a public utility." This indicates an awak e ning attitude.

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So c i e t y is lik e a l aw n , wh e r e every roughness is smoothed, eve ry bramble e radica ted , and where th e eye i s delighted by th e smiling verdure of a velvet surface. He, how eve r , who would study n a ture in its wildn e ss and variety, must plunge into the for e s t , must exp l ore the g l E>n, mu s t stem the torr e nt, and dare the pr ec lplce .Washington lrr i ng.

FRATERNITY HARMONY

BY E . J. MoRRI ON, Wi con in Chapter

Any officer of a fraternity will be glad to tell you that there are more problems connected with the succes ful running of a fraternity than the average member, and certainly the out ider, ha any conception of. There is the matter of properly feeding and hou ing the member , of entertaining the gue ts, of rai ing the quality of member hip and the chapter, and so on But the greatest problem the off ic ers and member of any fraternity have to meet and solve is the problem of pre erving harmony within its ow n rank .

We meet the word " harmony" in so many wa lk of lif e, an d hear it so often mentioned-but rarely, however , without it s r ea l significance being discussed-that we are prone to minimi ze it s imp ortance, and to assume that harmony will somehow just naturally follow in the wake of all we do and say within the chapter walls.

Harmony is too important an element in fraternity life to be left to the caprices of mere chance and good luck. The problem of harmony h o uld be studied by every chapter o fficer , and impre ssed upon the mind of every member to the end that member who are habituall y out of harmony will be taught to strike the h a rm o nic chord. ide and faction may be a nece sary ev il in Congre sional and deliberative bodies; but they have no place in a fraternity. This s tat e ment doe not militate against the idea of having any oppos ition w hat soeve r t o any fraternity question. On the other hand, the more thoroughl y a question is discu sed pro and con, the more prepared are the member t o vo te , and the sounder are their conclusions. Good, spir it ed debate doe not in it se lf involve a lack of fraternity harmony. But th e s ide s taken h ou ld be completely merged in the conclusion, when it is finally r eac h ed. The majority should not g loat ove r its victory, and the min o rit y s h o uld not try to avenge its defeat. This principle eems e lement a r y. A nd ye t , I suppose, every chapter has been endangered at so me time in its histor y by the presence of factions, and, I venture to say, these factions have usually been engendered, o r certain ly exaggerated, by honest difference of opinions which have been permitted t o affect their conduct after the que tion at issue was determined Chapter officers can do much, and should do all they can , to reconcile the minority to the majorit y

One or two chronic dissenters can do more t o retard and counteract the enthusiasm, the unanimity of a body than a doz e n m e n can to inspire these qualities. It may be argued that every fraternit y needs a few conservative members . Probfb ly most fraterniti es do. But the ultra-conservative who creates dissen s ion and not convicti o n is a g r eate r evi l to the fraternity than the most progressive doctrine s with which a fraternity may be obsessed.

A group of twenty-five or thirty men united in purpo e and common interests do not need to be so strong individually as a like sized group who harbors habitual dis se nters. To appreciate the truth of thi s statement we have merely to recall some of the in tance s w hen we h ave been guests at fraternities. Let us consider the visits to two typical fraternities. Mr. A., one of our friends , asks us ove r to hi fraternity

for dinner. At the appointed hour we ring the door bell. A member responds. We ask for Mr A. We are left standing in the vestibule while a hue and a cry go resounding through the halls for Mr. A. He is found, and he relieves our uneasiness by permitting us to step inside and remove our wraps. We walk into the parlor, but although it is within a few minutes of six o'clock-dinner time-the parlor is deserted Our ears betell the presence of many of the fellows in the library, presumably playing cards. A straggler or two come in. Our host and they discuss proposed penalties to be inflicted upon members who refuse to appear in the parlor until the last moment. Little cooperation here, we are forced to think. At the strike of the gong, the members rush into the parlor from all directions. They know that meeting us is a prerequisite to eating; so they surge around us eager to have the ceremony over. The dining room door is opened. We are just naturally caught in the stream of humanity which flows into the dining room, carried with it until our host graciously grabs us from it and places us at a table next to him. The dining room seems to be converted into a clearing house for all grievances. We learn from their conversation who their laz y members are, who the prevaricators are, the lendors, the borrowers, the poor students, the "fussers," the "boozers," the satirists, the stubborn, the selfish. Vlith these charges and counter charges thrown back and forth, we wonder if there is a common tie among them; and indeed, if one tie can be found strong enough to bind them into a real fraternity. Realizing about how much harmony we could expect from thirty musical instruments all out of tune and offbeat, we question the amount of harmony that can possibly emenate from thirty fellows all out of tune and time with each other In glancing around, we recognize several of the best known students on the campus-men who, individually, would attract o1,1r attention and interest because of the big things they are doing . But evidently their influence is little felt within the fraternity, probably because there is no common channel through which their abilities may course. The meal is over, and we repair with our host to the parlor. We are surprised that the others do not follow, but most of them do not . A few whom we already know may parley long enough to inquire about our health , but that is all. After we have listened for a few minutes to the young Padereweski at the piano, and perhaps to a stray mandolinist, and after our host and we have exhausted the topics of the day, he suggests a visit through the house We go from one room to the other. We find various groups of fellows, some playing cards, some reading, some cracking jokes. They are altogether too much engrossed in what they are doing to give us even a courteous recognition. After we have made the rounds, we take our departure. We are disappointed with this fraternity. It is not the big, jolly, good-natured and brotherly acting family a fraternity should be. Our conclusion is that it is a fraternity made up of some strong men individually; but colwoefully lacking in harmony, in cooperation, in those essentials that make a fraternity, and differentiate it from a common boarding house.

The next evening we are a. guest. at. a fraternity of another type. n:ember wh? answers. ou.r nng thts time does not permit us to remam m the vesttbule; he mststs that we step inside and have a chair.

He takes our me age and asks another member to find our host, while he remains to get acquainted. His whole manner i so reassuring we begin to believe that maybe the fraternity is glad to have u as its gue t. We are ushered into the parlor, where seats are less available than they were the previous night, for there are perhaps twenty fellows already assembled. At our entrance, they all rise and gracefully come forward . Somehow, we feel we are really meeting them this time. We are placed in an easily accessible place. The fellows flock around us . We never realized before we could be so popular. Before the gong sounds, practically every one of the thirty members has entered the parlor and has met us. At the sound of the gong, our host takes us friendly by tne arm and follows us through the archway opened by the steward. The steward has already designated our seat. The other members file in after us and respectfully wait until places are provided for us . The chapter song is started. Every member sings the song with the arne reverence with which they would sing the Star Spangled Banner. We respect them for their devotion, and are almost willing to wager from our observances so far that there is the e lem ent of comradeship here which we had expected to find last night, but did not. Our host assists us with our chair; after which everybody sits down. The first course is a bouillon. We are served first, but we realize before long that this gives us little advantage, for no one picks up his spoon until the last person is served. We are more surprised to see that no one thinks of bridging over the time, or of giving way to his appetite, by buttering and munching at the wafers before him. "Veri ly," we say, " tonight , we are not eating at the usual run of boarding houses. " Yet there is no less of merriment by reason of the observances of these primary rul es of etiquette. The same courtesy is observed between eac h course. o me one suggests a song; it is started; and everyone j o ins . There is little evidence of these t ete a tete affairs. The members are too happy in being together not .to avai l themselves of their opportunity to enjoy each other's company. \TV e fail to see any disgruntl e d loo king fellow, any who are opposed to the way things are being done. Everyone is quick to take suggestions, and to mak e the evening a success . After the napkin has been replaced , and the meal is over, practically everyone assembles in the parlor. The musical instrument are re s urrected and tuned up. We gather around the piano , and bef o re we are aware, we are singing in the same unrestrained manner we would be doing at home. The interest the fellows manifest in each o ther and in us is a revelation to us, and makes us that there is after all something worth while to get out of university life besides the clas -room knowledge. With regret do we discover that the time for leav ing ha s come, and with apparent reluctance do the fellows let us go. On our way home we continue to reflect upon this fraternity: fairly comfortable home; nationally, not so well known; fewer well-known campus m e n in the local chapter. But such a spirit; such a dem o nstrati o n of fraternalism; such harmony. We know that this fraternity is bound to come to the front, for the members work together they have the right idea of what appeals to prospects, and they are going to secure the best material because of their superior bait.

It is safe to assume that this latter group is more harmonious, not

because its members are inherently more congenial, but because harmony, or team-work, or whatever name this quality may be has been emphasized and insisted upon by its own members. A dtsplay of congenialty is not the sudden outburst. of one's character. It is the outgrowth, rather, of constderable trammg and understanding of what makes for congenialty, for comradeship, for harmony. Some men are inherently quarrelsome. It behooves every chapter, therefore to exercise much care in preventing such a man from becoming member. To do this, you must be a good judge of human nature. Have the man over often enough, so that you think you understand fairly well his make-up. After he has passed this crucial test and he has been elected , you have one more chance to sound him out, and this comes when you "bid " him. First impress upon him that he has been selected because the chapter feels he will harmonize well with the rest; that this fraternity does not tolerate petty quarrels, but demands congeniality above everything else. Then ask him if he feels he can associate daily with the fellows, and when it comes to little differences of opinions forsake his own when by so doing, the interests of the fraternity will be best subserved. By noting the response to these que!tions, you can feel quite certain of your man, and at the same time, you have created an indelible impression on his mind of what the fraternity expects. I have in mind one concrete example which may better illustrate my point. For six months we "rushed" rather intermittently a certain man. At first, several members objected to his election, but he had appealed so strongly to some of our members that they continued to bring him over in the hopes that those opposing his election would think differently of him as they came to know him. After six months he was voted in, not with any enthusiasm, but nevertheless without objection. When we came to "bid" him, we approached him much in the manner I outlined above. He rebelled at the suggestion of submitting to any fraternity principle, if he knew he were right. He considered that such a practice would undermine his individuality. He didn't believe in losing one's individuality merely because one joined a fraternity. It was obvious that he was not such a man as we were after. We granted, of course, that one should not have his individuality in the least impaired , if one's individuality was in all respects perfect. But our experience had shown us that even the most finished individualities could well be helped by a little fraternity addition and subtraction , such as a well regulated and balanced fraternity is able to provide. As gently and as diplomatically as we could, we withdrew our "bid," and by facts that came to light subsequently, we were confirmed in our suspicions that he would be a poor member by reason of his conceit and his unwillingness to fraternize, in other words, to harmonize. ' . in selecting your man, by being skilful in btd?mg htm, by usmg your power of observance during the pledging penod , the number of habitual dissenters will be minimized if not entirely excluded. '

We have disposed of the prospect and pledge. But how about the member htmself? He may once have realized the importance of harmony , but along with seniority, he may be inclined to think har· mon y is a plaything for the younger members and officers. For this

recalcitrant m e mber , th e cure i u uall y prev ntion. o I urge up on the officers of the chapter the w is d om of uppre s in g from the fir st any evidence of chapter feuds, of a disposition to ca rry chapter fi gh ts outside of the chapter ro o m , and of the ri se of any factions or undercurrents. Go to the members w h om you ha ve rea so n to susp ect and appeal to their fraternity lo y alt y; talk on thi su bject in gene ralitie at every chapter meeting; do not purpo e ly humiliat e the members , for • this will only anta go nize them without alleviating the trouble. If . none of these tactics bring the de s ir e d re ult , then, of course, fraternity action is imperati ve, and s h o uld )10t lon g be postponed. If yo u ha ve reason to accuse a member o f br ea ching the harmon y of the chapter, you will firid that chapter sentiment, t oge th e r wi th diplomacy, will ordinarily suffice in th e m os t difficult cases

1 o recapitulate , therefore, in s is t upon harmon y above a ll things else. L oo k for thi s quality in electing your members ; mak e ce rt a in that the pledge understands its neces s it y; and exact it from the members at all times othing w ill disrupt a fraternity so quickly and effectively a s the lack of harmony, and nothin g will build it up so quickly and effective ly as the presenc e of harmony. A fraternity without harmon y is a ship without a rudder; st ron g material in itself will not avail. But with harmony secured , your pro blem of a uccessful fraternity is largely solved

AS A MASON LIVES

L e t u s dwell to ge th e r in h amo n y,

A nd peac e a nd broth e rl y lo ve,

L et u s tudy th e laws of n a tur e

La id down by th e One Above.

Let us st ri ve t o li ve as Ma o n s.

A lif e th a t will be wo rth w hil e.

Let u s work a nd play a nd tudy,

And do it a ll with a s mil e.

Let u s li ve u po n th e l eve l,

A nd ac t up o n the s qu a r e,

Let u n ot co mpl a in w h e n burdened

With so rrow or with care.

Let u s n ot broth er,

When we think he ha d o n e w r ong,

L et u s g i ve him a li ft a nd c h ee r him , With Council, aid, a nd song.

L e t u s g iv e o ur flow e r s to th e li v in g,

T o those th a t a r e in need ,

Let u s s h ow th e w o rld how Maso n s li ve,

By mil e, and wo rd , and d eed .

- Ro y v. P epp erbe1·g 191"'1 , Nebraska Chapt er.

FILLERS

BY LELAND S. THOMPSON, Michigan Chapter

The time is rushing season. The scene the .chapter. room .of a college fraternity. Candidate is for dtscusswn Hts qualtfications as a possible member are bemg revtewed by the active men.

"Jones looks all right to <?ne ?Hers. "He is not a bad looking fellow. I had a ternble time gettmg htm to talk at the table today. He doesn't seem to be interested in much of anything, but he's not offensive."

Similar opinions are expressed by others. It seems to be difficult to discover anything tangible to like or dislike in the man Jones. All agree that he is harmless. . . . . .

The president calls for actwn as ttme ts hmtted and there are others to be considered. A brother arises to address the group.

"Brother President. I should like to see the chapter vote favorably on Jones. He apparently is no hurricane of energy, but there is nothing objectionable about him that I can see. We need men, and we must get them now. Jones will certainly pass as a filler. I move that we vote on him."

J cines the filler is duly balloted upon, accepted and pledged.

Just what the fraternity in question has acquired is worth considering. Jones will occupy a bed, take a place at the table, go to classes from time to time, cast a vote in meetings, fill out a bridge quartet once in a while, add an occasional note to the table songs, blow excellent smoke rings, sleep regularly every afternoon when his schedule will permit, do research work in the current fiction magazines, avoid 8 o'clock classes consistently, come late to meals, neglect house rules, avota campus activities religiously , waste mone y clue the chapter and gravitate instinctively towards those . circles of conduct that characterize the man who is a dead weight on his fraternity.

Fillers might be divided into two groups. The first, of which Jones is a member, can be called passive . The shortcomings of such men are due to their inertia. The second class may be called active, without the merit which the word connotes.

The active filler is not inert. He has the desire to do things, but he is utterly unable to guide his activity in the right direction. This sort of man is often what is known as a "good mixer." He associates with other men on the campus and in the fraternity likewise. His sociability , however, is very often alcoholic. It is usually this man who burd e ns the chapter with the terrible drink problem.

In this class also are men who promote discord and organize cliques within the group , who neglect house dues, who borrow money from other members and subject the lenders to the embarrassment of asking fo r it s return. They are the well known house wits who disconcert sp e aker s in chapter meetings and always remain sweetly innocent of the character of the motion before the house. They are guilty of countless other misdemeanors, petty enough in themselves but immensely serious as a whole , not the of which is that of remaining uniformly at the bottom of the chapter's · scholastic chart.

It is a waste of time and printer ' s ink to go further into detail with such a classification. Perhaps it cannot be called a classification. It doubtless overlaps and omits. The point is that a fraternity is at a disadvantage with such men in the chapter. It is at an equal disadvantage with such men among its alumni , although the harm is done in a different way.

It is not an axiom, of course, that the filler in college is the filler in life. It is impossible to say what percentage "see the light" and are finally worth while. It may be that such a turn of events is the rule rather than the exception. The fact remains that positions for graduates are not ordinarily distributed among the "weak sisters." o business house writes to the university asking for graduated fillers. It even seems reasonable to assume that the horrible example of "the college man in the bread line" is a later edition of the object of our criticism. Perhaps he is, also, the man who avoids jury duty and insults the tax collector.

It would be unwise for an undergraduate to attempt to show what a filler misses in college life, the opportunities that elude him on the campus and in the chapter house. Only the perspective of years on the outside can qualify one to do that. It is our conviction, however, that he misses much in eluding the mental discipline of a good scholastic record, regardless of its money value. It is also our conviction that he is a heavy loser if he has not had the benefit of association with other students in campus activities. He is less competent than the man who has played varsity football, or made the crew, or won a debating contest, or earned a staff position on a student publication or succeeded in any other branch of activity.

The men who run the world's affairs are hard workers-very often the hardest workers. Thomas Edison says that genius is 1 per cent inspiration and 99 per cent perspiration. Someone else calls it "the ability to take infinite pains." Genius, success, leadership and all the rest of the qualities admired in superior people are products, for the most part of unadulterated work. Commenting on the death of Count To! toy, v.;ho knew the meaning of toil as few of us ever will, Sarah Bernhardt said, "Aucun chemin de fleurs conduit a la gloire." She reiterated simply and eloquently the truth that the best that life affords is the fruit of toil.

The fraternity whose members get the most out of college is both the strongest fraternity and the one whose men work the hardest. It i the fraternity whose freshmen choose to chase assignments fQr the tudent paper, work out in the gymnasium, or do a little discreet reviewing on free afternoon instead of indulging in a dip into Ring Lardner followed by a nap.

The men who fail to work violate an obligation-tacit, but real. They fail to "do their bit" toward helping themselves and their brothers to form a strong fraternity and to get the most out of the time spent in the university. They waste all of their own time and a large part of the time of others.

The illustration of the procedure connected with bringing a filler into a fraternity used at the beginning of this paper is inadequate because, after all, "Jones" may develope into one of the strongest men in

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the chapter. It is humanly impossible to a _new man we should like to be able to estimate him . Promtstng candtdates sometimes live up to their appearance, sometimes hopelessly and become the wo rst kind of filler Doubtful candtdates prove up 111 exactly the same way. Beyond the u se o f the ordina r y se lective methods which we all employ it is a matter of g ue s work.

But that is n ot the point we w ish to bring out. Our words are n o t direct e d at the group. vVe do not wish to ay complacently, "Don't for hea ve n 's sake, pl ed o·e any filler s !" This matter is one for the individual t o consider and ruminate ove r. The que tion each man might ask himself is, "A m I a filler ?"

Every fraternity ha s taken in men whose qualifications parall e led those of Jones. Their pla ce in the o r ga nization is only that of a "s top crap ." It was no g roup of " t op gaps" that founded the Acacia Fraternity. Acac ia is n o t bein g kept alive by them . The vitality of this fraternity, a o f eve ry other, s prin g fr o m the workers in the chapter and among th e alumni. Th e fill e r is a hindrance t o his own s uc cess and to th e irs.

WHAT ACACIA CAN DO FOR THE INDIVIDUAL

W. 0. Hak e, (Kansas Chapter)

W h at Acac ia ca n d o for the individu a l. This· i s indeed a very broad field to write upon . I take th e t op i c to mean n ot h ow will Acac ia h e lp to mak e a m a n a successf ul m a n age r of a s m a ll co untry s tore , or a captain of a great industry, or that it wo uld make him a s u cces ful co unty a tt o rn ey, or pl ace him on the supreme bench. Such as the se a r e n ot the a im s o r ide a l s o f the teachings of Acacia Fraternity. On th e other h a nd I fee l th a t th e things o ne l earns from a fraternity, when he r ea ll y enters i nto the s pirit of the fraternity, a re import a nt assets to a u ccess ful conclus ion of any really worthy undertaking. When I say thi s, I a m spea kin g of a ll goo d , nation a l , socia l fraternitie , as we ll as Acac ia, but I feel th a t Acac ia h as a d v ant ages peculiar to her se lf That i why Acac ia i s bound t o turn o ut bigger a nd s tr o n ge r men We a r e all "free born, of l awf ul age, a nd well r eco mm e nd e d ."

With Acac ia it is th e same as w ith any ot her o r gan iz at io n. A n individu a l gets from it in return ju st in proportion to what he puts into it . A man n ee d not h ope t o get much from his fraternity if he takes it lightly and with indifference. Th e soone r a m a n gets int o the sp irit of Acacia, th e soo n e r will h e b e able to con tribute to its development a nd reap the fruits of hi s l a bor. I h ave s een men in th e fraternity for only one se m este r who we r e better Acac ian th a n so me who have been in for three. It depends upon the individual.

Kansas Chapter do es n o t pledge a man who is a S e nior unless h e posse sses excep ti o nal a bility. It i s the m e n who h ave s pent two , three or four years in the c hapt e r th a t become th e r ea l pill a r s of the frat e rnity. When these broth er co m e to Law rence th ey do not tell the taxi driver "E ldridg e Hotel" but in s te ad "Ou t t o the Acacia House." '

The a im c;>f Acacia id ea l s is to grad uat e every member from it s c h apter ho u se, a gen tl et?la n , 1n the full se n se of th e He learns to say the right thing at the proper t1me, a nd properly at all tim es. He l ea rns to resp ec t his s uperior s: be co urt e ous, espec ially t o women. Th ese a nd many other things , that can be known on ly to the true cac ian, are the q ualitie th at link our mind s with the thought exp r essed

"W h at v i s io n bright th e Master saw!

' The Truth that m a keth mankind free'

The golden bond,-'tis Heaven's law, ' The Lo ve that taught 'Fraternity.'"

-Kansas Lettet· from Home

THE NATIONAL SONG BOOK COMMITTEE

BY Frmo DIDDLE, Yale hapte1·

Among the many work of importance undertaken by the national fraternity, none have been of more actual value than the publication of the Acacia song book. It i needle here to go into the que tion of ne eds of the fraternity for , uch a work. or its important influence upon fraternity life. That has be n effectively expre ed in the excellent preface to The Songs of Acacia. But Yale hapter i proud of the book, and doubly proud because of the hare he had in it editing. For we furnished the fraternity at large with the chairman of the committee which had the work in ·hand, with a man who de erve a large hare of

credit for the success of the book. But every man on the committee worked hard to make this, the fir t effort of iL kind in the history of cacia, a work of va lu e. \\ ith the idea of expres ing the appreciation that ,ve know is left by every member in the country Yale submits the material which follow that the men may know their servants and give them the honor due their labors.

WILLIA:U EBEX ScHOLTZ , Yal e Chapt e r

Brother Schultz was born in Canton, Iis ouri on the Mississippi, on March 23, 1887 He graduated from Canton High chool in 1903, and from Christian niver - it y, in Canton, A. B .. 1906, A. M., 1907. He 325

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entered Yale for the first time in 1908, receiving the degree of M. A. in 1909 · and again in 1911 to remain for four more years, studying for the degree. At Brother Schultz was in dramatics, literary societies and debating, and represented hts class po.et. After taking theM. A. at Yale, he taught for two years at the Umverstty of Kansas, as instructor in English: Brother Schultz was made a Mason in the summer of 1911 , and on hts return to New Haven was elected to Yale Chapter of the Acacia Fraternity, being initiated in January, 1912. He has since that time served his chapter as Venerable Dean, Editor of the Yale Triangle (three years), delegate to the Grand Conclave at Chicago, in 1912, Treasurer and Cha_irman of the .House Committee. He is the author of two sheet mustc songs published by the

national fraternity , and in 1913 was appointed chairman of the Song Book Committee. In university activities Brother Schultz was interested especially in music and publications. He wrote and published two football songs for Yale, and was for three years on the staff of the Yale Daily News, the oldest periodical of its kind in America, as editor from the Graduate School. While finishing his work for the Ph. D., which he secured in June, 1915, he was, for the last three years, assistant in English, with the Freshman Class. Brother Schultz accepted a position at the University of Illinois, as instructor in English, in the summer of 1915, and took up his work there in September, 1915

a Illinois Schultz accepted a professorship in Chnshan Umver tty , now Culltver Stockton College, Canton, Missouri,

JOHN EDWARD TRELEVEN

and is now head of the department of English. He still maintains his interest in college activities, according to the Yale Alumni Weekly. filling and emptying the Waste Ba ket, a column of original and miscellaneous prose and verse.

Brother Schultz is part owner and a! o contributing editor of the Cantonian. His present addre is Canton, Mis ouri.

JoHN EDWA.UD TRELEVE - lVisconsin Chapter

Brother Treleven ·was born in Omro, Wi con in, on June 29, 1885. He attended the Omro High chool and also the Oshkosh State Normal, before entering the niversity of Wisconsin, where he graduated,

HENRY HERMAN BUSSE

B. A., 1910, M. A., 1914. Other work was done by him at Michigan and Chicago. Brother Treleven was made a l\Ia on in 1908, and a member of the Chapter in 1911. In 1908 he joined the Acacia Fraternity, becoming a member of Wisconsin Chapter. He was a delegate to the Grand Conclave at Philadelphia, in 1909, and has attended several other meetings of the national body, throuo h which he has become known to a large number of Acacia men. His late t work for the fraternity was in connection with the Song Book Committee. Brother Treleven is a member of Phi Beta Kappa , Beta Gamma igma ( Honorary Commercial), and Alpha Kappa Psi (Professional Business). In 1912-1913 he was an instructor in the University of \tVisconsin. Since 1913 he has been connected with the Univer ity of Texas where he holds important

positions as A o ciate Professor and Chairman of the School of Business Training.

H ENRY H E RMAN Bu s sE, Ill in oi s Chapt er

Brother Bu s se was born in Chicago, on May 30, 1888. He received his preparat o ry training at the Robert A. Waller High School in that city , and al s o ·took s pecial work in busines s college. Mu s ic occupied his intere s t during a large part of his early education. In 1905-6 he was a pupil of Ludwig Becker. After finishing high school in 1907 , he studied music much more extensively , not going to the U niversity till three years later. In the meantime, he played as violini s t with the Chica g o Symphony Orchestra (Festival Orchestra) , directed by Rosenbecker , and s everal other large orchestras; and studied and taught violin at the Metr o politan Co nservatory of Music, under the direction of Harr y Dim o nd. Brother Busse came naturally by his mu s ical talent, hi s father , Herman Busse , having been a member of the noted Theod o r e Thoma s Orchestra; and much of his early training was received within the family . In 1910 Brother Busse entered the University of Illinois , w here he to o k up a course in business under the College of Literature and Arts . He left before getting a degree, but he remained there for three years and did some work in the summer school. He joined Acacia in 1911. His Mason ic date is also 19 11. At the o ld house on Green Street he held (according to his own statement) the difficult, if not highly honorable, position of House ManageL He was active in the musical circles of the university, being director and manager of the Illinois Orchestra, and also a member of the band. He became Professor of Violin in the Conservatory of Knox Co ll ege in 1913, a position which he gave up to join the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra . With this famous organization he is now touring the Uni t ed States. He was married to Mina C. Babcock, of Batt l e Creek , M ichi gan , on September 28 , 1913 Brother Busse's most significant work for the fraterni t y was in c o nnection with the Song Book Committee.

THE PLAINT OF AN EPICURE

' "A ha !" excl a im e d the teward ,

As h e s c a nn e d his little book ; " I' v e g ot to pay the meat bill

A nd I 've got to p a y th e cook. "

" o w , whil e the c os t o f food goes up ,

If I co me out ahead ,

I mu s t in s titut e r e tr e nchm e nt ,"

S o h e c ut o ut r a i in bre a d.

A d a y s ped by, th e s t.e wa rd g rinned ;

S o ri c e usurped the little s helf, Wh e r e o n ce our spuds w e re s tored ; '" It ain ' t enoufh ," the steward snarled

S o milk w e nt off th e board.

A nd then o ne m o rn a brother gasped, And donned a sikly grin ;

F o r there wa s not a breakfast egg

With whi c h to deck hi s c hin

Fo r h e h a d ta s t ed bl o od.

" Th e n ce forth ," a t dinn e r , he il nn o un ce d , '·You"!! n ever ee a s pud "

S o s pudle ss, e gg le ss, milkle s s , too, Su b is t s o ur littl e brood

W e h o p e the teward doesn ' t f e el

C o mpell e d t o cut out food . -Midway A ca c ia n.

in 1\rntin

SAMUEL HOWARD BURNETT

Samuel Howard Burnett was born, in the town of Webster, . Y., November 18, 1869, on a farm on the s hore s of Lake Ontario. He received his early education in hi home di trict chool, later attending the Webster Union School four miles away and graduating in June, 1888. He entered Cornell niversity in the Art course, receiving the A. B. degree in 1892. After graduation, he taught in public schools un-

til 1895 , when he returned to Cornell for g raduate work in entomology and botany. Hereceived his M . S . degree in 1896. From 1896-1899 he was profes or of Biology and Natural Sciences in Fairmount College, Wichita , Kasas, again returning to Cornell in 1899 for work in Bacteriology. He was assistant in Comparative Pathology and Bacteriology in the New York State Veterinary College at Cornell University from 1899- 1901 , instructor from 1901-1908, being elected to Sigma Xi and receiving the D. V. M. in 1902; he was assistant professor in Comparative Pathology from 1908- 1914. In 1914, he was made professor of Comparative Pathology and Bacteriology. He was made a Mason in the winter of 1892-93 , becoming a member of Webster Lodge o. 538 at Webster, N. Y., of which his father 329

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was a charter member. He became a Royal Arch Mason in Hamilton Chapter No. 12 at Rochester, . Y. , in the s pring of 1895 and was a charter member of the Cornell Chapter of Acacia.

He was married in 1903 to ellie Marie Reed , Cornell '95, and has one daughter , Dorothy Reed Burnett, born in 1905.

Dr. Burnett is a member of the American Assoc1at10n of Pathologists and Bacteriologists. He has made a number of important contributions to comparative pathology. Among these is a valuable book on "The Clinical Pathology of the B lood of Domesticated Animals."

C. TRACEY STAGG

Among the Acacians of greatest activity is Professor C. Tracey Stagg of the Cornell Chapter, Professor Stagg entered Cornell from

Elmira, graduating from the College of Law with the class of 1902. During his course he won the highest standing in his class and was awarded the Boardman scholarship prize . He spent considerable time with the Cornell cadet corps, of which he was made colonel.

After graduation Professor Stagg spent some time with Justice Walter Lloyd Smith as Confidential Clerk, and then devoted five years to actual law practice , returning to the Cornell College of Law in 1908 where he is now professor and secretary of the college.

A mong his many activities Professor Stagg is justice of the peace, president of the village of Cornell Heights , director of the Ithaca Savings and Loan Association and of the Cornell Co-operative Society, member of the Town and Gown Club, Rotary Club, Phi Delta Phi, and the Order of the Coif. In professional organizations, Brother Stagg is

C. TRACY STAGG

vice-president of the Tonpkins County Dar a member of the Committee on Legal Education of the ew York State Bar Association, and is also a member of the American Bar ssociation, and of the New York State Law Teachers' As ociation.

In Masonic circles he is a past pre ident of the Craftsmen's Club of Ithaca, a past president of the Cornell Chapter of the Acacia Fraternity Corporation, junior warden of Hobasco Lodge No. 716, past high priest of Eagle Chapter No. 58, member of St. Augustine Commandery No. 38, and grand principal sojourner of the Grand Chapter of the State of New York. He is also a member of the Fraternal Union of Anointed High Priests of the State of ew York.

HERBERT S. REESE

If you wish to be sure that a thing will be done and done well call on "Tracey."

HEBERT S. REESE

Hebert S. Reese is making his name as an athletic coach. He won N's in track in '13 and '14, and won his N in football in '15. He coached in Lincoln High this year and his teams have wonderful records, tieing with Omaha for first place in football , wining state championship in basket ball and with his cinder path men showing up well, wonders if Herb will coach there next year.

ACACIAS WORLD'S CHAMPION

In Arlie Max Mucks, the strong man of the Wisconsin Chapter, Acacia has an athlete whose name is known wherever athletic events and

records are heard of. The big fellow was a mere high school lad-and not so " mere ," either-when in 1912 he went to Stockholm, Sweden, with the American Olympic team. Since entering university competition, Mucks has shattered several world's records.

As to Mucks' status in American amateur athletics, it may be summed up in these words: He is the fir s t athlete who has ever won two nati o n a l championships for two consecutive years. Arlie won the nati o n a l title in the discus throw and in the shot-put in the senior champion s hip s at San Francisco in 1915, and he duplicated this double victor y at Newa rk a year later. vVhat he ' ll do this y ear we aren't telling. In the la st four yea rs, n o t a man has beaten him in the discus throw.

La s t May, in the Wisconsin-Il lin ois dual me e t , Arlie se t a brand ne w world's record in th e discus thro w, ·with a h eave of 155 feet and 8 inche s, dead aga inst the wind. This mark is far better than any other di sc u s m a rk ever recorded in actual, officia l co mpetition , not even excep tin g the Olympic meet s . His record in th e 16-p o und shot-put is 49 f eet and 4 0 inches , a nd he hold s the world's record f o r indo o r competition.

Brother Tom Jones is counting on Arlie t o sec ure f:tve points in each of these events in the B ig ine meet thi s spring, against the pick of wes tern universities. Last year and the year before Coach Jones led hi s athletes to Big Nine champion s hips, with Ar lie winning ten points o r more at each meet. If the big fellow comes through again this season , Brother Jones has an excellent chance to win permanent ownership of the bi g Conference trophy, which goes t o th e team winning it three times.

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JOHN R. WILSON

Another of tho se able and devoted Ma on , ' ho united with the Michigan Ma onic lub in the pre-historic day of cacia ha been called to his reward. Brother John R. 'Nil o n born at Forre t, ntario , February 5, 1869, died at hi residence in Seattle, 1arch 17. 1917 , and wa buried from the cotti h Rite Temple under Ma onic au pice Wednesday the 21 t.

Brother Wil on' fathers family came from ntrim County. Ireland, while his mother was a cott, related to Gen. \\ ' infield cott.

The family moved to Michigan when John R. \iVilson wa three years old, and Brother \i\ il on wa educated in 1ichigan. crraduating with the class of '97 and of the law chool, cia of '01. fter becrinning practice in t. Louis , Mich., where he se rved a city clerk , city attorney and court commissioner, he came to Seattle in 1903.

A writer for the eat tl e Post-Intelligencer ays in reviewing the life of Brother Wilson:

"Mr. Wilson was one of the influ e ntial m e n in th e tate le gi lature. l-Ie began his service with th e se ion of 1915 and during the 1917 sess ion wa chairman of the powerful committee on judiciary. It i lik e ly that the strain of his he avy t a k wa a contribut ing cause of his death. The judiciary committee is doubtle th e bu iest committee of the l eg islatur e It handles more bills than any half dozen other committees o that it i necessary to work night and day to keep the machinery going. Mr. Wilson accepted hi s duty seriously and during the ixty days of the essio n worked day and night.

''To the chairman of the judiciary falls the task of exp lainin g most of the bills which are reported to the hou se. Not only must he be familiar with the bills themselves, but must be able to exp l a in conc ise ly and lucidly what effect th e ir passage will h ave on ex ist ing laws . The re su lt is that the judiciary committee chairman i drawn into more than one-half the debates and must at all time s be re ady to decide questions of l aw for the house

"Mr. Wilson was a convincing speaker and a clear thinker. His abi lity in debate and his knowledge of the questions of law made him a commanding figure. He pecialized in l aw ju t as Farnsworth specialized in banking, Davis in state and Hubbell in public highways.

"Before the session ended Mr. Wilson had made a deep impression upon hi s colleague for his ability, and h e wa frequently mentioned in connection with the speakership for the next session. It is unlikely that Mr. Wi l son gave serious thought to the position, and it is certain that he did not discuss it with his friend H;owever, it was generally believed that at the next ses ion the King county delegation would put Mr. Wilson forward as its candidate for speaker of the house. "

Towards the close of a brief talk on legi Jative work, to which a group of architects and civil engineer were listening attentive,ly, he was stricken with apoplexy, shortly lap s ing into an uncon ciou ness from which he did not recover.

THE ACACIA JOURNAL

Brother Wilson is survived by his wife, Frances Mae Burgess Wilson, and by two daughters , Virginia and Beatrice.

The fraternity suffers the loss of one of her earliest dreamers of a strong and united Masonic Club, Acacia; Michigan lost one her most loyal supporters, and vVashington Chapter lost m Brother Wtlson one of her ablest director s.

"Rest remaineth-oh, how sweet. Flowery fields for wandering feet, Peaceful calm for sleepless eyes, Life for death, a nd songs for sighs.

"Rest remaineth-hush that sigh, Mourning pilgrim, r est is nigh, Yet a season bright and blest, Thou shalt enter on thy rest.

"Res t rem a ineth-rest from sin, Guilt can nev er enter in, Every warring thought shall cease, Rest is purity and peace ."

DR. ARNOLDY. STUBENRAUC H

Again we are called to mourn the loss of a dearly loved and honored brother, and with appalling force, the certainty of the grim reaper death is brought home to each of us. On the 12th day of February Dr. Arnold V. Stubenrauch, professor of pomology in the University of California, and one of the foremost authorities on agricultural investigation in A merica, died at his home on Woolsey Street, Berkeley, California. Professor Stubenrauch was born in Louisiana in 1871 and studied in the preparatory department of Tulane University in New Orleans. He was graduated in 1899 from the College of Agriculture of the U niversity, and in 1901 took a master's degree in agriculture at Cornell. He began his universit y career as secretary to the late E. W. Hilgard, who was for a long period director o f the University Experiment Station and Dean of the College of Agriculture. Dr. Stubenrauch was a fellow in horticulture at Cornell in 1900, instructor in that subject at Illinois in 1901, and from 1902 to 1904 a member of the faculty of California University. For the next ten years he was pomologist in the United States Department of Agriculture, during which time he published a number of bulletins on the results of his experiments.

The Daily Californian makes the following comment on the work of Dr. Stubenrauch:

"During his fourteen years of serv ice as a member of the faculty of the Coll ege of Agriculture, Profes or Stubenrauch made several discoveries wh ich have proven to be of grea t value both sc i en tifically and commercially. Co-operating with G. Harold Powell, of the California Fruit Growers' Exchange, he originated a nd developed the pre-cooling system, by which citrus and deciduous are refrigerated soon after picking, and then shipped the continent far m ore s ucce ssf ully than has ever before been posSibte. Dr. Stubenr auch wa s a l so first in m aking use of redwood sawdust as a satisfactory material for the packing of California grapes for eastern shipment. Through thi s discovery, it h as been made possible to hold table g rap es grown in this s tat e in co ld storage for several months and then deliver them in prime condition on the Atlantic eaboard. This has proven

of great benefit to California grape grower since it has lengthened the season for the fruit and has stabilized the industry by avoiding the glut which formerly resulted from the n ece s ity of marketing the crop immediately after its ripening.

"While serving as pomologist and horticulturist in charge of United States Department of griculture inv est igation s, Professor Stubenrauch made studies of cold-storage and shipping and m a rketing problems of the fruit industry in all part s of th e country, developing solutions which have been of great service to both growers and consumers. He began the work, later developed in Californi a by A. D. Shamel, of keeping individual performance records of every tr ee in an orchard in order to determine what trees do not produce enough fruit to pay for the land they occupy This was followed by a y tern of g r af ting the unprolific trees with buds from the more fruitful tre es."

"Because of Profess o r Stu b e nrauch ' unu ual work in the field of sci entic research, his death a t a time when several of his investigations were nearing completion. is considered a great loss to th e University by Thomas F. Hunt, Dean of the College of Agriculture."

One of the member of California Chapter, whose privilege it was to associate with Brother Stubenrauch. speaks in the following terms, from a heart of love , admiration and devotion:

"Brother Stubenrauch was one of the mo t esteemed and highly respected men among the faculty of the niver ity of California. He was a charter member of the California Chapter of the Acacia Fraternity, and with his death, we lose one of our most beloved and active men. His interest in the fraternity and in our chapter in particular has always been active and keen, and it is with deep sorrow that we announce his death.

His wife and two so ns survive him. Hi oldest son being in his second year of attendance in the university.

His death was a great shock to us all, and came without warning, as he was not considered to be seriously ill , and was only ill a week. Just three days before hi s death he was appointed head of the Department of Pomology of the University of California."

"There ' s an isle in this broad river That we love and cherish so ; We have passed its shore forever, And we call it 'Long Ago,' Bards have chanted song and story, Vainly trying to unfold All the brightness and the glory Of the treasures it m ay hold.

"Farther down this mighty river Is a land to us unknown ; For from its bright strand there never Have but fairy legends flown. But we're told that habitation Was there before the world begun And that souls for every nation Shine there ever as the sun.

"Onward then we drift, and, heeding Not the changes on the way, Though our hearts in woe are bleeding, We can tarry not nor stay. Soon this river will be blended With one mighty boundless sea; Soon our voyage will be ended In a great eternity."

Before you go:

A. ARTHUR JENKINS, Grand S ecreta1·y

Mr. Treasurer- Take your successor in hand, show him how all the accounting forms f.tre to be handled , particularly how to write receipts. Call his attention to the fact that all bills are paid and that none are to be left unpaid when he goes upon his vacation. Instruct him to make an inventory of his accounting supplies and forward this with a requisition for what he will need next year to this at in order that he may begin the year with a full supply Call Ius attention to the price list in this Journal and help make out his order. See that your books are properly closed and all accounts with this office paid so that he will have no difficulty checking the Grand Secretary's statement with your records.

Mr. Secretary- Do not just drop your work. Go over every detail with the new man. Introduce him to me and direct his attention to the instructions in the December Journal concerning pin orders and membership records. A little care with him now may save great de lay next October when all will be calling for supplies. Make out an inventory of Fraternity material on hand and prepare an order for what he is . likely to need up to May, 1918.

Mr. President-See that the above requests are obeyed before you give up to your successor. Have him send at once a receipt for the Rituals you turn over to him. See that the Treasurer sends me a complete statement of your membership for the year, the number of actives December 1 and May 1, the number of initiates during the year, and a check for the balance due the Grand Treasury on May 1. And please see that the new Secretary sends me his address for the summer and that of the new President.

To all the Chapters - Elect your Secretary first and choose the most faithful and hardest working man you have. If you do not know how to recognize him write to Purdue or Wisconsin or Minnesota, or- well. I guess you generally do if one may judge by the men chosen in most chapters last year.

Accou nting Suppl ies

The Conclave makes no provision for the purchase of these thourrh requiring the chapters to use them. They are expensive and more so, and it has seemed to the Council better for the purchase to made in one lot as heretofore and then to resell for the cost than to insist upon the chapters buying supplies separately. A new lot was purchased in March and on orders since then charges have been made as follow -and ·will be made at these rates while this lot lasts:

. Voucher check . per 100 .............................................................. $ .7Rece ipt , per pad of 150, duplicate 1.10 ccounts payable , per 100............ .. .. .. ......................:................... .70

Account receivable, per 100 .7a h accounts, per 100 75

It i to be hoped that one re ult of a king the Chapter to pay for these directly wi ll be a more thrifty use of them. P lea e make an inventory, Mr. Trea urer , of your present supply and order enough for the next year now. Do not wait until your supply i wholly exhau ted.

Other Supplies

Only by earching thr oug h the account can we learn today how many of any of the supplies furni heel the chapter are u eel in a year or how lona our present upply of good hould Ia t. It would help greatly to a businesslike handling of the e things if thi office knew at any g iven time how many membership record or badge orders a chapter ought to have on hand. The e should be bought at the right time and in the rio-ht quantities and this can be done, if we know how many are on hand, how many are regularly used, when the demand is likely to come for them and so forth. Please report the amounts on hand, and if your upply is low let me know h ow many you will want in the next twelve months. Try to avoid ordering badge blanks one week, receipt the next , and record blanks after those. Make one job of itthen see that the supp ly is not wasted, for all of the e things figure in your per capita tax.

The Amendments

In order to have a ll ballots in proper shape each chapter wa sent a form with the amendment written out in full and with all the requisite information therein set forth. Notwithstand in g the request to use this form and the trouble taken to furnish it to all , thirteen Secretaries sent in defective ballots. The first one received wa returned but so many came like it that this seemed a useless bother and the lat er ones were resio·nedly counted and filed afte r being corrected. In tead of having all the data on twenty-four sheets it i necessary for one wishing to in vestigate this vote to go through the ballots sent out and the correspondence file of the chapters . This is probably a mall matter but why can we not be busines lik e in a detail like this?

The amendments were sent out numbered a in the Conclave minute s. pparentl) only three chapter noticed that all purported t o be chano-e in Art icle Four. This clearly was not the intention of the Conclave and a the will of the Fraternity ha been decisively expressed upon each one I have taken the liberty to number the adopted proposals as in my judgment they were intend ed to be numbered o as not to conflict w ith any present law not intended to be changed . If there i any question a to this arrangement I hould be g lad to b e corrected. rticle Four, Section 1 is correctly referred to in Number 1. umber 2 hould be Article Five, Section 5. Number 4 i a ubstitute for the present Article Four. Section 3. These are now by the President's anno uncement part of o ur body of law

(1) In Article 4, Section 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 words Grand Counselor now occur they shall be stricken out.

(2) To amend Article 4, Section 5, by striking out the clause after the word chapter and by adding after that word the following, "shall pay official visits to and advise with the various chapters and make such recommendations 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 regularly pertain to the office of a Grand Vive - President."

(3) Article 4, Section 16. Active members of general, national, social, college fraternities shall not be eligible to membership in Acacia, and members of Acacia joining general , national, social, college fraternities shall forfeit their membership in Acacia.

(4) Article 4 , Section 3, to read : The Grand Council shall constitute a Permanent Committee on Endowment for administration of all endowment for this Fraternity, all funds known as the Endowment Fund shall be held separate by the Grand Treasurer. Donors contributing $15 or less than $100 shall be known as Sustaining Members of the Acacia Fraternity Endowment Fund, donors contribeting $100 or less than $1 ,000 shall be known as Fellows of the Acacia Fraternity Endowment Fund, and donors contributing $1,000 or more shall be known as Patrons of the Acacia Fraternity Endowment Fund, and the Grand Secretary shall furnish copies of all official publications of the Fraternity gratuitously to such donors.

Vote on the Constitutional -Amendments, submitted February 1, 1917:

. 1 2 3 4 Michigan

California

Ohio

Harvard

yes no yes

yes yes yes

yes no yes

yes no yes

Illinois yes yes yes yes

Franklin yes Minnesota

Yale

yes yes

no yes

yes yes

no yes

no yes

yes yes

no yes

no yes

Columbia

Iowa

Iowa yes yes

Pennsylvania

Washington

yes

Colorado yes yes

Report of the Grand Treasurer

The following is a sta tement of the cond iti on of 'the finances of th e Acacia Fraternity as of March 1s t, 1917:

r ece ipt s to March 1, 1917 Warrants (34 to 67) pd. by chks

$4,881.98 3,364.89 $1,517.09 ]. W. SHERA , Grand Treasur

Grand Editor of the Acacia Journal.

March 3, 1917.

Dear Sir: At a Special Meeting of Washington Chapter March 3rd, the chapter voted to have stricken from the delegates' report the words "Membership and several other ways," claiming the same not to be the op ini on of the chapter.

Very truly yours, J. C. P ALME R , Secretary , Washington Chapter , Acacia F raterni ty.

Among the many problem confronting the fraternities today there 1s o ne so a-rave that it demands the immediate attention of fraternity officials. Inter-hou e organizat ion are threatening HOUSE CLUBS the existence of several chapters of Acacia, and the sa me disease ha s s tarted t o ap the trength of other fraternities as we ll. The method of dealing with the e clique s needs the careful attention of every chapter official.

Examination of several of the members of these o -callecl brotherhood groupes such as ' ' Black Cats," ''H inky Dinks, " ' 'Yell ow Dogs. '' call them by any name you wish, has convinced the writer that in lh single case can they advance one argument to justify their existence. ritual , often times degrading rather than elevatin g, couched in language blasphemous , slanderous, vi l e and vu lg ar, intended to cultivate and foster jealou y, envy, enmity and hatred, is certainly the product of depraved minds. In college men one would not look for uch a deformed offspring, sti ll we find fraternity men giving succor t o thi s monstrosity.

In condemning these organizat ions we do so knowing the o bject of only o ne of the group to which we refer. This clique got t oge ther for the so le purpose of bothering one o f the members of the house . It organized to keep him from becoming a member, th ereby causing which a-ave birth t o friction and nearly disrupted the chapter.

We cannot too strongly condemn the chapter which permits it members to harbor these coiled snakes, ready to str ike through biased e lections, s t oring their venom to spit forth in the back of a brother as soon as the fangs of petty jealousies have fastened themseiYe through prejudice, in inuations and lies.

C losely a lli ed to the inter-hou e organizat io ns are the freshman, sophomore, junior and senior fraternities . Too frequently these clas fraternities are made up exclusively of fraternity men, with the result that they a re frowned upon by faculty and CLASS FRATERNITIES tudents alike. In the past they have had the evil reputation of drinking clubs, and of this past they are unable to rid themselves , with the result that the memories of the debaucheries of former years continue to drag the member through the muck of scandal.

If the inter-hou e o rganizations have no foundation t o stand upon, it is true that the class fraternities have l ess . They re sult in no good and seem to serve but one purpose-that of furni bing an additional pin for the vest of some aspiring youth o r an extra o rnament for the brea t of some admiring maiden.

NEB R ASKA C H APTE R

Thi brin g us down to one othe r group of fraternitie , ju t a - u eful in the college world-the departmental fraternity. I am not attempting to condemn all departmental fraternities, but I do , mo t trongly oppo e member hip in departmental fraternitie mainDEPARTMENTAL taining house fraternitie which I do not conFRATERNITIES id er honorary. Thi cia of fraternitie permit their member to attach the entire Greek alphab t to their names for publication in the annual , and prev e nt their memb e r from giving Acacia their undi v ided loyal t y by furni hing minor di tractions. They draw upon th e financial re ource of the member to the extent that a member of two fraternitie mu t plit hi hou e contributions upon le av ing college.

ot only do they effect the graduate m e mber but they have a depressin rr effect upon chapter activities during the man ' active chapter lif e Th ink back over your li t of dual member , and you will agree that they complained of extra assessments, backed down on oc ial function and went over to the "I Am a Shark " house for a rrame whe n you were ente rt aining.

You ga in nothing by these o r ganizations, so why take chance of lo os in g by permitting your members to belong.

We h ave dwelt for some tim e upon fraternity di traction and it seems unwise to drop the discussion at this point . We shall be 1 rief in our word of warning to the chapters regardin g one other fraternit y. It has recently been called to the attenTHETA NU EPSILON tion of sever a l of th e member of the G ran d Council that ome of our c hapt ers are a ll owing their members to j oin T N E, 0 1 E, or m o r e pl a inl y spea kinrr Theta Nu Epsi lon.

T h e Fraternity has, in two co nclaves , vo iced h e r pr o t es t , and it has become th e duty of the Grand Counc il to see that thi s protest i heed e d.

Your Grand Secretary has called upon you to see that your new officers are properly instruct e d in their dutie , and I in turn want to ask you to see that each out-going member is properly instructed in his duties. I want every man to answ e r the que tiun , INSTRUCTIONS "W hy ha ve we b o und our elves in thi s sacred br o therh oo d? " Answer it truthfully .

If your membership has not been broadened , if you h ave neglected to inform your men of th e ir fa ilin gs, if you h ave permitted yo ur m en to n eglect their s tudi es, if you h ave allow ed your members t o neglect their Masonic and Acacia instructions, then you have failed as a chapter. Every chap t er h as failed at times, but wit h the proper men wr itin g for t h e Journal much can be accomp l ished even after the man l eaves college.

Acacia is a college fraternity but its lif e should not terminate with the grad uati on of its members from co lle ge. Acacia and Ma onry furnish sufficient sub ject matter for lif e study, and you can on ly e r ve Acacia by li v in g those principle.s a nd ideal s in wh ich yo u were in tructed while active in college.

PUBLICITY

Severa l chapter of . cac ia , and thi sta t e m e nt appli es t o ne a rl y all fraternit ie s, seem to fee l that they advance their positi o n a nd st ren gthen their entrenchments in the fra t ern it y line eve r y time that they appea r in p ri nt.

It is ind eed amusing t o see th em make u se of every ope nin g and force th emse lves upon the reading public.

I have at m y elbow a daily paper a nd three tim es every week I turn to the middle sect ion to see which so r or ity has sec ur e d a quarter of a column of publicity by selling a photo of one of the girls for a little advertis in g. The flims y exc u se for th e presenc e of the picture is usually magnified to such an ex tent that were the place , day and hour omitted ;tn eye w itn ess wou ld n ot co nn ect the face with the occasion.

Yo u kn ow, and a ll of th e m e n on th e campus know, that the account of yo ur l as t dance was furnished b y some member of the fraternity. Your g low in g descripti o n of the function is of little or no interest to th e ave ra ge college man. The fraternity man r eads and invariable says "pad d e d" while th e· non-fraternity man looks upon it believingly, with long in g fo r that in v is ibl e something that was not .

To the o utsid e r y our highly painted picture of the last house party ma y appea r as an extra vaga nce . The faculty may look upon your numero us e ntertainments as sufficient reason for your low scholastic rank and yo ur g roc e ry man ma y rightly assume that you are able to make lar ge r payments o n that bill carried over from last y ear. Does your present advertising pay?

Let your good deed s and excellent membership be your publicity agents and your p os ition in the fraternity line will take care of it self

We A mericans ha ve been taught from infanc y that free speech is one o f the und e rl y ing principles of our republican form of governm e nt We have been led to belie ve that in our educational institutions tolerance was one of the fundamentals responsible for our liberal PATRIOTISM ideal s which developed in men the ability to think for them se lves. The recent actions of several of o ur leadin g educators , who took upon them s elves the liberty to decide for the student bod y as to who should, and who should not address them, leads one to believe that free speech plays n o part in the devel o pment of broader men in certain universities.

If it is still neces sa r y for some on e to think for the colle ge man i it not of infinite more co n seq u e nce that a pro tectorate be established over the un educated , limitin g th e ir readi'n g and stopping their ears to the addresses of the unread and ill-tutored anarchists?

When the s tudent body at Wisconsin was deprived of the privilege o f li ste ning to Max Ea s tman, Socialist; when the University of Washingto n ruled that Raymond Robins , social worker, leader of the Progressive party movem e nt and reli g iou s evangelist, could not address the university through th e medium of the Y. M. C. A.; w hen the lar ges t uni ve rsit y in the country, prevented Count from speaking, and w hen Pennsylvama e l!mmated Dr. Scott Nea nn g because o f hi s liberal v ie ws and pacifist tenden c ie ; when s uch conditions as these few enumerated ex is t , then th e uni vers itie s th e m s el ves are r espo n s ibl e for the s low

death of a patriotism founded upon freedom f p ech and religion and upon ju s tice.

To you men sti ll in college has fallen the duty of o-uarding thi one essential right of every merican, the right to li ten, dige t and think for yourself. pan your b ou lders ha s fallen the re pan ibility of developing a patriotism w hich make men want to fight for a country in which these ri g ht s are unque tioned except by a few men who have judged them elves to be mo st capab l e of determinino- to ju t what extent their student should be educated.

What effect the war will have up on cacia remain t be een. Our chapter are made up entirely of m en of legal age . ther fraternitie can dra w up on yo un ge r men t o carry n the work of the fraWAR ternity. Conscription will take every active member of Acacia.

You men must recognize this condition and mu t make every preparati o n, and take every precaution t o avo ide difficulties which may come up durin g the war or occur after the wa r .

You should see that all of your record s are complete. Your membership records should be filled out in detail. Your book hould be carefully audited and balanced , statements should be made out and sent to all of your member s.

The next move requires the election of three alumni members, located in close proximity t o the chapter, to take cha r ge of the chapter affair . After you ha ve selected th e thre e most activ e a lumni , ca ll these men into consultation with the chapter officers, and go over the book carefully with them , explaining every detail of chapter Give them a ll the available data relative to th e assets and li abilit ies of the chapter. Tell them when the house notes fall clue, a nd turn over to them the insurance policy along with the charter and re cords .

Now with the assistance of the alumni tabulate this information fo r the Grand Secretary, and d o n ' t hesitate to go int o detail on important points. Send the data complete to the Grand ecretary, with the name s and addresses of th e alumni committee and chapter officers.

Th es e points , although they may seem unimportant n ow, may be of vital importance latter on.

I need not call upon you t o do your part at this tim e. Every Acac ia n is an American fir s t , and in thi s trying tim e of n ee d , can be relied upon to give his country hi s be t services.

At the battle front some of us , and fate may decree entire chapters, are goino· t o answer the summons of the Great Arc hitect of the Universe.

Our fathers before us answered this self sa me ca ll in defense of our liberties, and it has become our duty to defend the sa me and hand them unhampered to our posterity.

\ Vherever duty call s you will go. With you w ill go the hearts of thousands of loyal Acacians, who will be intere s ted in your activities.

The editor will do everything in his po,ver to keep th os e at the front in touch with the fraternity situation and will attempt, with your cooperation, to keep those remainig behind informed of your deed s of valor.

Write this office brother s and God speed the da y when, victorious, you can return to take up the work you have l eft unfini hed in an wer in g your country's call.

William Raimond Baird

Acacia, a well a every national fraternity, mourns with Beta Theta Pi in the loss of \Villiam Raimond Baird, who passed away suddenly on the 15th of March. Mr. Baird's eight volumes of Baird's. Manual of American College Fraternities made for him a name which will never be forgotten by the fraternity world.

As editor of Beta Theta Pi he gave the fraternity one of the leading, if not the foremost, fraternity publication.

We wish to extend you Betas, mourning the loss of one of your greatest men, our heartfelt sympathy.

STATEMENT OF THE OWNERSHIP, MANAGEMENT, CIRCULATION, ETC., required by the Act of Congress of August 24, 1912, of Acacia Journal, published quarterly at Seattle, Washington, for April 1, 1917.

State of Washington, County of King, ss.:

Before me, a notary public in and for the state and county aforesaid, personally appeared William G. Mann, who, having been duly sworn according to law, deposes and says that he Is the editor and manager of the Acacia Journal, and that the following is, to the best of his knowledge and belief, a true statement of the ownership, manangement (and if a dally paper, the circulation), etc., of the aforesaid publication for the date shown In the above caption, required by the Act of August 24, 1912, embodied in Section 443, Postal Laws and Regulations, printed on the reverse of this form, to-wit:

1. That the names and addresses of the publisher, editor, managing editor, and business managers are:

Publisher-W!lliam G. Mann, 402 Boston Block, Seattle, Wash.

Editor-William G. Mann, 402 Boston Block, Seattle, Wash.

Managing Editor-William G. Mann, 402 Boston Block, Seattle, Wash.

Business Managers-William G. Mann, 402 Boston Block, Seattle, Wash.

2. That the owners are: (Give names and addresses of Individual owners, or, If a corporation, give its name and the names and addresses of stockholders owning or holding 1 per cent or more of the total amount of stock.)

Acacia Fraternity, Inc., under laws of State of Michigan.

3. That the known bondholders, mortgagees, and other security holders owning or holding 1 per cent or more of total amount of bonds, mortgages, or other securities are: None.

4. That the two paragraphs next above, giving the names of the owners, stockholders, and security holders, if any, contain not only the list of stockholders and security holders as they appear upon the books of the company but also, in cases where the stockholder or security holder appears upon the books of the company as trustee or in any other fiduciary relation, the name of the person or corporation for whom such trustee is acting, Is given; also that the said two paragraphs contain statements embracing affiant's full knowledge and belief as tc the circumstances and conditions under which stockholders and security holders who do not appear upon the books of the company as trustees, hold stock and securities In a capacity other than that of a bona tide owner; and this affiant has no reason to believe that any other person, association, or corporation has any interest direct or indirect in the said stock, bonds, or other securities than as so stated by him.

WM. G. MANN, Publisher.

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 14th day of April, 1917. (Seal.)

V. A. MONTGOMERY, Notary Public. (My commission expires April 12, 1918.)

New York Alumni Association

The New York Alumni were busily engaged during the early part of the year helping Columbia Chapter into a home which is now open to all Acacians. The February meeting of the association was held in honor of the opening of Lhe house.

At the March meeting the New York Alumni had the pleasure of listening to a l ect ure by Brother Dr. G. Alfred L awrence on the Coinage of the Order of Malta , illustrated by six mounted plates of coins. This proved a most interesting and profitabl e e nt er t ai nment, and the alumni are indebted to Dr. Lawrence for his instructive lecture

The April meeting was held in th e form of a well atte nded dinner meeting after which we all visited Washington Lodge.

Chicago Alumni Association

On the first Saturday night of each month the Chicago Alumni Association meets at Hotel Morrison for a smoke, eats and a good time. These get together meetings have proved very enjoyable and profitable for the participants. Most of the chapters are represented in the association, which is fast becoming a big happy family.

At the February meeting Dean Coulter of Purdue gave an inspiring talk on "Ideals of Acacia."

The association has been honored by the presence of Dr. William Marshall, of Michigan, who is one of the founders of Acacia. Dr Marshall is just as enthusiastic an Acacian as ever, if not more so.

Toledo Alumni Hold Unofficial Conclave

Yale, Purdue and Michigan were represented at an unofficial cnoclave of the Acacia Fraternity held in Toledo, Ohio, on February 10. The delegates present numbered five. Yale was present in the person of Brother C. F. Dunham, assistant pastor of the First Congregational Church Brother R. F. Akers, connected with the Toledo Wire and Iron Works, defended Purdue's interests . Michigan had an enormous advantage over her sister chapters being represented by three brothers. Brother J. Leslie French, assistant pastor of the Collingwood Avenue Presbyterian Church in Toledo; Brother Norman A. Laird, instructor in the engineering department of the Toledo University, and Brother Leland S. Thompson, an active member of Michigan chapter, constituted the Wolverine delegation. Purdue might have had an extra vote if Brother "Pete" Driver of that chapter had been able to attend the session.

The quintet foregathered at the Secor Hotel and had lunch. Following this they adjourned to a secluded corner and inaugurated one of the most spirited meetings one would ask to enjoy. Everything from city politics to world politics, with emphasis on the latter, was discussed and quite finally settled. The fact that two clergymen were present did not remove any of the spirit from the conversation. Since Michigan had a plurality of votes Purdue and Yale were forced to accede to some questions which they might have contested under different circumstances.

It was the concensus of the conclave that there were doubtless other Acacians within reach and that an effort should be made to reach them before the next meeting which will probably be held very soon.

THE ACACIA JOURN.A:..

Seven Chapters Represented at Alumni Banquet

The biggest and best ever-is the verdict of all who attended the eighth annual banquet of the Kansas Chapter of Acacia which was held in the chapter house after the Thanksgiving game.

Seventy men representing seven of the twenty-five chapters of Acacia gathered around the groaning board, which was arranged in the form of a rectangle extending entirely around the dining room with a wing extending the length of the sitting room on the east.

Brother Noble Sherwood's rountund count e nanc e beamed down upon us a toastmaster . Venerable Dean Hake was first to be singled out. He extended a welcome to the alumni and all visiting brethren and attempted to express for the active chapter our appreciation of what you older men have made it possible for Acacia to become.

Brother Spence responded to a toast, bringing greeting from the Missouri chapter, and told of the progress which Acacia is making in Missouri. Brother Humble spoke upon the subject, Acacia and College. "One of the red letter days of my life," said Humble, "was when Brother Fred Thompson extended m 'e an invitation to become an Acaciain "

"Progress o'f Acacia" was the subject upon which Brother Dave Horkmans expounded. He said th a t while we have not as y e t made an Acacia man Pr esident of the United States an Acacian which is almost as great an honor.

"Bunker" Hill spoke for the ilumni citing some of the benefits which the active chapter may derive from the alumni.

Other informal speeches were given by Brothers Geo. 0. Foster, F. A. Grey of Kansas City, Richard F. G. Hepworth and Ross Hall. Brother Grey struck a sympathetic cord when he spoke for the house proposition, stating that if we would work out some workable bonding proposition, any number of men would be willing to invest in it. * * * That he himself would invest at least one thousand dollars.

During the banquet Toastmaster Sherwood read telegrams bringing greetings from Brother "Skinny" Clayton in Kansas City and from Brother "Milt" Madden in Arizona.

ENGAGEMENTS

Michigan

Brother Homer C. Shaffmaster, '14 Lit, Michigan, who is state manager of the bond department of the United States Mortgage Bond Company of Detr o it , Mich., announces his engagement to Miss Grace Sarles of Sparta, Wis. " Sh a ff" made his fiancee's acquaintance while acting as Wisconsin salesman for the Page Wire Fence Company. Miss Sarles is a graduate of Northwestern University.

Purdue

Brother T. S. Townsley , ' 16, has announced his engagement to Miss Pauline Anthony, '15

Iowa State

Mr. and Mr : Sh o w of Boise Idaho ha ve a nnounced th e of

their dau g hter Loraine, to Mr. J. L. Lane.

Washington

Mr. Dwight Benton of Seattle to Miss Gladys Rochford of Seattle.

Mr Amos S Grenland of Seattle to Miss Florence Thompson of Seattle.

Mr. ]. C. Palmer of Seattle to Miss Virginia Ware of Selton, Cuba.

Mr. Clarence M. Coffinberry to Miss Hazel Guilliver of Seattle.

Mr. Geo Jensen to Miss Marguerite Danuser of Seattle.

Mr. H. Percy Rowles to Miss Laura McMahon of Great Falls, Mont.

Mr. Harold D. Stetson to Miss Edith Warren of Seattle.

Mr. Arthur Carlson to Miss Edith McDaniel of Anacortes.

Purdue

MARRIAG E S

Br o th e r Ch a se Montgomery, '16, and Mis s Ell e n Gertrude Clark of Los Angeles , Cal. , w ere married February 12, 1917. Monty is managing a ranch at Phoenix , Arizona . Brother F. C. Crosby, '17, decided e a rly th a t to be wedded is to be happy and a c c ordingly was married to Miss Lois Jackman , LaFayette, shortly after the Christmas holidays They are making their home on th e west side .

F r anklin

I o wa S tate

B r ot h e r A nt o n C. Ob e r g an d Miss St e lla Lucile Wi l e y of Cas t a na , Ia., we r e m a rri e d D ec em be r 7th . M r . a nd Mr s Ob e r g a r e a t ho m e at 1418 J e ff e r s on St., Dul u th ·

Broth e r N'orm a n Lesli e Matt ic e and M iss Crever we re marri e d Wedne s d a y , F e b 28th They a re a t home at 121 2 Y a l e Pl ac e.

BIRTHS

Mr and M rs W G. Mann have announ ce d the arrival of a baby girl. Dr . C. C. Tiffin of Colorado chapter was attendin g physician.

Purdue

Ann oun cement was received of the birth of a daughter to Brother and Mrs. Geo . B . Ely on J anu a ry 6, 1917 . Theodore B ., J r ., was born to Brothe r and Mr s. T . B. Fleming, J an u ary 20 , 1917 .

Announcement h a s a lso been received of the arrival of a little "strange r," Robe r t Harman , at the home of Brothe r and Mr s H. J. We a v e r, Septemb e r 29, 19 16

A daughter , Eleanor Case , w a s born to Brother a nd Mrs . T . E. Benton on F e bruary 14, 1917 .

A future A ca cian , Thomas W ar ren , was born to Brother a nd Mrs A. T. Bollinge r on October 21 , 1916

A s on w as b o rn o n M a rch 11 , 1916, to Brother a nd M r s. E. A. Beck.

PERSONALS

Michigan

Brother L. D Upson of the Ill i nois chapt e r is giving a course in the d epartment of politica l science His subject is municipal adminis t ration. Br o ther Up s on is d i recto r of the D etroit Bureau of Governmental R e search and makes the trip to Ann Arbor every Wednesday night to give the two-hour l ecture . The cou r se is a n ex c e ll en t o ne and is popular with the students. It should al so be said that Brother U ps o n is one of th e biggest men in the c o untry in th e n ew city manager movement . His wo rk in Detroit is of this nature and hi s influence there and elsewhere in the c o untry is v e ry great. Michigan chapter ha s enjoyed mak ing his acquaint a n ce and wou l d li ke to see his home c hapter write him up for "Who ' s Who in Acacia "

Brother Ca r l Mitc h e l tree of M ichigan chapter has resigned his position with the Cleveland Life Insu r ance Company of that c ity He is now i n Co l umbu s, 0 ., with the Columbus Mutual Lif e Insura n ce Company H is address is the Central Y. M. C. A.

It was erroneous l y sta t e d i n the February J o urnal that Brother Clesson T .

Bushn ell of Mi c higan chapt e r is s e lling Kissell cars in Detroit Instead he is in Denver, Col. Oth e rwise the no t ice w as correct

Brother Olenus L. Sponsler of the Dep a rtment of Forestry, an a lumnus of the Michigan ch a pter , has resign e d his po s ition a s ass ist a nt profes s or a nd will dev o te hi s tim e to r a isin g a pples near Ann Arbor. Brother Spon s ler h as a nnounced his en gage m e nt to Miss M. Se l den Ruger of D a ytona , Fla. Miss Ru ge r graduated from Mt Holyok e in 1907, and received her masters d eg r e e fr o m Mi c higan in 1914. She is a m e mb e r of the Delta Gamma s orority

Brother Robert G . Rodke y, Michiga n , who has been a t the head of the a c co unting d e partment in the Univers ity of Michigan , h as resigned to acce pt a s imil a r position in Washin g ton Univer s ity, St . Louis , M o . Brother R o dkey w ill b e gin work in W a shingto n next fall.

Broth e r Russell W Bunting , secr etary of the Dental College and prof essor of d e ntal p a thology and histolo g y . who is a n h o nor a ry member of Mi c hig an chapter is a 1e '! ular contributor to the Denta l Co s mos. His c ontribution

in the Ma rch number i s entitled "Prev enti ve Dentistry."

Wilber E. Lamb, '14 Law , Michigan, was called to his home in Gibson City, Ill. , because of the r ece nt illness and death of his fa ther. Brother Lamb had been employed by a l aw fi rm in Detroit. He is still i n Gibson City.

Brother Arthur G. Hall, Democr a t , re g ist rar of the University, and Brother Chas. Sink, R ep ublican , s ec retary of the School of Mu s ic , both honorary m embe r s of th e Michigan chapter, at this w riting are deadly riva l s for the a ld erma n s hip of th e sixth ward, Ann Arbor. Brother Sink now holds the position a nd i s up set tin g th e local conception of p a rty politics by actually campa ig nin g for his opponent. He gives as hi s re aso n for this generous ac tion pressure· of other business and a n at ur a l desire to get out of public lif e.

W iscons in

P . G. P. George E. F r azer h as announ ced that th e firm of G eo rge E Frazer & Company, certified public acco untants , ha s been o rg a nized f o r practic e as counse l in bu s in ess organizati on, accou ntin g and industrial man agement, wi th o ffi ces in th e Continental a nd Commercial Bank Bui lding, 208 South La Salle Stre e t , Chicago . Tel ephone, Harrison 838.

then. He likes to discuss the farm probl e m s and always gets plenty of help.

P. H. Brown, Illinois, honored us with his presence for a couple of days . Come aga in Brother Brown.

M. B. Be l s ky of Dubuque and a member of the Iowa chapter dropped in for dinner one evening recently. He was on his way to the Auto Show at C hi cago

J o hn Pederson, our V D of last se m este r , g raduated this semester and h as accep t e d a position with Peerless Tool Company of Chicago. Needless to a dd that P e te wi ll be missed

Paul A mund s on, H a rvard chapter dropped in on his way home for m as va c a tion.

Among th e alumni brothers who journeyed to Madison to take in the for m a l were: L. E *norr, Aurey Co hoe of Milwaukee, and E. J. Morrison of Columbus , Wis.

H. R. Stein e r of Cashton, Wis., dropped in th e last of the month. He ca me to se e the Educational Departm e nt of the s tat e. ·

George " Chi c k " Johnson of Alma, vVis., i s visiting at the hous e and inc id e nt a lly helping the boys get the ba se b a ll t ea m i n order.

F. J. Petura, a charter m e mber, now callin g New York hi s home, dropped in and h ad a ve ry pl easa nt visit just befor e the ho l iday s.

C. 0. D o u g las, of Io wa and Oregon, came aro und a t Chr"istmas time and lik ed th e l ooks o f th e bunch so well th at he staye d ove r for th e Prom.

Easton J o hn so n , l awye r at Whitewater, 'vV i s ., brought his wife up for th e Prom.

Fra nk Crocker n ow with th e Wisconsi n State T ax Commission drops in abou t o n ce a week t o see how things a r e coining. Frank says that th e best part of hi s j ob i s the fac t that he gets t o Madison so often.

L. E. Knorr, w ho was with us for a few m o nth s, while e n gaged in a uditing th e university acco unt s, has gone to Milwaukee to help an auditing firm a l ong the same lines.

J o hn K. Benton, a Harvard brother who spe nt a seme ter with u s while att e ndin g th e law sc h oo l, l eft this semes t e r a nd is now at W a ukesha Wis. \ Ve were so rry to see John go :

B. N. Abbott, Illin o is , from Fairc hild , Wis , d rop s in ev ery now and

J os eph P. S c hwada is no longer with th e Uni ve rs i ty. "Joe" has accepted a position w ith the Railro a d Commission, a nd has l e ft the teaching game At present h e is spending four days a wee k at Milwaukee i n his new capacit y, doing va luati o n wo rk on the Milwa uk ee E l ec tri c Rai l way and Light Co mp a n y.

J o hn K. Benton, who studied at the law s hop l as t semester, is at present loca t e d at Waukesha, in care of Wauke s ha Sprin gs S a nit a rium. The Harvard br o th e r m a de a lot of friends during hi s to o-s h o rt stay in o ur midst, a nd we were as so rry to see him withdraw as h e was to go.

John P. P ed e r so n, venerable dean last se m es t er, h as joined what is beco ming a so rt of unofficial chapter of Acac ia a t Chicago . He is rooming with Hank Meyers, Frosty Ayer and Wally Me ye r. They have their own coo k a nd hou se k ee per and say that as l ong as they ca nn o t be in Madison, they a r e go in g to tr y and imitate the home the be s t they can .

When th e m e mbership committee gets busy in September, 1938, we hope there will be two young men available for the triangular pledge-pin Just now

they are mere infants , but both of them bear names that are true Acacia names Ernest Bean, Jr ., and Hugo Keuchenmeister, Jr., are the two lads in question.

Cornell

Brother Hermit H. Gill stopped at the house for several days on his recent trip west.

A few weeks ago, one morning some of the older men (before they had gotten down to breakfast), head a familiar voice on the first floor, introducing its owner to brothers he had never seen. Strict search shortly revealed that Brother Bradlee had dropped in on us . We did not get to see much of "Tom" as he was on his way back to "work ," after a short visit to his home. Brother Bradlee is stationed at the Agricultural College at Burlington, Vermont.

Brother du Buisson has reached his home in South Africa. Several letters, the g re ater part of which were written aboard ship, have been r eceived. One of them contained a short message written after his arr iva l in Capetown. He will be stationed at the Experiment Station at Cedera, Natal. He h as written us quite a lengthy description of his voyage. He states "we had contests of all kinds-some forty-five events in all-bridge, checkers and chess tournaments, race s a nd track meets , and strength tests. It will doubtless be of interest to you a ll to know that your humble serva nt demonstrated the prowess of Acacians in the world of sport, in many of these contests.

Brother N. W. Suiter, of Shamokin, Pa ., spent several days with us during the first of the month.

Brother Aidsit, of the Syracuse chapter, now located at the Normal School at Cortland, N. Y., spent Saturday and Sunday with us sometime ago.

Brother Bidgood called to see the "bunch" on his way through the city last month.

Brother Beaumont was recently elected assistant professor of asgronomy and head of the department of soils, in the Massachusetts Agricult ur al College After taking his preliminary examination for his degree he left with his wife and little son, Edgar, for Amhurst Brother Beaumont expects to come back to Ithaca in Jun e to complete his thesis. As his family does not expect to accompany him "Bean" will live with us in the house during his stay here.

Brother Bennett IS s taying in the house with us this year.

Chicago

Brother J. Earl Cox writes that at last M a on, Ohio , has seen fit to honor him w ith a r ea lly truly law -s uit We eagerly await the outcome.

Brother Joel F. McDavid keep s us very well informed of his progress before the bar. We commend alumni of Joel ' s type for keeping the chapter in touch with hi s doings.

Brother H . F . Steeper is principal of the high school at L e avenworth, Kan ., and the father of a daughter born November 7, 1916.

Brother E. B. Miller of the mathematics faculty at Kansas University favo red us with a wonderful letter of his social doings. We expect an announcement daily.

Brother Charles Deere Koffel , otherwise known as "Eddie," wr it es from New York University. He is in the school of commerce.

Brother Heber Sotzin sends gr e etings from Erie, Pa ., where he teaches in the high school, and says he will return to us during the summer quarter.

Postal cards from "Somewhere in France," inform us that "Johnnie" Johnson and "Deke" Shumway are seeing the sights of gay Paris and other equally wonderfu l places , while they run "Lizzies" for the American Ambulance Corps.

Brother Fred Hiatt says that life in the Tempe , Arizona, Normal School is going smooth, especially since Mrs . Hiatt is with him .

Bui ldin g fund installments are coming in . Thanks, brothers, we appreciate the annua l favor. Why not a short l e tter with them? We need it.

Columbia

Brothers Embury, Dills, Smith, Hall, Wallace, Sanford and Swain are practicing law in New York.

Brother H a rbeson is Superintendent of Schools in Kansas

Brother L. G. Pearce is in the Aviation S e rvice in France.

Iowa State

L. G. Crouch, '16, has completed his work with th e !'hort course tr a ins and is vi s iting at the house for a short time

M. G. Hazard, '16, visited over night with us the latter part of February on the way to his home at Mara thon, Iowa. " Hap" was returning from Chicago where he had just disposed of a car of hogs

A. R. Bird and J. L. Lane completed their courses at the end of last semes · ter. Bird is at his hom e in Ida Grove and Jack has accepted a position with a firm at Joliet, Ill.

H. W. John son r ec eived a scholarship in soil bacteriology at the University of Wisconsin, going there the first of February. We h av e heard in a rounda bout way th a t Johnson is intending to go to California this summer.

T H Benton has returned aft e r six months field wo rk in the Soils Department .

M . E. Olson , who is in corn investigation work in the Department of Agriculture of the United States, spent a day with us last month.

]. C. Wooley spent a night in Des Moines last month and came home wea rin g a Shrine pin and Fez .

J. C. Cart is now employed by the government. His work is practically the same as before, he now has charge of Dairy Ext e nsion work in the state.

F. F. Householder completed his Scottish Rit e work in the Des Moines Consistory last month.

Bros., jewelers, drops in at the chapter house occasionally. Dwight is now permanently located and will always be close at hand to help the chapter when n ece ssity requires.

Geo. Todd is now in California He l eft for the south some t w o months ago.

H . A. George has received the appointment of deputy coroner of King County, under Dr. C. C. Tiffin of Colorado chapter

A. R Archer, S. F. Lewis, C M Cof. finberry and Capt. W . K. Kutnewsky have been called to the colors by the recent break with Germany.

Carl G . Benson is now located in the New York Block of this city He was a visitor at the last Acacia informal and after many years of absence from dances he expressed much surprise at the new style of ballroom antics.

"Rups" Simpson is now working for the Western Union Telegraph Company of this city in the draughting department.

Washington

Ralph S. Wittenberg who is now loca te! at The D a lles, Ore ., attended our big initi a tion February 4th . This is the first v isit Wittie has made since his departure la st summer. He looks the same as usual despite the fact that he has b een drying for a livelihood.

We hear from Pete Carr occassionally and he is now located in Chicago.

Dwight Benton of the firm of Benton

Arthur Boyce, known as King Crab in olden days, is working at the Interbay Pharmacy, Seattle. Art is kept on duty so much that he scarcely ever has time to pay us a visit.

Franklin

James Grant Lane, D . D . S ., a charter m e mber of Franklin, passed away at Philadelphia, Pa ., on February 4, 1917.

Victor Gage Kimball (Cornell) has been elected to membership in the Pennsylvania Chapter of Sigma Xi.

MISSING

The Journal remains uncalled for at the following addresses:

F . D. Taylor (Penn State), 1548 E. 82nd, Cleveland, Ohio.

G . P . Vaughn (Ill.) , 4800 Sheridan Rd., Chicago, Ill.

W. C. Petzinger (Cal.), San Jose, Cal.

V. H. Cartwright (Ill.), E. Peoria, Ill.

G. A. Cross (Purdue), Polo, Ind.

E. M Ho s man (Chicago), Iowa Falls, Iowa.

A . A. Debbie (Purdue), Byrin, N . J. Frank E . Mason, Columbi a, Ohio .

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AN AMERICAN PREACHER SCORES HEAV I LY IN LONDON

REV. DR. JOSEPH FORT NEWTO.

Honora r y Member Iowa State C hapte r

To pass, within a period of eight years, from the ministry of a Universalist mis ion-church of twenty members in a Western American city to the leading Nonconformist pulpit of England seems something like a marvel. The Rev. Dr. joseph Fort Newton, who has made just the l eap described, confesses that when he looks back upon the way in which the invitation to become the pastor of the London City Temple reached him, he finds it "incredible." There is nothing unreal, however, about the invitation. Dr. Newton received it last summer, and he has decided to accept it. He enters upon his new duties in the early spring. The incident may be said to illustrate the fact that surpassing merit, in the ministry as in other callings, is rare and is quickly recogniz e d when manifested. It also mark a new phase of the cu l tura l and spiritual interchange between this country and England. Dr . Newton, as the Universalist Leader put it, is "an ambassador of good-will and the prophet of a closer fellowship of churches and nations ."

The new pastor of the City Temp l e is forty years old. He comes of distinguished outhern l ineage; is a native of Texas and an alumnus of its state university He took a postgraduate course at Harvard University, and studied under Wi ll iam James. His first pastorate was Baptist, in Paris, Texas. From there he went to a non-sectarian church in St. Louis. His third charge was an independent church in Dixon , Illinois . During this pastorate he fell under th e spell of David Swing, for whom he wrote biography. We next h ea r of him in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, where he found a d i scouraged congregation of twenty members trying to build up a mission-church on a Universalist foundation. He rai se d the church membership to more than six hundred.

As late as December, 19 15, Dr. Newton was practically unknown in London. A bo ut that time, the religious week l y, The Christian CommonweaLth , began to print his s e rmons. The Rev. R. J. Campbell had resigned his pastorate of the City Temple, and the church was l ooking for a new minist er. Among oth e rs, Dr. Newton was invited to preach. His advent arou ed enthu iasm. The size of the congregations astonished everybo<;ly .

Dr Newton is l ib e ral-so lib e ral that papers of the type of the Philadelphia Pre byterian are afraid of him and warn him against the dang e rs of heresy. But a man who finds his chief inspir a tion in modern tim es in Abraham Lincoln is not of the kind we are wont to reg a rd as extreme.

The Christian Work and Evangelist (New York) calls Dr. Newton "an unknown quantity, but expresses strong faith in his future: "This invitation to and acceptance of the first onconformi s t pulpit in England by the Iowa preacher i s, in more ways than one, of mor e th a n ordinary interest . The City Temple possesses a splendid tradition. Its very name is remini cent of great preaching The winsome, spiritual Binney, the magnetic Campbell , have a ll ministered here. And now-Dr. Newton. To a very lar ge extent , he is an unknown quantity. But one thing i s certain: City Temple people know something about preaching. They h ave been listening for years past to some of the best the world can offer, and Dr. Newton's call is on the strength of his occupancy of their pulpit during the summer months of last year. A big task faces the American preacher, a great if onerous opportunity for service lies before him "-Current Opinion.

A CACUNS TAXE ACTIVE PAB.T IN CHICAGO ' S BAND

The University of Chicago Magazine In reviewing the history of the Military Band of the University discloses the fact that the following Acacians are members of the organization, conducted by F. M. Blanch a rd.

Associate conductor, J. Beach Cragun; first cornetist, Maurice Rosenbarger; trump e t, T. McDonald; clarinet , Cragun; basses. baritones, Sellers and Shumway. Mr. Blanchard has the following comment to make upon two of his s oloists: Maurice Rosenbarger, as leading cornetist, has developed almost all of his remarkable ability since coming to the University of Chicago. His first year with us he played sol o alto; but during the following summer vacation he settled down to practice and study, and when he return e d had no difficu l ty in achieving a solo cornet position. Another year of worl( put him in the first chair, where he now sits with little danger of being soon displaced. If he had abundant time t o devote to his cornet he might easily become an extraordinary ar ti st

No account of the band wou l d be complete without mention of Ovid R. Sell ers, known to a few c h oice spirits as "Cato " Sellers first appeared In a Chicago band in 1903. Since that date he has at diff e r e nt times honored nearly every instrument in the brass section, as from yea r to year h e has returned for further study.

· At present h e is p l aying the big bass In his moments of re l axation; but all his serious thoughts are bent on a doctora t e in theology .-The Uni ver sity of Chicago Mag az ine.

'l'BE CENTB.AL LEAGUE DEBATES

The annual intercollegiate debates of the Central Debating League, comp o sed of th e Universities of Chicago, Michigan, and Northwestern, were held this year on January 19 Th e question was , "Reso l ved, that the Federal Government should adopt a Progressive Inheritance Tax (constitutionality conceded)." The Chicago affirmative team defeated Mic h igan; the Northwestern affirmative team defeated Chicago, and the Michigan affirmativ e team defeated Northwestern, leavin g th e r es ult a three - handed tie, and an Impression that the affirmative was In general the stronger side of the q u estion . Th e most Interesting matter in con n ection with this year ' s debates was t h e introduction, agreed upon between Northw estern and Chicago, of strictly undergraduate teams. Against Mic h igan graduates were used as heretofore. The und e rgradu a t e s for Chicago we r e Arthur P e t e rson, Benjamin Jaffe, and Edwin Welsl; the graduate team were Howard Kill (Kansas), Gay l ord Ram say, a n d Sidney P e dott, all law scho o l me n. Of the six only Welsl and Ramsay had previously debated for Chicago. Hill has debate d for the University of I owa. The other three had had no experience In intercoll egiate debating.

-T he University of Chicago lrfagazine

GIPT OF " GAB" NOT POWEB. OF OB.ATOB. When is a speech not a "gift of gab?" . The difference between oral discusSion or and a "gift of gab" was strongly Impressed on four pledges, two members of the faculty and two under-

graduates at the university, to the forensic fraternity, Tau Kappa A l pha at a meeting held last evening of the Stevena and Badger Debating Clubs.

"The gift of gab ," they were told, Is only a "gift of gab" when It becomes separated from thought and character, or when it becomes the rough and tumble tactics of a court room. Otherwise It Is a gift of speech befitting a gentleman and a scho l ar.

The pledges, Dallas D. Johnson (Columbia), ass istant pr o fessor of education , and Harvey B. Densmore, assistant professor of Greek; Louis B Schwellenbach, of Spokane, and Wendell B l ack, of Everett, were addressed by Pr e sid e nt Henry Suzzallo and Dean John T. Condon of the law school.

"Every student should be competent in oral debate," said President Suzzallo. "Every student destined fo r l eadership ought to have the capacity for presenting his case This does not mean the mere 'gift of gab.' The gift of speech becomes the 'gift of gab' when It is separated f r om thought and character. O ne shou l d never cease t o be l ess o f a gentleman, even thoug h he Is a deba t er.

"I do n ot favor t h e rough a n d tumb le tactics o f court rooms. True sch ol arship i s necessary, and there is the technique of putting an argument from the mind of one man Into the menta l consciousness of another. If I had my way, I believe that it would be compulsory t hat every s tudent would have to pass an examination in oral discussi o n before being gradu ate d."

Dean Condon spoke on the subject of hon e st and d i shones t lawyers, and gave as his opinion that t h ere were as many high minded men In the law as In any other profession. Some, he said, were honest by nature and some were not· but h e took it as an encouraging sign that the disho n e st lawyers were growing fewer. -Se attle Times

PHI GAM BEATS ACACIA AND ENTEB.S SEMI-FINALS

Beating Acacia by a score of 1 2 t o 6 yesterday afternoon, Phi Gam won the opportunity to compete with C h i P si In the semi - finals In the Inter- f r ater n ity basketball league. In a hotly contested game, Z eta won from Psi U 7 to 5 -Wisconsin State Journal. ' ·

THIB.TEEN P'UB.DUE MEN AB.E INCLUDED IN 1917 "WHO ' S WHO" Professor George L. B.oberts , Head of Education Department, Has Been Added to List.

TWO OF MEN BOB.N IN INDIANA

Terms of Service of Noted FacUlty Members B.a.nge From Four To Thirty Years.

"Who's Who In America" for 191 6 -17, an annua l publication, giving blographl· cal sketches of prominent citize n s of the United States has been fo u nd to contain the nam es of thirteen Purdue me n Prof. George L. Rober t s, head of the depa r tment of education, and dean of t he Purdue Summ e r School has been a d ded to the list in this Issue, giving this university an excellent representation.

Str!lnge as It may :;eem to loyal Hoos1ers, only two of these men a r e In· diana born, two are graduates o f P ur due and one of Indiana University. T he age of th e n otables varies from 64 years In the case of Dean Coulter, to 36 years,

which applies to Prof. G. I Christie, and the length of time, which they have bee n members of the Purdue faculty ranges from 30 to four years. Dean Coulter came to Purdue in 1887, while John M. A l drich took up his work here In 1913, as did Prof. M. H. Liddell.

Arrang ed In order of length of service In the university, with a very brief outline of the points pr ev iously discussed, the list Is as follows:

De a n S tanley Coulter, of the School of Science; bor·n in China, 1853; came to Purdu e, 1887; dean, 1907; graduate of Hanover College.

Prof Er w in s. Fe r ry, head of physics department; born in New Hampshire, 1868; came to Purdue, 1899; education at orne ll and Sweden - Pw aue E:r>IJonent.

J'OBTY -TWO ABE ELECTED TO SIGMA XI SOCD:TY llew Members Selected on Basis of Schol· arship and Ability l'or Scientific Besearch.

Sigma Xi, th e scientllic honor society of the university, at a meeting of the Electoral Council held March 3, e l ected the following students and faculty, who have shown themselves to be of sufficient scholastic attainments and ability, to memb ers hip in the society:

Facu l ty-W. V. Cruess , E. 0 Essig, Stanley Freeborn, H. N. Gou l d, Ivan Ha ll, Fran!< Probert, Harry Swarth, H. Wasteneys.

Seniors-R D. Berst, G. W Coffey, John C. Conrad, Fred M. Essig G. A. F l emming, H. C. Greenwood, W. H. Hampton, A. C. Hardy, D. B. Haw l ey, K. W. Houston, H. S. Hoyt, H. M. Jeffers, A- M. Jenun , H. Latson, I. McQuarrie, D. R Me rrill, W. S. Peterson, W. Ruppel, A. V. Saph, A. H. Siemer, Roy Starbird, A. H. Foster.

Graduates-D. W. Alter, H. H. Anderson, S. Bisson, Parry Borgstrom, W B. Brown, C B. Burnham, Wa ll ace Campbell , R. H. Coon, J. A. Larson, W. W . Maclde, F. G. Neubauer, A. R. O l son, W. C. Pom eroy -Daily Califontian.

liATIONAL MASONIC BESEABCH

By B r o. G. Alfred Lawrence, M.D., Ph.D.

Unquestionably one of the most Important M;asonic movements of the present decade is that of the organization of the National Masonic R e search Society at Anamosa, Iowa, on January 1, 1915, wit h a charter membership of over 4,000 of the most prominent Masons in the United tates

Today, after Jess than two years of existence, its membership numbers over 14,000. A n ornate and practica l b u ildi n g erected at a cost of approximate l y $15,000 and a gift from its efficient and p h ilanthropic secretary, Bros. George L. choonover, is the present headquar t ers at Anamosa, .where already a l a r g-e Mason i c library is in course of f o rmation. This society was organized for service in the search for Masonic truth, and invites the co-operation of all Masons and Masonic organizations who are willing to assist in this great work a n d s h are I n Its benefits. The objects of the society as

outlined in Its by-laws are as follows:

The collection, preservation, and Indexing of all materials of value in Masonic tudy

The compilation of lists of names of Masons in t rested in distinct Jines of Masonic study or activity, for the stimulation and guidance of Masonic intercourse.

'l'he pr omotion and supervision of meetings of Masons for Masonic study and discussions, and the foundation and maint enance of a bureau of Masonic lectures.

The collection and circulation of data bearing upon distinct Masonic activities, such as plans and specifications for different kinds of Masonic buildings; systems for th e financing of Masonic pro- jects; th e results of practical experience upon diff e rent phases of Masonic charity; a nd the like.

The foundation and manageme nt of funds for the financial aid of Masonic students and Masonic research

The production and publication of courses of Masonic study.

The publication of books and pamphlets on Masonic subjects.

The publication of a magazine devoted to the study and interpretation of the history, philosophy and purposes of the various rites, orders and degrees of Freemasonry.

The official organ of the society Is the Build r, amply illustrated and issued monthly, a t first as a 24-page journal, lat e r increa sed to 36 pages, and at present containing 40 pages. It goes to every member of the socio::ty, and with the object in view of advancing Masonic principles and acquaintaing Its readers with the progress of Masonic truth throughout the world. Every issue has been replete with articles of scholarly production and of int e ns e interes t to the earnest Mason; and not too lengthy but that the busy Mason may find time to r ead on e or more daily, no matter how fully his time may be employed. Many of these articles are of equa l interest to his family. Rev. Joseph Fort Newton , LL D Is the able and gifted editor of the Builder.

The administration of the affairs of t he society is in the hands of a board of stewards, e l ected by the members of the society, and a code of bylaws to cover th e routin e of business and provide proper c hecks has already been adopted. Th ere are four forms of membership (no membership fee is required In any form) a.s follows:

Annual membership, dues $2, payable in J anua ry of each year.

Life membership, $50, payable once In commutation of all f u ture dues.

- Masottio Standat·d

ACACIA AT

Dr. and Mrs. Lawrence Arrange a. H a ppy Valentine P a rty

The spirit of St. Valentine took possession of Delmonico's on the 14th, when 100 happy-hearted couples paid their homage to the old saint there as the guests of Dr. and Mrs. George A l fred Lawrence. Dr. Lawrence has been a very popular figure at state and national gatherings of the Knights Templar , and Mrs. Lawrence has endeared herself at many Masonic social affairs where she has acted as hostess or as patroness

The guests on this occasion were members of Columbia Chapter and the New Yor k Alum n i of Acacia Fraterni t y and their lady friends. From the happy coun-

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tenances and joyful laughter it was evident that Cupid was having an exceedingly successfu l even ing with his bow and arrows and string of hearts. From none of the young couples did he r eceive great er encouragement than from Dr. a nd Mrs. Lawrence, whose domestic life has been one gladsome loveso ng.

The l arge ballroom was tastefully decorated and the guests danced until ear ly morning. Two large re cep tion rooms were reserved for those who preferred card parties o r Valentine games.

At midnight Dr. and Mrs. Lawrence led their guests to the dining room, where, as they gathered about the festal board , S. A. D. Jones, Ven. Dean of Co lum bia Ch a pter, expressed the sentiments of all in a witty toast to the he a lth an d happiness of the Lawrences on the event of their sixth wedding ann i ve rsar y

Dr and Mrs Lawrence were assisted in th e receiving lin e by Mr. and Mrs. S. A. D. Jon es, Dr. and Mrs. W W. Hilditch , and several relatives a nd intim ate friends

Dr Lawre nce, as a trustee of Columbia C hapter, was one of the Acacians that made possible the attractive chapter house recently opened at 357 West 119th Str ee t . He i s a charte r memb e r of t h e c h ap t e r 'a nd a past V en. Dean. La s t S eptember h e was the accredited de legate from the New York A lumni to th e annual conclave of the fra ternity h e ld at Purdue University, Lafayette, Ind and was instrumental in persuading the national orga ni zatio n to hold its 1918 conclave in New York. The Acacia Journal, the organ of th e national orga ni zat ion, also says: Dr. Lawrence was one of the founders of Co lumbia Chap t e r a n d has continued to maintain his co nn ec tion as an act i ve member B e hind his medica l prof ess ion there lurk s a l awye r's dip l o m a , and th e gold watch c harm of Sigma Xi denotes exca ll ence of scholarship and personal research in th e field of science. He is a redhot e nthusiast as far as the Nation a l Mason i c R ese ar c h Soci e t y i s concer ned, and the Sons of the American R evo luti on afford him a n o th er opport unity to attend conventions In add ition to these societies he is a m e mber of Psi Upsilon an d the m e dic a l fraternity of Nu Sigma Nu.Masonio Stanrla•·d

RUBERT JONES, TEXAS, IS ELECTED VARSITY CIBCUS MAlfAGEB

Defeats Hughes Knight by 418-221-0nly

Two Candidates Are NominatedLarg-e Crowd Present-Winner Issues Statement Asking- Cooperation of Every Student in Coming Event. Th e noisiest and most spirited, as well as the best a ttended e l ection ever he l d by th e University students, r esu lted yes t e rday in the e l ect ion of Hube rt Jones as manag e r of the biennial Varsi t y C ircus. Only two candidat e s wer e in the race Hugh es Knight and Hubert Jones, and when the vote was counted Jones was holding the h eav ier end of the balloting 418 to 221 '

Raymond Myers, president of the Stud e nts' Association, call e d th e meeting t o o rd e r , with the Law Audito rium crowded by eds and co - eds, who had braved the disagreeab l e weather for the purpose of selecting a circus manager.

Francis Nominates

Robert Field started the ball rolling by nomin a ting Hughes Knight, and Chas. Francis, in a few words , placed the name of th e Varsit y ye ll leader, "Rattle-de -

thrat" Jones, before the students for a vo te. Several speeches fo r both candidates were made by student orators before the standing vote was taken, and th e choice made.

Ther e w e re about 650 students present yes t erday for the election. This Is an Increase of almost four hundred vo t ers over the election which was won by Milton Daniel two years ago.

Jones Issues Statement

Mr. Jon es , the successfu l candidate, ga v e out the fo ll owing statement : "I wish to express my appreciation for the honor you have bestowed upon me. Personally, I did not solicit the s upport of a nyon e of y ou before the e l ection, but I do now. I desire to the co-operation of everyone of you in making our 1917 Circus not only a fin ancia l success, but one in which e very student will realize the most pleasant events of the year.

"The success of this undertaking- will depend upon you , and I h ave perfect co nfidence in the result of c.ur und er taking Th e last thought that I would l eave with you is that the Circus w ill r e pres e nt the e ntire student body, and I wi ll expec t the ass istance of everyo ne. For this support I wi ll be doub l y appreciative."-Dailll 'l' ex art..

WITH l'BATEBNITY PASTIMEBS

With the Besult of the Acacia-Sig-lfu Game Things Look Different

In a game marked by heavy hittin g, fast fie l ding, and misce ll aneous errors, the r ejuvenated Acacia aggregation of diamond stars romped away from th e hitherto undef eated Sigma Nu t eam Thursday afte rnoon to the tune of 8 to 4 . For four lo ng years the Sigma Nus h ave battl e d without ta s tin g the bitter dregs of d efea t, but "you can't t e l."

Fairchild was sen t in as pinch hitter in the l ast inning-he just mi ssed.

Batteries, Sigma N u -Husted, Woods a nd Wells . Acacia-Jordon and Bondurant . - Kansas State Oo!leglall.

RABOLD

l:'. KOLTZ

Harold finishes his engi n ee ring this year. obta ining the deg ree B. Sc. in M. E. He is a S i gma Tau, a n I nn ocent, belongs to the Y. M. C. A. Cabinet, i s chairma n of th e Univers i ty Ni g ht Committee, was pres i dent of the Junior C lass in '16, and is business manager of th e Senior Play. H e a l so belongs to A. S . M. E ., Enginee rin g Society, was on the B l ue Print Staff in '16 and b e l ongs to the Math Club. A l ong mill t ary lin e s he Is capta in of Company C and b e longs to the P e rshing Rifles. In the frat e rnity h e has been on the sc holarship comm ittee , and has don e much to k ee p up Acacia's r ecord In this respect. In add ition to a ll his other work h e has b ee n manag e r of th e University Caf e teria since the spring of 1916. I will be doubly appreciative." -N ebraaka Ann, a I

ACACIA-COLLEGE CLUB

Profe ss or "Mike" Emerson failed to s top th e hard hitting Acacia t ea m in the game between the l at t e r team and the Profs. from the College Club Jordan featured the game with a home run in the fifth innin g. Emerson was relieved by Burke in the sixth.

Batteries-Emerson, Burke a nd Aubel for College Club.

Reed and Smith for Acacia. -Kan sas State Collegian.

HOB"OR POR DEAB" COULTER

The Board of Trustees of Purdue University bestowed a well-deserved honor upon Dean Coulter yesterday by adGptlng a resolution to the et'l'ec t that the new Biology building be officially designated "Stanley Coulter Hall."

The matter was brought to the attention of the board as the result of a resolution rec en tly adopted by the Alumni Asso cia ti o n of Indlanapolls, supplemented by a chain of letters from alumni from all parts of the country.

The new building thus christened is the most up-to-date biological laborator y in the West, and will be ready for occupancy In about a month. Plans are already under way for an appropriate dedication.

Prof. Cou lter, who Is a l so Dean of the School of Science , has b ee n in charge of th e Department of Biology at the University since 1887 and Is therefore completIng his triennium of service ln the Institution. The honor is thoroughly deserved and will hav e the approval of not only the alumni, but of th e students and his colleagues on the faculty. -Purdue E'"ponent.

PROP. L. W. WALLACE GAINS PRIEB"DS AT U. OP MJ:CBJ:G.AN

Th at Prof. L. W. Wallace (Purdue) created an excellent impression during his rece nt stay at the University of Michigan Is indicated by the following excerpts from a lette r to the editor of the Exponent from a former Purdue man, now a stud e nt at Ann Arbor.

"Being a former undergraduate of Purdue, I was naturally much interested in Prof. Wallace's lectures and, b ecause they were so enthusiastically received by the Michigan stud e nts, it made Prudue loyalty return to me strongly

"The unusual subject of comment, heard concerning Prof. Wallace's l ectures, was the manner in which the speaker hush e d the I's when referring to his own valuabl e experiments, yet never for an instant did the llstener forget that the speak e r was the experimenter.

"Prof. Wallace Is to be congratulated upon gaining the respect and confidence of so many Michigan men. Prudue cou ld have chose n no more acceptable representative." - Purdue E'"ponent.

KAPPA SIGMA. VICTOR IN SEMJ:-PIHALS OP SERIES

Wins Basketball Game from Acacia by 31 to 8 Score--Dahlonega Defeats Tillcum

Kappa Sigma e liminated Acacia from the semi-final round of the inter-fraternity b a sk e tball series on Harmon Gymnasium court Saturday afternoon by a score o f 31 to 8. Kappa Sigma fouled frequently and half of Acacia's points came from this source. Symes for Kappa Sigma threw most of the goals, making a total of nine, while Haight made all the points for Acacia. The other fraternities still in the series are Sigma Phi and Pi Kappa Alpha.-Dai ly CaUfomian

CARL D. GA:NZ, LAW '16

In addition to working his way through school unaided, Car l h as found time to take part in the fo llowing activitie s: Varsity wrestling team, '13; captain, wrestling team, ' 14; Phi Delta Phi, Phi Alpha Tau, Junior Debating team, '14; Athletic Board, '14; Junior Pl ay, '14; Junior Prom Committee, '14; Senior Dean, '15; Concia ve representative, '15; Masonic team ,

'15; Innocen ts , ' 15; enior Class president, '15; Presi de nt Republican Club, '17; PanHellenic representative, '17. There are probably some more activities, but the writer's memory Isn't as good as It used to be.-,' ebraska _4nnual.

PRESJCIIIEB" TO OPEN SERIES TOKOBBOW

Firat of Series of Three G ames With Cardinal Babe s Will Be Played at Parm-Dexter Will captain TeamCoal Cozens (California) Predicts Victory-Davison at Short Strengthens Proah In1leld.

After setting a record of winning fifteen out of e ighteen pre-season games played, the freshman baseball team m ee t s the Stanford freshmen in the first of a threegame series tomorrow afternoon at Palo Alto . Beginning th e season early In February \\-ith a dally turnout of forty men, the sq uad played unusually good ball and won nine scheduled games in succession without any difficulty. Two games out o f the four played with Oakland T ec hnical high school and one game out of the two play e d with the Oakland high school team a re the only d e feats sut'l'ered by the babe s so far this season.

Two Games Suftlcient

From the comparative showings made I.Jy th e two 1920 nines, Coach Cozens Is of the opinion that two games will b e suffic ient for his aggregation to show their superiority over th11ir opponents.

-Da ity OaU(omian.

COLUMBIA CKAPTER HOUSE

Acacia. Fraternity Open New Home With a Housewarming

Last w ee k will go down in the history o f th e Acacia Fraternity as a memorable o ne for Co lumbia Chapter. Despite the storm and snow three score Acaclans and their ladies gathered at 357 West 119th Street to open the new chapter house. For a numb e r of years the chapter has look e d forward to this day. Yen. Dean S. A. D Jones surmounted all obstacles, marshaled the a lumni to a helpful response and signed the contract . The ac tiv e m e n, the alumni of Col umbia Chapter, and New York alumni of other chapters bought the furnishings and made the house possible

Th e housewarming was arranged under th e dir ec tion of Bro Charles G. Beersman (Franklin), secretary of the New York Alumni Association; I D Garard of Columbia Chapte r, and the following Acacia ladi es: Mmes. Irwin W. Griehaus, A. E. Waterbury, E. E Giltner, C. L. Robbins and S A. D. Jones. Decorations, entertainment, cards, dancing and refreshments were all provided. The guests were r e ceived by Mrs Hilditch, wife of Dr. W. W. Hilditch , president of the New York Alumni, an d Mrs. Jone s, wife of Yen. Dean Jones

Congratu lator y telegrams were received from Harry L. Brown, Grand President; George E. Frazer, Past Grand President; Ha rr y E. Kilmer, Past Grand S e cretary; J. W. Shera, Grand Treasurer; the Chic ago Alumni Association , and Prof. E. W. Knight, an a lumnu s of Columbia Chapter.

A pleasant feature of the ev ening was the presence of many charter members, including Dr. Wm . H. BenjR. Buffet, Wm. B. C. Kemp, H w Remington, Jr , Charles Friedgen, John Richards, Dr. G. Alfred Lawrence and Past

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Yen. Deans G . A. Lawrence, Irwin W. Drlehaus, Levering Tyson, J. Ll Stenqu ist, A. E. Waterbury and D. A. Embury. The house Is a 10 - room one, which will accommodate 10 or more men and pro- vides a club room, a meeting room and a dining room. The New York Alumni will also make this their headquarters. The house is In charge of a committee consistIng of D. A. Embury, P E. Beatty and A. E. Waterbury. Mrs. S. A D. Jones will serve as matron-Masonic Standard.

HA.BBY BE:REDICT SECBETA.BY TO PBESIDENT VAlii'DEBLIP

Harry Benedict, '16, who entered the service of the National City Bank of New · York City last June, has just been made secretary to Frank Vanderlip, president of the bank. The National City Bank Is the largest In the United States and Mr. Vanderlip makes a practice of securing college men for positions In the Institution. If possible, F. C. Schwedtman, educational director of the bank, who spoke here during the Commercial and Industrial C o ngress, directs the college course of the prospective employe. Benedict graduated from th e course in Commerce and is a member of Phi Betta Kappa and Acacia fraternities. He entered the bank last June to prepare for work in a South American branch.- Daily Oardinal

Future baseball prospects received a boost during the week when Allan Edwards, a New York prep star, came over to the athletic annex for a workout under the direction of Coach Lewis of the varsity nine. This man Is a pitcher of far better caliber than has been seen around Wisconsin In many years. He has had training under a number of the pitching stars of Eastern leagues, and will be availab l e to toss for the Badger nine In 1918. -J\liltvaukee flentinel.

SEABSOlll' 0111' SHAXESPEA.BE English Profess or WUl Deliver AddreH a t Congregationa l Church Kansas State

Prof. J. w . S ea rson of the English Department speaks Sunday evening at the Congregational Church on "The Social Contribution of Shakespeare." This month the world is commemorating the three hundredth anniversary of the death of Shakespeare Hundreds of magazine articles, historical sketches, addresses, and poems are appearing in honor of the immortal bard. Professor Searson is the best qualified in Manhattan to speak u pon the subject, and no doubt will have a good hearing Sunday evening. The choir will repeat some of the Easter Anthems at the Sunday services. -Kansas State Oollegian.

TABLE MANNERS

J. D. Kabler, (Kansas)

Realizing that good table manners are the mark of a true gentleman and are very much to be des i red by such a bunch as we have here, the boys have undertaken to better themse lves in this matter by a systematic endeavor. Each of the three tables has a table critic appointed by the Venerable Dean for an indefinite period. It is the business of the critic to observe all infractions of table etiquette and privately to call the attention of the wrongdoer to his mistakes . Old men as well as new are thus brought to a realization of their shortcominO's which are more often due to carelessness than to ignorance of what is right.' This has been found to have a very beneficial effect, as friend ly criticism g iven in the right spirit never brings resentment. In this way the new men are taught, and the old men reminded of, what is expected of them by the fraternity. And in the matter of tab l e manners, among other things, every man is expected to be able to so conduct himself that we will always be glad to own him as an Acacia brother.

Kansas Letter from Home.

Wqr 1Jrratrrnity

THE GRAND COUNCIL

Grand President

HARRY L. BROWN 157? Old Colony Bldg., Chicago

Grand Counselor

]. A. WOODWARD Leetonia, Ohio

Grand Treasurer ]. W. SHERA 1602 Lytton Bldg., Chicago

Grand Secretary

A. ARTHUR JENKINS 85 Devonshire St., Boston, Mass . Grand E-ditor

WM : G. MANN 402-3 Boston Block , Seattle, Wash.

THE CHAPTERS

MichiF"'\n 603 State St., Ann Arbor, Mich. First and third Mondays. A. R. Smith, V. D.; Carl Gormsen, S.D.; Harold Thurlby, Sec .; L. S. Thompson, Cor. S ec.; Carl Thorington, Treas. Active, 23; pledged, 4 .

Kansas .... ... ............. 1514 Tennessee St., Lawrence, Kan. Monday night of every week. W. 0 . Hake, V. D .; E. Rhine, S . D. ; H. D. Arend, Treas .; A. B. Irwin, Sec. Active, 35 ; pledged, 1.

Nebraska ............... . 1325 R St., Lincoln, Neb. Every Monday. Everett Carr, V . D .; Louis A. Meier, S. D.; Marchelle Power, Sec .; Myron ]. Garey, Treas.; R. E. Shutt, Cor. Sec .; C A Sjogren, Editor. Ac tiv e, 24; pledged, 3.

Ca li fornia ... ... ...... .... 2634 Bancroft Way, Berkeley, .Cal. Every Monday . M. A. Johnston, V. D.; L. M. Bell, S. D .; C. R. Bell , Treas.; R. A. Reynold s, Sec ; H. R. Weber, Editor. Active, 21; pledged, 0. *Ohio .1830 Indi ano la Ave, Columbus, Ohio. Every Monday. Jacob Thomas, V D. ; Benjamine Cole , S. D. ; E. F. Schaffer, Treas.; W. G. 0 wens, Sec .; C. M. Rose, Cor. Sec. Active, - ; pledged, -. Harvard .16 Prescott street, Cambridge, l\.fas Eve ry Monday. R. P. J ohnson, V . D.; N. R. Hays , S.D.: D . D . Needham, Treas .; H. R. Bechtel, Sec. Act ive, 27; pledged, 0 Ill inois ........ .. ..... ......501 E. Daniel St., Champaign. Ill. Every Monday. R. J . Lascelles, V. D.; L. Booth, S. D.: E. S. Foote, Treas.; H H. Love, Sec .; K. H. Gordon, Editor Active, 31 ; pledged, 1.

Frank lin .210 South 36th st., Philadelphia, Pa. Every Tuesday. E. E. Edinger, V. D.; W. R. Hockenberry, S. D .; Frank R. Purn e ll , Treas.; R. B. ·Hutchison, Sec.; D . B. Jeremiah, Editor . Act iv e, 16 ; pledged, 1.

Minnesota 1206 Fifth St., S. E. Minneapolis , Minn ., Second and fourth Tuesdays. Samuel Forsythe, V. D .; Leo A. Daum, S. D.; Harry A. Miller , Treas. ; L. C. Anderson, Rec . Secy. ; Guy E. Inger so ll, Corr, Secy. Active, 30; pledged, 2. vVisconsin ... ...........615 Lake St., Madison, Wis. Every Monday. C. F. Young, V. D.; Harold Axley, S. D.; L. E. Meyer, Treas.! L. W . Bishop. Sec. Active, 21; pledged, 6. *Missou ri ..... ......... ..821 Rollins Ct., Columbia, Mo. Robert S. Clough, Sec.

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Corneli ... ..... ........... .708 E Sene ca St ., Ithaca, N. Y. E v ery

Monday. P. G . McVetty, V D. ; E. P. Deatrick, S D. ; 0. W. Dynes, Treas- ; H F Hand, Sec.; E. P. Deatrick, Editor and Cor. Sec. Activ e, 15. Chicago .... .. .. .... .. .. .. .5719 Kenwood avenue , Chicago , Illinois. Monday night . Will H . Park e r, V. D.; M . W. Rosenbarger, Recording S e cre· t a ry ; R o bert G. Buz za rd , Corresponding Secretary; Herbert Cran e, Tr ea surer Active , 23 ; pledged, O. Purdu e........ .... .. .. .. .. .427 St a t e St. , West L a fa y ette, Ind . Every Mond a y . P. S. W e bb, V D. ; R W. Covalt , S. D .; ]. 0 Kilian, Tr e as. ; H E Ac k e r so n , S e c. ; L. M Pi ck et t , Co r S ec. Ac ti ve, 31 ; pl e dged , 2.

* Yale J6 York Square, New Haven, Conn. Albert F Coyle, S e c Columbia Co lumbia Uni ve rsity Fir s t and third Fridays S. A D. Jon e s, V . D ., 225 We s t 35th St., N·ew York; Clarence 0 . Hawley, S . D. , 600 West 122nd St ., New York ; John W . Schoenfeld, Tr eas ., Furnold H a ll, Columbia Universitv; Fred M Richmond , Sec , 210 Livingston Hall, Columbia University A cti ve, 24 ; pl e dged, 0

I ow a State Linc o ln W a y 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, 20; pledg ed , 3.

Iowa ................. ...... .. . lowa City, Iowa. Every Monday. H . C. Harper, V. D.; G. F. Patterson, S D. ; 0. ]. Kirketeg, Treas.; B. C. Condit, Sec. Active, 16 ; pledged, 1.

Pennsylvania .Stat e Coll e ge, Pa Fir s t and third Mondays. J, Martin Fry , V D ; ]. Swain Godfrey, S. D.; R. B. Latta , Treas ; D A. Campbell, Sec. Active, 18 ; pledged , 2 W a shington ..4703 18th N. E ., Seattle , Wa s h Every Monday . C la r e nce L. And e r s on , V. D ; Ea rl J Gunth e r, S D. ; ]. C P a lmer , Sec ; H. P. Rowles, Treas ; A S Grenl a nd, House Manager. Colorado J315 11th St , Boulder, Col. E v ery Thursday. H. N. Orr, V D. ; Stanley W a lbanfi, S. D ; K. S. Earp, Treas.; Carl Parker, Sec .; M . Shugren , Cor. Sec . Active, 16; pledged , 1.

*Syra cuse .. .. .... .. .... .708 University Ave ., Syracuse, N . Y. First and third Mondays . John W. Fau s t, V D.; H. B. F ag an , S. D. ; L. 0. C lement, Sec .; Pr es ton Daratt , Tr eas . K a nsas State .. ........821 Osage St. , Manhattan, Kan. Every Wednesday. H . D. R e edy , V D. ; G. C. Gibbons, S. D ; G. A. Bolz, Treas.; W. W Frizell , Sec.; G C. Gibbons , Cor S e c. Active, 20; pledged , 5

Texa s .... .. .... .. .. .. .. .....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. How a rd , Sec Acti v e , 26 ; pledg e d , 0

ALUMNI ASSOCIATIONS

New York. Pr es ident , W a rren W Hilditch, Yale, '09, Orange Memorial Hospital, Orange, New Jersey; vice-president, Walter Royal Jones , Chicago , '09, 237 Seventh Ave. , Brooklyn, N. Y ; se cr e t a ry a nd treasurer, Chas. G. Beersman, Franklin , '15, 244 5th A ve ., N e w Y ork City

Indian a polis .. .. .. .... Pr es id e nt , G e org e E. Gill ; vice-president, Ernest C . Carr ; secret a ry a nd tre a surer , R E. Simpson , 106 S. Elder St ., Indianapolis , Ind.

* Your secret a ry h as n egl ec t ed to send in th e information asked for Please s ee th a t th e Editor _ h as y our stre e t a ddress, night of meeting, chapter offic e rs and numb e r of men acti v e a nd pledged.

Your.Journals will be mailed according to the number of men reported active fo r each tssue.

MICHIGAN

1\.Qichigan's second annual ini ti ation was held at t l1e hapte1· House on March 10, and was a completa success. " It couldn't ha ve b en sta ed with better effect" was the general cone nsus of opinion expressed by our all mni guests. Th e occasion has already tak e n on th e form of a tradition and we hope, as Brother Woodward has exp ressed it, to make It a rallying point for alumni.

Four were Initiated, C. Fred Adam, Norman C. Roegner, George Vi'. Miller and J ames E. Hayes, Jr

Our alumni r es pond e d w e ll to th e invitation sent out before the event, but several who expected to be on hand f a iled to appear and were very mu c h missed. Our honorary list was repr ese nt ed by R eg istrar Arthur G. B a ll, Dr. J. L es li e French of Tol e do, 0.; Treasurer Robert A. Campbell and Prof. "Dad" William L . Miggett. The alumni members who attended were: Bros. Thomas F. McCoy, Harlan P. Rowe, Oscar C. Hull and Homer C. Shaffmaster, of Detroit; Roy Parsons, of Highland Park; Ca rl Jackson, of Ja c k son; Ralph Kingsbury, of Detroit; T Hawley T ap ping , of Peoria, Ill.; Jo se ph H. Bridges, of Dalkena, Wash.; Robert G. Rodkey, Lawrence \'an Aken, Daniel Newton, Frank Wisner and Robert Granville, all r es ident in Ann Arbor.

Following the initiation a banqu e t was he l d , with the usual program of speeches, both prepared and Impromptu. Every brother who spoke h ad a m essage. Each of ou1· honorary m e mb e rs present responded to a toast. Brother Harlan P. Rowe, first Grand Presid e nt of th e Fraternity, spoke on the subject of bringing the alumni closer to the activ e chapter. Brother T. Haw l ey Tapping, in a n impromptu talk, discussed some v isits he had re ce ntly made to other chapt e rs, notab l y the Illino is and Purdue. He found in his cordial receptions by these chapters some sources for valuable suggestions to his home chapter

Directly after the banquet the alumni and honor a ry members h e ld a m ee ting in the alumni suite. A number of the active members wer e present al o. This meeting was extremely va l uable and ins p iri n g for the active me n who w e r e ab l e to a tt e nd. The qu e stion of the chapter's finances was thoroughly discussed and also th e matter of arousing interest among a number of Michigan's a lumni who have b ee n a llow ed to drift away from the chapter. Definite plans for th e organization of Michigan a lumni were outlined. These plans have been in operation for some tim e and are a lready prod uc in g res ults.

Th e chapter Is convinced that th e big initiation plan is the best, and we are s ur e that thos e of our alumni who were able to be pr esent will not fail to rejoin us next year at our third function.

National Archives at Michigan

Th e cha pter is glad to be able to report that th e N a ti ona l Archive room , specially built for that purpose, has been equipped and th a t the material shipped to us by Brother Kilmer has been arranged and will be available wh e n e ver info rm a tion Is desired. Brother Jo h n Stewart was put in charge of installin g the shelves and the large quantity of o l d Journals and other matter. Whil e there is a considerable amount of this material it does not b eg in to take up the space available. All records to be tiled here for many years to com e wi ll be carefully placed a nd l< e pt In good condition.

Detroit Alumni Chapter of Acacia

Brother Oscar C. Hu ll , at th i s writing, Is pr e paring for a big dinner t o be held In Detroit for all Acacia in the city, to b e held near th e middle of April. Brother Arthur R. Smith, our present V. D., is planning to cooperate with them on that d ate with the idea of forming an alumni chapt e r of cac ia in Detroit. Th e r e is a large r eprese ntation of Acacia In Detroit from nearly every chapter, and indications are that the organization wi ll be a strong one.

Ca.mpus Activities

Our stock o f camp us activi t y has taken a sudden war boom of lat e. We are deve l oping again the idea that It is the duty of eve ry man in the c h apter to do somthing on th e campus in addition to regu l a r class worl<, and the younger m n are taking to it with encouraging alacr i ty. "Swede" Gormsen, "Curley" Davis and Don Smith are all taking part in getting the 1\Iichigan union opera , "Fools' Paradise," across in its most successful yea r. Frank Miller i s at th e h ea d of th e first rin g of varsity pitchers, an d also finds time to play the center position on the Junior Lit' basketball squad

Acacia now has Brothers Watts and Thompson on th e Michigan Daily. The former is going through the "cub" stage and getting away with it Brother Thompson has the rank of .night editor and has b ee n contributing a series of signed a rticl es l esigned to a•·ouse interest in voluntary military tr a ining. "Tommy" is also taking the masculine lead in the French comedy, "Les Pattes de Mouche,' which will be produced late in April.

One of our March initiates, "Jimmy" Hayes, who out-Gotches Gotch on the mat, is also a pug. He is at pr e sent holder of the campus welterweight championship.

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Brother Harry E. Montelius Is "doing his bit" in th e military campaign by acting as first lieutenant of Co mpany D of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps.

· Ma • oni c A ctivitie •

Brothers George Miller and Norman Roegner-two more March initiates-are takIng an active p a rt in the presentation of "An Eighteenth Century Lodge," a Masonic play being given by th e Craftsmen (student Masons) of the University. The play depicts the Blue Lodge work as it was done at tha.t time in .England. The perf?rmano::e will be given in Detroit, Grand Rapids and Sagmaw durmg the Easter hohdays m April .

Soc!al Activiti e •

Michigan's social comiD!ittee arranged two events during the last two months. The first was the J Hop hous e party held the week end of F eb ruary 9. Eight men the chapter's representation and they testify th a t the event was a land mark m their Jiv es The J hop was held on Friday night in Waterman gymnasium. On S!lturday a formal dance was held at the chapter house. There was plenty of entertamment to keep the p eop le from growing melancholy between dances. Our guests pres e nted the chapter with a pair of beautiful cut glass fruit dishes. The party was by MJrs. L. C. Goodrich of this city and Brother and Mrs. Wm. E. Evans of Detroit. The second party was held in honor of St. Patrick on March 16. This was an Informal dance attended by 22 coupl e s, including the chaperones. Our chaperones for this party were Prof. and Mrs. Arthur G. Hal!,_ Prof. and Clarence T. Johnston, and Mrs. L. C. Gooodrich. Other guests were Bro. ulenus L. Sponsler and Miss M. Selden Ruger, Bro. Robert Rodkey and Bro. Robert Granville

V i s i tor s

Among our recent visitors were Grand President Harry L. Brown, Brother Roscoe Swift of Adrian, Mich , Brother T. Hawley Tapping, Brother McDonald of Owosso, formerly of the Syracuse forestry department; Brother Homer C. Shatrmaster, In addition to those who att e nded our initiation

Nin e high school basketball players from the Lancing (Mich.) High School were our guests on March 23 and 24. The lads were entered in the first. interscholastic basketball tournament which was held h e re to decide the high school basketball championship of the state. Nearly 300 athletes were pres e nt, representing 36 schools. Our guests were good, but they wer e unable to get beyond the third roudn. Michigan fraternities and house clubs took care of the visitors during th e ir stay here.

Michigan Lose s A rthur S mi t h, v. D .

A veritable epidemic of the school - quitting fever struck M l chigan chapter this year and threatened to be more serious than it really was. We regret that It continued until our Venerable Dean, Arthur "Doc" Smith, decided that he, too, would abandon the struggle for higher education. "Doc" has an A. B. degre e and has been studying medicine He is still our official head, but he will l eave in April. His successor has not yet been chosen.

At th e end of the first semester the following brothers l ef t the univ e rsity: William R Woodward, Donald Shields and Jesse Altenburg. All three expect to be back in the fall. The last man left to join the Pittsburg Pirat es on their Southern training trip . We w e re glad to welcome back Brother Collins, who was kept out of school during the first semester by illn ess . Michigan has pledged three men since our last letter. The new additions to our list are: James L Mooney, sophomore eng ineer, from Pittsburg, Pa.; John E. Campbell, junior literary, from Owosso, and son of the editor of the Tyl e r-Keystone, a Masonic magazine of state circulation; Chas. W. L ege man, junior lite rary, specializing In actuarial work, from Ev a nsville, Ind.

KANSAS CHAPTER

K ansas Chapter will this year, for th e fir s t tim e , exceed the mark of 35 members. Initi a tion ha s been resolved into two occasions. On January 26-27 eleven brothers w e re created, the initiation being in every respect the most satisfactory one we have ever h e ld. The class was the largest we h ave h ad, and the attitude of the initiates was as it should h ave been. We believe this was largely due to the separation of the "mock" from the real initiation, and to the fact that the team administered the work in snappy s tyl e.

Our "second crop," our pledge squad, will number nine, unless the chapter scouts out additional prospects before our second, and final, initiation of the year, in May. Th e chapter has found th a t the plan of fewer initiations, with more candidates each tim e, m akes the work more satisfactory.

So c i a lly, th e c h ap ter is more busily engaged than ever before. In the cases of Brothers Rice, Fisk an d H ess, th e "engagement stage" has been passed, leaving about nine other brothers to lead the p a rade to th a t point Our spring party on March 23 was unusu a lly enjoyable. At that time Broth e rs Ferrier , Frizell and Erskine of Kansas State were with u s. The farewell dance down town will be given on Founder 's Day , May 12. Th e day will be celebrated with a smoker at the house in the af ternoon, and the Thirte ent h Fiesta at Ecke's Hall in the evening. At other tim es, in addition to regular house dances, th e re have been held a number of snappy dinner-dancs, various sororiti es bein'g the guests. Brothers Schr e iner , Henson , Rhine, Baysinge r, Miller, by Kansas State during the Easter holidays. En masse delegations of this sort are a great agency for chapter cordiality, and K a nsa s and Kansa s State recommend the same, a t all times , to sister chapte rs.

Reports from the first semester indicate that Acacia will regain its customary lead in schola rship this year, after being relegated to second place last year. Aside from this gene r a l satisfaction, to some have come individual distinction. Irwin has won the Phi B e ta Kappa key. Besides this , three scholarships for next year are "at home " with us-Irwin an d Jolliff e in th e Economics Department, and Baysinger in

Bacteriology. Hake has been chairman of A H 0. K. W ., an organization of student scholarship coaches for laggard athletes.

Th e baseball season of Pan-Hellenic Is at hand , so that, disregarding grand-editorial Instructions , only prediction is possible at this time a to what th old Acacia "veterans" will do. From Captain Irwin down to bat boy, the mention of the league cup evokes a smile of confidence and an anticipatory glance at the trophy shelf.

The chapter is justly proud of the Masonic zeal of its members, not the least evidence of which Is the following list of men who have attained to the 32nd degree: Arend, Baysinger, Burns, Clayton, Fisk, Hake, Ingalls, Irwin Johnson, Kabled, Madden, Miller, Pedroja, Rad e r. Rhine, Rice. Richmond, Richter, Schreiner, Skourup, Smith, Thayer, Treece a nd Welker.

In the recent first issue of the "Scottish Rite News published by Brother Geo. 0. Foster, Secretary of Lawrence Consistory No. 6, announcing the 37th Semiannual Reunion, April 10-13, the editor devoted an entire column to the achievements and spit·it of progress of Kan sas Chapter. In his words , "the Kansas Chapter of the Acacia Fraternity Is considered a 'live-wir ' in Scottish Rite Masonry In Lawrence Valley."

The fraternity house will be the home of another lively "summer gang" this summer. About ten will r emai n after th e end of th e present regular semester, some being new recruit s, but most having had the experience of a summer on and near Mount Oread "Stray sheep" from any sister chapter would find it lnt resting and profitable to spend a summer with us. The proper mixture of thoro work and r ecreation Is to be had. E. BAY INGER.

NEBRASKA'S VENERABLE DEAN', E. EVERETT CARR

During the past year the chapter has had a record of achievement, both wJthin and without, which has never bee n surpassed in its pr e vious history. Its sphere of Influence has become larger, and Its activities more varied. Much credit for this growth must be given to Everett Carr, th e r e tir ing Venerable D ea n. "Judge," tast year, was the chapter's secretary-treasurer, who worked hard to get the records In shape and was elected to his present office by a unanimous vote except his own.

"Judge" has not been content merely to urge others to get out and do things for their university and th e ir fraternity, but had taken part in many activities himself. He has been on two debating teams, both of wh.ich won from Kansas, In the years '16 and '16, being captain in the second year. H e belongs to the professional fraternities, Phi Delta Phi and Phi Alpha Tau, and the honorary fraternity, Delta Sigma Rho. He Is a member and active worker In Y. Mi. C. AJ. In his junior year he had an Important part in th e Junior play and was on the Cornhusker staff.

He won the Callagan law prize for proficiency In history and system of common law. He Is at present assisting in Argumentation at University, Is a member of Student Supreme Court, College of Lawhand will deliver the Ivy Day oration, May 9th, having be e n e l ected to that honor by t e vote of the Senior class.

"Judge" must now turn over the gavel to his successor and will soon leave, to be just as active In the affairs of lif e wherever he practices.

Social Activities

Socially this year has been a very pleasant one for Nebraska. We have glve.n more parti es than usual. All but three of these were give n at the house. And as the Dally Nebras kan puts It, "The Acac.ia Fraternity has a copyright which Is boycotted by all other fraternities, they h ave Hour Mid-Week parties, to which several Rororities have each been a guest." Th e c limax was reached February 10-11, when we had the largest numb er of a lumni ever present at the annual banquet. Th e next big event will be Pan-Hellenic dance at the Auditorium, May 5th, to which most Ac.aclans will be, with b e lls. As our Institution i s Masonic In its foundation it Is essential that Acacia should strive to promote cordial Masonic relations. This side of Acacia life Is very strong here W e sometimes attend the Masonic banquets en masse. Very often one of our members Is on the toast list, and sometimes we furnish music.

Our house Is quite a Masonic center in the school. Candidates are continually being sent here for posting. Th ey can sure get the instructions for which they come, especially If Myron J. Garey Is around Myron is said by some of the Grand Offic ers , to be one of the best posted Masons in the state. He can till any chair In the Blue Lodge. Broth e rs Claude Dally and George Patterson have ridden the goat, not stopping with Scottish Rite membership, but on to the Shrine. George Staten is a Scottish Rite, and Garey Is now a Fourteenth Degree and expects to take more work In May, when several of the boys expect to spend their loose change.

But with our parties and Masonic work, Acacia has more than her share of honors. Individually there Is Captain O ver man, whom Manager Guy R eed is confident will win Missouri Valley honors In th e m.ile rac e; Graf Is not far behind; Pettygrove hits the cinder path with vengeance, and A. Reese Is making his nam e by putting the shot. Carr was captain of the debating team that upheld the record by again picking the feathers from the Kansas Jayhawk. Heller was o n the football squad and Mleier played basketball. Clark Is out for baseball.

We even carried the honors Into our school work. Thre e are members of honorary societies: Power is Phi Beta Kappa; Carr, Delta Sigma Rho; Holtz, Innocent. We have fifteen members of eight professional fraternitie s, two members of Dramatic Club, five members of the Glee Club, two m embe rs of Student Supreme Court, College of Law; ftve members of the Engineering Society, three members of the Math Club, three members of Commercial Club, three members of Pre-Medl.c Society, business manager and assistant business manager of Daily Nebraskan, asststant business manager of University Weelt two captains and four non-commissioned officers In the Cadet Regiment, and four men' who assist in their respective departments at University. All shows that some of the men have meetings nearly every night.

But the b est Is yet to come, still Acac.ia Is high in scholarship. The official reports are not yet out, but if we aren't first we can boast under the authority of Executive

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Dean th a t all National Greek Letter fraternitie s are so far behind they can't even get '16 has taken little Ruth Shumway as his wife and gone to south America to do Geology work. H. P. Shumway , '15, is now studying medicine in Red Cross work of France

Drop in and see us when yo u go by. We want you.

ILLINOIS

We start ed th e second se m ester in ea rnest when we gave our annual formal party on the eve nin g of the 16th of February. The party was given a t the Club, we all f eel that the social commjttee d ese rves a great deal of cred1t for the way 1n whi c h th ey put the affair across. Th e b a llroom , lobb y and ninin g room of the club were beau tifully decorated with r oses a nd vines. Each girl rec e iv ed as a f av or a small silv e r bud vase with the word "Acacia/' eng rav e d upon .it. Brothers Webb , M\iller, Picl<ett and Boggs, of Purdu e Chapter, w ere h ere , a nd th ey brou g ht Rosy Ros e n.cranz, '16 Wisconsin, with th e m. As a r e pr ese ntative of our own out-of-town alumnt, Red Worsham came up from Pari s We w e r e mighty g lad to h ave R e d h e r e, as most of the men had n ever met him before. On Saturday eve ning we e nt er tained the out-of- town guests at d inn e r, th e n att e nd ed th e basketball game between Illinois and Purdu e , and returned to the hou se for an informal recept i o-n W e s p e nt the eve nmg a t ca rds and dancin g.

On the afternoon of March 3d we took a c lass of s i x ca ndi da t.,s ov e r th e journey to the Hall of Acacia Th ey wer e: J T. Z a l esk i '20, W. A. Diesel '20, H. A Reynolds ' 20 , T. M Can n o n '18 , D. C. Colmey '18, and A. T. Young '17. Six more are to b e initiat e d M a rch 9th. Th ese are: H. A. W i nkl e m a n, P. G.; C. W McKnight '19, G W Unger '18, T. A. Halsh '18, F. D Ball '18, and H. G. Abbott '1 8. This will bring the roll of our cha pte r up to thirty-two.

We are keeping up our end in athletics through Monty Mongrieg a nd th e Co llins boys. Monty th r ows the javelin a bout as well as anyone in the co nf ere nce, Lathan Is a sprint er, and C laude is a n a ll - around man on the fr es hman varsity. Just before t h e relay games he set a record in th e all-aro-und which was higher th a n the mark which won th a t event.

P. H. Brown h as pr ese nt ed th e chapter with a fl ag w hi c h will float over th e door o n suitabl e occasions.

Th e T . K . E. hous e was partially burn ed about the 1st of F e bruary, and the boys w ere driven from the i r hom e We entertained two o f th e m until t he fraternity found n ew qua rter s

The fraternity grades h a ve not b ee n published as yet, but with a grade o-f consi derab l y over eigh t y we hope to be a t o r n ea r the top.

Most of the brothers will attend th e M aso ni c U ni o n d a nce at the Champaign Acacia tak e s an ac tiv e i ntl\rest in th e Masonic Union and every

During the last w ee k of January we e nt e rt a in ed the Grand Officers and L ec turers who we re h e r e for the School of I n struction . We did not l et our social affairs stop with th e form a l, for about a dozen of the bo ys attended th e military b a ll on February 23d. March 11th is to be Patroness Day, and March 25 th is th e d ay of th e s eco nd a lumni dinner

Bill A nd e rson finish ed school at th e en d of the first semester, and Is now testing milk for th e state.

Bill Morrison also finished up a nd is in his law offi ce in U rb a na.

We a re a littl e proud of ours e l ves h e re Our house is full, the new mCJ)1 are initiated, a nd we are accomplishing something

On Sunday, April 25th, we entertained and w e re e nt erta in e d by ou r alumni at dinner her e a t the house Most of the local alumni were pr ese nt, and Broth er 0. R. Clements dropped in from Marshall to talk over old and n e w times once more. Broth e r H oste tl e r made a hit with th e ki ds, especially Brother Snodgrass' little girl. After dinn er th e chapter was given a pl easant surprise by the last class of initiates, who presented the house with a beautiful floor lamp. Our orchestra lent a hand in the afternoon 's e nt e rt a inm e nt. At th e close of th e f e stiviti es w e returned to our regular course, feeling that we had profit e d by h a vin g had our a lumni with us. It is ce rtain that some of th e n e w m e mb e rs l earned some Acacia traditio-n, and it is only to be reg ret t ed that we do not have more of such gatherings.

Schola rship

According to Connie Mack, the White So x a re going to "cop" first p l ace in the American League this yea r If th ey do they will b e in a class with us, since we "copped" first place in scholarship last seme ster. We decided at the beginning of the sem ester that first place was th e place for us , and we made it with an average of 83.42 per cent. We were c losely followed by Phi K ap pa Tau We hope to be able to stand thi s pr ospe rit y an d hold thi s mu c h desired position

Inter- Frat ernity Ath letics

T he bowling season did not end as favorably for us as we hoped from the start that we made. A n off-night when w e rolled the "Dek e s," the absence of three - fifths of the team when we rolled the Sigma Nus, and th e "Delt" steam roller which seems to b e invincible, ac c ounts for our perce ntage of fiv e hundred We have more match to roll wi th an e ven chance of wjnning it.

Th e boys are now turning th e ir thou g hts to the approaching gaseball season. T h e last tw o Saturday afternoons have been spent on South Campus under the watchfu l eye qaptain Foote, who is lining up the material. It is a little early t o make any predictiOns as to how we will come out. Collins, Cannon, Carbaugh and Byers look like ! hey m igh t be ab le to make the opposing te a ms hump th emse lves to win from us.

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'l'he Electrical Show

The Biennial Electrical Show, put on by the stud nts of the Electrical Engineering Department, Is scheduled for the 12th, 13th and 14th of April. The show Is managed entirely by the students, and It is the largest of any of the enter}.lrlses undetraken by the students at the University. The majority of the exhibits are 'stunts," devised and built by the students Acacia again stands to the fore in this show, with Brother Hostetler as general manager and Brother Gordon as the builder of a large electrJc fountain, the centerpiece of the show.

Bellef Fund

Mr. Baker of New York City has been here at Illinois, working in the Interests of the Belgian Relief Fund. He has started a campaign for six thousand nine hundred dollars for the benefit of the children In the town of Muysen, Belgium. An anonymous philanthropist has promised to duplicate every dollar given by the students here up to the sum of five thousand dollars. So far local workers have met with success, and in all likelihood the money will soon be obtained.

All-lJniverslty Masonic Dance

We were well represented on the general committee which made arrangements for the Masonic Union dance given at the Champaign Temple, March 19. The great success of the party was due in no small measure to the work of Ted Halsh and Bill Morrison, who were chairmen of the advertising and finance committees respectively. Bon Kirk and wife were among the "invited guests of honor."

llifuBica.l

The University Military Band gave its annual concert on March 2. The program was well rendered and highly appreciated by the audience The Acacia men in the band are Bon Kirk, "Stub" Shawl, "Red" Kirby, "Les" Cannon, "Rock" Olmsted and "Toot" Diesel.

One of the features of the popular concert given March 31 was the vocal quartette work of our boys. Our quartette gave the Rader evangelistic meetings a send-off with some special music on the afternoon of April 1. Their next program will be before the Champaign Chamber of Commerce at their banquet on April 2.

Visitors

Brother Bill Rominger dropped in on us on March 25th an d again on the 30th, when he came for the Alpha Omrlcon Pi formal.

Brother Carl Wolfe paid us a visit while in town attending the Eta Kappa Nu conv ention.

Brother Frank Fletcher has been with us for several weeks. He is coaching the freshman varsity baseball team. He has signed a contract with the Alton team of the Thr ee Eye League for the coming season.

Brother Charlie Wagner has returned to school after being out for several days through sickness.

Ambulance Service

An Ambulance Corps, which Is to go to France in June, is being organized here and Brothers Byers, Cookson and Shawl have signed up to go.

Honora

Brother Foote was rec ently elected to Scabbard and Blade, Military, and Brother Gordon has been elected to Eta Kappa Nu, Electrical Engineering, and Theta Tau, Engineering.

NEWS FROM MINNESOTA CHAPTER

that has happened or may happen here at Minnesota Is overshadowed by th e war situation. The boys of our chapter a r e holding themselves in readiness for any service for which they may be qualified. V. D. Dr. Forsythe has already enrolled in the Medical Reserve and may be called out at any time.

With characteristic pluck and pep, Brother Rudy Wheaton has been the first to enlist. He has gone into the navy as an able bodied seamen. He passed through the city April 12th on his way to the naval training station and the boys turned out to see him off and bid him goodbye.

Brother Lester Johnson of the Kansas, Chicago and Minnesota Chapters, and a bright ornament of them all, is now serving in the American Ambulance Corps in France. Some of the brothers have recently rec eived cards from him in gay Paree where no doubt he has given the city a thorough looking over.

In accordance with a suggestion of the Grand Counselor we hav e changed our fiscal year to begin the middle of April. We shall hold an e le ction soon to get readjusted.Brother Harold Searles, who graduated last semester, is with us now taking Civil Service Examinations.

Brother August Neubauer, Lynn Martin, and Arlington Sandt have all visited us within the last few days. We enjoy nothing more than having our alumni keep in touch with us by frequent visits or otherwise.

Brother George Barnum has just gone through the Scottish Rite, including the thirty-second degree. He is somewhat shaken up and fatigued by the strenuous session but very much pleased with the work. The class he was in contained 102 men, the largest class that has ever gone through here at one time.

Initiates

Th e following were initiated March 3rd, 1917: Leonard Kinsell of Minneapolis, Minn., a m ember of Khurum Lodge, and a sophomore academic student. Leonard is a member of one of the best musical organizations in the city, the Apollo Club. He also allows his magnificent bass voice to be

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heard in the choir of the Gethsemane Ch urch. He has designs on a law course next yearLeRoy Thomas, Dodgeville, Wis., a sophomore dental student. Tommy's disposition and his distinguished ability as a fusser make him a welcome additiOn to our numbers.

Carl Louis Schumann, B. S., M. S., and Ph. D. Doc is a graduate of the University of Michigan, where he acq uired his other degrees also and found time to participate in co ll ege activities. He was rewarded with the position of President of the State Oratorical Association as a recognition of his abi lity in debate and oratory. We as a chapter can testify that this honor was not lightly bestowed. Doc can argue any man in the house under the table, including our esteemed brother from Wisconsin, Archie McQuarrie, and we confidently assert that that is indeed a noteworthy ac hiev ement.

Oliver W. G uilb ert, whose birthp l ace i s North Yamhill, Oregon, and whose pre sent place of residence is Waseca, Minn., is pursuing a course in ph a rma cy caleulated to make him a dangerous rival of Brother Pau l Stucky, also of Waseca. Twi sty won an eterna l place in our affectio n s by making u s an Easter gift of a box of perfectly good candy and a box of very exce ll ent cigars. We are strong for him.

WISCONSIN

If you think that th e Wisconsin C hapter has not had a successfu l season, then it's because we have not been able to ge t th e go od news to the pl"inter on time. This latter fault was all o urs, and we tak e the blame.

However, before we go to telling a ll our good and bad points, we will say that we have so far initiated to th e sacred realms fifteen brothers and have left four more. Th ese are to be worked upon a t the annual Founder's Day cel ebra t ion.

Th e Venerable Dean of last s emes t er, John Pederson, finished his co ur se in the Engineering sc hool a nd accepted a position with a Chicago firm, and this action n ecessitated the e le ction of a new V. D. Brother Carl F. Young was chosen ta pilot the chapter for the remainder of the year. Venerable Dean Young is a law, and will get his degree in June This is his third year as an Acac ian. Needless to say, "Torchy" will deliver the goods.

Th e chapter has been after all the available material, never stopping in the quest for the Acacia kind, and we feel tl) a t the men chosen have been those most fitted to uphold the ideals we are taught. We have had a good supp l y of Masons to pick from, there being around a hundr ed regist e red in th e University.

Believing that the younger the average age, th e mo re "peppy" the chapter, we have been careful to look over th e material from th a t standpoint as well as the condition of scholarship and the result is th e boys are all active in some lin e or other, each doing his best.

Th e chapter takes particular pains to keep in close touch with the alumni through the Wisconsin lett er a nd it sure does the stunt

Up-to-date we are pleased to introduce to yo u the following Honor men: Bro C. L Holman, Beta G a mm a Sigma, honor ary cammerce socie t y; Bro. Frank Birch and Bro. L. E. Meyer, Sigma Delta Chi, honorary journalistic society. In the professional fraternities we h ave , Bros. Edward Van Liere, Harold Axely, Eber Simpson a nd Karl Borsack ,in th e m e dical society, Phi Beta Pi. Bros. Finlay Crawford and Geo. Armstrong a r e in the g r ad uat e f r ate rnit y Phi Eta, a nd Bros. Wells Gregg Is a member of Alpha Chi Sigma, chemical society.

Bros. Edward J . Van Liere r epresen t s the fraternity in Sigma Xi, honorary scientific fraternity.

Social A ctivities

Socially, we have h eld our own, and th e most importa nt event being0 the Acacia Formal. This affair was held a t th e Woman's Building March sixteenth and consisted of a dinner at seven o'clocl< followed by th e big dance. When one a. m. rolled around th e thirty-five Acacians present a ll agreed th a t it was the best ever and the fair ones still t e ll us what a fine party it was. v'l'e closed the celebration by bringing the girls over to an inform a l dinn er at the chapter h ouse on Sunday

The day that school closed for the holidays we h ad the annual Christmas party. The presence of Brother P etura of New York City, one of our charter members, and his wife added to the usual pleasantness of the evening. Th e on l y social eve nt of importance since the holidays was the Acacia Prom Party. Thirty couples, composed of active and alumni members, took In the biggest ilVe nt of the schoo l social calendar and they had a wonderful time. The Prom was held in the n ew $7,000,000-state cap itol and was attended by over six hundred couple. A formal dinner at the chapter hous e preceded the P rom. On the following day we h ad a sleigh ride party In the afternoon and an inform a l dance at the house In the evening. The festivltjes closed on Sunday with a dinner at the hous e Every one reported a glorious time and it will go down as the largest showing ever made by this chapter at that event.

April first, th e chapter held an Initiati on, bringing to the true light the following new members: Eber Simpson, of Oshkosh; Meade Morris, of Madison; Wallace Zapf, of Buffalo, N . Y.; and George Gross , of Harrisburg, Penn . These men represent th e medical, l e tters and science, commerce and engineering colleges respectively.

Graduation will remove from the r anks Brothers Young, Van L!ere Axely Brend e l, Figgins and T ay lor, but there will be a strong delegation that are expecttng to return n ext fall, if the war permits, so that next year Acacia at Wisconsin should surpass all others.

W is co nsin's N ew Pledges

t h e last time the Journal was published, we have pledged the following

Allan A. Edwards of Buffalo, N Y., a freshman in the commerce course was pledged at the beginning of the semester. He has pitched for Technical High School

In Butralo and will make a first class Acacian at l east o far as our ball t eo. m l s concerned. Edwards Is a hurl e r of considerabl e experi e nce. In his prep-sch o ol days he pitched to Wally Schang, sta r backstop of the Ph!ladelphla A thl tics, and one of his opponents, whom Edwards beat In a 2 tQ 1 battl e , has since risen to the big show-Emke, the Pacific Coast l e aguer whom th e D e troit Tigers hav e drafted .

Henry C. Fuller, a Commerce freshman from Whitewate r, I one of our latest additions. "Hank holds down th e job as man cl e rk b e tw e en here and M!lwauk ee as well as attending the University, and is of considerable Importance In helping the t'ellQwB get their letters out on time.

Morgan T Binney of Kansas City comes to us as a graduate student In the Agronomy department. He sets the styles for the chapter wh e n It comes to real flashy vests .

Dr. C. H. Mills, Dean of the chool of Music, is also a n enthusiastic pledge , and we are anxiously waiting the pleasure of helping him compl e te his Acacia work.

A t hle ti c s

In athletics we hav e amongst us Eb e r Simpson, th e only three "W " man In the Univ e rsity. Eber has mad e a name for himself In football, basketball and track and still has another year to add to his laur e ls. He Is w e ll known to all Big Nine schools as a true sportsman, and here at Wisconsin ev e r y student sp e aks of him a s a r e gular fellow. (He Is "some student.'')

Pledge Brother Edwards and oth e rs, of whom more will be mention e d after they have delivered the goods, promise to g e t the Inter-Fraternity baseball cup for the chapter this year, so this will serve as an advance notice.

Our bowling te a m has an average of more than 500 In the Inter-Fraternity league. The season is about half over, and we have some new roll rs with good reps, so our hopes are not yet shatt e red.

In the Inter-Frat e rnity basketball championships we hav e won two games and only lost one. The boys have been admiring the cups that are up for the winners, and you never can tell--

Eber Simpson Is our repr e sentative on th e varsity basket tossers' squad. He generally g e ts a favorable pr e ss notice following a game

Brother Holman made the Student activity c olumn pQssblle by being elevated to the position as president of the Commerce Club. Also Brother Birch was elected to Sigma Delta Chi, journalistic honor fraternity.

Brother Russell Taylor, our only repres e ntative on the Border, was must e red out o-f service right after the holidays and has return e d to the University to finish his cours e In the Commerce school. We are glad that he is with us a g ain. Russell Is a wrestler and the varsity squad is happy also.

In closing I will say that the motto adopted from now on Is "A New House for Next Year." We have a committe e that has been working on the subject and already they have made some wonderful discov e ries. We w!11 , h Qwev e r, make our secr e t known in full at a later date.

CORNELL

Expected Visi t of Mr. Bry a n

The chapter hopes that b e fore the May issue of the .Journal has left the press, It will have had the very great honor of entertaining Broth e r William .Jennings Bryan. According to present plans Mr. Bryan is to speak before the Inter-Collegiate Temperance Association here some time during the latter part Qf April. It is also expected that he will address the University community at a Convocation hour. For s e veral years past m e n of prom i n e nc e hav e b e en engage d to addr e ss th e University Community These addresses are given in Ba!ley Hall at noon, and all University work is suspended for the hour. Recently Major General George W. Goothols pr e sented a v e ry Instructive i ll ustrated lecture on "The Constructive Featur e s of the Panama Canal."

Ac a cia D a nce

On Friday evening, March 30, the Fraternity held a danc e in the Masonic Hall. University and city Masons were Invited as our guests At 8:30 a gay company of forty o r more couples wended their way into the large hall, which had been very artistically decorat e d. The hours glided by all too swiftly, for the music was fine and everybody enjoyed themselves.

Acacia-Mu Phi Epsilon Party

Our good friends, Brother and Mrs. Ellis, remembered us once mor e this year. One night early in February we were all invited to th e ir home for our "annual" partyfor these "parties" have , for several y e ars past, come to be considered as a permanent part of our program. Tl)e other participants w e re the "Mu Phi" girls-members of one of the Conservatot·y sororities of which Mrs . Ellis is a patroness. After a varied program of vocal and instrumental music, our hostess served a spl e ndid collation of cream, cakes, ca n dles, etc. Loath to depart, we repeated parts of the program, until -well , it was qu ite late when the happy party broke up, thanked our host and hostess, took the "girls" home and journeyed back to the house.

Letters to Alumni

We are again following out the plan of writing to our alumni. The plan, which was i n augurated several years ago, is carried out by having each active man write six or seven personal letters during the year. 4

M a sonic Interest

A number of our men have taken SQme advanced work In Masonry rec e ntly. Broth er Bray is now a member of the Shrine Brother Andrae and V. D. McVetty have taken t h e work of the Scottish Rite, and are now masters of the Royal Secret. At a m eet in g of Eagl e Chapter No. 58, l a st mo n th, there were ten Acaclans (counti n g o u r alu mni ) o ut of a t otal Qf t we n ty-one. Three of the chai r s were fi ll ed by o ur a l um n i a n d t wo by active men. Th r ee of our a l umni, Bro the r s Cham b erlain, Massey

and Stewart, sought further light in Masonry. Brother Beldon is taking his chapter work at his home. He will receive the Royal Arch degree during his Easter vacation. Seven of our members are chapter Masons; three belong to the Council, three to the Command ery , four are Scottish Rite Masons, three are Shrlners and one Js a member of the Grotto.

The lll'ew Victrola

We have purchased a new Victrola. The money was raised by subscription and is a gift from the active men to the house. The machine is enca sed in a beautiful mission wood cabinet which harmonizes with the wood worlt of the Chapter Hall. The syste m of placing a man's n a me on each new record he buys has resulted in the donating of a large coJlectio n of fine records.

Proposed Addition to the House

For some time the need of a larger house has been felt by the active members. The dining room is too smaJI as it has accommodations for only eighteen men. A new house at present seems out of the question. A com mittee was appointed and tentative plans for an extens ion to the house have been drawn up and bids have been submitted. Th e plans call for a ten-foot exte nsion to the dining room on the north end of th e hous e Two additional rooms on the second ftoor and a sleeping porch on the third floor h ave been provided for The new dining room would accommodate twenty-five or thirty men, and the additional rooms and sleeping porch wou ld give us room for twe l ve additional men.

Smokers forr 'D'niveraity :Masons

Our intention of setting aside one Sunday ni g ht each -:non th for the entertainment of th e University Masons was announced in the last issue of the .Journal. Several of these smokers have been held and have pro ved to be quite successful. It is our desire that w e may meet every Mason of th e University community In this way before .Tune .

The Traveler

The l ast i ssue of Th e Traveler came out In a n ew coat. Brother Urband , an instructor in Architec tur e, prepa red a very attractive and artistic cover design, which ls rich in symbols of ritua li stic value. A r ece nt attempt to ope n columns for letters from the alumni has already proved interesting and profitabl e.

Cornell-Syracuse Game

Although athletic relations between Syracuse and Cornell are somewhat strai n e d , the Acacians are on the best of terms Last yea r Corn e ll Acacia se nt a basebaJI nine, with one or two substitutes a n d cheerers, to Syracuse, a n d an exciting baJI game, which ended jn a ti e, was p l ayed. Th is year it is up to Sy r acuse, a n d we are hoping they m ay be ab l e to run over to Ithaca during the spring.

CHICAGO

Two full-fledged memb ers have been added to the Chicago Chapter roll since th e last .Journal. .John Weaver Frey of Peoria, Illinois, and Willard Carl Smith of Winchester, Illinois, are our n e w brothers. Chicago Chapter is proud to introduce them to you. .John is a singer of ability, and is a sophomore in the college. Geology a nd a certain wonderfu l Pi Phi are the pr esen t controls of his exi stence. Carl Is a pianist and organist of exce ptional ability. He received h is Bachelor's degree In 1916 from the Illinois State Normal U niv ersity, a n d is doing graduate work In Sociology, .Just now he is frantically endeav or ing t o ke ep from l os in g his fraternity pin-and spring is such a trying time, Carl. R. S. Alexander, now t eaching public speaking at Ames, Iowa, has been p l e dged, and will be initi ated when he returns to the U n iversity duri ng the summer quarter. We have waited long for Alexander to reac h his Third degree, a nd shaJI confer the Fourth with great pleasure

The r eg ular quarterly dance was a Valentine affair, and brought forth a goodly numb er of a lumni. Monthly parties to the Players' Workshop, a t ype of the little theater, h ave added very enjoyable social occasions to our sch ed ul e. Music and buffet lun c h are added attractions towards making the Chicago Chapter more we ll known on th e campus. Th e officers of Republic Lodge No. 914 were entertained at dinner a nd cards, more firmly uniting us to our best Mason i c friends In Chicago. An informal dance, th e usu a l theater parties, a proposed picnic to th e sand dunes, and a GreekMason smoker will close our social activities for the year.

Broth e rs .r. Freeman Pyle and Roscoe H. R eeve were granted their Bachelor 's degree at th e Mlarc h convocation Both wi ll continue their study, Pyle In history and education, and Reeve in medi cine .T une will end the coJlege courses of Brothers C. C. Crossland in Comme rce and Administ r ation, an d L. A. Walch in Law. Fellowships in Sociology and Geography for 1917-18 h ave bee n awarded to Bro th ers Frederick M. Th ras h er and Robert G. Buzzard, respectively

Notwith sta nding th e Acacians In th e University band, Chicago C h apter has been gaining more musical l aurels. Brother .r Beach Cragun has wri tt en the music for ten of the twenty-one numbers of the Blackfrlars' annual musical comedy, "A Myth In Mandel.' Th e next competitor placed four compositions Brothers Frey, Gore and are expec ted t o place In the production. Brother W. C. Smith Is pianist. Acacia IS supplying her quota of men in the newly Installed military Instructi on Brother Morgan is a memb er of the Offic ers' Reserve Corps, having had two years of mtlltary training in the Colorado Agricultural College. Brother G. W. Friederich has qualified as a marksman on the Fort Sheridan rift e range. Th e team for Masonic degree work is rapidly rounding into condition. Republ1c Lodge No. 914 has designat e d April 16 as "Acacia Night," and besides exemplifying First degree, the chapter is to e ntertain w ith the Acacia songs

Our guest book exhibits es p ec ial distinction in the recording of the visit of Dr and Mrs. Marshall, Acacians No. 1 of Michigan Chapter. W hil e pursuing graduate work at the l_Tmversity of Illinois Co lle ge of Medicine, Dr. Marshal! found time to pay u s

some most delightful visits, and to be present at our Initiation. Among other guests were H. V. Patten of Colorado Chapter, Heller of Illinois, L. W. Morrow of Corne ll; Brother a nd Mrs. Cockrell of Illinois, Dr. an d Mrs. Moore of our own chapter. H. M. Richards and E D. Freeman of th e University of Oklahoma Masonic Club, and Broth e rs Gleason, Ratcliff, Melton, Pyle, Jackson, Wreldt and Ric e of Chicago.

Scarlet fever and G erman measles are causing much Inconvenience In the university After two thrilling escapes from being quarantined, the chapter flees as a body when a small red pimple adorns a brother. Medical examination preceded class attendance this quarter, hoping to eradicate the dis ease.

Th e University of Chicago has added another Gree k fraternity to Its roll. A chapter of Tau K a ppa Epsilon was added In February. We are glad to welcome this sister fraternity to our midst, and wish her the best of success.

Chicago Chapter Is planning a new type of social activity In the form of a MasonicGreek smoker. The Masons In the University who are active or alumni Greeks are to be guests. Th e frat e rntii es will be asked for li sts of their active Masons, and the unlver·slty wi ll be canvassed for th e Inactive Greeks. An understanding will be made to th e efl'ect that this Is not a rushing party. We believe that a better footing will be established betwe e n Greeks and Acacia by so lolng Speeches from Greek Masons wHl mak e up part of th e program, and a discussion of Greek-Acacia relations will ensue.

Our spring rushing campaign Is und e r w ay.

Brother Leslie T .Bare h as left us for his home In Cleveland, Ohio , and Brother C. C Crossland has been forced to move to other quarters, l eav ing us with unused hous e room. Already fi ve or six good men are on the rush list, and w e hope to add them this quart e r

Plans for th e summer quarter are being put under way. Th e overflow of last s ummer, we hop e, will be repeated. Our enlarged dining room will take care of the eating part, and we have secured rooms for th e visiting brethren n ext door . Letters will be sent the chapters asking for the names of brothers expec tin g to attend our summer school, that we may ex t e nd the court e si es and privil eges of the chapt e r to (

PURDUE

Ther e are a numb e r of things to write about this time , b ut it is diffi c ult to d e termine which Is th e more Important. We are proud to say th a t the h ouse is in pretty good shape when it comes to members, w e now h avi ng thirt y -three active men, thirtyone of whom hav e been Initiated, and only ten of th e se will l eave us by graduation. This w ill Insure a good nucl e us for th e chap t e r next year. Th e spring Initiation was held March 31, with severa l members of the faculty present . Th at triangle is none too lar ge just now , and wh e n a fu ll attendance is had, is crowded. W e have revi sed our lo cal constitution and bylaws to m eet th e new conditions. Th e office of chapter editor h as been institut e d, which combines the duti es of the libra rian with some of the corresponding secretary's. The ch ap t er editor will have charge of the Hour Glas s, the chap t er l e tt e rs and a ll Journal dat a, and of the library, and Is to be asl;listed by two· m e n apopi nt e d by th e V. D We hop e In this way that more e ffi c i ent work may be done a nd that yo ur alumni ca n b e kept bett e r informP.d as to happ e nings at the chapter hou se. You no doubt hav e by this tim e received a l ette r from some memb e r at th e hou e. It is our pl an to have each man In the house write thre e or four alumni r egu l ar l y of thin gs he w ill be intE-r es ted in A Iso the office of treasurer will be abo lish ed after this year, and the hous e accounts will be handl ed by th e steward, who wi ll h ave a n ass istant, who shall be e l ec t ed In May to se rve until the second s e mest e r, when we shall h ave anotheor e l ection. He may b e re-elected If his work has proven satisfactory. The plan, we f eel, will eliminate m uch duplicate work and t e nd to mak e th e managem e nt of the hous e more practical.

A Third Degr ee Team, com pos e d e ntir e ly of m e mbers of Acacia, put on the work rec e ntly for both the city lodges. Prof. Wall ace acted as W. M. and our V D. as Senior Warden, and Harris as Junior Warden. All t h e officers wore dr ess suits, which added greatly to th e dignity and impr essive n ess of the work. Th e tw e lv e c raft and the ruffians were also taken by memb e rs of the local chapter; in f ac t, they just turned the ceremony over to us. A l arge numb e r of out of town Masons were in to witness the work. We were compl imen t ed very highly upon th e thoroughness and impress! v enes of th e work

"Jimmie" Webb Leaves

Much to th e regr et of the lo cal chapter, our V D. had to l eave us t h e latt e r part of April to accept a position at Ce rro de P asco, P eru, with the Ce rro de Pasco Mining Company as civil e ngin eer. By dilllgent and consistent work J i mmi e finished his thesis and brought his regular work up so that he was granted his diploma before he l eft Webb has done a g r ea t deal for th e chapter, and it is due to hi s effo rts that we have such a well rounded chapter His wor]{ will fall to Brother Covalt for the r e mainder o-f th e year. Webb will b e missed greatly by the chapter, but all wish him the best success possible.

Thr ee of our Illinois brethren att e nded our l as t dance on March 10, which w as s ur e a success. Som e fift ee n of the fellows attended the prom on April 27 , and the Harlequin Show the fo llo wi ng ni ght. After th e show a little dancing party was held In the Chapte r House, followed by a midnight lunch. Our house party Is sch e duled for May 17-20 , and Is dir ec t ed by Car l Mi ll e r , c h airman; J. A . Wood and L. M . Pi ckett, who assure us th a t a good tim e Is In store for us. Th e chapter would li!{ e to have as many of you as possibl e on hand for that occasion.

Visitortl

Th e chapter has been f ortu nat e in having quite a few alumni and visitors drop In r ece ntl y, a nd we are always ready to show you the best time possible. Brother Rosencranz (Wisconsin), "Pe te" Morris on (Penn State), A. L. Leonard (Yale), H. L. Chapin, G. E Metzger, B enny Thompson , 0. L Robinson, K L. Stockton, Bernard Thompson, G. H Eddy, E. P. Bra c kn ey, C hris Mertz, R. E. Simpson, P S. Richey, M. B W Shriver, R. J Harrison , J T Montgomery, D. S Kane, Don Gilbert, Car l Malott, Les Selby, W.

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S. Harrah, E. H. Dldlake, Charlie Boone, E. J. Mendenhall, A. Fleenor, F. C. Kroeger, T. S. Townsley, G. M. Williams, C. F. Williams, J. W. Shera, Roland Downs and G. S. Gilbert have all been in to see us at some time this year.

COLUMBIA

The Columbia Chapter has initiated six candidates to date and has three pledgee on the list.

D. D MacMasters of Johnstown, Pa., had the distin cti on of being the first to be Initiated this year. Brother MacMasters is a Shriner. He has been serving as a principal of the schools and Is specializing at Columbia J n the School of Administration.

C E Moore, Wenatchee, Wash., A. B., Colorado State Teachers' College, Is another pedagogue who Is a real asset to Acacia. He, too, is specializing as a School Administrator.

F M. Beegle, Worcester, Ohio, a University Fellow in ChemJstry, brings a fine scholastic record with the social qualities that mark the Columbia Chapter standards. Brother Beegle Is an Alpha Chi Sigma, Chemical Fraternity, and Phia Kappa Phi

R. L. Lamson halls from Massachusetts, B. S C. Aggie 1912. Candidate for Ph D. In the Department of Bacteriology In Columbia, connected with the Bureau of Chemistry, U. S Department of Agriculture.

C B. Moore of Nebraska was recently initiated. Broth er Mloore is an A. B. from Wesleyan. From Clarke University he is an A. M. and is a candidate for Ph. D. m Columbia.

R. W. Hyndman of Churubusco, Ind., was the sixth member to be initiated Brother Hyndman is a mathematician, specializing Mathematics and School Administration

The pledges are J. C. Lewis and Francis X. Karrer. · Dr. Alfred Lawrence h as prese nted the chapter with a fine American flag with the comment: "In these troublous times It Is fit that every true American should think seriously on the matters that are of such momentous import to our country and to tJ:! e world With this thought in mind, I have ord e r e d an American flag for the Fraternity House. I present it to the Fraternity to cherish, to preserve and perhaps to defend, If occasion calls, for I take It that no man can be a true Acaclan who is not a 1 11so a true patriot. The 'Admiral' (Lieut. Commander Schoenfeld) will instruct you In a the uses and customs of our national banner."

Active Dl:en

Brother Woodward has a teaching fellowship in Mathematics and is making a worthy representative of the Pythagoreans.

Brother Schoenfeld, "The Admiral," has proved himself proficient as a lecturer on naval topics. The "Admiral" has held a commission In Uncle Sam's Navy for sixteen years and knows whereof he speaks.

Brother Garard is a University Fellow In Chemistry this year.

Venerable Dean Jones was selected by the Dean of Law School as a Moot Court Advisor, and recently represented the Littleton Moot Court In the Inter-Moot Court contest Villitor.

Recent visitors at Columbia Chapter House are George L. Schoonover, secretary National Masonic R esearch of Anamosa, Iowa; W. S. Taylor, Wisconsin; H. H. Howard, 0. E. Becker, CYf Harvard; C. G. Beersman, Franklin; Frank Purnell, of

Now that the chapter Is established In the House, Columbia Acaclans are especially anxious that all Acacians call when in the city.

Social

Dr. J. Gardner Smith, a promin e nt ph ysic ian of the city and an alumnus of Columbia Chapter, recently gave a l ec ture on Birth Control at one of the chapter smokers . "The Admiral" gave a lectur e at the smoker held at th e House March 31st. He discu ssed the organization of a battleship, target practice and maneuvers in his characteristic, effective style.

A numb e r of Acacians and fri e nds were given a treat in the l ect ure by Dr. Lawrenc e, who exhibited h i s l arge coll ec tion of rare o l d co ins and spoke on their history.

The annual Columbia Masonic dinner of February 22 was h e ld at Little Hungary and was a success from first to last. Boh em ian life was In evidence In characteris tic fo rm a nd everybody celebrated. Fifty men were pr ese nt.

Vi8it to Order of Ea•tern Star

Nineteen Columbia M asons en joy ed the hospit a lity of Laurel h apte r, 0. E. S., at Carnegie Hall, Friday evening, March 24th. It was Master Masons' night, and th e trip was a d ec id ed success. Every man was given a souvenir in the form of a leather match case neatly stamped In gold.

This is the on l y 0. E S. trip o f the season, though a numb er of trip s to various Masonic l odges have been conducte d for the benefit of the Masons in the uni v ersity.

Acacia Sunday after noon t ea s are prov i ng popul ar. Tea Is served alternate Sunday afternoons. Mrs. Dr. L awrence has presented the chapter with a beautiful tea set.

IOWA STATE CHAPTER Initiation•

On Feb 22 occ urr e d the Initiation , as an honorary member, of Rev. Jo s Fort N ewto n, of Cedar Rapids, Iow a Brot h er Newton h as been call ed to the pastorate of the City T emple C hurch, of London, Eng., and ex p ec ts to leave for his char ge In a fe w w ee ks.

He is the a uthor of " Th e Build e r s," th e book which the Grand Lodge of thi s state has pres e nted to every man who h as received hi s third d eg ree in the last two years He is the e ditor of "T h e Builder," the official pub li ca tion of th e Nation a l Masonic Re search Society and is a l s o the author of seve r a l other sm a ll e r books an d pamphlets

After the ceremonies Brother Newton gave a very interesting t a lk on Masonry i n Scotland and England.

Iowa State Chap t e r is proud of the fac t th a t w e h a ve added B roth er Newton's name to our chapter roll.

Mr. H. W. Hulb e rt, a fellow in t h e Farm Co r ps Department , wa s also Initiated on the same eve ning. ·

'J'wo other initiations were held last month. The first time R. L. M er ritt, Junior C. E. of St. Pe t er, Minn. , and Karl J. Schmidt, Soph. Str . D es . of Mannning, successfully ro de the w aves to m e mb e rship and on the other occasion Mr. B. M. Stevenson, Jr. Vet. ol' Rockwe ll City, a nd V. L. Rein, Jr C E. of Hubb a rd, successfully completed the ard u o u s journey.

Social Life

On Feb ru ary 16 a nd 17 we h ad open hou se On the night of the 16th we e ntertained the member s of the Nation a l Fr a t ern itie s a t a smoker. On Saturday afternoon th e soro riti es were invited to vis i t u s and on Saturday night a goodly number of the f11c ult y paid u s a v i sit.

On M ar ch 1 we held our first dance of the semester. The other two d a tes are April 21 and May 19. On the l atte r date we a r e planning to give a dinn e r dance

Sev e ral fire s ide parti es have been held at differ en t times by some of the boys and their lady fri e nds.

During the se m este r and Easter vacation s dances were h e ld at which the m e mbers of two other fraternities were invited in Pledg'e.

Sin ce th e last repo rt Iowa State has pledged th e following men: Geo Hendricksen of Cedar Falls is t aking Ag Ed.

W . W. Strike of Nashua is a Junior Ag r.

J . L. V a nnoy of Ackley is a Freshman E. E .

Our lon esome little pledge at the pres e nt time is Roy E. Stad ler of B at·abo o, Wis. He is a junior academic and is majoring in Pol itical Science prepa ratory to the study of l aw. H e is another one of our men who is musi ca lly inclined, being a performer on th e c l ar ion t't.

House :Notes

Upon the graduation of Broth ers Bird and Lane, Brothers McKune and were elected to fill their places as recording and cor r espondmg secr e tanes respectively.

On Saturday, April 14, und e r th e supervision of Chief Ruby Pearse, the gang made an a ddition to the yard by planting a variety of tr ees, shrubs and bushes. U nder the direction of Prof . J. C . Wooley, the yard was tiled so that the roof dr ai ns will not cut up th e yards.

Mr. L. D Crane, Deputy Grand Master of Colorado, v isited with us during semester b ee n holding in formal thirty-minute house 'meeting every Tuesday night Different men in the house have c h a rge each time.-

We now h ave six pledges and nm e t ee n members livmg in th e house with two memb ers living outside.

Mr C. R. Sandifer's mother had dinn e r with us on April 11.

Mr. E. T. Cochran of Denison spe nt Sund ay , April 1 5, with us. The former is the fa th e r of R. L. Cochran.

Mr. W. C. Bean, of th e Geology Depa rtm e nt of Cornell University, s pent the week-end in Ames The small amount of time spent at th e house is acco unt e d for by say in g "Th e r e's a Reason. "

At a recent house me e ting H. W. Hulbut was elected captain of our baseball team an d practice for the int e r-frat e rnity ser i es is now under way.

PENN STATE

P e nn State C hapt er has not contributed a chapter letter to th e Journal this year because nothing has happened of interest. Our chapter life has been rather quiet, so we h a v e kept out of print . How e ver, with th e spring of th e year with us, e v e n we feel like c rawling o·ut of our shell and contributing a few paragraphs which, lik e much of th e in s pir e d lit e r a ture produce d in this season of th e year, will soon be forgotten. We came back to co ll ege in the fall with our house filled to within one of Its capacity. The attraction of a big salary with the Bethl e hem Steel Company soon t e mpted Brother Young to l eave us for a year, but both vacancies were soon filled by new men. Thus far we h ave initi a t e d this year Broth e r Feledy ' 17, Mining ; Brother Snodgrass '17, Electrical ; Brother Files '17, Agriculture; Brother Bond '17, ElectrJcal; Broth e r Murtland '20, Electrical: Broth e r Prente, two y e ar Ag., and Brother Mills, Instructor in Wireless James Houdeshal, a Junior in Mining, will be led over the hot sands after E a st e r , and ther e are s e v e ral more prospects.

Social Activities

Our social calendar has contained more than the usual number of activities. Among ot h ers we gave our annua l smoker t o the Masons of the town in October. In November we had our usual Pennsylvania Day house party and a house dance on Thanksg i vi n g eveni n g. In December w e e ntertained our facult y members and their wives, and on th e eve of vacation we staged a Christmas party with a real C hri stmas tree. In January thos e of us who celebrate d birthdays that month gave a birthday party to the rest of the bunch. In February we held another house dance . In April w e have a noth e r dance sch e duled, to be followed in May with a Founders' Day banquet , and In June with a Commencemen t h ouse party.

House Lectures

A n innovation this year was a series of l ect ur es delivered each we e k by va rious members of th e college faculty. Thi s offered a splendid opportunity to g e t views of th e world's activities besides that which w e get in our respective class rooms. We had one Masonic l ecture by Mr. H. A McKillip, 33•, of Bloomsburg, Pa , which was d e li vered in a sp l endid manner.

Athletic Activities

Brother Hall is on th e varsity baseball squad and there seems little doubt but that he will be the regular catcher this year unless some unseen event should occur. He has very favorably impressed the co ac hing staff with his spirit and ability. We have been fortunate in receiving a number of beautiful and useful gif ts from m e mb ers and f riends of th e frat e rnity

These in c lude a beautiful serving table from the gir l s who attended our June, 1916, house party, a beautiful clock from the girls who participated in our P ennsy lv ania Day hous e party, and cushions, Victrola records, a Masonic l exicon, etc , from others

Higher Degrees

A number of our m en are continuing in their Masonic work . Brother Webber Is taking the Consistory. Brothers Weaver, Miller and Dal e have rec e ntly tak e n the Command e r y. Brother Latta is taking the Chapte r work during the Easter vacation.

Honora

Elections into honor a ry fraternities h a ve been as fo llow s : Broth e r Cryder , Eta Kappa Nu and Phi Lamda Epsilon; Broth e r Bond , Eta Kappa Nu; Brother Hall Friars · BrothECr Scarabs; Brother Davis, Phi Beta Kappa; Brother Mills, Tau 'Beta pj and Stgma X1.

Our large membership--the largest In the histor y of the chapter-convin ce s us of the importance of a larger house. It will not be possibl e to hous e a ll our present active members who wJll return next year, and this fact will be a handicap next year, as 1t h as tht.s year, m securmg new matenal. It wtll be up to u s to convince ou r alumni of thts and get them to back a building proposition more strongly than they have In the past.

WASHINGTON

Initla tion

On February 4th, 1917, Vl·ashlngton Chapter staged what undoubtedly was the largest and most succe ssful initiation they have ever attempted. The event was In honor of Found e rs' Day, and a larg e crowd of a lumni from this vicinity were out to witness the initiation and to pat·take of our dinner. The Initiates were: Jas. A. Andersen, Thos P. Evans, Sam F L e wis, H. P. Rowles, W. H. Fish and R W. Moore. Among the alumni pres e nt wer e : H. B. Conlbear, V. R. Rathbun, J. C. Rathbun, Geo. Todd, Harold Stetson, H. J. Elmendorf, S. L. Simpson, R. S Wittenberg and Elmer Sherrill, of WashIngton Chaplet·; Prof. Dallas D. Johnson, of Columbia; Wm. G. Mann, Grand Editor, and Herbert A. Blogg, of Franklin Chapt e r; Andrew Johnson and Capt. W. K. Kutnew ky, of Minnesota; F. L. Cooper, of Harvard, and J. B. Brinkley, of Michigan Chapter.

l1niveralty :Right

The A c acia Fraternity took charge of the University Lodge o. 141, F. & A M ., on the annual University Night, which took place on April 16th, and conferred the Third degree on Pledge Arthur E. Carlson. The following members of the chapter held the various offices:

H. J. Elmendorf, Worshipful Master; R. W Moore, Senior Warden; J C. Palmer, Junior Warden; A. S. Grenland, S e nior D e acon; C. L. Anderson, Junior Deacon; Thos. P. Evans, Senior Steward; Ernest N. Patty, Junior Steward; H. P. Rowles, Secretary; C. G. Solverson, First R.; W . H. Fish, Second R.; Chas. P. Suman, Third R.; W. H. Hendricks, Chap l a in; C. F. Blogg, Marshal.

After conferring the degree the members adjourned to the banquet room where a bount e ous feed was served to about 300 Masons of Seattle and vicinity, after which several interesting talks were delivered by members of the University faculty.

Society

The most elaborate Informal dance ever given by the Washington Chapter was held on Saturday evening. March lOth, in the University Bank Hall. About 35 couples, active and alumni, were present and enjoyed a very pleasant evening. The decorative scheme was carried out with sprigs of Acacia. Th ese were artistically arranged about the ballroom and each lady was given one as a favor. The programs were of a diamond shape, bearing the Acacia shield embossed in silver. The patrons and patronnesses were Mr. and Mrs. Ceilan H. Mlr. and Mrs. John R. Wilson, Prof. and Mrs. Dallas D. Johnson and Mr. and Mrs. w K. Kutnewsky.

An informal dance was given at the chapter house just before Easter vacation, on the e vening of March 31st. About tlfteen couples enjoyed the evening an d were chaperoned by Prof and Mrs. Fred K. Heath.

Worshipful Master Roland H. Smith and Senior Warden Walter H. Sterry of the University Lodge No. 141, F. & A. M , were dinner guests at the Chapter House March 22d. Grand Counselor Visits Washington Chapter

For the tlrst time in the history of the Washington C hapter we have been paid a visit by our Traveling Counselor, Brother J. A. Woodward, who arrived In Seattle on Thursda y morning a nd left Saturday morning. This did not give him very much time with the chapter, but we feel that we surely benefitte d very much by his short stay. We exemplified the ritual for him and chose Ernest N. Patty for the candidate. After the initiation Brother Woodward carried out his regular program followed In each chapter by having an Informal discussion In regard to chapter conditions and betterment, which will undoubtedly prove very valuable to us.

:Honora

Among the new honor men added to our Jist are Earl J. Gunther, Kappa Psi; Warren L. Bueschleln, Tau Beta Pi and Phi Lambda Upsilon; and Frank Martin, Tyes Tyon.

Dt·. Fred K. Heath, who h as tak e n the place of Dr. James E. Bell in the Ch e mistry Department, Is a charter member of Yale Chapter of Acacia. Dr. Heath Is very enthusIastic about Acacia and its possibilities and is a fr e qu e nt visitor at the Chapter House. Our latest pledge is Mr. Clil'ford G Solverson of Reardan, Wash. Sol is a sophomore in Chemical Engineering, and will be a valuable asset to the chapter. Chas. Corrman, the left-handed wizard of the Puyallup Valley, is making an excell ent showing on the varsity baseball nine. He is practically sure of making his W this spring and is rated as the best twirler on the squad.

In the death of John R. Wilson, Washington Chapter has lost one of its best alumni. Brother Wilson was suddenly stricken with apoplexy while addressing a gathering at the Arctic C lub, and di ed a few days lat er. Brother Wilson was a graduate of the University of Michigan Law School, where he was the president of the Masonic Club in 1904, which l ate r developed into the Acacia Fraternity. Brother Wilson was later e lected to honorary membership in the Michigan Chapter. He has always been very c los ely connected with Washington Chapter during his residence in Seattle, and we almost fe e l that he is an alumnus of our chapter rather than of Michigan. He was repr esentative from the Forty - seventh District in the Legislature of the State of Washington, and was cited as being the n ext Speaker of the House. The funeral was conducted under the auspices of the Rose Croix, and was held at the Scottish Rite Temple. Many friends were in attendance, and together with the wonderful display of floral pieces, it was one of th e most Impressive Masonic funerals ever held In Seattle

The Washington Chapter takes this opportunity to extend to Mrs John R. Wilson and her two daughters our most sincere sympathy.

COLOR ADO

At this letter l eaves for the publishers, Co l orado Chapter tlnds Its desire to be jubilant overs h adowe d by the assurance of war. We have much to be jubilant over. As we look back to this time l ast year, when we were torn with dissension and doubt

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over th e question of running a house, and our subsequent determination; when we recall th e trials of the first of the year; when we think of th e friendships and associations that our efforts have given us; when we realize the prestige we have gained, the fact that we are firmly established as a social faternity, our entrance into the interfraternity co nfer ence, and our jump to second place in the scholastic averages; and above all when w e think of our plans and bright prospects for n ex t year, we feel that ind eed we hav e a right to be jubilant But the war. With the first call for troops we shall lose Broth e rs Eckel, Rader and Ste inmetz, all m e mbers of the !ocal engineers co mp a ny. This will be a severe if not a fatal blow to our house orgamazt10n, and, of course, th e re is th e p oss ibility that m a n y of th e r es t of us will also go. Thus It is th a t our jubilance Is indeed oversh ad o w ed.

Brothers R a d e r and Wallbank a r e taking the trip with the Glee Club. Word co mes that Brother Orr may return n ext fall. Orr has recently been laid up with the measles.

Brother Earp writes that he is still improving and will probably enter summer school a nd remain for the fall t er m .

Announcement comes of th e marriage of Brother D W. Aughenbaugh to Miss Edith Lan e of Long B eac h, Cal. Grand Co uns e lor Woodward mad e hi s annual visit to Colorado Chapter on March 4th. Initiation wa s h e ld that a ft e rnoon for Broth e r Eugene B. Webster and Brot h er William J Steinmetz was initi a te d in th e evening. Broth e r Woodward was accompani ed b y Brother C T Bushn e ll of Michigan Chapter, who is now located in Denver.

Our Masonic te a m has a busy time a head from all indications W e are to exemplify th e Third at Rob Morris Lodge , No. 92, on April 17th, a nd at Bould e r Lodge, No. 45 , on the following ni g ht. Our Acacia te a m has raised practicall y all c a ndidates In th e l oca l lodges durin g the pr ese nt school year.

KAN SAS STATE

The K a ns as State Argos h a s r ece ntly be e n publish ed an d contains a g reat deal of the n ews of th e c hapter, h e nc e it will be usel es s to include It ag a in in this art i cle. Howeve r, th e re are s eve r a l items of inte r e st wh i ch may be mentioned.

Th e n e w house is under construction. The basement is dug, the foundation Is built, and th e fram e work will soon be put up . The contractors promise that the roof will be on before the boys leav e schoo l this year It is going to be a regu l a r Acacia home, so plan now to be on hand n ex t fall to help us celebrate at th e "house warming."

The war s pirit is very prevalent in the house, and the chief topic of conversation day a nd night is war. Wheatley and Whit e are the leaders, sjnce they are experience d war men, having been at th e Border last summer and t a sted som e "near war." Ma n y of th e men are think i ng very serious l y of the coming conflict, a nd it will not be l ong until they will be on th e ir w ay to the f ront. We a r e sorry th a t th e w a r has come upon the n a t i on at this time, but Acacia men at Manhatttan will be found upholding the co lors with the r es t.

Our spring dance w as given on the evening of April 6th, and was a great success. Th e hall was decorated with the national colors and with immense American flags, whil e in the ce nt er o f the hall was a pergola effect carried out by using large r u gs a n d wicker furnitur e. Altogether it pr ese nted a very pl eas ing appearanc e We danced from 8:30 till 1 o ' clock, and th e n c ompleted the event with a dinner. Several out-oftown m e n were with u s , includin g eight of the boys from Kansas Chapter.

We wi s h to a nnounc e th e pl edg ing of E. H Coles of S e neca, Kansas, freshman Agric

Several of th e boys were called hom e on account of the spring w o rk. Giles, Stone and Willis hav e a ll l e ft for the remaind e r of the year.

Our m e n are especially active on the "hill" th.is year. Yeoman was e l ected t o r ece i ve the k ey to th e college, hand ed down by the sophomore s to th e fr es hman. Gibbons received th e "Shepherd's Crook," h a nd ed down by the Seniors to the Juniors; Adams is business manager of the Royal Purpl e, and Caton is treasurer. Hilts is captain quartermaster of the Ca det Corps; White and Wheatley are lieu t e n a nts in th e corps.

T EXAS

The Texas C hapt e r m a k e s its most courtly bow, indeed, to th e Editor for the complim e nt a r y little n ote he pr efixed to our l as t l e tter. His sch e me to attract oth e rs from us worked most effic ien tly, for we are eve n eager to come out again. Thanks, Brother Mann , whether we de se rved It or not W e h ave but two inte r e sting n ew s it e ms to m e nt i on this tim e-the visit of the Graund Co uns e lor, th e s ec ond w ee k of M,arch, and th e return of our soldi e rs. As to Broth e r Woodward's visit, suffic e it to say th a t he was here and that w e were g lad to h ave him visit us, leaving th e "det a ils" of his visit for his official r e port to disclose. N<> doubt h e wi ll have many to disc l ose, which we we pre fer leaving t o him to d o. Like ly he will mention the fact th a t h e was with us during "Exam. Week." Whether his r epo rt is complimentary or otherwise, we shall feel no l ess eager for him to inspect us aga in. What he " uncov e red" w e shall profit by, and what circumstances shield e d us in we shall try to r e medy ourselves.

The Second Tex as Infantry w as mu ste red out of Federal service on March 24th, which brought four of our bws home-Lieut . W. S. Birge, Seargents Chas. B. Stewart and Dan M. Cook, and Co rp. Ernest G. Thornton. D a n and Ernest have re-entered th e univ e rsity for the third term W S. and Charley graduat e d l ast year and there f ore, are not to b e with us anymore. W S. is no w i n cha r ge of th e lo cal recruiting station for th e Civilian Training Camp, while Charley has gone on " the road" for the College Annual. Possib l y many of the so l dier Acacians will remember Birge as the captai n of th e famous Second Texas Footba ll Team , whi c h a dmitt e d, its e lf, that it was the Am e ri can c h ampi on s l as t year. Cook and Stewart were the active m a nagers for the team.

Results of the mid-term examinations hav not been completely compiled yet, but advance information from the dean's office puts Timmons and Glover, two of our freshman finds this year, on the upper 7 p r cent Honor Roll. vVe hope that complet reports will give us more honor students, till we mu t admit that two or three of the fellows have been taking an over-load of Campus Courses." Howard, Hubbard, tinnet. Fristoe, 1-'ord, and Foster all made enviable record thi term. ..Casey Jones did good work besides keeping up his usual student activities. He is a sort of King Bee among the students, and when the yell-leading business began falling ott h got himsel f elected general manager of the spring circu That will likely hold him for a while.

It is difficult to say always, just who does deserve the laurels of the fraternity. Beginning with an average scholastic standing as an essential premise, the development of argument for the excellent student, on the one hand, and for the prominent student on the other, lengthy proportions. A lot may be said pro and con. Indeed, the Ideal man Is the good student who is also popular as a leader among the students, but generally we cannot deal I n Ideals. We must house the two elements In the one chapter, and then work for fair distribution to develop a good organization. In this the V. D. has a wonderful opportunity to control the destinies of an exce ll ent chapter. Standing at the head of things, as the director of any organization does, he should encourage each individual in his particular element, once having discov ered it. This he can do by frequent private counsel-those Intimate personal discussions, which should be done without the "discussion for the good of the members"-not in the attitude of dictator, but as brother to brother. Perhaps, some may question the fairness of expecting that much from the executive head, but this objection can be met with the fact that In helping the Individual to develop, one matur es his own resources as a man among men, and does a "human service" to all, himself Included.

HARVARD

Harvard Chapter announces w.ith pleasure the following new members: Clittord Carpenter Heer, Ralph Ketter and Harold Howard Maynard; also Brother Walter Henry GrammE's and W. 0. Pendarvis have signed the roll as Associate Members.

Brother Basil Duke Edwards, LL. B., '16, was married on March 31 to Miss Elizab et h Chadwick Beale of Cambridge, Mass. Brother Edwards is at present a captain In the United States army.

The Masonic Club gave a dance at Whitney Hall on March 30. Most of the Acacia men were present.

Harvard Chapter held a dance on March 9. There have also been several tea danc es at the House on Saturday afternoons.

The degree team of the Masonic C lub worked the third degree at Mizpah Lodge on March 12. Several Acac.ians were on the team.

The chapter Is showing more than ordinary patriotism just now. A Reserve Officers' Training Corps was started here at the University in February. Brother Rhodes is a cadet captain, Brother Turner is a cadet corporal, and Brothers Johnson, Leonard, Pend arvis and Willard are also members of the corps Brothers Turner and Willard are m embers of the Regimental band, which will probably go to New York soon w.ith Captain Co rdier, U. S. A., to take part In a great preparedness pardae.

SYRACUSE

Our chapter officers for this semester are: V. D., John W. Faust; Senior Dean , H. B. Fagan; Secretary, L. 0. Clement; Treas urer, Preston Daratt

Ex-V. D. Adsit, having finished his course In the College of Agriculture, has accepted an excellent position in the State Normal School at Gartland, N. Y ., where he has charge of the work In Science and Agriculture.

Brothers Paddock, Larsen and Adsit, and Brothers Hand and DeWet of the Cornell Chapter spent the week end at the Chapter House recently. The Syracuse girls certainly do attract the Cornell men.

V. D. Faust, who expects to finish his college course In June, has recently been promot ed from his position at Owasco to the position of pastor of the M. E. Church at Fair Haven, N. Y.

Brother H. B. Fagan, who Is this year assistant In the Department of History and expects to receive his M. A. degree In June, has accepted an excellent position as head of the Department of History and Political Science j n the Blue Ridge College at New Windsor, Md.

Brother Lloyd Duren was our latest candidate to cross the burning sands of Egypt. Brother Duren is a freshman In the College of Liberal Arts.

Broth er Hugh P. Baker./ Dean of the New York State College of Forestry, l eaves shortly for a year's leave or absence In China and the Orient.

The Forestry College has recently moved Into Its new state building on the campus. There Is a persistent rumor on the Hill that Pop Lindsey will soon be driving a new auto.

The Athletic dinner Is to be held this year on the evening of April 21 in the Archibald Gymnasium. We expect most of the old boys back at that time.

The new building for the College of Agriculture is nearing competion. It Is hoped that U will be ready by the opening of the college year. Th e new graduate courses In Agricultural Extension Work are under the direction of Brother Garland A. Bricker.

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