Acacia Journal - August 1921 - Vol. 16, No. 1

Official publication of The Acacia Fraternity, a general fraternity of college Masons, founded at the University of Michigan, Mayl4, 1904

CHICAGO ALUMNI ASSOCIATION NUMBER

Vol. XVI November 1921 No.1

T. HAWLEY TAPPING Editor

Publicat ion Office : 315 Fuller Ave., S. E. , Grand Rapids , Mich.

Published four times during the school year in November, January, March and May. Price- $1 per year, payable in advance.

Entered as second -class matter February 25, 1921, at the postofjice at Gran d Rapids, Mich igan, under lhe Act of March 3, 1879

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CHICAGO ALUMNI GROUP IS OLDEST

Acac ia G raduate Organization Was Founded in 1912 ; Has History of Real Achievements

By CECIL L . HoLMAN, Wisconsin Chapter and Chzcag o Alumni Association

The Chicago A lumni Assoc iati on of the Acac ia F r ate rni ty h ad it s b eginnings in a littl e group of Illin o i s Acac ian s, w h o abo ut 10 yea r s ago started th e c u sto m o f m ee ting o n ce a yea r for a dinn er a nd th e r en ewa l of th e firm f ri e nd s hip s f o rm ed a t C h a mpaign.

These m ee tin gs we r e so s u ccessf ul th at th ese loya l Be th a lumni d ec id e d to invite Acac ia n s from o th e r chapt e r s, th e n in C hi cago, t o share in th e good-fellowship o f th e gatherings.

Acco rdingl y, o n Ap ril 12, 1913 , at a dinn e r a t the Cit y club, the Chicago A lumni chapt e r was formally o r ga ni zed an d a co n s tituti o n drawn up for p r ese ntati o n t o th e n ext co ncla ve Nineteen m en were pr ese nt a t th a t first m ee tin g, repres e nting e ight

ch ap t e r s o f the Fraternity. Ac ti ve plans we r e m ade for r eg ul a r m ee tin gs on the first Saturd ay of every m o nth , empl oy ment h e lp for a lumni , and socia l gatherings fo r a ll Acaclan s.

The Acac ia n s pr ese nt a t that fir s t m ee ting of th e Chicago A lumni Assoc ia ti o n of Acac ia-in o th e r wo rd s, the founders of the now fl o uri sh ing graduate o rg a ni za ti o n-we r e Harr y 0 . Saunders, Th o ma s M. Ba r ge r , \ iV ill J. McFarland, Carro ll S. Huntington, R. A. M . A nd e r so n , Ea rl W. Anderson an d D o n Kirk, a ll o f th e Illin o i s c h a pt e r , E. C. Hitz e, K app L. Stockton , Nicholas Praaken and R. R. Me Noun, a ll of th e Purdue chapt er , Harvey S . Thatcher a nd G. P. L aw r e n ce of the O hi o c h ap t e r, Corwin S. Cornell of th e I owa c hapt e r , William D. Harris o f th e Syracuse ch a pt e r , Harry L. Brown of th e Mic hig a n chap t e r , Merrick A. Whipple o f th e Northwestern chapter a nd Burrell 0. Raulst o n o f th e C hi cago chapter.

The fir s t off ice r s elected we r e E. C. Hitze (P urdu e) p r es id e n t; M .

Cecil L Holman

Pre si dent of Chicago Alumn i

A ssociation of Acacia

A . Whipple (Northwe s t e rn ) v ic e-pr e sident and D o n Kirk ( Illin o is) s ecr e tary-trea s ur e r. Man y o f th ose pr es ent at that fir s t m ee tin g s till a r e acti v e members of th e a s s o ciation.

The Ma y , 1913, Acacia Bull e tin co ntains a full a cco unt o f th e gathe ring , recounting at the s am e time, the organizati o n o f th e Los Ang e l es A lumni ch a pt e r on April 4 o f th e s ame year. N ew Y o rk h a d n o t a s ye t b e en heard from and con se qu e ntl y, s ince Los Angel es s ubs e quently withdr ew, Chi cag o can rightfull y cl a im t o be the o lde s t o f th e A lumni a ssociati o n s.

F o r th e n ext fe w yea r s, r eco rd s are rath er m eagr e, but o ld-tim e r s r ec all the regularity of m ee ting s at different r es taurant s thr o ugh o ut Chi c ag o, a nd particularl y a p icni c h eld during th e s umm e r o f ' 13, w hen th e m e mbers enjoy e d a b o at ride out on Lake Michigan until th e wind c am e up , th e waves m o unt e d hi g h-and the s h o r e a lo ng way o ff!

In th e r e ports of th e grand s e cret a ry, how ever , co mment s w e r e m a d e o n th e pr ogr e ss of. th e a ssoc ia ti o n and the b e n efit s t h e r eo f t o th e n a ti o nal

Frat e rnity

During th e 1914-1915 seaso n , th e m e mber s d evo t ed much di s cu ss io n t o th e e nd o wm e nt plan , a committ e e, o f which C. H. H a ll was ch a irman , r ea ll y s tarting that plan in wo rk a ble f o rm . A co ncl ave b a nqu e t was h e ld

A ug. 26, 1915, a t th e Uni ve r s it y club , for del egat es t o th e t enth, o r San Fr a nci s co, co nclave . Gr a nd Tr eas ur e r Wood wa rd w a s t oas tm as t e r , th e o th e r grand o fficer s and th e d el ega te s pres e nt r es p o nding t o abl e t oas t s. J. F. M c Da v id o f Chi c ag o ch a pt e r w as the del eg a t e o f th e assoc ia ti o n to that c o ncla ve and had th e h o n o r o f presenting th e end ow m e nt plan t o th a t gath e ring. .

H L. Br o wn wa s pr es id e nt of the as s oc i a ti o n fo r th e s ea s on o f 19 15 - 19 16, F . M. C oc kr e ll o f Illin o i s w as publicit y c h a irman, whil e R a d ab a ugh , Praak e n, McF a rl a n d a nd . Baughn e r we r e th e o th e r o ffi ce r s a nd

TEST FOOD CAPACITIES AT ACACIA ALUMNI PICNIC

A u g 6 w a s a red l e tt e r da y in th e a nnals o f th e C hi cago A lum n i assoc iat io n of th e A caci a Fraternity. On th a t day loy a l and tru e A ca cian s fr o m 11 di ffe r e nt chapt e r s , with th e ir wi ve s a nd o ff s prin g, m e t o n th e W oo d e d is l e in J ac k so n p a rk f o r th e a nnu a l picnic and ge nuin e ge t-t oge th e r and ge t-acqu a int e d m ee tin g.

A ll told th e r e wer e 85 pr ese nt and ea c h one of th e numb e r vo t e d th e pi c ni c a r ea l s u ccess a nd gav e th e ir ass ur a n ces and p romi ses th a t th e Aca ci a pi c ni c amo n g th e Chica g o a lumni was to b e a day se t a sid e each ye ar.

E ve n th e b a ch e l o r s, wh o h e ld up th e s h o rt e nd of a 15 t o 3 b aseba ll ga m e w ith th e married m e n , v ot e d it a wo nd e rful time a nd vowe d f or ve n ge n ce n ex t y e ar

A ft e r th e "e ats" , which we r e so pl e ntiful th a t e ve n w h e n th e hu ng r y bac h e l o r s w e r e fill e d up th e re w e r e e n o u g h o f th e m left to di v id e amon g th e p a rk "co p s" w h o h a d umpir e d th e g am e fr o m th e s id e lin es , th e r ea l co m pe titi o n o f th e da y bega n. E ve nts o f all kind s, w ith sa t is f y in g priz e s f o r th e w inn e r s, oc cupi e d all. Fr o m th e f o ot race of th e b a b y g irl s a nd that of th e f o ur-y ea r- o ld A caci a n s - to-be, up t o a nd includin g th e b ac h e l o r s' r ace , th e marri e d m e n' s r ace, th e wo m e n 's r ace a nd th e g rand fr ee -for- a ll, we ll , it was ju s t on e bi g r o und of ex ci te m e nt.

Wh e n th e h ea t of co m ba t di e d d ow n th e r es p ec ti ve g r o up s s an g th ei r co ll ege so n gs and th e n a ll of th ose pr ese nt f o rm e d a bi g circl e a nd sa n g t o " Th e Aca ci a Fr a t e rnity. "

Th ose w h o we r e a t th e pi cn i c a ll pr o mi se th e ir s upp o rt t hi s yea r t o H o lm a n in making th e Chica go a ssoc ia ti o n t hi s ye ar th e li ves t o f th e wh o l e Frat e rnit y. A ll v is itin g br o th e rs t o th e Wind y C it y a r e alway s we lc o m e a nd a r e ex p ec t ed at th e m o nthl y dinn e r , th e fir s t Frid a y of eac h m o nth , at S till so n 's a t 6 o' cl o ck. D UA N E L. TI CE.

THE ACACIA JOURNAL

committee chairmen .. Monthly dinners were held at the Morrison with an ave rag e attendance of 25 out of the 75 then known to be in Ch icago. Cockre ll founded the Dope Sheet during that year, the first issue appearing on Feb. 28, 1916. Professor Downing of Northwestern addressed the March gathering, while in May the member s had the honor of hearing Dr. Chand l e r speak on the Morgan affair. McFarland headed the

During its term of life the Dope Sheet has assumed s un dry and numerous forms. This picture shows a few of them.

It has been a mimeographed publication, a dignified printed "magaz in e" of one page, a postal card-both printed and mimeographed-and a typewritten affair. But in no matter what form it appeared it has carried its m essage of enthusiasm and good-fellowship to i ts readers.

So far as is known the Dope Sheet of the Chicago alumni and the Tiller Rope of the Peoria alumni are th e on ly printed publications to be issued by any chartered graduate assoc iation of the Frat e rnity .

"DOC" RADABAUGH , ONE-TIME WARD BOSS OF CHICAGO ASSOCIATION

"The alumn i assoc iat ions, it seems to me, are invaluable to the active chapters fo r they serve as a clearing h ouse for id eas w hi c h are carried back to the various chapters by their a lum ni. The 'after-meetings' of the Chicago association in my days were espec ially nec essary to add a persona l feeling to the gatherings and friendships were kindled which wi ll last a lways " - Radabaugh

Rudolph C. Radabaugh, now located in Hastings , Minn, was l ed back to his haunts i n Chicago by M iss Lois Me r tz of Hastings, who became Mrs. Radabaugh in Chicago on Oct. 22. Mrs. Radabaugh is a 1918 graduate of Wellesley.

After pre li minary stud ies at Roch este r high schoo l, Radabaugh attended the University of Minneso ta , be i ng initiated into Acacia at Minneapolis in November 1911. He secured his bachelor of science deg r ee in 1915 and hi s doctor's degree at the Univers it y of Illinois medical school in 1917. Meanwhile, in Ch icago, "Doc" was an enthusiastic member of the Alumni assoc iation. During the years between 1915 and 1917, he served as treasurer , secretary, vice-president and finally obtained the high office of pr es ident. The records show some reports of l og-ro llin g but no verificat ion seems to ex ist.

Dur i ng the wa r , Radabaugh served as a medical off icer a nd after the Rhine was crossed, returned to Hastings to practice m e dicine. He is commander of Rudolph C Radabaugh the po st of the American Legion ther e, county chairman for the L eg ion , and president of the Hastings Commerc ia l club.

TilE HOPE S H EET

vocational guidance committee and good progress was made in trying to .Acacians who desired employment in Chicago. In general, the assoc tatwn members were very active-taking an interest in the Inter-

COCKRELL RESPONSIBLE FOR CHICAGO'S DOPE SHEET

"As I remember, during the years of 1914 and 1915 the Chicago Alumni association had been dragging a l ong in a sort of a half-hearted manner, eight or ten men attending the various meetings which were held at irregular dates at various restaurants throughout the city. My contention was that we must have a REGULAR date, a REGULAR place, and PUBLICITY to arouse interest

"One summer at Illinois we got out a four-page Dop e Sheet, full of short items about the fellows, and sent i t to all the active members and the alumni It st irr ed up a ll kinds of int erest. That was the first Dope Sheet, so we borrowed the idea for the Chicago association and issued the first number of the now renowned "Dope Sheet" on Feb. 28, 1916. A mere announcement of a meeting was not enough. We had to have some news items of the fellows who attended the last dinner, the doings next time, national Fraternity news , active chapter happenings, to arouse and keep an interest in the monthly gatherings. A fancy printed s h eet was not necessary; the NEWS was the vita l thing to consider.

"For the first few times, the Sheet was mimeographed gratis by th e management of the Hotel Morrison, where we held our regular dinners on the first Saturday of every month The idea of the regular news sheet soon mad e th e meeting more int eresting and we began to avera ge aro und 30 men inst ead of the previous 10.

"In issuing Number 4 of Vo lum e 1 in May 1916, we became quite ambitio u s, and published a regular printed sheet for several issues. The expense became a little too high for those who attended the dinners, however, and we had to revert to posta ls for a time. Luckily, Wright came to the rescue and with the assistance of th e Chicago chapter in the addressing of the envelopes, the Dope Sheet again blossomed and became the imp ortant factor, as it has continued to be , in maintaining the interest of the Chicago alumni."-F M. Cock r ell.

Francis" M Cockrell was born in Missotiri but his hom e town is Marshall, Ill., where he became a Mason and also took the Royal Arch Degree. Before entering the University of Illinois in 1906 he taught Francis M Cockrell a country schoo l for one year and then was assistant principal of the Robinson (Illinois) hi gh schoo l between his first and second year at the university and was a school superintendent later between the sophomore and junior years. Meanwhile h e was initiated· in to Acacia in 1912 and was v e ry active in university as well as chapter affairs. He was publisher of the Illinois Magazine; president of a literary society; president of Theta Nu Epsilon; president of Alpha Delta Sigma (honorary advertising fraternity) and prominent in other activities . . He was graduated in 1914 in e l ectrica l engineering and immediately took up his proper vocation with the Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co. In October of that year he was married to M iss Margaret Benbow of Ft. Madison, Ia.

Cock r e ll's g r eat interest in Acacia soon made him one of the leading members of the Chicago Alumn i association and he is given due prominence in its hall of fame as the founder of the " Dope Sheet."

He entered his natural field of advertising in March of 1916, being associated with the McGraw Publishing Co. (now McGraw Hill Co., Inc.) · in its service department. After a period as publicity manager for the Alumni association and a year as a very energet ic and eff ici ent president, Cockrell left Chicago in March of 191 8 to become a district manager for his firm in C leve land, 0 The east ca ll e d in 1919 and he was transferred to the advertising counselor's staff of the New York office of the McGraw Hill Co. In February of this year he was given a welldeserved advancement to the position of promotion manager.

THE ACACIA JOURNAL

fraternity Council, interviewing Brother Taft, p lanning on a new lodge and other projects. The lighter side was not overlooked, however, for

MOORE LONGS FOR PAST: BUT HOPES FOR FUTURE

"Alas for the good old days! A laudatory phrase that is continually applied to the times that are past with no contemplated disrespect for the better days of the present, or of the golden periods of the future. The nights that I write about were in that other age that we designate as 'before the war'; the specific occasions, the after meetings at which a few married men who had missed their str e et cars had to chaperone some of the more carefree of the Fraternity to a cabaret. Here one would find Shera sipping his g in ger ale (highballs were distasteful to him then , but now--), Radabaugh keeping the rest informed on the latest story, Wenger, Huntington, Eddy, Cockrell, McFarland, McDavid, who is awaiting us others in the street bye and bye, and many others, since very few of the old timers have missed the pleasure of paying for one round of steins All were trying to determine the best method of entertainment for the next meeting.

"What will bring the boys out; a bunch of beauties, or a bunch of brains , pulchritude or panegyrics? A speaker will talk for his dinner, but voca li sts, well, I recall once during our meetings at the Morrison when we borrowed a trio of song birds from the Terrace Gardens. Their e fforts, et" cetera, were appreciated, but the treasurer for the next few months was perpetually dodging a receivership. We had to plan on keeping the expenses for each dinner at $1. We succeeded fairly well. (At the last meeting about 40 were touched for $3 . 50.) Of course this included a subscription to the JOURNAL (which partially accounts for the v aluable space alloted in this issue. Take heed, you other Alumni associations, 'subscribe until it hurts'), the year's dues and an excellent dinner. Next month I e xpect Shera will pass out song books again and collect an extra fee

"The afte r meetings were successful in keeping the bunch together. Those were the good old days when the few tried to get something to attract the occasional vi s itor and r e tain him.

Josiah J Moore

" Of all the plans put forth it has been found that those which make every one a star and a part of the show have work e d best. Now about 40 live Acacians (there should be 125) are each month offering advice to the Fraternity. They wish no speaker or singer to divert them. They are entirely engrossed in convincing the man from Illinois, Ohio or Purdue that the permanent endowment fund is necessary, or that all alumni should pay yearly dues and sim il ar topics Th e se are the better days " One can only conjecture what the succeeding years will unfold, but the better days of the present augur well for the best days in the future "-J. J. Moore. What "American Men of Science" has to say about Dr. Moore.

Moore, Dr. Josiah John, 5636 Drexel Ave., Chicago , Ill. Pathology; Anaconda, Montana, Aug. 26, ' 86, Montana '07. Fe ll ow, Chicago '09-'10, M-S-1915, M. D. Rush Medical College 1912 Ass't Bio l ogy Montana '05-'07 Pathology Chicago 1912. Fellow Sprague Memorial Institute, '12-'13 . Field worker Rock Mountain Spotted Fever, summers of '07 , '08 and '09; McCormick Institute for Infectious Diseases, '10-'11, Instructor Exp. Medicine, University of Illinois , College of Medicine , '13 -'15 . Asst . Professor , Pathology and Bacteriology '15. Director Nationa l Pathological Laboratory, Chicago. President, Chicago Pathological Society- Secretary Section in Pathology and Physiology, American Medical Association. Member Assoc American Pathologists and Bacteriologists, Am. Soc . of Bacteriologists, A. A. A. S., Chicago Institute Medicine, Am. Med. Assoc. Chicago C o mmission on Ventilation , Sigma Nu, Sigma Xi, Phi Chi (Medical) , Alpha Omega Alpha (Honorary Medical).

Dr Moore was initiated in Chicago chapter of Acacia. He was president of the Chica g o Alumni association during the year 1920-1921 and has always been on e of th e most e nthusiastic and staunch members of the association.

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reports are that seve r al m ee ting we r e enlivened by caba ret si ng e rs, with the customary after-meeting of the "faithful few" of pre-V o l s tead proclivities.

At the June dinner of 1916 a new constitution and b y -l aws was adop t ed for presentati o n to the next conclav e Hornbaker and Woods prepared the document , whi l e McFarland wa s e lec t e d conclave d e l ega te to present it for approval. At that time the nam e was changed f r o m "chapter" to "associati o n" in keeping with th e grand co un c il's suggestion. Grand Master Whe e ler of the grand l odge of Illin ois was th e principal speaker of the eve ning. For the ensuing year R. C. Radabaugh (M innesota) was elected president, F. M . Cockrell ( Illin o i s) vi c e president, C. 0. Hornbaker ( Kan sas) sec retary and J. F. McDavid (Chicago) publicity chairman.

On Aug. 29 of that year, another picnic was h e ld with great s uccess at Jackson park. A special lun cheon for r ecommendations t o th e concl ave delegate occurred on the 14th and in September 46 alumni and d e legates gathered at th e Morrison f o r the cu s t o mar y pr e -c o nclave banquet; this time with some good entertainment.

Throughout the winter r eg ular monthly dinner s h e ld th e interest of an average of 20 alumni, s pecial talks b e ing given a t tw o b y Dr. Francis and D ea n Cou lt e r o f Purdu e. The Chicago chapter l ent great ass istance t o the associ a ti o n that year in se nding men t o th e me eting s

ALUMNI ENTERTAIN STUDENT OFFICERS FROM FT. SHERIDAN

Fro m Left to R'ght Around the Table: Unidentified , Eddy ,_ Unident i fied, Wri ght, l.!nidentified, Danielson , Two Unidentified , Shera, Hornbacker, MacDav 1d, Moore , Untdenttfied , Methven, Un!dentified, Morrison , Two Unidentified, Sanders, Unger, Colhns , Buzzard , Woods , Bloor, Cockrell, Praaken.

This banquet meetin g o f th e Chicago A lumn i association was h e ld Jul y 14, 1917 one month before th e seve ral s tudent officers shown in th is pictur e were their commissions. It was staged at the Hotel M o rrison and was o n e of at which the alumni were hosts to Acac ian s in th e se rvic e.

The names of many of thos e shown in this pictur e have slipped fr om . th e m e m o ry of th e A lumni a ssoc iation officers, wh? nc:>w ur ge that they be ad v ts ed of th e ir unidentified guest s in order to make thts htst o r y more comp l ete.

THE ACACIA JOURN A L

and in helping in the mailing of t h e D o pe Sheet. The April gathering bristled with war enthusiasm and th e fo rthcoming part of A cacia in the great struggle. In May several alumni soldiering at Fort Sheridan appeared wh ile o n June 3 and again o n Jul y 14 rousing dinn e r s with fr o m 10 to 15 men fr o m the Fort gave great evidence of the patrioti s m of Acacians.

M. L. Wright of Ohio took up th e ta s k of co mpiling and distributing

"WRIGHT " AND "OLD GUARD " SYNONYMOUS

IN CHICAGO

"It was durin g the ea rly part of 1917 that I fir s t began t o mimeograph and se nd o ut the D ope Sheet. The job was wished on m e m o r e o r l ess beca us e I was ab l e to ha ve th e mimeographing d o ne with n o cos t to th e association. "Doc " Radabaugh off iciated at th e h ea d of the tabl e durin g th ose days and we averaged 15 t o 20 m e n o ut o f the m a iling l ist of a b o ut 75. Coc kr e ll p e rman e nt l y turn e d th e job ove r t o m e at th e July meeting, o n e of seve ral we h a d about that t ime with Acacians down from Fort Sheridan.

"When the gat h e rin gs were r esumed in th e fall of that year, events we r e moving so fast in th e war that the mailing li st was chang i n g from m o nth to month and we were se ndin g the Dope Sheet a ll ove r the country and eve n to E urop e. Only a few of th e o ld gua rd were le ft around C hic ago a nd a t the September meeting on ly three brothers s h owed up t o a tabl e se t for 30.

" F o r one dinn e r we had a g r o up co me all the way fr om Ca mp G r a nt und e r th e wing of Lieutenant Shera, but th ose Acac ians soon sp r ea d to other camps and for the Janu a ry banquet o nly s ix were present. The big r oo m at th e Morri so n, which we had been u s in g, w as quit e t oo l a r ge so we h e ld the n ext f ew dinners in a pri vate booth of the Terrace Ga rd e n , w ith e nt e rtainm e nt , n 'eve r yt hin g. The fina l ga th e rin g was in May a nd was h e ld in connection with the war conclave.

" In October of that year, 1918, Eddy se nt a l e tt er t o the 12 kn o wn Acacians th en in th e c ity, questioning w h e th e r to h o ld r eg ul a r meetings fo r th e season, and calling for a fir s t dinn e r at the KunzM . L . Wr ight Remeler. A rri v in g lat e, I found o nl y Bain th ere in a ddit ion t o Eddy, so we three d ec id e d to wa it until . the Kaiser h a d been va nqui s h e d.

"Wi th th e o ld mailing li st and new add iti o n s as a pulmot or, Eddy and I s tart ed in aga in in May of 1919 , se ndin g out a n S. 0. S. and rounding up the brothers. The two s ucc ee din g dinn e r s were quite s ucc essf ul and gave u s a good l in e o n th e C hic ago Acac ians for th e follow in g year.

"Var iety was the k ey not e of our plans for .t h e f a ll season and we h e ld dinners a t Big Jim Co l os im o's, where we saw a humdin ge r of a cabaret s how , and at Madame Ga lli 's, w h e r e the feed was par exce ll e n ce, but the r e d ink thin

"Abo ut this t im e, Eddy, Harris and I got ove r in a corner and decided to ge t so m e n ew blood int o th e work o f th e association. Round in g up a big ga n g at a C ity club banqu e t , we put ove r somt' new o ffic e r s in spite of Huntin g t o n and hi s one cop y of th e co n s titution which was supposed to prevent a n e l ec ti on for seve r a l more months, and we are n ow e nj oy in g th e effo rts of o th e r s in fu ssi n g a nd fumin g ove r th e Dop e Sheet."-M. L. Wri g ht.

M . L. Wrig ht was born down in Ohi o-Raym o nds, to b e exact-b ut th e first big event h e m e ntions is his entrance into Ohi o State univ e rsity in 1906. A twoyea r stretch o f o ut si d e emp l oyme nt broke int o the customary p e ri od of four years at the "U", but meanwhile h e was mad e a Ma so n at the Acme l o d ge of Newark, 0. R et urnin g to sc h oo l, he was initi ate d into Acac ia N ov. 14 and 15, 1911, back in th e d ays when s uch an eve nt wa s o f l asting impr ess ion and l e n g thy durati o n Af t e r taking th e course in e l ec trica l engineering, h e l e ft school in 1912 and came to Chicago t o become associated with th e Public Service Co. of Northern Illin o is , where h e no w is assistant eng ine e r of e l e ctrical t es t s.

the D ope Sheet at that tim e, while Glenn Eddy of Purdue gave great assistance to President Cockrell. For the September m ee ting of that ye ar, 1917, only three m en appeared but plan s f o r th e October dinner were so successful that man y br o thers in service from Ca mp G rant und er th e leadership of Lieut e nant Shera, cam e t o hear W. E. Ekblaw speak on his explorations in th e Arc tic . Throughout th e yea r Wright se nt th e D o pe Sheet t o a ll m en in se rvice whose addresses were availab l e and many letters in r e turn attest t o their appreciation. During the spring, th e ranks in Chicago were so depleted that the m ee ting place wa s transferred to th e Terr ace Gardens, but it see m ed that n ea rl y a ll the Acacians in Chicago were in se rvi ce. On April 20 , 1918, a se rvi ce m e n' s dinner was fostered- by th e Chicago actives and more th a n 20 gathered at th e Morrison; gobs from Great Lake s, near-li e uten a nt s fr o m th e Fort, o rdnanc e s tudents from the "U" and local alumni. In May the members joined with the grand council and d el ega te s from the active chapters in the special war conference.

With o nly 11 known Acac ian s in Chicago for the winter of 1918, Eddy and Wright faced a hug e task in keeping the spirit alive. Nevertheless , several meeting s held at the Kun z -R em e l er r es taurant and when s pring came and th e m en r e turn e d fr o m serv ic e, the D ope Sheet soo n reviv e d activity and r eg ular meetings were re s umed

At the pre -c onclave banqu e t of October 1919, a t ota l of 35 d e l ega t es and alumni gathered at th e Morrison h o tel for a rousing send-off to the Illinois con clave. For s u cceed ing meetings of th e winter President Eddy planned variety as an attraction and con se quently, seve ral gatherllllltlll!llll

SHERA NEVER SHIRKS WHEN OFFERED ACACIA JOB

J o hn W Shera is the pr o du c t of a southern Indi a na fa rm The lur e of an enginee rin g career led him t o Old P urdu e . After h e s ucc eeded in passing the Tyler in 1911 , Acacia asked him t o join a nd he jump e d at the oppo rtunity.

During his se nior year he was vene r ab l e dean. In the spring aft e r his e l ection h e co nceived the idea of a n ew hou se Shera says the assets o n hand consisted of a $300 d ebt inh e rit e d from a previous yea r . But h e had the gang with him so h e gave hi s e ntire s umm e r, staye d in Lafayette, and promoted the project with th e result that Acacians at Purdue h 4d a new home and were li v in g in it at Christmas that year. ] u s t ask the bunch down there and th ey will tell you that if Shera se ll s in s uranc e (he has deserte d e n g in ee rin g) as well as h e promotes Acac ia sp irit , he must b e a whiz.

H e ha s been a memb e r of th e Chicago A lumni association si nce h e lit h e r e in Jun e 1913 , a nd h e has a lways been active. Very few meetings h ave found him absent.

John v . Shera

The 1916 conclave h ono r ed him with the g r and tr eas ur e r 's office, but when war was d e cl ared he resigned to e nt e r the first officers' camp at Fort Sheridan in May 1917 Out there h e lin e d up the Acacia n s at camp and brought them in for a r o usin g meeting. He came in for other meetin gs from Camp G r a nt.

Acac ia work seems t o appeal to him He recently ha s finished the lab o ri o u s task of pilot ing a comm itt ee through a r ev i s i o n of the const.itut ion 3:nd by-laws That h e r: eeds more to do so we have given him the cha irm anship of th e membership committee. He r ea li zes that it will take some s teppin g t o surpass th e wonderful r eco rd o f the past year but he says, "leave it to m e ."

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ings were h e ld at Colosimo's, Madame Galli's, and other fam o us establi s hments of good food.

The spring of 1920 found the association back at the City club for the monthly dinners and on F ra zer's s uggestion, a ser i es of "active chapter" nights were carried o ut In March active men came down from Wi sco nsin to talk to the alumni, the April dinner was in h onor of Purdu e, Michigan men came next in great numbers , while June was reserved for Illinois and Chicago. Active interest was taken in the probl em of the re-establishment of a chapter at Northwestern and the alumni were ab l e to offer assistance and suggestions to the men there in meeting the necessary conditions. Dr . J. J. Moore (Chi cago) took over the president's duties for the ensuing yea r with L. R. Morris (Wisconsin) vice president, H. A. Reynolds (Illinois) tr e asurer, and C. L. Holman (Wisconsin) publicity chairman.

The 1920-1921 season started at the City club but at the first meeting, o n C. N. Lamb's s ugg estion, th e meeting date was changed from the first Saturday to the first Friday of each month, the results ju stifying th e wisdom of the move. For the next two gatherings at the Stevens restaUI·ant, almost 40 men turned out. A perman e nt secretary's office was established in charge of C. D. Robs o n, an emp l oyment committee was

EDDY WAS AT ONE TIME HALF OF ALUMNI BANQUET

"A t the 1915 conclave in San Francisco , the Co l orado chapter was ably repr ese nted by a dele ga t e who was called upon to ex plain why some of the br e thren, v isitin g his chapter during the previous year, had not been receiv ed in what, to th e ir minds, was the pr o p e r fashion.

"As I recall, during that year this del eg ate alone had constituted the ent ir e active chapter. His home , and he was married, was the chapter house.

"In r ep ly to th e qu es tion from the floor of the conclave, this delegate responded, ' It is possible, if any visiting brethern called at the chapter h ouse whil e

I was away , they may not have been received in th e regular Acacia fashion. But I assure you men, if any called while I was there, they were received with open anns by the ENTIRE chapter."

"In my mind , that explains the o nly possible reason M. H Wri g ht of Ohio and the writer could have had for holding meetings of the Chicago Alumni association durin g the war. There w e re only 12 known Acacians in the city. We two were the only ones who attended o ur monthly " banquets" and when visiting broth e rs appeared upon the scene, they were g iven a right royal welcome by the ENTIRE a lumni chapter."-Glenn H. Eddy.

Eddy was born in Kansas City, Mo., raised in Rock Island, Ill., and "raised" a second time in the Dayton (Ind.) l odge No. 103. He was the Purdue chapter del ega te to the 1915 conclave and graduated with '16 civil eng in eer ing class .

He is best, or worst, Shorty.

In 1917, Helen Bischof of St. Louis made a "quick sneak" to Springfield, Ill., where they were married at the hom e of Benton Thomp so n of the Purdue chapter . known as Shrimp, Runt, Stub, Br?wnie, .Stuben and

Ri g ht n ow he is busily attempting to prove th e success-va lu e of the Baconian theory o f adve rti s in g as secretary of the Mauj e r Publishing Co. of Chicago and bus in ess manag e r of Industrial Power , a business magazine which "brings home the bacon" for its advertisers.

Gl enn H Eddy

put to work, Northwestern possibilities were discus se d , weekly luncheo ns started and other mea s ures taken t o make th e association of r ea l value and inter es t. In January, a transf e r wa s made t o Stillson's and th e subsequent meeting s of last spring w e re dinners of r ea l good-fellowship, fruitful d iscussions and much activity

A comprehensive directory of the a lumni in Chicago, with business and h ome address es and ph o ne number s, was compiled and publish ed . G rand President Brown drew many o f his national c o mmittee members from the rank s a nd t h e result s have m o r e than justified hi s confidence in the spirit o f the association. The annual formal part y o n Ap ril 1 at th e Drak e hot e l w as a real success; a forerunn e r for the soc ial activities of this year .

In Jun e new brothers assumed office fo r the company yea r : C. L. H o lman (Wisconsin) presid e nt, W. D . Harris (Syracuse) vice-president, C. D Rob so n (Illinois) secretary, E. J. Tompkins (Illinois) tr eas urer and D . L. Tic e (Missouri) publicity manager.

But what of the future? Th e annual picnic in August can b e used as an examp l e. E ighty-five Acacians, th eir wives, famili es a nd swee th earts, enjoyed the best jollificati o n the ass oc iati o n has eve r had. Over 30 broth ers attended th e fir s t d inner , Oct. 7, where active plans were talked over for the coming months. R o b so n rep o rt e d f o r th e e mpl oym e nt committee and, despite th e un ce rtainty o f pres e nt conditions, every m ea n s will be taken to e xtend th e scope and va l ue of that se r v ic e. J W. Shera heads the m e mbership co mmitte e and already has mad e plans to stir up so m e o f the old guard and dig o ut th e n ew m en T h e socia l committee und e r T. A . Hai s h (Illinois) also acts as lai so n b e tween th e association and th e Chicago a nd N o rthw es tern chapters, with prosp ects o f several joint parties for the year, more particularly a formal ball in th e

TOMPKINS DEFIES BANKRUPTCY FOR CHICAGO ALUMNI

E. J. T o mpkins was born in Lak e City, Ia., and attended th e public and hi g h sc h oo l s at Haward e n, I a.; foll owe d by a yea r a t Iowa State colleg e a nd a t e rm at A rmour in s titut e. After a y ea r or so of automobile wo rk in C hic ago, h e e nt e r ed th e University of Illinois in 1912.

Durin g the fall of 1913 , he wa s made a Mason and took th e Acacia voyage D ec . 6, 1913 . L eav in g sc h oo l in 1915, T o mpkins e nt e r e d the automobile fi e ld again, but in J a nuar y 1916, sta rt ed a five-year s tay with the Illinoi s Steel Co. For th e past year or so h e has been emp l oyed by the Weste rn Electric Co . of Chicago in r aw m a t e ri a l in vest iga ti o n work. In 1916 h e took the fateful s t ep with Miss Lillian Wilcox of Da ve n po rt , l a , a nd is the very proud father of 3-year-o l d Rich ard Jud so n .

On comin g to Chicago during the w int er of 1920, Tompkins imm ed iately to ok an ac tiv e int e r est in th e Alumni association a nd was e l ec ted treasur e r l as t s prin g. H e was lar ge l y in s trum e ntal in organizing th e subs idiary assoc iati o n .a t the Western Electric p lant where a ll th e S I X Acae1a n s ther e meet r eg ularly for lunch eons a nd a tt e nd th e monthly m eet in gs downt ow n e n ma sse. As able ass 1st a nt to Shera o n th e membership committee for this season, Tommy is p l anning on .gathering in a c ouple C?f hundr e d d e linqu e nt Aca e1an s for th e m eet m gs th1s winter.

E l mer T. Tompki n s

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spring. Although good-fellowship cha t s and informal the basis of our after - dinner hours at the monthly meetmgs, the chatrman of the program committee, W. D. Harris, has severa l interesting speakers in mind for coming banquets.

To supplement the directory pub l ished last year, a list of all new men and all changes will be compiled and p u blished by the directory committee under Wi ll iam R. Morrison (Illinois). Favored as the association is by having two of t h e grand as members, it is !<;Joking forward to the coming months as of se r v tce and good-fellowshtp not on ly to its own members but the entire Fraternity.

ROBSON READY WITH CHICAGO EMPLOYMENT BUREAU

Carl D Robson is another Ohio product, born in Elyria of that state, but one who early saw the error of his ways and moved to Chicago.

After graduation from the Englewood high school he entered the University of Illinois in 1904. During th e following year he was made a Mason at Auburn Park l odge, No. 709 , and was init iated into Acacia at Champaign during 1906.

A year's employment outside the university was fo ll owed by more studying and the final degree in e ngineering in 1909 . He came back to Chicago for a time, but soon l eft for Danville, Il L, for three years , following which Robs o n was employed in g enera l engineering in Kansas City for two yea r s.

In 1917, however, "Robie" decided that the best p lan was to form his own company and the C. D. Robson Co., genera l contractors , came into existence. His office, 615 First National Bank bldg., is now the general headquarters of the association , for Robson's interest in the work of the association soon secured his election to the office of secretary. Last year he served as chairman of th e emp l oym e nt committee and now is working on plans in that C arl D. Robson fi e l d so that the associat ion may be of constant l y greater service to Acacians.

WASHINGTON

ALUMNI LAUNCH ASSOCIATION

At th e call of Wayne E. Leer , a meeting was held Sept. 12, 1921, at the Y. M. C. A., of all Acacians in Washington, D. C., and vicinity. The following officers were e l ected: President , Wayne E. Leer, Purdue 19; vice president, Roy H. Wilcox, Minnesota ' 14; s e cr e tary treasurer , Eliot C. Lovett, Harvard; publicity chairman , David H. Sibbett, Michigan '07.

A v e ry enjoyab l e banqu e t and meeting was held Oct • 4, at the New Ebbitt hotel , at which th e constitution of the Chicago Alumni association, with minor chan g es, was adopted. Th e petition to the g r and council was presented for signatur e at the meeting held Nov. 1.

The masons of the George Washington university have secured a threestory hou s e at 1432 M-st , N. W., and have called themselves The Travelers club. There is also a very live club for all Masons called The George Wash i ngton University Masonic club.

The Acacia members at the first banquet were: Wayne E. Leer , Purdue , '19; P. W. Shrad e r, Kansas, '16 ; Robert ]. Formad, Franklin, '88; R. R. Dan i e lson, Illinois, '14; Wil l iam H. Hoover, Wisconsin, ' 19; James Scott Topham, Stanford, '15; Eliot C. Lovett, Harvard; G. I. Tucker, Columbia, '14; E. B. McCormick, Kansas State, ' 14; H. E. Earp, Penn State, ' 16; Owen Co ll ins, Penn State, '20; ]. M Gri e s, Wisconsin, '07; Robert D. Armstrong, Indiana , '1.5; Dav i d Harper Sibbett , Michigan, '07.

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1 INDIANAPOLIS TAKES PLACE IN RANK

Alumn i A ssociation Launched in 1916 ; Fosters Charte ring o f Indiana Chapter 15

Wh e n Purdu e was planning t o ent e rtain th e 1916 conclave, a number of the m o r e active alumni who were li v ing in Indianapolis and that vicinity conceived the idea th a t an organ iz a ti o n of the Acacia m en in thi s city would b e a dvantageous in man y ways.

As a r es ult, a m ee ting was h e ld at the Hotel E ngli s h o n Aug. 27 , 19 16, at which t e mporary off ice r s were elected and committees appo int ed t o r e p o rt at a m ee ting to be h e ld in September. R. E . Simpson was appointed t o attend th e conclave as a r ep r ese ntati ve o f th e o rganizati o n

At th e S e pt e mber m ee ting a t en t at ive const ituti o n was adopted and o ffic e r s se l ec t e d und er it. Meetings we r e h e ld r eg ularl y on th e l ast Friday night of eac h month during th e w int er and sp ring of that yea r and a fin a l draft of the co n s tituti o n and by-l aws was m a il ed t o th e grand co uncil o n Jan 3, 1917.

After the r ece ipt of l et t e r s of approva l from the m ember s of th e grand co un c il , permanent orga ni zat ion was effected a t the first annual me e ting h e ld Jan. 25 , 1917, in the s mall dining r oo m at the Hotel English. These officers were e lect ed: George E. G ill, Co lumbi a, president; Ca rl F. Williams, P urdu e, v ice preGeorge E. Gill s id e nt ; R. E. S imp so n , P urdu e, secreta r y. treasurer.

Lun ches, dinn e rs and parties we re h e ld every m o nth until July 14, when a big o utd oor pi c nic was s taged at Page's co untr y h o m e, w ith th e Acac ia men who were in training at the First Officer's ca mp at For t Benjamin Harrison as guests o f h ono r. Du e to th e fact that a ll of th e off ic e r s and m os t o f the m e mb e rs of th e assoc iati o n had e nli s t ed in various branch es o f th e serv ice, the orga ni za ti o n h e ld n o m ee ting s until F e b. 10, 1921 , when G ill again called a m eeting t o order and a reorganization of th e as soc iation was affected

Since that time seve ral m ee tin gs h ave b ee n h e ld a nd we h o pe and b e li eve that we will hav e as li ve an o rganiz a ti on thi s yea r as we did in o ur fir s t. Our r o ll of h onor h as on i t the nam es of Carl Fletchall William s, Le s li e Selby, both alumni o f Purdue ch apter, a nd Horace M . Pickerill, of Cornell , who gave up th e ir liv es in the World war.

H. 0. Garmon, Purdue, '02, h as b een chief

R. E. Simp s on e ngin eer of th e Indiana public s e r vice co mmission f o r the past 13 yea r s. L ast winter h e

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was e lected pr es ident of the American Association of Engin ee r s Until rec e ntly h e ha s been the Acacia d e lega t e the nity co uncil and has always tak e n a great mterest m the assoc\atwn.

E. A. Wreidt, Chicago, '10, was a ppointed state s uperintend e nt of vo cati o nal e ducation last spring and is doing great thing s for this work in Indi a na.

We tak e great pride in th e new chapter at Indiana univ e r s ity which was fathered b y Horace M. Pickerill, Cornell, '12, and to which the members of the Indianap o li s o rganization ga ve every possible encouragement. It i s fr o m thi s chapter that we hope to obtain man y new memb e r s t o ass i s t in r ev iving o ur association until it again take s its place ' as a great fac t o r in Acacia.

R. E. SI-MPSON.

The Washington c hapt e r h ome of Acacia h o u ses a thriving k enne l o.f Ye ll ow Dogs. , _

So n otor ious ha s this k e nn e l become that n o t e d m e n n ow apply for m embers hip. Among r ece nt applicants was Imp e rial Potentate Ellis Lewis Garrets()n o f the ob l es of th e Mystic Shrine. H e now is a past imperial potentat e, his s uccessor ha v in g been chosen a t th e Des Moines m eet in g. And th e Washin g t o n curs promptly and voc if e rou s ly g rant ed th e potentate's plea for membership

After a dinn e r a t which Mr. Garretson w as a g u es t, th e curs yelped forth fr o m their kennels and proce e d e d with the ceremony. Many is the cur who ha s bow e d befo r e th e altar o f the Wa s hin g t o n br ee d o f mon g r e ls, but n eve r did a better one bow than C ur Garretson. Th e yelps of glee e mergin g from th e Acacia hous e ca u se d eve ry cur in th e street to sto p a nd enter the sacred portals o f th e kennel.

After it was all over th e new es t Yellow Do g d e livered a s hort address.

In the middle o f this pictur e is the still smiling survivor of the initiati o n. A r o und him a r e th e voracious dogs who hav e ju s t completed the s lau g ht e r.

Allah Safely Guided Him Through At Washington Chapter House

CLEVELAND ALUMNI READY

Fifth City Acacians Number 53 Who are Available for Graduate Organization

By J. M EL H ICKERSON, Iou.J a Chapter

The Cleveland alumni of Acac ia s h o uld hav e o rg a nized years ago. A ll of th em admit that. There is no good reason why some sort of o rganizati o n was not effected, for different Acacia ns had talked of an a lumni chapter man y times. But it never m ater ia li zed.

Then the Geographical directory . of m e mber s o f Acacia fraternity was iss u e d in the ea rly s umm er of 1921. Every m e mb er, resident in Cleveland, who turn ed to pag es 88 and 89, was ag r eeab ly su rpri sed to l earn that he was o ne of 39 members of Acacia in Cleveland. Five brothers ha ve since mov ed to th e Fifth City and two h ave m ove d away. A lm ost irnm ediate ly afte r the d ir ecto r y was received, a self-appo int e d co mmitt ee ca ll ed a l uncheon m ee ting of the C l eve l and Acacians. That first meeting wa s h e ld on July 1 and was attended by 15 men. Two weeks lat e r the group, considerably en larged, m e t again and made app li cation for a charter for the Cleveland A lumni association of Acacia.

Here comes the sad part of the sto r y of C leve land a lumni chapter. The on ly difficult y enco unter ed thu s far has been in getting a c hart er, app li cation for which was made th e middle of July. The grand off icers h ave ac kn ow l edged r ece ipt of the petition and th e petitioning group i s expecting the prized d ocum en t daily. Unavoidab l e causes a r e undoubtedly responsibl e for the delay.

However bi-monthly lunch eo n s hav e b ee n held since the fir st m ee ting on Jul y 1 and the attendance has been good always-especially when one considers that the s umm er m onths are vacation month s. "Bring an Acacian wi th you" was the publicity s logan for the first s moker, h e ld on th e eve ning of Oct. 7, at the Cleveland Athletic club, and it brought r esults.

As we said above, f o rt y -t wo member s of

William M. May, Purdue chapter, preside n t of Cleveland A cacians

Gro,·er C. Hosford, Mi sso uri charter m -mber. v=ce president c•f Cle ve land grads

Francis H. Shaffer, Oh io chapter, Cle ve land a 1 u m n i ' s treasurer

Acac ia li ve in C l eve land Three li ve in Lakewood, a part o f G r eater Cleve l and. These 45 a lumni represent 19 universities, from Harvard in the Bay State to California on the Go ld en Coast. Ohio, as one wo uld expect, leads the 19 in number of C l eveland representat ives . Ohio chapter h as 11 a lumni in Cleveland. Iowa and Purdue tie for second honors, each uni versi t y h avi ng a quintet of Acacians in the Fifth City. ·

And that isn't all. In five smaller Ohio cit i es, eas il y accessab l e to C l eve l and, live nine other a lumni of Acac ia . In Berea li ves one, in Kent two wearers of the jeweled triangle. In Lorain are two and in Oberlin another . And J Mel Hickerson , publicity in Warren are three o th ers who a tt ach an director for Cleve land group added importance t o the sprig of Acac 1a .

The C leve land association of Acacia h as 53 prospects fo r membersh ip . Ma ny of them-a majority in fact-are already "pledged". And when our charter is received and our orga ni zation is perfected we will be content with a membership of half a hundred co ll ege m asons who have e nt ered the portals of Acacia.

J\raria Qlrlrbratrn1J1nx

1!Hurr ]IaUry Jirnir

Acacians in and near Oshkosh, Wis., got together on the S unda y before Labor day for a picnic at the Worden cottage at Shore Acres, a quiet resort on Lake Winnebago between Oshkosh and Fond du Lac.

With the except i on of R. G. Olson of Illinois chapter it was a party of Wisconsin Accac ians, although the invitation was made as general as possible on the short notice on wh ich the picnic was promoted. Welton Johnson had just returned from Colombia, South Ame ri ca, for a vacat ion, and "Johnny" being one of those get -t oget h er souls, it was more or l ess in his honor.

Rain all day l ong dampened plenty of clothes, but no spirits. Card games, indoor golf, table tennis (with racquets and later w i th knives and forks) and other forms of amusement were provided by "One-Minute Joe" Wilson. Fortunately the roof of the cottage was eq u a l to the emergency, and it was dark before anybody thought to get supper.

Twenty - five people at s up per taxed the capac it y of the little cottage to the utmost, and wh il e the tables groaned und er plenty of eats, the bread -b ox and bureau drawers fairly wept und er their burden of making up for a s h ortage of chairs. And the o ld j okes that were dusted off sounded just as we ll as they used to when Murray r an the cow college and Birch the rest of the Badger university.

Gus Sell, with Mrs. Se ll and their two ch il dren, constituted the largest famil y present. Mr and Mrs. Reid Murray and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Birch l eft their respective heirs at home or some good fights m i ght have been promoted. Cec il Holman came from Chicago for the picnic, C. F. Rasmussen from Park Falls, Pau l Nyhus from Appleto n , Lawrence Meyer from Neenah, John from Amherst and points south, Olson and the Birches from Milwaukee, and Wilson with the Se ll s and M urrays constituted the Oshkosh delegation. The Sells vied with the Wilsons in the food-producing lin e, but J oe won all honors by providing three cars, s ix girls, twenty records, and most of the plans.

.Altoonau.s IDogrtqrr

On Thursday nig h t, Aug. 18, Acacians in Altoona congregated fo r a most e njoyable evening.

We m e t at 5:30. Yoder and Hughes furnished the ca r s and we drove over to the neig h b o ring town of Roa r i n g Sp r ings. After an exce ll ent dinn e r at the Elden Inn we journeyed over to the lodge hall and attended a meeting of W oo dbury L o dge, No . 539, o f that city. Th e r e we witnessed the exemplification of t h e fi r s t degr ee. After th i s w e were tak en to a restaurant and s upplied wit h r e freshments A nd th en we came h o m e.

Those pre se nt were: · J . H. Yod e r , Penn State, ' 10 ; E . W. Hughes, Penn St a t e , ' 11 ; W. J. Madden, Penn Stat e, '09 ; F. W. Specht, Penn State, ' 15; W. 0. Te u fe l , Penn State, '2 1 ; C. B. Hamilton, Penn S t ate, '22; J. R. McLaughlin, Illinois, '20 ; K. H Gordon, Illin o is , '20.

C. E. Stout, Penn State '20, and S . B. Gregory, Penn State ' 22 , were unable t o a tt e nd . KENNETH H. GORDON .

MILWAUKEE ALUMNI AT TOP SPEED

M i lwauk ee Acacia m e mbe r s have organized an a lumni association. It had its beginning at a dinner m ee ti n g at th e C ity club A pril 6, 1921 , with 11 Acac ian s pr ese nt. At that m ee tin g th e pr o p osa l t o la unch a n assoc ia ti o n was present e d a nd adopted. Not losing a m o ment of time n or a n atom of e n e r gy, the Acacians immediately nam e d the i r officers, th e f o ll ow in g being ch ose n: President , Leonard V . J ames of Illinois chapter; v ice presid e nt , Fr a nk Birch of Wi sco nsin chapter; secretary t r easurer, Dr. Griffith S. J o n es of Wisconsin c h apter ; corr espo ndin g secretary, Spencer P ease of wi scons in chapter. Everett A. Carpenter of the sa me c h apter has since been nam e d t o P ease's plac e.

Me et in gs now are being h e ld regu larly on the fi r s t Wedn esday o f eac h m o nth at the City club.

The fall season for this new association opened O ct. 1 with a party and dance at the summer home of Everett W. Maechet le of th e Northwestern chapter on Littl e Mu s k ego la k e, about 20 miles from Milwauke e EVERETT A. CA R PENTER.

NEW SUBSCRIBERS TO ENDOWMENT FUND

Worthy Patrons

MI C HIGAN 1-John H e rlihy, $100

C ORNELL 1-A. W. Rittershaus e n, $100.

Life Subscription to Journal

MICHIGAN 1-Dr. F. G. Dratz, $15.

ILLINOIS 1-C. Z. Rosencrans , $15.

MISSOURI 2-Robert D . McLau g hlin, $15; Harr y K. Poindexter. $!.= . CORNELL 2-Jesse F . Bradley, $ 15; Karl M. Dallenbach , $ 15.

C OLUMBIA !-Charles Friedgen, $15.

COLORADO 1-R. V. B illin g ton, $15.

SYRA CU SE 1-A. Abbott Brown, $15

TEXAS 2-James A. Hendr ix , $1 5 ; Malcolm H Reed , $15.

OKL A HOMA 1-Cfiar l es B Ste e le, $15

T HE A CACI A JOURNAL

((THE

SANTA FE TRAIL AND OTHER POEMS"

By JosEPH R. WILSON, Frankfort, '02,

Harvard, '10, and Honorary oj Columbia, Colorado and Yale

An Appreciation

If va ri e t y o r f asc in a ti o n e ither in t o pic matter o r in m e th o d o f handlin g i s a good r easo n for being int e rest e d a b oo k o f p oe tr y , th e n t h e f rat e rn a l ti e o f th e tn a ngl e, s tr o ng th o ugh 1t m ay b e 111 th e br eas t of a n y br o th e r , w ill b e th e l eas t c o mp e lling m o tiv e b e hind th e a c qui s it io n a nd pe ru sa l of "T h e Sa nta Fe Tr a il" b y eve r y Acac ia n w h o i s p ossesse d o f fin e fee lin g o r lingui s ti c a ppr ec ia ti o n T h e co nt e nt s o f thi s littl e vo lum e a r e a lm os t as va ri e d a s th ey a r e

num e r o u s What ev er fault s a n y on e might b e a bl e t o find w ith th e p oe m s, s am e n ess in s t y le o r s ubj ec t i s n o t o n e o f th e m. Th e tr ea tm e nt acco rd e d th em is rar e ly th e sa m e in a n y t wo in s t a n ces. T a k en in th e ir e ntir e t y as a b oo k o r o n e b y o n e in p iece m ea l fas hi o n , th e poe m s s t a nd o ut quit e pl a inly as so m ething o f whi c h th e a uth o r , a nd a ll A ca c ia w ith him , fo r eve r s h o ul d b e p r o ud.

Ex tr ac t s fro m a r ev iew o f thi s b oo k , p u bli s h e d in Th e P hilad e lphi a R eco rd o n May 29 , 1921 , s h o uld int e r es t "Py th a g o r e an s " eve r yw h e r e.

"M r . Wil so n, " sa id M r. P. A. King s l ey in w ritin g f o r thi s p a p e r 's ' R ev iews o f th e L a t es t Boo k s, ' "ha s s tudi e d th e Sa nt a Fe T r a il i n it s eve r y as p ec t; a nd h e h as in hi s p oe m r e fl ec t e d t h e v e r y so ul o f th a t gr ea t pa th of th e pi o nee r s ove r w hi c h high h o p es ca rri e d co untl ess hundr e d s, be nt up o n f a ir la n ds beyo n d-a nd l ef t m a n y o th e r s b r o k e n up o n th e way. So m e ju s t pas se d on, t o o wea ri e d t o li ve; but m a n y o th e r s beca m e v ic tim s of th e fe r oc it y of th e Indi a n s. T h e tr a il i s m ar k e d w ith m a n y g r aves. Har d y so ul s a nd fo rtun ate fo un d th e t ra il l e d t o a r a di a nt l a nd , f ull of p r o mi se f o r th os e un afr a i d o f h a rd s h ip s a nd di s c o mf o rt s.

"M r. Wil so n in th ese ve r ses h as m a d e va lu a bl e co ntributi o n s to th e hi s t o ri ca l a n d r o mantic p oe tr y o f th e n a ti o n. H e h as put int o hi s lin es p ic tu res of s turd y m e n w h ose co urag e m a d e poss ibl e t h e deve lo pm e nt of t h e So uth wes t .

" Th e r e i s th e ge niu s of th e p oe t in th ese v e r ses, s inc e rit y o f fee lin g, w h o l eso m e em o ti o n . Th e v is io n o f th e s inger is unr es tri c t e d, hi s a bilit y fo r se lf-ex pr ess io n a bund a nt. H e m a k es hi s pe op l e r ea l ac t o r s up o n lif e ' s s tage , h e se t s p l a inl y b e fo r e u s th e sce n es o f a c ti o n. He lift s th e c ur ta in u po n t h e hi s t o ri c tr a il a nd we see it s pr ea d b efo r e u s in it s t o rtu o u s way " R OBE RT H. BES T , Co lumbi a C h a pt e r.

Joseph R. Wil s on G r and Pre s ident of Acac ia 1908-1910

PLAINT OF ALUMNUS ILL FOUNDED

Acacia Active s Take Lead on Their Campuses in Man y Activi ties; Are Successful

In a communication received l ast yea r by th e Fraternity's ed it or, the plaint was made by o ne of the alumni that Acacia actives did not participate enough in college activities, confining th e ir abi liti es w ithin the chapter house-and not too s trenuously there.

A n in ves tigation wou l d have pr ove n to that a lumnu s th at hi s complaint was hard ly founded on fact. And even a casu a l p e rusal o f the se page s will further convince him that Acacians are far m ore apt to be classed as leaders than followers on th e ir respectiv e campuses. And there will be more of th e sa me kind of new s for th a t a lumnu s in o th e r iss u es thi s year .

WA L T E R H . EB LI NG, W isc o nsin Cha p t er

Walter H. Ebling r e pr ese nts Acacia actives in the j o urn a li st ic si d e of cam pu s lif e, being ed itor in chief of th e "Co untry Magazine." He h as been m ore or l ess act iv e o n th e campus the past two years, being on th e Ag ricultur a l Literary soc ie ty a nd also a m e mb e r o f th e Country Ma gaz in e. Th e Co untry M agazine is a periodical, owned and contr o l ed e ntir e ly by s tud e nt s o f the coll ege of agriculture in th e U niv e r s ity of Wisconsin He wrote severa l good s tori es for th e m agaz in e, ea ch one of which proved hi s ab ili ty as a s tory writer. Just before hi s appointment as e ditor in chief h e wrote an espec ia lly int e r esti n g a rticl e o n "P lantin g Our Futur e For es t s" and this sto r y was th e one w hich brought him to the fore.

Walter H. Ebling

Co n seq u e ntly when th e faculty began sea r chi n g for the n ew e dit o r l as t spr in g, th ey chose Eb lin g fo r the position.

His work thi s year ha s proven th e wisdom of the choice of the f ac ulty Th e first thing h e did was t o incr ease the s ize and shape of th e magazine, w hich of course necessitated changing the whole system But Ebling was eq ual to the task and when the fir s t iss ue came off th e press abo ut two weeks ago the fruits of hi s labo r s were realized-the Country M agaz in e i s n ow one o f the best publicat io ns on th e univ e rsity campus.

But h e did not stop there fo r h e gave t h e c ir c ulation department a h e l pin g hand a nd in creased the s u bsc ripti o n li st f r om 1,500 t o 2,000. Hi ? ed itori a ls have been full of s n ap and o ri g in a lity , ca usin g no small number outstd_e th_e to stop and think. In th e la s t issue "Eb" r a ise d a qu es tiOn m hts ed tt o n a ls whtch was eage rl y caught up by th e editorial staff of the Cardina.l, ou,r uni ve r s it y. and re-ech oe d. This o nly goes to s how that ht s mfiuenc e ts bemg felt o ut s td e h ts own re a lm of actvity.

FRANCIS H. CASE , No rthw es t e rn C h apter

Francis H. Case is one of the busiest m e n around th e Northwestern c h apte r h ouse. In addition to taking work in the graduate schoo l at the uni ve r s it y, he finds time to h o ld down th e position as assistant e ditor of th e Epworth Herald,

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and m his spa r e moments has written a book which is attracting much attention in this field. In this first book, "A Handbook of Church Advertising," Case has endeavored to show the needs and advantages accruing from church advertising, and jud ging from the comments of reviewers the book o u ght to fill a need. The publication was reviewed in the Literary Digest of Aug. 23 and in the September issue of Administration by Christian F. Reisner, D. D. Dr. Reisner points o ut that the book is so constructed as to appeal not on ly to the minister but to the business execut iv e as we]!.

Case was born in Everly, Idaho, Dec. 9, 1896. He i s a graduate of Dakota Wesleyan university, received his M." A. from Northwestern in 1920; and is now working on his Ph. D. He is a member of P i Kappa Delta and Delta Sigma Rho fraternities and has been one of the most act i ve members of Northwestern chapter. He was president of the Northwestern Masonic fraternity, and it was he who carried it s petition to Minneapolis and made the first appeal before the grand conclave in session there.

Franc:s H. Case

A lth ough sitting on the side lines, so to speak, in the affairs of the chapter this year, he st ill wields his influence and gives his assistance through his activities on the board of directors of the corporation, of wh ich he is a member.

Gordon E. Nelson, Wisconsin chapter

Gordon E. Ne l son represents Acacia on the Wisconsin Varsity football squad this year as right guard.

"' Gundy" started his football career as a sophomire in 1919, his first year in

This year he has been playing right guard , being now rated as one of the mainstays of the team. However Ne lson has been unfortunate this season in that he tore the li gaments in his right arm in the first game of the season , p lay ed aga in st Lawrence. Conseq u ently he was l aid up for two weeks but recovered enough to break in on the Northwestern game, on l y to be injured again. This injury kept him o ut of the Illinois game. At present Nelson has recovered enough to go out for practice and will be in condition for the grand scraps of the season's hard weeks.

The fact that h e is familiar w ith nearly every position on the forward wall makes him especially va lu able and hi s absence in recent games has been sorely felt by the team.

But football does not seem to be enough outside act iviti es for Ne lson as he has gone into politics this fall by running for treasurer of the senior class.

E. Nelson the University of Wisconsin. He made the freshman squad that year and won his numerals. The next year he made the Vars it y squad and played in three conference games aga in st Northwestern, Ohio and Minnesota. He p layed end last year and his speed and brilliant head work won him his "W", which was granted him l ast spring.

Nelson was initiat ed on Dec. 16, 1919.

Young Lady (who had ju st been operated on for appendic iti s): " Oh, doctor! Do you think the scar will show?"

Doctor: "It ought not to.

-The Lyre.

G.

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ARTHUR N . NEU , No r thwes te rn Chap ter

Arthur N. Neu, first venerable dean of the reju ve nated Northwestern chapter, h o lds the r eco rd on the campus for Masonic membership. About the only degree he hasn't had is the thirty-third , and failing of n ew fie l ds to conquer in the realm of the men, he has petitioned the Eastern Star and says h e will not stop short of the position of Worthy Matron.

He hails from Carroll, Ia., and attended the Iowa State college for two years before goi n g into the service. He entered Northwestern University in 1919 and will receive his d eg ree next June. He expects to continue in th e law school.

He first won renown on Northwestern campus during th e Greater Northwestern dri ve for additional endowment when he contr ibuted the largest gift from among th e 7,000 students.

N eu was one of the founders of the Northwestern Masonic frat e rnity and it was du e a great deal to his untiring efforts that Acacia was put back on Northwestern campus. "N ick," as h e is famil iarly known around the house, is not half as hard-boi l ed as his photograph paints him If th ere is any deviltry going on around the house you can bet your lif e

that Nick is mixed up in it or knows someth in g about it

EMBERT H . COLES , Kansas S t ate C h ap t er

Emb er t H. Coles is a man who ean look after the duti es of a benedict a nd

still be the most active man on the Aggie campus. Co l es lead s in all student as well as chapter activities. Coles r ece ntly was e l ected to th e office of business mana ge r of th e student annual in the hottest fight ever shown over an e l ect ion h e r e. Last year h e was president of Men's Pan-Hellenic council. He was a lso president of the all Ag assoc iati o n , an o r ga nization emb racin g all the men in the agricultural division H e was class treasurer in his junior year.

That h e is a r ea l student is shown by the fact h e is a member and vice-president .of A lpha Zeta, honorary ag fraternity. Coles' · presidential duties do not e nd there as h e was president of Pax, junior soc iety.

Co l es has been one of the real workers in the c hapter , holding almost eve ry office from se ntin e l to that of venerable dean. He repres e nt ed the chapter at th e Illinois conclave and at th e in sta llati on of the Oklahoma chapter.

First Attorney-"Your gated scoundrel."

S eco nd Attorney-"My Judge (sharp l y)-"The matters as are in dispute "

Ra s Ad j udicate r Honor, unfortunately , I am opposed by an unmitilearned friend is such a notor ious liar-" counsel will kindly confin e their remark s to suc h -Vir g ini a R ee l.

She: " I'm so uncomfortable There's something rou g h like a crumb in side my stocking." He: "Too bad, came from the roll, I suppose." -Purple Cow.

Arthur N. Neu

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ACACIA WINS SCHOLARSHIP HONOR

A ca cia s t oo d at th e t op of all social fraternities at the University of Co l o rad o, a c cording t o th e ave rag e o f grades for 1920-1921 , as a nnounced by the uni ve r si ty authorities.

The following i s th e tabulati o n of s tanding:

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Seve ral Acac ians were active l as t yea r a nd th ey a nd o th er s will be on th e map again thi s yea r

We ll s was capta in of th e university golf t ea m . Hawk s, as a m e mber of the In st rum e nt a l club , p e rformed o n th e violin a nd banjo-mandolin on severa l of th e c lub t o ur s. L earn la s t year was assis t a nt leader in the R. 0. T. C. band a nd this y ear h as ass um ed the j o b of directing it and th a t it i s n o s mall undertaking, for th e re se rv e o ffic er s -to-b e h ave a go o d orga ni za tion.

Edwa rd s went in for tennis and la nd ed a b e rth as substitute o n the Va r s it y. MacAloney was in hi s pos iti on as goalke e p e r o n the champion lac r osse t ea m for the secon_d seaso n He was also a member of sophom o r e cl ass execut1ve comm1ttee and r eco rding sec r e tary of the For es tr y c lub

Thi s season w ill see m e n from Acacia o n th e o-l ee and in s trum e ntal cl ub s, c r ew, lacrosse, bask e tball and baseball. o

ALUMNI ASSOCIATIONS HAVE ROLE

uwhy" of Graduates' Organization Shows Opportunity for Service and Pleasure

By L ELAND S. T HOMPSO N , M i chigan Ch apte r and Detroit Alumni Association

So me o rg a ni z ation s h av e excu ses fo r ex i s t e n ce a nd o th e r s h ave

d e finit e o bj e ct s t o accompli s h .

V/ ith that fo r a pr e mi se it o ught t o b e possi bl e t o ge t so m ew h e r e in a di s cu ss io n o f th ese r e la ti ve ly n ew ph e n o m e n a, th e Acac ia A lumn i asso ciati o n s

T h ey ar e num e r o u s. So m e o f th e m h ave b ee n in ex is t ence for a d eca d e . O th e r s a re tr y ing t o g e t th e m se lves b o rn a nd w h e n th ey s u cc eed o n e o f th e fir s t thin gs th ey w ill h ave t o dec id e is n ea rl y h ow t h ey a r e go ing t o ju s tify th e m o r e o r l ess pa inful tr ava il w hi c h th e ir co min g br o u g ht , p e rf o r ce, up o n th e m e mb e r s of th e gr a nd co un c il.

Acacia A s so ciations D i stinctiv e

It is s ur e ly unn ecessa r y t o gi ve r easo n s fo r thi s d i sc u ss io n A ll a r e int e r es t e d in kn ow ing w h a t th ese assoc ia ti o n s a r e go in g t o do w ith th e m se lves . A nd ina s mu c h as th e ir c o mp os iti o n , lik e th e c o m pos iti o n o f a n y Aca ci a c h a pt e r , i s di ffere nt fr o m that o f s im i la r o r gan iza ti on s in o th e r fr a t e rniti es, it i s n o t e ntir e ly s af e t o d i s mi ss t h e m a tt e r w ith t h e ass umpti o n th a t Acac ia A lumni assoc ia ti o n s w ill f un c t io n in th e s a m e way.

T h e m e r e fa c t th a t th e m e mb e r s of an Acac ia A lumni assoc ia ti o n h ave mu c h m o r e in co mm o n w ith o n e a n o th e r th a n i s u s u a ll y th e case in s uch o r ga ni z ati o n s mak es th e pr o b le m a h o r se o f a n o th e r co lor. A dd t o th a t th e fac t th a t yo u a r e d ea l ing w ith a ve r y yo un g co l t w h ose di sp os iti o n is s till o b s cur e, a nd th e ju s t ifi ca ti o n f o r th e a r g um e n t i s p l a in e n o u g h . B ut a n Acac ia A lumni assoc ia ti o n i s n e ith e r a h o r se n o r a c hild

It i s a n o rg a ni za ti o n w ith definit e purp oses, a nd it is th e bu s in ess of thr o wing th ese p urp oses int o s h a r pe r r e li ef , m a king th e m a b i t m ore o b v i o u s t o Acac ia m e n , th a t co n ce rn s u s h e r e .

So m e o rg a ni za ti o n s furni s h lu c r a ti ve j o b s f o r off ic ia ls. O th e r o r gan izat io n s a r e pl ay thin gs fo r p e r so n s w h o h ave littl e t o o c c u py th e ir tim e. Still o th e r s li ve f o r p o liti ca l r easo n s, f o r r e li g io u s r easo n s, soc ia l r easo n s, e du ca ti o n a l r easo n s, s ci e ntific r easo n s, bu s in ess r easo n s , o r fo r co m b in a ti o n o f a l l.

Must Find Ne w F ields

T h e r e i s ju s tifi ca ti o n fo r d o ubt th a t fo r th e p r ese n t, at leas t , any A c ac ia A lumni ass o c iati o n w ill b e ca ll ed a " plum ," in th e p o li t ica l s e n se. On e might di sce rn a p oss ibl e o bj ec t , o n th e o th e r h a nd , a m o n g th e fi eld s w hi c h f o ll ow thi s l ess wo rth y o n e in th e p r ece din g p a r a gr ap h , b ut i f we s t o p th e r e we w ill put o ur se lves t oo d a n ge r o u s ly int o co mp e t iti on w ith th e Bro wnin g club s, th e R o t a r y club s a n d o th e r o r ga ni za ti o n s of th ei r kind w h o go t th e r e fi rst , and did it a l o ng tim e ago . It is n o t in co rr ec t t o say that in m os t o r ga ni za ti o n s t h e r e i s, o r o u g ht t o b e, a sp irit of mutu a l h e lpfuln ess. T h e m e mb e r s of a n y clu b

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a r e e ith e r tr y in g t o h e lp th e m se l ves o r t o h e lp s o m e o n e e l se, a nd a t th a t po in t it i s log ica l t o d e m a nd ju s t w h a t a nd w h o a n A c a ci a A lumni asso -

c ia ti o n is tr y ing t o h e lp.

I s it th e bu s in e ss of a n assoc ia ti o n t o h elp th e n ea r es t ac ti ve c h a pt e r?

M u s t it co m e t o th e ass i s t a n ce o f th e grand c o uncil, th e Fr a t e rnit y as a w h o l e, it s own m e mb e r s, m aso nr y in it s ow n co mmunit y or ma so nr y as a w h o l e, o r w h a t? Th a t' s w h a t we a r e tr y in g t o find o ut . W h e n we can a n swer that qu est i o n we ca n t e ll th e w o rld w hat w e ar e h e r e f o r , b eca u se th a t w ill b e o ur o ut s t a n d in g r easo n fo r ex is t e n ce, o ur d efin i t e ob j ec t as an assoc ia t io n .

Avenues of Approach Many

A n d w it h o ut a t te mptin g t o b e p syc h o -a n a ly tic a l or ove r- p r ofo und , it loo ks as th o u g h s uch a n assoc ia ti o n o u g ht t o k eep e a c h o n e o f th ese divisio n s of o u r g r ea t o r ga ni za ti o n in mind It i s o ur bu s in ess t o be of so m e u se t o eve r y o n e of th e g r o up s m e nti o n e d.

T h eo r e ti ca ll y, an Acac ia A lumni assoc ia ti o n i s m a d e u p of m e n f r o m a num be r of ch a pt e r s . Prac ti ca ll y, it is pr e tt y lik e ly t o co n s i s t of m e n f r o m th e n ea r es t c hapt e r , a nd th e bu s in ess o f k eep in g th e n a ti o n a l po int of view i s n ot o ft e n so easy . T h e co n f u s ion o f i ss u es affec tin g o nl y th e n ea rb y c h a pt e r w i t h th ose th a t r e la t e t o th e e ntir e fr a t e rnit y, o ff e r s a mmu ni ti o n fo r mu c h th o u g ht a nd co uld ve r y we ll b e th e s ubj ec t o f a n a rticl e in it se lf . B ut t h e p o int i s th a t a lth o u g h a n associa ti on i s o ft e n n o t so id eall y co n s titut e d fr o m thi s po int o f v i e w as it might b e, th e m e n wi thi n it r ep r ese nt a w id e va ri ety of ac ti v iti es a n d h ave a w ide range o f int e r es t s . It is n o t unlik e th ese va ri o u s bu s in ess club s o f th e R o t a r y o r K iwa ni s t ype in thi s r es p ec t.

Relationship Unusually Close

Tha t is a n a d va nt age fro m w hi c h p r o fit ca n be t a k e n. And a n o t he r i s th e numb e r o f r el a ti o n s hip s in co mm o n w hi c h eve r y Acac ia m a n h as w ith eve r y o th e r. Maso nr y, e duc a ti o n , th e F r a t e rnit y i t se lf , fri e nd s hi p a n d often b loo d r e la ti o n s hi p-a ll o f th ese thin gs brin g u s n ea r e r eac h o th e r a nd m a k e u s f a r s tr o n ge r as a n o r ga ni za ti o n th a n we co ul d o th e rw ise be. Tak in g a ll th a t in to co n s id e r a ti o n , it i s ob v io u s th a t a n Acac i a A lumni assoc iati o n i s a ve r y spec i a l g r o up o f m e n With th a t in mind a n d h av in g dec i ded th a t we owe a d e bt o f se r v ic e t o a l a r ge numb e r o f m aso ni c a nd f r a t e rn a l di v i s io n s , th e qu es ti o n r e m a in s as t o h ow thi s ca n bes t b e d o n e.

I n brin g ing s u c h a g r o up as o ur s t o g e th e r we e n co un te r fir st of a ll th e sa m e o b s t a cl e th a t is m e t in a tt e mptin g t o brin g a n y o th e r g r o u p t oge th e r-o rdin a r y in e r t ia. Eve r yo n e h as ex tra-m aso ni c a nd e xtr afr a t e rn a l r e la ti o n s h ip s pullin g him in th e o pp os it e dir ec ti o n . H i s bu s in e s s, hi s o th e r fri e nd s, hi s f a mil y, hi s h ob bi es, a dd e d t o th e n a tur a l t e n de n cy t o go o n d o in g w ith o ut dev ia ti o n w h a t h e h as b ee n d o in g, a ll milit a t e a ga in s t th e assoc iati o n id e a.

Must Include Every Brother

T h e Assoc ia t io n mu s t co n q u e r thi s o b s t a cl e fir s t o f a ll. Its fir s t a im mu s t be t o e n ro ll eve r y Acac ia m a n , and t o d o th a t it mu s t b e int e r es tin g I t mu s t o ff e r so m e thin g b es id e mim eogr a ph e d l e tt e r s f r o m th e s ecret<;t r y a n d o p po rtuniti es to g ive u p so m e thin g th a t int e re s t s htm m o r e, m r e turn f o r th e d o ll a r o r so o f ye arl y du es. It is n o t

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enough t o t e ll a man he wi ll see "Bi ll " So - a nd- S o whom h e h a s n' t s ee n since th e ir so ph o m o re year at Siwash. He ha s ve r y lik el y got t e n a ll over thrilling at the thought of talking so ph o m o ri c esca pad es, ca mpu s flirtation s, tubbing partie s and ana l agous s ubj ec t s, with Bill So-a nd- So. He may enjoy s pending an hour or so with him, list e ning to th e s t o r y of Bill's post-c o llege career and t e lling Bill a ll about him se lf ; but w h e n that is d o n e Bill will begin t o lo o k t o him ju s t lik e all th e r es t o f th e brethren It is n o t o ur d es ire to inf e r that th e socia l s ide o f an as oc iati o n' s activities ca nnot be inter es ting e nough to h o ld it s memb e r s. There are organizations to which peop l e natur a ll y turn for soc ia l diversion and which are not primarily o rganiz e d f o r that purpose. The need for soc ial div e rsi o n may r evea l its e lf , and th e club o r soc ie t y, th o ugh e nt e rtainm e nt i s f a r from it s real r easo n for ex is tence , ma y very log ic a ll y t a k e advantage of thi s need and hold it se lf t oge th e r by thi s m e th o d. There is n o thing to pr eve nt an Acacia assoc iati o n from putting th e e mpha s i s, in it s activities, upon th e particular o n e which se rv es th e greatest n eed of it s m e mb e rs , whether it pr ove t o b e p o litical , e ducati o nal , soc ial , frat e rnal, m aso nic or what n o t . Th e imp o rt a nt p o int is that th e association avoid falling into the error of assuming that th e soc ial id ea a lwa ys vvorks , for it certain ly does not , and a furth e r idea i s that th e m o r e ac tiv e s pirits in th e group s h o uld s tud y their m e mb e r s hip and tr y to find o ut what activity s h o uld have th e prefe r e n ce.

No Limit To Discussions

Th e reader ma y rais e his eye-brows at th e p o liti ca l s ugg e ti o n. No one of course considers Acacia as a po liti ca l o rgani zat io n , any m o r e than it ca n b e called a r e ligi o u s, e ducati o nal o r soc io l og ical o rg a ni zat io n . B ut that d oes n o t pre ve nt o ur d o ing what might see m at fir s t blu s h a littl e unu s u a l; fr o m asking a member at a lun cheon t o get up a nd t e ll u s something int e re s ting about his bu s in ess, o r from in v iting a clergyman br o th e r t o t e ll us why we ought t o go t o church, if in so doing we w ill get something o ut of our me e ting worth getting and h o ld th e int e r est o f th e br o th e r who comes to th e m ee ting secret ly pro t es ting . It o ught to be possible to h o ld th e group t oge ther without ex tr ao rdinar y m eas ur es. The zealous o n es will say th a t if a man mu s t be "vamped" into attending the gatherings of hi s particular fraternity alumni association he had bett e r s ta y away. That is a lm os t tru e, but n ot quite. Human nature doesn't change ve r y much and m ost of us s uff e r from attacks of lazin ess, se lfi s hne ss a nd o th e r wea kn esses . It i s o ur dut y to k ee p this in mind when considering the weak s i s t e r s of a n o r ga niz ati o n.

Have Problems Of Our Own

Acacia ha s pl e nty o f probl e m s. E li gibility i s a thing that m a n y alumni ar e concern ing them se lves about ju s t now . What can an a lumnu s d o about a son whom h e would lik e t o see in hi s ow n Fraternity but who is unwilling to d e la y hi s matri c ulati o n until h e is o ld e n o u g h to be considered? Under th e present sys t e m th e o nl y so lu tion see m s t o be th a t of having th e m b o rn four years o ld, and although th e pr ob le m is an easy thing t o j o k e about th e time i s coming when it will n o t b e so funny.

The Alumni assoc iati o n can watch for good prospects. It can k eep in cl ose personal t o uch with near est c h ap t e r. It s memb e r s can write articles f o r th e JOURNAL. Th ey ca n h e lp yo ung graduates fr o m a ll the

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c hapt e r s t o find positions. Th ey ca n k ee p alive of th ose with one another , with the chapters, the Fraternity as a and w1th masonry which should mean so much to every one of Pres1de?t Burt o n of the University of Michigan says th e man who IS m os t and getting th e m os t o ut o f lif e i s th e man who has. as many. as of the se r ela tion s hip s al o ng with all th e o th e r s wh1ch come m ev 1tabl y 111 a n o rmal , worthwhile lif e.

If o rg a nizations must have r easo ns f or existence, so must articles in the JOURNAL. W e don't care t o h ave thi s o n e criticized t oo in that light ; but inasmuch as it may so und lik e advice t o hard workmg

The Det r o it Alumni association, while not yet c hart e red by th e g rand co uncil , h as petitioned for a charter and is h op in g soo n t o join th e rank s of the Fraternity's grad orga ni zat io n s

Leland Sta nf o rd Thompson, th e author of the article which h e called "W hy is an A lumni association," is the sec r e tary-trea s ur er o f th e Detroit organization a nd was one of the prime movers in it s launchin g. The story of hi s winning of a C r o ix d e Guerre during the World war appeared in the May JOURN AL. He now is with the C urti s Co ., advertisers, in Detroit, but finds time to l abo r h ard for the success of the Detroit association.

William Montague Pe rr et t is the vice pr es id e nt o f th e assoc ia tion a nd his int e r est in th e g r a du ate organ iza ti o n , in the Mi c hi ga n c hapt er a nd in the Fr ate rnity as a whole h as bee n unfla gg in g . H e was made a n hon o rary member of the Mic hi gan chapter in 1910. ·

William M. Perrett was b o rn Oct. 10, 1871 and was e ducat ed in Eng l a nd. His rise in masonry in this co untr y ha s been rapid a nd s u ccessf ul. He is past g rand master of the g rand l o d ge o f Michigan, p as t pot e nt ate o f Mo s l em Shrine in Detroit an d h as a l so h e ld th e hi g h es t o ffic es in other o rd e rs o f masonry. H e now is district sa les manager of the Ga t es Rubber Co., Denver, and o f the Manning J Sm ith Belting Co , P hilad e lphi a, with off ic es in th e Dime Bank building in Detroit.

Hor ace Maynard is the pr es id e nt of the D etro it association. T hi s association is h o ldin g wee kly lun c h eo n s in th e a ut o c ity, meeting eve ry Thur sday noon at the Fort Shelby h ote l. The assoc iat ion keeps in close touch with th e active g r o up at Ann Arbor, so m e m em b e r from the chapter ge n e rall y be in g present at each alumni meeting. A r ece n t acq ui s iti on to the assoc iati on is Dr. Howard L. J ones, a Minnesota c h apter g rad. Fred Boron, a Wolverine g rad , ha s j o in ed the ranks a lso and i s d o in g hi s s har e of th e association work.

Leland S. Thompson

William M Perrett

association officers, it seems advisab le to say that th e int e nd ed v ict im here i s in rea l ity not the officer but the member. Th e alumnus i s th e rea so n for all this disregard of the high cost o f g oo d pap er a nd printer's ink.

Alumnus Must Come To A s sociation

Associations are made up of alumni and their accomplishments a r e strictly limit e d by the degree of interest which th ese alumni evi n ce . It has b ee n the desire here to show each alumnus o f th e Fraternity so m ething of what the association he may belong t o may accomplish if h e helps . It is not a s tat e m e nt o f a standa r d for ex isting associati o n s . It is a statement intended to suggest to the alumnus what hi s assoc iati o n can do for him and for othe r Acacians if he will allow it t o do so . It can do much more than this if he wil not only help, but help acti ve ly.

The Acacia fraternity has b e en developing a b o dy of a lumni f o r a number of years. It has reached the point a t which it is n ecessa r y t o take full advantage of th e strength which an influential b ody of a lumni o ffers any fraternity.

Burden Passes To Many Now

Up t o the pre se nt tim e Acacia has benefit e d wonderfully by th e unse lfish efforts of a few of her alumni. · One cann o t h e lp feeling that in many cases thes e a l umni hav e had too great a burd e n t o b ea r . It i s ce rtainly not inc o rr ec t t o say that the Fraternit y as a whole h as n o t come anywhere n ea r g etting the full return from her investment in alumni , and conv e r se ly, thes e alumni have been far fr o m getting what th ey s h o ul d get from the Fraternity .

The Fraternity do es not exist f o r the alumni . It d oes n o t ex i s t for the active man. It exists for both It was in ev itable th a t during it s b eginning years Acacia s hould he a r more fr o m th e active m e n th a n fr om her alumni, but th e time has surely come when th ese alumni mu st be organized and constitute a real part of the entir e orga ni za ti on. They shou l d tak e an interest in what th e Fraternity is doing a nd see to it that the Fraternity kn ows what they are doing a nd what th ey a r e thinkin g . If each a l umn u s will keep this in mind he will raise hi s Acacia A lumni association o ut of the class of those organizations which h ave o nl y exc u ses for existence and put it up with t h ose which not only h ave d e finit e object s to accomplish, but which are r eg ularl y accomplishing the se o bj ec t s.

DES MOINES ACACIANS RESTIVE

The vest-pocket d i rect o ry of Acacia a lready has accomplished g r ea t res ul ts in Iowa. Thirty Acac ians a r e listed as living at D es Moines. Nin e of t h e lead i ng spirits th e r e h ave taken steps already to int e r est th e r e m a ind er in an a lum ni assoc iation for that city. ·

The fir st meeting was held in the chamber o f comme rc e dining r ooms Sept. 21, at which the f o llowin g were pres e nt: 0. B. Hartl ey, Kansas, '07; A. C. K r akow, Iowa, ' 12 ; Dring D N ee lham , Har va rd, '14; Fr e d N. Pownall, Iowa , '13 ; Marion B. Seevers, Cal ifornia, '10; A H Snyder, Iowa State, '08; Frank L. W illiams, Mis so uri , '12; Karl Warner and R. J. Pearse, Iowa Stat e, '16.

On e o f th e chief objects in view was to ge t acquainted w ith every Acac ian in Des Moines. Th e second object was to assist any of th e chapters within reachin g distance Futur e meet in gs are to be h e ld , a nd th e outcome may be an alumni association .

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HARRY MILLESON GRAY , Ill i noi s Cha p te r

Ju s t as much a victim of German ki ll e r s a_s Acaci;;t's Gold Star

Harry Milleson G ray di e d July 3, 1921 at h ts restdence 111 Kokomo, Hts d ea th was du e to the serious after effects of the German gas h e was s ubJect ed to during th e W o rld war.

At the time o f his d ea th Gray was pr esi d e nt and Ge n e ral Manag er of th e Como C hemic a l Co. He was born Oct 4, 1888, at F o rt Dodge, Ia. He attended th e Co ll ege of Science of th e U ni ve rsity of Illinois for two years, h av in g e nt e r ed with two years' advance credit in chemistry. H e was initiated into the Illinois chapter of Acacia o n Oct. 28, 1910.

apt. Harry M . G ray

H e served in a ll the chair s of his blue lod ge in J o li et, be i n g worshipful mast e r in 1917 He was comm issioned as a 2nd Li e ut enan t of I n fa ntry in the Reserve Corp s on Apr. 28, 1917, and was ordered to active duty at Fort Sheridan May 8, 1917. On Jun e 7 he was ordered t o r e p o rt a t New York and was ass igned to the 28th infantry of the 1st Di v ision, sa ilin g for Franc e almost imm e diately Gray was promoted to be 1st li e ut e nant o n Feb. 15 , 1918, and to be a captain on Oct 23, 1918 He se r ved successively in th e L o rr a in e sec t o r , the Toul secto r , at Ca nti gny , and at St. Mihiel. He was gassed at Siechprey i n M a rch, 1918, and was re -

t urn ed to th e U. S. in Ma y . He was discharged in th e following December. He was c it e d f o r ga llantry in action a nd f o r espec ially m e rit o ri o u s service Mar. 26, 1918, by Maj. Gen. Summerall in command of th e 1s t Division. H e was married Apr. 27, 19 12, t o Ora Ann Kennelley.

CHARLES

EBER HISCOCK , M i ch i gan Chap t e r

C h ar l es Eber Hiscock, past g rand commander of the Knights Templar of Michigan a nd an h o n o rary member of t h e Michi ga n chapt e r of Acacia, di e d at his h ome in Ann A rb o r o n Nov. 1, 1920.

Right Emi n ent Sir Hiscock was born at Ann Arbor Mar. 1, 1854, and li ve d more than 60 years in thi s one community. F o r more th a n 50 yea r s h e was assoc iated with the An n A r bo r Sav in gs bank, one of the la rg e banking in st itutions of the s tat e and was for many years it s pr es id e nt. A t the time of hi s death, h e . was serv in g as chairman of the board of dir ec tors , h av in g ret ir e d only a s h o rt t im e before. During hi s business li f e, h e served as city alderman, as president of the c ity council, and as mayor of Ann Arbor. At one tim e h e was captain of Compa ny A , 1st r eg im en t, Michigan National Guard, t o which position h e had risen from the ranks

C h a rl es Hiscock p et ition ed Fraternity lodge, No. 262 , A nn Arbo r , immediately after at t a inin g hi s majority and was r a ised to th e d eg r ee o f mast er mason on Jun e 4, 1875 He was exa lt ed a companion in Washtenaw chap t er. No. 6. in December of the same year, accepted as a r oya l and se l ec t mast e r i n Union co unc il , No 11 , Ypsilant i, May 18, 1888, and was knighted in th e Ann Arbor Co mmandery, No. 13, o n Jun e 18, 188 1. H e was also a member of the Michigan Sovereign Cons isto ry an d Moslem Shrine, served as worshipful master of the lodge and hi g h priest of the chapter, and was Commander of th e Commande ry in 1888 a nd 1889< In Septembe r, 1914, he was crowned a thirty -t hird degree Mason at t h e annua l session of the s upr eme council in Chicago.

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HOMER ATWOOD T U LEY, Michi ga n Ch a pter

Homer Atwood Tuley , in hi s first year of work in the Dental college of th e University of Michigan, died July 23, 1921, of tub e rculosi s in the Detroit Tuberculosis sanitarium.

During the World war, Tul ey served in Russia with the 337th Ambulance Company. He was cited for bravery after having rescued a comrade under heavy fire, and later was awarded th e Distinguished Service Cross.

At · the time of his death Tuley was a pledge at the Michigan chapter of Acacia. After his r et urn from ove rseas , he had mad e his home with Dr. and Mrs. F. L. Antes, 216 Holbrook Ave., Detr o it , whose son it was he had saved in Russia.

ISAAC CUTTER, Illinois Chapte r

Isaac Cutter, grand secretary of the grand lodg e of Illin ois, died at his home in Camp Point, Ill., June 15, 1921.

Isaac Cutter was mad e a Mason in Benjamin lod ge No. 297, and served that lodge as Master in 1896, 1897 and 1898. He was grand lecture r in 1898 and g rand examiner in 1900. He was first elected grand secretary of the g rand lodge o f Illinois in 1906 and was re-e le cted without opposition continuously up to the pr ese nt time He was an honorary member of the supreme council, 33d degree.

H e was an honorary member of the Illinois chapter of Acacia, being initiat e d into the fraternity as the one-hundreth member of the chapter on Mar 31, 1910.

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Dear Grand Editor:

" Will you please announce in the JOURNAL that I h ave appoint e d Cec il Holman as Assistant to the Grand President and that he has accepted

" I am desirous that this matter, which is an inno va ti o n in th e Fraternity administration work, should be given prominence so that communications from Holman will be received and given due r es pect and prompt attention. The duties of this assistant will be to aid the Grand President in various ways in conn e ction with th e executive work and particularly to follow up the plans inau g urated by the Grand President in o rder to keep the work moving and bring it t o s uc cessfu l conclus ion. Th e burdens upon the Grand President hav e become so h eavy that some measure had to be taken to relieve him. One of the considerations which led to the selection of Holman was his demonstrated capacity and willingness f o r work in comp iling the 1921 Directory of Acacia.

The Grand President plans also to have a weekly conference at which H o lm an and the Chicago members of all nationa l committees will be invit e d to be present It is expected that this will serve as a stimulus to the various fraternity work and result in m o re comprehensive committee reports. While these m eet in gs will b e strictly busines s conferences on national frat e rnity affairs , they will n ot b e closed meetings and any member who wishes to may join the party at Saturday lun c h eo n at 1 o'clock at Stillsons restaurant."

(S igned) HARRY L. BROWN, Grand President, Acac ia.

Homer Atwood Tu l ey

ACACIA DIRECTORY

Grand Pre s id e nt- HARRY L. BROWN 1570 Old Co lo ny Bldg ., ChicagoKIII.

Gra nd Cou n se ll o r - HOWARD T . HILL ................................ .. ........................ .... Box 1, Manhattan, an.

Grand Treasu rer-CARROLL S. HUNTINGTON 1428 Lunt Ave , C h1cago, Ill.

Grand S ec retary-W ELMER EKBLAW 711 W. Nevada St ., G r and Editor-T. HAWLEY TAPPING The Pr ess, Grand Rap1ds, M1c

1- Journal Corresponding Chapter Address Correspondent Secretary

MI CHIGAN 603 S State St , Ann Arbor, Mich. L. Armstrong Kern B e n W. Weir

KA NSAS 14 th a nd Or ead Lawrence, Kan.

NEBRASKA 1325 R Stree t, Lincoln, Neb

C ALIFORNIA 27 17 H as t e St., Berkeley, Calif.

OHIO 1835 Indi a nol a Ave , Columbus, Ohio

HARVARD 16 Prescott St., Cambr id ge, Mas s ILLINOIS 50 1 Daniel St., Champaign, Ill.

FRANKLIN 3601 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa

MINNESOTA 120 6 5th St , S. E., Minneapolis, Minn.

WI SCONS I N 615 N. Lak e S t., Mad ison , Wis . MISSOURI 718 M a ryl an d Pl ace Co lumbia, Mo.

CO R NE LL 614 E. Buffa lo St., Ith aca, N. Y.

P URDUE 427 State St., W. Lafayette, Ind.

C HI CAGO 5719 Kenw ood Ave. C hi cago , Ill.

YALE B ox 11 81, Yale Station New H a v en, Co nn

COLUMB IA 35 C la remont Av e ., Ne w York City

I O WA STATE 2 110 Linc o ln Way, Ames, Ia

I O WA 603 E. College St , I o wa City, I a.

PENN STATE 306 Allen St., State College, Pa

WASHI NGTON 5022 University Boulevard, Seattle W as h NORTHWESTERN 630 Un ive r sity Place

(Re-Established '21) Evanston, Ill. CO LORADO 11 29 13th St. Boulder, Colo.

SY RA CUSE 102 W a lnut Pl ace , Sy racu se , N. Y.

KANSAS STATE 340 N. 16th St , TEXAS

M a nh a tt a n, Kan. 402 W. 24th St., Au s tin, Texa s OKLAHOMA 71 5 A s p A ve , Norman, Okl a. INDIA NA Blo o mington, Ind

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PEORIA

MILWAUKEE

John ]. Kistler

H a r o ld J. Requartt e

Oli\'er J Ne ibel

C liffo rd C. Heer

John F. Derenil1

Geo rg e Tangen

L eo n F Dunwiddi e

Charles W. Kell e r

L e land Spencer

IL orin C . Mcintosh

Reed Zimmerm an

Robert H Best

Clarence C. Schide

Fr ank H. Coy

Ar c hie C. Rockw e ll

Harry S. Redpath

Roy C. Cla rk

Ru sse l H. Lind s ay

J ose ph W. Skinner

J. Weldon Jones

Elisha Pa sc hall

Po se y T. Kime

ALUMNI ASSOCIATIONS

615 1s t Nat'! B a n k Bl dg., Duane L. Tice

C hi cago, Ill

70 5th Av e. Ross A. Fife

New York City

2266 K e nwo od Ave ., Luth e r S. Ferguson

Indianapolis, Ind .

500 Bradley Ave., William E. Kri ege r

P eo ri a , Ill.

8 13 Mayer Bldg , Milw aukee, Wi se.

H a rold J , Requartte

W a rr en Stivers

Elmo M. Estill

George E. Ekblaw

P e rr y R. M oore

Geo r ge Mason

James M. Ta yl o r , Jr.

K e ll er E. B eeso n

R eed Zimmerman

H erbe rt L Herberts

R obe rt H Best

Theodore B. R eiser

James L. Martin

Alfred McBee

George L. McWilliams

Vl' illiam Ri cha rds on

J ohn C. Ketcham

Mauri ce J, Lehman

Duan e R. Dill s

R E. Simpson

William' E. Kri ege r

Everett N. Ca rpent e r

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II EDITORIALS

ACHIEVES PROPER SP HE RE

With th e rapid dev e l ope ment o f th e c h ap t e r publi ca ti o n as a comprehensive Acac ia in s tituti o n , th e JO U R A L i s able t o develop itself within it s pro p e r s pher e m o r e th o r o ughl y thi s yea r th a n h a h eretofore been possible .

So l o ng as man y c h ap t e rs did n o t h ave their ow n publications, it vvas n ecessa r y for th e Fraternity's m agaz in e t o p erfo rm suc h publicati o n s ' ta sk of furni s hing t o the a lumni th a t t y pe o f n ews a nd m ate rial w hich we w ill ca ll " l oca l" , for want of a better titl e. B ut th e dispensing of " loca l " n ews is n o t th e function of th e national m agazi n e.

Rath e r ind ee d th e JO URNA L s h o uld give t o it s r ea d ers th e "te l eg r ap h" n ews of the Fraternity. News of r o utin e ac ti v iti es w ithin th e chap t er, w hil e of r ea l and vital interest to th e alumni of that c h apter, rarely h as an appea l be yond th e c h ap t er circle. The m ate ri a l appear in g in the JO U RN AL mu st appea l t o a ll m e mb ers of th e Fraternity a lik e

This i ss u e of o ur m agaz in e tries, fo r the first tim e, t o be distinctly and e ntir e ly th e o rg a n of the whole F r a t e rn ity , a nd n o t th e co n g l ome rat e co ll ec tion o f th e o rg a n s o f eac h c h a pt e r One of the m ec h an ical devices u se d t o acco mpli s h thi s e nd h as b een th e abo liti on of the c h apter l et t er, th a t high so undin g a nd o ft e n m ean ingl ess asse mbl y of boasts about " th e m os t s ucc essf ul yea r in th e hi s t o ry o f th e c hapt er" e ith er ju s t past o r about to m a t e ri a li ze.

NEW DUTIES FOR HOLMAN

Two c ut s of Cec il L. Holman have been o rd e r e d for u se in the JOURNAL. The o rd e r was placed w h e n a perusal of hi s ac ti v iti es during th e past yea r developed th e ce rtaint y that a s in g le c ut wo uld be wo rn t o tatt e r s if thi s indu s tri o u s indi v idu a l co ntinu e d hi s o ld pace this yea r.

A nd th e r e see m s t o be eve ry indi ca ti o n that h e i s e mb a rk ed o n j ust th a t kind o f program. H is a pp o intm e nt as Assistant t o th e Grand P r es id e nt i s a deserved h o n o r, a nd it i s certai n th at th e duties of the post will b e th o r o ughly and l oya ll y hand l ed.

Ceci l L. Ho l man ha s sta mped him se lf as a o n e hundr e d per cent Acac ia n a nd o n e to whom th e th a nk s of the Fraternity a r e due for faithful serv ice r e nd e red

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GAUGING CHAPTER EXCELLENCE

The effi c ie n cy or inefficiency o f a chapter's o fficer s is n o t always th e barometer of th a t chapter's s tr e ngth o r weakness. A group m ay be functioning we ll o n it s ca mpu s and may be uph o lding it s traditi o n s of sc h o las ti c s t a nding and ca mpu s prominence in th e face of weak administration a nd bungling work by it s officers.

A lso, a c hapt e r m ay go ba c kward in s pite o f th e b es t effo rts of h a rdwo rking and eff icient lea d e rs

B ut in general th e s tanding and progress o f a c hapt er can best be gauged by a st ud y of the activity or ina c tivity of its off icers. Certain it i s that practically th e o nly m e thod by w hich th e Grand Council can es tim ate a c h ap ter' s co nditi on i s thr o ugh th e m ed ium of it s con n ect ion w ith c h a pt e r off ic e rs.

The imp o rtance of careful se lection o f chapter officers, especially those having contact with th e Gra nd Council m e mb e r s, ca nnot b e ove re mph as ized.

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th e foundation which Ll oy d Evans Thatcher ha s built with hi s Michigan c h ap t e r manual , th e r e i s every r easo n t o b e li eve will ri se th e st ru ct ur e of a n a ti o nal manual which will be a s tandard of in st ruction wi thin the Fraternity.

There is n ee d of unif or mity and s t a ndardi za ti o n in pledge instructi o n fo r Acacia. The co mparativ e ly s h o rt term of active memb ers hip f urni shes a rea l a rgum e nt for th o r o u g hn ess in s u c h t eac hing . It is t o t a k e the place of le sso n s l ea rn ed thr o ugh m o r e yea r s of lif e in the chap t e r house as enjoyed by the members of o th e r frat e rniti es. Thatcher h as t aken the l ead. Thorough s tud y and ac ti o n by th e chapte r s a nd by th e a lumni s h o uld follow.

ALUMNI EXPECT EXPANSION

T h e question of expa nsi o n i s certain t o thru s t itself prominently t o the fore in th e Fraternity's ac ti vi ti es during the co min g yea r. Wo rd has co m e from at l east tw o a lumni associations that it s memb e r s are ser io u s ly interested in th e int en ti ons o f l oca l s ch oo l groups to prepare for ove rtur es to Acac ia.

A lumni in the so uth ha ve proclaimed m o r e than once th e adv i sability o f expa n s io n in that direction. It is a question w hi c h th e a lumni as well as the active may well take a pa rt in answe ring.

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JOSEPH RWILSON,AUTHOR

J o se ph R. Wil so n · pil o t e d th e Frat e rnit y thr o u g h t w o ea rl y y ea r s o f it s hi s t o ry and th e firm f o undati o n h e th e n built h as m ad e him dea r t o a ll Aca cian s.

It is th e r e fo r e w ith m o r e than th e u s u a l sa ti s fac ti o n th a t we see him a s th e s u ccess ful auth o r o f a m e rit o ri o u s b oo k of ve r se. H i s b oo k w ill b e r ea d w ith th e m o r e int e r es t f o r it s se ntim e nt s c o m e fr o m th e h ea rt o f a br o th e r wh o m we kno w and love

BADGER CONVICT GANG WINS PRIZE

They Vamped Coeds in The s e Tog s

Th e Va r s it y J a mb o r ee was t o bl a m e fo r th e s trip es th ese Aca ci ans a r e we aring.

Thi s w as a m as qu e rad e d a n ce gi ve n b y th e U ni ve r s it y o f W i sco n s i n l as t sp ring . P ri zes we r e g ive n f o r th e b es t g r o up mak e -up a nd n ee dl ess t o say A cac ia Co nvi c ts w a lked o ff w ith th e b aco n .

Th e id e a was o ri g in a t e d th e da y b e f o r e th e p a rt y a nd o n th e fo ll owin g a ft e rn oo n th ey m a d e u p th e ir cos tum es. That ni g ht th ey m a r c h e d ove r t o th e sce n e o f a c t io n, l o ck s t e p a nd all , und e r th e s ur ve ill a n c e of T o m L e la nd , w h o ac t e d a s th e ir p ri so n wa rd e n.

B ut ju s t l oo k th e m ove r. Ay t o n , l eft , loo k s ve r y b ellig e r en t , w hil e J o n es , B e rm a n and Whitf o rd see m t o e nj oy th e ir pr e di ca m e nt . O n th e o th e r h a nd Me rri ck , Newe ll a nd F e idl e r l oo k a s th o u g h th ey h ad g iven u p a ll h o p e o f eve r see ing th e gat es o f lib e rt y a gain .

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TWO TEAM LEADERS WEAR TRIANGLE

Duo of Athletic Captains Dwell at Lincoln Chapter Home of Acacia

Nebraska chapter of Acac ia boasts tw o captains of Co rnhu sker athl e tic teams in Floyd K. Reed of the wrestlin g squad and Wa l ter ]. Williams on the cross country outfi t.

Walter J. Williams, '23, i s se ni or dean of the c h apter a nd a junior in business administration. "Lefty" g r ad uated from Wahoo, Nebr., hi g h school in 1916, a nd made letters i n track , basketball and baseball. He captained the team his last year and pitched them int o second place in th e state championship, hittin g .581 in 12 games

After e nt e rin g Neb r aska in 1916, he en li sted in the arti ll er y Ap ril 12, 1917 Lat er he served in t h e av ia tion sec tion , s ig nal co rps , a nd was commissioned a 2nd L i eutenant before hi s di sc h arge in December, 191 8. While in th h e ran seve r a l ra ces, one a fa st mile, wherei n he .,laced first among 76 en tri es, many of them easte rn co ll ege at hl e t es.

Somehow realizing that a s h aveta il dots not know eve r y thi ng, "Lef t y" came back in 1919, captured a medal in the K. C. A. C. meet an d pitched seve ral games for the Va r s it y.

Besides t ak in g part in at hl et ic s Williams is a wi ly po litici an, a nd h as h e ld severa l cla ss off ic es, includin g the pres id ency of the V ikin gs, junior honorary, master of ceremonies, juni o r h op a nd University night committee. His paramount amb iti o n , h oweve r , i s to acq uir e four l etters, in track, cross co untry , baseba ll and basketball respect ive ly, and wi th the sta rt he has made, it l ooks lik e he wo uld get away wit h it

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Floyd K. Reed, '23, heads the Nebraska wrestling team and occas iona ll y l o it ers a r o und the state uni ve r s ity farm whe r e he is r ep ut ed to be a junior in agricu ltur e. He went to G rand Island hi gh sc ho o l, and managed th e sc ho o l pape r until he grada ut ed in 191 8 with a huge b lack and go ld sweater, so he a lr eady was wearing the co lo r s w h en he came to Nebraska in 1919.

"F lit z" won a medal in th e Y M. C. A. championship 111 19 18 and took fi r s t and a go ld medal in th e Y. M. C. A. state meet l ast spring When th e Ce ntral States Amateur Wrest lin g assoc iat ion, com po sed of s ix middle western states, h e ld a meet la st Ap ril , Reed won another medal for taking first in the 158- lb . cl ass. Nebraska's g rapplers placed t hird in the w este rn int e rc o ll egia t e meet last year a nd wo n f r om severa l o th e r schoo l s Reed's contribution be in g t h e w innin g of three o ut of s ix matches.

· Reed i s a l so tr eas ur e r o f t h e B l ock and Bridle club and. chairman of t h e finance committee of th e Baby InterStoc k show to be put on a t the farm and he h1ghly r esents a n yo n e's r efe rrin g to hi s schooi as the "cow co ll ege ."

Floyd K. Reed

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MICHIGAN CHAPTER ADOPTS MANUAL

Codifica tion of Ideals , Customs and Asp irations of A cacia is Prepared by Lloyd Evans Thatcher

Be li ev ing that th e Acac ia fraternity could very well make u se o f a "tex t b oo k" in s trength e ning th e functioning of its chapters and in aiding the pledge and active, and th e alumnus as well, in his effo rts to make of himself a b e tt e r memb e r of th e br o th e rh oo d , Llo y d Eva n s Thatcher ha s prepared a Manual which h as been adopted by the Michigan ch ap t e r for u se by pledge, active and a l umnu s of the moth er gr o up

In as king for its publicati o n in the JOURNAL its s pon sor s h ave expressed th e belief that thi s manual even tually w ill be the ba s i s o f a national manual for the whole fraternity. It s particul ar adaptation to the Michigan chapter wou l d b e c hang e d , of course, in any nati o n a l manu aL, it s sponsors say, with l a titud e granted t o each individu a l group to insert those paragraphs dealing w ith particular chapter tr aditions in gove rnm e nt.

Ll oyd E . Thatcher, the a uth o r of th e manu a l, i s an a lumnus of the M issou ri chap t er, having be en initi a ted th e r e when h e was an Ass i s t an t in Zo o l ogy He was graduated f r om M i sso uri uni ve rsity in 1911 and served on th e faculty until 1915. The Acac ia ch apte r at M isso uri m ade him a m ember in November, 1911. Af t e r serv ice during the Wo rld wa r h e became a member of th e Univ ers it y of Michigan faculty in th e departm ent of Z ool ogy in 1919

He i s a member of Sigma Xi and Ga mm a A lpha fraternities and o f th e America n Association for the Advancement o f Science. He h as r ece ive d all of th e degrees thr o u g h th e thirty-second in Scotti s h Rite Mas o nry and a lso is a Shriner. H e was th e fir st pr esi d ent o f

Evans Thatcher the University Shrine club, is a m e mb er of th e advi sory board of the Order of D e Molay at Ann A rbor and is a n h o n o rar y m emb er of the Craftsmen club of th e univer si ty.

I n te r e s ted in Michigan Chap t er

As a member of th e U. of M. faculty, That c h e r naturally h as taken unu s ual interest in the Mi c higan chapter, li v ing so m e time a t th e chapter h o u se and int e r es ting him se lf in all th e group's activities. It i s partic ula rl y for the Michigan chapter th a t this manual ha s been w ritt en and h e s ubmitted it to several Michiga n alumni . befor e it was finally adopted by the chapter. Active memb e r s of th e chapter, to o, h ave b ee n of g r ea t ass is tance in th e formulati o n of th e manual. It is printed in full on th e following pag es a nd it i s h ope d and expected that its publicati o n will result in the r ece ipt of man y comments w hich m ay be used t oward possib l e impr ove m e nt o r am plifi ca ti on.

Loyd

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In the Acacia fraternity there is used a scripture l esson which we are taught has special s ign ificanc e for all Acacians. This passage, taken from the Book of Proverbs begins: "Get Wisdom, Get Understanding."

Believing in the significance of this passage , we present to the Acacia fraternity this manual with the hope that it may be of va lue to all the members and pledges. We have not attempted to write a history of the Fraternity nor to enlighten the members and pledges on a ll things which they should know; but we have attempted to crystallize some of the things which we believe are essential for the making of a good Acacian.

We believe in the ideals of the Acacia fraternity and hope that the inspiration that we have received from our life in the Fraternity which we have tried to express here, may help not only the new men whom we welcome into our brotherhood each year but many who have also taken the vows and have failed to come · into a full realization of what the Acacia fraternity means.

We dedicate this manual to those men who had a vision of what such ideals .as ours cou ld mean to college men-the founders of the Acacia fraternity.

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If you were to ask some one what a fraternity is you would undoubtedly get as many different definitions or explanations as the number of persons whom you asked. You who are just coming into this organizat ion have perhaps a rather hazy id ea as to what a fraternity is and you who already are members doubtless have changed your ideas since you have been associated with us.

We shall not attempt to define what a fraternity is but sha ll attempt to crystallize som e of our id eas of what it should and shou ld not be, to list some of the essentia l and non-essential attributes which make for a real fraternal organization.

In the first place, a fraternity may be defined as a group of men bound together, with a unity of purpose, and with certain secret initi ations, rituals, grips, signs, words and a pin.

We would impr ess upon you that the unity of purpose is the fundam e ntal thing in fraternity lif e, without which the fraternity cannot justify its existence. It may, unless this is kept uppermost in the minds of it s members, deteriorate into a mere boarding club whose membership is more or l ess exclusive. It must , therefore, have an ideal which, in its daily life, it strives to attain. That ideal must b e high e nough, always in sight but just out of reach, to g iv e the fraternity the necessary stimu lu s to atta inm ent.

Must Be Vital Force

Such an id ea l must react upon the members in a way that they will feel that their fraternity is a real , vital force in their lives. They must live that ideal and by their examp l e show the new men that it is wo rth while as a builder of character, of fri e ndship and of brotherly love.

Should a brother fail or fall short in attempt to attain such an ideal, it IS the duty of every member to show the ernng brother wherein he has failed to meet his responsibility and to help him on the right course Too often a brother may take offense, but if he l ooks at the situation with an open mind havino- the ideals of the organ i zation at heart, he is ind eed not worthy to be a br';;ther if he cannot or will not change his ways.

Must Recognize Unity

. An.other fact that a fraternity man must learn is that the fraternity IS a um.t and that he IS JUSt one of the sma ll parts in the machine who must learn to fit h1s place so that the machine will work efficiently. One must suppress his

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individuality insofar as it is for the best interest of the group, and retain it insofar as it works for the best interest of the group. A fraternity man divides himself into some three dozen parts when he takes the vows of the organization, and the other 35 must come first in his mind if the organization works effectively

To recapitulate briefly, a fraternity is a group of men with a living ideal which they are striving to attain. It is founded on the principle of brotherly love and affection. Its watchwords are self-sacr ifi ce and service. Keep these uppermost in your mind, make thein a part of your fraternity life, and you will have learned the fundamental attributes of a college fraternity.

College fraternities are fundamentally an American college idea.

The first American co ll ege society bearing a Greek letter name was founded at William and Mary, at Williamsburg, Va., in 1776, and was called Phi Beta Kappa. It is now a purely honorary society.

The next to arise was one of the several orders of Kappa Alpha, founded at the University of North Carolina in 1812. Many of these early societies were purely literary; their training was largely in oratory and composition with no social advantages.

In 1825 the Kappa Alpha Society was founded at Union college by John Hunter, of the Class of '26. It was secret, having a Greek name and was confined to upper classmen. It displayed a badge similar to Phi Beta Kappa and named its chapters by the same system. In 1827, two similar societies were formed at Union, Sigma Phi and Delta Phi, founded by seniors. These three, known as the Union Triad, were the founders of the existing system. Imitation of or opposition to them will account for the establishment of nearly all of the general fraternities.

Sigma Phi was the first to establish a branch organization and Alpha Delta Phi arose as a rival to this branch. This branch expansion caused rivals to be founded in many schools and we find in the next few years Psi Upsilon, Beta Theta Pi, Chi Psi, Delta Kappa Epsilon, Zeta Psi, Theta Delta Chi, Phi Gamma De lt a, Phi Delta Theta and Phi Kappa Sigma, a ll founded before 1850. Rapidly following these arose Chi Phi, Phi Kappa Psi, Sigma Chi, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Phi Sigma, Sigma Relta Pi, Sigma Alpha and Delta Tau Delta, before the Civil war.

Theta Xi was the only one founded during the war, but after the war arose a group of new fraternities in the south, among which were Alpha Tau Omega, Kappa Sigma Kappa, Sigma. Nu, Kappa A lph a (Southern), Alpba , Gamma, Kappa Sigma a nd Pi Kappa Alpha, some of wh ich have confined their chapters to the south but most of which have spread north since.

Founded at Michigan

In 1869 the first l ega l fraternity was founded at the University of Michigan, Phi Delta Phi, and since then there have arisen many professional fraternities in law, medicine, chemistry, dentistry, journalism and engineering. Many of the professional fraternities are based on scholarship attainments as well as on social desirability. ·

In addition to the general and professional fraternities there are those which are distinctly honorary; the oldest, Phi Beta Kappa, having been mentioned. Among the other prominent honorary fraternities are Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi, Alpha Omega Alpha.

Practicall y all of the fraternities have a national as well. as a local organization and in addition are members of the National Interfraternity Conference as well as local int erfraternity conferences. The function of the national conference is to advise in regard to fraternity affairs in the various schools, in order to get the fraternities to work in greater harmony.

Some States in Opposition

It is of interest to know that in South Caro lin a and Miss issippi there has been anti-fraternity legislation for state schools. This has been upheld by the

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United State supreme court, and in a number of other states it crops up every few years Consequently it is necessary to stop it it law, and every fraternity has lately been on the alert to see that unJUSt does not arise in its l ocality. Much can be done to create a better relatiOn between nonfraternity men · and fraternity men and thus avo i d se r ious l eg is l ation: The attit u de of fraternit ies as a whole, in greater expa n sion and l ess exclusiVeness, has done much to decrease the antipathy, but sec u r ity is by no means assured It pays to guard well our pos ition.

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The Acacia fraternity was founded May 12, 1904, at Ann Arbor, Mich., by a group of college men who were master masons. •

It was felt by that group of men that there was a place in college life for such an organization which had back of it the traditions and ideals of the oldest secret organ ization in the world.

At the beginning and for a number of years in its history its doors were open to members of other fratern it i es and ther e are among our o l der a l umni , men who hold a dual membership. This practice , however, met with the disfavor of many men who felt that dual membership was not a good thing, so after a number of years of debating on the question it was finally decided that single membership was the best policy to follow. Now a man joining Acacia must owe his first and only social fraternity allegiance to the Acacia fraternity.

The fraternity has justified her ideal of membership by the growth she has made . In the years since 1904 there have been 30 charters granted and three withdrawn All of these have been in universities, save at Dartmouth college , where the chapter was short-lived. So we justly can pride ourselves on being a strictly university fraternity. A number of the chapters own their own homes and still others are planning to own theirs . The Fraternity rules provide that ev e ry chapter should have a house

Join s in Fraternity Unions

The Acacia fratern i ty is a member of the Inter-Fraternity Conference and of the local inter-fraternity conferences in the schools where she has a chapter. She takes · an active part in the fraternity affairs of the country and saner judgment is expected from her members due to their greater age She has the same relation to college life and college activities that other fraternities have, but she is lim i ted in her membership, due to the prerequisite of masonic affiliation.

This gives her a unique position as her members have been past the bar of masonry and stand judgment before the bar of the fraternity. To some th is seems an advantage; to others a disadvantage. There are arguments on both sid e s but since we se l ect from a prev iously se l ected group the advantage should outweigh the disadvantage. In this respect we differ from the other soc ial fraternities.

To go back to the history and organization of the Fraternity The Acacia f r aternity was founded at the Univers i ty of Mich i gan, May 12, 1904. The founders were Wi ll iam ]. Marshall, Harlan P. Rowe, George A. Malco l m, Harvey ]. Howard, Walter S Wheeler, Harry B. Washburn, Ben j amin E De Roy, C larence G. Hill, Edward E. Ga ll up, James M. Cooper, ]. Waldo Hawkins, Wi ll iam L. Miggett, Wa lter A. Hall, Ernest R. Rings, Ra lph B. Scatterway, M. Wo l ff and Charles A. S i nk.

At the present time there are 27 active chapters and six chartered alumni associations, w ith others soon to be granted cha r ters by the Grand Council. Originally the chapters were named by the letters of the Hebrew alphabet but they now are known by the name of the institution at which they are located. There is the single exception of the University of Pennsylvania chapter called Franklin. '

The national organization has its power vested in the Grand Council and the grand conclave.

The <;;rand Council is the judicial body of the Fraternity and consists of the grand officers. They are the grand president, the grand counsellor, the grand secretary, the grand treasurer and the grand editor.

The grand conclave is the legislative body and consists of the grand officers 4nd a delegate from each of the active chapters and alumni associations, together with the Chapter Advisor from each chapter. The conclave meets once a year, usually in September, unless otherwise decided by either the Grand Conclave or Grand Council.

The official publication of the Fraternity is the Acacia Journal.

The chapter officers, as prescribed by the Fraternity, consist of a venerable dean, who acts in the capacity of a president, a senior dean, who acts as would a vice president, a secretary, a treasurer, a senior steward, a junior steward, a sentinel. Other officers elected by this chapter are steward and corresponding secretary All of these officers are elected at the first meeting in May by secret ballot, except the treasurer and steward who are selected by the board of directors of the chapter. Their term of office is one year.

Go vern s His C ha p t er

The duties of the venerable dean are to preside at all meetings and to confer the degree of the Fraternity. His powers correspond to those of a master of a blue lodge.

The duties of the senior dean are to preside in the absence of the president and to assist the venerable dean in caring for the interests of the chapter.

The duties of the secretary are to keep the minutes of all meetings of the chapter and to draw orders on the steward for bills allowed.

The duties of the corresponding secretary are to carry on all correspondence for the chapter and to direct the relations of the chapter with all other chapters and with the grand council. He shall also take care of the necessary files and keep up the relations of the chapter with the alumni.

The duties of the steward are to conduct the house affairs and take charge of all expenditures. ,1

The duties of the treasurer are to receive all money due the chapter and to keep account of all money received and disbursed.

The board of directors is composed of the venerable dean, the senior dean, the two secretaries and four alumni. The alumni are selected by the vote of the active chapter; their term of office is two years, two retiring each year.

The conclave delegate is selected by the chapter to represent the chapter at the conclave. He is elected at the annual meeting in May.

The chapter advisor is nominated by the chapter and confirmed by the grand council.

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"To strengthen the ties of friendship one with another; to develop greater zeal for the masonic institution; to prepare ourselves as educated men to take a more active part and have a greater influence in ·the affairs of the community in which we may reside; and above all to seek the truth and knowing it, to give light to those with whom we may be associated as we travel along life's pathway." These are the aims and ideals of Acacia

It would seem rather presumptuous on our part to elaborate on these truths so clearly stated, but we cannot refrain from a few comments on some of them. We would simply ask that you give them your most serious consideration, keeping ever in mind your character as a man and a mason. Are they to be passed over lightly and mouthed and not lived? Emphatically, no! unless we are to fail as a fraternal organization. These can be summed up in the word "service" to our fellow beings in every sense that the word implies.

L ive t o In s p ire F riend ship

How can we strengthen the ties of friendship one with another? By doing those things which are right, those things which are true, and keeping in mind

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the question, "Am I my brother's keeper? " You are the keeper or _the_loser _of his friendship by your actions toward h1m and toward the which you are now connected Your better self I S what he admires See to It that you cultivate it and be always considerate of him and his better self. Fraternity life is much like family life It is a life of give and take and what you get out of it is in direct proportion to what you put in; if it is successful, what you put in must be the highest and noblest that is in you . .

Too often we forget that we are masons before we can become Acac1ans. Founded ort that id ea we must not forget the masonic institution Does this mean that regular attendance at masonic meetings is necessary. No, but it does mean that the ideals of masonry: Brotherly Love, Relief, Truth, Wisdom and Morality , should be practiced in our lives if we are to be good men and masons

Active masonic lif e is a desirable thing for growth in masonic ideals, but the e ducated man will contemp lat e the immutable truths which masonry teaches and merely v isiting lodge , tho it may help, does littl e good unless he meditates on and lives the teachin gs of the order. To us that zea l means a living of masonic teaching.

To th e thoughtful man and to th e real Acacian the practice of the truths we learn in our college days w ill so become a part of us that when we take our place in the affairs of the world our influence for what is right will be felt. If our Fraternity means what she says, we must so live in our college days that when we leave these portals , these lessons will guide us in our future life and conduct. We can only say: "Contemp late them in your spare moments till they reflect themselves in your life."

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Out of the years arise practices and customs in an organization which became so well established that we call th e m traditions . They are perhaps littl e things which may not mean much by thems e l ves, but they help to create a better spirit of friendship and good fellowship among the members. Your compliance with them is obligatory and tho they may seem oftent im es foolish, yet as you look back on your college days, it is the little things which perhaps were turning points in your life or conduct.

Perhaps a word, perhaps an act-how soon they are forgotten but they leave an imprint on your li fe. We are not perhaps so fortunate in our short history as to have what we may call national traditions , but we shall get them as we go on. The war severed our connection with the past and in our period of reconstruction many customs verging on traditions were n eg lec ted or forgotten by the too rapid change in the personnel of the chapter. We have tried to coll ec t some of these, pick out the best and revive them, and it is with your co-operation that they are re- es tablished.

Priority Is First Tradition

Priority is, first, with the officers of the chapter and second, with the classes in the university. In entering or leaving the house in a group this must be st ri ctly fo ll owed. In going to and from the dining room, unless one has a personal guest or is asked by the venerable dean to escort a guest to dinner , this priority must be str ictl y followed on penalty of discipline by the officers or the pledge committee. This custom is observed only at dinner in the evening and Sunday noon Needless to say, a lumni go first and freshmen and pledges last. Gues.ts are conducted to the dining room first and after meals a ll s tand back until the guests have been conducted from th e dining room by their esco rt and then members retire in the same order as th ey entered Dinner is formal, beginning promptly at designated hours and eve ry one must be on time unless excused by the venerab l e dean. No late com e rs may be seated at dinner without first obtaining the venerable dean 's permission. Excuses are granted to students whose class work k ee ps them t ill an hour which necessitates their lat e ness; to others this is not given.

All members and pledges are required to know the chapter song and other songs which a re sung at the table during dinner. The chapter song is sung after

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t h e meal a nd a ll stand behind their c h a ir s dur in g it s r end iti on. The doxo l ogy, w h en u se d , is sung in like m an n er before th e meal s tart s a nd in chapter meeting.

All Join In Hospitality

A ll m e mber s and pled ges mu s t be o n h a nd 15 minutes before dinner to me e t th e g u es t s and prospective n ew members and mu s t r e main till th e g u ests l eave unl ess th ei r studies or ni gh t cl asses take them away. ( Mo vies and dat es with coeds are not considered a s a ni g ht cla ss ) Study hour s t a rts a t 8 o'clock.

Each memb e r and pled ge mu s t mak e it a point to get acquainted with g ue s t s, espec ially tho se who are pr ospec ti ve members. I g n o ran ce of who a man is is no exc u se when h e is considered f o r active m e mber s hip H E IS THE GUEST OF THE FRATERNITY and yo u are just as much his host as th e man who brin gs him d ow n or th e venerable dean.

A ll m e mbers, so far as possible, a r e expected to tak e p a rt in a ll th e social ac ti v ities of the fraternity and , w ith th e exc ep tion of th e J Hop and formal dinner danc es , a r e not ex cus e d fr om th e cost o f th e function s. These are und er th e dir ec ti o n of the socia l committ ee.

Hou se danc e s are given fr e quently. One for the alumni and their wives or friends i s g iven at one of the footb a ll ga m es. At th e l as t game is the alumni h omeco ming, which is a ·stag affair. Y o u are required t o be in at t e nd a nc e at th e latt e r t o d eve lop a better r e lati o n b e tw ee n the actives and th e alumni.

Receive Order of Royal Kiss

The Thanksgiving dinn er is a dress a ffair, purely s ta g, a nd limit e d to m embe r s, pledges and alumni. You a r e expec t ed to come in costume and the h o n or of t h e Royal Ki ss is at that tim e co nf e rr e d up o n tw o n ew m embe rs o r pl edges.

The C hristmas party is a l so a s t ag affair and you are expected to g ive a present to the o ne whos e n ame yo u draw an d f o ll ow w h ateve r plan the soc ia l com mitt ee dir ec t s At thi s tim e it is th e custom o f th e chapter to provide clothin g a nd toys f o r some po o r c hild of th e c it y. An assess m e nt of $ 1 pe r cap it a is levied for this purpose . Th e c hild is ente rt a in e d at this party.

One formal dinner dan ce is g ive n eac h year.

Alumni Attend

Initiation

One formal initiation and banquet is h e ld durin g th e seco nd semester. This ba nqu et is in h o nor of all th e n ew m embe r s and th e alumni are invit ed t o attend.

The Found e rs day banqu e t is held in May on o r as n ear th e 12th as co nve ni e nt All are required to be present.

Mother's day is the second Sunday in May. All members a r e r e qu es t ed t o ha ve their moth e rs in att e ndanc e if possible. W e d e dicat e this Sunday to o ur m o th e rs and whenever possibl e th ey ar e to be brought in t o uch with th e fr ate rnit y lif e on this day.

The sen ior farewell banqu e t is h e ld the last of May in h onor o f th e outgoing se n wrs.

Onc e eve ry two weeks , on Thursday ni g ht, will b e c hapt e r ni g ht All g ue s t s a r e pr o hibited on those ni g hts and all members and pl e d ges are r e quir ed in attendance. The evening, until 8 o'clock wi ll be devoted t o ge tting better acquainte d and at dinner short talk s will be made by member s a nd pled ges on various pha ses of fraternity lif e. Excu se from thes e meetings will be g rant e d only und e r th e most extenuat in g circum s tanc es Yo u will be expected and required to look up so me phase of the fraternity or masonry and make a short talk. This ni g ht is placed in the hands of a spec ial committee which will confer with yo u on your topic.

In the following sections th e attempt shall be made to define the status of the various individuals and their relation to the Fraternity.

You who have just com e into a ny relationship whatsoever s hould be info r m e d as to your duties and relati o nship to the Fraternity First l et me state that you

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are not yet a member. The inter-fraternity council requires that you pass 11 hours of C grade wo rk in one semester or receive an average grade of C in a ll your courses taken during one semeste r in the univ ersity, provided the courses taken amount to 13 hours of work. Further, that the failure of any pledgeman to fulfill the above requirements for initiation as s tated for two semesters after his entrance in this university, shall render his pledge void and render him ineligible for any fraternity in this conference. This is your first obligation; to make good scho la st ic a lly or we cannot initiate you. Any deviation from this rule would be disastrous to us.

In the next place your period as a pledge is a period of probation. We shall require certain things of yo u in the way of house duties which will be enumerated below. These a r e designed to help you learn the l esson of service and to teach you that this is your home, and that your interest and care of the place are paramount to its eff ici ent running. These duties are not designed to belittle you and a cheerful attendance of them will help great ly in your life here. One cannot learn to give orde r s unless he knows how to take them and it is only by learning the activ iti es of the house that he understands its management when it becomes his duty to l ook after the place.

Strive To Be Example

You should endeavor to practice in your life here as a pledge the aims and ideals of the organ ization. Even tho you may believe that there are many of the brothers who do not come up to those ideals, you are not excused from doing the utmost of your ability to realize them in your own life and, by your examp l e, help others.

We who have been l o n ger in the activities of the Fraternity than you have try in this way of t rainin g you, to build a bigger and better fraternity and make it mean something in your lif e. Your l oya lt y to the organ i zation is made, after you are pledged, by trying to see the beauties of the Fraternity and realizing that, in your life, it can be made a factor for better c iti zenship on your part by li v in g up to its id eals. Duties impo sed and attitudes on the part of members which you oftentimes may misinterpret are designed to teach you that life has its obstacles and these must be overcome cheerfully on your part if you are to succeed.

Pledge Committee Acts As Guide

Your duties and conduct are in the hands of a pledge committee whose duty it is to in struct yo u and h e lp you to und erstand the organization. It is up to you to go to the committee members for information and instruction. It is their duty to tell you wherein you are wrong and help you do the right thing. Their's is a ser iou s position. If they fail it is due to the fact that they are human. We try to do the best for you that is in our power and a ll of us must learn to be charitable in our attitude toward each other. This manual is designed to give you some heart to heart advice but it is not designed to tell you everything. You must seek further light. A strict compliance with our customs an d traditions is necessary. We want you to be good Acacians in the fu ll sense of the word. Don ' t l et us be disappointed in you.

There are a few things which the Fraternity does not permit in the house: First, gambling in any shape or form; second, having in possession or drinkina intoxicating liqu or in the house; third, bringing women into the house for im"'. moral purposes. Violation of these rules will cost you the opportunity for membership.

Your conduct on the campus r eflects on the Fraternity. We expect you to lead the type of life that becomes a man and your actions shou ld be carefully guarded so that there never can be a question as to yo ur morality. Remember that one individual can bring more discredit to an organization of this kind than all the rest can overcome. We are judged by our worst men. Let there be none of th<l:t type We. want you to be a factor for things worth while in your col!ege hfe and 111 thts way we sha ll nev e r regret the confidence which we impose m you.

Pledge Duties

To acquaint himself with the organizat ion of the Fraternity and this manual. Study of the Fraternity and masonry. C'<l!.re of scrap book. ""'' h

Care of Michigan Daily file.

Answering phone calls during the day , evening and at meals.

Care of the curtains and li ghts.

Care of the outgo in g mail.

Care of the dog.

Cleaning the house before and after parties. Participation in activities on campus, in athletics, in class and swing o u t.

Wqr .Arttur

Such a section should not be necessary, but our lessons of yesterday are ofttimes forgotten.

What does Acacia expect of you? She expects every man to do his duty and that duty is primarily to so live that he realizes his obligations and the ideal s of the fraternity. You may forget, since your pledge days are past, that your real duty of moulding the future of the Fraternity has just begun . You hav e passed the days of pledge duty and now yours is a greater one. You have assumed vows which may be taken lightly or seriously. If they are tak e n li ght ly , you disgrace the triangle which you wear. You know now for what it s tands. Wisdom, Morality and Truth are your watchwords. ·

Your actions are scrutin i zed by the pledges and the things you stand for are the examples by which they mou ld their lives. You perhaps think, because you are a man of lawful age, that you hav e attained wisdom. Too often the young man thinks he knows it all and will not listen to reason. If this is your condition, you have failed to learn the lesson of Acacia. Life is a great school where even the oldest of us may obta in Wisdom. Diff e rences of opinion will arise in · administrating the work of the chapter. Bitterness may often come to you but if you are a good Acacian you will keep an open and fair m ind and try to see the point of view of the other brothers.

Rigid Care In Selection

Your constant care should be that th e best masons are picked for Acacia. They must have the qualities which make for a good fraternity man, for our life depends upon their selection. We might suggest some of the qualities which are essential. The man must have the social qualities, not society, though those are essentia l at times. He must, in other words, have an appreciation of soc ial values, of what is right and wrong. He must of n ecess ity learn to g ive of hims e lf as well as take. He cannot be self centered and individualistic in his ideas He must be financially fitted to meet his obligations to the fraternity. H e must be of the type that will make him an Acacian through and through from th e day of hi s pledge till his last on earth.

Your duties are primarily to conduct the chapter affairs in the best manner possible. To be an example to the pl edges and your brethren and so to liv e that your whole life will reflect credit o n the Fraternity · We are one big body of men. We are one family and we should cultivate that love and fraternal spirit for one another that we would in our homes . Whether we are intrusted with the offices of the chapter or not it is our individual duty to see that the affairs of the chapter are properly administered.

Hold Greatest Responsibility

The duties of the various officers are given in our constitution. As members of appo inti ve committees we sho uld do that work to the best of u ur ability. There is one committee in particular that should be of the best men and that is the pl e dge advisory committee How responsible and important it is to the good of the Fraternity is apparent after a little thought. They make or mar the members-to-be. It is our feeling that a man is made an Acacian by this committe e and our past experience tells us that we need better actives and alumni. How much good can a brother do a p l edge by tellin g him when h e has done something well as when he criticizes his mistakes.

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Often his mistakes a r e our failur e t o d o o ur duty rath t; r than th e fau lt. Destructiv e criticism can make a m a n a surly and und es irabl e while a f ri e ndl y attitude or a kind word of prais e will mak e him your best fne nd . A ll one n e eds to do i s t o l ook back an d see where too many mistakes were made, a nd where potentially good men we r e made by. the wrong training as pled g es We are all. human , we all mak es mi sta k es, but 1t I S our duty to tr y t o make as few as poss1ble.

On e oft im es is ca u sed t o r e fl ec t on the words of Madame Roland: "0 Ju st ice! How many crimes a r e committed in thy name." Let u s commit fewer towa rd t h ese new members who we hop e to make o ur brothers. G ive them instr ucti on in the running of th e Fraternity, in it s aims a nd id ea ls, its plans, it s hopes and it s sta ndin g. Give them the li g ht which you ha ve ; get more and keep g ivin g it to them till their initiati o n w ill mean th e ir renewed ob li gat i o n t o se r v ic e in Acaca

"To The Fame That Is Acacia's"

Yo u h ave a n ot h er duty which is of imp o rtan ce n o t only t o the Fraternity but to yo ur s e l ve s; an act iv e participation in campus a ffair s.

Whether yo u hav e o utst a ndin g ability o r not you s h o uld e nt e r int o a ll phases of campus lif e for w hi c h you are fitted. Your activities will r e fl ec t c r e dit on th e Fraternity and the ex p er ience w hich yo u ge t will be of unt o ld va lu e to you. We expect you to ca rr y the l esso n s which you l earn h e r e a t our a lt ar int o your campu s activ iti es a nd r e l at io n s hip s. We believe that in so doing th at your influ ence for w h at is right w ill be f e lt. We believe th at this expe ri e nc e will g iv e you a training in l eaders hip and se lf co nfid ence which you will n eve r regret ha v in g acquired and if o ur F r atern it y does her duty by you s h e will urge, s h e will d ema n<i , that yo u take part in camp u s affairs. Those who have gone before t e ll us that this is one o f the most imp o rtant , if not the most imp orta nt, expe ri e n ce of their co ll e ge days. A fraternity i s jud ged by the numb e r of men it h as who are act iv e in co ll ege affai r s; so we dare n ot neglect this phase of o ur lif e.

Last, but n ot l east, is our sc h o la st ic s t a ndin g . Many of o ur c h apters pride themselves o n lead in g the list of soc ial fraternities in scholarship. Since we are o l de r men we have a ri g ht to expect that o ur sta ndin g be so m ew h ere n e a r th e head of the socia l fraternity list , if n ot at th e h ead. There is n o exc us e for a poor show in g in thi s r es p ec t. We should realize that more i s expected of us s inc e we a r e a n o ld er gro up of men, who are s upp ose d to have a definite aim in lif e. W e shou ld h ave passed the age when we n eed to be look e d after and s h o uld plan our wo rk so that we ca n s h ow the best r es ult s. We believe th at yo u w ill do the u tmost of your ab ilit y to keep Acac ia's scholarship standing high .

Wqt i\lumuus

We cannot r e frain from considering, in thi s manual, th ose who ha ve o·one o ut and those who will go out fr om the d oo r s of Acacia int o their fi e ld of la"'ra er se rvice . We are at t e mptin g to make b e tt e r m e n eac h year, and, w e h o pe , loy a l alumni. W e r ea liz e that th e Founders of Acacia had an e nd in view, a vision of what m aso nic id ea l s could m ea n to a college man in havin g him live th e m 111 such a brotherhood as this durin g his college days. If we succeed in makin g o ur members a livin g r ea lizati o n of that vision, o ur e ff o rts will n o t ha ve been in va in. If we fail, we d o not justify our ex istence

It then becomes your duty a s alumni, both thos e of today and thos e of t ot o see that w e do_ not lo se sight o f th a t ideal. We have built a g r eat a nd hav e s urviv e d th e most trying years of its existence. Perhaps a t tim es we a r e prone t o follow a certain element whom we may call th e junk e r s o f the It is your duty t o watch to see that th e y do not lead us toward 1d ea ls . W e n ee d your counsel , we ne e d your s upport both financial and moral If we are to reach th e goa l which has been se t. Keep us in the ri g ht path.

<nnut lu .a tnu

Thus we hav e e ndeavor e d t o crystalliz e, in what we r ea li ze is no t the best form, some of our id ea ls o f th e Frat ern it y We hope that this manual may be a s li g ht inspiration for all Acacians to seek m o r e o f the Truth in r egard to th e A cacia fraternity. If we have accomplished this our time will not hav e been s p e nt in vain. In th ese days id ea ls are thin gs which we often overlook when we a r e face to face with the everyday pr ob lems of lif e, but we trust that by r eca llin g tho se of the Fraternity, we may help to ke e p ali ve th e divine spark which is in eac h of us and th ereby mak e u s bett e r men and better Ac a c ia n s for having h ad th e privilege o f being a m e mb e r of this brotherhood.

ACACIA 'S ROSTER

Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich ........... 1904

Yale, New Ha ve n, Conn 1909 Stanford, Palo Alto, Calif 1904-1916

Kansas, Lawr e nce , Kans 1904

Nebraska, Lincoln , Neb ......... .... ...... 1904 California, Berk e le y, Calif .1905

Co lumbia, N ew York City .............. 1909

Iowa State, A m es, Ia 1909

Iowa, Iowa C ity , Ia ................. ... ..... 1909

Penn. State, State Co ll ege, Pa 1909 Oh io, Co lumbus , 0 ... ...... ........ .......... 1906 Darthmouth, Hano ve r , N H 1906 - '08

Ore go n, Eugene, Ore ..... .. ...... l 909-191 3 Washin g ton, Seattle, Wash 1920 H arva rd , Cam brid ge, Ma ss 1906 Northwestern , Evanston, Ill.. ...... . Illinois, Urbana, 111........... ..... ......... ..1906

Frank l in , Philadelphia, Pa 1906 Minnesota, ' Minn ea p o lis , Minn ..... 1906 Wisconsin, Madison Wis 1906

Missouri, Columbia, Mo 1907

Co rn e ll , Ithaca, N. Y 1907

Purdue, L a f aye tt e, lnd ................... 1907

9 14-192 1

Co lorado, Boulder , Co lo ................. 1911 Syracu se, Syracuse, N. Y 1911

Kansa s State, Manhattan, Ka n s 191 3

Texas, Austin, Tex .1915 Oklahom a, No rm a n , Okla ________ .191 9

Indi ana, Bl oom in g t on, I nd ____________ 192 0 C hica go, Chicago, 111... 1908

ACACIAN STARTS $250 ,000 MASONIC TEMPLE

J o hn L indenschmitt , an hon o r a r y m e mber of th e M ic higan c h apte r of Acac ia, is president o f th e Masonic Temple association in A nn Arbo r , and turn e d th e fir s t spa d e of earth at th e gr o und-br ea kin g ceremonies Oct. 10, which m a rked the co mm e n ce m en t of the erection of a new $ 250 ,000 Masonic t e mpl e, n ow b e in g construct e d o n Fourth aven u e, b e twe e n Lib e rt y a nd William s tr ee ts.

Linden sc hmitt was e l ected pr es id e nt of th e associati o n when th a t o rgani za ti on "first was f o rm ed and plans for a n ew temp l e were discussed in June, 1919 In thi s capaci t y he rep r ese nt s both of th e t wo loca l lodges, Go ld en Rul e, No. 159, and Fraternity l odge, No. 262.

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ENGAGEMENTS

California

Reece R. C lark to Miss Grace Nelson of St. Helena, Calif.

Purdue

Frank G. Steinebach to Hilda J ane Gohdes of Michigan City, Ind.

Yale

A llan K. Cha lm e rs to Miss Frances Kinghorn of Providence, R. I.

Iowa State

Harlan W. Johnson to Miss Nelle Knappenberger of Ames, Ia.

Glen W. Smith to Miss Leta Opperman of Strawberry Point, Ia

Allen B. Hird to Miss Lois Miller of Ames, Ia.

Washington

Lee L. Newman to Miss Ruth E. Bingham of Mebane, N. C.

William W. Grogan to Miss Alice M. Brown of Portland, Ore. Lyall Zickrick to Miss Margaret Coo ke of Seattle, Wash.

Northwestern

Charles A. Wing to Elizabeth Strickler, Alpha Gamma Delta, Sleepy Eye, Minn.

Alexander M. Harley to Miss Vogel M. Schell, Alpha Xi Delta, Oelwein, Ia.

Kansas State

Franz J. Mass to Miss Emma Hebrank o f Council Grove, Kansas

Earl T. Means to Miss Betty Lyman of Wichita, Kansas .

MARRIAGES

Michigan

Arthur E. Coates and Miss Amy Whittemore Watts. Married Sept. 3, 1921 , at Upper Longsfield, Bristol, R. I., at home at 1110 Willard St., Ann Arbo r , Mich.

Ronald F. Hinchman and Miss Edna May Collins. Married Aug. 26, 1921 , at Hart, Mich.

Bob G. Towner and Miss Laurel Gertrude Foster Married July 27, 1921 , at Bellev ill e, Ont.

Nebraska

Harold A. Whitfield and Miss Edith Juanita Jump. Married at Mamadoneck, N.Y.

John A. Elwell and Miss Haz e l Westover. Married at Linc o ln , Nebr.

Ohio

Jay A. Wolfe and Miss Esther Ottman Recob. Married Aug. 10, 1921. C harl es E Mitchell and Miss Corw in Blanche Miller Married Sept. 10, 1921. Ralph N. Wengar and Mary Ca therin e Wiseman. Married Sept. 16, 1921. Joseph K. Baur and Miss Lorena Lucille Vogel. Married Aug. 16, 1921.

Franklin

William Roy Hockenberry and Miss Anne Deshong. Married April 19 1921 m Philadelphia, Pa . At hom e after the first of May at 5313 Angorra

John Russell Doubman and Mi"s Henrietta Barstow Murray. Married Jun e 18, 1921 at Waverly, N. Y.

Harvard

Cha rles T. Harris and Miss Harriett R. Blodgett. Married F e b. 25, 1920 at Concord, N . H.

Illinois

Thomas J. Douglass and Miss Rita Zimmer. Married Ap ril 26, 1921. Basil Bennett and Miss Ella G. Dystrup . Married May 21, 1921.

J o hn K. Holmes and Miss Wilma La Verne Wall. Married June 11 , 1921.

Duane C. Co lmey and Miss Mary Jane Weir. Married Jun e 17 , 1921.

Kenneth H. Gordon and Miss Inez Frae McClellan. Married June 11 , 192 1. Robert J. Lascelles and Miss Josephine Wilkinson . Married Jun e 22, 1921.

Wayne ]. Kirby and Miss Agnes Blanks. Marri ed S e pt. 27, 1921. ·

Glenn K. Wetzel and Miss Hazel Cowan. Marri e d Oct. 1, 1921.

Wisconsin

Thomas W. Leland and Miss Ruth Paynter. Married Jun e 23, 1921.

W. T Schrenk and Miss Alberta Taylor. Married Aug. 2, 1921.

S. W. Anderson and Miss Margaret Blakley . Married Aug. 3, 1921.

D. J. Tear and Miss Ada Bain. Married Aug. 9, 1921.

Wells K. Gregg and Miss Ethel Sutherland Married Aug. 27, 1921 , a t F o nd duLac, Wis

L. L. litis and Miss Josephine Jones. Married Sept. 10, 1921.

H : H. Pease and Miss Ruth Urban. Married Oct. 12, 1921, at Milwauk ee , \Al is.

Cornell

Edward R. Cushing and Mary Edith Acomb. Married September 3, 1921 , at Dansville, N. Y.

Percy G. McVetty and Clara L . S eage r. Married August 25, 1921, at Vv'ilkinsburg, Pa.

Purdue

Harry Carson Jacobs and Eva Bird Griffin. Married July 9 , 1921 , at Lafayette, Ind.

William Luther Bayne s and Bernice Lauman Married May 20, 192 1 at Kankakee, Ill.

Benjamin Aim.on Tuttle and Fern Dennis Married Sept embe r 1, 192 1 at Pendleton, Ind.

Yale

Clifford H . French and Miss Amy Douglass Bell. Married Sept. 6, 1921 at Corder, Mo.

Albert B. Coe and Miss Katharine Chalmers. Married Jun e 21, 1921 at Baltimore, Md.

Iowa State

Walter N. Merriman and Miss Winifred Smith . Married August 26, 1921 at Volga City, Ia.

Iowa

Dr. George F Patterson and Miss Mary Louise Schmueckle. Married August 10, 1921 at Delphos, 0.

H Clifford Harper and Miss Helen A. McDonald. Married August 23, 1921 at Sioux City, Ia. At home 1901 George St., Sioux City, Ia.

Dr. Frank R. Peterson and Miss Coral A. Johnson Married Septemb e r 7, 192 1 at Laurens, Ia. At home, 530 Oakland Ave., Iowa City, Ia.

Penn State

Robert B Latta and Miss Catherine Cook. Married June 15 , 1921 a t L ock Haven, Pa . Raymond M. Cole to Miss Loula Frances Lauffer. Married August 30, 1921 at Irwin, Pa.

Kansas State

Harry D. R eed and Miss Mildred Warring. Marri ed August 30, 1921 at D es Moines, Ia.

Curtis A. Brewer and Miss Florence Mitchell. Married July 30, 1921 at Kans;1s City, Mo.

George G. Hedrick and Miss Mildred Arends. Married Octob e r 5, 1921 at Kansas City, Kans.

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Washington

Francis W. Martin Miss Dor o thy M. Bogle. Marri ed A pril 25, 1921 at Seattle, Wa s h

Harold Turpin and Mi ss Margaret K e nn e dy . Marri e d Sept. 1, 1921.

BIRTHS

Michigan

Born to Mr and Mrs. Fred J Walls, of Birmin g ham , Mich., a daughter, Phy lli s J ean, Jun e 29, 1921.

Nebraska

Born to Dr. a nd Mr s. Blaine A. Young of H o t Sprin gs, S. Dak. , a so n , Scott Aug u s tu s, Jun e 25, 1921.

Bo rn to Mr. and Mrs. George N. Foster, ' 11 , of Lincoln , a so n , Frank Burritt , Ap ril 28, 1921.

Born to Mr. and Mrs Geo. N. Lamb , a dau g hter , Elizab et h Boone, March 26, 192 1.

Harvard

Bo rn t o Mr and Mrs. Benjamin B Brown o f C harl es t own, W. Va., a son, J ames Frederick, Jan. 1921.

Bo rn to Mr. and Mrs . Thomas W. Pa lm er Jr. , of Chuquicamata, C hil e, S . A ., a son , Thomas W. III. , Sept. 28, 1920.

Illinois

Born to Mr. a nd Mr s. C h a rl es H. Fl etc h e r , a dau g ht er, Bernice C harl e n e, Jul y 13, 192 1.

Born to Mrs. and Mr s. F A. Bu s h , a so n , Jack Avery, Jun e 6, 192 1.

Born t o Mr. a nd Mr s. E lm e r C hri s ti a n , a daughter, Mildred Louise, Sept. 7, 192 1.

Born to Mr. and Mrs Ru sse ll P. Hall, a son, Russel Jr. , Aug u s t 7, 1921.

Wisconsin

Born to Dr. and Mr s Griffith S. J o n es, a so n, C ranston Fairbairn, July 6 , 1921.

Born t o Mr. an d Mr s. G. W. Rosencrans, a dau g ht e r , M a rth a Jan e, October 4 , 1921.

Cornell

Born t o Mr . and Mrs . B e rtr am York Kinzey, a son, Bertram York, Jr ., Septembe r 25, 1921.

Born to Mr. a nd Mr s. J a m es L. Strahan of Amherst, Mass., a daughter, J ane Ade l ine, Septembe r 8, 1921.

Purdue

Born to Mr. and Mrs. Banks Co llin gs, a d a u g ht e r , Jani ce Co llin gs, A u g u st 29, 1921.

Bo rn to Mr. a nd Mr s. J o hn W. Schaffner, a son, Dav id Schaffner, July 2 1, 1921.

Yale

Born to Mr. and Mrs. Elwood P. Bushnell, a son, William Dabney Ap ril 23 192 1. ' '

Born to Mr. a nd Mr s. A lb er t Coy le of Washington, D C., a so n , Donal Kennedy, Jun e 26, 1921.

Iowa State

Born t o Mr. a nd Mrs A. L. Anderson of A m es, I a , a d a u g ht e r , Muriel Marie, Jun e 15, 1921.

Penn State

Born to Mr. and Mrs. Orrin Palmer, a son, Hayd en, Jul y 30 , 192 1 at Pen A r gy l, Pa.

Born to Mr. and Mrs William Vandegrift, a dau ghte r , J ea n ette, September 23 , 192 1 at West C h este r , Pa.

Born to Mr. a nd Mrs. Jacob Yoder of A ltoona , Pa., a son, Donald Hubert, Aug. 27, 1921.

Washington

Bo rn to Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Palmer, of Ber kel ey, a dau ghte r , Marjorie E leano r , May 16, 192 1.

THE ACACIA JO U R A L

ELECT KENT TO COLLEGE PRESIDENCY

Form e r National Office r of Acac ia No w H e ads Ne w Me xico State College

By J. WILLIAM SKINNER, Kansas State Chapter

Harry L. K e nt ha s been elected t o th e pre s id e nc y o f ew Mexico S tate college.

Kent was initiated into the Kansas State chapter o f Acacia Nov. 21 , 1914, while a m e mb e r of th e facult y of Kan sas State Ag ri c ultural college. He receiv e d his A. B. at the Kan sas State N o rmal school in 1904 and spent five yea rs on the faculty o f Hays n o rmal. He developed the first work in agriculture at Hays and th en spent two years in c h a rg e of e l em e ntary agriculture at New Hampshir e State n o rmal. He th e n came to Kansas Sta t e Ag ri c ultural college and t ook work in ag ri c ultur e a nd college extension. He rec e iv ed hi s B. S. degree in agriculture in 1913.

Kent' s career s inc e his graduation ha s b ee n a series of steps upward. He became principal of the sc hool of agriculture the foll ow ing fall. Later he was state director of Smith-Hughes work, which position he res igned to b eco me th e head o f th e s tat e ex p eriHarry L . Kent m e nt s tati on at Hays. He assumed hi s duties as president of New Mexico State college during the pa s t summer.

Harry L. Kent has b ee n active in th e Fraternity both l o cally and nationally. He was elected Grand Vice-President at the Illinois conclave. Hi s successor, also a Kansas man, was selected at the Minneapolis conclave . This was at a time when the Fraternity was passing the period o f after wa r reorganization. He often expressed his regret that he did not have more time to devote to the Fratern i ty . Another of his regrets is that in his present work he is so far from any o f th e chapters. Winning a college presidency is just one of t h e achievements o f Acacia a l umni recorded in these page s .

Recording of advancem e nts and honors won by Acacia a lumni will be one of the chief functions of the JOURNAL during the coming year. Space restr ict ions in this iss u e have made it nec ess ary to confine this department within rat h e r small limits.

CHARLES EDWIN STOUT , Penn State Ch apter

Char l es E. Stout was born at Hescop e ck , Pa H e was prepar ed for college in th e A l to o n a hi g h school. Not desiring to enter co ll ege immediately up o n gradu-

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at:o n h e we nt west and within a short space of time b eca m e ass is tant di v i sion e no-in ee r for th e Co l orado Fu e l and Iron Co. The 1910-'11- ' 12 w e re spent in th e U. S. Army. In Jun e 19 13 h e join e d th e ma so nic o rd e r at Walsenbur g, Co l o . H e wa s initiat e d int o the chapt e r in 1913 , th e Co mm a ndery and Sh rin e in 1914. In th e fa ll o f 19 16 h e e nter e d Pennsy l vania State co ll ege wit h the fr esh man cla ss. H is first move was t o try for fr es hman footb a ll. "S touty ," as h e became known o n th e campus, ea rn e d for hims e lf a berth o n a fr es hm a n e l eve n of which seve ral m e mbers lat e r b ecame A ll- Americans. Abo ut mid - seaso n "Sto ut y" c o ntract e d pneumon ia, which soon d eve lop ed into typhoid pl e ural pneumon ia. His illn ess became so se riou s that h opes for hi s r ecove ry were despaired of by e v e ry one but "S t o uty" who fought a grea t bat tl e against a lm ost ove r whe l ming o dd s and won. But a pr o mi s i ng footba ll career was ruin ed.

H e was ca ll e d int o serv ice the l atter part of hi s sop h o mor e year and was s tati o n e d a t Fort r ess ManCharles E. Stout r oe. He was r e l ease d fr o m se rvic e in time to r e turn to State for his junior year. Havin g already at-

ta in ed many e nvi ab l e positions a nd h o nor s, h e was known as o n e o f the rea lly b ig m e n in co ll ege. In the fa ll of 19 19, th e b eg innin g of his senior year, he was e l ected to m e mb ers hip in the Penn State c h apter of Acacia a nd rar e ly in deed is a se ni o r tak e n into Acac ia at Penn State .

Fo ll ow in g a r e a f ew of th e achievements and honor s attained durin g hi s 11nd e r g r a du ate d ays: P r es id ent o f the Fri ars, member of th e Sp hin x and Sk ull a nd Bo n es, a ll camp u s soc i e ti es, m embe r o f st ud e nt tribunal , two years, honor committee f r es hm a n footba ll , pr es id e nt o f t h e comm itt ee that awa r ds l e tt e r s and numerals to at hl e t es , m e mb e r o f the student board and st ud e nt c o uncil and pr esident of his class in hi s junior year.

HENRY ALLEN PECK, Syracuse Chapter

H e nr y A ll e n Peck , c hart e r member of th e Syracuse chapter o f Acacia, ha s bee n e l eva t ed to th e p ost of" Vice C hanc e ll or of th e univ e r s it y. H e nr y A. Peck was born May 3, 1863, at Me x ic o, N. Y. He en t ere d Sy r ac u s e uni ve r s i ty in 1881. Dur i ng his college lif e h e was prominent in stude nt activ i ties,

g r aduating i n 1885 with the degree o f bache l o r of a rts a nd a m embe r of Ph i Beta Kappa. In 1888 h e r et urn e d to Syrac u se and comp l e t ed his mast ers work in m a th ema tic s Ka ise r Wilh e l m uni ve r s ity , at St r asb ur g, confer r ed up on him the degree of d octo r of phil oso phy in 1896.

H e taught math e mati cs a t D ick in so n sem in a ry from 1885 to 1887 and whi l e at that p lace took hi s degrees in m aso nry An opening in the staff of th e mathemat i cs department at Syracuse came in 1893 and he was an instruct o r of math ema tics and ast r onomy until 1900, exce pt for a l eave of abse n ce during which h e went abroad . In 1900 h e assumed directors hip of the observatory a t Syracuse a nd h e ld the c h a i r o f astronomy until 19 16. He was th e n appo i nted d ea n of th e Co ll ege of Lib era l Arts, holdin g th at pos it io n u nti l th is yea r , when h e was e l ecte d Vice C hanc e ll or of Syracuse uni ve r sity

Dr. Peck has contributed a con s id e r ab l e amo unt of mat e rial in th e natur e o f papers a nd treatises on astronom ica l s ubj ec t s to nationa l j o urnals and r eviews. His greatest work ha s been the computation

Sy r ac u se chapter ha s a lways b ee n fortunate in th e int e r est which h e has taken

Henry All e n Peck of come t o rbit s

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si n ce becom:ng a charter member in 1911. He is at the present time an alumnus member of the board of directors a nd through his effo rts many of the impr ovements of t h e chapter ha ve been made possible.

CHARLES E . GUNNELS, Nebraska Chapter

Charles E. Gunnels, treasurer of the Farm Burea u federation, v isit ed Lincoln last s umm er in connection with the activities of that organization.

Gunnels graduated from the university in 19 15, after which he was engaged in county agent work until 1918, when he was made county agent l eader for the state, and advanced to extension director for the state the next year.

His rapid advance in the extens ion serv ice then took him to Washington where he was made assistant chief of the states relation department of the extension service.

His next big step was when th e American Farm Bureau federation, recognizing his ability, took him into its organization, of which he soon became treasurer.

THEODORE MACKLIN , Wisconsin and Iowa State Chapters

Tlieodore Macklin, marketing expert of the eco nomic s department of the Un ivers ity of Wisconsin, has just jublished his book called "Eff ici ent Marketing for Agriculture, Its Services, Methods and Agencies."

In this book Macklin ha s analized the marketin g of agricultural products to s h ow what marketing is and does, and to indicate the means by which necessary services may be rend ered more eff icien tly and at a lower cost. The book contains 53 illu strations and 39 tables. It comprises 19 chapters covering the assembling, grad in g, transporting, storin g, financing, distributing and organizat ion of improvement in marketing.

Theodore Macklin is a graduate of the class of 1911 of Iowa State co ll ege. Later h e took post grad uat e work at the University of Wisconsin and r eceived his Ph. D. there in 1917 after three years of advanced study in agricultural eco nomic s, with spec ial reference to land problems. His experience has been lar ge ly with farmers, middlemen and students as an exper im en t station investigator, extension lectur er and college teacher.

Immediately after gra duation Macklin was dairy l ect ur e r in the extension division of the Iowa Theodore Macklin State college at Ames, Ia. Following his graduate training he took up work at the Kansas State Agricultural college, developing the department of agricultural economics until the fall of 1919, when h e returned to the University of Wisconsin as a member of the department of agricultural econom ics.

Macklin was initiated into the Iowa State college chapter of Acacia in November 1912 and while there was secretary of the group . Later, in February 1914, he demitted to Wisconsin chapter of Acacia and now is one of the a lumni of that chapter.

Charles E. Gunnels

Harold F Holt z

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HAROLD F. HOLTZ, Nebraska Chapter

mbin a- r a id s aga in st th e Au s tri a n fr o nt and up o n th e b ase o f Po la. Lat e r h e se r ve d in E n g l a nd a s in s tru c t o r in bo mbin g and ni g ht fl y in g.

WOLVERINES LAUNCH YEARs·s ACTIVITIES

THE 1921-1922 MICHIGAN GROUP

Top Row: O s mer , Forrester, Thatcher, Anderson, Stewart , White, McKibbin

Fourth Ro w : Shaw, Berger, W e ir , Crawforth, Eisle, Teegarden.

Third Row: Couttes, William s on , Altenburg, Woodward, V inkemulder , Kern, Serg eant, Method. Second Row : McCormick, Walls , Vail , We itz, Robinson, Hinchman . Bottom Row : Wilson , Greenfield, Hostrup, Harvie, Lane.

U n less so m e y e arlin gs· a r e tak e n in lat e r , n o t a fr es hman will b e in th e Michig an ch a pt e r hou se this y ea r. A mon g th e n e w e r pl e d ges, how eve r , is on e fr es hm a n law , William D Co nn , o f Co rinth , Mi s s , a n e w man o n th e c ampu s but in hi s fo urth ye ar in p o int of cr e dit s Ce rt a in of th e oth e r pl e d ges s h o w c o n s id e rable t e nd e ncy t o tak e part in c ampu s ac ti v iti es. ]. Ge r a ld Vink e muld e r , '22 , is a m e mb e r o f th e edit o rial s taff o f th e Mi c hi g an Daily , th e o fficial uni ve r s ity n e w s pap e r ; Will H. St e w a rt , 24 , m o d es tly ex hibit s a not e w o rthy d eg r ee of s kill in s ketchin g, cart oo nin g and c o lor drawin g , and has go n e out f o r the coll ege hum o r ma g azine , th e Gar g oyl e ; while William C. C rawf o rth , 23 , is an ard e nt f o ll o w e r o f Co a c h Fi e ldin g H Y os t , a nd is fa r fr o m b e in g a la gg ard in th e final rac e f o r a b e rth o n th e V a rsity e l e ven thi s ye ar. H . M . Hind es, 24, is an o th e r f oo tball man , but, ina s much as thi s is his fi r s t ye ar o n th e c ampu s, hi s a c tiviti es a t pr ese nt ar e n ecessa ril y confin e d t o the r ealm o f th e a ll- fr es h va r s ity .

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ACACIANS STUDY IN ENGLAND

Rhodes Scholar is O xford Athlete ; Schuck Pursues Journalis tic Knowledge

Two Acac ian s n ow are students in English universities, one of th e m a Rh odes sc h o lar and th e other a b e n e ficiar y of U ncl e Sa m 's lib era lit y to veterans o f th e World war.

Alfred I. R eese, a graduate of th e Nebra s ka c hapt e r in 1920, is e nr o ll ed in Lin co ln co ll ege of Oxford uni ve r s it y, while Hugh J. Sc hu ck, a Mis so uri chapter man , is taking advanced work along j o urnali st ic l in es in the School o f Economics and Political Science, a part of the U niv e r s ity o f L o nd o n.

Rees e was a v isit o r in this c o untr y la s t s umm e r when h e came h e r e as a m e mb er of the Oxford-Cambridge team which co mp e t ed against Har va rd -Yale and Princ eto n-C o rn e ll in two dual m ee ts He placed second in th e s h o t put in th e Harvard stadium.

Thi s Nebraska Acac ian was ac ti ve on th e campus at Linc o ln during hi s und e rgr ad uat e · days, b e ing mix e d up in dramati cs and tra ck athletics and a t the sa m e tim e winning th e coveted k ey of Phi Beta Kappa. He is a law s tud e nt at Oxford, having compl e ted o ne ye ar o f s tudy th e r e .

Alfred

Hugh Schuck arriv e d in L o nd o n th e fir s t week in Oc t o b e r a nd r eports th a t h e is already plunged int o a maze of ·sc h o larl y l ect ur es . in eco n o mi cs and the political sciences. Though h e went t o L o nd o n os t e n s ibl y t o t a k e advanced w o rk in journ a l is m, n o thing of th at parti c ular kind is taught th e r e, so th e n ext best h as b een se l ec t ed by Schuck.

When at Missouri Schuck was a m ember o f Sigma Delt a Chi, th e nati o n a l j o urnali s tic fraternity, of Theta A lph a Phi, the A m erica n J o urnali s t association a nd th e campus Dr amatic club. He was o n e of th e three w rit ers of "The G r ee n Jug," a pla y produced by the st ude nt s in th e sc h oo l of j o urn a li s m and recently purchased b y a New York ope ra concern.

Schuck was with th e 4th Divi s io n in France, being wonded in s uch a m a nn e r that U ncl e Sam h as b ee n int eres t ed in him eve r s in ce.

"A r e you from C hica go?" "No, B e loit." H ow far below?" -Lampoon.

I. Reese

Hugh ] Schuck

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CHAPTER OFFICERS FOR YEAR 1921-1922

The following is the roster of chapter officers of the Fraternity as reported by the various correspondents.

A few chapters failed to even answer the four letters sent out by the Editor and therefore there is a blank after the chapter name. Some of the information was secured by the JOURNAL Editor by chance correspondence, the chapter correspondent serving having failed to send the information. The lists as sent in reveal a wide variance among the chapters in the types of officers selected.

The chapters are listed chrono logically: MICHIGAN-

Venerable Dean, George M. Vail, '22 Literary.

Senior Dean, Floyd A. Serg ea nt, '22 Literary.

Secretary, Howard I. Shaw, '22 Engineering.

Treasur e r, Jacob W. Hostrup, '24 Engineering.

Corresponding Secretary, Ben W Weir, '23 Law

Chapter Editor, Jesse H. Altenberg, '22 Literary.

JOURNAL Correspondent, L. Armstrong Kern, '22 Literary. K ANSAS-

Venerable Dean, T. L. Johnson, Grad Bacteriology.

Senior Dean , George W. Me Vey, Jr., '23 Journalism.

Secretary, H. B. Bolton.

Treasurer, Orval E. Bradley, '23 Law.

Senior Steward, Erw i n Stugard, '23 Economics.

Junior Steward, Frank L. Baldwin, ' 22 Law.

Sentine l, Ward Cullum, '23 Engineering

Chapter Editor, John ]. K ist l er, Grad Journalism.

JOURNAL Correspondent, John ]. Kistler, Grad Journalism N EBRASKA-

Ven e rable Dean, John Vetter, '22 Arts and Science

Senior Dean, Walter J. Will iams, '23.

Secretary, Stanley A. Matzke, '24 Law.

Treasurer, L. Milton Blankenship, '24

Senior Steward, None

Junior Steward, None . Sentinel, None.

Corresponding Secretary, Haro l d J. Requartte, '23 Law.

Chapter Editor, Harold J. Requartte, '23 Law

Alumni Secretary, Harold ]. Requarette , '23 Law.

JOURNAL Correspondent, Haro ld J. Requa r ette, '23 Law . CALIFORNIA-

Venerable Dean, Olin Holmes , '22 Med icine.

Senior Dean, Henry C. Miller, ' 22 Commerce. Secretary, Roy Culey, ' 22 Commerce.

Treasurer, None .

Senior Steward, Pearl A. Brunk, '23 Law.

Junior Steward, Oliver ]. Neibe l, ' 24 Law.

Sentinel, Vernon B. Smithley , '24 Commerce

Corresponding Secretary, Warren Stivers, '23 Commerce. Alumni Secretary, Jay Mayer, '24 Agriculture. JOURNAL Correspondent, Oliver ]. Neibel, '24 Law. O H IO-

Ven.erable Dean, F. L. Donnally, '22 Commerce

SeniOr Dean, Clyde M. Abbott, '23 Law.

Secretary, Elmo M Esti ll , ' 22 Commerce

Tre?sur e r, Kenneth G. Smith, '23 Applied Optics

Sen!or Steward, Donald M. Wallace, '24 Engineering. Junt?r Steward, Galen F. Basinger, '23 Law.

Sentmel, Lamar A. Young, '22 Agriculture.

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HARVARD-

Venerable Dean, Ge rald S. Pratt , '22 Law.

Senior D ea n , C liff o rd C. Heer, '22 Law.

Secretary, None.

Treasurer, None

Senior St ewa rd, None.

Juni o r Steward, None.

Sentinel, None

A l umni W a rd e n, Wendell Mill e r, '2 3 Law. I LLINOISF RANKLINMINNESOTA-

Venerable D ea n , Royal C. Gray , '24 M e dicin e.

Senior D ean, Glenn Bennett, '22 Dentistry.

Secretary , Pe rr y R. Moore , '2 3 Law.

Treasurer, Geo r ge E. Swift, '23 E n g in ee r

Senior Steward, None .

Junior Steward, Non e.

Sentinel, None.

Co rr espo ndin g Sec r etary, N. D Kea n , '2 4 Mineralogy.

JOURNAL Co rr espo ndent , B. R. Roth e n be rger, '22 Pre Med ic.

W I SCONSIN-

V e n erab l e D ea n , He nr y H. Bakken, '22 Lette r s a nd Sc ie nc e.

Senio r Dean, Walter H Eb lin g, '22 Agr i cu ltur e.

Secreta r y, Harry F. Zimmerman, '22 Commerce.

Tr eas urer, A. E. Be r gma n , ' 22 Commerce.

Se ni o r St e ward, L. W. Brann, '2 4 Comme rc e.

Junior Steward, George F e idler , '24 L e tter s and Science

Sent in e l, L eo n F. D un w id d ie, '22 Agr ic ultur e

Co rr es ponding Sec r e tary, Geo r ge Ma so n , '22 Comme r ce.

C h apte r Ed it o r , Ra l p h E. Balliett e, '2 4 Le tt e r s and Science.

A lumni Secretary, A . E . Be r gma n , '22 Comme rce.

JO URNAL Co rr espo nd e nt, L eo n F. D un w iddi e, '22 Agricu l ture.

MISSOURI-

Ve n erable D ea n, Wesley W. Moor e, '22 Eng in ee rin g.

Se ni or Dean, Samue l C. Bast, '22 Eng in ee ring.

Secr e tary , Sam u e l E . Duff, G r a du ate Sc h oo l, Eng li s h .

Tr eas ur e r , K e nn e th B. R oy, '23 J o urnali sm ·

Se ni o r St ewa rd , None.

Juni or St ew ard, None . Sentinel, None.

Co rr espo ndin g Secretary, J ames M Taylor, Jr. , '2 4 Journalism.

JO URNAL Co rr espondent, Kenn e th B. Roy, '23 Journalism.

CORNELL-

Ve n e r ab le Dean, Lester C. Anderson.

Se ni o r Dean , Edward E. Ray n e r.

Secretary, Geo r ge M. Benson.

Tr eas ur e r , Va u g han D Suiter.

Senior St ewar d , Merle C. G illi s.

Juni or Steward, Samuel A . Weeden.

Sentinel, Donald D. Whiteson.

C hapt e r Editor , Vaughan D. Suit e r.

JOURNAL Correspo nd e n t, L e land Spenc e r.

P URDUE-

Venerable Dean, Denzil Doggett, '22 Engineerin g

Senio r D ea n , M. R. Granger, '22 Eng i n ee rin g.

Sec r e tar y, N. G Pea rcy , '22 Engineering

Treasurer, Paul 0. Wi lso n, '22 Agriculture.

Co rr espo ndin g Secretary, Keller E. B eeso n , '22 Agr icultur e .

C hapt e r Editor, Lorin C. Mcintosh, '22 Agriculture.

JO URNA L Co rr espon d ent, Loren C. Mcintosh, '22 Ag ri c ultur e.

CHICAGO-

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Venerable Dean, Samuel R. Shambaugh, '22 Law.

Senior Dean, Clifford D. Jacobs, Commerce and Administration

Secretary , Clarence B. K e nney , Commerce and Administration.

Treasur e r, Robert E. Evans, Commerce and Administration.

Senior Steward, Russell H Bo l yard , Law.

Junior Steward , Arthur Dinwidd ie, Commerce and Administration.

Sentinel, Frank H. Anderson, Commerce and Administration.

Corresponding Secretary, Reed Zimmerman, Commerce and .A.dmin!stration.

Alumni Secretary, Clarence B. Kenney , Commerce and Ad)Timtstratton.

JOURNAL Correspondent, Reed Zimmerman, Commerce and Administration. Y ALE-

Venerab le Dean, Harry K. Evers u ll, '22 Divinity.

Cor r esponding Secretary, Herbert L. Herberts.

COLUMBIA-

Venerable Dean, Lee V. Roberts, ' 23 Law .

Senior Dean, John J. Ingle, '22 Law

Secretary, Robert H. Best, '22 Journalism.

Treasurer, William F Rankin , '22 Industrial Arts.

Senior Steward, Char l es W. Ritte r , '22 Law.

Junior Steward, John W. Dodd, '24 Law.

Alumni Secretary, Robert H. Best, '22 Journa l ism.

Chapter Editor, Robert H. Best, '22 Journalism

JOURNAL Correspondent, Robert H. Best, '22 Journalism.

IOWA STATE-

Venerable Dean, Al len B. Bird, '23 Engineering.

Senior Dean, Earl V. Chamberla i n, '22 Engineering. Secretary, Theodore B. Reiser , '22 Eng i neering.

Treasurer, John G. Earhart, '23 Animal Husbandry

Senior Steward, None.

Junior Steward, None. Sentinel, None.

JOURNAL Correspondent, C larence C. Schide, '23 Engineering.

IOWA-

Venerabl e Dean, Frank H Coy, '22 Law

Senior Dean , Anthony V. Sebolt, '23 Dentistry.

Secretary, Hal A. McCann, '2 4 Scienc e . Treasur e r, Cecil R. Smith, '24 Medicine. Sentinel, Harvey H. Rindt, '22 Law.

Chapter Editor, Frank H. Coy, '22 Law.

JOURNAL Correspondent, Frank H. Coy, '22 Law.

PENN STATE-

Venerable D ea n, Howard W. Morgan, '23 Engineering. Senior Dean, Samue l B. Gregory, '22 Engineering. Secretary, George J. Clark, '24 Engineering. Treasurer, None. Sentinel, None.

Corresponding Secretary , Jame s L. Martin, '23 Agriculture. Chapter Editor, Archie C. Rockwell , '23 Agriculture. JOURNAL Correspondent, Archie C. Rockwell, '23 Agriculture. WASHINGTON-

Venerable Dean, Clair V. Merriam, '21 Engineerin g. Semor Dean, Edgar S. Mehan, '23 Engin ee ring. Secretary, Alfred McBee, '24 Law . Treasurer, Harold Wood, '24 Commerce.

Senior Steward, Robert B. Eckhart , '22 Commerce

Junior Steward, Kelly Deaderick, '23 Liberal Arts. Sentinel, Gerald Blossom, '24 Commerce.

Corresponding Secretary, Alfred McBee, '24 Law C hapt e r Editor, Harry S. Redpath, '24 Law

JOURNAL Correspondent, Harry S. Redpath, '24 Law.

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NORTHWESTERN-

V e nerabl e D ea n , Arthur N . N e u , '22 Law .

S e ni o r D ea n , Vernon W. Bocock, '23 Com m erce.

S ec r eta ry, Gerald A: McMahan, '23 Commerce.

Treasurer, Morri s M. Wilcox, '23 Commerce.

Senior Steward, Bryant M. Hanley , '2 3 Commerce .

Junior Steward, Horat io Hall, ' 22 Comme rc e. Sentinel, None.

Corresponding S ec r e tary , George McWilliams, '23 Com m e rc e.

JOURNAL Correspondent, Ro y C. C la rk , G rad Commerce .

COLORADO-

Venerable D ea n, R. G l e n Wo o d s, '2 3 Engineering.

S e ni o r Dean , Ru sse ll H . Lindsa y, Grad Engine e rin g . Secretary, Geo r ge E. Blackston e.

Tr eas urer, None

S e nior St e ward , None

Junior Stew a rd , None .

S e ntinel, None

Corresponding S ec r e tary, William Richard so n, Arts and Science . JOURN AL Co rr espo nd e nt , Ru sse ll H Lind s ay , Grad Engineering SYRACUSE-

Venerable Dean, Frank E. Thoma s, '22 Law.

Senior D ea n , Em erso n H Burdick, '23 Liberal Arts.

Secretary, Lee A d s it , '24 Ag ricultur e.

Treasurer, Harvey J MacAlon ey, '23 Forestry.

Senior Steward, Burt Hawks, Grad F o r es try.

Juni o r Steward, L ar r y T. Chambe r s, '23 Engineering.

Sentinel, Roy A. Thayer, '24 Commerce.

Co rr es p o ndin g Secretary, J C. Ketcham , '23 Ag ri cu l ture.

C h apte r Editor, Burt Hawks, Grad Forestry.

KANSAS STATE-

Ve n e rable Dean, G le nn M. Case, '23 Music

Senior D ea n , H e ctor W Harris, ' 24 Engineering.

Secretary , Earl Means, '22 Agricu l ture.

Treasurer, Haro ld P Gaston, '23 Horticulture.

Senior Steward, Non e.

Juni o r Steward, None.

Sentinel , None

A lumni Secretary, Asa H Ford, '22 Engineering.

Chapter Ed itor, Wilbur S. Ma g ill , '2 3 Engineering.

JOURN A L Cor r es p o nd e nt , Jos ep h W Skinn e r , '23 Co mmer ce.

T EXAS-

Venerable Dean, Francis M. C rawford , Gra d C h em ist ry.

S e nior D ea n , Charles M . Winkl e, '22 L aw.

Secretary, Maurice J. L e hmann , '2 4 Law.

Treasurer, J. V,Te ld on Jon es, G r ad.

Senior Steward, Thomas Sanders, '22 L aw.

Junior St ewa rd, H o rac e 0 Young, '23 L aw.

Sentinel, Beverly M. Neblitt, ' 24 L aw .

A lumni Secretary , Charles H . Brooks, Engineering.

C hapt e r Editor, Arlie R. McT ee, '22 Journalism . JOURNAL Co rr espo nd e nt , J. W e ld on J o n es , Gra d.

OKLAHOMA-

Venerab le Dean, T. Gene Weirich

Secretary, Ralph H. R eco rd s. JOURN AL Co rr esponde nt , Elisha Paschall.

INDIANA-

Venerable Dean, Arthur L. Miller. JO U RN AL Co rr espo nd e nt , Posey T. Kime.

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MASONIC DORMITORY IS COMPLETED

Bea utifu l Stru c tu re at Oklahoma Un iversity is Campus Ho me f or Masons and Sons of Masons

By ELISHA A. PASCHALL, Oklahoma Chapter

O klah o ma is a n ew a nd great s t a t e and h as witnessed, s inc e it was o pened t o set tl e m e nt , th e m os t r a pid growth in population r ecorded m

IS MASONIC MESSAGE AT UNIVERSITY

Houses 135 Students at Norman

history. As eve r yone knows who ha s had an y experience with sc h ools in fas t growing town s or c iti es, it is difficult for the sc h oo ls t o d eve lop r a pidl y enough t o handl e sa ti sfac t o rily th e in c rea s ing numb er of e nr o ll e d s tud e nt s. It is practically imp oss ibl e t o l evy tax es s uffi c i e nt t o s upply n ecessa r y t eac h e rs , buildings and e quipm e nt.

This ha s b ee n d e m o n s trat ed in a large r but n o t l ess s triking way at Oklahoma univ e rsit y. The sc h oo l la c ks s uffici e nt r oo m in eve ry d e partm ent. This phenomenal growth has b ee n especially n o t ewo rth y in th e problem e n co unt e r e d b y s tud e nt s in securing rooms because the number of dormitories ha s n o t in c r eased in pr o p o rti o n t o th e numb e r of s tud e nt s In past years so m e students h ave be e n f o rced t o return h o m e o r , in ins tan ces w h e r e the y li ve in Oklahoma City, go back and forth every d ay. See ing ve r y cl ea rl y th ese difficulties and desiring to assist in reli ev ing th e s itu a ti o n , th e Co n s i s t o ry o f McAlaster with H. L. Muldrow 33d degree, a n h o n o rar y memb e r o f th e Oklahoma c hapt e r o f Acacia, as the directing figure, set up o n a plan f o r th e building o f a com pl e t e d o rmitory for th e u se o f Masons and their sons who attend the Univ ers ity .

Thi s pr o j ec t was approved, m o n ey appropriated, l o t purchased and contract let for building. Now the building i s completed a nd stands near the uni ve rsit y, across the street from th e campu s and wit h the president's home n ea rby .

It is a modern brick bui l ding of thr ee story construction with a basement, and with a tow e r and l o dg e room above. Eve r y bedroom has two di sa pp eari ng b eds, a closet , a stationary c hiff o ni e r and lavatory. For ev e ry two rooms there is a study room direct ly between th e m with tabl es, b oo k s h e lves and accommodations fo r fo ur m e n . The building ha s a th o r o ughly m ode rn s t ea m-h ea ting system with complete power plant. It accommodates 135 students and a hou se m o th e r. Mo th e r Tay l or is the h ostess and th e building h as be e n open to st ud en t s s in ce the b egi nning o f th e pr ese nt school year.

The fourth floor i s o ccupi e d by a fully equipped lo dg e r oo m which a t the pr ese nt tim e is being us e d b y the N o rman Un iv e r s ity C h ap t e r of De Molay, which h o ld s it s m eet ings o n every Wednesday night. Ok l a h o m a c hapter Acacians are es p ec ially pr o ud of th e l o dg e r oo m s in ce it furnishes th e place where th e c h ap ter will s t age all future initi at ions. Besides so adequate ly furnishing thi s great and evident material need-shelter-the d o rmit o ry stands as a mem o rial to th e principles of free m aso nr y a nd as a declaration t o th e people of Oklahoma th at m asonry s tand s as a bu lwark of A meri ca n id ea l s and in s tituti ons. It fo rms a nucleu s about which uni vers it y mas o n s may gather a nd become m o r e close ly assoc i ate d .

A t th e present time th e re is a m ovemen t on foot for the estab li shm e nt of a uni ve r si t y l o dg e, sess io n s o f which are to be h e ld in th e lodge r oo m of the dormitory. Th e r e are approximately 200 ma so n s e nr o ll ed in th e uni ve r s it y. The president o f th e uni ve r si t y, eve r y m e mb e r of th e boa rd of r ege nt s (of w hi c h H. L. Muldrow i s president), a ll the d ea n s, h ea d s of a ll d epa rtm en ts and m a n y in s tru c t o r s a r e m aso n s.

With the b oys provided f o r , a m ove ment has been star t ed to h e lp daughters a nd s i s t e r s of Masons, in th e sa m e way . A lo t h as been purchased and pl a n s are b e ing mad e t o construct a lik e building t o acco mm o dat e the girls w hich, t oo, i s t o be l ocated near th e ca mpu s w ith facilities and acco mm o dati o ns eq u a lly a s good as th e boys h ave.

ALUMNI LIKE THEIR OWN NIGHT

Alumni ni g ht at K a nsas chapt er is always an evening f ull of int erest to both th e former and present m e mb e rs of th e Frat e rnity H e ld th e third Thursday even in g o f eac h month, the ni g ht is spe nt with music , di scuss ions of prob lems facing both th e alumni and actives, and smokes. Such questions as affect the building assoc iat ion , best methods of rushing, and ways of k eep in g up the in terest o f th e alumni afte r th ey hav e le ft sc h oo l, are tak e n up.

While it is impo ss ible for many of th e out-of-town alumni to b e present , thos e who hav e attended r e turn e d to their hom es f ee lin g th a t the eve nin g spent at th e hou se with th e active members and o th e r alumni h ad h e lp ed t o strengthen the ties.

Plans for A lumni ni g ht f o r this year includ e, in addition to the above, spec ia l entertainment s uch as boxing matches, short skits, o rch est r a mu s ic and q u a rt et numb e rs . JOH N J. KISTLER.

Ano th er Roa st . "To th e Ladies! Go d dre ss 'em " -Punch Bow l.

m a y b e g i ve n du e cred it .

T h e r e lat ive ly goo d s h o win g of I o w a Sta t e in thi s t a bul a ti o n is du e t o the e ff o rt s o f C lar en ce C Sc hid e, J OU R N AL Co rr es p o n de nt fo r th e I ow a St ate c h a p te r , w h o h as do n e co n s i de r ab l e wo rk in prese ntin g th e va lu e of th e JO U R N A L t o hi s a lumni

Th e bi g dr o p sh o wn by thi s t a ble in co mp a ri so n with th e la s t o n e p ubli s h e d is du e t o th e fac t th a t the g rea t m ajority o f las t y ea r's s ub sc rip e rs h a ve no t y e t re new e d th e ir s ub sc ri p ti o n s .

As soo n as th e va ri o u s c h ap t er co rr es ll o n de nt s co mm e n ce th e ir w o rk-as Sc hi de a lr eady h as d o n eth e t o t a l w ill beg i n to m ou nt rapi d l y.)

SUBSCRIBERS FAIL TO RECEIVE JOURNALS

I ss ues o f th e JOURNAL sent to the followin g Acaci a ns ha ve b e en r e turned to th e Edit o r with notificati o n by the p o stmast e r that th e addr essee had m ov ed and l e ft n o addr e ss. H e lp in locating the members is r e qu e st e d: Michi ga n chapt e r: H. I. Phillips and Frank K. Mill e r.

Kansa s chapt e r: Samuel R. In g alls

Ohio chapt e r : R. W. W e n ge r and H. D. Barger. Miss o uri ch a pter : H. L. Shrader.

Iowa State chapter: Olin G. Wheaton and William A. Griffith.

C hica g o c hapt e r: Clifford 0. Wild and Walter F L oe hwin g

Kansa s Stat e chapt e r: Elmer Kitt e ll.

ACACIANS BACK BURTON'S HBIG BROTHER" PLAN

S ev e nty-fiv e p e r c e nt o f th o se upperclassmen in the Mi c higan chapter h o us e who ha ve se en f o rm e r yea r s at the univer s ity have vo lu ntarily e nr o ll e d in th e co mmitte e o f upp e rclas s advis o rs f o r th e purp os e o f acting a s "big br o th e r s " t o fr es hm e n and o f in s tilling int o th e ye arlings so m e id ea o f Mi c higan s pirit and of th e ir duty t o the univ e rsit y . It i s thought

that thi s percentage represents so mething of a re cord among th e frat e rnity houses on the campus.

President Marion L. Burton, Acacian fro m the Minne so ta chapt e r , gave the advisors th e ir cue for the o pening of the work at a general meeting of the vo lunt ee rs, on Thur s da y evening, Sept. 29, in the Michigan Uni o n. Giving " Over the Top" as a slogan f o r th e work, h e showed h ow the ideal must b e at o n e and the same time to go over certain o bstacles, with certain purposes, against certain influ e nces, and for certain ideals.

President Burton is an unu s u a lly forceful speaker, and he put the matter up to the men squarely and without mincing any words . "You men are dealing with th e m os t precious asset th e university has ," he told them . "Upon yo ur handling o f that asset depend s, t o

Pre s. Marion L Burton n o s mall extent , the future college life of th e freshmen in your charge; and on your skill in g e tting fr o m your fr es hmen the best that is in them, f o r th eir ben efi t , of course, but ju s t as mu c h for the univer s ity , re s ts the future o f Michigan." Each of the big br o th e r s have been given the nam es of thre e freshmen, who come constant ly t o them f o r help and advice .

DRAMA "BUG" INVADES SYRACUSE CHAPTER HOUSE

POSED CAST OF ""TOO MANY WOMEN ""

Including the Notorious "Vamp", Frank E . Thomas es ting p ec uliariti es entered in, and in o rd e r to accord proper tous names were used.

" Too• Many W o m e n " was a three-act co m edy, writt e n and dir ec t ed by Jam es K. Walkl ett an d g ive n for th e ben e fit of th e brothers at th e chapt e r h o u se at Syracuse.

The th em e of th e play centered about th e members of the active chapter, featurin g th e c h apter advis e r , Lou i s Lin sey, in hi s trials w ith the f a ir sex.

Other c h aract e r s w ith interconsideration , ficti-

Th e following was th e cast:

Dr. Qu in sey (representing Dr. Lind sey)

Warren E. Mil e s

Mr. Veston (representing Harry E. Weston) ........ .... ........ J ames K. Walklett

Mr. Sprugg (representing Ralst o n G. Sprague) Emerson H Burdick

Mr . A dsit

(. Lee Adsit

PURDUE CHAPTERS TRIBUTE TO HER DEAD SOLDIERS

This tab let was dedicated last Founder 's Day to the three Gold Star members of the Lafayette g r o up.

Mr. and Mrs. Selby of Vincennes, Ind., were present. The pt h e r parents of the h ono r ed Acac ians found it impossible to attend.

Dean A. A. Potter unv e il e d th e bronze tab l et and gave a ve r y impr essive talk concerning the lif e a nd work of each of the three dead so ldi e r s

Lady-"What is that peculiar odor I get from that field?" Farmer-"That's ferti li zer "

Ladyl-"Oh, for the land's sake." Farmer- "Y es, lady. "

They're Speedy Markers

"I hear some of the profs l ead a fast li fe." ' "I doubt it; non e of 'em passed me th is year."

how Me.

Bloke-"Who was that fellow you talked to so lo ng on the corner?"

Soak-"He was my old bar-tender."

Bloke- "W hat did he say?"

Soak-"No."