Acacia Journal - February 1914 - Vol. 9, No. 2

THE ACACIA FRATERNITY

NATIONAL OFFICERS

GRAND PRESIDENT

FRAN C IS W. SHEPARDS ON, U of Chicago , Chicago, Illin ois

GRAND VICE-PRESIDENT

GEORGE E. FRAZER

203 East Green Street, Champaign, Illinois

GRAND TREASURER

R. CECIL FAY

Olath e, Kansas

GRAND SECRETARY

HARRY E. KILMER

Centerview, Missouri

THE ACACIA JOURNAL

HARRY E. K I LME R , E d itor. Associate Ed i tors

T. F. McCoy, E D. Flynn, A A. Jenkins, L. A. Wilson

The Acacia Journal is published on the first day of November, February and May , at Menasha, Wisconsin. Subscription price O ne Dollar per year in adva n ce. Sine-le Copies, Fifty Cents. Remittances should be made by check, express or money order, payable to the Grand Secretary, Centerview, Mo.

EDI.TORIAL

ACACIAIS.M AND · HUMANITARIANISM

In a recent lecture to the Masons of the University of California on "Masonry in the Eighteenth Century," Prof. Henry Morse Stephens bore upon the relation of the "Masonic and Humanitarian Movements in France and Italy." It occurred to us that both of these movements are clo se ly connected to Acaciaism at the present time

The noblest thing in life is the consideration of the other man It is the fundamental theme of the theory of free nations , expressed in thos e three famous words, Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity. Upon this theme all the advancement, all the harmony, all the great superstructure of good government is based.

V\Te cannot help but feel, that, as individuals , we are inclined to n eglect this great principle and treat our fellow men not as brothers in a great and common interest, but as factors to be pushed aside and cut down in th e strife for existence. V\Te men of Acacia, however, are or should be of a different strain. Our Mother, the greatest of all fraternal organizations , is built upon the rock of Human Service; and Acacia, o ur Fraternity, is founded upon the same broad and stable base.

We are thrice brothers; first, of our fellows, secondly, of all Masons, and thirdly, of the men of Acacia. Forget not the tie of the first in remembering the bonds of the other two. Keep ever in mind our responsibilities and duties to our fellow men and strive earnestly for a greater up-building of Humanity, our Nation, our Masonic Institution and ourselves.

In the far West we are striving for a closer communion with the East and far East. We are feeling our way slowly toward the light of the past and the future as revealed to us. We are young, our strength lies in our services to each other and to all mankind . Give us aid as we are attempting to give aid to you in our mutual climb to the pinnacle where we may contemplate the immutable Truth and each wi ll feel that we are living expon·· ents of our motto, "Human Service." E. D. FLYNN, Associate Editor, West District. ·

A YULETIDE COMMUNION WITH MY MASONIC BRETHREN

Bv GEo. L. . Roo ovER

Honorary Member , Resh Chapter

A1 y Brother:

There come to the thoughtful man a day wh n hi h art i verfull. nd e pecially is thi true of the man to whom reed and dogma ar but a mockery of hi Faith; who is not willing to follow in the pathway of narrow interpretation; who refu e to have a label placed upon him, or recognize the authority of an intermediary between hi God and him elf, who believes literally in the Divinity of All Men a proclaimed in th · Scriptures, and to whom the true definition of Religion i "living !if U) the Light which God has placed within you"; to wh o m the "Fath rhood of God" and the "B roth erhood of Man" are great living principle and the foundation of all hope, the Rea on for Being, a v. ell as the Rea on f r Being Decent; to whom the Cross i a symbo l of the Infinite , Eternal , ni verse-vVide Love of a God who i not a Tyrant , but a Fath r, a taught by Je us of Nazareth.

Overfull, I say, i the heart of the man who remember the burning at the stake of Man-condemned "witches", within three centu ie of our elve::., "In His Name", in this Land of the Free-and yet believes in the Divinity of Man; to whom the c r ass and ordid se lfi shne s of modern commerciali m has a golden lining of redemption-for we have found that it pays to promulgate and enforce rules which clean e men of their vices; to whom the thousands of be-spectacled children in our school are o many more bright sta rs in the firmament of knowl edge, and ymbo l of that breadth of Education,-nay, more than thi of Understanding, which shall make the next generation more tolerant and less bigoted, more hungry for sat isfy ing Truth and le s content with s up erficial and meaningle s interpretation, than we ar .

More than all others, that day is CHRISTMAS DAY

Let Heart and Soul awake! for it is a HOLY DAY

Ask not "Who m shall I worship ! " but HOW SHALL I WORSHIP!

Come with me, my Brother, into the Cathedral of Thought- Li ten with me to some words of prophetic vision, in paragraphs which mirror Hope and Faith, and reflect in a bright glory that wonderful picture (which i: not a mirage) of a world united in its rev erence, of man evolved into a character truly Christian, as depicted by Lowell :

There is a gentleness that grows of steady faith; A joy that sheds its sunshine everywhere; n humble strength and readine to bear Burden which trict duty ever layeth Upon our soul whith unto sorrow aith: Here i no oil for thee to trike thy root ,

THE ACACIA JOURNAL

Here only grow the sweet and precious fruits , which ripen for the soul that well obeyeth; A patience which the world can neither give Nor take away, a courage strong and high That dares in simple usefulness to live , And without one sad look behind-to die.

I drink with you, my Brother, the COM1J;fUN

ION OF SPIRIT

Quaff deeply, and if this service may but seem to breathe to you the benediction of my prayer, I am content.

It is for you.

I. THE PROCESSIONAL

All men are the sons of God, and kindred in nature with the divinity. For man, though a citizen of the world, is more than a merely subservient or instrument, or part. He ha s also within him a reason which can guide and understand the movement of all the members; he can enter into the method of divine administration , and thus learn-the will of God, which is the will of Nature. Man is a rational animal; and in virtue of that rationality he is neither less nor worse than the gods: for the magnitude of Reason is estimated, not by length nor by height, but by its judgments. Each man has a guardian spirit-a god within him-who never sleeps; so that even in darkness and solitude we are never alone, because God is within, and our guardian spirit. The body which accompanies us is not strictly ours; it is a poor dead thing, which belongs to the things outside us. But by reason we are masters of those ideas and appearances which present themselves from without. Vve can co mbine them , and systematize, and can set up in ourselves an order of ideas corresponding with the order of Nature.

-Epictetus.

II. THE OFFERTORY

Give! as the morning that flows out of heaven; Give! as the waves when their channel is riven; Give! as the free air and sunshine are given: Lavishly, utterly, carelessly give. Not the waste drops of thy cup overflowing, Not the faint sparks of thy hearth ever glowing, Not a pale bud from the June rose's blowing; Give as He gave thee, who gave thee to live.

Pour out thy love like the rush of a river Wasting its waters for ever and ever.

Through the burnt sands that reward not the gtver; Silent or songful, thou nearest the sea. Scatter thy life as the Summer shower's pouring! What if no bird through the pearl-rain is soaring, What if no blossom looks upward adoring? Look to the life that was lavished for thee!

So the wild wind trew it perfumed care e Evil and thankle s the desert it ble es, Bitter the wa e that it oft pinion pre es, ever it cea eth to whisper and ing. What if the hard heart give thorn for thy ro e ?

\i\l hat if on rocks thy tired bosom repo e ? Sweetest is music with minor-keyed clo es Fairest the vine that on ruin will cling.

Almost the day of thy giving i over; Ere from the grass dies the bee-haunted clover, Thou wilt have vani hed from friend and from lover, What shall thy longing avail in the grave?

Give as the heart gives who e fetter are breaking, Life, love and hope, all thy dreams and thy waking, Soon, heaven's river thy soul fever laking, Thou shalt know God and the gift that He gave.

III.

THE INVOCATIO N

Parent of all, Omnipotent , In Heaven and earth below, - RosE TERRY CooKE.

Through all Creation's bound un pent, Whose streams of goodnes flow , -

Teach me to know from whence I ro e And unto what designed; No private aims let me propose, Since linked with human kind.

But chief to hear fair virtue' voice May all my thoughts incline; 'Tis Heaven's law, 'tis wisdom's choice, 'Tis ature' call and Thine.

Me from our acred Order's cau e, Let nothing e'er divide; Grandeur, nor gold, nor vain applause Nor friend hip's fal e mi guide.

Teach me to feel a Brother' grief , To do in all that's best; To suffering man to give relief, And bles ing, to be blest. - BRo RoBERT MoRRIS.

IV THE LES 0 T OF THE DAY

And Judas, not Iscariot, but another, said to him : "but why, then, tnay not all live by the spirit of truth?"

Jesus said in a·nsw er: "Only h e who fulfils 1ny tea ching, only him the

Father loves, and i n him only can 11'LY sp i rit abide. He who does not fulfil my teaching, h im my Father cannot love, because this teaching i s not 1nine , but the Father's. This is all that I can tell y ou now. But my spirit, the spirit of truth, whic h shall take up its abode in y ou after I am gone, shall reveal you all, and you shall recall a nd understand much of that which I have told y ou. So that you 11'La)' always be caln'L in spirit, not with th at word l y calm w hich men of the world s ee ll , but ·with that calm of sp irit in which we no longer fear

On this account, if you fulfil my teaching, you have no reason to grieve over my d ea th . I, as the spirit of truth, will come to you, and, together wi th th e knowl e dg e of the Father, will take up my abode in your h ear t. if you fulfil my t eac hing , th en you must rejoice, buause instea d of me you wi ll h a7. •e the Father with you in your heart, a nd this is better for you.

"My t eac h ing is th e tree of life Th e Fath er is H e w ho tends th e tree. He prunes and cherishes those bran ch es upon which th er e is fruit, that th ey may yield more. Keep my t eac hin g o f lif e, an d lif e wi ll be in you. And as a shoot lives not of itself, but out of th e tree, so do you live by my t eaching . My teaching is the tree, you are th e shoots. He who li ve s by my t eac hin g of life yie lds much fruit; and without my teaching there is no lif e. H e · who does not live by my teaching w ith ers and di es; and th e dry branches are cut off and burnt.

" I f you will live by my t eac hing, and fulfil it, th en y ou shall ha ve all that you desire. Because the wi ll of th e Father is, that you may live th e true life and have that which you d esir e. As the Fath er gave me happin ess, .so I giz ' e you happin ess Hold to this happiness. I am liv ing, because th e Fath er lo ves me and I lo ve th e Father; do you also lh;e by th e same lo ve. If y ou will live by this , you shall be blessed.

"My commandment is, that you lov e on e another as I have lo ve d you There is no g1·eater lo ve than to sacrifice one 's lif e for th e lo 71e of on e's own, as 1 have done.

"The teaching is summ e d up in this-Love one another."

-JOHN XIV:22 to XV:II

( ToLSTOI, "THE GosPEL I N BRIEF.")

V . THE HYMN

God of the Earth, the Sky, the Sea, Father of all, above, below, Creation lives and moves in Thee , Thy present life through all doth flow.

Thy lov e is in the s unshine's glare , Thy life is in the quick'ning air; When lightnings flash and storm winds blow, There is Thy power, Thy law is there.

We feel thy calm at ev'ning's hour, Thy grandeur in the march of Night; And, when the morning breaks in power, We feel thy word--" L ET THERE BE LIGHT!"

But higher far , and far more cl ear, Thee in man's spirit we behold!

Thine Image and THY ELF are thereTHE I DWELLING GOD, proclaimed of old! - ELECTED.

VI. THE SERMON

There are three kinds of happiness-pleasure, joy and ble edne ure is the happine of the animal nature; joy, of the social nature; bl s dness, of the piritual nature. Pleasure we share with the animal ; joy with one another; blessedne s with God. The e three types of happine are not inconsistent. One may have them all. God doe not require us to choose.

-LYMAN ABBOTT .

Human love may seem to begin in pa ion, as a flood in the brain ami a fire in the blood; but it doe not end there. Instead, it ri es from the du t, spreads its wings, and bec o mes an inspired sy lph , prophesying of "a LO\ c divine a ll love exce lling ." More than an idealization of the woman by the man, of the ch ild by the parent, of friend by friend, it is an insight into the awful beauty, worth, and meaning of the soul. There is the discovery in the beloved life of an ideal embodied, yet unembodied, and a disclosure to the lover of an ideal within himself, giving to hi being exa ltati on , refinement and dignity. Then follows the discovery of the ideal in humanity, who are in one degree or another lover like himself; and the logic of it i that the nniver e is the home of the Ideal that somewhere, everywhere, a soul of Love live in it. \ Vhen we ask the genesis of a ll the love that softens, anctifies and glorifies the life of man, that pirit which , one with the human spirit where it dwells, bears authentic witne s of an Eternal Love whence all human love comes, and whither, at last, it returns.

Con ider what thi means - the transfiguration of life into a scene grand beyond all power of poet-thinking to conceive; delicate beyond all human tenderness; lovely beyond all human dream. It sugge ts that we are in the hand of One \\ ho is ever uttering Him elf in the profusions of nature; whu welcome the simp le t thought of truth or beauty a the r eturn for the seed He has sown upon " the o ld fallO\-YS of eternity;" who rejoice at every faltering re pan e to the age-old cry of wisd o m in the treet - the Lord of ho h. the God of mountain and eas, and the Friend of little children. urel · this is holy ground on which we tread, an enchanted world in which no on · should live an unlovely life , and none need fear to die. \1 hen Love hath told its story, we have as urance, doubly ure, that tho e who walked \\ ith us and have vanished from o ur ide have gone into the keeping of a Love that hath within it the secret of unknown redemption

The principle of th o ught, the prompting of con ciences , and the prophecie of love unite to confirm the ancient , high , heroic faith of humanity. That faith n e ver wholly ov e rborne , facing the my tery and the dark , undaunted by di a ter, undi mayed by death , unaffrighted, unbreakable , dreaming dream and pur uing i ions , et its tar as high as thought can fly. Life tries it, death tests it , sin be hadows it, and yet it i victoriou . \\ hen doubt deepen faith become more profound , and out of the blacke t tragedies of life it ri e with a ong of triumph. o it ha been from th time the oldest book in the world wa written , and o it will be until whatever i to b e the end of thing .

VII. THE ANTHEM

Sunset and Evening Star, And one clear call for me ! And may there be no moaning of the bar, \iVhen I put out to sea.

But such a tide as moving seems asleep, Too full for sound and foam When that which drew from out the boundless deep Turns again home.

Twilight and evening bell, And after that the dark!

And may there be no sadness of farewell When I embark.

For tho' from out our bourne of Time and Place

The flood may bear me far, I hope to see my Pilot face to face When I have crost the bar.

TE NN YSON.

VIII THE BE NEDI CTIO N

Thank God that God shall judge my soul , not man! I marvel when they say, "Think of that awful day

No pitying fellow sinner's eyes sha ll scan ·with t olerance thy soul , But His who knows the whole, Thy God whom all men own is wholly just." Hold thou that last word dear , And live untouched by fear. He knows with what strange fires He mixed this dust. The heritage of race , The circumstance and place

Vl hich make us what we are , were from His hand, That left us faint of voice, Small margin for choice.

-AN NE REEVE ALDRICH

IX THE REC ESSTON AL

To live beyond the grave,-to leave a name That like a living sun shall hold its way Undimmed through ages,- to be hailed hereafter As first among the spirits who have gifted Their land with fame - to dwell amid the thought Of all sublimer souls or deities ,

As trea ur in their hrine - to lead th t ngue Of nations , and be uttered in the ongs nd pra y er o f million - he who bear su c h hop e Fixed, in hi heart and holds hi lon e ly way , heered by thi o nly and yet keep him elf Unwavering in the many hock that pu h Hi purpo e from it s path- he wa not ca t In natur e' common mould. u ch hop e itself Is gr eatness - BRo JA r E PER I\'AL.

MASONIC NEWS

Acacians hould be interested in th e work being condu ted in Egypt I•) the Egypt Exploration Fund. Though few of us could name off-hand tlw period of the eighteenth dynasty or tell what an u habti figure i we all could read with profit the article o n Egyptain relic in the October Bulletin of the Iowa Masonic Library.

Another branch of Masonic work which hould appeal to cacian , and command their support , particularly when they have left chool and becom active in lodges, is such study of Masonry as is being made in Western lodge under the leadership of Robert D . Graham of Denver.

Grand Master Everett Benton of Massachusetts ha retired after tw o years of service and been succeeded by vV. W . John on. Jay R. Benton , of Harvard Chapter, is a son of the P. G. M. and is associated in the practic e of law with G. M. Johnson.

The chapter librarian wou ld do well to study carefully the Iowa Library Bulletin and call to the attention of the chapters , the new Masonic publications described in each issue , such as Robert F. Gould ' s new volum e of Masonic Essays and Robert C. v\ right' Indian 111asonry.

Des Moines has a new Masonic Temp le co ting $375 000.

In D e troit the Eastern tar ha for the fir s t tim e in the nit ed . tate erected a Temple for its own use.

True importance is always simple. The large dutie , care and re ponibilities of those seeking to do great things give them natural dignity and ease. They have the simple grace of the burden-bearers of India , \\'hCJ carry heavy loads on their head , and in the carrying learn how to carry them, erect- with fearless step. There i in them no trace of the pose, of the trenuous. Men of erious effort think too much of their work to think much of them elves. Their great interest, enthusiasm and ab orption in their world of fine accomplishment eclipse all littlenes They are livin g their life- not playing a part. They are burning inc e n c at the shrine of :1 great purpose- not to their own vanity. They ever have poise-not po eIF ill G. Jordan.

'I HE UNIQUE MISSION OF ACACIA AMONG THE FRATERNITIES

E. A. MEYERS-WISCONSIN CHAPTER

It is the history of the ages which testifies that every movement or organization in the world if it is to long endure must rest upon some worthy inspiring purpose. Some organizations evolve worthy ideals in the course of their development and therefore persist; others are from the beginning founded upon such aims.

No man in Acacia doubts the worthy genesis of our brotherhood nor fails of a knowledge of its purposes Our prob lem is not to find ideals but to interpret and write those we now have into the thoughts, actions , the very character and lives of our brothers and fellows. Therefore let us examine our ideals and note by how much we swerve from the true and discover the danger points which may hinder our further progress. Ot1e of the purposes for which Acacia exists is to make men deeper and truer friends . This purpose understood and realized justifies this o :any other order without more. Many people and many fraternities have fallen into the error of supposing that true friends are made by setting up a continual round of jollification and merry making and there is a great tendency among college fraternities to wander away from their original course and degenerate into mere social clubs with little or no aim other than pleasure and entertainment. This side of fraternity life is desirable but if not limited within reasonable bounds works havoc with the entire social structure. It warps its members by absorbing time and energy which should be turned to more worthy channels such as scholarship and character building activities. It develops snobbishness because it emphasizes the unessential and sets false standards by putting a premium on the superficial. It encourages idleness, indifference and loose habits of living. In short most of the evils of college life and of fraternity life as well can be traced to this source. This weakness and its attendant offspring is the real occasion and excuse for proposed anti-fraternity legislation in half a dozen states in the Middle West, the real stronghold of the fraternity system in America today.

Acacia is not free from criticism in this particular. vVe are arriving at a stage where we are beginning to feel our real strength and it behooves us especially to take heed lest we stumble. If there is any one mission which belongs to us more than another it is the duty to exercise in these matters the best judgment and taste of wh ich we are capable. Vve must emphasize and develop the real bases of true friendships. The mature character of our membership places these burdens doubly upon us for in time of trouble when unfavorable legislation confronts the entire fraternity system no organization will be earlier called nor more depended upon than our own. We must so live and conduct ourselves from day to day that our own record will not be our own enemy.

There is still another phase of fraternity life involving this principle of friendship which warrants consideration . In many fraternities of national scope chapters in one section of the country do not recognize nor affiliate members from other sections. This is especially marked in the East. The ideal of friendship and brotherhood in the Acacia fraternity demands that never for a single instant shall such a narrow view disgrace our order or

comprom1 e it precept . cacia ha made a magnific nt b ginnin and thi i another of her great opportunities. Let u ink thi deep in ur heart Let the four-fold tie \ hich has bound u togeth r, b the m an:, f proving in a much fuller mea ure what rea l friend hip are and of what st uffs made .

THE MASONIC BADGE

Bv GEORGE . FosTER, DALETH CHAPTER, 'I I Professor of Law, University of ebraska

Let us discuss a few que tion that come to mind concerning the make up of the masonic badge, and whether it is agreed to or not is not o important, as to extend meaning to o·thers as they see it, and thu stimulate thought concerning this l ittle emb lem we so often ee on the per n of master masons.

In the first place we may a k why the square was not hung abo e and the compa be low, and the angle of the squa r e made the top of the pin and the hinge of the compass the bottom point?

There cou ld be some argument for thi arrangement. for the rna ter of the lodge wears the square and he is above all others. It stand for our social obligations a well a our per onal moral while the compass i not positive but stands for negative re traint. In an wer to thi and a the real rea on for the compa s being ab ove we may say that the quare measurer the finite and the compa s repre ent the Infinit e. The compa i u d but for circ les, o r part thereof, and the circle ha not a beginning or end; it is complete in itself; and each point of the circle however large or mall has a unique po ition without which the circle would be imperfect or in comp lete. The compas may be hinged to a straight angle and theoreticall y draw a circle that include all space, but practically no circle at a ll ; but it s point extending in oppo ite directions designate infinite pac .

The square i be low becau e it is finite in it mea urement . It ha ab olute limit . There is a beginning and an end to the timber and the tone it mea ure The gage is d ivided into twenty-four equal part which stand for the twenty-four hours of the day. The quare is u ed for mea uremenl · of time a well and with the exception of it right angle i not more complicated than the gage. The fact that it divide our time and quare our actions here and now teache u that it i finite The quare tand f r human morality rather than spi r itual revelation.

Therefore we may say that the squa r e i not above and the compa -; not bel o w because one stand for the finite and the other for the Infinit The quare is held in place by the hand of man a he applies it in everyday life , but the compas is held by God, circum cribing our de ire and keeping u in due bound . A He make our circle or environment for u , let u remember that Hi hand i on the compa s.

\Yhy are the points of the com pas elevated?

Referring to what ha ju t been aid it indicates to u the objection of kingd o m . The mineral kingdom i lower than and ubject to the plant kingdom. lily bulb planted in the rock with plent) of water will dio lve the rock formation , and tran form it into a beautiful lily which in its

complexity is far superior to the rock and is at once a thing pf beauty. Its delicacy indicates its superior nature as well as its more complicated str ucture.

The animal kingdom including man cannot dissolve the rock and use it for the food and sustenance of its young, but must dep end up on the vegetable kingdom for its food, and as the vegetable kingdom is superior to the mineral, just so is the animal kingdom superior to plants. The anatomical struct ure of the human brain , the m os t complicated tissue of this kingdom, is not comprehended by man, but it is known to be extreme ly delicate and sensitive while its functions are largely in the realm of theor y .

But above the kingdom of animals is the kingdom of God and as this kingdom is superior to all so should the thoughts, words and acts of a master mason be subject to the heavenly kingdom , and not dominated by the kingdom of the square.

Man sho uld be perfectly subject to this higher kingdom and thus he is drawn to the light of the Infinite just as the material of each kingdom is drawn to the higher when worked upon, and His light will be manif est ju st as a master mason does subject himself to the Infinite. This subjection may come through prayer, continuous conscious recognition, and self-control.

No master mason is entitled to wear a pin with the points of the compa s elevated, any more than he is entitled to wear his apron as taught in the master mason's degree; but while in reality he cannot be worthy of so great an honor, he is suffered to wear it so because he is willing to continue to try. He cannot be perfect but he can continuously approach the light and because of his willingness to strive he is allowed to wear this emblem or button with the points of the compass elevated.

\ 'Vhat does the compass circumscribe? This may be a way of asking th e meaning of an angle of 6o degress which is the angle that is ordinarily used on the masonic button.

In the first place if the points of the compass are to be laid on th e square they must not extend beyond its extremities but must be within the finite limits of the square. So we may think of the limits of man and consider that the Infinite comes to man only as he, in his imperfection , is able to receive it. An angle of 6o degrees is one third of r8o degrees or a straight angle which stands for infinity and thus we see our limitations. But let us not get cause for result. He has not set his bounds which we cannot pass, directly and hence the finite square, but because of our finite square He has not extended His compasses beyond it, but has given us that light which we can comprehend and appreciate. We are all limited in our talents and we are all unable to come up to what we know that we could and should come up to. And the very fact that we are not satisfied and the very fact that we look for and conceive of a greater perfection than we can ever possess is one of the strongest arguments for the immortality of the so ul, because by this premise we must conclude that man is not in hi s best or final sphere. The aspirations of all nature must in some way be fulfilled, and since this legitimate aspiration of man cannot be fulfilled here, there must be a fulfillment in the world beyond the grave.

The squares of some of us are shorter than the squares of others but God in his infinite mercy has given to every one the chance to approach, and live up to, the privileges that they have, and thus in every case_ he ha s not extended the points of the compass beyond the square but has laid them

on the quare, and thu through our created characteristics He has fixed our bound which we cannot pa .

The compa circum cribe our field of labor and whether it be large: or mall let us make the mo t of it, and to the end that when w are called from labor on earth to eternal refre hment ve may be found worthy uf having used well the talents given to u ; that the accounting may be of profit to the Af aster ana of satisfaction to ourselves.

Having discus ed what the compa circum cribe we now a k a , Ill the quare. \\hat doe the square mea ure?

The quare tands for our judgment of other and while ' e ha\ e a trong ense of justice, and haYe a en e of ju tice greater than w can admini ter, yet withal to the Infinite mind our methods of justice and ur judgments under this method must neces arily be very weak and crud .

The quare stands for more than human judgment; it tands for our reasoning which i the highest faculty of the intellect. How many people fail to use the square and make it their working tool in the ordinary walk, of life? But suppose we do attempt to use the quare. We do rea on but we do not reason accurately. Vve may under tho e circum tances be wor e than if we had not attempted to reason at all, for the conviction which i gained by the fal e measurement is much stronger than the deci ion of ne wh o ha not even attempted to use the square.

Let us therefore reason and to the best of our ability rea on correctly. We may then judge and administer the be t j u tice of which our talents admit. But too often the judge is too sure of hi own righteou ne when in fact were his life cast upon the canvas there would be tho e deed portrayed which would require his conviction under hi O\ n precedent.

But we should not judge by the square alone but as our emblem indicates we shou ld raise the two ends of the quare upward to meet the extended points of the compass, and there let the square be soldered. The angle of the square i perfect and that tand for our conception of the absolute and from this angle the two ends are lifted and attached to, and beneath, the compass. The solder which bind the two together, tand , for the taking of the degrees, and your good standing as a lawful rna on.

The letter "G" in the field between combine in one symbol or letter the finite and the Infinite. It combines pace and endle nes . It combin s time and eternity.

To u e what gifts I have a be. t I may;

To help orne weaker brother where I can; To be a blamele at the close of day when the dutie of the day began; To do without complaint what must be done; To grant my rival all that may be just; To win through kindnes all that may be won; To fight with knightly valor when I must.

-S.

E. Kiser.

WHY UNIF ORM AC C OUNTING?

BY L. E. KNORR, WISCONSIN CHAPTER

lt will be noted from the minutes of the last meeting of the Grand Council that a uniform system of accounting was adopted and that a standing committee was appointed to install the system and supervise its maintenance. This committee has already sent out a pre liminary letter stating what action on the part of the chapters must precede the installation. Some of the chapters will find that considerable alteration of their present organization and procedure is called for, and the question may be raised as to the necessity for all of these changes

There are two aspects to uniform accounting for chapters :-as it concerns the individual chapters, and as it concerns the chapters as a whole, or the national fraternity. Since the first requisite of national strength is healthy local chapters, the second aspect above mentioned disappears. The question becomes entirely a question of local chapter welfare.

NATlONAL ASPECT

The interest of the national organization in connection with the uniform accounting system is fourfold. Believing that the continued use of the system will benefit the chapters, it will attempt to have the system properlv maintained. The detailed accounts and statements will afford considerable insight into all phases of chapter life, and will enable the committee to detect · practices which might tend to discredit the chapter in particular and the fraternity in general. The committee hopes also to be able to make available to all chapters any local practice which may have been found to be particularly desirable. The uniformity of the ·system will enable the committee to prepare semi-annually very valuable statistics giving accurate compari ons between chapters.

NATIONAL INSPECTION

In order that these objects may be attained, it is provided that Stewards and Treasurers shall turn in their accounts and statements semi-annually for examination by the committee. This examination is necessary primarily for two reasons.

If Acacia is to maintain her present position as a strong national fraternity composed of strong chapters, it must be recognized that the possibility of temporary insolvency on the part of any one chapter is a subject of national concern. If your chapter cannot meet its legitimate expenses, if it cannot or will not pay its just debts, there can be no question but that these debts become in a real sense the debts of each of the other chapters. While there is no legal responsibility on the part of the other chapters to meet obligations incurred by your chapter, there is a moral responsibility to see that the integrity of the fraternity name is maintained, should your chapter fail to do so. The danger of continuing under such a lack of national supervision that any one chapter can besmirch the fair name of the ·whole fraternity is obvious. National inspection is not only desirable from the ethica l side, or from the standpoint of national sentiment,-it is a business necessity if the nationa l fraternity is everywhere to be known for its honesty and for its integrity. Nor must we lose sight of the fact that

we are pro iding for the future as well a for th pre ent. Today, we mav be so ituated that e ery one of our chapter i fully abl to meet all oi ii re ponsibilities. ext year, even our tronge t hapt r may be o weakened by the graduation of men, or by other more untoward circum tance , that it affair need the con tant upervi ion of the national officer . ystem of national in pection of chapter finance and of chapter b ok keeping is a bu ine nece ity. Moreover, uch inspection mu t b had ani! national officer and a national committee mu t carefully upervi e th n· ports of the chapters, if it i to be expected that the y tern once e tab· lished, will long continue to be uniform or e en to be actually in op ratitlll . The officers of our chapters are busy men, many of them are not trained in bu iness affairs. orne few of them will alway fail to carry out national instructions unless they know that a rigid system of national reporting and of national criticism provides a penalty for careles ne and e pecially for mi management.

LOCAL ASPECT

The emphasis placed by the delegate to the Ia t onclave upon chapter finances howed plainly that the consideration of this point i Yital to chapter happiness and strength. othing reflect weakness in a chapter so quickly as its method of transacting business. This weakne may be manifested in one or all of several ways. There may be laxnes in the handling of cash, causing constant friction between officers and member , and between officers and trade -people; there may be inadequate of transactions , so that in the lack of logical arrangement it is impo ible to ascertain in totals why money was received and paid out; items of revenue and expen e may not be properly correlated o a to how the net re ult of the transactions.

It is hoped to introduce with the new accounting system a y temati c procedure for the handling of cash. Officer will be required to show duplicate receipt and bank dep os it slips for all money received, and check anrl original voucher for all money paid out. J rregular transactions hould not be tolerated; financial officers should realize that their greate t afety lies in following what they may consider a "red tape" procedure.

The accounts to be maintained in the new system will provide , in addition to records of receipts and payment , accurate and detailed inf ormation as to the cost of supporting the variou phase of chapter life . It is obvious that chronological lists of receipt and disbursements give "ca h" information and nothing mor e To conduct any business to the best acl· vantage, it must be recognized that receipts and disbur ements rarely coincide with revenue and expen e. Furthermore it should be recognized that the latter information must be obtained since in that information alone arc the earnings and expenses of a particular period segregated from those blonging to a past or to a future period. The revenue and expense thu . obtained must then be cia ified so that the portion applicable to a particular activity may be et out. And when the revenue and expense of each activity are furth er ubdivided into their element , the co t information i accurate and complete.

In financing a chapter, the conduct of its various phases should b con idered a commercial enterprise, to the extent at least of making each acti ity elf- upporting. \\hen this condition i attained-and only then

- will the scale of charges be just as between members who partake in different activities. . Then also will the financial statements show gratifying results. To ascertam whether or not each function is self-supporting, the detailed rev enue and expense items are brought together and logically arranged in Profit and Loss Statements. Until this final step is taken, the bu sin ess is being conducted blindly. If the showing of these statements is poor, steps should be taken to ascertain the cause . This may be attempted by analyzing the items which together produced the result and by comparison with the statements o f former periods. The system as prescribed, by pla c ing s ucceeding statements in adjacent columns, makes this comparison an easy and a natural thing to do. Stewards, in particular, should not fail to make use of this feature as it means taking advantage of past experien ce.

BUSINESS ORGANIZATION

To install a uniform system in twenty-four chapters obviously requires a uniform foundation upon which to install. That means the adoption of a s tandard organization. This standard organization intends to place in the hands of one official all related or simi lar functions. To arrive at this re ·· suit , a Steward is given complete charge of all boarding and rooming activiti es, whil e the chapter Treasurer will have to do only with the transactions concerning the social and fraternal aspects of chapter life. This division is, to the committee, entirely logical-as logical as giving two engineering jobs to an engineer and two legal jobs to a lawyer.

The Steward's department as outlined has to do with a very important pa rt of fraternity life. To a considerable degree , chapter peace and unity are depended upon the skill with which this department is operated . In order that succeeding Stewards may be familiar with the working of the department, it is provided that an Assistant Steward shall be elected at the time of the election of the Steward. This Assistant Steward should be cho sen with the idea of promoting him to the position of Stewart wheneve r desir ed. He should therefore be an underclassman .

One of the duties of the Treasurer will be to handle the receipts and di s bur se ments in connection with those events for which special assessments a re levied. These include fraternity dances, picnics, smokers, and any other eve nt where the assessment covers only the cost of that event. The placing of these special assessments in the hands of the Treasurer not only systematizes the method of handling them, but places them permanently on record sin ce they are incorporated into the regular accounting procedure of the Treasurer. The statistical value of these accounts should be recognized m the planning of current functions.

PRES CRIBED SYSTEM

The difficulties in prescribing a uniform system of accounting for twentyfour chapters are easily appreciated. These chapters are widely scatt e red and are operating under varying conditions. Some chapters own the hou ses they live in; some rent; while others merely occupy adjoining room s. Tables may or may not be operated. To add to this confusion, the officers who will operate this system are not in school primarily for that purpose and do not usually have a proper amount of time t o de vote to the maintenance of the system. Nor are they selected by civil service examination.

The y tern pre cribed therefore, mu cover a multitud of varyinK condition ; it mu t produce accurately, y tematically, and continuou . lv, detailed co t information in addition to record of ca h and account able and payable; it mu t produce Profit and Lo tatement a well a-. ba lan ce beets; and above all, it mu t do thi imply and without wa te oi time. The com mittee believe that it has provid d for mo t of thes thing..

EDUC TIO ' AL VALUE

It wa tated that there are two aspects to uniform accounting, the national and the local. Both of these had to do " ith chapter a u h. Grand Pre ident Shepardson, however, pointed out to the committee that, in addition to its value to the chapters, the sy tern would be of great alue in the training that it operation would afford to a con iderable numbt •r of the members of the fraternity. It is a well rec og nized fact that every college man should know the element of bookkeeping, accounting, and finance. Few college men , however , get an opportunity, while in college, to actually "' ork out these elementary principle in practice. The experie nce of operating and supervi ing a unif o rm ystem of the ort propo d will give to the officers concerned, and to all member who take a deep intere t in the affair of the chapter, an in ight into the more impo rtant principles of accounting-why certain accounts are maintained, how they are maintained , their relation to each other, how to make use of them, etc. It will also stimulate in them a desire for accurate financial information which might prove of considerable value to them in after year .

TRY OUT THE SYSTEM

The uniform accounting system adopted i the result of earnest dicussion at both the 1912 and the 1913 Conclaves. It was devised after careful and pro longed study of all of the uniform accounting y tern now in operation in college fraternities. The best feature of these y terns ha e been borrowed, and their demonstrated weakne es have been avoided. The committee believes, and apparently the Grand Officer believe, that the preent system hould be given a fair trial. They realize , however, that it will not operate of itself; it requires intelligent dir ect ion. The committee a k , therefore, that the chapters loyally co-operate in introducing and in maintaining the ystem, so that it may be kept in actual operation, unchanged , for at least a year . It will then be possible to improve the system on the basis of the actual experience had. It is not now possible to introduce th ideas of all. Let each member of the fraternity be assured that improvments will be made as experience demonstrates their need. The work of the committee has been arduous. We do not expect that it will lighten. vVe ask that every member of the frat e rnity give us hi friendly and loyal upport , for under no other condition can a national uniform ace unting sy tern be maintained.

Abstinence is not enough: you mu t make your life po itive- do omething.-Hubbard.

THE FIFTH INTERFRATERNITY CONFERENCE

BY GEORGE E. FRAZER

Th e fifth annual meeting of the Interfraternity Conference was held in New Y ork City on Saturday, November 29, 1913, in the Council Room of the Univ e r sit y Club. Grand President Shepardson appointed the following men as delegates from Acacia: William Homan of Columbia Chapter, E. F. Humphr ey of Columbia Chapter, George E. Frazer , Grand Vice-president. Bro . \ iV illiam Homan . was ill at his home and could not be present at the Conf e rence. Hi s place was taken by Bro. Irwin W. Driehaus of Columbia.

Th e me e ting was a representative one of American college fraternity men. D elegate s were present from over thirty fraternities. It was noticeabl e that many of the delegates were Grand Officers of their fraternities. The prese nce of many men prominent in educational circles and in the bu sin ess w orld , and especially the presence of several men of advanced age, gav e ev id en ce of the vitality of the American college fraternity system.

Th e Conf e rence is not a legislative body and it has no authority to bind th e action s of any fraternity sending delegates to it. As a result, all · pf th e legi slation of the Conference must be considered to be of an advi s ory ch a ra ct e r , having such weight as the several fraternities may feel - il)tlined to gi ve to it. The fact that this is the fifth annual meeting of the Confer etic e and th e fact that almost (l majority of the delegates present had been pres ent at two or more . of the former meetings, gave evidence that fraternit y men gen e rally are inclined to give greater weight to the deliberations of the Conference and to the opinions there recorded. ·

The Conference voted unanimously that, in its opinion, the fraternities repre se nted should forbid the initiation by their chapters of any members of Theta N u Epsilon , the notorious sophomore society. While in a few school s this sophomore society i s a harmless organization, it is alleged that in so me schools the society has become a center of corrupt student politics and eve n of heavy drinking.

Th e Conf e rence also voted unanimously that it disapproved of the ex is tenc e of fraternities in high schools. The principal discussion of the aft e rnoon session of the Conference centered upon a resolution that the Conf e r e nce believed that the fraternities represented should legislate against th e admis s ion into their chapters of members of high school fraternities a ft e r notice had been served by the fraternity for a reasonable period. Many of the delegates present, including the delegates of Acacia, were oi th e opinion that high school fraternities should be condemned, but that it. wa s impractical to forbid membership in college fraternities to a high school boy , who had become a member of a high school fraternity at an early age. The final vote on this question was in the affirmative by a small majority, the delegates from Acacia voting "No".

The vote of the Conference was not as significant with respect to Theta N u Epsilon and with respect to high school fraternities as was the discussion at the Conference It was evident that right thinking fraternity men everywh e re are determined to oppose high school fraternities and vicious college organizations, which defame the entire fraternity system because of th e similarity between the organization of such high school fraternities and coll ege societies and the organization of legitimate , well controlled colleg e fraternities.

A committee of the Conference ubmitted a y tern of uniform ac ounting. This ystem attracted considerable interest. The delegate from Acacia were more impressed by the earne tne with which the sy tern was presented and the spirit in which it wa received than by the detail of the proposed system. The system proposed has many very valuable feature , but seemed objectionable to the Acacia delegate in that it provide for th'! use of one set of books for a three year period, and does not pro ide for the submission of the actual account books used to the inspection of rand Officers periodically.

A considerable amount of time was taken by a more or le aimle di cussion of the reasons for the present anti-fraternity movement at the Ohio State University and at Wisconsin University. orne excellent speeches were made advocating less expensive living on the part of fraternities. One or two of the delegates unburdened themselves of tirades again t such well accepted parts of fraternity life as the living in chapter hou e . On the whole, it was evident that the remedy for whatever complaint exist against the average college fraternity chapter lies in greater intere t 0:1 the part of faculty and alumni members , and in better worked out sy tern . of national control.

The trend of the discussion of the Conference revealed to the delegate from Acacia the essential soundness of the sane life that the Acacia Chapter are now living. It was evident that Acacia may well expect competition from all the other fraternities in the direction of an increased interest in the democratic spirit within the chapter house. Acacia will, of course, welcome this competition very heartily.

Our own Grand President, Francis 'vV. Shepard on, was elected Presi · dent of the next annual Interfraternity Conference.

Man owes his growth, his energy, chiefly to that stnvmg of the will that conflicts with difficulty, which we call effort. Easy, pleasant work does not make robust mind s, does not give men a consciousness of their does not train them to endurance, to perseveranc e, to steady force of willthat force without which all other acquisitions avail nothing.-Channittg .

All truth is an achievement. If you would have truth at its full value, go and win it-Munger .

The object of education is that a man may benefit himself by serving others -Hubbard.

REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON CHAPTERS

The following que tion Chapter by Bro. rove of

I. Due. were a ked on behalf of the committee on hicago ym.

2. Room rent of individual member

3· Board.

4· Initiation f e e ( what included ) .

S· Do you belong to Pan - Hellenic?

6. Do you admit Greeks?

7· How many active affiliate members have you right now?

8. Your relative cho la tic tanding.

9· Do you keep a memory book?

IO. How do you secure attendance at a meeting?

11. What pe r cent of your active members really attend meeting?

12. Do you favor the pledge pin ?

I3. Do you favor the jewel pin?

14. Do you instruct new member in the work of the chapter?

IS. Do you have delinquent members?

I6. Do you favor expellin g these men ?

17. Number of Masons in schoo l.

I8. How many men have you lost by faculty action (what rea on) ?

19. Do yo u favor the contin uan ce of weak chapte r s?

20. Percentage of member hip that is in the co ll ege , if a tudent wert' undergraduate .

3 ot admitted at time of C onclave • o pin.

THE ACACIA JOUR AL

REMARKS ON THE REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON CHAPTERS

Bv LuTHER\\ ooo PARKER, ' IVER ITY

The idea expre ed in the edito r ial of Bro. Jenkins in the o ember i uc of the JouR AL i a plendid one. "The ole te t of a fraternity' worth i · the fraternal spirit in it , it depth and incerity", and "the on fundam ntal requirement , cholarly Ma onic manhood". Here i material for a world of thought.

The readers of thi a r ticle wi ll pardon me if I r iterate om of th statement that have been previous ly made in th e co lumn , but a cacia i till in the formative tage, or better, in the period of emerging from that condition and entering upon a field of activity on a par with other academic fraternitie I feel free to di cuss some of the e que tion which have been uppermo t in my m ind for some time pa t.

It wa my p lea ure during the Thank giving rece of the Ia t year to be a vi itor at the hicago chapte r , and in the cour e of a ta lk with Br Grove of that chapter I mentioned orne of the matter \ hich had been intere ting me, thu it i at his reque t that I publi h the report of the ommittee on hapters , with a few remark of my own which it i to be hopetl wi ll prove of some li ght intere t to cacian .

The fir t que tio n which come naturally to my mind, and which T have heard disc u s ed not a lone locally, bu t in several other quarter , i "\\'hat is Acacia?" s Bro. Me oy o aptly puts it in hi article at page 3 of th November 1913 cacia JouR TAL, " cacia i a nation-wide organizati n." Ye , but what kind of "nation-wide organization"? I fear me that many a good brother cac ian doe l ittle more than "puff hi cheek with pride when he r ev iew the fact" . re we not a I have a l ready intimat d an academi r· fraternity? If not what mean the report that so large a pe r centage of our member i in the undergraduate departments of the variou c lieges? If we are why not do our be t to di pel the idea that cacia i mere ly an h no rary fourth degree confe r red on co ll ege Mason ? V, hy shou ld we n t bend a ll our efforts towards the dis emination of the idea that cacia i n t a Ma onic club or any of the ariou other thing that general coli communities think it is? One olution for thi problem i more ocial activity. aturally enough many of the member a r e mature e r iou -minded student and in a few in tances the chapter are compo ed entirely of grad u ate tudents. This i however no valid rea on to prevent cacia fr m entering more actively into all the activitie to which college tud nt ar eligible. Ju t at this time it i of a t importance that \\·e hould et away from that opinion o current, that cacia i not a r al live college frat rnity. and how that we are indeed alive.

Here at Minne ota we experienc d much diffi ulty in ecuring r cognition and admi ion to the Interfraternity ouncil; and the rea on wa apparent; we had not made our elve felt a an academic fraternity. It wa only nece ary to pro e and exemplify thi point and the fight wa won. With all its traditi n - I refer to the background of cacia-ther i no valid rea on why cacia hould not become one of the mo t potent and mo t widely recognized influence , not only a a timulu to a better Ia onic

understanding but as an enormous force for uplift and for betterment among academic fraternities. No less than that is our duty. With all its ideals and with its fourfold tie , this fraternity should be in the van of all movements for academic as well as fraternity welfare.

At the present time six chapters are members of local interfraternity councils, viz: Michigan, Ohio State, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Washington. Seve n institutions have no Pan-Hellenic organizations , viz: Stanford, California, Harvard, Cornell, Yale , Columbia, Colorado . The eleven chapters not locally repre se nted in such organizations should lose no time in seeking representation and recognition.

It is a matter of interest to note the migration of sixty-four members as evidenced by the number of affiliated members. This is accounted for by the fact that our member s have reached the age at which they begin to pur s ue professional st udi es and so would naturally attend other institutions than theii Alma Mater.

Acacia scholarship speaks for itself. Seven chapters have the highest rank among the fraternities. Four report high standing. Only three show r ecords which in any way cause apprehension. This is a showing of which any fraternity should be proud. But we ought to be satisfied only when we shall have presented a solid phalanx of standard winners. This is no idle dream. lt is of no particular credit to Acacia that it should head the scholarship 1ist. O ur members being older and consequently more mature should naturally re ce ive more favorable grades.

The keeping of a scrap book is one of the things which will help to interest the alumni aside from the sentimental interest. Every one of the ten c hapters which does not at present keep such a memory book should begin at once to so record Acacia doings. It will be valuable for reference.

With seven chapter representatives voting in the negative , two undecided, and one optional it would seem that the question of using a pledge pin is favored by a slight majority. Three negative and two undecided on the jeweled pin indicate a decided leaning to the jewels in spite of the fact that the general tendency in college fraternities is to adopt a less expensive pin.

The new members should certainly be given instructions in the history of the fraternity, the situation of the chapters, and in the ritual as, for instance, the memorizing of the parts which explain the ideals of Acacia. The questionnaire ought of course to be given them. It is a matter for reproach that so many of our chapters do not pretend to give any such information or to require the new members to learn the why and the what of Acacia.

The que tion of admitting Greek-letter men ·needs only passing comment in view of the fact that at the present time all save four chapters are JJractising exclusion of such men . The problem is solving itself .

Most gratifying is the report that so large a number of our membership is undergraduate . This at once gives the lie to the common report that Acacia by its nature is a graduate institution. Gratifying too is the report of abundance of material available. Masonic smokers and other methods will probably discover many more valuable prospective members who would otherwise go unnoticed.

The report as given here of course shows, in some manner, the status quo of Acacia. There are a few defects which we shall have small dif-

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fi c ully in e radi c ating durin th e c urr nt year. n th e whol e h \\ ' ' e r . \\ · may congratulate ur elv up n the pr gre whi h we ha\ e mad e in nin · y e ar ; but we mu t not lo e from ight th e mo t \'ital fact that •ali t cacian i a link in a I ng chain and that th tr ngth of that chain depend upon ea h indi,·idual link. Th e re ·hould be no dr n s in th hi\ · of \\ e hould therefor put our boulder to the whe e l and go f rward \\ itl. . c a c ia until it hall be known a a \ital f rc in the oil ge frat rnity \\orld

UNIVERS i TY NEWS

Brown University i preparing to celebrat m ctober. the n e hundred and fiftieth anniver ary of it founding.

Dean E. R. Thayer of the Harvard La\\" chool ha declined hi s nom1 nation by Governor Fo a a ju tice of the upreme ourt of Ma achu tt Many paper announced that Bro. Ro coe Pound wa con ider d for th · office but refused to allow hi name to be di cu ed. It i intere tin that at thi moment Bro.· \ illiam Howard Taft i again being talked of for the upreme Court at \\a hington. Both of the e Brother took promin nt pa r ts in the annual meeting of the merican Bar ociation h ld at Montreal in eptember. l rofe or Pound i a member f the ExeculiY Committee of the sociation of merican Law chools and of the B ard of Directors of the merican Judicature ociety , an a ociation \\ ho bject i to coordinate the effort of member of the bar in legal ref rm. tudent of the Harvard Law chool ha e e tabli bed a Legal . \id Bureau through which the poor of Cambridge secure. the advice and a i.tance of econd and third year tudents in ca e \\"here not enough prop rly i involved to '..Varrant their paying for an attorney' ervices.

Genera l Leonard ood , chief of staff of the United tat rmy , recently announced that the military in tr u ction camp at Monterey and Getty burg tried Ia t year for tudent of educational in titution ,, ould be repeated this umme r , and issued a Bu ll etin explaining the purpo e and experiences of the camp and outl ining the cour e of work and in truction.

Bate College i ce lebrating this year it fiftieth anniver ary.

The Carnegie Foundation , after an inve tigation made at the reque l of the Education Commi ion of Vermont , recommend that the tate gi\l no fu r ther aid to the three college of Vermont but turn all it effort · into reorganizing and improving elementary and ec o ndary education .

THE PURCHASE OF THE CHAPTER HOME

Bv GEORGE E. FRAZ ER

Each of the active c hapt er s of Acacia, but one, now maintain s a chapter hou se. Most of th e chapters are renting the hou ses in which they make their home. A few of the chapters have alr eady taken definit e s t eps towards th e purchase of their c hapter house. As Presid ent of the House Association at vVisconsin and as a national officer, I ha ve had occas ion to note th e advantages and di sa dvantages of some of th e m et hod s adopted by some of our chapte r s in house buying. In the present article, I desire to discuss so m e conclusions I have formed in the hope that such a dis cus s ion may sti mulat e greater int erest in th e s ubj ec t on the part of th e m emb e r s of each of our chapters.

It is excee dingly important that each chapter should start a definite hou se buying movement as ea rly as possible. If possible, an attempt s hould be made to build a h o u se. If that is not possible , an attempt should be made to buy a hous e as well suited for the purposes of the chapter as possible. Tf that, in turn, is too large an undertaking, a lot should be purchased. If not enough funds can be accumulated to buy a lot , an organization s hould he effec t ed for the purp ose of buying furniture and building up a hou se fund. A new chapter, like th e one at Manhattan, would do well to organize it s a lumni and active member s into an a ssoc iation for the definit e purpose of (A) buying additional furniture for the house; (B) accumulating a building fund; (C) buying a building lot; (D) erecting a house upon the lot.

Jt is exceedingly important that a definit e organization for hous e buy· ing purposes be effected by each chapter at an early date in its hi st.o ry. No chapter should be content to graduate alumni who are not committ ed to the policy of providing a permanent home for the chapter. This is exactly what eac h chapter does if it effects no organization for house buying purposes.

It will be noted that a house buying organization is urged . It is ve r y desirable that all of the activities having to do with the furnishing , buying, or bui lding of the chapter house should be under the management of an organization having a permanent character The buying of permanent prope rty is a matter requiring continuity o f action over a long period . Th e chapter organization is not well fitted for the buying of permanent property. The personnel of the chapter organization is continually changing. Members and office rs change from semester to semester. The policy of th e chapter is ve ry apt to change with its personnel.

The organization that buys and owns the furniture and the house should be an organization with a permanent membership. In my opinon , the membership of each chapter should organize a separate house association , whose sole purpose is the purchase, ownership, and management of th e permanent property comprising the chapter home. This separate organization should confine its membership to the honorary , alumni , and active members of the chapter; but it shou ld include, if possible , each h o norary member of the chapter, each alumnus of the chapter, and each acti ve m ember of the chapter as a permanent member of the house association.

It is imperative that the permanent property used by the chapter should be under the management and final control of the alumni of th e chapter.

This is a necessity if the members of the chapter are to guard again t the po sibilities of mismanagement by a weak chapter roll at any time in th chapter history. In all candor , we must recognize that there is at lea t the possibility of a year in the life of each chapter when the chapter memberand the chapter officers may be v. eak men-weak, I mean, in business ability. Tho e who extend credit when furniture is purcha ed, or the building lot i purchased, or the hou e is erected, will extend credit more willingly if they know that they are extending credit to the entire member hip of the chapter, both alumni and acti e, rather than to the chapter itself as it may be con tituted at any time given.

L AME DTH C HA PTE R Ho usE

Ther e is another rea on for alumni control that is as important a that of permanency in finan c ial policy. Alumni control means increa ed inter t on the part of the alumni in th e chapter home. There can be no que tion but that the test of th e strength o f any chapter lies in the interest that it alumni continue to how in it years after they are graduated. This alumni intere t is a thing to be prized and a thing to be worked for. There i no better way of securing · it as a p e rmanent factor in the life of the chapt r than to make the alumni feel their re pon ibility for the ownership and management o f the chapter home.

v hen the separate organization for hou e buying i effected, the officers of the organization hould be cho en from the alumni as far as that is practicabl e . By all mean , th e Board of Directors should be alumni. The Pre ident of the hou e buying organization should have no other office in the fraternity and should be a local member of the alumni of the chapter.

THE ACACIA JOURNAL

After the organization is effected as a separate organization, distinct from the chapter, and after it has been manned by alumni officers, these alumni officers should make every effort to report the purposes and plans of the organization to each alumnus of the chapter. At first, these reports will be in the nature of solicitations for contributions for the funds needed. Later. the reports should combine solicitations for funds with complete statements as to the use of funds already in hand.

The best way of reaching an alumnus and securing his interest is the personal letter. The Directors of the house buying organization will do well to distribute the names of the alumni among their number and among the seniors of the active chapter to the end that each alumnus may receive a personal letter telling of the house buying organization and its purposes. It is important that each alumnus be reached. The personal letter should be followed up by mimeographed letters and by printed letters, and by copies of the chapter newspaper containing information about the house buying organization and the results that it is securing. The officers of the organization must not be dismayed if the alumni do not respond. Some of the alumni will respond to the first appeal. Others may not be able to respond to that appeal, but may be able to respond to the sixth or seventh or even the twentieth appeal that reaches them. In this connection, let me urge the importance of keeping a live directory of alumni. This directory should show the name and latest address of each alumnus, and should, moreover, identify him with the other members of the alumni that know him best. This directory should be constantly revised. Lest the process of constant revision become machine-like and meaningless, a studied attempt should be made at the beginning of each semester to get out a new and correct directory. Many chapters wonder why their alumni do not respond to letters, when, as a matter of fact, the alumni are not correctly addressed and do not receive the communications. Obviously, it is the duty of each alumnus to keep his chapter informed of his correct address. Where the alumnus does not do this, the chapter should attempt to keep track of him by every possible means.

After the organization for house buying is effected and a plan is adopted, very frequent opportunities should be given to the alumni to voice their opinion in its management. The annual chapter dinner should be made the occasion for a meeting of the house buying organization. Opportunity should be given to those alumni who cannot be present at the dinner to vote by mail for officers, on blanks provided for that purpose. Then too, alumni should be asked from time to time to give their opinion on the more important questions of management. As a national officer, I frequently hear alumni say that they never receive communications from their chapter or from its house buying organization excepting when money is needed. This charge is too apt to be true. It is a good plan to write a personal letter to each alumnus at least once a year that contains absolutely no reference to financial matters.

In connection with the annual home-coming of the chapter, or in connection with its annual dinner, it is a good plan to appoint a committee of the alumni to inspect the house and its management , and to make a report to house buying organization and to the Grand Officers on the results of the1r inspection. By this means, a certain number of the alumni will be interested in the details of the house, its ownership, and its mangement, each year.

I-J.2 THE I J Ri\ L

By thi m ea n , al o, each of th e member of the hou e buying organization and each one o f the G rand fficer will hav e a report a to the hom lift• of the chap t e r and as to it financial co ndition that i written from tht' frien dly, yet impartial , sta ndpoint of one who do e not live in the hou e. It is not possible to lay down a plan of organization for the hou buy ing a sociatio n that can be f o lio\ ed by e ach one of the chapt r . L cal co ndition a nd local opportunitie mu t be ca refully tudied.

If the co rporation Ia ,,· of the s tat e permit, it i well to organize th ho u se buying a soc iation a a co rporation for profit with a capital t ck. If thi done, eac h cont ributor to th e a soc iation r ece ive one or mor

shares of stock as evidence of his contribution. In some states, such as Illinoi , it i rather impra ctical t o o rganize the hou se buying association as a corporation for profit. In such states, the organization should be incorporated , and each alumnus and active member hould be asked to contribute at least a minimum amount toward its fund . Each initiate into the fraternity hould be given to under tand that it is a condition of hi membership that he shall contribute at least this minimum amount to the house buying organization. If an active member or an alumnus member i unable to contribute the minimum amount at once, he should be permitted to sign a series of five or more notes co ering the amount and payable at intervals. \iVhile it is hard to generalize for all of the chapter , it seems to me that each member of th e fraternity s hould be willing to con-

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tribute at least one hundr ed dollars to the house buying organization of his ch apte r .

During the first yea r or so of the existence of the h o u se buying organization , the energies of the association may well be dir ec t e d t owards the huilding up of a building fund of from two to five thousand dollar s. Until a definite plan for th e final chapter home is decided up o n , it is we ll to the building fund in a lo ca l bank or banks as a savings d epo sit. It is not a good business po li cy to in ves t a s mall building fund in a lot unl ess th e lot has been definitely decided upon as the location for the future house

U nl ess it is possible t o accumulate a considerable sum of money in a short time , I believe that it is desirable to buy a house already built. Both the active men a nd the alumni m emb e rs of the chapt e r will work hard er for a h o m e that is an act ualit y than th ey will for a h o m e that i s as yet on ly a set of building plans.

Great care must b e tak en in buying a hou se. Th e location mu s t not o nl y be a good loca tion at present, but it must be s uch a location as wi ll be desirable during the fi ve or t en years that it may take the chapter to pay off t he debt on the hou se It is not a good policy to bu y a hou se that ne eds exte n sive repairs, unl ess s u ch a hou se can be bought on very favorable t e rms.

One of the best ways t o buy a house is to buy it on a land contract basis. Under t hi s arrangement, it is u s ual for the buyer to pay down on the r,roperty abo ut one-fifth of the purchase price and to pay the rest in annual installments over a period from five to ten years. It is usual for such cont r acts to p r ovide that the deed shall be given when the buyer has paid fifty per cent of th e purchase pri ce. When the deed is given a mortgage is tak e n for the balance st ill du e. Until the d ee d is given , the title to the property remains, of co ur se, in th e ve ndor. It is usual for such contracts to provide that the property s hall rev e rt to the vendor should the payment of any pa rt of the principal or th e intere s t on the unpaid palance be at any time in default. This provision is a har sh one, but has the advantage of focusing the energies of the alumni at least once a year when such a default seems to be probable. It goes without saying that it is desirable to arrange such a lan d contrac t with a ve ndor who is friendly towards the chapter and its aims.

Tf the hou se buying organization decides to build a home , the fir s t step before it is th e ownership of the lo t on which th e house is to be built. Under no c ir cumstances , should a chapter attempt to build a house while it is st ill in debt for th e lot on which the house is to stand. The title to th e lot sho uld be h eld by th e house buying organization so that it may be offered as part sec urity for the loan needed in the building of the house.

The best way of securing money for the building of a house is by th e sale of bonds. If the bonds are secured by a first mortgage o n the property a nd if the property is a well designed and carefully constructed fraternity house, the bonds become a good inv es tment. Such bonds may be sold freely in the open market. It ought to be possible to dispose of the entire issue of bonds to a bond broker. This can usually be done if the bonds draw as high a rate as six per cent net. A lower rate of interest, such as five per cent, can be sec ured by selling the bonds to members of the fraternity and to the friends of the fraternity , such as local Masons. However, it is decidedly poor policy to so licit gifts from your friends. No man should be permitted to feel that hi s purchase of a bond is an act of charity on his part. The

chapter is not a charitable institution. It is neither a ho pita! n r a home for the indigent. It is the home of gentlemen and no gentleman hould ·I at ease in a home provided for him by the genero ity of tho e upon ''hom he has no personal claim.

In the buying of the chapter house, certain temptations will com to the members of the house buying organization. One of the e temptation i to accept the gift of a large sum of money from some intere ted Ma on "ho is not a member of the fraternity. As a member of the fraternity I am not able to convince myself that such a gift should be accepted. There i . of course, no objection to permitting a friend of the chapter to buy a lar c block of bonds, providing the bonds are secured by good real e tate and bear a fair rate of interest. But the acceptance of a large gift not founded on business principles, from any one other than a member of the fraternitv. is apt to work injury both to the giver and to the chapter. Human i not easily changed, and :it will prove difficult for the Ma on who mak : a large gift to be content if his relatives or friends in the student body ar not given an opportunity to become members of the chapter.

I would lay especial stress upon the importance of keeping compl te and accurate records of the financial transactions of the house buyin organization. The house buying organization should have its own indexed letter file and its own set of books. A cash book should be kept, showing receipts ' and disbursements. A ledger should be kept having such account as: "Land", "Building", "Repairs to roof", "Heating System", "Dining Room Furniture", and the like. A complete set of minutes should be kept for the meetings of the Board of Directors, and a report should be made at least once a year covering the entire transactions of the organization.

Your sole contributi.on to the sum of things is yourself.-Crane.

Claim your freedom in service.-Brooks.

THE IN STA LL ATI ON

It was a fine group of men, who assembled at Manhattan Kansas to install the chapter there. It was also a representative group' from some ten or eleven chapters. It was not a loud or boisterous crowd but there was a deal of enthusiasm. It did not bubble. It was well It .a meeting: of friends. Friends, who had come to help forge another lmk m the cham of chapters. There was much talk on the side lines. This talk was a serious discussion of Fraternity problems and it showed an earnest desire to meet them. The meeting was worth much from this standpoint alone.

The new chapter has spoken for itself. In the chapter letter you will find most of the details of the installation. The work in the ritual was ably conducted under the leadership of Brother Fay with the support of the brothers from Lawrence, who came with all the paraphernalia and some extras, the which can be verified by Brother Alexander of Manhattan. After the installation, the first regular meeting of Aleph-He Chapter was held. Adjournment was then taken to the banquet. There was much to eat and many good speeches were made. Telegrams ·and letters were read from most of the chapters expressing their good wishes for the baby chapter. D esp ite the lateness of the hour there was much visiting done after the banquet.

From the banquet board the group went to the chapter house. There the visiting continued until well past midnight. The Grand Council held

GRAND CouNCIL AT MANHATTAN

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it meeting after the banquet in the chapter hou e. wa proper und r the condition breakfa t wa er d rather late but all reported on tim . ne word about the chapter it elf. The chapter i compo ed of a fin group of men. \\ e believe that the chapter w'ill make good. \\ e hould not expect too much of them but we do expect the men \\ ho no\ ompo the chapter roll to lay deep and trong the foundation for a progre i\-.: chapter there. \\ e have honored them and with honor come r pon ibilit ·. Their re pon ibility to cacia i to erve well the be t intere t of their alma mater. They mu t stand for cholar hip; they mu t be lead r in college actiYitie ; they mu t er e. Our an wer i , they will. \\ e can not clo e without aying one word about th in titution Kan a· tate gricultural oil ge. If you are e er near there go and e th chapter, and then go out and see the in titution. o one ne d f ar about the rank of this ollege. It is a great in titution and the fraternity ifortunate in being repre ented there. The future of Kan a tate gricul tural College is bright and so i the future of cacia at Manhattan.

THE SONGS OF ACACIA

The ucce of a song book depends on the joint effort of tho e who ar privileged to contribute to its pages. Repre entation f r all without taxation of a few is just about the proper policy. The ongs of cacia can never be collected, or written, if co-operation, growing out of healthy enthu ia m and national fraternity pirit, i not ea ily obtained . ince the appointment of your national music committee, only three or four of the chapters have manifested any intere t in the movement for a song book t celebrate the Tenth Anniversary of cacia in 1914. \Vhat can tho e in charge depend on? Circular letter eem woefully to have been di regarded. Remember, here, that it is ju t as important for the editor to know that your chapter does not intend to be repre ented by a ong, a to knov.• that it does. Thus the list can be re i ed continually, and chapter can be checked off as they contribute, or promi e to , or send regret In thi way only can a definite canvas of the field b made. obody mu t bob up at the Ja t moment and say he wa never given a chance. The JouR AL, the Bulletin, the circular letter , the onclave- all the e have hammered home a con tant reminder. re )IOU among tho e who can con i tently take thi straight, plain talk to your elve ? re you going to end in omethin ? If not, are you going to how intere t enough to tell us you're sorry, but haven't any piece to include?

V\T. E. HULTZ, Yale cacia House, 16 York quare, ew Haven, onn.

MINUTES OF THE "GRAND

COUNCIL

ME ET ING

HELD AT MANHATTAN, KANSAS, DECEMBER 6 AND 7, 1913

Grand ca ll ed to order by Grand President Shepardson at 9 :so, P. M . The meetmg w-as held at the chapter house of Aleph-He. All members of the Grand Council were present.

After some informal discussion the following matters were disposed of in accordance with the directions of the last Grand Conclave.

fn Re Official

Badge:

Moved by Brother Frazer that the Grand Council, in view of the direction and authority vested by the last Grand Conclave, do declare and promulgate the following change in section 20 of the By-Laws:

The official emblem of this Fraternity shall be a badge in the shape of a right angle triangle of the first quadrant, whose sides shall be proportionately 3, 4 and 5· Side 3 being the base. The size, outside dimensions, shall be three-eights ( f8 ) inch on the base, one-half inch on the altitude and five-eights (%) inch on the hypothenuse. The bounds of this triangle shall be studded with pearls with garnets in the corners. ·within the triangle there shall be three sma ll er triangles in gold against a black enameled background."

Carried Unanimously.

n R e 0 fficial Jeweler:

Brother Frazer moved that the Grand Council, in view of the authority granted by the 1912 and 1913 conclaves, direct the Grand President to announce a sole official jeweler and formulate a plan for ordering badges. Carried unanimously.

f n Re Aleph-Beth Chapter:

The Grand Council, acting under the authority granted by the 1913 Conclave, considered the status of Aleph-Beth Chapter located at Northwestern University. After extended discussion and investigation the Grand Council ordered :

First, that the officers and members of the Aleph-Beth Chapter be ordere d to pay in full all obligations of the chapter to the national Fraternity and to all others, and to return the charter, rituals, correspondence files , account books and minutes of the chapter to the Grand Secretary together with all funds not applied in the payment of chapter debts.

Second, that all alumni and active members of the chapter be ·served with a notice of this action at the last known addresses of such members.

Third, that the charter of the said chapter be and is hereby suspended. The above was made in the form of a motion by Brother Frazer and carried unanimously ..

In ReCodification of the Laws:-

Moved by Brother Kilmer that the Committee on Codification be dis1charged and that Brother R. Cecil Fay and Brother Albert K. Wilson be appointed a Committee on Codification of the Laws. Motion carried.

ln Re Handbook:

After a lengthy discussion it wa moved by Brother Fay that the handbook for the pre ent year be laid over and that a directory be publi hed bound in leather.

Motion carried.

In Re H onorm'y Members:

The Grand Council after deliberation announced that during the pre ent school year the Grand Council will not approve the petition of any chapter for the privilege of initiating an honorary member, when such chapter already has five living honorary members.

ln Re Faculty Members:

The Grand Council recommends that no chapter elect more than two faculty members per year.

In Re Delegates to Interfraternity Conference:

Grand President Shepardson reported that in accordance with the instructions of the last Conclave he had appointed Bro George E. Frazer, Irw in W . Driehaus and v\ illiam Homan as delegates .

In Re Coat-of-Arms:

After consideration and under the authority granted by the 1912 and 1913 Conclaves, the Grand Counci l reaffirms the adoption of the official coat-of-arms illustrated in the May 1913 Bulletin with the exception that the crest l::e and i hereby changed to be a wreath of acacia.

Second, that the Grand President be authorized to promulgate the officialcoat-of-arms and that the same be published in the JouRNAL.

Third, that the Grand Council expresses its appreciation of the paintaking and careful work of the members of the Fraternity who have submitted designs for coat-of-arms .

The G r and Council adjourned at I I :so P. M. to reconvene at 9 o'clock Sunday morning.

SuNDAY MoRNING

Council called to order by Grand President Shepardson at 9 :Io A. M. All members of the Counci l were present.

In Re Questionnaire:-

Moved by Bro. Fay that the Grand Vice-president be instructed to prpare the questionnaire ordered by the last Conclave. Motion carried.

In RePrinting:

Moved by Bro. Fay that the Grand Vice-president have charge of the printing of the forms necessary to install the new accounting system. Motion carried.

In Re Thanks:

Resolved that the Grand ouncil expre ses its hearty thanks to the Kansas Chapter for the good work of its members in helping install the

State and to the official delegates from the Ames, Missouri, T ebraska , and Oh10 State Chapters for their co-operation in the installation f the Kansas State College Chapter.

·n Re Chapter Accounting:

Resolved, that the system of accounting prepared by Bro. L. E. Knorr 1f Wisconsin Chapter be adopted as the official system of accounting for he Acacia Fraternity, provided that the Grand Council may order such in the system as from time to time may be deemed expedient.

That the Grand Vice-president and Bro. L. E . Knorr of the Wisconsin constitute a standing committee with the Grand President, for the nstallation of the accounting system and for its thorough supervision.

That the Grand Secretary be instructed to furnish copies of this system o each chapter at cost.

That each chapter shall install the uniform. system at the beginning of he second semester of the present school year

Moved by George E . Frazer, Grand Vice-president.

Carried Unanimously.

'n Re Chapte1· Houses:

Resolved , that the Grand Council notes with great satisfaction the nanifestation of fraternity spirit in the building and buying of fraternity wmes.

That th e following members of the Fraternity shall constitute a standng committee of the Grand Council, for the purpose of advising chapters n the building and furnishing of chapter houses: William L. Miggett, Michgan; Otto Berry, Purdue; John X . Neumann, Wisconsin.

And that the chapters be urged to consult with the members of the :irand Council and with the standing committee, to the end that the howes iuilt or purchased may be soundly financed, carefully planned, and well quipped , and to the further end that no chapter may be justly accused of tnreasonable expense or ostentatious display.

Moved by Geo rge E. Frazer, Grand Vice-president.

Approved Unanimously.

'n Re Fraternity Extension:

I Be It Resolved, that it is the opinion of the Grand Council that the Grand shall not encourage the petition of any Masonic Club for rdmission as a chapter of Acacia where it shall appear that there are less forty student Masons in attendance upon the institution at which the ]ub is located; or, ( 2) where it shall appear that the institution at which he Club is located offers courses only in professional subjects; or, (3) where t shall appear that the petitioning Club has not maintained a house as a ocal fraternity for at lea s t one year prior to the date of its petition, and Be It R es olved, that the Grand Vice-president shall be authorized to orward thi s minut e of the Grand Council to such petitioning clubs as fall vithin either of the categories above prescribed.

Moved by George E. Frazer, Grand Vice-president. Car ri ed Unanimously.

The G r a nd ouncil adjourned at I 1 o' clock, A . M.

W ELCOME TO MICHIGAN

Michigan hapter of cacia ext nd a ro a! w I orne to e ery loyal Acacian to be with us during the Home oming at Michigan, Saturday March The occa ion i the dedication of the new chapter hou e, at which time we hope to welcome not only our own alumni, but the active and alumni member of other chapter a well.

The completion of our new home on tate treet mark the attainment of one of the goal , for which cacia at Michigan ha be n triving during the past ten years. The new hou e is located on the ite of the ld one, which burned the night of December 31, 1910, and i in the h art of the fraternity di trict. Since the time of the fir we ha e b en oc upying a rented home, which although hampered in orne re pect , ha erv d the purpo e.

\ e now have a home of ,. hich cacia may be proud and one which compare favorably with the other fraternity lodge , if not urpa sing them. There are accommodations for thirty-five men the uite y tern being u eel exclusively. In addition vve have a dormitory on the fourth floor, whi h will comfortably hou e twenty-five men and ser e a an overflow in time of hou e parties, big game , etc.

The architecture i old Engli h. The lower half of the hou e i constructed of a velvet faced red brick, with the upper half tuc o. The roof is covered with red asphalt shingle The fir t floor is given over to parlors and the big living room together with the alumni uite and stewart' suite. In the basement, which i partly submerged, are the chapter room, dinin room, kitchen and servants' quarters . A fireproof vault has also been contructed which may be used for the ational rchive The second and third floor are given over to suites of a bed room and tudy, for two men. ew furni hings have been provided throughout.

The present plan include a reception to the faculty, sororities and fraternities of the Unviersity of Michigan. On aturday morning the entertainment will be in charge of the local Alumni ssociation. In the afternoon an initiation ceremony will be held at which time, the work will be exemp lified for the Rev. Maurice Penfield Fike of Detroit, who has been elected an honorary member. In the evening we will hold the Tenth nnual Alumni Banquet of the Michigan Chapter. In addition there will be a great many other "doings"-"too numerous to mention ."

At this time we expect to have with us everal of the Grand Officer , as well as a number of the founder and pioneers, who toiled to make ca ia what she is. \ e trust that every chapter, that can arrange to do so, will be repre ented at this time, as we wi h to have one of the large t delegation of Acacian that ha ever gathered together. Our own alumni will be ba k en masse. orne and rejoice with u , a thi will be an excellent pportunity to i it the mother chapter and the birthplace of Acacia. Ju t let u know you are coming and we will do the rest.

Fraternally, J. . \\ 000\ ARD, V. D.

GRAND SECRETARY'S PAGE

This is to be a good JOURNAL. It is the result of the combined efforts of our chapter editors. The associate editors have had a part b the work, but mo st of them have failed to have anything to say editorially this time. We are too busy now to attempt to say much, and perhaps the JouR NAL will be better for that compulsory omission. Th e condition of the Fraternity as a whole is very well set forth in the columns of the JouRNAL. We should he enthusiastic over the record made thus far this year. Let us continue to the close of the year in the same manner as we have travel ed We are making progress

The JouRNAL will be late. We cannot get the JouRNAL out when the copy is ten days late. Remember copy f o r the next JouRNAL is due April r. Send in your pictures a few days earlier if possible.

It will soon be three months since we asked for copy for the directory. The following chapters have responded; Beth , \Al aw , He , Heth , Kaph, Nun, Pe. Tsadhe, Resh, Aleph-Gimel , A leph-Daleth. We desired to go to press with the directory by February r. We need the cooperation of th e missing chapters.

The proposed constitutiona l amendments will be submitted in a few days. Vote upon them and return your ballots to this office.

Your active members should be reported May 1. Do this promptly, whether you can pay the dues or not.

Remember the song book committee. The members have asked you to help them. If you have the ability you should help them.

Brother Schultz has composed another · song entitled "A Health to Acacia". Copies may be had at this office for twenty-five cents each. Through the kindness of Brothers Knorr and Frazer this office has been relieved of the burden of installing the new accounting system . This does not mean that we are not interested in the matter. We hope that the officers and individual members of every chapter will cooperate with the co mmittee. These men are real fraternity men. They have the proper sp irit. They want to serve you and your chapter and we trust that there is not a member in the whole Fraternity so small as not to accord to them the support they merit. This is one of the most important steps that has been taken in the Fraternity so far. See to it that your chapter cooperates in every possible way in installing and trying out the new accounting system.

There are numerous inquiries about the pin. VV e refer you to the Minutes of the Grand Council Meeting for a description of the Fraternity Ladge. The matter of an official jeweler has not been settled as yet.

Read Bro. Frazer's article on the house proposition. It is of especial interest to some of the chapters at this time. Bro. Frazer writes from experience and to the point. The Fraternity has no m o re able adviser or willing worker than Bro. Frazer.

We should remember Founders' Day. Let every chapter house be the meeting place of loyal Acacians, active and alumni on this day. Let there be an exchange of greetings between the chapters such as marked the holiday season .

Our Grand President has gone on a long journey. vVe wish him a successfu l voyage and a safe return. His unselfish devotion to the inter ests of the Fraternity should be an inspiration to each of us . \i\ e n eed, and the world needs more men of the Shepardson type.

D , \LETH CHAPTER RO U P, 1912-13

Top row, left to right-Grant, Ni c hol s , Basye, Tyler, Lawler, Fillipi , Hurtt, )lullin s, Sinkie.

Middle row-E. Meyer, Gunther, Elwell, \Villiams. H. Shumway, L. Meyer, P Shumway, Foe.

Bottom row-Morse, Gentzler, Johnston, Heller, Ro senbaum, H o rnberger , Ganz, ;:, c havl a nd, Bro wn .

CHAPTER LETTERS

CHAPTER DIRECTORY

leph Chapter-T. F. McCoy, Acacia House , Ann Arbor, Mich.

Beth Chapter-E. M. Hogg, Acacia House, Stanford University, Cal.

Gimel Chapter-} . W . Hill , 1541 Tenn. St., Lawrence, Kan.

Daleth Chapter-C. N. Brown, 1325 R St., Lincoln, Neb.

He Chapter-John E. Bailey, 2634 Bancroft Way, Berkeley, Cal. Waw Chapter-R. L. Mundhenk, Vv. 8th Ave., Columbus, Ohio .

Teth Chapter-J. G . Hall, 16 Prescott St., Cambridge, Mass.

Beth Chapter-F. M. Cockrell, 505 E. Green St., Champaign, Ill.

Yodh Chapter-H. A. Blogg, 210 S. 36th St., Philadelphia, Pa.

Kaph Chapter-Ross Cutter, 100 Beacon St. S . E., Minneapolis, Minn.

Lamedth Chapter-Asher Hobson, 615 Lake St., Madison, Wis.

Mem Chapter-H . H. Fleming, Acacia Hous e, Columbia, Mo.

Nun Chapter-H. E. Griffith, 708 E. Seneca St., Ithaca, N. Y. Sameh k Chapter-!. S. Borley, Acacia House , W. Lafayette, Ind.

Ayin Chapter-W. A . Woods, 5729 Kenwood Ave., Chicago, Ill.

Pe Chapter-Paul Rider, 16 York Square, New Haven, Conn

Tsadhe Chapter-C. M. Strawman, Livingstone Hall, New York City. Koph Chapter-W . C. Bean, z8r8 W St., Ames, Iowa .

Resh Chapter-C. '\11/ . Grauel, 603 E. College St., Iowa City, Iowa. Shin Chapter-M. C. Reynolds, Acacia House, State College, Pa.

A leph-Aleph Chapter-E. C. Carr, 4760 21st Ave . N . E., Seattle, Wash. Aleph-Gimel Chapter-M . J. Dickson, Acacia House, Boulder, Colo . A leph-Daleth Chapter-Louis Lindsey, 720 Irving Ave., Syracuse, N.Y. Aleph-He Chapter-Geo. E. Ferrier, Acacia House, Manhattan, Kan.

ALEPH CHAPTER

UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, ANN ARBOR, MICH

\\ ' e present our best wishes for the year of 1914. May yours be as prosperous as we think ours will be.

The holiday r esp ite from scholastic drudgery finds us returned with a rested and energetic sp irit to get eve rything coming our way. And when we think that before another month , we sha ll be in that new house that has been our idea of perfect ion of all things worldly, we take another hitch in our belts and want to wade in again. For the contractor has assured us that he will have the house ready for us by the first of February and it will then take but a short time for the furniture to be placed and incidental jobs done. Then we want you all to come to see how pleasantly we are settled. \Ve have not made out the complete plans for the dedication but those we have formulated are coming along nicely and promise success . Due and timely notice will be sent each chapter in regard to the doings and we sha ll be very glad to have some of the brothers from each chapter with us on that festive occasion. ·

We have been very fortunate in securing three capable men for the fraternity, whom we pledged before vacation, L. \A/. Robinson, Jr., L. S.

THE A I JO RN L

Thomp on , and D. J. Jeffrey . initiate be fore long. Th e chapter ha be n particularil) fortunate in ettin all fre hmen thi year with fe,, exception and all of the be t kind to m uld into good fraternity men. Thi i of th e greate t help to the fraternity b · cau e these men will be in the hou e for three year at the lea t an l can i' l' to the fraternity more than they receive which i not the ca e with th man who i in the organization for a hort time only.

The Chri tma dinner held o n the eighte nth wa on grand u ie wed either from the point of the epicure or the ocial a pirant. \\ . had many of the faculty member with us, Doctor Hall, John on, figg tt, Huh · hard, Campbell , Bunting, French ink, Hull, and Regent Beat. \Y ar orry that the alumni were not able t o get back at that time but they re evidently saving up for a trip to ee u later. fter the dinn r we had thL gift from the hri tma tree and a gift worth a million would eem n t to be appreciated o much a orne of the ten cent ones were on that oc a ion . or so appropriate! That vva once that a good tewart wa m re thoroughly appreciated than when things are normal.

Many replie to the reque t for the correction of the addre e of our alumni have come to u very promptly but we feel ure that a gr at of the present addre ses that we have are wrong and that orne one among the fellows that have gone out at nearly the same time mu t knov\· th ir late t location . It is not yet too late to end them in and if you know of these errors, please jump to the job and help u make thi dire tory a correct one from the start.

ALUM I OTES

vVe didn't know that that la t item about" annie' " ucce would bear such prompt results. For almost before we received the JouR AL, n \\ came that Conover, C. ]., had been married . His smile was mentioned at that time. See the connection? Here's our sincerest be t , Connie.

Bro. Gilbert of the Minnesota Chapter called upon us on January r . His old pal, Barnes , ha been chasing him around all day, evidently to prevent him from telling u anything of Barney's Minne ota experi n which might cau e dose of the tub here. Barney swear at the tub nu"·, not by it.

Bro. J. P. \i\ ait of the Cornell Chapter, now practicing law at turgi , Michigan, dropped in on us a few minutes one day this week. \\ ' e tri d to get him to stay with us awhile but a lawyer's life mu t be a bu y one fr m the number of thing that he must do while in town.

B ET H C H A PT E R

TAN FORD UNIVERSITY, AL.

T o all i ter hapter in cacia , tanford hapter ends reeting . new year ha ju t begun. hat it will bring "e know not. \ e contemplate plea ure , opportunitie , succe ; and yet with the e are bound to come mi fortune di appointments and heavier re pon ibilities. But w are optimi t in the true t sen e of the word and, of course hope for the be t. In thi pirit tanford Chapter commends to her ister Chapters all the joys and happine which thi old world of our ha to offer and which rr to make our li e o splendidly worth while.

THE ACACIA ISS

Since the November 'I3 issue of the JouRNAL we have four new pledges: Messrs. Fletcher, Neill, Sontheimer and Owen . We f e el that in them there is excellent Acacia material which will soon , we hope , be an added asset to our chapter.

The outlook for the coming semester is bright indeed. The personnel of the Chapter is practically the same and much good work is expected. We are in need of a new house and hope to formulate our plans, at least , before the school year closes.

The first issue of the Stanford Triangle has been published and di stributed with the hope that suggestions would be made which would materially assist in its improvement. We expect to send out one each semester so that our Alumni may be kept in as close touch as possible with the Chapter and with the Fraternity as a who le.

As a token of our interest in the name of our Fraternity , Stanford Chapter sent to each Sister Chapter a sprig of acacia. \iVith this particular tree there is a history besides the fact of its being one of the sentimental pillars of our organization. That acacia was brought to the Pacific Coast from Palestine and is an acclimated specimen of the well-known acacia, the thorn bush of the desert, which it is said appeared to Moses at Horeb as the bush "burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed. "

Bro. Pepperberg of the I ebraska Chapter is now a resident of the University town and a frequent visitor to the Chapter house. We are very much pleased to have Bro. Pepperberg with us because he gives us many valuable suggestions which tend toward broadening our view of our nation wide Fraternity.

Friday evening, January 2, I9I3, was the occasion of the annual banquet of the Acacia Fraternity Alumni Association of Southern California. Many visiting brothers from the eastern chapters were present. After the banquet the evening was spent over cigars and the conventional stories. Much enthusiasm was aroused and we sincerely hope that the association will continually grow stronger.

ALUMNI NOTES

Bro. Hostettler is now sa les manager for the Erie City Iron Works. During his residence at Stanford he was superintendent of construction of the University Power House.

Bro. Salbach is a civil engineer on section work for the Spreckels' Co

Bro. Lewis is Professor of Geology and Mining at the University of Utah. He was elected to S igma Xi in 1912 and played Varsity bas e ball.

Bro. Brown is draughtsman for the J. G. White Co., Engineers. At the Seventh Annual Grand Conclave Bro. Brown represented this chapter .

Bro. Blee is one of the State Engineers on the R. R. Commission.

Bro. Lakin is in Law with Tobin & Tobin of San Francisco.

Bro. Keesling is in Berkeley with the Pacific Gas & Electric Co ., as meter expert.

Bro. Willard \i\Tood is now reporting for the Los Angeles Ev ening Herald.

Bro. Herrmenn is in civi l engineering in San Jose and one of our most enthusiastic Acacians.

Bro. Roy Cloud is Superintendent of Schools for San Mateo Co.

Bro. Meyer is chemist for the General Petroleum Co. , Los Angeles.

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Bro. uthbert on with a partn r m th furniture bu me m Palo Ito.

Bro. Grenwood i practicing law in allejo.

Bro. chrader end the following me age from Hanover: 'On Jan. 18, '13 I left an Franci co for my native country; but. to be back in od ' country in about t\\ o month I hope that all 1 gomg \Yell with our order.

"II 12 , 13, ist ein Datum \i\ ie man es wohl elten h ··rt, 100 Jahre gehn voriiber Bi es ein tmals wi derkehrt."

Bro. Fisher is commercial in tructor and athletic director in Mt. iew High chool.

Bro. vViedmen tells us that he. has just pa sed his bar examination in the University of Montana and that he rank d fourth in the department.

Bro. Van Sickle is still practicing law in Oak land. It will be remembe r ed that Bro. Van Sickle wa the installing office r of He Chapter.

IN MEMORIAM

It becomes Stanford Chapter's sad duty to anno un ce another toll tak n by that grim entinel to that undi cove r ed country from whose bourne no traveler returns.

Lloyd Newland was born in E ll ensb ur g, \i\ a h. , May 24, 1886. He came to us from Palo Alto High chool wher e he received his academic training.

His residence in the University was crowned with many honors. He \Yas Alternate on the Intercollegiate Debating Team, a member of th Pre ident's Conference, an active wo rk er in the Euphonia Debating ocicty and a member of Delta Chi.

He wa s rai ed to the Sublime Degree of fa ter Mason in Palo Ito Lodge No . 346 F. & A. M . on November 16, 1907 and v. as initiated into cacia D ecember 20, 1907.

The circumstance attending hi death are r eported from the Philippine I lands a follow : Newland with two men and a boy were on an I land trading ve el and started out from port only to be driven back by a squall. The next day the attempt was again made , this time with the result that th e boat wa cap ized. The two men reached shore; but ewland and the bo y wer e lo t. On that day the bay wa infe ted with a school of shark and th e uppo ition is that this ' as the primary cause for the fatality.

Bro. I e wland was a princely fell o w and a an cacian he was all that could be d e ired.

tanford hapter in behalf of the c a c ia Fraternity extends to our Late Bro . i ewland's mother, now in Eugene, Oregon , the Fraternity's ince re t ympathy, and a sure her that the lo s ' ill be felt by all who knew Ite r n and by the cacia Fraternity a a whole. •

ELTON M. HOGG hapter Editor.

GIMEL CHAPTER

UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS, LAWREN C E, KANSAS

The men of Gimel take this opportunity to extend best wishes to the sister chapters of Acacia, for the new year I9I4. Since the last letter, \Ye have been more interested in the unifying and building up of the Acacia spirit in the chapter than in procuring new members. As a result we ha v e a good solid bunch who are working harmoniously together in the strengthening of our fraternity. I do not mean to convey by this, however, that we are not on the lookout for good men, but we believe in the early teachings of the ideals of the fraternity to the new men, for we find in these ideals ah influence which lends zeal to the uplift of Acacia.

As this is the first of the year and inventory time, we have asked each member to invoice his stock in Acacia, by the use of these questions : What does my fraternity mean to me? Does Acacia stand as high as I would desire? If not, why? Have I done my best to raise the standard, either within the chapter or upon the campus? ·what can I do during the remainder of this year to make my fraternity stronger? We have found that this plan has been very successful in bringing home to the men their own responsibility in making their fraternity what they think it should be. The fact that we are represented in almost every phase of college activities would tend to show that we are not lagging behind, but are actively striving to keep Acacia to the front.

A large number of the members of this chapter had the good fortune of being able to attend the installation at Manhattan, December 6th, I9I3. We wish to commend the members of the new chapter on the manner in which they conducted the·ir part of the ceremonies. I do not believe that anyone who enjoyed the ir excellent hospitality could find room for criticism It was also our pleasure to meet the Grand Officers, and also the representatives of twelve other chapters. This was an opportunity that seldom occurs and we feel indeed fortunate in having been able to attend. With the exception of the Venerable Dean the team was composed of members of this chapter, and we were pleased to be able to take active part in the ceremonies.

We appreciated the short visit of our Grand Secretary and Bro. Thomas of Mem, who stopped over a few hours with us on their return from Manhattan . At the time of the Nebraska game we had the pleasure of entertaining Bros. Hornberger, Fonda, Elwell, Ganz, and Foe, who brought u s good tidings from the north. We were very glad to have them and hope that more will be able to come next time. Bro. Foster of He made a short visit with us a few days ago. We are always glad to welcome ye visiting brethren and trust that we will be favored with more of them.

Seven of us were able to make the trip to Columbia this fall for the annual Missouri game. And to say that we enjoyed the hospitality of those Southerners would be putting it entirely too mildly.

The scholarship standing of last semester has just been completed and we are proud to announce that we again stand at the top. We have retained this position so long that we hope never to fall short of first place.

Since the last letter we have initiated F. G. Joss, a freshman in the college, J. W. McCaslin, a junior and Roy A. Carlson, a freshman. The pledges to date who are ready for the voyage are A. W. Duston, F. C. Ackers, J. A. McCurry and C. J. Weygandt. Besides these we have still anum-

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her of men in view, whom we xpect to pledg n. \Ye have made rapid :tride thi year and with the cia of men whom we hav been abl to ecure we have no doubt a to the future of cacia Fraternity here.

\\ "e ha\ had everal dance thi year and a few partie at the hou.e. Probabl) the mo t enjoyable ev nt thu far wa the hri tma dinner whi h \\"a given before our departure for the hri tma vacation. Ten alumni member of the faculty wer " ·ith u , and the bort talks by each of the e men were warmly appreciated. It i gratifying to u to knO\\ that the ar still intere ted in our v. elfare.

Bro. Roy . Porterfield, ha accepted a po ition a i tant Prof .. or in the Engineering chool here and i again with u . 'vVe have received the announcements of the marriages of Bro . \\ ' t more Roberts, and Gephart. v e are always glad to hear of the ucce e. of the b ys, but hope they will still find time to write us orne more of tho interesting letter which we have received in the past.

Wishing the Grand Officer and si ter chapters a bright and plea ant New Year. J. \ iVILFORD HILL.

DALET H C H A PTE R

UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LI COLN, NEB.

The men returninrr fr o m their holiday vacations have rought with them an increased amount of good old "pepper" for the fraternity. Each man has pledged himself to work harder and to accomplish more than ever befor The earnest coope r ation and good-fellowship for which Acacia stands has never be.en so strongly marked a at this time.

The holiday sea on afforded the old "vets" an excellent opportunity to visit u . Several of the old boys-each with a broad grin upon hi open ountenance and a tear. r two , in hi eye-unexpectedly walked in up n u The few men who remained at the chapter hou e, or in town, g ladly w !corned them. '0/e were delighted to have them come, but in some re p ts it was unfortunate that they could come only at this time. It " a impo iblc to give them a hearty a reception as they deserved and many of the n w men were unable to meet them.

The se home-comer were rof. ·Fritz" HofMann, " hicken" Hammil, Talmage Miller, Ray Garver, Frank tockton, John Miller, George Vla nik, Howard Pla ters and John Lawler.

ince our last letter we have added three new names to the li t of pledges. These Acacians-in-the-making are Victor Coulter, Jerome B. Burnett, Ru ell mack , and harle E. Gunnel . ne of the e men was init iated recently so that Pledge Gunnels-that-wa , became Bro . Gunnelthat-i . The initiation occurred upon the night of December 18, at the Ma oni Temple. Four candidate pa ed over the burning sand at thi tim . mong the victims wa our new honorary member, Bro. James R. ("Bob") ain , Pa t Grand Ma ter of ebra ka , who even as a pledge demon trated his loyalty to the fraternity and hi love for "the boys". The others wer Dro . harle Vv. Tayl r, Principal of the Teacher ollege High ch 1, Fred J. Gunther, and Charle E. Gunnel . The ceremony of initiation which wa planned and directed by Bro. Paul Yates, wa very impre ive, and everything went along moothly. Every part wa perfectly committed,

the "scenery and properties" were well handled, and the travel e rs were carefully guided over the rough places of their journey.

After the new Acacians were welcomed into the fold all returned to the chapter house where a big feed had been prepared at the direction of o ur steward, Bro. Meyer. Several little informal talks by the actives and alumni the "Reverend" Dr. Maxey, concluded an evening of enJoyment.

Elwell and Fonda were pres ent at the installation of Aleph-He chapter at Manhattan, Kansas, and brought back an enthusiastic rep o rt concerning

tl1e work of the Grand Officers, and th e s tr ength of th e new c hapt e r. It is gratifying to know that our new brothers are starting out so well.

The Masonic Dr:ill Team, under the direction of George N. Foster, of the Law faculty, is doing excellent work. The team expects to put on the Master Mason's Degree at one of the lodges soon. We have now a welltacked Masonic librar y which is of very great service t o us in the work of the school of instruction. Bro. Foster and Venerable Dean Tyler ar e preparing a series of arguments on " Immortality", suitable f o r use as unofficial ritualistic lecture work in the fraternity.

Now for the work of the chapter in university activities. Elwell won his "N" as a member of the varsity eleven. Pledge Amack received an "R" for his work on the freshman team. Williams defeated Meyer in the tennis finals and thus again won the university championship. Meier ls on the

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ba ket ball quad and will probably r ece iv e hi letter a he won hi · "R" Ia t yea r. Ga n z and G unth e r , the in eparable ' Deut che Zwillinge who " on honor a lightw eight and featherweight on the wre tling team Ia t year, have pro pect of making e n a better hawing thi year. ( Th y have already co mm enced a di et of to a t and table - leg . )

In the Dramatic lub play "T he ervant in th e H o u e", Otto inkic had the lead in g role of the '· e r ant"" and handl ed it in a rna terl y way according to a ll the critic

The part of the " Drain Man" " a al o tak n by an cacian. Mode ty of the writer f rbid f urth e r comme nt upon thi . Our r ece nt addition to profe io nal fraterniti es are Doc" Tyler to Phi Delta Phi, and Pl edge Co ulter to Delta igma Delta.

F rom s i t er chapters ha ve come the following vi itor during the emter: Bowen, Dr. 0 borne, and allace from Iowa, for the Iowa - ebra ·ka football game; Za ce k from Michigan; Montgomery, from Colorado; chaef e r , from Pennsyl v ania State; and Pl edge \ o hlenberg, from lllinoi .

The second number of The A sp, our little alumni publication , will be out ere you r ea d this. It promises to be better than the first issue.

Just a word in regard to the last JouR AL. There were one or two mitakes in the minutes in the rep o rt of the ebraska delegate. These \-\'ere of course una vo idable as Grand Secretary Kilm e r explained in hi articl l! printed in the same issue. But in order to avoid a misunderstanding it may be well to correct th em In the r port of Bro. 1eier he ay that ther w r · " from 6 to 9 m embers in the hou se" when it should have read "from 16 to 19". Then it tate that "We also take in G ree k s", which is again t th policy of Nebraska chapter.

The chapter extends her best wishe to all the chapters and individu al members.

C. EIL BRo-.: '

ALUMNI NOTES

Th e little blind god has caught several more brothers napping, and ha jerked them from a state of single-blessedness into the more ideal co ndition of matrimony . John Bloedorn stepped off, Sid Frum now pays two railroad fares, and even old B o b Elliott carries double. baggage.

" oisy" Mo nbe ck i back in co llege once more. He i taking a po tgraduate co ur se of orne sort but is trangely non -co mmittal as to ju t what it is. It is ntmor ed that "s he " is very beautiful.

"Zack" Hornberger has a position in a bank at Madison, Neb. , and is rapidly forging t o the front in banking c ircl e . (No t that Zack is a forg r ei ther but an honest hard-working man.)

Talmage Miller is a forest assistant in the Blackfeet Forest at Kali pel, Mont.

John Lawler is an attorney-at-law at Hastings , eb. John was in to say "hello" during vacation.

RoB ERT IRvi NG ELLIOTT

Bro. E lli ott a D puty tate up e rint end ent of N eb ra k a i well knO\\ n th roughout the state. He was county superintendent of ayne county at one time, principal of the Pilger school , superintendent of the hadro n sc:hools, and superintendent at Broken Bow. \iVhile at the latter place h wa appointed deputy tate superintendent in w hich po ition he has erved for the la st two year In college h e belonged to Delta igma Rho , Phi

Alpha Tau, Dramatic Club, and to the Innocents, the honorary senior societ y .

Last spring Bro. Elliott showed his zeal for Acacia by soliciting contributions from the members of the alumni to furnish the new home of Daleth Chapter. How well he succeeded is now a matter of history.

Recently Bob surprised the chapter by suddenly getting married at ,<;:: ambridge , Nebraska, to Miss Anna Louise Babcock N.o one even knew he was engaged! Now he seldom appears around the chapter house because of the joys of his own fireside . The boys sorely miss his jovial, good-humored face from the family circle, but perhaps the sacrifice has not been for naught. Has not the fraternity gained a new sister?

FREDERICK W . HoFMAN N

Bro . HofMann is now Professor of Horticulture at the Experiment Station at Kentucky State University. Although a young man he has had considerable experience along horticultural lines. He was an assistant in the nursery work at the Nebraska State Experiment Station for several years and later was appointed to an excellent position with the Griswold Seed Co. of Lincoln.

EDWIN L. CuRRIER

Bro Currier since last spring has been at the head of the Extension Department of the Montana Agricultural College at Bozeman, Montana. Before going west he took several years of graduate work in Agriculture at the State Farm, while he was an a si s tant in the Exten s ion Department.

ROBERT IRVING ELLIOTT

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DII'I L. RRIE R

HE CHAPTER

UNIVER LTY OF CALIFOR I BERl ELEY, AL.

Ca lifornia Chapte r e mbrace thi opportunity to send h e r ister chapter · be t wi hes for a mo st pro perous and happy ew Year. Y ul e-tide ha" co m e and examination have gone much to th e happine of a ll and all that is left for u i to tell our si ter chapte r s and alumni what ha been d n at California Chapte r du rin g the past emester, a ta s k that i mo t p lea ant.

The Fall seme ter clo ed with twenty-fiv active m en on the r oll ixle n of whom li ed in the hou e, and two pledge . During .the se m e ter then • ' e re nine new men initiated into the ecret of cacia; of the e-thr e ar fre hmen, one a sop hom o re, one a junior three eniors and one a gradual · Our pledge are Wi lliam John on and F. Harold Pin ka, a freshman ancl senior re pectively . Of our p r e ent roll there are e leven \i ho are in their eni b r year and wi ll probably leave u at the end of the pring erne . t r. The hole o left will be admi rabl y filled , we feel , by th pre ent junior Ia . which is nin e in number. Thi mu h for our pr ent member hip and it number. .

There are tw ev e nt that tand ut pro minently in th hi tor fornia hapter during the Ia t eme t r. Fir t the i it with our hapter at tanford Uni er ity at the time f the Big arne. !though ur coli ge pirit r an high and our de ire for alifornia to win equall d by the ' tan ford brother ' de ire for tanford to \ in wa of th tronge t, y t th r • wa evident a b nd of f llow hip bet\i\ een the two chapter that ran d ep ron that bridged the cha m of college antagoni m and mad u feel a br ther toward one anoth r in the true en e. uch , we deem, i th tru ·

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FR EDF.Rr K V. HoF l A

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Acacian pirit and we thank the brothers of Beth Chapter for rendering such a feeling possible on that occasion by their hearty welcome and assiduous care for our welfare. The second land-mark of this semester was the joint -banquet with Stanford Chapter. At this banquet there were s eated forty-six Acacians representing both chapters equally and among them were alumni who responded to the toasts and joined in the old songs of their colleges. That the banquet was a howling success none could deny, our only regret being that there were not more of the members that could attend.

Beside these two events, whereby California and her ister chapter at Stanford came closer together than ever before , there are events recorded in our history that must needs be touched upon to apprise our readers as to the extent of our undertakings. Our Masonic smok e r , hinterl at in the last Chapter letter, was one that will long be remembered in the annals of He Chapter. The principal speaker of the evening was Prof. Henry Morse Stephens .and the talk, for it could not be called more although Ia ting practically two hours, was one that will long be held in the memory of the hearers. Among the guests were the Masters of Berkeley Lodges and prominent men in Masonic lines, besides many faculty members and coach "Jimmie" Schaeffer. Socially we need say little- many house dance s and entertainments have been given which have resulted in our becoming better acquainted with college men and the fair "co-eds" as well.

In regard to college activities a word must be said regarding our members in general and some in particular. As a whole Acacia is becoming more and more felt in college life, there is not the seclusion in our affairs that is credited to that crustacean which walks sideways, but in all forms of college activities Acacia is letting itself be known. Acacia has entertained during the past semester acting-president David P. Barrows, having· him as a dinner guest, and numerous other faculty men, as well as all the men of prominence in college activities. Thus as a whole we have kept in touch with affairs, have let ourselves be known, and have let others know who and what we are.

Among our members we note with pride that Bro. Weber is editor of the Journal of Technology for the ensuing year; that Bro. Smith holds the honored position of Treasurer of the Architectural Association; that Bro. Flynn is manager of the Mandolin Club; that Bro. Stewart has made the honor society in Chemistry; that Bro. Hansell has made honors in History and has the prospects of Presidency of the Phi Delta Kappa, Educational Fraternity; and that Bros. Pratt and Foster have recently been made members of the Phi Delta Kappa. Practically every senior has to his credit membership in his college club or fraternity. Bro. Bailey is a member of the Commerce Club. Bros. Sarter and Stewart are members of the A . E. & M. E ., Bro. Jensen besides being a member of the last named organization is Secretary of the Siskiyou Club. In athletics we can not claim great honors but we can claim the honor of being on the job and making the other fellow run for his money. Bro. Stephenson although unable to make the varsity fifteen remained on the squad up to the last and his breadth of acquaintanceship among those that have finally nosed to the front is invaluable towards making Acacia a strong factor in college life. At present the only form of athletics that is being pushed is crew and for that we have Bro. \i\1 eber still on the front and added to him is Bro. Freshour , out for freshman crew, and Bro. Hollzer who will strive to capture the place of coxswain on the freshman crew.

Thi in brief i the pre nt ali£ rnia hapter with a r umc of the proceeding during the pa em t r. alifomia find h r If facin th m t pr per u em ter of all at th pr ent time and rdially ext n I· her be t wi he for a pro p rou an out-lay for her i t r hapt r . .\ word of regret to our alumni for th non-appearance of th J R AL I tler in the Ia t i ue - it wa ready but for a lip did not reach the ditor of th JouR AL in time. V\ e humbly apologiz for the lip and will triv t pr vent uch an occurrence a()'ain. J. E. B ILEY.

W AW C H A PTE R

OHIO TATE UNIVER ITY OLUMBU , HIO

t the clo e of 1913, V aw hapter take inventory with th following s howing :-initiated during the . emester, I I; pledged, 2; living in hou 12; hoarding at house (meal only) 5; total active member 26; of which 14 are engineer 4 "\ et ', 3 g ', 2 " Grad '', I education, I art and I alumnu . even of the cia s named in the ovember JouRNAL were initiated on October 10 and I I, Bros . Campbell and Bare being unable to be pre ent at tither thi or the initiation held on December 19 at which Bro . T. D. Danforth of Mary ville 0.; P . "N. Cross of Springfield, 0.; R E. Ot tot of olumbu , 0. and C. D. waim of \t\ ilmington, 0., "crossed the sand ".

Becau e of the approaching ho liday vacation, only one evening wa devoted to the ceremony in tead of the cu tomary two, and yet the initiate , e ·pecially ro , seemed to thoroughly appreciate the grandeur of the journ even if th pace was swift.

The initiation banquet of the first cia wa held on Sunday Octob r I2, attended by thirty-odd Acacians. Bro . addington, Seidel, eimer and \ atts spoke interestingly, the initiate re ponded with brief extnn,pores and Bro. Coddington, 33 ° , made an excellent address on "The Dutie of an Acacian". The econd clas will be fea ted on unday, January I I and a number of Alumni are expected.

The inventory shows us to be "shy" in the Law ollege, a department \>vhich hould and does offer much good Acacia material and in which w were very trong a few year ago. Our Masonic Regi ter i being carefully looked after and an attempt made to remedy thi weakne s.

The ni banquet, engineered by Bro henault v att , mith, Klinefelter and Plumb, wa held at the Ohio Union on the evening of November 6 and resulted in a huge ucce . Fifty Ma ons attended, th larger percentage being of the student body, and after the material need· of the body were ati fied, Bro. atts prote tingly took up the toastmaster gavel and ably pre ided o er the feast of the mind which followed, Br . 'tolz, Ha" e and Mundhenk being the cacian who re ponded to his call. 1 umerou other e.."<cellent addre ses were made and after lea ing the tab! , the la t hour wa pent in a hearty get-to-gether conver ation. The meeting \\'a characteriz d by the exemplification of Ma onic enthu ia m and arrangment were made for oth r imilar meeting ro. tolz being chairman f the committee appointed for that purpo e.

The hapter entertained her pledge with an informal dance at the Ohio nion on the e ening of November 22. The ball room " a decorat d

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with Acacia colors and pennants and the "moonlights" were danced by the light of a large illuminated Acacia emblem. A light lunch was served during the intermission. The chaperones were Prof. and Mrs. Lazenby, Prof. and Mr Coddington and Prof. Watts, all Acacian Alumni. To Bro. Blanchard, the Soc ial Secretary and Chairman of the dance committee, are due the thanks of the Chapter for the excellent arrangements.

The Pan-Hellenic banquet at Memorial Hall, on December 13, was attended by 16 Acacians. Between 500 and 6oo fraternity men were present, a delicious supper was served and the toasts were interesting, instructive, amusing and eloquent, especially the response of Prof. F. R. Shepardson of the University of Chicago, Grand President of Acacia, who was the guest

of the evening. Prof. Shepardson ' s address was on "Interfraternity Comity" and it is hoped by Waw that it may be published in its entirety for benefit of all Acacians.

The Chapter had the honor and pleasure of entertaining Bro. Shepardson at luncheon on this date and regrets exceedingly that his stay with us was necessarily so brief.

On December 1, E. B. Hawes presented 200 copies of Waw Who, Wow, Who, a publication edited and published by himself in the inter·ests of the Chapter. Copies have been mailed to all Grand Officers, Chapters and Alumni. We acknowledge a lasting debt to Bro. Hawes for his generosity of time and expense in .his exemplification of true Acacian spirit in so honoring his Chapter.

Acacia's part in athletics has been slight, our only representative, Bro.

WAw CHAPTER HousE

at pre nt

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unf rtunat ly uff rin arl in th which incapacitated him f r f tball

in th r m ,·al of Br . . H.

RALPH v \ cacia, Alpha Zeta (Agricultural), Sigma D elta Chi (Honorary Journali tic) and pbin ( tn ior H onorary); i tant Editor of the Agriwltural Shtdent 1912-13; :'>[ember of Student oun cil 1911 - 12; i\lember of .Makio Board 1912-13; Alpha Z eta Repre entative to and ecretary ol Pan-Hellenic Association 1913-14; Pre id e nt niver ity Y. i\1. i\. 1912 - 13; General ecr tarv Univer ity Y. i\l. \ 1913-J.I.

\i\ ell from Columbus to aginaw Mich. Bro. \\ells i connected with th · merican Ca h Regi ter Mfg. o. and to all cacian in that vicinity we do not he itate in tyling him one of the "be t ever ". lumni Ei enlohr, addington \\ att , Hawe and Plumb ar with u e ery day eidel and\\ eimer frequently, Hick on quite often (although hi. time i well divided between ' her" hou e and our ) and Barr, R . Hyd , \\ ' eimer the :Mdlullen Bope, Guillaudeu Landrum, Perrin, t lz. :teh bin . \ ' allance. une , now hill, Hambright, \ right and Young hav dropped in at tim \\'ar I made two trip all the way from It n, Ill., but ''ther · a r a on'. Prakk n of amehk i ne of u . cacian "kni ht f th

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grip'' would do well t o foll ow Prakken's footsteps to 20 7 \ V. 8th Ave., when in Co lumbu s a s there is alway room for another a nd we are glad to have you.

Word has been rec ently r ece ive d announcing th e birth of a daughter to Prof. and Mrs. F. Y.l. Pote of Boston , Mass., and of a son to Prof. and Mrs. McQuigg of State Co llege, Pa. Waw heartily welcomes h e r n ew g rand-children.

Mascots have been plentiful thi s year about th e hou se, probably owing to other persons' carelessness in allowing their pets to run about th e st r ee t s collarless, but the only one that is faithful is " Hiram , the C uriou s Ca t ". Tango, the yellow dog , deserted us for a n ea rb y So rorit y, ev id ently preferring the soc iety of ladie s. Seve ral o f our m en, H e r s hb e rg e r in particular, agree with " Tango" a s to the hospitality dispen se d in thi s hou se a nd we rather expect to lose " Hersh" in the same manner.

Life at the house is quiet , pleasant and conducive to tud y. Meetings ar e held every Monday evening and th e attendance and int e re s t are exce ll ent. Thrity-four names have been proposed so far this semester and the s upply of mat e rial is still very good. A number o f undergraduate s a r e sta rting o n their "journey toward the east" and we have assi s ted a number vvith th e ir lectures.

Vl/e anticipate no embarrassment from the facult y ruling which will next year prohibit the initiation of freshmen.

In co"nclusion, may we express our hope that th e coming year shall be as good to you as it promi ses to be to us , and again remind all Acacians, that, to use a hackneyed but expressive phrase , " \i\Taw 's latch- st ring is always out".

Fraternally yours,

TETH CHAPTER

R. L. MuNDHENK,

Corresponding Sec r eta r y.

HARV A RD UN IVERSIT Y, CAMBRIDGE, MASS.

The aims of Harvard Chapter for the present univer s ity yea r were co rrectly outlined last fall to be "internal expansion, chapter a ct ivit y, and Masonic interest" .

Thus far we have concerned ourselves almost wholly with the fir st two; and now that the rushing seas on is nearly over we will soon turn to matters of Masonic interest.

At the opennig of the year we had thirteen active men; and now have twenty-four and one pledge; be s ide seve ral desirable m en s till in tow. Mere numbers are not an indication of strength , but in our case these men are a most cosmopolitan group, engaged in the many departments of the uni ve r s ity , and corning from all parts o f the country.

Our chapter activities have progressed b y leap s and bo und s ; a nd we pride ourselves in the diligence of V. D. Baker and all the m embers which has united us into a single living chain; and has result ed in total absence of internal dissension , which would make us but as a rope of sand which breaks in twisting .

We have zealously sought to put our initiation s on the highest plane ; and much credit is due to the efficient work of our new team. All the officers

have new cap and gown and we intend to purcha go\\ n for all the member in the near future. Bro Gale and Jame di pia d their rar g niu in the making of a new trian!Tular altar. nd yet the way of the intruder i till hard and long. It i be t with real and poi onous a p and many pitfall ; and ere the end i reached a trip f xtremely hot and mu t be traver ed, and a m ' teri u om thing which cannot be een cau e the neophyte to step high wide and lively; and w e be unt them if they it down for they hall urely ri aaain!

Plan are no\\ nearly completed for an exemplification of our initiati n eremony at the Bo ton Ma onic Temple of which we ar a ur d by honorary Brother Gallagher 33 ° and bbott 33°, who ar director of that corporation. Either in the evening of that day or at a later time we are to hold our annual banquet. These t\\ o occasion are planned, prin ipall for ur alumni and honorary member ; that we may meet all of them again and that the active chapter may demon trate to them that in thi the tenth year of the hi tory of the Fraternity we are farther advanced than ever b fore. \. e have held fully half a dozen rou ing moker , to which we hav invited many Masons among whom we have found our new material. Bro. , anford who is a member of the chapel choir and has been on the Univ r ity Glee Club i organizing a quartet with the a itance of Bro. v il on; and thi. will ever be on hand at the initiations, moker and banquet ; and will d much to boom the new cacia ong. Bro. Par on i our official organi , t on the e occasions.

Elder Bro. Jenkin i alway on deck at the weekly meeting with a profundity of suggestion a to how we can put into active practice the nd and aims of the last grand conclave. Hi late t i an examination up n the ca ia ritual, to be pa d by all newly elected member and by vi iting brother if deemed expedient. Hi idea i to make thi a part of each me ting o that no member can leave Harvard Chapter without knowing h w to te t a brother cacian. or him elf be able to ati fy the Grand Pre ident that he i a member of the Fraternity.

Our econd dance of the year i to be gi en January 17. Thi !Jut the beginning of a erie of such ocial functions, which are made a gr at succe becau e of the cooperation of the brothers and the many young ladie of fine t social qualitie , who may be had for the a king. I o ur efficient Tea ommittee i bu ily engaged in outlining a s rie of unda) a ftern o n tea to be given at the Fraternity hou e throughout the pring. Th member of the tru t organized to hold the title to our h u ar • plodding along in their determined way, and are making steady advance in reducing the debt.

The appreciation f the aeneral hip of Br Gale and Liming in con ducting the repair on the h u e Ia t ummer i made manife t by the gen raJ ati faction of all the inmate of the hou e.

:-low that the ew ear i upon u we are about to direct our nd avor toward matter of Ma onic interest. v\ e are happy to tate that the chapter i in hearty co .. peration ' ith the Ma onic Club. Mo t of ur men are member and regularly attend it meeting and are pri il ged to li ten to it peaker prominent in Ma onic circle . \\ e evidence our friend_hip to\\ arcl that b dy by having ju t initiated it pre ident, Bro. Pope.

Thr u h ut the our e of the pring we are to make many f rmal Yi : it s to the I clae - of ( ;reat r Bo ton. which ar pecially courte u .· in ,.

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tending to us such invitations. The rarest treat in store for us in the line of Masonic interest is a series of seven lectures to be given us by Bro. Pound 33 ° on the Masonic Ritual. This is the third series of his annual lectures; those · in past years having dealt with Masonic H-istory , Philosophy, Symbolism and ] urisprudence. Too much praise cannot be given our most learned brother along this line: for it was largely in recognition of this great contribution to Masonic literature that Bro. Pound was made a 33 ° last summer at Chicago. At these lectures we keep an open house for all Masons in the vicinity, and they are not unmindful of the worth of sitting at the feet of this great philosopher and teacher.

ALUMNI NOTES

Bro. Joe Marshall, our V. D. of last year, was some time ago to have started his journey around the world; and after suffering from a bad va c cinatio:J was able to start his globe trotting on December 18

llro. Judd Dewey, who barely missed being the Assistant Secretary of State in the present administration at Washington, has j_ust returned to 16 Prescott Street, after a personal visit with the Mikado of Japan; being of counsel in the famous case of Mrs. Eilles. At the smoker on ] anuary 8, Bro. Judd has promised us a "short talk" of his trip. Query whether he can make a ."short" talk-certainly we appreciate a detailed narration of his many expenences.-

D octor " Bone-Smeller" Merwin is now in Central America condu cting anthropological research for the Peabody Museum.

Rumor had it early in the year that a mathe111atician of rare genius had lately come to these parts from Pennsylvania. And we have exclaimed in the joy o f our hearts "Eureka, we have found him" ! It is Bro. Everett who can state and prove the 47th problem of Euclid in three minutes and have several seconds spare.

Bros. Howe and Taylor have lately received more light in Masonry by taking work in the York Rite; and Bro. \i\Tilson is journeying along the Scottish Rite.

None of our brothers have yet drunk of the Camel's milk which flow s from the Mystic Shrine; but several of us are planning soon to quench our thirst if we do not fa11 by the wayside in our journey thither.

Bro. Amberg who has been elected to the Law Review also won a Sears prize of $350 which is given only to the two highest ranked men in a class . while mentioning scholastic attainments it is but just to say that Bro. Huff in his senior year at Ohio University achieved the rare honor of being elected to K B <I>.

Bro. Palmer who graduated last June is very soon to sail for Germany where he is to work on a fellowship given him fr o m the Law .School. The bunch of four "rough-necks" from Maine have now all returned from the six fathoms of snow and forty-below-zero weather; and Bro. Sheet Merrill reports that it's been a terrible backward fall down in Maine.

V•/e all regret that there is not a column in the JouRNAL where puzzling questions can be asked. Bro. Becker has worried all the fall to know what a shoat is-I wonder if any of the Grand Officers could enlighten him.

Bro. Roger Sherman Hoar has been named an assistant Attorney General of Massachusetts.

Bro. F. A . Braun, of Princeton University, visited us during the holidays.

in tructor in m d m Ian ua e and r a I a th B ton El , ·ated Railway mpany. i. JU t b en el ct d \\ · . I. of hi I d c at

ard wer r ceiv d hri tma fr m Br L. \\ ' it n, in Texa and \\ · . K Royal, of Portland.

H ET H C HA PTE R

U IVER lTV Of> ILLIKOI , HAMP . \IG ' , ILL.

Probably the mo t int re ting e ent in thi hapter in th writing of our Ia t letter for the Jo RNAL, i the beginning of the on tructi n " . rk

ur new home. One of ur alumni R. T. J ne , i a member f the firm of rchitect who have planned the hou e, and he i upervi ing th nstruction work. The tyle of architecture i arly Engli h. The ulinary and dining r om are in the ba ement. n the fir t Aoor ar the chapter room. lounging room , billiard room and library. The arrangem nt f thi A r i uch a to accommodate a dancing party. The econd A r i d , . t I to tudy room , and thi floor ma y b hut ff fr m th re t f th h u e and turned over to the ladie when the chapt r i gi ing a hou Th third floor ha tudy and leeping room . \\'hen completed , ur home will c o t u approximately $35 ,000. \\ e ha e a beautiful location in the nice t part of the fraternit di trict, ju t two block from the niv r ity' new rmory, on the o uth, and al o two block from the campu ea t. ur alumni are taking a great d eal of intere t in th ctiv hapt r . ... ot only are they lo king after th welfar f it in the way of providing a hom for it , and nding in word of an cacia mat rial they may kn "

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of coming here to school, but also through th e S up erv iso ry Co mmitt ee, which is an alumni committee , audit the chapter accounts eve r y month or two, in vest igate any difficulties which may a ri se, and generally keep in touch with the Active Chapter.

Our present Active Chapter roll is thirty-two , and we ha ve five p ledges . o far this year we have initiated twelve m en. One of the initia tes was Major F. D. Webster, new Commandant of the ca det s at th e University of Illinoi s . He is a member of the consistory and s hrin e; is a graduate of Point of the clas s of '89, and ha s see n eight years of foreign se r vic e. The major is a "Go od Fellow."

vVe are maintaining our sc rap book and fraternity librar y . \ i\ e have a n individual file for each alumnus, grand officer and chapt e r. Th e only token s which this chapter is keeping of its memb e r s are th e group pictures of the members o f the Active Chapter, which are tak e n eac h year. These a r e lettered , framed and hung upon the wall. And it is s urprising h ow an alumnus' face lights up when he is back at the ho u se looking at the pictures. As an ev idence of his outside activity, each man who becomes a member of an honorary society may present the fraternity a picture of that soc ie ty.

So far this school year we have entertained m os t of our lo ca l alumni -and th e ir wives, our patrons and patronesses and our sis t ers \ Ve ha ve g·iven two informal dance s and will gi ve a formal dancing party Febr uar y 20 vVe certainly hope that any Acacia man in this n e ighborhood at that time will come and make him se lf one of us that night.

This Chapter feel s that it is doing good work, and our prospects co ntinu e bright.

H .M.C.

Y O DH CHAPTER

UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, PHILADELPHIA, PA.

Since the opening of college in September we have initiated th e follo win g members:

J. Lester Armour, 'IS , Archite c ture , Pomona, Cal.; Rus se ll R . Grant, 'r 4, Wharton, North Attleboro, Mass.; G. Saul , '14, \ i\T harton , Pittsburgh, Pa

The following men are pledged , and will prob ab ly be initiat ed before the publication o f this issu e of the JO URNAL:-

Herbert F Everett, 'IS, Architecture, Millerton, Pa.; Lor en E. Kline, '14, Arts, Philadelphia , Pa .

Several other men have he e n ballotted upon , and some at least w ill probably be pl e dged within the next few weeks.

On the evening of December I7 , Brother Harry T. Cubberley, I9I2 A rch Spec., was wedded to Miss Marjorie I. Day, daughter of Bro. Samu el Hall Day. The best man and all the u s hers were members of th e Chapter, so the occasion had quite an "Acacia" air.

Our President , William G Mann, in addition to being ill f o r a period of ten days before the Christmas vacation, ha s been made Vice-president of the Student Federation of Architects, an intercollegiate association , is on the board of th e Town e Scientific School Jou1·nai , and Manager of the Architectural Play , the " Blue Smock", which will be produced during the

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week of February 2. Bro . E erett, Yoder, rmour and Blogg will al o probably have an active part in the production.

During the hri trna acation, all but three of the member left college, mo t of them returning to their home . pon our arrival on January 5, we found the announcement that the usual Ea ter vacation f t n day had been reduced to four which will probably cau e the postponement of some of the vi its to other chapter that had b en planned by our memb r . e had the plea ure of entertaining everal men from the Penn tate hapter at the time of the football game and again on Thank giving had with u everal members from the Cornell hapter, who came down for the annual game. Member have al o i ited u from the ale and Harvard Chapters. If vi iting member receive half the plea ure in calling on u , that we have in entertaining them, we will feel well ati fied.

Bro. McSherry, who ha been taking postgraduate work in M dicin , ha not returned, as yet, due to the serious illne of hi mother.

\Ve can afely ay that the present year ha been very atisfactory from every standpoint, and the prospects for the future are very good indeed.

With be t wishes for the new year to our sister chapter , we are

Sincerely, U. of P. Chapter,

W. H. DALLAS, Corresponding Secretary .

KA PH C H A P TE R

UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, MIN EAPOLI , MJ

The finnesota Chapter begin the ew Year with continued pro p rity. \ e have initiated ten men this year, giving u a total of nineteen acti c member . \ ith two pledges and much other good material, we exp ct t have one of the large t and be t fraternitie at Mione ota before the I e of the year.

It is great plea ur e to inform our i ter hapter that we ha e been admitted into the local interfraternity council. Bro. Dr. wift, the Pre ident of the Council here , aided u materially in gaining admi sion. Much credit i::; also due to Brother Parker , nody and King, who succe sfully engineer d the project.

\ e have also entered the Interfraternity Bowling League and although thi i our maiden appearance. we have e era! good "Roller " and h pc that the Cup will grace our mantle at the end of the ea on.

Bro. Orlando M. Han n ha ju t returned from a holiday tour of the we t with the Minne ota lee lub. " fac" ha the honor of being Vicepre id nt of thi renown d body and it i an honor j u tly conferred for Mac certainly i orne ong ter.

Bro . Thur ton and ritchett have been o brilliant during their colle e career that they were elected to Tau Beta Pi. Bro. ole al o diplayed great intelligence along agricultural line and a a re ult i now eli pia ing an lpha Zeta bingle.

Our \\ i con in Brother, Otto \\ inter, ha ca t hi lot with the hi Beta Pi . and Br . Thur ton i a member of lpha Kappa 1gma an ngineerin fraternity.

In Br . \\'h at n. we ha\'e a ure enough ba ball 'p h nom'. "Roodi "

has won his letter in high school and also at Hamline University, and is practically certain to get an "M" before he completes his course.

Bro. Mattice has been appointed State Seed Inspector in connection with the Extension Department of the College of Agriculture. This is indeed an honor for Bro . Mattice, as the position is a newly created one and the only one of its kind in the state.

One of our pledges, Harlow Hanson, is a Thespian as well as a student. The College of Agriculture, for advertising purposes, are presenting a play in the various Minnesota towns, and Hanson has been selected to read one of the principal roles.

We wish especially to impress upon all brothers of other chapters never to lose sight of the fact that our doors are always open.

Ross CuTTER.

ALUMNI NOTES

Bro. Edgar E. Merrifield who has rendered Yeoman service in the past for our Chapter was married to Miss Sorenson last June. Fortunately "Merry" lives in our vicinity and comes over and calls on us occasionally.

Bro. Frederick Webber stayed with us this fall for six weeks during the absence of his wife on a visit. We certainly were pleased to have "Bridgie" with us and trust that other A!umni will do likewise whenever they have the opportunity.

Bro . Charles P. Stanley, who represents the MacMillan Book Company, always comes out to dinner whenever he is in Minneapolis. We sincerely wish that all other brothers would follow his example when in the city.

Bro. Loiel S . Ryan, our venerable dean of last year, is on the Engineering staff of the Oliver Mining Company at Coleraine, Minnesota. We were indeed sorry not to have Bro. "Zeke" Barnes with us thi s year. We are glad to know that he is being well taken care of by our Michigan Brethren.

Our esteemed Bro. Sheldon has departed to Florida to look after a large forest reserve in the South. Bro Lynn Martin is a Stat'e Highway Inspector in the Southern part of the sate. Bros. Allen Crawford, H. A. Uaum, Leo A Daum and L. E. VonBerg are all traveling for the Webb Publishing Co.

Bro. Percy Hagen, an Agricultural College Graduate , is in charge of a. farm at Pine Island, Minn. Bro. R. C. Radabaugh is attending Rush Medical College in Ch icago this year.

LAMEDTH CHAPTER

UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN, MADISON, WIS.

As we review the events that have taken place during the first three months of the present school year, it becomes very evident that the Wisconsin Chapter has prospered. The year started with but twelve men in the active chapter, since then by a most thorough ferreting process we have added seven men by initiation, and have also succeeded in persuading five from other chapters to meet us three times a day in the dining room . The new men are: H. 0. Worthing, chemistry; R. S. Dunwiddie , Agric.; '0/ . F. Blair, Eng.; A. W. Meyer, L & S; G. W. Lycan , Agric.; W. C. Green , Eng.; G.

\\". R cran , L · ; a nd \\ . H. ,ramm e , L c· ; waitin be led ver th rugged path. her Hob on fr m th e Kan a hapter ha affiliated with u and w that we have been trengthened in e\·er way by thi tep . If the Kan .a · hapt e r ha more who are co nt e mplating departur w e wi h he would dir t them toward Madi on. ther wh o are with u ar "E elyn" Ne b t , fr m the ale hapter; " Pat " Broderick, from Minne ota; 'Pa r on ' auffield hi cago; \\ illiam , from I wa and ' 1ac" Macklyn. fr m \\ h pe that the e men may be o rne imbued with ufficient \\ 'ison in pirit that we may add their name to our roll. for they are all real goo d sco ut

La t year the c holar hip tanding r a c h d it · u ual mark. but w e were g ive n a eve r e enough care by one of our friendl y ri v al , the Y' n w we heed the V. D .' warning to 'apply our e lve more clo e ly ".

Athletically th e acti ve men of th hapt e r ha ve made littl pr gre . , but our m e n Co a c h \\ . E. Mean well , of th e ba ket ball team; and ach T. E. Jone s, of the track team; are w rking da y and night to keep th en viable r eco rd of their team intact.

The soc ial s ide of our hapt e r ha been a round of entertaining and l;eing entertained. Be id e everal dinner partie , and dances at th e hou ·e. we hav e had two dancing partie in the parlor of Lathrop Hall of the niver ity, and one unday afternoon at home to our married Alumni, in Madi on. The member hav e been the guest of o ur Chapter mother, 1 rs. H. N. Sutherland; Mr. and Mr C. F. Lamb, Bro. and Mrs. R. Ow n , Bro. and Mr . VI/ . H. \ V right , Bro. and 1r . T. E. ]one , Bro. and E. F. B ean, and Bro. and Mrs. F. E . \\ illiam . t the beginning of th year the Madi on Lodge invited th e Ma on at college to a moker at th temple at which we had an opportunity to m ee t about tw hundred c ll egl? Ma ons.

For the future our "effic ie nt " soc ial committ e, " riff" Jone , ha a rranged for a dancing party a t Lathrop Hall , January 17; a formal dinner danc e, in the Loui s fourt ee nth room at the Park Hotel, for pril I ; th Fo under ' Day banquet , and A lumni Hom e-co ming o n May 12; and our annual picnic and pavilion dan ce during the "' ee k of th e May Fete. Th • Chapter extend a s invitation to any cac ian who may find it con ni e nt to be in Madi on upon th e e dat e , to attend our fe ti itie Und r thi arne h eading it ma y be mention ed that o n Decemb r 19 we ce le brated u r annual hri tma Fe t. t thi occa ion m e n from e leve n chapter w r pre e nt at th fe tal board, and tog e ther with ur Honorary m emb r John Cor cot, and a goodly numb e r of our lumni , we made the gla e ring in toa ting o ur si ter chap t ers. The m e n who co uld not be with u in p r n, . cnt greeting conveyi ng th e ir good wi he and h ea lth to th chapte r . The e e ning wa pent in di robing the tree, inging and r elating torie o f h w t hing " u ed to be". The n ew m e n pre ented th e hou e with a ilver c ff urn , whil the active hapter and th e lumni e nri c h ed the hou e by two very r iceable oriental ru g . The enth u ia tic r e pon e of our lumni demon t rat e a true lo a lty, and brotherly feeling. We believe that s u c h acti'it ie in till a feeling of fraternal trength and upport in the old men and it al o give the new men an in ight int the affection f th e memb e r which g i e to a fraternity it true worth.

In the inte rfr at rnity bo' ling league we w ill not ca rry off the lo\\

honor as we had anticipated but on the other hand will be by no means at the top.

'vVe have had the honor of entertaining men at the house from several chapters, and for the visiting brother who directs his steps elsewhere than 6IS Lake Street, we hope that he will find the latch string drawn JJl.

It seems as though we cannot write a letter for the JouRNAL without having to include the painful information that we have lost some worthy brothers in the matrimonial mire. At present we are mourning the fate of V. A. Suydam who was enticed from us by Miss Floy Davis. "Sam ' ' . Hatch has forsaken the old guard in order that he might cater to the whims of Miss Rita Tendell. And the most suffocating news that we have received this year was the announcement of the marriage of Miss Margaret Bucknam to M. C. Sjoblom, "Sjoby" the man in whom we had the utmost confidence.

The wisconsin Chapter extends her best wishes to all Sister Chapter s for the year I9I4.

NUN CHAPTER

CORNELL UNIVERSITY, ITHACA, N. Y.

As the Cornell Chapter of Acacia crosses the threshold of the new year, its members find every reason for optimistp. Although the exodus of an unusually large number of our members through graduation and advancement of various kinds left our ranks last spring seriously depleted, the Chapter is ·nevertheless at the present time fully as strong as it was a year ago, and the prospects for future increase are much brighter.

Since the publication of the last number of the JouRNAL, the following men have safely endured the of that well-known trans-Sahara tour: J. F. Bradley, H. M. Pickerill, C. 0. Dalrymple, L. M. Massey, C. J. Burnham, \N. J. Barnes , C. F. Bidgood, and E. J. Rummele. This gives us at present a total of twenty active members, with A. B Beaumont, of Fort \i\Torth , Texas, awaiting initiation. "Beau" will be with us for the next three years, being registered for his Ph. D. He has taught for the past two years at the Oregon State Normal College, and now holds the position here of assistant in Soil Technology

Although only three months of the school year have elapsed , our chapter ltouse has already formed the background of many experiences rich in pleasure and profit. Notable among these was a meeting held on the evening of Saturday, December sixth, which, for the inspiration and enthus iasm, will live long in the memories of all who attended. During the eve1ling talks were given on the history of the Fraternity and also the history oi the local Chapter. Bro. Heath , who is engaged in the practice of law at this place, furnished a fitting climax in a characteristic address on Fraternity Ideals. As a direct result of this, a movement was promulgated for the substitution of a new form of alumni pledge in place of that previously in vogue. In the past it has been customary for each member, upon leaving, to pledge the payment of twenty-five dollars, in five annual installments; under the new provision, the pledge will be for $100, the principal , payable at the option of the pledgor, with interest at five per cent, payable

annually. It i a plea ure to tate that I 400 wa pi d ed the fir t C\ cning. Thu the local hapter i a ur d of a con in rea ing inc m . and, what i , in many re pect of much gr ater •mportanc a more permanent and intimate b nd with tho e who ha gone ut.

n th r nt that ha c nferred both plea ur and b nefit u n u \ a the i it, on .o ember 27 of rand i e-pre id nt raz r. Bro. Frazer, en route to ew York ity to attend th Int drat rnity onf r n e, was able to pend only a few· hour with u , but even o bri f a c with him wa a ource of in piration and we tru t that the futur see many repetition of the occa ion.

We have al o been favored with vi it by Bro. offman wh in the United tate Fore try ervice, in alifornia and Bro Kimball who were in attendance at the onvention of held at Cornell.

r otice ha been recently rec ived of the wedding of Bro. P. \Y. \\ ' ilder. of Gardner, Mas ., to Mi Laycock, of that city.

Brother Teeter , at pre ent Profe or of ivil Engineering at th r gon State gricultural ollege, Kaut ch practicing architecture in 1 ,, York City, and hamberlain Burnham , of the acti e chapter, ha e recently on fes ed to a defeat at the hands of Cupid. To the e we extend th b t wishe for the future.

n the evening of January eighth occurred the annual banqu t of Hobasco Lodge, of this city, of which everal of our men are m mber ·. In accordance with our u ual cu tom, the boy from the house compri ed the staff of waiters at the affair, performing their dutie in a mo t able and efficient manner. hie are always glad to perform thi little er ic · for the .lodge , as it undoubtedly re ults in a clo er ense of brotherhood b · tween cacia and the general fraternity.

On aturday evening the tenth of January, occurred the annual d bat e for the prize of ninety-four dollars, awarded from a fund e tabli hed J,} the cia of '94. Bro. Harrington, '15, upholding the negative of th que tion, acquitted him elf in a manner to reAect credit n the Chapter.

Bro. J. F. Bradley, one of our new member , has already gi en ub s tantial evidence of hi keen intere t in the thing pertaining to the £rater nity. He ha compo ed a tirring march ong, "The pirit of ca ia," for the proposed cacia song-book.

Indeed , there is an abundance of mu ical talent in the hou e, thi y ar. three piani t , three violinist , a corneti t and a "mandolini t" having b en di covered. o there promise to be no dearth of entertainment for time to come.

Bro. I arl Dallenbach, who left u la t June, ha won fame in th \\ a _ a football expert, having been appointed a sistant coach at the Univ r. it) of Or gon where he i an In tructor in P ychology.

Bros. Bidgood and Rummele have been elected t Pyramid. the honor ary i il Engineering ociety. lthough the ornell hapter ha not recently attain d to any great prominence in athletic it ha , for the past two year maintained it pr mier po ition in frat rnity cholar hip , and it i with con iderabl intere t that the advent of the mid-year exam i awaited.

In short, all indication eem to point toward a banner year for the local hapter, a well a for the fraternit a a whol and to all her . i t·r

Chapters of Acacia the Cornell Chapter extends the most cordial greetings and the most sincere wishes for a prosperous and successful ew Year.

WM. M. O'DoNNELL.

SAMEHK CHAPTER

PURDUE UNIVERSITY, WEST LAFAYETTE, INDIANA

Purdue Chapter sends New Year's Greetings to her sister chapters of Acacia and wishes for each the most prosperous year in its history.

Since the last letter we at Purdue have been very busy along many lines. Socially we have given one house party and a Masonic Smoker. The house party given on the occasion of the Purdue-\"lisconsin game, was a decided success; but owing to unforeseen consequences we hesitate to attempt another in the near future for fear we may have to procure another house and start a benedict branch. Many serious complications have arisen and pins are missing from at least six of our brother's bosoms. Our Venerable Dean Brother Polk, attempted to spring a grand surprise on his brothers by slipping away Saturday December I3, and being quietly married to Miss Ruth Finley of Sharpsville, Ind., but through the detective ability of a few of his attentive brethren, his ruse became known and he in turn was surprised by the rousing reception we had prepared for him on his return.

Invitations were extended to every faculty and student Mason in the University for the Masonic Smoker held at the chapter house, and a large per cent responded by their presence. This event revealed to us the fact that there are over one hundred Masons in school outside of Acacia which furnishes considerable material to select from. We found this function very beneficial from the fact that it brought the Masons of the school into closer touch with Acacia and fostered a stronger feeling of Masonic friendship .

We have also been improving ourselves in Masonry by organizing a team and giving the Fellowcraft portion of the Third Degree on several occasions in the Lafayette lodges. On Thanksgiving Evening we had the pleasure of giving one of seven Thirds before a large representative audience of Indiana Masons, and created a very favorable impression.

Our membership has been increased by the addition of H. J. Weaver, 'I4, C. E., president of the senior class and a varsity baseball man; G. E. Metzger, 'I4, Ag., business manager of the Purdue Agriculturist; J. T. Montgomery, '14, Ag., also on the Purdue Agriculturist staff; S. E. Hays, 'I6, Ag., member of the Purdue Exponent staff; R. Downs, 'IS, E. E., and we have pledged 0. P. Norton, 'I4, E. E. All of these men are living in the house with the exception of Bro. Montgomery who is married.

Our honor list has been considerably increased. H. J. Weaver is a \.Vilbur scho lar and President of the Tau Beta Pi Honorary Fraternity. Bro. Malott was also elected to membership in this fraternity. G. E. Metzger is a leading member of the Alpha Zeta Honorary Agricultural Fraternity and J. T. Montgomery and H. K. Laramore have recently been initiated into the same. Brothers Ely and Weaver have been chosen as members of the Iron Key, an Honorary Society of the University composed of men who do things. Bro. Polk is now president of the Iron Key. · Our athletic honors have also been strengthened by the addition of

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three P men. Bro. \ il on, '14, and Bro. hriver, '14, won the cov t d P in football thi pa t ea on and Bro. \\ eaver ha been a member f th varsity baseball team for the last two year .

Our material for the new Acacia directory is now complete a well as our member hip record file \\ ' e obtained information for the directory by writing a per onal letter to each alumni member, ' hich accompli h d good re ult

Due to the marriage and the removal Polk found it be t to resign the chair of election on January , B rather hriver wa !ott, . D.

to a home of hi own enerable D an, and at a cho en . D. and Broth

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Bro ther Praaken, Leech, ook, Frank, I roeger, Brackney, and Bro. L eonard of Yale attended the hou e party.

"Jimmie" Frank, '12 is now located with the Indiana Michigan Electric Co. at outh Bend, Indiana. His address is I 13 W. Madison t.

C. \i\. Cole, 'I2 ha accepted the position of city engineer of Mi hawaka Ind.

V M. May, 'II with the Genera l Electric Co., has been transferred to Oakland, Cal.

S. E. Laurence, '07 is located at Louisville, Ky., in the employ of the U. S. Engineering Dept., as Mechanical Engineer on Lock and Dam construction .

R. F. Chamberlain former faculty member of Purdue hapter, is now Professor of Electric Engineering at Cornell University and is acting in the capacity of V. D. in Corne ll Chapter.

S. F . tater, 'I I is foreman of the B. & 0. shops at Holloway, Ohio. H . J. Steven , 'og is State Entomologi t at Indianapolis, Ind.

A YIN CHAPTER

UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, CHICAGO, ILL.

Since the last writing hicago hapter ha made splendid progress in it new home environment. The early problem of hou e manag m nt an I groupal living have been pretty well olved and gi en place to matters of deeper fraternity interest.

The li t of names in the Guest Book continue to mark from week to week our growing opportunities to a sociate with the transient and v isiting brethren from other chapters. '0/e are alway exceedingly glad to welcome them. And our own members and alumni from other schools and cities drop in occa ionally a day or week-end vacation allow, in a way that brings joyous pleasure and valued as ociation.

T' o day before our Chapter wa five years of age, on December 6, 19I3, we added to our number by initiation 1e r . Joel F. McDavid, James R. Cm an, rchie L. Glea on and Everett M. Hosman, making a total of eighty for the five years.

During the quarter just closed there came to our Chapter by affiliation Bros. H. S. Thatcher from Mem Chapter, W. . Ham from Tsadhe Chapter and C. 0. Hornbaker from Gimel hapter. ll are plendid men whom we welcome most heartily and expect to do us great good.

In the same manner we reluctantly released Bro. Paul Rider to Yale Chapter with highest recommendations. This affiliation interchange of members we trust may prove productive of strong ties to unify fraternity feeling and serve to weld interchapter relations.

Heretofore there has been no manner for formally receiving affiliates into life of the new chapter. It seemed appropriate that there should be some manner of ritualistic recognition of such events. Chicago Chapter asked the present writer to compose a ceremony befitting such occasions. The resulting composition was forthcoming in due course, and was first used November I6, I9I3 in receiving the three affiliates above named into our Chapter group. A copy of the production was furnished the Grand Secretary, and it is probable that the matter of its incorporation in the fraternity ritual may come up before the next Conclave.

The new year finds us comfortable in every way. The house is well furnished and fully occupied. All plans are working smoothly. Ample membership material is in view, and a thoroughly prosperous year is predicted.

Chicago brings hearty greetings and good wishes to all Acacians.

WEIGHTSTILL Woons .

PE CHAPTER

YALE UNIVERSITY, NEW HAVEN, CONN.

When the first of the school year was due, we could, so far as new members were concerned, merely announce that two had been gained by transfer, and that we had pledged Williard Elery Roberts, Canton, Mo., Graduate School. By the time the JouRNAL had appeared, we had initiated Roberts and four others-Mills Hobby Husted, Greenwich, Conn., I9I6 Law School; Bertram Bernard Snyder, 2>anta Cruz, Cal., Graduate Law; Earl Leon Shoup, Holton, Kansas, Graduate School; Marshall Mounts Vance, Dayton, Ohio, Graduate School.

At our first meeting in December, the following officers were elected: Venerable Dean, Hepworth; Senior Dean, Roberts ; Secretary, Rider; Treasurer, Snyder; Masonic Warden, McKenzie; Alumni \iVarden, Hutchins. A week later an installation was held, and afterwards a supper was served in the dining room by the new officers. The affair was the occasion of several speeches, which, though not altogether serious, disclosed some of the plans and ideas of the new adminstration.

On the same evening we initiated Professor Samuel James Record of the Forestry School Faculty, and Edgar Allen Ingram, I914, of Jasper, Texas. Professor Record contributes extensively to forestry journals, and is also the author of several textbooks in his subject. At our last meeting before the Christmas holidays, Fred A. Nims, '14, of Topeka, Kansas, was initiated. February I9, has been set as the date for the initiation of the Reverend Dr. Charles Reynolds Brown, Dean of the Divinity School. Several of the new men have moved into the house and all of the rooms are now occupied. The plan of serving meals at the house is successful, and this will easily be the most prosperous year in the history of the Chapter.

We might mention here, a few of the activities in which some of our

that ha\· be n a hi ved. H pw rth urt and Phi Ita hi. ivil En in ering in th heffield . cientific cho I thi year. !lartz i a i tant manager of the orch tra. \V. E. chultz ha recently been honor d by having a ong Battling for Kansas, publi h d by th athl tic a ociation of th ni er ity of Kan a . Hi new cacia ong A Health to Acacia wa adopt d at th con lav . J. R. chultz publi h dan article on ir cot/ and hau ce r in th Deember numb r fA/ odern Language rales. ance i ecretary of the L ng I land und Di trict of th orth m e ri an ivic L agu for Immi rant. Robert ha j u t accepted a po it ion a in tructor in anthropology in the Berkeley Tutoring chool. Nim and \\ oodman are t a bing in th ew Haven Evening chool

The members who remained in ew Haven during the hri tma h liday gave an informal party D cember 29.

Vl/e are going to inaugurate a eries of wood-fire talk thi year. Th ·y will be held during the month of January, February, and 1arch.

R solutions have been pa ed providing for the celebration of Pound rs' Day, May 12, and the Harvard and Columbia hapter ha e been a k u to join with u s . ll,l e expect to combine our annual banquet with thi affair, and to make the occa ion famou in the annal of Yale hapter.

Bro . MacDonald, Fletcher, and Timm were recent vi itor at th house. During the holidays Robert \N. Lyman pent a coup! of day with u . Bro. Lyman, who obtained his Doctor of Law degree Ia t June, i m the faculty of the Dickinson Law chool, arlisle, Pa.

The announcement was recently received of the marriage of Bro. ]. R. Grube to Mi s Ella olflei ch of Home tead, . J. Mr. and Mr . rub e are now at home in Ea ton, Pa.

In clo ing, we extend best wi hes for a pro perous ew Year to all f the chapter , especially to our new chapter at Manhattan, I an a PAUL R. RIDER .

K OPH C H APTE R

IOWA TATE COLLEGE, AMES, IOWA

ince the Ia t issue of the JO URNAL there ha e been admitted to ur brotherhood John H. Fra er, graduate work in cience, Fred \ . hinn, veterinary medicin e, and I. L. Rush, mechanical engineering. Bro. Fra r ha the distinction of ha vi ng been made a Mason at the age of 19. II was initiated at Buck bum, berdeen hire, cotland and th re they p rmtt earlier initiation than in merica. J arne \ . Hayne , ha . T. uke ·, Herbert E. Freund and K.nute E pe have been pledged and we exp ct to in truct them fully in cacia principle oon.

Our men are taking part in all line of college acti ity. gain t k n competition Bro. J. ort ecured a place on the nationa l dairy judging t am. Bro. \ll.1hitney i a member of the college lee lub. manag ·r of the ophomore cla play Bro. R. ombs made a great financial ucce of that entertainment. Bro. M. ollin did excellent work in the sprint at the home field meet thi fall.

For orne time we have b en planning mean to get the Ma on of th c II ge a quainted with each other. But there wa al o a need f r g tting

the college Masons acquainted with the members of the local lodge and for interesting them in the work of the Ames Lodge. Our Chapter of Acacia took the initiative in a movement for a "get-together" meeting of all Masons in this community . As a result the Masons among the faculty and students of the college will .entertain the members of the local lodge at the Masonic Hall January r6, 1914. A short program will be given and a buffet luncheon will be served. The members of the local lodge have in many ways proved themselves "friends and brothers" to the Masons who are gathered here at the college. v.,r e now hope to show them that their kindnesses have been appreciated We feel sure much "cement of brotherly love and affection" will be spread that night.

Bro. Theodore Macklin, who is now taking graduate work at the University of Wisconsin, has been invited to affiliate with Lamedth Chapter and he has accepted the invitation. We deeply regret the loss of Bro. Macklin from our membership roll but we realize that he will find pleasure and profit in active work with our brethren at Madison and Lamedth Chapter will be greatly benefited by the acquisition of a man of Bro. Macklin's worth and ability .

We were delighted to have six men from Daleth Chapter and Bro. Bowen of Resh Chapter with us at the time of the Nebraska-Ames foot-· ball game. Come again, Brothers.

Mr. Frank B . Whitaker, Grand Master of Iowa Masons, has called twice at the Acacia House this school year. Two sons of Mr. Whitaker are alumni members of Ames Chapter and he himself seems like "one of the boys" for his goodfellowship and kindly humor make him a very welcome visitor at our Fraternity home.

Vv e wish to thank our sister chapters for the cards bearing Christmas greetings and good wishes for the New Year. We were especially pleased v.·ith the sprigs of acacia from He and Beth Chapters. \7\Te trust that the year I9I4 has brought as bright pr::."pects for prosperity to each Chapter as Ames Chapter is enjoying.

W. C. BEAN, Chapter Editor.

RESH CHAPTER

IOWA

STATE UNIVERSITY, IOWA CITY, IOWA

Resh wishes all her sister chapters a happy and prosperous new year. Our welfare and prosperity cannot be improved upon at the present time. Our Chapter house is full, our finances are in good condition and in fact we have nothing of which to complain.

We held our initiation on December twelfth, last, and put in an afternoon and evening of hard but pleasant work initiating fourteen men. The ceremony ended with a banquet at the Chapter house after which we listened to several loyal toasts given by our active and alumni members.

We are indeed proud to now have on our Chapter roll as an honorary member, Judge Hubert Utterback of Des Moines, Iowa. Bro. Utterback is Judge of the Police Courts of Des Moines and in addition to this carries on an extensive law practice, in fact he is one of the leading young lawyers of that city. Bro. Utterback is an enthusiastic Mason and is at this time Vvorshipful Master of Adelphic Lodge umber 509. He is indeed a valu-

able addition -and a et to our hapter and we f I hon r d to look upon and addre him as a brother Acacian.

ocially we ar getting along famou ly. \ \ ' hold a ancin !?arty at the Chapter hou e once a month and at pr nt we are eagerly lookmg forward to our annual formal party which we will hold at Iaj tic Hall n the evening of February t' enty-eighth. Our formal heretofore hav b n a great succe and we have received many flattering complim nt concerning them. Thi year we hope to continue and perhap x d our pa t -uc ew about the hou e is not ery pi ntiful at pr nt and on qu ntly the "local " will be but few.

Bro. . \V. ilkin on will l av in a few day to ngag in th practice of Denti try at ioux ity, Iowa. Bro. v ilkin on 1 on of our oldc t men and ha been a loyal cacian. \\ e r gret very much to ha e him l ave us and he will carry with him our earnest wi he for a ucce sful futur in his new home.

Bro. rauel i now located at Bell Plain , I ow a, where he i practicing Dentistry.

Bro. Greenwald, one of our alumni, now located in olorado p nt several days vi iting at the hapter hou e la t month.

A letter from Bro. C. . Torp inform u that he i nov locat d at 330 orth Dillon Street, Los Angeles, alifornia. Bro. Torp i a emor in the Law department of the University of Southern alifornia. We perceive from the chapter letters in the JouRNAL that every hapter began the school year with all indications of progre and succe That is the kind of news we like to read because it strengthens and broaden the prophecy of each member that Acacia soon will be one of the large t and strongest Fraternities in the College world.

HAROLD D. EvAN

PENNSYLVANIA

SHIN CHAPTER

TATE COLLEGE, STATE OLLEGE, PA .

Shin Chapter extends mid-year greetings to her sister chapter in cacia. We opened the year with seven active student and four acti e faculty members. During the fall we gathered into our fold and carri d aero the "sands" ten new men, namely:. E. Evan enior in Mechanical Engineering; Joy. T. Jamie on, enior in Indu trial Engineering; Byard F. Simpson, junior in Architectural Engineering; Maynard Daw on juni r in Mechanical Engineering; Donald ryder, fre hman in Indu trial Engineering; J. Martin Fry, freshman in griculture; H. D. arnhart, F. N. Barnhart and \\'. \V. Dietrich pecial tudent in gri ulture; and harlc M. Helwig, pecial tudent in the IJ:anual Training our . \\ ith the abo and member of the faculty who are member of i ter chapt r thi mak s our roll number t\ enty-two activ member and four faculty who are Acacian member of leph, Heth, \ aw and Mem

Our fir t ocial e ent of the year wa · a week-end hou e party over Pennsylvania Day. The affair wa pronounced a success by all. It lasted from Thursday night until Monday morning No ember to 9 · Th fir t week in December we ga our annual moker to Ma on in and ar und r.ollege. \ e ucceed in gath ring together about e venty l\Ia n fr m the tudent body and faculty.

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Top row, left to right-Fry, Cryder, Burdic, H. D. Barnhart, Dietrich, F. N. Barnhart, Helwig. Middle row-Dr. Dale, Allen, Weaver, Weber, Hilbert, McQuigg, Hornberger. Bottom row-Shepley, Thompson, Simpson, Jamieson, Barr, Diehl, Evans.

One of our member , P. \\ " . Barr, enior in Indu trial honored with member hip in Tau Beta Pi. The chapt r .keeping it head well up in chola tic w rk a w ll a ocial.

\Ve want to thank our i ter chapter for th many and New Year gr eting which we r ceived. E pecially do '" how our appreciation for th beautiful prig of acacia whi h '" r c iv d fr m He hapter and from Beth hapt r. Th y are b ing framed and will ha e a prominent plac on our wall .

The feiiO\ have all com back refre hed from th ir hri tma rec and full f energy, and with a trong determination not to be dropp d by th way ide after the mid-year e:xamination ' hich come the Ia t v eek in January. early all the fellov s brought back orne gift for the hou

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Prof. E. McQuigg, Waw Chapter head of the Metallurgy department, chool of Mine , is the proud father of a bouncing baby boy .

C. \\. Hilbert, '13, ha been with us off and on th pa t few week . He is trying to influence orne of the enior to start out in the world with a life in urance policy.

G orge Bu h always make a pecial effort to drop in on u when he kno,:V we have some new victim. He enjoy the fun as well as the re t of u . -

E. Ros was with u ov r Thank gi ing. He is living at odh Chapter hou e.

Y. P. · Fuhrman, '13, wa pre ent to help make thing lively on Penn sylvania Day.

John Diehl, 'r r, dropped in on u for a visit thi fall.

J. \t . Fortenbaugh, 'rz, vi ited u for a f w day at the beginning the coli ge year.

F. on, '10, wa up for one of the football games.

R. H. Jeim, ex-'14, i at Dickin on · ollege.

\\. L. ic oy, '10, i uperintendent of the Bruceton, Pa. mine of th _ Pittsburgh-Buffalo o.

H. M. chaeffer, 'rz, is now locat d with the oodrich Rubber o., at Pitt burgh, Pa

. H. la'ughter wa married recently at Honolulu, Hawaiian I land .

F. D. Taylor ro, wa marri d thi fall and i living at 2170 Ea t 55th street, leveland, Ohio.

ALEPH -AL E PH C H A P TER

UN .I ER ITY OF WASH! GTON, SEATTLE, WASH.

The bigg t factor in the building up of a trong chapter i a Ia ting fraternali m among the men of that chapter. nd fraternali m mean brotherly lo e. It mean that when a man i down in the depth he \vant sympathy; wh n e erything eem to go dead wrong, he need mu t find a friend to whom h can tell hi trouble meone to whom he can look for encouragement It i not hard to find man ' h will help him enjoy himelf. But even in hi plea ure doe a man need the clo e upervi i n by hi . real friend for it i u ually b the plea ure route that h reache th depth " baring each other orrow . baring each other' joy " lead to the

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friendship imaginable. . Although the word friendship is misused datly, seems to me that goal of fraternalism is true friendship. It 1s necessary to mamtam as high a scholastic standing as possible. It to say this, as it should be the aim of all persons, not of a fnvolous disposition, to do well whatever they tackle. Some universities publish t?e average grades of the fraternities each year. It is to our adm every way, to _see that Acacia heads the list for other than alphabet_Ical The mam reason we should be at the top is for our own satisfactiOn; the next reason is the effect our position in the roll will have upon outsiders.

It sounds commercialized to speak of it, perhaps, and although it is not exact ly "the breath of life" of a fraternity, publicity serves a very useful

To have a member on the staff of the university paper or magazine IS qUite an asset. All smokers, dances, etc., should be chronicled by th e

ttsual reading notices. All is not vanity, but even though you will not admit it, you like to see your name in print. Join the interfraternity baseball and bowling leagues, win or lose. Members of the chapter should regularly attend university affairs, not forgetting to wear the pin on appropriate occasions . Our smokers are for publicity purposes; to keep us in touch with Masons in school and to become acquainted with new men. The lodges of the state are interested in Acacia's progress. In nearly every lodge will be found one man whose son intends going to college. Tell the lodges .about Acacia.

To make a strong chapter requires strong men, men who do things. As to picking out the big men of the school, Acacia finds conditions somewhat reversed. The prime requirement , with us, is that a man be a Mason. If he is prominent in school, well and good. If not , we endeavor, to have him go · in for some form of activity best suited to the man. Members and pledges should be encouraged to take active part in general student affairs, class organization work, debating, athletics, or seminar work. I'll pass up the

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ubj t of "f u ing' . I ipling did not ay: \\'hatev r I mi ht h re c claim, each man will indubitably cling to his pet delu ion, just the am

As has often been ugge ted, orne sort of memory book should be kept. \ hen the old guard come back, nothing plea e them more th. n to look over the old pictures of the "gang', the old JOURNAL and th ·r knick-knacks about which their memorie linger long. n interest d gr up of alumni is one of the greate t help in building up a tr ng chapter. . \ chapter letter as i t in keeping their intere t fr h.

The Jaws of con er ation apply a trictly to fraternity and Ia onic work as to mass or energy. per on get out of a thing only as mu h a· he puts in . If he wishes to receive much good from a univer ity trainin he mu t put much into it. man an get nothing out of 1a onry unl ·s he puts in so mething. Likewi e with a college fraternity; if ' do n t give something of ourselves to the fraternity we will get no good fr m having been a member. Only perpetual motion cranks continue to belie' that out of nothing something come . college fraternity is mo t r tainly, not a perpetual motion machine. It require to run it an unlimit cl amount of enthusiasm, elbow-grease and brain . Enthusiasm is the our · of power, the prime mover, but the machinery must be kept well oiled by the oil of brotherly kindnes and must be properly controlled and manip ulated. It is seldom that enthusiasm is lacking. The important point is that it be wisely directed. May the spirit of the tudent from amos dire ct u ·.

E. ARR

ALEPH-GIMEL CHAPTER

UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, BOULDER COLORADO

Aleph Gimel, in the third lap of it Pythagorean journey, i in an optimi tic mood. The increase in the University enrollment this year ha materially widened the field of choice of new men and the outlook is mu h more encouraging than last year.

Five men have been initiat ed . Dana ughenbaugh, Temple H. 'ornel ius, Henry R. Spangler, Arthur L. Olson and rthur Ridgway arc wea ring the triangle with pride to them e lve and honor to the chapter. The chapter i till at the arne o ld tand, 973 14th t. , and i pi a ·cd in every way with its quarters. The house ha nine room and is ideally suited for a fraternity lodge. We are not running a table at the house year but Bro. John on, managing the Univer ity Boarding lub ha provid d a table excl usively for Acacia men.

Bro. Hagen, "p ater" of Aleph Gimel, and our repr ese ntative at the Ia t conclave, was elected 'N. 'L of Columbia Lodge No. 14 of Boulder. Fr d has alway been active in cacia and loyal in Ma onic matter and hi election is a merited reward for his faithfulne s.

Bro . Poe, Hagen and Parkhur t left the free rank of bachelordom last ummer, but are till living in Boulder. They have not neglected th 1r Acacia duties by the addition of a "Mrs."

Bro. lark, a senior enginee r, will be a member of the olorado Univ rjty track team thi spring and a he i an excellent printer, ' e look f r him to honor leph Gimel in the coming ea on.

Bro. Jolley is new editor of the Sit e·r and Gold, the tudent ' m1 weeki Due to hi e ffort we ha e a nappy co li ge heet.

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Brothers Johnson and Martin have been initiated into the Phi Alpha Delta legal fraternity.

Brother "Uncle John" Hunter, professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University, is giving a series of lectures in Denver, under the auspices of the University extension department.

Brother Poe is now engaged in the inspection of foods, and holds the responsible position of Assistant State Food Inspector.

Brother Cornelius was recently elected Parliamentarian of the E. V. U. debating society, one of the foremost organizations of its kind in school.

The chapter has held several smokers , and in these merry, informal gatherings we have had the opportunity of meeting all the Masons in school. Our main social event this year was a Hallowe'en dance. The house was especially decorated for the occasion, and the mystic spirit of Hallowe'en was everywhere in evidence.

The fourth annual banquet of the chapter, celebrating the date of installation, will be held January 27. This has always been a gala day with us and the chapter hopes that any Acacians who may be near Boulder or Denve r will join with us.

Aleph Gimel has many hopes for 1914, and it appears that the sun should shine 365 days in the year if our dreams come true, as we confidently hope they will.

ALUMNI NOTES

Brother Barker is instructor of chemistry in the University of Missouri , and we are glad to learn of his success.

Brother Blakey is an instructor in mechanical engineering at Colorado College, Colorado Springs.

Brother Butters is now associated in the firm of Brown & Butters, mining experts, at Prince Rupert, Canada. His partner was formerly a member of the Trowel Club at the Colorado School of Mines.

Brother Dunklee is associated with his father, a pioneer Denver lawyer, in the practice of law.

Brother Erickson, who is practicing law a,t Trinidad, visited the chapter on the occasion of the recent Colorado College game.

Brothers Moulton and McKinney are with the Westinghouse Electric Co. at Wilkinsburg, Pa.

Brother "Happy" Patton is working on an engineering project at \Valls, Mississippi. We hope to have "Happy" with us again next year.

Brother "Dolly" Pierrot is still practicing law at Roswell, ' N. M. He is identified with all the social and dramatic enterprises of the Pecos Valley.

Brother Dio Richardson is principal of the Roosevelt schools at Tacoma, VI ash. Rich is a good man, and is doing good work.

Brother Unseld, principal of the Lafayette (Colorado) schools, spend s many week ends with the chapter. The boys are always glad to ha v e "Grandpa" with them. A. A. PARKHURST

ALE PH -OALET H CHAPTER

NIVER lTY YR

leph-Daleth hapter i beginning they ar r 14 in a v ry pr p r u co ndition. T n of our m n are r iding in th hapt r h u , e. Thi i a · large a number a w can rw ni ntl ac omm<?date in ur pr ent I ati 11. ur men ar ali a nd a tive in univer ity lif e. Brother Ran I hi block on the va r ity football team and Br . Littell lik wi r i ed hi cia numeral for hi work on th fre hman football team. In cholarhip our men ar ett ing a high tandard and we fc I ju tifi d in our b li f that t h r e i not another frat rnity in thi uni er ity which can qual u in thi re pect. \\' e held our fir t informal dance on December . \\" are exp ect ing to maintain and fill a box at the principal ocial event of th yea r, the e ni r ball, which i held in the ni er ity gymna ium on th ve ning of J an uary 22.

Broth e r Ba se tte of choharie, oatc of omer et Brown of Utica , onger o f Bru hton, and Jon es of Buffalo were among our rec nt i itor . \ Vea l o enjoyed a plea ant v is it from Bro. Drefs of Yodh hapt r. Bro. Walter . lie s of hin hapt e r ha affi liated with thi hapter.

LoUI LIND EY.

A L E PH-H E C HAPT E R

Rl ULT R L "OLLEGE, M THATTAN, KA 1 A

The Ma onic lub of the I an a tate gricultural oll ge came to an e nd December 6, 1913 when leph -He chapter wa in tailed. The work wa con fe rr ed by the four G rand Officer a i t ed by memb e r of th e Gimel ' hapter. Brothe r lexander , Pre ident of the Ma onic lub , imp r onated the ca ndidat e and prov d to be a l ittle ru ty on so m e of hi mathematic ; the difficulty wa finally rem edied and the following men took the obligatio n: Juliu T. \\ illard Burton Orr, Elmer John o n orge H Barnard , Le land D. Bu hn e ll , Milton C. Lytle, eorge \ . lexa nd e r , Edgar Vaughn, Jacob Lund e l on H . Davi , Le ter H. Drayer, tar al , r ch ie L. \;\, ood If red Byarlay, ]arne Bond, I bert Bux , Lawrence E. Brennan, Geo rg e C. Ferrier, Eli Jo e Val , John L. Robin n, Horrace G . hittenden and rthur L. Harri . Th e following- Fred \V odwa rd , Ralph L. E r kin e, \\ illard N. kourup and Fred M. Ta y l r were pledged to the new c hapt e r.

F rom the Ma onic Hall wher the in tallation occurred we adj urn d lo the Banquet Hall \ here a five co ur e dinner a\ aited u . Th room wa bea u tif ull y decorated in black and gold. complete et of pennant r pr nting each c hapt e r in order of their in tallation form ed a large trian le abo u t the table which we re arranged in the same hap e. The gue t w rc ated on the out ide only and at ach point of the triangl e was a bunch f red ro e r pre e nting a jewel.

Pre ident lexand r of the lub poke on " !la onry at I . . ., Jt Pa t and It F utur e'. He \ a followed by Pre id ent H. J. \Vater of the oil ge who made a hort talk. rand ice-p r id ent eo. E. Fra r brou ht the m a e F rom Ea t to \\' e t" and in clo ing r ead co ngratulation fr m tbe cliff r e nt hapter . Twelve chapte r w re r ep r e nt d in [J r on more than had eve r be n r pre ented at a n in tallation, and br ught

me a e of brotherly love and friend hip. rand Pre id nt h pard on then poke on " cacia'. H wa followed by !bert K. \Vii on ( im I) and ecretary of Kan a . F. & . 1. and Judge la on (Gimel) of the J an a upr me ourt, wh gave intere ting talk . ( leph-He here' i he to thank ro. Mason f r the b autiful ilk Aag he ent u for our club room). The d legate from the Yi itin chapter were: rthur R. mith, Aleph; R. cil Fay, Beth and He; !bert Y. \! il on, Henry F . la on, uy F. Howe, Ro H. layton, Roy . Porterfield, ha . E . Bay inger, Paul \Y. Thi le, ilb rt I. layton, \\ . . Magathan, . R. Ingall J. ilford Hill, Herbert . Han en, F. G. Jo , R. D. ray on, imel; Jame E. Fonda, J. . Elwell, Daleth; Ro E. Hall, Teth; eo. E. Frazer, Heth and Lame lth · H. J. \ at r l\Iile . Thoma , Harry E. Kilmer, Bert H. Ozment, Mem; Francis \ .. hepard on, yin; Ralph E. Brown Koph; Harry A. Geauque, Waw. unday was pent in vi iting and getting better acquainted.

Monday night we gave the in tallation dance. It was held in Elks' hall, Fraternity color and pennant formed the decorations. Kipp's five-piece orche tra played and thirty-five couples participated. Among the guest were representatives from the other fraternitie of the college Prof. and Mrs. Roy . Seaton, Prof. and Mr . \ . G. Allee and Prof. and Mrs. Harrison E. Porter, chaperoned.

Nineteen fourteen find Aleph He well situated, having an eleven room house, with five more rooms in the ba ement and also a large attic which is u ed for leeping purpo e . \i e have ev nteen men in the hous and our pro pects are good.

It is our purpose to take a greater part in college activities i n the future than we have heretofore done. Bro. Byarlay v. on a "K" in football this year. Bro. Vale has one in basket ball and al o one in football won last year. Pledge Skourup i an "AZ" . Bro. Brennan is Assistant State Forre ter. Bro. Vaughn i Grand Vice-president of Pi Kappa Delta (new 11ational Forensic Fraternity).

The Chapter recently had a very plea ant visit from Bro ]. D. Foster of He who dropped off between train on his way home from the National Student olunteer on ention at I an a ity.

The baby Chapter extend greeting and best wi hes to all our ne\ · broth r . To Bro. Ekblaw and Tanquary we are e pecially grateful f 1 their efforts in our behalf; to the Installing Officers and the brother fr m Gimel who assisted them, we again express our gratitude; to wayfarer , the latch tring is out.