The Acacia Journal - September 1919 - Vol. 14, No. 1 & Minutes of 12th Annual Conclave

ACACIA JOURNAL

GRAND COUNCIL OF THE ACACIA FRATERNITY

NATIONAL OFFICERS

GRAND PRESIDENT

J. F. GROVES

Ripon, Wisconsin

GRAND

H. L. KENT

Ma nh attan, Kan sas

GRAND TREASURER

C S. HUNTINGTON Chicago, Illinois

GRAND SECRETARY

W E. EKBLAW Urba na , I1linoi s

GRAND EDITOR

W. E . EKBLAW Urbana, Illinoi s

MINUTES

TWELFTH ANNUAL CONCLAVE

ACACIA FRATERNITY

SEPTEMBER I 6 - I 9 , I 9 I 9

AT THE C H APTER H o u sE, CHAMPAIG ', I LLI N OIS

A cac ia G r a n d Co ncl ave was ca ll ed t o o r der by Gr a n d P r es id e n t W.

Elm e r E kbl aw a t 10 :oo A. M . with th e f o ll o win g Na ti o n a l Office r s p r e e nt:

J. F. G r ove s, G r a nd Sec r et a r y; C. S. Huntin gto n , G r a n d Trea ur e r ; and F. W. S h epa r d so n , G r a nd Edito r.

P ra ye r was o ff e r ed b y B r o th e r S h ep a rd s on f o ll owed b y a n add r e s of welco m e f r o m th e U ni ve r s it y o f Illin o is by P r o f . C. F. Hotte s . B r ot h e r

B. L. K irk th e n gave a n ad dr ess o f we lc om e fr o m th e Illin o i h apt e r w hi ch wa s r es po n de d to b y G r a nd Sec r et a r y G r oves

T h e f o ll ow in g co mmitt ee wa s a pp o in t ed t o exa min e t h e c r edent ia l of th e d elega t es :

G r a n d Sec r et a r y J. F G r oves, Ch a irm a n ; B r o th e r A da m s , M ichi ga n ;

B r o th e r J A lf L aw r en ce, N. Y A lumni.

Th e f o ll o win g d e lega t es r e s p on de d t o th e r o ll ca ll :

M ichi ga n Ch ap t e r

Neb r as k a ... .. ....... .. .... ......................

Ca lif o rni a ......

O hi o S t a t e

Ha r var cl...

C. F A da m s

........ ............... C. J. S j oo-r en

Ch a nd os E. B u s h

F. H . L a n d rum

..O tt o C. Stegm a nn

Illin o is...................................................... ............. P . H. B r ow n

M inn es ota ... .. ................

W. T . W illi a m s

W i sco n s in K. K Bo r sac k

M i sso uri

K. C. S ulli va n

Co rn ell M. A. McM as t e r

P urdu e. Ca rl M ill er

C hi cago ..... ................................................

Co lum b ia

I o w a S t a t e......

I o , va .....

............ } . B. Crag in

.D . A. E m b ur y

H. W. J o hn so n

...... H. B . S t e in bach

P e nn S t a t e....................... ............... ....................... W m . F. Ha ll

'vVa shin g t o n H. J E lmen d orf

Co lo r ado ...........................................

.R. N . L oo mi s

Sy r ac u se J o hn W. Wa rr en

K a n sas S t a t e H. L. Ke nt

T exas E. E D unl ay

New Yo rk A lum n i................... ............. ]. A lf . L aw r en ce

C hi cago A lumni ...

... ....... 'vV. D. Ha rri s

THE ACACIA JOURNAL

GRAND PRESIDENT'S ANNUAL REPORT

To THE TWELFTH GRAND CoNCLAVE

B ·rothers in Acacia: . . .

We meet again upon the triangle of Acacia, se ren e and strong 111 victory. The sto rm and stress of the str';lggle. have swept us by, and our brethren are gathering again abo1;1t our shnnes 111 every chapter W_e have kept our cl ea r and true, and our es wa_r m and welcoming, agamst thetr return Our heart s glow wtth pnde and JOY and faith in the service they have gtven.

0, men of Acacia! Unselfish ly, unsparingly, devotedly have given of yourselves, your strength, your health, your lives, that the hghts of o1;1r beloved fraternity might shine on in undimmed splendor. You have la1d your sacrifices upon the altars of our faith and w_ould do you honor; our debt you surpasseth all measure , and our pnde 111 you excelleth all expressiOn .

It i s meet brothers that we should concentrate th e labors of this conclave to the of a nobler, g reat er Acacia which shall perpetuate the nobility and grandeur of their service and their sacr ifice in its and achieve ments. Unselfishly, unsparingly, devotedly we should stnve throughout the days of this conclave to legislate wisely and justly and prophetically. Our vision must be broad and clear; our hear t s must be filled with loyalty and charity and our ideals for service; our thought s, our words, our eve r y deed mu s t be tried by the right triangle of our faith .

Then let us survey briefly the field in which Acacia has served the past year. You are all awa r e of the great work done by your War Conference h eld in Chic ago May thirty-fir st , nineteen-eighteen, for the complete report h as been at yo ur hand for many months. The Acacians assembled at that Confe r ence accomplished remarkable work in the s hort time of their conven tion.

THE WAR FUND

The War Fund Drive which was decided upon at that conference merits first attention. After prolonged discu ss ion and de li beration the conference fixed Five Thousand Dollars as the goa l of the drive , th e quota of each apport ioned in acordance with it s total membership . By a ub scnptwn of one dollar for each member on the roll of the fraternity the total amount wou ld approximate the sum fixed by the conference. '

The finances a t the time of the conference were in a critical state . The G rand Treasurer rep o rted that normal activities of the fr a t ernity would the treasury and the posstble revenue obtainable under the conditions tmpo sed by the and some specia l means of r aising funds were Acac1a would 111 bnef time become bankrupt and unabl e to issue the Spmt and to ca rry on the necessary work of the fraternity.

The . Conference charged your Grand President with the prosecution of the dnve, your qrand Secretary :-vith the collection of the fund s , and your Grand Treasurer w1th the sa fe keepmg of the moneys and their disbursement f?r the proper purposes . You will that thi s organization \\as faulty. I h ad no means of kno:-vmg how th1s work was progressing. So me of the chapter s r epo rted to me direct ly, some to your Grand Treasurer,

a nd so m e d id n ot eve n ac k now ledge t h e r ece ipt of the fir not ice or ackn ow le d ge it, decl ined t o a id in the mo \ eme n t at all.

T ru e, th e di ff icult cir cum t a n ce i n w hi ch some of the chapte r found th e m se lves p r ecl u ded th e po ibili ty of th e ir repo rt . The u picion of chapt e r ac ti v iti es by th e s t e rn m ea ur e of t h e . . T. C.; t h e ab ence of t h e m a j o rit y o f th e m e mb e r s ove r sea o r i n ca mp a n d on sea· the p r ecar iou fina nc ia l co nditi o n o f ot h e r s o f th e ch apte r ; t h e e, and ma ny other rea on co ntri but ed t o th e diffi cult y o f th e dri ve.

P ur d u e C h ap t e r d ese rves e pecia l m ent ion f or its g r eat u cce . I am d e li g ht ed t o s ta t e t o thi s Co ncl ave th a t P ur d u e Ch apter h a mainta ined a ch a pte r int eg rit y a n d ac ti v ity a n d loya lty t hr ou g h o u t th e w h o le da r k per iod o f th e wa r unp a r a ll e led in th e ex p e ri en ce o f th e f r a t ern ity. T h e men of P ur d u e h ave ca r r ied on f a ithfull y a n d d evo t ed ly an d zea lou s ly. The ir uccess i s th e b ri g ht est achi eve d in th e entir e hi s t o r y o f o ur fr a te rni ty, a nd it w ill illumin a t e our r eco rd to th e ve r y e n d. I w is h t o th a nk P ur d u e Chapter f o r it s un q u a lifi e d a nd co rdial s upp o rt , a nd o n be h alf of cac ia to cong r at ul ate t h e en tir e m em be r s hip u po n th e ir full r ea li zat ion of t h e ir d u t ie a n d th e ir p ri v il eges. "Bull y f o r o ld P urdu e ."

Co lu mb ia, too, dese r ves it s n eed o f p r a ise . By th e un t irin g effo r ts of B r ot h er Law r e n ce, a n d hi s ow n ge n e r ou s p e r so n a l s up po rt , Co lum b ia measu red up to t h e mark, a n d ju tifi e d it s s ub s t a n t ia l cl a im to full r ecog n it ion a one of Acacia's m o t ac ti ve a nd loya l ch a pte r s. A ll h on o r to Co lum b ia.

These two ch apte r s s t a n d we li i n th e f o r e- fr o nt o f th e d ri ve Yo u r

Grand , ecretary wi ll repo rt u po n th e fin a l u ccess of th e d ri ve o me of the c h apte r s w ill h ave go n e "ove r th e t op"; so m e w ill h ave s u cceeded i n pa r t; bu t some w ill h ave f a il ed s ig n a ll y . I be li eve th a t eve r y ch ap t e r w ill f ee l h o n or-bo un d to r a ise it s full q u o t a in d u e co ur se o f tim e.

THE ACAOA SPIRIT AND T HE JOURNAL.

T h e d iff icul t ies o f th e Wa r Fun d Dri ve h ave bee n du p li ca ted in t h e publi ca ti o n o f T h e Acac ia S pirit. U p o n th e r es ig n a ti o n o f B r ot h e r Meye r fr o m th e E dit o r s hip th e G r an d Co un cil was co nfr o nt ed w ith th e prob lems of findin g a sa ti s f ac t o r y s u ccesso r. A ft e r th e mo st ca r e ful a nd exte n s ive inquir y whi ch f a il ed t o r evea l a s uit a bl e E dit or, I des p a ir ed o f th e sea r ch . Th en by a h a pp y ch a n ce I thou g ht of f o rm e r G rand P r es id e nt S h ep a r dso n and kn ow in g h ow s in ce r e a nd s t ea df as t h ave bee n B r oth e r S h epa r dson' zea l and int e re s t , I sa w a bri g ht r ay of h o p e a nd a so lu t io n o f o ur p r ob lem. Imm edi a t e co rr es p o nd e n ce fo ll owe d a nd t o m a k e a l on g s to r y sh o r t, Bro th e r S h ep a rd son ass um e d th e brud e n o f editin g T h e S pirit , a n d t h e G r a n d C oun c il r e j o ice d .

W ith a less ca p a bl e a nd f a ithful ed ito r Th e Spiri t wo ul d h ave pe ri shed. De m o r a liz a ti o n of th e ch a pt e r s, lac k o f a m a ilin g- li st, dea r t h of mate r ia l, p a u c it y o f n ew s, a nd sh o rtage o f fund s a ll co mbin ed t o m a ke th e Editor's t as k diffi cult a nd w ea ri so m e . Th e g r a titud e o f Acac ia is d u e B r other h ep a rdson for ge ttin g int o th e h a rn ess aga in . H is co un se l in the Grand C h a pte r a nd hi s la bor o n T h e S piri t h ave proved im·a lu ab le .

Th a t Th e Acac ia S pi?-it h as se r ved its d ay is pa inful y apparent to the e ntir e fra te rnit y. We mu s t n o w turn to th e res ump ti o n of The Journal as s ugg es t ed by Br oth e r S h epa rd so n in t h e las t iss u e o f T h e Sp iri t, and it s proper d eve lopment s h o uld be on e of th e chi e f es t co n ce rn s o f t h is ConclaYe.

I ha v e diligentl y s tudi e d all th e iss u es eve r pu ]? li h ed. I fee l ju st i fied i n

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r ecommendi ng a return to th e form character of Tl:e J as it was ubli sh ed in Brother Kilmer's long se r v ice G rand Editor, w ith the. added that at leas t four numb e rs be Iss u ed each year. T h e JOUrnal s h ould be ma d e our permanent record as well as our n ews organ.

THE OFFICE OF GRAN D EDITOR

It i s my firm conviction that the G r a nd Secretary be th e Edito r of The Jow-nal as he was before the offi ce of G rand E ditor was O ur trial o f the pr ese nt system has not res\tlted favorabl y, and m th e reorganization of our. fraternity should c.onsider whethe_r or not it might be ex pedient to co mbme the of Grand Ed it or and G I Sec r etary once more , and attach to the office. of the Secretary sa la r y s ufficient to warrant his utmo st effort and attentiOn so far as they may be required to di scharge his duties sa ti s f ac torily.

THE WORK OF RECONSTRUCTION

My predecessor Brother Harry. Br?wn recomn:end ed to th e at th e War Conference the reorgamzatwn of Acac ia to s tr engthen the ti e between th e chapters and the Grand Council, and the bond between the va riou s chapters, and to establish a continuity of administration a nd pur.pose and ideals that would eliminate the most imminent perils th at u s . To this recommendation I have given mu ch thought a nd st udy ; I w1sh t o present bri e fly t o you my conclusions:

I would enlarge the Grand Council to include th e present Execut ive Board a nd a Senate to be composed of the Chapter A d v ise r of eac h chapte r and th e va riou s Di stri ct Advisors. The Chapter Advisors would be chosen by th e ch ap ter-acti ve members a nd alumni-a nd a ppr oved by the Grand Co ncla ve. They should hold office as long as they se rv ed satisfactori ly to the ch ap ter a nd the fraternity. In the Co ncla ve th ey sh oul d h ave eq u a l franchise w ith the regular delegates. The regular delegate s from each ch ap t e r s hould be th e Venerable Dean -elect, who would pre sum ab ly return to hi s chapter to impart to it the enthusiasm, inspir a ti o n, a nd lessons o f the Co ncl ave. The expe n ses of the Chapter Advisors should be reimbursed by the G ra nd Treasury; of the Chapter Delegat es by the chapter. The expen ses o f the Di s tri c t Advisor should be borne proporti onate ly by th e Ch ap t e r s o f hi s district. By this in crea se d repre sen tati o n in the Conclave th e active ch ap t e r would be fully and wisely inf o rmed of n at io n a l affa irs; a nd th e of th e Chapt e r Advisor to successive conclaves wo ul d promote co ntmu a lly , a nd preve nt repetition of di sc ussion and leg is lat ion.

REVISIO N OF CONS TIT UTION AND BY-LAWS

S u ch r eo rg a niz at ion naturally n ecess itat es a complete revision ?f the cons titutiOn a nd by-laws, but such revi s ion i s sore ly n ee d ed if Acac ia I S to be on a mor e s ub st a ntial and e nduring f o un dation. A comp lete of the law s enacted framed by pre v iou s Gra nd Conclaves. and r ev ise d to . co nform to the ne ed s and id ea l s of r econstruc ti on is essential to our progress .

.T?. t.amper with our o!·&"anic law is perilous a nd fr a ught with siniste r possibi liti es unl ess the r ev isiO n accompanied with co ns cient ious regard f or th e good of the w hol e fraternity, cordial veneration for th e id ea ls a nd

achievement s of th e past, a nd keen a nd br oad v i ion for the future , with the deepest se nse of r espo nsibilit y only ma y we la un ch our e lve upon thi important work. Because upon yo u the co n s id e r at ion of thi r ecommendation.

In this fundam ental r eo rganiz at ion , great care mu t be taken to presc ribe definitely what constitutes Acac ia , what co n titute a n cac ian. and what th e s tatu s of every member of every chapt er, active a lum nu , o r honorary , shall be. It is my s in ce r e belief that once a man take upon himself the so le mn oath of our brotherhood h e r e main a n cacian forever. Though he be su pended or ex p e lled from th e privileges a nd ri g ht of our fraternity he s till will be an Acac ian . Whether this co ncept be right or wrong, I know from careful perusal of th e page of our p u bli cat ion that many of our mo s t de vo ted m e mb e r s ha ve not bee n clear in their definition of membership. I firmly belie ve that once we are agreed up o n these fundam ental definition s, many of our mooted qu es tion s will an we r themse lve s, many of our problems so lve them se l ves. The long-debated a nd till impending que s tion s of alumni a nd fa cult y and honorary me mb e r s hip , of dual member s hip , of Acacia cla ss ifi cation , and chapter administration lepe nd in the main upon the se definition s.

REVISIO N OF RITUAL

O nl y with eve n greater he s itanc y can I sa nction a revision of th e ritual. The symbo li sm and th e in st ru ction of our ritual as it now s tand s are exce lling bea utiful and s ig nifi ca nt , a nd the maje cti c structure of id ea li s m built up o n th e 1 a is of it s tea ching s must not b e marr e d by changes other than the mo st n ecessa r y to r est rain its proper form and m ea ning. Let u s guard most ca r ef ull y a nd j ea lo u sly the landm a rk s of our fr a ternit y as they a r e e tabli b ed in our ritual.

SUMMONS

A hundr e d matt e rs for discu ss ion c rowd into my mind and my he a rt i heavy with the r espo nsibilities that we bear in thi s Concla ve. But our time is all too brief, and our ta sks too m a ny to permit my dwelling upon them longer.

Then, broth e r s, I summon you, one and all to the service that li es be fore us. Vvith a prayer upon our lips and a pledge within our he ar ts that we shall serve Acacia and all humanity well and faithfull y, let u s take up the mission th a t our fraternity has delegated to us. Vvith love ancl reverence let us labor for Acacia .

When our labor is ended m ay we re s t content in th e s in cere belief that we have given our uttermo s t strength and ability and wisdom to Acacia.

"And only the master shall prai se u s, and onl y the Master shall blame, And no one shall work for money and no one s hall work for f a m e, But each for the joy of the working, and each in his separate sphere, Shall draw the thing as he sees it , for the God of thing s as they a r e."

REPORT OF THE GRAND SECRETARY

The Grand Secretary submits the following r epo rt to the twelfth annual Conclave:

CoRRESPONDEN CE. During the regime of the pre se nt Secretary, cond i-

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tions have ca ll ed for a la rge and varied co rre spon d e nc e . Many ha ve been sent to the Secre ta r y's office beca us e of cond1t10 n s and necessary ch a nges in th e personne l of th e G ra nd which pr?pe rly belon aed to other members of the G rand Councd Carbon copies of all h ave been kept on It seems .im perative that so me appropriat ion sh ould be made to provide s t enograp hi c help for t h e G r a nd Sec r etary's off ice.

MEMBERSHIP. During ·the war per iod, th e m e mb ership materially dec r eased and in so m e ch ap ters th e e ntire active m embersh ip e ntered. some form o f war se r v ice . A tabulation of chapte r m embership , a ccordmg to records on file, is 'appended.

RECORDS. Since the ea rly hi s t o r y of th e Fraternity , some membership r eco rd s h ave been mi ss ing. During th e war period. certai n ch apte r s this Conclave who h as no m emb ers hip record on file. Some definite plan h ave been n eg lig en t a long this line One m a n is r epo rt ed as a delegate to should be adopted for sec uring m e mb e r ship records before a candidate is eligibl e to active m ember ship

CERTIFICATES A special effo rt has bee n m a d e to pro v id e chapters w ith ce rtifi ca te s as quickly as possible. Conditions, h owever, have made some delay imperati ve The present m embership ce rtifi cate which is classified as first cl ass mail , is difficult to engross and tr a n s f er to th e v ar iou s ch ap ter s . So me change should be mad e in the size and form of this cert ifi- . cate wh ich would fa ci litate the preparation and se nding of it.

FINANCE Prior to th e War Co nfer en ce h eld in Chicago, May JI , I9I8 , Brother H. L. Brown, then Grand Pres id e nt , in stru c ted the Gra nd to co llec t a ll obligations due the G r a nd Fraternity if humanly possible. a ?f a.n extra effort along thi s lin e , all chapters excep t fo':lr had. paid the1r and .two of th e d e linqu ent on es had partia ll y pa;d th eir s by th e tJm e me e tmg was. h eld .. Since that time, many ch ap t e r s h ave become delmquent, not only m th e1r finan ce s, but al s o in reporting th e .numb e r of men initiat ed and th e pre capita ta x du e. In a f ew mstances, pms have been ordered a nd d eli vered wit h ou t pa y m e nt for same being made.

The co nditi on s affecting our finances as a G r and Frat e rnity a r e best exp la in ed by the third balance, which follow s :

TRIA L BALANCE

May 25, I9 I8 t o Sept. IO, I9I9 Rec e ipts ..

Acac ia Pins

U niform Acco untin g Syste m

Salary G rand Secretary a lary Grand Editor.. .............. .. .... .

0 ff! ce expenses- Grand expe nse -G r and Preside nt. . .. . O ffi ce e xp e ns es- Grand Trea s u rer

$8o81.88

$ 858.1 5 I036.Io 2062.0I I 1. 20 IO.OO

Ex p e nditur e s

$8o81.88

$1861.6 2 2 1. 2 5 236·09 Soo .oo 2 10.00 I98-40 76-44 l.IO

vVAR TAX. A special effort has been made both through the Collectors of Internal Revenue and the Grand Secretary to collect and disbur s e all war tax. In a few cases, some chapters have been somewhat slow in making payment. At the present time, the only war tax required is that for entertainments and pins.

A u DITIN G Under the present system of bookkeeping, considerable diffi culty is en countered in completely auditing the books of the Grand S ec r eatry. S ome definite plan should be adopted whereby the chapters should furni s h the auditing committee necessary reports for chec king the boo k s of the Grand Secretary .

I VE NTORY. t the present time, the Fraternity property in the poss e s io n of the Grand Secretary is reduced to a minimum. A list of the sa m e follow : 1 seal, I membership record book, 2 ledgers," I ca sh book, I journal , I roll book, I die for engraving membership certificates, several card ca se , rituals, song books , some supplies for chapter accounting and a small amount of stationary.

According to the report of former Grand Secretary Jenkins , the typewriter, desk and filing cabinet were disposed of before shipment was made to the pre ent Secretary

JO URNAL. During the war period, the Journal was replaced by the Acacia Spirit which was designed primarily for the men in the service. At the pre sent time there is need to return to the previous form of publication and considerable attention should be given to a discussion affecting greater national unity and greater continuity in chapter ideals and a ctivities .

SoN G BooKs. Several song books are on hand at the Grand ecretary's office and an effort should be made to stimulate the purchase and use of these books, both by the active chapters and the alumni membership.

PINS. Considerable delay has been experienced from time to time in the delivery of pins . The Grand Council has been assured by the official jeweler that all reasonable effort has been made to secure the material and labor necessary for furnishing promptly, all pins ordered. We are hoping that after war conditions pass this difficulty will be ove r com e.

MIN UTES. The minutes of this Conclave should be publi h ed in the Journal and the Grand Secretary strongly recommends that these be o edited as to convey what actually transpired. The stenographic record s should be placed on file for any detailed reference which may be ne ce ssary in the future.

CHAPTER HoMES. During the war crisis, chapters h a ving perm a nent

homes we re e n ab led th e r eby t o ma inta in c h ap t e r act ivit ies and protect t h e ir wope r ty. T h e Gran d S ec r et a r y r eco mm en d s th a t ch apt e r s not ow nin g Homes be enco ur age d t o sec ur e th e m a nd th a t th e G r and Coun c il exe r cises

supervision ove r su ch tra n sa c ti on s.

CHAPTER PuB LI CATIONS Seve r a l ch a pt ers m a in ta ined their p u b li cat ions t hr ough out th e wa r pe riod . S u ch publi ca ti on s are of great va lu e a nd sho uld be en co ur aged Th ey sh ould a lw ays co nt a in a lis t of the G r a nd

Officers and sh oul d m a k e a specia l eff ort to en co ur age t h eir a lumni to s u bscribe to t h e Acac ia J ournal.

RE COMMENDATIONS. T h e f oll ow ing r eco mm en d a ti o n s are s ubmitted:

r. A ch a nge in th e s t y le and s ize of shingl e .

2. S hin g le n ecess ar y f o r ac ti ve m e mb e r ship.

3 · Specia l ap propri a ti on f o r G r a n d O ffi ce r s to in clude s tenograph i c he lp.

4 - Wa r F und Dri ve be ex t e nd ed t o a ll chapt e r s.

S· Ch a n ges ma d e in ch a pte r a nd G r a n d Sec r etary report s to per mit o f co m p lete a uditing .

6. R eturn to J ourn a l f o rm , with s p ec ia l e mph as is on chapter po liCi es, e t c.

7· E ditin g of minut es of thi s Con clave.

8. Th ose ch a pte r s no t ow nin g hom es be e n co ur aged to sec ure suita bl e ones, wh e r eve r at all f ea si bl e.

9· E n co ur age m ent of ch a pte r p ubli ca tion s, and th a t t h e se p u bli cat i on s enco u rage J ourn a l s ub sc ription s.

T otal Me mb e r shi p Ca lif o rni a

Chi ca g o

REPORT OF THE GRAND COUNCIL MEETING

Held Sept. 20, 1919

The Grand Council of the Acacia Fraternity held their Conclave meeting September 20, 1919, Grand President Ekblaw prestdmg. Grand Treasurer Huntington and Grand Groves were also present; Grand Counselor Kilmer and Grand Edttor were absent.. After a brief discussion , it was decided that the followmg rec ommendatw ns be made to the twelfth annual Conclave.

The Grand Council recommends that:

1. The War Fund Drive be continued under the direction of the Grand Secretary until all chapters have participated and paid their quota.

2. The continued acquisition of an Endowment Fund be encouraged and that the present committee be continued. The Grand Council also recommends that the usual amount of $75 be allowed from the general treasury for this fund.

3· All inactive chapters take definite steps toward s re -o rganization or surrender their charters to the Grand Council not later than December I, 1919.

4· The practice of electing honorary members be discontinued by all chapters.

5· Exceedingly great care be used in establishing new chapters in order that none be established where conditions will not warrant their maintenance in future years.

6. Membership records be submitted to the Grand Secretary and certificates of membership be iss ued to initiates before they are eligib le to active membership.

7 · The Grand Council make suitable provision for an officia l jeweler a nd that all chapters be required to purchase pins from such jewel e r through the Grand Secretary's office.

_8. f_unds. be for the maintenan ce of proper Fraactlv ttles whtch wtll atd m the re-organization of variou s chapters at thts ttme.

9 · A by-law be passed increasing the initiation fee to the G rand Fratermty from all chartered chapters from $5 to $10 and th a t initiation fees from charter members be $20 and the charter fee for new chapters be $so. We also r eco mmend that the per capita tax be increa sed $3, or changed from $5 to $8 per year.

ro. The following budget be adopted for 1919-1920:

of Ritual and Manual.

RECEIPTS Pe_r. tax- $450 x $8.

Pin Profit-300 x $2

GRAND COUNCIL MEETING OF THE ACACIA FRATERNIT Y

Held in Chicago, May 24, 1919

The annual meeting of the Grand Council of the Acacia Fraternity was held in Chicago, May 24, 1919. Those present were: Grand President W. Elmer Ekblaw, Grand Treasurer C. S. Huntington, Grand Editor Fran cis W Shepardson and Grand Secretary J. F. Groves.

G rand President Ekblaw gave a summary of the War Fund Drive. Grand Treasurer Huntington reported the condition of the finance of the G rand Fraternity . Grand Editor Shepardson presented a report on the A cacia Spirit. Grand Secretary Groves gave an informal report on the condition and reconstruction of the various chapters .

FINANCES

GENERAL FUND

RECEIPTS

May 3I,

ENDOWMENT FUND

RECEIPTS

I9I8-Ba la nce at A udit-Cash ___ _ Libert y Bo nd s, I208I 3,-4-5 -6 98980 a nd I2730I-2 .

Int e re s t Liberty Bonds __

Intere st Sav in gs Acco unt ..

y Bonds I 208I3-4-5- 6 9890, I 27 30I-2, 646440-I-2-3

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D ece mb er 3o-- Int e rest..___

I9I9

January 28-Inte r est..

Feb ru ary 27-Int

Jul y I8 , I9I8-Liberty Bond s

Oc tober 3I , I9I8-Liberty Bond

Apri

July I, I9I8-Intere s t

January I , Sav

PuBLICATIO N G rand Editor Shepard on r epo rt ed that four member of the Acacia Spirit had been publi s h ed and that one more number would be issued before the clo se of the school year if po ibl e. The bill f o r publication were presented and allowed s ince they were con ider a bly below the a mount appropriated for that purpose . The imperati ve d e m a nd for a new mailing list was presented and it was unanimou s ly re co mm e nd ed that the official Pt-tblic ation re s um e the form o f the Acacia I ottrnal f o r th e coming year. Local ch a pter publication were also co mm e nd ed for th e ir good work during the war preiod The se local publica tion s hould co nt a in a li s t of the Grand officers .

CHAPTER RE ORGA NIZATION Grand Secretary Groves reported that a ll chapters except California, Chicago, Wa shington , and Yale had either r emained actiye throughout the entire war period or had taken active teps toward reorganization .

Brother Nash of the Chicago Chapter was pre se nt at th e me eti ng a nd gave a brief r e port on chapter conditions . It was recommended th a t th e U ni ve r s it y Ma so nic Club be reorganized at once and that s tep s be tak en t o sec ur e and init iate de s irable chapter candidates .

A brief r e port was presented for the California Chapter from le tt e rs by Brother Billingsley and it was voted that California send a delegate to the Co ncl ave w h o could re p o·rt on th e exact condition of the c h a pte r a nd th e p r ospects for reorganization.

A brief r epo rt was also presented for Washington Chapter from le tt e r s by Broth e r Gunt h er A lso a report for Yal e Chapter from lett e r s b y Bro th er Tncker. Thsee two chapters were reque s t e d to se nd del ega t es to th e Co ncl ave qu a lified to present the exact conditions of their chapters.

DISTRICT CouNsELORs AND CHAPT ER ADVISORS. The advisability of r e t a inin g s u ch offices was discussed. It was unanimously agreed that whateve r plan was adopted ther e should be greater national uni ty and more chapt e r co ntinuity of practice and ideals.

STANFORD CASE. It was voted that no publicity be given the m a tt e r a nd that Stanley C. Herold be notified that he has been ex p elled from th e Fraternity and that he may present an appeal to the Conclave in accordance w ith the Co n s titution and By - Laws of th e Fraternity . It was also voted to ask Brother s J. G. Mar shall, K. C. Leebrick , and A. S. Billingsley t o act as a committee and report on conditions relative to reorga nization o f th e Stanford Chapter.

HoNORARY MEMB ERS. The election of Mr. Harold Edward Lippin cott to honorary members hip in the Columbia Chapter was approved. It was also suggested that printed bla nks be furnished each ch ap ter for r eport in g ca ndidate s for honorary memb e r ship and th a t sufficient time be tak en by the Grand Council to obtain definite information on s uch ca ndidat es be f or e approving them for membership.

NEw CHAPTER S. It wa s voted to ask th e University o f Oklahoma Masonic Chtb of Norman, Oklahoma, to send a delegate to th e Conclave to r epo rt on conditions relative to establishing a c hapter provid ed the co nditions of the club warrant such action. Grand Editor Shepardson prese nt e d a list of in s titution s wh e re chapters might be established. Grand Secretary Groves pre se nted a brief report of sc hool s making inquir y concerning establishing chapters.

SHINGLES. Grand Secretary GroYes ased that a c h a ng e be m ade in

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I d S ize of shi no- le He was instructed to present recommendations sty e an "' · c • E · C D k d E A to the Conclave. Samples from Elhott ngravmg o., re a, an . . Wright, all of Philadelphia . . . JEWELER. Gra nd Secretary was instru cted to secure btds for Jeweler contract and present same to Conclave. L. G. Balford, Attleboro, Mass: CHAPTER REPORTS. Grand Secretary was instructed to furmsh chapters with blans for repor ting chapter o_fficen . . CoNCLAVE. Voted to hold Conclave w1th the Illm01 s Chapter, September 17-20, 1919.

WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON-SEPT. 17, 1919

ACACIA CHAPTER HOUSE

Opening by the Grand President.

With the permission of the Conclave I would rever se the fifth and sixth orders of business so that the appointment of committees would co me before the reports of the representatives. I ask thi s privilege in order that the committees have opportunity to use the material from the delegates' reports for their consideration.

Appointment of Committees :

Constitution and Bv-Laws: Bor sac k, Wis.; Miller, Purdue; Brown, Illinois; Embury, Columbia; Bush, Calif.

Ritttal and Insig nia: Larwence, N. Y. Alumni; S h epardson, Grand Editor Harris, Chicago Alumni.

Cond ition of Chapter and Chapte1' Visitations: Williams, Minnesota; Sullivan, Mo.; Stegemann, Harvard.

Publications: Kent, Kansas State; Landrum , Ohio; Warren, Syracuse.

Alumni Chapters: Sjogren, Nebr.; Adams, Mich.; McMasters, Cornell.

Endowment Fund: ... L aw r ence, N. Y. Alumni; Brown, Illinois; Adams.

Fraternity Extension: Sullivan, Mo.; Loomi s, Colo.; Steinbach, Iowa

Masonic Research: John so n, Iowa State; Dunlay, Texas; Craigin, Ch1cago.

Next Conclave: ·william , Minn.; Sjogren, Nebr.; Johnson, Iowa State.

Auditing and Budget: Embury, Columbia· Landrum Ohio State· Bush, Calif. ' ' '

Resolutions: Dunlay, Texas; Hall, Penn State; John so n , Iowa State.

Chapter Budgets and Accounts: Huntington, Illinoi s; Groves, C hicago; Kent, Kansas State.

C1-ede1_tt·ia ls and Ex·penses: Appointed-Groves, Chicago, Chai rman; Adams, M1ch.; Lawrence, N. Y. Alumni.

Unifonn Accounting and Rep01-ts: Landrum , Ohio; Hall, Penn State; McMasters, Cornell.

Reconstntction and Reorganization: To be appointed.

War Fund Drive: Miller, Purdue; Lawrence, N. Y. Alumni· Dunlay Texas. ' '

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Songs and Son g Books: C r a igin , C hi cago; bawl ch ult z. R ecor d and Wm- Memoria ls: Bush, Ca lif .· Warren , y r acu e; Loami Colorado.

Committee on Chapte ·rs: Kent, Kansas tate; Brown, Illin oi · Barsac k, Wi s ., Chairman; Embury, Columbia; tegeman , Han·ard.

Roll Call of Chapters.

Grand President-There are one or tw o points the delegate have a ked me about that are difficult to answer, one is, "when is a chapte r active a nd when is it not " That is the informati o n I ha ve been trying to get ou t of them-"What constitutes a n active chapter?"

There are five o r s ix chapters about which there is no q u e tion , P ur due and Texas, th e r e a r e a few . mor e thatJ b elong on the li s t and a numb e r ce rt ain ly ina ct ive.

Question open to di sc u ss ion.

Motion-That a ll chapters be co n sid e r ed ac ti ve who h ave done any real wo rk during the yea r 1919, even if d one late in the yea r Wisconsin- My opinion is that this is t oo importa nt a question to be decided u pon the spur of the mom ent. It see m s to me th at this matter r equires considerab le thought. I m ove that this question be la id on the table indefinite ly

Sec onded by Ca lif.

Illinoi s-It eems to me that as far as r epo rt s are conce rn ed what i wanted is a report of th e actual conditions ex isting in th e chapt e r . Now if w e cou ld get that report we would know whether a ch apte r is active or inactive.

Harvard-This motion ought nto t o be decided upon hurriedl y, a n d it o ught to be la id o n the t ab le, not ind e finitely, but I s hould lik e to refer it to a comm itt ee on cons titution and by-laws and ha ve the delegate discuss it.

P ut t o a vote-S hall Brother Borsack's m ot ion be put on the table ? Ayes h ave it.

REPORTS OF DELEGATES.

MICHIGAN-C. F. ADAMS.

Brother Grand Pr esident:

The building and va luation of Michigan C h apter h ome is $6o,ooo. T her e is an outstanding indebte dne ss of $30,000. · This is reduced each yea r by s ub sc ripti o n s of a lumni These s ub sc ription s are pledged by m en as the y enter th e chapter. A ll current d ebts are paid. The ch apte r acco u nt s du e for la s t yea r are $35 02. Dues , per capita tax for each member is $5.00 per year. House dues were in form e r tim es $2o oo per yea r , bu t thi s was added to room r ent be ca u se of th e f ac t that th ese h ou se dues were used to run the hou se . The amount of b oa rd was $6 .50 a nd r oom r ent $3.50 a week.

To th e G rand Fraternity , our book s are s uppo sed t o be a udit ed in December a nd June of eac h year. They were audited in December but for so m e r easo n were overlooked in Jun e. In lo oking over a ccounts we find th a t thirty dollar s for initi a tion f ees ha ve not been paid G r and Trea sur er.

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Membership records: We have 22 active members, 2 pledges. . War Record-We have been active at all times. We had 51 men.m se rvice and none lost. In September I9I9, we expect to have 22 actt:re men, two pledges, and about ten prospects for new . We will not need outside men to support our house. W,e hav e o ur for next year. Our Meetings are held the first and th1rd !'Jonday evenmgs at ten o'clock. No special social meetings are held, as they come up we take them into consideration. As far as soc1al hfe I S concerned, we stand as high as is possible. Last yea.r our very good. Freshmen sup erv is ion i s governed by semor advisatory committee.

Names of alumni who do things-]. H. Woodard, Harry L. Brown, A. Sm ith and Oscar Hall.

Honorary members-! cannot say as far as my knowledge that they are of very direct service to our chapter, but th e faculty members are of very great serv ice. I have read the minutes of recent Conclaves.

NEBRASKA REPORT-C. J. SJOGREN

We were inactive one semester of I9I8 due to the fact that there were no active men in school. During the year the men lived in a rooming house. We accou nted for So men in service of whom none were killed and one was wounded. We have thirteen active me nback , 7 new pledges, and prospects for new men are very good, possibly forty available men . \Ve expect a registration of about 6ooo in Nebraska. Our meetings are held Monday evenings at eight o'clock, pledge meeting precedes active meeting. Geo. N. Foster, President of alumni is in a position to help u s at any time. No current bills and there is money in the treasury. Building program is incorporate by the Acacia Alumni of Nebraska and is a stock proposition, authorized common stock $5o,ooo, stock to be sold to Acacians there, but average amount each one of our alumni have to take is about $100. We have sold about $2500 worth of stock. We board a man for $6.oo and room rent $8.oo. Initiation fe e is $25.00, and we need about fifteen pins com ing in

CALIFORNIA REPORT-CI-IANDOS E. BUSH

Ca liforni a Chapter at the present time does not own a house but is con.temp_Jating buying one. We have five new men and we have two pledges. U mv e r s ity there has about I20 Masons at the present time. Don't know how many We do not owe anything, own our own furniture and hav e approximately between $3500 and $400 in alumni fund which is pledged by men when graduated from college. . We have written letters to all alumni. The house costing between $Is,ooo and $20,000. House in view about two. bloc!<s from the campus, and will accomodate thirty men. It is three stones high , hard wood floors throughout. Not having a hou se we shall be un ab le to do much in the way of pledging We have not able to O'et the stateme nt from the National Fraternity as to the $so.6o that they claim that we owe, as soon as we get that we will pay it.

THURSDAY MORNING, SEPT. 18, 1919

MASONIC TEMPLE

Grand President-This morning we shall resum e the reports of our delegates. The la st one. yesterday was California. Grand Secretary will call the roll and proceed 111 the same manner we did yesterday.

OHIO STATE-F. H. LANDRUM

FI A E

Bro th er Craud President:

In r epo rtin g th e co ndition o f O hi o State C h apter, the out lin e of the G r a nd ec r eta r y' in tructions to th e delegate ha been in part followed.

Chapt er House-Our Ch apte r Bouse is owed by the cac ia o., inco rpor ated for profit, Cap it a l Stoc k $15, 000 . T h e company i campo ed entirely of Acac ia lumni $I 3,000 worth of tock h a been ub c ri bed, 56 10 paid in a nd abo ut $4,000 of pledges n ow due, pos ibl y so% of th i a mount is co ll ec t ab le . Each initiat e is ur ged to s ub sc rib e for IOO wo r th o f s to ck, payable $10 per yea r or in larg e r amounts if hi r eso ur ce w ill perm it .

The property was purchased abo ut five years ago for $I8,soo a nd ca n now be so ld f o r about $28,ooo. A first mortgag e of $9, 000, eco n d mortgage of $I,2 00 a nd un sec ur ed n otes for $2,500 cons titut e the li ab ili t ie . the total being $I2,700. It can readily be see n that if th e property wa o ld, each subscriber wo uld recei ve about $3 for eve r y dollar put in 11 th e sto ck is held in the tr eas ury , thu s eliminatin g the pos ibili ty o f co mm e r c ia lizing th e stoc k and preventing it getting into h a nd s other than Acac ian s. The Chapt e r pay s to the Acac ia Co. a r ent a l fee of $I,ooo per yea r ( 9 in sta llm en t s of $I I I) for the u se of th e hou se. During the war pe ri od the Acac ia Co. ha s had to u se so me of th e mon ey r ece ived fr om stock ubscriptions (wh ich is n o rm a ll y u sed for r ed ucing the p rin c ip a l ) to pay int e r e t on mort gages.

The Chapter.-T h e ch ap ter h as paid all bill a nd does not owe a do ll a r except to the Acac ia Co. O ut side bills were met by th e ch ap t e r during th e war period and th e d efic it was permitted t o pile up in th e f or m of unp a id r ent , so that as f a r as the outside world is co n ce rned th e ch ap ter is clear.

The Ch ap t e r owes r e nt to th e amount of $9I7; $472 for last year and $445 for the yea r previous. With th e present outlo o k it appea r s that th e chapt e r ca n liquidat e thi s debt in two to thr ee yea r s.

Men le av ing the ch a pt e r la s t yea r owe $I 03 ; o f this abo ut 75 o/o w ill be co llected thi s year.

The chapt e r clues a r e $3 per m o nth o r $27 p er year. No spec ia l assessment s were mad e las t yea r

Pa n- He ll eni c clues are $2 a se m este r . Meetings a r e h e ld week ly.

S ixt y -on e m en $I I4.00 to th e G r a nd Co un cil Reorganization Fund.

The Table.-Our tabl e is run sepa r ate from the general ch apte r acco unt s. Board is furni s hed a t th e r a te of $6.so per week. In order to keep down o ur overhead cost o f running th e t ab le, et c, we rented ro o ms to nin e P hi A lph a .Gamma m e n th e fir s t se m es t e r onl y. For the yea r we boarded th e nin e m en in P hi A lph a Ga mm a and in add iti o n ten Kappa Sigs and four P hi Kappa Taus, as they did not h ave s uffi c ient m emb ers to war r ant running a t ab le .

For running th e t ab le we empl oy on e coo k , two waiters and one d ish washer. The coo k receives $14 a week, the ot h e r s r ece ive their board in payment for th eir se rvice s. La s t yea r the three ext r a m en were Acacians, this yea r it is planned to u se outside h elp.

The R oo 111s.-A fl a t rate of $8. oo pe r month is m ade for ro oms. We

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can house a max imum of 28 men , but for member s convenie n ce i s preferable. We u se th e dormitory plan of s leepmg, a ll beds bemg on the third floor. The beds a r e of th e double-d eck typ e, part thre e-fourths and part full w idth.

The maid who loo k s a ft e r the room s re ce ives $9.00 per week. Both th e maid and the cook li ve outside the house

The me n furni s h their own towels. Wa shing a nd ironing for the men is done by the m a id at th e hou se for 75 c each per week.

The chapter initiation f ee is $25.00, which include s th e $s.oo Grand Fraternity f ee.

A ll G rand Fraternity initiation f ees and per cap ita ta xes have been paid, th e total amount for the yea r be ing $288.56, as per attached statement.

Each of our fifteen initi a te s ha ve purchased a pin tHrough the Grand Secretary .

RECORDS

We ha ve initiated 246 men and 8 honorary memb e r s s in ce the chapter was found ed. We ha ve lo s t II by death, one tran sferred, two withdrawn and one expelled. We now ha ve s ix honorary memb e r s living. Our net total o f li v ing alumni and act ive me n is 231. (Your delegate has a corrected chapter list for Grand Co un c il in spec tion).

Our "11umbership re co rd s" are complete, except that in a few cases we ha ve lo s t track of a few men during th e war.

Our book-keeping s·ystem has been faulty and needs improvement. The sys tem u se d is a co mbination of the National system and that outlined in the November, I9II , Acac ia Journal, page 9 ·

Treasurer 's r epo rt s a r e r equired each month but they we re not regularly mad e las t year.

Chapter re cords are pre se r ved a nd filed ac co rding t o th e sys tem outlin ed in the May, I 9 I3 , Acacia Journal , Page I9.

War R ecor d.-Our war r eco rd may be considered an e n v iable one by so me in that all acti ve men except one (a nd h e was too old) were in the U . S. R ese rves when the Armistice was signed. We had 76 men in the service or 32 % of our total memb e r ship . (Your delegate h as a co rrected list for Grand Council inspection).

We lo st six .brothers this la st Four of them paid the supreme sac nfice for their country and Acacia FraternityBro s. G. 0. Burrell, H. A. Heifner, L. R. Roberts and C. R. Stebbins. Bros. Oscar J. Johnson and Victor H. Hamilton died from other causes.

We ha ve started a memorial fund in honor of the men lost in the service of their country and fraternity.

Our house kept open during the entire war period, and all branches were m operation, rooms, table, meetings, etc. held .

OUTLOOK FOR TH E YEAR I9I9- 20

Outloo k - The chapter. outlook for the coming year is e n co uraging La st we started out with I I men; this year we should start off with 2o ac tive men and about I4 of these will room and board in the hou se. One pledge was h eld over from la st year.

The prospects for Ma on in college appea r to be better than any previous period, as the niver it y ha a lread y enrolled about 7 500 tudent ; her previous record was 4,800. It is estimated that the en rollm ent will uo over 8,ooo or an increase of about 70%.

Masonic Lodges.-In our tate there ha been a great impetu and interest taken in Masonic circle Lodges which formerl y rai ed 20 to 50 brothers in a year, now are rai ing two or thr e times that number. Practically all lodges are flooded with petitions.

Many blue lodges have raised their initiation fee s but in mo t ca e the number of applications increa sed rather than decrea ed.

In Columbus we have twelve blue lodge with a total enro llm ent of 7,600. Ohio has a total Blue Lodge membership of about 140,000.

The indications are that as years go by we will ha ve an in c r easing number of Masons in College .

General.-From the above statistics it does not appear that we will require outside men in order to support our hou se.

The University faculty appear to be favorably inclined toward Fraternities. About r8o faculty men members of Fraternities.

CHAPTE R LIFE

0 fficers.-Our officers are elected to hold office for one semeste r. The officers of last year performed their duties generably in a commendable manner. Having had little or no previous experience due to the rapid cha nges in chapter personnel, they were handicapped.

M eetings.- In all there were thirty meetings held last year, 23 regular. 5 spec ial and 2 for pledging. Six initiations were h eld at which rs men were initiated. The meetings averaged 8r % attendance.

There were two smokers, one each semester for the Masons in Co ll ege and the alumni.

We had one official informal dance at one of the lead ing Hotel and four house dances during the year.

We held one banquet during the year, which was on Founders' Day.

In athletics or social functions we have shown little or no inter est.

Vie sent out one news letter to the alumni.

Scholarship, Etc.-In scholarship year before la st we h eaded the li t of general fraternities and feel that we would ha ve been in the same position last year if the Faculty had not decided to discontinue the preparation of the s tati s tics for the period of the war.

We have twelve men on the Faculty and in this particular again lead all general Fraternities. The average for each Fraternity i three or four Faculty members.

For the last three and a half yea rs an Acacia man h as been Pre sident of the Pan-Hellenic Association. Several Pan-Hellenic Meetings haYe been held in Acacia Chapter House.

There are twenty -five general social Fraternities , t\\ enty profes ional social Fraternities and twelve sororities at Ohio State

The normal averarre for a general fraternit y i 38 members, for a professional 32 In 1917-I8 the maximum was 5- and the minimum

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T h e Fraternities average about 38 % of tot a l m a le Last year this percentage dropped to 20%. All durmg the war pe nod the sororities maintained an average of about 24% of the female atte ndance. The male at t end ance at Ohio State makes up about 75% of the tota l.

Genem l.-ln r ega rd to w e have none, as .the Unive r s ity f ac ult y rul es do .not their P ledges are to h ave r es id ed at th e Umversity two semesters a nd to have obtamed at least 24 h our s credit.

T h e fa cult y su sp e nded the above rul e las t year for the duration of the wa r.

We do n ot initiate General Greek Fraternity m e n into Acacia. We h ave five m e n or 24 % of the act ive chapter w h o belong to professional soc ia l Greek Fraternities.

Acac ia h as tak en a prominent p ar t in Ma so nr y o n th e ca mpu s . A cacia men were in s trum e nt a l in th e formation of University Lodge F. and A. M. The petitionary body was composed of University Faculty and. College men. A t tim es a ll th e officers hav e be en Acacia men. The Lodge gives a smoker once o r twice a year to a ll Co ll ege Masons.

O hio State Chapter is planning on getting out a directory thi s year conta ining th e nam es and addresses, etc. of all Masons in co llege.

The chapt e r hit up on a plan las t year from which the y r ece ived much benefit, n a m ely the reports of th e va rious s ilent c riti cs. The V. D . appointed in sec r et a fter each m eet ing a c riti c w ho was to m a ke observations for one week and then r epo rt ve rbally at the ne x t m ee tin g. This co n stant change of though a nd th e fa c t that the memb e r s did not know who the critic was brought out so me ve ry good s ugg es tions, which resulted in closer harmony and improved co ndition s .

A lumni.-O ur alumni ca n always be dep e nd ed upon in time of need.

T h e chapter officers ha ve prepar ed a li s t o f th e f o ll ow in g nine A lumni members who ca n be counted on to "do things."

Brothers A. S. Watts, F. H. Landrum , J ohn F. Se id el, I. I. Stamm, A. M. S m elker, C. M. Ro se, C. D. Bossert, C. S. Plumb, Orto n Boyd. H onomry M embers.-Rega rding honorary m e mb e r s we h ave six living. T h ese m en ha ve bee n of littl e or no se r v ice to the ch ap t er for seve ral years.

You r delegate ha s on fil e all detail and tabulat ed m ateria l from which r ep.o rt was fr a med , and h e will be pleased t o take up detail conSid e r atiOns w1th the Grand Co un cil or any del egate.

Respectfully s ubmitt ed, F H. L ANDRUM, O hio Sta t e C h apter Delegate.

Grand Pres id ent-! wis h to cong r a tul a t e the delegate from O hi o State up on t h e exce ll en t report that h e h as mad e. It is a mod e l.

HARVARD REPORT- OT T O C STEGEMANN

Harva.rd C h apter h as very se riou s ly th e task o f r eo rgani zatiOn, effect m g greater contmmty m ch apte r act iv iti es an d ideas . When it come s to work mg for the love of Acac ia my h a t i s in th e ring.

We h ave a h o u se w h ose b uildin g va lu at io n is $9,000 a nd w h ose real va l-

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u a tion is $12,000, mortgag e to th e amount o f 000 and an meri ca n T 1egrap h a nd Tel.ephone Co. bond worth r,ooo. ub c ripti on of 7,900 and so % are patd. We ha ve an cacia t nt t, und e r di r ect ion o f three t ru tee e lected annua ll y by u b c rib e r We follow the y tem which i gene r a ll y adopted by m ost chapte r s, t h a t of vo lun tary s u b c ri ption to roo not which mature at $ro pe r yea r. W e ha ve due o f t hr ee dolla r a yea r to act ive member s w h et h e r in t h e h o u se or not. \ e ha ve a e ment a r eq uir es . If we e ngage in a frat e rnit y fun ct ion or n ece a r y r epatrs n ee ded on the h o u se we u u a ll y vote a genera l a essment per cap ita. We h ave no table, th e r efore no teward. We can acco m odate ix m en in the h o u e In the pa s t we h ad e ig ht but we ca nn ot n ow h o u e m o r e than ix. Howeve r , to mak e up the deficiency in room rent we have r a i ed the rent to thr ee dollar , formerly ten dollars per m ont h , making it n ow twelve dolla r s per month. We h ave no d ebt s. Initi at io n f ee is 2 S for each a nd S r e fund ed to G r a nd Fraternity.

We pay f o r pin through th e G rand F rate rni ty a n d h ope a l o to bu y p in through th e G r a nd Fraternity whi ch we s h a ll do . We u se the account in g sys t em and find it h e lpful. A ll our m e mb ers hip re co rd a r e co m p lete a nd up to date. O n fil e we h ave r8 9 a lumni a nd we keep their r eco r d up to date. Wh e n a n alumnus is advanced in a Masonic ord e r , whe n h e become a n officer of hi own lodge, or any adva nc ement of any kind , we m a k e a r eco rd o f it. We r e que t a ll notification s o f Ma onic advancement, a nd a r e thu s in a position to k ee p r ec ords complete.

War R eco rd.-Ou r ch apte r became in active June , 1918, r es umin g act i vit y March, 1919, a nd with v igor and pep. We h ave had 73 m en in e r vice of whic h 24 we r e Major s a nd 13 First Li eut e na nt s. Twenty-six we r e nonco mmi s ion ed Thi s r ec ord i s as yet not co mpl ete; there a r e abo ut 40 o r so m e n , a lumni from whom we hav e not h ea rd, and when we h ave that compl ete w e s h a ll then think of the t ask of a m emo rial. I regret to a nswe r th at we lost one m an in e r vice, E. R. Wil so n , who died in a training ca mp of pneumonia . We r eg r et hi s lo ss deeply.

R eorg ani::a tion.-As to reorganization, we reorganized in Mar ch, 19 19 We ended up th e yea r with twelve active m emb e r s including Brother Wa lter F. Boye of Illinoi s. We hav e nin e actives to begin in Sep temb er with pos ibility of abo ut fi ve or s ix old m en returning. We h ave o n e pl edge with prospect of 2S o r 30. O ur fi eld is totally in th e graduate sc ho o l and we h ave M aso n s in sc hol-a bout 2oo-and I, my se lf, a m p e rson a ll y acqu a inted w ith about so or 6 o Masons, either in th e Law or Medical sc h oo ls, a nd I know th at the field will be large for Acacia. We will not need out ide men to s upport our frat e rnity or chapter. During th e war th e h ou se was turned ove r t o t en Masons from the r ad io chool. O ur chapt e r life w ill r es um e it act ivit y in September. W e do not h ave the sa me kind of c h apter lif e yo u f e llow s have. Men in graduate sc hool s do not feel lik e e nt eri ng into act i viti es that undergraduate s would. We h ave dance s, s mok e r s, soc ia l fun ct ion to s uit our needs and de s ires .

At Har var d we ha ve no r ecog niz ed fraternity, we h ave club , some bearing G reek name s, so me o f whom h ave national aff ili ation li ke D U., Kappa Sigma, but they are considered m e r e ly loca l fraternitie s, not being recogniz e d by the co ll ege at a ll , and we do not ente r into a ny fr a t ern a l matters. I could not inform yo u as to r e lative sta nding in sc h oo l ; he is a man and a student on th e Harv a rd Yard a nd s i not r ecognized as a fr ate rnit y

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man All men belong to some club. We have no such su e.rvi sion . In college we . have two I know .o ' an one lS an A p · We are very proud of our alumm. We have mne honorary memof whom died, six of whom are living . P.ean Roscoe of Law school and one of the biggest authonties on Masonry m the t L M Abbott G rand Master of th e Grand Lodge of Massacoun ry ; eon . • h G d L d f chusetts; Frederick W . Hamilton, Grand Secretary of t e ran o o Massachusetts; Charles F . Gallagher, ex-governor of A lbert A. Gleason; Jos. R. Wilson. The deceased are: Curtiss Gmld, exovernor of Massachusetts, and Samuel G. Lawrence. The memdo things for us . Dean Pound comes to our hous e and delivers lectures on Masonic history.

Grand President-Congratulates Harvard on report .

ILLINOIS REPORT-PEMBROKE BROWN

First of all in regard to our chapter hou se, the building is owned by what we call the Heth Corporation, Heth being a Hebrew letter and at that time our total membership was incorporated under that name. That includ es the alumni and active members. Everyone who is initiated is a member of the corporation. The valuation of our real property, lot and house, is $33,300.90. The present equity in that property is $Io,8o4.24. Our corporation i s financed by building fund notes. A man is initiated before he is asked to s ign ten notes of ten dollars each, the first becoming due one year after. It is given at that time as a part of his initiation fee and when we talk to the prospective pledge we tell him that it is a part of the initiation fee. The n otes are drawn so that they are just as binding legally as we can make them. Of all note s due there are about 25% delinquent, that is very largely among men who are graduated and left the University a few years, even before the chapter house was built. All notes signed within the last five years, something less than fifteen per cent are delinquent. They are not bad debts at present.

Chapter situation .-Became inactive about June, I9I8, most men were in the ar my . In the fall the chapter house was tak en over by the University authorities for S. A. T. C., and a t one time there was one attive man in the Unive r s ity. A local alumni took over organization, filled the offices and kept up the chapter. That situation existed until January , I9I9, when we were aga in organized on our u s ual basis and officers were elected from active men. We h ad last year a total membership of twentyifour. Eighteen were initiat ed between January and June of I9I9 . Out total chap ter membership is 293, alumni and active men At the end of June, I9I8 the total membersh1p was 275 and of that group I20 were in the army and n avy, actually enlisted in one or th e other services. Of these men we lost three. One, C. A. Wagner, died of wounds in France.

Cookston died as a result of illn ess contracted while in serv ice. Our membership records are co mpl ete to date.

O ur accounts with Grand Secretary a r e paid. We us e the acco unting system that was a uthoriz.ed abo ut I9I5 with one difference; we add to that sys tem a copy ledger, all m one ge nera l ledge r. as probably no ot h er chapter exper ienced, a nd so m e of the good brothers

The local chapter las't Jun e faced a rather di sco uraging si tuation such

had to leave hurriedly, in many ca e they did not top to pay their bill , and a large amount of money was out tanding. The chapter owed omething over six hundred dollars. During the year we paid all the e account in full. At present about ninety dollars is outstanding in notes ccount re ce ivable, ixty-eight dollar Three hundred and twenty-five dollar , count ing cash and notes, receivable. 1 ow be ide s that we have made considerable provision , such as buying di hes, paying advances on coal. Closed last year with about five hundred dollar in the trea t try During January until June we shared our house with Sigma Pi Fraternity. That was in many ways a success; it helped us financially, and certainly helped the Sigma Pis. The year wa successful and pleasant, but the chapter would not care to repeat it. At least six of the Sigma Pis were either sons or brother of Masons. The lo ca l a lumni act as officers in our corporation. W. Elmer Eckblaw has been a great help to us, also Kratz , Bon Kirk, Mcintyre, Shawl, Snodgrass and Tuttle. Burks has been a great friend of the chapter for many yea rs and we appreciate his friendship and hospitality.

Isaac Cutter, Grand Secretary, we do not see him often, but we get get many reports from him . William B . McKinley is an honorary member and material help to us .

We s hould be very sorry indeed to lose any of the honorary members that we have now. As to the average age of our chapter and of the men in the University, I have no accurate knowJedge of that, but the average age is somewhere between 21 and 22 and I should judge that the average age is probably about that at present. I do not know how many Masons there are in sc hool. The average age of chapter is 23. At one time there were 225 Masons. No ways of getting information, but own estimate is that there are over three hundred, probably three hundred and fifty.

At Illinois we do not initiate members of general social college fraternitie and we do not pleage men before they are elected to Masonry .

llfiNNESOTA REPORT-(W ritten)

WARD T. WILLIAMS

Value of house is $65,000. Deed is held for alumni association, $r6,ooo indebtedness to be raised by drive. 250 men, over fifty per cent give $roo notes, papable $ro per year for ten years. $2,000 collected. $zo.oo part owner of house gave $r8 ,ooo equity in hou se.

THURSDAY AFTERNOON, SEPT. r8, 1919

ll.fASONIC TEMPLE

Grand President-Time is passing so rapidly and reports are so long that we shall have to make some ruling regarding report and questions . First I shall ask delegate to cut report short, and we take it for granted each has an excellent report. Also ask that those who ha ve set questiOns to ask will put them in writing and pass them around and delegates ans.wer on separate sheets of paper One for each matte_r. Make question s brief and to the point, and do not go mto long explanatiOns.

THE ACACIA JOURNAL

WISCO NSIN REPORT-(Written )

Wisconsin begs leave to subm it the following report:

Chapter House .-The property i;> owned and administered by the Acacia House Association, a corporatiOn ch artered under the la.ws of State of Wiscons in . This property is va lu ed at our equi ty therem at $w,ooo. The Chapter pays House Assoc iatiOn an annual rental of $r,8oo, payable in nine monthly mstallments.

vVe have started a drive for funds for new house, to be .next spring. We have raised approximately $7,000 through the sale of add itional stock, and hope to raise $4,000 or $s,ooo more. We propose to pay $I7,ooo for a lot, and to build a house thereon to cost $30,000 to $35,000.

Active Chapter.- Membership: Wisconsin ch apter has bee n at all times. From a membership of three, December r, I9I8, we bmlt up to a chapter numbering thirty-two the June .. We expect to sta rt ne x t fall with a membership of twenty-mne, mcludmg four pledges.

Fi n ances: Finances in exce ll e nt shap e, all bills paid, and $300 in treasury. Next year we will pay three dollars per week for room and s ix dollars per week for board, a lso $I2.SO semester dues . a $so.oo initiation fee, of wh ich $25 buys a sh are of House Assooatwn stock. We expec t every man to sign five senior not es of $Io upon grad u ation, but this is merely a moral obligation.

War record: Active chapter en li st ment , IOO%. Of a total m embe rsh ip of 229, en li stment 41.5%. Ninety-five men e nter ed the serv ic e. Three paid the supreme sacr ifi ce, Maj. John E. Trelven, Lieut. Otto L. Winter, a nd Pvt. Lynn E. Knorr. We hope to copy Illinois' id ea of a memorial se r vice fl ag and a r ecord of men in serv ic e as published in their letter.

Acco untin g system: We use the off icia l fr aternity accounti ng system, published by the John C. Moore Corp., Rochester, N. Y., cons ist ing of four principa l forms; first, ledger form I I7 B, s ize 5 x 8, ruled, four holes in each leaf, white, Pat. 1906, 30Iines to the page; second, form C, ye llow , rul ed, fo ur holes in each leaf, Pat. 1906, for cash acct.; third , receipt forms, color blu e, size same, rul ed, four holes in each leaf; fourth, report form , co lor pink, size 5 x 8, rul ed, four h o les, Pat . 1906 : A ll bound in Moo r e's loose leaf binder, outside size 80 x 50·

Publications.-We publish regularly eac h year four numbers of The Wisconsin Letter; this year from January to Jun e, three copies . This summer a lso we iss u ed a short mimeograph n ews let t e r , whic h we mailed with the copies of The Sp irit which were sent to us, presumab ly for distrib ution . The .Lette r most enthus iastica ll y r eceived by a ll members. T h e Acacia Spmt has failed to meet ou r demands in a national publication. vVe hope for its ear ly improvement.

Act ivit.ies: Acac ia at Wisconsin ranks very high among the fratermt1es for in camp u s activities. The last year before the ' war our membership contro ll ed a ll st ud ent elections in the junior and se nior classes. Also controlled the St ud ent Se n ate, the Haresfoot dramatic club the I9r.8 Badger, the ? ig an nu al Homecom ing, a nd a t least two honorary fraternities. In ath letics we had the baseball cap t ain, star quarterback of football .all.-western basketball gua rd, and a man who won ten pomt s for W1sconsm m a ll meets and holds the world's record for the discus

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t hr ow. Text yea r 11·e w ill haYe at lea tone man on each major port team, in cl u d in g t r ack capta in

"c h o la t ica ll y, t h e yea r befo r e t h e wa r o u r ten pledo-e ranked fir t Jnd last yea r we were among t h e h ight t •

Masous.-We h ave no at i factory way of count ino- the number of 1\Ia -o n s in ch oo l, b u t wo ul d e t imate that abo u t so l\Ia on come in each year.

D ual Membership.-VI/e are trictly and em1 hatically oppo ed to dual m em be r s hi p. We h ave suff r ed deep h u mili at ion f r om the pre ence on ou r ca m p u s of m e n w h o we r e bot h Acac ia n s a n d G r eek in other chool . ne pa r t ic ul a r in stance t hi s yea r and at lea t fo ur in the recent pa t. \\ e do not ca r e to ment io n n a m es in thi r eport b u t wi ll furn i h any info r mation de ir ed late r .

Pins-We o r der o ur p in t hr o ug h t h e G r and Sec r eta r y and ha 1e be n q uit e we ll sat i sfied in m o t cases, a n d kn ow th a t w hat fa ul t t he r e ha been lay w it h th e j ewe le r. We co ll ect t h e f ee for the p in at the t ime of the p ledg in g ce r e m o n y.

National S u pervisio u - VI/e have bee n q ui te we ll at i fied w ith the atten ti on pa id u by t h e G r a nd Off ice r s thi s yea r , b u t inv ite closer contact w ith a ll G r and Off ice r s in th e futur e .

W h at Cons tit u t es an Acacia u ?-O ur un de r stand ing of the term cac ian is t h at it i omet hin g m o r e th a n a Maso ni c C lu b. It is a nat iona l ocia l fraternity, on exact ly t h e sa m e bas i as a ll nat io na l soc ia l fr a t e rni t ies.

Res p ect full y u b mit te d , KARL K. BoRSACK, De legate.

MIS 0 RI REPORT-K. C S LLIVAN

M i so uri C h apte r r ents t h e ir h ou se, t h ey do n ot ow n h o u e . F urni ture va lu ed at $2,000. T h e d ebts of th e ac ti ve ch apte r , we owe $ 300 fu rn it ur e debt a n d h ave $I90 de bt o n so m e o th e r it em s, a n d ju s t las t wee k we bo ug h t a n ew p ia no cos tin g $8oo a nd do n ot kn ow h ow mu ch h as bee n pa id on it. D u es a ll pa id u p, cl u es p er m o nth $2. 50, boa r d $6.75 pe r wee k , $7.50 r oom r e n t. B ill s cl u e fo r boa r d las t yea r I 15 -5 5, b u t n o do u bt t h at it w ill be pa id. At p r ese nt tim e w e h ave a lo t u po n w h c ih we expect t o b uil d. We pa id a bo ut $4,5 00 a n d a t th e pr ese nt tim e owe $3, 500 o n lo t . B uil d i ng p lan-at g r ad u at io n eac h m a n ca n s ig n i f h e wa nt s t o fi ve $Io n otes payab le each yea r We h ave cl u e $ 19 50 t o be co ll ec t ed w ithin nex t m o nth v\ e d id not h ave a n y in ac ti v it y durin g th e wa r , h ou se was ope n a t a ll tim es. T he nu mber of m en in se r v ice a bo ut 70, of thi s o n e m a n wa k ill ed in F r ance. t th e ope nin g of sc h oo l, t wo wee k s ago, we h ad e ig h t act ive membe r and thirt ee n pl ed ges a n d b y thi s tim e I s u spect m o r e. L as t F ri day ' ' e h ad a s m o k e r a nd ca m e off ve r y s u ccess ful a nd p r o pec t s are bet te r t h an eve r bef o r e . M aso nr y i s pi ckin g up in M isso uri . No o u ts ide m en will be needed in runnin g th e hou se thi s yea r. O ur o ffi ce r s h ave bee n e lected a n d installed.

Du a l m emb e r ship-\i\Te h ave h ad tr oubl e in t h e past. Greek letter, e nthu s ias ti c M as on , a nd wa s t a k e n in to Acac ia. He t hi nks mo r e of Acacia th a n o f G r ee k le tt e r . S t a n d in g o n ca m p u s i soc ia ll y ju st as good, if not b ett e r , th a n G r ee k a nd sc h o las ti c s t a ndin g bett e r. I n t h e past only two o r thr ee se m es t e r s s in ce Acac ia h as bee n at M isso uri t h at we h a1·e r anked belo w th e t o p. vVe t a k e a g r ea t in teres t in st u dent acti 1·it ies. \!\ e hal"e a hou se mother

CORNELL REPORT-MARCUS A. MCMASTER

The hou se at Cornell is owned by Cornell Acacia alumni asociation _and building price was Ten Thousand, mortgage $8,200.. graduate stgns twenty note s at $5.00 each. A very percentage ts up at the present time. No dues have been collected m the last two yeats, but have been $2.00 a month in the past. We have had no. steward the la st two years, and all debts are paid and all accounts are' patd up We have had 157 men initiated into the fraternity and our war record not coml?lete, but that we have heard from are 32 men in the servtce and be s tdes that, etght government workers. Of the se, fifteen men commiss_ioned officers and 17 were enlisted men. We l?st two commtsstoned and one enlisted man. We ha ve twelve acttve members, of the se etght wtll be back and we expect two men. We have no pledges, but four _prospe ctives. sides these we will need four men as roomers. The offtcers at present m the fraternity are the Venerable Dean Morgan, the secretary and myself. We have had four meetings since January. Three were initiations. One in March, wto during the summer, making six new memb ers added to the roll. We have not had any scholarship standing this year but in other years Acacia has ranked high in scholarship. We have a committee to take care of freshmen . Alumni have been very active and helped during the war. We have one honorary member, not active, and of no benefit to the fraternity. Cornell has in the past initiated Greeks. A ll active members at present are undergraduates, but have ofted had graduates. No embarrassment from dual membership. The average number of Masons at Cornell is 200 . No assessments were collected last year because the alumni made the rent very low .

PURDUE REPORT-CARL MILLER

Our building is worth $45 ,000. Purdue association . Paid $1000. $6oo in nand Accounts are paid. Dues paid are $2.oo per month. Steward makes a report each month and itemized invoice in the way of coal and food. All Grand dues are pai? as presc_ribed We ha ve a complete record of everythmg that goes on m connectiOn wtth the fraternity.

War record-Seventy-two men in serv ice, three men lost. We have not planned a suitable memorial for these men

R_eorganization-:Active members in September, twenty -two, six pledges. We wtll need _no outstde _men to support house. Weekly meetings held each Monday evemng after dmner. Hold a formal each semester and six house :=tnd one Committee appointed, known as scho lar s hip comIll connectiOn With things . vVe are going to h o ld a large home co mmg, a meetmg for all men who have been in the service and Also hold regular Founders' Day banquet, May 12th. Our magazme t? the Hour Glass. We take freshmen but do not take senio rs . We take and tell_him there is a building association. We have no. trouble_ m compe tition wtth Greeks. We never tell them that they are gomg to s tgn notes. We hav e a pledge that ha s been livin g at the house. He was pledged preywus to war h e asked how the house was s upporte? and we _exp lamed to htm how It was done and he said that he would be wtllmg to stgn those notes. Note i s f o r $100 in four payments. Many of our have th ose notes pa!d in . percent paid . Profe s or Phd lt ps m charge says every one w dl be patd 111 time. Some of the

b?y have written in and a ked to be excused from payment until financial Circumstances warrant. We ha ve five honorary member who are a gr at aid to u s . In the honorary member Ia t year we mourn the lo of Prof. T. G. Allen. We have a long list of men who do thing for the chapter. Prof. Walla ce at the time of the call of war wa a ked to work in Bo ton. He is do.ing work there now for the human pirit of the thing and for what he can do for the fellows Our average i 24 years and have abo ut 300 Masons in sc hool , ome however are member of Greek organization. Undergraduate sc hool only two in hou e not underg raduat es.

CHICAGO REPORT-J. B. CRAIGIN

The Chicago Chapter was not able to end one of the members li ving in hou e because hou se is not yet organized. Board and room 4.50 and $ro.oo room rent at the time the fraternity was di banded. o debts. Initiation fee $25.00, per capita tax $5.25. I believe the Moore y tem was in u e for keeping our records.

Fraternity went out of activity J a nuary r, 1918. Thirty men in service, two lo t. No undertaking upon the erection of memorial. A you know we do not sta rt until October rst, so with giving up the house over a yea r ago it i pretty h ard to say what we will have to star t on. o pledges but expect plenty of Masonic mate_rial and expect to get another active organization going sho rtly . Probably the organization will find it necessary to take in ome out ide members, that is , some not members of the organization, although we hope not. For the purpose of starting a building fund , or starting the organ ization again, a meeting was held about a week and a half ago at the Pacific Club and it was decided to procure some mon ey . At first a scheme was to take this money for building fund, but we are getting togethe r a new fund which is to be loaned to the new organization a nd as it is paid back it is to go into the building fund. Many have offered contributions in that direction so that by the time we start, October rst, we will have enough money to carry us through until we can get on our fe et.

o far as I know there, are no officers except Advisor Woods, but officer will be elected as soon as men get back. Meetings held on Monday evenings a nd attendance good. Social meetings once a quarter. Scholarship at Chicago. This organization is not compared with the Greek organizations on the campus. There is a report showing the academic standing. That report does not contain the Acacia organization and its academ ic standing. The reason is that the Acacians hav e graduates as well as und ergraduate a nd do not compare the standing of graduates with under graduates.

We have had no freshmen. Two sophomores. I know that the fraternity has had good academic standing. Alumni, Grand Secretary Shepa rdson and Woods are extremely active. Honorary members, the Acacia organization in Chicago has never had an honorary member. It has stood against that from the fir s t and has never considered taking honorary members. I have not read the Constitution and By-Laws; did not have time before leaving. As to age-the age is slightly above the average , 17_0 or 18, graduating at 22_0. The age of Acacians is perhaps older, or trouble with Greeks so far as I konw. umb er of Masons 111 Umvers1ty about 175 or 200. Notes signed as moral obligation after initi ation. So far as my knowledge goes men are not asked to ign note initi_a tion . Afte r initiation the note proposition is put before them and I bel!eve wtthout

exception they do sign it. I bel ieve notes a r e paid up to 7? or s.oo/o or and I know that a large number of the notes now outstandmg will be pa1d immediately to put the organization on its feet.

COL U MBIA REPORT-D. A EMBUR Y

Columbia does not own house, rents house which is not as well s ituated as we would like We want to get on the hill. It costs $70 a m?nth, accomodates ten men. We cou ld take in more if we used th e dorm1tory system but that does not appea l to the men. We expect to in c.rease to e leve n. by putting three men in one large room instead of tw.o. Th1s leaves out .budding fund question. We expect to sta rt at once w1th the hope of buymg or building a house on the hill. Ch apter accoUt:ts, we keep two separate accounts. One is hou se acco unt and the other I S general chapter acco unt .

Our room rent-we h ave two prices, $3.50 on third floor and $4.50 on second, and rent is paid three and four weeks in advance. Initiation fe e is $30 and entitles candidate to pin, initiation banquet , chapter clues and initiation fee to Grand Co un cil.

Nothing on board, because we do not run table. vVe feel the need of a table to bring u s together and we r e ju st abo ut to start table at the time of war. We owe no debts, a n d we do, of co ur se, keep a separate acco unt for Grand Council.

Membership record is someth ing that I do n ot think any stress has been laid on and all the membership record blanks a r e fi ll ed out and filed at the time the ca ndidate i s initiated, but data fr om time to time is not filled in, but wi ll get the chapter after that as soon as I get back. About January I, I9I8 ch apter hou se became in act iv e. A ll act ive men in chapte r as well a s a ll the ot h er men being in the serv ic e except one man from Ca lif o rnia who was '3.ssoc iated wit h a ship building association a nd was exempt. It continued in that stage until along about February o r March, I9I9, cannot give exact date because during that period the meetings of c h apters were in the hands of a committee-War Executive Com mitt ee. We initiated three men during spring of I9I9. We began doing things this spring. Do not know how many men in service, abo ut 30 that we know of. No one there has time to give to that particular work. No men lo st. A committee ha s been appointed to take up the matter of a memorial with the chapter later.

Active membership .-University does not open until October Ist. Four active members, one man going west and one wi ll be a practicing attorney down town a?d a third will be an und ergrad uat e at the University, teaching part of the time. Leaves the burden on one man for Acacia activity. We have no pledges, prospects for new members, we ha ve und er cons id erat ion last spring abo ut 30, but there is an abundance of material and wi ll have no trouble in getting men and finding men.

Adjournment for funeral.

Grand President. Your Grand Pres id ent is of the opinion that it will be to dispense w ith the initiation this even ing and devote the time to .bu meeting a nd comp letin g reports of the delegates. If there bf' no Objectwns from any of the delegates we sha ll h ave a business meeting this evening at seven o'clock at the chapter house.

o objection? So ordered, seve n o'clock at the chapter hou s e.

Harvard asks chairmen of va riou comm ittee to tell when the will convene.

Grand President-·We will take time for that now and By - Laws-We ha ve had two sess ions already and will con tmue JUSt as soon as we can.

Condition of chapters and chapt e r v is itati on-We are h a' ina a com- 0 m1ttee meetmg on n ex t conclave as was announced. I think we could have a meeting at that time .

Publications.-We have had two informal conferences and will meet immediately after dinner this eve ning.

Alumni Chapters.-We have had two m eeting so far and wi ll call another meeting as soo n as men are ready.

Endowment fund.-! am awaiting data from Chairman Hall and w hen we have that we can proceed properly. If I do not get it, howe ver, we will endeavor to make a complete report.

Fraternity extension.-! would like to m ee t committee tomorrow morning .

Masonic Research.-Immediately after breakfa st in the morning in chapter room.

Next Conclave.-Has been announced.

Auditing and Budget .-! had already arranged for a m eet in g imm ediately after dinner tonight, we can defer that.

Resolutions.-Eight-fifteen tomorrow morning in chapter r oom.

Credentials and Expense.-Five-thirty at chapter house.

Uniform Accounting and Reports.-We ha ve had two meetings and another at 6 AS·

War Fund Drive.- Before 9 o'clock in the morning, meet at 8:45 h ere.

Songs and Song Book.-Craigin mak es request for songs sung in this fraternity.

Record and War Memorials.-Meeting at 5 :30 this evening at Chapter house.

Committee on Chapters.-Tonight at 5 :30, committee room at chapter house

Columbia-Section 17 of the By-Laws of the National organization which provides that after Conclave shall bring itemized statement, such statement shall be filed with the auditing committee. I would like to ask that each hand report to Grand Secretary some time this evening at chapte r hou se so that we can u se it.

Wisconsin-May we have Columbia report as a model? You may. Harris-! would like to state that as a m embe r of the form er auditing com mittee that report is absolutely n ecessa ry to a udit books.

Grand President-Here again we ha ve a st riking example of the lack of central organization which may demand of the chapter the fulfillment of the By-Laws and of the Constitution.

Columbia report resumed.

In answer to the question, will yo u need outside men? No. We did have so me , two in the hou se when I left, but they were told that they wou ld

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ha ve to move and I think th ey are gone now. The tim e I lef_t three men made app li ca tion for rooms , but that was more than we cou ld g1ve, we have more than enough to keep house filled.

Our me e ting s are held every first and third at 7:30. We had IOO% attendance at meetings this spring. Social meetmgs are from time to time, they are attended very and expenses a;e pa1d . They are es timated by a co mmittee and a tax lev1ed on each attet;1dmg: to meet expe nses. We also have annually a big smoker at the Umverstty. That IS attended u sually by some 75 or 100 Mason s. And then. we ha ve numerous s ma ll informal smoker s at chapter house. At those smokers we u s ually have so me m en from one of the lodges down town or some Masons who can speak interest ingly on so me subject. About two years before the w':r we started a n annual Masonic dinner and that was a very successful affa1r usually att en ded by about 75 or 8o Masons On scholarship we have no statistics. Co lumbia does not furnish such information and nothing on relative standing. So f ar as I know standing is high. At th e time I was in school there the chapter was made up largely of law men Fre shm e n s upervision does not enter into our affairs At the present time we have two undergraduates in the chapter. Most prominent and first elected Dean of Chapter, Dr. Lawrence ha s in many ways done more for the chapter than any other man connected with it. We have had six honorary member s, ( three are dead). They have been of invaluable help to our chapter. There i s a feeling in our chapt e r that we ought to be rather s low in taking in new honorary members and that sentiment has been growing during the past three years and I think that while we will take in a man he has got to show up might y well before we will consider him .

M embership is almost entirely graduate. Dual memb ers hip n eve r causes a ny e mb a rra ss ment and a large numb e r in the pa s t have bee n Gree ks None a t present. Columbia adopted three or four years ago a By-Law which overreach es the national By-Law . We go farther than that a nd say that no ca ndidate can be elected who has been down in Acacia any place e lse

We h ave not taken in Greeks, in fact we turn ed down one goo d man this year and we have no difficulty in getting pl edg es. We do turn down some va lu ab le men perhaps becau se they are Greeks. 250 to 300 Masons in school. Ave rag e about 25 or 26. We do not u se the uniform system of acco unting.

Lawr e nc e-:-! would like to say that in commenting up on th e ve ry exce llent r ep ort m reference to the honorary members we di d not t a ke in an honorary member for ten years, and only one taken in in ten yea r s, and that show s how careful Columbia ha s been in guarding that point

IOW A STATE R EPO RT-H. M.JOHNSON

Iowa S tat e owns their house, $25,000 cost and owe some $Is,ooo on th a t now . Value a t present IS $35,000 . It was owned by Acac ia co rporat ion w hi ch was increa se d with $1s,ooo worth of stock and th e men when th ey _ are pledged_, there is a $50 note to be signed imupon m1ttatwn they s1g n the note. I have explained the acc ountmg sys tem. Our du es a re $5 .00 a semester. Special assessments for soc ial Boa rd a n? r oo m la st spr!ng run $35 to $36 a month The only debt we have I S $900 on furmtur e. F1gunng that th e Acac ian s own the hou se the debt on the furnitur e w ill be paid off by Christmas thi s year. from June 1918 to Janu ary 1919. In Janu a r y we s t a rt ed with 13 act ive

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men , initi a ted four and p ledged two men. L o t Ia t pnng by graduation five men. This f a ll twent y w ill be back, two pledge a nd pro pect good. We will need no out side men whatever. Vl/ e h ave not elected any Greek and probably ne ve r w ill after this. It happ e n that we have ome fa culty members w h o were ch arte r m emb e r s who belong to G r eek w h e n the chapter was inau g ur ated They do not let thi s int e rf e r e with their intere t in cacia Off ice rs e lected and installed. Hold m ee tin gs seco nd and f ou rth Tuedays. Entertain a lumni and facult y once a m o nth. ch o la r hi p of the h o u se ha s in times pa s t bee n very good. T hi s yea r we we r e we ll aboYe th e ave r age . We ha ve thr ee hon o r a r y m e mb e r s and as far as I haYe been able to find out they never did a ny g r eat a m ount of good. O n e o f them , Nlr. Newton, author of Builder, was initiate d ju s t before h e vvent t o E ng land. Th e re are from 100 to 150 Ma so ns in sc h ool. I get th a tfrom the fa ct that we have a ve ry st rong lodge there and estimate from what we see at lodge Average from 18 to 19. Ave ra ge age in hou se 24 . We s tand ve r y hi g h socia ll y. O ur chapter is m ade up of practi ca ll y undergraduat es. We may have at time s on e or two graduate st ud e nt s a nd u ually h ave one o r two younger faculty member s. We ha ve h ad no t r oub le w ith dual membership. We ha ve on e man at present w ho came from O hi o and was a m e mb e r of Alpha Gamma Rho. They found out that h e wa s a memb e r of A lpha Ga mm a Rho before we found out th a t h e was a n Acacia n. He s tayed at their hou se then but will s t ay with u s thi s fall. We h ave no tr o ubl e in gett in omen , no mor e th an G r eeks, in fa ct one m an this sp rin g that Beta h a d a lr eady mo ve d into hou se, came down to get s om e work and th e n stayed with tt

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1919, SEVEN P. M .

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Grand P resident-Co ncla ve is now in session. Del ega t e arrange thems elves in the same seats they had at lodge.

Harvard-I und ersta nd we ha ve postpon ed the initiation ce r e mon y thi evening . We are very anxiou s to see that put o n , but I know that o ur time is filled up so that that wo uld h ave to be e liminated fr o m th e program. I know Illinoi s h as prep a r ed to put on that ce r emon y a nd I s ugg est th a t imm ed iate ly afte r ad journmen t if our broth e r s from Illin o is a r e willin g we request that the y on th e ce r e mon y. I mo ve that the Conclave . o ur brother from Illinois put o n cere m ony.

Seconded by T exas

California-Motion before hou se.

Grand President-I s hould lik e the pri v il ege to s tat e thi s in the el i cuss ion of that motion and the reason I do that i s because I f ee l Acac ia is at a c riti ca l s t age in legis latio n. I s u ggested that we put on th a t t h ey do it at my requ es t, but is imp ortant that a t th e pres ent time we get o ur national leg is lat ion done. It seems to m e that the fir s t concern of every Acacian ough to be reorganization If be po ss ible to get done fir s t that we mu s t do. Illin o is ch apte r wi ll be r eady to p ut on mitlatiOn.

I owa S tate-A m e nd moti o n that the time be on Saturday evening. Ha r yarc!-Suggest \Y e h a ye ini tiat ion toni g ht , th a t is, if bu sine s finished.

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Kent-Seems to me delegates ought t o yield to the adYice of the members o f th e Grand Council.

Texas-! withdraw my second.

Ha r va rd -Y ie ld s. Howeve r, I do not wish t o leave. Illinoi s before scee ing that initiation . I want to see it so th a t I can take 1t home.

G ra nd President-! wish to thank the d eleg a t es who h ave accorded my judam ent in the m a tt er. I assure you that if th e r e i s one hour and a half befg r e th e banquet, or any time , Illinois will put it on for yo u . Grand Sec ret ary as ks for expense acc ounts.

IOWA REPORT-H. B. STEINBACH.

Iowa is in a peculiar position this year and you will find out. We. no building of our own, rent a building for $900 a year, and no fund but expect to get at this year. We own our .and that we have ba nk $3I2 in the bank. We run table wh1ch 1s about s1x rooms t e n dollars a month. Membership, we h ad up until some m en le ft sc hool, inacti ve until March I9I9, a bout th a t tim e we began pledging, and initiated two men about the 24th of May and h ave five at the pr ese nt. A uditing sys tem is r eg ular system recomm e nded to us, bes1des we hav e a sys t e m of the school which the University a ppoints or allows each fr a t e rnity to elect a man to audit the books twice a year. During the war we had 37 men le ave the house for the U. S. service, three privates and the r est were commissioned officers. We lo s t one ma n, and th e e nli s tment then was roo % including the men in S. A. T. C. We ha ve n o t co nsidered a memorial but will do so this fall when sc hool th e 29t h of September. When sc hool opens we expect between 22 and 24 men b ack including our fi\'e pl edges, pro sp ec t s for th e coming year, fair . I belie v e that we have mor e Masons at the U ni ve r s ity of Iowa than at any other University. 500 Masons. At Iowa we are a little bit seco nd handed , for medical school dental sc hool and law sc hool the men there tak e pref e r ence to that fraternity a nd as a r es ult when we hav e a chance at a Ma so n h e is in tho se colleges, a nd h ave a little difficulty with professional fraterniti es . Most men enter Iowa at IS o r I 6 years old, graduating at 22. We h ave ve r y few underg r ad u a t es in our fraternity, and the m e n that are r et urning a r e most all g raduate men. Mo s t of our men enter graduate colleges from so me of the s ma ller co ll eges in Iowa. W e hav e our officers elected at the present time ju st t emporary We ha ve m ee tings during active period one every week and a lwa ys h ave good atte ndanc e. Every man mu st ha ve a good excuse or be fin ed one dollar. We ha ve all m e n pre se nt Scholarship as f a r as I know we h ave n eve r been below third pl ace. La s t year we were fir s t and I yea r we wi ll . be Our alumni organization is really under d1ff1culties because o f bemg m a s mall town. Mo st of our a lumni m e n are out of town , as a result we hav e a poor organization but amo n g men th a t a r e there we ha ve so me good workers. We ha ve seve ral good fac ulty men I h ave r ea d th e minut es of th e la st Co ncla ve . We do n o t ow n h o u se no fund, we to sta rt a building fund thi s year. In regard t o age of ave rage I S Dual .m e mb e r s hip we did not h ave any ser ious trouble, m a m d1ff1culty I S professwnal frat e rnity and und erg r ad u ate m e n.

Juniors a nd sen io r s a r e the only men we ca n get in the undergraduate schoo l. The number o f Masons about soo. In school when the fellows

enter the fir t few years they take up Greek fraternities because they a re too young.

Most of the Greek letter men are Ma ons. They take up Masonry after they are in school two years or more

PENN STATE REPORT-W. F. HALL.

We do not own any building, own our furniture. We are hou sed in a different building; before we became inactive that building was tak en up by another organization so that we have to see k another home . We h ave se cured a home at $20 a month. Of course it is ve ry small, and accommodates fourteen men. Our building fund, which amounts to almost $6oo is in the hand s of the Square and Compass Association. Each member signs notes to the amount of $100, payable at $10 for ten years . Ve ry s mall per cent collected . We are out of debt; dues are $6.oo p e r se m este r , board at the present time is $5.50 per week, room r ent is $2.oo, initi at io n fee $32, including pin. Membership records have been carelessly kept. We use the Moore loose leaf books for keeping our acounts and find it sat isfa cto ry All accounts are kept in good shape . We became inactive June 1st, 1918, until January, 1919. At that time seven men returned from service and started fraternity going. The men in service, about forty , can not g ive exact number bceause we do not know definitely about all our alumni. We have lo s t three men in se rvi ce in action. O n e was an a lumnu s, I think rank of Lieutenant Colonel, and of the men active in the chapter all are commissioned but one, and he was in the S. A. T. C. As far as memorial I know of nothing having been done. We expect to have back in college nine men from last year and three old men, making twelve We have one more pledged from last year. Prospects for new members are good, outside men not needed for support . Average membership about 20 men. We ha ve a ll the office s filled, and meteings are held on either the first and third Monday or the second and fourth , each month We change from time to time so as not to conflict with the lodge meetings so that we may attend lodge. The attendance at all meetings is good, a fine of a small amount for absence without excuse. We p lan to have about two house parties during the year and perhaps three or four hou se dan ces . Every fall we give a smoker to all the Masons in college and in the town . We are not permitted to int e r.. state. We ha ve tried to get permis sion to int e r- s tate; ha ve a lw ays co m e back that we join local fraternity which we always turn down .

Of Acacia sc holar ship no record during the pa s t two or three years. At Penn State we do not s upervi se the fr es hman as other frat e rnities do. We feel that since a man is a Mason he is of so und mind a nd that he can gove rn himself as a mature man s hould , and we do n ot infli ct little penalties su ch as Greeks do for small breeche s. We do not make a pra ctic e of ha ving freshmen du s t rugs and do all th e dirty work.

Vve have no honorary memb e r s at the present time. O ur only honorary memb e r died a few years ago and our honorary m embe r had n ever done anything for the chapter. Average age of m e mb e r s if about 25 yea rs. Most of our active members are undr eg raduate s. We ha ve t wo or three graduate students in fraternity at th e present tim e. 'vVe draw most of our members from th e sophomores and juniors . We do not a practice of initiating seniors except at beginning of first semes.ter. f: es hm.e n were initiated in fall of 1915 We do not make a practice of affdtatmg wtth

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Greeks · we fi n d some co m pet it ion in co m pe tin g w ith t he Greeks, du e t(IJ the fact we do not h ave a ve r y at trac ti ve buil d i ng. Abo u t fifty M a sons , t wenty-five Maso ns w h o belong t o oth er fr a t e rniti es ,and some w h o d o not . j o in a ny f rate rn ity.

COLORADO REPOR T-R. N L OOMIS

Co lor ado is u p aga in st a ve r y pec uli a r s itu at ion. 'vVe h ave a s m a ll sc h oo l, ve r y mu ch s ma ll e r th a n a n y oth e r I be lieve. We have n o buil d in g, but we h ave a h ou se r e nt ed f o r th e commg yea r a t fi ft y dollars a m onth. Ho u se w ill acco mm o d a t e t we lve m e n . We a lso h ave some furn itur e, ve r y li tt le. We owe th e G r a nd fr a t e rnity Thi s will ?e pa id as soo n as sc h oo l op en s thi s yea r a nd cap tt a t ax f_o r s tx m en . P in s, we owe f or a numb e r. Th e bmldm g fund I S m a mt a med by a se ri es o f n ot es, t en n ot es s ig n ed a t th e tim e o f initi a ti on . I do not know h ow mu c h mo n ey we h ave on h a nd a t th e prese nt tim e. M e mb e rship r eco r ds u p t o d a t e in eve r y way; m e mb e r shi p i s f o rt y -t wo .

Acco untin g sys t e m is th e Moo r e sys t e m with s li g ht ch anges.

W e we r e in ac ti ve Jun e, 1918, t o M a r c h r st. Du r in g wa r every frat e rnit y was r equir ed t o s ig n a p ledge th a t th ey wo uld n ot h o ld me etin gs nor p ledge a n y m e n durin g th a t pe ri od. M en in se r v ice t we nt y, los t none. So f a r as we h ave bee n ab le t o find out th e r e is roo % o f th e a c tive chapter in se r v ice. Sc hool w ill n ot ope n until Se pt e mb e r 29 th , a t w hi ch time we h ope t o ge t on our f ee t. P ro sp ec t s ar e ve ry go od a nd th e r e w ill be twelve m e n bac k , t w o pl ed ges. W e w ill n o t n ee d out s id e m e n to m a int a in the h ouse. A ll offi cers a r e electe d for n ex t ye ar . Mee tin gs h eld on ce every t w o wee ks in p harm acy buildin g, initi a tion h eld in M ason ic Te m p le. We t ake an ac ti ve p a rt a n d h ave a t ea m M ee tin gs a tt e nd ed f a irl y w ell. We h eld on e s mok e r las t yea r , a t w hi ch tim e a ll t h e U ni vers it y Mas on s were in v it ed

Ho n o r a r y m e mb e r s-we h ave t wo a nd th ey a r e a lways w illing to help u s a n y t im e we ca ll up on th e m . Th ey a r e a lways w illi ng a n d a tt e nd initiati on s, t a kin g a n a c ti ve pa rt in ch a pt e r lif e.

Me mb er s a r e b oth g r a du a t es a nd und erg r a du a t es We h ave two or thr ee de lega t es a nd th e r es t a r e und e r g r a d s. W e h ave h ad n o trouble w ith d u a l m emb e r ship-th a t is, th e oth e r fr a terniti es d o n ot fig ht u s in a ny way. We h ave t a k en in so m e s ocia l G r ee k s thi s last y ea r , b u t I d o n ot think t h a t thi s yea r it w ill be ne cess ar y and w ill fi g ht it as h a r d as I ca n . We h ave n o c_o m pe titi on with G r ee k s . M aso n s la st ye a r in sch oo l abo ut t we ntyfi ve o r t htrty. A tt e nd a n ce th e n, I und er s t a nd , was 12 50 ; thi s year will h ave 1400, a bout so % co- eel s. We g e t out circ ular lett e r to th e a lumni.

SYRACUSE RE P ORT-J. W W A RR EN.

Sy r ac u se h as e m e rg ed f ro m a ve r y trying time. Dr. L in dsay was t o h ave been th e d elega t e. W e ow n our h ou se- v alu e $ 8ooo-and un d e r stand t h a t th e ori g in a tor s incorporat ed for th e purp ose of buy in g th i s co r p ora t iO n h as be e n a llo we d to lap se a n d th e fina n c ia l orga m zatw n ts m a r a th e r n eglec t ed sta t e . A t th e pres ent time it i s in the o f t wo o f our a lumni . H ave a n ot e on the b a nk f o r $3000, and Dr . L n:dsay $25 00 . W e h aye rece ived $7 50, we ha ve t a k en in $6450, t h e r e i s ow mg u s $350. T ht s IS f ro m ve r y r eli ab le m a t e ri a l a n d roo % w ill b e

collected . On hand $roo; $750 paid toward old indebtedne s . Initi ated three or four The active hou se dues are $2 .50, board $5.00 a week, room_$2 .50. have all purchased through grand officer, and yracuse IS square with the National Fraternity. We have the hou e full and we ca n room and board '\!I,Te do not use the uniform system of acco untmg i we have house account and steward acount. o ch apter act ivities durmg 1918. Out of total membership of sixty, eighteen were m active service, lost two, and have done nothina- in reo-ard to a war memorial. Average age is 17 to I 8years; average age of cl1apter is 24, and owing to this of average entrance into college we do not get a great amount of matenal for Acacia. Number of Masons , from six to twelve, and we have four active members undergraduates. We have not been embarrassed by dual membership and it is our policy not to ente rt ain the ide.p: of Greek Fraternity undergraduate s entering Acacia. There is one criticism that will be remedied, that is that we need more enthusiasm on the part of officers. This lack is due to the fact that we ha ve had outside men, men not even Masons.

Meetings on first and third Fridays at 7 :30 . After disbanding of . A. T. C .we have had four socials, and we hav e now appointed a committee for social work. -

We do not admit freshmen the first semester, so no n ecessity f or s upervisiOn.

Alumni members are Dean Deck, Dean Baker and Dr. Lindsay, who has sacrificed means and time that he may keep Acacia alive .

We have never had honorary m e mbers before the war. Vve thought it not the best policy to elect honorary members during the war. Now conditions seem more favorable and there are two or three men who lect ur e to us, and there is no doubt that we will be able to elect two or three as honorary members . Acacia members are entire ly und ergraduates. No difficulty in competing with Greek frats b eca use when we know there is a Mason eligible to Acacia we nail him imm ed iately.

KANSAS STATE REPORT-H. L. KENT.

Our chapter closed its work in the spring of 1918 with all but on eof the men who have been initiated in active service. We own our own building, and have since the fall of 1917, moved in at that time, about the fir s t of September. Building is built on a lot which fraternity bought for $woo, paying $200 down, and since that tim e we have been able to pay $200. Ou r equity is $350; $650 indebtedness is held as a second mortgage by a Mason . House was built by contract for $7,200, part is building and lo an asociation Pay $90 per month for twelve months eac h year. We have carried those payments for twenty-five months. Building and Loan stock !n organ!zation matures in slightly over ten years, therefore our eq uity IS approximately one -fifth. We had planned to pay for lot by notes which graduates were to give the directors or the officers of the Alumni Assoc iation. (Bu il ding and lot property of Alumni.) During war period it ha s be en n ecessa ry to u se money wherever we co uld get them to !11ake payments , on the _hou se. When college closed we rented the hous e dunng s umm er to famtl y, received one hundred ($roo) dollars for s ummers rent. In the fall the house was taken over by the S A. T. C.; the remainder of the. year the house was rented to a group of veterinary student O ur total indebted-

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n ses is the $650 on lot, remaining payments on. building a nd four-fifths of $750. Owe $32 for dishes, and grocery b1ll of $439, I we shall not be responsible for. S. A T. C. and two m embers b v mg m house ca me to u s with A lpha Delta Psi, removed all recor? s when over by S. A T. C., forbade u s ing Acac ia name for runmn g grocery blll at the hou se . At the close of the year we were called into conf e rence and found that there was a debt of $589. They paid us $185 a month We $125 of rent money, which reduced it to $464. m an sen t donatwn of $2 5. Th e r e isn ' t any feeling that we should pay th1s debt

The chapter accounts in 1918 were in pretty bad shape. Chapter acco unt s ha ve not bee n kept as ca refully as they should have been Last year's due s were $2.oo, assessments made for social obligations. . The chapt e r memb e rs who were pre se nt last week ha ve not determin e d wha.t to. for board, but $8.oo for room. On acount with Grand Fratermty 1s pa1d. We paid for a ll pins. Unless the chapter rule s that we were inactive last year then we owe for capita tax last year. The chapter hou se closed and we assumed that we were inactive about spring in 1918. Some of the alumni members met in September and initiated two men, those men left immediat ely for service in the army. No meetings held except that one. Got tog e ther May 10 when we initiated three men who had returned from se rvice. Forty- s ix men in service; of those one died in camp, of pne umonia. We have made no mo ve for memorial. Alumni Association i s propo s ing to build a memorial building and that shall be placed in that Memorial Hall rather th a n in the houses. Active member s three, and two more that were initiated, making five men and two in faculty, three p ledges and two faculty men . Prospects for members are bett e r th an we have had at Kan sas for many years. We have thirty Ma so ns in v ie w and without doubt there are more . We have heretofore depended upon two methods for getting in touch with the Mason s, one is to wat ch for th e m and the other is to go to the receptions at Masonic lodge . We will ne ed outside men to s upport the house thi s year . We will h a ve three men living in the house who are not students in school. We shall have to d ep end upon active member s or tak e outside men

The Greek question has never entered into our problem s. From the beg inning the chapt e r has assumed that we had had no reason for pledgGreeks. . The near es.t to any comp e tition which ha s ever risen is Alpha Ps 1, a vete nn a r y frat e rmty , was honorary until about two years ago. One of our member s joined Alpha Psi after they became a social fraternity.

We pledge freshmen at the end of the first we e k of sc hool. Meetings are. held regularly Wednesdays; s ocial meetings held with com p a rati ve regula nty ; !ast year only tv':'o were h e ld. In sc holar ship in previous yea rs our r a nk ed .well 111 the upper half , and we ha ve a l ways been r anke d as a soCia l fratermty. La s t year since we had one man in sc h oo l we h a d no stand in g. Freshmen s up e rvision is in the hand s of so m e other men in the We h ave two honorary memb e r s; one has been of assistance to us; he _1 s 70 yea r s and co me s to the. hou se fr equ e ntly and h e lp s u s in legi slatwn a nd fina?c1ally. A lwa ys ac ti ve Ave rage age thi s year is abo ut 24 , poss1bly 25; be!ore has been a little high er th an that, 27 o r 28 Age of en tr ance 1s nothmg more than a guess, 19 or 20. T he t e ndency 1s for that age to become a littl e lower. All our members are underg r aduates .

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TEXAS REPORT-E. E. DUNLAY.

Texas h as n o b uil d in g f u nd, but a soo n a I o-et back will start a campaign . I li ke t o m en_t io n t h at go in g bac k to the t ime of the organizm g of th e tn a ng le, at th a t tim e th at made each man ign u p for $roo wo rth of n o t es w hi ch wo ul d co m e d u e in 1919 and 1920. t p r esent the cac ia C_h a pt e r ow n s it s ow n furni t ur e, on ly o ne item not pa id fo r , owe 6 o on p1ano Ch a pte r r eco r ds kep t in u s u a l ystem and w i t h sy tem of \ Vi con in. Du es a r e $2. 00 pr e m o nth , a n d b oa rd is be t wee n $22 a n d $24 per month. ro o m _ r e nt i_s $6. oo. 'vVe u se tewa r cl sy te m a n d have sepa r ate account. D e fi c ien cy 111 wa r fun d, b ut I ass ur e yo u t h at t h e m oney wi ll be ent. $ 25 , w hi ch in_cl u cles $ 5.00 to G r a n d F r ate rni ty ,and a ! o p in w h1 ch we m s is t eve r y Acac ia m a n wea r . Me m be r sh ip r eco r d kep t a t prese nt n o t up to el a t e. A t prese nt t wo m em be r s' r eco rd s lost in mo ving, a nd tho e we w ill ge t from th e G r a nd Sec r e t a r y on r eturn to R ipon.

W a r R eco rd - W e we r e n eve r in ac ti ve d urin g t h e wa r at any t ime. Th e fir s t yea r o f wa r fi ve m en ca m e bac k , we ini t ia t ed d uri ng ye a r ele\ en m en , f our m e n ca m e in 191 8 . We initi ated th a t yea r t en m en . D uri ng the w a r p eriod we g ave up our la rg e ch a pte r h o u se a nd m oved i nt o a s m a ll e r hou se , big e nou g h f o r e ig ht p eo pl e. Lo st Capa tin C. }. Moo r e, w h o was kill ed in Fra n ce . W e h a d out o f s ix t y- eig ht m emb e r s, f o rt y-nin e in se r vice . W e do not ha ve to r eor g ani ze. W e h ave thirt ee n m en back a nd o ne p led ge, a nd pr os p ec t s for n ew m emb e r s ve r y bri g ht . W e ex pec t fi ft y to on e hundr ed M as on s in th e U ni ve r s it y o f Texas. We will n o t n eed o u t s ide m en to m a inta in h o u se . We h ave a full se t o f off ice r s, a n d mee tin g are h e ld on ce a wee k a nd h ave fr o m 6o to 8o % a tt e n da nce. W e infli c t a pe na lt y of $r.oo unl ess th ey h ave a g o od exc u se f o r n on- a tt end a n ce . We are t hir d on th e li s t in sc hol a r s hip in a li s t of e ig ht ee n frat s.

As to fr eshmen w e can not initi a t e fr es hm en , w e ca n pl ed ge th em b u t not initi a t e th em until th ey ar e s oph o m o r es. W e h ave a commi ttee to in s truct fr es hm en into Ac a cia id eal s and loo k a ft e r th eir g r a d es. We h av e two honorar y m emb e r s and th ey ar e a g r ea t h e lp t o u s. As t o soc ia l act i vity of A cac ia in T exas, we do n o t g o into th e soc ial ga m e as so m e Greeks do.

W e h a v e r e pr es ent a ti ves in ei g ht honorary fr a t e rniti es, on e of w hi ch is local. A ll o ur ac ti ve m en a r e un de r g r a du a t es, th e n um be r o f Masons b e tween 6 o a nd 120 . W e h ave h a d quit e a n emb a rr ass m ent fr o m th e d u a l member ship . n e ca se w h en a m a n w as n o t sa ti sfie d w ith Acac ia so sta r ted chapte r o f a gr ee k fr a te rnit y of hi s o w n , v er y r ec entl y; n ot o nl y t h at, h e has influ en ce d on e of our o wn memb er s a t a time w h en T exas needed g r ea t help during th e wa r p e riod. N o p er so n a l pre ju d ice aga in st m embe r s. That i s the onl y case.

W ASHI GT ON REPO RT-ELMENDORF.

Cas h o n h a nd $ 86, and $ 24 co ll ecte d in th e W a r Fun d D r ive. L ast Ven e rabl e D ea n h as h e ld th a t mon ey on th e s u p po s ition th at i t wo ul d be b ett e r t o clear the hou se if po ss ibl e, pay up a ll loca l de bts . We have h ad no hou se s in ce hou se cl ose d in Jun e f o llo w in g th e d ecla r ation of wa r. A bout thirt y a c ti ve m e mb e r s a t th a t tim e A ll excep t o n e or t \\"0 into th e se r v ic e and th ey we r e w o rkin g in wa r indu st ri es. O n e man i<I ll ed in a ction W e ha ve a ll our ow n furn itur e with th e excepti on of the piano, whi ch w e so ld for $ 12 5, w ith th e p r opos iti on t h a t if we ope n aga in we

could purchase it agai n We have made no plans for a war beca u se we co uld not get more than three me? t?geth e r at one tlme.. !he University, however has promi se d a memona_l m front of the in which men are li sted. There are no active mem be r s at Washmgton Chapter, and prospects for new members are none. I could not find any way to e liminat e the number of Mason s 111 sc hool thts fall, I would say le ss than twelve. The average age of entering the l!niversity is around r8 years. It will be abso lut ely imperative that so methmg be done if Acacia is to be reorganized, something must be done to support house. In order to h ave Washington support a chapter it will be n ecessa ry for outside m en to live in the hou se and we find it possible to choo se those men as futur e Acac ia material. This question has come up before . The only officer we h ave at pre se nt was th e last elected Venerable Dean, who is in busin ess himself in Washington, and has taken care of th e finances. At the tim e we were in debt $I roo and he has succeeded in pulling that debt down to $40. He has called seve ral meetings. Largest a ttend a nce five. Men are ve ry much scattered. The alumni are inte rested whenever the chapte r pick s up.

Honorary members-! cannot speak of them as I am not acq uainted with the m e n who have been made honorary. The minut es of the Concla ve, up to the time I went from Seattle, were kept; a co py of report was h eld , when a delegate got back and to get a delegate account of what transp ired at the Conclave. Masons this year were very few . We will not tak e in Greeks. We had one case several years ago which definitely decided Wa shington on that course . System of accounting, I do not know. We have not initiated any social academic Greeks and n eve r have. We had a building fund before the house closed. The men living at the fraternity voluntarily s igned ten notes for $Io each. Approximately four to five hundr ed subs c ribed, one or two of ·which were paid , th e re st were not, and prob a bly wi ll never, be co ll ected. No estate. Age of m en 2 7 to 28 years, mo s tly undergraduates. Attendance 4000; l ess than tw elve Masons and so % are Betas.

CHICAGO ALUMNI REPORT-W. D. HARRIS.

The Chi cago Chapter of A lumni is not a clo se organization since that we h ave 1:10 . regular constitutio_n and we have no regul a r dues, and our m emb e:s htp Is co n s tant_Jy we want to mak e it agree able to all th e vano u s _m e n of vanou_s orgamzatwns and ages to co m e to Chicago, and th e only thmg I hke to say is that if the various ch a pters when they know th ey are gomg to ha ve men come to Chicago, either to be employ ed or lookmg for e mploym e nt, ju st let us know We ca n so metimes be of ve ry great as istan ce a nd you can certainly be of great as i sta n ce to us m getting u s in tou ch with th ese men.

REPORT OF KANSAS-SECRETARY GROVES.

I sh a ll m ake thi s r epo rt ve r y brief. Kansas ha s been gett ing along nicely a nd es tabli sh ed early a very good r eco rd. We h ave very good men from Kansas and we never h ave had anyt hing to really score Kansas ab out. They h ave not h ad a h ou se of their own. Th ey belong to Inter-Fraternity Conference, a nd I thi1:k that th ey ha ve a real chapter we are p r oud of. Wh e n the house quest10n ca m e up thi s year th e r eg ist r a r got busy on the

question of getting a h o u e, and th ey bought a hou e adjoining th e ca mpu , consists of two acres of h eavy woodland lots and o n that wa a n excellent home that was built by a millionaire. Bought f or $30,000 and r modelled for $5,000. Tak es ca re of thirty m e n. The di advantage i that they must carry that burden until th ey ca n get mon ey eno u g h to get out of it. t Home-Coming they are going to kill Mi ss ouri and the h oodoo and th ey are going to reduce. Their pro pects a re good, but h av ing that burden on their hands they will ha ve to wo rk a ll t h e time to do it , a nd the re as on th ey are not repre s ented i s be ca u se eve rything , eve ry m a n that can do anything, is on the rushing list this week. They only had about three men during the war period . They report that th ey w ill have tw e nt y-five men back to begin with and have a number of pl e dge s.

California-Motion to adjourn.

Seconded by Harvard. Carried.

TRAVELING EXPENSES OF DELEGATES

REPORTS OF COMMITTEES

The report of the Credentials Committee was received a n d accepted. Though man y deleg a tes were not sufficiently vouched for , tJ:e c?nclave vo t ed that the extraordinary conditions subs equ ent t o the wa r JU Stifi ed unusual ac tion a nd all the del ega te s present were offiCially sea ted: The report of the Publication Committee wa s r ece1ved and accepted without di sc us s ion

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The report on Al umni Chapte r s was accepted witl: parti c ul ar app ro va l of Brother Lawrence's report on the Ne'v York alumn1.

The Committee on Auditing and B udg e_t was m:abl e to . report, and the Reso lu tion s Committee asked for an exte n siOn of trme until the next day, wh ich was g ranted. . . .

The Com mitte e on Constit ution and By-Laws s ubrmt ted tt s report wh tch was received and accepted . .

Other committees reporting were the War Fund Dnve, Songs and Song Books

Wh il e waiting for other reports of comm itt ee, th e Committee on the Stanford case and Stan ley Hero ld reported . A most acri_monio us discuss ion followed, in which Brothers Groves, Lawrence, Huntmgton, Embury, Borsack Kent and Ekblaw took act ive part. Brother Lawrence moved for a recons,ideration of the Stan ley Herold case, but the motion was lost by 13 votes . The conclave then voted to approve the action of the Grand Council. The po int was raised by Brother Emb ury that s in ce Brother Mann h ad been absent at the · meeting of the Grand Cou ncil at which the act ion had been taken, the Grand Council's decision was not constitutional and conseq uently the matter h as not been finally set tl ed .

The Grand Conclave then off icia lly approved all action taken by the War Conference of 1918, and by the Grand Council meeting of 1919.

A discussion of the keeping of the archives followed, in which the delegate from Michigan assured the Conclave that the fraternity arc hives kept at Michigan were carefully safeguarded. The position of Grand Historian was cons id ered and Brother Shepardson was retained as permanent Historian.

BUSINESS SESSIONS-S ATURDAY

The morning opened with a telegram from Brother Kilmer stat ing that it was imp oss ibl e for him to be present but that h e sent best wis hes. Telegrams from former Presidents Wilson, Frazer, and Brown were re ce ived. Brother Lawrence mo ved the appo intm ent of a committee to send telegrams of g r eet in gs to Brothers Kilmer, Wilson, Frazer and Brown Brothers Miller, Embury and Sm ith we r e appo int ed.

Brother Busch then read a telegram reporting that California had purchased a house. The Conclave tendered it s congra tul ation s and sent a te legram to the Venerab le Dean of Ca liforni a.

The Report of the Committee on Co n stitution and By-Laws was then considered.

Brot_her Kent moved the _f o llowing to section 3 of the bylaws, whrch added to that sectiOn the followmg: "and that he is not a memb_er pledge ?f any !lational soc ial co llege fraternity, and that after initiation mto Acac ia he w dl n ever pledge to join any other su ch fraternity."

Brother Embury objected that a previous motion und er the Endowmen t was under discussion. This was an amendment to have an annua l per caprta tax upon all a lumni for three yea rs a fter their leaving the chapter.

B:other. Landrum objected this put too much of a burden upon the alumm at a time when they cou ldrll afford to bear it, and moved that Brother Lawrence's motion be tabled ind efin it e ly The motion was carried, though Brother Groves and B r other Ekb la w spoke against it. resumption of the discussion of the report of the Committee on Constitution and By-Laws, Wisconsin moved the adoption of the amend -

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ment , seco n ded by Texas. Co lum b ia moved that the YOte be tak en at o nce . Moti on car r.ied . Upon roll ca ll - Ca lif ornia, Illinoi , M in ne ota, 'Wisconsin, Purdue, Ch icago , Iowa, Penn State, Wa s hington, Colorado, yra cu e Kansas State and Texas vote I aye ; orne ll and Co lumbi a voted no· Ohio declined to vote, a nd Mic hi gan , Nebra ka, Haryard, Mi ouri, and io,,·a ta t e we r e absent. Kan a s , Ya le , and Frank lin were not repres ented at the Con.:: la ve . Result: Aye , 13 ; To, 2; not voting, r.

Bitte r and prol onged discus ion followed the anno un ce m ent o f thi Yote. Columbi a declared that the ame ndment was unconstitutional and was s upported ea rn est ly by Harva rd a nd ew Yo rk A lumni . Kan sa tate iscons in , Illinoi s, and P urdu e led in sustaining the Grand President's stand that the re s ult was final

The e ntir e hi sto r y of the question of dual member hip w a r eYi e \\', a nd such bitt e r feeling developed that the Grand P r es ident limited the time for debate.

Because of Ha r va rd 's in s istent appea l that th e vote be reconsidered, the G r a nd President e nt e rt a in ed a motion by New York A lumni to re cons ider th e m ot io n The m ot io n was passed and th e d i cu sion \\·axed fa s t and furiou s for the one h o ur g r a nt ed by the G r and President, with v iol en t per so n a liti es and r ec rimin a ti o n s ch a r acte rizin g t h e debate . A t the end of the hour the G rand President o rd e r ed the r o ll ca ll , and the de leg a te YOted as follows:

Aye-M ichi ga n , Ca lif o rni a, Illin o is, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Missouri, Purdue, Chi cago, Io wa S t ate, Iowa, Washington, Syracu se, Kan sa s State , Texas-14.

No-Harvard, O hio , Co rn e ll , Co lumbi a, Colorado-.).

Not Voting-Penn S t ate-r.

The discussion end ed w ith thi s vote a nd the Grand Pres ident stat in g that h e had h ea rd that M ich iga n w is h ed t o present the m atte r of the initiation into Acac ia of so n s o f Masons, eve n th ough not Ma ons, asked the Mi chigan del ega t e if h e h ad any thin g to propose. Michigan answered that he h ad not.

The G rand P r es id ent , up on th e adopt ion o f a motion by Kan a s State th at a permanent co mmitt ee on co n s titution a nd by-laws be appo in ted to rev ise an d cod if y our cons titution and legis lat ive ena c tm e nt s, app ointed the following co mmitt ee: Ch a irm a n , Kirk of Illin o is; former Presid ent Shepardson and Form e r President Frazer. The Grand President desired a motion that the permanent co mmitt ee o n Cons titution a nd By -L aw s be reque s ted to attend th e next Co ncl ave with th e ir expe n ses paid. Kan sa s S tate o moved , and the motion was carried.

The Co mmitt ee o n Washington C hapt er-Ca lif orn ia, Illin oi s a nd Kansas State-reported, a nd Ca lif o rni a moved th at Washington be permitted to allow so n s an d brothers of Ma ons to li ve at the Acacia h ou se for three yea r s in order to s tr e ngth en th e ch apter until it cou ld proceed with A cac ia men ex clu sive ly .

Co lumbi a mo ve d th e a m e ndm en t that . a ll chapters be allowed to take in o ut side m en for th e period of one year if necessary to m a in tain th e hou se.

The Grand President appo int ed the following comm ittee o n Pin and In s igni a: California, I owa a nd Minnesota

Th e Committee on A lumni Ch apters en dorsed the rec o mm e ndation of co mmitte e h e ld in 1915 with addi ti o na l recommendation .with 191 6 Co ncl ave given on page 68 of Journ a l. Recommended that comm ittee of three be ap-

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pointed to draw up and bring into effect plans for orgamzmg these associations. · · d

Texas moved the acceptance of the motion; the motiOn was carne .

Brother Lawrence urged that Brother be retained the chairman of the Endowment Committee and upon his recommendatiOn Grand President announced that he would do so. Brother Hall was cordially commended by Brother Lawrence, Brother Groves, Brother Huntington and Brother Ekblaw.

The report of the Committee on Masonic Research was accepted.. .

The Committee on the next Conclave reported that a number of mvitations, including California, Wisconsin and Minnesota, had invited the fraternity to hold the conclave at these places.

The Auditing and Budget Committee reported that the accounts submitted by the delegates and grand officers had been audited and approved. The report was accepted .

Columbia amended section 17 of the by-laws by adding: "The expenses of the delegates to the Conclave shall not be paid unless he furnish to the Auditing- and Budget Committee immediately upon its appointment, a complete itemized statement of his proper expenses. The motion was carried.

The Committee on Resolutions reported and the report was accepted.

Ohio movd that Grand Secretary's recommendation that all correspondence be typewritten and copy kept in files, be adopted. Carried.

Columbia moved the appointment of a committee to investigate methods of raising funds for erection of chapter house, the results of the investigation to be compiled in concise form and published in Journal. Carried. Committee: New York Alumni, Wisconsin, and Purdue.

Minnesota moved that Grand Council grant financial aid to needy chapters and that the system of chapters for district adviser be extended. Carried.

Ohio, chairman of the Committee on Uniform Accounting, urges adoption of his report. Columbia moved that the report be referred to a permanent committee on accounting. Carried. Committee: Chairman, Ohio; Grand President Frazer, Columbia.

The War Fund Drive Committee reported that Purdue had won the pennant by going far beyond its quota before any of the chapters and that it merited the congratulations of the entire fraternity.

The motion was made by Kansas that the Conclave award the pennant to P.urdue and the congrat1;1lations of the fraternity to that chapter for 1ts successful dnve. The motwn was carried.

With raised $321.25. It was the spirit of old Purdue showmg 1tself m this fine way. It was further moved that Columbia be by the fraternity upon its raising its full quota. Carried unammously.

California then moved that every chapter be instructed to prepare a lis.t of names of the men who died in the service and the record of the war service of every member of the chapter. Carried.

T.he Committee. on Colorado would not make an unanimous report. The report which was adopted emphasized the fact that Colorado in members of Greek letter fraternities, violated the laws of the fratermty.

Columbia moved that further action be held over for the next Conclave and that a Grand Council officer be sent to investigate. This was carried.

Columbia then moved following amendment to the Constitution: Article

2, b;y s ubduction of that articl e a nd ection , the followi ng : " Before an mv1tat10n shall be extended to any candidate of a ny ch ap ter who shall attended another college or university where a chapte r of the fratermty IS located, the secretary of the chapter hall communi ca te with the former concerning the eligibility of uch a candidate, and gi ve reasonable time for answer. Kansas moved the insertion of the order then of the The vote was taken wiht the re s ult of 1.9 'a yes; no nos , two not votmg. Further amendments were uggested by O h10 State but were lost.

The Grand Council then read the report of the Grand Council which was accepted and approved.

It was moved that the War Fund Drive be placed entirely in the hands of the Grand Secretary and be continued until th e grand total w as r a i ed

It wa s moved and seconded that the by-laws be amended to d o uble the per capita dues; to raise the initiation fees to $IO.oo in s tead of $s oo, and the charter initiation to $20.00 instead of $Io.oo; and to raise chapte r fees to $so .oo instead of $25 .00. After a most harmoniou s' and reas o nable di scussion the by-laws were unanimously amended.

It was moved that the membership certificates be modified to conform to certain advantage in mailing. The motion was carried and the Gr a nd Secretary was instructed to se lect a new shingle .

The following motions for officers were made: President, Brother Groves and Brother Law r ence. Brother Groves was cho sen and Brother Lawrence moved that t h e vote be made unanimous for Brother Grove s . Carr ied. Vice-Pres ident-Brothers Kent and Boye. Kent received the majority of the votes and Harvard moved that the nomination be made unanimou s for Brother Kent. Treasurer-Brother Huntington and Brother Miller . Brother Mi ll er being ineligib le, Brother Huntington was elected to the office unanimous ly. Brother Ekblaw was unanimou s ly elected Grand Secretary and Grand Editor. The officers elected were duly installed.

Grand President Groves received a vote of thanks from the Conclave to further every way possible, the success of the Conclave. Illinois chapter was accorded an unanimous vote of thanks for its kind and courteous hospitality to the members to the Conclave. , Harvard moved that the expense of the delegate from Washington be borne by the fraternity since his chapter was in debt to the national organization. The motion was carried unanimously.

Several invitations for the next conclave were received but upon the re commendation of the committee the conclave voted that the next concla ve be held with the Minneapolis chapter. This was carried.

This being the last order of business, Wi sconsin moved that th e concla ve adjourn The motion was carried. The conclave adjourned.

COMMITTEE ON MASONIC RESEARCH

Br oth er Grand President:

The Committee on Masonic Research wi s hes t o make the f oll o win g r epo rt: Since the chapters a r e again starting active wo rk, it s ee ms that th a t pa rt of the Constitution of the Fraternity, wherein it is state d that o n e purp ose o f t h e o r ga nization is to enc o urage M a sonic study, should b e br o ug ht t o th e att e nti o n o f t h e diff e r e nt chapters

We realize that students do not h a ve tim e t o s pend o n d ee p r esea rch. H o weve r , in o rder that Acacia may r e tain it s p os iti on in th e M aso nic wo rld it is n ecessa r y that

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its memb e r s be fa mili a r with at lea st th e fundam ental in M aso nr y. Th e y should be r ecog ni zed in th e ir h o m e l o d ge a s w ell-inf o rm e d Ma so n s T o t hi s e n d w e make the fo ll ow in g s ug g es ti on s :

I. Th a t ea ch ch a pt e r s ub scrib e t o Th e Build e r, th e publl ca tt o n o f the Nattona l Maso nic R esea rch S oci et y . . .

2 • That a co py o f Th e Build e r s , by N e wt o n, a boo k of s uch 1mp o rt a nce .that 111 I o wa a t lea st it is pr ese nt e d t o each man o n takin g hi s thir d d eg r ee, s h o uld b e 111 each libr a r y

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That m emb e r s o f th e ch a pt e r s tak e an activ e part in l? d ge. wo rk and becom.e fa mili a r with th e ritu a l. A g oo d m ethod o f beco min g pr o fici e nt IS b y coa chmg candidat es and A ca ci a ca n be o f g r eat h elp to it s l ocal l o d ges in thi s way

That ch a pt e r s se cur e all pa mphl et s a nd boo k s poss ibl e a nd in th e ir libr a ri es s o th a t th e m e n m ay s tudy th em. Back numb e r s of Th e Btn l d e r 1f not o n fil e s h o uld b e secur e d.

s. Th a t m en fami li ar w ith Ma so nic hi s t o r y be invit e d t o th e h o u ses for talks and inf o rmal di scu ss io n s a s o ft en a s p oss ibl e.

6. Th a t an int e r e st in thi s w o rk be so inculcat e d in it s m e mb e rs that when on l eaving scho ol, m o r e tim e is avail a bl e such s tud ie s will b e pursu e d.

Re spectfu ll y submitted , H. W . JoH NS ON, Chairman.

E E Du NLAY,

]. BEA CHL ERAG EN.

REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON CHAPTER CONDITIONS AND VISITATION

The f o ll o wing r epo rt is mad e, after a car e ful ex amination of th e Grand Secretary's r eport and chapte r d elegat es r e po rt s , with a view o f makin g general rec o mmendations for the b ett e rment of l oca l chapt e r co nditions , t o se cure for th e frat e rnity a closer r elati o nship with th e Grand Counci l and to e stabli sh a co ntinuity o f administ ration, purp o se s and ideal d, as ha s be en so wi se ly advi s ed by our Grand Pre s ident:

I. BE IT RE s OLV ED, That th e Grand Counci l b e comm ended by this conclave for the exc ellent admini strati o n of th e fraternity during the war-tim e pe riod

2 BE IT R ES OLV ED, That thi s co nclav e comm e nd tho se ch a pt e r s wh o have maintain ed activity all through the pe ri o d of th e world war, and al s o th ose chapters which hav e r eo r g anized a nd which have at th e first po ss ible opp o rtunity r e sumed activities with true Acacia s pirit.

3 W e r ecomm e nd that memb e r ship r ecords be imm e d iately br o ught up to date and r eport ed as such to the Grand S ecr etary, togeth e r with a li s t o f the active men.

4· W e r ecomm e nd that the Grand S e cretary be authorized to se cure a certificate of membership of such siz e and makeup that he may deliv e r to n e w memb e rs without th e usual d elays and that a man b e not considered active until he s hall have received such certificate.

s. We recommend that a membership card be issued by the Grand Secretary to each active man, to b e us e d for identification.

CORRESPONDENCE

I. W e r ecommend that in all chapters the correspondence with th e Grand Council be in typ e written form and copi es of same kept o n file.

2 W e r eco mm e nd that int e r-chapt e r co rr e sp o nd e nce b e fost e r e d.

3 W e rec ommend that th e chapter s maintain an active c o rr es po nd e nce with th e ir alumni.

FINA NCE

I.We r ecomm e nd that chapt e r s r epo rt immediately to the Grand S e cr e tary a s to th e ir fin a ncial statu s up to date.

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2. We recommend that each chapte r k ee p an annual budget o f probable expenditures and receipts.

3· W e r ecomm e nd th a t ea ch chapte r make effo r ts to coll ect all back debts of alumni members

4· We r eco mm e nd writt e n r ep o rts by d e lega t es of their chapte r condit ions to grand conclaves in such f o rm as will give bri e f but comp reh e n s ive r epo rt.

CHAPT ER HOUSES

1. W e rec o mmend that every active chapt e r o wn their ow n home.

2. We r eco mm e nd that a co mmitt ee be appointed at this conclave to in vest igate and e xamin e all availabl e building fund plan s, that th e ir finding may b e u sed by chapters, who find their pr ese nt plans faulty or that anticipate s uch a mov e

3· W e rec o mm e nd that national financial aid b e extended to n eed y ch apte r s at the d iscretion of the Grand Council.

4· We recommend that chapter houses b e r enova ted and such r epairs mad e as the war tim e d epreciation necessitates.

THE JOURNAL

1. W e r eco mmend that each chapt e r secure subscriptions for The Journ a l among their alumnae.

2. We r ecommend that each chapter fil e numbers o f Th e J o urnal and bind such at the end of each year.

3. W e recomm end that each chapter requir e all active m en to faithfully read Th e Journal.

PINS

1. We rec o mmend that ea ch chapter f oll o w th e co n s tituti o n m the o rd e ring of pins.

2. We recommend that the minut es of all chapt e r m eet in gs be m a de co m plet e and full.

3. We recommend that each chapter publi sh one o r m o r e bulletins eac h year, pref e rably one at the end of each semester, and copi es b e sent to alumni and tht e Grand S ecretary.

4· We rec o mmend that at an early date a national Acacia directory b e printed.

5. W e recommend that as an aid in f o rming such a directory each chapter immediately co mpile a membership catalog, giving the name, year of initiatio n, address and nature of busine ss, and a copy of such catalog sent to the Grand S ecreta ry .

6. We recommend that each chapter elect a Chapter Archivi s t who se duty is to catalog and care for all relics, r eco rds, memorials, etc. , of Acacia.

7. We recommend that each chapt e r seek to develop a greater zeal for the Masonic Institution in our r es p ective colleges.

8. We recomm e nd that chapters maintain active relati o ns with loca l Masonic lodges.

g. W e r eco mm e nd that eac h chapt e r le nd its support toward a fitting war memorial and complete a s soon as pos s ible th e ir allotment in the War Fund Dri ve

10. We recommend that the Grand Council a t its di sc retion exte nd the plan for local and district advisors

For your approval this r eport is r espec tfully submitted, WILLIAMS, Minn es ota; K. C. SuLLI VAN , Missouri; Orro C. STEGEMA 'N, Harvard.

REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON WAR F U ND D RI V E

W e th e co mmittee wish to report that up to dat e s ix chapters hav e paid moneys m to the Grand Treasurer to the sum of $853 25.

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We therefore recommend that the War Fund Drive be prosecuted until each chapter ha s rai se d its entire quota.

In view o f the fact that such great confusion arose w1th the Grand Pres1dent r ect ing th e drive, the Grand S ecretary carrying on the corr es ponde nc e, and the Grand Tr eas ur e r r e ce iv ing the mon eys, we recommend that th e Grand Secretary be empowered to co ntinue the drive in conjunction with the various chapt e r advisors We fu rth er rec ommend that the War Fund be u sed if need e d by the Grand Council to r e-estb li sh The Acacia Journal, to publish a complete dir ectory of Acacians, to publish a new Acacia manual.ffi

Signed: CARL MILLER, Chairman, Purdue; ]. ALFRED LAWRE NCE, New York Alumni; E. E. DuNLAY, Texas

REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON NEXT CONCLAVE

Mr Grand President and D eleg at es:

The Co mmittee o n the next Conclave wishes to make the following r e port.

Invitati o ns f o r the n ext conclave have been received from th e f oll o wing chapters: N e w Yo rk Alumni Association, through Dr. Law,rence; California, by Del egate Bush; Wi sco nsin , by Delegate Borsack; and Minne so ta, by Delegate Willi a ms.

Considering the location of N e w York geographically and feeling that an active chapter shou ld enterta in the next conclave, we do not feel that we could recommend New York as the next meeting place .

For like reasons of the l ocation and the fact that California entertained the conclave in I9IS, it does not seem to this committee that they shou ld e ntertain next year, although they have advanced plans that certainly so und good and declared that while their present conditions do not warrant the expense for the n ext conclave, they wish to be favorably considered in I92I, and their hat is in the ring. We do not feel that these compensate for the extra expe n se involved in going so far . Wisconsin advised us after extend ing their invitation that th ey wished to ente rtain the next conclave in their new home which will undoubt ed ly will not be completed in time, but would be candidate for the I92I conclave.

W e do recommend that Minnesota 's invitati o n be accepted for the following reasons:

I. That the Minnesota Chapter is centrally l ocated, and th ey ha ve not entertained a previous conclave.

2. That an understanding was had at th e Pu rdu e Conclave to the effect that they were to have the next conclave. '

W e also recommend that that conclave be h eld at an ea rlier date a nd shall be of one week's duration instead of the usual days. A l so that del e gat es b e given an outline to follow in making their chapter r eport and this report sha ll be in writing and :tcc essib le to a ll del egate s before date of conclave .

Respectfully submitted,

WILLIAM S, Chairma n , Minnesota: C. A. SJOGREN, N ebraska; H. W. }OH NSON, Iowa St a t e

REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON ENDOWMENT

Brother Grand Pr esidmt and D elegates:

Th e Committ ee o n Endowm e nt resp ec tfully r eports:

The above amount o f $1039-50 was r ece ived by Broth e r C. W. Hall as Chai rm a n of the Permanent Endowm e nt Fund and f o rwarded to Grand Secretary J ames F. Groves, who in turn tran s mitt e d the above t ota l amount from tim e to tim e as r eceived to Grand Tr easurer Carroll S . Huntin gto n . Y o ur candidate also includ es that po rti o n of the Report of the Grand Tr eas ur er pertaining to th e Endowment Fund ina smuch a certa in funds appropriated to th is Fund ar e tr a n s mitt ed dir ect ly by warrants : 1918-

31-Bal a nc

T he Committee fe e ls that memb e r s o f Acacia hav e n ot r espo nd ed as th ey shou l d to t he appea l of this comm ittee for subscripti o ns, and r e co mmend s that th e foll o wing a mendment to the C o nstitution be adopted by the de lega t es to thi s twelfth conclave: Amend Articl e 3, S e ction 3, of our Constitution and make th e following s ubdivis ions:

5th-Change sth to subdiv is ion.

6t h-Read ing sth-An annual pe r capita tax of fiv e d oll ars for thre e s ucc ess ive years upon each a l um n us member immediately u pon discontinuing act ive m emb ership in his c h apte r ; this sum to be placed in care of the Endowment Fund, and sa id a lumn u s to be en r o ll ed as a sustaining memb e r of the Endowment Fund and r ece ive a ll pub li cati o ns of the fraternity.

Resp ec tfu ll y subm itt e d , ]. ALFR ED L.o.WR ENCE, Chairman ; P EMBROK E H BROWN, c. F. ADAM.

REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON CHAPTER BUDGETS AND ACCOUNTS

Th e Comm itte e on Chapter Bud ge t s and Accounts b e li eve that in as mu ch as we have a Committe on Account ing that th e qu es ti o n of budge t s s h o uld be cove r ed as a part of a n e w accounting system.

R espe ctfull y submitted, C. A . H uN TI NGTON, Chairm an.

REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON FRATERNITY EXPANSION

T o tht Gran d Conclav e of th e Acacia Frat ernity: W e, th e Co mmittee on Fraternity Expan s io n, wish to m a k e th e f o ll o win g rep o rt.

r. BE IT RESOLVED, Th a t th e Grand Co un c il r eco mm e nd to th e Grand Concla , -e h e re a sse mb le d , that Acacia expa n s io n b e e nc o ura ged.

2. BE IT FuRTHER RESOLVED, Th a t before a n ew chapter be g r a nt ed that a ve ry thorough exa minati o n be mad e, as o utlin ed in Secti o n r, of the By-Laws.

3- W e also wi s h to mak e a r e commendation to the effect that the following changes and add iti o ns be mad e to Section r o f th e By-Laws; art icl e "g" to read.

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Is the application submitt e d from individual applicant s from If from an o r gan izat io n, g iv e particulars of th e sa me, and giVe othe r mformat10n, as to sta n d in g o f th e instituti on , number of eligibl e in schoo l,_ futu_r e prospects for eligibl e Masons, numb er a nd nam e o f socia l fratermtl es w 1th the1r toward Acac ia, a lso attitude of faculty towards Acaci a, r elati ve age of m en school, and ot he r s uch data as th e Grand Vice-Pres id e nt may d ee m n ecessa ry 111 o rd er that he may g ive a cl ea r r epo rt t o th e Grand Office rs and chapt e r. . 4

We further r eco mm end th at, as far as possible, a r ecord be k ept by _tt:e Acac1a Fratern it y of the Maso nic Club s of the va ri ou s uni ve rsiti es and colleges, gtVmg them as much s upp o rt and e nc oura ge m e nt as poss ible.

Respectfully submitted,

K. C. SuLLI VAN, Missouri, R. N. LooMI S, Colorado, H. K. STEINBACH.

REPORT OF COMMITEE ON RESOLUTIONS

Th e Committee on R eso lution s wishes to rep o rt th e f o llowin g for the conside rati on o f and act ion by th e conclave:

RESOLVED, That we, th e Grand Officers and D el egates of the Tw elfth Conclave o f the Acacia Frate rnity he r eby ex pr ess o ur app r ec iati o n of and thanks for the fine h os pitality and excee dingly pl easa nt e nt e rtainm e nts of th e Illinois Chapte.:-, and each and ev ery br o ther composing it.

That we exp r ess o ur h ea rti es t thanks t o Champaign L odge, No. 240, who have tendered th e conc l ave th e u se of th ei r lodg e r oo m.

That we tender o ur thank s t o Rant o ul L o dg e, No. 470, the ladi es of the M. E. Chur ch, and the offic e r s of Chanute Field f o r th e very pl easa nt a ft e rnoon's and evenin g's ent e rt a inm e nt. Th e dinn e r d ese rves special m e ntion.

That we exp re ss our gratitude to Urbana Lodg e, No. I 57, t o whom we a r e greatly indeb t ed for their exe mplification of th e third d eg r ee and th e dinner.

That we ex t end our thanks to the Chicago Alumni Association for th e banquet at which th ey ent e rtain e d us , and f o r th e oppo rtunity o ff ered u s to m ee t o ur brother de legates.

That the d elega t es, as r epr ese ntativ es of th e ir r espec tiv e chapt e r s, wish to comm end our Gr a nd Officers f o r th e ir zea l a nd untirin g e ff o rt s put f o rth by th e m for ca rr y in g the f rat e rnity thr o u g h the per io d of war. Furth e rm ore, we fee l that they deserve ou r hea rty suppo rt and approbation for th e ir e ff o rt s to bring abo ut a greater unity amongst the cha pt e r s and continuity in th e exec utiv e o ffic es .

R ESOLVED, Th at the conclave exp r ess it s full es t appreciation f o r the zea l and e fforts of Brother Shephardson in taking over the arduous task o f ed iting The Acacia Sp irit, und e r th e mo st tryin g conditions

R ESOLVED, That the Con clav e ex pr ess it s gratitude t o Dr. L aw r en ce of the New York A lumni Assoc iati o n for hi s painstaking a nd carefu l work in comp ilin g his exce ll e nt r epo rt as Counselor of Di st ri ct No . I. And, furth e rm o r e, that the Con cl ave exp r ess it s thanks t o Dr. and Mrs. Lawrence for their kind inv it at ion to the co ncl ave to have lun cheon with them at the Inman H ote l.

RE OLVED, That the Conclave exp r ess it s r eg r et th at Kansas , Franklin a nd Ya l e Chapte r s were not r epresented at the Tw e l fth Co ncla ve as there are matters of v it a l importance to th e Nat iona l Fratern ity and Local chapters up on w hi ch the op inions of the aforesaid chapters together w ith t h e ir r epo rt s of l oca l conditions wou ld h ave b een high ly des ir ab l e and beneficial.

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R E OL VED, That Purdue and Co lumbia hapters be cong r at ul ated fo r their exce ll e nt r e co rd mad e in the War Fund Dri ve.

Y.lE FuRTHERMOR E RESOLVE , That epa r ate cop ies of the f o r ego in g r eso lu tions be m ade a nd th e sa m e be pr e e nt ed t o th e pa r t ies m e nti o ne d.

RE OLVED, That Sect io n 39A of By-Laws, i f it h as n o t been provoked, hou ld b e e nf o rc e d , wh ic h sec ti o n r ea d s that eve r y chapter sha ll li ve in a h o u se o r r ooms exclusiv e ly f o r it s purp ose un less the G r and Co un c il s ha ll vote from year t o yea r to ex cu se i t fr o m th e h o u s in g p r opos iti o n

R ESOLVED, That th e se ntim e nt of thi co ncl ave I e exp r es ed in r ega r d to the s t a tu s of this Aca ci a b o dy as co nsid e rin g th e Acac ia to be a nat io nal , ge n e ral , soc ia l fraternity co mp ose d o f Mast e r Masons.

BE h FURTHER R ESOLVED, Th at th e d e lega t es to th e Illin o is Concl ave her eby e xpr ess o ur appreciati o n o f co mm e nd th e hi g hl y h o n o rabl e and comm end ab le Acacia sp irit o f th e Washingt o n Chapt e r of Acacia a nd es pec iall y of it s del eg ate , Brother E l m end o rf£ , to thi s conclave

And w e h e r eby p ledge th e la ea rty and earnest suppo rt o f th e Nati o nal O r ga ni zat ion to this chapter wh e neve r it can b e of se rvic e to the chapt e r.

W e h e r eby in s truct th e Grand Secretary t o communicate this act io n t o th e Washin g t o n Chapte r R espec tfu ll y submitt e d , E. E. D uNLAY, Chairman, Tex as, WM F. H ALL, Penn State, H. W J oHNSON, I o wa State

REPORT OF UNIFORM ACCOUNTING COMMIT T EE

Brother Gra11d Pr esid en t and D eleg at es:

Your Committ e on Unif o rm Acc o unt ing wi sh es to s ubmit the following r epo rt: r. That a ll chapt e rs u se the foll ow ing loose lea f National Accounting System. Th a t th e f o ll ow ing attached forms s ha ll be adopte d as o fficial:

A. R eceipt-Moore form N o 253816. Original , white . Dupl icate, blu e perforat e d copy.

B. Cash Account-new form yellow.

C. Bank Acc o unt-N e w form, pink.

D . V o uch e r Check-Improv e d Moore form No. 2 19757, pink.

E. L edge r-M oo r e forrri No. II7B o r II7 D , whit e Statement-Moore form No. 21976rF, white .

3. That th e st andard s ize of s h ee t s shall b e 5" x 8".

4. That all forms and binders s h a ll b e purcha se d of th e Grand Secretary.

5 That f o r th e purpos e of s impli c it y, an effo rt b e m ade to combine the cas h r ece ived column and the bank deposit column with the o ri g inal white r eceipt form , and a rep o rt b e mad e to th e Grand Co un c il at a la ter dat e. The ob ject to e liminate about o n e- half of the entries now mad e.

6 Th a t wh en eve r poss ible th e accounts a f th e Steward, H o us e, and Building Fund be k ep t separate and di st inct, by indi v idual m e n.

7. That at the e nd of eac h se m es ter o r eq ui va le nt period a financial statement (a s p e r s t ate m ent form) sha ll b e se nt t o the Grand Secr e tary.

8. Led ge r ·acco unt s s h o uld includ e th e f o ll ow in g cl asses:

A. M e mb e r s.

B . Bu s in ess Concerns .

C. Grand S e cretary.

D . Stewar d.

E. Committees. F. House.

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G. Steward Inventory.

9. That the chapter tr eas ur e r shall make a monthly (fir s t m ee ting night in each month) financial r epo rt to th e chapter.

10. That detail instructi o ns sha ll be prepared, as to th e duties of the Treasurer and h ow these duties shall be performed. The object is t o formulate standard written practice in s tructions, so that a green man by studying the instructions may become an effic ient Treasurer, with the nee d of additional verbal instructiOJ;!S.

Respectfully submitted, F H. LANDRUM, Chair:man, Ohio State, WM. F. HALL, Penn State, M. A. McMASTER, Corne ll.

WASHINGTON CHAPTER COMMITTEE

W e beg to submit the f o ll owing report as the only thing which will save our Washington Chapter: ·

That young sons, brothers of lawful Masonic age who have declared their intentions of becoming Masons for residence in the Acacia House as pro spective Acacia mat erial.

CHANDOS E. BusH, Chairman, California, PEMBROKE H. BROWN, Illinois, H. L. KENT, Kansas State.

RECORD AND WAR MEMORIAL REPORT

This comm itt e submits the following report in the form of suggest ion s and begs that any member of this conclave will offer ·to facilitate the expedient carrying out of this suggestive plan.

r. That a ll chapters postpolle any further ac tion in regard to until o ur final plan · is complete.

2 That a bronze tablet of suitable nature be designed by our fraternity jeweler or so m e other person , this to be placed in each chapter house with the names of all m e n who di e d in service, further the name s of each man of each chapter on their tablet with th e chapt e r name eng r aved.

3 That a comp let e war r eco rd s hall be furni s h ed by eac h chapter t o this committe e, g iv in g the names, l ength ot serv ic e and outfit, a l so whether overseas or not.

4· That the above be printed in some suitable form as a permanent record.

s. That we honor these men who have gone west in the defense of our country by wearing a sma ll black ribbon under our pin.

Signed,

CHANDOS E. BusH, Chairman , California, JoHN W. WARREN , Syracuse, R.N . LooMIS, Colorado.

REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON ALUMNI CHAPTERS

Mr. Grand President and Del ega tes:

Th e Co mmittee on Alumni Chapters indorse the recommendations of the Committ ee o f the Conclave held in I9I5 with the additiona l r ecommendation of the r9r6 Conclave as given on page 68 of the October, r9r6 , Journal.

It is s hown by a report in this same issue of The J ournal that the geographical distribution of Acacia alumni is such that it seems possible that alumni associations could be organ ized in the citi es li s t ed on page 95 of this Journ al.

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. It is r eco mm ended that a co mmitt ee of thr ee be appointed to draw up and put mt o effect p lans f o r o r gan izing th ese see min g ly p oss ib le a lum ni association

It i s also r eco mm ende d that an a lumni h ea d b e e lected o r appointed to ha ve administrativ e p o w e r ove r th e variou s alumni asso ciati ons.

Furth e r that th e active chapters be ca ll e d up pn to a r ouse m o r e int e •·e t among Acaci a A l umni in their r espect iv e states.

Re s pec tfully s ubmitt e d , I. A. SJOGR E::-1, Chairm a11, c. F. ADAM S, M. A M c MA ST ER

REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON PUBLICATIONS

Broth er Gmnd President and D e lega t es:

You r Committee on Pub l icati o ns de s i r es t o r epo rt as follow s:

We recommend-

!. That we r eturn to The Journa l s ubstantially in it s o ld f o rm a s the offic ial publication of Acac ia.

2. That there b e at l eas t four and if financially possib le, s ix iss u es of Th e Journa l annually.

3. That one number of th e Journa l shall b e a mid- s umm er pre-conclave numb e r, pub li shed o n or about August rst; that thi s numb e r shall contain th e r eport o f chapters which have h e r e t ofo r e b ee n given o r a ll y at the co ncl ave, in o rd e r that all delegates may study th e r epo rt s bef o re reaching the c o nclav e.

These reports sha ll be submitted t o the Grand S ec r e tar y o n o r about Jun e r s t. Th e r e po r t s sha ll fo ll ow an outline submitted by th e Grand Sec r etary. The maximum length of such reports sha ll be set by th e Grand Council.

4· That the budg e t shall pr ov i d e f o r at l eas t $I400 and if possible $2000 or m o re for the publication of The Journa l.

s. That Th e Journa l b e sent to active m e mb e r s and c hapt e r s as in th e past and that the subscription rate to alumni m emb e rs be o n e d ollar per year.

6. That th e secretary of each chapte r be ur ge d t o se cur e subscripti o n s from at least t e n per cent o f th e total chapter alumni m e mb e r s hip.

7 That in order that the G r and Council may have an accurate mailin g li st, the secretary of e ach chapt e r shall bef o r e January r , 1920, se nd t o th e Grand Secretary dup l icate l ists o f nam es an addresses of a ll active m e mb ers and a ll a lumni and h o norary m e mbers of th e chapter. And w e furth e r r eco mm e nd that thi s li st b e se nt in annua ll y in o r d e r that the mai l ing l i s ts and r eco rd s of the Grand Co un c il ma y b e kept up to date

8. That when this mailing l ist i s compl e t e th e Grand C o uncil sha ll publish an Acacia Direct o r y. Th e f o rm of thi s dir e ctory s h a ll in gene ral f o ll o w that iss u ed in 1914 and may be pub l i s hed o n s ub scr ipti o n o nly if the Grand Co uncil d ee ms wise.

· If it is impossible t o pub l ish s uch a dir ec t o ry , a dir ec t o r y s hall be publi s h e d through the c o lumn s of The Journa l.

Th e directory s ha ll contain th e f o ll o win g clas s ific at i n s of me mb e r s:

a. - By chapte r s, active, t l umni and h o n o rary.

b.-Geographical.

c.-A lphabetical.

9· That the Grrand Counci l shall hav e publi sh ed a n ew ed iti o n of th e Const itution and By-Law s wh ich sha ll c o nf o rm t o the lat es t r ev is io n and l eg is lati o n.

Amendment passed (Aft e r r epo rt o f P e rm anent Co mmitt ee o n Constitut io n a n d By-Law s).

10 That th e Grand Council shall hav e publi s h e d a manual o f th e duti es o f

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office rs of Acac ia and sha ll distribute the sa me to th e va ri o u s chapters.

1 1. That the Gra nd Co uncil s hall ha ve th e n ew ritual published if the propo se d changes are adopted and th e Co uncil de e ms it necessar y . . . .

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That each chapter sha ll iss ue r eg ularly a chapte r p ubh cahon to b e sen.t to 11 m emb e r s a nd that cop ies o f this publication be p laced in th e chapter archrves, :nd that copie s be se nt to each o f the Grand Officers a nd thre e for the a r chives of Acacia. Each iss ue of each chapter publication sho uld conta m a h s t of th e Grand Office r s with th e ir addresses.

These chapter p ublicati o n s shou l d n o t be ex pe n s iv e but full of chapte r n e ws o f int e r est.

13 That eac h chap t er sha ll mak e regul a rly m ont hly o f n ew s c? nce rnin g Acacia brethren and chapter activities t o th e officer ch arge d wrth the pub hc ation of Th e J o urnal.

14. That each chapter sha ll s ub sc rib e for and k ee p in the chapter a r chivse, Banta's Greek Exchange, published at Menasha, Wisconsin, and The Builder, the offic ia l organ of the National Masonic R esea r ch Society.

rs. That th e Grand Counci l b e a uth or ize d t o s ub sc rib e for one c opy of Banta's Gr eek Exchange for eac h of th e Grand Officers , s ub scr ipti on s to be paid from the Gr a nd Treasury.

R es p ec tfully submitted, H. L. KENT, Chairman, F. H. LA NDRUM, ], w. WARRE N. -

REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON ACACIA CONSTITU T ION

To th e Gran d Conclave of Ac acia: Brothers:

As chairman of th e comm ittee oppo int ed to m a k e a r epo rt u po n t h e c o nstitution of Acac ia, I b eg t o submit the following :

It is with g r eat r eg r et that I r epo rt that owing to th e s udd en and tr ag ic death o f my co ll eague upon the co mmitt ee, former Grand Vic e President, R. Cecil Fay, the Co nclav e is d eni ed th e benefits of his wise advice and thi s r epo rt r ep r ese nts the v iews of but on e individual.

I r ecom m end that se ri ous consideration be g ive n t o an entir e r ew riting of th e coi1st ituti o n of Acacia in or d er that

1. Pr ov isions m ay be m ade for more definite continuity of ad mini strative acti o n o n th e pa rt of the Grand Officers.

2. Chang es which a r e th e o u tgrowth o f the ex pe ri enc e of the fraternity so fa r may be inc o rp o r ated in car e fully selected langu age in th e body of th e text.

3· T he cons tituti o n may be m ade as s impl e and as strong as p oss ibl e so as to se rve its purpose with o ut a m endm e nt f o r many years, proviSi o n b e in g sec ur ed thr o ugh a m end m ent of By-Laws t o m ee t n ecess ary ch a n ges as th ey m ay present themselves through th e developing years

Th e fu nd a m e nt a l w eakn ess of Acacia und e r it s pres e nt organ izati o n, as has b een d eve l ope d in ex perience, is th e lack of continuity of administrati o n. The plan o f having all offic ial s clos e t h e ir t e rms at the sa m e tim e is a def ec tiv e o n e . It is urg ed u pon t h e co n s id e r at io n of this Conclave that ser iou s thought be g ive n to s uch a reorgan izat io n as w ill prov id e l o ng er t e rm s of office, at leas t f o r th e Grand P r es i'dent, the Grand Secretary and the Gr a nd Tr eas ur e r , a nd whic h sha ll a lso prov id e that no two of th ese s h a ll go out of o ffic e in the s ame yea r If a G r a nd Co uncil could be prov ided cons is tin g of these three office r s a nd thr ee o th e r m emb e r s, the terms of one o ffic er and o ne m emb e r exp iring eac h yea r , the l ength o f term in each case being

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three years, it would be greatly to the advantag e of the fraternity. I recommend, therefor e, that thi s Co nclav e app o int a co mmitt ee on co n ti t ut ion which shall give the subject th e most ca reful co n s id e r a ti o n in th e m o nth s imm e dia te ly following, which co mmittee shall rec e ive and s tudy s ugges ti o ns o ff e r ed it by any m ember, and that this committee be in structed t o pr e par e and pr ese nt in print e d f o rm to the next Conclave such proposed co n s tituti o n f o r final appr o va l and ad opti o n. R espectfully submitted , FRANCI S VI' SH EPARD ON , Chica go

REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON AUDITING AND BUDGETS

T o, the Grand Pr esid ent and D eleg at es of A ca cia:

Your committee has e xamined th e bo o ks and acc o unt s o f th e Grand S ecr e tar y md Grand Treasurer and have found the books of th e Grand Trea s ue r and the r eport submitt ed by him to the Conclave corr ect, e xce pt that th e co mmitte e had n o mean of checking definitely all of the amounts reported to have be en rec e ived by him fr o m th e Grand Secretary.

Your committee has checked with the entries made by Grand S ec r et a ri es J e nkins and Groves, in the old ledger started by Bro . Jenkins, the e ntri es co pi ed by Bro . Groves into the n e w loose leaf ledg e r and hav e f o und th e m co rrectl y co pi ed.

Your committee has found it utterly impossible to audit the b ooks o f th e Grand Secretary, in their present form, for the following reasons:

r. No duplicate receipts are kept by the Grand Secretary, and there is n o means of ascertaining the correctness of the entries of cash receipts.

2. But five chapters submitted any kind of statement of their accounts with th e Grand Council. One of these (Ohio) was in the proper form and complete . A second, though not in the prescribed form gave the necessary data. A third gave the . necessary data since January r, I9I9 only. The fourth was worthless. The fifth failed . to check with the Secretary's account. In the absence of these reports from ev e ry chapter and in proper form it is imp ossib le to audit the ledger accounts of the Grand Secretary.

3. The usual methods and conventions of bookkeeping practice are not followed in the books submitted, and the ledge r accounts have not been balanced for the present year

4· The system of books as adopted by the former Grand Secretary and at present continued is cumbersome and inadequate.

No attempt was made to check the cash book or day book against the ledger because , due to the lack of duplicate r eceipts and chapter accounts as above noted, such checking would r equire severa l days time , and the results would be of n o value when obtained.

Your committee wishes to make the following recommendations:

r. That for simp licity and convenience a loose leaf system , similar to the present ledge r , shou ld be used for the cash book, j ournal and bank account, and that all four units be kept in one binder.

2. That the credit side of the cash book show the amounts paid t o th e Grand Trea sure r rather than the warrants drawn on the Grand Treasurer.

3· Th at for simplicity and convenience entries be made on a columnar s h ee t in the binder, showing as to each warrant drawn on the Grand Treasurer th e name o f payee, warrant No., date and amount. This will furnish all the data that n eed be kept regarding warrants.

4. That the Grand Secretary for his own protection as well as f o r th e co nvenience of auditing committees, use a duplicate receipt form , the original th e re o f to be retained by the Grand Secretary and the duplicate to be sent to the r e mitter.

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s. That the p r ov isions of Sect ion · 17 of the By- L aws of th e. Fraternity r eq uirin g each d elegate to the conclave t o furnish an it emiz e d statement s1gned by the Chapter Pr es ident and Sec r eta ry , of m oney paid b y th e chapt e r t o the Grand S ec retary be ri g idly enf orced. For the purpose of in suring compliance with thi s sect ion, your .committ ee s ugg es t s an amendment th e r eto providing that the delegates expe n ses shall not b e paid by the Grand Council unless s uch itemized statement i: furni shed.

The Budget for the ensuing year ha s n o t as yet b ee n s ubm1tt ed t o your comm1ttee.

A r epo rt will be r endered ther eo n lafer.

Respectfully submitted, .

D. A. EMBURY, Chairman , Co lumbia , F H LANDRUM, Ohio State, CHA NDOS Ev ERETT BusH, California .

REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON COLORADO

Champaign, Ill. , September 20, 1919.

T o th e Grand President and D elegates of Acacia:

Your Committee regr e ts that tim e and faciliti es for o btainin g inf o rmation have been inad equat e for a full and satisfactory investigation of th e m atte r s r e f e rred to it. The D e legat e from Colorado has be en a member o f the Chapter but a little over one year and is unabl e to furnish information r ega rding conditions before th e time when the hou s e was given up. From the evidence -presented by th e D el egate your committee is unab l e to decid e wh et h er th e Chapter has had non-memb e r s r oo min g or boarding at th e h ouse pri o r t o the time when this was pe rmitted by ruling of the Grand Council and s ince th e 1915 Conclave. In the absence o f positiv e a nd co nclu s ive evidence o f such def ec ti on , ther e is, of course nothing for y o ur Committee to take action upon.

In the matter of th e admission of active members of other ge n e r a l, so cial , underg raduat e Fraternities t o m e mb e r ship, the m a jority of your Committee is of the decided op ini on that such acti o n on th e part of th e Chapter does n ot, in any sense, constitute any vio l a ti o n of an y Constitutional o r ot h er authorized r eg ulati o n o r ruling ' o f the Fr ate rni ty, ex pre s s or implied.

Y our Co mmitt ee is co nvinc ed that th e s ituati o n of thi s chapter is p r eca ri o us, that 1ts co ntinu e d ex iste nc e with th e dearth o f material from which to se l ec t can obtain only as the r es ult of st r eim o u s and pe r s ist ent eff o rt on th e part of it s m e mbers , and that the adoption o f leg islati on e ith e r wh o lly o r partially r es trictin g dual membership will a lm ost certainl-y r e'su lt in the extinction of the Chapter. Th e :p el egate, however, has assur e d your Committee that the m e n o f th e Chapter are n ot on ly willing but a n x iou s t o make their utm ost endeavo r to k eep th e Chapter ali ve and t o build it back t o normal st r engt h und e r whatever co nditi o n s may be impo se d upon it. H e has asked th at th ey be g i ven the oppo rtunity to mak e this e ff o rt. Und e r th ese circumstances, and particularly in view o f th e fac t that th e pr ese nt period of p ost- war r eco n str uction is one fi ll e d w ith troubles and difficulties for the most of u s, it is the unanimous sentim en t o f y o ur Commi ttee and your Committee r eco mm e nds that further co nsiderat io n of the Co l o r ado s ituat io n be deferred until the n ext annual Conclave, that during t h e ensuing yea r spec ia l e ffort be made to have a m emb e r o f the Gr and Council o r at l eas t a Di strict Co un se lor v is it t h e C hapter at lea s t o nc e and ' seve r a l times if possible for t h e p ur pose o f becoming fu ll y in fo rm e d as to the conditions and of rendering any possib l e assistance, and that the Fraternity genera ll y ex t end to th e Ch apte r ever y po ss ibl e aid and supp ort to the en d that we l eave n othing und on e th a t li es w ithin our power to prevent the loss o f one o f o ur Chap t ers and th a t the Fraternity end eavor to impr ess upon this Chapte r that it is a crit ical condition and o n e w hich it must m eet w ith st r e nuous , cease l ess effort and un se l fis h sac rifi ce if it s ur v ive, but ' if the sit-

uation be met in such mann e r, th e Ch a pt e r will ha ve th e wea lth o f Acaci a piri t a nd the str e ngth and s upp o rt o f th e e ntir e Frat e rnit y t o ba ck it in its fight. R es pectfull y submitte d, D. A. EMB URY , Chairman , Columbia , KARL K. BoR SACK, Wi sco n s in , O TTo C. TEGE MA NN, H a rvard.

REPORT OF DELEGATE OF NEW Y OR K ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

Br o th er Gra.nd P.r esid e11t a11d Br e thr en :

The New York Alumni Associati o n of Acacia Fraternity has pa ssed thr o u g h the strenuous period of the great World War with a record of patriotic activity that is truly commendable , and has conclud ed the pre sent year with a m emb e r s hip of 131 and a balance of $33-54 after paying all expenses.

Over thirty l!lembers were in military service, wearing the khaki and th e blue , and many other members were engaged in the Draft Boards and other esse ntial war activities.

Nine well attended meetings were held during the year.

Early in the fall, on October 2, rgr8, we were called upon to pay our la st tribute to Brother William Homan, 33rd degree, Active and Honorary Presid ent of our Association, who died on September 30, 1918. A large delegation of Acacian s were present at the funeral , and a beautifu l floral piece in the form of r a right-angled triangle with the word "Acacia" inscribed formed one of the many b eautiful floral pieces, a gift from our association.

Another of our members, Worshipful Brother George W. Kessler, died but a f e w weeks later, on October 21, rgr8, and suitable resolutions were prepar ed in both instances.

At our October meeting a letter was read from Most Worshipful Ge o rge L. Schoman, 33rd degree, Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Iowa , and an H o norary of Acacia Fraternity , in wh ich he urged the formation of a National Masonic War Relief Association, and the same was unanimously approved and th e unqu a lified support of the association pledged

Too great praise cannot be given to the work of our Patriotic Co mmitt ee, who wrote monthly letters to all members of the association, whose addre ss es could b e obtained , in active military service, and many were the words of g enuine appreciation received from the boys "over there" who were hungering for any n e w s what s oever from home and especially from Acacia.

At the patriotic Victory Party held in December, 1918, eleven of th e br e thr en in uniform w e r e pr es ent in additi o n t o so m e tw ent y -fiv e oth e r m emb e r a cco m pa ni ed by the ladies. Patriotic addresses and musical selections were followed by dancing and refreshments

At the January meeting, Most Worshipful Herbert C. Rorick , 33rd deg ree , Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of New Jersey , and Right Worshipful Har old E . Lippincott, Judge Advocate of the Grand Lodge of New York , and an officer o f S ea and F ield Lodge No. r, gave us instructive address es on diff e rent phas es of M aso nic W a r activity, and Columbia Chapter was fortunate in subsequently Br o th e r Lippincott's name as an honorary member to its roster.

In February over one hundred Acacians , many in uniform , and th e ir la di es attended a St Valentine's Party at Delmonico's as the guests of th e P r es ide n t o f th e association and Mrs. Lawrence, at which music , dancing , and a midnight s up pe r we r e the features.

Over fifty members including some fifteen in service a tt e nd ed the M a rch m ee t in g at which Major Graem e M. Hammond , M. D. d escrib ed th e m e th o d s of e xaminati o n

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of the men for n ervous and mental disease s prior to overseas duty, a nd Dr. Theron W. Kilmer gave an illustrated lect ure on th e mensingraph , a new unpubli sh ed phot ograph ic method of permanently r eco rding chan ges in form and s ize of obj ects or pe r sons du e to any caus e, and especially adapted for military purp oses.

Some thirty Acacians attended the Victory Dinner at th e Masonic Club in April in conjunctio n with Columbia Chapter, and the three newly in sta ll e d members of the latt e r , all of whom had been in military service, spoke and patriotic addresses were made by Li eut. A. A. Jenkins, form e r Grand Secr et ary of Acacia, a nd othe r m embers of the association who had been in military service.

Some seve nt y-five Acacians and th e ir ladi es accepted th e in vit a ti o n t o celebrate Founders' Day at Eastview in the Westchest e r Hills, some tw enty-fiv e mil es from New York, at th e residence of Brother and Mrs. H. A. Brown . A picnic luncheon , music , cards, dancing, a visit to the 750 wounded soldiers at B ase H os pital 38 n e arby, a nd the annual election of o ffic e rs was the programme of the day.

The New York Alumni Association has throughout the war made the Columbia Chapter House, at 357 West II9th Street, its headquarters , and has in this way greatly aided the latt e r chapter in carrying the burdens incid ent to absent active members in war service, and esp ec ially in returning th e chapter this spring back to the n e wly initiated and returning activ e members.

Hospitality has been extended to all br ethr en going and coming from war service and while in New York City , and every effort has been made to keep in touch with all Acacians taming to New York. The most cordial and fraternal relations have existed between our association and the various Masonic bodies of the Metropolitan District, with our Grand Officers, and Columbia, and the other nearby chapters.

Our dues are one dollar per annum, and all our meetings have be e n reported by t h e Mas onic Standard , the leading Masonic organ of New York City.

Many o f o ur members have· identified themselves with the National Mas o nic Research S oci ety, and contributions of merit have been made to th e ir official organ, Th e Builde r , by our m ember s hip .

Quite a number of our m e mbers are officers or past officers of Lodge Chapter Commandry or Scottish Rite Bodie s, and take an active part in Masonry. ·

We believ e that o ur own ass o ciation , the Chicago Alumni Association, and the o th e r alumni associations, hav e demonstrated the real value and worth of such organized Acacia Bodies, and that th ey serve a distinct purpo se in advancing the co nstructive human service that constitutes the aim and end of our b eloved Fraterni"ty by bringing tog ether all Acacians of a given locality, regardless of their chapter affiliations.

In condusion we would rec o mm end that r eports o f th e va ri o u s c h apte r s and alumni associati ons be presented to the conclave in writing , to th e e nd that a clear, concise summary of all data r elating to th e particular body be quickly read, questions asked and answered, and th e accurate r e port duly fil e d with the Grand Secretary for subseq uent printing in the proce e dings of said conclave.

Respectfully submitted,

G. ALFRED LAWRENCE, Delegate, New York Alumni of Acacia Fraternity.

September 1, 1919.

Finally th e N e w York Alumni Association extends greetings and a cordial invitation to our Grand Officers, pr ese nt delegates, members of roster alumni associations and all br ethr en of the several chapters to visit us in New York City-come often and stay long.

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REPORT OF COUNCELLOR FOR DISTRICT NO. 1

B r ot h er G raud President and Brethren:

O n J a nuar y 7, 1919, o ur Grand President appo inted m e Cou n se ll o r for Di trict o. r , co m1 ri s in g Har va rd , Ya l e. Co lumbia and Frankl in Chapt e r o f Acacia Frat e rnity I imm e diat e ly accepted the h ono r a n d proceeded to enter into the dutie s of th e o ffic e by writing to th e chapter advi o r of Frank l in Chapter and communicat in g in pe r son w ith th e chapte r adv iso r of Co lum b ia Chapter. At Grand President Ekblaw' s r equ est t h at I s u ggest to him t he name o f a m e mb e r o f Har vard h a pt e r and f Ya le Chapte r t o act as chapte r advi so r s of their r espect ive chapter , I commun icated with Past Venerab le D ea n , Pau l A m ands o n. o f Harvard Chapte r . and r eco mm e nd e d th e nam e o f Broth e r Francis V. Co nn e r as chapte r adv i o r o f th e sa m e.

This s u ggest io n was imm e diat e ly fo r wa r ded t o G r and Pres id ent Ekb law, a nd up on hi s s ub seq u ent appo intm e nt o f B r ot he r Conne r a nd th e l a tt e r 's acceptance, I wrote him a sking t he exact sta tu s of Acac ia at Harv a rd Uni vers it y.

At th e sam e tim e I c o mmunic ated b y le tt e r with Br ot h e r s John R chult z, C. W. Hall , A. T. L e wi s, Henry N Gri e n e r , W. R. D owns, a nd personal ly in te rviewed Brother W a rr e n , W. Hilditch , and Ch ar les N. D o wn s r ega r diqg t h e s itu at ion at Yal e a nd the r eco mm e nd at io n o f a m e mb e r as chapt e r advi so r.

Sh o rtl y th e r ea ft e r Past Ve n e rabl e D ea n Albert F Coy le, wh o had been e n gaged in Y M. C. A. w o rk in South e rn ca m ps, spe nt severa l days in New Yor k C ity e nr o ut e to Archang e l, Russia , t o carry o n "Y" wo rk with th e Ame ri can Expedit io n a r y Force in that far d ist a nt part o f th e w o rld Brother Coy le din e d w ith m e o n two occas io ns durin g hi s s tay, and we di sc u sse d at l ength th e s it u a ti o n at Ya l e, and up o n his r eco mm e ndati o n I f o r wa rd ed th e n a m e o f the Rev. F r an k Tuck e r of the Ya l e School o f Religion, a nd s u gges t ed his appo intm ent as ch apte r a dvi so r o f Yal e to ou r Grand Pr es id e nt.

Up o n r ece ivin g n ot ic e of Brother Tuck e r' s a ppointm ent a nd ac ce ptance o n April 22, 19 19, I wrote him a l o n g l etter as kin g for full pa rticular s of the Yale s ituat io n from hi s view point, and urgin g th e War Fund Driv e so far a s it co uld b e car ri ed o ut at Yal e

Brother Tucker in reply confirmed th e v iews o f all with wh o m I had comm unicated e ith e r in per so n o r by le tt e r that in asm uch as eve ry act i ve m ember wa engaged in war se rvic e it would be impra c ti cab l e t o place th e chapter o n o ur act ive stat u s unt il the fall o f 1919.

It was with d eep regr et that I saw in the N e w Yo rk H e r a ld of A u g u st 5, 1918, that Brother Coy l e had bee n cap tur e d by th e B o lshev ik in N o rth e rn Rus s ia. I wou ld s ugge s t that our Grand S ecretary be instructed to write to Mrs Coyle, ex tending o ur sy mpa t hy in thi s e nf o r ced se parati o n , a nd t he h o pe th at Brother Coy le w ill oon b e rest o r e d t o h e r c o mpanion s hip and hi s former u sef ul activities.

Furth e rm ore I w o uld s u gges t that the co un se ll o r t o be appoi nt ed by the in co min g Grand Pr es ident immediately get in t o uch with th e Yale C hapter advisor and a ll a lumni in N ew Hav en and vicinity, and r e-esta bli s h the chapt e r o n an act ive bas is

On September 20, 1918, whil e attending th e an nual sess io n of a n o th e r Masonic Body in Bosto n, it was my privil ege t o visit th e H a r va rd Acacia H o u se at 16 P r escott Street, Cambridge, Massachusets T o my great r eg ret Br o th e r Pau l Amundson was away , and I f o und the hou se o ccupi ed by t e n Masons, using th e sa m e as a Service Club f o r Mas o ns while in attendance at th e U. S. Radi o Schoo l at H a rv a r d University; and thi s arrang e m ent continued f o r the p e ri od o f th e w a r Th e Har vard Chapte r has now, however , successfully passed th e critical pe ri o d of r econst ruc tion an d w ith ex celle nt prosp ect s f o r th e c o ming year.

Br ot her M V. Conner, o f 44 Br oo mfi eld s tr ee t , B osto n , Ma ss., w as appointed c h ap t e r advisor by o ur Gr a nd President on February 7, 19!9, and has proved a

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pill ar of strength in r esto rin g the chapter to the active li st . W ith the h ea rty tion of the o th e r a lumni , tw el ve active m en were pl acd u pon the m e mbershtp roll during the spr ing t er m o f 1919.

Brother Co nn e r ha s court eously k ep t me fully inf o rm ed as t o th e s ituation, and se nt me copies of all co rr espo nd enc e with the Grand Council , and forwarded me a copy

o f Th e Bull etin of July , 1919.

Too much praise cannot be given Broth e r Co nn e r and hi s associa t es in publishing such a complete and timely record of Acacia activities at Har va rd during the period o f th e war and up to th e present time . Seventy - three m emb e r s ar e inscribed on their r o ll of h ono r as having worn the uniform of their country in se rvice during the r ece nt wa r, and a ll m ember s hav e not as yet replied ot the questoinaire. This list includ ed f our maj o r s, sixt ee n captain s, tw enty - five lieutenants, two ensigns, and twentys ix n on-c ommiss ion e d officers and m en .

At m y ea rn es t so licitation Br o ther Conner immediate ly launched the War Fund Dri ve, and succeeded in collecting $70.50 which, with $r.oo collected by the New Y o rk Alumni of Acac ia Fraternity and credited to H arva rd Chap t er, made the latt e r' s total contribution · to the drive $71.50.

Since their reorganization meeting he ld on Mar-ch 25, 1919, in addition to initiating twelve new men, the house has been renovated, informal smokers were held on several occasions to which Masons att ending Harvard University were invited , and full. re lations with the Grand Council reserved.

Death claimed their brother , First Lieutenant E. R. Wil so n , in the fall of 19 18, and while in the service of the United States Army.

Nine of th e ir m emb e rs are acti ve as o ffic e rs of various Ma so nic Bodi es other than Acacia.

Ven e ra! Dean Otto Stegemann was elected official del ega t e t o the present conclave.

The chapter house is under the control of the Acacia Tru st, and sixty members have made contributions totaling $3131 toward the building fund, and twenty additional m e mbers have pledged $200 each, payment on which is d e ferred.

At pre se nt there is a mortgage of $8ooo on the house with a v a luation of $9ooo , so that the trust has an equity of $rooo in the house, a $rooo bond and cash on hand of $363.50. For th e first tim e in th e hi s t o ry of th e tru s t th e r e was a deficit totaling $151.47, owing to th e non-r ece ipt of rental of rooms from m emb e r s, the small amoi.tnt of r ental received fr om Masons attending the Radio Sch oo l, and the expenditure of seve ral hundr e d dollars for nece ssa ry repairs.

On e hundred and ninety-four m en are now enrolled up o n their r os t e r , o f whom twelve a r e active. A questionaire was sent out to every m emb e r of the chapter to which r espo n se was made in most cases.

In conclusion I would suggest that Brother Conner b e continued as Chapter advi so r , and I believe Harvard Chapter to be on the eve of a s till greater future. With s u ch an h o no r e d past a nd with th e str on g sense o f service in s t a ll e d by th e great World War, Acacia m en of Harv a rd und e r s uch able lea d e r ship will s ur e ly forge ahead and give a brilliant acc o unt of th eir s t ewa rdship in th e imm ed ia te futur e

Franklin Chapt e r at the Univ e rsity o f P enn sy lva nia has also su ccessf ully passed through th e critical stage of r eco n structi on .

Immediately up on Grand President Ekblaw n ot if yin g me that Br ot h e r ] ohn W. Hines wa s chapter advisor o f Franklin Chapte r I wrote him a nd he notified m e that he had sent his r esig nat io n as chapte r adviso r to our Gr and President with the s uggest io n that Brother Clarence B. Richards of 2 10 S o uth 36t h Street, Philadelphia, Pa ., b e appointed to the pos iti on.

I immediately forwarded this co mmunicati on to Grand Pre s id ent Ekblaw with

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the suggestion that this r e com m e ndati on be acted up o n, and sub equent ly received word o f Br o ther Richard s ' appo in tment a nd accepta nc e.

I th e n wrote Brother Richards asking for a full r epo rt o f conditions at Frank lin Chapter, and offe rin g ·to visit the chapte r at my own ex pen e (as I had previou l y done in r espect t o Harvard and Ya le) in case I could be of any r ea l se r vice to them in their pr obl e ms o f r eco n st ru ct io n , and stating that und e r n o circumstances would I pe rmit such a visit to be made a m ere ly socia l oc ca s io n whi l e Acacia was t ill facing the g rim problem s o f po s t bellum r eco n structi o n , much as I wou l d en j oy meeting them in a purely soc ial way.

On Jun e IS , I9I9 , I r ece ived a le tt e r fr o m Bro th e r Rich a rd s, stat ing that the chapt e r had $200 in th e ba nk a ft er the b ill s w e r e paid, a nd the addition of so m e new furnitur e and lin en purchased f o r th e h o u se . A lso a fine po rtr ait of Benjamin Franklin r ep r o duced by th e very g ift ed bru s h of B r o th e r Nitzsche's wife, a n a r tist of ta lent, was pr ese nt ed b y h e r to Franklin Chapte r t oge th er with a po r trait of Dr. G uilf oy l e wh o was o n e of the mo s t act ive m e mb e r s o f th e chapte r , se r ved as President of the l a rg e University Masonic Club, and was gassed in France , dy ing in the se r v ice o f his country- another o f Acacia's h eroes who ha s " gone W e st."

Although I ur ge d Brother · Richard s a s chapte r adv iso r t o und e r take the Wa r Dri ve, h e fo und the sent im e nt of th e chap t e r unf avo r ab l e, they s tatin g that the chapte r was about to l a un c h a drive f o r fund s t o purcha se a la r ge and very desirab le bui l ding s ite which would tax the financial r eso urc es o f th eir member s to th e limit . I a ls o urg e d th a t a d e l egate b e e l ected t o atte nd the pres e nt conclave.

I v is it e d Franklin Chapter o n Jun e 27 th , I9I9 , a nd m et seve r a l of th e m e mber s who were opti mi st ic that a v e ry s ucc essf ul yea r w as in s t o r e f o r th em.

In s pe ction of th e chapter h o u se s h owed a comf o rt able o r der ly h o u se with la rge dining r oo m and suffici e nt bedr oo m spa ce f o r their pr ese nt n ee ds

Forty- e ig ht men wer e a t that tim e up o n their R o ll of H o n o r as h av ing se r ved in the military f o rc es o f th e ir co untr y and a ll a lumni up t o that tim e h a d n o t been h ea rd from ·

Th e ir chapter adv iso r h av in g go ne t o New Yo rk City f o r the s umm e r m o n ths up o n my r et urn to th e l atte r city I h ad seve r a l int e rview s with B r o th e r Ri ch a r ds

On Sept e mb e r 8t h and I Ith, I 919, I a lso v is it e d the chapte r h o u se, and o n Sept emb e r 10th, 19I9, Br o ther Geo r ge H. N it zsc h e d in ed and spe nt the evening with me , and went ove r in d etail their plan fo r th e n e w chapte r hou se and cite o n the co rn e r o f Walnut a nd McAlpin streets, Philad e lphi a, a nd within a ve r y sho r t di sta nc e of th e University Buildings . A c o rn e r pl o t , fr o nting 68 f ee t on Walnut st r ee t and I OI o n McAlpin str ee t b y severa l a rr a n ge m e nt s can be obtain e d for the very r easo n ab l e sum of $13,000, a ll of whic h ca n re main o n fi r s t m ortgage. Two bu ildin g s a r e n o w o n thi s p l o t, a nd ca n be c onnected by a n addit io n costing $3500, and a la r ge dining r oo m can b e added to the r ea r of thi s latter at a furth e r cost o f $ I400, makin g a ve ry large a nd commodious chapt e r h ouse, with unu sually large gro un d p lottage fo r a c ity s it e It is n ot n e cessary ot mak e the se tw o latter impr ove ments at once. Brother Nitzsch e exp e cted th e contracts for th e pu rch ase o f this cite to b e s ig n ed on the day o f o ur int e rvi e w.

A lar ge Maso nic C lub in which Acacians h ol d office presents a fi e ld o f promi s in g cand id ates f o r a large m emb e rship in Frank lin C hapt er.

W ith thi s new c it e sec ur e d the futur e of Frankl in Chapter s hould b e as sured. In case Brother R ich ards r e main s in New Yo rk I would s u ggest that o rn e a lumnus r es idin g in Philadelphia a nd in constant touth w ich Frankl in Chapte r b e appointed. Sho ul d h e r e turn, h oweve r, I wou l d r eco mm e nd hi s reapp o intm ent.

Co lum b ia Chapter durin g th e pe ri o d o f the wa r , o w in o- t o e ve ry a ct ive m e m be t·

being in war service, wa s in cha r ge of a V'Var Ex e cut i ve Co mmitte e o f thr ee a lumni

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o f th e chapter, coope r at ing with an Acti n g Venerab le D ean and an Act in g Sec r etar y, Treasure r , Chapte r Adv isor. Irwin W Dri e h o us was o ne of th e members of this committee, and yo ur counse ll o r was another memb e r and chairman of the same. Th e chapter house was maintain ed as a headq u a rt e r s for a ll Acacians com in g to New York, and espec ia ll y for thos e in Wa r Serv ic e, and eve ry effo rt was madt> to co m e in persona l contact with and ente rt a in the latter.

Th is sp rin g severa l me et ing s we r e held, thr ee act ive members i n itiat ed, and with one active m embe r r e turnin g from war se rvic e, th e chapte r r es umed its normal activities-the War Executive Comm ittee turning ove r some $400 cash to the n ew ly e lect ed o ffic e r s, and with no o ut stand in g debts.

Past Venerab le D ea n Daniel A. Emb ury was elected o fficial delegate to r epresen t Co lum bia Chapter at this conclave.

I hav e attended a ll m ee tings of the chapter, as a memb er of the War Executive Committ ee and as co un se ll or for Di s trict No . I.

D eat h claim e d two of their h o n o r a r y members durin g th e past yea r , Br o ther W illi am H e rm a n Oman, 33rd degree act ive and h onorary, Preside nt o f C o lumbia Chapter; and Br o ther Tim ot hy Mattach Cheermans, Hon o rary former Tru s t e e of Columbia University. T he ir presence w ill be sad ly mi ssed Co lumbia Chapter wa s f o rtun ate, h oweve r , in add in g to its membership r o ll as an hon o r ary m e mb e r the name of R. W. Har o l d Edwa r d Lippincott, Judge Advocate of t h e Grand L odge of th e State of New York, and an o ffic e r in Sea and Fi eld Lodge No. r , th e o nly military l odge warranted by th e Grand Lodge of New Yo rk.

The a lumni of Co lumbi a Chapter in co nn ect io n with the New York A lumni Assoc iatio n have p e rf o rm ed sig n a l se r v ice to their country , t o Masonry, a nd espe cially to Acacia during the m o m ent ou s peri od through which we have r ecently passed.

The Board of Tru st ees h eld t1w o m ee tin gs t hi s sp rin g t o co n s id e r the inc o rp o ration of a h o ldin g company , and to beg ii1 a driv e for funds for t he purpose of purchasing a chapter h o u se o n t h e h ill n ear the Co lumbia University ca mpu s.

The fut ur e o f Co lumbi a Chapter is full of pro mi se a nd in sp it e o f adverse conditions went over th e t op in th e ir War Fund Driv e send in g a c heck o f $147 to the Grand Tr eas ur e r.

Some thirt y men were in act ive military serv ic e a nd pract ica ll y eve ry alumnus en gaged in some f o rm o f essen ti al wa r serv ice.

I wo uld r eco mm e nd that Brother Irwin W. D ore li a n s be r eap pointed chapter advis o r , as h e h as se r ved m ost faith fully and effic ient ly to being o ne of the active Pa st Masters of his Blue Lodge.

Durin g th e sp ring of 19 19 I v is it e d un o fficially Corne ll Chapter, Penn State Ch apt e r , Ohio State Ch ap t e r , and Purdue Chapt e r , a nd found the s ituati o n in eac h case full of promis e f o r th e com ing year.

I n co nclu s ion I desire to mak e the following additional s uggest ions: Counsellor Dis trict No. r.

r. That th e syste m o f Di str ict Co un se ll o r s be continued at least until th e next conclave, in order to fully det e rmin e its va lu e a nd p r act icab ility-the r es ult s during th e past yea r ow ing t o war co nditi o n s affording no c ritici s m as t o its va lu e or defects.

2. That s uch an appoi ntm ent as a Di strict Co un se ll o r s h o uld not on l y be accepted w h e n offered, but a brother so appointed sh o uld c o nsid e r the sa me a g reat hon o r and full y perfo rm the duties of the office eve n th o ugh it in vo lves a considerable personal sac rific e of time and funds.

3- Th at the Di st ri ct Co un se ll ors app o int ed by the Grand President should perform their duties und e r the direction o f th e Grand Counsellor-as deput ies as it w e r e, thus unifying the work.

4· Th at so far as possib le the Di str ict Counse ll o r sho uld visit eac h chapter in

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his district not l ess than once a y ea r, and if po ib le at l ea t twice a year, and at hi own ex p e n se. Should th e Di st rict Counsellor b e unabl e o t a ume th e necc a rY expense , th e Grand Tr eas ur e r und e r th e sa ncti on o f th Grand Chanc ll or shou ld hono-r a n expe n se bill to includ e o nl y n ecessa r y railro ad fare t o and from th e chapter v is it e d a nd n ecessa r y m ea ls e nr oute-the chapter v is ited t o pay any necc sary expenses of the counsell o r wh il e actually v i itin g sa id ch a pt e r.

s. That loca l condition s s urr o un d in g eac h chapter be carefu ll y and accu r ate ly determined by th e Di trict Co un se ll o r in o rd e r that s uch a gene r a l policy may b e ca rri e d o ut t the end that eac h c h apte r may measure up to it s grea t est pos ibilities A chain is o nl y as stro n g a its weak es t link, and w ith a ll lin k s tr o n g ur );at iona l B ody will b e much stro n ge r and a m o r e potent factor in Un i ve r s ity Masonry .

6. That th e m ost intimat e r elat i o n s be e nt e r ta in ed by each chapt r with a ll Masonic B o di es in that Univ e rsity center, thi s to be acc o mp an ied by car e fu l a nd judici o us selection o f h o n o rary memb e rs from among the di s tingui s hed m e mb e r s of th e Craft in the Stat e in which th e chapte r is l ocated , by Acacians taking an act iv e part as o ffic e r s in various Ma so nic B o di es, by invitati o n s t o pr o min e nt Ma so n s to s peak an d be ente r tai n e d at Acacia functi o ns, by r e por ts of Acacia activit ies in th e l eadi ng Ma so nic publicati o n s o f th e vicinity, and b y frequent visits of Acacians s in g ly o r in d e l egations t o Ma so nic Bodies .

Fina ll y, Br o th e r Grand P r es id e nt , I wi s h to thank you persona ll y f o r yo ur unif orm c o urt esy and assistance in d ischar g ing the duti es o f th e office.

Respectfully ubmitt ed,

S eptember r7th, rgrg.

A

G. ALFRED LAWRE NCE, Coun se ll o r f o r Di s trict No. r.

FEW " LINES ' 0 TYPE " ON THE CONCLAVE '1. B Y B L. KIRK.

On e wh o has att e nd ed seve ral Acacia Co ncla ves gains impr ess io n s that g ive him a br oa d e r view of Acac ia and I believe eve ry o n e who e nt e r s int o the work o f a co nclav e se ri o u s ly and w ith th e best interest s o f hi s frat e rnity at h ea rt o r who anxiously obs e r ves th e serious, stud io us w o rk o f a conclave as a spectator, wh o l oves A cac ia ga in s a d ee p e r insight int o its potentialiti es as a Nati o nal Fraternity a nd h as v is ion s o f a cl ose r Nationa l unity. T o him , Acacia appears n ot as a group of chapters , each st riving to put forth its vi e ws and contending strongly for the sup r e m acy o f so m e pe tty vi e ws which its m e mb e r s think vita l to th e ex istence of that particular chapter a l o n e; but as one o r ga ni za tion with branch es at the various sc h oo ls a nd Univ e r s iti es and the int erest of th a t o rgani zat io n of g r ea t e r im portance th a n the int erest of tho se branch e s. The contenti o n s of th e various o n es of th ese br anches be g in to appear less and l ess imp o rtant a nd th e larger p r obl em s o f unific at io n of id eas a nd i dea l s present themse lves.

Th e n ee d of the chapters of a r ea li zat io n o f this cl ose r nati o nal unit y was s h o wn at the la st conclave . On ly o n e chapter had r a ised it s .qu o ta f o r the "'vVar Fund" and m a ny had n o e ff o rt to r aise any part o f th e ir quota a lth o u gh that h a d b ee n th e r equest of th e War Council. Now wa s this o n acc o unt of willful r e fu s al o n th e pa r t of those chapters contr ibuting n o thin g; was it a ca se o f imp oss ibli ty f o r so m e chapte r s b eca u se o f war cond iti o n s; can a n y va li d excuse be o ff e r ed o r was it beca u se tho se chapters were o ut of t o uch with th e Grand Co uncil and othe r chapters in th e Fraternity? I be li eve that a n in vest igat ion w ill s h ow that th e l atter is true in mo s t cases a nd that in th ose cases where the sa m e is true , it ca n a lso b e t ru th f ull y sa id that th e cl osest t o u ch ha s n ot be en k ept with the a lumni. If th en thi s is tru e, there ar e a g r eat

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o f s ocial club to be e nj oyed during college days o r whose on ly connection now is a hazy memory of certa in ceremonia ls of initiation Such alumni are sure ly not a source of sa tis faction to the Fraternity at lar ge although their lack of int erest may not be an embarra s ment to the loca l chapter that is pleased to number them as amoung those who " join e d".

Of course it is n o t p oss ibl e to k ee p th e interest of all alumni; but I believe that a c loser touch b etwee n the nati o nal o rganization and the various chapters will lead to k eepi ng the interest of m ost of them. It has been my pleasur e to talk with alumni from eve ry o n e o f o ur chapters and t o be in the chapter homes of nearly every chapter and those who have shown the greatest inter es t in their chapt e rs are those who co m e from chapters that hav e k ep t m ost in t o uch with the nati o nal o r gan izati o n , and were best posted on its pr oblems and progress. This observat ion is the opinion of all who hav e given th e matter cl ose inv es tigation and carefu l study and many suggestions have been mad e to bring all m e mb e rs t o a br oa der under standing of Acacia its history and id ea l s and t o a fuller appreciation of its meaning.

The legis la ti ve power of the fraternity is in the Grand Conc lave and as that is the central b o dy, id ea l s are to be moulded there . It is theref o re a matter of regret that th e p e rs o nel of that body changes so quickly and complete ly. It is rare indeed that a m ember att e nds mor e than o ne Conclave in th e officia l capacity of delegate. This is because few students li ve p e rman e ntly in th e city wiqere th ey attend college and as the delegates are picked from among the active memb e rs of th e cha ters and our m e mb ers are active f o r so short a time, there is littl e h ope that the chapter will benefit for any very l ong pe ri od at least from the conclave experience of their delegate. Th en th e various chapters have such varied standards for choosing delegates. A prominent a lumnu s present at th e last conclave was heard to say that a chapter should se nd as a delegate that member wh o co uld most strongly r ep r ese nt the v iews of that chapter. What folly and how discouraging to an effo rt t o ward a closer · national unity! S uch a man would b e sent for th e . so le purpose of se lfi s hly forcing onto the fraternity th e vi e ws of his ow n chapter. His super io r natural ab ility places him in a position t o tak e advantage of othe r s of less ability but with broader ideals . Besides the r ep utation of having had a strong r epresentative the chapt e r who sent him gains as littl e as does the fraternity. H e carries back nothing and hi s chapter is loser in that it receives n ot hing from hi s conclave expe rienc e . Some chapters have sent their retiring V enerable Dean. He will not be in the chapter th e f o ll ow ing year but this is a r ewa rd f o r work done. He may have no ab ility as a contender for matters he considers vital to his chapte r or to th e fraternity and he do es n ot return to the chapt e r that sent him to give them the benefit of his experience at the Conclave . That ch apter l oses this opporun ity to gain a better knowledge of what other chapters are doing. Th ey have not availed themselv es 9f a n oppo rtunity to "s wap" id eas. Their del eg at e ha s given but they h ave not received.

S o m e time s, although rarely , one i s sent because he h as b ee n a "good fellow" and th boys want to give him a nic e trip but many have sen t th e Venerab l e D ean elect. Thi s i s a good plan as h e is u s ually the m os t r epr ese nt at ive m a n and is in a g ood p o s iti o n to put into execution th e ideas he gains at the Conclave and thereby b enefi: hi s ow n chapter. But th e r e a r e so many things that are n ecessa ry in a representatiVe under th e present system that it is hard to say what is the best kind of a man to send. Surely if th e Grand Conclave is t o do most good f o r a ll Chapters and if it is to acco mpli s h thin gs worth whil e for a Fraternity w o rth whil e, it is e ntitl e d to good r ep r esentat io n and the Chapters are e ntitled to get the b est r e po rt poss ibl e of its operations b o th by rep o rt and by the r e turn o f some one who was at th e Conclave

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and can be constantly r em indin g the Chapt e r o f what th e Frate rni t y h a t o od tor and is doing.

During the war it w as thought well t o do away with the e xpense of h a ving the Grand Counsellor v is it a ll Chapte r s and A lumni Adv iso r s we r e appointed who lived wher e the Chapter was l ocated and who would v isit the chapt e r and on wh o m the Chapt e r could call for advice. These were eithe r men on the faculty or wer e u ccess ful o r professional men, int erested in the F r aternity. Th is plan wa s a uccess and it wa s found that a cl oser national unit y was estab li shed through them.

But there is st ill n eed in o ur Fraternity for bette r means of unificati o n. nd I think th at the proper pl ace for it is in the Annual Grand Co nclav e · but h o w ca n we mak e it more effic ie nt in this re spect ? '

Som e of o ur alumni hav e proposed a sc h eme that appea l s t o m e a s v e ry go o d. P e rh aps in working it o ut there w ill n eed t o be s o me ch a ng es a nd me a l te r a ti o n s will be n e cessa ry in s uppl y in g the details; but the genera l schem e is s imil a r t o that used in m ost of the strongest Fr ate rn a l o r gan izat io n s as we ll as Co ll ege Fraternitie s

The k ey n o t e of this plan is to g iv e eac h Chapter a lar ge r r ep r ese nt ation. The y s hould b e r epr ese nt ed by o n e man whose r e pr esentat io n is more o r l es s permanent from y ea r to y ea r. And th ey s h o uld also be r ep r esented by the one wh o can carry back w h at h e learns at the Co ncla ve and wh o is in the best pos it ion t o giv e it t o the Chapter. Th ese tw o r ep re se ntativ es s h o uld be th e Alumni Adviser and the Ven e rable D ea n e l ect . T o m a k e this more effec ti ve, the office of A lumni Adv iso r s h o uld b e m o r e p e rman e nt.

H e s h o uld be chosen by the Chapte r with th e consent of the Gr a nd Co uncil and retain th e o ffic e until rem ove d by the Grand Council up o n r eq u est of the Chapter; thus in s urin g greater permanency. He shou ld be a r ep r ese nt at iv e because he is more or l ess permanently fix e d in that office . H e is in a position to ca rr y in min d t r aditi o n s a nd id ea ls of the Fraternity a nd s o h e lp maintain a co ntinuity fr o m year t o yea r. H e is a man of f o rc e and ability and can r e pre se nt hi s chapter's int e r ests but broad mind e d a nd able to r epr ese nt the Gen e ral Frate rniti es inter ests as well. It will be seen tha t this will pr ov ide a larg e r a ttend a nc e of m e n who are of the pr o pe r material fr o m which to pick repr ese ntative Grand Officers.

A Conclave composing men of this caliber wi ll be a great in sp ir at ion a nd will be an eve n b et t e r school of in s truction for th e Active Chapters th a n at the present. Such an institut e shou ld b e attended b y ea ch Ve n e rabl e D ea n e lect in order that h e may b e th e better able to lea d and in s truct hi s Chapter the following yea r , is the executiv e of his Chapter. H e has learn e d much of the traditions of the Fraternity. H e has gained a broader v iew and w ith the id ea ls o f the Fratern ity at heart. h e is in th e bes t positi o n t o l ea d his Chapter.

I be li eve that much good m ay be accomp li shed in a Conclave of this kind, that a broad e r sy mp at h y will be m a ni fested be twe e n c h apters; that a bette r kn o w le dg e o f c o nditi o n s w ill b e gained, and that any sec ti ona l s trif e will be diminish e d .

When the Grand Editor asked me to write so m e s id e- lin e im p r es s ions of Conclave for The Journal, I experienced another ta s te of the sen sa tion that a n ew m emb e r of Acac ia in va ri ab ly h as whe n h e takes hi s seat among the brethren for the first time. My impress ion s won't unc ove r anything that is new to men like George Frazer, G. A lfr ed Lawrence , Bon Kirk, J F Groves and o th e r Conclave vete ran s of a like vintage; yet a t the same t im e I fe e l tl1at I h ave so m et hing o n the m en who ha ve n eve r sa t in on a national 1 l gat1enng.

However d ee pl y imbu e d wtth Acac ta sp mt a man may feel. ho\YeYer

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well he may have learned the lessons that the brothers of his own chapter ha ve imparted, however diligently he n:ay have sought after the truth as Acacians see the truth,-the fact remams that one who has yet to attend hi s first Conclave has a great awakening in store. . The men who had the good fortune to attend the 1919 at Urbana, especially those of us who had attended one previOusly, v:rere given a lesson in Acacia loyalty that wtll be remembered when other thmgs about th e Conclave have passed into oblivion. I refer to the spirit and actions of Brother Elmendorf£ of Washington chapter, a man who wrote his name indelibly into Acacia annals as one could and did put the welfare of Acacia nationally ahead of that of hts own unfortunate chapter . Washington chapter, through this able and devoted representative, will a lw ays have the most profound good wishes of the other c hapters, and if ever the time comes when Acacia can make another start at Seattle I hope that Wisconsin chapter may have a hand in reinstating that chapter. If ever the time comes when Acacia can have a Conclave consisting of men of Elmendorff's type, men who can see beyond their own individual chapter interests and think and act for the greatest good of the greatest number, I want to attend that Conclave, though I must come from the farthest co rner of the globe to do it. .

Necessity, it would seem, is the mother of more than Invention. The predicament of Kansas State chapter, which necessit a ted their se nding a faculty man to Conclave, took on the aspect of a blessing in disguise Brother Kent, our Grand Vice-President-elect, ought to be one of the strongest influences for progress and development that we have on the Grand Council. At least, his work in Conclave wa-s of a character which would lead to that conclusion.

Brother Kent literally rolled up his sleeves and sailed into the mass 0f work remaining for the closing day of the Conclave, and he proved valuabl e a man on the floor that the delegates voted for him a lmost to a man. The Kansas State representative struck a popular note when he appealed to the delegates to let technicalities go by the boards, and his spirit first and la st was that of a real leader.

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I am sure that a lot of the old-timers would have enjoyed the battle between Brothers Borsack of Wisconsin and Stegeman of Harvard when they went to the mat on the time-honored Greek question. Borsack has li ved und er the conditions that the mid-western chapters hav e had to face on th e dual membership proposition, and he was loaded for bear. S tegeman was coac hed by an able advocate of the old school, Kelley Renecker, and he put up an argument that would have done credit to men with more years in cac ia than he has had months of life.

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much can not be said for the hospitality of the Illin o is chapter. For o n e thmg, they presented a chapter life that should be an ideal to other chapters. They certainly mad e things pleasant for the delegates and visitors and. eventf ul September days will long be rememb ered by all parh c tpat ed.

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Th e Baby chapter was most ably represented by Delegate Dunlay and his brother, and Texas looks to have a bright future in Acacia. We at

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Wisconsin cannot refrain from commendi ng th e s plendid wo r k of ou r late lamented Broth er Trele ve n in building so we ll f o r A cac ia d o w n a t the south e rn end o f th e circuit. * * * * * * * * *

I wa n t t o be pr ese nt at Co ncl ave a t Mi nn eapo li s n ext y ea r, a nd I am s ur e th a t eve r y ma n of th e 19 19 gr o up f ee ls t h e arne way abo u t it. Ca liforni a , se nd B u s h a gain; and Harva rd , if y ou se n d Steg eman be s ur e a nd le t u s kn ow so th a t B o r sac k ca n b e th e r e t o g r eet him . L aw r en ce E . M eye r (W is .)

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BERKEL E Y, CAL 2717 Ha ste S t r ee t , B e r k eley, Ca li f.

B r o th e r W. E lm e r E kb law, G r a nd E dit o r o f th e Acac ia F r a te rni ty , W e t Was hingt on , U rb a n a , Ill.

De ar B r ot he r: J a n 19, 19 20. F o r th e fi r st tim e 111 t wo a n d on e- h a lf y ea r s th e U n ive r sity of Ca li-

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fornia opens with the Acac ia . Chapte r on _ the T hi s Chapter lette r for the Acacia Journal w ill o f n ecess it y be limited to the s t a tements of facts, eve nt s, and ac hi eveme nt s whi c h ha ve tak e n p lace du rin g the abov e me ntioned t im e .

When co ll ege closed in Ju ne 1917 the following members received degrees: Mason A. Johnston , A. B.; H. R. Weber, A. B.; Charl es R. Bell, A. B.; S P. Walton, J. D.; Leland S. Be ll , A. B.; Marc Ho lly er, B. S.

During the s ummer , Bro th e r s H: E. S t ep h ens<!n, N. C. _L: H Ba r ton, C. L. Swa nt on, A. G. Burnll , W . C. E lli ot, and Cns Fox Jomed the Mason ic A mbul ance Co rp s. Th e oth e r broth e r s took up war work st udie s in the S umm e r Sc h oo ls.

In A ug u s t 1917, Brothers A. S. Billingsley, R. G. Houston, F. K. Haight, H. W. Tohnson of Iowa, C. H. K un sman , a p ledge; C. G. P ri ce, R 0. Sc h ofie ld , R·. A. Reynolds , a nd H. S. Killian rea sse mbled at the Ch a pter Ho u se and decided to h old out by t ak ing in boarders until th ey could get permission to s ubl ease th e h ou se for th e un exp ir ed period of s ix months. Severa l Acac ia n s from othe r Chapte r s w h o were taking wo rk in the Aviation G r ound Sc ho o l ca ll ed o n u s. During- this semester B r o th e r s Killian, Price, Sc h ofie ld, Reynolds , B r enda !, A. G. Weber, Rob so n, F inl ey, Monlux, Ream, Minkler, Foster, Bail ey, Morris , a nd Walton e nt e r e d th e Serv ice.

Broth e r E. D. F ly nn married G ladys Co tter of Oak la nd.

During- th e Chri st m as vacat ion , 1917-'I8, th e House was subleased and th e furnitur e was sto r ed in the h omes of A lumni in Berkeley.

When the spr in g se m es t e r began John so n , Kunsman, a pl edge, Houston and B illin gs ley h ad ad j ace nt rooms a nd kept the Ch ap t e r in ev idence. Brother Houston was taking a n aviga ti on co ur se in the Ferry Building preparator y to e nt er in g th e Navy. "D ick" Sc h ofie ld was asigned by the A rmy to comp le t e hi s medi ca l co ur se at U C. Billingsl ey, Ha ig ht a nd Houston went into active se r v ice. Kunsman wa s G unn ery In spector in the Av iat ion G roun d Sc h ool. Thus, the Ca lif o rni a Chapter became IOO o/o Serv ice men and the Cha rt e r was turn ed ove r to A lumnu s Cozens. "A r chi e" B illings ley returned to co ll ege f or th e spri ng se m es ter IC)I 9, a nd imm ediately sta rt ed an ac ti ve m ove to re-open the Chapter. In Ma r ch , H. R. W e ber ma rri ed Eva F r ye of Chi cago. He i s now r ecove ring from an attack of tub e r cul os is in the san it ar ium at Co lf ax. T h e birthday banquet of th e Ca liforni a Chapt er of th e Acac ia Frat ernity was held in t h e Key Route Inn , Ok la nd , on th e eve ning of A pril th e 12th. Those present were: John A dam s, Harry Ha n se ll, "Pete" D a ley , F rank Haig-ht, Neal Harris, "He in e" Hiller, William Hiney, Marc Holzer, "Casey" Leebrick, William McDonald, C laude Monlux, Frank Pin sk a , Ben P r att, " Kenn" Rogers, Halley Stephen so l],, Cha rli e Stewart. Carlos White , Bert Wilson , "Archie" Billingsley, Ed. Flynn, Fred Cozens, "Kill " eKyes, "Ted" Berringer , and Charlie Swanton of California Chapter, and " Jimmi e" Marshall , a nd L. Bussert of Leland St a nf o rd Chapter.

Way s and me a n s of re-opening the House we re discussed. B illingsley ass ur es u s that "th e enthu s ias m of th e A lumni was ce rt a inl y e n co ur ag in g." L. Sever H a milt on, '20, was pledged .

A n ex hau sting but va in sea rch was m ade by Billings ley a nd Hamilton for a hou se to r ent and up on consultatin wi th A lumnus Carlo s W hit e the v de cid ed to buy. · ...

. On A ugu st 19, L. Sever Hamilton , J. Stewart Fliege , E rwin W. Blair, Chandos E ve ntt B u sh and Earl V. R obe rt s we r e initi ated at the

Masonic Temple, Berkeley. lumni Flynn and dam alternated a \'. D. and Cozens acted as Secretary .

The untiring efforts to ecure a hou e finally met with ucce d uring the latter part of September when our present Chapt e r Home at 27I7 Haste Street was purchased upon term which could be m et with the a i tance of the A lumni

On <?ctober !st, Brother s Price, Haight, P ratt, Billing ley, Ham ilt on, Bus h , Fhege, Blmr, Roberts moved into the hou e and "that eve11ing they initiated Brothers Robert Jeffrey , E lwyn H. Welch, A. B. and Charles H. Kunsman, B. S.

On October 26, Brothers Robert E. Bowen a nd And r ew . Ha ting were initiated.

Brother John Quincy Adams Daniel s, Junior, was initiat ed on ovember 30, and Gordon Keith, the "3 in I", showed his prowe ss by tubbing an unrul y brother by order of the Chapter in one and a half minutes, and then took up the search for knowledge.

Our married brothers for this semester were Kunsman , andergrift, Reynolds and Johnston.

Up to this time the offices had been assumed by Brothers Pri<;:e, \ . D. Pratt, S. D., Blair, S. S ., Haight, J. S., Jeffery, Sent. and Fliege, Sec . On November 24, 'I9, the following brothers were e lected to se r ve during the Spring Semester: Welch, V. D., Bush, . D., Fliege, ec., Hastings, Alumni Sec., Bi lings ley, House Man., and Blair, Ass't. H. Man.

The following A lumni brothers attended the Chapter meeting and le nt their assistance in re-organizing the Chapter: R. G. Hou ton, E. K. Roger , K. C. Leebrick, L. M. Bell, E. D. F lynn, Marc Hollzer, A. S. Burrill, W. R. Keyes , Leo Barton, Ralph Marx of Pa., C. G. White, E . J. Berringer, A. G. Weber, B. C. Wilson, C. M. E lli ot, C. B. Fox, C. H. Fox, A. B. Daly, H. E. Stevenson, J. A. Rasor, W. H. Hopkins, and H. T. Gordon .

During the Christmas Vacation I9I9-20, Brother Frank Haight married Marion Havilland of Berke ley; Brother Richard Schofie ld married Genieve Dalton Luff of Santa Rosa and B r ot h er L. Sever Hamilton secretly deserted the Ancient Order of Bachelors by taking onto him se lf a wife, Minnie Vanetta of Kansas.

The Spring Semester of I920 opens with vigor and bright prospects At the first meeting seven names were proposed ;at the seco nd, s ix were balloted upon and found clear. Abo ut thirty other Masons are now being look ed up as available material for Acacia.

The following is a list of the Active members and Pledg-e of this Chapter: Erwin W. Blair, Archibald Billingsley, Robert E. Bowen, Chanclos E. Bush, ]. Stewart Fliege, Franc! K. Haight, L. ever Hamilton, AndrewS. Hastings, Robert J effery (w ho ha s been called home to care for his father' s business during hi s illne ss), Go rdon L. I e ith , Ma on A. John ston, Charles H. Kunsman, Benjamin H. Pratt, Cha lm ers G. Price, Ralph Reynolds, Earl V. Roberts , Elwin H. Welch, Rolland A. Vandergrift and Pledg-ee Henry C. Miller

The members of the California Chapter extend our h eart ie t greet ings to all Acacians and request them to avail them elves of our W tern hospitality when visiting this Coast.

Fraternally yours, A DREW S. HASTINGS, A lumni ec r etary.

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CHICAGO CHAPT E R

CHICAGO, ILL.

CHAPTER OFFICERS 1920-2 1

Venerable Dean Rod e ri ck Dhu

Corresponding Secretary........

Edit o r of· Midway Acac ian

Zimme r man

.Wayne Gut hri e

Asoc ia te- E ditor Arthur Dinwidd ie

" HUMAN SERVICE " R . G . BUZZARD

H for the true h ea rts in Acacia, U for undying love that each bears , M for this motto that guides us, A for the A r c hit ec t p lanning our years. for the n ee d s of th e world round abo ut u s.

S for th e se rvice we willing ly pay , E for the evergreen we have p lant e d, R for rules lived out every day. V fo r the victory won at the ending, I for the intere s t that ever is ther e, C for t h e courage each h ea rt is lending , E for the emb lem we so proudly wear.

THE OKLAHOMA CHAPTER

The Chi cago Chapter extends to the new chapter a h and of hearty welco m e. We have a lway s bee n eager to see Acac ia r ep r ese nt ed in Ok lahoma, and now our long c heri spe d wish has bee n utilized . To see Acacia spread throug-hout th e s tronger sc h oo ls of the Southern states is what we long for now and we r egard the in s tallation of th e Ok lahoma Chapt e r another step in that direct ion. · Masonry is exceptionally strong in th e state of Oklahoma, a nd m e mb e r s of the great Brotherhood have a ke e n int e r es t in th e de ve lopment o f th e order. The great work that is being don e a t the Un iv e r s ity of Ok lah om a by the Masons of th e s tate i s a n assurance that Acac ia will a lways h ave a wonderful field from which to se lect it s m embers. · A s ur vey of the general cond itions at Oklahoma assures u s that the Ok la homa Chapter will prove to be one of th e m os t prominent chapt ers of Acacia. W e welcome Ok lah o ma to our number.

A NEW HOME

Acacia is going t o ha ve a n ew hou se ! Can you im ag in e us wit h a hom e of our own, so me p lace we ca n ca ll our own, so m e place by means o f

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whici: we can build up the trongest chapter of the fraternity ? But th fa ct we_ are to have a new home- that i a ured. The only qu estiOn remammg Is-w hen ?

We have co n s id ered the matter completely and finally after advice from some of our mo st prominent alumni we came to the conclu ion that by October I of the next schoo l year we s hall be in th e n ew home. How do es that sound?

Now we have lot s of con nected, well directed a i tance and what i we action. _We are going to a k our backers in our alumni to get behmd us m our orgamzed campaign. The Ay in Building Assoc iation will be the neucleus around which our organization will be built. We want a ll the alumni of the Chicago C hapter to do all they can to h e lp put it over. W e are going to ask them to pay up on the building fund not es a far in advance as possible, for it will be by thi s •fund that the acquisition of the new home will be realized.

We don't intend to build-we are going to buy. We have three prospective houses in view and their prices range from $45,000 to $ 6o,ooo. ow in order to float this purchase it will be necessary to rais e $15,000 by direct bonus, not based on a first mortgage After this a first mortgage will easi ly take care of the balance of the debt. We can easily handle the interest of the debt and m ake a respectable payment on the principal each year.

O ur house must accommodate thirty men, and we must hav e a chapter of at least thirty to thirty-five.

There are many rea sons why we need a new hou se; it will keep the men together and effect a spirit of unity ; it will eliminate the attendant hardships and los ses from "t ransplanting"; it will be the keystone in our tructure to make Chicago the strongest chapter of Acacia; it will be the st rong link binding alumni to the chapter; we can proudly say " this is our house," it is an economical business proposition, a money saver for the chapter.

Our alumni are behind us and how gratifying it is to know that Let's · get together and push the chapter over the grade of finances; we can do it if we put our shoulder to the wheel and-heave ho!

Remember a new house by October. Let's go

THE INDIANA CHAPTER

The addition of Indiana University to the li st of Acacia chapte r s is one which we feel is worthy of some comment. The Masonic fr aternity was originated by prominent Masonic students of Indiana University in 1916, whose aim was to bring together selective Master Masons with the purpose of ultimately acquiring a chapter of Acacia These men were fortunately some of the most prominent men on the campus. Horace Wysong, because of his position as Assistant to the Unive r s ity Bursar was by everyone and his participation in any movement always had a telhng effect . There were other men in the movement such as Professor Esarey, Frank Levell , Guy Cook, Lester Ruch and well known and well l_ik ed. by the entire student body. The orgamzat10n was not long forcmg It s way to the front and it soon became a great force in all campus activitie s. It was represented on the football, basket ball, and tra_ck teams. One of it s mel!lbers became editor-in-chief of the Indiana Daii,- St ud ent, the college dally paper. The organization acquired a for its "Square Dea l" attitude, and for that reason it had many fn ends m the unorgamzed student body.

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ALUMNI HOPPER

Bro . F loyde Smith, of Texas, spe nt a week w ith u s first the year . The sa me old "Texas" an d "I beg yo ur pardon, s1r." Smtth IS interested in the oil business in the "empire "

Bro. R. G. Buzzard, who is teaching at the Northern Illinoi s State Nomal a t D e Kalb, is a fr eq uent visitor and he keep s informed of his baseba ll team which see m s to be tearing up everywhere 1t plays.

B r o. Maurice Ro senba rg e r is lo ca ted in New A lbany , .

B r o. Ha r vey Duval is working for th e C. & N. W. at Marmet, Wlsconsm .

Bro. Melton, who is t eac hing at Culver Military Acade m y, was one of rhe out- of -t ow n g u ests at our dance. . . .

Bro. Wild le ft sc hool at the e nd of the wmter t er m and I S now teachmg in the sc h oo ls of Van Wert , Ohio.

B r o. Willard Ca rl Sm ith dropped in o n u s un expected ly the other day He h as been in the R ed Cross se rvi ce in Ru ss ia s inc e hi s re lease from the army se rvi ce la s t September His ex p e ri e nces are very interes ting.

B ro . Go r e who ha s bee n s ick s in ce las t November i s s low ly r ega ining hi s s tr e ngth

Bro. R. E. Nash, who was g r ad uat ed from th e La wSchool in March is wo rking in Rockford.

Bro. C. D. Ja co bs spe nt a f ew day s with us early in the year. He is loca t ed at Trivoli, Illinois.

Bro Cla r ence Bell h as been ele c t ed as our delegate to th e Con cla v e at M inn eapo lis this fall.

Bro. Guthri e was the official de legate from Chi cago chapt er to the installation of t h e Indian a Chapter.

B r o. W. H. Pa rk er ha s mo ve d from Morocco, Indiana, to Lagrange, Ill

Bro. A. W. Hendrickson of Logansport, Indiana, h as been to see u s at different times thi s year a nd was one of the v i s itor s present at the Found. e rs ' Day Dance .

B r o. G illiland o f Dartmouth Co ll ege, was h e r e during the winter finishin g the work r eq ui s it e to receiving hi s P h.D . We were a ll g lad to see "Gi lli e" again.

Bro. W. L. Hart was one of our v is itors during the w inter quarter. He is teac hin g m at h ematics at the Unive r s it y of Minnesota, Minneapolis · Bro. Frank Seyde l is located at Seda lia , Mo. "Sy" finished his law wo r k h ere in Ma r ch .

CHICAGO ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF ACACIA

MICHIGAN NIGH T , MAY I.

" B r ot h e r Bob Towner, V D., w il be there and possibly three o r four of the ot h e r brothers fr om th e Michigan Chap t e r "-w rit es B rother Boron, their co rr espo n d in g sec r eta r y. Doesn't that so und lik e Michigan? If they can send s u ch a delegation a ll the way from An n Arbor-as they say, "anxious to get in touch w it h the a lumni-don't yo u think we ou g ht to ha v e fift y men out here to greet them?

The t im e and p lace-6 :30 P. M . next Satu rd ay night at the C it y C lub, 315 Plymouth Co ur t. Bette r p lan o n be in g one of the fifty, meet the r est o f the Chi cago A lumni , and hear w h at Michigan i s do in g this yea r .

T hi s M ay dinner w ill be o ur t hir a meeting wit h act ive men from near-

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by ch apters. Brother Karl Miller, V. D. at P urdu e honored u for the Ap ril giving a comprehen i ve re ume of the Purdue chapter, r ecogmzed as one of the mo s t active chapters of Accaia.

. TI:e Grand C<;>tmci l on the arne day and we wer very fortunate m the Natwnal Officer as guests for the evening. Grand Pre ident, )· F. G r<;> ves spoke with hopeful encouragement of the problems co nfrontmg Acacia at present and the plans being formulated for the onclave next Fa ll at M inn esota.

From Grand Secretary W. E. Ekblaw we learned of the natural difficulties with wh ich he has had to co ntend , in the admini tration of his new dual An ear ly issue of the Journal i promised and we are expectantly awaitmg the first number. Throughout the evenjng, plan were actively discussed to strengthen the Nationa l Organization, in which we, as a lum ni, naturally are vita lly int erested.

With o ur last Dope Sheet, we sent requests to many chapters for a li st of their A lumni in Chicago. Illinois, Minnesota, Michigan, ebra ka, hio, and Wisconsin r ep li ed and as a result about fifteen new nam es ha ve been added to our roster.

Quite a few one dollar ch ecks were thankfully rec e ived in response to our statements o f dues to cover this season's activities . We know yo u want to help make the Chicago A lu mni Association a li ve organization "fo r th e good of the Fraternity,"-the Michigan dinner Saturday even ing is one of the li ve opportuniti es.

c. L. HOLMAN.

4651 Dover Street. Pub li c ity Mgr.

COLORADO CHAPTER OF ACACIA FRATERNITY

1138 Pleasant St., Bou lder, Colorado, December 6 th, 1919.

Dear Brother:

Colorado Chapter sends yo u greetings and will try to give yo u the news of Colorado this term.

For the first time since 1917 things are looking very promising. We ha ve h ad this house s in ce the beginning of the year, but it is a ltogether too small now. That in itself is s ignifica nt of the fact of r e new ed interest. We are comp let ing the purchase of furnishings for our new home at 1061-12 St., the old Long house, wh ich we hold under a two year lea se. At present there are only nine men in the house but after th e first of the yea r we expect to h ave most of the men in our new home .

We s t a rt ed the year with ten old men back in schoo l. in ce school opened we h ave pledged seventeen men and have severa l very good pr?spects in view. Most of these men are upper classmen, only four of them bemg Fres hm en. O n e member of tne Illinois Chapter is with u Brother Dildin e has a lmo st come to the place where he wi ll admit that Colorado is as good as Illinoi s. He came to the house upon arrival and h a been living her e s in ce that t ime.

During the first week of schoo l we gave a smoker to whcih we invited a ll the Masons in schoo l. O ur house was nearly too mall to hold everyone. Cider and dotwhnuts were served and everyone seemed to think that the time was not Seve r a l good prospects were un covered that might not otherwise h ave been found until too late.

Formal initi ation was held on October 24t h , which was f o llow ed by the

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usual. banquet at the Boulderado. Several of the older members responded to toasts. One very good talk was given by Brother Hagen on "Modern Masonry." Ten of the pledges we e r initiated at this time , the remainder of the pledges will be initiated soon after the Christmas holidays.

On November 21st, we gave our first chapter dance at the Boulderado Hotel. The dance was chaperoned by the faculty members of the chapter. Very few of the Alumni found it convenient to attend but we hope that more of them will be on hand the next time we step out.

Our Masonic team has been doing' very good work. We have had charge of the floor work at Boulder 45 twice so far , and have four more to put on next Wednesday.

Attached is a list of our chapter officers, members and pledges. In order that our records may be kept up to date we suggest that you send us your address and the address of any other Alumnus of this chapter that you may know to be in our jurisdiction or any other jurisdiction

Fraternally,

R. L. WHITNEY, Corresponding Secretary.

MEMBERS

Melvin J. Collins

Harold Allen

George R. Bleeker

Walter S. Bach

George 0. Brinkley

William E. Cox

Frelin H. Catterson

William C. Peterson

Parker Deatherage

Ralph N. Traxler

Emil G. Hertert

William J. Steinmetz

Harry Wear

Ivan L. Hiler

Taylor L. Henderson

Leonard Jones

Algon B. Johnson

Anthony J. Killgore

Glen E. Mills

Jack Mitchell

George R. Nelson

Earl J. Perkins

George 0. Sumner

Ray W. Saunders

Russell L. Whitney

PLEDGES

Harold Thompson

Leonard Myers

Ervin M . Howarth

Saul V oren berg

Clifford Mohr

Jas . G. Heppelwhite

Robert Rurward

Alfred G . .Brown

I06r Twelfth St., Boulder, Co'lo.

Dear Brother: · April 17, npo.

. The Colorado Chapter of Acacia we believe is making history for itself this year. After weeks of worry and no end of running around with leases

and options we were finally able to move into thi hou e. The n e w home h as to be a ll that we h oped it wo u ld be, and ev e ry memb e r of the IS JU S_t ly proud of it . The table i full to ov e rflowing a nd th hou se 1 as full as 1t can be . A wh o le lot of the u cce of the p lac e i due to our cook h a s ur e made a name for her elf in Bould r . Any m a n w ho ltve s on the hdl get a long mil e on hi fa ce when h e i a k ed to at a meal h ere, because h e knows at lea t by h ear ay what one of Laura ' me a l W e a r e making payment on the not we gave for the hou e furm s hmg s, and h ope to be ab le to pay the who le thing off by the middl e f n ex t fall at th e latest.

S inc e the la st tim e a c h apte r letter wa ent out, we have initi a ted three tim es . T_he first time B r ot h e r C li ffo rd Mohr, Erving Howarth, Jame Heppelwh1te a nd Durward took the voyage. t the econd s i tt ing, Brothers L eo nard Maiers a nd G len Wood took the same trip and ju t Ia t Sa turday we h elp ed Brothers Be rn a rd S m etzer and Faye mith over a fe\\ · rough place s

Brother Howarth and Brother Mohr are th e on ly two mu ician we h ave in th e hou se. Mohr plays both the piano a nd the viol in . but i better known f o r hi s prowess on the latt er. Howarth is of our off icia l piano wizard.

Not as many of the old m e n h ave v is it ed u s thi term a we wo ul d ha ve lik ed to hav e see n. Brother Moore was h e r e during the holiday s, and Brother Perkins ha s bee n up seve r a l times. Brother He n de r son ha on ly be e n up her e once a nd that time h e h a rdl y stayed lo n g e nough for the newer men to get acquainted with him. We h ope to see more of him d urin g the r es t of the year . Brother Erhard Froest h as accepted a position w ith the Math departm ent h e r e a nd we see him quite often. We want yo u men to mak e thi s your home whil e you are in Boulder. It doesn't matter w h at time yo u get in, just get on a car and rid e to th e co rn e r of Co ll ege and Twelft h and walk up the hill about half a blo c k.

During his stay h e re , Brother Moore told u s about th e p la n s of the O klahoma Mason s. They inte nd to build a dormitory a nd club r ooms at the U ni ve r s ity there for th e Masons in the ch oo l. He was quite ent hu eel over th e proposal and eve n went so f a r as t o see the G r a n d Maste r of thi s s tate in hopes that the Masons h er e might be int e r ested in a s imil a r scheme for this school. His efforts see m to h ave borne fruit a lr eady for the other day Brother I. C. Crawford was appo inted fr om Bo ul der Lodge o. 45 to look into th e matter and to report to the lod ge as soo n a po ssib le.

The Ma so nic team from the hou se h e r e h as been quite act ive d uri ng the las t quarter . We h ave had so mething to do nearl y eve ry week. Mason r y see m s to be taking la rg e st rid es in the Un ive r s ity, and quite a good percentage of th ose who are qualified a r e e ith e r taking their work or ar e waiting to hear from p e tition s. We h ave k ept n o account of the number we have he lped over the rough r oad, but \ove think that the number wi ll run up to about fort y or fifty. We a r e expecti ng to go to Loui s vi ll e in two weeks to help over there , and expect t o go to G r ee ley ome time in the near futur e.

Brother Steinmetz h as coac h ed n ea rl y every one of the m e n on whom we ha ve worked and see m s to be a very popular coac h . He knows the work thoroughly and ha s occupied all of th e ch a ir s h ere at time or another during the last quarter.

The prospects are ve ry good now that we will h ead the scho la r ship list

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this time. The queer thing lost one man and he found. the Medic schoo l a littl e too hard for him this last quarter. The queer thmg about the whole matter was that he has just recently been initiated into Phi Rho Sigma..

We gave our seco nd chapter dance in the Physicians building on the la st day of the term. We were t.o have had it. on the sixth of February in the Bouldero, but the influenza htt us at that time and we had to it. Including the representatives we invited from the other fratermtles o_n th e hill we had about forty couples at the dance. Brother C. F Poe and hts wife and Brother Arthur and his wife were the chaperons. The who le thing was a grand success from the beginning to. the end. Our next dance will be h eld on th e 14th of May and we would hke to see a number of the old men ba ck here at that time.

W e only heard from a few of the men last time, and as yet we do not ha ve an accurate r ecord of all of your addresses. If you have not a lr eady done so , please send us your address and the address of any of the brothers who ha ve moved in the la s t year ·of which you happen to know.

Yours in Acacia,

R. L. WHITNEY, Corresponding Secretary.

FRANKLIN CHAPTER

PHILADELPHIA, PA.

With twenty-three active members a nd pledges, plenty of real Acacia spirit manifested by the men, and a new home to which we can look forward giving added impetus, Franklin Chapter has entered upon what promises to be the most s u ccessfu l year in its history. The University of Pennsylvania for the I919-1920 term has a student body of II,ooo, and is now visualizing a period of vast expansion. We h ave every reason to believe that our chapter has both the type of members and the enthusiasm to keep it abreast of the rapidly growing educationa l institution of which it is a part, and to maintain it s place of leadership on the campus .

Since our table started October I, Franklin has held Wednesday and Friday nights open for the entertainment of guests at dinner, while the noonday meal Sunday has been reserved for alumni and their wives. A dded inte r es t ha s been given our noon luncheons on several occasions by speakers in the field s of politic s, economics and phi losophy who have v isited the University and who ha ve been brought to the chapter house by Brother Nitzsche, recorder of th e University and chairman of the Philade lphia Rotary Club's speakers' co mmitte e.

O nl y o n e occurrence has marr ed the a utumn This was th e death of Brother Geo rg e W Elkins, October 23, foll ow ing a short illn ess. Brother Elkins was a prominent financier of this c ity and was stricken with heart disease ·whil e playing golf on th e link s of the Philade lphia Country Club. ch er i sh ed hop e of having a fr ate rnity hou se of its own promtses t o a in the n ea r futur e. Property h as been purchased. a .short fr om our rters facing on Wa lnut str ee t , one of the pnnc1pal arte n es o f traffic lear:.O.w int o P hiladelphia fi-orri th e· West, and a part of the Lincoln of the chapter a r e to tear · away

s t a nding on the prem i e and to erect th e reon a thoroughly mod rn fratermty h o u se, exp r e tve of t h e ideals of cacia ur alumni ar e enthusiastic backers. of the n egot iat ion for the purch a e being in th e hand s of a commtttee co n t tmg of B r othe r Eave , Cowdrick, to ut, Titzsc h e and Martin.

Thi? c hapt e r in the few month of c hool which hav e elap ed h a gr o wn from thtrteen t o twenty-three men. Two of the e, Dr . Robert Rieg-e l and Dr. Lorendo being faculty members . D r . Riegel i an in tr u c tor of in urance in th e Wharton c h oo l of Fnance and Comme r ce and Dr. Lor e ndo is head of th e n ew department of Czecho- lovon ic hi tory in th e uni\·er ity .

In th e f a ll of 1920 Dr. Lorendo hop es to in trod u ce co ur e in ze c ho- lovak Two initi a ti o n s h ave been h e ld in ce the ope nin g of ci a es in e pt e mber, our newly elected off ice r s presiding for the fir t time . Th ey a r : Br o th r Hargi s, ve n e rabl e dean; B r other Hockenb e rr y , en ior d an ; B r o th e r , a rret so n, sec r eta r y; B r o th e r E t eso n, trea s urer; B r ot h er chaadt , e nior teward; Brother Myers , juni o r s t ewa rd a n d B r ot h er J e r em iah , e ntinel. B r o th e r Sutton i s se r v in g a co rr espo n d in g e c r eta r y and Br o th e r \rm o ur a hou se stewa rd.

O ur m en fr om th e e ngin ee rin g department are m anife s t in g mu c h interest a t present over th e a nnu a l e ngin ee r ' show , thi · yea r ca iJ ecl " :viu ch . do Abo ut Nothing Much", a nd to be ta ged just before the Ch ri s tm a ho li d a ys B roth e r s Myers a nd Zippi e r are acting as chief e lect ri c ian s . B r other Stra u b, who ca m e into Franklin Ch ap t e r las t year, h as been elected p r es ident of the sop hom o r e m edi ca l class. Brother Doubman, now a s eno ir law tud e nt, is takin g a prominent part in affa ir s of th e Wilson Law C lu b. Brother John Hardenbergh was ma rri ed Oc t ober 1 to M i ;-:la rah Righter McKeown of Whitemarsh, Pa. Brother Hardenbe rgh is s ti ll in the se rvi ce of th e ve t e rin a r y co rp and i s at t ac h ed to th e vet e rin ary sc hool o f the U ni ve r sit y. V.,Te a r e glad to welcome B roth e r F itzp atr ich again afte r a week's a bse n ce during which he und e rw e nt an operation. Brothet r F it zpatrick i s again in s tru c tin g this yea r in ch emistry a nd Brother Foge l e r v ing as a professor o f Ge rm a n. B roth e r D . B. J e r e mi a h is st ill on the faculty of the Even ing Sc h oo l of Acco unt a nd Finance , a department of the Wharton Sc h oo l. '0le are pleased to learn that B r o th e r O rl ady wa s aga in elected a tru stee in the G rand Lodge of Pen n y lva ni a at it s quarterly co mmuni cation h e ld December 3 in Maso ni c Te m p le. THOMA S . BILLIG.

At our r eg ul a r m eet ing o f Apr il 27, 1920 the following off ice r s we re e lec t ed f o r the e n s uing year:

Ve n e rabl e Dean ... ......................................................]. John ston S u tton

Se nior Dean .John D. St u c k e y

Recording Secretary E lm e r L. Straub

Treasurer .Irvin H Kauffman

Co rr espo nding Sec r etary ..................... .. ................ Ch a rl es H. Se ni o r StewarL ... .. ................................... ............ ............ ... Leon E. mtth

Junior Stewart... ........ ..... ..................... .......... . ..... .... .... G. Ed in g e r en tin e l... .......... .... .. .... ............... .... ........ .......................... V tn ce nt G. Ha\vk ey

House Stewart... .. .. ··y··· W. Benson H a r e r

Representative to Gra n d Conc lave : 5: (HAS. H. Co rr e p a nelin g _·ec r e t a r y

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HARVARD CHAPTER

CAMBRID GE, MASS.

T h e fo ll ow ing paragraph s are t a k e n fr o m lette r s se nt m a t va rious t im es by B r ot h er O tto C. Stegema nn : De cembe r 3 , 19 19.

M r . W . E lm er Ec kbl aw , U r ba n a, Ill.

D ear Bro t h e1 ' E ckb law :

I h av e yo ur le t te r o f No v . 25t h and h ave co m m u n icated t h e sa m e t o the ac ti ve ch ap t e r.

I was in deed sur p ri sed to lea rn thi s was " th e fi r s t wo rd tha t yo ur h av e re ceived f r om th e Harva r d Ch ap t e r thi s yea r ." Abo u t Oc t . 2o t h , I wrote yo u co n ce rnin g our activitie s, a nd our initi a ti o n o f n ew m e n , a nd w ondered wh y I re ce ived n o rep ly, f o r I k n e w o f yo ur inte n s e int e r est in m a int a ining co mmuni ca ti on w ith a ll th e ac ti ve ch ap t e r s. T hi s i s o n e r easo n w h y I se nt our p etiti o n by reg ist e r ed ma il , t o be s u re th at yo u wo ul d r ece ive it.

Ind eed, we we r e g lad t o lea rn o f t h e pr og r ess o f our o th e r chapters, es p ec ia ll y Co lo r ado. Has Was hin g t o n a ls o r eo r ga ni ze d , o r h ow h as E lmend o rf exe r c ised hi s d isc r eti o n t h e Co n clave a ll owe d him ?

A t th e Co ncl ave , I und e r s t oo d th a t th e G r a nd Sec r e t ary h a d a cop y o f th e Ha r va rd B ull e tin , p ubli sh ed in Jul y w hi c h co nt a in ed th e n am es of our prese nt off ice r s , e t c. A co u p le of ch a n ges h ave bee n m a d e s in ce, a nd th e pr ese nt off ice r s a r e:

O tt o C. S t ege m a nn .Ve n e r ab le Dea n

J osep h D av is . Se ni o r Dea n

J oel H . R ich a rd s on

Fi e ldin g P . S ta p le t on

.Sec r et a r y

.Trea s ur e r

En oc h C. Fil e r .... .. ........... .A lumni \i\Ta rd e n a nd Ch a pt e r Ed it o r

O ur ch a p te r dir ec tor s a r e, M. D . Limin g, Ha rr is A . Rey nol ds, a nd R o dn ey Page. O ur Acac ia Tru st ees a r e, M a uri ce V Co nn e r , Judd D ew ey , a nd L es t e r M . Baco n .

D ece m be r 17 , 19 19.

De a.r B1'ot h er Eckb law s

Yo ur s o f th e t e nth h as bee n communi ca t ed t o th e Ch a pt e r. In it y ou m ent io n n o thin g o f th e "s hin g les" w hi ch , I und e r stoo d , th e Co un cil was to purch ase . E ve n o ur las t yea r' s bun ch h ave as ye t n ot r ece ive d a ny.

As ye t we h ave n o t bee n a ff ec t ed b y th e co al short a ge a nd H a rvard has continu ed t o ope r a t e unm oles t ed .

W e "h ave a lr ea d y h ad our las t m ee tin g o f th e yea r- a nd h ave adjourned until th e n ew yea r. Fo r th at m ee t ing we r oun d ed up th e a lumni in th e v ic init y a nd h a d on e o f th e bi gges t "s t ags" o f th e y ea r .

O ur s oc ia l ac ti v it ies t hi s yea r h ave run a t top n ot ch . E ve ry week saw s om e bi g fun cti on-so m etim es t w ice a wee k - in th e f orm o f Ho u se Dances , Sm ok e r s, Banq u e t s, e t c. As yo u k n ow, we h ave no t a bl e a t t h e H ou se a nd w e r eli sh t h e fr eq u en t get-t oge th e r s a r o und th e f es ti ve b oa rd

I am _in dee d h appy ove r B roth e r E lmend o rff 's s u ccess in k ee ping alive th e W as h mgto n Ch ap t e r He d eserve s t h e h ea rti es t co mm e n da tio n s. You sur ely ou g ht n o t f a il t o e mph as ize th a t in T h e J o urn a l.

My be st w ishes and g r ee tin gs o f th e seaso n , OTTo C. S T EG E MANN.

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Th e Ha r va r d is r u nning at it h eight. L a t Mond ay nigh t ' e 1111t1 a t ed thr ee m e n: M 1tc h e ll , H. J a cqu e , a nd J. Pe nni c k , a n d p le dged three others , R. S umm y, M . H ult , and H. Hawk in , a ll fin e a nd hi g h -ca li b r e m e n .

T h e Ch a pt e r is o ve r-ru h eel w it h oc ia l fu n c tion , dan ce , ba nqu et , p a rtie s , s mok e r s, e t c., a ll o f w hi c h h ave bee n m o t u cce f u l a nd h ave m a d

thi s yea r a m os t pl easa nt a n d e nj oy ab le o n e, oc ia ll y. W e h a ve in eed a li ve bun ch , w h o w hil e wo r ki n g h a r d at th e ir tu d ie fo r m o t of u a r e graduate s tudent s , and d o h ave to wo rk , ye t fin d loa d s of t im e f o r o u r oc ial acti v iti es.

B es id es , we h ave tr a in ed a t we lve- m a n f e ll ow-c r a f t t eam to as i t th

Ca m b rid ge L o d ges in p uttin g o n th e thir d. I n t hi s way we h ave beco m quit e popul a r a m o n g th e M aso n s o f Ca mbrid ge and Bo s to n , w h o a lwa ys we lcom e our v is it a ti o n s to th eir L odges.

We h a v e a lr ea d y se nt o ut o ur seco nd qu es ti o nn a ir e, in p r e pa r at ion f o r o ur S prin g B ull e tin , w hi c h w ill soo n be p ubl ish ed . Ma r c h 2 7th w ill ee o u r

S pring Formal , whi c h will be on e o f th e class ie t o f o ur f u n c tion s. ur

A nnu a l F o und e r s' Banqu e t , t o b e h e ld so m e tim e in p ril , w ill pro bab ly wind up o ur Fra t e rnit y fun c ti o n s f o r th e yea r , f o r oo n the r ea ft e r co me ex a min a ti o n s, e t c.

COLUMBIA CHAPTER

NE W YORK

Mr. W . E . E c kbl aw, Urb a n a, Illinoi s.

D ear B 1'o th er :

As th e n e wl y e lect ed Ve n e r a bl e D ea n of th e Co lum b ia Ch apt e r o f the

Acac ia Fra t e rnit y, I a m wr itin g t o yo u in r ece ipt f o r our fi ve ri t u a l , \Y hi c h I hav e dul y r ece iv e d . I mi g ht a lso g ive yo u n o ti ce o f m y own affi li a t io n with th e Co lumbi a Ch a pt e r I wa s f o rm e rl y w ith th e hi cago Ch a pt e r , in th e summ e r of 19 16.

F o ll o win g is a li s t o f our o ffi ce r s, w hi c h we r e re ce nt ly elec t ed . t o h o ld o ffi ce until th e e nd of thi s sc h oo l yea r :

Ve n e r a bl e D ea n

H. B Ca s on

Se ni o r D ean J W Ha r r is

Juni o r D ea n

Juni o r S t ewa rd

Se ni o r S t e w a rd

C. B. M o o r e

B. R a n k i n

C. D . H u nter

O f c our se, th e Juni o r D ea n a nd th e Ed ito r we r e appo in ted by m e · t h e way, w e h ave not y e t r ece ive d a co py o f th e J \ iV hat a bo u t th is.

I r eg r e t th a t th e r e i s n ot a g r eat d ea l o f h e r e to r e port , bu t \\·e a r e g e ttin g thin gs und e r w ay . W e h a.ve eleve n actives at p r e.se nt , two w h o a r e go in g t o assoc ia t e, f o ur elec t ed t o m g h t ; a n d we exp ec t t o !m e u p a doze n o r tw o in a f e w w ee k s.

" p ril 22, 1920 .

Co lumbi a Ch ap t e r st a rt ed th e yea r w it h one m e m ber. Howe , e r. w e w e r e f ortun a t e in h av in g so m a n y o f t h e a lumm m N e w Y o r k. Ju t a

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t h e bur den o f th e wo rk f e ll up011 th em durin g th e wa r , so it was th eir ta sk · to g ive Acac ia a go od se nd-off thi s fall.

A s mok e r o f U ni ve rsity Maso n s was h e ld in Ea rl Ha ll a t th e beginning of t h e fa ll t e rm . A la r ge n umb e r turn ed ou t . B r oth e r K eg win brought the message o f "T h e Ch a ll en ge o f th e Prese n t to M aso n s." R. W B r oth e r Moo r eh ou se o f th e Ove r seas Maso ni c Co mmi ss io n s k e t c h ed th e war wo rk b ri efl y.

O n Nove mb e r t we nt y-seco nd seve n m en w e nt ove r th e r oya l road to t h e la n d o f "we leave a ll h op e behind ." D u e to th e expe ri en ce o f th e guid es th ey r etu rn ed sa f ely

O n Dece mb er fi fth th e initi at ion ba nqu et w a s h e ld at th e Columbia U ni ve r sit y C lub A numb e r o f th e Ne w Y ork A lumni w e r e on deck to h a r ass t h e Neo phites . Howeve r , th e seve n o f th e m m a n age d to s urvive thi s tim e w ith a littl e m o r e di g nit y th a n be for e. R. W. B roth e r Morgan sp ok e on "Se r v ice ." B roth e r s L a wr e n ce a nd F oulkes J ac k so n we lcomed th e "C hildr e n " a nd gave th e m so m e e n courage m e n t an d a d v ice. Broth e rs Dri eh a u s a n d Dill s, be ing pr ese nt , h a d t o say s om e thin g a lso.

We h a Ye h a d eig h t s m ok e r s a t th e h o u se, a ll o f w hi ch h ave bee n su ccess ful.

O n F ebru a r y tw elfth w e h e ld a da n ce a t Ea rl Ha ll a nd on Mar c h s ix th a d a n ce a nd pa rt y was h eld a t th e sa m e pl ace.

O n F ebru a r y t we nt y - seve nth a U ni ve r s it y s m oke r was h e ld . R. W. C. W a ll ace Pe t ty br ou g ht an in s pirin g m essage. Br oth e r Fo ulk es J a ck s on , P a st M as t e r o f Ox f o rd U ni ve r s it y L odg e spo k e on E n g li sh U niv e r s it y lodg es.

O n May th e eighth w e a r e pl a nnin g to h ave a D inn e r D a n ce a t on e of th e d ow nt ow n hot e ls.

W e h op e t o e nd th e yea r w ith a ba n qu e t a nd ge t - t o-get h e r a t th e Maso ni c T e mpl e ju s t a ft e r exa m s.

VI SI T ORS

B r oth e r P ie r ce o f P urdu e Ch a pt e r s pe nt Chri stm as w ith u s. B r o th e r St r o n.g of Co rn ell Ch a pt er was h e r e f o r a w ee k whil e pr epa rin g t o mo ve to t h e city .

BI RT HS

To B r oth e r a n d Mr s. H owa rd R. Sa nf o r d, on J a nu a r y e ig ht ee nth , a da u g h te r-Mar ia n E li za be th

T o B r oth er a n d Mr s Du a n e R. Dill s, on J a nu a r y t we nt y- thir d, a s onJo hn He nr y. ·

To B r oth e r a nd Mr s. Be n G. S mith , o n J a nu a r y thirty-fi r s t , a d a u g hter -A nn e Ray

MARRIAGES

NO E-b ut th e outl ook is h op e ful.

F r a t e rn a ll y yo ur s, H. B. CASON, Ve n e r a bl e D ean.

De ar Mr. Ec k bla w:

CORNELL CHAPTER

In acco r da n ce w it h o u r const it u t ion, at the fi r t r egu la r me ting in May. h e ld T u e day, May 4 th , at t h e Lodge, t h e fo ll ow ing officer "er e lect d:

Ve n e r ab le Dea n .............. .... .. ............. B r ot h er R icha r d B. M iha lki

Se ni o r Dea n ...... ... .... ................................ B r ot h er Le t e r . Ande r on

Sec r eta r y ........................ ....................... .... ...... ......... Brot h er Me r! . illi

Treas u re r.. ... .. ... ............ .............. ............ ........ .. Brot h e r Eve r ett E. Eno

A nd co m p ly in g w ith t h e su gges ti o n o f t h e G r and Conclave, the \ nera bl e D ea n , B r o th e r Ri c h a rd M ih a lki , was e lected to r epresent u at th e G r a nd Co ncl ave n ex t Se p te mb e r . W it h B r ot h e r s Leste r nde r on and Eve r e tt Eno s a fi r s t a nd seco n d a lt e rn a t e r espective ly. The pre ent ind icati on ar e th at a ll thr ee w ill r e pr ese nt u howeve r .

CO R NELL CH PTER C CI , R. B. MIHALK[, M. C. GILLIS, Sec r eta r y .

Co rr espo n d in g ec a n d Vene rab le D ea n.

708 E . Se n eca St., It h aca, N. Y.

Dear Bro th er: May 5t h , 1 920.

E ith e r b y th e t im e t hi s r eac h es yo u , o r soon a f te r , yo u wi ll rece i \·e a pe r s on a l lett e r fr om a m em be r o f th e ac tiv e ch ap t e r Each loca l m e m be r h as b ee n ass ig n ed a ce rt a in num be r o f th e a lumni By pe r so n a l lette r h e i to k ee p in t o u ch w ith th e m a n d in fo rm th e m o f t h e co n d it io n back h e r a t " 708 ." Th e purp ose o f thi s lett e r , go in g out fr o m th e c h apte r it e l f, is to urge yo u t o a n swe r t h ose oth e r lett e r s . L et u s kn ow abo u t yo ur se l f, a n d as k a n y qu es ti o n s a b o ut u s h e r e . W e w ill g la dl y a n swe r yo ur q u est io n s

Durin g th e p e ri o d o f th e wa r th e ac ti ve c h ap t e r p r ac ti ca ll y went o u t o f ex is t e n ce, at o n e tim e n o t a n ac ti ve m an be in g in It h aca. Last eptemb e r seve n of th e old m e n ca m e bac k , f ac in g wh a t th e n loo k ed li ke a h ope le pr opos iti o n . W e we r e ve r y f o rtun ate in be in g ab le t o fi ll our h ou e w ith M aso n s with th e excep ti o n o f two m e n , a n d th ese two being pe r sona l fri e nd s o f so m e o f th e m e m be r s a n d we ll vo u c h ed for. Of t h e Masons tak e n int o th e h o u se, a ll we r e o f th e t ype fit t o be ca ll ed "Brot h e r " so t h at th ey a r e <!- 11 no w w ea rin g th e tri a n g ul a r p in.

Fro m th e seve n m e n w ith w h o m we sta rt ed Ia t fa ll , th e act ive chapter h as g ro w n until n ow th e r e a r e t hir ty - two m embe r s a n d five p ledge , and seve r a l goo d pro sp ec t s. Eve r y ma n h as bee n se lected w i t h ca r e a n d judgm e nt s o th at t o d ay th e r e is asse m b led un de r th e r oo f at o ld "708" a gro u p o f ac ti ve a nd ag r ess ive m e n w h om yo u wo ul d be g lad to meet A chapter h as g ro w n u p w hi ch in "pep a n d get th e r e" w ill r a nk w it h any on th e hill o r we d a r e say in th e w h o le o f th e U . . A .

It i s fr o m t hi s bun ch th a t thi s let t e r is be in g e nt to yo u , urging yo u to ue t b ehind a nd h elp u s to pu sh so as t o p u t Acac ia w h e r e it belong h e r e at Co rn e ll. I n o rd e r t o d o thi s it is n ecessa r y t h at the r e be clo er coope rat ion be t wee n th e ac ti ve m e mb e r s a n d th e a lum n i.

D u e t o ru s h ca u sed b y th e n ecess ity o f r ebui ld ing th e ac ti\·e chapter thi s yea r. th e r e h as bee n n o r eg ul a r is u e of the "Trave ll er' ' . In f act, n ot

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since the momentous sp ring of I9I7, h as thi s littl e pamphlet of good tidings gone out from u s . . . . It is now in the process of r ev iva l. W1th yo ur h e lp a nd a.ss1 s tan ce we hop e to make it bigger and be tt er than ever. Help us to 1t on toward this goa l by send in g u s a s hort a rticl e. Se lect yo ur own s ubJ ec t , but do f orge t to tell u s about yourself so that we can spread th e news yo u for the benefit o f yo ur old fri e nds and the m en. We hke to see it the st r ong, binding link between u s wh1ch v.:e a r e s ure It ca n beco m e. In order to do this it mu st co nt ai n item s of mt e r es t t o eve rybody , and it is for this reason we are asking you "old f e llow s" to come to our r esc u e n ow and h elp u s out in this. The leas t we ca n ask is that fill th e at ta ch ed co up on and mai l it back so th a t we can co rre ct our ma!lmg h s t , which, needless to say, is ve r y mu ch out of dat e.

Fraternally yours , C ome ll Chapter of Acacia Fraternity, Pe r C. J. MoRGAN , Editor .

ILLINOIS CHAPTER

C HAMPAIGN, I LLI NOIS

Brother W. E. Eckb law, Ed itor of the Acac ia Journ a l.

De ar Mr. Ec kblaw:

December 4th, I9I9.

When th e fall term opened th e re were m a ny co nj ec tur es as t o what co ndition s ou r chapter might find it se lf in . We how many of the o ld me n wo uld r e turn after being in th e militar y se r v ice a nd we wondered what cond iti o n s our h ou se would be in a nd what th e financial co ndition might be and so on a nd we s uppos e that a ll th e did so m e of th e sa me kind of wondermg.

It is with mu ch pleasure and sa tisf ac tion th a t we ca n say that ne ve r in our hi s tory ha ve we f e lt ourself holding a more sec ur e position and with o ur prospects growing brighte r a ll the time.

We are f o rtunat e in h avi ng B r ot h er Lorenzo Foote as Ve ner ab le D ea n a nd h e is stee ring the m ac hin e in fin e sh a p e. Foote h as se r ve d u s in past yea r s as secre tary a nd as tr eas ur er -co mmissa r y in a ll of w hi ch he h as always been untiring in hi s effo rt s t o give Acac ia hi s ve ry best. It should be a so ur ce of pride to eve r y chapter to h ave as it s guiding hand one who h as th e inte r es t of Acacia at h ea rt in pref e r en ce to ot h er things t h at might att r act him and Illinoi s feels that it ha s s u ch a m an.

B r ot h er C ult e r i s t h e wa t ch clog of the tr eas ur y a nd i s h o ldin g hi s job down in " tip-top " s hape. He can always t ell u s wh e r e we sta nd fin a n cia ll y a nd n eve r fails to let u s know that h e is r eady t o r ece ive o ur m o n ey.

Bro th e r St ice i s se r v in g as sec r etary and that means work. This i s one ?f tho se thankl ess j obs that m ea n s a great deal to th e fr atern ity in k eep ing

It s r eco r ds cl ea r . He h as se r ved in thi s capac ity ve r y eff ici ent ly a nd we will mi ss him w h e n h e " pull s u p anchor" a t the end of thi s se meste r .

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Ot her broth e r who are ca rr y in g r e pon ibilit y are Pre ton. Hou se Manager of "Bo s of the lm agamated 1op and " Ken" Go rdon , C hairman o f th e oc ia l ommittee, and Chairman of the Rushing Comm itt ee.

Never before h aYe we known a time w h e n there we r e o many I a on on the campus and ru hin g wa s n ot a ve r y s tr nuou s ope r at ion. p to dat we pl e dg e d the foll ow in g m en: Ba il Be nn ett, Dudley , Ill. ; L t er J. Parkmson,. Maxwell, Ill. ; Harold G. Wolfram, D e p la in e , Ill.· Hug h e Blake S m1th, Newman, 111. ; Leland A. P ink e l, Co llin sv ill e Ill. ; rthur Zi eg ler, E. S t. Loui s, Ill. ; Kline G r ay, akwoocl, Ill.; Car l Wea r , olche ter , Ill. ; John K. Holmes , D a n v ill e. Ill. ; Gordon h a n ce, Mt Ve rnon , Ill. · Farri s W. Remley, Chrisman, Ill.; W e b 0. Din m o r e, C hri man, Ill. ; Tho G rimm, St. Loui s, Mo.; Harry A. Barr , ledo, Ill. ; George D illm a n , E. t. Loui s, Ill. ; Geo rg e E. Eckblaw, Rantoul , Ill. ; Fred N. a u g hn , mb oy, Ill. ; and Chas. Morrow, C hampaign , Ill. We are g lad to say that among the e are tw e lve fre s hm e n which is more of that "G r ee n tuff" than we have ev r had befor e. That fa c t m ea n s mu ch to u s f o r th ey a r e a ll capab le m e n a nd promise big thing s for Acac ia in th e yea r s to co m e .

Home Co ming this year was h e ld on Octobe r 31 t, ovember 1 t a nd 2 nd It lo o ked for a whil e a if th e weather m a n was go in g to ruin a ll o ur plan s but he gave in and th e thre e bi g d ays were a m a rk ed u cces . Bad roads kept many of the brother away by a larg e numb e r of th e m s h owed u p and a rou s ing good tim e wa enjo yed a ft e r the bre ak o f two yea r s ca u ed by the little European mi s und e r s t a nding which so m any o f u s were invited to . Of course we considered the Home Co ming quite co mpl e t e when th e football team s uc ceeded in running away with C hi cago but pe rh aps th e brothers from th e Windy C ity wou ld rather cl ass it as a s u ccessf ul failur e .

We have had one regu lar Acac ia dan ce which was h e ld on Octo b e r 24th and a left over danc e at Thank sg iv ing tim e. In as mu c h as w e h ad on ly one day for Thank sg iving ce lebr a ti o n it was impo ss ibl e for mo t o f th e brothers to get home a nd it see med only fitting th a t w e s h o uld h ave o ur ce lebration at the chapter hou se . An afternoon d a n ce a nd a s ix o'clock u ppe r was p lanned and proved to b e a big suc ces . O ur n ext d a n ce will be a Christmas informa l danc e held at the chapter hou se on December 19th.

On Novemb e r 2-J.th th e c hapter wa s r oya ll y e nt e rt a in eel by th e Phi Kappa Fraternity at a banquet h e ld at the Inm a n Hot e l, h a m pa ign. Thi s pra c ti ce of Acacia and Phi Kappa to e ntert a in eac h o th e r a t a lt e rn ate yea r s is a continuance of a practice that s t a rt ed m a ny yea r ago a nd i s an expre ss ion of confidence in th e fri e nd s hip tow a rei one a n ot h e r.

A mong th e fa c ult y m e mb e r s we are proud to li st th e n a m es of \ L Burleson, P. H. Brown , J. M. S nodgr ass, H . G. Pa ul , C. F . Hott , R. T. Jones , A. P. Kratz, R. I. Shawl , F. M. Po rt e r , a nd R. K. H ur sc h . B r ot h er W. E. Eckblaw is n o long e r a fa c ult y m e mb e r but is se r v in g a ca m pa ign manager for Brother vVm. B. McKinley a nd h a hi s off ice in th e Robeson Building, C hampaign , Illinoi s.

Now that co ld weather i s up o n u bowling a n d demanding some att e ntion and we hav e a y e r y promising team thi yea r. Brothe r Ba rr, who is quite a bow ling artist, is captain of the t ea m a n d is p uttin g lot of "pep" into it. O th e r s who are cast in g th e pher e a r e vVo lfram , Ca nnon , aughn, a nd Dougla s. The team h as bo v ie d but one and wa s u cces ful in bringing hom e th e S. A . E . sca lp by a n a rr o \\· m a rgtn .

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Diesel, Shaw l, Ca n no n a nd S mith a r e a ll h o ld in g good pos iti on s in th e Un ive rs i ty ba n d a nd a r e d oin g t h eir pa rt in th e "U m pty ump s."

Ju st to p r ove th a t th e ch ap t e r is o n its t oes a n d p r og r ess ive w e w ish to state t h at we h ave vo t ed t o bu y a n ew p ia n o a n d h ave ra ised ove r fi ve hu nd r ed do ll a r s a lr eady . W e expec t t o bu y a good one and h ope th a t it w ill not be lon g un t il we ca n h ea r th e m elo di ou s s tr a in s o f "C h op ing" a nd " Litzen" iss uin g fo r t h fr om th e v ibra tin g s tri ngs.

In cl os in g, th e w rit e r w ish es to m a k e th e f o ll ow in g q u o t a ti o n from th e Ve n e r ab le D ea n : "A lm os t eve r y m a n in our p r ese nt m e mb e r s hip se rv ed in some f o r m o f m ilita r y o r n ava l ac ti v ity a n d durin g t h at se r v ice a n inte n s it y of p ur pose was d eve lope d w hi ch h as ch a r ac t e ri zed itse lf by a mor e ri g id a nd se lf- w ill ed a p p li ca ti on o f eac h indi v idu a l t o hi s wo rk . T hrou g h th e· emp loy me nt o f s u ch t ac ti cs eac h m a n w ill be bett e r fi tt ed t o ta k e th e prope r pos iti on in bu s in ess lif e, a nd th e ch a pt e r will t a k e its p lace as h e r e t o fore , th e leade r in fr a t e rn a l act iv iti es a t th e U ni ve r s it y Th e m en a r e a cti ve , not onl y i n t h e h ou se bu t a lso in milit a r y, a thl e ti cs, in h o n o r soc ie ti es, in manage r shi ps, e t c. T h e sp irit o f goo df e ll ows hi p pr eva il s a m o ng our se lves a nd in a ll our ac ti v iti es "

IRviNG L. PETERSON, Ed ito r .

AN OLYMP I C "r" STAR

Bas il Be nn e tt h as been Illin oi s' mo s t dep endabl e w e ight man. Two seaso n s b efore the wa r th e ir on h o r se w o n m a n y hon o r s, a mong th em bein g fir s t a t th e Pe nn re lays in th e h a mm e r , a nd in 19 17 h e w as pl ace d on th e A ll -A merica n tr ac k t eam Thi s yea r h e h as bee n a conin th e du a l m eets, a lways p lac ing , 1f not w mnmg , th e hamm e r thr ow, d i sc u s, a nd j ave lin. H i s b es t ev ent is th e h a mm e r thro w and w ith goo d lu c k h e w ill brea k th e co nf e;e n ce r eco rd in th e co nf e r e n ce m ee t. Bas il w as s elec t ed t o tr a in f o r th e O ly mpi c g a m es, and wea r th e co lo r s o f C h e rr y Circl e o f Chi cago . H e s uc cee d ed in w innin g third pl ace in the h a mm e r thro w .

TANQUARY ACCEP TS NE W POST

Br o th e r M a uri ce Co le Ta n q u a r y , P h.D. , w h o h as bee n a t K a n sas S t a t e Ag ri c ultur a l Co llege f o r th e las t thr ee yea r s as assoc ia te pr o f ess or o f e nt o mol ogy, h as accep t ed a n a p p ointment as h ead o f th e e nt om o logy d iv isio n o f th e T exas

S t a t e Ag ri cultural E x p e rim e nt S t a tion a nd S tat e H e t a k es ch a r ge o f hi s n ew pos th on s a f te r th e e nd o f th e fir s t se m este r :

Bas il Benn ett Illinois

In co nn ec t! o n wit!: hi s wo rk a t K a n sas A gg te h e ha s contmu ed ht s r esea r ch s tudi es ; h e has m a d e a st ud y o f in sec t s f ou nd in a lf a lf a . a n d th e e ff ec t o f t e mp e ratur e a nd m o is tur e condition s o n in sec t d eve lopme n t.

"Ta nk " is a m e m be r of many h o n o r a r y fr a-

terniti e -Ga mm a A lph a, D e lt a ' igma Rho, Sigma X i, Ga mm a "igma D Ita. a nd Ph1 Kappa Phi; of th e Ame ri can A oc iat ion f r the . \d ya nceme nt f Sc ie n ce, of the merican ssoc iat io n of Eco n o mi c E nt omolog i ts. anc\ a c h a r ter member of the Entomological 'oc i ty o f \m er ica.

Cong r at ulati on , broth e r!

DR. BURLESON APPOINTE D HEAD OF AGRONOMY DEPARTMENT ; FORMER HEAD OF CROP PRODUCTION SUCCEEDS DR C G. HOPKINS

BY 0. W. JIOLJIJE

Within th e la s t wee k a n eve n t h a occ urr ed wh ic h i of g r ea t imp o rta n ce to Illinoi s Acac ia n s a well a th e tate a t la rg e . Dr. . L. B url e on, who was initiat ed int o the Illinoi s C hapt e r of Acac ia in 1915 . h a u cceeded the late Dr. C. G. Hopk in s a h ea d of th e g r onomy Department of the University of I llin oi s Hi appo intm e nt t oo k effect pril 1 192 0.

Dr Burle on may well be recognized by a ll Acacians a a tru e and loya l brother; by his form e r tucl e nt a a p opul a r , frank, and fair in t ru c tor ; and by th e peop le of th e State a a very Yaluabl e m a n for advice, informati o n , a nd co - operat ion. Hi mark ed exec utive ab ilit y p o int him o ut a one who will s u ccee d a dmirabl y in hi · n ew poition .

Dr. \ iV illi a m L eo nid as B url e on was born in J arrison, A rkan sas, Se pt e mb e r 3 , 1882. He li ved o n th e farm until h e h ad fini s hed hi s high sc ho ol co ur e. S in ce that time h e ha had a varied a nd popular career; r ece iving hi B. from Okla h oma . & M. Co l. in 1905; wa s ass is tant Ag ron o mi s t at Ok lahoma A . & M. Co l. 1906- 'o8; r ece ive d hi M . . from Illin oi in 19 08 ; mad e Ass i tant Professo r of Ag ronomy a t Oklah oma 19 08- ' 10 ; As oc iate Editor No rthw est Farmstead ," O ran ge Jull , 19 10- 'rz; s oc iate in C rop Production , Un iversity of Illin o i , 1912-'rs; r ece ived hi s Ph.D. a t niv e r s it y of Illinoi s in 1915, and hi s thesi o n ·'T h e vailabi lit y of M in e r a l P ho sp h a t es for P la nt :' ' m ade .\ s oc iate P rofe sor of C rop P r od u ct ion, niY e r s it y of Illin ois. 1915-'I8, and promoted to Professor of Crop P rodu ct io n, University of Illinoi , 1918, which he was holdin g when appo int ed Head of th e Ag r onomy Department, .'\pnl I, 1920.

Durin<Y the t im e Dr. B urli son w as at O klah o ma h e \\ a j o int a uth or o f O klah o ma 0 Bulletin 82. 83, 85 and 87 . Since com in g to Illinoi h e h a published Cir. 214 and is joint author of Bul s . 183, 191, _1 9 5, 198, 201, an d 214; C ir c ular s 183, 21 r, 225. 228 and 240 · and Ext . C1rctil a r 19, 24 2 , 30 a nd 36.

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While at O klahoma Dr. Burleson made three letter s in football, being captain his sen ior year, and also on the baseball a!ld track Bes ides be in a a m emb er of Acac ia h e also belonged to P 1 Delta Epslion, honora ry fraternity, a nd Alpha Zeta, honorary agriculture fraternity . . . . .

Si n ce taking up hi s work at the Umvers1ty of Illm01 s, he has been very act ive in Ma s onry and ha s ju s t receiv ed hi s consistory during the past winter.

T h e Doctor is a fr eq u ent v is itor at th e hou se and i s always welcomed for the good advice a nd e n co uragement that he gives th e C hapter. The act ive m emb e r s appreciate what Dr . Burleson has done for the Chapter and wis h him th e greatest s u ccess in hi s new position.

THE NE W P I ANO ARRIVES

In the la s t iss u e of the Hello we told yo u of the plans that had been made for a new piano, and now we a re glad to t e ll you that our plans have matured . Instead of the old faithful th a t has been with us for several years we now h ave a brand n ew Henry F. Miller grand piano. Many prominent musi cian s h ave tried th e n ew "Lyric" and they all think it is an except i onally good one

Every man in the active chapter, and all the pledges, gave ten dollars to the piano fund, and by tr a ding in the old one for two hundred dollars , we were able to buy it with on ly a small amount yet du e. Some subscriptions were r eceive d from the alumni, and we of the active chapter apprecia te thi s very mu ch. Th e n ex t tim e you come back we will have some real mu s ic for you, a n y kind yo u want, for we ha ve jazz artists as well as those who deliver the clas s ical kind .

TH E GRAND MASTERS VISIT

On Sunday, February 29t h , the Chapter had th e plea s ure of entertaining Daniel G. Fitzgerrell , G rand Mas ter A. F. and A. M. of Illinois, whose home is at Normal.

ALUMNI NO TES

Brother E. F. Miller writ es from A nderson, Indi a n a. "Sp litz " is an arc hite c t in bu s in ess for him se lf, and no "doubt is a very bu sy man.

"B ill ' Wilcox h as v is ited u s a co upl e of tim es late ly. He i s located in Wa s hington , D. C., with the bur ea u of farm management .

Vern Kern, a past V. D. , visited us a t Chri s tma s tim e. He is land value appraiser for the Federal Land Bank of S t. Loui s, and tr ave ls over the n e ig hb2rin g s tat es. He is a lso wearing a thirty- seco nd degree fob.

"P hil " Obe rg is in Washington, D. C. , looking after th e edu ca tion of th e f ederal bo a rd men. Wilcox says that P hil i s rooming in a mu s ica l acade m y wher e there fifty girls and he i s th e only man . And thi s i s leap year too!

"Ha nk " B u sse i s m a r ching through Dixie with th e Minneapolis Symp hony O r ch es tra. He s ay s h e w ill b e h e r e May 7· 'vVe will s ur e look forward to t h at tim e.

Low ell L Tow n se nd h as written in from the Sc ho o l of M u s ic Un ive r s ity of Wi sco ns in . '

"S tub " Frede ri ck, w h o is practicing law in Peo ri a, h as w ritt e n in asking for th e n ames of eve r y Acac ia n aro und Peo ri a. He is P r es id e nt of th e . \. cac ia A lumni Assoc iati on of Peo ria.

"Doc" Coc kr e ll h as m ove d from C leve lan d to I 6 Mer ia m Ave , Bronx-

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v ill e, ew York. His office add re i " Electrical v orld, ' 1oth ve. a t 36th Street, ew Yo rk C it y.

Among the real n ewsy and fraternal letter i one from Broth e r F . D . and who was later promoted to Colon e l during th e war. Hi address I S 714 o uth Broadway, Lea venworth, Kan a .

INDIANA CHAPTER

BLOOMINGTO , INDIA A

A _n ew nat.ion a l. fraternity w ill be brought in to exi tence on the amp u of Ind1ana U m ':ers 1t y today when t h e loca l Ma sonic Fraternity will be ins tall ed as an act1ve ch apte r o f Acacia . T h e installation work wi ll be carr ied on by th e Purdue Chapter o f w hi ch thirty members wi ll be p r esent.

The which will begin a t II a. m. a nd co ntinu e un t il 6 p. m., a l!d th e foll.owmg banquet at the B lu e Lantern cafe, w ill be attended by mnety Acacmns. More th a n h a lf o f these w ill be g u ests from nei""hboring chapte:s, including s ix from Illinoi s, three from Oh io, one from Ch icago , a nd th1rty from Purdue. The followin g are the g r a nd officers of the national body who will be pr esent: Pres id ent, James F. Groves , Ripon, Wis.; vice-president, Harry L. Kent, Manhattan , Kansas; treasurer, Carro l . Huntington, Chicago; sec r eta ry , W. Elmer Eckb law, U rb a na, Illin ois.

A formal r ecep tion in honor of the G r a nd Co un cil of Acac ia will be given at the Student Building fr o m 8 until 12 o'clock tonight. There wi ll be dan c ing from ro to 12 o'clock. The mu s ic will be furnished by Ste in er' seve n-pi ece orchestra. Li g ht refres hm ent s will be se r ved. Seven hundred invitations have bee n iss ued for th e re cep tion.

The in s tallation of th e chapter h e r e will make a total of twenty-five chapters in the Acac ia Fraternity. The nati onal organization was founded at the University of Michigan in 1904, and h as enjo yed a r ap id a nd s ubstantial growth. Acacia is not a Masonic bod y in the ordinary accepta n ce of that expression. It is not a s id e degree It is lik e any one of the G r eek college frat e rnities except its m emb e rs mu s t be Master Masons. Members hip comes from within b y invita tion. Candidates do not petition. . cac1a is a m ember of the national Inter-Fr a t e rnity Conference.

The lo ca l Ma sonic Fraternity was found ed in the spr in g of 1916 w ith twenty-six charter members It soon ro se to a hi g h sta nd in g among the other organizations on the Campus. Its memb e r s, during the four yea r s of its existen ce , ha ve be en among th e leaders in sc h o lar ship , il'l ath let ics a nd in all Campus activities. The organization h as und e r way p lans whe r eby it will construct a n ew fr ate rnity h o m e along the lin es of the most modern fratern ity h ou se architecture Until this n ew h ou se i s comp leted, the fraternity will occupy it s present home on East Fifth S tr eet.

The list of those who are to become m emb e r s of Acac ia inclu des Samuel P. Pfrimmer, Fred Matthews, Charl es G ilb e rt S h aw, William Graham, Dr ]. E. Moser, U lysses Sherman Hanna, Hubert G. Chi ld s, Logan G. Esa r ey , G uy L. Rathbun , Horace C la m a n Wysong, Ermel Ewe ll Lind sey, Leste r Glenn Ruch , Luther S. F e rgu so n , Harrell W. Simms, Frank Harrel Levell, Jay Frederick Havice, Russell G rant Se igfri ed, Louis Dewey Kus s , Ro?ert Collins Hatfield Max Bullock, Markham C. Wakefield, Lester H. Qumn , George 0. Clarence R. C01:rad, Russe.l V. S ig ler, Ray C. Thomas , Edmond 0. Alvis, Chester E. W1ley, F r ede n ck R. Garve r , James

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B. Tharp, John S. Ketcham, Othe ll o D. Powe ll , O!iver P. Broadbe nt, Clifford H. Jinks, Ralph R. P loughe, Guy S. Sparks, F1rman F. Knachel, Lloyd Se t er, Paul H. Moore and Parke Jessup.-hdiana Daily St1tdent.

Approximate ly three hundred guests attended the Acac ia reception and dance held in the Student Building la st Saturday night. The reception marked the clo se of the insta ll ation ceremonies of the local Masonic fraternity into the national Acacia fraternity. Seventy-eight Acacians were present at the banquet given at the B lu e Lantern Cafe before the reception. Under the supervision of the national officers , Indiana chapter of Acac ia was in sta lled by the Purdue Chapter. The Acacians in B lo omington over the week-end were From Purdue, Francis Parker, Roy Gordner, Keller Beeson, Conway Pierce, Jame s Enochs, C. D. McAllister, C. L. Heck, C. G. Bartlett, Alphonso Hard in g, R. G. Paddock, L. J. Moore, M. R. Granger, L. C. Mcintosh, A K. Mackay, Lloyd Ma lott, R. G. Spears, L. H Barnes, W. A Price, J. H Kneale, Carl Miller, Earl Ripley, D. Doggett, H. W. Link e rt, Jame s Leach, Pau l Willson; from Illinois, John Ziegler, C. S. Huntington, R. E. Cut ler, R. Vv. Winkler, H. S. Green, C. H. Gordner; from Chicago, Robert W. G u thrie, J. F. Groves; from O hi o, H. W. Ceanne ll , C. R. Oberst, Orton Boyd; from Michigan , G C. Forrester, John Rerlily; from Harvard, Pau l V. McNutt ; from Pennsy l vania, K. D . Ho llin gsworth; from Ya le, V/. T. Morgan.-lndiana Daily Stud ent.

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lOW A CITY, lOW A 19 19-1920

Venerable Dean ... ........ ............ ... .......... ... ................. A. A Herrick

Vice Dean...

Secretary and Treasurer

Steward

C. A. Samuelson

F. E. Page

R. H. McDonald

Venerab le Dean .. ......... ........... ........ ........ .. ... F. E. Page

Vice Dean

C. A Sam u elson

Secretary and Treasurer. ....... ......... .... .... .......... E. M. Prichard

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H'OUR H' ACACIA r

L. D. Mahannah

Be in H 'our H 'acacian doesn ' t mean that he is only an active member, but refer s to th e important position that he plays in the fraternity. In the s pring of 1918 AI was on th e lookout for the littl e incidentals that those of u s who were then going into se rvice over looked . When sc hool opened up and we f o und chattel s th a t we ne ve r expecte d to aga in appear, when we saw how ne at ly the hou se was fixed up inside already for use, when we a s ked for book r acks and tables for our room s, and big tables for the dining r oom, a nd they appeared for a mer e asking, we realiz ed that behind it a ll there was a big h ea rt , th e heart of H'our H'acacian, sd big that it m ade s ixty of our mod e rn minute men look lik e small second s As I m e nti oned before A l isn ' t all ours, as tho se of u s who know him, and we a ll do , realize. This good Samaritan says hi s evenings are spent up a t the lodge but we only s mile when he lea ves the dinner tabl e1 early, for we know that it keep s the hous e r e nt clown and mak es our social stand-

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ing better lodge " 1here i n 't a man in the house that ha n"t a good cc:use for .b em g Jea lou B r ot h e r l's oc ia l tanding. He ha . h ad mor btd s to dmners _at oronty h o u e , a nd mor e invit to o r ority dance than any per so n 111 th e h ou e. He h a go n o f a r a to lo e hi . pin wh ich he cla!m s .one o f the i s wear in g. Ju st th e other day h e went ou t to a btg dmner dance 111 th e afternoon a nd r e turn ed afte r midnight. o w .he i s st ill a ll o ur s and is ju t kiddin g the women ?r 1f he I S n ot 111 a part in g word let m ay that I I S r ea dy wtth ht s JOlt 111 th e Jaw a nd kno ck in the pu f o r eve r y m an who co m es ba ck f ee lin g lik e a pugili st. B u t bewa r e f or e a been h' out in th co untry where th e 'ens lay fr e h h 'egas eve ry day Ju t th e other day he ca me back fr om a ball ga m e, w h e r e th e whole b un ch h a d gone, a nd a id they play ed it ju s t lik e the last one h e . aw in 1880 . S u ch pirit from H'o ur H'acacian give s th e fine s t of f o und at ion s to buill a b r ot h er h ood .

OUR NEWES T MEMBER

On Thursday night, May 27t h we h ad th e h onor a nd pl eas ur e of initi ating Major Morton C. Mumm a a s a fa cult y m embe r of th e fraternit y. Major Mumma i s co mmand a nt of the military department of th e U ni ve r it y and is one of Iow a's biggest booster s . He w as co mmand a nt a t th e time war broke out and he returned t o t a ke up hi s former position in February, 1919, a fter a very s u ccess ful war record as a co lon el o n the genera l staff at Wa shington , and as commandant o f the S m a ll A rm s Firing Sc ho o l at Camp Perry, O hio . Major Mumma i s ve r y intere s ted in Ma so nic wo rk and h e t ake a ve r y active part in the work of th e Iowa City lodge. A lso for th e last numb e r of years h e has officiated in Big Ten footb a ll games T h e m ajor has a lways s hown an interes t in "Al's boys s in ce h e fir s t ca m e t o Iowa in 1909 and th e active men f ee l that h e will be a loya l member to that demo cratic group of men who co nstitut e th e facult y m emb e r s of the Acac ia Fraternity. A nd to this group of men we are mor e than g r ate ful for their int e rest and cooperation with u s durin g th e past year. Th e f o ll ow in g men on t h e faculty are memb e rs of th e Iowa or other ch apte r s of the Acac ia frat e rnity: Pres. E m eritu s Thomas Hu s ton Macbride, Pres. W a lt e r A. Je ss up, Dean George F Kay , Forest C. Ensign , Dr John B. G r egg, E lm er W. H ill , 0. E Klingman, Charles L. Robbin s, Russell A. Stevenson, Abram 0 Thomas , C lar enc e W. Was sam , E lm e r A. Wilcox, a nd Rob e rt B. Wy li e.

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The Iowa Chapter of Acac ia ha s for some time bee n co n temp lat ing the erection of a new hou se As far back as 1916 it was admitted that it s h ould have one of its own but a ft e r making s u ch ad mi ss ion th e matter wa dropped. However, to ad mit that a task is difficult , the out co m e un certa in , is not to say that it should b e given up . There is that .cannot be obtained if it is WANTED bad enough . The Chapte r r ea hz e tht s . O th er fraterniti es on the campus seem to be wak in g u p to th e f ac t a nd a r e bui lding or ha ve already built. K appa S igt?a and .Phi Kappa P i built in 1915 and 1916 r espec tively . Beta The!a P t. a':d S tgma Nu both own very attractive homes. Delta Tau Delta 1s butl d m g a fifty th ou sa nd dollar str u cture just north of th e Kappa Sigma where it has. a b ea u tiful location overlooking th e Iowa ri ve r. Ot her of Acac1a on the job also . IJlinoi s , V\Tiscon s in , P urdu e, M1ch 1ga n , Kan a , O h10 , Mmne ota ,

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Ames and Oklahoma all have splendid homes of their own and at Indiana University, where the Masonic Club was recently granted a chapter of Acacia, plans are under foot for a fine seventy thousand home. Why should the Iowa chapter of Acacia assume a dormant at_tltude_? It is part of a great Masonic order and a body of that fraternity Will be housed under the new roof of this new home. Nothing insures the permanency and strength of a chapter so well as a chapter house. It is a typical way to expand the ideal of fraternalism. It is a means of retaining the connection with members of the past who will be attracted back to our institution oftener by such a home. It is a means of causing those on the campus to better appreciate the fact that Acacia is becoming big and powerful.

The active Chapter is very much interested in a new home and is ready to cooperate with the Building Corporation as soon as one can be formed. The present lease has two years yet to run and there should be a new house to move into upon the expiration of that. The letters which have been received by the Building Committee from other chapters of Acacia are very encouraging and promise the Iowa Chapter enthusiastic support and backing. It is largely due to them, and the generous aid and suggestions furnished by former members of their building committees, that a tentative plan for the new home has been made possible. Iowa Chapter sincerely thanks them for their enthusiastic help and good wishes and hopes that it may be able to pass on the good work to other Chapters before two years more have passed.

Let us ALL join together in this worthy enterprise which is so greatly needed at this time in order that .we may prove again that whatever work a Masonic body undertakes will not fail but is sure to be carried through to a successful conclusion

OUR SOCIAL ACTIVITIES

In the social life of the University the Acacia fraternity has taken an active part throughout the year. We have held eight dances in all this year and have held over a dozen dinner parties at the house on Sundays. The first dance of the year came on October II, just two weeks after classes began. The majority of the brothers had been away from Iowa so long that it was a little difficult for everyone to find an old friend on such short notice. However, when the night came we all mustered in with "une femme," and with the Acacia spirit revived, all soon got acquainted. Since then we have had our home party every month and we have been very fortunate in having representative, as well as girls among the classiest of the campus, as our guests.

On Homecoming Day, November 22, active men held open house for the alumni members-many of the old men were back to see us swamp Ames and incidentally to take a fall out of "AI." Next year we are planning on making our Homecoming bigger and better than ever.

Mr. Elmer Eckblaw, 7I3 W. Washington Blvd., Urbana, Illinois.

Dear Brother Eckblaw:

Am enclosing herewith list of the men at present members of the Iowa chapter, with the officers of the chapter. We have heard nothing of t.he

Journal thi yea r a nd , if any num ber have been publi bed, would hk e to ha ve at least three cop ies ent to th i chapter. . At _the of th e pre ent c hool yea r , the Iowa chapter found 1tself w 1th thtrte e n old m en, but w ith out a h o u e, due to being in active Ia t yea r. A rrang e ment s were m ade to ecttr e the hou e that the chapt r had u sed fiv e year ago, and after the expendit ur e of a large um for furnishings, th e place was opened u p. To the pre ent the year ha been very uccessf ul , in sp it e of the littl e exper ie n ce the m a j o rit y of the m e mber had in running the chapter.

The membership at prese nt i s thirt y -on e . There h a been much m ate rial, and the on ly difficulty ha s bee n to ift out the most de ir ab le men . There h ave been no mixers thi s yea r, s in ce the m e mb e r h ad their h ands full in organizing the ch apter at t h e beginning of t h e yea r t pre ent a st udents' Ma so ni c club i s being o rgan ized, but it w ill in n o way confl ict with th e Iowa c h apte r.

Par ti es wer e g i ven in Oc tober , ovember and December, w ith the annual dinner dance schedul ed f o r the 14th of February. The ch apte r h a a im ed to h ave a party eve ry month

In outside act iv iti es th e c h apte r is as u s ual, well r e pre e nt ed. There a r e three m embe r s of P hi Delta P hi , inclu d in g it s pre ident, two of igm a Delta Chi, two o f Delta S ig m a Rho , the pre s id e nt of th e Juni o r law cla s, president o f th e St ud e nt Co un cil , the Iowa r ep r e e nt ative of the ationa l French S tudent s' a ss ociation , as we ll as innum erab le memb e r s of the omm e rce club.

The chapt er now h as a n o rga niz ation in good runnin g s h ape, after th e exper ie n ce of the fir s t f e w month s, a n d g r eat thing s ma y be predicted for the futur e.

F r aterna ll y,

FRA ' K H. Cov, Chapt e r Ed it o r .

IOWA STATE CHAPTER

2rr o Lin coln Way AMES, IOWA

Sc ho o l opened with an atte nd a n ce o f a lm ost 3800 the 24 th of eptember. O ur hou se s tart ed with fifte e n broth e r s who were her e la s t year a nd four who r eturn ed during the summ e r from ove r seas serv ice.

These are all the m e n , Acacians to be correct, who cal led on u s s in ce our last le tt e r. We would lik e to see more of our old er m e n. Even if you do not happ e n t o be co min g through A me s, make a trip out of it and drop in a nd see u s

F. S. Wilkins h as taken up exper im enta l work at Oregon State College ·at Corvallis, but it is rum o r ed that h e may return soon.

Dr. W . W. Dimock left the veterinary d epa rtm ent at th e beginning of the school yea r to become h ead of the d epa rtment of U niversity of Kentucky at Lexington. Dad ts what all the boys ca ll h1m and a ll of the boys wish him s u ccess.

Professor F. E. Colburn left I. S. C. to accept a imilar po it ion at the Kansas Ag ri c ultural College at M a nh a ttan , as college photographer. .

Dr . J.D. Vrossman left t hi s institution Ia t month to become actmg he ad

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of the anatomy department of the _veterinary of the Ohio University at Columbus. Vve regret h1s departure as he fulfilled the position as Sec r eta ry- Treasurer O? the Board of AcaClans . . . M. Winters, from the Mmnesota Chapter, ha s taken up restdence here with hi s wife, and holds a fellowship in the Animal Husbandry Depart:nent. He stayed with us a week before h!s wife came. .

Major Donald B . Palmer, U. S. A. of Mmnesota s topped m June 22nd but it was at that part of th e day when no one was at home. We are sorry we mis sed connections, Major.

E. M. McKune was married la st spring and is part manager of a very large ranch at Tie Siding, Wyoming ._ . .

A . H. Evans was reported marned dunng the s ummer. He ts county agent somewhere in South Dakota.

I wonder what became of our men who graduated la s t June? Oh, yes, I r e m e mb e r now.

Elmer H. Wellemeyer, our Venerable Dean of last year, reports frequently by le tter from Stony Point, New York, where he is employed as a research chemist for th e Is land Oil Refining Corporation. Welle is making good and we are more than glan to hear it.

Dr. H. S. Cassin i s practicing veterinary medicine and is located at Kingsley, Iowa. His practice is reported excellent. We also understand he i s in th e junk busines s and ha s but a few more junk cars, no not autos, to buy in Iowa . Harlan, I beg your pardon . Dr. Cassin drove d wn twice during the s ummer to see us.

Before school clo se d la s t year, we pledged E. M . Capellan. This quart. e r we h ad r et urn to us , A. A. Allen, who was pledged and then entered service, so he still ha s his coming. We have pledged four others this quarter: M. E. Northrup, H. C. Pekarack, A. L. Walker, and K. G. Warner.

We hav e h eld one Sunday eve ning Fireside party. We a r e planning on several new s tunt s in the near future , the first of which will be a Masonic sm oke r f o r all College Masons. This will be held a t our hom e for the purpose of becoming acquainted with all Mason s on the Campus a nd having them become acquainted with our hous e.

Thanksgiving Day was r a ther co ld and s nappy to begin with. A number of the boys went home, some went to the Ames - Drake game, held at Des Moines a nd nine of us got our lady friends and held an afternoon fireside party a,t the house and at 6:30 o'clock we had r ese rv a tions made at the Sheldon-Munn Hotel where we had our Thanksgiving dinner . Being a closed ni g ht for the girls our party disbanded at the hotel.

Our roll call at the hou se is now responded to by S. B . Worth, Venerable De a n ; K. G. Schmidt, vice president; J L. C. Vannoy, Secretary; W C. North, Treasurer; R. L. Cochran, Steward; F . R. Johnson, Assistant Stewa rd ; R. A. Rudni ck, Editor; H. W. Johnson, 0. G. Wheaton, W. J. C ro ss, I. W. Martin, T . C. Stone, W. M. Alsin, H. F. Elliott, W . Cretcher, W. W. St rik e, R. J. Prescott, and pledges K G. Warner, H . C. Pekarack, A. A. Allen, E. M. Capellan, A. L. Walker, M . E. Northrup .

D ece mb er 13th was a grand day and a great Formal dinner and dance took place. The occasion occurred at our chapter home on Lincoln Way.

The c urt a in ro se ve r y slowly at three forty-five o'clock and by fourour h ou se was a scene of beauty and splendor. The decorations cons isted of h oll y a nd " r ea l" mistletoe , a combination th a t i s hard to beat. Abo ut th e hou se vases of pink and white roses were placed m a king a most

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beautiful decoration, and a co lor sc heme that i harmoniou . hri tm a tree co ul d n ot tell the ta le o two were u ed, p ia d on th . tairway a nd ove rh ead con n ected by a erie of electric hri tma li ght \\·hich had a m ost pleasing effect.

T h e dinner co n isted of fiye co u r e and to the train of a r a! 6-p iec o r c h est r a the banquet was enjoyed mo t heart ed ly. Between the cou r e dancing prevailed. T h e dinne r tab le we r e deco r ated with ro e . holly leaves a nd cand lest ic k s. The fli cke rin g of the cand le liaht and the mu i h ad o m et hin g abo ut it that m ade one fee l that an o ld fa hion ed hri tma was at hand.

T h e dance program tarted abo u t eight fifteen o'clock and con i ted of tw e nty numbers. During the program a break came and all the attent ion was co n cen tr ated at the front door and who h ould be there but dear old · anta. a nt a C la u s, yo u we r e an o ld "dea r " to our lady friend and they shall n o t f o rget yo u ve r y soo n. No o n e can te ll better t h an the ladie what joy h e added to the program. He did not lin ge r lo ng, b u t hi s p r e ence will lo n g be r e m e mb e r ed. "C hi ef" yo u did well.

The dar1ee a nd dinner was a g r a nd s u ccess and we a ll wer o well pleased, yes, m o r e espec iall y the lad ies for many of them left word that their exp r ess io n of apprec ia ti o n ca n o nl y be told after they h ave r ec uperated from both th e wonderful m ea l a nd the "ga la" dance

Brothers R. J . Pea r se o f Des Mo in es, Clyde Co mb of Fayette, Marion Olson, A n so n Marston a nd H . Bittenbender of A m es pa rt ook of the ce le. bration.

Music was furnished by Jo hn Eppe l r. ' o r ch est r a of Boone. H. F. Peppe r of A m e was ca t e r e r for the pread.

R. A. RUD NIC K

KANSAS STATE CHAPTER

MANHATTEN, KANSA

M r. W. E lm er Ek bl aw, 7I3 W. Washington B lvd., U rban a, Illinoi s.

My Dear Mr. E kblaw:

October r2, r9r9.

· Your le tt e r o f Oc t obe r 8 th finds the Kan as State as we a lway hope to b e, full of life, pep, and ent hu s ias m.

W e a r e so e nthu sed over the s u ccesses of Professo r Kent that we cannot express it in words. Under hi s leade r s hip we can do nothing but flourish. The beginning of this sc h oo l year o u rnumbers sma ll but strong in spi rit. With this hop e and determmatwn and the help of some of our o ld m e n we began our ca m pa ig n. T hi s campa ign h as n ever stopped at ye t. .

W e h ave, during the past month , p ledged thrrteen new men, of whom two a r e Faculty m e mb e r s , one is a Junior, four are ophomores, and s ix are Freshmen : T h ese ni e n a r e the best to be fo un d in t h e chaal. Two of our o ld p led ges h ave been initiated r a ising our tota l of act ive r:nemb r ot ix .

The fr ate rnit y off ice r a r e a follows: Glen Hoffhmes as Venerab le Dean, Ho m e r J. He nn ey as Sen ior Deacon, Embe rt H. Cole a emor t ewart, a nd Pa ul R. Vl illi s as Secretary and Treasurer.

The Kan as tate se nd s its g r eet in gs and best wi he hoping that you

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will find th e duties of yo ur new appointment a great p leas ur e. Yo ur s fraternally, PAUL R. WILLIS, Secretary and Treasurer.

Dear Bro. Ekblaw :

In an s wer to yo ur r eq u est for a li s t of the ch apter officers, I s ubmit the following :

V. D.. .....

..G le nn Hoff in es S. D Homer J. Renny

S . S.

......Embert H. Co les

Sec .- Trea s Pa ul R. Willis

At the beginning of the sch oo l year , Kansas S_tat e was in having eight former m embe r s a nd pledges w h o were 111 the serv1ce _l ast year as a foundation for the act iv e chapter. From thi s sta rt , we h ave bmlt up the ch apter to twenty men in the house w ith f our p ledges who w ill move in at the end of the first semester. Among ot h er accomplishments we a r e g lad t o report the p ledg in g of Dean A. A. Potter of th e Eng in eeri n g Department a n d P r of. J. E. Kammeyer, Head o f the Dept. of Economics. Both of these men are p r omin e nt in their respective lin es a nd Acac ia may well be pro ud o f them.

It is wi th a great deal of satisfact ion that we lea rn ed of th e electlon o f Brot h e r Kent to the off ice of Vice-President of the National F r ate rnit y as he h as a lw ays been a so ur ce of good so und advice to the local chapter and we f ee l that in hi s n ew office, h e will be a bigger asset to the Fraternity. Un d e r hi s guidance a nd with the material at hand , this s hould be a banner year at Kansas State.

With the most co rdi a l g r ee ting to yourself, I a m Yours frat erna lly , PA UL R. WILLIS.

THE KANSAS STATE SEXTETE.

The sex t ete of the Kansas State Ch ap t er is co mpo sed of all n ew men but what they lack in expe ri e n ce th ey mor e th a n m a ke up in h a rmony and t h at g-reat esent ia l of a real good time which is com m o nl y ca ll ed pep.

T he r oll of the song birds co n s ist s of Robert C. Sp ratt th e m an that si ngs lead and can work up more pep in a minute than any other one of the birds. T h e fir st tenor i s ca rri ed by Hutchman, a t eno r of exce ll ent quality who is ass isted by Magill, the m a n who is accused of makin g a g r eat noi se For the baritones we h ave Seb rin g w h o opens hi s mouth a nd the harmony just fl ows out. He passes it to hi s assistan t Ax lin e who carries it o n O ur bass is carried by Case and Gasto n , both G lee C lub m en , both h ave big voices: T hi s bunch wo uld rather s in g than eat. If yo u shouldn ' t believe it , just drop a r oun d a n see for yo ur se lf

THE ANNIVERSARY.

On the evening of December s ix th , nineteen hundred a nd ninet ee n, the Chapte r of Acac ia w ill ce leb r ate the anniversary of its birth w 1th an mformal dance and banquet. The dance will take place in the Ha ll , at eig ht o'c lock, followed by the banquet in the G tll et Hote l. . Tl:ns eve nt will be th e fifth of its kind in the history of the chapter and 1s bemg looked forward t o with great anticipation. The plans

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for the celebration are well und e r way a nd fr o m a ll indi cat ion the affa ir year ,'_Y ill be of be t that the chapte r ha eve r put over.

I h e ann1ver ary 1 a n eve nt by it. e lf which h o ul d not b confu ed wit11 any other socia l function of the year. Thi i one event in which all m mbers of th e Acacia both active and a lumni hould get together for a real all around good t1m e . We do not wi h to g i, e the im p r e ion that only member s o f thi s chapter a r e invit ed, but cac ian eve r wh r will be Let u hear from yo u so we m ay kn ow when to meet yo u at the station. O ur motto for thi s function if " If yo u are a n Acacian yo u are welcome. " O ur reque s t for th e sa me i " If yo u wi h a c rum pt io u tim e BE PRESENT."

O ur pro pect for "K" men next yea r a r e ve r y good. \nd y \_,dine is running the Fre hman Varsity as quart e r ba c k Ted a nd F r ed Bay r are going w e ll a half back and it i s lik e ly that Wilis and ' pratt w ill mak ' the varsity squad. We expect to b e r ep r e entecl on th e track team b,· Gaston and Ax lin e . ·

KANSAS CHAPTER

LAWRENCE, KANSA

The following i s taken from a r e port se nt to th e G r a nd Co un cil by 1-1. L. Washington , ecreta r y. October 24 and 25th, our total now being s ixt ee n actives a nd ixteen pledges. W e started the year with twelv e act i ve m e n; four m e n w r e initi ated During ru sh week the c h apter hou se wa s in s uch a co nditi o n that we co uld not entertain there but we w e re fortunate in on good term s w ith th Scottish Rite Body who kindly gave us the u e of the Masonic Temple for the fir s t three w ee k s of sc h oo l a fter whi c h w e bega n t o e rv e m ea l at th e house. Of the new addition to the hou se th e s leep ing porch i th o nl y part fully comp leted; the dining room a nd kit ch e n la c k wind ow s a nd door s a nd th e eight new st ud y ro oms o n the seco nd s tory are ju t beina pia terecl . From this yo u can readily see a nd r ea li ze th e diff ic ulti es und e r which we a r e lab o ring.

The office r s are a s follow s:

J. E. B. Miller . ..... ............................ .. ........ ...................... ........................... V. D. G lenn \ Banker.. S. l

H. L. Washington ec'y

J. D. Ete inl e .T r eas.

L. A. . Sherwood .. . ......... ................ .. .................... Maso ni c \i\ a rd e n

S u c h duti es as do not, o bvi o u s ly, fall w ithin the jur isd ict ion of any particular officer are tak e n care of by th e V. D. in u c h a way a h e ees fit o r are bro ' t up in meeting and di s po sed o f there. Meet in g a r e h e ld on Monday even in g at 1:15 and a r e opened and closed in d u e form. fine of 25c is assessed for tardin ess a nd one o f soc f o r ab e n ce . unl e excu . eel by the V. D. for good and s uffici e nt r ea ons. To date, with t h e exception of three un exc us e d a b ences, th e a ttendan ce ha been roo <fc . O ur fir s t party wa s held Fr id ay c t obe r 31 t; except in g thi \\' e h a v e clone abso lut e ly nothing soc ia ll y thi yea r. From wh at h as been tatecl above you ca n readil y see why w e h aYe been un ab le to hold any ocial function s at th e hou se so far thi yea r. \i\ e h ave been un ab le to ecu r e a down town hall thi s fall a nd fai led to t ake opt ion Ia t prina expecting

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that the h ou se wo uld be co mplet ed lon g be for e now . In as n:uch as we h ave as mu ch dancing space as any hall clown t ow n we deem tt unne cessa r y to sec ur e one for our o rdinary parties.

The c hol a r hip r epo rt for th e yea r ju st pa ssed h as not been a s yet afte r h av in g ca r e ful yy loo k ed o:re r la s t yea r s r eco r? s wnter beli eves him se lf safe in say ing th at we will h ead th e frat e rntt y ltst by a good margin. We h eld th e sc holar s hip f or tw e lv e co nsec uti ve yea r s; three yea r s ago we we r e beaten by a t enth of one p e r ce nt a nd two yea r s ago we were t hir d on the li st.

F r es hm e n a r e und e r th e s up e rvi s ion of th e ac ti ve m e n , eac h ac tive man ha v in a a " devil" for whom th e chapt e r hold s him re spo n s ibl e as regard sc holar shi P, personal a pp ea r a n ce e t c. This w e h ave found t o be a very eff icie nt m ea n s of inculcating sc holarly inclinati o n s, obe di e n ce e t c . as well a s s uit ab le proficiency in th e gentlemanly arts

I s in ce r ely h ope that th e a b ove is a cle a r and satisfactory report but will be g lad to a m e nd it in any way yo u ma y see fit to s ugg est. The plan of th e hou se a nd g round s will follow as soo n as th e trac e ing s a nd b lu e prints ca n be co mpl e t ed; lik e wi se the r epo rt of tr eas ur e r o f th e building as ocia tion

With eve r y goo d wish, I r e main ,

S in ce r ely and fraternally yo ur s, H. L. WA SHINGTON, Secretary.

MICHIGAN CHAPTER

A nn A rbor , Mich., No Y. 6, 19 19

Dear Brother:

The Michigan Ch a pt e r sends yo u it s cordial greetings, and, as thi s i s our first le tt e r of th e yea r, will tr y and g ive yo u as mu ch inform at ion regarding Michigan as possible at thi s time .

Sc h oo l opened with twent y -tw o active m e n a nd two p le dges back. P r ospec t s for the co min g yea r a r e bright. Brother Freel Ada m , inactive, an in s tru cto r in th e Dental Sc h oo l, i s a lso back a nd is li v ing a t the hou se .

T h e hou se was k ep t open during s umm e r sc hool with Tommy Thomps o n , Harold Heakin, Fisk Bangs , J ohn He rlih y, A rthur Coa t es, Geo rge hu ste r , a n d Ch a rli e Thom attending.

S in ce sc h oo l opened we h ave pledged ten m e n , fi ve of w hom are freshm e n , four sop hom o r es, and one juni o r. Th e hou se is full and everything is progressing ni ce ly. We ha ve seve r a l ve r y good mu s ic ia n s a nd also a jazz o r c h es tra which manages t o keep thing s li ve ly.

We h ave been h on o r ed by v is it s fr o m seve r a l of th e alumni, including b r oth e r s Eas tm a n , Hull, Nichols, G r a n v ill e, S h a ftm as t e r , Wiesner, Brinkley, McCoy, Campbell, Thurlby, DeCamp, W. Woodward, J. Woodward, Hubbard. Te ]so n , a nd Chri st m an. Brother Thatcher o f Missouri is in s tructing in Zoology.

After th e O hi o State football game we gave a dance. A nd besides seve r a l of our ow n a lumni atte ndin g th e game a nd dan ce , we e ntert a in ed eightee n men fr om O hio State Chapt er. A noth e r danc e is planned for Nov. 22nd , af t e r the Minne ota ga m e It is our d es ir e to m a k e thi s an A lumni Party, and yo u a r e not o nl y in v it ed but we urge that yo u be h e r e if you po s ibl y ca n So far brothers G ranvill e, Stegath, Go rm so n , Eas tm a n , Hull ,

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Me _ oy, B r ook , N ic h o l , h a ftma ter, ampbe ll, Lambert, and ' ecor h a , ·e notifi ed u s that they w ill be h e r e. If yo u can come rlea I t u know a f e w day in advan ce.

The s ocial to h ave o ur a nnu al hrdma part y D ec 18th . Informal J111tJ a tJon w ill be h e ld ToY. r-th a nd Dec. F rmal initiati o n , Fo und e r s' Da y w ill b announ eel in deta il lat e r. \\ ' e ar p lanningto m a k e Fo und e r s' Day o n e of th e bigge t event in , \ caci a hi t ry . an cl h ope th at yo u can a rr ange to be w ith u at that t im e. -

In o rd e r that we m ay keep o ur fi le acc ur ate . we ugge t that yo u send u s yo ur co rr ect address. If yo u hapr e n to know any othe r brot h e r ' s addre s wi ll yo u p lea e se nd it a lo ng w ith yo ur .

A tta ch ed i a li s t of the g r and off icer . a nd a lso th m mh e r s a nd pl e dges of our ow n c hapt e r . T ru t in g that yo u a r e in th e be s t f h ea lth , a nd that yo u w ill be a b le to v is it u s oon. I am .

OFF I CERS

Ve n e r ab le D ea n

Bo b G. Towner

Vice-Venerab le D ea n a mu e l . Jack s

Rec o r lin g Sec r e tar y B. F i k Ba n

Trea ur er C la r e n ce Ba nw ell

Co rr espo ndin g ec r e tar y .I-I. F. Bo r on

House S t e ward V. L. Watts

ACT I VE i\f EJ\[13 ERS

J esse H . A lt e n b ur g

Harry R. Bell

Thom as Ca r on

Welbi e L. Fu ll e r

Thomas A. Hart

John Haze lworth

John H. Herlihy

H H. Heth

A rthur F. Coate s

Rob e rt B. Co llin s

J a m es L. He ss

Co lin C. McCormi ck

P ie r ce H. Robinson

Geo rge . R. S hu st e r

Dea r Brot h e r:

Dona ld W. McCo rmi ck

Frank R. M ill e r

A rthur F. N is ley

C la ren ce L. Ra mu s en

A r ch Wall s

Ha rr y D. T h o rn

Willi a m W elch , Jr .

PLEDGES

Ma rl a nd B. m a ll

Ch a rl e W . Thom

Ch a rl es E. Wil so n

Howa rd S h aw

A ll e n B elkn ap

Geo r ge Va le

Now th at the h o lid ays a r e ove r and thing s ha ve e ttl ed dow n to n o rm a l aga in w e wi ll tr y and g iv e yo u a littl e "dope" o n c h apte r affa i r in c e th e last le tt e r

The Minne ota gam e i ancie nt hi s t o r y now. T h e les a id abo u t th e r es ult th e b et t e r but ju s t th e oppo s it e i s t ru e of th e Minne ota danc e a t the hou se Ther e were abo ut fi fty-fi, e co u p les who atte nd ed the dan ce, amo n g them a aood ly numb e r o f a lumni a nd their wive . I t hink they will ae; r ee with u s that it was a good a nd that eve r y one h ad a good tim e. Fo ur o f th e brother s ca m e from M mn e ota. Tw o of them were on the t eam. B r other Lampi b eing cap t a in.

The U niv e r s ity ha a n ew pr e id e nt. He i Marion L B ur ton. It w ill

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no do u bt be of int e r es t to a ll Acac ia n s and especially Michigan Acac ian s to know th at th e n ew president is a bro th e r Acac ian . We wish him the best of u ccess in hi s n ew position.

As f or fr ate rnity athletics, Acac ia is on the li s t , ha v ing e nt e red three teams in the int er -frate rnit y le ag ue , a t ea m in bowling, ho c ke y, and ba s ketball. O ur m a t eri a l f o r th e basketball team loo k s good. Time will t e ll as to the ot h e r two teams.

O n Nove mb e r IS brothers A llan P. Belknap a nd Co lin C. McCormick c r ossed the " h ot sa nd s". If nothing h a ppens two or three more of the p ledges will get some id ea of what Acac ia m ea ns so m e time in February. It might be sa id in behalf of Brother Belknap that he was a li e utenant j. g. in the navy. He t ell s u s a ve r y intere st in g yarn r egarding hi s experiences w ith a president o f so m e j erkwate r r e public down in South A m e rica. Brothe r McCormick is s tudying bone a nd ti ss ue and living in hope s of so m e cla y being an M. D.

Th e h ou se is full at prese nt and we expect it to b e full n ex t se m es t e r a lth ough B r ot h e r s Rasmussen a nd Donald McCormick graduate thi s semes ter.

The Acacia alumni of Detroit ha ve asked u s that we inform a ll th e brothers that th ere is an Acac ia lun c heon eve r y Frida y noon at th e Cad il'a c Hotel a nd all th e broth e r s are urged to be there a s often as possible. This is so methin g that should be s upp o rt ed by th e alumni and m a de a permanent thing. It is a good method of g-etting the alumni together and keeoing th e m in t ou ch with one another a nd ke ep ing inter es t a live in the frat e rnity among the a lumni .

NEWS ITEMS

Brother Harlan P. Row e ' os Lit ha s le ft for the O ri en t in co nn ec ti on w ith hi s wo rk f o r th e J. L. Hudson Co , D e troit

Bro th e r Ca rl os Zanelli 'r8 E ng. ha s r e turn e d to hi s h o m e in Va lpar a iso. S hili.

B r ot h e r Brownrigg- ' 17 Lit. w h o is loca t ed in Washington, D . C., mad e us a sh o rt v is it ju s t before th e holiday s . ·

B r o th e r C. B. Ca mpb ell 'r9 Eng. who is located in Wilkinsburg, Pa. expec t s to drop in s h o rtl y a nd g ive th e boys th e "once over".

B r o th e r Frank S. P ie r ce f o rm e rl y of th e' Mt. P leasant High Sc ho o l is n ow loca t ed in Lansing, Mich.

B r ot h er VanVa lk e nburg 'os E ng., formerly of Fresno, Ca lif. , is now locate d in Toledo, O hio

B r o th e r expe.c t s t o be from the na vy thi s mo n th says that h e I S e.1th e r. com111g back to M1ch1gan o r going to Han·ard. He I S at present a se m.o r b e ut e nant in th e n avy . W e hop e that h e won't h ave to u se any undu e mflu e n ce to bring him back t o Michigan . . B r ot!1 e r "Bo b:' Rodkey ' q Lit. , loca t ed in New Yo rk C it y, paid u s a v 1s1t clunng vacatw n.

B r ot h e r "Dad" M iggett, who is in Detroit with th e Fo r d Motor Ca r Co .. spent a few days at the h ou e during vaca tion

B r ot h er H: S . '07 Law, stopped for d inn er w ith u s o n Janu a r y 8th. He I S n ow Ass 1sta n t Atto rn ey Ge n e ral of New Mex ico. He is a l o a t hi.rt y-t hir d m ason, having this hon or Octobe r 25 th . 1919. I-1 1 add r ess 1 Sa nt a Fe. New Mex1co.

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THE CHRISTMA

Due to the heavy expen e thi year th hou e did not plan a n lab r a t ' party. We took a littl e f ellow from a poor family and cloth d him ompletely from the hid e out.

We brought the boy down to the hou se about five o lock and put him in the shower. The men who took care of him got a much njoyment ut of the affair, from a ll appearance , a the li ttle haver did . H wa then dressed and taken down stairs where he met not only the boy in the hou e, but also such men as Brothers Wheeler, Hull, "Gloomy " hri tman , Dr Bunting, Dr. French, Dr. Ha ll , "Uncle Bob" Campbell. Regent B eal , "Scotch" Norris, Lindenschmitt, P r ofe sor John on, Dr. Hoff and orm Laird . The boys all "chipp ed in " a nd bought the kid something be ide th clothes the h o u se gave him. He r ece ived a s led , evera l toys, orne gam e and con id e r ab le mall change. From a ll indi cation he went home we ll sa ti sfied.

Fratc:rnally, H. F. BoRON, Corr espouding Secretary

Office r s for the year I920-I92I were regu la rl y e lected at the annual m eeting of the Chapte r May 3rd, and were in sta ll ed o n May r7th. The f o llowing is the li st, wh ic h i s ce rtifi ed by the retiring Venerab le Dean .

Venerab le Dean

Vice- Venerable Dean

rch Wa ll s

H. Fred Boron

Recording Secreta r y .A ll en P. Be lkn ap

Treasurer..

House Stewa rd

Senior teward

Junior Steward

Marland B. mall

Gie nn C. Forre ter

Arth ur F. Nis s ley

........Robert B. Col lin s

No elect ion of Chapt er Adv iso r was h e ld. Brother Os car . Hull till holding that office.

Glenn C. Forrester was elected as delegate to the a tiona! oncla , -e, and Allen P. Belknap elected as A ltern ate Delegate. It is po s ible that b o th these men will be present at the Conclave . Fraternally yo ur s, ALLE T P. BELKNAP, Corresponding S ecr e t a ry. Ce rtifi ed Correct: BoB G . TowNER. Retiring Venerab le Dean.

MINNESOTA CHAPTER MINNEAPOLIS, MINN.

Mr. W. Elmer Eckblaw, Grand Secretary, Acacia Fraternity , Dear B1·other Eckbla w: January 21, 1920.

Your lette r of the I sth in st. was handed to me for reply , not bee au e our sec r eta ri es cannot reply to it but for the rea _on that I an s we ring it and they jumped at the chan c:. act.l\ ' e c hapter th1s year el ec te d me as their c hapter adv isor and ha vmg hved w1th the boy her e for a num-

ber of years, I feel as well posted as a!lyone on in connection with the Active Chapter and w1th the Alumm Assocmtwn.

The boys were a little put out and I was somewhat when. I read your letter. They evidently thought !h.at they were unJUStifiably icised while I thought you were grossly m1smformed, and am even cunous to extent of asking you who your informant is.

As a matter of fact the affair s at the Minnesota Chapter are very good a nd are in fact better than I could with the fondest hopes forsee a year ago when I returned from overseas and found the bunch few in number and out of the house. I think that at the present time they have about forty-six men, ac tive and pledge, on their rolls and that beats anything in the past. O ur house is loaded to capacity and others are waiting to get in This has _ never occurred at Minnesota before. Our competition with the other academic fraternitie s ha s bee n keen thi s year but so far when we ha v e wanted a m a n we got him.

It is in connection with campus activities that we of necessity disagree with yo u and in that disagreement we take pleasure and you no doubt will also. These are some of the things in which we are represented: Senior Agricultural President; All-University Council composed of eleven men, two of which are Acacians from Minn eso ta Chapter ; we have two men on college co uncil; we have one member out of four on the all University Senate on Student Affairs; We have one man on the Board of Publishers of Law Review; we have the Manager of the Minnesota Union; and we have still another man on the Union Board of Governors; the chairman of the membership committee for the University Post of American Legion is ours; and \\(e did have the presidency of the senior class in the Pharmacy College but at this writing do not know whether he resigned or not. I know h e intended to on account of carrying too much work.

In athletics also we must disagree heartily a little. The last year's cap tain of the football team is pledged to Acacia and we have one other man on the squad. In basketball we have one man playing , although not regularly on the quint. In bowling we won three out of five sets and we are now warming up our basket-ball team. We have plenty of promising material and it looks like a championship caliber. The boys are taking very active intere st in these interfraternity sports and even though we may not win as much as we would lik e to, w e feel that our be ing th e re counts for a great deal and it places our fraternity where it ought to be-among the rest.

We have one man on the band. Incidentally this same fellow is the nucleus of our orche s tra in the house and he surely turns rain into sunshine.

Socially we cannot be beat. We hav e had five dances so far this year ; one pledge dance, four general hous e dances. In addition we had a homeco ming dance outside of the house to accomodate the large attendance. The last Saturday evening of every month ·is given over to the alumni and their wives. We inwardly assume responsibility for the activities of the Unive r s it y Masonic Club and tak e ca re of it s s moker s and dinners. The next dance is our winter formal to be given here on the evening of February 1 Ith . O ur next initiation is to be held on Saturday evening- at the Scottish Rite Cathedral and the special feature is a reunion of the Twin-City alumni . Of there were smokers and theatre parties and rushing p a rtie s in addltlon to the above.

Scholastically i s where we shine though, but before going further I wlll r a p on wood. Heretofore we were not allowed to co mpete in the cup

o n t h e ca m p u s beca u e we were con idered too good but at th Ia t me tin o f t h e F r ate rni ty lum n i As oc iation thi que tion wa b r ught and w let in o n it. t he last five year we have won fir t pia e thr e t im es, lost o n ce a n d tied o n ce. In o r de r to win th abO\ e cup we mu t win fi r st p lace t hr ee co n sec u t i,·e t ime and th i \\"e are tri,·ing t do. Thi pa t yea r we wo n fir t p lace and co u nt in w inning the cup. But e,·en thou h we u u a ll y r a nk fi r st in scho la r s hi p, and it i my fervid opinion that we h o ul d, I do n ot be li eve th at ot h e r t h ing a r being n g l cted on that acco un t. I h ave a lways been a n d a lways w ill be ju t a good a f ll ower f s p or t a n d soc ia l act i viti e and I be li eve the boy he r e fee l the am wa m os t ly. I d o ye t p lace sc h o la r s hi p fi r t b u t I do not be lieye we have a man h e r e th a t put s i t fir st to t h e excl u s ion of a ll ot h e r .

I h ope I h ave m ade m yse lf clear as to h ow we are getti ng a long h r a nd I a m o n ly too g la d to h ea r fr o m yo u aga in a n d I know the boy f e l the sa m e way.

As t o th e co n c lave to be h e ld h e r e next yea r I expect to h ave a finger in th at a lso, but as ye t we h ave do n e n o thin g. I atte n ded the P ur d u e conclave in 19 16 a nd t oge th e r w it h Wa r d W illi a m s we ou g h t to f o r m ul ate someth ing b ut we wa n t a d vice f r o m yo u peo pl e. Wh y s h o ul d t h e conclave Ia t a week? We wo u ld be g lad t o h ea r fr o m yo u a t a n y and a ll ti mes a n d a r e on ly too g lad t o r e pl y.

F r ate rn a ll y, Auc. E BA ER.

THE SPRIG.

I a m g r ea tl y pl ease d t o h ave thi s oppo r t unit y to express to yo u , one and a ll , m y d ee p a ppr ec ia ti o n o f m y assoc ia ti o n w it h yo u . I am ve ry so rr y t h at I h ave n ot bee n ab le t o see mor e o f yo u a n d to co m e to know yo u bette r . I s h a ll a lw ays ca rr y in m y h ea rt a · la r ge p lace f or t h e Acac ia h apter at t h e ni ve r s ity o f Minn es ota . Wh e r eve r I go I fin d th at it b ri ngs me into co nt act w ith spl e ndi d g r oup s o f s tud e nt s . R ece ntl y at th e Un iver ity of Wi sco n s in I e nj oye d a m os t d e li g h t ful eve nin g with t h e Acac ian . The n a ti o n a l p r es id e nt w as pre se nt a n d m a d e a ve r y in te r es tin g a d d r ess. W h eneve r a n y of y ou a r e in my v i cinit y in th e f u t ur e p lease r e m embe r that I h a ll be m os t h a pp y t o see y ou .

M. L. BuRTON .

THE NEXT CONCLAVE

T o M inn e s o t a h as co m e th e h on o r o f ac tin g as h os t f o r t h e next a n n u a l Co ncl ave o f th e n a ti o n a l Frate rni ty. T hi s w ill be h eld d ur ing t h e latte r part o f th e m o nth o f Se p te m be r, a nd i s expec t ed t o last abo u t a week. The privi leg e w hi ch thi s yea r com es t o Minn eso t a is a lways a coveted o n e among the c h a pt e r s o f Acac ia. W e sh o ul d co n g r at ul ate o ur e lves u po n t h e oppo r t u nity w h ic h is h e r e o ff e r ed t o u s. I t beco m es n ow o u r very ea rn e t endeavor to liv e u p t o th e p oss ibi liti es of th e occas io n , a n_d m ake the conclave a ll hould b e t o tho se who c om e as d elegate a n d off ice r s, a n d a lso to make 1t mea n a ll th a t it s h o u ld t o thi s chapt e r .

T hi s ""a th e ri ng o f th e n at io n a l f r ate rni ty i bo u nd to be one of the la r ""e eve n ts in th e a nn a ls o f M inn e ota ch apte r. It is for eve r y acti' e memo f the ch a pt e r a nd eve r y pl edge a n d t h e a lumni to r ea li ze that it i . a tr e m e ndo u s ly imp o rt a nt eve nt , a n d to whateve r comes to h1m to m a k e it th e bes t Co ncl ave eve r h eld as 1t pr01m e to be one of the mo t

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important. Matter s of great conce rn to the fraternity and to every Acacian will be cons id e r ed and set tl ed.

It is the ambition o f Minnesota chapter to s ee to it that the grand officers and th e d elegates who come from the four corners of the land go away with the f ee ling th a t we have done just a little bit than anyone could possibly ha ve expe c t ed to make th e Conclave worth whtle. Heaven blessed u s with so m e beautiful cities in which to e ntertain our visiting brothers. A ut o mobil es com e from a different source, however; and here our trust is in our alumni a nd me mber s . Se that it is well founded .

OFFICE RS FOR 19 2 0-21

Tracy J. Peycke...

Venerable Dean

Leonard Kinsell... Senior Dean

Rudolph N ottlemann

Pe rr y R. Moore

Clifford Bonde... .............................

Bernard Rothenberger

Recording Secretary

Corresponding Secretary

Treasurer

Steward

It is with ke e n regret that Acacia realiz es that thi s is the last year of Brother President Burton's st ay with us We have been honored in his fellowship, and the knowledge that he takes a keen interest in Acacia. We co ngratulate Michigan upon its fortune, and sincerely hope that the Michigan Chapter will find it s relation s with him as plea sa nt as we have found ours

Reward s do sometimes come to those who wait-and work. Acacia h as certainly waited, and s tati s tics show that somebody did some work. The cup originally awarded to that Greek letter fraternity attaining the high es t rank in sc holarship now graces Acacia's mantle By a ruling effective this year it i s now awarded to the fraternity member of the Interfraternity Council which rank s highe s t This, of co ur se, mad e Acac ia eligible. The award wa s based on the grades for th e yea r 1918-19, and when the math em at icians had performed their ta sk it was found that Acacia h a d an ave rage of 1.39 as against 1.279 for our nearest competitor. The cup was presented at the annual inte rfraternity banqu et held at Donaldson's Tea Rooms, the evening of the annual March blizz a rd. It was gracefully accep t ed by V. D. Mitchell, and t e nderly brought home in hi s arms under the sta rtl ed eyes of hom e-bound street car patrons. It belong-s permanently to the fr a t e rni ty fir st winning it in thr ee succes s ive years. When torn betwixt duty and di s tra c tion , the bre thr e n file r eve r en tly past it and then go back up s tair s and do th e ir darndest

Broth e r O laf Aa mo dt, who h as been in the southwest for the past eight m onth s r ec up erati ng, i s now with u s again and report s himself in perfect h ea lth. We g ive him a fri en dly welcome. He i s in th e employ of th e U . S. Gove rnm e nt in the Agr ic ultural d epa rtment of the University . Dr. a nd Mrs He nry Gammell were chaperones at th e hou se informal on Feb ru ary 14, 1920 ·

Bro: L y nn Ma rtin , of th e S tate Highway Commi ss i on , d rop s in on u s e ith e r to be trimmed or to trim at bridge. .

C. T. Fmg e r h as t a k e n up hi s abode with u s aga in. For the past yea r

he has been se cretary of th e omm e r c ia l C lub a t M oo e L a ke , M inn. , and is now with the Capital Tru t Bank in t. Pa ul.

Jordan, Minne sota , is be ing h o n o r ed by ha v in g Ge orge Bu ch a na n Cl a rk e as its superintendent of sc ho o l . He r port thi s i a goo d fie ld f o r go o d work, and we wish him s uc ce . ( W e alw ay like to writ e out hi econd name in full.)

Dr. and Mr s . Ingvald B e rgh of W a t!'! rtown , outh D a kota, a nn oun ce the arrival of Haldorah B eth

Dr. Harry Miller of Roch es ter w a a r ece nt vi itor h e r e. Ha r r y xpects to establish him e lf at Crook s ton soon a nd in anticip a tion th e r eof h a bought a "car."

Dr. Clarence Passer of Lakefield, Minn e o ta , a ttend ed th e a nnu a l dental convention here and spent a f ew day s with us. Broth e r Be rgh and Daum were also in town but we did not see much of them . In fact Leo comes up quite frequently, but not to see us.

Bro. Arne Aamodt is now at Moorehead, Minne ota, wh e re h e is manager of the Potato Growers' Association.

Oscar Amundson, manager of Bridgeman-Russell cream e ry at Jamestown, South Dakota, paid us a visit recently .

MISSOURI CHAPTER

COLUMBIA, MO.

BE NEATH ACACIA'S SHADE

(Tune: Auld Lang Syne)

"Beneath Acacia's shade we meet; We come from far and near, We're bound by strong fraternal love To all who're gathered here." (Chorus)

"So brothers true we'll here renew The vows that we have made To cherish well all those who dwell Beneath Acacia's shade ."

"Acacia's roots are firmly twined Around each brother's heart And bind us all to each by ties No powe r can ever part ."

"And now ha s come the time to part An we must say good-bye We'll not forget that we are bound By many a sacred tie."

-Bro. James A. Gibson .

ACACIA B U ILDING ASSOCIATION

At a meeting of the alumni and member s of Mi ssouri C hapt e r hel? at the chapter house on Homecoming Day , ovember 8 , 19I9, 1t wa s. de ctd ed to enter upon an active campaign to the funds the erectton of 31 suitable chapter house for the frat ermty. Th e followmg Board of Dt-

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rectors was selected: John Pickard, Pres.; Ray V. Denslow, Vice Pres.; Jacob Lampert, Vice Pres.; K. C. Sullivan, Sec.; A. W. Kampschmidt, Treasurer. Subscriptions were opened to secure funds to pay off the amount due upon the lot.

The members of the active chapter have subscnbed for this purpose, $r,roo $2,300 in addition has been pledged by alumni members for this same purpose. We need $700 in addition to complete the purchase of the lots. The members of the Board of Directors are incorporating the association and are entering upon a very active campaign not only to secure the amount necessary for the completion of the purchase of the lots but also to secure thefunds for a splendid chapter house. The appeal is made in the first instance to every one of the alumni members to pledge $roo to be paid within six months. Masonic friends of the fraternity throughout the state are expressing much interest in this proposed chapter house and are promising very substantial assistance. This brief note is merely to inform all friends of Acacia that the campaign is on in earnest, a campaign which will end only with the completion of a chapter house of which every member of the Acacia Fraternity and every Mason in Missouri may be justly proud. All of the alumni members will receive very quickly a communication from the Board of Directors inclosing a subscription card. Judging from the enthusiastic manner in which the alumni of the fraternity in Kansas City responded to President Pickard's appeal, these cards will be promptly filled out and returned.

Remember that he gives twice who gives quickly. The Board will be very glad of suggestions and counsel from the alumni.

This year the active chapter has accomplished one thing that is a source of pride to every Acacian. The degree team from the house has exemplified the Entered Apprentice and Fellowcraft degrees a number of times for the two local lodges. Recently the boys worked the first degree at the Grand Lodge of Instruction which was held in the hall of Twilight Lodge. They were warmly complimented by both the Grand Master and the Grand Lecturer. Someone has suggested that the team work before the Grand Lodge at its next meeting. This, we think, would be a splendid thing for the chapter and for the boys themselves The degree team is just one more evidence that the chapter this year is up and going all the time.

As in previous years Acacia was one of the leaders in scholarship among the fraternities. Last term the chapter ranked third. The old men may wonder how it is that Acacia happened to slip down two notches for even one term. Nobody knows, but just watch the boys this year. Two smokers have been held this fall and have been well attended by both the University and town Masons. Beany Hunt and Company are always on the job when there's somethin' doin' and everybody's happy.

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Brother Jack Long is livii1g in St. Louis. He hasn't made up his mind whether the prohibition amendment is a good thing for the economic statue of his home town, but believes it has a promising future, nevertheless. Jack came back from the Nebraska game. When asked how his girl was getting along he cheerfully announced that he has been a married man for lo these two years and that the family _now numbers three. Tempus fugit.

Bro. jimmy Metz returned w1th Bro. Jack and said that the Acacians

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thi s y ear a re a bunch of port Jimmy ay that he e Bro lgier occasiOnally down t. LoUJs way but cou ldn ' t per uade him to come back even to take a squint at chulte ' Corn hu ker . From Carrollton, Missouri, come a lin e from Bro. Ben. . H in . Bro . Heins couldn't return for th e Homecoming because he wa ' 'tied up.' ' Wonder what that means?

Bro. R. Warren Roberts i once more located in Ch illi cothe. He i the best civil engineer and architect in town.

· Ross J. Weaver a bu y man in Kan as City. He expect to pay us a v1s1t ere long Make tt nappy Weaver. We ha ve a new player piano that you'll be tickled to hear.

Bro. J. C. Hack leman i now connected with the gronomy Department of the niversity of Illinoi s . Hack left u rather udd en ly. We saw him skipping past the Greasy poon bag and baggage at a 2 :20 clip one day in and then he reported from Champaign. He says that he is with us heart and soul and that Bro. S ullivan left a good impre s ion at the conclave as to the activities of the Missouri Chapter.

We have two brothers stranded in Bloomfield, . ]., E. L. Harrington and E. C. (Bill) B lom. Both are connected with th e We tinghou e Lamp Company. Say Bill, are the twins still in Bloomfield?

Bro. Jesse H . Smith is connected with th e Fuller Bru h Company, Sca rritt Arcade, Kansas City. He has written us one of the peppiest letters that has been received this fall. He is for the Tiger , first, last a nd a ll the time. He couldn't return for the ebraska game but mad e up for it by rooting like mad for the team at Lawrence on Thanksgiving.

Bro. L. G. Rinkle is in Columbia nursing a very se riou s throat infection . Rink has lost about thirty pounds but is cheerful anyway. The chapter w ishes him a speedy recovery.

Our smiling brother, Hereley S. Daily, is the same as ever. Herley w rit es policies for the Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company during the week and then makes tracks for Columbia over unday. If you look out of the window of the University Barber Shop on Saturday afternoon you may see Herley behind a good ten-center trying to persuade somebody that his wife hasn't all the financial protection that s h e ought to have . Herely is still owner of the Daily Brothers Tailoring Establishment downtown. It has the agency for Ed V. Price Company of Chicago. If you order a suit of clothes from the Daily's you may recei ve it within two month and maybe not, but outside of that it' a good firm and Bro. Herley i a good fellow.

Bro. John W. Baldwin gives his address as 102 West Market treet , Akron, Ohio. He expects to pay us a v isit next spring.

Brother Eddie Prewitt is engaged in dairy extension work at the University 'of Kentucky . Big Chief Keeney saw him at the International and says that Eddie has a line that any extension might well be proud of . His appeara n ce in Chicago was a pleasant s urpn se to us for he has been lost for a couple of years. He has written us a note which says "I want to write the bunch a long letter pretty soon and tell them what I have been doing and then get one telling me what you all hav e been accomplishing." Very good, Eddie.

INFORMATION WA TED

The card index record of the alumni which is kept at the hou e a d ly

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ne ed s r ev is iOn. Many of the addresses are wrong and letters very often are returned to be readdres sed . It is therefore desired that every brother write to the secretary of the Alumni Association, Bro. K. C. Sullivan, giving hi s addre ss and occupation . The following brother s are hopelessly lost and information concerning them will be appreciated: John H. Patrick, Frank Heileman, Walter W. Wobus, Ellery Farmer, Mark M. Morehouse, G. H . Doughty, L. C. Dennis, L. C. Ray, George T. Sassee, Charles Arnold, Wallace Chapman, Herman H. Fl eming, Eli S. Haynes, H. M. Hoffman, Grover C. Hosford, Everett W. John son, G. B Long, Ralph McReynolds , Loring E. Morgan, Harry F. Sewick, Lloyd E. Thatcher, Herschel Tupes, Malcolm C. Watson, C. F. S apper , E . M . Yates.

Well, Bro. Alumnus, maybe you ought to be glad you're not here. We've been driving pretty hard this fall. There's been a Stephens College Drive, a Christian College Drive, a Red Cross Drive, a Y. M. C. A. Drive and a Roosevelt Memorial Drive. A double situp at the barber shop sets you back seventy-five cents. The movie price is jumped when Doug Fairbanks comes to town and we have to keep warm on apportioned fuel. About the only free amusement hereabouts is to watch a parade.

NEBRASKA CHAPTER

LINCOLN, NEBRASKA

During Rush Week the ungainly forms of "Doc" Louis Meier, "Skinny'! Powell, Ben Beck, Harold Muffley, "Bus" Brown ; and others could be discerned about the house, and the assistance rendered by them was invaluable . Also Mother 'Brown by her presence added that finishing touch which every true Acacian recognizes as soon as he enters the portals of Acacia.

OUR RHODES SCHOLAR

Considerable interest was aroused this fall over who should be awarded the two Rhodes Scholarships from this state. Thirteen applications were filed from over the state, seven of them being from the U. of N. The seven from Nebraska University were soon narrowed down to two men, Alfred Reese and Neil Chadderdon, both Acacians . The choice lay between these two men and a man from Creighton, Reese and the Creighton man finally being chosen.

Reese, more commonly known as "Pete," has been very active in school circles , winning his letter in track and starring in the dramatic club, besides being very popular with the ladies.

We are proud of Pete and bespeak for him a very successful sojourn in our neighboring school across the water.

MASONIC ACTIVITIES

Our Acacia Masonic Team is organized and in good working order again this year . Lancaster Lodge No. 54 asked us to put on the work for Neil T. Chadderdon, one of our pledges who has since become a real live and active Acacian . Of course we were there! And such. a Ieed! Brother Garey is Worshipful Master of the team and presided in the East, Silsbee in the West , Willets in the South , M. H . Power acted as . enior Deacon, a nd "Buster" Bro'61'n, Hanson, Foe , "Pewee" Power, Meyer, Spacht, Elwell,

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and Hoffman all took part in the active team work. Each man , a on hi and. as a result we fel.t well r epaid for the time pent in getting the team 111 order. The mt e r est of the fellow in putting on the work i mamfested 111 the fact that there are und er tudie for every pa rt o that next year at the word "go", Acac ia will h ave a team ready and wi liin g to a i t in helping the good work along.

OUR HOUSE MOTHER

Oft has the que s tion been put "W hat is home without a mother ?" The r e ply comes alway s unhe s itating a nd s ur e, ' It isn't; merely empty room barren walls." mother's lo ve th at drive out empt in e and fill wtth warmth and cheer; 1t s the touch that o nl y woman can give that make a house a home.

The Chapter is again fortunat e in ha v ing Mrs. W. Brovn1 a Ho u e Mother . No finer House Mother ever entered th e portals of a ny fr ate rnity. During the two years of the War th e never-failing int e r est and sua-gest io n given by Mrs. Brown were of inestimabl e va lu e, both as a factor k eep in g the chapter alive and in making a strong r eo rg a nization po s ible . For her inspiration and queenly presence among u s we owe a debt of gratitude that can never be paid . Endeared to all our only regret is that s he cannot b e with us every day , and that we cannot be assured of her being with u for many years to come.

VISITING BRETHREN

Lloyd Thatcher and James Fari s from the Mi so uri Chapt e r were with us at the beginning of the school year and have bee n in to see u s eve ral times since. We were sure glad to have them with u s and appreciate the assistance they rendered us.

Our good old brother George Ferrier from th e Kansas State Chapt e r was up to see us while he was on a contracting j ob at Falls City. ure see med good to have George with us again He seems like one of our own Alumni and to those of us who know him so well. You are always welcome, Georg-e . Come up every time you are in Lincoln .

Dr Green of the Syracuse Chapter was with u s till he was ab le to get a hous e. We have seen very little of him since he moved out of the house but know he is busy as are most of the in s tructor s in the University this year. He has a position in the Romance Language Departm e nt

Dr. Brown of the Chicago Chapter came over and took lunch with u s one noon and was over to an initiation one evening, but as are all the faculty men, he was busy . Always welcome at any time Doctor and we are s ur e you w ill always receive a hearty welcome.

Bidgood from the Cornell Chapter has been to see us several tim es and we surely have enjoyed his visits. We hope he will feel free to drop in whenever he is in Lincoln. His last trip was Thanksgiving Day and we to ok him up to see Nebraska take Syracuse to a neat little trimming. He thoroughly enjoyed seeing Nebraska win the game.

North from the Ames Chapter came over with the band when Ames played football here. Ames also had an Acac ia man on the team but he could not get up to the house. However, the editor went down and had a talk with him . He warned us that Ames was lo ade d for the Huskers .

At our annual Home Coming we had the following- brethren here from the Kansas University Chapter: N. A. Armel, R. M Johnson , George

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Wa c by , J . B. S teinley, E. E. Ptgroga , and George McKay. Most of the f ello ws s t a yed f o r our party at the Lincoln that night and all said that they h a d a wond e rful time and we wish to assure them it was a pleasure to us t o h ave th e m with u s a nd gi v e them a hearty welcome to come again.

IN MEMORIAM

T he following sk e tch es are taken from the " Beaver City Times - Tribun e":

" D eath clo s ed the caree r of a bright, promising, and popular young man la s t Friday, in the untimely passing of Volney H. Blackman . He was a f a vorite wherev e r he was known . His was a gentle, modest, yet forceful dispo s ition , and his future, had he been spared to home and loved ones, would have been one mark ed with worthy achievements. God rest him and co mfort the s orrowing ones in the several homes from which he will be sadly mi ss ed.

" Volney Harding Blackma n, son of Judson T and Nettie H. Blackman, wa s born in Beaver City, Nebraska, October I7th, I893, where he grew to manhood and where he had always made his home. He attended the public s chools and graduated from the high s chool in the class of I9I2. Three different years he attempted to pursue his education further at the State University, but was compelled to give up his cherished plans because of ill health . Returning home he assisted his father on the farm in the hopes that his health might become more rugged.

" H e was united in marriage to Ivy M. Fleming, October I7, I9I7Irtto this happy and ideal home a little son was born on November 7, I9I8. Little Herbert Stanley tarried only eight brief days in his earthly home a nd then went on to be with Jesus who said, "Of such is the Kingdom of Hea ve n."

" Some two weeks ago Volney was taken down with a violent case of influ e nza, which developed into pneumonia, against which he s truggled bravely, but to which he succumbed and passed away from this life on Friday evening , March 28 , I9I9 , at the age of 25 years, 5 months , and I I days.

CHAPTER OFFI CERS, I9I9-I920

G lenheim Foe..

Venerable De a n Harry L. HubbelL

John Vetter..

Senior Gean

Steward A lfred I. Ree s e........

House Manager Boyd S . Willetts...................

MARRIAGES

S e ntinel

S in ce th e la st publication of The Asp several of the men ha v e trod the path of in fact there are so many of them that we will be unable at thts hme to gtve exact dates and names However , we will att empt to enumerate the mo s t recent ones.

The following named men are automatically dropped from the "Bachelor s ' Club_" by r eason of their " s tepping off," as it were: "Stub" Jeffords Eilt s , Ganz, "Ginnie " Ganz, Leslie Ellis, Jimmy Casteel , Guy Wtlltam s, Charh e Paul , Ed Pettygrove, "Ducky" Holmes, "Fritz" Clark.

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We are orry that po t war condition have mad it difficult tog t particular in most in tance , neverthele , we felt it our duty t put th m on the "Benedict.' Roll of Honor."

OHIO CHAPTER

OLUMB , OHIO

Acac ia at O hio ' tate i pressing forward in thi great recon truction period with epoch-making tride s. Her men ha ve ret urned from the path of conquest to th e fields of a great fraternity with that earne tne of purpose and a de ire to be of se r v ice . h e ha s, in a way, put h r fighting blood into her upbuilding.

Sc hool opened with twenty-two active men back. early a ll ar ri, ·ed four days before the University opened. Plans were quickly drawn for a rousing school year, and a great year it is too, and the plans are working out beautifu ll y.

There have been three initiations and eleven men hav e walked through their trials into the brotherhood.

Besides the m e n initiated, we s till ha ve at present ixteen pledge of exce ll ent ca li bre and many prospects and possibilitie

Everyone at the hou se i s a radiator of the new "Boost Acacia pirit,' the older men have it and the newer men are catching it. We are instilling it .into the pledges and a ll as of one mind are united in sweepin<T forward in the g r eat program.

Rushing this year centered around two committees, one from the active chapter and the other from the faculty alumn i. In addition to these two comm i ttees, each active man considered him se lf a ru sh ing committee. The clo e cooperation of these three units, under Brother Brown's direction, ha brought to t h e chapter's attention the greatest number of men in hi tory A ll colleges of the University were earched, and Mason were found where previously they appeared to be lacking. O ur alumni advise u s that the high quality of material selected this year s urpa sses all past record s.

In m e ntioning our social behavior it may not be out of place to ay that we have been especially fortunate this year not only in ha v ing a nice number of ladies as guests for our Sunday dinners, but there have been very few evening dinners that we hav e n thad as guests one or more of the gentler sex.

Our brother Acacians on the faculty all fe e l perfectly at home aro und the house and it has been quite an asset to the chapter to have a number of Profs. around when guests a re present.

Our first informal dance was given in honor of our pledge , at the Hartman Hotel on October roth. Everything went along fine mu ic was the best to be had and so were the lad ies. Our socia l committee headed by Brother Pa ul F. Reed, put on a dance that will long be remembered . \ little later nineteen of u s made the trip to nn Arbo r for the annua l football <Tame beh-veen the two niy er ities. Michigan Chapter certa inl y showed a splendid tim e, and gaye an inf orma l dance in our favor that was the very last word for a real fraternity dance.

O ur Sec r e tar y, Brothe r J. I . Baur. followed the football team to Wi -

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consi n, and fr om all that h e has told us, he sure had a most royal time as guest of th e Wisconsin Chapter. .

O ur Homecoming Game on November 22nd, brought a host of alumm a nd e nabl ed us to give a dance at one of the bette_r Columbus Clubs! that co uldn't ha ve bee n impro ved upon unless that we m1ght have danced tlll the wee s mall hours. In th e prize waltz, our V. D., Brother Clair and lady re ce iv ed th e prize s, which were a coat of arms for watch cham and an Acac ia bar pin. A lunch eo n was spread for 56 couples .

At the Seneca Hotel, on February 2oth, we will hold our annual formal dance . .

W e are taking a greater interest in athletics this year. Just now we have t e n men out for bas ketball practice. Intermural basketball opens soon . Brother Fo s ter Hoffman, as chairman of the athletic committee, has been doing excellent work, and with the aiel of Brothers Ohlson and Bird of the T raining Department are rounding out a team which they promise will be a credit to Acacia.

Acacia handled the football scoreboard this year, Brothers Harry W. Scannell, Earl B. Elliot and F. L. Donnally officiating.

Thi s year the chapter elected two of our loyal alumni, Brothers F . H. Landrum and Orton Boyd, to active membership.

The boys are taking a great deal of interest in Masonic work as :well as their educational work. Under Brother Homer L. Rubrecht's direction a degree team has been organized and is now practicing on a regular schedule. Four of our house men, D. H. Wells, C. A. Graham, C. M. Rose and H. C. Davis, peeped further into the Masonic light by taking the Scottish Rite recently.

On Homecoming day our house was artistically decorated with Illinois and Ohio State colors. We were pleased to receive first honorable mention among the fraternities in a close competition for first prize.

Through the generosity of several of the active men the Library, Lounge and Music room have been redecorated. Some other interior improvements, too numerous to mention, have appeared from time to time.

Our Alumni proved their loyalty again this fall. The house needed a coa t of paint. $335.00 more than enough was readily subscribed. The active chapter is glad to see so many alumni around the house and a nxious that they should call often and share the many good things we are getting out of the fraternity this year, which is bigger and better than ever.

Mrs . A rthur S. Watts presented the chapter with a set of logs for the Library fireplace. Mrs. "Teeney" Landrum contributed to our house painting fund and for Thanksgiving pre se nted the chapter with three "Hunters ' Ca kes", some cakes , that's all.

We are indebted to Brothers Thomas, Schnee, Swaim, Fox, Danforth, Rose, Stamm, Landrum, Watts, Bingham, Hickson ,. Reifsnider, Schaeffer, Humphreys and Henkleman, for a much needed rug in the dining room.

Brother F. H. L a ndrum represented u s at the Grand Conclave. He spe nt an unu s u a l amount of time in preparing statistics and was well able to answer any and all questions pertaining to the chapter. The delegate's :eport at a spec ial meeting . The detailed report was m th:ee fir s t a chronologtcal report of the happenings, second, a quest1ona1_re penod , a t which time each member had the privilege of asking one question, and third, re co mmendations and suggestions to the chapter,

about thirty in numb e r. The thor o ughne of Broth e r L a ndrum' ation and report ha s et new pr ece d e nt and t a ndarcl for hi o d e l a t es The c h apte r voted un animou ly to a cce pt th e report and adopt th e u tions as propo ed.

A budget co mmitt ee wa s appointed to draw up plan for th e ch a pt r in co m e and distribution of expen s e . Thei r pl a n we re adopt e d and, a lthough a littl e ea rl y to make p r edict ion , it ee m like it w ill be a u cce . W e s tart ed the yea r with a deficit in our house r ent to the cacia Co . coe rin g th e war period, and if the budget work s out as p lann ed we will liquida t e thi s debt in abo ut two yea r s.

A committee, with Brot h e r F. H. Landrum as hairman, i drawin g up a c hapt e r m a nu a l which is to conta in the detail dutie of the offi ce r a nd committee c hairm e n , and h ow the e duties may be p e rform ed in th e be t. eas ies t , and quickest m a nn e r , a ls o sta ti tic r egard in g the operat ion of th e ch ap ter in general, c u sto m s , traditions, in s truct ion s to p ledge , initiat es, e tc.

A co mmitt ee, h eaded by B r ot h e r Pau l F. R ee d i r ev i ing th e c hapt e r Co n s tituti on a nd By-Laws.

S in ce Co ll ege opened we h ave been h ono r ed wit h v isi t fr o m a numb e r o f o ur alumni W. E. Spa rlin g spent a f ew clays w ith u i n c tob e r. Edgar Faesig dropp ed in o n e ev e ning to say 'He ll o' M r. and Mr ' Joe ' T h omas, Dwight E. H umphr ey a nd f a mil y, T h os . D. Da nf o rth and E. F. c haeffer of A kron; Geo rge Weimer of Dayton, Dr. W . L. Fox of C le veland, Dr . M cS herry a nd wife, Franklin Ch apte r , W. L. Haven of Co rn ell Chapt e r . Dr. Alvin Bingham, W. W. Henkleman and C. D . Swai m wer e at the hou s Novemb e r 22 ncl for the Homecoming ga m e and dance. On December gth we were pleased to en j oy a ve r y plea s a nt even in g w it h P . C. Winn e r of Harvard Chapter. Brothers John F. Zaleski a nd Ros s W. Wink ler of Jllinois Chapter v i s it ed u s over Ho m eco min g clay.

The University e nrollm e nt is abo ut 7200. P r es ide n t W . 0. Thomp on ha s again tendered hi s r es ig n at io n t o the Boa r d of Trustees b u t th a t h e will r eco n s id e r hi s act io n espec ia ll y if they take step s to lt ghten ht duti es Acacia thi s yea r se nt Pres id ent T h omp s on a floral d ec or a ti o n on hi s birthd ay.

The c hapt e r off icers are:

Clair R. O b e r st.. Ven e r abl e Dea n

Jo s. K Baur Secreta r y

Geo rg e Reed o rr es poncl in g S ec r e tar y

Ja s. W. Hepplewhite Trea s urer ctive m e n Septe mb er 22, 1919.

W. D. Ax tell

J. K. Baur

0. C. Bird

0. W. Boyd

G. D. Brush

C. D. Bucher

F. L. Donnally

E. B. Elliot

T . W. Hepplewhite

F. Hoffman

C. B. Marquand

R. E. Mueller

P. F. Reed

C. P. Robert

H. Rubrecht

C. R. Oberst

L. H. Brown

\1\T Heimbe rg e r

H. W. Scanne ll

H . L. G ibbon

F. H Landrum

J. H. Richa r d on

E. R. Sn edd e n

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Initiat es to December 7, 19 19 :

0 . C. Gohlke

L. W. Basinger

George Reed

W. W. Norris

E. E. Bright

H. C. Davis

Pa ul Gep h a rt

E . H . Lamb e rg e r

Karl S. Hay

Cec il A. Bennett

E. H . Huston

PENN STATE CHAPTER

STATE COL L EGE, PA.

To th e Members of Penn State Chapte1' of Acacia:

T hi s lett e r is ad dr essed to all m e mber s of our c h a pte r , and i s intend ed to give a sh o rt acco unt o f our accomplishments s in ce r es uming a cti v it y.

At th e tim e of th e s igning of th e a rmi s ti ce th e r e were onl y two und e ra r ad uat e m emb e r s o f our chapter in college. Five m e n came back to college to r es um e their s tudi es at th e beginning of the seco nd se m es ter. With this nucleus o f seven men we mo ved the furnitur e fr om its place of s torag e and s t a rt ed th e hou se go ing . B y clo se cooperation and hard work we man age d to finish th e yea r in a prosperous con diti o n , in c rea sing our member ship by three in th e meantime. O n e o f our memb e r s graduated last comm e nc e ment, a nd so we had nine m en with which to s tart thi s ye ar.

When sc h oo l open ed in the fall thi s numb e r was a ugmented by th e ret urn of f our of our old m e mb e r s. Thirt ee n m ay be a n unlu cky number so m etime s, but it did not prov e so in thi s case . Sc hool opened and our m ate ri a l was both plentiful and good.

In a short time we h ad nin e pledges, and o ur h ou se was full to ove rfl owing. A ltog e th e r , s in ce sc h oo l opened, we h ave initiat ed ten men , and at th e p r esent tim e h ave four p ledg es . Two m e n graduated a t mid-year s .

We ha ve a numb e r of good prospects in v i evv and are look ing for mor e . A rr ange m ent s a r e abo ut comp le t ed f or u s t o take over a different hou se for n ext yea r. This hou se will h ave a ca p ac it y of thirty m e n.

T h e n ew m en initiat ed this yea r a r e abo ut eve nly di st ribut ed among the three lowe r classes. We h ave adhered to our policy o f n o t initiating s eniors in th eir la st year . This poli cy was rendered d oubl y necessary b y the f act that eig ht men will graduate thi s yea r .

The ca libre o f our c h apter ca n be eas il y jud ged by r e f e rrin g to th e co llege h on o r s o f th e indi v idual s as g iven in a n o th e r p a rt o f thi s pap e r. The number of hon o r men, and the pro min e nt parts that our member s are taking in co ll ege ac ti v iti es a r e r ap idl y bringing u s to the front.

We ha ve been mo v in g a bit for wa rd in a soc ial way . We ha ve adopted a po li cy o f holding more fun ct ion s . A lr eady we have h a d a Masonic smoke r , a Pen n sy lvan ia Day h ou se party, and two h o u se danc es We hav e in prospect ano th e r hou se dance , Founders' Day a nd commencement house pa r ty. P r elimin ary arrangements ha ve b ee n made for th e big doings at co mm e n ce m ent, and if th ey m ay b e u se d as c rit e ria, we are going to ha ve one big week of j ollifi ca ti on. I take thi s m ea n s of urging o ur A lumni membe r s to be wit h u s at that time. We can ass ur e them a ll a good tim e, and hope that as many w ill b e with u s as can possibly arrange to do so. Follow the c rowd o n th e sevent h o f June . If yo u ca n , let u s know in a dvance about

yo ur com ing so we can make proper arrang e m e nt to car f r y u. a nd mak e thing pleasant w hil e yo u a r e here.

We h ave co ntinued the custo m of giYing birthday partie and ' hri tma partie . At irregular int e r va l we h ave "get-together parti .' Th e y are Yery informal affairs, at which we endeavo r to b come mor clo ely knit together a nd ha ve a general good time.

t present our financial co ndition i good. Th year will nd ' ith a large s urplu s as a working ca pital. O ur financial p lan is to keep increa ing thi s during th e year. The ac ti ve m e mb e r con id red that we were havin th e u se of the furniture and equipment of the fraternity, and in o rd e r to ins ur e th e proper furni s hing s for our s u cces o r , we hould make ome r turn f o r it s u e It ha s been passed in r eg ul a r form that an a e me nt hall be lev ied on eac h active m e mb e r. The m o n ey obtained from thi o ur ce shall co n titut e a fund known a the "Ma int e n an ce of Ho u hold Equipment Fund." The nam e of th e fund m ake it p ur po e e lf- eY id ent.

I hav e en d eavo r ed to give yo u o m e of our mo t important doing s thi yea r , a nd will clo se by again urging the lumni to co m e a nd e nj oy the comm e ncement ce le bration with u s a nd see f or themselve the condition of o ur chapter.

Yours fraternally,

D. E. KELLER. \ D.

W. K. Rohrb ac h , 'r8, at th e clo e of th e wa r went with the Fire ton Co., A kr on , O hio. "Wa ll y" is doing eff ic ie n cy work in the Industrial Department.

G. H. Mills i s in th e E lect ri ca l E ngine e ring Department at the a e Sc hool of E ngin ee ring. Mills is ju s t r ece ntly a benedict and the ciga r were r ea l good ones.

R. D. Ca nan , r6, is doing exte n s ion work a t P urdu e U ni ver it y.

H. E. Earp, 'r6 , i s still with th e U. S. Department of Agr ic ultur e.

D. A. Campbell, 'rg. Davy i anoth e r re ce nt benedict. At present h e i s with the M e r chant Ship Building Co rporation, at B urlin g t on, . J. W e hope to have Da vy b ac k n ex t year t o finish hi s co ur se.

W . H. Jon es, 'r8, is a road doctor with the Pen n sy l vania tate H ighwa y Department.

Jimmi e Houdeshel i s co nn ecte d with the d r a ftin g depart m ent o f th e Pennsylvania State Highway Department.

L. W. Bond, 'r8, i s with th e Ge n e r a l E lect ri c o . at P itt sfie ld. Mas s J. . God frey , '17, at the cl ose o f the war married a we tern girl. a n d a t pre e nt with th e Hard Potash Co., L a k es id e, Neb.

P. B. G r ee nw a ld , ex-'r8, who g rad u a t ed a t mid-yea r s, h a ecured e mployment with the A m e ric a n t ee ! a nd Wire Co _YVooster, Ma

L. R. Roth e rmel, ex - 'r8, also graduated at mtd-year s Roth y I S \\'lth th e Ca rpenter Steel Works , Reading, Pa

OF FI C ERS OF LOCAL C HAPTER

D. E. Kel le r ...............................

W . F. HaiL ................................

...... \ ' ene rable D ea n

enior D ean

J. W . Martin

H. W. Morgan

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HUGO DIEMER

On June 12, 1919, Brother Hugo Diemer joined the Winchester Company in the capacity of Personnel Superintendent. Brother Diemer held for two years the commission of Major in the United States Army. Previous to the time of entering the service he was Professor of Industrial Engineering at the College.

Brother Diemer was one of those who worked hardest in founding Acacia at Pennsylvania State College, and as a charter member he has always been loyal to the Chapter and taken great interest and pleasure in watching the Chapter grow. •

Brother Diemer also helped to organize the Square and Compass Association, and to this work he gave mucb of his time and effort.

When Brother Diemer left the College we lost one of our most prominent and hard-working members of the faculty and Fraternity Brothers.

Dr. Sparks has resigned as President of Penn State. For twelve years he has been our beloved "Prexy," but recently his familiar face was again welcomed on the campus, after his recovery from a general breakdown, which enforced his absence from active duty for almost a year. Since that time he has taken on the activeness which has characterized his work ever since he became Penn State's Chief Executive. While he will be lost as president, Dr. Sparks will remain with us in an emeritus position, where he will have greater opportunity for more intimate relationship with the students, and those who hope to reap further benefits from his association with Penn State. With the greater number of problems, such as the necessity of providing larger funds and equipment to care for the rapidly increasing student body, "Prexy" feels that a younger man should take up the burden. He is now in his sixtieth year, and for some time has felt that the increased duties of the office would require more than he could supply with justice to the college and to himself. No mention has yet been made as to his probable successor, and Dr. Sparks will remain in his official capacity until the end of the present collegiate year

We are endeavoring now to correct and make as complete an address file as possible. Below you will note the names of the men whom we have failed to reach. If you know the address of any or several of them, won't you write in and tell us about them? It will enable us to get in touch with s omeone, who probably ha s been wondering why he never hears anything from the Chapter.

W. E. Evans

Karl P. Furman

Victor L. Logo

C. H. Pennel

John F Meyer

George F. Lindsey

H. M. VanGorden

J. P. West

F. H. Beyer

H. B. Thompson

J. T. Jamieson

Maynard Reynolds

Chas. E. Shepley

Warren W. Dietrick

F. D. Taylor

J. L. Biehl, ' 10

N. M. Slaughter ·

R. M. Diehl, '13

A. W . Hayes, '12

W. H. Mcintyre

THE J PURDUE CHAPTER R L

WEST LAFAYETTE, l D.

"HOW WELL WE K OW "

The good old s hip Memnon ha s succes fully weathered a nother ea. on and is now basking in the s unlight of good fortun e. The crew, including all the apprentice seamen, that piloted her thi s Ia t trip , were men of parti cularly high Ma so nic principal and ideal The cap tain and his fir t mate, Tiny Paddock, found from tim e to time men among the lo we r grade of eamen who were exce ll en t math emat icia n s and who after th ey had succes fully determined the exact destination of the old s hip upon forty-seven variou occasion s, were from time to tim e ad mitt ed to the r a nk of fir t-clas s seamen. Upon some of the earlier voyages, the c r ew, yea, even the fir t mate " hi sse lf ," w ere t e rribl y s tricken w ith a f eve r . The symptoms we r e s imil a r to those which th e capta in had ob se rved before, and no distr ess sign a l wa se nt out . The sy mpt o m s were f ew but certain, the patient would be foun I s itting alone in a distant co rn e r w ith a far-a way look and a wr inkl ed brow . The patient grew s t eadi ly worse , and the captain was so a la rm ed o ve r the co ndition of so m e of hi s s t a un ch es t sa lt hor ses that h e was r eady to send out a n S 0. S. ( somet hink of S u s ie's) to th e a lumni , when th e f eve r br oke, th f aces brightened , a nd a ll was well. The in pecting officer soon di scover d th e abse n ce o f a f ew ecr et se rvic e-ve r y sec ret-badges and n ow th e boys a r e taking sa ilin g o rd e r s from th e ir future biscuit burners , "Doc" upid says that m a n y of the Bros. a r e only waiting to keep fr o m bu yi ng c iga r Here's wi s hing them th e ve r y be s t of lu ck, but the writer w a 1 o rn . in g le , a nd really lik es it.

One of th e most pleasant trips which the Me mnon took wa s ch a rted for November II , when our sa il s s u dde nly filled from the bl ow ing in of a numb e r of o ur s u ccess ful a lumni , th e r opes tightened, a nd th e s ignal wa g ive n "Fo r ward to the I s land o f P leas ur e." After droppin g a n ch o r a nd watching the Boilermak e rs battle th e Illini up o n a sea of mud where a clean s uit was a disgrace , we were a la rm ed by th e r epo rt of Co nr o isse ur Py le from th e look-out, th at fo od had been s ight ed-he's a lw ays loo kin g f o r food - but h e had s ig ht ed so m et hin g of import a n ce a nd th e entir e c r ew di emba rk ed. At th e banquet which was lo cated F ir st G unn e r H. E. kerson selecte d the target s, and "Doc" Mende nh a ll b ow led th em ove r with hi s f am. ous Mutt and J e ff stor ies, while Sc hrim p Eddy and Jimm y Webb ye ll ed "Se t 'e m up in the ot h e r a ll ey." S h e wa s a g lo ri ou affa ir, a nd after it was a ll over so m e of th e sa il o r s visited, othe r s tried their sea legs, and othe r s actually h ad the n e r ve to try t o danc e. The fo ll ow in g day L a r a mor e gave the " Back to Your J ob" co mm and a nd the sa il s li spe d th a t we h ad a mi ht y good time a nd wished that yo u co uld co m e mor e often.

The old bark stood as s till a a painted s hi p u pon a painted ocean un t il December 12, the even ing of o ur forma l Xmas dance. The sa il o r bedeck ed them elv es inl ong-ta il ed coats a nd practiced a r ound until they co ul d pa rt their h a ir and knock the dandruff from their coats at one motion while they were s inkin g leis ur e ly up on a cha ir. The gir l_s were ch a rmin g , the mu ic entran cing, the fa vors pre tty , th e lun ch eo n deltghtf ul , the h o ur hort. and the whole party wonderfully pleasing.

The next tim e that th e de ck wa s clea r ed for our ente r ta inm ent we took on board a number of poor childr en from th e loca l al_vat!on ri!l y a nd gave th em a real Xmas part y . Ab 1e Go rdn er a nd R abb 1 Lmk e rt 111-

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sisted upon being boys again, while Bobbie Spear s and they just smiled and everybody was happy. It gave a11 the boys genume pleasure to be able to make so many little folks happy , and they a11 took a fine Xmas spirit home with · them.

We enjoyed three or four house dances during the year, at which little Clinton Bartlett shook the very foundations by his shimmying and fancy dancing. He was ably assisted by one who admits that he is even better than Barty, none other than Chas. Dawson-McAllister , who is known the campus over for his single footing and straight gallop.

Not long since all hand s turned out and polished the old boat from stem to stern in preparation for our annual hous e party. Police officer Doggett gave her the once over and declared her fit for a strenuous voyage.

On Monday of House Party Week the Hon. Warren G. Harding, a presidential candidate, accompanied by a number of captains of industry and owners of merchant marines of East LaFayette was entertained with a banquet at the house. After the dinner the boys journeyed over to the Columbia Club to hear Warren hop on the peace treaty and came back assured that he knew his stuff. (Rahs for Harding!)

On Thursday of the same week our House Party guests arrived and were promptly ushered to their staterooms. Then one of the grandest parties that the chapter had ever had commenced. Some clumsy cuss got the tiller rope crossed-(they say it was Cam Thuerk)-and threw us into a maelstrom of fun that took all other thoughts away. If the chaperones hadn ' t decided to go home so they could wash on Monday, no one can predict when we would have closed the party. The boys hit the hammocks early, and we have already started hedging for next year.

In this brief resume of our good times I wish to say that none of it would have been possible without the good fellowship of every member. Thanks to everyone for coming across and doing your share.

Our motto: "There's a Time and Place for Everything-."

CARL

MILLER, '2r V. :C

ELECTION OF OFFICERS FOR I920-I92I

The annual election of officers for next year was held at the regular meeting, May 5, and the following officers were duly elected.

Venerable Dean

H. W. Linkert

Senior Dean H H. Henley

Corresponding Secretary L. G. Gordner

Recording- Secretary................

Chapter Editor.....................

House Manager....

Assistant Treasurer..

R. Pyle

K. E. Beeson

Doggett

M. R. Granger

Yard Manager L. C. Macintosh

It will probably be of interest to you to know the results of the Dance and Initiation Committee election.

Dance Cimmittee-C. H. Hagstrom, chairman; L. J. Moore. L G. Gordner.

Initiation Committee- F. 0. Wilson, chairman ; D. Dogg ett, J. H. Rubey.

A YEAR OF GROWTH

S e ptember, 1919, fotmd Purdue Acacia in thriving condition , with a

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bright outlook for th e com in g yea r. Th fulle t xpectati n ha\· en far s urp assed, and we f ee l ur e that the year ju t e nclin m a rk th mo t s u cce ful in the hi tory of th e loca l chapter. Th hou e h a been full at a ll time , finance are in excellent h ape, there h a been the \·ery b t of coope r a ti o n a nd fr ate rnit y pir it among the m e mb r during th ntir e yea r . A numb e r o f impr ove m e nt h ave been ma d e abo u t th e h o u e P lan a r c perfected for exte n ive im p r ovements d urin g the co ming \'acat ion.

The r ea l mea ur e of o ur g r owt h is to be found in th e awa k en d intere t which the a lumni are t a kin g in the c h apte r . T h e " ews otes.'' wh ich wa . born in the f e rtil e brain of Sc hrimp Eddy h a accomp li h eel wonde r . \i h ave r ece ived m a n y co mmuni ca ti o n from m a n y of th e a lumni w h o had been unh ea rd of for man y yea r s Ma n y of the o ld men h a \·e v i i ted the hou e. They a r e realizin g that th e ir int e r es t in cac ia is grow in g in teacl of as th e yea r s s in ce g radu at io n in c r ease. A new int e r e t is being awa k e n ed in th e U ni ve r s it y, and Acac ia m en are p lay in g a promin e nt part in thi new mo ve m e nt. It i s but fitting th at th e two in st ituti o n g r ow toget h e r. cac ia p lays a lead in g pa r t in U ni ve r s ity affa ir s, and it s condition can be t ake n a a n in dex of ni ve r s it y co nditi o n s . The n ew p irit w ill go on, come wh a t eve r adve r ses th e re may. Ca n we d o ub t that thi i s tru e wh e n we think o f cac ia , "Eve rla s ting ?"

R. G PEARS. '20, Ex-Eel.

ACTIVE ME 1:BERS

A rthur C. Barne , 4 M. E. , 51 2 So uth Tenth treet , LaFayette , Ind

Ly le H . Barnes, 4 g., ca r e Butt e r c up Dairy Ranch , G la dwin , Mi c h .

C lint on G. Bartlett, 3 C. E., Box 509, G ib so n C it y, Ill.

K e ll er E . Beeson, 2 Ag., Columbia C it y, Ind .

De nzil Doggett , 2 C. E. , St. Pau l, Incl .

J a m es H. Enoc h s, 3 M. E , Car li s le, Ind.

Hi ll ard C. Fretz , 3 Ch., Sha rp sv ill e, Incl

Leroy George Gordner, 3 Ag., Bo o nville , Incl

Me rlin R. Granger, I E. E ., 1421 Ea t Cr e ighton Ave nu e, Ft. Wa y n e, Ind .

L e ro y E. G und er, 2 Ch., 744 Second tr ee t , Chesterton, Incl.

John M. Gano, 4 C. E., 258 Ludlow venue, C in c inn at i, Oh io.

Ca rl Ha rold Hagst r om, Spec ia l , r 6 8 orwa lk ve nu e, B uff a lo, . Y.

A lp h onso P. Harding , 4 Ag., Kewanna, Ind

Pa ul W. Harter, 3 M. E., 1200 Hartford Street, LaFayette , Incl.

C lare n ce L. Heck, 4 Ch. , 213 West Washington Boulevard , Ft. Wayne In I.

Ha r o ld H. Hen ley, 3 M. E., ew la nd , Ind . . Howa rd W. Link e rt, 3 M. E., 505 Homewood ve nu e, Dayton. O h10.

C harle s D. Me lli s ter , -+ E. E., 1830 pear S tr eet, Logan s port , Ind.

Lorin C. Mcintosh, Spec ial, 506 Iorth J effe r s on tr ee t , Worthin g t o n. Ind.

Arthur Kapp Mack ey, Ag , R. R. 2, Logan sp ort, Ind

Llo yd Mal ott, -+ E. E., 1325 L tr ee t , Bed ford , Ind.

Car l Miller , 4 Ag., Box 134, Mani ll a, Ind .

Leslie J . Moo r e, 2 C. E., Ox ford , Ind .

Ru sse ll G. Paddock. 4 M. E ., 333 West Third tr ee t onne r s\' ill e, Ind .

Conway P ierce, 4 M . E., A lam ogo rd o, . M ..

William Russ ell Py le, M. E , -.J. 28 We t O ht o tr eet B lu ffton, Incl

Earl F . Ripley , 4 Ag., Will shir e, Ohio.

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John H. Rubey, 2 C. E., Winchester, Ind.

Robert G. Spears, 4 Ag., North Salem, Ind.

Frank G. Steinbach, 2 M. E., Plymouth, Ind .

Edward R. Warren, 3 E. E., No. I Murdock Flats, West LaFayette, Ind. Paul Oran Wilson, I Ag., R. R. 4, Terre Haute, Ind .

NEWS NOTES.

ALLEN D. BOULDS.

It is our sad duty in this is sue of the NE.tfis-NOTES to announce the death of one of our honorary members, Brother Allen D. Boulds, who died Monday, November I7th, after practically a year's illness. Brother Boulds was well known to all of you. In reality his character needs no eulogy for his intere st in Acacia, his helpful spirit in all of our affairs, his activity in Masonry and his prominence as an influential citizen of LaFayette were outstanding features that impressed themselves forcibly upon you, the Alumni and upon us, the active members of Acacia.

The Acacia "Baby."

Well! We've got the Acacia Baby Grand She's a Mahogany Brombach. We expected to have her in time for the formal on December I2. But we just couldn't wait. We got her on Thanksgiving day. And she is some 'dream baby.'

She was 'adopted' from Edw. Ruffing of Delphi. List price $700.00. Allowed $Ioo.oo on old piano. $125 discount. Cost to us $475.00.

To date our Alumni have contributed $77 50, faculty $ro.oo, Honorary $15.00, active men $314.50. Total contribution $417.00. Balance to be paid $58.oo.

The Pull-Together Spirit.

Awake ned inte re st has been shown on every side in the last few months. The old sp irit is there. The News Notes seems to have been the happy thought that ha s provided a medium for the Alumni to renew old friendships and get in touch wiht the active chapter.

We of the Active Chapter are more than gratified by the interest" that has been shown in the chapter. We are planning the publication of an Hour Glass at the close of the school year. Chapter activities of the year just finished will be summarized and plans for the coming year outlined. A mong other items the Hour Glass will contain a list of all Purdue Acacians with all available addresses. It now seems best that the News Notes be made permanent as a medium for up-to-the-minute news and that the H otw Glass be published whenever the chapter deems it advisable.

Sp irit i s running high and numbers of Alumni have visited the House; many more than in any previous year. We want every man to come back and r enew old assoc iations and memories. We are willing to guarantee that he will be m o re than repaid for hi s effort. All who are unable to come back within the near future should write back at once . We would like very much to hear from eve ry alumnus before the H ottr Glass comes out, in order that we may have co rr ect addresses of all. Jump right in; the water's fine . Lend yo ur moral s upport to the roo% Boosters Club of Purdue Acacia.

OHIO CHAPTER

COLUM:B , OHIO

Profesors Watts a nd P lumb and "Teeny" Landrum haYe been very ac ti;r e thi s year in offering ugge tion a nd in h e lp in g in many oth r way in gettmg the ch ap t e r back to pre-war tatu .

"B ill " Rose, " Izzi e" ta mm , Ca rl Bo sedt, and Ha r o ld Barger arc Ii i ng 111 th e ch a pt e r h o u se thi s yea r "Be nn y" Ben inger was a ] o with u evera l mo nth , but is n ow loca t ed at P in e Bluffs, A rk a n sas .

"B in g" Bingham vis it ed t h e bunch evera l time d urin g the fir t eme!er, hi s first v isit was at the opening of huntin g season w h en he brought joy mto the h ea rt s of the brethren b y bringing a basket of r abb it with him . The chapter received the announcement of hi s marri age to Mi s orma Pearl tarr. "Bing" ha s not paid u s a visit sin ce.

Doctor R. S . Coppess i now loc a t ed at U rbana , O hi o. We a ll mi Bob and his wife very mu ch and wish them th e ve r y best of u ccess at their new location.

"Mother" Ewing is still in the army and is stat ion ed in New O rl ean . He has written severa l interesting letter s. We a r e a lw ays glad to hear from "Mother."

At prese nt we see a good deal of our Brother Earl A. Chenault, wh o is connected with the Agr icultural E xte n ion D epa rtment h e re.

Occasionally Brother George 0 W e im e r drops in for the we ek-end, wh il e early in the fall of 19 19 Brother Sparling, found hi s way to r835 Indianola Ave nue, a nd we were, inde ed, glad to see him

Guy Finley paid u s a visit on D ece mb e r 13, 1919. G u y g r ad u ated in engineering but evidently he co uld n o t pull away fr om ag ri cultu re He i now sec r etary of the State Fair Ass o<;: iation of th e t ate o f Washington.

"Sast Iron" Reed has w ritt en to u s seve ral times during the yea r He is teaching in the Department of Physiology at the University of Kansa C. I. must be making good as h e ha s recently re ce ived the offer of a mu ch better position.

Wes Lees was rec e ntly shanghaied, or a t lea t he wrote wh il e en r out e to China, where he wi ll r epr ese nt the Standard Oil Company of ew Yo rk.

"Chet'' Swaim drop s in about once a month. He is st ill in the ca nnin g business and look s prosperous. "Chet's" welcome never wears out.

"Doc" Wenger was with u s about a week during the latt er part of January. " Doc" recently accepted a po sition with an A kron rubber company.

Dean Coddington of the Engineering College, is seen quite regularly around the house during m ea l times when he co me s to lunch with u s a nd on several occasions we ha ve had words of good counci l from him in our regular meetings.

After returning from his duti es at the Hague conference, Professo r Eisenl ohr is also again with us with hi s wh im s and jok e a nd as professo r of for e ign languag es

The followinu out-of-town alumm were h e r e for the homec ommg game of November 22: 0 Jo e Thomas, Chet Swaim, W . L. Fox, D . H. Danforth , Dean Hickson , Roy Reifsnid er, D . E. Humphrey, W. W. Henk leman, George Weimer, E. F. Schaefer, " Ray " Marker .

SYRACUSE CHAPTER

SYRACUSE, N. Y.

At the present time we have twelve active men in the chapter of whom eight are living in the house. F_our of the are freshmen and men. of fine caliber. The men are all settmg an envtable record along scholastic hnes as is proven by the fact that not a single blue card was received for the first semester's work. We have men in all the colleges of the university and all are carrying heavy schedules. Besides the active men we have seven men in the house who are inactive . Four of these are alumni and the other three are non-members . Two of these three non-members have been pledged and will be initiated in the near future. The other man wi ll be pledged as soon as he receives his masonic degrees which wi ll be next September. The delegate to the National conclave, Brother J. W . Warren, took the questoin of allowing this man to live in the house up with Brothers Groves and Harris at the last National Conclave and they decided that it was permissible to retain him. He is acting as steward this year and in that position is quite indispensib le. We have four pledged men who will be installed in the near future . •

Of course you can realize that we are somewhat handicapped by having such a large number of inactive men in the house. While they take an active interest in the chapter and give us some timely advice when they are present at the meeting, they do not have the same attitude toward the c hapter that the activ e men do. It must be remembered that some of these men have been there so long that they consider the chapter as a home. For this reason it makes it difficult to decide just what to do about them. I understand that some of the chapters are asking their inactive men to remove from the house. This situation is· really a result of the war when the house was opened to all men in order to keep it running This does n ot apply to Dr Lindsey who is our faculty advisor and who has been with u s practica lly ever s ince the chapter was organized. He is familiar with all the workings of the fraternity and has helped out on the financial end as well.

Another thing that has kept us from doing the best during the college ye ar is the fact that we have not had any leadership in the Fraternity . Brother Duren thro.ugh no fault of his own has found it necessary to be absent from us a greater part of the time. Consequently there has been no one to d i rect the activities of the chapter. Brother Duren has recently res igned as V e nerable Dean. I wlil enclose a list of the chapter officers as they now stand.

Offi ce /:s of th e Syracuse Chapt er of Awcia. V en e rable . Dean .. ........................ .. ....................... .... .Ralston G. Sprague

Senior Dean Lloyd T Scanlon Secretary

H. Renwic Peet

, £. Walter Wells Trea s urer......

Harry Toppipg, a main for four years on the Orange crew, enlisted early in the war and emerged a lieutenant in heavy artillery Guess they he wa s afraid o£ water as they mq.de..him an instructpr at Ft. Monroe and h e nev e r got acrqs s , _ He has returned to his duties on the Barge Canal. He is still single, girls, and his address is Lyons, N . Y.

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Guy L. ' mith wa married in Dec mber. H with th Department of Agriculture Roads Branch.

Edwin S. Hop on i running hi farm at Dolg vi ii , He ha a fine finally of three Hop on , Jr.

Fred E. Lott is in charge of a thriving church at palachian, . Y. If he preaches the way he u sed to debate for the U ni ve r ity , we im a in e h wakes them up some. His a id in financing the hou e project during the early part of the war is appreciated by all.

G. A. Adsi_t wa a recent visitor at the Fraternity Hou e and report a prosperous penod for the local chapter He inclo se a che k to "help clear up the war smoke."

Howard M. Fearon, ' r6, se nt in a generous ub c ription to th e War Fund Drive and for his Acacia Journal. Having been in France for the greater part of two years, he feels out of touch with fraternity affair He surely has shown the right spirit in getting ba ck into line. Hi address is 79 N . Vine St., Hazleton, Pa .

Carl M. Coates, Secretary Treasurer "Barker, ( N . Y.) Growers CoOperative Association," is a fixture in his fine holding s in the great New Fruit belt He is prosperous a s u ual and is boosting for the big 191 reumon next June.

George Goldman is manager of the Kansas City, Mo., Branch of the Northeast Electric Co., of Rochester, N. Y. His territory covers nine southern states.

C. E. Rice, of Stewart & Rice Co., Civil and Municipal Engineer at Akron, Ohio, reports a growing business and a recent move to larger qu a rters in State Bank Bldg. Burglars lowered his income tax last week however by breaking into his office and taking $rsoo.oo.

Oakley M. Allen, M . D., Re s ident Physician, Erie Forge Co ., Erie, Pa. , has just visited the Chapter House, and is delight e d with the men and the fine outlook He reports the University Hospital has a fine new pavilion and complete new studies for the different laboratories He calls it the best hospital in the city now. He expects to resum e his private practice soon at Watkins, N. Y. He eulogizes Doc Lindsey as does eve ry Syracu se man we hear from .

t the annual election of officers of the Syracuse C hapter of cact a the following officers were elected for the school year of 1920-21: Raymond J. Hoyle .Venerable Dean Frank E. Thomas Senior Dean

Alternate

Ralston G. Sprague .Delegate to the National Conclave Lloyd T. Scanlon ..

Under the administration of these newly elected officers we are looking forward to a most fruitful year. Brother Hoyle outlined the po licy for the coming year and doubtless radical steps will be taken th_a t wi_ll eliminate several unpleasant sttuatiOJ1S that we have had to cope wtth tht year. One, and by the most. important, is that of maki.ng the frate!nity strictly activ:e. He also outlmed. a plan whereby we :"Till get off Wlt.h a running start when college opens m the fall. He particularly empha tzed

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that we pick for quality rather than numbers. Thi s does not reflect on the quality of men that we hav e secured this year as none better could be found in any fraternity on the hill.

Fraternally yours, RALSTO N G. SPRAGUE.

Brothers:

At the annual meeting of the Syracuse Chapter of Acacia Inc., held Friday evening, May 7, I920, the following officers were elected:

President................... _____ .. ____ ............................ R. A. Porter

Vice- Presiden t___ __________________ , ______ Nicholas Ransier

Secretary & Treas urer _____ _Louis Lindsey

Members of th e Board of Directors : For one year-Fred Hill, J. R. Hoyle, R. G. Sprague. For two years-Leonard Nolan, L. T. Scanlon, D. Waugh. For three years- S. D . Sarason, F. Thomas, John Ketcham. I will furni sh you soon with the report of the final arrangements for the financing the new house. - ·

Respectfully,

Louis LINDSEY, Secreta?'Y·

TEXAS CHAPTER

AUSTIN,

TEXAS

LIST OF IMPORTATIONS OF MUMM IES FOR TH E PRESENT YEAR. By Casey.

Below, in the order of their advent, is the list of importations for the year. For the purpose of identification, specifications, of a more or less exact nature, are given.

Oct. 6, I9I9. Good Ship *?!

One Lee Miller Sinnett, of Gatesville, Texas. During- the iate controversy, a 2nd Lt., but now, poor boy, a Law student. Bears a strange resemblance to one Clay Stinnett, and claims to be a relative. This claim seems fairly well founded , for he is possessed of an amiable dispo s ition, and not infrequently shows startling intelligence. State of preservationgood (24).

One James Nixon Spangler of Mexico City, Mexico. A learned cussspeaks Spanish with the fluency of a Victrola. Business Administration student, with a surprisingly con sistent list of A's and B's. Quite a plea sing sort of fellow-despite his foreign birth . State of preservation-good (23). -

One DeWitt Neighbors, of Waelder, Texas. Lately returned from abroad, after a year 's trip in France, stopping en route to Germany at St. Mihiel, the Argonne, and the Meuse salients with his company of the 357th In£. 90th Div. He is working toward the degree of Chemical Engineer. Pretty good chap . Bids fair to be a worthy successor to old Rufe Thaxton . State of preservation-good (24-. Credentials-Alzafar Shrine, 32°.

Oct: II, I9I9 . Good Ship ? ? ? ?

One William Barton Jack Ball, of Farmersville, and B. Hall, Texas. He has a B . A. degree-in the law school at present . A pleasing politician.

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tate of preservation-good ( 24). Credential -Ben H ur hrine, 32 "

Nov. I, I9I9. Good hip ! I !

One John William Bailey, Jr., of Denton, Texa . Er twhile a iator for the A. F. ephew of Mi Bailey of the Phy ic Dept. Fairly g od stude.nt-with an average of about -. Mighty human chap, however, and growmg more u eful each day. tate of pre ervation-good (25).

Nov. IS, I9I9. Good Ship****

John Y. Lawhon, of Troup, Texa . chap who like ev ryb ody -and IS liked, consequently, by all. Is a law student, and ha now, if none other of the the appearance of a juri t. I a I night of the Mavenck and hkes gtrls and open car . tate of pre e rvation -good (25).

Jan I2, I92o. Good Ship n n

One Luther B. Archer, of Holland, Texas. ome younger, and tranae to say, quieter than his brother, 0. B., who, as you know, is running the house. Is an Engineering student-and you know how E. E. student usually are-mighty good. State of preservation-goo d ( 22).

Mar. I920. Good Ship $$$$

One Joe E. Vaughn, of Waelder, Texa s Went to outhwestern before the war, but is now a Business Administration student with us . pent I8 months in France, where he successfully fought the "Batt le of Pari ," as well as Bellau Woods, St. Mihiel, and the Argonne. He till has the old "pep", however, and bids fair to become one of our mo st va luabl e men in the remaining two years. tate of preservation-good ( 26).

One H. Omega Young, of Jone s boro, Texas, who in sp it e of his name, for which he disclaims responsibility, is a bundle of energy r a i ed to the nth power. Despite any appearance to the co ntrary , he is not a FreshmanThorpe Springs Christian College being to blame. State of preservation -good (23).

One James A. Hendrix, of Teague, Texas. A Junior in the B. A. Department. He is one of our most enthusiastic n ew memb e r -a congenial companion-a pleasing personality-an all round good Attention! He is to take the long, hot journey to Mecca in April. We'll all be there to see that he is entertained.

LETTER l'ROM THE V. D.

The active chapter of the Acacia Fraternity at "Texas" sends greeting to the old men of the chapter, to the other chapters, and to all Acacians everywhere. During the past two years we have been considerably scattered and to keep in touch with each other was difficult, and often impossible. It was the privilege of a number of the old men to return this fall to Varsity and to assist in rebuilding the Texas Chapter wherein its development has been necessarily interrupted during the war. It was a small but enthusaistic number of men that set to work at the opening of sc hool, and the results have been gratifying; not nece sarily in the number of men secured, but in the splendid quality of the material. . With this new material, and with the increase in the number of Masons m school, the prospects for the Texas Chapter seem brighter than at any in the past.

We sorely mi s the old men who, for vanous r easons, have not We who are back consider ourselves fortunate, yet we must confess that It is not easy to return to student life after the activities. of the past two years.

Ours is a double problem, a problem of exten ton and a problem of

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int erna l, constructive development. A long the se two line s we a re working a n d expect to cont inu e to wo rk for a g r ea t e r an d st r on ger chapt e r of Acacia .

E c. NELSON, JR v. D

THE INSTALLATION AT OKLAHOMA.

S hortly before A m e rica declared war on Germany in I9I7, it was voted to g r a nt a chart e r of Acac ia to the Ma so nic Club of the University of Oklahom a. War was declared before the charter was installed , the schools of the co untr y we r e la rg ely depleted of men; and so th e in stallation was deferred.

This year , with peace and the r e turn of the men t o the schools th e O klahom a Masonic C lub beca me again strong in numb e r s and personnel, so that it was considered time t o in sta ll th e chapter.

O n Ap ril 24, the Texas Chapter recei ve d a telegram from Grand President G ro ves to se nd a delegate to ass is t the install a ti o n on May I. The delegate arrived th e afternoon before, and found a li ve, wide-awake bunch of co ngeni a l sp irit s, li v in g in li ve ly a nticipation of what the morrow would bring forth.

The in st a ll a tion was h eld at th e Masonic Temple. The Texas delegate had been warned to come equipped with all the equipment necessary for an in s tallation that would b e long rememb e red. Tex as had b ee n , s ince its insta ll at ion , the F re shman chapter of th e fraternity and was now to become the Sop hom o r e c h apte r , so it was decreed, in keeping with co llege tradition , that th e Sop h omore chapter should initiate the Freshman chapter. With this li ce nse to proceed, a total of about fifty student and f ac ulty members sta rt ed upon the long and toilsome journey All reached the end in safe t y, but not without so m e mishap s by th e way. A t its end, all expressed their sa ti s f ac tion at having s ur v ived the dangers of the journ e y and their gra titud e of being permitted to s it at la s t in the councils of Acacia .

The installation cere mony was finished at seven o'clock, and the chapter and d e legat es r epa ir ed at on ce to th e banqu e ting hall, where a s umptuous fe as t awaited. This had been arranged under the supervision of the ladies o f the Eastern Star, whose qualifications in thi s line are too well known to require any further statements.

The Okla h om a Chapter is already planning for the erection of a c hapter house , and prospects seem good for a strong and prosperous chapter. Particularly, does the Texas Chapter welcome the Olahoma Chapter into th e co uncil s of Acacia, for it will be our nearest neighbor , and will help to break the iso lation of our being so f a r remo ve d from the other chapters. The following deleg a tes were pres ent and taking part in the installation: B r o th e r J. F. Groves, Chicago Chapter, G rand President Brother E. H.- Coles, K a nsas State Chapter . Brother H . F. Vampel, Kan sas Satte Chapter. Brother Claude F. Dally , Nebraska Chapter. Brother Ellis Moore, Colo rado Chapter.

MASON IC AC TIVITIES

A t th e r ecent m eet ing of the Supreme Council of A. and A. S. R. conferred h ono r s o n three Texas Acacians Joe H. Muenster was elected and iq iti ated into 33· _Ho n. ; and Bros. Fred Reghtor and Geo. C Butte were made K. C. C. H .''s .

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. November 7, 1918, a group of tudent Ma on again organiz d a i\I aso ntc Club known as the University Ma onic tudy lub . It h a forty Ma on for its member hip. Meeting are h eld eve ry tw we k at which a well-informed Ma on deliver a lectu r e up on orn e pecial topic. Besides the study, side smoke r s h ave been held. in ety Ma o n a ttend ed the la st mak e r h e ld at the Cact u Tea Room. Mo t of th e Texa Chapter are member s, and are boosterse for thi new organization.

As usual the boys put on the Fifth Degree at the Ia t two ' cott i h Rite Reunions held h e r e in u tin. The team, headed by Brother E. E . Dunlay as degree master and aided by Brother E. C. e lso n, vV H. Dunlay. Q. B. Archer, Balfrey Griffin, Leon G Halden , and 0. B !britton, put on the work in a very impr e s ive way. which brought forth mu c h favorabl co mment.

ALUMNI NOTES.

Sa m P. Coc hr a n , 33rd, Grand Master of Ce r emonie in the u preme Co uncil 33 A and A. S. R. of S. J. U. . A., ha s recently done much important work in that body. He accompanied the Grand Commander on hi s trip to Europe, and also during his tour in the United tate s.

Jewel P. Lightfoot is chief co un se lor for the Wilson Co. with headquarters in Chicago.

J. H. Babb i s still practicing law at Sweetwater.

Under the efficient direction of J. M. Bry'!nt as C h ai rm an of the University War School Co ntrol Board, the Univer ity Training choo ls attained national reputation as being the best. After disposing of a ll the ·equipment of these sc hool s, Brother Bryant r et urn ed to the Univers ity a Professor of E. E.

Geo. C. Butte. To me et an urg e nt nece ss it y in putting int o effec t new leg i ·Iation a to oil and gas and pipe lin e , the Law Schoo l h a loaned Dr Geo. C. Butte to the Oil and Gas Co mmi s io n for most of hi s tim e until next October, and he has been given a leave of ab se n ce until then.

Joe Byers is practicing law at Humble, Texas

Albert J De Lange is in c har ge of the M. & M. Stewart Co., of Ga lve ton.

H. M. Fri s toe i s in c h arge of the Fristo e Tire Co., in A u stin.

W . W. Hawkins is still with the Goodrich Tire and Rubber Co., at E I Paso.

Alva R. Howard is the Acco untant (in plain English, Cashier) of the branch of the N a tiona! City Bank of Tew York, lo cated at Bahia, Brazil.

Geo. McJimsey is superintendent of the Winnsboro P ubli c Sc hool Writes that he will be back n ex t year.

Julius S mith is dealing in oil land s in th e Fort Worth di s trict.

Charles Stewart is attorney for the McTon Oi l Co. , Fort Worth

Frank Tiller is cas hier of a bank at Rosenburg, Texas. M a rri ed a ! o.

W. M. C leaves i with the Humbl e Oi l and Refinery Co., Hou ton.

H. C. St in ett is practicing law with hi s father at Gatesville

Geo. M. ("Nap') Hillyer is ' ith the outhwest Bitulithi c Co San Anto ni o, Texas.

John F. ("S ut ") utt on i pra c ticing law at A lpin e, Texa . Ju t r ece ived a Jette r from a good fri e nd o f hi saying that ut had given up

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"lawyering" for the preaching business. We have not heard to the contrary, have we Nolan?

Nolan Queen is practicing law in Weatherford, Texas.

Louis Porcher is in the Land Department of the Sun Co. (oil producers), A le xander Bldg., Beaumont, Texas. Says he is getting along fine and hopes that all of u s are the same.

Leon G. Halden still holds down the job of County Superintendent of Travis Co unt y sc hool s.

Carl P. Springer i s with the law firm of Donovan, Nugent, and Springer, Eastland, Texas. . .

Gilvie Hubbard has left A ustm to practice law at Eastland, Texas .

Carey E. Bowles n ow h o ld s a position as State Supervisor of Agricultural Education of Ar izona. He hold s forth in the State House, Phoenix, Ar izona .

Dan M. Cook is lawyer ing at Mt. Pleasant, Texas

James J. Kirkpatric has opened a law office in Cleburne, Texas.

Sonley R. Le. May is te ac hing school in Grapeland, Texas.

Joe R. Simmons is associated with the National Bank of Commerce, Houston, Texas. ·

Fred E. ("Red") Rightor is a busy boy in the form of President of the So uthwest Bitulitic Co., with offices in Austin and San Antonio, Texas.

The last time we h eard from Arthur L. Foster he was still in the Air Serv ice. His address: 443 Locust St., Riverside, California.

Jerry C. Brad ford has entered the Baylor Medical College, Dallas , Texas.

Leo Dorfman is Assistant Consulting Engineer in the transformer division of the Westinghouse people at Wilkingsburg, Pa.

Ernest G. Thornton is Assistant District Attorney at Wichita Falls, Texas.

Chas. Wackendorfer is principal of a school in Liberty Hill, Texas.

G. E. Hutchinson is S uperintendent of Celina Schools, Celina, Texas

Joe H. Muenster is still recorder for the Scottish Rite Bodies and Shrine, A ustin , Texas. He spends most of his time for these organization s. By the way, they made him a Rotarian.

"Wally" Finlay withdrew from school for good and sufficient reasons this winter, and is operating in a Ford concern in Graham, Texas.

W. F. Bowman is with the Grap hite Co , of Llano, Texas.

Lloyd W. Taylor is with the State Highway Commission with offices at 501 Wheat Bldg., Fort Worth, Texas.

W. S. Hendrix is Adj unct Professor of Romance Language in the Univers ity He has published many original articles on the Spanish language He will receive his Ph .D. this summer.

Bert E. Giesecke has associated himself with the firm of Walsh and Giesecke, Genera l Contractors, Austin, Texas.

Walter G. Langston at present, after many wanderings, is camping at 204 Main Street, Denison, Texas . . "Swede" requests that some of the old boys write him. We don't know what he is doing there, but we guess it is a ll right.

W. A. ("B lo ck") Smith, after spending over a year's time doing Y. M.

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C. . work in "ib e ria , i on hi way h m to the go d o ld L:. J I will co ntinu e doing Y. M . . work in u tm .

Harry Ha ld en i tr ave lin g for the Emp ir e oa l and lining o., learfield, Pa.

H. la r e .1 rafa i in the oil bu in e s at Wichita Fal l Texa

Geo. F. McCu ll ar is in th e drug bu in e at Kino- v ill e, T xa

D. B. Jone s is se lling Delco Lightin g y tern and i. located at u tin. Texas.

J. A. B lohm is located at Fort Worth .

0 E. G lo ve r ma y be r eac h ed by add r e ing hi m a il to U. . P. Tl Hospital, Deming, ew Mexico.

R. C. Thaxto n is wat e r e ngin ee r at Mere des, Texa .

J. B. Ford owns a grocery s t o r e a t McGregor, Texa .

W. S. B irge is in th e law bu s in e s at De s demona . Texa : Box -1- 5 will reach him .

Hen r y Martin is n ow loca t ed at Fowle r ton, Texa .

LOST BRETHREN

O f th e foll ow in g we h a \·e n o inf o rm at ion If a nyon kn w their whereabouts wr ite u s so that we ca n r ega in the lost one and once mor e know th ey are s till in the fold : H. B. Timmins, T. E. Poppewe ll , E. T. Houston, Theo. Ferg u so n .

T. Haw ley Tapping of Peo ri a, Illin o is, a lumnu of the M i higan C h apte r of Acac ia, and P r of. F r ank Thayer o f Wa hin gton "tate o ll ege, P ullman, Wa s hin gto n , a lumnu s of th e W i co n in C h apter of \ cac ia, we r rce ntly e lec ted exec uti ve co un c il o r s o f Sig ma De lta hi , prof e io n a l j urnali s m frat ern it y.

WASHINGTON CHAPTER

SEAT TL E. WASI-L

Seat tl e, Wa s hin gto n , Oc t. 30

Mr. Huntington , C hampai g n , Illinoi s D ear Broth e1' Huutiugto11:

A ft e r mor e than two yea r s of in act i\·en ess, clue to co n ditions b r o ught abo ut by th e wor ld war th e Washington C h apte r of Acac ia h a r ece ntl y be e n r eo rga niz ed and i s a lr eady m a kin g it e l f known on the camp u . The prospects for a big yea r h ave n eye r been b ri o- ht e r in th e hi tor y of the Wa hington C h apte r. S ix of th e o ld m e n a r e n ow in ch oo l an I at least four mor e are co min g n ex t quarter. s to the p r o pect for n ew material, there h ave never bee n a m a n y Ma o n on th e ca m p u s, e timates of th e number varying from rso to 200 m e n f co ur e s ome o f the e a r e a lr eady members of o th e r frat e rnit ies but it ti ll leaves u a g reat p lenty to c h oose o ur pledge s from.

House and Ru hin g Co mmitt ee were appointed. Both of these committees h ave bee n work in g overt im e. In les than a week ix men have been p ledged. W e h ave num e rou other pro pects so that by th end of the month we sho uld h ave at leas t a dozen n ew p ledge . T h e h o u se committee

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has faund ava il ab le lo cat ions ve r y scarce, but hope to ha ve a suitabl e hous e a rr anged for in the co ur se o f a f ew days.

T h e a lumni are com in & through in good sty le by g tv m g u s th e tr financt a l h e lp. A n "Acac ia Fund" was established to a id active ch ap t e r in secu rin g a house and h e lp to defray ot h e r expenses mctdental to r eorgan izat ion . Two I-:lund r ed Dollars has a lr eady been turned 111 thr ough thi s fund.

The fir s t r egu la r meeting of the year was held Octobe r 17, 1919, at the h ome of H J. E lm e nd o rff, 905 A lli son St., Seatt le T h e following officers we r e e lected for the ens uin g yea r :

Ve n erab le Dean

Se nior Dean

Sec r e tary Treasurer _ -

R. R. B randenth a ler

L. D. Tiffin

C. L. A nd e rson Ho u se Manage r ________ _Thomas Evans

Yo u ca n be ass ur e d that the Washington Chapte r of Acac ia i s to be co n side r ed back on th e m ap, as it were , n ot a lon e on the Campus of the U ni ve r s ity of Washington, but in the affa ir s of th e G r and Chapt e r . O n November 2, 1919, a n init ia ti on w ill be h eld at th e U ni ve r si ty Lodge ro om. The following pledges, holdo ve r s fr om 1917, are e ligible : A rthur Luther, Frank W. Martin, and Charle s Coff m a n . The s ix men pledged this la st week are: 0. B. Warner , '23; E it e l Burdick, '2 3; C. V. Merriam, ' 22; S. L. Merriam, '21; G. B. Ri chard so n , '2 1 ; and G. A. C udd y, '20. A ll of them Master Mason s in god s tanding O th er pledges to be a nnoun ced later.

Frat e rn a ll y yours, C. L. ANDERSON, Sec r eta r y - Treasurer.

Ma y 3, 1920.

W . E lm e r Ekblaw,

G rand Secre t a ry Acac ia Fraternity , 713 West Wa shin gton Bou leva r d, U rban a, Illin ois.

D ear B 1'ot h e·r Ekb la w:

Last Friday eve ning I a ttended the m eet in g of Washington Chapter of Acac ia and witnes se d their wo rk in initi at ion The wo rk o f initiati on was well done, and I a m ce rt a in that th e candida t e obtained th e proper ide a of th e se ri ou s n ess of his ob li gat io n. Co n si d erab le en t e rt a inment was furni sh ed a lso to tho se w h o w itn essed the initiati on. Dean He nr y Landis, o f th e Sc h oo l o f Geo logy o f th e U ni ve r sit y , was initi a t ed as a n honor a r y membe r

The Ch apte r as a who le is in a very flourishing co nditi on. They hav e thirty-four members active and p ledged . O f thi s number abo ut f our are s till to be initiated. Twenty-two m e n a r e li v ing in the h ou se, which i s, I und e r s tand , th eir ma x imum accom m odatio n _ Abo ut twenty-fi ve a r e taking m ea ls at th e hou se. The a lumni see m very ac tiv e in th e ir interest a nd a r e h elpin g out w h e n n ecessa r y .

T h e financial co ndition of th e ch apte r is in fin e s h ape The meeting of las t Fr iday was w ell att e nd ed, over thirty being present. La st fall before the Chapter was s tart ed up, the only ind ebted n ess le ft unp a id was a bout $9o.oo, wh ich h as s in ce been se ttled up .

T h ey h ave a fin e h ou se o n the U ni ve r s it y Boulevard in a fine loca ti on,

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which. th ey a r e purcha in g on the monthl y r ental ba i fr m tw th<' a lumm , w h o the h o u e and are e lli ng it in that way to the hapter. When the tim e co m e for t h em to build, they ' ill have a fin locat ion for th a t purpose .. Ta kin g it a ll in a ll , the condition of \ a hington hatter e n co urag mg , and I per ona ll y am very g lad that the) did n t turn 111 th e1r c h a rt e r as wa. fi r st int ended ea rl y Ia t fall.

Thi is r at h e r a r a mblin g r epo r t and po ibly will not c nt a in all the inf o rmation you would lik e . P lea e do not he itate to wr ite m if there i. a n y furth e r inf o rm at ion needed, a n d I will g la dly procu r e and end itt ou . Yo ur s fr ate rn a ll y,

HERBERT BLOG . (F r ank lin hapter )

Rep r e enting Grand ouncil f o r Washington hapt r cacia.

C HAPTER OFF I CER 1 9 I 9-20

R. R. Brandenthaler \ e n e rab le Dean

George B. Richardson Se nior Dean

S. L. Merriam. ........................

r eta r y

Geo rg e Cuddy T r eas ur er

Frank Martin en io r Stewa rd

C lair V. Merriam. .... ............................................

Floyd L. Hoggatt ..... ................

.] uni o r t e ward

.. .... e n t in e l

We ha ve a third degree drill t ea m o rga niz ed that g i ve p r om i e to deve loping int o o n e o f th e best of it s kind in the cit y. Ow in g to the many problems accompanyin<Y the r e-estab li bin g of the ch apte r t h e boy we re late getting s tarted and we do n ot expect to do any work thi year, b u t vvith mo s t of th e boys r e turnin g to sc h oo l next f a ll we a nti cip at a profitable year. Masonically s p ea king.

The team h as already ma ste r ed the first sec tion a nd the members a r e n ow putting in th e ir tim e themselves with the second sect ion.

The G rand Master of th e S t ate of Washington , who r ecent ly vi it ed u . i s e nthu s ia ti c over the team's poss ibiliti es a nd h as offe r ed to assist u s at a n y tim e we ma y f ee l t h e n ee d .

l\TOKE I<S

Two imp o rtant a nd hi g hl y s u cce sf ul eve nt on o ur ocia l ca le nd a r this year were o ur qu a rt e rl y Masonic m a k e r . . II ca m p u s Masons were invited to a tt e nd . A rticl es in the Daily and posters adve rti sed th eve nt in a dv a n ce thu s giving every Mason a n oppo rtunit y to attend.

O ur fir t m o k e r vvas given ea rl y in th e first winter qua r ter. gram includ ed s pe ec h es by Dr. Henry uz za ll o, p r es ident of the nl\·ers1ty of Wa s hin <Y ton and m e mb er o f Co lumbi a Ch apte r o f . cac ia; Dr. Jo e ph Daniels m e mb e r s o f the a lumni. Brother R icha r d on commander ::: d o n e of 't h e brothers who possesse a m a r ve lou s vo ice and tho e as embl ed were tr eate d to s in g in g o f hi g h merit. B r ot h e r Turpin on the piano a n.d Dunn o n th e banjo e nt e rt a in ed with evera l popu la r n um bers. , The ath let 1c portion of th e prog ram included f enc ing bouts ?Y the B log<Y br?th e r , tw o boxing bout s and one wrestling mat ch . Everyt hm g wa run off m a nappy fa shion and eve r yo n e pre e nt a s ur ed u that they had h ad a , . ry plea ant

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even ing and would look forward to our next open hou se. One Masons attended.

OUR V. D. ELECT SPEAKS

Washington Chapter of Acacia is again on the map, thank s to the untiring effo rt s of our retiring Venerab le Dean Rud Brandenthaler, and th e able assistance of and cooperation offered him by the other officers of the fraternity.

At the re ce nt annual election of officers, the brothers placed their confidence in the following men by putting in their care of Acacia at ington for the ne x t school year: Venerab le Dean , Edward Kongsle; Se mor Dean, C lair V. Merriam; Secretary, Carl J. Fagstad; Treasurer, Oscar B. Werner; Senior Steward, Edward N. Phelan; Junior Steward, F. Clyde Dunn; and Se ntinel, Eitel Burdick. With the advice and backing of the above mentioned men and the wonderful example se t by the retiring officers off ice r s always before me, I see no reason why Acacia cannot co ntinu e developing and forging ahead at Washington.

The men in the hou se hav e already demonstrated their ability to so l ve s ucces s fully the many difficult problems that the house has had to fa ce s in ce its r eo rg an ization la st D ece mber. It is a worthy and well qualified body of men with which I have to work, and I f ee l sure even though th e sa nd s be h o t and th e road beset by ruffians, nothing can stop the men of Washington Chapter of Acacia from realizing on the time and e nergy expended in their fraternal life .

To alumni and v isiting Acacia n s we will a lways keep open hou se . Wh en in Seat tl e, drop around and see u s and I feel sure you will come again.

EDWARD KON GSLE.

WISCONSIN CHAPTER

MADISON, WIS.

The Wisconsin Chapt e r might well adopt the slogan of the Badger for thi s year , at lea st to a ce rtain degree "Wisconsin's Greatest Book for Wi scons in 's Greatest Year". To elate we have thirty Brothers and seven P ledges a nd the prospects for an ever increasing number was never better. O ur chapte r h o u se cannot accomoclate all of the men, so a numb e r h ave been compe lled to find other quarters but every man finds a place reserved for him at our "Acacia Banquet Table." Our Venerable Dean, Wm. B. Tisdale, ha s been guiding the affairs of the fraternity very well so far and in hi s own words h e says "We believe that Acacia will eta standard that ha s n eve r been eq ual ed in previous yea rs " The attendance at the University ha s exceeded all previous re co rd s and the number of Masons attending- the Unive rsity ha s incr eased in a s imilar proportion. Abo ut two hundred Maso ns are now e nr o ll ed in various courses which gives the Chapter a comparatively lar ge numb e r from which to select th eir candidates. Over one hundred of these men attended the s mok e r for University Masons given a t the Chapter I;Iouse of the seco nd of October and even a greater numb e r at t ended th e S mok e r given by th e lo ca l lodge s numb e r s Five and Fifty, two weeks lat er. So far as numb e r s are concerned this has been an exceptiona lly good year for the Chapter and th e spirit, earnestness, and loyalty with

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w hi c h eac h m a n i do in g h i part at t h e p r e ent lime yea r as a w h o le w ill be t h e b igge t that the V i on in

ive e id nc that th hapt r ha ev r had

A copy o f t h e "W i co n in Letter' ha been nt to every chapter in th F r ate rni ty. If any c h a] ter fa il ed to get the ir copy p lea e notify the d1 to r o f th e " L ette r " a n d a copy of the next i s u e will be f o rwarded to th e add r ess w hi c h i g iven. T h e exact add r es wa . not known in e\·erv in·

T h e f o ll ow in u cli pp in g wa taken f r om a recent n u mbe r of a promine nt m aga zin e : "C. L. L e it h , c h a ir ma n of t h eo lou ica l Depa r tment at \ ico n s in , h as bee n appo in ted by t h e Nat iona l h ambe r of omme r ce a memb e r o f t h e Meta ls Co m m ittee to m et and con fer wit h fo r e ign members of th e I n te rn at io n a l T r ade Con f e r e n ce, at At la n tic ity, t h e latter part f Octobe r. P r ofesso r Le it h i t h e o nl y tec hn ica l m e m be r of t h e Meta l mi t t ee, th e ot h e r m e m be r s be in g- h eads of m eta l in d u s tri e , in cl u dinu

M . Sc h wa b , of t h e Be thl eh e m t ee ! Co., P r e id e n t Fa rr e ll of t h e tecl orpo r a ti o n , P r esiden t J ohn D. Ryan o f t h e Anaco n da oppe r o., and other . T h e m ee tin g- i in a se n se a co n t inu a ti o n o f t h e in ternat io na l m inera l conf e r e n ces a t \ iVas hin g t o n a n d Pa ri s in w hi c h P r o f e o r Le it h h a taken part durin g th e p as t yea r. "

B r ot h er Le it h i one o f t h e f ac ult y m e m be r s o f t h e \ isco n in Chapter o f th e Acac ia F r ate rni ty .

O n Octobe r t h e t we nt y- ixt h th e Ch apte r ini t iated s i x p ledge and the ses io n laste d fr o m seve n in t h e m o rnin g u nt il o n e-t hir ty P. M. The candid a t es e"· pe ri e n ce d m o r e o r les d iff ic ult y in t h e ir endeavo r to start their Acac ia expe ri e n ce p r ope rl y bu t o n t h e w h o le it p r g res eel very nic ly. ,\11 cy ni ca l mil es we r e seve r e ly dea lt w it h in t h e p r ope r ma n ner and th candid a t es n o d oub t p r ofi t ed th e r eby.

ACAC I A SOCIALLY

Octobe r seco n d; a s m oke r f o r ni ve r ity Maso n s. ( ktobe r fo u rth: a n inf o rm a l d ance was h e ld in th e Ch ap t e r Ho u e. Octobe r e i(!" h teen; the Ch a pte r we n t ac r oss th e la k e t o B r oth er Owens' cot t age for a . "Wood-Chopp e r ' Ba ll ". T h e ch opp in g was s u ppose dl y to be done in t h e afternoon alth o u g h o m e ins iste d in co ntinuin u th e wo r k t hr o u g h t h e greater port ion of th e eve nin g T h o m pso n 's o r c h e tra f urn i h ed t h e mu ic. The ret u rn tr ip was m ade by b oa t Oc t obe r t wenty-fift h ; th e c h apte r wa informa ll y entert a in ed b y th e Ac h ot h o r o ri ty. NoYe m be r fi r st; t h e Home- om ing- dance wa s g ive n a t th e C h apte r Ho u se. T h ese events, toget h e r w ith the nive r s it y mi xe r s, th e So r o ri ty "Op e n Ho u ses," a n d p ri vate pa r t ies h as kept th e broth e r s bu sy in a soc ia l way.

A WO R D F R Ol\l Oi\!E OF THE BROTHERS

V. D. T is dale-V.Je be li eve th at Acac ia w ill set a tanda r d that ha - nev e r bee n equ a le d in pr ev iou s yea r s. I n sc h o la r s h ip, we h ope to r ank among the hi g h e t , as u su a l. In add it io n to t h e o ld men who he ld u p the sta ndard of Ia t ye ar , our pl ed ges h ave a n e n viab le hi g h schoo l r ecord and are wel l qu a li fie d t o h e lp r a ise t h e fr ate rni ty a e r age.

B ro th e·r Drip s- Th e pas t s um me r at "6If was a \'e r y good one. The hou e w as bette r th a n h a lf full of r ea l Acac 1ans and t h e r e. t of the r oom

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was taken up with some. of the Mas?nic brethren. who ca me to sw im and look over the mixers and gam a few pomts on the h1ll.

Soci al Chairman Zwicker-We hav e an embryo jazz stringed orchestra well started, and repetition of last year's launch parties, a nd s imilar outings wi ll undoubtedly be in the wind. . . .

Broth er P ease-Athletics are boommg as never before . Th1s year I S the turning point in the history of Wisconsin, .and we are trying best to make it the turning point whereby there w1ll be greater mterest m a ll ath letics throughout th e University as a whole.

Broth er M eye1'-Acacia is still at the old stand on Lake Street. Our new hou se ha s not yet m ate ri a lized, but the proposition is not dead. Far from it . We are planning to go ahead nex t spring und er a new h ead of s team, if we find it in any way possible .

ELMER J.

KocH.

THE SQUARE CLUB

A new Masonic organization ha s been formed at th e University.

During the war th e re was formed in London an organization of Masons from all the English speaking countries of the world. This organization was called the Sq uar e Club . When a ll members of this club left London to return to th e ir homes they promised to do their be s t to estab li sh other Square Clubs

One of the memb ers of the London club ha s succeeded in inter es ting Masons here to the extent that a local Square Club has been organized. About seventy-five men have already joined, and present indi cat ions see m to sh ow that it will be a permanent organization here

The one and only object of the Square Club here at the University is to give the Masons at school a chance to become acquainted with each other and aff ord them an opportunity to get together once or twice each month for a general good time. Last Tuesday, . November 25th, the Club entertained with an Orpheum party, which was attended by about fifty men. A dance has been planned for the latter part of December, just before the holidays A committee has also been appointed to see what can be done for · a Prom party and it looks as though the Square Club would have at least thirty couples in their box at the Prom .

There is no restriction as to membership ; any Mason connected with th e University is allowed and asked to join. Really it seems that here is an organization that this school has been in need of for so me time, and if it remains in existence cannot be other than a benefit to the Masons at the University of Wisconsin.

At present, only one of our men belongs to this club, but it is likely that many more will join soon.

c. F . RASMUSS EN.

NoTE-"Cap" i s th e publicity man for the Square Club, so we are well informed a long tim e in advance as to activities contemplated by the club. -Editor.

The busiest m an in school at the present time is undoubt ed ly the secr eta r y of the Wisconsin Acacia House Association. Perhaps all Acacians do not realize the time and work required to handle all of the business and corresp ondence of the House Association . Brother Lorry Meyer is showing the true Acacia spirit in a pure and undiluted form in adminis-

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ter in g _thi off_ice and in th e m a nn e r in which h i . tickin to th e job . I:o rr y 1 ca rr y mg a full e o f th e . ' choo l, he i w rkin g o utId e of ch oo l h o ur s at off tce work a nd 111 \' e r y ava il ab le moment i. , o rking a t the sec r e tar y job. If hi work i a n y incli a ti on o f the u cce f th Hou e propo s iti o n. th e r e ca n be n o d o ubt a t o th u cce f th und rt a king.

A m ong th o. e who a r e lea , in g t h e act i, e ch apte r th i. Jun e th r i one ma n who se p lace wi ll be h a rd to fi ll. That ma n is I a rl Y. Bo r . ac k. e n e ra bl e De a n a nd Hott.e teward for two yea r s. Th o e of u who h ave known co nditi ons in the h ap t e r during th e tim e, kn o w th at I a rl h a be n th e back-bone , the g uidin g pirit o f th e Wi co n in h apter. with u t whom thi s or ga niz a ti o n mi g ht hav e bee n t e mp o r a ril y aba n lo n ecl. ' K. I ." h a been a s pl e ndid a nd_ ma n _of the hi g h e t t ype durin g hi . tay at 6 15, a nd ht s act in t1e s 111 th e fr ate rnit y h ave a lw ay s bee n to cac ia ' benefit.

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APTER OFFICE RS , I9I9- I920

Willi a m B. T is da le .Venerab le D ea n

E lm e r J. Kock. e ni or Dean

Lloyd L. Ca ll... Sen ior tew a rd

C la r e n ce R. Vvi se .J u n io r tew a r d

W a lt e r Fre und ec r e tar y

W a lt e r E . Sc hn eicle r..........

Tom Ayto n ....................

William E. Drips

Editor.......................................

.T rea ur e r

e ntin el

Ho u se t ewa rd

E im e r J. Ko c h

ACACIA HO USE ASSOCIATIO DIRECTORS

F leetwood E. Sc hunk

Frank J e nks

Lawrence E . Meyer..............

0. H. Behrendt...

P r es ide nt

Vice-Presid e nt

.. Sec r eta r y

T r ea ur e r E. J . Fisher...

DISTI NGU ISH ED GUES TS

D ir ec tor

Wi scon s in Chapter was ho s t at a banquet for two d i tingu i h eel cac ia n s on th e evening of Mar ch 4· Dr. M a ri on L. Bu rt on, P r e icl e nt o f th e U ni ve r sity of Minnesota , a nd President-e lec t of the Un ive r it y of Mich iga n . a nd G rand Presid e nt J a m es F. G r oves . wer e the guest of hon o r.

Dr. Burton delivered th e open in g aclcl r es of a se ri es o f r e li g iou co nvoca ti o n s at t h e Gym o n that a ft e rn oo n , a nd accep t ed a n in vit at ion to tak e dinn e r at o ur tabl e. Imm e di a t e ly u po n hi s acceptance we i n v ited th e G ra nd P r es id e nt to co m e from Ripon for th e occa s ion. a nd we wer e ind e d p lea ecl that the h ea d of th e fraternit y co ul d be with u s .

T h e Mad i so n a lumni we r e a ll in v ited to sh a r e in th e pl ea ur e of our e nte rtainin g th ese two Brot h e r s, a nd a ma j o rit y of t h e m r esp ond ed It so happ e n ed th at the R ege n ts were in sess io n th e sa m e cla y a n d thi e n ab led B r ot h e r Be n Faast to be with u s a ls o "Dad" Wolf e, of th e ni ve r ity "Y" und e r w ho e a u sp ices Dr. Bu r ton came to Madison. was al. o a g u e t o f the frat e rnit y.

Dinn e r wa s se rv ed at ix. Cove r s we r e la id for fifty-fo ur , w hi c h n eccs it ated an ex tra tabl e in th e pa rl or and a mall one in th e libr a r y. O ur

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culinary department proved a credit to the fraternity, se r vmg a n exceEent meal. .

Becau s e of Dr. B urt on's limited time with us, our V. D. asked only the two g u ests of h on or to speak. Grand President spok_e of m atte rs of concern to the fraternity at la rge, and the men of W1sconsm Chapter feel t h at his presence was of in est im ab le va lu e to u s as indi v idu a ls and as a n organization as we ll.

Brother Burton spoke o n the subj ect of fraternalism in general. and the re was of vita l int erest to every fraternity man in hi s r e m a rk s. M inn esota Ch apter and Acacia as a whole can f ee l proud to number s u ch men in its r anks, a n d Michigan is to be cong r at ul ated on h er future president.

An invitation was exte n ded to Michigan men at Wisconsin to come in a nd meet Pres id ent B urt on informally a t 8:15, and a numb er ava i!ed themselves of the opportunity. Brot h e r Ford MacGregor i s a member of the Michigan a lumni orga ni zat ion at Wisconsin. O ur only regret was that P r es id ent B urt on h ad to leave at abo ut 9 :oo, but we were a ll thankful for the oppo rtunit y o f me eting him.

YALE CHAPTER

NEW HAVEN, CONN.

New Haven, Conn., Jun e 22, 1920. My Dear Brother Ekb law:

Brother Groves ha s probably advised you that Yale Chapter i s act ive again. Last ni g ht we journ eyed down to New York and in extraordinary sess ion at Co lumbi a Chapter House initiated four good brethren who will be pillars to tie to during the years to come.

Unfo rtun ate ly I co uld not lo ca t e a ll th e property of the ch apte r upon my r et urn from th e serv ice las t January. I h ave found none of the candidates' inform at ion badge o rd e r blanks, etc., that I know yo u want fi ll ed out wit h respect to these four new men. I sha ll be at Yale for t e n days yet, and if you wi ll kindly send these blanks to m e at once I sh a ll fill them out and return to you before I leave for hom e.

Our de !ega.te to the G r and Conclave is B roth er Ralph 0. Harpole, initi ated in Apri l, 1917, by Ya le. You ha ve hi s r eco rd . I am alternate delegate.

About the membership ce rtific ates : The last lot of ca ndidat es we initiated have never r eceived th e ir cert ifi cates ( initi ated Apr il , 1917) ami of cou r se the new men also want theirs.

You have the records of the former . There were eight of them-Sec r est, St uk es, Williamson, Harpole, Pat ton , Tucker, Farmer, a nd one other. initiated last night are: C la r ence Y. Wigfall, H . K. Ebers ull , C liff ord Harry French, A lb ert B. Coe.

If I receive the se "shingles" before I leave, I will affix my s ig n atu r e to t h em so that t h ey will be ready at the beginning of next semeste r-fo r the Lord on ly knows where I may be then.

Faithfully and fraternally,

ALBERT F. COYLE.

THE PE RI

PEO RI A , I LL! ' O I

I A TI .J

Peo ri a_ Acac ian s ha ve th e third a lumni c h apte r o f t h e fr ate r mty , t h e tr c h a r t e r. a th e Pe on a lumni A oc iat io n o f ca c ia F rate rnit v hav ing bee n grant ed by th e G r a nd oun cil o n M ay 17th o f thi y ea r. -

'T h o ugh extre m e ly yo u thf u l, th i n e we t a lumn i c h apte r i a lr eady pe rfo rmm g as a v e te r a n ch apt e r p u b lica t io n , we ll -e dit ed a nd we ll -pri nt d. appea r ed t h e fi r s t o f t h e m ont h and a c t e d a an introdu c ti o n o f th e o r aa niza ti o n to t h e fr a te rnit y. d e leg a te fro m the o ciation wi ll be p r e nt a t th e G r and Conclave in Mi n n eapo li w it h t h e a vow d pu r po e of I ttina t h e r es t of t h e F r a t e rni ty k n ow t h at t he n e we t c hapt e r is a n x iou to t a k e it s p lace in t h e F r at e rni ty and r eady to a ss u me it h ar e of th e F r atern ity' wo rk.

Twe lve Acac ia n s, g r ad u ate o f Illi no is , M ichiga n and N e bra k a chapte r s, f o rm ed t h e nu cle u s o f th e Peo ri a A lum n i s o ciat ion. O n e d a y la st J a nu a r y a h al f do ze n o f t h e cla n m e t at t h e Un iv e r ity C lu b in Peor ia for a n eve nin g o f goss ip a n d brot h e rh ood Be f o r e t h e e ven ing was o ve r th e id ea o f a n a lumni c h apte r h ad bee n b r oac h ed, endo r ed , an or ga n ization h a d bee n p e rf ected a n d off ice r s e lected .

F r o m th e n o n thin gs m oved f ast. T h e G r and Co un c il was app ea led to f o r inf o rm a ti o n as t o p r oced ur e . A p r om pt a n d f avo r ab le r e p ly f r om the Gra nd Sec r e t a r y m a d e it poss ibl e f o r th e pet it ion f or a chart e r t o be p r epa r ed a n d passed a t th e n ext dinn e r o f th e- a lumni in Ap ril. A nd on Ma y 17th G r a n d Sec r e t a r y E k b law sa t d ow n t o hi s t ypew ri t e r a n d i nfo r med the Peo ri a A lumni Assoc ia ti o n o f th e Acac ia F r a t e rni ty th at t h ey we r e "s u e" lega ll y. Th o s e t we lve Acac ia n s w h o a r e num be r ed a m o n g t h e h onor ed c h a rt e r m e mb e r s o f th e Assoc ia ti o n a r e O tt o F r ede ri c k , Pres ident , Ill ino is C h a pt e r ; R ay burn Ru sse ll , V ice - P r es id e nt , M ichi g-a n Ch ap t e r ; T. H a w 'e y Tap pin g-, Sec r e t a r y-T r eas ur e r , Mi c hi ga n Ch ap t e r ; W illi a m E. K ri ege r , Co rr es p o ndin g Sec r e t a r y, Illin oi s C h ap t e r ; A. T. Pete r s, Neb ra s k a C hapter . Fr a nk Ave r y · Bu s h , Illin o i Ch a pt e r , He nr y D on a ld hi eld s , o f Lewi s ton , Illin o is, M ic hi ga n Ch a pt e r ; V ic t o r H. Ca rt w ri g ht , o f Laco n , Illi no i , Il ' iP " ; c rh a n tP <. T F;l111ilt M, R;:J II. ,.. + Tn'u r;:J. Illin o is . m ; n oi s Chapter; R a loh Sa nd e r s . o f G las f o rd , Illinoi , Illin o is Ch a pte r ; L. B . Kin sey , of Pek in , lllm o ts , Ill i n oi s Ch ap t e r : a nd W a ll ace G . T u ell , o f Ca n to n , Illin o is, I J:i no is Ch ap t e r.

In Jul y th e fl ed g lin g c h ap t e r g o t t oge th e r in a j o ll y "rat i fi cat ion " fe as t. T h ey in v it ed t o th e ir ce leb r at io n seve r a l Acac ian w h o a r e soon to a ll t hei r nam es to th e m e mb e r ship r o ll , a n d d ir e words o f th e te rr ors of j o in ing t h e Pe ori a Assoc ia ti o n we r e u tte r ed by t h e ex h a lted cha r t e r member . By the tim e thi s i s r ead , th e Peo ri a m e m be r shi p r oll w ill n u mber clo s e to tw e nty broth e r s, with th e ce rtaint y th a t it will go we ll above tw e nt y-fi ve be f o r e th e annu a l ba nqu e t in J a nu a r y. O n th e seco n d Sa tur day rf. every m ont h o f t h e yea r , th e Peori a lumni Assoc iati o n asse m b les f o r eit h e r a soc ia l o f a b u in es e ion ow th a t th e thro es of orga ni za ti o n a r e a lm o t_ t h e chapte r i r ead y t o it entire a tt e nti on to th e obj ects fr o w ht ch tt wa la u nc hed, th e pr o m ot ton of real bro therho o d a m o n a Acac ia n , t h e adva n c ing o f ea ch oth e r ' inte r e t a nd th e d isc u ss io n o f tht>ose thin gs w h ich a r e of va lu e to t h e who le Fra t e rnity .

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FIRST AN UAL BANQUET OF THE PEORIA LUMNI ASSOCIATION

AcACIA FRATERNITY

PEOR IA l J N l VE R S IT Y CLUB- JA NUA R Y 2, 1920

MEMBERSHIP

Ill inois C hapt e1'

O tt o Frederick. 309 Main S treet , Peor ia

Willi a m E. Krieger.. 24I S. Maplewood Ave., Peor ia

W. B. P r es ton .............. .................... ............................ ................................. Pek in

E. B. Crist... Pekin

T. M. Cannon R epatee

Wallace G. Tuell... Peor ia

E. H. Reynold s..... ................... ............... ............................................ Tiskilwa

F. Ave r y Bu s h .....................................................Block & Kuhl, Peo ri a

K e nn e th Go rd on ............................................... ........ .......................... Oq u awka

L. B. Kin sey ........ ....... ................ .... ........... .................... ...................... ... .........Pek in

Kie Cattro n Fairview

R. I. S hawl..... ....... .. .................................... .... .... ........ .............. Princeton

V. H. Ca rtwri g ht... ............................................ .. ............... ... ..................... Lacon

L. A. Hammon ..... . Inte rn at ional Harvester Co., Peor ia

J. Ham ilt on Ba ll... ...... ... ................................ ... ............ .. ........

D. 0. Mo un t... .............. ............ ................................................. ...... Delavan

Michigan Chapter

T. Hawley Tapping. .. ................... 604 L e hmann Bldg., Peor ia

Rayburn Ru sse ll.. Pe kin

Harry D Shie ld s Lewiston

Cla r e n ce Ra s mu sse n Lewiston

Sta n ford Chapter

Ben Be ls ley IIS N. Maplewood Ave., Peo ri a

H a1'vard Chapter

E lli ott Lov e tt.. 3I5 N Dougla s S t , Peor ia

OFF I CER S

P r es ident... ...... .... ................................ .. ............. __ ................. Otto Fred e rick

V ice-P r es id e nt.. Rayburn Russell

Sec r e tary- Treas ur e r.. .T. Hawley Tapping

Co rr es ponding ec r eta r y .................................. William E. Krieger

SOME CLIPPINGS FROM THE OLD JOURNALS.

Go d give us m e n ; a tim e lik e this demands S trong mind s, great h ea rt s, tru e faith and r ea dy h a nd s, Men w hom the lu st of office does not kill, Men whom the spoi ls of office ca nn ot buy, Men who po ssess op inion s and a will

Men w h o ha ve honor ; men w h o will not li e. -Volume 4-

A WE WO LD S Y T DAY-

With thi numb e r o f the Journal a noth e r olume will h ave been complete.d and. we tru t the i u e w ill give to tho e who follow afte r u a fatrly f a tthful pen ptcture of the wo rk of the year. The Journal it e lf ha not m a d e as mu c h impr ovement a we wo uld have lik ed to mak . e think ,. how eve r , th at ma? y of th e c h apte r editor haYe prepared better copy th a n m th e past and whtle th e Journ a l m ay not h ave reached th point that we hop ed it would r eac h , it h a performed a u ef ul ervice to the Fraternity We mu s t m ake the Journ a l o n e of t h e be t fraternity m aga zine and we mu st n ot r es t until we h ave m a d e thi an accomp li h ed fact.

-V olume 6, o. 3 ·

WlLL THIS EVE R HAPP EN AGAIN?

Fo u r Acacia Edito1'S

During the Co ll ege yea r of 1909- rO four ed it o r s of the ·all ege pape r s at three Universities wer e m e mb e r s o f th e Acac ia Fraternity.

H. J. Stevens of ( Sa m e hk ) P urdu e C h apte r , is Ed it o r of t h e P ur due Exp on e nt , the college p a per at P urdu e ni ve r s ity ; J. B. Powe ll , of ( Mem) Mis so uri Chapter is e ditor of th e Univ e r s ity Missourian, the co ll ege paper at the University of Mis so uri; and W . E lm e r Ekblaw, of (H th) Illinoi Chapter is editor of the Daily Illini , th e co ll ege paper at the University of Illinois. In addition, L. V . tig a ll, a lso a m e m be r of ( M e m) Mi ou ri ChaJ?te r is ed itor o f The Oven, th e "f unn y" paper at the Un ive r ity o f Misoun.

- Vo lum e 5, No.3·

We a r e desirous that every member s h a ll take time to a quaint him elf with our law. Let u s give a littl e attention to thi s importa nt uggest ion . - Volume 6, No. I.

R e f e r e nc e to th e preamble of our co n stitution would indi cate that we a re banded together for certain purpo ses. W e tru st th a t the brothers wi ll. during th e year, either get in tou ch with th e l oca l lodg e or by some mean s provid e for Ma s onic Instruction. We do not desire that yo u h old schoo ls of instruction but we do desire th at yo u get th e brothers to attend these chool when th ey are h e ld in yo ur loca lity . You can h elp one a n ot h e r a lso in making yourself proficient. You should get so m e broth e r who ca n and who will talk to you upon Masonic subj ec ts . Vo lume 6, o. I

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CHAP TER HOUSE

Chapters should tak e s pec ia l in th e c hapt er h o u se e n v i:onment. The building should be kept cl ea n and 111 good order exte rn ally. Thts can be done whether you have an ex p ens ive chapter h o u e or not. Th e gro unds should be neat and attractive. In some co ll ege town we a re a b! e to te ll b y general appearance of a and the. g round s about it th at it i a fraternity house or a wtdow s. Acacta should sta nd for the best thmgs in every community. Its house and grounds sh o uld be kept n eat and clea n This can be done if all will help.

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SEND IN PHOTOGRAPHS TO T HE EDITOR

Why wouldn't it be a good thing if each chapter would se nd in photographs of it s activities during the yea r Photographs of the athletes, orators, "S tunt groups," a nd a ny "ca mpus lights " of prominence. Many times th e re are memb e rs who win distinction in their work are awa rded with a generous write-up in th e chapter publication. Why s houldn ' t th ey get some recognition in the Journal. If such photographs were on file the Editor co uld s upply illu s tration s for th e Journal if the fund s permitted.

Th e next time your chapter editor sends in a letter have him send such photographs as are availible.

HAVE YOU A COM PLET E; SET OF JOURNALS?

As each fall comes around and brings it s many ideas for things to do during the coming y ea r the idea of scouting for Journals presents itself. Not all of the chapters have a complete set of Journals and they should not rest until they do hav e it. There is no finer way of pre se rving the history of the Fraternity than to have bound volumes of the Journal.

Call upon your alumni to sacrifice a copy if it will be the means of having the Chapter set complete. Appoint some one this year to make a special business of that very thing.

Ohio State's report at the Conclave is published in full because it represents a lot of thought and energy spent in it s organization. It is a model report and worthy of your attention.

C HAPTER LETTERS

In searching for material for the Journal it is very noticeable how few and far between the Chapter Letters are and it is only through the Chapter publications that we have been able to glean much news .

The Chapter publication s have been very commendable and it is to be hoped th a t all of the Chapters will be on their toes the c oming year and get out so me real snappy publications. Of course, we know that the cost of printing has gone beyond reason and it may be necessary to reduce the number of editions in many cases .

The following publications are on file :

The Midway Acacian

Heth Hello

The Iowa Tickler...............

The Argos ........

Chicago Chapter

Illinois Chapter

.Iowa Chapter

Kansas State Chapter

The Sprig Minnesota Chapter

The Missouri Astonisher Missouri Chapter

The Nebraska Asp Nebraska Chapter

The Ohio Acacian .Ohio State Chapter

The Penn State Acacian Penn State Chapter

The Hour Glass...........................

News Notes

Purdue Chapter

Chapter Triangles

The Wa shington Acacian

The Wiscon s in Letter...............

Chapter

Washington Chapter

Wisconsin Chapter

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I TEl -FRATER ITY RRE DEN E

A t th e last I n te r -F r a t e rni ty Confe r ence held in ew York, D I, .1 9 17, Acac ia was r epre ented by Har r y L. Brown, Michigan; v arr n v . H il d itc h , Ya le; H u be r t Ro ec r an , Wi con in. Irwin v . Driehau olumbi a was th e lt e rn ate.

Durin g t h e wa r w h e n t h e Government dec ided to e tabli h the T. C. in th e var io u s uni ve r it ie a memorandum wa i u ed f r om the office of Co lon e l R. I. R ee o f th e Gene ra l taff and ha ir man of the ommittee on Ed u ca ti o n a n d pec ia l T r a ini ng.

F r o m th e r epo rt o f th e h a ir m a n of the Ex c u t ive omm ittee of th Int e r- F r ate rni ty Co nf e r e n ce we r ead t h e fo ll ow in g concl u ion r ega r d ing th e m e mor a ndum m e nti o n ed :

(a) T h at thi s was a n off icia l ta t e m e n t of th e p ur po e of the ar Dep a rtm e nt in th ee ta bli s hm e n t o f t h e . T. C. and its bea ri ng on f rat e rniti es;

( b ) Th a t th e W a r Depa rtm e n t co n s ide r ed th e f ra t e rni ty act i vit ie are in comp a tibl e w ith milit a r y d isc ip lin e;

(c) Th a t o pe r a ti o n s o f fr a t e rniti es s h o ul d be s u pended fo r t h e p r iod of th e wa r ; a nd th a t th e be t int e r es t s o f th e fr a t e rni t ies r eq uir e u ch s up e n s iOn ;

( d ) n a pp ea l t o th e pat ri ot is m o f th e fr ate rni t ie and a r eq u e t to show th e sa m e so rt o f loya lt y a nd se r v ices th a t th e co ll eges h ave h own

In r e pl y t o thi s t h e f o ll ow in g lette r was p r epa r ed:

S ubj ec t: " M e m o r a n d um t o F r a t e rniti es".

D a t e d- ep t e mb e r 25 th , 19 18.

T o Co L. R. I. REEVES . Ch a irm a n ,

Co mmi t t ee o n E du ca ti o n a n d Spec ia l T r a inin g .

Ge n e r a l t aff, Vla r D epa rtm e nt , W as hin g t o n , D C.

F r o m th e Int e r -F r a t e rnit y Co nf e r e n ce .

Th e Int e r -F r a t e rnit y Co nf e r e n ce, co m po ed o f f o r ty m e n 's F r ate rni t ie loc a ted in seve r a l hundr ed U ni ve r iti es a nd Co ll eges, a n d h av in g a me mbers hip of a pprox im a t e ly five hundr ed th o u an d me n, a n d p r ope r ty of more than $1 2, ooo ,ooo r es p ec tfull y s ubmit s t hi s m e m o r a n d um :

I. T h e F r a t e rniti es h ave co-ope r ated in eve r y way w it h t h e Government in th e pro sec uti o n o f t hi s wa r f o r fr eedo m .

(a) Have pl ace d th eir c h ap t e r h o u ses in a ll co ll eges f or t h e u se o f the S. A. T . C. a t th e d isposa l o f th e Gove rnm e n t.

( b ) Have pl edge d th eir r eso ur ces fo r t h e s u cce s ful p r osec u tion of t h e war .

(c) A r e 100 p e r ce nt. A me ri can and h ave g ive n f r ee ly o f t h e i r membe r s f o r se r v ice.

( d ) A r e p r e pa r e d t o m a k e eve r y n ece sa r y sac ri fice to as i t in the deve lopm e nt o f th e eff icie n t tr a ini ng o f m n in t h e A. T. C.

2. Will a u re e th a t Fra t e rni ty ac ti v it ie , in the u u a ll y accepted te r ms. should be a n d will au r ee to d i cont in u e u ch act ivities a are in compatibl e with M ilita r y d isc i p lin e, and r ecognizes that the e tablishment

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of the . . T. C. ha s chang ed the normal activities of co llege lif e, and ha s made them in st itutions for intense military training.

3· The Fraternities r es pectfully submit that they have . existed as instit uti ons in college life for nearly roo years, and are recogmzed as supplemental ed ucation a l in s titution s, and have the highest ideals of Honor, Truth and the privileges of American citizenship.

As a class of college men, have been first to offer their services in this war, as in all pre v ious crises, and of the college men, the Fraternity men have been and are the leaders. They have had instilled into them loyalty a nd serv ice , and the y are today va luable factors in promoting and maintaining the Morale of the Service.

!-\5 a whole, they are d e mo c ratic and have no social cleavage. Their m ember s are chosen for fitness and co ngeniality a nd , as men pursuing similar co urses, it is a natural association. Therefore, we cannot believe that the War Department de s ires an entire s uspension of the American College Fraternities.

4· The Fraternities, through their accredited representatives, submit that the War Department should make it plain that it does not desire the suspension of the life of the Fraternities and that the objects and aims of the Department are fully satisfied by the suspension of their normal activities, in the meaning that the term has acquired, and that it does not object to the meeting of fraternity men at times and in places that do not conflict with military regulations.

Fraternities have already shown the same spirit of loyalty and service that the Colleges have shown, and, like the College s, should be permitted to maintain their organizations during this emergency.

In co nclu s ion, we desire to pledge anew to the Government of the United States, our entire re so urce s of men and material for the successful conclusion of this War, and affirm our be lief in the President of the United States, and in the justi ce of our cause.

Re spect fully s ubmitted ,

I NTER-FRAT ERNI TY CoNFERENCE

By JA MES DUANE LIVINGSTON, Chairman,

SEP T. 28, 1918.

HENRY H. M cCo RKLE, Secretary.

On September 30th a memorandum came in reply and from which we quote:

"Real.izing, however, that some fraternity organization must be kept mtact to msure the resumption of fraternity activities when the present eme rgency has passed, the War Department will interpose no objection to the holding of such meetings as are of purely business character

A NEW SON FOR GRAND SECRETARY ECKBLA W

Added to the many re s ponsibilities which Grand Editor Ekblaw carries is the providing- for a new son who arrived at his home Aug. 3 1920. His name is Neil William . '

With W. Elmer, Jr., who is now over a year old "Ek" thinks he has the le ft left half-back and the for the 1940 football team at Illinois.

W \R MEMORI. L

The beautiful erv ice flag pict ur e d abo , e is th e gift of the initi ate into the Illin o is C h apter during the year and now han o in the chapte r hou se. Its o n e hundr ed and flfteen tar typify th e s har e of th e Illinois C hap ter in th e \\ "or iel War. It · thr ee go ld tars offer il ent tribut e to th e brothers lost.

The ft aa is m ade of si lk and i about three feet by five feet in size. The sta r a r e arranged in a lp h abetica l o rd e r.

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Notes From Banta's "Greek Exchange"

DECEMBER, 1919--PAGE 161 "PEP"

Vigor, vitality, vim, and punchThat's pep!

The courage to act on a sudden hunchThat's pep! '

The nerve to tackle the hardest thing, \ iVith feet that climb, and hands that cling, And a heart that never forgets to singThat's pep !

Sand and grit in a concrete baseThat's pep!

Friendly smile on an honest factThat's pep!

The spirit that helps when another's down, That knows how to scatter the blackest frown, That lov es its neighbor, and loves its townThat's pep!

To say "I wi ll "-for you know you canThat's pep!

To look for the best in every manThat's pep!

To meet each thundering knockout blow, And come back with a laugh, because you know You'il get the best of the whole darned showTHAT'S PEP!

DECEMBER NUMBER, 1919.

A set of reso'utions adopted by the Kansas Chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma are worthy of recognition. The resolutions are as follows: In the college at large, to make friendships outside their own small circle.

Within the so rorit y, to treat the house mother with r espect and courtesy; to strive for better scholarship; to havei a friendly attitude toward their freshmen but to make them realize their responsibility; to instill a sense of in dividual responsibility in living up to rules, in takin g part in college activities, and in their attitude toward men; to pass as few rules as possible but to li ve up to every rule.

DECEMP.ER, 1919--PAGE 126

The Literary Digest says: "T h e men and women who are making the Americans of tomorrow are being- treated with less consideration than the janitors who sweep out the buildings in which they a r e emp lo yed; they are earn in g on the average less than the wages given the scrubwomen employed in the public buildings of the United States Government. Normal sc ho ol graduates receive less sa lary than street sweepers; high schoo l principals and superintendents less than sectio n foremen; co untry school teachers les s

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for in s t ructing th e f a rm er's chi ldr e n than he pay hi s hire d man to f eel h og ."

OE E::IJ BER, H) I< P \GE 2

Stanford m e n h ave finally penetrated the my t rie behind th tight twelve foot fence enclo ing the swimming pool f or girls. and ha, - en th fair ones sw immin g and di v ing. ne by on the men bought rid e: in an airplane be lo n g ing to o n e of the e nior tudent and flew o,·e r th e outdoor pool. Thi ca u se d great co n sternat ion among th e phy ical training dir c tor

DE CE li!BER. 191 9--PAGE 3

Fo ur hundr ed m e mb e r s of Torthwe. tern niver ity , -oted that they wi ll n ot buy r o es for th e ir pa r tner and w il l not take them to the Juni r P r o m in taxicab s. T h e vote wa in defiance of the junior girl wh , oted that they mu s t h a , · r oses a nd taxi The meeting wa a sec r et gathering.

IJ OW GREAT TTli N(; ARE DONE:

A co ll ege st ud ent once a k e el th e president of o n of o ur New Eng la nd U ni ve r s it ies i f h e co uld n ot take a hor te r co ur se than th e one la id clown in th e pro spec tu o f th e in st itution. ''That d epe nd ," r ep li ed the ]e,· I head ed o ld president, " u pon wh a t yo u wi s h t o mak e of yo ur se lf. \ h e n natur want to m a k an oak h e works away o n the job a hundr ed year, but if s h e o nl y want s to m ake a sq u as h , h e n ee d s on ly abo ut six month s. "

MAR II, 1920

Coeds at To r t hw este rn wo n a t e n yea r 'I att le r ece ntl y, wh e n the faettlty voted to e. tablish a system of so rorit y h o u es on the camp u ..

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Vv e a nn o un ce to o ur r eade r s , wit h deep p leas ur e, that Dr. Franci \ ayla nd h epardso n h as co n sented to take u p t h e pen of th e f r atern ity ed itors hip of thi s m agaz in e, wh ich was a f ew week ago laid clown b y the late Walter Be nj a min Pa lm e r . Dr. h e pard so n n eeds no intr oduction whateve r to the fra te rnit y wor ld . 1-1 is n a m e i a n imm ed iate in troduct ion to any m e ri ca n fr ate rnit y m a n .

Vve h ave r ece ntl y h eard a yo ung fraternity m an. in pr ivate conver ation, ay of Dr. S h epardson t h at h e con . icl ers him the id ea l frat e rnity man. A nd it is to be a id that t hi yo un g m an sp ea k e r is n ot of th e ame fraternity a the Doctor.

By what eve r faith we h ave o ur selves in this pers istent e ffort which is ca ll ed GREEK EXCH NGE, we be li e , ·e that the com m o n intere t of th fraternities is aided a nd co n se rv ed by t h e con e nt of Dr h epar on to fill this space in o ur s taff a it co ul d be a id ed and_ con ·en·ecl by no oth e r fraternity m a n with w h o m we h ave per onal acquamtance.

JULY. I920

Yo un g lady lpoint ing to p ict ur e of Si r C a la h ad): "\Vho is th a t in that picture?"

ew P ledge: " h . that's one of the o lder feJlow , 1 don ' t know hi . nan1 e . "- w awa n.

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A COM MON BOND

The new coo k , wh o h ad co m e into the h o u seho ld during th e holida y, a ked her mi st r ess: "W h e r e bane yo ur so n ? I am n ot see ing him around no more?''

"My so n ?" r ep li ed the mi s tr ess, pridefully, "O h! h e h as gone ba c k to Ya le . He co uld on ly get away lo ng e n o u g h to stay until New Year's day , yo u see. I mi ss him dreadfully, though."

"Yas. I know yoost how yo u fe e l. My broder , h e ban in ya il s ix time in ce

Eac h fraternity hou se at th e U niv e r s it y o f Ca lif o rni a h as a n ave ra ge of f o rt y m e mb ers.

Lack of cla ss r oom a nd in st ru c t o r s ha s f o r ce d th e U ni\·e r s ity of Chicago to limit th e attendance in th e und e rgradu ate co ll ege , sta rtin g n ext f a ll.

Cornell U ni ve r s it y has accepted the r es ig n atio n of P r es id e nt Go uld Sc hurman.

The U niv e r s it y of Illin oi s planted 173 tr ees as a li v in g m e m o ri a l f o r hero es .

As k the average und e rgraduate what he lik es b es t about hi s fraternity maga zin e a nd nine times out of ten h e will answer, without a ny he s it a tion , "C hapter le tter s ." The rea so n is natural enough since it is in this departm ent that he r ea d s what other undergraduates in other c h apte r s are doing , a nd th e reby ha s an opportunity to compare th e activities of hi s own o-roup with thos e of others.

The war se r v ice co mmitt ee of D. K. E ha s se nt to a ll of the f a mili es o r n ext kin o f Dekes who gave their li ves in th e war. a n e ngr aved m e morial.

Seven hundr ed fr a t e rnit y men ga th e r ed at Sy r ac u se U ni ve r s it y f o r a n Int e rfr a ternity smoker in March.