The Acacia Spirit - January 1918 - Vol. 13, No. 3

The Acacia Spirit

Vol. Xlll

JANUARY, 1918

PRESIDENT BROWN CALLED TO WASHINGTON

Grand President Harry L. Brown has been called to Washington, D. C., to serve with the Radio Divisi on of the Signal Corps In a highly specialized capacity. He left his bride of six months in Chicago, turned over his office as Acacia leader to ex-Grand President George Frazer, resigned his place as editor on the McGraw-Hill publications, and went to the capital immediately after his call.

In his letter to the G-rand Council, Brother Br<>wn said: "It, therefore, seems adv isable that I immediately turn over the al'fair s of my office t<> fol'mer Grand President George E. Frazer, 208 South La Salle Street, Chicago, in acc<>rd with a plan adopted by the majority of the members of the Grand Council in May, to provide automatically for the continuation of the fraternity directi<>n whenever ll.nY o f the members of the Grand Council were called Into the Service. Brother Frazer has very generously consented to resume direction of the fraternity. Under his very capable judgment, we may all be .assured that the al'fairs of the fraternity in these very tryIng times will be conducted in the most comprehensive manner.

"If it later develops that I will have time in connection with my army work, should this keep me in Washington, to again take over the duties of the Grand President, I shall feel it my duty to do so In justice to Brother Frazer, who is already very heavily loaded in directing the business of his accounting organization and in properly maintaining his prominent positions in ·a number of organizations.

"Sincerely and fratern·ally yours,

"HARRY L. BROWN, "Grand President."

December 28, 1917.

No.3

A STATEI\IENT BY THE AariNG GRAND PRESIDENT

This is a war for the ideals of democracy. As such this war enlists the most complete co-operation of every American Mason.

Acacia is sending her best men into this war Day by day the number of these men grows . Those of us who stay behind carry on their work while they fight for us. In bounden duty we must maintain Acacia.

First of all we must keep these brothers in arms in c1ose touch with the fraternity . We are to write to them, each man, at least weekly . W e are to send them comforts We are to tell them in deeds as well ·as in words how proud we are of them . This is our first and greatest duty . I charge this duty to each chapter.

In the second place we must maintain the standards of the a.ctive chapters. New members must be selected with care,here the local alumni have an important place. The reports to the Grand Secre- · tary should be full and complete. The chapter records should be faithfully kept After the war we shall need these records quite as much as now. · The Chapter Secretary is the strong link that is to connect us with the greater Acacia of tomorrow.

The chapter finances must be reported faithfully and regularly to the Grand Officers. With so many men away it is inevitable that many of our chapters should have serious financial pr<>blems . We must face these problems squarely. When the men of Acacia come back they must find that thei r chapters have carried on

Our hearts are with the boys out there. We know that they want us to keep the fires of Acacia burning. Let it be done together, brethren.

GEORGE E. FRAZER ,

Acting for the Grand President. January 4, 1918.

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SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVES REPORT ON VARIOUS CHAPTERS.

Grand Pr e sident Brown has appointed a s p ec ial r e presentative of the Grand Counc il at each chapter a s a mean s of mor e

dire c t conta ct between th e Council and th e ac tive chapte rs The following men h a v e accepted this offic e.

Chlcng&-W A. W o o ds, S uit e 61 6, 11 2 W A d rum s, C hi c a go, Ill.

IIUnola-B o num L e e Kirk, Cham p aig n, Ill.

"Unneaota- Wa lt e r S Ga r v e y , 511 Alw o rth B ld g. , D ulu t h , M in n .

Ne bra s ka-Geo. N Fo s t e r , L a wy e r ,

Sec u r i ty M utu a l Bldg ., Li n co ln , Neb

Iowa-C . W . Wa s sam , U n iversi t y of I o w a , I ow a C i ty , I owa.

•r e xas -J. E Tr e l e v y n , Un i ve r s i ty of Texas , Austi n , T ex as.

Ohlo--oProf Art'h ur S. Watts ,

fellowship whi c h promises to produce another banner year for the Wisconsin chapter ."

Kans as Stat&-" Our local building asso ciat ion r e cently completed a new chapter hous e Four faculty alumni guaranteed payment for the first f-our years to the building and loan association. House will accommodate twenty-four men, and 'the chapter· is already planning on big thing s after th e war ."

O h io S t a t e Univ e r s i ty , 1Co lumbu s , Ohio .

"llehlgan-John Li nd e n soh nitt , A nn Ar bo r , M i c h

Kansaa State-Pr o f . H . L . Ke nt , Ma nha t ta n, Kan s.

Kansaa-P rof N P S her woo d ,

10 2 5 M a i ne St ., Law r e n ce, K a n s

Pennaylvanla State-J. M Fr y,

S t ate C oll ege, Pa.

Cornell-W . W . E lli s , 3,0 9 F a rm S t , l tJha c a , N Y

California-C arlo s G . W 1hite,

S y n d i c a t e Bld g., O a kl•and, Ca l.

Purdue-A ll e n B o uld s , Room 12 , W a ll ace Blk ., L a f aye t t e, Ind

Iowa State-H R. We rn e r , Arm e s , I a.

Franklln-J olh n W. H e in s, 14 0 1 Ar c h S t , Philad e-lphi a, P a. Wlaeonsi__.John X Ne w m a n , 6 1 5 Lake S t , Ma d i son, W :is C olorad&-Prof J o hn A Hunter , Bo uld e r, C o lo C oluDtbla- 1. W . Dr i&haus ,

50 Mo rn i ng-s id e Av e 'Ne w IYo rk C ity lllluouri-Dr . A. W . K a mp s c'hmidt , Co lu m.bi a , Mo

Syraeuae-Lo ui s Lind sey , 72 6 Uni v ersit y A ve , Sy r ac u se, N Y. Washlngton--Jl erb er t B l ogg, 73 0 C e ntr a l B ld g , in c a r e o f Ar eo Al a rm C o. , Sea ttle, Was h .

From Special Reports

War condition s have shown the need for clos e st c o-operation bet w e e n the variou s ch a pters and the Grand Officers , and i t is gratifying to note that the active men who ar e holding the trenches at the various sc hools ha v e r ealized the wisdom of k ee ping the Grand President posted. Most of the letters from the Grand P resident's s pec ial repre s entative s are also extremely e n couraging , and non e -of the m hint a t a break in the fin e A ca cia morale

Wisconsin-"The house opened with se v e n active and two a lumD'i members. Five pledge s were soon ini t iat e d. The ma tter of sel e cting new men w as c arried on i n a most cr e dit a ble manner Th e bar s w e re not low e red a n in c h. The chap te r is enjo yi ng harmon y, co-operation a nd g ood

Minnesota- " I just returned from a ' visit and find that general conditions at th e chapter house a re much better than I exp ec t e d , w ith mor e active men than we had enroll e d during 1911 and 1912. The present outlook for a su c cessful year is good. "

Iowa Stat&-" With the fraternity comfortably loc a ted in the best house on the ca mpus th e y were rapidly assuming th e le adership among the fraternities at Iow a State ·College . Half the men expect to leave next semester , but ·the ·chapter will try to ' keep the home fire s burning.' "

Washington-" The chapter was unabl e to open its hou s e last fall becau s e fifteen of the active members were in the gove rnment s e rvice and practi-cally all of the alumni are marri e d men. The furnitur e has been stored , but there is a bright prospect af th e chapter opening its house in good standing after the war or perhaps before it i s over .' '

California--" All of our lower ·class men are g·one. Of the seven men left, two have been drafted. Of our six ' boarders' several are going soon. The alumni are giving us h e arty support financially, but there is no Masonic material on the campus Our V. D. has left But we who remain are doing our be s t to keep our heads above w.ater in hopes that in the future a new a nd better c hapter may arise for our efforts "

Pu.rdue--" This chapter is in excellent shape at th e ·pre s ent time with very promising prospects for a succe s sful year ahe a d. "

Franklin-" As things now stand th e house is all clear of d e b.t, the dining room has been opened, and the boys have several likely prospects in view . We a're hit pretty hard by the war, the same as other colleges, but we hope to pull through all right Nearly all the officers elected las t spring are in the army , and new elections w e re held. Hockenbery takes Armour '" place as V D , Doubman for Hutchinson a s S D. and Wilson tor Benjamin as R. 8 ."

Colorado-Colorado chapter was unable to open it s hou se at latest report . Too few men back and alumni did not want to advance further m-oney to finance the h-ouse during the first months of school. It is possible that some arrangements may b e .br·ought a bout later for opening th e chapter hou se, as -otherwise th e C-o lorado chapter may go into involuntar y suspen si on.

Cornell-"Locally Acaci a has been hard hit by war enlistments. The bars, however, will positively not be let d-own for undesirables."

Columbia-"Eighteen men in the service from -our chapter. Hope s-oon to add another star to the banner."

Syracuse-" As an active chapter we may be wea k this year, but we are working to get together a good bunch of men who appreciate what it means to be a Mason and an Acacian."

Harvard - "Notwithstanding the decreased attendance at the University, Harvard Chapter is gritting its teeth, determine(! to make this year a success."

Ohio State--"Thirty-eight stars on our service flag, but the active chapter is coming along in good shape."

Michigan-"Things are looking better than at first, but they are far fr-om normal even now. But we'll pull through all right . There are eight 'regulars' ba-ck, together with a few initiates, pledges and twelve army men at the house. "

Missouri-"We began the year with three ' regulars,' three initiates, and five pledges, seven men living in the house It will take hard fighting to pull through, but we are doing our best ."

Nebraska-"The chapter house was rented to a sorority together with the furniture. The six boys took a smaller house. There are severa l good pledges, but, of course, all subject to the draft."

Chicago-"With only twenty-two Masons in the University i-nstead of 2 50 as last year, it was a hard autumn. The house opened with five activities, one pledge and one alumnus, and in November sent out a letter to all Acacia alumni living in the city inviting them to move into the chapter house."

Penn State--"If ·the second draft does not make too serious inr-oads on our present membership the balance of the year will no doubt be completed without the necessity of accommodating students of the college not members of the fraternity. The steward showed a profit on board and room for October."

IDhr 1\rarta

Formerly THE ACACIA JOURNAL Official Organ of THE ACACIA FRATERNITIY

Publishin-g Only t'he News the Government Will Approve

Williaan G Mann, E'ddtor Asso c i a te

Wallace Meyer, 20 E. Jackson Blvd., Chic!llgo, Ill.

C l ayton, Un i·ted Press Association, Dallas, Texas.

THE GRAND COUlNCIL

Harry L. Brown, Grand Pres., 1570 Old Colony Bl dg. , C hic a go, Ill.

George E. Frazer, Acting for the Grand Pres., 208 So. La S.alle S't , Chicago, Ill.

J. Grand Vice-'Pres. , Leetonia,

J. F. G rand Sec., •Larrumie, Wyo.

C. .S. Hunt1!1gton, Grand 'T 'reas., 1912 Conway Bldg., Oh1cago, Ill.

William G. Mann, Grand Eddtor, 402-3 Boston B lk., Seattle, Wa sh.

Published every slx •weeks by 'l1he Aoacia Fraternity, Seattle, Wash . Single Copies, Te'n Cents Yearly Subscriptions, One Dollar Mailed free, postpaid, to all .merrn.ber s in the serv1ce <upon receipt of ad-dress.

Entered as Second-•Class Matter, Nov. 15, 1917 , at the Po st Office, Seattle, Was/h., under th e Act of March 3, 1879.

The edttors again request each chapter to send in the most important news of each month, briefly stated. See addresses -of editors at head of · editorial column . Consider that The Spirit is intended to serve the men in •the service fi rst .

All Acacians not in the service are asked to subscribe for The Spirit at $1 the year .

Grand President Brown requests that each chapter read the reports of the national Inter-Fra,ternity conference, held at New · York City, as a matter of regular chapter business These reports are being supplied to .the various chapters of Acacia .

ACACIA GOES IN STRONG

According to best figures available by Gr and President Brown the first of the year over 50 0 Acacia men had already gone. into active military service Many · others have been called to special administl'ative work. In the military branches, first and second lieutenants are most numerous, but there are already many Acacia captains, majors, colonels and higher officers .

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MORE ACACIA MEN WITH THE COLORS.

On January 1, 1918, Grand Editor Mann had the military addresses of 289 Acacians. On the same date it was estimated that upwards of 500 of our brothers had entered the service.

We request, therefore, that the Secretary of each chapter see to it that Brother Mann is furnished on the first of each month with a list of all additions to the service or changes in location and rank up to date. Make it a matter of importance, for it is very import•ant. At the same time each chapter is urged to keep a careful record for its .pwn archives of "who's who" in the army and the navy. This data will be priceless in the years to come.

So far there has been no standard form in giving this information for the records and for The Spirit. To simplify the business the following form is recommended for all chapter historians to follow:

Name of Chapter

Adams, J. A., 2 Lieut. Co. E. 123 Inf. Camp Grant, Rockford, Ill.

This will enable Brother Maim to c lassify each name from each chapter alphabetically, with each man's rank, his command, and his whereabouts following in order As each man's record goes on a separate card this style of tabulation will greatly lighten the task.

Nee!, A. W., '10, Co. E, 302 Engineers, Camp Upton, N. Y. Polk, F. R. , '14, 1st Lieut., 31 5 F A., Camp Lee, Petersburg, Va. Paddt>ek, R. G., '19, 2nd Lieut., F. A., Camp Shelby, !Miss. Robinson, o. L - '16, 2nd Lieut. Wells, G. H., '16, Private, 30 Eng. Gas and Flame Regt., Ft slocum, N. Y. Collings, C. 8., '18, 'I'hird Tra.lning Camp, Cwmp Sherman, Chillicothe, 0. Laramore, H. K., '15, Third Tr a ining Camp , Camp Sherman, <Chi llicothe, 0. Larramore, H. C., '15, R. 0. T. C., Ft Benjam·in Harrison. ------

ILLINOIS CHAPTER

Illinois will probably have its revised list ready for the February Spirit:

Chase, John A., promoted to 1st iLieut., 382d M G. Bat., 17l st. Inf Bri g Heller, Henry F Med. Res Cor ps, assigned to U of I. to c omplete medical course.

Bartells, H. H., enlisted, 21st Co., 6th Bat., 15 8th Depot Brig., Camp Sherman, Ch illicothe , Ohio. ·

KANSAS STATE

T he service roster brought down to January 8, 1918; other names having been published in The Spirit for September and November:

Yeoman, Chauncey oD., Aviation Corps, Auatin, Texas.

Adams, H en r y J . , Asst. County Agent, McPherson, Kansas.

Bux, Albert C., Highway Engineering Corpl, 23rd Div-ision, Jefl'erson Bar"M.cks, Mo. Caton, Wm. N., U. :S. Aero S c hool, Unbana, Ill.

Up to the first of January the following additional notations had been received rrom several chapters:

PURDUE CHAPTER

Nineteen new names are added ·to Purdue's list as published in the last issue of The Spirit:

Brown, P. R., '10, Capt. Davison, A. C., '14. Downing, H. B., '18, Private, Camp McArthur, Waco , ,T ex Dilbble, A. A., '11, 1st Lieut ., 81 Aero Squadron, Am. Exp. Forces via New York. Ely, George, '14, R. 0. T. C ., Ft. Benjamin Harrison.

Fleenor, A., Aviation Sect., .s. 0. R. C., Gen. Ho sp ital , C incinnati. Ohi o. Miller, Carl, '19, Pr•ivate, Remount Depot, Ca mp Taylor, Ky.

!McMu ll an, R. R. , Pledge, Ex 21, Private, Camp .McArthu r , Waco, Tex.

.McNoun , R. R. , '10, 2nd Lieut., U ·S ·School o f Aeronautics. Ith ac a, N. Y

Marcum , L E ., E x ' 20, Private. Ind F A

Calvert, Wm C., Asst. County Agent, Laavenworth, Kansas

Hedges, Geo ., Aviation Corps, Jetferson Barracks, 'MO.

Hi! ts, W. Harold, Officers Reserve !Medical Corps, Manhattan. Kansas.

Phipps, Gaylord L., Mounted Servi-ce School, Ft. Riley , Kansas

MICHIGAN CHAPTER

Add ·two new names to Michigan's list: Gormsen, Carl, Ordnan ce Dept., Augusta. Georgia

. PhilliPs, F. T ., 14th Co., 4th Tr. Bat., 181•t Depot Brigad e, Ca mp Grant, Rockford, III. (Frank Miller. who has been seriously 111 at tlhe Naval h os pital, N ewpor t, R 1., ·is now improving.)

KANSAS CHAPTER

University of Kansas Acacians who have joined the colors follow :

Arend, H. D., Co G, 3rd Kan s. Inf , Camp Doniphan, Okla.

Irwin, A. B. R ece ived Com at Ft. SheridaQ. Not yet assigned.

Fair, Geo H ., 1537 Rhod e Island St Law• renee, Kans

B E. Smith, Marion, Kans

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Deacon, T. C., 404 E. lOth St., Kansas City, Mo

Richmond, A. B., Bat B, 130th F. A ., Camp Doni.phan, Okla.

Troup, Abram, Barnard , Kans.

Rice, S. 0., Dept. of Journ a lism , K. U., La!Wrence, Kans.

Hess, J. R., Topek a, Kans Care lsmert, Hinke !M illing Co.

Johnson, T. L., 1541 T enn. St., Lawr e n ce , Kans

Fiske, H. C., !Nowata, Okla.

Robinson, G. C., 1614 Ky. St., Lawren ce, Kans.

K.aibler , J . .D. , Wichita, Kans . Care The Federal 'Land Bank.

Richter, C. H., 404 E 10Ul St , Kans a s City, Mo.

Burns, 0. H., Y 'M. C. A No. 9, Funston, Kans.

McMillen, B. L , 1 541 T enn. St., Lawrence, Kans.

O'Brien, Shamus, Co. M , 137th Inf., Ca mp Doniphan, Okla.

Henson, G. R., B;gheart, Okl a.

Jolliffe, Carl L , 342 Ma o h. Gun Bat., Camp Funston, Kans.

Rader, V. S., .Co. K, 353 Inf., Camp Funston, Kans.

McCormac, S. A. , U. S. •S. K-8, Care Postmaster, New York.

Carper, C <C., U. S. Naval Tr a ining Sta., Reg 6, Co. I, >Newport, R. I.

Potter, F. E., 340 •Ma c h . Gun Bat. , Camp Funston , K a ns

MINNESOTA CHAPTER

'l'he V. D reports the following additions to Acacia's honor roll :.

Anderson, L. C., 1206 Fifth St., S E., Minne apolis .

P.a.rker, L. W. , France.

Anders o n , Dr F W. ( ?)

Aamodt, Olaf.

Waldron, R. E , U. S. S c hool of Aeronauti cs, U. of Ill

Ro b e rtson , E. G., ·Camp Dod ge, Ia Kirkpat r ick, R. G . , Dunwoody . Martin, Lynn Welch, H A Shoemaker, RaJ.ph , Redwood Falls . Passer, C. W . , 1206 Fifth St .. S . E. Minneapolis.

Johnson, H . A., 1206 Fifth St., -8. E. M ;nneapolis.

Ulvested , R. A., 1 206 Fifth St.. S. E Minneapolis.

Thomas, A L , 120 6 Fifth St.. S E Minn eapolis.

WISCONSIN CHAPTER

Since !:'h e last Spirit -In November Capt R. .S. Owen, and Lieuts Elton Morrison, a nd H e nry Fuller have gone "across."

Lieut Albert C F iedler has been se nt to Camp Lee, Va.

Lawrence Meye r h as entered U. S. N. T. S. a t Great Lakes , Ill. , as second-class yeoman

Lawson Bishop has been promoted to Warrant Officer, stationed at Publi c Works Offi c e, U. S N. T. "S. , Gr ea t Lakes.

Letters to men in service sent ca r e of the house in M adison will b e ca r e fully fol"'wa rd e d .

HARVARD CHAPTER

News of Harvard Acacians with the co lors, since November Spirit:

Geo. W Howe, commiss-ion e d Captain, Plattsburg Plresent lo ca ti o n unkn ow n.

H. U. Smith, Se c ond Lieutenant F A. Camp Meade

• A A Jenkins, Second Lieutenant lnf. Leon Springs, Texas

W. 0. Pendarvis, First :Uie ut e n a n t, C A Portland, Me ·

T K Rinaker, Second Li e u tenant lnf. Camp Custer, Miclh.

R. V Sew-ard, Corp. Co. G , 356 Inf. Camp Funston, Kan sas .

J K. Benton, Private. Ca.mp C u ster, Mi c h

V. H. Willar<l, Third 0. T. C. Yaphank, L I.

TEXAS CHAPTER

Th e latest list of Texas Acacians with the c olors:

0 E. G lo ver, N. R., H o u ston, Te xas , C hi ef Recruiting Office r

Capt. Hubert J ones, Artill ery, Camp Tra V11s, Tex as.

Lieut . Julius Smith , Artill e r y, Ca.mp Travis.

Capt. Charles B. St e wart , Infa ntr y, Leon Springs, T C. Instru ct or.

Oapt. W. :S. Birge, •Co mp a n y E, Second Tex as Infa ntry, F t. Worth , T exas.

Li e ut . C. J. Moore, Comp a ny E , 7th En gineers.

J. M Bryant, form e rl y Professor of Ele c tric al Engineerin g at t'he Univ e rsity of Texa s , now President of the A cad e mic Board of the U. of T .S c ho o l of Mi!Jitary Aeronautics at A ustin.

A. L. Foster, gra d uate U. of T S c hool of Military A e ron a uti c·s, stat i oned at Rantoul, Ill.

Dan M. Cook, Jo e Simmons, a nd Rufus C. 'l:lhaxton a r e -a t the :;;e c ond Offi ce rs ' Training Camp a t Leon Springs

E. C. N e l son, Jr ., enli sted R egimental lnfirnnary of th e Seventh Cavalry, Ft. Bliss, EI Paso, T exas.

G. F. McCullar e nlisted M e di ca l Corps, Camp · B()wie, F t. Wort h , T exas.

C P Springer, e nlisted A r billery Supply Compa n y, Ca.mp Travis, T e x as Gilvle Hubbard, Non-Flyin g 0. T . S., Camp Kelly , T exas.

E. G 'l:lhornton, U of T S. •M A , Austin, Texas.

H. M. Fri stoe an d W A. a ft e r servi ce with A l'm y Y M. G. A. at L eo n Springs, In str u ctors in U of T. S. M. A.

H a rry

H a ld e n , First Serg. T e x as National Gu a rds, Ft Worth, T exas.

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E. T. Houston, enlisted U. of T. Ambulance Unit and was sent to A ll e ntown, Pa. Now probab l y dn France. ·

J I Kilpatrick , Jr., Army Y. M. C. A., Camp Bowie, Fort Worth , T exas.

T. E. Popplewell, Co 5, 117 Supply Train, 42 D ivision Am er ican Expeditionary Force, Ca mp Mills, Hempstead , N. Y. C. H. Brooks. Jr , Instru c tor M. G Division of T S. M. A.

Li e ut . J . S . Driskdll, Co. L, 5th Texas Infantr y. H. C. Grafa, Av i•ation School, Camp Kelly, T e x as.

OHIO CHAPTER

This is a full list of men in the service: Lieut. Banll.s, H E ., Secon-d Lieut. A E F. D D., Fr a nc e.

Ba r ger, H. D., Aviatio n School, 0. S. U. , Columbus , O hi o.

Lieut. Beck e r, W. J ., Second Lieut. , Field Artillery

Li e ut. Ben si n ger , F A Second Lie ut. A S. S. 0. R. C., A. E F. , France.

Bingham, A. B , Enli st ed Vet. Med Corps, 1 835 Indianol a , Co l•umbus , Ohio.

Cap t. Bt.:rkett, A. S., Cam .p C ust e r, Mich.

Lieut. Burrell, G. 0., First Lieut. Field Ambu lan ce Corps, Ca;mp Sheridan, Mon tgo mer y , Ala.

Capt. Busch, W. F., M. G. Co , A. E. F., Fran ce.

Li e ut. Copelan, R. W , Second Lieut , Co. C, 332nd Inf ., Camp Eh e rm an.

.Coppess, R. S., e nlisted •Med. Reserve Corps, 1 8 35 Indi a nola, Co! u m.b us, •Ohio.

Cross, P. S., Mechanic Aviation Se c tion.

Lieut. Davis. P. A., First Li e ut. Med. Reserve Corps

Lieut. E:win g , H. El.• First -Lieut. V e t. Co rps, Kansas G rt y, Mo., Remo unt Station.

Lieut. Fox, E L , Second Lieut. lnf., Camp Dodge, Ia · ·

Fox, W. L., N a val Med. Reserve Corps. Gibbons, H . L., Grea t Lakes Naval Tr a inin g Station, Ill. R a dio •br a nch.

Lieut. G riffin, C. J ., First Lieut. Vet. Reserve Co rp s.

Helfnich , M L First Lieut. Co. 0 , :'.1 e dr ca l D e ta c hment , Camp Z !l.c'hary Taylor K y. '

Hinkl e, T . B., Vet. Reserve <Corps. • Ser-gt. Kni g1 ht, H. B., 146 U. S. Inf., Co . I , a mp Sheridan

Lie u t. Lawren ce , F F. , First Lieut. Res e rv e Surgeon Med Corps, 201 1 6 th Avenue, Columbus, O hro

Ca pt. Lawr e n ce , G. P ., Field Ambulance Co rps , Camp Sheridan. Montgomery, A la.

Ca pt J W., Reserve Sur·geon Med. co rps, N . H1 gh St., Columb u s , Ohto.

Ca pt . McQuigg, •C. E., 'Ord . U. S . A., WinRep ea til'llg Anms Co., , ew Haven,

•Major Mundh e nk. R. L , .A.mmunition a nd S upply Tradn , Camp Sherid a n.

O b ers t , C. R. , A. E. F. , Aviation S C'hool Oxf ord , En g l a nd , A . S. S . 0. R. s ' e rg et, Owens , Wm G ., Grump Sh e r m •an

Reed, C. I., Enlisted Med. Reserve Corp s, 1 35 Indianola, Columbus, Ohio

Reed, P. F., Secy. to Col. Hall, Chief Surgeon U. S. N. G ., Camp Sheridan. Sei'gt. Richardson, C. J., 145th Inf , Camp Sheridan. Rubre c ht, IH. L., Q M. C., Camp Sheridan Capt. Russell, M. W., Inf . U. S. N. G .. Mill tary Police, 37th Div., <Camp Sheridan.

ScJhlegel, L. G., Aviation A S. S 0. R. C .

Col. Shetler, J. S., Q. M. C. , Camp Sheridan Smi-th, G. V , Enlisted Med. Reserve Corps 1 8 35 Indi anola, •Columlbus, Ohio. '

Lieut. Studler, R. R., Second Lieut. A S. S 0. R. C., 0. S. U., Co lumbus, Ohio. L i e ut. Vrohees, M. I., Second Lieut. U. , . L. A ., Ft Sill, Okla.

Lieut. Ye:vger, L. R., Second Lieut. Dept., Inv. Orig., Washington, D. C.

SO!\'IE TffiNGS WE'VE HEARD

John X. Neumann, Wisconsin, know by nearly every Acacian who has attende a conclave during the last six years, cam through a Christmas operation for berni s u ccessfully.

Purdue Chapter, by the way, bas thirty nine stars in its service flag.

Wisconsin Chapter raised the board an r·oom rent to $8 a week last semeater The Wisconsin Letter is issued regularly a very go,od letter, too. Many of tb al umni are sending in $1 to defray ex penses of publication.

Colored soldiers are all right, says Lleut Joe Killian, Purdue Chapter, stationed a Camp Pike, Little Rock, Ark., with th 508th E. S. Battalion. Joe say1 b wouldn't trade his company for any tlla he knows of .

Illinois is proud that all her men at til first two R. 0. T. C. won commi.Out ·Of eleven undergraduates picked Do U. of I. for the third R. 0. T. C., • were Acacians. The chapter service has sixty stars

No Acacia man ever did hold his pin cheaply-although some are kno have lost the same 'One more than But now there's a new 3 per cent levied, and the cost will be $8.25 I of $8 . Everything goes up!

THE ACACIA SPIRIT

Two Wisconsin Acacians, E. A. Meyers and Harry E. Benedict, are statione d at in important civilian war work. Meyers is secretary of the soldiers and sailors' ius urance board, while Benedict is working with President Vanderlip of the National City Bank, New York, in the treasury depar-tment. Benedkt was Mr. Vanderlip's private secretary bef-ore the financier to work for the government.

J. A. Gibson, Missouri, rea ched France early in September as a Y. M. C. A. war secretary.

Clessen T. Bushnell, Mkhigan, has been seriously ill, but is considerably improved. He is recuperating at the Swedish Sanitarium, Denver.

Allan Herrick and Tom McDonald led Iowa State's two debating teams against Illinois and Minnesota.

Five Acacians discovered each other at · the sec-ond R. 0. T. C. at Ft .Sheridan. Thomas F. McCoy of Michigan and Albert C. Fiedler of Wisconsin won first lieutenancies in the artillery. Elton J. Morrison and Henry Fuller of Wisconsin and Wm. J. McFarland of Illinois won second lieutenancies in the in fantry.

The Grand Council has supplied chapters with.printed blanks to make monthly reports regarding membership and financial condition. The plan is necessary to enable the council to f ollow the trend of · affairs in each chapter during the war.

Franklin Chapter was given permission of the Grand President to initiate E. R. Cushing f-or Cornell Chapter. The candidate, in a New Jersey Training Camp could not get back to Ithaca, but was ab l e to reach Philadelphia over the week-end.

FROl\i RECENT LETTERS

Each Chapte r has been asked to write a letter every month to the editor. This letter should contain the high lights of th e Chapter's history during the month preceding. Discrimination in selecting the things that will be of most inter es t to tho se who are away from "the old stampin g ground," and brevity in the telling, ar e a sk ed for in th ese lett er s Only eight Chapter s r e-

p!ied to a ge ne ral app eal se nt o u t Dece mbe r 19 t o ea ch chapte r, and thes e eight repli es are co nde n sed as follow s :

Kansas State active chapter includes five members and eleven pledges of high standard. The new ·house is more than satisf actory, and the men "back home" are determined to maintain Acacia ' s high tr-aditions.

l\'lissouri Started with onl y thr ee a cti ve men, but a hard and successful rushing season yielded thirteen excellent pledges. Home-corning was a success-although Kansas won a stubbornly fought game.

1\fichigan, the mother chapter, is holding her own, and the Christmas and initi ation banquets were combined on the evening ·of Dec. 15, when three were initiated .

Texas, the "baby chapter," gave up its chapter house this yea r when only four active men _ came back, and headquarters have been established at the Scottish Rit e Cathedral. P. 0. address Box No. 1 9, University Section, Austin, Texas .

Ohio had eleven good men back last fall, and eleven others have been initiated . Notwithstanding the heavy enlistments, the chapter is functioning pro.perly .

Purdue's new se r vice flag represents five captains, five first lieutenants, fifteen s e cond lieutenants, two sergeants, three in R. 0. J. C., thirtee n of unkn own ra nk or privates.

1\'linnesota gives ·assuran ce that its hou s e will be open "to greet the boys with an added lo ve when they return, and Jet us pray this may be soon ." L. A . Daum , V. D., is managing editor of ' 'The 1919 Gop.her."

Wisconsin's home-coming was mor e than pl easa nt, for Simp son st a r red in t h e great 10 to 7 victory over Minnesota and Holman was chairman of dedication of the new stadium Erlandson is the va-rsity's star debater, and Simpson and Bir ch are mainstays on the varsity basketball squad.

THE ACACIA SPIRIT

l ' OU lUEN WITH THE COLORS! "lUAlL THIS COUPON"

By Wallace Meyer, Associate to Editor

W m. G. Mann .

The Acacia Spirit is meant for you first. It goes al so to the chapter houses, and to the individual members back home . But to ke e p you info rmed of what the chapters a re doing , and even more for the purpose of k ee ping us all in touch with Acacians in th e country's serv f.ce- these are th e duties of The Spirit. To accomplish them the official fraternity paper, The Acacia Journal, has been changed by ord e r of th e Grand Council to this form - mor e ne ar ly a fraternity news bulletin. Th e first two issues came out in Septembe r and November. Beginning with this the J a nuar y issue, the editors expect to di st ribute The Spirit each month

The chapters are seeing the value of contributing live news items to the paper . Th ei r contributions are being made more frequently a nd with a better appre ciation of what is wo.rth publishing in the limited s pace at the ir disposal.

Please use space below for your

Now you-each individual man of youar e asked to help make the paper worth while--to help it cement the bonds or friendship, " one with another."

We make it easy for you We don't ask you to write a long letter-with two brothers in th e servi ce ahead of us we know .how little time and inclination a man in service has for writing, 'however much he enjoys receiving mail. That 'l p e rfectly natural. You're too busy to write more than the "necessary" letters.

But we want to hear something from you. So does every man who knows you. And the chan-ces are that your name ln The Spirit will help other Acacians to find you-men fr om other chapters right in your own camp who as yet don't know you are there . The Spirit will help Acacia men find their brothers.

Put down anything you wish-a personal message to your chapter-mention O'f something you've s e en, or heard, or felt, or believe Be sure to write at least your · name plainly. And in the earnest words of the mail order "ad," "mail the coupon today. "