Acacia Triad - Spring 1950 - Vol. 44, No. 3

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Covering the Cover Appearing on the cover of this issue of the TRIAD is the home of the Michigan Chapter at Ann Arbor. This house has been the home of the Mother Chapter for the past twenty-seven years.

Until1923 the Michigan Chapter was known as a "State Street Fraternity" because of its location among the older fraternity homes on State Street adjacent to the campus.¡ In that year the state of Michigan, under its right of eminent domain, took the property of the chapter in order to provide space for the erection of the Cook Law Quadrangle. The chapter paid off its existing indebtedness and with the remainder of the money received, built the present home of the chapter on Geddes A venue.

The house is of brick, fire-proof construction in an Italian Renaissance design, built originally to accommodate only twenty-four men. Through a better utilization of space, however, the capacity of the house was increased in 1947 to thirty-two. The main floor provides a large living room, a chapter room, a game room, and a chaperone's room. The kitchen and dining room are located in the basement." The upstairs living accommodations for members are arranged under the suite system. The second floor consists of a number of study rooms each housing two or three men with a sleeping room accommodating four to six persons connecting every two study rooms. The total evaluation for the house and grounds when completed was $125,000.

The Colonies Acacia "Colonies" are presently located at the following schools. Additional information about them may be obtained by writing to the National Headquarters. Often these groups develop so rapidly that it is difficult to keep up to date with their growthbut this will at least tell you where we are working.

ARIZONA ARKANSAS BRADLEY EVANSVILLE IOWA MISSOURI TENNESSEE VERMONT WASHINGTON U. (St. Louis) WEST VIRGINIA WISCONSIN

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CONTENTS Michigan Chapter House .

Message From the National Treasurer

Cover Inside Front Cover

It's Colorado Calling

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Chapter Membership List

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Chapters Elect "Most Outstanding" Seniors

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Acacians the World Over .

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"Wearers of the Jeweled Triangle"

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Doings in the Chapter .

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Directory

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as second-class matter at the post office in Fulton. Missouri. The the official publication of the Acacia Fraternity, a general college originally founded by and restricted to Masons, founded at the UniMichigan, May 12, 1904.

The TRIAD is published four times each year as a quarterly. The publisher's offices are located at 1205 Bluff Street (The Ovid Bell Press, Inc.). Fulton, Missouri.

Subscription rates are $2.00 per year, $3.50 for two years, $5.00 for three years, and $15 .00 for life , payable in a dvance to the National Headquarters.

Notices of change of address, including form 3578, subscription orders, and correspondence of a business nature should be sent to the Acacia Fraternity, 1201-5 Bluff Street, Fulton, Missouri , or to 7530 Sheridan Road, Chicago, Illinois.

William D. Ross, Editor, 550 Chestnut Street, Winnetka, Illinois

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Colorado Calling!

26th Conclave to Meet tn Boulder August 27 .. 29 OME on, all you loyal Acacians!

It's getting near to Conclave time and the 26th gathering of the Fraternity promises to out-do anything that we have had yet. The setting will be colorful Colorado ; the dates: August 27, 28, and 29. It's not too early to get your plans made and to round up the brothers. All roads are leading to Boulder, on the edge of the Rocky Mountains, and you had better plan to be in on the big meeting, 'cause if you don't, you'll wish you had.

Hosts for the Conclave will be the Colorado Chapter, which has long been one of the best in Acacia, the Rocky Mountain Alumni Association, and the near-by chapters of Denver and Wyoming, and, if all goes well, the new

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chapter at Colorado A. & M. Conclave Chairman will be none other than Jack Lunsford, a member of the National Council, advisor to the Colorado Chapter, and a professional engineer.

And it will take some real organizing to see that all the Conclave events are run off smoothly. However, anyone who has attended a regional conference has complete confidence in the chairman and the chapters of this area.

The Conclave this year, while still a three-day meeting, will not include the officers' training school which has been held in conjunction with the past several Conclaves. There is such a long agenda that the National Council felt it undesirable to limit legislative time in favor of the sch ool as had been nee-

essary at previous meetings. It is expected that three solid days of work will be required to accommodate the legislative and committee meetings necessary to handle the material which has accumulated since the last Conclave w hich was held in Chicago in 1948.

Newcomers to Conclaves will be representatives of the several chapters which have been installed since the summer of 1948, although some had colony representatives at the last Conclave. Special welcome will be extended to the representatives from R ensselaer, K ansas, N ebraska, Ohio, Miami, N ew H ampshire, Colorado A. & M. (scheduled for initiation in April) and possibly one or two other chapters

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COLORADO CHAPTER HOU SE This beautif ul and w ell -furnished: house of the h ost chapter will serve as the central meetingplace fo r al l Conclave-bound Acacians. The men of the chapter extend a warm w elcome.

which were still in the colony stage at the time w e went to pr ess.

As has been the custom , the traveling and living expenses of two delegates fro m each chapter w ill be paid by the F r aternity but there is no limit on the number of r epr esentatives who may a ttend. In fac t, t he mor e, the merrier! Many chapters have in the past pooled their delegates' expense allow ances, filled an auto w ith brother s and enabled many men from the chapter to attend-this practice is encou r aged wholehear tedly. Trav eling expenses ar e based upon the cost of a roundtrip low er-ber th fa r e. Incidentally, the official delegates a r e the Vener able Dean and the Chapter Advisor, although alternates may attend if prope rly accr edited in advance.

While the Color ado chapter house w ill be the official headquar ters fo r the Conclave, the activities will virtually blanket the town of Boulder and its surrounding terr itory. Arr angements have been made with two hotels to accommodate the many delegates who ar e expected to br ing their wives. Two nearby frater nities will house the overflow of single men. The Conclave sessions will be held in one of the auditoriums on the beautiful University campus. A steak-fry for the delegates is being planned atop Flagstaff Mountain just w est of Boulder and it is expected t hat t he final Conclave banquet w ill be held in one of the r esort hotels in Estes Park.

The wives are not going to be neglected , either . While the men ar e busy impr oving the F r aternity, the Color ado Chapter Mothers Club has promised to see that the good Acacia ladies are pr operly entertained. The gals will

b e w elcom e at the big banquet, so bring h er along and rest assu red that

the better-half will have a good time.

Not the least allure of the Conclave will be its proximity to some of the most historic and scenic country in America. Boulder is located 32 miles northwest of Denver and nestles against the mountains at the western edge of the great plains. The village of Estes Park is about 40 miles nor th of Boulder and Rocky Mountain National Park is immediately beyond. Some of the most magnificent scenery imaginable is in this area.

It is expected that many of those attending the Conclave will plan their vacations around the trip in order to spend a week or more touring the parks and mountain roads.

The National Council is scheduled to meet on Friday, August 25, immediately preceding th e Conclave, in order to have as much of the preliminary work as possible out of the way prior to the arrival of the delegates.

Chairman Lu nsford has asked that all reservations should be made as early as possible in ord er to insure accommodations for all who desire them.

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THE CHAPTER MEMBERSHIP LIST-March 15, 1950 Actives Chapter California . .. .. .. . ... .. ... .. . . . 34 Cincinnati ... .. .. .. .. .. .... . .. . 40 Colorado . .. ... .. . ... .. . .... . . . 61 Cornell ... . .. . . .. . . . . . ... .. . . . . 57 Denver . ... . ... . . . ... .. . ... . . . . 27 23 Franklin .. .. .. .. . ........ . . .. .

George Washington .. . . . . . .. . . . 19 52 Illinois .. . . .. .... . . .. . . ... .. . . . .

Indiana .. . .. ... . . ... . . .. . .... . 41 Iowa State .. . . .... .... .. .... . . 38 Kansas .. .. . . . .. .. . . . .. .. . .. . . . 39 Kansas State . ... .. ... .. . . . .. . . 34 Miami . . .. ...... .. ..... . . .. .. . 33 43 Michigan .. ... .. .. . . . ..... .. . . .

28 Minnesota . .... . . .. . . ...... . . . .

Nebraska . .. .... .. .. . .. . .. .. .. . 15 New Hampshire . . . .. . .. . .. . ... . 29 59 North western .. .. .. .. .... . ... . .

42 Ohio .. . ... . .. . .. . ... . . .. .. 路 路 路 路 Ohio State .. . . . . ...... .... . . . . 23 58 Oklahoma . .... . . . . .. .. .. .... . .

23 Oklahoma A & M .. . . . ... . . ... .

25 Oregon State .. . . . .... ... .. . .. .

24 Penn State . . . . ... . .. .. .... ... .

35 Purdue .. . . . . . ....... . . . . . . . .. .

Rennselaer .. .. ... . .. . .. . .. .. . . 21 Southern Califor nia .. ... . .. .. . . 47 33 Syracuse .... .. . ... .. ... ...... .

Texas . . . .. .. .. . ... . .. . . . . . .. . . ' 40 U.C. L . A .... . . ... ... . . ... . .. . 32 Washington .... .. . . . . .... . . .. . . 37 34 Washington S tate . . .. . . .. .... . .

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Chapters Elect "Most Outstanding" Seniors Each One a College and Fraternity Leader, These Young Men Represent the Best in Acacia and Are the Community Leaders of Tomorrow John R. Fulkerson

Andrew Vaughn Smith

Iowa State

Oregon State

J ohn R. Fulkerson, Chemical Engineering Senior from Rochester, Minn., has been selected by the Iowa State Chapter as its "Outstanding Acacian" of 1950. J ohn was initiated in November 1947 and in January 1949 he was elected Ven erable Dean.

As Vener able Dean he rapidly showed his outstanding leadership ability and at the installation of the Nebraska Chapter in the Spring of 1949 he was recognized by all who attended as doing one of the most outstanding jobs they had ever witnessed. This last summer he was selected to give the talk on Chapter Leadership at the Regional Conclave in Colorado. With all his responsibilities John has been active in in tram urals as well as finding time to hang his pin on an Alpha Delta Pi, Miss Edith Gustafson.

Scholastically, John has proven his worth by being elected to Tau Beta Pi, engineering honorary.

The Iowa State Chapter feels proud to have had such an outstanding man on its rolls and is sure that he will be as successful in later life as he was while in school.

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Or egon State chapter has selected as its outstanding senior Andrew Vaughn Smith who will receive his degree in electrical engineering next June. He is also one of the outstanding men among the 1,800 seniors in the Class of 1950 at Oregon State College.

"Andy" was elected in April1948 as the fir!t Venerable Dean of the reactivated Oregon State chapter. He piloted the chapter through its first year, building a spirit of cooperation and unity. Friendly and effective relations were developed with the university administration, fraternities and other campus groups, and local Masonic bodies.

With a grade-point average of 3.72 Andy holds membership in the honor societies of Pi Mu Epsilon (mathematics) , Eta Kappa Nu (electrical engineering) , Sigma Tau (engineering), Tau Beta Pi (engineering) , Blue Key, and Phi Kappa Phi. He won first place in the seventyninth intersectional speech contest in 1946, received freshman honors from Phi Kappa Phi and the Tau Beta Pi freshman engineering award in 1947,

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and honorable mention by Eta Kappa Nu as outstanding electrical engineering sophomore. Last year he received the all-college E. A. Cummings award as outstanding junior of the campus.

He has been president of the young married couples group of his church, president of the American Institute of Electrical and Radio Engineers, vice president of Eta Kappa Nu, and treasurer of the Amateur Radio Club. As vice president of the Oregon State chapter of Phi Kappa Phi, he holds the highest student office in the highest honor society on the campus.

Kenneth Cox Oklahoma A. & M. Kenneth Cox, elected as the outstanding Senior for this year, is and has been one of our outstanding members since his initiation at reactivation of the chapter in November, 1946.

Brother Cox is a graduate of the Tulsa Central high school, Tulsa, Oklahoma. While he was in high school he made some great progress in drafting and design. Kenneth also attended Tulsa University for a short time before his entrance into the service.

Kenneth will receive his Bachelor of Science degree in the school of Architectural Engineering at the end of the spring term.

During his stay among us Kenneth has become a member of the Beaux Arts Society, the Oklahoma Society of Professional Engineers, the American Society of Civil Engineers and the honorary engineering scholastic fraternity, Sigma Tau. Kenneth was elected and installed as Venerable Dean in January, 1949.

He was a member of the judicial committee of the interfraternity council for his full term in ¡office.

Brother Cox has repeatedly shown his outstanding leadership during and since his term of office in being the guiding hand to keep the fraternity on an even keel.

Kenneth's outstanding ability as an architect and designer has given us some unique house and float decorations.

We of the active chapter have great confidence in Brother Cox and we are certain that he will be as successul in the working world as he has been in school.

D . C. R.

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Walter D. Fackler George Washington The George Washington Chapter has selected as its outstanding senior, Walter D. (Bud) Fackler, the man who has probably contributed as much if not more than any one individual in building this chapter back to its prewar strength.

After four years in the Army, Bud came to Washington and was initiated into Acacia in February, 1948. Immediately upon his initiation he was elected Senior Dean and in this position, devoted much time to building chapter strength. In February, 1949, he was elected to serve a term as Venerable Dean of the Chapter.

Bud, who has done outstanding work in the Economics department, has been elected to membership in Phi Eta Sigma, national freshman scholastic honorary; Pi Gamma Mu, national social sciences honorary, and Artus, national economics honorary for men.

He received his top scholastic honor in the fall of '49 when he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.

He has been extremely active as Secretary of Gate and Key Society, the interfraternity social honorary at GW and has recently been very active in chartering a chapter of Gate and Key at Maryland.

Bud has not yet decided where he will continue his education but it looks as though it will not be GW. The Chapter will miss his guidance but wishes him success in all he undertakes.

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James L. Walsh Ohio The Ohio Chapter of Acacia has voted James L. Walsh -the outstanding senior of the class of 1950. "Big J im," as he is known to most of the men around the house, was born in Elyria, Ohio. While attending North Ridgeville High School he was Master Counselor of the David J. Nye Chapter of De Molay. Mter graduating from high school in 1942, he enlisted in the United States Army Engineers' Corps. Upon

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his discharge from the Army in 1946, he entered Ohio University, where he is majoring in architecture.

As a pledge of Acacia in 1948 Jim was elected treasurer of his pledge class. As an active he helped organize a chapter glee club and accompanied for it; he made our parties and dances successful with his themes for decorations; and his ideas were a contributing factor to our winning Homecoming Float last fall.

Among his hobbies are music and painting. As a musician, he plays both piano and violin; as a painter, his main interest is landscapes.

After graduating he plans to go to Western Reserve University for graduate work in architecture.

R. C.

Robert V. Ford Kansas Many factors have contributed to the selection of Bob Ford as the outstanding Acacia senior for 1950 of the Kansas Chapter. Bob was a member of the reactivation group at Kansas in 1948. Not only was he helpful in organizing the group at that time, but since then he has contributed greatly to the growth of the chapter. Before becoming Venerable Dean last semester, he was chapter secretary. While Bob was Venerable Dean the chapter grew to be one of the largest groups in the entire chapter history.

Bob came to K. U. in the summer of 1946 after two years service in the Pacific. The part of his service career that he likes to remember most is six months that he spent at Johns Hopkins in ASTP. A major in architecture, Bob has found time for activities other than drawing. The past year he has been a member of the Engineering Council whose main job is that of putting on the annual Engineering Exhibition, an affair that attracts many people to the K. U. campus. He is a charter member of the Kansas chapter of the American Institute of Architects; Scarab, architecture fraternity; and the Interfraternity Council.

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Wallace Moon Wyoming Wallace Moon is Wyoming's choice as the outstanding Senior of 1950.

Brother Moon will graduate this June with a degree in Music Education. Wally was a member of A. K . I., our local, and a charter member of the fraternity. He pledged in 1947, was Junior Dean in the '48-'49 school year, and Venerable Dean in '49-'50. Wally has always worked hard and long for the betterment of the fraternity.

Wally was president of Kappa Kappa Psi (Honorary Band Fraternity) in '47-'48. He is a member of Da Capa, a music club on the campus. In addition to these honors he was a member of Phi Epsilon Phi in '47-'48.

He plays first oboe in the University of Wyoming's Band and Symphony Orchestra, and is a member of the University's Mixed Chorus and Men's Glee Club.

At the present time Wally is the solo bass in Mozart's "Requim Mass" to be broadcast on a nation-wide hookup for Mutual. This year he also was a member of the cast in the University's musical production "Lady in the Dark" and sang in "The Season's" oratorio.

We will miss Wally's work in the fraternity, but we do know he will always bring credit to us in whatever he does.

W. H.

Burt E. Swanson Minnesota Burt Elliot Swanson, of Two Harbors, Minnesota, was named the most outstanding Minnesota Acacian for 1950.

His graduation in June with a BBA degree from the University of Minnesota will terminate an academic career marked with high scholarship and many and varied activities.

Burt's recognition is largely as a result of outstanding performance as chapter social chairman, lead tenor in the Acacia Quartet, treasurer, and Venerable Dean.

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58 After discharge from the service, Burt enrolled in the Duluth, Minnesota, Junior College, where he was a member of the Men's Chorus, Band, secretary of the Commerce Club, and Convocation MC-all this while president of Phi Theta Kappa fraternity honoring scholarship. Burt, who stands at six feet, two inches, was named "best d ressed " by the college students.

In May, 1948, Burt won the Lion's Club award as the most outstanding Junior College student (James B rooks, '49, won the award the year before). He gave the commencement address for the class of 1948 and was gradu~ted with honors. He enrolled in the University of Minnesota in September, 1948; was pledged in Acacia on October 11, 1948; and was initiated on January 9, 1949.

Miss Helen Huset, Phi Delta whom he pinned last September, and a career in merchandizing are the greatest concerns for the future of Minnesota's most outstanding Acacian for 1950.

D. A.M.

Clyde Zukeswert Franklin By unanimous consent of the Franklin Chapter, this year's outstanding senior is Clyde Zukeswert. Clyde was born on July 26, 1926, at Florham Park, New Jersey, which has been his basic residence ever since. After graduation from High School Clyde served our country from 1943 to 1946 as crack signalman in the United States Navy.

In 1946 Clyde entered the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and soon afterwards became a member of Acacia. Since that time Clyde has been an important and leading figure in all of Franklin's activities.

As Senior Dean in 1948, he led what proved to be one of Franklin's most successful rushing seasons. In 1949 Clyde was elected Venerable Dean.

During his membership in Acacia he has been an outstanding leader in all chapter activities, contributing especially to the house through his hobbies of carpentry and masonry. As an undergraduate of the University, he has

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been active in the Choral Society, Men's Glee Club, and all interfraternity sports and activities. After graduation in June, Clyde plans to work for an accounting concern in Newark, New Jersey.

Franklin Chapter is indeed sorry to see such a man leave, and is grateful for the influence and help of such a fraternity brother. We are confident that Clyde will exert the same wholesome, helpful influence upon the community in which he may reside as he has upon the Franklin Chapter of AcaH. C. S. cia.

Cal Gibbons Cincinnati Most people know him as just plain "Cal," but his full name is John Calvin Gibbons, and we of the Cincinnati Chapter have selected him as our Outstanding Man of the Year.

It would take only a moment to glimpse into the chapter files and find out when Cal first became affiliated with the fraternity, but Cal himself likes to refer to that date as a time long ago "before most of you fellows remember."

The fact is that it was not so long ago that Cal was welcomed into the ranks of Acacia, but the war interfered and, like many other fraternity men, he was called into the Army where he served as an anti-aircraft staff sergeant. In February, 1946, he received his discharge and quickly returned to school.

A few years of army life were not enough to dampen Cal's enthusiasm for fraternity life. Soon after his return he was elected to the office of treasurer. On campus he became affiliated with Alpha Phi Omega, Scouting honorary, and he served two terms as president of that organization. He is a member of The American Society of Mechanical Engineers and of Tau Beta Pi and Pi Tau Sigma, honoraries.

Married, and a father of a bouncing baby boy, Cal still found sufficient time to serve the fraternity . Due to his capabilities and fine enthusiasm, he

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was elected to the office of Venerable Dean last year.

As his term of office draws to a close and the date of his graduation approaches, we of Cincinnati are proud to salute Cal Gibbons.

R. D. M.

Robert B. Kelly Nebraska Robert "Tex" Kelly, the Nebraska Chapter's choice for outstanding Acacian of 1950, began his Acacia career in September, 1946, at the Oklahoma Chapter. During his two years at Oklahoma he achieved membership in Phi Eta Sigma, national freshman honor society, served one term as Junior Steward, and participated in the YMCA campus activities.

Tex came to the University of Nebraska in the fall of 1948. He met Don Tipton who had started the machinery to reactivate the Nebraska Chapter.

Don and Tex worked together to organize a colony and establish alumni relations. Since Tex concentrated on pledge training during this period, he became the first Senior Dean when the chapter was activated March 26, 1949.

When the neophyte chapter held its second election of officers, Tex found himself wielding the gavel. Under his very capable leadership the chapter progressed from the unstable infant stage to that of an active chapter capable of fulfilling its proper role. The chapter obtained housing facilities, held its first initiation since reactivation, resumed alumni publications, and organized a social program under "Dad" Kelly's supervision and "knowhow." r Tex is a senior in pre-dental college, and holds an overall average of 89.

He is our representative to the Interfraternity Council. Tex has been active in intramurals both at Oklahoma and here at Nebraska. His effort and spirit have been great contributions to our football, basketball, and softball teams during the "lean" years.

Bob's main weakness is a little Southern co-ed attending North Texas State College, Margaret Roberts. Margaret will graduate this year and ap-

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on the campus and in the community.

George's first love is aviation, which explains why he joined the Army Air Cor ps after graduation from White Plains High in 1942. As a navigator on B-24's in the 15th Air Force he earned the Distinguished Flying Cross for action over the Ploesti Oil Fields. After his discharge he was operations manager at the Westchester County Airport and then came to Rensselaer to major in Aeronautical Engineering. A fine scholastic record brought election to Gamma Alpha Rho, aeronautic honorary society.

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parently her lifetime vocation has been decided upon for some time now.

We of the Nebraska Chapter feel that Tex is more than deserving of this tribute. His exemplification of the ideals of Acacia in his personality and behavior has been an inspiration to us all.

A. Z. S .

Ray Stone Illinois The first house "office" that Ray Stone, outstanding senior of the Illinois Chapter of Acacia for 1950, ever held was during his career as a pledge.

During that time he had the dubious distinction of being the tender of "Sherlock," a careless bloodhound and Chapter mascot. From that rather maudlin beginning he rose to the office of Venerable Dean during a time when Acacia at Illinois made great strides in regaining prominence on the University of Illinois campus.

Ray has always reached the top in everything he participated. While a junior in high school in his home town of Athens, Ill., he played baseball so well that the Chicago Cubs approached him with contract in hand before he graduated.

Quite aware of the pitfalls of a modern society that confront the present day fraternity, Ray is convinced that a Chapter cannot stand alone. For that reason he has always sought to further relations between the active chapter and alumni. While still VD he spoke before the Chicagoland Alumni association presenting the problems that an Acacia chapter faces today.

After initiation in April of 1943, Ray was drafted and sent to ASTP training at Kansas State university where he played varisty basketball for the Wildcats. Then he was sent overseas, seeing service in Europe. On retum to the states, Ray went to Cornell for preparatory training for West Point. However, it was as an instructor that Ray ultimately reached "the Point." From there he went to Officers Candidate School, where upon commissioning he was sent to Korea for service with the construction engineers.

In 1948 Ray returned and entered school at Illinois for the summer session. He was elected Venerable Dean for the school year 1948-49. He will graduate in June of 1950 with a degree in Industrial Engineering. W. S .

George D. Dickie, Jr. Rennselaer There was only one nomination for Rensselaer's Outstanding Acacian for 1950--an indication of the high esteem in which this chapter holds George D .

Dickie, Jr. If any one man is responsible for the existence of the Rensselaer Chapter, George is that man. When George tackles a situation he works at it, almost to the exclusion of personal obligations. It was with this attitude that he became the first president of the RPI Fellowcraft Club, guided its transition into a local fraternity, and made possible our installation in 1949.

It was mainly through his efforts that we obtained a chapter house last summer. As our first Venerable Dean he gathered a host of friends for Acacia

Charles (Chuck) Bechter is a rather quiet fellow with a thoughtful smile and a supply of energy which he seems to pour into whatever he encounters.

Perhaps that is why Syracuse Acacians voted him as their most outstanding senior for 1950.

It was only March of 1949 that Chuck was initiated to the halls of this Fraternity, but within the month of his entrance he was elected to Senior Stewardship. With the same energy in which he applied himself to his scholastics he added to the house, both materially and morally.

Chuck graduated from Asbury Park High School, New Jersey, where he was manager of the basketball team, track man, and played a clarinet in the band. He spent the next two years in the U. S . Navy as a radioman, second class. In the Fall of 1946 he registered at Syracuse University in the College of Applied Science. He is now a member of two honoraries : Tau Beta Pi (Engineering) and Pi Mu Epsilon (Math), and of the A.I.E.E. , of which he is recording secretary.

In the future Chuck hopes to spend his postgraduate years using the knowledge he has acquired in his mar jor working in a power plant: a power plant located most anywhere.

We at Syracuse are proud of Chuck and we believe his accomplishments in life will add to our conviction that he is definitely as "outstanding Acacian."

J. L . C.

Robert M. Bergheim Deane M. Carter Colorado Colorado chapter had difficulty in choosing its Outstanding Senior for 1950. After a tie vote, the chapter decided to name two men-Robert M. Bergheim and Deane M . Carter.

Bob Bergheim, a native Boulder man, has a record for Acacia and on

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60 the University of Colorado campus that will speak for itself. B ob's n am e has become synonymous with good entertainment and talent during his four years of college and in Acacia circles.

Bob has done mu ch for Acacia. He was ch airman of Colorado's highly successful regional conference in August, 1949. This y ear, with his own arrangement, h e directed th e Acacia son gsters in the annu al Song F est. He h as made new arrangements of Acacia songs which are cir culating to Acacia chapters throu ghout the r egion. Some of th e arrangements will appear in the new Acacia Song Book. Bob is always ready for work as is evidenced by his yard and paint sessions.

On campus, Bob is president of the Players' Clu b, a m ember of Phi Mu Alpha, and has served as committee member on campus committees. He is a m agician, collects records, tints pictu r es, plays the piano and has a fantastic collection of stories for the br others. After graduation, Bob's plans are now indefinite, but he hopes to w ork with music as a life-time career.

Deane M. Carter is Colorado's cooutstanding Senior. Deane has been an Acacian since the fall of 1947. D uring that time he has worked on numerous projects including summer rushing, ser enades, intramurals and mor e recently, Senior Dean of the chapter.

Carter was born in Sharon Springs, Kansas, where he graduated fr om high school in 1944. After two years in the Navy, he went to a pr ivate business school in Denver and enrolled at the University in 1947. This June he will receive a Bachelor of Science degree from the school of business.

He has been active in many campus organizations including celebration committees, Men's Mar ching Band, Festival Chorus, Men's Glee club, freshman counselor for the men's dormitory. He is also a member of the American Legion, Veterans of For eign Wars, and became a Master Mason last spring.

Dean e does a "top-notch" job in all his Acacia w ork and has alway s been invaluable to the house, His future plans include a t eaching position for n ext year.

L . D. P.

Morrie Johnson Robert Davis Southern California Southern California Acacia was blessed this past yea r w ith n ot one, but two men so ou tstanding that neith er could conceivably be ex cluded from t his h on or, Morrie Johnson an d R ob ert Davis.

Morrie, from Inglewood, California,

is a member of Trojan Knights, senior ser vice-honorary organization, and a member of the '50 Club, fifty hand p icked senior s who will immediately begin w orking with the alumni of the University. As Junior Dean, Morrie gave th e house an unequaled social season, and brought added credit to the chapter b y serving as chairman of huge football r allies and on many committees of importance for the University.

Although studying and working, Morrie still finds time to help with r ushing, with athletics, songfest, and as chairman of the house's projects committee. As an inkling of Morrie's outstanding civic work, in 1948 he was given both the National J unior Chamber of Commerce and American Legion awards for being the greatest civic contributor in Inglewood, a large subu rb city of Los Angeles . Morrie is engaged to Mary Lou Harris, P i Beta P hi, of Glendale, California.

Robert Davis, co-honoree with J ohnson, is from Los Angeles, and began early in Acacia, being pledge president, then pledge master, and then rising to be Senior D ean in which position he conducted the finest rushing program the house has ever seen. Another great contribution of D avis was his perennially high scholarship average which makes him a cum laude graduate and also enabled him to gain entrance into Beta Gamma Sigma, National Commerce Honorary. Bob also served on the Interfraternity Council as the representative of Southern California Acacia. Another of his qualities which brought him this honor was his devotion to duty to the house, which was noted along with his clear-thinking leadership in the¡ chapter's meetings. Bob now plans a June wedding with Arlene Ryder of P asadena.

J. B.

Stan Ford Paul Baynes Purdue Unable to choose between two exceptionally valuable seniors, the Purdue Chapter selected Stanley Ford and Paul Baynes as "outstanding seniors of 1950."

Stan For d , a mechanical engineer, will graduate with highest scholastic honor s and a brilliant activities record.

While holding the offices of t r easur er, scholarship chair man, publications editor and Venerable Dean, he fur thered the chapter's campus reputation as captain of the inter collegiate volleyball team and as intramurals star (high-point man in basketball, tennis champion, pace-setter in tr ack events).

He is an active member of Pi Tau Sigma (mech anical en gineer ing honor-

ary) and Tau Beta Pi (all-engineering honor ary). His colorful personality includes not only the dynamic characteristics of an able executive but also a rare combination of humor, patience and understanding.

Paul "Splinter" Baynes, whose jovial personality and boundless enthusiasm belie his infantr y record of five battle stars for action in eleven countries, is an honor student in mechanical engineering. He is a member of ASME and SAE professional societies, and ingenious mechanic, and a former racing car driver, with a wealth of flavor and experience. Amazingly efficient as house manager and then as Vener able Dean, Splinter ever assumed the role of trouble-shooter for the knotty problems and neglected projects which impeded chapter progress. With modesty and sincerity, wisdom and maturity, Pacl has left the indelible stamp of his rich character on th e P urdue Chapter.

Robert M. Crane Miami Robert M . Crane is the Miami Chapter's outstanding senior for 1950. Bob deserves this honor not only for his service to the fraternity but also for his very active participation in campus activities and his fine character.

Bob did not become associated with the fraternity until he transferred here from Cornell in his junior year. Within a week of activation he was unanimously chosen for the position of Senior D ean. H is performance of the duties of this office, however, is but a small part of his contributions to Acacia. H e served as general chairman for the installation ceremonies last May. During the summer Bob took the initiative in redecorating the house and instituted many improvements. At present he is working with John Werth, past Venerable Dean, to organize the Miami Alumni Association.

Perhaps the greatest honor to fall on brother Crane was his selection as cochairman of the Miami Chest drive last fall. It is largely the result of his efforts that the drive went over the top for the first time in several years. Bob is a counsellor at Reid Hall and last fall was elected to the presidency of Miami Men's Counsellors. Along with this responsibility he was given the privilege of serving on the StudentFaculty Council. He is also a member of the YMCA cabinet, past vice president of Alpha Phi Omega, men's service honorary, seminar chairman fo r Religion in Life Week, and a Master Mason.

Enrolled in the School of Education, Bob is majoring in English and Biology. Upon graduation he plans to ac-

The Triad, Spring, 1950 cept a position with the University and work towards his master's degree.

Brother Crane belongs to Phi Sigma, zoology honorary; Kappa Phi Kappa and Kappa Delta Pi, educational honoraries.

T. B.

Paul Conrad Indiana Leadership, character, and service are all exemplified by the Indiana Chapter's choice for outstanding senior, Paul Conrad.

Since Paul entered Acacia he has climbed steadily upward both in service to the house and in campus activities. Paul, who time after time has proved himself to be an outstanding leader, is now Venerable Dean and formerly was Senior Dean and Sentinel. In campus activities he has a long list of accomplishments, some of which are President of Scabbard and Blade, a member of the Board of Directors of the Collegiate Chamber of Commerce, Assistant Sports Editor of Arbutus, a member of Sphinx Club, Falcon Club, and membership in Delta Sigma Pi, a national business fraternity.

"Connie," as he is called around the house, became engaged during Christmas vacation to Carroll Abbott, a Delta Zeta at I.U., and he plans to take the fatal step in the not-too-distant future. Paul will graduate from Business School in June with a B.S. degree in marketing and will go on to study law at Indiana University.

The members of the Indiana Chapter wish Paul Conrad extended success. We know that he will be a credit to Acacia.

R. V.

Claude R. Sowle Northwestern The Northwestern chapter of Acacia is proud of Claude "Red" Sowle, chosen by it as the Outstanding Senior. Claude has been strong within the chapter, in extracurricular activities and campus politics, and has carried on an NROTC career to boot.

A strong activities man, Claude has concentrated on publications. He has been advertising manager and assistant business manager of the Syllabus and was Business Manager of the 1949 Syllabus. This year Claude is Business Manager of the Daily Northwestern.

He also served as Co-chairman of the 1948 World Student Service Fund drive and as President of his Class.

This spring Claude will be co-chairman of the May-Week Activities, a week-long celebration which includes the annual men's and women's sings.

Claude has also been honored by election to Deru, activities honorary.

Within the Fraternity, Claude has

61 been a hard worker, and will long be remembered as a very capable Venerable Dean. Previous to his two terms as Venerable Dean, he served as Homecoming chairman, chapter representative to Interfraternity council, and two terms as Rushing chairman.

He has written for the TRIAD and is the alumni news editor of Purple Pyramid, chapter publication.

Claude, who is a political science major, hails from Springfield, Illinois.

He faces three alternatives in planning for the future. They are attending law school, entering into business, or serving a period of active duty with the United States Navy.

R. P.

Lawrence E. Girton Michigan A long record of service to the Fraternity, plus distinction in other extra curricular activities influenced the Michigan Chapter in its selection of Lawrence E. Girton as its outstanding senor of 1950.

Currently serving as treasurer of the chapter, Brother Girton previously served as Venerable Dean in the spring of 1948. He was also active in engineering college circles, being a past president of the University's chapter of the American Ordnance Association, a former member of the engineering college's council, a past vice-president of the local chapter of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, and a one-time regimental executive officer for the ROTC at Michigan.

Upon receiving his officer's commission in the Ordnance Department, "Larry" was named top-ranking Ordnance student in the ROTC unit.

Larry first attended Michigan in 1943, and became a member of the Men's Glee Club shortly after enrolling. The war interrupted his collegiate activities, and he served nearly two years in the Infantry. After receiving training as a clerk, he found himself on the firing end of an M-1 during the famous Battle of the Bulge. .

He pledged Acacia in the fall of 1946, shortly after his return to Michigan's College of Engineering.

Chemical engineering is Larry's vocational objective. Though he calls Jackson, Michigan his home town, he is not sure as yet just where he will be doing his engineering.

Larry is no stranger to other chapters of Acacia. His address on "Chapter Administration" was one of the highlights of the regional conference held at the University of Illinois last summer.

Michigan Chapter is quite proud in having a senior who is as outstanding as Larry Girton.

Earl S. Beaver Kansas State Elected Man of the Y ear for the Kansas State Chapter, Earl S. Beaver richly deser ves the title.

Earl started his college career the 2nd semester of the 1945-46 school year. The fall of 1946-47 he joined Acacia. He was given a rush bid in one hand and a paint brush in the other hand , and was told to "get busy." This was the time that our chapter was reactivated following the war.

His time spent in our chapter has been full and interesting. Since his initiation in December, 1946, he has helped to install the Chapters at Wyoming, Kansas University, and Nebraska. He has attended the Regional Conclaves at Norman, Oklahoma, and at Boulder, Colorado. He also was the Chapter delegate to the National Conclave held at Chicago in August, 1948.

Earl held the position of Venerable Dean the Fall Semester of 1948. Prior to his serving as V.D. he was Acacia's representative on the Interfraternity Council for one year, serving as secretary part of the time. He was reelected to IFC following the term as VD, and has held that office since.

Earl was chosen to represent KState at the National IFC conference held in Washington, D. C. Earl rang the bell again at the beginning of this semester by being elected President of IFC on this campus. Some of the work he has done in IFC includes the organization of the Interfraternity Pledge Council and Publishing of Rush Pamphlets.

Earl at present is a freshman in Veterinary Medicine and a senior in Biological Science.

One of the latest jobs taken on by him is chairmanship of the Acacia Building Committee, which is actively working towards a new chapter house.

Yes, the big deeds together with the small everyday activities, and the spirit of Acacia found in our Motto and Creed, as exemplified by Earl Beav.er truly deserves him the title of "Outstanding Acacian of the Year."

Harry

W. Reid

Penn State It was with unanimous ballot that the Penn State Chapter proudly selected Harry W. Reid as their choice for the outstanding senior.

Harry came to us from Kingston, Pa., and since the day that he entered Acacia as a pledge in February, 1948, he has been outstanding in the house.

Initiated in November, 1948, he was elected Venerable Dean in January.

Harry is a charter member of the (Conti n ued on page 83)

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the World Over MARRIAGES Franklin Patton, Cincinnati, to Miss Eleanor Schnell of Salem, Ohio, on January 8, 1950.

Robert Le Marr, Colm¡ado, to Miss Lois Jean Michener on February 14, 1950. Both are from Boulder.

Bob Strong, Cornell, to Miss Eleanor Seifert, January 28, 1950.

Walt Norby, Denver, to Miss Phyliss Eisele of Lakewood, Colorado, on March 18, 1950.

Ray Norris, Denver, to Miss Jean Pember of Denver on March 19, 1950.

Leo Overholt, Denver, to Miss Nadine Percival of Topeka, Kansas, on March 19, 1950.

George Patrick, Denver, to Miss Bea Williams, of Denver on March 18, 1950.

Frank Vick, George Washington, to Molly Timms, March 4, 1950.

John Culver, Iowa State, to Miss Marilyn Van Patten, September 2, 1949.

Bob D. Reusser, Kansas, of Moundridge, Kansas, to Miss Barbara Ruth Bihr of Kansas City, Missouri, on September 6, 1949, at the Country Club Congregational Church of Kansas City.

Milton Clemens, Kansas State, of McPherson, Kansas, to Miss Lillian M. Olson, also of McPherson, on February 25, 1950.

William Strudevant, Kansas State, to Miss Delores Knapp on February 12, 1950.

David Wylie, Kansas State, to Miss Mary D. Byler of Newton, Kansas, in the new chapel at Kansas State on J anuary 29, 1950. .

Paul C. Smith, Oklahoma, to Miss Donna Davisson of Seminole, Oklahoma, in February, 1950, at Seminole.

Gerald Trapnell, Oklahoma, to Miss Georgeanne Brown of Lawton, Oklahoma, on December 24, 1949, at Corpus Christi, Texas.

Roy E. Horton, Jr., Purdue, of Indianapolis, to Miss Katherine Jean Hulley of Lafayette, Indiana, on December 24, 1949, in the University Presbyterian Church of Lafayette. Mr. and Mrs. Horton are at home at 610 S. 18th Street, Lafayette, Indiana.

Dr. Laurence H. Snyder, who formerly served as chairman of the Ohio State University, Department of Zoology and Etomology, came to O.U . in October, 1947. His degrees include a bachelor's from Rutgers, a master's and doctor's from Harvard. On the 25th anniversary of his graduation, Rutger's awarded him an honorary D . Sc. Dean Snyder was president of the G enetics Society of America in 1948 and 1949, has served as president of the Engenics Research Association and vice-president of the American Society of Zoologists, the American Society of Naturalists and is now vice-president of the American Society of Human Genetics. He represents O.U . on the council of the Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear studies, directs all organized research on the university campus and serves as professor of medical genetics at the university medical school.

One of Dr. Snyder's newest honors is presidency of the board of directors for Human Relations Area Files, Inc. O.U ., is among nine universities, including Yale and Harvard, which are sponsoring the organization. Nationwide in scope, it was set up to collect, organize and distribute information of value in the development of the sciences and humanities.

This Sooner dean is also special advisor to the surgeon general of the U . S. Public Health Service and to the Atomic Energy Commission. But despite heavy administrative duties and numerous speaking engagements, he finds time for writing.

The author of six books and 90 articles on various phases of heredity, he was instrumental in developing the modern statistical methods for the study of human inheritance. He has done special research on the inheritance and racial distribution of the blood groups, the heredity of taste deficiencies, the inheritances of various human anomalies and diseases and the linkage relation of the genes.

R ecently he was commissioned to

BIRTHS To Mr. and Mrs. Vic Prince, IHinois, a son, Douglas Mueller, on f'\pril 8, 1949.

To Mr. and Mrs. John Carstens, Iowa State, a daughter.

To Mr. and Mrs. J . Gordon Johnson, Iowa State, a son.

To Dr. and Mrs. John R. Adams, Northwestern, a son, David Hardy, on March 13, 1950, in Topeka, Kansas.

To Mr. and Mrs. Howie Coleman, North western, a son, Reid William, on January 13, 1950, in St. Charles, Illinois.

To Mr. and Mrs. Laurel C. Meade, Purdue, a daughter, Marquitta Louise, on January 29, 1950.

write a chapter on " Genetics and the Practice of Medicine" for the fifth edttion of the well-known medical textbook "Internal Medicine," which will be p~blished in 1950.

Dr. Snyder began his teaching career as an instructor in zoology at North Carolina State college. He joined the Ohio State faculty in 1930. He likes the "pioneering spirit of Oklahoma" and is continually planning new research programs. His latest is the O.U. Institute of Human Studies, which is just one of the many projects the energetic Sooner dean has started.

Kansas City Alumni Meeting Weekly We have an alumni association here in Kansas City that gets together every Tuesday noon at the Advertising and Sales Executives Club, 913 Baltimore.

The officers of the association are Herbert Sandell, Kansas, president; Douglas Haynes, Missouri, vice-president; J. R. Cowan, Chicago, secretary; and "Butch" Henschel, Missouri, treasurer.

At the p resent time committees have been appointed and we are arranging some parties ; one was held in the P ine Room of the Fred Harvey restaurant in the Union Station in March. A directory of members has been assembled and about 200 are on the mailing list.

We are looking forward to a future visit of one of the traveling secretaries so that we can catch up on the national activities of the F raternity_ GEoRGE

c_FERRIER

Alumni Associations A US TIN : Secretary, Oliver N. Bruck. Meets at the Texas Chapter House, 6:00p.m., second Tuesday of each month.

CHICAGO: Secretary, Sam Walker, CAlumet 5-2525. Meets at the Electric Club, 20 N . Wacker Drive, 6:30p.m., 3rd Monday.

CINCINNATI: Meets in the Florentine Room of the Hotel Gibbons at 11:30 a.m. each Tuesday.

NORTHEASTERN INDIAN A : S ecretary, W.M. Whinery.

KANSAS CITY: Secretary, J. R. Cowan.

OKLAHOMA CITY: Secretary, Lester Brown.

ROCK,Y MOUNTAIN AREA: Secretary, Arthur Valiton, 1390 Vance Street Lakewood, Colorado. Meets on third Wednesday.

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Here, There, and Everywhere: LT. COMDR. FRED W. LuEBKE, Michigan, has been attached to the staff of the Commander, Carrier Division 14, Air Force, Atlantic Fleet, and has been to many parts of the world in that capacity. He, his wife, and son live at Virginia Beach. . .. Ross A. WILLIAMS, Yale, is now Dean of Forestry at the University of Montana, Missoula ....

Congressman WILLIAM HOMER THoRNBERRY and Lours BAETHE, both of the Texas Chapter, have been elected 32° Knight Commander of the Court of Honor in the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry. . . .

JoHN D. SHOEMAN, Iowa State, has been elected President of the Iowa Veterinary Medicine Association .. . he resides in Atlantic, Iowa, where he has a practice .... R. C. ScoTT, Texas, is now with the marketing division of the Carter Oil Company in Denver . .. another Texan, ToM E. JoHNSON, is serving as county judge of Travis County.

JoE S. WILSON, Northwestern, was recently named president of the Sports Broadcasters Association in Chicago where Joe is connected with station WBKB. . . . LUDWIG EMDE, Michigan, has been elected president of the Temprite Products Company . . . he came to the company from the Worthington Pump Company and has been directing Temprite's expansion program .... JoHN MoEHLMAN, Michigan, is on the staff of the North Carolina School of Design at Raleigh .. . while at Michigan, Jack was senior class treasurer and worked on the yearbook . . . . WAYNE HoLTZMAN, Northwestern, !completed his work for a Ph.D. in psychology at Stanford and is now an assistant professor at the · University of Texas . . . . DR. R. E. BucHANAN, Iowa State, visited and worked in Syria and Germany in the interests of the United Nations Displaced Persons Commission and the University of Chicago . . . he was a charter member of the Iowa State Chapter.

On the University of Kansas' Committee on University Training for City Management are two Kansas Acacians, PROF. J . 0. JoNES of the School of Ezigineering and E. J. ALLISON, city manager of Salina .... The present officers of the house corporation of the Texas chapter are FRANK HOLLOWAY, president; A. C. WILLIAMS, vice-president; and ARTHUR MARCHANT, secretarytreasurer.... W AHREN P. WILLIAMSON, JR., Michigan, owner of radio station WKBN at Youngstown, Ohio, was reelected a member of the school board of that city ... he is also a member of the Youngstown Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors and the

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Board of Trustees of Greater Youngstown Area Foundation .... Royal blood has been found in HERSCHEL L. WASHINGTON, Kansas, who was no less than king of the 1916 homecoming festival in Leoti, Kansas. Hersch receded from this rank to that of a leading Kansas City lawyer and long-time editor of this very magazine.

The REv. ROBERT GEMMER, Indiana, and his wife made a world tour last winter through arrangements made by the Brethren Service Commission....

A lead article in the Indianapolis Star last December described the musical interests of the family of LEROY G. GARDNER, Purdue, who is secretary of the Indianapolis Summer Opera Company and president of the Civic Theater.... E. C. NELSON, JR., Texas, is with the legal department of Phillips Petroleum Company in Amarillo and has made a real contribution to the Texas Chapter: his two sons are both active members ... several Acacia men hold prominent positions on the faculties of Texas universities: W. T. WALTON, Texas, is Dean of Students at Hardin-Simmons University, KARL M. DALLENBACH, Cornell, is a Distinguished Professor of P sychology at the University of Texas where he is also editor of the American Journal of Psychology, H. M. BuRLAGE, Purdue, is Dean of the College of Pharmacy at Texas, and S. R. LEMAY, Texas, is on the faculty of Southern-Methodist.

Jim Gaddis Sudden Victim of Polio The hundreds of friends of James Gaddis, recent Venerable Dean of the Indiana Chapter, were stunned to learn of his sudden death last September; he was the victim of infantile paralysis.

Jim was a natural leader and a fra ternity man first and last. As Venerable Dean of his chapter, Jim was a guiding force in the postwar recovery of that chapter to a leading position on the campus. He handled the many problems of swollen membership and the conflicts between seasoned veterans and 18-year olds so skillfully that they seemed almost non-existant.

In addition to his work with the chapter "Bud" found time to be an activities leader on the campus; he was a member of Sphinx Club and Blue Key which are activities honoraries.

After graduation Jim joined the sales staff of the Sheaffer Pen Co. and took an active part in the national activities of Acacia. He assisted greatly in two Conclaves, gave much sound advice to the Miami Chapter in its colonizing stage and to the Michigan Chapter in its postwar reorganization.

CW J

Benjamin E. DeRoy, a Founder of Acacia, Died Last Year Word has been received of the passing of Benjamin E. DeRoy, a Founder of Acacia a nd No. 2 on the Michigan Chapter . Mr. DeRoy d ied on April 21, 1949 at the age of 70.

Brother DeRoy w as born in P ittsbw·gh, Pennsylvania on January 27, 1879 and attended Washington a nd Lee College before going to the University of M ichigan where he studied law and received his degree in 1904. While at Michigan he joined with the other Founders of Acacia in establishing a new Fraternity based upon Masonic principles.

In 1906 he went to the Philippines where he was in the Constabulary and Governor of a mountain province in Ifugao. He returned to the United States in 1913 to many Frances Goodman ; to this union two sons were born. Mr. DeRoy went into business in Portland, Maine where he remained until he retired and moved to Sonora, California.

Here he died of a heart attack last year, survived by his wife, two sons, and two granddaughters.

The profound sympathy of the entire Acacia Fraternity is extended to Mrs. DeRoy as we join in mourning the loss of this pioneer in Acacia.

George Enos Glass George Enos Glass, Indiana, '31 , an attorney in Ft. Wayne, died in that city on February 12, 1950. A graduate of the Indiana University Law School, Brother Glass was an active member of the alumni association in Ft. Wayne.

JAMES GADDIS

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Minnesota

Robert H. McKee, Berkeley, Calif., No. 429; Charles R. Poppe, Jr., Sacramento, Calif., No. 430; Marvin A. Shulman, Sacramento, Calif., No. 431 ; Dwight H. Kouns, Walnut Creek, Calif., No. 432 ; Douglas C. Wolcott, Ross, Calif., No. 433; Robert M. Tanem, Willits, Calif., No. 434; Richard L. Olson, Kingsburg, Calif., No. 435 ; David A. Ellis, Sacramento, Calif., No. 436; Edgar A . Owre, North Sacramento, Calif., No. 437; Robert J . Ehrlich, Antioch, Calif., No. 438; Daniel Radmanovich, Sacramento, Calif, No. 439 ; John Nystuen, Oroville, Calif., No. 440.

Myron L. Loe, Washington, D. C., No. 269; Billy M. Vick, Covington, Va., No.

Harold W. Michie, Montevideo, Minn., No. 612 ; Lee E. Spencer, Montevideo, Minn., No. 613; Ronald W. Pontinen, Duluth, Minn., No. 614; John B. Schroeder, Duluth, Minn., No. 615; Kern S. Ridlington, St. Louis Park, Minn., No. 616; Wallace F . Dyste, Minneapolis, Minn., No. 617; Glaydon R. Kean, Stillwater, Minn., No. 618.

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Illinois William L . Jacques, Joliet, Ill., No. 720; David A. Dixon, Racine, Wis., No. 721; Robert L. Simon, Antioch, Ill., No. 722; Robert B. Snow, Streator, Ill., No. 723; Kenneth W. Davis, Springfield, Ill., No. 724; Thomas B. Brademas, South Bend, Ind., No. 725 ; Robert R. Voegeli, Elgin, Ill., No. 726; Charles L . Wheeler, Putnam, Ill., No. 727 ; Robert S. Burton, Streator, Ill., No. 728 ; Clive A. Follmer, Forrest, Ill., No. 729.

Indiana

Cincinnati

George E. Branam, Bloomington, Paul A. Wert, Cincinnati. Ohio, No. Ind., No. 527; Robert H. Distelhorst, 212; Jerry L. Amspaugh, Dayton, Ohio, Bloomington, Ind., No. 528 ; Bill G. EastNo. 213 ; John Edward Brunner, Cin- ham, Farmersburg, Ind., No. 529; James cinnati, Ohio, No. 214; David S. Rey- E. Fultz, Peru, Ind., No. 530; James W. nolds, Norwood, Ohio, No. 215 ; Robert Lubs, Michigan City, Ind., No. 531; C. Rupert, Ravenna, Ohio, No. 216; Helledger A. Mims, Montgomery, Ala., James B. Lloyd, Greenville, Ohio, No. · No. 532; Deane N. Olney, E. Chicago, 217.

Ind., No. 533; Don G. Puterbaugh, Colorado Peru, Ind., No. 534; John S . Pyatt, Ft. Stephen H . Achtenhagen, San Ma- Wayne, Ind., No. 535 ; Richard H. rino, Calif., No. 491; Charles A. Amen, Squier, Elwood, Ind., No. 536; John P. Loveland, Colo., No. 492; Robert K. Weberg, Terre Haute, Ind., No. 537; Ned A. Wilson, Bridgeport, Ind., No. Craig, Grand Junction, Colo., No. 493; 538; John D. Long, No. 539.

Carl M. Duncan, Avondale, Colo., No. 494; Roger C. Heath, Boulder, Colo., No. 495 ; Kenneth D . Kleinholz, Boulder, Colo., No. 496; John C. Lunsford, Boulder, Colo., No. 497; J ames D. Mazwell, Sterling, Colo., No. 498; Robert W. Musil, Boulder, Colo., No. 499 ; Ken-

neth L. Skinner, Wheat Ridge, Colo., No. 500.

Cornell Laurence A. Barnes, Occoquan, Va., No. 512; James P . Brown, So. Dayton, N. Y., No. 513; Ralph R. Brown, Waterport, N.Y., No. 514; James D. Dodds, Champlain, N. Y., No. 515 ; Gerald F. Dulin, Fly Creek, N. Y., No. 516; Kenneth A. L awrence, Niagara Falls, N. Y., No. 517; William I. Noonburg, Jr., Wilmington, Del., No. 518; Malcolm D. McIlroy, Ithaca, N. Y., No. 519; Ira C. E. Youngdahl, Flushing, N. Y., No. 520; Robert A. V anderhoek, Niagara Falls, N. Y., No. 521.

Denver William K. Casey, Binghamton, N. Y., No. 110; Willard H . Leave!, Kansas City, Mo., No. 111; Thomas R. Watton, Denver, Colo., No. 112; Oren L .

Towsley, Fruita, Colo., No. 113; Peter A. Morstad. Duluth, Minn., No. 114.

Franklin J ohn H . Buckingham, No. 510 ; Ronald Genther, No. 511; Curtis Reitz, No. 512.

Iowa State Andrew E. Ramsay, No. 440 ; Hugo E. Mayer, Jr., No. 441 ; John B. Pugh, No. 442; Thomas A. Hippaka, No. 443.

Kansas Lars 0. Manner, Goteborg, Sweden, No. 560; William C. Thorne, Rose Hill, Kans., .No. "561 ; William M. Griffith, Topeka, Kans., No. 562 ; George T. Van Bebber, Troy, Kans., No. 563 ; James E. Taylor, Jr., Sharon Springs, Kans., No. 564; William M. Lindstrom, Kansas City, Mo., No. 565; Sam R. Willcoxon, Oberlin, Kans., No. 566 ; Richard L .

Roshong, Oberlin, Kans., No. 567 ; John E. Hoffman, Jr., Overland Park, Kans., No. 568 ; Lawrence R. Parton, Greensburg, Kans., No. 569 ; Jack R. Willis, Newton, Kans., No. 570; Edgar· A .

Hurst, Lakin, Kans., No. 571 ; Cameron V. Dostie, Royal Oak, Mich., No. 572; Loyd 0 . Fox, Ashland, Kans., No. 573 ; Clyde A. Williams, Olathe, Kans., No. 574.

Kansas State Doyle E. Peaslee, No. 375 ; Harold J .

Brodrick, Jr., No. 376.

Miami Melvin C. Christofferson, No. 43 ; James H . Eiffert, No. 44; Robert A. Holloway, No. 45; Charles Laughlin, No. 46 ; Don W. Seiling, No. 47.

Northwestern Clifford Y. J. Kong, Honolulu, T. H., No. 426; Ward K. Kennedy, North Liberty, Ind., No. 427; Richard F. Robinson, Rockford, Ill., No. 428; Richard L. Plunkett, Jr., Burlingame, Calif., No. 429 ; Jim Struif, No. 430; Donn L. Mills, Indianapolis, Ind., No. 431; Bill Baker, No. 432; Norman Ehinger, No. 433; Ted Beckerman, No. 434; Richard D. Poppe!, Riverdale, Ill., No. 435; Bob Baraban, No. 436; Wendell C. Cantwell, No. 437; John T. Haynes, Indianapolis, Ind., No. 438; Bill Wood, No. 439; John G. Graef, Chicago, Ill., No. 440.

Ohio Marion L . Reynolds, Loveland, Ohio, No. 59; Henry J. Macuga, Ware, Mass., No. 60 ; Milan Mihal, Cleveland, Ohio, No. 61 ; William F. Kelly, Chillicothe, Ohio, No. 62; Robert C. Cappel, Port Washington, Ohio, No. 63; Cash D. Russell, Newcomerstown, Ohio, No. 64; George E. Marek, Cleveland, Ohio, No. 65 ; John W. Ellenwood, Carpenter, Ohio, No. 66; Philip H. Efland, Akron, Ohio, No. 67 ; Fred V. Kodes, Warrensville Hts., Ohio, No. 68 ; Jack E. Hart, Dayton, Ohio, No. 69; Horace B . Collins, Barnesville, Ohio, No. 70; William I. O'Brien, Hillsboro, Ill., No. 71.

Ohio State Richard C. Pugh, Weston, Ohio, No. 564; Charles H . Hummel, Trenton, N. J., No. 565 ; Jack E. Frost, Kenton, Ohio, No. 566 ; James J . Walker, Lima, Ohio, No. 567.

Oklahoma Voyt Williams, Jr., Norman, Okla., No. 568; Samuel W. Johnson, No. 569; Donald L. Holley, No. 570 ; Glenn B. Kezer, No. 571; Wayne C. White, No. 572 ; Allan R. Fowler, No. 573 ; Brian F. Conaghan, No. 574; Richard N. Hargis, No. 575 ; Ralph M. Laird, No. 576; Jimmie L . Simmons, No. 577 ; Charles D. Hixon, No. 578 ; Don D. Collmia, No. 579 ; John E. Fellows, No. 580 ; Joe 0 .

Stevens, No. 581 ; Conrad N. Couch, No. 582 ; John L . Rutherford, No. 583 ; Bill E. Steele, No. 584; Jesse B. Beaird Jr., No. 585.

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Oregon State John C. Olsen, Napa, Calif., No. 144; Robert J. Hercher, Roseburg, Ore., No. 145; Donald A. Lindquist, Corvallis, Ore., No. 146.

Penn State Charles H . Hable, No. 410; Robert E. Calder, No. 411; George W. Rippel, No. 412; Alfred M. Wilson, No. 413 ; Roland H .

Hansen, No. 414; Daniel L. Babcock, No. 415; Robert H. Goodman, No. 416.

Purdue Herschel M. Hunt, Lafayette, Ind., No. 620; James S. Volkel, Chicago, Ill., No. 621 ; Ralph M. Hayes, Oakland City, Ind., No. 622; Richard W. Rupert, New Kensington, Pa., No. 623 ; Howard H. Hanes, Kendallville, Ind., No. 624; Joseph L . Hostetler, Zionsville, Ind., No. 625 ; Herbert K. O'Young, Chicago, Ill., No. 626.

Southern California Donald D. Brammer, Grand River, Ia., No. 67; Robert S. Carrillo, Los Angeles, Calif., No. 68; David Dial, Los Angeles, Calif., No. 69; Gareth W. Hamlin, Burlingame, Calif., No. 70; William D. Juenger, Los Angeles 35, Calif., No. 71; Robert H. Lillevick, Costa Mesa, Calif., No. 72; Howard G. McAloney, Jr., Arcadia, Calif., No. 73 ; Charles W. McColloch, Silver Springs, Md., No. 74; James H. Mills, Lancaster, Calif., No. 73; Virgil A. Pinkley, Costa Mesa, Calif., No. 76; Ray Walter Richert, Buffalo, N. Y., No. 77; Roy W. Shaw, San Gabriel, Calif., No. 78 ; William H. Stanhagen, Phoenix, Arizona, No. 79 ; Richard E. Webb, N. Hollywood, Calif., No. 80.

Texas Donald E. Judd, Texarkana, Tex., No. 279; Charles R. Dishong, Cleveland, Tex., No. 280; Henry H . Moore, Austin, Tex., No. 281; Dowell Naylor, Jr., Waco, Tex., No. 282; Carl S. Nisbet, Jr., San Angelo, Tex., No. 283; Leonard F. Kreisle, Austin, Tex., No. 284; Jack A . Scanlan, Jr., Austin, Tex., No. 285; Robert D. Slonneger, Austin, Tex., No. 286.

65 Wash., No. 128; Bernard A. Donahue, Kennewick, Wash., No. 129; William L .

McQueen, Jr., Richland, Wash., No. 130; James P . Falk, Kennewick, Wash., No. 131.

Wyoming George W. Bird, No. 81; Clarence M. Mercer, No. 82; Robert J. Burnett, No. 83; James M. Hunter, No. 84; Arthur K. Rue, No. 85 ; Marc J . Colvin, Jr., No. 86.

Washington Alumni Lose Two Stalwarts Death struck swiftly amongst the ranks of Washington's First World War alumni-Thomas P. "Tommy" Evans, Jr. '19, died October 29 last, of a heart attack and· Harry S. "Pope" Redpath '24, was killed· in an automobile accident December 23. Two more loyal Acacians never breathed; they were loved by all who kllew them and they are sorely missed.

The history and accomplishment of these two brothers is unique and will be interesting to all who remember them. As different as they were in appearance and personality there are some features in their lives that run quite parallel, as a brief review of a few of their e_x periences will reveal.

Evans was born in Snohomish, Washington, March 20, 1894, spent his early years in this small frontier town and was graduated from the local high school. He entered the University of Washington and it was February 4, 1917, that he was initiated into the young Washington Chapter of Acacia.

His lovable personality soon endeared him to all, but happy days in Acaci~s halls were soon upset by the great war.

Every man of that band of friends and brothers enlisted and Tommy soon was on his way to France.

He distinguished himself as a fighter

U.C.L.A. Donald 0. Krogseng, Burbank, Calif., No. 38; Lloyd M. Lokka, Inglewood, Calif., No. 39; Knox Williams, Jr., Bakersfield, Calif., No. 40; Will B. Murphey, Los Angeles, Calif., No. 41; Arthur R. Bergen, Los Angeles, Calif., No. 42; Charles D. Connett, San Pedro, Calif., No. 43; Wilfrid J . Bedworth, Buffalo, N . Y., No. 44.

Washington Alan B. McAllister, Seattle, Wash., No. 414; Richard W. Crain, Jr., Seattle, Wash., No. 415 ; Donald C. Lawrence, Seattle, Wash., No. 416; Ronald L . Hendry, Tacoma, Wash., No. 417; Jerald C. Hall Edmonds, Wash., No. 418; Virgil D . Lang, Seattle, Wash., No. 419; Charles F. Randall, Everett, Wash., No. 420.

Washington State William V. Swanland, Burlington, Wash., 126; Richard J. King, Tupman, Calif., No. 127; Robert E. Speer, Spokane,

THOMAS P. EVANS

HARRY S. REDPATH

pilot in that early day U . S . Air Force.

His entire air training had been in French flying schools. How loi'g he fought the Germans in these primitive aerial dogfights was never known by even his intimates; however the climax of his fighting career came when he was shot down over Germany and he found himself a prisoner of war.

There were hints from time to time of thrilling episodes but these could never be pieced together into a coherent story. The evidence does reveal that he had risen from the ranks to the Commission of First Lieutenant in the 13th Aero Squadron A.E.F. Tommy could have told quite a story but he closed up like a clam when a leading question was thrust at him. ~ Eventually he found himself back ·a t Washington where he was graduated December, 1919, with the Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering. Upon graduation Evans immediately started his life work as an engineer with the Washington Surveying & Rating Bureau. As Chief Engineer he was within about two months of rounding out thirty y~ars' continuous service when he died.

Tommy had become a Master Mason in University Lodge No. 141 F. & A.M., Seattle, and later affiliated with Lafayette Lodge No. 241, also of Seattle, where he advanced to the office of Senior Warden and would have become Worshipful Master the first of the year, had he lived. His married life was a happy one, married to Ruth Mullin of Bellingham, Washington, June 12, 1923. They enjoyed life to the full and their only daughter, Barbara Ann, now Mrs. Arthur Vander Sys, grew up in hospital surroundings where true love and affection reigned.

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The Triad, Spring, 1950 66 "joiner," nor did he "go over b oard " om his church, civic and fraternal assoclations but his presence was always felt 'and his counsel excellent. His membership in the Episcopal Church was a constant source of pleasure and inspiration to him, and in his everyday life he truly lived his belief.

Washington Acacians will long cherish Tommy's hospitality upon the occasions of his traditional annual "wingdings" at his summer place across beautiful Lake Washington.

Many a battle was fought over again and fast were the friendships made.

Washington Acacia was richly blessed

by Tommy Evans' having tarried here.

We loved him ; we miss him.

Another name deeply etched on Acacia's escutcheon is that of Redpath, lovable old "Pope," the one and only.

Born July 3, 1897, into a rough and tough mining town that was Helena, Montana, in those early years, but guided throughout those tender years

by God-fearing parents in the school of hard knocks, Redpath knew what it was to earn his bread at forty below.

He might easily have stayed there to follow the usual pattern, but not he; there had been the spark of hope in that lad's make-up; he had set a course.

After struggling years, came graduation from Helena H igh School, then, to war. It was only a short time until he found himself in France, a machine gunner with the famous First Division A.E.F. His exploits would make a long story, many rich with humor, others tragic, and some startling. Sufficient here to say he did his job and did it well. He was wounded in action and with his Division was cited for gallantry in action near Soissons, France, July 22, 1918, in the great Meuse-Argonne offensive. His disability was ever afterwards a constant bother to him but he never complained.

Upon discharge he headed for home where he decided to have a go at higher education, with law as his goal.

The year 1919 saw him attending classes at the University of Washington, and Acacia soon pledged this "diamond in the rough." He was initiated June 3, 1921. His personality and sound judgement soon marked him for leadership in the Fraternity and he became V.D. in 1921, a position he served with distinction. It was at this time that he first made his presence felt in Acacia's national affairs and several Conclaves saw him in there pitching for the best interests of Acacia both at home and nationally.

Harry was graduated with an LL.B. 0

in 1924 at which time he married Margaret J ollef of Tacoma. Two daughters were born to them-Carol, now Mrs. Charles Dines of Seattle, and Analou, the younger who is a student and li,ving at home with her mother But were a little ahead of our story; first things must come first and the children did come a little later. Pope had gotten himself a wife and then started four years or so of interesting experiences as an early day F.B.I. agent. His travels took him over much of Alaska and the United States and he participated in many weird encounters with Uncle Sam's wayward sons and daughters.

Eventually Harry decided that he had had enough of this sort of experience so came home and hung up his shingle, practicing law in Seattle until his tragic death. Harry became a Mason somewhere around 1920 in University¡ Lodge No. 141 F. & A.M., Seattle, becoming Worshipful Master in 1946. He was a 32nd degree Scottish Rite Mason and a member of Nile Temple of the Shrine. He was also a Past Monarch of Angora Grotto. Membership in the American L egion, Washington State Bar Association, as well as active participation in Republican affairs, rounded out a full and active career. But the outstanding characteristic about this man might well be termed his heart and soul. T ruly he was a real mankindly, tolerant and humble-his lovable personality and genuine friendliness together with a host of other fine traits went to make up one of the truest Acacians of them all.

It was on an Acacian "wingding" that "Pope" shone brightly. What memories! Much more could be written about Harry, and Tommy as well.

Many's the tear that was shed and heavy the heart, when these two trueblue Acacians went their way, but many's the smile that will light up memory's countenance whenever their names are mentioned. One thing stands out clearly to those of us who knew them well-they made their mark deep and clear. It is a guide and inspiration to us. The light of their life here with us shines brightly and serves to mark the path for those of us who follow.

FRANK W. ScOTT

Dr. Horace Gunthrop Dr. Horace Gunthrop, Stanford, '08, for many years head of the biology department at the University of Arizona, died recently at the age of sixtyeight. He had been seriously ill for the past year. He had received a Bachelor of Philosophy degree at Hamline University in 1905, A.M. in 1912, and Ph.D. in 1923 at the University of Kansas.

Judge I. N. Williams Died Judge I. N. Williams, Kansas, of the Sedgewick county district court, died last October 14. He had served on the county bench since 1925. Judge Williams was active in Republican politics and had served as a member of the Kansas House of Representatives from 1913 to 1915.

William Royal Thompson Passed Away; Michigan Bank President William Royal Thompson, Michigan, died in Hudson, Michigan on August 11, 1949. He was born April 18, 1866 at Hudson, attended Oberlin College and then the University of Michigan.

He rose to be president of the Thompson Savings Bank in his home town.

Surviving him are his widow, two sons, a grandson, and a sister.

Leonard R. Maier Leonard R. Maier, a graduate of 1922 from the University of Colorado chapter, died of a heart attack in Seattle, Wash., September 3, 1949.

Brother Maier worked for the Rocky Mountain Arsenal during the war, but moved to Seattle in 1945, where he became manager of the B roadmoor Drug until July 1, 1949. He then opened his own store in the Ridgecrest district of that city on September 3, and succumbed to a heart attack later that month.

He is survived by a wife and three daughters.

Gerald Edwin Raines Gerald Edwin Raines, graduate student at the University of Kansas from Perry, Kansas, died of asphyxiation January 14, 1950. Although he had not lived in the Kansas Chapter house since receiving a degree of bachelor of science in business in 1949, he continued to show an active interest in the chapter.

Since his death, a fellowship in Human Relations has been offered by the University of Kansas in honor of the 30 year old student. The fellowship is to be designated the Gerald Edwin Raines Memorial Fellowship.

At the time of his death, Gerry was a graduate student and an assistant on the Human Relations staff at the university.

Acacia's 26th Conclave Boulder, Colorado August 27-29

• Doings zn the Chapters

California With the beginning of 1950 a faint memory in the past, the California Chapter looks forward to a very successful year.

The spring semester started off with work week and initiation which added twelve new men to the chapter.

William H . Hopkins, '06, a charter member of this chapter and first Venerable Dean (President in those days) honored us with his presence during initiation. He solved the mystery as to why the House does not have a copy of the 1907 school annual. The entire issue, which included our first write up as a chapter, was destroyed by the San Francisco earthquake and fire .

Following initiation, unrelaxed efforts were directed toward rushing under the guidance of Ron Kilgore. We hope that none of the pledges are superstitious as their number total thirteen. They are : Jack Hartman, Oakland ; Walter Tingley, Sacramento; Al Prevost, Antioch; Robert Coe, San Gabriel ; Robert Pugh, Sacramento ; Edward Willig, San Francisco; Robert Montgomery, Fullerton; James Kidaer, Corte Madera; Fred Pfost, Sacramento; Alvin Hawkins, Fullerton; Art Jollymour, Oakland ; Allen Samson, McArthur; John Adams, Seattle, Washington.

Signs of growth-two more tables in the dining room and about a dozen new chairs. Speaking of dining, if the saying, "A man travels on his stomach," is true, we should go a long way this semester.

Our new cook, Mrs. Worthington, is rapidly turning the fellows into gourmets.

Improvements around the house include a completely refinished basement, pingpong room, pool room, hall, and stairway.

The pool table, renovated by the last pledge class, is now the center of activity.

The center of inactivity is the den-the location of our new television set. The television set is the result of a few weeks of selling magazine subscriptions. (Note to other Chapters: Curtis Publications offers an excellent deal well worth investigating if your chapter needs some extra cash.)

The new pledge class was initiated into the social swing of the semester with a sweater dance out at Lafayette last month.

This month started off with a bang, to be more explicit, a mobster-gangster costume party held at the house. Alcatraz, across the Bay, in comparison would have looked like an old folks home. Forthcoming events include "a Night on the Nile," the Pledge Formal, The Birthday· Banquet, and several exchanges.

Spring practice in softball has revealed an exceptional twirler in Jack Adams, one of our new pledges. The boys are looking forward to a string of victories and the championship team.

Our semester award, the Bancroft A. Nelson Trophy for contributing the most toward a stronger fraternity, was awarded

to Carlisle Moore. Carl, the veteran of our chapter, as House Manager and Venerable Dean has guided and assisted the chapter for a long time.

Ed Kelly, now vacationing in Sunny California, stopped by for a visit. He proved to be a ready source of information and good advice. Also our muscle boy, Bob Friday, discovered to his chagrin that Kelly is not as soft as he looks.

Cupid reports Richard Peekema pinned to Barbara Keasbey, Theta Upsilon, and William Arsenault planning marriage to Joan Thacher next summer.

Mid-year graduations include Robert Frye, Richard DeForest, and Carlisle Moore. All three of them have held the top job in the chapter at one time or another, so we're expecting big things to happen on the "outside."

JOHN H. STAUFF

Cincinnati Chester Thompson, who hails from Ironton, Ohio, is the most recent pledge of a group which consists of: Robert Karns, Henry Krsnak, and Dan Koenigstein. At the last initiation the following men were welcomed into the chapter: Jerry Amspaugh, Dayton; John Brunner, Cincinnati; James Lloyd, Greenville; Dave Reynolds, Cincinnati; Robert Rupert, Ravenna; and Paul Wert, Cincinnati.

Because of a necessary increase in dining space for exchange dinners and general social functions, the solarium, dining room, and kitchen are being reconstructed. To accomplish this remodeling, each active and pledge is donating two hours of work p·er week. The pledges started the reconstruction.

Elections for all of this chapter's offices are to take place on March 21. The spirit of competition will be very intense although it will be very friendly.

Tau Beta Pi, the national honorary fraternity for engineers, recently initiated its pledges. Among these Cincinnati initiates were: George Kirch, Flushing, New York; Norman Eichenberger, Cincinnati; and Bob Boni, Canton. George is studying chemical engineering, Norman devotes his time to electrical engineering subjects, and Bob spends a few hours a week listening to metallurgical engineering lectures. They, along with Cal Gibbons who was initiated earlier this year, make up the largest group that was selected from any one social fraternity on D.C.'s campus.

Our chapter presented a humorous skit at a recent charity benefit show. Several of the other fraternities and sororities participated in the benefit which played to a packed audience in the University auditorium. Proceeds from the performance were donated to the World Student Scholarship Fund.

The basketball team did rather well for this year's season during which it won

more than half of its con tests. The bowling team is undefeated at the t ime of this writing. Ping pong tournaments are now in progress, and some of our participants are still in the thick of the competition.

Actives, pledges, and dates met at the chapter house on one fine, crisp evening for a "Gay Nineties Party." The living room was decorated so that it resembled a barbe rshop-complete with pole and high chair. Handlebar moustaches, vests, bustles, and hoop skirts disguised some of the guests. Barbershop quartets, accompanied by Bob Boni at the nickelodeon, rendered soul-touching ballads.

The Acacia Choral Group serenaded the A. D. Pi house on January 17. Janet Klotz and Bob Boni received the vocal efforts with fond recognition. Franklin Patton and Eleanor Schnell of Salem, Ohio, softly replied affirmatively to the wedding vows on January 8.

All of the members and alumni of the Cincinnati chapter of Acacia are looking forward to the Spring Formal which is to be held on April 29. John Waddell has selected the place and orchestra. Because of the other fine jobs of party planning that John has done, we are sure that this one will be excellent.

BoB BoNI

Colorado Colorado chapter's Winter term was marked by Winter Carnival, the annual Nut Party and an upsurge in grade averages.

New officers were elected at the end of the term. They are headed by Gerald W. Norris, Venerable Dean, Denver ; Dick Irwin, Kimberly, Ida., Senior Dean ; Roy Garrett, Jr., Fort Collins, Colo., Junior Dean; Leslie D. Polk, Williston, N. Dak., secretary ; Ralph Carter, Sharon Springs, Kas. , housemanager; and Bob Gray, Colorado Springs, sentinel.

During the annual Winter Carnival, Colorado captured the first place trophy for ice sculpturing, the only first-place trophy won since reactivation. Acacia's winner was a clown and performing seal, which balanced a ball on its nose. Work on the ice was headed by Gene Tipton and Ralph Carter. In Carnival ski events, Ken Raasch placed eighth in the slalom.

The chapter placed second of twentythree fraternities in fall quarter scholarship with an average of 1.54. Newly-reactivated Alpha Sigma Phi was first with a 1.60. Nineteen Acacians made a 2-point or better, headed by Carl Duncan and LeRoy Graham with 3 points-now for a first place.

Mother (Mrs. C. E .) Bocock, the chapter housemother for eight years, has taken an indefinite leave of absence following the death of her mother and her own recent severe illness. She is spending the next few months with her son, Oscar Bocock and famil y in Corpus Christi, Texas.

In the meantime, a n ew housemother is

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68 being sought for spring quarter duties.

The chapter is again working on the annual Song-Fest competition. With an original arrangement by Bob Bergheim, and under the direction of Bergheim, the Coloradans hope to enter finals and win the Fest this year. The past two years, Acacia has been a finalist-this is the year to win.

The annual Nut Party by the pledge class and new initiates was a big success based on a "Lower Slobbovian" theme.

Acacians and visitors were attired in costumes ranging from diapers to elaborate colonial costumes. Prize-winners were brothers Jerry Coffee and his pin in a turnabout motiff, Bob Smith, the infant, and Dick Irwin, the devil with his angelall three are pinned men.

In the athletic line, the chapter had an unsuccessful basketball season following a victorious season in water-polo.

However, the actives have challenged the pledge class to a spring quarter gamethe result not yet known. Actives beat the pledges in a football game by 6-0.

Pins and rings have been leaving in a steady procession. Brothers Kenneth Hanson gave a ring to Râ‚Źnee Luckee, and Kenneth Raasch is engaged to Marjory Freemole. Recent pin losses include Bob Smith to Marjory Bradbury; Dick Irwin to JoAnn Muggee; Dean Johnson to Joan Hollinger; Jerry Coffee to Carol Milner.

Improvements to the house have continued throughout the year. During February the chapter redecorated the housemother's suite. The volunteer crew included many who had worked in the summer pre-conference paint sessions. The new colors add warmth and a pleasant atmosphere to the quarters.

Additional improvements to the terracing operations begun last spring in the yard are planned. A committee headed

by Jack Bowen is making plans for the work which will include much planting, digging, and m asonry. Last year's work has brought numerous compliments from alumni and friends.

New pledges of Colorado are Jack Alexander, Lamar, Colo., Harvey Thompson and Bill Britt, Limon, Colo., and Wayne Fugate, Walnut, Kansas.

That's about all from Colorado this issue, as the "old regime" headed by VD Jim Hutchinson with Deane Carter, Senior Dean; Don Gullett, Junior Dean ; Bob Purcell, secretary; Bob Frost, housemanager, bows out. Graduation will find nearly twenty members leaving the chapter.

LESTER

into the semifinals under the pilotage of Chuck Deakyne.

Feb. 12th saw ten new men initiated into Cornell chapter: Bob Vanderhoek of Niagara Falls; Ira Youngdahl, Flushing; Doug Mcilroy, Ithaca; Bill Noonburg, Wilmington, Del.; Ken Lawrence, Niagara Falls; Doug Dodds, Champlain; Ralph Brown, Waterport; Jim Brown, South Dayton ; Jerry Dulin, Fly Creek; and Larry Barnes, Occoquan, Va. Initiation ceremonies were in Ithaca's Masonic Temple, and the initiation banquet directly afterwards in the Dutch Kitchen of the Hotel Ithaca.

The annual Pledge Formal was held in the Warren Hall Seminar Room, on campus, on February 18, and a swell time was had by all-thanks to Paul "Hulk" Zimmerman's able direction. Also featured on our social calendar recently have been the Sophomores' toboggan party and vic dance, Sunday dinners with dates, and a roaring "Shades of the '20's" blowout, perpetrated by the Juniors.

March 6 saw new chapter officers elected; these include: George Bassett for Venerable Dean, replacing Chuck Deakyne ; Lloyd Hayner as Senior Dean, replacing John Roukis; Oakley Ray for Junior Dean, replacing Paul Zimmerman; Walt Dragon as Senior Steward, replacing Let Howard; "Icey" Youngdahl replacing Paul Warner as secretary; and Bucky Lauber taking over Chet Pohl's duties as treasurer. Art Ingraham remains Junior Steward.

The chapter has had two basketball teams in operation in campus leagues this winter; as well as two bowling teams.

Coming up soon is the annual Inter-Fraternity track meet, and badminton and volleyball tournaments in which Black and Gold squads will compete.

Spring rushing is now in progressduring the past few weeks we have had a number of men over for dinner and a look around the house.

One marriage recorded during the past few months-Bob Strong '50 and Eleanor Seifert, on Jan. 28.

Brother Jack Carpenter, among others, was recipient of a special gold football award, which was presented in honor of last season's Ivy League Champion gridmen-this was between halves of the Cor-

nell-Dartmouth basketball fray on March 11-we clobbered Dartmouth in revenge for past indignities.

During the last month we've been grubbing after LSMFT wrappers to enter in a local contest promoted by the Lucky people, who will be giving away consoles, televisions, etc. to the organization with the biggest pile of Lucky wrappers. We've been very happy to receive wrappers from Syracuse, Kansas, Oklahoma and Miami chapters, and are very grateful for their help. Special thanks to Kansas, from whom over two thousand have arrived.

Dick Elmendorf has been elected to membership in Phi Kappa Phi honorary; and former V. D. Chuck Emory was chosen Cornell's Acacian for the year.

This is no place for cracks about this foul Ithaca weather-till next issue, that's the news from Cornell Acacia, from the pen of Jack Gordon, replacing Em Hibbard as TRIAD Correspondent.

JACK GORDON

Denver The Denver Chapter of Acacia has been voted the "fraternity on campus most likely to produce the next generation" as three active members and one recent alumni said "I do 's" in two days at the end of winter quarter.

Walt Nordby was married to Phyliss Eisele, Lakewood, and George "Pat" Pattrick exchanged vows with Bea Williams, Denver, to lead off the fireworks on Saturday, March 18. ¡ On Sunday Ray Norris and Jean Pember, Kappa Delta from Denver, along with Leo Overholt and Nadine Percival, Topeka, Kans., followed suit by taking the big step. The chapter is looking ahead in fear at what fortunes the month of June might bring.

The winter quarter social season was highlighted with an exchange dinner with Delta Zeta sorority, a barn dance, and a "snow" picnic. For the uninitiated, a "snow" picnic slightly resembles one of the other variety except you throw snowballs instead of playing baseball, you push the girls in snow drifts instead of bubbling streams, and you suffer far more extensively when nature calls.

PoLK

Cornell Cornell chapter ground its way through finals at January's end and lost Chuck Emery, Tom Sommers and Ed Knapp in February graduation exercises. The new term started off with a bang with the return of Bob Hoagland, Scotty DePalma, and Bob Squires, on leave from the University during the fall term.

Junior Week, between terms, and its attendant functions were a huge success; the Chapter's entry in the annual soap box derby, "The Flying Mungboat," rolled

DENVER CHAPTER Th e D enver Chapter led the way in service wcn-Jc fen- fraternities on the Universitu of Denver ca.mpus when they_ entertamed twenty orphans at a hockey game. An arrangement was made wtth t~e DU athlette department to get seats fen- the OTphans at the game. The Denver AcaciaM are gomg t? make some. sort of contribution to the OTphans a regular affair and hope that other chapters Wtll follow thetr example.

The Triad, Spring, 1950 Election of officers for the ensuing school year took place late in winter quarter when Warren Tomlinson was elected to succeed Paul Jensen as Venerable Dean, Bill Leave! took over for Don Powell as Senior Dean, Don Lutz replaced Walt Nordby as Junior Dean, Carl Nielson was re-elected secretary, Tom Watton took over the reins as treasurer from Howard Manary, and Don Long was appointed house-manager. The new slate of officers pledged themselves to a constructive and accentuated program of rushing to build up the chapter strength which will be hit hard by an extremely high mortality through graduation in June.

Acacians were active on the sports scene with the basketball team leading the way by winning their league race with 7 wins and no defeats. The ''terrible trio" of Gordon Eggebrecht, Ronnie Pearson, and Max Peterson peppered the nets with consistency to down every team they faced. In the tournament Acacia had "one of those nights" and lost a thriller. The eventual school champion in the fraternity division was a team Acacia had beaten 15 points in league play. A team was also entered in the bowling league and three men participated in intra-mural wrestling.

The chapter moved up the manpower ladder when they pledged 12 men who will go active in spring quarter. They are AI Wazuka, Joe Reed, Don Jefferson, Dick Hummel, Dick Soenichsen, Dick Handt, Jack Leave!, John Menge, Doug Miller, Ronnie P earson, Tom Farrell, and George Torbica.

Another outstanding event for three car-loads of Acacians and dates was a trip to Laramie, Wyoming to see the crucial Skyline Six basketball clash between Denver's Pioneers and the Wyoming Cowboys. After the teams finished splitting a two game series, most of the fellows suffered with "splitting" headaches following a "sight-seeing" tour of the town. It was a wonderful trip and the hospitality of the Wyoming Chapter will be long remembered, with a hope of returning the favor to them next year when Wyoming plays in Denver.

The Denver Chapter added another honor to its list when Jim Hummer was elected vice-president of Psi Chi, national honorary psychology fraternity. Bill Leavel was also recently appointed assistant manager of assemblies.

One sad note was injected when Ben, our indispensable cook, had to undergo an appendectomy. However, with Mother Stewart and several of the boys pinchhitting, the "chow-hounds" were appeased until Ben was able to make it back on the job.

WARREN TOMLINSON

Franklin After an active season of fall and winter activities, the Franklin Chapter is making plans for a big spring. Some of the major activities in which Franklin Chapter took part during the fall were the Campus Carnival and the annual Navy Poster Contest. For the poster contest which takes place each "Navy Football Weekend," the boys rigged a poster of an

6 enormous P enn football player kicking a sailor over a goal into the mouth of a whale which emitted water from its head.

Ma ny remarked that they had never seen a more stupid expression on any face than was on the face of this football player.

The ro und of after-football-game parties was closed by the traditional Christmas formal. The dance was preceded by a delicious turkey dinner. The house was decorated luxuriously with sprays from the bottom 5 feet of a gigantic pine, the top of which stood beautifully decorated in the living r oom. P ledge J ack Bechtol acted as Santa Claus for this occasion, and all termed it a success.

Most recen t initiates of F ranklin Chapter include Curtis Reitz, J ack B uchingham, and Ronald Genther . Curt Reitz, a junior , has made himself outstand ing as program director and manager of the campus r adio station, WXPN, as a member of the German Club, and as a most outstanding member of the Army ROTC. He was recently elected F ranklin Senior Dean. J ack Buckingham , also a junior, is a transfer student from Dar tmouth. J ack was recently elected Chapter secretar y, and is active in campus choral activities.

Ronald Genther is active in band activities at the University.

Other newl y elected officers are Venerable Dean -Ronald White, and Junior Dean-Don Wintz.

Franklin Chapter is particular ly proud of Helmut Folchert, an exchange stude nt from Germany to whom we are host.

After only one term in the undergraduate department of the University, Helmut was accepted by the graduate school fo r further study in political science.

Skip Eichner was r ecently appointed head counselor at the Univer sity Camp, a summer camp sponsored by the University for the benefit of underprivileged children.

A great pride of the m en of Franklin Chapter is a weekly television program which appears each Sunday afternoon .

Featured on this program are Clyde Dengler, Jr., Dr. Clyde Dengler, Sr., a past member of Franklin Chapter, and family.

The Dengler family is assisted by 20 selected members of Dr. Dengler's Upper Darby High School Chorus, and present an educational musical program called "Meet Your Neighbors."

We were sorry to lose one of our outstanding members and past Junior Dean , John Johl. Johnnie recently transferred to the University of Connecticut. Good luck, Johnnie!

With a spring rushing program in view, Franklin Chapter looks forwa rd to initiating many more fine men, a nd to bigger and better social events.

HENRY C. SMITH III

G eorge W ashington It seems that the new semester started off with a real bang! This bang was the bang of hammers and th e slap of paint brushes which were being used by the pledges in that week between semesters and preceding initiations.

The pledges did accomplish a lot of con structive work around the h ouse and

managed to complete a lot o£ those job that are alway being put off. One o£ the outstanding contributions o£ the group was the preparation of a new Chapter Songbook, which has been a r al boon to our parties and an aid in rushing. Nothing like a rousing "cheer to old Acacia."

Initiations (that old custom that old actives profess is harder on them than on the initiates-which the new initial violently disagree with-and about which the pledges who have yet to be initiated cast leery and quizzical glances) w re held in February and we now have ix new men who have really stepped in and taken an active part in the chapter. They are Bob Hil debrand Roy Sweney, Donald Morgan, Donald Iverson, Dick North and George Buckmaster. Welcome to activity (not captivity) men.

New Semester- New Officers- New F aces Department-The semester and the officers are new, but due to the prohibitive cost of plastic surgery the faces are as gruesome as ever. We did hold our elections and emerging victorious were P ete Jones as Ve nerable Dean, Mike Loe as Senior Dean, Bob Hildebrand as J unior Dean, Bill Vick as Treasurer, and John Lytle as Secretary. J ones h as at last been successful in getting himself relieved of h i~ duties as TRIAD Correspondent. He had to get himself elected Venerable Dean to do it, however.

Marriage Institute Department. The fever is spreading! First Bob Moss gets taken by a Sigma Kappa in the fall. The wedding as described in the last issue was a fin e affair. However F rank Vick , who was an usher, met Molly Timms, Chi 0 , who was matron of honor, and she caught the bouquet. On March 4, sh e caught Frank. Rumor has it that it was another fin e affair. Now Brothers Bramlette and Va n Neste h ave set th e dates for the fatal step. The mar riage license clerk is collecting more membership fees than our treasurer and t hese marriages are fast depleting our ranks. F unny, but it's hard to get a man back fro m his honeymoon for a Chapter Meeting.

Spring has been a b usy season for us at George Washington what with our program of continued r ushing, the IFC P rom, a joint brawl with the Delt's at their house, Greek Week and our annual Go-ToHell P arty. However, we did fin d time for school and a rumor has been circulated that Bud Fackler was seen attending all of his classes one day and caught sleeping in only one. We fee l that this type of behavior should not go unnoticed and wish to openly commend Bud. Along with the first bloom of Washington 's fa med Cherry Blossoms, in popped Traveling Secretary George Croyle. We were all glad to see George again and to get some constructive ideas from him. It is good to see him working with a colony at our neigh bor, Maryland. With the success that h e has been having at some of the New England schools, it looks as if there will soon be another strong chapter of ACACIA. The Spring bug has at last caught us and plans are fast on the way to combine our Founder's Day Banquet and our Spring Formal and make one really big blow-out of the whole affair.

HARRY THAYER

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70 ent we are experimenting with a system

Illinois illinois lived up to its reputation for individualism by being one of the few midwest "Temples of Knowledge" to remain open during the coal shortage. Although most houses had to borrow fuel from the University, the boys at "501" had the last laugh : we have gas heat.

With the coming of spring arrived the pledges' goal- initiation. Illinois Chapter now has nine new wearers of the jewelled pin : Dave Dixon, Racine, Wisconsin; Bob Simon, Antioch ; Bob Snow, Streator; Ken Davis, Springfield; Tom Brademas, South Bend, Indiana; Bob Voegeli, Elgin; Chuck Wheeler, Putnam; Bob Burton, Streator; and Clive Follmer, Forrest. Alumni Ralph Gould '49, and Jack Webb, '47, were down for the big event.

Dixon, son of Art Dixon , '24, and Simon achieved every freshman's goal: they pledged Phi Eta Sigma, national scholastic honorary for freshmen. Brademas is getting an early start as a " campus wheel": he is on the Freshman Council, and is holding down several Student Union committee memberships. Follmer and Voegeli represented the initiates in athletics; they are at present gunning for positions on the freshman baseball nine, and Follmer held down a forward position on the freshman basketball team. Pledge Segin is at present regular catcher on the freshman nine. The rest of the boys have more than held their own in I. M. sports, committee memberships, and are no slouches at the books, either.

Three new men have been pledged: Bob Lincicome, Chicago ; Bob Thwaites, Detroit, Michigan; and Dick Brown, Waukegan.

The athletes of the house, under Bruce Esmond and Bill Taylor, have kept the name of Acacia fairly high in 1-M activities. Our pride and joy all year has been our basketball team. They started the season by trouncing Phi Kappa in a game where liberal substitutions saw everyone on the Acacia squad in the line-up-yes, even pledges. The hoopsters were coached

by Ray Stone, onetime basketball player, himself. Ray was a regular on the quintet, last year, but the "old man," as the boys call him, seemed to get injured in every scrimmage session in which he took part.

Incidentally, Ray was chosen " outstanding senior" by Illinois Chapter.

Our softball team has shown marked improvement since last year, and is having very little trouble with the opponents' bats. Our bowling team, which missed the title last year by merely one frame, had some new blood, which, with the returning men, put up quite a battle.

Top items on Acacia's spring social calendar are the Spring Formal and the Spring Carnival. This latter, in which event we won two out of a possible two trophies last year, will be a collaboration affair with Delta Phi Epsilon sorority. It promises to be the biggest and best on campus, even out-doing last year's success. The traditional Feud Dance with Alpha Kappa Lambda was held at their house this year. A success, yes, but hardly equal to the one at "501" last year. At pres-

wh~reby several faculty members are in-

vited to the chapter house each month for dinner and an informal group discussion.

Pem Brown, head of the Economics department at the University, started this series.

Bill Voegeli has presented Bev Schwegel, Alpha Phi, with a ring, but the re_st of the boys have still managed to retam their pins. Some of the initiates, however, are expected to break this dry spell soon.

There have been several additions to Illinois Chapter in the past few months.

One of the more notable is the changing of cooks. When Flossie tendered her resignation because of ill health, we immediately purloined Les and Hazel Noonan from one of the other houses on campus.

They have out-done themselves with steaks and pastries, and somehow have still managed to save money for us-how, we'll never know. Another innovation is the Acacia transportation: with two Model-A's and a Chevvy of questionable ancestry and age, Acacia has taken to wheels. Illinois Chapter still has its "characters" as well as its students and athletes.

In closing, we would like to remind all alumni and members of other chapters that they are always welcome at 501 East Daniel.

JACK MAINEY

ton; Helledger Mims, Montgomery, Alabama; John Weberg, Terre Haute.

The Colonnade, our winter formal dance, was held on February 25. Most of the men and their dates went out to eat before returning to the house to dance to the music of a local orchestra. The decorations were supervised by Gerald Howard who did a superb job. All in all everyone thought the dance was really a success.

The house seems to collect more and more record albums. Instead of the traditional cigar, any man who puts out his pin buys an album of records for the house. The last album was contributed by George Mitchell who pinned Marilyn Walter, a student at Earlham College.

We are looking forward to our annual State Day with the Purdue Chapter of Acacia on March 18. At the afternoon banquet, Dr. Brenneman, an Acacia Faculty member at Indiana will speak. That night there is to be a dance for the two chapters at the Indianapolis Columbia Club.

Our intramural basketball team placed second in its league, losing only to the Pi Kappa Phi and Alpha Tau Omega. We did better, however, in handball since we placed first in the league. Volleyball is about to start and a few of the team members are getting in practice now.

That's the news for now. See you in the next issue.

ROBERT V ASS

Indiana Now that we're starting to recover from final exams, things are getting back in full swing. Most of our old men are back from last semester, but we are minus quite a few. Rick Edwards and Dave Robertson decided to take a trip to Europe, but the last we heard of them Rick was working on a television show in New York and Dave was continuing the originally planned journey. Bob Hurbaugh graduated in February and now is working for the Spiegel Company in Chicago. Keith Street transferred to Canterbury College, Dick Link to Western Michigan, and Don Rhamy to Penn State. Jack Thompson left school to work at Kokomo, Indiana, and Louis Bloom now has a job in Ft. Wayne.

You can see that our "mortality rate" was quite high for last semester, and we are depending on a pretty extensive rush program to help replace some of our old men.

The new pledges thus far are the following : Jack Clark, Syracuse; Joe Root, Vincennes; Chester Belchoir, Princeton; Dick Whinery, Ft. Wayne; Bob Marshall, Shelbyville; and Herb Carson, Wilmette, Illinois.

Many of the men that left school after the first semester also left vacancies in offices. New men elected to fill these offices were Dave Day, Senior ¡Dean; Paul Schlimmer, Junior Dean; John Peters, Sentinel; and Phil Richardson, Song Leader.

Twelve more men have made the trip from pledgehood to active status. They are the following: Dick Squier, Elwood ; Don Puterbaugh, Peru ; James Lubs, Michigan City; John Pyatt, Ft. Wayne; Bill Eastham, Farmersburg; Deane Olney, East Chicago; James Fultz, Peru; Ned Wilson, Bridgeport; Robert Distilhorst, Bloomington; George Branam, Blooming-

IOWA STATE 'Way out west in 1-0-WAY are these guys and gats who are dancin' at the western party hetd in the chapter room. It doesn't took tike square dancing.

Iowa State With finals staring them in the face, Iowa State Acacians can look back on a very busy and exciting winter quarter.

Since the last article was written we have eleven new men wearing the jeweled triangle, which brings the chapter active strength up to thirty eight, the largest it has been in several years. The new initiates are: Robert J. Young, Oak Park, Ill.; John E. Culver, Ames; Dale W. Weber, Geneseo, Ill. ; Donald G. Larson, Laurens; Neil E. Prueitt, Glidden; Wendell E. Richmond, Burlington, Wise. ; Andrew E . Ramsey, Mantsala, Finland; Hugo E. Mayer, Jr., Elizabeth, N. J.; John Baldwin Pugh, Glen Ellyn, Ill., and Professor Thomas

The Triad, Spring, 1950 Hippaka, Ames, initiated as a faculty member.

To partially fill the ranks of the pledge class we have pledged four good men, Verneil Hohonboken, William Huffman, John Sheldon, and Quentin Sundberg. To fill the vacancies left by initiation, the pledge class elected the following new officers: Don Gelhorn, President; Vern Hohonboken, Treasurer; Don Messer, Secretary, and George Feebler, Social Chairman.

In scholastic honors a good many Acacians have some new ornaments to hang on the key chain. Initiated into engineering honoraries were: John Fulkerson, Tau Beta Pi; Ron Durham, Eta Kappa Nu; Don Beigler, Keramos; and Darwin Hook, Knights of St. Patrick. Ed Barnes and Warren Oblinger were initiated into Alpha Zeta, agricultural honorary. The

71 on Marne McCartney, and Neil Prueitt on Frances Worth.

Two more good men, John Culver and John Grubb, decided to try to find the bills-! mean thrills-of wedded bliss and have taken the fatal step.

In intramurals we have one new trophy on the mantle as Andy Ramsey won the Cross-country ski meet. Acacia teams have also been active in bowling, basketball, table tennis and volleyball. The interest is now turning to softball and with our star pitcher recovered from a siege of mumps, we hope to put another trophy beside Andy's.

We are glad to see so many visitors come back to see us and hope that as many as are able will be here for our Founders Day the 12th of May. Among the more recent visitors have been Dean Platt, Tom Brown, J . Gordon Johnson, Ensign Wayne Severson, U.S.N., Harry lmus, and Gordon Cook. We like to have all the alumni back and they can be sure of a good meal of Nettie's food and some one to reminisce with.

KENNETH MAC RAE

Kansas Again it comes time to tell you the doings of the Kansas Chapter. Kansas held its Christmas Formal December 17 at the Lawrence Community Building. The hall was decorated with ten large Christmas cards hung at intervals around the walls.

KANSAS The orchestra was silhouetted through a MaTvin Liggett and Mo¡t heT Col!ieT look hapthin cloth to form another huge Christmas PY but Wayne Neilsen and Bill Van BebbeT card across the front of the stage. Sweet look tiTed and Telieved that initiation is oveTmusic and soft lighting contributed to a at the farmal banquet in honar of the initiates. delightful evening for the chapter and house is proud of the achievement of guests.

The chapter is pleased to announce the these men and they were helpful in securing us our 7th place scholastically pledging of the following new men. They are John Barker, Attica; Benjamin Rose among the 29 fraternities on campus.

January we had our annual election and III, Roswell, New Mexico; James L. McCormick, Arkansas City; and Charles the following men were appointed to fill office: Venerable Dean, Carl Anderson; Howard Washburn, Junction City. The Senior Dean, Bill Waugh; Junior Dean, pledge class officers for the spring semesJim Hogfeldt; Rush Chairman, Bill Pear- ter are Will Witt, president; Jack Allen, cy, Senior Steward, Dale Weber; Junior vice-president; Gene Carpenter, secretary; Steward, Don Keilhorn; Treasurer, Ken and Jay Smith, social chairman. At presJohnson; Secretary, Hugo Bliss; Editor, ¡ ent there are fourteen pledges.

Initiation for the fall pledge class took John Culver; Chorister, Ron Durham; Librarian, Bob Young, and TRIAD Corre- place the week end of February 12. The chapter has increased its rolls by the inispondent, Ken Mac Rae. Our initiates helped get the house in tiation of the following men: Lars Mantiptop shape by painting the upstairs and ner, Bill Thorne, Bill Griffith, Bill Linddownstairs halls and the "rec room," and strom, Jack Willis, John Hoffman, Edward with the purchase of a davenport and Taylor, Edgar Hurst, Cameron Dostie, chair we were ready for a party. During Tom Van Bebber, Sam Willcoxson, Dick Roshong, Larry Parton, Loyd Fox, and the late fall we held our Hallowe'en party and hayride as well as the traditional Clyde Williams. Following initiation cereChristmas Stag Party; then in Winter mony, the chapter honored the new iniquarter we had our two big dances, the tiates with a formal banquet. The tables Frontier Party, a western costume affair, were decorated with sprigs of Acacia and and the annual Sweetheart Party. Every- yellow tapers. Sam Willcoxson was named one pitched in and we all felt that they honor initiate.

Recently the chapter entertained the were two of the best decorated and most successful parties we had all year. Now new chapter of Alpha Phi with a dessert our plans are looking ahead to the Big dance. Alpha Omicron Pi and Acacia had One, the Spring Formal, April 22. Also an exchange dinner. Other such activities Veishea and Founders Day are fast ap- are on our calendar.

With the Inter-Fraternity Council Bill proaching.

We have been enjoying cigars quite Van Bebber has been elected to the execufrequently as Dean Lee pinned Ruth tive council and Sam Willcoxson has been Rhodes, John Fulkerson pinned Edith chosen as a new representative.

In the ROTC Dick Roshong is playing Gustafson, Bill Waugh hung his triangle on Jo Dorr, and C. Day Morris likewise in the newly organized Drum & Bugle

Corps. Tony Vandergriff is a Captain in Pershing Rifles and Dick Roshong and Sam Willcoxson are lieutenants.

Four men in the house were listed on the honor roll for the fall semester. They are Donald Anderson, School of Business ; Cameron Dostie, School of Engineering; and Marvin Liggett and Richard Garnand, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

Bill Sharpe was elected recently as pledge trainer for the Spring term. Ed Galyon was then elected to replace him as house manager. Bill Lindstrom is his assistant. Frank Clinesmith has taken over the duties of treasurer.

The Chapter was saddened by the death of Gerry Raines on the fourteenth of January. Gerry, who had not lived in the house since beginning his graduate studies and becoming an assistant in the Human Relations department at the university, was asphyxiated in his room by fumes from a gas heater. Most of the Chapter attended the funeral as a body at Perry, Kansas, Gerry's hometown.

Along the line of sports Jack Allen and Johnny Barker are out for spring football and Bill Boyle is out for track. The house has a team playing in the intramural volley ball tournament. The actives played the pledges in a basketball game and again were the victors. It was a close game and the actives came from behind to take the lead and hold it through the final minutes of the game.

The Chapter was happy to have Mr. Fred Brooks '15 to dinner recently. Dr. E. Lee Treece '15 has been made chairman of the Bacteriology Department at the university recently. The Chapter is looking forward to a large alumni turn out for the Founders Day banquet. There is a lot coming in the spring term. There'll be more in the next issue. Till thenso long.

BILL LovE

Kansas State The roaring winds and snow flurries have driven us inside, so let's try to let you in on the past, present, and future happenings here at K. State.

Donald E. Whelpley, Coldwater, Kansas, and Vash A . Rumph, Wichita, Kansas, have been added to our pledge lists. Only shortly after these boys had been pledged, Doyle E. Peaslee, Stockton, Kansas, .and Harold J . Brodrick, Holbrook, Arizona, received their jeweled pins during initiation.

Brother Earl Beaver has been elected Interfraternity Council President for the coming term. He recently represented K-State faternities at the National Interfraternity Conference in Washington, D. C., during November.

Each year the Y. M. C. A. and the Y. W. C. A. sponsor Y-Orpheum, an evening of skits provided by fraternities and sororities, to raise funds for these organizations. Out of twenty-three fraternities we were chosen with six others to present our skit. Let's all cross our fingers for "To Reveille from Reverie."

The new semester started off with a Valentine Party featuring a buffet supper and dancing. And what party would be

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72 complete without the entertainment by some pledge?

Founder's Day will be held on May 10.

It is hoped that definite action will be taken on our proposed new home. We hope to make it a big affair with several well-known dignitaries this year. Come on up, ALUMNI, and meet some of the boys you went to school with and also the active chapter.

The pledges very unceremoniously left us to entertain guests and took a sneak to Wichita on February 24-25. Their necks are still stiff from hunting L ucky Strike wrappers for the Cornell Chapter. Good Luck, Cornell; 1500 from us.

Pledges challenged the actives to a softball game March 12 but with snow on the ground it does make the game rather difficult. The evening was to be a victory celebration for the actives, but who needs a reason to celebrate?

If you've still got your pin you don't even rate. This semester the following brothers h ave lost their pins: Clif Spangler to Lola Scott, Alpha Delta Pi, Los Angeles, California; Richard Faris to Virginia Roark, Alpha Phi, Chicago, Illinois; Fred Rorck to Dorothy Harris, Blue Rapids, Kansas; John Hart to Faye Bennett, Cedarvale, Kansas.

Brothers who want to buy a ring to go with the pin are Keith Duckers, to be married Apr il 2, to Patti Jo Sippel, Topeka, Kansas; and Dean Lovendahl '49 to Betty Haley, Kappa Delta, Topeka, Kansas, early in June.

David Wylie and Mary D. Byler, Clovia, from Newton , Kansas, were married in K -State's new chapel on January 29. Following was Milton Clemens '49, now at McPherson, Kansas, to Lillian M. Olson, McPherson, Kansas, on February 25. William Sturdevant '49, former V.D. and Senior Class President, was married on February 12 to Dolores Knapp '49.

JAMES R. COLLINS

Miami Now that the second semester is well under way, the Miami Chapter is slowly settling back to normal if such a thing is possible.

As Miami is operating on a system of deferred rushing, we did not have our formal rush week until the middle of February. After five hectic days we pledged a fine group of eighteen freshmen and sophomores. The new pledges are: Bob Archer, Springfield; Jim Ball, Hamilton ; Dave Bell, London; Jack Caliguri, Cincinnati; Roger Clayton, Corinth, New York; Lee Collins, Cincinnati; Tedd Grossman, Cincinnati; Jim Hamilton, Springfield; Dave Harrod, New London; Don Horton, Middletown ; Dick Nelson, New Paris; Jerry O'Neil, Dearborn, Michigan; Bruce Ronald, Richmond, Indiana; Paul Russell, Dayton; Bob Shawen, Maumee; Ray Strohminter, Shelby; Bill Vance, Connersville, Indiana; and Sam Yaksich, Youngstown.

On March 5, Mel Christofferson, Jim Eiffert, Bob Holloway, Chuck Laughlin, and Don Seiling were initiated and received their jeweled pins. Following the initiation a breakfast honoring the new actives was held in the Colonial Room of the College Inn. We were very glad to have National Treasurer Marion Huber and Harry Rockel participate in the ceremonies.

We are sorry to lose Brother Dwight Kennedy in mid-semester graduation exercises. "Rocky" was both a charter member of the Miami Chapter and a founder of Alpha Kappa Iota. He faithfully served as treasurer for two years and did a splendid job. Good luck, Rocky!

Our new pledges have been right on the ball. In response to the request of the

brothers of the Cornell Chapter, they collected more than seven hundred Lucky Strike wrappers. Roger Clayton took top honors by turning in 120. The pledges have also decided to collect sales tax stamps to help send the active chapter to the Conclave this summer. In addition, Bob Shawen now has his own radio program on the campus station. His accordion playing compares with the best.

Newly elected officers of the chapter are: Jack Mueller, Venerable Dean ; Dave Erwin, Senior Dean; Jim Davis, Junior Dean; Mike Linn, Secretary; Herb Tullis, Treasurer; Dick Schmunk, Rush Chairman; and Tom Bonsor, Publicity Chairman. Jim Fortney is the new house manager.

Several members have been recently initiated into honoraries. They are: Herb Tullis, Phi Beta Kappa and Beta Gamma Sigma, scholastic honoraries, and Alpha Phi Omega, men's service honorary; Joe Suhr and Duane Cogswell, Epsilon Pi Tau, industrial arts; Bob Crane and Mike Linn, Phi Sigma, zoology. Also, Jim Haffner has been elected president of Pi Mu Epsilon, math honorary.

At this point in the semester several parties and open houses have been held.

Foremost among them were the "Welcome New Pledges" Party at the conclusion of rush week and an Indoor Blanket Party.

Plans for the more important social functions of the semester are as yet uncompleted. At present they include the spring formal, Founders' Day, Mothers' Day week end, and several parties with sororities.

Barbershop quartets have made a strong comeback at Miami. The "Fearsome Foursome"--John Werth, Jack Webster, Ray MacQueen, and Roger ClaytonAcacia's entry in the 1833 Club's barbershop quartet contest, may not have won a prize but they certainly won the audience's heart with their rendition of "I Had a Dream, Dear" as they performed dressed in red flannel nightshirts, white stocking caps and loafersocks to the light of candles which they carried.

Somehow when I was preparing copy for the last issue of the TRIAD I forgot to include John Werth in that select group of Miami Acacians who have pin plants.

Johnny, our retiring V . D., planted his pin on Marion Dove early last fall.

ToM BoNsOR

Michigan

MIAMI Miam.i pledge class: first TOW, left to .Tight: J im ?amiltcm, Tedd Grossman, Jerry O'Neil, BT'I.U:e R01!ald,, sect,m<L row : Bob Archer, Jtm Ball, D tck Nelscm, D ave Harrod, D on Horton, Jack Caltgun ; thtrd row: Bob Shawen, Sam Yaksich B ill Vance D ave Bell R ay Strohminger, Roger Clayton; missing from picture: Lee Collins 'and P aul RUssel! . '

After slowly recovering from the dulling shock of finals, the Michigan Chapter began the new semester with a splurge of activity.

First, of course, was rushing. The two week rushing period ended with the pledging of the following new men: Philip Daykin, Elyria, Ohio ; Theodore Daykin, also of Elyria; Clarence Mason, Jackson ; Richard Merrill, Racine, Wisconsin; James Nyberg, Chicago, lllinois ; and John Rogers, Greenville.

Upon the termination of rushing, we began the task of initiating our eleven pledges. They were: Walt Beard of Glen Ellyn, lllinois; Ted Colliau of South Pasadena, California; Tom Corsaut of Big Rap-

The Triad, Spring, 1950 ids; Jerry DesJardins of Owosso; Jim Douglas, Jr., also of Owosso; Dan Dow of Ann Arbor; Miles Letts, another Owosso representative; Jim Martin, Detroit; Hugh "Skip" Rose, Chicago, Illinois; C. Maynard "Bud" Strout, Dearborn, via Arlington, Massachusetts; and Larry Sweet, Owosso.

The social life of the new semester got off to a roaring start with the annual J-Hop week end. Friday noon twenty-eight girls moved into the house, leaving the fellows to find other accommodations as best they could. After a formal dinner at the house, the couples journeyed to the 1-M Building to dance to the music of Duke Ellington and Louis Prima. An early morning breakfast at the house ended the first big night of the week end. Saturday evening was marked by another dinner at the house followed by an informal record dance. After a delicious dinner on Sunday the girls turned the house back to the brethren. Our visitors left their thanks for a wonderful week end in the form of chairs to match the card tables that were presented by the girls of last year's J-Hop. The first house party of the semester, the "Lower Slobbovian Brawl," brought forth a wide variety of costumes among the brothers and their dates. Two weeks later, "Cowpoke Capers" arrived with a bang. The number of cap pistols and boxes of ammunition was uncountable. Needless to say, gun fights were the order of the day. At the writing of this article, plans are already under way for an "April Fool" party and a Spring formal to be held sometime in May. On the sports scene the chapter has managed to glean a fair share of glory.

In the intramural dual swimming meet our team was undefeated until the quarter-finals. The chapter's "A " basketball team did a fine job, placing third in their league. The finish of the cross-country race saw Herbie Neil in seventh place and Bill Wynn in eighth in a field of 120 contenders. In the intramural track meet Bill Wynn again came through, this time in third place in the fifty-yard dash.

Other Acacians who have brought glory to the chapter are Dave Olson, who has been made President of the Housemanager's Association, and Al Miller, who has been elected President of the Bbtany Club. Also we have received news from the University that Michigan Acacia ranked second out of forty-six on the campus in fraternity scholarship for the school year 1948-49.

So far this semester two Acacia pins have found resting places elsewhere as Lenhard "Bud" Forsberg pinned Eleanor Brockett, Alpha Gamma Delta, and Walter Conrad bestowed his upon Lois Kennedy, Delta Zeta.

In order to maintain better contact with the alumni of the chapter, we have decided to turn over our alumni files to the Stuart Howe Alumni Service. Also, an Alumni Advisory Council has recently been set up. It consists of a Chapter Advisor, a Financial Advisor, a Social Advisor, a Rushing Advisor, a Scholarship Advisor, an Alumni Contact Advisor, a Building Advisor, a Publications Advisor, and a Campus Activities Advisor. The Council was formed for the purpose of

73 having a permanent list of men to whom we of the chapter could turn for advice upon any problem. We are certain that these advisors, who are all alumni of this chapter, will be able to offer sage advice to us all.

LARRY SwEET

MICHIGAN Archie Lubeck and Kathleen Rose display ing the current Slobbovian attire at the chapter' s recent costume party.

Minnesota Sheepskins raise havoc with the Minnesota chapter roll. Two Acacians were graduated on March 16: Robert Johnson, B.A. in journalism, and Merlyn Timmerman, B.B.A. June graduation takes seven more: David Dinham and Burt Swanson, B.B.A.; ¡ L. Dale Maciver, LL.B.; David Newman, B.S. in statistics; David Moffit, B.A. in journalism; Alvar Elbing, B.A. in radio-journalism; Karn Ridlington, B.S. in forestry ; and Elliot Dick, B.S. in bacteriology.

Seven were initiated on January 8: Ronald Pontinen and John Schroeder, Duluth; Harold Michie and Lee Spencer, Montevideo ; Wally Dyste and Ridlington, Minneapolis ; and Glaydon Kern, Still- ¡ water.

Candidates for initiation on April 2 were: Murray Mahan and Jim Pohtilla, Hibbing ; Ed Frye, Stillwater; Jim Finlayson, Minneapolis; David Anderson, Grantsburg, Wisconsin; and George Benson, Superior, Wisconsin.

Jule Kvamme, business junior of Cloquet, Minnesota, was elected Venerable Dean on February 6. Other new officers include Richard Johnson, Senior Dean; Ollie Clubb, Junior Dean; Burt Swanson, treasurer; and Donald Swanson, steward. Because of illness, Mrs. Lillian Marsky was replaced by Mrs. Mary Engstrom, of Two Harbors, Minnesota, as cook.

Acacians recently acquiring positions on campus include David Newman, M i nnesota Daily circulation manager; Ed Frye, president of the Y.M.C.A. Fresh-

man Fellowship; Robert Kaul, Business Day Committee; and Wayne Harmala, University tank letterman who took firstplace honors in the 220 breast-stroke in the Nebraska meet.

The social calendar for the winter quarter was enjoyably crowded. A Valentine's Day dinner and party was held in the chapter house, and the annual InterFraternity ball, held in the Nicollet Hotel ballroom on February 21, was preceded with a formal dinner in the house.

Dinners were exchanged with the Gamma Phi Beta and Zeta Tau Alpha sororities, and the quarter was dotted with a series of skiing and skating parties.

The spring quarter calendar read as follows : annual Formal, April 22 in the White Pine Inn at Bayport, Minnesota; Founders' Day Banquet, May 15 in the Dykeman Hotel ; and the annual canoe party on the St. Croix River and the Iron Cross banquet, the dates of which have not been determined at time of writing. Best-story-teller Kvamme has held the Iron Cross for two years.

The Acacia Quartet, whose barber shop harmony has won it fame on sorority row, was broken up with baritone Timmerman's graduation in March. June graduation takes two more nremlbers.

Bass Jim (boom-boom) Pohtilla is the only veteran. Since a quartet is now a must in the Minnesota chapter, new singers are being broken in to take over next year.

Number one on the quartet's hit parade was "Those Wedding Bells Are Breaking Up That Old Gang of Mine," dedicated to four Acacians who hit the dust this summer. They and their to-be's are: Elliot Dick and Joan Mahew, Delta Delta Delta; Orrin Haugen and Marilyn Dixon, Alpha Omicron Pi; David Moffitt and Phyllis Frisk, Hibbing; and Merlyn Timmerman and Priscilla Brank, Chisholm, Minnesota.

A pleasant summer is the wish of Minnesota Acacians for their brethren throughout the nation. DAVID MoFFITT

Nebraska Greetings to all Acacians once again from the Nebraska chapter, and particularly to our new brothers at New Hampshire. Welcome to the family of Acacia chapters.

Our pledging program has been continuing at a pleasing pace since the last issue of the TRIAD came out, and coupled with the mid-year graduation of a couple of our actives, our latest pledging increased our pledge class so that it now outnumbers the active chapter! The new pledges are James Ward from Omaha ; Kent Komarek from Hebron; Richard Jackson from Omaha; Robert Hattan from Lincoln; Gordon Francis from Bellevue; Eugene Fischbach from Omaha ; James Engh from Lincoln ; Donald Cunningham from Tekamah; and Frank Allen from Pierce. A pledge class election was held which revealed the following officers: Orval Conner, president; Kent Komar ek, vice president; Don Chang, secretary; and Jim Engh, treasurer.

The chapter's activities under the lead-

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NEW HAMPSHIRE -< Carni val w eek end was this elephant with ChapteT entry in t h e snow- sculp ture Con t est vJ a monkey sliding down its trunk.

ership of social chairman Milt Grobeck, have been picking up, since the usual quiet during finals at the end of the fall semester. The Valentine party was thoroughly enjoyed by everyone concerned, and plans are rolling along now for the two big dates coming up next; the initiation of six pledges and the alumni banquet scheduled for March 25, and the spring formal on April 29.

Publication of the traditional Nebraska chapter paper, The Asp, has lately been resumed, with the third issue just off the press. We are glad to see the old chapter publication reestablished; Don Loy as editor, with the able assistance of Al States and "Pat" Allen, is doing a commendable job.

Don Tipton left the chapter at the end of the fall semester to take work in Illinois. "Tip" did a great deal of the work involved in bringing Acacia back to the Nebraska campus, and as colony president and our first Venerable Dean he guided us through the difficult times preceding and immediately following our reinstallation. Our best wishes certainly follow Don in his new work. Lost also at mid-year through graduation was Ted Rarick. Ted was one of the installation initiates and did a good job as Senior Dean and social chairman while he was with us.

One more pinning has occurred since the last issue . The lucky man is your correspondent, and his jeweled triangle is now being worn by Iris Wells.

That's all for this time, be seeing you in the next issue.

ROBERT STENHOFF

New Hampshire Things h ave really been popping here at New Hampshire since the announcement of our birth. We h ave performed an initiation, become k eepers to an elep han t, held a pledging ceremony, plugged Acacia on the r adio, offic ially become owners of a house, and have even found

time to hold an election. At the same time we have continued our very active rushing program.

We started the year off right by initiating a group of alumni and faculty men into the brotherhood of Acacia. This was our first initiation, and while the ceremony still has much room for improvement on our part, valuable lessons were learned by all those who participated in it.

The big week end here is Carnival Week End. For three full days books are forgotten. Highlighting the festivities the judging of snow sculptures, the Carnival Ball and house dances on the evening followlng the ball. A winter circus was this year's carnival theme, so our contribution, under the capable direction of Jack Baker, we carved a massive elephant with a monkey skiing down its trunk.

This week we combined pledging with our Carnival Week-end house party. Immediately preceeding a dance cleverly arranged by Dick Hendrickx and Rod Steele, we held our pledge ceremony. Following this we enjoyed a ski-boot dance, complete with bales of hay for seats and refreshments packed in snow, finally climaxing an eventful evening with a long-to-be-remembered cotton-batting "snow ball" fight. Being strong believers in pledge training, we permitted (!!) the pledges to clean up after the party. The fourteen new wearers of the black and gold button here at New Hampshire are: John Brooks, Hampton; Richard Shapleigh, Old Greenwich, Conn.; Robert Barrows, Concord; Charles Connelly, Laconia ; William Croft, Concord ; Richard Dewing, Tewksbury, Mass. ; Ross Hall, Amherst; Robert Johnson, Manchester; John Kooistra, North Andover, Mass.; William Lothrop, Exeter; 0. Conrad Trulson, Loudon ; George Tsirimokos, Manchester; Everett Webber, Concord; Ody sseus Gabardina, Manchester. Pledge officers are: President, Dick Shapleigh; vicepr esident, Charlie Connelly; secretary, Connie Trulson ; and treasurer, Bob Barrows.

Recently, at a unique "house" break-

fast (held in a classroom) Acacians were interviewed by representatives of the local radio workshop. Valuable publicity was received by both Acacia Fraternity and its members. An end to this houseless situation is now in sight, for our building corporation has just officially purchased a house from a holding group of five alumni, and definite steps are being taken for its renovation. The occupants of the house have bEen given eviction notices, and contractors are now being contacted. If present plans prevail, New Hampshire will have its house by fall!

In the midst of these activities we have also had elections. New officers are: Venerable Dean, Jack Baker; Senior Dean, Sam Matson ; Junior Dean, Dick Hendrickx ; Recording Secretary, Don Hellberg; and Treasurer, Charlie Hamilton.

When this new suite of officers takes over it will end a year never-to-be-forgotten by present Venerable Dean Dick Stevens.

Dick was the first student to know anything about Acacia here at New Hampshire. He is directly responsible for a great deal of Acacia's progress and deserves much credit for his hard work.

Oh yes, regarding pinnings and engagements : only one man has taken the fatal step here since we were last heard from.

Future Venerable Dean Jack Baker, from Hudson, N. H ., encircled Lois Olso.n's ring finger with a diamond at Christmas. Lois, a senior, is from Marlboro, N. H .

I guess this covers most of the highlights of the past two and one-half months.

If anyone has a mountain they wish converted to a mole hill, just write us.

CARL A . QUIMBY

Northwestern Things are bad all over . . final week looms ahead of us, but luckily just beyond that is spring vacation. Heard over the overtones of groans and moans are plans for vacation . . . proving we have a few optimists left.

Working hard to keep the chapter house spick and span . . . and supplied with firewood are two new conquests of open rushing. Dick Nodorp, Park Ridge, Ill., and Don Lund, Berwyn, Ill., both of Tech, are busy learning pledge lessons and trying to obey study hours despite the lure of TV. Late in January, 15 initiates somehow survived initiation ceremonies and received their pins. The new brothers are Bill Baker, Hazleton, Pa.; Bob Baraban, New York City ; Ted Beckerman, St. Louis, Mo. ; Wendell Cantwell, Harvey ; Norman Ehinger, Palm Beach, Fla. ; John Graef, Chicago; Tom Haynes, Indianapolis, Ind. ; Ward Kennedy, North Liberty, Ind.; Cliff Kong, Honolulu, T . H.; Donn Mills, Indianapolis; Dick Plunkett, Burlingame, Calif. ; Dick Poppe!, Chicago ; Dick Robinson, Rockford ; Jim Struif, Alton ; and Bill Wood, Evanston.

Perhaps the happiest person following initiation was our cook, Mrs. Boyd, whose gleaming white kitchen showed the effect of convict . . . uh, initiate labor.

Well-scrubbed walls, clean floors, and

The Triad, Spring, 1950 shining pipes testified to the willing efficiency of the hopefuls.

Election time has come and gone . . . leaving us with new officers. Ben Hill was chosen Venerable Dean, succeeding Claude Sowle, who served very capably in the office for a full year. Other officers elected were Cliff Kong, Senior Dean; Dick Wagner, Junior Dean ; and Royce Blair, Rushing Chairman. Paul Groat was unanimously re-elected Treasurer and House Manager.

Intramural sports slumped this quarter, except for bowling. A new trophy took its place on the living room mantle when Acacia bowlers took a title in the intramural bowling league. Sparked by Frank Hulka with a season average of 170 and John Jansen with 169, the team swept to an 18-3 win-loss record. All school play-offs are scheduled for next quarter . . in the swimming tank Frank H]..llka and Dick Poppe! showed their unforgettable styles . . . brother Hulka favors a modified dogpaddle and Popple a porpoise style . . . our basketball team was humbled by a win 3lose 4 record, despite the efforts of our drum corps in the person of pledge George Anderson.

Spring vacation, now a few days off, will see golfers Cliff Kong and Frank Hulka, Herb Grayson and John Jansen, breaking out the clubs and getting into shape . . . when the snow and slush clears, brothers Bill Posegate, John Jansen, and brother Hulka will let fly with the spinning horseshoes.

Early in February the Mothers' Club tea gave the brothers a chance to express their gratitude tO' the mothers . . .

John Jansen deserves credit for the fine planning that made the event a success.

Stuffed dogs, souvenir programs, and a serenade spotlighted our Black and Gold Formal held in Chicago one cold winter night in January. Brother Gene Pflughaupt, who was in charge of the affair outdid himself in creating the festive spirit in which the brethren serenaded recently pinned couples John Jansen and Donna Ruh, Lee Hamilton and Shirley Lass . . . two weeks later we rolled out the chapter "still," "ye olde outhouse," and the jugs of cider for the annual moonshine party . . . later in the quarter we traveled to the Fireside for our Valentine Party, a semi-formal shindig planned by the new Senior Dean, Dick Wagner . . . climaxing the social activities this quarter was Glenn Wagner's brainstorm, a theater party, complete with uniformed ushers Don Mills and Jim Struif, a Hollywood production, and . . . of course, popcorn. Our flashing marquee outside attracted much attention as it flashed out ACACIA THEATER in red letters.

The good . . . or bad tidings are in on scholarship for the Fall quarter . . . the chapter ranks fourth among fraternities on campus, sixth among all University houses.

Missing pins are brothers Norman Ehinger and Paul Groat. Ehinger to Cara Strong, Chi Omega; Groat to Joanne Hunter, Alpha Xi Delta . . . snow has postponed our serenades in the south quads, but with spring almost here there should be song in the air.

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OHIO M ~eMw. Initiates at Ohio University. Seated le·f t to Tight: Bob Cappel Bit! O'Brien Jack Hart e . thal; sec:ond row: H. R . Co!! ins, Henry Macuga Duana Russet! 'George Marek · third row : Pht~ Efland, Btl! Ke!!y, Lee Reynolds, Fritz Kodes , and: John E!!enwood. (Photo by Gene We!!s.)

Brother Cliff Kong has been elected Treasurer of the Freshman Council . . .

Cliff is making a solid name for himself and for the fraternity on campus.

We had our share of drama late one Saturday night when Theta Xi pledges crept into the house to kidnap "Red" Sowle . . . and carried off pledge George Anderson by mistake. On a second raid a few hours later, Brother Sowle put up such a good fight that several of the Sowle-nappers were seen nourishing bruises . . . incidentally, Red has a new title, he is now "fire marshall" .

"Father" Herb Grayson is erupting with pride these days. His three pledge sons, Ben Hill, Royce Blair, and Cliff Kong, were elected to chapter offices . . .

"Guns" Wagner is now Northwestern's leading bull-shooter. He is captain of the Rifle Team and hits the target pretty regularly, we understand.

On the publications lineup, Brother Claude Sowle continues plugging away as Business Manager of the Daily, Paul Doebler hammers out the wire page as Telegraph Editor . . . now with pictures, what? . . . Brother Plunkett is now Assistant Desk Editor of the Daily . . .

Don Ansel keeps busy as Profile Business Manager.

Joe Wilson, recently named President of the Sports Broadcasters Association in Chicago, was among the many who turned out for the Alumni Dinner. Also present was Russ Lund who witnessed the formal pledging of his son, Don . . .

Hal Schwappach, who graduated at the end of the Fall quarter, reports marriage plans from St. Paul, Minnesota, where he is now working . . . before closing this epistle, we wish to thank Roy Clark once again for all the aid and advice

he has given us . . . orchids to a grand guy . . . that's about all from Evanston ; we'll see you next summer.

DICK PLUNKETT

Ohio The Ohio Chapter opened the second semester of school with the election of new officers, initiation of thirteen men, and pledging of nineteen future Acacians.

The new leaders are: Bob Forsythe, Venerable Dean ; Russel Thomas, Senior Dean; Lee Reynolds, Junior Dean; Mel Johnson, Treasurer; Charles Steinmetz, Secretary. Jerry Bowman was elected Corresponding Secretary and Foster Ewing was appointed Steward. The new house manager is Walter Dahl.

The new "Wearers of the Jeweled Triangle" are Bob Cappel, Bill O'Brien, ,Jack Hart, Mel Mihal, Phil Efland, H. R. Collins, Bill Kelly, Henry Macuga, Lee Reynolds, Duane Russell, Fritz Kodes, George Marek, and John Ellenwood.

The new pledges are : Alf King from Fremont, Lynn Wagstaff from Galion, Charles Reitz from Steubenville, Dick Perkins from Hicksville. From Woodsfield are Jack Pore and Ron Christman, Jr. From Columbus are Web Nestor and Don Friend. From Lorain are Bill Bickel and Gerald Prucka. The pledge class also includes: Ron Walters from Whitestone, N. Y., Lee Gibson from Cleveland, Arlan Bryne from Lyndhurst, Charles Green from Wellington, Ed Curtis from Proctor· vill~, Bob Householder from Wellston, Eugene Elsass from Anna, John Moorehouse from Canton, and Don Russell from Newcomerstown.

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76 On Friday the 13th, the pledges had a "Come as you are" party for the actives. The week preceding the party was notable for the wide grins of the pledges as they presented the summons to the actives. The house was decorated in a weird, ghostly atmosphere. During the party, the pledges presented the fraternity a cut-glass punch bowl and three dozen cut-glass cups. The social calendar has been keeping the members busy with major campus dances, exchange dinners and tea dances. Our next big social event will be our annual "King Solomon's Ball" to be held on April 29th.

During the recent initiation of new members, we were aided by Rex Marshall, '49, and Jack Griffith, P enn State '39. Both of these men are with the McBee Company and were in Athens for schooling. Another recent visitor was George Croyle. We certainly enjoyed having the traveling secretary with us.

Recent engagements included former V.D. Paul Dornbusch, '49 to Marge Toby.

Paul is now working in Ft. Wayne, Indiana, with General Electric. Jim Walsh recently presented a ring to Ann Irons, a graduate of Kent State. Jim also should be congratulated as being chosen as our "Outstanding Senior." Doug Steebner presented Dee Winters with a ring and George Otto also gave one to Betty Ewing.

Athletic chairman, Bill Kelly, is busy getting the volleyball and softball teams in shape for the coming season. Our winter teams in basketball and bowling were only mediocre. Ken Coe is busy formulating plans for the Athens County Junior Olympics which will be held at the O.U. stadium on May 27,1950. WALTER DAHL

Ohio State Again we are about to wind up a successful quarter here at Ohio State. Since our last article in TRIAD we have pledged 11 new men. They are George Baird, Middletown; Robert Bond, Marion; Pete Groff, Berea; Robert Henning, Hamilton; George Herrick, Monroe; Tyge Irskins, Columbus; Roger Sapp, Lakewood ; Jim Stauch, Columbus; Jim Walker, Lima; Scott Wholaver, Columbus; and Paul Utley, Jeffersonville, Indiana.

The new actives in the chapter are Theodore and William Korsgren, Columbus; Dick Smeltzer, Gallipolis ; Russel Samuels, Niles; Jack Frost, Kenton; Charles Hummel, Trenton, N. J.; Richard Pugh, Weston; and Jim Walker, Lima.

Several of the rooms have received a face lifting during the quarter. The southeast study room was painted pale blue to match the eyes of the moose head mounted over the fireplace. The front middle room is tan and green. One wall has a white background with very prominent brown stripes. The study room in the basement was also painted light blue with a light grey ceiling. The painting of our housemother's room and the kitchen took a more conservative aspect.

The mantle in the living room proudly supports a clock donated by Don Wallace in memory of his deceased brother,

Dick. Both were active members of the chapter.

Social Chairman Elmer Jacob has been doing a very commendable job. The Beaux Arts Ball, a "come as you like it" costume dance, was the highlight of winter activities. It was a joint affair with Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity. On March 10, the men stomped their feet to the tune of square dance music at the Willow Recreation Park. The square dance was the last big fling of the quarter.

The Acacia Mothers' Club sponsm;ed a games party at the house for the purpose of furthering house improvements.

Chances were sold on baskets of food, cakes, etc. The prizes were donated by members of the Mothers' Club. Entertainment was in the form of bingo, card games, and fortune telling by one of our more talented members, Ray Pettys, recently returned from University of Grenoble, France. Mrs. T . Y. Korsgren was chairman of the party. Judge and Mrs. Fred Donnally, President of Acacia Co.; Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Lawrence, Treasurer of Acacia Co.; Mr. and Mrs. Carl Senn, Secretary of Acacia Co.; Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Otstot, and Dr. and Mrs. Whitacre, Chapter advisor, were present at the party. Traveling Secretary George Croyle also paid us a visit.

Several of our men have gotten into the spotlight on campus. "Chuck" Hummel was chosen president of the Freshman Fraternity Council. He previously held the office of F .F .C. Secretary. Jim Stauffer and " Chuck" Hummel attended a banquet sponsored by Sphinx, honoring students who are very active in campus affairs. On November 27, Dick Durfee climbed out of his sail boat clutching an engraved cup. Dick won the cup at the Annual Northwestern University Invitational Intercollegiate Dinghy Regatta and helped put Ohio State on the list for the next race. . Spring is here and, as usual, Cupid Is again at work. Dave Williams from Youngstown, is engaged to Patti Pfeifer of Westerville. Pinned and stuck is Bob Thompson from Rudolph. The lucky girl is Gloria Wood also from Rudolph.

Jack Frost is pinned to Mae Heilman.

Fred Medley will say farewell to the land of La Cucaracha. He will return to Ohio State and his fraternity brothers to start spring quarter after a term at the Mexico City College in Mexico. Fred is a Junior in Arts and Sciences College.

Mom is the word. Our greatest addition to our clan this quarter is our new house mother, Mrs. Bradshaw of Columbus, Ohio. She is doing a wonderful job and we are very proud of her. Mom, our hats are off to you.

JAMES WALKER

Oklahoma The Oklahoma Chapter has pledged five men since the last TRIAD news was written. They are: L . D. Tadlock Norman; Arthur Heath, Oklahoma City'; Ronald Hanska, Yukon; John Shinn, Oklahoma City; and Louis Miller Oklahoma City. ' Initiation was held for sixteen men on the fifth of March. The alumni visitors

to this initiation commented that this group of initiates was one of the finest that they had ever seen and our chapter is inclined to agree with them. These initiates are: J. B. Beaird, Norman; Don Cohlmia, Waynoka; Brian Conaghan, Tonkawa; Conrad Couch, Marlow ; Allan Fowler, Oklahoma City; Richard Hargis, Oklahoma City; Dwight Hixon, Oklahoma City; Don Holley, Mangum; Glen Kezer, Okemah ; Milton Laird, Oklahoma City ; John Rutherford, Tulsa; Jimmie Simmons, Ringling; Bill Steel, Mangum; Joe Stevens, Ashdown, Arkansas; Wayne White, Vinita; and Dr. John E. Fellows, Norman. The last named initiate, Dr. John E. Fellows, is the Dean of Admissions and Records here at the university.

The Acacia Oriental Ball, the oldest annual costume ball at the University of Oklahoma, was held on the eleventh of March. Our living room held a sacrificial altar, Samoan tappa cloth drapes, a five foot plaster of paris Buddha, and a twenty-five foot Chinese dragon. The dining room was decorated to simulate a Chinese garden, including a large goldfish pond and rock garden. We had an opium den in the basement with an eerie smoking fountain in the passageway leading to it. The fountain gave many of the girls a shock as there were several imitation snakes and lizards placed in and around it.

The dinner consisted of authentic Chinese food served on low tables, around which we sat in the oriental fashion.

After the dinner we danced to the music of the Sophisticates. The entire evening was considered a great success by the group of more than 160 people who attended the ball.

Our Acacia Mothers' Club, organized last spring, has been a great help to the chapter. They have donated two lamps for the powder room and are presently buying us some silver service for the dining room.

Bill Hathaway, Don Kahler, Glenn Kezer, and Jimmie Simmons are four members who were recently selected to receive the title of B.M.O.C. (Big Man On Campus) . These men are selected by a faculty board on the basis of personality, scholarship, and outstanding activities.

Pledge Louis Miller is the master of ceremonies for the engineer's show this year and groaners Glenn Kezer and Jimmie Simmons have solo spots in it. Conrad Couch, also a groaner, had a number in the ''Sooner Scandals" variety show this year. Strictly talent in this house! And speaking of talent, Don Cohlmia, the Oklahoma Chapter's ivory tickler, now gives a fifteen-minute piano concert over radio station KUVY every Tuesday night.

Member pins are conspicuously absent from seven more members of this chapter since last I set pen to the writing of the TRIAD news. Tom Ballew from Coffeyville, Kansas, -los.t his pin to Jerry Bob Bex, Mangum; Jim Gallaher, Oklahoma City, to Dixie Clower, Alpha Delta Pi from Wewoka; Don Kahler, Oklahoma City, to Betty Dennis, Alpha Delta Pi from Tulsa; Ralph Moore, Vinita, to Norman Ray, Alpha Chi Omega from Grove; Herman Hager, Hardtner, Kansas, to Patty Katz, McAlester; Ron Wesner, Cor-

The Triad, Spring, 1950 dell, to Sammy Zeigler, Ft. Worth, Texas; and Don Peters, Hobart, to Carolyn Brower, Hobart. Don Peters, incidentally, is now the Illustrious Master of the Norman Council and is in the consistory degree team at the Guthrie consistory. In reference to the number of our brothers losing their pins in the last few weeks, I wonder if it is this spring weather that we have had of late? Who knows? I guess time will tell. GENE CRUTCHFIELD

Oklahoma A. & M. The time has come to inform the brother chapters of Acacia what we at Oklahoma A. & M. have done since the winter issue of the TRIAD was published.

A new pledge gained in our expansion program is Dale Eugene Branstetter, '53, Pryor, Okla.

Candidates for the trials and tribulations of initiation, to be held March 17th, are Lyle Dean Canfield, Oklahoma City; Robert Lee Clodfelter, South Haven, Kansas ; Keith Hubert Jech, Kingfisher; Thomas Paul Keys, Tulsa ; Glenn Dean Knight, Dill City; John Edmond Lothers, Jr., Stillwater; Jerome Brooks Martin, Bethany; Bobby Louis McGehee, Enid; Irvin Lee Piersall, Shattuck; Arthur Martin Schmidt, Stillwater; Byron Todd, Tulsa; Carl Lavelle Wettig, White City, Kansas; Clardie Arlie White, Jr., Seminole, and Harry Edward Wickes, Oklahoma City.

The members and pledges gave the house a large mirror to be placed over the mantle in the living room.

We of the active chapter haven't been alone in our striving to get ahead. Our hats are off to Mrs. Harnden and the Mothers' Club, with a little aid from the wives of alumni and members, who with a great deal of effort managed to make new drapes for our living room and dining room. The alumni association has purchased a complete set of new steel dining chairs, a new living room rug and a new floor lamp for the living room.

All the added furniture and equipment has given us a quite presentable home.

The volleyball team is doing quite well with four wins, one loss and four games to be played. The team deserves a vote of approval since they have won volleyball games against varsity tennis and basketball champions.

The most important feat we have accomplished is the boost we gave to our grade point this past semester. We members gained from twelfth to sixth place of the twenty fraternities on the campus.

The pledges with the intense prodding from member Duane Routh came out in fifth place over a twentieth place position the previous semester.

The pledges have begun a series of dance classes for members and pledges who haven't attained the art of dancing and, with the able assistance of Mrs. John Grimsley, are improving their techniques quite rapidly.

Social plans for the future include exchange dinners with other fraternities and sororities on the campus, a picnic at Yost Lake, our annual Triangle Ball al; Tulsa, Okla., and the Founders' Day Ban-

77 quet to be held April 2nd in Stillwater.

The alumni and their wives have formed a social and business organization for the betterment of the active chapter and in order that they may be more closely related in their work. The members of the organization meet at the chapter house once a month for a social get-together.

John Maddox gave the pledges quite a time following Christmas vacation when he came back to school without his pin.

The lucky girl is Miss Bettie Whitman, Hendrix College, Conway, Arkansas.

Our hostess, Mrs. Thomas, was very ill during the months of December, January and the first half of February. We are very happy to have her back and in good health.

Election of officers was held at the beginning of the present semester; the officers elected were as follows: Lyndon Duane Eaton, Venerable Dean; Thomas Clay Hayden, Jr., Senior Dean ; Roger Harnden, Junior Dean; Beal Kennedy Snodgrass, Secretary; Guy Blake Hedrick, House Manager-Treasurer, and Duane C. Routh, TRIAD correspondent.

Our new chapter advisor is Master Sergeant Louis E. Herrick, of the military department on the campus. Sergeant Herrick is one of our faculty members and also was installed recently as Worshipful Master of the local Masonic Lodge.

Some of the many honors bestowed upon members of the present pledge class are the raising of Clardie A. White, Jr., Seminole, to the thirty-second degree in the Scottish Rite at McAlester, and the invitations received by Martin Schmidt and John Edmond Lothers, Jr., to join the honorary freshman scholastic fraternity, Phi Eta Sigma.

To the older members of our chapter comes the news that our former hostess, Mrs. Craig, is improving in health since her recent long illness.

Graduating brothers this spring will include Harvey Chester Abrams, Cleveland;

Kenneth Niel Cox, Tulsa; Vernon Howard Jarrell, Stillwater; H orace Calvin Maples, Healdton; John Edgar Maddox, Rose Bud, Arkansas; Kenneth K . Havenstrite, Stillwater; Emmett Milton Peterson, Oklahoma City, and Donald P iersall, Shattuck. Our wish for your luck goes with you and may success attend your undertakings.

DUANE C. ROUTH

Oregon State The coming of spring term marks the beginning of our third year of reactivation at the Oregon State Chapter of Acacia. Graduation in June will take from us all of the house officers who have served dur ing the last year. Outstanding is Rex Beeman who has served the fraternity ever since reactivation. He was instrumental in t he initial group and did much of the thankless paper work necessary to reestablish Acacia on our campus. Following a term as secretary he was elected Venerable Dean last year and distinguished himself by his able leadership in developing strong policies for the chapter operation.

Jim Sampson, House Manager, and Bill Gunther, Treasurer, both worked from reactivation days. They put in many extra hours in getting the chapter economy on a stable basis during a period of growth and change.

Terry Hercher, Senior Dean and Rushing Chairman, has added to our house over half of its present population.

Eric Robathan, Junior Dean, led us in a truly enticing program of social events and won the cooperation of every man to work just a bit harder to make each function the best on the campus. Not only has Eric been an active man about the house but he also served this last year as president of Canterbury Club, a church group.

Howard Kinzey, Secretary, faithful and

OREGON STATE OregCYn St ate Acacians gath er ed at Chri s Gabrie l ' s house fCYr their annual N ew Y ear's Party.

Mrs. G. and Chris are seated, the third and f ourth f r om t h e l eft.

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78 efficient in record k eeping, correspondence and maintaining our chapter in good relations will be missed next year.

Our expansion program for the winter quarter has netted us seven new pled?es who will move in to th e h ouse sprmg term . They a r e: Wayne Chezem, '52 in engineering an d from Cottage Grove ; Russ P arkinson, '52 in education and fr om Corvallis; Lawren ce Beck, '52 in fo restry and from Rainie r ; Roger Giles, '51 in lower division liberal arts from Goble; Hugh Hickerson, '52 in Agriculture from Dallas, Oregon ; Bill Ploewse, '52 in business and technology from Portland ; Frank Hoffma n, '52 in business and technology from Myrtle Point.

Three men took the hazardous jour-. ney the b eginning of this t erm and now wear the jeweled pin. All are from Oregon : Rober t J . Her cher, Roseburg, business and technology; Don Lindquist, Corvallis, science; John Olson, Albany, fores try.

We postponed the date of our costume dance so tha t it would coincide with the da te of "Night on the Nile" dance planned by the western chapters this last summer at the regional conclave. Our winter formal called the "Sweethearts Serenade," commemorated St. Valentines Day. Entertainment at "half time" was by the "Cupidaires" featuring Rex Beeman, Chuck Greenlund, Jim Sampson, and Jack Shearer. The pledges took over and entertained the actives at the fireside. The theme of the function was, "Tieless Ty Tyler," (swiped from the "Snuffy Smith" comic strip). Jack (California) Pimental took first place for the loudest necktie.

Our social program hasn't been in vain.

John Olson will be married to Miss Shirley Parker of Albany, Oregon, on March 18. Murry Dumas and Daryl Davis tie for second place in that they both lost their pins.

We have been busy this term with work parties. Any spare time between lessons and social activities was utilized for the benefit of the house. Under Ross Ten Eyck's logging guidance we topped, felled and bucked the great Norwegian spruce which was in our side yard. We now have several years supply of fireplace wood.

The stump was tediously removed by hand, and the slash from the tree burned for days in a huge trash fire. We also made a ping pong table and have remodeled part of the basement to accommodate it.

Though somewhat hampered by weather conditions Dad's Day brought a good turnout of fathers to the house. Saturday, February 4, provided campus wide entertainment for them. Evening dinner was held with the dads as guests of honor followed by the Oregon State-University of Washington basketball game in the new Gill Coliseum.

Spring term is shaping up to a very busy session. We plan to put in a new lawn along with other work about the yard. Then we have elections and initiation to do. High School Senior Week End which is an all school pre rushing program will fill the house with prospective pledges April 14 and 15. The 22nd and 23rd we are having a Masonic Open House in conjunction with the state wide DeMalay conclave which is to be held in

Corvallis at that time. April 30 is Founders Day when the house trophies will be awarded for scholarship and merit. At the Founders Day Banquet speeches will be delive red for our new Ferdinand cup.

Mother's Day will be May 5 and at that time mothers will hold election of new office rs.

With theSE> extra activities we will have the "Night on the Nile" as planned, hoping that it may some day become a national fraternity affair distinctive of Acacia.

Exchange dinners, firesides and a possible retreat to the beach is planned.

Chris Gabriel, National Secretary, received the DeMolay Legion of Honor recently. Ted Pimm and Howard Kinzey received their Master Mason degrees at the Corvallis Lodge on March 19.

DAviD MAcCaLLUM

Penn State The following officers were elected January 9: Venerable Dean, William C. Dietz, Fra nklin; Senior Dean, Jack Wagr:;,er, Hazleton; Junior Dean, Thomas Schreffler, Phillipsburg; Secretary, George Frycklund, Hastings; Treasurer, Jerry Barrho, Port Allegheny ; Rushing Chairman, Alan Lehman, Girard; and Alumni Secretary, Robert Freeborough, Youngsville.

On March 12 we initiated Charles Hable, New Cumberland; Robert Calder, Philadelphia ; George Ripple, Washington, D . C.; Alfred M. Wilson, Wyoming; Roland Hansen, Bridgeport; Daniel L. Bah-

alumni took first and second place in the North-South play and in the East-West play the active chapter took first place and the alumni took second place. After the contest the pledges served luncheon.

We held our Fall Pledge Dance on January 21. The house was decorated with calendars from many sources ; we called it a Date Dance.

The only intramural sport right now is basketball ; our record to date is two wins and four losses. At present we are planning to enter a wrestling team.

EDWARD T. RucH

Purdue Soon after the second semester started at Purdue a number of the boys joyfully discarded their lowly name of pledge and took their place as neophytes, for on Sunday March 5, seven new members were added to the list of actives. Their names, schools, and home addresses are: Herschel' M. Hunt, Agriculture 4, Lafayette; James S . Volkel, Pharmacy 3, Chicago, Illinois ; Ralph M. Hayes, Physical education 4, Oakland City ; Richard W. Rupert, Aeronautical Engineering, New Kensington, Pa.; Howard H . HanEs, Engineering 2, Kendallville; Joseph L . Hostetler, Jr., Engineering 2, Zionsville ; and Herbert K. O'Y oung, Pharmacy 2, Chicago, Illinois.

Four new men, Paul R. Collier, Electrical Engineering 4, Gary; Kelvin D. Green, Engineering 2, Indianapolis ; Robert C. Luce, Engineering 1, Oak Park,

PURDUE Pu rdue Chapter's " Gay N ineties" party he!d during the month of January . The house w as decorat ed !ik e a bar, at w h i ch root beer was dispensed.

cock, Philadelphia ; and Robert Goodman, Reading.

This semester we pledged Robert Miller, Reading; Ernest Skipper, Tyrone ; Wayne Williams, Franklin ; Arthur Woodard, Youngsville; Harry Ankeny, Johnst own, and Merlin Miller, Harrisburg.

On January 13 we entertained our alumni with a card party. In bridge the

Illinois; and David T. Ormesher, Air .Transportation Engineering 3, New Kensington, Pa., have been pledged to make a total of fifteen pledges at the present time.

On March 18 the Purdue Chapter met with the boys from Indiana University and representatives from several Acacia chapters for the annual State Day Ban-

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quet with our alumni. The banquet and program were held at the Claypool Hotel at Indianapolis, and we moved over to the Columbia Club for the dance held later that evening. As a part of the competition between Purdue and I. U., we presented a floor show based on typical gay nineties entertainment. Several of the acts had been used previously as entertainment for a costume party at the chapter house. For the second time in a row the Purdue Chapter was awarded the sarcophagus trophy on the basis of entertainment, chapter scholarship and

C. Meade on January 29, 1950. This is the second addition to the Meade family.

There has been only one pinning since the last issue, and it was made by your humble writer, Ed Sherwood, to Dorothy Lambrecht, of Bedford.

On the whole, the part of the semester that has passed has been a very successful one. With spring near at hand with its picnics, parties, etc., the remainder should be as successful as well as enjoyable.

To you alumni-drop around anytime.

You know you're welcome.

En SHERWOOD

RENSSELAER Another snow-sculpturing job is this job dane by the RPI boys. Rumor has it that this is serving as a chapter annex and that's the house-rrwther on top.

campus activities during the year, and attendance at the banquet.

Last semester in scholarship the house ranked twelfth out of 35 fraternities when the average indices for the respective fraternities were calculated. Two men, who have done their part in placing the fraternity in its present standing, have been initiated into the following honoraries: Edward L. Widener, Pi Tau Sigma, national mechanical engineering honorary, and David J. Ford, Tau Beta Pi, national engineering honorary. Also, James S. Volkel and Richard W. Rupert have been appointed pledges to Skull and Crescent, sophomore activities honorary.

To relieve some of the pressure from the seemingly endless school work, the house has done its part in intramural activities and has made a good showing for itself. For example, the men entered in the ping pong tournament between fraternities succeeded in getting into the playoffs. Also, in the annual silver derby we succeeded in winning the trophy for the scooter race. At the present time the inter-fraternity basketball team is qualified for the playoffs. Here's wishing them the best of luck in placing.

We, as well as the father, are proud to announce the birth of a daughter, Marquitta Louise, to Mr. and Mrs. Laurel

Rensselaer With the spring term well on its way here at Rensselaer, it will soon be just one year since we were installed as the thirty-first chapter of Acacia. Since that day in April, 1949, a great deal has been accomplished by both actives and pledges working together as a unit. Beiides the many spare hours put in while rejuvenating our chapter house, the Acacians here in Troy have been quite active on campus and have helped Acacia Fraternity rank among the best here at R. P. I. Improvements are continuously being made here at the house on Fifth Avenue.

With the addition of another strong, healthy contingent of pledges, Saturday work details over-run the house during week ends accomplishing almost any task assigned. An outstanding job was done on the back room of the main floor in about four week ends of steady work under the able supervision of house manager, Walter McClintock. Definite plans have been made concerning our cellar, which previously has been used almost exclusively as a storeroom. First on the agenda will be the conversion of the front cellar room to a ping-pong room.

The kitchen will then be completed in order to fit in with our plans for serving meals in the house beginning next fall. Also on the cellar improvement program is closing off the furnace room from the rest of the rooms. If work continues as it has been during the first part of the term, all of these improvements should be completed by the beginning of the fall term.

Those ever-present campus activities have been doing their share to help the engineers of R. P . I. get their minds off studies during the past few months. First on the program was the annual winter week end held here on the hill, which certainly came through with a lot of fun and enjoyment for all brothers concerned.

One of the highlights of the week end, besides the dance of course, was the fra ternity snow sculpturing on campus.

With almost a foot of snow to work with, the fellows really did a job on Acacia's masterpiece. It ended up as a mermaid perched on top of an igloo, although we doubt it was started with that idea in mind. We didn't get the top award, but at least our igloo proved useful by relieving the housing shortage for two displaced Eskimos.

An important and successful addition to chapter house activities during ,t he past term was the formation of a glee club. Sixteen men, so far, have contributed their talented vocal chords to the group, and if the first two rehearsals are any indication, they should really go places. Under the direction of our accomplished tenor, Bob Davis, the songsters anticipate a good showing in the forthcoming I.F.C. songfest.

The most outstanding event of our cold weather social season was a highly successful Valentine's Day party. With an abundance of paper Valentines and women about the house, the brothers were well satisfied and a top-notch party was the result. The square dancing really went over big, and even our married brothers managed to hold out for all the sets.

Five of our number were among the R. P. I. graduating class of last February.

Consequently, a farewell banquet was held a week before graduation for our five newest alumni . . . George Dickie, Phillip Eaton, Wally Kiesshauer, William Aubrey, and Robert Shopland. A highlight of the banquet was the presentation of a wrist watch to George Dickie, our first Venerable Dean.

Two of the brothers are making plans to take the fatal step in the near future.

The engagements announced were: our r!!cent alumnus Phillip Eaton to Carol Bradt of Schenectady, N . Y., and past Venerable Dean Robert Anwyl to Claire Herkimer of Afton, N . Y. Congratulations are in order for William Aubrey for his election into Sigma Xi, national honorary scientific society. JoHN W. WINTER

Southern California Lest there be any anxiety, let it be known that Southern California remained the best chapter in Acacia since the last TRIAD issue.

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80 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Not the Dionne Quints, but the newest winne-rs of scholarship keys at So.uthern California, Dave Fischer, Ron Burbank, Buster Pinkley, B ill McColloch, and Bob Ltllevtck.

Kirkland, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Herb MacGregor, Los Angeles; Ken Mears, Huntington Park; Denny Brake, Riverside; Tom Williams, Pontiac, Michigan; Bob Ragsdale, Lubing, Texas ; and Harold Shearn, Glendale.

Under the driving hands of Bill Bastron, pledge president, and Ted, hyperthyroid, Schyler, the new men have already lined up exchanges with Pi Beta Phi, Delta Delta Delta, and Kappa Alpha Theta! Great promise for the future seems to shine from the group!

Intent on garnering still another first place in the fraternity songfest, the birds of Acacia are warbling. Laboring the larynx under the baton of Newt Metfessel, the men with voice are developing muscles in their throat to match those already present in their heads.

"Fraternally Yours Ross" has asked his correspondents to limit their gems to six hundred words, so, although having barely scratched the surface from out here where the palm trees grow, we must end for now.

JoE BLOCH

Syracuse For example, take the manner in which Buster Pinkley splattered the pins at such a great rate recently to the end that he brought home the trophy emblematic of superiority in the interfraternity bowling competition. Buster had the highest single game, the highest average, and the highest series, to leave the rest of the pack far back.

Although a demon at managing bowling pins, Buster couldn't handle his own jewelled triangle and lost it to Clare Railing, Kappa Delta, who resides, handily enough, right next door.

With the new, dictatorial, unfair, scholarship policy which is now in effect, under the iron hand of your correspondent, all the gentlemen of the house are studying with great gusto. Measures have been taken so that everybody studies and the house is so quiet that you could hear a pin drop-as long as it was the cotterpin that holds the propellor onto the Queen Mary.

With a burst of energy worthy of human beings, the ex-pledge class redecorated the house, especially the dining room, so that the old place is a source of pridP to everyone.

Our English Bulldog, Pythagoras, was taken to the veterinarian to be wormed, but the sag-faced monster had too much resistance, fought off the worms, and we had to take him back. Now that our little jut-toothed apparition has attained his full physical growth, his nerve system is cause for alarm . . . he has all the muscular coordination of a train wreck, and all the inborn agility of a hippopotamus.

On the brighter side, Irene, our cook, was regaled with the present of a new stove. In the modern mode the stove adds chrome to the home as ~ell as providing cooking without looking.

While speaking of pleasant things, Ed Kelly, traveling secretary, paid us a visit and gave the chapter invaluable tips on

the ways in which to conduct a top-notch fraternity.

Right around this same time, fourteen new men were initiated into the chapter, their names appearing in the center section for new members. Bloodshot and weary eyes were the order of the day after the active chapter watched them along their journey.

All our athletes have gone on a strict training menu, with linament predominating, as teams have been entered in volleyball, softball, ping-pong, and bowling. Ready for any emergency, the rest of the men stand by each day with first aid supplies and / or trophy polish.

Southern California's social calendar has been full as usual, with our Founder's Day Banquet, at which Walter Kolbe spoke, and a beer bust in Pasadena, a party at the Miramar Hotel in Santa Monica, other party times in Los Angeles, an alumni dinner at the chapter house, and then one at the house at U.C.L.A., followed by a hard times party and then the gala Black and Gold Formal.

New scholarship keys were awarded to five men at Southern California Acacia. Dave Fischer, Ron Burbank, Bob Lillevick, Bill McColloch, and Buster Pinkley comprise the group who will now smash their piggy-banks to buy keychains.

Ron Burbank, of the above group, just recovering from the effects of a broken jaw is a dead-eye on the University's N.R.O.T.C. rifle team.

After Bill Clemens gave the chapter the unhappy news that circumstances made his resignation as Senior Dean imperative, Bill Rogers was elected to serve the remainder of his term.

The new pledge class, now numbering twelve includes Rex Warner, Long Beach; Bill Bastron, Lincoln, Nebraska; Len Warren, San Diego; Ted Schyler, Santa Monica ; Ernest Fraser, Los Angeles ; Bob

Seven new faces have joined the brotherhood rank of Syracuse Chapter. Their names are as follows: Wilber Greer, Donald Greif, George Lawson, George Lockwood, Hugh Smith, Werner Walter and Donald Wansor.

It might be said that this pledge class was "different." In the first place, they were the youngest group to enter the house since before World War II years.

In the second place, they were the first pledge class to actually accomplish any sort of house improvement. The old dirty furnace was partitioned from the rest of the cellar. The whole basement was cleaned and painted. Also two pledges, Greer and Wansor, constructed a set of sturdy shelves in the kitchen storeroom.

One hardly knows the underground of the Syracuse Chapter these days. Ah, yes, they were a "different" pledge class.

Winter Carnival weekend found all Acacians piling snow. There were tons of the stuff lying about. So we piled it high and with wet feet and gloves and hot sips of coffee we completed our statue in time for judging. Competition was too great for winning but we had a peachy time anyway.

Basketball! Basketball! Basketball! Tho the season is nearly done Acacia still flows with winning power in the IntraFraternity League. They have chalked up six wins to no losses. Their 78 points broke the high point record in the league; and never-miss George "Koke" Kohler broke the high point record for one man in one game with a thirty-two.

Captained by Stan "Whip" Laura and manned by Kohler, Ted Rathke, Blackeyes Kahrs, Johnny Lake, Walt Snel, and Will Helene, this ball of coordination and manpower is rolling into Hill finals .

We certainly hope they wind up with the cup.

The annual spring term Pledge Dance was held March 10, under the title "Acacia Frontier Days"-Western theme, of course. With the energy of Brother Alan

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Knox and his paints the living room was transformed into the main street of a westem frontier town and the Chapter room into a swinging-door coke-bar called Everybody's Inn. Jack Hagelberger and Al Knox came as a horse created by their own Fine Arts talent. However, organized entertainment, via pledges giving their versions of a few brothers at a house meeting, all ended with former pledge Lockwood filibustering with an excellent recitation of Casey at the Bat. The whole dance was a fine bit of social intermingling.

With spring in the air we bid you a balmy adieu until the arrival of the next quarter.

JACQUE L. CRoss

for the Pacific Coast Conference Basketball Championship play-offs. They left in an awful hurry after Saturday night. We wish them better luck next time. " Rings around the Rosy." The first of the year started off with the triple announcement of engagements: John Johnson to Joree Schmidt, Warren Barcalow to Donna Gillespie, Zeta Tau Alpha, and Hugh McTernan to Lenore Hoag. There will be quite a number of summer weddings this year. Our best wishes, brothers and gals.

Well, that about winds up things at the old 916 Club as I hear a call from the lower level for a fourth for bridge. Adios.

BERT HATHAWAY

U. C. L.A.

Washington

Time has come again to bid you all a fond "howdy" from the UCLAcacians.

In writing this your correspondent is suffering from an acute case of altitudeitis here on the fourth floor of our new Chapter house. We are all rather in a daze yet in getting acquainted with our new surroundings and neighbors. But I will come out of it long enough to tell of some of the activity here at 916 Hilgard.

On the week end of the 25th of February seven men joined the active ranks and were presented with the pin and pipe of Acacia. Present for the ceremonies were R. E. Green, Nebraska; Reed Zimmerman, Chicago '22; and Kenneth Hollingsworth, Franklin. A banquet followed in the Chapter house on Sunday evening.

Pledging to date has been as follows: Everett Mann, El Cajon; William Hays, Bakersfield; Patrick Waddell, Los Angeles; George Gaulding, Bakersfield; Frank Chapel, Los Angeles; Harley Broyles, Los Angeles; Warren Emery, Los Angeles; John Owen, Colton; Ralph Heidsiek, Venice; Daryl Johnson, Marysville; William Lynn, Fox, Oklahoma; Patrick Dermody, Bakersfield; and Lloyd Rickert, Los Angeles.

Our Open House on March 4 proved to be an outstanding succees with many alumni and friends passing through the house during the aftemoon. Some of the alumni who dropped in to get a gander at the house were: David H. Sibbett, Michigan '07; Reed Zimmerman, Chicago '22; Don Arvold, Minnesota; J. S. Fliege, California; Robert F. Craig, Nebraska; George W. Adams, Chicago; and Myron Garey, Nebraska.

The social program this semester includes a number of sorority exchanges, picincs, our annual April Fool's Frolic, the new "Night on the Nile" scheduled for late spring, and a number of alumni events. A "house-dance" is scheduled nearly every week end.

The house campus activity includes Orientation: Bob Shaw; Alpha Phi Omega: Jack Dopp, Bill Bedworth, Jim Riddle and Bob Shaw; Daily Bruin newspa~er: Jack Dopp; Letterman : Dick Smith Allan Granda, Lloyd Lokka, and Kelps: Lloyd Lokka.

We were honored recently by playing host to a number of Acacians from Washington State College who were down

Hoot Mon! Hoot! That was our cry during the annual Campus Chest drive. Neither driving rain nor crashing thunder could drown out the melodious notes of Jerry "Mac" West's bag pipes. Up and down Greek Row, and around the Campus we went accepting all possible donations. During lunch time on the last day of the drive, we held a rally down on campus and as a result of this and the entire week's work, we now have a new and shining trophy on our mantel. We are proud of our new addition as we feel that we had combined pleasure with doing-good and came out on top. Incidentally some of us even learned to like the bag pipes.

But what have we been doing socially?

Well, first of all, there was the Pirate's Ball-a costume deal, with guns, knives and Maureen O'Hara blouses. Our versatile chapter room was transformed by the new initiates, headed by Ron Hendry, into a Pirate's ship-complete with gangplank. As soon as possible after the "great blizzard," we had a Nasty Canasty Party. Such carrying on! Emotions rose until our adrenal glands were dancing

the Samba and a five of spades had disappeared. But fun was had by all and that is the important thing. Exchanges with Phi Mu, Delta Zeta, and Austin Hall rounded out our winter social program.

We all dropped our teeth one Monday night in February when "Hot-Rod" Humphrey passed out cigars. Vivian, he claims, stole his pin after she had tripped and knocked him down. That's all right, Dick, we know how it is. And then there was that Monday night in January. To start things rolling, Bill Lampert announced his pinning to Dorothy Good. But as it turned out, the night was still young and we were greatly relieved when Stan "The Man" Dickey finally confirmed what most of us knew but couldn't prove. Phoebe had accepted his pin!

The active chapter welcomes the new initiates into its ranks! After an inspiring "Inspiration Week," and the term is used rather loosely, seven men cpmpleted their metamorphoses and now wear our "Jeweled Triangle." These new actives include, Ronald L . Hendry from Tacoma ; Charles F . Randall from Everett; Jerald C. Hall from Edinonds ; and Richard W. Crain, Donald C. Lawrence, Virgil D .

Lang and Alan B. McAllister from Seattle.

Three more men were added to our pledge class bringing the number up to seven. Those pledged this past quarter include Charles A. Jardine from Seattle; Jack Feil from Wenatchee; and Virgil Love from Richmond Beach.

Under the heading of extra-curricular activities come this year's first meeting of the Ancient and Honorable Effervescent Order of Yellow Dogs. It was a howling success, thanks to "Owl" Burdue, the Chief Cur. That night twenty-two dirty and stray dogs were given a new lease on life and ended with everyone going to the dogs.

February 22, being a holiday at the local "brain factory," gave us an opportunity to get up a work party and do a little spring cleaning. Under the black whip of "Silas" Hendry, paint was applied where needed,

SYRACUSE In front of the chapter house is this exhibit of snow sculpturing made by the chapte-r for the Winter CarnivaL week end last February.

The Triad, Spring, 1950 82 fire -wood sawed, floors waxed, and windows washed. By early afternoon all assigned jobs and many more were completed. The results proved that the time had been well spent.

With the quarter almost over, our thoughts are mainly occupied with finals.

However, most of us can't help but think of our Spring Formal. This year it is under the direction of Bud Cornish and will be held at the Seattle Golf and Country Club on the first of April. With these thoughts in mind and also those of our spring rushing and the rest of next quarter's activities, we can't help but feel that spring quarter will be one of our best HowARD C. JoHNsoN

Hazelwood bas been initiated into Tau Beta Pi and Scarab, Engineering bonoraries. Chet Bennett who is the leading M.C. of rallies and cons at WSC is chairman of the senior ball committee this semester.

Acacians don't spend all their time at the books however, and we have an expert social chairman to prove it. We recently entertained the Delta Gammas, Pi Phis, and Thetas, at after-dinner dances. We have also had several firesides at the house. The Acacia USO dance was a complete success with two hundred couples turning out in full uniform for an evening of fun. March 25 will be the date of our annual formal which is a major dance of the year on the campus.

UCLA Gathering toT 7efreshmimt in the dining Toom of the pa!atia! new chapteT house aTe Eve..ett Mann, ByTon Htcks,. RtehaTd Smtth, MTs. Duryee, who is PTesident of the MotheTs' C!ub, and GOTdon Durfee, whâ&#x20AC;˘!e MargaTet Cou!sen, A!pha Omicron Pi presides at the punch bow!

(More abou t thi s house in the next issue-EditOT.) ' ¡

Washington State As old man winter releases his grip on the sunny palouse country, the Washington State Acacians begin to come out of hibernation. The boys here at Cougarville are beginning to stir their frozen bones and start thinking about things that the girls have been thinking about all winter, among other things.

The Acacia house has recently been blessed with six fine new members. They are: Bill Swanland, Dick King, Bob Speer, B.ernard Donahue, Bill McQueen, and J1m Falk. Recently pledged was Bob Cooper from Honolulu. Bob has just made his freshman numeral on the swimming team and we are all very proud of him.

We are also proud of the group of boys who are active in campus activities. Herb Lowers is president of the IFC this semester and Duane Stowe is president of the Intercollegiate Knights. Duane has also been initiated recently into Alpha Kappa Psi, business honorary. Herb Lowers and Bill Gammie are members of the Crimson Circle, senior mens honorary. Bill was president of the IFC last year. John

Needless to say we are looking forward to it.

Two more souls have recently lost their pins to eager women. Herb Lowers pinned Buddy Frink, AGD, and Jack Earnest was trapped by Jimmie Gulick. Pray for them please.

In the athletic department we have proven ourselves capable of handling ourselves in any sport. While not winning any championships yet we have been near the top in every sport we entered. Our football team, after a slow start, finished strong in the intramural league, and then traveled across the state to easily romp over our University of Washington (using the term loosely) rivals. The Acacia bowling team is now resting in fifth place after a short period at the top of the heap. In basketball the boys lost to TKE in the championship playoffs and finished fourth in the league. Baseball is yet to come but we are looking forward to a strong team.

We Acacians are particularly proud of big Gene Conley who is the star center for the Washington State maple squad.

Gene is the leading scorer in the Northern Division and is an important reason why the Cougars are the Northern Division champions. Gene is also a great

pitcher and will be a sparkplug to the Cougar baseball team. John Hazelwood is a returning letter man to the tennis team and will see plenty of action this season.

The new officers of the Washington State chapter are: Don Hinkson, V.D., John Jones, S.D., Duane Stowe, Sec., Russ Helgeson, S.S., Hilton Jones, J .D. That's all for now but you will be hearing from us.

BoB SPEER

Wyoming The winter of 1949-'50 is past and it is time to dig out of the snow and get a fresh start on the new quarter. The winter has seen the organization of three new fraternities on the campus making rushing and pledging more difficult. We did, however, get three new pledges. They are James Boland, Dubois; Gordon James, Dix, Nebraska, and Burr Reding, Riverton.

We had one free round of cigars when Bob Hurrell lost his pin to Betty Marlow.

Congratulations, Bob. The annual winter quarter dance, The Twin-Twirl, was a real success. The costumes were the best ever. Prizes for the best costumes went to Wally Moon and his date, Doris Corbin who were dressed as Shakespearean characters and runners-up were Bob Hurrell and Betty Marlow. The chapter was also host to a house party at the beginning of the quarter. This is the first of these affairs we have attempted and it was a huge success.

Initiation was held on January 22, 1950 for five men. Those initiated were Bob Burnett, Casper; Marc Clovin, Casper; James Junter, Riverton; Clarence Mercer, La Grange, and Arthur Rue, of Laramie.

Several of our members have been out in the state, teaching, during the past quarter. Joe Mascher and Charlie Mankin have been in Newcastle and Bill Henry has been in Cheyenne. There are also a few who are graduating at the end of this quarter. Russ Sandercock, John Iiams, and Wayne Moore will receive their degrees when their quarter's work is completed.

That ends the news from the Wyoming Chapter. We send our best wishes to all chapters of Acacia.

WAYNE HoLAWAY

It's Colorado Calling for 26th Conclave (Continued from page 55)

August 1 will be the reservation deadline but since accommodations are not unlimited, the earlier you can make your plans known, the more opportunity the committee will have to have things lined up. In writing for accommodations, specify the names of the persons for whom the space is desired, and the date on which you expect to arrive. Address all inquiries to John A. Lunsford, 800 Grant Place, Boulder, Colorado.

SEE YOU AT THE CONCLAVE!

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housing corporation, the house is still James E. Mahaffey in Paul's name.

(Coninued from page 61) Ohio State All this was a job for a big man, but Penn State chapter of Keramos, na- Paul is six-foot three and weighs over James Edward Mahaffey registered tional ceramics honorary; a member of two-hundred pounds. at Ohio State University in the fall of He came to D. U. after serving 18 . 1941 to begin in his college career. In Sigma Tau, engineering honorary; serves on the Board of Control of months in the Navy and has been ma- December of 1942, Uncle Sam took him I.F.C. ; and is a Master Mason in Wy- joring in Mechanical Engineering. He by the hand and led him into the Naoming Lodge 468. Majoring in ceram- is a member of Tau Beta Pi, the honor val Air Corps. After serving three ics, he is the first member of the house engineering fraternity, as well as Phi years as a lieutenant, he was disto enter this field. Always to be found Epsilon Phi, the pep organization. He charged and returned to Ohio State in the battle during intr amural sports, lettered two years in swimming. and the Fraternity to continue his eduHarry often amazed the boys with his When Paul graduates in June, his cation. "hot" softball catches in the short-stop brothers will miss not only his hardJim is 26 years old, and hails from working help, but his wise cracks and Rudolf, Ohio. Chemistry and physics position.

Born in Scotland, Harry came to friendliness, and maybe even that mis- are his major subjects in the College this country at the age of four. He ac- chievous grin he gets when he knocks of Education. He is planning to teach quired the handle of "Swede Reid" them clear across the front lawn when school after graduation. here at the house due to a case of mis- the horseplay starts.

The Fraternity has been his major taken identity during initiation. When interest outside of school. He has held Herbert A. Lowers he graduates this June, Swede will several offices, including Venerable Washington State leave an empty spot in the chapter that Dean, Steward, Pledge Trainer, and The Washington State Chapter of Secretary. During his time here, he will be hard to fill. During the war Harry served on a destroyer and we Acacia has chosen Herbert Lowers as has witnessed the initiation of every often hear tales of life in the Pacific. its outstanding senior of 1950. Herb, member of the present active chapter. who hails from Cashmere, WashingHe is engaged to Helen Scureman.

He has been conscientious about his It has been a pleasure and a wonder- ton, will graduate in June with a Bach- school work and the Fraternity, and ful experience to have known Harry elor of Arts degree in Business Admin- has gained the friendship and confiand we are sure he shall go far in the istration. He entered W .S .C. in 1946. dence of all his associates. Truly, Jim world, gathering honor for himself and Previously he had been in the U. S . is an outstanding man.

Navy.

Acacia.

J . W. It was to Acacia's good fortune when Richard Stevens Herb was pledged in September, 1946.

Paul F. Jensen, Jr. New Hampshire He was a great leader in his pledge class and served as Vice President of Denver Having but one active a member of the pledge class. Then in January, the senior class, New Hampshire chapThe outstanding man in Denver 1947, Herb was initiated. In January, ter chose to elect its most outstanding Chapter this year is Paul F. Jensen, Jr. 1948, he was elected Senior Dean.

Acacian from either the junior or senPaul is one of the men who worked ¡ Herb is also a very active man on ior classes. The man chosen by overhard and fast to get Acacia reactivated the campus. During his freshman year whelming majority is Dick Stevens,¡ on the Denver U. campus and then he served on the executive council of our present Venerable Dean, who is went ahead to help mold the new chap- the Frosh class. When on the executive a member of the junior class majoring ter into a working fraternity. council, he did a fine job; and this is in business administration.

He served as IFC representative what started "the ball rolling" for the Dick came to UNH as a freshman in during the year's probation which Aca- rest of his activities throughout his 1947 from Plaistow, N. H., his life-long cia underwent to conform with Univer- college career. While also a freshman, home town. Dick's frosh year here at sity rules, and when the house hlint- he was elected to the Lambda Tau the University was very quiet and uning drive bogged down, it was into his Gamma honorary. While a sophomore, eventful. He commuted a good portion capable hands that the chairmanship he was on the Sophomore Coordinat- of the time, and his only accomplishing Committee. As a Junior, Herb was ment, to quote him, was "obtaining a of the housing committee fell.

He spent all his spare time, and then elected to the Interfraternity Council 2.8 average" (based on a 4.0 scale). some, house hunting, and must have and also the Interfraternity CoordiDuring his sophomore and junior personally looked at all the property, nating Council. Then as a Senior, he years Dick's fields of interest rapidly barns, silos, and just plain houses in was elected President of the Interfra- expanded, and he became an active the so.u th end of Denver in his effort at ternity Coordinating Council. Also as worker in several organizations. He locating a suitable fraternity house. a Senior he was tapped for Crimson has been the social chairman of his After six months of searchilng, the Circle, which is an outstanding senior dorm, a member of the Student Chrisright place was found. Paul's work had men's honorary. In order for one to tian Movement, and has served as a just begun. He worked with the alum- get into the Crimson Circle, he must committee - member on Sophomore ni in their effort to raise the necessary have good grades and be very active Dance Committee, Joint Student-Facfunds, and then went to work to put in college activities. ulty UNH Boston Pops Committee, The Acacians of Washington State F raternity Survey Committee, Junior the house in shape.

In the interim, Paul had been elect- will surely miss Herb Lowers when P rom Committee, UNH Frosh Outing ed Venerable Dean to take over the he graduates this spring. It is not, how- Committee, and Pan-Hellenic and responsibility of running a fraternity ever, for these great achievements MERP Committee. He is at present that has a house for the first time. that Herb will be missed by his broth- chairman of the Social Recreation Books had to be set up, the house ers. He will be remembered for his Committee of Student Union, and has made to accommodate a fraternity in- friendliness and for being a great all- been chosen as a delegate to attend stead of a family, and the problems of around guy. We salute Herb Lowers the national Student Union convenfurniture and finances had to be dealt as our outstanding Acacian for 1950. tion held this spring. Tying in with W.J. (Continued on next page) with. For want of a still non-existent

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his Student Union work is Dick's parttime campus job. He works as night supervisor at the Notch, our campus recreational center.

Dick met Acacia for the first time when he visited Cornell during SubFrosh Week End. He never forgot the impression Acacia made on him, and so when our benefactor "Doc" Bradley pursued his idea of introducing Acacia to the University, Dick was the first student to join him in his endeavor. Dick has done much work for Acacia and justly deserves the honor of being New Hampshire's charter Venerable Dean. Our installation culminated many hours of "blood, toil, tears, and sweat" for Dick.

So New Hampshire chapter proudly presents Dick Stevens as their outstanding Acacian. We feel assured that he will give light to all with whom he is associated, and that he will bring honor to his fraternity wherever he may be.

C. Q.

Charter Member of New Hampshire is Oren V. Henderson Among the charter members of the New Hampshire chapter is Oren V. "Dad" Henderson, Registrar Emeritus

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of the University of New Hampshire.

Dad is as much a tradition of U.N.H. as "T" Hall Tower or commencement exercises.

Over half of Dad's eighty years have been connected with the University.

In 1892 he graduated from Valparaiso University and became the UNH business secretary in 1914, serving as such until 1920 when he then assumed the responsibilities of registrar. He was registrar until 1939. Although at present retired, Dad is seen on campus very often. His interest in, and concern for the University and its graduates is still as great as ever. He has only recently compiled the records of 4200 New Hampshire students who served in the armed forces during World War II. At present Dad is serving his tenth term as a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives. He was Speaker of the House in 1937, and served on the Governor's Executive Council in 1939.

Dad's faculty for remembering names, coupled with his long number of years at the University, enable him to call more alumni by their first names than any other person connected with the University. He is wellknown and loved by everyone. We consider his desire to join Acacia an outstanding honor and are pleased that we rate so highly in Dad's estimation.

John Louis Roemer Colorado chapter lost an active brother March 10 when the body of John Louis Roemer, 23, from Boulder, was found in his automobile near Boulder. Death was due to carbon monoxide gas.

Roemer was a senior in the University of Colorado school of business.

Roemer was initiated into Colorado chapter in October 1948 and was active on fraternity committees. He headed a regional conference committee in August, 1949.

"Jack" was honorably discharged from the army as a staff sergeant Dec. 29, 1946 after service overseas in the European theater of war. He was a member of St. John's Episcopal Church. Funeral services were held March 11 in that church.

He was born February 28, 1927 in Fort Collins, Colorado. Besides his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Roemer, he is survived by a sister and brother.

N. E. Indiana Alumni Elect New Officers At a meeting held at the Y. M. C. A. in Ft. Wayne on February 13, the following were elected officers of the Northeastern Indi na Alumni Association of Acacia: president, Louis Cuimann ; vice-president, H. K. Pritchard; secretary, W. M. Whinery.

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UNDERGRADUATE CHAPTERS - OFFICERS AND LOCATION OF CHAPTER H OUSES CALJFORNIA-2340 Piedmont Ave ., Berkeley 4, California. Venerable Dean-Boyd Long . Secretary-Edmund E . Wilkins, Jr. CorrespondentJohn Stauff. Cha pter Adviser-Adolph Weber, 25 Whitmore Pl., Oakland 11. Fina ncia l Adviser-R. B . Tippett, 2348 Marin, Berkeley.

CINCINNATI-2617 University Court. Cincinna ti 19, Ohio . Venerable Dea n-John C. Gibbons. Secretary-Richard D. Miller. CorrespondentRobert Boni. Cha pter Adviser-George F . P a tterson, Jr. , 211 E. Fourth St., Cincinnati. Fina ncial Adviser-Arthur E . Rodenberger, 2722 Edroy Ct. , Cincinnati.

COLORAD0-955 Broadway, Boulder, Colorado. Venerable DeanG. William Norris. Secretary-Leslie D . Polk. Chapter Adviser-John A . Lunsford, 800 Grant Pl .. Boulder. Financial Adviser-Or. Robert C. Lewis, 4200 E. Ninth Ave ., Denver. Colo.

CORNELL-318 Highland Road, Ithaca, N.Y . Venerable Dean-George H. Bassett. Secretary-Ira C. E. Youngdahl. Correspondent-John S .

Gordon. Chapter Adviser-Prof . Gustave F. Heuser , Forest Home, Ithaca. Financia l Adviser- Prof. Walter Cotner, Pine Tree Rd ., Ithaca.

DENVER-2300 S. High St., Denver 10, Colorado. Venerable D~an­ Warren L. Tomlinson. Secretary-William Casey. Chapter AdviserCarl F . Parker, 2671 Ash St .. Denver 7. Financial Adviser--Clarence L. Bartholic , 414 Equita ble Bldg ., Denver.

FRANKLIN-3907 Spruce St., Philadelphia 4, P a. Venerable DeanRonald L . Whi:e. Secretary-John H . Buckingh am. Correspond entP.enry S. Smith, III . Chapter Adviser-William R. Hockenberry, Logan Hall, University of Pennsylvania, PhHadelphia. Financial AdviserW. R. Hockenberry.

GEORGE WASHINGTON-1812 19th St., N .W., Washington 9, D. C. Venera ble Dean-Harry C. Jones. Secretary-John Lytle. Correspondent-Harry Thayer. Chapter Adviser-H. B . Teegarden , 1601 Argonne St. , Washington, D . C . Financial Adviser-Paul W. Hamma ck. 305 N .

Lincoln St., Arlington, Va .

ILLINOis-SOl E. Daniel. Champaign, Illinois. Venerable Dean-Alan M. Hallene. Secretary- Don Funk. Correspondent- Jack Mainey. Chap ter Adviser-J. K . Tuthill , 714 W. Green St., Champa ign . Financial Adviser-Robert J a mes, I-68-B Stadium Terrace, Cha mpaign.

JNDIANA-702 E . Third St., Bloomington. India na. Venerable DeanJ a mes E . Huffer . Secretary-Robert Vass. Correspondent-James Ellis .

Chapter Adviser-Jack W . Fox , 414 E . Kirkwood . Bloomington. Financial Adviser-Prof. D. Lyle Dieterle, 715 S. Woodlawn , Bloomington.

IOWA STATE-142 Gray Ave., Ames, Iowa. Venera ble Dea n-Carl E. Anderson. Secretary-Hugo S. Bliss. Correspondent-Kenneth L. Mac Rae. Chapter Adviser-Frank H. Mendell , 436 Haywa rd Ave ., Ames.

Financial Adviser-Kenneth Oakleaf, 302 S. Hazel St., Ames.

KANSAs-1147 Tennessee St., Lawrence~ Kansas. Venerable DeanMarvin S . Liggett. Secretary-William C. Thorne. CorrespondentWilliam H. Love, Jr. Chapter Adviser-Max Fessler, 413 Maine St., Lawrence. Financial Adviser-Fred Stubeck, 227 W. 22nd St. , Lawrence.

KANSAS STATE-340 W . 16th St .. Manha ttan , K ansas . Venerable Dean - R ich ard L. Alexander. Secretary- Irwin J. Collinge . CorrespondentJ ames R. Collins. Chapter Adviser-Loren E . Whipps, 511 N . 17th St., Manhattan. Financial Adviser-N. D . Harwood , 1300 N. Juliette , Manh a ttan .

MIAMI-101 E . Collins St., Oxford, Ohio. Venerable Dean-Jack Mueller. Secretary-Michael R. Linn . Correspondent-Thomas Bonsor. Chapter Adviser-Or. W . E. Smith, 110 S . College St., Oxford. Financial Adviser-Or. W. E . Smith.

MICHIGAN- 1923 Geddes Ave .. Ann Arbor , Michiga n . Venerable Dean -Paul B . Campbell. Secreta ry-Herbert E . Neil, Jr . CorrespondentLawrence C. Sweet. Cha pter Adviser- Fred Seyfried, 203 Middle Rd ., Ypsilanti. Mich . Fina ncia l Adviser- Weimar Christman, 1025 P a ckard , Ann Arbor .

MINNESOTA- 1206 Fifth St., S .E ., Minneapolis 14, Minnesota . Venerable Dean-Jule N. Kvamme . Secretary-Wayne Harmala . Correspondent-David A . Moffitt. Chapter Adviser-Gordon L. Starr, 3725 Boomington Ave., S ., Minneapolis. Financial Adviser-Gordon L . Starr.

NEBRASKA- 1801 E St., Lincoln, Nebraska. Venerable Dean-Robert B. Kelly. Secretary-Gayle H attan. Correspondent-Richard P . Blunk.

Chapter Adviser-William C. Hastings, Apt. A-2, 912 S. 17th St., Lincoln. Fina nci al Adviser-V. D . Kleppinger , Apt. B-3, 1247 C St., Lincoln .

NEW HAMPSHIRE-University of New Ha mpshire , Durham, N . H .

Venerable Dean-Ja ck Baker. Secretary- Don Hellberg. Correspondent --Carl A . Quimby. Chapter Adviser-W. Martin Delbrouck , Durham.

Financial Adviser-Paul Gilman, Durham.

NORTHWESTERN-550 Lincoln St. , Evanston, Illinois. Venerable Dean -Ben Hill. Secretary-Elwin Donnelly. Correspondent-Dick Plunkett.

Chapter Adviser-Roy C. Clark, 7005 N . Clark St., Chicago 26. Financial Adviser-John W. Plattner, 2020 Orrington Ave., Evanston, Illinois.

OHI0-94 N. Congress St., Athens, Ohio. Venerable Dean-Robert Forsythe. Secretary-Charles Steinmetz. Correspondent-Walter Dahl.

Chapter Adviser-Dean Edwin J. Taylor, College of Applied Science, Ohio University , Athens. Financial Adviser-Charles R. Kinison, Dept. of Industrial Arts, Ohio University, Athens.

OHIO STATE-1835 Indianola Ave., Columbus, Ohio. Venerable Dean -Charles H. Hummel. Secretary-Jack Frost. Correspondent-James Walker.

Chapter Adviser-Or. D. J. Whitacre, 1550 Melrose Ave., Columbus. Financial Adviser-C . W. Lawrence, 1458 Inglis Ave., Columbus.

OKLAHOMA-544 Elm St., Norman, Oklahoma. Venerable Dean-Warren L. Green. Secretary-Lloyd E. Crutchfield. Correspondent-Lloyd E. Crutchfield. Chapter Adviser-Dean David Johnson, University of Oklahom a, Norman. Financial Adviser-Cecil H. Brite, 917 Chautauqua, Norman.

OKLAHOMA A. & M.-1215 College Ave., St illwater, Oklahoma. Venerable Dean-Lyndon D. Eaton . Secretary-Bear K. Snodgrass. Correspondent-Duane C. Routh . Chapter Adviser-Louis E. Herrick, 2 F .

L a Rue Petite V.V .. Stillwater. Fina ncial Adviser-Raymond Bivert, 234 N. Duncan St., Stillwater.

OREGON STATE-2332 Monroe St. , Corvallis, Oregon. Venerable Dean -Robert J. Hercher. Secretary-Ja ck E . Shearer. CorrespondentDavid V. MacCollum. Chapter Adviser- Delmer M . Goode, 225 N. 31st St., Corvallis. Financial AdviserPENN STATE-Locust Lane & Foster Ave., State College , Pa . Venerable Dean-William C. Dietz. Secretary-George R. Frycklund . Correspondent-Edward Ruch. Chapter Adviser-Willia m S . Dy e, III , 707 S. Allen St., State College . Financial Adviser-Prof . Stanley H. Campbell, 602 E . Foster Ave., State College.

PURDUE-427 State St., West Lafayette, Ind. Venerable Dean-Dorman D. Rogers. Secretary-Donald G . Scearce. Correspondent-Richard W. Rupert. Cha pter Adviser-W. A. Knapp, 1305 Ravinia Rd., West Lafayette. Financial Adviser-J. R. Eaton, 325 Lawn St., West Lafayette.

RENSSELAER-1932 5th Ave., Troy, N . Y. Venerable Dean-Robert D. Anwyl. Secretary-Donald R. Campbell. Correspondent-John W. Winter. Chapter Adviser-Or. John B. Haney, R. No. 3, Troy . Financial Adviser-Prof. Arno G. Schubert, 1301 Broadway, Watervliet, N. Y. SOUTHERN CAI.IFORNIA-917 W. 28th St., Los Angeles 7, Calif. Venerable Dean-Donald B . Gibbs. Secretary-Donald L. Daniels. Correspondent-Joseph Bloch. Chapter Adviser-George Ray Oster, 143 N . Van Ness Ave., Los Angeles. Financial Adviser-Robert F. Craig, 855 S. Serrano, Los Angeles.

SYRACUSE-102 Walnut Pl., Syracuse, N . Y. Venerable Dean-John E . Lake. Secretary-Duane W. Beckhorn. Correspondent-George Lockwood. Chapter Adviser-E. E. Enos, 1111 Euclid Ave., Syracuse 10.

Financial Adviser-Wilbur C. Haseman, 541 Buckingham Ave .. Syracuse.

TEXAS-2614 Rio Grande St., Austin, Texas. Venerable Dean-Vaun L .

Johansen . Secretary-E. Lowell Hausler, Jr. Correspondent-George 0 .

Allen. Chapter Adviser-Harry L. Kent, 2405 Domarion Lane, Austin.

Financial Adviser-Louis Baethe, 2307 San Antonio St., Austin.

U. C. L. A.- 916 Hilgard Ave ., Los Angeles 24, Calif. Venerable DeanRobert M. Schlemmer. Secretary-Robert N. Deter. CorrespondentBert K . Hathaway. Chapter Adviser-Or. Frank H. Reinsch, 1322 N. Gardner, Los Angeles 46 . Financial Adviser-Donald H. Arvold , 1724 Golden Gate Ave., Los Angeles.

WASHINGTON-5004 17th Ave., N.E., Seattle 5, Wash. Venerable Dean -Howard C. Johnson . Secretary-Grant Angle . Correspondent-Stanley Dickey. Chapter Adviser-Bernard E. Anderson, 8037 12th Ave ., N .E., Seattle 5. Financial Adviser-Earl J . Snippen, 6529 Latonia Ave ., Seattle 5.

WASHINGTON STATE-1607 Ruby St., Pullman, Wash. Venerable Dean-Don Hinkson. Secretary-Duane Stowe. Correspondent-Robert Speer. Chapter Adviser-Richard J. Hampton, 21 E. S. Fairway, Pullman . Financial Adviser-C. D . Jacobs, Box 246, College Station, Pullman.

WYOMING-812 University Ave., Laramie, Wyo. Venerable DeanMarc J . Colvin. Secretary-Robert J. Burnett. Correspondent-Robert D. Hughes. Chapter Adviser-W . 0 . Edmondson , University of Wyoming, Laramie. Financial Adviser-Howard P. Davis, 501 S. 17th St., Laramie.