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Ours to Choose The snow-balling moYement among chapters of college fraternities to substitute community serYice projects for hell-week actiYities was ieYealed in the September issue of the Reader's Digest. A four-page spread in the October 22nd number of Life Magazine showed the world what fraternity men at Kansas could and did do

to alleYiate the distress caused by recent floods.

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Acacia's motto is "Human SerYice." What more opportune way to giYe meaning to this principle than to join together as brothers to perform such acts of public serYice? Help is needed in eyery community in which Acacia has a chgpter. Some of our chapters haYe already found the job which needs them and haYe rallied their forces-actiYes, pledges, and alumni-to get it done. These chapters already know the inner satisfaction of accomplishing something worthwhile.

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This is not a job only for pledges; the opportunity is for us all. A large chapter may do a job by itself; a small chapter can join with other fraternities; an alumnus group can supply funds for materials or equipment. If all fraternity chapters would giYe to these community serYice projects just half the money and effort that go into homecoming floats and decorations, the results would be wondrous to behold!

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CiYic officials, social agencies, and college deans will help to arrange projects that need Acacia's help and that are within the capacities of our chapters.

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Will Acacia be among the leaders? Or will we follow along after others haYe long shown the way? It's time to stand up and be counted. We haYe the chance;

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Ohio's uwally" Dahl Added to Headquarters Staff as Replacement For Lt. Edgar Kelly While Traveling Secretary E. R. Kelly is serving another hitch in the Marines, his place as traveling secretary is being taken by Walter. Dahl of the Ohio Chapter. In the periodic reshuffling of the territories, Wally is taking over the eastern third of the country, George Croyle moves back to his native west, and Ed Lemmon continues in the middle west.

Brother Dahl, who comes from Montclair, New Jersey, is well qualified to represent the national headquarters and to serve as combined inspector and instructor; he was chosen by his chapter as its Outstanding Senior in 1951. He graduated last June with a degree in commerce and served two years as a radarman in the Navy.

While an undergraduate, Wally held several offices in his chapter (of which he was a charter member) and was in so many campus activities that he was elected to the senior men's leadership honorary and was named by the campus magazine as one of its "men of the Month."

It seems certain that, with this background of training and experience and with his personable smile, Wally Dahl will serve Acacia well and that his chapters will profit from his association with them.

We're on the Move. Literally Speaking Setting what must certainly be a record in our 47 years of buying, selling, and renting of chapter houses, seven of our chapters have reported that they are occupying new quarters this fall. In alphabetical order, and not necessarily the order in which the moves occurred, Arizona, Arkansas, Kansas, Nebraska, New Hampshire, Southern California, and Vermont Chapters now boast new addresses. The neighboring chapters at Vermont and New Hampshire doubtless boast the oldest and newest pieces of property-Vermont's house is over 150 years of age, while the paint is hardly dry in Durham, New Hampshire.

This moving process is another indication of progress. Aside from the Kansas house which resulted from the disastrous fire during last Christmas vacation, all of the other properties have been acquired because of an earnest effort on the part of (Continued on page 7)

THE TRIAD OF ACACIA FRATERNITY

VOLUME XLVI

NUMBER 1

FALL

1951

CONTENTS Colorado Chapter House .

Cover

Ideas and Ideals Promoted at Three Regional Conferences

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Here's Elmer!

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Acacians the World Over

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Births and Marriages

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Acacians in the Armed Forces

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Among Acacia's Chapters

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"Wearers of the Jeweled Triangle"

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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 advance 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 1569 Sherman Avenue, Evanston, Ill.

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

Nancy W. Ross, Assistant Editor

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Ideas and Ideals Promoted at Three Regional Conferences HE three cornerstones of Acacia during the past summer were the chapters at UCLA, Iowa State, and New Hampshire, for these were the hosts to the regional conferences held to provide an interchange of ideas among the chapters of the Fraternity. Originally held in conjunction with the biennial Conclaves, the recent practice has been to operate these regional get-togethers in the off years between the legislative meetings.

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representatives to the regionals although it meant in many cases the giving up of summer jobs a week or two early, a trip of a thousand miles or more, or, in the case of the host chapters, a big organizational job. But the men who attended went away with a new enthusiasm for Acacia, a lot of new ideas on making their chapters run more smoothly, and a collection of new friends found among the brothers of their neighboring chapters. Many of these resolved that they would be around to visit

each others' chapter during the football season and plans were being made for joint parties and sports events.

Every day of each meeting was jammed with activity and sleep seemed to be the least important item on the agenda. In order to accommodate all of the topics that the chapters wanted discussed the conference sessions started right after early breakfasts and ran until the evening meal with a quick lunch in between. The visiting firemen were in each case entertained at an outdoor social function which lasted late and usually resolved into melodious warbling of Acacia songs, college melodies, and bar-room ballads. But over it all hung a serious note for perhaps the most certain thing was the uncertainty which faced many of the chapters until the draft situation became settled. The problem of rushing faced every chapter so that some time was given to this subject at each meeting. But to get an idea of the highlights of each conference, let's take a look at them individually: Mid-West Conference The weatherman was kind to Aca(Continued on pa.ge 11)

CONFERENCE SNAPS At the top of the pa.ge is a. picture ta.ken a.t the ba.nquet which concluded the Mid-West Conference a.t Iowa. Sta.te.

Lower photo pa.nel shows scenes a.t the Western Conference fo r which UCLA w a.s host. Mob scene is a.t the bea.ch picnic; lower left ca.tches Joe Fra.zier a.nd Ed K elly moderating a. session on pledge training; in lower right, Chris Ga.briel gets rea.dy for his ba.nquet speech; in front of him is the toa.stma.ster, Bill Stone.

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Here's Elmer!

ttElmer" is Elmer H. Wellemeyer, a human dynamo who has risen from Venerable Dean at Iowa State to Vice President of Cities SerYice ~~wHERE'S Elmer?" was the sixty-four dollar question of the 1940's. At last, praise be, we've found the answer to it. For after trying to keep up with Elmer H. Wellemeyer, Iowa State, we have a pretty good idea which one they were looking for.

"Vice President of the Cities Service Oil Company (Pa)" is a longhandled title for this man with an exuberant farm-boy grin, the energy of a perpetual motion machine, and the happy ability of remembering not only your name, but the fact that you raise petunias for a hobby. Peddling petroleum, or pushing a tractor around his New Jersey farm, his easy zest for living shows in the rakish angle at which he wears his hat, the hearty grip of his handshakeand a smile guaranteed to win friends and influence customers at twenty paces.

After a boyhood on a farm in the center of the cornbelt, Elmer headed for Iowa State "to see if they could make a chemical engineer out of me."

His college career is an object lesson in how many activities one highpowered young man can cram into one day. To pay his way he did everything from shakipg down furnaces to teaching freshman chemistry.

He presided over the chemical engineering society as well as Acacia, was elected to Phi Lambda Upsilon, the honorary chemical society, and devoted his spare (?) time to dramatics and playing in the military and concert bands.

Along came World War I and Elmer was off to Camp Dodge where he found the infantry not to his liking, so he became a trombone player in a band which made Liberty Loan tours ; this was too good to last; the army heard of his training and sent him to Niagara Falls to help make picric acid. With the war over he

Thank You! Our thanks to the editors of the Cities Service Company's fine magazine Service for permission to reprint parts of an article on Elmer H. Wellemeyer which appeared in the July, 1951, issue, and to Virginia Warren, who wrote the article for that magazine.

Elmer Looks Back: "It doesn't seem possible that it was some 32 years ago that Iowa State rid itself of a budding young chemical engineer who really thought he amounted to something. It didn't take long to find that the best education aside from the technical aspect is the good old 'University of Hard Knocks' which sooner or later all of u's must go through.

"I haven't been back to Iowa State in some time; I am sure the campus has changed greatly, and I suppose college life has changed.

I recall the formality of the evening meal at Acacia, Friday night dances, the mortgage which was always due, the vets with their stinking cadavers, the path through the back lots to the Tri Delt house, the ceaseless hours of study (believe it or not), the talks Ly the post-grads who lived in the house--it seems like only yesterday when I stop to think about it.

"I can't help but compare those days with present conditions. As I recall, we were told to be happy and satisfied with our lot and our salaries, work like hell, and be assured that our efforts would be recognized and salaries increased accordingly, but never were we to ask for an increase. I thought of this a few months ago when I was interviewing some young graduates. Their first question was, 'What's the basic rate?' Then came, 'What are your pension plans? ,' 'How much time do we get off?,' and 'What is your plan for increases in salary?' We have advanced greatly, and I suppose this is one of the things that points the way!"

answered an ad and found himself in the oil business where he has been ever since.

The next thirty years found Elmer Wellemeyer taking over many assignments for Cities Service-managing laboratories and offices, preparing studies for locating new refineries, and even a trip to India to check on the company's interests there.

Soon he became assistant to the vice president in charge of the export department and, when his boss was promoted to General Manager, El-

ELMER H. WELLEMEYER mer H. Wellemeyer, the former Iowa farm boy, became a Vice President himself.

Wellemeyer's secretary chara cterizes him as "determined." No use telling him a thing can't be done because he'll step right in and prove you're wrong by doing it himself.

Outside of his family (which includes two sons and a daughter) and his work, W ellemeyer's greatest interest has been the breeding of fine livestock . .. in spite of a dangerous skirmish with an angry bull. "My friends said it served me right-I'd been throwing the bull for years and turn about was fair play! " An incident that happened in his schoolteaching days back in Iowa, in the interim between high school and college, gives the measure of the man better than anything we could say.

He was teaching eight grades in a one-room school for the munificent salary of $52.80 per month. When the time to teach arithmetic came, he threw away the book-literally. He reasoned this way: the boys were farm boys, and would probably be farm boys the rest of their lives. So he took them out to a cornfield and taught them arithmetic by the number of rows of corn, the number of stalks to a hill, number of ears to a stalk. He opened account books for the boys, borrowed money (on paper of course) , bought stock, machinery and set them up in business. (This was long before the days of earnas-you-learn, rememb er!) This meth(Continued on page B)

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Vice-President and Dean of Faculties Is Michigan's Marvin L. Niehuss Appointment of Marvin L. Niehuss, Michigan, as Vice-President and Dean of Faculties of the University of Michigan, effective immediately, was announced September 8, 1951, by President Harlan Hatcher.

The position, a new one at the University, was created by action of the Board of Regents on President Hatcher's recommendation. It replaces the post of Provost, vacated June 30 by the resignation of Dr. James P. Adams.

Since January 1, 1945, Brother Niehuss has served as Vice-President in charge of University Relations, a post which was also discontinued by the reorganization. ¡ Mr. Niehuss' new office will include some of the duties of his previous post as well as most of those of the office of Provost. He will have charge of the faculties and curricula and will work closely with the deans of the University's 15 schools and colleges.

Some responsibilities of the Provost will be shifted to the President's office.

Dr. Hatcher explained that Mr. Niehuss, as Vice-President and Dean of Faculties, will be the chief officer of the University next to the President and in the absence of the President will act in his place.

In recommending the appointment of Mr. Niehuss, Dr. Hatcher stated to the Regents: "It is unnecessary for me to elaborate to this Boar d my reasons for nominating Mr. Niehuss to this post. You know him as a man as a teacher, as a great and respected son of this University, and as one of its distinguished officers and servants. In one important respect this appointment is almost personal to the President, in another it is of deep concern to the Faculties and to the Regents. I am convinced that no better choice can be made. I shall take great personal satisfaction in having Mr. Niehuss in this post as an intimate colleague."

Niehuss, a native of Louisville Kentucky, is 48 years of age. He i~ a graduate of the University's College of Literature, Science, and the Arts (Literary College) , class of 1925, an~ of the Law School, class of 1930. Pnor to becoming Vice President, he was a professor of law specializing in real estate. H e first attracted attention as an able administrator when during World War II he was director of the University's Emergency Training Units and headed many war-time relationships with Feder al Government agencies.

MARVIN L. NIEHUSS In 1933-34, Mr. Niehuss was consultant on real estate, and served as a member of the Mayor's Committee for the Revision of Detroit Special Assessment Tax System. In 1938, he was a member of the Governor's Credit Study Commission. During the year 1934-36, he was in law practice with DeFries, Buckingham, Jones and Hoffman, Chicago, returning to Ann Arbor in 1936 to teach at the University with the rank of Associate Professor of Law. He became professor of law in 1944, and soon thereafter was elected Vice-President in charge of University Relations.

He is Chairman of the Board in Control of University Hospital, and of several University committees.

Niehuss is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Delta Phi, the American Bar Association, the Michigan State Bar, the Ann Arbor Rotary Club, the Masonic lodge, and several other organizations. He is co-author of "Problems of Long-term Leases."

Vice-President Niehuss married the former Lois Markham of Pulaski Michigan, in August 1930. They hav~ two children, John and Margaret.

had served successively as Assistant Editor and Managing Editor of "The Rotarian," and as Business and Advertising Manager of both editions.

He succeeded Leland D. Case, also a Northwestern Acacian, who for several months, following recovery from an extended illness, has been serving as "The Rotarian's" first Field Editor, with headquarters at his home in Tucson, Arizona.

Mr. Teeter, who joined the staff in 1932, has played an important role in the steady growth of "The Rotarian" and "Revista Rotaria" to their present circulation of 300,000. and 33,000 respectively. These editions now have distribution in some 80 countries or geographical regions of the world.

A graduate of Ottawa (Kansas) University in 1924, he did graduate work (1925-26) at the Northwestern University Graduate School of Business Administration, at which time he joined Acacia .

In 1926-27, he spent 15 months in Europe, becoming a member of the editorial staff of the Paris edition of the "New York Herald Tribune." He returned to Chicago late in 1927 to become Managing Editor and Advertising Manager of the "Northwestern University Alumni News," a position he held for four and one-half years until joining "The Rotarian." While with the university he spent his summers conducting his own tours through Europe.

Teetor has been a member of the Chicago Rotary Club since 1933; his professional memberships include the National Association of Magazine Publishers, National Sales Executives, and Sigma Delta Chi, journalistic fraternity.

Paul Teetor Now Editor-Manager Of ttThe Rotarian" Paul Teeter, Northwestern, has been promoted to Editor-Manager of "The Rotarian" Magazine, as well as General Manager of both "The Rotarian" and "Revista Rotaria" (Spanish edition) , official publications of Rotary I~ternatwnal. P rior to taking over h1s new responsibilities in 1950, he

PAUL TEETOR

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Karl Leebrick in New Role After 46 years in the teaching profession, Dr. Karl C. Leebrick, California, retired this summer from his position as vice-president of the University of Hawaii to accept a new job as an assistant to the administrator of the trust territory.

Dr. Leebrick first came to Hawaii in 1920 as professor of political science and history at the university. He then moved to Syracuse University and afterwards became president of Kent State University in Ohio. During World War II he served with the military governments in Europe and Japan.

He has been in frequent demand for extra-curricular service in the Pacific area. He advised the navy on Guam schools and the army on Korean education. He became alternate delegate to the South Pacific commission.

This expanding knowledge of Pacific governmental affairs, acquired over more than three decades, now fits him admirably to join High Commissioner Elbert D. Thomas' "cabinet" as executive in charge of the trust territory's external or foreign affairs.

5 was born in Istanbul, Turkey; the other, Peter Laubach, of the UCLA Chapter, calls Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, his home town.

"Kern" Aksel was previously educated in the high school and the technical university in Istanbul and is continuing his training as a civil engineer at Illinois. He was a reserve lieutenant in the Corps of Engineers of the Turkish Army from 1948 to 1949. After graduation he plans to work in the United States for a few years and then return to his native Turkey where h.e hopes to organize a construction business with his step-father, also a graduate of the University of Illinois.

"Pete" Laubach already has a commerce degree from the University of Saskatchewan where he majored in accounting. From the fifty-below winters of Regina to the sunny climes

Acacia Brothers From Other Lands

William Miller Accepts State Department Post At Embassy in Pakistan William B . Miller, Northwestern, was recently named third secretary of the United States embassy in Karachi, Pakistan, and left in September to take up his new duties. During the past summer he attended an orientation course for foreign service officers at the Foreign Service Institute of the State Department in Washington.

On the way to his two-year assignment Bill and Mrs. Miller flew via London, Brussels, Munich, Istanbul, Beirut, and Basra.

Brother Miller is a graduate of Northwestern University, from which he obtained his Ph.D. in political science in June. He was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. After two years of service overseas as a court reporter for the U. S. military government in Berlin and as a civilian employee of the War Department, Brother Miller returned to Northwestern to obtain his bachelor's degree in 1946.

While working for his advanced degrees he served as a graduate teaching assistant in the political science department. In 1950 he was recalled to active military service as an economics officer with the 308th Military Government Group but was released from these duties to accept his appointment with the State . Department.

-Second of a Series In this issue we introduce two more loyal members of Acacia chapters who have come to the United States in pursuit of higher education. One of these is Sadik Kemal Aksel, a member of the Illinois Chapter who

HDuke" Stowe Named as One Of Five Top WSC Graduates

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of California was quite a transition but Pete decided upon it and enrolled at UCLA for graduate work in production management and a teaching assistantship. He pledged Acacia in the spring of 1951 and has taken a leading role in many of the pledge stunts. He was the 64th initiate of the chapter.

Brother Laubach's plans call for an MBA degree and some advanced study of engineering so that he may become an industr ial consultant on technical problems.

Both Kern and Peter are helping to bring a better understanding of their countries to their Acacia brothers. We extend to them a fraternal greeting and our hope that they find Acacia a help and inspiration in achieving their plans for the future.

One of the finest all-around men to have been a member of the Washington State Chapter in recent years, Duane "Duke" Stowe was chosen one of the five highest senior men to be graduated from the college last spring. He had been president oÂŁ the Crimson Circle, the IFCC, Alpha Kappa Psi, the Intercollegiate Knights, and the ASSCW election board, in addition to his participation in many other activities. During his four years he maintained almost a 3-point grade average. Duke is now a second lieutenant in the Air Force and is stationed at Larson Field, Moses Lake, Washington.

Hlf I'd Known . . ."

Eugene Atherton, Hlinois, of St. Anne, Illinois, is the champion male cake maker of the Illinois state fair.

The angel food cake which h e baked at the home of a friend in Springfield won him first prize in the "for men only" baking division,

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the time of his death he was chief resident physician of the Indianapolis General Hospital and had received his commission in the medical division of the Air Corps.

He was a member of the Methodist Church, Phi Chi medical fraternity and the Marion County Medical Association. He received his degree of

Herbert Woolhiser Dies; A Noted Figure in the Ranks of City Managers Herbert Ladue Woolhiser, Wisconsin, of Winnetka, Illinois, died on October 7, at the age of 65. Mr. Woolhiser's death marked the end of a long and distinguished career in the municipal management field.

A native of South Wayne, Wisconsin Mr. Woolhiser was graduated fro:n the University of Wisconsin's school of engineering. He was number 82 on the Wisconsin chapter roll, h aving been initiated in 1911.

H e began his career as a public utility engin eer and from 1912 until 1914 he served as an electrical and mechanical engineer with the Railroad Commission of Wisconsin . From 1914 until1917 he was associated with a firm of construction engineers in Chicago.

In 1917 Mr. Woolhiser became village manager of Winnetka, Illinois, a position h e held until his death.

Known internationally for his work in the field of municipal administration, Mr. Woolhiser served as president of the International City Managers' Association in 1934 and 1935.

Besides his duties as village manager, he also served his community as park superintendent and village clerk.

He is survived by his widow, Alice, two daughters, and four grandchildren.

An editorial in the Winnetka Talk said of Mr. Woolhiser, "He has had much to do w ith making our community admired all over America. He has been no small factor in the remarkable spread of the village manager idea, b ecause if he had not succeeded, 300 communities, instead of adopting the plan , would h ave followed some other method."

Lt. James L. Correll Killed in Jet Crash Lt. J ames L . Correll, Indiana, was killed July 24, 1951, when his F -80 "Shooting Star" jet fighter collided with a two-seat jet-training plane, north of Williams Air Force B ase in southern Arizona. Lt. Correll was undergoing advanced-fighter training when the accident occurred.

L t. Correll was graduated with honors from Indiana University in 1950, majoring in ch emistry. A member of the Air R.O.T.C. , he was designated as one of twelve "Outstanding Military Graduates" in 1950, and attained the rank of Cadet Captain.

He was a charter member of the Indiana chapter of the Arnold Air So-

LT. JAMES L. CORRELL ciety, nation Air R.O .T .C. honorary.

One of ten graduates tendered a commission in the regular Air Force, he went on active duty in August, 1950.

Lt. Correll is survived by his father, Edgar C. Correll, of Bloomington, a sister, Sarah Jane, his stepm other, and a half-bother, William Brown, of Indianapolis.

Major WiUiam P. French Major William P. French, Washington, passed away July 30, 1951, in Seattle. Born in Eldorado Springs, Missouri, Major French came to Seattle in 1920 and graduated from the University of Washington's school of Mechanical Engineer ing in 1931.

Until his recent illness Major F rench was electrical inspector at the Boeing Air plane Company.

Major F rench was a Mason, and had long been a supporter of Acacia in general and the Washington Chapter in particular.

Dr. J. D. Ruch Dies Suddenly in Indiana Dr. J. D. Ruch, Indiana, died unexpectedly on June 22 at the Indianapolis General Hospital. His death was the result of a heart attack which ¡ occurred while he was undergoing nasal surgery in preparation for his entrance into the Air Cor ps.

Brother Ruch, w h ose home was in Frankfort, Indiana, was the son of L ester G. Ruch, w ho was also a member of the Indiana Chapter of Acacia and an active alumnus of that chapter. In 1948 D r. Ruch married Mary C. Vickery who survives him. At

DR. J. D. RUCH Doctor of Medicine from Indiana University in 1947, and on June 30 would have completed his three year residency in Internal Medicine.

Victor Peterson Dies, A Prominent Shriner Victor Peterson, Vermont, who was initiated into the Vermont Chapter on March 9, 1951, died October 5 in the Veterans' Hospital at White River Junction, Vermont, after an illness of several months.

Mr. Peterson was imperial potentate of Mount Sinai Temple 3 of Montpelier, a position which he assumed in January of this year. A member of all Masonic bodies in Burlington, he was also a member of Ethan Allen Club.

He was a veteran of World War I, serving with Company C of the !26th Infantry Battalion. He was wounded in action and was awarded the purple heart.

In the business world, Mr. Peterson was for 19 years agency manager in the Burlington area for the McBee Company of Athens, Ohio.

Among his contributions to public service were his chairmanship of the third, fourth, and fifth war bond drives in Winooski, Vermont, during the last war and his work with the Civil Air Patrol.

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Dean Dutcher Retires After 30 Years as Chern Professor Dr. R. Adams Dutcher, Missouri, for 30 years Professor and head of the department of agriculture and biological chemistry at the Pennsylvania State College, retired on June 30 with emeritus rank.

Dr. Dutcher received his bachelor of science and master of science degrees at South Dakota State College.

In 1948, when his alma mater inaugurated the policy of honoring one outstanding alumnus annually with an honorary degree, they chose Dr. Dutcher for the first award and presented him with the doctor of science degree. He also holds a master of arts degree from the University of Missouri, studied at the Universities of Illinois and Minnesota, and has a doctor of science degree from the University of Puerto Rico.

Internationally known for his work on vitamins, foods, and nutrition, when Dr. Dutcher came to P enn State from the University of Minnesota, his first job was to establish a program in vitamin research. Today the department is recognized as among the best in the country and so far as is known, is the only department of agriculture biochemistry in the United States to have been accredited by the American Chemical Society.

Research has occupied much of the time in Dr. Dutcher's busy years.

He believes that teaching faculty should conduct some research and that research men should spend some time teaching. He also desires that staff members specialize and become expert in one field. Dr. Dutcher has not confined his interest in research to his laboratories, but has played an important role in the development of the extensive research program at Penn State. He was vitally interested in the establishment of the Graduate School in 1922 and was a pioneer in the founding of chapters of the Society of Sigma Xi, graduate scientific society, and of Gamma Sigma Delta, national honor society in agriculture, at Penn State.

During World War II, the department of agriculture and biological chemistry was engaged in a number of research programs important to the war effort. Dr . Dutcher, who served during World War I as a captain in the Sanitary Corps, explains that one of these projects was a study of the effect of storage conditions on canned foods. Another project studied methods of retaining and keeping quality of the K-ration biscuits fed to our fighting men. Fol-

7 lowing the war, the government sent D r. Dutcher to Germany on a scientific intelligence mission. In 1934 he had travelled and studied in Germany as an Oberlander Travelling Fellow and he was acquainted with the laboratories of many German scientists. He reported to the government on the effect of the war and Naziism on the work of many German scientists.

Since 1845, Dr. Dutcher has served as chairman of the Council on Research, established in 1928 by President Ralph D . Hetzel. The council advises on research and patent policies, keeps a record of research in progress, and compiles annually the book, "Publications and Research."

From 1929 to 1930, Dr. Dutcher served as chairman of the biological chemistry division of the American Chemical Society and he is now secretary of the Food and Nutrition section of the 12th International Congress of Pure and Applied Chemistry.

He has also served as chairman of the important vitamin terminology committee of the American Society of Biological Chemists. During the Hoover administration, he was a member of the White House Conference on Child Health and Welfare and at present is serving as councilor-at-large in the Institute of Food Technologists.

Consulting work, which Dr. Dutcher has been conducting since long before his appointment at Penn State in 1921, will occupy some of his time and he also plans to do some popular writing on technical subjects. In January, he'll make a lecture tour for the American Chemical Society through the South. His subject will be : "Milestones in Vitamin Research."

Burton W. Gorman Takes Position With College To fulfill a long-standing ambition to become a permanent fixture in college teaching ranks, Burton W. Gorman, Indiana, resigned his position as principal of Emmerich Manual Training High School in Indianapolis, to accept a scholarship at George P eabody College for Teachers at Nashville, Tennessee.

Brother Gorman, who had been Manual's principal since 1949, is teaching in the Peabody Graduate School and doing advanced study toward his doctor's degree. He had previously held positions in the public schools of Connersville, Lawrenceburg, and Ohio County, Indiana, and in Bardstown, Kentucky.

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actives and alumni to make Acacia into better chapters on their campuses. The Kansas Acacians deserve plenty of credit, however, for they wound up with a better deal than they had before.

After a prolonged search the Arizona men located a twenty-man house a block and a half from the campus. Ralph Guthrie, a prominent alumnus of this new chapter, closed the deal just at the end of rush week, and the place has been a bee-hive of activity ever since.

Arkansas' mansion, acquired late in the spring, was subjected to a complete overhaul during the summer and was ready for thirty men in the fall.

Much of the labor was supplied by actives and pledges and plans have been made for conversion of the basement in to a recreation room.

Formerly owned by the Lambda Chis, the manor is just off campus.

The Kansas Chapter property was lined up by alumni Max Fessler and Fred Stubeck and is on top of the hill a half-block away from the University. This home contains a threeroom apartment for Mother Veatch, eleven study rooms, and two baths; immediate plans call for the addition of a dining room and kitchen on the rear of the house and the remodeling of the present dining room into additional living room space.

At the start of the fall term, the New Hampshire house was not quite completed but twenty -three men began "roughing it" anyway. A detailed description of this house, the first post-war Acacia chapter house to be built from scratch, will appear in a forthcoming issue of the Triad.

The biggest feature of the USC Chapter's new .home is the ACACIA sign; it's nearly five feet long and over a foot high! The house itself provides accommodations for thirty men, an increase of ten over the previous residence. Plans call for the construction of volleyball and basketball courts and a large parking area.

As for location, none could be better; the USC boys report that it is located, "at the crossroads of fraternity row."

The fine old mansion in Bw¡lington, Vermont, contains twelve rooms and accommodates seventeen men. Despite its age it is in very good condition and will be improved considerably during the next few years. It was acquired just in time for the fall rushing and is doing much to assist in the solid establishment of Acacia in the university and the community.

The Triad, Fall, 1951

8 An Osgood friend told them the Hotel Freeman was being sold. They bought it and moved to Osgood, where Funk six years ago became

by Wayne Guthrie, Indiana high school principal. That hotel has If ever there was a versatile man brought them unforgettable "extrain his community it's Austin Funk curricular" joy, rivaling that of the of Osgood, Indiana. To know him is Wayside Inn of poetry fame. to envy him because he gets more Guests, coming from many places enjoyment out of life and puts more and walks of life, are interesting. They happiness into the lives of others than come back time and again more as old just about any man I ever knew. friends than customers. Notes of His unselfish contributions to that appreciation often follow stays. They locality are so varied I often wonder all eat around a long table, thus rubjust what it woud do without him. bing elbows and becoming more He's high school principal, inn keep- "homey." Conversation, therefore, is er, civic leader, revered citizen, ar- unpredictable, even heated at times, dent church worker, friend and coun- but invariably stimulating. selor to old and young alike, conFunk is solicitous after the comfort siderate father and husband, excel- of the guests. He will take one to see lent gardener, accomplishe.d amateur his garden and you should see Funk's photographer and general all-around eyes gleam. ' Remembering another's jack-of-all trades. fondness for Wisconsin cheese, for Shunning recognition for anything example, he will see that there is he does, he is content with the satis- some on the table that night. Out faction of doing as best he can what of consideration of another with a ought to be done. To every problem weak heart he will reserve a downarising in the school, community or stairs r oom. his own home he invariably applies He has a green thumb and his his own pet yardstick: garden is a joy to his friends and "The greatest good for the greatest hotel guests, but mostly to him. He number." has had a garden for 20 years, exOne of his cardinal tenets in school cept for a couple of years when his administration is that he values good younger son was ill and then his citizenship on the part of teachers heart was too heavy and his day too and pupils, holding to the belief that full. no teacher or pupil, regardless of His organizing ability was utilized how brilliant he is, serves his school when he opened the Hassmer Hill as well as he can unless he also be- 4-H camp near Versailles. haves well toward his fellowmen.

He's hard to beat at woodworking.

He worries about the increasing One of Mrs. Funk's most cherished inclination of parents to transfer to trinkets is a lapel pin he made of the schools home responsibilities, as walnut which twirls to read "I love evidenced particularly in recreation. you." He even made the tools to Funk wonders whether the child make the gadget. isn't suffering because the home ought Graduation from high school was to be the place for at least part of followed by a year working in a young fun. grocery and a two-year enlistment H e has clung to those theories in the Navy. After a year at Indiana in his school work and invariably University he taught two years in they have won local acceptance.

Decatur County rural schools. ReHis resourcefulness was demon- turning to Indiana University he strated when no janitor service was worked his way through school to get available in the Vevay schools when his bachelor's degree in education. he was city superintendent. He simThen followed 10 years at Versailply arose at 4 a.m. each school day, les, the last four as principal. During donned overalls, fired the furnaces in' that decade he attended Butler Unithe three school buildings himself, versity's summer schools to get his returned home, cleaned up and remaster's degree. The next seven years turned to school in time for his "regfound him as Vevay school superinular" duties at 8 a .m. tende!1t before coming to Osgood six years ago this fall.

Buying Hotel Solves Housing

He's Jack of All Trades And a Master of Schools

The Funks got into the hotel business in a strange way-to solve a housing problem. Living in Vevay they suddenly faced the necessity of surrendering the house they were renting and finding a n ew one. But they couldn't find anything adequate to rent or within their means to buy.

*Notes:* Acknowledgement * *

Editor's is made to the Indianapolis News for permission to reprint the above article by Brother Guthrie.

Austin Funk's older son, David, was graduated from Purdue where he too was an Acacian.

Two More Acacians Are Governors of Rotary Two members of Ac¡a cia, Lester C. Ary of Cherokee, Iowa, and Ivan C. Diehl of Frostburg, Maryland, are District Governors of Rotary International, world-wide service organization, for 1951-52. As Governors, they coordinate the activities of all the Rotary Clubs in their respective Districts.

Mr. Ary became affiliated with Acacia at the University of Iowa, as a law student. Now an attorney in Cherokee, Iowa, he received the B.A. degree from Iowa State Teachers College and the J.D. degree from the University of Iowa School of Law. He is also a member of Delta Sigma Rho, and a past president of Phi Alpha Delta. He is a director of the Sioux Valley Hospital, a trustee of the Buena Vista College in Storm Lake, Iowa, and a member of the Cherokee Library Board. A member of the Rotary Club of Cherokee since 1922, he is a Past President of that Club. His Rotary District includes 40 clubs in parts of Iowa, Minnesota and South Dakota.

Dean of Instruction at State Teachers College in Frostburg, Maryland, Mr. Diehl received the B .S. and M.A. degrees from Columbia University.

He is an honorary member of Phi Delta Kappa and Iota Alpha Sigma fraternities. Active in educational organizations, he founded the Geography Section of the Maryland State Teachers Association, and served as Second Vice-President of the National Council of Geography Teachers.

Dr. Roscoe ¡Pound, Nebraska, professor of law and dean of the UCLA school of law, recently returned from London, England, where he presided at the meetings of the International Academy of Comparative Law as the first American ever to hold the presidency. Dr. Pound was the principal speaker of the Founders Day banquet held jointly last spring by the combined UCLA and USC Chapters and the Southern California Alumni Association.

... Here's Elmer!

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od of teaching got excellent results.

It also made a big hit with the local farmers, but went over with a thud with the county superintendent of schools, until Elmer showed him the sound good sense of the procedure.

Elmer's been "throwing away the book" ever since-and making it pay for himself and Cities Service!

The Triad, Fall, 1951

BIRTHS To Mr. and Mrs. George Patterson, Cincinnati, a son, Mark Stewart, July 13, 1951.

To Mr. and Mrs. Ed Price, Cincinnati, a child, May 13, 1951.

To Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Graham, Colorado, a daughter, Patricia Anne, August 8, 1951, at Morristown, New Jersey.

To Mr. and Mrs. Marty Prince, Evansville, a daughter, Monica Ann. To Mr. and Mrs. Ralph L . Adams, Kansas State, a son, Lewis Blaine, June 11, 1951.

To Mr. and Mrs. Kyle Moran, Kansas State, a son, Nicholas LeRoy, September 9, 1951.

To Mr. and Mrs. Orilin V. Russell, Kansas State, a son, Aaron Vance, September 29, 1951.

To Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Arthur, Ohio, a daughter, Diane Gene, August 12, 1951, Willoughby, Ohio.

To Mr. and Mrs. Donald R. Russell, Ohio, a daughter, Marsha Lee, August 23, 1951.

To Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Knower, Oregon State, a daughter.

To Mr. and Mrs. Orson C. Loveland, Vermont, a son, Gary C., May 19, 1951.

To Mr. and Mrs. Jack C. Cowger, Washington, a son, David, September 11, 1951.

MARRIAGES Robert 0. Sortor, Arizona, to Miss Phyllis Olson of Pasadena, California, March 31, 1951.

Donald C. Willins, Arizona, to Miss Marjorie Graig of Tucson, Arizona, June 4, 1951.

Jerry Amspaugh, Cincinnati, to Miss JoAnn Grosse, Summer, 1951.

Robert Best, Cincinnati, to Miss Jean Miller.

Robert Rupert, Cincinnati, to Miss Jo Ann Franks, September 2, 1951, at Ravenna, Ohio; John Schroder, Cincinnati, to Miss Joann Johnston, September 15, 1951, Cincinnati, Ohio.

John Waddell, Cincinnati, to Miss Patricia Wilson, Summer 1951.

Gerald Edsol Coffey, Colo!l"ado, to Miss Carol Elizabeth Milner, September 1, 1951, in Rocky River, Ohio.

Thomas Sperry Hutchinson, Colorado, to Miss Dixie Ann Smith, August 15, 1951, in Boulder, Colorado.

George H . Bassett, Co'rnell, to Miss Barbara Beyrent, June 231 1951.

Robert E. Strong, Cornell, to Miss Eleanor Seifert of Toledo, Ohio, January 29, 1951.

Allen LaGrange, Evansville, to Miss Delores Richter, August 6, 1951, at Evansville, Indiana.

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Edwin Seibert, Evansville, to Miss Betty Jane Stevens, September 9, 1951, at Evansville, Indiana.

Thomas Turner, Evansville, to Miss Lucille Schmidt.

Reid Antle, Illinois, to Miss Marilyn Haley.

John W. Bodeman, Illinois, to Miss Helen Coyner, April 20, 1951; Chicago, Illinois. At home: 7301 S. Luella Ave., Chicago 49, Illinois.

Jim Brown, Illinois, to Miss Barbara Humphrey.

Clint Cannon, Illinois, to Miss Louise Hodam.

Dale Feldman, Illinois, to Miss Jeanne Allen.

Mack Follmer, Illinois, to Miss Vera Lee Williams.

Al Hallene, IllinoiS', to Miss Phyllis Welsh.

Jack Thornberg, Illinois, to Miss Maxine Cargill.

Phil Depuy, Kansas State, to Miss Wilma Wood, August 5, 1951, at Manhattan, Kansas.

Clark Jeffery, Kansas State, to Miss Clara Marie Molineux, July 19, 1951.

Dallas Nelson, Kansas State, to Miss Evelyn King, August 12, 1951, at Mulvane, Kansas.

Al Wesley, KansaS' State, to Miss Marvalee Horner, August 5, 1951, at Minneapolis, Kansas.

Eugene Wetzel, Missouri, to Miss Marian Holmes, Summer 1951.

Chester Gadzinski, New Hamp S'hire to Miss Priscilla Gilman of West Lebanon, N. H., June 16, 1951.

Ross E. Hall, New Hampshire, to Miss Frances Gagnon of Amherst, N. H ., June 9, 1951.

Gordon C. Mayo, New HampS'hire, to Miss Anne Colby of Laconia, N. H ., March 2, 1951.

David S. Weeks, New Hampshire, to Miss Joan Watson of Laconia, N. H., September 4, 1951.

George W. Zanes, New Hampshire, to Miss Joan Creighton of New York, N. Y., June 12, 1951.

Marshall Arthur Burmeister, Northwestern, to Miss Roberta Gay McDowell, August 11, 1951, Oak Park, Illinois.

Marshall Cupp, Ohio, to Miss Phyllis Quinn, August 11, 1951, in West Jefferson, Ohio.

Edwar d G. Curtiss, Ohio, to Miss Jo Ann Utley, September 1, 1951, in Columbus, Ohio.

Andrew Fraser, Ohio, to Miss Virginia Johnson, June 16, 1951.

Melvin C. Johnson, Ohio, to Miss Charlotte McClelland, September 30, 1951, in Barnesville, Ohio.

Neil A . Matz, Ohio, to Miss Dorothy Ann Reese, August 26, 1951, in Denver, Colorado.

Don Pollitt, Ohio, to Miss Nana

Moore, July 14, 1951, in ¡cadiz, Ohio.

Mer vin Snider, Ohio, to Miss Constance Grammar, June 16, 1951.

Dean Dillery, Ohio State, to Miss Martha Hill, Summer 1951.

Jack Frost, Ohio State, to Miss Mae Heilman, Summer 1951.

Russ~ll Garrard, Purdue, to Miss Marjorie Carlson of Morocco, Indiana.

Harry Hanes, Purdue, to Miss Cleo Jean Dukes of Kendallville, Indiana.

John Simmons, Purdue, to Miss Carol Arnholter, of Indianapolis, Indiana.

Jack Irion, Texas, to Miss Lorraine Baird, Summer 1951.

Bill Johnson, Texas, to Miss Margaret Ann Hudson, Summer 1951.

Lloyd Kelley, Vermont, to Miss Blanche Buch of Tarrytown, New York.

Stanley Dickey, Washington, to Miss Phebe Sether, October 21, 1951, in Seattle, Washington.

Jerry LaJambe, Washingto'11+, to Miss Margaret Thompson, September 23, 1951, in Seattle, Washington.

Jerry West, Washington, to Miss Elaine Millard, September 15, 1951, Everett, Washington.

Gaylord Borst, Wisconsin, to Miss Patricia Weger of Madison, Wisconsin, Summer, 1951. ¡ Rolf Killingstad, W isconsin, to Miss Helen Fauerbach of Madison, Wisconsin, Summer 1951.

Jim Hunter, Wyoming, to Miss Shirley Rudisill, September 8, 1951.

Head of Concert Managers Charles A. Sink, Michigan, has been elected president of the National Association of Concert Managers.

Brother Sink is one of the Founders of Acacia.

At the conc.lusion of its 1950 Confer ence, the American Alumni Council installed T. Hawley Tapping, Michigan, as its president. A veteran of 27 years of alumni work, Brother Tapping is general secretary of the alumni association of the University of Michigan. The American Alumni Council consists of 750 persons repr esenting more than 500 institutions of higher learning. Brother Tapping was for many years the National Editor of Acacia and edited the TRIAD during that time.

William H. Harvie, Michigan, was appointed to the State Boar d of Architects, Engin eers, and Surveyor s by Governor Williams of Michigan, accor ding to an article appearing in the Detroit Free-Press.

Acacians in the Armed Forces Arizona W. Dickinson Ackley, Army.

John L. Philp, Air Force.

Orville Glen Robinette, Army.

Robert 0. Sortor, Air Force.

James Warkomski, Air Force.

California James G. Campbell.

Richard DeForest, Army.

Thomas M. Remington, Army.

Cincinnati *George W. Bowman, Jr., Army. *Lt. Melvin 0. Johnson.

Colorado *Cpl. Don E. Becker, Air Force.

Frank William Britt, Navy.

• L. J. Brunton, Army.

Larry Estep, Navy. *P#. Robert Gene Finke, Air Force. *Ens. James D. Hutchinson, Navy. *Pvt. Dean S. Johnson, Army.

Bruce Moody, Navy.

W. Channing Moulton, Navy. *Lt. jg. George W. Ray, Navy.

• Lt. jg. Bruce R. Warden, Navy.

Eugene L. Wicks, Navy.

Colorado A. & M. James Bowles, Air Force.

Melvin McCauley.

Gordon Praefke, Army.

Dick Taylor, Navy.

Cornell Larry ·Barnes, Navy.

Lt. Robert T. Campbell, Air Force.

Ens. Joseph C. Curtis, Navy.

Lt. Paul P. Cw·tis, Air Force.

Lt. William Wickham, Air Force.

Denver Jack Dice, Navy. *John R. Ellison, Air Force.

- *Sgt. Joseph T. Reed, Marines.

Richard L. Thompson.

Franklin Ray Bally.

William Croman. *Lt. Curtis Reitz.

Illinois Cliff Bloom, Army. *Kenneth H. Gordon, Army. *Pvt. William L. Jacques, Army. *Lt. Edgar R. Kelly, Marines. *Capt. Roy J . Lechner. *Lt. Jack K. Tuthill, Army.

Indiana Lauren D. Atz, Army.

Paul E. Conrad, Army.

John G. Held, Air Force.

James E. Huffer, Army.

Richard J. Link, Navy.

* * * *

James W. Lubs.

Philip S. Richardson, Air Force.

Paul H. Schlimmer, Army.

Richard H. Squier, Navy.

Richard E. Whinery, Air Force.

Iowa State AI Brittain, Navy.

Roger Davis.

William E. Huffman, Navy.

Donald Gene Larson, Air Force.

Lt. Hugo Mayer, Army.

Dave Olsen.

Kansas Frank C. Clinesmith, Navy. *Pvt. John H. Enegren, Army.

•c. A. Lloyd Fox, Navy.

Lt. Vern C. Mahon, Navy. *Pfc. Alan H. Sanford, Army.

Kansas State *Pfc. Wesley E. Holmes, Air Force.

Harold Nus.

Miami Stanley C. Bohl.

Robert Holloway, Air Force.

Charles Kenneth Pugh, Air Force.

Bill Walker, Air Force. *Pvt. John H. Werth, Army.

Michigan *Lt. Richard E. Campbell, Marines. *Lt. Lawrence E. Girton, Army. *Cmdr. Douglas H. Hoard, Navy. *Lt. jg. Kenneth P. Jones, Navy. *Lt. Jack R. Kelso.

Lt. Edward H. Kendall. *Lt. Stewart A. Kingsbury, Navy. *Pfc. David D. Olson, Air Force. *Lt. Robert G. Smellie. *Mid'n. John Glade Toner, Navy. *Lt. jg. Robert D. Wood, Navy.

Minnesota Oliver Clubb, Marines.

John Dablow, Navy.

Pfc. William Gettleman, Marines.

Charles Hunt, Air Force.

Norman Kelso. *Lt. Burt E. Swanson, Army.

Earl Wangerin, Air Force.

Missouri Richard Brooks, Air Force. *Lt. Rowland Jackson, Air Force.

Dennis Shay, Air Force.

Nebuiska *Pvt. James T. Engh, Air Force.

New Hampshire Roger Berry.

Richard. French, Air Force.

Milt Galucia, Air Force.

Lt. Philip L . Hall, Air Force.

Don Hellberg, Air Force.

Lt. Richard H. Hendrickx, Air Force.

Jim Hin(l.

Lt. Eugene D. Levy, Air Force.

Pvt. Richard M. Pratt, Marines.

Carl A. Quimby.

Pvt. Elmer K. Richardson, Army.

Lt. Richard Stevens, Air Force.

Lt. Charles L. Tufts, Air Force.

Lt. Kenneth C. Tufts, Air Force.

James Williams, Army.

Philip S. Yeaton, Air Force.

Northwestern Ens. Joseph Angner, Navy.

Ens. Don Ansel, Navy. *Lt. Warren G. Ball, Army. *Pfc. Theodore W. Beckermann, Army. *Benjamin L. Bion, Army.

Wendell C. Cantwell, Navy.

"Pfc. Arthur E. Keary, Air Force.

Ralph D. Odell, Air Force. *Lt. John E. Ortmeyer, Navy. *Eugene B. Pflughaupt, Army. *Ens. C. R. Sowle, Navy.

Ens. J. Truman Walmsley, Navy.

Edward M. Wones, Jr.

Ohio *Pvt. Foster Ewing, Army. " Cpl. Robert Forsythe, Air Force. *William Kelly, Navy. *Neil Matz, Air Force. *J. M. McCarty, Navy.

Ohio State • Paul L. Brown, Army. *N/C Theodore Y. Korsgren, Jr., Navy.

Warren Lewis, Navy. *James Mahaffey, Navy.

Russ Samuels, Army. *Pvt. Daniel P. Self, Army. *Pvt. James E. Stauffer.

Robert A. Thompson, Air Force. *George H. Wadge, Navy.

Lemoin Walton, Army.

Oklahoma *Don S. Kahler.

Oklahoma A. & M. L. D. Eaton, Army.

Tom Hayden, Army.

Don Hays, Army.

Guy Blake Hedrick, Air Force.

Frank E. Hensley, Marines.

Vernon H. Jarrell, Air Force.

Tom Lee, Army.

Lt. Col. John D. Lucas, Army.

Jerome B. Martin, Army.

Emmett M. Petersen, Army.

Duane C. Routh, Air Force.

Dick Shoger, Air Force.

Beal Snodgrass, Army.

Oregon State Richard E. Carnahan, Air Force.

Wally Cross. *Ens. George B. Huber, Navy.

Penn State William Dietz, Navy. *Major James C. Short, Marines.

The Triad, Fall, 1951 Purdue David Ford.

David T. Funk, Navy.

Ralph M. Hayes.

Joe 0 . Mill.

Herbert K. O'Young.

Dorman D. Rogers, Navy.

John E. Simmons, Navy.

Eugene F. Thomson.

Rensselaer *Pvt. Robert A. Woodall, Air Force.

11 Warren Fast.

Ivan L. Fry. *Lt. B. M. Johnston, Air Force. *Lt. John F. Kotick, Army.

Robert McCready.

Wyoming Burdette Forsch, Navy.

Marriss Massey, Navy. *Lt. Fred B. Morgan, Army.

Carl Nelson, Air Force.

Don Overy, Air Force.

Dave Wilde, Army.

Southern California Willard G. Bastron, Air Force.

William Clemens, Marines.

Danny Sapin, Air Force.

Syracuse Jacques Cross, Air Force.

Wilber Greer, Marines.

John Karhs, Army.

George Lawson, Army.

Roger Witherall, Navy.

Texas Lt. Berle Bridges, Air Force.

Merlyn Bruce, Army.

Lt. Mickey T. Haggard, Army. *John C. Hall, Navy. *Pvt. Albert L. Harris, Air Force.

Leslie Hearn, Air Force.

Lt. Jerry Holmes, Army.

Capt. Burt Koons, Air Force.

James Mills, Marines.

J . Ross Nichols, Army.

Lt. William R. Norred.

UCLA *Pvt. R. N. Deter, Army. *Sgt. Thomas L. Graham, Army. *Pvt. Bert K. Hathaway, Army.

Robert A. Hefner, Navy. *Cpl. Donald 0. Krogseng, Air Force.

William A. Pfaff. *Lt. Robert M. Schlemmer, Army. *Cpl. Robert Shaw, Army. *A/C Richard G. Smith, Air Force. *Ed Sullivan, Air Force.

Washington *Pfc. Bruce L. Cornish, Marines. *Ens. Ben F. Dotson, Navy. *Capt. Andrew J. Johnson.

Rr. 1\.drn. Robert W. Knox, Navy. *Pvt. Virgil Lang, Air Force. *Melvin E. Preston, Navy. *Ens. Maurice S. Stoffer, Navy.

Bob V. Tharp, Navy.

Gerald W. West, Navy.

Gordon T. Wood, Air Force.

Washington State *Pvt. Robert E. Cooper, Air Force. *Jack L. Earnest, Navy.

Lt. Duane L. Stowe, Air Force. *Pvt. William V. Swanland, Air Force. *Lt. Wilho E. Williams, Navy.

Wisconsin James Allen.

Lt. Joe Anderson, Marines.

Forest Davis.

Regional Conferences (Continued from page 2)

cians as they met at Ames over the Labor Day week-end to argue the pros and cons of rushing, pledge training, publishing, and financing.

With representatives of most of the twenty-two central chapters present, the meetings had to be held in the beautiful student union building and the delegates housed in several fraternity houses. Dean Roush and his crew had the program well organized and the chapter house scrubbed down in anticipation of the flood.

The conference sessions produced plenty of ideas and a lot of discussion from the floor.

On Saturday evening the boys relaxed at a barbeque held at a nearby picnic grove and then dressed up for a banquet held at the union building the following evening. At the latter function, presided over by Gordon Johnson of the Des Moines alumni association, the guests were welcomed by Frank Mendell, chapter adviser of the Iowa State Chapter.

Main speaker was Brother Jack Shelley of station WHO in D es Moines who told of some of his war-time adventures and then gave the men some of his ideas of what the fraternity system and Acacia can do and mean to the man, the college, and the nation.

Eastern Conference Under the direction of traveling secretaries Croyle and Dahl and with Jack Baker as chairman, e 1even chapters were in attendance at the Eastern Conference in Durham. A model initiation ceremony opened the meeting on September 7 and this was followed by a discussion of the war emergency, campus activities, interchapter relations, and scholarship.

All day Saturday and most of Sunday were needed to wade through the ideas and problems that were covered by the delegates who showed plenty of endurance. The relaxation came Saturday evening when the brothers adjourned for a picnic on

Green Bay and an impromptu football game between New Hampshire and Cincinnati delegates.

Speakers at the wind-up banquet were Brothers Lauren Seeley, who is dean of New Hampshire's College of Technology, S. 0 . Walker, mayor of Concord and toastmaster, Nationa:l.

Counselor Martin Delbrouck, and Executive Secretary Roy Clark. The delegates gave a rising vote of appreciation to George Croyle who has been assisting the eastern chapters for two years, and welcomed Walter Dahl as the new representative of the national office to these chapters.

Western Conference While the easterners were meeting in Durham, the seven chapters along the Pacific coast sent a total of sixtythree representatives to the UCLA chapter house for discussion and debate on the best ways to operate a chapter efficiently. Assisting were the men from the Southern California Chapter who entertained at a smoker on Friday evening and help round up dates for a moonlight picnic at George Wheeler's home on Malibu Beach. The climax of the week-end was a Sunday night banquet at the Hollywood Knickerbocker Hotel. With Bill Stone presiding, the three main speakers were C. Stanley Chapman, Yale, UCLA's chapter adviser Frank Reinsch, and National Vice President Chris Gabriel.

Special mention should be made of the fine talk given by Chuck Jardine of the Washington Chapter who led the discussion on a wartime emergency program; a lot of credit goes also to Bill Lynn of the host chapter and to Ed Kelly, national traveling secretary, who came out of his marine uniform to help with the meeting.

Lt. Carey Cowart Dies in Korea The very first pledge of the Southern California Chapter was a victim of the Korean war. Lt. Carey Cowart, USMC, died there this past spring.

He is survived by his wife and a young son. It is planned that the next issue of the Triad will include a further tribute to Brother Cowart, who is believed to be the first Acacian to die in Korea.

Charles V . Tyler, Illinois, died on November 25, 1950, at the age of sixty-five. The funeral was held at Plano, Illinois. No other details are available.

Among Acacia's Chapters

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Fall found the chapters getting into the swing of ~ollege life one~ again. It was the time to paint the house or move into a new one, to entertatn the prospectwe pledge and the home:~ming alumnus.' It was the season for hayrides and, of course, foo~ball. Fortified by knowledge and ideas acquired at the regional conference~, and consct~us of the power of the local draft board, Acacia men tackled thetr problems wtth the maturity of men and the enthusiasm of youth.

Arizona Eight members from our chapter attended the Western Regional Conference held at U.C.L.A. this summer. The participating chapters contributed many helpful ideas that will be put to good use.

Rush week caught us without a house, but by the end of the week, Ralph R. Guthrie, one of our alumni, closed the

pearing at our chapter house regularly.

Gordon Dufree from U.C.L.A. paid us a visit, and George Croyle, Acacia's traveling secretary, spent a week with us in early October.

Ralph R. Guthrie, past president of Toastmasters International, an,d an alumnus of the Arizona Chapter of Acacia, was honored recently at a testimonial dinner given by the Saguaro Toastmasters Club Number Sixteen.

Mr. Guthrie, chief clerk in the city assessment-collection department, is also

a deep breath, and congratulate ourselves on our handiwork we're preparing to whip things into shape for the initiation of a pledge class of seven, our largest to date (also our first).

Our new house, prominently located just off campus, is an imposing, twostory structure with accommodations for about thirty men and a roomy basement which we plan to convert into a recreation room.

By the Grace of God and the college deferment tests, all of our boys returned from their summer vacations ready, willing, and able to hit the ball hard and increase our membership-with this proposition in mind we are anticipating a great and memorable year together in our new house. CHARLES STEWART, JR.

California

ARIZONA The new home of the Arizona Chapter just a short distance from the campus deal for our new one. Our new chapter house is located at 819 E. Third Street, just one and one-half blocks from the main gate of the University. The house can accommodate about twenty men, and all the members seem to be happy with the selection.

We held an open house for our members and rushees on Saturday the twenty-second after a football game.

Many social events are now being planned for this year. Our Annual Sweetheart of Acacia Dinner Dance is scheduled for December the eighth. At this time we will select our sweetheart for the present school year.

Mr. Leland D. Case, an alumnus from the Northwestern Chapter, has been ap-

a past master of Masonic Lodge Number Four in Tucson. He has been very active in Acacia, and at present he is secretary of our building corporation.

WINFIELD

c.

FRANK

Arkansas With the purchase, late last spring, of the Lambda Chi Alpha house, the Arkansas Chapter of Acacia was primed for action this fall; and action we've had with pledges and members alike wielding paint brushes, moving furniture, waxing floors, etc. Now that the dust has cleared and we've had time to step back, draw

Pledges are Earl Rickers, Salt Lake City; Jim Nicholsen, Visalia; Ken Millner, Sacramento; Dave Hammond, San Carlos; Fred Foster, Corte Madera; Brent Pomeroy, Brentwood; Ralph Schroeder, Monrovia; Roger Welsh, Corona Del Mar; and Steve Davenport, Compton.

Recently many improvements on the house have been made, especially in the kitchen which has been completely redecorated. During registration week, when "back to school'' enthusiasm is at its peak, many of our study rooms also underwent a face-lifting. Our Mothers' Club has also contributed heavily to our effort to improve the house's appearance.

They generously have had our dining room tables refinished and have provided us with a new mantelpiece and screen for our fireplace.

Our fall social program promises to be most successful. We held our first party, a dinner dance, October 6 and it went over exceptionally well. The party was held in the chapter house, with music being provided by a three piece combo.

We have three more major parties planned, which are to be supplemented by the usual stags, beach parties, and exchanges. We also intend to have an open house for the campus, and a parents' day.

Last year we placed high in intramural competition, due mainly to the efforts of our baseball and football teams which both reached the finals. This year, although we have lost some valuable men, we hope to place even higher. There

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are some promising athletes in our pledge class who we hope will be able to replace the men we have lost and thus aid us in continuing our success.

M. R. ZIRKER

Mulvane, Kansas; Tony Weinrott, New we will be able to start a trophy case York, New York; Bob Blount, Carlsbad that we can be proud of.

New Mexico, and John Lines, Salida. ' On the twenty-second of September The members of this chapter were the Aggies were victims of the powerful very pleased when they returned to Buffs from Boulder, and after the game school this fall and found the beautiful the Colorado U. Chapter held an infornew trophy case which was donated by mal supper for this chapter and our John Weinhardt. It is a fluorescent- dates. This week-end we will be the Cincinnati lighted case made from corina wood. It hosts of the Wyoming Chapter and I hope certainly is a fine improvement for the that we will be as fortunate as Colorado house and undoubtedly the most out- was .

Pledges are: Howard Tefft, David HubHomer J. Henney, an alumnus of bard, Ronald Dougherty, William Schrad- . standing trophy case on the Colorado campus.

Kansas State, gave up his position of er, Howard Schisler, Robert Hammer, The intramural situation looks good Dean of The Agriculture Department to Richard Burns, William Randell, James for the coming year. The football team set up an experiment station for the Schroth, Tom Lutz, William Dieringer, and the water polo squad have been U .S.D.A. in South America. Another Don Fenton, Bruce Edmonds, Gale practicing regularly and hope to finish alumnus, Dean Henry of the Industrial Wittacre, and Albert Caloway. high in the standings when the final Arts Department, was injured while "This isn't Monte Carlo, but you can games are played.

BILL Cox painting his father's home in Algoma, lose your pants just as easily" read the brightly colored sign to couples arriving for a make believe Monte Carlo P arty.

For most couples, the sign showed more truth than fiction as they squandered all their fictitious money.

This gay party was only one of many rush functions this fall, which included among others an information dinner, swimming party, a bowling party, tramp party, and a picnic with the Phi Kappas.

The picnic, which has become an annual affair, found us trouncing them thoroughly in a game of football.

The end of summer marked the completion of the remodeling of our kitchen.

It was started by the pledges as a project during "Greek Week" last March, and since then has been transformed into an object of beauty through the combined efforts of everyone. During the slow changeover a new floor was laid, the walls covered with Masonite, and a new coat of paint was applied to everyARKANSAS thing from top to bottom.

After " pinning" the chapter house with a. large replica of the jeweled triangle, The first event of the fall was our the Arkansas Acacians line up with their housemother. regional conclave. Although it was held in New Hampshire, twelve of our men were present. The men who made the Wisconsin. We hope he will soon be as nine-hundred mile trip were Don Glass, active as he has been in the past.

Colorado A & M Charles Rentz, Roland Wagner, John A suggestion that was well made at Brunner, Richard Squilanti, Thomas the Regional Conclave in Ames will Kirk, Richard Keyes, James Llo yd, be put to use here this falL Instead of a Pledges are Don Hakonson, Murray Marion Tooley, Charles Waddell, Walter "courtesy week" in which the initiates Oxford, and J erry Varner, Walden; Ibele, and Adviser George Patterson. go to classes in foolish attire, a "help Arlyn Rowen and Dervin Shepler, SterThey report that they not only saw a ling; Richard Kountz and Vern Michel, week" will be started during which time great deal of the East, and had a lot of Flagler; Jay Wayne Jones and John the initiates will do something for the fun, but that they also got to know the Wallace, Denver; Tom and Lou Baskett, city, such as painting the honor roll or fellows from other chapters and some of Limon; David MeHaffey, Pueblo ; Jim something that would be appropriate or their problems.

CHARLES E. MATER designated by the Junior Chamber of Meister, Loveland; Tom Patrick, BaltiCommerce.

KEITH D. KIRCHOFF more, Md.; Merlyn Snavely, North Platte,

Colorado Pledges are: James Beatty, Erl Barton, Wesley Clark, Roy Cox, Robert Hartsfield, and John Langley, all of Denver; Craig Watts and Merle Roberts, Lafayette; Robert Treasure, Paul Dow, and Ralph Ross, Longmont; Donald Heath and Phil Swerdfeger, Boulder; Ben Irvine and Kenneth Ward, South Pasadena, California; Richard Gentry, San Gabriel, California; William Allen, Grand Junction; Robert Cooley, Limon; Robert Schmoll, Englewood; Richard Meyers, Avondale; Mahlon Wilson, Nucla; John Copely, Sidney, Nebraska; Harry Stumpf,

Nebr.; David Wait, Ft. Collins; Ivan Lorenz, La Salle; and Stuart McCarroll, Phillips, Texas.

We of the Colorado A & M Chapter of Acacia got off to a good start this fall during rush week with the result of a pledge class numbering twenty men.

Of these twenty, eighteen are products of rush week for which we can thank Lowell Houser, our rush chairman, and six members from the Colorado Chapter who gave us many hints and a lot of assistance to make our first all out rush week a success.

Intramurals started off last week and we have teams entered in football, cageball, and horseshoes. We hope that this fall with the help of our athletic pledges

Cornell Pledges are Earl Brink, David Champlin, Joseph Delario, James Freeman, Richard Hanks, E . Lewis Mathews, Richard Mathews, Kent Miller , David Schwardt, John Shepardson, William Stevens, Frank Tetz, R. Marvin Townsend, and David Williams.

Before we left the chapter house last June we realized fifteen were about to graduate and this would make our rushing program next fall doubly important.

With this in mind we all worked hard over the summer vacation getting the

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14 names of incoming freshmen from our local high schools and sending them ~o our Senior Dean, Doug Mcilroy, and his assistant, Bob Vanderhoek. These b.oys did a marvelous job of sorting, weeding, and tabulating, so that as soon as .the formal rush opened, Acacia was right in the thick of the fight with the fiftyone other fraternities on the hill. Now that the battle is over and the smoke has cleared, we find ourselves richly rewarded with fourteen good pledges and more in the offing.

Beside the paper work connected with rushing there was much work to be done o~ the house to prepare it for the rushees. Under the able leadership of our Senior Steward, Dave Hower, ~he work went rapidly and soon the outside of the house was painted, five trees were cut down, bushes were trimmed, gravel was added to the driveway, the front and side porches were painted, rooms were painted, and the house was generally cleaned up.

The social season at 318 Highland Rd., under the guiding hand of Junior Dean "Boner" Blase, assisted by Ken Lawrence, got started with a bang. After the Cornell-Syracuse football game, we had a joint party with the Syracuse Chapter of Acacia. With thirty couples in attendance it was the best party we have had in a long time.

JAMES M. SYMONS

Evansville A summer vacation from classes has given an opportunity to accomplish many things, most of which will be realized in the furthering of the plans and arrangements that have been made for a new house.

The building corporation has been formed and is now faced with the problem of raising sufficient funds to coincide with the estimated costs. The house plans are now being altered slightly by the architect to be in accord with the already established design of the other college buildings.

Throughout the summer the membership committee has been busy working on prospective members. A new method was used to contact and learn to know more intimately the new students. All freshmen from out of town were invited to live in the house free of charge during Orientation Week. This system served the purpose very well, both for the fraternity and for the individuals.

For the first time this year Acacia at Evansville nominated a complete slate of officers for the class elections. The results of the election are not available at the deadline date but the active campaigning is promising. Previously Acacia teamed up with the Phi Zetas in class elections.

William R. Brandon, faculty adviser last year, has resigned his position with the college and is now in the insurance business with Northwestern Mutual of Milwaukee. He enjoys .the work a great deal and is never too busy to meet the

members on pertinent fraternity problems. .

W. E. Mahaffey, our financial adviser last year, has also resigned a ~~s~tion.

He was associated with the divisiOnal engineering department at International Harvester. Mr. Mahaffey has accepted a much better position with the Whirlpool Washing Machine Company.

D. FRANKLIN BEUMES

Franklin With the swish of paint brushes, the clatter of shellac cans and the screaming of Ron Genther, Franklin Chapter is off to another school year. Nearly all the boys were at the house a week early to help, but special orchids go to ~on White's wonderful parents for commg down and doing the lion's share of living room painting.

Speaking of Ron, he and bride Essie (I suppose you'd call her the Fraternity's sister-in-law) moved into an apartment near the campus.

Rushing is the sixth and seventh weeks of the school term, .and with the house all spruced up, we hope to attract a large number of pledges. Hugh DiPretore, Pledge Master, hopes for at least twenty new men.

Our new Junior Dean, Bob Reeder, is planning a great social season, kicked off with a big party after the Princeton game.

Scholastically speaking, the House's average is higher for the Spring Term '51 than it was the Fall Term '50-'51 when we placed third highest out of thirty-seven Houses on the Penn campus.

All of us were disappointed to hear of Traveling Secretary . George Croyle's transfer, but we look forward to welcoming his successor Walter Dahl often at 3907 Spruce.

RAY MEccA

university playoffs. Last year we reached the quarter finals before losing. In spite of the loss of Bruce Esmond and Dick Dominetta who were chosen on the all IM first t~am last year, this year's capable aggregation is strengthened by several of the new pledges. That the pledges had football talent was shown when in the active pledge game the actives were victors by the margin of only 19-6.

Our social season began with an informal dance after the Wisconsin football game, October 6. Some top-n~tch music was furnished by a four-piece band, three of which were members of the house. The return invitations and remarks from other houses whose members attended suggest that having dances on the nights of home football games may be a good idea to continue.

On October 24, we entertained Zeta Tau Alpha sorority at the chapter h ouse with a dessert exchange and then on October 31 Halloween provided the background fo~ our supper exchange with Alpha Chi Omega sorority. This affair was held at the sorority, which gave us a chance to relax and enjoy a change of scenery.

The pledges have been busy on their own social schedule also. The pledges hit their pinnacle of social activity on October 27, however, when they presented the annual pledge dance. The decorations and dress had a waterfront theme and turtle-neck sweaters and T shirts,' dungarees and sailor caps proved to be popular.

Bob Glossop transferred here from the Evansville Chapter to finish ms senior year in geology.

The chapter recently received word that Clift Bloom, who joined the infantry last January, has struck a real job in the army. Clift is manager of the Ernie Pyle theaters in Tokyo and a chauffeur goes with the job. This army life must not be SO bad after all.

ROBERT HERRICK

I ndiana Illinois Pledges are Dale Akers, Quincy; John Beatty, La Moille; Charles Covey, Jacksonville; Dave Dutler, Streator; Andrew Ekblaw and Charles Rockwood, Urbana; Nelson Elliot, Mt. Carmel; Don Hanes, Oregon; Walt Hayward, Earlville; Bob Hodam, Bement; Charles Hurst, Chicago; Phil Mahin, La Grange; Richard Rayburn, Mahomet; Bob Story, Newton; John Warner, Elgin; Jack Wishart, Gary, Indiana; Jim Wishon, Alexandria, Indiana.

During the two and one half days of furious activity preceding rush week, the annex was completely repainted as well as portions of the main house. While the halls were all painted the same color, the brothers were given a free rein in their own rooms-the results in certain cases are beyond the imagination.

The IM football season started with three victories against no defeats and toward our league title and then

Pledges are Charles Swayne, Bryant Kingsbury, Ken Goodall, and Dick Fowler, all of Bloomington; Bob Burgoyne, Auburn; Max Schaeffer, Philip Newman, Angola; Russell Judd, Evansville; Neal Brazier, Don Bixler, Gary; Bob Ware, Indianapolis; Jim Nagel, Bill Gorman, Milan; Bob Moon, Hobart; Jim Huston, La Fayette; Dave Watson, Wabash; DeWayne Anderson, Columbia City; Roger Frazier, Hartford City; Ronald Reed, East Chicago; and Dick McQueen, Winslow.

This makes a total of 76 men in the chapter, forcing most of the sophomore class to live out for at least one semester.

We enjoyed entertaining Frank Holloway, national treasurer, and Ray Thomas, former national counselor, for an afternoon.

Two men from Acacia were candidates for this year's Bachelor of the Year, elected by the women of the campus to reign over the annual I.U. Fall

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Carnival, held at the field house. Although neither Charles Koger, backed by the AO Pi sorority, nor Bill Eastham, backed by Memorial Hall, won the race, both were close runners.

The alumni committee has made plans for a faculty smoker to be held October 14 at the house. Leading professors from nearly all of the schools have been invited, in addition to local alumni.

Letters were sent to alumni all over the nation informing them of Homecoming plans and future events . . We hope all of you can make it down for the Homecoming game with Illinois, October 27. Jack Laurien, chapter artist, cleaned his brushes in preparation to paint the decorations.

Dave Jenkins hoped to have the chapter publication, The Wreckage, out by Thanksgiving. Dan Meinniger, along with the rest of the constitution committee, is polishing up the constitution. Bob Vass has started preparations for Dad's Day. The intramural football season began with a crunch. Both Dean Olney and Dave Watson spent a week on crutches, nursing sprained ankles. The team played their first game October 6th with Phi Kappa and won by a slim two-point margin.

We are uniting with the AOPi's to build our booth for the Fall Carnival, to be held the weekend of October 6th.

Rudy Chambers has cracked the whip to begin song practices.

JOE M . SHROYER

Iowa An idea acquired at the Iowa State Conference gave Iowa Acacia what is

popularly conceded to be the most novel ,r ushing party thus far held on the Iowa Campus. We told the rushees that, preceding a hayrack ride, we were all going out to steal some watermelons_ Under the leadership of rush-chairman Bob Chase, we drove out to a farm and crept cautiously up to a melon patch. We had carried a number of melons back to the cars, when the farmer suddenly rushed out of his house, shouting to us to stop or he would shoot. He immediately raised a large shotgun to his shoulder and fired it over our heads. Of course, everyone began running for the cars as fast as he could go; and, as we roared off in the automobiles, many rushees expressed worry that the farmer would call the Iowa City police and have road blocks set up. Little did they realize that it was all a put-up job, the farmer having been paid beforehand for the melons we might steal and for faking a chase. After our return to town, there were hayracks and dates waiting for everyone, and the evening was concluded with a hayrack ride on which many hair-raising stories were told about our "narrow escape."

Iowa State Pledges are Bob Brown, Delton Winipegler, Gary Kempers, Gene Resseler, Bernard Storjohann, and Len Moore.

We returned to Ames August 29th to get the house in shape for the conference. Between "bull-sessions" and coffee we managed to paint, scrub and sweep out the accumulated summer dust so we could proudly throw our doors open to the delegates. It was really swell to meet

IOWA STATE The Iow a State chapter acted as hosts for the regional conference ~n Septemb er .

At the speaker's table were traveling secretary Lemmon, execu ttve secretary Clwrk Mother Din smore the Fran k Men dells, Jack Shelley, the Gordon Johnsons, and the editors Ross. Sh~lley w as the main speaker.

and talk with the fellows of the different chapters and I'm certain a good time was had by all.

As a result of our last active meeting spring quarter, and the very competent job done by a hiring committee, we are really having good meals this year. We have employed two new cooks that can really cook! They are doing a great job and if we don't go home next spring fat and slick it won't be their fault.

Our social chairman, Dale Weber, has a full calendar for this quarter. To start it off with a bang is a rousing Pajama Party. We should get a good picture of two for the next issue. There is also a Backward Fire-side scheduled. The boys dress as girls and girls as boys. Of course we will expect all the courtesies that women do and even a whistle or two.

The Kappa Delta's are going to join us in our annual Christmas Caroling and there has been some talk about joining forces for the Christmas Party for the unfortunate children of Ames. In all, I believe that we shall have a lively quarter.

Homecoming is rolling around this week and we have a grand welcome planned for Kansas State. Our motto for decorations is "First the Floods and now the Cyclones." Buffet dinners will be served to guests and alumni.

J. E. WIDDEL

Kansas Pledges are: Richard Lindstrom, Ronald Duphorne, Herbert Strunk, Nelson Bachus, Charles Dick, 0 . C. Chowning Jr., James Glass, Royse Ferguson, Lawrence Schmit, Louis Buck, Robert Ratch, Gary Hammer, Lawrence Tougaw, Ted Weidman, Bernard Jones, George Daniels, Eugene Cayot , and Victor Weber.

Kansas Chapter hung its shingle out¡ at 1225 Oread and started the year off with the most successful rush week since the reorganizati-o n of the chapter in 1948.

A lot of hard work on the part of Max Fessler, faculty adviser, and Fred Stubeck, financial adviser, resulted in the purchase of our present home.

A variety of social functions for this semester has been planned by Sam Willcoxon, social chairman. The calendar is filled with dessert dances and other activities. Our first major social function was our annual Gingham and Jeans party held the 13th of October . Our Fall Formal scheduled for November 17 highlighted the semester's activities.

We are expecting a large turnout of alumni at Homecoming December 1. The football game with Missouri in the afternoon will be followed by our traditional Pig Roast. We want the alumni to inspect our new chapter house, renew acquaintances, and meet the members of the undergraduate chapter.

JOHN PATTINSON

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Kansas State Pledges are John Brethour, Clay Center; Gary Brack, Otis; Jay Humburg, LaCrosse; Sam Nickol, LaCrosse; Ed Romano, Poughkeepsie, New York, and Bob Kind and Bennie Funk, both of Herrington.

After a short and busy summer, most of our members arrived back in Manhattan to help clean up the fraternity house before rush week. Everyone grabbed a paint brush or mop and in just three short days everything was in readiness for the rushees.

Prior to Rush Week we repainted the living room, chapter room, and dining room. We still have hopes of building a new chapter house, but due to scarcity of labor and materials it will be postponed for awhile. ¡ Our homecoming is October 20th when we play host to Colorado. John Stretcher is keeping the pledges busy working on homecoming decorations. Our candidate for F.M.O.C. (favorite man on the campus) is Chris Kongsore. The F .M.O.C. is selected at the annual Snow Ball sponsored by the Home Economics Club.

Arden Sheets, social chairman, planned a picnic on Sunday, September 22nd, but we were forced inside by rain. After a buffet dinner we entertained our dates with dancing and singing.

We are looking forward to the AcaciaPhi Kappa smoker and our annual fall formal. We have had one hour-dance this semester and hope to have several more along with some exchange dinners.

We have had several Acacians from other chapters visit us. Among the visitors were: John Nye, Pu,-due; Paul Schlimmer, Indiana; and John Taylor, Nebmska.

Between social affairs and other activities we manage to find time to keep up on our studies. We ranked second out of twenty-one fraternities in scholarship last semester. Mother Lyles is back with us again this semester to help keep things going smoothly. LEE S. RusSELL

Miami The Miami Chapter of Acacia started off the '51-'52 year by serenading the freshmen women the first week we were back. We also filled two vacancies by -e lecting Langdon Leighton as our Junior Dean and Sam Y aksich as our rush chairman. Langdon started off the year with a bang by scheduling a "Backwards Party" (boys come dressed in dates' clothes and vice versa-reminiscent of Tumabout); and Sam immediately inspired our confidence by pledging four men in the second week of the semester.

We made several improvements in the house: painted the front porch, rearranged the study accommodations, and had re-upholstered several pieces of furniture. Sixty men can sure wreck

havoc with the sturdiest of chairs! We have ten men housed next door this year, thus making twenty-seven in the immediate vicinity.

It is with considerable misgiving that I report that Pledge-Improvement Week is here again. For five days we'll do largely without study, sleep, dignity, and peace of mind. Here are the boys that are going to have a go at the three degrees: Bill Bauer; Conrad Curtis; Dick Hockenbury; Dick Hodge; Dick Jones; Joe McDaniels; Lou Perna; Forest Stillion, and Mark Witt.

GORDON HEGENBARTH

Michigan Pledges are Arthur T. Bublitz, Oak Park, Ill.; Donald Cisholm, Detroit; Donald E. Nissle, Ann Arbor; and Richard P. Nyberg, Chicago, Illinois.

Since the last issue of the TRIAD, the Michigan Chapter has been moving along at a fast pace. Work week before classes started put the house in fine shape for rushing which followed soon after. The freshly painted hall way and dining room were helpful to our rushing program. Under the direction of Senior Dean Larry Sweet, and with the help of many alumni, rushing has produced four new pledges.

Social life at Michigan has hit an all time high. Under the able direction of Junior Dean Bud Strout we have had three after-football parties that break all previous records for enjoyment. In the immediate future we are looking forward to a homecoming party that should top them all.

On the scholarship side, the Michigan Chapter has lived up to Acacia standards by coming out second of the forty-two fraternities on campus last year.

The Michigan Chapter sent a six-man delegation to the regional conference at Ames, Iowa, and all returned with many new ideas which other chapters shared with us.

FRANK WINDES

Minnesota Pledges are: Robert Boyd, Chell Lundgren, Al Knutson, Robert Walline.

Thanks to our alumni and the Masonic Lodges throughout Minnesota we have been provided with a list of 50 potential rushees, and we hope, pledges. Special rushing functions are planned for those who are interested.

Work, Workmen, Working pledges, and even Working actives. It is the "workmen" who are really appreciated by the Acacians, however. Reason? The workman and their material have been provided by our alumni. The basement received a new gas furnace and water heater; the back hall some new paint; the top floor new paint, study compartments, and rugs; and, the boys now line up just to take a shower in the newly

tiled shower. Rushees are impressed by these renovations and the generosity of those responsible.

Chapter elections were held early in the quarter with these new officers as a result: James Pohtilla, V.D.; Wayne Harmala, S.D.; Harold Michie, J.D. Richard Shadrick went right to work to prepare his monthly nemesis on our bank accounts-the bills. John Sandefur of the alumni squad became our new chapter adviser at the same time.

A few of our members went to work this Spring quarter and got themselves graduated and spread all over. Jule Kvamme graduated, but is sticking around campus in law school. Robert Neubuer got himself two jobs, a wife and a sideline as geologist with the State Highway Department. A lumber company in Iowa is now receiving the service and knowledge of Kern Riddlington.

Owatonna got its most eligible free lance bachelor back in the person of Dick Johnson.

The Minnesota Alumni had a luncheon before Homecoming. It is hoped this will become a monthly event. Speaking of alumni, some of he more recent are knocking about here and there. Lou Johnson is exercising his vocals over station KTOE, St. Peter. Dave Dinham is hard at work for the Northwest Paper Co., Cloquet, and golf. We have a new Alumni Board: Lloyd Boyd, Duane Norby, Don Neubauer, Bill Gabrielson, and Dr. William Peterson. •

KEITH IRWIN

Missouri All members arrived back by September 9 in order to help fix up the house for the school year. A new floor and a new sink were put in the kitchen, and the interior in the lounges was repainted.

The majority of the work was put in on the housemother's new room. It was papered and new furniture was installed.

We have a new housemother this year after having a graduate student serve as chapter chaperon last year. She is Mrs. Mary Elzea from New London, Missouri. Mother Elzea is doing a wonderful job and is much beloved by all the men in the chapter.

Our first social function of the year was held October 6. It was a picnic held at Rollin's farm and turned out to be a huge success. Twenty-five couples attended and each couple brought a covered dish.

During the summer, three men went on the NROTC training cruise to Pensacola, Florida and Little Creek, Virginia.

One man attended the cruise to Jamaica and Cuba, and one man went to field artillery ROTC camp at Fort Sill, Oklahoma.

Plans are now in progress for the Homecoming Weekend, October 27. A buffet dinner is being planned for all alumni, and we hope many shalJ attend after the game.

WILLIAM D. ELzEA

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Nebra~ka Pledges are: Neal Pohlman, Stanton; John Luethje, Waco; Don Searcy, Wilber; Marvin Hofferber, Geneva; Charles E. Anderson, Tekamah; Charles V. Anderson, Blencoe, Ia.; Phil Koopman, Mt. Pleasant, Mich.; Russell Sider, Omaha; Paul Scott, North Bend; Otto Apfelbeck, Wilber; Larry Drda, Wilber; Melvin Brydl, Wilber; Don Mattox, Omaha; Don Hilkemeier, Creighton; Allan Lozier, Omaha ; Doyle Beavers, Bennett; Bill Chin, Omaha; Lawrence Ackland, Geneva; and Neal Harlan, Hickman.

Action has been the choice keyword around the house here at Nebraska since

Much enthusiasm has been shown in intramural sports, and thus far we have yet to taste defeat in our experiences.

Of course this is in reference to only football, but we have a lot of material for the coming events too, and are looking forward to an active year in campus sports.

October 8 gave temporary indication of being a regular Monday night," but that was before the actives prepared for dinner. As we began to congregate for dinner it became obvious that the pledges were absent, and the sad part of the story was discovered when we found that they had also made away with not only the silverware, but also with the bread and ham which had been prepared for dinner. Fortunately they had

present home since they are right across the road from a girl's dormitory. They spend most of their leisure time playing horseshoes and football with the girls.

The big program for the New Hampshire Acacians this fall is the mayorality campaign. We have combined with Alpha Tau Omega, Phi Mu, and Alpha Xi Delta to put on the biggest show the University of New Hampshire has ever seen.

The candidate is Caesar the Teaser.

We Acacians have built the float and are acting as soldiers and peons in the parade. Several of the brothers are taking part in the skit which is the climax of the campaign. Some of the features of the campaign are the dancing girls, the slave girls, and the Roman Legion.

Caesar promises to clean up the campus if he is elected mayor. He figures that a communal bath will be a great step toward this goal. There are daily auctions of the dancing girls which should create quite a stir among the male students. A regular free taxi service is being run for all of the female students. If they need a ride, a call to 128 will give them rapid and safe transportation to their destination.

RicHARD E. TlioMAs

Ohio

NORTHWESTERN Their ranks swelled by the addition of 16 pledges, 49 of No1·thwestern's 64 membe1·s and prospects get together for their annual pictu1·e for the yeaTbook-and· the TRIAD. our rallying in late August. With the return of eleven actives and two holdover pledges we began work Sept. 1 to renovate our new campus home. Upon returning it seemed almost hopeless when we summed up what was actually facing us-especially since we had less than a week in which to get ready for open house. However, after long days and nights we accomplished what had once seemed almost insurmountable.

Walls were papered, floors sanded and varnished, windows washed, porches scraped and painted, and two truck loads of junk discarded.

After a thorough cleaning there was still the minor matter of having something to put in the house. This problem had been occupying the minds of some of our prominent alumni for several weeks, and hardly were the floors dry before rugs, and furniture of all description began to arrive. And because all this was made possible we are deeply grateful to our alumni, who contributed both financially and in time.

To begin our social year we opened with a housewarming which was well ·attended by the organized houses, local alumni, and numerous members of our university faculty. This was an event of September 30.

canceled dates with all but two of the rushees for the evening. Those who did come enjoyed the evening right along with the actives. Silverware was borrowed from the Canterbury Club which is just next door.

JAMES COLLINS

New Hampshire When we returned to the grind of classes on September 25, we found that the house was not finished. The alumni corporation proved up to the job and housed all of the fellows by renting Brook House which was formerly a girl's dormitory. Twenty-one of the brothers are living in Brook House, and twenty-three are roughing it in the house. They have been spending cold nights sleeping in decks only to be awakened at seven in the morning when the carpenters start to work. Now that hot water and heat have been installed in the house, they are finding it easy to put up with the noise made by the carpenters.

Everything is moving along smoothly at the house now, and the rest of the brothers will be moving over shortly.

They will be reluctant to leave their

Accompanying the opening of the fall semester at 0 . U . was the reconvening of the chapter's all night bull sessions in the third floor chambers. A major portion of the agenda was devoted to reports of contacts made during the summer with Acacians from other chapters.

R.O .T.C. Summer Camps at Fort Campbell, Ky., and Fort Lee, Va ., were the scenes of new friendships made with brothers from schools all over the country. Delegates returning from the Regional Conference at New Hampshire h ad many tales to tell of lobster picnics, new and renewed acquaintances, and of ideas picked up from the other delegates, some of which have already been put to use successfully. We hope to keep the ties made with other chapters strong throughout the year. A team visited the Ohio State Chapter in September to assist them in their rushing progra m and we are looking forward to some big weekends with the Miami and Cincinnati Chapters during the football season.

Two lobbys deadlocked a recent session until the formation of a coalition permitted both issues to reach the floor.

One was the mention of Acacia's high scholastic rating last spring. For the second semester in a row we placed third in overall chapter standings as our actives ranked first among the active chapters. The other was a discussion of our alumni-active picnic held in Cleveland one weekend during August. The outing, which saw the return of many alumni and their families, included a picnic on Saturday and church and a ball game on Sunday.

The sessionees have been meeting in the upper chamber thus far this year because the lower chamber has been

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18 PURDUE The newly-organized Acacia jazz band puts out during a j~ session. Included in the aggregation are brothers Tyler, Jor_dan, Trenk~e, Gnffiths, Stro•ler, and Wilkinson. We have no information on who, tf anybody, ts the leader.

undergoing repairs and decorating. Work is completed now and all rooms on the first floor have received new coats of paint and some of the furniture has been reupholstered.

Recipient of the Bull-sessional Medal of Honor for September was rush chairman Louis Ondis. Through his untiring efforts we have a new pledge class of eighteen men.

The New Year's Party celebrating the new school year received a unanimous vote of confidence. When the clock tolled 11 o'clock midnight (Dean of Women's Time), confetti and streamers filled the air, and shouts of Happy New Year could be heard above the blare of toy horns and noisemakers.' The many revelers who attended th~ party indicate that the Ohio Chapter is off to another big social year.

The coffee pot is empty and the ashtrays are full so we'll break up this session on the note that our gridders started the season by winning the opener from Lambda Chi Alpha and dropping their second tilt to Sigma Chi. WALT SMITH

Irskens, Sec. Dean Keller, Treas. Bill Alexander, Steward Forest Reed, and Pledge Trainer Pete Groff.

Acacians and their dates were found from the lowest reaches of purgatory to the highest ramparts of heaven on the night of Oct. 27 as the chapter held its annual Saints' and Sinners' party at the fraternity house. The residents of Pluto's realm were committed to the basement amid the eternal fires, while the saintly held court in the living room.

The University Country Club was the scene of a picnic dinner on Oct. 13, given by the Mother's Club. Many alumni and their families were present, in addition to the entire undergraduate and pledge chapters. After the dinner, the group returned to the chapter house for bridge and canasta.

Three associate members were added to the chapter in the form of transfer students John Ellenwood and Jack Pore from Ohio University, and Vaughn Hill from Northwestern University.

VAUGHN E. HILL

Oklahoma Ohio State Pledges are Joe Fisher, Cleveland; Tom Webb, Bowling Green; Phillip Fry, Youngstown; Dave Griffen, Columbus; Dick Konrath, Delta; Marlyn Reno, Washington Court House; Duane Mehlman, Toledo; Fred Lovell, Connuneauat; George Bacon, and Tom Reel.

Despi~e the beckoning of draft boards, the enticements of the opposite sex and other pitfalls of academic life, the Ohio State Chapter threw open its doors in September for a most promising year.

Leadership was provided by V. D. Dick Slemmer, S.D. Dick Cowdry, J.D. Tyge

"Come on-a our house" is the phrase that's being used around the Oklahoma Chapter these days. The boys furnished the labor, the alumni furnished the money, the Mothers' Club furnished the new drapes, and we have a new living room that we're really proud of. In addition to the living room, we painted the rest of the downstairs, all the halls throughout the house, plus the housemother's apartment.

And speaking of housemothers, we have a pip. She is Mrs. Hardy Young, former Pi Kappa Alpha housemother at Tulsa University. The boys of the 0. U. Chapter are extremely proud of Mom

Young, and we wouldn't trade her for all the housemothers in existence. She's tops.

The Oklahoma Chapter is going to have two alumni banquets this year instead of the usual one in the spring.

In addition to the spring get-to-gether, we're planning a fall one, too. It will be December 1, 1951, at 6: 30 p. m. after the Oklahoma-Oklahoma A. & M. football game. We're looking forward to seeing all of our alumni at this banquet.

The Oklahoma and Texas Chapters are having their annual joint party in Dallas after the Cotten Bowl. This party is being held at "The Chalet," which is one of the finest night clubs in Dallas. Everyone always has a swell time and it really builds goodwill between the two chapters. Try having a joint party with some other chapter sometime. They're lots of fun, just ask 0. U. or Texas.

One of the big headaches to most chapters is the rush fund and how to obtain it. The Oklahoma Chapter has found a new way this fall. The boys have raised their housebill $1.00 per man per month.

This money is placed in a reserve that can be drawn on during the year and also saved for summer rush. We think it's a pretty good idea and also it doesn't hurt the pocket books either.

Oklahoma A & M The Acacia Fraternity at Oklahoma A & M seems to be in the swing of things for another school year. Rush week is over and all of the difficulties of opening the house seem to be tended to; all we lack now is a desire to go to school.

Studying is certainly hard to start.

This coming weekend is the date set for our fall hayrack ride; so far the weather seems just right, a bit nippy.

The next social event of any great importance to the Acacia Boys is a Barn Dance planned for the early part of November. December 8 will be the date of our Circus Dance; all Acacians that can make it are quite welcome. In the next issue of the TluAD I may be able to say something interesting about these events.

Oklahoma A & M is trying a new method of making money for the living groups and the Student Union. A carnival is going to be held in the Union Building, in which we are planning to participate in a money making project, we hope. It will be interesting to see the results.

MARTIN SCHMIDT

Oregon State It was breezy, riding uptown; the windows of the taxi were open and the driver was exceeding. the speed limit by fifteen miles an. hour. We pulled up to the curb and I stepped out into that . kind of a day which can exist nowhere but on a college campus in September.

Before me, set in the verdure of a

The Triad, Fall, 1951 lawn and shrubs, stood my chapter of the Acacia Fraternity, proud in its new coat of white paint. A welcome sight.

Inside there were the fellows with their big hands, their hearty grins and their eager questions. We looked over the dining room, which needed a paint job, and the remodelled kitchen with the back porch smelling of green fir and plaster.

After our inspection, we settled down to the serious business of rushing.

A big job lay ahead. Ten actives had returned to live in the Oregon State chapter, a house which can operate· efficiently with a minimum of thirty men. Our rushing program needed reorganizing; we reorganized it. We devised a card system so that a rushee's qualificatipns might be denoted on the night of the date and later evaluated at voting time. We made our chapter a home, and with the help of our alumni, who held summer rushing parties and contacted numerous prospects, we did the job. At present pledges outnumber actives two to one.

This year, as never before, we have become conscious of that fraternity behind the fraternity-the alumni. Without their aid, the refinancing and remodelling of the house, the rushing program -the existence of the house itself, would have been impossible. The hats of the undergraduates are off; and we are a little smug-our graduates have not forgotten what it is like to sweat out the night before an exam over a pot of joe and an ashtray full of butts.

It is good to relax at one's desk and contemplate the school year. Of course I am a little stiff from a football scrimmage the other evening-but who knows, we many win the school championshipit is easy to predict, before the season starts. At any rate it will be fun trying, and I'll wager we enjoy every bruise. I'll know that later I may be relaxing over a coke on a blind date, or trying out the floor at the pledge dance, or . . . And some of the time I'll have to study, I suppose.

WILLIAM KEEP

Penn State Pledges are William McCabe Alden, Thomas Duane Mcintyre and Charles Wesley Rohrbeck.

We are particularly happy that some of the new pledges have given Acacia a long-needed representation in varsity sports at Penn State. Stan Thomas is a proud member of the Nittany football team. Frank Kilmer participates in lacrosse, while his brother Bill runs the 440 year dash. Pete Judd is an able cross-country man, and Duane Mcintyre a varsity wrestler.

During the past summer, the Square and Compass Association financed the repainting of the entire first floor of the chapter house. The modern color scheme has greatly improved the appearance of our clubroom and card room.

Junior Dean Merlin Miller arranged a lively opening for our fall social season

19 -a record dance held September 22 in the chapter house. Senior Dean Bob Goodman played several piano selections, and accompanied group singing of college and fraternity songs. A week later, on a clear cold moonlit night, the• Penn State Acacians sponsored a hayride. After a happy, but crowded journey, we returned to a warm house for refreshments and dancing.

The chapter placed third in scholarship among the forty -nine fraternities here at Penn State, maintaining the rank it attained in the Fall of 1950. Our seniors were most outstanding, rating fourth ~mong all other members of their class.

The Intramural Sports Program is just beginning, but Acacia has already shown its strength by winning the first touch football game of the season. Brothers and pledges are entered in almost all the sport contests, and athletics will be an important activity this year.

ROBERT VANDEGRIFT

We are very glad to have Bob Voegeli and Jack Webster from the Universities of Illinois and Miami, respectively, with us this year. Jack and Bob found the Purdue curriculum more suitable to their interests and decided to transfer.

Tom Timothy, our athletic manager, has planned a most extensive intramural program this year and thinks we should finish right near the top. We have won the first three out of four of our softball games.

The seniors are proud of themselves this year. During senior week only three of seven pairs of cords were found and painted and not one mustache was shaved. Of course the seniors left our happy group to be alone in some motel in the outskirts of town which was a contributing factor to their success. pAUL COLLIER

Purdue

It was thought that all major improvements had been performed by the end of last year. Yet, to the amazement of many brothers, building supplies began arriving in early September. Led by Tom Proctor, Ron Voight, and Russ Southwick, plus the added impetus of fines, all brothers became skilled craftsmen. Everyone labored until early October when we laid down our tools, washed our hands, and looked at a marvelous transformation in the dining room. What had once been a common unattractive room, is now rebuilt with a panel ceiling, masonite walls, and tile floors. Along with this major improvement was the elimination of a very objectional brick wall which had previously divided the dining room. Along with the house improvements is the purchase of additional living room furniture by our advisers' wives and the appointed committee.

Our social committee under the able direction of Larry Warner has plans galore. The n ew fall schedule is just bursting with parties, picnics, hay rides, etc. For any brother who needs a date, our special i ntroductory "Biscuit Bounce" should provide ample opportunity. Much is already being planned in connection with the Institute's formal I. F. Ball and Pre-1. F . P arties, which are still far in the futur e.

Our chapter is again outstanding in its scholastic achievement, standing second among thirty social fraternities at R.P.I. We r eceived an additional distinction by being awarded the "Most Improvement in Scholarship" trophy by the institute.

RoBERT L . REINER

Pledges are Jack Carrell, Indianapolis; John Milhous, · Plainfield; Henry Birk, Indianapolis; Larry Tyler, Remington; Jim Graham, Danville; Jerry Jordan, Flora; Leonard Tracer, Oakland City; George Matyus, New Brunswick, New Jersey; Don Trenkle, West Lafayette; Bob Combs, Princeton; Jim Boyden, Gary ; Don Rupert, New Kensington, Pennsylvania; Bob Pursley, Boonville.

The P . U. brothers are back "beatin' the books" and have started another school year in hopes that it will be as successful as the past. If the caliber of the men in the house has anything to do with the way it functions, then this year should be a banner one and open unforeseen gates.

Our chapter house is bulging at the seams and we have nine men living outside the house. Dean W. A . Knapp, our chapter adviser, seemed very pleased with our work and said that it was the first time in years that the house has been full before the semester got under way. I think congratulations are in order for our Senior Dean, Dick Rupert; Venerable Dean, Charlie Parrish ; and the rest of the gang that made this possible.

The house had a new look when we returned. The kitchen was completely redecorated: morolite walls, new cabinets, new cupboards, new sink, and it was all repainted in blue and white. The dining room has new pressed wood and celotex walls. The sidewalks in front of the house were replaced by new ones as were the steps in front and on the side.

The curb in the alley was moved back closer to the house to provide for parallel parking. We honestly and sincerely appreciate all that was done, and would like to take this opportunity to thank the Building Association.

During the summer, forty Methodist youths lived in the house. They were here from all over the United States to attend the Methodist Youth Conference.

Rensselaer

Southern California Pledges are Richard Hardy Stewart, Brecksville, Ohio; David James Blackmer, San Mateo; George William Emslie, Canal Zone ; Henry Carroll Hopkins, Bell Gardens; Richard Henry Gatley,

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20 San Carlos; James Joseph Kamp, Kirke Van Nelson, Lowell Vernon Andrews, Charles Lewis Schroeder, all of Los Angeles; John Paul Thomure, Artesia; Everette Eddy, Pasadena; Perry Lafayette Botkin, Sherman Oaks; Peter Dillion McDermott, Sherman Oaks, and Roy Anthony Silver, Inglewood.

As another semester begins here at Southern California, a new regime has been installed to assist the active chapter in guiding the future destinies of Acacia. Heading the new list of officers as Venerable Dean is Roger Stewart.

The new pledge class looks up to Earnest Fraser for their guidance. Our social activities and events are in the hands of Sam Gandrud, who is a real believer in exchanges and parties. The minutes and other secretarial duties are managed

by Dale Johnson. The always desired

immediately follow the Oregon State football game. Music and refreshments will be served.

Harvey Amos has been elected to the office of Chapter Adviser. The chapter would also like to take the privilege of thanking George Ray Oster for his fine work in that post in the past years.

The man responsible for the new sign is none other than Bill Hathaway. Althoug:q Bill worked for six months to finish it, there have been many comments regarding the sign's origin. Some think that the sign was borrowed from a sanitarium bearing the same name.

Our official answer is that we have had no business with them since last initiation and therfore the rumors are completely without sufficient evidence or grounds. During the day, large brass letters gleam from the black background.

two smaller hallways which lead to rooms on the sides and to the rear of the house. One hallway breaks into a large bathroom which is equipped with three stall showers and two tubs and various and sundry wash basins. This is a feature that borders on palatial luxury.

The men in our chapter are deeply indebted to those of Acacia House Corporation for securing this fine house.

We cannot forget that through them, the S. C. chapter has been able to have two fine lodgings complete with all equipment necessary to accomodate its members, in just four years. This is just another achievement of which we are proud.

The new house, located at 801 W. 28th.

Street, is considerably larger than our old house. We can sleep thirty men far more comfortably than we could twenty at the old place. Everything is bigger.

Rooms are bigger. There are better bathing facilities. It has a sounder construction and a much better kitchen layout. In the future there will be a large parking area for the members.

This will also be the site of the new basketball and volley-ball courts. These in turn will be the practice courts of new IFC champions in those particular sports and the breeding grounds for a few more trophies. Just as the house is located at the cross-roads of fraternity row it seems also to be located at the cros~-roads of success. There is nothing but a fine future for Acacia Chapter and S.C. ToM DEPEW AND HARLEY HARTMAN.

Syracuse

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA This 30-man home accommodates the USC Chapter and their dog , Pythagoras.

The five -foot sign adve1¡tises Acacia to aU on fraternity row. position of treasurer is capably met by William McColloch, while Roy Forman is serving as rush chairman and the problems of our new house have been handed to Herb Macgregor.

Pythagoras, our mascot bull dog, has spent the last few days in the vet's kennels. Since we have moved into our new house "Thag" has suffered frustrations of lost sense of direction. He has been observed chewing up the furniture of the Sigma Chi house which used to be next door. He is undergoing stomach pumping and a major tune-up linked with a compass swinging correction to get his new bearings.

Really, the new house is such that words refuse to describe it. All we can do is invite people over to see it. October 13th will be the official open house date for our house on the row. This will

At night, the areas which are normally shadows to letters light up and blaze ACACIA to the wandering throngs.

There is indeed no question as to where we stand on the row. (This can be taken for something with a double meaning.)

The sign is four feet, nine inches long and fourteen inches high. This makes quite an impression on even those suffering from nearsightedness. It is, indeed, the sign that spells "welcome" to the house which stands for Everlasting Life.

Upon entering the house, one walks down a wide hall which is flanked by a large chapter room on one side and the living room on the other. The hall is also a landing for the stairs leading up to the second floor and an entrance to the dining hall. Ascending the stairs, an expansive landing branches to several rooms at the front of the house and to

The week before Syracuse U. opened, Acacians with paint brushes, ladders and other necessary articles for redecorating were back working vigorously on the interior and exterior of the house.

The color of the reception hall was changed to a pastel red. The stair risers and the spindles of the bannister were painted white while the steps and railing were stained walnut. The dining room was changed to gray and a new light fixture was installed. The color schemes of the study rooms were left to the individuals. We now have a great variety of color on the second and third floor rooms. The bunks in the dorm were painted black and the walls and ceiling became a light blue.

As for the outside, the window frames were painted black and a new sign replaced the much debatable "green light."

A new light in the form of a lantern over the door guides the brothers home.

The men have done a wonderful job and spent a great deal of time and effort in getting the house ready for rushing.

Rushing this year has been steady, but far from normal, due to the drop in registration. While Acacia is well fortified with men this year, we are striving to pledge 25.

Early in the fall we started the semester with a boom by celebrating our

The Triad, Fall, 1951 Fortieth Anniversary with an open house. It proved to be a huge success.

Its been a long time since 1911 and looking back we find that we have made huge strides on campus.

A buffet dinner topped off Illinois Weekend with alumni, friends and parents. A party followed for all with entertainment consisting of group singing accompanied by that uncanny instrument "the uke."

Various schools are represented by the men in the house this year. As things stack up the "wood choppers" have a slight edge on the "A.S." boys. The studious engineers have taken over the third floor room where they can get some studying done. The liberal artists are scattered throughout the second floor sandwiched in with fine artists, foresters, and radio-television men.

Things are pretty bright on the sports side. The intra-boys are riding high on one victory football game. A.T.O. fell under the thundering blows of Acacia with a score of 19-6. Other games are yet to follow.

JAMES W. ANDERSON

21 Air Base and other establishments of the military seem to be well populated with Acacians. Among the most recent Acacians to drop by 2614 are Norman Kelso from the Minnesota Chapter and Warren Fast from the Wisconsin Chapter.

LOWELL HAUSLEAR

UCLA Pledges are: Jim Anderson, John Nicholson, Gene Baker, Stan Mays, Ken Coulter, Jim Howard, Al Wilkins, Dave McPherrin, Jim Miller, Jim Retslaff, Byron Prophet, Wayne Shannon, Fred Horton, John Marion, Gordon Murley, Jerry Samelson, and Lee Millard.

When the men arrived back at the house from their summer vacations, they were quite surprised to find that the dining room tables had been refinished and the chairs had been reupholstered.

This work was completed in time for the Regional Conference held here in September.

Texas Pledges are: Warren Cross, Tommy Buckley, Bill Whitis, Dick Giles, and Jack Mackey, Austin; Scott Ferguson and Dennis Newport, McAllen; Dick Davis, Jack Tidwell, and Frank Lively, Abilene; Clifford McTee, Waco; Coopwood Chapman, Lockhart; Hubert Ratliff, Colorado City; and Jack Mathis, Houston.

After a spirited campaign which included political songs, campaign promises, and midnight rallies, Fred (I'm the motherly type) Dishongh was elected president of the pledge class. Buck Brown and Jack Tidwell were swept into office as vice-president and secretary.

Initiation ceremonies were held October 1 for John Crow, Muleshoe; Stanley Parker, Austin; Bob Wood, Harlingen, and Jim Rogers, Palacios. Muleshoe is a town somewhere in the northern part of the state.

Like the mighty Longhorns, the mighty Acacians have been victorious in all (both) their intramural games thus far. Theta Xi bowed to the overpowering force of Coach Nemir's football team 0 to 6. Sigma Nu was also mauled by a fiercely fighting squad 6-0. The team is now conditioning for the forthcoming game with a vastly overrated Phi Gamma Delta Crew. Surely, Acacia and justice shall triumph.

A wall is being prepared in the Texas chapter house for the hanging of the large skin we are confident of winning from the "we've-been-lucky-for-threeyears" Oklahoma Chapter. The Texas Victory party, in conjunction with the Okies at Dallas, should prove to be a very gala evening following the scrimmage at the Cotton Bowl.

Visitors from other chapters have been frequent during the summer. Lackland

extensive. Work on student orientation, the President's reception, Interfraternity Council dance, and the famous UCLA swim show are part of these activities.

Acacians are also on the fencing team, Scabbard and Blade, and in the Great Bruin Band ; and it is rumored that a few are spending some time in the library studying; this seems to be a reliable bit of information, for we are now ranked fourth in scholarship of forty fraternities on this campus.

The pledges had the jump on the actives by entertaining the Kappa Delta pledge class in only the second week of school. Another jump, but much less appreciated, was taken when the pledges made off with the entire dinner one night. Actives were left in an enraged and undernourished condition. Jack Heyler was recently selected Senior Dean in a special election to fill the vacancy left in the executive council, but even he did not know of their subtle plans.

Holding the position of Interfraternity Council President enables Bill Lynn, our Venerable Dean, to be quiet a host. We are accusing him of turning our home into an Interfraternity Council Clubhouse, for he has already has his "buddies" over for a dinner.

CHARLES PIERCEN, Ev MANN

Vermont

WASHINGTON To relax from the strains of studying, Paul Moran turns to the "uke." It would appear that Paul is on solid footing with the chapter.

In intramurals, the Acacia "wreckers" have achieved prominence in this season's football program. Sparked by fine team spirit and an enthusiastic group of rooters, the Acacia team has won all of its games at this writing, holding opponents scoreless.

The Mothers' Club recently held a rummage sale with a great deal of success. This sale was the first of their project for this year.

Acacian's "on-campus" activities for this semester promise to be varied and

The Vermont Chapter recently leased a house at 327 P earl Street in Burlington. With ten large rooms and two baths, we have been able to house seventeen men. We were very fortunate in that we were able to move into the house in time for fraternity rushing, which is being conducted on October 3 through October 11.

The boys h ave been working hard, ever since Acacia came onto the Vermont campus, to find a house which would be suitable for the fraternity.

Everyone feels a great deal of satisfaction in knowing that Acacia is really taking root at Vermont. We feel that this house is a step along the way toward popularizirtg Acacia on campus.

The house, which is one of the oldest wooden structures in Burlington, is over 150 years old. Many of the pieces of furniture are genuine antiques. Despite its age, the house is in very good condition, and we are planning to do much toward improving the building and grounds.

RICHARD P. MILNE

Washington Pledges are: Mark Andrews, Kelso; Jack Curtis, Pasco; Jerry Gould, Raymond ; Burt Gowing, Dayton; Fred Hake, Raymond; Richard Mulligan, Olympia; Dick Ray, Walla Walla; Jim Siegel, Richland; Glenn Lorig, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Hugh Kneip, Jack McGee, Dennis Melander, Gene Nelsq_n and Lee Stahle, Tacoma, and Bill Birks, Jim Bur-

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22 bach, Bill Devery, Jim Friet, Lloyde Hostetler and Del La Face, Seattle.

The new pledges and actives will be striving to -carry on the excellent scholarship record made by the chapter during the past school year. It was recently learned that the chapter attained second place in scholarship among the 39 Washington fraternities with a 2.67 average.

Greatest improvement among all fraternities was also achieved during this period proving to all that our study hours are tops on campus.

Washington Chapter was well represented this year at the regional conclave held at the U.C.L.A. chapter house in Los Angeles. Lead by Venerable Dean Chuck Jardine, the group included Sr. Dean Ron Hendry, Jr. Dean A1 McAllister, Rollin Swanson and Grant Angle. Many beneficial ideas were brought back to the chapter. Hats off to the U.C.L .A. Chapter for their excellent direction of the conference and wonderful entertainment provided.

Washington was host to a great number of recent graduates this summer from Colorado, Ohio and other midwest schools. To name a few, Merril Smith from Purdue University and Gene Tipton, Bob Craig and Jerry Roquet from Colorado are among those welcomed at Washington's door during the summer months.

Thanks to the California Chapter for the wonderful reception shown Gordon Wood and Jack Linge and to the U.C.L.A. Chapter for the fine reception shown Cliff Evans.

GRANT ANGLE

Wisconsin

rens. As a take-off on the visit of Dennis Morgan and other movie stars to the University campus, a parade of convertibles was staged, featuring "Menace Dorgan" bowing to groups of admirers along the way. A noisy band capable of everything but music added to the conJAMES B. LARKIN fusion.

Pledges are: Edward Buehler, Niagara; Russell Erb, New Glarus; Ralph Fett, Madison; Emil Firmer, Madison; Donald Johnson, Pepin; Norvin Knutson, Milwaukee; Dean Massey, Madison; Jerry Schachtschneider, Milwaukee; Donald Schuler, New Glarus; John R. Schuetz, Wyoming Wausau.

Wisconsin Acacians returning to their wooded haven on the shores of Lake Pledges are: Ken Brittian, Cody; Dick Mendota this fall were of course fewer Buxten, Denver; Tom Fenner, Sheboyin number than those who had left in gan, Wise.; Robert Goss, Cheyenne; RayJune. Graduates accounted for the largest mond Hershey, Glenrock; Ed Kinion, number of casualties, with the call of Midwest; Jack Longnecter, Edgerton; wedding bells and that of Uncle Sam Dale Plaster, Glenrock; Gary Riedl, Larrating second and third respectively. amie; Jack Stalker, Cheyenne; Floyd Taking over administrative duties was Harnage!, Casper; Carl Tomich, Eden. a new slate of officers: Gary Schlosstein, On arrival at the chapter house a week Venerable Dean; James Robinson, Senior before rushing commenced, we discovDean; Dale Reistad, Junior Dean; Robert ered the house had been newly decBell, Secretary; J . Richard Welton, Treasorated, mainly through the efforts of our urer; James B. Larkin, TRIAD Cor- local boys and members living in the respondent. house during the summer. The living Greeting all returnees was the newlyand dining rooms along with the uppainted facade of their horne away from stairs hall were painted. The basement horne. During the summer and early hall and several rooms were replasfall it had been transformed from brqwn tered. Our able carpenter Larry Hawkand browner to sort of a chance disins installed cabinets in the house mantribution of gray and red, highlighted ager's room, while our plumber, Art by a checkerboard effect on the front Rue, assistants, fixed up the "Heads." door.

The furniture was upholstered and the Several pledges and actives helped stairs rematted and painted. with the freshman orientation program Social life broke into the college on the Wisconsin campus this fall. Incurriculum on Friday, October 12, with tramural sports among fraternities also a sweater dance at the chapter house. took the limelight. After a shaky start Preparation for the Homecoming Celein touch football, Acacians really hit bration, which includes a sing by all their stride in bowling, racking up sororities and fraternities, a house decWashington State strikes and spares with a masterful oration, and a float, has forced us to adroitness that scared their Phi Sigma postdate many activities. However, inKappa opponents right off the alleys. tramural football cannot be put off, and Further athletic event of some, but not there are many words exchanged when Pledges are: David Hayes, Tacoma; our athletic director, Ted Henthorne, Merle Templeton, Vancouver; Jim Arch- much, note: the pledges claim to have defeated the actives at volleyball. Regets us u p at 6: 15 A.M. for morning er, Sprague; Jim Oien, Seattle, and games.

Bill Madison, Cashmere. , member, this is NOT official.

Socially the season got off to a huge Four of our men attended the RegionThe ending of summer vacation al Conference at Ames, Iowa, Milton brought a little sadness to some of us start. The first party had as its theme a seagoing motif, "Souse Specific." HatchSmall, Bob Hughes, Art Rue, and Bill but we got over that in a hurry. We Gilbert. All returned filled with new came back nearly a week before rush ed in the teeming and fuming imagithis year so that we could give our nation of Junior Dean Dale Reistad, it ideas and songs.

Venerable Dean Jack Cooper held an house a good working over. Everyone had partygoers plowing through yards of fish-nets, and dancing as schools of election for a new rush chairman, I .F.C. joined in on the project and in four members, and Phi Epsilon Phi. Elected days we had done wonders to the in- seahorses and jellyfish looked down on them from the walls. A realistic periwere Art Rue, Richard Karnp and Gene terior. Our enthusiasm had been dampscope hung down from the dining room Barry, and Gene Barry respectively. To ened slightly with paint but we are ceiling, effectively getting in everybody's our regret, Burdette Forsch enlisted in proud of the job done. the United States Navy. Like other Election of officers was held October 1 way.

Another project which had the cam- Acacians, we know brother Forsch will and replacing Jim "P.P." Falk as V.D. be of service where ever he ventures. is Gene Groshong. Gene is a Physical pus taking was cooked up by pledge officers Christ Mesoloras and Fritz AhELROY WINTZ Education major with three semesters left in school. We may see him on the varsity basketball team this year. He is a former all state guard from Centralia. He is a good leader and a fine In the W inter Issue boy and he has the whole house behind him. Dobbie Wiegardt was re-elected as The Winter Issue of the TRIAD will include an article on Acacia's S.D. and Bill Rowles was returned as Housemothers, the story of the mortgage burning ceremonies at the secretary. Our social chairman by unanPenn State Chapter, and a Look Inside the National Headquarters. imous request is Bob Spear.

Deadline for all contributions is January 1, 1952. News and pictures of Jim Falk and Bill Rowles represented ~cacia and Acacians are always received with open arms; send them Washington State Chapter at the conferm to the National Headquarters as rapidly as they become available. ence in Los Angeles this year.

WINSTON SAlMONS

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Denver Newly-elected Venerable Dean of the Denver Chapter is Jack Mehl of Pueblo, Colorado, a zoology major and the university's head cheerleader. Alex Campbell was chosen Junior Dean; he majors in music education and is "attached" to the Gamma Phi Beta house.

Rush Captain Tom Watton led the chapter through a week of smokers, barbeques, and a trip to a mountain lodge and produced a seven-man pledge class consisting of Jack Baker, Lakewood; Clyde Zimmerman, Canon City; Wilsie Cramer, Robert Johnson, Larry Case, and Jim Ritchie, all of Denver; and John Bensen of Chicago, Illinois.

Returning to the chapter after a twoyear hibernation in the east was George Croyle, Acacia's largest traveling secretary. George's long experience proved quite helpful during the rushing activities.

Social plans for the fall quarter included informal dances following the football games, hayrides, the fall formal, and an exchange dinner with the Kappa Deltas.

T. CLAY EAKIN

The House on the Cover At the regional conference in Ames your editor was threatened with dire consequences if the TRIAD failed to include the Colorado Chapter house on the cover during the coming year.

Since we always enjoy the hospitality extended by the Boulder boys we have hastened to comply and recommend it as one of the homiest-and not homliest-among the array of chapter lodges.

With a backdrop of mountains, this house stands on a large plot of ground across Broadway from the university campus and adjacent to fraternities, sororities, and dormitories. As masters of diplomacy and efficiency, the house corporation, upon determining the need for more room a number of years ago, solved the problem by erecting a modern addition onto the front of the old house, thereby making use of the old property, preserving the traditions that the alumni of yesterday associated with Acacia, and retaining the choice location. The interior design is modern in style, but warm and inviting.

Perhaps typical of the originality and enthusiasm of members of this chapter is one of the basement walls where each brick carries a small brass plate with the name of a brother who has completed payments on his house note and has thus helped to make this chapter one of the most solid and outstanding on its campus and in Acacia.

""Wearers of the Jeweled Triangle,, California

Miami

Gilbert P . Muck, No. 462; Gordon Taylor , No. 463; Donald Keith Campbell, No. 464; John T . Keane, No. 465; William J. Walker, No. 466.

Neil E. Swinehart, Ashland, Ohio, No. 69; William E. Bauer, No. 70; Conrad M. Curtis, No. 71 ; Richard E .

Hockenberry, No. 72; Richard M. Hodge, No. 73; Richard M. Jones, No. 74; Joseph G. McDaniel, No. 75; Louis R. Perna, No. 76 ; Forrest H. Stillion, No. 77; Marquis Witt, No. 78.

Cincinnati Richard G. Squilanti, Lodi, New Jersey, No. 22!!.

Colorado Donald L. Dawson, Alamosa, Colo., No. 533 ; George A . McCollum, Boulder, Colo., No. 534; Ronald Sanders, Trinidad, Colo., No. 535.

Minnesota Arnold W. Red, No. 626; David K. Irwin, No. 627 ; Richard H. Shadrick, Jr., 628; George W. Meyer, No. 629; Richard L. Millberg, No. 630 ; Paul G. Fahlstrom, No. 631; Donald R. Otto, No. 632; Earl E. Schultz, No. 633.

Missouri E-vans-ville

Lorin R. Cross, Kirksville, Mo., No. 556; Conrad J. Johns, Columbia, Mo., No. 557.

William S. Adkins, Evansville, Ind., No. 68; Alfred E. Colvin, Chandler, Ind., No. 69; Clarence W. K arges, Jr., Evansville, Ind., No. 70; Gerald A. Schleter, Princeton, Ind., No. 71; Jerry L. Reynolds, Evansville, Ind., No. 72.

John E. McDowell, Oklahoma City, Okla ., No. 620; Paul D. Sanger, Man• gum, Okla., No. 621.

Iowa

Purdue

Donald R. Gissel, Fort Howard, Md., No. 337; Donald H . Wallace, Venetia, Pa., No. 338; Robert J . Waggett, Sac City, Ia. , No. 339; Henry L. Fredrickson, Jr., Edwardsville, Ill., No. 340; H al E. Schimmelpfennig, Sigourney, Ia., No. 341; William W. Martin, McGregor, · Ia., No. 342; Nathan D. Ottens, Clinton, Ia., No. 343; Stanley S. Sloan, Sigourney, Ia., No. 344; David R. Darrah, Knoxville, Ia., No. 345; Robert J. Chase, Jefferson, Ia., No. 346; Garland K . Carver, Spencer, Ia., No. 347; Kenneth A. L ongman, Iowa City, Ia., No. 348; David Hall, Iowa City, Ia ., No. 349; Albert C. Winter, Clinton, Ia., No. 350; Thomas A. Brown, Iowa City, Ia., No. 351; Charles A . Thodt, Walcott, Ia., No. 352; Warren K. Wood, D avenport, Ia., No. 353; Ronald K. Lechelt, Britt, Ia., No. 354; James E. Johnson, Albert City, Ia., No. 355; Richard J . Brinkman, Sheldon, Ia., No. 356.

Allan L. Darling, Indianapolis, Ind., No. 660; William R. McCain, Brookston, Ind. No. 661.

Kansas State J ames F . Shea, ·J r., Wamego, Kans., No. 387; John H . Stretcher, Shawnee, K ans., No. 388.

Oklahoma

Rensselaer Willi ~m E. Howard, III, No. 62; Donald W. Blount, No. 63; Edward R. Burrell, No. 64; James D. Clifford, No. 65.

Texas Stanley T. Parker, Austin, Texas, No. 312; James F . Rogers, Palacios, Texas, No. 313; J ohn T. Crow, Muleshoe, Texas, No. 314; Robert H. Wood, Harlingen, Texas, No. 315.

UCLA William A. Pfaff, Pasadena, Calif., No. 61; Franklin G. Chapel, Jr., Los Angeles, Calif., No. 62; William G. Chapel, Los Angeles, Calif., No. 63; P eter B. La ubach, Regina, Sask., Canada, No. 64; D onald H. Cox, Van Nuys, Calif., No. 65; George H. Wheeler, Malibu, Calif., No. 66; Jack E. Trost, North Hollywood, Calif., No. 67; Richard A. Houk, San Pedro, Calif., No. 68.

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