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Hono1¡ Roll of Human Service Projects V e1'mont: "We had a Christmas party for underprivileged children. Refreshments were served and gifts given to the children by our own Santa Claus, Dave Kendall. Everyone enjoyed helping out wi th the children, all twenty-five of which went away overjoyed with the fun they had had that afternoon."

Colo1'ado: "The annual Christmas party for underprivileged children was held at the chapter house . . . the house was gaily decorated for the affair which included a turkey dinner, a visit from Sant-a Claus in the person of Don Gullett, and the distribution of g ifts to fourteen children from the Boulder area."

Indiana : "Acacia had the largest percentage of blood donors on the campus . . . initiates spent twelve hours working on a university building . . . pledges shouldered the vast majority of the Salvation Army's task of repairing toys for needy children . We also gave a large sum to the Bloomington fund for needy children ."

Penn State : "A climax to the social season was our Underprivileged Children's Christmas Party. This year we joined with K appa Delta and presented gifts and refreshments to twenty-five local children."

N ew H ampshi1'e: "We teamed up with Theta Upsilon to give a Christmas party for fifteen boys and girls from the D over Children's H ome. The girls knitted mittens for each child and we supplied the money for refreshments and other presents. The biggest hit was our collie pup ; the children sure gave him a run for his money during the afternoon. " Iowa State: "We joined voices with Pi Beta Phi to spread some of our cheer to the little children and hospitalized people in Ames. We also invited several children to a turkey dinner; when we helped them from the table it was found that old Santa had left gifts under th e tree for the children."

Comell.¡ "On the night of the 14th we had twelve underprivileged children from a local settlement house in for a Christmas party.

There were gifts for all, movies, games, and refreshments.''

UCL A : "One evening the chapter was host for a number of underprivileged children. The kids had a big turkey dinner and found presents under the tree; then they joined us in singing Christmas carols."

Kansas State : "At our Christmas party we drew names and exchanged gifts which were later gathered up for the underprivileged children of Manhattan."

Neb1'aska: " Forty children from the Tabitha home in Lincoln were entertained with movies, games, and food. Each of the children was given a present from the chapter."

Wisconsin : "The chapter provided transportation for a party for members of a Boy Scout troop for incapacitated boys . The voices of Acacians were blended with those of Alpha Gamma Delta in Christmas caroling at Mendota state hospital."

Kansas: "After the disastrous fl oods of last summer the IFC decided that the time and money ordinarily spent on homecoming could better be devoted to improving the flooddamaged homes of North Lawrence. Six hundred fraternity men turned out with picks, shovels, hammers , and crowbars, and the Acacians were out in full force. They scooped mud from basements, did paint and repair work, and cleaned and landscaped mud-filled yards. The crew came in covered with mud but agreed that is was well worth-while." This project was covered by Life Magazine in its October 12 issue and one of the pictures had six Aca:cians right in the middle.

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Deadline Approaches for Submission of Proposed Constitutional Changes The attention of all members of the Fraternity is called to the provisions of the national constitution which specify that: "Proposed amendments to the National Constitution, By-Laws, and Code of Procedure shall be submitted to the Chairman of the Committee on Jurisprudence not less than six months prior to the Conclave at which such legislation is to be proposed and the Committee on Jurisprudence shall report th-ereon at the Conclave."

The Chairman of the Jurisprudence Committee is Herschel L. Washington of Leoti, Kansas. Prompt submission of any proposed amendments will give Brother Washington and his committee an opportunity to determine what other parts of the Laws of Acacia will be affected by passage of the amendments being considered and will permit them to anticipate any other legal questions which might arise, rephrase the amendments where it would seem desirable to do so, and give the proponents of the changes an opportunity to modify their proposals in advance of Conclave consideration.

Man of the Year?

Dear Brothers: I am writing to see whether you might be interested in presenting a plan at the next Conclave to inaugurate the custom of selecting a member of Acacia who might be termed the "Acacia Man of the Year." . . The Phi Beta Pi Professional Medical Fraternity established the custom in 1946 of naming a member of that organization the Phi Beta Pi Man of the Year. We have found that there is considerable interest in the selection and the recipients have been extremely pleased at having been elected to such a fine honor by the organization.

I believe that Acacia might adopt the same plan and with as gratifying results as Phi Beta Pi has had. If you are interested in such a plan, I would be glad to give you details of our system ot selection and election of the Phi Beta Pi Man of the Year.

Sincerely yours, EMMETT

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CARMICHAEL,

Colorado University of Alabama Medical School Such an idea certainly has some merit. What do other Acacians think about such a plan?-Editor.

THE TRIAD OF ACACIA FRATERNITY

VOLUME XLVI

NUMBER 2

WINTER

1952

CONTENTS New Hampshire Chapter House Honor Roll of Human Service Projects

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All Acacia Sweethearts-the Housemothers

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"Acacia's Scholarship Stole the Show"

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It's a Debt-Free House at Penn State

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The NIC Session of 1951

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Acacians the World Over

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Marriages

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Acacians in the Armed Forces

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Births

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Among Acacia's Chapters

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"Wearers of the Jeweled Triangle"

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Directory

Entered as second-class matter at the post office in Fulton. Missouri. The TRIAD is the official publication of the Aca cia Fraternity, a genera l college fra ternity, originally founded by and restricted to Masons, founded at the University of Michigan , May 12, 1904.

The TRIAD is published four times each year as a quarterly . The publisher's offices are located a t 1205 Bluff Street (The Ovid Bell Press, Inc .) , Fulton, Missouri.

Subscription rates are $2.00 per year, $3.50 for t wo years, $5.00 for three years, and $15.00 for life , payable in a dvance to the Nationa l Hea dqua rters.

Notices of change of address, including form 3578, subscription orders, and correspondence of a business nature should be sent to the Aca cia Fra ternity, 1201-5 Bluff Street, Fulton, Missouri, or to 1569 Sherman Avenue, Evanston, Ill.

William D. Ross, Editor, 231 Latrobe Avenue Northfield, TI!inois

Nancy W. Ross, Assistant Editor

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All-Acacia Sweethearts -the Housemothers Fourteen of our chapters are graced by these charming ladies who serve as chap.erones, overseers, counsellors, and official hostesses.

MAGINE if you will a typical American mother whose children are grown, one who has an unusual amount of poise, tact, wisdom, and managerial ability, and you will have a prospect for one of the most important jobs in the fraternity world-the housemother. The members of this profession would as a group doubtless present as attractive an array of charming women as one could hope to find; individually, they serve as pillars of strength to the ' chapters and to the men in them.

Acacia is proud to acknowledge its admiration for the fourteen fine ladies who serve us in this capacity.

To judge from the letters and comments submitted by the chapters, each feels that its "mother" is about the best there is, and we would have difficulty arguing with them. They are Acacia Sweethearts in every respect. To judge by Acacia records, the housemother is a midwestern institution. Our fourteen are all in this area, from Indiana west to the Colorado chapters. None of the chapters on either coast employs one. In many middle-western universities a chaperone is required but in some where there is no such requirement, the chapters or their alumni have decided that there are many advantages to her employment.

While the duties of a housemother vary in different chapters it would seem that in most she performs several basic functions: chaperone for mixed social functions, counsellor to the men in their personal problems, manager of the kitchen operations, and liaison between the chapter and its mothers' club. These are by no means the only things she does for the list could go on endlessly.

Dean of Acacia housemothers is Mother Brown of the Nebr aska Chapter. Mrs. Brown has been connected with that chapter for 28 years and actually began in 1913. Had it not been for the fact that her chapter was inactive for ten years prior to 1951, she would doubtless have those ten years to add to her impressive

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record. She claims to be able to call every one of the more than five hundred Nebraska Acacians by their first names! Her personal interest follows each of these men even after leaving the active chapter; her "boys" are spread over the whole country and many parts of the world.

One of the newest housemothers is Mrs. Hardy Young, who keeps a watchful eye on the Oklahoma Acacians. A woman of many interests, ranging from aviation to athletics to school teaching, "Mom" Young has added new life to this chapter by her energy and enthusiasm. She has flown over most of the United States and is a cha~ter member of the Oklahoma City Women's Aeronautical Association.

At Arkansas we find another newcomer to the ranks, although Mrs. ¡White had previously been with another fraternity and was well-known at the university because her late husband had served it as professor of military science and tactics. Her assistance in helping to plan the social functions, managing the kitchen, and buying the food have been of particular value to this new chapter which had to cope with the usual "growing pains."

Delegates to the 1950 Conclave in Boulder became acquainted with Mrs. Mildred Glynn, who is a Colorado alumna herself and a Tri-Delt besides. In addition to the customary housemotherly duties, Mother Glynn is given much credit by the chapter for its success in winning homecoming prizes; her ideas for the design of floats and decorations have been most valuable.

During the past summer she helped to recover eighty dining room and study chairs and is a constant source of help when the needle and thread are required.

Another housemother with a long record of service to Acacia is Mother Lyles who came to the Kansas State Chapter in 1929 and has been there ever since with the exception of three war years. Her hobby is cook-

ing and no K-State Acacian has ever been known to complain about the Christmas candy, party refreshments, or late-evening coffee for which she is noted. A native of Illinois, she spent her married life on a farm near Emporia before taking charge of the Acacia boys.

Iowa State Acacians say that their Mother Dinsmore has brought very strong ties between the alumni and the chapter because a visit to Mrs. D. is a must on the list of every visiting alumnus. Her cheerful greeting charms every rushee, date, and special guest. She always comes up with the right suggestion for a gift for the one-and-only, and has one of her pink pills available for a cold, headache, or heart-break. According to "her Acacians," she has an answer to every problem.

"Big things come in small packages" say the brothers at Oklahoma A & M, when they point with pride to Mrs. George Thomas. After raising four children she has most of the answers to the problems of youth and her work with the Red Cross is indicative of her public spirit.

After a year with the KKG's, Mother T. moved to Acacia and has been with them for four years.

Mrs. Samuel Elzea at Missouri Acacia has the unusual distinction of having two of her own sons in the chapter. Mother Elzea enjoys the busy social life and activities this chapter and has been instru~~mtal in the growth of the chapter since its reactivation in 1951. '"¡ ¡ :> Also in her second year is Mrs. Sidney Walters, a nativ.e - or New Orleans, who has taken charge at the Texas chapter house. Mrs. Walters was in the catering business for a time after the death of her husband but, because she "liked to work with boys," she gave up this in favor of a housemother's position. With college training in domestic science and some time spent in teaching this before her marriage, you can be sure that her chapter is operated with efficiency and economy.

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"Acacia's Scholarship Stole the Show" For the School Year 1950-51, Franklin and Penn State Ran One-Two Am~ng the Acacia Chapters as More Chapters AchieYed AYerages Abo'Ve the All-Men's. Three Chapters and a Colony Were First on Their Campuses.

Just as the TRIAD was going to press information was received giving the picture of Acacia scholarship for the college year of 1950-51. Based upon the compilations of Col. Ralph W. Wilson, Scholarship Counselor for Sigma Chi, Acacia chapters have continued to improve their scholastic ranking. To quote Col. Wilson, "Acacia has stolen the show for 1950-51!"

As has been indicated ·previously, the basis for compnting scholastic standing is the percentage by ~hich a chapter's grade is better or worse than the all-men's average. Thus, the all-men's average serves as a basis for comparison on the reasonable assumption that the average student at one college is as likely to do as well as the average at any other.

Actually it is possible to choose between two different sets of computations to determine the . relative standings of the chapters. One set is published by the National Interfraternity Conference, the other by Col. Wilson. Since it would appear that Col. Wilson's figures are considerably more reliable we are depending upon them until it is proven otherwise.

The fraternity system is indebted to Col. Wilson for his herculean efforts to discover and publicize the true status of fraternity scholarship.

He has, however, been subjected to consider.able criticism by those who are more interested in viewing the fraternity system through rose-colored glasses than in correcting its defections. ' Acacia's improvement in recent years has been steady; this can be seen from the following table showing the percentage of reported Acacia Chapters to exceed the all-men's average in the years indicated: 1947-48 45.45 % 55.56% 1948-49 1949-50 59.26% 1950-51 66.67 % This record can perhaps be better understood when it is realized that of the 2231 fraternity chapters tabulated by Col. Wilson, only 38.74% were on the favorable side of the all-men's in 1950-51.

Top honors among Acacia chapters go to Franklin Chapter at the University of Pennsylvania; these men

institutions themselves. An inspection of the list will disclose that Washington University (St. Louis) Colony and Louisiana State Colony are getting off to a fine start scholastically.

Including the Washington U . Colony, four Acacia groups were "Campus Firsts"-they had the top scholastic chapters on their own campuses. Penn State was first out of 41 chapters, Rensselaer was first of 24, and Colorado was .the leader

made a phenomenal 24.55 % above average. Following close on their heels was Penn State with 23.58. We don't know why Acacians are smarter in Pennsylvania than anywhere else but the record says our two chapters in that state are in the top one or two per cent of all fraternity chapters in America.

In this year's tabulations there are included for the first time recognized "colonies" of national fraternities when they were included in the grade reports submitted by the

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It's a Debt-Free House at Penn State!

The Completion of a Twenty-Four Year Campaign Is Celebrated by a Banquet and Meeting in October by Robert

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F T ER twenty-four toilsome years, the burden has been lifted from the Penn State Chapter house; the mortgage has been completely paid. In celebration of this event, the members of the fraternity held a Mortgage-Burning Banquet on October 20th, 1951.

Venerable D ean George Rippel assigned to various brothers the many tasks of preparation for the banquet.

Alumni S ecretary Art Woodard sent out hundreds of invitations. The local Masonic Temple contributed folding chairs and tables. Richard Erb, our hotel administration major, accepted the tremendous job of planning the banquet dinner. Junior

Dean Merlin Miller hired extra waiters for the evening, and Senior D ean Bob Goodman made certain that ample pledge power was available.

About one hundred and thirty alumni and guests attended the banquet. Toastmaster David E. K eller, President of the Square and Com pass, our alumni association, introduced the guests of honor. Roy C. Clark, Executive Secretary of the National Headquarters Staff of Acacia, made a special trip to Penn State for the occasion. Pearl 0 . Weston, Dean of Women , and Harold K. Wilson, Dean of Men were other honored guests.

Three of the Charter Members returned for the celebration: D r.

William S. Dye Jr. , '05, William J .

Madden '09, and John W. Fortenbaugh '12.

The main peaker of the evening was Dr. Dye, who gave an excellent history of ow¡ chapter house. Found ed on June 9, 1909, the Penn Stat Chapter had four previous chapt r houses before the present structure was built in 1927. The original cost of this house was over $48 000 and the plot of ground on which it stands was purchased for $500. On the site of the house an old barn once stood.

Part of the house still rests on the old barn foundation.

Dr. Dye spoke long and highly of those early members through whose efforts the present chapter house became a reality. They raised funds (Continued on page 46)

S peakers and Honored Guests Seated at the head table during the mortgage-burning banquet were: Chapter Adviser and Mrs. William S. Dye III, Dean and Mrs. Harold K. Wils()'ll., Dr. and Mrs. William S . Dye Jr., Mr. and Mrs . David E. Keller Acacia's Executive Secretary Roy C. Clark, Dean Pearl 0. Weston, Professor and Mrs. Stanley H. Campbell, Merlin R. Miller, and Mrs. Fred P. Weaver_

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The NIC Session of 1951 as reported by George Starr Lasher, Theta Chi IGHLIGHT of the 43rd annual session of the National Interfraternity Conference was the tribute paid to Phi Beta Kappa which this December celebrated the 175th anniversary of its founding at the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Va. Joining with the National Interfraternity Conference in this tribute were representatives of the National Panhellenic Conference, the Professional Interfraternity Conference, and the Professional Panhellenic Association, making the event the most representative gathering of Greek-letter leaders in history.

Also outstanding among the features of the session was the undergraduate conference attended by 150 members of the interfraternity councils from 80 fraternity educational institutions situated in every section of the United States except the Pacific Coast area. For the first time the discussion at this conference was limited to the actual problems which interfraternity councils face and with the exception of one panel the leaders were made up of undergraduates.

As a result, there was thoroughgoing realism both in the material presented and the flood of questions which came from the floor after statements by panel leaders.

Growing out of the various roundtables held Friday afternoon were a series of resolutions which were adopted at the business session Saturday forenoon. They endorsed the blood donor program of the Red Cross and urged the setting aside of a week in which all fraternity men throughout the nation, alumni and undergraduates, would be expected to each contribute a pint of blood; authorized the special Committee on Idealism and Spiritual Inspiration to be set up as a permanent committee, charged with the duty of counseling, encouraging, and directing character building, instilling moral and spiritual information in the lives and work of fraternity men on all levels; instructed this committee to proceed with the three-point program outlined last year, giving special emphasis next year to the preparation of a manual for fraternity officers, showing them how to plan and execute character-building programs in their own chapters and to undertake such other programs as the committee may recommend; instructed the committee on Greek Weeks to obtain

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from national officers of member fraternities a list of those educational institutions which will most effectively cooperate in the institution of Greek Week and Help Week programs, and called on member fraternities, which have chapters on such campuses, to participate wholeheartedly in such Greek Week and Help Week programs; extended to Phi Beta Kappa firm fraternal regards, congratulations, and best wishes on the occasion of the 175th anniversary of the founding of this great honor society at the College of William and Mary and expressed pleasure at the opportunity of joining on the interfraternity basis in this notable celebration; and expressed unstinted and wholesome thanks to the members of the Executive Committee, the acting chairman, and the standing and special committees of the conference for their loy a 1, indefatigable, and efficient work; and authorized the wide distribution of the panel progra:rp on fraternity public relations.

A lively interest was shown in the address of Col. David G. Orner, general counsel of the selective service system, and the resulting questions from the floor at the Saturday forenoon meeting of the National Interfraternity Conference. He stated that at the present time 200,000 college students are deferred under the testscore-class-standing rule and at least 200,000 more for other reasons, including the ROTC, thus indicating a satisfactory acceptance of the student deferment program by the selective service local boards. He pointed out that the local boards have deferred for activity in study almost four times as many men as they have deferred for all other occupational reasons, including agriculture. He emphasized the idea that deferments for military service are designed for the good of the nation and not for the benefit of the individual, and, hence, the evaluation of the effectiveness of the program depends ¡ on whether the nation has received the benefit that was intended.

Speaking fo; the National Interfraternity Conference, Verling C. Enteman, Delta Phi, a past chairman, before paying a tribute to Phi Beta Kappa as a representative of the zenith of all true scholarship, discussed the principles and criteria of

the National Interfraternity Conference as follows: The National Interfraternity Conference adheres to the opinion that the American college fraternity, having been conceived in an atmosphere of struggle for political independence, came into being as an expression of self-government. In defending the individual's right to liberty and equality of opportunity, it has adhered steadfastly to social, economic, religious, and political democracy as the only sound basis for a satisfying personal and national life. These are our principles of democrary.

"The purpose of a college education is to prepare the student for the art and business of living. The objective of fraternity life is to assist the individual in more fully attaining this purpose. Thus, necessarily, the activities of the fraternity should be in entire accord with the aims and purposes of the institutions at which it has chapters, recognizing that the primary loyalty and responsibility of the student is to the institution. These activities should be conducted in an atmosphere which will stimulate substantial intellectual progress and superior intellectual achievement to the end that the conduct of the members shall be consistent with good morals and good taste. These are our criteria.

"The National Interfraternity Conference believes that the American college fraternity provides the means by which the individual will have the opportunity for self-education, since this is the only kind which has enduring value; self-discipline, since this alone has moral value, thereby inducing development of character, financial integrity, since this is a necessary part of every responsible person, and self-government, since in order to put these desiderata into practice, this inculcates in the individual an attitude of objectivity in appraising his own conduct and develops his capacity for leadership in an intellectual, cultural, and spiritual community."

John Durr, Michigan, graduated last June from the Starr King School for the Ministry in Berkeley, Calif.

He and his wife are directors of an American Friends Service Committee work project one hundred miles southwest of Mexico City.

Orren R. McJunkins, Kansas, deputy chief of the ECA mission to Turkey, transferred from Washington, D. C., to an office closer to his . work at Ankara, Turkey.

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Acacia Brothers From Other Lands

Election of officers was held. Paul MacMillan, M i sso u r i, was elected President; Paul Hamsher, Purdu e, Vice-President; and James 0. P ease, Ohio, Secretar y -Treasurer.

All Acacia Alumni who reside in the St. Louis area are urged to con tact Jim Pease at The McBee Company, 4227 LindE!ll Blvd., Phone LUcas 0177.

-Third of a SeriesThat Acacia knows no east nor west is nowhere better emphasized than in the Vermont Chapter where we find two loyal brothers from far distant points; their homes are many thousands of miles apart and both have come at least a third of the way around the world in search of college educations.

Henry Orner was born and brought up on a tea plantation near Salisbury, Southem Rhodesia. His father, formerly an American missionary, is now employed as an educator for the laborers. Henry's mother is English and he himself is a British subject. Now a senior in the college of agriculture, Henry plans to retum to his native country to become an agricultural agent in the employ of the Southem Rhodesian government.

Ovid Boni pledged Acacia in March of 1951, some twenty years after his birth in Manila, P. I. He is the son of the chief engineer and vice-president of the Atlantic Gulf and Pacific Company of Manila. Ovid is a senior in the University of Vermont and is enrolled in civil engineering.

During World War II he was interred in a Japanese concentration camp for three years. Upon graduation Ovid intends to put his. engineering training into practice in some Spanishspeaking country.

We salute these two fine young men who have come so far to study in one of our universities and we hope that the brief time they are spending in one of our chapters will help to promote a spirit of understanding among the citizens of their countries and ours.

Dean Vivian of USC Takes ECA Post Robert E. Vivian, USC, dean of the School of Engineering at the University of Southem California, went to Italy in January as a production specialist for the Economic Cooperation Administration. He will be on special leave from the university until the opening of the fall semester.

Dean Vivian, who is a chemical engineer, will advise ECA on the allocation of funds to chemical industries in Italy. With headquarters in Rome, he will travel throughout Italy.

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the World Over A member of the International relations committee of the American Society for Engineering Education, he is also president of the California Legislative Council of Professional Engineers and formerly was on the National Engineering College Administrative Council.

Dean Vivian was on the first smoke and fumes commission set up by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors. He was chairman of the scientific committee of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce three years, and is a past chairman of the Southern California Section of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers and of the American Chemical Society's Los Angeles chapter. He is also in charge of USC's civil defense program and is on the major disaster committee of the Los Angeles Engineering Council.

A graduate of USC and Columbia University, he has been on the USC faculty since 1937. He taught for 10 years, did research at Columbia, was an engineer for the General Chemical Co. in New York, and director of research for the Metals Disintegrating Co. in New Jersey before going to USC. Dean Vivian was initiated into Acacia as a faculty member and charter member of the USC Chapter in 1947.

Jack Kistler, Kansas, was recently made assistant to the pr esident and office manager of the Challenge Machinery Company . Jack and his wife live in Grand Haven , Michigan ; they are the parents of three grown children, all through college.

Ralph W. Casey, Kansas , was chosen executive secretary to Governor Johnson Murray of Oklahoma.

Ralph, a former president of the Tonkawa chamber of commerce, is a partner in the D . and D. D r illing Company of Dallas, Texas, but maintains his home in Tonkawa.

Gordon W. Guise, Kansas, and fam ily moved into a new home in La Habra, Califor nia. Gordon is assistant plan engineer at the North American Aviation Company in Inglewood.

Installed as Worshipful Master of Acme Lodge No. 1081 in Chicago, Illinois, was Ernst A Dauer, Norrthwestern. Brother Dauer assumed these new duties last November 16.

Jack R. Kelso, Michigan, a second lieutenant, is an instructor at the Engineer School at Fort Belvoir, Virginia ; he is currently residing in Alexandria , Virginia.

St. Louis Alumni Hold First Meeting

Paul Cotulla, Texas, is now man agi.n g a 7000 acre ranch in the South Texas ranch country south of San Antonio. In addition he is managing his grocery stor e, serving as a bank director, is a member of the Lions Club, and engaged in other local activ ities. Paul's family have been ranchers since the pioneer days.

On Wednesday October 24, the first meeting of the fall season was held by the St. Louis Alumni in the St. Louis Room of the Downtown Y.M.C.A. Plans for the coming social season were discussed. A Christmas party was tentatively arranged for.

Floyd A . Eberly, Kansas, was r ecently appointed director of production of the Upjohn Company of Kalamazoo , Michigan ; this firm is one of the nation's largest manufacturers of pharmaceuticals.

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Heads Radio at Hawaii U. Ned Will, Cincinnati, has been appointed Coordinator of Radio for the University of Hawaii, and is also an assistant professor of Speech. Ned taught at Blaylor University, and. was supervisor of the campus radio station at Miami University before assuming his job in Honolulu. While at Miami he was an adviser to the Miami Chapter.

According to an article in the Detroit Free Press, Prof. Ralph W. Hammett, Harvard, was chairman of the building code committee of the Michigan Society of Architects. Prof.

Hammett's committee recently completed a study which resulted in the recommendation of a basic codification of the existing state building laws.

Lawrence E. Girton, Michigan Venerable Dean in 1947, is an instructor at the Ordnance School of the Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland.

From June, 1960, to March, 1951, Larry was a foreman with Proctor and Gamble in Cincinnati.

MARRIAGES Edward W. Hughes, Cornell, to Miss Ruth Joanna Hepner, Licester, England, October 31, 1951.

Harvey W. Martz, Cornell, to Miss Theresa M. Stutz, Queens Village, N. Y., May 20, 1951.

Henry T. Skinner, Cornell, to Miss Mildred Wood, Arlington, Pa., November 10, 1951.

Beryl E. Slocum, Cornell, to Miss Elizabeth McMahon, Curtland, N. Y., on June 10, :).950.

James Grimwood, Evansville, to Miss Norma Boaz.

George Brinkerhoff, Illinois, to Miss Deane Scanlen.

Luster G. Main, Kansas, to Miss Elda Lou Phillips of Hugoton, Kansas.

Paul Brentlinger, Michigan, to Miss Marilyn Hunt of Dayton, Ohio, June, 1951.

Donald Lubeck, Michigan, to Miss Kathleen Rose of Scarsdale, N. Y., June, 1951.

David Olson, Michigan, to Miss Emily Olah of Detroit, Michigan, July, 1951.

J. Kenneth Swords, Michigan, to Miss Helen McManus, of Poughkeepsie, N. Y., August, 1951.

George Benson, Minnesota, to Miss Rachel Hilreck.

John Taylor, Nebraska, to Miss

Pat Marie Sheldon, December 31, 1951.

Raymond W. Towle, New Hampshire, to Miss Ann Lassonde, Concord, N. H., August 11, 1951.

Jack Hart, Ohio, to Miss Wanda Lee McCloskey, April 14, 1951.

Richard Wilcox, Ohio, to Miss Virginia Mae Border, November 4, 1951, in Millfield, Ohio.

Keith Davidson, Purdue, to Miss Theresa Rundon of Crawfordsville, Indiana, January 26, 1952.

Ronald Edward Burbank, USC, to Miss Marilyn Jean Link, December 15, 1951, at Beverly Hills, Calif.

William Harold Stanhagen, USC,

to Miss Virginia Lee Palmer, December 15, 1951, at Inglewood, Calif.

Tom Gilbert Williams, USC, to Miss Barbara Ann Miller, December 22, 1951, at Santa Barbara, Calif. John Owen, UCLA, to Miss Jacqueline Schutzenberger, Summer, 1951.

Knox Williams, UCLA, to Miss June Wood, Summer, 1951.

Jack Linge, Washington, to Miss Jeanne Reinelt on December 29, 1951, in Seattle.

John Stevens, Washington, to Miss Marla Corvin on December 7, 1951, in Seattle.

Acacians in the Armed Forces These A cacians are names reported since the last issue of the Triad Evansville Carroll Besing, Air Force.

Marvin Brown, Air Force

Illinois Clint Cannon, Army Charles Compton.

Richard Dominetta, Army.

Dale Feldman, Army.

Donald Kilby, Army. ¡ Charles Russell, Air Force Bill Weibmer, Army.

Iowa Pvt. W. Warner Martin, Army.

Lt. Nat Ottens Lt. Charles A. Thodt, Army.

Lt. E. Everett Waller, Army.

Kansas Edgar A. Hurst, Marines.

Miami Tom Bonsor, Army.

John Humphries, Air Force.

Missouri John Eynon, Navy.

Nebraska Lt. John Taylor, Army.

Northwestern Jack S. Haldrup Charles C. Lundstrom Charles F. Olson ROnald G. Scherer

Ohio Bob Birch Ray Cappel Phil Efland Jack Hart Thatcher Hart Fritz Kodes

Penn State Robert E. Calder, Navy.

William F. Holdren, Army.

Alan Lehman, Army.

Capt. John Richard Myers, Army.

Edward T. Ruch, Army.

Thomas Z. Schreffler, Air Force.

Southern California Ens. Ronald Edward Burbank, Navy.

Joseph S. Block, Air Force.

Kenneth Gavel, Army.

Capt. B. J. Mattes, Army.

Howard G. McAloney.

Syracuse Charles Bechter, Navy.

C. Meade Camenga, Navy.

Donald Greif, Army.

John E. Lake, Navy.

Anthony Laura, Army.

Hugh H. Smith, Army.

Walter Snel, Air Force.

Werner Walter, Army.

UCLA Will Murphey

Vermont Pvt. David M. Bell, Army.

Lt. Russell D. Coburn, Army.

Pvt. Philip M. Hayden, Air Force.

Washington Norman Graham John B. Gray Leo Jacobson, Navy.

Jack Linge John Oster, Army.

Ralph Yeaman

Wisconsin Fritz Ahrens, Army.

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Carey S. Cowart-USC's First Pledge and the First Acacian to Be Lost in Korea This is a tribute to Carey S. Cowart who is the first member of the Acacia Fraternity to be reported as killed in the Korean fighting .

All of us have enjoyed the familiar fraternity house "bull session.' In thinking back over some of these a name that keeps reappearing in our memories is that of Carey Cowart.

One of his close friends recalls with touches of nostalgia Carey's radiant personality. He says, "I first met Carey on the night before exams in the fall of 1948. It was late and everyone was attempting to soak up knowledge-everyone, that is, but Carey. He was reading a pocket-edition of Forever Amber." For Carey was an easy-going lad , but never so relaxed that he neglected to fulfill the many tasks and duties expected of him.

The personal impressions that many had of Carey were varied but always interesting. Some would appraise him as an inspirational leader others would first recall his subtle humor, and the ladies would remember his exuberant charm and "southern gentleman" style of gallantry.

You see, he was a remarkable man ; it will be some time before we accustom ourselves to the fact that he is now with us only in spirit.

Another recollection is the story related to us by Carey's commanding officer. During his shipboru路d days in the last war he became embroiled with a fellow officer who possessed considerably greater strength a nd stature. After a verbal exchange this other fellow turned on Carey and gave him a severe mauling for twenty minutes. Carey was no quitter, however, and he finally broke through the hail of fists grabbed h is opponent in a h eadlock which could not be broken ; the slaughter was over and Cowart had b eaten a man of twice his size.

There are other memories that would reveal his rich sense of humor or his seriousness of pw路pose. H e was something of a practical joker but he was also a hard worker and as modest as they come. Carey had everyone belie ing that he had clowned his way through a marine corp summer program路 it wasn t until some months later that it was di covered that he had been named the most outstanding of the 500 college men in the training program.

Brother Cowart attended elementary chool in Honolulu and Okla-

CAREY S. COW ART

Hester' Track R ord Still Held at His D ath

homa Military Academy before entering Kings P oint. After graduating from USC he married a charming Oklahoma girl and in 1949 he was recalled to the marine corp as a second lieutenant. He was stationed at Quantico and Camp Pendleton before being sent to K orea where he met h is untimely death.

H . H.

Sidney Calvert, Long.Time Chemistry Teacher at Missouri, Dies at 83 D eath came in D ecember to Sidn y Calvert, Missouri a professor of organic chemistry at the Univer ity of Missouri for 45 yea1路 . Profe or Calvert was born in England and receiv d his higher education at Guelph and McGill uni er itie in Canada, and at Har ard. He took up his teaching ' ork at Missouri in 1 94 and served there until hi retir ment in 1939 at the age of 70. He \J as one of the first initiates of the Mis ouri Chapter of Acacia and was numb r 13 on that chapter's roll. Sur i ing him are three ons; his ' ife, Elizabeth who was a favorite with college studen died in 1929.

David Horkmans Die He Wa a Charter Member at Kan a F ollowing an illn ss of ix eeks death came to Da id M. Horkmans Kansas on Augu t 16, 1951. Wounded

in th tan d. troit schools engaged in national competition in tho e days and He ter hung up a world r cord of 5.3 ond for th 50-yard da h in an indoor me t at North' est rn Univ rity. Aft r high school graduation he r pr nt d Canada in the 1924 Olympic Games in Pari (h had been hom in Toronto). H th n nter d Mi higan, became the Big 10 print champion and captain d the Wolv rin in 1928.

Sine 1943 h had b n a repr entative for the Hinde-Dauch Pap r Company in Indianapoli . He i urvived by hi ' if , I obel, and two daughter B tty Ann and J ane.

Ro M. Wrigh Colorado, pa d away uddenly on October 1 , 1951, of coronary thrombo is, at Urbana, Illinois. At the time of hi d ath he ' as a m mber of the M chanica!

Engineering staff at the Univer ity of Illinoi .

William P . French Washington, died on July 3'0, 1950 at the age of 55.

The Triad, Winter, 1952 34 Charles E. riehaus, Illinois, died on July 19, 1951, at Wardsworth General Hospital at Sawtelle, Calif. He had been ill over 5 years with lymphosarcoma, but was able to carry on his work with the Johns Mansville Corp. A week before he passed away the company presented him with a Scroll of Retirement for 15 years of service. He willed his body to the Veterans Medical Science so that it might help someone in the future that might be afflicted with his disease. A Masonic funeral was held in the Veteran's Cemetery at Sawtelle.

Francis Marion Porter, Illinois, died on November 26, 1951. Brother Porter was Emeritus Professor of General- Engineering Drawing at the University of Illinois. He served the Illinois Chapter for many years as a member of -the board of directors of the chapter house corporation.

Barnett F. Felker, Colorado, died as a result of an airplane crash in -Minneapolis. No other information is available.

Charles C. Darlington, Cornell, died on December 19, 1950.

Riley H. Heath, Cornell, died on September 24, 1951.

Arthur William Burgren, Stanford, a retired mining engineer, died last July 14. Brother Burgren, born in San Francisco in 1880, was employed by the American Smelting and Refining Company from 1912 to 1931.

At the time he left the company to carry on mining activity in the United States, Mexico, and Alaska, he was general superintendent of the Velardena Mine in the State of Durango, Mexico. He was a resident of Hayward, California, and is survived by his widow and two sons.

Contributors Among the contributors to the alumni news section of this issue were: R. C. Bradley, Cornell, Cecil H . Haas, Kansas, James 0 . Pease, Ohio, Arthur H. Myer, Stanford, Roy S. Garrett, Colorado, Frank Holloway, Texas , and many of the chapter correspondents.

Thanks to each of you and apologies to any whom we may have missed.

Housemothers ...

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Mrs. Mabel Nichols has charmed the Indiana Chapter with her sparkling personality since 1947. A native of Bloomington, Mrs. Nichols has lived there all of her life; her husband was an architect who was connected with the design of several of the university's buildings. Although Mother Nichols does not live at the chapter house she is available for social functions and other occasions when she can be of particular help to the chapter.

Mother Veatch of the Kansas Chapter has literally gone through fire with her boys for she was housemother when the chapter house bumed during Christmas vacation a year ago. Before coming to Acacia she raised three sons to manhood and was active in many civic projects in her home town of Hutchinson, Kansas. Music is one of her major interests but this must take second place to the job of keeping a growing chapter of Acacians healthy and happy; in this she has made a fine record since the fall of 1950.

"Iowa Acacia's truest sweetheart is 'Mom' Hegg," says our correspondent from the tall corn state, and it is certain that her ready smile and pleasant outlook have helped smooth the way. Mrs. Hegg says one of her biggest thrills was the re-activation of the chapter, "because we worked so hard for it all year."

At Denver our tour finds Alice Stewart in her third year with Acacia and finding it more enjoyable each year. She took over her duties in October of 1949 and is given great credit by her chapter for the growth in prestige enjoyed by the chapter; at its social functions she can always be found as a smiling and congenial hostess, surrounded by her admiring "sons" and their gals. She has considerable musical talent which she used by teaching piano for a number of years. She is an active member of the Eastern Star and a past officer of her chapter.

Although she has been away from her native Texas for thirty years, the lovely housemother for Colorado A & M has a true Texan's pride in it and, as a consequence, takes lots of ribbing from her boys. She serves on a part-time basis but does almost a full-time job of counseling, chaperoning, and entertaining. It was she who organized a mothers' auxiliary for the chapter. She brought to Acacia the experience gained from four years as housemother to the Gamma Phi Beta sorority; rumor

has it that she was too much competition for the Gamma Phis! As one man put it, "If she were in college, Mother Wells would be the most sought-after girl on the campus."

It should be apparent that these positions are not easy ones to fill but that Acacia is fortunate indeed to have the corps of loyal, energetic "mothers" who serve these chapters so well and make a very real contribution to the welfare and progress of Acacia. They are in every sense Sweethearts of Acacia.

BIRTHS To Mr. and Mrs. Frederic C. Burton, Cornell, a daughter, Nancy _Margaret, August 18, 1951. • To Mr. and Mrs. Henry N. Little, Cornell, a son, Nathan Henry, September 14, 1951.

To Mr. and Mrs. Fay McClelland, Cornell, a daughter, Lane Irene, April 9, 1949, and a daughter, Ann Rise, November 23, 1951.

To Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Pearson, Cornell, a son, William Raymond, November 30, 1949.

To Mr. and Mrs. David Sheldon, Cornell, a daughter, Ann Christine, July 11, 1950.

To Mr. and Mrs. Beryl E. Slocum, Cornell, a son, Thomas Edward, May 30, 1951.

To Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Glackman, Evansville, a daughter.

To Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Mongreig, Illin~is, a daughter, Louise Blaine, April 26, 1951.

To Mr. and Mrs. Rowland Morken, Illinois, a daughter, Julianne, August 24, 1951.

To Mr. and Mrs. Edward L. Verkler, Illinois, a son, Thomas Edward, August 10, 1951.

To Mr. and Mrs. Marvin S. Liggett, Kansas, a daughter , Shirley Dianne.

To Mr. and Mrs. Charles Steinmetz, Ohio, a son, Robert Charles, October 16, 1951.

To Mr. and Mrs. Ed Kendall, Michigan, a son, Edward Allen.

To Mr. and Mrs. John Dablow, Minnesota, a son, Summer 1951.

To Mr. and Mrs. Merlyn Timmerman, Minnesota, a son, David Benjamin.

To Mr. and Mrs. Richard Bogan, Northwestern, a daughter, Elizabeth Jean, January 11, 1952.

To Mr. and Mrs. John Dudley, Washington, a son, Richard Lynn, July 28, 1951.

To Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Sharp, Washington, a daughter, Timathie Jean, October 13, 1951.

Among Acacia's Chapters

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Winter brought Christmas parties, the holidays, and the height of the social season-but winter also meant exams and term papers, and graduation for a few. The intramural programs were in full swing, the chapters up north were busy with winter carnivals; on the proud chest of many an eager freshman there blossomed-temporarily, at least-a brand new fraternity pin.

· Arizona Pledges are: Lee Hickerson, Price Curd, John Tverberg, Kelly Hocker, John Ramsey, Everett Griffin, and Warner Dodd. Also, we have initiated two new members, Norman Zeller, and Bion Laubscher, and one alunmus, Heliodore Marcoux, who is our new faculty adviser.

Mr. Marcoux teaches engineering at the university, and is well liked by the students. The chapter believes that many good ideas and suggestions will come from him. Also, we expect that our engineering students will be on the ball hereafter.

The pledges have been busy this semester. Earlier this fall the pledge ball was held. Favors for the dance were small paddles made by the pledges. More recently, the pledges raced in the Interfraternity Council Pajama Race, placing eighth out of sixteen fraternities competing.

Socially, we have been active with numerous dances, picnics, and informal get-togethers. A joint exchange was held in conjunction with Phi Kappa with the Alpha Chi Omega Sorority. Several informal parties on the front porch resulted in the making of thousands of flowers which

ARIZONA Arizona's homecoming float "rang the bell" as it won third prize in the men's beauty division.

ended up in our float. Lee Rombach, our chapter adviser, presented us with a Mexican dinner just before Christmas at which we stuffed ourselves and ended with the breaking of the pinyata after dinner. Our big social event of the year was the annual sweetheart dance, at which time Barbara Porter, Alpha Chi Omega, was pinned Acacia Sweetheart for the year. A delicious turkey dinner, an excellent band, and a full moon combined to make a very memorable evening.

During the four months since school started many improvements, including new closets and the jeweled pin over the door have helped transform 819 E. 3rd Street into a real chapter house.

The chapter placed third in the men's beauty section of the Homecoming Float Parade. The huge white bell was covered with over ten thousand paper flowers and mounted on a blue base. The chapter worked until 4 A.M. putting finishing touches on the float, after a 1 A.M. waffle breakfast made by Merle Denning, financial adviser.

The house placed third in scholarship among the men's groups last year. Hope is high that a good pledge class will raise it even higher this year.

JOHN K . GARDNER

As soon as the semester finals are over and the boys have all regained their scattered facilities, we plan to hold initiation ceremonies for the aforementioned thirteen fellows-then with our added numerical strength we feel that we should be in a position to swing into the social world and make the name of Acacia a hallowed word in all the places "where particular people congregate."

"And so it came to pass on December 3, in the year of our Lord, 1951, during the reign of Thomas the Terrific (Tommy MacLin, V.D.) that proclamations were issued calling the citizens to the meeting hall for the purpose of electing officers to govern them. They met and there was great disorder and wild confusion, many and prolonged speeches were made, and there was long and profound deliberation.

Thus, it came to pass that ballots were cast and officers elected were: Bill MeCollum-Venerable Dean, Senior DeanChas. Davis, Junior Dean-Richard Zimmerman, Housemanager-Tommy Richardson, Treasurer-Don Lovell, and Secretary-Lee Dockery, Chapter Correspondent-yours truly, Charles Stewart, Jr." CHARLES STEWART, JR.

Arkansas

Well, it's that time again. Finals are rolling around and they're having their usual sobering effect on the fellows.

There is a noticeable revival in scholastic interests which undoubtedly will prevail until the beginning of next semester.

However as we look back on our activities and accomplishments of the past few months I'm sure we all have a feeling of satisfaction and achievement. It has been a semester in which we have made much progress for our chapter.

We tried a little different system in our social program this semester and the "new deal" proved a success. We decided to cut down on the number of social events and to try to make each of our parties a really special occasion, and under Junior Dean Walt Tingley's leadership we were able to do so.

In addition to our usual functions, such as the Boardwalk Party and the Ple dge Formal, we held an open house for the campus after the U.S.C. game which we hope will prove to be an annual affair.

We engaged professional entertainers from San Francisco who provided an excellent show for the overflow crowd which attended.

The intramural program is in full

Pledges are: Frank Robertson, Bob Emmert, Luther Luck, Wayne Hilsdon, Charles Crawford, John Cooper, Bill Cooper, Roy Westenfelder, George Underhill, Richard Marlow, Ferrell Moore, Edwin Stuart, Edward Hawkins.

Due to the fact that we here at Arkansas have, for the fall semester, geared our machinery to the task of rushing, we have had little time for very extensive participation in the realm of social activities. We have, however, been very successful with our rushing program and have selected thirteen men who will be initiated sometime during the month of February.

Although we have been forced to neglect our social activities, we have been able to find time to crowd in several "minor" social functions such as informal dances after the football games and frequent "open houses." The one highlight of our fall social calendar was an honorary tea given for our housemother, Mrs. J . M. White. The tea was quite successful both in the perfection of the organization and the number in attendance.

California

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36 swing and we are in the thick of the fight. Both our football and basketb~ll teams have suffered a defeat but still have an excellent chance. In the minor sports, such as handball, bowling and volleyball, our teams have been undefeated.

We are especially proud of one of our men Jim Kidder, who has made his block pla;ing varsity football. Jim did a swe!l job at his end position, and since he 1s but a sophomore he has a bright fut~re ahead of him. Three other fellows, Dtck Lawyer, Duke Hoffelt and Johnny Nystuen all played ball and gave good accounts of themselves. There are anumber of other fellows who are active in various school sports such as basketball, rugby and crew.

We have recently held our election of officers for the coming semester and we are confident the men we have chosen will prove every bit as capaple as our previous officers. The new officers are as follows: Art Jollymour, Venerable Dean ; Elliot Brenner, Senior Dean; Jim Kidder, Junior Dean; Ted Colliau, Treasurer; Bill Walker, Secretary; and Richard Walcott, House Manager. .

Our pledge class this semester has proved to be an active one. We have had our hands full keeping the upper hand.

They have pulled a successful sneak which necessitated the active chapter's serenading of some local sorority houses to retrieve silverware, etc. They also abducted our pledge master, Art Jollymour, and for good measure brought along Al Hawkins, our house manager.

While we will be losing only one man through graduation this spring (Fred Ffost) , in June we stand to lose around fifteen, so rushing this spring will be of extreme importance. We will have to make up our expected June loss through our rushing this spring, and to get off to a good start. George Stockfleth, rushing chairman, has been working hard to get our program organized and ready to roll.

MAL ZIRKER

paper, "The Fellowcrafter," named aft~r the former name of the chapter. It 1s writ.ten by anyone and ever~one with something of interest and pubhshed once a month.

On December 8th from 8: 30 to 12: 30 we held our annual pledge formal at Mariemont Inn. It was the largest dance in our chapter's history due to the re-

CINCINNATI Cincinnati pledges caught in the Christman spirit decorate the house. Left to .right are Edmonds, Whittacre, Schroth, Hubbard, and Fenton. turn of many alumni. Also helping to make the party a success was a group of Acacians from the Miami Chapter.

During intermission the pledge class gave a skit on "Alice in Wonderland." Although any resemblance was entirely coincidental, it gave everyone some good laughs.

CHARLES E. MATER

Colorado

Old man winter has finally appeared on the Colorado campus bringing with him five inches of snow and temperatures around five degrees outside and ten After the homecoming-day game, a below in the dormitory. party was held in honor of the alumni.

Let's start things off in this issue by The party, off to a good start when Cin- introducing some of our pledges, who cinnati walloped Western Michigan, fol- did not join us in time to be listed in the lowed with a steak buffet dinner for the last TRIAD. They are: Richard Ahlborn, sixty or more guests. It wasn't long be- Paul Armstrong, Larry Finch, Charles fore there were singing, card games, and Guthrie,¡ Ronald Hankins, Ward Hinrichs, reminiscing to send our party off on the Neil Humberg, Harold Nordwall, Mickey right foot.

O'Connell and Al Vondran.

As if preparing for the party wasn't Highlighting Colorado's social calendar enough, we also had to construct a float for this fall semester was an elaborate for the game. It has always been the dinner dance held at the swank Lakepledges' project to build, but this year wood Country Club in Denver. The areveryone worked. We covered an old rangements for this event were under Model T with paper-mache and formed the direction of Junior Dean Tom Donit in the shape of a sweeper. Although aldson. The annual Christmas party for the motor got so hot it almost burned up, underprivileged children was held at the and we didn't take first prize; we did chapter house on December 15, 1951. The have a lot of fun the Friday night before, house was gaily decorated for the affair all night! . which included a turkey dinner, a visit Our second idea was an alumni news- from Santa Claus in the person of Don

Gullett and the distribution of his gifts.

These ~ere a few of the events enjoyed by fourteen underprivileged children from the Boulder area. Other social events enjoyed by the chapter included parties with the Alpha Omicron Pis, Kappa Deltas, and Zeta Tau Alphas.

During the 1951 Homecoming Colorado Chapter earned three new trophies. One of these was for placing in the annual chariot race and the other two were won in the float competition. Although this was Colorado's first year in the chariot race, we won our division in the preliminaries and went on to ¡capt~re second place in the finals. The charwt was constructed under the supervision of Don Bauder. The float, which depicted Cinderella and her pumpkin being drawn by four white mice, won first place in the silver division and also copped the grand prize. Acacia combined with the TriDelts to. build this prize-winning float which was nearly blown away by the slight breeze ( 40 MPH) that blew the morning of the parade. The float was designed and constructed under the direction of Gene Campbell and Bill Cox. A special initiation held on December 2, 1951, added the name of Paul Dow to the chapter rolls. Paul anticipated being called into the Navy and requested that he be initiated before he had to leave.

The active chapter was glad to grant his request and want to wish Paul the best of luck while he is in the service.

Athletically speaking Colorado Chapter's teams have completed a successful semester. The water polo team finished the season with a won five and lost one record. This was good enough for 2nd place in the league and a berth in the all-school playoffs. The squad, captained

by Jim Murray, was beaten in the playoffs in an overtime game by one goal.

The football team, coached by Dale Watkins, won five games while dropping several close ones. Coach Jack Little is working out with the basketball team and he expects great things from this year's pledge-dominated squad.

BILL Cox

Cincinnati

Cornell As soon as rushing was finished, initiation was at hand and the week of Oct. 22 to 28 was a busy one for all. After the "smoke had cleared away" we were congratulating six nevi brothers. They are S. Earl Brink, Lee E. Edwards, John B. Frisbie, Charles A . Gehy, Theodore W. Hanna, and John S. Mallery, Jr. After recovering from initiation week the chapter took a deep breath and settled back for what we thought would be a period of normalcy. This belief was short lived, however, as the problem of a pledge project was soon staring us right in the face . We finally decided on a revamping of the basement. Under the leadership of pledge president Lem Wingard and assisted and guided by Brothers Ira Youngdahl and Dave Hower, the work is proceeding at a rapid rate. At

The Triad, Winter, 1952 this writing the basement is a mess, but that will all be changed before Feb. 18, the beginning of initiation week for the Junior Pledge Class. The work entails sanding the rough spots off of the concrete floor, panelling the walls, installing indirect lighting, adding benches, opening up a room that formerly was storage, and painting. Everyone is agreed that it is a most worthwhile project.

The social season at 318 Highland Rd. is the biggest ever. After our Junior Dean left school, Charles Gehy was elected to take his place and under his guidance the parties have been clicking every weekend. Fall Weekend, Nov. 2-4, was the high spot of the year, of course, with 34 couples attending. As a variation in the conventional "vic" dances that are so popular, we had a great "theme" party.. It was a monster party and every one who attended had to be dressed as some type of murderer or ghoul, past, present, or future. In addition we had one section of the basement fixed up to look like a den of horror, and each couple had to pass through it. The novelty of the whole plan made it very successful.

Another important weekend was Dec. 14 and 15. On the night of the 14th, we had twelve underprivileged children from a local settlement house in for a Christmas party. There were gifts for all, movies, games, and refreshments.

The next evening, we had our annual Christmas party. The music was lively, and altogether it was a great way to start our Christmas vacation.

JAMES M. SYMONS

Denver Small-but-mighty Denver Acacia is already well on its way toward making 1951-52 another gold-star year.

The majestic golden trophy for first place Homecoming Float in the crimson division now adorns our laureled mantle.

Tom Watton headed up our float committee and, with the chapter's assistance, really did a magnificent job on this year's float. The theme for the float was "Whip the Cougars." The theme featured a paper-mache Denver Pioneer chasing a Brigham Young University "Cougar" in and out of a paper-mache cave. "Pledge Power" in the form of our chubby VD Jack Mehl, furnished the power to turn the figures.

Dick Soencihsen, this year's editor of DU's yearbook, is hard at work creating the annual. He is being ably assisted by a crew of Acacians featuring Uncle Willy Leavel, Jim "Scoop" Ritchie, and Jackson Baker.

Jack Mehl was tapped this fall for ODK, DU's top men's honorary. He was chosen for this honor for his leadership in the fraternity, and his outstanding school spirit.

Right before school let out for the Christmas holidays our wonderful Mothers' Club threw a big Christmas dinner.

37 In the process of getting stuffed, we consumed two turkeys with all the trimmings.

TERRY CLAY EAKIN

Evansville At the conclusion of the fall quarter here at Evansville, we found the following pledges ready to be initiated: Bill Pickle, Charles Shaw, Alfred Spillman, Paul Bingham, Robert Fisher, Fred Tismar, James Cook, Robert Freiberg, Jerry Carner, Dutton McBride, Charles Clayton, Farrell Bartlet, Bill Burk, and Dr. Norman 0. Long, faculty member.

For the second straight year an Acacia man has won the annual APO "Ugly Man Contest." Harold Bell triumphed handily as he coasted to victory, his total votes doubling those of the nearest competitor.

The Christmas holidays find us in the midst of paint brushes, step ladders, and mounds of furniture. With more paint on the furnishings and floor than on the wall, willing actives have donated their entire vacation to make our home a more beautiful place in which to live.

Congratulations to you Rembrandts.

For the third year in a row, we have sold Christmas trees, and although actual figur.e s are not available at this time, we kno~ at least $450 has been received.

The proceeds will be used to buy furnishings for the house.

Dr. Norman 0 . Long, Professor of Organic Chemistry, has been elected to fill the post of faculty adviser, a position left vacant with the departure of William Brandon, Professor of History. As a young man all of us felt that Acacia could well benefit from the knowledge and leadership of Dr. Long.

Awards are out for Tom Carter, active, and Bill Pickle, pledge. Tom was presented with a gleaming spittoon from the pledge class, as the chose him the most "active active" for the fall quarter. Bill, who hails from Henderson, Kentucky, received a well earned "best pledge award."

We're happy to welcome back Frank Swallow who recently spent many months with the Marine Corps. Having been discharged, Frank is again enrolled in school.

BoB CARTER

Illinois As the winter's snow and zero temperatures settled down in Champaign to stay for the season, a glance over the last few months finds the chapter's activities continuing in spite of the weatherman's plans.

Amid the usual furor of homecoming weekend, November 10, more r eason for celebrating was added when the illinois Chapter won a first place tie with Alpha Tau Omega for homecoming decorations.

After working through several days of snow and cold, our efforts were rewarded

when D on Wolaver, chairman of the decorations, stepped forward to receive the big first place trophy. The winning decoration was the life size front of the "Alumni Theatre" which advertised in flashing lights a bill of "Pop-I-Owa." The coming attraction on January 1 was "A Rose Bowl Named Desire." With both forecasts being true, the brothers now ]:lave i;he qualifications for handling a crystal ball.

The homecoming trophy did not have the honor of being the only first place prize over our fireplace this fall, since Acacia's Black Knights of the Boneyard had previously won the IM league football trophy. After going undefeated in league play, the firs t loss of the season came in the second round of the fraternity play-offs. Two of our stars, Ed Werner and Bob Schroeder, were acclaimed by being elected to the All-IM team.

With most of the first string returning for next season, prospects for another trophy look bright.

Besides IM sports this fall, we played Co-Ree volleyball with Alpha Gamma Delta and are now in bowling with Kappa Alpha Theta.

While on the subject of sports, we might mention Clive Follmer, who is very ably representing us on illinois' starting five this year , and Mack Follmer, who also is seeing quite a bit of action on the court.

Along with all this other activity, Dave Dixon has been keeping a full social schedule going. The highlight of the winter social events was the formal dance, "Alpine Hideaway," on December 8. The chapter house was transformed into a winter sports lodge for the event.

A formal dinner preceded the dance and on December 9, an open house and Sweetheart dinner finished the busy weekend. Also included in the social events were exchanges with Alpha Xi Delta, Alpha Delta Pi and Phi Mu. The men who guided the chapter for the last year completed their duties and a new regime was elected on December 17. Jack Mainey succeeds Dick Cook as Venerable Dean while Ken Davis takes over from Jack the job of Senior Dean.

Don Wolaver replaces Dave Dixon as Junior Dean and Jim Davis follows Ken Davis as Rushing Chairman. Charles Wheeler relieves Al Gleason as Treasurer while Bob Willerton takes the Secretary's duties from Mel Rapp. These officers should do a fine job of leading the chapter through the coming year.

ROBERT HERRICK

Indiana Members of the chapter are extremely active in various extra-curricular interests. We have men placed in diverse organizations in nearly every phase of college activity. Dave Day is vice-president of the Y.M.C.A. He is the delegate to the National Conclave of Arnold Air Society at Miami Beach, Florida. Dave is

The Triad, Winter, 1952 38 also a member of Blue Key honor society. Don Moor is the treasurer of the Y.M.C.A. George Branam and Roy Whiteman are both members of the 1-Men club. Bob Deadman is a director of the junior class, chairman of the Intra-fraternity Council Judicial Board, social chairman of Greek Week, and a member of Alpha Epsilon Delta, the premedical honor society. Dave Jenkins is active in Y.M.C.A. work. Don Gentry is active in both Y.M.C.A. and Union work. Don was a member of the Banquet Committee for Greek Week. He is a member of the Marching One-Hundred. Ron Beckman, Tom Griffith, and Jim Houston are also members of the Marching One-Hundred.

We have numerous men in campus honoraries. Dave Day and Bob Deadman are Sphinx Club members. Don Moor, Jim Nevins, and Gene Bockstahler are

race. Gorman came in sixth in the entire field.

Jim Bailey, Deane Olney, and Joe Shroyer are shooting for the handball championship. Neal Brazier, Bob Deadman, and Jon Kohlmeier form the golf team. Our basketball squad has prospects of winning the league championship.

Dick McQueen, our five-foot four-inch long shot artist from Winslow, is high point man.

Our tea dances include those with Alpha Omicron Pi, Zeta Tau Alpha, Delta Delta Delta, Alpha Xi Delta, and Alpha Phi. Neal Brazier, Rick Edwards, and Jim Fultz are doing an excellent job of planning each tea dance.

Yellow Dog initiation was held from October 11 to the 14th. Deane Olney, "Chief High Cur," and Jim Nevins, "Dirty Pup," supervised the initiation.

to the detail of a drawbridge leading over the front porch. The evening was a big success, thanks -to the pledges.

On December 5, we held our Christmas tree decoration party. On the seventh, we had a formal date dinner for the men and their dates before the "Opening of Formal Season." We held our Christmas Formal on the fifteenth of December. The house was superbly decorated, with Christmas trees, murals painted by Jack Laurien, and a false ceiling of pine branches. Everyone agreed that the dance was likely the best one they had attended this year.

This year, we have endeavored to extend our civil services more intensively than in previous years. Acacia had the largest percentage of blood donors on the campus, during a recent campaign for blood carried on by the Red Cross.

Our Yellow Dog initiates spent one entire night (12 hours) working on a university building. Our pledges are shouldering the vast majority of the Salvation Army's task of repairing toys for needy children during the past Christmas Season. We gave a large amount of money, attained by what the Indiana alum.."li will recall at the Cuss Cup, to the Bloomington Christmas fund for needy children.

In short, we are trying to exemplify our motto, "Human Service."

JoE SHROYER

Iowa

INDIANA Indiana Acacia was host to the cast of "Peter Pan" after the performance at the University. Here star Veronica Lake is pictured wielding a Yellow Dog paddle on members of the pledge class.

Falcon Club members. Charles Koger, Hack Laurien, and Leo Marchant belong to Skull and Crescent.

Our intra-mural teams have placed us high among campus competitors. Our football team, spearheaded by Jim Nevins, was one of the best teams on the campus. Bob Elliot represented Acacia in the tennis tourney. Dave Jenkins, our one man ping pong squad, won two games before loosing to the Sigma Nu representative. Three long-winded fellows make up our cross-country team. Don Gentry, Dave Jenkins, and Bill Gorman represented the house. Our final rating was fourth, which is very good in view of the numerous units entered in the

On Sunday, October 14, we entertained several members of the faculty at a smoker at the house. The weekend of October 31 was Homecoming with the Indiana-Illinois game. Many alumni were up for the game. The house looked like Grand ¡ Central Station.

We entertained members of the Peter Pan cast, including Veronica Lake, John Garth, Peggy O'Hara, and Lawrence Tibbetts. Also, four members of the cast from Death of a Salesman were our dinner guests one evening.

The pledges held their dance on November 9. The theme of the dance was Rogues of Sherwood Forest. The house was decorated to resemble a castle, even

Thus far this year, Iowa Acacia has pledged Ray Shoultz, Jim Weinberger, Bill Waller, Larry Haubrock, Bill Henderson, Park Morton, Ed Ahlquist, Al Thompson, and Keith Putbrese.

Bob Wagget has been elected Senior Dean in order to fill the vacancy left by Don Gissel's resignation. Don resigned in order to marry a girl from Orlando, Florida, known to his brothers only as "Lynn." The active chapter presented the groom with an electric toaster at the annual Christmas stag party.

The chapter house has had many alumni visitors in recent months including Mr. and Mrs. Ed Simmons, Mr. and Mrs. Waldo M. Wissler, Mr. and Mrs. George Langdon, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Simmons, Harvey H. Rindt, Mr. R. M. McDonald, Mr. 0. E. Lawrence, Mr. and Mrs. Robert 0. Bickel, Mr. 0. E. Anderson and family, Mr. Jake Wegmuller, Mr. Ralph W. Burt, Mr. Marvin Logan, Dr. Frederick S. Beebee, Mr. Elmer Hills, Mr. F. J. Ingman, and Mr. H. L. Frederickson.

In addition to the Christmas stag party which featured Mr. Phil Marsh, a professional magician, Iowa Acacia gave an informal Christmas dance. At this party, Ace, the house mascot, collaborated with Jake and Mrs. Wegmuller in awarding prizes in a charade contest. A group of brothers presented an excellent skit portraying the confusion in a fraternity house the night of a formal party. It was a very successful affair, and gained wide publicity for Acacia.

ToM BROWN

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Iowa State Another quarter has ground itself away at Iowa State during which we initiated three new members into our active chapter. They are Robert Haach, Richard Weber, and Lynn Pendry. With the coming of these new men we also lost our pledge trainer, John Sheldon, through graduation. He is to be emplpyed by an oil firm in Venezuela.

Orie hundred forty-two Gray had some new landscaping done to it one morning after our first snow fall. In the center of our front yard was a huge mound of snow with an aerial protruding from the top of it. It was John's car completely buried, in snow. Apparently some of the pledges were giving John a hearty send off.

We got revenge on the Kappa Delta sorority on a cold, wintery Saturday afternoon when we defeated their gridiron team by a score of 13 to 6. After the game we went back to the house for hot coffee and spudnuts. During the course of events the KA's lost their trophies but, of course, we knew nothing of their whereabouts. They later treated us to dessert and their trophies were mysteriously returned.

During the Christmas season when we were all filled with Christmas cheer we joined voices with the Pi Beta Phi sorority and helped spread some of our cheer to little children and hospitalized people in Ames. We also brought Christmas joy to several of the more unfortunate families around town by inviting their children to a huge Christmas dinner of turkey with all the trimmings: After the dinner we helped them away from the table, for they did need help, and the nicest thing had happened. Good old Santa had visited our house while we were eating and had left gifts under the tree for the children.

JAMES E. WIDDEL

flood damaged homes in North Lawrence.

The plan worked out with great success.

Socially, a policy of inviting the president and social chairman of a sorority to Wednesday dinner, one house a week until the "rounds" have been made, has been inaugurated. The Fall Formal was recently held and was a complete success. After the homecoming game, December 1, the annual Pig Roast was held, 路honoring the alumni.

A newly instituted annual inter-chapter football game between the Kansas and the Kansas State Chapters was held the morning of the varsity fracus. This was the first year of a rivalry destined to approach that of Army and Navy. The winner this year was Kansas University with a 6-0 score. (Might we say, Kansas State, the trophy is very pretty. We are deeply grateful.) The pledge-active football rivalry was commenced this year, also. The actives won easily-26-13. Bill "Slingin' Sammy" Lindstrom starred for the winners.

The chapter has been honored with the admittance of Sam Willcoxon into Eta Eta Kappa, honorary electrical engineering fraternity, and also into the Sachem Circle of Omicron Delta Kappa, honorary service organization; Bill Schell and John Hoffman into Scarab, honorary architectural fraternity; Gene Stucker into Phi Lamda Upsilon, honorary chemical engineering fraternity; Farrel Schell into Sigma Tau, honorary engineering fraternity; and Kenneth Stanley and Nelson Bachas into medical school.

The newly elected officers for this term are: Venerable Dean, John Hoffman; Senior Dean, Jack Willis; Junior Dean, Larry Baldwin; Treasurer, Muryl Laman; Secretary, Don Tice; Senior Steward, Dick Roshong; Junior Steward, Norton Turner; Pledge Trainer, Tom Van Bebber; Alumni Correspondent, Bill Lindstrom; Sentinel, Jim Short, and TRIAD Correspondent, Farrel Schell.

FARREL ScHELL

Kansas State Kansas A new pledge: Joe Webster Lacy; the total is now twenty-three.

It may be that soon the dining table set up in the living room will be only a memory. The plans for the addition of a new dining room were drawn up by Bob Ford, '49, who is employed by an architectural firm in Topeka. The construction should be completed by the end of the semester. With the completion of the dining room and the addition o~ a few pieces of furniture, the house, wh1~h was newly purchased this summer, will be in grand shape; and just one year after the tragic fire last Christmas.

As you possibly noticed in the Octo~er 22 issue of Life, KU's interfratermty council voted to devote the money and effort that usually went toward homecoming decorations to repair some of the

New pledges since the last TRIAD include: Leonard Miller and Sam Hundley, Atchison; Keith Panzer and Delbert Jepson, Lincoln; Hans Hungerbuhler from Switzer}<md; Wayne Theis, Overland Park and Cliff Bezik, LaCrosse.

Things have been running smoothly around the fraternity under the careful guidance of our Venerable Dean, Bill K vasnicki. Bill was a member of the Kansas State College senior livestock judging team and participated in the national contest at the International Livestock Show in Chicago this fall.

Bob Coloney, our Interfraternity Council representative, attended the National Interfraternity Conclave in Virginia this fall.

In November we held our annual fall formal at the Manhattan Country Club.

Just before Christmas vacation we entertained our dates with a Christmas party

in the chapter house. The members dreW' names and exchanged gifts which were later gathered up for the underprivileged children of Manhattan.

The semester is rapidly drawing to a close which means the election of nevi officers and final exams.

Miami Miami is about to adjourn for the Christmas vacation-Hallelujah! We had our annual Tree Trim Party on Decem路 her 15, and now our house is gaily fes路 tooned in preparation for the holidays.

On December 1 we again held our Winter Formal, the "Holly Hop." We imported a band from Hamilton for the occasion, and J. D. Langdon Leighton .and his crew worked wonders with the decorations and refreshments. "Gibson Girl" dolls in the Acacia colors were the favors, and there were corsages for the faculty guests. All the men from the chapter who are enrolled in the A .F.R.路 O.T.C. presented intermission entertainment entitled: "This Is the Air Force."

Mark Witt did a swell job on arranging the songs and the skit. V.D. Ed Watkins then presented the 1952 Sweetheart of the Miami Chapter, Miss Marcia Ellison, pinplant of "Les" Leighton.

A gang of our men and their dates recently traveled via chartered bus to Cincinnati to attend the "Ice Follies of '52."

The girls received special late permission, an everyone had a swell time.

Peg Hopper, pinplant of H.M. Dave Erwin, held open house at her residence in Cincinnati following the U .C. vs.

Miami football game. Despite Miami's loss to Cincinnati, the party was a whopping success.

The Miami Chapter now has a new wearer of the jeweled triangle-Fred Frank who was initiated all by himself and o~ one night-whee!

Also we recently pledged the following men: Gene Wilson; Ralph Kah; Rikki Rutledge; Bob Long; Dick Lotz ; and Russ Ditmyer who is the president of the Y.M.C.A. here -at Miami.

We've had several alumni drop in to see us this past month. Stan Bohl was here, and Stan told us of "painting Tokyo red" with John Werth, Miami's first V.D. Tom Bonsor, former TRIAD Correspondent, stayed at the house for a few days before leaving for the west coast. Tom is being trained for the M.P.'s-the chapter's only traffic cop so far. Jack Webster, former House Manager, came down from Purdue to see us and his pinplant, still at Miami. Actually, "Webbie" spent more time with Jeanie than at the house!

Our two Air Force boys, John Humphries and Bob Holloway, have both been able to drop in on us occasionally. "Hump" has a sweet job-he's something like a chaperone to a bunch of beautiful WAF's.

Bob is in training at Scott Field near St. Louis-he's trying to get at job like John's! Pvt. Ken Pugh dropped in to visit a couple of weeks ago, and Army

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40 life seems to be treating him all right.

It's really grand to see all these fellows again; and those of you alumni who haven't been down here recently, try to make it, won't you?

GORDON liEGENBARTH

Michigan

is "Lil" to all her boys) has become that and much more.

On any afternoon one will hear conve~­ sation issuing from the kitchen. And if one takes time to investigate he will find it is usually an Acacian discussing his problems, girls, money, grades, or any of a million, with his adopted housemother. Mrs. Marske, "Lil," is always a good listener and adviser.

The University is always worried about adequate chaperoning for our house parties. Acacia always has Mrs. Marske there-not because she has to, but because she comes over to see that her swell lunches are served correctly and that the kitchen is kept orderly. And she often will not leave until well after midnight. But when it comes to a rushing function there is just no beating her. Lil is right there to jog our memories. She worries as much and more than we do, keeping us on the ball to make advance preparations to meet our guests, and to show them we expected them. And when a rushee sees our table his eyes literally bug out! (This is no exaggeration.) Many a social-rushing party has been successful because Lil "has had her finger in the pie."

I think there is only one time during the week that the boys begin to look askance at Mrs. Marske. It so happens that this is her day off-Saturday, and especially Saturday morning. Saturday A. M. is the Acacia time to fix up the house. And who has discovered the household fixtures that need repairing?

Yes, Lil has "suggested" that this or that should be put in a little better shape.

Sometimes it takes more than one, but she doesn't forget. Lil also makes sure that the maid performs all her duties as prescribed.

And besides all this our meals make mighty fine eating, and all within our presently slim budget.

This then, is a tribute to a very fine lady who is a Cook and Housemother, and more to her boys at Acacia.

Although our pre-semester decorating was quite extensive this fall, we recognized that much improvement in the house was still needed. This led to an innovation at the Michigan Chapter, formation of the P .M. (Pushing Members) Club, dedicated to the completion of all house improvement projects suggested by its members, the planning and labor to be supplied on a purely voluntary basis.

The first project, now in process, is the repair and redecoration of the kitchen in accordance with our cook's wishes.

Among our visitors have been football week-enders from the Ohio State and Northwestern Chapters, Michigan State Senator and Michigan Chapter alumnus Jesse Edward Hutchinson, and dinner guest Joseph Fee, university fraternity advisor.

We ended our football season socializing with a rousing "roaring twenties" party for which the house was converted into a blind pig. Authenticity was provided by Charleston records, a something less than complete bar, and a raid (suspected to have been pre-arranged) by Ann Arbor police, who ended up joining the party rather than squelching it. Our social program continued with the most enjoyable winter formal in many years.

The dinner-dance, called the Paddle-Ball in honor of our pledges, was a success in every respect. It was attended by fiftytwo couples including may alumni. The Christmas decorations blended well with our new red carpeting in the living room and front hall. Following this party we KEITH IRwiN were forced to elect a new Junior Dean to replace Bud Strout who is moving to Maine. Miles Letts, new J.D., is being counted on to do just as fine a job of · Missouri leadership on the forthcoming J -hop and next semester's parties.

Of course, the Michigan Chapter is We have several new pledges at Miseagerly awaiting final exams beginning souri Chapter. They are: Louis Beem, shor tly after Christmas vacation.

Charles Bolo, Joe Curtright, Louis Perry, STANLEY WYNN Jim Prysock, Robert Smith, Royce Smithson, Charles Tuder, and Warren Wagner.

The appearance of the chapter house living room has been greatly improved Minnesota by the addition of a new carpet. It is the gift of Mr. and Mrs. Roy T . Collins of Kansas · City, Kansas, parents of one of Minnesota do es not have house mothers the actives. as such. However, we of Acacia are forSeveral men in the chapter went to tunate to have a lady who prepares ter- Lawrence for the Kansas-Missouri footr ific m eals, listens to our problems, and ball game on December 1. Although we takes as gr eat an in ter est in Acacia as lost, our feelings were elevated by the the m embers. wonderful time shown to us by the KanMrs. Marske carne to Acacia in 1949 to sas Chapter . We are now in the process take on the duties as Acacia's chef. This of obtaining a "pigskin" t o be presented was just a beginning-through her inter - to the K ansas Chapter. This trophy will est and own initiative "Lil" (Mrs Marske be put on a five-year basis.

Our annual Christmas party was held on December 15 at the chapter house.

On the preceding Wednesday, we held a tree decorating party. The tree was furnished by the pledge class. Before the Christmas Party, the rest of the house was decorated on the Yuletide theme.

Naturally, the main attraction of the party was the gift exchanging. The members and their dates exchanged novelty gifts and many a person received a shock when he hopefully unwrapped his gifts.

Word has been received from two of our servicemen alumni. Dennis Shay, who enlisted last year in the Air Force, is stationed at March Field, California.

John Eynon, '51, is stationed on Guam with the Navy.

WILLIAM D. ELZEA

Nebraska The biggest news from the Nebraska Chapter is about the football team. The team went all the way to the third round in the playoffs, which makes the team the most successfu one we have had since reactivating.

We are happy to announce that two new brothers were initiated into the chapter Sunday, December 16. Congratulations to Paul Scott and Doyle Beavers as brothers. Elvis Hunter of Torrington, Wyoming, was recently pledged.

John Taylor, June, '51, was married December 31, to Miss Pat Marie Sheldon.

John is a 2nd Lieutenant in the Army.

The chapter gave its annual Christmas party for children, December 15. Forty children from Tabitha horne in Lincoln were entertained with movies, games, and food. Each of the children was given a present from the chapter. The party was successful in promoting the Christmas feeling among the children and the chapter.

The pledges are preparing our next social event by giving a party January 5. This is supposed to be a costume party.

JAMES COLLINS

New Hampshire Pledges are: John Wilhelm, Robert Hayward, George Holbrook, Albert Marsh, Gilman Chesley, Leslie Kimball, Raul Ceser, Donald Johnson, Donald Cate, Richard Parnigoni, William Carpenter, John Johnson, Edward Levy, Thomas Low, Lawrence Carver, Bernard Annis, Conrad Terkleson, William Armstrong, DeWolf Merriam, Lyn Ware, John Barnes, William Chamberlain, John Everson, Robert Whitney, Avard Elrngren, and James Merritt.

The house has really been humming for the past few weeks with rushing, Christmas parties, and dances.

Rushing has been completed, and we are proud of our pledge class of twentysix men. There are one junior, seven

The Triad, Winter, 1952 sophomores and eighteen freshmen in the pledge class. We feel that they will be an active group, and they will do a lot to uphold the traditions of Acacia.

This year we teamed up with Theta Upsilon to give a Christmas party for fifteen boys and girls from the Dover Children's Home. The girls knitted mittens for each of the children and bought presents. We supplied the refreshments and chipped in to help buy the presents.

The party was held at the house, and Sam Matson acted as Santa Claus. He had some trouble with his sagging stomach, but it lasted until the party was over.

The children thought the party and presents were terrific, but the biggest hit of the day was Roderick, our collie pup. He is only eight weeks old, and the children sure gave him a run for his money during the afternoon.

Our first dance, "The Stocking Hop," was held in the living room, and everyone came in their stocking feet to keep from scratching the new living room floor. It was an informal dance the weekend of the Tufts football game. Our second dance was the weekend of the Mil Art Ball. By then the dining room had been finished, and it was decorated to resemble a ship to match the theme of the dance, "a pleasure cruise."

Next come intramural sports. Our football was the best we have had in our short existence. We started with an inglorious 36-0 loss to Kappa Sigma, but we came back strong to win our next two games and end the season with a 0-0 tie against Phi Mu Delta. In our most exciting game Dave Johnson caught a pass from Don Jamieson in the end zone with only a few seconds remaining in the game to give us a 12-0 victory. We have started the basketball season by dropping our first two games by close scores. In the second game we scored more baskets than Englehart, but we lost by two points on foul shots. Everyone will have a chance to practice during vacation, and we expect to come back stronger. Our sights are still set on the all-point trophy to add to our collection.

DICK THOMAS

Northwestern We of the Northwestern Chapter doubt that there were many spots in the United States any harder hit by winter than Evanston. Nevertheless we managed to survive finals and make our ways homeward through the snowdrifts for Christmas vacation.

In November a chapter election was held to fill three offices left vacant by resignations. Donn Mills was elected Venerable Dean succeeding Royce Blair, Lyle Wimmergren follows Cliff Kong as Treasurer, and Bob Corcoran was elected rushing chairman following Bill Shannon.

When Homecoming festivities were over Acacia was two trophies ahead and

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NORTHWESTERN The Acacia quartet, shown here performing at a Gay Nineties Party, consists of Bob Baraban, Tom Ballman, Dave Williams, and Don Mueller. The group has appeared on a TV show as well as at most NU Acacia parties. to the extent of our knowledge, the first house at N.U. ever to win two first-places in Homecoming.

Homecoming chairman, Bob Clarke, has reason to be proud of the first-place in house decorations. Bob began last spring making plans for our prize-winning Acacia Chinese Theater. Under his direction the chapter converted the house into a replica of Grauman's Chinese Theater, complete with footprints, spotlights, and palms.

We held a premiere of our production, "Forever Purple," on the night before the game. Brother Poppe! emceed while scores of celebrities, including past dignitaries of Northwestern and such stars as "Gloria Swanson" and "Cornel Wildcat," the star of the picture, arrived for opening night.

Thanks to the leadership of Brothers Glenn Wagner and Jack Allen, we cornered the market on Centennial Homecoming badges and took first place for high sales. During our sales campaign, the Acacia Quartet made up of Dave Williams, Bob Baraban, Tom Ballman, and Don Mueller appeared on Ernie Simon's T.V. show downtown in Chicago.

Junior Dean Bob Baraban planned and carried out a successful fall quarter social calendar. Starting off with a stag party for the new pledges, we next entertained the Kappa Deltas at a tea dance. The highlight of the quarter was our Gay Nineties party at the Swedish Engineers' Club in Chicago. A Hallowe'en party, a hay ride and square dance, and a chapter Christmas party were events the chapter enjoyed together.

The chapter was proud in November to have new Venerable Dean Donn Mills serving as musical director of Dolphin Show. Most of the chapter turned out to

watch Donn direct the orchestra for N.U.'s annual water extravaganza.

RoBERT CoRCORAN

Ohio Spinning the platters at the Ohio Chapter, your disk jockey would like to review a few of the many fine records recently released on the Acacia label.

An immediate success with the younger set and the alumni too was the homecoming waxing. The first side featured the Acacia float which captured the second-place prize with the theme " Confucius Say, 'Kent No Have Chinaman's Chance.'' Riding the float, which was pulled by twelve able coolies, was Confucius sitting by a pagoda in the shade of a ming tree and attended by two of Hong Kong's loveliest damsels. The oriental flavor was carried through in our house decorations by a huge Chinese junk, its mission being to "Junk Kent."

On the reverse side was the homecoming banquet attended by the chapter and the many returned alumni. Also in the studio for the cutting of the homecoming work was Sprig, our boxer mascot. She has been spending the last few months on a farm but came back to enjoy the gala weekend at the house.

The Acacia gridders, a versatile ensemble, made a very popular album this fall with four blues numbers and four upbeat sides to even up the season. Their last release, a single, was the annual Pledge-Active game. Played at a tempo of 32 to 6, it became evident after a few bars that the pledges are not yet a "name" outfit. The brilliant and experienced playing of the active group continu-

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A2 .ously drowned them o u t throughou t the number.

Top artists on Acacia B lack and Gold Seal records this semeste r w ere Vener.able D ean D uane Ru ssell, Oh io U nive r_sity delegate to the Nation al Interfraternity Council conference, a nd P a ul Cawein, pledge president and secretarytreasurer of I . F . P . C., who was electe d to J -Clu b, campus honor society, for ecognition of leadership .

Two up-and-coming quin tets are the pledge and active bask etball teams w hich have turned out some cool pressings ~acked up by the mixed voices of the .Acacia ch eering section . Starting with ;two versions of "A T isk ett, A T ask ett, I ,Can't Find the Basket" the active cagers £nally got on the righ t riff and n ow have a string of three wins going. The ir little .brothers have taken t wo of their firs t three gam es. ¡ "Mystic Moods" a mode rn ar r an gement 'b y Junior D ean Fritz Hoffman w as the theme of th e annual Costume Ball.

Decorations were ta ken from the r ealm :Of abstract art forms and made an appropriate settin g for the many varied costumes.

Perennial favori ties a t the North Con.gress Waxwo rks are the Yuletide num"bers. Biggest holiday hit w as the Christmas party . There w er e gifts under the tree for our dates r an ging from goldfish -to frill y unme ntionables (the g ifts, that is) . The season e nded in a fe stive m ood wi th the serenading on campus by the .Acacia carolers.

WALT SMITH

Ohio State P ledges ar e D ick Mohler , D elta, Ohio ; .Ed Spitz, Cleveland, Ohio; Bill Shrimp, R ichmond, Virgi nia; Bob Reimsnyder, Lee Singer and J er ry Brown, all of Columbus.

December 11, 1951 saw the election of three new offi cers. J ack P ore assumed the du ties of Senior Dean w hile Marlin R eno became Junior D ean and D ick Smeltzer took the post of P ledge T rainer.

The chapter r oll was increased 583 on Nove mber 6, 1951, with the initiation of Puane Mehlman and Marlin Reno.

The chapter house was enriched by the Mothers' Club's Christmas gift of two ne w rugs for the living room.

Athle tic prowess was achieved on the bowling alleys during the fall quarter as the "H oly Rollers" under the direction of Bill Alexande r sw ept to the league championship and the quarter finals of the campus tournament before meeting .defeat.

VAUGHN E . HILL

Oklahoma A & M The fall term is nearing the report of the Oklahoma A &

here at Oklahoma A & M nd and with it comes a accomplishme nts of the M Chapter .

We h a ve pledged the following men this fall: Alston Kelly McBride, Gene Bennett, Bobby Sanseverino, Richard Bingenhe imer, Coy Dowty, Charles Durr ett, Don D . Honeyman, Dutrow Witcher, Don Thomas, and Lloyd Harnden.

The fall sem ester has shown a great increase in our activities on the campus.

A nove l idea for entertainment was conceived and car r ied out in the form of a barn dance. The dance was so much a s uccess that some of the members felt w e should h ave one each weekend.

A great deal of difficulty was encounter e d in constructing our house decorations and float for homecoming this fall, due to unseasonal weather conditions. With the fine cooperation of the Grimsley Brothers, members and pledges our work w as a success.

The week-end following homecoming we held our annual Circus Dance which was held in the Exhibition Room of the Student Union. Although there were three other dances and a ball game that night our dance was successful.

The A & M chapter was challenged to a touch football game by the Oklahoma Chapter. The game was played at Norman the morning of the O.U.-Aggie football game. We managed to squeeze out a win on penetration over the Oklahoma Chapter. We certainly appreciated the hospitality shown us by that chapter and we are looking forward to their visit to the Aggie Campus next fall .

The project of redecorating the house was started by the pledges after they took a dinner sneak. All that remains to be done is the work on the dining room.

A very successful rummage sale was held by the Mothers' Club. The sale, which was held in Tulsa, was a project of Mrs. Ben Keys , the president of the Mothers' Club.

Our annual Christmas party was replaced by a candle light dinner with the members, pledges and wives present.

MARTIN ScHMIDT

played host to Delta Gamma sorority at a real ghost and goblin party. Senior Dean Merlin Miller organized games and presented the prizes--lollypops. A theater marquee decorated the entrance to our chapter house on November 10 announcing a "Hollywood Premiere" house party theme. Celebrities ranging from "Alice in Wonderland" to the "Thing" joined the gala celebration. Quite in contrast was the Annual Pledge Dinner Dance held on December 8. Our versatile chapter house became a night club, and formal attire replaced the madcap costumes of the "Hollywood Premiere."

A fitting climax to the fall social calendar was our Underprivileged Children's Christmas Party. This year we joined with Kappa Delta Sorority and presented gifts and refreshments to twenty-five local children. Pledge Bill Warneke made a fine Santa Claus in spite of a southern accent.

The Penn State Chapter is not without recognition in the field of Intramural Sports. Under the guiding hand of Athletic Chairman D on Anderson, we have taken part in touch football, swimming, tennis, golf, and basketball. Thus far our basketball team is undefeated.

The roll of honor lengthens as more brothers and pledges have become members of honorary societies and fraternities. Ernest Skipper, '50 and Dan Babcock were recently initiated into Phi Kappa Phi, in recognition of their outstanding scholarship. Dan, and Henry Johnson are new members of the Arnold Air Society. Venerable Dean George Rippel and pledge Tom Irving became members of Scabbard and Blade. Tom also added Quarterdeck Society and Blue Key, junior men's hat society, to his growing collection. P ledge John Kaufman was initiated into Alpha Delta Sigma, advertising honorary. Bob Vandegrift is a new member of Alpha Kappa Psi, commerce honorary, and a charter member of Delta Nu Alpha, transportation fraternity .

RoBERT VANDEGRIFr

Penn State

Purdue

With fin al e xams only a month away, P enn State A cacians can look up from their books a nd think with pride of the semester's activities. On Oc t ober 14 , our fall initiation added Rog Bender , Dave E vans, D ick Mattoon, Bob Miller and J ack Nuschke to the rank of brothers.

Fifteen new pledges have fo und plenty of work to do around the chapter house.

Armed with paint brushes a nd turpentine, they h ave refinished our card r oom furniture and painted the cloak r oom and pantry. Our alumni association, the Square and Compass, has p resented a new hot water heater to the ho use.

The highlight of the fall social season was the Mortgage-B urning Banquet h eld on October 20. The story of this affair a ppears elsewhere in this issue.

F our da ys before Hallowe'en, Acacia

The fall semester was a very busy one for the Purdue caste of Acacians. Everyone has been working terrifically hard trying to k eep his fiv e-point accumula tive and not miss out on any of his extracurricular activities-campus or social.

An open house and tea for the local alumni was h eld on November 23, so they could see the impr oveme n ts of t he house .

A fe w of the boys w e re s ubjected to some arm-twisting and w e re pledged to honoraries. Boys' arms twiste d and twisters are: P e te Bake r , P i T a u S igma a nd T a u Beta Pi; Charlie Parrish , Eta Kappa Nu ; Bill Dufendach, Tau Be ta Pi ; and Dick Ruper t, Ga mma Alpha Rho. P ete was also honor ed by the Ame rican B rake Shoe Co. He was singularly picked as the first r ecipien t of their $400 per year award, given on the basis of scholar-

The Triad, Winter, 1952 ship, activities and personality qualities.

Our pledge formal was held in the Faculty Lounge of the Union and was a huge success due to hard work by Jim Boyden, John Milhous, Jim Graham, and the rest of the pledge class. "Evening in Paris" was the theme, while Bill Taylor and his orchestra provided the music.

In order to keep some of the boys satisfied with their books, trade parties were held with the Alpha Xi Delta's, Alpha Delta Pi's, and Women's Residence Hall ¡E. Bill Dufendach, our Junior Dean, tried very hard to have a house pajama party, also, but it was frowned on by the Office of Student Affairs.

We have one new pledge-Bill Perrins, who is a member of the Purdue Glee Club and makes the fifth member from our house. Other Acacians in the famous Glee Club are Bill McCain, Pete Baker, Howie Trenkle, and Howie Hanes. The Club recently made a record album on RCA which is excellent.

The living room was redecorated during Christmas vacation and really looks sharp. The old plaster was replaced by beautiful wood paneling.

The financial condition of the house is very good this semester. This was possible mainly through the efforts of our Treasurer, Bob Luce, and our Steward, Don Scearce.

At our Christmas dinner, we honored Mrs. Gates with a sweetheart pin. "Lefty" is a wonderful cook and has a wonderful personality. She is truly one of us.

PAUL CoLLIER

43 This dance was so successful that not only will we plan more such in the near future but a Christmas formal may become an annual affair. Its huge success was further shown by the large crowd of couples present that just stayed on and had a terrific time until the very end.

Recently our chapter was host to Bill Wickham, a member of the Cornell Chapter now in the Air Force and Walt Dahl, our new traveling secretary. Walt spoke many words of wisdom on several important issues here, including many constructive comments on the use and merits of a well-organized and executed fine system. Many thanks, Walt, for your viewpoint; it has helped settle many arguments.

Another brother, Bob Slayton, was recently received into the membership of Chi Epsilon, the honorary society for ROBERT L . REINER civil engineers.

Southern California Here at Southern California everything is begun on a new foot, with a change of administration and policy. We believe it is best to elect different men to our offices each semester in order to foster individual initiative and leadership. It also gives each man a keener sense of belonging and prevents chapter stagnation. In complying with this policy we have elected all new officers with one exception, that of Senior Dean. This position was filled last semester by Earnest Fraser, who did such a fine job that we saw fit to re-elect him. The hopeful

pledge class, which is nearing its initiation, will uphold this belief, I'm sure.

The new class will have fortunate experiences to look forward to. Herb Macgregor has advanced from former house manager to the top position of Venerable Dean. Herb is well known and liked throughout the university as well as in the chapter. The responsibility for our social p rogression has been handed to George Hartman, an up and coming freshman . Keeping the minutes will be the task of Don Fraser, while Robert Gill will maintain the books as treasurer.

The maintenance of our recently acquired new home will be the problem of Howard Love.

IJomecoming as always was a great success. This year we entered a selfdriven float built to the maximum specifications. Four natural-size horses were mounted charging out of a 15 foot block S.C. onto a field of white snow with the caption, "Thunder On." The entire parade and home-coming festivities were broadcast by a local television station. Other social events of the semester have been the annual Black and Gold Ball, held at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, a Latin Quarter exchange with Alpha Gamma Delta, and a "Hard Times" party in which everyone outdid himself in trying to formulate a winning costume. Several luncheon exchanges also brightened our noon hours.

George Croyle, one of Acacia's traveling secretaries, paid us a two-weeks' visit.

George washed, ate, and slept with us for 15 days in order to better understand and diagnose our problems. After he had completed his stay, George pointed out our shortcomings in the hope that we

Rensselaer Recent pledges include: Richard Barger, Charles Berg, Laurance Bloom, Oliver Mitchell, Dmetri Smorsch, William Stocker, William Stoudt, Edwin Weaver.

Our sports chairman, George Schleehauf, and a few in our number have really placed our fraternity high among others on campus in intramural sports.

Dexter Clifford and Miles Snyder blasted their way to fame in tennis. We are really racking up high scores in basketball and also doing well in bowling.

Volleyball was by no means a disappointment although we could have easily ended the season ranking higher. Our boys were again very strong in football.

Softball and handball are sports played in the springtime. We can't predict the outcome of these but we do expect the entire support of the house .

Besides sports, brothers Bill Block, Dexter Clifford, Bob Slayton, and Ed Hempel have organized a combo they have named the "Syncopates." They have lent fine atmosphere to house dances and were very well received when they played for a formal dance at the University of Vermont.

What is everyone talking about these days? Why the Christmas formal dance we had in the house before vacation!

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Pythagoras, famed USC mascot, is introduced to his new home by Roger Stewart, George Hartmand, and Herb McGregor. Since his move, Pythagoras has suffered "extreme frustration" and has gone north for his heaUh.

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44 would remedy them before he returns next April. Certainly no chapter is per· feet, and I know Mr. Croyle will see improvement when he returns.

In every semester there must be at least one event which saddens the hearts of all of us. Here at Southern California this event was the departure of our wellknown and belov,ed bulldog mascot, Pythagoras. Due to ailing . health and extreme frustration, the chapter was forced to send the "trademark" north to an alumnus in Sacramento for recuperation. We are hopeful that if and when such a plan is completed, the "beast" will be returned home.

HARLEY A. HARTMAN

Syracuse Both fall and winning football season have been completed at Syracuse since the last TRIAD has reached you. The highpoint of the Syracuse Chapter during that time has been Colgate Weekend.

Even though Art Staple's original poster was sunk by the downpour, we had a great weekend. We were glad to welcome back our alumni that weekend, such as Mac Bump '50, Don Vosburgh '49 and John Kahrs '50 to mention a few. Both actives and alumni sat through a cold, but victorious afternoon of Orange football and were glad to wium up at the buffet supper, which followed, at the house. After eating our fill and thawing out, the gang watched George Lockwood get tapped by Orange Key, the Junior Men's Honorary, at the Soph Hop. We're all pretty proud of George's Orange Key award and his work at the D.O., even though we're always kiddin' him.

The boys at 807 are proud of Ken Dewire's work as member and director of the Orange Peals. We're also looking forward to John Mikle's gym team performances and to Win Lott's appearance on the tennis squad. Here's a pat on the back to Bill Wirth for his work with Mike, our ex-dog. We can't all have dog appeal.

The holiday .season brought a wonderful Christmas formal to all Syracuse Acacians. The fancy fling was held at the Corinthian Club. The climax of the evening came at intermission time when the house joined in serenading Charlie Johnson and his girl in honor of their recent pinning. In addition to our serenade, we all enjoyed Frank Modica's solo work and that dazzling duet of M.C. Val Pinchbeck and his vivacious fiancee, Carole Spadaro.

Our home was all decked out with Christmas trees, mistletoe, candles and holly for the Women of Acacia Christmas party and the following chapter Christmas party. Both parties were very enjoyable evenings. The chapter was very grateful to receive a lovely table cloth from the ladies. Bill Helene's lovely blonde companion was quite overw~elmed by the exquisite bowl she receiVed from the chapter at its party.

After a busy pre-holiday season, the crowd at 807 has left to spend Christmas with their families. IRWIN E. HAMMEL

Texas Pledges are: Ray 0. Thorensen, William E. Baldwin, Robert W. Sadler, Jesse Y. Bigham, Jr., and Lee H. Dorfman. Our pledge class has been steadily growing since the spring rush. The Texas Chapter has been working hard to reach a sixty-man goal.

Initiation ceremonies were held December 15 for Jack S. Shires, Jack C. Mathis, Jack Q. Tidwell, Richard L. Davis, and Hubert S. Ratliff.

The Texas Chapter bowed out of soccer competition after having won two games and lost two. Coach Jack Steel's charges started the season by beating Phi Sigma Kappa on a forfeit. Delta Sigma Phi was the next victim to the tune of 2 to 1. Acacia then lost by small margins to Beta Theta Pi and Phi Gamma Delta. The Texas Chapter has added another trophy to the mantel. It was awarded to the chapter for having the largest pile of wood for the annual bonfire preceding the Texas A. & M. football game. We will have to win first place twice more in order to obtain permanent possession. The Acacia Auxiliary, consisting of wives and mothers of Acacians, recently gave the chapter a Mexican supper. The proceeds will go toward buying some new furniture which is needed in the house. An informal Christmas party was held December 14 at the Marshall Ford Inn. A good time was reported by all who attended.

JAMES F. ROGERS

UCLA Whoever approaches 916 H il gar d , UCLA, is likely to hear Mozart being played by twin pianists Allen Granda and John Nicholson. Yes, we have a new Baby Grand Piano. Because we just couldn't bear to part with the old one, we let the beginners use it. It was through the efforts of alumnus Rhue Green and the Mothers' Club that we now have the instrument. Wanting to have a part in this project, the brothers are raising money to add to the fund by guarding Christmas tree lots sponsored by a local Masonic Lodge.

Homecoming at UCLA was gay with tl-J.e parade and rally dance honoring one of UCLA's greatest athletes, Jackie Robinson. The Acacia float was outstandina· but some little gremlin prevented ~ from taking sweepstakes, for we had to be satisfied with third in beauty this year. A "South 'C' Holiday" was the homecoming theme and on our float the mighty Bruin was King of the "C's " leaning lazily against his sea shell thro~e and goading the prostrate Berkeley Bear

with his pitchfork. The "King" was surrounded by beautiful "mermaids" chosen from our favorite sororities. Disappointed because of our hard work but unfortunate placing, we have about decided that next year we will try for and win the highly coveted homecoming "tombstone prize" which has been donated for the occasion by Delta Tau Delta and Sigma Chi Fraternities; and we will give our float appropriations to other causes. Neverthless, homecoming was a success for us, because tough California fell before the Bruins.

The annual "Night on the Nile" was the highlight of the weekend of the Oregon game. The imaginations of our art majors ran rampant because the decorations were quite elaborate. A huge sphinx guarded the front of the house, and orange-colored floodlights made the structure outstanding. The Egyptians had nothing on us in the art of building sphinxes, for the pledges discovered when tearing it apart the next day that it was rather sturdy. Inside the chapter house murals carried out the Egyptian theme, and the improvised harem was covered and draped with "Persian" rugs which were borrowed from the brothers' rooms.

Approximately eighty guests and alumni were present at the fourth annual Charter Day and Open House and enjoyed a delicious buffet dinner prepared by chef Lincoln Frazer. Pledge entertainment for the occasion consisted of a jazz band led by tootin' Gene Baker and a few Danny Kaye antics by comedian Jim Miller. Songleader Frank Chapel led the entire chapter in singing to complete the evening. Several servicemen were home on leave for the occasion including Bob Schlemmer, Bob Hefner, and Will Murphey. Says Will, "Boys, stay out of the Army."

In late October the Mothers' Club held a "Bridge Dessert" which proved an excellent opportunity for their new members and guests to visit the house. It was well attended, and they presented door prizes and held several raffles. On December 14 the Mothers' Club gave its annual Christmas dinner party for the fellows, alumni, and guests. Dr. Reinsch, our chapter adviser, related his colorful experiences while in the position of an exchange professor at Belfast, Ireland, this past year.

The Deauville Club overlooking Santa Monica Beach was the scene of the annual "Wintergarden" dinner formal.

Traditional holiday decorations were combined with the black and gold mak· ing a beautiful setting for the occasion.

The brothers all agreed that this was our best formal so far. Hats off to Social Chairman Bill Bennett for a fine job.

Monday before Christmas vacation was the day for the pledges to rule. Green day found the actives entering by the back door, carrying matches for the pledges' lights, cleaning the house and providing entertainment at dinner for the Murley pledge regime. On that evening the chapter was host for a number of underprivileged children. The kids had

The Triad, Winter, 1952 a big turkey dinner and found presents under the tree; then they joined us in singing Christmas carols. Jack Lane Hollywood caricaturist, visited the hous~ and finished a few more sketches of the members, providing lots of fun during the evening. We intend to have all of the sketches framed and hung in the dining room within a few days.

Many "Dads" were present at the annual Father and Son Banquet. Afterwards the group enjoyed entertainment on campus. This occasion is an annual affair for all the fraternities on campus as well as for us.

The social program was balanced by several exchanges. ·we learned a bit about square dancing at a recent exchange with Alpha Xi Delta. We're looking forward to a snow exchange with Alpha Chi Omega after Christmas vacation. The pledge class also had a full program. They entertained the Kappa Deltas, Alpha Delta Pi's, and Delta Zetas.

The Acacia football "Wreckers" won all games but two while adding up such impressive scores as 34 to 0. However, a last punch was lacking as we bowed to Sigma Alpha Epsilon-losing the chance at the play-offs. But football is here to stay at Acacia as well as its fine rooting section. Volleyball is in full swing now; but our boys just seem to lack the dainty little touch that is required of champion volleyballers, for we haven't done so well in this department.

TI,e· USC, UCLA five-year skin is still in the hands of the UCLA Chapter by a score of 21 to 7. Poor Troy! Better luck next time. We're looking forward to getting the Washington skin in our possession.

George Croyle spent a few days with us and gave us many helpful hints drawn for his experiences. J. C. Hall of the Texas Chapter gets away from the Navy to spend his weekends with us.

Our Uclan coeJ.s just love his "little 'ole Texas manners." "Cowboy" Toby Madison is in from graduate school of The American Institute of Foreign Trade in Phoenix. Bob "Parson" Henry is home from graduate school work at Yale University.

CHARLES PtERsoN

Vermont Pledges are: John Andrews, Ronald Apman, John Barnard, Theodore Engel, James Jenney, John MacDonald, Ted Mead, William Osborne, Hoel Parker, Cliff Shattuck, Robert Stetson, Al Story, Horace Wadsworth.

The house has been undergoing a lot of interior decorating since we moved in.

Three rooms and a hallway have been painted, and new drapes have been purchased for the newly painted rooms. The living room is done in Spanish brown with yellow drapes. The chapter room is done in a lighter shade of brown with oyster-colored drapes. The room that we

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VERMONT Pledges lining up for an official picture are: Front row (left to right) Al Story John Andrews, Ronald Apman, and Cliff Shattuck. Back Row: Willia~ Osborne; Robert Stetson, James Jenney, and Hoel Parke1·.

reserve for our dances is done in a light freshments were served and gifts were shade of green, while the hallway is a given to the children by our own Santa darker shade. The pledge class com- Claus, Dave Kendall. We had a tree set pleted their work on a lighted sign, which up in our living room and another over we now have hanging over our entranceour entranceway. Everyone enjoyed way. helping out with the children, all twentyWe are not going to sit back and pat five of which went away overjoyed with ourselves on the back because we have the fun they had had that afternoon. acquired a house. This is only the be- After seeing the children home, the felginning, for our housing committee is lows and girls who participated got toconstantly on the search for a larger gether for an informal dance. and even better house that will meet RICHARD MILNE the needs ·of our growing chapter. We were pleased to learn that we took more pledges during the recent rushing period than the oldest fraternity on campus.

Washington This new pledge class promises to be one of our most valuable assets in future years. The new pledges are showing With one of the largest pledge classes wonderful enthusiasm and have a great in recent years, spirit and enthusiasm desire to improve Acacia's name at Verran rampant during fall quarter in every mont: phase of chapter activity.

Our increased manpower has improved The fall social . program included two our basketball and bowling teams this year and given us hope for a good soft- highly successful firesides (a gangster ball season this spring. With our re- party and pajama dance) and a semiquirement that the pledges study in the formal pledge dance held at a nearby house certain nights of the week, it looks Y.M.C.A. The coveted junior bullus texas though we may improve our scholastic anus award was presented to Dick Ray at the latter affair. Dick replaces Rollin average also.

We held our Christmas formal on De- Swanson, who has held the award for cember 7. During the dance the chapter the past year.

The social calendar was rounded out presented itself a birthday cake to commemorate our installation on December with exchanges with Delta Zeta, Alpha 9, 1950, as an active chapter. The Assist- Xi Delta and Alpha Omicron Pi. The ant Dean of Women didn't spare any annual Christmas stag party was held words in telling us that she thought on the last weekend before finals with Acacia was just wonderful. She had re- · Mark Andrews playing the part of Saint Nick. ceived very good reports from the faculty In intramural football the black and members who had chaperoned our dances gold walked away with their league title. and from the girls who attended them.

We certainly intend to maintain this A loss to Sigma Epsilon Phi in the playoffs stopped our winning ways, however. good relationship with the administraDuring the season the chapter was rated tion.

On December 15, we held a Christmas tops by the university for sportsmanship, party for underprivileged children. Re- conduct and attitude and half-back Del

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46 LaFace was elected to the all-intramural football team. Congratulations, Del. The game of the quarter was the annual pledge-active contest. A battle from start to finish, the game ended with a 7-0 win by the pledges.

A number of Washington Acacians have been received into honoraries during the past quarter. Included among them are: Al McAllister and Darrel Davis -Scabbard and Blade; Ralph Thornton and Bil Burdue-Beta Alpha Psi, accounting honorary.

Chapter elections, held on December lOth, found Washington boasting another fine group of officers. They are as follows : Ron Hendry-Venerable Dean; George Lavenson, Jr.--Sr. Dean; Les Street-Jr. Dean; Bill Proctor--Secretary; Al McAllister-Treasurer; Paul Moran-House Manager. With these new officers and a promise of a large group of January initiates, the chapter is assured of prosperous days ahead.

GRANT ANGLE

Washington State Snap pledges during October were Bill Hagemeyer, Mac Edwards, Bill Rantala, Park Enders, Bob Willard, and Marvin Wheeler. The pledge class officers are Mac Edwards, President; Jim Archer, Vice President; Marv Wheeler, Secretary; and David Hayes, social chairman. Dave is also Freshman I.K. representative.

Two weeks ago at inter-squad swim meet, Merle Templeton, all state breast stroke champion from Vancouver, outclassed several of the varsity swimmers and set a new frosh pool record. He is now co-captain of the varsity swim team.

Bob Willard talked his way onto the varsity debate "traveling squad." Incidentally Bob has sung his last uninterrupted song in the halls of Acacia.

This final week before Christmas vacation has been the climax of a busy fall here at W.S.C. The pledges put on their semi-formal which was a remarkable success. The chapter house was transformed into a winter-wonderland. The theme was "Snow ball." The Acacia volleyball team is now winding up the finals with a record of no losses.

Dad's day was a big day here, too.

Our animated sign placed number one among the signs of other campus living groups. For our efforts we won a large trophy. Louie Harding's dad won the award for the father coming the farthest He lives in Jamestown, N. Dakota. ¡ Two weeks after Dad's day we entered a float in the Homecoming parade. Although our intentions were good our efforts were not rewarded. . At Thanksgiving the W.S.C. Chapter JOUrneyed to Seattle to meet the U. of W. Chapter for the anual football game W.S.C. retained the coveted cup with an overwhelming score of 7 to 48 (which was our most conservative estimate) .

Bette: l~ck next time, Washington.

Invitations were delivered tonight for

the annual Acacia-U.S.O. Go. It will be held January 19th at the Pullman Armory. The dress is military. Thus far this function has been one of THE functions at college. We expect it will be this year also.

WIN SAlMONS

boughs decorated the house, and all in all, the event was the triumph of an unusually good social season.

A last-minute bulletin reads that the army accepted the services of Brother Fritz Ahrens as of January 2. Others wait and hope, one way or the other.

JAMES LARKIN

Wisconsin It's a Debt-Free House Informal rushing activities throughout the semester have produced five new pledges, all from the state of Wisconsin: Duane C. Fisher, Carmen N. Hesselburg, Donald J . Hoeppner, Aubrey Messing and Guy G. Messing.

Other roster changes and revisions came with the initiation on October 21 of the following : Frederic Ahrens, Allan J. Blink, Eugene Lippert and Roderick Lippert, Christ N. Mesoloras, and James Rose.

House improvements have been kept rolling along in great style. Waste paper daily goes up in smoke in a recentlyacquired incinerator, and food is kept super-fresh in an enormous new refrigerator installed during Christmas vacation. Afoot are plans for buying new carpeting for the house and also new tile flooring for the dining room.

The Christmas season naturally kept Wisconsin Acacians hopping. They provided to-and-from transportation for a party for members of A. J. ("Happy") Blink's Boy Scout troop for incapacitated boys. The affair was considered a great success.

The voices of Acacians were blended with those of the girls of Alpha Gamma Delta in Christmas caroling at Mendota state hospital. Chorus director Jim Opdyke is shaping up the group for the coming Tournament of Song this spring.

In addition, several Acacians will participate in the newly-formed IF chorus on campus. Another musical note : songsters Dale Reistad and Dick Fjeldheim were in great demand during the preChristmas rush, as their snappy duet work proved popular.

The Acacia house again gained the top rp.nks in the university housing bureau ratings. Officials turned in unanimously good reports.

In the field of sports, the bowling team still is at the top of the league and is scheduled to meet the leading contenders, Beta Theta Pi, in the near future. The basketball and water polo teams have ~ot been as successful, but the feeling Is that the championship won by last year's badminton team will be ably defended.

Socially the Christmas season was a rip-snorter. December started off with the "Nut Party." As might be expected, the house looked like a cross between a bombing and a booby hatch, with an ample supply of characters to ma'tch.

Headkeepers Dave Lund and Christ Mesoloras put on a show which appealed to all the inmates.

Completely different in tone and spirit was the Christmas formal. Tons of

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from all available sources; many actually worked on the construction itself. When it was finally necessary to resort to a mortgage, a plan was formulated to begin immediate payment. Each member, during his stay in the house, was required to purchase a $100 bond toward the payment of the mortgage. Now that it has been completely paid, the plan is to continue in preparation for a wing to the house to be added in the future.

After Dr. Dye's speech, our toastmaster touched a ~atch to the mortgage, and the shadow which so long hung over the Penn State Chapter was gone forever. The members of the Square and Compass Association then held their semi-annual business meeting in the chapter room. The current officers were re-elected, and the remainder of the meeting was devoted to discussion of the future financial policy of the fraternity.

Another milestone has been passed, and it is our fervent hope that all present and future Penn State Acacians will make the chapter proud of them; we are certainly proud of those who have made this celebration possible.

Next Issue In the spring issue there will be an article about an Acacian who heads one of the country's biggest schools, and another about an Acacia boy who is trying to crash the major leagues.

The Outstanding Seniors will be on display and there will be some dope on what the chapter can do about public relations.

Senator Capper Dies On January 15 Acacia lost one of its most noted alumni, Arthur Capper of Kansas Chapter. Brother Capper was known for his long career as a l)ewspaper publisher, governor of Kansas, ¡ and United States Senator for thirty years. A more complete account of the life of this illustrious man will appear in the next issue.

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Helidore A. Mar coux, Tucson, Ariz., No. 21; Bion L. Laubscher, Tucson, Ariz., No. 22 ; Norman R. Zeller, Tucson, Ariz., No. 23.

Arkansas Kenneth E. Walden, Kansas City, Kans., No. 17 ; John R. Ellison, Lexington, Mo., No. 18; Myron J . Fry, No. 19; Richard Zimmermen, No. 20 ; Robert L. Crafton, No. 21 ; William V .

McCollum, No. 22 ; Curtis Hogler, No. 23; Junior L. Dockery, No. 24.

Colorado Paul F . Dow, Longmont, Colo., No. 536.

Colorado A & M Raymond E. Parsons, Fort Collins, Colo., No. 33 ; Juther M. Cress, Tabernash, Colo., No. 34; William M. Oxford, Walden, Colo., No. 35 ; Donald R. Hakonson, Walden, Colo., No. 36.

Cornell

Evansville Farrell G. Bartlett, Evansville, Ind., No. 73 ; Jerry B. Carner, Evansville, Ind., No. 74; Charles B. Clayton, Dale, Ind., No. 75 ; James R. Cook, Richmond, Ind., No. 76 ; Robert C. Friberg, Richmond, Ind., No. 77 ; Norman 0 .

Long, Evansville, Ind., No. 78 ; Dutton B. Mac Bride, Evansville, Ind., No. 79; William N. Pickle, Henderson, Ky., No. 80; Charles F. Shaw, Oakland City, Ind., No. 81 ; Alfred Spillman, Jr., Evansville, Ind., No. 82 ; Charles F. Tismar, Jr., Evansville, Ind., No. 83.

Walter D. K oerner, No. 357; Richard A. Coulson, No. 358; Robert C. Klaus, No. 359 ; Robert Getting, No. 360; William H. Hippaka, No. 361; Roger L. Westerlund, No. 362 ; Robert C. Heppenstall, No. 363 ; E. Everett Waller, No. 364.

Iowa State Dick M. Weber, Irvington, Ia., No. 467 ; Robert L. Haack, P omeroy, Ia., No. 468 ; Lynn R. P endry, Columbia

City, Ind., No. 469.

M. Frederick Foutz, No. 522.

Douglas E. Arvidson, No. 567 ; Albert R. Beckman, No. 568 ; Jon Kohlmeier, No. 569 ; Gerald R. Kramer, No. 570 ;

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among 22. In second pl a ce were seven more chapters including Franklin, which had to play second fiddle to Phi Sigma Delt a d esp ite its t op mark for all Acacia chapters.

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O regon State Roger W. Lindquist, Corvallis, Ore., No. 167; Bruce E. Linkous, Portland, Ore., No. 168.

Penn State Robert D. Miller, Reading, Pa., No. 429; Rogers A. Bender, Glenmoore, Pa., No. 430 ; David C. Evans, Hazelton, P a., No. 431 ; John D. Nuschke, Austin, Pa., No. 432; Richard M. Mattoon, Drexel H_ill, Pa., No. 433;

Rensselaer

F rancis W. Bennett, P omona, Kans., No. 389 ; G eo r g e R. Yost, Downs, Kans., No. 390; Harry J . Warren, Sterling, Kans., No. 391 ; Robert B. Miller , Eureka, Kans., No. 392.

William E. Howard, III, Newport, R. I., No. 66.

Fred L. Frank, J r ., Conneaut, Ohio, No. 79.

M issouri Roy M. Hull, Niles, Mich., No. 558.

Nebraska Paul R. Scott, No. 518 ; Doyle D. Beaver s, Bennet, Nebr., No. 519.

New Ham pshire Albert G. Fuller, No. 186; F . Carroll Heselton, No. 187 ; Myron C. Hartford, No. 188; Donald C. Taylor, No. 189; Winston H. Lothrop, No. 190.

Northwestern Dale Siefker, Dubuque, Ia., No. 469; Elmer A. Holmgren, Chicago, Ill., No. 470; Thomas A. Risch, Milwaukee, Wis., No. 471.

Ohio

Ohio State

Indiana

O klahoma Roger D. Nelson, No. 622; Richard A. Jones, No. 623; Paul R. David, No.

Kansas State

Glenn N. Smith, Marietta, Ohio., No. 102.

Franklin

Scholarship .

Iowa

Miami

Lee E. Edwards, Ridgewood, N. J., No. 540 ; Sheldon E. Brink, Walton, N.Y., No. 541; John B. Frisbie, Bronxville, N. Y., No. 542 ; Charles A. Geyh, . Hartsdale, N. Y., No. 543 ; Theodor e W. Hanna, Avon, N. Y., No. 544; John S. Mallery, Jr., Albany, N. Y., No. 545.

~~Acacia's

Fletcher S. McCracken, No. 571; Gene E. Wilkens, No. 572.

Duane D. Melhrnan, Toledo, Ohio, No. 582; Marlyn L. Reno, Washington, C. H., Ohio, No. 583 ; Robert M. Evans, Gallipolis, Ohio, No. 584. n ation al fraternity. For some unknown reason A cacia was not included in the records submitted by Iowa and N ebraska, while at C omell the a u thorities indicated that Acacia w as not ranked-presumably because the chapter failed to submit a membership list. If any of these chapters can persuade the powersthat-b e to reconsid er we will be h app y to set the record straight in a future issue of the TRIAD. T here is no doub t that the increased emphasis on scholarship is

Southern California Alvin L. Artz, Mabton, Wash., No. 105; George L. Hartman, Santa Mon ica, Calif., No. 106; Harley A. Hartman, Santa Monica, Calif., No. 107;

Carroll G. Hylton, San P edro, Calif., No. 108; Howard H. Love, Yuba City, Calif., No. 109; Kenneth D. Lyders, Minot, N. Dakota, No. 110; Leonard A. Zagortz, Jr., Barstow, Calif., No. 111.

T exas J ack A. Shires, No. 316; Richard L. Davis, No. 317; Hubert S. Ratliff, No. 318; J ack Q. Tidwell, No. 319; Jack C. Mathis, No. 320.

Wiscon sin Robert G. Bell, Ladysmith, Wis., No. J ames B. Larkin, Wauwatosa, Wis., No. 521; James R. Welton, Kenosha, Wis., No. 522; John W. Jones, LaCrosse, Wis., No. 523; Donald K .

Amundson, LaCrosse, Wis., No. 524; Clinton 0. Ferner, Green Bay, Wis., No. 525; David B. Lund, Milwaukee, Wis., No. 526; Jack B. Jones, Milwaukee, Wis., No. 527; Richard C. Creager, Manitowoc, Wis., No. 528; Christ M. Mesoloras, No. 529; Roderick J. Lippert, No. 530; Euguen C. Lippert, No. 531; Allen J. Blink, No. 532 ; James L. Rose, No. 533 ; Fredrick W. Ahrens, No. 534.

520;

paying dividends for Acacia. A higher percentage of pledges is being initiated; fewer men are dropping from school for scholastic reasons ; the selective service is granting more deferments to good students; and the men of the chapters can be more active in campus organizations, publications, and athletics because they are not plagued by scholastic difficulties.

Let's admit it-we're getting to be good. But let's not stop there-let's be the best!

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