Acacia Triad - Spring 1953 - Vol. 47, No. 3 by Acacia Fraternity

The UniveTsity

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So You Don't Have Time? The contribution made to the welfare of the Fraternity by its many alumni members is a great source of strength to Acacia and its forty-one chapters. A few of them, because of news-worthy accomplishments, make the TRIAD, but the vast majority labor on year after year, unsung and asking no credit. The most neglected of all this group are doubtless the members of the various Boards of Directors of the chapters' householding corporations. It is they, who working in close co-operation with the chapters, protect the physical properties and provide that continuity of operation so essential to a long Âˇrange program of improvement. Typical of these grass roots supporters and distinctive from many standpoints are the men who comprise the Board of the Illinois House Corporation. Headed by Wm. Krieger, who resides in Peoria, Ill., they range in age from 24 to 56. This ideal age spread provides well grounded historical experience, combined with interim developments right down to a recent graduate fully conversant with present day chapter problems. Other members of the Board are Verle Wilson and Graeme Supple of Indianapolis, Charles Larson, Ralph Hoffman and Al Hallene, all of Chicago. For the first time in history no member of the Board lives in Champaign, nor even within a hundred miles of the chapter house. This little matter of distance is, however, no hurdle to the efficient conduct of the corporation's business. Since taking office last fall, regular meetings have been held at the chapter house in Champaign, with all members present for each meeting even though faced with inclement weather and distances of more than 100 miles to travel. So far as we know, this is something of a record. The best part of the whole circumstance is that no one feels his contribution is a hardship, and distance, if anything adds zest to the performance. Occasionally alumni are inclined to side step fraternity work because of inconvenience or belief that it will be too time consuming. Infrequent though that may be, it is always refreshing to learn of a group such as this exemplifying in a very practical manner, the teaching of human service.

Ovid Bell Is Dead Ovid Bell, founder of The Ovid Bell Press, Inc., Fulton, Mo., died unexpectedly at his home on April 2. The company which he founded after leaving the newspaper field in 1927, has printed THE ThiAD continuously since 1930. The company also prints numerous other fraternity joumals and magazines. Mr. Bell started his 65 year career as a printer when he became a printer's apprentice at the age of 12 in the office of the Missouri Telegraph, a Fulton weekly owned by his father. He was secretary to the late Congressman Richard P. (Silver Dick) Bland from 1897 until 1899, and was a reporter with the Washington Bureau of the Philadelphia North American in 1899 and 1900. Mr. Bell was editor and owner of the Fulton Evening Gazette until its consolidation with the Daily Sun in 1927.

THE TRIAD OF ACACIA FRATERNITY

VOLUME XLVII

NUMBER 3

SPRING

1953

CONTENTS The Junior Olympics

The Triad Travels-The University of Washington

Acacians the World Over

The Stork Club

The Chapter Eternal

Among Acacia's Chapters

Chapter Connubial

Inside Back Cover

Directory Âˇ .

He was president of the Missouri Press Association in 1913. He was a Mason for fifty-two years, and he had served as Worshipful Master of the Fulton Lodge and of the Missouri Lodge of Research. Mr. Bell was a student of Missouri history, and he had written several books, including A History of Callaway County. He also had contributed many articles to newspapers and magazines. Th e Triad wishes to express its thanks and appreciation to Gmn t Angte of the Washington Chapter for his assistance in the preparation of the article about the Unive1Âˇsity of Washington. Atso, to the Seattle Chamber of Commerce and the University of Washington Publicity Bureau for the use of pictures which they loaned to the TRIAD .

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Entered as second-class matter at the post office in Fulton, Missouri. The TRIAD is the official publication of the Acacia Fraternity, a general college fraternity, 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 at 1205 Bluff Street (The Ovid Bell Press, Inc.), Fulton, Missouri. Subscription rates are $2.00 per year, and $15.00 for life, payable in advance to the National Headquarters. Notices of change of address, including form 3578, subscription orders, and correspondence of a business nature should be sent to the Acacia Fraternity, 1569 Sherman Avenue, Evanston, Ill.

EDGAR R. KELLY, EDITOR 1569 Sherman Ave., Evanston, Ill.

Human ServitJe is our Fraternity's motto, and here's how the Ohio Chapter of Acacia proves to Athens County that we practice it.

7fte gunio'z. Ol~mpics By Walter E. Dah1 ACH spring for the last five years, an impressive event has taken place in the Ohio University Stadium. While a high school band plays the National Anthem, and a Boy Scout Color Guard raises the American flag, participanls from fifteen schools stand at attention behind their school banners. A runner, dressed in ancient Greek garb and bearing a lighted torch, circles the cinder track and ascends to the top of the stadium for the official lighting of the Olympic Torch-symbol of the opening of the games. The Olympic Code is read by an attending celebrity and once again, it's time for the Athens County Junior Olympics to commence. Why is this significant to us? First, because it involves the "youth of the nation and is best expressed in the purpose of the Junior Olympics, "To help these boys learn and respect their physical capacities, both in

Just like the real Olympics, athletes march in the Olympic Parade

themselves and in others of their own age, to stimulate in them the thrill of active competition in a large event, and to teach them cooperation, both individually and as a team." Secondly, because it involves an Acacia Chapter which believes in the motto, "Human Service." In recent years, much time and effort has been devoted by local Inter-Fraternity Councils and the National Interfraternity Conference to the topics of community service and public relations. As this particular project, undertaken by the Ohio University Chapter embraces these subjects, it is worthy of note. The idea for a local Junior Olympics was conceived in the Spring of 1947. At that time, members of the chapter were looking for a project that had a threefold purpose: A

group project wherein all members of the chapter could participate ; a project that would be noteworthy both to the university and the community; and, a worthwhile event that would promote the happiness and well-being of all concemed. As there were a number of members in the chapter who were interested in youth programs, the idea of conducting an Olympic meet became foremost in their minds and was quickly adopted by the chapter as a whole. The Junior Olympics is a public service program aimed to curb juvenile delinquency by channeling the interests of American youth away from the streets and alleys to the playgrounds. The program is designed for competitive track and field events for boys between the ages of 10-15 years old. This is broken down

_(Left) C~;n~e.ito1~~ eagerly await the starter's. gun to begin r_acing, for the gold medals and ribbons. (Right) The smiles of vtctory as Btg Btl! Mtller congratulates the vtctors on the wtnner s stand-possible stars in future major Olympic competition.

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into three classes: Class A-ages 14 and 1S; class B-ages' 12 and 13; class C-10 and 11. The events include the 50, 60, and 75 yard dash ; the 200, 240, and 440 yard shuttle relays ; the running broad jump and high jump events; the softball throw and shotput; and the low hurdles and 240 yard low hurdle shuttle relay. After the acceptance of the idea, considerable time was spent in planning and organizing the program. Information was acquired from the National Junior Olympics office in Cleveland, Ohio, for conducting the meet under their rules and regulations. A committee surveyed each school in Athens County to gain their support, and held conferences with coaches and students. Some coaches were reluctant at first to enter their schools in the meet, but after witnessing the enthusiasm on behalf of their students and realizing the merit of such an event, they soon entered the program wholeheartedly and began training their youthful athletes. Arrangements also had to be made with Ohio University officials for their support, endorsement, and the use of the stadium. The administration and athletic department welcomed such a worthw hile project on campus and they have contributed much to the success of the event. Financing, of course, was the big problem for the young chapter to overcome. The lar~est expense involved the sending of the event winners to Baldwin-Wallace College in Berea, Ohio, for the National Junior Olympics. Members of the chapter contacted various town or ganizations and asked for -contributions to help defray these expenses. The donors, t o whom the chapter is ever grateful, were: the Eastern Star, the Masonic Lodge, American Legion, the Shrine, Lions, Kiwanis, and the Fraternal Order of Eagles. It is interesting to note that the Athens County entry, whom these organizations supported, placed sixth in the Nation in the 1948 National Junior Olympics. In 1949, a team of fourteen members placed eleventh and brought home 19 medals-quite an accomplishment, indeed. The expenses for the local meet which included awards, programs, advertising, and operations were borne largely by the Chapter. At the

present time, the pr oject is financed solely by chapter member s and alumni. The first y ear a maple tree was presented to the winning school in addition to a per manent plaque and one leg on a traveling trophy, which has since been retired by the Nelsonville, Ohio, entr y. At the pr esent time, there a r e three traveling trophies, one fo r each class winner, and permanent plaques for the schools compiling the most points. The chapter also awar ds medals and ribbons to the first three individual winners in each event. In order to stimulate the community interest, an early publicity campaign was conducted through the use of leaflets and posters, and by displaying the trophy awards in the windows of local business establishments. Articles have been published in the Athens Messenger, Columbus Dispatch, and the Ohio University Post. More recently, radio station WATH has publicized the event by making spot announcements and conducting interviews with the event winner s of preceding years. Such outstanding public personalities as J. Edgar Hoover, F .B .I. Chief; Bill V eeck, fiery owner of the St. Louis Browns; Murel Hunkins, Dean of Men of Ohio University, and James Rhodes, former A.A.U. President and Mayor of Columbus, Ohio, have all heartily endorsed the Athens County Junior Olympics. At the time of its inception, it was noted that some outstanding public or sports figure would be desired to present awards to the young stars. At the first meet on May 7, 1948, Estel Crabtree, former outfielding great of the St. Louis Cardinals, presented the

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trophies and young maple tree, symbol of the Junior Olympics, to the winners. John Hesketh and Kenneth Coe, Ohio University Varsity track stars made the pr esentations for the next two meets. In 1951, "Big Bill" Miller, a nine letter winner at Ohio State presented the awards and gave an exhibition in discus throwing. Mr. Miller holds the Western Conference record for the discus throw, was an undefeated heavy w eight wrestling champion, and w as a member of the 1950 Ohio State Big Ten and Rose Bowl Champion football team. Al Schieder, former grid star and captain of Ohio University, who was on Mid-America Conference and Little All-American football teams made the presentation in 1952. In a recent interview with one of the ear lier outstanding stars, he commented that he cherished his Junio r Olympic medals more than any other award he had achieved in the field of athletics. This statement was ex tremely gratifying because this lad has been selected to the All-Ohio scholastic football team and had been the State's leading scor er. On May 17, 1953, The Olympic torch will be lighted again, and with it will come the satisfaction and knowledge that an Acacia Chapter is contributing much to the building of better citizens for the America of the futur e.

REGIONAL OFFICERS TRAINING SCHOOLS August 26-30

Stillwater, Okla.

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The University of Washington N a grey November morning in 1851, a little band of settlers landed on Alki Beach, of whom the youngest died but a few years ago. The following year these twentyone white settlers founded the City of Seattle, named after a friendly Indian Chief. Thus almost within one man's lifetime, Seattle has grown to

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a metropolis of more than half a million people. While Seattle was still a frontier village, only ten years old, the Territorial University of Washington was opened on November 4, 1861, on a ten acre tract of hilly wilderness that is now the heart of the downtown business district. Asa Shinn Mercer

was the school's first "president," and the twenty-two year old educator was also the first teacher and janitor. He had about thirty pupils, many of whom he recruited personally by taking canoe trips to nearby logging camps on Puget Sound. For fifteen years after its founding, o direct legislative appropriations

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were made for the university. Four times during those years the infant academy was closed because of lack of funds, lack of students, or both. However, as the years passed, the university became firmly established in the pioneer community and by the time the State of Washington was

Looking north, we see the rear of the Administration Building on the left, the Henry Suzzalo Library, Savery Hall in the right rear, and the dome of Denny Hall in the background.

admitted to the Union in 1889, there was a desperate need for new and better buildings and equipment. In 1891, a 600 acre tract of land , located on the shores of Lake Washington and Lake Union, and about six miles from the city center was chosen as the new site for the university. The cornerstone for the first building, Denny Hall, was laid in 1894, and the first classes were held in 1895. While the university was making its early advancement, the City of Seattle had already started the most fabulous growth ever known to an American city. From a community of 3,522 in 1880, its population zoomed to 42,837 by 1890. With the 1897 discovery of gold in Alaska and the Yukon Territory, Seattle was changed almost overnight into an important commercial center; the outfitting point of prospectors, and the post to which they shipped their gold. By 1900 the population had increased to 80,671. In the next ten years the Union Pacific and Milwaukee Railroads were connected with Seattle, joining the Northern Pacific which had reached the city in 1884, and Seattle continued to become more prominent as a port for trade with the Orient, and in 1910 the population had reached the amazing figure of 237,194. In 1909-10 the Alaska-Yukon P a-

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cific Exposition was held, on the grounds that had been selected for the new university location. It was at this exposition that a group of students and faculty members formed the Gauge and Gavel Club, and upon learning of the recent forming of Acacia, this group of Masons petitioned to become a chapter. On February 5, 1910, Washington was installed as the twenty-third chapter of Acacia. Most active of the charter members was Washington's world famous crew coach, Hiram B. Conibear, who developed the Conibear Stroke, used universally today by all major college crews. The first initiate of the new chapter was William C. Bates, who later became Grand Master of the State of Washington. Judge Jay A. Whitfield, the second initiate in 1910, still maintains an active interest in chapter affairs. The chapter experienced a rapid growth during its early years, but with the coming of World War I , this growth was halted. During the war, every member in the chapter saw service, and Brothers Hemphill and Carlson gave their lives. In 1919 one of the Acacians who returned to the campus from the war was Rud R. Brandenthaler, who was primarily responsible for the reorganization and development of the chapter. Assisting him were George A. Jensen and Amos S. Greenland , who supplied much of the cash necessary to obtain new living quarters ; this new house, occupied from 1919

to 1928, stood at 5022 17th Ave., N . E., just a few doors from the present home of the chapter. Under Rud's leadership, the chapter walked off with the campus scholarship trophy for three straight years. During the twenties the President of the University was D r. Henry Suzzalo, an Acacian from Columbia, and the president of the student body was M-a rion A. Zioncheck, later a congressman from the State of Washington. In 1927, with the aid of William G. Mann, former TRIAD Editor, the chapter built a new house at 4718 Acacia Place--even the street name was changed in honor of the n ew building. This was home to Washington Acacians until 1940, when an exchange was made with Kappa Sigma for the present mansion. Again a war intervened and the house was eventually closed for the duration. Back again in 1946 came Washington Acacia, bigger and better than before. Under the guidance of Bernard Anderson and Steve Richards the chapter has enjoyed some of its finest years. Scholarship has been consistently high, and in 1951 the chapter ranked second out of the thirty-nine campus fraternities . Chapter honors include fi r st and second places in the Campus Chest solicitation for the years of 1950 and 1951, and intramural championships in football, softball, and ping-pong. The chapter has produced such outstanding campus leaders in recent years such as Alan McAllister, Gordon Woods, Gene

An airview of Seattle showing the waterfront, the city's beautiful ~kyl~ne, Lake Union in the left center, and Lake Washington, _at the we~ ~nd ?f whtch ts located the University, in the right rear. Mount B aker ts barely vtstble m the background.

(Upper teft) The Washington Chapter HCYUse. (2nd row teft) B urt Gowing, Bitt Devery and Mark Andrews took over the Hiram Conibear ptaqu.e. (2nd row right) Mark Andrews proudly hotds B u.llu.s Texanu.s, and wears the traditionat badge. (3rd row left) Admiring a few of the chapter's trophies. (3rd row right) The Acacia ViUage Band. (Bottom row left) " The photographers best friend" Andrews takes a bead on a long one. (Bottom row right) Relaxing with ping-pong in the chapter recreation room.

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The President Says: I wish to commend the University of Washington Chapter of Acacia Fraternity for its fine record since its establishment in 1910. From its membership have come outstanding leaders on the campus and in the community. It is more significant, however, that it has stood for the highest stam.dards of personal and group conduct, taken leadership in democratic approaches to student problems, and promoted responsible self-government throughout our fraternity system. We are proud to have Acacia Fraternity among the family of student organizations at Washington. In a survey of the fraternity affiliation of faculty members conducted three years ago by our Inter-Fraternity Council, it was discovered that more members of staff claimed membership in Acacia than in any other single college fraternity. This is evidence of the kind of training and devotion to the ideals of high scholarship which characterizes fraternity life in Acacia Chapters.

Members of the Washington Chapter

Guthrie, and Mac McCredy, the latter who served as President of AMS in 1949, and President of the ASUW in 1950. Each year at Founder's Day is presented an award that is unique in the fraternity world-the award of Bullus Texanus. This highly prized trophy is given to the member who excels in verbosity, and who can talk freely, without provocation, on any subject whatsoever. Although . most of the winners are known to at times deviate from the truth, which we as students of Pythagoras are in search of, the chapter feels that to excel in this field merits the award of the large metal "bull." The university also experienced its greatest growth in the years immediately following World War II, when the size of the student body increased three-fold. To keep pace with this in-

Typi cal of the progressiveness of Washington is this modern electrtcal engineering building, built in 1948.

crease in enrollment, the school has carried on an extensive building program, and today has a physical plant of nearly 100 buildings, valued at more than $50,000,000. Major areas of instruction include

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the liberal a-rts, basic sciences, business administration, education, engineering, forestry, pharmacy, medicine, dentistry, nursing, law, graduate school, and extension and correspondence. Also included are semi-professional schools and departments of architecture, anthropology, art, drama, fisheries , oceanography, home economics, journalism, radio education, mines, music, meteorology, physical education, librarianship, social work, and the Far Eastem and Russian Institute. The University of Washington has the only university school of fisheries devoted to both fisheries and biology and technology and is the only university in the United States to offer an undergraduate degree in oceanography. It also maintains two unusual off campus laboratories: a 480 acre oceanographic installation at Friday Harbor in the San Juan Islands, and a 2,000 acre experimental forest for teaching and research in forestry at LaGrande, Wash. The University's Drama Department operates three campus theatres, which give performances six nights per week, 52 weeks per year. No other college dramatic group maintains such a schedule. The three theatres, the Showboat, Penthouse, and Playhouse, each seat about 200 persons. The student actors play to capacity crowds and have made the living theatre an important part of Seattle's cultural life. The Penthouse is an arena-type theatre, with actors performing in the middle of the room, entirely sur rounded by the audience. This technique, adapted fr om the ancient Greeks, was originated at the University of Washington and is now being used thr oughout the wor ld. President of this great university in the Northwest is D r . Henry Schmitz, who has his B.S . and M.S.

from the University of Washington, and who received his Ph.D. from Washington University in St. Louis. Before coming to the University of Washington, Dr. Schmitz had served on the faculty at both the University of Idaho and the University of Minnesota. He also served as Dean of the College of Agriculture, Forestry, Home Economics and veterinary medicine. He is a Mason and a member of Phi Gamma Delta. Washington athletic teams, known as the "Huskies," are consistently strong, with their greatest fame coming to them in crew. In 1936, 1937, 1948, and 1950 they scored clean sweeps in all three divisions of racing at the Intercollegiate Rowing Association Regatta-a feat which no other school had been able to perform even once until the Naval Academy swept the river in 1952. Acacia founde r Hiram Conibear or iginated his famous stroke at the University of Washington, and most of the top crew coaches of the nation are former Husky oarsmen. The Conibear Shellhouse is one of the finest in the nation. The univer sity has 39 fratemities and 22 sororities, and Acacia is proud to be part of this strong Greek family . She is proud of her many Washington alumni, which Âˇinclude such men as Bernard E. Anderson, Insur ance Executive and past Chapter Adviser; Admiral Robert W. Knox; Joseph Daniels, prominent mining engineer, author, and consultant; Wm. C. Bates, Past Grand Master of the State of Washington ; F r ank W. Scott, P r esiden t of Frank Groves Co.; Paul Ashley, Past" President of the Seattle Bar Assn. ; and the many others, all of whom have helped make W ashington the fine university that it is, and who have contributed t o the grow th and pr ogress of Seattle, capitol city of the gr eat Nor thwest.

Across the nation Acacia's Chapters select their finest and The Triad is proud to present 1953's

Outstanding Seniors Kirke Nelson Southern California Van Kirke Nelson, known to all as Kirke and will be known as Dr. Nelson when' he graduates from medical school to which he was just accepted, is the outstanding senior from Southern California. Kirke entered SC in the fall of 1952 and served as pledge class athletic chairman. Along campus lines, Kirke throws javelin on the track team, served on the Associated Mens Cabinet and was Chairman of the Homecoming parade floats. He is also chairman of the Alumni Day at SC and was on the Senior Class Council and LAS Council. He was chosen by the University to the "53" club, outstanding seniors at SC, of which he is vice-president. Kirke is majoring in zoology and earned a B- grade average to gain entrance to the SC Medical school. Around the house, Kirke is presently junior dean. He is quite active in other house activities such as intermural sports, a social hot-dog, and has generally proved himself outstanding senior of the Southern California Chapter.

Robert Baird Colorado Robert Baird, the Venerable Dean of Colorado Chapter, was recently elected the "Outstanding Senior Acacian" for the year 1953. Bob came to the University of Colorado from Belle Fourche, South Dakota. H e is graduating this spring with his degree in pre-medicine. The University of South Dakota will be the spot where Bob continues his education in his quest for his doctor's degree. Bob has served his fraternity in the two highest offices. In 1952, he served in the important position as Senior Dean. Because of Bob's hard work as rush chairman, many fine pledges became active members of Colorado Chapter. Honorary fraternities play an important part in Bob's life around the University of Colorado. He is active in Alpha Epsilon Delta, a pre-med honorary ; Kappa Kappa Psi Men's Marching Band; Pi Mu Epsi-

lon, mathematics; and Delta Phi Alpha, a German honorary. Other organizations that Bob belongs to are the Men's Marching Band, Men's Glee Club and the Inter-Fraternity Council. We of the Colorado Chapter are proud of Bob, and will certainly miss his untiring efforts to better our fraternity. Congratulations, Bob, on your many accomplishments; we want to wish you the best of luck for the future and hope you will return to see us often.

John Brewer Colorado A & M The Colorado A & M Chapter of Acacia is proud to announce their choice for " Outstanding Senior." John V. Brewer, who is from Chicago, Ill., has been at the head of the line in building the young A & M chapter into an outstanding fraternity on campus in just three years. This chapter owes much of its prestige to the efforts John has put forth. John is one of the charter members of this chapter of Acacia. In scholarship, leadership, and friendship John has set standards that will be hard to improve upon by those who will carry on after he graduates. Among his many achievements while going to school at A & M are the fraternity offices of Junior and Senior Dean and Political Party representative of the fraternity. John won the primary election for the First Vice-President of the Student Body last year, but lost a close one in the general election. Besides being a member of the Air Force ROTC honorary, Arnold Air Society, John was chairman of the band committee for the Junior Prom last year. We all wish the best of luck and success to an outstanding brother as he goes out into his chosen field. A lot of credit must go to John for more or less putting this chapter of Acacia on the map here at Colorado A & M.

Martin Schmidt Oklahoma A & M A. Martin Schmidt, Oklahoma A&M College senior from Stillwater, is truly an outstanding college student.

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A past president of the Oklahoma A&M Chapter of Acacia, Martin is the present president of Blue Key, an organization for only the leader.:; in college. He is a senior in industrial engineering and plans to enter the army after graduation, holding the rank of major in ROTC. After serving his term in the army, Martin hopes to make his life work in personnel. Martin also belongs to Alpha Pi Mu, Sigma Tau, Phi Eta Sigma, Band, student council, AilE, IFC, and officers club. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Arlo Schmidt. Mr. Schmidt is also a member of the Oklahoma A&M chapter of Acacia.

Ron Bartley Oregon State Here at Oregon State we feel we have a man graduating this year who is an outstandingly true leader among men. I say "true" leader, because even though he has been Venerable Dean this past year, he was always " on the spot" and leading by example rather than by order. When his name was mentioned for this award, and all the qualifications were examined, the vote was practically unanimous. He has always been active toward forwarding Acacia and Oregon State. A few of his activities besides being Venerable Dean are: Junior Dean, I.F.C. representative, assistant house manager, and sophomore class representative. He has participated in freshman basketball, intramural basketball, softball, football, and volleyball. His hobby is flying and he has enough hours in the air to qualify for a commercial license. All these activities, however, have failed to stunt his G.P.A. His all school is a healthy 2.99. Those of you who met him at the

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National Conclave last summer have probably guessed who he is by now. Ronald Bartley is his name and a more deserving nominee was never picked for an award.

"Pete" Spalding Vermont Vermont Chapter of Acacia proudly presents C. "Pete" Spalding as its Outstanding Senior of 1953. "Pete" aided in organizing the chapter here at D.V.M. and was initiated as one of its charter members in December 1950. His first office was that of Senior Steward folÂˇ lowed by two terms as Senior Dean. Nor have his activities been confined to the fraternity. This year he has served as Social Chairman of the Interfraternity Council. He has held a class office every year, being Vice-President this year, and has recently been elected as Director of Senior Week. He is a member of the University Players and the Advanced Army R.O.T.C. "Pete's" work with the fraternity was culminated last month when he was raised to the degree of Master Mason in the Rutland Lodge No. 79, F. & A. M. Through long hours of hard work "Pete" has played a large role in gaining recognition for Acacia on this campus. It will be difficult to replace him after graduation, but we are proud to send forth a man like him to take his place in the world. We have all benefited from his friendship and experience and we wish him God-speed for his work in the future.

Raymond Matheson New Hampshire The New Hampshire Chapter of Acacia has chosen Raymond Matheson as its outstanding senior of 1953. He pledged Acacia on November 28, 1950 and was initiated on February 11, 1951. Ray comes from Claremont, New Hampshire. He attended Stevens High School in Claremont and Becker Junior College of Worcester, Massachusetts, before entering the University of New Hampshire. His campus activities include Student Senate, the Men's Glee Club, Freshman Camp, Mike and Dial, and Business Manager of Mask and Dagger, campus drama Society. Ray was one of three students chosen for the Student Policy

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Finance Committee to assist the administration in explaining to the student body the financial situation of the University. In 1951-52 he was Junior Steward and in 1952-53 when our new house was completed, Ray was chosen Steward and did a tremendous job organizing our kitchen and dining room. In the 1952 National Conclave, Ray and Venerable Dean Conrad Trulson were our representatives at Chicago. The name of Acacia received much added prestige last fall during the mayorality campaign in which Ray was our candidate, "I.M.SKITZO." He was also very active in other house affairs such as Stunt Night, Inter-House Plays, and Song Fest. Ray is a government major and is enrolled in Advanced R.O.T.C. He expects to enter the service upon completion of his academic year.

John Lytle George Washington Although the GW Chapter has eight outstanding seniors graduating, John Lytle emerges at the top. John has maintained constant efforts in the furtherance and upbuilding of the chapter, and has done much to make the chapter and himself outstanding on the GW campus. As a pledge, his ability in leadership, combined with hard work, made him President of the Interfraternity Pledge Council. The chapter 'too, recognized his ability, and elected him Junior Dean immediately after his initiation. He also served the chapter in several other offices. Elected as IFC Delegate during his junior year, he has since built a tremendous record of prestige for Acacia. On the Council, he has been Rush Chairman, Vice President, and delegate to the National Interfraternity Conference. Most important of all, however, he was recently selected as IFC representative to the Student Life Committee. In scholarship and sports, John has maintained an excellent record. Being on a University Trustee Scholarship in his first year exemplifies in part his scholastic achievements. He is active on the house intramural basketball and football teams, and is a member of the Varsity track team. With graduation in sight next February, John was recently elected to Gate and Key, activity honorary. We in the chapter also felt that we had an office

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that he could competently fill-that of Venerable Dean. Although he has served as Venerable Dean for only a short period of time, we are conv inced that his tenure will be ffiled with outstanding achievements as have all other positions he has held since he came to GWU.

Charles WheelerClive Follmer Illinois The ILUNOIS' Chapter of ACACIA has elected both Clive A. Follmer and Charles L. Wheeler as co-outstanding Seniors. This is readily understandable as both were elected to the "100 Club," the top outstanding 100 Seniors of a graduating class of 3,600. They had received the University's greatest honor and the chapter felt that they should also receive ACACIA'S highest tribute for ' their unceasing "Human Service." Clive pledged ACACIA in September, 1949, and was initiated in March, 1950. His activities in ACACIA have been as a member of various house committees throughout the years. He has been Chairman of Father's Day Arrangements for two years and was Homecoming Chairman one year. He did an excellent job on arranging and conducting our last Founder's Day celebration. On campus, Clive has played basketball for four years and baseball for three years. As forward on the basketball squad, he has received three letters. One of the top pitchers, Clive has earned two letters in baseball. He has been on various Illini Union committees and is a member of several athletic boards. Clive is very active in Alpha Kappa Psi, commerce fraternity ; Phi Chi Eta, military fraternity ; Sachem, Junior Men's honorary ; and Ma-Wan-Da, Senior Men's honorary. He was President of Sachem. President and also Secretary-Treasurer of the Tribe of Illini, and Vice-President of Ma-Wan-Da. Last year, Clive was the recipient of the Ralph Wood's Memorial Free-Throw Basketball Trophy. Another extra-curricular activity which takes up a good share of Clive's time is Miss Donna Hensen, his pinned girl. Clive will receive his Bachelor of Science degree in Finance in June. He has a 3.8 average. Clive, although recelvmg a commission as a Second Lieutenant, United States Army Quartermaster Corps in June, will enter Law School next September.

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one of the biggest little guys in the house. Congratulations to one of Acacia's finest.

Dick Shadrick Minnesota

DUDASH SHADRICK WIEGARDT CUNNINGHAM BURNETT ANGLIN COLVILLE Chuck pledged ACACIA in September, 1949, and was initiated in March, 1950. Chuck has done much for Acacia in his four years. He was Chaplain for two years, Junior Steward for one year, and held theÂˇ time-consuming job of Treasurer for one year. He has been CoChairman for Spring Carnival for two years and his efforts resulted in a 2nd place Trophy last year. Chuck has also been a member of 1-M House teams and is mighty potent in softball, football, and bowling. He has been very active in military affairs. He is Cadet Colonel in the Army R.O.T.C., a great honor and a very responsible and exacting job. He is active in Scabbard and Blade, national military honorary and is President of the Military Council. He is also Chairman of the Armed Forces Council and was also Chairman of the Military Ball Arrangements Council. Chuck has been very active in Y.M.C.A. work. He has been a member of the "Y" for three years. Chuck has done a great deal of work over at the College of Agriculture and is a member of Alpha Zeta, Agriculture honorary. Chuck has a 4.3 average and will receive a Bachelor of Science degree in Animal Science from the College of Agriculture in June. Uncle Sam will also present him with a Second Lieutenant's commission, United States Army Quartermaster Corps in June.

Gustave Wiegardt W' ashington State Gustave A. Wiegardt, known to all as 'Dobby," started building up qualifications for the Outstanding Senior award the first day he stepped into the house. During his four years in the Washington State Chapter he held t~e offices of sec-

retary, vice president, and president, plus many other minor house offices. Aside from his house offices and maintaining an overall 3.3 grade point average in his pre-law studies, "Dobby" still found time to participate as an active member in Intercollegiate Knights, Phi Beta Kappa, Crimson Circle, Arnold Air Society, Pi Alpha Theta, and the Standards Committee. At the present time "Dobby" is starting a two year tour of duty as a second lieutenant in Uncle Sam's air force. Upon completion of his military service he plans to attend law school and eventually enter into the oyster business. "Dobby" was extremely popular, not only with the fellows in the house, but with all the people with whom he was associated. Yes, Mr. Gustave A. Wiegardt is really quite a guy and we wholeheartedly wish him the greatest of success in anything he might do.

Robert E. Dudash Rensselaer The Rensselaer Chapter has proudly chosen Robert E. Dudash as its outstanding senior for 1953. As one of the chapter's charter members he has been a strong factor in making the chapter the success that it is today. Bob hails from Lynbrook, N . Y., and is majoring in Chemical Engineering. During his time in the house he has held the offices of Sentinel, Assistant Treasurer and Junior Dean. In all these jobs he always did his best and as social chairman he gave the brothers one of the best social seasons they had ever known. When we acquired our house Bob was one of the boys who turned out to help improve its physical condition. Though he may be only five four and a lightweight at that, Bob is

Richard Henry Shadrick is the outstanding senior of 1953 by the unanimous vote of the active chapter. Shad, as he is known to everyone, is 25, our Venerable Dean, and majoring in business administration. Red haired ("reddish" as Shad would say), hooked nose, Dick Shadrick is outstanding by Minnesota standards, but he won't admit it. Shad has worked his way through high.. school and college. Consequently, he is not outstanding by his school grades. He started by peddling papers in 1937 and his work since has varied from underground construction to inspector of state highways. This was interrupted by two years in the army when he served in Korea, in 1945-46. But, Shad has made good use of his time. He was vice-president of the Freshman Debate and Discussion Society in 1948; two years on the Varsity Debate Squad; and Student Assistant Freshman Debate Coach. A very religious fellow, Shad reads the Bible every day and has found time to take part in the following activities of his church. He was one year president and one year vice-president of the Christian Science College Organization; chairman of the Inter-Faith Program Religion and Life Week in 1949; on the University Student Council of Religions; and is an usher and Sunday School teacher of the Seventh Church Christ Scientist in Minneapolis.

Ross Anglin Texas William Ross Anglin, Venerable Dean of Texas Acacia, has given the fraternity almost three years of outstanding service. He has served as secretary, treasurer, Senior Dean, and Venerable Dean. Ross has also served on various committees including the Round-Up committee, varsity carnival committee, dance and social committee. As a pledge, Ross won the distinction of "Best Pledge of the Week" with monotonous regularity. During his freshman year at Texas he was chosen for membership in Phi Eta Sigma, national freshman honorary fraternity. Ross has since become a member of Chi Epsilon, national honor fraternity for civil and architectural engineers. He was also a member of the National Honor Society while in Austin High School. Ross claims to be an Equiscopalian by trade, and is pinned to Miss De De Hawes, Delta Zeta from Houston. He plans to graduate in January of 1954 with a B.S. in civil engineering. Since Ross is "draft bait," he plans temporarily to work for his dad until drafted. We here at Texas Acacia really hate to see graduation time roll around because it means the loss of a real spark-plug.

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Bill Colville Iowa State It is with a great deal of pride that the Iowa State Chapter of Acacia introduces William Colville as its outstanding senior for 1953. Bill is from New Sharon, Iowa, and is majoring in agronomy. His plans for the future include graduate school where he will work on an M.S. in agr onomy. While here at Iowa State Bill has made an outstanding record in campus activities. Perhaps the greatest record bestowed on him was being tapped for Cardinal Key, senior men's honorary. This is the highest honor that can be given a man at Iowa State. Bill is also president of Ag Council, the student governing body of the Division of Agriculture. He has been Chancellor of Alpha Zeta, agricultural honorary fra ternity, and along with this position he was a delegate to the 1952 National Alpha Zeta Conclave in New York. Bill is very active in the Agronomy Club and was chosen as a delegate to the National American Society of Agronomy Convention in 1951 and 1952. At the 1952 convention he was elected vicepresident of the Student Activities Section of the American Society of Agronomy. One of Bill's many abilities is his talent of organizing. He has been instrumental in setting up plans for Senior Class officers which we have never previously had at Iowa State. As for Bill's Acacia record, he has served the Chapter as Librarian and Rushing Chairman. His organizing ability was put to good use again when he set up one of the best rushing programs that the Iowa State Chapter has seen in a long time.

Don Cunningham Nebraska The University of Nebraska Chapter is very proud to introduce its outstanding senior for 1953. The active chapter, after close consideration of a group of worthy seniors, chose Donald Cunningham of Tekemah, Nebraska to be our outstanding senior. Don ha s lived A~acia for four years. Since he pledged here at the Nebraska Chapter as a freshman, Don has been house manager and rushing chairman. And this year, he has been our Venerable Dean. We of the Nebraska Chapter, are proud of his record of leadershi:tr-his spirit and love for the fraternity. Not only in the fraternity, however, has his influence spread, but he has long been act.i ve in the Nebraska University Council on World Affairsthis year holding a chairmanship in the mock United Nations sponsored by NUCWA. Don is a law student of high standing, last year being third in his freshman class in law school. He also attended the University of Nebraska for four years on Regents Scholarships. As a result of h is keen interest in the avocation of lawyers, Don has been for two and one-half years a member of the University o[ Nebraska Debate

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Team. He is president of Delta Sigma Rho, forensic honorary. High scholarship, keen interest, and ' love of fraternity have given Don Cunningham the title of Outstanding Se nior. He deserves it.

William Burnett Cornell "Man-of-the-Year" at Cornell Chapter of Acacia is William Chester Burnett. Bill pledged the house as a freshman in 1948. Enrolled in the Civil Engineering school, he has not only managed to keep up his good scholarship, but also has led a varied and activity-filled life both in the house arid on campus. Bill's first house office was house manager in 1950. The following year he was elected Venerable Dean. During his term of office his leadership abilities were clearly exemplified in the improvement of the house in both physical plant and membership. Bill's interests have not been confined to Acacia. He was elected to Chi Epsilon, civil engineering honorary, in his Junior year. In 1951 he held the chairmanship of the Interfraternity Council Evaluation Committee, and the following year was elected president of the American Society of Civil Engineers. Bill hails from Burdett, New York, and is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Chester Burnett who are held in high esteem by visiting Acacians for their hospitality and food fit for a king. His sister, June, a co-ed at Cornell and very popular with all the brothers, rounds out the family . Bill will receive his B.C.E. in June. Having already received his commission as a second lieutenant in the Army, he will serve Uncle Sam for two years before entering the engineering field. We feel that Bill will continue to be just as much of a credit to Acacia after he leaves school as he has been while here. We wish him luck.

Alan McAllister Washington The task of picking Washington Chapter's outstanding 1953 senior proved to be a "snap" this spring as the natural choice was Alan B. McAllister, a smiling faced 21 year old ex-West Seattle lad. Scholastically AI is tops. With a grade point of well over 3.5 in Accounting, AI is heading straight for Phi Beta .Kappa. He is active in many other honoraries and professional fraternities too. Most important of Al's long list of campus activities would seem to be his presidency of Beta Gamma Sigma, Business Administration scholastic honorary. He also belongs to Beta Alpha Psi, accounting honorary, Alpha Kappa Psi, Business professional, of which he is past treasurer, and Sca bbard and Blade, of which h e is now pledge trainer. The honors are still piling up this spring quarter, as AI is now serving as Battalion Commander of the Army ROTC, which further supports our claim that AI is a ·genuine outstanding senior.

Now, all the above mentioned a ctivities and honoraries may appear sufficient to keep most people busy from dawn till dusk, but not AI. Along with bringing down straight 4.0 grade averages during the last year and a half, AI has very capably served as one of the chapter's most efficient Treasurers and a top n otch Junior Dean, the latter position for a year and a half. AI has used his insight into business problems and knack for quick understanding to good advantage around the chapter too. He has wisely counciled many younger "future businessmen and accounting experts," helping raise the overall grade point of the chapter. Along with winning the hearts of university coeds as Junior Dean (one in particular has spotted Al's pin, by the way ) , AI has worked hard athletically for the house. H e is a first rate mainstay on the Chapter intra-mural football and basketball teams, along with tennis and other sports. Thus we can see that in every phase of chapter and campus activity AI McAllister has been a truly deserving win- · ner. There is no doubt that his future will bring him more of the same great success and honor that he has found for himself and passed on to the fraternity during the past four years in Acacia at Washington.

Tom Watton Denver When asked to choose the outstanding senior for 1953, the Denver Chapter's actives chose Tom Watton unanimously, and a very good choice they made. A senior in the College of Business Administration where he is working on his Building Industry degree, Tom was born in Chicago, March 17, 1931, and attended school there and in Denver, graduating from East High School in June 1949. During his four years at D.U., Tom has served Acacia as Rush Chairman, Treasurer, and during the last year as Venerable Dean. In addition to these elective offices, he has devoted much time and energy to extra-curricular work for the chapter such as building floats for homecoming, helping with our May Day program, and representing our chapter in functions which have done much to enhance the ·prestige of ACACIA on this campus. Tom is also a Flight Leader in the Air ROTC Unit, and an active member of Pershing Rifles, The Arnold Air Society, and served on the Collegiate Chamber of Commerce. After graduation, Tom plans t o serve his two year hitch with the Air Force and then return to Denver to enter the construction business.

Don Wallace Iowa In May of 1950 there was not even ~n Acacia colony at Iowa . At that time, Iowa Acacia existed only in the minds of such men as Warner Martin, Don

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Gissel, and Hu Coons. These men were interested, of course, in getting others to join with them, but they were particularly interested in a freshman from Venetia, P a., named Don Wallace. Don was a member of Phi Eta Sigma, freshman honorary fraternity, and was being rushed by several houses. The chance to help build a new fraternity on campus captured his imagination though, and he pledged Acacia. Next fall Acacia became a recognized colony and acquired a house. Don was elected Junior Dean, and was responsible for the great success of the colony's first spring formal. By the fall of 1951 Iowa Acacia had become an active chapter, and Don Wallace was elected Senior Dean. The same year he served as photo editor of Hawkeye and pledged Alpha Delta Sigma, national advertising fraternity. He was co-originator of the annual Miss SUI contest. In the spring of 1952 he applied for the position of editor-in-chief of Hawkeye, and after careful consideration was awarded the post. In the 1952-53 school year most of his time was taken up with serving as Hawkeye editor, but he still found time to act as Director of Television Production for the Government's bond drive in Iowa. Throughout his college career he has been active in preparing Acacia's scrapbooks and Homecoming floats, and in March of 1953 his long service was rewarded by being named "Acacia's Man of the Year."

Ed Taylor Kansas To James Edward Taylor, Jr. goes the Kansas Chapter's award for the most outstanding senior of 1953. "Ed" is 21 years old and hails from Sharon Springs, the son of a prominent lawyer. Known by many over the campus Ed is recognized as the man who has his finger in every pie. This spring he is one of two men who will be senior managers of the Kansas Relays committee. He is treasurer of the KuKu's, upperclassmen's pep organization . He is active in the Collegiate Young Republicans, campus political club, and is a county chairman in the Statewide Activities association. A business graduate majoring in accounting, Ed is a member of the Business School association. In Acacia Ed has always been one of the leading members. He pledged in his freshman year and was initiated in Feb-

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ruary 1950. His first position in the chapter was that of TRIAD correspondent. This led him on to the job of secretary. Ed's latest achievement was the winning of the Rotary Foundation Fellowship which grants him one year of graduate study in a foreign university. Ed plans to attend Oxford University next year. After Oxford he plans to either continue in law school or take more work in accounting.

Robert Haug Evansville The Active body of the Evansville Chapter has selected Brother Robert Haug as the Outstanding Senior of 1952. He has had a very outstanding college career. Bob has maintained a high scholastic rating even though much of his time has been spent on committee work. During his freshman year he has served on the All Campus Dance Committee, became a member of the Acacia Colony, and later a charter member of Acacia. As a sophomore Bob served as Freternity Secretary, was elected College Cheerleader, and was selected as a student councilor for the incoming freshmen. While a junior he was elected cheerleader captain, committee for the Spring Formal, and ran for Vice President of the Student Government Association. In his senior year he became Junior Dean, served on the Homecoming Committee, was made Chairman of the Student Association, Athletic Committee, headed the Acacia Christmas tree sales and was elected to the Senior Class Committee. Even though Bob has been extremely busy, he has always found time to help his brothers and the Fraternity.

Elliot Brenner California In 1953 the California Chapter elected Elliot Herbert Brenner as their choice for outstanding senior. There is no doubt in our minds that Elliot is a credit to Acacia Fraternity and what it stands for. His association with us as an Acacian will long be remembered. After graduating from L . A. High, Elliot came up to the University of California in 1948. He started his pledge training in his freshman year. From the day that he got his jeweled pin, he has

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been continuously pushing the active chapter forward. The active chapter took early notice of his artistic ability in working on decorations for parties, his most famous being the "house mother." Many of our parties owe much of their success to his originality, organization, and artistic ability. As for leadership ability Elliot has served as social chairman, rushing chairman, and vice president. A number of house improvements have been worked on by him including a parlor room for the girls to use at parties. He also went out for crew for two years and was active in intramural sports. On careful consideration I would say there is one characteristic that Elliot is well known by. That is, whenever he does something, he always goes all out for it. This may best describe how he handled jobs the house gave him. Elliot has chosen architecture as his major. N.R.O.T.C. is also part of the curriculum. On graduation he plans to spend two years in the Navy and then start his career. Good luck, Elliot!

Earl S. Beaver Kansas State Elected Man of the Year for the second time in his college career, Earl S. Beaver ranks among the best. Earl entered college the 2nd semester of the 1945-46 school year and joined Acacia in the fall of 1946-47. Since his initiation he has helped to install the Chapters at Wyoming, Kansas University, Nebraska, and Missouri University. He has attended the Regional Conclaves at Norman, Oklahoma, and at Boulder, Colorado. In August 1948, and again in August 1952, brother Beaver was the Chapter delegate to the National Conclave held at Chicago, Illinois. Earl was Acacia's representative on the Interfraternity Council for the year 1947-48. He held the position of Venerable Dean the Fall semester of 1948. The following semester he was re-elected Chapter representative to the Interfraternity Council and at this time became president of the Council. During his term of IFC presidency, he guided the establishment of a similar organization, the Interpledge Council. In the Fall of 1952, Earl was again elected Venerable Dean. At present Earl is a Senior in Veterinary Medicine. He was elected Outstanding Senior in 1950, when he received his Bachelor's degree in Biolog-

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ical Science. He has able held the position of chairman of the Acacia Building Committee for the past five years and is presently working towards a new chapter house. Earl is a natural leader who does well in whatever he undertakes. The Kansas State Chapter is proud to have had such an outstanding person in their Chapter as Earl S. Beaver.

always been active, helpful, cooperative, and prominently leading in Franklin Chapter's activities since he became a part of it. He has been elected to the offices of Secretary, Rushing Chairman, and Venerable Dean, all of which he has fulfilled enthusiastically and with the demonstration of great ability and complete competency.

Arthur Rue Gaylord Borst Wisconsin Wisconsin Chapter of Acacia proudly presents Gaylord M. Borst, as their outstanding senior for 1953. His record of inspired service provoked by a quick mind and ready smile, has been an example of leadership necessary in the rise from a colony to that of a leading Fratemity on this campus. Gay entered the University in the fall of 1949, after three years of active duty with the Air Force. He joined the colony in November of 1949 and served as the group's first Social Chairman. He was also appointed House Seeker for the new group. In October 1950, Gay was initiated with the first group of the reactivated Chapter. Besides serving as Senior Dean that year, he was also active on InterFraternity committees and was instrumental in founding new rushing rules on the campus. Miss Patricia Weger became his bride on September 1951. A devoted husband, Âˇ he still is active in all chapter func tions. Presently he is on the rushing board and chairman of the Social Committee. Gay graduates this June with an enviable 2. plus in applied Mathematics and Mechanics with a minor in Advanced Electronics. Both Gay and Patricia are seemingly good mathematicians, for this well liked Acacian couple are expecting an addition in August.

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nounce the selection of its Outstanding Senior, John Stanley Mays, better known as "Skip." "Skip" is one of the most versatile men you could find. He is an excellent athlete, musician, entertainer, and a good student. He pledged our chapter in the fall of 1951 and served as captain of our football team for two years. This year our team won the league championship and was unscored upon for the entire season. As a member of our tennis doubles team he was a big factor in advancing the team to the semi-finals of the all fra temity league. He was also captain of our bowling team which won the all fratemity championship. "Skip" also served as our Song Chairman for two years and last year because of his excellent directing and leading our chapter was a finalist in the annual UCLA Spring Sing held in the famous Hollywood Bowl. At UCLA he is a member of the All University Chorus, Men's Glee Club, and The Greater Bruin Band. With all of these activities, "Skip" still maintains a "B" average and is now receiving a scholarship on scholastic achievement. After graduation he plans to enter the Navy School of Music in Washington, D. C.

The Wyoming Chapter proudly presents its choice as outstanding senior Acacian in the personage of Arthur K . Rue. Brother Rue will graduate this June with a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering with honors, and will go to work for Sandia Corporation in Albuquerque, New Mexico, soon after his graduation. Art pledged Acacia in the Fall of 1949, and was initiated the following winter quarter. In the Fall of 1952, Art was voted in as Rush Chairman and in the Spring of 1952, he took over the office of Senior Dean, performing an admirable job while in these offices. In addition to the responsible positions that Art has held he has also represented the Wyoming Chapter at Regional and National Conclaves of Acacia. During the summer he kept the house up, and did many of the minor repairs Pete Baker as well as most of the redecorating. Purdue Not only has Art given much time and effort to Acacia, but he has also found Peter N. Baker was unanimously electtime to study, having made the Dean ed outstanding senior by the Purdue of Men's Honor Roll every quarter, and Chapter of Acacia. Peter is 21 years old has been active in University functions . and his home is in Oak Park, Illinois. Art has served as a member of Iron His service to the house, his social acSkull, Junior Honorary ; Sigma Tau, tivities on campus and his scholarship Engineering Honorary ; American Instiare all outstanding. tute of Electrical Engineers ; and the . Pete was elected "Keeper of the Roles" Institute of Radio Engineers. soon after he was initiated into the house. He was later elected Senior Dean John Mays of the house and has been one of the best we have ever had. UCLA His social activities on campus are The UCLA Chapter is proud to an- almost too numerous to mention. Fore-

Franklin John Carlisle Crawford has been unanimously elected the outstanding senior of Franklin Chapter for 1953. He has had long and valuable experience in varied and high-standing extra-curricular activities and has received many awards for his accomplishments in these activities, as well as in his scholastic achievements. In high school he was graduated with the fourth highest scholastic average in his class and was awarded four college scholarships, of which he chose a full scholarship at the University of Pa. Here at Pennsylvania Jack has been elected to the Phi Alpha Theta National Honorary History Fraternity and is now an Honors Major in history. His activities here have consisted of participation in both the marching band and the concert band and membership in the Christian Association. The Westminster Foundation also elected him chairman of the organization. There is no question that Jack has

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most among these is the Purdue Varsity Glee Club. Peter was with the Glee Club when they sang at the Presidential inauguration and is planning on visiting Europe with the Glee Club this s~m~r. He is also a member of the Uruvers1ty Choir and was the house representative on th~ Interfraternity Council. Yet, with all his other activities, Pete really shines when it comes to .sc~olarÂ ship. His first year on campus his mdex was 5.7 out of a possible 6. His scholastic honoraries include Phi Eta Sigma, Tau Beta Pi, the all engineering honorary and Pi Tau Sigma, the mechanical engineering honorary. He holds an American Brake Shoe Company scholarship and a University special merit scholarship. It is easy to see therefore, why Peter Baker was voted our chapter's outstanding senior.

George Branam Indiana The enviable record he has obtained in athletics scholarship and activities make George 'B ranam Indiana Chapter's outstanding Senior. George was pledged in the fall of 1949 and initiated in March of 1950. Due to scholastic excellence, he was selected for membership in Phi Eta Sigma, and soon became President of this organization. George represented the house in Skull and Crescent during his sophomore year, was elected Secretary of the "I " Men's Association as a junior and has served as Vice-President this year. He was chosen by the President of Indiana University to serve on the Board of Aeons, and is a member of Alpha Epsilon Delta. George has earned three letters in track and three in cross-country, and has won medals in five out of seven Big Ten Conference Meets. He sparked I. U.'s track team to victory as captain this spring. Receiving his A.B. degree in Physiology and Anatomy, George has been accepted for Medical School next fall. Despite his busy schedule, he has maintained an A- average. Always ready to help anyone with a problem, George h as been an inspiration to the house for the past four years. We will mourn his passing, but rest assured that he will reach the top quickly in his chosen field. Indiana Chapter says hats off to George Branam!

Kenneth Dewire Syracuse As a fitting climax to five years of service to Acacia Fraternity, Kenneth Stevens Dewire has been chosen as the Outstanding Senior in the Syracuse Chapter. Since his initiation in 1949, K en has been instrumental not only in strengthening "th e ties of friendship," but in helping to keep Acacia in highest regard on the Syracuse campus. When this chapter moved to its present location in 1950, Ken was Senior Steward, and accepted a major part of the responsibility for preparing a house

that was both attractive and suitable for fraternity living. Since then, his major interest has been in the rushing program. Ken has been ever mindful of the importance of this phase of fraternity life, and has done vital work . in keeping Acacia alive at Syracuse durmg a period when all fraternities have been struggling for existence. During the past year, Ken has culminated his service to Acacia by his work as Venerable Dean. Ken has been equally active in campus activities. He has been president of the Syracuse University Men's Glee Club, music director of the university 's FM radio station, director of "The Orange Peals" quartet, a member of the Syracuse University Marching Band, and of the Chapel Choir. Scholastically, Ken has also proven himself to be our Outstanding Senior. He is a member of five honorary fraternities, for physics, mathematics, music, electrical engineering, and radio. He has been the recipient of a full tuition university scholarship and an Acacia scholarship. Upon his graduation in June, he will receive two baccalaureate degrees, one for arts, and one for electrical engineering.

He is majoring in drama and minoring in English and French. Scholastically, he has been on the honor roll for six semesters and has a grade average of 3.78 on the 4.0 grading system. Holley was selected as Big Man on the Campus for 1952 and for 1953. This award is given to the top 100 campus personalities each year. Don also received recognition as a student leader of 1953. The chapter recognized Holley's ability for leadership when they elected him secretary his sophomore year. His junior year he moved up to senior dean and when the venerable dean was unable to return to school this fall, Don was elected venerable dean. In the lliama school, Don is president of the University Players and has had leading roles in six University Playhouse Productions. He is also vice-president of Entre NoUs, the French club. Don rounds out his activities by playing intermural tennis, at which he is very good.

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The honor of being chosen outstanding Senior of the Arizona Chapter of Acacia in 1953 has been awarded to Peter A. Hussey. Pete, who's home is in Phoenix, Arizona, was one of the original five founders of the Arizona Colony of Acacia, and he served as the Venerable Dean of .the Colony before the Arizona Chapter received its charter in 1950. He performed the duties of TRIAD Correspondent, and of House Committee Chairman during 1950. While maintaining a high scholarship average, Pete served as a member of Alpha Phi Omega, national service fraternity, as a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and as a member of the Air Force ROTC. When, in 1951, the Chapter was in need of able leadership, Pete was elected Venerable Dean for a term of one year. After his term had expired in 1952, he was appointed an assistant to the Senior Dean in charge of pledge training. In January Pete received his B.S. degree in Mechanical engineering, and he entered the Air Force as a second lieutenant. Pete was ever willing to serve on house management and extra-curricular committees, and to lend a helping hand to both actives or pledges in need of advice or aid. We of the Arizona Chapter are proud to have known Pete as our brother, and we know that his outstanding leadership qualities and generous personality will bring credit to Acacia in whatever he may undertake in the future. The voting at Arizona was so close, that the chapter also wishes to give recognition to Baarent L . Biesemeyer and John K . Gardner. Both have been great assets to the Arizona Chapter during their years in school.

Miami Art plays a big role in every fraternity's activities and a good artist is almost a necessity. For the past four years the Miami Chapter has had one of the best artists on campus doing its art work. He is Ted Grossman, Miami's Outstanding Senior. Ted has done almost all of the art work for the Homecoming display, Omicron Delta Kappa carnival, and all of the fraternity 's dances during the past four years. But Ted's work for the fraternity has not been limited to art alone. He did an outstanding job as rush chairman for one semester. On campus Ted is a member of the Miami Art Guild, W .R.M.U. publicity staff, and the Tomahawk art staff. He is also a consistent three point. After graduation Ted hopes to go to graduate school and to some day teach art in college. If his work for the fraternity is any indication, he can't miss being a success. The Miami Chapter will sorely miss Ted when he leaves us in June. He has left his m!lrk in the fraternity's history.

Don Holley Oklcthoma Don Holley, Mangum, Oklahoma, was selected as our outstanding senior for the year. H e was also honored by the university when he was selected as one of the top twelve senior men. Don first placed himself among the top men of his class when he was selected for Phi Eta Sigma, freshman honorary scholastic fraternity.

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Donald Goodson Missouri Donald E. Goodson of Knox City, Missouri, has been named the outstanding senior at the Missouri Chapter of Acacia Fraternity. He will receive his degree in Mechanical Engineering in February of 1954. Goodson is secretary of the local unit of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and he is a 1st Lt. and platoon leader in Army ROTC. He attended Ordnance Summer camp at the Army's Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Aberdeen, Md., last summer. In the chapter, he has been Venerable Dean, Senior Dean, Secretary, Rush chairman, and Scholarship chairman. Goodson has been active in Acacia since it was reorganized on the Mizzou campus after World War II, and he was initiated on January 6, 1951, the day the chapter was reactivated. Since that time he has been one of the moving forces in the operation of the chapter.

Cliff Kong Northwestern Cliff Kong, elected as the N.U. Chapter's Outstanding Senior for 1953, has served in house and campus activities throughout his four years. Cliff is also a member of Evans Lodge Number 524, Evanston, Ill. During his senior year, Cliff has devoted most of his time to athletics, serving as captain of the Northwestern golf team. To obtain this honor, he worked four years, winning his Freshman Numerals in his freshman year, playing fifth spot on the team as a sophomore, number one and two spot as a junior, and captain his last year. In November 1952, Cliff fired a 70 at a primary triangular meet at Champaign, lllinois, setting the course record. In campus activities, Cliff served as Treasurer of Freshman Council, Chairman of Freshman Carnival, Treasurer of Sophomore Council, Political Representative of Acacia, Treasurer of the Senior Class, Treasurer of the Senior Class Gift Fund, and Treasurer of Deru. Deru is a senior men's honorary society. Members are chosen on the basis of Campus leadership and service to the University. Cliff has served the house as Senior Dean, Assistant House Manager for a half year, and House Manager the fol 路 lowing year.

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We're proud to have had you as a member Cliff, good luck in the years to come.

Dick Merrill Michigan It was inevitable that Richard James Merrill was selected as the outstanding graduate by the Michigan chapter of Acacia. Dick has not only served as Corresponding Secretary of the chapter, but as Venerable Dean for the past two years has faithfully given of his time, energy, and skill to the Michigan chapter. Dick is a graduate of the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts. He is a chemistry major and hails from Racine, Wisconsin. Aside for successfully fulfilling the numerous duties that his chapter positions have entailed, Dick has had time to maintain an excellent scholastic average and participate in both the many activities connected with the fraternity system, and all-campus activities. Serving in the N.R.O.T.C. for his full four years of undergraduate work, Dick was on the committee for the Military Ball, an an-campus dance sponsored by the combined R.O.T.C. forces of the University of Michigan. Moreover, he has given freely of his skill in the intramural sports activities which the chapter has entered. After graduation Dick will serve in the United States Navy for three years. He then has hopes of returning to school, to do graduate work in school administration.

Everett Rudolph Cincinnati Into the annals as "Acacia's Finest," the Cincinnati Chapter proudly presents the name Everett C. Rudolph, known better to us here at Cincinnati as "Rudy." Not only does he rate top honors for this year, but he will go down in our history as one of the all-time finest from this chapter for his untiring efforts and never-ending work here at U. C. Rudy was 路 bom in Glendale, New York, and graduated in 1948, from Brooklyn Technical High School. He entered U. C. in September of that year and was pledged and initiated into this chapter his freshman year. During his time here he has held the important positions of Secretary and Treasurer. Also prominent in his work here has been the honor of being Editor and Co-founder of our recently

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reinstated chapter newspaper "The Fellowcrafter." Rudy has been outstanding in campus activities as well as those of the Cinci:ru!ati Chapter. He is a member of Chi Epsilon, having served as vice president of that organization. He is also a member of The American Society of Civil Engineers and Alpha Phi Omega, both of which he served as vice president for two years. In June Rudy will graduate from the University of Cincinnati, with a B.S. in civil engineering, after which he will enter the Transportation . corps of the Army as a econd lieutenant. After his term with the Army he will be associated with the Pennsylvania Railroad as a civil engineer. A credit to everyone he associates with, a credit to his chapter and univer路 sity, we are proud to present Brother Rudolph as our outstanding senior member and all of us here at the Cincinnati Chapter join in saying "Good luck, Rudy ; it's been swell working with you."

Gene Worsham Arkansas Arkansas chapter has chosen Gene Worsham for the honor of outstanding senior of the 1952-53 school year. Gene graduated from the University of Arkansas School of Law at the end of the fall semester and is now with Ta lley and Owen, a Little Rock, Ark. law firm. Before he graduated, Gene left an impressive record in Acacia at Arkansas U. Worsham is a charter member of the young Arkansas chapter, being number seven on the chapter roll. He was one of the mainstays of the little colony and has served as Venerable Dean of the colony before it was chartered in April of 1951. Although the Venerable Dean's job in the colony and one term as rush chairman since the chartering are the only positions Gene has held in the fraternity, that would be far from the story of his activities in Acacia. His long suit in fraternity work was his salesmanship. His rushing ability has b een directly or indirectly responsible for over three-fourths of the present members and pledges. Besides the help he has contributed in r ushing college m en, he has also been instrumental in the pledging and initiation of several faculty members路 and one honorary member on the Arkansas roll. Gene has also made Acacia stand out in the univer(Con tinued on In side Back Cover)

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Allison New Ambassador to Japan John Allison, Nebraska '27, has been appointed by President Eisenhower to the post of Ambassador to Japan. Brother Allison is an expert on Far Eastern affairs. He was an aid to John Foster Dulles in drafting the Japanese peace treaty, and served as Assistant Secretary of State under the administration of ex-President Harry S . Truman. (This news reached the TRIAD too Late to aLLow fuLL coverage in this issue, but a compLete story of Brother ALLison wilL appear in the Summer TRIAD.)

Present Sherwood Portrait The portrait of Dr. Noble P. Sherwood, Kansas '08, was presented to the ·bacteriology department at a banquet held for the faculty at the University of Kansas. Funds for the picture were raised by members of the Bacteriology Club which also sponsored the dinner. Keith L ong, a graduate student made the presentation to Prof. E. L. Treece, also a Kansas Acacian. Dr. Sherwood taught at Kansas for 42 years, and was chairman of the department for 29 years. He says that of the 109 master's degrees given by the department, he has directed 52, as well as 13 out of 16 persons receiving doctor's degrees.

Weir Elected to Football Hall of Fame Edwin Weir, Nebraska '25, has been elected to the Football Hall of Fame at Rutgers University in New B r unswick, N. J. Brother Weir was a three time All-American at Nebraska, and is on the Walter Camp All-Time AllAmerican Team. Knute Rockne called Weir, "the greatest tackle I have ever seen." Brother Weir was also an outstanding track star in his college days, and is at present, H ead Track Coach at the University of Nebraska. The University will honor him during the half time ceremonies at one of the football games next fall. 84

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Coleman New U.N.H. Trustee George E . Coleman, J r., has been elected by the "aggie" Alumni to the Board of Trustees of the University of New Hampshire. "Jim," as he is more popularly known, received his B .S. degree from the university in 1928. He was an "aggie" and an active member of Delta Pi Epsilon and the Agricultural Club. In addition to being a football standout during his undergraduate days, he was also a member of the varsity track team. Brother Coleman is a poultry specialist with the Nichols Poultry F arm, of Kingston, N. H . He is past P resident of the Agricultural Alumni A ssociation, and is still an active member of this organization. He was chairman of the committee which sponsored the first chicken barbecue at t he New Hampshire Homecoming, and is also a member of the N ew H ampshire "100

Club." In addition to these many duties, J im still finds time to take an active part in the affairs of the chapter and the alumni association.

New Coaching Position for Andros

Heffelfinger to Get Honorary Degree

D ee Andros, former star player with Bud Wilkinson's powerful OU Sooners has accepted a. position as Assistant Coach at the University of Kansas. D ee has earned his B .S. and M .S. Degrees in Education at the University of Oklahoma, and has been serving on the Oklahoma coaching staff since his graduation. He was Freshman Line Coach in 1950, and has acted as Assistant Coach on the Varsity in 1951 and 1952. At Kansas he will be Offensive Line Coach of the J ayhawk varsity.

P rofessor Clarence E. Heffelfinger, associate professor of economics and business administration at Centre College, will be awarded a doctor of letters honorary degree by Ursinus College, Collegeville, Pa., in June. He is a graduate of Ursinus. Brother Heffelfinger was initiated into Acacia by the Columbia Chapter. He spent many years in China and the F ar East, and in 1933 he was treasurer of the Chinese-American Red Cross and assisted there in a famine relief program. For t his he was awarded a bronze medal by the Chinese Government. F rom 1927-29 he conducted a special survey in parts of China, J apan and India for the United States D epartment of Commerce Prof. H effelfinger has traveled twice around the world. Brother Heffelfinger is listed in Who's Who in the South and is a member of ODK, AlA, NEA, and was formerly D ean of Men at Centre. He is a 32nd D egree Mason.

Ex Michigan D ean Accepts New Post Ivan C. Crawford, retired D ean of the College of Engineering at the University of Michigan, has been named director of the Colorado Water Conservation Board. Brother Crawford now resides in Boulder, Colo.

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32nd State Day at Indianapolis

HE 32nd annual Indiana State Day for Acacia was held at Indianapolis, Indiana on Saturday afternoon and evening of March 28, 1953'. Activities for the day started with registration of all alumni, actives, and guests at the Severin Hotel at 12: 30 p.m. Registration was in charge of Arthuu· Lautzenheiser, Indiana, assisted by actives from Indiana, Purdue, and Evansville chapters. At 2: 30 p.m. the group entered the dining room where alumni were seated with actives from all chapters. A delicious Swiss Steak meal was served to all. Chapter songs together with school songs were most prominent, and everyone seemed to enter into the old Acacia spirit and "whoopedup" the party. An address of welcome was given by Gene Llewellyn, Indiana, President of the Indianapolis Alumni Association of Acacia. Leroy George "Abie" Gordner, Purdue, was introduced as Master of Ceremonies. Amid cheers from Purdue and boos from Indiana-"Abie" took over and did a grand job as Master of Ceremonies. The Indiana Chapter Glee Club under the direction of Gene Wilkins gave several numbers that were most certainly appreciated by all who were in attendance at the banquet. Reports of chapter activities were given by Venerable Dean Frank Swallow, Evansville, James Golan, Purdue, and Roger Mitchell, Indiana. Marion Huber, Cincinnati, former

National Treasurer and the Founder of the Cincinnati Chapter gave a most interesting illustrated lecture on his trip to Helsinki, Finland for the 1952 Olympic games. He showed actual photographic slides taken by him on the trip and one felt as if they were actually attending the Olympic games. Following the lecture and pictures shown by Brother Huber, a report of the Award Presentation Committee was given by Adolph Emhardt, Jr., Harvard. The award this year was based on scholarship and attendance at the State D ay luncheon. Purdue was declared the winner for 1953. Brother Thomas Ayton, Wisconsin, Secretary-Treasurer of the Indianapolis Alumni Association was introduced and unwrapped a surprise "package" in the form of a newly designed Acacia plaque 14" x 24", explaining it was his idea to replace the award of many years past in the form of a small limestone sarcophagus with this newly designed plaque. Brother Tom not only designed and made the patterns for the new plaque, but completed it is his own work shop. The plaque is mounted on a mahogany board with an engraved plate at the top reading: Annual Award to Outstanding Chapter in Indiana by Indianapolis Acacia Alumni Association Presented

33rd Degree for Harvey Andruss Dr. Harvey A. Andruss, Oklahoma '24, President of State Teachers College, Bloomsburg, Pa., recently received the 33rd Degree from the Supreme Council of the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction of the United States, representing the Scottish Rite Bodies. Brother Andruss has been active in Masonic affairs for many years, having been .raised in Norman (Oklahoma) Lodge No. 38, A. F. & A. M., and is a member of the Caldwell Consistory, Valley of Bloomsburg. He has played the title role of George Washington in the Twentieth Degree for over a decade. Dr. Andruss has had an outstanding career in the field of education. He has been President of State Teachers College since 1949, and prior to that time, he held positions at Northwestern University, State Teachers College, Indiana, Pa., and in 1945, while

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on leave of absence, he served with the First American Army University, Shrivenham, Berkshire, England. He has been a special lecturer and con-

The center motif in a copyrighted Acacia wreath flanked by plates on either side showing the years in which Purdue and Indiana Chapter s have won the previous award prior to 1953. Individual plates are provided for futuu·e year records of the winning Chapters. Almost 200 attended the afternoon luncheon. Leslie E. Howell, Indiana, completed the candle light service and closing ceremony for the annual State Day banquet. At 9: 00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. 100 couples, alumni and actives, assembled in the Starlight Terrace room for the annual State Day dance, with H . Verle Wilson, Illinois, as Chairman of the dance. Corsages of var ious colors and varieties were presented to the ladies as they entered the lobby to the dance floor. Appreciated music by Walt Jackson's orchestra kept the party going at full speed until 10: 30 p.m. when a floor show by the dancing Kohl sisters was presented. Roy Clark, · Northwestern, National Executive Secretary and Ed Kelly, Illinois, National Editor of the TRIAD, represented National at the State Day. Charles Larson, Illinois, President of the Chicago Alumni Association, was a special guest of the day. Alumni Chapters from Ohio State, Cincinnati, Illinois, Michigan, Colorado, Harvard, Oklahoma, Columbia and Chicago were in attendance at the State Day.

sultant at Oklahoma A. & M., Teachers College, Columbia University, New York University, Penn State, and the University of Oklahoma. He is editorial consultant to Southwestern Publishing Co., Gregg Publishing Company, Macmillan Co., and Lyons and Carnahan. He is also a consultant to .the Business Problems Com., and the Investment Bankers Assn. of America. He is the author of several texts on accounting, business education, and business law, and is a member of numerous professional and civic groups. Lt. William C. Zabrosky, Michigan '48, has recently graduated from the Far East Command Chemical School at Camp Gifu, Japan. The two week course included instruction in the defense against chemical, bacteriological and radiological warfare. Brother Zabrosky was formerly assigned to the Detroit Ordnance District.

Shelley, WHO, Again Win Outstanding Operation A ward The news department of Station WHO, 50,000 watt station in Des Moines, and headed by Jack Shelley, Missouri '33, has for the second consecutive year been awarded the gold trophy of the National Assodation of Radio News Directors as the "outstanding radio news operation in the United States." The award was made by the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University, and it is the first time in the history of the award that one station has won the prize more than once. Brother Shelley has been with WHO almost continuously since his graduation from Missouri, and has been news manager since 1940. He served as a war correspondent in both the European and Pacific theatres during World War II, and officially witnessed the Japanese surrender ceremonies aboard the battleship Missouri. He was aboard the first American ship to enter Tokyo harbor in advance of the occupation landings ; he interviewed flyers who dropped the atomic bombs on Japan and the scientists who assembled the bombs ; he covered the first critical weeks of the American occupation in the Yokohama-Tokyo area of Japan; and he talked with dozens of newly liberated American prisoners just emerg-

ing from Japanese prison camps as our occupation began. He recently returned from covering the atomic bomb tests at Yucca Flats, Nevada, and was one of only 20 newsmen chosen from the 300 on hand to go into the trenches with the army troops and experience the blast from just two miles away. This was at that time the closest any human had ever been to the actual explosion of an atom bomb, with the exception of the Japanese in World War II. He was just one of three representing individual radio stations, and of those three, he was the only person to get a complete tape recording of the entire incident. Brother Shelley is Past President of the National Association of Radio News Directors, and in 1948 he was awarded the Honor Medal of the School of Journalism of the University of Missouri, for what the citation termed, "distinguished service to journalism." He was the first person to receive such a medal for activities entirely in the field of radio news. Brother Shelley is a Mason, a Shriner, and is active in church activities. For over five years he has taught an adult Sunday School class in the First Methodist Church, Des Moines. He is married and has two sons.

Second Company Formed by Milton Heath Milton W. Heath, Michigan '23, President for the past twenty years of the well known firm of Heath Tree Service, Inc., Boston, has recently announced formation of a second company, Heath Survey Consultants, Inc. The new firm will not only provide improved methods of operation and several new types of services, but a complete leakage control program to include vegetation and soil leakage inspections, winter leakage surveys, and soil resistance surveys. Serving over five hundred gas properties in some forty states and five Canadian provinces, Heath Survey Consultants, Inc., will be operated by the same officers and. personnel as Heath Tree Service, Inc., which will confine itself principally to the fields of forestry, tree service, and line clearance. Brother Heath, a former varsity athlete for the Wolverines, is a Past President and Governor of the University of Michigan Club of Boston. One of the busiest persons in the Twin Cities these days is John G . Alexander. He is President of the Hennepin County Republican Club, Vice-President of the Minnesota Real Estate Board, Grand Conductor of the Minnesota et Eight Society and General Chairman for the State Convention which is coming up in August, and Minnesota representative on the Realtor's Washington Committee. In addition to all of these duties Brother Alexander still finds time t~ run his Real Estate and Property Management business in Minneapolis. He is a member of the Cornell ChapÂˇter. Levi L. Kabler, Kansas '10, has had a successful career in business and also one that has been full of "Human Service" and to the betterment of his community. He is President of the State Bank of Kingman, which holds $3,000,000 in deposits. He's served on the school board , been President of the Chamber of Commerce chairman of the State Bankers Assn.: 'and Sunday School Superintendent for 26 years. His son Walton Kansas '37 is married, has two children, and 'resides in Columbia, Miss.ouri.

N Jack ;.he!!ey (left) receives the gold trophy of the National Association of Radio ews trectors for the "outstanding radio news operation" in the United States.

Kenneth "Flash" Morris, Kansas '35, has resigned his position as publicity director of the Kansas City Chamber of Commerce, and has become manufacturer's representative for the Ideal Cabinet Corp. , Detroit.

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Dean Potter Retires Dean Andrey A. Potter of the Purdue Schools of Engineering will retire from his duties on June 30. This will bring to a close a career lasting 50 years which has placed him among the nation's top engineering educators and brought Purdue to new heights as a center for engineering education in the United States and abroad. Brother Potter was born in Vilna, Russia, in 1881, and came to the United States at the age of 15. He was educated at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and received his degree in 1903. He holds honorary doctorate degrees from Kansas State College, Northwestern University, Norwich University, Alfred University, Rose Polytechnic Institute, and the South Dakota School of Mines. He joined the General Electric Company after his graduation, and remained with them until 1905 when he accepted a position on the faculty of Kansas State. In 1913 he became Dean of Engineering and Director of the Engineering Experiment Station. He came to Purdue in 1920 in the same capacity. In 1945-46 he was acting President of Purdue University. Brother Potter was raised in Lafayette Lodge No. 16, and received his 32nd Degree from the Topeka Consistory. He has received the honorary 33rd Degree, the highest honor that Masonry affords, from the Norther n Masonic Jurisdiction. He was initiated into Acacia by the Kansas State Chapter in 1920, and has always maintained an active interest in the affairs of the Fratemity. Dean Potter is author of a number of books on power engineering, thermodynamics, and farm motors, and of more than 300 engineering, educational, and scientific papers and articles. He has held many positions of trust in the United States government, including that of chairman of the advisory committee for the Engineering, Science and Management Defense Training program, 1940-46, and executive director of the National P a tent Planning Commission, and recently was confirmed by the U. S. Senate for a six-year term as a director of the National Science Foundation. Brother Potter's accomplishments are numerous, and perhaps the best summation of his outstanding career was made by Dr. F. L. Hovde, who said, "Purdue's Dean Potter not only has made a wonderful contribution to engineering education in this country, where he stands without a peer today, but he has won a unique place for himself in the hearts of many

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tee for many years, when Dr. Stoland first came to K . U . he taught pharmacology at the Kansas City school and physiology on the Lawr ence campus, commuting to Kansas City. A dinner in honor of Brother Stoland was give.n at the Eldridge Hotel, where a bronze plaque was displayed which now greets users of the department library. It reads : "0. 0. Stoland Library-In appreciation of his devotion to the welfare of his students and his university as a professor of physiology and secretary of the School of Medicine, 1916-1952."

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thousands of Purdue alumni and members of the engineering profession who have come in contact with him during the years." We of Acacia are proud to have him as a brother.

Dr. 0. 0. Stoland Retires After thirty-six years of service to the University of Kansas, Dr. 0. 0. Stoland has retired. A member of the medical school admissions commit-

Friends and former students of the late Dr. Raymond Schwegler, Kansas '25, dean emeritus of the School of Education, have spontaneously started a student loan fund in his memory. During his lifetime, Dr. Schwegler contributed not only his counsel, but personally helped finance many students get an education at K . U . His friends and former students, remembering his interest in students, sent unsolicited contributions to the Endowment Association to establish the loan fund for students in education. The fund will be administered by a committee set up by the Endowment Association. 0

Indiana Chapter's First 33 Mason Posey T. Kime, Indiana '22, is the first active member of the Indiana Chapter to receive the 33째. Frederick Matthews 33째 had been such for 10 years when he was initiated into Acacia as a charter member in 1920 at Indiana. Brother Kime, after graduating from the law school, entered into practice in Evansville, Ind. Then he became extremely active in all Masonic bodies and, at the time of his election to the Indiana Appellate Court in 1930, he was an officer or active wor ker in all York and Scottish Rite bodies. He was Master of Reed Lodge No. 316 in 1928 and Thrice Potent Master of the Lodge of Perfection in 1931. The 33째 was conferred on Bro. Kime in N_e w York, September 24, 1952. After serving two terms on the Appellate Court he went to Washington to enter Federal service and since 1941 has been a Special Assistant to the Attorney General. All this service has been in the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice. He spent 1946 in Japan as a special legal adviser to S.C.A.P. (Gen. MacArthur) in drafting proposed anti-mo-

nopoly and trade regulation legislation. Judge Kime is the second active Acacian in the State of Indiana to receive the 33째. Former Governor Harry G. Leslie, Purdue '08, was given that honor in 1931 while serving as Governor of Indiana.

Posey T. Kime (Photo, courtesy of Fabian Bachrach)

Oliver N. Bruck-Human Service, Personified Oliver Norman Bruck, Te xas '27, postmaster of Austin, Texas, is a career man in the postal service. He entered the service on Decem her 18, 1919, as a substitute carrier, while attending The University of Texas. He was transferred to substitute clerk January 1, 1921, and was promoted to a regular clerk August 8, 1922. He worked from 3 to 11 p.m. but still maintained his grades and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree when he decided that this could be his life's work. Evidently his superiors felt that he was the "man for the job" as he was appointed foreman on July 16, 1935, advanced to assistant superintendent of mails February 15, 1941, and promoted to superintendent of mails November 1, 1943. He was made assistant postmaster January 6, 1949, and was confirmed by the Senate as postmaster in June 1952, after nomination for the position by another Texas alumnus, Congressman Homer Thornberry. His pastor has stated aptly-"Oliver Bruck is the result of long and faithful service to one job. And it is significant that whenever a promotion has occurred, Bruck has always been ready for it." Oliver has been active in his Church -The University Methodist, and, at one time, considered the ministry only to decide to follow his father's footsteps and take his chance in the business world. He did follow his father in his Church work-often coming to Church with his father at 5 a.m. on Communion Sunday to help fill the glasses in preparation for the service, and later taking over the work entirely, on wintry mornings or when his father was not well. His parents had the satisfaction of living to see the truth of the prover b: "Raise up a child in the way it should go and when it becomes a man it will not depart from it." In 1941, he was appointed to the Board of Stewards and Chairman of the Communion Committee to replace his father who was killed in a car wreck while on his way to a Sunday evening supper at Wesley Foundation. He is an usher and has served on the Educational Building Fund Committee and as an officer in the Men's Bible Class. Bruck's grandfather was a circuit riding Methodist preacher w ho came on the first train into Texas from Illinois. His great-grandfather was a Methodist preacher in Germany. Oliver has been active in civic work. H e is a member of the Lions Club serving on its Blind and Sight Conservation Committee. He is president of the Travis County Tuber-

culosis Association, active in the Crippled Children's Society, United Fund and the Chamber of Commere~. He was appointed recently as Chairman of the Easter Seal drive. Bruck's hobbies are "fishing and kids" the latter of which he has two : Oliver Norman, Jr., in the Navy, and Sybil, a student in The University of Texas. As to the former-well . . . you know the stories fishermen tell. He was initiated in Texas Chapter June 3, 1927, and served as Junior Dean 1928-30. He is a Yellow Dog, and a member of Hill City Lodge No. . 456, A. F. & A . M.

ment from 1908 until his death in 1950. Brother Bushnell was head of the department from 1912 to 1947, when he retired from administrative work but remained on the staff of the department and the K-State experiment station. His work with poultry diseases won him and Kansas S't ate international recogpition. He presented papers at the International Congress of Microbiology in London in 1936, and was the author of 80 bulletins and pamphlets on bacteriology and poultry diseases.

New Appointment For Cecil Haas Cecil H. Haas, Kansas '22, has recently been appointed District Counsel for the district of Michigan in the reorganized set-up of the Bureau of Internal Revenue. The oath of office was administered by Federal Judge Theodore Levin. Brother Haas has long been an active alumnus and an ardent supporter of Acacia. He is presently heading a committee making plans for the Golden Anniversary Conclave, and is also one of the leaders in the Detroit Alumni Association.

He is president of the Austin Alumni Association, and has been actively interested in the Texas Chapter. His wife, the former Sybil Wray, of Hillsboro, Texas, whom he met at the University, says this of him: "He forgets to mail letters-and there is hardly ever a stamp in the house." To which Oliver pleads that he is too busy watching over the mail of others that h e just can't remember his own. To his family and friends , his Church, his Fraternity, and to his work-Oliver amply personifies the motto: Human Service.

Kansas State Honors Dr. Bushnell The small animal research laboratory building has been named Bushnell Hall in honor of the late Dr. L. D . Bushnell, a charter member of the Kansas State Chapter, and member of the college of bacteriology depart-

To Mr. and Mrs. Richard Graham, Cornell '49, a daughter, Barbara Lee, March 4. To Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Schaufler, Cornell '49, a son, Donald Pratt, October 19. To Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Seibert, Evans '50, a son, Edwin Jr., February 12. To Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Green, Ill. '48, a daughter, Pamela Susan, June 30, 1952. To Mr. and Mrs. James Nevins, Indiana '50, a son, James D. , March 2. To Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bortle, Iowa St. '46, a daughter, March 20. To Mr. and Mrs. Walter M. Clintock, Rens. '49, a daughter, Susan. To Mr. and Mrs. Karl Klokke, So. Cal. '49, a son, Karl III. To Mr. and Mrs. Richard Hampton, Wash. St. '41, a daughter, Martha. To Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hastings, Wise. '50, a daughter, Lynn Hathaway, February 22. Plan now to attend your Regional Training School

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0. Lee Sponsler Olenus Lee Sponsler, emeritus professor of botany at UCLA passed away on March 14, at the age of 73. He had been with California since 1922. Brother Sponsler became a Master Mason in 1904, and while attending the University of Michigan he was associated with the group that founded Acacia Fraternity. Although he was unable to be initiated at Michigan with the Mother Chapter, he did become an Acacian at the University of Nebraska in 1909. He was one of a group of the faculty that founded the UCLA Masonic Club, and was also instrumental in the founding of Acacia on that campus. He rejoiced in the growth and progress of the UCLA Chapter, and assisted in the solution of its problems. He was an ardent Mason, and Masonry was the code he lived by. He was raised in Fraternity Lodge No. 262 at Ann Arbor, and in 1931 he affiliated with Liberal Arts Lodge No. 677 in Los Angeles. Brother Sponsler's outdoor hobby was work with rock and stone, always endeavoring to harmonize the operative with the speculative, the finite with the divine. Untiring in his search for truth, and with unwavering faith in man, he lives in the esteem of his students, in the minds of his colleagues, and in the hearts of his friends.

David Sholtz David Sholtz, former Governor of the State of Florida, and a top officer in national fraternal and veterans groups, died on March 21 in Miami. He was 61. Brother Sholtz was a member of the Yale Chapter, having been initiated in 1914. His political career began in 1917, when he was elected a state representative. It was interrupted by his service in the Navy in World War I , but he returned to be elected States Attorney and later Municipal Judge in Daytona. In 1932 he surprised all dopesters, being elected Governor of the State. He was one of the first to use radio as a means of campaigning and to see the possibilities it held in this field.

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So live, that when thy summons comes to join The innum erable caravan, which moves To that mysterious realm, where each shall take His chamber in the silent halls of death, Thou go not, like the quarry-slave at night, Scourged to his dungeon, but, s-ustained and soothed By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams . From : THAN AT 0 PSI S : By WILLIAM CuLLEN BRYANT

Despite his successful political career, he gained greater fame from his lodge activities. In Masonry, he was a member of Halifax Lodge No. 81, Daytona Beach Royal Arch and Com:r:nandery, Key West Consistory, and Morocco Temple of the Shrine. He also won membership in the Order of the Red Cross of Constantine, and was awarded the 33rd Degree. He was inspector general of the 33rd Degree in the Masonic Royal Order of Scotland. He was extremely active in the Elks, and was the Grand Exalted Ruler in 1936 and 1937. Elk lodges throughout the nation held memorial services for Brother Sholtz, and the present Grand Exalted Ruler flew to Florida for the funeral. In 1945 he was elected National Commander of the Military Order of the World Wars. He had also been President of the Daytona Beach and Florida State Chambers of Commerce. It would be impossible to list all of Brother Sholtz' various affiliations but he was an inveterate joiner, who threw himself with all his energy, charm, and talent into any organization with which he became affiliated. He is survived by his mother, his wife, two sons, and two daughters .

J. Warren Fortenbaugh J . Warren Fortenbaugh, Penn State '12, a charter member of the Penn State Chapter entered into the Chapter Eternal on December 19 1952 at h!s home in Buffalo, New York. The Pennsylvania State College never had a more loyal alumnus nor did Acacia have a more faithful and zealous brother. It was largely through his efforts and those of his mother that the Penn State Chapter survived its early years for the year after the chapter was established he brought his widowed mother with him from their home in Harrisburg to State College and together they took over the management of the house as a home for the fraternity. After his graduation from the College he visited the chapter on every possible occasion and with his good counsel and enthusiasm, he helped it over many of the rough spots that it, as every other chapter, has encountered. For a number of years he was a member of the engineering force of the Department of Health and Sanitation of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Later, until his death, he was Sanitary Engineer at the Prison Farm near Buffalo, New York. "Slim," as his associates knew him, was a devout and earnest Christian gentleman as well as a loyal friend and Acacian. He was, in his life, the exemplification of Acacia ideals in that he ever sought the truth and used it to lighten the way of those with whom he associated. He was buried in Harrisburg, P ennsylvania on December 23, 1952.

Harry 0. Garman Harry 0. Garman, Purdue '07, passed away in Indianapolis last May 5, 1952. No name is more familiar in electric or gas utilities than that of Harry 0. Garman. A Past National President of the American Association of Engineers he was instrumental in organizing the national registration of engineers and in helping establish standards for the profession. He authored many existing rules and standards in Indiana for electric and gas utilities. A native of Rolling Prairie, Indiana, Mr. Garman was graduated from Purdue school â&#x20AC;˘ of

civil engineering in 1902 and served on the faculty until 1913. He also served as chief engineer of the Indiana Railroad Commission from 1907 until1913. Following his tenure at. Purdu_e University he served as chief engineer of the Indiana Public Utilities Commission until he entered private practice in Indianapolis in 1922. He had served as president of the Indiana Historical Society, Indiana Sons of the American Revolution, and twice held the office as President of the Indiana Society of Engineers. Mr. Garman also held membership in the Methodist Church, Mystic Tie Masonic Lodge of Indianapolis, Scottish Rite, Columbia Club, Rotary Club, Scientech Club, and American Institute of Electrical Engineers. He was a charter member of Purdue Chapter of Acacia, an active member of the Indianapolis Acacia Alumni Association and attended the last State Day held in Indianapolis on March 28, 1952. The widow, Mrs. Ethel E . Garman, daughter of the late Governor Hanley of Indiana, a son Harry H . Garman of Indianapolis and a daughter, Mrs. Deloss Blanchard of Philadelphia, Pa. survive Mr. Garman. Many members of the Indianapolis Acacia Alumni Association attended the funeral of Brother Harry Garman.

Brother Brewer received his B.A. in physical education from the University of Wisconsin, and later did additional work in this field at Harvard. He was initiated into the Missouri Chapter of Acacia on April 20, 1911. In addition to his work at Missouri, he held the position of Director of Athletics at Albion College, Michigan State, and the University of California at Davis. During World War I he directed physical training for the Armed Forces and held the rank of Major. It was during the time that he was Director of Athletics at Missouri that the University built the present Rollins Field Bleachers, the Memorial Stadium, and the Brewer Fieldhouse, named in his honor.

Chester L. Brewer Chester L. Brewer, 77, former Director of Athletics at the University of Missouri, died on April 16.

Dr. Hugo Freund, Michigan '07, nationally known physician and for many decades a Detroit civic leader, died on December 24. He was 71. Brother Freund was senior consultant at Harper Hospital, and also consultant to Receiving Hospital, Children's Hospital, and Haven Sanitarium. He was to have been director of research at the new Sinai Hospital which opened in January. The Doctor was a member of the City Welfare Commission from 193640 and was a member of the Detroit B~ard of Health from 1917-30. He was a Diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine, a member of the American Association of Pathologists and Bacteriologists and the Central Society for Clinical Research, a fellow of the American College of Physicians, and a past president and director of the Michigan Chapter of the Arthritis and Rheumatism Association. Dr. Freund is survived by his wife, two daughters, and a son.

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Dr. John M. Ratcliff Dr. John M. Ratcliff, Dean of the Tufts School of Religion, died at his home on February 24, after an illness of three weeks. He was 60 years old. Brother Ratcliff had been a member of the Tufts faculty since 1927, and became the fifth Dean of the School of Religion in 1946. He was initiated into Acacia in 1914 by the Chicago Chapter. A prominent Universalist clergyman, Dr. Ratcliff had held pastorates in Chicago, Halifax, N. S., Beverly and Rockland, Me. He was superintendent of the Universalist Churches of Massachusetts and for four years secretary of the Universalist General Convention. He was also vice-president and later president of the Universalist General Sunday School Association. Brother Ratcliff was born in Greenup, Ill., and received his education at the University of Chicago and Harvard. His wife and two daughters survive.

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Throughout his life he was active as an organizer, member, and supporter of beneficial organizations. He was a member of the Rotary Club, the Masons, Shrine, Knights Templar, Columbia Chamber of Commerce, and a pioneer organizer of the Boy Scouts. He was Chapter Adviser of the Missouri Chapter of Acacia for many years, and even after his retirement from this position, he was always willing to give freely of his time and counsel to the chapter. He was an honorary member of the Mystical Seven, the American Legion, and the Elks. Brother Brewer was a Director of the Boone National Savings Bank and Loan Association, and had been a Director of the Tiger Hotel in which he was a stockholder. He is survived by his wife, three daughters, and a son.

Herman F. Hampy, Illinois '34, widely known musician, passed away in Peoria, Illinois, on March 15. He was 40 years old. Brother Hampy was last employed at Caterpillar Tractor Company. He was, at one time, musical director for radio station WEEK and was also a former member of the staff at WMBD. Some years ago he was band director at Peoria Junior High School. Wellknown as an organist, pianist, and trumpet player, in public appearances Brother Hampy often played the organ or piano with one hand, and the trumpet with the other. He made many vaudeville appearances in Peoria, and was also organist for the Peoria Journal Christmas "sing." He was a member of Joseph Robbins Lodge No. 930, A. F. & A. M. ; Peoria Consistory, Scottish Rite; Mohammed Temple of the Shrine; and Peoria Chapter 917, OES. He is survived by his wife, parents, one son and one daughter.

Jerry Stugard Just two days before the Stugard ranch at San Juan, Tex., was to be the scene of a family reunion, Jerry Stugard, Kansas '24, died suddenly. Jerry went to the lower Rio Grande Valley in 1925, and he and his father built up and operated the Stugard citrus fruit ranch. A prominent figure in the affairs of San Juan, Jerry served as an officer in World War II. His wife, daughter, parents, and two brothers, (one who is an Acacian) survive.

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Acacians Bring Greek Week to UCLA Brother Ron Garabedian, Interfraternity Council Executive Secretary, after extensive research, presented the plan to the IFC President's Council. The purpose of Greek Week is to improve relations of the " Greeks" on the campus with each other, and with the public; and bring about closer unity between fraternities and sororities. Lloyd Lokka, past Venerable Dean was elected chairman of Greek Week and Ernie Weber, present Venerable Dean was elected to chairmanship of Greek Meets. Six months of planning was put into the project before it was presented. Greek Week began on a Monday evening with a Greek Banquet. Over three hundred representatives of fraternities and sororities attended. The program consisted of talks by the student body president and the Dean of Students, and the principal address was given by Dr. Newman of the Political Science Department. Tuesday the Greek Meets were held. Here representatives of the various fraternities and sororities discussed social, financial, scholarship, publicity, and pledge trnining problems. Wednesday evening, to better social relations, exchange dinners between fraternities and sororities were held. Over 1,500 "Greeks" took part. For Thursday, a charity project was planned in the form of a paper drive. The fraternity or sorority that collected the most paper was presented with a trophy. Over five hundred dollars received for the papers was given to the Muscular Dystrophy Association. Friday afternoon sport events took place with chariot races as the highlight. The chariots were two wheel vehicles with six men drawing the chariots. Although a bicycle won the race, our chariot was the first "chariot" to win the event. Friday evening Greek Week closed with a Greek Dance for the student body. The proceeds of the dance

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right: Ron Garabedian, IFC Executive Secretary who started the idea; Erme Weber, Venerable Dean and Greek Meets Chairman; Lloyd Lokka, Past Venerable Dean who was Greek Week Chairman.

went to UN! Camp, a camp for underprivileged children. Thanks to the efforts of our brothers and others, the Greek Week was a great success and will become an annual event at UCLA.

Wheaton Reigns Over Badger Prom The 1953 Junior Prom, at the University of Wisconsin, was reigned over by Mary Alice Falk and Robert Wheaton, both from Stoughton, Wisconsin. The dance was held in the Great Hall of the Wisconsin Memorial Union on Friday, February 13th from 9:00 to 1:30. Music was furnished by Ralph Marterie. Queen Mary Alice was selected from a field . of four finalists to be queen for the evening. Some of her accomplishments have been : finalis t in the 1951 Alice in Dairyland contest; modeling for the Women's University Style Show; and D reamgirl for the campus humor magazine, the Octopus. Her sorority is Delta Gamma. King Bob is a second year medical student and was initiated du ring the chapter's recent ceremonies. Bob is associated with the Three Bells Society and is a member of Phi Beta Pi, medical fraternity. Mary Alice is the proud wearer of Bob's newly acquired Acacia pin.

Top Honors to Miami's "four Notes" The Miami Chapter's Barbershop Quartet, "The Four Notes," walked off with first place in the fourth Âˇannual Alpha Delta Phi Barbershop Quartet Contest early in January. With Mark Witt as lead, Don Ellis as tenor, Gordon Hegenbarth as baritone, and Bob Archer as bass, the quartet's rendition of "Little Red Shawl" and "Mother Is a Lady" was judged the best of the competing quartets. The fraternity received a large, traveling trophy for its victory. A new trophy was placed in circulation this year after Phi Kappa Tau re-

tired the old one after last year's sing. The quartet has not rested on its laurels, however, and has been resounding through the house almost nightly. They have sung at the rush parties and the initiation banquet. They have been singing at many of the residence halls on campus and expect to make several recordings for the campus radio station in the near future. A replacement in the original four was necessitated when Bob Archer took a full time job at night. Jim Hennigar has taken Bob's place in "The Four Notes."

ucation, Hans was one of five students and one professor chosen to study in this country. No spring chicken (31 years old), Hans served in the German Army in the last war. After serving as a paratrooper in Poland, the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Romania, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Russia, and Italy, Hans culminated his military career as a captain in the artillery. He was a prisoner of war from 1945 to 1947. Once released, Hans found it difficult for a former officer to get a job or enroll in a university, so he started his civilian life as a brick mason and later as a police officer until he received a scholarship to Frankfort in 1950. Says Hans, after observing our "hell week," "I'm glad to say . . . the basic conceptions and aims are almost the same in your fraternity and our fraternities. Not only the principles but also the ways leading to them."

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CHAMPIONSHIP BARBERSHOP QUARTETTE Left to right: Don Ellis, Mark Witt, Gordon Hegenbarth, Robert Archer

Foriegn Student Finds Basic Fraternity Concepts Similar "Ja sure!" Hans nodded, his eternal grin widening across his face. "That is right." So he would reply to most of our questions, in his crisp speech. Of moderate height, athletic build with light, sandy hair and bright, blue eyes, Hans would search your face anxiously with his eyes while obliging with his smile. Hans Gierschik is a student from Ge1many in the United States on a scholarship from our state depart-

ment to study our student activities and organizations. He is required to spend one quarter in a fraternity and was recommended to Acacia by the Dean of Students. An experienced man in student activities and organizations, Hans is president of the Arminia Fraternity at Frankfort, (he carries a dueling scar over his left eye), a member of student parliament, and editor of the student newspaper. Majoring in economics and ed-

Among our five spring pledges is Francis Galton, who is now fifty years old and attended the University of Arizona in 1923. He left after a year, married, and went to work in the Los Angeles Fire Department for twenty years. After retiring to Trinity County, California for a few years, Francis decided to return to Arizona, and to take up his studies where he had left off. He is the father of three children, two of whom are married, and the third, George, age 25, is a Master Mason like his father. On Washington's Birthday, February 22, six new active members were initiated into' the Arizona Chapter. They are Carl Berninger, John Garrett, David Grove, R. Kelly Hocker, Robert Peeters, and Richard Wehner. Our recently chosen Venerable Dean, J ames Warkomski, a Charter Member of the Arizona Chapter, was elected to office just after returning to college from the U.S.A.F. Our new secretary, John Philp, of Tucson, Ariz., was also recently discharged from the Air Force. On March 28, the chapter was invited to an exchange party at the Phi Kappa House. Table tennis, baseball, and card games were played, and a buffet lunch was served. All agreed that the party was successful, and plans are being laid for a swimming party with the Phi Kappa boys sometime in April. The annual Acacia "Night on the Nile" costume dance was held on April 18, at the beautiful Hacienda Rillito in the Catalina Foothills. Elaborate Egyptian scenery was prepared, and the dance was even more authentic and exotic than in previous years.

California After a two week rest between semesters, the active chapter initiated the following pledges: Dick Day, Kelly Sater, Barry Bailey, Bryce Young, Ed Wachsman, Al Beeson, John Holleman, and

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John Loring. Our new pledges are: Bill Thacker, Jim Gormley, and John Larrimore. Jack Johnson, our social chairman, got us off to a fast start on our social program. Exchanges were held with the A.G.D.'s, Chi O.'s, and the Z.T.A.'s on succeeding Friday afternoons. The dancing exhibition by Brent Pomeroy was enjoyed by all. Other functions for the semester are the Gangster Party, Pledge Formal, Parent's Day, and the Birthday Banquet. Judging by our first party this semester, everyone should be in good spirits by the end of the semester. In intramural sports our football team finished in the semi-finals. The prospects for the baseball team are very good this semester. Included among the returning regulars are Mal Zirker, Ted Colliau, Dave Hammond, and Al Hawkins as bat boy. Jim Kidder and Dick Lawyer are playing on the varsity rugby team and Bill Linsenbard is on the volleyball team. Our two midyear graduates were Bob Friday and Art Jollymour.

Colorado A & M The latest pledge at the house is Dean Nichols from Flagler, Colo. Sports were in the light most of the winter quarter as the bowling team won consistently until the end when the competition got a lot harder. Nevertheless they finished fourth in the intramural league and are now running first in the all-schoolleague. In the school rating Acacia is sixth so far with the spring sports yet to come. As usual the biggest event of the quarter was the "Night on the Nile.'' Lou Houser decided to see what kind of thinking towards costumes could be shown if the style was left up to the individual. Originality in thought was what was expected and that is what we got. There were some very fine costumes ranging from real shieks' robes wom by a native of Syria, Dia Kabbani, to Scottish kilts wom by a couple of Irishmen named Patrick. Spring really sprang around the house this year. Not only in romance but also in yard work. The front lawn got a new seed job that we hope to give a chance to grow. Keith Kirchhoff our ex-Senior Dean is a Cadet Colonel in the Air Force ROTC. Really looks fine in his uniform with rank, congratulations Keith, we know you will do a good job. Pledge Ted Frapwell from Palo Alto, Calif., put in quite a night of swimming in intramural swimming competition as he won three first places for the Acacia Fraternity. He was a one man show as he piled up fifteen points single-handedly. Tom Patrick won three medals in the Conference swimming meet held this year in the A & M pool. This was "TJ" soph. year on the team. VD Wayne Smith was elected secretary-treasurer of the I.F.C. at A & M this past quarter.

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triangle. On February 15, we welcomed Charles Richmond, Martin Offenberger, Phillip Baber, William Donovan, William Beischer, Bion McClellan, and Thomas Burrows. Already these men have showed intense interest in the house: Chuck as chaplain, Bill Donovan as sentinel, Bion as senior steward, and Tom as IFC representative. With a large graduating class this June, our rushing efforts have been intensified more than ever. Already we have several new pledges: Arthur Frederick, George Mueller, Peter Vandenburgh, and James Willman. Rushing must continue, however, if we are going to fill the house next year. Any recommendations of men coming to Cornell next year will be welcomed. The first house meeting in March saw the election of Icey Youngdahl as V.D., succeeding Bob Baker. Marv Townsend took over as Senior Dean, Jim Freeman as Junior Dean, and Senior and Junior Stewards are, respectively Bion McClellan and Bob Vanderhoek. Doug Mcilroy holds the pledge whip, Lew Mathews is Secretary, and Frank Tetz is TRIAD Correspondent. Partying has continued to be the preoccupation here at Cornell. Our most successful party was the annual affair for underprivileged children. We're still laughing over the complaint of one awkward little fellow that the movies featured Mickey Mouse instead of Marilyn Monroe!

Denver During the latter part of the Fall quar· ter, we held our pajama dance which tumed out to be a great success despite the howling blizzard outside. On Decem her 7, the chapter auxiliary held a Christ· mas party for the actives, pledges, and alumni, roast turkey, dressing, cranber· ries, and "all the fixin's" were served and a ve'ry good time was had by all. The following Friday evening, the chapter ended finals week in grand style with one of our traditional Marshdale parties. During Winter quarter, the following men were initiated into the active chapter: Jack Deeter, Alan Means, Tom Knill, Lynn Lomattch, Phillip Lake, Bruce Thompson, and Al Brown. Since last Fall we have acquired three pledges, Jay Moore, Chuck Boydstrom, and Jim Craig. Elections for chapter officers were held in March, and the following were chosen to guide ~he chapter through the coming year: Venerable Dean, Alex Cambell ; Senior Dean, Terry Eakin; Junior Dean, Dick Soennichsen; Secretary, Alan Means; Treasurer, Bruce Thompson; Rush Chairman, Jack Deeter; and House Manager, Carl Dovel. Several social events were held during the Winter quarter and among those worthy of mention were the annual "Nights on the Nile," held on March 15, which was a pleasant respite to income tax difficulties. On February 9, an exchange dinner was held in conjunction with Sigma Kappa sorority. An alumni Marshdale Party was held for the chapter on January 31, and our auxiliary again held a buffet supper for the chapter.

Looking forward to Spring Quarter, we hope again to be able to cop one or more of the cups given during the May Day competitions. Last year we won first prize in the twilight sing, under the capable direction of our music master Alex Cambell, and we hope to repeat this honor.

Evansville The Evansville chapter initiated eleven men this winter. The initiates are : Howard Murry, Jr., Malcolm Montgomery, Jr., Robert Cravnes, Alan Walker, Jerry Uhde, Larry DeWeese, John Hoppel, Joe Kirk, William Rhodes, Jack Schaffner, and Dr. Wade David. These men completed their pledgeship March 22. Dr. Wade D . David, head of the History Department, president of the local chapter of the American Association of University Professors, and a Mason, joins Dr. Norman 0. Long as one of our faculty members. The pledge class, with some help from the actives, began spring house cleaning and have the interior of the house shining. This project of work has been substituted for "Hell Week" which has proved very successful as well as beneficial to our chapter house. Under the guidance of Brother Paul Bingham we have formed an intramural basketball squad. This new undertaking has resulted in several defeats but our relatively new team has beaten some older and tougher competition. Brothers Jerry Uhde and John Hoppel set the pace in the scoring column. The chapter sponsored another of our coke dances with the Phi Mu sorority. The evening proved to be very enjoyable and furthered our relations with the sororities on campus. Plans are now being made by Junior Dean Robert Haug for our Spring Orchid Dance. This event which is the high light of our social activities is scheduled to take place in the middle of May.

Franklin Three more names were added to the roll book of Franklin Chapter on February 15. John Brackbill, Taylor Pidgeon, and Joseph Weiss were then initiated. After initiation, chapter members attended Woodland P resbyterian Church to gether and thereafter feasted on a fine dinner. We have be~n making and preparing to execute plans for getting a greatly needed paint job on the exterior of the chapter house. We hope to get this under way during spring vacation and to conclude it as soon as possible thereafter. It is planned that the brothers will do most of this work, the remainder of which will be contracted out. On February 20 we had a most enjoyable formal dinner before the Interfraternity Ball. Other special social activities were the Valentine Party on February 14, and a "French theme" party on February 21. Elections were held on March 2. The newly elected officers are as follows: Sandy Hugh Annett, Venerable Dean; John Brackbill, Secretary; and Joseph

Weiss, Senior Dean. Those re-elected were Leighton Jones, Junior Dean, and Al Richards, Treasurer. Fred Dodge was elected to represent Franklin Chapter in the IFC. Current pledges are Walt Dancheck, Richard Schoeller, Albert Simpson, and Bill Moselino.

Illinois Final exams are over, the betweensemester's breather is past and the illinois Chapter is a beehive of prospective 5.0 students. The usual fatality rate at final exams was not too baa but some of the brothers are still a bit bewildered. Thirteen more smiling faces are proudly beaming through the Sacred Halls of Acacia. The new actives are: William Bailey, John Birky, Larry Coffee, David Fishel, Leon Heiple, Ralph Hough, Gordon Iversen, David Jareo, Allen Kleinbeck, Paul Manahan, Dave McLoughlin, Robert Westenberg, and Wilbur Zanin. The idea of a "Help Week" instead of a "Hell Week" was again used this year and the results were pretty favorable. The annual "Feud Dance" with Alpha Kappa Lambda was a sad event. The "Black Knights of . the Boneyard" lived up to their name again-by Gosh, that water was COLD-as the opposition won the ropepull. Everyone had a good time at the dance afterward and maybe next year Acacia will be victorious in the annual display of skill. There have been quite a few alumni dropping in at "501" and it is a pleasure to hear tales of "the good old days." The Welcome Mat is always there. Come on in and see us.

Indiana From the night Dick Fowler reigned as king of the Dame's Ball and Jim Riley's magnificent decorations adorned the roof for the Winter Formal, it has been a big year for the Indiana Chapter. Under the able leadership of Don Moor, the social-calendar has remained filled to capacity. The Alpha Phis, Alpha Gamma Deltas, Delta Gammas, Delta Zetas, Delta Delta Deltas, Chi Omegas, Phi Mus, and Kappa Alpha Thetas have been entertained at mid-week tea dances and the week-ends have been filled with record dances and seasonal parties. The Winter Formal and Spring Colonnade were enjoyed by all, to say nothing of the fabulous pledge dance given by the pledges. Activities in every field have claimed members from among our ranks and several are office holders. Lee Marchant was chosen to serve a second term on Union Board and was elected Vice-President of that body. He was also selected for Blue Key. Dick Fowler hits the top again as the new President of the Y.M.C.A. Don Gentry was elected Secretary of the Y. The Collegiate Chamber of Commerce chose as its President our Charlie Swayne, and Ken Goodal heads Phi Eta Sigma, a scholastic honorary of which Don Mahoney is also a member. George Branam is serving as Vice-President of the "I" Men's Association and is also

Indiana's winter formal decorations a member of the Board of Aeons. Joe Shroyer, George Rapp, Dan Meininger, and Russ Judd all hold offices in Alpha Epsilon Delta, pre-medical honorary. We tied for the league basketball championship to get the intramural season off to a bang. Dave Jenkins pushed the house into second place in the Table Tennis Tourney and Joe Shroyer was rewarded for his efforts in handball when he copped second prize in the campus-wide match. Our team placed fifth out of 60 competitors in cross-country. We're leading the volleyball league at present, and we're anxiously anticipating the "Little 500" Bicycle Race in May. In intramural swimming, Jim Boyden won the 200 yard free-style, and Russ Judd won the individual medley to put our team in fourth place. Despite our busy schedule, we found time to initiate Paul Bender, Don Mahoney, Dave Miller, Roger Frazier, David Porter, Len Rood, Dick Routh, and Bill Mann. Three successful rush weekends have been held for next fall's class and three weekends in April have been set aside for this purpose. Any information on prospective rushees would be greatly appreciated. We purchased new lamps for the living room and library, carpet for the second floor hall, and we're sure the alums will be glad to hear that new showers have been installed on the second floor. Dick Farley and Lou Scott, members of the Big Ten and N.C.A.A. Championship teams are beginning to settle down again and George Branam and Dick McQueen are giving Indiana's track and baseball teams a boost in the right directi on.

Iowa Pledge is William Henderson, Humboldt. New initiates are Rod Pearson, Dick Boss, Nick Pappadakes, Ted Schnormeier, and Pete Boeke.

Iowa Acacia has been quite active on the social front since Christmas. Exchanges have been held with Alpha Xi Delta, Zeta Tau Alpha, and Alpha Delta Pi. A "Backwards Party" was held in the chapter house, in which furniture, clothes, and everything else in the house was backwards. Iowa Acacia won its first honor in intramurals when Ed Carlson and Bob Heppenstall were picked for the EastWest All-Star Intramural basketball game. Scholastically, Iowa Acacia, paced by Rhodes Scholar Tom Brown, won third place among fraternities on the Iowa campus during the first semester. March 30 was election day. The Venerable Dean for the coming year will be Rod Pearson, Senior Dean will be Hal Schimmelpfennig. The all-important position of Rushing Chairman was voted to Ted Schnormeier. Junior Dean will again be Dave Koemer and Ed Ahlquist, elected recording secretary. Bill Waller was elected corresponding secretary, Jim Weinberger will handle the chapter purse strings.

Iowa State New pledges are: Jack Pease, James Davis, James Balkema, Gerol Goodlove, and Gerald Schmidt. Very soon, our house will sport new drapes in the dining room, and some much needed furniture for the recreation room. The men of Acacia at Iowa State are keeping busy with various campus activities. John Burnstrom was recently elected Vice-President of Ag. Council and Secretary of Alpha Zeta, agricultural honorary fratemity. We have several men working Veishea which is a large spring festival here at Iowa State. Dick Ludwig is chairman of the Agronomy Club open house. Richard Kust is chairman of the General Engineering open house. _Thomas Parry is publicity chairman for the Veishea dances, John Veldhuizen is assistant chairman for all ag.

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open houses. Jerry VerSteegh has been singing with the Y.M.C.A. quartet which is very popular on the Iowa State campus. On the social side, we had our annual childrens' Christmas party and Sweetheart party both of which were fine successes. In addition to these the house was decorated as Diamond Lil's saloon and gambling joint, and the dress was strictly western for a western party. Several of the brothers have been honored recently. Marcus Merriman and Verneil Hohenboken were initiated into th~ Phi Kappa Phi scholastic honorary. Marc and Ralph Speer were initiated into the Knights of Saint Patrick.

Kansas Seven men were initiated into the chapter February 15. They are honor initiate Stan Hamilton, Clement Blakeslee, Lee Breckenridge, Albert Koch, Ralph Stone, Louis Buck, and Dick Searl. One new pledge has been added since the last edition-Rex Rasmussen, from Oberlin. Kansas chapter was one of four fraternities in the finals of the Rock Chalk Revue, annual fraternity-sorority stage show. Playing two nights before some 5,000 people, the theme was "Life at K. U." Scenes from Kansas' play ranged from a dreamy waltz to a peppy Charleston, and a football scene. Neil Peterson and Vic Weber directed the show, leading the men in six weeks of hard work. Ralph Moody, 185-lb. halfback, won his freshman numerals as one of the top backs on the frosh squad. Freshmen track men out are Moody, a sprinter, and Charlie Calnan and John Quarrier, quarter milers. A Christmas party was given in the house December 14. Recent hour dances have been held with the Delta Gamma and Pi Beta Phi sororities.

Ray Clinesmith looks puzzlingly at the rope that tripped him in a bit of action from the football scene in the Rock Chalk Revue.

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K-State's Minstrel Show The pledge class staged a rip-roaring walkout shortly before Christmas. Stealing all the blankets in the house they journeyed to Missouri University for the KU-MU football game and stayed in the chapter house there. Three men had perfect "A" averages last semester--Jim Short, Lynn Osborne, and Albert Koch.

Kansas State Spring pledges at Kansas State are: Mark Bence, John Baughman, Dan Chappel, Bill Cox, Frank Hopkins, Don Jenson, Bob Jepson, Norman Kasner, Leonard Miller, Dale Molesworth, and Bob Schowalter. Four men have gone through the initiation ceremonies this spring. The new brothers are Weldon Braman, Dean Hyde, Gary Brack, and J . W. Johnson. This year we have had the honor of participating in the annual Community Minstrel Show. It is sponsored by the local Seratoma Club for the purpose of raising funds to support Sunset Park and Zoo. Along with several business men of the community we formed the chorus. As a special number the fraternity section of the chorus sang "Beneath Our Jewel Pin." The pledge class decorated the chapter house for the annual Valentine's party. Dean Hyde completed the setting with a large painting on the mirror above the fireplace . Harold James Brodrick, Jr., was recently initiated into Sigma Gamma Epsilon, national honorary geology frater nity. George Nelson, present Venerable Dean, was elected secretary of Sigma Tau, honorary engineering fraternity. Also George was appointed chairman of the overall lighting and routing committee for the Engineers Open House. Bill Kvasnicka is President of Alpha Zeta, honorary agricultural fraternity. Bob Coloney

is Interfraternity Council president this semester and as a cadet Colonel was recently appointed wing executive officer of the local Air R.O.T.C. unit. Jim Shea was elected treasurer of the college Masonic club.

Miami Pledges are: Schuyler Brignall, Harry Flasher, Roland Gadd, Richard Grushon, Robert Krebs, Edward McCartney, and Lloyd Parsons. At our initiation held March 14, we added four new actives to our rolls: Don Ellis, Bruce George, Ronald McReynolds, and David Wakefield. Wakefield was named the "Outstanding Pledge" in the class. Several members stayed in Oxford between semesters and completely redecorated the rec room. They cleaned and painted the entire room and have filled the walls with signs and pennants. The chapter's quartet, "The Four Notes" walked off with first place in the Alpha Delta Phi Barbershop Quartet contest. . Miss Barbara Clark, fiancee of brother Ronald Sullivan, was named the "Sweetheart of Acacia" at the winter formal. The chapter came out on top in the scholarship race for the first semester, barely edging their perennial rivals, Beta Theta Pi. Plans are underway for the third annual All-Ohio Day, which will be spon sored by the Miami chapter sometime in May. The state championship softball game will be the feature of the day's festivities. Miami won last year and we're out for it again this year. With the coming of spring everyone's thoughts are turning to the normal. On the social program for this spring are the Nite on the Nile Party, the Yard Party, hayrides, and picnics. Five fathers have been initiated in to the chapter as honorary members. They

(Above) Living like "Greeks" at Minnesota's Toga Party are B etty Gunderson and Bob Wallien. ( L eft) LiZ, Minnesota's Cook-Counselor-Housemother.

are: Mr. Fred L. Alexander, West Lafayette, Ind.; Mr. Vonus L . Ellis, Piqua ; Mr. Ralph E. Kah, Middletown; Mr. Edward A. Sullivan, Terrace Park ; and Mr. Martin T. Witt, Oxford.

Michigan New pledges are: Neal Herbert Hillerman, Charles Wendell McClelland, John Allan Jenkins, and Donald Barclay Walker. New wearers of the jeweled triangle are: Charles T. Blackett, Philip Diamond, David C. Evans, William F. Fox, Gerald G. Freeman, Richard K . Hodson, Robert H . Kany, Neil F. Letts, J ames F . Magary, Theodore L. Ploughman, Thomas W. Tuttle, Roy N. Wetterholt, and Stanley J. Woollams. During the Spring recess all of the pipes in the house have been replaced. This replacement will no doubt lead to redecorating parts of the chapter house in the very near future. It is also h oped that with new plumbing the notorious "shower call" of the Michiga n chapter will be eliminated. The chapter is proud of the latest addition to its trophy collection . Acacia won top laurels in the recent all-campus Wolverine Soap-Box Derby, for having the best constructed, most original entry. The

car was built to resemble a coffin-"An Acacian Undertaking"-and Brother Philip Kearney did an admirable job of playing the "corpse" driver (lily in the mouth, and all) . The car also created a mild sensation when it approached the steps of the Union, flanked by six "pallbearers." A Monte Carlo party was the high light of the pre-Spring social activities of the chapter. After crossing the red carpet leading to the door, couples were presented with a bundle of Acacia greenbacks, valid only in the gambling halls of the house. A variety of dice games, roulette wheels, slot machines, and assorted other vice devices dominated the scene. Refreshments and dancing added variety to the entertainment. Prizes were awarded to the winner of the most money and the loser of the most. The pledge formal was held in the chapter house. Dancing in an atmosphere of Spring decor, followed the wonderful meal prepared by our cook. A good time was had by all. At a recent chapter meeting the following brothers were elected to serve the chapter next year: Venerable Dean, Herbert P . Wagner; Senior Dean, Robert Kany ; Junior Dean, Charles Blackett; Secretary, Neil F. Letts; Treasurer, Stanley Woollams; and House Manager, John Galbreath III.

Minnesota Pledges are: Howard M. Baumgartner, Terry M. Bramby, Edward H. Murphy, Kenneth R. Nelson, Leonard A. Nelson, and Charles Spray. Initiated are: William Bird, Sam Drage, Albert Knutson, Jr., and Wallace Swanson. We started off the quarter with a sad farewell to Hans Giershik, a student from Frankfort, Germany. Hans, who had been living with us last quarter, moved to a

dormitory for his last quarter in accordance with the State Department scholarship requirements which made his visit possible. Hans left for Germany, March 14, after a farewell party that will be remembered here a long time. Lil, our cook-counsellor-housemother, received the gratitude of the chapter this quarter at a pinning ceremony in her honor. The sweetheart pin of Acacia was presented to Lil in the traditional lighted triangle serenade by Venerable Dean Dick Shadrick. Said Lil, "Boys, there is nothing nicer you could have done." The highlight of the quarter was the Toga Ball, sponsored by the Inter-Fraternity council. Acacia went one further and had a Toga dinner before the ball. We ate " Greek style" (on the floor ) dressed in gold colored sheets and black sashes. Another highlight was a Saturday night spree by the me>re exuberant brothers. Tally ; four bar stools, for sale cheap. Exchange dinners with the Alpha Chi Omegas helped spend the cold winter evenings.

Missouri New pledges of the Missouri chapter are Earl McKeever and Willis Ballew. Henry Gold was initiated during the past quarter. Acacia's annual Christmas party was held at the house with members giving their dates small gifts. Among the guests were John Elzea '52 and Mr. and Mrs. Joe Franke. Other visitors of the fraternity during the past quarter were Edgar R. Kelly, traveling secretary; Bill French, secretary of the Kansas City Alumni Association; Owen Ramsey, '52; and Rogers Monagan, '27. Royce Smithson was captain of the Missouri University rifle team, which won the Kemper Indoor Invitational Rifle meet on March 8. He received two awards for marksmanship and will receive his second rifle letter soon. Chuck Bobo has been named editor of the weekly news bulletin of the 9672nd Volunteer Air Reserve Squadron in Columbia. H e is in the Public Information section of the squadron. Among the seniors this semester are Bill Elzea, Donald Goodson, Henry Gold, Bob Burlin, Lorin Cross, and Roy Talbert. Cross, Elzea, Gold, and Burlin are scheduled to graduate in June. Talbert receives his degree in August, and Goodson graduates in February of 1954. Winter officers of the Missouri chapter are: David Louis (Knoky) Beem, Venerable Dean; Donald E. Goodson, Senior Dean; Henry Gold, Junior Dean; Chuck Bobo, Secretary; John Dana, Treasurer, and William D. Elzea, house manager.

Nebraska The month of March has seen the addition of four new pledges to the Nebraska roster. They are: Bob Anderson, Walt Gilbert, Lee Rebman, and Don Wall. March 7 was initiation day, and the active chapter's ranks were bolstered by the activation of: Howell Boyd, John

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Chappell, Lawrence Clay, William Meyer, and Bob Wedner. On the evening of March 14, the Founders Day Banquet was held in the Persian Room of the Cornhusker Hotel. After a very fine dinner, Dr. George Rosenlof delivered a meaningful speech in which he referred to the ties between Acacia and Masonry. Dr. Rosenlof pointed out clearly why Acacia is Acacia. His speech was the high point of the evening. On Sunday, March 15, the chapter honored our house mother, Mrs. W. A . Brown, with an afternoon tea. House mothers and chapter representatives of all of the fraternities and sororities on campus honored Mother Brown with their presence. Our Annual Orchid Lei Formal was a tremendous success on March 21. Chapter alums were present for the formal and helped greatly in making the affair a success. As the high point of our social season, the classic formal pointed the way to a new social challenge for next year's formal.

New Hampshire

bloom, and the Macintosh residence is expecting a new arrival. So says Don Macintosh and his wife, the former Miss Stone. Congratulations Don and best of luck. Speaking of new arrivals, the N.U. chapter congratulates its recent additions. Dick Poppe! won the elections for Venerable Dean, Bruce Haselton as Senior Dean, Don Lund as Junior Dean, Treasurer Jack Allen, House Manager Jay Stack, I.M. Manager Earl Schramm, Rushing Co-Chairmen Art Neu and Ray McNamee, and our Secretary Jim Schang. Spring is really here! More new arrivals (pledges this time) . Dean Lawson, Ward Resur, Jim Neal, and Steve Thernstrom. Steve is serving as a member of the Northwestern Debate Team and led the Frosh-Soph squad in speaker ratings. Ward was chosen for the production staff of the annual Waa-Mu Show. Bob Corcoran, an old arrival, was selected as Co-Chairman of May Sing. As an additional honor, Bob will also act as master of ceremonies at the Sing. Don Mills was elected to the Presidency of the Composer's Forum. Don was also chosen to represent Northwestern in the Composer's Symposium. Art Neu is a candidate for Hi-Guy at the Sophomore Cotillion. Jim Schang serves as his campaign manager. Last but not least, our most looked for arrivals, the new beds and inner-spring mattresses.

The chapter decorated the house for Mil Art week end on the pattern of Bill Mauldin's "Up Front" cartoon. February 14 we had a big Valentine Day Dance. During the past rushing reason we had several record dances for the rushees and an informal pledge dance. We did very well scholastically last semester. There were ·17 brothers making the Dean's List and Acacia rose from The Ohio Chapter added 15 new men fourth place last year to third out of to its active ranks February 9. The new fourteen fraternities last semester. The chapter is very proud of Bill Lothrop, initiates are: Eldon Remy, Harry Hadquist, Ronald Hadquist, William BowPhil Smith, Dave Buttrick, and Jack Kooman, Eric J ohnen, Russell Smith, Henry istra who were elected to Phi Beta Kappa. Steinmeyer, Kenneth Hutson, David Bill is a psychology major, Phil and Dave Beato, Charles Atkinson, Charles Lahr, are pre-medical majors, and Jack is a Glenn Taylor, Allen Snyder, Frank Hackbacteriology major. athorne, and Edward Sommers. New officers recently elected are: VenThe alumni group also had four new erable Dean, Paul Oeser; Senior Dean, men initiated. These new alumni memJack Beecher; Junior Dean, Tom Rand; bers are : Doctor Charles Randall, ProSecretary, Leslie Kimball, Jr.; Treasurer, fessor Richard Selleck, Doctor Roger Bob Hayward. Quisenberry, and Professor Harry Hoffee. In Arnold Air Society's recent elecThe addition of these 19 new men raises tions Paul Oeser was elected Commandthe active roll to 41. ing officer; Jack Beecher, Treasurer and The election of officers for the new Bob Hayward is the Executive Officer for semester took place on January 12th and the Area Headquarters. the chapter chose H. R. Collins of BarnesWe participated in "Stunt Night," Intramural basketball, and Winter Carni- ' ville to lead them as their Venerable Dean. val Weekend. Others elected were : Jim Crowle, SenOn December 3-4 we held our Fall ior Dean ; Lou Ondis, Junior Dean; Bill initiation, and eighteen men were iniBickle, Secretary; Royal Fritz, Treasurer; tiated: Elmer Anderson, Robert Chase, and Frank Lee, Rush Chairman. Harold Curtis, William Carter, Andrew On May 2, the Ohio Chapter will Danish, Thomas Dusten, John Dearbon, sponsor their annual Spring Formal with Alvin Freedman, Walter Harvey, Philip Spring Garden as the theme. The dance Hendrickx, Robert Kimball, William floor will be decorated to go along with Lewis, Warren Lyon, James Merritt, Walthe theme. Howie Chapman's well known lace Nelson, Frank Parnigoni, Thomas campus band will provide the music. Rand, and Sven Trulson. Since the purchase of the new chapter Rush Week was held at the beginning house in September, a number of imof the second semester, and resulted in provements have been made. The house Acacia pledging thirty-six good men, the has been rewired and many new walllargest number pledged by any house on the campus. This is the largest pledge ·plugs installed. The new basement under the house is almost finished, the floor has class that our chapter ever had. been poured and the walls and ceiling are now being worked on. The chapter hopes to finish the work by the end of the semester. Spring is in the air, flowers are in

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Fifteen members of the active chapter traveled to Chesterhill recently to perform for the Masonic "Family Night" at the Chesterhill Lodge. The show went over so well that the group has been invited back for a bigger and better performance when the annual Acacia Minstrel is ready to be presented. The sixth annual Athens County Junior Olympics, sponsored by the Ohio Chapter of Acacia, will be held May 17 at the Ohio University Stadium. If things go as planned, this year's Junior Olympics will be as successful as they have be en in the past. The rushing program has brought 12 new pledges.

Ohio State When the news broke, the Dean of Men's Office was shocked, President Bevis called for an investigation, the Dean of Women fainted, and Woody Hayes forgot about the Michigan game. The house mother of Acacia was pregnant. The Ohio State chapter raises its head in pride as it offers congratulations to its house parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wright. The baby is expected in June. With this event, all other activities have been overlooked this quarter, but for the sake of future generations they are hereby recorded. Winter quarter saw the initiation of Robert A. Purdy and Myron L . Cordrey as wearers of the jeweled triangle. The social obligations of the chapter took the form of tea dances with the Phi Mu's, Gamma Phi Beta's, and Alpha Chi Omega's; several house parties, finally culminating with the Winter Formal March 7, at the Beechwold Restaurant. On February 15, the pledge class in collaboration with the pledge class of Alpha Gamma Delta, gave a Valentine party for the children of the South Columbus Settlement House. In other departments, Vaughn Hill was elected Senior Dean, succeeding Jack Pore at the beginning of the quarter; Mike, "Nature Boy" Cordrey reached the finals of the intramural wrestling tournament in the heavyweight division before falling 7 to 5 in the championship bout, while Jack Graham was tossing towels to Ohio State's Big Ten swimming team. ming champions as manager of the swim-

Oklahoma We have pledged some excellent men since the last issue of the TRIAD was published. They are Louis Paulcell, "Abe" Eldib, Homer Brem, Lawdis Gandy, John Green. Initiation was held April 12 for 10 men who qualified for the honor. The big event of the spring semester will be the Founder's Day banquet which is scheduled for April 26. We are looking forward· to having most of our alums here to witness the burning of our mortgage. This is a real milestone for the Oklahoma Chapter. Following the alumni banquet, the Mother's club is having a tea for the alums, their wives, and the active chapter at the chapter house.

Our Mother's club has been very active this year and they have done some fine things for the house. They gave us a large buffet and mirror for our dining room as a Christmas present. This year we amended our constitution so that chapter officers will be elected at the first of the second semester. The new officers are Jim Swain, Venerable Dean; Joe Alexander, Senior Dean; Jerry Dixon, Junior Dean; Jerry Kirkpatrick, Secretary; John McDowell, Treasurer; Jack Miller, Pledge Trainer; Ronald Hanska, Scholarship Chairman ; Jiin Newcomb, Rush Chairman ; and Vernon Enlow, IFC Representative. Several rush parties are planned for the spring. One is to be held April 18 in connection with our spring formal.

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The boys at Stillwater are busy preparing for the Regional Conclave of Acacia to be held on the A & M campus August 27-29, 1953. Venerable Dean Charles Durrett has already set the wheels in motion and several committees are at work making plans to handle the thirteen chapters who are expected to be present. All of the conclave meetings will be held in Oklahoma A & M's new four and one-half million dollar student union building, which is air conditioned throughout. On the agenda along the entertainment lines are a picnic and a banquet.

Oregon State New officers are: James Lacy, V.D.; Harold Barton, S.D.; Ormand Steele, J.D. ; and Don Davis, Secretary. Louis Southmayd was unanimously voted to continue as Treasurer and Roger Lindquist as House Manager. Men pledged : Bill Woo, Ralph Hildulah, and Jack Frost. Bill Woo was given a rousing send off from his friends in the dormitory where he was president. He was delivered tightly wrapped in sheets and clad in pajamas on the front porch of Acacia. This seemly bit of drama was then followed up by a counter visit to the dormitory where a rousing reception of fire hoses greeted us as we attempted to return our new pledge. No fireworks materialized however as Brother Steele thoughtfully removed the nozzle. ln ping pong, Jack Pimentel upheld the black and gold by winning the allcollege singles for the third time in as many years. Scholastically Acacia r ated 12th out of thirty fraternities on the campus. A bright spot h ere was the creditable showing that our pledges made. Five of them are in engineering which made grades here a little on the difficult side. Returning active John Olson deserves a bouquet for efforts in improving house facilities. It was due to his organizing ability that a new coat of paint was added to the head. He was also instrumental in starting work in the basement where several walls were removed in preparation for remodeling. Brother Giles

has made up blueprints for this undertaking which is expected to proceed next term.

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Scholastically our last pledge class ranked second out of thirty-eight fraternities on campus. They were initiated on April 11. Our new initiates are Ken Clausen, Robert Bosstick, Robert Ade, Robert Nation, David Eastman, Craig Fischer, and David Griffin. During Christmas vacation the House Board put a new rubber tile floor in our dorm. Our chapter room and card room was redecorated by our pledges. Our house is becoming stronger in campus activities. Jim Golan, our new Venerable Dean, is in line for the presidency of the Interfraternity Council. Dave Silvernail is President of the Student Council. We also have eight men in the Varsity Glee Club which is going to Europe this summer. Nearly everyone in the house is in some campus activity. Our social calendar for second semester included three trade dinners, and a spring formal is coming up soon. On March 21 we had a house gangster party. After winning the University Sing last year we are working toward that goal again this year. Our song leader is Bill McCain. New men in honoraries are Ken Clausen and Jerry Johnson, Phi Eta Sigma, Jim Golan, Tau Beta Pi and Pi Tau Sigma, and Bill Stebbin, Eta Kappa Nu. We are losing 19 seniors this year and the chapter will feel the loss very much. We wish them continued success in their new positions or in the service.

The Penn State chapter of Acacia has recently pledged: Douglas Melvin, John Chillrud, David Johnson, Henry Wisel, George Fitting, George Williams, Horace Mitchell, Jerry Rishel, and George Theis. We also proudly announce the followÂˇing new members: Gordon James, Frank Maclntire, Jack Kitzmiller, Lloyde Slocum, Jack Bastian, Ralph Straley, Earnest Famous, John Brunner, Don LeVan, and John Johnson. A great improvement will take place on our grounds when Roger Bender's crew of stone masons and ditch-diggers finish our new stone incinerator. This will eliminate our present trashpile and remove our greatest eyesore. We are overpledging here at Penn State in an effort to expand our membership to about 44, nine more than the house capacity. We will then embark upon a rotating plan among the active brothers which will send nine of us to other accommodations over town for one semester each year. The purpose of doing this is to reduce some of the financial stress by creating extra funds, and to increase the strength of the chapter. "Lefty" Mcintyre's able spiritual and physical leadership in athletics has been a peremptory factor in Acacia's placing increasingly more formidable entries in intramural sports contests. Rensselaer In addition to our chapter's emergence Our newest wearers of the jeweled trias an intramural power, we also have angle are Jerry Burdick, Edward Clary, five varsity lettermen now living in the house--all trackmen. One of these, Don Rodney Derbyshire, William Firth, Wade Austin, a pledge, recently proved himHill, Burt Payne, Harvey Schneider, Don self as one of the more promising Penn Stephens, and Howard Warner. State trackmen by winning the 880 yd. The results of house elections are Wilrun at a recent triangular meet with liam E . Howard, Venerable Dean; EdOhio State and Michigan U. in the fast ward R. Burrell, Senior Dean; Harold time of 1: 56.2. In doing this he conquered Leindecker, Junior Dean; Laurence S. three of the four members of Michigan's Bloom, Treasurer; Edwin A. Weaver, nationally top-rated collegiate 2-mile re- Secretary, and Dexter Clifford, House lay team. Manager. Highlighting our social program during The highlight of the past winter's sothe recent period was our annual pledge cial season was Saturnalia, our winter dance--a formal dinner dance. It was an weekend. Although lack of snow preimpressive display for which the pledges vented a snow sculpturing contest the were highly complimented by all who dance was a great success with the attended. The house has also tried, sucbrothers making a large statue of a St_ cessfully thus far, to hold a small in- , Bernard to decorate our booth. We were formal party every other week in an athonored by the return of alumni Don tempt to augment our social life here Greene, John Zimmer and John Winter at the Fraternity. To round out our sofor the weekend. cial program, we have also had guest speakers occasionally to speak on diverSouthern California sified topics in an effort to broaden our predominently technically trained stuCiro's Nightclub, on the famous Sundents. At the present time we are lookset Strip in Hollywood, was the scene ing forward to our two Spring house of the finest Founders Day banquet in parties-our annual "Sweetheart Dance" Southern California history. Starting at and "Senior Ball," put on entirely by the seven o'clock, cocktails and reminiscing chapter's graduating seniors. Then too, lasted until eight when a delicious dinwith Mother's Day and several interner of Chicken Marsala was served. fraternity events, there promises to be Dean Lawrence Lockley of the S.C. plenty of social activity here the rest of School of Commerce was the speaker. At the year. ten-fifteen, the partition of the Pavilion Room was swung open and the big EasPurdue ter show was enjoyed, followed by dancSpring pledges include Jerry Johnson, ing. Roger Johnson, Jack Whelen, Don Jones, The semester opened with the tradiand Marvin Schmidt. tional New Year's party at Dave Cu1-

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bertson's home, followed by a football game called the Rose Bowl in which the Trojans stopped the Big Ten jinx by downing the Badgers from Wisconsin 7-0. (Thanks for the skin.) In the middle of January the S.C. chapter 100 per cent supported the Southern California Demolay banquet. February came and so did rushing. Under Rush Chairman Stan Green, the following men were pledged: Jerry Bronner, Jay Walter, Bill Van Alstyne, Dick Sharp, Dave Marble, Don Gaspard, Dick Steiner, Hank Hopkins, Al Walker, Bob Craig, Bob McClure, Neil Edwards, Evvert Hodges, and Ross Williams. Along with a date party at Carolina Pines, a stag beer bust (cokes included) was held at Ray Williams' house. Stan West of the Los Angeles Rams narrated a film about the 1951 World Champion Rams. Costume parties at S.C. are always a big ball and the "Come as a Song" blowout under Senior Dean Kirke Nelson was no exception. Ken Davis staggered off with the best costume for his "Dark Town Poker Club." Parties are not the only social event that hold S.C.'s attention. Buffet dinner exchanges with the Tri-Delts, Alpha Chis and Kappas held up our interest in the row. Future fling dings include a western costume shindig and hay ride in the beautiful Southern California moonlight and our annual spring formal Night on the Nile. The S .C. chapter recently initiated its first honorary members. Judge William R. McKay of the Los Angeles Superior Court and Wallace Jamie, General Personnel Manager of Carnation Milk were made members of the Fraternity in February. Along campus lines, the blood drive is again coming. Acacia won last semester's with 54 pints and will try to make it three times in succession. The boys with the golden tones are tuning for the annual IFC Songfest. Led by Knute Metfessel, "East of the Sun, West of the Moon" will be the Acacia entry in hopes of bringing the sweepstakes trophy back to our halls again. Acacia took second in IFC bowling and third in it's league in basketball. The athletes are now prepping for IFC track meet and softball.

Syracuse New pledges of the Syracuse Chapter are David W. Hutchings, Warren A. Lombard, Arthur L. Grissinger, Glen C. Gerhard, Richard F. Chuska, Donald W. Riedel, and 路David H. Nelson. Several major improvements have been made in the chapter house during the winter. Fluorescent lights were installed in the main lavatory, and the room was painted. One of the proposed cellar rooms was completed, a "pingpong" table and our old piano were moved in, and it is now an attractive game room. Work has been done to replace defective wiring, and a circuitbreaker panel has done away with the fuse box. One of the main study rooms was painted. Work is now in progress

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on the 路 renovation of the downstairs lavatory. Our social program helped to make the winter more enjoyable. The season started with a Christmas Formal, held jointly with our good neighbors, Alpha Sigma Phi. Following this, the chapter held its annual party for the Women of Acacia. Since the Christmas holiday, we have had several sorority coffees, and a pledge .dance. Now we are looking forward to our Spring Formal and our usual romp over the Cornell Chapter in our annual softball game at Fillmore Glen. Spring elections were held on March 30th, with Venerable Dean Ken Dewire yielding his gavel to Keith B. Johnson. The other new officers are William R. Wirth, Senior Dean; Walton G. Johnson, Junior Dean; Myron G. Leet, Secretary; Harold A. Vine, Jr., Treasurer; and Daniel B. Place, Rushing Chairman. Special congratulations go to Brother George W. Lockwood, Managing Editor of the Syracuse DaiLy Orwnge. The Daily Orange was a recent winner of the All-American Collegiate Press Award. Lockwood, a senior this year, is also president of Sigma Delta Chi, journalism honorary, and a member of Tau Theta Upsilon, senior men's honorary.

Texas Texas Acacia was indeed honored by the visit of Ed Kelly, TRIAD Editor, and Mr. John Paynter, Oklahoma, during Greek Week here at the University of Texas. Ed and Mr. Paynter held two of five seminars held on the various phases of fraternity activity. Ed Kelly submitted a new rush plan which will be used by all fraternities at U.T. next fall. Honor students are beginning to be a dime a dozen around Texas Acacia. Ross Anglin, .Venerable Dean, has just been elected to membership in Tau Beta Pi, honorary engineering fraternity. Earlier this year Ross made Chi Epsilon and during his freshman year made Phi Eta Sigma. Jack Tidwell, Senior Dean, has been elected to Phi Alpha Delta, honorary law fraternity. He also represents the school of law in the student assembly. Jack has had his finger in the political pot for some time and it is whispered that he may be in the race for Student Chief Justice. George Donaldson, fresh man law, has been initiated into Phi Alpha Delta, honorary law fraternity . We here at Texas are also proud of Ed Cogburn who was recently tapped for Chancellors, honorary law society. Kag, as he is affectionately called, has one of the highest averages in his mid-law class. Work on the chapter house is still going on. Upstairs sleeping and study rooms have been refinished. The annex, known as Timm's Hall, has also had its share of paint. The chapter house is being readied for an all-out fall rush. The Acacia Snow Ball was a big success due to the effort of Junior Dean Warren Cross. A series of informal house parties, dances, and open houses

have rounded out the social calendar. Our new Senior Dean, Pat Hicks, has also being doing a grand job.

UCLA Our chapter prepared for a big semester by pledging 12 men. The new initiates are Don Atherton, Dan Walsh, Lowell Bernard, Carl Lewis, Earl Rose, Al Sandstrum, Norman McKracken, John Koriagin, Chet Bean, Ken Carter, Larry Connell, John Lundstrom, Bob Lyons, David Moore, Aram Tootilian, and John George. Our chapter is well represented in student activities with four of our boys on the Executive Board of the UCLA Spring Sing. Lee Millard, Chairman; Ron Garabedian, Hollywood Bowl Coordinator; John George, Assistant Bowl Coordinator; and Bob Shaw, Special Assistant. All fraternities and sororities are represented in the annual Spring Sing. The Spring Sing is held in the Hollywood Bowl with an attendance of over 10,000 people. Under the capable management of our social chairman we are enjoying a full social program. Beginning with an Initiation Dance, then a double serenade acknowledging the pinning of brothers Wayne Shannon and Jim Miller to Stella Delavan and Liz Holister, both members of the Delta Zeta Sorority. During Greek Week we entertained members of Delta Gamma, Kappa Kappa Gamma, Alpha Chi Omega, and Alpha Phi Sororities to mention a few. The new officers of our chapter are Ernie Weber, Venerable Dean; Jim Anderson, Senior Dean; Jim Peila, Junior Dean; Jerry Samuelson, Secretary; John Marion, Treasurer; Jim Miller, House Manager; Herman Jay, Rush Chairman; Bob Shaw, Correspondent; Steve Hornick, Sentinel; and Skip Mays, Song Chairman.

Vermont From the Green Mountains of Vermont comes our annual Spring News. After the big decision of staying in this house next year the ramp is undergoing a revamping. The walls are being insulated and when we finish we expect to have a cozier place to snore and help keep out those March winds from whistling round our heads. We have been most fortunate in the open bidding dept. Last December we pledged Allan 路 Tyler, who later on in February with George Hansen, took first and third in our "Annual Cake Walk" the big weekend here at Vermont. They have had offers from all over the state and the near east to perform at various colleges but due to transportation problems and studies they have had to decline. This is the second big cup we have won in two years and the boys are really out to cop the Interfraternity sing and the "Peerade" this spring. Our new furniture has finally arrived and it looks great with the redecorated downstairs. w 路e have seven new pieces done in a black with gold weave. Our army man, DMS, Duane A. Valine was picked as third top man in the Vermont Regiment. He is now a Lt. Colonel

addition to our big "Night on the Nile" dance. Behind the inspirational leadership of Ron Hendry the Chapter qualified for the finals in the University's annual Song Fest. The quarter project of revamping the kitchen was successfully completed with the installation of new appliances and is a fine new addition to the house. Another project, that of rushing, was culmulated by the pledging of Ron Larsen, Tom Johnson, and Howard Hall into the expanding pledge class. Special note should be given to Hank Damus, who is returning to his duty as a naval officer, after an outstanding year of activity and interest in the chapter. "Good quarter," snapped Day. "Yeah. It'll happen again! "

Washington State Ray Millard, Chairman of the UCLA Spring Sing which is held in the Hollywood Bowl. or commonly known as Battalion Commander. Our social calendar is full until graduation come this June. We have an after Easter Informal Dance, a 1920's party, Night on the Nile, and a moonlight ride on Lake Champlain come this June.

Washington The chief of the Winter Quarter Investigating Committee, Big Ted Day who also reigns as our secretary, eyed me carefully from behind the smokey screen that enveloped his desk. My name's No Day. "Gats the facts on the quarter's workings?" Ted regurgitated. "Yeah!" I replied voluminously. "Let's have 'em den," he says. January 5, 1953, 7:45 p.m. The following men were installed into the chapter of· !ices: Venerable Dean, Burt Gowing; Senior Dean, Charles Peery; Secretary, Ted Day; Treasurer, Ben Hammans; Junior Dean, Bill Devery. Senior Stewart, Lloyde Alton and Junior Stewart, Jack McGee, also stepped into their respective offices. January 11: The Chapter was proud to honor as members the following new actives: Tom Adams, Gerald Bye, Robert Chasteen, Gerald Gould, Richard King, William Knestis, Kenneth Miller, Edwin Opstad, Duane Schwartz, and Don Swisher. Our social program was great and included a ski party, exchange with Delta Gamma Sorority, and two fine firesides in

The past few months have proven to be very eventful ones for the Washington State chapter. P erhaps the achievement of which we were the proudest was our gaining second place in scholarship among the Greek houses on the campus. Every man worked hard to help us achieve this height with freshman pledge Stewart Gloyd coming through with a 4.0 his first semester in college. Two men, Bob Schell and Kay Connolly, who is our student body president, were initiated into Phi Kappa Phi. Bob was also admitted to Alpha Zeta. This year our chapter has been very well represented in debate. Bob Willard, Mac Edwards, and Lee Williams have done an excellent job in their many tournaments. Mac took second at the St. Martins Junior Varsity Debate tournament while Bob made the second alternate team to the West Point Invitational. Bob also will represent Washington State at ·the Kalamazoo National Debate Tournament. Social functions have been very successful this year with the pledge dance prabably topping · the list. Our latest dance was a western fireside at which everyone participated in group singing and had a very enjoyable evening. At the present we are working on plans for our spring formal.

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Wisconsin Spring sports, the tempting delights of Lake Mendota, Tournament of Song, Parents Weekend and final exams. Presto, a very creditable year of Acacian history. Creditable, and very busy. With the long awaited O.K. from our Housing Corp. we began to redecorate the house. The first floor has been repainted, the floors sanded and finished, the main hall tiled. Downstairs, the dining room was painted and tile was laid on the new cement floor. We are now anxiously awaiting the new foam-flex furniture, draperies, and carpeting. A new slate of officers have been elected, and was formally installed April . 6. Several of our alwnni were present for the ceremonies. The new officers are V.D., Dale L. Reistad; S.D., John Ellis; J.D., Robert Bell; Secy., Richard Massey; Treas., Jerry Schachtschneider; Pledge Trainer, Forrest Davis, and Alumni Correspondent, John W allschlaeger. Our IF representative, Richard Creager has been elected Vice President of IF Council. The spring IF Pledge Presidents Ball was a huge success with Aacacia's Don Fry serving as General Chairman . Dick Fjeldheim is our Haresfoot man in this years show "Red, Hot, and Blue." The high spot of this semester will be the festivities on May 23-24. Parents weekend and Founders Day will be combined in the first big show-off of our "new" home. This is a "must" for all alumni and parents. A newsletter, with details, is being prepared. The two main social functions of the semester are still to take place.

The participants, the act, and the 1st and 3rd place trophi es won by Vermont in the Annual "Cake Walk."

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Richard P. McGrath, Colo. A . & M. '50, to Miss Betty J. Mayhew, in Fort Collins, Colo. E. Stanley Grafton,EvansviHe ' 51, to Miss Darlene A. Besing, December 25. William Schlimmer, Indiana '49, to Miss Mary Jo Walbring, February 7, in Osgood, Ind. Robert Ware, Indiana '52, to Miss Patricia Dunigan, December 20, in Jndianapolis. William Schell, Kansas '51, to Miss Barbara Fowler, in Amarillo, Tex. Clyde Williams, Kansas '50, to Miss Patricia McPherson, February 15, in Olathe, Kans. Richard H. Haffner, Miami '51 , to Miss Jane A. Curtis, February 7, in Oxford, Ohio. Robert A . Holloway, Miami '50, to Miss Barbara Poysell, December 28, in Ft. Pierce, Fla. Donald L. Horton, Miami '50, to Miss Kathryn A . Bahl, December 28, in Smithville, Ohio. Langdon L. Leighton, Miami '51 , to Miss Marcia Ellison, March 28, in Middletown, Ohio.

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Arnold Red, Minn. '51, to Miss Carol M. Mattfeld, December 20, in Glenco, Minn. James Pohtilla, Minn. '50, to Miss Nancy Jo Jenkins, February 14, in Hibbing, Minn. Donald A . Branham, Missouri '52, to Miss Ada Mae Ward, April 5, in Trenton, Mo. Kenneth Blancett, Okla. '51, to Miss Iris Ferguson, April 3, in Ponca City, Okla. Dean Piersall, Okla. A. & M . '52, to Miss Peggy Royce. Harold S. Maddix, Rens. '49, to Miss Sylvia Becker, March 29, in West Roxbury, Mass. Don Alworth, So. Cal. '51, to Miss Joan Pehl. Dave Davis, So. Cal. '51, to Miss Ruth Gibbs. Jack Lindgren, So. Cal. '50, to Miss Diane Howe. Joseph Jackson, Texas '50, to Miss Nelda McClure, April 11, in Abilene, Texas. Henry H . Moore, Texas '50, to Miss Joan Rugeley, in Austin. William Lynn, UCLA '50, to Miss Jane Trieber, February 28, in Los Angeles. Charles Pierson, UCLA '51, to Miss Lois Welch, February 28, in Bakersfield, Calif.

James Falk, Wash. S t. '50, to Miss Ann Trombetto. George Livie, Wash. S t. '51, to Miss Evelyn Wahl, in Concrete, Wash.

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sity's Interfraternity Council, as he served several terms at that post. In extracurricular activities, Gene was a member of Phi Alpha Delta, an honorary law fraternity, and served as president of that organization for one term. He was a member of the U. of A. Foren· sic Society and a member of the university's varsity debate team. He is a Master Mason, and his most outstanding work outside of the fraternity is in DeMo lay. Worsham was highly instrumental in the reorganization of the Fayetteville chapter, Order of DeMolay, in November of 1952. For his work and help in getting this chapter on its feet after many years of dormancy, he was awa rded the first DeMolay Legion in Arkansas in 48 years. He is a Past Master Councilor and served in that position while he was a member of the Russellville chapter of DeMolay. (The Ohio State Chapter has no graduating seniors and thus did not nominate an " Outstanding Senior." No articLe was received fmm Ohio 01· P enn State Chapters.)

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UNDERGRADUATE CHAPTERS- OFFICERS AND LOCATION OF CHAPTER HOUSES ARJZONA-819 E. 3rd St., Tucson, Ariz. Venerable Dean-James N . Warkomski. Secretary-Robert L . Gre~ly. Correspondent-John Ga rrett. Chapter Adviser-Dona ld C. W11lms, 1146 E . lOth St.. Tucson. ARKANSAS-340 Arkansas Ave ., Fayetteville, Ark. Venerable DeanJames w. King. Secretary-Thomas R. Trahm. CorrespondentRaymond Shaw. Chapter Advi ser-to be elected. CALIFORNIA-2340 Piedmont Ave .. Berkeley 4, Calif. Venerable Dean - Earl G . Rickers. Secretary-Malvin R. Zirker, Jr. CorrespondentJohn Loring. Chapter Adviser-Adolph Weber, 25 Wh1tmore Pl., Oakland 11 . CINCINNATI-2617 University Ct., Cincinnati 19, Ohio. Venerable Dean-John A. Green. Secretary-Charles V . George. CorrespondentEugene P . Kilb. Chapter Adviser-George F . P atterson, Jr. , Office of the Attorney General. Columbus 15, Ohio. COLORAD0-955 Broadway, Boulder. Colorado . Venerable DeanDonald Jones. Secretary-Donald W . Whisler. Correspondent-Thomas D . Hill. Chapter Adviser--John A . Lunsford, 800 Gra nt Pl. , Boulder. COLORADO A & M-621 Remington , Ft. Collins, Colo. Venerable D ean-Wayne Smith. Secretary-James Meister. CorrespondentThomas J. P atrick. Chapter Adviser-Chester A. Bennett. Box 305 , F t . Collins. CORNELL-318 Highland Rd., Ithaca, N . Y. Venerable Dean-Ira C. E. Youngdahl. Secretary-Ernest L . Mathews, Jr. Correspondent-Frank F . Tetz. Chapter Advi ser-Prof. Wilbur E. Meserve, 504 Thurston Ave ., Ithaca. DENVE&--2300 S. H igh St., Denver 10, Colo . Venerable Dean-Alex B. Campbell. Secreta r y-Alan L . Means. Correspondent-Ross Grenard. Chapter Adviser-Robert Rhode, 2686 S . York St., Denver . EVANSVILLE-1717 Lincoln Ave. , Evansville, Ind . Venerable DeanS, muel "!.. Lauh<ch er. Secretary- Joseph Kirk. CorrespondentWilliam Adkins. Chapter Adviser-Dr. Norman 0 . Long, 3315 Washjngton Ave., ~vansvu.t:: . FRANKLIN (University of Pennsylvania)-3907 Spruce St., Philadelphia 4, P a . Venerable Dean- Hugh H . Annett . Secretary-John B . Brackbill. Correspondent- Bernard C. Cross. Chapter Adviser-Carl Preston Frank, 521 W. Center St., Woodbury, N. J . GEORGE WASHINGTON-2022 G St., N.W. , Washington 9, D . C. Venerable Dean- John Ly tle . Secreta ry-Donald Bridges. Correspond ent-P aul G . Chenault. Chapter Adviser-George W. Spangler, 1601 Argonne Pl. , N .W., W ashington 9, D . C. ILLINOIS-501 E . Daniel , Champa ign, Ill . Venerable Dean-Don D. Mueller. Secretary-Don K. H anes. Correspondent -Rolf A . Cederwall . Chapter Adviser-John C. Spitler , 807 W. Vermont, Urbana, Ill . INDIANA-702 E. Thir d St.. Bloomington , Ind . Venerable DeanJoseph Shroyer. Secretary-Donald Gentry. Correspondent- Richa rd Routh. Chapter Adviser-Tom E . Warring, 525 S. Jordan Ave., Bloomington. IOWA-946 Iowa Ave ., Iowa City , Iowa. Venerable Dean-Roger W. P earson . Secretary-Edward R . Ahlquist. Correspondent-Nick G . P apadak es. Chapter Adviser-Dr. F . S . Beebee, 400 Brookland Pl., Iowa City.

NEBRASKA-334 N . 13th St .. Lincoln, Nebr . Venerable Dean-James D . Collins, Jr. Secreta ry-Neal Pohlman. Correspondent-Howell Boyd . Chapter Adviser-William C. Hastings, 4630 Sumner , Lincoln 6. NEW HAMPSIDRE-10 - 12 Mill Rd ., Durham, N. H. Venerable DeanPaul R . Oeser. Secreta ry-Leslie G. Kimball, Jr. CorrespondentWilliam H . Capenter. Chapter Adviser-Robert C. Bradley, Kingston, N . Hamp . NORTHWESTERN-550 Lincoln St., Evanston. Ill . Venerable DeanRieha rd D. Poppe!. Secretary--John J. Schang. Correspondent-Jack Prost. Chapter Adviser-Roy C. Clark, 7005 N . Clark St., Chicago 26, Ill. OHI0-101 University Terrace, Athens, Ohio. Venerable Dean-Horace R. Collins. Secretary-William N . Bickel. Correspondent-John Hannen . Chapter Advisers-Prof. C. R. Kinison; Dean E. J. Taylor ; College of Applied Science, Ohio Univ., Athens. OHIO STATE-1835 Indianola Ave ., Columbus, Ohio . Venerable Dean -Vaughn E . Hill , Jr. Secretary-Tyge E . Irskens. CorrespondentMyron L . Cordrey . Chapter Adviser-Dr. J ames D. Grossman, 1700 Guilford Rd., Columbus . OKLAHOMA- 544 Elm St., Norman, Okla . Venerable Dean-James E . Swa in . Secretary-Jerry B . Kirkpatrick . Correspondent-Leonard D alquest. Chapter Adviser-John W . Dunn, 1400 Garfield , Norman . OKLAHOMA A & M-1215 College Ave. , Stillwater, Okla. Venerable Dea n-Charles E. Durrett. Secretary-Rona ld D . Jones. Correspondent -Dawson Nail . Chapter Adviser-John E. Lothers, 116 S . Redwood Dr. , Stillwater. OREGON STATE-2332 Monroe St., Corvallis, Oregon. Venerable Dean -James V . Lacy . Secretary-Dona ld C. Davis. Correspondent-William H . Rose. Chapter Adviser-Delmer M . Goode, 225 N. 31st St. , Corvallis. PENN STATE-Locust L ane & Foster Ave., State College , P a. Venerable Dean-William L. Brubaker. Secretary-William M. Alden. Correspondent-William L . Kilmer. Chapter Adviser-William S. Dye, III, 212 E. McCormick Ave. , State College. PURDUE-427 State St., West Lafayette, Ind . Venerable Dean-James R . Golan. Secretary-Ernest W. Scheerer, Jr. Correspondent-James G. Graham . Chapter Adviser-W. A. Knapp, 1305 Ravinia Rd ., West Lafayette. RENSSELAER- 1932 Fifth Ave ., Troy, N . Y . Venerable Dean-William E. Howard , Ill. Secretary-Edwin A . Weaver. Correspondent-Arthur Corte. Chapter Adviser-Scott Mackay, 2115 Burdett Ave., Troy, N. Y . SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA-SOl W. 28th St. , Los Angeles 7, Calif. Venerable Dean-Harley Hartman . Secretary-Richard Stewa rt. Correspondent- Carroll Hylton. Chapter Adviser-Harvey R. Amos, 7110 Middleton St ., Apt. 14, Huntington P ark, Calif. SYRACUSE-807 Walnut Ave., Syracuse, N . Y . Venerable DeanKenneth S. Dewire . Secretary-Lockhart M . Russell. Correspondent -Winsor A . Lott. Chapter Adviser-E . E. Enos, 1111 Euclid Ave., Syra cuse 10. TEXAS-2614 Rio Grande St. , Austin, Texas. Venerable Dean--Jack Q . Tidwell . Secretary-Franklin D . Crutchfield. Correspondent-James F . Rogers. Chapter Adviser-William B . Clark, 6202 Shoa l Creek Blvd., Austin .

IOWA STATE-142 Gray Ave. , Amee, Iowa. Venerable Dean-Robert M. Livin. Secretary-Hugo E . Mayer. Jr. Correspondent-Kenneth A . Porter . Chapter Adviser-Dr. Darrel S . Metcalfe, 111 N . Russell , Ames. KANSAS-1225 Oread, Lawrence, Kans. Venerable Dean-Muryl Laman. Secretary-Stanley W . Hamilton . Correspondent- Bernard Jones. Chapter Adviser-Max Fessler, 2035 Ohio St., Lawrence. KANSAS STATE-340 N . 16th St., Manhattan, K an s. Venerable Dean - George A . Nelson. Secretary-Samuel J . Hundley. CorrespondentDona ld D . Brown. Chapter Adviser-Loren E . Whipps, 511 N. 17th St. , Manhattan . MIAMI-101 E . Collins St. , Oxford, Ohio . Venera ble Dea n-Rikki Rutledge. Secretary-Ralph Kah. Correspondent-Richard Lotz. Chapter Adviser-Nolan G. Crawford , 110 Oberlin Court, Oxford. MICIDGAN- 1923 Geddes Ave., Ann Arbor, Mich. Venera ble DeanHerbert P. Wagner. Secretary-Neil F . Letts. Correspond ent-Stanley Wynn. Chapter Adviser, Marland B. Small, 4501 Administration Bldg. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. '

WASHINGTON STATE-1607 Ruby St., Pullman, Wash. Venerable Dean-Robert E . Willard . Secretary-Lee B . Williams. Correspondent -Robert Willard. Chapter Adviser-Richard J . H ampton, C.S. Box 742, Pullman.

MINNESOTA-1206 Fifth St., S .E ., Minneapolis 14, Minn . Venera ble Dean-Ronald W P ontinen. Secretary-G. Thomas Sawyer. Correspondent-J. Bruce Kellett. Chapter Adviser-Dale W. Amundson 1206 Fifth St., S.E ., Minneapolis 14. '

WISCONSIN- 112 Langdon St., Madison, Wis. Venerable Dean-Dale L . Reistad. Secretary-Richard Massey. Correspondent--John Wallschlaeger. Chapter Adviser-John A . Fitschen, 3420 Viburnum Dr., Madison, Wis.

MISSOURI-713 Gentry St., Columbia , Missouri. Venera ble DeanDaVJd L . Beem. Secretary-Charles H . Bobo. Correspondent-Charles ~~-Bobo . Chapter Adv1ser-Theodore E. D avis, 818 Ridgeway, Colum-

WYOMING-812 University Ave ., Laramie, Wyo . Venerable DeanFloyd D . Harnage!. Secretary-Melvin Schneiderman. CorrespondentEdwa rd Kinion . Chapter Adviser-Raymond A . Morgan , 1706 Ga rfield, Laramie, Wyo.

U.C.L.A.- 916 Hilgard Ave ., Los Angeles 24, Calif. Venerable DeanErnest Weber. Secretary-Gerald Samuelson. Correspondent-Robert Shaw. Chapter Adviser-Dr. Frank H. Reinsch, 1322 N . Gardner St., Los Angeles 46. VERMONT-305 Maple St., Burlington, Vt. Venerable D ean-Robert C. Stetson. Secretary-Albert G. Story. Correspondent-James H. Jenney. Chapter Adviser-George Cronk, 204 S. Union St., Burlington. WASHINGTON- 5004 Seventeenth Ave., N.E., Seattle 5, Wash. Venera ble Dean- Burton R. Gowing. Secretary-J . Edward Day. Correspondent-J. Edward Day. Chapter Adviser-John S . Richards, 12727 8th Ave. , N.E., Seattle 55.