OF ACACIA FRATERNITY
A scene from Texas Chapter's First Place fraternity show du ring the annual Varsity Carnival.
Becky Denton reigned over the annual Acacia Sweetheart Ball of the Oregon State chapter. Sweetheart Becky was the Oregon Easter Seal girl last year.
ALWAYS ACTIVE LEFT: Brother Ralph Yarbo. rough, U.S. Senator from addresses Texas Texas, Chapter's Founder's Day Banquet.
BELOW: Arizona Chapter's proposed house to be ready for occupancy next fall.
LEFT: Justice George Malco lm, Founder of Acacia , with Mrs. P. M. Brandt, widow of first Chapter Adviser of the Oregon State Chapter, pose before the Western Regional Banquet.
l A WORD I TO NEW PLEDGES I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate all the new Acacia pledges. I know that both you and your chapter are proud of your choice. During your probationary period of pledgeship, I hope that you will find your active chapter's program which they have planned for you to be constructive, educational and enjoyable. Pledgeship in Acacia is not easy. It requires a lot of work, but all go!ls and aims of , life that are worthwhile require work. As a president of a leading university has said, "All men who are interested in becoming fraternity men should be prepared to discipline themselves to a more rigorous standard of conduct both scholastically and socially." Therefore, if any of you have the \ idea that pledgeship is an easy period, I would suggest that you evaluate once again your goals in life remembering an adage of Acacia, "Unto who much is given, of him shall much be required." Past and present Acacians realize the benefits of fraternity life. It is ' due to the benefits which they have gained from their fraternity experience that, even after pledgeship, they have been willing to contribute unselfishly both their time and talent in maintaining Acacia so that future college men may have the opportunity to gain the additional educational values of fraternity life. During pledgeship your pledge class will be expected to work as a team and to develop loyalties to each other. You will be expected in times of trouble to help each other in solving individual as well as group problems. You will want to confide in your big brother with any problems that you are having during pledgeship in order that he may help you to become a better Acacian. Fraternity life can do much for a man seeking self improvement. Best of luck to all of you. I know that you are going to have an enjoyable time in the pledgeship period which you are in. It is your personal attitude toward this probationary period that will make your fraternity life a rich experience.
COVER The Official Acacia Flag adopted by the 1956 Conclave.
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OF
ACACIA
VOLUME LV
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FRATERNITY~~~ NUMBER 1
AUTUMN 1959
ROBERT E. JEPSON, EDITOR 1569 SHERMAN AVE.
EVANSTON, ILLINOIS
TABLE OF CONTENTS A Word to New Pledges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Acacians Assemble for Regional Conferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 The Strongest Tree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 What Became of . . . .... . .. . ......... . .......................... 6 Developing Men and Ideas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Grade Fever .. .. ... . .. .. .. ...... .. ... .... . .. . . . ... .... ... ... . .. 10 Acacians the World Over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ......... 12 The Chapter Connubial .. .. . .. . .. ........... . . .. . ... . . .. ..... ... 15 Founder Hawkins Dies ....... . .................................. 16
Entered as second-class matter at the post office in Nashville, Tennessee. Fifty cents per copy, $15.00 for life in the United States and Canada. Seventy-five cents per copy elsewhere. Published quarterly at The Benson Printing Company, 136 Fourth Avenue North, Nashville 3, Tennessee, for the Acacia Fraternity, a college social fraternity, founded at the University of Michigan on May 12, 1904. Acacia is a charter member of the National Interfraternity Conference. Notice of Change of Address (Form 3579) should be sent to Acacia F~temity Headquarters, 1569 Sherman Ave., Evanston, lli. Subscription orders, photographs, copy, and correspondence of a business nature should be sent to Acacia Fraternity Headquarters, 1569 Sherman Avenue, Evanston, Dlinois. ,1,
Delegates of the Eastern Regional assembled.
ACACIANS ASSEM PENN.
STATE,
KANSAS
By JOHN W . KOLBE
Brother Joe Grimsley, President of the Kansas City Alumni Ass'n., serving as Master of Ceremonies for the Midwestern banquet. Seated to the left is Wes Santee, famed miler.
Advisers have fun at regi o nals too!
It happens every swnmer. L ike the t r ees getting green and the birds flying' north, people get out and get together. While many of their contemporaries cultivate a tan on sandy beaches, Acacians get together for a few days of brotherly living and valuable learning. Every two years, in the even-numbered ones, Acasians assemble for a N ational Conclave. In the other years, they break into smaller groups on a geographical basis for regional conferences to talk fraternity, and have some fun while th ey're at it! This being an odd year, three college campuses played host to a round of meeting's, problem sessions, discussion periods, late-night buss sessions, and purely recreational outings late in the summer. The Acacia chapters located at Oregon State University, Kansas University and at P enn State University hosted the Western, Midwestern, and Eastem Reg'ional Conferences this year. Over two hundred delegates and guests attended the various conferences. Westerners at Corvallis were herded in the right direction by Harvey Amos, National Vice President of Acacia, who keynoted the western conference. He urged concentrated effort this year on rushing as it was the most urgent problem facing all the western chapters. The midwestern conference was set into action by the keynote address of Marvin Logan, President of Chicago Sales, Inc. Brother Logan pointed out, "The strength of the wolf is in the pack and the strength of the pack is in the wolf."
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Midwestern delegates gather for the record.
R REGIONAL
CONFERENCES
GON STATE CHAPTERS PLAY HOSTS
Roger "Rod" Pearson, former field secretary, opened the eastern sessions in fine o¡r der at Penn State by telling those leaders present to keep the best interests of the Fraternity in mind when considering proposals before them. The theme of the ensuing days consisted of three major topics for discussion. They were Leadership, Rushing and Pledge Training. These three areas were discusSed at each of the three regional conferences as coordinated by the National Headquarters staff. A new method for discussing the areas appeared on the scene this year under the name of "brainstorming." This replaced the traditional panel of men leading the group in an organized discussion of the pros and cons of the various aspects of an issue. Instead, the entire group assembled for a few generalizations from a leader, and then broke into small groups where the ideas session took place. "Brainstorming" is nothing more than throwing out ideas, or fragments of ideas, on a given subject. There were 35 or 40 questions prepared on each of the three areas of discussion. The informal meeting is opened by a group leader who simply reads the question and keeps a semblance of order over the proceedings. Whatever comes to mind emerges vocally and is written down by a group secretary. No negative comments tending to discourage a healthy flow of all kinds of ideas are allowed in the sessions. Positive comments on how something could be achieved or bettered rather than an analysis of the bad points of a given idea are the concrete results. What appeared at the time to be nothing more AUTUMN, 1959
than mass confusion was put on paper. The results were later discussed to determine methods of application on the local level. Upon completion of the conferences the many ideas were sent into the Na~ tional Headquarters for consolidation and then distributed to the chapters for their reference throughout the school year. The conferences were not limited to the three areas listed above as several more minor areas were discussed. The role of the Pythagorean, national interchapter bulletin, was discussed with emphasis being placed on it as a vehicle for the exchange of ideas and accomplishments among chapters. It was also noted that a wide variance of inter-chapter policies existed among different chapters. It was found a road to solving the problem lies in more positive action by the local chapters to assemble with nearby chapters to discuss problem areas and solutions used by others. The resolutions and "Good of the Fraternity" reports adopted by the conferences proved to be a sounding board for many of the things which were on the minds of those present. Additional problems were aired on a general level in addition to numerous votes of thanks and appreciation accorded the many people who helped make the conferences such big successes. "All work and no play" doesn 't indicate an Acacian-a member of a social fraternity- so Acacians didn't neglect the social angle. The late summer weather lent itself well to picnics and outings and an atmosphere of general relaxation. Group singing filled much of the time with Acacia songs. And that 3
Let's analyze our pedge training.
integral part of any convention, late night bull sessions, added to the pleasure gained as well as contributed a definite part to the educational side of the activities. Awards, another inevitable item, were presented to several chapters. Iowa State Chapter was awarded the National Scholarship Achievement Award which is awarded annually to the chapter with the highest scholastic average. The Walter E. Dahl Scholarship Improvement Trophy traveled to the Wyoming Chapter for their excellence in scholarship improvement. Regional Attendance Awards were presented to Purdue, Louisiana State and Southern California Chapters for having the largest delegations at the Eastern, Midwestern, and Western Conferences respectively. All good things come to an end, however, and Acacians listened intently on their last night at the conference to main speakers who bid them farewell after offering some serious fraternal talk and sound advice. Justice George A. Malcolm, one of Acacia's fourteen founders, related the story of the influence of Masonry and Acacia in countries in the far east, the Philippine Islands in particular. Brother Malcolm, a distinguished lawyer who has taught most Philippine presidents and legislators their law and who has served as Chief Justice of the Philippines, illustrated by noting that Acacians William Howard Taft had served as the first governor of the islands and that Paul McNutt served as first ambassador to the island. Founder George A. Malcolm giving the address at the banquet for the Western Regional.
National Treasurer George Patterson says, "Pledges are hard to come by these days."
At the midwestern conference, Jack Shelley, radio and TV news director for station WHO, Des Moines, sounded a familiar, but appropriate, note when he called for stronger leadership in the chapter. He noted the importance of rushing and where its emphasis should lie. "Fraternities," he said, "are not competing in real estate. They have something much greater to sell rushees." He also called for more effective programs of pledge training designed primarily for preparation in leadership. The Fraternity's National Treasurer, George_ F. Patterson, Jr., broke down the creed of Acacia and analyzed its meaning. Phrase by phrase he pointed out that it can, and does, have a real and practical value to modern Acacians who choose to heed its advice. And so, fo¡r another year, Acacians closed up shop and returned to their chapter houses across the land. They had learned a lot and had fun in the process. They had met brothers and made friends. They had absorbed ideas and helped pass them on to others. They had served in the best traditions of the Fraternity, and yet, they had only begun their responsibilities for when they returned home the challenge of putting new ideas into practice would be upon them. So, like the leaves turn brown and the birds fly south in the fall, the brothers returned home. All they had left to do was to give light to those with whom they may be associated as they travel along life's pathway. Field Secretary Norman Saatjian presenting attendance award to Joe Cork, Purdue, at the Eastern Regional.
THE
STRONGEST TREE by JIM DAVENPORT
(Jim was a warded the " OUTSTANDING PLEDGE" Trophy at t h e O regon State Ch a p ter Last Ye a r)
Six months ago I was pledged to Acacia Fraternity. Little did I know that this incident would make an almost complete change in my life-not my physical life so much, but my spiritual life and my philosophy of life. After living here this short time, I know now that the ideals of Acacia are the highest and finest. The teaching's of the A cacia Fraternity deserve credit-high credit! Acacia is the name of a strong, rugged, weatherwithstanding tree. Acacia also is the name of my Fraternity, a strong Fraternity. Its leaves are actives, inevitably graduating from college, but their departure from the physical plant is of little significance. They are still just as interested in Acacia and believe just as much in Acacia's ideals as they ever did and probably more. They fertilize the fraternity through the years to make it g'row bigger and stronger. Each year more leaves are added to the tree and each year new seeds pop up to form new chapters. The war damaged our Fraternity, but its life never died within the hearts and minds of its members. After the war chapters sprouted up all over again and the trees in the Acacia forest began multiplying ~UTUMN,
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through help of members, alumni and faculty. We're adding new leaves to our tree in the way of actives all the time. This makes necessary a bigger and stronger tree to hold all of them. Acacia Fraternity with its high ideals and true brotherhood will g'row bigger and stronger! I hope to become a leaf on the Acacia tree soon. I will try to supply food to the tree .by my application in scholarship, which is one purpose of Acacia, and through participation in student activities which will benefit my fraternity and its members. Most of all, I will earnestly try to practice brotherhood and to help others to see the way. The word "fraternity" means brotherhood. Our life goal has been said to be "Human Service," Acacia's motto. Thoughtful consideration and true appreciation fo,r others will keep the leaves on our tree alive. To omit these practices would be like taking an axe to our beloved tree. I know it will stand for years to come and I want to be able to say to myself when my life is at its end, "I HELPED THE ACACIA TREE TO GROW ~IGGER AND STRONGER." 5
WHAT BECAME OF
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You have probably wondered from time to time what some of the past Traveling Secretaries are doing now or where they ar.e living. S o, let's see ...
JACK ERWIN Jack Erwin was Acacia's first traveling secretary having graduated in 1940 and began traveling in 1941. The war years came along which brought most all fraternity operations to a stand still with little need for fratemity workers. Jack became director of public relations fo·r the National Restaurant Association and later became executive director of the Northwestem University Alumni Association. In the spring of 1954, he moved to Miami Beach to become registrar of the Surf Club and a year later became an administrative executive of the Fontainebleu Hotel in Miami Beach. Jack was in an automobile accident last Christmas eve and has been laid up on an indefinite leave of absence not knowing just when he will be retuming to work. Our best regards to you Jack, and best wishes for your continued recovery.
ROD PEARSON Since leaving the Fratemity in June of 1958, Rod has followed the footsteps of two notorious Iowa Acacians, W amer Martin and Ted Schnormeier in joining the sales force of Curtis Companies Incorporated, Clinton, Iowa, manufacturers of woodwork. His travels now are confined to the Philadelphia area, Southem New Jersey and Delaware. Rod reports that he sold his big white Olds in order to afford a 1959 model wife named Nancy. Rod and Nancy are living in West Chester, Pennsylvania-715 South Wayne and he emphasizes that their house has plenty of room, is only a few minutes from the Tumpike and that Nancy is a good cook. Any traveling Acacian would be most welcome. 6
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TOM COX Packing up his many Army uniforms along with his southern accent Tom began paying a visit with Uncle Sam in February, 1958. However, there was one consolation-he was given the opportunity to serve part of his time in one of the states which was not too far from Louisiana. He was assigned to the Headquarters of the United States Army Training Center at Fort Chaffee, Arkansas. Later this summer (August) he was to leave for duty overseas in Germany. Best of luck to you over in Europe, Tom.
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DUD JOHNSON Dud, his wife, Mary Ann and two children are now living in Los Angeles. Upon leaving the Fraternity, Dud tried banking for a year and found his interests to lie elsewhere. He became Fraternity Adviser at the University of Southern California and later Student Activities Adviser while continuing with his education. While contributing much to the student scene at USC, others learned of his many varied talents and recently the Red Cross Organization pursuaded him to become the Educational Adviser for the Los Angeles Chapter. While living in the Los Angeles area, Dud has remained active in the Fraternity concentrating his efforts with the three chapters in that area.
JAY HUMBURG After leaving the Fraternity, Dr. Jay worked with another good Acacian, Dr. Robert B. Miller, in Warrensburg, Missouri before accepting his present position. He is now an instructor in Large Animal Surgery and Medicine at the School of Veterinary Medicine, Alabama Polytech in Auburn, Alabama. While working, Jay is continuing his education working towards a masters degree in Surgery and Medicine and Physiology. Eventually he plans to go into private practice. Even while in a professional school, Jay found time to make the most of his fraternity experience and has contributed a lot to Acacia.
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7
DEVELOPING MEN
AND
IDEAS
A Reportorial summary of an address given by Dr. G. Leland Bach, De.an of the Graooate School of Industrial Administration, Carnegie Institute of Technology at the N.ational Convention Banquet of Omicron Delta Kappa. (Reprinted from "The CIRCLE of Omicron Delta Kappa")
As part of the general convention theme of striving for excellence, Dean Bach reported the results of an extensive survey of top business executives on the qualities that they think are the most important in selecting young men who will move to the top in modern industry. Dean Bach began his talk by predicting that twenty years from now, probably two-thirds of the senior OLJK college men present would not be doing what they plan to do today. His second prediction was that over half of the men, probably at least twothirds, will be in some phase of management, whether or not they plan to be there today. To explain these predictions, he argued that the cream of the crop among college men tend to be pulled strongly toward managerial responsibilities in modern business and industry, whatever their early intentions. Management talent is scarce, and men who show real ability for leadership find higher salaries and greater challenge in managerial jobs as they move up, in a large portion of cases. Dean Bach's third prediction was that now some two-thirds of the group will be in the salary range of $15,000-$25,000. He pointed out that partly these high figures will come about through the growth of the economy, which will mean that average incomes will move up rapidly over the two decades ahead. But partly the prediction rests on the assumption that leaders in OLJK will move rapidly toward the top. Lastly, he predicted there would be a considerable correlation between the men in this high income group and those with significant managerial responsibilities. Thus, he said, it might be interesting to know something of an extensive survey that Carnegie Tech's Graduate School of Industrial Administration has made of the qualities that top businessmen generally feel are most important in selecting those men who will move ahead rapidly up the management ladder. 8
The first conclusion reported was a negative one. Dean Bach reported that top business executives were comparatively little interested in just how much and what college graduates learned in the way of techniques and information during their four college years. By the time a man is a few years out of school he is pudged on what he can do then, not on the details of what he knew when he left college. By the time he gets up to be considered for a vice-presidency, little attention is paid to the details of his college work and to the particular subject matter area in which he took his degree. On the positive side, Dean Bach stressed that the way you use your mind and use your personal qualities are of major importance, and continue to be of major importance as you move up in industry. It helps to have an I.Q. of 140, a highly retentive memory, and a sparkling smile--but experience makes it clear over and over that these alone will not do the job. What, then, are the qualities that turn up most frequently in lists of successful top managers as they look for those selected men who have a reasonable chance of being their successors? Dean Bach listed eight, which he said had turned up very frequently in conversations with business leaders in a wide variety of concerns. 1. Drive-hard work. The characteristic that showed up most frequently and was stressed most was drive--hard work and the ability to push something through to a conclusion. 2. Willingness to assume responsibility. The next most common quality was willingness to assume responsibility. This means not merely willingness to say, "I'll do it," but also to get busy and do it after saying you will. There is a big di.fference between the word and the deed, and managers quickly come to learn the di.fference. 3. Ability to work well with others. To no one's surprise, this was one of the most commonly mentioned. valuable traits. This does not necessarily
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mean being a "nice guy." It does mean what it says -the ability to get along with others, to communicate your ideas effectively, and to be able to fit in as an employee, a co-worker, and a boss. Good written communication for your ideas seems to be an extremely important part of this quality. It's no use to have good ideas if you can't sell them. 4. Adaptability and flexibility. Top management is impressed with how fast the world chang'es and how different the problems are that come up for solution from day to day and week to week. Thus they place great stress on the man who can take on new and different problems as they arise, rather than merely trying to "strut his stuff." Since the world will change more rapidly in the future than it has in the past, this is a quality of major importance. 5. Good problem-solving ,a bility. This is closely related to number 4. It is the ability to think systematically and rationally about all kinds of problems as they come up, rather than guessing, having a hunch, or having an emotional reaction to a situation. Hunch and "seat of the pants" judgments are still important in the industrial world, but careful rational analysis is increasingly coming to replace them. 6. Bre.a dth and irmagination. This means to top manag'ers the ability to see the whole problem, cutting across the whole company, rather than seeing only your own specialty or rut. It means equally the ability to see the changing world in which business lives and operates. It means imagination to sense what is new and important in a changing environment. 7. Ch.a:nacter, and personal honesty and integrity. This was on every list, though in different words and at diffeTent places. These things are hard to pin down, but they are of major importance on the job when the selection is made for the man who moves up. 8. Ability to keep on learning for yourself. In a world of rapid change, any g'ood educator knows that there is only a tiny fraction that he can teach in four years of what the man will need to know for the next twenty years. Indeed, good education shies away from cramming a man's head full of facts and puts primary emphasis on how to think well about problems and how to get the information you need when you don't have it. We don't know today most of what you will need to know to be a top executive a quarter of a century hence. So the big job will be for you to leam it for yourself as you go out from school. Dean Bach pointed out that this list did not include reference to the importance of knowledge of accounting, marketing, or finance, or other subject matter of functional fields of business. It is indeed useful to have this information, he stressed, but not nearly as important as the qualities indicated above. Detailed subject matter knowledge may be very helpful in the early days on the job, but that's not AUTUM N, 19 5 9
what pays off fOT the vice-presidency or presidency, twenty years hence. You people are mainly seniors, successful seniors -only a month or two away from graduation, he said. Perhaps it is too late to be telling you these thing's. Perhaps I should have said them to you four years ago, or to your faculties. But in fact, commencement is really just that-commencement. Because what I'm saying is that what you have done in college won't really matter very much ten years from now, and what you do on the job after you leave college will matter enormously as to whether you are one of the successful few. Looking ahead, it may be worth your while, Dean Bach suggested, to stop during .these last few busy weeks of your college career and try to organize what you should have learned from college. Then you will have a framework for asking what you really should be focussing' on as you continue to leam on your own away from college and away from professors who tell you what chapter to read to solve what problem. In the Graduate School of Industrial Administration at Camegie Tech, he said, ten years of focus on this problem have lead to agreement on six major goals for the student, resting on the analysis presented above. 1. A solid, rational, analytical and orderly way of solving problems-wherever they arise and in whatev.e r field they must be faced. You have no way of knowing what will be the main problems you will have to face in your lives, so you can't get the answers out of college. But you can develop a careful, rational way of going about solving problems. Maybe hunch will do the job for you, but you'd better not bet on it. In a changing world, this skill is peThaps the most important of all. 2. A small, thoroughly understood analytical tJool kit for helping to analyze these p11oblems Y,QIU will f,ace . Merely having an orderly way of going about problem solving isn't enough. You need some analytical tools-some concepts and fundamental principles-to help you. You will never remember ten years out most of the things you are reading in your textbooks today. But you can put primary stress on learning and understanding thoroughly a few fundamental thing's. These are the tools of general usefulness and the basis for tackling changing problems. If you have had good teachers, they will have stressed these fundamentals, and the details will have faded into the background. If you have had bad teachers, it's up to you to get the stress on fundamentals brought to the fore. Don't cram yovr minds with transient facts. Understand thoroughly the fundamentals of the fields you work in. 3. Ability to Learn for yourself fr.o m ¡everything yQIU do-selective receptivity to new ideas and new w.a ys of doing things. The central problem you face will be continuing to leam for yourself in a chang'ing world. A good college education will have built in a large amount of this ability. It will have (Continued on page 15) 9
FEVER
GRADE L.
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KNAPPI SR.
National Sch olarship Chairma n
Each and every day of the year youth throughout America and the world are fighting to catch grade fever, an insidious disease which each and every one of us must contract in varying degrees of infection if we are to compete in today's world of competition. Presently for students it is a striving attempt to find satisfactory performance necessary to achieve the goals of graduation. However, the greater effect of this infection is the establishment while in college of the drive and desire for future progress once one leaves school. Your grade fever infe·c tion will not be measured totally by your grades on a report card, but by your contributions to your family, society, and fellow man. Acacia, even though it has a heritage to be envied by many another fraternal group, lives because of the active men on each campus. The enthusiasm, scholarship, vigor, fun and prestige can either be inhanced or degraded by each and every one's actions in each chapter. This effect is not only felt in a particular chapter but in each and every chapter throughout the nation for none of us stands alone. It is imperative, it is youth's future, that we accept the challenge of self- enrichment and chapter improvement. The very future of each and every one in college depends upon taking advantage of the opportunity provided to mature mentally as well as physically in an environment calculated to prepare us for the future. Only as we individually improve, will the active chapter and the fraternity in which we have accepted this challenge of developing a higher degree of infection o£ grade fever, grow and prosper. Grade fever and its degree o£ your personal infection depends a great deal upon side effects o£ environment, desire, personal goals, and financial stability. Yet it permits everyone in our society to be affected by its inroads. 10
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ACACIA'S TOP QUA,RTER STANDINGS SCHOOL YEAR 1957- 58 SCHOLARSHIP AVERAGE
SCHOLARSHIP IMPROVEMENT
1. Iowa State ........ . .... . ..... +20.63
1. Wyoming
2. O regon S tate .. . .. . . .... . ..... +14.47
2. Southern California
3. Missouri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . + 12.62
3. California . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . + 11.67
4. S yracuse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . + 11.95
4. L ouisiana . . ............... . ..
5. O hio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . + 11.40
5. Kansas
6. Colorad o . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . + 11.13
6. I ndia na . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . + 6.42
7. O hio State ................... + 9.72
7. Iowa S tate .... . .. ... .. .. . . ... + 6.39
8. Vermont . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9. Rensselear .. . . ......... . ..... 10. Wyoming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11. Washington
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+ + + +
. . . . . . . . . . + 12.61
+
9.58
... .. . . . . ..... ........ + 6.62
+
9.20
8. Washington . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
8.70
9. Cornell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . + 5.31
8.28
10. Syracuse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . + 5.07
8.10
11. P enn S tate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . + 4.04
There are more reasons than I should care to try to place on paper as to why young people go to college or join a fraternity, but if you do these two things simultaneously, then you indicate a direct desire for a case of grade fever and its end result will be a measure of your own desire. This is as it should be, for if universities and colleges are to provide a medium in which we can foster initiative, create leadership, and provide a background of learning material, then fraternities need men with a greater degree of grade fever as they accept greater responsibilities than the average student. Hard work and hard play go hand in hand, yet one must remain ever watchful of the play pattern for competition has left a long row of fallen bodies of individuals that failed to make appropriate adjustments from youth to adulthood. Those choosing a college education need to respect the value society eventually places upon these individuals from learned institutions and how much the report card may be used as an indication of one's talent and capabilities. The saying that "there is no substitute for hard work," was never more true than it is today. One must evaluate critically and accept outside challenges as to whether his efforts are the best and in keeping with expected standards. It is all to easy to be a passing student and pass up the best opportunity one will ever have to develop grade fever. You have to ask yourself one question, which if answered honestly to yourself will fire up to unlimited heights the disease grade fever. That question is "Is this my best?" I am proud to announce that this past year Acacia chapter records indicate that we have increasing cases of grade fever, far better than one- half of our chapters exceeded the all-men's average grade point according to the scholarship reporting service of the National InAUTUMN, 1959
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terfraternity Conference. Yet one must ask these questions as soon as you say "Have we done our best." 1. Has each member raised his grade goals? 2. Has each member shared his burden of activities and work? 3. Has each member appropriately apportioned time for studies, activities, play and rest? 4. Has each member made diligent search of personal goals and achievement from which he can draw appropriate conclusions to say, if this is my best, I can do better? I believe everyone appreciates that active chapters VarY considerably in make- up as do the various campuses upon which they reside; yet, one must remember that these variations have nothing to do with grade fever, for grade fever is a personal infection . It may inspire others, but it is not directly transmittable. Scholarship is a critical part of grade fever which is the direct result of combining successfully scholastic achievement and activities in a manner which will foster the best performance that an individual may attain. It will not be accomplished immediately as it is a progression of events measured over a period of years. Set your goals early this fall for the scholarship you as actives and as a chapter wish to attain. Set realistic values that may or may nearly be reached. Be sure of the reasons why you are in school and don't let youths desires and ambitions cloud your vision of competitive adulthood or the competition you are to face on campus this year. Acacians have always faced the challenge squarely and our progress scholastically and nationally is impressive; yet, let's ask ourselves one question: IS IT OUR BEST? 11
"THE MOSAIC" The Oklahoma Chapter is fortunate to have as their Chapter Adviser J. Wendell Andrews, now in his third year as adviser. During the surruner of 1958, Brother Andrews made a striking mural of the Acacia Coat of Arms. Over three hundred hours of toil by Wend ell and his wife, Joan, plus approximately five
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thousand small pieces of tile went into the beautiful masterpiece. The four by five foot mural, called "The Mosaic" by the Oklahoma Acacians, hangs in the entrance hall and is the first thing seen as a person enters the front door. Wendell, congratulations on a fine expression of our motto, "HUMAN SERVICE."
DENT TRAVELS THE WORLD Brother Ellsworth C. Dent, Kansas, vice president of Esquire, Inc. and Coronet Instructional Films, and Mrs. Dent have gone on a 7 week trip around the world to study audio-visual developments overseas. A pioneer in audio-visual education, Dent is well qualified as a roving ambassador of good will. After serving in World War I as a training film projectionist, Dent was graduated from Kansas State Teachers College. He attended graduate school at the University of Kansas, where he served as Director of the Bureau of Visual Instruction until 1934. On leave from the University of Kansas in 1933, Dent had started the film library service at Brigham Young University. From Kansas, Dent went to Washington to organize the Division of Motion Pictures, Department of the Interior. He joined the Radio Corporation of America in Camden, New Jersey, in 1936 as educational director. Seven ye¡a rs later he moved to Chicago to become general manager of the Society for Visual Education, Inc. Next, he joined Coronet Instructional Films, world's largest producer of educational films, where he has been for the past 14 years. Coronet is a division of Esquire, Inc. Dent advanced from sales manager to vice president in charge of distribution. In addition to lecturing at audiovisual conferences and college summer sessions in 38 states and Ontario, Dent wrote the first AudioVisual Handbook in 1934 and many articles for professional magazines. THE TRIAD
STAMP COLLECTOR TAKES TROPHY
Brotheor Cecil F. Blogg, Washington 1917, is shown in front of his home in Tacoma, Washington, along with the Clyde Brill Memorial Trophy which he won at the Northwest Federation of Stamp Clubs Exhibition during June this year. The Clyde Brill trophy is awarded to the one best exhibit of South American stamps. His collection also ranked second best of all foreign stamp exhibtions and made him winner of the Silveor Medal also. MOODY RECEIVES ROTARY APPOINTMENT Brother 0. B. Moody, Oklahoma, has been appointed a member of the program planning committee of Ro-
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tary International for 1959-61. Moody is an attorney in Lindsay, Oklahoma. He was born in Waurika, Oklahoma, and received a doctor of laws degree from the University of Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma in 1932. A member of the Rotary Club of Lindsay since 1932, he is a past president of that club. In Lindsay, Mr. Moody is a past president of the Chamber of Commerce and of the Community Chest. He has served as preside'Ilt of the National (U.S.) Rural Electrification Attorneys Association and as chairman of the American Red Cross chapter in Garvin County, Oklahoma. He is president of the Black Beaver Council of the Boy Scouts of America and he has been awarded the scouting Silver Beaver award. He is a member of the Southwest Advisory Board of the Institute of International Education, Inc., and of the Citizeons Group for Adequate Medical and Higher Education in Oklahoma.
charming wife; Irving Field, Missouri Chapter; Jerry McCool, U.C.L.A. Chapter, and Ned Will. This was truly a gala occasion. "The Acacia Alumni Association in Honolulu has gotten off to a fine start, and all members are most enthusiastic over this important step in ke<eping the spirit of Acacia alive in their hearts." BRIDGES MOVES UP
Orphie R. Bridges, Purdue '32, who has held the position of Vice President in charge of new product developmeont for Arvin's Consumer Products division has been chosen to become Vice President and General Manager at the Columbus, Indiana plant. Bridges has bee'Il employed by the Arvin Company since his graduation in 1932. CRAWFORD HONORED BY SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY
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Mrs. Edith May, retired office manager of the National Headquarters and an "Acacian at he¡a rt" has taken up the life of Pythagorras to seek the light and travel to the ~ar corners. Recently, she has had the pleasure of visiting Hawaii and visiting some Acacians there for which she comments: "Mrs. Lillian Swenson and I were deeply appreciative of the gracious hospitality and fraternal fellowship extended to us by Acacians while we were in Honolulu. "Our loyal member of the Ohio State Chapter, Ned Will, met us at the boat with leis and a friendly welcome. For several hours he drove us to various points of interest, and we enjoyed a delicious luncheon en route. The following week he escorted us to dinneor at a picturesque restaurant, The Willows. We also enjoyed a delightful luncheon with our own Cliff Kong of the Northwestern Chapter. It was a real joy to have visits with these two Acacians. "The last we¡e k of our three-week stay in the Islands, a number of our Acacia alumni arranged a sumptuous dinner in our honor at the Halekulani Hotel. Those present were: William Belt, Oregon State Chapter, and his
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Dr. Finla G. Crawford, Wisconsin, Vice Chancellor and second-ranking administrative officer of Syracuse University for the past 17 years, gave the main address at the university's 105th commencement on June 1, as one of his final acts as Vice Chancellor before he retires in June. The designation of Brother Crawford as commencement speaker and candidate for an honorary doctoral degree was announced by Chancellor William P . Tolley. "The invitation to be commencement speaker and the honorary degree are but small expressions of appreciation when viewed against our debt to Dr. Cr awford for his unselfish devotion to Syracuse University during the 13
past four decades, ' Dr. Tolley pointed out. Though Dr. Crawford will formaL ly retire in June, he will continue to direct a joint community-university study of youth development and juvenile delinquency. The study, established under a grant of $740,000 from the Ford Foundation, is being co-ordinated by the Youth D evelopment Center at the university. Dr. Crawford went to Syracuse University in 1919 as an assistant professor of political science after graduation from Alfred University, the University of Wisconsin and a tour of duty as an Army officer during World War I. During his forty years at Syracuse, in which he served under four chancellors, Brother Crawford continued to teach courses in political science and public administration. He is the author or co-author of nine works in these fields and has been a member of the policy committee of the American Political Science Association. While teaching and serving as an administrative officer at the university, he has maintained a wide range of interests in state and federal government Democratic politics and organizations in higher education. ILLINOIS ALUMNUS FOUNDER OF DRAKE RELAYS The Drake Relays, presented in Des Moines, Iowa, for the 50th time last April 24-25, were the creation of the late Maj . John L. Griffith, lilinois roll #231. Griffith, later commissioner of the Western conference, was a foresighted young athletic director at Drake on April 13, 1910, when the first relays were run by 82 athletes and watched by 100 spectators. This event has grown over the years into one of the major sporting events in the country and last year was attended by 23,000 fans. Many track greats such as Wes Santee, Kansas chapter, have set lasting records at Griffith's Drake Relays. Maj. Griffith's vision and the amateur spirit have built a sporting event as exciting as the world series, the Kentucky Derby, or football's bowl games. Special tribute was paid to our late brother at the Golden Anniversary celebration and even though Maj. Griffith was unable to be present for the fiftieth running; his memory and fine spirit was acclaimed by fan and athlete alike. 14
RANDALL ELECnD TO FELLOWSHIP Dr. Charles A. Randall, Ohio, chairman of the department of physics at Ohio University, has been elected to Fellowship in the American Physical Society. The honor was awarded to Brother Randall by the Society's National Council at its annual meeting in New York City this spring. He is the first Ohio University physicist to become a Fellow in the Society which was founded in 1899. Only persons who have contributed to the advancement of physics by independent, original research, or who have rendered other special services to the cause of science are elected to Fellowship in the organization. B rother Randall has conducted extensive research in cosmic rays, hav _ ing been a member of four cosmic ray expeditions to the Colorado mountains. He is currently directing a research project sponsored by the National Science Foundation investigating cosmic rays at high altitudes. WILLIAMSON HONORED BY WYOMING CHAPnR
is a past Grand Master of the Wyoming Grand Lodge, a thirty- third degree mason and has been very instrumental in the development and re-establishment of the D eMolay Chapters in the state. LARSON HONORED BY KRAFT FOODS Charles R. L arson, ILlinois, general office manager for Kraft Foods, Chicago, was honored for twentyfive years of service with the com pany on May 18. The award, a specially engraved gold watch, and a service citation certificate were presented t o B rother Larson by J . C. L oftis, president of Kraft F oods, at a general managers' meeting held at the company's headquarters. Brother L arson is a memb er of the Office Management A ssociation of Chicago, the American Management Association, and the Old Glory L odge No. 975, A. F. & A. M., Scottish Rite, Medinah. He is a Certified Public Accountant and presid ent of the First Savings and Loan A ssociation of Lombard. He is also active in the D uPage County T ub erculosis Association as a director and member of the executive committee. Brother and Mrs. L arson are now living at 126 South Stewart Avenue, Lombard, Illinois.
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The Wyoming Chapter bestowed a high honor upon Brother Carlyle Dugan Williamson in Laramie, Wyoming on March 1. Brother Williamson, born in Lead_ ville, Colorado, learned the banking business in Denver and in 1909 opened his ovm bank in Hanna, Wy~ oming. After forty-six years of banking in Hanna, he went to Laramie to continue his banking career. Today, he is Chairman of the board of the First National Bank of Laramie. A high ranking mason, Williamson
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stressed ways of going about learning on your own. If it hasn't, it's up to you to do it. This doesn't just mean reading books. It means keeping your eyes and ears open, and above all carefully assessing what you've learned from all the experiences you've gone through. New ideas will bombard you over the next quarter century. It's up to you to learn from them. 4. AbiLity to live and de,al effectively with other people-in person and written communication. This is trite, but very true. Unless you can work effectively with others, and unless you can get your ideas across, you won't get very far. There is no one pat answer as to how to do these things effectively. But there are, here gain, fundamentals you can learn that will greatly enhance your chances of moving up and having a happy and effective life. 5. An understanding ,a wareness of the whole sociaL enviorwment, and of the processes of social change. Top management people increasingly stress the importance of breadth, and broad understanding. The man who does a narrow technical job is an important link in today's industrial machinery. But he isn't the man who goes to the top. The ability to see the problems of the whole company, and equally to see the place of the company and of the businessman in the whole economic, political, and social environment is the man who can manage. This is far more true in the world of today than it was a half
century ago. It will certainly be even truer twentyfive years hence. 6. A personaL set of ethicaL and moraL vaLues as a base jor making mature, independent judgments. It is not the function of the university to tell you what your moral and ethical values should be. But it is its function to force you to think through these problems and arrive at your own set of moral values. Without them, the tough problems of management, and indeed of living in the modem world, can't be solved with maturity and real character. And the tough decisions are the ones that involve personal values-all too often issues of right or wrong that are not obvious on the surface. This is the real foundation of character. In conclusion, Dean Bach said, "there is nothing very new or startling about what I have been saying. But, even though it may be trite it's very, very true. Above all, these qualities or abilities above are things you must learn, not things that any professor can teach. They are qualities that only you can develop. As you head down that last mad rush of subject matter cramming for senior exams, parties, and picnics, stop for a few quiet hours and take stock of where you stand. If you don't like what you see, plan to concentrate on the qualities above and get to work on them. Because twenty years out, they are the qualities that will matter, far more than the details that fill your textbooks today." JosEPH ABRELL, Indiana, to Miss Judith Enlow, August 8, Mooresville, Ind. MAcK HoRTON, California, to Miss Louise Eagle, June 20. GEORGE A. MoNROE, Califo1¡nia, to Miss Ann Wallace, February, 1959. EPHRAIM EVERETT WALKER, Low a, to Miss Virginia Harpm, Oct. 3, Sioux City.
RICHARD FRYE, New Hampshire, to Miss Geraldine Peabody, April 25, Rochester, New Hampshire. DouGLAs E. MITCHELL, RensseLaer, to Miss Harriet T. Kurtz, December 27, Waterbury, Conn. KENNETH W. JENKINS, RensseLaer, to Miss Eileen Leahy, January 24, Troy, N.Y. RoGER JosEPH, Rensselaer, to Miss Barbara Ann Mills, May 23, Fair Haven, V mmont. RoBERT NAISMITH, RensseLaer, to Miss Stanella C. Barnes, June 6, Troy, N.Y. LARRY BROWN, Southern CaUfornia, to Miss Pamela Dean, June 16. ~UTUMN,
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Bill Furlong, Southern California, to Miss Kaye Han-ison, June 12. RoBERT LEE, Southern California, to Miss Dolores Trapani, August 8. TERRY McKELVEY, Southe1¡n California, to Miss Joan Holmquist, July 17. LARRY PLEMONS, OkLahoma, to Miss Marie Maurice, Sept. 5. KARL CocKE, OkLahornn,, to Miss Mary Lucille Bates, Aug. 29, Tulsa. DAVID DALE, Indiana, to Miss Carol Brockmann, June 13, South Bend. RoBERT TOWNSEND, Indiana, to Miss Jane Bond, June 28, Indianapolis.
KINGSLEY P . JoNESON, Michigan, to Miss Evelyn Adele Dodge, June 28, Seattle. RoBERT F. LUNDU, Miami, to Miss Carol Ann Hastings, June 21, Richford, Vt. GEORGE TRATTEL, Vermont, to Miss Martha Robson, June 20, Rutherford, N.J. JOHN CooK, Vermont, to Miss Jane Clegg, June 20, Montclair, N.J. RoLAND GADD, Miami, to Miss Jan Thompson, June, 1959. HANK WHITTIER, Miami, to Miss Sally Jo Simmons, June, Ashtabula, Ohio. 15
FOUNDER HAWKINS JOINS THE CHAPTER ETERNAL "So live, that when thy summons comes to join The innumerable 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, sustained 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."
July 15th brought forth sad news for Acacia when the news came of the death of Founder Jared W . Hawkins in Modesto, California. Telephone wires were kept busy; Acacia brothers were in action; and with the aid of BrotheT Leonard E . Ruby, Jr., Michigan, of Modesto, final respects of Acacia were paid in the form of a floral replica of the Acacia Badge. Founder Hawkins joins ten other Founders in the Chapter Eternal. The three Acacia Founders who survive are George A. Malcolm, Charles A. Sink and Ernest P. Ringo. Brother Hawkins was hom in Hollister, California on May 22, 1880, and obtained his elementary education in the grade and high schools of Woodland, California. He then enrolled at the University of Michigan and obtained his LL.B. degree in 1904. A year prior to his graduation he was admitted to the bar in Sacramento, and upon his graduation entered into partnership with his father in Woodland. While attending Michigan, he joined the original Masonic Club which eventually became the Moth16
er ChapteT of Acacia, and was a member of the original committee on insignia. Brother Hawkins was also a member of the Michigan track team. During the summer following his graduation, he and founder Walter S. Whe¡e ler traveled to Leland Stanford University where they were directors and co-installing officers of Acacia's second chapter. In 1905 he moved to Modesto, California, to practice law in that city. While living in Modesto he founded the Modesto Commandery No. 57, went through all of the chairs, and became Commander of the Royal Arch and Modesto Commandery. Brother Hawkins was a member of the Ahmes Shrine Temple at Oakland, but because of the distance involved, and because there was no Shrine in California's capital city, he demitted from Ahmes and was one of the group which founded the Ben Ali Shrine in Sacramento. Originally a member of the Woodland Lodge, Br other Hawkins transferred his membership to Stanislaus Lodge No. 206 in Modes-
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to in 1905. As the city grew, he saw the need for a second lodge, and therefore again demitted and became one of the founders of Modesto Lodge No. 675. In 1908 his father joined him and later his brother, B . C. Hawkins, joined him in the practice of law under the name of Hawkins and Hawkins. Today, it is believed, his two sons, Lewis N. and Jared W., Jr., practice in the firm which still bears the name of Hawkins and Hawkins. Brother Hawkins had served as President of the Midway McKittrick Oil Company; a Director of the Stanislaus County Abstract and Escrow Company; a member of the Advisory Board, Bank of America National Trust and Savings Association; a member and past president of the Modesto Chamber of Commerce; a memheT of the American Bar Associatiton; past goveTnor and secretary-treasurer of the State Bar of California; and past president of the Stanislaus County Bar Association. He was listed in Eminent Americans and Eminent Judges and Lawyers of the American Bar.
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NATIONAL OFFICERS President-WILLIAM E. KRIEGER 1st National Bank Bldg., Peoria, Illinois First Vice-President-JOHN A . LUNSFORD 800 Grant Place, Boulder, Colorado Second Vice-President-HARVEY R. AMOS 4508 Hillard, La Canada, Calif. National Scholarship Chairman: L. W . KNAPP, JR. 604 Ronalds St., Iowa City, Iowa
Counselor-RAYMOND E . BIVERT 234 N. Duncan Street, Stillwater, Oklahoma Treasurer-GEORGE F. PATTERSON, JR. 2624 Bremont Ave., Cincinnati 13, Ohio Chairman Jurisprudence CommitteeLEN SARTAIN, Box 379, Baton Rouge, La.
HEADQUARTERS STAFF Executive Secretary . . .. . . . .. . . .. ....... . ..... Roy C. Clark Ass't. Executive Secretary . . ..... . .. . .. . .. . . Robert E . Jepson Traveling Secretaries .. ... . ..... .. ........ . ....... ... . . . .. . Vemon L. Garrison, Norman C. Saatjian Office Manager . ..... . .. .. .. .. . ... ... . . Mrs. Audra B . Eikost
I UNDERGRADUATE CHAPTERS-OFFICERS AND LOCATION OF CHAPTER HOUSES ACACIA ~OURI-506 Rollins St., Columbia, Mo. Venerable Dean-Ken A . Rush Chairman-Ja y A . Stevinson, Chapter Adviser-Dr. R C Bradley, 920 Sinnock, Moberly, Mo. ~SSO RI SCHOOL OF MINES-508 W . 9th, Rolla, Mo. Venerable De on Grizzio, Rush Chainnan-Mike Ford.
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Venerable Dean-Phillip , Chapter Adviseres, Norman, Okla. a OKLAHOMA S1'AT~ U~IVERSITY-1215 University Ave., Still.., wafer, 0kla. V-eneraele (De~William P . Adams, Rush ChairmanClay Greenwooo, Chapter Adviser-Raymond E. Bivert, 234 N. Dun8 c ~) Stillwater, 0 a OREGOk ~TATE-2857 Van Buren, Corvallis, Ore. Venerable DeanA Lal'fY C Coate, ~u~h. C,hairman-William D .. Bain, Chapter Adviser 1 ..,. -'Delrrter M. Goode, 25 N 31st St., Corvallis, Ore . P.E;N:N STA'EE-,Locl)St Lane & Foster Ave., State College, Pa. Ven• erab1e Dean..2-Charles.IR,ll{,iag, Jr. , Rush Chairman-Edgar H . Grubb, Chapte dviser-Dr. G. Kenneth Nelson, 501 Westview Ave ., State College, Pa. PURDU;..E-4 ___ 27.--S:-ta ~.-:-te-S"":""tr·e~e-, t, est Lafayette , Ind. Venerable DeanMax J. Cork, Rush Chainnan-James F . Walton, Chapter AdviserLeonard E. W:ood, 725 Allen St., West Lafayette, Ind. RENSSE~1932 Fifth Ave., Troy, N.Y. Venerable Dean- William T. Siegle, Rush Ch~-Leslie J . Fisher, Chapter AdviserJohn R. O!rhstead, 72 Excelsior Ave. , Troy, N .Y. SOUTHERN CA'LIFORNIA-801 West 28th St., Los Angeles 7, Calif. Venerable Dean-H. .rae Kivett, Rush Chairma n-Charles Peaslee, ehapter :Adviser=Jame F. Lynn, 14642 Bandesa Rd., LaMirada , Calif. ·
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