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TRIAD OF ACACIA FRATERNITY Volume LVII
No. 3
May 1962
Alan Olson, Editor
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+ + + 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 Fraternity Headquarters, 1569 Sherman Ave., Evanston, Ill.
I have just read the February issue of the TRIAD and was extremely impressed. You have certainly given a full measure of distinction to a fraternity publication. It has provided excellent reading for this college administrator, who is not a member of Acacia and where there is no Acacia chapter. Best of luck to you in your endeavor. Jerry Godard Asst. Dean of Student Affairs Auburn University Auburn, Ala. This is to express my disapproval of the new subject content of the TRIAD. My displeasure is that the magazine appears no longer to represent Acacia. The theme of the TluAD does not concern itself with fraternities in general nor Acacia in particular but instead contains articles on subjects that are more adequately and extensively covered in the magazines and on TV, e.g. "Voice from the Right." I have no object to format as regards printing, color, etc., only to what is printed. I do hope that you can return to publishing news about Acacia and its chapters. James Collins Madison, Wis. The TRIAD gets better and better with each issue. I brag about your fine efforts every chance I get. Stanley Shaw Asst. to Dean of Men Purdue University
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I would like to know what relationship the article, "Voice from the Right," has to the purpose of our fraternity magazine. Is it now editorial policy to publish and distribute partisan political literature? If this article is indicative of the type of trash that you are now p eddling, how do I get my money back? Wallace Caldwell Washington State '53 Manhattan, Kan. The Cincinnati Chapter wishes to extend its hearty congratulations for the success of the newly revamped TRIAD. We were all pleased with your first effort but were anxious to see the February issue lest our enthusiasm be premature. H ank George, V.D. Cincinnati, Ohio I strongly resent and deplore the use of the February issue of the TRIAD of Acacia for partisan political purposes. The five pages of puerile prattle by James Kolbe serves no useful purpose in our magazine. Perhaps we can expect that next the Acacia Roster will be used as a mailing list for the circulation of Birch Society literature. I suggest that in the future you refrain from using the TRIAD for narrow selfish propaganda purposes and devote more time to bringing us news of Acacia and Acacians. B. R. Jones lllinois '26 Birmingham, Mich.
Congratulations on the wonderful job you are doing on the new look and format for TRIAD. Keep up the good work! I was very interested in the article written by James Kolbe in your February issue. He is to be congratulated and you are to be complimented in publishing his article. Frank Moore Oklahoma '50 Houston, Texas Norm Ritchie was kind enough to supply your address and this letter is to thank you for carrying my public relations thoughts (Nov. 1961 issue) as delivered to the N.I.C'. I am sure we all share the same objectives and my appreciation goes to you for passing on my thoughts to your members. This is something that we must work at continuously so ii there is any assistance that I can give you or any of the others I hope you will call on me. Warren Ayres Ayres, Swanson and Associates, Inc. Lincoln, Neb. I would much rather say something complimentary than to criticize but as a life subscriber to the TRIAD I feel that I must protest the degeneration of that publication. The last two issues have been practically a total loss, and I hope there will not be many more like them. I have a chance to see a wide range of publications and this is about the poorest one that I have seen. I urge that the National officers make a complete change in editorial policies as soon as possible. C. E. Allred Knoxville, Tenn. What you were unable to realize in your first issue, you made up for in the second. The cover of the February issue is pure art. This is the most stunning, eye-catching cover since the March 16, 1959 Opera News Boris Godunov cover. Keep up the good work. I enjoy the
addition of the Opinion section and will be looking forward to it in every issue. Only one complaint (we all have them). You stated in the TRIAD TIMES section that the Boston Colony was kicked off at the N.I.C. convention. To us of the Colony who have been recognized as a Colony since April of 1960 this was a little too much to bear. Since our history goes back to 1953 when we were founded, and includes being the first Colony in 11 years to survive on our campus (and winning one weekend previous the first prize for fraternities in the homecoming float parade and second place in homecoming queen contest) I think you will agree that we were established just a little earlier than last November. (The Homecoming double win was the first time any organization-let alone a colony-has done this in the 30 years since Homecoming has been established. Don't take any of these complaints as the voice of the B.U. Colony but rather as my own personal feelings. Keep up the good work. I do enjoy the TRIAD. Robert Whitehead Boston, Mass. ~
The TRIAD did not mean to infer that the Boston Colony was JUST organizetl last November but that the luncheon held during the N.I.C. meeting was the first big opportunity for national officers and others attending N.I.C. to pay tribute to the success of the Boston venture. It was with considerable interest that I read the article, "Voice from the Right," by James Kolbe. Certainly Mr. Kolbe has a right to express his opinion at any time he wishes; however, I do question the necessity of taking up five pages of valuable space in the TRIAD with this sort of propaganda. I do not wish to think that my fraternity's magazine is becoming a mouthpiece for the Goldwater type
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of political philosophy or for any other type of political propaganda. In the future, I trust more articles having a general appeal to the fraternity will appear in our magazine. Kenneth E. Ward Toledo, Ohio Your publishing the article by James Kolbe and your statement that in the next issue J. Edgar Hoover will talk to us on communism prompt these comments. In today's world when every organization has an image, it is imperative that Acacia have the correct one. We are a fraternity of men-old and young-who come from various parts of our country and express various political, social and economic viewpoints. The inclusion in our magazine of an article expressing the viewpoint of the Right, without any statement by the editor that the opinions are the author's alone, and do not express those of the Fraternity, plus the fact that this article will be followed with another one by a hero of the rightwingers, put Acacia in danger of having the rightest image attached to it. Nothing I think could be more detrimental to our fraternity and all that it stands fo¡r . We are a body of men devoted to the principles of brotherhood, the search for the Truth and human service. It is these immutable ideals :which we must adhere to and propagate, not some ephemeral politicaleconomic doctrine. They should be the essence of the image we present to the world. Acacia is not an organization of the Right or Left, but rather a social fraternity composed of men of the highest caliber, who represent all the diverse opinions which are inherent in Freedom and the American way of life. What better image could a fraternity desire? Bruce Borthwick Syracuse, 1959 Ann Arbor, Mich.
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editor's note. The very fact that the article carried Mr. Kolbe's by-line was considered clarification enough as to whose opinions were being expressed in the highly-controversial article. The Hoover article in this issue was arranged for by the College Fraternity Editors Association and executed as a joint project among all major national fraternities. His views on communism have appeared, therefore, in each and every fraternity publication this spring. If an image is attached to Acacia for running Hoover's article, then that same image is shared by scores of other leading fraterniti es .
The covers are an improvement over the older style, especially thai u n f o r t u n a t e last-of-theold-style cover (Summer, 1961) which presented members of my own chapter. If the publication is intended for three purposes-to keep alumni informed and interested, to give the chapter's active members assistance and publicity, and to assist in rushing-! feel that the first two are slighted by the open space concept. My world of Acacia is based upon the doings of one chapter ; I note with interest items from the 10 or 11 I have visited. Although not advocating the return to "gossip column," I do think that more than the back cover should indicate the chapters represented by the magazine. Statistics are always of interest to me in evaluating the progress of the chapter. Although the " Chapter Eternal" is not necessary, there is some ego satisfaction to the new pledge or initiate in seeing his name in print, while alumni are interested in total count. Figures on scholarship and other qualities commonly measured are of interest. What is in the TRIAD is good to excellent. Don't let up on articles dealing with problems common to either chapters or undergraduates. For my money, you can skip the "pro-blue"
articles (with which I agree in belief) in favor of an article helping young men adjust or explaining what hazing is and the responsibility of chapter officers connected with initiation. I especially like the emphasis on new ideas in the news section ; were I still with my chapter, I would be attempting imitation of at least three. Bob Mennell UCLA 87 Cambridge, Mass. I am concerned about the article, "A Voice from the Right," which can be interpreted in one of two ways. Perhaps the article signifies a new fraternal interest in student political activities. If this is so, I will look for future stories on students and student organizations with other political persuasions. I would suggest, however, that any future articles be more objective than the piece which was just published. On the other hand, the article may represent the use of the fraternity magazine to promote the personal political views of one or more of the members. If this be the case I must protest the misuse of a fraternal stewardship. Use o.f the fraternal machinery, held in trust for the entire brotherhood, for partisan political purposes tends to divide and weaken the fratemity. By my thinking, an individual who consciously takes such an action loses any value he might have had as a fraternity officer or employee. I trust that my first interpretation was correct and that all Acacians, whether they be liberal or conservative democrats, moderate or rightwing republicans, can continue to meet monthly in their fraternity magazine. Ronald Jones Oklahoma State '55 Torrance, Calif. ~ Your first interpretation is the correct one. The editor hopes that the "other side" rvill be presented in a similarly-by-lined article. Kolbe
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first presented this material in a talk before the joint session of College Frate rnit y Editors and College Fraternity Secretaries associations in P enn sylv ania last sununer. The role of Young Americans for Freedom on college campuses across the nation has b een watched . . . and dis· cussed .•• b y fraternit y men everywhere. Because of this interest and b ecause Kolbe's conunents met with such favorable reaction at the asso· ciation session, h e toas asked to sum them up for a b y -lined article in the TRIAD • • • not as an attempt at using the Acacia fraternity national magazine for political purposes but ns ll sincere attempt at reporting to r eaders current happenings on campuses across the nation. The TRIAD will never become merely a sounding board for any one political incliviclual or group; contrariwise, it will never shy from printing by-line articles reportng events occurring on our many campuses simply because not everyone is in complete accord with those events. The article in question rvas written by an astute and experienced undergraduate; it undoubtedly reflects a growing opinion on many campuses b y students as reflected in the surprising grmvth of the organization-Y.A.F. This movement is certainly a development of a different attitude than has prevailed among students for some years past. This , in. itself, is news. Kolbe's father is a past national president of Acacia; his two older brothers are Acacians. The following letter, sent to Executive Secretary Roy Clark, has reference to the Ronald /ones letter above ••• and to the entire subject covered in so many expressions of opinion this issue . Since it says well that which seems to sum up the matte r, it concludes the column this time. Lt. /. G. Keith Ott is its author. I just received my February copy of the TRIAD. I was very interested
in the new format, controversy over it, and the spark of interest it has created. This was brought to mind more forcefully by a .letter I received from one Acacian whose efforts for Acacia speak for themselves. He was concerned with one of the articles and sent me a copy ' of a letter he had written on the subject. I am speaking of Ron Jones, OKLA STATE ('55), of course. We have kept in correspondence for some time now and his ideas have always been a spark to me, as in this case. I believe that the crux of his letter was the question-is the TRIAD now being used as an impartial instrument of communication to further the interests of Acacia or a particular group. He was speaking of Jim Kolbe's article in particular, of course, and I must admit that the "information" included in the article had just the hint of PIO-public relations influence in its presentation to make one think of the standard release from a pressure group. I know something of Jim Kolbe's background and can well understand why he took his line of attack in this particular instance. But there are some thoughts I had concerning the subject which I would like to further explore with you and TRIAD's new Editor, realizing the heavy pressures we all are working under. In answer to Ron's question (as he implied in his letter), I think that the TRIAD is achieving a very definite goal (intended or not-but needed); it is being read and discussed. That it should become an instrument to further the aims of a particular group would be bad for the Fraternity since it would provide more reasons for dissension than already exist, but I believe that the TRIAD can in a real sense become a boost to the flagging spirits in both Acacia and Masonic endeavor. I believe, using a historical framework of reference, that the reason that Masonic groups arose in prominence and influence was because
they were vitally interested in the issues of the day. But as most of us know, today the usual meetings lack any kind of real interest in the realm of political activity. Acacia falls into this category with the increased influence modem youth plays in the political area. All this leads to questioning and challenging the staff of the TRIAD, the corporate body of Acacians, and the principles of the viable Fraternity. First I must assume that the alumni of the Fraternity will not be able to give any more active time or money to either the National or local Fraternity. I also assume that they possess the same desire to do something about this that I do. Next, I know that most of the graduates are doing things which give them a particular knowledge of events which we are all not fortunate enough to have. Lastly I assume that the TRIAD will be able to continue to provide the leadership it has shown it has. I would like now to question the idea that Jim Kolbe has already started, i.e., articles of interest concerning not only problems of a political nature, but of an economical and social nature can provide interest to the corporate Fraternity. I say yes. Since if you question a loaded question (pardon my redundancy) and arrive at the answer of "no", it seems to me that you are saying that the group is dead. The controversy on just the format shows just the opposite. I don't believe that the controversy is being steered in a constructive manner, that is for the benefit of the Fraternity. Now my challenge is not only to all Acacians, but also to myself. It starts by saying that if Jim can get his article in TRIAD, first have I anything to say which would benefit the Fraternity, can I say it so that it has any effect, and will I do it? I am reasonably certain that if all these questions were answered in the affirmative (might just be wishful
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thinking), TRIAD would print the article. I have now been stationed in Japan for two years, and what might seem to be common knowledge to me could be of interest to others and they might not agree but aid in further understanding by submitting articles of their own. I do think that the TRIAD can provide the Fraternity with the means of taking not only renewed interest in the Fraternity but also take a renewed interest in some Acacian principles, notably that of becoming an influence in the community of their residence. I have been looking for two years for some idea which could help Acacia and which I could accomplish where I presently am. I am sure that there are many more like me since I have heard the same excuse I am now giving when I was an undergraduate at Kansas and Oklahoma. I think that the TRIAD is doing a fine job in getting up interest. The question now is what to do with it. I feel sure that it will be used to the advantage of Acacia and hence to the alumni who make up the Fraternity. Lt. j.g. Keith Ott USS Orleck FPO San Francisco, Calif. P.S. I must admit (as long as everyone is getting in the act and speaking their mind about the format) that I find the present format of the TRIAD a copy of the rejuvenated POST. I am still predicting that POST's circulation will decrease by half within two years. Must show that I was right not to take journalism when I began searching for light. Best of luck from Japan. My roommate aboard ship is Ed Bleakley (IOWA '60), also Acacia. Have sort of set up a local chapter since all the brothers at one time or another seem to pass by. I will be back in CONUS (Continental U.S.) in August '62 and plan for marriage immediately. Anyone in Kansas City during the first week of September is certainly welcome. BYOL.
IT'S ACACIA AT AUST NAUGUS 26-3 Austin is a city of 186,000 with more than 250 manufacturing firms, two universities, several colleges, and it boasts the largest state capitol building in the nation-second only to the national capitol at Washington, D.C. The University of Texas, where Acacia has had a chapter since 1916, is the largest university in the South, occupying several hundred acres north of the downtown section. The tower of its 27-story administration building marks the heart of the picturesque campus. Of special interest to conclave visitors is the new Acacia house at the U. of Texas, a striking structure of contemporary design just occupied last fall. ]. R. Smiley, president of the University, in extending a welcome to visiting Acacians, told the TRIAD that fraternities "have long had an impor-
STATISTics show that more than 6 per cent of the nation's population live in Texas. Come next August 26 the figure will climb appreciably as Acacians converge on Austin, state capital, for the biannual conclave. In keeping with the reputation of the state, things will be done in a big way during the fourday session which headquarters at the air-conditioned Commodore Perry Hotel. Registration starts Sunday, August 26, with the first conclave session set for Monday morning. Meetings continue through Thursday and the 1962 conclave ends that night with the traditional banquet. Committees are now completing arrangements for the formal sessions, as ¡well as a proposed side trip to San Antonio, which will include a tour of the famous Alamo.
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A landmark. in Austin is the University's administration building, towering high above the campus. From its windows Y_Ou can easily see the Commodore Perry Hotel, headquarter~ ~or this. year's conclave. Upper right picture shows a portion of the west mall on the Texas campus. And below, Acac1a s magmficent new home, opened just last fall.
tant role at the University and continue to assume their proper responsibility by providing unique opportunities for close association and companionship, for campus citizenship, for wholesome fellowship. Since 1916 Acacia has had a significant share in the fraternity tradition on our campus." Every fraternity house on campus will be open for inspection by Acacians at any time during the conclave, assures Donald R. Mighell, director of fraternities at the University. "We feel very proud and pleased that your fraternity has chosen the University area as the site of your 1962 convention," Mighell told the TRIAD. "You may rest assured," he added, "that your host chapter enjoys a position of highest respect and prominence in what is one of the country's
most vigorous and progressive fraternity systems." Harry Ransom, Chancellor of the University, complimented Acacia for having helped make a distinct contribution to higher education in the United States. "Not only in the lives of individual students but a lso in the whole life of the educational community, fraternities have a tremendous opportunity to advance high intellectual and social ideals," Chancellor Ransom explained. "The meeting here will be a memorable one, I know," he went on. "For all of us who have watched the work of Acacia with both pride and gratitude, it will be a reminder of all that this fraternity has done for the University and for each of the campuses on which Acacia has a chapter."
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COMMUNISM A
wire service dispatch carrying a Berlin date line of December 9, 1961, set forth a brief but tragic story. One newspaper headline summed it up: "Reds Shoot Student At Berlin Border." The dispatch in another newspaper disclosed that three youths - one a 20year-old Austrian student--and three girls had crossed into communist-controlled territory. They hoped to help the mother of one of the girls escape by cutting a hole in the barbed wire. East German guards opened fire. The dispatch continued: "five fled safely from the guns, but the Austrian fell and was quickly dragged behind the wire. His body was seen lying on the ground there for more than two hours. • • •" On the following day, the same newspaper, in an editorial entitled "The Menace in Asia," quoted excerpts from a government report on communist guerrilla activity in a small nation on the other side of the world now struggling to stay free of communist tyranny: "Assassination, often after the most brutal torture, is a favored Viet Cong tactic. Gov,e rnment officials, school-teachers, even wives and children have been the victims. Literally hundreds of village chiefs have been murdered in order to . . . instill fear in the populace. The list of atrocities is long • ••• They make gruesome reading even for a generation that is jaded with accounts of man's inhumanity • ••• "
HE NCREDIBLE SWINDL By John Edgar Hoover, Director Federal Bureau of Investigation United States Department of Justice
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Only a few days earlier, according to still another wire service report, a bearded, self-styled "convinced revolutionary" in effect had admitted that deceit was the weapon he had utilized in gaining control in his country. Through the use of "revolutionary opportunism" he was enabled to inaugurate a "Marxist-Leninist" regime. This tyrant apparently felt no compunction whatever that his recent admission must necessarily prove him a liar before the world. Indeed, he indicated quite plainly that coercion was the means by which he intended to stay in power and he recommended that others use the same means of deceit and coercion to seize power: "First thing for revolutionaries to do, right after winning out, is to smash the machinery of the old regime as I learned by reading Lenin's book 'State and Revolution.'" Once in firm control of the country, this dictator lowered the mask he had worn to mislead the citizens and persuade them to accept his leadership. Making reference to professional people, including the clergy and the press, he reportedly stated: " ... And I said to myself, let them think we can make a deal ... they will be quite surprised in the end." Furthermore, the dictator continued, his country was now in the " ... stage of the liquidation of capitalism and the birth of socialism from which we will go into communism." The desperation engendered by this "stage of liquidation" may be gathered from a newspaper item of Dec. 13, 1961: "At least four attempts by desperate Cubans to shoot their way into polit-
ical asylum have been revealed by the Castro regime after three men were killed and four wounded Monday when a number of men tried to reach safety in Ecuador's Embassy. Other attempts have been made at the Colombian, Paraguayan and Uruguayan embassies." Reports such as these, appearing day after day in newspapers across the Nation, make it inconceivable to me that any citizen reared in traditional American freedom and capable of reading the written word or hearing that word spoken, could fail to be aware of the inherent evil in communism. It seems to me that not even the incredibly naive could be other than conscious that communism is something less than good. Yet I am shocked and astonished to be confronted again and again with an attitude which, summed up, might be expressed best in the following question: "But what's wrong with communism?" At such times one wonders if the EngIishman who said, "The more gross the fraud, the more glibly it will go down ... " might have been right. The communist swindlers seek to ensnare their victims with the offer of a glittering package deal-something for everybody. This was never more obvious than in their much-heralded program for the next twenty years. Advertised widely for its propaganda effect, the ''draft program" was carried in full in the August 20, 1961, issue of "The Worker" under such subheadings as "Communism-the Bright Future of All Mankind." In it, the world is promised a golden dream-for the future. Everything is promised to everybody -tomorrow. The words "will be" betray
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machinery, appliances, and electrical devices will be fully met. Public catering will be extended to meet the demands and the quality of catering must be improved "so that meals at public catering establishments should be tasty and nourishing and should cost the family less than meals cooked at home., Demand for highly qualified medical services will be met in full. Indeed, at the end of twenty years, it will be possible for the Soviets to offer free maintenance of children ap.d of disabled people; free education at all educational establishments; free medical services; rentfree housing and, later, free public services; free public transport facilities; free use of some types of communal services; partially free use of holiday homes; increasingly broad provision of the population with benefits, privileges and scholarships .... The promissory note extends on and on in the fields of science, culture, economics, politics, moral development. Communism, of course, has not been achieved anywhere. That is the promise for the future, as witness the concluding words of the program: "Under the tried and tested leadership of the Communist Party, under the banner of Marxism-Leninism, the Soviet people have built Socialism. "Under the leadership of the Party, under the banner of Marxism-Leninism, the Soviet people will build Communist society. "The party solemnly proclaims: the present generation of Soviet people shall live under Communism!, What is the payment demanded for this illusory future? No mention is made of
the promissory note which only the gullible will sign. That note says, in effect, ((Yield us your freedom now and we'll give you the world tomorrow." In twenty years, the Soviets are told, their industrial output will increase by not less than 500 per cent, their country will be electrified, modern roads will be built, the automobile fleet will meet all needs, air transport will extend to all parts of the country, agricultural production will increase massively, real income will increase by more than 250 per cent, and every family will have comfortable apartments or new modern dwellings with housing gradually becoming rent-free for all citizens. The country will go on a six-hour working day off each week or on a 34-36hour working week with two days off within the decade and a still shorter working week will be begun in the second decade. (Underground and harmful jobs will have a still shorter day.) Women will be given lighter yet well-paid jobs. The demand for up-to-date, inexpensive domestic
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past and current costs in terms of lost freedoms, slave labor, concentration camps, endless brutalities and slaughtered millions. Wherein does the promise differ from the reality?
COMMUNIST FRONT ORGANIZATIONS
IcP:llsÂŁ1 SI'HIIlU Of ACTIVITY EXPLOITED BY COMMUNIST PARTY IN ITS FIONT OPERATIONS
The answer may be found in the words of a Russian intellectual who sought asylum not long ago in Canada. This distinguished scientist said: " ... I was depressed by the lack of contact with the outside worldJ the falsity of informationJ and the difficulty of self-expression. It became obvious to m e that if I stayed in the U.S.S.R. I would not be able to give to mankind all that I could if I were in a freeJ d emocratic country. "I am now an old man and I am afraid of nothingJ and I donJt want my life work to be wasted. I feel that it will not be wasted here and I know that it would have been wasted in the U.S.S.R. Nobody tempted m e here. I was not tempted by any material considerations but was forc ed to take this action to seek fr eedom of scientific expression and to save what is left of my human self respect. " ... It is the lack of human dignity in the U.S.S.R. which hurts most ..." Similarly, a writer, an American who had served the communist cause wholeheartedly almost from early youth, found himself questioning the world communist movement even before the current Russian dictator's "secret speech" detailing the crimes attributed to Stalin became public. He, too, found the reality vastly different from the dream. In setting forth his reasons for breaking with the Communist
Party, this man spoke of the ''hellish revelations" in the report and said: " . . . Th e dimensions of this horror were not only beyond anything we could have dreamed of-but also beyondJ far beyondJ the worst accusations of the worst enemies of the Soviet Union. " My own reactions to this unspeakable document are a matter of public record . . . I was filled with loathing and disgust. I felt a sense of unmitigated m ental nausea at the realization that I had supported and defended this murderous bloodbathJ and I feltJ as so many did thenJ a sense of being a victim of the most incredible swindle in modern times." There is no prize today more coveted by the communist swindlers than the minds of youth. Unfortunately, many young Americans do not as yet realize that the battle has been joined and that a fierce ideological struggle presently is
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its ruthless way forward over the death of individual freedoms. How can the inexperienced recognize the hidden hooks of communism? This is not an easy question to answer. Perhaps the greatest danger lies in underestimating the patience of those who seek to sovietize the United States of America. The communist is sophisticated. The chance that you might be approached directly and asked to join the Communist Party, USA, is remote. You would rejec~ the direct approach, and the communist knows it. And so, like the angler who throws chum overboard to draw fish, he scatters bait which he hopes will entice your mind and gradually attract it to the totalitarian hook. The plans of the communist are longrange; his patience, infinite. He measures his advance not in days but in decades. He uses an endless variety of tactics which are designed to augment communist influence and to divide, weaken and confuse anticommunist opposition. He seeks to project communism as a progressive, enlightened, humanitarian philosophy which champions the poor and the oppressed. He strives to promote a general feeling of discontent and unrest as a result of constant demands by means of which he hopes to '' politicalize" large groups of people and gain some measure of control over their action. The concealed communist-dedicated to the proposition that the triumph of communism is inevitable-rejoices if his actions advance the forces of communism in the slightest degree. He is elated if he can ensnare even one victim. He knows that by each step he progresses, he weakens the bulwarks which protect the individual
being waged. The politically immature sit on the side lines. The politically naive wonder "what is ¡wrong with communism?" while the battle for the future is being fought-now. The outcome of that battle will determine whether the human race is to progress in freedom and dignity or whether the slow upward climb is to be reversed and the labor of centuries rolled back to the degradation of a slave regime. Campus leaders may hold the balance. The communist swindler knows that he who controls the youth controls the future. The leaders of the communist movement have always acted on this premise. Engels believed this. Lenin stated it: " ... The youth will decide the issue of the whole struggle, the student youth and still more the working-class youth." The Communist Party constantly reiterates the theme that "The Party must attract young people," and the already intense effort expended in this area is being implemented. Communist efforts in this field are most easily described in the terminology of the angler. A hook is prepared and baited. The task is to get the suckers to nibble. The fisherman conceals this deadly hook in succulent bait. Similarly, the proponents of communism seldom forthrightly proclaim the ends they seek to achieve. Their barbed reality is hidden behind glowing promise. The communist line - the "promissory note" - is fed out, and the naive nibble at the bait. Once hooked, the victim is played exhaustively before he is reeled in to become a cipher in a massive machine. Today that machine continues to crunch
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and eases the way for the advance of collectivism. What can fraternity men do to combat the menace of communism? You can set yourself the task of making yourself knowledgeable on the subject of communism. Study it. Learn to recognize its tactics. Be unwilling to swallow communist bait; probe for the hook. Remember that the dictionary definition of communism covers abstract theory only. The real meaning of communism is written in spilled blood, anguished minds and tortured bodies. The streams of refugees who risk death to escape from the various communist utopias clearly testify to the unbridgeable difference between communist promise and communist reality. Look, for example, at the way in which its proponents define communism. The following answer to the question, "What is communism?" is set forth in the recent program of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union which I mentioned earlier: "Communism is a classless social system with one form of public ownership of the means of production and full social equality of all members of society; under it, the all-round development of people will be accompanied by the growth of the productive forces through continuous progress in science and technology; all sources of public wealth will gush forth abundantly, and the great principle (from each according to his ability, to each according to his needs' will be implemented. Communism is a highly organized society of free, socially conscious working people in which public self-
government will be established, a society in which labor for the good of society will become the prime vital requirement of everyone, a necessity recognized by one and all, and the ability of each person will be employed to the greatest benefit of the people." I have indicated certain words emphasizing the fact that the bait which communism holds forth is a dream allegedly to be achieved in the far distant future. As to that dream, it goes without saying that all men of good will hope and strive for a world in which society as a whole will progress and benefit. But can any thinking man truly believe that by destroying absolutely the individual's freedom, both politically and economically, and substituting for such freedom a drab and stultifying system which is poltically totalitarian, physically brutal, and economically wasteful, a golden millennium can be brought about? Only the perpetually gullible and congenitally immature might believe a slight cold could be cured by dosing with arsenic. Only the similarly gullible and immature can believe that the freedoms man has struggled for centuries to achieve ought now to be yielded up in return for a promissory note endorsed by swindlers. For the reality of communism is not to be found in abstract theory . .The reality is concealed by fraud, falsehood, blatant hypocrisy and unending deceit. And no citizen can combat communism effectively until he gains an understanding of the philosophy which motivates communist actions. The proponents of communism seek to change the world-to remake man-
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man and what is referred to in Christian tradition as soul are not ed in reality. Mind is merely a of matter and is dependent upon rna Matter through mind secretes Within limitations this "mind" can brace knowledge of everyday facts. mind, which is an expression of rna can know enough to be atheistic. It also know truth-meaning, of course, "truth of communism." The test of is practice. Whatever pra<:tices strengthen and apply communistic principles, are, ¡ facto, true practices. "Communist truth" is inseparable from dynamic action. Another basic idea undergirding communism is: All Religions Are False and Harmful-All Religions Must be Destroyed. Religion, according to communist teachings, is an instrument used to control and exploit the great masses of poor people, the working class. It is an instrument of class oppression in the hands of the rulers. It holds up sentimental ideals of peace and brotherly love which interfere with the proletarian revolution. Religion has no place in the communist social order. It must be torn up root and branch. It must be ruthlessly destroyed. The basic idea of morality on which communism rests is simply this: Proletarian Utility Constitutes the Moral Code. Communism teaches that all existing moral codes derived from supernatural concepts are false. The Ten Commandments thus become invalid. Absolute principles of right and wrong are thrown into the discard. The test of validity as to the morality of any act is: does it conform to the evolving state of nature; does it serve
kind. The eight basic ideas which undergird the political mechanism of communism are to be found in the writings of Marx, Engels and Lenin. Let us examine them briefly, but first let us look at the ideal of American political liberty as it is embodied in our Declaration of Independence. In brief but glowing words this great document sums up the free man's concept of both origin and purpose of the institution of government. Men have certain rights, says the Declaration succinctly, which are endowed by the Creator. Thus, at the very source of our freedom is implicit acknowledgment of that God whom communism denies. The first and basic idea of communism is simply: Nature Is All-There Is No God. Mind, says the communists, is not primary; it is secondary. There is only one reality, eternal matter. This basic substance, assuming different forms, underlies all organic and inorganic things. Material forces are ultimate and such forces are in constant motion. As a result of this ceaseless interaction of material forces in limitless flux, all things came into being. According to this theory, man is merely a fortuituos product of this ceaseless interaction of chemical and physical elements. He differs only in degree and not in essence from the stone which lies on the ledge, and the serpent which coils in its shadow. A second basic idea of communism rna y be summed up: Body Is All-There Is No Soul. Communism teaches that there is no God; it follows that there is no soul and no immortality. Matter is the only reality; rna tter which changes form. The mind of
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the proletarian revolution? If it does, it is moral. If it does not, it is immoral. This is the fountainhead of communist belief that the end justifies the means. Thus it becomes not only legitimate but moral for the communist to lie, torture or kill if by so doing his act tends to promote the advance of communism or to help maintain the communist social order in every area on which it has fixed its grip. Basic to communist belief is the following idea: History Is a Materialistic Process -It Does Not Reflect the Spirit of Man. It Is a History of Class Struggle. In the communist view, history is solely a history of class struggle--of economic forces. All history is controlled and directed by immutable laws of "economic determinism." Karl Marx discovered these laws. Dialectical materialism illuminates them and their place in the past, present and future evolutionary process. All human institutions have their primary origin in the economic factor, according to communist interpretation. In the same interpretation, gifted men do not make history, nor do idealistic principles and the spirit of man serve as fundamental determinants in the march of historical events. Still another idea basic to communism is: The Capitalistic State Is an Instrument of Oppression-It Must Be Destroyed. Since, according to communist theory, the capitalist state grew out of savage class struggles over private ownership and since such ownership is largely responsible for all the ills of the world, the free enterprise form of government, along with all instruments of capitalism, must be liquidated.
This includes free schools, the free press and the church. Cultural organs must be brought under communist control and private ownership must be eliminated. The capitalist state must be supplanted by the dictatorship of the proletariat-the Soviet State. To achieve this, communism teaches, Revolution and a Revolutionary Method Are Necessary-The Rulers of Nations Will Not Surrender Peacefully. What does this mean? There must be agitation of the entire social order, deliberate development of class warfare, use of hatred as a weapon. Dupes must be manipulated into helping translate the theory of revolution into reality. All phases of the existing social order must be infiltrated. Following a pattern which is flexible in practical programs as adapted to varying localities and situations but which is absolutely inflexible as to principles and objectives, communists must work themselves into strategic positions from which they will be enabled to exert influence on immense numbers of people. Such influence will be out of all proportion to numbers. Properly directed, this influence will develop the revolutionary situation to the proper pitch, at which time those in control will direct the violent and bloody action by which communism comes to power. And, with a finality that is absolute, the communist believes: Only a World-wide Communist Social Order Conforms to the Nature of Man; Meets the Needs of Life; Is Adequate. Therefore Only This Type of Social Order Should Be Permitted to Exist
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and letters of those magnificent men w believed wholeheartedly that the rights individuals are God-given, and that rna with God's help, is capable of self-rule In what they said, in what they wrote, ¡ how they acted, those men of vision shape and molded our form of government as a never-ending expression of faith in youthe individual. I urge you to question the motives of those who, either directly or insidiously, seek to destroy your faith-in the traditions and institutions which are the guardians of individual liberty. Remember that derision, ridicule, the half-truth and the whole lie are weapons used by communists and their dupes to destroy your faith, out of which springs your will to resist totalitarianism. You can help circumvent treason to our past by refusing to compromise the principles on which freedom of the individual rests. While the Founding Fathers opened the conduits of freedom for us, only we ourselves can keep them open by remembering that rights and privileges inescapably are balanced by duties and obligations-and by effectively and wholeheartedly discharging such duties and obligations. It is in this area that the totalitarianminded individual often betrays himself, demanding-as each man should-his rights, but thereafter using-as no man should-the freedom guaranteed by those rights to promote a philosophy of government which would deny all other men their sacred rights. The line between liberty and license is sometimes unclear, but liberty's robe should never be draped across the
-All Other Social Orders Do Not Conform to the Natur~ of Man; Do Not Meet the Needs of Life; Are Inadequate. Therefore All Other Social Orders Must Be Destroyed. Even today thousands of naive and uninformed people accept the ideological swindle handed them. They take for granted that it is the intent of the proponents of communism merely to reform and improve existing institutions. They have not yet grasped the fact that it is the undeviating intention of such persons to change the world, to destroy existing institutions, and to remake mankind in their own image. That image encompasses a strait-jacket system of thought control more rigid and more far-reaching than any ever heretofore envisioned by any tyrants throughout the history of mankind. The triumph of communism would mean the closing off of all conduits through which any ideas of freedom for the individual might flow. In the very year that George Washington was completing forty-five years of selfless service to his country, a poet was born who was to say: "If all Europe were to become a prison, America would still present a loophole of escape; and, God be praised! That loophole is larger than the dungeon itself." How can we make sure that America remains that loophole-that it continues to be a conduit through which the stream of freedom of the individual can keep flowing strong and unhindered? Acquaint yourself with the history of your country. Read the documents, books
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of license without challenge. speech embodies a specific reiSPC>nsJibiJit • Mr. Justice Holmes said it
Communism feeds on ignorance. It lives on lies. The element of deceit inherent in this evil philosophy dooms honor and dignity, destroys integrity, and subverts the very qualities which give the human creature the right to call himself a man. Reduced to its simplest form, the ideological warfare in which the whole of mankind is currently involved is a struggle between the spiritual and the material. For the illusory benefits to be doled out masterto-slave in a world of coercion known as communism, the individual is requested to relinquish his birthright of freedom earned through centuries of struggle. Here, in our country, the conspirators seek to place a shameful slogan on American lips. Parroting "Better Red Than Dead," they strive to promote fear and despair by means of which they hope to induce inertia and submission. These incredible swindlers, seeking to impose a conform-or-die system of absolutism on mankind everywhere, are attempting to direct hoodwinked Americans into doing their evil work for them. They hope to use American hands to close the conduits of freedom which t h e Founding Fathers opened so magnificent!y t0
"The most stringent protection of free speech would not protect a man in falsely shouting 'fire' in a theatre and causing a panic." ..... u.•u.••,... y, the scholar must be granted the freedom to teach, but the right academic freedom is balanced by the · · to be honest and forthright in that which is taught. The student assumes that statements made by a teacher are accurate and factual. By no perversion of reasoning can the right of academic freedom be warped to encompass the right to feed distortion and falsehoods to students. Academic freedom presupposes moral integrity and professional objectivity based on a fair and impartial appraisal of facts. Consider whether or not one who espouses the end-justifies-the-means philosophy of communism-inherently absolutist, totalitarian and amoral-can do other than seek to subvert belief in the JudaicChristian ethic which undergirds freedom of the individual. It is a fact, tragic but unquestionable, that scores of innocent and idealistic young Americans have been tricked and used by the communist conspirators. Often such young people are naive, unsophisticated and uninformed as to communist strategy and tactics. The result is that in many instances they do not even know that they are being used to do the work of the swindlers, and stubbornly refuse to believe that the subtle hand of communism could in any way direct their
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MEMO FROM ACACIA NATIONAL corporation which will be in a position to acquire title to assets of a permanent nature, so that upon chartering will be a permanent group capable of holding titl¡e to operating housing accommodations. When the Colony has reached a prescribed size and in the opinion of the Council and staff, it has met pr4!1hnirlaJ.! requirements and is "ready" for chartering, it formally tions the National Council and undergraduate chapters to installed as a chapter. Once approved for chartering, from nearby undergraduate chapters are imported to the initiation and the Colony becomes a Chapter. How long does it take for a Colony to become a chiCID'tet: There is no hard and fast answer to this query. It dept~nd on local requirements which may exist governing status plus the rate of progress made by the group itself. most instances a year is sufficient time for this to come Assistance in the organization of a Colony and lending hand in its development is a significant area in which a may contribute to the fraternity in its expansion However, before any positive steps are taken, the Prii:IDOSIIâ&#x20AC;˘ move should be cleared with the central office to be sure the campus is approved. Generally speaking, wherever sible, nearby chapters are consulted before positive steps taken toward colony status of any group. The following chapters were at one time Colonies: -¡"""'""" Arkansas, Central Missouri State, Colorado State Co Illinois Wesleyan, Iowa (reactivation}, Long Beach Louisiana State, Miami, Missouri Mines, New Vermont, Mississippi State, Mississippi Southern, State and Boston.
The term Colony is a relatively recent one in the nomenclature of Acacia, and in fact, many fraternities. Relatively few alumni are familiar with the meaning of the term and even some actives have a vague idea of just what it means. For that reason, it seems appropriate to discuss this form of expansion in our fraternity. A Colony might well be defined as an association of undergraduates, faculty and others on a local level, who have banded together for the purpose of qualifying to become a chapter of the fraternity. Such an organization to be official must be recognized by the local Interfraternity Council, and / or college administration and must be approved by the National Council. A Colony may arise in one of two different manners. It may come about as the result of a spontaneous organization of a local group which requests recognition as a Colony; or it may result from a visit to a specified campus by the national expansion director for the purpose of interesting local students in qualifying. In such instances, the college or university must be one that has been approved by the National Council for expansion. Assuming that all national and local requirements have been met, the initial group starts a rush program to interest other students in the project. When the group is of sufficient size, the members are formally pledged to Acacia and are issued pledge pins and the regular Pythagoras handbook. The group organizes itself with officers similar to that of a regular chapter, adopts a constitution consonant with the national laws, and proceeds to operate in so far as possible as a local chapter might do. Simultaneously, faculty and alumni members organize and set up a house holding
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ON THE ACACIA TRAIL Time stands still for no man-not even a Field Secretary and this one has been no exception. From the Sunny California beaches in November to the rainy shores of Puget Sound I keep thinking of Hank Snow and " Keep Movin' On." After spending a very fine Thanksgiving in Washington I crossed over the Cascades and ran into my first contact with winter. I tested out a slope or two in Idaho and I'm convinced I'll never ski in the Olympics; another day like that and I' ll never do anything . As the holiday season approached I plowed across the northern part of the country and after a few festive occasions with the office staff, I continued East to see if I might have a bit of a family left. With that I completed an East-West tour of the U.S.A. Early in January the field secretaries of many fraternities met in New York City, being hosted by Zeta Psi. Besides the benefit of the conferences with many of the top fraternity leaders in the country, there were many interfraternal ties made. In fact, about four of us were so serious about the business that we held an evening session in the Peppermint Lounge. Then it was back to Chicago via a few Eastern chapters and a visit with the National Council and then off again on visitations. You know it gets cold in Minnesota-however they have found several methods of keeping warm that interested parties might investigate. While there I received a phone call that my traveling cohort was about to become a victim of the friendliness of . . . "your friends and neighbors have seen fit to select you . . . etc." and this did much to change my itinerary. It was indeed a sad day to go from 1 0 below zero in Minnesota to the 80 above of Arkansas in two days-but I was willing to make the sacrifice and rather like it.
by ED KOHLER
You all wonder, probably, if there is anything that I as a field secretary might see that is a universal characteristic or trait which all the chapters have or should have. I find that a chapter doing lots of singing has very few internal problems. Singing is something that can be practiced to almost any extent, yet be spontaneous. But, the feeling of accomplishment that comes from knowing you can do something well together is an immeasurable boost to fraternal spirit and unity and is most desirable. The excuse " we can't sing" is entirely unfounded. No group of 40-plus men singing together will sound bad if any amount of practice has gone into a performance. But, perhaps an hour a week must be devoted to this-which should not prove too much of a hardship on anybody. The reputation of conducting the best serenades on a campus in the minds of the coeds is the best reputation a chapter can get. Along these same lines-doing things together-the conduct of meals might be considered. When some chapters aren't conscious of table manners and don't try to make this time of day as pleasant as possible they are losing one of the few chances they have to get together as a group in pleasant surroundings. It should be a pleasant time for everybody and conducive to polite conversation. One of the best ways to do this is to have music piped into the dining hall. This will avoid those quiet and embarrassing lulls in the conversation that cause a feeling of uneasiness. It will also make a good impression on your guests. Anybody traveling through Tennessee must be sure to stop and see the men at Memphis. You old chapters had better beware or you'll be put to shame by the accomplishments of this group. It just takes a little work. ¡
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NAM:ED IDIEAN AT I~OWA STAT·E A University of Missouri Acacian is the new Dean of the College of Science and Humanities at Iowa State Unive rsity. He is Dr. Chalmer J. Roy , professor and head of the department of geology since 1948 who returned from a six-months leave of absence in India to take over his new duties A pril I . Dr. Roy ha s two sons , both of whom are A cacian s. H e received his B.A. in 1929 and his M.A. the following year, both at Missouri.
COLO,RADiOH·O·LDS U:NIQU·E PARTY Imagination ran rampant at Colorado this winter when the pledge class held its " Last Day on Earth " party. Each couple dressed as they would appear o n th e ir last day on earth. C ostumes ranged from Elmer Gantry and the Salvation Army to radiation experts . Black light wa s used to play up decoration s which included vivid paintings of hydrogen bomb clouds. The Spacemen added music (said to be from out of this world) a nd a great deal of twist action was used to fore stall th e end , according to TRIAD reporters.
A winter retreat tried t his year by Colorado State University Acacians wa s so successful in deve loping idea s for improved fratemity operatio n it may become an annual affair. Under the leadership of Ri c h H illman, the A cacians spent a weekend at Estes Park, bre a king up into
small groups of 5 or 6 to discuss such topics as scholarships or chapter relations: on and off campus . Each man was in two groups and each group he ld a two-hour disc uss ion. Afterwards , the men refo rmed to hear reports from chairmen of the individual groups.
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Two new chapters have been added to Acacia 's roster: Boston University and Memphis State. They were g iven charters within 8 days of each other this spring. Initiation took pla ce at Boston May 6, with New Hampshire men doing the honors, while teams from Mi ss iss ippi State and the University of Southern Mississippi pe·rformed the initiation at Memphis State April 28.
Mi ssouri Aca cians won t he fraternity league intramural ba sketba ll champion ship this winter by blasting favored Beta Theta Pi 42 to 32. Ke·y to victory : Olen and Ned Monsee. Brother Olen wa s team leader in the title game and topped the scoring with 16 points. Ned added 14; guard Rich Settles tall ie d 8 points and J im Lukefahr and Jerry Putnam scored 3 points each.
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Contest time finds Acacian s in the news everywhere. At Vermont, for example, during the Washington Birthday weekend, they placed in every event in the traditional Kake Walk. Their fine showing made them recipients of the coveted Lechnyr Trophy, given annually to the fraternity which best e xemplifie s the
true spirit of the Walk . Acacia's skit copped second place, and a snow sculpture (which literally went up overnight) also took a second prize. Austin Cleaves, V.D., and Ralph Mathews, Kake Walk director for Acacia, hold the walking trophy.
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MEMO FROM THE EDITOR It is a simple task to turn out the routine, to edit the non-controversial matter, to conform to well-established patterns. I have chosen another course and I prefer to think that in future issues as in the past two and this present one there will be much that stimulates discussion. (If you haven't yet read Mr. Ott's letter in our Opinion column this month, do so, please. He has hit that proverbial nail square on in his summation of the situation.) It never was my intention to turn the pages of our TRIAD into a "partisan political propaganda sheet," as someone referred to it after the February issue. Nor does the publication of a by-lined article ever indicate endorsement of that writer's views by the editor of a magazine. While the criticism was discouraging in one sense, it was also encouraging in another • • • it proved that our TRIAD is being read as never before.
If words could kill, then there's no doubt about my being dead at this very moment! The last issue of our TRIAD brought forth such a volume of scorching mail I almost reached the point of avoiding our postoffice box. Well, not really ••• but it did seem that our Voice from the Right article produced a barrage of antagonistic mail. Not that I didn't expect the deluge-but the tone and strength of some of the letters surprised me. You would almost believe that this Acacian were out to ruin the fraternity, to turn it ino a political machine, or some such nonsense. Nothing, of course, is further from the truth. The hours spent this past year editing a revolutionary new TRIAD have been ones of complete devotion to our fraternity and ones of entire dedication to the principles on which Acacia was founded more than half a century ago. I never expected everyone to like what has been attempted in design; nor did I expect all readers to agree with Mr. Kolbe's article in the February issue. I wanted primarily to stimulate thinking, to arouse interest in our fraternity publication and to publish a magazine second to none in the fraternity world.
If from this renewed readership activity we can move on to still further activity-at the chapter and alumni relationship level-then truly Acacia is on the threshold of a tremendous era of growth.
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NATIONAL OFFICERS P resident-WILLIAM E. KRIEGER 1st National Bank Bldg., Peoria, Illinois First Vice-President-HARVEY R. AMOS 4208 Via Valrnonte, Palos Verdes Estates, Calif. Second Vice-President-MARVIN LOGAN 2041 Spruce Rd., Homewood, Ill. National Expansion Director-OR. R. C . BRADLEY 728 Clark, Moberly, Mo.
National Scholarship Chairman : L . W . KNAPP , JR. 815 No. Linn, Iowa City, Iowa Counselor-RAYMOND E . BIVERT 234 N . Duncan Street, Stillwater, Oklahoma Treasurer-GEORGE F . PATTERSON, JR. 2624 Bremont Ave ., Cincinnati 37, Ohio Nationa l Judge Advoca te-LEN SARTAIN 9757 J effe rson Hwy ., Baton Rouge , L a.
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