Acacia Triad - October 1963 - Vol. 59, No. 1 by Acacia Fraternity

TRIAD OF ACACIA FRATERNITY Volume LIX

No. I

October 1963

TRIAD FEATURES: Triad Forum ...... . ........ . . Acacia's Founding by Charles Sink

Alan Olson, Editor

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The Men Behind the Scenes .

Philip Wayne Cramer, Managing Editor Memphis Chosen for '64 Conclave

P.O. Box 2844 Grand Centra I Station New York 17, N.Y.

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OTHER READING: Acacia Fraternity Upholds

Fraternity Facts

Legacies: A Kiss of Death by Roy Clark . ..

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On the Acacia Trail by Ed Kohler . ....... . .

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Province Governors: alumni at work for Acacia

Opinion .

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Memo from the editor

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Entered as secandÂˇclass matter at the past office in St. Joseph, Michigan. Fifty cents per copy, S15.00 for life in the United States and Canada. Seventy-five cents per copy elsewhere . Published quarterly at A. & R. Roe Printers, 227 Wayne St., St. Joseph, Michigan, 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 35791 should be sent to Acaeio Fraternity Headquarters, 1569 Sherman Ave ., Evanston, Ill.

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The right of the individual to commune with God in a manner and way of his own choosing. The Constitutional form of Government and the Basic Bill of Rights. The perpetuation of the rights of the individual in accordance with the laws of our country. The right of each to ex~rcise ambition, initiative, resourcefulness and energy to better his own economic conditions, and in so doing contribute as an individual to the advancement of the economy of our country. The maintenance and support of the American system of public schools. The sponsorship of gentlemanly conduct which will reflect credit to ourselves, our Fraternity and the schools in which we have received our education. The promotion of a spirit of democratic living with all those with whom we associate for we decry any form of snobbishness. The promotion of scholarshio and the betterment of ourselves through participation in school activities. Respect for our school and its requirements, and we pledge to strive through proper conduct to bring credit to our Alma Mater.

ARE FRATERNITIES DOOMED? A timely question introduces a new TRIAD special feature: TRIAD FORUM. Each issue will explore a different topic, with alumni and actives taking part. For this first FORUM, actives speak out on where they think the fraternity system is going. Future FORUM topics: religion on campus, sex and morality, what' s happening to today' s college teaching?

What is going to happen to the fraternity system, especially with all those new dormi.tories? The answer is nothing - for the foreseeable future. With freshman enrollment exIPected to double by 1965, the fraternity system lhas nothing to fear in this respect as the ratio of campus housing to private housing will decrease. Fraternities are at least a much needed phystical asset. They are more than that. The U.S. !Department of Health, Education and Welfare lin a recently published 178-page report states that "fraternity and sorority membership was clearly associated with a "persistence to gradmate." Institutions with no recognized fraternity or .sororities had a lower rate of graduation than schools with them. Schools with national fralternities had higher " persistence" rates than !those with only local groups. And members of !fraternities and sororities at the same institultion had higher persistence records than nonJmembers.

The Fraternity system provides a majority of campus leadership, their grades are above the general university average, and they have achieved a place of respect in the arena of the universities. Almost as old as the various institutions with whom they share students, the system seems secure to remain much as is if it continues to meet the physical and spiritual needs of those it serves. It will always come under attack because it embraces one essential weakness: not every student can belong. Thus the charge of being undemocratic, snobbish, etc. We are not equal just because people in Washington consider us as all having just one equal vote. If we were, there would be no reason to spend money, time, and hard work, and to sacrifice years of earning power to get a college education in order to become unequal. As Felix Schilling said: "True education makes for inequality, the inequality of individuality; the inequality of continued o n next page

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success, the glorius inequality of talent or genius. For inequality, not mediocrity; individual superiority, not standardization, is the measure of progress in the world." Philip Cramer Managing Editor

Dennis Snell P.V.D. Memphis State Perhaps the best answer to the question of the title is "If." All the talk in the world, if it does not stimulate appropriate action, is about as good as Shakespeare's "sound and fury signifying nothing." Fraternities are sitting astride of " Occam's Razor." They can as easily rise as fall. 'If" they fall, however, it will only be because they talked themselves to death at a time when constructive reevaluation and action was imperative. Among gentlemen and diplomats it is considered unethical to point the "finger of blame," but where there is a problem there is a cause, and it follows: " If someone is talking too much, who is it?" The national organizations are, as in the 6

past, in serious trouble. They are confronted with ever increasing numbers of poor, weak, or reactionary chapters. They are faced with the problems of university domination and the "discrimination" question. It would be safe to say that they have brought all this upon themselves. How? Let's look at a few reasons. The structure and program of fraternity chapters as defined by national organizations have not been reevaluated in light of the adolescent membership which has long since replaced the more mature, more experienced member of a less complicated world fifty years ago. The social and academic needs of students during that era of rapid expansion were far different from those of today, and the subsequent requirements for operating a successful chapter were far less demanding. The added responsibilities which today's fraternity requires in the areas of academics, intellectual acculturation, social, guidance, leadership and democratic practices, and human service have created such an administrative burden for the best of undergraduate chapters, that more time is wasted in administration than in the actual activity. The national organizations by and large, have put such an emphasis on keeping up with the statistical enrollment increase that the result has been a negative proportionate correlation to the enrollment. Numbers have increased, but too often the failure to select valuable young men has decreased the . desirability of many a chapter, and ultimately, the fraternity as a whole. Indiscriminate expansion, mass rushing (particularly Formal Rush) , and the idiotic race for the numerical moon are shooting the efforts of many hardworking fraternities off orbit because of the poor resultant stereotype that is being perpetuated. The resistance to change inherent in the statement, "What was good for us is good for you," has become a serious prohlem of incompatibility between generations of fraternity members. Too often, the older generations, instead of perpetuating the purposes, principles ~

and goals of the fraternity, and formulating a flexible structural framework within which the undergrad's may implement their program, have succeeded in creating damaging confusion. The national organizations, many poorly organized, to effectively lead and serve their chapters, look to the universities to "mother" their chapters for them. In essence, they ask 't he universities to run the chapter, but not tell them what to do. Some wonder that we now must deal with "university domination." I personally question the necessity of fraternities ever becoming an administrative function of the universities or the focus of indirect political exploration. A dictator is not born, he is developed by the lack of limitations preventing him from thwarting people's rights. It might also be suggested that "university domination." and the "discrimination" question are strictly inseparable. I certainly invite challenge to this hypothesis. The universities, on the other hand, as administrative elements of educational endeavor, are not without stain. In their efforts to regiment the education processes for greater ease of operation, many have sought to reduce fraternities to simple living units with house-fellows; others have rreduced fraternities to the fate of Greece. The policies and legislation of many univerÂˇsities, whether strictly enforced or not, is inconsistent with the goals of education and selfrdevelopment in a democratic-republic such as ours. In only too many cases, the more princiIPles they preach, the less they practice them. "It's alright to have ideals so long as you don't Jpractice them.'' It would seem that somewhere an adminisltrator would believe in the worth of constitultional guarantees, the Bill of Rights, education 1in the modern "broad experience" sense of the 'Word to openly denounce crass political exploitation. It is unfortunate that sociologists, psychololgists, educators, and experts of the American constitutional government do not publish a

critical, line-by-line analysis of such diatribes as Fraternities Without Brotherhood, to better define the fallacies of such anti-individualism propaganda for the public and many disillusioned fraternities as well. As for the altar, can one justly say that the fraternities have not left their source of greatest strength. From these altars radiate the wisdom of the Creator of man and man's greatest historical-political achievement: a free world in which the individual is the principle shareholder, not the state, or diabolical minorities who crusade without sincerity, refuse to practice what they preach, and persist in enhancing the cause of group superiorities. The strength of the altar in yesteryears was not in what they taught, but that they focused great dedication to those things which were taught and held to be sacred in the homes, churches, schools, communities, and universities. Far be it from me to say that fraternities are doomed if they don't return to the old ways. On the contrary. Such a move would be fatal. We must again move forward , gauging carefully every step, for the path is lined with Judases whose mouths drip with words of freedom, democracy, and brotherhood and whose practices reek of " mass-minded" slavery, token democracy, and the abolishment of the very foundations of spiritual man: love and brotherhood. The strength of the fraternity must be at the altar, presented to those who are carefully selected for character, zeal, enthusiasm, and patriotism; presented to those who value the social activities of the fraternity as a pleasant recreation and not a religion or way of life in itself. The fraternity of yesterday is gone; the fraternity of today will pass but fraternities are doomed if they fail to revitalize in practice and belief (rather than lip-service) the purpose for which they were all founded - to develop educated gentlemen, dedicated to freedom, individualism, good will, and unswerving citizenship. continued on next page

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Carl Kantner, V.D. Wisconsin Chapter

Fraternities and the fraternity system have always faced stiff opposition from those who know little of the system. The same can be said of that today as it could twenty years ago. The attack generates from different angles and for different reasons but the desire of the attackers is still the same. During the past forty years the fraternities on the University of Wisconsin Campus have been attacked because of alledged poor housing, excessive drinking, and most recently because the fraternities' desire to be discriminating in their membership selection. Each of these battles has had to be hard fought and hard won but if the system stands together it can disprove and repel these attacks. The current discrimination problem appears to be a much tougher nut to crack than the others because of the way public opinion seems to blindly obey the demands of government officials without looking at what rights the individual controls. I don't believe that any fraternity man puts segregation before individual selection on the basis of compatibility and 8

character. This problem of discrimination does not, however, seem to me to be the weapon that will doom the fraternities. The most important idea that fraternities must get across to their members, both those on campus and alumni, is that a modern fraternity must be able to change its functions to adapt itself to the requirements of the modern student. Today more than ever before the stress on grades and academics has made the student vitally aware of his respon~ibility to do the very best he can in the classroom. Thus he naturally desires this to carry over into his home in a fraternity. A fraternity can no longer be just a social dorm with its unity based on a piece of ritual and brotherhood. Instead it must offer its members opportunities to pursue his academics without interference, provide leadership, and cultural enlightenment as well as balance fun and friendship. Although it may not be the case, too many people think of a fraternity as a purely social club whose members barely manage to get passing marks while having a good time. This conception is of course very far from the truth but in order to continue to attract new members the fraternity will have to display more of what the modern student is looking for. One main key in dispelling the possibility of the doom of fraternities is to constantly be aware of what the student wants and seeks on campus but can not achieve while living in a dorm. In other words we must be flexible enough to realize that what the fraternity did ten years ago may not be what the fraternity needs to do today. Acacia and many other fraternities as well are based on sound principles and high ideals. But as time passes and these principles are put into play by the individual chapters the ways are established and thus tradition dictates to the new members of the fraternity rather than the members deciding what should be done for themselves. This therefore is one of the main ways that the fraternity system can save itself. As an example of this the Wisconsin Chapter

has in the past three months since the introduction of a program which was based on flexibility and designed to stress academics as well as the other phases of fraternity life increased its membership 300 % which is not an easy job on a campus which is so opposed to the fraternity system. Wisconsin is only 20 % greek and a leader in the move to force the fraternities to accept everyone into a chapter who desires to become a member. Therefore it is easy to see that if any program can be proven sue. cessful on this campus it can be helpful elsewhere. The fraternity system is only doomed if it fails to realize it must modernize. And, more importantly, it must remember to stand up for its rights as private organization.

Acacia, I too have been confronted with this question. Being a fraternity man, I believe that fraternities will never die for several reasons. First, man is naturally gregarious and enjoys his own company. Fraternities were created for this reason. As the fraternal idea spread, more and more men looking for some enjoyment in college life, organized and joined fraternities. Now, fraternities are an integral part of many college campuses and provide not only enjoyment, but housing, relaxation, and brotherhood. As more and more men enter college, a good percentage of them also enter the fraternity system. Seldom, do these men turn from or leave their fraternity ties. How then can a system or idea which has spread and grown by large percentages, be on the road to doom? An organization which continues to satisfy the majority of the people connected with it will always grow and prosper. Another reason is the complex, intangible thing-brotherhood. Actually, to fraternity men, brotherhood, which is the fraternal root, is the idea of 50 to 100 men sharing the hardships and pleasures of college life. These men become dedicated to the fraternity through its ritual. As the ritual brings the fraternity members closer to one another, the fraternity itself is strengthened and improved. How then can a system which continually strengthens itself through internal organization be failing?

James Alcock, V.D. Oklahoma State Are fraternities doomed? This question has been a leading topic among sociologists, magazines, professors, and generally anyone connected with university life. For the past few years, fraternity men everywhere have battled against the sociologist's prediction that fraternities have outlived their usefulness. As Venerable Dean of the Oklahoma State Chapter of

Finally, fraternities will never die because too many hard working, dedicated men have given their lives to fraternity work. Both undergraduates and alumni are determined to prove the value and strength of fraternities Furthermore, the administrations of many colleges are interested in strengthening their fraternities and chartering new ones. I truly believe that fraternities will never die because too many interested people have decided that fraternities cannot and will not follow their predicted doom. conti nued on next page

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Doug Whitney, V.D.

Iowa State

Yes, they are. Fraternities as they are now, and unfortunately have been for the past 50 years, are on the way out. We're living in a fast moving, fast changing time. However, qualifications for membership in fraternities are still substantially the same as they have been since the introduction of the college fraternity many years ago . The "war babies" of the middle 40's are now entering our colleges at an ever increasing rate, bringing with them higher, stricter entrance requirements. This brings about a constant need for new housing. Obviously fraternities can't expand as fast as state supported housing. This means that the percentage of students who are Greek will continue to decline. We must, however, continue to get the "cream of the crop." This new breed of more serious and intellectual students, a product of the stiffer entrance requirements, is not going to be drawn to a fraternity system whose grade point averages are near or below the all-men's average. 10

Fraternities must provide a more intellectual atmosphere which stimulates thought. Rather than attempting to channel thoughts and actions into "the mold," which is all-too-freedom of thought and individual choice. Fraternities must exist to provide this atmosphere. By 1984 if fraternities are to last that long, each house' will have a well-stocked and well-used library as its center. Fraternities must continue to exist since they offer responsibilities to the members while still in school-a small and -necessary introduction to the "cold, cruel world" we enter upon graduation. Dormitories, with all of their organization and activities, can't duplicate the permancy of fraternities. They can, and often do, avoid many of the pitfalls and blackeyes presently gracing the fraternities . We must clean up QUr own back yards before we can attract new blood! The public image of a fraternity is, too frequently, still the coon-skin coat, hip flask, rahrah boys. Often, though, this is a reasonably accurate picture of our fraternities. We must do something worthwhile to merit our continuing existence. More cooperation among chapters on each campus (coop rush for new chapters, etc.) and among chapters of each fraternity (assistance for " down" chapters) are of the utmost import. Healthy competition is fine , but cut throat tactics will be deadly. Yes, the college SOCIAL fraternity (for that is too often the way it is thought of) is doomed, a victim of changing times. Whether or not a new type of fraternity will emerge is an unanswerable question. Unless fraternity men begin to think of themselves as more than just members of XXX fraternity, Podunk State College, and unless they begin to concern them~elves with the affairs of their national fraternity and other nationals, we will see the day when the college social fraternity no longer exists.

coming to college. But .I cannot help but be in favor of any organization which stands for the ideal that the value of a man is not in the goods he can come across with, but rather in the fact that he is a human being, in common with all other human beings, with a need for a social as well as scholastic organization and association, in the university as well as out. The fraternities that can provide the necessary " balancemanship" can surely overcome the continual attacks that they are under now. But those which cannot meet the needs of to~orrow ' s college man are going to perish as dross that cannot possibly hope to survive in such a fast-moving age.

Marc Loudon, V.D. Louisiana State University

Sometimes I try to stand off and look at the 'college man today in an objective way. I find myself saying, "Look at the demands placed on this man. Did yesterday's college-goer have the pressures that the one of today must face? And if not, what is the world going to come to in the future?" Unfortunately, my question has already been answered by many who are considered authorities in the social sciences: the world of competition in making a living is rapidly degenerating into a pesthole in which the value of a human being is solely based on what he can contribute to the person doing the evaluating. Purely and simply, the fraternity of tomorrow that can provide a "balancemanship" (to quote our Assistant Dean of Men ) of social life and scholastic emphasis is the organization of the future in colleges .. . not the organization of the past. But to become the organization of the future, fraternities must throw off the shackles of the past and realize the throes of competition into which its members will be continually forced to subject themselves. Admittedly, I was anti-fraternity before

James Ellman, California

The growing custom in fr aternities is to train the new member to join the norm of action and not the nor m of idea. We preach what our great mentors believed in and turn around to do something contrary to these ideas. Is the fraternity system doomed ? I str ongly believe that it will persist for a good time to come. Why ? To the high school graduate the idea of joining a fraternity is to join a group of men gathered together to have a 'bitchin' time. continued o n nexr page

Province Governors I continued Their thoughts do not Âˇcenter on the many benefits of fraternity life or the ideas and concepts that they stand to learn. Here at Cal the foremost idea is partying it up and scraping by in the academics. Of course there are the individuals that study hard and pull in the good gradepoint that will boost up the old house average, but then they are considered to be the exception. I can best explain what I feel by going over my 4 years of experience in the house (I have one more year to go) . In my freshman year I was rather nieve to the fraternity system and the role that it plays. I pledged the house because there was a nice group of men present that I felt I got along with.As the year passed, I found myself being educated in many and various ways, all of which I now feel were of some importance to me: how to drink ; what sorority girls expect on a date ; and a little bit about studies. The second year proved valuable to me since I was rush chairman and found that is was quite hard to get people to do work. School received little emphasis. I had an overall 2.0 at the end of this year. The third year was of still more value. The social life was great and my studies even picked up a little. In the spring I was elected president of the house and this led to what I feel was the most important experience I have had in the fraternity. I had a chance to really lead a large group of individuals in a common path toward our chosen goals. I was much wiser at the finish of that year of school (included the fall of my senior year) . In my fourth year of school I felt that I had gained many important understandings of people and what made them tick. This was a result of the offices that I had held. I was elected vice president and knew that I would be tested in truely leading a group of men in the direction that we as a fraternity wanted them to go. My big job is this fall when I will have a 10-20 man pledge class to control. That's my experience. Now to philosophize! I agree that all the things I have experienced 12

have been important to me. The ability to understand people is valuable since I plan to go into the insurance field. The knowledge I have picked up from the house with respect to social life is also important. Most important is the friendships that have been built in the last four years. What is the problem with fraternities then? Just this: compare the first year of my college life to the fourth. Take 40 men spread out over this range, most in the lower half and we have a conflict. When the older men finaly are put to the task of thinking of their future and what they are going to do with themselves they often realize that the atmosphere present with the young, "roudy" freshman there is a problem. One gets to the point where he would like to be somewhat off by himself and not one of the group, spinning through their ever-continuing small spectrum of "what life is." These men want to set their minds to the task of earning a living, choosing a wife, setting final values, etc. The younger men on the other hand want to study little, socialize, and hang loose as much as possible. Running around on the roof at night gaping at the Kappas and Pi Ohis is for younger men and it turns out to be quite a burden and nuisance to the older ones. Now don't get me wrong. I went through all of this and I feel that it has had an important role in the training I have received while in school. I don't criticize this. But it is important that the younger men are made to realize the values of education from a book too. They should also learn to appreciate the values of the older men in the house. There is a conflict! This fall I plan to move out of the house and into an apartment as some of the other men are doing. I have gotten to the point where I no longer feel that I owe all my time to the house. Other men feel the same way. They too will move out of the house. The resulta house full of young men living their wild lives as they please. There is a big problem in getting the older men to stay in the house and train these youngsters. This will be the down-

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of the fraternity system. Unfortunately, the trend in American freshlen is to go to school for "kicks" and to have good time. There is nothing wrong with the ood times but it would be nice to see a group f mature fraternity men. The American is .ot required to think but to reiterate the varms ideas of the professors and textbooks that .e is required to read. The fraternities are doomed to continue this ole they play today unless the mind of the :-tdividual is allowed to function on its own. t has to be taught to do this and this is up to Âˇur schools and our parents. The real answer annot be found now. We must wait and see ust what the present day fraternity men turn 'ut to be tomorrow, next year, and 20 years rom now. Then we can go back as we always lo and say that they were good or bad and hat something should have been done!

David Schoon Indiana University

To answer this question let us consider a tree - a tree standing against the storms of public opinion - a tree fighting against the de~ay of internal disorder- a tree trying to keep

a strong footing in the shifting sands that provide its immediate support. The college fraternity, like the tree, if it cannot successfully cope with its environment, will fall. But it is not doomed if it will take a firmer root by supporting the school where it is located. This does not mean by providing large, noisy crowds at football games, but by promoting high scholarship. Too often the all-fraternity scholastic average is only a few hundredths of a point above the all-men's average. If the fraternity will promote scholarship in an outstanding, positive manner, the "shifting sands" of the university will provide a firmer and safer support for the institution. Too often the fraternity house, especially on campuses where large memberships are the custom, becomes regarded by its members as little more than an elite dormitory. An idealistic ritual is recited once or twice a year but remains forgotten the rest of the term. When chapters and members become aware of the benefits of brotherly love, relief, and truth: will practice the ideals of human service; and learn to remain silent when they cannot speak a good word for a brother in the presence of the uninitiated; the fraternity will be better enabled to withstand the forces of decay from within. "Behold how good and how pleasant it is for brethern to dwell together in unity!" This statement holds meaning far beyond the individual chapter and includes local IFC's, national fraternity organizations; and national inter-fraternity organizations. No chapter, no fraternity, no IFC can long exist by itself. The storm of public opinion from without attacks with lawyers, polititians, and other high ranking influential people. Not only must this storm be withstood and thrown back when at its height, but steps must be taken to stop it when in its breeding areas by putting forth favorable publicity. Our tree will not fall but will stand long and produce good fruit if steps are taken by the fraternities, chapters, and members to protect it now. 13

ACACIA a founding father's story of how it all began Next year, Acacia celebrates its 60th anniversary. As the fraternity continues to expand on new campuses everywhere, it seems altogether fitting to pause ... and reflect on how it all began, how the principles and ideals were shaped into what was, 60 years ago, a new concept of fraternalism, how the very name Acacia was chosen, where the stumbling blocks occurred, and how they were removed, hut not without struggles. Only one of the original 14 founders of Acacia is alive today: Charles Sink, who still resides in the state where it all began- Michigan. Brother Sink, alert and active and still keenly interested in his beloved fraternity, recalls those early days in this article, based on an informal talk given in Oklahoma in 1961. For his delightful story ... just turn to the next page. 15

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Our fraternity has been closely linked with Masonry all through its life. In other words, it's a son of Masonry - And when did I get interested in it, and how did I get involved in it? Well, I shall try to tell you. You see I was brought up in the east. I was brought up in western New York State, not far from the little village of LeRoy. Now in my early boyhood days, in the village of Churchville where I lived, I heard quite a lot as a youngster about Masonry. Some of it was good and quite a bit of it was bad. It seems that back perhaps 130 or 140 years ago, I don't know the exact date, but there was quite a Masonic scandal in the little town of LeRoy and that scandal spread throughout the state of New York and throughout the nation and became an issue in one of the presidential campaigns of that general era. It happened this way; at the Masonic Lodge in LeRoy, New York, there was a member by the name of Morgan - I don't know what his first name was. Apparently he was not a very desirable member, so far as I know from my early boyhood conversations with some of the older men at that time who still had memories of it, he was rather a harem-scarem, a trouble maker in the Organization and had to be reprimanded by the Masonic officials from time to time. Eventually, some of the brothers took it upon themselves to take him out and give him a good beating. Just how badly he was beaten up I don't know - and don't particularly care, but something of that sort happened. That made matters worse and it became a matter for the community, not just the lodge. Well, it went on, people began taking sides, some were for Masonry, some were against it - and it spread. It was a great subject of conversation throughout the State. Eventually this harem-scarem disappeared; nobody knew what became of him. Many stories of various sorts sprang up. Some said that the Masons had taken him out and made away with him - others said that out of pure meanness he had left the country in order to cast aspersions upon the Masonic Order. What really happened, nobody really ever found out. 16

Well, it was during my early boyhood that I heard quite a bit about this and I wondered what had happened and I kind of took sides with the Masonic side of it for this reason, that the ones who were pro-Mason, if I may call them such, represented the better people of the community and the ones who were pro-Morgan, so to speak, -represented pretty much the riff-raff of the community - and there I was. Well I thought that if anything untold had taken place it certainly wouldn't be sponsored by these very fine representative citizens, and on the other hand, I realized that the proMorgan group were rather disreputable in many ways and I thought that they were adding fuel to the fire and were trying to make something important out of the event. Well, that was my early boyhood impression of Masonry. So when I made my way through high school I decided that I was going to become a Mason. So before I was twenty-one, I applied for membership in the Masonic Order in the early spring of 1900. My birthday, as has been mentioned, is July 4th. That fall I was to enter the University of Michigan and I wanted to become a full fledged Mason before I went to the far west, to Michigan. Now our local lodge, which usually was dormant during the summer, was good enough to hold some special meetings and I received my three degrees. Well, when I reached the University of Michigan in September, I proudly displayed a large Masonic emblem - about as large as a fifty cent piece - I should say, and it was bright and shiny. I shined it nearly every day; I was very proud of it. One day as I was going through the campus, an older student saw me and he saw that headlight and he said, "You're a Mason, are you?" I said, "Yes, try me." So I made myself known as a Mason. He said, "Now let me tell you something; he said, you know we have a Masonic Club here among the students, and he said, we are going to have a smoker party tonight at the Masonic Club House and I want you to come with me and meet the boys." Well, I thought it over and decided I would. So that Friday night we went to what was the Masonic Club House. continued on page 18

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There I met eight or ten chaps, none of whom impressed me particularly - and I thought a lot of my friend who had taken me. That friend was later Dr. W. J. Marshall, to whom our fraternity owes more than to any other man. Well, Marshall and I became great friends and we went around to the fraternity - to the club house - two or three times that year. Then at the end of the year Marshall disappeared. He left college. The fraternity - or the club - rather sagged and during that season it didn't amount to very much. The better class of fellows evidently withdrew and they didn't recruit any others, so at the end of that second year it just naturally died - it withered on the vine, so to speak. Two years later, at the beginning of my senior year, as I was studying one day in the library, an older man came up to me - with a great beard and he said, "Hello Sink." And I didn't recognize him - it was my friend Marshall. He had left college for two years; he had gone to Minnesota and worked in lumber camps and had taught school and he was now returning to the University to complete his college course - and the first thing he asked me was, "What's become of the Masonic Club? " Well I didn't know except that I told him that as far as I knew that it just petered out; I hadn't seen anything of it, didn't know anything about it and so far as I knew, it no longer existed. Well, he thought that was too bad because he had been a prime mover in it in its balmy days. Two days later, he came to me and he said, "I found o1:1t," he said, "I found two old members of the Club," he said, "Hill and Deroy." Well, I didn't know who they were. He said, "I think we ought to get together and talk things over." I said, "All right." So we arranged a meeting and the four of us got together and talked things over and found that the Club had just naturally died and no longer existed. And furthermore , these two fellows were not really full-fledged members of the Club because the process of joining the Club had at that time consisted of two very important things; one was to sign the register, which was easy, and the other

was to pay a dollar which was your initiation fee . Well, Hill and Deroy had signed the register all right, but they had never paid their dollar. So they were sort of half way brothers. Well, at any rate, Marshall and I overlooked that fact and the four of us got together and really got to talk over what we ought to do. So we decided the first thing to do was to get in touch with the last known president of the Club and call a formal, legal meeting. That man was a fellow by the name of Crawford, living down - I think - in Indiana some place. Marshall got · in touch with him and he wrote each of us a letter and said there will be a meeting of the Masonic Club at such and such a time and place. So the four of us got together and we began discussing how we would re-organize, what we would do. We elected officers, each one of us had an office - I don't know who was president, or vice-president, or secretary, or treasurer, but the four of us each had an office. Then we began meeting every Saturday morning for four or five weeks, talking and discussing what we ought to do, trying to decide why the old club had failed and what we ought to do to revive it. Well, I don't know who really suggested it, but I think Marshall suggested it, - I rather think Marshall was the one who suggested that we re-organize as a fraternity. Well, we decided to do that. So by that time it got to be well toward Christmas vacation. Committees were appointed. A committee was appointed to solicit, and I suppose you would call it a rush committee now; we wanted more men really. And another committee was appointed to look into the legal aspects of the matter. Another committee was appointed to work out a Ritual. The Ritual Committee consisted of Marshall, Harlan Rowe, and myself, and during the holiday vacation we worked out a Ritual. Now I think we did a pretty good job, because the Ritual as you have it today is substantially as was worked out at that time. It has been refined, improved here or there, but basically the Ritual is about as we worked it out at that time. continued on page 21

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Now we three fellows, I think, were pretty wellfitted for that job. Marshall was a devout Mason, he knew the masonic traditions. Harlan Rowe was a very literary man, a good writer, a user of good English, - and I, myself, had been trained in the Classics. I had started out to be a professor of Latin and Greek but didn't get too far. So the three of us each contributed something. We had several meetings and discussed the things, then we departed for our homes for Christmas vacation. We designated that Marshall should combine our ideas together into a Ritual and then after vacation we would haul it over, revise it and check it over - which we did. And along probably in February or March, we had a pretty substantial Ritual. In the meantime we had added several members to our group, so that I presume by February or March, instead of having four, we had nine, or ten, or eleven, probably like that, and from time to time we brought in new members. Then along a little later we decided that we would incorporate as a fraternity. We would disband as a club and incorporate as a non-profit society, as a fraternity. Then the question arose as to what we should call ourselves. That was quite a problem. We didn't want a regular Greek letter fraternity particularly, and we didn't want to call it a Masonic fraternity , and we just didn't know - so many names were proposed. We proposed Square and Compass fraternity, and we proposed a Greek fraternity, and we proposed Acacia fraternity, and we proposed a campus fraternity, and we had several other typical Masonic names. And finally we hit upon the name Acacia Fraternity. At this point, I would like to refer to my good friend Bill Dye's history, which I hope you have all read. In that I think he discusses somewhat how this name occurred. It seemed that at the University of Michigan, at the University of Minnesota, and at several other universities, there had been some sort of Masonic clubs. Marshall, during those two years that he was out, had been in Minnesota and had worked in lumber camps and had taught scho&l i -and -While there, he had run across

one or two Minnesota boys and they had told him something about their Masonic Club. And so Marshall made the remark to us, in our general conversations, that the club at Minnesota was known as the Acacia Club and there are many Acacia lodges throughout the country . In Detroit there is the Acacia Lodge, and in other parts of the country there are Acacia lodges, and Acacia is a well-established Masonic name. And there are campus clubs, and there are other clubs. Well, we talked about all these different names and finally we decided that we would call our fraternity the Acacia Fraternity. Now with profound respect to Minnesota I must truthfully say that the fact that they had an Acacia Club there had no influence whatever in our choosing that name any more than Detroit had an influence because there is an Acacia Club, an Acacia Lodge in Detroit, or an Acacia hotel some other place. It was a name that is symbolic of evergreen, of everlasting durability, and so on, and we chose it as a very satisfactory name for our fraternity. And again, I want to say with profound respect to Minnesota that the fact that they had an Acacia Club there was not the deciding factor at all why we chose that name. Later on, a chapter was established at Minnesota. That point has been discussed somewhat at various occasions, and I would like to make that point as clear as I can. Now, after we had chosen that name, we appointed a committee to find a house. We appointed various other committees, and then it got to be along towards spring, time passed very fast. In May, b y May 11th, we had added to our numbers three or four other men, most of whom were lawyers. There was Scatterday, and we met at the home, at the room , of Mr. Ringo on Engle Street, where the Mission League now stands, and the lawyer members of our group brought the necessary papers from the Secretary of State's Office for a corporation. We signed those papers and sent them in. Now, I think Brother Dye in his book raises the question as to how it happened that there were not fourteen signatures on those documents. Well, the continued on next page

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reason was this: that the documents only contained spaces for eight or ten, or something like that, and so that the group of us as we stood around the table - some standing and some sitting - the first ones there signed, when the spaces were exhausted the rest of us didn't sign. So that is all there is to that; it made no difference, we were all Founders just the same, of course. I wanted to clear up those two points, because perhaps some of you have noticed them and have heard about them. Well, we were a Fraternity. And we consisted of fourteen people. That was in May along toward final examinations. Our house committee reported that they had found a house which we might rent for the following year. The chairman of that house committee was Harvey Rowe. And not only did we need a house, but we needed furniture, and we needed various other things. Well, Harvey was the son of a merchant, who was in charge of a private mercantile establishment at Bad Axe, Mich., so Harvey knew quite a bit about merchandising, so he succeeded in assisting us in making arrangements without much down payment for a house which was livable, and made arrangements on installment plan to buy the necessary furniture, and in the fall we assembled. Well, we had overlooked one very important thing. Our committee, our rushing committee, had brought together mostly seniors, very few other classmen. The result was that when the house opened up that fall, there were just three back to live in the house. I had graduated that year, so I lived in the house as an alumni member for a year, so that made four of us. So the four of us, without any money in our pockets, managed to finance the rent for that house, pay the installments on the furniture, have a few good times along the way, do a little rushing trying to get some more members - without much to show them, without very much inducement. But we managed to struggle through, and we had a wonderful time that first year. Now, we aspired pretty high, and we took in at that time several very important honorary members.

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that, he said, "You know, boys," he said, " there is something intangible about this, something more secure than money." He said, "I have great confidence in you young men, I have great confidence." "And," he said, "I move that we proceed to build." That was a very important moment in the life of our fraternity. So we built the fraternity house, and eventually the University needed that property for

the construction of a great law building. And we didn 't have a fire this time, but we sold it to the University at a price probably more than what the insurance would have been. We took that money and built our present fraternity house. I have tried to tell you something about the early history of the fraternity, and if I have made any errors or digressed, forgive me, but this is about as I remember that period of Acacia.

Founder Sink, with his winning smile, and an Acacian at the Indiana conclave

The Men Behind the Scenes Twice a year a group of men gathers together and spends the greater share of three consecutive days doing nothing else but talk, plan -and act- for the good of Acacia Fraternity. Their only pay for this service is the satisfaction that always comes from doing good for others -in this case, for the good of thousands of Acacia actives and alumni all over the world. These men form Acacia's National Council and they're headed by George Patterson, Jr. , Ohio attorney. He was elected to the top office of Acacia at its last conclave in Texas in 1962, for a four-year-term. The National Council acts as the fraternity's governing body and consists of both elected and appointed officers. Because far too few Acacians have the opportunity to sit at a council session with these gentlemen and thereby get to know them personally, the TRIAD takes this means of helping everyone get better acquainted. Meet, first , your president.

George Patterson, a pipe-smoking lawyer, with a shrewd head for business and a keen sense of humor, began his Acacia career in 1942 when he joined the Cincinnati chapter. During the intervening 21 years he has served the fraternity at local and national levels in many ways. And he has served his community, too, for six years as a village clerk and as a member of its recreation committee, which he headed one year. 24

President Patterson received the Acacia Award of Merit in 1958 - highest honor conferred by the fraternity on any member. His work as national treasurer (to which he was elected in 1954) was rewarded by a second term, culminating with his elevation to Acacia's top post four years later. When in college, Patterson served as juni9r, senior and venerable dean of his chapter, the latter post for two years. He has been a member of the Cincinnati housing corporation for eight years, served as financial advisor from 1945 to 1948 and as chapter advisor from 1948 to 1954. In 1956 Patterson acted as chairman of the conclave, having served on the jurisprudence committee from 1948 to 1954. He was a member of the national constitution revision committee, which was adopted in 1950. Patterson received his B.A. in 1945, after winning many honors at Cincinnati. He graduated in 1948 from the University of Cincinnati law school and entered private practice. For about three and a half years he served as assistant attorney general of Ohio and at present is assistant county prosecutor for Hamilton County, a job he's held since 1955. Patterson was married in 1946 (to a Kappa continued on page 26

Acacia's National Council poses for a ufamily portrait" on the opposite page. With them is Roy Clark, executive secretary. From left to right: Knapp, Bivert, Logan, Clark, Amos, Beaird, and Patterson.

THE MEN Jcontinued Delt) and is the father of three children. His home is in the village of Golf Manor and has been for the past 13 years.

From the West Coast comes Acacia's first vice president. He is Harvey Amos, a charter member of the Southern California chapter. Tall, hard-working Harvey Amos brings to the Acacia National Council a business man's approach to problems. He holds the position of manager for the southern California region for one of the nation's largest packers of food: Stokely-Van Camp, Inc. Also a recipient of the Award of Merit, he holds the Tri-Chapter award from UCLA, Long Beach State and USC chapters for service to each. He also has been chapter advisor for Southern California for four years and on the corporation board for this chapter for the same per iod of time. Formerly second vice president on the council, Amos holds a B.A. from the University of Southern California, is married, has two daughters , and lives in Los Angeles.

14 years has conducted his own business which recently is known as Gift Services, Inc., specializing in jobber sales, sales consulting and financing of customer accounts. Logan holds the office of second vice president on the Council.

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Council member - Raymond Bivert. A softspoken man, he nevertheless is a man of determination , one who says little but does a lot. A native. Oklahoman, Bivert graduated from OSU, was an overseas veteran in World War II, a Mason, a youth conselor and a civic worker. Like his co-councilmen whom you've already met above, Bivert holds the coveted Acacia Award of Merit, which he received in 1956. At present he is director of student financial aids at the Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, and head of coordination, department of defense at the University. Bivert is a past district governor of Lions International, is an alumnus of the Oklahoma State chapter of Acacia, is married and has one daughter. He is chapter advisor at present and, also secretary-treasurer for the alumni corpoi ration of his chapter.

a man of short physical statur e but long on a warm, friendly and philosophical approach to life's problems. (He also knows more good stories than perhaps the rest of the council put together!) . Logan graduated in 1929 fr om the University of Iowa and a more loyal Iowan you can't find. He is president of the Iowa Alumni group for Acacia and served as chairman of the building committee that secured a much improved fraternity house for the Iowa chapter in recent years. A 32nd degree Mason and Shriner, he lives in Homewood, Ill. For 24 years he was with the Aluminum Co. of America and for the past

Elected treasurer of Acacia at its Texas conclave was Lafayette W. Knapp, Jr. , who had served as scholarship chairman since 1959. Young, eager to serve, and with a twinkle in his eye that indicates his happy approach to life, Knapp grew up in New York state, graduated in 1951 from Cornell, went on for his master's and was appointed Farm Safety Specialist, the first in New York state's history. Resigning from Cornell, "Pete" moved to Iowa City, where he holds a unique positionthe first of its kind in the country: Agricultural Safety Engineer. Since 1960 he has been acting as advisor for

Acacia on campus, and is president of the alumni interfraternity council at the school. His ties with Acacia date back to 1949 and he served for six years as faculty advisor at Cornell's chapter. A Mason, Knapp is married and the father of two children.

From Iowa we head southwest to meet the next Council member: J. B. Beaird, national judge advocate. A member of the national jurisprudence committee for six years, he was elected to the judge advocate's position at the 1962 conclave. The first Acacian to receive the Order of Pythagoras, J. B. has served as chapter advisor at Oklahoma University for six years and as a member of the house corporation board for 10 years, including four years as its president. A 32nd degree Mason in both Scottish and York rites, he is a Shriner as well. His home is in Oklahoma City where he practices law. Beaird was recently appointed by President Patterson as one of Acacioa's representatives to the National Interfraternity Council.

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A cash prize of $100 will be awarded by the National Council to the Acacia chapter submitting the best slogan for next year"s 60th anniversary conclave in Memphis. Tennessee. Entries (there can be more than one from each chapter) must reach the Headquarters office in Evanston by midnight. December 1.

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mile hike, it actually was a 60-mile slip-n-slide outing on one of the coldest nights in February. Champagne awaited their arrival at the lodge, where the fraternity gathered for a ski party celebrating the event. Ski-weary Acacians making the trip were Actives Dave Glotzbacker,

Jack Schmidt, Bill Gauthier, Pledge Steve Sailor â&#x20AC;˘ and Alumni Marv Roth1 hoar ('57) and Bill Schmitt I ('61 ). Despiite the 60-mile jaunt, th emen participated in racing and jumping events during the ski weekend and were kept limbered up at a big dance given in their honor Âˇ by a nearby Holiday Inn where they enjoyed free lodging. Each ski-hiker wore a racing bag, with Acacia on one side and Snow Trails on the other. A wire sent to JFK said: "How about 50 miles on skis? Columbus to Mansfield Snow Trails. Feb. 22, 1963." Signed: Barry's Boys of the old frontier, The Ohio State Chapter of Acacia Fraternity.

named foreign tadvlsor rAn Iowa State Acacian, Dr. Darrel Metcalfe, has been appointed by Sec. of State Dean IRusk to serve as an advisor to IEuropean agricultural colleges . and universities. Dr. Metcalfe will 1 work to make available to the IEuropean schools the ideas and 1procedures which have aided American agricultural colleges. lOr. Metcalfe was a chapter ad' visor for Acacia at Iowa State and 1 more recently at the University of , Arizona where he has been serving , as director of .r esident instruction. I Metcalfe, center in pix, is shown in Paris, where he represented the

Assn. of State Universities and Land-Grant colleges at a meeting last April. His recent appointment by Dean Rusk stemmed from his outstanding contribution to the Paris session. Purpose of the Paris meeting: to make plans for a 1964 conference of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).

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Proof that New Hampshire Acacians are on the wagon (Yolks', that is) came about last spring during a clean-up Saturday around the house and yard. After scrubbing walls, windows, floors . .. raking and

trimming outside .. . the parking lot and drive way had to be regraded. Then it had to be rolled. And what bette.r roller than a compact foreign ca.r weighted down with a dozen or more Acacians?

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Nickel On The Drum." With the help of a 1933 Nott-Universal Fire Engine, Acacians managed to give rides to class to young coeds who needed saving from the "SINS" of college life (Actually we saved them for brothers who needed dates, writes TRIAD editor Gary Sabo.)

First place trophy for advertising in this year's Penny Carnival during Greek Week went to Purdue Acacians last spring. Fraternities team up with sororities to operate a booth. Acacia and Alpha Chi Omega put on an old fashioned revival, complete with tent, hell fire and brimstone preachin' preachers, an assortment of drunks and bums, and a salvation army marching band and choir. To advertise for this event, the men and gals went out everyday for a week with a band and choi.r and marched around the campus singing "Follow the Fold" and "Put A

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Masonry on display at \Norld's Fair An impressive building, occupying more than 25,000 square feet of space, will house a Freemasonry exhibit at the 1964-65 World's Fair in New York City. The Masonic Pavilion, dedicated to brotherhood, will be semicircular. Visitors will enter under an arch formed by a five-story-high square and compass. A reflecting poel adds to the beauty of the Pavilion. Just inside the entrance will be a model of the statue of George Washington which the Grand Lodge of Louisiana commissioned for New Orleans from the famed sculptor, Donald DeLue. Construction costs will be met from sale of World's Fair tickets to members of the Masonic fraternity, their families and friends. These general admission tickets will be sold at regular Fair prices: $2 for adults; $1 for children under 12. There will be no admission charge to the Masonic Pavilion. Requests for tickets should be sent to: Grand Secretary, 71 W. 23rd St., New York 10, N.Y.

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of class annual Acaclan Heads IFC at Ohio U. Heading IFC at Ohio U. is Acacian James McMullen, Jr., an accounting major now in his senior year. McMullen was elected to the top office last March, the first Acacian to win the honor. He was one of II men s~lected for membership in Omicron Delta Kappa, senior men 's honorary in April. He also belongs to Delta Sigma Pi, professional business fraternity , and Phi Eta Sigma , freshman honorary.

Co-editors of the senior class annual at Penn State are two Acacians: Keith Evans of New Brighton, and Lynn Headings, Reedsville. Three other Acacians are on the La Vie staff: Earl Lybarger, George Chadman and James Welsh.

Mel Huges, Purdue Acacian, reigned as the 1963 Gold-diggers King at the annual Gold-diggers Ball, highlighted of ATOM (aid to our men) week in which the girls take over as the aggressive ones on campus. Mel was presented as the "Kissing Bandit" and rode around on a horse passing out candy kisses to coeds to get votes. The Acacia Trio helped out by composing a song about the "Kissing Bandit" which asked all the girls to vote for Mel. By the end of the campaign nearly every girl was singing or humming the song on campus. Incidently, a II the girls make crazy corsages for their dates which are made out of anything and everything. Mel's corsage was voted the most original corsage at the Ball

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graduates in '65 f.rom Syracuse. The Arnold Air Society is a national group composed and cont.rolled by selected Air Force ROTC cadets. It has its own AFROTC units at 173 universities and was named after the late

Indiana Acacians ., turn out a law Three Indiana Acacians were especially proud last spring when a bill, written by one and sponsored in the House and Senate of the state legislature by the other two, was signed into law by Gov. Matthew Welsh. The trio of proud Acacians is shown at the signing. Dave Allen, center, assistant to the governor, wrote the bill which provides facilities for a governor elect from the time of his election to the date of his inauguration. At left is Rep. Fred Bauer and at the right is Sen. Robert Peterson.

Air Men meet In Buffalo When the Arnold Ai.r Society held its 15th annual meeting in Buffalo this spring it gave two Acacians a chance to compare

A pretty, dark-haired girl from fa r off Pakistan was named Acacia Sweetheart by the Oregon State Chapter last spring and reigned over the t raditional Sweetheart Ball. She was Musarat Rasulpuri, daughter of a graduate exchange student. Girls are chosen from a list of young patients at either the Shriner's Hospita l in Po.rtland, Ore. or at the Children's Hospital in Eugene , Ore., both of which specialize in treating crippled children. In the picture, V.D. James Kelley crowns Musarat.

The theme from the movie " Exodus" was sung by Colorado State Acacians at the annual spring song fest. And so well did the voices blend, they won a first prize trophy . .. for the second yea r in a row.

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John Erwin 44 died suddenly on July 21 of a heart attack at his apartment in Chicago. At the time of his death, Erwin was public relations director of Chicago's Wesley Memorial Hospital. He was a member of the Northwestern Chapter, where he was initiated in 1938; was the Chapter's rush chairman and Venerable Dean; he joined the Headquarter's staff in 1941 as field secretary, and later became Executive Secretary, serving during the period of 1941-1946 (during the very difficult time of the Fraternity's opera. +ions because of World War II); subsequent to his leaving the staff, he became Executive Secretary of Northwestern University Alumni Association; was later engaged in hotel work with the Fontainbleau Hotel in Miami Beach; later engaged in radio work in Pontiac, Ill. Before joining the staff of Wesley Memorial Hospital; at the time of his death, he was continuing to serve Acacia's interests as a membe.r of the House Corporation board of the Northwestern Chapter; burial was in Pontiac, Ill.

Attends NATO Meet in Europe Robert R. Reed, Ohio State alumnus, was chosen as one of 22 delegates from the United States to attend the Atlantic Conference of young political leaders of NATO countries in Bonn, Germany, March 17 to March 21. Delegates met with President Kennedy on March 5 for briefings,

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The Widgets, a comedy drill team developed by a few brothers for the Homecoming Show in 1959, have become an important part in the life of the LSU Chapter of Acacia. The Widgets can perform intricate maneuvers in a comical way. The key to the success of the group are the

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commands given by the commander, the dress of the members, and the real fun and enjoyment the members get in performing their act. The size of the members may also attribute to their success. All members except the guidon bearer (broom bearer) are over 6 feet tall. The guidon bearer is 5 feet 5 inches tall. The Widgets have taken first place twice and second place once in the last three years in the Homecoming Show. This spring the group was selected over many other acts on the campus to be in the Texas A&M Talent Show which takes only the best performers in southern colleges. They also turned down an offer to attend a talent show at Baylor University. Members of the group include Brothers Bobby Monk, Cleve Pardue, Leland Guy, George Hutchinson, Frank Shields, and Jay Detlefs (shown left to right in action.)

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Oregon State marks Its 40th year Next year marks Acacia's 40th anniversary at Oregon State. A full round of activities is being planned, heading off with an open house late in October and dedication of a new wing and internal expansion, costing $80,000. As if in preparation for the big year to come, Oregon State Acacians boomed through in grades for the spring term, topping 32 national fraternities on campus. Average grades: 2.79 on a 4 point system. Oregon State also made news last spring by winning the coveted Thane Award presented during the IFC Sing on Mom's Weekend. This award'· goes ·t tl'fhe ·cempas"grctJp·· · · · ~ . . with the top freshmen class in grades and activities.

Purdue boys hit the books • hard Acacia placed fourth out of 39 fraternities in scholarship for the first semester of the 1962-63 school yea.r at Purdue. The house had a 4.59 accumulative index out of a possible 6. Members are even more proud of this accomplishment since the top three fraternities were professionally oriented groups.

Syracuse 2nd! Syracuse Acacians won honorable mention last spring in the annual Tolley Cup competition. This is an award given to the fraternity considered by administration, sororities and other fraternities to be the most outstanding on campus. Honorable mention meant ·-+hat Syracuse ·A<:acianS'T-at~d second out of 30 fraternities at the school.

Memphis State chapter of Acacia may be among the newcomers to the fraternity roster, but its members have acted with the skill of old pros when it comes to picking beautiful and talented girls. Consider the chapter's very first Sweetheart of Acacia, Miss Barbara Anderson. Elected sweetheart in 1962, she won the Oswald award, the Miss Frayser contest, the Miss Congeniality contest that spring. During the summer she was named second alternate to the Miss Tennessee contest (bathing suit pix). Then she was named student manager of the Drama Club, had the lead in two productions: " Dagger in the Moon" {Indian costume pix by Ken Ross) and " As You Like It" (third pix also by Ross.) She had a supporting role in the TV cast of "Route 66" for one week's show; was selected for a lead in the · Shakespearian festival production of Henry IV and nominated for the Desota Queen.

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Shrlners give new trophy Shriners from Portland have established a new trophy award, to be given annually to the most outstanding graduating senior from the Oregon State Acacia chapter. First recipient was former V.D. Lee Kearney who was honored at the Sweetheart Ball last spring. Shown with the trophy are Past Potentate John Goss, present V.D. James Kelley, and Divan Membe.r C.E. Biddle from the AI Kader Shrine Tample.

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Engineers honor Missourian William E. Burchill , V.D. of the Missouri School of Mines chapter, is serving as president of the MSM chapter of Theta Tau, professional engineering fraternity. Burchill's other activities include past Junior Dean, corresponding secretary, and .rush chairman of Acacia; past pledge marshall of Theta Tau; secretary of AI ME; treasurer of the St. Pats Board; Student Council; Blue Key National Honor fraternity; and Alpha Sigma Mu Honorary Metallurgical Engineering fraternity.

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noon and all interested alumni are invited to attend all events. Panel participants will be authorities in their fields. Outstanding speakers will address the opening breakfast on Friday morning, the banquet, Friday evening (at which awards for the year will be presented) and the closing session, Saturday afternoon.

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Robert Best, Acacian from Cincinnati ( 1949), has become the I first government employe ever to win the coveted Alfred Sloan Foundation scholarship. Best, 39, S.S.D. Deputy Chief of Procurement and Production, will attend Stanford University's graduate business management program. Nominated by the Space Div., Best won over all nominees from the Air Force, Dept. of Defense and 3 other governmental agencies. The Sloan-Stanfo.rd program, now in its 7th year, consists of but 20 fellowships awarded to outstanding executives each year. Best has been in government service since 1952, having been admitted to the bar in Ohio in 1950. He practiced law in Morrow County, Ohio, before taking a post as contracts attorney at Wright-Patte.rson Field, and then transferred to Los Angeles in 1957. The top-ranking civilian in S.S.D., he assisted in drafting the charter of the Aerospace Corp. in 1960.

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officer's retreat will be held the weekend of December 7-8 at the Holiday Motor Inn, Yakima, Wash. Starting at noon Saturday, the retreat goes through 2 p.m. un day. A banquet will be held at 7 p.m. December 7 to which all Washington and Oregon Acacians are invited. Three constructive sessions on Rush, Leadership and Outreach will be held. Delegates to the retreat include all province officers plus 5 chapter officers from Washington, Washington State and Oregon State chapters.

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No 4 for Minnesota Minnesota Acacians have added another Campus Carnival trophy to their case. Entering the food concession division along with gir Is f rom Comstoc k H a II ( a dormitory) t he Acacians coppe d a first prize. Their concession was called Jack O'Diamonds and represente d a nig ht c lb u . Genera I c h' a1rmen were Larry Forsland, Kelley Beebe and Jan Kroll. This was Acacia's fourth consecutive Campus Carnival trophy.

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the usual physical requirements. In order to obtain the best results, the members of Acacia must work slowly and patiently with these Cubs. Material must be repeated weekly in order for the Cubs to remember them. Projects include teaching the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag, swimming, Cub Scout oath, as well as other projects such as handicraft work. Also aiding in the program are a Den mother and dad.

LEGACIESÂˇ: A Kiss of Death? By Roy Clark, Executive Secretary

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The legacy problem is common to all fraternities. Surveys, articles and comments have been frequent and continuous. It has been a problem for Acacia Chapters for some time, but not as acute as with our brother fraternities. But as we gain in age and with the indicated influx of the 'war babies', it will become more and more a matter for serious examination. In all too many instances, the term of 'legacy' has become a 'kiss of death'. Active reactions in this area range from irritation because of the loss of a good legacy because they had not been informed, to resentment arising from over-zealous recommendations that have been translated into pressure from alumni. A fringe loss has been bitterness from some alumni and withdrawal of support because the son or brother was not accepted. The situation has been well described by Frank L. Chinery, Executive Director of Phi Kappa Theta who has recently written: "Many undergraduates feel that extraordinary care and judgment must be exercised when giving consideration to pledging a legacy. For some unexplainable reason the standard against which a legacy is judged are often more severe than for a 'stranger'. This is an unreasonable situation which should be corrected where it exists." George Banta, foremost fraternity leader says in the Scroll of Phi Delta Theta on the subject of laegacies: "Take him if you can- if he measures up to the standards which are a part of the fraternity. That means, is he of good character? Is he in college for the purpose of securing a sound education? Is he a gentleman and the kind of a man you can introduce to your family and friends? If he is, his family background should be an additional asset, and it would be unfortunate if he be denied the opportunity to become a brother. The bond is a precious instrument. It is our duty to protect it and hand it on to our successors." By all means, Acacia chapters should not be required to accept legacies ; the decision is theirs and theirs alone. But they do need to be more understanding of the fact that the zeal for the legacy is not entirely selfish. Fundamentally it springs from the fact that the father or brother has such a love for the Fraternity that he desires his close of kin to share in the brotherhood he has already experienced. In a similar manner, a real attempt should be made to 'understand' the legacy himself, who conscious of his status, is often aloof to the point where he does not reveal his real feelings or qualifications. And who , if he is worthy, wants above all else to be accepted for himself alone. If there is merit to taking a second look before extending a bid to any rushee, there is equal merit to taking a third look before turning down a legacy. 38

ION THE ACACIA TRAIL Two years on the road is not a particularly long time I but combined with every conceivable type of activity engaged in by college students, it seems longer. I doubt 1 if I ever again will do and see more different things in so short a period of time. Looking back on all this, I suppose I'll miss the 500 to I ,000 mile drives across the plains to the ne xt chapte r,

the imp.romptu gatherings of a ll sorts, and the "specia l treatments" shown to fie ld secret a ries. Also, I'll miss the many sessions with the several chapters of the finest fraternity and the pleasant visits with so many individuals. However, time passes and changes take place-it becomes time to proceed to the next step and as I move from the active member, thru a term as a field secretary and then around to the other side of the desk-to the chair with the armG-specific problems appear as patterns, certain generalities emerge and the fraternity and the fraternity system seem to take on a form not seen when working closely within the chapters. This is a time when so cia 1-fraterna I organizations of every type are being attacked for most every imaginable reason. The question is raised at times as to whether the social fraternity has any valid reason for existing-especially on a college campus. From my own observation I believe there is a great need for such groups and if for any reason they are eradicated, something else probably much less desirable will emerge .

by ED KOHLER

The first few pages of most every college catalogue usually contain a few paragraphs stating the purpose of the institution as existing to give the student a full educational experience necessary to meet the challenges he will face as an active citizen in a complex society. This is fine. But when the 17 or 18 year old high school hero arrives on the campus he becomes suddenly aware that to insure his being "wholly" educated he will need a stack of IBM cards for correct classification. Soon afterward he is ushered into a large auditorium with from 500 to 5,000 other new students and told by some noted scholar to take a look at the pe.rson on his left and on his right because in a year or two, two of them will not be around anymore. With this knowledge and his stack of IBM cards, he walks back to his new residence hall, which resembles a Holiday Inn , and by tracing down the numbers he finds his room-complete with "everything" a student could possibly need. He looks out in the corridor and finds that even in a 500-man domito.ry things can be rather impersonal. He reads the literature about the campus, rules and regulations pertaining to everything from dress to parking (cars) and the use of alcoholic beverages. He probably snickers a bit at the connotation of the campus being "dry" when from all that his buddies have told him he thinks that refers to the annual rainfall. So, this student joins the ranks of thousands every fall who enter the many colleges and universities and sooner or later comes to the decision of should he join, or not join one of those Fraternity groups of which he has heard so many conflicting stories. He probably has been told that he will not have much time for things other than scholarly exploits (and he probably won't) and to think pretty seriously before joining one of those social groups. He no doubt also is aware that his admission to college was granted because of his high academic qualifications and his mature attitude which are far better than his predecessors of several years ago. I have often wondered what this "maturity" factor entails. The student is probably younger, brighter, has done more things and comes from more varied backgrounds than the average student of years past. However, if he will work and study harder, he will probably play harder. And these continued on next page

Acacia Trail/.continued "mature" students dream up some of the best pranks and non-const.ructive activities ever heard of. Those whimpers and sniffles you can hear by walking down the corridors late at night during the first days of a college year are not all due to hay fever. There still is a real need for a constructive outlet for this activity. The fraternity-both the system and the individual chapters-have to adapt to keep pace with the 20th century. But adapting does not necessarily mean going head-long into every trend or ideal that has a loud mouthpiece. The "twist" was here to stay a year ago; now it is rarely seen. Many other trends-fashions or ideals-change also, and if a group is to retain any stability, it cannot afford to change with the wind. However, this is not to excuse it from realizing actual changes and established trends and keeping up with them. There is no doubt that the groups which don't will become extinct sooner or later. Not long ago an outspoken critic of fraternities described the fraternity men who return to their college football games, homecomings etc. and really enjoy themselves as "a bunch of drunken alums who never got out of thei.r sophomore year." It is interesting to note how many of these "drunken alums" turn up in Congress, as Presidents, astronauts, civic and religious leaders and many of the most prominent men in the country. Many of this same group are the major contributors to university funds of every sort. The fraternity is, in a sense, a product that is sold. But this product is not a tangible thing and it cannot be sold by telling a person you have it and if he joins he will have some also. If the product (fraternalism) is present it will be reflected to the individual in various ways-most of all in how he observes members treating each other-much the same way you can sense the amount of happiness within a family. The days of appealing to a prospective member with promises of wild parties and poor scholastic attitudes have pretty well passed, but it is the unusual person who does not look for an outlet to have a bit of enjoyment and recreation. And, there are few organizations available where a student can get some feeling of "belonging" or identity in the large impersonal institutions. 40

Even when the going gets rough, scholastically or otherwise, a fraternal tie has a significant effect on the persistance of a man to finish his education. An adequate physical plant for a fraternity is necessary, but it in itself will not build a strong chapter. With few exceptions chapters building new houses will have their best years just prior to moving into them and the the first year afterwards they wili almost inevitably suffer a slump. A term, too often used as an excuse for lack of initiative within a chapter is "we have a lot of potential." That is not necessarily bad but too often there seems to be a program to keep it that way. That potential won't stay there forever and in several cases it has been lost along with the effectiveness its use would have acc(?mplished. Most every chapter has its cycles of good and lean years. It takes only part of a year to undo many years of work and then it takes several years more to rebuild the damage. Alumni and national organizations share a responsibility in this area to furnish the assistance which will minimize the changes of these cycles. But, even with inefficiencies and deficiencies, fraternities are by no means useless or ineffective organizations. What other group is better organized to give a person a feeling of belonging, a sense of responsibility, practice in the social graces and the tolerances of living together, respecting others and their needs, and in fact, to really develop the whole individual? Where else but among friends can he better practice human service, and learn that friendship and brotherhood are responsibilities rather than opportunities, a fact many men forget or never come to realize? From a personal standpoint these last few years working with the fraternity have been an education in themselves, in a practical way more valuable than much of the academic work taken at my own university. No fraternity member should think of quitting the fraternity simply because he is leaving the undergraduate chapter. The benefit he received in that experience was largely due to the works of others before he got there. He now has a responsibility to return something for the benefit of those coming after him, according to his ability and talents. We should not say "I was an Acacian" rather "I am an Acacian, and proud of it!"

Province Governors alumni at work lor Acacia

For 59 years Acacia Fraternity has strived diligently to build "men among men" who can successfully improve grossed in the day-to-day group living and its resulting effects on the individual, it is easy to forget what is happening in a man's growth. He is acquiring the ability to do more than one thng at a time, to assume responsibilities, to be elastic in his thinking, to learn patience and tolerance, to compete, to express initiative. Today our Acacia "Man-Building Firm" has reached proportions of more than 2,500 young university men, and their 23,000 currently listed predecessor alumni brothers. these life-long brethren better. The finest headquarter's staff available cannot effectively serve these needs. The National Council of unpaid volunteer Acacians is more than burdened in its labor of love. In all 50 states we have anxious alumni willing to help in this work if they knew what to do. Thus the answer has been found in selecting qualified brothers over the nation to assist in bring the wealth of information and experience of the national body down to the personal level for chapters and alumni to be properly benefited. Province Governors have now been appointed by the National Council to serve locally along side the more than 330 house corporation board members, the 4 7 chapter advisors and financial advisors. The province system is not new to fraternities . Comparable to the tables of organization of national corporations and other groups where communication is hindered as the organization's growth continues so rapidly. The Acacia province system has been planned and programmed since early in 1959. It was essential that many policies, practices, procedures, etc . be standardized and understood. Thus the first step was the ardous creation and continued on next page

Province Governors I continued editing of the official Acacia chapter manual, the "Gold Book." Truly detailed instructions and answers to countless problems were compiled by the National office, the pledge handbook was revised, the ritual was slightly revised, updated and reprinted in easier-to-use form. In 1962 the Conclave voted the National Council its confidence and instructions to proceed. The old Regional Conferences were abolished, as the turnover in chapter offices in non-conclave years precluded sufficient benefit for the expense involved. Those funds were reallocated and rebudgeted by the Council and Executive Secretary to make funds available to assist in defraying expenses of the Province Governors who would always be on the job and locally at hand. These new non-salaried Âˇ governors can now conduct officer training sessions jointly with the chapters in their province each year as new elections take place. They will make visitations to the chapters in their areas for further assistance to advisors, corporations, and alumni groups. Over the country we have numerous groups who are not geographically located to help the young men of their own chapters anymore, but are still devoted to the Acacia cause. Province Governors can now help formalize these groups into more effective organizations. They can draw on the Acacia wealth for alums who can work with chapters at the Governors' request to assist in improving chapter operations, financial programs, rush, public relations , alumni relations, Masonic affiliations, etc. Corporation boards can now benefit from the information available to him from national files on chapter house construction, financing, and the numerous problems arising from operating a chapter house. Volunteer of young men on many campuses want to "go Acacia. " We have not enjoyed the manpower and the local men to help these neophytes. The Province Governor can seek from his Acacia brothers in his area volunteer alums who would enjoy working with these new colonies in establishing their chapter organizations, functions, traditions, etc. A manual is presently being prepared which outlines in more detail the specific functions of the Province Governors. A convocation and training school will be conducted in 42

Chicago in November for the new Governors to enlighten them on national activities and their responsibilities and r elationships. These new governors will not be involved in disciplinary problems, as the national constitution and bylaws cover that matter adequately. Governors, appointed by the Council, will serve at the discretion of the elected National Ceuncil ; thus terms are indefinite. National President George Patterson has delegated the responsibility of working with the Province system to the Natinoal First Vice President, currently Harvey R. Amos in Los Angeles. The Province Governors working t:mder the direction of the Natinaol Office may be called upon t(l) assist in the area of expansion, alumni organizations, corporation boards, and chapter operations as requested. Further, he will represent the national organization in consultation with local administrators who seek his assistance or advice when requested by the National. Under the Constitution of Acacia, each chapter advisor has full authority for the enforcement of the laws of Acacia, as he, too , is a Council appointee on nomination of the local chapter and alumni body. Province Governors are expected to be partners in assisting these untiring workers. "The general well-being of our chapters and alumni groups is the only reason for the existence of our National staff. We sincerely believe that our new Province Governors will contribute substantially to the continued progress of Acacia and it's thousands of members. We look forward to a new relationship whereby the National is made immediately available at the local level for everyone's benefit through Âˇ these men who are sa willing to serve," stated President Patterson. The new Provinces and their respective Governors are:

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Edward J. Willig, Jr. 28 Hopkins Ave. San Francisco 14, Calif.

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Roy F. Miller Box 1090 Pocatello, Idaho

Idaho & Utah

Robert E. Jepson 1776 S. Palo Verde Apt. K-211 Tucson, Arizona

Arizona & New Mexico

Gary E. Miller 1700 - 19th Avenue Greeley, Colorado

Colorado & Wyominca

Jacob Wegmuller 802 Summit Street Iowa City, Iowa

Iowa & Nebraska

Robert B. Miller 127 W. Culton Warrensburg, Mo.

Kansas & Missouri

Hugh Jones 316 N. Tull Place Yale, Okla.

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Oliver N. Bruck 4803 Valley Oak Drive Austin 3, Texas

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C. L. Sartain 9757 Jeffe.rson Hwy. Baton Rouge, La.

Louisiana & Mississippi

Norvin A. Knutsen 5247 Guerin Pass Hales Corners, Wis.

Wisconsin & Minnesota

Henry L. Kibler 212 W. Second St. Paoli, Indiana

Indiana & Illinois

Harvey A. Miller 323 W. Chestnut Oxford, Ohio

Michi9an & Ohio

Edwin P. Kohler, II 616 Williams, N.W. Atlanta, Ga. 30313

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M. Martin Delbrouck Meadow Lane Franklin, Va.

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G. David Ernest 131 E. Aaron Drive State College, Pa.

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David Hubbard 164 Nahant Avenue Winthrop, Mass.

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Very happy to have been able to have assisted you by furnish-

ing the photo of the 17 charter members of Harvard No. 9. Much pleased to have the photo appear on page 16 of your April Issue. I hope that you will get the names of the membership. I would like to have them, iÂŁ you do. Sorry my Brother Edwin F., dressed in the light suit third from left is not alive to enjoy the publicity. Hoping to hear from you often, and that the use of the picture will bring out some more Harvard History of interest. As I recall it, Harvard No. 9 had Fraternity Headquarters, I think a fraternity house. Down through the years they must have had some very prominent members of interest to your readers. A. I. Myers Caldwell, Idaho

In the last issue of the TRIAD was a picture of the Harvard Chapter in 1906, sent in by Arthur Myers, and a request for identification. I know and can identify Maurice V. Conner (seated, fourth in from left) and Lester M. Bacon (third from right, standing). Three of the others look familiar , but I am not positive of their names. Doubtless you have the Chapter list of Founders, but I am enclosing one anyway. It is entirely possible that William Riley Cook, a lawyer at 50 State Street, Boston, can give you more of the names, as he has

practised in Boston and lived in Wellesley ever since he was Venerable Dean of the Chapter back in about '20 or '21. Wilfred C. W ann Harvard 1918 I was pleased to see the pictures and read the article on my very good friend Tom Sebring in the TRIAD for April this year. I was at Florida when Tom was there and was a middle distance man when he was coaching the Florida track team. Tom is everything the article says he is and much more. It has been my pleasure and good fortune to keep in touch with him over the years. I congratulate the leadership of our Fraternity on the establishment of "Providence Governors. " Much good can come from this. I visited my Chapter, Iowa State, in May and met as fine a group of young men as can be found. I am pleased that Acacia has a Colony at University of Tennessee and hope this type of thing can be extended through the South. J. B. Dickey Iowa State 30

I have kept your April issue on my desk ever since it arrived, determined to write you with my appreciation and congratulation. I liked it - very much. I have noted in the Âˇ'Opinion" columns both the criticisms and the praise as the brothers have reacted to your efforts. I can agree co nrinu ed o n next page

heartily with the latter and disagree vehemently with the former. Magazine editing has been one of my responsibilities for 30 years of my professional life, so maybe my "I Like The TRIAD" may be a bit more meaningful to you. And perhaps as to the fact of this comment coming from a former Editor of The TRIAD will ease a bit the disappointment caused by the hostile messages. Magazine make-up has changed vastily since those days when I first started putting together a stodgy fraternity journal and an equally stodgy alumni magazine. Before I retired five years ago as Editor-in-Chief of the MICIDGAN ALUMNUS tremendous changes had transformed both fraternity and alumni magazines into really attractive and "professional" publications. You, Olson. in a most effective manner, have made The TRIAD a distinctly modern and intriguing publication. For this I say an enthusiastic THANKS. Last winter when Mrs. Tapping and I wintered in our favorite Tucson, I saw the Acacia House and was thrilled by it. I was being shown about the Campus by the University of Arizona Alumni Secretar y and he vouchsafed some mighty fine compliments on the status of the chapter. I hope to have the privilege of visiting the boys this coming winter. Again - Congratulations. Sincerely and fraternally, T. Hawley Tapping Ann Arbor, Michigan After getting melancholy and rereading the last few issues of the TRIAD, I have decided to get my two cents in on the opinions of your new format.

I was a public relations major when at Boston University and am currently an information officer in the Air Force. Many copies of the TRIAD have passed across my desk and into the hands of many well-known authorities in the field of journalism. The comments I have received on your format have made me even prouder to realize that I belong to such a progressive fraternity. My personal opinion is that the TRIAD is now a much more readable publication. Anyone knowing current journalistic trends will welcome the advent of white space in the TRIAD. (I think you should advise some of your readers that white space is white space, even though the page is black!) I'd also like to add my personal thanks for the double spread you gave the Boston University Chapter in your December issue; a very appropriate end to a real hard job. In short, stick to your guns on this format AI ; remember, Pythagoras had a rough time of it too. Robert J. Kalaski Boston University, No. 4 Grandview, Mo. PS-As for Mr. (and I use the term loosely) John B. Brooks who resigned his membersmp in Acacia and cancelled his subscription to the TRIAD, because your "right-wing format" got the best of him, all I can say is "Thanks for the extra membership and TRIAD that will now be available to someone who appreciates it."

MEMO FROM THE EDITOR A new volume of the TRIAD of Acacia begins with this issue, and it marks something else new, too: the addition of a managing editor to the staff. Philip Wayne Cramer, who has served Acacia as a field secretary since the first of the year, has taken on the additional job of helping make the TRIAD a still better magazine. Cramer, traveling to chapters in all parts of the country, and working out of the national offices in Evanston, Ill., has a finger on the pulse of our fraternity; he lives with the undergraduate chapter, works with alumni, understands the problems faced by Acacia and all fraternities in these days when there are those who would legislate or dictate the fraternity system out of existence. Naturally the addition of such a man to a magazine's staff is an important move . . . and one worth bragging about. Many fraternity publications are edited entirely by the executive secretary ... if and when he finds the time. Few have a publication edited by two men, as in our case. One of the biggest problems during my past two years as editor has been the fact that I've been forced to operate from my New York address, whereas the life of Acacia beats forth from national headquarters in the Midwest. Now that problem has been eliminated; now the magazine grows thicker ... and carries valuable tidings of Acacia happenings. The TRIAD Forum feature which we introduce to you this issue promises to become the most highly read department of our magazine. And it's giving us a chance to bring more and more of you into the act. We'll be doing surveys and round-table sessions on all kinds of controversial topics; be ready to join in the fun and furor! This particular issue, dressed up in our fraternity colors and carrying a wealth of background data about Acacia, goes to a larger-than-usual reading family. We're sending it to almost 5,000 alumni who aren't regular subscribers. (It's only been since 1942 that TRIAD subscriptions have been automatically included when a man becomes an active member of a chapter of Acacia.) For many of these alumni the growth of our fraternity may be the most impressive bit of news; for others, the fact that there is concern over the future of the fraternity system may be a revelation ; and for everyone ... the colorful account of the founding of our Acacia, as told by Charles Sink , last of the 14 original founders , is a publishing highlight. We hope you enjoy it. 47

ACACIA NATIONAL COUNCI

President: George F. Patterson, Jr., 2624 Bremont Ave., Cincinnati 37, Ohio. First Vice President: Harvey R. Amos, 390 S. Hauser Blvd. Apt. 6-J, Los Angeles 36, Calif. Second Vice President: Marvin Logan, 2041 Spruce Road, Homewood, Ill. Counselor: Raymond E. Bivert, 234 N . Duncan St., Stillwater, Okla. STATEMENT OF OWNERSH I P, MANAGEMENT AND CIRCULATION <Act of October 23, 1962; Section 4369, Title 39, U. S. Code)

Date of filing-September 30, 1963. Title of publication-TRIAD of Acacia Fraternity Frequency of issue-Quarterly. Location of known office of publication-227 Wayne Street, . St. Joseph, Michigan. Location of the headquarters or general business offices of the publishers-1569 Sherman Avenue, Evanston, Illinois 60201 Names and addresses of publisher, editor, and managing editor. Publisher-Acacia Fraternity Inc. , 1569 Shetman Avenue, Evanston, lllinois 60201 Editor-E. Alan Olson, P. 0 . Box 2844, Grand Central Station, New York 17, New York. Managing Editor-Philip Wayne Cramer, 1569 Shetman Avenue, Evanston, Illinois 60201. Owners-Acacia Fraternity Inc. , 1569 Sherman Avenue, Evanston, lllinois 60201. (Non-Profit Organization ) This item must be completed for all publications except those which do not carry advertising other than the publisher's own and which are named in sections 132.232, and 132.233 Postal Manual (Sections 4355a, 4355b, and 4356 of Title 39, United States Code). Average No. Copies Each Issue During Single Issue Nearest Preceding 12 Months T o Filing D ate

Total lo. copies printed ( et Press Run ) 11,800 11 ,800 Paid circulation-To term subscribers by mail, carrier delivery or by other means. 11,100 11,17.5 Sales through agents, news dealers, or otherwise. Free Distribution (including samples) by mail, carrier delivery, or by other means. 500 506 Total o. of copies distributed. (Sum of lines Bl , B2 and C ) 11,600 11 ,681 I certify that the statements made br me above are correct and complete. Philip Wayne Cramer, Ytanaging Editor

Treasurer: L. W. Knapp, Jr., 815 N. Linn, Iowa City, Ia. National JudCJe Advocate: J. B. Beaird, 1811 L iberty Bank Bldg., Oklahoma City, Okla.

HEADQUARTERS STAFF:

Executive Secretary: Roy C. Clark, 1569 Sherman Ave., Evanston, Ill. Telephone: Area 312, 328-4915 Field Secretaries: John 0 . Bronson, Jr., Philip Wayne Cramer Office ManaCJer: Mrs. Audra B. Eikost

COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN:

Expansion: Dr. R. C. Bradley, 728 Clark St., Moberly Mo. Finance: William Krieger, 1st National Bank Bldg., Peoria, Ill. Scholarship: Edward Wachsman, 5 Locksley Lane, San Rafael, Calif.

THE TRIAD DIRECTORY ARIZONA-1450 N. Cherry, Tucson , Arizona, Phone 793- 1181, Venerable Dean-Kirby Harrison, Rush Chairman-John Millikin , Chapter Adviser-Darrell S. Metcalf, 5811 E. 9th, Tucson , Arizona. ARKANSAS-240 Stadium Road, Fayetteville, Arkansas, Phone Hi 2-6276 Venerable D ean-J am es Cooper, Rush Chairman-Roy Shaddox, Chapte~ Adviser-R. T. Eubanks, 1520 Markham Rd., Fayetteville, Ark ansas. BOSTON-197 Baystate Road, Boston 15, Mass., P hon e Ci 7-8487 , Venerable Dean-Gerard Irmer, Rush Chairman-Rodney Cockin g, C h apter Adviser-David Hubbard, 164 Nahant Ave., Winthrop, M ass. CALIFORNIA-2340 Piedmont Avenue, Berkeley 4, C alif., Phon e Th 59220, Venerable D ean-Wayne Kirk, Rush Ch a irma n- Wald emar Radtke, Chapter AdviserCENTRAL MISSOURI STATE-317 Anderson, Warrensburg, Mo., Phone 1808, Venerable D ean-George Carney, Rush Chairman-George Hout, Chapter Adviser-Clarence R . Pearce, Rt. 5, W a rrensburg, Mo. CINCINNATI -2617 University Court, Cincinnati 19, Ohio, Phone Wo 17898, Ven erable Dean-Tom Enoch , R ush Chairman-Bruce W. Thompson, Chapter Adviser- Joh n R. Hice, 3971 Rosslyn D rive, Cincinnati 9, Ohio. COLORAD0-955 Broadway, Boulder, Colorado, Phone Hi 2-9410. Venerable Dean-Jam es J efferies, Rush Chainnan-Wm. Betchart, Chapter Adviser-Martin T . Hultquist, 2847 4th Street, Boulder, Colorado. COLORADO STATE COLLEGE-1715 11th Avenue, Greeley, Colorado, Phone 352-9840, Venerable D ean - Robert C. Anderson , Rush Chairm anRonald O lson , Chapter Adviser-Max J . Lubbers , 2010 21st Avenue, Greeley, Colorado. COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY-7 14 R emingt on, Fort Collins, Colorado, Phone Hu 2 -04 18 , Venerable D ean-Sta nl ey B. Bateman , Rush Chairman -A llen L. M eier, Chapter Adviser- D eane M . Carter, 314 Edwards, Fort Collins, Colorado. CORNELL-3 18 Highland Road. Ithaca, N.Y., Phone Ar 2-1567, Vene rable D ean-John R . Ahlfeld, Rush Cha irman-Gary E. Owen s, Chapte r Advise r -A lexander J. C heney, 39 Woodcrest Ave ., Ithaca, New York . FRANKLIN -( University of P ennsylvania) -3907 Spruce Street, P hila d elphia, Pa ., Phone Ba 2-8596 . V enerable D ean- Walter A . Figel, Rush Chairman-Jack A. Gartner, Chapt er Adviser-William A. H ockenberry, E-115 Di etrich H a ll , Un iversity of P enn. , Philad elphia, Pa. ILLINOIS-50! E. Dani el , Champa ign , Ill. , Phon e 356-25 19 . Vene rable Dean-Tames Wormley, Rush Chairman-John Chapman, Chapter Ad viser-George Ekblaw, 511 W. Main, Urbana , Illinois. ILLINOIS WESLEYAN- 915 North Main Street , Bloom in gton, Illinois, Phon e 825-2565, Venerable D ean- J ames W. Joyce, Rush Chairman- G ary K. Schall, Chapter Adviser-Ralph E. Browns, 1508 N. Fell Ave., Bloomingt on , Illinois. INDIANA- 702 E. Third Street. Bloomington. Indi a na, Phon e Ed 9-9716. Venerable D ean-C. Charles R eeck , Rush Chairman-Ronald E. Carter, Cha pter Adviser-Thomas \11/a rrin g, 525 S. Jord an Avenue, Bl oomington , Indiana. IOWA-202 Ellis Avenue, Iowa C ity, Iowa, Phone 337-3 101. Venerable D ean-Jon C. Fister, Rush Cha irman ~Joe_ Coniglio, C hapter Advi serL. W. knapp, Jr., 815 N. Lmn , I ow a C 1t y, wwa. IOWA STATE-142 Gray Avenu e, Ames, Iowa, Phone Ce 2-6440, Venerable D ean-Dougl as \11/hitney, Ru sh Chairman- G eorge Carlson, Chapter Adviser-J ohn E. Lagerstrom , 2331 D onald, Ames, Iowa. KANSAS-1225 Oread Drive, L aw ren ce, Kansas, Phon e Vi 3-78 10, Ven erable D ean-Thomas A. Linn , Rush Chairma n- John Davis , C hap t er Adviser-Harold Craig, 1322 M assachusetts, Lawrence, Kansas. KANSAS STATE-2005 Huntin g Avenue, M an h attan, Kan sas, Phon e J e 9 -2369, Venerable D ean-Gerald Church , Rush Chairman-Tom Twombl y, Chapter Adviser- Dall as Nelson, 3244 Valley Drive, Manhattan, Kansas. LONG BEACH STATE-5 1 L aVerne Avenue, Long Beach 3 , Californ ia, Phone G e 3-9039, Venerable Dean-Kenn eth P erkins . Jr .. Rush C h airman -AI Dokovna, Chapter Adviser-James Batchelor. 2014 . Broadway, Santa Ana, C a li forni a. LOUISIANA STATE-Box 8448, Un iversi ty Station. Baton R ouge 3 . L ou isiana, Phone Di 8-6511, Venerable D ean-Marc Loudon. Rush Chairman -Cecil Sumners, Chapter AdviserMEMPHIS STATE UNIV .- P.O . Box 2340, Memphis St at e Universit y. Memph is, T enn., Phone-Venerable D ean-Je rry Harbor, Rush C h ai rman.D an ny Brewer , Chapter Adviser-Newton Cook, 13 11 R andall , Memphis, T enn . MIAMI- 115 E. Church Srteet. Oxford, Ohio, Phon e 523-5944, Venerable D ean- Dal e H . H a ll er. Rush Chairman-Kenneth Miller, C h apter Adv iser- Or. H . A. M ille r , 323 W. Chestnut Street, Oxfo rd, Ohio. MICHIGAN-1923 Geddes Avenue Ann Arbor, Michi gan . Phone No 26674, Venerable D ean-Mitch ael ' P. H o rnick, Rush Chairman- !--arry Brown, Chapter Adviser-Ch arles I. Blackett , 532 Alter Road , DetrOit 15, Michigan. MINNESOTA-1206 Fifth Street Minneapolis 14, Minnesota, Phone Fe 1-5941 Venerable D ean - J oh n 'A. Ll oyd. Rush Ch ai rm an- L a rry Fursla nd , Chapter Adviser-Carl L. Bandt, 1206 Fifth St. , Minneapolis 14, Mi n nesot a.

MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIV.-21 6 S. Lafayette, St a rkville, Minn., Phone 9109, Venerable D ean- L ewis L. Jackson, Rush Chairman-Charles L. H awkins, Chapter Adviser-William Baskin , 5876 Whitworth St., Southaven, Miss. MISSOURI-506 Rollins Street, Columbia, Missouri, Phone Gi 9 -6327 , Venerable D ean- Ardryck Gates , Rush Chairman-Rolfe Kiehne, Chapter Adviser-Or. R . C . Bradl ey, 728 C lark Street , Moberl y, Missouri. MISSOURI SCHOOL OF MINES-508 West Ninth Street , Rolla, Mi ssouri, Phone Em 4-1217, Venerable Dean- Willi am E. Burchill , Rush Chairman - J ohn Nelson, Chapter Adviser-Or. E . E. Feind, 1000 West 12th Street , Rolla, Missouri. NEBRASKA-410 North 17th Street . Lincoln , Nebraska, Phone 435-2500. Venerable D ean-M erlin B. H ollin ger, Rush Chairman-John J ensen, Chapt er Adviser-Keith Sawyers, 4631 Cooper Avenue, Apt. 5, Lincoln , Nebr. NEW HAMPSHIRE- 10- 12 Mi ll Road, Durha m , New H a mpsh ire , Phone Un 8-2428, Venerable D ean-Pet er T . Austin, Rush Chairman-Charles A. Vasilakis, Chapter Adviser-Clifton D . Rockwell, 117 M ys tic, West Medford, Mass. NORTHWESTERN-6 10 Lincoln St.. Evanston, ill., Phone Gr 5-9566, Venerable D ean-John Phillip, Rush Chairman-Walter F orbes, Chapter Adviser-Stanton F. Grushkin, 1007 T aft, Wheaton, illinois. OHI0-101 University T errace, Athens, Ohio, Phone Ly 3- 1850, Ven erab le D ean-Kendall T oney, Rush Chairman-Lloyd D ennis, Ch apter Adviser-Lt . Col. J ohn D . Lucas, C h eum ont Drive, Athens, Ohio. OHIO STATE-275 E. 15th Avenue, Columbus, Ohio, Phone 299-7552, Venerable D ean-J effrey L . Swank, Rush Chairman-'Nilliam C. G authi er, Ch apter Adviser-Robert L. Hurni, 275 E. 15th Avenue, Columbus, Ohio. OKLAHOMA-544 Elm St., Norman, Oklahoma, Phone J e 4-9246 , Venerable D ean-Jerry A. Warren , Rush Chairman-Joel D. Morris, Jr., Chapt er Ad viser- }. B. Beai rd, 18 11 Liberty Ban k Bldg., Oklahoma City, Okla. OKLAHOMA STATE- 121 5 University Avenue, Stillwater, Oklah oma, Phone Fr 2-4920, Venerable D ean- Jam es Alcock, Rush Chairman-Leon Smith, Chapter Adviser- R aym ond E. Bivert, 234 N. Duncan, Stillwater, Oklahoma. OREGON STATE-2857 Van Buren, Corvallis, Oregon, Phone PI 2-9329, Venerable D ean-James Kelley, Rush Chairman-Kenneth E. R oberts, C hap ter Adviser-Delmar Goode, 225 N. 3 1st Street, Corvallis, Oregon . PENN STATE-234 Locust L ane, State College, Pa., Phone Ad 7-7636, Ven erable D ean-Guy C . J ackson. Rush Chairman-Dennis L . H <>adin gs, C hapte r Adviser-Or. G . Kenneth Nelson, 5 01 Westview Ave ., Stat" College, P a. PURDUE- 608 W a ldron St. , W est Lafayette, India na , Phon e Ri 3 -1 883, Venerable D ean-St even B. Cutsh all , Rush Ch a irman-Larry W. Foreman, C hapter Adviser-L eonard E. Wood, 725 All en St ., W. L afayette, Indiana. RENSSELAER- 1932 Fifth Aven ue, Troy, N.Y .. Phone Ar 3-7669, Venerable D ean-Raymond J . H odsoll , Jr., Rush Ch ai rman- Richard Albagli, C hap ter Adviser-John R. Olmstead , 72 Excelsior Avenu e, Troy, N. Y. SYRACUSE-756 Comstock Aven ue, Syracuse, N.Y., Phone Gr 6-8110. Vene rable D ean- Jam es C. Stansbn ry, Rush C h airma n- D avid T. Williams, Chapter Adviser-Roger E . McFarland , 3 19 Glenwood Aven ue, Syracuse, New York. TEXAS-26 14 Rio Grande St reet, Austin , T exas, P hone Gr 2-2755, Venerab le D ean- Shelton \ V. Boyce, HI, Rush Ch ai rm an-Ja mes M. \11/.i lliams, C ha pter Adviser- \ Vroe Owens, 2517 P ecos, Austi n , T exas. UCLA-916 H ilgard Avenue, L os An geles 24. California, Phone G r 99605, Venerable D ean-J ay L. J orban , Rush C ha irm an- Russell Kerr, C h ap ter Adviser-Robert Menn ell , 14729 Otsego Street , Sherman O aks , Califo rnia. UNIVERSITY OF SO. MISSISSIPPI - Box 1051, Sou thern Station, Hattiesburg, M ississippi , Phon e J u 4-9967, Venerable D ean-Ga ines H. Haskew , Rush C h airm an-Edward J , Ousley, Chapter Adviser-Nicholas J . Fokakis, 3 19 S. 20th Avenue, Hattiesburg, Miss. VERMONT- 104 College Street, Burlington, Vermont , Phon e Un 4-7007 , Venerable D ea n-Carl Eell s, Rush Chairman-Gerni'l A. Ga tes. Ch ap ter Adviser-Or. G eorge C. Crooks, 74 Spear Street, Burlington , Vermont. WASHINGTON -5004 17 th Avenue, N.E., Seattle 5, Washington, Phone La 4 -0200 , Ven erable D ean-Richard Swansnn, Rush C h airman-George Semb, Chapter Adviser-\11/illiam D exter, 503 . 42nd Street, Seattle, \ Vashin gton. WASHINGTON STATE- 1607 Ruby Street, Pullm an, Washington , Phone Lo 8-6 111 , Venerable D ean-Per Hilmo, Ru sh Ch ai rm an-Dav id Grimes, C h apter Adviser- Irving Field , Sunnyhill Mob ile Homes, Pullman, Wash . WISCONSIN- 112 L angdon Street, Mad ison, Wisconsin . Phone AI 52965 , Ven erabl e D ean-Carl F. Kantn er, Rush C h airman-Frank R. Dimbauer. Cha pter Adviser- Or. J ohn Elli s, 5 124 Manitowoc P arkway, M adison , Wi sconsin. WYOMING-8 12 University Avenue, Laramie, Wyoming, Phon e 7455345, Venerabl e D ean-John R. Iversen, Rush Chairman-Lynn H en d ersh ott, Chapter Adviser-Bernard Kolp , 1808 Ord . Laramie, \\fyoming. ACACIA COLONIES University of Te nnessee, 1814 Lake Aven ue, Knoxville, T e nn. Central State College, Edmond, Okl ahoma. University of Geor gia , Athens, Georgia .

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