Acacia Triad - January 1964 - Vol. 59, No. 2 by Acacia Fraternity

THE WORLD IS A CLASSROOM

TRIAD OF ACACIA FRATERNITY Volume LIX

No.2

January 1964

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Entered as second-class matter at the past aflice in St. Joseph, Michi9an. Fifty cents per copy, S15 .00 far 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, Michi9an, for the Acacia Fraternity, a colle9e social fraternity, founded at the University of Michi9an on May 12, 1904. Acacia is a charter member of the National Interfraternity Conference , Notice of Chan9e of Address I Form 3579) should be sent to Acocb Fraternity Headquarters, 1569 Sherman Ave . , Evanston, Ill.

n the last day of September a year ago what may well be the smallest "college" in the United States convened in Washington, D.C. to begin its fourth session. There were 16 students and four faculty members in the group that gathered in that Washington Hotel. The students were from 15 different colleges and universities ranging from Har.vard to the University of Arizona; the faculty represented three separate institutions. None of the stu.dents knew any of the others before we met that evening except through brief biographical sketches 1and snapshots we had reeeived in the mail. Though uncertain of what future was in store for us, all ea,gerly anticipated what we knew would be one of tthe most stimulating and unique experiences in our Ilives. The "college?" The International School of Amertica. The experience? A year abroad, combining ttravel and study in an intensive academic prot gram for college students. The International School of America-or I.S.A. 1 as its protracted title soon became known to us-is the brainchild of a youthful Ohio industrialist, Karl ,Jaeger, who found his interests lying in the field 1 of education rather than the family business. A taste 1 of traveling himself led him to the belief that there is no education such as that which comes from contact with peoples of other nations and cultures. But study programs and summer travel programs for college students are nearly as nUmerous as the number of students who enroll in them. Yet the I.S.A, is genuinely unique among these programs. It is nique because it combines the con-

cept of traveling abroad and living with families in these countries with the equally noble idea of studying abroad. Thus, the International School is neither a sedentary institution, bent solely on keeping its students' nose to a French or Italian grindstone, nor is it a gay sightseeing tour, a year of taking snapshots and seeing glimpses of culture and history flash by without grasping their meaning or significance. The I .S.A. is surely the most airborne academic institution. Every two weeks faculty and students pack their books and bags, say their farewells with their host families--often times tearful and emotional and meet their fellow students at the airport for their flight on to the next stop. And then the process repeats itself: joyous, formal or official welcomes at the airport, depending on the society's culture, a dispersal to all corners of the city, settling in to our new homes, getting acquainted with the members of the family, including the shy youngsters who have never known a foreigner at such close hand before, careful probing to find out who can speak English (if anyon !) and how much, and in turn, learning a few basic phrases yourself ("ohayo gozaimas" if in Japan, "zdrastvootie" if in the Soviet Union)â&#x20AC;˘. The first Monday m ing-is the day to learn how to commute from your home to your temporary classroom, generi:lly provided by the university or organization whicH is the official host for the stay. It 'may be near or far, within walking distance or as much as two hours train, bus and foot. It's a bewildering experience to be thrown into a Japanese continued on next page

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LASSROOM By JAMES .KOLBE

Classroom I continued train or Turkish domush, unable to read signs or understand the conductor, to ask for a ticket; but quickly you learn the essential phrases and after a month or two you actually look forward to exploring the city on your own using public transportation; you look forward to swapping adventures the next day with your schoolmates. Adventure there is, and plenty of it-alone, with your foreign host, a school mate or together as a group. Adventures that you never tire of retelling. But the I.S.A. is primarily an academic institution (many American colleges and universities grant credit for the work) and the faculty never tires of reminding the students of this fact. The schedule in a normal or average week is to have classes on Mondays and Fridays with the I.S.A.'s own professors lecturing. Each lecture is about an hour and a half, so it makes a full day of class both days. Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays are devoted to field trips, meetings with government officials, lectures by professors and specialists in different fields. The pattern is kaleidoscopical ... and invariably interesting: a meeting with Prime Minister Nehru; a trip to Nara, the ancient capital of Japan; a walking tour of Rome with a noted expert explaining architectural developments through the centuries; a day spent at Zagorsk Monastary, 60 miles outside Moscow and one of the few remaining monastaries in operation in the Soviet UnionÂˇ a visit to an Israeli kibbutz; a lecture by Profe~sor Shibata on the bizarre and intricate economics of Tokyo. And so it goes; the list is endless and endlessly varied. The curriculum for the I.S.A. varies slightly each year depending on what professors compose the faculty. And last year certainly brought together as distinguished a faculty as has been with the I.S.A. since its inception. Leading the group was Professor Phillip Appleman and his wife Marjorie. Dr. Appleman is an Assistant Professor of English at Indiana University and taught our course in World Literature and Philosophy, with Mrs. Appleman acting as an Administrative Assistant and escort for the girls in our group. Professor Harvey Goldberg, Professor of European History at the University ~f Wisconsin, taught a social studies course, covermg a broad spectrum ranging from history through economics and comparative political systems. Dr. Schuyler Cammann, Associate Professor in the Department of Oriental Studies at the University of Pennsylvania, and one of the foremost authorities on Chinese art in the United States today, rounded out the faculty with his course in "World Art and Archaeology."

Books are numerous, assignments formidable. Since it would be impossible to carry all the books for the year with us (well over a hundred!) they are sent ahead to us in the city where we will be using them and then packed away and sent home at the end of the stay. Such a system has inherent disadvantages when it comes to studying for final exams, but at least it makes you keep up with your reading. The itinerary is altered slightly each year to take advantage of the experience of the previous year. The fourth I.S.A. spent two weeks each in Tokyo and Kyoto, Japan; Taipei, China; Bangkok, New Delhi, Teheran, Cairo, Istanbul, Athens, Rome, Berlin, Warsaw, Moscow, Paris and London. In each of these cities-with the exception of Moscow -each student lived with a different family. There were shorter stays in Hong Kong, Calcutta, Beirut, Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and Leningrad; there were overnight field trips to such places as Agra and J aipur in India, the amazing ruins of ancient Persepolis in Iran, the Valley of Kings at Luxor in southern Egypt, Krakow in Poland, Florence in Italy. But we're jumping ahead of ourselves. After four weeks of orientation and study in Washington and New York, four weeks of getting acquainted, four weeks of last minute preparations-the yellow fever shot you missed at home, that extra luggage that puts you over the limit ( 44 pounds for seven months!) . And before you know it you are boarding Northwest Airlines Flight #2-and 16 hours later the sparkling lights of a busy Tokyo are spread beneath the wing in glittering array.

Tokyo, Japan . .. Americans are accustomed to bemoaning the plight of the commuter. The crowded trains and buses, the clogged freeways are a familiar sight to most of us. But there is no American experience which can render one prepared for the task of daily commuting in Tokyo.

Kolbe talks to his Japnese host.

Japanese bed of quilts on tatami mat.

Tokyo's problem is made greater by the sheer size of the city. It is, population wise, the largest in the world; now over ten million, it is growing at a phenomenal rate of 3%. There are no skyscrapers, no apartment dwellers and so the inhabitants sprawl out over an area 33 times the size of Manhattan. To make matters worse, the road system-but it is no system-is virtually a city planner's nightmare come true. They are narrow, twisting, winding, senselessly laid out. All Japanese drivers are imbued with the kamikaze spirit-all of which makes driving to work impossible or insane. This places an enormously heavy burden on the railroad system. It is extremely efficient but highly strained to over-capacity; approximately three million people use the train each day going to and from their jobs. I made it three million and one. The Tsurumi family, my hosts during my Tokyo stay, lived in the western portion of the city, nearly two hours from my classroom at Keio University on a fast moving train. Michiaki, my student host, soon taught me how to ask for a ticket for "Marunochi"where I went each morning-and "Musashi Koganei"-where I returned each evening. By 7:30 every morning I was being swept along with the tide of humanity onto the station platform.

Train schedules in Japan are unbelievably precise. During the rush hour they depart as often as every 60 seconds-and barrel along the tracks through the city at 60-70 mph. At my station, three additional cars were added to handle the increasing load. When the cars slowly back in, the people crouch like track stars and leap off their "blocks" when the doors open in a race to get one of the very few seats. If you don't get a seat-and I found myself unable to compete with the frenzied pushing and shoving-you stand for the entire trip. The car is jammed to the gills before you leave the station, yet at every stop for the next hour and a half more people struggle to get in. A more rational American would work it out as a mathematical equation: a certain volume of people to be pushed into cars with a certain volume means a certain number wait for a later train. Not so the Japanese. To cope with the seemingly insoluble problem the railroads employ special "pushers"whose function is just that. They rush up and down the platform smashing people through the doors, kicking at their feet to get them inside, prodding them in the back with a stick until you are so tightly packed that were you sardines in a can, the S.P.C.A. would call it cruelty. continued on next page

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You can't raise your Âˇhand to grab a strap; they're pinned to your side by the crush. At a sudden stop, the whole mass goes crashing down like a stack of dominoes-old grandmothers, women with children strapped on their back caught in the heap. Scarcely a day goes by without the newspapers reporting some commuter losing his life. It all makes Grand Central Station at rush hour look like a ghost town depot by comparison! Taipei, Republic of China . . . It was a cold, drizzly morning as we waited in the military terminal of Shantung Airport for our plane to be readied. The I.S.A. was about to embark on a journey to visit a place well known to all-but seldom seen by any: Quemoy. My interest in Quemoy was more than just an academic one. This was the piece of real estate that twice in the last ten years brought the West to the brink of war with the Communist world. I was curious to see first hand this place that seemed able to affect the destiny of all mankind. Our plane came in low in its approach to the island to avoid radar surveillance from mainland

China. It swept across the beach and onto the runway and parked in a niche carved out of the soft bluff facing the beach. Within a matter of minutes we were driven to the mountain that forms the backbone of the butterfly shaped island, led through a maze of tunnels and brought out on the other side of the m?utain to_ a parapet overlooking the vast bay. ~e _m amland, like a gaping jaw, surrounds the tmy Island on three sides. Through a pair of high ~wered _binoculars we could search the rocky shores m the diStance and detect normal activity-trucks dri_v~g along a coastal road, an apparent school ~uildmg, neatly terraced fields . It was hard to believe that they are at war against each other.

It is a strange war the Communists wage against Quemoy. On alternate days, a small number of shells are lobbed agairiSt the island. But it is for that eventuality, such as in June, 1960 when 174,754 rounds pounded the 62 square miles of island in three days, that the Nationalists maintain their high degree of readiness. And ready they are. The island fairly bristles with defenses; it is virtually a maze of underground tunnels, communication centers, command posts and ammunition dumps; the beaches are mined and strewn with barbed wire; machine guns poking out of slits in concrete pillboxes command a total sweep of all beaches; little piles of stones and gravel at 50 feet uitervals along the paved roads perform duty as "instant repair kits" for bomb damage to the roads; huge guns, camouflaged and sandbagged stand gleaming with polish in their caves and shelters, crews on 24 hour duty just yards away. The whole island represents a more formidable defense than the best prepared portion of Rommel's highly vaunted Atlantic Wall ever did for the invaders of Normandy. But for what purpose? As luncheon guests Âˇ of General Yu, commanding General of Quemoy Defense Command, we soon learned the significance of the island complex. The island gives depth to the air defense system of Taiwan and can provide notice of imminent air attack. By keeping a watch on military activity along the mainland the need for air reconnaissance is reduced. Most important, Quemoy-together with its neighbor Matsu, 200 miles to the north-bottle up the only two deep water ports opposite Taiwan; any invasion of the island would have to be mounted from greater distances with consequent increased vulnerability to supply lines. Perhaps the greatest significance is psychological. From Quemoy the voice of the Free World reaches into Red China carrying a message of hope and promise of liberation. And like Berlin, it represents the determination of the West to withstand the Communist advance, the Chinese determination not to abandon the mainland. And so it was with a renewed sense of the importance of the island that we boarded our plane for the return flight to Taipei and watched this island-the West's most forward outpost in the Pacific, where thousands of soldiers keep a lonely and brave vigil for the Free World-fade into the distance and the dusk. Agra, India . .. The village must have had a name, but we never learned it. To us, it shall always remain nameless. But, no matter. It was just continued on page 6

Scenes from India and Ouemoy as caught by the Kolbe camera. At the top, an lndan man smokes the traditional water pipe, the Hookah. To the left, an lndia.n boy poses before his village home while at the right, village boys and girls gather around two ISA students for a song fest. Picture at left was taken just as ISA students released ballons on Quemoy carrying news bulletins and leaflets describing life i,n Free China to the mainland.

ClassrooiTI/ continued one of the over 700,000 villages that dot the Indian landscape, this one just off the narrow road linking Agra and Jaipur. It was the last day of the year 1962 when our bus stopped there and each of us wandered off in different directions to obtain a glimpse of Indian rural life. It was almost as though the village were from a museum, such a microcosm of Indian agriculture and rural society did it provide. At the end of one little street an old man squatted by the side of his mud-and-straw brick house, puffing on his "hookah", the water pipe so common in the Middle East and India. In a barnyard a hand-turned wheel, unbelievably crude in its very conception, thrashed grain and sent the husks flying into the street. On the edge of the village, a water wheel, turned by an oxen plodding in endless circles, poured a thin stream of water into a tiny hand dug ditch. Out in the field , a man used his bare hand to divert the water into tiny plots, flood it and then move onto the next section. Not even the most rudimentary tool of a shovel was available. Half the town's population had gathered this dusk for the ceremony presenting gifts to a new mother. Proud mother and father stood at the door of their humble house and accepted the simple gifts presented by each family in turn: a small sack of

grain, a ribbon, a hand-hewn toy. Precious gifts to both the givers and the given. As I walked back through town with two of the girls in our group, we soon found ourselves collecting a large retinue of children, from toddlers up to age 10 or 12. Very shortly a crowd of 50-60 children surrounded us and made known by sign language that they wanted us to sing for them. A couple of simple tunes, "Jingle Bells" and "Do Re Mi," however badly we may have botched them, seemed to delight the children. In turn we asked them to sing and after a hasty consultation a discordant song came out of this multitude of throats. Cacophanous though it may have been, it came from the heart and their beaming faces betrayed their obvious pride. To us it was perfect. Back to the bus we went, three Pied Pipers leading the town's children. When we got there I remembered I had two boxes of har d candy on the bus. No sooner had I broken it out and started handing out a piece to each child then I was mobbed by the entire crowd. The box was torn from my hands and a wild free-for-all resulted. But all seemed to end happily with nearly every little boy and girl getting hold of a piece. So unused to such candy were they that some devoured the pieces, cellophane and all, and the rest chewed it up and swallowed the candy in an instant! After noisy, repeated farewells, we boarded our bus and left, waving to each other until we were continued on page 36

Rockets on trailers thread their way through Marjenny Square and up the hill to Red Square in the background, on the other side of the building in the center. Haze was caused by great amount of exhaust fumes. Picture above shows troops awaiting Castro's arrival next to St. Basil's Cathedral, one of Moscow's best known and most spectacular landmarks. At right above Soviet troops are shown marching through Red Square beneath flags of Cuba and the USSR. Sig;ns proclaim everlasting friendship of the two countries. Building is GUM's department store, largest in the USSR. 7

HOW UNIVERSITIES DISCRIMINATE '

Are stu.:dents being neglected, in favor of extensive research projects, many of them government-sponsored? TRIAD editors went to several hundred Acacians currently serving on faculties of leading campuses to find an answer. As summarized here by Managing Editor Philip Cramer, the study indicates the need for serious concern; that a crisis, indeed, is fast approaching.

WO Roman soldiers were standing at the foot of the cross. "A great teacher," one of them remarked. "Yes," the other responded, "but what did He ever publish?" This apocryphal statement appears to be typical of many situations on campuses throughout our country. Acacian faculty members evaluate the situation by indicating that teaching ability is the least important criteria in gaining promotion in thei~ respective schools. Research and publication; followed by professional standing, lead the list. Academic Marketplace , a critical analysis by Caplow & McGee, finds " the empty rituals of research .... practiced with particular zeal in unsuitable fields , so that a published article is regarded as more valuable than skillful teaching (even) in such expedient sciences as mortuary education." Research and publication have become the Holy Grail. Government has gone all out for research and the results of scientific achievements are obviously visible. But in terms of men and money, the vastness of this enterprise is just beginning to be known. According to the Na-

tional Science Foundation's "Profiles of Manpower in Science and Technology," there are over half a million scientists in the United States, with 96,000 of them holding Ph.D .'s; and 250,000 teachers of mathematics and science. Of greater interest is that 60o/0 of all Research and Development in the U.S. was paid for and therefore controlled by the government. Prior to World War II, the Universities spent about $28 million on research - all financed by foundations , individuals, and the universities themselves. Today, the research tab is over a billion dollars, with the government picking up two-thirds of the tab . With this inundation of green stuff, not only from Washington, but also from foundations , there has been a quick evacuation of teachers from the college classroom and lecture hall. Sons and daughters sent to college by unknowing parents may be lucky if their children ever have a professor for a teacher. A major report prepared for the Federal Government by Dr. Harold Orlans at the Brooklings Institution shows that in some schools, full-fledged procont inued on n ext page

TRIAD FORUM/ continued fessors spend less than a quarter of their time with undergraduatesÂˇ. Even graduate students fail to receive much mor e attention. The majority of a professor's time is spent in research and related work. Who is left to do the teaching? Obviously, more and more graduate students, who care little about the lowly undergraduates. "Being young and freshly graduated themselves, they are all the more keen to dissociate themselves from youth. " A determined 81o/0 of our Forum participants want fewer such teaching assistants to instruct the undergraduates. Edward W. Weidner's recent survey, The World Role of Universities, points out that our Universities are running more than one hundred twenty-five major technical assistance programs abroad with the encouragement of the government. Thus another undertaking which takes faculty members from the students. However, the emphasis of research is not lost on our faculty.

SERIOUS DISTORTION OF EFFORTS A Brother Acacian, remaining anonymous due to his Department Chairmanship, writes, " that Government spending for research is seriously distorting our overall efforts ... . This is the fault of the government spending - it is primarily directed to obtain research results in special areas or to attract people to special areas at the expense of other programs." 63o/0 of the faculty alumni agree. Although two-thirds of our faculty expressed concern over " the serious problem arising from the flow of professors out of the universities," many felt that this was not a problem in their colleges. Actually, out of the 1200 colleges and universities, a mere 100 receive 83 % of the Federal funds handed out for r esearch. However, such discrimination causes an acute shift of the faculty elite towards the ripe fields of subsidized r eseach. The result may well r esult in mediocre teaching at the 10

best. A survey prepared by the Office of Education describes as "islands of neglect," those " programs that stimulate, assist, or encourage the students of social progress and human values." In the imbalance created by government and foundation generosity, " undergraduate colleges and undergraduate programs in universities which prize the teaching function find it difficult to attract and retain strong faculty members." When we behold the abandonment of objective and scientific thought processes by some University-trained people who use the slogans and emotional appeals in lieu of facts and reason, we can wonder whether the Universities neglected them in their generation of campus life.

ONE POSSIBLE ANSWER A possible solution to the problem would be to make a sharp distinction between research institutes and Universities. Germany would be a notable example of a nation that does just that. 67o/0 of our faculty members expressed favorable interest in such a plan. However, such a distinction may cause a serious dilemma. Many alumni feel that it is the combination of teaching and research that gives our universities a great advantage and vitality. When asked, " to list in numerical order of their importance the purposes of a University." our faculty alumni resist any attempt to choose one purpose over another. There is general agreement that the purposes of a University are three-fold: to conserve knowledge through libraries and collections ; to add to knowledge through scholarship and research; and to disseminate knowledge by teaching and publishing.

GOING DOWN THE DRAIN But as Brother William J. Hanna (Colo. ), Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Colorado, says, " Undergraduate teaching in the larger public and privately-

supported institutions is going down the drain. Excellent teaching is being discouraged for the sake of research and publication."

WHY STUDENTS SUFFER All out for research and promotion ; yet someone will suffer. Brother George W aln (Iowa), Professor at Oberlin, feels that "students are neglected by the professors, because of their urge to better themselves. The college professor seems to need continuous pushing of himself, probably to rise on the economic ladder. This he does through his research, writings and public lectures . .. . We must not lose sight of the fact that our job is to impart knowledge and guidance to our students." Dr. Kirby Jackson (Wash.), University of Alabama, answers Yes and No to the question . of " Are Universities Neglecting the Students? " There is no physical neglect. "Universities are today providing the most complete and comfortable facilities ever known to students." Great concern and tremendous effort is being directed toward the student what with such substantial consoling and testing programs. But as Dr. Fred W. Decker (Oregon State) so vividly expresses it, the present situation "sounds like a 1900 model college picture, improved and fitted with chrome. "

NEEDS NOT BEING MET "The failure of Universities generally to prepare students for a tough, long struggle may well go down in history as a major contribution to the Fall of the West. A previous generation received training on our campuses for military leadership. Today, the freedom of our Chapter houses must stand as one symbol of the accomplishments of that military leadership on battlefields like those of the Marne in World War I, the air war of World War II, and the Inchon landing of the Korean War. But today the technological and other changes have deemphasized strictly military education for the

University man. And in its place we see few signs of any educational plan to provide for the needs of the young people who must rise up to provide the responsible leadership of the Free World under the most subtle and resourceful attack ever suffered. Where does a future scientist, artist, farmer, forester, dentist, lawyer, or teacher learn on the campus about the historical origins of the world struggle? Where does he learn of the various implements on the spectrum of this conflict?

HOW ADEQUATE IS OUR TRAINING? Some might answer that students have opportunity for all these studies and more in the humanistic studies, but the reader will have to answer from his own experiences whether he finds sufficient preparation at present to cope with the devious and relentless pressures of the communist empire to achieve the stated goals of world domination. Does the performance of many of our educated leaders of today satisfy the reader. Do you feel that University-educated people today participate adequately in both amount and wisdom in the effort to save and expand our heritage of freedom? Do you even feel you have an adequate grasp of the contrasts between the free world and the totalitarian world? The deficiencies of the University in the contribution to the global crisis result not from ingrained refusal to assist freedom . Campus politics resist change more rigidly than public politics. Proprietary interests of academic departments tend to dominate even when all concerned recognize an emerging need. Who pleads for the future - post graduation needs of potential citizen leaders now undergraduates? Only a carefully considered and insistently articulated demand by the students and alumni will even attract attention. If usable understanding of the world-wide protracted conflict ever emerges as a product of higher education, the innovation will result from wellplaced -expressions of demand by students who feel the need." II

COLONY FORMED AT

Central State College ''FIRST" is the by-word for the Central (Oklahoma ) State College, Edmond, colony of Acacia. Interest in the group's organization began in the spring of 1963, but full force organizing did not begin until last fall . Toward the end of the spring semester, students interested in Acacia met with the Central State administration and Interfraternity Council and, with the help of the national office, began laying plans for a future chapter at Central. The work on these plans continued through the summer. When the colony moves into its house at the first of the spring semester, the trophy which will be given the place of prominence will be that one signifying Acacia's first place in the social club float division of the Homecoming parade. Even though Homecoming came unusually early last year and the Acacians had barely 12

begun to organize, the group showed enough unity to beat out sororities and fraternities which were well established on campus. Acacia was the only fraternity placing in the three top spots in the float division. The next "first" available to the group was the intramural football championship. After the loss of their first game, the Acacians bounced back to gain the number one position at the time of this writing. Before the advent of the Acacians a CSC pledge class of 30 seemed extraordinary. When the Acacians were formally pledged, the class numbered 44, something unheard of at Central. This large pledge class was due primarily to the rush methods introduced to the Acacians by J. B. Beaird, national judge advocate, and Vernon (Speedy) Garrison, former national field secretary. Before Acacia was introduced at Central, rushing was a hap-

hazard affair. Through instructions from Garrison and Beaird, the Acacians made rush at Cetntral more suitable to the Greek ideals. Bill Blair, alumnus of Oklahoma State University and president of Bill Blair and Associates architectural firm of Oklahoma City, was appointed acting chapter advisor. Outstanding alumni and actives attending the Central pledging ceremonies were Beaird, Garrison, Wilburn Cartwright, Oklahoma Corporation Commissioner; Dr. R. C. Bradley, national expansion director; Raymond E. Bivert, national counselor and Oklahoma State University chapter advisor; Jerry Warren, University of Oklahoma chapter venerable dean; Jim Morford, Oklahoma State University active acting in place of the OSU venerable dean; and Carl Reed, OU chapter advisor. With 12 weeks of work behind them, the Acacians are gaining status with the five national sorority chapters on the campus of Central State College through the initiation of exchange dinner-dances, another first at Central. After the success of the first exchange, the social chairman found no trouble in arranging similar ones with the remaining four sororities. The sororities reacted to this innovation as if it were a fresh breeze in the stifled social air. The fraternities reacted with a "I wish we had thought of it." The officers elected by the pledges of the Central State colony are: president, Mike Fricker; vice-president, Ray Moyer; social chairman, Cloise Johnson; secretary, David McMillan; treasurer , Larry Snipes; rush chairman, John Tilley; corresponding secretary, Jan Dunkelberg. Appointed officers include James Gosvener, assistant social chairman, and Roger Keel, assistant rush chairman. Other pledges are: Larry Anderson, George Breziel, Louis Chandler, Ben Childers, Frank Chrisco, Ronnie Clair, Jim DeArman, Jack Delaughter, Charles Epley, Dick Ferguson, Grady Forrester, Ford Fraley, Merle Garrette, Bruce Gray, and Jon Harrison. Other pledges are: Gary Hill, Mike Holbrook, Gary Humes, Al Jones, Joe Lewis,

Jerry Logan, Leomard McMasters, Harold McMillan, Mike Mulligan, Paul Ogle, Jim Owens, Ron Purdin, Mik e Quine, Larry Sims, Jack Steele, Richard Taylor, Johnny Thomas, Lonnie Walker, Darrell Wooster, and Vic Wylie. There are two active members of Acacia attending Central State College : Jack Scott and Bob Stewart. The faculty sponsors and hononary pledges are Howard Clark, instructor of business, and Aris Prewitt, instructor of humanities. At Central State College, the word "first" is now synonymous with Acacia, and the Acacians plan to keep it that way.

Officers and visiting national dignitaries at formal organaigtion. Below, Judge Advocate Beaird speaks at dinner.

Are you respectable academically? ET your goals today. The National Scholarship Committee offers you these initial standards, below which you should not fall, to maintain academic respectability: 1. As a minimum, maintain an average equal to either the All Men's Average or the All Fraternity Men's Average on your campus. 1. As an example of what fraternity life stands for and the value of fraternity life, seek an average above both the All Men's Average and the All Fraternity Men's Average on your campus. These are goals which you can easily reach because you can at least expect each member to do average work. These are goals which will bring you, beyond any question of a doubt into the realms of academic respectability.

EDWARD WACHSMAN, who prepa.r ed this article for the TRIAD, is chairman of Acacia's nationa I scholarship committee. He was appointed to the post a year ago by President George Patterson. Wachsman lives in San Rafael, California, where he is enqaged in the insurance business.

These goals have been proposed to a number of college Deans; they are agreed that this is the road of academic respectability. These goals in no way promote mediocrity but rather they promote scholarship for the first goal is a minimum standard with the second goal as a definite mark of reputable scholastic standing with no upper limit. It appears from an analysis of the various chapters and their standings on their respective campuses, that Acacia has done fairly well on the whole in the past year. There are, of course, a few of the chapters who have maintained their usual superior position, and there are a few who have allowed themselves to remain in their usual below average position. It concerns me that there is apparently too much de-emphasis on the importance of scholarship in the fraternity system; and, too much over-emphasis on the other more pleasant activities, namely, social, etc. I think that it is unfortunate that so many young fraternity men do not realize that in their business and professional life, it isn't so much the importance of how good or how many the parties were when you were in college, as it is your technical and business proficiencies which will enable you to get ahead in this complicated world of ours. I would hope that in the coming year that those chapters who are below average in scholarship would take appropriate steps to organize and discipline themselves to raise their standings on their respective campuses; and, that we might look forward to an improvement in the general scholarship standings throughout the nation for the next year.

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"TO FURTHER STRENGTHEN OUR UNI

Province Governo ''HUMAN SERVICE" is exemplified in more ways than public charity. It is the essence of our fraternity in helping each other. It was on this theme that all of Acacia's new Province Governors met for the first time for training and orientation. The Palmer House in Chicago was the site of the school the weekend of November 16. President George Patterson welcomed the Governors and charged them with their respective responsibilities. He opened the first training session with a detailed description of the National organization, lines of authority, areas of responsibility, duties of Council members and the standing committees that assist the Council in Jurisprudence, Awards, Investments, and Scholarship. Executive Secretary Roy C. Clark elaborated on the functions of his office, his headquarters staff and his field staff. He further outlined the activities of the Expansion Director and the Province Governors and their relationship to his office. How to assist the local organizations of alumni associations, house corporation boards, advisors, and chapters was explained. Former Assistant Executive Secretary Robert Jepson, who has worked diligently in setting up the Province System for Acacia since its birth in 1959, explained all National publications including the Triad, The Pythagorean, The Golden Books, The Pythagoras Pledge Handbook, The Ritual, the Laws of Acacia, as well as the Inter-fraternity publications and Masonic publications which the Governors will be concerned with. National Treasurer Pete Knapp moderated a panel composed of President Patterson and Secretary Clark and himself in a lengthy discussion and explanation of the National organization's complete financial structure and 16

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old study session status. This phase of the training was designed to assure each Governor of being fully and act curately informed on the national picture and , Acacia's position, so that they more adequately Âˇ' advise and inform the thousands of brothers, Iboth alumni and undergraduates who should Ibe so acquainted. The evening and Sunday sessions were conI ducted by First Vice President Harvey Amos, l Second Vice President Marv Logan, and Field ' Secretary Phil Cramer. This area of orienta' tion was devoted to the more intangible reI quirements of an Acacia Province Governor 1 in developing his abilities to more efficiently , assist the Chapter Advisors, Financial Advis' ors, Corporation Boards, and joint-chapter officer training sessions. His influence with other :Fraternity Province officials, as well as local ÂˇPanhellenic officers, was discussed.

Suggestions of how to better work with local university administrators, and Masonic officials was discussed. The Governor's role in Acacia's Expansion program and Provincewide rush programs, was covered, as well as developing programs to utilize the services of the hundreds of alumni over the country who have expressed the desire to the national headquarters of their desire to help the chapters if someone would advise them what would be helpful. The intensive program was outlined in a new, 15-page Province Governor's Guide, prepared by the National staff and Council. Appointed by the National Council, the new Governors are expected to bring the National organization and its numerous aids to the chapter advisors and alumni to further strengthen our unity and brotherhood at all levels.

Province Governors pose with Acacia National officers at close of their first training school.

Here's a tale to make any rush chairman sit up and take notice. It's all about bunny tails at Colorado State College. And it's a story long to be remembered by 230 people who participated in the rush party last fall. Greeting the guests (invitations had been sent to all eligible persons) was a huge cardboard Playboy rabbit (and lovely Ruth Fletcher). As in all good key clubs, guests had to sign in, below. Some upper classmen weren't invited and sought invitations by phone.

Lovely bunnies mingled with the crowd, distributing gum (courtesy National Airlines), cigareHes (free from local distributors) and chairming wit (donated by the gals). Mother's Club provided refreshments.

If eyes could talk, Bunny Gail Wimp must have been saying a mouthful to V.D. Andy Anderson in the picture below. At .right, Arline Kloer refills a punch cup from the traditional Rush Potty. Non-alchoholic punch didn't put any dampers on party. Some commented: "Didn't know you could have so much fun without serving liquor at a party."

Probably the biggest Acacia key on record is displayed (along with smiles, legs and other charms} by the six bunnies who helped make the rush party such a success. (Other big factor: 12-man committee working 200 hours.} Bunnies are: Arlene, Mary Conrad, Dotti DiStasio, Ruth, Pauline Garcia and Gail.

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rime fo.r singing, too. And the Colorado State College _ ,.,,...,,.Âˇ,ans didn't hold back here, either. Fraternity songs vere followed by other familiar favorites, with everyone the party joining in the song fest. Party was held 3t the country club, rented for the eventing for $50.

An "ideal Playboy" crashed the party . . . monster foot, boot, stogie and all. His dance (left) defied definition. His manners were attrocious. And so, when he removed the cigar and prepared to address the group, Playboy Craig Meredith was surrounded by bunnies and forced to exit. Dancing rounded out the evening of fun which cost the fraternity only a total of $100, including rental of the club house. Alumni held a follow-up party. (Photos taken by Norm Gifford.)

or Oregon State: a $100,000 addition October in Oregon is very wet; :>ut on the mo.rning of October 27, skies over Oregon State University at Corvallis surprisingly cleared, a heaven-sent gift for cians who had been planning for many weeks the open house to recognize their new $100,000 chapter house addition. Things really started to pop at the Oregon State chapter house early that Sunday afternoon as ia Alums started to arrive from all over the state for a buffet. After Alums, faculty Acacians, members, and pledges had informally mixed good food and "on in the new dining room, Acacians prepa.red themselves for the somewhat more formal job of greeting O .S.U. faculty members and town people oat an all afternoon tea. As deans, professors, fraternity oand sorority hostesses, and pa.rlents began to arrive, they were jg reeted and introduced to Venerble Dean James Kelley, Hostess rs. Bertha Johnson, O.S.U. Aca. ia Alumni President Roger Giles, nd of course, special guest, Roy lark. A tour of the chapter house s followed by refreshments in

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struction which began in summe.r '62, with rough completion by January of '63, and with all re~ finements and polishing touches f;JZ by September of '63; a long and ~ sometimes inconvenient period for ~ O.S.U. Acacians but well worth ~ the new living capacity of 65 . ~ This is not to mention the many ~ other advantages of the expan~ sion : a new venerable dean's of~ fice, a new hostess' apartment ~ (tastefully decorated in Early American by our hostess. Mrs. "J".), a new library, active chapter room, sleeping porch, kitchen , and, at long last, an off-street parking lot. But the addition in which perhaps the most pride is taken is the expanded and remodeled dining room. In keeping with the Colonial exterior (One cannot i tell where the new and the old !? meet from the outside), the dining room has been papered in a red and white colonial patte.rn. In addition, white wainscot, small ~

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tiered chandeliers, cushioned red chairs with black walnut formica tables, and red drapes with red valance boards . make for a very striking room. During the fall of 1962, Oregon State Acacians felt rather uncomfortable, living in the midst of sawdust, constant hammering , and cold as the Oregon autumn wind whipped into the house through the half completed addition. Now, from the nine new study rooms holding 30 additional men, Acacians, warm and snug, work on in comfort toward their goal of capturing once again first place in grades for the term.

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Iowan elected president of honorary Dr. John E. Lagerstrom, advisor for the Iowa State chapter of Acacia , was recently chosen president of Eta Kappa Nu, national N u, national electrical engineering honorary . Or. Lagerstrom is Associate Dean of the College of Engineering at Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa. He has been a member of the Iowa State staff since 1946, beginning as an instructor and rising in rank to Professor of E.E. Dr. Lagerstrom graduated from Iowa State in June 1944. In community affairs, Lagerstrom has been a trustee, V.P., and president of the congregation of his church. He has been president of the local PTA, and is currently a Cubmaster. He is a member of the Masonic Lodge, the York Rite bodies, and the Shrine. In the York Rite he is a past Commander, and he has just completed a te.rm as an officer in the Grand Commandry of Iowa. He is also a member of the advisory board of the local chapter of DeMolay.

Northwestern on the move! Acacians from the Northwestern Chapter are distinguishing themselves because of their participation in a wide variety of campus activities. Paul Stanford last fall became managing editor of the Daily Northwestern. Roger Majak is co-chairman of Sym-

posium which brings prominent leaders to campus for a week of lectures and seminars. Sophomore Linn Hobbs is continuing his interest in a variety of activities following his receiving the James Lee Ste.rrett Memorial Award. This is the highest award given to a freshman at Northwestern. This award is presented annually to the male freshman who has been judged outstanding in attitudes, abilities, and actions. Linn has a straight A average, is chairman of Symposium's arrangements committee, and is a member of Wildcat Council. Acacian Bill Hoisington, who continued the long line of Phi Beta Kappa 's coming from the Northwestern Chapter, was awarded a Fullbright Scholarship. Bill is now in Lyon, France studying the history of the French Revolution. Junio.r Jim Kolbe has returned to the Northwestern campus following a year of world travel under the direction of noted professors. Jim was the second Acacian from the Northwestern Chapter in two years to win a scholarship to the International School of America. (See his feature article in this issue!)

Illinois wins 2nd Illinois Acacia paired with Pi Beta Phi for the annual Homecoming stunt show and, as last year, took the second place trophy. This was a whole house participation event, and was managed by brother Jack Johnson. The show was held in the new University of Illinois Assembly Hall which seats 16,000, and was designed by th~ nationally known firm of Harrison and Abramovitz.

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Syracuse moves in many ways

The Syracuse Chapter did it again! They were number one scholastically. Out of the 30 fraternities on campus Acacians had the high average of 1.64. In addition to moving in the scholastic world, Syracuse Acacians have been on the move in other ways - into a bigger and newer house. The new house on Comstock Ave. can hold from 45-50 percent more people. The Inter-Fraternity-Council at Syracuse holds an annual blood drive, in which the fraternity that has the highest percentage of doners gets the blood cup. Acacians had IOO% of the brothers and pledges donating blood.

Thornberry named federal judge The new federal judge for the western district of Texas is an ardent Acacian, Homer Thornberry, who assumed his new duties December 21. A veteran of public service, and a faithful congressman since 11948, B.r other Thornberry was named to the high position by the late President Kennedy. The son of deaf-mute parents, he entered public service in 1936,

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IROSES FOR THE GIRLS (505 IN ALL) At the completion of sorority â&#x20AC;˘rush this fall, Washington Chapter :of Acacia sent an individually 1boxed and wrapped rose to each ' new sorority pledge, congratullating and welcoming her to the !University of Washington and to !Greek Row.

All 505 girls wore them during the annual Fraternity Men's Reception, held the next evening after pledging. Gary Kawachi (Ohio State 603), owner of Floralcrest Greenhouses, supplied the flowers, boxes, ribbon, and name tags at cost.

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He was married to Eloise Engle of Austin, also a University of Texas graduate, on Feb. 24, 1945. They have three children: Molly, 17, David, 15, Kate 13. Brother Thornberry was initiated in the Texas Chapter on October 12, 1930. He served the chapter as Junior Dean in 1932-1933 and Venerable Dean in 1933-1934. He has never lost interest in Acacia and has practiced in his eve.ry day life its motto "Human Service". He assisted in the reactivation of the Texas Chapter and the incorporation of the Acacia Building Corporation. He served as Financial Advisor for the reactivated chapter. In 19591960 he was general chairman of the statewide committee to raise funds for the Acacia Educationa I Foundation of Texas, Inc., a tax exempt Foundation. Under his able leadership the campaign was most successful.

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place in the 200 yard relay in swimming, went to the all-school playoffs in water polo, and took 3rd place all-school in the mile relay in track.

NamedVP Bruce Gardiner, junior dean of Washington chapter, was recently elected vice president of the Husky Winter Sports Club. Although this 500 member o.rganization is primarily devoted to promoting interest and participation in snow skiing, it engages in other activities as well, such as mountain climbing, Nordic events, an annual weekend Winter Carnival in the mountains, and fashion shows to keep members up with current trends in sports wear.

Last Spring at the annual I.F.C. banquet, the Colorado Chapter of Acacia was awarded a trophy for outstanding scholarship during the year 1962. The t.rophy is awarded each year to the fraternity having the highest grade average for the two preceding semesters. Colorado Acacians achieved a 2.67 average (4.00 is maximum) for the spring and fall of 1962 considerably above the all-school men's average. The Colorado Chapter added a first-place league wrestling trophy to their collection last fall. The Acacian team consisted of Pete Olotka-130 lb., Dave Riethmann-147 lb., Don Palmer-157 lb., Bill Maynard-157 lb., Doug Smith-157 lb., Dave Hahn-167 lb., and Bill Betchart-177 lb. Pete Olotka and Bill Betchart both took 2nd place all-school in their weight bracket. The chapter also participated in football , tennis, swimming, water polo and tr ack. They took 6th

UCLA good deed tar from spooky The past several yea.rs UCLA Acacians have worked at the local ( playground on Halloween night. â&#x20AC;˘ Members were in charge of the game booths at the carnival. The m park is usually attended by hun- II dreds of children who would A otherwise have no place to go. II

lllini sing out Last spring, to round out the year's t~iumphs, Illinois Acacia took first place in the annual Shiai-Sachem Sing (fraternity-sorority). Brother Morgan Lynge gets a good part of the credit as he is house song leader.

New addition at Washington State U. well underway Once again the Acacians are heard on Washington State campus. At a fall noisemaker contest - football rally, the Acacians showed the most enthusiasm of any group by putting forth the loudest combination of cheering, noise, and group spirit. Supplementing the cheering was an airhorn, and 13 car horns, each car horn hooked up to a different switch and to the master switch. The following week during Dad's weekend, .t he trophy was presented toÂˇ-lifs the chapte.r. Acacia fraternity is expanding, both in membership and in housing at WSU. A new addition began November 4, is expected

to be completed by February. It will include a new dining room, new kitchen, new cook's quarters, and a new sleeping dormitory. Renovations are being made in the old house to make room for the 48 persons expected to be he.re nxt fall. The former dormitory chapter room, kitchen, and cook's quarters will be made into study rooms. The old dining room is to be converted into the new chapter room and games room. On completion of the new addition there will be a dedication followed by a dinner and party in Acacia's new dining room that night. Invitations will be sent out for the dedication.

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tudent rrom LSU ets grant Lyman L. Jones, Jr. of Hammond, Louisiana (B. A. Louisiana 5tate University}, a member of fl.cacia, is :urrently ;tudying in Australia on a R.otary Foundation Fellow;hip. Jones is doing graduate work in the field of political cience at the University of Meloourne in preparation for a caeer as a lawyer. While at l.S.U., Jones won a R.O.T.C. academic achievement wreath, a certificate of excellence fn debate ·from the Mississippi College Tournament and Southern Speech Association, the Tangipahoa Parish Science Scholarship 'and participated on the varsity i::lebate team. He was a delegate to the White House Conference 'On Children and Youth and was I.F.C. council Rush Book editor. Begun in 1947, the Rotary Foun:dation Fellowship program has wa.rded more than 1,800 fellow;ships as a part of a world-wide ef·fort to further understanding and friendly relations between peo·ples of different nations. The ~wards for the 1963-64 school year went to 138 students in 29 countries.

!Named secretary For the second year in a row lthe Colorado State Acacians have !filled the post of I.F.C. Secretary. IFor the 1961-1962 term Herb !Beadle held the post and for the 1963-1964 term Brother Rich Hillman is filling it.

Miami adds 3rd house; paints crest

House gets face-lilting A good example of activealumni cooperation is shown by the renovation of the front of ACACIA at the University of California, Berkeley. Early in the fa II of 1962, the active chapter at California became especially inte.rested in improving the appearance of their ahapter house. This they communicated to the house corporation, who in turn contacted alumnus Elliot Brenner of Indiana. Elliot drew up the plans gratis and house corporation approved construction, which began this last August. Total cost of the construction was around $5000.

3 get Pythagoras The Cornell Chapter has presented the Order of Pythagoras awa.rd to three alumni: Brothers Francis 0 . Underwood, Fred B. Morris, and Dean Marble, for their invaluable aid to the renovation and house addition fund drive in 1961-62. Brother Underwood served as president of the Acacia Corporation during the period of the drive. Brother Morris, professor emeritus of the Cornell Extension Service and contact officer fo.r foreign visitors, was chairman of the fund drive. Brother Marble, professor of poultry husbandry, is corporation secretary-treasurer.

Afte.r returning from the first province rally in the history of Acacia with the participation award under its belt, the Miami Chapter keeps moving forward. A third house has been opened to meet the needs of an expanding chapter. A lower room of the house is being completely revamped and renovated to be used as an official chapter room. The room sports a colorful crest, painted in minute detail by the chapter's leading artist, Mike Stronberg. It stands a full six feet high on one of the chapter room walls, and soon full color murals depicting Acacia ritual and history deck the walls, adding a proud fraternal atmosphere to the chapter meetings. Adjoining the room is a spacious ritual chamber which is open only to actives. Socially, the Miami chapter boasts of one of the biggest street dances in the history of Miami University. The small town of Oxford lit up and put on a weekend smile as students from both Miami University and Western College joined in the Acacia frolic. A swinging band echoed .rock-n-roll and folk music down the street as hoards of students danced wildly.

No. 1,000 corning up! Early next semester, the Illinois Chapter of Acacia will initiate its I,OOOth member. The pledge with the highest grade point will receive the honor. Members hope to have, at that time, some of the national officers and alumni to help with the initiation.

Penn State formally dedicates $200,0 Homecoming, October 5, 1963, was a momentous day for the Penn State chapter of Acacia. On that day a dream that had been nurtured for years by the local chapter was finally realized with the formal dedication of the new addition to the house. Begun in the summe.r of ''1962, the addition was completed at a cost of $200,000. It contains 19 study rooms, three dormitory areas, several storage rooms, bath facilities, and a huge new party room. Doug Trum bower, master of ceremonies, int.roduced Dr. Eric A. Walker, President of the Pennsylvania State University, as the guest speaker for the dedication ceremonies. In his speech Dr. Walker expressed his concern over the fraternity system at the Unive.rsity, but he emphasized that he was not concerned about Acacia. "lrrÂˇ'fact," he stated, "I wish there were 56 Acacias at Penn State.'' Dr. Walker commented that across the country fraternities have, in many instances, failed to keep pace with the growth rate of their respective campuses. Because of their policies with regard to social discrimination and drinking. The dedication of a new wing which doubles the size of the Acacia physical plant indicates that Penn State's chapter of Acacia has not been hindered by these two stumbling blocks. In reference to Acacia's founding as a fraternity with Masonic ties. Dr. Walker continued, "I know that your founding in the Masonic Order has stood you in good stead." Concluding his speech by compl imenting the chapte r on its excellent scholarship record (Acacians at Penn State have been the

The $200,000 addition as seen from the front (above) and rear (below).

top social fraternity in scholarship for the past four terms and retired the scholarship trophy presented by I.F.C.), Dr. Walker referred; to Acacia as " . . . . one of my favorite fraternities." Philip F. Hallock, a Penn State Acacian, class of 1935 and architect for the new addition, then presented the house key to the president of the Square and Compass Association, Hugh G. Pyle. In giving a brief historical sketch of the Association and the active chapter, Pyle related that during the Second World War the chapter house was used as living quarters for a rmed forces trainees. He expressed the hope that the directors of Sq rJ are and

Compass would provide the chapter with reference materials and that the chapter and its officers would always help to mold mature individuals, using the Fraternity's motto as a guide line for a II its actions. Pyle presented the key of the house to the chapter's Venerable Dean, Guy C. Jackson, who accepted it on behalf of the present members. Also present for the dedication ceremonies was Roy Clark, national executive secretary of Acacia, who told the assembled body that he was glad to see "so many faces of friendship" surrounding the Penn State Chapter. Pointing out that Pythagoras, the

worthy mentor of the Acacia Fraternity, had been a scholar, athlete, mathematician, and philosopher, Clark went on to say that the word fraternalism in its highest fo.rm meant doing something for someone, expecting no reward - except that of the satisfaction of participating. ''The Penn State Square and Compass has shown its fraternalism by its support, financially and otherwise, of the active chapter," Clark concluded. The Reverend Lauren Meiswinckel offered the invocation and the benediction for the dedication ce,r emonies. A Penn State Acacian, the Reverend Mr. Meiswinckel is pastor of the Grace Harmony Church in Geigertown, Penn. After the dedication ceremony was brought to a close, the assembled guests were taken on tours of the old house and the new rooms of the addition. Mrs. Mary Elizabeth MacDonald prepared a buffet-style meal for the members and guests. After dinner, the Square and Compass met to choose a successor to Hugh G. Pyle who retired as president after many years of service to the fraternity. The new President is William S. Dye Ill of the Penn State Class of 1936. Since no "Welcome Back" for the alumni would be complete without some dancing, the chapter procured the Frank Carter quartet, a dance band from the Wilkes-Barre area, who played for the enjoyment of the alumni, members and dates from nine 'til one. Acacia's alumni joined with the active brothers and pledges to celebrate the official opening of the modern party room. Almost 300 people were present.

in Pi Omicron Sigma, an Interfraternity honorary at Washington established to give .recognition to those men who have done outstanding work within the Greek System. His name will stand beside that of fellow Acacian Richard Stoner, chosen last year.

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This year marked a drastic change in the programming of the Anuual G.reek Week at Colorado State University. For the first time the Greeks celebrated for a full week entertaining many new ideas, one of which was headed by an Acacian. The first annual Greek Bowl contest was initiated by Brother Bill Brogan. The contest is fashioned afte.r the College Bowl of T.V. fame, and pitts fraternities against fraternities; sororities against sororities and finally fraternity against sorority. The fraternity division came out on top, but unfortunately Acacia did not win.

Outstanding Richard Swanson, venera b I e dean of Washington Chapter, was recently elected to membership

William C. Meseke, Kansas State #179 and a life member of Acacia, has been awa.rded the M.A.I. designation by the Governing Co unci I of the Amercan Institute of Rea I Estate Appraisers. This designation automatically admits him to membership in the Institute. Fewer than 3,500 appraisers have qualified for this designation since the Institute was founded in 1932. To receive the M.A.I. designation Meseke had to be at least 30 years of age, had to have had a minimum of five years' experience in the practice of appraising, had to submit at least three acceptable reports on fee appraisals to be graded by the Institute, had to pass a minimum of two examinations, and had to have the recommendation of appaisers familiar with his work. The American Institute of Real Estate Appraisers of the National Association of Real Estate Boards is a professional organization, and its members are designated by the term "M.A.I." (Member, Appraisal Institute). Me s eke currently resides in Menlo Park, Calif.

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Minnesota wins 1st Minnesota Acacians copped first prize in the homecomming float competition for the second

consecutive year. The two top trophies have as their trophy case companion a second place award in 1960.

Grand Master praises Acacia An encouraging follow-up to the construction and dedication of the new house at Arkansas is the following commentary made by the Grand Master of Masons in Arkansas, after he and other Grand Lodge officers, visited the chapter house last spring. In has annual report, the Grand Master said: We were warmly received and invited to return for the evening meal. I was deeply impressed with the courtesy, manners, friendliness, and character of the young men of this fraternity. "I am fully convinced that the contribution of this Grand Lodge made toward the construction of the Acacia Fraternity house on the campus of the University of Arkansas was money wisely spent. The members of Acacia have a warm spot in their hearts for the

Masons of Arkansas as was manifested by their speech while I · ·t d th em. " VISI e The Masons sponsored a campaign to raise money for the new house at Fayetville, with the goal being that of a dollar for every Mason in the state. Most of the money was raised voluntarily, but the Grand Lodge appropriated from its funds an amount necessary to reach that goa I. Tota I contribution (campaign and Grand Lodge donation) amounted to $56,000.

Legacies galore! The Ohio State chapter believes it has amassed the la.rgest number of legacies in its 57 years as part of the Acacia fraternity system. There are eight presently m the chapter: Brad Phillips, son of

Bradway S. Phillips; Ed Dryer and Joe Dryer, sons of Edward D. Dryer; Stephen Piper, son of William R. Piper; Dale Faulk, brother of John B. Faulk; John D. Schmitt, brother of William C. Schmitt; Dave Clark, whose cousin Russell Clark is an active at Mimi, Ohio; Pledge Karl Schmitt, brother of William and John Cchmitt. Pictured here are Clark Faulk Karl Schmitt, Phillips, Jo~ Drye; t<1nd Jack Cchmitt.

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Logan naiTied • ld 1 11e secre ary Harvey Logan, a native of Cal. ifo.rnia, has joined the Acacia Na. tional staff as a field secretary. He replaces Ed Kohler, who resigned last fall after two years of service. Logan was born in Los Angeles, but has lived in Lynwood for most of his lift. He pledged A cacia during his first semester at Long Beach State College. He served as junior dean in 1961 and was elected V.D. the following year. The new field secretary currently is serving the central jurisdiction of Acacia.

Foreign students entertained Annual reception for foreign students at Purdue University attracted more than I00 persons last fa II to the Acacia chapter house. Some 40 nations were represented. Pinwomen served refreshments and acted as hostesses. Picture shows Brother John Eyer center) explaining to two foreign stu-

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Three months of preparation went into Purdue Acacia chapter's second bi-annual Nite-on-the-Nile party which drew some 600 guests last spring. One only had to look at the striking transformation of the house into a mammoth sphinx (over 30 feet ta II) to understand the hours of effort which went into the affair, one of the largest and most elaborate dances held at Purdue last year. The dormitory was turned into

a mammoth cave, containing a pond with a real waterfall. An orchestra played for dancing in the cave. Another waterfa II was created from a dormitory window, plunging three floors to a lake located in the desert which surrounded the house. Inside was a maze of tunnels. And at the end of one of these was a "Mummy Room," which contained a sarcophagus in which rested a plaster of paris model

of King Tut's mummy. Walls of this room were covered with rieroglyphics, copied f.rom magazines and reference books. Practically any kind of food imaginable was served in the dining room which was changed into a huge, columned area. Favors were 8-foot long, stuffed snakes! Faculty members were invited along with local alumni. Students from all over campus stopped by the house to view the spectacular decorations.

Central Missouri on the move For Central Missouri State . . . the password is "progress." Only seven years old, the Acacia chapte.r there has made strong strides forward. Last spring they won the trophy for the highest fraternity gradepoint average. Bob Hines graduated first in his class, with a 3.8 average. John Wheeler, senior dean, 1s

the school newspaper's associate edito.r. He also was elected to the Student Senate, along with Mark Johnson, George Carney and James Aziere. James Davis, Ron Evan and Aziere were three of the five starting Cross Country Runners last fall, with Davis finishing 50th for the Mules, among 300 runners, competing in the National Championship race in Chicago. Donald Cheever was voted an all-conference halfback. Richard Piland was elected citizenship chairman.

WANTED!! Men lor the field With the resignation of Field Secretary John Bronson at the end of 1963, Acacia National is looking for a replacement. Interested Acacians (single and who have been active in chapter functions during their school years) should contact Executive Secretary Roy Clark at National Headquarters, 1569 Sherman Ave., Evanston, Ill. immediately. Current graduates, June graduates, or recent graduates would be considered.

BIDS BEING LET NOW FOR $150,000 HOUSE AT WYOMING UNIVERSITY Bids are scheduled to be let this month for the proposed new $150,000 house at the University of Wyoming in Laramie. Construction will begin after the first spring thaw. When completed the house will accomodate 42 men, with room for expansion for another I0 as needed. The house plans ~

Receives SSrd J.W. Nutt, first honorary member of the Arkansas chapter of Acacia, has been elected to receive the 33 degre in Scottish Rit Masonry. Active in all branches of Masonry, and particularly active in DeMolay, Brother Nutt is the executive officer for Arkansas and a member of the DeMolay Supreme Council.

Work-study assistantships available Ohio State University has announced that work-study assistantships are available to Ph.D. as well as M.A. candidates. A number of student personnel assistantships in areas other than housing; i.e. counseling center, Ohio Union, etc. are available. If interested, contact Dr. Maude Stewart, 215 Pomerene Hall 1760 Neil Ave., Columbus, Ohio:

are unique, in that they make use of 3-4-5 right triangles and angles wherever possible. Even the stairs have been planned in flights of 3, 4 and 5. One bit of unpleasant news in connection with the new house: Mother Hamilton plans to retire when the new home is completed. ~~-

Minnesota pledges Berlin man A young man who helped seve.ral escape from East to West Berlin is currently a foreign exchange student at the University of Minnesota. Rolf Minus lived at Acacia house during his fall quarter on campus (and pledged Acacia, too). This winter he is living in a residence hall, and in the spring will stay at a private home in the Twin Cities. Rolf and his parents originally lived in East Germany but fled to West Berlin, where his father is a pharmacist. At the U. of M. he is doing graduate work in economics and will return to Germany after a year's study.

House Mother since 1953 for Acacians at Laramie, Mother Hamilton holds the record for longevity of service among all fraternities and sororities at the school. ,,~~~~

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Communication dean dies at 87 An Acacian who was referred to as the dean of communication law-Eliot C. Lovett-died in October in Boston, Lovett, who maintained law offices in Washington, D.C., was 87. He helped develop the "beep" tone which wa.rns when a conversation is being recorded over the phone. Lovett began his law practice in Washington in 1925, forming his own firm in 1950. His son, Lee, joined him in 1959.

WINNING NEBISH The Colorado chapter, together with the girls of the Alpha Omicron Pi Sorority, built a prizewinning nebish for last fall's Homecoming. Most of the work was done in the basement of the Acacia house, and the nebish itself was constructed on the front lawn.

DROPOUTS ······ ·· ·... .. ....... ........... ..by Roy

Clark, Executive Secretary

By the time this is read the annual tragedy of pledge dropouts will be history. While recognizing that there are many professors and instructors poised to 'wash-out' scholastically weak freshmen, this does not justify fraternity chapters in shrugging off the loss as just one of those things ! Back in 1958 the U.S. Dept. of Health Education and Welfare made a study of Retention and Withdrawal of College Students. A multitude of charts and statistics of voluminous nature on all factors bearing on student mortality brought out significant conclusions. To quote in part from the report: "Of the 300 men who were on campuses where fraternities were not recognized, 99 or 33 % , graduated. Of the 1972 men who reported that fraternities existed but they were not members, 927 or 4 7% graduated. Local social fraternities had a graduation rate of 52 % ; local professionals, 54 % ; local honorary, 58 % , national social 58 % . "Fraternity or sorority membership was clearly association with persistence of graduation. Institutions which had no recognized fraternities or sororities had a significantly lower graduation rate than institutions in which some type of fraternity or sorority membership was available. This is a statement of finding , not a statement of casual relationship ... the facts indicate a study in depth of this situation as a factor in student retention and withdrawal would be profitable" . Another recent release, not entirely unrelated, for which we are indebted to George Chapman, Executive Secretary of Theta Chi, goes on to say: "Newest evidence that the driving pressure to succeed in school has dangerous effects on academic 'failures ' : College psychriatrists are stepping up efforts to recognize and treat potential suicides .. . whose numbers have been found to jump at exam time .. . according to Dr. Henry L . Parrish of Yale's Department of Public Health and Psychiatry, suicide is now the numbertwo cause of death among students (second only to accidents) ; he projects a national picture in which 8 to 10 per cent of all collegiate deaths are suicidal" . What does all of the above mean to us as fraternity men and fraternity chapters? 1. Persistence of graduation of fraternity members is pleasing but it is not good enough. By the right kind of emphasis it can be greatly improved. We need not become smug. 2. Non-incidence of suicide among fraternity members is too negative and morbid a subject to be used as a rushing asset-but it is meaningful and worthy of remembrance. 3. Now that our drop-out experience is fresh in our minds, each member and chapter should engage in a self-appraisal study to see if your Pledge Education Program has had any bearing on it. Now is the time to appraise and improve. And to realize the time to think about drop-outs is the first day after pledging and not the week before finals. And to further realize that the attainment of brotherhood through osmosis can be a slow process; cultivation of that great virtue should begin the instant the pledge pin is affixed. Both of these ideas go hand in hand. 33

CONCLAVE COMIN The skyline below will come vividly into focus for hundreds of Acacians next August. Memphis is the city and August 22-26 are the dates. The occasion? Acacia Fraternity's gala 60th anniversary conclave. Plans are going forward for the big event, certain to he one of the most outstanding conclaves in Acacia's history, National Council members are meeting in Memphis late this month to coordinate advance

JP AUGUST 22-26 arrangements for the conclave. Headquarters will he the 625-room Hotel Peabody, air-conditioned, elegant and spacious. One of the conclave social highlights will he an outing aboard an old-fashioned Mississippi riverboat sternwheeler. National Counselor Raymond Bivert is chairman of conclave arrangements, and he is being assisted by National Judge Advocate J. B. Beaird. Mark the dates for Memphis on your calendar.

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out of sight. Each member of the I.S.A., I think, gained from this experience ; a new spirit seemed to pervade the group. Moscow, USSR . . Notes on a parade: Castro is in town, the guest of honor for the May Day parade. Signs are everywhere in Sp:mish and Russian: "Long live the Proletariats!", "Solidarity forever! ", "Peace and Friendship between the Russian and Cuban peoples." Red is everywhere the dominant color; the dove the dominant figure. Communists claim not to believe in God. In reality it seems as though they have only substituted one god for another. At the very least, the cult of personally against which Krushchev railed so vehemently in 1956 has only been transferred from the person of Stalin to Lenin. Sunday . . . and May Day is just three days away. Work proceeds feverishly in Red Square; a torch, 120 feet high, is erected as a symbol of devotion

people passed through Red Square, more than half of Moscow's population. Everyone carries paper flowers, bright posters with slogans of friendship; some men play a balalaika while the women do lively folk dances as the procession moves along. It is like an Easter parade on Fifth Avenue in New York. There is an air of spontaneity about the whole affair, and yet you know each factory has its quota of people to send. From Tokyo to Moscow; we have seen but a few of the countless experiences that comprise the I.S.A. year. No two years of the I.S.A. are the same, no experiences identical. But none are ever boring. For a college student interested in an academic challenge linked to living adventure, the International School of America is an opportunity unsurpassed. For it, truly the world is the class. room, the people its faculty.

ACACIA NATIONAL COUNCIL President: George F . Patterson, Jr .. 2624 Bremont Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio 45237 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. 60430 Counselor: Raymond E. Bivert, 234 N. Duncan St., Stillwater, Okla. 74074 Treasurer: L. W. Knapp, Jr., 815 N. Linn, Iowa City, Ia. National Judge Advocate: J. B. Beaird, 1811 Liberty Bank Bldg., Oklahoma City, Okla.

HEADQUARTERS STAFF: to peace; temporary grandstands are put up. Expectant crowds gather, mill around. This is the day Castro is arrivi.iJ.g and limousines whisk in and out of the Kremlin gates all day long. Then it is the day itself. We are up early to find our place; with the rest of the foreign tourists we are put in Marjenny Square, adjacent to Red Square. Most of the parade consists of the traditional march of the workers, the proletariat, through the square. In three columns each 50 feet wide they pass through the square at a brisk pace. Men and women, children walking and riding piggy-back, workers with their friends from the factory, soldiers off duty . . . everybody is in the act. Almost literally, it is true. That day over two and a half million 36

Executive Secretary: Roy C. Clark, 1569 Sherman Ave., Evanston, TIL 60201, Telephone: Area 312, 328-4915. Field Secretaries: Philip Wayne Cramer, Harvey L. Logan Oflice Manager: Mrs. Audra B. Eikost

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

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THE TRIAD DIRECTORY AR IZONA-1450 N. C ~er ry, Tucson , Arizona, Ph one 793- 1181 , Venera~l e Dean-Kirb y H a rnson, Ru sh Chairman-John Millikin , Chapter AdVIser-Darrell S. M etcalf, 58 11 E. 9th , Tucson, Arizona. ARKANSAS-240 Stadium Road, F ayetteville, Arkansas, Phone Hi 2-6276, Ven~rable Dean-James Cooper, Rush Chairman-Roy Shaddox, Chapte r Adv1ser-R . T . E ubanks, 1520 Markham Rd. , Fayetteville, Arkansas. BOSTON - 197 Baystate Road, Boston 15, Mass., Phon e Ci 7-8487, Venerable D ean-;-Gerard Inner, Rush Chairman-Rodney Cocking, Chapter Adviser-D avid Hubbard, 164 Nahant Ave ., Winthrop, Mass. CALIFORNIA-2340 Pied mont Aven ue, Berkeley 4, California, P hone Th 5 -9220, Ven erable D ean-Wayne Kirk, Rush Chairman-Ray Sattl er, Chapter Adviser-Don Scott, 370 1 Midvale Avenue, O akl and 2 California . ' CENTRAL MISSOURI STATE-317 Anderson, Warrensburg, Mo. , P hone 1808, Venerable Dean-George Carney, Rush Chairman-George Hout Chapter Adviser-Clarence R . P earce, Rt. 5, Warrensburg, Mo. ' CINCINNATI -2617 University Court, Cincinnati 19, Ohio, Phone Wo l7898, Ven erable D ean-Tom Enoch, Rush Chairman-Bruce W. Thompson, Chapter Adviser-John R. Hice, 3971 Rosslyn Drive Cincinnati 9 Ohio. ' ' COLORAD0-955 Broadway, Boulder, Colorado, Phon e Hi 2 -9410, Venerable Dean-Gary L . Hillman , Rush Chairman-William Betcha rt, Chapter Adviser-Martin T . H ulquist , 2847 4th Street, Boulder, Colorado. COLORADO STATE COLLEGE-1715 11th Avenue, Greeley, Colorado, Phone 352-9840. Venerable D ean-Robert C. Anderson, Rush Chairman Ronald Olson, Chapter Adviser-M ax J. Lubbers, 2010 21st Avenue, Greeley, Colorado. COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY- 714 Re min gton , Fort Collins, Colorado, Phone Hu 2 -0418 , Venerable D ean- Stanley B. Batem en, Rush Chairman-Allen L. M eier, Chapt er Adviser-Deane M. Carter, 125 E. Myrtl e, Apt. 8, Fort Collins, Colorado. CORNELL-3 18 Highland Road , Ithaca, New York, Phone Ar 2-1567 . Venerable D ean - Richard Brew er, Rush Chainnan-Edgar W. Francis III, Chapter Adviser-Alexander J. Cheney, 39 Woodcrest Avenue, Ithaca, New York. FRANKLIN - (Un iv ersity of Pennsylvania )-3907 Spmce Street, Philad ephia, P ennsylvania, Phone Ba 2- 8596, Venerable D ean-Walter A. Figel, Rush Cha irma n- Steve Phillips, Chapter Adviser-Dr. Wm. A. Hockenbe rry, E - 115 Dietrich Hall, University of Penn., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania . ILLJNOIS-501 E . Daniel, Champaign, TI!inois, Phone 344- 1510, Venerable D ean-Jam es T. Wormley, Rush Chairman-John Chapman, Chapter Adviser-George Ekblaw, 511 W. Main , Urbana, lllinois. ILLINOIS WESLEYAN-9 15 North Ma in Street, Bloomin gton , lllinois, Phone 825-2565, Venerable Dean-James W. Joyce. Rush Chairrnan-Garv K. Schall, Chapter Adviser-Ralph E . Brown s, 1408 N. F ell Ave., Bl oomington , Illinois. INDIANA- 702 E. Third Street, Bloomington, Iodi ana, Phone Ed 9-9716 , Venerabl e Dean-Don Tixon , Ru sh Chairman-Jim Gaskins, Chapter Adviser- Thom as \.Yarring, 525 S. J ord an Avenue, Bl oomington , Ind ian a. IOWA-202 Ell is Avenue, Iowa City, I owa, Phone 337-3 101 , Ven erable Dean-Jon C. Fist er, Rush Chairman - Joe Coniglio , Chapter AdviserL. W. Knapp, Jr., 815 N . Linn, I owa C it y, Iowa . IOWA STATE- 142 Gray Avenu e, Ames. Iowa, Phone Ce 2-6440, Vene rable D ean- D ouglas Whitney, Rush Chairm an-G eorge Carlson, Chapter Adviser-John E . Lagerstrom, 2331 Donald, Am es, Iowa. KANSAS-1225 Oread Drive, Lawren ce, Kansas, Phon e Vi 3-7810, Venerable D ean-Thomas A. Linn , Rush Chairman-John D avis, Chapter Adviser- Harold Craig, 1322 Massachusetts, L awrence, Kansas. KANSAS STATE-2005 Hunting Avenue, Manhattan , Kan sas, Phon e Je 9-2369, Venerable D ean - G era ld Church , Rush Chairm an- Tom Twombly, Chapter Adviser-Da ll as Nelson, 3244 Valley Drive, Manhattan, Kan sas. LONG BEACH STATE -51 L aVern Avenue, Long Beach 3 , Californ ia, Phone G e 3-9039, Venerable D ean-Wm . B. Smith, Rush ChairmanJohn Allen Chapter Adviser-Joseph Reed , 6101 Ludlow , Garden Grove, California. LOUISIANA STATE- Box 8448, University Station, Baton Rouge 3, Louisiana, Phone Di 8-6511, Venerable D ean-Mare Loudon , Rush Cha irman-Cecil Sumners, Chapter Adviser-J. Lloyd D etl efs , Sr. , 1905 Walnut, Baton Rouge, Louisi an a. MEMPHIS STATE-P.O. Box 1100, Mem phis State University, Memphi s, T ennessee, Venerab le D ean- Kenn eth Smith, R11sh Cha i rman - S~mm y Fisher, Chapter Adviser-Homer Lawrence, 3017 Clearbrook, M em ph1 s 18. T enn essee. MIAMI- 115 E. C hurch Street, Oxford, Ohio, Phone 523~5944, Venerable D ean - D a le H . H a ll er, Rush Chairman- Kenneth M 1ller, Chapte r Adviser-Or. H. A. Mill er, 323 W. Chestnut Street, Oxford, Ohio. MICHIGAN- 1923 Geddes Avenue A nn A rbor, Michi gan , Phone No. 2-6674, Venerab le D ean - Mi chael' P. Hornkk, Rush Chairman-Larry Brown, Chapter Adviser- Dr. L awrence C . Sweet, 3509 Edgewood, Ann Arbor, Michigan . MINNESOTA-1206 Fifth Street S.E., Minneapolis 14, Minnesota, Phone F e 1-5941, Venerable Dean-'John A. Lloyd , R~ sh Chai~an-Larry Forsland, Chapter Adviser-Carl L. Bandt, 1206 F1fth St., Mmneapohs 14, Minnesota.

MISSI SSIPPI STATE-2 16 S. Lafayette, Starkville, Mississippi, Phone 323-9932, Venerable Dean- L ewis L. Jackson, Rush Chariman- Alan R. Ewalt, Chapter AdviserMISSOURI -506 Rollins Street , Columbia, Missouri, Phone Gi 2 -991 7 Venerable D ean-Ardryck Gates, Rush Chairman-Rolfe Kiehne, Chapter Adviser-Or. R. C. Bradley, 728 Clark Street , Moberly, Missouri . MISSOURI SCHOOL OF MINES- 508 W est Ninth Street, Rolla, Missouri. Phone Em 4 - 12 17, Venerable D ean-Floyd A. Gonzalez, Rush Chairman - John C. Thornton, Ch apter Adviser-Or. E. E. Feind, 1000 West 12th Street, Rolla, Missouri. NEBRASKA-410 North 17th Street, Lincoln, Nebraska, Phone 435-2500, Venerable D ean-Merlin B. H ollinger, Rush Chairman-John Jensen , Chapter Adviser-Keith Sawyers, 4631 Cooper Avenue, Apt. 5, Lincoln , Nebr. NEW HAMPSHIRE-10-12 Mill Road, Durham , New Hampshire, Phone Un 8-2428, Venerable D ean-Peter T. Austin, Rush Chairman-Charles A. Vasilakis, Chapter Adviser-Clifton D. Rockwell, 117 Mystic, West Medford, Mass. NORTHWESTERN -610 Lincoln St., Evanston, 111., Phone Gr 5-9566, Venerable D ean-John Phillip, Rush Chairman-Walter Forbes, Chapter Adviser-Stanton F . Grushkin , 1007 Taft, Wheaton, Illinois. OHI0-101 University T errace, Athens, Ohio, Phone L y 3-1850, Venerable D ean- Jam es E . McMull en, Rush Chairn1an-S teph en A. H overman , Chapter Adviser-Lt. Col. John D. Lucas, Cheumont Drive, Athens, Ohio. OHIO STATE-275 E. 15th Avenue, Columbus, Ohio, Phone 299-7552, Venerable D ean-J effrey L. Swank , Rush Chainnan-Jeffrey L. Swank, Ch apter Adviser-Robert L . Humi, 3981 S. Broadway, Grove City, Ohio. OKLAHOMA- 544 E lm St reet, Norman, Oklahoma, Phone Je 4-9246, Venerable D ean-Jerry A. Warren, Rush Ch airman- Dwight L ee, Chapter Adviser- J . B. Bea ird , 1811 Liberty Bank Bldg., Oklahoma City, Okl ah oma. OKLAHOMA STATE- 12 15 University Avenue, Stillwater, Oklahoma, Phone Fr 2 -4920, Venerable D ean-Jam es Alcock, Rush Chairman-Leon Smith, Chapter Adviser-Raymond E. Bivert, 234 N. Duncan , Stillwater, Oklahoma. OREGON STATE-2857 Van Buren, Corva llis, Oregon, Phone PI 2-9329 , Venerable D ean-James Kelley, Rush Chairm an-Kenneth E . Roberts, Chapter Adviser-Delmar Goode, 225 N. 31st Street, Corvallis, Oregon. PENN STATE-234 Locu st Lane, State College, Pa., Phone Ad 7 -7636 , Venerable D ean-Guy C . J ackson, Rush Chairman-Dennis L. Hf'adings , Chapter Adviser-Or. G. Kenneth Nelson, 501 Westview Ave., Stat" Coll ege, P a . PURDUE-608 Waldron St., West Lafayette, Indiana, Phone Ri 3-1883, Venerable D ean- Steven B. Cutshall, Rush Chairman-Larry W. Foreman, Chapter Adviser-Leonard E. Wood, 725 Allen St., W. L af ayette, Indiana. RENSSELAER- 1932 Fifth Aven ue, Troy, New York, Phone Ar 3-7669, Venerable Dean-Raymond j. H adsall, Jr., Rush Chairman- Richard Albagli , Ch a pter Adviser-Kenn et h J enkins, 28 Bolivar Avenu e, Troy, New York . SYRACUSE- 756 Comstock Avenue, Syracuse, N.Y., Phone Gr 6-8110. Ven erable D ean-Ja mes C . Stansbury, Kush C hairm an-D avid T. \ Villiams, Chapter Adviser-Roger E. McF arland , 3 19 G lenwood Avenue, Syracuse, New York . TEXAS- 2614 Rio Graude Street, A ustin , T exas, Phone Gr 2-7255, V~ner ah le Dean-Shelton W. Boyce, lll , Rush Chairman-James M. W•lhams , Chapter Adviser-Wroe Owens, 2517 Pecos , Austin, T exas. UCLA-9 16 Hilga rd Avenue, L os Angeles 24, California, Phone Gr 99605, Venerable D ean- Jay L. Jorban, Rush Chairman- Russell Kerr, Ch apter Adviser-Robert Mennell , 14729 Otsego Street, Sherman O aks, Californi a. UNIVERSITY OF SO. MISSISSIPPI- Box 417, Southern Station, Hattiesburg, Mississ ippi, Phone Ju 4-9822, Venerable D ean-Gaines H. Haske~v , Rush Chairman-Edward J. Ousley, Chapter Adviser-Nich olas J . Fokak1s, 3 19 So. 20th Avenue, Hatti esburg, Mississippi. VERMONT-404 College Street, Burlington, Vermont, Phone Un 4 -7007 , Venerable D ean-Carl Eel ls, Rush Chainnan-Gerald A. Gates, Chapter Adviser- Or. George C. Crooks, 74 Spear Street, Burlington, Vermont. WASHINGTON -5004 17th Avenue, N.E., Seattle 5, Washington, Phon e La 4-0200, Venerable D ean-Richard Swanson, Rush Chairman-Loren McCollom. Ch apter Adv iser-Willi am D exter, 503 No. 42nd Street, Seattle, Washington. WASHINGTON STATE- 1607 Rub y Street, Pullman , Washington, Phone Lo 8-6111, Venerable D ean-Per Hilma, Rush Chairman-Dave W edin , Ch apter Adviser-Irvin g Field , Stmnyhill Mobil e Homes, Pullman, Washington . WISCONSIN- 112 Langdon Street , M ad ison, Wisconsin, Phone AI 5-2965, Venerable D ean-Carl F. Kant er, Rush Ch airman-Frank Dim bauer, Ch apter Adviser-. annan E. Hansen , R.R .2, Gammon Road , Madison, \.Yisconsin . WYOMING-8 12 University Avenue, Laramie, Wyoming, Phone 745.5345, Venerable Dean- John R. Iversen, Rush Cha irman- Lynn Hendersh ott, Chapter Ad viser- Bernard Kolp, 1808 Ord , Laramie, Wyoming. ACACIA COLONIES Un iversity of Te nn esse e, 1814 Lake Avenue, Knoxville, Tenn. Central State College, Edmond, Oklahoma. University of Georgia, Box 4023-Campus Station , Athens , Georgia. Univrslty of Alabama, P.O. Box 3497, U niversity, Alabama.