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TRIAD OF ACACIA FRATERNITY VOLUME LIX

No.3

Spring 1964

TRIAD FEATURES Ed itors Memo . . . ............ . .... -.............. 1 Triad Forum

Philip Wayne Cramer, Editor

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Published quarterly by 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 Confe rence.

Notice of Change of Address (Form 3579) should be sent to Acacia Frate rnity Headquarters 1569 Sherman Avenue, Evanston, Illinois 60201

the editor On May 12th, the Acacia Fraternity celebrates its 60th anniversary. Our Fraternity has lived through many exciting and trying years since our Founders first united to strengthen the ties of friendship . . . .

It seems only fitting to take a pause at this particular time to bring to you a special report. A report on our Fraternity system and how the principles, ideals and concepts of frater¡

nalism are endangered. Acacia and the entire Greek system .is enjoying a period of extensive growth. In the last six years, there has been an average annual increase of total Greek membership of over 100,000. Yet such growth does¡ not come easily ¡a nd there are mounting pressures against us.

In this issue, you will partially learn some of the problems and perhaps an answer or two. But the word partially is used advisedly. We must actively seek wisdom and truth.

This issue also finds a new editor at the desk. Past TRIAD editor, Alan Olson who in these last two years propelled our magazine to a high level of achievement has relinquished his position to devote more time to his own professional duties. The present TRIAD staff wishes to extend a thank you for the knowledge and understanding of a magazine gained under the editorship of Brother Alan Olson.

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TROJAN HORSE OF CIVIL RIGHTS Is the government, under the guise of Civil Rights, int,olving itself in areas other than voting rights, equal employment, equal educational opportunities? The following testimony from the Hearings before the Committee on Rules, House of Representatives and the Congressional' Record of February 6, 1964 indicate the unwarranted and alarming extension of the Federal Government into realms never before charted-which threaten our rights of freedom of association and therefore fraternal organizations.

HONORABLE REPRESENTATIVE GILLIS W . LONG: "Nowhere do I find any authority to conduct amateur witch hunts on college campuses, looking into the affairs of private social and frat ernal groups. I can find no evidence that the admission policies of social fraternities have any effect on voters' rights, or equal protection under the law. Even the U . S. Suprem e Court h as seen the dangers of Government invasion of these voluntary social and fraternal groups. In Gibson v. Florida Legislative Committee, a March 25 , 1963, decision cited the following on page 543: This Court h as repeatedly held that rights of association are within the ambit of the constitutional protections afford ed by the 1st and 14th amendments.

The Court said on page 544: It is beyond debate that freedom to engage

in association for the advancement of beliefs and ideas is an insepara ble aspect of the " liberty" assured by the Du e Process Clause of the 14th amendm ent which emb races fr eedom of sp eech .

The 1st and 14th amendment rights of fr ee association are fund am ental and highly prized, and "need breathing space to survive." Freedoms such as these are protected not only aga inst heavyh ancled frontal attack, but also from being stifl ed by more subtle governmental interference."

Yet "advisers," using Civil Rights Commission stationery and fr anked envelopes are delving into areas that even the Civil Rights Commission has so far avoid ed, a t least publicly, because of th e obvious violation of constitutional rights involved.

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several months ... the Rights Commission first denied knowledge of the questionnaire. When presented with further information from Mr. Fetterly, the Commission found that it did have a part in the questionnaire, after all.

ExHIBIT A

(Sent to College Fraternities in Utah) UNITED STATES CoMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS,

Washington,-D. C., October 11, 1963

xxxxxxx Salt Lake City, Utah

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Re: Selective membership.

In his June 11th address, President Kennedy said: We face a moral crisis as a country and as a people***. It is time to act*** above all, in all of our daily lives."

Our Committee has been commissioned by Congress to make factual findings and recommendations. Our function has also been characterized as a "sounding board" and "clearinghouse" of Civil Rights problems.

We will need your full cooperation in order to do our job. There will, no doubt, be one outstanding person among your membership who is vitally interested in this problem. We will appreciate your appointing him as your Civil Rights Representative. We will also appreciate your filling out the enclosed Questionnaire and returning it promptly in the enclosed, self-addressed and franked envelop.

Thank you very much.

Very truly yours.

HANOVER COLLEGE,

Hanover, Ind., june 28, 1963.

The administration of Hanover College has been requested by the U. S. Commission on Civil Rights to file with the agency an extensive questionnaire relating to policies in the civil rights area. This institution is obligated to submit as accurate and up-to-date information as possible.

The questionnaire make specific reference to the policies of fraternities relating to the admission to the fraternities of Negro, Jewish, and non-Caucasian students; i.e., How many of the fraternities accept Negro, Jewish, and nonCaucasian students in principle? How many actually have Negro, Jewish, and non-Caucasian students as members?

It is our judgment that the information for the answers to these questions should be supplied by the national office of the fraternity in the interest of accuracy and completeness. In addition to a complete statement from you on these matters, I would appreciate receiving a Fracopy of the constitution of the ternity for use in our files, should we receive similar inquiries in the future. In making this request we are in no way interested in seeking information relative to rituals and other procedures which would be basic to the operation of the fraternity.

It would be helpful to have this information as soon as possible.

Sincerely yours,

M. DuNCAN, Chairman, Utah Advisory Committee.

ADAM

Questionnaire enclosed.

HONORABLE LONG: "Does this sound like a proper subject of inquiry for a local advisory group with no authority or official function? I think not. And I say that, whether on a local or national scale, this kind of inquiry is a dangerous perversion of the quest for civil rights ....

Gentlemen, we can see in the actions of the Civil Rights Commission the use of both "heavyhanded frontal attack" and the "more subtle governmental interference." Do not think this is an isolated example. I have for the record copies of correspondence between a Los Angeles attorney, Mr. Louis F. Fetterly, and the Civil Rights Commission over a period of

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coming from this Commission, we should appreciate your help in securing additional information concerning it.

Sincerely yours,

JULY 12, 1963.

u. s. COMMISSION ON CIVIL R:rGHTS '

Washington> D. C.

CoRNELius P. CoTTER, Assistant Staff Director for Programs

DEAR Sms: I am informed you have submitted to colleges and universities in this country an extensive questionnaire relating to policies in the civil rights area. Representing clients interested in the activity in such area, I would like you to forward to me a copy of such questionnaire.

According to the information given me, the questionnaire makes reference to the policies of fraternities relating to the admission of members to such organizations. In view of the fact that fraternities are private, voluntary social groups, it will be appreciated if you will explain how such policies are involved in your study of civil rights and indicate the use to which such information will be put.

Very truly yours,

ExHIBIT E AUGUST 12, 1963.

MR. CoRNELIUs P. CoTTER, Assistant Staff Director for Programs) United States Commission on Civil Rights) Washington 25) D. C. DEAR SIR: On July 12th I wrote the U. S. Commission on Civil Rights requesting a copy of the questionnaire being distributed to colleges and universities. It was pointed out the questionnaire makes reference to membership policies of fraternides. Accordingly, inquiry was made of the Commission that in view of the fact that fraternities are private, voluntary, social groups, how are such policies involved in the study of civil rights, and to what use does the Commission intend to put such information received.

You replied on July 18th the Commission is not conducting a study related to fraternities or their admission policies. It was also stated by you that if I have reason to believe a questionnaire is being distributed and represented as coming from the Commission, you would appreciate my help in securing additional information concerning it.

This is to inform you I am advised the letterheads, return envelopes and title on the questionnaire all indicate they came from the United States Commission on Civil Rights, Washington 25, D. C. It is represented as being part of a nationwide survey. The covering letter and questionnaire were apparently sent by Mr. Will Erwin, Co-Chairman of the Subcommittee on Education for Indiana Advisory Committee to the U. S. Civil Rights Commission.

LoUis F. FETTERLY. LFF:js.

ExHIBIT D UNITED STATES CoMMISION ON CIVIL RIGHTS, Washington) D. C.J july 18) 1963.

MR. LOUIS F. FETTERLY, Attorney at Law) 448 South Hill Street Los Angeles 13) Calif.

DEAR MR. FETTERLY: I have been asked to respond to your letter of July 12 in which you suggest that you have been informed the Commission is circulating a questionnaire inquiring into admission policies of fraternities.

The Commission is not at this time conducting a study related to fraternities or their admission policies. If such a questionnaire is circulating among fraternities, it comes from a source other than this Commission.

If you have reason to believe that a questionmnre is being distributed and represented as 5

ence in the letter that accompanied the questionnaire to a "nationwide survey" was in error. Neither the United States Commission on Civil Rights itself nor any of its Advisory Committees outside the State of Indiana is conducting such a survey.

Thank you very much for bringing this matt er to our attention. W e hope that the above information satisfies your requirements but will, of course, be delighted to answer any further questions that you may have.

Sincerely yours,

Your further comment will be appreciated in view of the foregoing information.

Very truly yours, LFF:w.

LoUis F. FETTERLY.

ExHIBIT F UNITED STATES CoMMISSION 0 CIVIL RIGHTS, Washington, D. C., August 20, 1963.

MR. LOUIS F. FETTERLY, Attorney at Law, Suite 1212 Pershing Square Building, 448 South Hill Street, Los Angeles, Calif.

PETER M. SussMAN, Assistant Staff Director for Sat e Advisory Committees.

Gentlemen, this is a very serious matter. I charge that if the Civil Rights Commission is given the status of a permanent agency, and if it gains powers to act as a clearing house, we will see a succession of investigations and witch hunts into every realm of our priyate as well as public lives, and I charge that we have a duty and an obligation to stop this brazen play for power ....

The Commission says that it has the authority to investigate these groups, that it can subpoena officers of private organizations and demand to look at their records, and if these people refuse to comply, can even seek contempt citations against them. With the added power of "clearinghouse" sought in the measure before you today, the Commission may be expected to furth er its exploration of these priva te groups, in defiance of the will of Congress and in defiance of the courts.

If this obvious contradiction of purpose is allowed to stand, every church, every Masonic lodge, every group, no matter how private its functions, can come und er the scrutiny of this investigative body, contrary to all rights guaranteed by our Founding Fathers."

DEAR MR. FETTERLY : Your letter of August 12, addressed to Dr. Cornelius P. Cotter, was referred to me in view of the apparent involvement of one of the Commission's State Advisory Committees.

Upon receipt of your letter I got in touch with Mr. William W. Erwin. a member of our Indiana Advisory Committee. Mr. Erwin informed me that the questionnaire regarding which you wrote to us was developed by the Indiana Advisory in cooperation with the Civil Rights Commission of the State of Indiana.

The questionnaire was reviewed by a committee of representatives of colleges and universities of that State, and was intended for use in Indi ana only.

Due to a misunderstanding between Mr. Erwin and the Indian a State Civil Rights Commission, the questionnaire was mail ed out without prior clearance by this office. This is contrary to establish ed Commission procedures, and we have therefore requested our Indiana Advisory Committee to suspend any furth er use of thi que tionnaire.

I should also like to point out that the refer-

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3,500,000 UNDERGRADUATES FRATERNITY AND SORORITY MEMBERS LOOK TO YOU ...

. . . TO HELP SAVE AN IMPORTANT SERVICE TO OUR NATION'S HIGHER EDUCATION Nearly 7,000 fraternity and sorority groups exist today on the campuses of colleges and universities throughout the nation. They are voluntary organizations that enrich the college experience beyond the classroom. These groups have served well their members, their institutions, the people of their respective states, and the nation.

But now, because of various questionnaires, and resultant directives adopted by the governing bodies of many of these institutions, fraternities and sororities feel that their usefulness, their service, and even their .existence are threatened.

These next few pages will point out the important and valuable contributions these groups make to our collegiate system, and what can be done to help preserve them.

For 188 years stud ents with common bonds and mutual interests have gathered together on college camp uses. Th e first " fra ternity" which took its ideals of organization from the Masonic order was Phi Beta Kappa, founded in 1776 at the College of W~lliam and Mary.

In the beginning it was a social-literary group, but today has become a schola rship-honor society. The first_ social fra terni ty was founded in 1825 a nd was fo llowed within a few years by other simila r groups. These original organiza tions set the pattern for the modern American fraternity system .

T oday th ere a re more than 100 men's and women's na tional fraterniti es, with nearly 7000 chapters.

The laws of each national fraternity are enacted at general conventions where the undergra du a te delegates from the collegia te chapters vote in determining policy.

Th e a d m inistration a nd opera tions of each fraternity are carried out in obedience to these laws. Thus fraternities opera te on th e principles of democracy.

Often there is a misconception about the cost of fraternity membership. Many a parent has discovered that today it costs no more-sometimes even less-to have a son or daughter live in a fraternity house rather than the college dormitory. For exa mple, monthly cost for room and board in a dormitory at one Ohio campus is $93; average monthly cost at the same campus in a fraternity, including room, board, dues and social fees is $95 .

Fraternities fill a social need, and national fraternity undergraduates and a lumni groups also actively serve the individual, the campus, the community, and the nation.

Today, without qualification, it can be said-fraternities mea n service.

Through membership in a fraternity a student learns a bout a nd practices democracy; he participates in the decisions of his group- decisions which affect his living conditions, his environment, and his many activities. The fra ternity m ember learns the meaning of leadership and service by serving on committees or as an officer of his group. Through this pa rticipation in democratic living he receives training in the necessary organization of his own adult life.

W hy do fra ternities a nd sororities feel threatened?

The di recti ves of many collegiate gove rning bodies a nd subseq uent interpreta tions of these directives by adm ini stra tors provide that our undergradu ates will no lo nger be bound by a nationa l constitution in regards to membership selection and internal opera tions.

Inherent in these directives are the weapons of destructi on of fra ternities on many campuses.

F raternities and sororities are not public groups but p rivate associations, as a re lodges or societies in our com'"'l lmity. Fra ternities and sororities are, in addition, a st•Jdf' nt's home when he is in college.

When a college administration adopts rf'g ula tions wh ich force upon private organizations a nd thPir student members restrictions on the free choice of r ondit io ns of membership it creates a sta tus which in effect, refutes the right of the individua l or group to select those who would come to live in the home which they have established. Such restrictions on the right of individ uals to associa te freely, within limitations of their own choosing, and to seek to achieve homogeneity of mem bership through common ideals and interests, are not consistent with the best principles of democracy.

Th e directi ves a re, in effect also ordering the students not to ta ke counsel from the adult members of their organizations ... groups which the students have chosen to join of their own free will. This seems a p a radox, fo r while the institutions a re imposing regulations from the top and a lso encouraging students to ta ke counsel from the adults on the staffs of the institutions, they are also telling students that adherence to rules is not necessary in the case of the students' own organizations.

This then, is why fraternities believe they are being d iscriminated against, and why they believe their very existence is threa tened.

Before d iscussing a solution to this situa tion, let's first look at some of the reasons these groups have become such valuable assets to our nation's high er education system .

188 YEARS OF RICH HISTORY AND TRADITION

Assisting the individual chapter, offering help and guidance in these decisions, are the alumni members and na tional officers whose experiences in the past form a 10

reservoir of invaluable counsel to the younger members of the present. .

In addition to encouraging its members to enter into the activities of the group and the cam]Jus, the fraternity also encourages and aids high scholastic achievement. To become initiated into his fraternity, a student must maintain at least the minimum acceptable average of his college. But fraternities are not content with the minimum, and constantly strive to improve the groups' a nd the individual's scholarship. Study hours and study tables are a common chapter rule, as is recognition of outstanding academic achievement of individual members.

Fraternities do not try to mould each member into a stereotype ; however, the groups insist that individual members learn the social, cultural, and intellectual rules which society expects of the college educated individual.

The fraternity member is an individual, but an individual who has the support of his group. Within his fraternity he always has someone to turn to for h elp and counsel. Most Chapters today have some type of ''Big Brother" program, where a senior member acts as counselor and adviser for the young member. In many groups the alumni participate in this program with each new member being assigned to an alumnus member who can offer guidance and assistance during these important, formative college years.

Fraternity life does not narrow the horizon of the individual ; indeed it broadens it. The friendships of a fraternity member are not limited to his own group. He is encouraged to associate with other campus citizens, and to learn from them.

Fra ternities are effective volunteer recruiting agencies that attract desirable students to the institution. Without their efforts, most private schools would have to spend thousands more dollars every year to make themselves well known and attractive to many desired students.

When a college administration wishes to promote a special campus proj ect, traditionally, it turns to the fraternities-campus chapters and alumni associations-for it is through the h elp of these groups that goals are achieved.

Th e greatest percentage of contributors to alumni associations a nd college schola rship and campus aid funds are fratern ity alumni members. For example, one Californi a colleg-e alum ni association reports that 95 % of the contributors to its scholarship a nd campus improvement ftmd arc fraternity people.

College a nd uni\¡ersity administra tors find it easier to maintain studen t discipline among fraternity members, than a mong non-m embers. Th ey also enlist the help of local fratern ity a lu mni a nd faculty "advisers" in supervising their respective organizations. Without these means of control, the school would have to hire more "proctors" to live in student residence areas, and expand its student disciplinary staff. The result would not be as d ep endable.

The many co-curricula r activities on any campus with fraternities are made successful principally through the work of fraternity members. Although in many student bodies fraternities do not constitute a majority, they do the greatest percentage of the work on student activities and hold the majority of the student offices.

Fraternity participation in student government and campus activities is also demonstrated in student voting.

While less than 50 % (similar to the U . S. average) of a total student body votes in campus elections, close to 100 % of the fraternity members vote. For example, at one large campus of a University, less than 6000 of a total of 15,000 eligible students vote. Of this total voting, nearly one-half are fraternity a nd sorority members.

This early tradition of participation in democracy is certainly worthwhile citizenship training not available elsewhere.

T ens of thousands of students live in housing accommodations of fraternities throughout the country. With few exceptions these chapter ¡ houses were built and are ~perated without cost to the college or state. A school's

SERVICE TO THE CAMPUS Fraternities take pride in their schools. This pride means that chapters, individual members, and alumni groups work endlessly for the improvement of their colleges. Fraternities do not ask for special privileges or aid from the colleges, but they give much to their campuses.

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from textbooks, but from practice and participation on the chapter and community level, the fraternity member is not likely to become a dupe of foreign ideologies-while he is in college, nor after he graduates. No national fraternity or any of its chapters has ever been accused of being a subversive group.

limited capital funds or borrowing credit can thus be used, instead, for other campus buildings. At a tax-supported institution, the taxpayer's load is lightened insofar as self-sufficient groups provide housing for their members.

At some institutions, the high property taxes that the Greek-letter groups pay to the county and local governments help finance many of the campus-community's public services, permit the tax-free school to escape many pressures for more responsibility to contribute toward the upkeep of fire and police protection, streets and sewer facilities and such necessary facilities within the campus area.

S,ERVICE TO TH,E COM:MUNITY

SERVICE TO THE NATION

"Pledge Class Paints Widow's Home" . . . Alumni raise $10,000 for local Hospital . .. Fraternity Members Collect for Red Cross."

Stories telling of these activities seldom are printed or are unnoticed by most readers. But these activities continue just the same, because fraternity members conscientiously accept thehir responsibilities in their communities.

Alumni groups have been active in community affairs for many years. A check of the rosters of community and philanthropic organizations quickly reveals that a high proportion of the individual members are fraternity people. Fraternity alumni contribute both money and time to their community-to the hospitals, charitable organizations, research, children.

The undergraduate groups are also working in and with their communities through the encouragement of their national organizations. Aspiring initiates embark on worthwhile projects as their pre-initiation activities.

Many Chapters, with full participation of the undergraduate membership, manually and financially aid regular charity projects, and there is hardly a fraternity which doesn't have at least one party a year for underprivileged children.

Besides the charitable activities, fraternities contribute to the growth and development of their .c ommunities through the purchases of food, supplies, and services. At one Mid-Western campus figures indicate that the chap-

Trained in their chapters in democratic living, as participants in community services, as worthwhile citizens of their campuses-fraternity members are well prepared to become responsible citizens of the nation.

As members of national organizations, fraternity men and women have gained experience in solving problems with, and learning from, the Chapters and members across the nation. They find that "thinking nationally" helps the elimination of sectionalism.

Fraternity membership is not only for the college years, but for life. Thus, fraternities gain the mature guidance and support of thousands of alumni who spend, along with the national offices, endless hours working for the improvement of the fraternity system.

Learning to serve while undergraduate members of a chapter and continuing to serve as alumni, fraternity people reflect this training in their continuous service to the nation. The list of fraternity members who have served and are serving their nation is long. One needs only to look in such publications as Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities to realize the magnitude of the list, which ranges from Presidents of the United States to civic leaders of local communities.

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ters (not including individual members) purchase $1 Y4 million worth of merchandise and services annually, mostly from their local businessmen. Fraternity organizations pay annual property taxes which would be eliminated if all residents were housed in state-owned dormitories. (State buildings are not on any tax roll).

Unquestionably, both in worthwhile activities and support of the economy, fraternities serve their communities.

leges and help from the school and which are directly under the jurisdiction of the campus . administration.

"Affiliated organizations" should be private groups of students which have an affiliation with the campus. In this category should be fraternities and sororities, religious groups or political clubs.

WE HOP~E YOU FEEL AS W~E 00

WE B.ELIEVE sincerely that the continued existence of men's and women's national fraternities on various campuses and universities are threatened. We believe private organizations should be allowed to select members and residents on a basis determined by the group. Fraternities and sororities are private groups.

That national fraternities render valuable and important contributions to our nation's higher educational system and to the students it serves; That the existence of national fraternities is threatened by many of the current college and university policies, directives, and regulations on membership selection.

That as private organizations having only an affiliation with the campuses, fraternities and sororities have the right to select their members according to the laws of their organization; That the college and university policies affected, their directives and regulations should be modified to permit fraternities to operate within the constituted laws of their national organizations; That national fraternities be allowed to continue as responsible members of the college community. " In my opinion, the fraternities . . . must take the initiative to preserve the right of freedom to select those with whom we choose to associate and live with. It is the fraternity that is being discriminated against and not the minority groups. True freedom and democracy recognizes the rights of individuals, and is the antithesis of regimentation and forced grouping of individuals in social intercourse."

Victor B. Hansen Former regent, University of California

that the colleges' and university's policies and practices which threaten our Chapters be revised to enable each fraternity to retain its right of selection of membership according to its own standards. We suggest that the national fraternity-individual chapter relationship be retained, including supervision and counsel as to conduct of members, their selection and the overall well being of the chapter itself.

We suggest that organizations should be given two classifications, "campus organizations" and "affiliated organizations." "Campus organizations" should be official student groups such as honor societies, associated student body organizations, etc ..-all those organizations which rightfully can expe~t and receive special privi13

The Fraternity system is under fire from many quarters because of so called "restrictive clauses," in membership requirements. Acacia, although having no blanket clauses, nevertheless is causing unrest in the IlLiberal camp because many of our Chapters under attack are affirming their right to freedom of association.

Since 1954, discrimination means only one thing: anti-Negro. Because fraternities, like any other private group or club, have always been discriminating as to who should or should not be allowed to join, they have now been accused of practicing 1964 discrimination, that is, of being anti-Negro (and of course, anti-progress).

In the last few years, under the impetus of aroused groups about the rights of minorities, local chapters of national fraternities have pressed for wider latitude in existing regulations about whom they may or may not pledge.

At the University of Wisconsin several years ago 13 Chapters had discriminatory clauses. None does now.

Yet because there is no mass integration, the University is assuming that alumni exert complete control over membership. Therefore by definition, the University of Wisconsin has declared our Masonic recommendation clause as discriminatory and must be eradicated. The President of the University has informed our Chapter that unless we answer all questions put to us by the Faculty Human Rights Committee regarding our private internal operations, it will be required that our undergraduates must cease their affiliation with Acacia or face refusal of admission to the University.

At the University of Michigan another University Committee has the power to require from a Chapter

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name or names of the person who dropped a " blackball." The "guilty" person then can be called before a ' tribunal to ascertain the reasons for his vote. A Chapter cannot refuse to supply information unless it wants to suffer the same consequences. In regards to alumni parI ticipation, the R egulations on M embership S election in Student Organizations state: "It shall be presumed that an organization presently maintains a discriminatory 1 membership policy if a reference to such appears in any of following kinds of writing: The constitution, bylaws, resolutions of the organization or ritual of pledging or initiation."

Michigan is preparing to advance onto phase two of eliminating discrimination. "This phase will be concerned with eliminating from fraternities those constitutional sections on selection which leave it up to the individual members of the group to determine whether they want to accept a person." The present concept of membership selection must be destroyed.

In the State of California, all fraternity and sorority Chapters will be required to sign a certificate by September of J 964 basically stating that they no longer will be bound by their own National Constitutions in regards to membership selection and internal operations. At Penn State, a request for our "clauses" was honored with the granting of a copy of our National Constitution which was subsequently sent back as inadequate for their purposes. The only thing we have left is our Ritual.

Then on January 25, 1964 another letter was addressed to our National office from a "statistic fraternal" group: 1. Will you be so kind as to mail me a copy of your

( 1960 ) By-Laws for the Acacia Fraternity.

2. Send me also one of your Monitors of the Fraternity.

3. By all me<l!ns¡ sencl ¡ me also your ritual, since I take it that there is nothing un-American nor un-Christian about your Fraternity.

4. Really, How much. religion is there in your Ritual?

5. Are there prayers?

6. If so, are such prayers directed to the Trinity or to the Supreme Being ?

7. Is there a promise of hea venly joy in the hereafter to all Acacians if and when they live up to the standards set for in th e ritual?

As one might suspect upon consideration of the IlLiberal attempts of intervention, the cry of "discrimination" covers a more fundamental reality: the collectivist distrust, even hatred, of a private group. They ridicule the fraternity system with its emphasis on religion, brotherhood, individualism and freedom. They slyly question whether any group can come together for other than decadent reasons.

If free associations such as college fraternities are forced out of existence, they will be replaced not by an idyllic individualism, a perfection of equality and liberty and self-reliance, but only by the mob-by a mass of confused students subject to an impersonal university administration or to a clique of student demagogues. lS

FACULTY QUESTIONNAIRE 1. If your national organization accepted a non-discrimination

clause, would your local Chapter accept as members indi vi duals fr_om the above six groups? (Negro, Jew, Mexican, Chinese, Japanese) 2. Does your national organization now have a discrimination clause in its constitution? yes _ _no _ _ If so, are there any actions being taken to abolish this? Yes_No _ _ If yes, please explairL_ _ _ _ _ _ __ 3. Do you presently have any of the above groups represented in your Chapter? Yes_No_Flease list if possible 4. Do you think your Chapter would have trouble in assimilating an individual from one of the above groups into your system of social behavior? Yes_No _ _ Only some ________ Please list _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ 5. Does your Chapter try to choose persons with certain special character and personality characteristics? Yes_No _ _ If yes, please list as many as possible in order of importance.

6. How many active members and how many pledges do you now have? _ _ __ 7. Approximately how many members live in the Chapter house? _ _ __ 8. How many of your total active members must accept a rushee in order to have the rushee become a pledge? _ _ __ 9. Must a person be a Christian in order to be a member of your Chapter? Yes_No _ _ 10. To your knowledge has anyone from the above six ethnic groups ever rushed? Yes_No _ _ if yes, whic:1J.__ _ __ __ 11. Has this Chapter ever officially endorsed any civil rights

rally, march, or program? Yes_No _ _ if yes, when 12. The Policy of the Board of Trustees of the California State Colleges forbids the recognition of any student group which restricts its membership on the basis of either race, color, religion or national origin. The deadline has been set for September l, 1964. Does your Chapter intend to comply and remove such practices if they exist?

Yes ___No _ _ 13. If your National refuses to remove restrictive clauses

where these exist, and if no local exemption is granted, will your Chapter withdraw from the National _ _ , not withdraw and wait for the college to officially act _ _ , not plan any action at present _ _ , other ?

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THIS WAS THE REPORT Triad of Acacia A utumn 1958 This report would not be complete nor would it be fair to you as leaders in your respective chapters to omit to m ention that a very real-a very serious thre at to the existence of the fraternity prevails in many parts of the country. On a great number of campuses, fraternities are facing deadlines in 1959, 1960, 1961 , and 1965.

These deadlines provide that any fraternity possessing any membership requirements may not exist after that time. Just what constitutes "discriminary" requirements are left to the judgment of the Student Senate, Student Governing Board, Administration, or local committees on the subject. In some instances, and in my opinion, eventually, this means nothing less than complete surrender of our basic right to choose our own members.

Some of you have had experience of campaigns in campus and other publications directed against fraternal organizations as being undemocratic in the way they choose their members. Usually they have their impetus in unknown of selfappointed committees, largely from unaffiliated men, who by devious propaganda and half-truths, seek to incite campus opinion against organized groups as being undemocratic and discriminatory. The initial aim is to secure removal of all which the self appointed guardians choose to call " discriminary" practices. The ultimate aim is to demand proof that such practices do not exist by periodical proof in the actual composition of membership backgrounds. Thus all selectivity will cease and the fraternities will become dormitories and not social organizations as we know them.

Please do not underestimate the seriousness of this situation. It is one that seriously disturbs the fraternity leaders of the country and is constantly before the National I nterfraternity Conference. Make no mistake about this; these selfappointed reformers are not friends of the Fraternity System-they seek not our improvement but our dissolution. Although some fraternity men have been enlisted, quite a few faculty members and administrators have espoused the cause.

Basically their reasoning is far afield from the freedom of thought and action to be expected on a college campus. Essentially, in the name of democracy they seek to destroy one of the basic rights to democracy-to choose our associates freely and without compulsion from without.

COMPROMISE AND THEN SURRENDER Basically the fraternities are facing, first a compromise of their rights, and finally surrender, of their privileges to exist as we know them today. My purpose of calling this to attention is to alert you to every movement or campaign which may lead in this direction; to question the validity and right of those outside to impose their pattern of living upon us; to question the motives of those who in the guise of social planning, pursue not education and persuasion, but compulsion in attaining their objectives. And finally to resist once you are convinced, invasion of your rights as an individual and our rights as fraternity men.

Our rights will be protected if we have the courage, intelligence to be worthy of them. Acacia has a duty not only to itself, but to the entire fraternity system to be vigilant, alert and cooperative with our brother and sister fraternities in protecting and advancing the ideals which are so much a part of our American way of life. If we persist with the patient fidelity of Pythagoras in his search for Truth we cannot fail.

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DEDICATED TO SEEK There is much for us to ponder over tonight. A fortnight ago the forces of a destructive nihilism welled up in a cowardly assassin and took the life of our great President. Never asking what his country might do for him he gave his life to it. His high ideals, inspired purpose, great intellect, and graceful manner had raised our country to new heights giving promise to a realization of that equal opportunity which people have long been guaranteed and a fruition of man's eternal hope down the ages: lasting peace throughout the world. But even though our loss is tremendous neither those of youthful years nor others like myself who have reached three score and more need not despair for our martyred President though dead may well accomplish in death that which he failed of attainment in life, namely, the cleansing of our lives of the hatreds, the extremes, the bigotries, the intellectual violence that bred the dastardly act of assassination. No, President Kennedy is not dead. Just as sure as he lies in a patriot's grave at Arlington Cemetery he lives on as a symbolic harbinger of devotion to duty, of brotherliness, of reason, moderation and accommodation-the traditional tools of democracy.

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NIC Banquet Addres by THE HONORABLE TOM C. CLARK,

Associate Justice, U. S. Supreme Court, Delta Tau Delta Vice President

temperaments were weighed in the balance and reconciled; where responsibility was taught and duty performed; where the strength of the many fortified the weakness of the one and the search for truth, adjustment and the real values of life was uppermost. This home was envisaged as an adjunct of the educational system, not a parasite to it. The major interest of each was and is identical, namely, to seek truth, acquire a scheme of values and adapt them to everyday living.

I would not have come here tonight had not I believed that here at this place and at this time you the leaders of the fraternity world who are devoted to the promotion of brotherhood might join in a rededication to thes~ basic principles of democratic self-government so well illustrated by the life of our martyred President. As President Johnson, another devoted and able public servant, emphasized only last week, "The time has come for all of us to understand and respect one another . . . to put an end to the teaching and preaching of hate and evil and violence." What better place or time than here at this NIC to tell President Johnson and the world that some 4,500,000 fraternity men-undergraduate and alumni-stand united, ready and anxious to stamp out this cancerous growth of political absolutism which seeks the annihilation of all opposition and substitute therefor reason, accommodation, and adjustment to necessary change.

ACTION MUST ATTEND THEORY The college teaches the theory, but, as Dr. Donald Shutt has so well pointed out, "We have insisted that action must atten d theory .. . that ideas be immersed in a bath of application for the sake of ideas. . . . Because without the pragmatic interpretation of truth we do not know quite what our theories mean." And it was in this respect that the fraternity system was found adaptable as a supplementary adjunct to education itself. It furnished the testing ground not only for the application of theories but for the discovery of the true values of life.

Such an evaluation springs only from experience which the good offices of the college are not equipped to furnish. And, as Dr. Shutt himself queried, "Where on a college campus can we logically expect to encounter experiences in which values are inherent? The answer most apparent is in a fraternity."

And history agrees with this conclusion. Since the founding of the first chapter of a fraternity in 1776the year of our independence-the fraternity system has

Almost two hundred years ago the foundation of our fraternity system was laid at the cradle of liberty, Williamsburg. It is based on the religious and moral idealism of the Fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of man.

It was sparked from the eternal urge of man to be friendly, compassionate, and true. One of the primary purposes of those founders of this great movement was something quite unique, namely, a home away from home for college men and women-a home where God was ever present and immorality ever absent; where allegiance to country was acclaimed, obedience to law was required and human dignity and individual liberty reecognized; where each learned to live, understand and respect the other; where conflicting interests and varying

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experienced a tremendous expansion. Today over 9,600 chapters of 188 fraternities and sororities are housed on the campuses of over 500 colleges and universities. This represents a growth in chapters during the past 20 years of over 48% and a substantial increase in the number of colleges sheltering such chapters of almost two-thirds.

In addition, the number of undergraduates in fraternities and sororities is in excess of 400,000 young men and women who are housed in properties valued in excess of a billion dollars. Add to this array of numbers and wealth the fraternity and sorority alumni we come up with a figure of one out of 27 of our citizens belonging to Greekletter national fraternities or sororities. A good number capable of enormous influence.

fraternities! If any of our chapters permitted the chapter house to be used for the activity which was reported to be going on in Harvard dorms, the charter would be pulled that minute. Likewise, I am sure that there is intolerance, intemperance, and bigotry present among fraternity men. But they have no monopoly on it. We find it most everywhere. As one who is a regular visitor on college campuses over the nation I would say, however, that our group of 400,000 young college fraternity men and women are a superior lot. The evil types are few and far between. But those few do make the headlines and little is done basically to correct it. Of course, one seldom reads of the achievements of fraternity men, except in their own magazines. If the media carry the story it is found in the "want ads."

The pitiful thing about it is that this situation is of our own making. First of all we do not seem to realize that the wrongs of one fraternity man or chapter are visited upon all fraternities. We therefore have taken no joint action to control the problem. We just nurse our wrath. What we should do is to give this Conference broadened powers to act somewhat along the lines of professional baseball, namely, to protect the good name of fraternities as a whole. Moreover, it is time for it to inaugurate national education programs among the public, as well as the fraternity world, emphasizing those basic precepts upon which fraternities are founded: Religion-brotherliness-tolerance-respect for country, law and constituted authority-morality and learning.

And, in cooperation with school" authorities, the program should be extended not only into the colleges but high schools as well. By establishing a closer liaison with

A CAMPAIGN AGAINST FRATERNITIES But in fact the fraternity image as a whole is not satisfactory nor its influence positive. Indeed there is a continual campaign to destroy it. Individually the fraternities have tried valiantly to combat the problem. But it is greater than any one fraternity. The fraternity image can be improved only by the joint action of all of us through the good offices of this Conference.

Now this is not to say that the fraternity system is defective. I meet prodigals quite often, both in and out of fraternities. But we might as well face up to it-there are some snobs among us and some of the frolicsome type as well. But all ages have them and all of them are not fraternity men. What was it I read about Harvard University the other day? I understand that it has no

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not know what "the shooting is all about," but umversities speak so much about "academic freedom" that it does appear fair that some of it should extend to the student. His instruction is, after all, the objective fm which universities exist. So long as the student behaves himself and does not violate the law, he, too, should have freedom. I hope that I can find time to accept the invitation, sit down with these good people and help to work out their problems.

It is meetings like this that this Conference should foster and vitalize in a great effort to improve our profile. I am sure that university administrators are rea~onable people and, as long as our requests are likewise, I have no doubt as to the result. These meetings conducted in various regional areas would do much to improve our situation among those who count most.

We must prove our value day in and day out as an indispensable adjunct to higher education. Fraternities must be dedicated to seek the truth, which is the purpose of education, and from that to acquire a scheme of values adaptable to man's everyday living. Next, fraternities must create among their members that feeling of "belonging" to one another which inspires a brotherliness that will lead to an understanding that friendship is man's greatest interest on earth and is enriched the more when shared. Third, fraternities must, of course, uphold the objective of the colleges, namely, learning.

Scholarship must therefore be the fraternity's dogma and a respect and admiration for scholars their trademark. Finally, just as sure as education is the guardian of democracy, brotherliness is its keeper. Fraternities can

college authorities, the esprit de corps of our chapters could be bettered and their problems more sympathetically presented. We have missed the boat in failing to convince college administrators of the great opportunity they have in making use of fraternity organizations as catalysts for good in student life, promoting, guiding and leading their fellow students in observing high standards of behavior, scholarship and social conduct on the campus. The local IFCs have been unable to do this, save in a handful of colleges. The NIC, by surrounding itself with nationally known personalities such as our own Delt, Paul Hoffman, could, through regional conferences, easily accomplish such a goal. What we seem to forget is that these young men of today will be the¡ lead ers of our country and of the world tomorrow.

ACADEMIC FREEDOM FOR STUDENTS TOO I had a letter last week from the Big Ten Interfraternity Panhellenic Conference which, as you know, includes the Big Ten universities of the mid-west. They invited me to m eet with some 300 university administrators, IFC officials, and Panhellenic leaders of these colleges. Their agenda has to do with "significant problems affecting our university communities." In short, they advised me that it was the attitude of the fraternities and sororities "to continue with tradition as long as there is nothing better to replace it." But they see no reason to change "solely to comply with the individual university's ideas of the reasons for existence." The key point they emphasized was "university control." I do

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do much to bring this truth home to the American people.

cause. I repeat: Let us create a command post here in this Conference and get this crusade going. Yes. it will take money. Is the fraternity system worth it? I say emphatically that it is.

The $64 question is " From whence cometh the needed money?" Well, that is an old question. And the answer is that the leaders of the NIC fraternities and the leaders of the Conference itself will have the know-how. They can find the ways and m eans. All we need to do is to convince them of the need for such a campaign. I say that it is not only urgent but a "must" if the fraternity system is to continue to advance. I ask your personal assistance in bringing such a campaign to reality. I will urge it upon Ll T Ll. I ask you to urge it upon your fraternity. Together we can get this show on the road .

In closing let me say that primarily the campaign which I propose is aimed at the undergraduate-both in college and high school. It is he that we must develop today-and one whom we must depend tomorrow!

A hundred years from now it will not matter what fraternity we pledged-what badge we wore. Just as the badges does not make the man, neither does cash, official office, social position, or business success. Those things cannot make the world different. But I say to you that 100 years from now the world will be different if tonight and in the days that follow we make ourselves important in the development of the lives of boys, teaching them that brotherliness in their everyday action can alone lead to the "fraternity of man, the greatest fraternity of them all."

FRATERNITY GRADUATES -OUR GREATEST ASSET In so doing we must tap our greatest resource, the millions of college graduates who wear the fraternity badge. This is where we have failed miserably. We have projected an image of fraternities as being solely an undergraduate activity. It is not. Once a fraternity man, always a fraternity man. Like the iceberg, we have hidden our most potent force from view. I suggest that we redesign our image bringing into the profile our greatest asset-the graduate fraternity men of America.

Let's put them to work.

Picture, if you will, the potential of such a group, dedicated as they are to our cause and working through our active chapters and thousands of alumni ones. Imagine if you will, the influence that these leaders might also wield in every public community in America. We could not only organize more fraternities to meet the bulging student population, but we could increase the number of our own chapters. In this way we could make fraternity life and ideals available to every student wishing the experience. Hard to do? Yes, all good things are hard to attain. But I am sure that with a strong, dedicated program it could be done in a few years. This problem, my brothers, is bigger than my fraternity-it is bigger than yours-its success will take the cooperation of all fraternities united in one grand

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Iowa Acacian Receives Carnegie Hero Medal

The Carnegie Corporation has awarded one of its hero's medals to Charles Harris of the Iowa Chapter for his dramatic rescue of an 8-year old girl on September 2, 1962.

On a Labor Day outing Charles risked his life after witnessing a tragic two-car collision, in which both cars plunged into Big Spring Creek.

According to accounts, Harris had some people in a boat 'hold his feet while he went in one window of the car which was lying on its side. On the third dive he found the 8-year old girl and pulled her out. Artificial respiration was applied and the child's life was saved.

Skipper continued his valiant efforts to save the other child.

Not finding 'her at first, he started going down without his feet being held. He made several dives before he found her in the bottom of the car in the front seat. The front seat had been pushed up almost to the top of the car, wedging the entrance.

After he found the child he pulled her through the window pasi¡ the front seat.

Along with the decoration goes a prize of $500, not that heroism can be measured in dollars but as a token of the admiration his deed arouses among 'his fellow men.

Buckley visit Texas Acacia William F. Buckley, editor of THE NATIONAL REVIEW, and the foremost conservative spokesman of this age, took time out of his busy schedule to indulge in an informal meeting with the Texas Chapter. Buckley, who has written Up From Liberalism, God and Man at Yale, and McCarthy and His Enem ies visited Acacia at the invitation of Brother Greg Lipscomb, Vice-President of the Students Association. Opinions and comments were easily exchanged between Acacia and Buckley.

Wanted ! ! ! men for the field

Named VP Jim Hunt, Iowa State Junior has been elected Vice-President of the Interfraternity Council. Jim has served as Chapter Secretary, been on student government committees and has been very active on IFC Administrative Board and 'has been active on committees and open houses in the Agriculture College.

The biggest the best Texas Chapter pledged 50 new men since the beginning of Formal Rush. More important is that there was a record breaking 23 man initiation class. Besides quantity, the new brothers have proved themselves quite well in scholarship.

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Acacia National is looking for some more Field Secretaries.

Interested Acacians who want to serve their nation and their Fraternity and who have been active in Chapter functions should contact Executive Secretary Roy Clark at National Headquarters, 1569 Sherman Ave., Evanston, Ill. immediately.

Current graduates, June graduates, August graduates or recent graduates will be considered.

Pythagoras award to Miami founder

Acacia DeMolay Four years ago the UCLA Chapter of Acacia Fraternity initiated a DeMolay Scholarship program which has proved so successful that it has spread to the other California chapters at Berkeley and Long Beach State.

It consists of free room at the fraternity house for one year and is renewable up to four years.

In the spring of each year UCLA Chapter sends a letter and several application forms to the many DeMolay chapters throughout Californ ia. It is explained that the scholarship is open to any DeMolay entering the university and pledging Acacia. The final decision is left to a DeMolay Scholarship Committee which considers candidates on the basis of scholarship, school activities, DeMolay activities and financial need.

Besides the benefits of improved public relations with many DeMolay Chapters and Masonic lodges, Acacia has netted a number of valuable pledges.

Of those initiated this past semester into UCLA Acacia, nearly fifty percent were DeMolay members.

Dr. William E. Smith (left) Dean Emeritus of Miami University Graduate School, was awarded the Order of Pythagoras at the winter formal ball of the Miami Chapter on February 15.

With Miami University President Hahn, a force in achieving Acacia's recognition on campus, Dr. Smith founded the Miami Chapter and was initiated with badge number one. He was Chapter advisor for several years after his initiation. Dr. Harvey A. Miller (right) governor of the Ohio-Michigan Province made the surprise presentation on behalf of the Acacia National Council.

Former chairman of Miami's history department, Dr. Smith is the author of several books of the Miami Valley since his retirement from the University four years ago.

Famed education leader is dead T. W. Leland, Professor Emeritus and retired Head of the Business Administration of Texas A&M died in October in Minneapolis.

Leland (Wis.) was a nationally recognized business administration educator who received many honors and held many offices including President of the American Accounting Association.

Contributions to.the Thomas W. Leland Scholarship Fund may be made through the Association of Former Students, College Station, Texas 77842.

California elects sweetheart Chris Gard, a member of Gamma Phi Beta has been elected 1964 Sweetheart of the California Chapter. Miss Gard was crowned at the Chapter's Black and Gold Ball on Saturday, January 4th evening at the Round Hills Country Club in Alamo.

Chosen from approximately twenty contestants nominated by the sororities at Cal, Chris replaces outgoing 1963 Sweetheart Linda Shuck of Delta Gamma .

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UCLA INSTALLS DEMOLAY OFFICERS Due largely to the success of their DeMolay Scholarship program, the UCLA Chapter of Acacia has been initiating a number of outstanding DeMolays. Recently a group of six Acacians, all Past Master Councilors of Southern California DeMolay Chapters, traveled 350 miles round trip to install the officers of Indian Wells DeMolay Chapter.

Presiding over the ceremonies I. tor. were Mitch Turk, Senior Deacon; John Cooper VD & Senior Councilor; Jeriel Smith, Installing Officer; Chuck Kice, Chaplain, Bill Naylor, Junior Councilor; and Bruce Soli, Marshall.

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Arkansas Acacian Senior Class Prexy

Heading the Senior Class at Arkansas is Sam Hugh Park. Sam is a business major and in pre-law but has also found time to be Chairman of Homecoming and Pep Rallies , Associate Editor of campus newspaper, the Arkansas Traveler, Features Editor of the yearbook, the Razorback, and is a member of seve ral honoraries, Phi Eta Sigma, Alpha Kappa Psi, and Omicron Delta Kappa.

Cincinnati makes bad for good

Catch police lose moose

One of the most daring crimes in recent years took place Feb. 26 when Cincinnati kidnapped I0 prominent Clifton women, all sorority housemothers. The kidnap note read "captured your housemother ... Ransom $5 donation to the Heart Fund .

Bring money tonight! The Men of Acacia.

While they waited to be freed, the Housemothers ate dinner as guests of the fraternity and played bridge. Later the ransom was delivered by the surprised girls. A total of $55 was collected and turned over to the Heart Fund officials had been contacted before the kidnapping and arranged TV coverage over WKRC.

The Michigan Charter which has been "lost" since 1956 has been found-by the Ann Arbor police when they cleaned their property room preparatory to moving to new quarters. The Charter had been recovered in 1956 but apparently had been held in protective forgetfulness since that time.

But in late January the Chapter's ancient moose head was 5tolen from above the fireplace.

Tradition states that the moose had originally been shot in the wilds surrounding the Village of Ann Arbor by the members of the first pledge class. Also stolen was a percolator and toaster.

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Awarded Air Force Medal in Scotland

Second Lieutenant Anthony G. Marshall (r.) New Hampshire Chapter was awarded the United States Air Force Commendation Medal. Making the presentation ¡ is Colonel Jerome M. Triolo, base commander; Prestwick Airfield, Scotland.

"OPERATION During the semester break this year the rnembers of the Wisconsin Chapter devoted their time, money, and energies toward redecorating their rhouse. The extensively redecorated areas included the main hall, living room, den, and chapter room. The project was carried out under fhfl watchful guidance of Mrs. Norman Hansen, wife of the Chapter Advisor and mastermind of the project Contributions of paint and draperies were furnished by Madison-area alumni, while the Masons contributed several pieces of used but serviceable furniture. All of the work which included painting,

BOOTSTRAP" wall-papering, plastering, building bookshelves and coffee tables, and putting in new carpeting and stairs, was done by the membership. In addition to their time and work, the members also donated the $450.00 that was spent in making the improvements.

Besides serving as a definite asset during rush, the redecoration project has built up tremendous morale within the chapter and +he rooms serve as a source of great pride for the men. Further redecoration will take place before the end of this semester provided there is time and money available.

1st TRY GIVES 2nd PLACE TO OKLAHOMA Oklahoma State took second place the first time they entered Varsity Review. The Review which is celebrating its thirty-fifth year is an annual three night talent show featuring skits and individual acts presented by living groups and individuals.

The theme for this year's Varsity Review was Leap Ahead in '64.

Following this theme Acacia presented a satire of Oklahoma State's Student Senate, in which

they brought out some of its major controversies and ideas.

Twenty-five men from the house portrayed the dogpatch senate members of Yokum U. The slow drawls of the senators, expressing their ideas, were broken into many times by comical routines and singing, the tunes being from South Pacific, My Fair Lady, etc.

The script was written by Terry Westfall and the production directed by Mike Brooks and Barney Bertrand.

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Memphis on the move February Ist, the Memphis State Chapter moved into their first house. Morris Bingham, graduate student and alumnus became house manager, and with his leadership for the first week in February all activities were directed toward decorating the house.

The new house was furnished through the efforts of the Mothers' Club and Alumni Organizafon. After furnishing was completed the Mothers' Club sponsored a Valentines Day Tea to display fhe new Chapter residence to parents, alumni, and the Memphis State Faculty.

COLD CUTS

AT MISSISSIPPI During Christmas vacation at Mississippi State, the cold weather cut through to such an extent that the water pipes broke in the Chapter House. Results were that the entire first floor and the basement were ruined.

So the Chapter sold the house and are meeting temporarily at an apartment house at II 0 Muldrow Street in Starkville while all are beginning their anticipation of new housing in the not too distant future.

TEXAS NUMBER ONE IN THE NATION Tony Crosby, Texas Acacian helped lead the Longhorns to the number one spot and national championship after the Cotton Bowl thrashing of Navy 28-6.

Tony's kicking has meant the difference in four of the Longhorns games. His 24 for 24 extra point conversions and 9 of 17 field goals, not only were

Kansan Man of the Year in Illinois Ellsworth C. Dent (right) receives Man of fhe Year award of the Illinois Audio-Visual Association from William F. Fruse in Chicago.

The plaque recognized Dent's distinguished service in audio-visual education. He started the first rental library of 16mm films at the University of Kansas, and experimented with the distribution of filmstrips, Stillfilms, and other teaching materials.

Dent went to work at R.C.A. as educational director, later became the general manager of the Society of Visual Education, Inc., and from there to Coronet Films where he is currently vice president of Esquire, Inc. and director of distribution of Coronet Instructional Films.

Brother Dent is immediate past president of Associated Exhibitors,

margin of victory against Arkansas, Rice, Southern Methodis{¡, and Texas A&M, but they also earned Tony the honor of being leading scorer by kicking in the Southwest Conference and second in the nation.

Perhaps the most unique aspect of Tony's kicking is that he kicks with a socked foot. Crosby also kicks off for the Longhorns and, although he usually kicks about 29

National Education Association; chairman of the archives committee, department of audio-visual instruction, NEA, and chairman of the educational committee of the National Audio-Visual Association.

150 times a day in practice, his toes sometimes get a little sore after such ove r-indulgence as Texas enjoyed in fhe Texas Tech game (25 place kicks) and the Oklahoma State affair ( 13).

In addition to having constant sore toes, Tony has another occupational hazard-that of going down on tackling coverage after kicks off. He's never had his bare foot stepped on yet.

ILLINOIS PASSES THE 1000 MARK

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Illinois Acacia initiated its IOOOth member on February 2, 1964 making it the first Chapter to reach that mark.

The distinction goes to Brother Dean Conlin, a freshman in general engineering from Belvidere, Illinois. Dean earned his special place on the Chapter Roll by making the highest grade point average in the pledge class.

His average is 4.563 of a possible 5.0.

Illinois Acacians and Acacians everywhere can be rightly proud of Dean and his achievements.

But let us .not forget that there could have been no I OOOth initiate at Illinois Acacia if there had not been 999 other men at Illinois Acacia and the thousands of Acacians in other Chapters working for and believing in our great fraternity.

I. Dean Conl in, Ill. Acacia's IOOOth Initiate being congratu lated by Mr. J. C .

Spitler, a charter member of Ill. Acacia -Roll number 21.

2. Dean Conlin-111. Aca.c ia's IOOOth Initiate in symbolic signing of Chapter roll book, witnesse d by, L to R New Initiates Dean Roberts, Dick Russell, V. D. Gerry Schoonhover, and Province Governor H .

L. Kibler.

3. Dean Conl in-IOOOth Initiate of Illinois Acacia-hard at work on a test during Help Week.

4. "We made it boys!" New Initiates and others ce'ebrate after initiation .

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Your article on research and teaching, J anu ary 1964 certainly aroused my interest, to say the least. In the first place, it is hardly true, as one might infer from the article, that university authorities are a lmost unanimously in favor of the conclusion that we are neglecting our stud ents, that teaching is at a low ebb and that our faculties are to be soundly scolded for wanting to be scholars.

The actual situation is far from this point of view.

I could wish that my name ha d been included in the list of Acacians polled. Some additional points of viewbrands from the burning, might very well have been introduced .

To say tha t a faculty member should play down his natura l scientific curiosity, his desire to discover and his interest in current events in his own profession is to say immediately that he is not up to date and a live enough to be a good and inspiring teacher. The function of a university is not just to spread facts among individuals but to inspire them and give them a vision, as well as to assist them to be creative and to make some contribution to the sum total of human knowledge.

The research institute is not the answer. R ese.arch a nd teaching should go hand in hand. Certainly, undergraduate teaching at our university is not "going down the dra in."

Howard Post Chemistry D ept.

Uni,¡ersity of Buffa lo

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R eceived my copy of the TRIAD la st week; it was, without doubt, the finest issue I've ever received. Each issue has been better tha n the last.

William L. H a hn Department of M a rketing Northern Illinois University

Recently I wrote to the President of a large well known university inviting him to join a group of college presidents in m a king known th e arguments against the ever-growing federal subsidies of education. He replied that a lthough he was in full agreement with our position that the subsidies are not in the long range best interests of the colleges of the co un try, his own university was now so dependent upon funds from W as hington that he could not exercise his rights as a citizen without jeopardizing the university he served.

Dr. John A. Howa rd President of Rockford College

ARIZONA-1 450 N. Cherry, Tucson, Arizona, Phone 793-1181, Venerable Dean-STANLEY G. LANGHAM, Rush ChairmanERIC P. THOMSEN, Chapter Adviser-DR. D ARREL S. METCALFE 5811 E . 9th, Tucson, Arizona.

ARKA~SAS-240 Stadium Road, Fayetteville, Arkansas, Pho!le Hi 2-6276, Venerable D ean-J ERRY McKENNEY, Rush Charrman-SAM H. PARK, Adviser-JuLIUs A. L ANER, 231 E. Davidson, Fayetteville, Arkansas.

BOSTON-197 Baystate Road, Boston 15, Mass., Phone Ci 78487 Venerable D ean-BARRY T. H EILMAN, Rush ChairmanWIL{IAM L AwsoN, Chapter Adviser-G. DAVID HuBBARD, 164 Nahant Avenue, Winthrop, Mass.

CALIFORNIA-2340 Piedmont Avenue, Berkeley 4, Calif., Phone Th 5-9220 Venerable D ean-WALDEMAR E . RADTKE, Rush Chairman~WAYNE KIRK, Chapter Adviser-DoNALD ScoTT, 3701 Midvale Avenue, Oakland 2, California.

CENTRAL MISSOURI STA TE-317 Anderson, Warrensburg, Mo., Phone 1808, Venerable D ean-En SMITH, Rush ChairmanjiM McEWEN, Chapter Adviser-CLARENCE R . PEARCE, Rt. 5, Warrensburg, Mo. CINCINNATI-2617 Uni·versity Court, Cincinnati 19, Ohio, Phone Wo 1-7898, Venerable D ean-C. GoRMAN GILBERT, Rush C hairman-PAUL G. WADDELL, Chapter Adviser-JoHN R . HICE, 3971 Rosslyn D rive, Cincinnati 9, Ohio.

COLORAD0-955 Broadway, Boulder, Colorado, Phone H i 29410, Venerable D ean-D ENISON SMITH, Rush ChairmanPETER G. 0LOTKA, Chapter Adviser-MARTIN T. HuLTQUIST, 284 7 4th Street, Boulder, Colorado.

COLORADO STATE COLLEGE-1715 11th Avenue, Greeley, Colorado, Phone 352-9840, Venerable D ean-J AMES F. EssMAN, Rush Chairman, JoH N C. WAGNER, Ch apter Adviser-]. MAX LuBBERS, 2010 21st Avenue, Greeley, Colorado.

COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY-71 4 R emington, Fort Collins, Colorado, Phone Hu 2-0418, Venerable D ean-GARY L . BoYACK, Rush Chairman-RoBERT A. McDoNALD, C hapter Adviser-D EANE M . CARTER, 125 E. Myrtle, Apt. 8, Fort Collins, Colorado.

CORNELL-31 8 Highland R oad, Ithaca, New York, Phone Ar 2-1567, Venerable D ean-RICHARD BREWER, Rush ChairmanEDGAR W. FRANCIS III, Chapter Adviser-ALEXANDER J. CHENEY, 39 \Voodcrest Avenue, Ithaca, New York.

FRANKLIN- (University of Pennsylvania )-3 907 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Phone Ba 2-8596, Venerable D ean -WALTER A. FIGEL, Rush Chairman-STEVE PHILLIPS, Chapter Adviser-DR. WM . A. HocKENBERRY, E-115 Dietrich Hall, University of Penn., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

ILLINOI5-501 E. D aniel, Champaign, Illinois, Phone 3441510, Venerable D ean-GERALD R . SCHOONHOVE N, Ru sh Chairman- RoGER L . CoGSWELL, Chapter Adviser-GEoRGE EKBLAW, 511 W. M ain, Urbana, Illinois.

ILLINOIS WESLEYAN-915 North Main Street, Bloomington, Illinois, Phone 825-2565, Venerable Dean- PRICE NIMMO, Rush C hairman-LARRY C. BRos s, Chapter Adviser-R ALPH E. BROW NS, 1408 N. Fell Avenue, Blooming ton, Illinois.

INDIANA-7 02 E . Third Street, Bloomington, Indiana, Phone Ed 9-9716, Venerable D ean-Do N NrxoN, Rush ChairmanJIM GASKINs, Chapter Adviser-THOMAS WARRING, 525 S. Jordan Avenue, Bloomington, Indiana.

IOWA-202 Ellis Avenue, Iowa City, I owa, Phone 337 -3101, Venerable D ean-STACY WARE, Rush Chairman-STEPHEN TEICHNER, Chapter Adviser-L. W. KNAPP, J r., 815 N. L inn, Iowa City, Iowa.

IOWA STATE- 142 Gray Avenue, Ames, Iowa, Phone Ce 26440, Venerable D ean-CALVIN 0. HuLTMAN, Rush Chairman-GERALD D . BALL, Chapter Adviser- DR. JOHN E L AGERSTROM, 2331 Donald, Ames, Iowa.

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KANSAS- 12 25 Oread Drive, Lawrence, Kansas, Phone Vi 37810, Venerable D ean- Ro N PEDEN, Rush Chairman-DAN LEONARD, Chapter Adviser-HAROLD CRAIG, 13 22 Massachusetts, Lawrence, Kansas.

KANSAS STATE-2005 Hunting Avenue, Manhatta n, Kansas, Phone J e 9-2369, V enerabl e D ean- ToM TwOMBLY R ush Chairman- C LARK RITCHEY, Chapter Adviser-DALLA~ NELSON, 3244 Valley Drive, M a nhattan, Kansas.

LONG BEACH-51 L aVern Avenue, Long Beach 3, C alifomia, Phone Ge 3-9030, Venerable D ean- WILLIAM BRU CE SMITH, Rush C h a irman- WILLIAM CrBOROW'SKI, Chapter AdviserJosEPH REED, 1601 Ludlow, Garden Grove, C a lifornia.

LOUISIANA STATE-Box AF, University Station, Baton Rouge 3, Louisiana, Phone Di 8-6511 , Venerable D ean- A CECIL SuM NERS, Rush Chairman- JIM LEwrs , Chapter Adviser-].

LLOYD DETLEFS , 1905 Walnut, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

MEMPHIS STATE-511 Pa tterson Street, M emphis Sta te University, Memphis, T ennessee, Phone 3-8111 , V enerable D eanRICHARD BI NGHAM, Rush Chairman-MALVIN HowE, Chapter Adviser-CLYDE CoRDLE, Box 248, Rt. 2, Benj estown Road.

Memphis, T enn .

MIAMI- 115 E . Church Stree t, Oxford, O hio, Phone 523-5944, V enerabl e Dean- DALE H. HALLER, Rush Chairman-KENNETH MILLER, Chapter Adviser-DR. H. A. MILLER, 323 W. Chestnut Street, Oxford , O hio.

MICHIGAN- 19 23 G edd es Avenue, Ann Arbor, Michigan, Phone No. 2-6674, Venerable D ea n- BRU CE LARSO N, Rush Chairma n-G. K . BROW N, Chapter Adviser-DR. LAWRENCE C. SwEET, 3509 Edgewood , Ann Arbor, Michigan.

MINNESOTA- 1206 Fifth Street , S.E., Minneapolis 14, Minnesota, Phone Fe 1-5941 , V enerabl e D ea n- JoHN A. LLOYD, R ush Chairman-LARRY FoRSLA ND, Chapter Adviser-CARL L .

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MISSISSIPPI STATE-110 Muld row Avenue, Sta rkvi lle, Mississippi, Phone 323-2632, V enerable Dean- W . RANDALL PFIEFFER, Rush Chairman-CHARLES WALK ER, C hapter AdviserDAVID S . BuTLER, 302 Y2 L ee Street, Sta rkvi lle, Mississippi.

MISSOURI-506 R ollins Street, Columbia, Missouri, Phone Gi 2-9917, V enerab le D ean- ARDRYCK GATES, R ush C hairmanR oLFE KIEH NE, Chapter Adviser-D R. R . C. BRADLEY, 728 Clark Street, Moberly, Missouri.

MISSOURI SCHOOL OF MINES-508 W est Ninth Street, R olla, Missouri, Phone Em 4- 1217 , Venerable D ean-FLoYD A. GoNZALEZ, Rush Chairman-JoHN C . THORNTO N, Chapter Ad viser- D R. E. E . FEr ND, 1000 W est 12th Street, R olla, Missouri.

NEBRASKA-410 North 17th Stree t, Lincoln, Nebraska, Phone 435-2500, Venerable D ean-NEIL R . C o LE, R ush ChairmanRoGER N. THORNTON, Chapter Adviser-KEITH SAWYERS , 4631 Cooper Avenue, Apt. 5, Lincoln, Nebr.

NEW HAMPSHIRE- 10-1 2 Mill R oad, D urham, N ew H a mpsh ire, Phone Un 8-2428, V enerable D ean- JAMES MURRAY, Rush Chairman- DWIGHT PERODEAU, Chapter Adviser-PAUL A. GILMA N, 11 D ennison R d ., D urham, N .H. NORTHWESTERN-610 Lincoln Street, Evanston, Illinois, Phone Gr . 5-9566, Venerable D ean-DoNA~D S. WrLSON, Rush Cha irman-J oHN OLSON, Chapter Adv1ser- M EL VERN!, 2506 .

N. Pa rkside, Chicago, Illinois.

OHI0-101 University T errace, Athens, O h10, Phone L y 31850 V enerable D ea n-J AMES E . McMuLLEN, J R., R ush Chai~man-STEPHEN HovERMAN, Chapter AdviserOHIO STATE-275 E . 15th Avenue, Columbus, Ohio, Phone 299-7552 V enerable D ean-DAvro L . CLARK, R ush Chairman--D~ NALD A. LEAKE, Chapter Adviser-R OBERT L . HuRNI, 3981 S . Broadway, Grove City, Ohio .

OKLAHOMA-544 E lm Stree t, Norman, Oklahoma, Phone J e 4-9246 V enerable D ea n- J oEL D. MoRRIS , R ush ChairmanWrLLI;M C. MARKWARDT , Chapter Adviser-CARL A. R EED, P.O . Box 2203, Norman, Okla.

OKLAHOMA STATE-12 15 University Avenue, Stillwater, Oklahoma, Phone Fr 2-4920, Venerable D ean-JIM MoRFORD, Rush Chairman- TERRY M AN TZ, Chapter Adviser-R AY MO ND E. BrVERT, 234 N. Duncan, Stillwater, Oklahoma.

OREGON STATE-2857 Van Buren, Corvallis, Oregon, Phone PI 2-9329, Venerable Dea n- JoH N W . CARNEGIE, Ru sh Chairma n- GR EGORY A. OLSEN, Chapter Adv iser- D ELMA R GooDE, 22 5 N. 3 1st Street, Corvallis, Oregon .

PENN STATE-234 Locust Lane, State College, Pa ., Phone 2383083, Venerable D ean-LARRY M . GIRVIN, Rush ChairmanDoNALD A. PrzER, Chapter Adviser- DR. G. K ENNETH NEL s o N, 501 Westvi ew Avenue, Sta te College, P a.

PURDUE-608 Waldron St., W est Lafayette, Indiana, Phone Ri 3- 1883, V enerable D ean-LAWR ENCE . ALLEN, Rush Chairman- DAVID Co NNOLLY, Chapter Adviser- L EONA RD E. WooD, 725 Allen St., W. Lafayette, Indiana.

RENSSELAER- 1932 Fifth Avenue, Troy, New York, Phone Ar 3-76.69, Venerable D ean- WILLIAM F . WI NSLow, JR., Rush Cha1rm an- Rr CHARD F . ALLEN, Chapter Adviser- K ENNET H J ENKINS, 28 Boli-va r Avenue, Troy, New York .

SYRACUSE-756 Comstock Avenue, Syrac use, . Y., Phone Gr 6-8110, Venerable D ean- WrLLIAM SuTTON, Ru sh C ha irmanDO NALD HE NN IG, Chapter Adviser-RoGER E. M c FARLAND, 319 Glenwood Avenue, Syracuse, New York .

TEXAS-2614 R io Grande Street Austin T exas Phone Gr 27255, Venerable Dean-SH ELTO~ W . Bo~CE, ui, Rush Chairman-KEN RoBERSO N, Chapter Adviser- WROE OWENS 25 17 Pecos, Austin, T exas. ' UCLA-916 Hilgard Avenue, Los Angeles 24, Californ ia, Phone Gr .4-9025, Venerable D ean- J oHN L . CooPER, JR., Ru sh Chairman-RoN M AC IEL, Chapter Adviser, RoB ERT ME NNELL, 147 29 Otsego Street, Sherma n Oaks, Californ ia.

UNIVERSITY OF SO. MISSISSIPPI-Box 4 17 Southern Sta tion Hattiesburg, Mississippi, Phone J u 4-9822, 'venerab le D ean-' GAI NEs H . HASKEW, Rush Chairman-DoNOLD C. SoLOMON, Chapter Adviser-NICHOLAS]. FoK AK rs , 3 19 So. 20th Avenue H a tti esb urg, Mi ssissippi . ' VERMONT-404 College Street, Burlington, V ermont, Phone Un 4-700 7, Venerable D ean-JoH N P. SrM SES , Rush Chairma n- RICH ARD J. INDRIERI, Chapter Adviser-DR. GEORGE C .

CROOKS, 74 Spear Street, Burling ton, Vermont.

WASHINGTON-5004 17th Avenue, N .E ., Seattle 5, W ashington, Phone L a 4-0200, Venerable D ean- LORE N W. McCoLLOM, Rush Chairman- J AMES M . STONE, Chapter AdviserWILLIAM DEXTER, 503 N. 42nd Street, Seattle 3, Washing ton.

WASHINGTON STATE-1607 R uby Street, Pullm a n, Washington, Phone Lo 8-6111, Venerable D ean- PAU L OLSON, Rush Chairman , RoBERT ANSERON, Chapter Adviser-IRVING FIELD, Sunnyhill Mobi le Homes, Pull ma n, Washington .

WISCONSIN- 112 Langdon Street, M adison, Wisconsin, Phone AI 5-2965, V enerable D ean- LAWR ENCE WALDORF, Rush Chairman-RICHARD THARMAN, Chapter Adviser-NoRMAN E. HANS EN, R R 2, Gammon Roa d , M a di son, Wisconsin .

WYOMING-812 University Avenu e, Laramie, Wyoming, Phone 745-5 345, V enerable D ea n- KrM L . BRIGGs, R ush C hairman- ToM CROWL, Chapter Adviser-BERNARD KoLP, 1808 Ord , Laramie , W yoming.

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