Acacia Triad - April 1969 - Vol. 66, No. 2

APRIL, 1969

OF ACACIA FRATERNITY CENTRAL STATE CHAPTER HOUSE

I would like to express my thanks to the Chapters and their TRIAD Correspondents for the increased amount of articles and correspondence I have received since the Conclave was held last summer. At that time I reported that I had not received any articles in over a year and a half from 17 chapters. That list has now dwindled to six. (Some chapters are submitting three and four articles at a time.) The response is most gratifying and all I ask is that it continues in the future. Your help will continue to help the TRIAD present your chapter's activities to all Acacians .... . If any chapter or alumni group needs any assistance or direction in starting a newsletter or publication, I will be most happy to help you to the best of my ability . It also may be that chapters with existing publications would like comments on their content, design and layout. If so, please write and include copies of your current, or proposed, publication. These publications are important forms of communicating with your alumni and keeping their interest in your chapters and the fraternity alive and working. The alumni should be important to each chapter not only because of possible financial support, but al~o for their experience and advice in all areas of chapter business operations. It may be a surprise to some, but the alumni should still be considered as brothers and not just as someone to dun for needed house imporvements. Some publications I have seen have amounted to little more than outright solicitation and often result in the opposite effect . .. . . The TRIAD Editor is not setting himself up as the one and only judge of this matter, but is only offering outside comment from his own experience. In fact, the TR lAD may need the same type of comment on its method of operation and presentation. Please take time to write if you have a comment that you feel will improve the magazine.

Fraternally,

John W. Hartman

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910 Twenty-Eighth Street Boulder, Colorado 80302 Phone: Area 303/449-3323

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OF ACACIA FRATERNITY@ VOLUME LXVI NUMBERTI

John W. Hartman, Editor 318 East Lincoln Edmond, Oklahoma 73034

COVER: Central State College Chapter House

TRIAD FEATURES Emphasis: Central State College . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. Page 2 Aren't Fraternities Dying? ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. Page 7 Alumni Chapter Page Club 65?

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Central State members pose with trophys won by the Chapter, including the Campus Leadership trophy brought back from Conclave '68.

Campus Leadership! ¡ ¡ - the trophy the Central State Chapter of Acacia won at the 1968 Conclave was deserved recognition. Acacians at Central State hold positions of leadership in many campus organizations and activities. This, then , is the story of the remarkable success of a chapter on a small campus only chartered April 25, 1964.

The School Located in Edmond, Oklahoma, a town of 15,000 lying adjacent to Oklahoma City, Central State is the fastest growing college in the state. When Acacia was chartered on the campus in 1964, the student body numbered approximately 6,100. Today the student body has grown to 10,500 with a projected growth to 15 ,000 by 1972. Known as a teacher's college for the majority of the years since its founding in 1892 , it now graduates more business majors than any other field while retaining its position as the leading producer of teachers in the state. There are six fraternities and four sororities at Central. The other fraternities are Alpha Tau Omega, Tau Kappa Epsilon, Kappa Sigma, Sigma Tau Gamma and Kappa Alpha Psi, while the sororities are Sigma Kappa, Alpha Gamma Delta, Delta Zeta and Sigma Sigma Sigma.

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The Chapter In the fall of 1963, a group of men organized to form an Acacia colony. Immediately these men entered the Homecoming float competition and won first place in their first endeavor as a group. During the year, the men of the colony won Interfraternity Council first place trophys in football, basketball, bowling and track; the oruy ones offered. This brought them the All-Sports trophy for the first time, an honor the chapter has won consecutively every year since then. Athletics, both intramural and varsity, are the strong point of the chapter.

Athletics This fall, the chapter won the intramural football trophy for the fifth time in six years. The team was undefeated against all fraternity competition as they regained the trophy after a year's absence. Quarterbacking the team was Steve Shepard while members Mark Mades, Jerry Braziel, Mike Sadler and George Braziel were the receiving and running backs. The 1968 Central State Broncho football squad starred members Phil Thompson, as starting quarterback, Larry Maxwell, as starting halfback and Keni Ray , as starting safety. All three will return next year.

The Central State ¡Acacia basket.ball team was also undefeated with a 10-0 record. The other sports offering trophys are softball, volleyball and track, and, as defending champions, the Chapter again looks strong for these spring sports.

Spring sport varisty athletes include Jerry Braziel, Steve Shepard and Mike Styron, track; and Keni Ray, baseball.

As a final measure of the success of the chapter in athletics, the 1967-68 Outstanding Freshman Athlete and the Outstanding Senior Athlete were Acacians. Named the winners of the only two awards given varsity athletes were

Keni Ray, a starter as a freshman in both football and baseball, and Allan England, a senior, captain of the track team and Oklahoma Collegiate Conference 880-yd. run winner.

Campus Activities While the main interest of the Chapter remains in athletics, they do not neglect campus activities. Currently serving as Vice President of the Student Senate is Kent Mathers while Phil Thompson is President of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. Wink Winkler leads the Freshman Class as President and Steve Shephard and Ken Ackerman are Vice President and Treasurer, respectively, of the Interfraternity Council. The Chapter also boasts three members of Who's Who, more than any other Greek organization on campus. They are Larry Maxwell, Phil Thompson and Kent Mathers. The Chapter recently won the Religious Emphasis Week Sing for the first time and also won the Sadie Hawkins Week Tug-of-War contest. Many other members are active in departmental clubs, honor socieites and other campus activities.

Scholarship The Chapter has established a scholarship program for both members and pledges. Required study halls under the supervision of the Scholarship Chairman are held each night of the week except for meeting night. Pledges who make over a 3.0 grade point on the 4-point system at mid-semester are excused from study hall one night a week while those who make under a 2.0 must attend an additional night.

Pledges are given only two semesters to make the 2.0 grade point required for initiation.

Members are also required to keep a 2.0 grade point.

If this is not met at mid-semester, the member must also

The Chapter Annex, located next door to the regular house, with a sign showing support for the Broncho athletic teams prominently displayed.

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The winners of the Central State I FC football championship. The Chapter has also won the basketball and volleyball trophies and expects to be strong in the other sports to follow.

attend study hall. If he does not raise his grade point at the end of the semester, he loses voting and social privileges and must continue to attend study hall until the grade point is raised to the minimum . This program is new, but the chapter has great hopes for its success. The Chapter currently ranks number two among the six fraternities in scholarship.

Financial Program The financial program at Central State is supervised by an Alumni Financial Advise r who works closely with the Chapter treasurer. All the detail work of collections and payments are done by the treasurer, while the books are checked each month by the adviser. This sytem has caused some conflicts in the past, but close cooperation has begun to show benefits for the Chapter. Budgets for all programs are being established; something that has been lacking in the past. Current goals are to change all house and note payments from a twelve-month basis to a nine-month, to avoid piling up debts during the summer months.

to tear the structure down in the near future to begin construction of a new city library, the Chapter had to move out.

The City of Edmond now owns the entire block except for the Chapter property, and will need to acquire it also within the next two years. Because of this , the Chapter has begun to make other plans for housing. However, it is anticipated that the purchase by the city will result in free or nominal occupancy for a year with city cooperation.

The relationship with the city has been especially good.

The Chapter also has the free use of a 1920 fire truck owned by the city. The only requirements are that the Chapter carry insurance and that all drivers are certified by the Fire Department. The fire truck aids in rush and support of Broncho athletic teams. It also is used in the Homecoming Parade each year.

The House The house is an older, two-story building, located on a tree-shaded lot one block from the Central State campus.

The Chapter was the first fraternity on campus to purchase their own house when it was acquired in the fall of 1966.

It features an addition constructed by the men themselves under the direction of the then-Chapter Adviser Aris Prewitt. Consisting of a large shower room and also a large six-man room, it was constructed as a second story addition, requiring the removal of a portion of the roof.

Central air-conditioning and heating were also added . It now holds twenty-two men and is fast becoming too small for Chapter needs.

Until second semester of this year, the Chapter also occupied an additional annex located next door. Owned by the City of Edmond, it held 15 men at a nominal rental.

Because of maintenance costs, and the need by the city

Central State College varsity football players, Phil Thompson, left, and Keni Ray, right, pose at the Chapter House. Thompson is starting quarterback, while Ray is starting safety. Not shown is the Chapter's other starter, Larry Maxwell.

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Miss Kay Stone, a member of Alpha Gamma Delta, is the 1968-69 Central State Chapter Sweetheart.

Mom and Pop Anderson The Chapter boasts of the best Housemother on this or any campus. Not only do they have the supervision of Mom Anderson , they also have her husband living in the house and assisting. Mom Anderson is also the cook and an extragood one. The relationship between the men and the Andersons is special as they are the parents of an alum of the Chapter, Larry Anderson, and are serving the Chapter solely because they want to, and enjoy doing it. A retired couple, they are immensely liked and respected. Pop Anderson is one of the best domino players in the house and both spend a lot of their weekends and spare time fishing, many times taking along members of the Chapter. Pop Anderson can be seen at most intramural games wearing his Acacia jersey given him by the Chapter. The Chapter is especially proud of the Andersons and their relationship with them.

Pledge Education The pledge program is based on a strong big brotherlittle brother relationship. The formal education comes from

Member Dallas Gandy poses with his party "The Night on the Nile".

pledge meetings and study requirements but the main emphasis of preparing a pledge for membership comes from the big brother system. The member is responsible for his little brother meeting the pledge requirements. Hazing has been a problem in the past but with the guidance of National representatives and the realization that today's college student will not take this type of treatment, it has been largely eliminated.

The Officers Current officers are Phil Thompson, Venerable Dean; Dallas Gandy , Assistant to the President; Duane Collins, Senior Dean; Shan Shephard, Junior Dean; Mike Collins, Secretary ; Glen Morris, Treasurer and Steve Shephard and Pat Gaines, Co-Rush Chairmen. Last semester's Venerable Dean, Harold Heath, is House Manager and it was under his leadership that the Chapter won the Campus Leadership trophy at the National Conclave.

The Chapter established the Assistant to the President position to aid the Venerable Dean and also as a training aid for eventual elevation to that office. It has worked well as the position was given authority and responsibilities to go with it.

Conclusion

Members of the Central State Chapter women's auxiliary, "Thugateras", pose for the camera. "Thugateras" is a Greek word meaning loyal women, and that is what this group is. Noted for their beauty and service to the chapter, the group consists of approximately 15 to 20 women, and has been in existence only two years.

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The Central State Chapter of Acacia has been an excellent example of success on a small campus and the ability of a new fraternity to make an immediate impression on an older and established fraternity system. It is with pride and belief in success that the Chapter undertakes all endeavors.

The Central State Chapter is proud to have this chance to present their activities to the whole fraternity and welcomes all Acacians to visit the "friendliest" Chapter of them all.

What is more irritating to the fraternity man than to hear the frustrating, but all too familiar, question: "Aren't fraternities dying?" The most common response on our part seems to be to bristle with defiance, but later in introspection we often sense the truth that may be lurking in that question. Why have we allowed this to happen? What can we do about it? It is time that we stop deluding ourselves and candidly begin to delve into the problems that face us. Although claims are often made that the Greek system is growing today, is it growing as fast as the colleges and universities? And even if we are growing, is our future secure and are we serving a useful purpose?

In my opinion, we too often try to correct inadequacies by desperately pumping new blood into old programs such as rush and social events. As an Interfraternity Council officer at the University of Illinois, I see little hope in such approaches when examining the long-range future.

I am not advocating a complete about-face, but I so feel that new areas of endeavor will be more fruitful. Fraternities must become a more integral part of modern university life. This approach is often espoused, but specific recommendations seldom accompany it. Actually, many ideas are available if we would spend some time in serious evaluation.

First of all, we should realize the fact that fraternity organizations and facilities are ideally suited for acting as centers for

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By James D. Wertsch Illinois Chapter interstudent and student-faculty exchange of ideas and opinions.

Too often, fraternities are practically closed to outsiders in that few non-members are invited to share their experiences with the men in the house. Do you regularly invite faculty members, civic and student leaders and other such parties to share their views with the men in your house?

These do not need to be (and should not be) formal affairs with required house attendance. Rather they could be simple bull sessions after a meal. It may be convenient for faculty members as well as beneficial to the men in your house to have instructors over during lunch time. Perhaps four or so such luncheon dates could be arranged a month. Have you ever had a political scientist or a theologian be the main entertainment at an exchange?

Or have you ever asked the public to attend an art festival sponsored by (and possibly in) your house? These ideas may not be such bad ones after (\ll. Ideas, however, are cheap; action is what is needed. What we need are men - both leaders and followers- who have thoroughly discussed ideas such as those listed above and honestly want to carry them through.

In general, what I am advocating is that fraternities take the leadership role in initiating programs which provide an educational experience for all involved - including non-members. This leadership must receive its impetus from honest convictions and not a desire simply to receive favorable publicity. Accusation to this effect will be initially forthcoming, but if we demonstrate over the long run that sincere intentions are behind our actions, we can simply point to accomplishments rather than become defiantly defensive when we are asked: "Aren't fraternities dying?"

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By Marvin Logan, Alumni Director

The January issue of The Triad announced that the 1968 Conclave passed legislation creating by-laws and procedures for the development of Alumni Chapters of Acacia. Article 22 was then added to the Laws of Acacia.

In the same issue, twelve functions of such a group were listed. We all know these functions will be enlarged and changed as experience dictates.

President George F. Patterson has asked me to devote some time to this project and write special articles in this and future issues of The Triad to "strengthen the ties that bind".

My acceptance was prompted by my experience of about twelve years ago, when as President of the Iowa Acacians, I applied for a Joan at Iowa City and was immediately rejected - and was informed that had I represented a sorority, the Joan would have been seriously considered. When pressed for the logic of this decision, the Joan officer explained that sororities were advised and backed by alumni groups, and fraternities usually were not. This, and subsequent experiences, indicated that Acacia badly needs more organized alumni groups.

My acceptance was also prompted by two visitations with the Kansas City Alumni Association. About 50% of their attendance was by Acacians who moved into the Kansas City area. They were the group which hosted our 1968 Conclave so successfully.

When visiting the Indiana active chapter of undergraduates, I was enlightened by the many things done by the Alumni to strengthen the Indiana chapter , especially in the field of sponsoring summer rush parties. At Houston, a quickly organized Alumni Chapter had a leading role in forming a colony for Acacia, which colony was recently raised to a chapter status. .

In attempting this first article, I will go back to my journalism training at the University of Iowa and recall that a well-written article covers the who, what, when, why and where of a story.

WHO - An alumni chapter is not to be confused with a building corporation or a group of alumni which graduated from a particular school. Like the Kansas City Alumni Chapter, the organization covers all Acacians living in a geographical area.

WHAT- A chapter is formed by at least 15 alumni petitioning National for a charter. They meet to select a name, elect officers, and set regular meeting dates. They determine the yearly dues, if any, none of which dues are transmitted to National. There is no cost for chartering.

WHEN - The time is now. Write me if you need more information. If requested, I will come to see you or a Province Governor or National Officer will come. Your group, when chartered, will be listed in The Triad, along with Kansas City, Houston and Seattle. San Francisco and Los Angeles are forming Alumni chapters. Inquiries have been received from Portland, Little Rock, Northeast Iowa, Oklahoma City and Cincinnati.

WHY - Be a father to a chapter, a colony, or help in the formation of a new colony. Just as many delinquents come from broken homes, so do our Acacia brothers in colonies and chapters experience difficulties when there is no active alumni concern or help.

WHERE - When traveling on business or pleasure, look in The Triad for times and places of alumni chapter meetings and pay them a visit and exchange experiences. At Los Angeles I met a fraternity brother I had not seen in forty years.

SUMMARY - This is not a one man show. I would not have had the courage to take an assignment unless I believed in the brotherhood of Acacians. After eight years on the National Council as Vice President, I recall there was a helping hand extended when needed. We all realize that our country will be guided by the youth of today. As we witness the unrest on college campuses, we know that training for leadership for tomorrow is critical. Fraternity training in Acacia can do a great deal to provide such leadership - but not without dedicated" and unselfish help from those who have gone before - "The strength of the pack is the wolf - the strength of the wolf is the pack". Let us join together. Let us reach our goal of " human service".

Last week I visited our new National headquarters in Boulder, Colorado. It is a great symbol of our growing strength and future potential. Now I am thrilled to see the birth of Acacia Chapters which can become as great or greater than anything we have ever attempted.

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ILL YOU JOIN CLUB 65?

By Marvin Logan, Alumni Director

As Alumni Director, I am taking on a once in a lifetime assignment of raising money from alumni to construct an archive section in our new National headquarter building. This is not a part of our Alumni Chapter program but is a direct appeal to each individual alumni to make a personal tax deductible contribution.

If your contribution is $1.00 or $20,000. it will be gratefully received. The check should be made out to the Acacia Educational Foundation and mailed to National headquarters at 910 Twenty-eighth St., Boulder, Colorado 80302.

Now about the Club 65.

This is our 65th Anniversary year. If you donate $65. or more, we would like to enter your name, chapter and role number on a living memorial to be instaUed in the archive section.

This is the history of our progress to date on our building program, now nearing completion. When drawing up plans for the new National headquarters building in Boulder, Colo., we found that an archive section would cost an additional $30,000., and the Council's first reaction is that we could not afford it. The second reaction was that we can only do what we think we can do. Since then, the pieces have been falling in place , and Club 65 could complete our project.

When George Frazier, National President 1914-16, heard about the archives he offered $10,000 if we could raise an additional $20,000. from other alumni.

We contacted 25 prominent and loyal Acacians for advice , help and suggestions. Response was positive but varied.

One suggestion was to get $1.00 from each of 20,000 Acacians. One was to find two other Acacians who could afford to make a tax deductible donation of $10,000. each. Our decision at last week's Council meeting was to ask in The Triad for each Acacian alumni to give whatever amount the individual could afford. If the amount was $65. or more , on our 65th anniversary we would enter their names in the archive section as principal donors and sponsors.

Since our construction bill will come due soon, we have arranged to borrow $20,000. from an Acacia Building Corporation who has that kind of assets and repay as donations come in.

We have already received checks from Brothers A.M. King, Kansas City; Christopher Gabriel, Portland; Louis Whitehead, New York; Ellsworth Dent, Skokie, IU.; Dr. Robert Lewis, Denver, Colo.; (Brother Lewis has passed away since sending the check) and F. A. Sergeant of Ann Arbor, Mich., and we have received letters of intent from others, some of whom requested further information.

Since The Triad is issued quarterly we will publish additional donors as gifts come in, so you can watch our progress toward the $20,000 total. When the entire amount is in, we will prepare the memorial with the appropriate names and have it installed in the archives.

A dedication date has been set for Sept. 13th and will be attended by prominent Masons, State government officials, alumni and nearby actives and pledges, etc. You will read about it in The Triad. Perhaps you can attend or at least visit the archives when and if you are near Boulder on a business or pleasure trip. At the dedication we hope to have Charles Sink, our only living founder, who still regularly attends all National Conclaves, also Lucille Malcolm, of Hollywood, the widow of another founder of our fraternity.

Historical items are being collected and transferred from various places so that we can preserve and display these items in one safe location.

Again, we want to say that Acacia is on the move, and this represents the donated time , energy , and money of many brothers. Let us all say we are proud to be Acacians, and for whatever benefit we have received in the past, we wish to preserve such experience and benefits for future generations.

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James D. Hutchinson

EDITOR'S NOTE: The following essay by James D. Hutchinson is one of a controversial nature. It should not be interpreted as national policy of Acacia Fraternity simply because it is being run in THE TRIAD. It is the opinion of one member of our fraternity, who is expressing a theme increasingly heard from learned men of many fraternities who are deeply concerned over the direction the fraternity system should take now and in the future. Mr. Hutchinson is extremely qualified to present any subject and opinion to the fraternity, and especially qualified to discuss this particular subject, as he served his Colorado Chapter as Venerable Dean in his undergraduate days and later as Chapter Adviser. Currently an Instructor of English at the University of Denver, he is also the Literary Critic of both the Denver Post and the Denver Quarterly. He has also published articles in many magazines, including a prior one in THE TRIAD. He is currently Writer-inResidence of the Rocky Mountain Writers Guild.

Comments and questions concerning this article are welcome.

Would it not be safe to say that when the first two human beings came into contact and found communion that they adopted some form of ritual? The word "communion" itself seems to imply ritual. And with ritual comes an apparently necessary adjunct, superstition. Indeed, for a time it is called "faith" or "belief' - - until it becomes outmoded, then it becomes superstition. As faith becomes superstition, ritual becomes mere ceremony and too often hogwash. Please note, mankind has always shrouded ignorance and uncertainty with ritual. Interestingly enough, man has also disguised corruption with ritual - - whether it be in the form of Papal Inquisition, sloganscreaming political conventions or the hooded rites of the Klu Klux Klan. Ritual then, is the scapegoat of human ignorance and corruption.

Ritual is also the dress of the kind of foolish consistency which Emerson called "the hobgoblin of little minds." Emerson espoused a higher level of subscription: "As fast as you conform your life to the pure idea in your mind, that will unfold its great proportions." In this, one observes two facets of conformity; one is the foolish THE TRIAD

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consistency involved in placing one's progress in the footsteps of those who have come before; the other is an admired self-reliance upon the intuitive powers of mind - - an individualism based on a sense of personal and communal morality. It may be argued that these two states of morality are in fact compatible, that one can think with his own mind and at the same time pursue the lessons of history. This is undoubtedly true. However, it is ritual -- a kind of blind faith and subordinated reason - - that makes one state the contradiction of the other.

Rituals tend to receive the sanction of sacredness; they are ceremonies hidden in locked closets to be viewed only by initiates. Why? Simply because rituals seem only to survive when seasoned by the accouterments of mystery. When the cloak of mystery is removed, more often than not rituals become inefficacious. Robes worn in candle-lit cellars become clown costumes in the daylight.

Remove superstition from most rituals and they will stand only as the clothing of nothingness.

In no way should this be interpreted as a statement in defiance of human nature. So long as man is truly not the master of his fate - death, he must contemplate a mysterious existence, and superstition is an inevitable correlative.

But few would deny that man is in control of much of his existence, no matter how ineptly he may handle the responsibility. It is in these areas of reason that superstition and concomitant rituals become foolish. Through ritual man thus subordinates the trust of personal morality to an overriding code of group behavior he blindly follows and seldom questions. An atom bomb falls, a ballistic missile is programmed for his destruction - - but man, frightened, yet complacent, shouts antique epithets at an unmerciful God, mouths ancient platitudes designed as curealls for worldly ills. This is the ritual of stultification.

The so-called generation in power was born in depression and fought in a great world war. SurvlVlng these calamities, this generation retired to its service clubs and fraternal organizations,

vainly trying to justify its ineptitude by crying for "the good old days that never were." The younger, now maturing generation was born in prosperity, claiming the greatest opportunity for educational advancement in world history, but facing too, a botched world of uncertainty and incredible blindness. In viewing the older generation, maturing youth must either laugh outright or scramble in horror from its platitudinous state. Of course, there is a generation gap, but this one in no way resembles the split between Plato and Aristotle.

As a result, a young man approaches his college years, and whether he has encountered Emerson or not, ringing in his ears is an admonition against foolish consistency. True, he may consequently resort to a foolish inconsistency, but in this context one can even partially sympathize with the bearded radicals who are dropping out of a society they find incompatible. What the young college generation - - a force continuing to grow in power - - appears to be saying is, that it will no longer settle for the old saws of complacency, the tired slogans and the pathetic platitudes that have not prevented the world from moving to the brink of destruction. No, this vibrant youth claims, we will not subscribe to the empty rituals that stultify imagination and thwart action. No, they say, we will become involved!

An institution that discourages youth's demand to become involved will be either ignored or battered to earth. Colleges and universities throughout the United States-- throughout the world-- appear to be coming to the realization that youth will not be denied,* and changes, some radical, in administration, curriculum and teaching methods are in evidence almost daily. Some of these changes come about deliberately, and surely an institution is wise in not catering too quickly to the demands of a "now" generation. But the fact remains that change is inevitable - - it is crucial, necessary and most desirable. Institutions unwilling to change, to come to grips with a dramatic present, may well fall by the wayside. Their custodians will awake one day to find they hold only an empty ritual.

Institutions wrapped in ritual and drowned in *The S.O.S. is a militant organization; as a result it has impeded progress and should not be equated with the youth who are constructively seeking better programs.

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tradition are those least likely to willingly meet the challenge of change. No, their custodians cry - - we have our ritual, we treasure our traditions; we must not destroy these sacred instruments lest we destroy our very existences. This, of course, may be a true evaluation; some institutions cannot change, cannot progress, without destroying ritual and tradition. But, when tradition, when custom, when ritual, becomes more significant than progress, does not such an institution warrant its own destruction? Is it not incredible that such an institution has survived even this long?

The college fraternity system is an institution with a long and honorable history. From the ipception of Phi Beta Kappa on the campus of William and Mary in 1776, college fraternities have served their members well. They have offered a degree of stability to college communities. They have established and encouraged ideals of scholarship, social propriety, maturity and even personal morality. They have asked their members to become involved in campus and sometimes community activities. They have encouraged their alumni to remain loyal to the order and also to the alma mater that suffers their existence. They purport to encourage the development of the well-rounded young man. All this, everyone of them will tell you, is its mission- - the facts of its existence. Can one seriously quarrel with such noble ideals and objectives? Of course not!

But one also must ask if there is not a negative side. For example, is there not religious and racial discrimination? Is there not the danger of creating a social snob at the expense of academic achievement? Is there not the danger of encouraging a tragic complacency in asking for a consuming loyalty to what is essentially a social organization?

Do not fraternal orders tend to encourage participation in those activities that will primarily bring prestige to the group? A perusal of fraternity magazines will help answer some of these questions.

From chapter reports to their national headquarters, one detects an emphasis on social stratification (with whom do fraternities function socially?), campus political office (every see recognition for a

member of the glee club?), athletic accomplishment (where's the picture of those making the Dean's List?), exotic parties and dances (why is the "ugliest man on campus" more important than a young man participating in a Big Brother program?)

Of course, there are exceptions to this representation: chapters sponsoring little league baseball teams, blood-donor programs, clothing drives for underprivileged children, book drives, etc. But the exceptions are disturbingly rare. The situation would not even be of particular concern if fraternities honestly admitted that they are strictly social organizations - - country clubs on campus - without function other than to fill the "social" needs of the membership. But fraternities do not make such admissions. Rather they claim to be integral aspects of the educational process, avenues for student development in areas as diversified as academic, religious and social. Theirs is a claim of balance, something of the sort one might expect from a college troop of Boy Scouts. Unfortunately, such a balance simply does not exist. Fraternities, in large, remain social clubs in which wearing a jeweled pin is of more importance than serving one's fellowman , even when serving one's fellowman is often best accomplished by serving oneself.

This, then, partially explains the startling attrition rate within pledge classes and the lack of enthusiasm among rushees. It was not always true that a young freshman could find an adequate social life without joining a club. On most campuses today he can, and it is a social life usually more diversified and fulfilling than any fraternity can offer. The majority of young men today appear not to want to cast themselves as social snobs ; they do not want to be branded by a jeweled pin that merely identifies "joining". This is the generation of involvement - - involvement at many levels of human experience. If fraternities are to survive, they must provide those levels, and, I believe, they can.

Let us return to the empty ritual. Let us examine the ritual that mouths the platitudes of ancient complacency. Because fraternity rituals are sacred

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and sacrosanct, we cannot be specific and must therefore deal abstractly with them. The common denominator, of course, is the concept of "brotherhood," that undefinable notion that brings tears to the eyes of run-down alums at class reunions.

We should live, Christ taught, in the brotherhood of man. Yet it seems necessary for human beings to scale this down to small groups to make the concept realizable. But is such a reduction realizable? Can a small group of peers joining hands and chanting loyalty oaths really be concerned with brotherhood at all? Look at the membership of that group and ask the question again. "Brotherhood." as rituals imply the term, is an abstraction and as such a filmy platitude - - something to be taled about, seldom to be acted upon. It is an empty word because it does not require involvement in its implications. To say I am a "brother" is one thing; to be a "brother" is yet another.

I am not a brother to any man by merely holding his hand.

Ritual's essential ingredient is initiation. Of course, it should be the other way around, but initiation is subordinated when it becomes codified in the ritualistic practices of fraternal orders. What is initiation? Essentially it is the bringing of the neophyte to a state of enlightenment. It is the bringing of innocence through experience to a degree of maturity. Initiation, then, is a process of maturation. But, on the contrary, initiation in the fraternity system is merely an act of admission.

The pledge is hounded, often harassed, by meaningless assignments that are supposedly designed to discipline him to the order. Then, if he makes it that far, he is¡ hoodwinked (ignorance symbolized), led through an ordeal, usually physical (experience symbolized), and finally relieved of blindfold (enlightenment symbolized) to stand among peers who now accept him. Once again, we are dealing with abstraction-- symbolic experience.

Such abstraction, such symbolization, can only be effective as the real process it strives to symbolize.

The real process, unfortunately, too often is contradicted by the very structure of ~he order that lays claim to it.

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For example, as a pledge I empty wastebaskets, learn the Greek alphabet and the names of the current national officers, shine members' shoes and perform many other menial tasks. As an initiate, I ain led through the hallways of ancient mysticism and philosophy, having excerpts from the Bible and Shakespeare spouted at me. Then, finally, I am permitted to wear the cherished jeweled pin that says I may now date a Chi Omega. At this point a voice from the ritual closet protests, it is much deeper than that, so much more profound.

Is it indeed?

It would not be difficult to continue this criticism of the fraternity system, concentrating on obvious faults and deficiencies that only loyalists blind to reality fail to realize. Admitting the faults, one also recognizes the strengths of the system. I need not go into the virtues here, because any fraternity man will be happy to extol them even if he is reluctant to discuss the failings. It is my thesis, however, that no matter how many strengths and virtues one may extract from the closed order of social fraternities, none of them means much when the basis of the operation - the ritual - - is weak or, indeed, fallacious. If fraternities are to continue and move with the times, the ritual upon which each is built must be carefully examined, changed, discarded, substituted for, or whatever else may be required to effect an organization that can say it is truly involved in the world of the college student to whom it must make its appeal.

The ritual of the Acacia Fraternity is not a trumped-up document designed like a political platform to provide its members with something merely to talk about. Based on Masonic principles and incorporating many of them, Acacia's ritual is philosophically sound and should be applicable.

It presents in abstraction the concepts upon which responsible manhood can be developed. Its foundation is essentially Christian. It is nondiscriminatory, but it is just a document. A distracted, hell-week fatigued initiate experiences it directly only once and cannot be expected to absorb much of it under those circumstances. This, then, is perhaps the first

avenue of reform: initiation procedures are adolescent and unmeaningful, serving only to satisfy the s.adistic pleasures of the "in" clique. The initiation, as part of the ritual, should be changed, brought out of the middle ages and the arena of bugaboo.

In line with this, pledge apprenticeship should be modified - - one might even ask under present circumstances, if such pledgeship is a meaningful experience at all. Is it truly an apprenticeship?

I've watched it for years, and it looks like "show and tell" to me.

Most importantly, ritual - - if it must be called "ritual" - - needs to become the very life of the fraternity. Not something hidden in a cellar closet and only exposed to candlelight and decorated with clandestine costumes. Ritual must become a meaningful reality, omnipresent, a vital blood flowing through the veins of the fraternity system.

Can we live what we ritualistically preach? Do we live what we mouth in secret? Let's be specific, the motto of the Acacia Fraternity is HUMAN SERVICE - - it is emblazoned in Greek letters, unfortunately, across the scroll of the fraternity crest. Now, "human service" is a neat platitude like Semper Fidelis. The difference is that a Marine literally lives his motto, his principle of conduct.

Do we, as Acacians, really live Human Service?

Not by a long shot!

Unlike the Marine Corps motto, Acacia's contains two important words, human and service.

First, then, we must ask ourselves at all times what it takes to be a human being. To be human is to be superior to lower animals, including some human animals. It requires the employment to the fullest of a God-given distinction - - conception.

Our responsibility is one of intelligence, intellectual involvement, wisdom. An Acacian, for this reason alone, strives for academic excellence. To do less is to be less than human. Note, I did not say "academic grades." To be number one on campus in grade average is an empty objective. To be knowledgeable, well-read, involved in the intellectual community - - this is to be desired. Shall we all take slough-courses to achieve a high group grade average, or shall we become involved in the most

challenging intellect al problems of our day and to hell with group grade averages? Only an individual can measure his grade achievement - - never the group. Should we publish in our magazine the portrait of a phys. ed. major who got an A in volleyball or of the chemical engineer or history major who got a B in pursuing the challenges of his chosen field? In short, a fraternity must orient itself to the intellectual climate of the university.

It should supplement in all possible ways the university's mission of higher education. No - it won't always appeal to the beer-drinking playboy; but then, they don't belong at college today.

To be human is to be compassionate. It is a rare attribute possessed by human beings that enables them (Hobbes to the contrary) to live outside the jungle. But compassion for one's fellowman is not merely to cry with him over his misfortunes. Compassion is to help the downtrodden pick themselves up. Compassion is to help the successful toward greater accomplishments. Compassion is to recognize and accept human differences - - differences in race, color and creed; differences in intellectual and physical ability ; differences in social and economic status; differences in interests, ideals and methods. To be compassionate is not necessarily to agree-- but it is to recognize and consider. A man cannot consider himself compassionate or a human being if he sets his organization above the participation of any minority group. To be human, Acacia must be available to students who are Negro, Chinese, Catholic or Jew. The other word is service. Actually , service of any sort is a selfish activity and should be so considered. We serve to better ourselves, and in bettering ourselves we are better able to serve. I point this out in order immediately to demolish the notion of "doing good". It is not what service should mean.

You cannot measure human service by the number of times you rush to the blood bank, the number of Christmas presents you send to a welfare home or the number of Negroes you pledge. To do so is to count coup to measure bravery. Service, on the other hand, is a habit of mind. It implies a willingness to give of self whenever the occasion demands.

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It is something that cannot be programmed or scheduled. Doing what is expected of you is not service unless doing what is expected of you means ready to do more than is expected of you.

To be well-informed and eager to learn is to serve oneself surely; but it is also to serve every person you come in contact with. To be constructively critical, skeptical, nonconforming and adventuresome is to serve every individual who comes behind you. To break down barriers of misunderstanding and hate - - this is to serve. And it's all habit of mind. You don't need to set down a program like morning calisthenics or pledge training. It's all implied in the way you live every moment of your life, willing to take the extra step, to put out the hand, to listen, to try to understand. And isn't this really what Pythagoras has been trying to teach you?

Human Service - - the two words together - means ultimately involvement. When Milton wrote, "They also serve who only stand and wait," he wasn't speaking for the generation of college students in 1968. This generation knows that to wait is to be swallowed up or destroyed. This generation knows that it must shape and mold before the clay dries, crumbles and disappears.

Make no mistake - - I do not consider carrying placards, chanting slogans, blowing one's mind, or sitting in administrative office doorways involvement. These activities represent rituals as empty and meaningless as the rituals these young dissid ents are supposedly defying. Once again, involvement is primarily a habit of mind. It is the mature ability to look for change, for better ways; it is to build without destroying; it is to question, to probe and to suggest. Involvement is not a process

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of merely joining. By virtue of the fact that you have joined a fraternity, church, labor union or political party does not mean that you are necessarily involved in anything at all. Lip service is the antithesis of involvement. On the other hand, to enter into debate with your "brother," your teacher, your political leader - - this is to be involved. To see wrong and to try to correct it - this is to be involved. To see good and to encourage it - - this is to be involved. To recognize potential and to help mold it - - this is to be involved. To reach out your hand -- such a simple thing to do-this is to be involved.

William Cullen Bryant has admonished you not to go to your grave "like the quarry-slave at night, scourged to his dungeon." He said - - "So live."

To live is to be involved; to be involved is to live.

Life takes the emptiness out of ritual. Involvement in the human condition gives meaning to an otherwise sterile motto, HUMAN SERVICE. If Acacia, or any other college fraternity, must have a ritual, let us extract it from the locked closet and expose it to the fresh light of day. Let us fill its emptiness with involvement. When next we say the words HUMAN SERVICE, we will know that this is a reality and not merely a motto. It is a new attitude, a new habit of mind, a new ritual. This is the ritual of involvement.

National Perspective

By Harvey L. Logan, Executive Secretary

Installation of Houston and Northeast Louisiana State On February 23rd the Houston Colony of Acacia became our 68th Chapter. The Installation was conducted by members of the L.S.U. Chapter and the Texas Chapter. The Charter was presented

by National President Patterson and the "Charge" was delivered by National Judge Advocate, J. B. Beaird. One month later, the Northeast Louisiana State College Colony became the 69th Chapter. The ceremonies were handled by the L.S.U. Chapter and Council members Patterson and Bivert attended. We would like to take this opportunity to welcome and congratulate our new Brothers in Acacia.

Indiana initiates their 1000th member.

Indiana Chapter of Acacia became the third Chapter to initiate 1000 members. Jack L. Brinkman was the initiate selected for roll number 1000 and we understand that he carries a 3.7 cumulative grade point average. Congratulations Indiana.

Cornerstone and Dedication date set.

During the March meeting of the National Council, the date of Saturday, September 13, 1969, was set for the official Dedication and Cornerstone laying ceremony for the National Headquarters.

Everyone is invited and we hope you will be able to attend.

Expansion prospects announced.

Barry J. Lyerly, Assistant Executive Secretary, announced colony prospects at East Texas State University, Mankato State, Bowling Green University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Order of Pythogras recipients named.

The following Brothers have been awarded the Order of Pythagoras for their service to Acacia : Ronald D. Hill Leon VandeCreek John Koegel Lester C. Roth Richard Albagli Woody Mann, Jr. Joseph Whitehurst Tim Redding Claude Fuller J. W. Johnson

Washington State Tri-State Cincinnati Missouri School of Mines Rennselaer Arkansas Louisiana State Colorado Northeast Louisiana State Kansas State

Assistant Province Governors appointed.

Donald LaRue, Central Missouri State, and Melvin Verni, Northwestern, were appointed as Assistant Province Governors for Indiana and Illinois respectively.

JAMES E. WEBB NAMED DIRECTOR James E. Webb, an alumnus of the North Carolina Chapter and recently retired administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, has been elected to the Board of Directors of the KerrMcGee Corporation, Oklahoma City. Webb served as Director of the U.S. Bureau of the Budget from 1946 to 1949 and as Undersecretary of State from 1949 to 1952.

He retired last October from NASA and is also currently a director of Sperry Gyroscope. A recepient of the Award of Merit, he is a member of the Oklahoma Hall of Fame for his work as First President of the Frontiers of Science Foun~tion of Oklahoma and as Assistant to the President of Kerr-McGee and President of Republic Supply Company. He has also been awarded honorary degrees from 27 universities. Kerr-McGee Corporation is a diversified energy company with major interests in oil, drilling, uranium, mining and lumber.

INDIANA ALUMNUS NAMED BANK PRESIDENT J. Fred Risk, an alumnus of the Indiana Chapter, was recently elected President of the Indiana National Bank of Indianapolis.

Formerly executive Vice President, Risk becomes at age 40 head of the nation's 54th largest bank. A. native of Fort Wayne, he entered Indiana at the age of 16 after compiling enough credits to graduate from high school during his junior year.

Also a graduate of the I.U. School of Law, Risk is a member of the bank's Board of Directors, a Director of Hamilton Cosco and Franklin Corp. and is a Trustee of Hanover College.

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SYRACUSE, CORNELL COMBINE FOR DAY OF COMPETITION The Syracuse and Cornell Chapters recently got together for a day of athletics and fellowship at the Syracuse campus. The athletics consisted of a football game that ended in a 0-0 tie after two hours of hard play. The fellowship was easy to come by as a keg of beer was the stakes and was consumed although neither team won. That evening, the two chapters combined for a party at the Syracuse chapter house. Both chapters consider the day a success and plan to do it again soon.

Syracuse, left, and Cornell Chapters line up for another play during their game held recently at Syracuse.

The men of the Illinois Chapter announce the election of Miss Cindi Ricks as Sweetheart for 1969. Cindi, of Kappa Alpha Theta sorority, is a sophomore in psychology from Oak Park, Illinois, and is pinned to Brother Gary Simpson of Fairfield, Illinois. Cindi has been a rather unique Sweetheart for the chapter, in that she knows every member of the Chapter, and sometimes knows the pertinent information better than the pledges do. Her enthusiasm for the fraternity and for house activities is appreciated by all. She keeps informed of all house functions, and when something significant occurs, such as officer elections, or initiation, the men can count on receiving a congratulatory telegram from her. On the personal side, Cindi has been an officer of her sorority and on campus primarily works with Star Course (the University of Illinois concert and entertainment committee) and tutors behavioral problem children from primary grades. The men definitely say that Cindi is a significant addition to the roll of Illinois Chapter Sweetheart5.

Brother Gary Simpson and Pin mate Cin.di Ricks, Kappa Alpha Theta, pictured with travelling Illinois Chapter Sweetheart Trophy.

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PROMINENT ACACIAN, W. CLEMENT ZINCK, DEATH ANNOUNCED

NORTHEAST LOUISIANA SELECTS SWEETHEART The Northeast Louisiana State College Chapter of Acacia selected as its first Sweetheart, Miss Emily Bowden. A junior, Miss Bowden is twenty years old and majoring in elementary education. The newly elected Sweetheart, a Bossier City, Louisiana, resident, was crowned at Acacia's Christmas Dance held at the Howard Johnson's Convention Center. Selection of the sweetheart took place over a two-week period of time, in which seven girls were interviewed and presented to the fraterntiy for final vote. Another fine addition to the long list of Acacia Sweethearts.

HONORARY MEMBERSHIP GRANTED TO EMMETT CARMICHAEL Dr. Emmett B. Carmichael, editor of the Alabama Journal of Medical Sciences of the University of Alabama and an alumnus of the Colorado Chapter, has been awarded honorary membership in the American Institute of Chemists.

He was named at the annual Fellows Dinner of the organization held recently in Atlantic City, New Jersey. He is also currently President of the group. Dr. Carmichael is professor emeritus of biochemistry at the Alabama Medical Center and was recently honored by both medical and dental alumni who presented a portrait of him to be placed on permanent display in the new Medical Center Library now under construction. A former dean at the center, he is currently Acting Chairman of the nominating committee to select persons for the newlyestablished Alabama Academy of Honor. He was appointed to this committee by Alabama Governor Albert Brewer.

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MISSISSIPPI STATE WINS BLOOD TROPHY For the third straight year the men of Mississippi State Chapter proved to be the best bleeders on campus.

The occasion was the 1968 Red Cross Blood Drive on the MSU campus. A trophy is presented to the group which donates the most blood during the drive and once again it belongs to Acacia.

EUROPEAN JAZZ TOUR TAPS WASHINGTON STATE ACACIAN

Gary Harding, a member from Washington State University, has recently returned from a European tour with the All Student Jazz Group USA. The group was com-

W. Clement Zinck, an alumnus of the Cincinnati Chapter and retired Director and Vice President of Arbogast & Bastian, Inc., died recently in Boston. A native of Nova Scotia, Canada, he was a U.S. citizen although he returned home after his retirement. A graduate mechanical engineer, he was a Fellow of the Society for Advancement of Management, and a receipient of the Society's Professional Manager Citation. He was also listed in Who's Who in Commerce and Industry, a member of the American Management Association, Sigma Xi, Pi Tau Sigma, Tau Beta Pi, Professional Engineers, Scottish Rite Masons and many other professional societies. He is the author of seven books and also published some 45 technical papers on management techniques. He held various positions ranging from clerk to factory manager to Vice President in charge of manufacturing during his long career with 11 different companies in the United States and --....

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posed of students from all over the nation which toured thirteen countries. The tour was climaxed by a command performance for Princess Grace and Prince Rainier of Monaco. The group was sponsored by the Shenendoah Conservatory of Music. Harding, who is a sophomore at W.S.U., was the lead drummer for the ninety piece symphonic band. Also on the tour was a forty voice popular singing choir. Harding was chosen in nation wide competition. His audition consisted of a taped drum solo and recommendations from many nationally known teachers and artists. He is majoring in Applied Music at W.S.U. He spends other summers playing in jazz and back up bands for popular artists all over the nation.

DAVID J. ALLEN NAMED UNIVERSITY COUNSEL

Indiana State University President Alan C. Rankin today announced the appointment of David J. Allen, an alumnus of the Indiana Chapter, to the position of University Counsel. The appointment of Allen was approved by the University Board of Trustees. As University Counsel, Allen will be the principal legal officer for the institution and

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will have other assignments in closely related areas. An Order of Pythagoras receipient, he has served as President of the Chapter's Alumni Association and has been a member of the Building Corporation since 1960. Allen has served in key positions through the administration of the last two Indiana Governors. He has been an assistant to Governors Matthew E. Welsh and Roger D. Branigin. Allen was appointed in 1961 by Governor Welsh and served on his staff throughout the administration.

He was reappointed in 1965 by incumbent Governor Branigin to serve on his staff. He has worked closely with the members of the General Assembly in the implementation of legislative programs of both Governors Welsh and Branigin and has had primary responsibility in the handling of extraditions, highway safety, law enforcement and similarly related matters. In addition to his duties as an Assistant to the Governor, he has served on many state government committees and commissions. He has had primary responsibility for the development of two major

federal-state-local programs. He served as Administrator for the comprehensive traffic safety program development required by the Highway Safety Act of 1966 and as Interim Administrator for the preliminary planning and implementing phases of the programs required under the 1968 Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in education from Indiana University and was awarded a Master of Arts degree in government from that institution in 1959.

Allen received his Doctor of Jurisprudence degree from Indiana University School of Law in 1965.

Allen is affiliated with several organizations including the American and State Bar Associations, the American Political Science Association, Pi Sigma Alpha (national political science honorary fraternity), and Phi Delta Phi (national law honorary fraternity). He is the author of several articles on state government and has written a book regarding the governor's office entitled New Governor in Indiana; The Challenge of Executive Power.

Members of the Illinois Wesleyan Chapter recently were surprised at the amount of publicity they received for a seemingly simple event of finding a duck wandering

down the street near the chapter house. The duck stayed with the Chapter for several days until the owner was found. In the meantime, AI Leahigh, a 1967 graduate and past Venerable Dean now working for the local newspaper as a reporter, came over to the house and did a photo story under the title "Fate Takes a Fowl Turn at Wesleyan".

The photo was then put on the Associated Press wire and the Chapter was amazed to learn that it made the Chicago Daily News, Kansas City Star and many other smaller newspapers. It is estimated that several million readers saw the photo with the fraternity's name and crest. The Chapter's efforts are an example of possible results of good public relations programs - - admittedly a very extreme and unusual one!

Illinois Wesleyan members, left to right, Jack Pitzer, Bob Christensen and Hugh Walrath are shown with the duck and photo that brought them national publicity.

(Photo by AI Leahigh).

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Calvin 0. Hultman, right above, is installed as Acacia's First Vice President by President George F. Patterson, Jr., at the March, 1969 meeting of the National Council. Hultman was elected last summer at the National Conclave and replaces Marvin Logan on the Council.

Four Oregon State Chapter's coeds and a high school junior were selected as the court for the 1969 Sweetheart's Ball. Joany Littlejohns, a charming sixteen year old outpatient at the Shriners' Hospital for Crippled Children in Portland, Oregon, was chosen as the 1969 Acacia Sweetheart. She is the

daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon L. littlejohns of Turner, Oregon. lzzat Gulamani, Dede Kileen, Kathy Haarsager and linda Breeding, Oregon State students, were the other members of the court. The dance was held in the Sunken Ballroom of the Masonic Temple in Portland. The Dance was sponsored by the senior class of Acacia, and was organized by a committee headed by Jerry Hildenbrand, a senior in electrical engineering.

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Left to right. lzzat Gulamani, Dede Kileen, Sweetheart Joany Littlejohns, Kathy Haarsager, Linda Breeding.

Regan Stinnett, a Northeast Louisiana State Chapter member, represented the Interfraternity Council of the College at the Southeastern Interfraternity Conference in Memphis, Tennessee, in February. Regan, a freshman physics major from Minden, Louisiana, received the honor by unanimous vote of the I FC representatives. Regan, a recipient of an Academic and a National Merit Scholarship, is one of Acacia's leaders in scholarship, for he obtained a 3.8 grade point average out of a possible 4.0 for the fall semester. Acacians can be proud of this representative of the new Northeast Louisiana Chapter.

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FIRST NORTHWESTERN INITIATE DIES AT 83

RENSSELAER CHAPTER WINS CAMPUS CHEST

Lewis A. Bain, Sr., the number one initiate of the Northwestern Chapter, recently passed away at the age of 83, in Oak Park, Illinois. A 1909 graduate of the Northwestern law school, he was a long time Chapter Adviser and helped re-organize the Chapter after World War 1. Two sons, Bruce and Richard, are also members of the Northwestern Chapter. Bain was a member of many organizations, including the Masonic Lodge, Kiwanis International and Hi-12. Although a law graduate, he took over the plumbing contracting business his father established in 1880 and ran it until he retired in 1955. He is also survived by his wife, Edna, who resides in Oak Park.

Campus Chest, the Rensselaer campus charity, annually holds a series of money-raising events early in the school year to get funds for various worthy organizations. This year a keg of beer was to be given to the fraternity raising the most money per capita through personal contributions. Rensselaer Acacia won this prize by beating out twenty seven other houses. This achievement adds to Acacia's other Campus Chest awards, which include a trophy retired by the house for continually collecting the most money.

DENNIS E. STARK APPOINTED BANK VICE PRESIDENT

VERMONT ACACIANS WALKTOSECONDPLACE The highlight of the University of Vermont's Kake Walk winter carnival is the "Walkin' fo' de' Cake." These walking routines performed by two man teams from each fraternity, are reminiscent of the old Southern plantation jigs done by the Negro slaves competing for highly decorated cakes. In the seventy-two year history of the Kake Walk carnival, various problems have been encountered by the teams of walkers, but few are as unique as the embarrassing fate that befell brothers Andy Liston and Jeff Blais. After completing only a portion of their high-

stepping, precision routine, the duo stopped abruptly and left the floor before 7,000 befuddled spectators in the stands, as well as countless viewers en network television.

Acacians remained silent and shocked, as each of the seventeen remaining fraternity teams completed their respective routines.

It was finally announced that "mechanical difficulties" had hampered Acacia's performance: Brother Blais's suspenders had snapped and his pants had begun to fall . Acacia was then allowed to walk again after the other fraternities.

The crowd roared as they returned for an encore and walked to a thrilling second place finish and a well-deserved cake.

DAVID WATSON NAMED REGIONAL MANAGER

David M. Watson, an alumnus and former Venerable Dean of the Indiana Chapter, has been named regional manager of McGraw-Hill Publication's Rocky Mountain Region, headquartered in Denver.

Watson succeeds Joseph C. Page, Jr., who was recently announced as Director of Sales Training for

McGraw-Hill Publications in New York. Watson has been in Denver since 1962 as a multi-publication salesman for McGraw-Hill Publications. He joined the company in 1958, serving successively as a classified advertising salesman in Detroit, a member of the advertising sales staff of Electronics magazine in Cleveland and as assistant to the regional vice president of the Allegheny Region in Pittsburgh. A 1955 graduate of Indiana University and a former officer of the U.S. Army, Watson is a member of the Association of Industrial Advertisers, the Advertising Club of Denver, the Denver Chamber of Commerce and the Denver Athletic Club. Currently, he is chairman of the Board of South Suburban Christian Church, and Executive Director of Littleton Little League.

The Board of Trustees of the Old Stone Savings Bank and the Board of Directors of the Old Stone Trust Company, Providence, Rhode Island, recently made Dennis E. Stark, Illinois Wesleyan Chapter Alumnus, a Vice President of both banks. The "Old Stone Bank" is made up of the $400,000,000 Old Stone Savings Bank, a mutual savings bank, and its wholly owned commercial banking affiliate, the Old Stone Trust Company, with assets of $52,000,000. The Savings Bank was founded in 1819 and the Trust Company in 1929. Mr. Stark joined the bank in January, 1965. Stark continues as Treasurer of the two banks and administrative head of the Financial Planning and Control division. He is the financial reporting officer to the Boards and chief accounting officer. He also continues in his responsibilities as Assistant Trust Officer of the commercial bank, Secretary of the Trust Committee and Assistant Secretary of the Board of Investment and Executive Committee.

He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from Illinois Wesleyan University, in 1959. At Wesleyan, Stark was Editor-in-Chief of the Argus and co-founder and Treasurer of the Acacia Chapter. Stark studied Economic Theory at the graduate school of Princeton University on a Sanxay Fellowship in 1959-60. Harvard University granted Stark a Masters in Business Administration in 1961.

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THE TRIAD DIRECTORY ALABAMA-P.O. 3497, University, Alabama 35486, Phone Area 205 752-4530, Venerable Dean-John E. Forrester, Rush Chairman-Gary Chapman, Chapter AdviSor-William M. Terrill, 3109 Freemon! Drive, Tuscaloosa, Ala. 3540 I ARIZONA-1450 N. Cherry Ave., Tuscon, Arizona 85719, Phone Area 602 662-9121, Venerable Dean-Dale Powell, Ru sh Chairman-Steve Catt, Chapter Advisor-Or. Darrell Metcalfe, 5811 9th, Tuscon, Ariz. 87511 ARKANSAS-240 Stadium, Fayetteville, Ark. 72703, Phone Area 501 Hi2-6276, Venerable Dean-Chris G. Schneider, Rush Chairman-Roger W. Giles, Chapter Advisor-Or. A.E. Spooner, 2272 Briarwood Lane, Fayetteville, Ark. 72703 BOSTON-197 Baystate Rd., Boston, Mass. 02215, Phone Area 617 247-8487, Venerable Dean - Robert Roseman, Rush Chairman- Arnold Croft, Chapter Advisor-G. David Hubbard, 164 Nahant Ave., Winthrop, Mass. 02152.

CALIFORNIA-2340 Piedmont Avenue, Berkeley, California 94704, Phone Area 415 TH5-9220, Venerable Dean- Daniel J. Spisak, Ru sh Chairman- Kurt C. Schindler, Chapter Advisor- Otto Schrader, 90 Overhill Road, Orinda, Calif.94563 CENTRAL MISSOURI STATE-Room 1, North Ellis, CMSC, Warrensburg Missouri 64094, Phone Area 816 747-8158 , Venerable Dean-William R. Bradley, Rush Chairman - Richard W. Blowers, Chapter Advisor, Clarence R. Pearce, Route 5, Warrensburg, Mo. 64094.

CENTRAL STATE-230 East Main. Edmond, Oklahoma 73034, Phone Area 405 PL4-9834, Venerable Dean - Philip Thompson, Rush Chairman - Pat Gaines, Chapter Advisor-John W. Hartman, 4300 N. Barnes, Apt. 100, Oklahoma City, Okla. 73112 CINCINNATI-2603 University Court, Cincinnati, Ohio 45219, Phone Area 513 961-7898, Venerable Dean- Henry E. Dorfman, Rush Chairman- Martin J. Saunders, Chapter Advisor-John Hice, 4508 Erie Ave., Cinti. , Ohio 45227 COLORAD0-955 Broadway, Boulder, Colorado 80302, Phone Area 303 442-9410, Venerable Dean-David Ary, Ru sh Chairman-Ralph Albi, Chapter Advisor-Donald Reider, 3145 Zinnia Court, Golden, Colo. 80401.

COLORADO STATE COLLEGE-1715 lith Ave., Greeley, Colorado 80631, Phone Area 303 352-9840, Venerable Dean- Ronald W. Wunsch, Rush ChairmanNeil E. Best, Chapter Advisor-J. Max Lubbers, 2010 21st Ave ., Greeley, Colorado 806 31 COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY-1510 S. College, Ft. Collins, Colorado 80521, Phone Area 303 484-7130, Venerable Dean- Alan Lindskog, Rush Chairman- Brian Wechsler, Chapter Advisor- Richard Allan, 1300 Adams, Denver, Colorado 80206 CORNELL-318 Highland Road, Ithaca, New York 14850 Phone Area 607 272-1567 Venerable Dean-Kent A. Belvin, Rush Chairman-Robert P. Matusiak, Chapter Advisor- 0. Ernest Bangs, 731 Cayuga Heights Road, Ithaca, New York 14850 GEORGIA-325 Milledge Avenue, Athens, Georgia 30602 Phone Area 404548-7093 Venerable Dean-Dennis Edwards, Rush Chairman-Mike Nolan, Chapter Advisor-Major B. Rice, RFD, Bishop, Ga. 30621 HOUSTON-2336 Braeswood, Houston, Texas 77025 Phone Area 713-668-8091 Venerable Dean-Burlan E. Ellison, Jr., Rush Chairman-James Castro, Chapter Advisor-Tom C. Primm, 5735 Hummingbird, Houston, Texas 77035 ILLINOIS-501 East ·Daniel, Champaign, Illinois 61822 Phone Area 217 344-1510 Venerable Dean-Raymond C. Mueller, Rush Chairman-Dan Slagell, Chapter Advisor- Hal Bean, 209 W. High, Urbana, Illinois 61801 ILLINOIS WESLEYAN-915 North Main Street, Bloomington, Illinois 61701 Phone Area 309 828-1473, Venerable Dean-Kenneth Kotter, Rush ChairmanTom Neis, Chapter Advisor-Cliff Sichta, Heyworth, Illinois 61745 INDIANA-702 East Third Street, Bloomington, Indiana 47403, Phone Area 812 339-9716, Venerable Dean-Tom Hall, Rush Chairmen- Nap Pozulp and Don Trigg, Chapter Advisor-Ernie Wilhoit, 4171 Broadway Ave., Bloomington, Indiana 47401 IOWA-202 Ellis Avenue, Iowa City, Iowa 52241 Phone Area 319 337-3101, Venerable Dean-William Hotop, Rush Chairman-Edward C. Brown, Chapter Advisor-David Carew, 1524 Muscatine Ave., Iowa City, Iowa 52240.

IOWA STATE-142 Gray Avenue, Ames, Iowa 50012, Phone Area 515 232-6440, Venerable Dean-James Ashpole, Rush Chairman-Howard Uecker, Chapter Advisor-David Smith, 1329 Grand Ave., Ames, Iowa 50010 .

KANSAS-1100 Indiana, Lawrence, Kansas 66004, Phone Area 913 843-7810, Venerable Dean-John Taylor, Ru sh Chairman-Thomas Bauer, Chapter AdvisorHarold Craig-1322 Massachusetts, Lawrence, Kansas 66044 KANSAS STATE-2005 Hunting Avenue, Manhattan, Kansas 66504 Phone Area 913 539-2369, Venerable J?ean-Tirnothy D. Wigger, Ru sh Chairman-William Gaughan, Chapter Advisor-A.E. Mulanax, 2222 College Heights, Manhattan, Kansas 66502 LONG BEACH STATE-3831 East lOth Street , Long Beach, California 90804, Phone Area 213 433-9661 Venerable Dean- William Mawhorter, Rush ChairmanNick Jabuka, Chap ter Advisor- Joseph Reed, 6101 Ludlow, Garden Gfove, California 92641 LOUISIANA STATE-Box AF, University Station, Baton Rouge, La. 7080 3, Venerable Dean- Robert M. Willmer, Ru sh Chairman- Dale Redman, Chapter Advisor-Or. Mark Guidry, 5821 Hyacinth Ave., Baton Rouge, La. 70808.

MEMPHIS STATE UNIVERSITY-595 Graham, Memphis, Tenn. 38111, Phone Area 901 323-2826, Venerable Dean-Charles D. Smithers, Rush ChairmanHollis Bingham, Chapter Advisor-Herbert S. Butler, 1861 Bartlett Road, Memphis, Tenn. 38128 MIAMI-110 South Cam pus Street, Oxford, Ohio 45056 Phone Area 513 523-5944, Venerable Dean- David Luecke, Rush Chairmen- Martin Flynn and Rory Hermann, Chapter Advisor-Or. Orval Conner, 6314 Fairfield Road, Oxford, Ohio 45056 MICHIGAN-Ann Arbor, Michigan MINNESOTA-1206 Fifth Street, S.E., Minneapolis, Minn. 55044, Phone Area 612 331-5941, Venerable Dean MISSISSIPPI STATE-P.O. Box CF, Mississippi State University, State College, Mississippi 39726, Venerable Dean -Gaston J. Jones, Jr., Ru sh ChairmanLeonard Ring, Jr., Chapter Advisor-Frank Sekyra, 100 Hogan Street, Starkville, Mississippi 39579.

MISSOURI AT COLUMBIA-Columbia, Missouri

MISSOURI AT ROLLA-508 West 9th Street, Rolla, Missouri 65401, Phone Area 314 364-1217, Venerable Dean-Gregory Kirmeyer, Rush Chairman-Richard E. Carver, Chapter Advisor- Herb Alcorn, Hobson Star Route, Rolla, Missouri 65401.

NEBRASKA-2255 Vine Street, Lincoln, Nebraska 68508 , Phone Area 402435-2500, Venerable Dean - Rodger L. Merz, Rush Chairmen- Scott E. Emmett and Mark A. Pimper, Chapter Advisor-Keith Sawyers, Apt. 2, 3233 S. 14, Lincoln, Nebraska 68502 NEW HAMPSHIRE-10-12 Mill Road, Durham , New Hampshire 03824, Phone Area 603-868-7762, Venerable Dean- Thomas Kochy, Rush Chairman- Thomas Roccio, Chapter Advisor-Raymond Matheson, Box 393, Durham, New Hampshue 03824.

NORTHEAST LOUISIANA STATE COLLEGE-P.O. Box 4484, Monroe, Louisiana 71201, Venerable Dean- Samuel Smith, Chapter Advisor-Or. J.W. Johnson, 608 Arkansas Street, Monroe, Louisiana 71201.

NORTHWESTERN-610 Lincoln Avenue, Evanston, Illinois 60201, Phone Area 312 475-9566 Venerable Dean- Eugene Orlando, Rush Chairman - David Joslyn Chapter Advisor- Donald Wilson, 5 35 Michigan, Evanston, lllinois 60202: OHI0-107 E. State, Athens, Ohio 45701, Phone Area 614 593-8044, Venerable Dean-Eric Roth, Rush Chairman-Richard Ellis, Chapter Advisor-Or. Calvin Baloun, II Cable Lane, Athens, Ohio 4570 I OHIO STATE-275 East Fifteenth Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43201, Phone Area 614 299-7552, Venerable Dean-Stephen E. Boger, Rush Chairman- John B. Neville, Chapter Advisor-James A. Lopresti, 46 East 8th Avenue, Columbus, Ohto , Apt. F, 43201 OKLAHOMA-82 3 Chautauqua, Norman, Oklahoma 73069, Phone Area 405 534-9246, Venerable Dean-James Manzelman, Rush Chairman-Larry Naylor Chapter Advisor-Edwin Greene, 715 Highland Parkway, Norman, Okla. 73069 OKLAHOMA STATE-1215 University Avenue, Stillwater, Oklahoma 74075, Phone Area 405 372-4920, Venerable Dean-Steve Cowden, Ru sh ChairmanLarry Wood, Chapter Advisor-Raymond E. Bivert, 234 N. Duncan, Stillwater, Oklahoma 74074.

OREGON STATE-2857 Van Buren, Corvallis, Oregon 97331, Phone Area 503 752-9329, Venerable Dean-Thomas Straughan, Ru sh Chairmen - Bob Cozad and Galen Jtami, Chapter Advisor-Delmar Goode, 225 N.W. 31st, Corvallis, Oregon 97330 PENN STATE-234 Locust Lane, State College, Pennsylvania 16801, Phone Area 814-238-3083, Venerable Dean-Robert W. Felsburg, Rush ChairmanD. Lee Metzger, Chapter Advisor- Or. G. Kenneth Nelson, 501 Westview Avenue, State College, Pen nsylvania 16801 PURDUE-608 Waldron Street, West Lafayette, Indiana 47906, Phone Area 317 743-1883, Venerable Dean-William T. Nelson, Ru sh Chairman-David A. Fruchey, Chapter Advisor- Leonard E. Wood, 725 Allen Street, West Lafayette, Indiana 4 7906.

RENSSELAER-4 Sunset Terrace, Troy , New York 12181, Phone Area 518 272-9765 , Venerable Dean- Warren P. Silberstein, Rush Chairman- Robert J. Zurek, Chapter Advisor-James E. Brown, 16 Paul-Art Lane, Troy, New York 12181 SAN JOSE STATE-125 S. 14th Street, San Jose, California 9511 2, Phone Area 408-293-9611, Venerable Dean-Bill Walston, Rush Chairman-S teve Del Sesto, Chapter Advisor-W. Robert Morgan, 300 West Hedding, San Jose, Calif. 95110.

SHIPPENSBURG STATE COLLEGE-Box 198 Old Main, Shippensburg State College, Shippensburg, Pa. 17257, Phone Area 717 532-9953, Venerable Dean Robert E. Miller, Rush Chairman- Ronald M. Moyer, Chapter Advisor- C. Robert Jacoby, 26 N. Penn Street, Shippensburg, Pa. 17257.

SYRACUSE-756 Comstock Avenue, Syracuse, New York 13210, Phone Area 315-476-8110 Venerable Dean-Kenton L. Meredith, Rush Chairman- Joseph E. Peter, Chapter Advisor-Roger E. McFarland, 6 Dunlap St., Marcellus, N.Y. 13108 TENNESSEE-1800 Melrose Avenue, Knoxville, Tennessee 379 16, Phone Area 615-523-9649 Venerable Dean- Horace M. McGuire, Rush Chairman- Dewey H. Hodges, Chapter Advisor-McKinley Bradon, 5604 Marilyn Drive, Knoxville, Tennessee 37914.

TEXAS-2614 Rio Grande Street, Austin , Texas 78705 , Phone Area 512 472-7255 Venerable Dean-John Wooley, .Rush Chairm an-Jim Condry, Chapter Advisor-Steve Harris, 2300 Hancock, Austin, Texas 78705.

TRI-STATE-506 South College, Angola, Indiana 47603 , Phone 219 665 -9 116, Venerable Dean- Jerry L. Sorgenfrei, Rush Chairman-)ames D. Kelly, Chapter Advisor- Lee Vandecreek, South College Sheet, Angola, Indiana 46703.

UCLA-720 Hilgard Avenue, Los Angeles, California 90024, Phone 213-474-9025 Venerable Dean - Douglas Zimmerman, Rush Chairman-Steve Adair, Chapter Advisor-Jay Jorban, 7133 Cozy Craft Drive, Canoga Park, Calif. 91306.

VERMONT -404 College Street, Burlington, Vermont 05401, Phone Area 802 864-7007 Venerable Dean - Andrew Liston , Rush Chairman- Jeffrey Blais, Chapter Adv)sor- Dr. George C. Crooks, 74 Spear Street, S. Burlington, Vermont 0 .!JOI. WASHINGTON-5004 17th Avenue N.E., Seattle, Washington 98105 , Phone Area 206 524-0200, Venerable Dean - William F. Parsell, Rush Chairman - James R. Hawley, Chapter Advisor-Donald E. Hall, 458 S.W. !74th, Seattle, Washington 98166 WASHINGTON STATE-1607 Ruby Street, Pullman, Washington 99163, Phone Area 509 332-2607, Venerable Dean-Barry Vasboe, Rush Chairman - Robert Draggoo, Chapter Advisor- Lester Liebel, 110 Janet Street, Pullman, Washington 99163 WISCONSIN-222 Langdon, Madison, Wisconsin 53703, Phone Area 608 2552965, Venerable Dean-Kenneth Van Dyke, Rush Chairman- Gerald Hauauer, Chapter Advisor- Bill Watson, 1473 Carver, Madison, Wisconsin 5 3713.

WYOMING-Fraternity Park, Laramie, Wyoming 82071, Phone Area 307 745-5345 Venerable Dean-David H. Stevens, Ru sh Chairman- Douglas K. Bryant, Chapter Advisor- Or. Stanley Brown, 608 Curtis, Laramie, Wyoming 82070 COLONIES East Texas State University, Commerce, Texas University of Northern Iowa, Rider Hall, Cedar Falls, Iowa 50613

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T he 1968 Conclave authorized. for the first time. the official procedure and legislation necessary for the formation of Alumni Chapters in individual cities and areas . Chapters are now active. or being formed . in Kansas City, Houston . Seattle. Los Angeles and San Francisco . Help form a Chapter in your area for both social and fra terna I benefits! For information and assistance . write to: Marvin Logan, Alumni Director Acacia Fraternity Headquarters 910 Twenty-eighth Street Boulder, Colorado 80302