SUMMER, 1969
TRIAD OF ACACIA FRATERNITY NEW HAMPSHIRE CHAPTER HOUSE
At the time this memo was written, response was beginning to pour in to the Club 65 drive announced by Marvin Logan, National Alumni Director, in the April issue of THE TRIAD. Amounts received have ranged form $1 to $1,000. Every member who has not yet done so, should make every effort to donate to Club 65, no matter how large or small the amount. Since I have been associated with Acacia Fraternity, the requests from our fraternity for monetary amounts have been negligible, especially when compared to other fraternities and sororities who constantly have one drive or another going. This is very evident to me from reviewing other fraternal publications that I receive. . .. . . Included below as a special feature is the prospective rushee blank that was first run in THE TRIAD last October. At that time, I indicated that it would be run again this summer as an aid to fall rush. If you know of any young man of proper age who is not a member of a fraternity and does intend to go to college, please take time to fill out the blank and send to the chapter where he will attend or to National Headquarters where it will be forwarded. This can be very helpful if used properly by both alumni and chapters..... Elsewhere in this issue is a blank headed "Acacians in VietNam". I urge friends, parents, brothers and the men themselves to fill this out and return it. These names will be run in the next issue so that recognition will be given them and also so that friends and interested brothers can write ..... New TRIAD deadlines will be announced in the fall issue. Watch for them in order to keep your submittals timely . .... . The TRIAD Opinion section will return to the fall issue and will be run periodically thereafter as the mail and interest warrants. Your comments on any article or issue are welcome and important. As indicated, several new features are being attempted and comments on these or suggestions for more will be very helpful. Fraternally,
W.%~~ John W. Hartman
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OF ACACIA FRATERNITY© VOLUME LXVII NUMBER III John W. Hartman, Editor 318 East Lincoln Edmond, Oklahoma 73034
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Emphasis II: Where Are We Going?
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William E. Krieger
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Diminishing Rushees & Pledge Education . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 11 Alumni Chapter News ... .. ......... ....... ..... Page 14 Triad Essay
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the "To Prepare Ourselves as Educated Men ... " By Arthur M. Sewall and Ronald Lauallee Diversity of background is certainly one of the requirements for the attainment of success by the individual. The New Hampshire Chapter considers this one of it's most valuable assets and uses it to the utmost to attain goals in, and through, fraternal life. Participation is also a valuable and beneficial asset that we consider exemplary of our chapter's efforts. Consistent with our diverse background, our participation as individual brothers and as a fraternity in all activities at the UNH campus gives us greater experience. Experience is one of the fruits of fraternity living which leads to a better overall pre-paration for future life and is a rich and rewarding one that can be interesting, enjoyable and profitable. In this light, we feel that the Chapter offers one best and most unique experience for its members.
Members of Senior Key, senior men's honorary society which rec¡ ognizes both scholastic achievement and overall participation in campus affairs, pose on the chapter house steps. Left to right: James Hood, Paul Hitchings, Paul Properzio and Tom Roccio.
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New Hampshire Acacian, Ev Dunklee, left, receives the Jerry Culver Trophy given annually by Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity to the Outstanding Senior on campus.
Academics
Campus Activities
The New Hampshire Chapter, in keeping with the ideals of Acacia Fraternity, has consistently maintained high academic standing in the University community. The Chapter has always considered this one of it's foremost goals, as is evident by the successful attainment of a 2.7 cumulative average during the past two years. Our cumulative average, based on a 4.0 system, has enabled us to rank at, or near, the top in the University's comparative scholastic standings. Many members of our chapter number among those students recognized by the University each semester, by being named to the Dean's List. A significant number of our brothers pursue still further their education at the graduate level. For example, Paul Properzio, one of our outstanding seniors, has brought national recognition to our New Hampshire Chapter. He was one of one hundred and fifty students, on a national basis, to win the highly acclaimed Fulbright Scholarship Award. His undergraduate work in languages, together with his widespread campus activities, have made him an outstanding leader on campus. The scope of the academic activities at New Hampshire is one that we are truly proud of, and strive diligently to maintain at the broadest possible level.
Recognizing the fact that involvement is essential and beneficial to both the house as a whole, and the individual as well , the members participate in numberous campu activities. Four brothers in the chapter are elected members of Senior Key. James Hood, Paul Properzio, Paul Hitchings and Tom Roccio are active in this Senior men's honorary society (serving the University community) which recognizes scholastic achievement as well as overall participation in campus affairs. Jim Hood is also an active member of Phi Beta Kappa, the leading Greek letter honorary society. Sophomore Sphinx, the sophomore honorary society who's duty it is to instill the spirit, traditions and ideals of the University in the incoming freshman class, has Acacian Tony Gelinas as an active member. Our chapter has many brothers involved in numerous other service, honor, religious and pre-professional organizations. Coinciding with our varied interests, we consider it an honor to have our Chapter well represented in the ranks of the Reserve Officers Training Corps. Our brothers have again demonstrated their leadership potential by assuming responsible positions. Senior brother Jim Hood's efforts in ROTC, as cadet colonel of the program, were acknowledged
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at a recent convocation by his being awarded the Presidential Sabre, the highest award in the program. Varsity sports is another area in which our brothers have excelled. Being represented in almost every varsity sport, we are especially proud of our brothers that have been named to the position of captain in such sports as cross country (Ev Dunklee), baseball (Bill Newcomb) and lacrosse (Tom Sawyer). In addition to varsity sports, we participate to an even greater extent in the intramural sports program. Our accomplishments in this program are evidenced by the fact that we were awarded the all campus points trophy last year, and are on the way to a successful defense of the title again this year. The trophy signifies that the house has participated in, and won, a majority of the events in the intramural athletic program on campus. We have especially dominated the major sports, such as football and hockey, which we have participated in for the past few years. Our chapter actively supports the Interfraternity Council at UNH. We believe firmly in the cooperation and mutual aid involved in this organization as it leads to the betterment and strengthening of the fraternity system as a whole.
We also participate in such various organizations and programs as student government, blood drives and the SCORE program, among others. We also take an active part in many community affairs and feel that this betters our relations with the Univeristy, as well as the surrounding community.
Social Activities The social life involved with the fraternal life at our chapter is neither foremost in our "goals", nor is it overshadowed by other activities. This, like academics, campus activities, etc., is an essential part of the fraternity. Our big weekends, that coincide with those of the University, number three. These include Homecoming, Winter Carnival and Spring Weekend. Numerous other "house parties" and functions also dot the social calendar. Greek Week, instituted for, and participated in, by all greeks on campus, is another activity in the social life of our chapter. This is a week that stresses the benefits and importance of fraternities and sororities in various events.
The annual Spring Weekend Party, held at the Waterville Valley Ski Resort, in New Hampshire.
The championship New Hampshire Acacia hockey team in action. The chapter won the all campus points trophy for intramural action last year.
It is highlighted by various activities participated in by the members of the Greek system. Mayorality, another of the campus-wide activities that we participate in, is a yearly event in which the fraternities sponsor candidates (who run on mock platforms) for Mayor of Durham. A very colorful and amusing event, student interest in this program runs very high. Numerous exchange dinners and pledge exchanges with the five sororities on campus also highlight our social year. Our beer and spaghetti exchanges are well attended and often looked forward to by the brotherhood. In the spring of each year, an important event is our Founder's Day Banquet. It has been our privilige each year to have Robert C. " Doc" Bradley as our guest of honor. Doc is the founder of our New Hampshire chapter, and the brothers and numerous attending alumni look forward to this yearly event with great zeal. It offers the brotherhood a chance to meet and talk with the founder of our chapter, a still very honored and active Acacian, and benefit from his suggestions, comments and opinions regarding our chapter and Acacia Fraternity as a whole. Our annual Masonic Smoker, which is attended by Masons from the
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local New England area, is a chance for our chapter to get to meet, and hear speak, those involved with the Masons the body that had so much to do with the founding and organization of Acacia. We also invite numerous guest speakers throughout the year. Prominent men in the community, University and State of New Hampshire come to speak on, and discuss, various topics. These are some of the important social events at our chapter. We feel that they compose a varied, as well as effective program, that encourages the brotherhood's participation and their resulting enjoyment to the fullest of the social program.
Rush Our chapter's rush program, carried out by the Rush Chairman and Senior Dean, has been a successful one. Participation by the brotherhood has been tremendous, and the results have been evidence of the honest effort that the Chapter has put into it. The rush is the lifeblood of any house ; at New Hampshire we recognize this fact readily, and act accordingly to insure the success of this program.
ihe Acacia intramural football team deends the first place title it has won the Nlst two years.
Although there are many shortcomings to the present rush system initiated by the IFC on this campus, we are proud to say that we were among those actively working to revamp this system. A new system, to take effect next year, will be a much more equal and liberal one than the present. Hopefully, this new system will insure a greater interest and resulting turnout for rush on the whole , and for our chapter especially. The pledging system is a program that we have put much work into. Senior Dean Dave Lindquist has formulated and carried out a program that is successful in the formation of a strong and active brotherhood. Our emphasis on a constructive period of pledgeship is beneficial to all concerned. Emphasizing good pledge " conduct" in all respects, from the point of interest and cooperation, the pledge program is one that is rewarding to both the pledge and the brotherhood.
The House With the prospect of an addition being put on the house in the near future , alumni and actives alike have answered the call for action and actively taken steps in the area of this important plan for our chapter. A great boon to our chapter in many ways, increasing the numbers of an already respectably sized brotherhood for a campus of this size would most certainly be a result of this addition. Coincidental with this increase in physical size, we are certain that a stronger brotherhood would grow from our already well-rounded memberhsip. Our chapter advisor, Ray Matheson (a recent Order of Pythagoras Award recipient), together with a very interested building corporation, has worked diligently in regard to the acquisition of this addition. We hope that we soon will see an enlarged (in both numbers and facilities) chapter to perpetuate the ideals of Acacia, both here at UNH and nationally.
Conclusion This sums up the presentation of New Hampshire Chapter of Acacia. With a strong and willing executive council (led by Venerable Dean Tom Kochy), an active and ¡eager membership and an interested corporation as our guide, we consider our chapter a successful and rewarding brotherhood. It is a chapter that we are truly proud of, and hope that all Acacians everywhere are equally as proud.
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Recently at the University of New Hampshire the fraternities on campus were faced with a distressing and perplexing problem. Normally, the number of men rushing in the Spring semester ranges between six to seven hundred men. However, this past semester the Inter-Fraternity Council found that number to be cut in half. At first all fingers were pointed at the Inter-Fraternity Council for providing poor publicity and inadequate campus-fraternity relations. This was the first year that the Inter-Fraternity Council handled the public relations end of rush for the University. In the past each individual house provided their own promotional activities such as posters announcements articles in the paper and o forth. I, also was quick to blame the InterFraternity Council for an inferior job; however, I was to later change my mind. Generally on a rush night we could expect between two hundred and ftfty to three hundred rushees to come to visit the house. However, this pring we were drawing only seventy-frve to one hundred fre hmen and under-graduate . Realizing the problem, and the ituation our house faced, with thirty enior brothers graduating by next February, and with the hopes of attaining a new addition by next fall , we promoted an all out rush drive utilizing and relying upon all seventy-eight active to do their part. On night when invitations ould be given out before a ru h fun tion the following night we personally extended invitations to six hundred freshmen. till in the back of our minds , we held the Inter-Fraternity Coun il re ponsible for the Ia k of responsivene from tho e eligible to rush . The ne t night t the open house an a tonishing figure of one hundred and t ent -five men came to our door, whi hunbelievably was the highe t total on campu for the entire ru h period. orne of the brothers were ti fled with the
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turnout because we drew more rushees than any other house, however they failed to realize the grave situation which our house and all the houses at the University now face. With this evidence it was obvious to me that the InterFraternity Council could not be blamed totally for the extremely poor turnout during the spring rush. Just what the reasons were as to why the freshmen did not seem interested would not become apparent to me until later. The crux of the problem lies within the exi ting framÂŤ> work of fraternities today. The foundations of fraternities have been rigidly con tructed. However the outer coverings, the paint job you might say has been harmfuUy tained. I hope our brother chapters will not face the same problem we have to cope with now. It i a problem which became apparent at a pledge meeting one evening, while discu ing with the pledges the role of a fraternity on campus, and in the community. These young men are much more aware of what is going on about them now, than I was when I was a freshman; and they are much more concerned about how the situation will effect them. They have een more and done more while at a much younger age than mo t, and when they reach the college level where they can make a decision as to what fraternity they would like to ru h, they find that there really isn't any which offers something concrete for them to get involved in. These young men aren't as intere ted in the partie , dances and beer and spaghetti' anymore because they realize now, at a younger age, that the e things are superfluous - they aren't omething whi h you can hold n to forever. Please don't rnisunder tand me and think that J or they, don'tenjoy opening a few kegs on a aturday rught and don't enjoy dan ing to a good band because we all do.
Going? By Tom Kochy, Venerable Dean
However, I became acutely aware, in part, by listening to our pledges why rush had fallen so noticeably. One item which indicated a change of interest in this new pledge class, from any previous class, and a representative change in the Freshmen as a whole, was their choice of a pledge project. Generally a class will undertake a project around the house such as painting the garage, building a bar, repairing the driveway or some such similar thing. At a meeting we offered them suggestions as to what could be done around the house. However, they decided that what they would do was written in the Pythagoras: " ... to prepare ourselves as educated men to take a more active part and to have a greater influence in the affairs of the community in which we may reside." They decided upon spending a few Saturdays at a run-down day care center, cleaning up and taking care of seventy active youngsters. This center was in great need of help; and the brothers were very proud of the pledges for their initiative and efforts in doing what they felt important. New Hampshire has one of the finest Chapters of Acacia in the country. We will take a back seat to no one in numbers, spirit, drive , academics or athletics. However, there is a serious problem pervading our campus and I'm sure the same problem exists or will exist in almost every chapter of every fraternity in the United States. It is not a problem of attaining members, it is a problem of attaining a direction in which to move. We have all let our principles erode away. We have substituted what our Founders believed in and strived for, with the coolness and hypocrisy of our age. We have lost something in our relationship with ourselves and our fellow man. Today it is not cool anymore to watch out for the other guy. It is not "in" to get emotionally involved in campus
activities because then you are losing your individuality. We, as Acacians, can contribute much to the betterment of our universities and colleges, if we re-evaluate what we believe in, and stand up for it. If not, our numbers will dwindle and the force of our system will be a thing of the past. I do not want to appear to advocate that we should revert to any past ideals or principles that are irrelevant, because we are in an age where it is sometimes very difficult to adapt the ideals of our Founders to the ideals of today. However, somehow we must find something other than ourselves to live for, and we must exist on more than just a day to day adventure. In the January issue of The Triad, Jerry A. Lilly, Administrative Assistant to the Vice President for Student Affairs and Advisor to Fraternities at Kansas State University, posed several questions which should be answered by each and every active and Alumni member of our Brotherhood ; and to accompany his questions we should also ask ourselves what we have done to strengthen the ties of friendship one with another? What have we done to seek the truth, and knowing it to give light to those with whom we may be associated? Fraternities in the United States represent a tremendous force against all those who would try to disrupt and to endanger the liberties and freedoms that we as Americans have held so lovingly for so long. However, as we stand now, we only promote the cause of disruption by our lack of unity and our abundance of apathy. I hope that we as a national Brotherhood can direct more attention, and promote further activities, for the development of a lasting, meaningful relationship among the people we come in contact with; and the place to begin development is within each of us as individuals.
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Past National President, William E. Krieger, Death Announced
William E. "Bill" Krieger, Past National President, died June 18, 1969, at his home in Peoria, Illinois. President from 1954 to 1962, he had served as Chairman of the Finance Committee from the time he stepped down until his death. He was an initiate of the Illinois Chapter, being Number 244 on the Chapter Roll at the date of his initiation, October 12, 1917. Seventy-three years old at the time of his death, Krieger received the Fraternity's highest award, the Award of Merit, in 1958. He first joined the National Council in 1953 , being appointed to the post of Treasurer to fill the unexpired term of Frank Holloway who resigned because of illness. The next year, at the Golden Anniversary of the Mother Chapter and Conclave at Ann Arbor, Michigan, he was elected President. Brother Krieger graduated from Illinois in 1920 with an A.B. Degree in Commerce. From that date until 19~4 , he was assistant business manager and purchasing agent at Bradley University. From 1924 to 1930, he served as treasurer of the Essco Manufacturing Company. He then entered the public accounting field and in 1941 , he established a private practice. Becoming a Certified Public Account10
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ant in 1943, he established the firm of Krieger and Stevenson, Certified Public Accountants. For many years, Krieger served as President of the Alumni Board of the Illinois Chapter. He first became a Mason in 1917 and was pledged and initiated in the Fraternity shortly thereafter. He received the highest honor of Scottish Rite Masonry, being awarded the 33rd Degree in 1957. An Elder of the First Presbyterian Church of Peoria, he was Chairman of the Church Finance Committee. He had been a Director and member of the Executive Committee of the Great Central Insurance Company since 1947. Brother Krieger's sister, who died in 1931 , was the wife of the late W. Elmer Ekblaw, also a Past National President and National Secretary of Acacia. She was also a national officer of her sorority, Gamma Phi Beta. Bill Krieger was a loyal and active alumnus of Acacia and served with honor until his death. He will be sorely missed, but remembered, by all who knew him, especially his Brothers of Acacia Fraternity. He lived a life of honor with devotion to his church, his lodge and his fraternity.
Officers and advisors from five chapters discuss mutual problems and ways to solve them at the Illinois-Indiana Province Retreat held at the Illinois Chapter April 12, 1969.
COMMENTS FROM A PROVINCE RETREAT: By David B. Williams, Illinois Wesleyan No. 100 The officers and advisors of Acacia chapters at the Univeristy of Illinois, Northwestern, Illinois Wesleyan, Indiana and Purdue met recently at the Illinois chapter house for a province retreat. The agenda was informally structured and centered around discussion of several of the most important topics that concern fraternities. The comments, conclusions and suggestions that resulted from this exchange of ideas and experiences among the leadership of five Acacia chapters indicate some of the major problems and trends that confront fraternities today.
Topics Discussed The two topics that sparked the greatest interest - - and occasionally debate - - were rush and pledge training. But as discussion quickly revealed, the great concern over rush is not concern about how a rushee can be talked into
pledging, but actually over the more general problem of the public image that fraternities project. And the interest in pledge training proved to be less a matter of how pledges were instructed in fraternity history and guided into house and campus activities, but rather in the philosophy that underlies fraternal relationships. Is the Greek System a useful part of today's university, or just a housing and food service that can eventually be eliminated by expansion of university-operated facilities? All the chapters present seemed to be under pressure, not only from the university but also from the incoming students. Fraternities in general still project the "good times" or "face" image, and today's freshmen are no longer impressed, or even accept, the old concepts of Greek life that fulfilled the needs of another generation of college students. New students are no longer tradition-oriented and are questioning the value of everything, fraternities included. Their decision between Greek and independent living is further influenced by the high school preconceptions of Greek life, fostered by the hair-raising stories their fathers
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H. L. Kibler, Illinois-Indiana Province Governor, leads the discussion at the Province Retreat.
enjoy telling. In addition, independent living, especially in the area of physical housing, is improving greatly, while just the opposite is happening in Greek houses on many campuses. The incoming freshman today is infected with the "community of scholars" syndrome and a great concern with academic success, and when these attitudes and fears are combined with the critical view of fraternities resulting from preconceptions based on the traditional fraternity image, the chances of him even going through rush, let alone pledging, are diminished. In addition to this public relations handicap and the growing superiority of university housing, the fraternities no longer can claim to offer the only sustained social program on campus as student affairs and activities continue to grow and diversify.
Solutions Offered These are the problems as expressed by the chapter officers. What can be done about them? Here the presence of the advisors proved its worth , for they have apparently looked at these problems with a longer view of events and are less confronted by the obscuring details of individual
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problems. First, fraternities can no longer afford to sit off and ignore the campus - - the campus is no longer where nothing is happening, but where everything is happening! Mel Verni, Northwestern Advisor, and new Assistant Province Governor for Illinois, stressed that the first rule of a successful salesman is to know what you are selling. If you base a rush pitch on "brotherhood" (as, basically, all fraternities do), you must be able to define and demonstrate it to the critical rushee. Most Greeks with an interest in the system will encourage a rushee who has decided not to pledge his house to pledge some other fraternity rather than remain independent. Cliff Sichta, IWU Advisor , pointed out that with diminishing rush material on some campuses, houses should go to the high school student and first sell him on the particular university , then on Greek living (sometimes this is more important with parents than with the student) and lastly on Acacia. Smaller schools facing enrollment problems will welcome Greek programs to attract desirable students. By helping their schools while they help themselves, fraternities can improve their relations with the allimportant university administration. Most of the officers present agreed that important changes have taken place in the universities in the past two years, and that fraternities must meet the challenge of these changes if they are to justify their survival. Leonard Wood, Purdue Advisor, stated that a change in the fraternity system meant a change in the individual fraternities, and that this meant a change in the individual members. Ernie Wilhoit, Indiana Advisor, pointed out that a change in the individual members goes back to the type of men that fraternities pledge. Thus the problem that fraternities face today can solve itself or be self-defeating, depending on the willingness of chapters to set new standards for the type of men they select as members. Wilhoit also called attention to the statement made by Jerry Lilly in the January TRIAD, that fraternities are operating under one big inferiority complex. We are too busy apologizing for our faults to sell our real merits. Province Governor, H. L. Kibler concluded this particular discussion by emphasizing that Acacia was founded by men who wanted to bring about change and improvement in the fraternity system as it then existed, and that we should therefore not be hesitant in carrying on this tradition. If a major problem in rush is correcting the preconceptions of the rushee about the attitudes and goals of fraternities, then the pledge program automatically becomes one of the most important facets in the solution. All the chapters present indicated that they had adopted a more-or-less " nonphysical" pledge program, and that nonproductive hazing was definitely out. But immediately two divergent lines of approach emerged.
Pledge Programs One approach, as applied by Purdue and IWU, followed the line of pledge class unity in which the pledge class is developed as a small fraternity whthin itself in which the pledge learns fraternal living in the framework of the pledge class. Upon initiation, the pledge steps into the active chap路 ter and his fraternal peer group is expanded to encompass all. The other approach, typified by Northwestern's pro路 gram, treats the pledge as a participating member of the whole chapter, only lacking a vote and other attributes of the full member until he has proved himself ready for initiation. These two approaches hinge on what the chapter considers the status of a pledge to be. Is the pledge inferior or only inexperienced? What is the difference between demanding and commanding respect? Further discussion of the goals of a pledge program soon revealed that these two approaches, as actually applied by the chapters represented in the discussion, were not divergent in purpose but only in method. It was also agreed , however, that some actives abuse either program and lessen its value and effectiveness. Successful improvement of pledge programs, therefore, again involves the type of individuals that the chapter selects as members. If the prospective pledge of today is concerned about academic success, the pledge program will either help or horrify the serious student. The Illinois chapter described the rigorous study program it provides for pledges and the encouraging results it has achieved in activation rates and grade averages. The other chapters are also pushing scholar路 ship in various degrees, and this now seems to be a primary
concern everywhere. What can be done to improve scholarship? Some reported success, others failure , with enforced study programs. Aside from assigned study hours and enforcement of quiet hours, however, about all that can be done is to provide a climate and group attitude that encourages serious study. Again , it is not specific policies and programs that ensure success, but the type of men that comprise the chapter. Too often the very term " pledge training" belies the fault of the pledge program : pledges are being trained to be good pledges (whatever a chapter's view may be of what constitutes a "good" pledge) and not being prepared to be good actives. That is often left for them to learn by hook or crook after they put on the pen. Is initiation the ulti路 mate peak of pledge training, or is it just the beginning of a member's career in the fraternity? Is a pledge's status one plateau and the active's another, with the jump occurring at initiation, or is training a continuous process, marked part of the way along by the milestone of initiation?
Conclusion These questions, and the others already noted, prompted a good deal of discussion among the chapter officers and advisors at the Illinois-Indiana province retreat of 1969. They are prompting a good deal of thought and comment everywhere today , not only among fraternity leaders but also among incoming students and university administrators. The answers will be revealed in the manner in which fraternities meet the needs of college students today. Acacia, with its long tradition of adapting to changing conditions, should be in the vanguard, both today and tomorrow.
Chapter Advisors, left to right, Mel Verni (also Assistant Province Governor for lllinoisl, Northwestern; Ernie Wilhoit, Indiana; Cliff Sichta, Illinois Wesleyan and Leonard Wood, Purdue, discuss their chapters and problems facing the fraternity system today.
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By Marvin Logan,
Alumni Director
Since copy for The Triad must be in about sixty days before publication, much of the information we relay to you has happened quite some time before you learn about it. For instance, the writing date of this paragraph is June 15 and on June 17 I will fly to Dallas, Texas to attend a meeting there. There were 22 present at a previous meeting and they voted to draw up by-laws, elect officers and petition National for an official listing in The Triad. Their main objective, I understand, is to assist at East Texas, some 60 or 70 miles away, where our newest colony is being formed. This could be our third Acacia chapter in Texas, where not long ago we had one. With this kind of progress in every state, Acacia could be Number One nationally in number of chapters as well as many other firsts which can be developed, such as grades, campus activities, prestige, character building, etc. WHAT ALUMNI DID AT IOWA CITY This case history I would like to tell you about is not unique in that most chapters have fainting spells, or a serious illness, at some time or another, and many times the Alumni, cooperating with the actives and the National have been just what the doctor ordered to achieve good health. Here is the story at the University of Iowa. I selected this school to tell about because this is my chapter, I was close to the action and would like to tell it as it was. In 1934 - This chapter closed it's doors, a victim of the Depression. The breaking point came when the mortgage on the house exceeded it's actual value. Hard times had reduced the number of actives to where the group could no longer meet monthly payments. Then 1949 - In the fall of this year, Bob McDonald of Lima, Ohio, came back to his school for Homecoming and sorely missed the fraternity which had meant so much to him during his formative student days. He met with several other Acacia alums who had the same feeling and they contacted National to inquire about steps necessary for reactivation. In 1950 - Warner Martin, a student at Iowa State, transferred to the University of Iowa and reported back that he had assembled a group of fine boys who wished to apply for i colonization. Dr. Fred Beebee of the athletic department became advisor to the group and Jake Wegmuller, a local businessman, went in as chapter financial advisor. Aug., 1950 - An alumni group was formed, the Iowa Acacians were incorporated, by-laws were passed to enable the group to rent or purchase housing facilities. The participating alumni were Jake Wegmuller, Dr. Beebee, Judge Harold Evans, Carl Kringle, Fred Pownall, Warner Martin, C. C. Wylie and W. J. Burney. Fred Beebee was fust president of the Board. This group purchased an older home, once occupied by a sorority, for $14,000 with a $4,000 down payment and monthly payments of $125.00. Bob McDonald loaned $3,000 and the balance was secured from other alumni and local business people. Sixteen men, a house mother and a cook were crowded into the facilities and shared the 1~ baths. Oct. 24,1953 - Further chapter development or expansion was stymied by limited physical facilities. I was invited back for Homecoming and agreed to work on ways and means for better housing. In 1954 - Building lots near the campus were limited to three possibilities; one optioned to the University for expansion, one with inadequate drainage facilities and the other tied up in an estate. Eula VanMeter, secretary at the law school, was an heir. As a co-ed she had attended many Acacia parties prior to 1934 and had a great affection for Acacia. Largely thru her efforts the lot was purchased for $10,000 and I agreed to provide the $2,000 to close the deal before someone else snapped it up. In 1955 - Regional committees were formed from coast to coast to sell Certificates of Indebtedness to Alumni to provide building funds for constructing the fust new structure for fraternities since the last one built in 1938. This program sputtered when local lending institutions refused to accept a mortgage application. They said they would have considered an application from a sorority - the reason, historically, sorority alumni backed up the girls, male alumni did not give the same backing to boys. In 1957 - An existing house on fraternity row, the last house constructed in 1928, built for 38 men, and converted to a rooming house when it was reverted to the builder, came onto the market. It was purchased for $60,000,
contents $5,000, $15,000 down and a conditional sale with $400 a month going to the widow of the original contractor. Bob McDonald and I supplied the deposit money, until the $10,000 lot was sold for $15,000 and the old house purchased for $14,000 could be sold for $15,500. The National loaned $5,000 for redecoration and more furnishings. Sale of Certificates of Indebtedness came from the alumni and other cash donations were made. Certificates were purchased and later donated back by John Howard, Bob McDonald and George Wain. In 1958 - The second phase was rough because it took time to build from 11 men to 32 which was what it took to operate on a balanced budget. Sometimes this is a critical period in a fraternity development and some months it took dedicated alumni to loan money to meet a monthly payment. The real turning point came when the actives were told to fill the house and meet their payments or the property would be sold - and they responded with a heroic effort and determination when it was made clear to them that it was their job. Some later highlights- Some actives attended pharmaceutical classes taught by David Carew, who was not a fraternity man when in college. He was invited out to dinner, became an honorary Acacian and is now serving as Chapter Advisor with great distinction. Waldo Wissler, with two nephews in the chapter, became President of the Iowa Acacians and is providing strength and guidance. This spring hail and wind did extensive roof damage. Jake Wegmuller, still Chapter Financial Advisor and now Province Governor, says the boys set up a $5.00 per month dues two years ago for repairs and this fund, along with insurance, will cover the new roof without calling on the alumni or adding to the mortgage with a loan. In the past two years the actives have finished the year with all bills paid and a surplus in their treasury. Their grades have risen from 17th out of 19 fraternities to 3rd place last semester. They are planning a strong summer rush along with a full house booked for next fall. This is the story of how Iowa grew from a wobbly childhood to a strong maturity and how alumni played a leading role. It is an object lesson in why the National is encouraging strong alumni organizations all over the country, especially where new colonies are being formed. PROGRESS IN THE FUNDING OF THE ARCIDVES George E. Frazer, who donated $10,000 to the Acacia Educational Foundafion writes on June 9 that his gift depended on the condition that $20,000 being raised by other alumni and sets Jan. 1, 1970 as the deadline on this offer. In the last issue of The Triad it was urged that all alumni donate $65 or more to Club 65 on the occasion of this being the 65th year of the founding of Acacia. We hope the funds can be secured before Sept. 13, when the new national headquarters at Boulder, Colorado, will be dedicated. He also included a check for $455 to cover his Club 65 donation plus 6 additional donations to honor six departed Acacians whose names he wishes included on the living memorial to be installed in the Archives in tribute to those who donated $65 or more. Those honored are Dr. Francis Shepardson, who preceeded him as National President; Harry Brown, who succeeded him as National President; Frank Jenks, a 1912 member of his Wisconsin chapter who, at his request, designed the coat of arms and flag of the fraternity. The other two are Brothers Kilmer and Ekblaw. Another Welcome Letter. It comes from Milton W. Heath of Duxbury, Mass. who was Venerable Dean of the Mother Chapter at Michigan in 1925 or 1926. Although he states he has been out of touch with Acacia for a long time, he wanted to enclose his check for $1,000 to help a good cause. The fust $65 check to come in was received from Waldo Wissler of Davenport, Iowa, who is currently president of the Iowa Acacians. NEW MEMORIAL PLAQUE SUGGESTED Since our goal may not be reached without some sizable donations, I am suggesting that the living memorial be in the following form, with no figures mentioned: SPONSORS CO-SPONSORS CLUB 65 (Those who donated $10,000 or more) (Those who donated $1,000 or more) (Those who donate $65 to $1,000) I would like to donate as a co-sponsor, as a Club 65 member, and send $65 to insure the name of AI Clement on the memorial. AI was the house father at Iowa when I was in college and the one who posted me in Masonry. I hope everyone who can respond do so before the dedication Sept. 13 and send their check to the Acacia National Headquarters and made out to the Acacia Educational Fund. I also hope that all donors possible attend the dedication and be introduced on that great once in a lifetime event. DO YOU WANT ARCHIVES? Will we have the $20,000 from alumni to match the $10,000 offered by Brother Frazer? I am sure most Acacians donate for worthwhile causes. Is your belief and your desire that Acacia move ahead? Can you earmark some of your donations to the Acacia Educational Foundation and send the check to the Acacia Fraternity, 910 28th St., Boulder Colo. 80302? As a result of the article in the last issue of The Triad, donations have started to flow in. I hope your name can be on the living memorial as a sponsor, co-sponsor or Member of Club 65 - the latter requires a tax exempt donation of $65 or more made on the occasion of our 65th anniversary as a fraternity.
TRIAD ESSAY
EDITOR'S NOTE: The following essay is actually an address given at the main banquet of Conclave '68, held last August in Kansas City. The speaker and author is Wes Santee, the famed miter and athlete who is an alumni of the Kansas Chapter. Readers will remember him as the subject of a feature story in the November, 1967 issue. His success both in athletics and business with his world-wide experience make him ideally qualified to speak up for the subject he expounds in the following paragraphs. The actual speech has been altered somewhat in form to be able to present it to you in a journalistic manner. The Editor takes full responsibility for these changes which are in style but not in subject. The subject is the choice of Wes Santee and do not in any way represent policy statements of Acacia Fraternity. It is simply an opinion of one member of our fraternity which THE TRIAD would like to share with you. As some of you know I never miss a chance to wear my uniform because I am extremely proud of the Marine Corps and the outstanding group of Reserves who serve with me, staying prepared to defend our country, if such is ever needed. I am proud of this uniform, the country and the flag it represents, I am proud to be a Kansan, a Mason and yes , a member of the Acacia Fraternity. I mention this because we hear a small number of loud individuals daily criticizing our country, our flag, their state, their school and I am sure they never heard of an organization like Acacia Fraternity. They display hate signs, negative comments, and display such signs as "make love, not war" , and frankly I wonder if they are capable of either one. This group of negative people is small, but loud and because more of us are not more positive and do not speak out, we hear that our country is going to the dogs , we are about to go under; nonsense , we are far from it! It is interesting to note that most of our dissenters don't know why they are dissenting. Many of them profess to be able to be a success and get along without the rest of us. I am reminded of a small town politician who was criticizing the government aid programs, saying that all such programs should be done away with, because he, after all , had become a successful businessman the hard way ... . If you analyze this you find that; yes, this man used to be a farmer , he received allotments for
wheat and investment tax credits for improving his land, he then started a small business in town and obtained a small business loan and now he gets many benefits from deductions, depreciations, etc. Doing it by himself? Not by a long shot! We may disagree with the methods of the various government programs and how they are operated, but to say we can make it alone is ridiculous .... I have been very successful during my short lifetime, I have received many athletic honors, traveled all over the world and now have a successful business in Lawrence. I have worked many long hours training in athletics, and many long hours in business, but I am most mindful of the help given by my Coach Bill Easton, by alumni so that I could join the Fraternity and many others while in college and in recent years in business: I have had a lot of help from a lot of people. I am sure that during the past few days, in the many discussions, you have experienced the importance of talking, listening and working with others. We have fine young leaders here tonight, who with the help of each other will go back to their respective states, we hope even better leaders as a result of this convention. It is always easy to be negative, to criticize, but let us look at some ideas that might be considered positive. We can not do away with the government programs, we can not go back 100 years, (and frankly I'm not sure we would want to if we could) but let's take some positive action about the programs we have. Let me start by discussing education. I happen to believe that in the area called education, we could do more to solve our daily problems than probably in any other area. This is a broad area, but let's see if we can narrow down some specific action that would help our cause. Education has always played a big role in our early development, but nothing like in recent years with the school lunch programs, remedial programs, health programs, entertainment programs, athletic programs and bus programs. You name it, the school is involved in a large percentage of the families' work today. So whether you like it or not, our system requires that the school play a major role in helping a child develop what he stands for and believes, probably his most important influence! Therefore , I say to you that every aspect of the school system is ¡going to have to be at its best. Now, we have a good school system, but I think it can be
Wes Santee Speaks ..... improved in a number of ways. One of the great lacks of our young people today in the school system is the teaching of a sense of discipline which in turn would develop some respect for law and order and the rights of others. We have had some members of the teaching profession who have advocated complete freedom of thought and expression. Once you have a child molded with basic beliefs and objectives you might ask for this freedom, but it must be stopped at the elementary levels as the major method of teaching. A child is not born with a sense of discipline or the basics of right and wrong! He must be taught and developed. At this point some of you might say that it is the job of the home and church. Fine. I would agree with you, but our social system is such that this will not work. The school is the place where it must happen. The home and church have suffered a loss of importance, even of prestige. Somehow, some way, we must give our teachers the power to discipline our young people, to have control of these youngsters. We have to back the teachers, not the young people. But most important we must raise the salaries so that we get the best teachers. A teacher should be a respected, professional person and we are going to have to create the atmosphere around this profession so that it is respected. How can you quietly sit by and allow children to be rude to a teacher and not do something about it? We have to stop worrying about the grading of little Suzy or little Johnny. Each student should be graded and credits given where due. We are kidding ourselves by generalized grading of youngsters. Each youngster knows who the best student is in various subjects, sports, etc. It hurts more NOT to recognize this than to do it. We fmd that shortly after this period in their lives that grades become aU important and then they are out in the business world where being in the average group and not competing will not get them very far. Let's be realistic. Let's recognize the ability of the individual child and develop him to his utmost. During the past year or two we have seen another form of education emerge during the summer. AU sorts of headstart programs and make-shift forms of summer education and babysitting. I think the idea behind this program probably has much merit, because here again the home or church can not take care of the youngsters, so it is left to some sort of school-educational type process. But we find that volunteer teachers, in make-shift buildings and facilities are running the program from volunteer donations. Yet the qualified teachers are busy working in the harvest fields , or anyplace else they can find work so they can eat and support their families. The millions of dollars worth of educational facilities and personnel are not being used. What a waste in my opinion. Let's get these teachers who are qualified, give them a salary so they can perform their jobs and go to a quarterly, 12 month-type system of some kind.
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Use the expensive buildings for what they are intended and operate a professional program. These comments do not criticize the many hours that many people have put in across the country for the programs, but I feel the good intentions are misdirected and should be improved upon. I do not know how many of you have been in a public school classroom recently, the lack of our American Flag and meditation is appalling. The first order of business in any classroom used to be the flag salute and a few reverent moments or remarks which might do wonders for some. I feel that our courts have endorsed some very permissive attitudes, but apparently they reflect the majority, because few of us are saying anything about them. I think that the time has come when we as individuals on the local level must insist that some of these things be taught and that we expose the young people to some basic thought in order that we may learn the basics of right and wrong, of selfrespect and the respect of others. Included in the school reorganization that I envision, would be a segment for the underpriviliged and less motivated child. Here again, there is no point in kidding ourselves if a person fits in this group. I think we would hurt him less by acknowledging it and then getting on with an interesting and positive program so that the youngster can really be someone. This could solve a world of problems for us if we would develop this segment of our education for these young people, teach them skills and help them gain a sense of respect for their skills. Over the past few years, this country has experienced a great era of the "goof-off', the age of the half-done job. It is populated with the laundryman who won't iron shirts, with waiters who won't serve, with carpenters who will come around someday, maybe, with the workers who strike and demand an increased wage for even less work and with the student who takes the cinch courses. From Coast to Coast, we have been enjoying a stampede away from responsibility. During a recent trip to Europe, it was interesting to observe the waiter who took great pride in being an outstanding waiter, or the taxi driver who drove with great pride and gave you courteous service. We desperately need skilled people in many areas. Why shouldn't we approach this from an educational point of view as well as from the workers' point of view with enthusiasm. A great deal of what I have been talking about is going to have to have government help, both local and federal taxes will be needed, but its results rest with you and me at the local level. You and I have to get excited about doing a job with our young people. I firmly believe that if we had had some good programs going over the past years, we would not find the young people expressing their disrespect with the violence and other outlandish behavior and forever talking about the generation gap, which I suppose means that older people are "Square". Of course, "square"
is another of the good old words that has gone . the way of love and modesty and patriotism. Something to be snickered over, or outright laughed at. Why, it used to be that there was no higher compliment you could pay a man than to call him a square shooter. The ad man's promise of a "square deal" once was as binding as an oath on the Bible. But today , a square is a guy who volunteers when he doesn't have to. He's a guy who gets his kicks from trying to do a job better than anyone else. He's a boob who gets so lost in his work he has to be reminded to go home. A square is a guy who doesn't want to stop at the bar and get aU juiced up because he prefers to go to his own home, his own dinner table, his own bed. He hasn't learned to cut comers or goof off. This nut we call a square gets all choked up when he hears children singing "My Country 'Tis of Thee." He even believes in God and says so in public. Some of the old squares were Nathan Hale, Patrick Henry, George Washington, and Ben Franklin. Some of the new squares are fellows like Glenn, Shephard, Cooper. John Glenn says he is proud he belonged to the Boy Scouts and the YMCA. How square can you get! A square is likely to save some of his own money for a rainy day, rather than count on using yours. A square gets his books out of the library instead of the drug store. He tells his son it's more important to play fair than to win. Imagine that! A square is a guy who thinks Christmas trees should be green, Christmas gifts should be hand-picked. He wants to see America first in everything, he is proud of his uniform, his country . He believes in honoring Mother and Father and "do unto others" and all that stuff. Yes , several of you are probably squares, those who do your jobs, plow the fields and keep our dreams and hope alive. I hope you will stand up and be counted, however. We hear lots of people talking about their rights, saying it is my right to do this and that. I say to you that with every right, there is a responsibility! I think many of us could grant you the right to have different beliefs and feelings, but are you willing to grant the same right to others? Many of us are impressed with great athletes and we all admire success, but did any of you hear the recent interview with Lew Alcindor, the basketball player from UCLA? When asked why he was not going to the Olympics, he originally said he had to study, etc. Then he said why should he represent his country and then return to all the "stuff'. I do not recall that he ever explained what "stuff' meant , but then he further stated that this was "really" not his country, anyway , that he had no respect for this country. Here is a young man being allowed to play basketball in a free country, receive the benefits of an education and I am sure many fine offers will come his way because he can excel in sports. I suspect he would say that these were "his
rights". Yes, his rights. But he wants none of the responsibilities that go with all his rights. I feel that people like this who do not wish to accept the responsibilities that go with their rights should be accorded the free transportation to the country of their choice! Our great Kansas basketball coach, Dr. Forrest C. "Phog" Allen, was once asked to name his most outstanding basketball players and he said he would have to wait until 20 years after they had graduated to see if they were really a champion. Yes, there is more to it than just stuffing the basketball through the hoop or running around the track in 4 minutes. All this concerns me because our outstanding athletes have an important impact on many young people, they are an example. At least we have missed some of these people. I am constantly reminded of the example we set when I think of the following : HIS EXAMPLE There are little eyes upon you, and they're watching you night and day; There are little ears that quickly take in every word you say; There are little hands all eager to do everything you do; And a little boy that's dreaming of the day he'll be like you. You're the little fellow's idol, you're the wisest of the wise; In his little mind about you no suspicions ever rise; He believes in you devoutly, hold that you are all you say and do; He will say and do in your way when he's grown up just like you. Oh, it sometimes makes me shudder when I hear my boy repeat Some careless phrase I've uttered in language of the street; And it sets my heart to grieving when some little fault I see And I know beyond all doubting that he picked it up from me. There's a wide-eyed little fellow who believes you're always right. And his ears are always open and he watches day and night ; You are setting an example every day in all you do For the little boy who's waiting to grow up to be like you. Edgar A. Guest
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As we return to our homes across the country many exciting things are going to happen during the next few months. It is important, for example, that we vote. It is important that we strive to get leaders who are willing to get back to basics that face us today; people who believe in working for a living and that won't be bothered about being called "square" if they accept responsibility. We have been the path of least resistance. Somehow, someway , you and I must get excited about our role as an individual and push for sensible reforms that are progressive. Granted most of you here this evening are probably more active than most but each of us needs to take a more active stand in our communities. How great it would be if you could get excited about this! Don't return home and sit quietly by and endorse programs you don't believe in by your silence. Let's not spend government money for administrative and
non-progressive programs just because it benefits our personal pockets. Stand up and be counted for real progress. This is the type of square I'd like to be known as. I sincerely hope I have stimulated some thinking on your part for the weeks and years ahead. Acacia Fraternity should be a long and lasting meaningful experience for you andifyou take a positive attitude I am sure it will. Be proud of your country, your flag, your fraternity and your beliefs. Be disciplined and have respect for others views and play the game hard. Be willing fo make decisions. One time while driving down a country road I read a sign that said, "Choose your ruts well , you may be in it for the next 20 miles." Choose your ruts well because you are going to be in them for many years to come. Acacia fraternity and its teachings certainly have been a one good rut that you have chosen and I hope you choose many more. I would leave you with this closing thought which is called my creed:
MY CREED
To live as gently as I can; to be, no matter where, a man; To take what comes of good or ill, and cling to faith and honor still; To do my best, and let that stand, the record of my brain and hand ; And then, should failure come to me, still work and hope for victory. To have no secret place within I stoop unseen to shame or sin; To be the same when I'm alone as when my every deed is known; To be without pretense or shame exactly what I think I am; To live undaunted, unafraid of any step that I have made. To leave some simple mark behind to keep my having lived in mind; If enmity to aught I show, to be an honest , generous foe; To play my little part, not whine that greater honors are not mine ; This, I believe, is all I need for my philosophy and creed. Edgar A. Guest
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Illinois Wins 4th Annual Midwest Basketball Tournament The Illinois Wesleyan chapter hosted the fourth annual Midwest Acacia Basketball Tournament the weekend of March 14, and seven chapters from five states responded, making this the most successful tourney of the series. The Illinois chapter defeated Purdue for the championship for their second first-place trophy in the four-year history of the tournament Purdue has won first place the other two years. Bill Brookhart of the Illinois chapter was elected Most Valuable Player of the trounament by the captains of the competing teams. Joe Franz, also from Illinois, was the tourney's leading scorer with 69 points in three games. The Wisconsin chapter competed in its first tournament this year, losing to Illinois Wesleyan by two free throws with one second left to play. Miami of Ohio, Iowa and Iowa State also competed. A dance and serenade was held after the play-offs, and IWU social chairman Tom Gigante set another tournament record, providing over 50 visiting brothers with dates. Late in the day the pledge class of the Mississippi State chapter arrived, in time for the championship play-off and the evening festivities.
National Perspective By Harvey L. Logan, Executive Secretary
New Field Secretary joins staff
It gives me a great deal of pleasure to announce that Steven A. Gamble has been hired as a Field Secretary and will join the staff July 1, 1969. Steve is a graduate of the University of Georgia and has served the Georgia Chapter as Junior Dean. Steve will replace Ron Hill who is leaving the staff on the 30th of June. Ron Hill, a member of the Washington State Chapter, has been with Acacia as a Field Secretary for two years and has just recently taken a position with Iowa State University. Let me take this opportunity to not only welcome Steve to the staff but to give Ron our thanks for a job well done and our best wish for success in the future. Colony added to the rolls of Acacia
Last month the East Texas State University group in Commerce, Texas, was officially accepted as a colony of Acacia. This past year has therefore seen the installation of two colonies and the formation of two more. All in all, expansion has been quite good, however, I must unfortunately report the loss of one of our Chapters, Ohio University. The Charter of the Ohio Chapter was officially suspended in May by the National Council and will be held in abeyance until the 1970 Conclave. Dallas Alumni Group
Alumni Director, Marvin Logan, last month attended an Alumni meeting in Dallas, Texas. Charles Stewart, Texas Chapter, has been very instrumental in establishing an Alumni Group in Dallas and Marvin Logan reported that they were doing very well. Summer projects for staff
Many times the question is asked, "What does the Staff do during the summer months?" Naturally, on even numbered years, most of our time is devoted to Conclave. This year, however, the staff has undertaken the responsibility of writing officer manuals that will replace the antiquated Gold Books. Any suggestions or recommendations that you may have would be greatly appreciated.
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IN MEMORY ....
L. Robert Clark, alumnus of the Northwestern Chapter, passed away at his home March 18, 1969. A dentist, he graduated in 1926 from NU. He was a Mason, a veteran of WW 1 and a former staff member of the Chicago Journal of Commerce. A contribution in his name was made to the Roy C. Clark Scholarship Fund by Elgin E. Narrin, also an alumnus of the Northwestern Chapter. W. Clement Zinc, an alumnus and former Venerable Dean of the Cincinnati Chapter, died August 15, 1968 at the age of 67. He graduated in Mechanical Engineering in 1930 and was a Registered Engineer in Industrial Engineering in the states of Pennsylvania and Ohio. A Fellow of the Society for the Advancement of Management, he received it's Professional Manager Citation and was listed in the Who's Who in Commerce and Industry. He retired in 1966 as Vice-PresidentOperations, Director and member of the Executive Committee of Arbogast & Bastian, Inc., of Allentown, Pennsylvania, and was living in Nova Scotia at the time of his death. A publisher of many articles on work simplification, he also was a sought-after speaker. He was a Mason, a member of Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi, Pi Tau Sigma, Kiwanis and the United Church of Canada.
Lee E. Fitch, an alumnus of the Cincinnati Chapter, died at his home in Moline, Illinois, recently at the age of 61. An engineer, Mason and former Army major, he was employed by the John Deere Company. A contribution was made in his name to the Acacia Educational Foundation by Marion H. Huber, Past National Treasurer and also an alumnus of the Cincinnati Chapter. Dr. John Franklin Schrodt, Jr., editor of the Indiana Alumni magazine and alumnus of the Indiana Chapter, died recently at the age of 45 in Indianapolis. He was adviser of Blue Key, senior
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men's honorary, and head of the organization's national publications program. He was a former adviser to the YMCA board and Chapter Advisor of the Indiana Chapter. Dr. Schrodt had been head of the alumni magazine since 1959, and was a leader in the field, heading the alumni editors of District Five of the American Alumni Council. Harold C. Amick, a geology and geography teacher at the University of Tennessee for 43 years and an alumnus of the North Carolina Chapter, died recently in Knoxville. He had retired in 1967 !It the compulsory retirement age of 70 after one of the longest records of continuous service in the university's history. It was estimated that he had taught over 50,000 students during his years at UT, and had occupied the same office for 36 years. Amick received his B.A. degree from Elon College in 1920 and his M.A. from North Carolina in 1922. T. Hawley Tapping, 79, retired general secretary of the University of Michigan Alumni Association and alumnus of the Michigan Chapter, died recently in Ann Arbor. He was a former journalist and past national President of Sigma Delta Chi journalism fraternity. Also Past National Editor of Acacia, he became a member while attending the UM Law School after receiving his B.A. in 1911 from the State University of Iowa. Tapping was National President of the American Alumni Council in 1950-51. His career at Michigan totaled 35 years at his retirement in 1958. Melville D. Liming, 85, managing director of the Boston Chamber of Commerce for 23 years until his retirement in 1950, died July 24, 1968. A member of the Harvard Chapter, he was a well known public speaker and the author of various articles on commerc[al organization, industry ancj commerce.
David Edward Neale, 22, a member of the Oregon State Chapter, drowned recently while skin diving. Only weeks from graduating, he got his degree post obitum. Ritualistic services by the Oregon State Chapter were included in the ceremony. DR. ROBERT C. LEWIS, PAST NATIONAL PRESIDENT, DIES AT AGE 80 Dr. Robert C. Lewis, National President from 1930-1940, died recently at the age of 80 in Denver, Colorado. Dean Emeritus and Emeritus Professor of Biochemistry of the University of Colorado School of Medicine, he retired in 1956 although continuing in a consulting capacity until 1964. A Mason, and alumnus of the Yale Chapter, he received his Ph. B. degree in 1909 and his Ph.D. in 1912. He began his teaching career as a student assistant at Yale and joined the Colorado faculty in 1916 where he remained forty years until his retirement. Dr. Lewis published numerous articles or research in such publications as the Journal of Biological Chemistry, Journal of the American Medical Association, American Review of Tuberculosis, American Journal of Clinical Pathology and others. He was a member of the Association of American Medical Colleges, American Chemical Society, a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Medical Association, American Society of Biological Chemists, Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine, Sigma Xi, Alpha Chi Sigma and others. He was listed in American Men of Science and Who's Who. Just before he passed away, Brother Lewis contributed to the fund drive (Club 65) to provide archives for the new National Headquarters. He was survived by , his wife, four children, ten grandchildren, six great grandchildren and three sisters.
WINGREN ELECTED TO TOP POST OF CAL. ALUM. COUNCIL
WHALLEY NAMED KROEHLER V. P. The appointment of Richard E. Whalley, an alumnus of the Indiana Chapter, as Vice President in The Newline Corporation of Newport, Tennessee, a newly formed subsidiary of Kroehler Mfg. Co., has been announced by Richard E. Burow, President of Kroehler. In his new capacity, Whalley will act as merchandising liason between Kroehler and The Newline Corporation, coordinating the recently announced expanded production and marketing program for reclining chairs. He will also continue as Merchandise Manager for Kroehler, responsible for the "Signature Chair" and "Cape Cod" upholstered product lines. Whalley joined Kroehler in 1963 as a member of the fabric procurement department. The following year he was named to the Executive Staff and was appointed Merchandise Manager for the two Kroehler franchised upholstered furniture product lines. Prior to his association with Kroehler, Whalley was a buyer for Montgomery Ward Co. in Chicago. A graduate of Indiana, he received a Bachelor of Science degree in marketing in 1955.
W. Martin Wingren, an alumnus of the California Chapter, has been elected President and Director of the Fraternity Alumni Advisors
LONG BEACH WINS 49ER DAYS AWARD The California State College at Long Beach Chapter recently won the esteemed "Special Interior Effects Award" at 49er Days with their distillery. Acacia's distillery was complete with a loading plat-
Council of the University of California. The F.A.A.C. is the advisory, policy and laison body for the Interfraternity Council and Alumni councils of the fraternities of the University and works closely with the University administration and Alumni Association. Wingren has been a director si nee 1966 and has served as Treasurer and Vice President of the Council. Wingren is an alumnus of the University of California, Berkeley, Class of "66, MBA '67, corporate executive of Kaiser Broadcasting Corporation and Subsidiaries, Chairman of the Board of California Fraternity Managers Corporation, Director of Acacia Fraternity Alumni Corp. and Trustee of Acacia Educational Foundation, Inc.
form, office, old-fashioned "still" and elaborate sound effects. During 49er Days, an annual college celebration, all of the Greek and independent organizations on Cal State, Long Beach's campus, construct an authentic "old-west" town with hopes that their individual building entires will win an award.
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ACACIAN NAMED "MR. TRI-STATE" Jeffrey T. Szilage, a member of the Tri-State Chapter, has been selected as Mr. Tri-State for 1969. The Mr. Tri-State award is based .on leadership, scholarship and citizenship. He has held the offices of President of the Inter-Fraternity Council and President of the Student Senate on the Tri-State campus. Very active in the house, he has served as Senior and Venerable Dean. Szilage is majoring in business administration and upon graduation this spring he plans to enter the Dickinson School of Law. ¡
ACACIANS NAMED BANK DIRECTORS Two Acacia alumni were recently elected to the Board of Directors of the Gary (Indiana) National Bank. They were Joseph N. Thomas, pictured above, an alumnus of the Indiana Chapter and Ray S. Tittle, Jr., an alumnus of the Michigan Chapter. Thomas is managing partner in the law firm of Thomas, Thomas, Burke and Richardson. The firm was established by his father, Ray C. Thomas, a former National Counselor and also an alumnus of the Indiana Chapter. Tittle is president of Joe Tittle and Sons, Inc., a pioneer Gary corporation engaged in retail and wholesale foods. The Gary National Bank is the largest bank in Indiana outside Indianapolis and has a total of 13 directors.
MARY'S PEAK OR BUST! The 4th annua~ Acacia Mary's Peak Marathon was a resounding success at Oregon State. The sixteen participating living groups produced approximately 120 runners for the twenty-seven mile trip. The Marathon is a relay race originated, organized and entered by Oregon State Acacians. Each member of a team alternates with other members of that team in running the twenty-seven mile trip to the top of Mary's Peak, a local mountain top. A radio station covered the entire race with a mobile radio. This year was a milestone in that it was the first time the event was
coeducational. Each of the eight men's living groups teamed up with a women's living group, alternating in the running order. The ten runners from Acacia teamed up with ten Alpha Chi Omega coeds, and covered the distance in two hours, twenty-one minutes, good enough for thrid place. Ironically the time was faster than the all-men groups from Acacia had done in the past. At the top of the peak a picnic sponsored by the Oregon State Student Body was held and was enjoyed by all. With the overwhelming enthusiasm that came from all the groups, it looks like the coed version of the Acacia Marathon is an established event.
ACACIANS IN VIETNAM Many Acacians have requested information regarding fellov: Acacians stationed in Viet Nam in order to look them up when the opportunity avails itself. If you are serving in Viet Nam, or know of an Acacian who is, please send the following information to Editor, Acacia National Headquarters, 910 Twenty-Eighth St., Boulder, Colorado 80302. Photos and news items will also be appreciated. Serving in VietNam i s : - - - - - - - - - - - - (name) (rank) (ser ial number)
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OKLAHOMA STATE IFC ELECTS ACACIANSeated is Jon Bayouth, Sigma Phi Epsilon, president; and standing (left to right) are Tom Bouldin, Acacia, treasurer; Dick Gann, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, secretary; and Steve Holton, Lambda Chi Alpha, vice president.
OKLAHOMA NAMES BUILDING FOR HARVARD ALUM. The University of Oklahoma recently honored Harvard Chapter alumnus Dr. Edward Everett Dale, by naming the campus's newest building in honor of him. Dr. Dale is a research professor emeritus of history and taught at the university from 1914 until his retirement in 1952. The building, costing $2,827,915, houses the departments of geography, psychology, sociology, anthropology, history and political science. Some 3,000 students can be accommodated in its classrooms. Brother Dale is known around the world for his research and writing of the American West, and has authored more than 20 books as well as numerous articles for encyclopedias and professional journals.
33RD DEGREE GIVEN TO SCHUBERT Arthur W. Schubert, an alumnus of the Cincinnati Chapter and Chairman of the Board of Emery Industries, Inc.; was selected as one of the five men to receive the 33rd Degree of the Scottish Rite Masons at the 1969 meeting in Boston. Brother Schubert is also President of the Board of Directors of the University of Cincinnati.
WILLIAM H. BARNES WINS AWARD FOR CPA EXAM
LIVESTOCK SHOW DEDICATED TO ACACIAN
William H. Barnes, an alumnus of the Shippensburg State Chapter, scored the second highest grade on the nation-wide uniform Certified Public Accountant examination given last November to 19,455 candidates. Employed by Main Lafrantz & Co., a national firm of CPA's, the Hagerstown, Pennsylvania office, he received the American Institute of CPA's Elijah Watts Sells Silver Medal in recognition of his achievement. A 1966 graduate, he was a charter member and treasurer of the Shippensburg State Chapter. He also won the Wall Street Journal Award as the Outstanding Accounting Student and was listed in Who's Who. Brother Barnes is a York and Scottish Rite Mason, a member of Kiwanis and the National Association of Accountants.
The 11th Annual Little Arizona National Livestock Show was recently dedicated to Dr. Darrel S. Metcalfe, Arizona Chapter Advisor and Chairman of the Secret Awards Committee. Director of Resident Instruction for eleven years of the University of Arizona College of Agriculture, Dr. Metcalfe was given credit in the dedication for the doubling of enrollment during his tenure because of his personal interest in students.
TENNESSEE ALUMNUS MEDAL RECIPIENT Captain Bill M. Inabinet, U.S. Air Force and an alumnus of the Tennessee Chapter, recently returned from action in Viet Nam as the recipient of some of this country's highest decorations for valor. He received the Distinguished Flying Cross, two Bronze Stars, the Air Medal with V for Valor, the Air Medal with 16 Oakleaf Clusters and two Vietnamese Service Medals. In addition, Captain Inabinet has been recommended for two more Distinguished Flying Crosses and one more Air Medal with V for Valor. While at Tennessee, Brother Inabinet was instrumental in the chartering of that chapter and served it as Senior Dean.
AWARD OF MERIT PRESENTED AT PURDUE CEREMONIES Dr. A.A. Potter, a honorary member of the Kansas State Chapter, was recently presented the Award of Merit by National President George F. Patterson, Jr., at ceremonies held at the Purdue Chapter house . Dr. Potter was Dean of Engineering at Purdue from 1920 to 1953,and at one time, stood in as Acting President. He is a 33rd Degree Mason and holder of many honorary doctorates in engineering science and law. Guests at the presentation, besides President Patterson, were Leonard Wood , Purdue Chapter Advisor; Joe Maish , President of the Alumni Board; the current Dean of Engineering, the Dean of Fraternities and the entire Purdue Chapter.
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President: George F. Patterson, Jr. 2624 Bremont Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio 45237 Phone-Area 513 631-5421 First Vice President: Calvin 0. Hultman, 1501 Miller, Red Oak, Iowa 51566 Phone- 712-2776 Second Vice President: Irving M. Field, P. 0 . Box 495 , Pullman, Washington 99163 Phone- Area 509 567-8611 Treasurer: L. W. Knapp , Jr. 815 N. Linn, Iowa City, Iowa 52240 Phone- Area 319 338-4112 Counsalor: Raymond E. Bivert, 234 N. Duncan St., Stillwater, Okla. 74074 Phone- Area 405 372-6963 National Judge Advocate: J. B. Beaird, 2769 N.W. 17th, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73107 Phone - Area 405 236-4309
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COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN: Finance: William Krieger, 1st National Bank Bldg., Peoria, Ill. 61602 Scholarship: Willard L. Fuller, 22 Arden Place, Athens, Ohio 45701 National Alumni Director: Marvin Logan, 2614 Flossmoor St., Apt. 4, Flossmoor, Illinois 60422
ACACIA EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION, INC.: P. 0. Box 263, Austin, Texas 78762 President: Wroe Owens Vice President: Oliver N. Bruck Secretary-Treasurer: Lamar Tims
ALUMNI CHAPTERS: Kansas City Alumni Association President: Marion E. Ramsey 1121 West 77th St. Kansas City, Mo. 64114 Phone-Area 816 523-6234 Meetings-Every Tues. at noon, Advertising & Sales Exec. Club, 913 Baltimore, K.C. , Mo. and every third Wed., 6 :30P.M., Twin Oaks Restaurant, 5050 Oak St., K.C., Mo. Houston Alumni Association President: Woodrow W. Mann, Jr. Woodrow Mann & Co. American Building Houston, Texas 77025
Meetings- Second Tuesday of every odd numbered month, 7 :30P.M., Geo Club, 3130 Southwest Freeway, Houston, Texas Seattle Alumni Association President: Charles E. Perry 8017 Stroud Avenue, N. Seattle, Washington 98103 Phone-Area 206 La 3-1580 Meetings-Second Thurs., Oct. , Nov., Jan., Feb ., Mar., June Founders' Day Banquet 2nd Sat. of May Contact-W. Dexter, Sec'.y., 503 N. 42nd St., Seattle, Washington 98103 Phone- Me 3-5749
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THE TRIAD DIRECTORY ALABAMA-P.O. Box 3497, University, Alabama 35486, Phone area 205 752-4530 Venerable Dean- Bill Howell, Rush Chairman- Gary Chapman, Chapter AdvisorWilliam M. Terril, 3109 Freemon! Drive, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35401. ARIZONA-1450 N. Cherry Avenue, Tuscon, Arizona 85719, Phone area 602 662-9121, Venerable Dean- Dale A. Powell, Rush Chairman-Daniel E. Nunez, Chapter Advisor-Or. Darrell Metcalfe, 5811 E. 9th, Tuscon, Arizona 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 Road, Boston, Mass. 02215, Phone area 617 247-8487, Venerable Dean- Garen Bresnick, Rush Chairman-Arthur Goldberg, Chapter Advisor-Stephen Blampied, 19 Densmore St., Quincy, Mass. 02171. CALIFORNIA AT LONG BEACH-3831 East lOth St., Long Beach, Calif. 90804, Phone area 213 433-9661 , Venerable Dean - Peter Blagiach, Rush ChairmanArmand Phillippi, Chapter Advisor-Joseph Reed, 6101, Luplow Garden, Grove, Calif. 92641. CALIFORNIA-2340 Piedmont Avenue, Berkeley, Calif. 94704, Phone area 415 TH5-9220, Venerable Dean - Daniel J. Spisak, Rush Chairman-Kurt C. Schindler, Chapter Advisor-Otto Schrader, 90 Overbill Road , Orinda, Calif. 94563. CENTRAL MISSOURI STATE-Room 1, North Ellis, CMSC, Warrensburg, Mo. 64094, Phone area 816 747-7101 , Venerable Dean- William Bradley, Rush Chair· man- Richard Blowers, Chapter Advisor-Clarence R. Pearce, Route 5, Warrensburg, Mo. 64094. CENTRAL STATE-230 East Main, Edmond, Oklahoma 73034, phone area 405 341-9839, Venerable Dean- Kent Mathers, Rush Chairman-Pat Gaines, Chapter Advisor- John W. Hartman, 318 E. Lincoln, Edmond, Okla. 73034. CINCINNATI-2603 University Court, Cincinnati, Ohio 45219, Phone area 513 961-9406, Venerable Dean- Henry Dorfman, Rush Chairman-Martin J. Saunders, Chapter Advisor-John Hice, 4508 Erie Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio 45227 . COLORAD0-955 Broadway, Boulder, Colorado 80302, Phone area 303 442-9410 Venerable Dean- David Ary , Rush Chairman-Wally Clayton, Chapter AdvisorDonald Reider, 3145 Zinnia Court, Golden, Colorado 80401. COLORADO STATE COLLEGE-1715 • 11th Avenue, Greeley, Colorado 80631, Phone area 303 352-9840, Venerable Dean- Ronald Wunsch, Rush ChairmanDavid Henderson, Chapter Advisor- J. Max Lubbers, 2010 ·21st Avenue, Greeley, Colorado 80631. COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY-1510 S. College, Ft. Collins, Colorado 80521, Phone area 303 484-7130, Venerable Dean -Alan Lindskog, Rush Chair· man- 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-D. Ernest Bangs, 731 Cayuga Heights Road, Ithaca, New York 14850. GEORGIA-325 Milledge Avenue, Athens, Georgia 30602, Phone area 404 5487093 , Venerable Dean - Dennis Edwards, Rush Chairman-Mike Nolan, Chapter Advisor-Major B. Rice, RFD, Bishop, Georgia 30621. HOUSTON-2336 Brasewood, Houston, Texas 77025, Phone area 713 665-9118 , Venerable Dean-Burlan E. Ellison, Jr. , Rush Chairman-Keith Crow, Chapter Ad· visor-Tom C. Primm, 5735 Hummingbird, Houston, Texas 77035. ILLINOIS-50! East Daniel, Champaign, Illinois 61822 , Phone area 217 344-1510, Venerable Dean- Raymond C. Mueller, Rush Chairman-Dan Slagell, Chapter Ad· visor-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 J . Sichta, P.O. Box 2, 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 Avenue, Bloomington, Indiana 47401. IOWA-202 Ellis Avenue, Iowa City, Iowa 52241, Phone area 319 337-310t, Venerable Dean-William Hotop, Rush Chairman- Edward C. Brown, Chapter Advisor-David Carew, 1524 Muscatine Avenue, 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 Ad· visor- David Smith, 1329 Grand Avenue, Ames, Iowa 50010. KANSAS-1100 Indiana, Lawrence, Kansas 66004 , Phone area 913 843-7810, Venerable Dean-John Taylor, Rush 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 Dean-Timothy D. Wigger, Rush Chairman- William Gaughan, Chapter Advisor-A. E. Mulanax, 2222 College Heights, Manhattan, Kansas 66502. LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY-Box AF University Station, Baton Rouge, La. 70803 , Venerable Dean- Dale Redman, Rush Chairman-Robert J. Crane, Chapter Advisor-Or. Mark Guidry , 5821 Hyacinth St., Baton Rouge, La. 70858. MEMPHIS STATE UNIVERSITY-595 South Graham, Memphis, Tenn. 38111, Phone area 901 323-1774, Venerable Dean -Charles D. Smithers, Rush ChairmanHollis L. Bingham, Chapter Advisor-Herbert S. Butler, 1862 Bartlett Road, Memphis, Tenn. 38111. MIAMI-110 South Campus Street, Oxford, Ohio 45056, Phone area 513 523-5944 Venerable Dean- David Luecker, Rush Chairmen- Martin Flynn and Rory Her mann, Chapter Advisor-Or. Orval Conner, 6314 Fairfield Road, Oxford, Ohio 45056. MICHIGAN-Ann Arbor, Michigan. MINNESOTA-1206 ·5th Street S.E. , Minneapolis, Minn. 55414, Phone area 612 331-5941, Venerable Dean- Glen Fuerstneau, Rush Chairman-Bob Chesly, Chap· ter Advisor- Fred Faxvog, 5517 Wentworth Avenue, Minneapolis, Minn. 55419.
MISSISSIPPI STATE-P.O. Box CF State College, Miss. 39762, Phone area 601 3t3-7527, Venerable Dean-James R. White, Rush Chairman-Leonard M. Free, Chapter Advisor-Or. Frank Sekyra, P. 0. Box 2424, State College, Miss. 39762. 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 402 432· 5308, Venerable Dean- Rodger L. Merz, Rush Chairman - E. John Gleason, Chapter Advisor- Keith Sawyers, Apt.2,3233 S. 14th, Lincoln, Nebraska 68502. NEW HAMPSHIRE-10-12 Mill Road, Durham, N.H. 03824, Phone area 603 868-7762, Venerable Dean- Thomas Kochy, Rush Chairman - Thomas Roccio, Chapter Advisor- Raymond Matheson, Box 393, Durham, N.H. 03824. NORTHEAST LOUISIANA STATE COLLEGE-P.O. Box 4484 , Monroe, La. 71201, Venerable Dean- Samuel H. Smith, Jr., Rush Chairman - Lloyd Sittig, Chapter Advisor-Claude C. Fuller, Sr., 405 Beasley, Monroe, La. 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, Illinois 60202. OHIO-Athens, Ohio . OHIO STATE-275 East 15th Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43201, Phone area 614 299-7552, Venerable Dean- Stephen E. Boger, Rush Chairman- John B. Neville, Chapter Advisor-James A. Lopresti, Apt. F, 46 East 8th Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43201. OKLAHOMA-823 Chautaugua, Norman , Okla. 73069, Phone area 405 321-9246, Venerable Dean- James Manzelman, Chapter Advisor- Edwin Greene, 715 High· land Parkway , Norman, Okla. 73069. OKLAHOMA ·STATE-1 215 University Avenue, Stillwater, Okla. 74075, Phone area405 372-9639, Venerable Dean- Steve Cowden, Rush Chairman-Larry Wood, Chapter Advisor- Raymond E. Bivert, 234 N. Duncan, Stillwater, Okla. 74074. OREGON STATE-2857 Van Buren, Corvallis, Oregon 97331, Phone area 503 752-9329, Venerable Dean- Thomas Straughan, Rush Chairmen-Bob Cozad and Galen Itami, Chapter Advisor-Delmar Goode, 225 N.W. 31st, Corvallis, Oregon 97330. PENN STATE-234 Locust Lane, State College, Pa. 16801 , Phone area 814 2383083, Venerable Dean- Robert W. Felsburg, Rush Chairman-D. Lee Metzger, Chapter Advisor-Or. G. Kenneth Nelson, 501 Westview Avenue, State College, Pa. 16801. PURDUE-608 Waldron Street, West Lafayette, Indiana 47906, Phone area 317 743-1883, Venerable Dean-William T. Nelson, Rush Chairman- David A. Fruchey, Chapter Advisor- Leonard E. Wood, 725 Allen Street, West Lafayette, Indiana 47906. RENESSELAER-4 Sunset Terrace, Troy, New York 12181, Phone area 518 2729765, 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, Calif. 95112, Phone area 408293-9611, Venerable Dean-Bill Walston, Rush Chairman-Steve Del Sesto, Chap· ter Advisor-W. Robert Morgan, 300 West Hedding, San Jose, Calif. 95110. SHIPPENSBURG STATE COLLEGE-Box 198 Old Main , Shippensburg, Pa. 17257 Venerable Dean- Ronald 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-Allan C. Schappert, Jr., Rush Chairman- Chester W. Ambler, Chapter Advisor-Roger E. McFarland, 6 Dunlap Street, Marcellus, New York 13108. TENNESSEE-1800 Melrose Avenue, Knoxville, Tenn. 37916, Phone area 615. 523-9649, Venerable Dean - H. M. McGuire, Rush Chairman-Dewey H. Hodges, Chapter Advisor- McKinley Braden, 5604 Marilyn Drive, Knoxville, Tenn. 37941. TEXAS-2614 Rio Grande Street, Austin,. Texas 78705, Phone area 512 472-7255 Venerable Dean-John Wooley, Rush Chairman-Jim Condry, Chapter AdvisorSteve Harris, 2300 Hancock, Austin, Texas 78705. TRI-STATE-506 South College, Angola, Indiana 46703 , Phone area 219 665-9116 Venerable Dean - Jerry Lynn Sorgenfrei, Rush Chairman - James D. Kelly , Chapter Advisor- Lee Vandecreek, South College Street, Anglola, Indiana 46703. UCLA-720 Hilgard Avenue , Los Angeles, Calif. 90024, Phone area 213 474-9025 , Venerable Dean- Drew Rusnak, Ru sh Chairman- Steve Adair , Chapter AdvisorJay 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, Chap· ter Advisor-Or. George C. Crooks, 74 Spear Street, S. Burlington, Vermont 05401. WASHINGTON-5004 · 17th Avenue N.E. , Seattle, Washington 98105 , Phone area 206 524-0200, Venerable Dean- William F. Parsell, Rush Chairman- James R. Hawley, Chap ter Advisor- Donald E. Hall, 458 S.W. 174th, Seattle, Washington 98166. WASHINGTON STATE-1 607 Ruby Street, Pullman, Washington 99163 , Phone area 509 332-2607, Venerable Dean- Barry Vasboe, Rush Chairman- Bob Draggoo Chapter Advisor- Major Robert Chutter, 2106 Hillside, Pullman, Washington 99163. WISCONSIN-2 22 Langdon, Madison, Wisconsin 53703, Phone area 608 256-9303 , Venerable Dean- Hugh Irwin , Rush Chairman-Hugh Irwin (Temporary)' Chapter Advisor- Bill Watson, 1473 Carver Street, Madison, Wisconsin 53713. WYOMING- Fraternity Park, Laramie, Wyoming 82071 , Phone area 307 766-4050 Venerable Dean- David Stevens, Rush 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 506f3.
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the official procedure and legislation necessary for the formation of Alumni Chapte rs in ind ividual cities and areas. Chapters are now active . or being formed . in Kansas City, Houston. Seattle. Los Ange les and San Francisco . Help fo rm a Chapter in your area for both social and fraternal benefits! For information and assistance . write to: Marvin Logan, Alumni Director Acacia Fraternity Headquarters 910 Twenty-eighth Street Boulder, Colorado 80302