Acacia Triagram - August 1942

AUGUST

1942

THE TRIAGRAM

To Strengthen the Ties of Friendship

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THE ACACIA FRATERNITY

THE TRIAGRAM Publishe d by

The Acacia Fraternity Edite d by Herschel L. Washington. National Editor 1322 Commerce Bldg .. Kansas City, Mo. AUGUST. 1942 The editor expresses appreciation to: John C. Erwin, Executive Secretary, for copy and suggestions; E. Hubert Deines, for art work and layout; Northwestern University and the SYLLABUS for photographs and cuts, and The Ovid Bell Press for mechanical excellence and zealous cooperation .

• THE COVER PICTURE Ensign Craig Clemmons, Acacian, Northwestern, 1942. He is now stationed at Norfolk, Virginia . His battalion received the color award as the best battalion this year at Northwestern University, and this picture was taken during that ceremony. Mercedes Zimmer presented the colors to him.

Naval Ensigns in Line

The President's Message May I congratulate you! You have passed another milestone and within a few weeks you will be entering some of the richest and most enjoyable years of your life. You will make many warm friends and have many pleasant experiences, which you will always treasure.

America needs today, more than ever before. men who are trained in leadership. The colleges and universities today are taking an active part in training men for specialized fields in the service of our country. The college fraternity is an excellent place to supplement your training and help you develop those qualities necessary for leadership.

The shock of December 7 has galvanized the college hall and Greek fraternity into action. The call to colors was quickly heeded. but soon came the realization that this was a war to be waged with the test-tube. slide rule and drawing board. as well as with guns. tanks and planes. and trained men were soon at a premium.

You can do no greater service to your country than to become proficient in your chosen field.

Prepare yourself as quickly as possible for the task awaiting you.

This booklet is intended to provide you and your parents with facts needed to make an intelligent appraisal of the general fraternity system and of Acacia Fraternity in particular.

Acacia Fraternity has always maintained standards that will bring out the best in its members and has sincerely lived up to the name of "fratemity"-a brotherhood of strong ties.

Sincerely, WALTER W. KOLBE. National President.

Walter W . Kolbe President of The Acacia Fraternity

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"The fraternity must help the man to attain the requirements of a man among men in the positions demanded of him in the years to come."

Dear New StudentI could have called you Jack, or Pete, or Bob, but you are still a new student. Consider yourself properly saluted!

From the time you entered high school and perhaps even further back, you have always heard about college fraternities. The boys before you, and perhaps your older brother, have all helped to give you your present ideas on college fraternities.

Have you stopped to analyze yourEelf and ask, ' ' Just what do I know about a fraternity? ' ' I never did, but if I did I'd have found I didn ' t know a red cent's worth. I ' d always heard about fraternities, but my ideas were spotty and rather vague -something about a bunch of fellows who lived in a big home, stayed out late at night, had a mascot named Tige, called themselves by Greek letters I could never remember, did as little studying as possible, wore bow ties and tore around in all kinds of cars. My parents always referred to fraternities as ' 'those frat houses. ' ' After registering at the university I began to get a lot of mail from different houses and calls from many of them. A few of the boys came to my town to see me and impressed me very much with their ways and what they knew about everything and I THE ACACIA FRATERNITY

liked them a lot. I did all I could to arrange dates with all the different houses-and I liked them all. They were swell fellows, but I had a hard time deciding which ones I liked the best. I didn't have dates enough nor time enough to know them all. At the end of a very full and very interesting rush week crammed full of cokes, dinners, bull sessions, swimming, and talks about scores and batting averages, I was finally chosen by a house I liked and pledged-and I still didn ' t know any more about fraternities. But I thought I did! ! My experiences from there on out have meant a lot to me and I thought you might like to know just a little about what you can and should expect from your fraternity.

You came to college to receive an education. What a simple statement!

Will you get one? First of all, you can ' t receive an education because the university doesn't give one ; all it can do is to give you an opportunity and the means to educate yourself. Someone once said that an education is like a bunch of keys to use to get something when you need it.

Recently, a group of college presidents and fraternity men in a '' Report on Relations Between College and Fraternity' ' gave a definition of an education. ''Formal education,''

they said, ' ' by orgamzmg human experience, develops the many desirable potentialities of the student. It stimulates self-expression ; it fosters self-government, and promotes responsible leadership; it encourages self-development, and strengthens zeal for service.' ' Today, in times that are unusual and men are called upon to do more clear thinking than ever before, college men are giving serious thought to what will be demanded of them in the world outside the campus. The answer is not in mathematical terms, nor in statistical terms of economics or of science ; but rather in the capacity for work, the will to Eee a job through, clear thinking, and physical and moral control in order to capitalize on the ability you already have. The fraternity must help the man to attain the requirements of a man among men in the positions demanded of him in the years to come.

Yes, a fraternity is a social organization ; but surely the social life of young men engaged in the most f ascinating intellectual adventure that they may ever have should differ radically from that of a group of playboys or politicians in a small town. A restricted educational background, in class or out, restricts the level of thinking and achievement 3

Acacia's official publication. The TRIAD. devotes a generous amount of its space to pictorializing the hundreds of fraternal. social. sporting or humorous incidents occurring within the various chapters. It is the kind of graphic representation members enjoy, and records their college and fraternity life in such a way as to provide pleasant recollections and amusement in later years.

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"Campus activities keys evidence a well-rounded man. Your fraternity can assist achievement."

you desire. Each of you nurses the secret ambition and hope to become a leader and a positive force in your community, or in the wider world beyond. Your social life is a reflection of what you think and are. If you are men of purpose, and if you are thinking of the self-development which will translate your dreams of influence and leadership into actuality, should not your chapter life in a fraternity reflect and promote these? Why cheat yourself of a fighting chance to attain an ambition?

Life, surprisingly enough, will teach you that what you know will count for far less than what you are.

It is your character and personality which will determine how far any ability you have will carry you. And this is the time to think of your character and personality. Where is there a better place to develop these than among a friendly group of fellows of high character and moral calibre?

Now is a time to take a businesslike inventory of your assets and liabilities, and concentrate on getting yourself out of the red. There can be a no more significant role of your fraternity than that of helping you to do this.

The fraternity is in a position to promote not only the education of its members, but to give particular 4

emphasis to the individual. The primary concen1 of a university is the intellectual development of its students, and there is a broader and more practical education than that of academic work or studies of the classroom. Since the fraternity is an accepted part of the educational system, the primary objectives of the university are also the objectives of the fraternity. Too often institutions overlook the environment of the students and individuals, and the fraternity is in a position in which it cannot overlook this.

Perhaps the greatest field for fraternities from the educational standpoint is in developing the social and ethical being of its members. This is the realm of personality and character. From a list that appeared in a recent fraternity publication, those things are given here in which a fraternity can help in this field of Education: 1. Since the fraternity is an organization of young men of about the same age, bound by a common idealism, the members can criticize each other in a constructive manner.

2. A fraternity can develop spiritual value, not only religious, but also respect for individuals, institutions, and the nation.

3. It can create and promote social

habits, conditions, and customs with emphasis on dress, manners, etiquette, courtesy, temperance- in all things, loyalty, and ideals.

4. A fraternity is in an excellent position to develop and stimulate leadership, not only intellectual, but also physical and moral.

5. They can develop the highest type of friendship because fraternity does mean a brotherhood!

6. Most important of all, a fraternity can teach its members to get along with their fellow man.

One of many fraternities is Acacia Fraternity, but to know Acacia is to know a fraternity that has contributed to these important functions and roles of the fraternity in every phase of a man's life for over four decades. The creed of the fraternity is: ''To strengthen the ties of friendship, one with the other. To prepare ourselves as educated men to take a more active part in the affairs of the community in which we may reside.

And above all, to seek the truth, and knowing it, to give light to those with whom we may be associated as we travel along life's pathway."

This creed and the men who live by this creed express better than any other expression, the aims and the essence of Acacia.

JACK ERWIN, '40 THE TRJAGRAM

Miss Portia McClain of Canton. Ohio, who was chosen as Acacia' s " Sweetheart," and candidate lor Duchess of the annual Inter· Fraternity Ball which was held at the Stevens Hotel in Chicago. Miss McClain is a member of Delta Delta Delta sorority.

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Greek Fraternities and Their Backgrounds The American college fraternity is unique. Corresponding to the American college fraternity, the European Universities have student societies, many of which are old and have much tradition back of them. Honor and prestige accompanies both these societies and the American fraternity. Some of the American fraternities have spread from the United States into Canada, but the Canadian chapters are founded on the same principles as in the United States.

The Student Societies of European colleges (which we hope will and can flourish again after the present awful turmoil in Europe) are ancient affairs-many having an actual age that will make the oldest American college fraternity young by comparison. A knowledge of the European and American systems of higher learning demonstrates the great difference which exists between these institutions.

In Europe, higher education has always been restricted to the social aristocracy. But in America, higher education has developed into a very democratic system. Class distinctions are not followed. It is only natural that wherever students should congregate, they should organize instinctively into groups of common purpose and interest. It is an instinct of man to organize into smaller social groups. In Europe these groups have an aristocratic background, but the THE ACACIA FRATERNITY

American fraternity is of a far more democratic and cosmopolitan nature.

The first college society in America with a Greek-letter name was Phi Beta Kappa. It was founded in that year, so important to every American, 1776, at the College of William and Mary at Williamsburg, Virginia. Phi Beta K appa soon became, and has since remained, an honorary organization of Liberal Arts scholastic attainment. Of a character, Kappa Alpha social Society is the oldest fraternity which has had continuous existence in United States colleges and is often recognized as the parent of the vast system of college fraternities. It was founded at Union College, Schnectady, New York, in 1825. Sigma Phi and Delta Phi soon followed the example of Kappa Alpha and were founded in 1827. These three fraternities are often referred to as the ' 'Union Tria d ' ' and became the pattern for the American fraternity system. These organizations soon founded other chapters in nearby schools. Opposition to these three fraternities soon invoked the existence in Miami University of three more fraternities-Beta Theta Pi, Phi Delta Theta, and Sigma Chi. These three are referred to as the ' ' Miami Triad. ' ' Later, in 1856, Sigma Alpha Epsilon was organized at Alabama.

During the Civil War, collegiate

activity everywhere was weakened, and in the South was almost entirely suspended. After the Civil War, affairs were such in the South that the reestablishment of chapters by northern fraternities was not at once generally undertaken. New Southern fraternity were n aturally created, and especially at institutions made prominent by their military character. Thus, Alpha Tau Omega was born in 1856 at Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, Va., and Kapp a Sigma Kapp a and Sigma Nu in 1869; Kappa Alpha was fotmded at Washington and Lee University.

Alpha Gamma, 1861, was founded at Ctunberland University, an d K appa Sigma at the University of Virginia.

With the founding of the above f raternities in the middle 1800 's, the fraternity system rapidly grew until the early 1900's.

The adoption of Greek letters by the organizations was merely a distinction made between different organizations. Since so much of the early education in the American universities was classic and patterned after classic lines, it is easy to see why they chose Greek letters. In the Old World, intellectual enlightenment and culture reached its highest peak in Athens and in the Greek schools, revealing the possibilities of human attainment. Greek-letter fraternities do not necessarily have a special Greek significance or rela-

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Acacia cherishes the treasures in its possession -friendship and fellowship.

Every effort toward friendship and fellowship is timely to the opportunity at the door of present social changes, and dominates the program for service. Acacia never ceases to anticipate the extension of this ideal.

Vallance of Oklahoma

Sickler of Cornell

Steele of Oklahoma

Stillman of Cornell

Greek Fraternities and Their Backgrounds tionship, since the letters of the Greek alphabet are often used simply to represent some secret name or motto. Many fraternities, however, do base some of their ideals and goals on Greek teachings and Greek philosophers. Among the most outstanding of these philosophers are Plato, Aristotle, Pythagoras, and Socrates.

Their teachings reveal something of the idealism which actuates the entire fraternity movement.

Half a century ago, fraternities were classified generally according to their place of origin, as Western, Eastern, Southern, and Northern.

Now, such classifications can no longer hold true.

Acacia Fraternity grew from an organization of college men which was based on Masonry started in 1894 at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. It is the only general social fraternity which was founded there. The first professional fraternities were also founded at Michigan-Phi Delta Phi (Legal) in 1869, and Nu Sigma Nu (Medical) in 1882.

Acacia Fraternity was formally founded on May 12, 190-!, and because of its high principles, Masonic character, scholastic standing, and outstanding men, grew rapidly. It restricts its chapters to Universities only, and is the only '' University Fraternity.''

Its membership is Protestant. The word Acacia comes from the Greek word AKAKIA and differs from other Greek letters of 6

organizations in that the word has an independent meaning. The word AKAKIA is the name of a Hellenic evergreen, meaning undying or everlasting.

Today the college fraternity seeks new worlds and expands itself by the application of the basic und·erlying principles of a human institution. Progress and light in all things is the keynote. Its alumni are the leaders of thought and action in almost every field of activity. They have been influenced by the wealth of friendship and comradeship of outstanding men with principles of their own. Their characters and personalities have been molded in an atmosphere of human service and friendship. To its ends and purposes may it ever strive, and may it bring eternal recognition to itself and to its members for its service in the educational system.

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We, as Acacians, are meeting new conditions. Courageously, and efficiently, we wish to remain an indispensable part of our educational institutions, and continue as American citizenship's fine!\t supporters.

We know that is our way of making a real contribution to democracy.

And resultant from a true, most zealous expression of Acacia tenets, fortification of American ideals is plainly proclaimed. There is nothing in Acacia that conflicts in the least with being a patriotic American.

The Acacia Member Learns to .

• Respond to persons addressing him, with dignity, poise and proper salutations. • Enter in conversation with proper dignity, voice modulation and reserve. • Speak with proper respect to his superiors, elders, associates, friends, parents and relatives. o Give proper respect to those of a different race, creed, language, social position, economic positions, etc. • Treat with respect the maimed, the blind, the deformed, the sick, the aged, and the unfortunate. • Show proper respect for people, property, and personal opinions. • Mingle with social groups without injuring others' feelings, person, or property. • Respect the political, social, religious, and economic beliefs of others. • Keep personally clean and neat. o Obey the social, moral, and ethical dictates of the group with which he is cerned. • Know and abide by the provision of the local, state and national requirements relating to personal and social behavior. • Know the laws of good health, good dress, and good manners, and conform to these laws. • Know proper attitudes and responses necessary for all types of social intercourse. • AcqUire habits of punctuality, promptness, accuracy and determination.

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The emphasis on _FELLO~SHIP and BROTHERHOOD was never more desirable. Primary purposes of Acacla-bas1c truths applied to successful living. have developed in our young men qualities as outstanding as those of any good fraternity, anywhere.

Facts About Acacia MORE THAN FOUR DECADES AGO in a room at the University of Michigan a group of students determined to found a fraternity on a new basis. The organization was to be built on the principles of Masonry as a background and was to be actuated by a search for high scholarship. In May of 1904 the Acacia Fraternity was founded at Ann Arbor, Michigan; an organization built to be free from drinking, gambling, and social vices which had for years been a blot on the fraternity life of the nation.

SO ENTHUSIASTICALLY RECEIVED were the ideals on which the fraternity was organized that, before a year had passed, similar groups in Stanford University and the Universities of Kansas, Nebraska, and California had been organized and installed. Within another year the group thus formed was augmented by the installation of chapters at Ohio State, Dartmouth, Harvard, Illinois, Pennsylvania (called Franklin), Minnesota and Wisconsin.

AT THE PRESENT TIME, Acacia has chapters in the leading universities from coast to coast and has over 12,000 members. Its chapters are located solely in universities, thus having the distinction of being the only ''University Fraternity.' ' With the exception of a few, most of the chapters own their own home and are valued in excess of one THE ACACIA FRATERNITY

million five hundred thousand dollars. The valuation of Acacia chapter houses is exceeded by few fraternities.

FREEMASONRY IS THE PARENT of all fraternal organizations, including college fraternities. Until 1931 the membership of Acacia was restricted to Masons. Since then, the membership has been altered, retaining the Masonic background, but restricting its membership only to those of the Protestant faiths. Because of the Masonic background, the members are traditionally more conservative and more democratic than the average college fraternity.

THE WORD ACACIA comes from the Greek word AKAKIA which is the name of a Hellenic evergreen symbolizing everlasting life. AKAKIA differs from other Greek letters of organizations in that the word has an independent meaning. The motto of the fraternity is ' 'Human Service.''

HIGH IDEALS are an integral part of the fraternity. Acacia was founded as a protest to the excesses of the national fraternity system as they existed prior to that time. Unrelenting and rigorously the rules are enforced by both the local and national organizations of Acacia prohibiting gambling, the use or possession of intoxicating liquors in the chapter house, and the taking of women into the house for immoral purposes. For the violation of any of

these rules the penalty is expulsion from the Fraternity.

SCHOLARSHIP has always been stressed in Acacia. Almost without exception since the Fraternity was founded, Acacia has had the highest scholastic standing of any national social fraternity. Statistics compiled by the National Interfraternity Conference in 1937 show that Acacia stands highest in scholarship of all the national social fraternities. High scholarship is a prerequisite to initiation into Acacia. Each student must maintain a grade better than average to be initiated into the organization. Most o( the chapters provide tutors whose duty it is to aid those not attaining suitable grades, and to help others better them.

BEING A UNIVERSITY FRATERNITY is of advantage to Acacia.

There are no chapters located at small colleges where standards may be low. The distribution of chapters is national rather than sectional. It has always been a . desideratum in Acacia to quality rather than quantity in chapters.

A HIGH CREDIT RATING with tradespeople wherever Acacia chapters are located has so long been the rule that the financial responsibilities of the members of Acacia on respective campuses is traditional.

Members are not permitted to ''run bills' ' with the chapter or with the town tradesmen.

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INDIANA UNIVERSITY 1. Joe Heine. Junior

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* 2. Hal "Pete" Driver.

Junior Center

* 3. Clifford Forsyth, Senior Guard

* 4. Robert Sill, Senior

* 5. Vernon Broertjes, Senior in Cross-Country and Track

* 6. Guy Wellman, Junior Catcher

Facts About Acacia than any other fraternity is the record of Acacia on most campii where the Fraternity has chapters. This is one of the reasons why Acacia is able to maintain the highest scholastic s1;anding of all social fraternities.

Members are able to secure the best counsel and advice from men of experience who are sympathetic and who have a personal interest.

ACACIA IS A CHARTER MEMBER of the Interfraternity Conference which is an organization comprised of the leading national fraternities in the country. The conference meets annually to discuss with representatives of each fraternity the problems of, and to promote the policies and welfare of all fraternities.

DEMOCRACY OF ITS MEMBERS toward outsiders is one of Acacia's finest traditions. The time and effort spent on the publications of the Fraternity and in the training of pledges has proved justifiable, for, generally, when an Acacian is a candidate f or a campus honor, he is more successful in securing the support and votes of non-fraternity students, as well as the active support of the members of other fraternities - especially when his opponent is a member of some organization considered '' snobbish ' ' by some.

THE ALUMNI INTEREST is of vital importance to every living, growing organization. Because of the background and interest of 8

members, the alumni interest in Acacia is very keen- more so than is in most other college fraternities.

Every chapter has an alumni chapter, keeping up relations with one another after college days are over.

These groups ultimately mean even more to some than their original active chapter. In all the principal cities of the United States there are also alumni organizations which meet regularly. A hearty welcome is assured an Acacian wherever he may go.

THE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION of Acacia is the TRIAD. This magazine is published five times a year and is devoted to information about all the chapters, their doings, things of general fraternity interest, and outstanding members. The Fraternity also publishes a. directory of members, songbook, and pledge manual.

HOUSE MANAGEMENT AND OWNERSHIP is usually vested in a group of alumni who are members of the board of directors of a house corporation which holds title to real estate. Funds are collected from the alumni for the payment of any indebtedness or for the accumulation of funds for repairs, purchase of furniture and equipment, etc. The active chapter pays rent to the corporation which in turn applies the proceeds of that income to the payment of expenses.

THE GOVERNMENT of Acacia

is vested in the National Council and the National Conclave. The National Conclave is held every second year and is composed of National Officers and two delegates from each chapter, one of whom shall be the chapter advisor and the other the chapter president. The National Conclave is the supreme legislative body of the fraternity, subject only to the referendum vote of the chapters upon constitutional questions.

Each delegate is entitled to one vote.

The chapter advisor is elected at a joint meeting of the active chapter and the alumni, and his counsel to the chapter is subject to the approval of the National Council. It is his duty to be informed on the chapter and supervise activities. The National Council is composed of the National President, Treasurer, Secretary, Editor, and Counsellor.

THE CHAPTER GOVERNMENT is vested in the members themselves.

Each chapter has the aid and advice of an alumnus who is the advisor.

He is usually a faculty member of the university or a local business man. The advisor meets weekly with the members to discuss plans and policies. His guidance keeps a wise course over routes previously traveled.

ON THE CAMPUS, each chapter of Acacia leads in various fields. It is the aim of Acacia to be wellto¡u nded. Intra-mural sports, varsity members. A broad education results.

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These Things Are True Because of the many truths it tells about the modern fraternity, this prize-winning essay by Undergradua te Charles Willis appeals.

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Occasionally ¡one should turn t o¡ introspection to discover what makes up the system of things he is in. The fraternity system is no exception. A fraternity has many challenges and here are some of my interpretations and conclusions as an undergraduate member of a fraternity.

A fraternity has certain ideals which it should achieve. The fraternities are not yet achieving these ideals, but they are living, growing institutions. We have not reached our ultimate. We are still striving toward the ideals we honestly admit we have not yet reached. Yet, my personal experience makes me proud of my fraternity-proud to be a part of it. And I am certain that because of it, definitely because of it, I have gained much from the university that I might otherwise have missed.

The Church sets up ideals which it admittedly has not attained, yet its members do not cry that they are ashamed. Those who are conscientious, buckle down and try to improve the church. They do not look for marked improvement overnight; instead, they look far into the future. The people of a church are far from being ashamed-they are proud.

The business relations of the world are far from perfect. There is a code THE ACACIA FRATERNITY

of ethics which is not followed too well, but there has been progress in business along these lines, and continues to be. One does not throw up his hands when he finds the business relations imperfect and the ethical code disregarded, crying shame the while and hurling insults at associates. One strives for a goal.

We as individuals do not commit hari kart because we have not risen to the heights of human goodnesswe are ashamed of ourselves. We should be concerned, yes, but death is the coward's way out. A strong man will fight for his ideal. Very few things are perfect, and I am glad they are not- there are always goals to strive toward and work for, feeling the sweet taste of accomplishment in the end.

Fraternities have their goals and ideals. It may be admitted without blushing too readily that there are faults in the fraternity system; I would be surprised if there were not.

Of my fraternity, which is the only one I can speak of with sufficient knowledge, I so say it has made much progress toward worth-while ideals.

To get man to thinking rationally is the major aim of an education.

Does the fraternity encourage its members to think? Definitely! A fraternity lives only because of its members, and if pledges fail to make their grades there will soon be no members. It is quite natural that the

active members be concerned about the grades of their pledges; from that standpoint it is common business sense. The concern should go deeper than this, and does in many cases, but is difficult to analyze the value one is getting from many of his own courses, let alone analyzing the value another is getting from his. The well-known bull-sessions and group discussions about such things, are frequently enlightening on individuals ' viewpoints on various courses.

I know these talks with the fellows about this course and that professor have made me try to put into words my answer to the question, '' What are you getting out of this course?' ' I surprise myself at the answer sometimes, and I am sure my fellow members must have similar rude, or possibly pleasant, awakenings.

It is difficult to judge the real mental attitude of a freshman pledge.

Frequently he is having his first experiences in working things out for himself away from J:iome. New ideas are being formed. The fraternity training and the contact with older men of the same group can result in excellent training. However, with the freshman, there is always a certain amount of orientation and confusion going on within him and the results of the coaching and contacts are not always easy to recognize.

However, I can safely say that among the older men in the fraternity the big majority have the true 9

There are needs at the moment which each individual interprets from his own personal viewpoint and surroundings; but no needs are mo~e general tha? the :es~orati~m of ~uman faith and confidence of men in themselves and their fellow men, m their smcenty, their hon, esty, their altruism and the promotion of the brotherhood of all mankind.

Above: An Acacia Chapter â&#x20AC;˘House, one that is typical of the dignity of style and the respectableness of atmosphere in which Acacia men live. At the right: Most fellows like to gather in this informal fashion. Their banners decorate the walls and add a certain touch of enthusiasm to their loyalties.

These Things Are True student attitude, and the average of this group is continually increasing.

So far, my discussion has referred to straight academic learning, but I could go further and point out several other ways in which the fraternity fosters thinking. I have mentioned the ''bull-session. '' This form of discussion can be abused, but we all agree that there are some pretty intelligent discussions. Then there are the faculty dinners. These come just often enough to be considered high spots usually developing very constmctive discussions.

Just talking to a man who is an expert in his field is an inspiration to endeavor to learn more and more.

Very important are the officers' positions in the chapter. What an excellent opportunity to build the qualities of leadership! If a man has ever held an office in the chapter, he knows that it takes far more than just getting by. Criticism is always r ampant, requiring the best of a man.

The majority of chapter offices require initiative in meeting practical problems that cannot be treated lightly. Besides the offices, every well-mn organization has hundreds of small jobs that require a good deal of initiative, stick-to-it-iveness and intelligence. Currently, progress is made.

To discuss culture as such is like treading on hallowed ground. Does a fraternity foster culture within its members? Its trends may be so,

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but it may not obviously do so without defeating its purpose. It is not normal for one young man to tell another that he should attend a concert or do a certain thing because of its cultural value to him. This same condition exists among all walks of man, yet a fraternity can influence the individual concerning cultural aspects of life without offending him.

Personal actions and expressed opinions do this. I cannot help but be influenced by my associates. The fraternity may not officially outline where and when to go for cultural benefit, but the individual members exert a powerful compulsion on each other. This influence in my fraternity has wrought an upward swing in all cultural advancement and appreciation within me and I note it in all those about me with pride.

To be specific, there are in our house only two Music School students, yet several members have large collections of records of the best in music. Many members evidence familiarity with the better composers and their compositions, and all members appear to enjoy good music. Every noon hour there is¡ a recorded symphonic concert on the radio, and for one hour that is all that is played. The men like it. Enjoyment of this particular program seems to have steadily increased this year. I believe we have become tme lovers of music without being highhat about it.

Interest in the opera has been increasing in the house. In addition to many individual attendances, there have been two group attendances this year-the first with five men and the second with nine. The attendance of plays in the city and in the university theatre results in more members becoming interested each time because of the discussions and comments about them. The opinion regarding cultural matters is constantly becoming more and more unanimous.

Next we come to fraternity pledging. It has been said in the past, especially in the 1920's, that fraternities are too much interested in the superficial aspects of their mshees, and that they often pass up a lot of good boys who just don ' t happen to shine like some of their more fortunate brethren. This is sometimes unavoidably tme, but the fraternity is definitely not to blame. The fraternity necessarily uses the same methods of judging prospective members as do women ' s clubs, civic groups, business associations, and even church groups. It has been said that water seeks its own level. There is no opportunity to observe¡ the mshee over a long period of time.

There is more of an opportunity, however, for the mshee to regard the fraternity over a period of time and from more angles. The fraternity must resort to the methods of the business man who is judging the THE TRIAGRAM

Above: In pleasant surroundings like the furnishings of this interior men greatly enjoy the Chapter House accommodations and feel quite at home. Le ft: Two more exterior views of Acacia chapter houses.

These Things Are True applicant for a position. The employer is interested in ability records and scholastic standards, as is the fraternity, and he is also interested in the general appearance and manner of the applicant. He is interested in the applicant's poise and selfassurance, manner of talking, and all the other details which go to make up a personality. I am subconsciously influenced by similar things when I make a new acquaintance, and it must be vice versa! I do, however, flatly state that while I have been a member of Acacia, no man has been refused entrance as a pledge because he wasn't an athlete or an activities man in high school, or because he didn't have a father who was an Acacian or a recommendation of an Acacian, or because of his or his father's :6.nancial status or occupation. It can be truthfully said that even scholarship takes a back seat when we start to decide on a man. If we like him, we bid him, and other factors are forgotten .

Fraternities all have friendly rivalries, and they like to call each other names- either to impress outsiders or to build up their own egos.

Yet I know that each of us realizes that the fellows of another house are swell fellows and that we get along very well with the majority of them.

There is an interfraternity brotherhood. Name-calling is the highly amusing and artificial part of friendly rivalry.

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Socially, perhaps, there is more of a discrimination between independent and fraternity men. An organized group can go farther than the individual. There are plenty of examples of this social difference, but the bearing on the scheme of things is somewhat vague. I am inclined to ask if this so-called social discrimination is not one of those things that you hear about only when it is interesting? And the rest of the time you forget about it. In other words, to be concrete, the times that an independent and a fraternity man mix, or an independent girl dates a fraternity boy are forgotten, because they are so usual that they arouse no interest. The fact that a fraternity man might refuse to go out with an independent girl just because she is an independent, would really be interesting because it is so contrary to social etiquette. It is the unusual that attracts attention and criticism. Too many of us come from the average American family with the common sense of etiquette and social behavior ever to think of such an outlook. Natural selection seems to still have the sway. Like the stories of fortune tellers, the successes are often repeated, but one never hears of the failures-they aren't interesting, but they are by far most numerous.

To admit that a thing is not perfect is no boast or flaunt, but it is not a basis for shame. Progress is

what we all seek for and perfection is the goal. It is men who make the fraternity, and as the world of men is, so is the fraternity to begin with.

It has the privilege of trying to better its world, and has more of an opportunity. Its men are subject to failings and temptations which all must know, but it keeps its ideals and aims ever before the men. The effort is well worth while and the fraternity men of the past have been leaders in preparing the advance bulwark of today.

I believe that the fraternity contributes something to the university and to the individual that could not be had otherwise. I believe I have received these advantages and I am proud to be a fraternity man!

CHARLES WILLIS, JR., Northwestern.

â&#x20AC;˘ Man is an idealizing animal. The thing that lifts him above the brute is his power to dream dreams and see visions. Nothing but the perfect, nothing but a perfected society, an ideal fellowship, a true ' 'City of Light'' can ever satisfy him. It is by no means necessary that he hope actually to witness the final triumph.

It is enough that he can see it and think of it; that something of its glory may descend upon him as he toils for it, and that all his labors and sacrifices have an eternal. issue in the ideal.

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William B. Bizzell

Fraternity education is the inculcation. not of a given quantity of a determined subject material. but of the stuff of living, taught in living itself and from the twenty-four-hour example of those who are living most successfully. Here is the inner fire of the whole fraternity system. that flaming center. that mysterious identification with the other man in living which we call variously friendship or love. We boast allegiance to the quest for this grail. and we seek it cooperatively.

In this cooperation lies the educational power of the fraternity, seeking together. informally and constantly. the inner meaning of our developing manhood. I am speaking not of some mystic love of one man toward each of his thirty-five rather casually chosen companions. a God-given power or light in which he may lazily bask. but a responsibility to his companions given the man by the fraternity to find. to develop. and be developed by the best in each man. and that process to find the true meaning of friendship .

Dr. Elias Lyman

Prominent Acacians Acacia with 12,000 members out of a total of 913,000 fraternity men in the United States- slightly more than 1 per cent-has, at the present time, a good deal more than her share of the high state and federal elective offices-with two governors, four members of the House of Representatives, one Senator, and the Speaker of the Kansas House of Representatives.

It is safe to assume that a good percentage of the men holding such offices are not members of any fraternity, which serves only to make the Fratenity even more outstanding in this respect.

In the educational field, the Fraternity is also far in the lead of other general college fraternities with more men on the faculties of the leading universities than any college fraternity. Witness the fact that at Oklahoma University there are 17 members of the fraternity on the faculty, to say nothing of the fact that the president of the university, the president of the Boa rd of Regents, the secretary of the same board and the head coach are all members of Oklahoma chapter.

Other prominent members are: Wilburn Cartwright, Oklahoma, member of Congress from the Third Oklahoma District; Sa m C. Ford, Kansas, Governor of Montana; William A. Pittenger, Harvard, member of Congress from Minnesota; Reid F . Murray, Wisconsin, member 12

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of Congress from Wisconsin; Joseph M. Broughton, Harvard, Governor of North Carolina; George A. Malcolm, former Chief Justice - Philippine Islands, now Attorney General of Puerto Rico; Clay C. Carper, Kansas, Speaker of the Kansas House of Representatives; Walter G. Thiele, Kansas, Justice, Kansas Supreme Court; Alexander Wetmore, Kansas, Director, Smithsonian Institution; Paul V. McNutt, former governor of Indiana, Federal Social Security Administrator; Mayor John L. Griffith, Illinois, Commissioner of Athletics, Big Ten Conference; Roscoe A. Pound, Nebraska, Dean of the Harvard Law School.

WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN, initiated at Nebraska in 1908, known to every school boy as the standard bearer of the Democratic Party for so many years, probably has signed more Acacia chapter guest books than any other Acacian asiae from members of the National Council.

He never failed to visit the Acacia Chapter house when nearby and many times spoke of the honor and privilege he considered his Acacia membership to be. Although he held no office in the Fraternity, his interest was always great.

WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT, Yale, the only man in the history of the United States to hold the offices of President and Chief Justice of

the Supreme Court, was initiated at Yale in 1913. His interest in the Fraternity was great and, when the Acacia Conclave was held in San Francisco in 1915, he made the trip there to make the principal address.

In later years he visited many of the chapter houses and his autographed photograph will be found in most every chapter house.

WENDELL BERGE, Assistant United States Attorney General in charge of the Criminal Division, is a member of Nebraska chapter. He received his A.B. degree at Nebraska in '26, his LL.B. degree from Michigan in '28 and his Doctors degree from Michigan in '30. After practicing in New York City for two years he went to Washington as a member of the staff of the Department of Justice. He has been a faithful and loyal member of Acacia and, last February, flew to Lincoln from Washington to attend the chapter's Founder ' s Day Celebration.

ARTHUR CAPPER, United States Senator from Kansas; President of Capper Publications, Inc., Topeka, Kansas. He is the largest publisher of farm journals. In official public life Arthur Capper first served as a member of the Board of Regents of the Kansas State Agricultural College. In 1914 he was elected Governor of Kansas, served four years; was elected to the United States SenTHE TRIAGRAM

This period is a clearance of the decks for a renaissance in this land of ours, in which the young men who are in our chapters today will be tomorrow's leaders. With our membership of young men we shall find inspiration in utilizing those things which Acacia is capable of contributing to America's greater future.

Arthur Capper

William Howard Taft

William Jennings Bryan

Prominent Acacians ate in 1918, and has served continuously in Senate ever since. In the Senate he is ranking Republican member of the Committee on Finance and the Committee on the District of Columbia; is a member also of the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry, the Committee on Foreign Relations, and the Committee on Immigration.

WILLIAM B. BIZZELL, President of the University of Oklahoma, became a member of Oklahoma chapter shortly after the chapter was chartered. He is one of the foremost educators in the United States and is the author of ten books ranging over a variety of subjects: sociology, education, political science. During the past ten years of salary cuts and reduced budgets he has been able to keep his faculty intact-an achievemen of which few college administrators in the Middle West have been capable. He will be found at the Acacia Chapter house in Norman next September, for he values and appreciates his membership in Acacia and the contacts it gives him.

PAUL V. McNUTT, National Commander of the American Legion, 1928-1929; Dean of the Law School, University of Indiana, 1929-1933; Governor of Indiana, 1933-1937; United States High Commissioner to the Philippines. In recent years this public-spirited Acacian has been in

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demand in various capacities. President Roosevelt has put Acacian P aul V. McNutt in the very important position of assuming full charge over the country's war manpower.

Fraternity Men rank higher in scholarship than non-fraternity men in the United States for the twelfth consecutive year, according to a survey covering institutions of higher learning which has been released this year by the National Interfraternity Conference.

The nation-wide survey made by Dr. Alvan E. Duerr of the Manufacturers Trust Company of New York City included the scholastic records of more than 75,000 undergraduate members of the 2,389 chapters belonging to 60 national fraternities established at 180 colleges and universities.

When fraternity men passed unoragnized men in scholarship for the first time in 1929-30, there were only 125 institutions which furnished scholastic records covering 60,000 fraternity members.

The justification of the fraternities has always arisen out of the cultivation of spiritual attachments, out of the development of character, out of a program of individual values.

How They Feel About Belonging During Army Life From numerous letters received from Acacia Brothers in the Service

come the many evidences of the cordial handclasp and real fellowship that their fraternity has provided them now that they are in the largest fraternity-the Army Fraternity. '' . .. I have found that my fraternity has enabled me to make many friends I might have missed otherwise. When I see the sign or crested ring of another fraternity man I feel as if I had found another brother, and I have made many fraternal ties that I'll never lose within this great army fraternity. To find others who have shared experiences similar to yours draws you together. '' A letter received from an Acacian in Texas reads: ' ' . .. There are five of us carrying on the Acacia traditions here. We all agree that fraternity means more to us now than it did even in school. Hardly a weekend or even a night has passed in the last few months that we haven't been together. None of us is in the same company and we ' re located in different parts of the ca,mp, but somehow we learned of each other, and now we get together in an evening for a bull-fest or to cheer one another when a blue mood descends. It may be due to circumstances, but whatever the reason, we all have a greater fraternalism than we had in our college days. The intangible bond of our fraternity is strongly felt by us now: In the Army they call it Buddies, but we call it Fraternity ... " 13

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Universities of the Chapters of Acacia CALIFORNIA

MISSOURI

CINCINNATI

NORTHWESTERN

COLORADO

OHIO

CORNELL

OKLAHOMA

GEORGE WASHINGTON

OKLAHOMA STATE

ILLINOIS

PENNSYLVANIA

INDIANA

PENN STATE

IOWA STATE

PURDUE

KANSAS STATE

SYRACUSE

MICHIGAN

WASHINGTON

MINNESOTA

WASHINGTON STATE WISCONSIN

Army and F1·aternity List probably not complete, but given as of May, 1942 PURDUE G. R. Allison. 1st Lt. , F. A., 350th Field Artillery, Camp Livingston, La. Howard Ayres. Major, F. A ., Purdue R.O.T.C., Lafayette, Ind. H. M. Bettge, lst Lt., C. A., 70th Coast Artillery, Camp Stewart, Ga. W. H. Bach, lst Lt., F. A., 5th Tr. Reg!.

Ft. Bragg, N. C. J. R. Burkhart, lst Lt., F. A . Purdue R.O.T.C., Lafayette, Ind. R. E. Clark. Capt., Inf., !13th Inf., Trenton, N.J. J. V. Crabb, lst Lt., Air Corps, Langley Field, Vt. W. S. Green, Capt., Air Corps, Lowry Field, Denver, Colo.

W. E. Heltzel, lst Lt., C .C.C. No. 1503, Moscow, Idaho.

E. Leisure. lst Lt., (Res.) 109 Woodside Ave., Indianapolis, Ind. W. McPherson, lst Lt., F. A., 18th Field Artillery, Ft. Sill, Okla.

C. D. McAlliston, Lt. Col., Stockton Field, Stockton, Calif.

H. N. Riise, Cadet, U. S. Navy Aviation, Pensacola, Fla. W. C. Royer. lst Lt., Intelligence Office, Ft. Story; Va. C. J. Snyder, lst Lt., 35th Field Artillery, Camp Blanding, Fla.

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J. R. Wergin. A. C., Flying School. Moffett Field, Calif.

AI Rogers. lst Lt., Air Corps Flighting J. 0. Vansickle, Capt., U. S. Army Air Corps, Chanute Field, Rantoul, Ill. NORTHWESTERN Bobb F. Brown, Hdqts. Detch., 87th Inf., Mountain Reg., A.P.O. No. 309, Fort Lewis, Wash. , Leslie W. Bennett. Ensign, Cadet Regiment, Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Fla. Roger 0. Case. Pvt., Student, Radio Division of Air Corps, Scott Field, Ill. Richard M. Chadwick, Lt., Jr. Grade, Submarine Chaser Training Center, Miami, Fla. Larry Dutcher, U. S. Navy.

Curtis M. Erickson. Ensign, Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Fla. Res. 730 N. 14th Ave. Richard W. Evans, Ensign, Air Intelligence Division of the Bureau of Aeronautics, Washington, D. C., Res.: Carroll Springs Inn , Forest Glen, Md. Benhart Fred, Corp., Co. C, 47th Eng., Main Garrison, Fort Ord, Calif.

Carl Elmer Haglund. Lt., Sr. Grade, Special Duty, Washington, D. C. Res .: Care Harwood Farm, East Falls Church, Va .

George A. Heineman, Student Flyer, Civil Aeronautics Authority, Lansing, Mich.

Daniel J. Macer. 2nd Lt., Station Hospital, Fort Jackson, S. C. William J. Masoner, Ensign, Student Barracks, Floyd Bennett Field, New York City, N. Y. William L. Melgaard, Pvt., Camp Grant, Ill. C. James Nelson. Pvt. Hans C. Ullman, Pvt., 12th Art., Reserve Field Artillery Replacement Center, Fort Bragg.

KANSAS F. Crocker Bacon, Captain, in foreign service.

Allen Anderson, 2nd Lt., U. S. Marine Aviation Corps.

William R. Ward, lst Lt., Ft. Rosecrans, Calif.

Frank D. Yaussi. Army Air Corps, Santa Maria, Calif.

Schiller and Chester Shore. Officers, Camp Robinson, Ark. F. C. Amos, Capt., Fort Mills, Phillipine Islands.

Carol J. Freeman, Lt., National Guard Stalwarts, Camp Robinson, Ark .

Clyde Woodman, 2nd Lt., Chemical Warfare, Edgewood Arsenal. Md. Dick Treece, Ensign, U. S. Navy, Boston, Mass.

Bob Perry. 127th Observation Squadron, Ft. Leavenworth , Kans.

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Carl A. Moore , 2nd Lt. , Air Corps Replacement, Santa Ana, Calif. .;Harold 0 . Bergman, 2nd Lt., Ferry Command, 635 Elm Avenue, Long Beach, Calif.

William H. Jones-Burdick. 2nd Lt., U. S. Army Air Corps, Rtmdolph Field, Texas.

Edward J, Meikel. 2nd Lt., U. S. Army Air Corps, Kelly Field, Texas.

Elmer L. Maul, Ensign, U.S. Navy, Naval Air Base, Norfolk, Va. OKLAHOMA Dr. Henry R. Rinsland. '26 , War Department, Washington, D. C. Merton Munson, '29. Capt., Camp Barkeley, Texas.

Leon Davis, '32. Capt., Ft. Sill, Okla.

Bryan T. Cole, '32, Lt., Ft. Sill, Okla.

Stanley Williams. '37.

Hugh Kidd, '37. Ft. Sill, Okla.

Carl Zimmerman. '37, Little Rock, Ark. Jerry Morgan, '38. Camp Barkeley, Abilene, Texas.

Earnest Mcintyre. '38.

Leo Craun. '39. Flight Instructor, Oklahoma City, Okla.

Thos. V. Munson, '35, Capt., Fort Sill, Okla.

Bill Gregg, '40. Lt., Naval Air Station, Miami.

Bob White, '40, Camp Barkeley, Abilene, Texas.

Bill Carson, '40. Lt. , Stockton Field, Stockton.

Harper Quarles, '40, Naval Administration Offices, San Diego, Calif.

Harlan Johnson, '40, Lt., Texas.

Clark Roach, '40 , Ft. Leonard Wood, Rollp-.

J, B. Long, '41. Co. C, Ontario Field, Ontario, Calif.

Walter Schelfe, '39. Lt., Camp Barkeley, Texas.

Jack Moore. '4 1. Lt., Ellington Field, Houston, Texas.

Kenneth M. Taylor, '40. Lt .. Hawaiian Islands.

Clenton E. Crain, lst Balloon Sqdn., Fort Sill, Okla.

MICffiGAN F. W. Luebke, Ens., VF-71 U. S. Naval Air Station, Norfolk, Va. Wilford H. Brown, Battery A, 34th Btn., Fort Sill, Okla.

Douglas C. Jeffrey, '41. Lt., Commanding Officer, 410th School Squadron, Sheppard Field, Texas.

William E. Leeder. '41. Ensign (Navy), San Diego, Calif.

John P. Paup, '4 1. (Bomber navigation training), Pan-American Airways Training School. Miami, Fla. Weimar Christman, '38. Navy.

Carl A. Moore , Lt.. Air Corps Replacement Center, Santa Ana, Calif.

CORNELL Charles Crittenden, Corp., Ft. Bragg, N.C. Warren W. Hawley, 2nd Lt., Battery .I School, Ft. Sill, Okla. ., .

_.,.Alfred A. Hagedorn. 2nd Lt., Aeronautics, Wright Field, Dayton, 0.

Kenneth J, Sorace. Cadet, Parks Air School, East St. Louis, Ill. Carl Osberg. Ensign, Naval Air Corgs,' San Diego, Calif.

Robert R. Petrie. 2nd Lt., Signal Corps, Iceland.

Wendell C. Johnson, Pvt., U. S. Infantry, Philippine Islands.

Phillip Loomis, lst Lt., Cornell R.O .T.C., Ithaca, New York.

Robert C. Bradley, 2nd Lt., Quartermaster's School, Ft. Lee, Va. CINCINNATI William F. Richards. Lt., Battery " F," 7lst C. A . (AAJ, Fort Story, Va. Robert E. Thompson. Pvt., Hq. Tr., 107th Cavalry, Camp Forrest, Tenn.

James H. Giles, Lt., Air Corps, Brooks Field, San Antonio, Texas.

James D. Tewel, Lt., U. S. Army Ordnance, Cincinnati, 0.

Edwin S. Rice, Lt., Air Corps, Chanute Field, Rantoul. Ill. Geo. M. Enos. Maj., U. S. Army Ordnance, Cincinnati, 0.

John J, Ritchie, Lt., U. S. Army Ordnance , Cincinnati, 0.

Harry W . Morlatt. Sgt., Camp Shelby, Hattiesburg, Miss.

Robert D. Reiman, Lt., U. S. Army Air Corps, Boise, Idaho.

Maurice Embertson, Lt., Air Corps Procurement, Detroit, Mich.

Oscar Schmidt, Capt., U. S. Army Ordnance, Indianapolis, Ind. Wm. Wuest. Capt., Coast Artillery Corps, Ft. Monroe, Va. Wm. C. Bertsche, Lt. , U. S. Army Ordnance, Rochester, N. Y. Wm. F. Richards, Lt., Officers' Training School, Ft. Monroe, Va. Robert Thompson, l07th Cavalry Division.

E. Rexford Boyd, U. S. Army Air Corps.

Stanley Bennett, U. S. Army Ordnance, Cincinnati, 0 .

Edwin N. Woistmann, U. S. Army Ordnance, Cincinnati, 0.

WASHINGTON Kirby Jackson, Maj., Chern. Warfare, U. S. Army.

Robert Knox, Lt. Com., U.S.N.R., Washington, D. C. Harald Johnson, lst Lt., Air Corps, Grey Field, Washington, D. C. Leo Jacobsen, Lt., San Point Naval Air Station, Seattle, Wash.

William Werberger, Lt., Junior Grade, U. S. Navy.

Robert Carstensen, 2nd Lt., Air' Corps.

Everett Blakely. Cadet, Air Corps.

Howard William Blank. Cadet, Air Corps.

William Hawkins, Ensign, U. S. Navy.

George Barker, Ensign, U. S. Navy.

Art Sykes, 2nd Lt., U. S. Army, Fort Lewis, Wash.

Ken McLeod, Sgt., Presidio, San Fran• · -cisco, Calif.

CALIFORNIA Charles Ganels, Captain.

Henry C. Miller, Captain.

Frank A. Pettit, Major, Whitehorse, Yukon Terr., ·c ada.

Ernest H. Sagehorn, U. S. Naval Air Station, Jacksonville, Fla. ILLINOIS R. H. C)ements. 2nd Lt., Ft. Sheridan, Ill. Henry Volle, Sgt., Hq. 131 Infantry, Camp Forrest, Tenn.

E. E. Atherton. Pvt., Battery A, 135 F. A. A., Po. 37, Camp Shelby, Miss.

Henry Schmidt, Pvt., Platoon 162, Recruit Depot M. C. B.. San Diego, Calif.

Clifford A . Kaiser, Capt., Presidio of San Francisco, Calif.

Neil McConnell, Cadet, U. S. Navy Air Corps.

Thomas Murphy, Ensign, Special Training at Cornell.

John H. Evans. Coast Guard Air Station, Miami, Fla. Harry H. Hewitt, Officer, U. S. Army.

Ralph Yeaman, Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Fla. Allen Erickson, Aviation, Ft. Lewis, Wash.

Frank E. W . Ward, Roya l Canadian Air Force, Ottawa, Can. John E. Hansen, U. S. Army.

Raymond Beman, U. S. Army.

K. P. Corson, Maj., U.S.M.C.R., 2nd Engrs., Ind. Marine Div. F.M.F., San Diego, Calif.

Kenneth MacLeod. Sgt., Hq. Fourth Army, Presidio of San Francisco, Calif.

INDIANA Darrel D. Becker, Ens., Naval Air Station, Breezy Point, BOQ, Norfolk, Va. Howard A. Larkin, Tech. Sgt., Hq. !13th Engrs. C APO 38, Camp Shelby, Miss.

NEBRASKA T. M. Bodie, Lt., Fort Stotsenburg, 45th Infantry, Philippine Islands.

MINNESOTA Lynn Fenstermacher, SK 3c, Co. 205, U. S. Naval Training Station, Great Lakes, Ill. Robert Shober, Pvt., Co. A, 54th Medical Btn., Camp Barkeley, Texas.

Robert Tiffany, 2nd Lt., 358th In!., 90th Div., Camp Barkeley, Texas.

Sidney Alexander, 2nd Lt., Somewhere in Mississippi.

Linton Lehrer, Pvt., Co. E, lst Omtr., 2nd Btn., Ft. F. E. Warren, Wyo. John Livingston, Pvt., Somewhere in Australia.

Gordon Lundin, 2nd Lt., Apt. 203, lll6 Bates Ave., St. Louis, Mo. Gaylord Glarner. Ensign, Naval Training Sta., Great Lake s, Ill. Lyle Victor, Pvt., U. S. Army.

Stanley Roberts, Pvt., U. S. Army.

Elwood Peterson, Pvt., U. S. Army Alan Harrington, Coast Guard Benefit Entertainment Unit.