Acacia Journal - November 1910 - Vol. 6, No. 1

FRANCIS W. SHEPARDSON Grand President

A C ACIA jOURNAL

HARRY E. KILMER ..•

ASSOCIATE EDITORS

JOSEPH A. DAVIS ......• Aleph Chapter, University of

R. CECIL FAY Beth Chapter, Leland Standford Univenity

FRED E LEE Gimel Chapter, University of Kansas ·

· Daleth Chapter, University of Nebraska

FRED M HOFER He Chapter, University of California

WILLIAM B LEIGHNINGER

E A. BOYDEN..

Waw Chapter, Ohio State University

Teth Chapter , Harvard University

R. A M. ANDERSON Heth Chapter, University of Illinois

CLINTON P. McCORD Yodh Chap ter, University of P ennsylvania

Kaph Chapter, University of Minnesota

J R. IAKISCH • Lamedth Chapter, Univenity of Wisconain

W. W WOBUS

E B JACKA

C. R. DOWNS

E. G. CORT

G. E. OSMUNDSON

WILLIAM S. DYE, JR

F E DUNTON

Mem Chapter, University of Mi11ouri

Nun Chapter, Cornell University

Samehk Chapter, Purdue University A yin Chapter, Universi ty of Chicaao

Pe Chap ter, Yal e University Tsadhe Chapter, Columbia University

Koph Chapter, Iowa State

R esh Chapter , University of Iowa

Shin C hapter , T he Pe nn sylvania State College

Tav Chapter, University of Oregcn , , A leph -A leph Chapter, U niversi t y of

C. R LARAWAY

, A leph- Beth Chap ter, Nor thwestern University

The Acacia Journal is published on the lot day of Novembe r, Februar y and May , at S t Louis, Mo Subscription price, One Dollar per year in advance , Sing le Copies, Fi ft y Cents, or Thi rt y-fi ve Ce nts where ordered through the C hapter aecre taries.

Remittan ces should be made by check, express or money order, payable to the Gr an d Secretary, Centreview, Mo .

EDITORIALS.

We are again at the beg-inning of a new year. After so me three month . of quiet and even lone liness, t h e chapter hous e is all a s tir with draymen at th e front door and g-rocerymen and milkm e n at the 1 ack d oo r. Th e greeting-s of the o ld men have been exchanged and already new men have bee n broug-ht within the inner circle. The beginning of th e year i an important period for every chapter. To tart well mean s that it will be much easier to end the year we ll. So let us make the beginning a good one. Be careful of the men you adm it to the inner circle. You h ave t o live and a sso ciate with them i n an intimate way. Strive to get men wh o will appreciate the honor a n d who wi ll be an ho n or to the chapter and th e Fraternity.

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There are other things that we should not forget at the beginning of the year. You should determine now to live within means. . This will necessitate some planning, and it ought to be the mauguratwn of a strict business policy in the handling of the affairs of the chapter. You as members of Acacia are banded together for many good reasons and as you, individually put your best into the work you will get the best returns, and we hope that with the many other things that will come to each of you as members, you will get the idea that any institution with which you are associated must be run so as to pay its obligations promptly, and that you will see to it that books and vouchers are kept so that you may know how the chapter stands, not only at the end of the year but at any time. We are sure that this is to be another year of progress. We want to see the Fraternity grow in numbers, but we want more to see that the present high standard of quality is maintained. As chapters we should strive to see that harmony prevails. The growth of chapter spirit and Fraternity pride should be carefully looked to. For these are of the essence, of the spirit itself, and with them all things will be added unto you in due time. Let us all strive to make this a great year in every respect. We are builders of a mighty tower of good-fellowship and brotherly affection. Let each of us add our brick, being sure that it is in harmony with the whole.

THE CONCLAVE.

The Sixth Grand Conclave has passed into history. A complete record of its activities is to be found in the Minutes, which are the major part of this issue of the JouRNAL. Of course, we will be excused of self- aggrandizement, when we say that we are proud of the efforts and the accomplishments of our brothers of Mem Chapter in providing for the entertainment of the Conclave. They looked after every want . They provided entertainment enough, and gave ample time for work. We trust that every member of the Conclave was made to feel at home. We know this was the desire and wish of the brothers of Mem Chapter, and we believe this was acocmplished.

We print in another place the program of the Conclave which was carried out with slight change. The work of the Conclave will compare favorably with the work of any Conclave we have attended. Two things were accomplished, that were of great importance. First, the adoption of the Ritual; second, a revision and amendment of the laws. There was much discussion and much good fellowship . There was plenty of debate. Our Grand President gave every man a chance to be heard, and was careful to see that the over-talkative member did not have the floor all the time. As we have gone over the Minutes we feel more than pleased with the work of the Conclave.

. We will be excused also for sitting in judgment when we say somethmg of the personel of the Conclave. It was of the usual high standing. There were probably no stronger men there than some of those who graced the Conclave at Philadelphia last year. Brother Green of Harvard Brother Ekblaw of Illinois, Brother Staples of California, Brother Scholes' of Yale, Brother Sutherland of Wisconsin, Brother Green of Michigan, Brother

Dye of Pennsylvania State, Brother Potts of hio State, were all men of experience and we would not find in any gathering men of a more splendid type. They were the leaders of the Conclave because of their experience. Every man in the Conclave was worthy to repre se nt his chapter, and every chapter represented was represented well. As we now think over the list there is not a si ngle delegate whose acquaintance we do not count a great privilege.

The delegates from the younger chapters are always at some disadvantage. They have to go slow and the best delegates do. \Ne know from experience, for we represented an infant of four weeks at Lawrence , Kansas. We were especially pleased with the men who represented the yo unger .chapters. If the delegates were representative, and we believe they were, we may indeed be proud of the younger chapter

We were proud of our own brothers of Mem Chapter, and we were more than pleased with the work of the Conclave, and count it a high privilege to have met the delegates. The close of each Conclave leave us feeling more assured of the splendid future for our Fraternity, and happy that we are joined in the tie that binds us to such men as the .chapters sent to represent them at the Conclaves. With groups of such men in our univer s ities and colleges working to make our dreams realized facts, w e ou g ht to find great joy in working with them shoulder to shoulder , and we do.

THE RIT UA L.

The Conclave ba s by resolution exp r essed its thanks to the brothers who have labored long and diligently to give us a Ritual which would meet our demands. \i\T e can only express our own opi nion but we do most heartily endorse the work of the Ritual Committee. \1\,Te have read and re-read the Ritual and eac h reading brings out more of beauty and of '.V Orth. We hope that every chapter will see to it-and this means you as an individual-that the Ritual i memorized and that some member can take each part and do it without prompting. Make the Ritual worth something t o yo u by doing some work upon it. The preparation of some part of it will make you appreciate it more. To appreciate Ritual or anything else we mu t work with them and on them. There h ave been school-boy dramatists who could, in their opinio n improve on Hamlet , and there will be here and th e re wiseacres who will be able to make changes and improvements in th e pre se nt Ritual. They will be able t o do this after having read it over once, of course. Now we hope that improv ements will be made in the present Ritual. Nothing is perfect that is part of a living organization. We grow and as we grow new adjustments have to be made with the tool s we work with. But the supreme power of the Fraternit y has by solemn act accepted this Ritual and until another Conclave convene s each member of eve ry chapter should see to it that the Ritual is followed exactly a s prescribed. To do otherwise would be to lack uniformity in the chapter s; to disobey the mandate of the highest law making power in the Fraternity; and finally we will not make progress toward that ideal Ritual that may in the years to come be ours. ·

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Aga in we ur ge that the Ritual be followed ex actl y as prescribed; that yo u memorize that Ritual so that you may do the work well, and that you ke ep all impr oveme nt s st o re d away in the ga rret or cellar and bring th em t o the n ex t Co ncl ave . ·when yo u h ave a rrived with them we tru s t that th e n ex t Co nclav e will cast th e burd e n of pro o f of showing the rea so n for a chan ge o n yo u , and make yo u ca rr y it t o the end. We wa nt n o change in the Ritual o r in o ur la ws, unl ess it i s clearl y sh ow n to be nece ssary.

OuR L Aws .

Before this number of the J ouRNAL has r eached yo u we tru st that yo u h ave loo k ed o v e r the n ew editi o n of th e Co nstituti o n and By-Laws. You will, if you are familiar with o ur law , note that there has b ee n very littl e c h a n ge, except so m e resolutions hav e been rai sed t o the rank of b y-la ws and will not hav e t o b e r e- e nact ed at eve r y Co nclave. We think that th e proper method of developing o ur la w is t o proceed by r eso luti o n first and if two or three Co nclav es find that th e same re so luti on sho uld be passed th en th e r eso luti on s h o uld be r a ise d to the rank of a b y -law and hav e a permanent p lace in th e body of our law.

We are m ore than pleased wit h that part o f the wo rk of th e Co ncla ve which had to do with amendments t o th e Cons tituti o n and By- Lavvs. They s tr aightened o ut the tan g le th a t was lef t u s from the former Co ncl ave . They have n ot in their wisdom see n fit t o offe r but a si n g le amendment to the present Co n s tituti on , a nd we app r ove of every by -l aw offe r ed by the committee in its fin a l report. The proposed amendment t o the Const ituti on will be s ubmitt ed t o th e chapters in a short tim e. We tru st that it w ill h ave the ·consideration it merits. It is better wo rd ed than th e present provision but makes no change w hat eve r in th e law itself.

We a r e desirious that every m e mb e r s hall t ake time t o acquaint himself w ith ou r law. T h e ch ap t e r secreta r y oug ht b y all m eans t o kn ow o ur law. Let u s g ive a little tim e t o thi s imp o rtant s u gges ti on.

A SuGGESTION.

Reference t o th e preamble of our Co n stituti o n would in dicate that we are banded t oge th er f o r certain purposes . We tru s t that the br o ther s w ill during th e yea r e ith e r ge t in t o u ch with the loc al lodge or by some means pr ov ide for Masonic instructi on We do not desire that you hold schools o f in s tructi o n but we do desire that yo u get the br o ther s t o th ese schools when the y are h eld in yo ur loca lity. You can help one another also in ri1aking yourse lv es profici e nt . You s hould get some brother wh o will and can talk t o yo u up o n Masonic s ubject s.

We m a ke thi s s ug ges ti o n because we feel that th e broth e r s are so busy with chapter affairs that th ey some time s forg et t o emphasize as much as they sh o uld another s id e of o ur Fraternity.

Tu E J OL ' RN. \L.

T h e w ill f o r th e ye ar d e p e nd much u po n th e ch ap t e r d it r . \ Ve wa n t t o m a k e th e J o RNAL what it h o uld be, th e fo rum o f th e F r a t e rni ty . I t h ul d b a nd is op n t o all. G e t y o ur alumni t o co ntribut e a nd t s u bsc rib e. H ave yo ur co p y in pr o mptl y o r it will n o t b e u ed

P ERSON. \L.

\ Ve h av a s um e d fo r th e third tim e the duti e o f the o ffi ce of G rand S c r e t ary . vVe s h o uld hav e pref e rred that an o ther tak e up th e w o rk , but ha v in g a s. um ed th e o ffi ce w e wi h to make the m o t o f ev e ry o pp o rtunity to s erve t h e fr a t e rnit y. vV e se r ve n o tic e n o w that w e s hall n o t a um e th e o ffi ce agai n . We hav e had th e h o n o r and all th e h o n o r w e w a nt. \ e have in our lim it ' d way cl o ne our full duty t o th e Fraternit y and in s is t that at t h e n ex t Co ncl ave yo u send y o ur s ervant fo rth t o d e part in p eace .

"\ s we li s t e n ed t o th e d e bate s in th e la st Co nclav e a nd a ' w e n o w thin k o ver in th e q u ie t o f o ur o wn d e n th e co nt e ndin g id e a th a t h ave d o mina t ed t h e m em b e r s fr o m diff e r e nt sec ti o n s we ar e con tr a in ed t o I e li eve th at th e p r og r ess t owa rd unit y and harm o ny ha s b een r e m a rk a bl e. Thi s i s a fe lin g o n o ur p a rt that is v e r y hard to expl a in . \V e ar e ce rtain o f it w h e n we compa r e co nditi o n s a s th ey ex i t e d in Lawr e nc e with th e c n <l iti o n s t h a t pr eva il e d a t o lumbi a Th e la st Co nclav e wa so a rr a n ge d as t o g- ive lim e e n o u g h f o r full cli s cu io n. The d e bat e w e r e anim a t ed and t h e p o int s a t i:s u e cl e arl y dr a wn. Th e r e y e t remain s man y o pp o in g vi e w s u n d iffere nt ubj ec t s \V e all want t o e ttl e th e qu es ti o n th a t co nfro nt u s a n d se ttl e th e m right. \ "le want t o mak e progre s and w e w a nt t o h ave un ity o f th o u g ht and purp ose . Vve do n o t want s ta g nati o n a nd in difference a nd ca ll it harm o n y . C o nclav es can d o much t o brin g u in co nt ac t and h e lp u s t o g e t th e vi e w o f each oth e r , but if w e n e ve r think a bo ut th e pr o bl e m s o f th e Frat e rnity o r di scu ss th e m until w e arriv e a t the Co n c laves we ca n acc o mpli sh little

T h e J o R AL is o ur f o rum. If yo u have view s ex pr e th e m th e r e . If yo u h ave pl a n fo r impr o v e ment pr e ent them and let the whit e li g ht o f c riti c is m hin e up o n them. We are glad to s ee that th e n e w G rand Pr e id ent is lea din g o ut with plans and suggestion s as y o u will see fr o m hi s ar ti cle h e r e in . L e t u s mak e the Jo u R AL an epit o m e o f th e lif e and f ee lin g of th e chapt e rs. Let u s make it a real forum for eli cu ss io n. If yo u d o n o t a g r ee w ith the sugge tions of the Grand Pre ident o r an y o th e r m e ml e r let u kn o w why. In this way we shall come to the Co ncl ave pr e p a r e d t o g iv e o ur reasons and we shall have had the opp o rtun it y o f thinkin g o v e r th e pr o blems that confront us. Take notbHn g £o r g r a n te d no matt e r wh e r e it comes from. If you do not agree with th e G rand Pres id e nt o r an y o ne el s e, say s o. You may be right . He la ys n o claim t o infalibilit y . He ha s merely opened the way and has d o ne the blazin g of th e trail well.

A THO UG HT.

THE RETIRING OFFICERS .

The Conclave by resolution expressed its thanks to the retiring Grand Officers, Brother Joseph R. Wilson and Brother John F. Pullen. These brothers occupied respectively the office of Grand President and Grand Vice-President. It has been our privilege to work with these brothers. We found them always ready and willing to suggest and to help forward the work of the Fraternity. We may all be proud of the record of these brothers. They served lo ya lly and unselfishly and their example should inspire us to better work for the Fraternity.

A further word in regard to the service of Brother Wilson sho uld be said. For two terms he stood at the helm. No man who ha s held the office of Grand President has in any manner done so much to promote the interests of Acacia. He stands out from his predecessors as in every way outranking them. He does this because of many qualities that make up the man . His int erest in Acacia has always impressed us deeply. His desire was always tha t we build not only for to - day but for the morrow . · We can not express the debt we owe to him in suggesting ways and means to solve the problems that confronted us in the work of this office. He has helped with the JOURNAL. In fact, there has been no interest of Acacia which has not felt and will not feel for time to come the force and power of Joseph R. Wilson. We may not agree with some of his ideas, but we must a ll in justice to the man and his work hold near and dear the example of our ex-Grand President. He will go forward in his life work and going he will not forget Acacia. May we be blessed with officers as pure in life, as single in purpose, as devoted to the highest ideals, as is Joseph R. Wilson. If we have such men to head our organization we shall be happy indeed. They may make mistakes b ut they will be mistakes of the head and not of the heart, and we shall love and cherish the good they do and strive · to follow in the pat h they have pointed out for us

THE CHAPTER SECRETARY.

To the holder of this office we own some partiality. He is our signal station. From his office we hope to reach one and all of the active members. But when the secretary gets a hint or a suggestion do not take it as for his exclusive use. He is handed the package for distribution. Hely your chapter secretary in his work. He has more to do than any membe · of the chapter if he does his work well.

We have by general letter made some suggestions to the chapter sec· retary. You might look over those suggestions and perhaps you will find something to do for your chapter. You may know how and where to get a missing membership record. You may know where the JouRNAL can be sent to advantage. You might be able to pay up your dues and .fees without having him dun you two or thr ee times. There are so many ways you can help the chapter secretary . We trust that you have a chapter secretary worthy of help. If you do not, get one. You can not be a live chapter until you have a live chapter. sec ret ary. If yo u can find one like Duxbury of Teth, Longenecker of Waw or Villars of Daleth by all means get him, and then support him in his efforts.

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OTI E.

Copy fo r the ne x t JO UR AL is due January roth, and not lat e r . Plea e b e o n time so that your copy can be used. Every chapter h o uld b e r presented, a nd we trust that none will be late with their contribution. S end material for cuts a ea rl y as possible but not later than January 1 t , ' ithout making so me arrangements with thi office.

Address the G r and S ec retary after November I st at Centreview , Mo.

Th e ru r e t hin gs t hou ! earn est to know, the mor e comp l te and full be for thee the de li ght of living -Platen.

F R A NCIS WAYLAND SHEPARDSON.

Francis \Vayland hepardson, newly elected Grand Pre id e nt of cacia , was born in in ci nnati , Ohio, October IS, r8 62, so n o f Rev Daniel an 1 E li za (Sma rt ) S h epa rdson in the eighth generation from Daniel Shepard on who se tt led in C harle s t o wn, Mas . in I628. He graduated from Deni so n Unive r s ity, G r a nville , O hi , in I8 2, with the degree of Bach e lo r of .A rt s, rece iving th e same d eg re e from Brown niver it y in 1883, aft e r a yea r spe nt in s pecial s tud y there. He taught f o r four yea r s in th e Yo un g Ladi es' Jn titut e in Granville and then edited th e ·· r a nvill e Time " for thre e yea r s f o ll owi n g . He spent th e ye ars I89o-I892 at Yale U ni ve r it y receiv in g the d g r ee of D ctor of Philosophy in I892. ince that tim e he has been con n ect cl w ith the niv ers it y of C hicago, n o w be in g Assoc ia t e Profec;sor of , me rican IIi tory. For all but five years of hi life he has been in co ll ege co mmuniti es a nd clo ely associated with ed ucati o n al institution s. lie was e lected t o Phi Beta Kappa at Brown U niv e r s it y and s ince I899 h as been secretary of the Chicago chapter of that ancient h nor soc iet y. Fo r seve n yea r s h e wa as s i t a nt ed it o r of th e "Be ta Theta P i". the officia l orga n of th e fraternit y bea ri n g that nam e . Fo r four yea rs h e ha s been Gene ral Secretary o f the ame fraternity. At th e U ni vers ity of ' hi cago he se rved seve n yea rs as secretar y t o the pre s id e nt a nd four year as dean havin g upervi s ion of t h e Juni or and Senior classe . For four years e n di n g with pril I 1910, h e was an ed itorial writer on the " hi cag Dail y Tribune". He is pre s ident of the Harper Chapter, No . I, of th e Na ti o n a l Bap ti s t .B r o therhood and wa joint auth or of the ritual u sed b y th at organ izat io n. He is pre s ident o f th e Sons of th e R evol uti o n in th e s tate of Illin o is and editor of it s monthly " Bulletin '' . He is a member of the merican Hi s t o rical s ociation, the Illin o is tat e Historical Society, th e Mis issi ppi Valley Hi s t o rical Society and th e National Geographical Soc iety. He is a Republican in politics and a m ember o f the U ni versity, Hamilt o n a nd Quad r ang le Clubs in Chicago. He wa · made a Ma on in enter Star Lodge, No. II, F. a n d A. M .. of G ranvill e, Ohio, and b e lo ng s to Chicago Ch apter , o. I27, R. A. M. and to Chevalier Bayard ommandery No. 52, Kn ights Temp l ar of Chicago. At th e organization of Ayi n C h apter of Acacia at th e Univer s ity of Ch icago he was

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admitted as a charter member and h as s ince maintain ed active membership in th e in stitution He was j oin t author of th e ritual of Acac ia adopted at th e s ixth annual Co ncl ave . He was married September 3, r884 , to Cora L. Whitcomb, o f Clint on, Indiana , and r es id es at 5558 Kimbark Aven ue, C hica go, Illin o is He ha s mad e a wide st ud y o f Ame rica n uni ve r s itie s and colleges, man y of w hich he ha s vi s it ed in the course of h is ed uc at ional wo rk.

T H E CHANCE FOR ACACIA .

FRANCIS W. SHEPARDSON, GRAND PRESIDENT.

The Acac ia F r aternity ha s a great c hance It s phenomenal g row th s inc e it s orga ni za ti on s ix yea r s ago sh ows th a t it m e t a felt n eed. With wis e ad mini s tr a ti o n another six yea r pe riod should mak e it on e of th e m os t powerful of college soc ie ti es. The much u se d expression "psyco log ical moment" applies well t o Acac ia 's oppo rtunity. Co lle ge authorities as never before a r e s tud y in g the socia l problems o f s tud e nt life with close attention. They realize clearly th e potentialities of fraternal or ga nizati o n and, as a rul e, are far more r eady t o utili ze th e ex istin g in stituti ons as effective a ids t oward improvement than to condemn them as hopelessly ev il because of the foolishness and deviltry so m et im es associated wi th th em. In every one of th e univ ers iti es w her e Acac ia fl ouri s h es th e way is open for th e fraternity t o mak e its distinct impr ession for goo d. It will be a se ri o u s ta ctica l blunder, it wi ll ind eed be a sham e, if in thi s d ay of scr utin y and c riti ci s m Acacia does n ot prove itself wo rth y of confidence and es t eem as one of th e helpful factors toward better id ea ls of pe r so n a l behavior, higher standa r ds of scho lar s hi p, a n d cl eare r r ecogn iti on of th e r ea l s ig nifi ca n ce and va lu e of ed u cat ion to the forceful man of th e t we nti e th century.

Two spec ial r easo n s g iv e u s power at o nc e. In th e first place th e character of our membership is excep ti on a l. A n esse nti al pr e r eq ui s ite demands that a ca ndi date sha ll be "of lawful age" bef o r e hi s admission . The ch a n ces are th a t the average age of Acac ia n ov iti ates will n ot fa ll below t we nt y- t wo o r t wen t y-thre e. The importance o f such compa rativ e m a turit y can n ot be ove r es timated. The point of view i s different from that of th e h opef ul yo uth w h o e nt e r s th e F r es hman cla ss at s ix t ee n o r seve nt ee n The fraternity ha s another tr e mend o u s advantage, too, in th at it ma k es it s choice of m emb e r s from se lect ed stock. There can n o t b e for Aca ci a the w ild sc ramble o f the " ru shin g se a so n " when b oys are coll ec t ed g rad ed and cla ss ifi ed int o fraternities, of ten after most sup e rficial scr utin y, w ith little kn ow ledge of famil y o r h ome s urr ou ndin gs, and with many a lik l ih ood o f a ini s fit as a r es ult o f the s harp struggle f o r pledgelings . The Ac a cia candidate h as a lread y passed careful examination and ha s b ee n approved in hi s hom e community as one who is worthy and well qualified. Th e college student is an ari s tocrat in the be st se n se o f that word . The ove rwhelming maj o rity of boys fini s h th e ir education with the g r a mmar sc h oo l. A relativ ely small number ar e se lect ed to continue thr o ugh the hi g h sc h ool. Th e n another sifting co me s and only th e favored on es, the capable s tudent s o r the childre n of the well to do are encouraged t o go t o college. When th e extent of this sifting is co n s id e red th e s uperiorit y

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of th e Acac ia con tituency is br o u g ht h ome with force. Fo r our candidates arc taken one step further than thi tripl e ifti ng and are compelled to undergo the vigi lant exam in a ti o n of the fila oni c lodge committee, made up o{ fellow townsmen, which pa s es upon th e wo rth of the applicant · for the specia l privileges of th e degree of th e g r eat brotherh od which is in the concrete fo undati o n beneath o ur ow n f rat e rnit y. Two thing are perf ctly cl ea r. ne i that th e Acac ia pledgeling ought to be for above the average, a nd the ot h e r , that when admitt ed t o th e fraternity he o u g ht to feel hi s r espo n ibi liti e more than could be expected of the ordinary untrained a nd untut o r ed boy of eve nt ee n as h e begin hi s college career.

\Vhen t h is line o f th o u g ht i followed a littl e way it ouaht to be evident that , \ cac ia can n ot properly be cla ssed w ith th un derg r ad uate Gre k letter fraterni ti es. No r h o uld th e r e be rivalry between it and uch organization ] f any compa ri so n i s to be made it o u ght to be with suc h soc ie ties as Phi Delta Phi r N u S ig ma N u , pr ofe s i n al f r ate rni ties in law and 111 clicine, o r , b e tt e r ye t , with Ga mm a A lpha o r o th e r o r ga ni zations of gradua t e s tudent which see k to bring together kindred spi rit in s p ecia l lin es of in ve ti ga ti on for mutual h e lpfuln e and comrad hi p. T h e f und ame nt a l r eq uir e m e nt that ,a tud e nt mu s t b e a Master Ma . o n before h e can e nter Acacia limit s th e co nstitu e n cy of the fraternity but at the same time give s it a tremendous advantage in per o nn e l as ha already been indicated. The r e r ea ll y is n o m o r e ub stantial ba s is f r oppo. iti o n to the adm iss io n of a G r ek l e tt e r m a n t o Acac ia th a n there w o uld be to th ad mi ssio n of a Bap ti s t , a R ep ubli ca n o r a Knight of I yt hi a n . T h e occasional pos ib ilit y of h av in g a member who might prefer to liv e at a (;reck letter frate rnit y h o u e i imm e n se ly ove rbal a n ced by that of ec uring a memh r likel y to h ave g r ea t er zea l for th e larger id ea ls of Acacia b eca u se of experience wit h co ll ege boys of younge r age and le s matur ed conv ict ion and aspirations.

It follows, too, that the ob j ec t s and method s of cac ia ca n n o t b e the sa m e as t h ose of th e und e r g r a du a t e Gree k lett er soc iet ie . The grea t st ren g th of the se o rganization s a nd th e ir weakne s , when they are weak, comes from th e fac t that m e mber hip in th em during th e format ive year between ixtee n a nd tw e nt y-o n e i quite apt t o hav e it s influ e n ce a ll thr o ug h lif e. ] f there is wa t c h ca r e of th e yo un ge r by th e o ld e r ; if h elpful , th o uahtfu l, lead ers exert th ei r po w e r , th e fraternity b ecomes a powerful facto r in character bttilcting. If the opposite is true th ere ma y be many s hifting wrecks o n the sa nd s of tim e. Acacia mu s t tak e it s m e mb ers afte r the age of tw enty-o ne is r eac hed . Id eas are m o r e matur ed. The individual is loo king forwanl wi th more eage rne ss t o hi s lif e' ca r ee r . :.I o r e li k ely t h an not he h as ch o e n that career and is back in college for a time spe n ding th e money h e himself ha ea rn ed that h e ma y b e b e tter fitted for se rvice In o m e instances h e w ill have hi s wif e and children with him during his residence at th e univer it y. He n eeds companion hi p, trong friendship, adv ice and s ugge s tion, intelle c tual and m o ral stimulu , and that contact w ith o th e r s in his ow n cond it io n whic h wi ll r es ult in th e kn oc king off of the r o u g h edges and the r o undi n g out o f cha r acter . There must be somet hin g in the lig h ter vein as a relief to th e r o utine o f re sea r ch and the t o il und e r the m idn ight lamp. B u t Acacia wi ll n o t mean much to him

or make strong appeal to him· unless he finds in it an opportunity to make his mark for good in the university and a steadfast and helpful mfl.uence that will make him more anxious to serve humanity in his chosen profession when the doors of the college builidngs close upon him. It is this lofty and more abiding strength that many of the most enthuisastic Acacia workers are seeking for the fraternity rather than any contentment with the lower plane of competition with Greek letter societies of undergraduates, even though in this connection their power, their helpfulness and their possibilities are fully recognized.

The field for the physical extension of Acacia is not large. It will not pay to establish a chapter except in one of the big schools which is certain to draw mature students among whom there may be found enough Master Masons to insure steady interest in the fraternity. For it must be remembered that not every college Mason will care to seek admission to Acacia. There are not many more institutions of such high grade and large enrolement in the United States for us to enter. We can not expect a continuances of the phenomenal development in number of chapters experienced in the first six years of our history. In the nature of thingss our increasing strength must rather come more and more from intensive study and internal growth. Thi s field is almost limitless in its extent. Methods of adminstration, aspirations as a fraternity, ideals of chap t er life, possibilities as a part of university machinery, potentialities as a training school for leaders in many a community-each of these is capable of careful study and great development.

But there mu s t be an early determination of one matter before much progress can be made . Is Acacia to be an "order" or a "fraternity"? One does not read far in the file of the Jou RNAL without discovering the conflict of the two ideas. If Acacia is to be an "order " there may be a reasonable amount of uniformity in the interpretation of the ritual and the remittance of annual dues to a grand treasurer may make a sufficient tie to bind the chapters in a loosely organized institution. But the individual chapters will develop their individuality . The central authority will be weak. The bond between members will be a slight one except as local friendships operate. There is a worldwide recognition of the Masonic tie. One who is properly vouched for may enter a lodge outside the jurisdiction to which his home lodge belongs. But there is almost an entire lack of community of interest between a lodge of one town as such and a lodge of the same order in another part of the state. Is Acacia destined to be a collection of lodges, called "chapters" under a different system of nomenclature, and with little cohesion?

Or is the future of Acacia to be that of a "fraternity", with all the sentimental and affectionate ties which make such strong appeal to college In that case there. must be centralized supervision, frequent vtsttahon, a coat of arms, a shmgle, a yell, a gradually growing collection of fraternity songs setting forth some ideal of common brotherhood or stimulating to some sort of lofty endeavor We now have a ritual worked out on a high plane which should appeal to college men as conferring a fourth "degree" worthy to follow the fundamental three . We have the JouR NAL with its many adaptabilities to the requirements of college students. We must develop in every way possible a unity of spirit and the sentiment

of fraternity. At no distant day the chapters must be grouped in di tricts with an official over each, such official to make occasional visits of inspection, guard the integrity of the ritual, carry the greetings of chapter to chapter, phrase the ideals of the fraternity in fitting words, and do all in his power in cooperation with the grand officers to make the fraternity strong and great . If the "fraternity" idea is to take precedence of the "order" theory there is much to be done during the next few years in admini trative line to promote the physical welfare of Acacia. It is a work difficult enough to command the be s t endeavor of earnest and thoughtful men.

And that brings u s back to the main question. Cui bono? What i the use of it all? The answer can be n o ne other than that the Acacia seeks to make better men and better Masons of its members That is a selfish individualistic idea . But none of us would s top there. We want to make the fraternity a power for good among men. There is onl y one path that we can follow with that end in view. It is the path of se rvic e to humanity. To stimulate our members so that they will go back t o their hom e communities and help others is our high aim . A few lin es ofte n seen in these days of up lift and social agitation tell the story .

"The sweetest liv es are those to duty wed, Whose deeds both great and small, Are close knit strands of an •unbroken thread

Where love enobles all.

The world may sound no trumpets, ring no bells; The book of life the shining record tells . Thy love shall chant its own beatitudes after its own life's working, A child's kiss set on thy singing lips shall mal'e thee glad.

A poor man served by thee shall make thee rich. A sick man helped by thee shall make thee strong Thou shalt be served thyself by every sense of service which thou renderest."

THE NEW RITUAL.

A. R. KEITH, GRAND TREASURER.

The new ritual that was adopted at the Missouri Conclave will no doubt develop some to the various chapters when they first undertake its presentation . Because of these difficulties it may not be amiss to anticipate some of them and by so doing perhaps succeed in eliminating them in part.

Before proceeding, however, it is asked that those taking the various parts carefully study the numerous notes throughout the ritu a l , for then a better understanding will be had and a great deal gained toward the presentation of good work. Each one must also note the seven th paragraph in the introductory note in the ritual and Section 12 of Article II in the Constitution of the fraternity

Diagram I , page 9, shows some dotted lines triangular in form. The se were drawn on ly to show how the position of the altar is located, for, as will be noted near the top of page IO, the tape is not to be spread on the floor at any time until part two of section one in initiation is reached. The candle holder referred to at the bottom of page 10 would be most attractive and probab ly more serviceable if it were so made that small incandescent lamps were used.

ACACIA JOURNAL.

It i s ex p ec t ed th a t th e br eth e r en will a ll m e m o riz e th e pa ra g raph o n page 12, th a t the y ar e t o r ep eat in uni so n. Th e f o r is appar e nt.

Af t e r wo rkin g th e ritu a l a t th e Co ncl ave , th e w nt e r b e li eves 1t w o uld b e mo r e effec ti ve if, in s t ead of wa itin g until th e b ret h e r e n h ave r es p o n ded t o hi s q u es ti o n o n page 1 2, th a t , as soo n as th e Ve n er a bl e D ea n g ives th e thr ee kn oc k s ca llin g th e m e mb e r s t o th e tri a n g le, h e tak es a pla ce o n th e ce nt e r of t h e b ase a n d th en as k s th e qu es ti o n b eg innin g, "B r e th e r e n , w hy h ave we," e t c.

O n page 17 th e r e m u st b e n o mi s und e r s t a ndin g as t o w h a t co n stitut es l ega ll y vo u chin g f o r a m a n as a Mas t e r Maso n. Eac h ch a pte r wo ul d do we ll to co n fe r w ith so m e o n e in th e ir S tat e wh ose opini o n s o n s u ch matt e r s is depe nd a bl e.

Begi nnin g w ith " Ju s t a mo m e nt , e t c." o n p ag e 19 t o th e wo r ds "s a y t o th e chapt e r ", o n p a ge 2 0 ; eac h of th es e p ara g ra p h s b e in g said b y th e Ve n er a bl e D ea n, h e mu s t b e ex tr e m e ly car e ful t o sa y them in s uch a way as n o t t o all ow th e ca n d id a t e t o ha ve th e leas t s u s pi cio n that th ese r e m a rk s a r e se t . In th e las t t wo p a ra g r ap h s th e V en e rabl e D ea n sh o uld r ea ll y a pp ea r co nfu sed, g iv in g th e c a n d id a t e th e impr ess io n th a t th e D ea n hardl y kn ows w h a t t o s a y .

Obse r ve car ef ull y th e in stru cti on in lin e f o ur of the n o te a t the t op of page 28. O n thi s same page th e pa r ag r a ph o f th e F ir st S tud e nt b egi nnin g "Good. Yo u ha ve, e t c " s h o uld be ve r y ca r e full y s tu d ied b y the p e r so n t o wh o m t hi s p a rt i s a ss ig n ed so it m ay be pr op erl y int e rpr et ed .

Ca r e s h o uld be tak en n o t t o hurr y th e w o r k t oo mu c h that i s g iv e n o n pages 28 t o 3 2 in cl u s ive .

A t th e beg innin g of th e o bli ga ti o n it would b e we ll t o p ut o ut a ll th e li g ht s excep t th ose burnin g o n th e alt a r , a nd u se o nl y the se li g ht s unti l th e p la ce o n p age 42 is r eac h ed w h e r e th e Ve n e rabl e D ea n says: " Th e br et h e r e n , as yo u o b se r ve, e t c "

It wi ll b e n o t e d th a t th e o nl y wo rk ass ig n ed t o th e S eni o r D e an is th e lec tur e b eg innin g o n p age 43 · Thi s was so arr a n g ed that th e br o th e r a ss umin g thi s part ca n de vo t e all hi s tim e t o p e rf e ctin g th e d e li ve r y o f thi s speec h . It is h o p e d th a t the Ve n e r a ble D ean will alw a y s e x erci se hi s v e r y b es t jud g m e nt in ass ig nin g this part , and , it mi g ht b e m e nti o ned h e r e, al so th a t o f th e Junior St ewa r d, f o r up o n th e latt e r fall s th e n e ce ss it y of makin g a la r ge numb er o f p o int s perfectl y cle a r t o the candidat e.

In th e pl ed g in g ce rem o ny o n p age 50 the b lank in fr o nt of th e w o rd Maso n , a ll ows f o r th e pl e d g in g o f a m a n wh o h as n o t ye t b een made a Mas t e r Maso n , but w h o ex p ec t s t o fini s h hi s wo rk durin g the ye ar.

It is natur a ll y the h o pe o f the co mmitt ee t o wh o m th e w o rk o f r evis io n wa s a ss ig n e d that th e ritu a l will in a ll w ays m ee t the d e m a nd s m a d e u po n it. Th ey th e r efo r e ar e willin g at all times t o an sw e r qu es ti o n s, and , if n e ed b e, w h er e it is p r ac ti ca l t o vi s it a ch a pte r , t o a ss is t th em p e r so nall y in putting o n th e wo rk.

( Th e a ddr ess o f B r o th e r Ke ith i s Mo r se Hall , Co rnell U niv e r s it y, Ith aca, N. Y.)

E ve r y man i s of kin to ev ery o t h e r m a n, and the multiform f e ll o wship s of life ar e bu t an e xhibi t ion of th e f e llowship whi c h e xi s ts betw e en m e mb e rs of t h e hum a n r a c e- a f e llow s hip which jus t ifi e s the phras e, " our common humanity" - Wi lliam Rainey H a r per

THE ACACIA JOURNAL.

FIRST MEDICAL LECTURES ON MENTAL DISEASES IN CHINA.

D r. J oh n J. a c h a r te r me mb e r of th e F ra nklin h apter, w h o was gra du a t ed f r o m th e M edi ca l D e p a rt me n t o f th e C ni\ e r it y of Pe nn sy l va n ia in 1908, a nd wh o i n o w co nn ected with t h e :\I t h od i t J fos p it a l i n Pe kin , hin a, and with th e ni o n l\I e di ca l ch oo l, r ece ntl y r ea d a p ape r befo r e th e No rth C h ina l\I edi cal A oci a ti o n on " Th e Keed of a li spita l f o r th e l\I e ntall y Di se a se d in No rth C hina ." Th e pape r was we ll r c ive cl by Dr. 1ull o wn ey' s collea g u es, and man y of th em . po k e in th e di sc u ss io n o f th e pap e r , b o wing the g r eat n ee d th e re i s f o r u ch h os pit a ls i n a ll pa rt s of C hin a.

T h e m ee tin g w as a ttend ed by Medical m e n fr o m a far n o r t h a M an c huri a, a nd as f o r so uth a s ankin g and Fooc h o w. 11 w e re o f th e o pini on th a t s t e p s sh ould b e t a ken imm ediat ely t o pr oc urin g the se n ee d ed h osp it a ls. Amo n g th e d ele g at es w e re tw o o th e r niv e r s ity of P e nn y lv ani a m e di ca l g r a du a t es-J o hn so n, from K o rea , and Lewi s, from Pao- tin g- fu.

A t th e e nd o f th e co n ve ntion a re so lution wa s pas ed takin g t ep s t o ta rt a h os pi ta l in No rth C hina as soo n a po . s ible.

l3 r ot h e r l\1 ull ow n ey ha s been sp ecializin g in mental di s ea e , a nd durin g th e s umm e r h as b ee n pr ep a ring lectures on th e s ubj e ct in th e C hin ese la ng u age . II e b ega n hi s lecture s to 'the stud e nt o f th e U ni o n Me di cal Co ll ege, Pe kin , o n th e fir s t o f Se pt e mber, all hi s tea ching be in g cl on e in th e C hin e e la n g u age. H e h as t h e di s tin cti on o f b eing the fir s t m a n t o conduct a co ur e o n n e r vo u s a n d m e nt a l di se a ses in th e Chine se Empire, f o r th e n a tiv e d octo r s h ave n eve r tau g ht th es e branche s , and th e Union 1edi cal Co ll erre is t.b e fir st sc h oo l in C hina far en o ugh advanc ed in th e cour ses o f medi c in e t o inclu de th ese s ubj ect s in it s curriculum . Its fir t medical cla s s will be g ra du a t ed n ex t Fe bruar y, on the occa s io n of th e cel e bration of the Chin e e New Yea r , th e ir s tud e nt s havin g taken a thorough fiv e-year co ur se

THE SW ORD OF THE LORD

BY JAME S A . GIBSON , MEM C HA P TER.

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Thi s i s a c uriou s l ege nd , told on the banl's of the Danube , Told a s th e sh a dows of twilight fade in the gathering darkness, 'fold in th e quav e ring accents that fall from the lips of the grandsir e . Aft e r t h e labor is done and the evening meal has been eaten, Fa t h e r hi s stein at his elbow, works at some tool he ' s repairing , Mo t h e 1:'s indu s trious fing e rs are busy with sewing or spinning, C hildr e n a ll g ath e r around them and none of the family is idle, Ex ce p t t h e o ld g randsir e alone who sits in his corner and doz e s , M ur m ur s uf cl ays that have vanished and this is th e s tory h e t e lls th e m.

On ce on t h e bank s of the Danube, gathered a numberless army, Whil e t urban e d warriors of Islam , scimitared sons of the prophe t, Man y as l e a ves of the forest , countless as stars in the Th e y c ov e r e d the plains by the river like the turbul e nt flood of Its wat e r s

Gain s t th e m th e army of Christians, few, and e nfeebled by hardship s, Ge rman and Magyar and Greek, Briton and Pole and Norwegian, Brav e le s s in faith or in hope than in bitter despair for their fr ee dom, but a piteous handful 'opposed to the hosts of the Sultan.

B e hind th e m their hom e s and their countries, fair and as free as the river , Str e tched to the edge of the ocean , but shadowed by dread of disaster .

Loud came the crash of the cymbals, sounding the signal for onset, Defiantly answered the trumpets, calling the Christians to_ rally, Grappling their foes as men will, who struggle with death _m the darkness. Then in the midst of the battle , in the van of the fast-fallmg remnant, Sounded the note of a trumpet, blown by invisible forces. Suddenly over the conflict, flashed a wonderful falchion, Sword of the Lord and of Gideon; swung by the hand of a warnor Unseen by the eyes of the army. Under its rising and falling Melted the hosts of the Moslem like snow in the heat of the summer. Forward the Cross! And the Christians, forgetting their fears and their doubting Followed the path of the Sword and utterly routed the paynim, Driving them , blinded and stricken, till never a one was left living. Such is the curious legend still told on the banks of the Danube.

We are a similar army, gathered from every direction, Carrying forward the gospel of love and of service to all men, Squaring our deeds and our acts by the square of a heavenly virtue, Keeping our passions subdued , enclosed in the points of the compass, Walking upwright with our God and treating all men as our brothers, Marching the level of time to the country whence no man retUrneth, Fighting a glorious battle gainst every wrong and oppression, Fighting for freedom of conscience, liberty, honor and justice. When in the heart of the battle, victory seems to desert us, Courage and fortitude failing, even our faith growing weaker, Out of the heavens above us , soundeth again the loud trumpet Heard on the banks of the Danube urging us onward to victory. Turning our eyes to the heavens, we look for the marvelous weapon, Sword of the Lord and of Gideon , swung · by the hand of the angel. Gone is the glittering falchion; emblem of death and destruction. Look! a more beautiful symbol promises ultimate victory; Gives to us hope and new courage . Led by this symbol we conquer, Symbol of life everlasting, the evergreen sprig of Acacia.

We are here not to play, to dream, to drift. We have hard work to do, and loads to lift. Shun not the struggle; face it. 'Tis God's gift. Say not the days are evil-who ' s to blame? And fold the hands quiesce-0 shame! Stand up, speak out, and bravely, in God's name. ters not how deep entrenched the wrong. How hard the battle goes, how long, Faint not, fight on! Tomorrow comes the song. and acIn matthe day

-Maltbi e Dav enport Babcock.

JAMES ALEXANDER WEST.

On April 17th the members of Heth Chapter were called to mourn the loss of a true and loyal brother. Brother West had been a member of the chapter a little less than a ye ar but he had made for himself a place in the hearts of his brethren.

He was born at Nokomis, Illinois, March 29, 1876. He graduated from Illinois Wesleyan in 1899 and from Boston University in 1903. Until recently he had served as a minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church, and at the time of his death was assistant state entomologist.

In August of last year he was taken ill with typhoid, which left him weakened and before Christmas he was taken to the Ottawa Tent Colony with tuberculosis. It was thought that he was recovering gradually, but the end came suddenly cau sed by a hemorrhage. He left a wife and two children to mourn his loss and many friends.

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VASCO H A ROLD ROB E RTS.

Th brothers of 1\Iem Chapter lost one of their charter member · and the real founder of the chapter, when Drother Robert an ·wered th final summons. Jlrother Robert wa born at l. Jo eph "l\Iichigan, in I 76, and SI;<.:nt early life in that sta te. Hi , wa a career full of effort and achievement. lle tuclicd in thi country and abroad. lie wa. for ome time a newspaper manager and editor, but finall) ettled o n the s tud y and practice of law. lI e was for seve ral years a prof sso r of law at Drake G niv er ity and later hu:ame a m mher of the law faculty of the L'niver it y of :r.J i uri .

•\t Jlrother Robert. won a h o t of friend . He wa th an a professor in that univ e r sity. He took an ac tiv e part in the affair of the community. I [ wa lov<:cl and r espec ted by th e tudent b ely. lie first s u gg-ested the organiza ti o n of a chapter of cacia at ouri and was the guiding sp irit in the mov e ment.

l:rother Roberts wa a m em ber of many o r o-a nizati o n , and had been honored by e lectio n to the o ffice of Grand \Varcler of the Grand ommande r y of i\ 1issnuri. T"li s was a n active and u eful life and we all m o urn the fac t that such a !if s h ould be cut off ju t in it prime

\t the time of his death Brother Robert wa e n g-ag-ed in the practice of law in St. L ou is. His end came as a shock t o hi s many friend.;; and acquaintances. lie left a wife a nd two children to mo urn hi s lo and a h ost of friends.

A CACIA FRATERNITY.

Sixth Annual Conclave wi th M em Ch apt er, U niver sity of Mi ss our i, Columbi a, Miss ouri , Sep temb er 13, 14 , 15 , 16 , 1910

PHOGR \1\IME.

The Sixt h . \nnua l onclave of the cacia Fraternity will be held with l\Iem h apter, niversity of i[i ouri, Columbia, Ii sso uri, September 13, q, rs. 10, r 9 ro.

llEADQ U AHTEHS.

In Co lumbia will I e at t h e Un iversity Y. I\I. . A. Bu il ding . Elm and Eighth Street , where provision ha bee n made for the entertainment of the delegates.

l\JEETINGS .

\\'ill be h e ld in the lodge room of . cacia Lodge No. Goz \ . F . and A. L, corner of llroadwav a n d Hitt Streets.

OPENING.

At 9 . \. l\1. Tuesday ep t ember 13, the Conclave wil! be formally opened with prayer by Rev . W . 'vV . E l wan_g, Church.

Dr. . Ro . Hil l, P r esident of t h e m ve r s tt y of M ts ou n , w tll welcom e the delegate s on be h a l f of the University.

Hon. E. \V. Stephen , President of the Commercial Club, on behalf of the city of Columbia.

The business session will then commence and will continue till I2 :IS P. M. Lunch at the Gordon Hotel at I2 :30. Bu iness e ion will be re umec! at 2 P. M.

At 3 o'clock the delegates will be the guests of the Commercial Club on an automobile ride to view the City of Columbia and the buildings and ground s of the University of Mi ouri.

INITIATION

At 8 P. l\1. candidates will be initiated int o l\Iem Chapter in accordance with the new ritual.

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14.

Bu ine ss se ssion at 9 . M. and 2 P. M. Lunch I2 :30 P. M., dinner 6 P. M., Gordon Hotel.

RECEPTIO

The de legates will return to the Y. M. C. A. Building to dress for a reception tendered to them by Hon. E. W. Stephens at his home on Ea t Windsor treet, from 8 to II P. M . Delegates will go by automobiles, starting from the Y. l\f. C. A Building at 7 AS·

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER IS·

Dusin ss es sion at 9 A. M. and 2 P. M. Lunch at Gordon Hotel 12:30.

BANQUET.

At S P. l\1. the Conclave will adjourn to enable the delegates to dress for a banquet tendered them by Iem Chapter at 6:30 P. M., at the banquet hall of the Acacia Lodge.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16.

Business session 9 A. l\1. and 2 P. M.

Cards entitling delegates to the privileges of the Columbia Club, September I2-II7, will be found at h eadq uarters in Columbia.

Jt is the earn st de ir e of l\1em Chapter that the Sixth Co nclave sha ll be characterized by fraternal good fellowship.

C. H. SWIFT, G. W. S EED, JOHN PICKARD,

Oh the stirring and rough and impetuous songThe song of the h eart that dares, That keeps to its creed and gives no h ee d To the faces that fortune wears ! That heart that laughs when the foe is met,And thrives and fir es at taunt and threat, And finds no toiling or traveling long Committee. For the sal.:e of the good it bears. -Swee neJ'.

CoLUMBIA, MissouRI. SEPTEMBER I3-I6, I 9 IO.

MINUTES O F THE SIX T H G RAN D CO NCLAV E.

Co lumbia , M isso uri , Tu es da y, September 13th, 1910, 9 a m.

Acac ia Grand Co nclav e ope ned Tuesday, September 13th, 1910, at 9 a. m. with prayer b y R ev . \ "1 . Jasp er Howell.

Addres of welcome by Dr. J olm P icka rd , o n b ehalf of th e Commercial Club of Co lumbia.

Ad dr ess of welcome by Dean J. C. Jone s, on b eh a lf of the U niv e r s ity of M isso uri.

The Conclave was called t o o rder b y G rand Vice- President J ohn F. Pu ll en , with the following Nationa l O ffi ce r s present: E. H Co m s t ock, G rand Treasurer, Harry E. Ki lm e r , G rand Secretary.

The f o ll ow in g d elega t es wer e present: A lep h C h apter-Unive r s it y of Michigan . . ...

..... Geo . R. G r ee n

Be th C hapt e r-L ela nd Stanford U niver s it y ... . ... .. .

Gime l C hap te r--U niv e rsit y of Kansas .

. . Be n L. J on es

Daleth C h apte r-U ni ve r s it y of Ne bra sk a ............. J. T. Maxwe ll He C hapt er-Un ive r s ity o f Ca lifornia C harron Staples

Waw Chapt e r-O hio State U niv e rs ity A mos P. Potts

Teth Chapt e r-Ha rvard U niv e r si ty

Heth C ha p t er-U niv ers it y of Illin oi s

Kap h C h apter- U niv e r si t y of M inn eso ta

Yodh C h apte r-U niv e r s it y of Pennsylvania

Mem C hapt er-Univer s it y o f Missouri

.. L. L. Green

..... W . E. Ekblaw

. ... E. H. Co m stock

. George vV. Sneed

Lamedth C hapt e r-U niv e r s ity o f Wisconsin H Sutherland

N un C hapt e r- Co rn ell U niv e r si t y

Same hk C h ap t er-Pe rdue Un ive r sit y

A y in C ha p t e r-C hic ago U niv e r s it y

R. Elwell

Pe C hapt e r-Yale U ni vers ity S. R. Scholes

Tsadhe C hapt e r-C olumbia U niver s it y

Koph Chapter-Iowa State Co llege

Re sh Chapter-University of Iowa

.. W . R. Laird

. C. S. Cornell

Shin Chapt e r- Pe nn State Co ll ege W. S. D ye

Tav C hapt e r-U niversit y o f O regon

A le ph -A leph C h a pte r-U niv e r si t y of Washington

. C. P. Shangle

. T. F. Murphy

A leph-Beth Chapt er- No rthwe s tern Dr. H F. Methven R e port o f C redential Committee was made by Grand Secretary Harry E. Kilmer.

Brother A m os P. Potts, \ lV aw C hapter (O hi o State U niver s it y), m oved th at the r epo rt of the Credential Co mmitt ee be accepted and that Bro ther Keith of N un C hapter , Co rnell U niv e r s ity, be allowed to repre se nt Nun C hapter until their regular repre se ntative appears. Motion carri e d.

Grand V ice -President J o hn F. Pullen, called for the readin g of the minutes of the la st Grand Conclav e, and Brother W. E . Ekblaw, of Heth C hapter (U niversit y of Illin o is), m oved that the minutes of the l as t G rand Co nclave be placed where the delegates co uld have acce ss to them and that the Grand Secretary read the minute s by title only.

G r a nd ec r e tar y Kilmer then r ead th e minut o f the Ia t o n cl av e , .pr cv i? u s ly read a letter from Grand Pre ident , J eph R. \\ ' il o n. ex plamm g- h1 s a b se n ce fr o m the o nclav e.

J\r o th e r J. F I ull e n , G rand \'ic e-Pr e iclent, read hi r e p o rt. B r o th e r

L. L. ( ; r ee n o f H a rv a rd m oved that the report o f the G r a nd \ ' ic e-P r es id nt h e acce pt ed a nd pla c d o n file.

Brot h e r s: Fu r th e s ix th tim e in th e hi -t o r y o f A caci a h ave th e r epr ese nt a ti ves of th e vario u s c hapt e r a . e mbl ed in Co nclav e t o r e vi e w th e pa t a nrl pn: p a r c f o r th e futur e

T h e first Co n clave m e t in 190 5 and d elega t e wer e pr ese nt fr om i\l e ph , B et h , Ci n 1e l a n d I fe. Thi s y ea r w e h a ll h a ve r c pr e c nt a tiv es fr o m t we nt yth ree c h a pt e r s a nd w ith o ut our g at e ar e tw o tr o ng o r g ani za ti o n s kn oc kin g fo r a dmi ssio n

D u rin g- t h e p as t yea r w e hav e add ed thr ee activ e chapt e r s : Ta v , \l e phA le ph a nd t\l eph - llc th .

To so m e w h o h ave d e ired a m o re rapid in c r ea e in o ur r a nk s durin g th e p as t yea r , thi s s h o win g m ay n o t ee m s ati fa ct o ry , but at th e ri . k f b ei n g ton co n se rv a ti ve , p e rh a p s, thi office ha s e ndeav o r ed t o r equir e tr o n g ass ur a n ce th a t t h e a p p ly in O' bo d.\ · wa s in a p os iti o n t o take it s pla ce am o n g th e t we n ty - thr ee s tr o n g , inAu e ntial chapter s we n o w have and co ntribut e it s s h are of e n e r gy, pr o mi e and acc o mpli hm e nt.

\\ ' e h ave had co n s id e r a ble co rr es p ondenc e with in tituti o n thr o u g h o ut th e co untr y; som e m e r ely letter s o f ge n e ral inquir y , other s ee kin g d efinite inf o rm a ti <n a s t o th e m e th o d of applyin g f o r a charter. S om e o f th e in s tituti on s r pr ese nt e d in th ese inquiri es ar e w e ll fitt ed n o w f o r a c hapt e r a n d I fee l th at be f o r e lo n g we can a dd a few , at lea s t, s tr o n g chapter s f r o m a m o n g th e m . T h a v e had co n id e rabl e co rr es p o ndenc e with th e Kan s a s S t a t e , \ g ri c ultur a l Co ll ege at Manhattan: the Co ll ege o f Phy ic ian s a nd S ur geo n s of C h icago; the m e dical departm e nt o f th e U niv e r s ity o f O r ego n a t P o rtl a nd : Ca rn eg ie T echnic a l In stitut e o f Pitt bur g : Kan a Cit y V e te rin a r y Co ll ege; l ni ve r s it y o f Ne v a da; U niv e r s it y o f O klah o m a: U niv e r s it y o f D e n ve r ; · ni ve r s ity o f Texa s ; niver s it y o f ri zo na. and \ Va s hin g t o n a nd Lee F niy e r s it v. P e titi o n f or charter fr o m the Univ e r s it y o f Co lo r a d o a nd th e U ni ve r s ity o f \ i\Tes t V ir g inia are n o w bef o re y o u , b oth o f whi ch I f ee l ar c in a p os iti o n t o maintain O'OOd tron O' chapter s . Dr a win g o ur m a t e rial a w e do fr o m a limited fi eld, \\' e can no t ex pect t o co mp e t e with o th e r fraternitie as t o number. and our bid f o r s upr e ma cy mu s t b o th e r line s-the succe s sful man is the man wh o r ecog ni ze hi s limitati o n s, o I fee l we hould recognize that we mu s t w o rk in a limit ed fi eld, a nd end ea vo r to perfect o ur se lv es within that particular s ph e r e What I ha ve t o sa y further on thi s subject I will re erve for an ex ecutiv e se s ia n

In cl os in g m y o fficial report I wi h to expre s my deep appreciati on o f th e honor I f ee l for having been chosen to act in thi s capacity for the term ju s t pa se d JOHN F. PULLEN'. Grand Vice-Pre ident.

Report of the Grand Treasurer, E. H. Comstock, was then read. Brother A. P. Potts, Waw C hapt e r (O hi o State University), that the rep ort o f the Grand Treasurer be accepted and referred to the A uditing Committee . Motion carried.

REPORT OF THE GRAND TREASURER.

Bro th e r s :- A t the end of my term as your G ran d Treasurer, I beg leave t o s ubmit the following report :

Receipt s : Balance from M. C. Tanguary ......................

$1,369.86 Received from H. E. Ki lmer , Grand Secretary. . . 3 ,373 .9 1 Intere st on deposit · 16-49

Disbur se ments : Paid on W an·ants as f ollow s : O ld se rie s No. 129, New Series 1-105, except number s 3, 4, 7, 14, IS, 16, 19, 38 , 39 s8 $3,527.22

1,232.79 $4,760.26

The amount of $1,232.79 is n ow on depo s it in the Central Bank of Co lumbia.

I am inf or m ed by B r other Kilmer that warrants Nos. 106, 107 and 108 h ave a lso been is sued. These amount t o a t otal o f $7 .05, of this .2 5 exchange ha s alread y b een deducted l eav in g o ut s tanding $6.8o. Treasurers b a lance ................................. .

Balance against wh ich n o warran ts are o ut sta n ding .. ..... .

$1,225.99

Respectfully submitted, E. H. COMSTOCK, G rand Tr eas urer.

The r epo rt of G rand Sec r etary Harry E Kilmer, was th e n given. Bro th e r L. L. Green, Teth (Ha r va rd U niver sit y), moved th a t the r epo rt of the G rand Secretary be accepted and ref e rr ed to .th e A uditin g Comm ittee and th e Commi tt ee on Resolution s. Mo tion carried.

REPORT OF GRAND SECRETARY.

For th e period from September 1st, 1909, t o September 10, 1910, mcluding a fin anc ial statement and J ournal r epor t.

Brot h e r s :-At the close of my se cond and last term of office, I subm it th e following report of th e work of the Gra nd Secretary's Office, cove ring the period above s tated, together with cer tain recommendations .

The special dutie a igned to thi office by the Ia t Conclave have been perform d. 1 tru t that a full and complete investigation of the employed and the work done will be made by the re pective comlllittce s, that the delegate will feel free to make any inquiry they deem adv1 able. I a! o hope that n o brotherly or per onal con ideration will prevent any brother from criticizing the work done or th e method pursued, for as delegate you owe it to the chapter and to your elve to correct any errors in methods employed or work done in the admini tration of the affairs of thi office.

The work done will be shown more fully under the respective headings which follow.

1\Iclllb c rship Records: A the file s of my office will atte t, I have continually urged upon the chapter ecretaries that th e mi ing members hip record s be procured, and that no member be initiated without his membership record being filled out. The attention of the c hapt er ecretaries has been called to Resolution 3 of the Ia t Conclave, to be found on page 36 of the November Jo uRNAL, and in nearl y all ca e the re e luti on has been complied with. I tru t that thi s Conclave will place this re elu tion in the By-Laws, and that all the officers of the chapters will ee that it is strictly en forced so that no member will have b ee n admitted into the portal s of the Fraternity without 'having filled out a member hip rec ord.

At the risk of being tiresome, I want to say that there seems to be on the part of mail}' members an entire failure to appreciate the importanc e of having membership records on file in the archives of the chapter and in the Gra nd Secretary s office. It is only by means of the member hip r eco rd that we can hope in future yea r s to prevent fraudulent and spurious claims, and experience s h ows that we must be prepared to meet the se conditions, as we continue to g r ow in number s and prestige. J want t o put a case as ::tn example of just what I mean and how I mean that the m ember hip rccurcl is important. Suppose J o hn Brown goes to Chicago and turn s up at . \yin Chaptc1·, ::tncl says he is a member of un Chapter. He mar nul he able to satisfy the brothers of Ayin a nd again he may, and they will probably write to Nun Chapter, asking whether John Brown is a member. Now there may hav e been a John Brown initiated by Nun and not he the John Brown who pre ents him self to A y in. Do you nut think that it would be much better for th e secretary of Ayin to ask John l1rown to fill out a membership rec o rd blank, and then a secretary send the record filled o ut by John Brown e ither to this office or th e chapter secretary at un and have a comparison of the records o n file made? After s uch a comparison r\yin {:O uld feel r easo nabl y certain whether J o hn Brown had been initi::ttcd h_v un Chapter. I have given this case, n ot very far Irum an actual case, by the way, to s how from o ne viewpoint-and there a r c many others-why I have been so insi s tent on the matter of members hip record Tho se who follow after u s in the years to come will certainl y realize their importance, and we should as intelligent and loya l members ec the need of action now. I repeat that the question of m e mber s hip record s is an important matter and will continue to grow more imp o rtant as the Fraternity g-rows in numbers and prestige

I undertook the work of thi office with the hope that in two years I could report that all member s hip records were on file. In that, I have

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fail ed, but th e fil es o f thi s offi ce w ill sh o w that the failur e sh o uld n ot cau s e m e a ny p e r so nal g ri e f. I h ave with the help of s uch men a s E kblaw, L on ge n ecker , V illars , Du x bur y and a sc o re o f other s d one all that co uld be d on e t o m a k e m y h ope an a cco mpli shed fa c t. I hav e written t o ever y alumnu s wh os e r eco rd w as n o t o n file and wh ose a ddres s I had e n clo sin g bl a nk , a skin g that th e r eco rd b e fill ed o ut and r e turn ed. Thi s was d on e a ga in this yea r. A m e mb e r w h o ha s occ upi ed th e hi g he s t offic e within th e g ift o f th e F rat e rnit y ha s n o r eco rd on fil e . I hav e writt e n him s i x tim es in r ega rd t o th e m a tt e r , and s till n o r eco r d. My fir st m ee tin g w ith thi s di s tin g ui s h ed m e mb e r impr esse d up on m y min d unwillin g ly th e conclu sion th a t h e h a d n o co n cep ti on of th e p ur pose a nd less if p oss ibl e o f th e wor k of thi s F r a t e rnit y. If th ose wh o hav e b ee n exa lt ed p r es um a bl y fo r th eir spec ia l fi tn ess, h ave n ot an d d o n ot see th e im po rt a n ce of thi s ma tt e r , th e n we mu s t ind eed b e patie nt w ith some o f th e l ess pr o min e nt br e thr e n . I w is h it w e r e p oss ibl e t o mak e e v e r y m e mb er h e r e see thi s q u es ti o n in a ll it s bea r in gs . I h ave a lr ea d y sai d t oo mu ch , but I d o h op e that th e d el ega t es w ill ca rr y th e m essage t o th eir chapt e r s cl ea r and str o ng 'vV e r epo rted p r ogres s las t yea r a n d w e can r ep o rt pr og r ess aga in.

P r og r ess, th a t p e rh a p s we o u g ht t o b e pr o ud o f , but b e f o r e w e st o p f o r p r a ise le t th ose w h o a r e t o ass um e th e unfini s h ed t as k co mpl e t e th e wo rk.

Acco rdin g t o m y r ep or t th e r e w e r e 90 5 r eco r ds on fil e las t ye ar a nd 18 5 r eco r ds a r e mi ss in g. Th e r e a r e n ow 144 1 r eco r ds o n fil e and 73 r eco rd s m iss in g . T we lve ch a pt e r s h a v e a ll th ei r r eco r ds on fil e.

Th e f oll ow in g is a s umm a ri ze d st a t e m e nt o f th e m e mb e r shi p of eac h

ch ap t e r a nd th e numb e r of r eco r ds on fil e and th e numb e r mi ss in g

C H APTE R

Alep h

Beth

Girne l

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K a ph

Lam ed t h

Total l\Iembcrship

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Mcmbrrship Records on Fil

Mrmbcrship Hecord s l iRing

Total Regular Initiates ............... . ................................... .

Total Chart r r lniti atcs

Total Iniation

Mcmbrr1-1 , \ctivr DPc 1

l\[cmbcn; r\(•tivc May 1

Correspondence: The corre s pondence of thi office i one of it heavie t bun! ·ns and yet one of the mos t plea ant clutie one ha to perform. I ma y say th a t my seco nd t e rm of office a a whole ha h own marked improv emc ut in the clo se and h elpfu l relation exi ting between thi office and th e chapter s. l have s triven to do my wh o le duty; to advise , t c o rrect, t o s ugge s t and to a id the chapter se cretarie , and I have had the plea s ur e of n 0 ting- a grow ing correspondence with the alumni. \\ ith the single exce pti o n of Kaph hapt er the file will sh ow a very full and accurate accouttt o f chapter affairs. I tnt t that a s a Grand fficer, I have bee n o f assistance to th e chapte r s and to every m embe r who ha made a call up o n the o ffic Jt has been my' earne s t de ire t o make thi office a clearing hou se of 1'raternity th o u g ht, ideals and inf ormat ion, and with all to be h e lpful. I have se nt o ut 1,045 letters during my tenn of office. besides nun1 c r u u s package and parcels a s may be see n from the po tal regi ter which will b e turned over to the auditing committee .

Finance: \Ye hall n ot be able to pay the expen e of delegates in full and have fund s to meet the n eces ary expenditures ear ly in the coming year. Ther e wi ll be a n ew ritual to print and Con s tituti o n and By-Laws to pnbli s h, and probably an iss u e of the J ounN.\L before any money will be derived from the chapters. It would appear th erefo r e, that at lea t $-too s h o uld be retained in th e treasury to meet current expen es, and the remainder he apportioned among the delegate s.

Ther e ha s been. I feel, a m os t econom ical admini s tration of the affairs of the Fraternity, w h e n we c o nsider the work performed by the severa l Crand ( )fficer s . A compa ri o n of th e present financial s tatement and the budget pr e pared la s t year will h ow that th e expense have been h e ld well within the e timate , with the exception of the Jo u n '. \L account and the Grand Conclave expe n e account. pon the matter of the J ounN ,\L account I wi s h t o make thi exp lanation. \1\Th e n the estimate wa made it wa n o t th o ught that a directory would be published this year. There was a demand f o r a directo r y, and feeling that I w ou ld probably be in a bette r p os ition to publish a directory than the inc om ing Grand ec retar y w o uld be this year, I undertook the task. I did not think that it wuuld make the total e for the Jo uRN. \L exceed the appropriation, but I found that it would after it was ready to go to p r e practically , and having consulted the ot her members of the Grand Council, the directory wa completed and pub li s hed I tru t that it will be deemed wise in view of the circumstance s .

I submit herewith financial sta t emen t for the year .

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T"ouchcrs: In line with w h at i no new ubject on my part smce becommg a member of th e Fra t ernity, I have striven to ke p an acc ur a t e set of book and full and complete vouche r for all mon y expended. I tru ·t that your auditing committee will make a fuiJ inve tigatio n of my books and accounts; that they a certain what money ha be n received and how disposed of, and that fo r a iJ money expended by me they find whether vouc h ers are on file. I a k this a a p r ona l favor and as a duty they owe t o th e F ratern it y . I sa id Ia t yea r at I hiladelphia and wish again to reaffirm: ··Thi committtee is charged with the important work of verifying my acount and ee in g what fund were received and how they have been expended 1\Iy book and vouc h er should explain f ull y these matters, and I tru , t that n o br o th e rl y or per o na l con ideration will in the least induce th em t o refrain from crj tici m if uch is merited. The Fraternity ha s the ri g ht to know a nd ought to kn ow what h as become of its funds. The G r and Co un c il sho uld not be looked upon as sort of a receptable for yo ur spa re cash after loca l charges a r e taken car or. On t h e cont r ary yo u ge ntl e men as d e lega t es and repre entat iv e of your respective c h apte r s s h o uld a certain a n d determine what work the Grand ounci l s h a ll do the n ex t yea r ami then provide for the acc umul at ion of th e n cesasry funds t o carry o n th a t work, and yo ur s u cces o r at the n ext onclave shou ld see t o it that your Grand ffi ce rs h ave fait h fu ll y followed you r directions. This can on ly be known definitely when adequate book and voucher s are kept. Hence th e n eces ity of the auditing committee determining whethe r we hav e s u ch a sys t em of book-keeping a nd vnucher s at the pre s e nt time. If we do n ot hav e s uch a sys t em it is high time that we were ge ttin g o n e." Thu I s p ok e a yea r ago, and I h ope that if I h ave done n othing e lse fo r the F r ate rnit y during my in c umb ency in office; that I have sta rt ed th e movement th a t will finaJiy g ive u s a complete file of member s hip r ecord , and seco ndl y, in s titut ed a system of accurate books with fuiJ and comp l ete vo u chers

lou mal: Upon th e JouRNAL, I f ee l, that I n eed sa y littl e, as I h ave given my view in it co lumn s. I believe it would be wise t o print th r ee iss u es of the Jnt RN ,\L aga in thi s yea r, the first to contain th e Minutes of onclave. \Ve have been un ab le to get any considerable amount of advertising. The contrac t s a m ou nt e d t o $6o this year. Th e co t of publi bing the JOL' R AL for th e year has be e n $900.35, and th e r ece ipt f r om the JouRN,\L, including back debts ha s b ee n $II8.82. The cost of the November JouRNAL was $2 r 6.oo. The Fe bruar y numb e r cos t $247.95 and the 1ay number c t 436-40.

T h e following is a s tat e m ent o f th e J OURN .\L S distributed, a nd I subm it to the auditing committee an it e mi zed acco unt of the J o R ALS di : t ri butecL Journals 1906 eli tributed . . .................. I7

1907 distributed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . II copte t908 eli tributed ....... . . . .......... I2 cop te 1908-9 distributed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 copie 1909- IO distributed . . . .. . ........... 2, IOI copies

Co11clm•c: Upo n thi s s ubject I have nothin g new to offe r over what I . aid Ia t year . In sp ite of economical administrati_on we sha ll not be ab le to me t the e ntire ex penses of the del ega te It ts true th at some of the c h apte r s a r e ow in g the Fraternit y . I can n o t be charged with neglect of duty because of thi s last omis ion on the part of so me of the chapters.

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Th e qu esti on o f h o w o ften the Co nclave s sh o uld be held is one that sh o uld hav e yo ur car e ful att enti on. It i s a comparativ ely s impl e pr o p os iti on and r eso lv es it s elf int o this; e ither you mu s t increa se the revenue s or extend th e p e ri od b e t wee n Co ncla ves T he Co nclav e la s t y ear co st th e s um of $I,467. 59 · If yo u will ex amin e th e r ece ipt s fr om a numb e r o f the chapt e r s yo u w ill find th a t the y d o n o t a m o unt t o a s mu ch as th e ex p e n se o f th eir d e lega t e t o the Co nclav e . I s h o uld lik e t o hav e th e Co nclave s as o ft en as p oss ibl e, but I d o n ot d eem it wi s e t o in c r ea se m a teri a ll y the lev y on o ur mem b e r s. If yo u be li eve th a t th e Co ncla ves sh o uld b e h eld once a year a nd that s u ch is th e b e li ef o f yo ur chapt e r s then pr ov id e f o r th e f und s t o car ry the m on . Th e pr op os iti o n is pl a in: E ith e r yo u mu s t incr ea se t h e r eve nu es o r ex t e nd th e pe ri o d b e tw ee n Co nclav es.

Commi tt ee : I h ave sp ok e n up on thi s subj ect thr o u g h th e co lu m n s o f t h e J ouRNA L an d in my r epo rt o f l as t yea r , an d I aga in w ish t o ur ge l: h a t th e Co ncla ve s h o uld g ive thi s m a tt e r co n s id e r a ti on. Th e Co n clave s h o uld mak e som e di sp os iti on o f thi s m att e r and n o t leave th e Endow m ent Com mitt ee in mi d- a ir.

Car d Case s: Th e r e h as bee n cons ide r a ble d e m a n d f o r ca rd cases, II 6 h a vin g bee n se nt o ut a nd 149 tr ave lin g ca r ds iss u ed. I s ubmit t o yo ur a uditin g co m m itt ee a n ite mi zed sta t em ent o f thi s a cco unt.

I n v e n tm-y : I s ub m it h e r e with in ve nt o r y of pr o p e rt y h el d by m e b elo n g in g t o t h e F r a t e rnit y : 27 ri t ual s; $ r. I I in s t a mp s; I se al ; I O liv e r t y p ew rit e r an d des k; I Lund s trum filin g cab in e t ; I E di so n mi meog r a ph ; I lett e r fil e; 2 m emb e r s hip r eco rd b oo k s, l ed ge r , j o urnal , ca s h b oo k a nd ritu a l r eco rd boo k ; I s t ee l die f o r m emb e r ship re co r ds a t B u x t on & S kinn e r 's a n d seve ral cut s; 6 b oxes of J OU RNALS a nd old fil es; 52 card cases a n d th e r e is so m e s tati on e r y and offi ce su ppli es on h a nd. Fo r inve nt or y o f p r ope rt y h eld by m e a t th e tim e o f m y l as t r ep o rt I r e f e r t o page 2 5 of the No v e mb e r J ouRNAL . R ecommen d atio n s : I s ub m it h e r ew ith t h e f oll ow in g r ecomme nd a ti on s :

I. T h a t g r eat ca r e b e exe r cised in m a kin g am endm e nt s t o th e Co nsti t uti on a nd By -Law s . Th e p r oce dur e is s im p le, an d I wo ul d sugges t t h a t th e am e n d m en ts b e writt e n o ut , and w h en fin a ll y p a ssed th a t th e ame ndm e nt b e d es ig n a t ed as a by -la w or co n stituti on a l a mendm e nt and b e r ead in it s fi n a l f o rm a n d th e vo t e b e t a k en b y r o ll call in o rd e r t o a vo i d tr o uble la t er.

2 . Th a t th e G rand S ecr e ta ry publi sh th e minut es o f thi s Co ncla ve in th e fir s t i ss u e o f th e J OURNA L, a nd th a t th e minut es t oge th e r with o th e r ma tt e r s h a ll b e iss u ed as th e Novem b er J ouRNAL; that tw o oth e r numb e r s b e i ss u ed , on e o n Fe bru a r y Is t an d o n e on M a y r s t , a nd th a t th e ch a pte r ed it o r s sh a ll se nd in th eir lett ers for ·th ese numb e r s o f th e J OU RNAL n o t la t e r than O cto b e r roth ; J a nu a r y roth a nd A pril r st ; and that d el ega t es n oti fy th e ir edit o r s imm ed ia t ely up on th eir r eturn o f the elat e o f th e fir s t c ha p t e r le tt e r b ein g du e.

3 · That th e s ub sc ripti on price o f th e J ouRNAL shall b e o n e d o llar p e r yea r o r so ce nt s p e r s in g le cop y to all , ex cept activ e memb e r s o r o r de r s m a d e thr o u g h the chapt e r s ecr e tari es when the s am e shall b e 35 ce nt s pe r co py; that eac h a cti ve memb e r wh ose per ca pita t ax is p a id ·D ece mb e r r st s hall be entitl ed t o th e No vember number fr e e, and that each a cti ve m e mber wh os e per capita ta x is p a id on M ay Ist shail be entitl ed t o the F ebruar y and Ma y number s free

4· T ha t th e fo ll o win g by- law be e nact e d: "C po n th e ub m ission of n a m s f o r h o n o r a r y me mb e r s hip t o th e G r a n d o un c il fo r it a pj, r O\·al t he

c_h a pt e r sec r c ta r y s h.a ll e nd a a part o f th e p etiti o n t h e fo ll o win g in fo rmati o n t o th e ( Jr a n d Sec r e t a r y; full n ame o f th e [ r o p o ed m e mb e r , :\ l a;.o n ic m e 1nb r s hip , po s iti o n s of h o n o r h e ld a nd a clclr e A nd up o n th e accepta nce o f th e pr o p o ed m e mb r by th G rand Co un c il, th e G r a nd ' ec r e t a n · h all n o tif y th e c h a pt e r sec r e t a r y, wh o . ha ll a t th e ti me of th e ini t ia t io n - f t h e m e mb e r fill o u t a nd e nd t o th e G r a nd ec r e tary a r eg ul a r m ember ·h ip reco rd bl a nk , wr i tin g at th e t o p th e r eo f th e w o rd ··Ho n o r a r y·.

5: T h at t h e fo ll o win g r e o luti o n b e e n a ct e d int by-la w · (I do

n o t g 1ve th e t ext h e r e b ut r e f e r yo u t o th e X o ve mb e r ] OL"RN \ L cop ie of w hi c h a r e before yo u .)

a. T h a t a by- law be n ac t e d a lo n g th e lin e u gge te d in r e · I ut i n

J, page 36 of th e J ou iW \L.

b . ' I h at a by- law b e e n ac t e d a l n g th e lin e u gges t ed in r e ol uti o n G,

p age 37 o [ th e J \ ove mb e r Jo RNAL.

c. Th a t a by - la w be e n ac t e d al o n g th e lin e s u gge t e d 111 r eso lu t io n 8.

p age 3 7 o f th e 1\'"ove mb e r J ou RNA L.

cl . T h a t a by- la w b e e na ct e d a lo ng th e lin e s u gges t e d in r e o lu tio n 9,

p age 37 o f t h e i\ove mb e r J OL' RN \L.

e. T h a t a by- la w be e n ac t ed a lo n g th e lin e u gges t e d 111 r e ·o luti o n 1 0,

p age 37 of t h e :\ove mb e r

f. T h a t a by- law be e n ac t e d a lo n g th e lin e . u age t e d In r eso luti o n 1 2,

p ag e o f th e i\'ove mb e r J oc RN.\L.

T h a t a by - la w b e e n a ct d al o n g th e lin e s u gge t e d 111 r e o luti o n r G page 38 o f t h e N v e mb e r J ou RNAL.

h . Th a t a b y - la w be e na ct e d a lo n g th e lin e s u gge t e d 111 r eso luti o n 17, p age 38 o f th e 1\'"ove mb e r J ou RN \L.

1 m a k e th e r eco mm nclati o n c n ce rning th e ena c tm e nt o f th ese b y- la w b eca u s e th e r e w ill h ave t o b e a n e w i s u e o f th e Co n s tituti o n a nd Dy- L a w s , a n d beca u se t h es r eso luti o n h ave b ee n t es t e d and I f ee l th a t ea ch of th e m h o ulcl be pl ace d in th e pe rm a nent b ody o f o ur law.

Fi n a ll y, br e thr e n I wi s h t o be ar wi t n ess t o th e uni fo rm co urt e . y th a t h as bee n exte nd e d t o m e by th e chapt e r o ffi ce r s and th e m e mb e r of t h e G rand o un c il. Th e ir w o rk s p ea k f o r it elf and I o n y tru st th at th e s am e m a\' b e truth f ull y s aid o f my o wn. I hav e fail e d in co mpl e tin a o m e thin g- s tl1a t I h o p ed t o acc o mpli s h when I a cc e pt e d th e dut ies o f thi . o ffi ce, but I f ee l th a t I hav e cl o n e m y be t.

R es pectfull y s ubmitt e d.

HARRY E. KILl\ [ E R , Grand Secretar y cacia Fr ate rnit y

Di sc u ss io n f o ll o w e d as to whether the Grand ice- Pre id e nt h ou ld app o int th e A uditin g Co mmitte e and th e Committe e o n m e ndm e n ts t o the l3v - L a w s a nd Co n s titution and it wa s determined that he h o uld , so th a t th e r es p ec tiv e co mmittees might co mmence work.

Dr o ther E. H . Co mstock , Kaph ( Universit y of 1inn e o ta ) , m ove d that all matt e r s inv o lving the expenditure of money be deferred until the meetin g at 8 p. 111. The motion carried.

It was moved by Brother A. R. Keith, Nun Chapter (Cornell University), that the Grand Officers have the floor at any time, to present questions that they see fit to present. The motion carried.

Reports of chapter representatives were then given. At I2: IS the meeting adjourned until 2 p. m.

AFTERNOON MEETING

At 2:10 p . m. the Conclave was called to order by Grand Vice-President J. F. Pullen, and the reports of the chapter delegates were then concluded .

The Grand Secretary read letters from Dr. Gibson W. Carson, J. R. McLachan and Wm. Homan, honorary members of Acacia Fraternity, who sent their regrets at not being able to be present at the Conclave.

The Grand Vice - President appointed the following committees: W . E. Ekblaw, Chairman, C. M. Stap les and L. L. Green, Committee on Constitution and By-laws; A. P. Potts, Chairman, H. N. Sutherland and S. E. Scholes, Auditing Conunittee.

Discuss ion on honorary membership was entered upon by H . N . Sutherland, Lamedth (Wisconsin), and Brother L. L. Green, Teth (Harvard).

At 3 p. m. the meeting adjourned for the afternoon.

TUESDAY NIGHT.

The Conclave was called to order at 8 p. m. by Brother J. F . Pullen, who stated that the Conclave would consider the various expenditures for the coming year.

Brother Comstock, Kaph (Minnesota), moved that the Conclave adjourn at 9 :IS in view of the fact that several members had to report at committee meetings. The motion carried.

Discussion then followed on the question of holding Conclaves biennially C. M. Staples, He Chapter (University of California), spoke against this propostiion and B. L. Jones, Gimel (University of Kansas), E. H. Comstock, Kaph (University of Minnesota), L. L. Green, Teth (Harvard), J. T. Maxwell, Daleth (University of Nebraska), spoke for the biennial Conclave.

The discussion next turned to the question of the Ritual. Grand Secretary H. E. Kilmer, Brother E. H. Comstock, Kaph (University of Minnesota), and Brother W. E. Ekblaw, Heth (University of Illinois), spoke in regard to the Ritual.

The question as to a deputy system came up and Brother Keith, Nun (Cornell), Brother Green, Aleph (Mich igan), and others spoke on the subject.

It was moved by Brother L. L. Green, Teth Chapter (Harvard) that they lay upon the table the motion to have the Conclave held biennially until after the consideration of the Ritual. The motion carried.

Brother Ekblaw, Heth (Illinois), then asked that the new ritual be considered as soon as possible. This matter was discussed at length. Brother Keith, Nun (Cornell), Brother Dye, Shin (Pennsylvania State College), and others taking part.

Moved by Brother Comstock, Kaph (Minnesota), that the meeting adjourn at 9 :Is. Adjournment to 9:30 when a consideration of the Ritual was taken up. Brother Keith reading and explaining the same.

Adjournment at I I :30 p. m.

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER L-t, 1910.

T.he on,c}ave wa called to order at 9:30 by Grand Pre ident Joseph R. WJison. I he roll wa called and the following delegates were ab ent: Yoclh Chapter (University of Penn ylvania), Deth Chapter (Leland tanford), Tsadhe hapter (Columbia U niver ity), and Aleph-Aleph hapter (University of Washington).

. The report of Grand President Joseph R. Wilson followed, Brother L. L. Green, Teth haptcr (Harva rd ), moved that the r eport of the Grand Pre . iclent be received and placed on file. :Motion carried.

REPORT OF THE GRAND PRESIDENT.

My Dear Brothers in Acacia:- Iy annual mes age of pril 23rd 1910, to all chapters, completely covers the ethical side of my administration during the pa s t year, and a a copy of this report may be obtained from the Grand Secretary any time during this Conclave, I will n ot take up your time by rca lin g it here but proceed to touch upon the more material things of interest at this time.

I have been advised by Brother Keith, Chairman of the Ritual Committee, that he ha a new ritual to pre e nt at this Co ncl vae, and doubtle a considerable portion of our time will be devoted to it presentation and cons iclerati on.

The preliminary sketch of a coat-of-arms ref e rred to in my mes age ha s a lr eady appeared in the Jo vRN.\L. It ha all the elements of mystery with the s uggestion of history in th e helmet and alleged sprig of cacia. It could be improved, I think, by eliminating the Hebrew words for "character, wisdom, truth" and the s ub stitution of the words "morality, education, truth" in Englis h o r Latin if preferred. Pennsylvania Chapter, I am advised, will ubmit a design for a coat-of-arms to the Conclave.

With respect to the abandonment of Hebrew let ter s or the adoption of Greek letters, eli . crim inati on against Greek letter men, or any of the other demagogical suggest ions which have been made for the purpose of changing the scope or character of Acacia, I prefer to meet arguments on the floor of th' Conclave rather than in my report. Having imbibed the principles of Acacia, T am ready and willing to draw my blade and fight for them against tho . e who hav e yet failed to grasp the theory on which it is founded, and indeed this is all that is left to me, for the powers of a Grand Pre iclent of th e Acac ia Fraternity as pre s cribed by Section 2 of Article III of its Co n st itution are exceed ingly limited as follows:

''The Grand President shall preside at th e Grand Conclave and at the meetings of the Grand Council and hall have charge of th relation of the cacia Fraternity to Ua onry."

I sought to ha ve this remedied at the last Conclave and resoluti on were introduced but up to thi s moment I have no idea what action ha s been taken on them by the chapters.

J\Iy own hope was for a prompt chapter vote that I might work in yo ur interest thi yea r under authority, but alas! the year has been one of enforced idlene ss. Jo power was vested in me to do anything and it is

cl ea rl y a case o f "ex nihil o nihil fit " o r "o ut of n othing n othin g co me s ."

I d o n ot think th a t a ny man was in a b e tt e r p os iti on than th e writ e r to exte nd th e wo rk of th e F r a t e rnit y e ith e r am on g th e co lle ges o f th e U nit ed

S t ates o r a br oad, a n d w h en I f o un d th a t n o wo rd ca m e t o m e g iv in g m e th e a u t h o rit y I as k ed fo r , with r elu ctan ce a nd r eg r e t I aba n do n ed m y ove rtur es w ith th e uni ve r siti es o f E n g la n d , Ca nada , A ustr a lia a nd th e U n it ed

S t a t es. Fo r a n ac ti ve ma n t o h ave t o s it s upin ely at a tim e w h en b oth

hi s h ea rt a n d h ead we r e thr o bbin g w ith th e des ir e t o j um p int o th e wo rk an d buil d it u p, is t r y in g en o u g h in it se lf , but t o see a yea r go b y w ith o ut th e g r a ntin g o f a s in g le n ew c hart er ex clu ive of th e o n es p r ov id ed fo r in th e p r ev io u s yea r , i s d ep r ess in g ·

Ju t w h y a chi ef exec uti ve of thi s g r ea t F r a t e rnit y sh o uld b e a m e r e fi g ur e-h ea d is in exp li ca bl e t o m e. Th e F r a t e rnit y i s t oo yo un g to ca rr y a sa loo n p asse n ge r. Eve r y m emb e r of th e G r a nd Co un ci l s h o uld b e a wo rk e r un t il c h ap t e r s h ave b ee n es tabli s h ed a t a ll d es ir a bl e univ e r s iti es a nd co lleges. W h e n t hi s is clo n e, it w ill be tim e e n o u g h t o elec t a m a n t o th e

Gra nd P r es ide n cy as a m e r e fi g ur e-h ead .

My ow n ex p e ri e n ce w ith m en and thin gs h as b ro u g ht h om e t o me th e r ea li za ti on th a t an indivi d ual o r a n in stituti o n m ay ri se lik e a w ave o f t h e sea a nd co llap se as s ud de nl y . It see m s th at n ow a d ays th er e m u st b e "e t e rn a l vig il a n ce" in g u a r d in g th a t whi c h we h ave built up , l est it b e s n a t ch ed away f r o m u s, and th e r efore I say th a t eve r y G r a n d O ffi ce r of Acac ia s h o ul d la b o r a t th e oar until th e h a rb o r of p e rm a n ent s u ccess is made. Yo ur chi ef exec u t iv e s h o ul d b e th e s t ee r s n a m i f th e m a n yo u elec t is wo rth y of yo u r co n fi d e n ce, a nd h e sh o uld n e it h e r slum be r n or id le w hil e th ere is wo rk t o d o.

"C han ce w ill n ot d o th e w o rk- C han ce se nd s th e br eeze;

B ut if th e pil o t s lumb e r at th e h elm ,

T h e ve r y w ind th a t w aft s u s t owa rd th e p o rt

May cl as h u s o n th e Sh oa ls .-T h e s t ee r sm an 's part is v ig il a n ce,

B low it o r r o u g h o r s m oo th. "

S in ce we me t in P hila de lphia a yea r a go, t h er e h as n o t b ee n a s in g le m ee tin g o f th e G r a nd Co un cil ow in g t o th e w id e- spr ea d geog ra p hi cal locati on o f it s individual m e mb e r s and in all thi s tim e I hav e n o t r ece ive d a com muni ca ti on o f an y kind w hat soe ver fr om the G r a nd Tr ea s ur e r , while le tt e r s r ece ived fr om th e G r a nd V ice-P r es id e nt h ave b ee n lik e " an g el s' vi s it s, far and f e w b e t wee n ." Eve n m y co rr es p on de n ce with yo ur G r a nd

Sec r e t a r y ha s b ee n of an exceedin g ly limit ed n a tur e . I hav e n o des ir e, n o r is it th e s pirit o f thi s r e f e renc e t o criti cize an y o f th e ge ntl e m e n f o r I p r es um e th ey h a d n othin g t o w rit e a b o ut a nd h e n ce the s il e nc e . Co mpare d w ith th e ac tivit y o f th e ye ar 19 08-1 909 thi s pa st ye ar h as . b ee n on e o f s ta g n a ti on . E x ce ptin g, h owe v e r , th e J ouRNA L, whi ch ha s co ntinu e d t o impr ove st eadil y .

T hi s brin gs me t o a bri e f co n s id e r a ti o n o f th e m os t im po rt a nt w ork w hi ch co nfr ont s yo u at thi s Co ncl a v e, nam ely, th e el ec ti on o f G r a nd O ffic e r s t o succ ee d th e pr ese nt in c umbent s. Th o u g h so m ew hat im p racti ca ble , it see ms t o m e th a t the b es t interes t s o f the Fr a ternit y co uld b e s erv ed if th e M id dl e S tat es h eld all of the G rand O ffic es on e ye ar , th e W es t e rn State s a n o th e r ye ar and the E a s tern S tat es th e third y ear , or vice v e rsa. A Grand

so_ located could accompli h a g r eat dea l more work. But dim ts mg thts thought for consideration by the enclave of the future, let me come to a presentation f r om per onal experience of tho e qualification necc s ary to the office of your Gra nd Pre ident.

. By virtue of hi office he is invited by th e chapter and great 1\Ia onic bodte s to speak at banquet s and meetings, in company with the leading men of country, and at su c h time he b ecomes the cyno ure of all eye , r presentmg, as he mu s t, all that i be st in a ll of the g r eat univer itie and colleges of th nited tates . He s h o uld th erefo r e be a man of dignified hearing, broad and liberal mind, and a good peaker. Remember that on s u c h occas ions Acac ia i meas ur ed by the abi li ty of its G rand Pre iclent, and if as t h e result of a desi r e to g ratif y the ambition of a chapte r or group of chapters, such a man is n ot put forward, the elect ion o f an inferior being would be a boomerang wh ich wo ul d mi the mark and come back on the whole Fraternity with an un who lesome effect. Added to the qualitie mentioned, if the powers of t h e Gra nd P re . id ent h ave been ex t e n ded by the c h apters so as t o at lea s t eq ual the power s of the Gra nd V ice-P r e icl ent, then h e s ho uld h ave exec utiv e ability and co llege pirit. Whe n he leaves thi s room after the Co nclave is over as yo ur n at io n a l G rand P r esident, you must rem embe r that yo u have co nf err ed on him the hi g h est h onor within yo ur g ift and that he mu s t s tand before the wo rld , th e li v in g expre io n of t h e be st that cacia h as w ithin its rank s .

Afte r tw o yea r of exper ie n ce I am in a position to la y clown these qualifications for yo ur gui lance ba s ed o n my ow n s h or t com in g . When the Grand President of the Acac ia F r atern it y is announced as th e first peaker. at a banquet, he is a lm ost as disappointing as Niaga r a Fa ll invariabl y is, to those who hav e never see n it before, but who r ea ll y expected to see it re ac h half way to the sky, and where so much is expected, th e o r dea l is a tr ying one ven under the mo t favorable a u sp ices.

With respect to yo ur Gra nd Vice-P r es id e nt, he sh ould b e a man of great executive a l ility a tirele s worke r , broad minded almost to the po int of fault, and th o r oug hl y imbued wi th that college s pirit which wi ll ma .c his <;peec h es and his letters attractive t o you n g manhood. His p os ition, und er the present on titution a nd By-Laws is o n e r o u s, for on him fa ll the e ntir e burden of exte nding th e Fraternity . In se lec tin g a man for this position co n s iderati o n s h o uld o nl y be g ive n to hi s qualification w ith out reference to geograp hi ca l loca ti on o r the plea that " it i n ow time for the Un iv e r s itr of ............ to h ave a Gra nd Office r. " If th e U ni ver ity of ........ ... ha s s uch a man a t present , we stand her e, I am su r e, wit h open arms to receive him.

s to the Grand Secreta r v and Ed it o r in C hi ef o f th e J ouRNAL, if there is a man better qua lifi ed to ·fill those trying and arduou s po s ition s w ith greater hilliancy than the p r ese nt in c umb e nt, I have ye t to meet him. J eed l say more?

L.et me tate to yo u cand idl y that with this exception, up t o th e pre ;;e nt moment I have n o t di sc us ed any man for o ffice , pr efe rrin g to meet the candidates prese nt ed a nd to le a rn their hist o r y on th e fl oo r o f th e Conclave before exp ressing any op ini o n whatever.

My words concern ing the office of Grand President are words of farewell and intended o nl y for yo ur guidance in se lecti n o- m y uc cessor, and may the !mi g ht y Go d g uide yo ur jud gment in the proper chann el o that

when this Conclave is over and we are on our way home, we will be able to look up to the new head of Acacia as a commanding figure among the great men of this land.

The honor of serving you for two years and my election to honorary membership by Harvard, Yale and Columbia, have been deeply· appreciated, and I retire from active service with the most pleasant recollections of our association and heart felt wishes for the future welfare and development of our beloved Fraternity .

Sincerely your friend and brother, JOSEPH R. WILSON.

Philadelphia, September 1oth, 1910.

Brother J. F. Pullen asked that he might continue reading part of his report which he had omitted the previous day. (This report is npt given in the minutes by request of Brother Pullen and consent of the Conclave because it was deemed of secret nature.)

Brother A. R. Keith, Nun (Cornell), moved that the report of the Grand Vice-President be accepted and placed on file. Motion carried.

The Grand President read a letter from Brother A. P. Clime, Yodh Chapter (Pennsylvania), in which the latter made suggestions as to the national seal, hat band, history of the Fraternity, etc.

Brother Green, Aleph (Michigan), moved that a committee be appointed by the Grand President to take charge of the data, history and picture of the first house in which the Acacia Fraternity met .

Brother Comstock moved an amendment to Brother Green's motion to the effect that the Committee report back to the Grand Secretary. Motion carried as amended.

Brother A. R. Kieth , Nun (Cornell), moved that a committee be appointed to take charge of the official size, design and kind of Fraternity pin and pledge pin and report back to this Conclave. Motion Carried.

Brother W. S. Dye, Shin (Penn State College), moved that the Grand President be accredited as delegate of Y odh Chapter until the arrival of the alternate or regular delegate. The motion carried.

Brother E. H. Comstock, Kaph (Minnesota), moved that a committee be appointed to decide on the whistle, song and yell for the Fraternity and that Brother Ekblaw be called upon to give the whistle. Motion carried. Brother Ekblaw whistled the notes of the white throated sparrow.

Brother Staples, He (California), moved that the whistle given by Brother Ekblaw be acepted and that music to it be written by Brother Anderson, Heth. Motion carried .

Brother Comstock, Kaph (Minnesota), moved that a committee of three be appointed to take charge of the matter of the yell . Motion carried.

Dr. H. F. Methven, Aleph-Beth (Northwestern) made a motion that each of the university librarie s be presented with a copy of the JouRNAL. After a suggestion of Grand President Wilson, he withdrew his motion.

Brother Staples, He (California), moved that there be a continuation of the discussion of the Ritual. Motion carried. The Ritual was considered during the remainder of the forenoon.

It was moved by Brother Potts, Waw (Ohio State), that the consideration of the new Ritual be made the first order of business this afternoon. Motion caried.

of committee by Grand Pre ident Jo eph R. \\ ' il on: Addtttonal member of the ommittee on mendment to Con titution and By-Laws; . S. ornell, Re h (Iowa), W. S. Dye, hin (Penn tate ommittee on Cenera l Re olution · : R. choles, Pe (Yale), v . Sneed, (Mi ssouri),]. F. Maxwell, Daleth (Nebra ka), T. F. furphy, lephAleph (v a hington) and B. L. Jone, Gimel (Kan as).

"ommittee on Pin and Pledge Pin : R. Keith, un ( ornell), B. L. Jones, Gimel (Kansas) a nd E. B. Jacka, amehk (Purdue).

Committee on Whistle: v . E. Ekblaw, Heth (Illino i ) , H. F. Methvell , leph - Ueth (Northwes tern ) and C. P. Shangle, Tav (Oregon).

ommittee on uditing Expense of Delegates: L. L. Green, Teth (Harvard), J. F. Maxwe ll , Daleth ( ebraska).

Committee on Hi s tory of Acac ia Fraternity: George R. Green, Aleph (Michigan), larence G Hill, leph (Michigan), Wm. R. Wheeler, leph (Michigan), \\ '. L . l\1iggett, Aleph (Michigan), W. R. l\Iar hall, A lep h (Michigan) .

Brother L . L. Green moved that the meeting adjourn until 2 p. m. Motion carried.

WEDNESD \Y AFTERNOON

The on clave called to o rd e r at 2 :25 p. m. by Grand President J. R. vVil s on. The con ideration of the new Ritual continued. No minutes of this ses ion as it was secret. On the motion of Brother Green, Jleth (Harvard), the meeting adjourned at s:rs to r econvene at 9 a. m. Thur s day morning.

THURSDAY, SEPTEliiDER 15, 1910.

The on clave was ca ll ed to o rd er by Grand President Joseph R. Wilson. The roll wa . called and the following delegates were present: leph ' haptcr - University of Michigan Geo. R. Green

Deth hapter- Leland Sanfo rd U niv er ity .......... .

Gimel Chapter- University of Kansas ......... . .... Ben L. J o n e

Daleth C hapter - Univer s ity of Neb ra ska

J. T. l\Iaxwell

He hapter-Univer s ity of California ..... . ........ Charron Staples

Waw Chapter- Univers it y of O hi o . ..... . .. ....... . \m os P. Potts

Tcth Chapter- Harvard Un iversit y

] Ieth Chapter-Univer s ity of Illin ois

Kap h halter- Univers ity of Minnesota

Yodh Chapter- niversity of Penn ................

. L. L. Green

\V. E. Ekblaw

E. H. Comstoc k

J. R. \ iV il son

Mem Chapter- University of 1issouri . . . ....... .. . G. vV. Sneed

Lamedth Chapter-University of Wisconsin

Tun Chapter-Cornell University

Samehk Chapter- Purdue U niversity . .. ............

A yin hapter - hicago University

H. Sutherland

A. R. Keith

E. n. Jacka

R. Elwell

Pc hapter-Yale Univer itv R. choles

Tsadhe Chapter- o lumbi a University

Koph Chapter-Iowa State College

Resh Chapter- niversity of Iowa ................

W. R. Latrd

C. S. Cornell

Shin Chapter-Penn State College ....... . ..... . ... \\. S. D ye, Jr.

Tav Chaptcr-l niversity of Oregon

Alep h -Alep h C hapter ..

Alcp h -Tiet h Chapter-Northwestern Univer ity

C. P. Shangle

T. F. Murphy

Dr. H. F.

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Further consideration of the Ritual was entered upon, Brother A. R. Keith, Nun (Cornell), occupying the floor.

Discussion of By-Laws No. 21 was entered upon, the Grand President ruling that a chapter could excuse any of its members from residing in the Fraternity house or permit such members to reside in another Fraternity house. This ruling of the chair sustained by vote 16 to S·

No committee being ready to report , the Conclave adjourned upon the motion of Brother Green, Aleph (Michigan), to reconvene at 2 p. m.

THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

At 2 :30 p. m. the Conclave was called to order by Grand President Jo sep h R. Wilson.

Brother A. P. Potts, Waw (Ohio State University), moved that the hat band which had originated at Harvard, be adopted as the official hat band of the Acac ia Fraternity. The motion carried.

Brother C. M. Staples, He (California), moved that the design for the national flag for the Fraternity be referred to a committee which should report back to the Grand Secretary. Motion carried.

The Grand Secretary, Harry E. Kilmer, read the report of the Grand Council. Brother W. Dye, Shin (Penn State), moved that it be referred to the Auditing Committee after the extensions in it had been made. The motion carried.

REPORT OF GRAND COUNCIL.

Brothers :-We s ubmit the following report :

I. Allowed the Grand Secretary to distribute fifty copies of the Jo uRNAL, itemized report to be made by the Grand Secretary of the J ouRNALS distributed under this grant.

2. Vote upon the proposed constitutional amendments resulted as follows:

a. A mendment No . 1, which read s as follows: Article II ( new section). Any active alumnus or honorary member, who shall suffer the lo ss of hi s standing as a Master Mason, sha ll , while und e r disability, forfeit hi s rights and privileges as a member.

Carried. Seventeen chapters voting for, three against, and three not voting.

b. Amendment No. 2, which r eads as follows: Article III. Section 2, amend to read, The Grand President shall be the chief executive officer of the Fraternity-he shall preside at the Grand Conclaves and at the meetings of the grand council and shall have the general powers and duties of supervision and control vested in the office of the chief executive.

Amend ment lost. Thirt een voting for, seven against and three not voting.

c. Ame ndm e nt No. 3 which read s as follow s: Article III. Section 3, amend to r ead: The Grand Vice-President shall in absence or disability of the Grand President, perform the duties and exercise the power s of the Grand President, and ha ve charge of the relation of the Acacia Fraternity to Masonry.

Amendmen t lost Eleven chapters voting for, nine against and three not voting.

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d. Amendment ro . 4 which read a follow Article I . ection). 1\ o charter for a chapter of this F r aternity hall be ranted to tudents who are (or) members of the faculty of any univer ity or co lie e when a charter ha already been granted to aid univer ity o r college or any department or c hoo l th e reof.

Amendment lo t. Ten chapters voting for, ten again t and thre chapters not voting .

Amendment No. 5 which read as follows: That Article VII, ec ti o n r, be amend d in the la st e nt e nce th e r eof o a to read: 'If the amendment be approved by two-thi rd vote, the Gra nd President hall make du ' proclamation thereof at which time the ame nd ment hall b ecome effective. "

Amendment lost. Fifteen ch apter voting for, three again t and five not voting .

f. mendment o. 6 which reads a fol lows: T hat the Constitution ancl By-Law . be made t o co nf o rm with the amendment r atified and that the Grand ecrcta r y make the nece sa r y revi s io n.

Amendment car ried. Sixteen chap t e r s vot in g fo r , two again t, and four not voting.

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Amend- Amend- Amend - Am end- Amend - AmendmcnL 1 ment 2 ment 3 ment 4 ment 5 ment 6

Aleph ....... -.-. - yea yea yea I n ay nay n ay

Beth nay n ay nay nay nay nay

Gimel ... .. .. . . . . .

Dalcth ... . . . . . yea yea yea yea yea yea

He y«'a nay nay nay yea yea

Waw . .. ...... . yea yea n ay nay yea yea

Teth ......... . yea yea yea nay yea yea

Hcth yea yea yea nay nay nay

Yoclh yea yea yea yea yea yea

I aph ........ . yea nay nay nay .. . .

Lameclth yea yea n ay nay yea yea

Mcm ......

.. . yea yea n ay nay yea yea

Nun yea yea yea yea yea yea

Samehk yea nay yea yea yea yea . . .

Ayin

Pe

.. . yea yea yea yea yea yea

Tsadhe ... . ... . yea yea yea yea yea yea

Koph yea nay nay yea yea yea

Resh . . . . . . . . .

lep h-AJ ep h

Aleph-Beth ... .

Shin ......... . nay yea yea yea yea yea Tav yea yea yea yea yea yea nay n ay nay nay yea yea n ay nay yea yea yea

The Grand Co nclave ha s approved th e electio n to h on ora r y memberhip the following members who have been initiated and enro ll ed . Other names have be e n aprovecl, but th e initi atio n ha s n ot been r epo rt ed and no ·e nrollment made.

leph C hapter : bram T . Me t ca lf and F r ede rick B. Steven . Waw hapter: T. E. McC un e.

T et h Chapter: Vim. E. Homan, J o ep h R. \ iV il son, Leon l\1. Abbott, Cur ti s Gui ld, Jr. , Sam u e l C. Lawrence.

Heth Chapter: Isaac Cutter.

Pe Chapter: Wm. Homan , Joseph R. Wil so n.

Koph Chapter: Howard C. Pierce.

Shin Chaper: John Hewitt.

Tav Chapter: C. A. D olph, P. S . Malcolm, J. P. Robinson, L. G. Clark, L. Pittock.

Aleph-Beth: Abraham W Harris

BUDGET OF GRAND -rCOUNCIL . RESOURCES

Due on Journal Subscriptions " on Card Cases " from Chapters ·

Total Cahs on hand

ESTIMATED INCOME FOR ENSUING YEAR

Mon ey on hand. Unpaid accounts ·

Estimated Incom e from installation new chapter. .

" from initiation of 400 at $5

" per capita tax of 500 at $3.00 Total Estimated Income

per month

Ritual Rev. Expense

Total Estimated Expenditures R espectfully submitted,

Brother W. E. Ekblaw, Heth ( Illinoi s), C hairman of the Committee on Amendnients to By-Laws and the Constitution, submitting the following rep o rt of the majority and minority of the Committee: REPOR T OF COMM ITTEE ON AMENDMENTS

Brother President :-The Committee on Amendments to the By-Laws and Constitution of the Acacia Fraternity begs leave to recommend unamiously that the following sec tions be added to the By-Laws.

"Afte r the pledging of a candidate and before his initiation, he shall be required to fill out a membership record, and a duplicate thereof shall be filled out by the chapter's secretary , the candidate shall sign both the

original and initiation of the candidate, the ecretary hall the ongmal to the office of the Grand Secretary, and file th duplicates m archives of the chapter. Upon request, the Grand ecretary ?hall h the e blanks to the chapter's secreta ries. vVhen a new chapter IS to be 1nstalled, the Grand Vice-President shall notify the Grand ecretary where membership record blanks shall be sent, and before the installation of the new chapter, the originals and the duplicates shall be signed by the proposed members, and the same s hall be turned over to the newly elected secretary, who s hall send the originals to the office of the Grand Secretary and file the duplicates in the archives of the chapter." The Committee further recommends the following addition to the By-Laws.

" t the installation of new chapters, the expenses of not more than four delegates shall be paid by the Fraternity, and in addition, the expenses of one Grand fficer shall be paid when it i expedient for him to attend. Where it can be done without materially increasing the expenses, the delegates shall represent as many chapters as possible."

The ommittee further recommend the adoption of a by- law on pledge buttons to comply with the requirements stated by Committee appointed to investigate this matter.

The Committee further recommends the following addition to the bylaws:

"At eac h onclave the amount due from any chapter shall be applied upon the expen e account of that chapter's delegate."

The ommittee further recommends that orders for traveling cards or card cases for a member, s hall be made through the secretary of his chapter. Traveling cards shall be sent free and card cases shall be se nt upon receipt of cos t price by the Grand Secretary, prov ided that n o traveling card be issued to a ny member whose membership rec o rd is not on file in the Grand Secretary's office.

The Committee further recommends the following addition to the ByLaws:

"The various Gra nd O ffic e rs in submitting their reports to the Grand onclave, shall give an inventory of office furniture and equipment on band."

The Committee further recommends the following addition to the By- Laws:

"The Grand Secretary shall keep a set of books consisting of day book, cash book, and ledger and the Grand Treasurer shall keep a cash book and return all warrants paid by him, the same to be presented by the aforesaid officers at the Grand onclave for audit, and each delegate to the gran d Conclave shall bring an itemized statement over the s ignature of the chapter president and secreta r y, of the money paid by hi s chapter to the Grand Secretary. Such stateme nts shall be filed with the Auditing immediately upon its appointment. The Grand Secretary shall furn1 sh w1th each delegate credential, a blank for this purpose.

The Committee r com mends that the following amendment be added: "The elected officers of each chapter heretofore known and designated as president and vice-president sha ll be changed to Honorable Dean and Senior Dean, respectively."

The Committee recommend s that the whistle as adopted and illustrated m the Conclave be officially adopted and recorded in the Ritual.

· Signed:

W. ELMER EKBLAW,

WM. V. GREEN, C. M. STAPLES, C. S. CORNELL, WM. S. DYE, JR.

Chairman.

MAJORITY REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON AMENDMENTS TO THE BY-LAWS AND CONSTITUTION

The majority of the Committee recommends that Section 2 of Article III of the Constitution be amended to read as follows:

"The Grand President shall be the chief executive officer of the Fraternity, he shall preside at the Grand Conclave and at the meeting s of the Grand Counci l and shall have the general power and duties of s upervision and control u s ually vested in the office of chief executive.

The Committee recommend s that Section 3 of Article III, of the Constitution be amended to read as follows :

" The Grand Vice-President shall have charge of the extension of the Frate rnity and shall perform such other duties as usually pertain to this office and in the absence or disability of the Grand President shall perform the dutie s and exercise the pow e r of Grand President."

The Committee recommend s that Section 1 of the By-Laws be amended to read as follows:

"A ll applications for charters in thi s Fraternity shall be inve s tigated by the Grand President or the Grand Vice-President or by a committee selected by the," etc.

And that in th e rest of said section there shall be substituted for the words "G rand Vice-President," the words "Grand President or Grand VicePre s ident".

The Committee recommends that Section 8 of the By -L aws be amended to read as follows :

"The Grand President and Grand Vice-President shall have charge of all matters pertaining to the in s tallation of new chapters but the Grand Vice-President shall report to each Conclave on said matters."

Signed:

L. L. GREEN, C. S. CORNELL, WM. S DYE , JR.

MINORITY REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON AMENDMENTS TO THE BY-LAWS AND CONSTITUTION OF THE ACACIA FRATERNITY.

The minority members not being able to agree with the majority report, beg leave to submit that in their opinion Section 2 , Article III and Section 3, Article III of the Constitution and Section I of the By-Laws be not amended and that Section 8 of the By-Laws be re-enacted.

Signed: W. ELMER EKBLAW, C. M . STAPLES.

Brother Scho le , Pe (Ya le), moved that thi r eport be accepted and placed on file. The motion ca rri ed.

The co n s id eratio n of the rep o rt of th e omm ittee on A me ndm e nt s and By-Law wa then taken up , sec ti on by ect ion . B r oth er Ekb la w, Heth ( Illin o i ) , mov ed that the following section t o the Dy-Law ·'Af t e r the pledging of a candidate, and before h1 s Il11ti atJO n , he s hall be r equ ir ed t o fill o ut a membership r ecord and a duplicate there o f hall be fill ed out by th e chapter ec r eta r y The candidate s hall s ign bo th th e o ri g inal and th e duplicate up o n hi s initiati on and th e ·ecretary h all forward th e o ri g inal to the o ffice of th e Grand Secretary a n d file the duplicat e in the a r c hive s of th e chapter. pon r eq u e t the Grand Secretary w ill f urni s h the se bla nk · t o th e chapter sec r e tari e . vVhen a new ch apter is to be in s talled, th e Gra nd V ic e-P re s id ent s hall n otif y the Grand Secre tar y w h ere memb e r hip r eco rd blanks hall be se nt , and befo re th e in stallati o n of th e n ew c hapt e r , th e o ri g inal and the dupli cate s h a ll be s igned by the proposed member and the ame shall be turned ove r t o the n ew ly e lec t ed sec r e tar y who hall s end th e o ri g inal to th e o ffi ce of the Gra nd ecretary a nd s hall file th e duplicate in the archives of the chapte r. ' ' The mo ti o n was ca rri ed unanim o usl y .

Moved by Brot h e r Ekblaw that th e foll ow in g by - law b e enacted: " t the in s tallation of the n ew chapters, that th e expe n ses o f n ot more than four delegate s s hall be paid b y the Fraternity and in additi o n th e expe n es of o n e g r a nd o ffic er s h a ll be paid when it is expedient f o r him to attend. Wher e it can b e done without mat e riall y in c rea s in g the expen ses, th e delegates h all r ep r ese n t as man y chapters as possible." The mo ti on carried unanim o u ly.

Bro th e r E kbl aw m ove d th e foll ow ing by -law: "A t each Conclave the amou nt due from any chapter s hall be applied upon the expe n se account of that c h apte r 's delegate."

Afte r discus s io n by E H. Com tock, Kaph (M innesota ), A. P. P o tt s, Waw (O hi o S t ate), th e fl oo r wa s y ield ed to B r o ther J . T . Maxwell , Daleth (Nebraska). T h e di s u c s io n wa s continued o n th e pr o posed by -law until vote wa s taken a nd r es ult ed in tw ent y votes for, and G imel voting against. Motion ca rri ed.

Bro th er E kbl aw r ecom m e nd ed an amendm e nt t o the By-Laws that "O r de r s for tr ave lin g card o r card cases for a member s hall b e made through the secreta r y o f hi s chapter. Traveling cards s hall be se nt free and card cases s hall b e se nt upon r ece ipt of the cost price provided that no tr ave lin g ca rd s hall be iss u ed to an y memb e r whose member s hip r eco rd is n ot o n fil e in th e Grand Secretary's office."

B r oth e r S. R. Sc h oles, Pe (Ya le ), move d th e ad o ption o f this b y- law. Vo te was tak e n a nd the r es ult was unanim o u s .

Moved by B r o ther Ekblaw an amendment to the By- Law s that " The variou s gra n d offic e r in s ubmittin g th e ir rep o rt s t o the Grand Co ncl ave s hall give an inv e nt o r y o f office furniture and equipment o n hand. " Vote was taken and the motion was carried unanim o u s ly.

Moved by Brother Ekblaw, "The Grand Secr etar y hall keep a set of bo o k s consi tin g of clay book, cash book and ledger , and the G r a nd shall keep a ca h b oo k and return all warrants paid by him, the same to be pr es ented by the aforesaid officer o f the f o r audit and each delegate to the Grand Conclave s hall bnn g an Itemiz ed

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statement over the signatures of the chapter president and secretary of the money paid by his chapter to the Grand Secretary. Such statement shall be filed with the Auditing Committee immediately upon its appointment. The Grand Secretary shall furnish with each delegate credential blank a blank for this purpose."

Brother S. R. Scholes moved an amendment, requiring the Grand Secretary to furnish blanks for the statements of the delegates and this was accepted by the Committee and the by- law was passed unanimously Brother Ekblaw as chairman of the Comimttee, read the following proposed amendment to section two of article three of the Constitution, the amended section to read as follows: "The Grand President shall be the chief executive officer of the Fraternity. He shall preside at the Grand Conclaves and at the meetings of the Grand Council and shall have the general power and duties of supervision and control as are usually vested in the office of chief executive."

Brother L. L. Green, Teth (Harvard), suggested that as this section of the Constitution and section three were intimately connected and that by- law section I, and by-law section 8 were also involved in any action taken upon the section of the Constitution just read and asked that the majority report of the Committee on these sections be also read so that they might be considered together.

These sections were read by Brother Ekblaw and he referred to the Minority Report of the Committee then written . Lengthy discussion followed, in which Brother L. L. Green, Teth (Harvard), G. R. Green, Aleph (Michigan), E. H. Comstock , Kaph (Minnesota), A. P Potts, Waw (Ohio State), A. R. Keith, Nun (Cornell) and others participated . The result of the debate was that is wa s agreed that Section 2 of Article III of the Cons titution was to be voted on as submitted by the Majority Report, the minority of the Committee having agreed to alter their report to this effect. It was further understood and agreed during the debate that Section 3 of Article III was . to be left as it now s tands and that section one of the By-Laws not having been repealed by the action of the former Conclave was to stand a s now written and that a new section was to be added to the By-Laws, reading as follows: "The Grand Vice-President shall have charge of all matters pertaining to the installation of new chapters." It was then determined at the close of the debate that a vote should be taken on the proposed amendement to the Constitution, section two of article three and upon by-law one and upon the proposed by-law above quoted separately.

The vote was then taken upon the following amendment to section two of article three of the Constitution, which reads as follows: "The Grand President shall be the chief executive officer of the Fraternity and he shall preside at the Grand Conclave and at the meetings of the Grand Council and shall have the general power and duties of supervision and control, usually vested in the office of chief executive." The vote resulted in sixteen for, five against and two not voting. The Grand President announced the vote and declared that this amendment would be submitted to a referendum vote of the chapters.

After further discussion, it was decided that no motion or other proceedings on the part of the Grand Conclave was neccessary to leave by-laws sec tion I of the present by-laws as the law of the Fraternity. The majority

and minority of the Committee withdrew their recommendation 111 regard to this by-law.

Brother E. H. Comstock, Kaph (Minnesota), moved that the following by-law be "The Grand Vice-Pre ident shall have charge of all matters pertammg to the installation of new chapters." The motion carried.

Moved by Brother Ekblaw that the following amendment to the ByLaw s be enacted: 'The elected officers of each chapter heretofore known and designat ed as President and Vice-Presiden t shall be changed to Venerable Dean and Senior Dean, respectively." Vote wa taken and carried unanimou s ly.

Brother A. P. Potts, Waw (Ohio State), moved that the whi tle recommended by the Committee be adopted. Motion carried. fter further consideration, Brother Potts moved a reconsideration of the motion ju t carried. Motion to reconsider, carried. Brother Potts then moved that the whistle recommended by the Committee be accepted and that the same be illu s trated and placed in the Ritual. Motion carried.

Committee on Resolutions then made its pre! iminary report. Brother S. R. Scholes, Pc (Ya le U niversity), Chairman, r ead the resolution submitted by the Committee a nd vote was taken upon it as read.

The fol lowing re so lution was read:

"Reso lved that the Grand c;onclave convene on the fir s t Tuesday in September, 1912, for five days."

Moved by Brother W. S. Dye, Shin (Penn State College), that the resolution be adopted as r ead. Motion carried.

Brother E. H. Comstock, Kaph (Minnesota), moved that the Conclave adjourn until the next morning at 8 a m. Motion carried.

FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 16, 1910.

The on clav e was called to order at 9 :20 by Grand President Joseph R. Wilson. .

A resolution was introduced by Brother W. S. Dye, Shin (Penn State) , which r ead as follows: "Reso lv ed that there sha ll be appointed by the Grand Council four district deputies whose districts shall be as follows: Eastern, Harvard, Yale, Co lumbia , Pennsy lvania , Cornell, Pennsylvania State. Central, Michigan, Ohio State, Purdue, Chicago, No rthwe stern Wi sco nsin, Illinoi s. Western, Minnesota, Iowa State, Kansas, Missouri Nebraska. Pacific, Washington, Oregon, Ca lifornia , Leland Stanford.

The duties of the se officers shall be to visit each chapt er in his district at least once a yea r, to acquaint each with the conditions in ot h er chapters and to exercise genera l supervis ion over them and r epo rt condition s in the district to the Grand Secretary.

The expense of these v i it sha ll be apportioned among the chapters of the district.

When applicat ion for charte r s are r ece ived , the district deputies nearest to the petitioning body s hall visit th e and _the re.sult of his investigation to the Grand Vice- Pres1dent for tran s miSSIOn w1th the petition to the various chapters."

After th e consideration of the re elution offered by Brother D ye, 1t wa understood without motion that the resolution was to go to a vote of the chapters together with the question of the biennial Conclav.e.

The report of the Committee on Resolutions was then read m fu11 by Brother Scholes, Chairman.

THE REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON RESOLUTIONS.

To the Sixth Grand Conclave of Acacia Fraternity, the Committte on Resolutions re spec tfully submits and recommend s for adoption, the following:

1. Resolved that the Grand Conclave convene on the first Tuesday in September, 1912, for five days.

2. Re so lved that the Acacia JouRN AL shall be published by a board of editors of which the Grand Secretary shall be the editor-in- chief, that each chapter s hall elect a member as an editor to serve on the editorial staff for one year whose name shall appear as editor in each edition of the Jo uRNAL, and that each editor sha ll be responsible for the collection of news from his chapter and the forwarding of it ot the editor-in -chi ef, that the JO URNAL shall be published three times during the year. The first issue to contain a cop y of the minutes of this Conclave and such other material as may be turned in by the chapter editors and shall be known as the November JouRNA L, that two other numbers of the JouRNAL shall be issued, one on February first and the other on May first and that the chapter editors shall sen d in their letters for these numbers of the JOURNAL, not later than October tenth, January tenth and April first; that the respective issues of the Jou RN AL shall be in the hands of the chapters, November first, February first, May fir st.

3· Resolved that the subscription price of the JO URNA L shall be $1.00 a year or so cents per single copy to all except active members, or orders through the chapter sec retary when the sa me shall be 35c per copy; that each active member whose per capita tax i s paid December first shall be e ntitled to th e Novem ber number free , and that each active member whose per capita tax is paid on May first shall be entitled to the February and May numbers free.

4· Resolv ed that the per capita tax on active members during the ensuing two years shall be $3.00 per year.

s. Re so lved that the name of the Fraternity wherever it appears in public, shall appear as Acacia and wherever it is possible it shall be printed in old English letters.

6 Resolved that the Grand President be required to transmit his message to each chapter giving his recommendation for consideration of the Grand Conclave not later than April 15th , 1912.

7· Re so lved that the revision of our Ritual has been done in a manner that commands our highest admiration, the work has been one of tremendous difficulties, but these have been surmounted giving us a beautiful Ritual. We cannot express too great praise or too hearty thanks to the members of the Revision Committee, Brothers A. R. Keith of Cornell, A. K. Wilson of Kansas, F. W. Shepardson and Stanley Coulter of Purdue.

8. Resolved that in view of the fact that many questions come up in the Conclave which the chapters do not understand before sending delegates, no delegate be sent to the Conclave instructed upon any question other than tho se which have been referred to the chapters for referendum vote.

9· Re solved that this Conclave h e reby expresses it s grateful appreciation to the Brethren of Mem Chapter, the Commercial Club of Columbia,

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Acacia A. F. & A . M ., Honorable E. W. tephen and other who have asst ted m the welcome and en tertainment of our officer and delegate · .

Signed: S. R. SCH LE , BE L. J 1 E , J. T. MAXWELL, THOM S F. 1\IURPHY, G. W. NEED.

Drother A. E. Potts, \Vaw (Ohio State), then moved the following resolution: '' Resolved that the matters of the biennial Conclave and the deputy system provided for in Brother Dye 's re so lution may be referred to the chapters and they sha ll in st ruct their delegate for the n ext Conclave a s to their dutie s and the detail thereof. The motion carried.

BrotherS. R. Scho les, Pe (Yale), moved th e adoption of the following re so luti on : "Reso lv ed that the A cacia JO URNAL shall be publi heel by a board of editors of which the Grand ecretary shall be th e editor-in - chief aml that each chapter hall elect o ne member a an editor t o serve on the editor ial staff for a yea r , who e name s hall appear as editor in each edition of the JouRNAL and that each editor s hall be r espo ns ible for the collection of n ews from hi chapter and the forwarding of it to th e editor-in-chief; that the J o RN AL sha ll be published three times during th e year, the first iss ue to conta in a copy of th e minutes of thi s Conclave and such ot her material as may be turned in by th e chapter editor and shall be known as the November Jo u RNAL ; that the other two numb e r s of th e J ouRNAL s hall be is ued, one on February fir s t and the other May first; that the chapter editors s hall send in their letter for the se numb e rs of the Jo u RNAL not lat er than Octobe r tenth , January tenth and April first ; that th e r es pective is s ue s of the J ouRNAL s hall be in the hand s of the chapter 1 ovemLer fir s t , February first and May fir st The motion carried.

Drothcr Scho le moved the adoption of the following re oluti on: "Reso lved that the s ub scr ipti o n price of the Jo uRN. \L s hall be $r.oo per yea r or soc for a s ingl e copy to all, excep t act iv e members or orde r s thr o u gh the chapter sec r etary, when th e ame s hall be per copy, that eac h active member whose per capita tax i paid December fir t, s hall b e en titl ed to November number free and that each active member whose per capita tax is paid on 1\'fay fir st shall be entitled to the February and May number free." l\Iotion carried.

Brother choles moved the adoption of the following resolution: "Resolved that the per cap ita tax on active members during the ensuing year s h a ll be three dollars per year." Motion carried.

Drother cho les moved the adoption of the following re so luti on: "Reso l ved that the name of the Fraternity wherever it appears in public s hall appear as Acacia and wherever it is po s ible, it s hall be printed in o ld English lett ers." Motion carried.

Brother Scholes moved the adoption of the following re so luti on: "Reolved that the Grand President be required to transmit his me ssage to eac h chapter , giving his recommendation for consideration of the Grand Conclave, not later than April 15th, 1912 " Motion carried.

THE ACACIA JOURNAL.

Brother Scholes moved the adoption of the following resolution: "Resolved that the revision of our Ritual has been made in a manner that commands our highest admiration, the work has been one of tremendous difficulties, but these have been surmounted, giving us a beautiful Ritual. We cannot express too great praise or too hearty thanks to the members of the Revision Committee, Brothers A. R. Keith of Cornell, A. K. Wilson of Kansas, F. W. Shepardson of Chicago and Stanley Coulter of Purdue." Motion caried.

Brother Scholes moved the adoption of the following resolution: "Resolved that in view of the fact that many questi'ons come up in the Conclave which the chapters do not understand before sending delegates, no delegate shall be sent to the Conclave instructed on any question other than those which have been referred to the chapters for referendum votes."

Brother A. P. Potts, Waw (Ohio ' State), moved the amendemnt of the resolution with the words "Referendum vote" omitted. Amendment lost.

Original motion lost.

Brother Scholes moved the adoption of the following resolution: "Resolved that this Conclave hereby express its grateful appreciation to the brethren of Mem Chapter, the Commercial Club of Columbia, Acacia Lodge A. F. & A. M., Hon. E. W. Stephens and others who have assisted in the welcome and entertainment of our officers and delgeates . Motion carried.

Brother S. R. Scholes, Pe (Yale), moved the adoption of the following resolution: "Resolved that each chapter more strongly urged to select as its representative to every Grand Conclave, a man who will return the following term to the university or college where his chapter is located." Motion caried.

Brother R. Elwell, A yin (Chicago University), moved the adoption of the following resolution: "Resolved that in view of the fact of the rapid growth of the Fraternity, we be more conservative in granting charters to new chapters and in no case shall a charter be granted unless the petitioners have leased a chapter house or if they have not leased a house, the Grand Vice-President shall give his opinion together with the facts upon which he bases his opinion, as to when a chapter house will be obtained ." Motion withdrawn.

Brother Elwell moved the adoption of the following resolution: "Resolved that the Grand Vice-President, in considering an application for a charter to Acacia Fraternity, use the utmost conservatism and that the applicants who are applying for a charter have at least a good prospect for a chapter house." Motion carried.

Brother G. W. Sneed , Mem (University of Missouri), moved that we show our appreciation to the Colorado applicants by instructing the Secretary to send a telegram of congratulation.

Brother S. R. Scholes, Pe (Yale), made the amendment that we instruct the Grand Vice- President to do so. The motion carried as amended.

Brother C. M. Staples, He (University of California), moved that no chapter of Acacia Fraternity shall elect to membership in that Fraternity any undergraduate who is an active member of any other Fraternity, having a chapter house at the same institution, except a professional or honorary Fraternity. Motion lost. Roll called thirteen voting against, six for and one not voting.

REPORT OF THE AUDITING COliiMITTEE.

To the ixth Grand Conclave of the Acacia Fraternity: . Gentlemen :-Your Audit ing Committee respectfully ubmit the followmg 'vVe have examined and compared the books and report of the Grand Secretary and Grand Trea ur e r and find them in entire ao-reement "' We also find vouchers for all money expended. Both set of book have been clearly and accurately kept and t o examine them has proven as much a pleasure a a duty. We find on hand, September tenth, 1910, according to these books $1,225.99·

We have examined the expen e account of A. R. Keith of the Ritual Revision ommittee and recommend, first that the following accounts be paid to A. R. Keith:

For actual expenses incurr ed to September 13th, 1910 .. $ 80.82 Outstanding bills .

Expense of return trip t o Ithaca, N. Y... 44 ·73

The total expense of the Ritual Revision Comimttee, we find e timated at $390.50, of which $65.5Q ha s been paid, leavino- to be appropriated in the T9IO-I 1 budget including the above bill s, $325.00. The budget prepared by the Grand Counc il allows for $300.00, which we would allow to stand permitting that the $r,ooo appropriated for genera l expenses be drawn upon to comp lete the expense if nec ess ary.

2 'vVe recommend that the budget as reported by the Grand Council be approved and that the sa lary of the Grand Secretary be fixed at $50.00 per month, until the next Conclave.

Respectfully s ubmitted, HARRY N. SUTHERL ND, AMOS P. POTTS, SAMUEL R. SCHOLES.

Brother Sutherland read the report of th e A uditin g Committee, L. L. Green, Teth ( (Harvard), moved that it be accepted. The motion carried.

REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PINS.

The Committee on Pins recommended for th e official pin of the Fraternity, the foJlowing, s ize (outside dimensions), ;J.-E inch on the base, 0 inch on the a ltitude, % inch on the hypotenuse. Jew e ls, the kind shall be optional with the purchaser and may be flat or crown set, having three on the base, four on the altitude, and five on the hypotenu se . In addition to the above jewels, th ere hall be a jewel at each corner of the triangle , these three to be a kind different from the others. The sma ll triangle insid e the jewel border shall remain exactly as it is at present, that is on th e field of black enamel there hall be inscribed the Hebrew letters, Shin, Teth, He.

The pledge pin shall be made as recommended by the Conclav_e held in 1909. This recommendation is practically as follows: "The Acacta pledge

pin shall take the from of a lapel button, one quarter of an inch in diameter, whose design shall be a solid triangle of gold, having its sides proportional to three, four and five and set in a field of black ename l. "

Respectfully submitted, A. R. KEITH, Chairman, BEN. L. JONES, E. B. JACKA.

Brother R. Elwell, A yin (Chicago), moved that the report be accepted. Motion carried.

Brother E. H. Comstock, Kaph (Minnesota), moved amending section 36 of the By-Laws and replacing the second paragraph by the following: " The pledging of a pro spective member shall consist of the pledging ceremony as prescribed in the R itu al and of attac h ing the offic ial p ledge pin to the lapel of the coat . Motion carr ied.

Brother C. M Staples, He (University of California), moved an amendment to the By-Laws as follow s : " The Acacia pin shall be worn over the heart. " Motion carried.

Moved by Brothe r Staples the adoption of the fo ll owing By - Law: "The Fraternity pin shall be worn only by members of the Fraternity, or the wife, mother, sister, daughter or person to whom he is engaged." Motion carried .

Brother G. W . Sneed, Mem (University of M issouri), moved that the matron of t he chapters be allowed the priviledge of wearing the pin at the di sc retion of the chapters.

Brother E. H. Comstock, Kaph (Minnesota), amends the motion that such pin sha ll be t he property of the local chap t er. Motion and amendment los t •

Chairman Comstock of the Committee on Ye ll s reports that further time is required.

Brother E. H .Comstock moved t h at the meeti n g adjourn unti l the afternoon. Motion carried.

FRIDAY AFTE R NOON

The Conclave was called to order at 2 p . m. by Grand Presiden t Joseph R. Wil so n . Brother Green, Teth (Harvard), read the report of the Committee on the Expense of Delegates

REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON AUDIT OF DELEGATES EXPENSE.

The Committee on Audit ing Delegates expeFise begs leave to submit the fo ll owing report:

Total expense of delegates and Grand Officers . .. . ... . .. $1,068 .24

A leph, George R. Green $ 36.74

Gimel, Ben L. Jones

Daleth, J. T. Maxwell

He, C. M. Staple s

13.6o

123.30 Waw, A. P. Potts...

Teth, L. L. Green

Heth, W . E. Ekblaw

Lamedth, H . N. Sutherland

34-30

94 -30

30-40

Samehk, E. B. Jacka 32.75

Ayin, Ru sse l Elwell

Pe , S. R. Scho les

29.00

Koph, W. R. Laird ........................ . Resh, C. S. Cornell .... . ... .................. . Shin, W. S. Dye .............................. .

Tav, C P. bangle

Aleph-Aleph, T. F. Murphy

Aleph-Beth, H. F. Methven .................. .

Joseph R. Wilson, Grand President

John F. Pullen, Grand Vice-President

E. H. Comstock, Grand Treasurer . .. ... .. ... .

Harry E. Kilmer, Grand Secretary .... ... ..... .

In view of the fact that there i only $1,225.99 in the hand of the Grand Treasurer, and that there should remain in the Grand Trea ury at least $400.00 to provide for hotel bills and stenographer and other immediate expen e, the Committee recomm end that one-half the delegates expenses, including the expenses of the Ritual Committee, be paid forthwith by the Grand Treasurer, the r emainde r to be paid when funds hall come in

Respecfnlly submit ted , L. L. GREEN, Chairman , J. T. MAXWELL HARY E. KILMER.

Candidate Eli S. Haynes of Mem Chapter, was then initi ated, Brother A. R. Keith, Nun (Cornell), occuying the position of Venerable Dean.

Moved by Brother A. P. Potts, Waw (Ohio State), that the Ritual as demonstrated be accepted. Carried unanimously.

Brother S. R. Scholes, Pe, (Yale) moved that th e design for a coat of arms ubmitted by Pennsylvania State, be adopted, s ubj ect to a referendum vote of the chapters.

Brother R. Elwell, A yin (Chicago), moved an amendment that the two coats of arms, presented to the Conclave, the one appearing in the May Jo uRNAL and the o ne submitted by Yodh Chapter, be referred to a committee to act as a guide to said committee for coat of arm and when the design is ready, to report upon them t o the G rand Secretary, who will refer it to the chapters for a referendum vote.

Brother Scholes moved that th e motion referring to the Fraternity flag be taken off the table. The motion carried.

Moved that the design presented by the Committee on Flag be accepted and after the size is determined by the Committee, it is th en to be sent by the Committee to the Grand Secretary, to b e referred to the chapters for a referendum vote. Motion carried.

Invitation by Brother L. L. Green, Teth (Harvard), to hold the Conclave at Harvard in 1912.

Moved by Brother A. P. Potts, Waw (Ohio State), that the Conclave accept the invitation of Harvard to hold the Conclave two years hence at Harvard. Motion carried.

Brother J. T . Maxwell, Daleth (Nebraska), moved that a copy of the old Ritual be retained in .the archives of each chapter. Motion carried.

It was moved by Brother E. H. Comstock, Kaph (Minnesota), that the meeting adjourn for fifteen minutes.

The meeting reconvened at 5 p. m. and proceeded with the election of officers.

Nomination of Grand President, declared in order. Joseph R. Wilson nominated for Grand President, by Brother W . S. Dye, Shin (Penn State). Brother G. R. Green, Aleph (Michigan), nominated Francis W. Shepardson fur Grand President.

Upon Brother Wilson's declining to be a candidate for re-election it was moved that the Grand Secretary be instructed to cast the ballot for Francis W. Shepardson. Chair declared Francis W. Shepardson, Ayin, duly elected Grand President.

Moved and seconded that when we adjourn tonight, that we adjourn until Monday at 2 p. m., when Brother Shepardson shall be installed. Grand President declares that nomination for Grand Vice-President are in order .

Brother H. F. Methven, Aleph-Beth (Northwestern), nominated Brother J. F. Pullen.

Brother W. E. Ekblaw, Heth (Illinois), nominated Brother E. H Comstock.

Brother Pullen, at the request of Grand President Wilson took the chair.

Grand President Wil son nominated Brother Green, Teth (Harvard), for Grand Vice- President.

Moved that the nominations close, by T. F. Murphy, Aleph-Aleph (University of Washington). Motion carried.

The chair appointed Brothers Green (Aleph), and Jones ( Gimel), tellers . Two ballots were taken and no election resulted.

Brother J. F. Pullen withdrew his name The votes were then taken and stood, seven for Brother Green and fourteen for Brother Comstock. It was moved by Brother Green that the nomination be made unanimous. The motion carried and Brother Comstock was declared elected to the office of Grand Vice-President.

The Chair declares the nominations for Grand Treasurer in order. Brother G. W. Sneed nominated Brother Keith. Moved that the nomination for Brother Keith be made unanimous for Grand Treasurer. Motion carried and Brother Keith declared elected Grand Treasurer.

Moved that the Grand Secretary be instructed to cast ballot for Harry E. Kilmer for Grand Secretary. Motion carried and Brother Kilmer declared elected Grand Secretary.

Brother R. Elwell, A yin (Chicago), moved that a vote of thanks be given to retiring Grand Officers. Motion carried unanimously.

Installation of Grand Vice-President E. H . Comstock by Grand President Wilson.

In stallation of Grand Treasurer A. R. Keith by Grand President Wilson . In stallation of Grand Secretary , Harry E. Kilmer, by President Wilson. The Conclave was then declared adjourned by Grand President Wilson until 2 a. m., Monday , when Brother Shepardson shall be installed Grand Pre s ident, and the Sixth Conclave of Acacia Fraternity adjourned.

The present is the living sum total of the whole past . -Carlyle.

CHAPTER LETTERS.

ALEP H CHAPT ER.

UNI\ ' ERSITY OF MICHIGAN, A ARBOR, MICH.

Aleplt extends greetings to all chapters of cacia and wishes them prosperity and success during the coming year. We are beg inning the new year with thirteen old men and prospects for filling the chapter roll are very bright as there seem to be many more st udent Masons on the campus this fall than ever before. Although school began only a few clays ao-o, we have two men pledged and seve ral very favorable prospects.

Since our last letter, we are pleased to rep ort the initiation to honorary membership in Aleph Chapte r of Brothers A. T. Metcalf, the oldest active 33 degree l\Iason in Michigan; W. M. Perrett, Imperial Potentate of Moslem Temple, Mystic S hrine; Frederic B. Stevens, active 33 degree Mason of Michigan. At the close of the in itiation ceremony, the ammal alumni banquet was given at which Brother Glen A . Kenderdine of Resh Chap ter favored us with an exce llent talk ,on matters pertaining to the good of the fraternity. The last Acac ia dance of the season was g iv en at the Yp ilanti ountry Club House. It was attended by every active member of the chapter and was the mo t successful dance of the season.

Brother Geo R. Green, our President and Delegate to the Grand Conclave reports a successf ul meeting of that body and a royal entertainment by Mem Chapter while in Columbia. On hi s way home from the Conclave, Brother Green stopped off at Champaign arid paid a visit to Heth Chapter. He speaks very highly of the Brothers at Heth, and Aleph wishes to thank them for the courteous treatment given her delegate.

Our lumni are planning to give a banquet at the chapter hou se on October 29th. We are planning to hold our fir st initiation on that date and work the new ritual for the benefit of the Alumni and honorary members.

The latch st ring of the Aleph Chapter hou se is always on the outside to Brothers in Acacia and Aleph ·extends a cordial invitation to all Brothers to visit us when in the vicinity of Ann Arbor.

JOSEPH A. DAVIS.

BET H CHAPTER.

LELAND STANFORD UN IVERSITY , STA TFORD, CAL.

Beth Chapter of Acacia is starting the new college year with brighter prospects than s he has had since the near de truction of the University by the earthquake in I9o6. Since that time financial conditions have been so s trin gen t on the coast that very few young men have taken out their Masonic work. But the country is again resuming a prosperous condition, and Masonary is coming in for its share of the good fortune. The result is an abundance of good material for Acacia.

Although we s tarted the year with but four active men we soon had t en men in the house , and expect in the near future to increase our number

to about fifteen; which number thi chapter ha always con idered ideal for a house fraternity.

We regret very much that we were n ot represented at the Ia t Grand Conclave Our delegate was awaiting at his home within one hundred miles of the place of meeting, when we were compelled to telegraph him to come at once. It wa a choice between hi attending the Conclave and a emester' work, o r giving up the Conclave and remaining in ·College. The rea so n being his leave of absence was refu sed. ollege open here the first of September, and as the delegate and the alternate are both taking profe ss ional cour e the necessary leave of absence was in both ca e refused We s incerely hope that in the future the Conclave will be held at an earlier date for the benefit of the coast chapter for otherwi e we will be compelled to se nd an A lumni member, which ha been so heartily di sco uraged by all pa s t G rand Conclaves.

Our nnual Forma l Dance occ ured near the close of la st eme ter , -since the last iss ue of the JouRNAL. It wa well attended and a marked success; every fraternity and soro rity on the campus being repr e ented.

So far this year we have attempted nothin g soc iall y, f o r we have had a very strenuous ru s hing season and at the present time we are putting forth all of our energy to sec ure the remaining funds nec e sary to build .a new house. We are se lling per cent bonds and they are going quite rapidly. To h elp secure these we are asking all of our Alum ni to pledge five dollars ($5) or more per year for a period of ten yea r , to the sinking fund which is to be used to assist in paying the intere s t. We find thi very advantagou s and the alumni are giving us their loya l suppo rt. It ha s done more toward strengthe nin g the confidence in Masons whom we approach, and convincing them that as a n inve stment it is safe, than any scheme we have been able to discover. Its s u ccess and popularity a well as its practicability prompts us to s u ggest it to all ot her chapter s who are entertaining a building proposition.

V\Te enjoyed a very pleasant and profitable eveni n g at th e He C h apter house, Saturday, Oct. 8th, which occas ion was a joint initiation. At this time the pledges of both c hapter were initiated, and all of the Californ ia active cacia men were afforded an opportunity of meeting one another. This event in the past ha s done much toward cultivating a fraternal feeling between the two chapters, and we hope t o meet with He on many more ·s uch occasion . .

Our men are well r ep r ese nted in all departments of university lif e and ·everything points toward a banner year for Beth of Acacia.

R. CECIL

FAY.

GIMEL CHAPTER.

UNIVEHSITY OF KANSAS, LAWRE CE, KANS.

At the ope nin g of another un i ver sity year, Gimel Chapter de s ires to -extend to all other chapters warm greetings and best wishes for a succe sful year. Gimel al o would g ladly welcome all Acacia men t o her beautiful h ome in Lawrence. When you pass this way we expect a visit from you. This is the third yea r we have occupied the same hou se. Our home is very nic e ly arranged, with accomodations for fourteen men and our matron.

We have ample room on th e first floor f o r our smokers and sma ll social functions. We are justly proud of our fraternity h o u se, f or it is well situated, and it is one of the nicest chapter h o u ses in Lawrence.

Fourteen of our members return ed to s chool this fall, twelve of whom lived at the h ou se. B r oth er Be n Stelter of Pe Chapter, Yal e, comes to u s this year and is b oa rding at the h o use. He holds a position on the E n g lish faculty in the uni ve rsity. On e of our A lumni members, Brother J o hn Am ick i s also li v in g in the h o u se . Our president for this yea r , Brother Geo r ge Maga tagan , did not return t o sc h ool, so B r other A lex Wetmore was cho se n in hi s st ead.

We hav e pledged one man so far this fall, and have se veral exce llent men whom we expec t to pl edge soo n We have a lar ge number of Master Masons in th e sc h oo l. Thi s, with the n ew law all owi ng us to pledge Entered App rentic es who are taking their work, g ives us a larg e number of men to choose from, enabling u s t o se lec t o ur men a littl e more clo s ely and get th e right so rt o f memb ers The position of the frat e rnity , in university affairs h a s become th o r o u g hl y established so that becoming a member of the organization is loo ked upon as quite an h ono r.

Two smokers have been given at the chapter hou se this yea r for the Masons in the university. Each has b ee n a s ucc ess. We plan to extend the so cial activities thi s year somewhat, giving more parties and s moker s than her etof o re. We hop e in this way, to create a gre at e r int eres t in the A cacia spirit among the Masons in the school. We are in co rre spo ndenc e with Mem Chapter in regard to a banquet to be given at Kansas City the night before the annual Thanksgiving game between Kansas and Missouri . Our banquet last yea r proved such a s uccess that we desire to try it again. Mem ber s of Daleth and oth e r near by chapters will be invited.

P lans are on f oo t for raising a building fund. VvTe feel the need of a permanent h o me, and we h ope to do something definite toward procuring o n e in the n ear future. We are endeavoring to keep in clo se t o uch with our A lumni memb e r s by i ss uin g a bi-monthl y circular letter, g ivin g the ad dr esses and occupations of the Alumni members, and items of intere st a b out the fraternity.

We look forward to a prosperous year for the fraternit y, and hop e the same f o r our s is ter chapters FRED E. LEE.

HE CHAPTER.

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY, CAL.

He Chapter is open in g th e College year of I9IO- I r wi th ex cellent prospects . The hou se was opened abou t Aug. r8, with eig ht men , B r o thers Staples, Mattern , Stephen so n , Sarter, Le ebr ick, Bendel and B roth e r Marx o f Yodh . We lo st fi:re of our members of last year, Brothers Jenkins ancl Keyes by g raduation , a nd D a ly, Hansell and Hiller, who will return next yea r.

Shortly after the opening o f college, we held initation ceremony for the benefit of Masonic Bro ther s C. H. Fuchs, ' II , and C. B. Fuchs, 'r2.

On OctoJ:ler 3 held our fir st meetin g under the recently adopted ntual. th1s meetmg, we had the pleasure of initiating into Aca cia as: A lumni member, Maso nic Brother D oz ier F inley, '02. Bro th e r Finley IS the Master o f Durant Lodge, the oldest of the thr ee Be rkel ey l odges,

and has been a stro ng personal friend of He Chapter and of cacia ince the beginning. Durant Lodge also has, a a body, been prominent in recognizing u a an organization of college :Mason . We con ider the even ing of October 3 an event in the history of our chapter. This being the first time we have used the new work, all were deeply impressed with the true dignity and l\1asonic spirit prevading the entire ritual.

On October 8, we are to hold a joint initiation with Beth hapter at our chapter house. vVe have two pledge to initiate at that time, Burrill, '12, and Mills, '13, and Beth expects t o present three or more. These meetings together with our brothers from Stanford, which are annual affairs, are a source of great plea ure to us, and the interchange of ideas is of benefit to both chapters.

We had a very pleasant visit se veral weeks ago from Brother Pierce of Aleph. Brother Pierce is an old California man, and one who ha everal times won his "C" on the gridiron. V< e have also had visits from Brothe rs Lakin, Farr and Kiesling

of Beth

On September 24, the chapter was invited to attend Oakland Lodge, ak lancl, Cal., in a body, and spent a very pleasant evening. We are informed that several of the other Masonic bodie about San Francisco Bay desire to give us s imilar officia l recognition in the near future .

The annual interfraternity tennis tournament is well under way here. V.fe have won the first game in the singles and have strong hopes of being in the running to the la s t game.

Stephenson, '13, is at present out for the Rugby team, and we confidently h ope to hav e him win laurels for the Blue and Gold and for Acacia in the annual contest against the Cardinal in November.

At the clos e of last year we instituted a system of circular chapter letters to be sent to our Alumni at regular intervals. In these we endeavor to give all the chapte r news, gossip of the old men , etc., as well as general items of intere t about university affairs, and we have found the plan to meet with unanim ous approval from the old men. 1t has already enabled us to get into touch with some of our Alumni of whom we had, in a way lo st track, as well as to cement clo se r the bonds with all.

s yet this year we have done no entertaining, but at pre sent our chapter h o u se is undergoing extensive alterations which will facilitate house dances, etc. Acacia will undoubtedly be heard from in the near future

Drother Staples, our repre se ntative to the Grand Conclave returns with enthusiastic reports as to the Conclave, and particularly as to the hospitality s h own by the members of Mem Chapter. We are confident that under the g uidance of Brother Shepardson , Acacia will continue the prosperity which has attended it under the ab le administration of our lat e Grand President, Dr ther Wilson. FRED M. HOFER.

WA W CHAPTER.

OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, COL MBUS, OHIO.

At the beginning of the schoo l year of 1910 Waw desires to extend greetings and best wishes to all chapter of Acacia.

Waw Chapter is stronger than ever before at this time of the year; sixteen men have returned, of which number six are pursuing post graduate work. At pre ent five of our Acacia men hold fellowships in this university,

while Prof. Eisenlor, after eighteen months special study in the University of Berlin, is acting head of the Department of German. Thus. the idea.ls of this organization are being attained. The success of Acac1a men m prize drill has been nothing short of phenomenal. Although there were eleven competing companies. Capt. Guillaudeu, Company C, received first place. Lieut. Longenecker was an officer of Company B, receiving second place, and Captains Potts and McCune received third and fourth places.

Fourteen Acacia men graduated last June. Their present addresses are as follows :

M. W. Russel, attorney at law, Ironton, Ohio; F. L. Hawkins, civil engineer, B. & 0. R. R., Mannington, W. Va.; J. F. Siedel, attorney -at law, Birmington, Ala.; J. F. Hardin, B. S., Clintonville, Ohio; J. S. Knight, civil engineer, B. & 0. R. R., Chicago, Ill.; F. V Bouie, principal grade school, Youngstown, Ohio; C. N. McCune, principal high school, Columbiana, Ohio; F. L. Shaffer, chemist, Lincoln Electrolytic Meat Curing Co., Cleveland, Ohio; G. C. Finley, irrigation engineer, North Yakima, Washington, D. C. Hyde, D. V. M., Wellington, Ohio; D. B. Stewart, D. V. M., Maynard, Iowa; F. H. Landrum, graduate school, Ohio State University; D. M. Hickson, graduate school, Ohio State University; A. Guillaudeu, graduate school, Ohio State University.

Brother Bouie and Miss Ada Kirkland were married on the evening of Thursday, September 29, at the home of Prof. F. P. Graves, in Columbus , Ohio.

Brother Turnbull, 'o8, has a new daughter, Wilda May, born October 2, 1910.

This term our chapter has given two smokers to Masons of the university. This giving us an excellent opportunity to get better acquainted with the new men. The first dance will occur Friday, October, 14, in honor of our pledges and the first initation will take place Saturday, October 22, 1910, at 6 :30 P. M.

Vvaw Chapter wishes to say that all Acacians are always welcome at the house and we want to see you there.

WILLIAM B. LEIGHNINGER.

TETH CHAPTER.

HARVARD UNIVERSITY , CAMBRIDGE, MASS.

It is with genuine pleasure that Teth Chapter sends greetings to its brethren in the universities of the land, at the beginning of this the seventh year in the history of Acacia as an intercollegiate institution.

At this university that bears the name of John Harvard, its career has been mainly a succession of the difficulties that always beset an infant organization. Loaded down with a fraternity house it could not afford, in conflict with influences which belittled its usefulness and handicapped bv its very setting in a university which demands much of its children (£ th:y would seek recognition, the first few years were a struggle for mere ex1stence. Last year there was a deCided change. The persistent efforts of the older men who had kept their faith in the tremenduous possibilities of Acacia, began to bear fruit. Through the generosity of the alumni five hundred dolars was raised that we might achieve economic independence. For the first time we were in a position to draw upon the unlimited re-

source of this ancient sea t of learning. Early in the year we began to get in touch with prominent Harvard graduates in the vicinity of Bo ton, among whom we oon had the pleasure of initiating into active alumni member s hip; Brother Lyman S. Hapgood, Instructor in Physciology, Brother Samuel D. Elmore, W or hipful Master of Amicable Lodge, Cambridge, and Brother Lafayette G. Blair, Grand Generalissino of the Grand Command e r y of Mas ac hu set ts and Rhode I land. By the following spring our active membership had increased to thirty-two and we were read y for the great event of the year.

On Apr il 29, I9IO, Teth Chapter received into honorary member hip the following distinguished Masons: Brother J o eph R. Wilson, Grand President of Acacia; Ill.: William Homan 33°, Deputy of Supreme Council for New York; Ill.: Leon M. Abbott 33 °, Deput y of Supreme Council for Masachusetts; General Samuel C. Lawrence 33 °, M. P. Sovereign G rand Commander of S upreme Council of the Scottish Rit e for the orthern Juri sd icti on U. S. A.; Ex-Gov. Curtis Guild, Jr. , of Mas achusetts 33°, recently apointed Special Ambassador to Mexico by the national government. At the banquet given in honor of these guests that evening, there were gathered together as notable a list of speaker as ever a sembled under Masonic auspices. It is with considerab le optimi m that we turn from this to anticipate the Grand Conc)ave of I9I2, when it shall be our privilege to extend to all Aaca ians the full measure of John Harvard 's hospitality. Thus on th e eve of its quinquennial, Teth Chapter be g in s the new year with an efficient organization and unbounded enthusiasm for th e future. At last on an established foundation, it is able to tak e an active interest in its s is ter chapters, sympathizing with tho e who have yet great difficulties to overcome, contemplating with pride the stronger ones under whose influence the fraternity as a whole is making rapid progress.

To the retiring President, Brother \tVil o n , it extends it s sincere affection and high regard, earnestly desiring that the policies f o r the internati o nal extension of the order which he labored so persisently for, may thi year sec fruition.

To the new President, Brother Shepardson, whose skilful hand we have seen in the new ritual, and of wh o m we shall expect much. we extend a hearty welcome.

As the year rolls on, brethren, may it find u s eac h and all steadily progre sing in that friendly "co ntention of who be s t can work and best agree". ever r emembering that each is an es entia] unit in the tructure which ome day hall stand as another great human in tituti o n.

EDW. A. BOYDEN.

HETH CHAPTER.

UNI\'ERSITY OF ILLINOIS, CHAMPA I GN, ILL

Heth Chapter sta rt ed out the year under quite favorable circum tance . We had nine active members in the house and two pledges living here. In addition there were several active member s living outside. Since then four more pled ges have come into the house, which will, no doubt, soo n be filled.

The o utlo ok for t h is year is very br ight as t h ere are a numb e r of new Master l\'Ia on in schoo l who look promising. In fact there is such a

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quantity of good material that we can afford to be extremely con ervative in our choice. During the three weeks that school has been in e ion we have pledged the following men : Benton, Bartells, the Kirk twin , artwright, Huntington, Hite, Crawford, Gray and Zearing. 'vVe are not lettinu our activities rest here but have several other men who are about read y to be pledged.

On the eve ning of the seventh we initiated tw o men under the new ritual and while the work was necessarily slow because of the lack of familiarity on the part of the men, s till it went off in good hape, and everybody pre se nt se med to be much pleased with it. Everyone who has seen the new ritual is very favorably impressed with it and thinks that it i a great improvement over the old one. The pledging ceremony, espec ially, excited man y commendatory remarks.

Brother Ekblaw returned from the Conclave very much elated over the work accomplished and the ho s pitality of Mem Chapter. His report was given a week after his return and was very favorably received. The chapter thinks that Brother Ekblaw is ju s t about all right. He strongly rec om mends that the chapter begin a fund to send a second delegate to the Conclave as it is his belief that there is really too much work for one man to do alone and that the inspiration that one receives is in it self s ufficient to warrant the expense.

The officers for the ensuing year are as follows: Tyler, V. D., Anderson, S. D., Knowles, Secy., Ekblaw, Treas., Saunders, Steward. The VicePres. and the Treas. failed to return this fall necessitating a special election. nderson and Ekblaw were put in the offices respectively.

O n the 14, 15 , r6 of October will be seen one of the greatest gathering that Illinoi s has ever seen, these days being the occasion of the first annual fall home-coming. It is also the time of the Chicago-Illinois game. We have better prospects of winning this year than we have had for several years so everyone is preparing for the greatest celebration in the history of the in stitut ion . We have our first dance on the 14th, and expect many old men back. There is also a strong probability that the Chicago and Purdue C hapt e r s will send delegations over at that time.

On the way h ome from the Conclave Brother Potts of Ohio State and B r ot h er Green of Michigan stopped off at Illinois and paid us a short visit. Heth is always glad to see any of the brothers that may happen this way and hopes that they will always avail themselves of the opportunity when in this n e ighb or hood. At present we have Brother Pense of 'vVisconsin li ving with us.

We mean to continue the policies started la st year especially the ones of vis itin g the lo ca l lodges at every meeting and alumni corre spondence. The alumni are becoming so numerous, however, that in stead of having the diiierent members write to them the corresponding secretary will prepare a circular letter every month or six weeks .

We h ope in thi s way to keep in closer touch with the members that have left u s.

Heth Chapter sends greetings to all the other chapters with the hope that they will all have successful years in every respect.

R. A. M. ANDERS0N.

YODH CHAPTER.

UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, PHILADELPHIA , PA

The new college year finds Franklin Chapter in the same comfortable quarters-2IO South 36th St., close to the centre of the activities of the University. The Chapter lost over twenty men through graduation, all of whom are doing their share of the world's work in the various industires and professions. This leaves us with depleted ranks, but five petitions are in the Secretary's hands and as many more are expected within the next week. Yodh will hold a "smoker" next week to University Masons outside Acacia, and we expect some results in the matter of available material. The new degree team under the skillful direction of President Sykes is diligently mastering the new ritual. Charles C. Drefs who was graduated from the Wharton School last June was a visitor at the Chapter house for several days this week. L. H. Burdick, one of our men who was active last year in athletic circles was married this summer and will not return to college. The dining room is being conducted by Brother G. G. Wilson. He is an excellent Steward and is receiving congratulations and commendations from his fellovv members upon the very good table that is being set. Bro. J. Raymond Fitzpatrick who is doing graduate work in Chemistry and has a full instructorship in the same subject lives in the. house and has been elected to the office of se cretary, Brother Wilson having resigned a few weeks ago . R. D. Graham, the popular captain of last year's wrestling team, was a caller at the chapter house during the past week. Dr. D. P. Deer was an in structor in a summer school of dentistry in this city during the months of July and August and has now gone to a rich field of work in Switzerland. Dr. F. S . VanWert, our genial president of the past yea r, has opened his office in New Castle, Pa. Dr. E. 0. Lodholz, Professor of Physiology in the Vetrinary School and Assistant Professor of the same subject in the School of Medicine has returned from a summer of research work in foreign universities. His publishers have in preparation his new work on Physiology of the Vertebratess, which will be richly illustrated and will meet the needs of both students and practitioners. We are proud to say that Dr. Lodholz is one of our charter members.

We sincerely trust that all chapters in Acacia throughout the college world are s tarting the year of fraternal labor with as much spirit and earnestne ss as in Franklin Chapter. To all we extend our best wishes for a prosperous year.

To our Editor-in- Chief we send fraternal greetings and our heart y wishes that the year just beginning may be as brilliant a year for the AcACIA JouRNAL as was the past year, thanks to his skillful guidance.

" Not from one metal alone the perfectest mirror is shapen: Not from one color is built the rainbow's aerial bridgeInstruments blending together make the divinest of Out of myriads of flowers the sweetest of honey is drawn.'\

CLINTON P. McCORD.

If God has given to a man a specia l gift it has not been for that man 's pleasure or advantage. It has been given that he might help his brother-that humanity might be lifted higher -William Rainey Harp er.

LAMEDTH CHAPTER.

UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN, :MAD! ON, WI

We wish to extend our greetings to all chapters of Acacia and expre our appreciation of the good work done for Acacia by the out going Grand Officers. Brother Sutherland gave hi report on the Conclave at our fir t meeting and expressed his appreciation for the way he was entertained by the members of Mem Chapter. We worked und er the new ritual at our last meeting and it was unanimou ly agreed that it wa a decided improvement over the old.

We began the year with eleven active member , tw o of whom are faculty members. Up to the present writing we have one pledge and several likely candidates. T h e number of Masons enrolled in the univversity is larger than ever this year and our greatest problem i not in getting members but in deciding which of these to select.

Brothers Bean and \Villiams recently returned from Ia ska where they were connected with a party sent out by the National Georaphical Society to study the g laciers of that region. They have both r eg istered for an advanced degree in t h e Geographica l Department and will s t ay at the chapter hou se t h is year.

Brother C. P. Shang le, of Tav Chapter has a scholarship in Political Science at the university and will be with us this year.

The dates for our reg u lar fraternity parties have been fixed for Nov. 4, Jan. 20, March, 31, and May 12 We wish to extend a cordial invitation to any Acacia m e mber who may be in our vicinity at any of the e date

We wish to acknowledge a pleasant visit from Brother Pierce of Aleph hapter, who stopped with us seve ral days on his way back to nn Arbor. [t ha s been our pleasure to extend our hearty congratulations to four of our members. Brother Stoops, Ray, Tourtellot and Higson, who were married this s ummer . Authentic reports from various sources lead us to believe that there will soo n be others.

Last spirng the fraternities acting through the Inter-fraternit y Co uncil deci led to offer a cup to the fraternity hav ing the hirrhest average scholarship. It wa s recently announced, un officially, that Acacia had won it. As thi . is the first time it has been awarded we feel con id e rable pride in our achievement.

J. R. I KI H.

MEM CH A PTER.

UNI\'ERSITY OF MIS OURI, COLUMBIA, l\10.

ince the Conclave met with u s we have initiated Brother Costolow and Dutcher. Brother Costolow is a Junior in the School of Law while Brother Dutcher is a graduate student in chemistry. We n ow have three br ot her s who were initiated according to the new ritual which was adopted at the Grand Conclave.

Mem Charter has the dist inction of having among its memb ers the first man to be initiated according to the new ritual. This man i Brother Haynes, an instructor in t h e As t ronomy Department of the University of Missouri, and as all de l egates a n d visito r s to the Conclave will rem ember,

was initiated Friday, September 16, the last day of the Conclave. Brother Haynes has already proved to be a loyal Acacian. . .

A smoker was given by Mem Chapter to the Masomc students m the university, Friday, September 30. About 25 were in attendance. The evenina was very pleasantly spent and the true Masonic spirit was in evidence throughout the entire evening. Such an occasion puts the members of a chapter in touch with their fellow students who are Masons and thus gives them a greater number to select from. The prospects for a successful year for Mem Chapter were never brighter than they are this year. The brothers of Mem are confident that this will be the banner year for the Missouri Chapter. We started the year under very favorable circumstances and according to all indications, Mem Chapter will be represented in all s tudent activities as well as in the honor societies of the various departments of the university.

The members of Mem Chapter gave a dance at their chapter house Saturday evening, October 8. 1910. This shows that we're not losing sight of the development of our social faculties. It is generally admitted in and around the university that the members of the Acacia Fraternity are leaders in social as well in scholastic circles.

We were certainly glad to have had the Conclave meet with us this year. We all feel that we were benefited thereby and that we have occasion to be proud of the fact that we are members of Acacia. The delegates and visitor s to the Grand Conclave made a good impression on every person who came in contact with them and it is the consensus of opinion that a cleaner, brighter and more capable group of young men could not be found anywhere . We take this opportunity of sending our regards to all who visited with Mem Chapter during the Grand Conclave .

Our chapter house was considerably improved and remodeled during the summer months and we now have a home of which we are justly proud. Time and again, we are told that to find a chapter house more centrally located, more comfortably equipped and more tastely decorated than ours would be well - nigh impossible.

Mem Chapter had the honor and pleasure of entertaining William Jennings Bryan, an honorary member of Daleth Chapter, Thursday evening, September 22nd. Brother Bryan delivered his famous lecture "The Price of a Soul" in the university audi t or ium while in Columbia.

Brothers Hackelman, Olson and Donnell have been pledged and will be initiated in the near future.

WALTER W. WOBUS.

SAMEHK CHAPTER.

PURD U E U NIVERSITY , LA FAYETTE, IND.

After graduating fourteen of our members we find our number still diminished by three, who, through unfortunate circumstances, such as sickne ss and death in their respective families, were compelled to withdraw from school for this year at least. We have at present seven men, two pledges and fairly good prospects. One of the pledges is captain of the Varsity basket ball team.

Of the present members we have the president of the Purdue Athletic A ssociation, the student tr easurer of the association, a member of the

in ig na board, and r ep r esen t at iv es o n the enior and ophomore foot ball t eams.

As to scholarship, we have two member of the Tau Beta Pi, honorary engineering fraternity. 'vVe feel the g r eat re pon ibility r estinO' upon us at Purdue, not alone as a fraternity, but as a n organization takin an active interest and part in a ll tud e nt act iv iti e Our pa t high repre enta tion in these affairs tend o nl y t o emp h asize this fact. \ Ve hall however endeavor to work out a definite plan of admi ni tration for the affair of our chapter, fo ll owing all of th e s u gge tion and rulin gs of our Ia t Grand Conclave in the true pirit of th e ame.

While we have been very bu sy at h ome we have not lo t sight of the doings of our s ister c h apte r s, a n d we are well p!ea eel ove r the reports of a few of them . Same hk extend her h ea rti e t wishe for the we l fare and progre s of a ll h er s i ter chapter s. E B J CI A.

PE CHAPTER.

YALE UN I VER ITY, NEW JIA\'EN, CONN .

The yea r opens w it h ten active member back.

Our delegate to th e Na ti o nal Co nclav e h a brought back the report of the o n clave a n d we a r e very much pleased both with the lar ge amoun t of work accomplis h ed and also with th e m ost exce ll e nt way in which our delegate wa . entertained by Me m C hapt er.

'vVe work an "exc h a n ge" with G im e l C hapt er gett in g Wetmore and Ise with the ir good coun el a nd se ndin g Tillotson and S t elt e r t o fill their places among the "Jay hawkers. "

Our first man to win hi s "Y", s in ce Pe was chart e r ed, is Tommers, the leading- Yale pitcher of la t June. hilds lin ed up at ri g ht tackle in th e ga m e la st Weclnesclay, a nd looked good to the geo met ri cia n s in th e tand s . We h ope that h e wi ll help to humble John Harvard on th e nin e t ee nth. Tommers is a lso on the squad and doing li ke ly thing .

We now have a chapter hall o n Co urt Street, but any communications to Pe should he adclre sed t o 51 Prospect S tre e t , as h e r eto f o r e.

The year is yet yo un g, but with o n e man pledged and others in sigh t we have e n ough to keep u s busy.

Vl e make use of th e dining hall, which is the soc ial center of the University, by having an Acac ia tabl e and there we h ope to e nt e rtain any of the brothers that ch a n ce thi s way.

Cord ia l and h opef ul g r ee tin gs t o the s iste r ch ap t e r s for the school year whic h opens before u C. R. D OvV r

KOPH CHAPTER.

IOWA STATE COLLEGE, AMES, IOWA

t the ope nin g of the fall t e rm s ixt ee n old men ar e o n h and. ha s Koph h apte r had bright e r pro s pec ts for a u ccessf ul year in every respect. The Ma o nic s ignificance of Acac ia eems to be r ecogn ized more than ever b y college m e n and the ge n e ral public, which is very O'rat ifying,

We are occupying the same house as last year, it being very well suited to our present needs.

Brother John Hug, instructor in mechanical engineering, pleasantly surprised us all by starting the school year as a married man. Brother M. E. Jones had to leave college because of pressing work at home. His cheerful face is sorely missed. We are sorry to say that Brother W. G. Mann is now in the college hospital with typhoid fever. He had been in college but a week when he was taken ill.

The Ames-Iowa football game is scheduled for November 5, and we extend to all visiting brethren a cordial invitation to make themselves known to us and enjoy a dance to be given in the evening by Koph Chapter

We are also planning on giving, later in the term, a smoker for all college Masons, in order that we may become better acquainted.

We wish to thank Mem Chapter for the hospitality shown our delegate and to commend the work accomplished by the Grand Conclave. The Grand officers, we believe, are true and loyal to Acacia, and it is our wish to promote under their guidance a progressive, yet conservative, and harmonious policy for the fraternity

The new ritual although somewhat long is meeting with satisfaction as we are now trying it out . The local lodge very kindly gives us the use of its hall for our initiations, which adds much to the character of the work we can put on.

To all Acacia, Koph wishes a most prosperous and successful fraternal as well as school year. E. G. CORT.

RESH CHAPTER.

STATE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA, IOWA CITY, IOWA.

Resh Chapter is beginning the school year of I9IO-I 1 with bright prospects for the most prosperous year since its organization. This is due to the fact that we are now recognized by both the student body and faculty as a permanent organization whose membership includes some of the strongest and most popular men in the university.

We closed last year with an active membership of twenty-five, twelve of whom were initiated during the school year. We lost eleven of our members by graduation and one did not return, giving us an active membership of thirteen with which to open the year This number was soon changed however by the inititation of Brother Harry Hoffman, of Cedar Falls, who is doing work in the Graduate College, E. B. Woodruff, of Correctionville, who is a Junior in the L. A. College, H. B. Turnipseed, of Wellman and F. J. Horkey, of Berkeley, California, both of whom are taking first year law.

This year we are living in one of the finest fraternity houses in the city. It is located on the corner of Clinton and Prentiss Streets where a bunch of royal good fellows are always ready to welcome any 'visiting brother.

Our summer's vacation has brought forth many changes. Judge Towner, one of the members we initiated last year has been nominated for Congress from the 8th district and his election is already assured. Of our last year's

g r ad uat es Dea n Os bo rn e ha b ee n elect ed in truct o r 111 n a t omy 111 the m edi ca l sc h oo l of th e uni ve r ity.

Geo rge Gea rh a rt is pr ac t ic in g law a t P o rtl a nd , O r euo n. C h a rl es Herri ck i loca t ed at G r a ig, Co lo r ado. J o hn T a lb ot , w h o e fat h e r ha bee n n o min a t ed for Ju dge, is t a kin g ca r e of hi s fa t h e r 's ex t en ive p r act ice a t B r ook ly n , Iowa. a mu e l Ba mm e r is p r ac ti cin g law w ith hi br ot h er at H am bur g, I owa. ·w m. S t o r ey is a lr eady on e o f t h e lead in g de n t ists a t S t o rm La k e, Iowa. He nr y D ea n h as c h a r ge o f th e co n stru ct io n of ext e n s ive d r ai n age d it ch es in so uth wes t e rn Io w a . A ve r y n o t a b le even t to w hi ch we a r e a ll loo kin g f o r wa rd w ill be th e i n iti atio n t o h o n o r a r y me mb e r hip o f Ne wt o n R. P ar v in , G r a n d ec ret a r y of t h e Mo t Wo r hi pful G r a nd L od ge o f I ow a R es h as yet ha s n o h o n o r a r y me m be r s a n d we a r e a ll g lad t o kn ow th a t o ur fir s t w ill b e o n e of th e fo r emost :laso n s in th e s t a t e, a man wh o is hea rtil y in sy mpa t h y w ith Acac ia and w h o h as a l w a ys b ee n r ea d y t o l end a h elpin g h a n d t o o ur ch apter.

We h ave n ot m ade a n y d efiinit e plan s f o r so cial functi o n s for th e e n s u ing yea r but a n e nt e rtainment co mmittee ha s b ee n app oint ed t o t a k e t hi s ma tt er i n ch a r ge. Thus f a r w e hav e b ee n bu s il y e n g age d ove r th e deta il s o £ th e ma n age m ent o f o ur hou se, this bein g th e fir st ye ar that we h ave h a d en tir e co ntr o l o f th e same a nd our st ew ard , "Bo bb y" B eck h as a lready h ad m a n y exc u ses t o make and o cca s ion s t o t ear hi s h a ir over th e vex in g p r obl em s th a t co m e t o on e e ntru s t ed with s u c h a r es p o n ib le po s iti on

In t h e next n umb er o f th e J ou RNAL we h op e t o hav e pictur es o f b oth o ur n ew h ome a n d t h e me mb e r s o f th e ch ap t e r. G E. OSMUNDSON

SH IN CHA PT ER.

PENNSYLVA IA CO LLEGE, STATE COLLEGE, PENN .

S hi n C h apte r b ega n it s seco nd yea r o n S epte mb e r 14 with nin e a cti ve mem b ers, six of w h om a r e r es idin g in th e h ou se. O n th e nin et ee nth of September, Brothe r R ic h a rd P e nn oc k , wh o had b ee n w o rkin g in Seatt le, Wa s hin gto n , ca m e t o t a k e a p os iti on as in s tru c t o r in m ac hin e des ig n in th e E n gi n ee r in g Depa r t m e nt and t o ad d o n e t o o ur numb e r In additi on w e h ave t h ree or fo ur n ew m e n in v iew , and h op e t o soo n m a k e th e m m e mb e r s of th e ch ap t er .

On th e w h ole th e pro sp ec t s fo r th e ye ar a r e goo d W e h ave n o de bt s; we a r e n ot fac in g th e n ecess it y o f bu y in g furni shin gs f o r th e h ou se; a nd we h ave n o a n x ie t y f o r th e futur e Durin g th e s umm e r , th e h o u se in w h ic h we a r e qu a rt e r ed , w as r e n ov a t ed and mad e m o r e h a bit a bl e . Th e boys are in a h ap p y fra m e o f mind and w e h ave beg un t o think of so me of th e lu x u r ie. of h o u se k ee ping.

1 h e ch apte r w ish es t o e x press to th e Co mmitt ee on Ritual it s d eep app r ec ia ti on of its wo rk. W e fe el that th e ritual is n ow so m e thin g to b e pr o ud of, a nd we a r e l oo king f o rward to the tim e wh e n we ca n " t ry it o ut. "

As th e de l ega t e to the Grand Conclave , I wi sh to co mplim e n t Mem Ch a pte r o n th e abl e mann e r in which the d ele g at es w e r e enterta in ed. For o n e I s h a ll a l w a ys carr y with me pl ea s ant m emories o f the U ni ve r s ity o f "T h e Co lumn s," and of it s r e pre sentative s, our brother s in Acacia .

In a short time, we expect to have a number of Pennsylvania State pennants that we wish to exchange with the chapters who are not yet represented on our walls. If you, who read this letter, are a member of a chapter that does not own a navy blue and white banner from the Keystone State, just send one of your banners along as a reminder to us. This year, as last, Brother Fortenbaugh is a scholarship winner. And, in this connection, we wish to make known our scholarship record of last year, for we are proud of it. Out of seven graduates, three Brothers McNary, Fisher, and Yoder, were elected to Phi Kappa Phi, the honorary Greek letter fraternity. In addition, flunks were scarce in our house, for but two came to us, and then only because two brothers missed by a short margin in one subject each .

We hope in the next letter to be able to tell more of our work and prospects.

Shin Chapter wishes to each chapter and to every member of each chapter the brightest and best year.

WILLIAM S. DYE, ]R.

TAV CHAPTER

UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, OREGON.

To the members of the Acacia Fraternity, greetings from Tav Chapter

We have awakened from our vacation and are star tin g our second year in better form than it was possible to start in our infancy. Eleven of the old men returned and have secured four new men of whom we expect great things. One of our new men is a senior, Verner Gilles, or "Hyppo", as we ca ll him, not without reason. He has been on the foot ball team three years, won a silver cup as champion cock fighter at the annual stag reception to new men, is vice-president of the student body, and a jolly good fellow. The other three new men are freshmen with considerab le high school reputation in ath letics, forensics and scholarship. Among the men who went out last year are: Shang le who is in the University of Wisconsin this year, having received a scholarship there; Eastham, who has been elected teacher of physic in the Portland high schools and Bond, w h o is assistant in the physics department at the University of Oregon.

Among the men here several are quite active in student affairs. Carlton Spencer, the champion debater of last year, was recently elected to the presidency of the Sophomore class. Brownell was elected a member of the Student Executive Committee Dunton was made chairman of the committee on Debate and Oratory and is President of the Laurean Literary Society. Rueter, the President of our chapter, is President of the German Club, whilue Curtis and Quigley are members of the Glee Club.

We celebrate our first anniversary on the twenty-eighth of October. The plans for the same are not yet comp leted, but we will endeavor to get as many of the old men together as possible including honorary members. The evening will probably be celebrated with a banquet.

Our war cry is "Acacia;" and our hope 1s that each year will be as successful in every way as was our first. F. E. DUNTON.

ALEPH-BETH CHAPTER.

NORTH \VESTER UN I\ 'E RSITY, CH I .\GO, ILL

Fort h fir s t time at the beginning of a chool year leph-Deth Chapter sends fraternal greeting to the c h apter of Acac ia. A the younge t chapter we can report progre ss s ince March 5th. (Da t e of organization) and we fe I ju s tifiable pride in that progre .

The ini tia l chapter of fourteen member of l\Ia r ch sth, wa on pril Loth, increa sed to thirty-one member , thu 111 uring us a aood nu cleu for the beginning of the year's work.

At pre se nt we have thirteen active studen t members a nd together with u ur faculty member s and some lumni member who are till in the city we !ee l that the progress of Acac ia in Nort hw e tern is assu r ed for the commg yea r.

vVith good conservat ive management uch as our pre ent office r s are capable of giving u s we sh o uld rep o rt a s ucc essf ul year by the clo e of the ccond semester.

'vV c h ave severa l pledges who were unabl e t o attend the initia t ion Ia t pril a nd will be initi ated this fall. They will be fortunate in being the fir t under the new ritual.

Our plan. for th e ch oo l yea r are rath e r indefinit e as yet but a smoker is conte11 1pl ated ear ly in the year for alll\Iason in the niv e r ity.

Our furth er plans mu t b e reported in a lat e r J ouRNAL, as we hav e not as yet had a meeting.

There is a movement o n foot t o sec ur e a chapter h o u se ear ly in the year but we ca n report n o thin g of a definite nature a yet. In thi s matter we arc acting with caution a we b elieve caution is better than failure and we feel s ure that when a h o u se is sec ur ed we will h ave a permanent h ome.

\ Ve have sa id that we a r e proud of our progress, we hav e yet another ca u se for being proud, v iz: h av in g as an hon o rar y memb e r , Pre id en t Harris, of the univer ity. President Ha rri s has exp r esse d him e lf as hi g hl y plea ed with Acacia and guara nt ees u s hi h ea rty s upp o rt.

Dr l\Iet h ve n , ou r delegate to the G rand Co ncl ave, at Col umbia , reports a very pleasant time there a nd a s ur es u s that Mem C hapt e r a re royal enter t ainers.

With reception, banquet, invitati o n s, j oy rid es; even to seeing the Queen Milc h Cow, C hief J osep hin e, (D r. Met hv en ays her r ecord is 52 y; quart. per clay). We wonder h ow much work was accomp li shed. The Doctor say, "'Twas by s ittin g up nearly all ni ght." Well we wi s h to compliment the e n clave as a whole o n th e excellent r es ult s attained, but especia ll y on the new ritual. The ritu a l committee hav e certainly produced a ma s terpiece.

VIe h ope t r epo rt m o r e definite plans in the n ex t J ouRNAL. 1eanwhile we will put forth o ur g r eate t effor t s for Acac ia h e re a nd by so doing for Acacia everyw h ere. C. R. L A R AWAY.

But what if I fail of my purpose here? It is but to ke ep t he nerv es at strain. To dry and lau gh at a fall. And, hafted , get up and begin agai nSo the chase tal{e up one's lif e,-that's all. -R obert Brrruming.

ALUMNI AND PERSONAL.

Brother Jo s eph R. \Vil s on has gone for a trip to Europe, which is to be a mixture of busine s s and pleasure.

Brother H C. Pierce, the ex-Grand V ice-President with a record of achievement equalled by none, is a special agent of the U. S. department of Agriculture. He write s us that his permanent address is 1833 Chestnut St., Philadelphia. He says nothing of his work but we may take it for granted that he is doing his work well.

Brother H. S. Villars and F . W. Hofmann, Daleth, were visitors at the Conclave. Their presence was appreciated. We wi s h more of the brothers would drop in at the Conclave. This applies to active and Alumni members and honorary also.

Brother R. A. M. Anderson, Heth, was a vi s itor at the Conclave and besides bringing good cheer he supplied music enough and more.

Brother A C. Jennison, Teth, was a visitor at the Conclave and he gave us an impression that the Harvard Chapter is to do great things. vVe can expect it from such men as Green, Jennison, Dewey and Duxbury. There are also others of like fibre in Teth Chapter, and the record of the chapter shows there are strong men on its membership roll.

Brother E . E. Gallup, Aleph, is one of the live Alumni members . \Ve need more like him.

Brother A. H. Baugher, fir st president of Mem Chapter, was married June 1st, to Mi ss May Bell of Rugby, North Dakota. Dr. Baugher is located in the Venetian Building, Chicago, Ill.

Brot h er G. C. Hosford, Mem, has been elected to a professorship in the law department of the Univer s ity of Missouri.

Brother B. L. Jone s and Brother C. D. Ise, Gimel, are practicing attorneys in Coffeyville, Kansas. They will make good.

Brother J. V. Pierson, Gime l, paid us a call recently. His address is Frankfort, Kansas. He is st i ll interested as much as ever in the welfare of the Fraternity.

THE WORD.

Today, whatever may annoy,

The wor l d for me is joy, just simple joy; The joy of life;

The j oy of children and of wife;

The joy of bright blue skies; The joy of rain; the glad surprise Of twinkling stars that shine at night; The joy of winged things upon their fights; The joy of noon-day, and the tired True joyousness of eventide;

The j oy of labor, and of mirth;

The joy of air , and sea, and earth-

The countless joys that ever flow from Him Whose vast beneficiences doth d i m

The l ustrous l ight of day,

And lavish gifts divine upon our way.

Whate'er there be of Sorrow

I'll put off till to-morrow

And when tomorow comes, why then 'Twill be today and joy again!

- john Kend ·rick Bangs.

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