Acacia Journal - February 1911 - Vol. 6, No. 2

TETH CHAPTER HOUSE

THE ACACIA jOURNAL

HARRY E. KILMER

ASSOCIATE EDITORS

JOSEPH A DAVI S · · Aleph Chapter, Univeroit y of Michigan

R CE C IL FAY

FRED E . LEE

Beth Chapter, Leland Stanford Un iveni ty

.Gimel Chapter, Un iversit y of Kansa a

J. A ELWELL. • Daleth Chapter , Univenit y of ebras ka

FRED M HOFER

WILLIAM B LEIGHNINGER

R . A M

AND E R SO N

He C hapter, Univenit y of Californ ia

Waw Chapt er, Ohio State Uni ve rsit y

Teth Chapte r, Harva rd Unive rsit y

H eth Chapter, Univ ersi ty of Illi nois Yodh Chapter, Univers ity of P enn aylvan ia

) A. HANDY Kaph Chapter , Unive rsit y of Minn esota

J R. IAKISCH Lamedth Chapter, Unive rsity of Wi sco n1in

W W WOBUS

P W THOMPSON

W ). LEWIS

C L ROBBINS

E. B W O ODRUFF

WILLIAM S DY E , JR

C. R . LAR A WAY

Mem Chapt e r, Uni versity of Mi uour i

Nun Chapte r, Cor ne ll Uni versi ty Samehk Chapt e r, Purdu e U ni ven it}'

A yin Chapt er, Uni versi ty of ( hicag o ' P e C ha pte r, Y a le Uni ve rsi ty

Tsad he C hapt er, Columbia U nivers it y

· Koph Chapter, Iowa State College

Resh Chapt er, Un iv.ni ty of Iowa

Shin Chapt er, The P enns ylvania State C ollege Tav Chapt e r, Uni nrs it y of Or e gc n

A leph. Aleph Chapter, Univ ersity of Wa ahingt on Al e ph - Beth C hapt e r, N o rthw es te rn University

Th e A ca cia j ournal is pub lished on the 1st day of November , Februaty and May, at St. Louis, Mo Subscri pti on pri ce, One D ollar pe r ye ar in advance Single Copies, Fifty Cents , or Thirty-6ve Cents where ordered thr ough the Cha pte r sec re tari es . R e mittan ces should be made b y ch e ck , expre ss or money orde r, pa yable to th e Grand Se c retary , Ce ntre view , M o

VOL. VI. No 2

EDITORIALS . FO R EWORD

So o ft e n h ave we a nn o un ce d in th e e co lumn s th e g r o wth a n d p r og r s. o f t h e Fr at e rnit y, w e f e ar th a t w e s hall soo n b e cl ubb e d a n opt im i t. At a n y r a t e t h e truth mu s t b e t o ld a nd w e ar e g la d t o a ur e th e m e m be r s t h a t so f a r th e y ea r pr o mi ses ii1 a c hi eve m e nt t o s urpa ss a n y y ea r o f o ur hi s t o ry \ iVe ar e g r o win g in numb e r s, e p ec iall y is t hi s tr ue wi t h th e Pac ifi c coa s t c ha p t e r'S. And with th e num e ri ca l g r ow th w e fee l t h at \\ 'e a r e k ee pin g th e qu a lit y up . Thi s - is what w e mu s t d e mand a s c h a pte r s a n d indi v idu a ls : Qua lit y first and then le t numb e r s b e add e d unt o th e f o ld. A no th e r link in th e c hain of ch apter s . wi ll pro babl y b e add e d b e f o r e thi s iss u e a oe t o p t· es L et us all j o in in extendin g t o th e new c hapt e r a h ea r ty \\·e)co m e and wi s h f o r h er a p ermanent p lac e amon g th e c hapt e r s

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The active membership of three of the chapters is not as large a s it has been but thi s often happens the seco nd year of a chapter' s history. All the chapt ers have member s enough on the roll to insure the expenses from overburdening any of the members.

Nearly all the chapter s are ble sse d with excellent secretaries and thi s means much in keeping thi s office in touch with the chapters. Brother Stephen so n of He and Brother Fay of Beth are doing excellent work, and th e re ar e man y oth e r s wh o ar e helping u s in o ur work. \A/ e s incerely hope that the record so far established in the year will be kept up by the secretaries. We want to keep clo se to the developments of each chapter. 'vVe are int e rested in your plan s for improvement and we are also intere sted in your difficulties, so let u s know all the good things that are being plann ed for and accomplished in the chapter and also do not fail to note yo ur failure s.

We are growing in numbers with the quality maintained. We are keeping in touch with one another. We are developing that intangible thing called spirit. It take s time to gain a proper regard for an o rganizati on. Vl e may be loyal, and the early member s \•vere loyal, b eca u se the y saw the po ss ibilitie s of the organization they were fo stering. Vl/e ha ve pas se d th e experimental s tage, and it gives us to note that a r ea l Fraternity s pirit is growing steadily Let u s one and all strive to do o ur be s t as m embers of the seve ral chapters to place our organization to the fr o nt. Let our light s so s hine befor e men as to show that we are member s of a broth e rh oo d not only committed t o high ideals b y word of mouth ; but that w e are committed to th ei r attainment by se rvice and s tanding in our respective communities.

'vVe are soo n . to begin the seco nd lap of the ye ar 's course and every effort should be made to make it better than the fir st. We confidently expect that such will be the case, and that the year will clo se with a record we all shall b e proud of.

SCHOLARSI-I ll'

Our educational institutions are maintained, so me of them at sta t e expense, to provide a place where the youth of the land may acquir e training for the work of life. Primarily, these in stituti o n s are pre s umed to- pr ov id e the agencies whereby knowledge may b e imparted to tho se in attendance. Of course, scholarship is not by any means the only thing to be so ught by tho se who attend these institution s . The acquaintance and association with others is a part of the mo st valuable training deriv e d in s uch in s tituti o n s. But scholarship is one of the things to be emphasized, for it i s th e m ea n s whereby we measure whether the individual has attain ed that f o r which primarily the in stituti on is maintained at great public expe n se.

There has b ee n a tendenc y to pa y too littl e regard t o th e matt e r of sc holarship. We have drifted far from the early ideal a s to the employm e nt of the individual' s time while a student. The change was probabl y f or the better. But it is doubtful if we have not gone to another extreme of placin g t oo high an estimate on the number of organizations a s tud e nt can maintain m emb ership in , and how great a social factor he may become .

The member s of fraternities have been for so me time making very poor sh ow ing, as a rule , in the matter of scholarship. \ A/ e are glad t o n ot e that the members o f Acacia have maintained a high s tanding in sc h olar ship. l iVe

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can no t affo r d t o r a nk eco nd t o a ny g r u p of m n in t he uni,·er ity t o " ·hi h

we b e lo n g. 'vV e sh o uld se e t o it th a t th e fa ilur e in o ur r a n k · a r e fe\\' and far b e tw ee n . Thi s ca n b e d o ne by b e in g car ef ul in t h e adm i i n of meml e r s, and th e n pr o viding f o r pro p e r h o u se rul es fo r tudy

L e t e ve r y c h a pt e r sh o w in it s co mmunit y that it m em b e r appreciate what th e in t ituti o n t o which th ey bel o ng i primaril y ma int a in ed fo r. Le t u s h ave fir. t rank in sc h o lar hip f o r th e m emb e r s o f cac ia T h e n let us h o w by o ur attitud e in so cial affair and in tud e nt ac ti v iti e . th at \\' C app rc ia t e al so th e bro ad w o rk o f th e in tituti o n t o whi c h w e b elo tw. \ t\fe ma y b e exc u se d, fo r w e ar e pr o ud o f th e f ac t. in n o tin a th at

C hap te r s t oo d hi g h e t las t y e ar in c h o lar s hip a t :i\Ii uri . Th e ame may b e aiel o f Ta v ha pt e r at O r ego n an d L a m e clth C h ap t e r at \ Vi c n s in . \\ 'c h o uld b e g lad if m o r e d e tail e d r e po rt s o n sc h o la r hip w e r e m ade b y the c ha pt e r ec r e t a ri e t o thi s o ffic e It mak e u s h ap p y t o r ead of t h e wo rk o f th e m e mb e r s in e ve r y d e p a rtm e nt o f c o ll eae a ctivit r. a n d th e n t o r ca I that th use sam e m e mb e r have maintain e d hi g h r a nk in sc h o la r s h ip. Le t u s b e all r o und m e n , but le t u n o t n eg lec t th e primar y thin g-sc h o la r " hi p

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C h a pt e r s s ho uld tak e s pecial prid e in th e ch ap t er h o u se e n v ir o n me n t. Th e buildin g s h o uld b e kept ' clean and in goo d o rd e r ex t e rn a ll y a n d int e rnall y T hi s can b e cl o n e wh e th e r y o u hav e an ex pe n s iv e c h a p ter h o u ·c o r n ot. The g r o und s s h o uld b e n eat and attra ctiv e In so m e co ll ege t o w n s we a r c a bl e t o t e ll b y th e g e n e ral app ea ran ce o f a h o u e and th e g r o u n ds a b o ut it that it is e ither a frat e rnit y h o u se o r a wi do w' s ca c ia s ho uld s t a nd fo r th e b es t thin gs in ever y co m1mtnity It s ho u se an d g r o und s ho ul d b e k e pt n eat a nd cl ean Thi s c an be cl o n e if all will h e lp.

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J n so m e c a ses w e have b ee n se ndin g th e J o u R NA L t o s ub sc rib e r w h o a r e t wo ye ar s in a rr e ar s with th e ir s ub cripti o n. \71. e d o n o t lik e t o wri te t o yo u p e r so nally ab o ut thi s matt e r. P lea se mak e pa y m e nt o n r ece ip t o f thi s co p y.

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Th e c ha pt e r le tt er fr o m A leph C hapt e r t e ll s it s o wn sto r y a n d po int s a m o r a l al so th a t th ose wh o run mav r ea cl. Y o u sh o uld earn · in s ur a n ce o n th e pr o p e rt y o f th e chapter

Further th e r e s h o uld b e gr eat ·car e exe r c ised and e ve r y pr ecauti o n taken t o pr e ve nt fire s . But s uc h mi fo rtun es a r e b o und t o occ ur and we s hould make pr o vi s ion f o r them. Th e r eco r ds a n d fil es o f th e c hapt e r s h o uld b e k ept in a ecur e plac e if poss ibl e . If yo u d o n o t h ave a fir e pr o of r eceptacle for them , then keep th e m wh e r e t h ey arc t oge th e r and ma y be ea sily mov e d.. Thi s la st will ne ces itat e so m e s rt o f a filing ca s e and this each chapter sho uld have and th e fil e s a n d rec o r ds hould be k ept th ere .

SO M E THI N GS WE DO KO T UX DER T. \ N D

Th e r e ar e so man y things that we d o n o t und e r s tand th a t it \\·ou lcl ta k e a bo o k t o catalogue them. But there ar e so m e matter p e rtin e nt t o our \\' Ork th a t w e will enumerate.

THE ACACIA JOURNAL.

First, why do some of the chapter editors alway s se nd their copy late? They have had ample notice. On the roth clay of January the following chapter letters were in our hands : Aleph, Daleth , ·He, Waw, Heth, Kap h , Mem, Nun , Shin and Resh. The other editors were late. Under the circumstances thi s number will probabl y be a little late. This office has clone the very be s t that could be clone.

Second, why do so me of the chapter secretaries have to be . written to two or three times for the names of their active members? Our law requires a report o f the active member s on December rst and May rst and we mu s t have this data in order to write up our books

We shall go no further with the li s t of things we do not understand. If these two were answered it would save a great deal of worry and trouble.

MEMBERSHIP RECORDS.

We presume some of the chapters are beginning to tire of the constant discussion of this subject. It mu st be noted that we are making splendid · progress along the line of getting in the mi ss ing membership records. There a 1e a number of the chapters that bid fair to join the list of those who have all records on file. We tru s t that the missing records of older member s will be attended to if possible. Each year of delay in this matter means an increase in the chances that the record will never be obtained.

There is no excuse whatever for an y secretary not receiving record s from the pre s.e nt initiates Certainly sufficient notice of the requirements of o ur law has been made. Let no brother become initiated before his member ship record has been filled out in duplicate, one copy for the chapter and one for the files of thi s office. Then send the copy for the file s of this office without delay.

HO NORA RY MEMBERS.

There has been in the Grand Council some discussion on the subject of honorary memb ers. Some of the members of the council are not in fav o r of s uch membership We do not have the space to give the arguments pro and con on the que stion. We are, however, in favor of such membership. We realize how easy it is for the chapters to abuse the privilege, especially when th e Grand Council ha s s uch meag e r mean s o f gaining information concerning the proposed member. We hope that all the chapters will be ver y careful in extending thi s honor. We think that honorary membership should be extended by a chapter only when the proposed member has rend e red great se rvic e to the chapter and ha s attained prominence as a man and a ma son. The indiscriminate granting of the honor can do nothing but cheapen the Fraternity in the eye s of the world.

Again we urge that the chapters be careful in complying with the law in initiating honorary member s . You .mu st remember that there are two neces sa r y steps b efo re a member is elected to the status of honorary membership: Election b y the chapter and approval by the Grapd Co uncil.

LET THERE BE LIGHT.

We have had occas ion before to urg e upon the memb ers of the chapters that we are connected with an instituti o n that will well repay a little study. O ur chapt e r s sh o uld b e a g r o up of men , who are seeking . to perfect them-

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se l ves in th e thin g fo r which ma so nr y tands. many of u- hav e ,·ery indefinite and haz y id ea of ju t what thi mean and w e our. eiye - c nfethat we would hav e a ery har d tim e defininrr what :\Ia nry tand for. Th_e fact i mo t great in st ituti o n and the thing they tan I for baffle lefi111tion becau se so man y e lements e nter into consideration. B ut w e d know that th e r e is a deal t o b e gained in making o ur e lv es letter perfect in the pective d eg r ees so that when we go o ut we shall be creditable reprc entativ es of o ur lodge and o f the Fraternity. Some tim e s ho uld be given to thi s work b y eac h of the chapters.

A librar y sh o uld b e maintained in which are k ept at least a few of the lead in g boo k o n Ma so nr y. Then in all communitie whe r e chapters arc loca ted there a r e men who hav e made a study of p ec ia l ubje c t c nnected with Masonry and the se men can be indu ced t o lec tur e to yo u a nd thi - will b e found very profitable.

The lodge in yo ur community sh o uld b e vi it ecl and you ho uld keep 111 t o u c h with the work. Thi s w ill m ea n much t o the chapter. lt will t e nd to int e r es t the Masons of the commu ni ty.

l3y all m ea n let us make so m e pr og re s in r ea l :\Ia so nr y. Let u know a littl e about the in s titution with whic h we are co nn ected. Tt will te n d to in c it e u s t o e nd eavor t o kn o w m o r e a bo ut what it sta nd fo r a n d will mak e of u s Masons with a purp ose t o liv e after the li g h t. Let u find the li g ht and see k cli li rre ntl y t o rr uide our foot s tep s by it.

THE CONFE RE NCE.

O n Nove mber 26th, at th e U niv e r s it y C lub , Ne w York C ity , the r ep r ese ntatives of tw e nt y-eig ht fraternities held a co nf er e nce. Acac ia wa r ep r ese nt ed in thi s co nf e ren ce by it s G rand Pre s ident. To say that we wer e a bly repre se nt e d wou ld b e ca rr y ing coals t o Ne w Cas tle . The co nf e r e n ce dec id ed o n a permanent o r ga ni za ti o n and e lected o ffic e r s for the yea r. Ou r .r a nd P r es id e nt wa c h o en secretary. \11/e h ope that th e n a tur e o f th e co nf e r e n ce ancl it. purpo es wi ll be pre s ented m o r e full y a littl e late r . The n a m e of th e o rganiz a ti o n is Th e Int e r -F rat e rnit y Co n ference. a nd the nam e s u ggests its main purpose.

HESOLUTJONS

Two m atte r s which were left ove r b y th e la s t Co ncla ve we wi sh t o ca ll t o th e attenti o n of the chapter s. The fir st concern s the que ti o n of h o ldin g biennial co n claves in stea d of annual co nclav e Thi s questi o n o f co ur se d oes n o t n ee d to b e se ttl ed until th e del eg ate t o th e next conclave i in tructed w hi c h will be a year h e n ce. But thi s i a lar ge que tion a nd th e c hapte r s s h o uld tak e the op ini o n of eac h of it m e mber s and then decide the wi sh of the ch apte r . A little lat e r o n we will e nd ball ots and ask eac h c hapter t o re co rd it s vote o n thi s qu es tion

T h e o th e r matt e r ma y be d es io- nated a s th e Dye r e o luti o n. Thi s prov id es for th e cli s tricting of th e various c hapt e r · and placing a eli trict chi e f in eac h district. Th is m e an an increa eel expe n e o n th e chapt r s and sh o uld b e tucli ed ca refully. 'vVe are n o t prepare d t o di sc u s the que tion a t pre se nt, but we earnest!:' re co mm e nd a full and imparti a l h ea rin g in eac h chapt e r. Both of the question may be found o n pao-e 43 of the Xo· ve mber J o RNAL.

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The Dye r eso luti o n r eads as follows: " R eso lv ed that th e re shall b e appo in ted by th e G r a nd Cou ncil four district deputies whose eli tricts sh a il be as follows: Easte rn -Harva r d, Ya le Co lumbia , Pe nn sy lv a nia , Co rn e ll , Pe nn sy lva nia State. Ce ntr a l-M ichi gan, O hi o State, P ur d u e, C hi cago, No rthw es t e rn \iVisconsin, Illin o is \iVes t e rn-Minn esota, I owa S tat e, Ka n sas, M isso uri , Neb ra ska. Pac ific-\Vas hin g t o n , O r ego n , Ca lif orn ia , Leland Sta nford.

The duties of th ese o ffic e r s sh a ll b e to visit each chapt er in hi s district a t lea st o nce a yea r , to acquaint eac h with th e conditions in other chapters a nd to exe rci se gene ral s u pe r vis io n ove r th e m a nd r epo rt conditions in the d is trict to th e G rand Secretary.

"Th e ex pen se o f th ese visits shall be apportioned among th e chapters of the district.

"W hen app li cat io n for chart e r s a r e r ece iv ed, th e district deputies n ea r es t t o the petitioning body s hall v i sit the petitioners and r epo rt the r es ult of hi s inve s tigation t o th e G rand V ice -Pr es id e nt for tran s mi ss io n ·w ith th e pe titi o n to the variou s chapters."

Each chapter will b e asked t o r eco rd it s vote on thi s r eso luti o n and we trust a carefu l consideration will be g iv en.

THE NEXT JOURNAL.

There were very few p ictur es forwarded by the ed it o r s for thi s i ssue of th e J ou RNAL and the re s ult will b e that th e r e will be m o r e than e n o u g h for th e May J ouRNAL . Co p y f o r the M a y J ouRNAL and pictur es for c ut s sh o uld be sent so as t o r eac h thi s o ffi ce n ot later than A pril Ist. Thi wi ll in s ur e u s havin g the May J ouRNA L in th e h a nd s o f th e chapters o n tim e \iVe h ave clone o ur be s t t o get this iss u e t o the c hapt e r s but a maj o rit y of th e chapter ed it o r s were late with th e ir mat e ri a l. vVe h ope that thi s will n ot occ ur in th e ca se o f the May number.

T oo littl e attention has b ee n g iv e n t o at hl e ti cs by th e chapter ed ito rs fo r thi s i ss u e, and we h ope this will b e r e m ed ied in th e May numb e r. The February Jo u RNAL come s ju s t after the h o lida ys and ju st bef o r e th e midyea r exam inati o n s and it i s rath e r hard f o r th e chapter ed it o r s to d o th e ir best. Let u s m a k e the May J ouRNAL a de lu xe ed iti o n.

CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMEN TS

Early in next m o nth ball o t s will b e se nt and th e chapters a sked to vote o n the proposed constitutional amendm e nt t o sec ti o n tw o o f article III of the Const ituti o n. The full t ex t of th e amendment may be f o und o n page 42 o f the Nove mb e r J ouRNAL. Th e ame ndm e nt o f o ur Co n s ti tu ti o n sh o uld be a matt e r of great care. \Ve want n o change unl ess th e n eed for su ch change ha s b ee n clea rl y s how n.

THE COMM ITT EES.

A t th e Ia t Co nclav e there were a numb e r o f com mitt ees appointed. a nd so far we have heard from th e committee o n hi st o r y o nly. Thi s co mmitt ee · is proceed in g with it s w o rk a nd will und o ubtedly mak e a rep o rt within th e year . T h e committee o n ye ll s h o uld b e h ea rd from soo n , Brother Comstock is cha irm a n and will n o doubt be r eady t o r epo rt within a s h o rt tim e.

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. The co mmittee o n coat-of-arm s ho uld make as much ha ste a · is p s tbl e for th em to make and d o the work well. Fro m the minut s w ar n o t ab le to t e ll w h o a r the member s of th e committee and wo ul I be pi a . d to h ea r from them . Fro m a reading of th e minute s we are n t certain w h et h er th e o ld wa retain e d o r n ot. \\' e mu t get thi : matter under h eadway and tf we do not hear f r o m ome member f the committee, we shall a k t h e G r a nd Pres ide nt to appoint a n ew committee.

Th e com mitt ee o n Ra g. of whi ch D r o th e r taple is chai rm an, . h uld make it rep o rt w ithin the near fut ur e .

Vve do n ot have charge of th e committee s and th ei r ,,·o rk. and we do n ot wa nt t o b e ra ted a s a medd le r , but we hope that the abo1·e ug <Yest io n w ill be acted up o n promptly. Our expe ri ence ha shown that co'mmittees appointed at conc laves n ever get ve r ,. much clone. \\" e d o n ot want thi o ffi ce h e ld f o r thi s om mi ss io n , if u c h th e r e b e.

LOOKI:\ G BACKWARD.

Beca u se we so metimes loo k backward t o n ote wh at w e r e th e beginning s of o ur o r ga ni zat io n is n o positive s ig n th at we a r e r e lated to that lady. ·.1'110 became h e r own tombstone. Indeed, we sh ou ld ofte n unr o ll th e :c r o ll and ponder we ll the sma ll b eg innin gs a nd t h e tru gg le made by the founder Vve a r e n ot far away from the sta rt but we h o u ld preserve all the data f r om w hi c h a hi sto r y of o ur o r ga ni zat io n m ay be writt e n . A we pr ceeci o n o ur journey a nd g r ow in numb e r s and pre st ige the n eed fo r our keeping clo se t o the id ea ls w hi ch prompted th e memb e r o f th ose clay will be apparent. The o r ga ni za ti o n is th e form a nd as su c h is ve ry e e ntia! , but the fo rm w ith o ut the sp irit i s a n ot hin g. Let u s ke ep th e spirit of Acacia int act. Let it ta nd pre-em in e nt for th ose thing s which a r e th e hi g he t and be s t in o ur c iv ili zatio n.

T h ere is now a committee working on the data fo r a hi s tory a nd 11·e wi ll probably h ear f r om them within the yea r . T hi s office i preserving r eco r ds and co rr espo nd e n ce which we t ru st w ill be of inter est t o the futur e hi stor ia n of Acac ia. From o ur hi s tory 11·e tru t th o e wh o come after u wi ll b e inspired to hi g h endeavor to advance the work of ' cacia. and 11·e earnestly h ope th at it ma y serve as a gu ide t o pr eve nt mi stak es.

In th is co nn ect ion we wi s h to ur ge that eac h of the chapters pr ese rv e th e ir fil es and co rr esp ond e n ce. The minut es s h o ul d be 11-ri tten up ca r efu l ly and pre erved in a book in permanent fo rm. Some lab o r for the clay and o th e r s for a ll time. L e t us be lo n g t o th e latter c ia .

It ma y tru ly be sa id that o ur fo un de r build e cl bett e r t l} an they knew. B r o th e r R owe . who was the first G r a nd Pre ident of Acacia. sta te s in a le tt e r w hi ch we are giving h e r ew ith , t h at n o n e of th em r ea li zed the p ss ibiliti es of th e m ove m e nt. So it ha s ever been that men 11·h o h aYe at t e mpt ed to meet the p r ob lems before th em h ave not o nly met the imm ediate problem b ut ha ve s tart ed a m ove m e n t fo r g r ea t er thin gs than t h ey d r eamed o f.

vVe in e rt h e r e B r o th er R owe's le tt er becau se it is hi s o 11·n ver ion of the event in Be n DeRoy's r oom.

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Bad Axe, ::\Iich. , Dec. ro , I910.

:i.\Ir. Harry Kilmer , Centerview, l\Io.

Dear Sir and Bro. :

I have received your letter of Nov. 30, also November number of AcACIA Jo u R NAL.

I have not b ee n in touch with Acacia for seve ral years and it was with a great degree of astonishment and pleasure that I observed the progress Acacia has made since that afterhoon in the spring of r904 when a few of us, members of the defunct univei·sity Masonic Club met in Ben DeRoy's room in Ann Arbor and decided that if a Masonic organization at the University of Michigan was to have any permanent existence it must be made a clo se r knit body and have the incentive of being a part in a nation wide orga nization.

This, by the way, together with the experience of this country under the early Confederation, always has seemed to me an un-an s werable argument in favor of a strong national governing body.

There is , unquestionably , a great future ahead for Acacia. Masonry need s college men who believe in it thoroughl y enough to live and spread its teachings. There is toda y altogether too much surface Masonry. Acacia ha s the opportunity of going a great way to remedy thi s. I guess it is ju st as well that none of us in the parent chapter realized fully the possibilitie s of the movement o r we might have made a mess of our crude share in the pioneering vVith very be s t wishes for the continued s uccess and power of Acacia, I am,

Fraterna ll y yo ur s,

HARLAN P. ROWE.

Vve mu st learn that any person who will n ot accept what he knows to be the truth, for the ver Y. love of truth alone , is very definitely undermining his mental integrity. It will be observed that the mind of s uch a r;erson grad ually .s t ops growing, for , being constantly hedged in and cropped here and there, it soo n learns to r es pect artificial fences more than freedom for growth. You have not been a very close observer of s uch men if you have not seen them s hriv el , becom e commonplace, mean , without influ e nce. witho ut friends and without the enthusiasm of yo uth and growth, like a tree covered with fungus, the f oliage diseased, the life gone out of the heart with dry r ot , and indelibly marked for destruction-dead , but not yet handed ove r to the undertaker.-Lnth cr B1,wbank.

IMPERIUM IN IMPERIO.

BY HON. LAFAYETTE G. BLAIR , TETH CHAPTER.

Although in the Masonic Fraterniy we are constantly ref e rred to the "Sp rig of Acacia " as being a reminder of that " better part. which s urvive s th e grave"; yet I venture the assertion that our college plant , by that name, o f recent cultivation and growth , is v ery little known among the Fraternity, at large.

Thi s should n ot be so .

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In thi s great Ma so ni c Macr ocos m of the o u t ide wo rl d our collc•Yiate l\Iicrocosm h o uld have definite place an I el i tinct recoanition.

As the littl e leave n in the m ea s ure o f m eal leave n the \\"h o le ma it s hould be o ur wo rk t o so in pir e men o f ed u cat io n and attainment , ith the l of ty purpose s and aim s o f Ma onry that th ey m ay b e per uaded of it great moral worth and p o wer ; and , being so per uad ed, t o joint \\"ith u in o ur efforts to e s tabli s h in o ur se veral co mmuni t ies a n e ffi c ie nt in trumentalitv for th e br o adening o f hum a n charact e r a nd the ae n e r a l u plift of it moni l t o ne.

vVhile it i n o t p e rmitted t o invite m e n t o j o in th e i\Ia o nic o r gan izatiOn , nev ert hele ss o ur m odestv s h o uld n o t ao o fa r a to compe l u to "hide o ur li g ht under a bu s h e l. " '

In thi s mat e riali ti c age , wh e n the eye o f th e commercial a nd oc ia l world appear to be blind e d by the a Jitt er o f go ld , and a m o r a l trabi mu t o h ave affected a lar ge perc e nt age o f th e p eo pl e, what m o r e benevolent and efficient se rvice can w e Ma o n s r e nd e r t o o ur fe ll ow t han to h ow them the path up o n which the li g ht g r o w s bright e r a w e advance?

The s ublim e trag edy exemplified in o ur Ma o ni c degrees h o ul d be under s tood and appreciated b y h os t s of m e n , w h ose m o r a l and in tellectua l equipment admirably fit them to beco me memb e r s of o ur O rd e r. but who. for one rea so n o r another have n eg lected t o a vail them e l ve of th ir opportunitie s .

vVe br et hren of the " My s tic Tie ," whil e r ecog ni z in g o ur F r ater ni ty a a powerful, silent force for good , ar e t oo apt t o give un d u e prominence to it s esote ric feature s, to the s li g htin g of it s c hara cte r as a r ea l. li ving po t e ntialit y for the m o ral and soc ial uplift o f the w o rl d.

I beli eve the time is oppo rtun e f o r F r ee m aso nr y t o b e m o r e w id e ly a n d better kn ow n ; for u s a s Maso n s t o o penl y pr oc laim th e exce ll e n ce of o ur teachings, and o ur profound faith in th e ir e ffica cy : fo r a m o r e· ge n e r a l d isse minati o n o f the doctrine o f human bro th e rh ood a nd that " Freema o nr y re ga rd s n o man for hi s worldl y w ealth, o r o utward appea r ance , and that it is the int e maf. and n ot the e:r t cr11al , qualificati o n s w hi c h r ecommend a m a n t o become a Ma s on."

Who better can und e rtak e, a nd b e leade r in. thi work than th e m e n who devote ye ar s o f their life t o ed u ca tin g th e m se lv e s in ph il osop h y, in a rt s, in sc ie nce s, in developing their moral and r elig io u s natur e a nd wh o by training and s tud y are ab le t o di s tin g ui s h b etwee n th e tru e a nd the fa lse , between real m a nh ood and it s imitati o n ?

In what m o re fruitful so il can thi seed b e so wn th a n in o ur hi g h e s t ins tituti o n s of learnin g, mad e up, f o r t h e m os t part , o f earne t, se riouminded yo ung men , who s e futur e is, in l a r ge m eas ur e. t o b e th e f utur e of their countr y ?

" To whom much h as been g iv e n. mu c h s h a ll b e r equir ed:" a n d f o r u s. wh o have b ee n favored , perhap s bey o nd o ur f e ll o w . th e work p r esse .

I s in ce rel y h ope that the Acacia. as a part of o ur M aso ni c Fraternity , may incr ease in influen ce and numb e r am o n g o ur co ll ege mat es. a n d become more and more a power f o r good in th e great st ud e nt b ody o f our colleo·es and univer s itie and, b y co n seq u e n ce, a lar ge r and g r eater influenc e in M a so ni c Fraternitv. it se lf : in s h o rt. ll/lp c riul/1 in ll/lp crio, who e so le function s hall b e t o a nd s upp o rt' ' the in s t ituti o n of whi ch it is a part.

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PRE-GRAND LODGE AND MASONRY AND PRESENT OPPORTUNITY.

An Address Delivered at the Laying of the Corner Stone of the Masonic T em pie a Lawrence, Kansas, August 23, 1910 .

WILLI.\l\I l\I. SEA \'ER, P. G. ?11. the Tyler-Keystone, No,-ember 5, 1910.)

I appreciate most highly the privilege that has been accorded m e of addressing you upon this occasion. The histor y of Freemasonry in Kansas is very closel y connected with the hist o ry of the Craft in Lawrence, and as a Kansas Mason I rejoice with you in the celebration of this auspicious even t , long the dream of yo ur zealous and faithful brethren, the laying of the corner s tone of a Masonic Temple, the home of the Craft in this beautiful city.

I recall that your Masonic organizations in the various branches of the Fraternity were among the earliest in our great state. Old Lawrence Lodge No. 6 was the fourth lodge to be organized on the so il of the then Territory of Kansas, its Letters of Dispen sa tion coming from the Mother Grand Lodge of Missouri in September of 1855, six months before the Grand Lodge of Kansas was organized, and that while these Letter s of Dispensation had not ripened into a charter in time to enable it to participate in thi s Grand Lodge organization, it pre se nted itself four months lat e r, bearing the endorsement of the Grand Lodge of Missouri, and received its charter at the fir s t communication of our Grand Lodge held after its organization, namely, on July 14, 1856 . In common ju s tice, this lodge shou ld have been numbered four in our lodge numerical system, but ju stice did not see m to control in thi s matter in the early days. Your Acac ia Lodge No. 9, although called into existence about a decade later , is it se lf quite hoar y with age as our Masonic life in Kansas goes The numbers possessed by yo ur chartered bodies in the auxiliary branches of the Fraternity, Lawrence Chapter No. 4, of Royal A r ch Masons, De Molay Co mmandery No. 4, of Knights Templar s, and Equality Chapter No. 2 of Knights Ro se C r oix and ·william de Ia More Council of Kadosh No . I, of the Scottish Rite, all testify of the early activity of the Craft in this Athens of Kansas

The Masonic Lodge is ever found a pioneer in the work of civilization in every community, filling its appropriate place with the church, the sc hool house and the home in the labor of deve lopment of true citi zenship , and whenever a blow is aimed at civiliza ti on in any land vve find the power of the t y rant , the assassin's kn if e and the incendiary's torch , seek ing the life of the Mason. I do not know whether this event of today ha s b ee n planned with any reference to hi st o rical significance, but I was · impressed with the coincidence that it was ju st forty-seven years ago from Sunday morning la st that the murderer Quantrell led his band of cut-throats into yo ur peacefu l and quiet streets and committed those deeds o f fiendish cruelty wh ich hav e branded his name with infamy for all time. O n that clay four of your ow n number fell, o ne of th em Past Master of your Lawr e n ce Lodge, No. 6, your chapter and record s and lodge hall, with its contents, were burned and destroyed. and yo ur h o m es and loved

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ones perish ed . Today in peace and ecu rit y \\"e lay the £ undati n of anot h er templ e, wh ic h-pl ea e God-may lo n o- r ema in to ble and b nefit thi s p eace-l ov in g com munit y.

B ut I am n o t h e r e t oday to dea l \\"ith your ea rl y hi tory. If uch had been yo ur WI h , o n e be tter qual ifi ed t o peak o n u ch a th me than I s urel y be e n cho se n. A lth oug h I ha ve been aclvi ed that I have b e n mv1ted here as a r epre se ntati ve of the Sco tti h Rit e of Freema nn . [ do n ot take it that my adclres s h o ld li e a lo n a th e lin f th e o-ca 11 d hi gher of instituti o n. Pe r o nall y f have littl e ympathy \\'ith the expres 1o n , " h1gh e r d eg re e ." There i n o thin g hi g h er in :\I a o nr y th a n th e three d eg r ees o f th e A nci ent raft, and th e advanced clegr c are of value only as the y teach and amplify a nd illu trate t h e o- r eat truth whic h a r e deepl y hidden in the Sym bo ls of App r en ti ce Fe ll ow- r aft and Master 's L o d ges, and o f which th ese lo d ge t oo o ft e n mak e littl e o r n effort t o dev e lop , leavin g t o the A d e pt r a th e r than t o the l11iliatc the und er tanding o f th e Sign and th e Symbol. \-,..,Te a r e a ll p rim arily Ancient C raft Masons, and it is th e r e f o re as a Mas t e r i\Ia so n t o i\ I a ter ?lia s n s, I w o uld t oday bri e fl y sp e ak of th e g r ea t in tituti o n of F r cema sonn . \ ¥e are livin g in an age of phil oso phi c a nd c ie ntifi c in \'C tigati n and r esearc h No m o r e d o dogmat ic d e cl a r a ti o n a nd assertions ati fy , but a " r easo n for the faith within u s" i s dema n ded and mu t be f o rthcoming if w e w o uld arre s t th e attention of th e th o u g ht f ul s tud e nt of t oday. T hi c har acter is tic o f o ur tim es app li es with f ull f o r ce t o p r ese nt day inq uiri s r egard in g the Maso ni c in s tituti o n , it s hi t o r y and claim s Xo lo nrrcr a r e assertions that Freemaso nr y w as f o und ed in th e Ga r de n of Ede n, or b_v the Patriarch Noa h , o r eve n by o ur fir s t thr ee lfos t Excc 11 e nt · r a nd Masters' in the days of the kin g ly o lo m o n , acc ep ted ot h e r than a symbolic parables, but every pha se o f o ur hi s t o r y a nd claim s is ubjectccl t o the most sea rchin g anal ys is by ca ndid , ea rn e t and sc h o larl y in vc ti aato r s. There are today Ma so ni c L adges o f R esea r ch , e mbr ac in g in their membership em in en t s ch olar s banded together f o r th e t u dy of th e li te r ature, the archaeology , and the <es th eti cs o f F r ee ma so nr y . It ma y be of inte re s t to yo u t o know that o ur o wn G r and L odge is a ub cr ib e r to one of ·the most imp o rtant and widely kn ow n o f th ese tud en t lodges-t h e Lodge 'Q uatu or Coronati, of L o nd o n , England , and that in o ur ;rand Lodge Library in Top eka ma y be f o und so m e tw e nt y odd volume of the transaction s of thi s lodge, with so me t e n o r tw e l ve vo lum e of it r ep rint s of th e m os t valuab le o f Masonic doc um e nt s a nd lit e r atu r e. \ Ve can assure o ur h ea r e r s that an in ve s tigati o n of th e tran action s a nd publications of thi s s tudent lodge is a m os t fa sc inatin g and int e n e ly intere s t in g st ud v . Th e way i s o p e n t o the Mason who wo uld in vestigate a nd kn o w for 11im self all that is known o f thi s "anc ie nt and hon orab le in tituti o n th at has outlived the f o rtun es of king s and th e mutation of emp ir e ."

In thi s s k ept ical ag e o f hi g h e r criticism it ha s b eco me ome\\" h at co mmon for supe rfi cia l students of the Mason ic in s tituti o n t o d ecl a 1:e that ur spec ulative F r eemaso nr y of toda y elat es o nl y ab o ut th e tun e o f the or o-anization of the Grand Locl ae of E n g land 111 1717; th at F r eema o nr y prfor to that date wa s esse ntiall y o p e rativ e in its c har acter, with here and there a n o n- operative ge ntl eman initiated into th e C raft , and that Masonry, th e Craft as we kn ow it t oday, is a product o f th e fonnulative times of 1717 to 17 23.

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\ Vith thi s vi e w th e b es t M a so nic s ch olars o f thi s da y di sse nt. Sir C h a rl es Wa rr en , th e fir s t Mas t e r o f th e L od ge Quat o r Co r o n a ti , at th e co n s e crotti o n o f th a t lo d ge in r88 6, s aid:

" I am a str o n g be li eve r in th e antiquit y o f Fr ee m aso nry , a nd I ca n co ncei ve that wh e n th e m e dia ev a l bas is is full y a s ce rtained w e shall find th a t it r e t s up on a mo r e antiqu e f o undati o n. I d o n o t b e li eve mu ch in th e o ri g inalit y o f th e v ie w s o f m e n , and I ca n scarc e ly think that the prese nt f o rm s an d ce r e m o nie s we r e d evi se d in the e ig ht ee nth centur y, o r ev e n in th e middl e ages ."

B r oth e r vVilli a m Jam es Hu g h a n , Pa st S eni o r G r a nd D ea co n o f th e Gr a nd L odge o f E n g la nd , th e we ll-kn o wn Maso nic s tud e nt a n d a r ch ceo log is t , s aid in r8 87 :

" I p r opose bri e fl y t o r e ca pitulat e ce rtain fact s and inf e r e nc es r es p e ct in g ea d y F r ee ma so nr y whi ch , in m y ju dg m e nt , s h o uld b e s uffi c ie nt t o indu ce a no n- Maso n t o be li eve in th e co ntinuit y . of an c ient a nd mo d e rn F r eem aso nr y . In o th e r w'o rcl s, th e e vid e n ce t o b e s ubmitt ed m ay b e acc ept e d as o ur wa rr a nt f o r cl aimin g that w e b e lo n g virtuall y to th e sa m e soc ie t y th a t a ccepted• E li as As hm o le and S ir R o be rt Mo r ay in th e seve nt ee nth ce ntur y, w hi ch is s till r epr e e nt ed by th e L o d ge of E din g ur g h , w ith r eco r ds f r o m 15 99, a n d p oss ibl y by eve n o ld e r o r g ani zati o n s.

" T o prove th e co ntinuit y o f th e C raft durin g th e las t tw o hun d r ed yea r s is a ll that is n ee d e d to brid ge ove r ' th e tra ns ition period.' Ind ee d , i f it ca n be d e mo n s trat ed that th e sa m e lod ges ex ist ed i m me d ia te l y b efore, d uring, a nd i mm e dia t el·y af t er th e so - called ' R e vival of 1717 ;' th a t ce rt a in of t he m unit e d t o f o rm G r a nd L od ges in En g land and S co tland ; that th ey a nd t h e ir seve r a l br a n ch es co ntinu e t o thi s clay; th a t thr o u g h o ut th e p e ri o d th e r e h ave b ee n n o la p ses in co ntinuit y; a nd that durin g th e eve ntf ul chan ges o f earl y la s t ce ntur y, th e same ac tiv e m e mb e r s w e r e co nn ect e d with th e p a rti c ip a tin g lod ge : ·w h a t mo r e can b e n ecess ar y t o illu s tr a t e t he o n e n ess o f th e so ci e t y?"

B r o R o be rt F r eke Go uld , P a s t G rand Se ni o r D eaco n o f th e G r a n d Lo dge o f E ng land , th e e min en t M aso nic stud e nt and s ch olar and pro babl y t h e g r ea t est M a so ni c hi s t o ri a n th e w o rld ha s ye t pr o duc e d , in a n articl e wri tt e n abo ut t we n ty yea r s ago u po n th e s ubj ect: "E n g li sh F r ee m aso nr y befo r e th e E r a o f G rand L od ges," s aid :

' 'It w as a sse rt e d by th e f o und e r o f th e Illuminati , Dr. A d a m \ iVe ish a upt , t h a t ' n o ma n can g iv e an y acco unt o f th e O rd e r of F r ee ma so nr y, of it s o ri g in , of its hi st o r y, of it s obj ec t , n o r a n y exp la n a ti o n of it s m yste ri es an d sy m bo l , whi ch doe s n o t l ea ve th e mind in t o t a l un ce rtaint y o n a ll th ese p o int s .' Thi s wa s ex pr esse d a b o ut a ce ntur y ago, and i s a lm ost as tru e n o w as t h e n , th e o nl y po int o n w hi ch mo re li g ht ha s b een s he d in th e inte r val, be in g th e hi s t o r y of th e in stitu t io n. T hi s, ind ee d . we · ca nn o t tr ace ba ck a ny g r ea t d is t a n ce, but w e r eac h th e fo urt ee nth ce ntur y, wh e n th e ac tu a l pr oo f s ar e ex h a u st e d and th e r e i n o thin g t o h e lp us but tr ad iti o n a n d co nj ec tur e . B ut we a r e full y ju s tifi ed in be li ev in g t h a t mu c h ev ide n ce mu st h ave w hi ch ha s n o w p e ri sh ed, n o t t o s p eak of what m ay eve n ye t be br o u g ht t o li g ht , alb e it a t pr ese nt ent o mb e d in th e v as t m ass of a n c ie nt writin gs di stribut e d thr o u g h o ut th ose publi c a n d p ri va t e co ll ec ti o n s in G r ea t B ritian , th a t a w a it. al as, th e exa min a ti o n a n d cl ass ifi ca ti on o f dili ge nt a n d co mp e t e nt in ves ti ga ti o n ."

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D r o th e r Go uld co ntinu es:

' 'Th e s ubj ect of thi s Pape r I s h a ll t r eat und e r thr ee head - or di\ ision .. The fir s t , O ral Trad ition , t a kin g u back t o the time of t. Alban. the ftr st C hri s tian m a rt y r in B ritain , and com in g clown to ab ut the close o f th e 14th century. Th e seco nd , th e Legend of th e raft , o n th eviclenc o f th e O ld C h ar ge , o r l\Ianu c ript on titution , beo-inning about the year 13 9_0 , and car r y 1n g u . d o wn t o (a nd be yo n I ) 1 46; and t he third , ' ymbol!c l\f a so nr y f r om 1646 . the elate o f E li a h mo le. the Herald and A ntiquar y, be in g mad e a Freema so n a t Wa rrin gto n . clown t o the format ion of th e fir st o r o ri g in a l G r a nd L oclo-e in 1717. The e period are n t se lected a rbitr a ril y, but beca u e there is n o ev idence from \\'hich we can act u a ll y pro ve ( th o u g h we ma y r easo n a bl y i11 (rr) the ex is t e n ce of eithe r a spec ul a ti ve sc ience o r a lege nd a r y h isto ry before 1390. so that traditi o n s mu s t b e tak e n fo r w h at th ev a r e wo rth . a n d eve n if thi s amo un t to very litt le, t h e fac t s h o ul d n eve-r th e les . n o t be los t s ight o f. that they were g iv e n t o th e wo rl d o n th e a uth o rity o f very e min ent m en and ha \'e in flt , e n cecl a ll I aso nic wr it e r s clow n· t o o ur ow n clays.

' ' T h e seco nd p e ri o d- 1390 to 1646-cove r s exact ly tw o hundr ed and fift y yea r s, a nd thr o u g h o ut th e w ho le o f it th e r e is n o c< •id cl/cc o f li ving F r ee ma so nr y in So uth B ri tai,n. By thi s I mean. t h e r e are no lodge minut e!' o r rec o rd s, n o r h ave we ev ide n ce f r o m any so ur ce w h ateve r wh ich wil l reduc e to ac tu a l demonst r a ti o n that ther e wer e F r ee and Accepted '.\Ia so n , w h o m e t in lod ges in So uth B rit a in be for e 16 4 6 . T h at th ey did. we ca nn ot doubt, fo r th e t es tim o n y of th e O ld C h arges o r l\Ian u sc ript o n st ituti o n s . th o u g h s il e nt , i. s uffic ie ntl y co nclu s ive o n thi po int , and th e r e i the colla t e r a l ev id e n ce of co tti s h Maso ni c r eco rd s . w hi c h a r e of s up e ri o r antiquity t o o ur ow n.

' 'T h e third d ivi s io n of th e ubj cc t I n a m e · ymb o lic Ma so nr y.· becau e we kn ow that E lia s As hm o 1e did n o t fo ll ow th e '.\I a so n· trade. a nd ther ef o r e that in be in g ' m ade a F r ee m aso n· in 16 46. he beca m e. a s eve ry b r ot h er pre se nt thi s eve nin g h as s in ce beco m e a m embe r of a so ciety u s ing the term s of the Maso ni c a rt t o t y pif y somet hin g exte rn a l t o it s ope r at ive pract ice. It is of cour se de du c ibl e that the o ther specu lative '.\Ia so n " in th e lo d ge w h e n A hm o le wa s r ece ived. mu s t h ave been ad mitted befo r e him. but th e e ntr y in hi s dia r y und e r th e elate of Oc t obe r 16, 16 -1- 6. affo rd s the ea rli es t p os itiv e ev id e n ce of th e r ecept io n of a n o n-ope rati ve-or ind e d of a cand idate of any descr ip ti o n whatever-in an Engl is h lodge."

Vv e be li eve th is el ate, tr ea t ed as th e elat e of th e ea rl ie s t r ecorded Maso ni c initi a ti o n in E 11 gla11 d , s h o ul d be se t back se vera l year s . as " e o b se rv e that B r o th e r H u g h a n a ll eges that the ea rli est lodge minute of an initiati o n in E n g land b ea r s date 20 th o f l\ l ay 16 -1-1. and to k plac e at Newcas tl e-o n- Tvne. Ce rt a in m e m be r s of the ve n e rabl e .. Lodge of Edinbur o·h "-which .ha s th e o lcl e t r eco rd in th e wo rl d-wer e with th e Sc tti sh th e n occ upyin g th e town, a n d "did adm it '.\l a s t e r th e II no ra bl e Mr. R obe rt Mo ra, -, Ge n e ral 'Q u a rt e r master t o the Anme. rep o rt111 g th e eve nt t o th e ir l\Iate r in clue cour s e. Ge neral Hamilt o n. \\·ho \\·a pr ese nt at th e r ecep tion . wa mad e ' ' Fe ll o w a n d '.\J aste r of th e afo r esaid C r aft " in the sa m e lodge o n 2o th '.\ Jay , r 6 -J. O.

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In B r oth e r Go uld 's a rticl e t o w hi ch we have r e f e rr ed , th ese hi s t o ri ca l

s ub-h ea ds a r e tr ea t e d ve r y f ull y, but o f cour se we ca nn ot r ep eat th e m h e r e. We b eli eve h oweve r that th e ev id e n ce h e pr ese nt s f ull y s u stain s hi s co nt e nti on

Th e earl y lo dge r eco rd s in E n g la nd h a ve di sapp ear ed , but in Scotland t h e C r af t is m o r e fo rtun a t e. O f th e thr ee " H ea d L od ges" o f Sco tl a nd o f th e S ix t ee nth Ce ntur y, th e " fir s t and prin cip a l" wa s that o f E dinbur g h , w hi c h h as an se ri es o f r eco rd s fr o m 1599 t o th e prese nt da y ! T h e n ex t " H ead a nd Seco nd L odge" o f Sco tl a n d w a s "Mo ther L o dge K il w innin g," w hi ch, h oweve r , h as los t it s r eco rd s b ef or e 164 2, a lthou g h h av in g a n unbr ok e n se ri es th e r ea ft e r . Th e "Hea d a nd T hird L od ge" was h eld at S tirlin g, but thi s lo d ge is n ow d e fun c t,-th e fir s t tw o, h ow eve r , ar e still a li ve a nd flo uri s hin g . O n e o f th e o ldes t lodges in Sco tl a nd , w ith r eco.: cls f r om 16 74, h eld at Me lr ose, n eve r j oin ed th e G ran d L od g e o f S co tla n d, b ein g f r ee a n d ind e p e nd e nt f r om th en t o n o w.

No bl em en , ge ntl e m en , trad es m e n , a nd arti sa n s we r e initiated int o th ese lodges as sp ec ulati ves an d h eld offi ce th e r ein , th e fir s t r eco rd ed in a ctu a l r.1inu tes heina J ohn Boswe ll , Esq uir e, w h o was p r ese nt as a m e mb e r of th e A n cie nt L o d ge o f E dinbur g h in th e yea r. r6o o-o n e hundr ed and e ig ht ee n yea r s b efo r e th e Gra nd L o dge of E n g la nd was b o rn! It h as f urth e r b ee n s h ow n th a t in 1670, out of a n e nr o ll ed me mb e r s hi p of f o r ty -nin e in th e lodge of A b er dee n , o nl y eig ht we r e op e r a ti ve Maso n s, th e r es t bei n g spe culat ive, a m on g w h om was B r o ther J ames A n de r so n , th e co mpil e r o f th e fir st b oo k of co n stituti on s o f th e G r a nd L o dge o f E n g la nd in 17 2 3.

In a mos t inte r es tin g arti cle on th e "A nti q uit y of M a so ni c Sy mb oli s m ," pr ese nt ed by B r oth e r Go uld b efo r e th e L od ge 'Q u a tu or Co r o n a ti in r8 9o, t h e di s tin g ui sh ed s tud e nt tr ea t s o f th e earl y ritu a l and ce r emo ni es . In t hi s articl e h e maint a in s: " that th e S y mb o li sm o f M a so nr y, a t a ll eve nt s a m at e rial p a rt o f it , is of ve r y g r eat anti q uit y-a nd th a t in s ub st a n ce, th e sys t e m of Maso nr y w e n o w p ossess-in cl u d in g th e thr ee deg r ees of th e Cra ft-h as com e clow n t o u s, in all it s esse nti a ls, fr om tim es n o t onl y r emo t e t o o ur ow n , but a lso t o th ose of th e fo un de r s o f t h e ea r :: of G r a n d L o d ges," a nd h e furth e r ex pr esses th e o pini on that th e " ba lan ce o f pr ob a bility is in f avo r o f a s ea rl y a n o ri g in b e in g a ttribut ed to o ur sym bo li c as t o our w ritt e n traditi on s ."

Tim e will n ot pe rmi t an y a nal ys is o f thi s articl e, but I d es ir e es p eciall y to n ot e thi s po int: It was th e b eli e f o f th e s p ea k e r th a t th e "sy mb oli s m w e p ossess ha s co me d own t o u s . in a ll it s main f ea tur es, fr om ve r y earl y tim es, a nd th a t it o ri g in a t ed durin g th e spl endor o f Mecl iceva l O p e r ati ve M a so nr y, an d 110 t in it s d ecl-ine; . f urth er that 1'nean ings of m a n y o f th e sy mb ols of F r ee ma so nr y on ce p ossesse d b y th e Anci en t C r a ft ha s b eco me e ntir ely los t a lth o u g h th e sy mb o ls s till r emain . U p on thi s qu es ti on , B r other Go uld sa id:

"Le t u s exa min e th e ritu a l f o r o ur se lves, a nd h e r e I mu s t as k th ose br e thr e n wh o a r e un acq uaint ed w ith it s pe c uli a r phra seo logy t o at leas t so fa r y ield m e t h eir co nfid e n ce as t o b eli ev e in m y stat em e nt th a t it a b o un ds w ith a r ch a is ms, w hi ch ar e cl earl y sur v ival s o f m o r e a n cient fo rm s o f sp eec h. I w ill o nl y p r omi se, th a t in ch oos in g a titl e f o r thi s pa p e r , I have bee n influ e n ced by th e co n si d e r a ti o n, th a t w hil e th e Sym bo li s m of A n cie nt M a so nr y may h ave e mbr ace d m a n y thin gs that we r e a bse nt f r om it s ce r emo ni a l , still a ll we can learn o f t h e fo rm e r mu s t b e d er ived fr om

o ur actual kn ow ledge of th e latter-a fra oment it ma y w e ll be t h ymbo li_c t eaching of more remote age , lut. neverth e le , all that w 'c an r e l y upon With any approach to certainty, a affordina a r eal clue to th I t ecret s of th e soc iety.'' (A verba l expo s ition wa then a iven f the early ritu a l und e r the G rand L dge of E n g lan d, together with · tvpi cal Illu s trati o n of the lo st meanings of ome portion o f the y ml m o f Masonry.)

In the discus s io n which followed thi paper, the ecretary f th e 1 d a e, that distinguished tfa so ni c st ud e nt and wr iter ince g o ne t o hi reward. B r o ther Geo r ge VI/. Spet h , sa id:

"B r o ther Go uld maintain s that th e ritual of 1724-30 wa n o t undertoad at that tim e and i till less und e r stood now. Let us tak e o n e example which will demon strate both po s iti on s . A prom in ent sm1b o l o f o ur is the forty-seventh problem of E uclid . The symb o l exi t e.c\ a . e arl y a 1723, being figured on the frontispiece o f the book o f co n tituti o n o f th a t elate, and again below a n essay in that of r738. Can an y br o ther tell m e what it i s th e sy mb o l of? Neit h er th en n o r since h a an y e xplanation been vouch afecl in o ur lodge s . Its practica l u e i kn wn t o eve r y bricklayer and mason; it is known to them a the ' Rul e o f 3. -t , 5' By measurin g off thr ee units a lo n g one wall of a buildin g and fo ur unit s of another, the sh o uld be five units, if th e an g le be a true . right angle. Last yea r I was disputing w ith a teacher of math e mati cs whether hi s tennis-lawn was sq uar e, and a s tonished him by pro vin g , with the aid of a walking-stick, that it wa s n ot. Fo r twent y year s h e had taught geome tr y daily, and h ad n ever learned to appl y it practi call y. For o n e hundr ed and fift y yea r s, at least , we have u s ed thi sy mb o l and do n o t yet under s tand it ; ha ve n ever mad e a n y attempt t o under stand it , for even thi s practical explanation is not given u , till le s any o f a sy mbolical n a tur e in o ur ritual. It was a S) '11Lb ol to Pyt h aa o ra . ! H e is sa id t o have sac rific ed o n e hundr ed oxe n fo r the jo y o f it s eli co ve r y. L e t u s admit that thi s wa s o nl y an exaggerated and traditi o nal acc o unt of hi s g r eat joy, ye t the fact of hi s ex ultati on remain . ur e ly n o t because he ha d • .d iscove r ed a n ew vers io n of tw o and two make fo ur. but because -h e saw so me s tran ge and s triking co nn ection between the pro perties of a ri g ht-an g led tri a n g le and some g r eat imp orta nt truth, pro bab ly of a th eosoph ical character . · There is nothing impo ss ible in th e th o u a ht that o ur mec\ireval brethre n knew this expla n atio n of th e ir symb o l. ertain it i s, we do n ot know it. I hav e seen one expla n atio n u p o n which I will not enter now, and curiously enoug h it requires th at the lin e ubt e nc\in g the angle s h a ll be as three to four, a form in which it is rar e ly pr e e nt ed masonically . In any case we h ave h ere a symbo l which i. not und e r s t oo d n ow and was n ot und e r stood in ha d it been und e r t oo cl th e n , w e shot;lc\ n o t have los t it s meaning."

Brother Speth sa id further:

"M uch of o ur symboli sm lin ger e d o n through the eighteenth ce ntur y and was rej ec ted in 1814, at the cry s tallization o f o ur pre ent ritu a l. I must n o t now cite manv in tances. but will onh· mention th e " 11r o a che d Thurnel." It was n ever' und e r s tood by G r and Lodge '.\fas o n s-th e va ri o u s and contradictory u ses a s cribed to it at one and th e tim e p r o ve thi s. It wa dropped in 1814 because pr o bably utterly meamn &' le s _ t o the Masons of tho e clays: th ey dared not eve n a tt empt t o e xp lam 1t h o w-

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ever, lamely. Nay more; there are architects here present-can anyone even describe what it was? It was an appliance evidently of use in a Mason's stone yard or lodge; but what was it? Here are two cases of symbolism perfectly incomprehensible at the beginning of the last century. Can we believe that Anderson, Desagul iers, or any one else, deliberately introduced them in 1717-25 or subsequently, being absolutely unable to attach any significance to them? They are obviously survivals, and consequently the Masons of 1717 were esoterically degenerate. I could quote passage after passage of our old rituals and show that they were not understo od then and are not now, but it would occupy too long. But the fact prove s that w e inherited them from the Masons of the seventeenth cent ur y, and how much earlier it is impossible to say. There is , howev e r, o ne very pretty piece of evidence of the early years of the sixteenth century still extant. In the year 1830 a very old bridge (Baal's Bridge) near Limerick was being rebuilt. Under the foundation was found an old brass square, containing on its two s urfaces this in sc ription: I will strive to live with love and care Upon the level by the square.' and the date, '1517 .'

" I am not concerned to deny that so me of our symbolism may be modern, but I fail to under stand how an y one can argue that none of it is ancient. I believe the greater part (including all essentials) is undoubtedly mediceval at lea s t, and probably centuries older than that."

I fear that a passage I have quoted from Brother Gould may po ss ibl y be construed as an expression of his belief that three degrees were u eel b y the Ancient Craft. I do not so understand his position He contends that prior to the Revival, or rather, to be more exact, prior to 1738, Freemasonry was practiced in t wo degree s, the Apprentice and the FellowCraft or Master, these t w o degrees containing, however, the essentials of th e three degrees now known among u s-the thr ee degree system being adopted by Grand Lodges in I 738.

Tho se who contend that the legend of the third degree in an invention of the eighteenth century may be interested to know that in an Arabic manuscript of the fourteenth century, written in Hebrew, appear s a reference to a sign, or password, known to the Masonic brotherhood each letter bein g the initial of a separate word which made up the se ntence , "We have found our Master Hiram! "

I have referr ed t o the se dates not with any view to indicating a beli e f th a t we are thu s finding the period of the birth of Freemasonry-that is still lo st in the dim mi s t s of antiquity-but I have merely called your attention to the stake · which scientific re sea rch have driven , absolutely pr ov ing, fr om di scovered evidence, the existence o f our great Fraternity at those p e riods. That further inv es tigati o n and re se arch may drive additional stakes, based upon abs olute evidence, still farther back in the records of the dim past, I do not doubt-possibl y so me of you may a ss ist to dri ve th em.

I submit , h oweve r , up o n the ev id ence of the sta ke s which have been driven, that ou r Freemasonry, in a speculative form, was in ex i stence at the time of the embedding in th e foundation of old Baal's Bridge near Limerick, Ir eland , of th e bra ss square with its engraven sy mb oli s m , in th e yea r 1517, n ea rl y four hundred ye ar s ago, and tw o hundred yea rs

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the L odge of E ngl and was formed. The inference from the manuscnpt .of the fourteenth century i s tr o na, and if accepted a . evidence , would clnve a n othe r t a ke tw o hundred yea r farther back into the past.

. t o \vhen F r ee ma so nr y was e tabli s h ecl, we ca n on ly peculate and thi s With little value. Howeve r , when we ee a mighty oak with it s turd y b:an che s d efy in g th e wind and th e torm we kn ow that it grew from a littl e acorn, and that that aco rn fell fr o m o me other oa k x i tina befo r e and possibly lo n g in ce fallen into decay. o we kn ow that Freemasonry must h ave sp run g from ome ea rli er instituti ons with imilar lege nd s and principle s. U nd o ubt ed ly further re ea rch wi ll bring "fu rther li g ht. "

ln our M a so nic institution of today is the same s peculative soc iet y which initiated E lia s As hm o le in 1646, Robert Moray in 164r, Gene ral Hamilton in 1640, a nd J o hn Boswe ll in 16oo- peculativ e l\Ia on allwhich soc iet y was th e line a l descendant of an Ope r a ti ve l\1a on ic Brotherh oo d of the Medic-eva! Ages, o r ea rli er , with traditional legends and hi st o r y from the remote past and so me ystem of sy mb oli sm, f r om w hi ch h er ed itar y source we hav e deriv ed th e es entia! at least of our y mb o li m, our ce remonie s and OW' ritual, have we n o t an hi sto ri ca l inh eritance which h ou ld sacredly be preserved without change o r inn ovation?

A word mor e . We are li v in g in a period of great l\Ia oni c growth. Freemasonry is popular t oday. It i s a time of initiation of J\Ia o n in cla sses rath e r th a n of an individual aspirant. In thi s marv e lo u , rapid a nd wholesale g r ow th lie s an e leme nt of weaknes s . I d o n o t r efe r now to th e e lem ent of dan ge r of se lec ti o n o f impr ope r material f o r t he Temple -that danger is r ead ily co nce ded by all-but I r efe r to t h e s u pe rfi cia l making of Masons . In the anti-Ma so ni c days of trial of Ia . t century, tho se who k e pt the light blazin g up on th e altar kn ew w h at th e ti e of brotherho od m eant; in th e days of 1861-5, w h en the n o rthlan d wa s pitted against the so uthland, th e Maso ni c g rip did not 'slip from th e fte h ;' but in the se cla ys th e cable-tow han gs so loose ly th a t man y do n ot eve n f ee l it , and its length h ow many kn ow? _/[any come into our F r a t e rn ity -few see aught beyond its quaint ritual and ceremonie , a n d grasp little of it s symbols and their d ep th of meaning. Whe n the cha r m of nove lty wears off- w h en the social pleasure of fellowship pale s-they wander away and are los t among the great army of n on-affili ates, or equa ll y g r ea t army of non-att endants. Fre ema so nry m ea ns to them a lodge where beaut iful les so n s are taught thr o ugh a peculiar ritual and impr e ive ce r emo ni es, and n othing more.

A r e we wholly blameles s for thi s condition? I s th e r e n o t a r e med y? We are not a body of reading Maso n s Few, eve n of tho se w h o ri se t o official rank among u s, acquaint th emse lve s with o ur hi sto r y and kn ow little of o ur sy mboli s m. Their Mason ic r ead in g is limited to the Ma on ic Monitors o f the d eg ree s they ha ve taken , and th eir r ec ita l of our ritu ali tic le ge nd s become solemn assertions a of sec r et hi t ory kn ow n on ly to the initiate.

My br ethren , I pl ead f or a bet t e r-inf or med brotherho od-f o r Ia o nically-educatecl Masons . Is o ur duty t o the initiate ended when we hav e conferred intelligentl y th e degrees, and r eci t ed flu entl y the ? I think n ot. L et u s grasp th e lar ge r truth that F r eemaso nr y I S mcl eed a

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sc ien e of morality dese'rving of the deepest thought of intelligence and scholarly men; that it ha s been a potent factor in the history and civilization of the past-far more probably than we now comprehend; that it ha s been , and is now , rec eiving the critical study and inve stigation of e minent antiquarians and archceologists ; and let us strive to bring a glimpse of the se truths before our members.

We could hardly hope , in thi s bus y age, to persuade many of our members t o beco me reading and s tud y ing Masons, but many of them would undoubtedly , if opportunity offered, become interested li steners. In many populous Masonic cities thi s need ha s been recognized, and an effort made to meet it by holding a series of lodge s of instruction, open to all Master Masons, at which different phases of Masonic knowledge, in history, in sy mboli s m, in ritual and in law, have been presented in lectures or talks from well-qualified Masons, followed by discus s ions calculated to develop and diffuse the light. Lawrence could well support such a series of lectures, and in our opinion nothing could be done more productive of good to yo ur Masons and to Freemasonry. We are making many intelligent men Masons, in the lodges and in th e various branches of the seve ral rite s, but we are doing little to d e velop them. Let us make our Masons intelligent Masons. Nothing will do so much toward magnifying the dignity o f our profe ss ion and in widening our influence for good a s enlightenment upon this great sc ience of morality.

As one eminent brother ha s well said: "W hen Freemasons shall have faith in th e ir creed and mi ss ion , and men of faith to lead them, Masonry will be what it has a right to be , and what, we do believe, God means it shall be a mighty and beneficent power in every civilized land. "

Then indeed will be hastened the time of which the poet s ings:

"0 Life that maketh all thing s new, The blooming earth, the thoughts of men; Our pligrim feet, wet with thy clew, In gladness hither turn again .

"F rom hand to hand the greeting flow s; From eye to eye the signal s run ; From heart to heart the bright hope glows:

The see ker s of the Light are one."

"O n e in the freedom of the truth ; One in the j oy of paths untrod; O ne in th e so ul 's perennial yo uth; O ne in the larger thought of God."

"T he freer s tep , the fuller breath, The wide horiz on 's br oa der view; The se n se o f Life th a t kn ows n o Death; The Life that maketh all things new."

I h old eve r y man a debtor to hi s profession; from the which a s men of course do see k to receive countenance and profit, so ought the y of duty to e ndeav or themselves b y way of amends, to be a help and an ornament thereunto.-Bacon.

THE IMPRESS AND INFLUENCE OF THE SCOTTISH RITE ON SYMBOLIC FREEMASONRY AND TEMPLAR KNIGHTHOOD.

Address Delivered at the Centennial Anniversary of Columbia Commaodery No . I , New York City, December I Oth, 1910.

BY IL LUST R IOUS WILLIAM HOMAN, 33 ° , ACTIVE JIIEMBER

COUNCIL,

OF THE PHEl\IE

NORTHERN JURISDICTION, S. A , AND DEPUTY F R TilE STATE OF NEW YORK; (PRE IDENT EMERITUS OF T ADHE C II \PTER.

My B re th ren:

Thi s is ind eed a m em o r a bl e occa io n. No g roup of m en cou ld have met a ce ntur y a go, ac tu a t e d by n obl e r im p ul ses th a n fill ed t he he ar ts and m in d o f th ose w h o o rg ani zed Co lumbian Co m ma n de r y of Knigh t T mplar , in r8Io.

In all s in ce rit y we m ay a p p ly t o th e ir wo r k th e say in g, "They bu il cled b ett er than th ey kn ew."

Th e m os t san g uin e am o n g th em , indul g in g in t he most ext r avagant exp ec t a ti o n s, wo uld n o t hav e q ar ed t o p r o ph esy th e g r ow th in numerical s tr en g th , soc ial im po rt a nc e, a nd frat ern a l influ ence, of o lu m bian omman de r y

Th ose o f yo u wh o we r e pr ese nt a t th e r ecep ti o n a n d b a ll a t t he Hote l

As t o r , w ith w hi ch thi s Ce nt e ni a l ce lebra ti o n w a s in a u g ur ated on Ia t Th u r sd a y eve nin g, will s ub sc rib e t o th e s t a t em ent th at it was th e m o t b rill iant a n d e nj oya ble ga therin g o f it s kin d eve r h eld w it hin th eir r eco ll ect io n

It i s s tat ed th a t th e e nt e rt a in me nt was pa rti cipa t ed in by 4,700 lad ie a nd ge ntl em en , a nd th a t th e sce ne in its entirety prod u ced an an imated p ict ur e n eve r be f o r e equ a ll ed in l\IIaso ni c ac ti v it y.

L et u s eve r h o ld in ve ne rati o n th e me mo r y of o u r fo un de r s.

I t h a b ee n m y de li g htful p ri vi lege to enjoy m em bers hi p in Columbian Co m ma n de r y m o r e than 21 yea r s, an d I a p p r ec ia t e th e a ssociation s i t affo r ds m o r e a n d m o r e w ith th e pass in g yea r s

Ac kn ow ledg m e nt s h oul d be m a de of t he de b t of g r at itu de we are u nder to t h ose F r a t e r s o f Co lumbi a n Comman de r v w h o have made t h is Ce n te ni al ce lebrat io n poss ibl e thr o u g h th e ir un t irin g labo r s of ma n y m ont h s pa t.

How w ise ly th ey h ave pl a nn ed is m a ni fest in t he presence of r e pre enta ti ves of a ll Gra n d S ub d iv is io n s o f t he Yo r k a n d Scott is h Rite .

I t is m y d ist in g ui sh ed p ri v il ege o n thi s occas io n , to appea r befo r e you as th e Dep ut y for th e Sta t e o f New Yo rk , r ep r ese ntin g th e S u p r eme ouncil o f th e Anc ie nt Accep t ed Scot ti s h R ite fo r t he No rth e rn 1asonic Juri d ict ion , of t h e U ni ted S t ates of A m e ric a.

U n de r thi s des ig n a ti o n , may I in d ul ge t he h ope, t h at you r Committ ee o f A rr a n ge m e n t s w ill co n s ider m e we ll w it hin the bo un d of pr prietv. if I now in v ite yo u to co n s ide r a few th o ug ht s th a t have occ urr ed to my mind. o n t h e infl ue nce of t h e A n c ient Accepted Scott ish R ite, o n y m bo l ic l\[a . o nry a n d Te m p la r K ni g hth ood.

T he C it v of New Yo r k i s ha ll owed g r o u nd. m ade sacred by th e f ootfa ll s of t he Fat he r of th e A nc ient Accep t ed Scot ti s h Rit e in No r th America.

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It was right here in the City of New York that the degrees of the Lodge of Perfection, 4th to 14th, and the Council of Princes of Jerusalem, 15th and 16th, were for the first time conferred in North America, in October, 1767, and while Columbian Commandery may feel a just pride in celebrating the IOoth Anniversary of its existence, Ineffable Lodge of Perfection, and Grand Council of the Princes of Jerusalem, at Albany, N. Y., will celebrate their 143rd birthday, on the 2oth of this month, for their charters are dated December 2oth, 1767.

It is interesting to note that Dr. Samuel Stringer presided over Ineffable Lodge of Perfection during the years 1768 to 1774 inclusive, and that he served concurrently as Worshipful Master of Masters Lodge No. 2, now Number 5, Free and Accepted Masons of Albany, N. Y.

It is even more interesting to know, that Dr. Stringer was the greatgrandfather of the wife of our late Grand Master, Most Worshipful Brother James Ten Eyck, 33rd Degree, in whose experience history was strangely repeated, in that he presided over Ineffable Lodge of Perfection exactly one hundred years after his illustrious predecessor had occupied that distinguished office.

In the Masonic Temple at Albany, N. Y., is a bronze tablet, bearing this inscription:

On this Site

Purchased October 17, 1766

By Brother Samuel Stringer

The First Lodge House

Owned by a Masonic Lodge in America Was erected in 1768

And remained the property of Masters Lodge Number Five Until presented to The Masonic Hall Association 111

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The lot was deeded to Masters Lodge by Brother Stringer without fee. Lodge Street was named after Masters Lodge, which, in conjunction with Ineffable Lodge of Perfection of the 14th Degree, had erected a Masonic Hall on the lot in 1768, which was exclusively occupied by Masters Lodge, and Ineffable Lodge of Perfection.

Dr. Stringer was the first Deputy Grand Inspector of our Rite appointed in North America, under warrant issued in March, 1769.

May I crave your indulgence for a few minutes more, while I trace the influence and impress of the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, as evidenced in the Grand Encampment, which is the Supreme governing body of Templar Knighthood in the United States of America, exercising jurisdiction over an army of more than 2oo,ooo men-who, in mental, moral and physical equipment cannot be exceiJed by an equal number anywhere on God's Green Footstool.

There are 13 Officers of the Grand Encampment of Knights Templar of the United States of America, and they are all members of the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite.

Ten of the thirteen officers have received the thirty-third degree.

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Two of th e numb e r were rai eel t o the exalted ffi ce of -\ctive :\[ember hip in Supreme Cou n c il.

There may be some within the o uncl o f my voice wh think that the Supreme Co uncil co nf e rr ed the thirty-third cl ea ree o n uch a had r c ivecl rec og niti o n f o r e r v ice render ed in o th e r walk of F reema o nn ·.

Let th e. r ecord prove that the e o ffic e r of th e ran I E n ca mpm ent, clvelopecl the1r talent thr o u g h faithful ervice in the ir activ participati n in the work of th e co tti h Rite De g r ee , and w e r e r e ward ed o nl y fo r e rvi ce so rend e red , and which qualified th em t o . e r ve m o r e effic ie ntl y a office r in Lodg e, Co un cil , C h ap t er and Commancle r y.

The rec o rd which I am about t o prese nt f o r yo ur con iclerati n. i a wond e rful tribut e t o the loya lt y of the member o f the co tti h Rite a nd it prove s that when th ey r ece iv ed th e thirt y- thir d de gree, th ey d id n ot regard them se lv e a s ab so lv ed from further se rvice in th e fa o nic in eya rcl , but that th ey d es ir e t o prove their appre c iat ion o f o g reat a li tin tion by a readine ss t o se r ve eve n to the end o f lif e in whatever o ffic e the,· may be mo st u sef ul. -

OUR HISTORY

There ha ve b ee n se ver a l r eq u es t b y yo un ger memb e r s a kin a where they could get a brief sk e tch o f the founding of Acac ia . 'vVe h ave ref e rr ed them to page 5 of the 19o6 J ouRNAL, but in so m e ca ses thi s was n ot accessible. Th e article s them elve s s h o uld not be lo t and th e fact s pre se nt ed will b e of inter es t to all the memb e r s who hav e n ot r ead the 1906 Jo RNAL. And in order t o pr ese rv e the se a rticl es in a later number of th e J ouRN"AL we are in se rting "H is t o r y o f Aca cia F r ate rnit y," by B r oth e r Ha rl an P. R owe, and "U niv e r s it y of M ichi ga n Maso ni c C lub ," by B r o th e r Vl illiam J. Mar s hall.

HISTORY OF THE ACAC IA F R

HA RLAN P. ROWE, PRE JDE NT OF ACAC IA.

As a matt er of fa c t o n e mu st r ead t hi s ma gaz in e thr o u g h from cove r to cover in o rd er t o kn ow th e hi s t o r y of Acac ia. It is not co nt a in ed in any few se t pages. The c h apte r le tt e r s, the r epo rt s of o ffi ce r . th e a rti cles which hav e b ee n contributed b y th ose, n ot member s, w h o fe el a d eep a n cl abiding int e r es t in the Fraternity' s dev elopme nt , wo ul d ha ve to be co nsidered in an a uthentic hi st or y of Acac ia. Thi s a rticl e is then. not in tended as a hi s t o r y o f Acacia, but rath e r a r es um e o f what ha be n sa id elsew here · a co rrecti o n o f elat es which are landm a rk s in th e g r o wth of Acacia. The birth pl ace of Acac ia wa s a littl e r oo m in a r oom in g h o u e o n Sout h Tha ye r street , A nn A rb o r. I h ave forg o tt e n th e numb e r. II thrOlJCYh the winter and ea rl y s prin g a littl e g r o up o f u s und e r the leade r ship of W. S. 'vVh ee le r, L aw ' 04, and 'vV. J . Mars hall , Lit-l\I eclic, '07. met we ek and g radu a ll y worked o ut o ur idea o f a co ll ege m e n ' ::-. raso ni c f raternity. On May r rth , f o urt ee n o f u s m et a t the r oo m and went cl o wn town to the office o f Ju s ti ce of the Peace, William D o t y, Pa t G r and I a . te r of the s tate of Michigan, and before him a N otary P ubli c, s ig n ed the art icl es of Association which we h a d drawn up. O n May r z th the article s w e r e filed with th e Secretary o f Sta t e and Acac ia frat e rni ty w as a r ea l ity; r ecogniz e d as an ex is tin g corp o rati o n by the Sta t e o f 1ichi ga n .

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In the meantime we had formulated our constitution and by-laws, and, a)ded by Brother Doty and the late Lou R. Goodrich, we had drawn up a Ritual. We initiated several new members, and on the eve of the summer vacation rented a Chapter house for the ensuing two years.

Short notices of the birth of a Masonic College Fraternity had appeared in the newspapers of many states at the time of our incorporation. During the rest of the spring and the summer we received many letters of inquiry about the Fraternity. None of these bore fruit until late the next October when notice was received at the Chapter house in Ann Arbor that a body of students at Leland Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, had drawn up a constitution in compliance with our instructions and petitioned for a Chapter of Acacia. vVe at Ann Arbor were overjoyed. Our dream of a National Acacia bade fair to be realized. Instructions were sent to J. W. Hawkins , Law '04, and W. S. Wheeler, Law '04, who were on the Pacific coast to arrange to install the Chapter, and on the evening of Saturday , November 14th, Beth Chapter, Acacia's first venture into the field of national Fraternities was formally installed.

A few clays afterwards, on November 18th, we received a pet ition for a Chapter from a number of students and members of the faculty at the University of Kansas, located at Lawrence, Kansas. At a special meeting of Aleph Chapter, called the next evening, the petition was granted and the writer was delegated to install the chapter at Lavvrence in the Thanksgiving recess On November 25th the new chapter was installed. It was given the letter Gimel, the third in the Hebrew alphabet , the name by which henceforth it was to be known among the chapters of Acacia.

The University of Nebraska, at Lincoln, Nebraska , was the next university at which a chapter of Acacia was installed. On December 6, 1905, a petition for a chapter was received by Aleph chapter from a band of students and faculty Masons in Lincoln. At a special meeting of Aleph the petition wa s granted and the w r iter was instructed to go to Lincoln in the recess between semesters and to install the chapter. The Hebrew letter Daleth was assigned to this chapter, which was installed February 18, ( ?) 1905.

Just a month later a petition for a chapter was received from a number of students and faculty Masons at the University of California, Berkeley, California . A dispensation was granted to Beth Chapter at Leland Stanford University to install the new chapter and on April 1oth, He chapter was established at Berkeley.

vVith five chapters of our Fraternity it was felt at Ann Arbor that it was time for Aleph chapter to relinquish the post of dictatorship in favor of some form of national representative organization Accordingly the call for the first annual conclave was sent out from Aleph chapter. Ann Arbor was set as the place for meeting. The elate set was June 28th. Every chapter was represented at this gathering. He and Beth chapters on the Pacific coast united to send one delegate because of the expense involved in the trans-continental journey. For the work accomplished at that meeting I would refer the reader s of this article to reports contained elsewhere in thi s magazine. But the friendships formed, and the ideas for the upbuilclina of Acacia g-ained by an interchange of views during the four clays' of the conclave, cannot be expressed in an y formal report or account of the proceedings.

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The school yea r , 1905-6, ha been one f xp rim nt. \Y been testmg the national organizati on formulated at the c nclave. findmg Its we.ak pot , bol ste ring it up to o through the year and takinrr note of correctiOns to be made at the conclave thi pring. The F rat ernit\' ha . advancing s teadily. Every chapter i makin g rapid pro r · and gettmg a firmer footing among the Fraternities of it college

No of Acacia, however cur ory, would be complet with ut some mentiOn of the s tormy debate which re ultecl in th e election of the name Acacia. We wanted so me di s tinct!) Ma o nic nam e for our rganization, yet one that would not in any way brinrr u into colli ion with the Grand Lodge by an unauthorized use of Masonic sy mb o l or phra e . t last we decided up o n the name Acacia as, in our belief. fulfillinrr th e conditions. The Hebrew letters used to de ignate the chapter were cho en because of the prominence of the Hebrew in 1a on ic work and a wi h to thereby distinguish our chapter from chapter of Greek lette r Fraternities. The form itself, of our orrranization, that of the G r eek letter Fraternity, was cho se n after a s tudy of organization which most appeal to college men and have the stability which in ure s their permanence. lt eem probable that as Acacia grows it policy will of nece s it y beco me much broader than that of any Greek letter Fraternity; aiming. n ot for exclu iveness but for the best; opening its ranks to a ll college Ia o n , yet r e r ving the right to select; fulfilling its duty by becoming th e rec ognized and respected representative of Masonry in all in stitutions of high e r lea rnitw . When it has clone these things and see · it chapters in th e majority of th colleges and univer ities in the United States the a im of its founder will be well on the way to fulfillment.

UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MAS NIC CL B.

BY Wi\L J . i\IAR HALL.

In this brief sketch of the University of Michigan Masonic Club it will be impossible to follow the variou s discussion s which took place from time to time, or give d u e credit and praise to the various men to who e influ ence and activity the club owed is existence, but the writer will attempt to touch u pon the object for which it was first organized , it variou aim , it rr r owth and the rea so n for its transformation into th e Acacia Fraternity.

The existence of the Club extended through a period of ten yea r s . beginning in 1894 and ending in 1904. In the early part of February. 1 9-1-· P. A. Shanor and E. VV. Moore, of Pennsy lvania, Vv. S. Rundell, of Michigan, and W. C. Michae ls, o f Kansas, all members. of 1895 .la': cia . decided to call a meeting of the Ma ons of the Umverstty of 1tchtgan t discu s the question of o r ganizing a Masonic club. This club wa to be , not a secret body , but merely a social organization whereby the tuclent and Facu lt y Masons might become better acquainted and form closer f.raternal tie . At the fir t two calls only a few men re spo nd ed, but at a meetmg held February 24, 1894, at which fourteen men were pre ent, P. han or wa cho se n temporary chairman and W. C. Michael temporary ecretary. t thi s meetinrr the fea ibility of uch a club wa eli cus ed and 1es r.. Shanor and were appointed a committee to draft a con tituti o n and to report at the n ext meeting. O n 1\Iarch 1st the con titution wa adopted and the following officers were elected: P. A. han or. of the Ia\\· depart-

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ment , pre s ident; B. C. Morse, of the literary department, vice president; F. W. Blake, of the dental department, secretary and treasurer. Owing to the increasing needs of the club, the first constitution was found inadequate and a new one was adopted February I, I895· Up to this time the growth of th e club. had been slow but constant, a s is shown by a part of the report submitted by the committee on historical data , adopted April I2, I895, which reads as follows: "S ince March r , I894, the club has been a decided success both in ' labor and refreshments.' The membership is now 55.''

Up to the fall of r895 the club had been so prosperous and the future seemed so bright that it now began to change it s original purpo se to so mething more than a mere social club. In October of that year a committee was appointed to look up a hou se which would be s uitable as a hom;:: f o r its member s as well as being a place for club meeting s. No hou se was obtained so thi s project proved a failure. In No vember o f the same year a design of a club pin was adopted which consisted of the sq uare and compass inlaid with the college colors. By March I, r896, the active member s numbered ninety-four. The club had become so large and popular among Ann Arbor Masons that the parlors of the city lodges were given them for a place of meeting.

On June 5, 1895 , the club was incorporated under the law s of the state of Michigan. In the fall of the same year it bought furniture and fitted up a s uite of room s near the univer s ity campus. Alt\1ough th ese room s w e re as attractive as th ey could be made , yet for various rea so n s for which there is no space for comment, the plan was not a success. In June of I900 , through th e efforts of two or three members a rooming house was leased for the home of th e club member s. This plan worked s ucce ss fully for the succeeding two years, the third year it failed completely and the club nomin a lly passed out of existence.

Soon after the opening of the univer !'; ity in the fall of I903 tw o of the old e r m ember s and three others who had b ee n elected to membership th e previous ye ar , met to discuss the r ev ival or reorganization of the club. After seve ral me e ting s of heat ed discussion they concluded that a U niver s ity Masonic bod y should and could exist at Michigan but s ince the club plan had utt e rly failed they decided to work on a fraternit y ba si s. Having completed the Ritual and the organization, the articles of assocition of the A leph Chapter of the Acacia Fraternity were filed with the county clerk o f \ 1\fas ht enaw county, in the state of Michigan, May 12 , 1904, when the Maso nic C lub ceased to exist and the legal birth of Acacia Fraternity to ok place. The club always had a large membership, yet becau se of the many weak points in its organization, it vvas doomed to pa ss from ex i ste nce. The Acac ia F rat e rnit y ha s profited by th ese weak points and to th e old club it owes mu ch of it s present strength and the firm foundation upon which it is ba sed .

There are many virtues in book s, but the essential vq.lue is the adding of knowledge t o our stock by the record of new fact s, and, better, by the r eco rd o f intuiti o n s which di stribut e facts, and are th e formulas which s up ersede all hi sto rie s.-Em erson

THE ACACIA FRATERNITY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF OREGON.

R OBERT C. \ RIGHT.

From Th e T y le r-K eys ton e, No,·ember 20, 1010

Be in g_ ca lle d o n bu s in e to Eugene , the writ e r , whi le th e r e, took_ occas 1o n 111 of Th e T'J il e r - K e'J ISfon e, t o hunt up th e Acac ia F r atermty of th e U n1 ve r s 1ty of r eo-o n. T h e you n a m e n av e him a h ear t \' welcome in their co mf ortab le

During a very h o rt call ·o m e f act-were g lean ed regarding this Pac ifi c Coa t chapte r at Eu cr en .

It seem th e yo un g men concede the m athematical dem o n tr a ti o n of xp e rien ce, that e ig ht ee n per so n s i the irr e duc ibl e minimum f o r th e u cc sful operat io n of a f r ate rnit y h ou e w it h econ o m y and r ea o n a b le c mi o rt s. They did n ot ha ve t h at many Ma so n s among th em . In o rd e r th er ef r , to mak e a beginning as a fraternit y in co ntrol of a h o u e o f il s o wn , the y adopted the plan of adding s uffi c ie nt "p ledge d member " t o th e ir numb e r , t o mak e the de ir ed quota. T h e e pled o·ed m e mber s ar e yo un g m e n o f g ood c h a _ract e r , approved by th e chapte r , and wh o have v o lun taril y ig nifi e d a des1re to b ecome Ma s o n s w h e n ab le to do o . S o me of them ar di . qu al ifi e d b y age as ye t. They do n o t of co ur e j o in th e Acacia , be in g in e li g ibl e, but s har e in th e privileges of th e h o u se . In thi manner n o d o ubt so m e ve n · good mater ia l will eve ntuall y be r eceived by va ri ous lo dges -

The Acac ia o f O r ego n h a s not been abl e o far, t o a cc u mul a t e e n o u g h funds t o pu r cha se property for it se lf , but hopes t o do so so m e tim , a nd thu be up on as good a footing as any frate rnit y now ex i ting. Th i will all co m e in clue tim e, b oys. Your ch arter indicate s you a r e yo ung , but yo ur turdy wes t e rn vigor will accomplish all. At pre sent the h o u se i r e nt e d , but it i a la r ge, co mf o rtabl e o n e, s itu ated in the ver y best part o f th e c it y.

It was l ea rn ed that the scho lar s hi p averacr e o f all frat e rniti e in th e U niv e r s it y are t ake n , and when t hi s wa s ann o unc e d f o r Ia t ye ar. th e nam e of Acacia, lik e that of Abou ben dhem , led a ll th e r es t. In thi s fa c t t h e m em b ers disp layed a mo s t pardonable pride. T h e r e i s a de e pe r m a nin g t o it , h oweve r , in o ur v iew It means that to atta in suc h a tandin g, e ;·er y member of Acac ia, spu rr ed o n by his co m pa ni o n , had to b e nd to hi oa r s and work hard . A nd above all, this co uld n o t h ave b ee n th e ca e unl e th ey had k ept r espec tabl e h o ur s and avoid e d li q u o r a n d di ss ipati o n ge n e rall y A sc h o larship markin g o·f th at kind mu s t perforc e hav e read int o it th a t p h y ica l and menta l vigor were ca r ef ull y co n se r ved f o r th e right lab o r. p o n it face this i s certainly indi cated , a lbeit no eparate figure s parti c ul a rl y ta m \ for it.

In o rd e r th a t the full amou nt of croocl ma y be ac co mpli h e el in thi r espec t , we s u ggest that the Acac ia fraternitie o fa r a s e tabli h e el , s h a ll all e nd in their sc h ola r ship ave r age to Th e T y ler-K e yst o n e tha t th e y be tabulat ed a nd p ubli sh ed. Vve s h a ll then a ll kn o w whi c h ch a pt e r in th e cou ntr y s t a nd s hi ghest among them. We s in cer e ly be li e ve thi s wh o \c:;o m e rivalr y w ill knit Acac ia st ill cl ose r .

The Masonic o rder ha s its watchful eye u pon this co lleg e fr a t ern it y a nd will r e j o ice t o see it spurred o n to leade r s hip in a ll that tend s to in cl_u s tr y and good cit izenship B u s in ess m en of th e l_ oca l lodge at Eug e n e \\' e r e mt e rviewecl so m e of w h o m b e lo n o- t o th e Acac 1a as h onorar y m e mb e r s. T h e r e is a co mm e ndabl e po it'io n taken by the s e men o f affair t \\" arc! t h e

yo un ge r men, which no doubt the latter fully appreciate. The Masons b eliev e that those who commit their sons or relative s to the influence of Acacia are in realit y committing them t o the care of the lodge in the university town. Acac ia could n ot afford to bring disgrace upon itself by unseemly conduct or any act or se rie s of acts committed b y it s member s contrary to morality. First, becau se their own pride and intelligence commands a mastery of themselves. Secondly , becau se they know the local lodge feels itself respo n s ible to the town and to their parents for their conduct. Their own disgrace would also bring di sg race and deep sorrow to the lodge which has a pride in keeping the esc utcheon of Acacia unspotted before the world. Vive ! ' Acacia!

IMPRESSIONS OF THE CONCLAVE .

WM. S. DYE, JR., SHIN CHAPTER.

Somehow or other I had looked forward to the Sixth Annual Conclave with a great deal of expectation. I realized that the m eet ing with representatives of chapters from all over the country meant much to me and t o the chapter that h ad honored me by making me it s repre se ntative . For weeks I had pictured the trip, the new scenes, and new faces , and had looked forward with some trepedation to the meeting, for I wanted Shin Chapter to take no back sea t in the proceedings.

At last the day for my departure arrived, and I was off for a day and a half ' s trip to Columbia. The trip to St. Louis was for the mo st part at night and, therefore , plea sant. The weather was hot and the ride dirty, after leaving St. Louis and by the time I was well on m y way to Columbia on the Wabash I had changed color. Two other men, our Grand Secretary and Dr. Methven, th e Chicago repre se ntative , were on the train. By some occult reasoning, we penetrated each other 's di sg ui se of grime and Missouri dust and tog e ther we left the train at Centralia. There we managed, with the aid of some soap and water , to become clo thed and in o ur right mind A supper safe ly stowed away inside mad e u s all feel better and when we were ready for the last stage of our journey , the ride to Columbia.

The early arrivals were awaiting u s at the station and when we learned w ho was who we s tarted for our headquarter s, the University Y. M. C. A. Building. This is an ideal place , and soo n we were comfortably hou sed in pleasant ro o m s . The secretary of the Association made u s feel at h om e and was extremely courteous and obliging. The members of Mem Chapter received u s with open arms and gave u s the very be st kind of treatment, not only o n our arrival but during our entire s tay. Nothing the y could do for our comfort and welfare was too much troubl e. The best that they could suppl y was put at our di s posal. Through the courtesy of Doctor Pickard , we were ex tended the h ospi talit y of the Columbia Club, the most exclusive Club in Co lumbia. Our meals were se rved at the Gordon Hou se and n o co mplaint ca n be made of the food.

Tho s e of u s who were in t ow n on Monday night were not long in turning in , for we r ealized that s tr enuous work awaited u s o n the morrow. Nor were we di s appointed when the Co nclave began its s ession s for the work was ab out as strenuous as I care to take soo n again in a small dose. It is n ot , h owe ve r , m y purpose to tell in detail the events of the sess ions, f o r th a t

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ha.s b ee n d o ne a lr eady in t h e m in ute w h ich appared in the Ia t i ue. ne thm g o nl y I mu st ca ll t o t he atte n t io n of my r eader : The minute , complete a s th ey ar e, do n o t a de qu ate ly convey to the reader the amount f wo rk p e:fo rm ecl, f or man y o f th e se ion s we r e occupied in a eli cu ion o f th e Ritual a n d of o th e r mat te r of a ec r et nat ur e. f the e eli cu and debat es n o r eco r d w a s tak en a n d w h o le e si n a r e con equentl p ose d of in a s in g le se n te nc e o r do th e minut e s h o w th e excep ti on a ll y ood work done in the "\\'ee sma ' h o ur s" by th e com mit tees w h o we r e appo in ted to d r aft matter o that the w o rk o n th e fl oo r mi g ht b e ex ped ited. To th e me n w h o, denyi n g thems le ep , se r ved so we ll o n th e e commi ttee , t h e g r eate t amount of prai s e s h o uld b e g ive n

. As ha s b ee!l s u gges t ed , th e main wo rk of th e Co nclave wa the adoptiOn o f a n ew Ritual. Fo r yea r s we have b ee n st r ugg li no- a lo n g w ith a R it ua l that did n ot m ee t o ur n eed s, t hat d id n o t r efl ect h o n o r a n d c r edit on cacia. and the re ce nt co nclav e w as ca ll ed u po n t o pas o n a new form. The R itual committee pre s ent ed it s draft an d ass um ed th e b u rde n of p r oof in orde r to s h o w u s that its n ew draft wa s sa ti sf y in g. T h e Co ncl ave wa s co n vinced after carefully considerin g it in d et a il an d ha n ds ove r to yo u , not a perfect Ritua l but on e which th e Co ncl a v e f ee ls is o n e of th e b es t t h at can be obtained. You w o uld ha ve th o u g ht so t oo, co uld yo u h ave see n Broth e r E li . Hayne s initiated by th e conclave into Me m C ha p t e r.

The great es t pr a ise is du e th e co mmitt ee, B rot h er s hepa r d on, Keith, Coulter and Wils o n , who wo rk ed fa ithfull y o n t h e Ri t ua l.

Th e meetin gs o f th e Co ncl ave we r e h eld in th e lodge room of Acac ia Lo dg e N o 602 A. F. and A M , an excep ti o na ll y b ea uti ful room. I am quit e s ur e that n o Co ncl a ve h as b ee n m o r e f avo r ed t h a n was t h is o ne in the ch o ice o f a place t o h o ld it s sess ion s . I am a l so q ui te ur e t hat n o de leo-ate felt o ther than g rat e ful f o r th e co urt esy th a t p r ompt ed t h e lodo-e to p lace th e r oo m a t o ur di s pos al , f or we we r e ·One a n d a ll e ntir ely comfortab le throu g h out the s ess ion s .

It wa s unf o rtunat e th a t o ur Gran d P r es ide n t, J osep h L. ' iVil o n , was n ot pre sent at the o penin g sess io n . H e was pr eve nt ed from being there becau se o f a le g al matt er that d emand ed hi s p r ese n ce a t Phi lade lph ia o n the da y bef o r e th e Co nclav e ope n ed , an d was un ab le t o ge t to Co lumbia before the m o rnin g o f the se co nd da y H is p la ce wa s a bl y fill ed, h owever, by ou r G rand V ice P r es id ent , Bro th e r P ull en , w h o made a fi tt in g re s pon e to the addr e sse s o f Dr J ohn P ick a rd on beh a lf of th e Comme r c ia l Clu b , and o f Dean J. C. J on es o n b eha-lf o f th e U ni ve r s ity of M isso uri , after a prayer by the Reverend W. Ja s pe r H owe ll. In th ese we were a s u r ed that th e cit y and the U niv e r s it y we r e o ur s a n d f ut u r e events proved the truth of the asserti o n s that w er e ma de. ·

The sess io n was n ot a lt oge th e r se ri o u s; th e r e was a ocia l ide to the wh o le affair th a t proved ve r y enj oya bl e t o eve r ybody O n Tuesda y aft erno on w e w e r e o- ive n a chan ce t o see th e cit y o f Co lumb ia a s rruests of the

We we r e d ri ve n in a u tomobil es a r ou n d the city and h a d a chanc e t o see th e r a mblin g o ld t ow n w ith it s comb inat ion of so uthern a nd w es t e rn elem e nt s in buil d in gs a n d in peop le. We we r e taken to vi it J os ephin e, th e pri ze co w of th e U ni ve r s it y a n d fill ed with niv er ity Ice Cream.

On \i\Tednesday evening, we were entertained by the Honorable E. vy. Stephens at his home. Here we were given another taste of Columbia hospitality for Mr. Stephens did all in his power to make our stay pleasant and enjoyable. Here we met a number of men prominent in the city and in the U niversity and felt, when we left for our headquarters, that we had known the se gentlemen for a lo ng time.

On Thursday evening we were tendered a banquet by Mem Chapter. The dinner was excellent and varied. The menu cards were unique in their form and Dr. Pickard, the toastmast e r, caref ull y expounded to us unsophi sticated delegates the mysteries of the legends which introduced each course . Then came the speeches, and they fittingly ended the program. Brother Wil on t old u s of th e inspiration which prompted hi s book "A Chapel in Every Home" and gave u s so me idea of the favor with which it had be e n r ece ived , and Profes or Williams in an exceptionally witty and eloquent speec h h eld up to u s the worth of a life of service One cannot forget hi s pun, when, after he had peen interrupted by Brother Comstock, who had been commissioned to concoct a Fraternity ye ll, he turned to Brother Pickard and protested that he fe lt he was being mi sused for he said, pointing to Brother Pullen on his le ft, "I am tired of this constant Pullen," and pointing to Co m stoc k on hi s right, "and ye llin'."

After the banqu et so m e of the men were enterta in ed at a badger fight which had been arranged at a great deal of trouble by the member s of rviem Chap ter The whole thing, the y told us, was against the law and had t o be carried out with great sec rec y. No one will soo n forget the chagrin of some of the brethren when they found that the badger was a china 011e, and that the encou nter caused neither blood to flow nor fur to fly.

On Friday afternoon, we finished the work with the election of grand officers, the h o n o r s falling to Brother Francis W. Shepardson of Chicago, Grand President; Brother E. H . Comstock of Minnesota, Grand Vice President; Brother A. R. Keith of Corne ll , Grand Treasurer; and Brother Harry E. Kilmer of Missouri, Grand Secretary. After the election, the most successful Conclave of Acacia adjourned .

That night we started on our several ways, some I fear never to m eet again. A few of us met in St. L o ui s for a sightseeing trip the next clay before we said our final good-byes.

I catmot clo se this article without relating an incident that shows the hearty good fellowship that characterized the Conclave. On the clay the Conclave opened, I was standing on the steps of the Y. M. C. A. buildin g, when an old rattle trap of a cab drove up. Perched on the seat was a tattered looking negr o and beside him sat a s uit case almost as large as he was himself. As the cab s topped, the door flew open and out bounced a strapping big fellow in a soft shirt and a large soft felt hat. He grabbed the s uit case and with a smi le that lighted up hi s whole countenance, he ran up the steps and held out his hand , excla iming, at the same time , "How are you, brother? I am J one s of Kansas." From that minute , I was not only his brother but his friend.

This incid e nt was not unu sual. Every man fe lt and act ed s imilarl y with every othe r man. Each of us regretted that Conclaves were such brief things, that their me mbers were as "ships that pass in the night. "

Self conquest i s the greatest of victorie s .-P/a fo.

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. D BOOK, ;\!. D.

Fro m Th e T y le r-K eysto ne, D ecember 5, 1910.

. is a v e r y co mplic a t ed b e in . O n th e id e of hi s ph y ica l nat ur tl_11 s IS a s every anatomi st and ph ys io log is t w e ll kn ow . n t h

Side of h1s natur e , hi thou g ht and fe elin <T n a tur e, h e i more complicated I do n o t beli e ve that th e m o t learn ed p yc ho log i t. a n d of s id e of man, which is the r eal man , h ave a yet but t h e famtest conceptiOn of the w o nderful co mpl e xit y o f th e tru c tur e w it h w hi ch they are dealin g.

The Bib le teache s thi s rebirth of th e piritual s ide o f man a n d I a o nr y does the same thing. To und er s tand th e latt e r it i n ece a'r y t o co n icie r the conditions implied in the f o rmer.

Rebirth or regen e rati o n is an ab so lut e n ece ity t o e t e rnal li fe . E t e rn a l life as mention e d in the Bible always m e an e t e rnal happin es Th e o ppo is called eternal death. It i s called eternal d e ath be cau se it ha n o co m pa ri o n with eternal life It is th e lif e uch a s a man is bo rn into wh e n h e e n te r s this world. It i s the life of the sen se s, a lif e live d fo r se lf and f o r th e o- r a tifica ti on of sensual de s ires.- It is a lif e in whi ch th e lea din g f ac ulti e a r e th o e of the flesh, as it i s sometimes put. That is n o t a bad wa y t o put it. " F ie h " in this sen se does not impl y mer e ly th e material part of m a n. lt i th motives and de s ire s and thought s nec e s sar y t o ca rr y o ut th ose m o ti ves and desires which arise from purely ph y sical life , with o ut an y a p ir at io n f o r auything higher than that.

In Masonry we call all thi s part o f man " pa s io n s." 'vVe h o ul d get :m understanding of what that word mean s It d oes n o t h e r e m ea n m e r e ly carnal desire, though that ma y be a part of it. We sp e ak o f a m a n in an gPr as b e ing "in pas s io n. " It m ean s that, o f co ur se, a lso , but it d oe s n o t m ea n that alone. It m eans all tho s e d es ir es which ar e ca ll e d f o r by th e p h y ica l body, which mini s ter to the ph ys ical b o d y , whi ch pro m o t e it s co mf o r t a n c! welfare at all price, under all circum stanc es, in an y c ase, and w hi c h a ll o w no other motive to have action until the gr eat maj o rit y o f th ese d e s ir es a r c ti sfied .

Hunger may b e o ne o f the s e pa ss io n s It is o n e o f th e s tr o n g o n es. Under ·certain it is of g reat u s e. It t ell s u s wh e n th e fir e s o f physica l life need replenishing. We could n o t w e ll ge t al o ng w ith o ut it. When we go without food for a certain length o f tim e it put up a good . insistent call for someth in g to eat. That is all ri g ht. W e hav e n o q u a rr e l with it for that. But it is a pa ss io n, and mu st b e s ubdu e d. Th a t i , if we listened to it we would fill o ur own st o ma c h full t o ove rfl o win g an d see others about us starving to death. It would g rab e v e r y thin g in s io- h t, eliregard all the rights of oth er s, rob , murd e r, d o a ll so rt s <:>f ev il \1Ve have a certain duty to p e rform w1th r e gard t o o ur se lves 111 a n s we nn g the d e mand s of hunger , but o ur hi g h es t dut y is t o s ub o r d in a t e thi s pa io n to spiritual ideals. There are man y kinds of hun g er There is th e hun ge r f o r riche s , f o r instance. When we di s r egard all moral, civil, and religi o u s Jaw t o sa ti f y that hunger we are not subduing that passion , but we ar e lett ing it t ak e charo-e of us. It is subduing us. There is the hun ge r f or po we r , fo r p r ef o r authorit y o ver oth e r s, for adulati o n , f o r n o t o rit y, f o r a milli o n

of things. In themselves they may not be wrong. The hunger for riches might be a healthy and spiritual motive if the purpose of getting them were truly to assist others in a modest way, and without any ulterior purpose of making a name for ourselves. The satisfaction of such a hunger, however, would never lead one to get the better of him.

But there is a constant fight on hand if we are to keep the passions down. It is not the work of a clay. It is the work of years. It is seldom a constantly winning fight. There may be battles in which we get the worst of it. The right kind of a man, however, gathers up his forces, just as Joshua gathered them up after the first defeat at Ai, and jumps in to win. And he must win. Victory over this part of our nature is absolutely necessary.

Hunger is only a type of these passions. They assume many forms. But in their last analysis they stand for pure and unadulterated love of self, and a strong and persistent desire to serve this precious self of ours above all others, first, foremost, all the time, at all hazards. No one should deceive himself by the reflection that he often gives assistance to others, or gives up something that he wants. The cunning self-server frequently does this, simply and purely for the reason that he feels that it is to his interest to do so. After all, in the end his object is to serve himself

. I have said that it is necessary to fight to subdue our passions. In the very nature of things these two sides of our nature are constitutionally opposed to each other. This lower, sensuous, selfish side of human life contains the "toughs" and "ruffians" of our nature. It is the characteristic of a "tough" that he is often very useful. He will frequently do all kinds of rough work. dangerous work , hard toil that takes persistence and courage to accomplish. In this way he may be of incalculable value in the "building of the temple."

Take, for example, the quality of pertinacity that is seen in so pronounced a form in the human bull-dog-the pugilist. There is nothing wrong in that quality if it is properly "subdued." The pugilist stands up, takes the most painful kind of physical punishment, and still keeps coming back, round after round, with that cold, steadfast, undaunted, bull-dog determination to \i\TIN. All the blows and punches that he gets on his face, and jaw, and ear, and head, and heart, and stomach leave him undismayed. Not until the final knockout blow which leaves him senseless is he kept from returning to the fray. Why , if the world had half that pertinacity in fighting evil, each man in himself, we would soon have heaven upon earth. Pertinacity is all right if it is subdued and directed into the proper channels.

But these qualities are not to be depended upon unless they occupy subordinate positions . These "toughs" of each man's nature are apt to be arrogant if they are given an opportunity. They meet us on all corners and make all sorts of unreasonable demands. What! give into their keeping the most sacred things of our nature? No, indeed ! What would they do with them? Are they fitted to receive them? The very nature of their demand shows that the temple is not completed. If we were foolish enough to accede to their request the precious gift would only be trampled in the dust. And, as has been previously shown, they have been receiving the wages of M. M. all along, and they did not know enough to appreciate it. They did not know the y had received it.

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T o k eep the tory st r a ight we h ou ld con tanth· apph· it to urse lv es . T h ese character that have perhap been u to t;. h retof re and h ave udd e nl y grown so viciou , ar n o t out. ide of but in:. ide.

I S where a wor st e n em ie a lwa , a r e They are i11 the temple. Tt I S always at a ttm e w h e n they ar e idl e that th e) are most likeh· to attach u s .. Keep th em busy in u ef ul wo rk and they hav e n o opportuni'ty to how the1r arrogance.

There are certain ea rthl y qualit ie that are to a rr reat extent lo t a the completion o f sp iritu a l r ege n e r at ion i approached. There i a very, very wonderful attachment between the pirit o f man and hi s body. Hi body i merely dead material , but throughout his li fe it ha e rv ed him. It i - with him always. It never leave him for a m ome nt , waking o r leeping. He ha. cared for it It h as e r ved him. He ·is sp irit, it i matter lt ecm,; so imp oss ibl e that t h e r e s h o uld be a n actua l se ntim e ntal atta hm ent between the tw o, and yet in many death-bed cenes yo u can n ot expla in what take jJ ace und e r a ny ot h er h ypot hesi s than thi s The body hudd ers, writhe , gasps,- it actuall y see m s for a moment to realiz e that it ha e rv ed it. purpose-that it ha s b ee n link ed fo r a time. though e n se le s clay, with an imm o rtal so ul. Now th e parting h as come. It gasps in prote t at the see mitw r Pa li za ti o n that it is t o be flung as ide lik e a o il ed cloth. ''Dust to dust" is its portion . The so ul is e nt er in g upon a n ew exi tence . It is n ot thinking about thi s parting. It prepares to wing it s flight wit h o ut a thought of the clay which ha s se rv ed it Ofte n it i glad to get rid of it, for deep in every human so ul must li e the co nvi ct ion that li fe in it s fu ll e t r ealitv find s it ex i s t e nc e in an entirely different sp h e r e. '

This is o n e way in which we expe ri e n ce a st ru gg le between the lower and high e r natur e . It is a tim e th at mu st co m e for all.

But in th e man wh o is n ear in g the co m p letion of r ege n e rati on there is a more t y pi ca l s trug g le

Sometimes, perhap s, the ev il of hi nature mak es a final e ff o rt. If th e man is faithful that effo rt is doomed t o fa ilur e He t o hi s purp ose He dies t o the ea rth-l?o rn li fe a n d enter the li fe of the sp irit.

But here is a tim e of difficult y and danger in which h e forgets the principles which h e ha s proclaimed . The so uth is a p lace of intellectual brightne ss. He sees hi s danger and ru sh es toward th e out h . He fa ll s back up o n hi s int e llectual p owe r s. I s that n o t th e most natur al thing for u to do? But in such a danger n o o utl e t o f sa f ety i s found through u c h a facu lty. Human int e llectual p owe r is ins uffi c ie nt. Then he .r e memb ers the hi rrher plane o f hi s natur e, and make s · for th e we st , a s tat e of rec orr niti o n of God and acknowledgment o f dependence up on Him. B ut t h e we t i an ob cure r ecog niti o n o f th e Highest Power , and he finall y ru h e t oward hi s on ly place o f safety, and offe r s him self as a li v in g sacrifice. t last h e is ready t o g iv e up , fully and co mpl ete ly, hi s ow n de ir es, a n d s ubmit hi m elf to hi s Maker. It is the fin a l act of s piritual r erre n e r at ion. It is the cu lmin ation of the v er y purpose of ex ist e n ce. He die t o t h e o ld man, but i b orn into the new . This ma y or may n ot b e sync hr onous with physica l death. Thus may be see n th e fac t that the q u estio n of hi tori c it y here is really n l introduced. A t any rate, we are t eaching sp iritual fact. in i-Ia o nry. no t hi s torical truth. If it could be prov e n that so me o f the hi st o ri ca l characters

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of Masonry never existed that would not in the least affect its teachings and it s purpo es . But I should n ot f o r a moment admit that these characters did not exist.

What a wonderful story is ! How many millions and millions of men have sat and watched its reproduction at interval s for years, and never grew tired of it. It had a fascination for them which they realized in the depths of their so ul , but could not define. It drew them back again and again though it s very s implicity o f character would seem to pall. But the of it s influence was produced for the reason that it is life , real human life-life in it s end, in its purposes, in its highest desires, in its deepest longings. It is the true answer t o the univer sa l riddl e, but most, perhaps, th o ugh dimly realizing thi s, have failed to r ecognize not o nly what the answer is , but eve n that it is the answer. They see m only to have f elt, n ot under stood th e m ean ing. They grasped it with the emotional s ide of their nature without being able to convert it into speec h

Afte r all, that is all that is nec essa ry. It is a philosophy that can be best und e r stood by the heart, rather than by the intellect. It is indeed so mething that can never grow old, as long as there are men with a spark of sp irituality within them It ma y well have stirred the heart of human nature th o u sa nd s of yea r s ago, and is calculated to continue to s tir it a hundred thou sa nd yea rs to come. It s author-who can say? It s urely see m s more than hum an wisdom. Certainly it is in full accord with Divine \ iV isdom as revealed in the vVord of God.

DAVID N. KINSMAN.

On Thanksgiving morning the members of Waw Chapter, in common with the people of the City of Columbus, were called upon to mourn the lo ss of a great s ervant and h elper of humanity. For David N. Kinsman not only was one of th e be st known phy s ician s in the City of Columbus, but h e was an educator and public spirited, progre ss ive citizen. His was a life devoted t o th e inte re st s of hi s fellows. He exemplified in public and private l ife th e id ea l s o f the great in stitution of which we are a part. He had been rewarded with many honor s in Masonry and they were well bestowed. Of his life and work a great deal might b e written, but we can only note here hi s passing, and express the h o p e that o thers s hall ri se up to fill the place left vacant b y hi s fall.

Brother Kinsman was born in Heath , Massachusetts, in the year 1834. He taught school, entered the Ohio Medical College and graduated in r863. For forty-seven years he ha s b ee n in active practice as a physician. He has a lso b ee n a tea cher in Starling Medical College and the Ohio Medical College.

Brother Kinsman was one o f the leading Freemasons in the United States. He was made a ma so n in r857 and in r885 he received the honor of th e thirty-third degree . He was made an h o norary member of Waw Chapter on December r s t, 1908 .

U nder o ne guise or another the movement to make the lo t of th e common man happi e r mov es on. Thwarted here , sta ye d there , it mov es on and on.-·-Warden Curtis.

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CHAPTER LETTERS.

ALEPH CHAPTER.

1) N l\ "E RS ITY OF Ml HIG \ N, AKN .\RBOR, )II HIG \N. nn Arbor, Dear Brother K ilm e r: Iich., Jan. , rgrr. Ce nt e r v iew, Mo.

o ur la st le tt e r , A lep h C h apter has s uff e r ed a very eve re lo . O n the m g ht of December 31 s t, o ur ch apte r h ouse wa de tr oyed by fire. Th e h o u se was o bad ly damaged that it will be impra cticall e to restore it. All the furniture o n th e seco n d and third floor wa de troyed. That o n th e fir st floor was badly damaged by m k e and water but m t of it can be r esto r ed th ou g h a t co n id e rabl e expen . e. The lo is far in exce s of th e in s ur a n ce carr ied.

A ll of the ac tiv e me mb e r s s uff e r ed h eavy lo es, t h e per onal bel nrring s of nine of them b ein g e ntir ely co n s umed.

A commodious h o u se, c<;mve ni e ntl y s it u ated and r ece ntl y vacated 1 y a n o th e r fraternity, h as bee n leased by th e C h apter for th e balance of the sc h oo l year and wi ll be moved int o January 7th.

The boys a r e bu ckin g int o the itu ation wit h the ri rr ht pirit and believe th a t this disa st e r will ceme n t the ch apte r i nto a more harm oni u uni on a nd by unit ed effo rt s along the lin e of r eco n struct ion h ope to r ep lace the o le\ h ome with a lar ge r a nd g rand e r on e.

A lep h wi s h es uc cess t o h e r s is ter ch apters thr o ugh o ut th e n ew yea r. S in ce r ely and fraternall y yo ur , J OSEPH A. DA IS.

P. S .-Ow in g t o th e c ir cumsta n ce it will b e im po ibl e t o formu late a le tt e r f o r th e n ex t iss u e of the J ouRNAL, so kindl y u e the above.

BETH CHAPTER.

LELAND STANFORD UNIVERSITY, STANFORD, CALIFORNIA.

Th e cl ose o f th e fir s t e m es t e r find s Be th with a s ub stantial increa e .in numb e r s. Twelve in all, ii1 cludin g p ledges, are affi li a t ed with us and it is as yet t oo ea rl y to f o r ecas t what th e seco nd semeste r will bring forth. The C hri s tma s h o lida ys a r e n ow far spe nt and they have done much t o s tr e ngth e n the already firm b ond s of f ri e n dsh ip among the brothers of Beth. O ur h omes are an average di s tance of 1650 m il es away and on ly tw o m e n in th e h ou se lef t u s for the h o lid ays. S tan fo rd campu durin g Christmas ha s swee t A uburn faded, in the de se rt ed vi ll age cla ss, but life in Acacia ha s b ee n m os t enjoyable n everthe le ss . Hard fought tennis t ournam e nt s, exc ur s ion s t o San F r anci co, wa lkin g trips , and doi n g o ur cook in g, hav e furnished u s with much .am u ement, n o t t o menti on night lon g sess ion s at o n e of the g r eat menc.an game , the penalty b e in g th e cold water r emedy co mm o nl y ca ll ed tubbm g.

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This letter is being written while author is traveling, this time, however, to the west. Standford lies among the rolling foothills on the eastern side of the peninsula that encloses the southern arm of the great San Francisco Bay. To the west a low range of redwood covered hills divides us from the Pacific, and it was toward these that Montana, Kansas and Caiifornia turned their footsteps yesterday. Six miles of country road through the yellow foothills dotted with live oaks brought us to where the road turns and climbs steeply into the heart of the great redwoods. We had started for a resort in Kings Mountains, but at Sett ler's Cabin on the mountain side we found that we were far to the south and were headed for La Honda instead. At a road house on the ridge a doughnut, ham sandwich and a g la ss of fresh cider prepared us for the seve n miles that still lay between us and our stopping place for the night. It was past sundown when we started on the western side . The low lin e of level blue of the Pacific lay far in front of us, and the redwoods that lined the road and fr in ged th e nearer rid ges stood o ut black against low hanging clouds, g lowing lurid red in the sunset . It was a perfect ni ght, warm and dry and a young moon gave light enoug h so that the road was placid. Four months of college had softened our muscles and it was a welcome sight when the light of the roadside hotel shone out suddenly as we came around a bend in the road.

Having rested and refreshed ourse lves, and spent a most glorious day wandering around the woods and along the little stream that flows past the hotel, we are reminded that it is time to commence our homeward journey. The strenuous rushing season awaits us next week, and a hundred and one activities will then involve our entire time.

We wish all the chapters a very prosperous new year and many of them.

R. CECIL FAY.

GIMEL CHAPTER.

UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS, LAWRENCE, KANSAS.

Gime l has had a busy season si n ce the last issue of the JouRNAL. Six new men have been initiated, making the total active membership of the chapter twenty-one. These men are, Brothers Bert F ri chot, a graduate student and fellow in industrial chemistry; Jesse Gephart, a junior in the college; Ralph Johnson, junior in the engineering school; Earl Lay, a sophomore in the college; V irgil Moon, of the schoo l of medicine, and Richard Waring, of the law schoo l, the assistant at hl etic manager of the University. All are representative men, worthy to be enrolled in the ranks of Acacia.

Following out our plan of doing a little more in the social line than in previous years, three parties were given at the chapter house before the Christmas holidays. The first of these was a Hallowe ' en party, with the house appropriate ly decorated with autumn leaves, cornstalks, Jack-olanterns, etc. All of the parties were informal dancing parties. The one just preceding the holidays was in the order of a Christmas party. The house was decorated with Xmas decorations. The party begun with an evening dinner at which the ladies were entertained. The Social Committee has p lans under way for other parties in the near future.

The seco nd annual Thanksgiving banquet of l\Iem and Gim I hapt r was held. th e Coa t s Hou e, in Kan a City, Io., the ni ht before the Thanksgtvmg game. This i th e la s t yea r that the annual o-ame will be pla ye d in Kansas C it y, but the annual banquet will be held wh rever the game is to be played The fell ows hip at the banquet wa o-reat. Broth r George 0. Foster, of Gimel, th e r eg i trar of the niver ity, pr id d a toa s tma s ter. Greetings were exchanged between the two chapter b , Brother J. S. Summers of Mem, and Bro th er Fred E. Lee, of Gimel. Brother W. W. W o bu s, o f Mem, poke o n .. I y Impre ion of cacia." Brother John Am ick, an alumni member of G im e l, spoke on the ubject, "Building a Chapter h o u se " Brother Walter William , of Mem, Dean of the Sch oo l of J o urnali sm, spo k e on "Th e cacia of Tomorrow." Drother J. 0. Jone s f o ll owed thi s o n th e subj ec t , "A prig of cacia." Thirtyeight men were in attendance from 1em and G im el, together ' ith a r e presentative from the chapters a t Purdue a nd me . These men toge ther with so m e o ther o f th e number, added a few wo r d of good c h eer and much jo y t o the occas io n Several o th e r F rat ernity and o r or ity banquets w e re in progress at the h ote l at the ame time and fraternal g reeting s were exchanged. O n e o f th ese was so m e thin g out of the o rdinary. Thi s one was se nt t o th e Kappa A lph a Thetas, who were in the banquet rooms next t o u s . It was worded b y Bob by Robert , of im el, and some broth e r from Mem. It read, "Say ! If we can do anythino- for you all, let us know. And r emember , a Ma o n n eve r tell s."'

In athletics we have b ee n well r ep r e e nt ed thi year. V e have four " K" men in th e ch a pter. L ee Kabler made hi s "K" at lef t - h a lf n thi year's f oo tball team. He was a n ew man on the sq u ad and made good . Dick Waring made hi s "K" in f oo tball so m e tim e ago. C lar e n ce R ice made hi s " K " la st spring o n th e tra ck t ea m in th e r e lay w ith 1\Ii o uri. "Bobby" Robert s hold s the We st e rn A . A. U. r eco rd for the fift y yard clash , :05 2-5 which ti es th e world 's amateur rec o r d. He has made the century dash in :09 4-5 seconds. H e mad e hi s "K" in th e e ev nt s.

We extend greetings t o all the c hapt e r s.

DALETH CHAPTER.

FRED E. LEE.

UN IVERSITY 'oF NEBRASK. \ , LINCOLN, NEBRASKA.

Dear Brothers o f Acacia:-

At thi s time, th e be g inning of h o lid ays w h en we are a ll sending .and receivino- o-reetino-s to and from o ur friends, we are int e r ested espec tall y o o o 1 · · in the welfare o f o ur broth e r s, so D a l et h Chap t er takes t 11s or portumty of sendin g greet in gs to all Acacians.

Thi s yea r s tart e d und e r m o re favorable circumstance than Ia t and we hope t o be able to maintain our good b eg innin g throughout the year both in finance s and m e mb e rship.

The old men back at the beginning of the sc h oo l yea r are Fred Hoffman , Royal Raven sc roft, E. L. Currier, W. H. Lamb, W. · J. Scott, Joe Keifer, F. C. Burke, C. T. Moore, Paul Yates, 0. L. Spon ler. Vv. G. Griswold, President; G. F Meier, Vice-Pre s id en t ; W. J. Trea urer; J. A. Elwell, Secretary , and M. F. Was o n and N . M . Co llt er who wet.:e n o t in school last ye ar.

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?\ e w mat e ri a l i rath er . ca rc e thi yea r but we have added a numb r o f me n t o o ur r o le, a ll o f wh o m a r e good f ell ow a n d p len did f r at rnit\· m e n. Th e me n initiat ed thi fall a r e: l\Iark D ob o n , J hn Di r ks, J h;1 Miller, R oy M a nb ec k , C. D L ee, G N Fo t e r , \\ '. H. P ia t rs, L. Wick s, J o e Swen e n , R. G ramlich F . B . J e nkin , . . Quigo-Je, a 33 ° 1\Ia so n and L. I. Tr o up , a 32 ° man , a h o n o rar y m mber. f Daleth.

Charles Sturm e r , Har o ld R ose nb a um a nd Pa ul K a n a.,a a re p ledg s.

O ur h o u e ha und e r go ne quit e a chan ge thi yea r in the wa,· of impr ov e ment s A new p o rch ha bee n add ed t o th e fr n t, a t w - : t o n · addition wa s built o n the r ear , makin g thre e n e w bedr o m up st a ir a n (! a long clinin o· r o om and a chapter r oo m cl o wn tair . n ew h ot wa t r heating y tem r e plac es our o ld h ot air furna ce

To elat e w e have had f o ur parti e , o n e ma ker , a numb e r of in fo r ma banquet s aft e r initi a ti o n , and a C hri tma tr ee exe r ci e . D ece mb e r 20 th , in which eac h man pre se nted an o th e r with a s mall cr ift , aft e r w hi ch we sang coll eo- e so n g , ending with the A cacia on g and ye ll.

vVe have fine s pirit and e ver y bo dy is w o rkin g t oge th e r fo r th e in te re - t of the £raternity. O ur tabl e now ha s ei g ht ee n r ecr u!ar board e r a n d affo rdus many g ood opportunitie t o ge t bett e r a cquaint ed with ac h ot h er. number o f our alumni have vi s ited u s thi s yea r a n d we h ave enjo yed their s ta y ver y much. Th e me n wh o h a v e b ee n b ac k a r e: t ul J e ff o rd , G. W Chene y, Jim Harve y , B ill R obe rt o n , J. T. I axwe ll , H. S. V ill ars , Otto Kotouk , A G. Ham el, Jim Tu ck e r , H C urri e r , . R. vVeek s, C. B. Cornell, L. C. Smith , B ob E lli ott , F rit z Iag le, Geo r ge ?\. Lamb , who has been in th e Go vernm ent se rvic e at \ ,Y a shin g t o n, D. ., but here o n leave of ab senc e, and Sid Frum wh o co me t o L in co ln ve r y r eg ularly f or so me attracti o n o r o th e r and lea ves hi g rip h e r e whil e h e i in town. We wi s h m o re o f o ur br oth e r s co uld co me and v i it us o ftener and Daleth of Acacia ex t end s a h eart y w elc ome t o all wh o ca n drop in, if f o r on ly a short tim e

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U N IVERSIT Y OF CA LIF OR N I A, DE.RKEL EY, CA LI F R N I A.

The approaching clo se o f the first seme s t e r find H e C h a pt e r in it s normal condition as memb er s hip . \V e ten men li v in g in the hou e and four who take at lea s t one meal with us but wh o ar e unable to live in the hou se. Since our la s t le tter w e hav e had tw o initi a ti on s, Harry N Neil, 'I3 , and Walter E. A u stin , ' II. Socially, our month of I ovember ha s be en w ell fill ed: O n ov . , we held an informa l dance, the first o f the y ear , and w e mt e nd it to be the first of several.

November I2 s aw the annual footb a ll game betw ee n Ca li fo rni a a n d Stanford , which re s qlted in a victory for California by a sco r e of 2 5 t o 6. We held open house for Acacian s on that da y, and had th e pl ea u re of entertaining the member s of Beth Chapter , as well a s man y of o ur own alumni and e veral o ther visitors. Am ong the latt e r wa s B r oth e r ]. Wilde; of Aleph - Beth, wh o is located at Sacramento. On Novemb e r I 5, we gav e a sm oker to the Univer s it y M aso n , a n d th ? e about the Bay. It re s ulted, a s these s mok e r s always have , in th e fo r ma t iOn of many new acquaintance s for us all.

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During the week of the Stanford-California game, we entertained Masonic Brother " Jack" Jenkinson, of Vancouver, B. C., who was in Berkeley for the purpose of refereeing the game. Brother Jenkinson, who has officiated in these annual contests for four years, is considered the premier authority on the game of Rugby football on the Pacific Coast, and the "b ig" game would be a disappointment were any other to handle the whistle.

We have had visits from Brothers L. E Russle, Gimel, of Willows, Cal., J. D. Coffman, Nun, who is in the U. S. Forest Service at Si sso n, Cal., and Creede H. Brown, Yodh, of San Mateo, Cal.

In the last few months, we have been the guests of Durant Lodge, No. 268, of Berkeley, and Orienta l, No . r44, of San Francisco. We, representing probab ly the youngest organization affiliated with Freema so nry are proud of the r ecog nition given u s by the se lodge s, and appreciate the spirit which prompts it.

Four of our a lumni , Brothers Hardenbrook, 'o8, Shuman , 'o6, Killian, 'og, and Dy sa rt, 'r r, have within the la s t few months abandoned the s tate of bachel orho od and have attained to the dignity of being head of a family.

Brother S. S. Smith, ' 03, has received an appointment as mining engineer with the newly instituted Federal Bureau of Mines, and left early in November to take up his duties.

Brother Dysart ha s recently been elected di s trict attorney of Elko County, Nevada, by a large majority.

V·le were r ep re se nted thi s year in the junior farce, the annual dramatic production of the junior clas s, by A. S. Burrill, 'r2

On December ro, we initiated Masonic Brothers R. G. Boone and Francis H. E. O'Donnell. Brother Boone was initiated as a faculty member. He is a member of the department of educat ion in the univer s ity. In Bro ther O'Donnell, we have our fir s t hon o rar y member , and we feel that we have reas on to be proud of the head of our list of members of this sta tu s. Brother O'Donnell, who is a Pa s t Master of Durant Lodge No. 268, and a member of Oakland Commandery, K. T. and of the Oakland Scottish Rite Bodies, has been a firm friend of the fraternity and we esteem it no s mall privilege to call him a brother in Acacia.

We have rec entl y been informed of the election of a new chapter of Acacia to be loca ted at the University of Colo rad o. He Chapter j oins with her 22 sister chapters in congratulating our new "baby chapter ", and we feel co nfident that it will form a valuable addition to the already strong circl e of middle western chapters.

The semi-annua l struggle-fina l examinations-is at hand here, and the midnight " juice" is being freely used. It is a hard pull , but we hope to pass through th e trying season without any fatalities.

He Chapter extends to the Chapters of Acacia and to each and every membe r of Acacia, the best of wishes for a prosperous and happy year.

FRED W. HOFER.

It is a civil cowardice to be backward in asserting what you ought to expect, as it is a militar y fear to be slow in attacking where it is your duty.-Addison.

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WA W CHAPTER.

OHIO STATE U IVERSITY, OL 1B , OHIO.

Waw Chapter is having a pro perou y ar. \ e have gooJ men as follows: 0. J. John on, Wheatland, . Y. · Kent, 0.; ]. C. Reese , Columbus, 0.; J. . Forbe , Li bon, Scott, Columbus, 0.; T. B. Hinkle, Ashley, ; T. E. Ree , ]. N. Shoemaker, Columbu , 0.

The beginning of the yea r 1911 find s u s in our new fraternity home on the southeast corner of 8th and Worthington, 207 v . th venue. We are now very pleasantly located in a very pretty three tory brick building with all mod e rn conveniences and accommodatina fourteen boy , sixteen eat at our table.

Although we like o ur present loca ti on very much, ye t all of u are looking forward with great pleasure to the time when we expect to really own a beautiful Acacia hom e ove r on 14th Ave nu e, of which we all hall be justly proud. This i in the new re s id enc e di trict j u t ea t of th campus, and is one of the prettiest plac es in th e c it y. La t pring we took an option on a lot, roo foot front, and December 15th ecured the title. By strenuous efforts on our part and most commendable loyalty on that of our alumni , we were able to make our cash payment 1,300. Through the generosity of Professors Lazenb y and Pl umb and Brother Sherman, who went on our note for $1,200, we were able to meet the payment due on that date. We then sec ur ed the de ed, g ivin g the owne r a ninety day purchase mortgage for the balance, $1,750. The balance y t to be met, part of which mu st be in nin ety days i s $2,950. ow the lot will stand a mortgage of $2,500. Thi s leav es u th e r efo r e 450 to get before March I sth. After that emergency is met, we expect, with the lot as security, to borrow enough to put up the h ou se and h ave it ready to occupy by the opening of school next fall. We s hall th en be payina in rent which will go toward reducing the ind ebt ed ne ss of the company.

At the last stockholders' meeting Brother Warrick wa e lected to fill Brother Ward 's place on the Board of Dir ec tors. Brother ·ward resigned upon his departure for Omaha, Nebraska, where he is chief en g in ee r on a ninety mile traction line.

,On the night of Friday, January 13th, will be our h ou e wa rmin g reception. One week later January 2oth, the ni g ht of the Glee and Mandolin Club concert we are to hav e an informal dinner and then attend the "do ins" en mass and ery famille, while the ne x t Fraternity dance will be at " Raders Oak," Februar y 10th.

March 25th is the anniver ary of the founding of vVaw Chapter and we are aoina to make it the occasion of an annual alumni banquet. The a lumni held last month, being on very s h o rt notice, was not as well attended as we had expected and we hope that by giving notice thu . far ahead all the old members who can po ss ibly find bu iness in Columbus about that time wi ll make it on that date. Acacians are alway w elcome. Come with a good · life size " T. R. grip" and your choise t stories .

We have a rerrular Masonic team and expect t o put ome of the Un iversity boys the Third Degree both in loca l and neighboring lodges.

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Two of the boys who graduated la s t sp ring have each taken unt o him elf a wife. B rot her ]. F. Seidel, attorney at law, Birmingham, Alabama, and l\I. Vv. Rus se l, attorney at law , Ir ont on, Ohio.

Brot h e r LeRoy Reifsnider, of Akron, Ohio, announce the arrival of a so n , :\la st er Lee Spray Reifsnicler. While th e hom e of Brother Karl D. Seeds, of Jam es t ow n , New York, has been made happ y by a daughter s in ce the la st iss u e of th e J OURNAL .

O n th e elate of the Michigan-State football game, October 22nd, we were pleased to entertain ten of the brother s from Aleph. We were also glad to have call on u s during this U niversity year: Brother H. A. Co ul son, of Ay in Chapter; Brother Walter Scott, of Teth Chapter; Brother J . R. Came r on, of Iun C hapter, and Brother G. A. Kendereine, of Re sh C hapter .

'vVe wish the brother s of our sister chapters prosperity and happin ess and \ Vaw will be pleased to welcome them at any time.

WILLIAM B. LEIGHNI IGER.

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UN IVER SITY OF ILLI NO IS , CHAMPAIGN, ILLINOIS.

S in ce th e appearance of the las t J ouR rA L, Heth ha s initiated all of th e m en me nti oned in our la st lette r and now has three pledges awaiting th e ir fate. The n ew ritual ha s n ow become familiar to the men and ha s exc ited fav o rable comment from everyone who ha s see n it exemplified.

So far thi s season we hav e had two dance s and next seme s t e r we have two m o r e At o ur la st dance the music was furnished by a fiv e piece o rche st ra composed e ntirel y of Acac ia men and the mu sic wa s ju st as good o r better than th a t made by the local orchestra. We hav e m o re mu s ician s in the ho u se this yea r than ever before though we have just lo s t our crack violi1iist, B. S. Hite , who has taken his father 's business position in hi s h ome town.

Vv e have just r ece ived so me sa mples of Acacia pottery like that used by the Co rnell chapter. We wi sh t o adopt some style that can be standardized and if any of the chapters are u s ing original pattern s we should be g lad t o h ea r from them. We are of the opinion that some s imple design ye t one that is striking and unique , s hould be adopted, one that can be used by all of the chapters so that some pottery company will be glad to make and keep a stock of Acacia ware on hand s. Mr. A. V. Bleininger, a member of \ Vaw, is the head of the ceramics department here at Illin o is and will, n o doubt, help u s out and give u s suggestions and advice.

\ "le pr ese nt to each of our men that takes unto himself a wife a half dozen s poons appropriately e ngraved. Lately so many of the men have decided to go double that it almost keeps the se cretary bu sy ordering spoons. Then every once in a while a note informs us of a new arrival in one of o ur Acacia families and that means a s mall spoon.

The chapter has just i ss ued a bulletin of twenty-f<)Ur page s and sent it t o all the alumni. From the letters we receive it is very much appreciated by th em. The " hello", as it was called was largely the work of one man , B r oth e r Ekblaw , and a good d ea l of thanks is ·due him. It is the intention of the chapter to get out another one next se mester.

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It i with o rr ow that w e a nn ou n ce th e deat h of B r th r Fr d 11. Eagl eton o f Den ve r , o lo rad o, on Nove mb e r 30, 1 9 1 0 . B rother Eagleton was a memb e r of H eth a nd h a d ju t tar tecl o n a pr mi ing care r a s an archttect. H e wa al so e n gage d t o be m a rri ed in th e near futur . H eth ha s thu s los t t wo m emb e r w ithin a yea r.

VI/ e h op e th a t all th e chapt e r will !;ave a ucce f ul ,·ear and that th e mid- yea r ex am s will n o t ca u e th e m t oo m u ch tr o u ble .R. A 1. :\".

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UNIVE RS IT Y OF MI NNESOT \, :M I NNE. \ POLI , :I.IlNKESOT \

In th e ru s h o f ge ttin g st a rt ed o n a n w ch oo l yea r, Kap h haptcr neg lec t ed th e v e r y im po rt a nt a n d int e r es tin g d ut y of g tti ng it chapt r lett er r ead y f o r publi ca ti on in th e No vemb e r J o RNAL. I n ord r that no part o f o ur yea r' s w o rk ma y go unr eco r de d in th e J o R N.\L, let lL bri Av r e view th e hi st o r y o f Kaph Cha pt er s in ce th e 1\Iay is ue of t he . \ cacia

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Kaph C hapt e r cl ose d it s sc h oo l yea r Ia t Jun e, in th e u s ua l round of g raduati on f es tiviti es. It is o ne o f th e mos t d eli rr ht f ul eve n t of t he chapter 's s o cial cal endar. Th e re a r e u s uall y quit e a numb e r of th e membe r wh o ar e candidate s f o r g radu a ti on ; arran ge ment s a r e a l ways made to acc o mm odat e all of their fri end s and r ela tiv es at th e chapt e r h o u e if I o ible and a royal good time en s ue . Th e g r a duat es fo r '10 wer e a fo ll ow : A rthur F . Schleher, LLB. , Earl VI/ . S t ew art , LL B ., Ho wa r d l\ I. Derry, LLB. , C. Ray Adam s, M.A. , ( E co n o mic s a nd Po liti ca l Sc ien ce), and 0. \ V. Yorge, M.D.

The gen eral g rowth and pr og r es f o r th e pas t ch oo l yea r , a lth o u g h not up to the u s ual s tandard , s h o w ed a h ealth y t o ne and pr omi se o-r ea t e r pro sperity for the coming year.

With the close of univ er s it y w o rk man y of th e m emb er s l i pe r eel to their various home s; quite a numb e r , h o wev e r , h av in g good pos iti on . h e re in the cities , remained at the h o u se. Th ese, al on g with so me of t he loya l alumtli who alwa ys mov e in during th e s umm er , k ept op en hou e d urin g the vacation months.

Several of the member s s pent th e s umm e r in tr ave l. B ro th e r J . T. Frelin spending the s ummer in France , Br oth e r T . G. L ee . in E ur ope, Brother ]. A. Handy and E H. Comsto ck in vari ou s pa rt o f th we t , while Brother Geo Struth e r s, who wa s elect ed d elega t e to t he bankers convention at Chattanoo g a , T enn ., s pent so me tim e tr ave lin g in th e ea t and south.

School opened thi s fall , findin g thin gs a t th e c hapte r h ou e in a prosperous condition , and th e f o ll o win g memb e r at th e h o u se: J as. t ru the r , E. M. Lamb ert , A. D. $mith , T . C. Se lvi g. C. R. cla ms, E. E. l\Ierrifi lei, H. C. Reed , Ge o . Struther s, H. A. We lch a nd J . . Ha n dy. Broth e r E. E Merrifield. o f A le ph -A leph C ha pt e r , ni ve rs ity of \ \'a hington , at Seattle, is trainin g in city chool takin g sp ecial w o rk at th e umver s tt y. B r ot h er H. Reed, of N_un Chapt e r , Co rnell U niv e r s it y, is o n e o f th e chi ef en g in ee r 111 th e exten ton

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division of the orthwestern Telephone Company. \ll,f e are pleased to have these two brothers with us and compliment our sister chapters m being repre se nted by such excellent Acacia men.

Shortly after the ope ning of schoo l a joint get-to - gether and open h ouse smoker was given in order to keep the alumni in touch with the active members and also t o give all Masons attending the "U" an opportunity of becoming acquainted with our fraternit y. Cards, speeches, songs, music, smo king and refre shment s were so me of the things indulged in, and every indicati o n pointed t o a most enjoyable and successful evening.

During th e course of the fall, many of the out-of-town alumni called and spe nt seve ral cla ys at the house, while att e nding to bu s iness affairs in the city or enjoying the big f oo t ball games. Tho se brothers who have h onored u s with a visit are as follows: Judge J aggarcl, Assoc iate Ju stice of the State Supreme Court, St. Paul; L. N. Putnam, Carrington, N. Dak.; Dr. Bob Malgren, Phoenix, Arizona; C. P. Stanley, Olivia; C. G. Selvig, Croo k s t on ; E W. Stewart, Duluth; W. H. Murfin, Williston, N. Dale; Dr. Sam Chernausek, Hutchinson; A. L. Winter, Lamedth Chapter and L. F. Mercer, Aleph Chapter.

B r other Chas. P. Stanley, formerly principal of schools at Olivia, Minn., and n ow traveling s ale sman for the MacMillan Publishing Company, is a fr eq uent visitor at the h ou se and always comes well s upplied with plenty of good cigars and red hot stories. Brother Stanley has for his territory Minnesota and the Dakota s, with his headquarters at Minneapolis.

B rother C. G. Selvig, formerly principal of schools at Glencoe. Minn., 1s now in charge of the state experiment station and agricultural school at Crookston-a very important position.

A keen interes t was taken in politics thi s year by every man at the hou se One of our active memb e rs, Gov. Eberhardt, was a candidate for r e-el ec tion for governor of the state, while Mr. Kunze , a man, was a ca ndidat e for the s tate legislature. We are proud to say they were both elected on good, clean, progressive platforms. A very beautiful event, and one which will long be remembered with plea s ure , was the littl e inf o rmal recepti on tendered to Gov. Eberhardt and Mr. Kunze, on the ni g ht before election. The Governor and Mr. Kunze were fini s hing up their hard campaign by delivering their final sp eeches in the U niversity precinct. Afte r th e cl ose of a most enthusiastic meeting, a delegation o f Acac ian s waited upon his excellency and Mr. Kunze and escorted them ove r to the chapter house, . where a nice grate fire sparkled and glowed to bid them welcome. Light solid and liquid refreshments were se rved, music was di spensed , good stories told in abundance and much pleasure re sulted.

The annual Acacia ball is alwa ys a great success and was unusually so this year under the able supervision of Brother Ray Crandall, who had it in charge. The ball was given at "Ye Fireside Hall ", on the eve ning of the 27th of October. Twenty-five couples were present. The decorations were beautifully arranged and consi s ted of the fraternity colors and penants intermingled with autumn leaves. The hall was lighted by a half dozen large pumpkin lanterns and the glowing coals in the large fir e place. The patronesses were the Mrs. J. Young, Mrs. E. E. Nicholson, and M rs. Bachman.

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N um e r o u s pilgrimage s were made by the active member m a bo ly t o the various Masonic lodges in the twin citie . Thi i an excellent cu tom which we are triving to trengthen each year. It tend to increa and perpetuate th ose beautiful r e latio n which should exi t between the ?IIa nic bodies and o ur loca l chapters.

As a r esu lt of intellectual training a college men, applied to the ublim e principles of l\Ia onry, we a cacian h o uld and will be looked up on in th e yea r s to come as leade r in l\fa o nic work and thourrht. \\ ' e a r e pleased t o n ote here at M inn e ota th at our cacia men are filling some of the hi g he t position and offices in the variou l\Ia onic bodie of M inn eapoli s. A mention of ome of t h e p r e ent year o ffice held by Acacian s in th e va ri o us /[a onic bodies w ill erve to illu st rat e o ur activity.

In th e Bl11c Lod ge .-Prof. C. W. Ha ll ha ju t fini hed a mot properous a nd s uccessf ul year as ma ter of the o lde t lodge in the tate of M inn e o ta , ata r act No. 2 Brot h e r. J. A Ha n dy ha s been appointed e ni o r deac on and B r ot h e r M Porter, junior teward in thi same lodge for th e e n s uin g yea r. This lodge being so n ea r t he un i ve r ity, i oft n thought of a s the U ni ve r it y Lodge.

In the Sco ttish Ritc.-Dr. C. E r dmann is venerable master of the lo d ge of Perfection. B r o. E. E N ich o lso n is wise ma ter of the Chapter Rose C r o ix , Levi B Pease, se ni or warden , and J. A Handy, ma ter of ceremonies. F. Alexander Stewart is an office r in lin e in the consistory. vVe have at present Brothers ' H. Deutsch, 0. 0. \ i\f hith ec! and E. dam as h o norar y 33 ° Brother A dam s being sove reign grand in pector rrenera l f o r thi s juri s dicti on.

In the York R i t e. - B roth er s W. J. Trogner, H. A Welc h , 1. Porter and J. T. Frelin are offic e r s in line

The growth o f Kaph Chapt er thi s year p r om ises to be phe n omenal, already we hav e initiated fiv e and h ave seve ra l mor e on the pledged li t to be initiat ed very soo n The recent initi ates are a s fo ll ow : B. Wilhoit, chemi s t f o r the Pill sbury F lo ur M illin g ompany, the lar ge t in the world; H. W. Wilson, proprietor of H. W. W il so n & Co. Book Store and Index Press, A rthur Wallinder, a juni o r miner, H. S. Ander on, a sophomore electrical engineer, and Ea rl Pett ij o hn , in str u cto r in chemi try at t,he universit y

Th e n ew ritual s were u sed for th e fir s t tim e for thi s initiati on. The work was put o n in full form and was witnes eel by a la r ge numb er of the member s . Everyone seemed quite pleased w ith the n ew ritual. A great deal of credit is clu e th e active offi cers and memb er. and al o to Brothers Comstock and Lambert in their valuable a s i tanc e t o the active men , in helping th e m put oi1 the work.

The f o llowin g bro th e r s deserve worthy mention: Brothe r Knox ha been a member o f the f oo t ba ll sq uad thi s yea r and we h ope will r ep r es ent us on the team next year. B r oth e r s F. W. A nd erson and C. E. Rudolph are servinrr as presidents of their r espec tive profes ional fraternitie thi year-the Alpha Kappa Kappa, medical, and the Delta Sirrma Delta.' dental. Brother Leroy C randall is n ow in the U S. department of plant mdu _tr y experiment s tation located at th e Ag ricultur a l Co ll erre. Durmg the sp nn g and s ummer months Brother Crandall trav eled all ove r th e United tat es and Canada rratherinrr the different speci es of fibr e plants of the hemp and flax variety and now engaged in working o ut hi deta il ed rep o rt on

the same. Brother A. E. Ennkema, Jaw of 'o8-'o9, ha s been appointed by the government of H o lland a s their Minneapolis con sul. Brother Chas. Drake, M. D., 'o8, has ju st been appointed instructor in Pathology in th e Co llege of Medicine. Brother C. Ray Adams is the managing editor of th e U nited Banker and assistant to Dr. Gray, head of the department of eco nomics and political science.

A lumni.-E. M. Stewart , Jaw, '10, is in the legal department of the O liver Mining Co ., at Duluth, Minn.; H. M. Berry, law , 'Io, is married a nd ha s opened an office in hi s home t o wn at Mapleton, Minn.; A. F. Schieber, law, 'Io, is out in Oregon teaching school; 0. W. Yorge , M. D. , '10 , i s serving an intern ship in one of our twin city h os pital s; E. L. Baker, M. D , ' o8 , is now associated in practice with Dr. G B. Head , with offices in the New Donaldson bldg. ; Dr. Melvin. D D. S., 'o6, is loca ted at 327 q th Ave. S E. and is the proud father of a bab y boy . JOHN A. H ANDY.

L AME DT H CHA P TE R.

UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN, MADISON, WISCO S I N.

It is a pleasure to note the pro sper ou s condition of Lamedth C hapt e r at the beginning of the new year. With the larg e number of Masons in the univer sit y our member ship roll could ea s ily be large r. One r eas on why it is not is that we have no more ro om in the h o use or at the tabl e It is also the policy of Lamedth Chapter t o proceed slow ly in s uch matter s for we realize that no chain is stronger than it s weakest link and that th e " bunch " will be judged b y the actions of its m e mber s.

Under the leadership of President Jenk s, we are making plan s for an extensive campaign for a new hou se within the next year or two. Chapters which hav e b ee n s ucce ss ful in similar endeavor s will aiel us greatly b y writing Secr e tar y W. W. Clark, of device s which have proved advantage ou s in s uch work.

Our Christmas party ha s become an estab lis hed in s titution . It was eve n m o re of a success this year than ever before. A new departure was the invitation of several prominent downtown Mason s . We al so had the pleasure of having with u s representatives of five different chapt e r s.

Our next dancing party takes place January 2oth. The number of dancing parti es t o be given this year was increased by two. The old number see med insufficient for the acc o mmodation of the "fussing" memb e rs of the chapte r. In fact, thi s element include s the whole chapter with the probable exception of the "second floor front." This tendency see ms to b e accompanied with s uch good re s ult s that we have under con s id e ration th e se lecti o n o f so me standard wedding present O ur activities, h oweve r , have not bee n confined to s uch Jine s. We have receiv ed a fair share o f sc hola s tic hon o r s. Brother Hubbard , of Heth Chapter, who is a m e mber of the in s tructional force of the chemistry department, has be e n elected t o member ship in Alpha Chi Sigma and Sigma C hi. Brother \ i\T illiam s ha s s imilarl y been made a memb e r of Gamma lpha , and Brother Clark of A lpha Zeta. Brother R oy McPherson ha s been elec ted t o th e law council, and Brother Murray i s the repr ese ntativ e of the sop h omore class in th e Student Co nf e r e nce.

We miss Brother John Beat. He left school at the beginnin<T of the yea r to take charge of his father' bu ine s intere ts at ft. Horeb.

Brother ] . R. Larn rec en tl y pre ented the chapter with a beautiful n ew altar.

It speaks well for th e influ ence of the frat ernity when we can say tha! we are n ot by our alumni. They have taken every oppo rtumty t o s h ow then·. mterest in material and other ways. Vve are indebted to them for a beautiful present to the chapter at Christmas time.

!'>-mong our a lumni who vi ited us thi year were Brother Crowell, of P1ttsbur g; B r othe r Suth erlan d, o f Chicago; Brother Robert Iaki sc h , of Dubuque and B r ot h er " ] ud ge" Ha . elt in e. B r other Ha elt in e i at present located at Marion, Wiscons in , where wit h hi s usual cheerful optimi m he is fulfillin g the "cry in g n eed" for law yers in that part of the tate .

]. R. IAKISCH.

MEM CHAPTER.

UN IVERSITY OF MISSOURI , COL MBIA, MISSO RI.

Since th e Ia t chapt er l ett e r was ent in Mem Chapter h as added t o its list of member s th e fo ll ow in g names: Hackelma n and Maxwell, ins tructors in agronomy and dair y in g, respectively; J o nes, in structor in a thl eti cs; Olson, R emle y a nd · Axo n , of the eng in ee rin g department ; Wood and Bo isseau , of th e law department, and D on n ell of the ag ri cultural department. Th ese m en are not on ly representative st ud ent , but enthusia stic an d prog res sive Masons as well. Vv e feel that th e pe r sonnel of our chap t er ha s been materially strengthened b y these men.

Mr. M. M . Morehouse, a juni or in the college of agriculture, has been pled ged and will be initiat ed in the near future .

Vve have the plea sure of having wit h u s this wi nter Brother A. J. Meyer, of Lamedth , (Wi sco n sin) Chap t er. Broth e r Meyer is an instructor in a nimal hu s bandry in the college of ag riculture and b es ide s being a capable a nd efficient in st ructor h e is "one of the boys."

By the time thi s issue of the J ouRNAL r eac h es the various chapters a n ew chapter o f A cac ia will have been e tablished at the University of Colorado, at Boulder. This is a good indi ca ti on of th e teady and persiste nt g r ow th of Acacia . Mem Chapter takes thi s opportun it y of sending cong ratulations and bes t w is hes f or a bright and prosperou s futur e to the brothers of Aleph-Gimel C hapt e r.

The report of s tati s ti cs o n sc h olar ship of fraternitie s for the seco nd semester of the sess ion '09-'10 sh owed that Acacia at Mi souri led a ll ot her fraterniti es represent ed in the universit y in point of sc holarship. The m emb e rs of Mem Chapt e r are espec ia ll y p r oud of this showing since this is the third time that thi s ho nor has been accorded to th em. This newly esta bli shed r eco rd ha s se rved t o ra ise Acacia sti ll hi g h er in the estimation o f b oth faculty and s tudent bod y.

Not only i s Acac ia at Misso uri h ead and shoulders above all fraternities in p o int of scholarship but we are also well repr esented 10 the so cial circl es at the uni ve r si t y. S inc e sc hool ope ned we ha ve had three dances at our chapter h ouse, the last o ne ju st bef o re we went home for the holid ays. These dances always prove to b e very en joyable affairs and se rve to secure f o r us a place in the socia l world at the uni versity

One of our active members , r ecen tl y initiated, is T E. J one s, a 32° Maso n. B r othe r J ones is a g rad u ate of the U niv e rsit y of ' iV isco n s in and a n in struct o r in the athletic department of the University of Missouri.

B r ot h e r s 0. M. N ich ols, E. N . Elsea , B. R. Williams and E. L. Harrington, a lumni m e mb e r s of Me m Chapt e r , were married thi s fall. We exten d hearty congratulati on

Mem C hapt e r is well a nd a bl y r ep r esented in a ll uni ve r s it y a nd s tudent act iv iti es. Brothers Sneed and Remley are on the Student Senate , the b ody of r ep re se ntative s tud ent s w hi ch ha s ch a r ge of stud ent discipline. Bro ther Axo n is busin ess manager o f th e Sav ita r , the uni ve rsit y an nu a l. Prac ti ca ll y a ll of th e boys are memb e r s of one o r seve ral of th e h on ora r y a nd profe ss ion a l fraternities in the var ious depa rtment s of th e univ e r s it y.

B r ot h e r Ne idi g, of R es h Chapte r ( Iowa ), was a m e mb e r of th e I owa fo ot ball t ea m which played Mi sso uri la st fall , at Col umbia. ' iV hile in t ow n B r other Ne idig paid u s a v is it a nd spe nt a very p leasa nt eve nin g with th e br o th e rs o f Mem Chapte r.

Broth er Dutcher was r ece ntl y elected to A lpha Chi Si o·ma, th e profess io n a l ch emi ca l fraternity. Broth er E. L. Morgan , a gra duat e of the Univer it y of Nebras k a. wa s r ecen tl v initiated int o the fraternit y. Brother Mo r g an is a lso a m ember of A lpha Chi Sig ma.

. The An nu a l Thanks g iv in g Ba n quet of Gimel (Ka n sas), and Mem C h ap t e r s was held at th e Coa t es Hou se, in Kan s as Cit y, Wednesday eve ning , November IgiO. B r o th e r F os t e r. o f G im el Ch apte r , was toa s tm as ter. Th e banquet hall was deco r ated wi th t he fraternit y co lors and with the penants of Kan sas a nd M isso uri U niv e r s iti es. S ome good talk s w e r e made b y the br oth ers of bo th chap t e r s a n d a ve r v pler1sa nt and enj oyable eve ningwa s spent. P la t es were laid for about fort y-five. R es h ( I owa) Chapter , apd S a me hk (Purdue) Cha pte r , we r e al so r ep r ese nt ed a t thi s banqu e t. W A LTER W. WOBUS.

NUN CHAPTER.

CO R NEL L UN IVERSITY, ITHACA, N EW YORK.

It is w ith g r eat p lea s ur e that N un Ch apter of Acacia Fraternity extends g reetin gs t o a ll h e r s ister chapter s, and wi sh es th e m prosperity and s ucc ess and a very Happy New Y ea r.

A lth o ug h we los t nin e m en through graduation las t Jun e, we were a bl e t o open th e sc h ool yea r with eleve n men in the hou se, and n ex t term expec t t o take in tw o m e n initi a t ed r ece nt ly.

A ll the men initiated thi s yea r were put thr ough under th e n ew ritual , so we now ha ve the wo rk in good sh ape Everyone seems to b e much o leased w ith th e n ew work thinkin g it a g r ea t improvement ove r t h e old. The pledging ce r emo n y especiall y always exc ite s commendatory remarks.

The numb e r of Masons e nrolled in th e univ ers it y thi s yea r is larger th a n ever bef o r e, and it is ome thin g o f a problem t o decid e which of thes e t o se lect for o ur new members. At the beg inning of the t e rm we gave a smo k e r a t the Craf t s ma n s' Club r ooms to all univ e r s it y Maso n s a nd had a lar ge turn out. This enabl ed u s to m ee t most o f th e n ew men.

We were very much plea eel at receivinrr a short vi it from Brother Lambert of Minnesota, ju t befor college and ince then hav had pleasant v isits from ev ral of o ur o ld member , Overton, \\ ' ilder ' rid! y, Came r on, and Thomas. J u t b fore the hri tma vacation we had a hort but vi it from B r ot her F. E. Kuntz, of Lamedth

Cuptd h as bee n very bu y among our alumni, having triumphed over B r o ther s W igley, Thomas and Jayne ince Ia t June. Before the next i s ue of the J OURNAL we expect to hav e to add the name of Broth r Wilson and Morrow, to the above li st.

O n J anuary 12th, we are anticipating with great plea ure the honor o f entertaining the G r and Master of the tate of New York here at the h o u se , on the occa ion of his fir t vi it to Ithaca. He will be here at th a t tim e t o attend t h e installation of office r of Uobasco Lodrre o. 716 and we h ave p lan n ed t o give him an in fo rm al r ecept ion during hi tay at th e h o u se, so that a ll the University Masons will have the opportunity of m eet in g him.

Vv e feel that we a r e especia ll y honor ed in hav in g for o n e of o ur members, B r othe r Keit h , grand trea ur e r of the fraternity, and Nun Chapter feels that h e is ju tly dese r vi n g of thi s h o nor after the hard work he ha had as chairm a n o f th e Ritual Revision Comm itt ee

Recent lette r s from o ur o ld m e mber s a s ur e thei r fine h ea lth and prperity for which we exte nd ,co n g r at ul at io ns.

Sometime during the fir s t pa rt o f Feb ru a r y w ill be h e ld the ann u a l Masonic b a nqu et, for all Un iv e r s ity Masons, under our supervi ion. We h ave planned seve ral ot h e r socia l stunt a l o for later date

It see m s hardl y fa ir t o cl ose thi s letter wit h o ut some m ention of one member of o ur fraternity, who is a ge n era l favorite with all His name i "H i" (s h o rt for Hiram), and we co n s ider him the bri g hte st bull dorr "o n the hill. " It is sa id th at h e ca n r ecog ni ze the Acacia Fraternity p in as far as h e can see it , and looks upon a ll wearers of it a hi particular friends. We h ave lit era ll y brought him u p by hand, and he ha s cut hi s te e th on the sh oes and caps of eac h of u , wit h impartia l favor. We tru st h e will ha ve a lo n g and h appy li fe, and at any r ate h e will alway live in th e memory of the Co rn e ll Acac ia boy s. ·

N un C hapt e r ex t e nds a cordia l in v it at io n to a ll Acacians to our h o u se, and h ope the y will s t op with us whenev er they are in thi s vic init y.

To all we wish a most pro spe r o u anJ s u cce sf ul year .

P. W. TI-IOMPSO

A YIN CHAPTER.

UN I\ 'ERS ITY OF CHIC .\ GO, CHlCAGO, ILLINOIS.

Ayi n ex t end s g r ee ting s and bes t w is h es for a pro spe r ous and happy New Year t o all her sister c h apters.

\ !1/ e have s tart ed o ut o n th e eco n d q u arter of the college yea r and affair are well in h a nd for a successfu l sea o n. Of cou r se we are lightly handicapp ed in n ot own in g our home, but the ball is now and we hope , bef o re very lo ng , to be able to t o the world th a t th e lat ch st rin g of the Ayi n Chapter h o u se t s on the outstde to a ll brothers.

THE ACACiA JOURNAL

The first quarter of the college year was devoted to rushing, banquets, and rehersal on the new initiation ceremony adopted last summer at the Conclave. We are very fortunate in having with us our Grand President, Brother Francis W. Shepardson, who has attended all our rushing parties and dinners . At the last dinner in December, Brother Shepardson gave in his after dinner toast an idea of the fraternity as seen from both the outside and the inside, and during the talk laid special emphasis on the point of scholarship. It seems that several of our chapters are now standing at the head of the fraternities ·in their various institutions in scholarship This should be a source of honor to the fraternity at large, and something for each chapter to work for.

We will certainly miss Brother Shepardson during the ensuing quarter as he will spend the next three months in visiting the various universities and colleges throughout the country.

We are at present working on our annual initiation and hope to announce to the Acacia Fraternity, in our next letter, the names of six new brothers.

Ayin extends her heartiest congratulations and best wishes for success to our new chapter at Boulder, Colorado.

W. J. LEWIS.

TSA D HE CHAPTE R.

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, NEW YORK CITY.

Tsadhe Chapter extends fraternal greetings and best wishes to all the membership of the fraternity-with a humble apology for her failure to be represented in the November issue of the JouRNAL.

It seems quite probable that in the immense stream of visitors who come to New York City every year, there may be some of the members of the various chapters of Acacia It is the wish of Tsadhe Chapter to show all possible CO!}rtesy to members of other chapters who may be in the city. While we have no house of our own at present, we feel that we can do at least a little to increase the feeling of brotherhood throughout the Fraternity if we can have the privilege of coming in contact with brothers from elsewhere whenever they happen to be in New York. We therefore urge all brothers who may be in the city to make known their presence and give us the opportunity of enjoying their fellowship . Our Venerab le Dean, I. W. Driehaus, may be found in Livingston Hall, and our secretary, R. W. Paterson, in Hartley Hall ( II20 Amsterdam Avenue).

Tsadhe Chapter has frequently enjoyed the hospitality of various New York City lodges. As a mark of appreciation of the various courtesies shown, the chapter invited to a banquet, given December 3, the Masters of several lodges which had entertained members of Tsadhe. The Masters present were: V\T H. Crouse, of Washington Lodge; J. Franklin Dunseith, of Park Lodge; Thomas G. MacCabe, of Ivanhoe Lodge, and R. W. Reid, Past Master of Washington Lodge. Brother Wm. E. \iVilkinson, P. D . D. G. M., of the Seventh Masonic District, was also a guest.

ACACIA JO U R AL.

Upon thi s sam e ev ening th e f o ll ow in o- e ig ht me n wer 1n1t ;at d: R. ·. Bonsib T. W. Gilbert, J. C. Hines, Jr., A. V. W. Jack on , \ . I. LeRoy , J. Lobdell, H enr y Suzzallo and T. 'vV. Ven e . Of t hes b r th r · Jackson and Suzzall o a re m ember s o f the facult y.

The following men had been initia t ed at pr evi o u s m ee tin g : V . H. Gaul, G. T. Holm and F. W. Erb.

The beginning of the year f o und the machiner y o f T a dh e ha p te r somewhat handicapp ed by a b ence . P r esi d ent H. II . Il o lmes fou n d it impossible to r eturn, havin g go ne into educati o nal wo rk in A la ba ma; Corresponding Secretary C. H. Elli o tt al so wa un a bl e t o r eturn , hav ing been elected to the faculty of the tate 1\ o rm a l ch oo l a t a rb o n da le Illinois. But in s pite of the g ap s in th e rank , th e ch a pt e r has b en enjoying a ver y prosper o us year. B r oth e r I. \ . Dri ehau , w h o wa elected to th e V enerable Dean 's chair has d o ne exc e pti o n a ll y effi cie nt wo rk.

Thi s chapter is firmly of th e be li e f th a t cac ia ou g ht t o be a F r a t e rnit y rather than Ord er. And ye t co nditi o n s o f li v in g in ew Yo rk it y make it almost impos s ible for a yo un g chapte r to maintain a hou se It is one of our s trongest ambitions t o be a ble t o m a intain a h o u e, beg inning with the op e ning of the school year ne x t S e ptember. V..Te f ee l that ther e is hardly any factor that can be mad e m o re po t ent in upbuildin o- t he spir it of true brotherhood than a house and th e activities that will ce nt e r th er e In the not far distant future , we hope to be able to ente rtain in o ur own hou s e brothers from other chapter s . It is a great pleasure to have with u s thi year B ro ther Va n A lsty n e of Pe Chapter and Brother Church o f y in. We h o pe that they are but the first of many to come from oth e r chapters.

C. L. R OB BI S.

RESH CHAPTER.

U N IVEH ITY OF IOW A, IOW A CIT Y, IOW A .

At the beginning of thi s new ye ar, Re s h Chapt e r , thou g h car cel y two years old, is well es tablish ed. Y outh impli es activit y an d R es h has been active indeed.

We have our new home arran g ed to ac co mmodat e f o urt ee n memb e r. very comfortably. Leaving r oo m a lway s f o r an y brother wh o fin ds hi way here. We regret very much that we hav e no pictur e o f o ur h om e. It was our aim and we s ecured a photog raph e r who me t w ith poo r ucce and we were unable to secure hi s se rvic es a g ain in tim e t o ma k e a cut fo r this issue of the JouRN AL, suffice to sa y, w e hav e a h om e o f w hi ch we a r e verv proud.

· Several changes have taken place thi s year. B r o th e r s Me rrill G rubb , Harry Huffman , Roy Co on and E. B \ iVoo druff we r e elec t e d t o ucceed Brothers Ro y Kinne, Corwin Corn ell, \ i\T m. Col eman and Geo . mun d h o n, as President , V ice-President , Trea s ur e r and Sec r et a r y . 11 office r , at present, live in the Acacia h o us e. We ar e a bl e t o ca ll a mee tin g on ho r t notice, when ever an occasi on demands.

We are very proud of the new Ritua l. It is being car ef ull y t ud ied in order that it may be given , without reading , wh en tim e arri ves fo r t he makino· of Newt on R. Parvin (who is at pre e nt se cr etar y o f th e G r and Lodge of an h o norary member. A definite date ha s not been se t f o r thi s

ev ent yet but it is ce rta in t o be v e r y s hortl y aft e r Janu a ry roth. We r a th e r expec t to be e nt e rtainin g Br oth e r C r a ig ( m os t wo rshipful G r a nd

Mas t e r o f I ow a ) at th a t tim e

W e have la t ely initiat ed B r oth er C h es t e r Co r ey a nd Mauric e In es on. B r oth e r Co re y live s in thi s city, but B r other Ine so n h a s tak en a place in o ur h ou s e

O ur fin a n cia l wo r r ies , s u c h a s ev er y n e w chapt e r ex p e n e n ces , are at a n e nd. We ar e n o t r es tin g, th ou g h , but a r e loo kin g f o r wa rd t o a tim e w h e n R es h ca n be in a h ome o f it s ow n .

W e a ttribut e our su cce s, n ot a lt oge th e r to o ur own e ff o rt s, but t o th e enco ura ge m ent and aid ex t end ed u s by o ur alumni and the M aso n s o f this cit y . W e hav e r ece ive d e nc o ur ag in g le tt e r s fr om our alumni m e mbe r s. Th ey h ave taken p a in s in po inting o ut thin gs a s th ey ap pea r t o th e wo rl d at lar ge a nd h ave ma d e s u gges t io n s by w hi ch w e hav e bee n abl e t o a vo id o bstacl es w h ic h th ey e nc oun tere d , while h e r e . F r om th e fir s t , th e M a so n s o f thi s cit y ha ve e nc o ur age d u s . Th ey all owe d u s th e u se o f th e ir hall , pr ese nt ed u s furnitur e a nd have mad e u s frequ e nt ca ll s . we r e yo u t o vi s it u s at a n y tim e, we w o uld be gr eatl y pl ease d t o int ro du ce to yo u M r. A lbe rt Cle me n t, til e r o f thi s cit y's lo d ge, a n eld e rl y s hrin e r He ha s d on e m o r e than a n y individu a l ou ts id e Maso n t o a rr a n ge o ur h ome. H e i s a ca bin e t m a k e r o f r a r e ab ilit y a nd h as wo rked ma n y da ys a rr a n g ing a r oo m up on th e t op fl oo r of our h o u se, w hich we u se as a p lace t o h o ld al l m ee tin g s . H e mad e and pr ese nt ed t o u s thr ee v e r y fin e a lta r s . It i s hi s c ust om t o ca ll w h e n a m e mb e r is s ick , n ev e r lea vin g w itho ut th e me m be r bein g ju s t a littl e be tt e r as a r es ult of hi s call. S u ch f ell ow s as B r oth er Cl eme nt a r e va lu a bl e a ss is t a nt s t o a yo un g o r ga nization.

The so cial s id e o f li fe a t R es h h as n eces s ari ly b ee n n eg lected. A lth ough n ot wh olly. W e hav e had m a n y g u ests at dinner with us and ma na g ed t o g iv e on e dancin g p a r ty. 'vVe hav e m a d e arrang e me nts f o r an oth e r t o b e g ive n F e bru a r y 17.

In a ll ways, th e b es t soc ia l eve nt o f th e seaso n w as ex p e ri e n ced , u po n t h e elate o f th e A mes -I owa f oo tb a ll game whi ch w as h eld at Ames. A h ou se part y had b ee n arr a n ged fo r by th e m ember s o f Ko ph Th e ir h o m e w as turned ov e r to 'vi siting ladi es a nd s uit a b le pr ovi s io n had bee n mad e f o r v is itin g bro ther s. Th o u g h th e so uth is n ot ed f o r h os pitalit y it d oes n ot n ece ss aril y fo ll o w t h a t a ll h os p it al ity ex is t s th e r e. O n ce in th e h a nd s o f o ur br oth e r s a t Kop h we we r e lead t o beli e v e th e place was o ur s Eve r y d e tail h ad b een ca r ef ull y pl a nn ed fo r o ur e nt e rt a in me nt whi ch laste d f r om Saturday A . M. until la t e Sund ay . A n ex cell ent o rchestra furni sh e d mu s ic f o r a dancing part y up on Saturd ay e v enin g . In sh ort , n o one co uld hav e b ee n ent e rtain ed b e tt e r th a n we w ere on thi s oc cas ion a nd o ur on ly h op e i s that up on some future el a t e w e ma y h a v e th e pl eas ur e o f e nt e rtaining th e m e mber s o f K oph.

T o s t a rt th e n ew yea r ri g ht , Pr es id e nt Merrill G rubb app o inted an initi a tin g t ea m in structin g each me mb e r t o co mmit th e p a rt a s soo n as p oss ibl e. W e h a v e man y goo d men in s ig ht and will t eac h th e m th e r ea l wo rth o f A cacia a s s oo n a s we a r e a bl e .

W e a r e wo rkin g f o r Aca cia; f o r o ur local ch ap t e r a nd a r e r ead y t o be of a n y a ss istan ce poss ib le t o a s is t e r ch a pt e r.

We wi s h yo u all a h a pp y a n d m os t pr os p e r ous n ew ye ar.

E. B. WOODRUFF .

SHIN CHAPTER.

PENNSYLVA IA STATE COLLEGE, STATE COLLEGE, PENN YL\ ' .\:\1.\

The . new Y.ear ha opened with bright pro pect for hin hapter . By the th1 letter appear. in print we expect to hav e added thr e and possibly four new men to our chapter roll. All of them are a d fellows and we are quite ure that the y will be an honor to eve ral ot h ers are unci r con iderati o n and the ,·ea r will undoubtedl y nd with o ur ranks filled. ·

. Since the . ovember Jo u RNAL appeared we have had everal very enJoyable occas ions. A number o f men hav e vi ited u and taken dinn<>: with us Brother T els h , of Yodh, wa s here late in October and tayecl over ni g ht . It wa s very plea a nt to renew our acquaintance s with l{im. Our own Brother s Faux , Yoder a nd Van Go rt er were also here on unday, December 1 rth. Right Reverend Ethcbert Talb ot. an honorar y meml er of Yodh C hapt er, was here at the co ll ege and honored u by calling o n u s. It was an honor that we g r atly apprec iated

Two of o ur member have becom e benedicts. Drother George \ har n took to him se lf a wife ju st before Thank giv in g. He wa . married in ·wilke s-Ba rre, to Miss Elizabeth Shelhamer, and the happy couple i n ow living in Schenectady, New York. O n DecemLer 28. Brother Dye wa m a rried in St. Stephens Methodi st burch , Philadelphia , to Mis Bertha R. Bill, of Germantown , Philadelphia.

During C hri s tma s week a number of the men fr o m hin Chapter had a couple of reunions in Philadelphia, and both occa ion s w e re very e nj oyab le.

Brother George Bush, of Bellefon t e, who t ook a trip around the w o rld la s t year, returned this summer . He had a r oya l good time and n eve r o nce forgot us. He present ed u s, on his return , with a hand o m e gavel made of cedar of Leban o n The wood wa s sec ured in Pale tine in the very forest from which the wood for the Temple o f Solomon was proc ured.

Our Brother Hugh Baker, who ha s s pent the last fift ee n m o nth s in Ge rman y s tud yi n g, r e turned brinqin g- with him the degree of D oc tor of Economics from th e University of Munich. "Hai l, Herr Doctor."

Shin C hapter, h erew ith , extends her g r eet in g to all cacians, verywhere.

ALEPH-BETH CHAPTER .

NORTHWESTERN UN I\ ' ERSJTY, C HI CAGO, JLI.I NO lS

Today, January 5, 1911,· A leph-Bet h Chap t er i ju t ten m o nth 0 ld, and as pro perous a c hapt e r a s can be found , al l thing s b e in g considered. We wish to exte nd mid- ye ar and new yea r g r eeting to th e other chapters, wishing for all a pr os perous year.

Vv e began the yea r und er some difficulties and w e r e handicapped in seve ral ways, but by diligence we h ave brought out o f the chao o rd e r and method (both subject t o impr oveme nt ) and with it the feeling of g-ood-fellowship and fraternity. \ Ve started our definite plan with a goodfellowship banquet o n November I rth, 1910, at the Voge l sa n g to which were invited everal men who were ia so ns but n o t Acacta members. There were a tota l of forty"five present wh o m were Drother Keppelman, of Waw Chapter, Columbu , Ohio and Broth er 1innick o f

Resh Chapter, Iowa City, Iowa. Both of these brothers are now students of Northwestern Univer sity and both have a good word for Acacia. From the Northwestern Faculty there were present Drs. Methven, Ogelsby and Miner, of the Fraternity, and Drs. Gilmore, Buhley and McGuigan. The alumni members present were Brothers Bain and Hill . Our President, Dr. Martin J . Lacey, proved himself a worthy toastmaster and was no respecter of persons in his call for short talks on Masonry and Acacia.

Dr. Methven always ready with a story , his favorite the "Mule Story," as he calls it, bringing a general round of applause. He then gave a partial report of the work of the Grand Conclave which was very interesting and lacked the dryness with which most reports are filled.

Dr . Buley's short talk on "The Narrow Way of the Specialist" gave us a better idea of the benefits of a fraternity . Dr. Gilmore's reminiscent history of Masonry wa s very instructive, dealing principally with the first Masonic lodges organized in America and their part in the Revolutionary War.

Dr. Keppelman, of Evanston, a very enthusiastic Mason, but not yet an Acacia member, predicted for Acacia a great future in college fraternalism and assured us of his hearty cooperation insofar as he was able.

Brothers Bain and Hill were just as enthusiastic as ever, although alumni, and assured us they could be counted on for their full share in furthering Acacia at Northwestern.

Through the efforts of Brother Hill we have to thank St. Cecellia Lodge A. F. & A. M. a! o R. A. M. for their kind invitation to make their lodge our home while in the city.

After the banquet a meeting was called and eight men p'edged. Our first banquet was a success in several ways. The getting acquainted with the college men who were Masons; scattering good - fellowship and the assurance of the hearty cooperation and support of a number of men who deem Acacia an organization worthy every college man's consideration as its aims are truly what the title "Educational Aristocracy" of Masonry indicates.

Subsequent meetings were full of busy preparation for initiation which was set for December 17th . In the meantime several men were pledged which swelled the number of pledges to eighteen, all first class men.

The initiation was held at the Lexington Hotel, December 17. Being the first under the new Ritual we were somewhat handicapped, but thanks again to our tireless Brother Methven, everything was in readiness by the time needed. We reversed somewhat, holding the banquet at 6:30 o'clock and doing the work afterward. After all were received in rlue form the candidate was given the regular work. Let us say here that the new Ritual work meets our heartiest approval. The committee on revision deserves a great deal of credit.

We have yet a few pledges who were unable to be present at the last initiation and a few new ones who will be initiated sometime early m February.

The new members are C. F. \Nilson, R. C. McCloskey, ]. R. Shiley , C. H. Smith, L. C. Johnston , N . S. Bevins, P. A. Hill, A. V. Akesson, George Millard, M. A. Whipple, J. C. Baker, L. P. Broehl, C. G. Innes.

THE ACACI J OUR L.

cac ia' first initiati o n int o cia h o no r at :\ orthwe tern i: n t to be fo r go tt e n , Brother Go ld th o rp e being e lec t ed p r eside nt f the . en ior d e ntal and Brother C H. Smith pre id e nt of the junior cia of medicine. Bo th are r e pre se ntativ e men in th e ir cia e a nd are loya l :\cacian Aga in we wish a prospe r o u s yea r f o r a ll cac ian . C R. L.\RA\\ . \ Y.

I :\' P. \ I NG.

'vV e a r e o f the op m10n that many of th e chapter need an e.clit r. Ei th e r thi s is th e case o r we o u g ht t o eli pe n e with the Feb ur a r y J o RN.\L. On ly fourteen of th e chapte r are r ep re e nt ed w ith let t e r in thi number. There is n o ca u se for g rief o n th e part of thi s o ffic e. \ Ve h ave iv e n ampl e n o ti ce Some of th e br o th e r s w h o e nt mat e rial f o ur o r fiv day after th e tim e se t , are not r eprese nt ed Thi s for th e r ea o n that th e printer ca n n o t , n o r can we b e cutting and witching until the e leve nth h o ur . Th e elate set fo r the next J ouR ' .\L i l\fay r t and copy mu t b e h ere by Apri l r s t a nd n o t later.

T h e Fe bru a r y J OU RNAL h a t o run the ga untl et b e tw ee n th e ho li day vacation and the mi d-year exa min a ti o n s and th e r es ult is that th e chapter edit o rs ne g lect it. If th e chapte r s do n o t want t o h ave a part in this number we h ad better save th e expe n se . Thi s offi ce can discu in an e ig ht page pamphl e t what it h as t b sa y t o the ch apt e r

ALUMNI AND PERSONAL.

B r o th er J oseph R. Wilson ha s been in Europe on bu s in ess th e o- reater part o f th e fall a n d w inter. H e h ad a ca e w hi c h had to b e tried in th e Span ish cou rt s. As w e w h o kn o w hi m wou l l expec t , h e ha s been successful. He is the same loya l br o th e r. Thi s o ffice ha had seve ral remin ders f r o m him .

Broth er John F Pu ll e n is boo min g r ea l es tat e and thi s d oes n o t n ecessa ril y mean that h e is t o an n ex a w ife. Real e tat e i n o t a n ecessary p r er e qui s it e t o s u ch annexation. He is s im p ly makin g u e of good jud gme nt in th e inve tment way .

Broth e r Julian C Pet ite. G im e l, is n ow an in tern in th e C it y Hosp ita l of St. Louis. B r o th e r Pet it e is a loya l Aca cian . H e s t a rt ed t h e cac ia C lub a t \ iVas hin g t o n Un iv e r s ity and we ma y some d ay hav e a ch apter th e re.

Brother 'vVilliam S. Dy e, Jr ., Shin, who will long be r emem b e r ed b y th e brothers who att e nded the last Co nclav e h a taken un to him elf a wife. O ur cono-ratulati o n s and best , ¥i she s are exte n ded.

Harry S . Bowman, A leph , is n ow th e C it y attorney of C lovis, Jew Mex ico . B r othe r Bowman was a de legate f r om lep h Ch apter t o the fir t Co nclave w e had t h e pl eas ure of attending. T h is wa at Lawr en ce in 1907. He is a J ouRNAL sub s criber and h as th e fil e comp lete.

Brother M . 0 . C r awfo rd , Kop h , i manager of the se r vice departm ent of th e F. A. L. Mo t o r Company of C hi cago. H is addres s is 1261 Wa hin gt o n Bo ul eva r d.

Brot h er F. Bernick , Jr. , Kop h. is a s urve yo r w ith th e Chi carro Board of Underw rit e r s. Hi s add r ess is 1948 W. Ada m s Street He i a J ouRNAL subscriber.

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Brother Ralph A. Dunkelberg, Resh, is engaged in the practice of law at Waterloo, Iowa. He is a JouRNAL subscriber.

Brother R. B. Hunter, Pe, is located at Elkins, West Virginia. He is a JOURNAL subscriber.

Brother Edward J. Kunze, Lamedth, is assistant professor of mechanical engineering at the Michigan State College, East Lansing. He was kind enough to point out a few mistakes in the last directory.

Brother Robert N. Macalister, Heth, may be addressed at "The Rookery," Chicago. He is one of our live alumni.

Brother Bernard S. McMahon, He, is located ·at Kirksville, Missouri. He is a JouRNAL subscriber and is one of those alumni who asks questions. We wish there were more like him.

Brother Donald I. Pope , Daleth, is a student at the University of C hicago.. He is still a live Acacian.

Harry N. Sutherland, Lamedth, who was a delegate from his chapter to the la st Conclave, is a medical student in Rush Medical College this year. Those at the Conclave will not soon forget the quiet and genial gentleman, who always made his point and did it quickly.

Brother J. H. Tilton, 'vVaw, is connected with the City Auditor's office of the City of Columbus. He recently forwarded us a letter of inquiry from one of the leading southern universities.

Brother Comstock has been having a battle with the Grippe. (He capitalized his adversary out of respect.) We are glad to note that he is well aga in and will have charge of the installation of Aleph-Gimel.

Brother Keith is a very busy man. So busy, in fact , that has quit story-telling. But he remembered u s kindly Xmas time.

This number of the JouRN AL goes to press with some of the chapters missing. We are sorry to note the vacancies but have done our best to get a full representation.

Brother Shepardson is soon to begin a visit which will include some of the chapters. So you do not know when he will drop in and you better get the door-mat properly placed and keep an eye out for company. We are sure you will enjoy meeting our Grand President.

A successful man is one who ha s tried, not cried; who has worked, not dodged; who has shouldered re spo nsibility, not evaded it; who has gotten under the burden, not merely stood off, looking on, giving advice and philosophizing on the situation. The result of a man's work is not the measure of success. To go clown with the ship in storm and tempest is better than to paddle away to Paradise in an orthodox canoe. To have worked is to have succeeded-we leave the results to time. Life is too short to gather the Harvest-we can only sow.-Fra Elbertus.

In men whom meri pronounce as ill, I find so much of goodness still ; In men whom men pronounce divine, I find so much of sin and blot; I hesitate to draw the line Between the two, when God has not.-Joaquin Miller.

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